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Ebola found in U.S. DALLAS HOSPITAL CONFIRMS FIRST CASE OF VIRUS

BY DAVID WARREN AND LAURAN NEERGAARD THE ASSOCIATED PRESS DALLAS — A patient at a Dallas hospital has tested positive for Ebola, the first case of the disease to be diagnosed in the United States, federal health officials announced Tuesday.

The patient was in isolation at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital, which had announced a day earlier that the person’s symptoms and recent travel indicated a possible case of Ebola, the virus that has killed more than 3,000 people across West Africa and

infected a handful of Americans who have travelled to that region.

The person, an adult who was not publicly identified, developed symptoms days after returning to Texas from Liberia and showed no symptoms on the plane, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

CDC Director Dr. Tom Frieden said the patient came to the U.S. to visit family and has been hospitalized since the weekend.

State health officials said no other cases are suspected in Texas.

Specimens from the patient were tested by a state

lab and confirmed by a separate test by the Centers for Disease Control, said Carrie Williams, spokeswoman for the Texas Department of State Health Services.

Zachary Thompson, director of Dallas County Health & Human Services, said health officials in North Texas are well equipped to care for the patient.

“This is not Africa,” he told Dallas station WFAA. “We have a great infrastructure to deal with an outbreak.”

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Innisfail couple takes issue with outrageous water bill Oh, the mysteries and wonder of space-age technology that we could sometimes do without.

Just ask Betty Moore, a somewhat feisty 70-year-old who was not happy when she phoned the Advocate newsroom about the Town of Innisfail’s responses to her out-ofthis-world water bill.

The bill is generally around $84 per month. But when it arrived for the period between June 16 to July 15, it was $760.20.

“It’s bull----. Everybody I talk to says it’s bull----,” says MARY-ANN Betty.

BARR The water she was billed for is enough to fill up four or five swimming pools, she says.

Betty and her husband, Clarence, 75, have lived in their 1,040-square-foot bungalow at 3667 54th Ave. in Innisfail for three decades.

The average home in Innisfail uses about 10 to 15 cubic metres (10,000 to 15,000 litres) of water a month. But the Moore water meter was showing the couple using about 20 cubic metres a day.

The chart on their water bill shows normal water usage between June 16 and June 21, ranging between 200 to 500 litres daily. Then, suddenly it takes a dra-

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Betty and Clarence Moore of Innisfail are happy about their drinking water but not very happy with the bill they received in June of this year. For eight days in June the couple were charged for the consumption of between 18,300 and 20,600 litres of water each day. Betty Moore holds up a graph showing what the town of Innisfail say they used. matic climb each of eight days between June 22 and June 29, to about 20,000 litres per day. And then — sort of like the 1997 movie Contact, where the radio transmissions from intelligent aliens start and stop — the usage numbers from the water meter return to normal.

“There is no way that we can put that much water through in six days or eight days or whatever,” says Betty.

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Supply and demand pushing up prices for farmland in Central Alberta

BY HARLEY RICHARDS ADVOCATE BUSINESS EDITOR The interplay of supply and demand affects the prices that Alberta farmers receive for their crops and livestock every year. The same factors are now pushing up the value of the land they rely upon to produce those crops and livestock.

The 2014 Re/Max Farm Report describes a hot market in Central Alberta, where prime agricultural land is selling for $4,500 to $7,500 per acre, as compared with $3,400 to $6,500 a year ago.

“In some areas it’s probably jumped 20 per cent or 25 per cent, and some places it hasn’t been that dramatic,” said Ken Poffenroth, a Realtor at the La-

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Various factors are at play, said Poffenroth, including several profitable years in the agricultural sector that were capped off by the bumper crop of 2013. But the rising land prices primarily reflect a fundamental rule of economics.

“If I had to point to one single factor over all the others that’s driving the prices of land, that’s simply supply and demand.

“There are way more buyers than there are sellers.”

While many farming operations, some of which consist of two or three generations of operators, are anxious to expand — fewer older landowners are looking to cash out.

“They no longer need to sell because they have

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He added that urban sprawl is having a minimal impact on farmland prices. However, the trend of affluent Albertans seeking to buy their own piece of rural paradise is exerting upward pressure on pasture land prices.

“Parcels with the right combination of forest, hills, creeks and other natural features can sell for upward of $500,000 per quarter section, making it difficult for beef operations to compete,” said the Re/ Max Farm Report, which Poffenroth helped to write.

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Innisfail residents make formal request for review of power line decision

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BY PAUL COWLEY ADVOCATE STAFF Innisfail residents on the route chosen for a proposed power line have not given up the fight.

A formal request for a review of the Alberta Utilities Commission’s (AUC) routing decision has been sent. Those with a stake in the project have until Oct. 30 to make submissions to the AUC. After that deadline, the AUC will decide whether there are grounds for a review of the board’s July routing decision.

Residents in Red Deer’s Pines subdivision are also asking for a review of the decision to keep an upgraded power line along an existing right-of-way behind their homes. The City of Red Deer made its own request for a review of the Pines route on Monday.

AUC spokesman Jim Law said a decision on whether either review will happen follows fairly quickly after the submission deadlines have passed.

“It’s usually fairly expeditious but there is not an established timeline for it,” said Law on Tuesday.

Those making Pines submissions have also been advised to have their information in by Oct. 30, although a specific deadline has not yet been set.

In Innisfail, residents were split over the best location for the power line. The town and a group of residents known as the Wachter Group supported an alternate route north of town.

Other residents wanted AltaLink’s preferred route in the south end of town.

The AUC picked the alternate route, citing the town’s preference and the impact of the power line on the Woodlands subdivision, which is expected to see 300 to 400 new homes in coming years, as the “driving factors” for the decision.

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WATER: Home fitted with ‘smart meter’ The Moores have a ‘smart meter’ at their home, installed by the town about two years ago. It emits a radio signal that is read electronically as a meter person drives by.

The town replaced all meters, some as old as 60 years, with new ones. Staff can now read 3,000 meters in three hours. Gone are the days when the meter man went door to door, looking at and reading each meter.

“I don’t have a pool, I don’t have a garden, didn’t water the lawn. I had eight plants out front that I watered. Other than that, we lived the same as we usually do,” says Betty, baffled by the huge water usage increase.

She called the town, of course, and the town sent someone to check the meter. She was told the meter was working fine and there was nothing to be done except pay the bill. It must be a running tap or toilet, she was told.

But Betty is adamant there were no plumbing problems in their home, no running toilets for example, and they didn’t “turn on the outside tap to fill the lagoon across the tracks.” Just the two of them live in the house.

She was also told that if she wanted to fight it, she could go to court.

“If I had some money I would,” she said Tuesday morning when I talked to her.

Her latest water bill stated she needed to pay up the full statement or the water would be shut off. It’s an automatic message whenever a bill is not fully paid.

Is she going to be able to pay it?

“No.” Just after I talked to Betty, and then tried to talk to someone from the town about the matter, she got a call from Heather Whymark, Town of Innisfail’s director of corporate services.

Whymark then called me to say the town was go-

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The report anticipates that the farmland market in Central Alberta will remain tipped in the sellers’ favour for some time. Even a poor harvest would be unlikely to impact prices dramatically, agreed Poffenroth.

But the 30-year veteran of the rural real estate industry has seen his share of cycles, and he doesn’t expect the current price climb to continue.

“This type of increase, in my view, can’t sustain itself.” hrichards@reddeeradvocate.com

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Four American aid workers who became infected while volunteering in West Africa have been treated in special isolation facilities in hospitals in Atlanta and Nebraska, and a U.S. doctor exposed to the virus in Sierra Leone is under observation in a similar facility at the National Institutes of Health.

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Health officials use two primary guidelines when deciding whether to test a person for the virus — whether that person has travelled to West Africa and whether he or she has been near friends or relatives or other people who have been exposed to the virus, said CDC spokesman Jason McDonald.

Since the summer months, U.S. health officials have been preparing for the possibility that an individual traveller could unknowingly arrive with the infection. Health authorities have advised hospitals on how to prevent the virus from spreading within their facilities.

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So they do fail sometimes.

“Oh yeah. There’s no water meter that’s 100 per cent,” Whymark said. “They have their flaws just like any other mechanically inclined equipment.... The percentages are very very very low ... just like a car once in a while you’ll get one, drive it off the lot and it’s a lemon.”

“Due diligence on our part is to put a brand new water in there (next week) and run the testing (on the old meter).”

If the town determines that the Moores have to pay the $760 bill in full, “we give them time to pay, we put them on a payment plan without penalties ... until they can get it paid up because there are times when that does happen. That toilet can be running downstairs where they don’t hear them and the water runs through and it adds up,” says Whymark.

Betty remains adamant there was no problem.

However, Whymark told Betty, “There’s something that’s not making sense because your two bills after were proper (about $84). So I’m inclined to think I’ve got a meter problem. That is my inclination. That’s why I’m going to take it out and test it.”

After 10 years of experience with these sorts of problems, “I’m probably going to get told that I’ve got a faulty meter,” Whymark said.

And if it is, the town will only bill the Moores what they pay on average each month.

“I think (Betty) felt she wasn’t getting the answers she was looking for. ... Unfortunately I’ve been away. ... It just crossed my desk (Monday) afternoon so I called her back first thing this morning, so I will work with Betty. I would have the same problem if I got a $700 water bill.”

Will the Moores have their water shut off?

“Nope, not till we get this sorted out,” says Whymark. barr@reddeeradvocate.com

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Baby drowns in batch of homebrew

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS HIGH LEVEL, Alta. — A woman in northern Alberta has been sentenced to 90 days in jail for neglecting to watch her baby girl who toppled into a batch of homebrew and drowned.

Viola Ribbonleg, 33, pleaded guilty earlier this year to criminal negligence causing death for failing to provide adequate care for 10-month-old Lexi.

The judge took into account the woman’s background and recognized she didn’t actively endanger her child, defence lawyer Michael Nanooch said Tuesday.

“The child got out of the bed and fell accidentally into the bucket of brew,” he said.

“She was neglectful as a parent. She didn’t forcibly put the child in a situation where the accident occurred.”

Nanooch said it also worked in Ribbonleg’s favour

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BRIEF Somali groups object to radicalization claim EDMONTON — Some people in Alberta’s Somali community are denying claims that young people in the province are being recruited to become fighters for the radical group ISIL. That’s what Mahamad Accord, president of the Edmonton-based Canadian Somali Congress of Western Canada, warned in a letter to Prime Minister Stephen Harper last week.

Accord said he has solid sources, including elders, who say youths from the Somali community as young as 16 have signed up to become terrorist soldiers.

But representatives of a coalition of Somali groups gathered Monday to deny those suggestions, saying they are damaging to their community.

Omar Abduhalli of a Somali youth group says some level of radicalization does exist in every community, but he doesn’t believe the Somali community should be singled out without any evidence.

He says they have sent their own letter to Harper to express their concerns.

The extremely violent ISIL insurgency, also known as ISIS, broke out earlier this year, taking control of cities and land in parts of Iraq and Syria.

Garbage-loving bear nabbed at Calgary dump STORY FROM PAGE A2

POWER LINE: ‘Interferes with the migration’ Residents opposed to the alternate route cited the 138-kilovolt power lines’ impact on property values, visual and noise impacts, concerns about electromagnetic frequency (EMF), and inconvenience to farmers in the area.

Richard Wagers is among those opposed to the chosen route, which will cut across a number of farm quarter sections, including the property his family has farmed since 1949.

that she pleaded guilty.

“She took responsibility of what happened,” he said. “Denunciation wasn’t a factor (in the sentence).”

An agreed statement of facts filed in court says Ribbonleg’s son saw her and another man drinking brew in a trailer on the night of May 28, 2013, in Fox Lake, a community of about 2,000 that is part of the Little Red River Cree Nation.

The next morning, the statement says Ribbonleg was drinking again and her son believed she was drunk. She asked him to come home at lunch and babysit for the afternoon.

When he did, he found his mother sleeping on the floor. Two men were asleep nearby.

The boy found his sister head down in a crate of a fermented potato-yeast concoction, her legs sticking up in the air. He pulled the baby out of the crate and woke his mother.

The document says Ribbonleg tried to wake the

CALGARY — A garbage-loving bear has been nabbed by Fish and Wildlife officers at a Calgary landfill.

Officials say the cinnamon-coloured black bear was spotted by staff members at the Spyhill dump on Monday afternoon.

Spokesman Corey Colbran says they’re used to see wildlife, but it’s usually coyotes or deer.

He says it’s the first time he can think of that they’ve seen a bear.

The bear will be released back into the wild.

Fish and Wildlife officers put a tranquilizer dart into the bear and then waited for it to take effect.

“It went almost according to plan, when we darted it, about four and a half minutes in, the bear started falling out of the tree, and it actually got hung up by its neck so I had to climb up the tree in order to grab it, unhook its neck, then I was able to lower it bit by bit down,” said Fish and Wildlife officer Mark Hoskin. “We’ve put it into a steel trap where we’ll take it into ... a mountainous area to be released.”

Hoskin says the plan is to take the bear to a relocation site near Canmore where it will be released back into the wild.

The provincial government must still approve the changeover, which Matthews hopes will take place by the start of 2015.

A switch would leave Alberta with 18 cities.

An Alberta community must have more than 10,000 residents to gain city status, and Chestermere became eligible in 2007.

Plant aims to transform sewage and reduce discharge into river

CHESTERMERE — Alberta could have one more city by early next year.

Town council in Chestermere, just east of Calgary, voted six to one Monday to turn their community into a city and claim a larger share of provincial revenue as a result.

Mayor Patricia Matthews says the town has experienced dramatic growth in recent years and the move will increase economic opportunities, as well as enhance its recognition.

EDMONTON — Two companies are working on a project to transform sewage into commercial fertilizer and help protect the environmental health of the North Saskatchewan River.

Edmonton-based Epcor will own and operate the facility and Vancouver-based Ostara will provide the technology.

Ostara CEO Phillip Abrary says phosphorus from human waste will be recovered at an existing treatment plant and turned into a slow-release fertilizer that can be sold.

Epcor says the project will reduce the amount of phosphorus that is dumped into the river and help meet environmental regulations.

Phosphorus can spur algae blooms, which can reduce oxygen levels in water to the point where fish and other aquatic life can’t survive.

The companies say the facility will be the largest of its kind in Canada when it begins operating next year.

“It provides a proven and affordable means of helping cities become better stewards of their environment,” Abrary said Tuesday.

“This is the utility of the future. You are advancing waste treatment into a whole new realm. And it also makes good economic sense.”

He said Ostara is involved in similar projects in Saskatoon, the United States and England.

Their land has already been “assaulted” by a pair of gas lines and the building of a Hwy 2 in the 1950s.

“We love this land and we don’t really want it to be affected,” he said.

Audrey and Jack Daines want the route changed because it will place power lines across a small lake that has been a temporary home for migratory birds

for the 57 years they have lived there.

“It really interferes with the migration,” said Audrey. The Daines have commissioned an environmentalist to do a report on the lake and its feathered residents, which the couple hope they can submit to the AUC as part of a review. pcowley@reddeeradvocate.com

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infant and cried, “I love you.” Clutching her child’s limp body, the mother ran to a nursing station.

As paramedics tried to revive the baby, Ribbonleg knelt on the floor and cried.

When they declared Lexi dead, she picked up the child and refused to put her down, trying to breastfeed her.

The statement says nurse Sara Peters noticed Ribbonleg was slurring her words and smelled strongly of homebrew, the same smell coming from the baby’s body.

It says Peters told investigators Ribbonleg refused to let go of Lexi for about three hours, even as the little body turned cold and blue.

Nanooch said Ribbonleg has six other children, five of whom were living with her at the time. She has no other criminal record.

Ribbonleg also received two years probation.

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Energy agenda loses steam Just when Prime Minister Stephen Harper declined to join other world leaders on the podium of the United Nations climate change summit, the climate for his ambitious energy agenda continued to deteriorate across Canada. ● In New Brunswick, voters pushed pause on the development of the province’s shale gas industry, declining to buy into its economic potential until more is known about its environmental CHANTAL impact.

HÉBERT The incumbent Conservative government was ousted from office last week after a campaign spent touting the benefits of the industry for the have-not province. Liberal premier-elect Brian Gallant promised a moratorium. ● In Quebec, a Superior Court judge brought TransCanada’s drilling off the coast of the port of Cacouna on the St. Lawrence River to a temporary halt.

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She could find no scientific or regulatory rationale for the decision to allow TransCanada to drill at a critical time in the reproductive cycle of the river’s threatened beluga population.

The court injunction could be just one of a series of Quebec roadblocks on the way to building a west-to-east pipeline to link Alberta’s oilsands to the refineries of Eastern Canada.

The defeat last April of the Parti Québécois was greeted with a collective sigh of relief in other parts of Canada but it was not necessarily good news for the country’s energy corporations.

The PQ is never more aggressive in the pursuit of environmental issues than when it is in opposition, a role that frees it from the pressure of stimulating economic growth in the province.

The party’s rhetoric over the transport through Quebec of oil destined to be exported out of Canada has been heating up — and gaining traction. ● In Alberta, Premier Jim Prentice mused about the need for a change in the route of the controversial Northern Gateway pipeline. In a non-binding plebiscite last spring, a clear majority of the residents of Kitimat, B.C. — the

Pacific Coast port that would host the pipeline’s terminal — voted against the project despite the jobs the project would bring to the city.

Prentice, who has been in office for two weeks, feels that addressing Alberta’s reputation as an environment miscreant is a prerequisite to getting its energy export ambitions back on track.

None of those developments bodes well for the ruling federal Conservatives as they prepare to run for re-election on their economic record next year.

Almost a decade ago, Harper decreed that Canada’s national interest commanded a proactive approach to the development of its energy resources. The tenet that a vibrant energy sector is key to the country’s prosperity is a matter of federal consensus among the main parties in the House of Commons.

But the way that Harper has gone about implementing it has been neither consensual nor effective.

To facilitate an ambitious energy agenda his government has dismantled large sections of Canada’s environmental oversight infrastructure.

The words “climate change” were excised from the federal vocabulary.

Federal environmental watchdogs were defanged or put down as in the

case of the National Roundtable on the Environment and the Economy.

The environmental movement was essentially treated as a fifth column.

One result from this passive-aggressive Conservative approach to climate change has been to move the debate to a host of fronts other than Parliament.

It is playing out in the courts, in the provinces and in public opinion, with the Harper government almost always on the losing side of the argument.

While the majority of Canadian voters support the development of Canada’s energy potential, most continue to expect their governments to act as honest brokers in the search for a balance between the economy and the environment.

It is not a given that the Liberals or the New Democrats would fit the profile of honest broker that Harper has so consistently relinquished although it is certain that neither would embrace the energy industry with the same (stifling?) vigour of the Conservatives.

But it is fast coming to a point where it would be easier to advance Canada’s energy agenda on the blank page of a new federal government than based on a Conservative climate change record blotted with indelible ink.

Chantal Hébert is a syndicated Toronto Star national affairs writer.

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

I only asked for just a little help!

I am very proud to call Red Deer my home. The friendly city that I love and where I grew up and raised my own family.

Life changed drastically for me in 2011 when a fall left me without the ability to walk and in need of a wheelchair.

Over the past three years, I have received a great deal of help and support from my family and friends as well as countless individuals, organizations and even strangers.

My family and I have really appreciated the amazing care and compassion that I have received from so many, but on July 18 I was shocked and disappointed by the treatment I received after an unforeseen mishap in the washroom of a local restaurant.

While enjoying lunch with my Dad, nature called, so I wheeled myself to the bathroom and entered the cubicle. It is always quite a stressful procedure going to the bathroom, having to hope no one is in the only available accessible stall, lift myself out of the chair and hope the hand rail offered is actually useful.

On this particular day, when I was finished, I proceeded to pull up my clothes and move back onto the chair when I suddenly lost my balance, grabbed for the toilet paper dispenser, which broke, and I tumbled onto the dirty floor beside the toilet.

While falling, my feet went under the petition and into the next stall, making contact with a lady who was using the facility with her child. I apologized to the lady, then attempted to reach up to my purse so that I could grab my phone and call my Dad to come and help me.

Even with a supreme effort I could not reach my purse, so I opened the door and asked the lady who was coming out of the next cubicle (and could clearly see my dilemma) if she could please just pass me my purse. Without any reply she exited the washroom!

Now feeling very alone and helpless, I became very agitated, frustrated and tearful, wondering if I could somehow get out of this mess on my own?

Then suddenly another lady came in and I desperately explained my situation to her, pleading several times for her to please pass me purse so that I could get my phone. After a very gruff “Just a second,” she attended to her business, gave me a quick look and a peculiar smile, and left the washroom.

While thinking ‘How this could happen to me and what did I do wrong?’ I felt a panic coming on.

After what seemed an eternity, I was so relieved to see another lady come into the washroom. She immediately recognized my problem, expressing instant comfort and concern, as well as an offer to help.

She must’ve seen my reaction because I first assumed it would be too hard for her help me because she was older and didn’t look as though she could lift me at all. I was also concerned that physically helping me could in turn hurt her somehow.

Then a very kind Dawn Jensen informed me that she had worked for many years as a nursing care provider and reassured me that together, we could get me back into the wheelchair!

While my special angel and I pulled and lifted, two other ladies had also entered the washroom and offered no help to Dawn or me.

I could tell immediately that Dawn knew how to do this because she had me up off the floor and into the chair in one swift, awesome movement.

Once I got back into the chair, the tears of relief started to come. I thanked her with all my heart and asked if I could hug her. She and I hugged, and it felt safe and comforting, and I felt a huge sigh of relief.

I finally said goodbye to Dawn and I left the washroom and saw my worried Dad, but could not tell him what had happened until later because I was so upset by the scary experience and about the initial

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snubs that I had received!

I have since visited Dawn at the Sunset Manor in Innisfail, where she works. I wanted to express my sincere gratitude and to give her a little gift for helping to bring that horrible 15-minute experience for me to a happy ending and for so compassionately restoring my dignity. She was so glad I had stopped by because she said I left so quickly and that she was concerned about me.

Dawn said she told her husband about me later on that night and how upset she still felt about the whole situation.

In thanking all those who have so graciously assisted me along the way after my accident, I would plead with others to take a few moments of your time to extend a little kindness, comfort and attention to those you might find in a crisis or in need of attention.

If you don’t want to become involved, please assure the person that you will get someone to assist them or to call emergency assistance.

Each day can be a whole lot easier for all of us if we strive to extend and share a little thought and compassion for each other!

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BY THE CANADIAN PRESS MONTREAL — A bizarre note naming Prime Minister Stephen Harper and his wife Laureen was part of the evidence viewed by jurors at Luka Rocco Magnotta’s first-degree murder trial Tuesday.

The jury took a closer look at photos showing the contents of four parcels that were mailed to political offices in Ottawa and schools in Vancouver.

One of them contained a neatly written note on pink paper that included an obscenity and read: “Stephen Harper and Lauren (sic) Teskey will know who this is. They f--ked up big time.”

Teskey is Harper’s maiden name.

Magnotta, 32, faces a first-degree murder charge in the May 2012 slaying and dismemberment of Chinese student Jun Lin. He is also charged with criminally harassing Harper and other members of Parliament; mailing obscene and indecent material; committing an indignity to a body; and publishing obscene material.

Magnotta pleaded not guilty on Monday to all five charges. He has admitted to authoring the crimes, but his lawyer has indicated he will mount a defence of mental disorder.

On Tuesday, the jurors were able to view photos taken in 2012 by three Montreal police crime-scene technicians.

One officer’s photos showed the parcels that were mailed to Ottawa and Vancouver.

Caroline Simoneau testified about items recovered from their police counterparts in both cities in June 2012: boxes and their contents.

One of the parcels mailed to Ottawa was destined for the Conservative Party of Canada, while the other was sent to Liberal party headquarters in Ottawa.

The Vancouver ones were sent to two schools.

One box had a heart drawn in black marker at the bottom, while another contained dark stains.

Among the items recovered from the boxes were pink tissue paper, gift bags and four handwritten notes, including at least one bearing the name of “Lauren Teskey.” While the name is misspelled, it clearly refers to the prime minister’s wife.

In another note destined for the Liberal headquarters, she is mentioned again. “You need to speak to Laureen Teskey and her family, lots to hide,” it read.

One of the boxes sent to Vancouver also contained a threatening poem that read: “Roses are red, violets are blue, the police will need dental records to identify you, bi--h.”

Another officer’s photographs took jurors inside the infamous Apartment 208 in a west-end Montreal building where Lin’s slaying is alleged to have occurred.

Chantal Turmel told the jury she was instructed by investigators that a video had been circulating on the Internet and that she was sent to the apartment to find certain items: a poster from the movie “Casablanca,” a wine bottle with the wording “Wish for Love,” and a yellow T-shirt. She says she found all three outside the building.

Later, Turmel showed photos from inside the apartment, which was rented by Magnotta. It was largely empty of actual contents, but there were red stains and marks throughout — in particular in the refrigerator and on a mattress.

She also snapped the photo of an inscription in red marker inside the closet: “If you don’t like the reflection, don’t look in the mirror. I don’t care.”

Forensic biologists will testify next week as to what those marks were.

“It smelled a bit rotten, ” Turmel testified, referring to the apartment.

Finally, a third officer’s photos traced the route to a heavy brush-filled area where detectives found a human skull on July 1, 2012, more than one month after the discovery of a torso.

Richard Dionne took photographs that traced a route from the Angrignon subway station to an adjoining Montreal park where a mummified skull was found in tall grass on July 1, 2012.

Magnotta’s lawyer, Luc Leclair, told the court Monday his client has been diagnosed with borderline personality disorder shortly before the slaying and that he suffered from schizophrenia.

Crown prosecutor Louis Bouthillier told the jury that Magnotta had been planning a murder for six months and the actions were planned and deliberate.

The jury of eight women and six men will hear evidence over several weeks.

The trial is expected to last between six and eight weeks and feature some 60 witnesses.

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NDP House leader Peter Julian has written to the entire government caucus, saying the effort to get better answers out of question period is a modest, non-partisan step towards improving the daily giveand-take.

The NDP introduced the motion after receiving unrelated, unsatisfactory answers last week to pointed questions about Canadian soldiers in Iraq.

The Opposition’s pleas for help went unheeded by Speaker Andrew Scheer, who said he can only intervene on inappropriate questions, not the answers.

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Crop yields decent despite weather

BY HARLEY RICHARDS ADVOCATE BUSINESS EDITOR Yields are down from last year, the quality isn’t as good, harvest is progressing slower and prices are lower.

But things could be much worse for Central Alberta farmers — and several weeks ago looked like they would be.

Mark Cutts, a crop specialist with Alberta Agriculture and Rural Development in Stettler, said producers are doing a good job of picking up crops that were flattened by this year’s early snowfall.

“With that snow sitting on it back in the early part of September, I bet they didn’t think that was possible.”

Early indications are that yields are pretty good.

A crop report issued by Agricultural Financial Services Corp. on Friday projected that the numbers provincewide could be the second highest ever — behind only last year’s phenomenal crop.

“Most are pleasantly surprised with yields,” said Cutts, noting how dry conditions in Central Alberta during the summer led many to believe production would suffer.

“I think most producers, if they’re average to a bit above average yield, given the year I think they’ll be satisfied with that.”

Cutts estimates that harvest in this region is 50 to 55 per cent complete, although persistent cool, damp weather is slowing progress.

“I think fits and starts kind of describes harvest this fall.”

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However, a forecast of sunny weather over the next several days has Cutts optimistic that farmers can now make some headway.

“If we could settle in for 10 days to two weeks, I think we’d see the vast majority of the crop off in Central Alberta.”

It’s too early to comment on quality, but the rough start to fall probably did some damage, said Cutts.

“I wouldn’t be surprised if there were some quality issues based on that snow and frost incidents that happened a couple of weeks ago.”

It’s important that yield and quality are decent this year, said Cutts, because crop prices are down.

“There’s no doubt the numbers are not going to be as pretty as they were a year and certainly two years ago.” hrichards@reddeeradvocate.com

INNISFAIL CHRYSLER DEALERSHIP

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS WASHINGTON — With pipeline plans facing opposition in the West, the East, and the South, a Canadian premier is in the U.S. this week promoting an alternate route for exporting oil: the North.

The premier of the Northwest Territories has been in the American capital promoting an “Arctic Gateway” to carry oil through his region to international markets.

Bob McLeod has promoted the plan in meetings with Exxon Mobil, the American Petroleum Institute, Canadian diplomats, and in appearances before two Washington think-tanks with numerous members of the Obama administration in attendance.

He told one audience Tuesday that pipeline projects are being stalled everywhere — and not just with the famous Keystone XL example that Americans keep hearing about.

“In Canada it’s become a real problem to get pipelines approved,” McLeod told a packed conference room at the Center for Strategic and International Studies.

“There’s the Northern Gateway pipeline, the expansion of the Kinder Morgan, there’s the Keystone XL pipeline. Even within the provinces we can’t go through our own provinces...

“If we can’t go south, and we can’t go west, and we can’t go east, we have no choice but to go north.”

He explained in a separate interview that there could be initial shipments by summer 2015. An existing rail line would carry oil to Hay River, and then an existing barge system would ship it to Tuktoyaktuk, to be loaded onto tankers on the Beaufort Sea and shipped anywhere in the world.

He said that could keep running for about five months a year, at first. The second and third phases, he said, would include additional infrastructure, the reversal of an old pipeline, and finally, within five years, the construction of a brand new pipeline from Fort McMurray to Tuktoyaktuk that could export oil all year round.

The premier noted that the Alberta government had commissioned a feasibility study, with his blessing, that confirmed the technical viability of the plan.

One author of that study, however, said it’s about so much more than creating an alternate route for Alberta’s oil.

Building up Arctic energy infrastructure would help unlock the vast economic potential of the North, while encouraging a renaissance in research and development in the oilpatch farther south, said Scott Tiffin of Canatec Associates International Ltd. The May 2013 report, which Tiffin co-authored for the Alberta government, compared the concept to the Panama or Suez canals, as a precursor to a revolution in global logistics.

“Alberta has now retreated into a focus on oilsands, oilsands, oilsands or oilsands. We’re not realizing that, in fact, they led the world in Arctic offshore marine technology. It’s been forgotten. But it needs to be remembered,” Tiffin said.

“This could have enormous, sustainable, longterm benefits for the North — transforming it, basically, from a backwater in economic and political terms into a global player in the world.”

If an Arctic expansion were managed slowly and smartly, instead of being used to pump out as much bitumen as possible as quickly as possible, the ultimate production potential would be “unlimited,” he added.

McLeod concurred that his own interest in an Arctic Gateway is stoked by the possibility it could open up his territory to exploration and investments.

On the environmental side, however, there’s no infrastructure to respond to an oil spill in the Arctic, warned David Hayes, a former U.S. deputy secretary of the interior under President Barack Obama.

Environmental groups are already promising stiff resistance.

Greenpeace Canada predicted a repeat of pipeline battles in the south: the idea might start with support from local governments, and there’s excitement about economic spinoffs, but then residents realize there’s little long-term benefit in being on a pipeline path, opposition grows, and politicians get cold feet.

“This pipeline is going to face all the same problems all the other ones have — along with some new things around the risk of just trying to build a pipeline across melting permafrost, and dealing with bringing super-tankers through the Arctic Ocean,” said Keith Stewart, a researcher at Greenpeace Canada.

“This will face enormous opposition.”

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GDP largely unchanged in July

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OTTAWA — Economic growth in Canada paused in July following a string of gains over six consecutive months, hurt by a slump in the mining and energy sector, Statistics Canada said Tuesday.

Economists had expected a gain of 0.2 per cent, according to Thomson Reuters.

But the federal agency said the real gross domestic product was essentially unchanged in July following gains of 0.5 per cent in May and 0.3 per cent in June.

On a year-over-year basis, the economy was up 2.5 per cent.

BMO Capital Markets chief economist Doug Porter said “the Canadian economy seriously stubbed its toe in July.”

“While some special factors weighed, there were also some helpful one-time events in place as well, so we wouldn’t dismiss the weakness,” Porter said.

The flat month-over-month result overall came as the manufacturing and the public sector posted gains July.

Manufacturing output grew one per cent. Durable-goods manufacturing rose 1.6 per cent, with increases in transportation equipment, computer and electronic products as well as furniture and related products.

The public sector increased 0.5 per cent for the

month.

The construction, professional services and retail trade sectors also posted gains.

However, those steps forward were offset by decreases in mining and oil and gas extraction as well as in utilities.

Mining, quarrying and oil and gas extraction fell 1.5 per cent in July, while utilities dropped 2.3 per cent due to lower demand for electricity and natural gas due to cooler weather in some parts of the country.

Statistics Canada also said there were decreases in agriculture, wholesale trade, transportation and warehousing services — as well as arts, entertainment and recreation.

TD Bank senior economist Randall Bartlett said the unexpectedly weak result for the month puts some risk that the third quarter will fall short of the bank’s forecast for around three per cent annual growth, but added he did not see it as beginning of a return to sub-par economic growth.

“Not only is output in the primary industries notoriously volatile on a month-to-month basis but many of the factors that have contributed to Canadian economic momentum recently, notably rising U.S. export demand, remain in place,” Bartlett wrote in a note to clients.

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Natural gas engine firm Westport Innovations cuts revenue guidance for 2014 VANCOUVER — Westport Innovations Inc. (TSX:WPT) cut its financial guidance Tuesday due to uncertainty in its main markets, a change by its partners and worries about a customer’s ability to meet its obligations.

The company reduced its 2014 revenue outlook to between $130 million and $140 million, down from a July estimate of between $175 million and $185 million.

Trading in Westport shares was halted pending the announcement by the company.

Westport said market uncertainty in its primary markets of Europe, Russia and China have affected revenue in its applied technologies business in the second half of this year. As well, a change by its key development partners to move to a new high pressure direct injection system for its natural gas engines will defer related service revenue milestone payments in the near term. Thirdly, a customer who placed a significant order for its LNG tank systems “has been unable to provide sufficient comfort to Westport that it will be able to meet its obligations and requirements in respect of such orders.”

“As such Westport does not intend to ship product to this customer until such comfort has been received,” the company said.

Westport also said it does not expect its combined three operating business units to report positive adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amoritization. The company reiterated its goal of reporting consolidated positive adjusted EBITDA by the end of 2015.

Saskatchewan aiming to triple exports to Asia by 2020: premier REGINA — Premier Brad Wall says Saskatchewan is looking to triple its exports to Asia by 2020 to keep in line with recommendations from a report released on Tuesday.

The Saskatchewan-Asia Advisory Council made 45 suggestions such as more Asian language studies in schools and increased recruitment of international post-secondary students from that continent.

“There are some pretty bold recommendations,” said Wall, who added that the province has already increased its role in Asian markets.

“Lest anyone doubt that this is possible, consider that between 2008 and 2012, Saskatchewan exports to China grew from $1.2 billion to $2.5 billion.”

The council, formed in May 2013 to provide advice on Saskatchewan’s trade with Asia, reports that Asian countries have the highest demand for provincial products.

It warns that Canada is lagging behind countries such as the United States, New Zealand and Australia. Recommendation include the province creating project proposals for at least 10 major investment opportunities for Asian entrepreneurs to consider.

Council chairman Grant Kook, who is CEO of Westcap Mgt. Ltd. based in Saskatoon, said Asia is set to account for half of the world’s global domestic product by 2050. He suggests Saskatchewan can reap the economic benefits by attracting Asian investment.

“There is a lack of urgency in national efforts to enhance and transform our Asian relationships,” Kook said. “We believe Saskatchewan can and should lead the nation in Asian engagement.”

The report says Saskatchewan’s trade in 2013 with Asia was at an all-time high of $6.6 billion in exports to major partners such as India, Indonesia, China and Japan.

It recommends Mandarin language programs in schools, starting at the primary level, and calls for efforts to double Saskatchewan’s international postsecondary recruitment by 2020, with a focus on Asian students.

Derek, when should I start talking to my kids about investing and money?

As any parent would, I want the best for my children and I’m often thinking about their future. As a citizen of Red Deer, I’m also aware of how young our city is — I’m never surprised at the number of children I see in our growing community.

With the expanding number of new families in Red Deer and surrounding area, I’m often approached with questions about planning for children’s future education.

While that’s important, I think DEREK it’s also important to begin FUCHS working with your children to help them understand money.

As a parent of two young boys, I also understand how busy life is. I know my wife and I always seem to be organizing the next birthday party, or making sure their backpack is ready for school, or toting them around the city for sports, or whatever else my boys are involved in. So while educating my kids on money and investing is important to me, I also understand that finding the time to help them with these concepts is challenging as well.

To be clear, I do not sit my boys down and have them study investment charts or get them to read the business section in the newspaper — the boys have no interest in this and frankly, we don’t have the time to explain it to them anyway.

What I suggest is finding ways to incorporate discussions about money into their everyday lives, and it can start whenever you think they are ready.

For my boys, at a very young age they each were given a piggy bank. While using porcelain porcine isn’t a ground-breaking concept we were able to find a piggy bank online that had four different slots, instead of just one. The four slots are labelled as Spend, Save, Invest and Donate.

So now, each time the kids get money from grandma and grandpa (or even stumble on a penny on the ground), they get to make a choice of how they want

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that money to be put to use. I explain to them the concept of each of the slots as such.

Money placed in the Spend category can be used for smaller items that the kids are hoping for (a small toy or candy for example). They are taught that this money is gone quickly and doesn’t come back.

Money in the Save category must have a specific and reachable goal.

For one of my boys, this was to buy a new video game.

He understood what the cost of the game was, he understood that he didn’t have enough for it today, and he and I made a deal that through various chores around the house he could earn it slowly.

In short, the Save category is used to teach them that luxuries (or video games in this instance) must be worked for and earned.

The Donate category is explained to my boys as a way to give money to other kids who may not be able to have toys or even new clothes. This generates a very sympathetic response from my kids and they often put money in Donate.

Finally, Invest is simply explained that this money goes to dad’s work where he will make it worth even more and they can have it back when they are much older. Both the kids think that is a neat idea, though their understanding of how it works is very limited.

The lessons from this piggy bank are valuable, but obviously targeted to a young audience.

That said, I believe it is imperative that we ensure our children have a strong understanding of how money works. This is not a discussion about greed; instead it is to lay the foundation for creating work ethic and removing entitlement.

I don’t think there is a perfect age when you need to start teaching your kids about money. It does not need to be complicated, and it does not need to involve charts and the business news.

Rather, use your own life experiences and frame it in a way that is relatable to your kids at their age.

My suggestion is simply to find a way to start teaching.

Happy investing.

Derek Fuchs is a wealth adviser with ScotiaMcLeod in Red Deer, and a certified financial planner, financial management adviser and a fellow of the Canadian Securities Institute. He can be contacted at derek.fuchs@ scotiamcleod.com.

Changes needed if provinces want to keep debt under control: PBO

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — Canada’s provinces, territories and municipalities must make big policy changes if they want to rein in their public debt, the federal Parliamentary Budget Officer cautioned Tuesday in a new report.

Those levels of government need to get their finances in order, the PBO said, suggesting they could try to find savings in health care or other programs, receive greater transfer payments from Ottawa or come up with new ways to raise revenues.

“Canada’s subnational governments (provincial, territorial, local, and aboriginal) cannot meet the challenges of aging demographics,” says the report.

“They must make significant policy changes to put public debt on a sustainable path.”

Despite the dire warning, the PBO says it’s not too

late for provinces, territories and municipalities to get their public debt under control.

“The fiscal gap of subnational governments is large, but not insurmountable,” says the report.

“If provinces are able to control excess cost growth, an increase in the (Canada Health Transfer) escalator to account for population aging when it is reviewed in 2024 would eliminate much of the fiscal gap of subnational governments while still leaving the federal government with considerable fiscal room.

“The remaining subnational fiscal gap could be closed with a mix of modest spending restraint and tax increases.”

The PBO was more optimistic about the federal government’s ability to deal with Canada’s aging population, saying Ottawa has enough fiscal wiggle room to deal with the challenges of people getting older.

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COMPANIES OF LOCAL INTEREST Tuesday’s stock prices supplied by RBC Dominion Securities of Red Deer. For information call 341-8883.

Diversified and Industrials Agrium Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . 99.56 ATCO Ltd.. . . . . . . . . . . . 45.40 BCE Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47.89 BlackBerry . . . . . . . . . . . 11.16 Brookfield . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.77 Bombardier . . . . . . . . . . . 50.28 Cdn. National Railway . . 79.51 Cdn. Pacific Railway. . . 232.43 Cdn. Utilities . . . . . . . . . . 39.12 Capital Power Corp . . . . 26.75 Cervus Equipment Corp 18.90 Dow Chemical . . . . . . . . 52.44 Enbridge Inc. . . . . . . . . . 53.61 Finning Intl. Inc. . . . . . . . 31.59 Fortis Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . 34.62 General Motors Co. . . . . 31.94 Parkland Fuel Corp. . . . . 21.30 Sirius XM . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.16 SNC Lavalin Group. . . . . 51.57 Stantec Inc. . . . . . . . . . . 73.28 Telus Corp. . . . . . . . . . . . 38.24 Transalta Corp.. . . . . . . . 11.75 Transcanada. . . . . . . . . . 57.68 Consumer Canadian Tire . . . . . . . . 114.75 Gamehost . . . . . . . . . . . . 16.40 Leon’s Furniture . . . . . . . 14.66 Loblaw Ltd. . . . . . . . . . . . 56.05 MARKETS CLOSE TORONTO — The Toronto stock market registered a minor loss on the last day of third quarter trading Tuesday as resource stocks suffered amid weakness in the Canadian and Chinese economies.

The S&P/TSX composite index gave back 16.41 points to 14,960.51. A string of reverses this month centred on economic worries and the timing of future rate hikes resulted in the main Toronto index chalking up a 4.26 per cent loss, its first monthly decline in four months.

The Canadian dollar was down 0.37 of a cent to a fresh, six-month low of 89.29 cents US. Statistics Canada reported that gross domestic product was flat during July following a 0.3 per cent rise in June, below an expected gain of 0.2 per cent.

U.S. indexes were lower amid other data showing deteriorating consumer confidence. The New York-based Conference Board’s index fell to 86 during September from 93.4 in August.

The Dow Jones industrials were down 28.32 points to 17,042.9, ending the month with a small loss. The Nasdaq declined 12.46 points to 4,493.39 while the S&P 500 index shed 5.51 points to 1,972.29.

HSBC Corp.’s monthly purchasing managers’ index showed that China’s manufacturing activity in September held steady at the previous month’s low level, indicating the world’s second-largest economy faces risks to growth. The index came in at 50.2. Anything below 50 indicates contraction.

Other Chinese data this month reported declining industrial production, lower property prices, weaker imports and pressure on factory prices, all of which added to concerns that outside of the U.S., global growth is faltering badly.

Maple Leaf Foods. . . . . . 19.12 Rona Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . 13.64 Tim Hortons . . . . . . . . . . 88.19 Wal-Mart . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76.47 WestJet Airlines . . . . . . . 31.40 Mining Barrick Gold . . . . . . . . . . 16.47 Cameco Corp. . . . . . . . . 19.76 First Quantum Minerals . 21.62 Goldcorp Inc. . . . . . . . . . 25.82 Hudbay Minerals. . . . . . . . 9.57 Kinross Gold Corp. . . . . . . 3.72 Labrador. . . . . . . . . . . . . 21.85 Potash Corp.. . . . . . . . . . 38.78 Sherritt Intl. . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.10 Teck Resources . . . . . . . 21.21 Energy Arc Resources . . . . . . . . 29.55 Badger Daylighting Ltd. . 27.92 Baker Hughes. . . . . . . . . 65.06 Bonavista . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.88 Bonterra Energy . . . . . . . 56.71 Cdn. Nat. Res. . . . . . . . . 43.51 Cdn. Oil Sands Ltd. . . . . 20.66 Canyon Services Group. 12.89 Cenovous Energy Inc. . . 30.13 CWC Well Services . . . 0.9000 Encana Corp. . . . . . . . . . 23.78 Essential Energy. . . . . . . . 2.45 Traders have also been concerned that an improving American economy could persuade the U.S. Federal Reserve to move on raising interest rates sooner than expected next year.

Positive U.S. economic data and Fed speculation have also helped strengthen the U.S. currency, which in turn have depressed commodity prices during September.

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

The TSX is still up about 10 per cent for the year as Caulfield observed that the TSX has registered gains in 11 of the past 12 months.

The energy sector fell 0.8 per cent while November crude in New York tumbled $3.41 to US$91.16. Lower demand and a glut of supply sent oil tumbling five per cent this month to its lowest closing price since November 2012. The base metals sector on the TSX was down 0.6 per cent while December copper gave back five cents to US$3.01 a pound as lower demand pushed the metal, viewed as an economic barometer, down five per cent this month.

The gold sector moved down 1.35 per cent as December gold faded $7.20 to US$1,211.60, losing almost six per cent this month amid low inflation readings in most parts of the globe.

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

Stocks: S&P/TSX Composite Index — 14,960.51, down 16.41 points Dow — 17,042.90, down 28.32 points S&P 500 — 1,972.29, down 5.51 points Nasdaq — 4,493.39, down

CRTC should heed European lessons on wireless competition, says Telus GATINEAU, Que. — The former head of Austria’s telecom regulator says Canada should heed the lessons learned in Europe about adopting rules intended to keep wireless prices low. Georg Serentschy has told Canada’s regulator that European telecoms are now living with the unintended consequences of stimulating increased competition to keep consumers happy.

Serentschy told a CRTC panel study-

Exxon Mobil . . . . . . . . . . 94.05 Halliburton Co. . . . . . . . . 64.51 High Arctic . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.83 Husky Energy . . . . . . . . . 30.74 Imperial Oil . . . . . . . . . . . 52.91 Pengrowth Energy . . . . . . 5.87 Penn West Energy . . . . . . 7.59 Pinecrest Energy Inc. . . . 0.065 Precision Drilling Corp . . 12.09 Suncor Energy . . . . . . . . 40.53 Talisman Energy . . . . . . . . 9.69 Trican Ltd.. . . . . . . . . . . . 13.10 Trinidad Energy . . . . . . . . 8.39 Vermilion Energy . . . . . . 68.18 Financials Bank of Montreal . . . . . . 82.43 Bank of N.S. . . . . . . . . . . 69.27 CIBC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.59 Cdn. Western . . . . . . . . . 39.40 Carfinco . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.31 Great West Life. . . . . . . . 32.21 IGM Financial . . . . . . . . . 48.30 Intact Financial Corp. . . . 72.51 Manulife Corp. . . . . . . . . 21.54 National Bank . . . . . . . . . 51.03 Rifco Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.92 Royal Bank . . . . . . . . . . . 80.05 Sun Life Fin. Inc.. . . . . . . 40.60 TD Bank . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55.27 12.46 points Currencies at close: Cdn — 89.29 cents US, down 0.37 of a cent Pound — C$1.8157, up 0.41 of a cent Euro — C$1.4146, down 0.07 of a cent Euro — US$1.2630, down 0.60 of a cent Oil futures: US$91.16 per barrel, down $3.41 (November contract) Gold futures: US$1,211.60 per oz., down $7.20 (December contract) Canadian Fine Silver Handy and Harman: $19.727 oz., down 53.9 cents $634.22 kg., down $17.33 ICE FUTURES CANADA WINNIPEG — ICE Futures Canada closing prices: Canola: Nov. ’14 $2.10 lower $395.90; Jan ’15 $2.90 lower $402.50; March ’15 $3.10 lower $409.50; May ’15 $4.00 lower $416.00; July ’15 $4.90 lower $421.90; Nov ’15 $5.00 lower $427.80; Jan. ’16 $5.00 lower $433.00; March ’16 $5.00 lower $436.90; May ’16 $5.00 lower $436.90; July ’16 $5.00 lower $436.90; Nov. ’16 $5.00 lower $436.90.

Barley (Western): Oct. ’14 $9.00 lower 116.00; Dec. ’14 $9.00 lower $118.00; March ’15 $9.00 lower $119.00; May ’15 $9.00 lower $119.00; July ’15 $9.00 lower $119.00; Oct. ’15 $9.00 lower $119.00; Dec. ’15 $9.00 lower $119.00; March ’16 $9.00 lower $119.00; May ’16 $9.00 lower $119.00; July ’16 $9.00 lower $119.00; Oct. ’16 $9.00 lower $119.00.

Tuesday’s estimated volume of trade: 194,540 tonnes of canola; 0 tonnes of barley (Western Barley) Total: 194,540.

ing Canada’s wholesale wireless market that forcing lower prices in the short term has resulted in Europe having among the slowest and least reliable wireless networks in the industrialized world. Serentschy appeared as part of a panel from Telus Corp.

(TSX:T), which called on the regulator to maintain its support of the current so-called facilities-based competitive model. On Monday, the CRTC heard from the Competition Bureau, which called for new wireless regulations designed to entice a new, fourth national wireless carrier into Canada in order to increase competition and reduce prices.

Air Canada starts crackdown on carry-ons ahead of new fees

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS

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MONTREAL — Air Canada has begun a trial program at Toronto’s Pearson International Airport to ensure that passengers bring only carry-on baggage that will fit into overhead bins.

The airline posted additional staff at the domestic and transborder departure areas at Pearson Tuesday to ensure travellers check their over-sized bags and prevent them from being carried on board.

The trial, which has no announced end date, comes after the Montrealbased carrier (TSX:AC.B) announced earlier this month that it will begin charging a $25 fee for the first checked bag on its lowest-class domestic flights and on flights to and from the Caribbean and Mexico.

The fee comes into effect on Nov. 2.

Air Canada has charged for a traveller’s first checked bag on U.S.-Canada transborder routes since 2011.

“This will also facilitate an orderly transition to the implementation of a domestic first checked bag fee beginning in November,” said spokeswoman Isabelle Arthur.

Transport Canada rules allow passengers to carry on two unchecked items. Air Canada specifies that a personal item can include a backpack, briefcase or laptop computer measuring up to 16 by 33 by 43 cm, and a stan-

dard item such as a suitcase measuring up to 23 by 40 by 55 cm including wheels and handles.

Those travelling with an infant on their lap can carry on an additional standard article.

Arthur said there are no immediate plans to extend the trial program to other Canadian airports.

Meanwhile, WestJet Airlines (TSX:WJA) said it isn’t stepping up surveillance of what passengers bring on board its aircraft ahead of the introduction of its own checked baggage fee Oct. 29.

“No change for us,” said spokesman Robert Palmer.

“We have always made the announcement about carry-on needing to fit in the sizing devices, and we do ask people to put their bags in the device to make sure it will fit.”

The Calgary-based airlines is also introducing a $25 first checked bag fee on all flights operated by WestJet and its regional airline Encore within Canada and to the United States.

The fee will not apply to flights to Mexico, the Caribbean, Central America and Europe.

WestJet chief financial officer Vito Culmone recently said it expects the new fee could reduce checked bags by 20 to 30 per cent, based on experience of other airlines.

Loonie falls amid GDP disappointment, rising greenback

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — The Canadian dollar closed lower Tuesday as economic growth figures for July came in weaker than expected.

The loonie was down 0.37 of a cent to a fresh, six month low of 89.29 cents US after Statistics Canada reported that gross domestic product was flat in July following a 0.3 per cent rise in June. Economists had expected that GDP growth would come in at 0.2 per cent.

The Canadian currency was also pressured by a greenback that has steadily appreciated this month amid positive American economic data and speculation about when the U.S. Federal Reserve may start to raise interest rates.

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, although the U.S. central bank has said its move will depend on economic data rather than a schedule.

Traders are looking for reassurance ’hat U.S. job growth continues to strengthen.

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

Canadian job figures for September

come out Oct. 10.

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

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

On Tuesday, HSBC Corp.’s monthly purchasing managers’ index showed that China’s manufacturing activity in September held steady at the previous month’s low level, indicating the world’s second-largest economy faces risks to growth. The index came in at 50.2. Anything below 50 indicates contraction.

At the same time, hopes for further stimulus from the European Central Bank rose after data showed that inflation across the 18 European Union countries that use the euro dipped further toward zero in September. Eurostat says that consumer prices in the eurozone rose only 0.3 per cent in the year to September against the previous month’s 0.4 per cent.

And in the U.S., other data showed deteriorating consumer confidence.

The Conference Board’s index fell to 86 during September from 93.4 in August. Commodity prices also declined Tuesday as November crude in New York tumbled $3.41 to US$91.16. Lower demand and a glut of supply sent oil tumbling five per cent this month to its lowest closing price since November 2012.

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KANSAS CITY WINS WILD CARD GAME WITH BIG COMEBACK IN EXTRA INNINGS

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Royals 9 Athletics 8 KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Kansas City Royals had waited 29 years to reach the post-season. They weren’t going down without a fight.

Salvador Perez singled down the left-field line with two outs in the 12th inning, allowing Christian Colon to score from second base and giving the long-suffering Royals a 9-8 victory over the Oakland Athletics in a wild AL wild-card game Tuesday night.

Quite a start to October baseball — even if this one appeared to be over in September with plenty of time to spare.

The A’s raced out to a 7-3 lead by the sixth inning, but the Royals countered with three runs in the eighth. Nori Aoki’s sacrifice fly off Sean Doolittle in the ninth forced extra innings.

The teams kept trading blows over the next couple innings, as midnight came and went on the East Coast and the tension continued to build. Brandon Finnegan finally cracked after tossing two scoreless innings, but the Royals were there to pick up their pitching one last time.

Eric Hosmer hit a rocket to the wall in left field off Dan Otero for a leadoff triple in the 12th, and Colon hit an infield chopper that he beat out for a tying single. That set the stage for Perez, who lined a pitch from Jason Hammel just inside the third-base line to send the Royals pouring out of their dugout in a mad celebration.

The long-suffering franchise

hadn’t played in the post-season since beating St. Louis in the 1985 World Series, and the excitement the permeated the city might best be summed up by a statement posted by the Kansas City Police on Twitter in about the 10th inning: “We really need everyone to not commit crimes and drive safely right now. We’d like to hear the Royals clinch.”

They finally did it in a thrilling start to baseball’s playoffs.

For the Oakland, it was one final collapse in a season full of them. The club that once had the best record in baseball wilted over the second half of the season, and needed a victory on the final day of the regular season just to squeeze into the playoffs.

They had chances to put all that in the past. Instead, it will be dragged up for years.

A much-anticipated pitching showdown between Oakland ace Jon Lester and Kansas City counterpart James Shields instead turned into a high-scoring game and a battle of attrition between their bullpens.

Brandon Moss helped the A’s strike first, belting a tworun homer in the first inning and a three-run shot in the fifth. The Royals countered by playing small ball, stealing seven bases to tie a post-season record previously shared by the 1907 Chicago Cubs and 1975 Cincinnati Reds, according to STATS. Kansas City clawed back from a four-run deficit over the final two innings.

The impassioned play by a scrappy bunch of Royals that have rarely tasted success energized a sellout crowd that

had been pining for post-season baseball since the 1985 World Series.

Then again, maybe it was the crowd that energized the Royals.

Oakland had built a big lead after the fifth inning, and Lester — long a thorn in the side of Kansas City — had started to hit his stride.

But A’s manager Bob Melvin opted to send him out for the eighth inning, and the Royals finally got Lester into a real jam.

Luke Gregerson entered in relief but failed to provide much. By the time he struck out Perez and Omar Infante to leave runners on second and third, the A’s four-run lead had become one.

Doolittle tried to finish the game off in the ninth, but he served up a leadoff single to pinch-hitter Josh Willingham.

Pinch-runner Jarrod Dyson was sacrificed to second, and then brashly stole third base, allowing him to score on Aoki’s sacrifice fly to right field.

It was the third time in the last three seasons Doolittle has blown a post-season save.

By that point, a series of blunders by the Royals and manager Ned Yost had become moot.

Sean Doolittle tried to finish the game off in the ninth, but he gave up a bloop single to pinch-hitter Josh Willingham. Pinch-runner Jarrod Dyson was sacrificed to second and then brashly stole third, allowing him to score on Aoki’s sacrifice fly to deep right field.

It was the third time in the last three seasons that Doolittle has blown a post-season save.

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Kansas City Royals’ Eric Hosmer celebrates after scoring on a single by Christian Colon during the 12th inning of the AL wildcard playoff baseball game against the Oakland Athletics on Tuesday, in Kansas City, Mo.

Johnny Hockey leads Flames to win over Avs

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS Flames 2 Avalanche 0 CALGARY — Calgary rookie Johnny Gaudreau scored a highlight-reel goal that gave everyone plenty to talk about.

Gaudreau’s first goal and point of the pre-season stood up as the game winner as the Flames beat the Colorado Avalanche 2-0 on Tuesday.

The spark from Gaudreau that the game desperately needed came at 9:05 of the second period. Bursting into the Colorado end one-on-one against defenceman Nate Guenin, the 2014 Hobey Baker Award winner went outside in, then inside out before wristing a perfect shot into the top corner on Reto Berra.

“There’s nothing better for a goal scorer than to score a goal. That’s their fuel. That’s how they gauge their game,” said Flames coach Bob Hartley. “That was worth the price of admission. I don’t know if you guys got excited but on the bench, guys reacted like fans.”

Guenin, a 31-year-old veteran, admitted it was a nice play.

“I had pinched in so I was coming back into the play.

When I went to turn, he took it inside and then he went outside really quick,” said Guenin. “It was two really quick moves and then he couldn’t have put that puck in a better spot.”

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Colorado Avalanche’s Alex Tanguay, right, tries to get past Calgary Flames’ Mark Giordano during second period NHL preseason hockey action in Calgary, Tuesday.

The American-born Guenin, who played at Ohio State, says he hadn’t seen Gaudreau play before but knew all about him from following college hockey and all the hype around him last season when Gaudreau had 36 goals and 80 points in 40 games with Boston College.

Guenin said he could tell

the talented left-winger looked more comfortable on the ice after scoring his goal.

“After that, you could tell he started buzzing a little more,” Guenin said.

Gaudreau agreed that getting that first goal after being held off the scoresheet his first three pre-season games

helped his confidence.

“Thankfully, I finally got it out of the way and I can just feel a little bit more comfortable out there and just make plays and not worry about getting that first one,” said Gaudreau, who stands only fivefoot-nine, 160 pounds.

Gaudreau’s bid to make the Flames season-opening roster is one of the most interesting training camp stories in Calgary. Depending on the injury situation, there are only one or two openings at forward and the speedy and talented left-winger is competing against several players including Michael Ferland and Sven Baertschi.

“I feel more comfortable every single day,” said Gaudreau, who played on a line with Curtis Glencross and Joe Colborne,.

“Playing with some of the guys that I’ve had the chance to play with only makes me a better hockey player and gives me a whole bunch of opportunities to try and make this team.”

Jonas Hiller was perfect in net for the Flames, stopping all 28 shots he faced.

“I felt pretty good, thought I saw the puck pretty well. Was able to make some key saves and it’s definitely a confidence booster for the regular season, which is just around the corner,” said Hiller, who as a free agent signed a two-year $9-million contract in the summer.

Hiller is battling with Karri Ramo for the starting job after spending the last seven seasons with the Anaheim Ducks.

In three pre-season appearances, Hiller is 2-1-0 with a 0.86 goals-against average and a .958 save percentage.

Former Flame Berra went the distance for Colorado. The back-up to Semyon Varlamov finished with 22 stops.

Lance Bouma, into an empty net, also scored for Calgary (4-3-0).

While Colorado (0-5-1) remains winless in the pre-season, one of two teams without a victory, coach Patrick Roy was pleased with his team’s effort given they were without key players like Matt Duchene, Nathan MacKinnon, former-Flame Jarome Iginla and Gabriel Landeskog.

“Loved our game. I thought we competed hard. We played really well. It was a very good game. We were missing a lot of guys but I was very pleased with the effort,” Roy said.

Notes: Notable on the Flames injury front. Mikael Backlund (abdominal strain) is skating but has not yet returned to full practice. Sam Bennett is said to be nursing a minor injury but he practised Tuesday and is expected to play Thursday night... Flames final two pre-season games will be a home-and-home with the Winnipeg Jets - Thursday in Calgary and Saturday in Winnipeg.

Stampeders close to seeing Mitchell return to action

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS CALGARY — Barring a setback in practice this week, Bo Levi Mitchell is expected to be the starting quarterback for the Calgary Stampeders on Friday against the Saskatchewan Roughriders.

After watching Mitchell navigate the wet McMahon Stadium turf in Tuesday’s practice, Stampeders head coach John Hufnagel was closer to giving Mitchell the green light to return to game action.

Mitchell sat out Calgary’s last two games with a sprained left ankle and stretched knee ligament suffered in the Sept.

13 against Toronto.

“Not 100 per cent, but it looks good that he’ll be playing the game,” Hufnagel said.

“He looked good out there today. I’m not trying to hide any-

thing. I just want to have one more day to make sure he is ready to go.

“He didn’t have a setback today and that was the only thing I was concerned about and he was too. The turf was a little slippery, he did some movement on it and had no pain in either the ankle or the knee, so he’s ready to go.”

Calgary owns the best record in the CFL and tops the West Division at 11-2. Saskatchewan and the Edmonton Eskimos are tied for second at 9-4.

Friday’s game is the first meeting this season between Calgary and the defending Grey Cup champions. The Stampeders went 14-4 last season, but were upset at home in the West Division final by the Roughriders.

The Stampeders can clinch a playoff berth with a victory

Friday, although a loss by the Winnipeg Blue Bombers (6-7) to Ottawa in the earlier game that day would also secure a playoff berth for Calgary.

Stampeder running back Jon Cornish was named the CFL’s Canadian player of the week Tuesday. He rushed for 156 yards Saturday in a 14-7 win over the B.C. Lions.

The CFL’s Most Outstanding Player and leading rusher in 2013 has been limited to six games because of injuries this season, yet ranks second in rushing yards with 743.

Returner Jock Sanders was named the league’s top special teams player of the week with 156 return yards versus the Lions. Sanders is not expected to play in Regina because of an ankle injury.

Mitchell owned the CFL’s highest quarterback efficiency rating at 100.5 per cent before

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he was tackled on a four-yard run by Toronto’s Shea Emry and went down awkwardly on his left leg.

Mitchell said he and Stampeders athletic therapist Mike Gudmundson have been aggressively rehabilitating his leg since then with treatments starting as early as 5:30 a.m.

Mitchell dressed as Calgary’s No. 3 on Saturday, but didn’t play. He performed footwork drills and took first-team reps in pouring rain Tuesday.

“There were no setbacks today so that was big for us,” Mitchell said. “It’s what the coach wanted to see. It’s what I wanted to see.

“I’m going to keep pushing it during the week to make sure I can find every possible angle I can twist, tweak my knee to make sure it’s good.

Right now, as it stands, I’m ready to go and ready to lead

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these guys into battle and see where it goes.”

The Stampeders have a bye week after Friday’s game and won’t play again until Oct. 18 in Winnipeg.

Mitchell said there was discussion about delaying his return for the extra healing time, but Hufnagel wants the 24-year-old Texan back in the game if he’s able to play.

“We have nothing accomplished yet,” Hufnagel said.

“We haven’t gotten a playoff spot yet. I would like to get home-field advantage. I would like to finish in first place and we’ve got a lot of football left against a lot of very strong football teams.

“Every game is important, equally important. Whether it was the quarterback position or any position on the team, if they’re ready to play, they play.”

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Raonic serves 22 aces in opening Hurricanes win over Tomic at Japan Open make another

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TOKYO — Milos Raonic is focusing on winning his first championship in Tokyo before he worries about finishing the season in London.

The Canadian tennis star earned a 7-6 (3), 6-3 win over Bernard Tomic on Tuesday to advance to the second round of the Japan Open on the back of 22 aces.

Raonic, twice a finalist but never a champion at Tokyo’s Ariake Colosseum, stands provisional ninth in the race to the eight-man year-end championships in London in November.

He’s hoping to improve his position in the standings this week, but for now Raonic is focusing on the task at hand. “London is still a long way away, I just need to keep playing well and try to make my game better and better and take advantage of my opportunities,� he said.

The 23-year-old Raonic had never faced Tomic before, but he quickly figured out the Australian as the first set headed into a tiebreaker.

Raonic took a 5-2 lead in the decider and fired a return winner down the line to set up four set points.

Tomic saved the first but could not touch Raonic’s 12th ace to seal the set a point later. “I felt I played pretty well, it’s tough to reach a high level in the first match,� the world No. 8 from Thornhill, Ont., said. “I’m very pleased with a start like this, I don’t think I was expecting to do so well.�

In the second set, Raonic broke for 3-1 from a forehand error and recovered from two break points down in the seventh game to emerge 5-2, thanks to another untouchable serve.

Tomic served up a love game to cut Raonic’s lead to 5-3, but Raonic finished off the evening in style a game later with another service rocket.

Raonic’s win was his 40th of the season against 13 defeats.

He will next take on Austrian veteran Jurgen Melzer, who advanced to the second round when opponent Eduardo Roger-Vasselin retired trailing 7-5, 4-1 with a hip problem.

Also on Tuesday, Japanese wild card Tatsuma Ito upset Australian Open champion Stan Wawrinka 7-5, 6-2 in the first round.

The No. 103-ranked Ito converted all four of his break-point chances to dispatch top-seeded Wawrin-

Lions’ Lulay elects to forgo surgery, continue rehab

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS VANCOUVER — B.C. Lions quarterback Travis Lulay has elected to forgo surgery and will continue to rehabilitate his right throwing shoulder as he aims for a late-season return to the lineup.

Lulay suffered a shoulder dislocation in a Sept. 5 game against Ottawa and was later placed on the club’s sixgame injured list. “I have considered all options with our team doctors, physiotherapists and training staff and at this point, I am very encouraged with my rehabilitation to date,�

Lulay said Tuesday in a release. “Having been in this position last year, I am cautiously optimistic that I can return to action before the end of the regular season.�

Lulay dislocated the same shoulder a year ago but returned to action in the final week of the regular season. He was the Lions’ starting quarterback in the Western semifinal.

Following the 2013 season, Lulay elected to have surgery to increase the stability of the shoulder. The latest dislocation put him on a similar rehabilitation timetable as the original injury last year. “We believe Travis will be able to return to

action in coming weeks,� said general manager Wally Buono. “At this time, he is set to come off the six-game injured list with two regular-season games remaining on our schedule, with a bye week in mid-October also providing some additional recovery time.�

Also Tuesday, the Lions signed wide receiver Lavasier Tuinei, defensive back Brandon Jones, running back Bradley Randle and wide receiver Derek Yachison to their practice roster.

B.C. also released defensive tackle Brandon Jordan, who was later signed by the Calgary Stampeders.

SIX PLAYER DEAL COMES LESS THAN A YEAR THAN LAST TRADE BETWEEN TEAMS WHL

BY JAMES SHEWAGA BRANDON SUN Photo by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

BRANDON, Man. — The Brandon Wheat Kings and Lethbridge Hurricanes have completed their second Western Hockey League blockbuster deal in less than a year.

Wheat Kings general manager and head coach Kelly McCrimmon announced Tuesday that the club has acquired veterans Reid Duke and Macoy Erkamps as well as the playing rights to forward Tak Anholt in exchange for defenceman Kord Pankewicz and forwards Brett Kitt and Ryley Lindgren.

A sixth-round draft choice (169th overall) of the National Hockey League’s Minnesota Wild in 2014, the five-foot-11, 190-pound Duke is in his third full WHL season. An 18-year old Calgary product, Duke scored 15 goals and 40 points in 61 games last season and in 132 career games he has scored 25 goals and 70 points.

Duke was the fifth player chosen in the 2011 WHL Bantam Draft.

Erkamps is a former second-round bantam draft pick (27th overall) in 2010 and in 201 career games the six-foot, 202-pound defenceman has scored 86 points, including 14 goals while accumulating 210 minutes in penalties.

Anholt, meanwhile, was the Hurricanes’ second selection (30th overall) in last year’s bantam draft. In 33 games with the Vancouver AAA Midget Giants in 2013-14, he had 12 goals and 21 points in 33 games. He is currently playing at Yale Hockey Academy in B.C. “This is a major trade for our hockey club,� says McCrimmon. “In Reid Duke, we are adding a tremendously talented forward with an excellent pedigree and potential. Macoy is an experienced two-way defenceman and is right-handed which fills a void on our team.�

A former first-round pick (11th overall) of the Wheat Kings in 2011, Pankewicz is in his third season in Brandon and has scored one goal and 15 points in 88 career games.

Lindgren and Kitt meanwhile are in their second WHL seasons. An 18-year old native of East St. Paul, Manitoba, Lindgren scored nine goals and 17 points in 67 games last season while the Brandon-born Kitt had five goals and 10 points in 37 games for the Wheat Kings in 2013-14.

Both were chosen by Brandon in the fifth round of the 2011 bantam draft. “As is the case with trades of this magnitude, we are losing three real good young players who have been very good Wheat Kings,� McCrimmon went on to say. “We wish them the best with the Hurricanes.�

Erkamps and Duke are expected to arrive in Brandon this week and will be in the lineup Friday night when the Wheat Kings play host to the visiting TriCity Americans.

In November 2013, the Wheat Kings dealt Taylor Cooper and Nick Walters to the Hurricanes in exchange for defenceman Ryan Pilon and the rights to Colt Conrad.

Milos Raonic returns a shot against Bernard Tomic during their first round match of Japan Open Tennis Championships in Tokyo, Tuesday. ka.

He will now meet Benjamin Becker of Germany, who was leading Jarkko Nieminen 7-5, 4-1 when the Finn retired due to fatigue. “It is the first time I have beaten a top-five player,� Ito said. “I tried my best on every point, and I was very focused. I was a little nervous, but I stuck to my game, and I finished well.�

Wawrinka, who won his Grand Slam breakthrough title at the Australian Open in January, is ranked No. 4 and could have ensured a spot at the ATP Finals by reaching the final in Tokyo. “It was not a good day at the office,� Wawrinka said. “He started well, and then I was trying to come back in the match. First-round matches are never easy.�

EUGENIE BOUCHARD

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS BEIJING — Canadian Eugenie Bouchard dropped a 6-2, 6-4 decision to Sabine Lisicki of Germany in second-round play Tuesday at the China Open.

Bouchard, the No. 8 seed from Westmount, Que., did not record an ace and double-faulted 11 times.

She was coming off a final appearance at the Wuhan Open last weekend.

Serena Williams had a far easier time than she did in her opening match, topping Tsvetana Pironkova of Bulgaria 6-2, 6-3.

A day earlier, Williams came from 5-0 down to beat Silvia Soler-Espinosa. “I wanted to start out strong, so that was the main difference, was just making sure I was able to win a game early on,� she said.

Fourth-seeded Maria Sharapova also moved on with a 6-2, 6-2 second-round win over Elina Svitolina of Ukraine and Venus Williams avenged a loss to France’s Caroline Garcia last week with a 6-4, 6-3 victory.

Second-seeded Simona Halep won a tight match against 167th-ranked Lin Zhu of China, 7-5, 6-4, and No. 9 seed Ana Ivanovic of Serbia defeated Romina Oprandi of Italy 6-4, 6-2.

Agnieszka Radwanska’s late-season slide continued, however, with a 6-4, 6-4 loss to Roberta Vinci of Italy. Since winning the Rogers Cup in August, the fifth-seeded Pole hasn’t advanced past the quarterfinals in her last five events.

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Pt 8 4 4 4 2 0

GA 9 8 7 10 14 17

Pt 8 6 4 2 2 0

WESTERN CONFERENCE B.C. DIVISION GP W L OTLSOL GF GA Pt Kelowna 3 3 0 0 0 21 5 6 Vancouver 3 3 0 0 0 13 7 6 Kamloops 4 2 1 1 0 18 15 5 Prince George 4 1 3 0 0 10 25 2 Victoria 5 1 4 0 0 13 25 2 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 Tuesday’s results Medicine Hat 4 Edmonton 2 Swift Current at Prince George, late Wednesday’s games Calgary at Lethbridge, 7 p.m.

Swift Current at Kamloops, 8 p.m.

Vancouver at Kelowna, 8:05 p.m.

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

Friday’s games Tri-City at Brandon, 6:30 p.m.

Spokane at Kootenay, 7 p.m.

Kamloops at Lethbridge, 7 p.m.

Calgary at Edmonton, 7 p.m.

Moose Jaw at Prince Albert, 7 p.m.

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

Seattle at Portland, 8 p.m.

Swift Current at Vancouver, 8:30 p.m.

Kelowna at Everett, 8:35 p.m.

AJHL North Division GP W L OTL STL GF GA Pt Fort McMurray 10 7 3 0 0 32 23 14

Sherwood Park 10 Spruce Grove 10 Bonnyville 9 Drayton Valley 8 Lloydminster 9 Grand Prairie 9 Whitecourt 9

6 5 5 4 4 3 3

3 3 2 3 5 6 6

0 2 1 1 0 0 0

1 0 1 0 0 0 0

30 31 26 18 25 21 30

27 13 23 12 19 12 21 9 26 8 29 6 32 6

South Division GP W L OTL STL GF GA Pt Camrose 9 7 2 0 0 26 17 14 Drumheller 9 6 1 2 0 32 22 14 Olds 10 5 4 1 0 37 40 11 Okotoks 10 4 4 1 1 25 30 10 Brooks 7 4 3 0 0 25 21 8 Canmore 8 4 4 0 0 27 29 8 Cal. Canucks 8 3 5 0 0 18 24 6 Cal. Mustangs 9 2 7 0 0 18 36 4 Tuesday’s results Canmore 2 Drumheller 1 (OT) Camrose 3 Spruce Grove 2 Okotoks 3, Calgary Mustangs 0 Drayton Valley 4, Grand Prairie 1 Sherwood Park 4, Bonnyville 3

Colorado

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7

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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.

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

Friday’s games Sherwood Park at Canmore, 9 p.m.

Brooks at Camrose, 9 p.m.

Fort McMurray at Spruce Grove, 9 p.m.

Drumheller at Olds, 9 p.m.

Bonnyville at Drayton Valley, 9:30 p.m.

Lloydminster at Grand Prairie, 9:30 p.m.

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.

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

GF 21 10 15 9 14 12 8 9

GA 18 8 7 8 14 13 10 15

Metropolitan Division GP W L OT Pts Columbus 6 5 1 0 10 N.Y. Islanders 5 4 1 0 8 Philadelphia 7 3 3 1 7 Washington 5 3 2 0 6 New Jersey 4 2 1 1 5 N.Y. Rangers 4 2 2 0 4 Pittsburgh 5 2 3 0 4 Carolina 4 1 3 0 2

GF 19 16 19 12 10 16 7 8

GA 12 13 22 11 12 13 11 11

WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division GP W L OT Pts Dallas 6 4 2 0 8 Nashville 5 3 2 0 6 Minnesota 4 2 1 1 5 Chicago 4 2 2 0 4 Winnipeg 5 2 3 0 4 St. Louis 5 1 3 1 3

GF 21 9 11 10 10 15

GA 23 9 9 8 12 18

GP 13 12 12 12

Calgary Edmonton Sask.

B.C. Winnipeg

GP 13 13 13 13 13

● 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.

Friday

Tuesday’s Games N.Y. Islanders 5, Boston 3 Philadelphia 4, N.Y. Rangers 2 Winnipeg 2, Ottawa 1 St. Louis 3, Carolina 1 Tampa Bay 5, Dallas 1 Calgary 2, Colorado 0 Los Angeles at San Jose, late

Wednesday’s games Brooks at Calgary Canucks, 9 p.m.

Thursday

● 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.

Thursday’s Games Philadelphia at Washington, 5 p.m.

N.Y. Islanders at New Jersey, 5 p.m.

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

Minnesota at St. Louis, 6 p.m.

Winnipeg at Calgary, 7 p.m.

Vancouver at Edmonton, 7 p.m.

Los Angeles vs. Colorado at Colorado Springs, CO, 7 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.

Saturday

Tuesday’s summary Flames 2, Avalanche 0 First Period No Scoring.

Penalties — Bollig Cgy (tripping) 2:36, Siemens Col (holding) 11:56, Winchester Col (hooking) 15:44, Winchester Col (tripping) 17:55.

Second Period 1. Calgary, Gaudreau 1 (Glencross, Colborne) 9:05.

Penalties — None.

Third Period 2. Calgary, Bouma 1 (Giordano) 19:13 (en).

Penalties — Cliche Col (elbowing) 6:53, Monahan Cgy (high-sticking) 8:37.

Shots on goal Colorado 7 9 12 — 28 Calgary 11 9 4 — 24 Goal — Colorado: Berra (L, 0-2-1); Calgary: Hiller (W, 2-1-0).

Power plays (goal-chances) — Colorado: 0-2; Calgary: 0-4.

● 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.;

Sunday

● College women’s volleyball: iHotel Wild Rose Classic at RDC — Matches at 9:30 and 11 a.m., 12:30 (final) 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).

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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 CENTRAL DIVISION GP W L OTLSOL GF Medicine Hat 5 4 1 0 0 17 Edmonton 4 3 1 0 0 13 Red Deer 3 2 1 0 0 14 Calgary 3 1 2 0 0 12 Kootenay 3 1 2 0 0 8 Lethbridge 3 0 3 0 0 5

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PA 313 272 325 308

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PA 239 252 289 250 324

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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.

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 National Football League AMERICAN CONFERENCE East W L T Pct PF

PA

Buffalo Miami New England N.Y. Jets

2 2 2 1

2 2 2 3

0 0 0 0

.500 .500 .500 .250

79 96 80 79

75 97 90 96

South L 1 2 3 4

T 0 0 0 0

Pct .750 .500 .250 .000

PF 87 136 60 58

PA 67 95 110 152

Cincinnati Baltimore Pittsburgh Cleveland

W 3 3 2 1

North L 0 1 2 2

T Pct 0 1.000 0 .750 0 .500 0 .333

PF 80 103 97 74

PA 33 60 99 77

San Diego Denver Kansas City Oakland

W 3 2 2 0

West L 1 1 2 4

T 0 0 0 0

PF 102 75 102 51

PA 63 67 79 103

PF 122 115 103 95

PA 104 86 91 109

PF 131 73 95 72

PA 113 96 110 119

Pct .750 .667 .500 .000

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

Atlanta Carolina New Orleans Tampa Bay

W 2 2 1 1

South L 2 2 3 3

2 2 1

1 2 2

0 0 0

.667 .500 .333

83 88 56

66 89 85

Monday’s Game Kansas City 41, New England 14

W 3 2 1 0

Houston Indianapolis Tennessee Jacksonville

Seattle San Francisco St. Louis

T 0 0 0 0

Pct .500 .500 .250 .250

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

Detroit Green Bay Minnesota Chicago

W 3 2 2 2

North L 1 2 2 2

Pct .750 .500 .500 .500

PF 85 92 91 92

PA 62 96 84 100

Arizona

W 3

West L T Pct 0 0 1.000

PF 66

PA 45

T 0 0 0 0

Thursday, Oct. 2 Minnesota at Green Bay, 6:25 p.m.

NFL Odds (Odds supplied by BETONLINE.ag; favourites in capital letters) Spread O/U Thursday Minnestoa at GREEN BAY 9 47.5 Sunday Chicago at CAROLINA 2.5 45.5 Buffalo at DETROIT 7 44 Houston at DALLAS 4.5 46 Tampa Bay at NEW ORLEANS 10.5 48 Atlanta at NY GIANTS 4 50.5 Baltimore at INDIANAPOLIS 3.5 48 St. Louis at PHILADELPHIA 7 47.5 PITTSBURGH at Jacksonville 7 46.5 Cleveland at TENNESSEE 1.5 NA Kansas City at SAN FRANCISCO 6 44.5 Arizona at DENVER 7 49 NY Jets at SAN DIEGO 6 43.5 CINCINNATI at New England 1.5 45.5 Monday SEATTLE at Washington 7.5 45

Transactions Tuesday’s Sports Transactions FOOTBALL National Football League ARIZONA CARDINALS — Released LB Victor Butler.

ATLANTA FALCONS — Placed C Joe Hawley and OT Lamar Holmes on the injured reserve list. Placed S William Moore on the on the injured reserve/return list. Signed S Sean Baker, OT Cameron Bradfield and G Harland Gunn. Signed S Kimario McFadden and G Adam Replogle to the practice squad.

BUFFALO BILLS — Signed TE Jamie Childers to the practice squad. Released TE D.J. Tialavea from the practice squad.

CHICAGO BEARS — Signed WR Chris Williams from the practice squad. Waived WR Rashad Ross.

CLEVELAND BROWNS — Signed LS Charley Hughlett to the practice squad. Placed DL Calvin Barnett on the practice squad/injured list.

DALLAS COWBOYS — Released G Ronald Patrick from the practice squad. Signed G Rishaw

Johnson to the practice squad.

INDIANAPOLIS COLTS — Signed CB Jalil Brown. Signed WR Chandler Jones and LB Rob Ruggiero to the practice squad. Signed LB Robert Mathis to a one-year contract extension through the 2016 season.

MIAMI DOLPHINS — Signed RB LaMichael James to the practice squad.

OAKLAND RAIDERS — Promoted offensive line coach Tony Sparano to interim coach.

WASHINGTON REDSKINS — Signed LB Gabe Miller and NT Robert Thomas to the practice squad.

Released DL Hebron Fangupo from the practice squad.

Canadian Football League EDMONTON ESKIMOS — Signed DE Bo Adebayo.

WINNIPEG BLUE BOMBERS — Signed WRs Rashad Lawrence and Justin Wilson to the practice roster.

HOCKEY National Hockey League

NHL — Announced the Board of Governors today unanimously approved the purchase of a minority stake in the New York Islanders by Scott Malkin and Jonathan Ledecky. The purchase remains subject to completion of documentation and further League review before the transaction can be closed.

BUFFALO SABRES — Assigned F Matt Ellis, D Drew Bagnall, F Joel Armia, F Tim Schaller, D Nick Petrecki, G Nathan Lieuwen and G Andrey Makarov to Rochester (AHL).

CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS — Assigned Fs Cody Bass and Pierre-Cedric Labrie to Rockford (AHL).

DALLAS STARS — Assigned C Justin Dowling, C Radek Faksa, D Julius Honka, D John Klingberg, LW Curtis McKenzie and RW Brendan Ranford to Texas (AHL).

FLORIDA PANTHERS — Assigned G Dan Ellis to San Antonio (AHL).

NASHVILLE PREDATORS — Signed F Taylor Beck to a one-year contract.

NEW JERSEY DEVILS — Released F Ruslan Fedotenko and D Tomas Kaberle.

x-Monday, Oct. 6: Los Angeles at Kansas City, TBD x-Wednesday, Oct. 8: Kansas City at Los Angeles, TBD

Major League Baseball Playoffs x-if necessary WILD CARD Tuesday, Sept. 30: Oakland 8, Kansas City 9 Wednesday, Oct. 1: San Francisco (Bumgarner 1810) at Pittsburgh (Volquez 13-7), 8:07 p.m.

DIVISION SERIES (Best-of-5) American League Baltimore vs. Detroit Thursday, Oct. 2: Detroit (Scherzer 18-5) at Baltimore (Tillman 13-6), 3:37 or 4:07 p.m.

Friday, Oct. 3: Detroit (Verlander 15-12) at Baltimore, 10:07 a.m. or 1:07 p.m.

Sunday, Oct. 5: Baltimore at Detroit (Price 15-12), 1:45 p.m. x-Monday, Oct. 6: Baltimore at Detroit (Porcello 15-13), TBD x-Wednesday, Oct. 8: Detroit at Baltimore, TBD Los Angeles vs. Kansas City Thursday, Oct. 2: Kansas City (TBA) at Los Angeles (Weaver 18-9), 7:07 p.m.

Friday, Oct. 3: Kansas City at Los Angeles, 7:37 or 8:07 p.m.

Sunday, Oct. 5: Los Angeles at Kansas City, 5:37 p.m.

National League Washington vs. San Francisco-Pittsburgh winner Friday, Oct. 3: San Francisco-Pittsburgh winner at Washington, 10:07 a.m. or 1:07 p.m.

Saturday, Oct. 4: San Francisco-Pittsburgh winner at Washington, 3:37 p.m.

Monday, Oct. 6: Washington at San FranciscoPittsburgh winner, TBD x-Tuesday, Oct. 7: Washington at San FranciscoPittsburgh winner, TBD x-Thursday, Oct. 9: San Francisco-Pittsburgh winner at Washington, TBD Los Angeles vs. St. Louis Friday, Oct. 3: St. Louis (Wainwright 20-9) at Los Angeles (Kershaw 21-3), 4:37 p.m.

Saturday, Oct. 4: St. Louis at Los Angeles, 7:37 p.m.

Monday, Oct. 6: Los Angeles at St. Louis, TBD x-Tuesday, Oct. 7: Los Angeles at St. Louis, TBD x-Thursday Oct. 9: St. Louis at Los Angeles, TBD

Soccer Chivas

MLS Eastern Conference GP W L T GF D.C. 30 15 9 6 46 New England 30 14 13 3 44 Kansas City 30 13 11 6 45 Columbus 30 11 9 10 43 New York 30 10 9 11 48 Toronto 29 11 11 7 42 Philadelphia 30 9 10 11 45 Houston 29 10 13 6 35 Chicago 29 5 8 16 37 Montreal 30 6 18 6 34

GA 34 42 37 36 46 45 44 50 45 54

Pt 51 45 45 43 41 40 38 36 31 24

Western Conference GP W L T GF Seattle 30 18 9 3 57 Los Angeles 30 16 5 9 63 Salt Lake 30 13 7 10 50 Dallas 30 14 10 6 52 Vancouver 30 9 8 13 38 Portland 30 9 9 12 54 Colorado 30 8 14 8 41 San Jose 29 6 12 11 34

GA 46 31 38 40 40 51 54 42

Pt 57 57 49 48 40 39 32 29

30

6

18

6

25

58

24

Sunday’s results Houston 2 Chicago 0 Los Angeles 4 New York 0 Thursday’s games Chicago at Philadelphia, 6 p.m.

Friday’s games Kansas City at D.C., 6 p.m.

Saturday, October 4 Houston at New York, 4 p.m.

Dallas at Vancouver,5 p.m.

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

Toronto at Los Angeles, 8:30 p.m.

Portland at San Jose, 9 p.m.

Sunday, October 5 Seattle at Colorado, 1 p.m.

Montreal at Chicago, 3 p.m.

Salt Lake at Chivas, 5 p.m.

BANTAM FOOTBALL Alex Sugrue and Austin Schneider each rushed for three touchdowns as the Hunting Hills Lightning zapped the Ponoka Jr. Broncs 70-0 in weekend Central Alberta Bantam Football League action.

Taven Steele added a touchdown on an interception return, while Mustapha Yelani-Oladosu ran for a major and Dolan Hills returned a kickoff for a touchdown. Nolan Jones and Jordan Lenius combined for 16 conversion points.

DeRozan’s off-season plans included writing ABCs

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — Part of DeMar DeRozan’s summer improvement project involved writing out the ABCs for his daughter Diar — with his left hand.

It was a chance to both spend some quality time with his 16-month-old, and to strengthen his weaker hand. All summer long, the Toronto Raptors allstar used his left hand to do things like eat, tie his shoes and carry his bags, all in an effort to become a more versatile player.

“When I was kid, I would be frustrated, I would always ask my dad why I couldn’t do certain things with my left hand that I can do with my right. Just a curious kid. Ever since I was young I always tried to get as comfortable doing stuff with my left hand,” DeRozan said Tuesday. “So just reverting back to that, to when I was a kid, getting more comfortable.

“In a game, we naturally want to finish with our right hand, because that’s our dominant hand, but just being comfortable doing it with our left hand, if you happen to need it.”

The 25-year-old wrote out the alphabet virtually every day during the summer, he said.

“It looked like my daughter’s writ-

ing,” he said, prompting laughter from the couple dozen journalists at training camp.

On whose writing is more legible: “We’re neck and neck right now.”

More laughter. DeRozan cracking jokes in front of the cameras says plenty about the once-shy Raptors guard who has evolved into a strong and vocal leader in his five seasons in Toronto. Before the Raptors took the Air Canada Centre for their opening day of camp Tuesday, coach Dwane Casey gave DeRozan the floor.

DeRozan told his teammates “Hey, let’s have a good practice, this is where we start creating defensive habits, it starts now, not next week or after the first game, it starts today,” Casey recounted. “So that was huge too.”

“I knew it was going to happen, I just didn’t know when, because he was such a quiet kid,” Casey said of DeRozan’s evolution. “DeMar is a young man, he’s a father, a proud father, family man, and a lot of that just goes right into maturity. We all want to rush it, especially in sports, but it something that just takes time.”

DeRozan took two big steps toward being a more mature player last season, said Casey — first, when Rudy Gay was traded to Sacramento last December, and then when he was named an

all-star.

“I just thought last year after the trade, he just took off after that. He made huge strides and said ’Hey look, I’m putting this team on my back, and we’re going with it.’

“It kind of shifted over. . . Rudy was the guy so-to-speak and it just shifted over back to DeMar and to Kyle (Lowry) and I thought that gave him a voice in the locker-room.”

DeRozan is coming off a breakout season, leading the Raptors to their first post-season appearance in six years and then helping the United States to gold at the FIBA World Cup. For all he has accomplished, he still feels disrespected in some circles.

Sports Illustrated put DeRozan 61st in the league in their pre-season rankings, lowest out of all the returning all-star players. He took to Twitter and wrote “Real disrespectful! ProveEm” Those slights might as well be motivational slogans for DeRozan.

“That’s fine with me. I like having a chip on my shoulder. It just gives me another reason to work hard whatever it may be, it gives me another reason.

I feel like they’re doing me a favour, honestly,” he said.

“I don’t let anything go over my head at all, I’ll use every negative thing, not just about myself but my team, as moti-

vation. You need to. I’m never going to get comfortable with the accomplishments I’ve made.”

DeRozan’s left-handed project was just latest in his neverending quest to improve.

His experience with the American team at the World Cup was another chance to learn. It took him out of his comfort zone, he said, which he relished.

Raptors GM Masai Ujiri met with DeRozan upon his return.

“I asked him what he had learned from his experience there, and to show you how he’s matured as a person, he said he respects players that come off of the bench more just because that’s what he did there,” said Ujiri. “He treats them great anyway. But he said he has more respect and he’d treat them with more respect because of what they have to do night in, night out when they are called upon. I thought that was great maturity on his part.”

Casey echoed Ujiri’s thoughts.

“I think that’s going to be very important for him, to have empathy for his teammates. . . he already does. He’s one of the best teammates that guys could have, as a leader and as a star.

There’s not a selfish bone in his body as far as not respecting guys at the end of the bench.”

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Arson sentencing delayed MAN BURNED SUV ALLEGED TO HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN HIT AND RUN THAT KILLED TEEN

BY BRENDA KOSSOWAN ADVOCATE STAFF Sentencing has been delayed until mid-October for a Red Deer man who has admitted to burning a vehicle alleged to have been involved in a fatal collision.

Penhold resident Trystan Sorensen, 18, died at the side of Hwy 592 west of Penhold on May 20 after being struck by a passing motorist, who then drove off.

Police allege that the 2003 Dodge SUV, reported stolen the next day, was later found in a field where it had been doused in diesel fuel and set on fire.

Crown prosecutor Katie Clarey alleged in Red Deer provincial court on Tuesday that vehicle owner Jessica

Masyk of Innisfail was driving the SUV at the time of the collision, fled the scene and later enlisted the help of two men.

Steven “Frenchy” Lagace, 29, pleaded guilty to a single count of arson on Tuesday, admitting to driving the vehicle out to the field where it was found, hitting two mailboxes along the way, and then striking it numerous times with a sledge hammer before setting it on fire.

Represented by defence counsel Daniel Wilson, Lagace pleaded guilty before Judge Gordon Deck to a number of unrelated offences as well, including being unlawfully at large while on parole, possessing a stolen vehicle, possession of a drugs including cocaine, crystal methamphetamine and heroin, and possession of a prohibited

weapon — a set of brass knuckles.

Lagace was arrested in Red Deer on June 16 by RCMP who recognized him while investigating a different suspect on a charge of assault.

Clarey said Lagace ran from a residence and jumped into a stolen pickup truck, and that he was trying to drive away when one of the officers fired a round at the vehicle.

Sentencing on all charges was adjourned after Clarey submitted a set of victim impact statements written by members of Sorensen’s family.

The writers had asked to read their statements into the record during sentencing, but were not present for court on Tuesday, except for Sorensen’s mother, Amy Sorensen.

Deck adjourned sentencing for two weeks so she and the others would

have a chance to attend the hearing and read their statements.

Now in remand, Lagace returns for sentencing on Oct. 14.

Masyk, also in custody, has not entered a plea on her charges, including leaving the scene of an injury collision and making a false statement to police.

Masyk also faces charges laid in mid-August after an incident in Highland Green, during which police vehicles were rammed while RCMP were attempting to arrest two people suspected of attempting to break into vehicles in the area.

Masyk returns to court on Oct. 17.

Logan Graham, also charged in connection with the arson of Masyk’s vehicle, is to enter his plea on Oct. 7. bkossowan@reddeeradvocate.com

Abuse of trust justified sentence: appeal court

STAGING AREA

BY BRENDA KOSSOWAN ADVOCATE STAFF

Photo by JEFF STOKOE/Advocate staff

Three ducks come in for a landing over two Canada geese at McKenzie Trails Recreation Area in Red Deer. The ponds in the park are becoming busy with geese and other waterfowl staging in preparation for their migration south.

Motorists warned about wildlife RCMP ask motorists to beware of wildlife because of the increased risk of collisions at this time of year.

Early darkness, sudden changes in weather, and different wildlife movement patterns combine to pose greater risks in the month of October.

Drivers should be aware of the safety issues. Slow down when visibility is diminished such as darkness.

Police say if you strike an animal, take the appropriate actions to have the dead animal removed from the road.

Put on your flashers and call the highway maintenance company for the area and request assistance with removal if you are unable to safely do it yourself.

In some cases, wildlife have been struck multiple times when the carcass has been left on the road,

posing further risk to drivers and vehicles.

By the end of August, there were 446 animal strikes causing damage, injury and even death in Alberta.

Those numbers tend to rise in September and October. Last year, there were 752 animal strikes reported to the RCMP. In October 2013, the number rose to 1,116 wildlife strikes.

Motorists are asked to drive carefully, use caution when in high-risk areas where wildlife cross, and report potential hazards.

RCMP recommend you drive with care and be aware of your surroundings and hazards. Educate yourself about who to call when you come across an obstruction on the road that could pose an hazard for the next driver.

A panel of judges has released its reasons for dismissing a former school teacher’s attempt to have his sentence reduced.

Warren Fertig, 73, pleaded guilty on Nov. 8, 2013, to having a sexual relationship with a former student and babysitter while he was vice-principal at River Glen School in Red Deer.

He had been set to stand trial in the Red Deer Court of Queen’s Bench, but changed his plea to guilty at the outset of the trial.

Fertig was sentenced to five years on March 21, exceeding the sentence recommended by Crown prosecutor Jason Snider.

After hearing an appeal on Sept. 23, a panel of justices with the Alberta Court of Appeal in Calgary decided to uphold the sentence as fit and proper under the circumstances.

The panel brought up a number of issues raised during the preliminary and sentencing hearings, including Fertig’s admission to having sex with the girl on 10 to 15 occasions, mainly in his car while taking her home from babysitting and also in a hotel room on two of those occasion.

“The appellant told the complainant that if she told anyone, her family would not be allowed to attend that school anymore. The assaults stopped only when the complainant left for high school,” the panel says in its written decision.

The panel also pointed to the sentencing justice’s statement that Fertig was in a position of trust and authority as the girl’s employer, as well as her teacher and school vice-principal, and that he therefore owed her a duty of trust in both roles.

The justices said Fertig first approached the girl when she was 12, to express condolences at the death of her father. She was still 12 when the assaults began.

“The first assault occurred when the appellant was driving the complainant home after she had babysat his children,” the justices write in their decision.

“He pulled off the road, opened her blouse and fondled her breasts. She asked him not to touch her.

The appellant told her not to be afraid, took down her pants and had sexual intercourse with her.”

The panel ruled that the sentencing judge was also correct in stating that the passing of time and Fertig’s successes in the community did not lessen the gravity of his offences, which took place over the course of two and a half years. bkossowan@reddeeradvocate.com

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Labyrinth offers walkable meditation

BY CRYSTAL RHYNO ADVOCATE STAFF Tucked behind Sunnybrook United Church is one of Red Deer’s best kept secrets.

A Chartres Cathedral-inspired labyrinth is carved into the back lawn, inviting all to take a meditative walk.

“It is open to anybody at any time,” said Jeff Challoner, who helped build the labyrinth in 2001. “It’s a secret that should be made open.”

It is based on the famous labyrinth at the France cathedral.

Different than a maze, a labyrinth’s circuits or paths all lead to a centre with no dead ends. There are different types, shapes and sizes of labyrinths with three, seven, 11 and 15 paths leading to a centre.

Labyrinths can be found all over the world.

But Challoner is not aware of any others in the city. He said churchgoers are aware of its existence but it is still relatively unknown in the rest of the city.

He would like to change that.

People walk the winding paths to relax or medi-

Photo submitted

Pete Peterson of Pigeon Lake enjoys he labyrinth at Sunnybrook United Church in Red Deer. tate.

“It calms you down,” said Challoner. “It is helpful to reduce stress and simply to walk and think as you are doing.”

The labyrinth is open all year long and there is no admission.

Challoner helped bring the concept to the church when he became interested in labyrinths after walking one in Innisfail many years ago. He contacted a

group in Naramata, B.C., to see whether the design would work at the church.

There are different methods of building labyrinths. This one was built by digging into the turf to form the circuits.

Sunnybrook United Church is located at 12 Stanton St. Walk through the parking lot to the back of the church to reach the labyrinth. crhyno@reddeeradvocate.com

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

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Guns, knives, cash and a small quantity of drugs seized in a raid on a Grandview house.

Police raid Red Deer house Three people are facing a combined 28 drug and weapon related-charges after guns, knives and a small quantity of drugs were seized from a Grandview house last week.

The Alberta Law Enforcement Response Team (ALERT) and local authorities executed the search warrant in the early hours of Sept. 25.

A pistol-grip shotgun, knives, crack cocaine, marijuana and evidence of drug trafficking were seized from the home. Less than 10 grams of drugs was seized.

ALERT Red Deer initiated the investigation into the home earlier this month in response to community concerns over drug trafficking. The suspected drug house is near a local middle school.

Paul Edmund Fisch, 47, and Sharon Elizabeth Smith, 37, face a combined 23 drug and weapons related charges.

Investigators also arrested Ryan William Litwyn, 27, who was the subject of eight warrants out of Red Deer. Litwyn also faces five charges related to breach and drugs.

ALERT Red Deer, along with assistance from Red Deer RCMP officers and the RCMP Emergency Response Team, executed the search.

ALERT was established and is funded by the Alberta government as a compilation of the province’s law enforcement resources to tackle serious and organized crime.

Nearly 400 municipal police, RCMP and sheriffs work in ALERT across Alberta.

Missing women honoured with walk Missing and murdered aboriginal women and girls will be honoured at a Sisters in Spirit Vigil on Saturday, from 4:30 to 8 p.m.

The Native Women’s Association of Canada initiated the vigils that are annually held across the country.

In addition to recognizing the lives of those missing, the events also support grieving families, provide opportunities for healing and promote social change.

Red Deer Native Friendship Society members will perform a ceremony and a candlelight walk will take place.

Mayor Tara Veer will attend, along with other speakers and a barbecue will be held.

Sisters in Spirit Vigil will happen at Heritage Square near Red Deer Museum and Art Gallery.

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Photo by JEFF STOKOE/Advocate staff

When the fall weather offers sunny and warm days, people continue to enjoy the autumn colours in Red Deer. Here some walkers and a cyclist make their way around the water at Bower Ponds.

Lacombe checkstop brings charges A total of 800 vehicles were stopped by the Lacombe Police Service during a checkstop. Two people face charges and three more were given 24-hour driving suspensions.

The checkstop on Friday was carried out at various locations over a 10-hour period. Lacombe officers were assisted by members of the Alberta Sheriff’s Department.

Three drivers were given 24-hour suspensions, one was arrested and charged with impaired driving and one was arrested and charged with refusing to provide a breath sample. Three vehicles were seized under Alberta immediate roadside sanctions.

As well, one driver was arrested on an outstanding warrant, two drivers were issued tickets for not having valid vehicle insurance and 23 other drivers received violation tickets or written warnings for other offences.

Rocky frights planned at fort

Red Deer Public Library teen services librarian.

On top of a reading, she will share her experience on becoming a writer and take questions.

Livingston will speak at 2 p.m. at the Dawe Branch, at 56 Holt St., and then at 4 p.m. at the downtown branch, at 4818 19th St.

Golf event helps Haitian children The fourth annual Rifco Charity Golf Classic raised just shy of $40,000 for Haitian children in need.

The tournament, which was held on Thursday, was played at the Innisfail Golf and Country Club.

For the past four years, proceeds from the tournament have gone to the Haitian Children’s Aid Society.

The proceeds from the most recent tournament went to the rebuilding of an orphanage in the beleaguered island nation. The orphanage was heavily damaged in the 2010 earthquake.

In total, the tournament raised $39,81.81 in 2014.

Library shows Burton film

Halloween takes over the Rocky Mountain House National Historic Site as fright night at the site sets up for spooks and scares in October.

The fright night features a one-km tour of the sire, with scares along the way. The event draws upon fur trader journals describing the macabre side of the trade, including deaths from the time period.

The PG-13 rated version of Fright Night at the Site takes place on Oct. 10, 11, 17 and 18 starting at 7:30 p.m., with gates opening at 7 p.m.

This year, there is also a family fright on Oct. 19 from 2 to 5 p.m.

Tickets cost $15 in advance or $20 at the gate. For more information, call 403-845-6680.

With the Red Deer Public Library celebrating its 100th year, its free film series is celebrating the century mark of animation with a Halloween twist.

Tim Burton’s stop motion animation Corpse Bride will be shown for free at the downtown branch, at 4818 49th St., on Oct. 12.

The film features a young man practicing wedding vows in the woods and inadvertently promising himself to a reanimated corpse.

The movie will be shown from 2 to 4 p.m.

For more information, call 403-346-4576 or visit www.rdpl.org.

Author Livingston to visit

Olds honours top citizens

A Canadian author known for writing about timetravel, romance, adventure and faeries is coming to Red Deer.

Lesley Livingston, known for her Wondrous Strange, Never, Starling Saga and The Wiggins Weird series will be at both the Red Deer Public Library’s downtown and Dawe branches on Thursday.

The stops are part of the Olson Memorial Celebration tour of Central Alberta, a week-long tour hosted every second year, offering youth in smaller communities the chance to meet and hear from authors and to learn about Canadian literature.

“Lesley is amazing — not only is she a wildly talented author, she is also a Shakespearean-trained actress and offers youth a fun, engaging, interactive performance at her readings,” said Amy Trepanier,

The Rotary Club of Olds has handed out the hardware, awarding three Central Albertans for their various contributions to the community of Olds.

Gary Gaudette, who the club described as a tireless volunteer in Olds, was named the 2014 citizen of the year. He is often found working behind the scenes at many community events.

Kathy Kemmere was honoured as humanitarian of the year for her many years of community work, caring for those in need in Olds.

Shalyn Moritz was bestowed with the club’s 2014 youth citizen of the year award. According to a news release, she has a history of balanced community involvement and shows high potential to contribute to society as she moves into her post-secondary education.

Lacombe residents can weigh in on the community’s premier planning document.

An open house has been set for Oct. 7 at the Lacombe Memorial Centre to give people a chance to provide input on the city’s Municipal Development Plan.

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Russia upset over Canadian visa denials for delegates to space conference Canada’s refusal to allow Russian delegates to attend a prestigious international astronautical symposium has angered Moscow, which said the decision flies in the face of international space co-operation and amounts to politicizing space exploration over the conflict in Ukraine.

A spokesman for the Russian embassy on Tuesday called Ottawa’s decision to deny visas for the delegates — including one of the country’s most renowned astronauts — unfortunate.

“In this regard, we can only express regret that a number of members of the Russian delegation did not get their visas,” Kirill Kalinin, second secretary at the Russian embassy in Ottawa, told The Canadian Press.

“This act unfortunately does not bring benefit to the Russian-Canadian bilateral relations.”

Ottawa initially declined to discuss the issue, citing privacy concerns, but on Tuesday, a spokeswoman for Citizenship and Immigration Canada confirmed some applications were denied, while others were still being reviewed.

“Each will be assessed on its merits by professional, non-partisan public servants in accordance with Canada’s security and immigration laws,” Nancy Caron said in an email.

An official with Roscosmos — the Russian space agency — said only two of its 10-strong delegation received Canadian visas for the 65th International Astronautical Congress — both of them translators who were the last to apply.

“Failure to obtain visas for Russians is clearly politically motivated,” the official told the Interfax news agency.

Combating terrorists in Iraq and elsewhere will take time, says Baird OTTAWA — As the federal cabinet considers sending fighter jets to Iraq, Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird suggests Canada and other countries could be in for a long mission.

Baird predicts that battling extremists in Iraq and elsewhere will take time and says Canada is in uncharted territory when it comes to directly engaging terrorist elements.

“Terrorism, radical extremism, this is the great struggle of our generation,” the minister said.

“Whether it’s in Iraq, whether it’s in Nigeria with Boko Haram, whether it’s with al-Shabaab in Somalia ... there’s no quick fixes.”

The federal cabinet is considering the possible deployment of CF-18 jets, along with surveillance aircraft, following an American request for Canada to become more involved in the ever-expanding air war against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant.

Baird says he won’t speculate on what decision he, Prime Minister Stephen Harper and their cabinet colleagues will reach.

But he told reporters in Ottawa on Tuesday that cabinet will play off recent military experiences in Libya and Afghanistan in deciding.

CF-18s fighter jets to get life-extension upgrades

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — The Harper government says it will extend the life of its aging fleet of CF-18 fighters.

The jets are an important component of Canada’s defence and will be updated to keep them flying for another decade, said Johanna Quinney, a spokeswoman for Defence Minister Rob Nicholson.

“We remain committed to ensuring that our brave men and women in uniform have the equipment that they need to do the work that is asked of them,” Quinney said in an emailed statement.

“As a result, we will be extending the life of our CF-18 fleet to 2025 to ensure that Canada has a multi-role, fighter jet capability throughout the next decade. The Royal Canadian Air Force needs a fighter strike capability, and our current fleet of CF-18s is fully capable of fulfilling a variety of mission requirements,” such as patrol and air-to-air interception.

Four CF-18s are taking are taking part in air policing missions over the Baltic states as part of NATO’s efforts to reassure eastern European allies rattled by Russia’s annexation of Crimea and interference in Ukraine.

The federal cabinet is also considering a deployment to the Middle East as

pattern, with the federal cabinet still considering whether to proceed with the original deal, open it up to fullblown competition or wait until the manufacturer works out the development kinks, of which there have been many.

The CF-18s went through a decadelong $1.8-billion upgrade to their weapons systems and sensors, starting in the early 2000s. It was meant to replace analogue electronics with modern digital systems, particularly targeting pods for precision guided bombs.

But like many aircraft in the military’s inventory, some elements are getting tired.

Documents laid before Parliament between 2010 and 2012 show that each CF-18 was expected to end its service life with just over 7,000 hours in the air. The upper limit of the airframe is about 8,000 hours.

The last publicly released figures show most of the 77 jets have logged an average of 5,151 hours, as of 2010. That was before the Libya bombing campaign of 2011, which saw air force officers fret about wear and tear on their premier weapons platform.

All of the jets were purchased between 1984 and 1989.

The latest upgrade is expected to be carried out in Canada. L-3 Communications MAS of Mirabel, Que., currently handles CF-18 maintenance.

part of the wider air campaign against the al-Qaida splinter group known as the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant.

Quinney did not say how much the government intends to spend on the upgrade, which would focus on further updating electronics and strengthening the airframes, or how it affects the decision whether to proceed with the plan to purchase new F-35 stealth fighters to replace the CF-18s.

Other nations, notably the United States, have invested in programs to keep their older fighters — notably the F-16 Fighting Falcons and F-15 Eagles — flying because of delays in the US$328-billion stealth fighter program, the most costly weapons program in American history.

The decision is not entirely unexpected. As far back as October 2012, when the government launched its review process, it said “further life extensions are being considered” for the jets.

The CF-18s had initially been slated to retire around 2020.

That looked like a slam dunk until the Conservative government hit the reset button on the stealth fighter plan amid complaints about the cost and concerns about fuzzy accountability from the auditor general and the parliamentary budget officer.

The program remains in a holding

Conservatives months late with jihadi tracking tool

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS \ OTTAWA — The Conservative government is three months late on delivering a tracking system it continues to tout as a means of stopping homegrown terrorists from joining overseas conflicts.

Under the Canada-U.S. perimeter security pact, the federal government pledged to begin collecting records as of last June 30 on people leaving Canada on international flights.

However, the Tories missed that deadline because legislative and regulatory changes are needed before the plan can take effect.

Canada Border Services Agency spokeswoman Esme Bailey would not reveal a new deadline for the project.

In an interview broadcast last weekend, Public Safety Minister Steven Blaney said it was important to know when people leave the country and where they are going.

He said the government is working on tools, but made no reference to the missed deadline.

A recent federal report said the government knew of more than 130 individuals with Canadian connections who were abroad and suspected of supporting terror-related activities.

One Ontario man who died in combat in Syria last year had taken part in an elaborate video, widely circulated on the Internet following his death, with the aim of inspiring like-minded young people to wage jihad.

A border services briefing note says information from the new border tracking system could be provided to

the RCMP and the Canadian Security Intelligence Service. “This is of particular interest given the recent media attention on Canadians travelling abroad to engage in terrorist activities.”

For now, the system involves exchanging entry information collected from people at the Canada-U.S. land border — so that data on entry to one country serves as a record of exit from the other.

The first two phases of the program have been limited to foreign nationals and permanent residents of Canada and the United States, but not citizens of either country.

The program was to be expanded by June 30, 2014, to include information sharing on all travellers crossing the land border.

In addition, Canada hoped to begin

collecting information on people exiting by air — something the United States already does — by requiring airlines to submit passenger manifest data for outbound international flights.

In an emailed statement, Bailey said both Canada and the U.S. remain dedicated to full implementation of the initiative.

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security did not reply to questions about the next phase.

This week Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson is making his first visit to Canada in the job.

Civil libertarians and privacy advocates have expressed concerns about increased sharing of personal information about Canadians with U.S. security agencies.

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The Rescue Co-ordination Centre in Victoria says the rescue took place in the Georgia Strait off Galiano island about two miles from shore.

Acting Sub. Lt. Ron MacDougall said a call came in at about 8 p.m.

PT that a 30-foot gillnet fishing vessel was sinking.

MacDougall said the adults and children were found clinging to the vessel and did not suffer any major injuries. ”The patients exhibited mild to moderate hypothermia,” he said. ”They were in very cold water for almost a half-hour.”

MacDougall could not say if the seven people were wearing life-jackets.

He said a Coast Guard hovercraft was the first of several vessels to head to the scene and its crew carried out the rescue.

Two B.C. Ferries, the Spirit of Vancouver Island and the Queen of Cowichan, as well as two Coast Guard vessels and a U.S. Coast Guard helicopter were also at the scene to assist in the rescue if needed.

MacDougall could not say what caused the vessel to begin to sink, but noted the ship was in an area with rapids and may have been swamped.

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WIDER DEMONSTRATIONS ARE THREATENED IN HONG KONG

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS HONG KONG — Hong Kong’s leader refused to meet with pro-democracy demonstrators by their midnight deadline Tuesday, despite their threats to expand the street protests that have posed the stiffest challenge to Beijing’s authority since China took control of the former British colony in 1997.

With tens of thousands of people clogging the streets of the Asian financial centre, protesters counted down to midnight and cheered as the deadline passed.

Some then began crowding into areas near the city’s waterfront Bauhinia Square, where they expected Hong Kong Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying to attend a flag-raising early Wednesday in honour of National Day, the anniversary of the founding of communist China in 1949.

British Prime Minister David Cameron, meanwhile, said he planned to summon the Chinese ambassador to discuss the dispute, saying it is essential that Hong Kong’s people have a genuine right to choose their top leader.

China took control of Hong Kong under an arrangement that guaranteed its 7 million people semi-autonomy, Western-style civil liberties and eventual democratic freedoms that are denied to Chinese living on the communist-ruled mainland.

The protesters want a reversal of a recent decision by China’s government to screen all candidates in the territory’s first direct elections, scheduled for 2017 — a move they view as reneging on a promise that the chief executive will be chosen through “universal suffrage.”

“It is not for us to involve ourselves in every dot and comma of what the Chinese set out,” Cameron said in England. But he added: “I think it is a critical question. Real universal suffrage doesn’t just mean the act of voting; it means a proper choice.”

Beijing-backed Leung’s rejection of the student demands dashed hopes for a quick resolution of the five-day standoff that has blocked city streets and forced some schools and offices to close.

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A student protester rests next to a defaced cut-out of Hong Kong’s Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying at one of their protest sites around the government headquarters, Tuesday, in Hong Kong. Pro-democracy protesters in Hong Kong set a Wednesday deadline for the city’s unpopular Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying to meet their demands for genuine democracy and for him to step down as leader of Hong Kong, after spending another night blocking streets in an unprecedented show of civil disobedience. solve this,” said Chit Lau, a 35-year-old pilot.

He predicted the stalemate would continue until Leung or some other top official resigned, or the army clashed with the people, adding: “This is a test of Hong Kong people’s endurance of a peaceful act of requesting democracy, and so far the citizens have demonstrated a united spirit and discipline.”

It was unclear what the demonstrators planned to do next. There were no immediate speeches or official statements from the protesters, who chanted “Jiayou! Jiayou!” — “Keep it up!”

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lights in the dark.

Earlier Tuesday, Alex Chow, secretary general of the Hong Kong Federation of Students, the organizer of the university class boycotts that led to the street protests, said the students were considering various options if their demands were not met, including widening the protests, pushing for a labour strike and occupying a government building.

Chinese President Xi Jinping, who has taken a hard line against any perceived threat to the Communist Party’s hold on power, vowed in a National Day speech to “steadfastly safeguard”

Hong Kong’s prosperity and stability.

China’s government has condemned the student-led protests as illegal, though so far it has not overtly intervened, leaving Hong Kong authorities to handle the crisis. Over the weekend, they fired tear gas and pepper spray in an attempt to disperse the protesters, but the demonstrations only spread.

Despite the hardening rhetoric from both sides, the mood Tuesday night was festive. Few police were evident, and those who were present appeared relaxed.

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BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — Jason Reitman hopes Men, Women and Children will spark conversation long after the credits have rolled.

The latest film from the Montrealborn director weaves together multiple plotlines as it explores how the hyper-connected nature of our world is changing personal relationships.

For Reitman, the story appeared to reflect many changes taking place in society.

“You can’t help but maybe see yourself in one, two or maybe three of the characters, but that’s what interests me,” Reitman said during an interview at the recent Toronto International Film Festival.

“I’ve never felt like I’ve had the answers for any of the questions I go to solve in any of my films. And this movie poses a lot of questions. So I hope to give restaurants and bars a lot of business for the after-movie conversations.”

Based on the Chad Kultgen novel, the film features an ensemble cast with Jennifer Garner and Adam Sandler among the big names playing parental roles and budding stars Ansel Elgort and Kaitlyn Denver among a group of young actors whose teenage characters drive the story forward.

“I’m interested in human interaction and I think what I loved about the book is that it dealt simultaneously with so many different relationships that I find myself in — the relationship of parent and child, the relationship

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Actors Rosemarie DeWitt, left, Jennifer Garner, Kaitlyn Dever, Ansel Elgort and Adam Sandler pose for a photo at the photo call for Men, Women, and Children at the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival. of a husband and wife,” Reitman said when explaining why he felt compelled to take the story to the big screen.

“I thought Chad, the author of the book, had done a better job than anyone I had seen of showing how the Internet has just kind of pulled us out of our lives and just kind of drawn us into relationships with strangers. It’s a place that we’ve gone to hide and it just struck me.”

While the film delves deep into the

way mobile devices and the online world are transforming human interaction, Reitman notes that his movie isn’t aiming to come to conclusions on a still-unfolding phenomenon.

“I made a movie about people and people have been evolving for a long time. I think the location is the Internet and I think there’s a collective agreement that we don’t understand the Internet and we probably won’t for many, many decades,” he said.

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Hillary Schwartz, an assistant director on the film Midnight Rider, pleaded not guilty Tuesday to charges of involuntary manslaughter and criminal trespassing in Wayne County Superior Court. She was indicted earlier in September on the same charges brought in July against director Randall Miller; his wife and business partner, Jody Savin; and the movie’s executive producer, Jay Sedrish.

A court clerk, Betty Taylor, confirmed Schwartz’s plea. She also said Judge Anthony Harrison set a tentative trial date of March 9 for all four defendants.

Production on the movie, based on the life of the Allman Brothers Band singer, had just begun when a freight train plowed into the film crew Feb. 20 on a railroad bridge spanning the Altamaha River in rural Wayne County.

The collision killed Sarah Elizabeth Jones, a 27-year-old camera assistant from Atlanta, and injured six other crew members.

CSX Transportation, which owns the tracks, said in court filings it twice denied the filmmakers’ requests to film on the train trestle, each time in writing. Sheriff’s investigators have said the crew had permission to be on property surrounding the tracks that is owned by forest products company Rayonier.

Music streaming service Spotify officially launches in Canada

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — The online music streaming service Spotify has officially launched in Canada.

While several competitors have been offering similar services in this country for years, many music fans had still pined for access to Spotify, which was officially launched by Swedish entrepreneur Daniel Ek in 2008.

Spotify popularized the concept of granting Internet users legal access to a huge catalogue of music to stream without having to purchase songs or albums a la carte.

Users can pay a monthly fee for a premium all-access account or sign up

for a limited ad-supported service for free.

Spotify had signalled in 2009 that it was looking to move into Canada within months but never did.

Getting the licensing rights secured for millions of songs is always a challenge for every new market, says Andres Sehr, Spotify’s marketing director.

But he wouldn’t say exactly why it took so long for the service to launch here. Canada is Spotify’s 58th market.

“I can’t really say there’s anything specific that stopped us (from launching in Canada earlier), obviously we’re a big global business and our priorities change a little bit,” says Sehr.

“The Canadian market is really im-

portant for us, it’s one of the largest music markets, and I think it’s more that we wanted to make sure we got it done right and back at that time as a company it wasn’t right for us.”

Spotify boasts that it is the largest on-demand music streaming service in the world with 40 million active users — including 10 million paying subscribers — and has a catalogue of over 20 million songs.

Sehr says the company also hopes about one in four Canadian users will pay for an ad-free account.

Users on free accounts can expect to hear about four minutes of ads an hour and don’t get full access on mobile devices.

A number of competitors offering virtually the same service launched in Canada in recent years, including Deezer, Rara, Rdio, Slacker, and most recently, Google Play Music.

Other online music services like CBCMusic.ca and Songza allow the streaming of curated radio stations or playlists for free, but users can’t play albums of their choice.

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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.

At Pearl’s request there will be a private celebration of her life. A “coffee” reception for family and friends will be held at the Kozy Korner, 5024-53 Street, Lacombe Alberta on Friday October 3, 2014 from 1-3 pm. Please honour Pearl’s favourite colour by wearing something red. Donations in lieu of flowers may be made to Olds long term care, cheques payable to David Thompson Health Trust, 401 Central Block, 3942 50th Ave, Red Deer, Alberta T4N 4E7 in memory of Pearl Swarbrick.

Condolences may be made by visiting www.wilsonsfuneralchapel.ca 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”

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KENZLE Eileen Dorothy Sept. 4, 1943 - Sept. 25, 2014 Eileen was born to Don and Helen Liddell of Madden, Alberta.

She lived her childhood years in the Madden, Cremona, and Water 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.

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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

GODFREY Albert Gunness, England - 1918 Innisfail, Alberta - 2014 Albert Godfrey passed away peacefully at the Rosefield Continuing Care Centre only 5 days short of his 96th birthday on Saturday, July 26, 2014. He was born in Gunness, Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire, England, on July 31, 1918.

Predeceased by his beloved wife Mary, parents Fred and Annie, brother John and wife Kathleen Godfrey; Albert’s passing is mourned, but his life is remembered with love, by his nephew Jim (Gerry) Godfrey, nieces Marg (Pat) Bodnark, Barb (Dwight) Beierle, nine great nephews and nieces, and thirteen greatgreat nephews and nieces. As well, his memory is cherished by his step-family, Ed (Lil) Sevcik (Neil and Dale), Marie (Ken) Boot (Leslie and Diane), Irene Sevcik and their family members.

Albert came to Canada at the age of 8 with his parents and brother in the spring of 1926. They settled on the family farm in the Trenville district, east of Lousana. This would be Albert’s home for the next 45 years. Upon receiving his education at the original Trenville School, Albert, like so many young men of that era, began helping on the farm. In 1942, Albert volunteered for military service and served for the next 4 years with Irish Fusiliers, an infantry regiment of the Canadian Army. He returned to the farm following his discharge in 1946 and began a farming partnership with his father and brother. In 1971, Albert sold his farm and moved to Red Deer. Here, he found employment as a custodian with the Red Deer public school division and in 1972, Albert married the love of his life and best friend Mary Sevcik. Together, they purchased a lovely home in the city and enjoyed 17 wonderful years together. In his younger years, Albert enjoyed gardening, singing, dancing, curling, and traveling. He was also a member of the Red Deer Seniors DownTown House and attended many activities at the Golden Circle. Albert sold his home and moved to St. Mary’s Health Care Centre in Trochu to be nearer to his brother and family in the spring of 1998.

Here, he enjoyed many wonderful years, made many good friends, one in particular, Evy Tallman, and received excellent care from the staff. From 2006 until 2013, Albert resided at Symphony, Aspen Ridge Lodge in Red Deer where once again, he experienced wonderful care and received much kindness and attention from not only the lodge staff, but from his very special friend and caregiver Michelle Payne. In these later years of life, Albert enjoyed collecting and watching movies and visiting with family and friends. A Special thank you to Edna Knights, a longtime neighbor and friend, for her many visits and delicious birthday cake which Albert so greatly enjoyed. As his health continued to decline, a move to Innisfail was necessitated.

The compassion, respect and care demonstrated by the staff at Rosefield during Albert’s last few months of life was so greatly appreciated by Albert and his entire family.

Goodbye dear Uncle, Grandpa and Friend.

A long life - well lived - rest in peace.

A service of remembrance to honour Albert Godfrey’s life will be held at Eventide Funeral Chapel, 4820-45 Street, Red Deer, on Saturday, October 4, 2014 at 1:30 p.m. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to the Senior’s DownTown House, Red Deer, Alberta, or to a charity of the donor’s choice.

Condolences may be forwarded to the family by visiting www.eventidefuneralchapels.com.

Arrangements entrusted to EVENTIDE FUNERAL CHAPEL 4820 - 45 Street, Red Deer. Phone (403) 347-2222

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PALFI Andras Nov. 15, 1949 - Sept. 27, 2014 Andras passed away peacefully with his family by his side at the Red Deer Regional Hospital.

He is survived by his wife of 41 years Hilda; and daughter Linda (Ron). A celebration of life will be held at the iHotel, David Thompson East Room, 6500 67 Street, Red Deer, on October 7, 2014 at 2:00 pm.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Lending Cupboard or the Red Cross.

Condolences may be sent to the family at palfil@shaw.ca.

WEGNER With great sadness the Wegner and Hay family announce Dr. Joanne Wegner (nee Hay) passed away at her home in Victoria on September 13, 2014. A mass will be held at 1:00 p.m. on October 4, 2014 at Our Lady of the Assumption, Sylvan Lake, and a memorial service at UVic on October 25, 2014.

WAGNER Garfield (Garth) George Edgar Surrounded by the love and support of family, friends, and caregivers, Garth quietly passed away in Lacombe, Alberta on Wednesday, September 24, 2014. A memorial service will take place at St. Andrew’s United Church, 5226-51 Avenue, Lacombe on Friday October 3, 2014 at 11:00 a.m., with a luncheon to follow immediately at the church. The family extends an invitation for drinks and appetizers between 4-7 p.m. at the Lacombe Golf and Country Club. Those wishing to make memorial contributions may do so to Parkinson’s Alberta, 102, 5636 Burbank Crescent, Calgary, AB T2H 1Z6 or any other community/sport organization of choice.

Expressions of sympathy may be made by visiting www.wilsonsfuneralchapel.ca WILSON’S FUNERAL CHAPEL & CREMATORIUM of Lacombe and Rimbey in charge of the arrangements.

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Heavy Equipment Operators

Truckers/ Drivers

A non-denominational Social Service Agency is seeking a couple and/or a mature person living on an acreage in the Red Deer area to provide living accommodations, emotional and medical support as well as life skills training to a senior gentleman diagnosed with developmental disabilities and diabetes.

Sylvan Lake

TR3 Energy is at the forefront of reclamation and remediation in the oil & gas industry We are currently recruiting for:

850

Trades

452336I25-J8

800

Oilfield

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.

453191I29-J3

To Advertise Your Business or Service Here

Call Classifieds 403-309-3300 classifieds@reddeeradvocate.com

Contractors

1100

BLACK CAT CONCRETE Garage/Patios/RV pads Sidewalks/Driveways Dean 403-505-2542 BRIDGER CONST. LTD. We do it all! 403-302-8550 DALE’S Home Reno’s Free estimates for all your reno needs. 403-506-4301 DOORS, windows, siding, soffit, fascia and custom cladding. Call Dean @ 403-302-9210.

Eavestroughing

1130

Escorts

1165

KAYLA 392-0891 *BUSTY* INDEPENDENT w/own car

Handyman Services

1200

ATT’N: Are you looking for help on small jobs around the house or renovate your bathroom, painting or flooring, or cutting small trees?

Call James 403-341-0617

Massage Therapy

1280

FANTASY MASSAGE

Massage Therapy

1280

VII MASSAGE #7,7464 Gaetz Ave. Pampering at its BEST! 403-986-6686 Come in and see why we are the talk of the town. www.viimassage.com

Misc.

Services

1290

5* JUNK REMOVAL Property clean up 340-8666 GARAGE DOOR SERVICE. Save 50%. 403-358-1614

Roofing

1370

PRECISE ROOFING LTD. 15 Yrs. Exp., Ref’s Avail.

403-896-4869

Seniors’ Services

1372

HELPING HANDS Home Supports for Seniors.

Est 1999. Cooking, cleaning, companionship. At home or facility. Call 403-346-7777 for information.

Snow Removal

1380

SNOWPLOWING Comm/Res. Contracts welcome. 403-358-1614

GUTTERS CLEANED & REPAIRED. 403-391-2169

International ladies

VELOX EAVESTROUGH Cleaning & Repairs.

Reasonable rates. 340-9368

Specials. 11 a.m.-3 a.m.

Private back entry. 403-341-4445

WINDOW / EAVESTROUGH CLEANING. Free quotes, 403-506-4822

MASSAGE ABOVE ALL WINDOW CLEANING. JG PAINTING, 25 yrs. exp.

WALK-INS WELCOME Outside/Inside.

Free quotes, 403-506-4822 4709 Gaetz Ave. 346-1161 Free Est. 403-872-8888

Now Open

We do dump runs/odd jobs 4035502502/4038855333

Painters/ Decorators

1310

Window Cleaning

1420

RED DEER ADVOCATE Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2014 D3

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

ADVERTISE YOUR VEHICLE IN THE CLASSIFIEDS AND GET IT

1998 CHRYSLER AWD

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

2003 WINDSTAR LX, fully loaded, very good cond. $3500.

403-755-2867

403-346-1392 340-9068

2011 CYCLONE 300C Toy Hauler, $44,500.

2007 GMC dually 1 ton 182,000 kms.

Together $66,500.

403-507-0570

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

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

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

2011 RAV4 LIMITED Leather, sunroof, 8 way power driver’s seat, very clean, great cond. $19,500 obo.

403-341-0606

2012 CAMARO 2SS Coupe 5500 km. Loaded. $41,900.

403-350-6434

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

1985 BUICK Riviera.

Original paint, fully loaded, sunroof, exc. shape. 2nd owner.

Immaculate interior. 158,000 km. $3750 obo.

403-347-3950

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

2004 DODGE 1/2 ton 4x4 SLT quad cab.

New tires, battery, power steering pump. $6000.

403-506-9632

1985 HONDA 250 SX Trike $950.00 **SOLD**

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

2004 DODGE DAKOTA 4x4 Good shape. $5700.

403-598-4131

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

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

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

Loaded, very good cond.

182,000 km.

403-343-2058

2004 TITANIUM model 31E36MK. Loaded, many extras. $24,500 obo.

403-347-1050 or 304-4580

2007 SATURN AURA. Loaded, 1 owner, exc. cond.

86,000 km.

Never winter driven. $10,500 403-391-3820

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

$6900.

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

2007 VW Tourareg, fully loaded, AWD, new windshield, Nokian all season tires, in exceptionally good cond.. 180,000 kms. $14,750 obo 403-346-5440 or 403-391-0320

2010 DODGE RAM 3500, loaded SLT, white, 4x4, S/B, 60,600 kms., $39,000.

403-347-4896

1989 GMC SIERRA Auto 350, s/b, no rust.

Glass exc. 144,000km $4900.

403-340-8950

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

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

2008 AVALANCHE, leather Z71, $16,400.

403-391-9662

1991 ALLEGRO-BAY 29’.

Class A, 35,000 miles, Generator, AC, Rear Bed, Exc. Cond. $10,000 obo.

Call 403-442-3837

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

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

1997 SKIDSTEER Case 1840, only 3300 hrs. $15,500.

587-679-1000

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

2006 HONDA Goldwing Trike

2002 CHRYSLER

Town N Country, Limited, AWD, leather, very nice cond.

159,000 kms. All avail. options 403-598-0682

6 DAYS IN THE RED DEER ADVOCATE 1

FRIDAY FORWARD

2 CENTRAL ALBERTA LIFE

2 FREE SALE SIGNS AND TIP SHEET

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

VEHICLE ACCESSORIES

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

w/Lehman Monarch 2 trike kit.

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

FREE PHOTO AD WEDNESDAYS IN FAST TRACK FOTOS

AD ON THE INTERNET

AD APPEARS EVERY DAY YOUR AD IS PUBLISHED IN THE ADVOCATE

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

2008 MONTANA, 2955RL, 2 slides, king bed, Mor-Ryde hitch, Arctic pckg. exc. cond., $27,500. **SOLD**

1966 FORD Mustang Coupe appraised $15,500. Runs good.

Would like at least $9500 403-391-3456

1989 1 TON WITH PLOW, 4x4, controls inside, & dump. $6350.

Good working order.

403-348-9746

DO YOU HAVE

2006 VW Jetta TDI

137,000 kms, fully loaded, sunroof, diesel, auto, $10,000

2007 Dutchman Express 26’ Class C 12,800 Miles

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

2010 Ford Explorer

2012 FORD Fusion SE 10,000 kms, $15,000 obo must sell 403-340-0558

2012 FORD Lariet 3/4 ton, 108,000 kms, set up for Ford 5th wheel, $35,000 403-362-1004

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

403-318-5505

2013 CHEV LTZ full load, sunroof, leather, over $4000 in extras. $41,000.

Sliding box cover.

403-348-9746

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

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

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

587-679-1000

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

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

2014 GMC, S/B, Loaded, z71, $34,300.

587-679-1000

SELL YOUR VEHICLE FAST WITH A FAST TRACK CLASSIFIED VEHICLE AD

403 309-3300

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

635421

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

D4 RED DEER ADVOCATE Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2014

880

Misc.

Help

RESIDENTIAL APT MANAGER 23 suite apt. complex.

Live-in role. Responsibilities incl. cleaning, maintenance, yard care, administration.

Fax to 403-346-5786 SWAMPERS F/T needed immediately for a fast growing waste & recycling company.

Heavy lifting involved (driver’s helper) position.

Reliability essential. Own transportation required.

Please email resumes to canpak@xplornet.ca Central Alberta’s Largest Car Lot in Classifieds

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

900

Employment Training

OCTOBER START! Accepting registrations for

Children's Items

1580

BOYS RUNNERS - Spiderman, size 3, very good cond. $10.

403-314-9603

RASPBERRY bushes to give away, barbless, healthy canes, dig all you want 403-392-8034

LEAPSTER L-MAX with extra game, tv cables.

Very good cond. $25 403-314-9603

RIMBEY TREES Large variety of trees for sale.

Planting available.

Fall Specials!

Call Walter, 403-748-3611

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.

TOO MUCH STUFF? Let Classifieds help you sell it.

1640

Tools

AIR COMPRESSOR, electric, on wheels, 5 h.p. $195.00 403-346-7856

Firewood

1660

AFFORDABLE

Homestead Firewood

6 mo. Community Spruce & Pine -Split. Firepits Support Worker Program avail. 7 days/wk. 403-304-6472 AND

GED Program Funding may be available.

403-340-1930

Academic Express Adult Education & Training www.academicexpress.ca Something for Everyone Everyday in Classifieds

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stuff CLASSIFICATIONS 1500-1990

1680

Garden Supplies

CHOPPED POPLAR - free, you pick up. Very close to Red Deer. 403-392-8385.

LOGS Semi loads of pine, spruce, tamarack, poplar.

Price depends on location.

Lil Mule Logging 403-318-4346 Now Offering Hotter, Cleaner BC Birch. All Types. P.U. / Delivery. Lyle 403-783-2275 TRUCK LOAD OF CHOPPED FIREWOOD $50. 403-782-7439

Advocate Opportunities

NEWSPAPER CARRIERS NEEDED For Afternoon Delivery Wednesday, Thursday & Friday

BOWER AREA Bunn Cres.

Baile Close Boyce Street Byer Close Barrett Drive Bell Street Baker Ave. Broughton Cres.

Brookes Cres. Beatty Cres.

For more information or to apply, please call Ashley at the Red Deer Advocate 403-314-4316 NEWSPAPER CARRIERS NEEDED For Afternoon Delivery 3 Days/Week (Wed., Thurs. & Fri.)

GLENDALE Grimson & Goodall Ave. For more information or to apply call Joanne at the Red Deer Advocate 403-314-4308

Celebrate your life with a Classified ANNOUNCEMENT

Household Appliances

1710

FREEZER. 12 Cu. Ft. $165. 403-346-7856 FRIDGE, GE, side by side, cold water & ice dispenser, exc. cond., 8 yrs. old. $200. obo. 403-755-2760 GE Washer & Dryer Super C. comm. quality $500. 358-1614 STOVE, Kenmore, electric convection oven, ceramic glass cook top, use and care guide booklet, exc. cond. 8 yrs. old. $200. obo 403-755-2760

Household Furnishings

1720

1 DARK wood coffee table 35x50” $50, 1 end table $10.

3 stacking tables $10.

2 brown recliners $50 ea.

Phone 403-887-5020 or 403-357-4230 Sylvan Lake. Must pick up 2 LOVESEATS, cream suede & brown leather $100 ea.

Phone 403-887-5020 or 403-357-4230 Sylvan Lake. Must pick up.

2 MATCHING LAZ-E-BOY RECLINERS -Teal in colour. $100/ea.

403-318-7717 KITCHEN TABLE & 4 CHAIRS 40” long with 12” wide leaf.

Asking $40. 403-782-7439 MICROWAVE, Kenmore, white, 900 watts. $25.

403-352-8811

WANTED Antiques, furniture and estates. 342-2514

Stereos TV's, VCRs

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 SEGA Genesis w/8 games , $100. 403-782-3847

Misc. for Sale

1760

Canon K920 copier, good 2 BALINESE KITTENS for small business, exc.

2 SNOWSHOE SIAMESE cond. $45; 3 clean, wool $50/ea. 403-887-3649 accent matching carpets, two 2’ x 7’, one hexagon $45/all or will sell Dogs 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 HIGH QUALITY LABRADOODLES and DOWN FILLED GOLDEN DOODLE pups HOODED COAT Long time Breeder, beige colour, knee length, text 306-521-1371 brand new. Size XL, $100. www.furtettishfarm.ca 403-343-1112 FERTILIZER spreader 20” hopper $25; part bag of Travel OilDri (all purpose absor- Packages bent $4, metal tamping bar $5; metal chapin spreader TRAVEL ALBERTA tank 1 1/2 gal $15, 16-20-0 Alberta offers fertilizer almost full bag SOMETHING $10, grass clipper battery for everyone. operated $20, Lagostina Make your travel 7L pressure cooker stainplans now. less steel easy lock closing $80, 2 stacking chairs metal frame $10, turf edger Wanted (reg. $40) $20, 12 bottle To Buy wine rack $10 403-314-2026 WANTED: Model train set, GARAGE Door opener, Lift G or O Scale. Price Master, 1/2 hp motor, with negotiable. 403-986-2942 remote included. $125 Like Start your career!

New! 403-348-6449 See Help Wanted HIDEABED $50; home gym, $50; playpen $20; mens size 10 football cleats $30. 403-340-1347 HOUSEHOLD ITEMS - 2 box fulls Sheets set, afghan, cushions, dishes, glasses, AGRICULTURAL coffee maker & filters, $25.

403-314-9603 CLASSIFICATIONS QUEEN FAUX MINK 2000-2290 BLANKET, like new $25, queen quilt, like new $25, Corningware ten cup coffee pot $25 403-348-6449 Tractors TOWER Fans (2), $10. ea.; Canadian made com- 18†H.P. Case acreage tractor. puter speakers, $20 set; Hydrostatic drive c/w 54” large area carpet, gently mower, 54” rototiller & 60” used, $10; wireless, cord- hydraulic blade. In excellent less phone, no battery, cond. with only 289 hrs.† $10; 2 plant pots (1 with $11,000 obo. 403-887-5020 stand), $5.; Christmas tree stand for large artificial tree, New, $5; car model kits (2) $5. ea.; older suit- Horses case, $5. 403-986-2942

1840

1900

1930

2030

Musical Instruments

1770

AMPLIFYER for guitar, RX-100 for beginners, 7 Watt. Asking $30.

403-227-2976

Pets & Supplies

1810

37 TABS 225 mg. Milk Thistle for dogs/cats w/liver disease. Expires 05/15 Vet cost $85. Asking $50.

403-227-2976

Advocate Opportunities

Adult Newspaper Carriers Needed For Early Morning Delivery of the

RED DEER ADVOCATE Monday through Saturday.

Delivery to be done on/or before 6:30 am.

Reliable vehicle needed.

EASTVIEW AREA

$605/mo.

For More Information, please call For More informaiton, please call Jamie 403-314-4306

To deliver the

CLEARVIEW AREA

CENTRAL AB LIFE & LACOMBE EXPRESS

Please call Rick for details 403-314-4303

Clearview Ridge Area $172/mo.

DEER PARK AREA Dolan Close $49.24/mo.

ALSO

RED DEER ADVOCATE

Dumas Cres., Duffy Close, and 2 Blocks of Dempsey St. $80.48/mo.

Monday through Saturday.

Delivery to be done on/or before 6:30 am.

Reliable vehicle needed.

GRANDVIEW AREA

ADULT Newspaper Carriers Needed For Early Morning Delivery of the

PINES AREA For More Information, please call Joanne 403-314-4308

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

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

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

WANTED: all types of horses. Processing locally in Lacombe weekly.

403-651-5912

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rentals CLASSIFICATIONS

FOR RENT • 3000-3200 WANTED • 3250-3390

Houses/ Duplexes

3020

NEWLY refinished 3 bdrm. duplex, fenced yard, close to schools, avail. Nov. 1, $1350 + utils, Sylvan Lake Call/Text 780-887-4430 for apt

CARRIERS REQUIRED

LACOMBE BLACKFALDS

4 Plexes/ 6 Plexes

3050

CLEARVIEW 2 bdrm. 4-Plex, 4 appls.

Rent $1125. incl. sewer, water and garbage. D.D. $650. Avail. now or Nov. 1.

403-304-5337 NEWLY RENOVATED bachelor, 1, & 2 bedroom suites available in central location. Heat & water included. Cat friendly. leasing@rentmidwest.com 1(888) 679-8031

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.

ROSEDALE AREA West end of Robinson Cres., Ryan Cl., Rich Cl., & Rabbis St. $71.30/mo.

ALSO Roberts Cres. $53.64/mo.

WOODLEA AREA 47A Ave, & part of 55, 56 & 57 St. $134./mo.

For More Information Call Jamie at the Red Deer Advocate 403-314-4306

Condos/ Townhouses

3030

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Trucks

5050

homes CLASSIFICATIONS 4000-4190

Realtors & Services

4010

2013 CHEV LTZ full load, sunroof, leather, over $4000 in extras. $41,000. Sliding box cover. 403-348-9746

ORIOLE PARK 3 bdrm., 1-1/2 bath, $1175. rent, s.d. $650, incl water sewer and garbage. Avail.

Nov. 1st. 403-304-5337

Suites

3060

1 & 2 BDRM APTS in NEW BUILDING. Avail Nov 1. No pets, N/S. Underground parking.

Great location. 3430-49 Ave. WoodWalkerVentures @gmail.com or 403-782-5781 2 BDRM apt. for over 40 yr. old working tenants, no pets, no partiers, no drugs.

Free laundry, heat, water, private parking at 5910-55 Ave. in Riverside Meadows. $1100 . Avail.Immed.

403-341-4627

HERE TO HELP & HERE TO SERVE

MORRISROE MANOR

1 & 2 bdrm., Avail. immed.

Adult bldg. N/S No pets 403-596-2444

Houses For Sale

4020

CUSTOM BUILT NEW HOMES

by Mason Martin Homes Kyle, 403-588-2550

Condos/ Townhouses

SUNNYBROOK 2 bdrm. Water & heat incld, clean and quiet, great location, no pets.

403-346-6686 You can sell your guitar for a song... or put it in CLASSIFIEDS and we’ll sell it for you!

Rooms For Rent

3090

BDRM. for rent in Vanier Woods,. $500 + dd, 403-588-6268 after 6 pm.

2004 DODGE 1/2 ton 4x4 SLT quad cab. New tires, battery, power steering pump. $6000. 403-506-9632

1989 1 TON 4x4 with plow, controls inside, & dump. $6350. Good working order.

403-348-9746

Vans Buses

5070

4040

NEW CONDO 1000 sq.ft. 2 bdrm., 2 bath. $192,000. 403-588-2550 Looking for a place to live?

Take a tour through the CLASSIFIEDS

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

Call 403-343-7955

2010 DODGE RAM 3500, loaded SLT, white, 4x4, S/B, 60,600 kms., $39,000.

403-347-4896

Call GORD ING at RE/MAX real estate central alberta 403-341-9995 gord.ing@remax.net

FREE Weekly list of properties for sale w/details, prices, address, owner’s GLENDALE reno’d 2 bdrm. phone #, etc. 342-7355 apartments, avail. immed, Help-U-Sell of Red Deer rent $875 403-596-6000 www.homesreddeer.com LARGE, 1 & 2 BDRM. MUST SELL SUITES. 25+, adults only 1217 sq.ft. duplex. n/s, no pets 403-346-7111 4 bdrm., $191,900.

403-588-2550 LRG. 1 BDRM. bsmt. suite, separate entrance, 4 piece MUST SELL bath, oak kitchen, lino New Home. 1335 sq.ft. flooring, washer & dryer, bi-level, 24x23 att. garage. $950/mo., incld. utils., 403-588-2550 mature location., no pets, no kids, N/S, avail. Oct 1, 587-437-7970

2140

ADULT or YOUTH CARRIERS NEEDED For delivery of Flyers, Express and Friday Forward ONLY 3 DAYS A WEEK in

1 day a week in:

1830

Cats

4130

Cottages/Resort Property

2002 CHRYSLER Town N Country, Limited, AWD, leather, very nice cond.

159,000 kms. All avail. options. $6900. 403-598-0682

Fifth Wheels

5110

SNOWBIRDS! 1994 Park Model for sale: Yuma, Foothills, AZ. Very good condition in a great park.

Asking $15,000.

(Canadian) obo.

403-347-6466

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wheels

2011 CYCLONE 300C Toy Hauler, $44,500. 2007 GMC dually 1 ton 182,000 kms. Together $66,500.

403-507-0570

ATV's

5150

CLASSIFICATIONS 5000-5300

Cars

5030

1985 HONDA 250 SX Trike 950.00 **SOLD**

CLEAN, quiet, responsible, REDUCED TO SELL! 2001 Furn. $575. 403-466-7979 Buick LeSabre drk. red exc. Tires, Parts cond. 2001 Chev Malibu 4 dr.

SEIBEL PROPERTY Tired of Standing?

134,000 kms. 403-352-6995 Acces. www.seibelprperty.com Find something to sit on Ph: 403-304-7576 2002 CHEV Malibu LS 2- 15” SUMMER RADIALS in Classifieds or 403-347-7545 loaded, leather, sunroof, $25/ea.

6 locations in Red Deer etc. 213,000 kms, $1950 2- 15” SUMMER RADIALS ~ Halman Heights obo 403-340-3462 & RIMS, $50/ea. ~ Riverfront Estates 403-358-3865 Offices ~ Westpark CANOPY fits 1990-1999 GM. ~ Kitson Close $200. 403-318-7717 2000 SQ.FT. OFFICE, ~ Kyte & Kelloway Cres.

4836 51 Street.

HITCH - fits Chevy. New. ~ Holmes St. Parking is avail. $1800/mo. $100. 403-314-0804 S.D. $1000 403-343-9300 Rent $1245 to $1445 RUNNING BOARDS 3 bdrm. townhouses, for GM extended cab.

1.5 bath, 4 & 5 appls., blinds, Warehouse Fits 2006-2011. $200.

2001 VOLVO S60. Loaded, lrg. balconies, no dogs.

403-318-7717 very good cond. 182,000 km.

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In-laws too nice to ask for money Dear Annie: I love my in-laws to pieces, but it bothers me that they are too nice. No one who lives in their household pays for anything.

When my husband and I lived with them, we always helped out, but now that we’ve moved on, my in-laws are having a hard time paying the bills. But they won’t ask any of their kids to MITCHELL fork over. My & SUGAR brother-in-law’s girlfriend lives in the house, and they have a daughter together.

Right now, my brother-in-law is in jail, and the mother barely cares for her daughter.

Either my in-laws do it, or my husband and I take over her care. The girlfriend often leaves the house with no notice, sometimes in the middle of the night, and never bothers to feed her little girl. She has no job and has two

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kids by other fathers whom she also doesn’t take care of. When we criticize this, she threatens to take her daughter away.

I’m getting tired of this. We love this child.

Can the mother really take her away? I hate that she is using my inlaws and blackmailing them this way.

I think she is using drugs, but I’m not sure because she’s rarely around. I want to call Child Protective Services, but my in-laws say absolutely not.

What should I do? — Concerned Daughter-in-Law Dear Concerned: Would your in-laws (or you) petition for custody of this child?

When Child Protective Services investigates (reporting can be done anonymously) and finds cause to remove the child from the home, the best placement is often with other relatives.

This could turn out to be you.

We cannot promise that the mother won’t run off with the girl, although she seems more likely to run off alone.

Please discuss this possibility with your husband and his parents.

We hope they are willing to take the necessary steps to ensure this child’s future.

Dear Annie: Here is an idea for

HOROSCOPES Wednesday, Oct. 1 CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DATE: Julie Andrews, 78; Zach Galifianakis, 44; Jimmy Carter, 89 THOUGHT OF THE DAY: Today’s energy will have a more serious tone than yesterdays. It is not that it won’t be enjoyable; it simply will create more of a realistic path in order to achieve yesterday’s ambitions.

Changes will LARISA MAIRA need to be made, some could be inOZOLINS tense, but it all should be well received and even welcomed if you are going about making proper, optimistic changes to your life now.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY: If today is your birthday, this year will prove to highlight steady progress going forward. There will be lots of interactions and learning going on this year.

You will develop your communication style and this will lead to great finances for you in this year.

Family life and ties will expand, whether that is a new family member or you’re moving away, that will allow greater prosperity.

ARIES (March 21-April 19): Today will highlight the need to make adjustments to your professional life and simply how you come across to others.

You will still have the energy and drive pushing you forward, but today will allow you to make those necessary changes to bring them into reality.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Today you will be aware of the changes that need to be made at work, with your health, and throughout your daily life.

It might get a bit intense, so relax a little bit

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more if needed.

Choose each step forward wisely, especially when dealing with others, but trust your gut!

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Today will be a bit confusing and busy.

Trust the wisdom that is coming at you today.

If needed, express and go over the changes that need to be made with your daily existence with those close individuals in your life. All in all, it should be a pleasant and passionate day!

CANCER (June 21-July 22): There is a tendency for you to pick up on others’ feelings today. This can be good, but do try to focus on your direction.

Perhaps it is a day to consider others a bit more, you will feel that quite intensely and will need to make some adjustments, just don’t lose your entire plan.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): You will be challenged at work today.

There are changes that you need to make in order to create greater advancement for yourself.

Home life might be a bit more complicated than you thought, just try to keep the lines of communication open so that there is no confusion now.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): You will be feeling a bit intense today. Soul growth and developments within your home life and with family will be highly charged.

There will be a need for you to express and make alterations within that area of life today. Your confidence and finances are on the rise now.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Do not allow for others you meet throughout your daily life, within work, or at the gym to convince you that your goals are unachievable.

There is a tendency to see your point of view as unworkable, it is — it just needs proper time to be fully implemented for your greater benefit.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): You are expressing greater truth today, and you are

those who have been bothered by people who “over contribute” or dominate the conversation.

When we know there will be such a person at a get-together, we appoint one person to be the designated listener.

This person directs the talkative person away from the group and focuses intently on him or her, listening attentively and encouraging them to continue talking.

The rest of the group can then have a reasonably interactive conversation.

I have been the listener on a few occasions and realize that some folks can’t help themselves.

They must talk continuously, giving no thought to whether or not their conversation is interesting to anyone else.

Distracting them away from the group makes the evening tolerable. — A Designated Listener Dear Listener: We like the idea of a designated listener, the way someone is a designated driver.

As long as you alternate positions and everyone is agreeable when it comes to taking a turn, this is an effective and kind way to include those who need to be at such gatherings but can make the events difficult to endure.

Dear Annie: In response to “Wedbacked by many, just don’t hang on those laurels now. It is time for you to create a pleasant enough, direct way of expressing yourself with others, especially with siblings. It should be a good day, but just a little intense in nature.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): This will be a good financial day, for both your business and your career. Do allow for advice from family members or those within your home environment, but trust your own wise counsel, at least today. There is reason for the intensity, keep an open mind.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): You are the “it” person today. No doubt there will be lots of willing ears ready from friends and those within groups you are part of today.

They will be watching as you make a change with your career, this can be anything from switching jobs to presenting a new project.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Your view has been changing for some time.

Today will not instigate a change that is not already in the works, but perhaps it will help you to understand why it needs to be made now. Through understanding the current dynamics of your life, change will flow naturally.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): You will have the public’s attention today, use that energy wisely. It will be a pleasant day within group settings and with friends, but you will notice that adjustments need to be made now. Trust the wisdom that has been given to you through hard work, realism is the key now.

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

ding Jitters,” I have another reason to get a prenuptial agreement for those marrying later in life.

Greedy heirs.

My brother’s mother-in-law remarried in her 60s.

Soon after, she became incapacitated with a brain tumor, and her spouse suffered severe health issues and entered a nursing home.

His children immediately started demanding things, claiming that she had “abandoned” him.

All the lawyer did was shrug and tell them to hope that she died first, but she didn’t.

His son and daughter were given half of all their assets, including those she had clearly kept separate from the joint holdings.

My sister-in-law had to give them a car and remortgage the house.

Their lawyer said domestic disputes of this type are a hopeless nightmare.

— Know Better Now Annie’s Mailbox is written by Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar, longtime editors of the Ann Landers column. Please email your questions to anniesmailbox@ comcast.net, or write to: Annie’s Mailbox, c/o Creators Syndicate, 737 3rd Street, Hermosa Beach, CA 90254.

IN BRIEF

Seeking immorality, chef, volunteers assemble 1,126pound bowl of loco moco at Rice Festival HONOLULU — A group is claiming a world record for a popular Hawaii dish, after putting together a massive bowl of rice, hamburger, eggs and gravy.

Chef Hideaki Miyoshi of Tokkuri Tei restaurant and volunteers at Sunday’s Fifth Annual Rice Festival assembled a bowl of loco moco that weighed 1,126 pounds.

Loco moco was invented in the late 1940s in Hilo. There are varieties, but the basic dish consists of hot white rice, a hamburger patty, an over-easy fried egg and brown gravy.

Guinness World Records said the dish would have to weigh at least 1,100 pounds for consideration.

Miyoshi and his crew used more than 600 pounds of rice, 200 pounds of ground beef, 300 scrambled eggs and 200 pounds of gravy. They used donated rice and borrowed kitchen space at Ward Centers.

The festival holds the Guinness World Record for making a 286-pound Spam musubi in 2011, the Honolulu Star-Advertiser reported

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