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Minimum wage falls short BY SUSAN ZIELINSKI ADVOCATE STAFF Alberta’s minimum wage is by no means a living wage for most people in Central Alberta. The province’s $10.20 per hour minimum wage, or $9.20 for those who serve alcohol, fails to meet basic needs of the majority of residents in a variety of area communities. A living wage report released this month by Central Alberta Poverty Reduction Alliance includes figures for Red Deer, Blackfalds, Eckville, Innisfail, Lacombe, Penhold, Ponoka, Rimbey and Sylvan Lake.
In Red Deer, lone parents with one child have it the toughest. Parents need to bring home $14.75 per hour to reach a living wage, or $4.55 more than the typical minimum wage. The living wage for a Red Deer couple with two children is $13.11 per parent, and for single adults it’s $10.21. Amanda Ens, community facilitator for the City of Red Deer working with CAPRA, said CAPRA pegged Red Deer’s overall living wage at $14.75 to take into account different sizes of families. The living wage was also developed to cover just the bare necessities. For example a single adult would share a two-bedroom apartment and does not
Oilfield worker guilty of drunk driving
have a vehicle. A living wage budget doesn’t include such things as saving for retirement, special dietary needs, credit card or loan payments, pet ownership, parking, life or disability insurance, and more. “There are no extras in these budgets,” Ens said on Wednesday. “Central Albertans, including businesses, said they would have put more things into a decent or dignified life, or living wage, than we did in our report,” she said according to a CAPRA survey.
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BY BRENDA KOSSOWAN ADVOCATE STAFF An oilfield worker from Lacombe has been found guilty of two out of three charges laid after a fatal collision near Sylvan Lake in the fall of 2013. Breton resident Randy Pinch, 41, died on Oct. 2, 2013, of injuries sustained on Sept. 12, when his northbound vehicle was struck by a southbound pickup truck attempting to turn left onto the Aspelund Road from Hwy 20. Matthew Lawrence Engelman, now 26, went to trial last month before Justice Monica Bast in Red Deer Court of Queen’s Bench. He was charged with impaired driving causing death, dangerous driving causing death, and refusing to provide police with a breath sample after causing an injury or fatal collision. Bast returned with her decision on Wednesday, stating that she had found Engelman guilty of the impaired and refusal charges. Bast said the Crown’s evidence was not sufficient to support a charge of dangerous driving, so she would acquit on that count. Reiterating the evidence presented at trial, Bast said Engelman’s driving pattern shortly before the crash supported the impaired driving charge, as did witness accounts from afterward of Engelman fumbling for his driver’s licence, being glossy-eyed and unsteady on his feet and smelling of alcohol. Although some of his behaviour after the crash could be attributed to shock, his actions at the RCMP detachment in Sylvan Lake support the charge of refusal to provide a breath sample, said Bast. Engelman was told at the site that the driver of the other vehicle was in bad shape and he asked the technician at the detachment about the consequences he would face if he chose not to give a breath sample, she said. Sentencing has been postponed until early next year, pending a pre-sentence report estimated to take about eight weeks. A sentencing date is to be set during arraignments in the Court of Queen’s Bench on Dec. 1. bkossowan@reddeeradvocate.com
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A Red Deer Emergency Services member investigates the damage done in the basement of the home at 12 Drummond Close on Wednesday afternoon. The home went up in flames on Tuesday afternoon and is considered a total loss. The site has been blocked off for investigation.
Emergency services investigating blaze BY PAUL COWLEY ADVOCATE STAFF The cause of a $300,000 fire on Tuesday at a Deer Park home that left a man badly burned remains undetermined, although arson is not suspected. “We were not able to zero in on anything at this point,” said Wes Van Bavel, of Red Deer Emergency Services. A private investigator joined fire department investigators on scene on Wednesday and the investigation continues into the blaze, which is considered accidental. The split-level home was badly damaged in the fire, which happened around 4:30 p.m. A 69-year-old man who lived in a basement secondary suite was airlifted by STARS to Calgary’s Foothills Hospital for treatment on Tuesday. An up-
date on his condition was not available on Wednesday. Another resident, who lives upstairs, was not at home at the time of the fire. Van Bavel said the home was equipped with hardwired smoke alarms, but the damage was too great to the basement alarm to say with certainty that it was working. The fire department plans to go door-to-door today to talk with neighbours and discuss the incident and provide a fire safety message. When the cause of a fire is known, the department will pass that information on to residents to provide a safety reminder. “We want to give them as much (information) as we can and maybe dispel some of the gossip or talk around the neighbourhood (and say) here’s what happened, and here’s what didn’t happen.” pcowley@reddeeradvocate.com
Rig Street project expects to ‘hit the ground running’ next summer BY MARY-ANN BARR ADVOCATE STAFF
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A project is underway to develop a 120-km offroad designated trail system west of Sundre and Caroline. Sundre resident Cal Rakach said on Wednesday that the Rig Street project received some matching grant funding this week from the federal government, and he expects “to hit the ground running” come next summer. The trail system could be used by people who use off-road vehicles such as quads, plus fish and gamers, campers and so on, he said. The idea is to use existing oil and gas or forestry routes in the forest, and have a trail system that steers people toward better areas and away from certain areas such as on top of pipelines and through creeks.
An area known as Rig Street runs from west of Bearberry northward to west of Caroline. There have been oil and gas and forestry roads there for many years, and it is popular for random camping, snowmobiling and quadding. The Clearwater Trails Initiative came up with the Rig Street project, and once it is mapped out and developed, a body will be established to look after maintaining it, arm’s length from government. Rakach, 56, is a member of the initiative, described as a group that includes community, industry and government working together to reduce conflict, educate people and share ideas. “We have to do an initial inventory to find out what trails are there,” said Rakach. Those current trails would be un-designated, random routes.
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Rakach said a lot of the funding will be spent on preplanning the trail system, having a look at where work needs to be done, determining the number of kilometres involved, and then designing it. There will need to be approvals from government. They hope to begin work next summer. “Most of what we are going to be doing is rehabilitating existing trail ... fixing holes and all that.” Rakach said they have about half the funding they will need. This week’s approval of funding comes from the federally-funded National Trails Coalition. Other groups have also pitched in. Once the trail is designated, it will need to be maintained. There is a push being made to have off-road vehicle users pay an enhancement fee when they register their vehicles. This money could go toward the maintenance of the trail system.
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Ottawa gunman no terrorist: Mulcair The shooter in last week’s deadly attack in Ottawa was a criminal but not a terrorist — according to NDP Leader Tom Mulcair. Story on PAGE C2
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Trailer Park Boys actor first to go public in accusations against Ghomeshi TORONTO — Trailer Park Boys actor Lucy DeCoutere has accused former CBC-Radio host Jian Ghomeshi of choking her “to the point she could not breathe” and slapping her “hard three times on the side of her head,” the Toronto Star reported late Wednesday. The Q radio host has been accused of abusive behaviour by a series of anonymous women over the past few days but DeCoutere is the first to agree to be identified. The Star reported that e i g h t w o m e n Lucy DeCoutere from across Canada now accuse Ghomeshi — who parted ways with the CBC on Sunday — of “abusive behaviour ranging from allegations of beating and choking without consent, to workplace sexual harassment.” It said that the allegations range from 2002 to the present. The Star said Ghomeshi, his lawyers and public relations staff have not responded to allegations in their latest report, which includes accusations from DeCoutere and other accusers who are not named. A spokeswoman for Ghomeshi did not immediately respond to a request from The Canadian Press for comment. DeCoutere alleged that in 2003 Ghomeshi “without warning or consent, choked her to the point she could not breathe and then slapped her hard
three times on the side of her head,” the Star reported. “He did not ask if I was into it. It was never a question. It was shocking to me. The men I have spent time with are loving people.” The CBC announced Sunday that it was parting ways with Ghomeshi because of “information” it had received about him. A short time later, lawyers for Ghomeshi announced plans to sue the public broadcaster. Following that, Ghomeshi issued a long Facebook post in which he alleged that he had been fired from the public broadcaster for his “sexual behaviour.” He said in the Facebook post that he engaged in adventurous forms of sex that included role-play, dominance and submission, along with “rough sex (forms of BDSM).” The activities were consensual and he and his partner used safe words to signal when to stop the activity, he said. He is suing the CBC for $55 million for defamation and breach of trust. The corporation has said it will “vigorously” defend itself against Ghomeshi’s lawsuit. The Star report published Wednesday night said Ghomeshi met some of the women during his a 2012 book tour for his memoir 1982. It said he met others “at film festivals, at music or CBC events, or at the CBC workplace.” The report said two of the women allege that the assaults took place in Ghomeshi’s home and that before they took place he “introduced them to Big Ears Teddy, a stuffed bear, and he turned the bear around just before he slapped or choked them, saying that ‘Big Ears Teddy shouldn’t see this.”’ DeCoutere told the newspaper she felt it was “time for someone to speak publicly about the matter.”
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est Alberta executive director, said the province’s poverty reduction strategy is due out early next year so CAPRA’s living wage report has come at the right time. He hoped that provincial funding to reduce poverty doesn’t cut into other important programs. The Homeless and Eviction Prevention fund that helped families at risk of homelessness was significantly cut when the province came out with its homelessness strategy a few years ago. “Now it’s very difficult to get support, say if you’ve fallen behind in the rent and on the verge of being evicted. But once you become homeless, then you can get support under the 10-year plan to eliminate homelessness,” Moore Kilgannon said. “They can’t pretend to bring in a poverty reduction strategy without actual investments.” Moore Kilgannon said the province should address the high cost of infant care that prevents more mothers from
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Rakach said polling of users has seen high support “because everyone is saying there’s a need for more trails.” “This is all cutting edge stuff. It’s about community taking control of our back country.” Rakach is also vice-president of the Alberta Outdoors Coalition. The 13-member coalition focuses on public use of public land. “We are all in this together as different users and we want responsible use so we promote responsible use. “There’s lots of land out there and we need to share it.” Rakach describes himself as a “gearhead” and a “chronic” outdoorsman. “I also fish and hunt and go out with the kids and look at the trees.” The initiative has also tried to get grant funding for a designated trail system for the Meadows project, an area between Ram Mountain and the North Saskatchewan River about 50 km from Rocky. They did not get approval because there was not enough money and too many applications. “We took a shot at it. It’s sitting there.” barr@reddeeradvocate.com
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returning to work or completing educational upgrades to increase family revenues. “Alberta has the lowest stats on mothers in the workforce with children under the age of two. The national average was about 69 per cent in 2012 and in Alberta it’s about 60 per cent.” Alberta could also create a child tax benefit like many other provinces. It could be added on the federal government’s child tax benefit without incurring the cost of a whole new administrative program, he said. CAPRA is holding a Living Wage Employer Breakfast, from 7 to 9 a.m., on Nov. 7 at the Sheraton Hotel. Ens said some employers already offer living wages, which can lead to employee retention and reduce training costs, and contributes to employees’ well-being. Some are paying above minimum wage but not a living wage. Compared to Red Deer, the living wage is $17.29 in Calgary, $13 in Medi-
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WAGE: Biggest gap is for couples In seven of the smaller Central Alberta communities in the report, the biggest gap between minimum wage and a living wage is for couples, both working, with two children. Living wages range from $17.38 in Rimbey, or $7.18 higher than minimum wage, to $14.41, or $4.21 higher than the minimum, in Eckville. In Sylvan Lake, single adults have it slightly harder than working couples. A living wage for single adults is $15.17, or $4.97 higher than minimum wage. Close on their heels are working couples with two children, with a living wage of $15.13. Ens said transportation plays a huge role in costs for those living in communities outside Red Deer. “Some of the communities have significantly lower rent costs, but their living wages are not lower than Red Deer’s. That’s due to transportation.” CAPRA has taken the lead in living wage research in Alberta. Up until now, no one has done the calculations for rural communities. Grande Prairie intends to follow suit, she said. “We are trying to be a leader in Canada. There are only two regional poverty reduction coalitions across the country, one here and one in the Niagara region.” Bill Moore Kilgannon, Public Inter-
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Alberta beefing up fire safety at seniors lodges BY THE CANADIAN PRESS EDMONTON — Alberta Premier Jim Prentice says the province is committing $70 million to put more sprinklers and other fire safety devices in seniors facilities as soon as possible. Prentice said Wednesday it’s part of a broader strategy to equip the 24,000 government owned and supported seniors care units in Alberta. “These improvements cannot happen instantaneously,” Prentice told about 100 residents at a downtown seniors care facility. “There will be a three-year plan, where we’ll work together with the operators of the facilities, with authorities from the fire departments, to prioritize and move forward.” The $70 million will come from the financial reserves of the Alberta Social Housing Corporation.
About 455 of 657 seniors facilities provincewide do not have sprinkler systems because many of them were built before the sprinklers were made mandatory in 1990. It’s estimated that $250 million is needed to equip or upgrade them with sprinklers. The province has been working to upgrade the sprinklers following the catastrophic seniors care home fire in Quebec in January that killed 32 residents. Seniors Minister Jeff Johnson says building managers have been asked to submit needs assessments by Dec. 1 so the province can compile a priority list to take care of the centres with the greatest safety risks. NDP seniors critic David Eggen said the province needs to act faster to get the sprinklers in place. “With $70 million dollars, 70 per cent of seniors that don’t have sprinklers and adequate fire safety
will be left out,” said Eggen. Eggen added that there’s more to fire safety than warning devices. He noted that many seniors centres have only one worker on at night. “You could have all the best sprinklers around, but (if) there’s not an evacuation procedure that’s adequate, people will be left without adequate safety,” he said. Eggen said there also needs to be legislation compelling private owners of outdated facilities to put in the sprinklers. Liberal seniors critic David Swann, in a statement, agreed that the government needs to take action “to mandate the installation of fire-suppression systems such as automatic sprinklers in all facilities primarily used for housing seniors and other vulnerable persons. “Let’s bring all of these facilities into the 21st century before a tragic incident makes us wish we had.”
New dinosaur resembled hedgehog with a flamboyant face BY THE CANADIAN PRESS EDMONTON — An old dinosaur has been given a new name. A new species of ankylosaur was discovered in the Gobi Desert in southern Mongolia in 2000 by a team led by University of Alberta researcher Philip Currie. A zoological journal published a paper by Currie and others this week that names the creature Zaraapelta nomadis. Zaraapelta is a combination of Mongolian and Greek works meaning “hedgehog” and “shield.” Nomadis was added to honour Nomadic Expeditions, the Mongolian company that has aided dinosaur digs in the region for almost two decades. Like other ankylosaurs, Zaraapelta was an armoured plant-eater with a gigantic club for a tail. But it was more spectacular than most, with distinctive horns and an elaborate pattern of bumps and grooves behind its eyes.
Victoria Arbour, a University of Alberta expert in ankylosaurs who has been tracking their family tree, helped write the paper that announced Zaraapelta in the Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. She said it’s believed other kinds of dinosaurs, such as crested hadrosaurs or ceratopsians with horns and frills, once used their ornaments during sexual displays. And ankylosaurs may have too. Arbour thinks Zaraapelta, along with a couple of other flashy ankylosaurs called Saichania and Tarchia, may have evolved with elaborate embellishments to attract their mates. “Bone requires a lot of nutrients and metabolic energy to create, and so that investment needs to pay off in some way,” she said in a news release. “Maybe ankylosaurs had this bumpy ornamentation for protection, but another good explanation is that the horns and bumps on their skulls showed that they were a good mate to choose, in the same way that male peacocks use their tail feathers.” gers to a work camp in the area at the time. The road was closed for several hours while they investigated.
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More lives lost on northern Alberta road, dubbed ‘highway of death’ MARIANA LAKE — Two people have been killed and another person has life-threatening injuries after a collision involving a shuttle bus in northern Alberta. RCMP say the crash happened when the northbound bus collided with a smaller southbound vehicle Tuesday evening on an undivided portion of Highway 63, about 110 kilometres south of Fort McMurray. The impact killed two males in the second vehicle and left one person on the bus with critical injuries. A number of other people on the shuttle were treated at hospital for minor injuries. Police say the 20-seat bus was taking eight passen-
EDMONTON — New Alberta NDP Leader Rachel Notley has rejigged critic assignments for her fourperson caucus with an increased emphasis on housing and status of women. Notley says she will add women’s issues to her responsibility as justice critic. She is also taking over David Eggen’s duties as health critic and giving him what was her responsibility for human services. Notley is also giving up environment to former leader Brian Mason, who retains the critic role in energy and finance. Deron Bilous continues
as education critic and takes on housing. Notley won the leadership of the party in a firstballot victory on Oct. 18 over Eggen and union activist Rod Loyola. “We are committing to Albertans that we will bring forward the issues that matter, not be bound by the government’s agenda,” Notley said Wednesday in a news release.
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Weighing our options UNTIL THE WILDROSE CAN OFFER SUBSTANCE ABOUT HOW THEY WOULD GOVERN, ALBERTANS DON’T SEEM PREPARED TO ABANDON THE CONSERVATIVES The four Alberta byelections on Monday were a major win for nowelected Premier Jim Prentice. Prentice now also has both an elected education minister and health minister — and a mandate to continue the Progressive Conservative Party dynasty in this province. The byelection results were a loss for GREG the Opposition NEIMAN Wildrose Party. Not as disastrous a loss as may seem (though repeating this result in a general election would be a disaster for the party). But enough for leader Danielle Smith to see the need to convene a leadership review. Wildrose did not even come second in two of the races. In Edmonton/ Whitemud, the health minister and former mayor Stephen Mandel outpolled a doctor, Bob Turner of the NDP, by about 3,000 votes, with Wildrose candidate Tim Grover another 470 votes back. In Calgary Elbow, the closest of the races, Education Minister Gordon
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Dirks beat an unknown entity, Alberta Party Leader Greg Clark, by a scant 800 or so votes. In former premier Allison Redford’s riding, that’s called a squeaker. So a distant second in two races and a more distant third in two others for Wildrose. Hardly the stuff of growth. For their part, the NDP is calling their nearly two-to-one defeat in former premier Dave Hancock’s riding a moral victory. It’s a doubling of support since the last election. No such silver lining for Wildrose. I will suggest these results may be more a reflection of the big-city/smaller-centre divide than the party’s actual performance as an opposition. You can’t call this an urban/rural divide, because in Alberta, that doesn’t really exist anymore. Alberta is Canada’s most urban province now, with around 80 per cent of the population living in cities. Twenty per cent of the electorate scattered around the province dotted by growing towns and small cities won’t qualify too many Alberta ridings as “rural” anymore. Only four of the 16 Wildrose MLAs represent totally urban ridings. Two are in Calgary, one is in Airdrie (which is big-city in flavour, if not in size) and one is from Medicine Hat. Nothing wrong with any of that, but a political party that can’t resonate widely in both Calgary and Edmonton will never form the government.
Thus, what I am calling Smith’s rather courageous call of a leadership review. She got 90 per cent approval at the last leadership review, just following the last election. And after the next general election, there will be another. One measure of leadership is willingness to withstand some scrutiny, and Smith seems up for all of it. But you can expect some big adjustments in platform from the party to follow. Smith has already hinted at the biggest among them: Wildrose needs to stop being the party of grievance and start being the party of positive alternative. Albertans already know very well what happens to a political party that holds power for too long. Complacency and a sense of entitlement result. So is the notion that what’s good for the party is good for the province. Insider-ism is another result. Why would so many Alberta towns have spent municipal tax dollars to send their councillors to Tory party functions and not even think it to be morally offensive, never mind illegal? Because of the perception that they needed to be seen with the group in power, to get their local issues on the government agenda, that’s why. This sort of nonsense would bring down a government almost anywhere else in Canada. But on Monday, voters in four Alberta ridings said that as
little as they may trust the government, they trust the opposition even less. Voters will need to hear how Wildrose will build schools and long-term care centres, in an environment of declining resource revenue — without raising taxes. The NDP have come out and said they would do away with our ridiculous flat income tax rate, and raise business taxes slightly (to still remain among the lowest in the industrialized world) to accomplish their agenda. At least a moral stance on things like this can lead to a moral victory, on occasion. But the activist agenda of Wildrose remains largely undeclared. Beyond griping about Tory excesses (which I can do myself, sitting in my chair) we don’t know all that much about Wildrose solutions. Smith and her advisors are smart enough people. I suspect she’ll do OK at her leadership review. What people will need to see after that is something to vote for, rather than a reason to vote against. If negative reasons to cast a ballot were enough to win an election in Alberta, Prentice and his party wouldn’t have swept four byelections on Monday. Greg Neiman is a retired Advocate editor. Follow his blog at readersadvocate. blogspot.ca or email greg.neiman.blog@ gmail.com.
government. But he made no specific threat against that government and didn’t praise Allah. He was, as RCMP Commissioner Bob Paulson said this week, radicalized to a different political ideology. It appears in this national outpouring of grief and patriotism we don’t want to deal with the question of mental illness, and it is instructive how quickly and repeatedly Prime Minister Stephen Harper, Public Safety Minister Steven Blaney and Paulson have labelled this terror. But if we were to characterize him and the man who killed Warrant Officer Patrice Vincent as mentally ill murderers, a government would not have licence to sharpen its rhetoric and move intrusively into the realm of civil liberties. This is not to suggest the government wants to purposely exploit Canadian anger, but Harper set the tone the night of the shooting. “In the days to come, we will learn more about the terrorist and any accomplices he may have had,’’ he said. “Canada is not immune to the types
of terrorist attacks we have seen elsewhere around the world.’’ In contrast, Opposition Leader Tom Mulcair spoke of an act of “hatred and brutality, a cowardly act designed to strike at the heart of our democracy.’’ Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau referred to “brutal and heartless acts of violence” and called the shooter a “criminal.’’ But when it comes to crafting legislation going forward, terror and criminality are a world apart. Paulson said the more elaborate the plot, the easier it is to disrupt and he spoke of the challenge in ferreting out the lone wolves. He spoke of building community trust to help citizens alert police to those who have undergone suspicious character changes. But he wasn’t putting much stock in the mental illness argument. “I’m not a psychiatrist, and I understand mental illness and I understand the ravages it can have on families and people. But when it comes to some of the purposeful, deliberate, considered, premeditated actions that flow into some of the things we’ve seen recently
... I am not persuaded at all that mental illness is driving these things.’’ Instead, said Paulson, it is “a distorted world view of what’s happening around these individuals.’’ On Tuesday, Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird said he had no doubt last Wednesday’s attack was terrorism. Blaney has spoken about our “underreaction’’ to terror. But resolve means forging ahead without radical change. Better security on the Hill, yes. Laws that crack down on freedom of speech, well, jihadists would love that. In the dignity it afforded Cirillo on Tuesday, Hamilton did itself proud. The nation’s response has made us all proud. But there is anger out there and anger cannot forge a response. We must remember Nathan Cirillo stood on guard for the memory of those who fought for our freedoms and those freedoms must be protected as we respond to this indignity. Tim Harper is a syndicated Toronto Star national affairs writer. He can be reached at tharper@thestar.ca.
Terrorist or murderer? Distinction important On the day the nation mourned Nathan Cirillo in Hamilton — my hometown, a rock of dignity and duty, where the collar is proudly worn blue and no one messes with our national symbols — it’s understandable that we wouldn’t spend a lot of time trying to characterize his killer. It somehow felt disrespectful to analyze the shooter’s actions as we watched fiveyear-old Marcus Cirillo trail his father’s casket down York Boulevard. But how this craven killer TIM is ultimately HARPER labelled will have an impact on Canadians far beyond last week’s twin killings of soldiers. The man who killed the corporal appears to have been many things — a loser, a coward, mentally unstable, a man whose own mother disowned him — but to call him a terrorist somehow confers on him an outsized stature. Why is this man — I’ll not sully Cirillo’s memory by naming him on this day — a terrorist, but the man who killed three Moncton RCMP officers is not? The Ottawa assailant, we are told, had travelled the path of religious extremism and in a video had reportedly espoused religious beliefs, blamed his actions on Canadian foreign policy, and had made a specific threat to the military. Under our Criminal Code, which defines terrorism as an act committed “in whole or in part for a political, religious or ideological purpose, objective or cause’’ with the intention of intimidating the public “with regard to its security,” he would appear to slot in nicely. The Moncton shooter, who clearly terrorized that city, gunned down cops because they were cops, is a paranoiac who said he wanted to foment rebellion against an oppressive, corrupt
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Ill-named but a luxury car for real Differing definitions of luxury in the automotive market are truly reflected in the eyes of the beholder. To one person it might be having all the refinements and gadgets available in a modern car accompanied with a smooth and quiet ride. To another buyer it might just be about the name on the front of the car, letting all to see it that the owner has “made it” establishing a certain status in society. For many it’s a combination of both. Enter the new Kia K900 luxury sedan from Kia. It has all the refinement and features found in cars with a longer pedigree in the luxury space but this car offers it at a discount. Then the name on the car comes into play. Is the Kia K900 a car anyone
aspires to own? Well, after a weeklong trip with my family I’m more impressed with Kia than I have been before but the realist in me knows Kia isn’t a luxury brand, at least not yet. Looks The K900 is an unfortunate name, it begs the question is this a dog? No, it is a full-size car about the same size as a 7-series from BMW or S-Class from Mercedes Benz. The K900 is based on the same platform as the Hyundai Equus but differs in price and content. For a full-sized car with limolike dimensions, the K900 starts at a remarkable $49,995 for the V6 model and $60,995 for the V6 premium model. The top V8 model is $69,995. The styling is strong, especially the top V8 model
seen here with LED headlamps and taillights and very North American looking chrome multi-spoke wheels. The rear doors are huge and Kia has done but good job of keeping the proportions of the car in check while grafting Kia’s signature Tiger Nose grille. The rear bumper and lower air diffuser looks especially chunky, almost mimicking the Lexus LS and its integrated exhaust tips. Inside Every person that sat in the K900 was blown away with the refinement, fit and finish and especially the materials used. The V8 test model had leather covering the front of the dash and piano finish on the wood trim accented. Add in tasteful chrome and aluminum, dark, rich wood on the steering wheel and centre console and the K900 looks like a million bucks. The front and rear seats came with ventilation and V8 models have a rear seat reclining feature. Despite spending countless hours behind the wheel travelling with two children in the back, the car offered a very relaxing ride for the passengers, and the kids especially liked the cooled seats on a very hot day. The centre infotainment screen is controlled with a rotary dial in-between the front passengers and is very similar to Audi’s MMI system. Drive The V6 model comes with the very competent 3.8L engine that puts out 311hp. having tried this in other Hyundai/Kia products and it is smooth and powerful. The V8 is superb, with 420hp coming from a 5.0L V8, there is no lack of power. The shift in the auto industry is to smaller engines that utilize turbo charging but Kia is sticking with good old engine displacement to get the job done. Covering more than 1,000km, the real world fuel economy was 12L/100km on the highway. To say that the K900 is smooth and quite is an understatement, I would put this car up against
the new S-Class from Mercedes and a blindfolded passenger would have a hard time distinguishing the difference. What does become apparent is The Kia K900 has the K900’s lack of steering feedback all the refinement to the driver and and features found cornering ability. in cars with a longer On Highway 3 from Hope towards pedigree in the Penticton the K900 luxury space but wallowed in the switchback corners, this car offers it at a it really didn’t like it discount. at all. Driving back Zack Spencer on the Coquihalla was a different story; the K900 shines in open road cruising, making it a wonderful long road trip companion. Verdict The K900 is Kia’s very first pure luxury car and they got a lot right. The interior is as good as anyone in the marketplace and Kia does it at a substantial discount to the competition and power isn’t a problem especially with the big V8 available. But there were a few problems. The automatic lock and unlock feature on the outside doors only unlocked. This is probably a quick fix but an issue and the Bluetooth audio didn’t work either. Another stumbling block is the lack of all wheel drive (AWD). In this segment almost all vehicles sold come with AWD, in fact most companies only offer it. The market for this car is a happy existing Kia owner wanting to upgrade to something more and that is where the V6 model comes into play. Kia might not sell many of these cars but they have it for sale to show anyone that is interested that they can make a true luxury car, maybe not in name but in features and refinement.
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Flex crossover dares to be different Flex is a short name for a big Ford utility/wagon type vehicle that can accommodate six or seven people with ease and seat them with an impressive degree of comfort. Made in Canada, Flex is a hard-to-categorize vehicle that was introduced for the 2009 model year. Not a car, a minivan or an SUV, Flex borrows from them all, so the ‘crossover’ tag is also very appropriate. Stylistically the Ford Flex dares to be different. What appears at first glance to be a simple two-box design is actually more complex. It has generally straight styling lines yet there are no sharp corners. Its two-tone paint finish is separated by the dark centre greenhouse section, which gives Flex a distinctive ‘floating roof’ appearance that’s also appealing. On the inside, even with all its seats upright there’s still 566 litres (20 cu ft) of cargo space in the back. That jumps to 1,224 litres (43.2 cu. ft) with the third row down and a whopping 2,355 litres (83.2 cu. ft) with the second row flat. The front passenger seat can also fold forward and allows Flex to swallow 3-metre (10 ft) long object, with its liftgate closed. Flex can also have an impressive max towing capacity of 2,041 kg (4,500 lbs), when properly equipped. Originally (in 2009) Flex just came in SEL and Limited trim levels and all-wheel drive was a ($2,000) optional offering. The only engine was a 3.5-litre V6 engine that can deliver 262 horsepower at 6,250 rpm and 248 lb.-ft. of torque at 4,500 rpm. It’s mated to a six-speed automatic transmission and drive goes to the front wheels. Highway fuel economy is surprisingly good 8.4 L/100 km, but the city rating is a much thirstier 12.6 L/100km. Two changes came in 2010 in the form of a new (lower-priced) entry level SE trim version of Flex and the other was a new optional 3.5
litre V6 EcoBoost engine (Limited trim only). Turbochargers and direct fuel injection allow this engine to provide V8 like power, yet still offer it still offer V6 fuel economy. The MyKey security feature and an AutoFold 60/40 bench seat were both added as standard equipment in all Flex trim levels. A new top-line Titanium edition of Flex was added to the product line in 2011. It comes with the V6 EcoBoost engine and all-wheel-drive. And other than a switch to a centrally mounted rear windshield wiper there were no significant changes in 2012. The 2013 edition of Flex got a mid-life styling refresh that included a slicker new front-end treatment plus minor improvements to both engine offerings. Safety ratings are all top-notch and this, plus high owner reliability ratings, has helped put the Ford Flex on Consumer Reports “Recommended” list of vehicle buys. Although not as fuel-efficient, the standard 3.5 litre engine reportedly has fewer problems compared to the newer and more powerful turbo-charged V6 engine option. Ford Flex not only looks different, it is different … and it’s a Canadian! Polarizing (love/hate) styling lines provide an interesting wrapper for what is actually a very practical family vehicle. Price Check: 2009 - 2013 Ford Flex (September 2014) Year Edition Expect to Pay Today 2009 Flex Limited awd $16,000 to $20,000 2010 Flex Limited awd $19,000 to $23,000 2011 Flex Limited awd $22,000 to $26,000 2012 Flex Limited awd $26,000 to $31,000 2013 Flex Limited awd $31,000 to $36,000 Prices vary depending on a used vehicle’s condition, mileage, usage and history. A complete mechanical check should always be performed by
a reliable auto technician prior to purchase. Safety Recalls: 2009 to 2013 Ford Flex: 2013: The fuel delivery module may develop a crack, which could allow fuel to leak. Dealers will replace the fuel delivery module. 2013/2014: The right-side halfshaft retention clip may not have been fully engaged. This could allow the halfshaft to separate and result in a loss of motive power. Dealers will inspect halfshafts for full retention and affect repairs as necessary. bob.mchugh@drivewaybc.ca
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SPORTS BUMGARNER, GIANTS HOLD OFF ROYALS FOR THIRD WORLD SERIES WIN IN FIVE YEARS BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Giants 3 Royals 2 KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A giant, indeed. Madison Bumgarner punctuated one of the finest World Series performances in baseball history by pitching the San Francisco Giants to their third title in five years with a 3-2 win over the Kansas City Royals in Game 7 on Wednesday night. The big left-hander came out of the bullpen to throw five scoreless innings on two days’ rest, saving a Series pushed to the limit. And by winning Game 7 on the road, Bumgarner and the Giants succeeded where no team had in 3 ½ decades. “I wasn’t thinking about innings or pitch count. I was just thinking about getting outs, getting outs, until I couldn’t get them anymore and we needed someone else,” Bumgarner said in a monotone that made it sound as though he was talking about batting practice. A two-out misplay in the ninth almost wrecked it for Bumgarner and the Giants. He had retired 14 in a row when Alex Gordon’s single fell in front of centre fielder Gregor Blanco, who let the ball get past him for an error that allowed Gordon to reach third. Bumgarner, however, retired Salvador Perez on a foulout to third baseman Pedro Sandoval. The big lefthander was immediately embraced by catcher Buster Posey, and the rest of the Giants rushed to the mound to join the victory party. Most of the San Francisco players tossed their gloves high in the air as they ran to the centre of the diamond. Three days after throwing 117 pitches in a four-hit shutout to win Game 5, Bumgarner threw 68 more and dropped his record-low career Series ERA to a barely visible 0.25. Bumgarner initially was credited with the win. But nearly an hour after the final out, the official scorers switched up and decided on Jeremy Affeldt, who was in the game when San Francisco took the lead. Bumgarner got a save instead. Posey expected Bumgarner to throw three innings, then turn over the game
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to setup man Sergio Romo and closer Santiago Casilla — who threw four pitches in the entire Series. “But he just kept rolling,” Posey said. “I mean, it’s unbelievable.” Michael Morse hit a go-ahead single in the fourth that stood up, and the Giants eked out a battle of the bullpens on a night when both starting pitchers made unusually quick exits. The Giants were dubbed a “Band of Misfits” in 2010 when they beat Texas to win the franchise’s first title since 1954 in New York. Two years later, they swept Detroit for another championship. And this time, they became the second NL team with three titles in a fiveyear span, matching Stan Musial’s St. Louis Cardinals of 1942-46. Every other year. It’s the closest thing to a dynasty baseball has seen in
the 21st century. Home teams had won nine straight Game 7s in the Series since Pittsburgh’s victory at Baltimore in 1979, including the Royals’ 11-0 rout of St. Louis in 1985. Teams hosting the first two games had won 23 of the last 28 titles, including five in a row. And the Giants had lost all four of their previous World Series pushed to the limit. But before a pumped-up, blue-andwhite-clad crowd of 40,535 that hoped noise and passion could lift the smallmarket Royals to a title that seemed improbable when Kansas City was languishing two games under .500 in midJuly, the Giants won the second allwild card World Series, 12 years after losing Game 7 to the Angels in the first. Both managers promised quick hooks if their starters showed the
slightest signs of faltering, and both managers delivered as Tim Hudson and Jeremy Guthrie combined for 15 outs — matching the fewest by Game 7 starters. Hudson, at 39 the oldest Game 7 starter, allowed two runs in 1 2-3 innings. The 35-year-old Guthrie took the loss, giving up three runs in 3 1-3 innings Jeremy Affeldt followed Hudson with 2 1-3 innings of scoreless relief in his longest outing since July 2012, getting help from the first successful replay challenge in World Series history. With his shaggy hair making him look every bit a gunslinger, Bumgarner entered to boos in the bottom of the fifth, coated his long arms with rosin and groomed the pocked-up mound with his spikes.
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Something to prove after a long road from recovery He was in Boise, Idaho, where he had his surgery and about to begin rehabbing his knee, of which most of the muscles surrounding the joint had William Beard-Camp has spent his atrophied. He had a long road back entire life trying to prove himself to ahead of him to get to 100 per cent, a journey he’s still working on. others. By then Stevenson had been hired Now making a comeback with the Red Deer College Kings basketball by Kings head coach Clayton Pottinger, and they were looking to upgrade their team, he’s starting back at square one. The six-foot-two shooting guard American talent. “I think he is the X-factransferred to Medicine Hat tor,” said Stevenson. “He College in 2012 and got off has played against so many to a terrific start, scoring at high quality players down a 18.1 points per game rate south — NBA prospects, while shooting 53.1 per cent high NCAA Division I playfrom the three-point line ers in high school and juand was a team captain. nior college ... We have our But he tore his ACL, his guys like Matt Johnson and MCL and his meniscus in Brian Prenoslo and a couhis right knee when a teample of university transfers, mate fell into him during to add Will to that mix it practice prior to the start of will hopefully push us over the second semester. that hump.” In July he was cut by the JOSH Hearing from StevenRattlers, their opponent ALDRICH son was a wake up call as this weekend, as they needmuch as anything for Bearded to bring in players to fill Camp. holes for the coming year. “I didn’t think I was goHe understands the reasoning but is frustrated by the way it ing to play basketball after surgery, I couldn’t even walk ... I couldn’t get was done. “He released me the day I had out of bed, I couldn’t do anything for surgery. He told me on Facebook, re- weeks,” he said. “Luc Stevenson gave leased me and then blocked me on me a call right after surgery and was Facebook,” said Beard-Camp. “It was like ‘If you want to play, you have a really frustrating for it to end that way spot, just work hard and get back.’ I worked really hard just to get to the in Medicine Hat ... “I’m not too worried about it, but point where I was before, then I got here and realized I wasn’t ready yet. I I’m pumped for this weekend.” Kings assistant coach Luc Steven- had to work even harder, I had to put son was an assistant coach at Medicine in more work ... I learned more about Hat in 2012 and is a big reason Beard- myself in the past year than I have in Camp is in Red Deer now, and says the the first 20 years of my life.” His biggest motivator was his faPasadena, Calif., native needs to look ther Tanoka Beard, who is still the allbeyond the incident. “He’ll have a lot of emotions, but time leading scorer at Boise State. The the focus isn’t just at Will getting back six-foot-10 forward then went on to a at Medicine Hat, the focus is on us get- 17-year professional basketball career ting better as a team and progressing in Europe where he starred in some towards that national championship,” of the top leagues in the world outside said Stevenson. “He understands that of the NBA. He also has uncles that and that the past is the past ... I cer- played pro in Europe as well. There is a lot of size in his family. tainly wouldn’t condone Will having ill feelings because if it wasn’t for the His younger brother is well on his way situation in Medicine Hat then me and to being seven feet while his younger sisters are both closing in on him as Will wouldn’t have crossed paths.” Stevenson played a big role in well. Beard-Camp’s recovery following the season. Please see RDC on Page B2 BY JOSH ALDRICH COLLEGE COLUMN
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Nashville Predators’ Matt Cullen (7) fights off Edmonton Oilers’ Boyd Gordon (27) during first period NHL action in Edmonton on Wednesday.
Predators snap Oilers win streak BY THE CANADIAN PRESS Predators 4 Oilers 1 EDMONTON — Being in the Western Conference doesn’t make life easy for the Edmonton Oilers. Craig Smith had a pair of goals as the Nashville Predators bounced back from their first regulation loss of the season, defeating the Oilers 4-1 on Wednesday. Taylor Hall scored the lone goal for the Oilers (4-5-1), who have yet to defeat a fellow Western Conference team this season. “We are in the west and we have to find a way to beat the western teams,’’ said Ryan Nugent-Hopkins. “A lot of the western teams play a different style than they do in the east, but we are not getting out of this conference and we don’t want to. I know we can play with them and we just have to find a way to beat them. There is no need to panic right now.’’ “It’s unfortunate we can’t beat teams in our division,’’ added Hall. “We get zero points and they get two and get a leg up on us. It’s tough. Tonight wasn’t really an effort that deserved two points, but at times during the game it was there to be taken. Unfortunately, we gave up a lead and
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couldn’t get it back.’’ Shea Weber and Taylor Beck also scored for the Predators (6-1-2), who started a six-game road trip off on solid footing. “We came in here and did a pretty good job,’’ Weber said. “That’s a hot team, they had won four in a row. We knew we had to be ready. We didn’t get a call early on and we stuck with it. The second period wasn’t our best, but we got a couple of goals there and were able to get one early in the third and put them out of it.’’ Smith said his line was influenced by the return of Matt Cullen to the Predators lineup. “I think our line played well and I think our unit was able to create some turnovers and use our speed to make plays,’’ he said. “Cullen getting back in the lineup, I thought he was outstanding tonight, moving his feet well, I didn’t think he missed a stride. I thought we played well tonight and were able to get a win.’’ Edmonton caught a huge break just a minute-and-a-half in as Nashville had a goal waved off — the third time in the past five games an Oilers opponent has had a goal disallowed.
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Raptors open season with win over Hawks Raptors 109 Hawks 102 TORONTO — On a night when DeMar DeRozan and Kyle Lowry struggled from the field, Jonas Valanciunas and the rest of the Toronto Raptors stepped up to ensure a victorious season opener. Valanciunas had 17 points while Amir Johnson added 16 points as Toronto earned a 109-102 home win over the Atlanta Hawks on Wednesday night. DeRozan had 15 points but finished 4 for 16 from the field and 0 for 1 from three-point range. Lowry, who signed a new four-year, US$48-million deal this summer, scored 11 points but made 3-of-11 shots and missed his three three-pointers. But the pair found other ways to contribute as DeRozan recorded career highs in rebounds (11) and steals (six) while Lowry added 10 assists. “I’m not just trying to be a scorer,” DeRozan said. “If we’re not making shots we all have to figure out ways we can affect the game in a good way. “I think the first one is always the toughest . . . you want to get that win out of the way.” Toronto shot 41 per cent from the field but made 27-of-33 free throws, outrebounded Atlanta 48-40 and had 26 assists with just nine turnovers. The
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seven-game opening-round loss to the Brooklyn Nets. Toronto will face teams that qualified for last year’s playoffs in four of its first six games. The good news is the Raptors will play nine of their first 12 contests at the ACC, where they were 26-15 last season.
haven’t had game action in two RDC and Medicine Hat tip off at 8 p.m. on Friday and 3 p.m. on Saturday, the women go at 6 p.m. and 1 p.m., respectively. ● The RDC Queens hockey team hosts the SAIT Trojans tonight at 7 p.m. ● RDC Kings men’s volleyball player was named one of three ACAC Men’s athlete of the week, sharing the award with NAIT soccer player Igi Broda and Lethbridge College’s cross-country runner Edwin Kaitany. jaldrich@reddeeradvocate.com
of the play in the first period, with 11 shots on Scrivens to Edmonton’s three on Pekka Rinne in the Nashville net. Video review was called upon again 19 seconds into the second period when Edmonton fans thought that Nugent-Hopkins had scored from the top of the circle on Rinne, but it was quickly determined he had hit the crossbar. Smith finally broke the scoring open for Nashville six minutes into the second period as a rebound landed on his stick and he tucked it in the net for his second of the season. The Predators made it 2-0 a minuteand-a-half later as Colin Wilson spotted Beck get away from defender Brad Hunt and hit him on the fly for a goal into a wide-open net. Weber’s rocket from the point added to Nashville’s lead just 24 seconds into the third period. The play was set up when a turnover in the Oilers’ zone went back to Weber. The Oilers tried to get back into the game a couple minutes later as Justin Schultz blazed into the zone and attempted a wrap-around, but Rinne was quick to get across and make the save. Hall ended Rinne’s shutout bid with 11 minutes left to play. A big rebound on a Nugent-Hopkins shot came to Hall, who buried his sixth of the season. The Predators regained their three-goal cushion with just under eight minutes to play as Cullen made a perfect pass on a two-on-one to Smith for his second of the night. The Predators win was punctuated by a monster hit on Hall by former Windsor Spitfires teammate Ryan Ellis, who caught him trying to split the defence.
OILERS: Video review Nashville’s Smith poked a puck into the net from under the glove of Oilers’ goalie Ben Scrivens, but the ref was quick to call the goal off, and the decision stood up after video review. “The reasoning I got was that in the referee’s view the goaltender had made a save and when Craig came in with the second push, he was in the process of blowing the whistle,’’ said Nashville coach Peter Laviolette. “So I think it was because in their view the original save was made and he was blowing the whistle on that. It’s not like it was loose puck.’’ Nashville also came close five minutes into the opening period when Anton Volchenkov rang a shot off the post. The Predators controlled the bulk
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It’s a point they do not let him forget. “I’m the runt, I get it all the time,” he said. “Right now I’m probably the least accomplished basketball player in my family. But I’m definitely working at it.” William, however, grew up in Los Angeles before going moving to Ogden, Utah to attend Layton Christian Academy and focus solely on his basketball career. The whole time he envisioned himself following in his Dad’s massive footsteps and go to Boise State, but at the last minute instead decided on going the junior college route and went to Wenatchee Valley College in Wenatchee, Was. There he helped make basketball matter for the first time in a generation. After his two years there, he became a highly-recruited prospect by universities and colleges in B.C. He almost signed at Vancouver Island University in Nanaimo but an ankle injury led the Mariners to sign a different import, and so Beard-Camp took the year off to heal. He finally landed in Medicine Hat, turning down a half-scholarship offer from the University of British Columbia. When it became clear he was going to make a come back and was a free agent, so to speak, he says he heard from just about every college in Alberta, but there was really only one choice for him. “It’s a winning culture here,” said Beard-Camp, who is working on a business and marketing degree and plans to be at RDC for his final two years of eligibility. “I wanted to play for a top tier team with a top tier coach, I wanted to play for a guy that was going to push me and see what I can achieve. I want to see how far I can go with this and I want a chance at a national championship.” At this point, he’s trying to shake the rust and get his shot back to where it used to be, noting he frustratingly does not quite have the explosiveness that he used to. However, in last week’s home opener he stepped back on the court for a regular season game for the first time since December of 2012. He scored one point in limited minutes, but he doesn’t care about the stats, it was everything just to play again. “I was the happiest I have been in a long time,” said Beard-Camp, who scored 10 points the next night in Calgary. “I was pumped, to say the least. I
Kyle Korver, Jeff Teague and Mike Scott all had a game-high 20 points for Atlanta. The Raptors are coming off a clubrecord 48 wins last year that earned them their first playoff appearance since 2008. But Toronto’s promising season ended with a heart-breaking
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He gave up an opposite-field single to his first batter, Omar Infante, who advanced on a sacrifice. Bumgarner retired Nori Aoki on a liner near the left-field line that was grabbed by Juan Perez, starting over Travis Ishikawa because of his defence. Bumgarner then struck out Lorenzo Cain. He retired the side in order in the sixth, seven and eighth, increasing his pitch count to 52. With loud chants of “Let’s Go Royals!” echoing through Kauffman Stadium, he struck out Eric Hosmer to open the ninth, then retired Billy Butler on a foulout to bring up Gordon. The 25-year-old Bumgarner allowed two hits, struck out four and walked none. He pitched 52 2-3 post-season innings, 4 1-3 more than the previous mark set by Arizona’s Curt Schilling in 2001, and finished with 270 innings combined, including the regular season. “Yeah, it was hopeless,” Royals manager Ned Yost said. Voted the Series MVP, MadBum became king of SoMa, and from Nob Hill to North Beach, from The Marina to The Mission, San Francisco celebrated another title won by Kung Fu Panda and Hunter Pence. Pence batted .444 in the Series and Sandoval, a free-agent-to-be playing perhaps his last game for the Giants, finished at .429 following a three-hit night. In an era when pitching and computer-aided defence has supplanted steroids-saturated sluggers, baseball’s dominant team established itself in the tech-fueled, boomtown by the Bay. The Giants, a 20-1 longshot when 2014 odds were first posted a year ago, won their eighth title and third since moving from New York to San Francisco after the 1957 season. They also have won 10 straight postseason rounds, one shy of the record set by the New York Yankees from 1998-01. After finishing tied with Pittsburgh in the wild-card race at 88-74, the Giants advanced when Bumgarner pitched a four-hit shutout and then beat Washington and St. Louis in the NL playoffs. Bruce Bochy became the 10th manager to win three World Series titles — the other nine are all in the Hall of Fame. Sandoval was hit just above the right elbow leading off the second, Pence reached out and pulled an 0-2 changeup into left for a single and Brandon Belt poked a single into right, loading the bases. Consecutive sacrifice flies by Morse and Brandon Crawford put the Giants ahead 2-0. But Hudson gave the lead right back
and was chased after 28 pitches, walking off the mound with a stunned look when Bochy removed him after just four outs — the shortest Game 7 start since the Yankees’ Bob Turley was pulled after a leadoff single in the second in 1960.
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Hawks shot 50 per cent and 59.1 per cent from three-point range (13 of 22) but committed 19 turnovers that led to 23 Raptors points. “There’s other ways to win other than looking at the shooting stats,” Toronto head coach Dwane Casey said. “We had 26 assists and only nine turnovers and that was huge for us . . . we got to the free-throw line and out-rebounded them.” Added Lowry: “We are a team, we are a complete team. DeMar and I didn’t play that well offensively but we did other things to help the team win. “Greivis (Vasquez) played well, the big fella (Valanciunas), Amir played well and everyone filled up a role.” Johnson eclipsed his previous opening-night high of 13 points for Toronto, which improved to 11-9 all-time on opening night and 8-6 when starting the season at home. That delighted the loud, enthusiastic Air Canada Centre sellout of 19,800, many donning the free white We The North t-shirts left on their seats as they arrived. “The crowd was really good, it reminded me of the playoffs,” said Valanciunas, who was 4 for 5 from the field and made 9 of 10 free throws. “They were standing, cheering for us, that was great.” Terrence Ross added 13 points for Toronto, now 12-8 all-time in home openers while Williams added eight points against his former team. The Raptors acquired Williams and Lucas Nogueira from Atlanta on June 30 for John Salmons.
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SCOREBOARD Hockey GA 53 51 43 51 47 64
Pt 25 19 13 13 12 10
GF 62 45 55 49 37 29
GA 28 33 43 51 60 64
Pt 23 20 15 13 11 6
WESTERN CONFERENCE B.C. DIVISION GP W L OTLSOL GF Kelowna 13 12 1 0 0 68 Kamloops 17 9 7 1 0 59 Victoria 16 8 7 1 0 48 Prince George 16 8 8 0 0 47 Vancouver 14 6 8 0 0 49
GA 32 58 55 70 42
Pt 24 19 17 16 12
Everett Spokane Tri-City Seattle Portland
CENTRAL DIVISION GP W L OTLSOL 14 11 2 1 0 14 9 3 1 1 14 7 6 0 1 14 6 7 1 0 15 5 9 0 1 15 3 12 0 0
GP 13 13 15 13 16
U.S. DIVISION W L OTLSOL 9 1 2 1 7 3 3 0 8 7 0 0 5 5 2 1 5 9 0 2
GF 49 38 41 32 51
GA 31 38 38 37 68
New Jersey Washington Columbus Carolina
3 3 5 6
2 2 0 2
10 10 8 2
28 27 25 15
33 23 30 33
GF 23 22 32 27 20 19 22
GA 17 15 33 14 18 24 32
Tuesday’s Games San Jose 3, Colorado 2, SO Montreal 2, Calgary 1, SO Minnesota 4, Boston 3 Winnipeg 4, N.Y. Islanders 3 Philadelphia 3, Los Angeles 2, OT Pittsburgh 8, New Jersey 3 Ottawa 5, Columbus 2 Toronto 4, Buffalo 0 Tampa Bay 7, Arizona 3 Anaheim 1, Chicago 0 St. Louis 4, Dallas 3, OT Vancouver 4, Carolina 1
Pt 21 17 16 13 12
GF 27 34 22 22 29 25 10 11 GF 35 33 27 29
G 7 7 5 2 9 6 5
A 8 7 8 11 3 6 7
Chinook Hockey League W L T OTL GF 4 0 0 0 24 2 1 0 0 12 2 2 0 0 19 0 1 0 1 7 0 3 0 0 7
Pts 15 14 13 13 12 12 12 GA Pts 8 8 9 4 20 4 12 1 20 0
Scoring
Wednesday’s summary Predators 4, Oilers 1 First Period No Scoring. Penalties — None. Second Period 1. Nashville, Smith 2 (Josi, Roy) 6:23. 2. Nashville, Beck 1 (Wilson, Ekholm) 7:49. Penalties — Nystrom Nash (hooking) 17:01. Third Period 3. Nashville, Weber 4 (Ribeiro) :24. 4. Edmonton, Hall 6 (Nugent-Hopkins, Eberle) 8:54. 5. Nashville, Smith 3 (Cullen, Josi) 12:24. Penalties — Jones Nash (interference) 6:13, Fer-
GA 31 22 30 32
No Scoring. Penalties — Glendening Det (interference) 6:22, Burakovsky Wash (tripping) 8:51, Tatar Det (highsticking) 10:13, Ericsson Det (holding) 19:24. Second Period 1. Detroit, Nyquist 5 (Abdelkader, Quincey) 8:56. 2. Washington, Kuznetsov 1 (Ward, Holtby) 13:19 (pp). 3. Washington, Brouwer 2 (Carlson, Burakovsky) 19:02. Penalties — Kronwall Det (interference) 11:26, O’Brien Wash (Throwing Stick) 16:53, Abdelkader Det (high-sticking) 17:01, Backstrom Wash (highsticking) 19:17. Third Period 4. Detroit, Abdelkader 4 (unassisted) 4:04. 5. Detroit, Abdelkader 5 (Datsyuk, Zetterberg) 10:34. 6. Detroit, Datsyuk 2 (Zetterberg, Smith) 19:06 (pp). Penalties — Datsyuk Det (holding) 16:24, Ward Wash (tripping) 17:07. Shots on goal Detroit 3 10 9 — 22 Washington 8 11 8 — 27 Goal — Detroit: Howard (W, 4-1-2); Washington: Holtby (L, 3-2-1). Power plays (goal-chances) — Detroit: 1-4; Washington: 1-6.
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Friday’s Games Toronto at Columbus, 5 p.m. Los Angeles at Detroit, 5:30 p.m. Anaheim at Dallas, 6:30 p.m. Nashville at Calgary, 7 p.m. GA 26 26 19 17 28 25 16 33
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Red Wings 4, Capitals 2 First Period
Tyler Seguin, Dal Sidney Crosby, Pgh Tyler Toffoli, LA Jakub Voracek, Pha Corey Perry, Ana Brock Nelson, NYI Jeff Carter, LA
Thursday’s Games Boston at Buffalo, 5 p.m. Winnipeg at New Jersey, 5 p.m. Los Angeles at Pittsburgh, 5 p.m. Chicago at Ottawa, 5:30 p.m. Philadelphia at Tampa Bay, 5:30 p.m. Arizona at Florida, 5:30 p.m. Anaheim at St. Louis, 6 p.m. San Jose at Minnesota, 6 p.m. N.Y. Islanders at Colorado, 7 p.m. Montreal at Vancouver, 8 p.m.
Friday’s games Brandon at Lethbridge, 7 p.m. Calgary at Swift Current, 7 p.m. Prince Albert at Moose Jaw, 7 p.m. Saskatoon at Regina, 7 p.m. Red Deer at Kootenay, 8 p.m.
ence Edm (hooking) 17:44. Shots on goal Nashville 11 9 15 — 35 Edmonton 3 15 9 — 27 Goal — Nashville: Rinne (W, 6-1-1); Edmonton: Scrivens (L, 4-4-0). Power plays (goal-chances) — Nashville: 0-1; Edmonton: 0-2.
NHL Scoring Leaders
Wednesday’s Games Detroit 4, Washington 2 Nashville 4, Edmonton 1
Thursday’s games Kelowna at Portland, 8 p.m. Edmonton at Seattle, 8:05 p.m.
Metropolitan Division GP W L OT Pts N.Y. Islanders 9 6 3 0 12 Pittsburgh 8 5 2 1 11 N.Y. Rangers 9 5 4 0 10 Philadelphia 9 4 3 2 10
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Pacific Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Anaheim 10 8 2 0 16 31 19 Los Angeles 9 6 1 2 14 24 15 San Jose 11 6 4 1 13 35 30 Vancouver 9 6 3 0 12 31 27 Calgary 11 5 4 2 12 27 24 Edmonton 10 4 5 1 9 27 36 Arizona 8 3 4 1 7 21 32 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss.
Wednesday’s results Lethbridge 5 Prince Albert 2 Brandon 5 Vancouver 2 Everett 4 Kamloops 1 Spokane 4 Edmonton 3 (OT)
National Hockey League EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division GP W L OT Pts Montreal 10 8 2 0 16 Tampa Bay 10 6 3 1 13 Detroit 9 5 2 2 12 Ottawa 8 5 2 1 11 Boston 11 5 6 0 10 Toronto 9 4 4 1 9 Florida 7 2 2 3 7 Buffalo 10 2 8 0 4
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WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division GP W L OT Pts Nashville 9 6 1 2 14 Chicago 9 5 3 1 11 Dallas 9 4 2 3 11 Minnesota 8 5 3 0 10 St. Louis 8 4 3 1 9 Winnipeg 9 4 5 0 8 Colorado 10 2 4 4 8
Tuesday’s results Prince Albert 5 Kootenay 0 Red Deer 5 Medicine Hat 3 Saskatoon 5 Moose Jaw 2 Brandon 3 Victoria 2
Bailey, Bent Dunstall, Inn Nyren, Bent Ziegler, Inn Austring, Bent Robertson, Bent Desmet, Bent Kolisniak, SP Morrison, Bent Forslund, FS Baumgartner, Inn
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G 3 4 2 5 3 3 3 2 2 1 1
A 4 2 4 0 2 2 1 2 2 3 3
Pts 7 6 6 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 4
PIM 0 17 4 8 2 2 12 0 0 2 2
Goaltenders (Minimum 100 minutes played) MP GA SO GAA Sv% Butler, Bent 212 4 0 1.13 .957 Tetrault, FS 119 7 0 3.53 .907 Stanford, Inn 228 17 0 4.47 .891 Festa, Okotoks 125 11 0 5.28 .875
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● High school football: Rural Conference consolation final — Rocky Mountain House at Stettler, 4 p.m.; City Conference consolation final — Lacombe at Notre Dame, 6 p.m., Great Chief Park. ● College women’s hockey: SAIT at RDC, 7 p.m., Arena. ● Bantam AA hockey: Olds at Lacombe, 7:15 p.m.
CFL East Division W L T 8 8 0 7 9 0 7 9 0 2 14 0
PF 328 413 354 248
PA 351 434 355 408
Pt 16 14 14 4
GP x-Calgary 16 x-Edmonton 16 x-B.C. 16 Saskatchewan 17 Winnipeg 17
West Division W L T 14 2 0 11 5 0 9 7 0 9 8 0 6 11 0
PF 465 438 361 375 379
PA 313 313 295 424 468
Pt 28 22 18 18 12
Cincinnati Baltimore Pittsburgh Cleveland
W 6 5 4 0
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161 217 205 163
164 131 196 152
T 0 0 0 0
Pct .857 .625 .571 .000
PF 224 205 176 105
PA 142 149 128 181
PF 213 203 154 171
PA 167 156 169 200
PF 167 199 192 133
PA 208 188 221 223
PF 162 222 180 139
PA 126 191 222 173
PF 164 158 172 136
PA 139 165 150 210
NATIONAL CONFERENCE East W L T Pct Dallas 6 2 0 .750 Philadelphia 5 2 0 .714 N.Y. Giants 3 4 0 .429 Washington 3 5 0 .375 South W L T Pct Carolina 3 4 1 .438 New Orleans 3 4 0 .429 Atlanta 2 6 0 .250 Tampa Bay 1 6 0 .143 North W L T Pct Detroit 6 2 0 .750 Green Bay 5 3 0 .625 Chicago 3 5 0 .375 Minnesota 3 5 0 .375 West W L T Pct Arizona 6 1 0 .857 San Francisco 4 3 0 .571 Seattle 4 3 0 .571 St. Louis 2 5 0 .286
Week 19 Friday, October 31 Hamilton at Ottawa, 5:30 p.m. Saturday, November 1 Winnipeg at Calgary, 2 p.m. B.C. at Edmonton, 5 p.m. Sunday, November 2 Toronto at Montreal, 10 a.m. National Football League AMERICAN CONFERENCE East W L T Pct PF New England 6 2 0 .750 238 Buffalo 5 3 0 .625 178 Miami 4 3 0 .571 174 N.Y. Jets 1 7 0 .125 144 South W L T Pct PF Indianapolis 5 3 0 .625 250 Houston 4 4 0 .500 185 Tennessee 2 6 0 .250 137 Jacksonville 1 7 0 .125 118 North W L T Pct PF
4 5 5 4
PA 177 165 151 228 PA 187 166 202 218
Monday’s Game Washington 20, Dallas 17, OT
● Senior high volleyball: Hunting Hills girls/boys tournament. ● College basketball: Medicine Hat at RDC, women at 6 p.m., men to follow. ● Peewee AA hockey: Bow Valley at Lacombe, 6 p.m. ● AJHL: Calgary Mustangs at Olds, 7 p.m. ● WHL: Red Deer at Kootenay, 7 p.m. (The Drive). ● Midget AA hockey: Sylvan Lake at Red Deer Indy Graphics, 8 p.m., Arena.
Saturday ● Senior high volleyball: Hunting Hills girls/boys tournament. ● Minor midget AAA hockey: Calgary Bruins at Red Deer Northstar, 11 a.m., Arena; Calgary Stampeders at Red Deer Aero Equipment, 4:45 p.m., Arena. ● College basketball: Medicine Hat at RDC, women at 1 p.m., men to follow. ● Major bantam hockey: Red Deer Black and Red Deer White, 2 p.m., Arena. ● Bantam AA hockey: Olds at Sylvan Lake, 3:30 p.m., Caroline; Foothills at Lacombe, 5:45 p.m. ● High school football: Central Alberta League City Division final — Hunting
Sunday, Nov. 2 Arizona at Dallas, 11 a.m. Philadelphia at Houston, 11 a.m. N.Y. Jets at Kansas City, 11 a.m. Washington at Minnesota, 11 a.m. Tampa Bay at Cleveland, 11 a.m. Jacksonville at Cincinnati, 11 a.m. San Diego at Miami, 11 a.m. St. Louis at San Francisco, 2:05 p.m. Oakland at Seattle, 2:25 p.m. Denver at New England, 2:25 p.m. Baltimore at Pittsburgh, 6:30 p.m. Open: Atlanta, Buffalo, Chicago, Detroit, Green Bay, Tennessee Monday, Nov. 3 Indianapolis at N.Y. Giants, 6:30 p.m. NFL Odds (Odds provided by SportsBetting.ag; favourites in capital letters) Spread O/U Thursday NEW ORLEANS at Carolina 3 49 Sunday Washington at Minnesota Pick 44.5 NY Jets at KANSAS CITY 9.5 41.5 Arizona at DALLAS 4 48 Tampa Bay at CLEVELAND 6.5 43.5 PHILADELPHIA at Houston 2 49 San Diego at MIAMI 1.5 45 Jacksonville at CINCINNATI 11 43.5 Oakland at SEATTLE 15 43 DENVER at New England 3 54.5 Baltimore at Pittsburgh Pick 47.5 St. Louis at SAN FRANCISCO 10 43.5 Monday INDIANAPOLIS at NY Giants 3 50.5
Baseball Major League Baseball Playoffs x-if necessary LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES (Best-of-7) American League Kansas City 4, Baltimore 0 Friday, Oct. 10: Kansas City 8, Baltimore 6, 10 innings Saturday, Oct. 11: Kansas City 6, Baltimore 4 Monday, Oct. 13: Baltimore at Kansas City, ppd., rain Tuesday, Oct. 14: Kansas City 2, Baltimore 1 Wednesday, Oct. 15: Kansas City 2, Baltimore 1
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Coreen Esau pumped in 12 points to lead the Shooting Stars to a 33-27 win over Rampage in Red Deer Women’s Basketball League play. Michelle DeRuiter had nine in a losing cause. In other action: ● The Spartans got 15 points from Carla Stewart in a 42-36 victory over Xpress, which was led by Gwen Tiggelaar’s nine points.
WORLD SERIES (Best-of-7) San Francisco 4, Kansas City 3 Tuesday, Oct. 21: San Francisco 7, Kansas City 1 Wednesday, Oct. 22: Kansas City 7, San Francisco 2 Friday, Oct. 24: Kansas City 3, San Francisco 2 Saturday, Oct. 25: San Francisco 11, Kansas City 4 Sunday, Oct. 26: San Francisco 5, Kansas City 0 Tuesday, Oct. 28: Kansas City 10, San Francisco 0 Wednesday, Oct. 29: San Francisco 3, Kansas City 2
National Basketball Association EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct GB Boston 1 0 1.000 — Toronto 1 0 1.000 — New York 0 1 .000 1 Philadelphia 0 1 .000 1 Brooklyn 0 1 .000 1 Southeast Division W L Pct GB Miami 1 0 1.000 — Charlotte 1 0 1.000 — Orlando 0 1 .000 1 Atlanta 0 1 .000 1 Washington 0 1 .000 1 Central Division W L Pct GB Chicago 1 0 1.000 — Indiana 1 0 1.000 — Cleveland 0 0 .000 1/2 Detroit 0 1 .000 1 Milwaukee 0 1 .000 1 WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division W L Pct GB Houston 2 0 1.000 — San Antonio 1 0 1.000 1/2 Memphis 1 0 1.000 1/2 New Orleans 1 0 1.000 1/2 Dallas 0 1 .000 1 1/2 Northwest Division W L Pct GB
Michel 6 de Cruz 2 Third Draw Koe 12 Cotter 5 McEwen 10 Murdoch 3 Fourth Draw Epping 5 Stoughton 4 Gushue 6 Ulsrud 4 Laycock 8 jacobs 1 Morris 6 de Cruz 5
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1 0 1.000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 1 .000 0 1 .000 Pacific Division W L Pct 1 0 1.000 1 0 1.000 0 0 .000 0 1 .000 0 2 .000
— 1/2 1/2 1 1 GB — — 1/2 1 1 1/2
Wednesday’s Games Indiana 103, Philadelphia 91 Charlotte 108, Milwaukee 106, OT Miami 107, Washington 95 Toronto 109, Atlanta 102 Boston 121, Brooklyn 105 Memphis 105, Minnesota 101 Chicago 104, New York 80 Denver 89, Detroit 79 Houston 104, Utah 93 Phoenix 119, L.A. Lakers 99 Golden State 95, Sacramento 77 Oklahoma City at Portland, late Thursday’s Games Washington at Orlando, 5 p.m. Detroit at Minnesota, 6 p.m. New York at Cleveland, 6 p.m. Utah at Dallas, 6:30 p.m. Oklahoma City at L.A. Clippers, 8:30 p.m.
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● Hoosier Daddy downed Young Gunns 67-50. Top scorers were unavailable. ● Big Ballers, with Morgan Richardson netting 14 points, skipped past Triple Threat 47-46. Melanie Calihoo scored 12 for the losing side. ● Storm defeated Funk 55-40 as Mandy Carroll dropped in 17 points. Shay Rascher had 10 for Funk.
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Curling 2014 Masters of Curling glance SELKIRK, Man. — Schedule and results Wednesday from the Masters of Curling, an event on the 2014-15 Grand Slam of Curling series (event runs through Sunday; all times Eastern): ROUND ROBIN MEN Wednesday’s results Second Draw Howard 5 Ulsrud 4 Laycock 6 Edin 5
● Peewee AA hockey: Wheatland at Red Deer TBS, 11:30 a.m., Kin City A; Red Deer Parkland at Olds, 12:15 p.m.; Bow Valley at Sylvan Lake, 2:30 p.m., Innisfail Blue. ● Major bantam girls hockey: Edmonton at Red Deer, noon, Kin City A. ● Major midget girls hockey: Sherwood Park at Red Deer, 12:45 p.m., Collicutt Centre. ● Chinook senior hockey: Okotoks at Bentley, 2 p.m. ● Bantam AA hockey: Airdrie at Olds, 2:45 p.m.; Airdrie at Olds, 2:45 p.m.; Foothills at Sylvan Lake, 4:45 p.m., Innisfail Blue. ● Heritage junior B hockey: Mountainview at Blackfalds, 3:30 p.m. ● Minor midget AAA hockey: Edmonton Southside at Red Deer Northstar, 4:15 p.m., Arena. ● Men’s basketball: Grandview Allstars vs. Orangemen, Kingsmen vs. Triple A Batteries, Johns Manville vs. Rusty Chuckers, 4:15 p.m.; Carstar vs. Monstars, All Sports Cresting Lacombe vs. Silver Spurs, Alken Basin Drillers vs. Driven, 5:30 p.m.; all games at Lindsay Thurber. ● Midget AA hockey: Red Deer Elks at Olds, 5:30 p.m.
New Orleans at Carolina, 6:25 p.m.
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Hills vs. Lindsay Thurber, 5 p.m., Great Chief Park. ● Midget AA hockey: Calgary Blackhawks at Lacombe, 6 p.m., Blackfalds; Cranbrook at Olds, 7:30 p.m. ● Heritage junior B hockey: Three Hills at Stettler, 7:30 p.m.; Medicine Hat at Red Deer, 8 p.m., Arena ● WHL: Red Deer at Spokane, 8:05 p.m. (The Drive)
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National League San Francisco 4, St. Louis 1 Saturday, Oct. 11: San Francisco 3, St. Louis 0
GP 16 16 16 16
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FALL DOG SHOW
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The Red Deer & District Kennel Club Fall Dog Show kicks off on Friday and runs until Sunday at the Agricentre Westerner Park. For more information, visit www.rddkc.com.
CALENDAR THE NEXT SEVEN DAYS
Friday ● Adults Halloween Party with special digital appearance by author Judith Graves, instant photo booth, freaky cash bar, will be offered for adults aged 18 years plus only after hours at Dawe Branch of Red Deer Public Library on Oct. 31 from 7 to 10 p.m. Prizes for best costume. Literary characters and cosplay are encouraged. ● Zed99 Haunted House will be open to the public Oct. 17 to 31 from 6 to 10 p.m. daily, at Parkland Mall in support of Boys and Girls Club of Red Deer. Midnight Madness will be offered on Oct. 24 from midnight to 2 a.m. for 18 years and up only. Evening shows not recommended for children under seven years of age. Weekend matinees from 1 to 4 p.m. are available for younger children and others. Ticket prices range from $10 to $15. See zedhauntedhouse.com or see Facebook. Advance reserved tickets are available only at ticktleap.com/zedhauntedhouse. Phone 403-342-6500. ● Sylvan Lake Legion Halloween Dance will take place on Oct. 31 with entertainment by Lawrence Heck live as Elvis and Johnny Cash. Halloween party costumes encouraged. Triple meat draw at 6:30 p.m. Entertainment at 7:30 p.m. Phone 403-887-2601, 403-887-3534. ● Green Zone is for participants of all ages who want to learn more about a green lifestyle and it is offered at Dawe Branch of Red Deer Public Library on Fridays from 4 to 5 p.m.
Saturday ● Soroptimist International of Central Alberta Pyjamas and Pearls Fundraising Dinner gets underway Nov. 1 at Holiday Inn and Suites South. Come dressed in your favourite pyjamas and pearls, enjoy entertainment by comedian Cam Cook, local musician Randi Boulton, and MCs Meg and Vinnie from Cruz 100 FM. Tickets cost $80 per person, or $600 for a table of eight. Cocktails at 6 p.m., dinner at 7 p.m., raffles, pyjama contest, silent auction and more. Proceeds support women and girls locally and globally. See http://pjsandpearls.ca or contact Brittany at 403-588-6687, or Robin at 403-347-0099. Guests must be 18 years and over. ● An Afternoon of Music and Prose featuring works of Robert Service will be commemorated on Nov. 1 from 2 to 3:30 p.m. in the Snell Auditorium at Red Deer Public Library Downtown Branch. Join Bruce Jacobson and Jolanda with special guests in this tribute to Remembrance Day and RDPL’s 100th Anniversary. Admission is free. MAGnificent Saturdays offer free art making with a professional artist from 1 to 4 p.m. at the Red Deer Museum and Art Gallery in downtown Red Deer. The Nov. 1 session is called Playing with Pastels. All materials supplied. Families welcome. Phone 403-3098405. Free with admission. ● Women of the Moose Cookie Walk, Bake and Craft Sale, Coffee/Tea Time will take place Nov. 1, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Moose Lodge, corner of Willow St. and Petrolia Drive four blocks south of Westerner Park. Phone 403-347-1505. ● Sierra of Taylor Drive Music Jam is held the first Saturday of every month from 1:30 to 4 p.m. Everyone welcome
to play an instrument, dance or simply listen to the music. Next jam session is Nov. 1. Each session $2. Phone Chris at 403-3413385. ● St. Cyprian’s Anglican Church Annual Fall Tea and Bazaar, Nov. 1, 2 to 4 p.m. in Lacombe. There will be lots of cookies, baking, crafts and more. Phone 403-782-3633.
Monday ● Shady Nook Community Centre will offer pizza and games free along with the annual general meeting on Nov. 3. at 6:30 p.m. For more information, call Linda at 403347-3860. ● Chess Club at Red Deer Public Library Dawe Branch welcomes all levels of players from beginner to intermediate to learn chess rules and strategies on Mondays with child players from 5 to 6 p.m. and adult players from 6 to 6:30 p.m. Co-sponsored by Alberta Chess Association. Phone 403-341-3822. ● Ladies Auxiliary of Red Deer Royal Canadian Legion Branch #35 holds general meetings the first Monday of each month at 7 p.m. Next meeting will be on Nov. 3. Meat draw every Friday at 5 p.m.
Tuesday ● Stettler Christmas Farmers’ Market will be held on Nov. 4, 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. at the Stettler Agriplex. To book a table, call 403742-6288. ● Heartland Cowboy Church is on the first and third Tuesday of each month, 7 p.m., in the Stettler Agriplex. Dates are Nov. 4 and 18. Call 403-742-4273.
Wednesday ● Ponoka United Church Thrift Shop is open every Wednesday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. and has a good selection of infant and children’s wear in addition to winter clothing for men and women. Purchase two bags for the price of one on the first Wednesday of each month with bags priced at $5, $7, and $25. For more information call Mary at 403-7835030, or Jessie at 403-783-8627. ● Red Deer Legion Old-Time Dance with Five Plus One is on Nov. 5 at 7 p.m. Cost is $7, or $13.95 with buffet starting at 5 p.m. Phone 403-342-0035. ● Sylvan Lake Legion potluck and jam session is held the first Wednesday of each month from noon to 4 p.m., next Nov. 5. Come to play, sing, dance or listen. Admission is $2, including coffee and lunch at 2:30 p.m. Potluck begins at noon followed by the jam session at 1 p.m. Contact Margie at 403746-3153. ● Travel Memories at Red Deer Public Library Downtown Branch will be held Nov. 5 from 2 to 3:30 p.m. in the Waskasoo Meeting Room. Listen to a speaker share pictures and stories of her travels through the Barcelona and Paris, share your own travel adventures, and enjoy a coffee or tea. Contact Donna Stewart or Priscilla at 403-346-2100. ● Eckankar Canada in Alberta will offer a free discussion on Nov. 5, from 7 to 8 p.m. at Red Deer Public Library Downtown Branch. Learn about past lives, dreams, soul travel. Free Spiritual Experiences Guidebook for all guests. See www.spiritualexperience.
org, or contact 403-314-5353. ● United Way Soup Benefit Luncheon invites diners on Nov. 5 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at The Hub on Ross. All proceeds to United Way. Volunteers to make and donate soup, bake cookies, and set up and clean up are needed. Phone 403-340-4869.
Thursday ● Maker Kids ages eight and up meet on Nov. 6 from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. at Downtown Branch of Red Deer Public Library to have an Tech-plooza and explore fun gadgets from littleBits to Mindstorm, to makey makey and more. ● Teens Only Button Bonanza will be offered at Timberlands Branch of Red Deer Public Library on Nov. 6 from 4 to 5 p.m. for youth ages 12 to 18 only. Come and create a button masterpiece from the library’s massive stash of buttons. ● First Thursdays in the Snell are free
chamber music concerts from 12:15 to 1 p.m. at Red Deer Public Library Downtown Branch in the Snell Auditorium on the first Thursday of each month. Café Noir will sponsor the series and provide free coffee and tea. Bring lunch, or purchase at the café. The Nov. 6 event features Wendy Markosky, professor at Canadian University College on harpsichord as musical guests. Phone 403-342-9122. Free will donation at the door. ● Your Homeschool Library at Downtown Branch of Red Deer Public Library offers information on using library digital resources in your program on Nov. 6, and using library resources to learn a new language on Dec. 4, both from 2 to 4 p.m. in the WaskasooKiwanis Meeting Room. Call Adult Services at 403-342-9112. ● Golden Circle Senior Resource Centre dance, Thursday, Nov. 6, 7:30 to 10:30 p.m. at the seniors’ centre. Dance to the music of Nice Notes Band. Admission is $7. Phone 403-347-6165, 403-986-7170, or 403346-3896.
REGISTRATIONS LOCAL EVENTS AND ORGANIZATIONS ● Soroptimist International of Central Alberta Pyjamas and Pearls Fundraising Dinner gets underway Nov. 1 at Holiday Inn and Suites South. Come dressed in your favourite pyjamas and pearls, enjoy entertainment by comedian Cam Cook, local musician Randi Boulton, and MCs Meg and Vinnie from Cruz 100 FM. Tickets cost $80 per person, or $600 for a table of eight. Cocktails at 6 p.m., dinner at 7 p.m., raffles, pyjama contest, silent auction and more. Proceeds support women and girls locally and globally. See http://pjsandpearls.ca or contact Brittany at 403-588-6687, or Robin at 403-347-0099. Guests must be 18 years and over. ● Freedom to Read Week Poster Contest invites Red Deer citizens and students to enter posters by Jan. 31, 2015 to celebrate the Charter of Rights and Freedoms right to intellectual property. Draws will be made Feb. 23, and prizes will be awarded at a special presentation on Feb. 28. There will also be prizes for reading books that have been challenged in Canada. See www.rdpl. org, or ask for information at any branch. ● Rockin’ Good Time Concert in support of Canadian Cancer Society — prostate cancer research and programs — takes place on Nov. 7, 7 to 9 p.m. at The Hub on Ross. Musicians include Eric Carter, Adam Meachem and Shiv Shanks. Admission by cash at the door — $15 per person or $30 per family. Phone 403-340-4869. ● Friends Over 45 is a group for women who like to meet new friends and meets four times per month for coffees and meals at various restaurants in Central Alberta. Members may be new to the area, have recently had a lifestyle change, or just want to meet new friends. For further information contact Pat at 403-341-9606, or Heidi at 403-346-1718. ● Senior Citizens Downtown House has several upcoming events, regular card games and tournaments and special tournaments: Cribbage every Thursday at 1:30 p.m. with a tournament on Nov. 13; Whist every Friday at 1:30 p.m. with a tournament on Nov. 21; 500 every Monday and Wednesday at 1:30 p.m. with a tournament on Nov. 24; Fun Contract Bridge every Wednesday at 1 p.m. Games cost $3. Tournaments cost $6. A Potluck Supper will be held on Nov. 7 at 5:30 p.m. for $5. Please bring a meat dish, salad, or dessert. A Jam Session will be held
on Nov. 8 at 1:30 p.m. for $2.50. A Roast Beef Supper will be held on Nov. 21 at 5:30 p.m. for $15. Tickets now on sale. Phone 403-346-4043. ● Red Deer Cultural Heritage Society International Christmas Tea will be celebrated on Dec. 2, 1 to 4 p.m. for a cost of $10 per person at Cronquist House. Sittings will be held at 1 and 2:30 p.m. Purchase tickets at Cronquist House, or call 403-3460055. ● Coming up at Alberta Sports Hall of Fame are several events. On Nov. 29, the Annual Jersey Day will be offered from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wear your favourite jersey and get free admission to the Sports Hall of Fame and be entered to win a Calgary Roughnecks signed McBride jersey. A bus trip is being organized for Dec. 5 to Camrose to take in Canada Cup Curling. Cost is $100 including round bus trip and two draws. See www. ashfm.ca/events, or phone 403-341-8614. ● Awareness Musicale presents Ben Crane live in concert, Nov. 7, 7 p.m. at Festival Hall. Other entertainment by Lloyd Griffith, Ol’ Frisky, Ray Baird and Rod Soonias, Visions Country Gospel. Cost is $20 per person with tickets available from 1-877-8954430, www.davidthompsonhealthtrust.com, or at 53rd Street Music. Presented by Central Alberta Prostate Awareness and Support Group. Contact Mac at 403-347-2191. ● Forshee Community Hall old-time family dance nights are the first Friday of each month from 7 to 10:30 p.m. Admission is $10 per adult, children 17 years and under are free. Evening lunch is included. Live old time music with Country Gold North Band. The next dance will be on Nov. 7. For more information, call 403-748-3378. ● Annual United Way Scotch Classic presented by MNP will take place on Nov. 20 at Pidherney Curling Centre from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. David Michiels will share his extensive knowledge and help guests pick the right scotch for their taste buds. There will also be live and silent auctions, a wide variety of scotches, and a raffle. Tickets are $80 each at caunitedway.ca under news and events link. Other sponsors include Liquor Crossing Wine Centre, TD Bank, CIBC, Altalaw, and RBC Royal Bank.
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Hockey community pulling for Gordie Howe
Howe on the Red Wings for parts of four seasons, learned of his former teammate’s stroke Wednesday morning. Days after reading about the death of former NHLer Milan Marcetta, the 76-year-old Toronto Maple Leafs great said he’s scared to pick up the newspaper much anymore. “It’s that time in my life, I guess, that a lot of my friends are feeling the pain,” Mahovlich said in a phone interview. Those four seasons with Mahovlich were the final four in the NHL for Howe, at least until one more goaround with sons Mark and Marty in Hartford in 1979-80. Howe even skated one shift for the Detroit Vipers of the International Hockey League in 1997 at the age of 69, becoming the first player
to take the ice in a professional game over six separate decades. “You never knew when the end was,” Mahovlich said. “He kept going on and on and on. He was an amazing hockey player, lovely to watch. He played all those years and we packed every house that we came to. People just loved to watch him play.” Howe played 26 NHL seasons and set league marks with 801 goals and 1,850 points — mostly with the Red Wings — that held up until Wayne Gretzky surpassed him in the record books. In addition to the statement, the Howe family provided an address for anyone wishing to send cards or letters of support: Gordie Howe, c/o Texas Trailer Corral, 12207 HWY 87, Lubbock, TX 79423. Red Wings general manager Ken Holland, who first met Howe during a brief call-up to the Whalers and got to know him more in management, was not at all surprised by outpouring. “Especially when you think about how deeply rooted hockey is in Canada, people that aren’t even associated with the National Hockey League understand how important Gordie is to our country,” Holland said in a phone interview. “He’s always been associated with our game and he’s Gordie Howe, ’Mr. Hockey.”’ NHL commissioner Gary Bettman released a statement Tuesday night passing along the league’s best wishes. “The entire National Hockey League family sends prayers for strength and healing to our revered Gordie Howe,” Bettman said. “We all are thinking of Gordie and his loved ones as we wish him a speedy and full recovery.” Mark Howe said family members have been spending time with Gordie and showing him family photos and videos. The plan is for him to remain in Texas, where Cathy or someone else from the family can be with him at all times. Howe said his father would require “a lot of work in order to be able to recover.” For now, the family is just enjoying spending time with him. “It’s a beautiful, sunny day,” he said. “If dad hadn’t been through this, he’d probably be outside going for a little walk or something.”
In other men’s games, Steve Laycock of Saskatoon defeated Sweden’s Niklas Edin 6-5 and Sven Michel topped Peter de Cruz 6-2 in a matchup of Swiss rinks. In women’s play, Ottawa’s Rachel Homan needed an extra end in a 7-5 win over Switzerland’s Alina Paetz and Russia’s Anna Sidorova beat Winnipeg’s Allison Flaxey 6-3.
Earlier, Chelsea Carey of Winnipeg beat Silvana Tirinzoni of Switzerland 6-3, Val Sweeting of Vegreville, Alta., topped Heather Nedohin of Sherwood Park, Alta., 7-4 and Switzerland’s Binia Feltscher defeated Sherry Anderson of Delisle, Sask., 5-3. The $100,000 competition continues through Sunday.
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Photo by THE CANADIAN PRESS
Gordie Howe is shown a recent photo from the new book ‘Mr. Hockey.’ Howe’s family says the hockey Hall of Famer’s condition remains “guarded” but his spirits are good after a significant stoke Sunday. Eakins, who coaches the Oilers, told reporters in Edmonton. “He’s a tough man and quite a treasure to our game. Our thoughts and prayers are with him.” Former Hartford Whalers owner Howard Baldwin, who signed Gordie to play with sons Mark and Marty in the WHA and NHL and also produced Howe’s movie, “Mr. Hockey,” has been in touch with the family and voiced his support, as well. “He’s somebody that I dearly treasure,” Baldwin said in a phone interview. “He’s a national treasure and I hope and pray that he can pull through this, which I think he will and have a quality of life that you would want somebody to have.” Frank Mahovlich, who played with
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SELKIRK, Man. — Canada’s Glenn
CONTINUED FROM B4 ● Hillcrest Community Hall Craft Fair and Bake Sale, Nov. 8, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the hall located west of Bowden on Hwy. 587 and two miles south on RR 22. There will be a wide selection of crafts, jewelry, quilting, sewing, baking. Lunch available. To rent a table, or for information call 403-224-3880 or 403-556-6647. ● Visions Country Gospel Christmas Concert will be presented at Mount Calvary Lutheran Church on Nov. 28 at 7 p.m. Tickets cost $15 from the church, 403-346-3798, or from Johanna at 403-342-4729, or at the door. ● Rocky Mountain House Northern Crossing Christmas Festival of Music will be held Dec. 17 and 18 at Lou Soppit Community Centre. Tickets cost $20 from Modern Electric. Phone 403-845-3155. Cash, credit and debit cards accepted. ● Welcome Home is a volunteer-based program that provides chronically homeless people who are now housed with the Housing First agencies. The organization is seeking volunteers who can commit to two hours per week to help reduce loneliness and social isolation and have a positive impact on the newly housed. Training is provided. This a program of PLURA (Presbyterian,
Howard defeated Norway’s Thomas Ulsrud 5-4 in Wednesday’s early draw at the Masters Grand Slam of Curling. Howard, from Penetanguishene, Ont., scored a single in the eighth end for the victory at the Selkirk Recreational Complex.
Lutheran, United, Roman Catholic and Anglican Churches). Contact Laureen at 403-3472480, ext. 121. ● Red Deer Hospice Gala 2015 will take place on Feb. 6 at Sheraton Hotel. Again, this year is a chance to cook on stage with celebrity chefs Massimo Capra and Michael Bonacini. Dance to music of local singer Randi Boulton and her band following the dinner. Tickets on sale now for $200 or $1,600 for a table of eight, or for a $2,000 Premier Table. All tickets are eligible for $100 charitable tax receipt. Purchase tickets after Nov. 1 at www.reddeerhospice.com, or contact Lori at events@reddeerhospice.com, or 403-3094344. ● Red and White Night at Bower Place will be offered on Nov. 23. This exclusive ticketed shopping event will allow guests the opportunity to beat the Christmas shopping crowds. For $10, guest may shop from 6 to 9 p.m. Tickets are available from charitable partners including Central Alberta Women’s Emergency Shelter, Habitat for Humanity Red Deer Region Society, Heart and Stroke Foundation, Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, Waskasoo Environmental Education, Society, and the mall’s Guest Services in support of the Women’s Shelter. V.I.P. tickets cost $25 and guests may shop from 5:30 to 9 p.m. and receive a shopping tote filled with free swag, coupons, and $10 Bower Place gift certificate. See www.bowerplace.com
Ask The Dentist! by Dr. Michael Dolynchuk, DDS
Time To Renovate or...? Dear Dr. D: I'm in great health and I'm 71 years old. I've got good genes – some in my family have hit the '100' mark. My dentist recently tried to talk me into dentures. He did mention my teeth were crumbling, and with a dry mouth condition if I tried to fix them it would be a long and repetitive process. The dentist in the mall nearby said I was grinding, and that was causing problems with crumbling and also shifting my bite. In his opinion, switching to dentures was unnecessary because he said my teeth could be saved, and I could get 20+ years out of them yet. He also said my ability to chew with dentures would be only 10% of what it is now, so I better get used to soup and pasta. He said I was a candidate for a crown restoration, but also possibly dental implants. He cautioned I would lose a lot of bone if those teeth were extracted, because it would come out with the tooth roots. I'm confused now. What do I do? It sounds like you're trying to decide whether to put a new A: transmission in your car, or trade it. Anthropologists have long said that humans formerly lived only 40 years. As we're living longer, if you live nd past 40 – you might have to buy a 2 set of teeth! If your teeth are crumbling because of cavities, treating them with crowns only is likely to fail. Crown only restoration has a drawback – root cavities that can still cause those teeth to fail. If you have 2-3 decades ahead of you, and your root and bone structure is sound – dental implants might be a good idea because you can virtually have trouble free teeth indefinitely. If you still have most of your teeth, your dry mouth condition isn't new so with implants it may be feasible to restore your teeth to their natural position and height to correct any bite problems. The optimist in me says this may be your best choice. You need to look after your teeth, both natural and implants – but implants are more forgiving. Some of my more elderly patients compensate for loss of dexterity in tooth maintenance with more frequent cleanings. Your dry mouth situation makes you an ideal candidate for 4 month hygiene intervals rather than 6 month. The advantage to implants is there is no decay. If you find yourself in a 'full care' facility in 20 years, you will never experience decay in your teeth. I've witnessed, in these facilities, lost dentures and even swapped dentures. Implants eliminate that! Some older patients cannot accept an anesthetic, and if they are in pain the options are limited. When we must extract teeth with long roots, it is entirely possible to use a special procedure to save as much of your natural bone structure as possible. We can help. Call us for a free consultation. Also, remember to call our 1-800 'Ask the Dentist Hotline' at 1-800-970-9212 with any questions you would like us to address in future columns.
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Gordie Howe has a long way to go to recover from a stroke he suffered over the weekend, his son said Wednesday amid an outpouring of support from the hockey community. “Mr. Hockey” has shown some signs of improvement from what son Mark called a “pretty significant stroke” and is resting at his daughter Cathy’s home in Lubbock, Texas. “It’s a difficult time for Dad,” Mark Howe said in a phone interview from Lubbock. “It definitely impacted his life, so we’re dealing with this, I think, as all families do and just trying to be there. The best thing we can do is just be here and be supportive and try to keep him in good spirits.” Sons Mark, Marty and Murray travelled from their respective homes in New Jersey, Connecticut and Ohio on Tuesday to be with their father, who has been in declining health for the past year. Gordie Howe is 86 and also suffers from a form of dementia. In a statement thanking family, friends and fans for their support, the Howe family said that “Dad’s spirits are good and his competitive attitude remains strong.” Concerns for Howe and hopes for his recovery have poured in from across the hockey world and beyond since news of his stroke emerged Tuesday afternoon. Mark Howe, who has been a scout for the Detroit Red Wings for the past 20 years, estimated he had 375 text messages, a volume surpassed only by the time he was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame. Mark Howe said other family members also received messages from friends about Gordie’s health. “Obviously Dad, he’s touched so many people in his life in such a positive way,” he said. “That’s reflected in so many of the well-wishes and prayers that we’ve received.” Prime Minister Stephen Harper posted a message of encouragement on Twitter, and coaches Mike Babcock and Dallas Eakins talked about Howe’s health Wednesday. “If there’s anybody that can recover from that, it’s that tough old bird,”
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Travel anxieties might not be only reason husband is on edge Dear Annie: My husband and I are in our mid-50s and have an almost perfect relationship, with one exception. We used to travel on our vacations. Now that we are retired, I expected to have both time and money to travel more. A number of years ago, my husband slowly became anxious about automobile travel. Each year his phobia has become harder for me to handle. MITCHELL He criticizes my driving & SUGAR and everyone else’s. It’s frustrating. Medications and therapy have failed to alleviate his anxieties. We have had discussions about this. He says I don’t understand and he cannot help how he feels. I feel I am missing out on life. If we cannot resolve this problem, we may be travelling apart forever. Any suggestions? — Travelling Man Dear Travelling: Would he take a bus? A train? A plane? Travelling by car is not the only way to get around. You also could turn up the radio and tune him out. But please ask him to talk to his doctor again. There may be other things going on. Dear Annie: My younger sister, “Nora,” is 43 and acts like an 18-year-old brat. She became pregnant nine years ago by a drug addict who is currently in jail for raping a 14-year-old girl. (He is out of the picture, thank goodness.) I love my nephew, “Michael.” My older sister and I keep him at our homes most weekends. The problem is, Nora uses our father like her personal banker. He pays for her rent, all bills and a lot of Michael’s necessities. My father can do what he wants with his money — that’s not the issue. The issue is Nora’s attitude toward him. Lately, my father has been complaining that he feels used by Nora (and he is). But he takes it out on Michael by making comments like, “I’m done with both of you.” Michael is hurt. This week my father yelled again after a snub by Nora, and I can’t blame him, but now Nora won’t answer her phone, texts or anything. I don’t see her car at her house. I don’t know where they are, whether she’s taking Michael to school, whether she’s working, and I’m at my wits’ end. She is also ignoring my other sisters. I’m worried, confused and scared and don’t know what to do. Nora knows she can control us because we would do anything for Michael. I don’t want to sit back and wait for her to get over it. What can I do? — Sick and Tired of the Drama Queen Dear Sick and Tired: Can you call Michael’s school and Nora’s place of business and find out whether they have shown up? If not, you should call the police and report them missing. But if they are simply avoiding you, there isn’t much you can do. Nora may be a leech, but that doesn’t make her an unfit parent. It also means that if you want to see Michael, you will have to cater to Nora’s whims until Michael is old enough to see you on his own. As aggravating as that is, consider the stable example you are setting for the boy, and do it for his sake. Your father, however, has to stop punishing everyone else for his own choice to give Nora money. Please talk to him about this. He could benefit by venting to a professional. Dear Annie: I could have written the letter from “Frustrated and Furious,” whose brother ignores her children’s events. I agree with your comment that he probably believes everything is fine, because like many men, he thinks his wife is handling gifts and cards. It wasn’t until my stepmother died that my family members began receiving birthday cards. Dad believed that his wife of nearly 30 years had been taking care of it because she had done it for her own family. — Been There Annie’s Mailbox is written by Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar, longtime editors of the Ann Landers column. Please email your questions to anniesmailbox@ comcast.net, or write to: Annie’s Mailbox, c/o Creators Syndicate, 737 3rd Street, Hermosa Beach, CA 90254.
BOTTOMS UP
ANNIE ANNIE
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These whistling swans have no problems showing off their behinds as they dive down for food at Slack Slough. It is the time of year when most bird are trying to fatten up for the long fly south or to nest for the winter. lenged to implement those lessons and challenges. You will be asked to see gain wisdom when interacting with oth- life through a new lens and this could ers. disrupt your current direction forward. CANCER (June 21-July 22): Today Those within your household or family Thursday, Oct. 30 CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS will challenge you to see some of your will offer you some tension in order for it DATE: Henry Winkler, 69; Matthew fears in a different light. This will have be understood and then shared by you. to do with savings and the income of SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Morrison, 36; Gavin Rossdale, 49 THOUGHT OF THE DAY: Yester- your spouse. Perhaps, even a business The internal tension created for you topartner will provide a les- day will have you understanding how to day’s energy will create toson or two so that you are mellow that mind of yours. You will see day’s challenges and will better able to understand the same issues in a new light, from a create changes to happentheir knowledge as well. completely different angle and this will ing in your daily life. This LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): help you finally gain wisdom from this will also be instigated by There will be lessons with ongoing issue. the first square since the significant relationships CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Partial Solar Eclipse in within your life today. Home You will have to be very creative today Scorpio on October 23rd. life will be a bit of a chal- as you try to move towards your aspiAny tension that you are lenge as you try to imple- rations and dreams with less financial experiencing, perhaps ment the lessons you have backing than you expected. 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CROWN WANTS FINES OF $220,000 FOR FLOODING FARMLAND BY BRENDA KOSSOWAN ADVOCATE STAFF Fines totalling $220,000 could be levied against a man and his business after an earlier conviction for flooding farmland located north of Red Deer and draining into the Red Deer River. Harry Veenstra and Auto Body Services Red Deer Ltd. were found guilty on July 25 in Red Deer provincial court of charges laid under provincial water and environment laws. Charges were laid in the summer of 2010 by local environment officials in-
vestigating complaints that water from a construction site in Red Deer County, east of the Blindman industrial park, was being pumped into a ditch on the opposite side of the road. The overflow flooded neighbouring fields and caused a landslide affecting a pasture, a stand of trees and a grain crop below them. In court on Tuesday, special prosecutor Peter Roginski asked for a global sentence of $20,000 against Veenstra and $200,000 against his business. Roginski said the fine should accomplish a number of objectives, including sending a message to others
who ignore or disobey laws written to protect the environment. He asked Judge Gordon Yake to be aware that, while no one was injured in the incident, there was a significant risk of injury to anyone who may have been working in the lower field when the slope failed. Defence counsel Sean Parker suggested a significantly lower penalty of $10,000 to Veenstra and $30,000 to Auto Body Services, with a portion of the fine to be directed toward a national charity, the Canadian Food Grains Bank. Invited to address the court, Veen-
stra apologized for the incident, stating that he didn’t realize how serious the affects could be at the time. He said his business has been a good corporate citizen since its establishment in 1963 and that he will make sure nothing similar happens in the future. Yake said he would need some time to review written and oral submissions from the Crown and defence before establishing an appropriate sentence. The judge is to announce his decision in Red Deer provincial court on Dec. 22. bkossowan@reddeeradvocate.com
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armed with a large screwdriver. The suspect left the location on foot and took an undisclosed amount of cash and liquor. The suspect is described as having darker skin, 1.67 to 1.7 metres (five foot six to five foot tall), with a wide face and nose. He was wearing light grey sweat pants, dark grey hoodie and a black tuque. He spoke with an eastern European accent. Police are asking for the public’s help in locating the suspect. Call the Sylvan Lake RCMP at 403-858-7200 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 (TIPS).
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Sylvan Lake liquor store robbery suspect, as sketched by an RCMP composite artist.
Sylvan Lake RCMP looking for liquor store thief Police are looking for a man who robbed a Sylvan Lake liquor store on Monday with a screwdriver. Sylvan Lake RCMP said the Plaza Liquor Store located on 50A Street in Sylvan Lake was robbed by a man
Local football fans are being asked to take one for their team in a special blood donor challenge in November at Canadian Blood Services. Fans are asked to roll up their sleeves to donate blood in the name of the Calgary Stampeders, Edmonton Eskimos or Saskatchewan Roughriders from Nov. 4 to 29. The event is called the 4 CC Football Blood Challenge. The winning team claims both bragging rights and the Corpuscle Cup trophy. The trophy was donated several years ago as a way to promote blood donations in Red Deer. To meet blood needs, the local office needs 1,725 donations from Central Albertans in November. Currently, there are more than 1,000 appointments available in Central Alberta. The Football Blood Challenge will be officially launched on Monday with three local radio staff members each playing captain for one of the teams. There will also be draws for fan prize packs for each of the three teams. Canadian Blood Services is located at 5 5020 68th St. in Red Deer. There
are also three mobile clinics that travel to Central Alberta municipalities. For more information or to book your November appointment, visit www.blood.ca or phone 1-888-2-DONATE (1-888-236-6283). Only four per cent of Canadians donate blood, yet 50 per cent will need blood or know someone who will need blood. Within one week of donation, most blood collected is transfused into patients somewhere in Canada.
Former Red Deer fire chief Bob Oscroft mourned A former Red Deer fire chief who devoted more than 50 years of his life to fire protection has died. Robert Keith Oscroft, 73, died at Red Deer Regional Hospital Centre on Oct. 23. A memorial service will be held for him on Saturday at 1 p.m. at the Harvest Centre at Westerner Park. Oscroft became a volunteer firefighter with the County of Strathcona at age 15. He became a full-time firefighter in 1965, Bob Oscroft and was deputy chief a year later. He was hired as fire chief for the city of Yellowknife in 1970. He relocated to Red Deer where he was fire chief from 1979 until his retirement in 1997. He worked for Red Deer County from 2000 to 2003 in special projects. He continued as a volunteer until 2010. In lieu of flowers, the family asks that donors consider a gift to the Al-
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An admitted pedophile has been sentenced to 18 months in jail and two years on probation for breaching a peace bond that prohibited him from having contact with children. Allan William Halliday, 62, was arrested on May 23, just weeks after entering a peace bond placed in connection with charges that he had fondled a young girl in the pool at the Red Deer Recreation Centre. Halliday pleaded guilty on Oct. 8 on two counts of breaching the conditions of the peace bond. Reiterating the facts in Red Deer provincial court on Wednesday, Judge John Holmes said that, despite being ordered to have no contact with children, Halliday had invited a young mother and her three-year-old daughter to his home. At some point, he decided to have a bath and the child ended up in the water with him. He admitted to have a second bath with the child at a later date. Defence counsel Murray Shack characterized Halliday as a man with below average intelligence. He has a record of similar offences dating back 37 years. He has taken counselling and programs for sexual offenders and continues to seek help with his problem, said Shack. A period of probation would give Halliday an opportunity to continue counselling and treatment, he said. Holmes said the sentence has to reflect that Halliday’s offences strike at the heart of the peace bond he had entered into earlier this year in reference to the pool incident. He gave Halliday 261 days of credit for the time he has served in remand since his arrest. Halliday’s wife, Barbara, was also charged in connection with the incidents. She is to stand trial in December.
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Blackfalds receives award for recreation centre The Town of Blackfalds and the Blackfalds Field House Society have earned a provincial award for enhancing the community through recreation. Blackfalds officials were honoured recently with the Alberta Recreation and Park’s A.V. Pettigrew Award for the new Abbey Centre recreation complex, which opened on March 31. It is the second time in five years that Blackfalds has earned the award. The award goes annually to an Alberta community that has contributed the most to improving the quality of its citizens through recreation and parks in areas of programs, services facilities, parks and/or open spaces. It is named after a former Edmonton park and recreation director who championed recreation for Albertans. The town and the Blackfalds Field House Society raised $1.7 million to build the Abbey Centre. The recreation centre includes a field house, fitness centre, running/ walking track, indoor play space, outdoor aquatics and the only indoor portion of the Trans Canada Trail. Abbey Centre also includes gathering space for community to meet or engage in healthy lifestyles. Prior to the construction of the local centre, many of Blackfalds’s citizens went to other communities for recreation. For more information about the Alberta Recreation and Parks awards and scholarships, go to www.awards. arpaonline.ca.
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OTTAWA — The shooter in last week’s deadly attack in Ottawa was a criminal, but not a terrorist — according to NDP Leader Tom Mulcair. “I don’t think we have enough evidence to use that word,” Mulcair said at the end of an emotional party caucus meeting Wednesday, one week after Michael Zehaf Bibeau opened fire on a soldier and then on security guards just outside the government and Opposition caucus meeting rooms. “When you look at the history of the individual involved, you see a criminal act, Michael of course,” he added. “But . . . I think that we’re Zehaf Bibeau not in the presence of a terrorist act in the sense that we would understand it.” Mulcair’s comments were met with immediate condemnation from Conservatives and the leader of the Liberal party. “The RCMP was clear, these were acts of terrorism, (so) these were acts of terrorism,” said Justin Trudeau. “It’s ridiculous,” added Conservative MP Peter Kent. “It was clearly an act of terror (based on) his background and motivation. RCMP Commissioner Bob
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Paulson’s remarks about his motivation I think are very clear.” The remark re-emphasized a stark ideological divide in the House of Commons about how to react to the deaths of two Canadian soldiers last week. Mulcair said it’s obvious that Zehaf Bibeau had mental issues, and that his actions in killing a soldier at the National War Memorial and firing on security on Parliament Hill were reprehensible. But Mulcair said the latest information about the lone shooter indicates he should be defined merely as a criminal. He later seemingly clarified his comments in the House of Commons, referring to the differences between a criminal act carried out by someone with a history of mental issues and an act of terror carried out by an “organized” individual or group. Still, Wednesday’s message was a carry-over from earlier in the week, when Public Safety Minister Steven Blaney warned that, while the government doesn’t want to over-react to last week’s events, it’s time to stop “under-reacting” to the threat of terrorism. Canada’s Criminal Code defines terrorism as an act committed “in whole or in part for a political, religious or ideological purpose, objective or cause” with the intention of intimidating the public. MPs of all stripes were reflective Wednesday on the events of a week ago as they attended their regularly-scheduled party meetings with some saying they were having a difficult day recalling the mayhem. The NDP brought a counsellor into the party’s caucus room, just in case anyone wanted to talk
about the trauma they experienced. Zehaf Bibeau shot and killed Cpl. Nathan Cirillo at the National War Memorial on Oct. 22. A funeral for the 24-year-old Hamilton native was held on Tuesday. Minutes after killing Cirillo, Zehaf Bibeau rushed through the front doors of Parliament’s Centre Block, where he was eventually fatally subdued in a hail of gunfire that involved RCMP officers, security and the Sergeant-at-Arms of the House of Commons. Almost immediately after the mayhem began, Conservative MPs were posting comments on the Internet, referring to a “terrorist attack.” The mantra stuck in government circles, and was later voiced by the RCMP and on Tuesday by visiting U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry. The Harper government is considering ways to beef up anti-terrorism laws, including whether to introduce legislation that would prohibit terrorists or their sympathizers from using the web to promote their causes. Justice Minister Peter MacKay confirmed to reporters Wednesday that the government has held broad discussions with officials within the justice and public safety departments with an eye toward finding new ways to prevent the promotion of terrorism online. “There’s no question that the whole issue around radicalization and the type of material that is often used that we think is inappropriate, and we think quite frankly contribute to — again this is my word — the poisoning of young minds, that this is something that needs to be examined,” MacKay said as he entered the caucus meeting.
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Spend budget surplus on affordable housing: report BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — Spending an extra $46 per Canadian a year on affordable housing could dramatically reduce homelessness, a new research report concludes. Existing intervention programs can only go so far if those who find a way off the streets or out of shelters can’t afford their own place to live, say researchers from York University and the Canadian Alliance to End Homelessness. Their annual State of Homelessness in Canada study was published today. With a budget surplus on the horizon, it’s time to return to the days when federal cash was directly spent on building those places, said Stephen Gaetz, the director of the Canadian Observatory on Homelessness at York and one of the lead authors of the study. “It’s time to have a conversation — what are we going to do with that surplus?” he said. “This is one that isn’t going to break the bank. It’s going to help not only end chronic homelessness but it’s going to help many, many, many thousands of Canadians who are at risk of homelessness.” An estimated 235,000 Canadians a year experience homelessness at a cost to the economy of $7 billion. Despite $2 billion earmarked in federal funding, nationally the numbers still aren’t moving down, the report said. The main reason behind what seems to be an intractable problem is a 46-per-cent decrease in federal investment in affordable housing over the last 25 years, the report suggested. Affordable housing is defined as shelter that doesn’t cost more than 30 per cent of a low-income person’s budget. In 1989, $115 per capita was spent each year on adding to affordable housing stocks. Today, it’s closer to $60 a year, while the Canadian population has risen 30 per cent, the report found. Put another way, in 1982, there were 20,450 affordable housing units built, while in 2006 there were 4,393, the report said. Increasing the per-capita spending to at least $106 per Canadian — or $1.7 billion a year in federal funding — would allow for the construction of about 8,800 new units a year. The money wouldn’t just cover construction. Researchers are also proposing the creation of housing benefits similar to the existing $100 child care benefit provided by the federal government and tax credits.
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Harper expected to target families with major fiscal announcement BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Finance Minister Joe Oliver will make a major announcement Thursday that is expected to touch on fiscal measures for families. The Conservative caucus was buzzing after Harper coyly referred to the event Wednesday morning. Political and business circles have been waiting to see what the government would unveil in their fall economic update, which could take on the heft of a mini-budget. Speculation is that Harper and Oliver are set to announce some form of income splitting for couples with children, a 2011 election promise that hinged on a balanced budget. The idea is that spouses would pool their incomes when they fill out their tax returns, reducing their
Don’t trample on civil liberties in fighting terrorism, say privacy czars Canada’s information and privacy commissioners are urging the federal government not to trample on civil liberties in fighting terrorism. In a joint statement today, they call for an evidence-based approach when adopting any new laws to combat extremism. They also say Canadians should be consulted on the need for any changes, as well as their scope and impact. The ombudsmen are holding their annual meeting in Ottawa. The federal government is contemplating new laws in response to the recent attacks that killed two soldiers in broad daylight. It has also introduced long-promised changes to strengthen the ability of Canada’s spy service to probe terror suspects overseas.
Lawyer for woman accused of hiding babies asks for delay of autopsies WINNIPEG — The lawyer for a woman accused of hiding the remains of six infants in a storage locker is asking the court to delay autopsies even though they are “90 per cent” complete. Greg Brodsky, who represents Andrea Giesbrecht, says the autopsies shouldn’t go ahead without an in-
taxable income depending on their financial situation. There is already income splitting for seniors. Harper announced two weeks ago that the government would proceed with another campaign promise — a doubling of the child fitness tax credit. The setting of the event is at a Jewish community centre in Vaughan, Ont., and sources say it will be a big announcement with campaign-style splash. Oliver would only confirm that the event was taking place, and he would be present. Other ministers in the Greater Toronto Area had been told to clear their schedules for Thursday. “We’re looking at a variety of policy issues,” said Oliver. “We’re consulting with Canadians. We’re looking at the economic data and we’ll be making our decision as appropriate and communicating with Canadians.”
dependent pathologist present. Giesbrecht, 40, sat occasionally biting her nails and pursing her lips as Brodsky told an emergency hearing Wednesday that the independent pathologist would observe the examination “with his hands in his pockets and Velcro on his mouth.” “I’m saying for the 155th time, all I want is a pathologist who is competent and accredited to ... observe the autopsies,” Brodsky told Judge Brian Corrin as police continued to search Giesbrecht’s Winnipeg home. “I don’t want any further autopsy to be done until this court has ruled.”
Man attempts ocean getaway in canoe after break-and-enter in Halifax HALIFAX — Halifax police say a man attempted an ocean getaway Wednesday afternoon after allegedly breaking into a home and using a canoe to flee the scene. A spokeswoman for the police says it’s rare for pursuits to occur in the cool waters of the Northwest Arm, especially with the suspect paddling away in an effort to evade arrest. Theresa Rath says officers sought the assistance of boat owners and were about to launch a chase after the man, but he paddled ashore to a nearby park where officers and a police dog were waiting and arrested him. Rath says the red canoe and other items taken in the break-and-enter have been recovered.
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Marvel needs to amaze us again BY ALYSSA ROSENBERG ADVOCATE NEWS SERVICES
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Marvel rolled out its newest slate of movies Tuesday, and my Twitter feed has been exploding with excitement over two of the titles in the mix: Captain Marvel and Black Panther, which will finally bring superpowered women and people of colour to a big screen environment long dominated by white men in ridiculous uniforms. (Marvel’s television slate, which includes four series in development for Netflix, has been more representative.) As an advocate for diversity in media, it is nice to know that the people who found a way to make an animated dancing transplanted seedling look completely adorable have finally bestirred themselves to put a black man and a woman in costumes and endowed them with the power to punch things very, very hard. But as someone who loves action movies, I find myself reserving a considerable amount of enthusiasm until I have a chance to see the final results. The formative movie-watching experiences of my teenage years and young adulthood involved standing on a line that wrapped around the block in my small town to see Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, an action movie where the fights all where a matter of expressing the characters’ tenderest, rawest feelings about love and parenthood. A cornball classic like Michael Bay’s 1996 movie The Rock may be profoundly silly. But as Dr. Stanley Goodspeed, Nicolas Cage’s cool scientist, and John Mason, Sean Connery’s elegant prisoner, went to war with Brigadier Gen. Frank Hummel (Ed Harris), the resulting mayhem was all about the three men’s personal styles and the clash between science and raw force. What these films taught me is that violence is personal. When combat is hand-to-hand, the way each person fights reveals the core of their character. And when the scale of mayhem is grand, that says something about their relative callousness, sensitivity and priorities in the response. Sure, these movies proved that their heroes were competent and important. But they had other things to say as well. Marvel’s present crop of superhero movies has occasionally managed to use violence to help understand the men and women who deploy it, and who they think is worthy of protection or an anonymous death. Anthony and Joe Russo’s Captain America: The Winter Soldier is the best example of this approach, with its genuinely painful-looking one-on-one fights and its muddled but sincere effort to turn its conclusion into a meditation on the moral limits of the use of force by the state. But there is a disturbing sameness to the finales of many of its films, whether they focus on one superhero at a time or a whole assemblage of them, and whether the setting is a major American metropolis or a fictional, far-flung planet. Some of this is due to the same second unit directors working on multiple superhero movies and doing what they know time and time again. And some of it is due to a timidity, a sense that if superheroes (or even ordinary old Starfleet crews) are not rescuing an entire city from imminent destruction by alien invaders, crashing starships or even just brawling supervillains, they must not be so super. Ushering T’Challa (who will be played by Chad-
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After making a mint from a sentient tree and a trash-talking raccoon, Marvel has decided to greenlight ‘Black Panther’ and ‘Captain Marvel’ movies. But simply telling overdue stories about women and people of color does not guarantee a creative revolution. wick Boseman) and Carol Danvers into this pantheon raises, in its own small way, an important question about the purpose of diversity. Is the point of getting women and people of colour (not to mention LGBT people and people with disabilities) into positions traditionally occupied by white men to prove that women and people of colour can succeed in those positions on precisely the same terms? Or is it to change those roles and those institutions, to demonstrate that the way things have always done is not the only way they can be done? If Black Panther and Captain Marvel tell the same stories, with the same stakes expressed in the same way by the same second unit directors, that will be fine. Part of the point of fantasy is to throw off the preconceptions that shackle us, to imagine what the world would be like if women were not considered weaker and less effective than men, or where the use of force by black men was presumed to be legitimate rather than criminal. But, oh, would I love to see Marvel (and DC) make movies that not only accept a wide range of superheroes, but also show some imagination about what it
means to be super, and some more visual panache and variation in expressing it. We have had a period Captain America movie, so why not a period movie about Black Panther rejecting Western help to protect his kingdom of Wakanda from the Nazis, a subject handled nicely in animated form? (The answer, of course, is that Marvel is really running a giant television series, rather than a movie franchise, and wants audiences to feel that they have to see every installment or they will miss out on crucial elements of the story.) And if Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.) can learn that it is more virtuous to be self-sacrificing than to show off, it would be fascinating to watch Carol Danvers use her abilities to control heat and gravity to ends other than simply making things explode. What if superheroes could build things instead of just destroy them? By now, we are all thoroughly convinced that a man can fly. It is time for Marvel and all of its superheroes, men and women, black and white alike, to amaze us again.
’What about Netflix? What about Amazon? What about Hulu?’ But I honestly think this is the last season.” To bring the series back for this sixth season, cast members (including Craig T. Nelson, Peter Krause, Lauren Graham and Dax Shepard) agreed to reduce their appearances to save money. “We didn’t want to just end it,” she said. “It’s such a fun show. We’re all like a real family. We’re gonna miss each other. It’s not just a cast either, it’s the crew. It’s everybody. And we all have this sort of shorthand with each other.” Parenthood, which airs Thursdays (10 p.m. Eastern), follows the Bravermans, a large family living in the Berkley, California, area. Potter, 43, says she remembers clicking with the other actors and crew while filming the pilot.
“It was just like I fell in love with all these people right away, and it’s a great family. Craig T. Nelson,” she sighs, “I adore that man.” Potter said Nelson, who plays her father-in-law, reminds her of her father, who died in 2004.
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The drop in oil prices hasn’t caused the Petroleum Services Association of Canada to hit the panic button. But the national trade association — which represents the service, supply and manufacturing sectors of the upstream petroleum industry — is forecasting a decrease in the number of wells that will be drilled in Canada next year. PSAC president and CEO Mark Salkeld released his association’s projections for 2014 and 2015 during a presentation in Calgary on Wednesday. These include an anticipated 10,830 wells this year, up slightly from the 10,800 wells that PSAC initially forecast for 2014 a year ago; and 10,100 wells in 2015. Last year, 11,097 wells were drilled in Canada. Salkeld described the anticipated drop-off in 2015 as “a small slump in activity for the year despite the fairly rapid decline in the price per barrel.” “There is a lot at play out there, but commodity pricing and market access are two of the biggest drivers behind forecasted activity levels,” he said. “But we are optimistic that 2015 will bring some resolve and positive movement on both those fronts.” PSAC’s outlook for 2015 is based on a projected average price of US$85 a barrel for West Texas in-
termediate crude and C$3.80 per thousand cubic feet for natural gas (AECO). Its latest forecast for 2014 assumes an average oil price of US$95 a barrel for oil and C$4.45 for natural gas. As of Wednesday, the December prices for these energy commodities were listed at US$82.20 and C$3.43 respectively. PSAC expects much of the drilling slowdown to occur in Alberta, where it is forecasting 6,124 wells this year and 5,740 in 2015, down from 6,545 in 2013. In Saskatchewan, the count is expected to be 3,554 in 2014 and 3,365 in 2015, as compared with 3,384 last year. The numbers in British Columbia are expected to climb from 565 last year to 690 in 2014 and then back down to 555 next year; while in Manitoba PSAC anticipates a slide from 536 in 2013 to 449 this year and 430 in 2015. Elsewhere in the country, there were 33 wells drilled in 2013, with this figure expected to drop to 13 this year and 10 next year. Salkeld pointed out that year-over-year well-count comparisons have become less indicative of industry trends, due to vertical wells being replaced by much
longer horizontal plays. “Our 2015 forecast has the average metres per well doubling from 1,232 in 2005 to just over 2,400 meters,” he said. “So while we are drilling close to 60 per cent fewer wells than we had been a decade ago, we are drilling only 20 per cent fewer metres total.” PSAC expects the total metres drilled next year to hit 24,392,000, as compared with a projected 24,216,000 in 2014, and actual totals of 22,846,000 in 2013 and 22,134,000 in 2012. Salkeld said drilling activity is expected to be strong in the first quarter of 2015, before slowing with spring break-up and then improving over the final two quarters. He listed market access, the availability of capital, labour shortages and production levels elsewhere in North America as factors that could influence industry output. Salkeld also said the well balance will continue to favour oil over natural gas, with nearly 90 per cent of next year’s well completions expected to be oilrelated. PSAC represents close to 250 member companies, with these employing more than 70,000 people.
PED found at pig-handling facility
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BY ADVOCATE STAFF Alberta Pork is reporting a positive test for porcine epidemic diarrhea (PED). The producer association made the announcement in a release late Wednesday. It said the infected sample was found in office space at an undisclosed pig-handling facility in Alberta during routine testing by Alberta Pork and the Alberta government. A highly contagious viral disease that affects pigs, PED has decimated herds across the United States and infected animals in Ontario, Quebec, Manitoba and Prince Edward Island. First reported in Canada in January, it had not previously been detected in Alberta. No pigs in this province have tested positive for PED, and other samples taken from the facility that produced the positive finding all came back negative. Alberta Pork said it is working with Alberta Agriculture and Rural Development and the facility to investigate. It’s urging producer to ensure that trucks entering their farms are cleaned, disinfected and dried beforehand; and to take other precautions, like cleaning and disinfecting load-out areas and requiring clean boots and clothing for barn visitors. Young pigs that contract PED have a very high mortality rate, but experts say the disease is not transmissible to humans and does not pose a risk to food safety. Alberta Pork will hold a telephone town hall on Friday at 10:30 a.m. Producers and others in the industry can participate by calling 1-877-229-8493 and then entering the PIN 112339 when prompted.
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The new Fatburger restaurant on the west side of Gasoline Alley, just south of Ricky’s All Day Grill on Leva Avenue, is quickly taking shape. At approximately 2,500 square feet, it will have seating for around 75 and also offer drive-through service. The Red Deer Fatburger franchise will be operated by Ivy Siu, who operates Red Deer’s two Ricky’s restaurants.
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BRIEF Nova profits up in Q3 Nova Chemicals Corp. is reporting profits of $259 million for the third quarter of 2014. That’s more than double the $120 million the company earned during the same period in 2013. The Calgary-based company, which operates ethylene and polyethylene plants at Joffre, said the improved numbers were due to higher margins and lower finance costs. These were partially offset byhigher income tax expense, it added. For the nine months ended Sept. 30, Nova’s profits totalled $671 million. That compares with $506million for the first three quarters of 2013. Nova said in a release that its polyethylene sales during the third quarter were 14 per cent higher than the year before, and set a record.
U.S. Fed Reserve sees improved job market WASHINGTON — The Federal Reserve cited an improving economy Wednesday as it ended its landmark bond-buying program and pointed to gains in the job market — a key condition for an eventual interest rate hike. The Fed did reiterate its plan to maintain its benchmark short-term rate near zero “for a considerable time.” Most economists predict it won’t raise that rate, which affects many consumer and business loans, before mid-2015. But in a statement ending a policy meeting Wednesday, the Fed noted that the job market is strengthening. Its statement drops a previous reference to “significant” in referring to an “underutilization” of available workers. Instead, the Fed said the excess of would-be job holders is “gradually diminishing.” It also noted solid hiring gains and a lower unemployment rate, now 5.9 per cent. One of the Fed’s major goals is to achieve maximum employment, which it defines as an unemployment rate between 5.2 per cent and 5.5 per cent. That all suggested that the Fed is looking toward an eventual rate hike. Investors responded to confirmation that the Fed would end its bond buying program and perhaps move closer to a rate increase by positioning themselves for higher rates. The U.S. dollar rose against other currencies, bond yields ticked up, the price of gold fell and stock prices slipped.
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CALGARY — A new report released by environmental groups questions whether the proposed Energy East pipeline is necessary to supplant Eastern Canada’s oil imports from the foreign suppliers frequently mentioned by TransCanada Corp. (TSX:TRP), the company proposing the $12-billion project. In making the case for the massive cross-Canada project, TransCanada has said repeatedly that eastern Canadian refiners rely on imports for 86 per cent of their daily needs. It often lists Saudi Arabia, Nigeria, Venezuela and Algeria as the top suppliers to Quebec and the Atlantic provinces. But Environmental Defence and Greenpeace looked at Statistics Canada international trade data and come to a different conclusion in their report released Wednesday: Saudi Arabia, Algeria and Nigeria made up about 14 per cent of Eastern Canada’s crude imports for the first eight months of this year, while Venezuela doesn’t crack the list. TransCanada will file its regulatory application for Energy East to the National Energy Board on Thursday. The project would be among the largest in Canadian history, spanning six provinces and 4,600 kilometres. Crude would be shipped about two-thirds of the way through a repurposed natural gas pipeline that’s already in the ground, with new pipe being built through Quebec and New Brunswick. Between January and August of this year, the United States was the top supplier of crude to Quebec and New Brunswick — the destination points for Alberta crude that would flow through Energy East — making up about half of total imports in both cases. In recent years, fracking technology has helped unlock huge amounts of crude from shale deposits in North Dakota and Texas. In addition to supplies from the U.S., Quebec got about 11 per cent of its crude imports from Algeria and 2.6 per cent from Nigeria, according to Statistics Canada. Other countries on the list include Norway, Angola, Mexico, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan and the United Kingdom. New Brunswick, home to the country’s largest oil refinery, got about 22 per cent of its imported crude from Saudi Arabia, second most after the United States, with Egypt, Norway, Angola, Ivory Coast, Bra-
zil, Cameroon and the United Kingdom rounding out the list. Newfoundland, home to a refinery in Come by Chance that’s recently been sold, received the bulk of its crude from Iraq, but it’s not on Energy East’s route. A refinery in Dartmouth, N.S., closed last year. “There’s a lot of rhetoric flying around about nation building and job creation in the east and we just don’t see any evidence of it,” said Adam Scott, with Environmental Defence. “A lot of people are very concerned about making sure Canada gets value for its resources and we really want to make sure that nobody is misled by this marketing ploy of theirs. It’s very disingenuous.” All along, TransCanada has been clear that a big part of Energy East’s raison d’etre is to ship Alberta crude to lucrative global markets. Export terminals are planned for eastern Quebec and Saint John, N.B., that would enable tankers loaded with Canadian oil to travel to Europe, India and other destinations, securing a better price for producers. But the benefit to domestic customers has been a big selling point, too. TransCanada spokesman Shawn Howard dismissed the report by “professional activists,” saying more domestic crude will be refined within Canada once Energy East starts up, which will create jobs and make refineries more competitive. “The price of oil or exact percentage of imports are always snapshots in time, but the trends remain consistent. Today, an overwhelming majority of the oil refined in eastern Canada comes from outside Canada. In fact, as we’ve shown before, about 86 per cent of the oil refined in eastern Canada to make products and meet our domestic needs comes from outside of Canada,” he said in an emailed statement. “Energy East is designed to shift that and allow the movement of oil from western Canada so that eastern refineries can use a more stable, less costly supply of oil. Energy East is already underpinned by long-term, binding contracts and our customers know the project will provide greater security and diversity of supply to eastern refineries.” Howard acknowledges the increasing volumes of crude from the United States, but said it remains the case that most of the crude being imported into Canada is from OPEC members.
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Diversified and Industrials Agrium Inc. . . . . . . . . . . 106.91 ATCO Ltd.. . . . . . . . . . . . 48.66 BCE Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49.30 BlackBerry . . . . . . . . . . . 11.77 Bombardier . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.87 Brookfield . . . . . . . . . . . . 53.52 Cdn. National Railway . . 77.68 Cdn. Pacific Railway. . . 229.01 Cdn. Utilities . . . . . . . . . . 40.32 Capital Power Corp . . . . 25.61 Cervus Equipment Corp 18.26 Dow Chemical . . . . . . . . 47.38 Enbridge Inc. . . . . . . . . . 53.00 Finning Intl. Inc. . . . . . . . 28.90 Fortis Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . 36.52 General Motors Co. . . . . 30.72 Parkland Fuel Corp. . . . . 21.00 Sirius XM . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.15 SNC Lavalin Group. . . . . 47.55 Stantec Inc. . . . . . . . . . . 71.65 Telus Corp. . . . . . . . . . . . 40.38 Transalta Corp.. . . . . . . . 11.11 Transcanada. . . . . . . . . . 55.11 Consumer Canadian Tire . . . . . . . . 123.22 Gamehost . . . . . . . . . . . . 16.21 Leon’s Furniture . . . . . . . 14.71 Loblaw Ltd. . . . . . . . . . . . 57.59 MARKETS CLOSE TORONTO — The Toronto stock market closed lower Wednesday as the U.S. Federal Reserve did just what many traders expected — announced the end of its quantitative easing program, kept its key rate unchanged at close to zero and said it was in no hurry to hike rates. The S&P/TSX composite index fell 96.68 points to 14,527.57 with particular pressure coming from gold stocks as the impending end of QE send bullion prices sharply lower. The Canadian dollar lost ground as the greenback appreciated in the wake of the Fed announcement, down 0.16 of a cent to 89.36 cents US. U.S. indexes were also lower as the Dow Jones industrials dropped 31.44 points to 16,974.31, the Nasdaq declined 15.06 points to 4,549.23 and the S&P 500 index shed 2.75 points to 1,982.3. Some traders have viewed the completion of the QE stimulus with some trepidation since the program of massive bond purchases has kept long-term rates low and helped encourage the strong rally on stock markets over the past few years. But economic conditions have improved dramatically since the Fed first launched its initial QE program in the wake of the 2008 financial collapse and the U.S. central bank noted Wednesday that softness in the labour market is gradually diminishing. “There have been clear signs the U.S. economy is on a stronger footing today than it was, say, a year ago, and so accordingly the need for stimulus from the Fed is less today than it once was,” observed Colum McKinley, Canadian equities manager at CIBC Asset Management. Markets had looked for reassurance that the Federal Reserve would keep short-term rates low after QE ends and got it as the Fed kept words “considerable period” in its announcement.
Maple Leaf Foods. . . . . . 20.14 Rona Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . 13.36 Tim Hortons . . . . . . . . . . 89.83 Wal-Mart . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76.39 WestJet Airlines . . . . . . . 31.58 Mining Barrick Gold . . . . . . . . . . 14.34 Cameco Corp. . . . . . . . . 18.92 First Quantum Minerals . 18.37 Goldcorp Inc. . . . . . . . . . 24.04 Hudbay Minerals. . . . . . . . 8.65 Kinross Gold Corp. . . . . . . 2.97 Labrador. . . . . . . . . . . . . 19.02 Potash Corp.. . . . . . . . . . 37.56 Sherritt Intl. . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.86 Teck Resources . . . . . . . 18.16 Energy Arc Resources . . . . . . . . 27.00 Badger Daylighting Ltd. . 27.11 Baker Hughes. . . . . . . . . 52.67 Bonavista . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.67 Bonterra Energy . . . . . . . 51.13 Cdn. Nat. Res. . . . . . . . . 38.68 Cdn. Oil Sands Ltd. . . . . 17.36 Canyon Services Group. 10.92 Cenovous Energy Inc. . . 27.86 CWC Well Services . . . 0.7500 Encana Corp. . . . . . . . . . 20.60 Essential Energy. . . . . . . . 2.03 All TSX sectors were lower save for small gains in consumer discretionary and utilities stocks. The gold sector took the brunt of the damage, down over four per cent as December gold closed down $4.50 to US$1,224.90 an ounce. The pressure continued after the close with gold falling $18.40 to US$1,211. Barrick Gold (TSX:ABX), which posts earnings after the close, faded 76 cents to $14.34. The metals and mining sector was down 0.43 per cent as December copper closed higher for a fifth day, up a cent to at US$3.10 a pound. Teck Resources (TSX:TCK.B) reported adjusted earnings of 28 cents a share, three cents higher than estimates, helped in part by improved results from its zinc operations. Revenue was down nearly 11 per cent to $2.25 billion with results impacted by lower prices for its steelmaking coal and its shares were up 32 cents to $18.16. The energy sector fell 0.25 per cent while December crude ran up 78 cents to US$82.20 a barrel. Suncor Energy (TSX:SU) was 15 cents lower at C$38.85 ahead of earnings coming out Wednesday night. In the U.S., Facebook shares fell six per cent after finance chief David Wehner said that he expects the social network company to incur higher expenses than normal in the quarters to come in the wake of big investments in both engineering talent and acquisitions. Facebook had reported adjusted earnings and revenue that both beat expectations. FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS Highlights at the close of Wednesday at world financial market trading. Stocks: S&P/TSX Composite Index — 14,527.57, down 96.68 points Dow — 16,974.31, down 31.44 points
Loonie lower, Fed plans to end quantitative easing program at end of month TORONTO — The Canadian dollar closed lower Wednesday while the greenback appreciated after the U.S. Federal Reserve confirmed that it would be wrapping up its quantitative easing stimulus program at the end of the month. The loonie fell 0.16 of a cent to 89.36
Exxon Mobil . . . . . . . . . . 94.59 Halliburton Co. . . . . . . . . 54.42 High Arctic . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.03 Husky Energy . . . . . . . . . 27.16 Imperial Oil . . . . . . . . . . . 51.96 Pengrowth Energy . . . . . . 4.56 Penn West Energy . . . . . . 5.17 Pinecrest Energy Inc. . . . 0.035 Precision Drilling Corp . . . 9.57 Suncor Energy . . . . . . . . 38.85 Talisman Energy . . . . . . . . 7.08 Trican Ltd.. . . . . . . . . . . . 10.34 Trinidad Energy . . . . . . . . 7.14 Vermilion Energy . . . . . . 67.89 Financials Bank of Montreal . . . . . . 82.13 Bank of N.S. . . . . . . . . . . 68.09 CIBC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102.04 Cdn. Western . . . . . . . . . 37.41 Carfinco . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.10 Great West Life. . . . . . . . 31.31 IGM Financial . . . . . . . . . 44.45 Intact Financial Corp. . . . 75.01 Manulife Corp. . . . . . . . . 20.68 National Bank . . . . . . . . . 52.90 Rifco Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.63 Royal Bank . . . . . . . . . . . 79.13 Sun Life Fin. Inc.. . . . . . . 39.26 TD Bank . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54.37 S&P 500 — 1,982.30, down 2.75 points Nasdaq — 4,549.23, down 15.06 points Currencies at close: Cdn — 89.36 cents US, down 0.16 of a cent Pound — C$1.7913, down 1.15 cents Euro — C$1.4144, down 0.86 of a cent Euro — US$1.2639, down 0.99 of a cent Oil futures: US$82.20 per barrel, up 78 cents (December contract) Gold futures: US$1,224.90 per oz., down $4.50 (December contract) Canadian Fine Silver Handy and Harman: $19.981 oz., down five cents $642.39 kg., down $1.61 ICE FUTURES CANADA WINNIPEG — ICE Futures Canada closing prices: Canola: Nov. ’14 $10.70 higher $444.40; Jan ’15 $6.50 higher $431.50; March ’15 $6.80 higher $431.50; May ’15 $6.90 higher $433.60; July ’15 $7.20 higher $434.40; Nov ’15 $8.60 higher $432.30; Jan. ’16 $9.50 higher $438.70; March ’16 $9.50 lower $442.60; May ’16 $9.50 lower $442.60; July ’16 $9.50 lower $442.60; Nov. ’16 $9.50 lower $442.60. Barley (Western): Dec. ’14 unchanged $140.00; March ’15 unchanged $143.00; May ’15 unchanged $143.00; July ’15 unchanged $143.00; Oct. ’15 unchanged $143.00; Dec. ’15 unchanged $143.00; March ’16 unchanged $143.00; May ’16 unchanged $143.00; July ’16 unchanged $143.00; Oct. ’16 unchanged $143.00; Dec. ’16 unchanged $143.00. Wednesday’s estimated volume of trade: 685,660 tonnes of canola; 0 tonnes of barley (Western Barley) Total: 685,660.
cents as the Fed also kept its key rate unchanged at close to zero, and said it is in no hurry to hike rates. Some traders have viewed the end of this stimulus with some trepidation since the program of massive bond purchases kept long-term rates low and helped encourage the strong rally on stock markets over the past few years. But economic conditions have improved dramatically since the Fed first launched its initial QE program in the wake of the 2008 financial collapse.
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Sherritt to downsize Toronto HQ to cut costs BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — Sherritt International Inc. (TSX:S) is aiming to cut costs by $10 million a year by trimming its salaried workforce 10 per cent, a move that will affect about one-quarter of the Canadian mining company’s staff at head office in Toronto. The downsizing was disclosed in Sherritt’s third-quarter financial report, which included a net loss of $51.3 million from continuing operations, or 17 cents per share, in the three months ended Sept. 30. That compared with a break-even profit of $1.1 million a year earlier, before Sherritt sold its coal operations in Western Canada. Sherritt said it expects to recognize a $9-million, one-time expense related to the restructuring in the fourth quarter. The total number of people affected by the white-collar downsizing is a small fraction of Sherritt’s overall workforce, which is mainly outside of Canada at mining and oil and gas operations in Africa and Cuba. There will be 60 salaried staff cut worldwide, including 18 in Toronto according to an emailed statement. Sherritt also plans to sell its head office building at 1133 Yonge St., a mid-town portion of the city’s main street, but it hasn’t said whether operations will move or the property will be leased back from a new owner. “We have well defined 2014 priorities and are making clear advancements towards achieving them,” president and CEO David Pathe said in a statement Wednesday. Pathe said a top priority for Sherritt is a strengthened balance sheet and enhanced liquidity. Earlier in the month, the company undertook a number of transactions that will reduce its outstanding debt by $425 million and spread out debt over a longer period, with about $250 million due in each of 2018, 2020 and 2022. It also announced on Monday that it has initiated a share buyback program
allowing the repurchase of up to five per cent of common shares over the next 12 months. Sherritt stock set a new 52-week low of $2.58 on Tuesday before closing at $2.69. As of midday Wednesday, nearly 2.8 million shares had traded — nearly three times the daily average — with the shares at $2.89. According to a regulatory filing in March, the company had about 8,000 employees at its various operations around the world. Since then it has sold its coal business in Western Canada, which employed about 1,590, to Westmoreland Coal. It has also been building up production from its metals business, which employed 5,710 at the end of 2013. Operationally, Pathe said Sherritt did well during the third quarter and the noted that prices for nickel, a base metal used to make stainless steel and other manufactured items, were up from last year and held steady compared with the second quarter until they began to pull back in September. Prices for cobalt, also used in steel production, also rose in the third quarter. The company has a diverse resource operations in several countries, including the Ambatovy nickel and cobalt mine in Madagascar and the Moa nickel and cobalt mining and refining operation in Cuba. “Moa had an outstanding quarter following the completion of activities relating to its move into a new mining area in the first quarter. Ambatovy is making steady progress and is demonstrating improved mechanical reliability,” Pathe said in a statement. However, Sherritt also revised its 2014 production targets for nickel and cobalt for both mines while reducing on Moa to $55 million from $70 million. It’s keeping output from its oil and gas operations unchanged but increasing the 2014 capital spending plan to $94 million, from $73 million. Sherritt’s overall capital spending this year is now projected at $187 million, up from $181 million in the previous outlook.
BG Group pressing pause button on LNG project BY THE CANADIAN PRESS
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CALGARY — British energy firm BG Group is hitting the pause button on its proposed liquefied natural gas project near Prince Rupert, B.C., as it takes stock of shifting market conditions. “All we’re doing at this point in time is pausing on Prince Rupert. We’re not abandoning Prince Rupert,” interim executive chairman Andrew Gould told analysts Tuesday on a conference call to discuss BG’s third-quarter results. “We will continue to work on the project, but not at the same rhythm that perhaps we were working in 2014.” Estimated LNG volumes from the United States are looking to be higher than previously expected at 90 million tonnes a year, versus 60 million tonnes, Gould said. “So, as a result of this, coupled with weakness in gas pricing generally, there is a risk that the market will be very well supplied post 2020,” he said. “We’re pausing on Prince Rupert to
see how the market evolves, particularly in function of total supply that will come out of the U.S.” Rich Coleman, British Columbia’s natural gas development minister, said BG Group has always indicated it would take its time doing its homework before proceeding with the proposed LNG development. “The CEO says they still look at B.C. in a positive way,” Coleman said Wednesday. “I didn’t expect anything out of them until 2016, probably at the earliest. They are just being prudent and they are looking forward. At this stage I’m still pretty confident.” BG’s proposed project, if it goes ahead, would be developed in two phases, eventually reaching a production capacity of up to 21 million tonnes per year. On its website, it says it aims to make a final investment decision by “mid-decade.”
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Model 94 far from an uncommon gun It is strangely both comforting and disquieting finally to learn that one way of financing a drug habit, delusional dreams of terrorism, and shooting a soldier in the back in Ottawa is to work in Alberta’s oilpatch and save the big bucks by lodging at homeless shelters. But I hope all that information is more credible than the RCMP assertion that the firearm Michael Zehaf-Bibeau used to kill Cpl. Nathan Cirillo, a Winchester Model 94, is “an old, uncommon gun.� Old this particular specimen may be, but uncommon it is not. The Model 94 may be the most common firearm ever made; since 1894, more than BOB seven million have been manSCAMMELL ufactured and they are still being made today. Even little old ladies in tennis shoes are likely to have a mint, never-fired “historic� 94 still in its box, carelessly stored where they live. The “experts� are correct in saying the rifle is totally inadequate for an assault on Parliament Hill: it holds only eight rounds of low-power 30-30 ammunition, is slow to reload, one round at a time “up the tube,� and even in the hands of an expert at “fanning� lever actions, the rate of fire is very slow. The 94 is a deer rifle, and more have probably been killed with it in North America than with many other deer rifles and calibres put together. Of the hundreds of modern deer hunters I know, only one, my friend and colleague, Neil Waugh, outdoors columnist for the Edmonton Sun, regularly uses a Model 94 30-30 to take his annual white tail sausage-chili buck. So I just had to e-needle Neil about what the experts were saying about the deficiencies of his beloved and trusty firearm as an assault rifle. North America’s finest big game trophy, the one that will never be surpassed, Boone & Crockett’s No. 1 ranked non-typical mule deer was taken near Chip Lake in 1926 by Ed Broder. I dote on mule deer and on the story, not the least because Broder was hunting with Philip Mohr, a relative of mine. Suffice here that Broder killed the magnificent buck at 200 yards with one shot from his Winchester 32 Special, which was a Model 94 chambered for the .32 Special cartridge created by Winchester in 1901, and which
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never really caught on, despite being slightly more powerful than the usual 30-30 round. Coincidentally, in the early 1920s my father owned a Winchester 32 Special he had to use to survive, killing deer for winter food near Bull River, B.C., when the lumber mill shut down. That experience soured him on big game hunting, and he soon sold the rifle. Neil Waugh did not rise to my Model 94 “thutty thutty� bait, but did give a good account of himself and his Labrador, Penny, possibly the only wild pheasant hunters left in Alberta. I have been hearing and passing on glad tidings of good numbers of wild pheasants and sharp tail grouse but, unaccountably, since the season opened I have been told of fewer pheasant hunters out there than longtime observers can ever remember. Neil and Penny had a good two and a half days, until Penny wore out, on a favourite portion of the thousands of acres of Eastern Irrigation District grazing and wild lands that are open for recreational use. They got wild pheasants the good old hard way, saw sharp tails and one monstrous mule deer, but only three rigs of hunters, two of which were road hunting. Like anyone who knows the EID lands, Neil marvels: “It always amazes me that there are still places in Alberta like this or the Blackfoot Grazing Reserve where you can spend a whole day and not see a living soul except, maybe, for the odd Cenovus operator.� Best luck was hunting along the creek, or drain, that flows east into the Red Deer River. “The downside,� Neil says, “is shooting a bird that drops on the other side of the creek. Luck would have it my Bean boots held.� Been there, done that, stripped down once or twice, even took to wearing hip waders when hunting creeks and drains alone. Someday I’ll do a learned paper on why so many pheasant hunting dogs, including Labs, seem to have a problem with retrieving from the far side. I’m suspecting the low hunter numbers are because the province is no longer planting hatchery birds for shooters who have forgotten wild birds, and where and how to hunt them. There are even well-heeled hunters buying hatchery birds, planting them at former release sites, like Millicent, then summarily executing them before anyone else can. “Now that ERSD is out of the release business and has no discernible pheasant policy,� Neil Waugh asks, “where does the pheasant licence fee go and
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to keep any plant healthy is to imitate the climate where they are found in the wild. Cacti thrive in warm areas and go for long periods of time without water. When water arrives, it is often a swift downpour. This is duplicated by letting the soil dry out and then watering heavily. Always soak the soil, allowing the water to flow through the soil and out the bottom of the pot. Dump excess water out of the saucer, ensuring the roots do not sit in water. While specialized cacti potting soil is available, it is not necessary. Use any potting soil with good drainage. Special cacti fertilizer is also available but most plants will thrive if they are watered with a watersoluble 20- 20- 20 fertilizer that is at half strength. Transplant only when the pot is very crowded. The plant should only take up one-third of the room in the pot. With good growth, the plants will need repotted in approximately every two years. Clay or ceramic pots with drainage holes are recommended for larger plants as they tend to get top heavy and tip over. Occasionally, a mealy bug or an aphid will feed on a succulent but usually they are pest free. Looking for a house plant that requires very little care? Try a succulent or two. Linda Tomlinson is a horticulturalist who lives near Rocky Mountain House. She can be reached at your_garden@hotmail.com.
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HUGGINS Margaret 1930 - 2014 Margaret Evelyn Huggins (nee Selk) of Red Deer was called home to the Lord on Friday, October 24, 2014 at the age of 84 years. Margaret was born on September 3, 1930 at Woodley, Saskatchewan to Herman and Hulda Selk. Margaret spent her youth and childhood on the family farm in the Woodley area. In 1956, she married Frank Huggins and together they raised their family of one son (Jeff) and a daughter (Nicole). Margaret and Frank lived in a number of places across Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta while moving with Frank’s oilfield job. They moved to Red Deer in 1986 where they put down roots for good. Margaret was active in the community and volunteered for a variety of church and charity organizations. Both her and Frank were members of the Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd in Red Deer. Margaret kept busy by participating in the Oilwives Club, doing various crafts (knitting, crocheting, sewing, paper tole) and loved baking. During these years, they took many vacations together and with friends and family. Margaret will be remembered by Frank, her loving husband of fifty-eight years, two children; Jeff Huggins (Karen) of Carbon, Alberta, Nicole HugginsRawlins (Sean) of Red Deer, three grandchildren; Adam, Jeff and Michael. Margaret is also survived by sisters-inlaw, Agnes Selk, Ethel Selk, Leona Selk, and Irene Selk, as well as numerous nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by her parents, Herman and Hulda and her five brothers; Ben, John, Arthur, Louis and Albert. A Celebration of Margaret’s Life will be held at Parkland Funeral Home and Crematorium, 6287 - 67 A Street (Taylor Drive), Red Deer, Alberta on Saturday, November 8, 2014 at 11:00 a.m. with The Reverend Glenn Fretz officiating. A private family interment will be held at the Estevan City Cemetery, Estevan, Saskatchewan at a later date. If desired, memorial donations in Margaret’s honor may be made directly to the Alzheimer’s Society of Alberta at www.alzheimer.ab.ca. Condolences may be sent or viewed at www.parklandfuneralhome.com
OSCROFT Robert Keith Fire Chief, Retired May 16, 1941 - Oct. 23, 2014 Robert Oscroft passed away at the Red Deer Regional Hospital on Thursday, October 23, 2014 with his wife Kathy, daughter Jennifer, and caregivers; Amanda, Chelsi, Nejat, Carrie, Jackie, Neda, and Gus, by his side. Robert was active in the Fire Service in both Alberta and the Northwest Territories for over 50 years. He became a volunteer firefighter with the County of Strathcona at the age of 15, was hired as the first full time firefighter in 1965, and became Deputy Chief in 1966. He was hired as Fire Chief for the City of Yellowknife in 1970. He relocated to Red Deer and was Fire Chief for the city from 1979 until his retirement in 1997. In 2000, Robert went to work with the County of Red Deer to assist with special projects until 2003 and then continued as a volunteer until 2010. A Memorial Service will be held at the Harvest Centre, Westerner Park, 4847A - 19 Street, Red Deer, AB, on Saturday, November 1, 2014 at 1:00 p.m. In lieu of flowers please consider a gift to the Alberta Cancer Foundation, directed to Esophageal Cancer/clinical trial research, 710-10123 99 Street NW, Edmonton, AB, T5J 3H1. 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
THOMPSON (nee Wright) Dora June Sept. 2, 1932 - Oct. 26, 2014 Dora passed away peacefully at the Innisfail Care Centre with her family at her side at the age of 82. Dora was born in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan. At a very young age she moved to Vancouver and lived there until 1960 when she and her family moved to Red Deer, then to Calgary and finally settling in Innisfail. Dora’s day always brightened when she had her family around her. She was an avid softball player, loved to fish, crochet, do crafts and play bingo. She was predeceased by her parents, brother and a daughter, Nancy. She will be remembered by her loving husband of 65 years, Harvey Thompson; five children, Wendy Hehn (Bill) of Red Deer, Victoria Webster (Don) of Calgary, Larry Thompson of Medicine Hat, Robert Thompson (Janet) of Calgary and Stewart Thompson (Tina) of Canmore. She will also be missed by seven grandchildren and eight great grandchildren. A Memorial Service for Dora will be held at Peace Lutheran Church, 4027 - 48 Avenue, Innisfail, AB on Saturday, November 1, 2014 at 1:00 pm. Messages of condolence may be left for the family at www.myalternatives.ca.
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WE are seeking a F/T accounting professional to be responsible for our entire bookkeeping process and office admin. Exp. in Simply Accounting a must w/minimum 2 yrs. exp. Email resume to: danacg@shaw.ca
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BOULEVARD Restaurant & Lounge Gasoline Alley, 37471 Hwy 2S,
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MEDICAL office assistant, Red Deer, P/T, 16-20 hrs. per week. Essentials: Kitchen Helper ~ $11.00/hr. Experienced and To clean kitchen following ability to work independently with billing safety & hygiene standards. Clean utensils, cutlery, Software (Alberta Province) crockery & glassware items, Please forward your floors, assist in prep. resume to All positions are permanent medicaloffice220@ Full-time/Part-time, gmail.com shift work & weekends. Tired of Standing? Education: Above Secondary Find something to sit on Work Experience not essential, training provided. in Classifieds Fax resume to 780-702-5051
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Celebrate Your Marriage LEE Gail (nee Farmer) 1961 - 2014 Gail Patricia Lee (nee Farmer) of Red Deer, Alberta passed away on Friday, October 17, 2014 at the age of 53 years. A Celebration of Gail’s Life will be held at Parkland Funeral Home and Crematorium, 6287 - 67 A Street (Taylor Drive), Red Deer, Alberta on Saturday, November 1, 2014 at 2:00 p.m. Condolences may be sent or viewed at www.parklandfuneralhome.com. Arrangements in care of Rhian Solecki, Funeral Director at PARKLAND FUNERAL HOME AND CREMATORIUM, 6287 - 67 A Street (Taylor Drive), Red Deer. 403.340.4040.
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GUDERJAN Melvin 1936 - 2014 Mr. Melvin Dennis ‘Mel’ Guderjan of Red Deer, Alberta, formerly of Ferintosh, Alberta, passed away peacefully at home on Tuesday, October 28, 2014 at the age of 77 years. Mel will be deeply missed by his loving wife, Beth, daughter, Janice (Darryl) Gruntman of Sherwood Park, Alberta and his son, Rick (Angie) of Ardrossan, Alberta, his grandchildren, Daniel, Tara (Joe), Nicole, Darcy (Leah), Amanda (Chris) and Dustin (Ayla) and his beloved great grandchildren, Nicholas, Brianna, Emily, Katie, Zoë and Bethaline. He will also be sadly missed by his sister, Hertha and brother, Walter, both of British Columbia, his in-laws, Evelyn Prince, Wayne Olstad and Faye Miller, as well as numerous nieces and nephews. Mel will also be greatly missed by his dear friends, Frank, Bill, Randy and all his coffee buddies at A & W. A Memorial Service will be held at Parkland Funeral Home and Crematorium, 6287 - 67 A Street (Taylor Drive), Red Deer, Alberta on Monday, November 3, 2014 at 1:00 p.m. If desired, Memorial Donations in Mel’s honor may be made directly to the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Alberta and N.W.T. at www.heartandstroke.ab.ca. Condolences may be sent or viewed at www.parklandfuneralhome.com. Arrangements in care of Rhian Solecki, Funeral Director at PARKLAND FUNERAL HOME AND CREMATORIUM, 6287 - 67 A Street (Taylor Drive), Red Deer. 403.340.4040.
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THE RUSTY PELICAN is now accepting resumes for an EXPERIENCED BARTENDER. MUST HAVE REFERENCES. Able to work evening shift. Apply within: 2079-50 Ave. 2-4 pm. Mon.-Fri. Fax 403-347-1161 Phone calls WILL NOT be accepted.
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THE RUSTY PELICAN is now accepting resumes for experienced F/T SERVERS Must have Ref’s & Pro-Serve. Apply within: 2079-50 THE RUSTY PELICAN is Ave. 2-4 pm. Mon.-Fri. Fax 403-347-1161 Phone now accepting resumes for F/T Exp’d calls WILL NOT be accepted. LINE COOKS at all stations. MUST HAVE: • 2-3 yrs. post secondary education. • 2-3 yrs. on-the-job exp. • Provide references The hourly rate will be The Tap House Pub & Grill $13.25 - $15. per hour req’s full and part time dependant on experience. COOKS AND Mail to: 2079 50 AVE. DISHWASHERS. Red Deer, AB T4R 1Z4 Apply with resume at or Call 403-347-1414 1927 Gaetz Avenue or Fax to: 403-347-1161 between 2-5 pm. Start your career! See Help Wanted
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The Classified Department has a one year Maternity leave position available. This is a part time position averaging 3 days / 22.5 hours per week. Monday, Thursday & Friday 9 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. The person selected will also occasionally be required to work full time for staff holiday relief. This is a Sales Position, responsible for the sale of classified advertising in the Red Deer Advocate and associated community papers, both over the phone and at the front counter. You will provide assistance to customers’ inquiries; as well as close of day balancing procedures, sale of newspapers general customer service duties; as well as any additional tasks assigned. This position requires computer skills, knowledge of Word and Excel programs and excellent command of the English language with above average spelling. The ability to multi-task, work well on a team and be selfmotivated is essential. We are looking for someone to join our team in November 2014 for paid training until the maternity leave commencing early December (possibly earlier). If interested, please send your resume by November 7, 2014 to:
SIDING INSTALLER with or without trailer & tools. F.T. year round work, must have truck and 2 yrs. exp. $1 -$1.10 per sq.ft. 403-358-8580 STAIR MANUFACTURER Req’s F/T workers to build stairs in Red Deer shop. MUST HAVE basic carpentry skills. Salary based on skill level. Benefits avail. Apply in person at 100, 7491 Edgar Industrial Bend. email: earl707@telus.net. and/or fax 403-347-7913
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Owner Operators & Contract Drivers in AB. Home the odd night. Weekends off. Late model tractor pref. 403-586-4558 CLASS 1 or 3 drivers req’d for moving equipment. Resumes to be dropped off at Key Towing. 4083-78 St. Cres. Red Deer. F/T TRUCK drivers req’d. Minimum Class 5 with air and clean abstract. Exp. preferred. In person to Key Towing 4083-78 St. Cres. Red Deer.
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Class 1 Operators to join our team of drivers hauling clean fluids for the Oil & Gas Industry. Home most evenings, scheduled days off, company benefits with exceptional pay structure that includes guarantied salary + hourly when hauling. Must be able to work on their own with minimal supervision. Fax resume w/all tickets and current drivers abstract to: 403-346-3112 or email to: roger@fluidexperts.com
BUSY Central Alberta Grain Trucking Company looking for Class 1 Drivers and/or Lease Operators. We offer lots of home time, benefits and a bonus program. Grain and super B exp. an asset but not necessary. If you have a clean commercial drivers abstract and would like to start making good money. fax or email resume and comm.abstract to 403-337-3758 or dtl@telus.net CLASS 3 DRIVERS w/airbrake endorsement needed immed. for waste & recycling automated & roll off trucks. Email resume with a min. of 2 references to: canpak@xplornet.ca DRIVERS for furniture moving company, class 5 required (5 tons), local & long distance. Competitive wages. Apply in person. 6630 71 St. Bay 7 Red Deer. 403-347-8841
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Greenhouse Laborers required for our greenhouse operation located near Blackfalds, Alberta. Responsibilities LARGE fireplace store include transplanting, expanding in Western watering, handling and Canada. Seeking caring for plant material experienced personnel for and preparation of orders. admin, data entry, schedulThis position is labor ing etc. No phone calls intensive and entails please. Send full resume working in a cold/hot jim@thefireplaceexperience environment. Laborers are .com required to work a minimum 40 hours per NEEDED F/T Service Person week and must be General Carpenter/handyavailable to work different man type for service and shifts, 7 days a week. set up of manufactured Positions are available and modular home. Exp. in starting Early February and trim, roofing, siding, floorlast till late June. No ing, paint etc. Competitive previous work experience wages and health plan or qualifications are avail. Apply to James at M required. Starting wage is & K Homes, 403-346-6116 $10.20/hr. Please email resume to SHRUMS MEATS kevin@cagreenhouses.ca HIRING EXP’D. or fax resume to BUTCHER, $20-$30/hr. 403-885-4147(Attn. Phone 1-403-742-1427 Human Resources). or fax 403-742-1429 Resumes may also be mailed to Box 100, SOURCE ADULT VIDEO Blackfalds, AB. T0M 0J0 requires mature P/T help Sat. & Sun. 7 a.m. - 3 p.m. Fax resume to: 403-346-9099 or drop off to: 3301-Gaetz Avenue
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DISPATCHER REQ’D. Knowledge of Red Deer and area is essential. Verbal and written communication skills are req’d. Send resume by fax to 403-346-0295
GREEN CLEAN RED DEER Ltd. is looking for cleaners for our RESIDENTIAL division! Hours of work are Mon-Fri, 9am-4pm. Applicants can expect to work approx.30 hrs/week and be paid above industry average. Applicants must have a reliable vehicle, a clean criminal record check, be highly motivated and reliable! Apply by emailing your resume to thenry@ greencleanreddeer.com.
Full-Time Supervisor at our Sobeys Liquor Village Mall location As the ideal candidate,you feel comfortable dealing directly with customers and will provide effective leadership to staff. Requirements: Previous retail supervisory experience. Proficient in Microsoft Office and knowledge of computer systems. Proserve Certification is an asset. Must be available days, weekends and evenings up to Midnight. Please submit resume to swcbjobs@sobeys.com
Advocate Opportunities NEWSPAPER CARRIERS NEEDED For Afternoon Delivery Wednesday, Thursday & Friday
Advocate Opportunities
BOWER AREA Bunn Cres. Baile Close Boyce Street Byer Close Barrett Drive Bell Street Baker Ave. Broughton Cres. Brookes Cres. Beatty Cres.
CARRIERS REQUIRED To deliver the
CENTRAL AB LIFE & LACOMBE EXPRESS
For more information or to apply, please call Ashley at the Red Deer Advocate 403-314-4316
1 day a week in: LACOMBE BLACKFALDS
465699J30
Please call Rick for details 403-314-4303
Oilfield
NEWSPAPER CARRIERS NEEDED For Afternoon Delivery 3 Days/Week (Wed., Thurs. & Fri.)
GLENDALE Grimson & Goodall Ave. Gehrke Cl. & 71 St. 69 & 70 St. Dr.
CARRIERS REQUIRED To deliver the CENTRAL AB LIFE 1 day a week in:
800
KENTWOOD Kennings Cres. & Kirby St.
Eckville Bowden Olds Sylvan Lake
For more information or to apply call Joanne at the Red Deer Advocate 403-314-4308
Please call Debbie for details 403-314-4307
TRICAN is a global well service company with operations in Canada, USA, Russia, Kazakhstan, Algeria, Australia, Colombia, Saudi Arabia, and Norway. If you are an energetic, motivated team player with excellent attention to detail and strong communication skills, we invite you to apply for the following position:
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Parts Person
1000-1430
RESPONSIBILITIES:
Maintain parts inventory for oil¿eld heavy equipment, trucks, and various other vehicles Ship, Receive, Stock and order parts as required by maintenance and operations Manage and process inventory transactions and purchases for the base Process paperwork in a timely manner Issue purchase order numbers for purchased stock Provide seamless and friendly support to our ¿eld operations
To Advertise Your Business or Service Here
Call Classifieds 403-309-3300 classifieds@reddeeradvocate.com
EXPERIENCE & SKILLS:
Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal Strong Computer skills are an asset Journeyman Parts Certi¿cate an asset Valid Class 5 license is required Experience in the ¿eld is an asset Inventory/procurement management systems experience is an asset Warehousing experience also an asset Experience using a Forklift is an asset
Accounting
INDIVIDUAL & BUSINESS Accounting, 30 yrs. of exp. with oilfield service companies, other small businesses and individuals RW Smith, 346-9351
What Makes Us Attractive:
Contractors
Values-driven organization Full coverage benefits program, Health Spending Account Global technical leader within our industry Focus on safety, training and development Career advancement opportunities RRSP matching program
DALE’S Home Reno’s Free estimates for all your reno needs. 403-506-4301
Please forward your cover letter, resume and a copy of a current driver’s abstract (in confidence) Trican Well Service Ltd. Fax: (403) 314-3332 We thank all applicants, however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted
464978J31
Monday to Friday, hours 8am-5pm Heavy lifting is required; must be physically ¿t Willing to live near base of employment Pre-employment medical testing is required
1100
BRIDGER CONST. LTD. We do it all! 403-302-8550
WORKING CONDITIONS:
1010
DOORS, windows, siding, soffit, fascia and custom cladding. Call Dean @ 403-302-9210. INSTALL your operators & doors. Repairs. 391-4144 JEHN’S PAINTING & GENERAL CONTRACTING Painting, Plumbing & General Home Reno’s. Lowest quotes in Red Deer. 403-396-1371
Eavestroughing
1130
ROBUST EAVESTROUGH CLEANING SERVICES 403-506-4822
Eavestroughing
1130
VELOX EAVESTROUGH Cleaning & Repairs. Reasonable rates. 340-9368 Central Alberta’s Largest Car Lot in Classifieds
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 Something for Everyone Everyday in Classifieds
Massage Therapy
1280
FANTASY MASSAGE
International ladies
Now Open
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
Seniors’ Services
HELPING HANDS Home Supports for Seniors. Est 1999. Cooking, cleaning, companionship. At home or facility. Call 403-346-7777 for information.
Snow Removal
GARAGE DOOR SERVICE. Save 50%. 403-358-1614 We do dump runs/odd jobs 4035502502/4038855333
Painters/ Decorators
1310
JG PAINTING, 25 yrs. exp. Free Est. 403-872-8888
1370
Specials. 11 a.m.-3 a.m. Private back entry. 403-341-4445
Roofing
MASSAGE ABOVE ALL WALK-INS WELCOME 4709 Gaetz Ave. 346-1161
PRECISE ROOFING LTD. 15 Yrs. Exp., Ref’s Avail. 403-896-4869
1380
SNOWPLOWING Comm/Res. Contracts welcome. 403-358-1614
5* JUNK REMOVAL Property clean up 340-8666
1372
Window Cleaning
1420
ROBUST WINDOW CLEANING SERVICES 403-506-4822
Yard Care
1430
FALL clean-up, Yard care, Junk/tree/snow removal, comm/res. 403-358-1614
S2N EAVES/FALL CLEAN-UP 403-302-7778
RED DEER ADVOCATE Thursday, Oct. 30, 2014 D3
900
Employment Training
1660
1840
Dogs
LOGS
SAFETY
Semi loads of pine, spruce, tamarack, poplar. Price depends on location. Lil Mule Logging 403-318-4346
TRAINING CENTRE OILFIELD TICKETS
Industries #1 Choice!
“Low Cost” Quality Training
403.341.4544
24 Hours Toll Free 1.888.533.4544
(across from Totem) (across from Rona North)
Now Offering Hotter, Cleaner BC Birch. All Types. P.U. / Delivery. Lyle 403-783-2275
Household Appliances 278950A5
R H2S Alive (ENFORM) R First Aid/CPR R Confined Space R WHMIS & TDG R Ground Disturbance R (ENFORM) D&C B.O.P. R D&C (LEL) #204, 7819 - 50 Ave.
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CLASSIFICATIONS 1500-1990
1530
1710
ROPER stove, white, lift top clean, self clean oven $100 403-318-5420 or 403-746-5123 STOVE, Kenmore, electric, white, 6 yrs. old. $145. 403-347-5316
Household Furnishings
stuff
Auctions
Firewood
1720
46” SINGLE BED w/side rails, headboard, footboard, FREE, mattress and box spring $100 403-347-3849 BED, dble., mattress, box spring & frame. $80.; 403-346-0674, 392-5657
HIGH QUALITY LABRADOODLES and GOLDEN DOODLE pups Long time Breeder, text 306-521-1371 www.furtettishfarm.ca
1860
Sporting Goods
270 WEATHERBY magnum Mark V Lazer Mark; 300 Weatherby magnum Lazer Mark, both new in box, $2000/ea. obo 403-506-4978
Travel Packages
1900
TRAVEL ALBERTA Alberta offers SOMETHING for everyone. Make your travel plans now.
4 Plexes/ 6 Plexes
3050
INNISFAIL, 1 yr. old 3 plex 1250 sq. ft., Àn. bsmt., 3 bdrm. + den, att. garage, many upgraded features, gas Àreplace, granite island top, fenced yard, backs on to green, located by Dodds Lake. $1750/mo. For immed. move in. Call Daryl @ 403-350-7937 Celebrate your life with a Classified ANNOUNCEMENT
Suites
3060
1 BDRM apt. above Wies Western Wear. Quiet single person preferred. no pets, $850 rent/dd. Avail. Immed. 403-347-3149 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
2140
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rentals
1760
1630
Heavy
TRAILERS for sale or rent Job site, ofÀce, well site or storage. Skidded or wheeled. Call 347-7721.
Firewood
1660
AFFORDABLE
Homestead Firewood
CLASSIFICATIONS 4000-4190
Realtors & Services
3020
HERE TO HELP & HERE TO SERVE
Call GORD ING at RE/MAX real estate central alberta 403-341-9995 gord.ing@remax.net
Something for Everyone Everyday in Classifieds
Cats
1830
Spruce & Pine -Split. Firepits avail. 7 days/wk. 403-304-6472
2 BALINESE KITTENS 2 SNOWSHOE SIAMESE $50/ea. 403-887-3649
FIREWOOD, birch, spruce & pine. North of Costco 403-346-7178, 392-7754
3 KITTENS black/white to give away, very tame 403-782-3031
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. HIGHLAND GREEN KENTWOOD AREA For More Information, please call Joanne 403-314-4308 CARRIERS NEEDED
FOR FLYERS, FRIDAY FORWARD & EXPRESS
3 days per week, no weekends ROUTES IN:
SYLVAN: “PRIVATE” 1 bdrm. unit. $550/mo. incld’s cable & utils. 403-880-0210
Condos/ Townhouses
3030
SEIBEL PROPERTY
www.seibelprperty.com Ph: 403-304-7576 or 403-347-7545 6 locations in Red Deer ~ Halman Heights ~ Riverfront Estates
~ Westpark
~ Kitson Close ~ Kyte & Kelloway Cres. ~ Holmes St. S.D. $1000 Rent $1245 to $1445 3 bdrm. townhouses, 1.5 bath, 4 & 5 appls., blinds, lrg. balconies, no dogs. N/S, no utils. incl. avail. Oct. 15 & Nov. 1 References required. You can sell your guitar for a song... or put it in CLASSIFIEDS and we’ll sell it for you! SOUTHWOOD PARK 3110-47TH Avenue, 2 & 3 bdrm. townhouses, generously sized, 1 1/2 baths, fenced yards, full bsmts. 403-347-7473, Sorry no pets. www.greatapartments.ca
Manufactured Homes
3040
Country Mobile Home, near Bentley. $900/mo. + d.d., Call 403-748-2678.
PARK Model for rent for full season or for sale at Sun Vista RV Resort, Arizona. 403-346-7178 or 392-7754
Rooms For Rent
3090
2 INDIVIDUAL bsmt bdms for working Male tenants. In house in downtown. Each bdrm is $600/mo. Avail. Nov. 1. Shared utils, bath & kitchen area. 1 parking space ea. N/S or illegal drugs in house. Ken, 403-318-5552 AVAIL IMMED: 1 lrg fully furn bdrm for rent - Incl. gas Àreplace. Working or Student Male only. $300 dd $600/mo. Call 403-396-2468 Classifieds Your place to SELL Your place to BUY
CUSTOM BUILT
NEW HOMES Mason Martin Homes Senior New Home Planner Kyle, 403-588-2550 FREE Weekly list of properties for sale w/details, prices, address, owner’s phone #, etc. 342-7355 Help-U-Sell of Red Deer www.homesreddeer.com
MUST SELL
New Home. 1325 sq.ft. bi-level, 24x23 att. garage. 403-588-2550
Condos/ Townhouses
3100
FULLY furnished restaurant for lease in Lacombe, 4000 sq. ft, seating capacity 100 people approx. 403-782-2424 or email lacombemotorinn@ hotmail.com
Warehouse Space
3140
SHOP/OFFICE, 1500 sq. ft. $1000 Phil 403-350-0479 Looking for a place to live? Take a tour through the CLASSIFIEDS
Advocate Opportunities
INGLEWOOD AREA Isherwood Close Inglewood Drive Isbister Close MORRISROE AREA Manning St./Maxwell Ave. McKinnon Cres/Munro Cres. McCullough Cres. McDougall Cres. SUNNYBROOK AREA Savoy Cres./Sydney Close Sunnyside Cres./Sutton Close LANCASTER AREA Long Close VANIER AREA Vanier Drive Vanson Close Viscount Drive Vold Close Call Prodie @ 403- 314-4301 for more info **********************
TO ORDER HOME DELIVERY OF THE ADVOCATE CALL OUR CIRCULATION DEPARTMENT 403-314-4300
SUNNYBROOK & 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 ADULT or YOUTH CARRIERS NEEDED For delivery of Flyers, Express and Friday Forward ONLY 3 DAYS A WEEK in CLEARVIEW AREA Clearview Ridge Area $172/mo. MOUNTVIEW 44 and 44 A Ave between 37 st. & Springbett Dr, and Spruce Dr. $108/mo. WOODLEA AREA
4040
NEW CONDO
1000 sq.ft. 2 bdrm., 2 bath. $194,900. 403-588-2550
4070
Farms/ Land
FARMLAND Ponoka County
455.86 Titled Acres 3 parcels adjoining Surface leases $ 37,635 Price $4,500 /Acre 12 miles East #53 c_mcleod@telus.net
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wheels CLASSIFICATIONS 5000-5300
5030
Cars
2009 HONDA Fit hatchback, 4 cyl, 5 spd, pw, pdl, air, silver, 103,000 kms, $7400 403-341-0603 2002 BUICK LeSabre Custom, 236,000 kms., $1650. obo. 403-347-1565 2001 Chev Malibu 4 dr. 134,000 kms. 1999 Pontiac SunÀre 4 dr. auto, v. clean 403-352-6995
5040
SUV's Motels/ Hotels
ANDERS AREA Abbot Close/Allan St. Alexander Cres. Atlee Close/Ansett Cres Anquetel St./Ainge Close Andrews Close Alhstrom Close Anders St./Armstrong Close Asheley Ave/Ashley Close Archibald Cres.
4020
Houses For Sale
3070
SAFETY BATH TUB HANDLE. Asking $30. Call or text 403-391-3335
4010
NORMANDEAU 2 Bdrm. 4-plex. 1.5 bath, 4 appls. $1095. No pets, N/S Quiet adults. 403-350-1717
Double Estate Auction HARD TO FIND 2 BDRM. lrg. suite adult Sunday November 2 2 MAN TABLE! bldg, free laundry, very 11 am * Viewing 9 am Small 2 person kitchen clean, quiet, Avail Nov. 1. Location: Ridgewood table. White top & metal $1050/mo., S.D. $650. Community Hall AGRICULTURAL legs, 2 matching chairs. 403-304-5337 Partial List Only Asking $100. CLASSIFICATIONS 2004 Ford F150 – 2006 Call or text 403-391-3335 2 bedroom apartments in Chrysler 300 – 2003 Ford 2000-2290 NEW building with GREAT HEADBOARD, for queen Ranger – 1997 Ford 1 Ton location. All appliances (in bed, 60” wide, $40; (3) Cube Van – Mercury 50 hp suite laundry), underclean wool accent Boat Motor – Power ground parking, elevator. matching 3x5 oval carpets, Horses Wheelchair (Like New) – Rent $1475-$1525. Free $40. for all 3; David Winter Pram – Antiques internet offer available. Collector’s houses in – Collectables – Furniture Close to downtown and WANTED: all types of original boxes, $25. ea. – Tools – hospital. No pets, no horses. Processing locally 403-352-8811 Misc and much more smoking. Contact in Lacombe weekly. Complete list and WoodWalkerVentures@ WANTED 403-651-5912 Directions visit www. gmail.com or 403-350-0989. Antiques, furniture and cherryhillauction.com estates. 342-2514 Terms of Sale: Cash, GLENDALE reno’d 2 bdrm. Cheque, C/C, Everything apartments, avail. immed, CELEBRATIONS must be paid for & rent $875 403-596-6000 HAPPEN EVERY DAY removed on sale day (NO IN CLASSIFIEDS LARGE, 1 & 2 BDRM. EXCEPTIONS), 15% SUITES. 25+, adults only buyer’s premium. n/s, no pets 403-346-7111 Sale subject to Additions, Misc. for CLASSIFICATIONS Deletions, Errors and NEWLY RENOVATED Omissions. Sale FOR RENT • 3000-3200 bachelor, 1, & 2 bedroom Cherry Hill Auction & WANTED • 3250-3390 suites available in central Appraisals GARMENT single trolley location. Heat & water Phone 403-342-2514 or rack, 36” wide extends upincluded. Cat friendly. 403-347-8988 ward 60” on casters with Houses/ leasing@rentmidwest.com shoe rack at bottom $10, 1(888) 679-8031 3/8” thick plywood strips 2” Duplexes CELEBRATIONS wide various lengths from Clothing 3 BDRM. house with full 14” to 8’, have about 20 all HAPPEN EVERY DAY bsmt., det. garage in N. for $10, 6 totes, med- to IN CLASSIFIEDS JACKET, leather, size 40 med. large with lids $6/ea. Red Deer. Close to school. No pets, n/s only apply. 403-314-2026 Tall, $20. 403-347-5316 SUNNYBROOK 403-346-4307, 896-2194 2 bdrm. Water & heat MANURA Trainer, Indoor VINTAGE MINK COAT incld, clean and quiet, SYLVAN LAKE (Brown) Size 18. Absolutely stationery bike stand, regreat location, no pets. 4 fully furnished rentals, excellent condition. $150. sistance for your outside 403-346-6686 Call or text 403-391-3335 bicycle. Made in Japan. including dishes, bedding, Exc. cond. $85; Ammo utilities. Available magazine clip for British Nov. 1, 2014 - June 15, 2015 Cottage/ Lee EnÀeld 303, $35. Price range $1200 to $1500 Equipment403-352-8811 per month. 403-880-0210. Seasonal
1590
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homes
2010 Toyota Rav4 51,000 kms. $16,000 obo. 358-1614
5090
Campers
2008 EAGLE Cap Camper 855 Very Clean Unit. Fits Long/Short Box Trucks Call Rob 403-396-1380
Motorhomes
5100
2006 FOREST RIVER Georgetown, 375XL, Triple Slide. Must Go. Call Rob 403-396-1380 2006 COACHMEN Aurora 3480DS Low Low Mileage, Ford Chassis,Offers! Call Rob 403-396-1380 2005 GULF Stream Super C Duramax Diesel 6340 EH, Great Unit $59,000. Call Rob 403-396-1380 2004 NEWMAR Mountain Aire 37’- Very Clean. MUST SELL Call Rob 403-396-1380
5110
Fifth Wheels
2003 CORSAIR Excella 26RKS 5th Wheel Canadian Built Great Unit Call Rob 403-396-1380
5140
Utility Trailers
NEW aluminum tandem tub trailer $1800 403-721-2050
Tires, Parts Acces.
5180
4 RIMS for Honda $8/ea. 3 tires, Goodyear, M+S P185/65 R14 $20/ea. 403-347-5648 FLOOR MATS for HHR, Weather Tech, $125. 403-442-3815
Auto Wreckers
5190
RED’S AUTO. Free Scrap Vehicle & Metal Removal. AMVIC APPROVED. We travel. May pay cash for vehicle. 403-396-7519
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Hundreds feared buried as mudslide in Sri Lanka tea plantation BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS KOSLANDA, Sri Lanka — A mudslide triggered by monsoon rains buried scores of workers’ houses at a tea plantation in central Sri Lanka on Wednesday, raising fears that hundreds may have been killed. In the chaos that followed, there was confusion about the number of dead and missing because government officials reported different figures and later reduced the number of missing by 100 without explanation. The mudslide struck at about 7:30 a.m. and wiped out 120 workers’ homes at the Koslanda tea plantation, said Lal Sarath Kumara, an official from the Disaster Management Center. The plantation is in the town of Koslanda in Badulla district about 140 miles (220 kilometres) east of Colombo. He said at least 10 people were killed and more than 250 reported missing. Later Disaster Management Minister Mahinda Amaraweera was quoted by media as saying that more than 100 people had been killed. Moments later he told The Associated Press that less than 100 people were missing but they could not be counted as dead. By late Wednesday the Disaster Management Center’s official numbers were six dead and 150 missing. Pradeep Kodipppily, a senior official at the centre did not explain the changes but said the agency would be able to give the media a clearer picture by Thursday morning. The scene of the mudslide and witness accounts however suggested the disaster was enormous. The military mobilized troops to help with the rescue operation as rain continued to fall in the island nation’s central hills. Mud covered many homes without a trace while roofs of some were visible. Water gushing down hillsides indicated more slides were possible. P. Arumugam, who works as a driver on the plantation, said he rushed there when he heard about the mudslide. “Everything that I saw yesterday I could not see today — buildings, the temple and shops had all disappeared. I could only see mud everywhere,” he said. Marimuttu Navaneethan, a 28-year-old shopkeeper, said he heard a big noise and saw mud rolling down toward his home. He and his family ran from the house, which was soon mostly covered by the mudslide. He said 65 other nearby houses were completely covered. “A midwife was living in one house with six family members, and now all are missing except her husband. Their house was pushed down 200 metres and stopped near our home and their mango tree is now on our roof,” he said. State broadcaster Rupavahini showed huge mounds of earth covering the houses and muddy water still gushing from the hilltops. Scores of children who had left for school early morning returned only to see their homes vanished without a trace along with their parents. About 500 military personnel and civilians searched for survivors with the help of heavy earthmoving equipment. The search was later called off for the night because of rain and muddy conditions, military spokesman Brigadier Jayanath Jayawerera said. Most of Sri Lanka has experienced heavy rain over the past few weeks, and the Disaster Management Center had issued warnings of mudslides and falling rocks. A local government official said that the area had been marked vulnerable since 2008 and even evacuation drills had been conducted. However, the workers had not been given alternative homes to move into, the official said on condition of anonymity because government rules prohibit him from speaking to media.
Pakistan army says 8 soldiers killed during operation targeting militants in tribal region BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Eight Pakistani soldiers were killed in a major operation against militants in the country’s Khyber tribal region Wednesday, as the army declared its four-month old push against a main militant sanctuary in another tribal region, North Waziristan, a success. The clash with troops also left 21 militants dead and several wounded in the Spinqamar area, said an army statement issued late night. The army also said its troops have so far killed 1,100 militants in North Waziristan. Its casualty figures could not be independently confirmed as journalists are not allowed to report from the tribal regions. Civilians have been killed in previous operations. The army believes that militants who fled its North Waziristan operation took refuge in in Khyber. Earlier Wednesday, army spokesman Maj. Gen. Asim Saleem Bajwa told reporters in the northwestern city of Peshawar that in the Khyber operation, military jets struck several militant hideouts, 44 militants in recent days. The latest casualties occurred when troops moved to clear the Spinqamar area. Bajwa accused neighbouring Afghanistan of not providing “enough support” to the Pakistani operation and allegedly failing to take action against militants who have fled across the frontier to hide among the Afghans. “Afghan authorities have not taken any action,” he said. “They have not killed or arrested and handed over any militants to Pakistan.” Bajwa did not substantiate those claims but such accusations from Islamabad are common amid tense relations between the two neighbours. Afghan officials did not immediately comment on the remarks. Bajwa said that the offensive in North Waziristan, which was launched in June, was going according to plan and that its impact is being felt across Pakistan, with a decrease in “terrorist attacks, extortion and kidnappings.” “Most areas and roads in North Waziristan have been cleared and reconstruction is underway,” he said, adding that it was still unclear when the operation would be finished. He said troops seized 132.5 metric tons (146 tons) of explosives, thousands of weapons and a large cache of ammunition. The tribal region was considered a sanctuary for local and foreign militant groups until the military launched its offensive there following a deadly militant attack on the country’s busiest airport in Karachi. Bajwa said the results of the operation would have been even better if Afghan authorities had provided assistance. He said Pakistan informed Afghan authorities that militants and their leadership fled across the border.
D4 RED DEER ADVOCATE Thursday, Oct. 30, 2014
Peshmerga troops cheered by Kurds in Turkey THE ASSOCIATED PRESS SURUC, Turkey — Iraqi peshmerga troops were cheered Wednesday by fellow Kurds in southeastern Turkey as the fighters slowly made their way toward the Syrian Kurdish border town of Kobani to try to break a siege there by Islamic State militants. But the ability of the small force to turn the tide of battle will depend on the effectiveness of their weapons and on continued U.S.-led airstrikes against the extremists. “We are waiting for the peshmerga. We want to see what weapons they have,” said 30-year-old Nidal Attur, who arrived in Suruc two weeks ago from a small village near Kobani. He and other euphoric Kurds waited for hours along streets in Suruc to catch a glimpse of the peshmerga troops they consider to be heroes. Most were seeing them for the first time. After a rousing send-off from thousands of cheering supporters a day earlier in the Iraqi Kurdish capital of Irbil, the peshmerga forces landed early Wednesday at the Sanliurfa airport in southeastern Turkey. They left the airport in buses escorted by Turkish security forces and were expected to travel to Kobani later Wednesday. Others travelled to Turkey in trucks and vehicles loaded with cannons and heavy machine-guns. They crossed into Turkey through the Habur border gate before daybreak Wednesday and were driving about 400 kilometres (about 250 miles) to Suruc. The peshmerga troops — about 150 in all — were expected to join up along the road to the Mursitpinar border crossing, where they were to enter Kobani. Separately, a small group of Syrian rebels entered Kobani from Turkey on Wednesday in a push to help Kurdish fighters there against the militants, activists and Kurdish officials said. The group of about 50 armed men is from the Free Syrian Army and is separate from Iraqi peshmerga fighters. The FSA is an umbrella group of mainstream rebels fighting to topple Syrian President Bashar Assad. The political leadership of the Western-backed FSA is based in Turkey, where fighters often seek respite from battle. Kurdish fighters in Syria, known as the People’s Protection Units or YPG, have been struggling to
defend Kobani against the Islamic State group since mid-September, despite dozens of coalition airstrikes against the extremists. It is not clear what impact this small but battlehardened combined force of FSA and peshmerga fighters — and their combined weaponry — will have in the battle for Kobani. Kurdish fighters are already sharing information with the coalition to co-ordinate strikes against IS militants there, but the new force may help improve efforts and offer additional battlefield support. Nawaf Khalil, Europe-based spokesman for Syria’s leading Kurdish Democratic Union Party, said the peshmerga force was “symbolic in number” but their weapons will play a positive role in Kobani. Syrian Kurds have begged the international community for heavy weapons — like the ones delivered by the U.S. and its allies to Iraq’s Kurds — to bolster the outgunned defenders of Kobani. Earlier this month, the U.S. dropped weapons, ammunition and other supplies for the first time following concern that Kobani was about to fall. That, along with daily U.S. airstrikes and a fierce determination by the Kurdish fighters, has stalled the IS advance. “Kurds will remember this moment in history. They will speak of ’before and after Kobani’ from now on,” Khalil said of the peshmerga force’s participation. Emotions were high among residents of Suruc, a predominantly Kurdish border town, as people waited for the peshmerga in a square and along a main street, where police patrolled with loudspeakers. “We are expecting them to go there and throw out IS from Kobani so we can go back to our homes,” said Ahmed Boza, 68, from Kobani. Another Kobani resident, 57-year-old Mohammed Osman, said: “We are waiting for the peshmerga because we (Kurds) are all brothers. We are all part of one whole. If one side hurts, we are all in pain.” The Islamic State group’s offensive on Kobani and nearby Syrian villages has killed more than 800 people, activists say. The Sunni extremists captured dozens of Kurdish villages and control parts of Kobani. More than 200,000 people have fled into Turkey. The coalition has carried out dozens of airstrikes against the militants in and around Kobani, helping stall their advance. The U.S. Central Command said eight airstrikes
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A four-month-old Humboldt penguin named “Kaya” is blessed by a Catholic priest prior to its first swim Wednesday at the Manila Ocean Park in Manila, Philippines. Kaya, born July 8, 2014, becomes the first penguin to be born in the country.
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Red-hot lava approaches Hawaii home and main road PAHOA, Hawaii — Rain fell Wednesday on a redhot river of lava as it threatened to consume its first home on its slow advance into a rural Hawaii town. A breakout of the lava flow was about 100 feet (30 metres) from a Pahoa residence — about the length of a basketball court, said Hawaii County Civil Defence Director Darryl Oliveira. The couple who lives in the home has left. Scientists from the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory who are walking alongside the lava reported its leading edge was 240 yards (219 metres) from Pahoa Village Road, which goes through a commercial hub of the Big Island’s sprawling and isolated Puna district. The leading edge remained in a large agricultural parcel that included another house, which was about 100 yards (91 metres) from the lava, Oliveira said. Dozens of homes, business and other structures are in the area of the lava flow. That amount could increase as the flow front widens. So far lava has burned a garden shed, tires and some metal materials. On Wednesday, it burned mostly vegetation, while the rain helped tamp down smoke from the crackling stream. Officials are monitoring hazards from the smoke. Chemists from the observatory detected only low levels of sulfur dioxide, Oliveira said. The lava flow emerged from a vent in June and until recently had been slowly weaving through uninhabited forest and pastureland. Jeff and Denise Lagrimas packed up to leave for a town 14 miles (22 kilometres) away. The flow is expected to slither past properties across the street from their home as it works its way toward the ocean, about 6 miles (9 kilometres) away. They decided not to stay and see if that happens or if the lava burns their home.
Bodies found in northern Mexico area where three young Texans have been missing for two weeks MATAMOROS, Mexico — Four bodies were found Wednesday east of the border city of Matamaros, near where three young Americans went missing more than two weeks ago, a Mexican state official said. Tamaulipas state investigator Raul Galindo Vira would only confirm that four bodies had been recovered and declined to discuss who they might be. A second state official said investigators were trying to determine if the dead include three siblings from Progreso, Texas, who disappeared with a fourth person Oct. 13. The official, who said the bodies were badly decomposed, insisted on speaking anonymously because he was not authorized to speak to the press. Mexican authorities on Wednesday asked the siblings’ father what they were wearing when they disappeared, mother Raquel Alvarado told The Associated Press. Alvarado said witnesses saw armed men take her daughter, Erica Alvarado Rivera, 26, and her sons, Alex, 22, and Jose Angel, 21, in El Control, a small town near the Texas border west of Matamoros. The three were visiting their father in Mexico. According to Alvarado, her daughter, Erica, mother of four children aged 3-9, drove her black Jeep Cherokee across the border Oct. 12 and dropped it at her father’s house in El Control. She visited her boyfriend there and the next morning called her brothers to ask them to bring the Cherokee to a roadside restaurant where the couple was eating. The three siblings planned to return to Progreso together from there. When Alex and Jose Angel Alvarado arrived to pick up their sister, they saw men “pushing their sister and her boyfriend and hitting her,” Raquel Alvarado said. The brothers tried to intervene, witnesses said, but were taken away with their sister and her boyfriend. Witnesses said the armed men identified themselves as Grupo Hercules, a police security unit for Matamoros city officials, and were travelling in military style trucks. She said witnesses also saw federal highway police, “but no one did anything.” A spokeswoman for the city of Matamoros did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Mexico already is engulfed in a national controversy over the disappearance of 43 teachers college students Sept. 26 at the hands of police in Iguala, a city in the southern state of Guerrero. Authorities say police attacked the students on orders from the mayor because of fears the students planned to disrupt a speech by the mayor’s wife.
Decline in Ebola cases in Liberia could be a real trend: WHO DAKAR, Senegal — The rate of new Ebola infections in Liberia appears to be declining and could represent a genuine trend, the World Health Organization said Wednesday, but the epidemic is far from over. The disease is still raging in parts of Sierra Leone and there is still a risk that the decline in Liberia won’t be sustained, Dr. Bruce Aylward, an assistant director-general for WHO, warned reporters. Several times during the outbreak officials have thought the disease’s spread was slowing, only to surge again later. Officials have often blamed those false lulls on cases hidden because people were too afraid to seek treatment, wanted to bury their relatives themselves or simply weren’t in contact with authorities. But now there are some positive signs: There are empty beds in treatment centres in Liberia and the number of burials has declined. There may be as much as a 25 per cent week-on-week reduction in cases in Liberia, Aylward said. Throughout the Ebola outbreak, WHO has warned that its figures have been incomplete and the number of cases are likely vastly underreported. That is still a concern, Aylward said, but the trend nonetheless appears to be real. “The epidemic (in Liberia) may be slowing down,” he said during a telephone press conference from Geneva. The slowdown could be attributable to a rapid increase in safe burials of Ebola victims, an uptick in the number of sick people being isolated and major public awareness campaigns on how to stop transmission. So far, more than 13,700 people have been sickened in the outbreak, which has hit Liberia, Guinea and Sierra Leone hardest. That figure, released Wednesday by the World Health Organization, includes cases from earlier in the outbreak that were recently found in patient databases but had never
been reported. In yet another sign of the difficulty of providing real-time, accurate data, the WHO figures showed that Liberia’s total death toll dropped to around 2,400 deaths from the 2,700 reported a few days ago. Dan Epstein, a spokesman for the agency, said that was because laboratory investigations showed that cases previously thought to be Ebola were not. In all, the disease is believed to have killed nearly 5,000 people. Cautioning against reading too much into the decline in Liberia, Aylward said that any let-up in the response could allow the disease to surge again. “Am I hopeful? I’m terrified the information will be misinterpreted and people would start to think, oh great, this is under control,” he said. “That’s like saying your pet tiger is under control.” Liberia’s Red Cross said Tuesday that teams collected 117 bodies last week from the county that includes Monrovia, down from the high of 315 in one week in September, and the government reported last week that only about half of the available beds in treatment centres were occupied. Others were more reluctant to call the decline a trend. Ebola outbreaks come in waves, warned Benoit Carpentier, a spokesman for the International Federation of the Red Cross. Red Cross figures show deaths are still increasing outside Monrovia, he noted. It’s possible that at least some of the decline is because cases are being hidden — a phenomenon that has plagued the response to the outbreak since the beginning, said Ella Watson-Stryker, a health promotion manager for Doctors Without Borders in Liberia. She said her team has heard of people doing their own burials in order to avoid a government order that Ebola victims in Monrovia be cremated; the government has also cited fear of cremation, a practice deeply at odds with Liberian tradition, as a reason beds are empty in treatment centres.
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LUANN Oct. 30 1995 — Quebec votes No to independence. Voter tallies were as follows: Non 50.6 per cent, Oui (49.4 per cent); 93.2 per cent of eligible voters go to the polls. 1991 — Canadian Forces Hercules C-130 crashes on Ellesmere Island in the high Arctic while on a supply mission. Five of the 13 passengers die from injuries or hypothermia. 1976 — Heather Ann Phyllis resigns from the
RCMP to get married. Phyllis was the first woman ever sworn in by the Mounted Police. 1957 — Albertans vote for greater variety of liquor outlets. 1938 — Orson Welles’ The War of the Worlds airs on CBS radio. The belief that the realistic radio dramatization was a live news event about a Martian invasion caused panic among listeners. 1929 — Nova Scotia ends prohibition in favour of government control of liquor. 1918 — Cease fire in the First World War; armistice follows on Nov. 11.
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Rethinking your diet drink If you’re among the 59 per load in regular soda (and botcent of North Americans who tled tea, iced coffee and energy regularly sip diet drinks, it’s drinks) is bad news for your time for a change. weight, your waistline, your A ground-breaking, big-imheart and your blood sugar. pact study says that the artificial Steer clear of lower-sugar sodas sweeteners in zero-calorie soda that are starting to pop up in (and in other drinks and foods, stores, too. They still contain a as well as those colourful little lot of refined sugar — nearly 9 packets) change your digestive teaspoons in a 12-ounce can! system’s bacteria in ways that Instead, do this: raise your blood sugar levels. Create your own signature The study’s lead researcher thirst-quencher. Water’s great! MIKE ROIZEN & MEHMET OZ told reporters that he stopped Your body needs nine (for womstirring artificial sweeteners inen) to 11 (for men) cups a day; to his coffee because of what he more if you’re active. Then ... discovered! (Dr. Oz got Dr. Mike ● Add a squeeze of lemon or to stop using them back in 2010.) lime, or use single-serve packWhen he and his fellow scientists fed three arti- ets of tart, unsweetened lemon or lime flavouring. ficial sweeteners — saccharin, sucralose and aspar● Brew unsweetened iced tea. Try caffeine-free or tame — to mice for 11 weeks, the animals’ ability to herbal flavours. transfer blood sugar into their cells diminished, and ● Plop a couple of strawberries, orange slices, their gut microbiome (the trillions of bacteria that lime wedges or cucumber rounds into a pitcher of live in the digestive system) changed for the worse. In a follow-up study, seven humans ingested artificial sweeteners every day for a week, and four developed the same problems. Now that’s a very small human study. But this isn’t the first time that artificial sweeteners have been found to cause metabolic problems: Three big studies have found that drinking even one diet soda a day boosts your odds of developing metabolic syndrome — a precursor to diabetes and heart disease — by 34 per cent to 44 per cent. We think it’s time to rethink the use of artificial sweeteners — especially since this news comes on the heels of other recent discoveries about how they may affect your health. ● Higher heart-health risks. Older women who sipped two or more diet drinks daily had a 30 per cent higher risk for a heart attack in a recent University of Iowa study of 59,614 women. ● Trigger more food cravings. People who had diet drinks were more likely to think about and eat high-calorie, sugary snacks, a new Texas Christian University study finds. ● Don’t help you lose weight, and may do the opposite! In several large studies of adults and kids, diet-soda drinkers gained more weight over several years than those who sipped regular soft drinks or none at all. What should you sip? Not sugary drinks! We agree 100 per cent with our friends at the Center for Science in the Public Interest, who say, “No diet-soda drinker should interpret the new study as licence to switch to regular soda.” There’s no doubt that the calorie and sugar over-
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water, then refrigerate overnight. ● Rustle up homemade iced coffee with or without a splash of skim milk and with a shake of cinnamon and/or a dash of vanilla extract. Brew extra in the morning or put on a pot of decaf later in the day so your iced coffee doesn’t keep you up at night. ● Try calorie-free seltzer or club soda with a citrus spritz or mix in a splash of your favourite real fruit juice for a treat. Think twice about other diet foods, too. Some sugar-free candies, salad dressings, ice cream, packaged desserts, yogurt and preserves are made with artificial sweeteners. A better idea: Splurge on your favourite fruit, like juicy citrus, frozen raspberries, ripe pears, exotic pomegranates or the crunchiest, sun-ripened apples. Serve over sugar-free, low-fat plain yogurt with a generous dusting of cinnamon, nutmeg or cocoa — or all three! The YOU Docs, Mehmet Oz, host of The Dr. Oz Show, and Mike Roizen of Cleveland Clinic, are authors of YOU: Losing Weight. For more information, go to www. RealAge.com.
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Coconut is a superfood CONTEST One of the healthiest fats that you should be eating on a regular basis is coconut. Whether you choose to use coconut oil, coconut milk or dried unsweetened coconut, coconut period is a very healthy food. It’ll help boost your energy, it’ll help prevent heart disease, it’ll help promote healthier skin and nails, and it’ll help strengthen your immune system. With all of these benefits, you’d really be missing out if CABEL you overlooked it. MCELDERRY Some people, however, are not adding coconut to their diet as often as they should simply because they don’t know how. Here are some quick tips for adding coconut to your diet plan.
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Dried, unsweetened coconut is a great replacement for nuts as it’ll still give off a slightly crunchy texture. It’ll bring a unique taste to any bowl of Greek yogurt and help make the snack complete. Top some low fat Greek yogurt with pineapple chunks, half a sliced banana, and a tablespoon or two of dried coconut for a delicious tropical treat.
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When on a fat loss diet, many people often say goodbye to their favourite baked goods. This doesn’t have to be the case. Instead, simply find smart swaps to use. Coconut oil can easily be used to replace conventional butter in almost all baking recipes. It has a much thicker consistency, so will help keep those baked good nice and moist, while retaining their nutritious content.
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Finally, also consider adding coconut milk or dried coconut to your protein smoothies. Just like with the oatmeal example, though, don’t go adding a cup of coconut milk to the smoothie or you’ll be taking in a very calorie-dense beverage. A tablespoon or two is all you need to get the healthy fats into your day and to make the shake more well-rounded in nutrients. So don’t neglect coconut any longer. Use these tips to help get your intake up and you can reap all the many benefits coconut has to offer. Cabel McElderry is a local personal trainer and nutrition coach. For more information on fitness and nutrition, visit the Fitness F/X website at www.fitnessfx.com.
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Another way to use coconut is by adding coconut milk into your morning bowl of oatmeal. Just note that because coconut is so high in fat and caloriedense, you likely don’t want to be replacing all the normal water or milk you would typically use in preparation of the oatmeal. Instead, simply add a tablespoon or two and keep the rest to water or milk. This will give your oatmeal a much creamier taste as well.