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Snow clearing redefined SNOW ZONE SYSTEM ALLOWS CITY TO BETTER COMMUNICATE PLOWING WITH RESIDENTS BY ADVOCATE STAFF City of Red Deer unveiled a new snow plowing program on Thursday that will see streets cleared sooner, faster and more often. A new coloured route system has been adopted to

streamline snow clearing and make it easier to let residents know when they can expect the plows. New triggers for mobilizing plows, graders and sanders, and targets for getting the job done should also improve service. An interactive website has been set up so property owners can get live plowing updates. To bankroll the plan, city council approved $1.9

million in capital spending this year to add two more plow trucks, two graders, a skid steer, a truck/trailer combo, a snowblower and a loader. An $855,000 increase in operational spending was also approved for this year, and again next year.

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Pilot error blamed for fatal plane crash near Buffalo Lake

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Toiling over a bubbling vat of witches’ brew can be hard work as Aubrie Parkins, Damian Johnson and Jamaal Ndungutse found out Thursday. The three joined their West Park Elementary School Pre-Kindergarten classmates for a glow-in-the-dark Halloween party in their classroom. With Halloween lining up with the weekend, police are warning that some tricks will result in hefty fines. Please see related story on page C1.

A plane crash near Buffalo Lake that killed two B.C. brothers in 2011 was likely the result of pilot error, a fatality inquest was told. Dean Sorken, 44, and his brother Lee Sorken, 39, died of “multiple blunt injuries” when their singleengine plane crashed on June 3 in a farmer’s field on the north shore of Buffalo Lake. According to the report from a fatality inquiry held in Stettler last August, Dean Sorken was piloting the plane through poor weather conditions that he had insufficient training and experience to deal with. The Abbotsford resident was advised several times of heavy cloud cover over Alberta before starting the flight. Yet he proceeded to pick up his brother Lee in Vernon, B.C., before heading to a family wedding in Killam, east of Camrose. After reviewing the weather data at the time of the flight, experienced pilot Gordon Welsby told the hearing he “could not fathom why (Dean Sorken) thought he could fly in the prevailing weather conditions. ... The decision to fly was a bad one and should not have been undertaken.” The B.C. pilot had clocked only 500 hours of flight time, which in Welsby’s opinion was low experience.

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Red Deer recognized for efforts to eliminate homelessness BY SUSAN ZIELINSKI ADVOCATE STAFF Red Deer has been recognized by top Canadian researchers for being on the right track to end homelessness. The State of Homelessness in Canada 2014, released on Wednesday, highlighted only two communities — Red Deer and Medicine Hat — for their efforts to eliminate homelessness. In Red Deer, four community organizations — Central Alberta’s Safe Harbour Society for Health and Housing, Central Alberta Women’s Emergency Shelter, Central Alberta Women’s Outreach Society and the Canadian Mental Health Association — work together as part of the Red Deer Housing Team using the Housing First strategy for the difficult to house. They look at getting people into housing to give them some stability and support before dealing with issues, like mental health disorders, that make them vulnerable to homelessness.

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‘ONE ORGANIZATION CAN’T BE AN EXPERT IN ADDICTIONS, MENTAL HEALTH, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, HOUSING — BUT OUR TEAM IS.’ — STACEY CARMICHAEL SAFE HARBOUR

Stacey Carmichael, director of programs with Safe Harbour, said the organizations bring their strengths together at the table. “I think if we worked independently, or in our only little silos, we would lose a lot of that expertise. One organization can’t be an expert in addictions, mental health, domestic violence, housing — but our team is.” Working as a team also holds members to task, she said. “We’re accountable to our funders, to each other, to the community, to our clients, lots of different eyes on the ball so to speak.”

The team is funded by the provincial and federal governments and supported by the City of Red Deer. Each agency also contributes some fundraising dollars. Carmichael said working as a team is more efficient, eliminates duplication and is cost effective when it comes to administration. And the team is open to finding new ways better help the homeless, she said. “We’re not adverse to changing things up a bit if it’s proven it’s going to work more effectively. The collaboration itself, that’s non-negotiable. It will always be there.” According to The State of Homelessness in Canada report, 235,000 Canadian experience homelessness in a year — 5,000 are unsheltered, 180,000 stay in emergency shelters and 50,000 are provisionally accommodated. A key focus in the report is the creation of more affordable housing.

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CRASH: Pilot ‘inattentive to detail’ Of this, he had only five hours of flying with instruments and was licensed only for Visual Flight Rules, not for relying on electronic navigational devices. Dean Sorken’s inexperience had gotten him into trouble in March 2011 when he required help from Air Traffic Control officers to steer him out of heavy clouds so he could regain visual sight lines. He had also run out of fuel while on a previous flight to Killam, which indicated to Welsby “he was a bold and aggressive pilot, who was inattentive to detail.” No indications of anything mechanically wrong with the plane were found in the post-crash investigation. But the 1966 single-engine Mooney aircraft had been driven vertically into the ground at about 11 p.m., making a hole of more than two metres at the crash site. In Welsby’s opinion, Dean Sorken lost control of the aircraft very quickly after losing sight of the horizon line and getting confused. According to the report, his plane went into an uncontrolled dive “that he had neither the skill or expertise to get himself out of.” The pilot’s confused state was indicated by the plane’s still open throttle. Welsby told the hearing that the first thing a pilot should do is close the throttle when in a dive. “In Mr. Welsby’s opinion, Mr. Sorken was fatigued, panicking and not performing. In his final opinion, this accident was caused by human error,” states the report compiled by provincial court Judge James Hunter. No recommendations came out of the fatality

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Man badly burned in Drummond Close house fire dies The man badly burned in a house fire in Deer Park on Tuesday has died. Red Deer RCMP said on Thursday that Dale Roth, 69, passed away from his injuries. He was transferred to a Calgary hospital by STARS following the fire at 12 Drummond Ave. at inquiry that also heard from a Transport Canada regional manager and Transportation Safety Board inspector. Hunter concluded that pilots should be flying at their skill and experience level. “No regulation or recommendation is needed to enforce this and none would convince those inclined not to, to do so.” lmichelin@reddeeradvocate.com

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HOMELESSNESS: Affordable housing deficit Over the past 25 years, federal spending on lowincome housing dropped to $60 per capita from $115. The authors of the study propose that federal investment increase to $106 per Canadian annually. “While this may seem like a significant increase over previous levels, it is still less than what we were paying in 1989. Additionally, it is necessary to address the accumulated affordable housing deficit built up over the past 25 years,” said the report. Carmichael said an extra $46 per capita annually sounds like an achievable goal. “The federal government through their Homelessness Partnering Strategy and things like that supports the work that we do without a doubt.” But there has been a reduction in “bricks and mortar” funding, she said. “Housing first is the philosophy the Red Deer Housing team operates under. It serves its target group extremely well. There’s still a need for other kind of housing. We still have a housing crisis. We still need more accessible housing. We need more affordable housing for families living in poverty. We need more housing for seniors who are really vulnerable who are living in poverty,” Carmichael said. Mayor Tara Veer said council recognizes affordable housing as one of the top three social issues facing Red Deer, and the city has been recognized for a

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SNOW: Routes identified by colour The changes follow a winter that put the city’s snow clearing program to the test. Residential areas will benefit from a significant boost in service with the plows heading out when the snow pack has reached 10 cm. The city has now been divided into 11 snow zones lettered A through K. Routes will also be identified by colour: red, purple, blue, green, grey and orange. “A significant advantage of the Snow Zone system is that it allows the city to better communicate snow plowing with residents,” says Greg Sikora, public works manager. In the next few weeks, information will be sent to households outlining details of the new plan, including snow route locations. That information can also be found at www.reddeer.ca/snowzone. When it’s time to begin plowing, residents will be alerted through local media, online, social media, email, RSS alerts and a Snow Zone Hotline. Residents will be asked to remove their vehicles from the road between 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. in most areas. Zone D, in the downtown, will see 7 p.m. to 7 a.m. parking restrictions.

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Ottawa has heard Alberta’s concerns about labour shortages and the need to hold on to productive foreign workers, says Alberta Jobs Minister Ric McIver. “I do believe we have their attention,” McIver told an Agriculture Labour Summit audience at the Black Knight Inn. “I believe that they really understand that (the issue) is real, it’s serious and that we need to look for solutions together.” McIver, who holds the Jobs, Skills, Training and Labour portfolio, was in Ottawa last week pressing the province’s case with federal Labour MinRic McIver ister Jason Kenney and Citizen and Immigration Minister Chris Alexander. Premier Jim Prentice has also raised the issue with Prime Minister Stephen Harper. The federal government has announced it plans to launch an Express Entry immigration program aimed at luring skilled workers in 2015. Details have yet to be provided and the Alberta government is working hard to ensure its concerns are addressed by the new rules. A key federal concern is the number of temporary foreign workers who are now filling permanent jobs. At the end of last year in Alberta, 85,000 temporary foreign workers — a large number in the food industry — were drawing a pay cheque. “If we don’t make some changes to the announced regulations … there will be thousands and thousands of them going home in 2015,” said McIver. “And if you’re anything like me you don’t know yet how we’re going to fill that gap.” Many temporary foreign workers are due to leave in 2015 when their four-year contracts expire.

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Prentice reboots land claim talks BY THE CANADIAN PRESS EDMONTON — Alberta Premier Jim Prentice has rebooted talks with a northern aboriginal band that has been seeking a land claim for almost 80 years. “I felt it was an important place to start,” Prentice said Thursday after meeting with the chief and council of the Lubicon Lake Cree in Little Buffalo. “I think there’s some unfinished business there.” Prentice, who was treated to a bowl of moose nose stew by his “gracious” hosts, said the band and the province will open negotiations on a land settlement, workforce training and education. “The provincial government has not had that degree of dialogue with Lubicon First Nation in many, many, many years,” Prentice said. “I think both the chief and I were pleased with the progress that we made today.” The Lubicon band was missed by

federal treaty-makers in the early 1900s and the band claims it has never given up rights to any of its northern territory. The Lubicon gained an international profile in 1988, when the New York Times called it “the tribe Canada forgot.” The dispute has simmered unresolved ever since. Over the years, band members blockaded logging roads and well-site access into what they called their territory. International sympathizers helped the tiny Cree band win concessions from the Japanese multinational pulpand-paper company Daishowa-Marubeni with a boycott the company said cost it about $20 million. The boycott was lifted in 1998 after Daishowa promised not to log on the disputed land. A settlement was nearly reached in 1988 called the Grimshaw Accord, but broke down after a later disagreement with Ottawa over band membership. The ongoing uncertainty helped create political tensions in the community,

which culminated in the February 2013 election of Billy Joe Laboucan as chief, with whom Prentice met Thursday. Laboucan’s rival, Bernard Ominayak, still leads a group of Lubicon Cree and refers to himself as the traditional chief. Laboucan said treaty negotiations with Ottawa resumed over the last 18 months and are proceeding along the lines Ominayak initially laid out. The parties are discussing about 250 square kilometres of land, economic development funding, resource ownership and compensation for resources already extracted. “I have to give credit to the former chief,” said Laboucan. Prentice said the land covered in the Grimshaw Accord, which was spearheaded by former Alberta premier Don Getty, has been set aside and remains in trust for the Lubicon. “The land aspect of it should be reasonably straightforward,” he said. Laboucan said a full treaty settlement will take about two years to

reach. Prentice said he hopes progress on training and education can begin much sooner. “Our discussion today was about how we work together to focus on the job skills and employment opportunities for people in this community and the educational challenges they’re facing in the community.” Little Buffalo remains one of the poorest communities in Alberta. Laboucan said its school is falling apart and it wasn’t until recently that the first 26 provincially funded homes with running water were put up. Fully three-quarters of the community’s adult population simply isn’t in the workforce, said Prentice, who’s now the first premier to actually meet with the Lubicon since Getty and may be the first ever to visit Little Buffalo. Laboucan called the visit “wonderful” and said it was an important step in a long-running fight — “a dream that’s almost 80 years old.”

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too late. “The New Democrats have been calling on the PCs to adequately fund legal aid for years. This $5.5 million is drop in the bucket of what is actually needed to ensure Albertans have fair access to justice,” Notley said. “It’s not enough. Albertans who work a full-time job and make minimum wage are still making too much money to qualify for legal aid. They are being denied their fundamental right of access to justice because they

can’t afford representation.” Liberal justice critic Laurie Blakeman said the money was desperately needed, but is not nearly enough. “The justice minister is only taking half measures to address the access to justice crisis in this province,” she said. “Half the money and half the solution. Others have to be polite and thankful, but I want to underline how short sighted and crisis oriented this whole episode has been.”

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CALGARY — The Alberta government is increasing funding for legal aid and making it easier for low-income earners to qualify. Alberta Justice Minister Jonathan Denis announced Thursday the government would provide an additional $5.5 million this year to help legal aid offset its costs. “Promoting access to justice is an essential part of assuring all Albertans can participate fairly in the justice system because every Albertan has this right,” Denis said at a news conference Thursday. Last summer, Legal Aid Alberta closed six regional offices and laid off staff in Calgary, Whitecourt and Lethbridge. Lawyers threatened job action to try to pressure the government to provide an additional $8 million a year. Denis took a request for more legal aid funding to a meeting of federal and provincial justice ministers in Banff earlier this month, but was told by federal Justice Minister Peter MacKay that no extra money was available. Ottawa used to split the cost of the program 50-50, but now only chips in about 16 per cent. Since 2003, there has been no new federal funding to the program. “To minister MacKay’s credit he did indicate that he was willing to keep a dialogue going, however talk is cheap

and legal aid needs services now. I would be much happier if the federal government would step up to the table but if they don’t, we will and we have,” he said. Denis said the monthly income threshold to qualify for legal aid is being increased by $240 a month — that means all recipients of Alberta’s Assured Income for the Severely Handicapped (AISH) will be eligible. He says he hopes extra money will be available in future budgets as well. The chairman of Legal Aid Alberta welcomed the extra funding. “This is an extremely positive first step,” said Derek Cranna. “It allows us ... to provide coverage for those Albertans who are in the most vulnerable positions and fulfil what we believe is our mandate to assist as many Albertans as possible,” he said. “I don’t think I can overemphasize the significance of today’s contribution and the assurances that Mr. Denis and the premier have made.” Premier Jim Prentice said the money was made available to help provide disadvantaged Albertans with the support they deserve. “Our system must be responsive to current demands on the program, most importantly by ensuring low-income Albertans, including AISH recipients, have access to the services they need,” said Prentice in a news release. Alberta NDP Leader Rachel Notley said the extra money is too little and

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That’s why the province is so keen to ensure that new foreign worker policies don’t hamstring Alberta’s strong economy. “In my view, we need to find paths to bridge the people that are here working, to either stay longer or to find methods to bridge into permanent residency, or citizens for goodness sakes. “Essentially, they’re doing what we Canadians are doing: working, paying taxes, staying out of trouble and contributing to society.” McIver said Alberta wants to see an existing provincial nominee program opened up to more applicants or to find a way to allow them to stay through the Express Entry program. The nominee program is currently capped at 5,500 workers per year and two years worth of applications are already in the chute. Alberta has made it clear that it will be better for all concerned if new federal regulations are announced with the support of this province, rather than try to fix shortcomings later. “It’s communication that gives us the very best chance of success,” said McIver. pcowley@reddeeradvocate.com

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Are the NDP on the wane? In a week when the NDP was already mourning the defeat of an icon at the hands of Toronto voters, the sole New Democrat provincial government in the country was flirting with implosion. With his ruling party sinking in the polls, Manitoba Premier Greg Selinger has CHANTAL a cabinet reHÉBERT bellion on his hands. Until further notice, there is a deathwatch on his leadership. The failure of Olivia Chow’s mayoralty bid and the free-falling popularity of the Manitoba New Democrats are only the latest items on a long list of NDP woes. Just last week, former New Democrat MP Judy Wasylycia-Leis finished a poor second in Winnipeg’s mayoral election. She lost by more than 50,000 votes despite going in the campaign with a sizable lead. But the party’s troubles are not

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seat compounded the party’s Toronto rout in the provincial election. There was little in the results of Monday’s municipal vote to suggest an imminent improvement in NDP fortunes in Canada’s metropolis. In Atlantic Canada, the picture is even more dispiriting. Nova Scotia voters ousted the NDP from power last fall after just one mandate. The party fell back to third place and incumbent premier Darrell Dexter lost his seat. The New Brunswick NDP remained shut out of the legislature in last month’s provincial vote and leader Dominic Cardy resigned after failing to win his riding. That same election saw the Green Party make history when its leader, David Coon, was elected. In Newfoundland and Labrador, NDP Leader Lorraine Michael survived a leadership challenge last spring but lost two of her five members to her Liberal opposition rivals in the process. In almost every instance, the Liberals have been the beneficiaries of the NDP’s failure to thrive. The provincial numbers tell the story. Today there are 119 New Democrats sitting in the country’s provincial legislatures against 279 Liberals.

Even when Quebec, where the NDP does not run provincially, is taken out of the mix, the provincial Liberals outnumber their New Democrats counterparts by a margin of almost two to one. And while the mayoralty bids of former front-line federal NDP MPs foundered in Winnipeg and Toronto this month, some of their Liberal excolleagues fared better, notably in Vaughan and Mississauga. A steady string of setbacks was not what Canada’s New Democrats expected in the wake of Jack Layton’s historic Quebec breakthrough in the 2011 federal election. They figured the party’s elevation to the high profile role of official Opposition in the House of Commons and the advent of a caucus that was national in more than name for the first time ever truly would result in some sort of a halo effect on the party and its brand across the country. Early fears that Quebec would turn into a poison pill for party unity or that the province would prove fickle in its affections have since turned out to be unfounded. But so has the notion that the 2011 orange wave was the precursor of a pro-NDP shift in Canada’s tectonic plates. Chantal Hébert is a syndicated Toronto Star national affairs writer.

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Temporary foreign worker application process is far too convoluted I do not think I am saying anything new when I say we have a labour shortage here in Central Alberta. What perhaps is not realized is that it appears the government of Canada would prefer to leave jobs vacant rather than filling them with willing and qualified workers from out of country. After advertising locally for a farm position and receiving no qualified applicants, I then fill out the paper work to apply for a temporary foreign worker. This is where I needed the patience of Job and the tenacity of a mule to make it through the whole process. The government of Canada, and more specifically Employment and Social Development Canada, make it an ordeal to put in an application. The requirements are continually changing and they are not clear. When you call the 1-800 number, they are unable to help as they can only help with generic questions. When the application is sent in and there is something not quite right, you get a no reply email to make changes and submit a new application. Your original application and supporting documents are destroyed and you have to start from scratch. They purposely leave no file number, contact number or name to reply to. After submitting my second application, rejected for a reason I do not understand, I was told to reapply again. I may have tenacity of a mule but I do not know if I have the patience of Job to deal with government policy designed to appease the eastern part of the country where there are no labour shortages. The message to this employer is clear and unequivocal: the government of Canada has no interest in helping fill vacant jobs. John Middel Rocky Mountain House

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Prime Minister Stephen Harper does arts and crafts with a student at the Joseph and Wolf Lebovic Jewish Community Campus in Vaughan, Ont., on Thursday. es incurred in order to work or go to school. That measure carries an estimated cost of $15 million in 2014-15 and $65 million in 2015-16. Harper said the major price tags won’t hamstring the government from its other priorities, including making sure the military is properly funded. But the initiatives take up enough fiscal room that it will make it difficult for the opposition parties to make their own campaign promises without first committing to scrap one of Harper’s initiatives — in other words, taking away money people are already receiving. NDP Leader Tom Mulcair criticized the income-splitting plan even before Harper’s event had begun, but didn’t answer directly whether he would roll it back if elected prime minister. “This is a plan, as (former finance minister) Jim Flaherty said, that will increase inequality in our society,” Mulcair said.

“It will only help a very small minority of people at a time when inequality is increasing in our society after years and years of Liberal and Conservative rule.” Mulcair has already proposed a national child care program that would ultimately cost $5 billion annually. Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau has already said he would scrap income splitting if elected. He slammed the program during an event at a commuter train station in Flaherty’s old riding in Whitby, Ont. “The middle class families who take these trains to and from work every day don’t need to pay to give families like mine or Mr. Harper’s a $2,000 tax break,” Trudeau said. Harper repeatedly hammered home the message Thursday that the entire suite of measures —he described it as an expanded version of the govern-

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OTTAWA — Three months before millions of Canadians get their voter information cards for the 2015 federal election, they’ll find something else in their mailboxes: a cheque from the Conservative government. A $60 monthly tax benefit for families with children aged six through 17 is the kind of targeted, easy-to-understand government initiative that helped the Conservatives claim victory in 2006. They’re hoping the same “keeping money in your pocket” message will keep them in power after the vote on Oct. 19, 2015. Prime Minister Stephen Harper also announced Thursday the government will press ahead with income splitting for families with kids under 18 — a multibillion-dollar Conservative election promise from the 2011 election. Those potential savings will kick in as soon as Canadians file their taxes in the spring. The so-called “family tax cut” will allow an eligible taxpayer to transfer up to $50,000 of income to his or her spouse for tax purposes in order to collect a non-refundable tax credit of up to $2,000 per year. The more tangible monthly cheque from the bolstered universal child care benefit will begin arriving in July. The benefit increases to $160 a month for kids under six, up from $100. The government is adding a new monthly benefit of $60 for children aged six through 17, effective in 2015. The first child care benefit was promised in the 2006 election and delivered shortly afterward. The two measures together will cost $3.1 billion in 2014-15 and $4.5 billion in 2015-16. “Our goal has always been to make sure that Canada is the best country in the world in which to raise a family,” Harper told a campaign-style event in Vaughan, Ont. “Our government is utterly convinced of one thing: when it comes to the cost of raising a family, Canada’s moms and dads deserve all of the help that we can give them.” The government is also adding $1,000 to the various limits on the child care expense deduction, which allows taxpayers to claim child care expens-

ment’s original income-splitting promise — would benefit all Canadian families with children. “We know Canadians work hard for their money; we know they work hard raising their families too,” Harper said. “Under the plan we have announced today, every single Canadian family with children will benefit. Everyone will have more money in their pockets.” All the three major parties will be vying for middle-class votes, particularly those in the ring of middle class suburban neighbourhoods that all but surround the city of Toronto — precisely where both Harper and Trudeau found themselves Thursday. The event Thursday had all the trappings of an election campaign rally. Harper stood on a stage surrounded by supporters, speaking without a podium from TelePrompTers placed off-stage. In talk-show host style, he sat down with the two families to chat about the tax breaks. The initiatives are being widely hailed within the Conservative caucus. Although Flaherty had reservations about the plan, many other Tories felt that the campaign promise be kept. “I’ve been fighting for family tax fairness for over 20 (years),” Employment Minister Jason Kenney posted to Twitter. “So great to see this day when families are finally respected as an economic unit.” The Conservatives made the incomesplitting promise during the 2011 election campaign, but it was contingent on the federal books being balanced. Harper has said the federal deficit in the past fiscal year would be $5.2 billion, a fraction of the $16.6 billion forecast, but insisted there won’t be a surplus until next year. Earlier this month, the Conservatives doubled the children’s fitness tax credit starting this year — another 2011 commitment that was contingent on the federal books being balanced. A promise to double the maximum annual contribution limit on tax-free savings accounts to $10,000, the last of the three major surplus-contingent 2011 promises, has yet to be implemented.

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OTTAWA — Canada’s privacy watchdog is urging federal authorities to keep better track of informal requests to telecommunications companies for subscriber data after finding shoddy record-keeping at the RCMP. In his annual report tabled Thursday, privacy commissioner Daniel Therrien said shortcomings in the RCMP’s information management systems meant he was unable to tell whether proper controls were in place. As a result, it was impossible to determine how often the Mounties collected subscriber data without a warrant, Therrien said. And therefore his office could not assess whether such requests were justified. Privacy and civil liberties advocates have raised concerns about the ability of police and intelligence agencies to gain access to details of the public’s online activities — particularly given revelations about widespread surveillance by government agencies to help fight terrorism. In April, aggregate data supplied to the privacy commissioner by a law firm acting on behalf of nine telecom companies indicated that 1.2 million requests for subscriber data without a warrant had been filed by investigators in 2011 — an average of more than 3,200 a day.

RED DEER ADVOCATE Friday, Oct. 31, 2014 A7 “The purpose of our review was to try to validate these numbers, and we were not able to do that,” Therrien said in an interview. Canadians understand that law-enforcement and national security agencies have legitimate need to collect personal details, Therrien said.

Mulcair slams Sun editorial cartoon of Olivia Chow as racist, sexist OTTAWA — Justin Trudeau isn’t the only federal political leader with a bone to pick with Sun media. NDP Leader Tom Mulcair is upset over an editorial cartoon that ran in the Toronto Sun newspaper just prior to Monday’s municipal election, featuring mayoral candidate Olivia Chow. Mulcair says the Andy Donato cartoon is racist, sexist and offensive. In the cartoon, Chow, a former New Democrat MP, is depicted in slanted glasses and a Mao Zedongstyle tunic. She is standing on the coattails of Jack Layton, her late husband and Mulcair’s predecessor as federal NDP leader. “It’s sort of like an amalgam of everything offensive that you could possibly think of,” Mulcair told a forum on women’s issues, organized by the NDP on Thursday. “That’s still the reality of the prejudices and the hatred against women, like Olivia.”

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Queens edged by Trojans BY JOSH ALDRICH ADVOCATE STAFF Trojans 3 Queens 1 Just put the puck in the net. It’s a simple concept, but one the Red Deer College Queens (0-3-0-0) have struggled with so far in this Alberta Colleges Athletic Conference women’s hockey season. On Thursday at the Red Deer Arena, they outshot the SAIT Trojans 33-16 but still lost 3-1. In three games this season, they’ve managed to turn on the goal light twice. “It boils down to two things, we broke down at the wrong time, didn’t get the save we needed to ... and we didn’t capitalize on our chances,” said Queens head coach Bob Rutz. “If you go back through all of the articles over the last two years, I talk about how much we work on shooting and scoring and to not see the results in a game is a bit mind boggling.” Jayna Kitchen scored RDC’s lone goal while goalie Moriah Andrews stopped 13 of 15 shots. Tessa Hare and Kali Jamieson responded for SAIT (21-0-0) while Hailey Brooks added an empty-netter and Laticia Castillo made 32 saves for the win. Queens players are just as frustrated as their head coach with the lack of production, especially the last couple of games where they have carried the play but have gone home unrewarded. “Probably my last two years I’ve played here has been the most we’ve struggled with it,” said captain Rachael Hoppins, who assisted on Kitchen’s goal and was named RDC player of the game. “We have the skill and we can score the goals, it just doesn’t seem to happen for some reason.” The question becomes, how do they fix it? Rutz is not sure how. They cannot be faulted for not working on it in practice, it has been a top priority. Still, after every game he is being asked the same questions about the lack of offence. “The theory I have is, if you practice it all the time, it should translate into the game, you should have confidence because were doing it in practice, but again we’re not seeing it,” said Rutz. “I still think this team has tons of potential, we just have to learn to play for 60 (minutes) ... and we have to put the

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Red Deer College Queen Keinyn Nordell falls to the ice as SAIT Trojan Denomie Vockeroth Fisher eyes the loose puck during first period action at the Arena in Red Deer on Thursday. The Queens lost the game 3-1. puck in the net.” Things got off to a good start for Red Deer on Thursday as Kitchen opened the scoring up at 6:45 of the first period, getting to a loose puck during a scramble in front of the SAIT net and swatted the puck in. But the positive vibes did not last long. At 12:57, off a neutral zone turn over, Hare came in on Andrews on a 2-on-1 rush, elected to shoot the puck and slipped it five hole, a goal the ’keeper likely wants back. Mid-way through the second period,

the Trojans took the lead off a turnover deep in the RDC end. Fanny Grimstad came out with the puck off the side boards and found Jamieson all alone in the slot and she beat Andrews to the far side as she was sliding back over to get into position. The goalie had little chance on the play. In the third period the Queens outshot SAIT 13-3 but could not beat Castillo and Brooks iced it with 19:04 to go with Andrews on the bench for the extra attacker. The two teams play again tonight in Calgary at 7 p.m.

RDC is hoping they will finally be rewarded for their hard work. Beyond gaining good momentum, they cannot afford to let the season slip too far away. “We don’t want to go 0-4, we’ve got to turn this around right away ... we’ve got to start climbing back up that hill instead of going down the slope,” said Hoppins. “I know we will, everyone wants it and we all know what we need to do. Tomorrow is the day to get things turned around.” jaldrich@reddeeradvocate.com

New coach, new approach for Buccaneers BY JOSH ALDRICH ADVOCATE STAFF

ALBERTA FOOTBALL LEAGUE

The Central Alberta Buccaneers have a new head coach and a new ambitious approach to the Alberta Football League. Duane Brown stepped down following his fifth season patrolling the sidelines and has been replaced by defensive coordinator and former player Devon Hand. He enters at a time when the club is transitioning from a veteren-laden squad to one with a lot of young faces and emerging talent. The former defensive back put together one of the league’s best defenses in his two years on the job, but it is his passion and enthusiasm for football that made him an easy selection for the top job. “I’m a self professed football junkie,” said Hand. “I played football for 20 years, I’m a Central Alberta guy ... and I just can’t get enough of this stuff. Once I was given the opportunity to lead the charge and get involved, it’s exciting, I’m hooked.” While Brown is no longer head coach, he says he still wants to be involved with the organization in some capacity. The Bucs are coming off of backto-back disappointing finishes to the season. In 2013 the Buccaneers rolled

through to the playoffs as the top team in the AFL, but were upset in the first round. This past season they got off to a 2-1 start, knocking off eventual champion Calgary Wolfpack in their opener, but slumped mid season and never really recovered. Hand says this comes down to a mindset with the club that he is out to change. “The difference between successful programs and programs that don’t have as much success is that at some point in their history they have a culture of winning,” he said. “If you go back to when I was playing and this team first started playing, it has taken a while to get that winning culture instilled into the players and the community ... “There’s been some growing pains in the program, but there’s no question that we’re on the up swing.” The new coach knows football, particularly in the Central Alberta region. Hand has been involved in the game for more than 20 years as a product of the Lindsay Thurber Raiders. He then went on to play junior football with the Abbottsford Airforce before moving on to the University of Manitoba Bisons. After his Canadian Interuniversity Sport career ended, he came back home and started playing for the Buccaneers until his body started to break

down after seven years. He also started coaching at Thurber as a defensive coordinator and defensive backs coach for the last decade, and when the opportunity came about to join the Buccaneers coaching staff, he couldn’t turn it down. His progression to head coach was a natural one. “Devon’s had some great years of maturing as a football coach, being the defensive coordinator, he’s brought a new energy to the team in that role that I think he’ll be able to bring to the whole team this year,” said Brown, who adds he did not have a say in hiring his replacement. Hand has a solid core of young players to build around, including two top rookies, AFL rushing leader Junior Rivera and rookie quarterback Cole Stewart on offence. But he is not just going to rest on the talent he has locally. Hand is a recruiter for the oil and gas industry, and he is using those talents, as well as industry contacts for work, to help fill out the Buccaneers roster. He has already talked a pair of St. Francis Xavier graduates into coming out to join the team — defensive back Shane Nolan and defensive end Devon Marshall — and says he is looking for

more. “I’m not out to bring 20 or 30 of these guys here, we’re still a Central Alberta football team, we’re still going to be home grown, we’re still going to have tons of local talent,” said Hand. “But I think it’s a good idea to add a bit of spice to the roster and create a competitive environment.” While Hand says he will still conduct things defensively, he is looking to bring in seven position coaches and coordinators to work under him and also to handle the offensive side of the ball. He will also change up the way they operate as a team, from days and hours they practice to adding a training camp in April to prepare for their pre-season. They will also be doing positional workouts starting in the new year. “There will be significant change, I want to create a competitive advantage in all three levels,” said Hand. “Not to take away from anything Duane Brown did, I have a lot of respect for him, I learned a lot from him, but with the opportunity to make positive change, I’m going all in and there’s going to be all kinds of change.” NOTES — Along with a new coach, the Buccaneers are looking for new executive board members for all positions. Anyone interested in putting themselves up for nomination contact chairman Corey Pusey. jaldrich@reddeeradvocate.com

Eskimos and Lions face-off in key divisional matchup Good news Saskatchewan Roughrid- ilton will tighten up the playoff race ers fans, the team will not continue with an easy win against Ottawa. The their swan dive in Week 19. RedBlacks embody everything that is The ’Riders do not play this week- wrong with bad teams: plenty of misend, but every other team will be in takes, a truckload of bad penalties and action as we head to the a boatload of excuses/clichés finish line of the 2014 regto explain away their ineptiular season. tude. Ticats destroy the team Those of you who can’t with the two-color name. seem to get enough of the Saturday afternoon feaOttawa RedBlacks will tures the best and worst of the be happy to see them West in a matchup between host the Hamilton Tigerthe Calgary Stampeders and Cats in the first game of Winnipeg Blue Bombers. The Week 19. Fact is other Bombers had a great start to teams are really happy to the 2014 season but the latter get a heaping helping of half of the season has been RedBlacks because this a Freddy Krueger nightmare expansion team is a free for them and their fans. In JIM space on the bingo card fact, some Bomber fans would SUTHERLAND this season. probably pick Slice-and-Dice The ’Cats lost ground Freddy as their new head to the Montreal Alouettes coach if he could change a and Toronto Argonauts in sorry history of brutal footthe East playoff race last weekend, so ball in Winnipeg. The Stamps have a game against the RedBlacks is a gen- little on the line in this game, outside erous gift for them. The Ticats will not of an opportunity to tie a CFL record squander this gift and I expect Ham- for victories.

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Calgary is a very good and wellcoached team with plenty of depth. They are the complete opposite of Winnipeg and the final score will emphasize the disparity between the two teams. Stamps win this game. The late game of the Saturday afternoon double-header pits the Edmonton Eskimos against the B.C. Lions in a fight for second place in the West. The Lions have been able to claw their way back to respectability during the past few weeks against weak prey like Ottawa and Winnipeg. However, Edmonton will be a handful for the Leos and I doubt whether the Lions defence will hang 10 sacks on the Esks O-line like they did against Winnipeg. The Lions will have to play smart football and avoid the huge number of penalties they took against Winnipeg last weekend. The CFL is a flag-happy league where they call penalties almost as a reflex action this year. Many of the games have been long, frustrating and brutal because of overzealous referees, so smart on-field behaviour

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is mandatory. I will play a hunch, so I pick B.C. to play smarter this week and win the game because I am not convinced Edmonton is as good as their record. The final game of the weekend features Montreal and Toronto in a Sunday morning clash. The Als have rounded into form on both offence and defence as they enter the late stages of the regular season. Montreal quarterback Jon Crompton has become the undisputed starter after an Alouettes season of open quarterback auditions and the Alouettes defence has gelled into a lineup of stone cold killers. None of this bodes well for the Argos, particularly after a loss to the Als just a few weeks ago. However, the Argos have added an actual run game to their offence and tailback Steve Slaton adds a new dimension to the team. Ricky Ray can run play action and actually force the Montreal defence to make a choice. You do not want to give Ray these options and I predict an Argo victory in the last game of Week 19.

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WHO’S HOT Red Deer Rebels LW Scott Feser has collected at least one point in each of the last six games Scott dating back to Feser Oct. 14. The 19-year-old Red Deer product has scored twice and picked up five assists during that span.

WHO’S NOT Calgary Hitmen overage LW Connor Rankin has recorded only two points — both assists Connor — over the last Rankin eight games and has scored just once in 14 contests this season. Rankin, who has eight points (1-7) this fall, sniped 20 goals and collected 48 points between the Hitmen and TriCity Americans last season and potted 32 goals with Tri-City in the 2012-13 campaign.

THEY SAID IT “This game is a very competitive game. It’s a very competitive league with good coaches and good players. The only way you’re going to get ahead and score and win games is if you get into the hard areas and play with second and third effort. Right now, we’re a first-effort hockey team and it’s obviously showing.” — Kootenay Ice head coach Ryan McGill, to Taylor Rocca of the Cranbrook Daily Townsman, following Tuesday’s 5-0 home-ice loss to the Prince Albert Raiders, the team’s sixth consecutive setback.

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Central Alberta defenceman Dallas Valentine is a mainstay on the Moose Jaw Warriors blue line thanks to hard work and some timely opportunities. BY GREG MEACHEM ADVOCATE SPORTS EDITOR His time in the Red Deer minor hockey system was brief, but profitable. Moose Jaw Warriors defenceman Dallas Valentine, whose family farm is located between Pine Lake and Lousana, played one season of bantam AAA hockey in Camrose before sticking closer to home and suiting up with the minor midget AAA (elite 15-year-old) Red Deer IROC Chiefs in the 2011-12 season. It was a season in which he emerged as a player with major junior potential. The Warriors saw something special in Valentine and placed him on their 50man protected list in the spring of 2012. “It was a pretty exciting year,” Valentine reminisced while visiting the Centrium with the Warriors last weekend for a Saturday night date with the Red Deer Rebels. “We had a really successful team that season, we won basically everything. It was a good group of guys, a good team and it was a fun time for me.” Valentine credited thenIROC head coach Tom Bast for bringing out the best in each of his players. “He believed in all of us and picked our team based on chemistry and skill,” said Valentine. “The other 15-year-old

Jaw I was told by the Rangers that they would stay in touch with me this season and just to keep working hard and developing.” Valentine describes himself as “more of a defensive D-man than offensive, and for now I’m just trying to be a little more consistent with my game. I try not to do too much, but at the same time I try to get in on the offence a bit too. “I’ve gotten lots of opportunities with this team over the past two years and I’ve really taken advantage of that to improve my game. I’m thankful for that.” The Warriors’ second-year defenceman gives high marks to new bench boss Tim Hunter, a former NHL player and assistant coach. “He’s a great coach. Everyone has his role on the team and he plays the guys who are going to do the job,” said Valentine. “He’s a real team coach and that’s going to be good for us this season.” The Warriors embarked on a three-game winning streak in early October but gradually cooled off and currently sit fourth in the East Division and eighth in the Eastern Conference with a 6-8-0-1 record. The club missed the playoffs last spring, but Valentine is convinced the post-season will be within reach this season. “We have a good team this year, there’s really no excuse for us to not make the playoffs,” he said.

“There are some good teams in our division, but any team can beat any other team this season just by working hard. The secret for us is to stick to our game plan and keep improving every game. “We have a pretty fast team this year. We’re good at chipping pucks out, getting pucks deep and getting in on the forecheck. That’s what we do best.” While Valentine wasn’t selected in this year’s NHL draft, he could still be picked in 2015. For major junior players striving to one day earn a pro contract, every season is more important than the last. If the 18-year-old blueliner doesn’t get that cherished playfor-pay pact, he’ll take advantage of the WHL scholarship program, which supplies graduating players with one year of books and tuition at a college/ university of their choice for each season they’ve played in the league. “Every year is just another year of getting older and closer to moving on with my life,” Valentine mused. “I really have to take something out of my time in Moose Jaw and see if I can get something out of hockey. If not, I’ll use my scholarship and go to school and move on that way. “Either way, my time in Moose Jaw is going to be valuable.” gmeachem@reddeeradvocate. com

Injury derails Mahura’s chance to play overseas Red Deer Rebels defence- Jaw Warriors. As a result, the man Josh Mahura is feeling St. Albert native — the Rebels’ blue because he’s not able to second-round pick in the 2013 suit up with Canada White. WHL bantam draft — will be The 16-year-old rearguard out of action for at least another was named to one week. of three Canadian If there’s a silver teams — Canada lining, it’s that MaWhite — in late hura — with his obSeptember for the vious talent and poWorld Under 17 tential — will get anHockey Challenge other Hockey Canada starting Sunday in opportunity at some Sarnia, Ont., but an point down the road. upper-body injury “There will be has derailed his another opportunity dream of performfor him,” said Sutter. ing in the interna“The timing of his intional event. jury is just unfortuGREG “It’s disappointnate. It’s something MEACHEM ing for him. Obvithat had been bothously, this is someering him for about thing he’d love to be three weeks and he able to participate seemed to be over it in and I think it would have before the Moose Jaw game.” been great for him,” Rebels GM/ Meanwhile, the Rebels open head coach Brent Sutter said a six-game road trip tonight Thursday. “But being injured against the Kootenay Ice with . . . there’s nothing you can do the knowledge that they can about it.” play with — and defeat — the Mahura had apparently over- league’s elite following an imcome a nagging upper-body pressive 5-3 win over visiting ailment, but it was reaggra- Medicine Hat Tuesday. Cervated during last Saturday’s 5-1 tainly, the players can feel a home-ice win over the Moose little less pressure coming off

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team (the Red Deer Northstar Chiefs, whom IROC defeated in the provincial final) had probably a better lineup on paper but we had some good players and some good chemistry and we made it work. “It was a good year for us as individuals and from a team standpoint.” Valentine tried out for the midget AAA Red Deer Optimist Chiefs the following season as a 16-year-old, but was cut and hooked up with the midget AAA Leduc Oil Kings, collecting a goal and two points in 26 games. He also played 13 games with the Warriors that season, recording a single assist and four minutes in penalties. He emerged as a Warriors regular last winter, scoring three goals and recording 14 points in 69 games. His game improved to the point where he was ranked 109th by Central Scouting for the 2014 NHL entry draft. The six-foot-three, 195-pound rearguard was eventually passed over in the draft, but earned a free-agent invitation to the New York Rangers training camp in September. “It was a good experience down there,” said Valentine. “I had a lot of fun. I was down there for about two and half weeks and it was very productive for me to see what the pace is like at that level and how much further I have to go to get there. “Before I returned to Moose

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a sweep of a three-game homestand that followed a five-game losing streak. “I think it’s more a feeling of confidence with the group that if we play a certain way and do things the right way, we can win a lot of games,” said Sutter. “In this league, there’s not a lot of games where you get into third periods and they aren’t tight. You have to find ways to win those tight games in the third and the other night we did that. “It’s a confidence thing with the group, but we know as a coaching staff that we have a good group. We have a bit of everything on our team, it’s just a matter of putting it all together and doing it consistently. The mental part is huge too . . . wanting to stay with your game for 60 minutes no matter who you’re playing against or where.” ● Sylvan Lake’s Jordan Steenbergen wasn’t going to get regular minutes with the Kootenay Ice, but that doesn’t mean that his departure from the team was anything close to irregular. “It was a mutual parting of the ways,” Ice GM Jeff Chynoweth told Taylor Rocca of

the Cranbrook Daily Townsman Wednesday. “He wasn’t going to be happy being a number six, seven or eight defenceman, or on the fourth line as a forward. “He wanted to play more and we couldn’t guarantee that. We reached a mutual decision to part ways.” Steenbergen, 18, collected three assists in 49 games with the Ice last season and was pointless in 12 games this fall. He is expected to report to the Olds Grizzlys of the Alberta Junior Hockey League. The Ice will continue to hold his WHL rights. Steenbergen was selected by Kootenay in the third round of the 2011 WHL bantam draft and left the club on good terms, according to his tweet Wednesday afternoon. “Thanks to the @WHLKootenayICE for giving me an opportunity to play and be a part of this organization the last year and a half,” he tweeted. “And a huge thank you to my billets and teammates. I am very excited for what the future holds! #newbeginnings” gmeachem@reddeeradvocate. com

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Valentine making most of opportunities

THE ICE Overage forward Brett Ferguson notched his third goal of the season Brett to help the Ferguson Red Deer Rebels post a convincing 7-1 win over the Saskatoon Blades at the Centrium on Oct. 29 of 2010. The win represented at least a small degree of revenge for the Rebels, who were swept by the Blades in the first round of the playoffs the previous spring, a series that featured a line brawl. “We had two tough teams come in here this weekend,” said Ferguson, referring also to a 5-3 win over the Vancouver Giants 24 hours earlier. “But this one obviously feels better than last night because we have some bad blood with Saskatoon.” Ferguson potted just his second goal of the season against the Giants. “I was feeling kind of useless, almost, for awhile,” he said. “It feels so good to be on the scoresheet especially when the team is winning.” The native of Vibank, Sask., is currently in his fourth year with the University of Alberta Golden Bears.

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Saints seize first in NFC South with win over Panthers BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Saints 28 Panthers 10 CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Drew Brees and the Saints proved they know how to win big games on the road. Brees overcame a shaky start and threw for one touchdown and ran for another and New Orleans defeated the Carolina Panthers 28-10 Thursday night to take over first place in the NFC South. The Saints (4-4) piled up 375 yards to snap a sevengame losing streak on the road that dated back to last November. Brees finished 24 of 34 for 297 yards and Mark Ingram turned in another solid performance with 100 yards rushing and two touchdowns. Brees threw an interception and fumbled in the first quarter before settling down late in the second and leading touchdown drives on four out of five possessions. The Saints’ defence sacked Cam Newton four times and forced two turnovers. Newton, who spent much of the night under heavy duress playing behind an offensive line without three of its regular starters, was limited to 151 yards passing. New Orleans pushed inside the Carolina 15-yard line on the game-opening drive before Brees’ pass for Kenny Stills was deflected to Panthers defensive lineman Dwan Edwards for the interception. Then, after the Saints forced a punt, Brees quickly pushed the Saints to midfield only to have Carolina’s Charles Johnson push fullback Erik Lorig into him and knock the ball loose as he looked downfield for a fumble. However, Newton and the Panthers couldn’t take advantage and were forced to punt after both turnovers. “It’s hard when you don’t take advantage of those opportunities,” Panthers coach Ron Rivera said. The Saints didn’t have the same problem on the next possession. With the Panthers pinned back in their own end, Junior Galette sacked Newton from behind and stripped the ball, allowing linebacker Curtis Lofton recovered at the Carolina 3. Mark Ingram took advantage two plays later with a 3-yard run to give the Saints a 7-0 lead. Then, after forcing a three-and-out, Drew Brees directed an 85-yard drive that ended when he slipped

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New Orleans Saints’ Drew Brees dives over the goal line for a touchdown against the Carolina Panthers in the second half of an NFL football game in Charlotte, N.C., Thursday. a 1-yard pass just past Melvin White to Graham on the right side with 3 seconds left in the half and the Saints were off and running while the Panthers (3-51) headed to the locker room serenaded by a chorus of boos. One of the few highlights for the Panthers came from Newton. He turned in one of the most athletic plays of the season when he scrambled out of the pocket, raced around the left end and took off from the 5-yard line and soaring toward the goal line with the ball outstretched in his right hand for a touchdown, cutting the Saints lead to 14-7. But Brees stopped any Carolina momentum when he led a 14-play, 80-yard drive that took more than six minutes off the clock. Brees jumped forward and stretched the ball over the goal line on a fourth-down sneak to give the New Orleans Saints a 21-7 lead. Ingram, who carried 30 times, added his second scoring run to seal the game in the fourth quarter. While Newton struggled, his receivers didn’t give him much help. Jerricho Cotchery couldn’t haul in a

catchable deep ball inside the 10 in the first quarter and Newton’s on-target throw hit Brenton Bersin in the hands and popped straight to Corey White for an interception on the next drive. Rookie Kelvin Benjamin also dropped a pass in the end zone for the second straight week. The Panthers had won just one of their past six games coming in along with a tie at Cincinnati in Week 6, including falling at home last week to Seattle on a late touchdown. The Saints, meanwhile, were 0-4 on the road this season. Still, New Orleans was coming off a dominating second-half performance — at home, fittingly — in which it scored 28 points after the break to speed past the Packers 44-23. There were no shortages of promising signs for the Saints in that one, from Jimmy Graham hauling in a touchdown catch and looking healthier after a shoulder injury to Ingram running for a career-best 172 yards to complement Brees through the air. Graham had seven catches for 83 yards and a touchdown against the Panthers.

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Cougars 38 Rams 14 There was next to nothing on the line, but nonetheless the Notre Dame Cougars put their best foot forward Thursday at Great Chief Park. “Like I told the kids before the game, ‘this game doesn’t really mean anything in the standings, but we want to move forward for next week’, and I think we did,” said Cougars head coach Gino Castellan, following his team’s 38-14 mauling of the Lacombe Rams in the Central Alberta High School Football League City Division consolation final. The Cougars, who host the third-seeded Calgary team — likely the Henry Wise Wood Warriors — in a provincial Tier 1 quarter-final Nov. 8 at Great Chief Park, got through Thursday’s outing without any injuries. They also displayed an ability to fight off adversity. “It was a good game all around for us,” said Castellan. “We showed a bit of character after Lacombe scored on their first series. We didn’t get down, which was nice. We kept marching and playing hard, and that’s a good sign.” The Rams got an early go-ahead touchdown from Cam Heslop on a three-yard run, but the Cougars replied just under five minutes later when Jacob Hamilton forced a Lacombe safety, and assumed a permanent lead on a 17-yard scoring run by Justin Fedun. From there, Notre Dame quarterback Keegan MacDonald scored on a one-yard run and hooked up with Jesse Kowalchuk and Taylor Vida on passing plays that covered 18 and 90 yards for touchdowns, and Fedun scored a major from two yards out. Rams quarterback Zachary Bailey ran one yard for a fourth-quarter touchdown and Jared St. Thomas converted both Lacombe majors. Eric Meraw had four converts for the Cougars, with Hamilton adding a late safety. MacDonald completed seven of 17 passes for 183 yards, including two to each of Payton LaGrange and Brandon Heidinger for 35 and 29 yards, respectively. Fedun led all rushers with 139 yards on 21 carries. For the Rams, Bailey was good on four of 21 passes for 71 yards. Heslop hauled in two balls for 30 yards and Josh Person ran for 88 yards on 13 carries. ● In the Rural Division consolation final Thursday, the host Stettler Wildcats scratched the Rocky Mountain House Rebels 32-14. gmeachem@reddeeradvocate.com

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SCOREBOARD Hockey Wednesday’s Games Detroit 4, Washington 2 Nashville 4, Edmonton 1 GA 53 51 43 51 47 64

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CENTRAL DIVISION GP W L OTLSOL Medicine Hat 14 11 2 1 0 Edmonton 15 9 4 0 2 Calgary 14 7 6 0 1 Red Deer 14 6 7 1 0 Lethbridge 15 5 9 0 1 Kootenay 15 3 12 0 0

GF 62 47 55 49 37 29

GA 28 38 43 51 60 64

Pt 23 20 15 13 11 6

WESTERN CONFERENCE B.C. DIVISION GP W L OTLSOL GF Kelowna 14 13 1 0 0 73 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 26 19 17 16 12

GA 31 38 38 39 73

Pt 21 17 16 15 12

GP 13 13 15 14 17

U.S. DIVISION W L OTLSOL 9 1 2 1 7 3 3 0 8 7 0 0 6 5 2 1 5 10 0 2

GF 49 38 41 37 51

6. Tampa Bay, Garrison 1 (Stamkos, Filppula) 16:48 (pp). 7. Philadelphia, Raffl 6 (Voracek, Giroux) 19:06. Penalties — Grossmann Pha (high-sticking) 2:28, Pha Bench (too many men) 14:52. Shots on goal Philadelphia 4 8 15 — 27 Tampa Bay 9 13 10 — 32 Goal — Philadelphia: Emery (L, 4-1-1); Tampa Bay: Bishop (W, 6-1-1). Power plays (goal-chances) — Philadelphia: 0-2; Tampa Bay: 2-5.

Thursday’s Games New Jersey 2, Winnipeg 1, SO Chicago 5, Ottawa 4, SO Minnesota 4, San Jose 3, SO Boston 3, Buffalo 2, OT Pittsburgh 3, Los Angeles 0 Tampa Bay 4, Philadelphia 3 Florida 2, Arizona 1 St. Louis 2, Anaheim 0 Colorado 5, N.Y. Islanders 0 Vancouver 3, Montreal 2, OT

Panthers 2, Coyotes 1 First Period 1. Arizona, Hanzal 2 (Ekman-Larsson, Yandle) 17:27 (pp). Penalties — Erat Ari (high-sticking) 3:42, Vermette Ari (hooking) 7:41, Mitchell Fla (high-sticking) 10:45, Kopecky Fla (slashing) 17:01. Second Period 2. Florida, Pirri 3 (Jokinen, Gudbranson) 5:37 (pp). Penalties — Mackenzie Fla (roughing) 3:38, Yandle Ari (roughing) 3:38. Third Period 3. Florida, Upshall 1 (Kopecky, Mackenzie) 10:56. Penalties — Upshall Fla (hooking) 4:12, Gudbranson Fla (fighting) 7:47, Chipchura Ari (fighting) 7:47, Jokinen Fla (roughing) 7:47, McMillan Ari (roughing) 7:47, Upshall Fla (charging) 8:51. Shots on goal Arizona 12 7 14 — 33 Florida 8 9 9 — 26 Goal — Arizona: Smith (L, 2-5-0); Florida: Luongo (W, 3-2-2). Power plays (goal-chances) — Arizona: 1-4; Florida: 1-3.

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. Saturday’s Games Ottawa at Boston, 5 p.m. Chicago at Toronto, 5 p.m. Washington at Tampa Bay, 5 p.m. Philadelphia at Florida, 5 p.m. Columbus at New Jersey, 5 p.m. Winnipeg at N.Y. Rangers, 5 p.m. Buffalo at Pittsburgh, 5 p.m. Arizona at Carolina, 5 p.m. Colorado at St. Louis, 6 p.m. Dallas at Minnesota, 6 p.m. Vancouver at Edmonton, 8 p.m. N.Y. Islanders at San Jose, 8:30 p.m. Thursday’s summaries

Wednesday’s results Lethbridge 5 Prince Albert 2 Brandon 5 Vancouver 2 Everett 4 Kamloops 1 Spokane 4 Edmonton 3 (SO)

Canucks 3, Canadiens 2 (OT) First Period No Scoring. Penalties — Bieksa Vcr (slashing) 3:42, Dorsett Vcr (hooking) 9:39. Second Period 1. Vancouver, Bonino 4 (Dorsett) 8:29. Penalties — Edler Vcr (tripping) 5:56. Third Period 2. Vancouver, Richardson 3 (Matthias, Weber) 2:17. 3. Montreal, Galchenyuk 4 (Subban, Emelin) 12:11. 4. Montreal, Pacioretty 4 (Weise, Desharnais) 17:27. Penalties — Eller Mtl (tripping) 14:07. Overtime 5. Vancouver, Sedin 3 (Sedin) 2:45 (pp). Penalties — Gilbert Mtl (interference) 0:50. Shots on goal Montreal 7 11 6 1 — 25 Vancouver 9 11 6 4 — 30 Goal — Montreal: Price (LO, 7-1-1); Vancouver: Miller (W, 7-1-0). Power plays (goal-chances) — Montreal: 0-3; Vancouver: 1-2.

Thursday’s results Kelowna 5 Portland 0 Seattle 5 Edmonton 2 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. Saturday’s games Calgary at Moose Jaw, 7 p.m. Lethbridge at Kootenay, 7 p.m. Saskatoon at Prince Albert, 7 p.m. Swift Current at Regina, 7 p.m. Brandon at Medicine Hat, 7:30 p.m. Kelowna at Portland, 8 p.m. Kamloops at Prince George, 8 p.m. Edmonton at Everett, 8:05 p.m. Red Deer at Spokane, 8:05 p.m. Tri-City at Victoria, 8:05 p.m. Vancouver at Seattle, 8:05 p.m. WHL Scoring Leaders Cole Ully, Kam Nick Merkley, Kel Cole Sanford, MH Rihards Bukarts, Bra Jayce Hawryluk, Bra Trevor Cox, MH Rourke Chartier, Kel Austin Carroll, Vic Chad Butcher, MH Chase De Leo, Por Jake Debrusk, SC Coda Gordon, SC Matt Needham, Kam

G 9 4 9 8 10 2 11 10 10 9 9 8 7

A 17 21 14 15 11 19 9 10 10 11 11 12 13

Pts 26 25 23 23 21 21 20 20 20 20 20 20 20

National Hockey League EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division GP W L OT Pts Montreal 11 8 2 1 17 Tampa Bay 11 7 3 1 15 Detroit 9 5 2 2 12 Ottawa 9 5 2 2 12 Boston 12 6 6 0 12 Florida 8 3 2 3 9 Toronto 9 4 4 1 9 Buffalo 11 2 8 1 5

GF 29 38 22 26 32 12 25 13

GA 29 29 19 22 30 17 25 36

Metropolitan Division GP W L OT Pts Pittsburgh 9 6 2 1 13 N.Y. Islanders10 6 4 0 12 New Jersey 10 5 3 2 12 N.Y. Rangers 9 5 4 0 10 Washington 9 4 3 2 10 Philadelphia 10 4 4 2 10 Columbus 9 4 5 0 8 Carolina 8 0 6 2 2

GF 36 35 30 27 27 32 25 15

GA 22 36 34 30 23 36 30 33

WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division GP W L OT Pts Nashville 9 6 1 2 14 Chicago 10 6 3 1 13 Minnesota 9 6 3 0 12 St. Louis 9 5 3 1 11 Dallas 9 4 2 3 11 Colorado 11 3 4 4 10 Winnipeg 10 4 5 1 9

GF 23 27 31 22 32 27 20

GA 17 19 17 18 33 32 26

Blues 2, Ducks 0 First Period 1. St. Louis, Steen 2 (Gunnarsson, Shattenkirk) 4:29. Penalties — Rakell Ana (holding) 18:08. Second Period No Scoring. Penalties — Lehtera StL (tripping) 1:06, Thompson Ana (kneeing) 11:57. Third Period 2. St. Louis, Reaves 2 (Lapierre) 2:03. Penalties — Jaskin StL (holding) 7:03, Bouwmeester StL (delay of game) 8:44, Ana Bench (too many men) 10:09, Jackman StL (holding) 19:10. Shots on goal Anaheim 13 4 7 — 24 St. Louis 9 7 13 — 29 Goal — Anaheim: Gibson (L, 2-2-0); St. Louis: Allen (W, 2-1-0). Power plays (goal-chances) — Anaheim: 0-4; St. Louis: 0-3. Avalanche 5, Islanders 0 First Period 1. Colorado, McLeod 1 (Duchene, Talbot) 2:34. Penalties — Landeskog Col (delay of game) 14:55, Mitchell Col (delay of game) 19:17. Second Period 2. Colorado, MacKinnon 1 (Johnson, Landeskog) 3:25 (pp). 3. Colorado, Cliche 1 (Talbot, McLeod) 8:59. 4. Colorado, MacKinnon 2 (Iginla, McGinn) 10:14. Penalties — De Haan NYI (tripping) 1:36, Landeskog Col (goaltender interference) 10:53, Holden Col (holding) 19:31. Third Period 5. Colorado, Johnson 2 (Duchene) 13:40. Penalties — Landeskog Col (hooking) 2:01, Boychuk NYI (interference) 2:29, Clutterbuck NYI (roughing) 13:23, McLeod Col (roughing) 13:23, Holden Col (slashing) 16:44. Shots on goal NY Islanders 9 17 14 — 40 Colorado 5 14 4 — 23 Goal — NY Islanders: Johnson (L, 3-1-0); Colorado: Varlamov (W, 2-2-3). Power plays (goal-chances) — NY Islanders: 0-6; Colorado: 1-2.

Pacific Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Anaheim 11 8 3 0 16 31 21 Vancouver 10 7 3 0 14 34 29 Los Angeles 10 6 2 2 14 24 18 San Jose 12 6 4 2 14 38 34 Calgary 11 5 4 2 12 27 24 Edmonton 10 4 5 1 9 27 36 Arizona 9 3 5 1 7 22 34 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss.

Lightning 4, Flyers 3 First Period 1. Tampa Bay, Namestnikov 3 (Stralman, Drouin) 3:29. 2. Philadelphia, Simmonds 6 (Bellemare, Schenn) 12:43. Penalties — None. Second Period 3. Tampa Bay, Stamkos 7 (Garrison, Filppula) 19:14 (pp). Penalties — Sustr TB (holding) 5:30, Giroux Pha (stick holding) 6:22, Boyle TB (holding) 6:22, Couturier Pha (high-sticking) 8:09, VandeVelde Pha (tripping) 11:04, Brewer TB (roughing) 11:04, Schenn Pha (hooking) 15:06, Rinaldo Pha (roughing) 18:34, Gudas TB (roughing) 20:00. Third Period 4. Tampa Bay, Stamkos 8 (Filppula, Killorn) 5:30. 5. Philadelphia, Voracek 3 (Manning, Giroux) 6:38.

Blackhawks 5, Senators 4 (SO) First Period 1. Ottawa, Stone 2 (Lazar, Ceci) 2:48. 2. Chicago, Toews 3 (Hossa, Bickell) 11:25. 3. Chicago, Versteeg 2 (Richards) 15:38. Penalties — Smith Ott (hooking) 4:20, Shaw Chi (stick holding) 5:01, Gryba Ott (tripping) 7:31, Cowen Ott (roughing) 17:14, Sharp Chi (slashing) 17:14. Second Period 4. Ottawa, MacArthur 5 (Legwand, Wiercioch) 2:51 (pp). Penalties — Keith Chi (hooking) 0:54, Bickell Chi (hooking) 11:12, Ott Bench (too many men) 14:10, Anderson Ott (interference) 17:38. Third Period 5. Ottawa, Ryan 3 (unassisted) :30. 6. Chicago, Toews 4 (Seabrook, Keith) 7:31. 7. Chicago, Hossa 2 (Versteeg) 13:50. 8. Ottawa, Zibanejad 1 (Chiasson, Karlsson) 17:52. Penalties — Kruger Chi (hooking) 1:33, Chi Bench (too many men) 4:13, Morin Chi (slashing) 7:45. Overtime No Scoring. Penalties — Wiercioch Ott (hooking) 3:34. Shootout — Chicago wins 1-0 Chicago : Toews miss, Kane miss, Sharp goal. Ottawa : Turris miss, Chiasson miss, Ryan miss. Shots on goal Chicago 15 12 9 3 — 39 Ottawa 6 11 14 1 — 32 Goal — Chicago: Darling (W, 2-1-0); Ottawa: Anderson (LO, 2-2-1). Power plays (goal-chances) — Chicago: 0-5; Ottawa: 1-6. Wild 4, Sharks 3 (SO) First Period 1. San Jose, Mueller 1 (Nieto, Sheppard) 16:06. Penalties — Burish SJ (holding) 8:24, Suter Minn (interference) 12:18. Second Period 2. San Jose, Wingels 5 (Pavelski, Burns) 4:20 (pp). 3. Minnesota, Koivu 2 (Zucker, Suter) 8:40. Penalties — Veilleux Minn (charging) 3:15. Third Period 4. San Jose, Thornton 3 (Pavelski) 1:37. 5. Minnesota, Brodziak 1 (Vanek, Fontaine) 5:13. 6. Minnesota, Brodziak 2 (Vanek, Prosser) 10:32. Penalties — None. Overtime No Scoring. Penalties — None. Shootout — Minnesota wins 2-1 San Jose : Couture goal, Pavelski miss, Marleau miss. Minnesota : Parise miss, Koivu goal, Pominville goal. Shots on goal San Jose 10 5 9 4 — 28 Minnesota 15 19 8 4 — 46 Goal — San Jose: Niemi (LO, 5-2-1); Minnesota: Kuemper (W, 5-2-0). Power plays (goal-chances) — San Jose: 1-2; Minnesota: 0-1. Devils 2, Jets 1 (SO) First Period 1. Winnipeg, Wheeler 4 (Enstrom, Bogosian) 6:56. Penalties — Kane Wpg (holding) 13:17. Second Period No Scoring. Penalties — Brunner NJ (holding) 4:00, Zidlicky NJ (interference) 16:52. Third Period 2. New Jersey, Ryder 2 (Merrill) 16:33. Penalties — None. Overtime No Scoring. Penalties — None. Shootout — New Jersey wins 1-0 Winnipeg : Wheeler miss, Ladd miss, Little miss. New Jersey : Brunner miss, Josefson goal, Elias miss. Shots on goal Winnipeg 8 10 4 3 — 25 New Jersey 13 7 7 1 — 28 Goal — Winnipeg: Pavelec (LO, 4-4-1); New Jersey: Schneider (W, 5-3-2). Power plays (goal-chances) — Winnipeg: 0-2; New Jersey: 0-1.

Friday

● 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 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

GP 16 16 16 16

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

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

PA 177 165 151 228 PA 187 166 202 218

Cincinnati Baltimore Pittsburgh Cleveland

W 4 5 5 4

Denver San Diego Kansas City Oakland

W 6 5 4 0

North L T 2 1 3 0 3 0 3 0 West L T 1 0 3 0 3 0 7 0

Pct .643 .625 .625 .571

PF 161 217 205 163

PA 164 131 196 152

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 177 227 192 133

PA 236 198 221 223

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 4 4 1 .500 New Orleans 4 4 0 .500 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

HIGH SCHOOL VOLLEYBALL The host Lightning were set to face Okotoks Foothills in the opening girls division match of the Hunting Hills senior volleyball tournament today at 8:30 a.m. The Hunting Hills girls also take on Grande Prairie Charles Spencer at 10:45 a.m. and Lethbridge Chinook at 1 p.m. On the boys side, the host Lightning meet Calgary Centennial at 10:45 a.m., and face Grande Prairie at 2 p.m. and Sherwood Park Bev Facey at 5:30 p.m. The tournament concludes Saturday with both finals at 5:30 p.m, • The Lindsay Thurber junior varsity volleyball tournament opens today with the host Raiders facing Sherwood Park Salisbury and Calgary E.P. Scarlett in boys action today at 4 and 6:30 p.m., and the girls Raiders taking on E.P. Scarlett and Okotoks Foothills at the same times. The girls and boys championship finals are scheduled for 4:30 p.m. Saturday.

Thursday, Oct. 30 New Orleans 28, Carolina 10 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 Sunday Washington at Minnesota Pick 43.5 NY Jets at KANSAS CITY 9.5 42 Arizona at DALLAS 4 48 Tampa Bay at CLEVELAND 6.5 43.5 PHILADELPHIA at Houston 2 48.5 San Diego at MIAMI 2.5 45 Jacksonville at CINCINNATI 11 44 Oakland at SEATTLE 15 43 DENVER at New England 3 54.5 BALTIMORE at Pittsburgh 2 48 St. Louis at SAN FRANCISCO 10 43.5 Monday INDIANAPOLIS at NY Giants 3 50.5

Stampeders great and businessman John Forzani on life support CALGARY — Stampeders great and prominent Calgary businessman John Forzani was put on life support in a California hospital on Thursday according to several media reports. Family members have told a number of Calgary-based media outlets that the 67 year old had a heart attack in his sleep and was taken to Eisenhower Medical Center in Palm Springs. Tom Forzani says doctors have told them his brother is unlikely to recover. John was an offensive lineman for six years with the Stampeders in the 1970s, where he played alongside his brothers Tom and Joe. After he retired from football, John Forzani built a chain of successful sporting goods stores. That chain, FGL Sports, was sold to Canadian Tire in 2011. John established Calgary’s annual Mother’s Day Run and Walk in 1977, a fundraising event which continues to this day. In 2000, the Forzani Foundation was established to assist charities including Canadian amateur athletics.

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)

Sunday

● 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.

Basketball National Basketball Association EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct GB Boston 1 0 1.000 — Toronto 1 0 1.000 — New York 1 1 .500 1/2 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 — Washington 1 1 .500 1/2 Atlanta 0 1 .000 1 Orlando 0 2 .000 1 1/2 Central Division W L Pct GB Chicago 1 0 1.000 — Indiana 1 0 1.000 — Cleveland 0 1 .000 1 Milwaukee 0 1 .000 1 Detroit 0 2 .000 1 1/2 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 1 1 .500 1 Northwest Division W L Pct GB Portland 1 0 1.000 — Denver 1 0 1.000 — Minnesota 1 1 .500 1/2 Oklahoma City 0 1 .000 1 Utah 0 2 .000 1 1/2 Pacific Division W L Pct GB Golden State 1 0 1.000 — Phoenix 1 0 1.000 — L.A. Clippers 0 0 .000 1/2 Sacramento 0 1 .000 1

L.A. Lakers

0

2

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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 Portland 106, Oklahoma City 89 Thursday’s Games Washington 105, Orlando 98 Minnesota 97, Detroit 91 New York 95, Cleveland 90 Dallas 120, Utah 102 Oklahoma City at L.A. Clippers, late Friday’s Games Memphis at Indiana, 5 p.m. Cleveland at Chicago, 6 p.m. Philadelphia at Milwaukee, 6:30 p.m. San Antonio at Phoenix, 8 p.m. Portland at Sacramento, 8 p.m. L.A. Clippers at L.A. Lakers, 8:30 p.m. Saturday’s Games Dallas at New Orleans, 5 p.m. Miami at Philadelphia, 5 p.m. Milwaukee at Washington, 5 p.m. Toronto at Orlando, 5 p.m. Memphis at Charlotte, 5 p.m. Indiana at Atlanta, 5:30 p.m. Brooklyn at Detroit, 5:30 p.m. Denver at Oklahoma City, 6 p.m. Boston at Houston, 6 p.m. Chicago at Minnesota, 6 p.m. Phoenix at Utah, 7 p.m. L.A. Lakers at Golden State, 8:30 p.m.

Curling 2014 Masters of Curling SELKIRK, Man. — Standings and schedule Thursday from the Masters of Curling, an event on the 2014-15 Grand Slam of Curling series (event runs through Sunday: ROUND ROBIN MEN Group A Laycock Edin Koe Jacobs Cotter Group B McEwen Michel Morris Murdoch de Cruz Group C

Football Montreal Toronto Hamilton Ottawa

FRIDAY, OCT. 31, 2014

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WHL EASTERN CONFERENCE EAST DIVISION GP W L OTLSOL GF Brandon 16 12 3 1 0 83 Swift Current 17 9 7 0 1 51 Regina 15 6 8 1 0 46 Moose Jaw 15 6 8 0 1 39 Prince Albert 15 6 9 0 0 40 Saskatoon 14 5 9 0 0 39

Everett Spokane Tri-City Seattle Portland

B4

Epping Gushue Howard Stoughton Ulsrud

W 3 2 2 0 0

L 0 1 1 2 3

W 3 2 1 1 0

L 0 1 1 2 3

W 2 2 2 1 0

L 0 1 1 2 3

Thursday’s results Fifth Draw McEwen 4 Michel 3 Laycock 6 Cotter 5 Gushue 5 Howard 2 Edin 7 Koe 3 Murdoch 7 Morris 6 Sixth Draw Epping 5 Ulsrud 4 Seventh Draw Howard 7 Stoughton 3 Koe 8 Jacobs 5 McEwen 6 de Cruz 3 Edin 6 Cotter 5 Friday’s games Eighth Draw, 8 a.m. Gushue vs. Epping; Morris vs. Michel. Ninth Draw, 11:30 a.m. Murdoch vs. de Cruz; Jacobs vs. Cotter. Draw 10, 3:30 p.m. Howard vs. Epping; McEwen vs. Morris; Ulsrud vs. Stoughton.

Draw 11, 6:30 p.m. Jacobs vs. Edin; Koe vs. Laycock. End of Round Robin WOMEN Group A Jones Sweeting Sidorova Flaxey Nedohin Group B Homan Tirinzoni Carey Middaugh Paetz Group C Feltscher Sigfridsson Anderson McDonald Muirhead

W 2 2 1 1 1

L 1 1 1 2 2

W 2 2 1 1 1

L 1 1 1 2 2

W 3 2 1 1 0

L 0 1 1 2 3

Thursday’s results Sixth Draw Homan 7 Middaugh 4 Anderson 6 Sigfridsson 5 (extra end) Nedohin 3 Flaxey 2 Sweeting 7 Sidorova 4 Seventh Draw Feltscher 6 McDonald 5 Paetz 8 Carey 3 Jones 7 Sweeting 3 Tirinzoni 8 Homan 5 Eighth Draw Sigfridsson 7 Muirhead 3 Friday’s games Ninth Draw, 8 a.m. Sweeting vs. Flaxey. Draw 10, 11:30 a.m. Anderson vs. McDonald; Sidorova vs. Nedohin; Middaugh vs. Carey. Draw 11, 3:30 p.m. Sigfridsson vs. Feltscher; Tirinzoni vs. Paetz. Draw 12, 6:30 p.m. Muirhead vs. Anderson; Homan vs. Carey; Jones vs. Sidorova. End of Round Robin

Transactions Thursday’s Sports Transactions HOCKEY National Hockey League COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS — Placed C Mark Letestu and D James Wisniewski on injured reserve. Recalled Cs Sean Collins and Brian Gibbons from Springfield (AHL). DALLAS STARS — Activated F Valeri Nichhushkin from injured reserve and assigned him to Texas (AHL) for conditioning. DETROIT RED WINGS — Recalled C Stephen Weiss from Grand Rapids (AHL). LOS ANGELES KINGS — Recalled F David Van der Gulik from Manchester (AHL). MINNESOTA WILD — Reassigned D Stu Bickel to Iowa (AHL). Recalled F Stephane Veilleux from Iowa. WASHINGTON CAPITALS — Assigned F Caleb Herbert from Hershey (AHL) to South Carolina (ECHL). American Hockey League CHARLOTTE CHECKERS — Returned F Mike Aviani to Florida (ECHL). LEHIGH VALLEY PHANTOMS — Loaned D Brett Flemming and F Matt Hatch to Reading (ECHL). ECHL QUAD CITY MALLARDS — Released Fs Kyle Thomas and Garrett Vermeersch and D/F Ben Woodley. Signed F Mario Lamoureux. SOCCER Major League Soccer MLS — Awarded a franchise to Los Angeles to begin with the 2017 season. FOOTBALL National Football League CLEVELAND BROWNS — Released DB Marcus Cromartie from the practice squad. Signed WR Phil Bates to the practice squad. NEW YORK GIANTS — Placed LB Jon Beason on injured reserve. Released G Brandon Washington and WR Kadron Boone from the practice squad and DB Jemea Thomas. ST. LOUIS RAMS — Placed WR Brian Quick on injured reserve. Signed TE Justice Cunningham, G Travis Bond, WR Emory Blake and OT Steven

Baker to the practice squad and WR Damian Williams and G Brandon Washington. SEATTLE SEAHAWKS — Signed TE Keavon Milton to the practice squad. Canadian Football League WINNIPEG BLUE BOMBERS — Released LB Will Smith. BASEBALL American League BALTIMORE ORIOLES — Exercised 2015 options on LHP Wei-Yin Chen and RHP Darren O’Day. BOSTON RED SOX — Agreed to terms with RHP Koji Uehara on a two-year contract. Announced C David Ross and RHP Burke Badenhop declined outright assignment and chose free agency. KANSAS CITY ROYALS — Activated RHPs Aaron Crow, Aaron Brooks and Casey Coleman; LHPs Scott Downs, Francisley Bueno and John Lamb; OFs Lane Adams, Raul Ibanez, Carlos Peguero and Moises Sierra; 2B Johnny Giavotella; C Francisco Pena; SS Christian Colon; and 3B Cheslor Cuthbert. LOS ANGELES ANGELS — Exercised 2015 option on RHP Huston Street. Declined 2015 option on LHP Sean Burnett. Returned LHP Brian Moran to Seattle. NEW YORK YANKEES — Reinstated 3B Alex Rodriguez from the restricted list. OAKLAND ATHLETICS — Declined 2015 option on SS Hiroyuki Nakajima. Promoted Darren Bush to hitting coach. Named Scott Emerson bullpen coach and Marcus Jensen assistant hitting/catching coach. TORONTO BLUE JAYS — Traded C Santiago Nessy to Kansas City for RHP Liam Hendriks. National League CHICAGO CUBS — Assigned OF Ryan Kalish outright to Iowa (PCL). Announced RHP James McDonald declined outright assignment and chose free agency. Declined 2015 option on RHP Kyuji Fujikawa. CINCINNATI REDS — Exercised 2015 option on RHP Johnny Cueto. Declined 2015 options on 3B Jack Hannahan and OF Ryan Ludwick. LOS ANGELES DODGERS — Announced RHP Dan Haren exercised his 2015 option.

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Raonic advances to Paris Masters quarter-finals BY THE CANADIAN PRESS PARIS — Canadian Milos Raonic defeated Spain’s Roberto BautistaAgut 7-5, 7-6 (7) to advance to the quarter-finals at the Paris Masters and remain alive in his bid to qualify for the season-ending ATP Finals. After some uneven play in recent weeks, Raonic’s confidence appears to be growing with each match. The 23-year-old can lock up a spot in the eight-man field next month by winning the Paris title. “I’m not letting it get to me, but I realize the importance of these matches,” said Raonic, who served as alternate at the ATP Finals a year ago. “But this week is not just about trying to make London. “If this is about where everything this season is going to finish, I want to go out there at 100 per cent and make the most out of it all.” Raonic helped his cause with 23 aces in a trademark big-hitting performance. “I served well and felt like I played well in the right moments,” he said. “It felt like I played better than yesterday. “I was fortunate to break back in the second set. When I had my back against the wall I was able to buckle down on the focus. That is something

I’m going to need to do more consistently. “I’m hoping to keep doing that. I have to in the next round.” Raonic, from Thornhill, Ont., will next play world No. 2 Roger Federer of Switzerland, who has won 14 straight matches and three of his last four tournaments. Federer reached the quarter-finals with a 6-4, 6-4 win over 176th-ranked French qualifier Lucas Pouille. Federer has won all six career meetings against Raonic, including semifinal wins earlier this year at Cincinnati and Wimbledon. “Roger has had best of me handily in the last two times we’ve played this year,” Raonic said. “I definitely want to be able to do better and play better.” The Swiss star has only dropped three sets to Raonic over those six matches — and two of those were in tiebreakers. Raonic will have to adjust to the faster main showcourt at the Bercy Arena after being relegated to the secondary court this week. That will take some quick adjustment from the Canadian. “I trained only once on centre when I got here from Basel,” he said. “But I can adjust. The most important thing is that I’m doing what I need to do to get better and better each time. That’s all

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Milos Raonic returns the ball to Roberto Bautista of Spain during their third round match at the ATP World Tour Masters tennis tournament at Bercy stadium in Paris, France, Thursday. I can ask (of) myself.” Raonic is currently 10th in the London points chase. Federer, meanwhile,

has already wrapped up a spot in London and still has a chance to regain the No. 1 position in the world rankings.

Clarkson finally feels like himself again against the Blue Jackets. On Friday night he and the Leafs return to Columbus, but this time the Toronto native is healthy and already in a groove. “It’s tough just to fire into a season 10 games in,” Clarkson said. “I think right now I feel pretty good. I feel back like myself again.” Clarkson has two goals and an assist in a third-line role alongside Leo Komarov and Mike Santorelli and has seen some time on the second powerplay unit. He had five goals and six assists in 60 games in 2013-’14, a disappointing performance to say the least after signing a US$36.75-million, sevenyear contract. But the weight of contract expectations paled in comparison to the way the suspension hampered Clarkson’s start. “You’re coming from a different organization, you’re trying to learn a new system, you’re trying to learn new things and all of a sudden you get suspended and jump in,” Clarkson said. “I think I (injured) my foot right away and then my elbow. It was just one of those seasons that I chalk up as a nightmare and (I got) through it and got ready and trained hard this summer and spent time with my kids and got ready for this year.” Carlyle praised Clarkson for putting time and effort into building up strength and getting “a little thicker” in the off-season. Even after a lowerbody injury limited him at training camp and the facial fractures halted his progress, Clarkson managed to be in the lineup on opening night and got

on track. Nine games in, Clarkson doesn’t have a single fighting major after leading the team in the category last season. That’s because his facial injuries prevent him from dropping the gloves. “For now I couldn’t fight,” he said. “I think if I got hit there I’d be in trouble.” Carlyle said it would be foolish for Clarkson not to be over-cautious about his face because “those are the types of injuries that one little bump again can set him back.” Still, Clarkson is hoping to get back to fighting sooner than later. In Thursday’s practice, Clarkson ditched the full shield in favour of a regular visor and hopes he can convince doctors to let him begin the transition in a game, be it Friday at Columbus, Saturday against the Chicago Blackhawks or next week against Phoenix or Colorado. “I don’t think I’m allowed yet,” Clarkson said. “I had something done the other day and I still have some things going on. I’m trying to find a way that I could wear maybe a bigger visor — a SWAT team shield — something that is off of my face a little bit because I’m having a hard time with this one.” Clarkson said the full shield was an improvement from the cage. Problems

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here,” said Redblacks quarterback Henry Burris, who played for the Tiger-Cats last season and was released in the off-season. “Teams have played spoiler for us in our new season so hopefully we can play spoiler on this occasion.” Campbell says the team’s focus is on it’s own game, but Jovon Johnson admitted the idea of spoiling Hamilton’s playoff hopes is appealing. “At this point, since we know we’re not going forward in the playoffs and knowing how tight the race is in the East, we have every intention of playing spoiler,” said Johnson. “That will definitely be part of the plan.” The Tiger-Cats haven’t had much success on the road this season, going 1-7 away from Hamilton but have defeated Ottawa twice this season. The two teams played two weeks ago where the Tiger-Cats defeated the Redblacks 16-6, but with a few adjustments the Redblacks believe the result could have been very different. “We’ve just got to finish our drives on the offence,” said Burris. “The defence did a great job of holding them at bay, but if we can pull on our side and put the ball in positions to score and make some plays when we have the chance, that’s the stuff that’s been killing us all year and until we overcome those kinds of things we’ll continu-

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arise when it fogs up and forces him to look through tiny holes in the mask. “It’s just tough when the puck’s down low in your feet or when you’re going for things,” Clarkson said. “But it was either that option or I didn’t play.” After his problems last year, not playing wasn’t an option for Clarkson, who couldn’t help but worry about the lingering effect of another injury. “When I found out what was wrong, it’s tough to swallow,” he said. “It kind of puts you in a place where you start to think. For me personally that wasn’t fun, but I made a decision to come back and play and I feel pretty good. The bone’s healing, so I’m just waiting for the doctors to clear me to get back to normal.” Back to normal for Clarkson, in his mind, also includes a return to some fisticuffs. Without Colton Orr or Frazer McLaren, the Leafs don’t have an enforcer, and according to HockeyFights. com, their two fighting majors are tied for the second-fewest in the NHL. Clarkson still feels a desire to take exception to hits on himself and teammates but in the back of his mind understands with a full shield he can’t do everything. Once he sheds it for good, it’s his plan to continue his fighting ways. “I don’t plan on changing,” Clarkson said. “At the end of the day I’m going to go back to fighting and doing the things I’ve always done.”

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Tampa Bay Lightning Tyler Johnson, right, fights for the puck as Calgary Flames Johnny Gaudreau, left, swats it away in front of goalie Karri Ramo during NHL action in Calgary, Oct. 21, 2014. Sunday in Montreal. It would have been surprising if Gaudreau’s first month in the NHL was a smooth learning curve. While he did turn the puck over during an early power play against Montreal, he hasn’t been a major defensive liability despite his inexperience. After 11 games, the right-winger from Carney’s Point, N.J., was plus-five along with a goal and three assists. “I’ve definitely been trying

hard lately to be better in the defensive zone,� Gaudreau said. “I’ve been talking to the coaching staff and going over clips about things I need to get better at.� But it’s been Gaudreau’s puck and passing skills that gets Flames fans buzzing. His nickname is “Johnny Hockey.� It’s good timing if Gaudreau feels more confident on offence because the Flames are suddenly thin up front.

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BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS SHANGHAI, China — France’s Alexander Levy had five straight birdies in the middle of his round and finished with a 7-under 65 to take the lead in the BMW Masters on Thursday. Levy began the birdie run on the par-4 ninth on Lake Malaren’s Masters Course. He won the Volvo China Open in Shenzhen in April for his first European Tour title and took the rain-shortened Portugal Masters this month, becoming the first Frenchman to win two events in a single season on the European Tour. “My golf game is very good as I was bogey-free in missing only one fairway and I’m still aggressive on the golf course and I like to play this golf, so I need to be thinking this way for the rest of the week,” Levy said. “I just like playing in China and, for me, this golf course is pretty much the same as in Shenzhen where there is a lot of water and you play target golf.” Belgium’s Nicolas Colsaerts was a stroke back along with Argentina’s Emiliano Grillo and France’s Romain Wattel. Northern Ireland’s Graeme McDowell topped the six European Ryder Cup players in the field with a bogey-free 67 that contained three straight birdies from the 11th. The tournament opens the four-event Final Series. The World Golf Championships-HSBC Champions is next week, also in Shanghai, followed by the Turkish Airlines Open and World Tour Championship in Dubai. Wattel played his last 15 holes with a crack in his driver and did not know the rules allowed him to replace the damaged club. “Given the length of this course, and also with the rain falling, you really need the driver so I was lucky not to have any real trouble using the club,” Wattel said.

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — Rikard Karlberg of Sweden birdied his last two holes for a 7-under 65 Thursday to take a two-shot lead after the opening round of the CIMB Classic. Karlberg also had five birdies on the front ninbe in a bogey-free round at the Kuala Lumpur Golf and Country Club. After a round interrupted by a twohour delay for thunderstorms, a trio of players were two shots back — Americans Billy Hurley III and Brian Stuard plus Angelo Que of the Philippines. Karlberg, among the top 10 Asian Tour players who qualified for the jointly sanctioned PGA Tour event, said he benefited from a more relaxed approach after struggling with lingering viral infection that has affected his season. “It gets you a little bit stressed out,” Karlberg said. “I just stopped almost enjoying the game. I was a little bit frustrated before the two last tournaments coming into this week.” The Swede, who splits his time between the Asian and European Tours, is making only his third PGA Tour appearance after missing the cut twice in the U.S. Open. “Just enjoy it and have fun out there made a big difference to me,” he said. “So I haven’t really thought about it as a big event.” Eight players were tied a stroke further back, including defending champion Ryan Moore, who finished his round with four successive birdies. Veteran Davis Love III sank an eagle at the 10th

to also shoot a 68, along with American compatriots Kevin Streelman and Jeff Overton. Sergio Garcia, the top-ranked player in the field, had four birdies on his outward nine en route to a 69 to sit tied for 13th with nine others. Stuard had five birdies on his front nine — including four straight from the 14th after starting on the 10th — but also had two bogeys. His second nine was smoother with birdies on No. 1 and No. 8, putting him in position to turn around a poor stretch that has seen him miss the cut at his previous three tournaments. “I’ve played a couple good rounds and then I’ll have a bad round, so I’m excited to play well to start with and hopefully I can keep it going,” Stuard said. Que had six birdies on his first nine holes, benefiting from some superb approach play, and said greater trust in his shot selection had turned around his performance in recent weeks. “I haven’t won in four years but I’m playing my best golf,” Que said. Moore, who won last year’s event after a playoff, again made an impressive start after opening with a 63 in 2013. “Early in the round it was a little up and down and I made some great par savers that kept myself in it,” Moore said. “I made a nice 20-25 footer to finish off — that putt was in the whole way — so it was nice hitting good putts like that and seeing them go in. That never hurts your confidence.” Garcia was relatively content with his round despite several narrowly missed putts.

Park, Feng top LPGA Taiwan Championship leaderboard BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS TAIPEI, Taiwan — Top-ranked Inbee Park birdied five of the last seven holes Thursday for an 8-under 64 and a share of the first-round lead in the LPGA Taiwan Championship. The South Korean star, playing her first round since regaining the No. 1 spot in the world Monday, was tied with China’s Shanshan Feng after her bogey-free round at Miramar. “I hit the ball really solid all day and, on the back nine, everything seemed to drop,” Park said. “I can’t remember the last time I putted like this. It’s been a really good putting day, so I’m really happy about that. “I really concentrated on my putting this week and tried to improve a little bit and I practiced a lot on the greens this week. The hard work is paying off, so I’m really happy.” Feng eagled the par-5 sixth hole and had six birdies in her bogey-free round. “I think it’s my putting, because my long game is always good,” Feng saiid. “When my putting is on, I always have a chance to win. But when the putting is not doing well, then I’m just like so so.” South Korea’s So Yeon Ryu, settled for a 66 after playing the first 12 holes in 9 under. She bogeyed the par-3 17th and had a double bogey on the par-5 18th.

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FRIDAY, OCT. 31, 2014

POLICE WARN THAT BYLAWS ALLOW FOR FINES IF GOBLINS CAUSE TROUBLE With Halloween lining up with the weekend, police are warning that some tricks will result in hefty fines. Since more people will likely be out and about on a Halloween this evening, Red Deer City RCMP is boosting its street presence to enhance public safety and watch out for criminal mischief. Cpl. Leanne Molzahn said some shifts are being rescheduled to bump up officer numbers on Halloween evening — beyond the usual “enhanced policing” that happens on Friday and Saturday nights. Tricksters who break the law will be treated to a criminal charge, said Molzahn. She warned that theft and mischief, including property damage and graffiti, are not pranks but Criminal Code offences.

Anyone caught doing these things can face up to six months in prison or up to $2,000 in fines Charges can also be laid under the City of Red Deer Community Standards Bylaw, which includes the following: ● Placing graffiti on property carries fines starting at $2,500; ● Fighting, loitering, littering, spitting and urinating in public carry fines starting at $500; ● Bullying can be fined, starting at $125 for youth and $500 for adults; ● Yelling, screaming and swearing in public carries fines starting at $150; ● Noise offences, as in house parties, etc., have fines starting at $250. As always, the city’s curfew bylaw is in effect for anyone under the age of 16 between 1 a.m. and 6 a.m. = Fines start at $50 and can be issued to the child or the parents/guardians,

if they knowingly allow children to be out past curfew. Parks and public facilities are closed to the public from 11 p.m. to 7 a.m. Fines start at $100. For more information on Red Deer bylaws, visit www.reddeer.ca. Red Deer RCMP are also reminding drivers to use extra caution and watch for excited young pedestrians on Halloween night. Here are some safety tips for trick or treaters: ● Do not go trick-or-treating alone; tell a responsible person where you’ll be and for how long; ● Wear a bright-colored costume with reflective tape, and carry a flashlight so you’re visible to drivers; ● Do not go to houses with their lights out, or inside a stranger’s house or car;

● Wear makeup instead of a mask to see better; ● Use the sidewalk and cross the street at a crosswalk or a well-lit corner; ● Do not eat any treats before getting home. Have a responsible person check the candy and throw away anything that’s not in a sealed wrapper. Never eat fresh fruit or homemade treats unless you know where they came from; ● Always stay in your own neighbourhood and know where there’s a safe house, in case you need help; ● Start trick-or-treating early and finish early; ● Never go into alleys, parking lots, wooded areas, or vacant lots, or near any animals you do not know. Stay safe, behave responsibly, and have a happy Halloween!

Rocky crash claims two

A GRAND DAY

Photo by ASHLI BARRETT/Advocate staff

Ecole La Prairie school students watch the grand opening ceremony for their school on Wednesday morning. The school, built to replace the previous building intended primarily for elementary school students, is Red Deer’s only francophone school. Over 130 students attend Ecole La Prairie, which is designed for students from kindergarten to Grade 12, ultimately.

Two people were killed and three injured on Wednesday evening when the vehicle they were in rolled north of Rocky Mountain House. Rocky Mountain House RCMP Const. Tom Meloche said on Thursday that a woman, 53, and a man, 48, died in the single-vehicle collision. Their identities have not been released. There were five people in the vehicle — one injured person was taken by STARS to hospital and the other two were transported by ground ambulance. They are now in stable condition, said Meloche. All were from Rocky Mountain House and they were driving to the O’Chiese First Nation reserve, he said. The crash happened at about 6:18 p.m., 20 km northwest of Hwy 11 on the Buster Creek Road, or about 25 km north of Rocky. Preliminary investigation indicates that the vehicle left the road from a curve and rolled. The road is paved but winds, said Meloche. RCMP have not yet determined the cause of the collision.

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Coming to grips with tragedy through lens BY LANA MICHELIN ADVOCATE STAFF There’s an almost dream-like quality to the intimate, autobiographical photographs in the exhibit Unfulfilled Precognition at the Red Deer Public Library. Edmonton photographer Alexis Marie Chute used a low-cost Holga film camera to achieve an effect that’s not crisp, but purposely murky and indistinct. She wanted the photos to mirror the sense of unreality she felt after giving birth to her second child — a son who would live only minutes before dying from a rare genetic abnormality. Doctors told Chute when she was 25 weeks pregnant that an ultrasound showed her baby’s tiny body was riddled with tumours that would probably kill him before he was born, or would certainly do so shortly after. Chute and her husband allowed the pregnancy to continue and hoped for a miracle that didn’t come. Zachary stirred briefly in his mother’s arms just after being born, before quietly taking his last breath a few minutes later. His death left a painful hole in the couple’s life, as dreams and expectations for Zachary’s future were quashed by the reality of his loss. “I was struggling to deal with my grief ... I was angry about why this had happened to me. I had always felt in control of my life and this was out of my control,” recalled Chute, who was profoundly shaken by the experience. Although she and her spouse, a teacher, had been prepared for a sad outcome, their son’s birth and death on Oct. 14, 2010, was a huge blow. “I always thought we live in Alberta, which has amazing health

Photos by ALEXIS MARIE CHUTE

Little Losses (left) and Meant for You from the Unfulfilled Precognition photograph exhibit at the Red Deer Public Library. care. And I thought we live in the First World, where even in the most dire situations, they can save lives,” said Chute. “Even if something bad could happen, I never thought it would happen to me.” The aftermath she calls “my Year of Distraction.” The photographer kept busy taking her one-year-old daughter for walks and to various mom-and-tot activities. All the while, she was trying to reconfigure her mental picture of a family that should have had two children in it. When Chute became pregnant with her third child — another son, now aged 2 ½ — she realized she had to somehow process her grief, “otherwise I was going to carry it, this raw place in myself, for the rest of my life.” It helped her to study the many atmospheric photographs she had taken during the weeks before and after Zachary’s death. The 30-year-old not only had a pictorial record of herself and her husband holding Zachary, she had also taken snapshots of the by-now very familiar hospital corridors, the medical testing equipment that confirmed the worst, the empty nursery already set up at home with a crib, toys, clothing and gifts that would go unused. Chute realizes she was documenting her emotional journey as a way of making sense of what happened, and also of keeping her baby’s memory alive. “I had this impulse to create tangible things because Zachary was not just an idea, he was our son. And he’s still a part of us.” Four years later, the family still marks his birth-

day. Chute said their five-year-old daughter knows “Zachy is in our hearts and in the clouds,” and someday her younger brother will know about Zachary, too. Chute is an internationally recognized photographer, winning 25 awards since 2008 — including the Emerging Canadian Photographer Award from Photo Life Magazine. She was among the “Top 40 Under 40” selected by Avenue Magazine, and her work is represented by galleries in Edmonton and Scottsdale, Ariz. Her Unfulfilled Precognition exhibit, presented by the Red Deer Arts Council in the Kiwanis Gallery, was previously shown in Calgary and Edmonton. It seems to be helping other people talk about their losses, said Chute, who has a visual arts degree, some study and work experience in New Zealand, and is completing a master’s degree in creative writing. After seeing the moving photos, one of her husband’s older relatives confided that she had given birth to a stillborn baby some 50 years earlier and had never spoken about it since. “I think it’s helpful and healthy to share our stories,” said Chute. The exhibit continues to Nov. 23. A First Friday reception will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. on Nov. 7. Although Chute will be out of the country and unable to attend, her husband and daughter will be meeting members of the public. lmichelin@reddeeradvocate.com

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

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Shoe belonging to suspect involved in quad theft.

Shoe owner linked to Rocky attempted quad theft Rocky Mountain House have issued a photograph of a high top running shoe left at the scene of an attempted quad theft earlier this month. The shoe was left behind when a resident interrupted three youths who were caught trying to steal his quad at 1:52 a.m. on Oct. 15. The three youth escaped by running down an alley. When police attended, they found the shoe near the quad. Anyone with information about the incident is asked to call Rocky RCMP at 403-845-2882 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-2228477.

Bank card fraud reported

The first guest of a new speaker series at Canadian University College in Lacombe will be a prominent Canadian constitutional lawyer. Iain Benson will give the inaugural lecture on Nov. 11 at 7 p.m. at the college’s McKibbin Education Building, at 5415 College Ave. The lecture is free and is open to the general public. Benson was a member of the draft committee for the South African Charter of Rights and Freedoms, and one of the inaugural board of directors of the Global Centre for Pluralism, along with another well known Canadian, Adrienne Clarkson. He has appeared before the Supreme Court of Canada in cases involving human rights and constitutional law. His lecture is titled: What Divides? What Unites? and Who Decides?: Pluralism and the Limits of Law. The university college’s lectures and panel discussions will focus on public policy issues important to Central Albertans. The goal of the series is to give members of different faith groups, political persuasions and cultural backgrounds an opportunity to learn from each other and to search for common ground on difficult issues, the college

A senior citizen was defrauded of an undisclosed amount of money on Wednesday when a man gained her bank card while claiming to be the store manager. Red Deer RCMP say the woman was loading groceries in her car when a well-dressed man approached her. He told her he was the store manager, and that he needed her bank card because her grocery transaction had not processed correctly. The man took her bank card and said he would be right back. When he did not return, the woman became suspicious and returned to the store where staff told her to go immediately to her bank. By the time she got to the bank, the card had been used to make several withdrawals. RCMP remind people to guard their debit cards and never share their PIN. Police believe the man watched the woman enter her PIN. Anyone with information that may assist police is asked to call Red Deer RCMP at 403-343-5575. To remain anonymous, call Crime Stoppers at 1-800222-8477 or report it online at www. tipsubmit.com. Police recommend people you share

Those who want to do some early Christmas shopping while supporting scholarships for women can attend a vendor show at the Golden Circle on Nov. 11. The Red Deer chapter of PEO (Philanthropic Educational Opportunities) is sponsoring Shop for Scholarships to generate funds for scholarships for women for higher education. The group hopes to raise more than $1,000 at the event, which is its major fundraiser. Shop for Scholarships will be at the Golden Circle from 1:30 to 4 p.m. Vendors pitching everything from cookware to clothing donate the hostess portion of their sales to PEO. Epicure, Pampered Chef, Discovery Toys, Jockey Clothing, Norwex and Tupperware will be among the vendors. Light refreshments will also be sold. PEO is a sisterhood that has chapters all over North America. It is billed as women helping women. For more details about PEO, go to www.

Continuing education and trades and technology students at Red Deer College will have extra support thanks to a $25,000 donation from the Princess Auto Foundation. The money will be divided between pre-employment trades through the School of Continuing Education and the School of Trades and Technologies. Brenda Munro, dean of continuing education at RDC, said the funding will allow the college to look at new ways to deliver and develop trades programming. Founded in 2007, the Princess Auto Foundation was created to enhance education and provide opportunities for future tradespeople. RDC is one of 12 colleges in Canada that benefit from the foundation. Bob Tallman, chairman of the foundation, said the it hopes to work with the college to find creative ways to fund training in the trades. RDC and Princess Auto will celebrate their new partnership on Tuesday during the grand opening of the new Red Deer Princess Auto store on Gasoline Alley.

ACADEMIC AWARDS TOP ACADEMIC STUDENTS

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Allison Weninger Jonna Stewart

AWARD NAME ......................................STUDENT RECIPIENT 100% Club - Biology 30 .................................. Lauren Erickson 100% Club - Biology 30 ..................................Alyssa Peterson 100% Club - Chemistry 30.................................. Krishen Singh 100% Club - Math 30-1........................................ Sophila Shao 2014 Roman Mayfield Scholarship .................Coleman Dean 2014 Schulich Leader Nominee ....................... Krishen Singh 53rd Street Music.............................................. Mallory Fisher 53rd Street Music.................................................Talyn Towers Academic Athlete - Female .................................. Rachel Kuz Academic Athlete - Male .................................. Luke Beasley Academic Citizen Award .................................Coleman Dean Allen B. Gibb Memorial Scholarship......................Ning Yang Andre Sather Memorial ....................................... Holly Wilton Animation 20 ...................................................... Michael Yanto Animation 30 .............................................................Brian Berg Art & Architectural Design 20 ............................Talyn Towers Art & Architectural Design 30 ......................... Jarrett Burzuk Art 09 ................................................................... Raven Cheney Art 10 ............................................................................Isra Alam Art 20 .........................................................................Kristen Lee Art 20 Advanced ........................................................Ning Yang Art 30 ......................................................................Shae Gurney Art 30 Advanced ......................................... Chelsea Crampain Art Studio 31AP ............................................................ Kita Pan ATA Education Scholarship ..........................Alyssa Peterson Biology 20 ....................................................................... Jin Ahn Biology 20 Advanced .....................................Alyssa Peterson Biology 30 ....................................................... Lauren Erickson Biology 35 AP ..................................................Alyssa Peterson Business Technology 10 ....................................Taylor Fielder Business Technology 20 ....................................... Austin Gray Business Technology 30 ..................................Grant Numrich CALM 20................................................................... Nolan Dyck Chem 30 ........................................................... Kara Duckering Chemistry 20......................................................... Sophila Shao Chemistry 20 Advanced ........................................Janice Choi Chemistry 30/35 AP - Highest Mark - Female ...........Tina Xin Chemistry 30/35 AP - Highest Mark - Male.... Krishen Singh Chinese 09 .............................................................Zach Blakely Chinese 10s .................................................................. Tina Lam Chinese 20s ..............................................................Dery Wang Chinese 30s ...................................................................Flora Liu Chinese 35AP ............................................................Cecilia Wu Chinese Culture Promotion............................ Braydon Hudak Chinese Culture Promotion............................ Drew McKinlay Chinese Culture Promotion........................................Emily Hill Chinese Culture Promotion........................... Jacob Mckinley Chinese Culture Promotion.....................................John Scott Chinese Culture Promotion................................. Sierra Grand Chinese Culture Promotion........................... Steel McDonald Construction 09...........................................................Ian Miller Construction 10.....................................................Hari Trenkler Construction 20.......................................................... Logan Hill Construction 30............................................Devon Williamson Cosmetology 09 ............................................ Wynne DeMaere Cosmetology 10 ...................................................Kristen Loney Cosmetology 20 ..................................................... Sarah Berry Cosmetology 30 ..............................................Jordan Svoboda Dance 09 ........................................................... Kenzie Gilchrist Dance 15 ............................................................... Shyan Myers Dance Composition..................................... Mackenzie Greba David Keller Memorial............................Savannah Van Male Digital Arts 09..................................................... Sarah Gresdal Digital Arts 10........................................................Eric Prescott Drama 09..............................................................Neelam Singh Drama 10............................................................. Emily Bethune Drama 20........................................................... Payton Buehler Drama 30.........................................................Jake Sheardown English 09........................................................... Shane Lesosky English 09 Advanced ................................... Allison Weninger English 09 K&E ........................................................Emily Jones English 10 - 1 ....................................................... Anya Paulsen English 10 - 1 Advanced .................................Nuzhat Rahman English 10 - 2 ......................................................Jordynn White English 10 K&E .................................................Samantha Reay English 20 - 1 ............................................................Allie Busch English 20 - 1 Advanced ........................................ Nolan Dyck English 20 - 2 .......................................................Kaelan Hayter English 20-4 K&E ................................................ Ricky Nguyen English 30 - 1 ................................................... Taylor Sawchuk English 30 - 2 ............................................... Chelsea Crampain English 35 AP ................................................... Anna McMillan ESL ..............................................................................Cecilia Wu Eye Studio Scholarship ...................................Aksana Badoni Fabrication 09 .........................................................Neal Fekete Fabrication 10 ......................................................... Nick Scory Fabrication 20 .............................................. Carter Paschinski Fabrication 30 ......................................... Blake Vander Linden Finance 10 ............................................................Neal Boisvert Finance 20 ..................................................Landon Willoughby Finance 30 ...........................................................Connor Dosko Fine Arts Citizenship ................................... Caitlyn McGiverin Fine Arts Citizenship ........................................Donovan Smith Fine Arts Citizenship .....................................Jake Sheardown Fine Arts Citizenship ....................................... Kristen Watson Fine Arts Citizenship ........................................... Taha Gargum Foods 09 ..................................................................Taylor Smith Foods 10 ......................................................... Brianna Hermary Foods 20 .............................................................. Katelyn Pelton Foods 30 ........................................................ Mackenzie Garbe Foundations.........................................................Brandon Reay French 09 ...................................................................Saad Khan French 10 ..........................................................Nuzhat Rahman French 20 ........................................................Kelsey O’Donnell French 30 .........................................................Megan Johnson French 31A ..............................................................Janice Choi Gail Holland Literary ..........................................Hope Winfield Governor General’s Academic Medal .......................Tina Xin Graphic Arts 20 ........................................................ Bret Mullin Graphic Arts 30 ........................................................ Amar Elkaz Health 09 ........................................................... Stefanie Spicer Hockey 10 .............................................................Matt Krawiec

Janice Choi

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2014 AWARDS RECIPIENTS

AWARD NAME ......................................STUDENT RECIPIENT Hockey 9 .............................................................. Justin Paarup International Certificate ....................................... Brittany Lee International Certificate .................................... Krishen Singh Jammin’at Noon ..................................................Taylor Fielder Kraze FM Music Scholarship .................................Emily Daily Kraze FM Music Scholarship .......................... Katelyn Pelton Kraze FM Music Scholarship ...............................Liam Wilton L. H. Taylor .......................................................Alyssa Peterson L. H. Taylor ....................................................... Lauren Erickson L. Jean Dawe ................................................... Anna McMillan Leadership 09.................................................... Ireland Murray Leadership 09....................................................Jessie Handley Leadership 15..........................................................Janice Choi Leadership 25...................................................... Chelsea Erion Leadership 35......................................................... Brittany Lee Main Stage Performance 09 ...................... Allison Weninger Main Stage Performance 15 ................................Andy Gosse Main Stage Performance 25 ..............................Caleb Binder Main Stage Performance 35 ....................... Michaela Perlau Marketing Management 30 ..............................Connor Dosko Math 09 ...................................................................Cody Frizzell Math 09 Advanced ............................................... Michelle Wu Math 09 K&E ...................................................... Kayden Sweet Math 10 C.......................................................Mabel McDermid Math 10 C Advanced .................................. Katelyn Nickoriuk Math 10-3....................................................Jonathan DeGiobbi Math 10-4.............................................................Taryn Renzetti Math 20-1..................................................... Jeanelle Bouvette Math 20-2...................................................... Mackenzie Lodge Math 20-3..............................................Kennedy Fahrenschon Math 20-4 K&E .................................................... Ricky Nguyen Math 30-1.............................................................. Sophila Shao Math 30-2................................................. Vivi De Lucca Soave Math 31 .......................................................................... Kita Pan Math 35 AP .......................................................... Krishen Singh Medical Studies 20 .................................................Allie Busch Medical Studies 30 ......................................... Anna McMillan Mel Stevenson Memorial Art Scholarship........................................... Chelsea Crampain Mike Hawley Memorial ...................................... Katelyn Arter Music 09 - Brass & Percussion ..........................Erica Binder Music 09 - Jazz Band ...........................................Erica Binder Music 09 - Woodwinds ............................... Allison Weninger Music 11 - Brass & Percussion ....................Gillian Corsiatto Music 11 - Woodwinds .........................................Emma Hope Music 15 - Jazz Band .........................................Taylor Fielder Music 21 - Brass & Percussion .............................Emily Daily Music 21 - Woodwinds ............................................Kalum Ost Music 25 - Jazz Band ..............................................Emily Daily Music 31 - Brass & Percussion ................. Angela Ellithorpe Music 31 - Woodwinds ................................. Megan Derksen Music 35 - Jazz Band ..................................Thomas Corsiatto Music Excellence............................................. Travis Derksen NEV Foundation Scholarship ........................... Krishen Singh Photography 20...........................................Delaney Schlemko Photography 30.............................................. Katia Lubchenko Phys Ed 09 Female ...........................................Jessie Handley Phys Ed 09 Male ...................................................... Matt Vieira Phys Ed 10 Female .............................................Janaya Garbe Phys Ed 10 Male ...................................................Gavin Jewan Phys Ed 20 Female .........................................Megan Johnson Phys Ed 20 Male ........................................Landon Willoughby Phys Ed 30 Female ........................................Samantha Dallas Phys Ed 30 Male ................................................. Brodie Parker Physics 20................................................................Janice Choi Physics 30............................................................ Derrick Evans Physics 35 AP ................................................................Tina Xin Premier’s Citizenship ............................................ Brittany Lee Psychology 20 ...............................................................Tina Xin Psychology 35 AP.................................................... Katelyn Liu RAP ...................................................... Chase Scoville-Koester RAP .................................................................... Mitchell Muttitt RAP .............................................................................Reis Gunn RAP .........................................................................Travis Imber RDC Regional Access Scholarship ...............Aksana Badoni RDC Regional Access Scholarship .............. Kara Duckering RDC Regional Access Scholarship ............ Michaela Perlau RDC Regional Access Scholarship .............. Mitchell James Rec Ed 09 ...........................................................Mitchell Darvill Robotics ..............................................................Shae Paterson Rotary Career Opportunity Scholarship ....Jake Sheardown Royal Canadian Legion Bursary ......................Hailey Morrell Royal Canadian Legion Bursary ..................................Ty Cote Science 09 ...............................................................Zach Hudak Science 09 Advanced..............................................Saad Khan Science 09 K&E ..........................................................Hyun Ahn Science 10 ............................................................Carson West Science 10 Advanced.....................................Nuzhat Rahman Science 14 ...........................................................Sydney Young Science 20 ............................................... Vivi De Lucca Soave Science 24 ............................................................. Zzak Pietsch Science 30 ...............................................................Deanna Tse Social Studies 09 ...................................................Cody Frizzell Social Studies 09 Advanced...................................Saad Khan Social Studies 09 K&E ...........................................Emily Jones Social Studies 10 - 1 ...........................................Taylor Fielder Social Studies 10 - 2 ......................................... Angela Parker Social Studies 10 -1 Advanced .....................Robyn Adelman Social Studies 10 K&E ....................................Samantha Reay Social Studies 20 - 1 .............................................. Nolan Dyck Social Studies 20 - 2 ............................. Jeremy Grywacheski Social Studies 20 - 4 K&E............................... Hakeem Abttan Social Studies 30 - 1 ......................................Alyssa Peterson Social Studies 30 - 2 ............................................Ashley Small Spanish 09 ........................................................ Stefanie Spicer Spanish 10 ......................................................... Camila Chacon Spanish 20 ................................................. Hannah Bilsborrow Spanish 30 ...............................................................Tyler Gasco Spanish 30 Advanced .............................Savannah Van Male Spanish Award .............................................. Alyssa Robinson Sports & Athletic Development 10 ...........................Nagi Iida Sports & Medical Studies 10................................Janice Choi

Nolan Dyck

Drew McKinlay

Krishen Singh

Alyssa Peterson

AWARD NAME ......................................STUDENT RECIPIENT Sports Medicine 20 ........................................... Nicole Fischer Strategic Studies..................................................Carson West Technical Theatre 15 ........................................Bailey Gorman Technical Theatre 25 ............................................ Holly Wilton Technical Theatre 35 ........................................Shae Paterson Top Academic Student: Grade 09 1st Place ...................................................... Allison Weninger Top Academic Student: Grade 09 - 2nd Place Michelle Wu Top Academic Student: Grade 09 - 3rd Place ...Saad Khan Top Academic Student: Grade 10 1st Place .........................................................Nuzhat Rahman Top Academic Student: Grade 10 - 2nd Place ..Janice Choi Top Academic Student: Grade 10 3rd Place ............................................................Jonna Stewart Top Academic Student: Grade 11 1st Place .......................................................... Drew McKinlay Top Academic Student: Grade 11 - 2nd Place .. Nolan Dyck Top Academic Student: Grade 11 - 3rd Place ...Dery Wang Top Academic Student: Grade 12 - 1st Place ..........Tina Xin Top Academic Student: Grade 12 2nd Place ........................................................Alyssa Peterson Top Academic Student: Grade 12 3rd Place ............................................................. Krishen Singh Top All-Round Student Grade 09 1st Place .......................................................... Bailey Johnson Top All-Round Student Grade 09 2nd Place ......................................................... Stefanie Spicer Top All-Round Student Grade 09 3rd Place ...........................................................Jessie Handley Top All-Round Student Grade 10 - 1st Place ....Emma Hope Top All-Round Student Grade 10 2nd Place ........................................................ Steel McDonald Top All-Round Student Grade 10 - 3rd Place Sarah Stewart Top All-Round Student Grade 11 - 1st Place ........Haley Kitt Top All-Round Student Grade 11 2nd Place ...........................................................Courtney Ness Top All-Round Student Grade 11 - 3rd Place .... Nolan Dyck Top All-Round Student Grade 12 - 1st Place ... Brittany Lee Top All-Round Student Grade 12 - 2nd Place Brodie Parker Top All-Round Student Grade 12 - 3rd Place .......... Kita Pan Triple HS Rock Band ....................................... Tyler McKinney Video 20 ................................................................Ky McLachlin Video 30 ............................................................ Ryan Van Bavel World History AP............................................. Drew McKinlay Advanced Placement Awards AP International Diploma..........................................Wing See AP National Scholar ...........................................Jeffrey Curtis AP National Scholar .........................................Coleman Dean AP National Scholar .....................................................Tom Qiu AP National Scholar .................................................... Kita Pan AP National Scholar .......................................... Krishen Singh AP National Scholar .....................................................Tina Xin AP Scholar ............................................................... Sarim Baig AP Scholar ........................................................... Luke Beasley AP Scholar ........................................................ Kaden Deering AP Scholar ............................................................... Rachel Kuz AP Scholar ....................................................... Anna McMillan AP Scholar ........................................................... Amy Metzger AP Scholar .................................................... Nathan Milavong AP Scholar .................................................................Kalum Ost AP Scholar ......................................................... Katelyn Pelton AP Scholar ......................................................Alyssa Peterson AP Scholar .....................................................Matthew Russell AP Scholar .............................................................Emily Strang AP Scholar .................................................................Ning Yang AP Scholar with Distinction .................................. Katelyn Liu AP Scholar with Honours ............................Samantha Dallas AP Scholar with Honours ........................... Angela Ellithorpe AP Scholar with Honours ............................. Lauren Erickson AP Scholar with Honours ...............................Katelyn Parada AP Exam mark of 5 - Biology ...................................Kalum Ost AP Exam mark of 5 - Calculus ............................... 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Residential construction set to peak BY HARLEY RICHARDS ADVOCATE BUSINESS EDITOR

CMHC OUTLOOK

The post-recession surge in residential construction will crest in Red Deer this year and then recede in 2016, predicts Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. In its fourth-quarter Housing Market Outlook, which was released on Thursday, the national housing agency said home construction in Red Deer will hit 840 units this year — up 7.1 per cent from the 784 units in 2013. That figure will hold steady in 2015 and then slip 1.2 per cent to 830 homes in 2016, it said. A similar trend is anticipated across the province and throughout the Prairies. CMHC is projecting that there will be a 12 per cent increase in housing starts in Alberta this year, to 40,400 units; followed by a 7.4 per cent drop in 2015, to 37,400; and a further 4.3 per cent decline in 2016, to 35,800. Lai Sing Louie, a regional economist with CMHC, said in a release that the anticipated construction slowdown reflects expectations of more subdued job growth in the Prairies. “Migration flows to the Prairie region will also decline and remain below the record level achieved last year,” he explained. “Meanwhile, new listings in the resale market are expected to continue rising, creating more competition for new home sales. These factors will contribute to a moderation in housing starts in 2015 and 2016.” The CMHC outlook actually shows a decline in single-detached home construction this year, to 375 houses from 389 in 2013. However, this will be more than offset by an anticipated increase in the multifamily category, to 465 units from 395. Single-detached housing starts are expected to slip to 365 in 2015 and to 360 in 2016, while the tally for multi-family projects is projected to increase to 475 in 2015 and then slide to 470 the following year. Ekaterina Kortava, a regional market analyst with CMHC, told the Advocate that multi-family construction in Red Deer is being driven by low vacancy rates in the rental market. “Almost half of the multi starts this year were in the rental market,” she said, adding that the inmigration of new residents has boosted demand for rental accommodation. Also pushing multi-family construction are local

land constraints and the price appeal of multi-family homes for new buyers, said Kortava. “Multi-starts have always been below single starts (in Red Deer) until 2013, when multi-family starts outpaced for the first time single starts.” As the new rental buildings enter the market, vacancy rates should rise and multi-family construction slow, she said. In the case of the resale market, CMHC expects continued growth — albeit at a slower pace in 2015 and 2016. It’s projecting 5,400 Multiple Listing Service sales in Central Alberta this year, which would mark a 10.4 per cent improvement over the 4,893 sales last year. The year-over-year sales increase is forecast to drop to two per cent in 2015, to 5,510; and then hit 3.5 per cent in 2016, with 5,590 sales. CMHC said the large migration inflows and employment gains in Alberta in recent years will help lift resale transactions. Many people will move from rental accommodations to their own homes, it said, with rising incomes supporting move-up buying as well. However, moderating migration inflows and higher monthly carrying costs are expected to slow resale gains moving forward. Kortava noted that Red Deer’s resale market is also drawing prospective buyers away from the new-home market. “During our industry consultations, we found that the growing price gap between new homes and resale homes is driving more families into the resale home market.” The average MLS resale price for the Red Deer region this year will be $312,200, said CMHC. That would be a 4.7 per cent improvement over the 2013 figure of $298,245. A further 2.5 per cent increase is expected in 2015, to $320,000, followed by another 4.4 per cent in 2016, pushing the average to $326,000. For Alberta as a whole, CMHC expects resales in 2014 to be nearly eight per cent above 2013 levels, reaching 71,200 units. It anticipates that a further 2.4 per cent increase will push this number to 72,900 in 2015, followed by another 2.3 per cent rise in 2016, to 74,600. Nationally, the CMHC Housing Outlook expects home construction to remain steady in 2015 as it follows the country’s economic and demographic trends. Looking beyond next year, however, the CMHC is predicting “some moderation” for 2016.

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A construction Crew with Marshall Brothers Construction works on the site of the 2020 Apartment Homes being built along Timberstone Way in Red Deer Thursday. “Economic conditions in Canada are forecast to gradually improve in the short-term and lead to modest increases in employment and average earnings, which should support housing demand,” the agency said “However, the positive effect of improving economic conditions on new construction activity will be offset by a number of factors.” Some of those expected causes include: a slowdown in the pace of construction, the shrinking role of young, first-time buyers due to slower population growth, rising housing prices in some markets and the anticipated interest-rate increase in late 2015. Looking at the resale market, the CMHC expects brightening economic conditions to deliver a moderate boost in MLS sales in 2014. It projects the momentum to continue in 2015, followed by a cooling of the resale market in 2016 due to the expected decrease in first-time buyers. With files from The Canadian Press.

Underutilized groups could ease labour shortage: economist BY HARLEY RICHARDS ADVOCATE BUSINESS EDITOR An economist with the Conference Board of Canada used a series of charts and graphs on Thursday to demonstrate something that his Red Deer audience was already painfully aware of: Alberta is suffering from a labour shortage. Michael Burt was among the presenters at an Agriculture Labour Summit organized by the Agriculture Industry Labour Council of Canada. He described three trends that are contributing to the current scarcity of workers. The first relates to demographics, and the fact baby boomers are transitioning into retirement. “This is the tidal wave that’s definitely going to impact us,” said Burt, adding that the baby bust generation — those 16 to 24 — will be unable to replenish the labour pool. “It’s actually shrinking,” he said of the numbers coming in. As recently as the early 2000s, said Burt, Canada’s work force was growing at nearly two per cent a year. Now the increase is less than one per cent, and declining. Prior to the recession, the country’s worker participation rate was close to 68 per cent, said Burt. That fell with the economic downturn and has never rebounded. “Even though the economy has largely recovered from the recession and employment is well above

where it was prior to the recession, the participation rate continued to decline.” Burt also described how much of Canada’s job creation over the past 10 years has occurred in the West, with this trend expected to continue. “So we’re going to have to continue dealing with labour shortages in Western Canada.” Another phenomenon noted by Burt was that employment growth has occurred in just a handful of sectors, most notably natural resource development and some key service industries. Over the next several years, he said, 70 per cent of the new jobs will be found in health care, wholesale and retail trade, professional services, accommodation and food services, construction, and financial services. “The long and short of it is there are labour shortages in Canada but they’re primarily in Western Canada and they’re primarily in a few key occupational groups.” When it comes to solutions, the options are to find more people or make the ones you have more productive, said Burt. He suggested tapping into underutilized groups, like young people, older people, aboriginals, the disabled and women. Interprovincial migration has been bringing more than 15,000 people a year to the Prairie provinces, but this hasn’t been enough to keep pace with demand, he said. Foreign workers already provide an important source of labour, but more are needed, said Burt. Similarly, temporary foreign workers have helped address the problem — especially in the case of agri-

culture. “One in five temporary foreign workers in Canada work in agriculture, and about one-quarter of the paid workforce in ag is now temporary foreign workers,” he said. The drawback is that these workers are temporary — something Burt would like to see change. As for productivity, Burt said farmers have been making great strides. “For example, in Saskatchewan we’re producing twice as much per worker in agriculture today as we were in 2003.” This mechanization of the industry will have to continue, he said. Speaking after Burt was Portia MacDonald-Dewhirst, executive director of the Canadian Agricultural Human Resource Council. She described how her organization is working to address labour shortages, including through a labour task force created by a broad range of ag commodity groups. All cited scarce labour as their number 1 concern. “The effects are being felt in all commodity industries,” said MacDonald-Dewhirst. The task force has prepared a list of recommendations that address issues from temporary foreign workers to skills training. Now, industry needs to work with government to ensure these are implemented, she said. Among the other presenters at Thursday’s conference were Alberta Agriculture Minister Verlyn Olson, and Jobs, Skills, Training and Labour Minister Ric McIver. hrichards@reddeeradvocate.com

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Business confidence reaching historic highs Business confidence in Alberta appears to be moving in the opposite direction of the thermometer. The Canadian Federation of Independent Business announced on Thursday that a survey of its members this month revealed a confidence level of 74.6 on a 100-point scale — the highest level in 2 ½ years and only the second time in four years that it’s hit the 74.6-point mark. “Small business confidence is reaching historic highs,” said Richard Truscott, director of provincial affairs for the CFIB in Alberta. “While that’s good news in many ways, a hot economy also brings with it labour shortages — a serious downside,” added Truscott. “As a result, we’re starting to see more concern seep into business owners’ perceptions about the overall business environment in Alberta.” Fifty-two per cent of respondents to the CFIB survey said the shortage of skilled labour is limiting their sales or production growth. Meanwhile, 32 per cent of the business owners surveyed said they planned to add full-time staff over the next three months, down two points from September; while eight per cent were expecting to reduce staffing levels, up two points from last month. Asked about the general state of the economy, 50 per cent of entrepreneurs described it as “good” in October, down one point from September; while eight per cent said it was “bad,” up three points. Alberta had the highest business confidence level in Canada, with British Columbia next at 71.9 and Ontario third at 71.1. Newfoundland was at 68.5, Saskatchewan 68.1, Manitoba 64.2, Nova Scotia 61.8, New Brunswick 61.4, Quebec 58.4 and Prince Edward Island 52.7. The national average was 67.8, up 2.2 points from September. Alberta’s index rose 0.8 points in October. The CFIB says a business confidence index level between 65 and 75 means the economy is growing at its potential.

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Diversified and Industrials Agrium Inc. . . . . . . . . . . 108.10 ATCO Ltd.. . . . . . . . . . . . 46.17 BCE Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49.76 BlackBerry . . . . . . . . . . . 11.72 Bombardier . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.81 Brookfield . . . . . . . . . . . . 54.01 Cdn. National Railway . . 78.17 Cdn. Pacific Railway. . . 229.27 Cdn. Utilities . . . . . . . . . . 40.20 Capital Power Corp . . . . 25.42 Cervus Equipment Corp 18.44 Dow Chemical . . . . . . . . 48.25 Enbridge Inc. . . . . . . . . . 52.92 Finning Intl. Inc. . . . . . . . 29.14 Fortis Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . 36.83 General Motors Co. . . . . 30.78 Parkland Fuel Corp. . . . . 21.48 Sirius XM . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.06 SNC Lavalin Group. . . . . 47.64 Stantec Inc. . . . . . . . . . . 71.51 Telus Corp. . . . . . . . . . . . 40.41 Transalta Corp.. . . . . . . . 11.00 Transcanada. . . . . . . . . . 55.21 Consumer Canadian Tire . . . . . . . . 123.01 Gamehost . . . . . . . . . . . . 16.64 Leon’s Furniture . . . . . . . 14.05 Loblaw Ltd. . . . . . . . . . . . 57.99 MARKETS CLOSE TORONTO — The Toronto stock market closed lower Thursday as a sell-off in gold stocks accelerated alongside a drop bullion prices. The S&P/TSX composite index declined 68.88 points to 14,458.69 as traders also balanced a strong reading on U.S. third-quarter economic growth. The Canadian dollar was down 0.04 of a cent to 89.32 cents US. U.S. growth in the July-September period came in at an annualized pace of 3.5 per cent. Economists had expected a gain of three per cent. A strong showings by credit card payment company Visa also helped lift New York markets and the Dow Jones industrials ran up 221.11 points to 17,195.42. The Nasdaq was up 16.91 points at 4,566.14 and the S&P 500 index climbed 12.35 points to 1,994.65 . Traders also considered an investing environment without massive stimulus from the Federal Reserve a day after the U.S. central bank said its third round of quantitative easing would end this month. The massive program of buying bonds was seen as a huge benefit to stock markets as the program kept longterm rates low and encouraged a strong rally. Quantitative easing had also helped support higher gold prices because of worries the stimulus program would stoke inflation. But gold prices continued to retreat Thursday as the December contract dropped $26.30 to US$1,198.60 an ounce and the TSX gold sector fell almost eight per cent. Commodity prices were also hit by a U.S. currency that strengthened following the Fed announcement. A stronger greenback makes it more expensive for holders of other currencies to buy oil and metals, which are dollar-denominated. Lower gold prices are af-

Maple Leaf Foods. . . . . . 19.59 Rona Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . 13.42 Tim Hortons . . . . . . . . . . 90.08 Wal-Mart . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76.45 WestJet Airlines . . . . . . . 31.61 Mining Barrick Gold . . . . . . . . . . 13.75 Cameco Corp. . . . . . . . . 18.92 First Quantum Minerals . 17.38 Goldcorp Inc. . . . . . . . . . 20.84 Hudbay Minerals. . . . . . . . 8.35 Kinross Gold Corp. . . . . . . 2.76 Labrador. . . . . . . . . . . . . 18.45 Potash Corp.. . . . . . . . . . 37.76 Sherritt Intl. . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.74 Teck Resources . . . . . . . 17.52 Energy Arc Resources . . . . . . . . 26.74 Badger Daylighting Ltd. . 27.21 Baker Hughes. . . . . . . . . 52.06 Bonavista . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.47 Bonterra Energy . . . . . . . 49.89 Cdn. Nat. Res. . . . . . . . . 38.24 Cdn. Oil Sands Ltd. . . . . 17.09 Canyon Services Group. 10.71 Cenovous Energy Inc. . . 27.33 CWC Well Services . . . 0.7300 Encana Corp. . . . . . . . . . 20.45 Essential Energy. . . . . . . . 2.05 fecting major producers such as Goldcorp Inc. (TSX:G), which lost US$44 million or five cents per share in its latest quarter compared with a profit of $5 million or a penny per share a year ago. Revenue totalled $1.09 billion, down from $1.16 billion in the same quarter last year and its shares fell $3.20 or 13.3 per cent to $20.84. Yamana Gold Inc. (TSX:YRI) tumbled $1.02 or 17 per cent to $4.99 after it reported a US$1.02billion loss in its latest quarter and slashed its dividend. Other resource sectors headed south as prices for oil and metals also retreated. The base metals component fell 3.65 per cent as December copper lost four cents to US$3.06 a pound. The energy sector shed 1.3 per cent as the December crude contract in New York fell $1.08 to US$81.12 a barrel. Suncor Energy’s (TSX:SU) earnings ex-items were 89 cents a share, versus the 77 cents that analysts had expected. Revenue was $10.3 billion, compared to $10.4 billion a year earlier and its shares gained 15 cents to $39. The TSX found support from industrial, tech and financial stocks. Elsewhere on the earnings front, Bombardier Inc. (TSX:BBD.B) says its third-quarter revenues were up about 20 per cent from the same time last year, rising to US$4.9 billion. Earnings ex-items were 12 cents a share, beating estimates of nine cents and its shares dipped six cents to $3.81. MARKET HIGHLIGHTS Highlights at the close of Thursday at world financial market trading. Stocks: S&P/TSX Composite Index — 14,458.69, down 68.88 points Dow — 17,195.42, up 221.11 points S&P 500 — 1,994.65, up 12.35 points

Canadian Oil Sands profits fall to $87 million in Q3 CALGARY — Canadian Oil Sands Ltd. (TSX:COS) said Thursday a project to replace equipment at its Mildred Lake mine is near completion as it reported a sharp drop in quarterly profits on foreign exchange losses and lower sales. The Calgary-based company, which

Exxon Mobil . . . . . . . . . . 94.45 Halliburton Co. . . . . . . . . 53.92 High Arctic . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.01 Husky Energy . . . . . . . . . 26.63 Imperial Oil . . . . . . . . . . . 51.81 Pengrowth Energy . . . . . . 4.39 Penn West Energy . . . . . . 5.04 Pinecrest Energy Inc. . . . 0.035 Precision Drilling Corp . . . 9.17 Suncor Energy . . . . . . . . 39.00 Talisman Energy . . . . . . . . 6.97 Trican Ltd.. . . . . . . . . . . . 10.10 Trinidad Energy . . . . . . . . 7.21 Vermilion Energy . . . . . . 62.81 Financials Bank of Montreal . . . . . . 81.19 Bank of N.S. . . . . . . . . . . 68.27 CIBC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102.09 Cdn. Western . . . . . . . . . 37.72 Carfinco . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.09 Great West Life. . . . . . . . 31.37 IGM Financial . . . . . . . . . 44.23 Intact Financial Corp. . . . 74.74 Manulife Corp. . . . . . . . . 20.88 National Bank . . . . . . . . . 52.60 Rifco Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.84 Royal Bank . . . . . . . . . . . 79.61 Sun Life Fin. Inc.. . . . . . . 39.43 TD Bank . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54.75 Nasdaq — 4,566.14, up 16.91 points Currencies at close: Cdn — 89.32 cents US, down 0.04 of a cent Pound — C$1.7908, down 0.05 of a cent Euro — C$1.4112, down 0.32 of a cent Euro — US$1.2604, down 0.35 of a cent Oil futures: US$81.12 per barrel, down $1.08 (December contract) Gold futures: US$1,198.60 per oz., down $26.30 (December contract) Canadian Fine Silver Handy and Harman: $19.038 oz., down 94.3 cents $612.07 kg., down $30.32 ICE FUTURES CANADA WINNIPEG — ICE Futures Canada closing prices: Canola: Nov. ’14 $7.20 higher $451.60; Jan ’15 $3.10 higher $434.60; March ’15 $1.70 higher $433.20; May ’15 $0.80 higher $434.40; July ’15 $0.50 higher $434.90; Nov ’15 $0.50 higher $432.80; Jan. ’16 $1.20 higher $439.90; March ’16 $1.10 higher $443.70; May ’16 $1.10 higher $443.70; July ’16 $1.10 higher $443.70; Nov. ’16 $1.10 higher $443.70. 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. Thursday’s estimated volume of trade: 643,920 tonnes of canola; 0 tonnes of barley (Western Barley) Total: 643,920.

owns a 37 per cent stake in the massive Syncrude Canada Ltd. oilsands mining operation north of Fort McMurray, Alta., said the $3.9-billion Mildred Lake mine train replacement project is 99 complete. It’s on time and under budget, said CEO Ryan Kubik. “This signals that Syncrude’s major capital projects are winding down and the associated financing risk is coming out of the business,” he said in a release.

TransCanada files NEB application for Energy East pipeline BY THE CANADIAN PRESS CALGARY — After dozens of open houses and thousands of conversations across six provinces, TransCanada Corp. (TSX:TRP) has filed its regulatory application for its massive crossCanada Energy East pipeline. But the hard part for TransCanada (TSX:TRP) was just beginning Thursday as copies of the document — each fills 68 binders in 11 boxes — arrived at the National Energy Board’s headquarters in Calgary. TransCanada must convince a skeptical public that the pipeline won’t cause environmental harm or lead to higher utility costs in Eastern Canada. The project must also navigate everchanging market conditions, as crude production from shale deposits in North Dakota and Texas surge. “At over 30,000 pages, the document is one of the most extensive regulatory applications ever developed in our history. The final result is a body of work that I believe achieves what we set out to do many months ago and that was to listen,” CEO Russ Girling told reporters. “Those conversations provided valuable feedback into the design and the development of the project, including making changes to the pipeline route and our facilities where it made the most sense from both an environmental and safety perspective.” The $12-billion pipeline would be one of the biggest infrastructure projects ever built in Canada, spanning a total of 4,600 kilometres. The filing starts the clock on the regulatory process, which is expected to last 18 months. Energy East would ship Alberta crude two thirds of the way through repurposed natural gas pipe that’s already in the ground, with new pipeline to be built through Quebec and New Brunswick. TransCanada held about 100 open

houses and has met with more than 7,000 individuals, 5,500 landowners and 160 First Nations and Metis communities across six provinces, said Alex Pourbaix, TransCanada’s president of development. “While this is a tremendous undertaking in just over 18 months, I would like to make it very clear that our engagement efforts do not end here,” he said. “We have and will continue to listen to all of those interested in the project throughout its lifetime.” But it’s evident some groups won’t be swayed. “We will fight Energy East every step of the way, and we are far from alone,” said Andrea Harden-Donahue, energy and climate justice campaigner with the Council of Canadians. Ben Powless, pipeline community organizer with Ecology Ottawa, described the filing Thursday as “the countdown to the pipeline being rejected.” Adam Scott, with Environmental Defence, said Energy East won’t get any warmer of a reception than other controversial proposals like Enbridge Inc.’s (TSX:ENB) Northern Gateway pipeline to the West Coast or TransCanada’s Keystone XL pipeline to U.S. markets. Keystone XL has been mired in the U.S. regulatory process for more than six years. Although Northern Gateway has Ottawa’s conditional blessing to proceed, Enbridge is taking extra time to “re-engage” with B.C. First Nations, many of which are vehemently opposed to that proposal. “It’s time Canada invested in our future, not in risky pipelines that lock us into the past, tip us closer to dangerous climate change and put our land, air, water and climate at risk,” said Scott. Energy East would deliver crude to export terminals planned for Quebec and New Brunswick, enabling shipments to Europe, India and other destinations and garnering a better price for Alberta producers.

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Technology could help save civilization As Canadians, the last week has taken us down a new and unfamiliar path. We have lost two of our own, two who dedicated their lives to protecting our rights and freedoms. As always, our country rallies behind the families. As always, we remember and honour them and all our servicemen and women collectively and individually, in memorials and acts of tribute. Our thoughts and prayers are with them. As I write this, I can’t help LORNE but wonder what the future OJA holds. The last days have brought the war on terror to our doorstep. Things will change, freedoms will be lost and we will accept them as the cost of safety in a dangerous world. It is sad that we are forced to have a part of our society willing to sacrifice their lives so that the rest of us can pursue our ambitions and goals, in peace and unfettered freedom. Will that part of the human family that believes they have the “only answer” and have the “only solution” to the way one’s life must be led, win and suppress scientific and western ideals, forcing us back

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into the dark ages? I think not — with each passing week as I search the scientific news for the latest in alternative energy, sifting through the stories on the latest medical advances, computer technologies and myriad of other developments put forth by the scientific community, I am heartened to think that technology could save civilization. People around the world are pushing for civil rights and freedoms. They want the wars to stop, and for peace to reign. To make this change will take courage and resolution; it is because most people of the world want clean water, desire light to pierce the darkness and guide their footsteps, heat for their homes, food for their families, equality, education, health care and freedom from disease, that the will to change and motivation to struggle against oppression exists. Science struggles forward and international cooperation results. ITER, a multinational joint venture between, the EU, India, Japan, South Korea, China, Russia and the United States, is working on a tokamak design fusion reactor in Cadarache, France, that could provide cost effective and abundant energy for future

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CHINCOTEAGUE, Va. — Crews searched for scorched wreckage along the Virginia coast Wednesday in hopes of determining why an unmanned commercial rocket exploded in a blow to NASA’s strategy of using private companies to send supplies and, eventually, astronauts to the International Space Station. The 140-foot (42.6-meter) Antares rocket, operated by Orbital Sciences Corp., blew up 15 seconds after liftoff Tuesday, lighting up the night sky and raining flaming debris on the launch site. No one was injured, but the $200 million-plus mission was a total loss. The blast not only incinerated the cargo — 2 ½ tons of station equipment and science experiments dreamed up by schoolchildren — but dealt a setback to the commercial spaceflight effort championed by NASA and the White House even before the shuttles were retired. It was the first failure after an unbroken string of successful commercial cargo flights to the space station since 2012 — three by Orbital and five by SpaceX, the other U.S. company hired by the space agency to deliver supplies. Although the cause of the blast is still unknown, several outside experts cast suspicion on the 1960sera Russian-built engines used in the rocket’s first stage. Orbital Sciences chairman David Thompson himself said that the Russian engines had presented “some serious technical and supply challenges in the past.” He said he expects the investigation to zero in on the cause within a week or so. The launch pad appeared to have been spared major damage. As for launching again, Thompson said he expects a delay of at least three months in the company’s next flight to the space station, which had been set for April. “We are certainly disappointed by this failure, but in no way are we discouraged or dissuaded from our objectives,” he told investors in a phone conference. Former NASA Administrator Michael Griffin, who helped spearhead the commercial cargo effort, noted that the Antares rocket was still in development. He and others associated with the space agency went into the program knowing that failures were likely. In another few years, NASA hopes to launch astronauts again from U.S. soil — aboard commercially supplied spacecraft. Orbital Sciences has never intended to fly anything more for NASA than cargo. The political fallout from the blast is more likely to affect SpaceX and Boeing, both of which are under NASA contract to fly Americans to the space station by 2017. “We can’t allow the one incident of the Antares vehicle loss to smear space commercialization in Washington and on the Hill,” Boston-based space analyst Charles Lurio said in an email. The mood was sombre 260 miles (418 kilometres) up, according to space station astronaut Butch Wilmore. He and his five crewmates were watching a live video feed of the launch and saw the whole thing. “It’s a great loss,” Wilmore said, quickly adding that the station pantry contains four to six months’ worth of food and that there is plenty of research to go around. Debris — potentially hazardous because of fuel — plummeted into the Atlantic and onto the launch site, igniting fires. Helicopters took to the air at first light Wednesday to track down remnants. Authorities warned people to avoid touching any debris that might wash ashore. Ash and other debris covered Chrissy Mullen’s house, patio and yard on Chincoteague Island a few miles away. She spent the morning cleaning up. “We thought it was raining, but then we’re getting particles out of our hair,” she said. “The ash, the debris that was hitting our head was a little freaky.” Just hours after the accident, Russia launched a supply ship from Kazakhstan on a previously scheduled flight to the space station, and it docked smoothly. Another load of supplies should be on the way in December, delivered by SpaceX from Cape Canaveral, Florida. NASA is paying $1.9 billion to Dulles, Virginiabased Orbital Sciences for eight cargo hauls and $1.6 billion to California’s SpaceX for 12 shipments. Tuesday’s flight was insured. Even before Tuesday’s failure, Orbital Sciences had been reviewing alternatives to the Russianmade engines, Thompson said. The company recently had selected a different main propulsion system for use in another couple of years, and the switch may be accelerated if the Russian engines are the culprit, he said. The AJ26 engines were modified and tested in the U.S.

needs. A University of Washington research team has developed a “Dynomak concept” fusion reactor that in “lab scale” is proving to be one-10th the cost and has an efficiency of 40 per cent in energy production and appears to rival coal-fired electrical plants. Norway University of Science and Technology scientists have been working on hydrothermal liquefaction, a technique in which they turn kelp seaweed into biofuel at an astonishing 79 per cent yield of biomass to fuel. Kelp is not a food stock, and is noted for its high rate of growth. If technology can develop energy sources and technologies that are cost effective, available to all the people of the world, can address our needs for food, shelter, health care and safety, maybe there will not be anything to fight over. Lorne Oja is an energy consultant, power engineer and a partner in a company that installs solar panels, wind turbines and energy control products in Central Alberta. He built his first off-grid home in 2003. His column appears every second Friday in the Advocate. Contact him at: lorne@solartechnical.ca.

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Development Officer Approvals On October 28, 2014, the Development Officer issued approval for the following applications: Permitted Use Deer Park Estates 1. G. & J. Owen – a 0.22 metre relaxation to the minimum side yard, to an existing single family dwelling and attached garage, located at 169 Dixon Crescent. Ironstone 2. Bemoco Land Surveying Ltd. – a 0.9 metre relaxation to the minimum side yard, to an existing deck, located at 100 Ibbotson Close. Laredo 3. Asset Builders Corp. – a 0.59 metre relaxation to the minimum side yard, to a proposed single-family dwelling and attached garage, to be located at 101 Lalor Drive.

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Timberstone Park NASP Bylaw Amendment 3217/A-2014 Land Use Bylaw Amendment 3357/V-2014 City Council is considering amending the Timberstone Park Neighbourhood Area Structure Plan (NASP). #42 Timberstone Way (Lot 174, Block 2, Plan 142 1595) is an undeveloped ±0.918 (±2.268 acre) parcel that is designated R2 Residential (Medium Density) District under the Land Use Bylaw. The Timberstone NASP limits the form of R2 development that can occur on this parcel to “big house” multi-family development. “Big house” refers to apartment type development that is designated to look like a large mansion from the outside. The NASP’s intent was to have the built form of multi-family development on the subject site reflect the form and character of larger detached dwellings while still achieving higher density. The proposed amendment would add the potential for the development of assisted living facilities on this site. No other types of R2 uses would be permitted. This limitation of uses in the NASP would be reflected in the accompanying amendment to section 8.22 of the Land Use Bylaw.

Timber Ridge 4. Laebon Developments Ltd. – a 0.52 metre relaxation to the minimum side yard, to a proposed single-family dwelling, to be located at 37 Tanner Street. 5. Laebon Developments Ltd. – a 2.6 m2 relaxation to the minimum site coverage, for a proposed singlefamily dwelling and attached garage, to be located at 67 Truant Crescent. Discretionary Use Johnstone Crossing 6. C. & D. Rand – a new secondary suite with two bedrooms and a separate entrance at the rear, to be located within an existing single family dwelling at 16 Jaspar Gate. Railyards 7. Red Deer & District Boxing Club – approval of use for a commercial recreation facility, with 73 parking stalls, to be located within an existing commercial building at 6, 4940 54 Avenue. You may appeal Discretionary approvals to the Red Deer Subdivision & Development Appeal Board, Legislative Services, City Hall, prior to 4:30 p.m. on November 14, 2014. You may not appeal a Permitted Use unless it involves a relaxation, variation or misinterpretation of the Land Use Bylaw. Appeal forms (outlining appeal fees) are available at Legislative Services. For further information, please phone 403-342-8190.

The proposed bylaw may be inspected at Legislative Services, 2nd Floor City Hall during regular office hours or for more details, contact City of Red Deer Planning Services at 403-406-8700. City Council will hear from any person claiming to be affected by the proposed bylaw at the Public Hearing on Monday, November 10, 2014 at 6:00 p.m. in Council Chambers, 2nd Floor of City Hall. If you want your letter included in the Council agenda you must submit it to the Manager, Legislative Services by Friday, November 7, 2014. You may also submit your letter at the Public Hearing, or you can simply tell Council your views at the Public Hearing. Council’s Procedure Bylaw indicates that each presentation is limited to 10 minutes. Any submission will be public information. If you have any questions regarding the use of this information please contact the Manager, Legislative Services at 403-342-8132.

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A look at how people deal with the fact of death Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End By Atul Gawande Doubleday Canada

This is not a light read. There are few laughs here but the book outlines the usual pitfalls of aging, and the changes we can make Presently, there are many to our lives that will keep books on offer about dying. us happy and hopeful for It’s a curious thing that, a bit longer. although we are all going to You can’t pick up a do it someday, we don’t want magazine or newspaper to talk about any aspect of it, now in which there is not present or future. an article addressed to And doctors feel the same the adult young people in way. the family. It says, “Have Dr. Atul Gawande reports that discussion with Mom from the field that in his exand Dad. Maybe it’s time PEGGY perience, a patient who presthey need more help.” FREEMAN ents with advanced cancer I believe a few of these and metastasis may be offered mags are, at least metachemotherapy rather than a phorically, put in the botfrank discussion of his real tom of the bird cage. We chances of living. don’t want to talk about it. The author says, “the waning days of Gawande believes that many of the our lives are given over to treatments present day retirement homes have the that addle our brains and sap our bod- wrong idea. ies for a sliver’s chance of benefit.” He quotes from a young physician

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named Bill Thomas, who said, “the three plagues of nursing home existence are: boredom, hopelessness and loneliness.” When Thomas took over the management of a home, he introduced green plants, dogs, cats and birds. He awakened the people in his care and gave them a new lease on life. In the past, people aged and died in the homes of family. There were kids running in and out and life was happening all around them. Now aging is a medical problem; chiefly concerned with safety and protection. Next the author tells us of Keren Brown Wilson, from Oregon and a gerontologist who, using her mother’s needs as a guide, designed in 1983 a “living center with assistance.” First, the people who occupied the center were not called patients, they were tenants. They enjoyed a private apartment with kitchen and bathroom and a lock

on the door. There was a nurse on call, but visitors were encouraged, pets were allowed and a bedtime tipple was your business. The care providers entered the room with permission. The tenant imposed their own schedules of sleep and were not made to feel institutionalized. Critics said the idea was dangerous. “How would they get in to monitor things?” But the design proved to be money saving and successful. As he did in his other books, Gawande includes stories of patients who faced many procedures to ensure life, only to find they weren’t truly living. Doctors want to save lives, that’s their calling. But it’s called life for a reason. Peggy Freeman is a local freelance books reviewer.

Crime-solving mystery that teaches important lessons The Life We Bury By Allen Eskens Prometheus Books

and her family — he never said he was or wasn’t guilty and never tried to defend himself. Joe Talbert didn’t have It seems to Joe that Carl the easiest childhood growwanted to go to prison for ing up in Austin, Minn., reasons unknown. a place only famous for Having to provide secits salted pork product — ondary sources with his Spam. project, Joe investigates In Joe’s eyes, that’s equivthe trial documents, crime alent to the respect you get scene photos and other for having a prison tattoo. pieces of evidence. Despite his personal But something does KIRSTEN troubles growing up with an not sit well with Joe, and LOWE emotional, alcoholic mother he soon finds himself digand caring for his younger ging deeper into the case autistic brother, Jeremy, and Carl’s past, not for his Joe has his life together. assignment but because he He’s 20-years-old and attending college believes there is something more to while working part time, living on his this than meets the eye. One review own and willing to drop anything if Jeremy or his mother needs him. For his English 317 assignment, Joe is directed to Hillview Manor Retirement home to write a biography on Carl Iverson, a Vietnam War veteran and convicted murder. Thirty years ago, a young girl by the name of Crystal Hagen was found raped, beaten and most of her body burned in Carl’s shed. With everyone jumping to the obvious conclusion and evidence pointing his away, Carl was to spend the rest of his life in prison. The only reason he is living at Hillview is be- Duties include arranging financing for vehicle purchasers and cause he is dying of can- the sale of insurance products, extended warranties and vehicle appearance protection products. Business office experience cer. Yet Joe enters without preferred, but will train the right candidate. judgment and is open to Lucrative compensation plan based on salary and commission, hearing what Iverson has excellent work environment and benefits. Only high performance to say for himself. This candidates need apply. murderer and rapist is not what Joe expected. Aside from the physical cost of losing his battle with cancer, Carl is a quiet man who prefers to sit in front We require an experienced automotive Service Department of the window taking in employee who is ready for a new challenge. The Service Managerall the sights and sounds Customer Experience ensures that our customer’s visit to the Service Department is positive and results in satisfied customers. The of nature. On their first meeting, successful candidate will be an experienced automotive Service after making Joe swear Advisor or Service Manager who can build our business by providing that the two will be com- exemplary service to our customers. Experience with Reynolds and pletely honest with each Reynolds is preferable. If you have a vision of how service should other, Carl confides to Joe be and the leadership qualities to execute it, you’re the person we’re that he is guilty of killing looking for. and murdering (there are We offer competitive wages and benefits in a great working differences between the environment. If you’re interested in leading a high performance two that he goes on to ex- team, contact: plain) — but he did not Doug Barbeau murder Crystal Hagen. doug@reddeertoyota.ca And yet he went to trial, Fax: 403.346.4975 and then to prison feeling All queries will be held in strictest confidence only sympathy for Crystal

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says that “Joe Talbert is an everyman hero — thoughtful, unassuming, smart and determined to rise above his circumstances.” I couldn’t have said it better myself. Everyone carries their own burdens and it is very easy for people to jump to conclusions and judgment. Joe challenges this by re-investigating Carl’s case and begins the journey to clearing this man’s name simply because he wants to. When we lose faith in ourselves, we may meet that one person who believes in us and offers that one last chance. Joe proves to be that someone for Carl

and Carl proved to be that someone for Joe. Eskens’ novel is more than a crimesolving mystery. His story underlines the good in humanity and emphasizes how people should not be so quick to judge. We must learn to address any situation from different points of view to truly understand and get to the truth. Eskens has delivered a great novel that can teach readers some very important lessons in life, and I would gladly read this book again and again. Kirsten Lowe is a Red Deer College student and freelance book reviewer.

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LUANN Oct. 31 1995 — Canada’s dollar and stock exchanges soar while interest rates fall after the No side narrowly wins the Quebec referendum. 1982 — Pope John Paul II canonizes Marguerite Bourgeoys, founder of the Congrégation de Notre-Dame de Montréal, as Canada’s first woman saint. 1962 — Founding of a secret revolutionary group in Montreal called the Front de libéra-

tion de Québec (FLQ). 1918 — Alberta government prohibits all public meetings of seven persons or more, as influenza (Spanish flu) epidemic sweeps the province. Churches, schools and theatres close. 1908 — The fourth modern Olympiad ends in London. Canada’s first true national Olympic team of 84 athletes attends. Canada’s gold medals were in lacrosse (a game that has not been recognized since), the 200-metre race (won by Robert Kerr) and shooting (won by Walter Ewing).

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Husband keeping old fling ‘in reserve’ Dear Annie: I recently found out that my 62-year-old husband has been texting a woman with whom he had an intimate relationship in the past. He has admitted that these texts were flirtatious and filled with “dirty talk.” He swears that there was no physical contact, but I’m skeptical. It’s been going on for MITCHELL at least eight & SUGAR months, and I am not convinced it is over. He deleted her name from his contacts, but kept her cellphone number under a fake name. During this same period, my husband did not give me an anniversary card or a Valentine’s Day card, nor did we go out to lunch as often as we usually did. He also announced that he wants to get a new wedding ring, as he is “bored” with the one I gave him 12

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years ago. He has allowed this woman to come between us. Whether or not there was anything physical, this was absolutely an emotional attachment. He insists that she means nothing to him, but I feel rejected and foolish. Am I wrong to consider this an affair? — Ohio Dear Ohio: You’re not wrong. Your husband doesn’t appear to be trustworthy, especially if he still has this woman’s number in his cellphone and is trying to hide it from you. Even if he no longer texts her, it means he is unwilling to cut off contact, perhaps keeping her “in reserve.” Please get some counselling — with or without him — and work on your next step. Dear Annie: I’ve been close friends with “Lisa” for many years. We’ve shared many important life events and social occasions over that time. She is warm, intelligent, educated and respected. Since she moves in well-educated circles, people are shocked by her mispronunciation of words that are normally corrected in elementary school. For instance, she says “pitchers” instead of “pictures,” which she puts in

HOROSCOPES Friday, Oct. 31 CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DATE: Rob Schneider, 51; Dermot Mulroney, 51; Deidre Hall, 67 THOUGHT OF THE DAY: Today will have a very pleasant and lovely atmosphere. You will be more social than usual, and this will allow more excitement to enter your life. You are deeply in touch with your feelings today and you will be more able to express just what you want to now. Everyone should enjoy this benevolent and amicable energy today. Channel that LARISA MAIRA slight restlessness OZOLINS into working out! H A P P Y BIRTHDAY: If today is your birthday, this year will prove to be one that has a keen focus on home life. It will be a wonderful year for you and this will instigate changes within your career as well. You are more able to express yourself just as you want this year, so use that to your advantage.

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Your attention and focus will be amazing, and if guided correctly, you will succeed with flying colours. ARIES (March 21-April 19): Today will be a wonderful day. You will be able to understand others better, specifically your romantic interest, and pleasant interactions will happen today. However unique your dreams and aspirations are, today you will see how they fit in your current view. TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Do expect a very pleasant and light-hearted day. Those you encounter on a professional level will instigate more camaraderie and you will be feeling quite blessed on a deep level. Travelling could be on the agenda, and this time, it will be that excitement you are looking for. GEMINI (May 21-June 20): You will be very in touch with your feelings today, and will most likely educate others on these matters. It could be that something not so proper has occurred at work, and you will have to give them all a drill on how to get through the minor disaster. All in all a good day — enjoy. CANCER (June 21-July 22): Today is going to be wonderful. You will be excited about work, and this will be discussed with those within your home environment and with family.

her “liberry” instead of “library.” None of us would risk offending her by calling this to her attention, but we also know that her job puts her in a position to influence young adults who notice these things. Several of her friends (including me) have used these same terms correctly in front of her as a kind way of pointing out her errors, but she just doesn’t get it. How do we help Lisa without damaging her pride and our relationship? Or should we ignore it and let the chips fall? — Need Some Guidance Dear Guidance: It is difficult to correct a grownup’s pronunciation without causing offense. You are neither her teacher nor her parent. If Lisa is married, would her husband comment? Otherwise, we recommend you accept her as she is and keep using those words correctly so she can hear them and, hopefully, incorporate them into her daily speech. Dear Annie: I read the letter from “Wedding Jitters,” who asked about a prenup. Please also tell her that a prenup doesn’t cover everything. My husband and I have a prenup, but he is now in an assisted living fa-

cility. He will not be eligible for Medicaid while I am alive and have financial assets. Because we are married, the government considers my income to be his. Ours is a happy 25-year second marriage. We thought we had protected ourselves financially. If I had it to do over, I never would have married a second time, especially at my age. Make an agreement together and pledge your love, but don’t make it legal and risk getting the government involved in your future well-being. — Reader in Vermont Dear Vermont: Your situation has little to do with a prenup, but thanks for the warning. Dear Readers: Happy Halloween. Please dress your trick-or-treaters in flame-retardant costumes that don’t obstruct walking or vision, and be sure to accompany them. 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.

You will want to be more social and go out and celebrate some news. Do so, as it will be a great day to interact with others! LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): There still will be a strong focus on your family and roots today, but, truly, it will be an amicable day. You will get along better with others. This energy will have you coming across as more lively and energetic. You will want something new to happen and you’ll get your wish. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Today is a wonderful day for you to communicate with others in your life, especially those found within your daily routine. There will be this undercurrent of restless energy going on, but this will only reflect the excitement and new adventures today has in store for you. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Friends will be extremely generous to you today. There is no doubt that today will be an excellent day for you, perhaps even a wonderful financial day for you too. You are more able to express your feelings in a very clear and harmonious way. Enjoy the pleasant energy now! SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Today will offer you a very pleasant and amicable day with all those you communicate with. Although, for yourself personally, you will still feel this underlying restless energy, as you start to walk your talk in full. Relax a little more if necessary, just to settle the nerves a bit. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): To-

day will welcome in some excitement for you with romantic relationships, or perhaps simply flirting with others. All in all, it will be a pleasant day no matter what happens, so do express your dreams and aspirations with friends now. It will provide you motivation. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Interactions with friends will be amazing today. You will be quite excited to get out and socialize with others today, and this will promise some new and exciting romantic opportunities for you. Whomever you meet now will be a compassion soul. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): You should be feeling amazing today, and all interactions with others will be compassionate and pleasant. That, coupled with the fact that you are more able to express just what you want, and to do so in such an elegant and sophisticated manner — you’ll win many hearts! PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Today, you will no doubt express your true internal thoughts and they will be well received by many. Those found in your daily routine will be compassionate towards you leaving you to feel great. You might not express that with them, but it will be felt on a deep level. Larisa Maira Ozolins is an internationally syndicated astrologer and columnist. Her column appears daily in the Advocate.

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Levi MacDougall performs with Demetri Martin (left), Jon Dore (middle), and Todd Glass (right) in the Just For Laughs Comedy Tour that stops on Friday, Nov. 7, at Red Deer’s Memorial Centre. BY LANA MICHELIN ADVOCATE STAFF In the absurdist world of Levi MacDougall, some Canadians will flop onto the sidewalk, gulping like fish, after crossing into the U.S. “I grew up in Celsius air ... (it’s) too Farenheity,” quipped the Calgary-raised comic, while fanning the air with his hands during a stand-up gig in Los Angeles. “Feels like I’m drowning.” Nothing’s too far out in MacDougall’s reality. Crops can grow in concert halls, pres presumably tracked in by all those wheatfieldfield-standing folk musicia cians. Navy Se Seals can breathe underw a t e r through h o l e s in floating Swiss che cheese. An And when charit charities need your cas cash to save the planet, you can “Wh always ask: “Which planet?” then earmark your donation for Saturn. “Oh, the oceans are polluted down here. ... Well, up there, they don’t have air,” said the comedian. “Where are our priorities as a people?” MacDougall performs with Demetri Martin, Jon Dore, and Todd Glass in the Just For Laughs Comedy Tour that stops on Friday, Nov. 7, at Red Deer’s Memorial Centre. The Ontario-born MacDougall credits having too much alone time as a child for his ability to make fantastical observations in his stand-up act. “I spent a lot of time in my head. ...” He lived across Canada, including the Northwest Territories, as his mom and step-father chased different jobs. Since MacDougall was often “the new kid,” he tried to keep his head down to fly under the

radar at school. “My aim was to say ear, but only five things this year, ,” he have them all be funny,” recalled. e “It’d be, ‘Quick Dad, we have to move again before I say a bad joke!’ ” Although he has an older sister and eventually got two younger brothers, for a long time he was the youngest in his family and was predisposed to spending part of each day in his imagination. “II was a daydreamer. ...” ally MacDougall eventually is “hybecame inspired to do his pothetical comedy” by watching y headed baldbald Steven Wright — the fuzzy-headed, ing American comedian and actor known for his lethargic, deadpan delivery and ironic, sometimes nonsensical jokes. But his earliest attempts at humour were actually sparked by the Gary Larson’s quirky Farside comic strip. “I also liked books about people that had more fantastical narratives,” recalled MacDougall, who loved the works of Roald Dahl (Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Mathilda, James and the Giant Peach), and author, cartoonist and songwriting poet Shel Silverstein (The Giving Tree, A Boy Named Sue). After mostly growing up in Calgary, he eventually became a member of the Loose Moose Theatre’s improvisation team, which introduced MacDougall to thinking on his feet and performing in front of an audience. In 2001, he won the Tim Sims Encouragement Fund Award for his comedy. And in 2004, MacDougall recorded an hour-long stand-up special for CTV’s Comedy Now! that went on to win two Canadian Comedy Awards for best TV writing and best taped live performance. MacDougall, who was also nominated for a Gemini Award and Phil Hartman Award, was a founding member of The Distractions sketch comedy troupe in Toronto and was one of the comedy collective Laugh Sabbath.

He was a regular on The Comedy Network Series x and also on The Jon Dore Show in the reoccurHotbox ring role of Jesus Christ. Mac MacDougall, who has performed across Nort America, lives in Los Angeles where he North writ for Comedy Central’s Important Things writes wit with Demetri Martin (a former writer with Co Conan O’Brien’s show). He’s also assistant p producing Martin’s semi-autobiographical n new movie, Dean, with Kevin Klein and M Mary Steenburgen. Since he’s good friends with Martin and D Dore, and an admirer of the comedy of To Todd Glass (whom he doesn’t know as well), Ma MacDougall is looking forward to this latest Just For Laughs tour. “I’m really looking forward to seeing the other acts.” As ffor what audiences can expect from the show, Ma MacDougall deadpanned: “A lot of jokes, a large amou amount of punch lines, a fair amount of pranks and a lot of stories on any subject. ...” Although his girlfriend and parents probably somehow inspire his humour, MacDougall said none of his loved ones need worry about their foibles ending up as exaggerated fodder for public laughter. “Anything I take from life goes through so many funhouse mirrors it’s une. recognizable. y ex“I take my nd periences and my feelingss and I morph them into absurdist material, so people around me can feel pretty safe” they won’t end up in the act, he said. o the Tickets to w are 7 p.m. show $50.60 from the Black t Knight Tickett C Centre. lmichelin@reddeeradvocate.com

Folk-pop group having one heck of a 2014 BY LANA MICHELIN ADVOCATE STAFF There are bands that toil for years in obscurity, and then there’s The Strumbellas. The success the Toronto folk-pop group is experiencing makes a case for good timing — occasionally a band’s music will line up almost exactly with popular taste and lightning will strike. The Juno Award-winning band’s singer/songwriter Simon Ward said he happened to be writing in the pop-folk-country vein for some time, then thanks to the popularity of groups like The Lumineers, the genre suddenly got hot. “Maybe half of it is coincidence, in that I started out playing (folk-pop), but some of that music also probably influenced me as well,” he admitted — so it’s a chicken and egg thing. In any case, The Strumbellas, performing on Wednesday, Nov. 5, at Fratter’s Speakeasy in Red Deer, have had one heck of a 2014, so far. The band won a Juno as well as a SiriusXM Indie Award for its second album, We Still Move on Dance Floors, and is also long-listed for a Polaris Music Prize. When the six musicians haven’t been collecting hardware, they’ve been touring the continent. Among the “cool places” that Ward lists having performed is Yellowknife, N.W.T., as well as New York, Boston and Los Angeles. He said he always looks forward to playing where the band’s never played before, such as Red Deer. What the Lindsay, Ont., native tried to do during this hectic year is embrace change, including new foods that have come with touring to new places. Ward has continued to write songs whenever the mood strikes, learned more about the business side of the music industry, and even developed a tolerance for road trips. “I’ve had to learn how to sit in a van for 12 hours

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The Strumbellas perform on Wednesday at Fratter’s Speakeasy. without going crazy.” If he could give any advice to up-and-coming musicians it would be to keep following their dreams. “It’s a tricky thing to do this,” admitted Ward. “You don’t see your family for very long periods of time. ... It can be a hard lifestyle, but if you need to create music, you’ve got to do it, because you’ll be

mad at yourself if you don’t.” Ward learned this lesson from his late father, who died of an illness when Ward was 16. “My dad was a lawyer but he always used to say, ‘I should have been a rock star,’ ” he recalled. Whenever Ward wonders if he should just find a steady job and settle down, he thinks about his dad’s unfulfilled ambition and decides to stick with his love of music. The singer and guitarist, who made a whole album of songs inspired by memories of his dad, My Father and the Hunter (2012), is already planning his band’s next release in 2015 along with his fellow Strumbellas. They are: keyboardist David Ritter, lead guitarist Jon Hembrey, violinist Isabel Ritchie, bassist Darryl James and drummer Jeremy Drury. Ward doesn’t usually think of themes for his songwriting, but is drawn to “simple, straightforward lyrics.” He insists the band wasn’t trying to be upbeat and happy on We Still Move on Dance Floors, but “that’s how it came to be.” One of the album’s songs, End of an Era, illustrates the randomness of the process. Ward said the tune was initially inspired by a huge tome he had collecting dust on his bookshelf — Gabriel Garcia Marquez’s Love in the Time of Cholera. “I hadn’t read the book, so I thought I might as well write a song about it.” Unfortunately, he wrote the lyrics’ rhyme scheme based on a mispronunciation of the word cholera, putting stress on the middle instead of the first syllable. “I didn’t know how to pronounce it,” Ward admitted. Everyone else in the band thought it was dumb to have a whole song based on a word that wasn’t proper English, so “time of cholera” was changed to “end of an era” — end of story. Tickets to the show are $10 from Fratters. For more information, call 403-356-0033. lmichelin@reddeeradvocate.com

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Murray the reward of St. Vincent DEADPAN COMIC ADDS A NEW FAVOURITE CHARACTER IN TITLE CURMUDGEON St. Vincent Three stars (out of four) Rated 14A Move over, Peter Venkman, Phil Connors and Carl Spackler. Alongside these beloved Bill Murray characters from Ghostbusters, Groundhog Day and Caddyshack, the deadpan comic adds a new favourite: his title curmudgeon of St. Vincent, a movie with laughter, soul and a twisting path to the heart. He’s Vincent, just Vincent, a Vietnam War vet with money troubles, drinking and gambling problems and a bird-flipping attitude toward PETER everyone in his Brooklyn HOWELL neighbourhood. Vincent isn’t a patient man — “Don’t tell me the whole story,” he moans to the garrulous — but he is capable of toleration, if not moderation. He cares for a white feline furball named Felix, who is almost as grumpy as he is. And he enjoys occasional sex with Daka (Naomi Watts), a pregnant Russian hooker who takes no guff, but will take an IOU. Vincent is also house-proud, sort of. He has a lawn of more dirt than grass that he still mows, and he has the proverbial white picket fence around his humble abode — but not for long. The fence’s sudden demise leads to a noisy introduction with his new neighbours: single mom Maggie (Melissa McCarthy) and her nerdy 12-year-old son Photo by ADVOCATE news services Oliver (Jaeden Lieberher). When the yelling subsides, opportunity arises: Those who come to see Bill Murray in St. Vincent should remember to stay to see him. The closing credits Maggie works long hours as a CT scan technician at feature Vincent lounging on his dirt lawn, listening a distant hospital; Oliver needs somebody to watch to an old Sony Walkman and singing along to Bob him after school; Vincent needs cash, fast — loan shark Zucko (Terence Howard) wants payment yes- Dylan’s Shelter From The Storm. terday. “‘ ’ What could go wrong with having Vincent babysit GALAXY CINEMAS RED DEER Oliver? 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CLOSED CAPTIONED FRI-SUN 10:05; 10:15; SAT-SUN 12:50, 4:00, 7:10, 10:15; MON-THURS MON-WED 9:50 Murray’s loose-limbed charm is very much in evi7:05, 10:10 NIGHTCRAWLER (14A) (COARSE LANGUAGE) DRACULA UNTOLD (14A) (VIOLENCE) CLOSED dence, whether teaching Oliver how to elude bullies CLOSED CAPTIONED FRI 4:30, 7:40, 10:30; SAT-SUN CAPTIONED FRI-SAT 4:35, 7:20, 10:00; SUN 2:00, and loan collectors or dancing to Somebody To Love 1:40, 4:30, 7:40, 10:30; MON-THURS 7:30, 10:15 4:35, 7:20, 10:00; MON-THURS 7:10, 9:35 on a saloon jukebox. 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this (and) won’t come forward with their names. They’re obviously feeling like they will be targeted in some way and that their lives will be impacted negatively. I’m OK with that.”

Some of the other alleged victims told the Toronto Star that they feared repercussions online if they allowed the newspaper to publish their names. While chuckling that she might be

camera Sept. 5 in Beverly Hills. Williams was arrested in the Los Angeles area. Knight, who was arrested in Las Vegas, is due for a Monday extradition hearing on that case. He has a prior assault with a deadly weapon conviction and could face up to 30 years in prison if he’s convicted of the California robbery charge.

Other Side of the Wind. Producers are planning to unveil the film in time for the centennial anniversary of Welles’ birth on May 6. The semi-autobiographical film is about a movie director, played by John Huston, feuding with Hollywood over an ambitious film. Welles shot the movie in 1971 and spent the rest of his life editing it, before dying in 1985. Director Peter Bogdanovich, who appears in the film, will help edit the footage, which includes a roughly 45-minute edited print.

Orson Welles’ final film may finally be released NEW YORK — Orson Welles’s last film may finally be nearing release after decades as one of cinema’s most storied unfinished creations. The New York Times reported Wednesday that a Los Angeles-based production company, Royal Road Entertainment, has agreed to buy the rights to Welles’ largely unseen The

Polish prosecutors question filmmaker Roman Polanski WARSAW, Poland — Prosecutors in Poland have questioned filmmaker Roman Polanski at the request of U.S.

prosecutors who are seeking his extradition on charges from 1977 of having sex with a minor. A spokeswoman for the prosecutors in Krakow, Boguslawa Marcinkowska, said on Thursday that the filmmaker remained free but available for further proceedings. She said prosecutors must analyze the U.S. arrest and extradition request before they make any decisions. Deputy Foreign Minister Rafal Trzaskowski said the charges against Polanski have expired in Poland, providing no grounds for an extradition. The director is living in Paris, where — as French citizen — he is immune from U.S. justice, which he fled in 1978. In 2010, he was freed from Swiss house arrest after that government refused to extradite him.

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TORONTO — Jian Ghomeshi thanked his supporters Thursday and vowed to meet the allegations against him head-on, a pledge that came as a Trailer Park Boys actor became the first to go on the record with accusations the ousted CBC-Radio personality engaged in abusive behaviour. The former Q radio host issued a Facebook post saying: “I want to thank you for your support and assure you that I intend to meet these allegations directly.” He added: “I don’t intend to discuss this matter any further with the media.” The posting comes in the wake of a new Toronto Star story that says eight women are now accusing Ghomeshi of abusive behaviour. The names of the complainants have not been published, except for that of actor Lucy DeCoutere, who spoke to the Star and also detailed her allegations in an interview that aired Thursday on CBC’s The Current. DeCoutere — who is also a captain in the Royal Canadian Air Force in New Brunswick — says she is going public because she wants to help other women who are levelling more serious accusations against Ghomeshi. 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 respond to a request from The Canadian Press for comment. Ghomeshi has said previously that he has engaged in rough sex, but that it was always consensual. Asked by The Current host Anna Maria Tremonti why she was willing to go on the record, DeCoutere said her story is not as disturbing to discuss as some that have been detailed in anonymous accounts. “My story, (for) me to talk about it is a little upsetting but it’s not traumatic. I wasn’t terribly hurt by him,” she said. “It’s the women who are talking about

“naive,” DeCoutere said she’s not concerned about such a backlash. “I’m sure there’s a chance that there will be attacks online, but I don’t care,” she told The Current. “I mean, people who know me know that I’m not a bad person and people who don’t know me are not part of my life.” She added: “I will take it if that means somebody doesn’t have to because they’re dealing with something a bit bigger.” DeCoutere said she didn’t go to police after the date with Ghomeshi, explaining she was left confused and puzzled. Ghomeshi 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. On Sunday night, after the CBC announced it was severing ties with him, Ghomeshi issued a lengthy Facebook post alleging that he’d been fired for his sexual behaviour. He said he engaged in adventurous forms of sex that included role-play, dominance and submission, along with “rough sex (forms of BDSM)” but that the activities were consensual and he and his partner used safe words to signal when to stop the activity. DeCoutere’s accusations come after the Star carried allegations Monday from three women who said he was physically violent to them without their consent during sexual encounters or in the run-up to such encounters. Ghomeshi — through his lawyer — responded that he “does not engage in non-consensual role play or sex and any suggestion of the contrary is defamatory.” The Star also reported in that story earlier this wee that a fourth woman who worked at the CBC alleged that Ghomeshi “approached her from behind and cupped her rear end in the Q studio” and made a sexually obscene comment to her during a story meeting. The Star reported that Ghomeshi told the newspaper that he did not understand why it was continuing to pursue allegations when “my lawyers have already told you it is untrue.”

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COATES (nee Forbes) Joan Bayntun 1922 - 2014 Joan Coates, at 92, having made a deliberate decision to end all life-maintaining sustenance and medication for quality of life reasons, drew her last breath at 3:30 pm Sunday, October 26th with friends and family present. The last request of this amazingly resilient, lifeloving, independent thinker was that her friends and family campaign for the option of legalized physicianassisted death in Canada. Joan is survived by her two children and four grandchildren, of whom she was immensely proud. For friends and family alike, Joan has been an inspiration. She particularly relished her times as a nurse, cattle rancher, Pony Club organizer, world sailor/traveller, and political organizer. She embraced adventure, but always remained a “no nonsense” pragmatist. Joan believed passionately in the Canadian democratic process, the importance of children and youth feeling valued and meaningfully involved, and the Pearson College philosophy of “education as the force to unite people, nations and cultures for peace and a sustainable future”. She will be dearly missed by friends, family and colleagues from all walks of life. In her final months, Joan spent extended time at VGH and Sunset Lodge. Our thanks go to the many health care professionals and staff, who provided exceptional care and support. In lieu of flowers, donations to Pearson College or Death with Dignity Canada would be appreciated. A celebration of her life will be held at the Royal Colwood Golf Course, 629 Goldstream Ave, Colwood, BC on November 25th from 2 - 4 pm.

CRUMP Mars Phillip Crump, 38, of Delburne, passed away on Monday October 27, 2014 at the U of A Hospital in Edmonton. Having a congenital heart defect, Mars showed great endurance and perseverance to ‘beat the odds’ on numerous occasions through complex heart surgeries and lived longer than was ever expected. He was born in Lincoln City, Oregon January 22, 1976. After graduating from Delburne School and Olds College, Mars worked over 16 years with the Delburne Foundry. He was passionate about his friendships and enjoyed “coffee’n” with his buddies, worldwide traveling, hunting, horseback riding, exploring new cuisines, and learning about different cultures. Mars is survived by his mother, Julie Macrae, step-father Bill Macrae, sisters: Venus Crump (Kirk Hutchison), Betty Bellerive (Greg), Uilani Ballay (Richard), Peggy Doggett (Steve), Annie Drohan (Bryce), nephews and nieces Wesley, Mae, Lillian, Sophie and Thurston. Mars is also lovingly remembered by his fiancée Maria, numerous friends and relatives, and his “family” of doctors and healthcare workers at the Mazankowski Heart Institute. Mars was predeceased by his father Phil in 1996. There will be a private family gathering to celebrate his life. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made directly to Children’s Heart Society: w w w. c h i l d r e n s h e a r t . o r g . Condolences may be emailed to: pambvu@gmail.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

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BAHLER Mrs. Lila Bahler (nee Longacre) of Sylvan Lake passed away suddenly on Friday, October 24, 2014 at the age of 94 years. Lila and her husband, Sam, farmed east of Sylvan Lake from 1948 until 1991 when they moved into Sylvan Lake. She was an avid gardener and an awesome cook, and spent many hours cooking for farm crews and running lunches to the fields. Since 2003 Lila has lived at the Sylvan Lake Lodge where she loved to play cards, do her jigsaw puzzles and entertain others on the piano. She will be sadly missed and fondly remembered by her one son Sam, and daughter-in-law Sandy of Red Deer, grandson, Bradley Bahler (Jennifer) of Sylvan Lake, granddaughter, Daina Sparling (Darryl) of Edmonton and great grandchildren Isaac, Abbi, Nate, Ben (Bahler), Jacob and Audrey (Sparling); three sisters, Lily Longacre , Helen Drader of Red Deer and Ethyl (Roy) Foster of Wetaskiwin; and numerous nieces and nephews. Lila was predeceased by her husband Sam in 1996; brothers Fred, Leonard, Lewis, Jim, Norman and sisters Blanche, Flora and Eldora. Relatives and friends are invited to meet with the family to pay their respects at a Memorial Tea to be held from 1 pm - 3 pm, Nov 3, at the Lions Hall, Sylvan Lake, Alberta if desired. (Program will be held at 2:00 P.M.) As an expression of sympathy, memorial donations in memory of Lila may be made to the Charity of choice. Condolences may be forwarded to: www.sylvanlakefuneralhome.ca SYLVAN LAKE AND ROCKY FUNERAL HOMES AND CREMATORIUM, Your Golden Rule Funeral Homes, entrusted with arrangements. 403-887-2151.

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.

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

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ROTH Dale Dale Roth of Red Deer, Alberta passed away in Calgary, Alberta at the Foothills Hospital on October 29, 2014 at the age of 69. Dale was born on May 9, 1945 in Red Deer, Alberta to George and Hazel Roth. Dale attended St. Thomas High School in Red Deer and then went on to join the Royal Canadian Navy at 17 years old. Dale married Janet Robert in 1963 and had two sons and a daughter. Dale worked at various jobs over the years including a career with the Co-operators Insurance in Red Deer, Drumheller, Wetaskiwin and Chilliwack. Dale retired from the insurance business and started his own oilfield contracting company. Dale is lovingly remembered by his family, wife Janet; sons, Tom and Karen Roth, Todd and Penny Roth; daughter, Tricia and Kelly Hutchison; grandchildren, Brittany and John, Kaitlin and Eddie, Matt, Mitch, Jake, Jenn and Sean, Alex, Luc and Tommy; great-grandchildren, Ava, Brooklyn and Molly; many nieces, nephews, extended family and friends; and by his faithful furry friend, Meg. Dale was predeceased by his mother and father and sister, Maxine Laughlin. A memorial mass will be celebrated on Monday, November 3, 2014 at 11:00 a.m. at St. Mary’s Catholic Church, 6 McMillan Avenue, Red Deer, Alberta with Reverend Les Drewicki presiding. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made directly to either STARS or to the Alberta Cancer Foundation’s Patient Financial Assistance Fund. Condolences may be forwarded to the family by visiting www.reddeerfuneralhome.com Arrangements entrusted to RED DEER FUNERAL HOME & CREMATORIUM 6150 - 67 Street, Red Deer. Phone (403) 347-3319.

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BLOCKSOM Evelyn Joyce Sept. 19, 1933 - Oct. 26, 2014 Evelyn passed away quietly with family by her side at the Red Deer Regional Hospital on October 26, 2014, following a brief period of failing health. A celebration of Evelyn’s life will be held on Saturday, November 8, 2014 at 1:00 p.m. at Red Deer Funeral Home, 6150 - 67 Street, Red Deer, Alberta. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations in her honour may be made directly to the Alberta S.P.C.A., 10806 - 124 Street, Edmonton, Alberta T5M 0H3 or to a charity of your choice. Condolences may be forwarded to the family by visiting www.reddeerfuneralhome.com Arrangements entrusted to RED DEER FUNERAL HOME & CREMATORIUM 6150 - 67 Street, Red Deer. Phone (403) 347-3319.

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JUNIOR OIL AND GAS OPERATOR in our Stettler Field. Applicants need to be mechanically inclined, motivated to work hard and learn quickly. Associated industry experience eg. instrumentation or facilities construction experience would be an asset but is not necessarily required. This position offers a diverse and challenging work environment with competitive pay, attractive benefits and the ability to grow within the organization. Applicants must live or be willing to relocate to within a 20 minute commute of the work place location (Stettler). Please Submit Resume’s Attention Human Resources Email: payroll@ bearspawpet.com Fax: (403) 258-3197 Mail: Suite 5309, 333 96th Ave NE Calgary, Alberta T3R 1H1 Something for Everyone Everyday in Classifieds

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Health Care Aide Sunset Manor is a Supportive Living Facility

Has Opening for all positions! Immediately. All applicants must have current H2S, Class 5 with Q Endorsement,and First Aid. We offer competitive wages & excellent benefits. Please include 2 work reference names and numbers. Please fax resume to: 403-264-6725 Or email to: tannis@treelinewell.com No phone calls please. www.treelinewell.com Central Alberta’s Largest Car Lot in Classifieds

ZUBAR Production Services is currently taking resumes for experienced Production Testing Personnel Email resume to: rdzubaroffice@telus.net or fax to (403)346-9420.

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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 Looking for a new pet? Check out Classifieds to find the purrfect pet.

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RAMADA INN & SUITES req’s Permanent ROOM ATTENDANTS Attendants. Exp. not nec. will train. Approx. 35 - 40 hrs/wk. Performance based bonus program. Must be fluent with verbal & written English, be physically fit. Applicants may apply in person at 6853 - 66 St. Red Deer T4P 3T5 or fax 403-342-4433 or email: info@ramadareddeer.com THE RUSTY PELICAN is now accepting resumes for experienced F/T SERVERS Must have Ref’s & Pro-Serve. Apply within: 2079-50 Ave. 2-4 pm. Mon.-Fri. Fax 403-347-1161 Phone calls WILL NOT be accepted.

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 F/T Exp’d 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 $13.25 - $15. per hour dependant on experience. Mail to: 2079 50 AVE. Red Deer, AB T4R 1Z4 or Call 403-347-1414 or Fax to: 403-347-1161

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SALES ASSOCIATE REQUIRED For North/Central Alberta. Opportunity for a mature person or couple in wholesale fashion jewelry and giftware sales. • • • •

Great second career. Must be fit and love to travel. Work schedule approx. 8 months per year. A strong interest in ladies fashion an asset. Reply to: order@klassenjlrs.com Terry, 306-652-2112 Check us out at: www.klassenjlrs.com

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WINTER START GED Preparation Would you like to take the GED in your community? CENTRAL AB based truck• Red Deer ing company requires Rocky Mtn. House Owner Operators •• Rimbey & Contract Drivers • Caroline in AB. Home the odd night. • Castor Weekends off. Late model • Sylvan Lake tractor pref. 403-586-4558 • Innisfail CLASS 1 or 3 drivers req’d • Stettler • Ponoka for moving equipment. Resumes to be dropped off • Lacombe at Key Towing. 4083-78 St. Gov’t of Alberta Funding Cres. Red Deer. may be available. DRIVERS for furniture 403-340-1930 moving company, class 5 www.academicexpress.ca required (5 tons), local & long distance. Competitive wages. Apply in person. 6630 71 St. Bay 7 Red Deer. 403-347-8841 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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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

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Central Alberta Greenhouses Ltd Greenhouse Laborers required for our greenhouse operation located near Blackfalds, Alberta. Responsibilities include transplanting, watering, handling and caring for plant material and preparation of orders. This position is labor intensive and entails working in a cold/hot environment. Laborers are required to work a minimum 40 hours per week and must be available to work different shifts, 7 days a week. Positions are available starting Early February and last till late June. No previous work experience or qualifications are required. Starting wage is $10.20/hr. Please email resume to kevin@cagreenhouses.ca or fax resume to 403-885-4147(Attn. Human Resources). Resumes may also be mailed to Box 100, Blackfalds, AB. T0M 0J0

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GLOVER INTERNATIONAL TRUCKS is a leading commercial truck dealership. We continue to grow and have exciting career opportunities in our Parts and Service Departments:

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START YOUR OWN COMMERCIAL CLEANING BUSINESS Revenue between $24,000 - $120,000 Initial cash required as low as $6,000 In Business for over 20 years *Guaranteed Cleaning Contracts Incl. *Training Incl. *Ongoing Office Support

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The Tap House Pub & Grill req’s full and part time COOKS AND DISHWASHERS. Apply with resume at 1927 Gaetz Avenue between 2-5 pm.

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JJAM Management (1987) Ltd., o/a Tim Horton’s Requires to work at these Red Deer, AB locations: 5111 22 St. 37444 HWY 2 S 37543 HWY 2N 700 3020 22 St. FOOD ATTENDANT Req’d permanent shift weekend day and evening both full and part time. 16 Vacancies, $10.20/hr. + benefits. Start ASAP. Job description www.timhortons.com Education and experience not req’d. Apply in person or fax resume to: 403-314-1303

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Sunset Manor is a Supportive Living Facility that teams with Alberta Health Services to provide a home-like experience for our residents in the community of Innisfail. We are currently accepting applications for Part-time (FTE 0.56 and 0.52) and Casual Licensed Practical Nurses.

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NOW HIRING Well Testing Personnel Experienced Supervisors & Operators Must have valid applicable tickets. Email: lstouffer@ testalta.com

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that teams with Alberta Health Services to provide a home-like experience for our residents in the community of Innisfail. We are currently accepting applications for Part-time (FTE 0.52 – 0.76) and casual Health Care Aides to join our team. Under the direction of a Licensed Practical Nurse, you will provide safe, quality personal care to residents. All shifts are unionized and scheduled for 8 hours. Qualifications: - Graduate of a recognized Health Care Aide Program or Foreign trained health professional (RN) - Current Criminal Record Check /working with vulnerable sector - Good communication skills - Able to work independently

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BEARSPAW is a moderately sized oil and gas company operating primarily in the Stettler and Drumheller areas. We are currently accepting applications for a

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Maternity Leave Position The Classified Department has a one year Maternity leave position available. This is a part time position averaging 3 days / 22.5 hours per week. Monday, Thursday & Friday 9 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. The person selected will also occasionally be required to work full time for staff holiday relief. 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: prstamm@reddeeradvocate.com or drop off at the Red Deer Advocate Front Counter, Attention: Patricia Stamm, Classified Manager 2950 Bremner Ave. Red Deer

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EVRAZ Red Deer Works is now accepting applications for Scan to See Current Openings

Journeyman Millwrights, Electricians, and Machinists. Individuals must be safety conscious, physically fit, able to work overtime and shift work. Wages start at $40.00 per hour and offer an excellent benefit and pension package. Please send resume to reddeerhr@evrazna.com or deliver in person to 27251 391 Township Road

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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

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

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 Something for Everyone Everyday in Classifieds

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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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 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

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

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STUDON Electric & Controls Inc. is one of Canada’s Best Managed Companies. We are an industry leading Electrical & Instrumentation Contractor that prides itself in having committed and dedicated employees. We are currently hiring for the position of:

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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

For our Red Deer Office The ideal candidate will require the following for this position: • Journeyman Electrician • Estimating experience a definite asset • Ability to read, understand, and interpret blueprints effectively • Exceptional interpersonal skills to communicate effectively with clients, vendors, and all levels within the organization • Strong computer skills • Problem solving and organizational skills • A working knowledge of the McCormick Estimating software a definite asset • Highly organized with a strong attention to detail STUDON offers a competitive salary, and an opportunity to apply your skills in a challenging and rewarding environment. Please forward your resume to the address below. We thank all applicants for their interest; however only those candidates interviewed will be contacted. Please note: This job posting closes on November 7th, 2014

STUDON Electric & Controls Inc. ATTN: Andrea Mercer Fax # 403-342-6505 Email amercer@studon.com

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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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DISPATCHER REQ’D. Knowledge of Red Deer and area is essential. Verbal and written communication skills are req’d. Send resume by fax to 403-346-0295

GAETZ SOUTH FT/PT CASHIERS Apply within 5111 22nd St. Red Deer

GAETZ SOUTH P/T Bakery Evening Staff Apply within 5111 22nd St. Red Deer LADY who is blind req’s personal assistant 1 or 2 afternoons per week. Also require driver for occasional medical appts. in Edm. 403-309-4554

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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. LARGE fireplace store expanding in Western Canada. Seeking experienced personnel for admin, data entry, scheduling etc. No phone calls please. Send full resume jim@thefireplaceexperience .com SOURCE ADULT VIDEO 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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NEEDED F/T Service Person General Carpenter/handyman type for service and set up of manufactured and modular home. Exp. in trim, roofing, siding, flooring, paint etc. Competitive wages and health plan avail. Apply to James at M & K Homes, 403-346-6116 You can sell your guitar for a song... or put it in CLASSIFIEDS and we’ll sell it for you! SHRUMS MEATS HIRING EXP’D. BUTCHER, $20-$30/hr. Phone 1-403-742-1427 or fax 403-742-1429

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WAREHOUSE SHIPPER/RECEIVER & PARTS PERSON The successful candidate will have warehouse experience, preferably with electrical and mechanical background as well as forklift exp. Strong computer skills is an asset. Please fax resumes to 403-347-9301 or email: administration @barwpetroleum.com

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stuff CLASSIFICATIONS 1500-1990

Antiques & Art

1520

We are seeking a

Full-Time Supervisor

465694J31,K1

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

CARSWELL’S

24th Annual Red Deer Christmas

ANTIQUE Show & Sale

Nov. 15 & 16 Sat. 10-5:30, Sun. 10-4:30 Westerner Park Over 350 Tables Carswell’s 343-1614 Looking for a place to live? Take a tour through the CLASSIFIEDS

Advocate Opportunities CARRIERS NEEDED ROUTES IN:

ANDERS AREA

ENROLL TODAY!

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.

Classes Starting Soon!

Medical Office Assistant / Unit Clerk On-site work experience Unit Clerk Specialty curriculum Under one-year full Diploma program Planning for a Successful Career Seminar Nationally recognized Medical Assisting First Aid / CPR Training Professional Certificate Hospital Scrubs included Train with Industry experts Perfect graduate job placement rate reported last year

1710 1720

1590

1630

TRAILERS for sale or rent Job site, office, well site or storage. Skidded or wheeled. Call 347-7721.

HEADBOARD, for queen bed, 60” wide, $40; (3) clean wool accent matching 3x5 oval carpets, $40. for all 3; David Winter Collector’s houses in original boxes, $25. ea. 403-352-8811

CARRIERS REQUIRED To deliver the

LACOMBE BLACKFALDS Please call Rick for details 403-314-4303

CARRIERS REQUIRED To deliver the CENTRAL AB LIFE 1 day a week in: Eckville Bowden Olds Sylvan Lake

Inglewood Drive

2965 Bremner Avenue, Red Deer

www.academyoflearning.ab.ca

Manning St./Maxwell Ave. McKinnon Cres/Munro Cres. McCullough Cres. McDougall Cres.

452184I26-J24

Call Today (403) 347-6676 Advocate Opportunities

SUNNYBROOK AREA Savoy Cres./Sydney Close Sunnyside Cres./Sutton Close

Vanier Drive

Call Prodie @ 403- 314-4301 for more info **********************

KENTWOOD AREA

TO ORDER HOME DELIVERY OF THE ADVOCATE CALL OUR CIRCULATION DEPARTMENT 403-314-4300

For More Information, please call Joanne 403-314-4308

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Call Classifieds 403-309-3300

Contractors

1100

BRIDGER CONST. LTD. We do it all! 403-302-8550 DALE’S Home Reno’s Free estimates for all your reno needs. 403-506-4301

VELOX EAVESTROUGH Cleaning & Repairs. Reasonable rates. 340-9368

Roofing

1370

VII MASSAGE #7,7464 Gaetz Ave. Escorts Pampering at its BEST! Open Halloween! KAYLA 392-0891 *BUSTY* 403-986-6686 INDEPENDENT w/own car Come in and see why we are the talk Handyman of the town. Services www.viimassage.com

Classifieds...costs so little Saves you so much!

1165

1200

TOO MUCH STUFF? Let Classifieds help you sell it.

Massage Therapy

JEHN’S PAINTING & GENERAL CONTRACTING Painting, Plumbing & General Home Reno’s. Lowest quotes in Red Deer. 403-396-1371

1280

PRECISE ROOFING LTD. 15 Yrs. Exp., Ref’s Avail. 403-896-4869

DOORS, windows, siding, soffit, fascia and custom cladding. Call Dean @ 403-302-9210.

INSTALL your operators & doors. Repairs. 391-4144

Massage Therapy

MASSAGE ABOVE ALL WALK-INS WELCOME 4709 Gaetz Ave. 346-1161

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

1280

FANTASY MASSAGE

International ladies

Now Open

3 KITTENS black/white to give away, very tame 403-782-3031 BEAUTIFUL kittens, (5) 2 orange M., 2 tabby F. 1 black calico F. 12 wks. old. desperately needs loving homes. 403-782-3130

1840

Dogs

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

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

5* JUNK REMOVAL Property clean up 340-8666 GARAGE DOOR SERVICE. Save 50%. 403-358-1614 We do dump runs/odd jobs 4035502502/4038855333

Painters/ Decorators

1310

Specials. 11 a.m.-3 a.m. JG PAINTING, 25 yrs. exp. Private back entry. 403-341-4445 Free Est. 403-872-8888

1372

1380

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

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

1900

TRAVEL ALBERTA Alberta offers SOMETHING for everyone. Make your travel plans now.

2 BDRM. lrg. suite adult bldg, free laundry, very clean, quiet, Avail Nov. 1. $1050/mo., S.D. $650. 403-304-5337 2 bedroom apartments in NEW building with GREAT location. All appliances (in suite laundry), underground parking, elevator. Rent $1475-$1525. Free internet offer available. Close to downtown and hospital. No pets, no smoking. Contact WoodWalkerVentures@ gmail.com or 403-350-0989. GLENDALE reno’d 2 bdrm. apartments, avail. immed, rent $875 403-596-6000

AGRICULTURAL

CLASSIFICATIONS 2000-2290

2140

6 Days a week! Delivery to be done on/or before 6:30 am For More Information, Please call Prodie

FOR RENT • 3000-3200 WANTED • 3250-3390

Bunn Cres. Baile Close Boyce Street Byer Close Barrett Drive Bell Street Baker Ave. Broughton Cres. Brookes Cres. Beatty Cres. For more information or to apply, please call Ashley at the Red Deer Advocate 403-314-4316 ADULT or YOUTH CARRIERS NEEDED For delivery of Flyers, Express and Friday Forward ONLY 3 DAYS A WEEK in

Dunning Cres, Cl., and Depalme St. plus 3 blocks of Douglas Ave. $136.24/mo.

EASTVIEW AREA Eastman Cres & Edge Close. $130/mo.

NEWLY RENOVATED bachelor, 1, & 2 bedroom suites available in central location. Heat & water included. Cat friendly. leasing@rentmidwest.com 1(888) 679-8031

Cottage/ Seasonal

CLASSIFICATIONS

3020

Houses/ Duplexes

SYLVAN LAKE 4 fully furnished rentals, including dishes, bedding, utilities. Available Nov. 1, 2014 - June 15, 2015 Price range $1200 to $1500 per month. 403-880-0210. SYLVAN: “PRIVATE” 1 bdrm. unit. $550/mo. incld’s cable & utils. 403-880-0210

Condos/ Townhouses

3070

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

AVAIL IMMED: 1 lrg fully furn bdrm for rent - Incl. gas fireplace. Working or Student Male only. $300 dd $600/mo. Call 403-396-2468

Motels/ Hotels

rentals

Denison Cres and 1 block of Davison Dr. $45.44/mo.

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INDIVIDUAL & BUSINESS Accounting, 30 yrs. of exp. with oilfield service companies, other small businesses and individuals RW Smith, 346-9351

2 BALINESE KITTENS 2 SNOWSHOE SIAMESE $50/ea. 403-887-3649

RED DEER ADVOCATE

DEER PARK AREA

To Advertise Your Business or Service Here

1130

1830

Cats

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BOWER AREA

Vanson Close Viscount Drive Vold Close

HIGHLAND GREEN

Eavestroughing

3060

MANURA Trainer, Indoor stationery bike stand, re- 1 BDRM apt. above Wies sistance for your outside Western Wear. Quiet single bicycle. Made in Japan. person preferred. no pets, Exc. cond. $85; Ammo $850 rent/dd. Avail. magazine clip for British Immed. 403-347-3149 Lee Enfield 303, $35. 2 BDRM apt. for over 40 403-352-8811 yr. old working tenants, no SAFETY BATH pets, no partiers, no drugs. TUB HANDLE. Free laundry, heat, water, Asking $30. private parking at 5910-55 Call or text 403-391-3335 Ave. in Riverside Meadows. $1100 . Avail.Immed. 403-341-4627

Adult Newspaper Carriers Needed For Early Morning Delivery of the

NEWSPAPER CARRIERS NEEDED For Afternoon Delivery Wednesday, Thursday & Friday

VANIER AREA

Monday through Saturday. Delivery to be done on/or before 6:30 am. Reliable vehicle needed.

1010

1760

WANTED: all types of horses. Processing locally in Lacombe weekly. 403-651-5912

Long Close

RED DEER ADVOCATE

Accounting

INNISFAIL, 1 yr. old 3 plex 1250 sq. ft., fin. bsmt., 3 bdrm. + den, att. garage, many upgraded features, gas fireplace, granite Misc. for island top, fenced yard, backs on to green, located Sale by Dodds Lake. $1750/mo. GARMENT single trolley For immed. move in. Call Daryl @ 403-350-7937 rack, 36” wide extends upward 60” on casters with NORMANDEAU shoe rack at bottom $10, 2 Bdrm. 4-plex. 1.5 bath, 4 3/8” thick plywood strips 2” appls. $1095. No pets, N/S wide various lengths from Quiet adults. 403-350-1717 14” to 8’, have about 20 all for $10, 6 totes, med- to med. large with lids $6/ea. 403-314-2026 Suites

SUNNYBROOK & MORRISROE

Phone 403-314-4301

LANCASTER AREA

ADULT Newspaper Carriers Needed For Early Morning Delivery of the

3050

WANTED

Horses

MORRISROE AREA

4 Plexes/ 6 Plexes

Antiques, furniture and estates. 342-2514

Isherwood Close Isbister Close

1720

LARGE, 1 & 2 BDRM. SUITES. 25+, adults only n/s, no pets 403-346-7111

Please call Debbie for details 403-314-4307

INGLEWOOD AREA

Household Furnishings

Advocate Opportunities

1 day a week in:

FOR FLYERS, FRIDAY FORWARD & EXPRESS

900

1660

CENTRAL AB LIFE & LACOMBE EXPRESS

3 days per week, no weekends

Employment Training

Firewood

Double Estate Auction AFFORDABLE Sunday November 2 Homestead Firewood 11 am * Viewing 9 am Spruce & Pine -Split. Firepits Location: Ridgewood avail. 7 days/wk. 403-304-6472 Community Hall Partial List Only FIREWOOD, birch, spruce 2004 Ford F150 – 2006 & pine. North of Costco Chrysler 300 – 2003 Ford 403-346-7178, 392-7754 Ranger – 1997 Ford 1 Ton Cube Van – Mercury 50 hp LOGS Boat Motor – Power Semi loads of pine, spruce, Wheelchair (Like New) – tamarack, poplar. Pram – Antiques Price depends on location. – Collectables – Furniture Lil Mule Logging – Tools – 403-318-4346 Misc and much more Now Offering Hotter, Cleaner Complete list and BC Birch. All Types. P.U. / Directions visit www. Delivery. Lyle 403-783-2275 cherryhillauction.com Terms of Sale: Cash, Cheque, C/C, Everything Household must be paid for & removed on sale day (NO Appliances EXCEPTIONS), 15% buyer’s premium. STOVE, Kenmore, electric, Sale subject to Additions, white, 6 yrs. old. $145. Deletions, Errors and 403-347-5316 Omissions. Cherry Hill Auction & Household Appraisals Phone 403-342-2514 or Furnishings 403-347-8988 46” SINGLE BED w/side rails, headboard, footboard, FREE, mattress Clothing and box spring $100 403-347-3849 JACKET, leather, size 40 HARD TO FIND Tall, $20. 403-347-5316 2 MAN TABLE! Small 2 person kitchen VINTAGE MINK COAT table. White top & metal (Brown) Size 18. Absolutely legs, 2 matching chairs. excellent condition. $150. Asking $100. Call or text 403-391-3335 Call or text 403-391-3335

EquipmentHeavy

at our Sobeys Liquor Village Mall location

Red Deer College now has a Shift Supervisor position which is open to all qualified candidates to apply for. Expected duties are: • Assist with site training and payroll reconciliations • Provide administrative support for the site supervisor • Provide operation support to the site supervisor • Coaching and motivating staff • Assist with filling open shifts/ vacations • Other duties as assigned • Candidates must be able to work flexible/ rotating shifts. • Must possess a valid driver’s license Interested candidates are requested to submit resume and cover by email or fax to: calgaryinfo@concordsecurity.com #1635 - 1632 14th Ave NW Calgary, Alberta T2N 1M7 ph. 403-252-8005 fax 403-252-8086 www.concordsecurity.com

1530

Auctions

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

Mobile Lot

3190

PADS $450/mo. Brand new park in Lacombe. Spec Mobiles. 3 Bdrm., 2 bath. As Low as $75,000. Down payment $4000. Call at anytime. 403-588-8820

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homes CLASSIFICATIONS 4000-4190

Realtors & Services

4010

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. 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.

HERE TO HELP & HERE TO SERVE Call GORD ING at RE/MAX real estate central alberta 403-341-9995 gord.ing@remax.net

Houses For Sale

4020

BY OWNER. Sunnybrook, A/C & RV Parking. Dbl. det. garage. Lots of extras. 403-347-6754 or 347-6509

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

MOUNTVIEW 44 and 44 A Ave between 37 st. & Springbett Dr, and Spruce Dr. $108/mo.

WOODLEA AREA 47A Ave, & part of 55, 56 & 57 St. $134./mo. Farmland Ponoka County For More Information Call Jamie at the Red Deer Advocate 403-314-4306

455.86 Titled Acres 3 parcels adjoining Surface leases $ 37,635 Price $4,500 /Acre 12 miles East #53 c_mcleod@telus.net

RED DEER ADVOCATE Friday, Oct. 31, 2014 D7

Condos/ Townhouses

4040

NEW CONDO

1000 sq.ft. 2 bdrm., 2 bath. $194,900. 403-588-2550

Farms/ Land

4070

Utility Trailers

5140

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. ***SOLD*** FLOOR MATS for HHR, Weather Tech, $125. 403-442-3815

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

Cars

5030 BUICK

2007 Buick Allure CXL (Mid Size)stealth grey w/grey leather, 3.8L, V6, auto, loaded w/factory remote start, OnStar, 156,453 kms, windshield, tires and leather in beautiful cond, drives like new, only $8900 403-358-2735 2009 HONDA Fit hatchback, 4 cyl, 5 spd, pw, pdl, air, silver, 103,000 kms, $7400 403-341-0603

2006 VW Jetta TDI Sedan, auto., 143,000 kms., very clean, leather heated seats, loaded w/options, 4 winter tires installed, great mileage w/diesel. $9500. obo. 403-596-1813 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 CELEBRATIONS HAPPEN EVERY DAY IN CLASSIFIEDS

SUV's

HITCH, Reese load Leveller, Complete. $175. 403-348-5380 VW Tires with rims 195x65R15. Good rubber. $200 obo. 403-314-0804

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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5040

2010 Toyota Rav4 51,000 kms. $16,000 obo. 358-1614

Public Notices

HITCH - Àts Chevy. New. $100. 403-314-0804

PUBLIC NOTICES

6010

FOR SALE BY TENDER

Bruce Sherley at (403) 286-3683 or email: sherleyb@shaw.ca

463479J31-K21

The following property is offered for sale by tender subject to restrictions in the existing Certificates of Title. FIRST MERIDIAN 4 RANGE 19 TOWNSHIP 30 SECTION 19 QUARTER NORTH EAST AS SHOWN ON A PLAN OF SURVEY OF THE SAID TOWNSHIP DATED 18 AUGUST 1908 CONTAINING 64.3 HECTARES (159 ACRES) MORE OR LESS EXCEPTING THEREOUT: PLAN NO. (ACRES) MORE OR LESS ROAD WIDENING 1446GW 0.99 EXCEPTING THEREOUT ALL MINES AND MINERALS SECOND MERIDIAN 4 RANGE 19 TOWNSHIP30 SECTION 30 QUARTER SOUTH EAST AS SHOWN ON A PLAN OF SURVEY OF THE SAID TOWNSHIP DATED THE 18TH DAY OF AUGUST 1908 CONTAINING 64.3 HECTARES (159 ACRES) MORE OR LESS EXCEPTING THEREOUT: PLAN NO. ACRES MORE OR LESS ROAD WIDENING 1446GW 0.99 EXCEPTING THEREOUT ALL MINES AND MINERALS THIRD ALL OF SECTION 20 TOWNSHIP 30 RANGE 19 WEST OF THE FOURTH EXCEPTING THEREOUT ALL MINES AND MINERALS ADDITIONAL INFORMATION All the land is located within Starland County. The lands consist of a total 922.66 acres more or less of which 702 acres more or less are cultivated. The NE ¼ of 20-30-19 W4 has Surface Lease revenue. The NW ¼ of 20-30-19 W4 contains a 1,446 square foot modular bungalow constructed in 1996 with a cement basement, connected to utilities. Repairs or renovations are required. Contains an existing water well that has not been used for at least 5 years. CONDITIONS OF SALE Tenders are to be by way of sealed envelope including a letter indicating the following: i). G.S.T. number of the Purchaser. If the Purchaser is registered with G.S.T. then the dollar amount of the G.S.T. does not have to be included in the Tender, however, if the Tenderer is not a G.S.T. registrant then the successful Tenderer must pay the dollar amount of G.S.T. on the purchase price. ii) A certified cheque or money order for 10% of the total tender, as a deposit including G.S.T. if not registered. Cheques are to be made out to Herman, Kloot & Company and dated no later than December 5, 2014. iii) Only the successful Tenderer’s cheque will be negotiated. All other Tenderers’ cheques will be returned. iv) The letter must be an original and contain the signature of the Purchaser. If a corporation is the Tenderer, the legal authority must sign and seal the letter. Sealed tenders are to be received by no later than 12:00 o’clock noon on December 5, 2014 at the following address: HERMAN, KLOOT & COMPANY Barristers and Solicitors 98 – 3rd Avenue West PO Box 970 Drumheller, Alberta T0J 0Y0 And marked: S & S TENDER Any tender submitted is to be made unconditionally by Tenderer. Should the successful Tenderer not be able to close the purchase on the possession date, then the 10% deposit is non-refundable and the proceeds will be forfeited to the owners. The successful Tenderer is to pay the balance of the funds to the seller’s lawyer’s office by close of business on December 20, 2014. Possession date is January 1, 2015. The 2014 property taxes will paid by the Owner. The Purchaser shall be responsible for all property taxes commencing 2015. The Owners will be entitled to the surface lease rental received prior to December 31, 2014. There will be no adjustment for same. Any surface lease payment issued after January 1, 2015 shall be the sole property of the Purchaser. Each party is responsible for their own legal fees. Preference will be given to Tenderer who submits a Tender on all parcels. Tenders on individual parcels will be considered. The highest or any Tender may not necessarily be accepted. The Owners reserve the right to reject any and all Tenders or to accept any Tender considered by the Owners to be in the Owners best interest. For additional information, please contact:

Top Ebola officials describe successes amid danger BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS FREETOWN, Sierra Leone — Liberia is making some progress in containing the Ebola outbreak while the crisis in Sierra Leone is going to get worse, the top anti-Ebola officials in the two countries said. International assistance is still desperately needed and the people of both countries must redouble efforts to stop the disease, which has infected more than 13,000 people and killed nearly 5,000, the officials said. Their assessments underscore that Ebola remains a constant threat until the outbreak is wiped out. It can appear to be on the wane, only to reemerge in the same place or balloon elsewhere if people don’t avoid touching Ebola patients or the bodies of those who succumb to the disease. To help respond to the growing crisis in Sierra Leone, a British naval ship, carrying hundreds of troops, medical supplies, helicopters and trucks, docked in the capital on Thursday. “With all these facilities, they will go a long way in the ongoing fight against the Ebola disease,” Alfred Palo Conteh, the new head of the country’s National Ebola Response Center, said Thursday, as he greeted the arriving ship. On Wednesday, Conteh had warned that more needed to be done. “We are in a crisis situation which is going to get worse,” Conteh told reporters. “What is happening now should have been done three months ago.” The stark warning and call to action were echoed by others, even in neighbouring Liberia, where the World Health Organization has said the rate of infection appears to be slowing, perhaps by as much by 25 per cent week over week. “We need to re-galvanize our efforts, accelerate the interventions, remain vigilant,” said Tolbert Nyenswah, the assistant minister of health who leads the Liberian government’s Ebola response. The WHO announcement has given Liberia a reason “to put our shoulders to the wheel so that Ebola can be something of the past,” Deputy Information Minister Isaac Jackson told a news conference Thursday. “We are not going to relax.”

Photo by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Health workers spray disinfectant on the body of a man as they prepare to place him into a grave, rear, as he is suspected of contracting and dying from the Ebola virus on the outskirts of Monrovia, Liberia, on Monday, Oct. 27, 2014. Liberia is making some progress in containing the Ebola outbreak while Sierra Leone is “in a crisis situation which is going to get worse,” the top anti-Ebola officials in the two countries said. World Health Organization officials also urged caution in giving the news, saying the gains could be reversed. But others went further. Alfred Brownell, an activist in Liberia, remembered the moment in the spring when Liberians thought the crisis was over, but then it got worse. Now he is bracing for another potential wave of cases, he said. “The present epidemic is unpredictable: We have seen a lull in cases in one area only to see the numbers spike again later. More aid is needed on the ground. It’s time now to step up contact tracing, safe body management practices and community surveillance,” said Fasil Tezera, head of Doctors Without Border’s mission in Liberia, even while noting that their 250-bed centre in the capital has only about 80 beds occupied. Liberia is the hardest hit country in the Ebola outbreak sweeping West Africa that has also ravaged Guinea and Sierra Leone. Still, there are some signs of hope. In Liberia, there has been a decrease in the number of patients seeking Eb-

ola treatment, the number of bodies collected and the number of lab-confirmed cases, according to Nyenswah. In Sierra Leone, even though the outbreak is now hitting areas in and around the capital, the country’s east has seen the disease wane. Conteh, the country’s top anti-Ebola official, urged people to follow the example of Kailahun and Kenema Districts, by not touching the sick or dead. He added that international assistance is growing: Up to 700 beds will be set up in treatment centres and the United Nations has four helicopters in the country. The British ship the Argus docked Thursday in the country carrying 300 military personnel, 32 pick-up trucks, three helicopters, and medical and other supplies. Although it has a hospital on board, it will not accept patients on this mission. Instead, it will serve as a hangar and take-off and landing zone for the helicopters. The helicopters will ferry supplies and people to hard-to-reach areas of the country, said Commanding Officer Ross Spooner.

Burkina Faso president refuses to resign amid violent protests to his rule BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso — Burkina Faso’s longtime leader refused to resign Thursday in the face of violent protests that posed the greatest threat to his nearly three-decade rule, saying instead he will lead a transitional government after parliament was dissolved. Protesters stormed the parliament building and set part of it ablaze in a day of violence around the country to stop a parliamentary vote that would have allowed President Blaise Compaore to seek a fifth term in office. At least one person was killed and several others were wounded amid the melee, authorities said, and a curfew was put in place from 7 p.m. to 6 a.m. A state of emergency was imposed for several hours but lifted late Thursday. In a concession to the protesters, the government withdrew the bill from consideration. But the move did not placate the protesters, and Army Gen. Honore Traore, the joint chief of staff, later announced that government and parliament had been dissolved and a new, inclusive govern-

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Sri Lanka says no hope finding survivors after tea plantation mudslide KOSLANDA, Sri Lanka — Hundreds of desperate Sri Lankan villagers dug with bare hands through the broken red earth of a deadly landslide Thursday, defying police orders after a top disaster official said there was no chance of finding more survivors at the high-elevation tea plantation. There were conflicting reports of how many people were missing in the slide, which struck Wednesday morning in the island nation’s central hills after heavy monsoon rains. Disaster Management Minister Mahinda Amaraweera said the number of dead at the Koslanda tea plantation would be fewer than 100. But Sri Lanka’s Disaster Management Center — which Amaraweera oversees — reported 190 people missing. Villagers, meanwhile, said the death toll could easily exceed 200. “I have visited the scene and from what I saw I don’t think there will be any survivors,” Amaraweera told The Associated Press on Thursday. “But that number is less than 100.” Frustrated relatives who had watched the search from the sidelines

ment would be named. After hours of confusion about whether Compaore would hold on to power or even where he was, the president spoke briefly on television and radio to stay he was still in charge and would not step down. “I am available to open discussions with all parties,” he said in a recorded address. The transitional government will include representatives from all sides and work to hold elections within 12 months. It was unclear if the opposition would agree to join a unity government, and the unrest unleashed Thursday underscored the threat Compaore now faces as frustrations mount in one of the world’s poorest countries. In a sign of the growing unrest, crowds also attacked the homes of government ministers and looted shops in the country’s second-largest city, Bobo Dioulasso, witnesses said. “It is over for the regime!” and “We do not want him again!” shouted demonstrators when they heard that the vote on term limits had been stopped. Flames enveloped the main building in the parliament complex, and many lawmakers fled to a nearby ho-

tel. “It is difficult to say what happens next, but things are out of control because the demonstrators do not listen to anyone,” said Ablasse Ouedraogo, an opposition lawmaker. The images of cars on fire and plumes of black smoke in the capital of Ouagadougou prompted alarm from the international community. United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called on all parties to end the violence, and is “saddened over the loss of life resulting from recent events,” a statement said. Mohamed Ibn Chambas, a UN Special Representative, said he “deplores the deterioration of the security situation” and is scheduled to visit the country Friday. In a bid to restore calm, military leaders met Thursday afternoon with the influential traditional chief of the country’s largest ethnic group, the Mossi, according to Jonathan Yameogo, a spokesman for the ruling party. Burkina Faso has long been known for its relative stability in volatile West Africa, though tensions have been mounting over Compaore’s plans to extend his rule.

tried to follow a politician into the search site but were stopped by police. However, the politician argued with police and took villagers with him who joined hundreds of soldiers searching through the mud for survivors. The search was suspended Thursday evening because of heavy rain. President Mahinda Rajapaksa visited the disaster site on Thursday and spoke to residents who are taking shelter in schools and temples. According to his website, Rajapaksa ordered officials to expedite rescue and relief for the victims.

of airstrikes by a U.S.-led coalition. Mustafa Bali, an activist based in the town, said the remaining troops will follow later in installments as a security precaution because the IS fighters were targeting the border area. “The first 10 are now with the People’s Protection Units and they include doctors and fighters and the rest are expected to enter in the coming hours at night,” Bali told The Associated Press. The People’s Protection Units, also known as the YPG, are the main force in predominantly Kurdish regions of northern Syria.

Iraqi Kurdish peshmerga troops enter Kobani SURUC, Turkey — A vanguard force of Iraqi peshmerga troops entered the embattled Syrian border town of Kobani from Turkey on Thursday, part of a larger group of 150 fighters that the Kurds hope will turn back an offensive by militants of the Islamic State group. The deployment, accompanied by 50 members of the Free Syrian Army, was condemned by Syria’s government as an act of Turkish aggression and a “blatant violation of Syrian sovereignty.” The first group of Kurdish fighters crossed into Syria following heavy overnight clashes as Islamic State extremists unsuccessfully tried to capture the frontier post, the only gateway in and out of the town. Kobani is under attack by the militants from three sides despite weeks

South Korean soldiers given up to 45 years in prison in hazing death of subordinate SEOUL, South Korea — A South Korean military court sentenced six soldiers to up to 45 years in prison on Thursday for bullying and beating a subordinate who died, the Defence Ministry said. Military prosecutors said the soldiers bullied the victim regularly for about a month, and struck him in the chest and forced him to swallow a chunk of food that lodged in his throat before he died in April. A ministry official said the sentences ranged from 45 years to a six-month suspended term. He spoke on condition of anonymity, citing office policy. Army officials said prosecutors will appeal the ruling because they believe the sentences are too lenient. Bullying and hazing are serious problems in the military.

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WICHITA, Kan. — A small plane lost power after takeoff and crashed into a building while trying to return to a Kansas airport Thursday, killing at least four people, injuring at least five others and igniting a fire that sent up towering plumes of black smoke that could be seen for miles around Wichita, officials and witnesses said. Only the pilot was on the plane, but it wasn’t immediately clear how many people were inside the building at Wichita Mid-Continent Airport where at least four people found dead, authorities said. Four more people remained unaccounted for hours after the crash, but a search was halted at midday after a portion of the building collapsed. Wichita Fire Marshal Brad Crisp assured onlookers the search would resume as soon as the building was stable. “We understand that this is a very difficult time, especially for folks who have family members who are working out here and they don’t know,” Crisp said. The plane, identified as a twin-engine Beechcraft King Air, crashed into a building that FlightSafety International uses to train pilots to fly Cessna planes, company spokesman Steve Phillips said. It appeared to strike the top of the building and ignite what Wichita Fire Chief Ronald D. Blackwell described as a “horrific” fire. Jay Boyle, who works at the airport, said he saw people standing outside and pointing, then spotted the crash site. “I could see from a distance the cutout in the side of the building where it looked like a wing had gone through and you could actually see the aircraft landing gear through a hole in the building,” he said. The crash did not appear to be significantly disrupting passenger traffic at the airport as planes could be seen taking off from other runways. Located several miles west of downtown Wichita, a longtime aircraft manufacturing hub, Wichita MidContinent is used by private aircraft and served by several airlines and their regional affiliates, including American, Southwest, Delta, United and Allegiant. It saw more than 13,000 departures and about 1.4 million passengers last year, according to the U.S. Department of Transportation. The crash is the latest in a string of incidents at the airport. In December, an avionics technician was arrested after a months-long undercover sting when he allegedly tried to drive a van filled with inert explosives onto the tarmac in a plot prosecutors say was intended to kill as many people as possible. Then in January, an Oklahoma man rammed his pickup truck through a security gate at the airport. In September, the airport conducted a large-scale disaster exercise featuring the mock crash of a 737 aircraft. FBI spokeswoman Bridget Patton said it is “too early to rule anything out” about the cause of Thursday’s crash and confirmed the FBI is assisting in the investigation, but stressed the agency’s protocol is to respond to “any and all plane crashes at airports.”