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Canyon Ski Resort general manager David Martel takes the wrapping off a sign for a new lift at the ski hill Tuesday. Canyon Ski Resort continue to make changes to the ski and snowboarding area including this new magic carpet lift on the beginner hill.

The defence opens its case on Monday in the trial of a Red Deer man charged with murdering his father. Former Red Deer city councillor Timothy Bruce Guilbault, 58, died in the family’s cabin west of Bowden on the morning of Saturday, Nov. 3, 2012. His body was discovered two days later by his daughter, Caroline Guilbault, who had gone to the cabin in search of him after being unable to reach him during the weekend. Aaron Guilbault, now 33, was arrested on Nov. 5, 2012, in Stettler. RCMP apprehended him at the edge of the town as he was making his way to his mother’s home there. In custody since his arrest, Guilbault is now on trial for second-degree murder before Justice Monica Bast in Red Deer Court of Queen’s Bench. Proceedings were delayed somewhat in order to assess if Guilbault was mentally fit to stand trial. Defence counsel Patty MacNaughton said during a break in proceedings that the question is not whether Guilbault killed his father, but whether his mental state was such that he cannot be held criminally responsible.

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Ski resort making upgrades with 2019 Canada Winter Games in mind BY HARLEY RICHARDS ADVOCATE BUSINESS EDITOR David Martel could be described as a weather contrarian. While most people are relishing Central Alberta’s unseasonably warm temperatures, Martel is hoping for subzero conditions. But such is the bias of a ski resort owner. With the mercury expected to hit 11C tomorrow, Martel and his partners are pondering a postponement of Canyon Ski Resort’s Nov. 15 opening date for the 2014-15 season. “I think every hill that was supposed to be open by now has pushed their opening days back a week or two.” Normally by this point, Canyon’s snow-making guns would be spewing crystallized water across its runs. But

resort officials are still waiting for temperatures to come down a bit. “It looks like near the end of the week we’re going to fire everything up,” said Martel. That doesn’t mean staff at Canyon have been sitting idle watching the weather reports. They’re just putting the finishing touches on a new Magic Carpet conveyor lift, which will carry skiers and snowboarders up the beginner hill. The 107-metre-long system, which cost about $150,000, should be much easier for novices to use than the old handle tow that it replaced, said Martel. Other changes for 2014-15 include a new handle lift at the tube park, which Martel said will be faster, smoother and more reliable than the 1978-model that was there before.

The facades on some of the outbuildings have also been replaced, he said, and new fencing installed. There’s now also a steel staircase between the lower parking area and the lodge. “What we’re really striving to do is have the first-time skiers or snowboarders coming out and really enjoying their experience and wanting to come back.” Next year, said Martel, a renovation of the lodge is planned. But the year that he’s really looking at is 2019 — when Red Deer plays host to the Canada Winter Games. “Everything that we do out here is done sort of with the games in the back of our minds,” he said.

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Province has most workers who rely on food banks BY SUSAN ZIELINSKI ADVOCATE STAFF

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mine how many Canadians depend on food banks. Alice Kolisnyk, Red Deer Food Bank deputy director, said in March the local food bank saw a two per cent increase in users, or a total of 781 people, and the typical adult client worked a low-income service job. “Quite often our clients are twoincome households, both parents are working. If it’s a single parent household quite often they have more than one job,” Kolisnyk said on Tuesday. “It’s one job to pay for the necessities and the second job for child care.”

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Alberta has a higher ratio of workers using food banks than any other province says a new national report. A total of 21.9 per cent of Albertans who rely on food banks have a job according to HungerCount 2014 released by Food Banks Canada on Tuesday. That compares to 19.9 per cent of food bank users in Prince Edward Island, 16.4 in Manitoba, 14.8 in Saskatchewan, 13.5 in Nova Scotia, 11.5 in British Columbia, 10.8 in Quebec, 9.6 in New Brunswick, 9.3 in Ontario and 9.2 per cent in Newfoundland and Labrador. The annual HungerCount uses food bank statistics from March to deter-

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BY PAUL COWLEY ADVOCATE STAFF The Wildrose Party’s troubles in the RimbeyRocky Mountain House-Sundre riding are not over. Board members elected during a heated annual general meeting last month are defying party bosses — who don’t recognize the new board — and plan to continue the fight, in the courts if necessary. “It’s about democratic process,” said Edwin Erickson, who was elected constituency association president in the disputed election. “It is about what is right and what is wrong.” Erickson said it would be easy to give up, especially since the riding’s MLA Joe Anglin quit the party on Sunday to sit as an independent. The outspoken MLA made his decision ahead of a move to kick him out of the party because of the controversy. “But the fact is we’ve got a whole constituency full of people that are depending on somebody to do the right thing,” said Erickson. Tensions between duelling factions in the riding came to a head at the Oct. 15 AGM. Supporters of Anglin faced off against allies of Jason Nixon, who was chosen the party’s candidate in the next provincial election last summer in a surprise challenge.

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Chemicals, was elected to Red Deer City council in 1986 and served three terms. He resigned in 1995 to take a new job in Calgary. bkossowan@reddeeradvocate.com

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COURT: Expert witnesses scheduled to testify In a statement of facts introduced at the outset of the trial, Crown prosecutor Maurice Collard described how Tim Guilbault was struck at least twice with an aluminium baseball bat after going to the cabin to meet his son. Collard introduced social media and cellphone messages in which Aaron Guilbault makes a variety of comments about his father being a cheat and a liar, and how his father interfered with his attempts to connect with a former college classmate whom he felt was a soulmate sent by God. In a statement to police, Guilbault said he found the young woman in tears one day after being stood up by her boyfriend. He said they spoke for a moment, and that a spirit told him that she was the one as he was walking away. Evidence brought to trial on Tuesday included about four hours of recorded interviews with a Red Deer City RCMP investigator who attempted to have Guilbault explain why he killed his father. Guilbault sat in silence through much of the interview, opening up when the discussion turned to definitions of supports for children, and his theories on God and the Bible. He dropped a bomb after returning from a smoke break. “I’m adopted,” he told Sgt. Ben Scott while being questioned about his family life. He then said he was about nine or 10 when he found a book about growing up in an adopted family. Minutes later, he talked about the various supports a child needs, beyond food and shelter, intertwined with a discussion of his personal beliefs. “What do you think the difference between judgment and justice is?” Guilbault asked Scott at one point. He talked about the need for physical, emotional, intellectual and spiritual support and the impact of neglecting those needs. He said during the interview that he found those supports in the Bible, which he views as the book of love, and that being adopted enabled him to distinguish between the father in the Bible and the man he termed his male guardian. MacNaughton is expected to call evidence on Monday, including expert witnesses who will testify about her client’s emotional state. Tim Guilbault, formerly employed with Nova

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RESORT: Marks 50th year of operation Although it lacks the vertical distance to accommodate the alpine skiing events, Canyon will play host to the snowboard and freestyle competitions, said Martel. A master plan for the resort will include terrain changes and upgrading of the snow-making equipment to ensure Canyon is ready when Canada comes calling. Those changes, said Martel, will benefit hill users before and after the games — including by extending the season by having the equipment to make snow earlier. “That’s the most important thing with the Canada Games is the legacy it leaves behind.” Martel is also optimistic that the games will increase public awareness of the facilities that Canyon offers. He said additional information about the resort’s role in the games should be released by spring. Now entering their fifth season as owners of Canyon, Martel and his family continue to make improvements every year. They’ve been rewarded with more people on the hill. “We’ve seen a rise in users, even in our off-season,” he said. Canyon is also marking its 50th year of operation this year, with lift passes, rentals and meals each costing just $7 on the first Friday evening of every month. hrichards@reddeeradvocate.com

HUNGER: High number of single-parent families She said the food bank is at its busiest in March as people struggle with winter heating costs. “All the resources have been tapped out. The winter season has drained every last penny out of people’s pockets.” The HungerCount also showed Alberta had the highest proportion of single-parent families using food banks at 36.5 per cent. Two-parent families came in at 25.1 per cent in Alberta, which was not as high as Manitoba at 27.1 per cent and P.E.I. at 25.8.

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Kolisnyk said the number of one and two-parent families that received food hampers in Red Deer held steady at about 138. The number of children dropped to 294 from 307 in 2013. Across the country, four in 10 people who count on food banks are children. Nationally, 36.9 per cent of those dependent on food banks were children. In Alberta, it was 42.9 per cent. “No child should go hungry in this country. We live in an incredibly prosperous country. The situation is unacceptable,” said Katharine Schmidt, executive director of Food Banks Canada, from Toronto. She said over the last six years in Alberta there has been a 48 per cent overall increase in food bank use — almost double the national average of 25 per cent. In 2014, food bank use in Alberta climbed 2.3 per cent which was again higher than the national average of one per cent. A total of 841,191 Canadians used a food bank in March, including 49,766 Albertans. Schmidt said the economy may be recovering since the recession, but many Canadians are not. “Typically when the economy starts to get better there will be a lag but we’ll start to see food bank numbers fall. That’s not happening as much as we would have anticipated.” She said high, sustained food bank use is due primarily to the loss of higher paying jobs and the creation of more part-time, low-paying jobs with fewer benefits, along with extremely low government supports that have not evolved with the changing economy. “We really believe it is time to change social policy and start to see people be able to climb out of poverty,” Schmidt said. HungerCount 2014 recommended that work needs to be done in five areas to significantly reduce the need for food banks in Canada: ● Invest in affordable housing at the federal level. ● Address the extremely high levels of food insecurity in Canada’s north. ● Replace the stigmatizing and ineffective social assistance bureaucracy at the provincial level with a basic income administered through the tax system. ● Provide more effective support to low-income families with children by replacing the current alphabet soup of federal child benefits with a strengthened Child Well-Being Benefit. ● Help Canadians with low levels of literacy to upgrade their skills for the jobs of today. Kolisnyk said Red Deer Food Bank is now preparing for winter food and fundraising events including Stuff A Bus at Parkland Mall, Nov. 27 to 29. “From the middle of November to the end of December we get 70 per cent of our donations.” szielinski@reddeeradvocate.com

RED DEER ADVOCATE Wednesday, Nov. 05, 2014 A03 Two men who lived next door — Craig Huber, 29, and 26-year-old Brad Winter — were also killed by the explosion. In total, 40 homes were affected, and the blast caused $3.5 million in damages. George Robinson told the inquiry that he didn’t have a good feeling about Poirier and told his daughter to get out before she got hurt. “I said that because we just see and hear enough of relationships where FORT MCMURRAY — Two men there’s abuse ... where the verbal have been charged after an alleged abuse just goes on to violence,” Robinabduction outside a nightclub in north- son added. eastern Alberta. A woman called RCMP saying she’d been abducted outside a bar in Fort McMurray early Monday morning. Police say an 18-year-old woman and 21-year-old man were parked outside the club when two men approached their vehicle. CALGARY — The parents of a There was a fight, and the 21-yearyoung Alberta woman killed when old man was assaulted and pulled shots were fired through a garage door from the vehicle. says the sentence for the man who did The woman was told to drive away it is inadequate. with the two suspects in the vehicle. Jesse George Hill was sentenced to Officers found the vehicle and eight years in prison Monday for manpulled it over, and during the arrest, slaughter in the death of 27-year-old police say a man assaulted an officer. Amy Sands in Calgary in August 2012. A witness, who was driving by at the With credit for time already served, time, pulled over to help police. Hill will only spend another four years Troy Kreiger, 45, has been charged and nine months behind bars. with several offences, including asDebbie and Ed Sands say the sensaulting a police officer. tence is not enough for their daughBryan Ethier, 28, has been charged ter’s life. with assault. Hill has maintained he didn’t do it; The men are both in custody and he left the party after getting into an will appear in court Nov. 26. argument, and when he returned with a friend, that’s when the shots were fired.

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WILDROSE: No date set for AGM Hue and cry were raised at the AGM after pro-Anglin candidates’ names did not appear on a ballot for board elections. With the meeting at loggerheads, Nixon and supporters stormed out and a new board was elected in their absence. A complaint was lodged with the party’s executive by unhappy riding members. An independent review found party rules had not been followed and the board was not duly elected. A new annual general meeting has been called. No date has been set. “It’s ridiculous, to be blunt and simple,” Erickson said of the party’s move. “How can a grassroots party — or supposedly a grassroots party — override a majority vote of the constituents?” Paul McLauchlin, vice-president of communications for the 6411 46 original constituency association board, said the review makes it clear the

AGM was properly adjourned before the contested board vote. “It was just a meeting that wasn’t going to meet the goals of a normal AGM. Motions were on the floor that were being put forward that were actually in contravention of our (constituency association) bylaws.” Some of those gathered were “hostile towards the authority of the chair,” he said. McLauchlin is confident that “cooler heads will prevail” as the party works to ensure Nixon is the riding’s next MLA. “Jason Nixon’s our nominee and that’s what we’re moving forward on.”

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The Averages lose ground STEPHEN HARPER’S NEW TAX INITIATIVES WON’T PAY OFF FOR THE AVERAGE FAMILY Back in the day, as they say, when we were raising children and paying our mortgage, I might have liked Stephen Harper’s plan for family income splitting and the Universal Child Care Benefit. Not really thinking too hard about things, I might have even voted for it, and the Conservatives who have floated this plan. But I wonder if it would have got me ahead in the world. GREG We were NEIMAN Harper’s target demographic: one-income family with kids. That would be one-income married family with kids. Single parents are not the prime minister’s target demographic. I’ve been trying for a while now to figure out if we would have been better off back then if we had income splitting — and I can’t definitely judge either way. Maybe that’s why I have someone else do our income taxes. Or maybe that’s because the income splitting benefit is so marginal, you can’t see it

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on the back of an envelope. I was an average income earner most of my life. My income didn’t surpass the national average until after we’d paid our mortgage and the kids were gone. The benefits of a university education, I guess. Half of Canadian workers earn less than roughly $32,000 a year. Because high income-earners raise the average, the average Canadian wage slave these days earns just over $48,000. But suppose I became Mr. Average today, with a wife at home and four kids eight years and under, as I was for a while back then. Would Harper be as good a friend to me as Pierre Trudeau and Brian Mulroney were? Hard to say but on average, not likely or not much. Today, on my average $48,000 income, I can deduct $11,038 for myself, $11,038 for my non-working spouse, plus CPP, EI and all that other stuff to lower my taxable income. The refund for a dependent spouse today: $1,655. The maximum benefit from income splitting: $2,000. Well, the equivalent of $350 would have been quite welcome, back in the day. I guess. If I received the average benefit calculated for families with income splitting, it would be $1,140. But today’s Mrs. Average has an income and couldn’t be deducted as a dependent. That would mean child care. That would mean costs.

Daycare costs up to $950 a month in Red Deer. Being average, we would make that $850 a month, per child. The Universal Child Care Benefit is being raised to $160 a month for the kids not yet in school, and $60 a month once they get to school to age 17. So we, with three pre-schoolers costing a total of $2,550 a month for child care, would need to keep our receipts and claim the $2,070 a month that the benefit does not cover. The $8,000 cap on what you can claim per child would have come to $840 a year short of total actual costs. (I’m told by people who looked at the numbers that with three kids, it’s cheaper to hire a live-out nanny, or for two kids it’s cheaper if the nanny lives in the house with you.) So, for us, the decision today would have been pretty much the same as it was back in 1980s. Have Mrs. Average work full-time and put about half her take-home pay into child care (hoping for a refund at tax time)? Or just forget the hassle, stay home and be poor, rather than working full-time for an average salary but really keeping less than minimum wage at the end of the month? We opted for full-time parenting and until the youngest was in school, we all just learned to be frugal. Well, thereafter as well. The numbers that Harper has on the table today contain negligible new

financial incentive to put Mrs. Average into the workforce when there are preschoolers in the house. So how did we do it back then? Our average house was an eighth the cost of an average house today (although mortgage rates were triple today’s rates). Utility bills back then were a tenth of what the Averages pay today. Car costs? The total price of gas in the 1980s was less than just the tax component of gasoline today. Gas mileage sucked, but nobody cared. If Harper really wanted to buy our support, he’d ditch income-splitting altogether and just lower income taxes for the Modern Averages. The Averages today earn $74,500. If they live in Alberta, that would be $94,460. That’s almost always with twoincomes, and almost none of them will get any benefit at all from income splitting. They don’t have four kids, either, so the Universal Child Care Benefit (which doesn’t cover much) and the child care expenses deduction (which doesn’t last long considering the life of a family), don’t make for the hard decisions we made back in the day. You know, I really don’t think Stephen Harper cares that much about us Averages. Greg Neiman is a retired Advocate editor. Follow his blog at readersadvocate. blogspot.ca or email greg.neiman.blog@ gmail.com.

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The politics of external pressure “What we have today is a story based on speculation about what (German Chancellor) Angela Merkel might have said about something (British Prime Minster) David Cameron might say in the future,” said David Davis, a prominent Conservative member of Parliament, in London on Sunday. So no big deal, then? It’s a very big deal: Merkel is pulling the rug out from under Cameron. For all his tough talk about renegotiating the terms of Britain’s membership in the European Union, she is saying, he has no cards in his hand. At the EU summit on Oct. 25, Cameron said that changing the existing rules that guarantee freedom of movement for workers within the GWYNNE EU would be “at the very DYER heart of my renegotiation strategy for Europe.” No, said Angela Merkel, it won’t work: “We have the basic principle of free movement. We won’t meddle with that.” In other words, if Cameron doesn’t like the membership rules, tough. He can hold a referendum if he wants, and leave the EU if he wins. But there’s no way he can get the other 27 members to change the basic rules of the organization just to solve his little political problem at home. In fact, Merkel will even try to ensure that Cameron loses next year’s British election so that there is no referendum on Britain’s EU membership. Being an experienced politician, however, Merkel delivered that part of her message in a deniable way.

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It was officials from Merkel’s own office and the German foreign ministry who briefed the newsmagazine Der Spiegel on her plans in that regard. They were not to be quoted by name — and it was left to the rest of us to figure out what her words would do to Cameron’s re-election chances. Cameron has recently been talking about imposing “quotas” on low-skilled people from other EU countries moving to Britain, in a desperate attempt to get around the EU rules. “Should Cameron persist (in this quota plan), Chancellor Angela Merkel would abandon her efforts to keep Britain in the EU,” Merkel’s officials told Der Spiegel. “With that, a point of no return would be reached.” Shape up or ship out. Merkel has launched a counter-strike that may well bring Cameron down. By making it crystal clear that his “renegotiation” strategy cannot work, she is effectively telling British voters that if they re-elect Cameron’s Conservatives next May, they will be voting to leave the EU. The election itself becomes a referendum on EU membership — a referendum that she obviously thinks Cameron will lose. She is probably right. For all the fulmination in the British right-wing press about the country being overrun by immigrants from poorer EU countries, public support for EU membership in Britain is higher than it has been since 1991. It is still only a modest 56 per cent, but that is a lot higher than the 44 per cent support that the same Ipsos MORI polling organization found only two years ago. The truth is that only 13 per cent of Britain’s population is “foreign-born,” exactly the same as the immigrant share in the population of the United States or Germany. The immigrants are not taking British jobs: the U.K. has one of the lowest unemployment

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rates in Europe. The problem is perceptions — and particularly the perceptions of those who normally vote Conservative. The right-wing media in Britain, as in most countries, pander to the nationalism and the fear of foreigners that is rampant among the older and the poorer sections of the population. Too many foreigners coming in, living off our taxes and stealing our jobs is a simple (though rarely an accurate) explanation for why this section of the population feels marginalized, so this narrative works well with them. Britain is pulling in more EU workers than usual because its economy is doing relatively better than Germany, France, Spain, etc. The numbers are not overwhelming, but under EU rules Britain has no right to bar them, so anti-EU nationalism and antiimmigrant sentiment have grown into a stronger force than usual — but only on the right. Cameron belongs to the grown-up majority in the Conservative Party, and is not personally anti-EU. But the emergence and explosive growth of the United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP), tailored to appeal to the anti-immigrant-and-EU vote, has panicked the right wing of the Conservative Party. Cameron has had to move further and further right to placate them and compete with UKIP, so he can no longer afford to be sensible about the EU. Merkel has understood this, and has effectively written him off even though she is a conservative herself. Her strategy now is to force Cameron into an openly anti-EU stance, split the right-wing vote in Britain evenly between the Conservatives and UKIP, and open the way for Labour to win the election. Because that’s the only way she can see to keep Britain in the European Union. Gwynne Dyer is an independent journalist whose articles are published in 45 countries.

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Nation faces ‘serious terrorist threat’ ‘EXPLOSIVE COCKTAIL’ OF IDEOLOGY, ADDICTION, MENTAL ILLNESS BEHIND OTTAWA SHOOTING: MINISTER OTTAWA — The federal public safety minister suggests an “explosive cocktail” of mental health problems, drug addiction and extremist ideology prompted the recent killing of a soldier in Ottawa. Steven Blaney told a security conference Tuesday that Canada must be vigilant about the threat posed by people who become radicalized “for whatever reason.” Blaney’s remarks introduced a thread of subtlety into the federal characterization of the deadly shooting of Cpl. Nathan Cirillo at the National War Memorial. Prime Minister Stephen Harper was quick to label the Oct. 22 shooting an act of terrorism. It soon after emerged that the killer, Michael Zehaf Bibeau, had abused drugs, spent time in homeless shelters and displayed erratic behaviour. The RCMP says a video the man re-

corded before the shooting indicates his actions were rooted in his Islamic religious beliefs and opinion of Canada’s foreign policy. NDP Leader Tom Mulcair maintains the Ottawa shooting was a criminal act, but he does not consider it terrorism. In a Facebook posting this week, Cirillo’s girlfriend, Andrea Polko, said Canadians should be talking about “the dismal state of mental health care in our country” and the need for effective treatment programs that target “the real” source of the tragedy. Two days before the attack, a man known to the RCMP for extremist views killed one soldier and injured another with a car in St-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Que. “These terrible acts underscore the need for Canada to remain vigilant against terrorist attacks by individuals who become radicalized to violence for whatever reason,” Blaney said Tuesday. “We saw the explosive cocktail that mental health, drug addiction and ide-

ology — extremist-inspired — can provide,” he told the audience of security professionals. “So we need to adapt, adjust and reach out — take this opportunity as Canadians to be prepared. And also ... work with other countries that are facing the same challenges.” In the House of Commons following the speech, Blaney’s remarks on the two deaths were decidedly less nuanced. He said it was important to call “a spade a spade” and acknowledge that the two October events were terrorist attacks. Blaney urged passage of a government bill — crafted well before the two attacks — that would ensure the ability of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service to track suspects overseas and provide blanket protection to the spy agency’s informants. Blaney said Canada faces “a serious terrorist threat — one we must address with strong measures.” The New Democrats and Liberals expressed support for sending the bill to committee, but stressed a need for

extensive debate. The opposition parties also decried the lack of new accountability measures in the legislation. “We have many serious questions to ask the government,” said NDP public safety critic Randall Garrison. He called on the Conservatives to reach out to communities on prevention and early-intervention strategies intended to deal with radicalism. Liberal public safety critic Wayne Easter said the government should introduce accompanying measures “to provide proper parliamentary oversight” of security agencies. The Conservatives have resisted opposition calls to bolster review of intelligence services — including a private bill sponsored by Liberal MP Joyce Murray to increase scrutiny of Canada’s electronic spy agency and create a full-fledged national security committee of parliamentarians.

leads of hopefully, eventually, locating Yoshikubo’s remains.” RCMP have updated Japanese consulate officials, who are in touch with the woman’s family, Sturko said.

Magnotta trial hears from German prison psychiatrist BY THE CANADIAN PRESS MONTREAL — A German psychiatrist who met with Luka Rocco Magnotta in 2012 at a Berlin prison hospital following his arrest says he believes the accused was suffering an episode linked to suspected paranoid schizophrenia. Dr. Thomas Barth held daily meetings with Magnotta for about one week, beginning June 11, 2012, when he was transferred to his facility in Berlin. Barth, testifying in person Tuesday as a defence witness at Magnotta’s first-degree murder trial, said the accused rambled during their first session, offering bursts of information before quickly changing the subject. The arrest warrant for Magnotta noted he suffered from schizophrenia. Barth said his own diagnosis was that Magnotta suffered a “severe psychotic episode related to suspected paranoid schizophrenia.” Barth labelled it as “suspected” because typically such an evaluation takes up to a month and that Magnotta was only at the facility for about one week before being returned to Canada on June 18, 2012. Psychiatrists are very careful about diagnosing someone as schizophrenic, Barth noted, saying it is the most severe diagnosis for a patient in his field and one that can have a lasting impact. At their first meeting, Magnotta told Barth he was hearing voices — a key symptom of schizophrenia. Magnotta told him “he felt like he had a radio in his head.” Barth said Magnotta appeared shy as they spoke in the prison library. He talked about everything from fears of being watched, to family troubles, to ex-boyfriends who were cruel to him, and even discussed Prime Minister Stephen Harper. “It came out of the blue, as with almost everything he presented,” Barth said. According to the German psychiatrist, Magnotta: — Said he had a 35-year-old Ameri-

can ex-boyfriend named Manny. He claimed he was a pimp who allegedly forced Magnotta to have sex with other men, beat him and forced him to make bestiality sex tapes. — Claimed he was being watched and filmed by a witch he eventually called Debbie. During his initial meeting, he asked Barth to close a window because she was watching. — Alleged another ex-boyfriend, named Robin, forced him to take steroids and tried to poison him. — And said he always felt handicapped, mentioned his father was a schizophrenic and added he hated his alcoholic mother. Magnotta, 32, is charged in the slaying and dismemberment of Jun Lin in May 2012 in Montreal before he fled to Paris and then Berlin, where he was arrested. He has admitted to killing the Chinese engineering student, but has pleaded not guilty by way of mental disorder. Barth said Magnotta only mentioned he was hearing voices in Germany a day before being admitted to the psychiatric wing. While there have been cases of patients faking psychosis as a way of getting away from prisons, Barth said it’s a ruse that’s difficult to maintain. “If you’re a good actor or if you’re experienced with psychiatric patients, you can fake it,” he added. “But I doubt you can fake it for a longer time.” Barth said no one in the German prison hospital had any doubt Magnotta was suffering from schizophrenia, noting that some staff appeared to express sympathy for him. Magnotta faces four charges in addition to premeditated murder: criminally harassing Harper and other members of Parliament; mailing obscene and indecent material; committing an indignity to a body; and publishing obscene materials.

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Employment lawyer to probe Ghomeshi scandal ‘Q’ EXECUTIVE PRODUCER ON LEAVE BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — A Toronto employment lawyer with expertise in workplace harassment will lead an independent investigation into the scandal that has erupted around Jian Ghomeshi, former host of the radio show Q, the CBC said Tuesday. In an email to staff, executive vicepresident Heather Conway said Janice Rubin would begin her work immediately. Conway urged anyone who worked on Q or an earlier Ghomeshi show — Play — to contact Rubin with any complaints, concerns or experiences involving harassment, discrimination, violence or other inappropriate workplace conduct. “If you have any information you wish to share, I strongly encourage you to come forward in order to ensure the investigation is as thorough as it must be,” Conway said. “Please be assured, these conversations will be handled sensitively and any individual who comes forward will be treated with care and respect.” While maintaining confidentiality, Rubin will report to senior CBC management about what she heard and what her investigations uncovered

along with recommendations on resolving any complaints. The experienced workplace investigator will also report separately on what the broadcaster should do to prevent any similar issues arising in the future. The CBC fired Ghomeshi, 47, on Oct. 26 after seeing what it called “graphic evidence” that he had caused physical injury to a woman. He is also under criminal investigation after at least three women complained to Toronto police he had physically or sexually assaulted them. Earlier Tuesday, a spokesman for the broadcaster confirmed the most senior producer at Q, Arif Noorani, was taking time off. “He decided to take some time while we get more clarity around this situation,” said Chuck Thompson, head of public affairs for English services. Noorani is reported to have been told by a union representative of allegations made by a former producer that Ghomeshi had grabbed her and made a lewd suggestion. In an email made public by the CBC on Tuesday, Noorani said, “At no point was an allegation of sexual harassment brought to my attention.” One source has also told The Canadian Press that the young woman,

who has chosen not to be identified publicly, made no allegations of serious harassment to the union volunteer or Noorani despite her insistence that she did. “They both said she didn’t tell them that — the sex details,” the source said. “She just said he yelled at her — they were going over a script — and stormed out.” In all, nine women — most anonymously — have spoken to media outlets about how Ghomeshi, without warning, attacked them. Of the three who have complained to police, only actress Lucy DeCoutere, star of Trailer Park Boys, has agreed to be identified. Toronto Police Chief Bill Blair rejected any notion that women who believe they have been assaulted by Ghomeshi should somehow be compelled to make formal complaints or talk to investigators. “I’ve been somewhat surprised by the number of men who have written to us or come forward to suggest that we should force people to come forward and to participate in the criminal justice system,” Blair said. “That attitude is shocking to me in the 21st century.” Ghomeshi, who faces no charges, admitted in a lengthy Facebook posting

Teen prostitution ringleader sentenced as an adult BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — An Ottawa judge handed the so-called ringleader of a teenaged prostitution operation a 6 ½-year sentence on Tuesday, after deciding to sentence her as an adult for her “despicable” actions. With credit for time served, the now 18-year-old has three years remaining on her sentence. The court also lifted the ban on publishing Kailey OliverMachado’s name. She was found guilty of 27 charges at trial including human trafficking, sexual assault and making and possessing child pornography. Oliver-Machado was just 15 when she was arrested in June 2012 for drugging, beating and snapping nude photographs of five fellow teenagers and blackmailing them into prostitution. Justice Diane Lahaie said it is clear Oliver-Machado ran a “sophisticated and well-organized human trafficking enterprise” that included wardrobes and client lists. Lahaie said she chose to sentence her as an adult because a youth sen-

tence would not properly reflect the seriousness of her crimes and would not hold her accountable for her actions. Oliver-Machado has been completing high school credits while in custody and has said she wanted to become an occupational therapist and pursue gardening in her spare time. However, Lahaie said she found the girl, who is highly intelligent, was just going through the motions and making herself look better in order to get a lesser sentence. “Your conduct is despicable” said Lahaie, adding all of the tools and resources for her rehabilitation would be available to her in prison. “Good luck,” she told her. The teen sat stone-faced as Lahaie read her sentence, standing when told, but not speaking. The gallery in the courtroom was packed for the proceeding and there was an audible sigh of relief from the victims and their families as Lahaie noted the girl would be sentenced as an adult. Det. Carolyn Botting, one of the lead investigators in the case, said the fami-

lies of the victims were “very happy with the verdict.” “It’s precedent setting, but the reality is if this hadn’t have been for five very brave girls to come forward we wouldn’t be here today and this has always been about the victims,” she said. Botting said a lesson should be learned from this case. “This never would have happened if men stopped buying young girls for sex,” Botting said outside the courthouse. “We wouldn’t even be here today and that needs to change. Men need to start talking to other men about purchasing sex and purchasing young girls for sex because these victims wouldn’t have even had to come forward in the first place if that hadn’t taken place.” Defence lawyer Ken Hall said his client is upset but not scared, and they are discussing whether or not to appeal the sentence. “She’s probably thinking about what’s happening. I don’t know that it’s sunk in quite yet,” he said. A hearing will be held next week to determine where Oliver-Machado will serve her sentence.

Food banks side with NDP in debate over how to help families BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — Canadian food banks are wading into the hot political debate over how best the federal government can help families with kids: give them tax breaks, as the Conservatives are doing, or invest in regulated child care, as the NDP proposes. In its annual HungerCount report, Food Banks Canada comes down squarely on the side of the NDP. It says the use of food banks remains 25 per cent higher than it was before the devastating global recession in 2008 and that 37 per cent of those helped are children. According to the report, almost half of the households helped are families with kids and nearly half of those are two-parent families. Among other recommendations, the report says the federal government should replace “the current alphabet soup” of child tax benefits with a new

child well-being benefit. And it calls on federal and provincial governments to invest in predictable, stable funding for affordable, regulated child care. The report comes just days after Prime Minister Stephen Harper announced a family tax package, which includes enhanced child tax benefits and income splitting — a measure economists say will benefit primarily wealthy couples with kids. The Conservatives have said their plan will allow parents to choose what’s best for their kids and have disparaged the NDP’s proposal to invest $5 billion a year to create one million, $15-per-day child care spaces. According to the HungerCount 2014 report, 841,191 people received food from a food bank in Canada last March, a month that is considered average for food bank use. That’s up one per cent over the same period last year and remains 25 per cent higher than in 2008. While households with children are

the biggest users of food banks, the report says food bank use among single, childless ind teen prostitution ringleader ividuals has skyrocketed — to 43 per cent this year from 39 per cent in 2001. It attributes that to the demise of well-paying, blue-collar jobs in the manufacturing sector, which used to provide good incomes for under-educated men in particular. Those jobs have been replaced by low-wage service sector jobs and inadequate social assistance, which has been bolstered for single parents while forcing single, childless Canadians into extreme poverty. The report says “existing welfare bureaucracies” should be dismantled and replaced with a guaranteed basic income system.

to having a proclivity for rough sex but insisted his encounters with women were consensual. He has said he would meet the flurry of allegations “directly” but has yet to do so. In a statement, Carmel Smyth, the president of the Canadian Media Guild which represents unionized employees at the CBC, said she was “saddened and disturbed” by the reports and revelations around Ghomeshi. Smyth acknowledged changes may be required to deal with the “structural issues and silences” that can enable harassment and abuse. “The best chance we have of really addressing abuses is to work together to change the cultures and conditions that allow them to take place,” Smyth said in a statement. “That means holding ourselves accountable, and holding our employers and the wider community accountable as well.” Ghomeshi has filed a $55-million lawsuit alleging defamation and breach of confidence against the CBC. He has also filed a union grievance alleging wrongful dismissal and defamation.

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Case of man accused of breaking publication ban in sex assault case adjourned HALIFAX — The case of a man charged with violating a publication ban in a sexual assault trial in Halifax has been adjourned until Dec. 11. David Winslow Sparks, who did not appear in provincial court Tuesday, was charged in September after police alleged he posted on social media the name of the victim in the case. The identity of the victim was protected by a publication ban after a sexual assault charge was filed against defence lawyer Lyle Howe, who was sentenced to three years in prison in July after being found guilty by a jury of sexually assaulting a 19-year-old woman in March 2011.

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Oil prices hit multi-year low BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS LONDON — Oil prices slumped to multi-year lows on Tuesday after Saudi Arabia cut the price of oil sold to the U.S., a move that is shaking an already volatile market but will likely give the world economy an unexpected stimulus. The 25 per cent or so slide in oil prices since the summer could boost consumer spending and business investment in many economies around the world as fuel bills fall. But not everyone’s a winner. Oil producing countries like Russia and Venezuela, which have high extraction costs and whose budgets rely on assumptions of relatively high energy prices, stand to lose out. And lower prices could eventually slow down booming production in the U.S., offsetting the benefit of lower energy costs for consumers and businesses. U.S. oil dropped another 2 per cent Tuesday to $77.19, at one point falling to $75.84, the lowest level since October 2011. It was trading at $100 a barrel as

recently as July. Brent, the international benchmark, declined 2.3 per cent, to $82.82, having earlier fallen to $82.08, its lowest level in just over four years. Adam Slater, senior economist at Oxford Economics, reckons the recent fall in oil prices, if sustained, could add around 0.4 per cent to GDP in the U.S. in two years, and a little less in Europe. China, which is the second-largest oil consumer and on track to become the largest net importer of oil, could see GDP 0.8 per cent higher than it otherwise would have been. “This is similar to a surprise stimulus,” said Slater. Though a drop in demand is a factor in the current slump amid concerns over global growth, Slater says supply-side factors are having a much bigger impact than back in 2008, when demand plummeted as the global economy tanked. The rise of fracking in the U.S., the return of oil output from Iraq and Libya and Saudi Arabia’s willingness to resist production cuts have combined to weigh on prices.

On Monday, Saudi Arabia, OPEC’s largest oil producer, cut prices for customers in the U.S. The move has been interpreted as an attempt by the country to maintain its market share in the world’s largest economy against supplies from the likes of Canada, Mexico and Venezuela and U.S. shale oil producers. Phil Flynn, senior market analyst for the Price Futures Group, said Saudi Arabia’s move was directly aimed at those U.S. producers, who have boosted U.S. oil output to the highest level in decades. As a result, U.S. imports of crude oil from Saudi Arabia dropped to 894,000 barrels a day in August, down from 1.3 million barrels a day in the same month a year ago. Saudi Arabia is “threatened by U.S. oil production and they are acting to try to break the U.S. producers back,” Flynn wrote in a daily newsletter to clients. The drop in oil reverberated in the U.S. stock market Tuesday. The Dow Jones transportation average touched a high of 8,870.90. Airline stocks such as American Airlines and United Continental gained close to 2 per cent.

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Red Deer in the middle of the pack for investing options BY ADVOCATE STAFF A business that specializes in real estate investment research and education has ranked Red Deer in the middle of the pack when it comes to investment options in Alberta. The Real Estate Investment Network (REIN) has Red Deer tied for sixth place with St. Albert on a list of 11 communities. Edmonton tops the rankings, followed by Calgary, Fort Saskatchewan, Leduc and Airdrie. Rounding out the list are Cold Lake, Lloydminster, Fort McMurray and Grande Prairie. In a report accompanying its rankings, REIN pointed out that Red Deer benefits from having a strong oilfield servicing sector. “With over 250 manufacturers located in the Red Deer area, nearly every component used in the oil and gas industry is manufactured within the city,” it said. “These job opportunities have led to an influx of people from across Canada, helping to support one of the strongest rental and real estate markets in the province.” The report noted the existence of a large petrochemical complex nearby, as well as a strong agriculture and agri-processing sector. It added that more than 86 per cent of Alberta’s population is within a two-hour drive of the city — opening the door for warehousing and distribution opportunities. “In 2012, there were over 600 transportation and warehousing companies in the greater Red Deer region.” The report also described the city as a businessfriendly community, noting that in 2013 KPMG ranked Red Deer as the second most entrepreneurial mid-sized city in Canada. The authors of the REIN report said they’re optimistic about the outlook for Red Deer, particularly with the city’s diversified economy and prospects for job growth. Employment opportunities will result in population increases, and rising housing and rental values, they said. REIN’s rankings were based on five criteria — economic risk, yield growth potential, political climate, accessibility and investors’ insights — with a number of indicators considered under each of these categories. Red Deer earned 39 out of a possible 50 points, with Edmonton accumulating 45, and Grande Prairie and Fort McMurray 36 each at the other end of the spectrum. The REIN report spoke glowingly about the investment potential of Alberta as a whole. It said GDP and employment growth should boost demand for housing and real estate values. Based in Langley, B.C., REIN performs research, analysis and investor education for more than 2,700 members.

A Red Deer County oilfield fabrication and design company has struck a deal with a Vancouver equity firm to help it expand operations. Fusion Production Systems Inc., which operates out of Belich Business Park just west of Red Deer, and the Seacliff Group announced on Tuesday that they’ve entered into a partnership that will see Seacliff invest in Fusion. “We have achieved strong growth in the past few years and new investment from Seacliff will help us enhance our customer services, expand our product line of multi-phase separators and flow back equipment, and will capitalize on opportunities in the oil and gas sector,” said Dean Simpson, president of

Fusion. A release issued by the companies said Simpson will continue to lead Fusion as president and his staff will remain. Fusion is an integrated fabrication and design company, with portable separation equipment among its specialties. The Seacliff Group is a privately-owned group of companies that’s active in the construction, powerline and oil and gas services, and real estate sectors. Its private equity division has been investing in businesses in the infrastructure and industrial service sectors.

Exports to other countries increased 2.1 per cent to $11.1 billion and imports fell 5.8 per cent to $14.3 billion, shrinking the that trade deficit to $3.2 billion in September from $4.3 billion in August.

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BRIEF OTTAWA — Statistics Canada says the country’s merchandise trade balance with the world went from a deficit of $463 million in August to a surplus of $710 million in September. Economists had expected a deficit of $100 million, according to Thomson Reuters. The federal agency says Canada’s merchandise imports fell 1.5 per cent in September, while exports rose 1.1 per cent. It says imports fell to $44.1 billion, as volumes were down 1.0 per cent and prices were down 0.6 per cent. Exports, however, rose to $44.8 billion, as volumes were up 1.6 per cent and prices fell 0.4 per cent. Imports from the United States rose 0.7 per cent to $29.7 billion in September, while exports were up 0.8 per cent to $33.7 billion, leaving Canada’s trade surplus with that country virtually unchanged from August to September at $3.9 billion.

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Rocket Hunt of Rocket‘s Detail Deluxe in Red Deer puts a shine on a piece of farm machinery in the CLAAS harvesting booth in the Parkland Pavilion at Westerner Park on Tuesday. The Annual Agri-Trade Equipment Expo begins today at Westerner Park in Red Deer and continues each day until Saturday. Each day the show runs from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and until 3 p.m. on Saturday. Hundreds of exhibitors have brought their equipment and services to Westerner Park for the four day expo.

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CALGARY — Pembina Pipeline Corp. (TSX:PPL) says higher gross profit contributed to an increase in third-quarter net earnings as revenue also rose by more than $100 million to $1.445 billion. The Calgary-based company said net earnings increase to $75 million or 20 cents per share from $72 or 22 cents in the third quarter of 2013, when it had fewer shares. The improvement was due to higher gross profit, offset by increased general and administrative expenses due to higher share-based compensation and other expenses, it said. The 11 per cent increase in revenue from $1.3 billion in the same 2013 period was primarily driven by the company’s conventional pipelines business, which generated an increase of approximately 24 per cent in revenue, along with improvements in its gas services business.

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CALGARY — Trican Well Service Ltd. (TSX:TCW) says increase fracturing demand led to huge increases in revenue and earnings in the third quarter. The Calgary-based oilfield services company with global operations says net income soared to $40.8 million or 28 cents per diluted share from $5.7 million or four cents in the three months ended Sept. 30. Consolidated revenue rose 41 per cent to $770.6 million from $548.3 million, the company said in a report issued Tuesday after markets closed. Trican said Canadian operations generated quarterly revenue of $360.9 million, up from $277.1 million, with fracturing demand growth and improved pricing the most significant contributor to the 30 per cent increase. Similarly, fracturing demand also led to a 72 per cent improvement in revenue from U.S. operations to $314.6 million. International operations, the majority of which are in Russia, generated quarterly revenue of $95.2 million, up from $88.2 million as strong activity levels offset a weaker Russian ruble. International operations also benefited from strong results from Trican’s Norwegian completions tools business, while the positive results in Russia, Kazakhstan and Norway were partially offset by g losses in Algeria and startup costs in Saudi Arabia and Colombia.

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Poloz tells jobless youth to work for free BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — Advocates for young workers took Stephen Poloz to task Tuesday after the Bank of Canada governor recommended that jobless university graduates beef up their resumes by working for free. Speaking to a House of Commons committee, Poloz suggested young Canadians and others struggling to find work should acquire more experience through unpaid internships or volun- Stephen Poloz teering until the country’s hobbled job market picks up. He predicted it would improve over the next two years. Poloz told the committee that when a young person asks for advice on getting through the tough times, he says, “’Volunteer to do something which is at least somewhere related to your expertise so that it’s clear that you are gaining some learning experience during that period.”’ The central banker made the remarks a day after he told a Toronto business audience that 200,000 young Canadians are out of work, underemployed or back in school trying to improve their job prospects. “I bet almost everyone in this room knows at least one family with adult children living in the basement,” he

said in the prepared speech he delivered Monday. “I’m pretty sure these kids have not taken early retirement.” Later that same day, he elaborated. “Get some real-life experience even though you’re discouraged, even if it’s for free,” Poloz said he tells young people. “If your parents are letting you live in the basement, you might as well go out and do something for free to put the experience on your CV.” The contentious subject of unpaid internships recently landed in the House of Commons. Last summer, an NDP MP tabled a private member’s bill aimed at protecting those who agree to work for free. And for recent graduates like James Tobin, Poloz’s remarks show he’s out of touch with the reality young wouldbe workers face every day. “I don’t think it really works because you have to live, right?” said Tobin, who’s been trying to land a fulltime teaching job since 2012, when he graduated from Bishop’s University in Quebec. “Not everyone is living at their parents’ house rent-free ... so how are they going to make ends meet?” Tobin, who lives in suburban Montreal, had to move to England for a year after finishing his degree because he couldn’t find work in Quebec. These days, he routinely wakes up at 5 a.m. in hopes of finding a day’s work as a substitute teacher. During his studies, Tobin said he spent a lot of time building experience in his field before he earned his

certificate — by working 700 hours as a student teacher. Andrew Langille, a Toronto labour lawyer, says he’s pleased the Bank of Canada is aware of the labour-market hurdles young Canadians are trying to overcome, but he calls Poloz’s comments “incredibly tone deaf.” “He shouldn’t be saying stuff like that — it’s a very dangerous precedent to set,” said Langille, who noted the governor’s recommendation seemed to encourage people to “subvert” minimum-wage laws to gain experience. “We have employment-standards laws in this country for a reason.” Langille said there simply aren’t enough jobs for young people coming out of college in Canada. Statistics Canada’s latest job numbers said the unemployment rate for people aged 15 to 24 was 13.5 per cent in September, more than double the country’s overall jobless rate of 6.8 per cent for the same month. The president of the Canadian Intern Association described Poloz’s comments as “extremely problematic.” Claire Seaborn said the comments mischaracterize existing employment laws, devalue the abilities of young people and show no sympathy for the socioeconomic issues related to unpaid internships. She added that people from more modest backgrounds are less likely to be in a position where they can work for free. “Mr. Poloz’s comments seem to suggest that all young people are extremely inexperienced and live in their parents’ basements and don’t have any-

thing to contribute to the workforce,” said Seaborn, who appeared before the same finance committee last March and again last week to make submissions aimed at helping to protect the rights of interns. On Tuesday, Liberal MP Scott Brison asked Poloz at the committee hearing whether he thought unpaid internships benefited wealthier young people because those from lower-income backgrounds can’t afford to work for free. “I acknowledge that there are issues like the ones you are raising,” Poloz replied. “I wasn’t trying to go deeply in this and it’s not a monetary-policy matter.” The controversial issue of unpaid internships has been under scrutiny since Andrew Ferguson, a student in Alberta who was interning at a radio station, died in 2011 while driving home after a 16-hour day. Earlier this year, the Ontario government cracked down on the practice at several Toronto-based magazines, prompting the publications to stop offering unpaid internships. Bell Mobility, one of the most-profitable telecommunications firms in Canada, also scrapped a contentious program — at least temporarily — that recruits hundreds of interns each year to work for free. A report released in June by the same parliamentary committee recommended Ottawa work with provinces and territories to ensure unpaid interns were protected under labour laws. It suggested the federal government examine the impact of unpaid internships on the job market.

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MARKET HIGHLIGHTS TORONTO — The Toronto stock market fell sharply Tuesday as a move by Saudi Arabia to cut oil prices to U.S. customers sent crude reeling to threeyear lows and sparked a sell-off in the energy sector. The S&P/TSX composite index tumbled 147.19 points to 14,390.43. The December crude contract in New York fell $1.59 to US$77.19 a barrel after Saudi Arabia made the price cut in order to compete with a surge in oil production in the United States. Prices have been steadily drifting lower since the summer, when they hit US$105 a barrel. David Wolf, portfolio manager at Fidelity Investments, noted that oil prices have been pressured by a variety of factors, including renewed U.S. dollar strength, problematic for commodities like crude that are priced in U.S. dollars. And there has been a steady drumbeat of weak economic data from China and Europe. “But this really does seem like a supply-side phenomenon,” he said. “Saudi Arabia is the major oil producer in terms of the swing producer on supply. And if the swing producer is content with prices at these levels, then you’re going to get prices at these levels.” The TSX energy sector fell 4.15 per cent. Major losers included Athabasca Oil (TSX:ATH), which plunged 9.7 per cent to $3.16 while Canadian Oil Sands (TSX:COS) dropped six per cent to $16.03. “When you get below 80 bucks, you do start to make some of the highest-cost producers uneconomic,” said Wolf, who added that it is “not clear to what extent that will lead to restraint in supply because it just doesn’t make sense to keep pumping if it costs you more to get it in the market.” Falling oil prices pushed the Canadian dollar down 0.41 of a cent to a five-year low of 87.64 cents US.

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investment decision on whether it will proceed with the project, located near Kitimat. The agreement between the venture company and BC Hydro is the first such power deal signed in the province with an LNG proponent. BC Hydro president Jessica McDonald said the agreement provides greater certainty on future power needs and delivers long-term benefits for customers. Coleman and Energy Minister Bill Bennett also announced the rates LNG companies will be charged to connect to BC Hydro’s electrical grid. The energy and demand charge for LNG facilities in 2014 will be $83.02 per megawatt hour, before applicable taxes, the ministers said in a joint statement. The average rate paid in 2014 by other industrial customers in the province is $54.34/MWh, they said. Coleman and Bennett said the LNG rate ensures that customers cover the full cost of the power they need.

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way to the bank.” Business groups had lobbied the government hard to force cuts, but the government was reluctant to impose interchange rates on the credit card giants. Oliver welcomed the proposed reductions, which are expected to take effect no later than April. “These commitments represent a meaningful long-term reduction in costs for merchants that should ultimately result in lower prices for consumers,” the minister said. “As a result of the voluntary proposals, there is no need for the government to regulate the interchange rates set by the credit card networks,” he added. However, Oliver warned the government could go that direction should Visa or MasterCard fail to comply with their commitments. Under the proposals, all merchants can expect a reduction in credit card fees, but larger rate cuts are expected for small and medium firms and charities. The credit card companies will also be subject to annual audits conducted by an independent third party. American Express did not submit a proposal to reduce rates. It uses a different business model than Visa and Mastercard and the firms it deals with sign onto fixed rate contracts. Even at 1.5 per cent on average, credit card interchange fees are higher than those charged by Interac for debit transactions. Under the proposals a merchant will pay an average $1.50 for each $100 in goods or services paid for with a credit card. The same transaction using a debit card would result in a fee of six cents, the Interac Network says. But Mastercard points out that credit card sales carry more risk and offer more convenience.

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Rebels’ win streak snapped STREAK HALTED AT FIVE GAMES AFTER OT ROAD LOSS IN SEATTLE BY ADVOCATE STAFF Thunderbirds 3 Rebels 2 (SO) KENT, Wash. — The Red Deer Rebels’ WHL winning streak was halted at five games Tuesday despite firing 39 shots at Seattle Thunderbirds netminder Taran Kozun through 65 minutes. Kozun made 37 saves, including 16 in the third period, and was named first star of the game as the T-Birds prevailed 3-2 in a shootout in front of 4,031 fans at the ShoWare Center. The overage goaltender also foiled all three Red Deer shooters — Conner Bleackley, Meyer Nell and Tyler Sandhu — in the shootout. Meanwhile, Justin Hickman, who tallied twice in regula-

tion time, potted Seattle’s lone shootout marker, while teammates Lane Pederson and Ryan Gropp failed to beat Rebels goalie Rylan Toth. “He (Kozun) was the difference in the game,” said Rebels GM/head coach Brent Sutter. “We had some great looks in the third, some very good opportunities, and he made some

incredible saves. Then you get into a shootout and anything can happen when you get to that point. But I thought we played really hard tonight, we played really well.” Hickman opened the scoring late in first period and notched a power-play goal 1:46 into the second stanza before Adam Musil replied for the Rebels 91 seconds later. Brooks Maxwell pulled the visitors even with a shorthanded tally at 4:49 of the third frame, beating Kozun with a sizzler after teammate Scott Feser forced a turnover with a big hit on Seattle star Mathew Barzal. Toth finished with 31 saves as the clubs battled through two evenly-played periods before the Rebels carried the play in the third. The game

featured five fights, all in the first 40 minutes. “It was a really tough game for two periods, it was a hard, physical game,” said Sutter. “I think they thought they were going to come out and intimidate us and they didn’t do that. Our kids battled and competed. Our effort and battle level tonight was outstanding. “We knew it was going to be a tough game and we came in prepared for it and answered the bell, too. We’ll take the single point, it’s a big point on the road.” The one point earned gave the 8-7-1-1 Rebels 18 on the season and kept them in fifth place in the Eastern Conference, a single point up on Calgary and Regina. The Rebels continue their six-game road trip tonight

against the Everett Silvertips, then conclude the nine-day jaunt Friday and Saturday versus the Portland Winterhawks and Tri-City Americans. ● The Brandon Wheat Kings sent overage import forward Richard Nejezchleb to Tri-City Tuesday in exchange for a third-round pick in each of the 2015 and 2017 WHL bantam drafts. The Americans, in turn, placed overage forward Jackson Playfair, a former Rebels prospect, and import forward Semyon Krasheninnikov on waivers, and also traded 18-year-old forward Rod Southam — another onetime Rebels prospect — to the Kelowna Rockets in return for a conditional fifth-round pick in 2016. gmeachem@reddeeradvocate. com

Flames stay hot with win over Capitals in OT BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Flames 4 Capitals 3 OT WASHINGTON — Instead of celebrating his stature as the leading scorer in Washington Capitals history, Alex Ovechkin was forced to talk about another deflating loss. Although Ovechkin raised his career point total to 827 with a pair of assists, it wasn’t enough to prevent the Capitals from absorbing their fifth consecutive defeat, 4-3 in overtime to the Calgary Flames on Tuesday night. Sean Monahan scored the winning goal for Calgary at 4:17 of the extra period after Ovechkin lost control of the puck in the Flames’ end of the ice. “No question about the effort,” Ovechkin said. “Everybody played hard, but sometimes luck is not on your side. In overtime, I think we had some pretty good chances — and they get one off of my stick and it goes in.” Washington is winless since beating Calgary on Oct. 25. “I thought we played a really strong game,” Capitals coach Barry Trotz said. “The only thing I’m disappointed with is the outcome.” Ovechkin moved atop the franchise scoring list when his shot from the left point was deflected by Nicklas Backstrom through the legs of goalie Jonas Hiller at 10:18 of the first period. That broke a tie with Peter Bondra, who stood and cheered from the owner’s box as Ovechkin raised his arms in triumph. Bondra needed 961 games to reach 825 points; Ovechkin was playing in his 691st game. “I am happy for Alex. It is well-deserved,” Bondra said after the second period. “It was a matter of time, actually.” Bondra intended to go into

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Calgary Flames right wing David Jones, right, battles for the puck against Washington Capitals center Nicklas Backstrom, left, during the second period of an NHL game, Tuesday, in Washington. The Flames won the game 4-3 in overtime. the locker room to congratulate Ovechkin, but that gesture of sportsmanship will have to wait. “We need to win tonight,” he said, “because if we lose the game I definitely won’t go and will probably postpone it until the next game or until they win.” The Flames, on the other

hand, relished a victory in which they held the Capitals scoreless over the final 30 minutes. “We stuck with it and got a huge two points,” coach Bob Hartley said. Calgary tied it at 14:50 of the third period when a clearing attempt of a shot by Markus Granlund went off the skate

of Washington’s Troy Brouwer and into the net. Earlier, Washington’s Marcus Johansson charged into the Calgary zone and fired the puck off the back boards. The ricochet bounced off Miller’s skate and into the net to make it 2-all. “We got a lucky goal, they got a lucky goal,” Trotz said.

The Capitals outshot Calgary 13-10 in a first period highlighted by Ovechkin’s record-breaking assist. Minutes after inadvertently diving into his bench while trying to apply a check, the Flames’ Lance Bouma stuffed in the rebound of a shot by Kris Russell at 9:09. Backstrom tied it with his third goal of the season. But the focus was on Ovechkin, who skated in front of his bench to exchange high-fives down the line, an exercise usually reserved for the goal scorer. Moments after Ovechkin reached the milestone, the scoreboard showed a montage of his memorable moments in a Capitals uniform. As the sellout crowd chanted “Ovie! Ovie!” he waved to acknowledge the ovation. The 29-year-old Ovechkin, a native of Moscow, has 428 goals and 399 assists. He has eight goals and nine assists in 10 career games against Calgary. The Flames regained the lead at 11:20 of the second period on Mark Giordano’s teamleading sixth goal. Giordano gained possession in the left circle, deked Tom Wilson and moved inside before beating Holtby with a backhander. Johansson’s fluke goal followed. Ovechkin added his second assist came at 14:23 of the second period, when Joel Ward scored during a two-man advantage to make it 3-2. NOTES: Capitals D Karl Alzner played in his 306th consecutive game, tying Dale Hunter for the fifth-longest streak in franchise history. ... Capitals C Brooks Laich missed a seventh straight game with an injured shoulder. ... Hiller has won six of his last seven starts, the exception a loss in a shootout. ... Calgary has outscored the opposition 17-7 in the third period.

Central Alberta will be well represented at Canadian Finals Rodeo Central Alberta will be well deo as well, where he will be represented at the 41st edition steer wrestling. The other two of the Canadian Finals Rodeo, NFR qualifiers are Pincher which gets underway tonight Creek’s Dustin Flundra in the in Edmonton. Almost 20 of the saddle bronc riding and bare108 contestants, trying for na- back rider Jake Vold, who still tional titles and a considers Ponoka chunk of the more his hometown, dethan $1.5 million spite living in Airdpurse, hail from rie these days. this region. Vold is the cowSome of the boy heading into names are very faEdmonton with the miliar ones, and biggest head start. despite the reguBecause the season larity of their apearnings count topearance at the wards the overall CFR, they insist it Canadian chamnever gets old. pionship, having a Take Curtis $15,000-plus lead on DIANNE Cassidy, for inhis nearest competiFINSTAD stance. He’s made tor could definitely the trek north evbe a factor come ery November Sunday, despite the since 1997, and he’s high payouts for more than happy to every go-round in do so. This year he leads the Edmonton. But the cowboy on charge in the steer wrestling, his heels is Bowden’s own Ky but it’s one of the years when Marshall. It’s only his second he’s made the cut in tie-down CFR in the open bareback ridroping as well. He’ll be joined ing, but he won the novice title by his brother Cody in the bull back in 2011. Marshall is the dogging, who will be there for front runner in this year’s all the 11th time at Rexall Place. around race, but three-time But no matter the outcome champ Kyle Thomson is back for Curtis Cassidy this year in this year in the hunt and hot Edmonton, his 2014 season is on his heels. Defending titlist not done. He’s excited to be Travis Reay also aims to make one of the three Canadians it a real contest for that prestiheaded south to Las Vegas for gious honor. this year’s National Finals RoYou’ll see plenty of mug-

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shots of Rimbey’s Dean Edge this week, as he and CFR announcer Brett Gardiner of Sylvan Lake, and CFR bullfighter Brett Monea of Wetaskiwin have become the poster trio for Team Cowboy for the Movember cancer fighting promotion. Edge will be competing at his eighth CFR, and for the sixth time, his great horse Sid was named tie-down rope horse of the year. “He’s been used every year at the CFR for 11 years straight,” noted Edge, proudly. “You can never duplicate him.” Edge comes into Edmonton in sixth spot in the standings, in a season where he won a mixture of small and big cheques at Canadian rodeos. But after last year’s CFR where he only placed once, Edge made some pre-rodeo adjustments this time around. “I needed to change something. So I’ve been doing a bit of work on myself. Going to the chiropractor, lifting a few weights.” As a rancher and auctioneer, fall is a hectic season. But Edge was changing that up too. “I needed to work a little less, and not take on as many sales before CFR. I don’t need to go there tired and wore out.” Edge wants to be at a high

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preparation level for tonight’s action because it’s an important business opportunity. “She’s a break even just getting there,” he explained, of the financial realities of rodeo. CFR is where contestants can put their rodeo accounts into the black for the year. But it’s also about being the best, and championship buckles. Chad Besplug will tell you there’s something about winning that makes you crave it even more. The defending, and twotime, bull riding champion plans to compete this week despite breaking two bones in his leg in a non-rodeo related incident at the end of August. “I was really disappointed the year after I won my first one, not winning it again,” said the Claresholm cowboy. “I really want to win it backto-back. It feels so good, you want that every year, and it feels like a huge disappointment when you don’t. It’s really fun, and just the experience of winning one can definitely help you get another one. Me and Scott (Schiffner) both have two (titles), and there haven’t been a whole bunch of guys since I’ve been riding win more than that. I really want to win another one.” Also anxious to do some

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winning in Edmonton this week will be a member of the famous Daines rodeo clan of Innisfail. But it will be the debut appearance for Sydney Daines, daughter of bronc rider Duane and barrel racer Cheryl Daines. Sydney is also a member of the RDC Queens basketball squad, so she’s got a hectic sports schedule these days. And even though she’s won her share of FCA barrel racing titles, it will also be the first time at the CFR for Ponoka’s Brook Robertson as a contestant. She knows her way around the place though, as a former Miss Rodeo Canada. Other Central Alberta CFR contenders include: steer wrestlers JD Hays of Rocky and Trygve Pugh of Ponoka; roper Riley Warren of Stettler; bull rider Tyler Pankewitz of Ponoka; team ropers Tyrel Flewelling of Lacombe, Todd Gallais of Olds, and his brother Travis of Red Deer, Levi Simpson and Logan Bonnett of Ponoka, plus Clint Maddox of Eckville; saddle bronc riders Jim Berry from Rocky Mountain House and Ponoka’s Luke Butterfield. The first of six Canadian Finals Rodeo performances gets underway tonight at 7:30 p.m. Dianne Finstad is a Red Deer freelance rodeo writer

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U.S. DIVISION W L OTLSOL 10 1 2 1 9 8 0 0 7 4 3 0 7 6 2 1 7 10 0 2

GF 52 47 39 40 57

Tuesday’s results Calgary 4 Saskatoon 1 Medicine Hat 2 Swift Current 1 Seattle 3 Red Deer 2 (OT) Wednesday’s games Calgary at Prince Albert, 6 p.m. Red Deer at Everett, 8:05 p.m. Edmonton at Tri-City, 8:05 p.m. Victoria at Kelowna, 8:05 p.m. Tuesday’s summary Thunderbirds 3, Rebels 2 (OT) First Period 1. Seattle, Hickman 3 (Barzal, Ottenbreit) 15:45. Penalties — Nell RD (fighting) 2:21, Osterman Sea (fighting) 2:21, Fleury RD (tripping) 2:59, Musil RD (fighting) 7:06, Hauf Sea (fighting) 7:06, Feser RD (holding) 10:08, Feser RD (fighting) 10:08, Osterman Sea (fighting) 10:08, Fafard RD (fighting) 11:14, Kolesar Sea (roughing) 11:14, Kolesar Sea (fighting) 11:14, Fleury RD (unsportsmanlike cnd.) 15:55, Hickman Sea (unsportsmanlike cnd.) 15:55, Pederson Sea (hooking) 17:21. Second Period 2. Seattle, Hickman 4 (Bear, Smith) 1:46 (pp). 3. Red Deer, Musil 7 (Strand) 3:17. Penalties — Cote RD (holding) 1:11, Bleackley RD (fighting) 2:35, Hauf Sea (fighting) 2:35, Bear Sea (tripping) 4:09, Wardley Sea (kneeing) 4:37, Barzal Sea (unsportsmanlike cnd.) 8:04. Third Period 4. Red Deer, Maxwell 4 (unassisted) 4:49 (shorthanded-SH). Penalties — Polei RD (high-sticking) 4:10. Overtime No Scoring. Penalties — None. Red Deer : Bleackley miss, Nell miss, Sandhu miss. Seattle : Pederson miss, Hickman goal, Gropp miss. Shots on goal Red Deer 18 21 22 1 3 — 63 Seattle 14 8 8 3 3 — 33 Goal — Red Deer: Toth (LS, 7-5-1); Seattle: Kozun (W, 6-4-2). Power plays (goal-chances) — Red Deer: 0-5; Seattle: 1-4. National Hockey League EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division GP W L OT Pts Tampa Bay 12 8 3 1 17 Montreal 13 8 4 1 17 Boston 14 8 6 0 16 Detroit 12 6 3 3 15 Ottawa 11 6 3 2 14 Toronto 12 6 5 1 13 Florida 10 4 2 4 12 Buffalo 13 3 9 1 7 Metropolitan Division GP W L OT Pts Pittsburgh 11 8 2 1 17 New Jersey 12 6 4 2 14 N.Y. Islanders11 6 5 0 12 N.Y. Rangers11 5 4 2 12 Philadelphia 12 5 5 2 12 Washington 12 4 5 3 11 Carolina 11 3 6 2 8 Columbus 12 4 8 0 8

GF 42 31 38 30 31 34 15 16

GA 32 40 33 27 27 31 20 43

GF 45 33 36 30 37 38 25 30

GA 23 37 39 35 39 37 37 41

Chicago 5, Montreal 0 Ottawa 3, Detroit 1 Pittsburgh 4, Minnesota 1 Winnipeg 3, Nashville 1 Los Angeles 3, Dallas 1 Vancouver 5, Colorado 2 Arizona 3, Toronto 2 Wednesday’s Games Montreal at Buffalo, 5:30 p.m. Detroit at N.Y. Rangers, 6 p.m. N.Y. Islanders at Anaheim, 8:30 p.m. Tuesday’s summaries Flames 4, Capitals 3 (OT) First Period 1. Calgary, Bouma 3 (Russell, Wideman) 9:09. 2. Washington, Backstrom 3 (Ovechkin, Wilson) 10:18. Penalties — None. Second Period 3. Calgary, Giordano 4 (Brodie, Jones) 10:20. 4. Washington, Johansson 5 (Brouwer, Carlson) 11:03. 5. Washington, Ward 6 (Backstrom, Ovechkin) 14:23 (pp). Penalties — O’Brien Wash (fighting) 5:15, Engelland Cgy (fighting) 5:15, Wilson Wash (roughing) 6:03, Giordano Cgy (roughing) 6:03, Glencross Cgy (roughing) 12:54, Wideman Cgy (delay of game) 13:58, Wash Bench (too many men) 16:27, Bollig Cgy (hooking) 18:37. Third Period 6. Calgary, Granlund 2 (unassisted) 14:50. Penalties — None. Overtime 7. Calgary, Monahan 4 (unassisted) 4:17. Penalties — None. Shots on goal by Calgary 10 6 5 2 — 23 Washington 13 11 8 2 — 34 Power plays (goal-chances) — Calgary: 0-1; Washington: 1-3. Flyers 4, Oilers 1 First Period 1. Philadelphia, Voracek 4 (Streit, Grossmann) 3:59. 2. Philadelphia, Voracek 5 (Del Zotto, Giroux) 16:04. Penalties — Voracek Pha (tripping) 0:56. Second Period 3. Philadelphia, Bellemare 2 (VandeVelde, Rinaldo) 4:09. 4. Edmonton, Nugent-Hopkins 4 (Eberle, Schultz) 9:54. 5. Philadelphia, Schenn 1 (Schenn) 12:01. Penalties — Hendricks Edm (fighting) 12:30, Rinaldo Pha (fighting) 12:30, Simmonds Pha (elbowing) 13:03. Third Period No Scoring. Penalties — Streit Pha (holding) 4:45, Schultz Pha (tripping) 10:00. Shots on goal Edmonton 11 15 10 — 36 Philadelphia 8 7 10 — 25 Goal — Edmonton: Fasth (L, 0-2-1); Philadelphia: Mason (W, 1-4-1). Power plays (goal-chances) — Edmonton: 0-4; Philadelphia: 0-0. Hurricanes 4, Blue Jackets 2 First Period 1. Carolina, Boychuk 2 (Gleason, Hainsey) 15:33. 2. Carolina, Nash 3 (Sekera, Lindholm) 17:08. 3. Columbus, Foligno 5 (Johansen, Savard) 18:59 (pp). Penalties — Gibbons Clb (hooking) 4:46, Hartnell Clb (interference) 9:28, Hartnell Clb (fighting) 14:10, Harrison Car (fighting) 14:10, Rask Car (hooking) 18:00. Second Period 4. Carolina, Faulk 1 (unassisted) 6:54 (sh). Penalties — Car Bench (too many men) 5:29, Savard Clb (hooking) 9:23. Third Period 5. Columbus, Foligno 6 (Prout) 14:37. 6. Carolina, Staal 2 (Bellemore) 19:48 (en). Penalties — Bellemore Car (delay of game) 2:23, Gibbons Clb (interference) 4:36, Johnson Clb (Illegal Check to Head Minor) 7:31, Erixon Clb (interference) 10:27. Shots on goal Carolina 18 10 9 — 37 Columbus 9 3 7 — 19 Goal — Carolina: Ward (W, 3-3-1); Columbus: McElhinney (L, 0-3-0). Power plays (goal-chances) — Carolina: 0-6; Columbus: 1-3. Bruins 2, Panthers 1 (OT) First Period No Scoring.

WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA St. Louis 12 8 3 1 17 30 23 Nashville 12 7 3 2 16 30 25 Winnipeg 13 7 5 1 15 25 27 Chicago 13 7 5 1 15 34 23 Minnesota 11 7 4 0 14 36 22 Dallas 12 4 4 4 12 35 42 Colorado 14 3 6 5 11 33 43 Pacific Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Anaheim 13 10 3 0 20 36 24 Vancouver 13 9 4 0 18 43 36 Calgary 14 8 4 2 18 41 32 Los Angeles 13 7 4 2 16 31 27 San Jose 13 7 4 2 16 41 35 Arizona 12 5 6 1 11 31 44 Edmonton 12 4 7 1 9 30 43 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss. Monday’s Games St. Louis 4, N.Y. Rangers 3, SO Tuesday’s Games Boston 2, Florida 1, OT Philadelphia 4, Edmonton 1 Calgary 4, Washington 3, OT Carolina 4, Columbus 2 St. Louis 1, New Jersey 0

Second Period 1. Florida, Jokinen 1 (Boyes, Ekblad) 4:04. 2. Boston, Bergeron 2 (Marchand, Smith) 7:29. Third Period No Scoring. Overtime 3. Boston, Marchand 5 (Hamilton) 3:27. Shots on goal Florida 7 8 4 0 — 19 Boston 10 5 8 2 — 25 Goal — Florida: Luongo (LO, 4-2-3); Boston: Rask (W, 6-4-0). Power plays (goal-chances) — Florida: 0-1; Boston: 0-0. Blues 1, Devils 0 First Period No Scoring. Second Period No Scoring. Third Period 1. St. Louis, Tarasenko 8 (Lehtera, Schwartz) 4:55 (pp). Shots on goal St. Louis 9 8 6 — 23 New Jersey 9 12 5 — 26 Goal — St. Louis: Allen (W, 3-1-0); New Jersey: Schneider (L, 6-4-2). Power plays (goal-chances) — St. Louis: 1-3; New Jersey: 0-3. Blackhawks 5, Canadiens 0 First Period 1. Chicago, Toews 5 (Keith, Shaw) 11:19 (pp). Penalties — Keith Chi (slashing) 0:57, Versteeg Chi (interference) 5:47, Weaver Mtl (Embellishment)

5:47, Emelin Mtl (hooking) 10:18, Hossa Chi (tripping) 14:01. Second Period 2. Chicago, Versteeg 3 (Rundblad, Bickell) 9:57. Penalties — Chi Bench (too many men) 10:07, Subban Mtl (holding) 10:58, Gilbert Mtl (highsticking) 16:53. Third Period 3. Chicago, Richards 2 (Sharp, Saad) 2:22. 4. Chicago, Kane 4 (Toews, Hjalmarsson) 12:31. 5. Chicago, Versteeg 4 (Bickell, Rundblad) 14:46. Penalties — Toews Chi (hooking) 0:18, Prust Mtl (Embellishment) 0:18, Hossa Chi (slashing) 6:55. Shots on goal Chicago 5 17 10 — 32 Montreal 11 8 9 — 28 Goal — Chicago: Crawford (W, 4-2-1); Montreal: Price (L, 7-3-1). Power plays (goal-chances) — Chicago: 1-4; Montreal: 0-4. Senators 3, Red Wings 1 First Period No Scoring. Penalties — Ericsson Det (holding) 13:48, Andersson Det (high-sticking) 15:28. Second Period 1. Ottawa, Karlsson 4 (Turris, Legwand) 14:37 (pp). Penalties — Karlsson Ott (interference) 3:31, Smith Det (hooking) 14:00, Neil Ott (tripping) 18:30. Third Period 2. Detroit, Zetterberg 4 (Franzen, DeKeyser) 2:34. 3. Ottawa, Wiercioch 1 (Stone, Lazar) 14:37. 4. Ottawa, MacArthur 6 (Ceci) 19:02 (en). Penalties — Nyquist Det (high-sticking) 6:55, Cowen Ott (holding) 14:56. Shots on goal Detroit 2 16 14 — 32 Ottawa 16 7 9 — 32 Goal — Detroit: Howard (L, 5-2-3); Ottawa: Anderson (W, 3-2-1). Power plays (goal-chances) — Detroit: 0-3; Ottawa: 1-4. Coyotes 3, Maple Leafs 2 First Period 1. Arizona, Gagner 2 (Korpikoski) 10:29. 2. Arizona, Erat 4 (Hanzal, Michalek) 15:35. Penalties — McMillan Ari (hooking) 7:05, Erat Ari (high-sticking) 7:59, Robidas Tor (holding) 18:20. Second Period 3. Arizona, Vermette 3 (unassisted) 6:34. 4. Toronto, Phaneuf 1 (Bozak, Kessel) 9:24 (pp). Penalties — Panik Tor (roughing) 7:33, Yandle Ari (roughing) 7:33, Gormley Ari (tripping) 9:16, Rielly Tor (hooking) 10:18, Klinkhammer Ari (delay of game) 14:00, Winnik Tor (high-sticking) 19:55. Third Period 5. Toronto, Franson 2 (van Riemsdyk, Kessel) 13:53 (pp). Penalties — Murphy Ari (slashing) 13:32, Phaneuf Tor (closing hand on puck) 15:52. Shots on goal Toronto 3 15 12 — 30 Arizona 10 17 6 — 33 Goal — Toronto: Reimer (L, 3-2-0); Arizona: Smith (W, 3-6-0). Power plays (goal-chances) — Toronto: 2-5; Arizona: 0-4. Kings 3, Stars 1 First Period 1. Dallas, Horcoff 2 (Fiddler, Benn) 2:37. Second Period 2. Los Angeles, Lewis 1 (Stoll) 2:55 (sh). Third Period 3. Los Angeles, Brown 2 (Richards, King) 4:23. 4. Los Angeles, Clifford 1 (Lewis) 11:35. Shots on goal Los Angeles 12 9 9 — 30 Dallas 9 8 17 — 34 Goal — Los Angeles: Quick (W, 6-3-2); Dallas: Lehtonen (L, 4-2-4). Power plays (goal-chances) — Los Angeles: 0-5; Dallas: 0-4. Penguins 4, Wild 1 First Period 1. Pittsburgh, Spaling 2 (Downie, Scuderi) 19:06. Penalties — None. Second Period 2. Pittsburgh, Sutter 3 (Scuderi, Martin) 2:08. 3. Pittsburgh, Kunitz 8 (Malkin, Letang) 15:33 (pp). Penalties — Comeau Pgh (interference) 5:44, Scandella Minn (delay of game) 15:21, Sutter Pgh (holding) 16:23, Malkin Pgh (roughing) 19:33, Carter Minn (slashing) 19:33, Carter Minn (roughing) 19:33. Third Period 4. Minnesota, Niederreiter 4 (Suter, Brodin) 10:42 (sh). 5. Pittsburgh, Hornqvist 7 (Crosby) 18:26 (en). Penalties — Downie Pgh (interference) 6:05, Brodziak Minn (fighting) 9:25, Despres Pgh (fighting) 9:25, Brodziak Minn (roughing) 9:25, Ehrhoff Pgh (high-sticking) 15:25. Shots on goal Pittsburgh 5 12 5 — 22 Minnesota 6 13 15 — 34 Goal — Pittsburgh: Greiss (W, 1-0-1); Minnesota: Kuemper (L, 6-3-0). Power plays (goal-chances) — Pittsburgh: 1-3; Minnesota: 0-4. Jets 3, Predators 1 First Period 1. Winnipeg, Ladd 5 (Byfuglien, Little) 2:53 (pp). 2. Winnipeg, Scheifele 2 (Wheeler, Kane) 5:29 (pp). Penalties — Cullen Nash (interference) 2:35, Wilson Nash (hooking) 3:41. Second Period 3. Nashville, Forsberg 4 (Weber, Ribeiro) 16:17. Penalties — Kane Wpg (roughing) 5:37, Josi Nash (roughing) 5:37, Byfuglien Wpg (elbowing) 14:09, Ladd Wpg (tripping) 16:53. Third Period 4. Winnipeg, Wheeler 5 (Trouba) 18:20 (en). Penalties — Byfuglien Wpg (interference) 3:20, Ekholm Nash (holding) 12:28, Enstrom Wpg (delay of game) 14:53, Trouba Wpg (roughing) 19:08, Beck Nash (spearing) 19:08. Shots on goal Nashville 8 9 7 — 24 Winnipeg 10 10 6 — 26 Goal — Nashville: Hutton (L, 0-1-1); Winnipeg: Pavelec (W, 6-4-1). Power plays (goal-chances) — Nashville: 0-4; Winnipeg: 2-4.

Football Jacksonville

Montreal Hamilton Toronto Ottawa

GP 17 17 17 17

CFL East Division W L T 9 8 0 8 9 0 7 10 0 2 15 0

PF 345 388 427 273

PA 365 380 451 442

Pt 18 16 14 4

x-Calgary x-Edmonton x-B.C. x-Sask. Winnipeg

GP 17 17 17 17 18

West Division W L T 14 3 0 12 5 0 9 8 0 9 8 0 7 11 0

PF 478 475 364 375 397

PA 331 316 332 424 481

Pt 28 24 18 18 14

Week 19 Sunday’s results Montreal 17 Toronto 14 Week 20 Friday’s games Ottawa at Toronto, 5 p.m. Friday’s games Calgary at B.C., 8 p.m. Saturday, November 8 Montreal at Hamilton, 2 p.m. Edmonton at Saskatchewan, 5 p.m. National Football League AMERICAN CONFERENCE East W L T Pct PF New England 7 2 0 .778 281 Buffalo 5 3 0 .625 178 Miami 5 3 0 .625 211 N.Y. Jets 1 8 0 .111 154 South W L T Pct PF Indianapolis 6 3 0 .667 290 Houston 4 5 0 .444 206 Tennessee 2 6 0 .250 137

PA 198 165 151 252 PA 211 197 202

Cincinnati Pittsburgh Cleveland Baltimore

W 5 6 5 5

L 2 3 3 4

Denver Kansas City San Diego Oakland

W 6 5 5 0

L 2 3 4 8

0 North T 1 0 0 0 West T 0 0 0 0

.111

141

251

Pct .688 .667 .625 .556

PF 194 248 185 240

PA 187 219 169 174

Pct .750 .625 .556 .000

PF 245 200 205 129

PA 185 138 186 211

NATIONAL CONFERENCE East W L T Pct PF Philadelphia 6 2 0 .750 234 Dallas 6 3 0 .667 230 N.Y. Giants 3 5 0 .375 178 Washington 3 6 0 .333 197 South W L T Pct PF New Orleans 4 4 0 .500 227 Carolina 3 5 1 .389 177 Atlanta 2 6 0 .250 192 Tampa Bay 1 7 0 .125 150 North W L T Pct PF Detroit 6 2 0 .750 162 Green Bay 5 3 0 .625 222 Minnesota 4 5 0 .444 168 Chicago 3 5 0 .375 180 West W L T Pct PF Arizona 7 1 0 .875 192 Seattle 5 3 0 .625 202 San Francisco 4 4 0 .500 168 St. Louis 3 5 0 .375 149

PA 177 195 209 229 PA 198 236 221 245 PA 126 191 199 222 PA 156 174 178 220

Monday’s Game Indianapolis 40, N.Y. Giants 24

Thursday, Nov. 6 Cleveland at Cincinnati, 6:25 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 9 San Francisco at New Orleans, 11 a.m. Kansas City at Buffalo, 11 a.m. Miami at Detroit, 11 a.m. Tennessee at Baltimore, 11 a.m. Pittsburgh at N.Y. Jets, 11 a.m. Atlanta at Tampa Bay, 11 a.m. Dallas vs. Jacksonville at London, 11 a.m. Denver at Oakland, 2:05 p.m. N.Y. Giants at Seattle, 2:25 p.m. St. Louis at Arizona, 2:25 p.m. Chicago at Green Bay, 6:30 p.m. Open: Houston, Indianapolis, Minnesota, New England, San Diego, Washington Monday, Nov. 10 Carolina at Philadelphia, 6:30 p.m. NFL Odds (Odds provided by BETONLINE.ag; favourites in capital letters) Spread O/U Thursday Cleveland at CINCINNATI 6 44.5 Sunday KANSAS CITY at Buffalo 1.5 41 Miami at DETROIT 5 87 San Francisco at NEW ORLEANS 5 49 Tennessee at BALTIMORE 10 43.5 PITTSBURGH at NY Jets 5 45.5 ATLANTA at Tampa Bay 1 45.5 DENVER at Oakland 11.5 49 Dallas at Jacksonville OFF OFF St. Louis at ARIZONA 7 43 NY Giants at SEATTLE 9 43.5 Chicago at GREEN BAY 7 53 Monday Carolina at PHILADELPHIA 6 48

Transactions Tuesday’s Sports Transactions BASEBALL American League CLEVELAND INDIANS — Agreed to terms with manager Terry Francona on a two-year extension through the 2018 season. HOUSTON ASTROS — Named Alan Zinter assistant hitting coach. OAKLAND ATHLETICS — Claimed RHP Taylor Thompson off waivers from the Chicago White Sox. Sent C Bryan Anderson outright to Nashville (IL). National League CHICAGO CUBS — Agreed to terms with LHP Tsuyoshi Wada on a one-year contract. COLORADO ROCKIES — Named Steve Foster pitching coach and Darren Holmes bullpen coach. BASKETBALL National Basketball Association NBA — Fined Memphis G Tony Allen $15,000 for intentionally striking a camera on the baseline during a Nov. 3 game against New Orleans. SACRAMENTO KINGS — Assigned F Eric Moreland to Reno (NBADL).

FOOTBALL National Football League BUFFALO BILLS — Signed CB Rod Sweeting to the practice squad. Released WR Naaman Roosevelt from the practice squad. INDIANAPOLIS COLTS — Activated S LaRon Landry and OL lineman Xavier Nixon. Waived CB Jalil Brown and T Jamon Meredith. Waived FB Stanley Havili. Released WR Chandler Jones from the practice squad. Signed WR Eric Thomas to the practice squad. NEW ORLEANS SAINTS — Placed FB Austin Johnson on injured reserve. Signed OT Nick Becton. SEATTLE SEAHAWKS — Released LB L.J. Fort. Waived/injury settlement S Terrance Parks from the 53-man roster. Released TE Brett Brackett and WR Chris Matthews from the practice squad. Signed TE Tony Moeaki and WR Bryan Walters to the 53-man roster. Signed S Dion Bailey and WR Jalen Saunders to the practice squad. WASHINGTON REDSKINS — Activated WR Leonard Hankerson from the reserve-PUP list.

Waived CB Chase Minnifield. Released OT Terren Jones from the practice squad. HOCKEY National Hockey League COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS — Reassigned C Sean Collins to Springfield (AHL). Activated LW Matt Calvert from the injured reserve. NEW JERSEY DEVILS — Assigned G Scott Clemmensen to Albany (AHL). Recalled G Keith Kinkaid from Albany. Reassigned G Maxime Clermont from Albany to Orlando (ECHL). MOTORSPORTS NASCAR — Suspended Kasey Kahne crew member Jeremy Fuller and Jeff Gordon crew members Dwayne Doucette and Jason Ingle, six races apiece for being “involved in a post-race physical altercation” and fined them each $25,000. Suspended Jeff Gordon crew member Dean Mozingo three races and fined him $10,000. Fined Jeff Gordon crew chief Alan Gustafson and Kasey Kahne crew chief Kenny Francis $50,000 each and placed them on probation for six races.

Today

● WHL: Red Deer at Everett, 8:05 p.m. (The Drive).

Thursday

● Women’s college exhibition hockey: Edge Academy at RDC, 7 p.m., Arena. ● Men’s basketball: Orangemen vs. Monstars, Bulldog Scrap Metal vs. Kingsmen, 7:15 and 8:30 p.m., Lindsay Thurber. ● Bantam AA hockey: Red Deer Ramada at Lacombe, 7:30 p.m.

Friday

● Tennis: Red Deer U12 Jr. Challenger, matches from 5 to 10 p.m., Red Deer Tennis Club. ● College volleyball: Medicine Hat at RDC, women at 6 p.m., men to follow. ● Heritage junior B hockey: Red Deer at Stettler, 7:30 p.m.; Strathmore at Three Hills, 8 p.m. ● Midget AA hockey: Red Deer Indy Graphics at Olds, 7:30 p.m. ● WHL: Red Deer at Portland, 8 p.m. (The Drive). ● Chinook senior hockey: Bentley at Innisfail, 8:30 p.m.

Saturday

● Tennis: Red Deer U12 Jr. Challenger, matches from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m., Red Deer Tennis Club. ● Peewee football: Provincial Tier 3 final — Bonnyville at Sylvan Lake, 11 a.m., H.J. Cody High School. ● Major bantam hockey: Calgary Royals at Red Deer White, 11:30 a.m., Arena; Rockyview at Red Deer Black, 2 p.m., Arena. ● High school football: Provincial Tier 1 quarter-final — Calgary Henry Wise Wood at Notre Dame, noon, Great Chief Park; provincial Tier 3 quarter-final — Cold Lake at Sylvan Lake, 1:30 p.m., H.J. Cody High School. ● Peewee AA hockey: Southwest at Red Deer Parkland, 12:30 p.m., Kinsmen A; Badlands at Olds, 2:45 p.m. ● College volleyball: Medicine Hat at RDC, women at 1 p.m., men to follow. ● Bantam football: Provincial Tier 3 semifinal — Lethbridge at Lindsay

Thurber, 2:30 p.m., Great Chief Park. ● Bantam AA hockey: Sylvan Lake at Red Deer Steel Kings, 2:30 p.m., Kinex; Badlands at Lacombe, 5:45 p.m. ● Junior women’s hockey: Lethbridge at Central Alberta, 3:45 p.m., Penhold Regional Multiplex. ● Midget AAA hockey: Edmonton Maple Leafs at Red Deer, 4:45 p.m., Arena. ● Six-man high school football: Edson Holy Redeemer at Rimbey, 5 p.m., Lacombe MEGlobal Athletic Park. ● College basketball: Olds at RDC, women at 6 p.m., men to follow. ● Midget AA hockey: Calgary Bruins at Lacombe, 6 p.m., Blackfalds. ● College men’s hockey: SAIT at RDC, 7 p.m., Penhold Regional Multiplex. ● Heritage junior B hockey: Coaldale at Red Deer, 8 p.m., Arena; High River at Ponoka, 8 p.m.; Airdrie at Three Hills, 8 p.m., Trochu. ● WHL: Red Deer at Tri-City, 8:05 p.m. (The Drive).

Sunday

● Peewee AA hockey: Badlands at Red Deer TBS, 11:30 a.m., Kinsmen A; Southwest at Lacombe, 3 p.m. ● Major bantam hockey: Fort Saskatchewan at Red Deer White, noon, Arena. ● Tennis: Red Deer U12 Jr. Challenge, firls final at 1:30 p.m., boys final at 2:45 p.m. ● Midget AA hockey: Bow Valley at Lacombe, 2 p.m.; Airdrie at Sylvan Lake, 3 p.m., Eckville; Olds at Red Deer Indy Graphics, 5:30 p.m., Arena. ● Bantam AA hockey: Badlands at Red Deer Ramada, 2 p.m., Kinsmen A; Red Deer Steel Kings at Sylvan Lake, 2:45 p.m.; Bow Valley at Olds, 2:45 p.m.; Wheatland at Lacombe, 4:30 p.m. ● Heritage junior B hockey: Coaldale at Ponoka, 2:30 p.m.; Airdrie at Blackfalds, 3:30 p.m. ● Midget AAA hockey: Grande Prairie at Red Deer, 3 p.m., Arena. ● Men’s basketball: Grandview vs. NWS, Vikings vs. Henry’s Eavestroughing, Rusty Chuckers vs. Triple A Batteries, 4:15 p.m.; Wells Furniture vs. Carstar, Sheraton Red Deer vs. Driven, Alken Basin vs. Johns Mansville, 5:30 p.m.; all games at Lindsay Thurber.

Basketball National Basketball Association EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct GB Toronto 3 1 .750 — Brooklyn 2 1 .667 1/2 New York 2 2 .500 1 Boston 1 2 .333 1 1/2 Philadelphia 0 4 .000 3 Southeast Division W L Pct GB Miami 3 1 .750 — Washington 3 1 .750 — Atlanta 1 1 .500 1 Charlotte 1 3 .250 2 Orlando 0 4 .000 3 Central Division W L Pct GB Chicago 3 1 .750 — Milwaukee 2 2 .500 1 Cleveland 1 2 .333 1 1/2 Indiana 1 3 .250 2 Detroit 0 3 .000 2 1/2 WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division W L Pct GB Houston 5 0 1.000 — Memphis 4 0 1.000 1/2 Dallas 3 1 .750 1 1/2 San Antonio 1 1 .500 2 1/2 New Orleans 2 2 .500 2 1/2 Northwest Division W L Pct GB Portland 2 2 .500 —

GORDIE HOWE TORONTO — Gordie Howe’s family says the Hall of Famer is recovering from the stroke he suffered last month quicker than expected. “The Howe family is pleased to report that over the past week Mr. Hockey has been recovering at a remarkable rate, including his speech, and his ability to walk with the assistance of a walker. Much work lies ahead, and

LOCAL

BRIEFS Provincial curling champions taking on challengers at Agri-Trade Kevin Koe and two members of his defending Alberta men’s curling championship team will be at the UFA AgriTrade booth at Westerner Park Thursday to challenge visitors to a game on a miniature rink. UFA has a four-year partnership with the newly-formed Alberta men’s curling team. Curling plays a significant role in the rural communities UFA serves, making the partnership with Team Koe a natural fit. Teammates Marc Kennedy and Ben Hebert will join Koe, a former two-time Brier champion who captured the 2010 world title, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Koe’s second, Brent Laing, will not be with the team Thursday.

U14AA Sting split weekend games The Central Alberta U14 AA Sting split a pair of ringette games during the weekend.

Minnesota Denver Utah Oklahoma City Golden State Sacramento L.A. Clippers Phoenix L.A. Lakers

1 2 .333 1 2 .333 1 3 .250 1 4 .200 Pacific Division W L Pct 3 0 1.000 3 1 .750 3 1 .750 2 1 .667 0 4 .000

1/2 1/2 1 1 1/2 GB — 1/2 1/2 1 3 1/2

Tuesday’s Games Milwaukee 87, Indiana 81 Washington 98, New York 83 Toronto 100, Oklahoma City 88 Houston 108, Miami 91 New Orleans 100, Charlotte 91 Chicago 98, Orlando 90 Portland 101, Cleveland 82 Phoenix at L.A. Lakers, late Wednesday’s Games Orlando at Philadelphia, 5 p.m. Miami at Charlotte, 5 p.m. New York at Detroit, 5:30 p.m. Toronto at Boston, 5:30 p.m. Minnesota at Brooklyn, 5:30 p.m. Chicago at Milwaukee, 6 p.m. Indiana at Washington, 6 p.m. Atlanta at San Antonio, 6:30 p.m. Memphis at Phoenix, 7 p.m. Cleveland at Utah, 7 p.m. Denver at Sacramento, 8 p.m. L.A. Clippers at Golden State, 8:30 p.m.

we would like to thank friends and fans worldwide for their prayers and incredible outpouring of support. “Our father has been truly moved by the countless phone calls, letters, emails, posts, and the Red Wings ”Get Well“ gesture during the Oct. 31 game. Mr. Hockey and the entire Howe family cannot thank you all enough.” Howe has been resting in Lubbock, Tex. since suffering the stroke Oct. 26. The former Red Wing great is 86. The Sting, with Hanna Gill and Jamie Lalor each scoring twice, dumped the visiting Edmonton U16 A team 8-2 Saturday. Also scoring for the winners were Erika Driesen, Kianna Doyle, Hannah Morrison and Madison Pluister. Morrison and Colby Wagar scored for the Sting in a 9-2 road loss to the Sherwood Park U16 A squad Sunday. The U14 AA Sting are back in action Sunday versus the Leduc U16 A team at Penhold. ● The U16 AA Central Alberta Sting dropped a pair of weekend games, 11-6 to the Calgary U16 AA club and 8-4 to the Spruce Grove U19 A team. The Sting meet the Red Deer U19 A team Sunday at the Dawe Arena.

Red Deer Tennis Club hosting U12 Junior Challengers tourney Local players Isaac Aspinall and Ella Collins will compete in the Red Deer U12 Junior Challengers tournament at the Red Deer Tennis Club. The tournament opens at 5 p.m. Friday and concludes Sunday with the girls final at 1:30 p.m. and the boys final at 2:45 p.m. Aspinall’s first match is set for Saturday at 11 a.m. Collins will play her first match at 4 p.m. Saturday.

B8 RED DEER ADVOCATE Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2014

Oilers fall on the road to Flyers BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Flyers 4 Oilers 1 PHILADELPHIA — Jakub Voracek slimmed down this off-season, and it has resulted in great gains thus far. Voracek scored two goals, and Steve Mason made 35 saves to earn his first win of the season as the Philadelphia Flyers beat the Edmonton Oilers 4-1 on Tuesday night. Pierre-Edouard Bellemare and Luke Schenn added goals for the Flyers, who began a four-game homestand with their third straight win on their own ice. They dropped their first three games in Philadelphia. Ryan Nugent-Hopkins scored for the Oilers, who opened a five-game trip with their third straight loss. Voracek, who entered Tuesday second in the NHL with 16 points, remained on a tear. He opened the scoring with a wraparound goal 3:59 in and then tallied again on a shot from the slot that went over the left leg of Viktor Fasth with 3:56 left in the first period to put Philadelphia in front 2-0. “It’s important to get out quick,” Voracek said. The same could be said for his season. Despite setting career-highs in goals (23) and points (62) last season, Voracek followed coach Craig Berube’s advice and dropped 10 pounds over the summer by eliminating “pasta and bread” from his diet. “I feel quicker,” he said. “So far it’s been better for me, but I don’t want to get overconfident. It’s only 12 games.” The changes have been evident late in games. “His speed doesn’t drop off in the third period,” Berube said. The Oilers played without captain Andrew Ference and leading scorer Taylor Hall. Ference served the first of a three-game suspension for his illegal hit against Vancouver’s Zack Kassian in Saturday’s 3-2 home loss. Hall injured his knee and is expected to miss 2-to-4 weeks. Edmonton coach Dallas Eakins wasn’t satisfied with the overall effort

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Philadelphia Flyers’ Steve Mason, right, blocks a shot by Edmonton Oilers’ David Perron during the third period of an NHL hockey game, Tuesday, in Philadelphia. Philadelphia won 4-1. of his short-handed club. “We can’t have five or six guys step up,” he said. “We need (everyone). If you’re not maximizing your potential, you’re doing your team a disservice.” Mason, 33-18-7 with a 2.50 goalsagainst average last season, was 0-4-1 with a 3.55 GAA in six starts before Tuesday. “I never once doubted myself,” Mason said. “I have a lot of confidence in myself and just have to build on this one.” Chants of “Mason! Mason!” echoed from the crowd after a pair of pointblank saves on Nail Yakupov and David Perron with 14 minutes left in the game. Mason appreciated the fans’ encouragement. “Playing in Philly is a special thing,” he said. “The fans have been supportive of me, even through the tough start.

You love them for that.” The Flyers goalie wore a new mask, switching to one that reduces glare. He had struggled to adjust to new lighting installed at the Wells Fargo Center in two home losses. Fasth made his first start after missing eight games with a groin injury. “I felt a little rust in the beginning but felt better as the game went on,” Fasth said. “I wish I could’ve made a couple more saves.” The Flyers took a three-goal advantage when Bellemare’s shot from the left circle went off Fasth and trickled over the goal line 4:09 into the second. Nugent-Hopkins beat Mason 1-on-1 from close range to put Edmonton on the board with 10:06 left in the period, but Schenn answered 2:07 later on an assist from his brother, Brayden. As he fell to the ice, Brayden Schenn sent a pass in front from be-

hind the net, and Luke fired a one-timer that went under Fasth’s right arm before caroming in off the left post. The goal ended a 32-game scoreless streak for Luke Schenn, who hadn’t scored since March 1. NOTES: Flyers LW Michael Raffl left in the third period with a lower body injury. GM Ron Hextall said Raffl is day-to-day and would be evaluated further on Wednesday. ... The Oilers lost for the first time this season to an Eastern Conference opponent (4-1). ... To replace Hall and Ference, Edmonton recalled defencemen Keith Aulie and Oscar Klefbom from Oklahoma City of the AHL. ... Philadelphia scored first for just the third time in 12 games, improving to 2-0-1 in those contests. ... The Schenn brothers combined on one other goal in their careers. Luke assisted on Brayden’s goal on Oct. 18 at Dallas.

Tanking for McDavid, Red Deer teams settle for Eichel necessary evil second at Thurber junior high volleyball tourney for NHL’s worst You know how you forget how big ex Semin a healthy scratch, to create horses really are until you’re right next what Hurricanes coach Bill Peters told to one, and then you’re agog? When reporters was “an honest, hard-workthe Buffalo Sabres came to Toronto ing lineup.” Longtime Coyotes caplast week, it was like that, but for bad tain Shane Doan called their win over hockey. Washington “huge.” Jets coach Paul It was a revelation. The players Maurice was uncharacteristically curswere upbeat in the morning, cheer- ing in press conferences before the fully polishing off the morning skate, Jets ran off five wins in seven games. and then they went out and managed And Ted Nolan lambasted his Sa10 shots, versus taking eight penalties, bres after the Toronto game, because against the Leafs. The Leafs! Buffalo that was culture-destroying stuff. You coach Ted Nolan called it have to try and then fail, “mind-baffling,” which is rather than just fail. You not even a real expression, can’t skip steps. but works anyway. Every loss counts, but you This is the year of can’t blow up the bridge and the tank in the National set fire to the demolition Hockey League, in theory. company offices for the in17-year-old Connor McDasurance, too. vid has seven four-point In the best-case scenario, games in 14 tries, and is on it’s long, and it’s painful. In pace for about 180 points the worst-case, it’s empty on the season. Jack Eichel, pain. The changes introthe presumptive No. 2 pick, duced this summer mean is wooing scouts at Bosthat the worst team will onBRUCE ton University. Franchise ly get a 20 per cent chance ARTHUR changers, they say. The at the top spot, down from kind of players money can’t 25 per cent; second-worst is buy. 13.5 per cent, and third is And then on Sunday, the 11.5 per cent. It drops gradutank took a holiday. The Sabres, a mas- ally from there. terpiece of intentionally flawed enSo Buffalo is dragging themselves gineering, beat Detroit. The Carolina through a sort of hell for a 1-in-5 Hurricanes, No. 29 in the league, beat chance of the top slot, and a slot in the the defending Stanley Cup champions. top two either way. Arizona (26th) won, Winnipeg (21st) The Philadelphia 76ers are simibeat Chicago, and the No. 28 team, Co- larly incentivized to be a minor-league lumbus, did not suffer any reported development tomato can, as are the major injuries. (The Blue Jackets did Houston Astros in MLB. All of them, at not play, but you can never be too care- times, feel like a scam. ful.) But what’s the better option? How Oh, and Calgary, the team that tank- else can Buffalo build? Of the top 20 ing forgot, drilled Montreal. The one points-per-game players over the last Sunday exception was Colorado, whose five seasons plus this one, 13 were decline has been rapid and remark- top-five picks: Crosby, Malkin, Stamable, and who lost. But Buffalo didn’t, kos, Ovechkin, the Sedins, Backstrom, for the third time. Kane, Kovalchuk, Spezza, Kessel, “That one probably felt as good as Toews and Eric Staal. John Tavares anything just to be able to give (our and Taylor Hall are at 21 and 22, and fans) a little salute,” Sabres defence- rising. All but three have spent their man Tyson Strachan told the Buffalo entire careers with one team. You can News. “We appreciate them sticking complain, but this is the system. with us through everything.” At the end of the 2009-10 season, Everything? It was Buffalo’s 13th then-Leafs general manager Brian game of the season. It just felt like Burke gave one of his more Shakemore, probably. spearean closing statements, and he There are bad years every year, of was asked why he hadn’t torn the Leafs course, as Edmonton reminds us. Par- down, rather than try to rebuild them ity and the three-card monte of the on the fly. NHL standings can make teams in the He had a response ready. rearview mirror seem closer than they “You can say Pittsburgh,” Burke appear, but they’re still lousy. Buffalo, said that day, “well, Pittsburgh picked however, is a unicorn. a ball out of a drum to get Sidney CrosSince 2006, 10 teams have failed to by. Don’t tell me there was any skill get at least 45 per cent of all available there. When you say, gee, what a great even-strength shot attempts on goal, rebuilding job they did — they won not including shots that are blocked. a goddamned lottery. I know; I came None have dipped under 42 per cent in second. You know what I say every for a full season. (Toronto, last season, time I see Sidney? ‘This close, Sid. You came closest, at 42.22 per cent. Those were this close to being a Duck.’” Meanwhile, Buffalo charges over goaltenders should have been given the cliff. Others will join them, no matmedals.) The Sabres, through 13 games, are ter the odds. It’s the logic that has sustained lotat 34.9 per cent, and scoring 1.08 goals per game. The rays of sunlight are go- teries forever, no matter how probing to be brief, probably. I mean, even able it is that you will remain one tiny Ondrej Pavelec is so hot right now that part of the great faceless unlucky mass. the Jets have gotten five points in three Someone has to win. Bruce Arthur is a sports columnist games while scoring two goals. Some for the Toronto Star and was named the things don’t last. But you can’t just give up. Carolina 2012 sportswriter of the year by Sports made $7-million-per-year winger Al- Media Canada

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Red Deer teams settled for runnerup status in the Lindsay Thurber junior high volleyball tournament during the weekend. The Notre Dame Cougars fell 25-20, 25-23 to Calgary E.P. Scarlett in the boys final and the Hunting Hills Lightning came up just short in the girls championship match, losing 25-18, 2523 to Calgary William Aberhart. The Cougars finished first in Pool B with a 3-0 record, then advanced to the final with 25-18, 25-13 and 25-15, 25-10 quarter-final and semifinal victories over Sherwood Park Salisbury and the host Raiders. Lindsay Thurber posted a 2-1 slate in Pool A, then defeated Okotoks Foothills 25-15, 25-15 before falling to Notre Dame. Hunting Hills was 1-2 in Pool A and

dropped a 25-20, 25-16 quarter-final decision to William Aberhart, who defeated Lindsay Thurber 25-14, 22-25, 15-11 in the third-place game. ● The Lightning girls were 2-1 in pool play, then moved on to the championship match with quarter-final and semifinals wins over Edmonton W.P. Wagner (25-18, 25-17) and Lindsay Thurber (25-16, 21-25, 15-12). The Raiders were 3-0 in pool play and defeated Sherwood Park Salisbury 25-23, 22-25, 15-12 in a quarterfinal. Notre Dame had a 1-2 record in pool action and then rolled over E.P. Scarlett 25-19, 25-7 before losing 26-28, 26-24, 15-12 to Aberhart in a semifinal. The Cougars then took third-place honours with a 25-18, 25-17 win over the Raiders.

Royals, Orioles each win 3 Gold Gloves, Cards catcher Molina wins seventh straight BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK — All those snazzy plays by Alex Gordon, Eric Hosmer and Salvador Perez earned them more than tips of the hat from their Kansas City teammates. The Royals trio wound up snagging Gold Gloves, too. “It was something that was pretty special to watch,” Gordon said. Three Baltimore players also were honoured by Rawlings on Tuesday for fielding excellence, as was St. Louis catcher Yadier Molina for the seventh year in a row. The Royals paid tribute to each other throughout a run to the World Series, tipping their caps after fine plays. Kansas City lost in seven games to San Francisco — none of the Giants won Glove Gloves. “The whole entire team, what we did defensively all year, that’s part of our game,” Hosmer said on a conference call. Gordon, who began his career as a third baseman before becoming a regular left fielder, won for the fourth straight year. Perez at catcher and Hosmer at first base have two wins apiece. “We’ve said from day one, if you can’t play defence, there’s probably not a spot for you in our everyday lineup,” Royals general manager Dayton Moore said. Perez said he thought Royals outfielder Lorenzo Cain, third baseman Mike Moustakas and shortstop Alcides Escobar could win Gold Gloves in the near future. Managers and coaches voted for the awards in their own leagues. The Society for American Baseball Research’s Defensive Index factored about 25 per cent into the results. Gold Gloves have often been among the most discussed and disputed of the post-season awards. More advanced ways of measuring

glovework such as Ultimate Zone Rating and Defensive WAR have sometimes overtaken statistics such as errors and fielding percentage that often determined the winners. Reputation also carried a lot of weight over the years. Cincinnati and Philadelphia, the top two teams in the majors this year by fielding percentage, didn’t have any winners. Baltimore centre fielder Adam Jones won for the fourth time, Orioles shortstop J.J. Hardy won his third in a row and teammate Nick Markakis won his second in right field. Markakis has become a free agent since the season ended. There were six first-time winners — Mets centre fielder Juan Lagares, Miami left fielder Christian Yelich, Colorado second baseman DJ LeMahieu and Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Zack Greinke in the National League and Seattle third baseman Kyle Seager and Houston pitcher Dallas Keuchel in the American League. I feel so excited and happy,“ Lagares said. ”It’s a special honour.“ Other winners were Dodgers first baseman Adrian Gonzalez and Boston second baseman Dustin Pedroia for the fourth time each, Atlanta shortstop Andrelton Simmons, Braves right fielder Jason Heyward and Colorado third baseman Nolan Arenado. “To be able to be recognized defensively is pretty special, considering that really wasn’t my reputation, coming into the big leagues,” Yelich said. “It’s cool feeling you’re a complete player.” Molina is tied with Bob Boone for third place for most Gold Gloves by a catcher. Ivan Rodriguez won 13 and Johnny Bench 10 in awards that began in 1957. Gonzalez and Pedroia each earned a $100,000 bonus for winning and Hardy, Jones and Markakis will get $75,000 each.

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Warm weather not done NOVEMBER WILL CONTINUE TO FOLLOW TREND ESTABLISHED BY WARM OCTOBER BY CRYSTAL RHYNO ADVOCATE STAFF Red Deer experienced one of the warmest Octobers on record in nearly 30 years. Environment Canada meteorologist Bill McMurty said the mean temperatures were well above the normal, making it one of the warmest and driest Octobers Red Deer has seen in many years. The mean temperature for the entire month was 6.4C. In October 1986, the mean temperature hit 6.5C. In re-

cent years, the average is typically around 3.9C. As for precipitation, the measurement at the airport was two mm, compared to a normal average of around 22.3 mm. “We predominantly had an upper ridge of pressure that was situated over Western Canada,” explained McMurty. “As a result, most locations in Western Canada received above-normal temperatures for the month of October.” Ridges of high pressure tend to bring warm temperatures and sun-

shine. In the short term, the city will enjoy more warm temperatures through to Thursday with daytime highs of about 12C. This time of the year, the average is usually around 3C. Next week, cooler temperatures will be back for a few days before another warm spell hits the region. “We’re not done with the warm weather quite yet,” said McMurty. “That seems to be the trend for the next little while.” McMurty said the weather indicators suggest that most of Western Canada should see above-average tempera-

tures for the entire fall. He said there has been some talk of an El Niño winter that would bring slightly warmer than average temperatures and less precipitation. But he said the system is not as dominant as anticipated. “We’re sort of in one of those in-between years where even the long-range weather forecast isn’t picking anything up right now,” he said. “It’s sort of equal chances of any of the three (weather) categories once we get into December and January.” crhyno@reddeeradvocate.com

Airport gets funds from county

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Lindsay Thurber high School student Tyler Johnson, right, looks on as Dawe School grade six students from the left, Jacob Pidherney, Paul Kasinski and Chase Loiselle play out a skit during a Butt Ugly presentation at St. Pat’s School in Red Deer on Tuesday. Marking its 20th year of presenting an anti-tobacco message Butt Ugly is just finishing up its 2014 fall program after about 30 presentations to area schools. This year the students involved in the program were all from Lindsay Thurber High School where the program is offered as a regular class for credit.

Community groups get county cash BY PAUL COWLEY ADVOCATE STAFF Red Deer County will shell out more than $227,000 to local community organizations to help with the upkeep on their halls. Twenty applications for funding were received this year, the most in the program’s eight-year history. Surprisingly, the $228,729 requested was the lowest so far. Mayor Jim Wood saw that as a sign that the program has been working and capital projects are getting done.

“That’s showing we’re starting to catch up,” said Wood on Tuesday. “Personally, I think this is some of the best money we spend.” The county’s numerous community halls are important gathering places, he added. “This is what keeps our communities alive.” Grants ranged from $2,500 to $25,000, with most community groups getting the total amount sought. Almost all of the money was earmarked for community halls. Exceptions included the Dickson Store Museum, which got $5,894

to fix windows and siding, and the Markerville Community Society, which got $9,599 towards a $37,000 project to build four picnic shelters. In other county news: ● Dickson Store Museum was officially endorsed by the county as the official visitor information centre for the Spruce View and Dickson areas. ● The county has agreed to sell about five acres of land adjacent to the Alto Reste Cemetery to the City of Red Deer. The property will be used for cemetery expansion. pcowley@reddeeradvocate.com

Red Deer County has endorsed a $350,000 grant application by the Red Deer Airport. The money, which would come through the Alberta Community Partnerships program, would be used for engineering work for future upgrades at the increasingly busy airport. A recently approved 20-year master plan details the work that would need to be done at the Springbrook airport to draw more airlines and aircraft to Red Deer to serve the growing market. The biggest need: lengthening the main runway by approximately 600 metres and widening it to allow 737 aircraft enough space to take off and land. The master plan’s mid-range forecast envisions 11 weekly departures for the 136-seat vessels by 2033. The master plan envisions a small terminal expansion in 2015 and a further tripling of the expanded space in 2018. The latter expansion would provide adequate space for the peak expected passenger flow during 737 departures and arrivals. County council also endorsed on Tuesday a $350,000 application for two emergency management vehicles and a pair of technical rescue vehicles. The emergency management vehicles will be shared with Elnora, Delburne and Bowden and the technical rescue vehicles would be purchased in partnership with Clearwater County. Provincial funding help will also be tapped for a new transit bus for the route through Gasoline Alley and connecting to City of Red Deer’s routes. Under the Green Transit Incentives Program (GreenTRIP), municipalities are eligible for funding covering up to two-thirds of the cost of buses. A low-floor transit bus equipped with GPS and bike racks runs at about $480,000. The county would cover the rest of the cost by drawing on its Community Service Reserves, which sits at about $4.3 million. Mayor Jim Wood said the county bus service has seen significant ridership increases and further investment is a good idea. pcowley@reddeeradvocate.com

Parades, ceremonies planned for Tuesday Members of the Red Deer Legion have already been to numerous lodges, seniors residences and schools to perform Remembrance Day ceremonies. The big public Red Deer service will be on Tuesday, when there will be a lot to remember. It has now been 100 years since the start of the First World War, 75 years since the start of the Second World War and 70 years since D-Day. The service on Tuesday starts at 10:30 a.m., at the Red Deer Arena, at 4725 43rd St. But organizer Darlene McGill suggests people get there early because it tends to fill up quickly. Cora Fedyk is this year’s Silver Cross mother and she comes from a significant military background. Her father, three brothers, son and grand-

REMEBRANCE DAY SERVICES IN REGION son all served with the military. The Silver Cross mother is chosen every year to lay a wreath on behalf of all mothers who have lost children in the service of their country. After the service, the Red Deer Legion Hall, at 2810 Bremner Ave., will open for members and their guests at noon for food, drinks and entertainment. Another service will be held at the City Cenotaph at Veteran’s Park in Red Deer, near the intersection of 50th Street and 49th Avenue, starting at 10:40 a.m. The service is much shorter than the Red Deer Arena ceremony and is run by the local Korean War Veterans Association. Remembrance Day ceremonies are scheduled to be held on Nov. 11 by Legions in several other communities. The local ceremonies include:

● In Rocky Mountain House, the ceremony starts at 10:40 a.m. at the Lou Soppit Community Centre, at 4733 54th Ave. It is followed by a social at the Rocky Legion at 4911 49th St. ● In Ponoka, a parade starts at Cilantro and Chive, at 4213 Hwy 2A, at 10:20 a.m. and ends at the Ponoka Legion, at 3911 Hwy 2A, at 10;45 a.m. for the formal service. Sheila Debney will be the representing mother and lay a wreath for mothers who have lost children in war. ● In Stettler, the procession will form up at 10:45 a.m. for the 11 a.m. service at the Stettler Performing Arts Centre, at 5411 50th Ave. After the service, there will be a social at the Legion, at 5010 51st Ave. ● In Olds, the service starts at 10 a.m. at the Ralph Klein Centre, 4500 50th Ave. Weather permitting, a small

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service at the Olds Cenotaph, located at the Olds Centennial Park near the intersection of 50th Avenue and 53rd Street, will follow the main event. ● In Innisfail, the Legion will honour veterans starting at 10 a.m. with the memorial service at the Legion Auditorium, at 5108 49th St. Part way through, the service will move to the Cenotaph, near the intersection of 49th Avenue and 50th Street, for the wreathlaying ceremony. After the ceremony, there will be refreshments, snacks and entertainment at the Legion. ● In Lacombe, the day starts at 7:30 a.m. with the Legion community breakfast at the Legion, at 5138 49th St. At 8 a.m., the laying of the wreaths takes place at the Cenotaph near the Lacombe Memorial Centre, at 5214 50th Ave. At 10:30 a.m., a parade will form at the Legion and march to the Lacombe Memorial Centre for the 10:45 a.m. service. mcrawford@reddeeradvocate.com

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BRIEFS Turn your Movember growth into a reason to celebrate Whether they grow a handlebar, pencil, trucker or any other type of moustache — men in Red Deer are encouraged to join the Movember movement. Movember Red Deer has organized A Black ’Stache Affair at Fionn MacCool’s on Nov. 29, from 7 to 11 p.m. At the event, men can show off the facial hair they grew during November. Local stylists will be on hand for those itching to leave clean shaven. Movember Red Deer volunteer Kim Desjardins said the first Stache Affair held last year raised over $2,000. This year, the target is $3,000. “We’ve had amazing support,” Desjardins said. “It’s fun to participate. It doesn’t really cost anything to grow a moustache. And the women in their lives, whether they hate it or love it, are along for the ride for the month.” Presented by Lime Green Realty, tickets are $20 each and includes appetizers, party favours, door prizes, live music and more. Tickets are available at Fionn MacCool’s. All proceeds go to The Movember Foundation working to raise awareness and funds for prostate and testicular cancer and mental health. For a list of more local Movember events, go to ca.movember.com.

Woodlea power outage planned for Thursday A power outage is planned for some residents in the Woodlea area in order for City of Red Deer crews to remove a large tree near a power line on Thursday. The power will be out around 45th Avenue and 51st Street from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. About 26 customers will be affected. They will be directly notified. The service interruption is necessary for system maintenance and safety.

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Hundreds, if not thousands of water fowl dropped in on Slack Slough south of Red Deer just east of Hwy 2 this week, including these tundra swans. Several species of ducks and Canada geese were also on the water. Until the slough freezes over, the southbound water foul will no doubt be using Slack Slough as a feed zone and rest stop on their migration. The viewing platform along MacKenzie Road is a perfect spot for birders to catch a glimpse of the birds. then donated to the Safe Harbour Society. “Cold, wet feet don’t care about matching socks,” said Lorna Watkinson-Zimmer, owner of Comforts the Sole. For more information, call 403-3427653 or follow the Lonely Sock Club Drive on Comforts the Sole through Facebook and Twitter.

Haunted house raises over $100, 000 for Boys and Girls Clubs of Red Deer GrammaLink chili sale raises The wildly successful Zed Haunted $6,500 for African children House raised over $110,000 this month

African children orphaned by HIV/ AIDS will benefit from a lunch fundraiser in Red Deer last month. GrammaLink-Africa raised $6,500 at the chili lunch, craft sale and silent auction at Gaetz Memorial United Church hall. All the money raised goes to the Stephen Lewis Foundation to support African grandmothers supporting children orphaned by HIV/AIDS.

Your lonely socks can provide comfort A drive for socks aims to match up cold lonely feet with comforting socks ahead of a bitter Alberta winter. The Lonely Sock Club Drive will be held all November in Red Deer, at the Gaetz Memorial United Church, at 4758 50th St., and at Comforts the Sole, at 4812 50th Ave. People are asked to donate socks in good condition that have lost their matching partner. These lonely socks will be paired with similar socks and

scaring the begeebers out of visitors. That’s $10,000 more for the Boys and Girls Clubs of Red Deer than was raised last year from the annual event. The 24th annual attraction also reached a new attendance record with 7,448 people daring to step inside the goulish maze constructed at Parkland Mall. The event involves more than 130 volunteers contributing more than 10,000 hours annually. More than 56 local businesses provided donations and in-kind support. Photo by JEFF STOKOE/Advocate staff

Preliminary hearing ordered over woman’s death

The Ball and Chain Girl and another gruesome guy welcomed all who dare to enter the Zed Haunted House.

A preliminary hearing is set for spring for a Leslieville-area man accused of running over and killing his girlfriend as she walked along a rural road near his home. Rocky Mountain House RCMP allege that former Ontario resident Trisha Wise, 20, died at about 1:45 a.m. on June 20 after being struck down by

an SUV after an argument with her boyfriend. Christopher William Ross, 28, is charged with impaired driving causing death and driving while his blood alcohol content exceeding .08 resulting in death. Police allege that Ross’s blood alcohol readings measured more than three times the legal limit of .08 at the

time of his arrest. He has asked that his case be heard in the Court of Queen’s Bench. A preliminary hearing has been set for Rocky Mountain House provincial court on May 19, 2015. Preliminary hearings may be held to test the strength of the Crown’s evidence before proceeding to trial.

Seniors encouraged to join virtual trek The Alberta Injury Prevention Centre is urging seniors to stay active as one way to prevent accidental falls. Finding Balance is the name of the centre’s seventh annual campaign that tells seniors and their families about ways to prevent accidental falls. November is Senior’s Fall Prevention Month. Falls are the leading cause of serious injuries in older adults. “The facts don’t lie. Every year, one in three Alberta seniors will fall,” says Kathy Belton, associate director for the Injury Prevention Centre. “While falling may not seem serious, falls can disable, cause physical and mental distress and seriously diminish your quality of life. In 2011 there were over 8,700 hospital admissions costing Albertans over $160 million. The good news is we can take steps to prevent falls.” The centre is also urging older adults to watch their step, report any dizzy spells to their doctor and

check your medications for symptoms that might make them unsteady. The centre recommends at least 22 minutes of physical activity every day, especially activities that increase muscle strength and promote balance. Seniors are being asked to participate in a virtual trek across Alberta where they log the number of steps they take daily. The goal is to keep seniors moving to keep them from suffering falls that can be deadly or life-changing. Seniors who have active lifestyles are less likely to lose their balance and suffer sometimes lifechanging falls. Falls can disable, cause physical and mental distress, and result in hospital or institutional care. Alberta seniors are urged to walk and record their steps in an effort to collectively log 3,263,500 steps or travel the 2,610 km in an online trek. The virtual trek represents the distance from

Coutts in Southern Alberta to Fitzgerald in the north. The campaign started on Nov. 1 and ends on Nov. 30. To learn more, go to www.findingbalancealberta. ca. The Injury Prevention Centre (formerly Alberta Centre for Injury Control and Research) is a provincial organization focused on injury prevention in Alberta and is part of the School of Public Health at the University of Alberta. The centre’s vision is that Albertans work hard and play hard, free from life-limiting injuries. It strives to save lives by supporting communities and decision-makers with the knowledge and tools necessary to address the causes of both intentional and unintentional traumatic injury. The centre receives core financial support from Alberta Health.

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Fighting patents on human genes CANADIAN HOSPITAL LAUNCHING COURT CHALLENGE TO INVALIDATE PATENTS ON HUMAN GENES BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — A Canadian hospital has launched a court challenge with the ultimate goal of invalidating patents on human genes, saying such protection can adversely affect the health of patients and is boosting the country’s health-care costs. Lawyers for the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario, or CHEO, filed the challenge Monday in Federal Court in Ottawa, arguing that genes and other segments of the human genome should not be subject to patents for commercial or any other purposes. “The core position really is that no one should be able to patent human DNA,” said Alex Munter, president and CEO of the Ottawa-based CHEO. “It would be like patenting water or air.” Companies or other institutions that hold patents on genes or snippets of DNA and own the rights to related diagnostic tests have a monopoly on what can be done with the information. Last year, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that naturally occurring human DNA cannot be patented, siding with advocates who argued that the multibillion-dollar biotechnology industry should not have exclusive control over genetic information found inside the human body. But in Canada, there has been no similar court challenge to the country’s Patent Act — and hence no ruling, said Richard Gold, a professor of law at McGill University in Montreal. “There’s considerable lack of clarity in Canada, especially after the U.S. decision about exactly what can be patented,” said Gold, who is consulting pro bono on the case but is not involved in the actual court challenge. “So we have companies not knowing whether their patents are valid. We have hospitals and governments not willing to take the risk because it

would cost a lot to defend one of these ply.” actions,” he said, referring to potential CHEO’s physicians and scientists lawsuits based on patent infringement. say the granting of proprietary patents “To take the risk, they may be violat- on human DNA interferes with their ing the patents.” ability to provide high-quality care by CHEO’s court challenge centres on making full use of genomic technolothe patent for genes related to what’s gies in the increasingly emerging era known as long QT syndrome, a poten- of personalized medicine. tially deadly heart rhythm disorder The hospital had planned to become that runs in families. a major Ontario testing centre for long “It’s quite an insidious condition QT syndrome, but received a ceasebecause long QT syndrome can be dif- and-desist order from a company that ficult to diagnose with an ECG (elec- holds a Canadian patent on one of the trocardiogram),” said Dr. Gail Graham, gene mutations and the related test. chief of the hospital’s regional genetics But Graham said CHEO and some program. “Typically it’s the first-line other institutions have advanced getest, but many people’s look normal netic testing capabilities with the deeven with an invelopment of herited predispo‘THE CORE POSITION REALLY “whole-exome” sition. techIS THAT NO ONE SHOULD BE sequencing “So ECG isn’t a nology, which can perfect tool and it ABLE TO PATENT HUMAN DNA. look at all the needs to be com23,000 IT WOULD BE LIKE PATENTING roughly bined with genetgenes contained WATER OR AIR.’ ic testing, which in human DNA has a much highand pinpoint — ALEX MUNTER those mutated er sensitivity.” PRESIDENT AND CEO OF genes known to There are a CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL OF EASTERN ONTARIO number of genes be associated related to long with disease. QT syndrome, The technoloand five of them have been patented, gy, which is currently being validated, primarily by the University of Utah, could be used to determine whether the chief defendant in the court chal- a sick newborn in the NICU, for inlenge. stance, has a genetic disorder, by anaPatents cover the DNA sequence lyzing DNA in a blood sample, said — either the whole gene or part of the Graham. gene — and related diagnostic tests, “If by chance I happened to read said Gold. through a long QT gene and found The University of Utah had no im- that that ill newborn would also have mediate comment on the Canadian long QT syndrome, I would be prohibcourt challenge. ited from learning that, our laboratory Gold said patents involving long QT would be prohibited from learning that genes are being used as a test case, and our patients would be prohibited in the hope of setting precedent that from learning that,” she said. would invalidate all patents on natu“So we would actually be in the rally occurring human DNA. morally reprehensible position of not “The patents are on the books, being able to potentially save somethey’re ostensibly valid, but there are one’s life and the family members’ strong legal arguments to make that lives because someone has claimed a they’re actually not valid or don’t ap- patent on a sequence of DNA that oc-

curs naturally.” Graham said long QT syndrome can cause fainting spells during exercise, seizures or, in some cases, sudden death. Genetic testing can identify family members at risk for the condition, allowing them to be treated with medications and sometimes an implanted defibrillator. As it stands, hospitals must send a patient’s blood sample to be tested for long QT gene mutations to one of the U.S. labs licensed by patent holders. The U.S. labs charge between $4,500 and $4,800 for the genetic testing, more than double the $1,500 to $2,000 it would cost in Canada, said Graham. In Ontario alone, such tests cost the system about $200,000 a year. “So there’s a significant impact on the health-care system.” There are about 7,000 genetic diseases, and many of the mutated genes that underpin the disorders have not yet been identified. Should newly discovered genes be patented — along with diagnostic tests — the impact on Canada’s health-care system would accumulate, she said. “We’ll be sending to the U.S. for more and more tests. If you consider the impact of new gene patents and the fact that we might be forced to send blood samples for a number of other conditions over the longer term, it could easily be millions of dollars. “We need to be able to take advantage of the great potential that these new technologies have,” Graham said of whole-exome analysis. “And gene patents have the ability to prevent us from doing that.” CHEO is being represented in Federal Court by Toronto law firm Gilbert’s LLP, whose lawyers are providing their services pro bono. Gold’s team is being funded by a number of institutions, including Genome Canada, Genome Alberta, Genome Quebec and the Canadian Institutes for Health Research.

Gates Foundation boosts aid to stamp out tropical diseases BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW ORLEANS — Philanthropist Bill Gates says he wants to end malaria in his lifetime and will give more money toward that goal, part of his broader fight against tropical diseases that are getting unusual public attention because of the Ebola epidemic. In an interview with The Associated Press and in a speech Sunday at a global health conference in New Orleans, the Microsoft co-founder said his Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation would increase its malaria program budget by 30 per cent, to more than $200 million per year. That’s on top of the foundation’s other donations to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria. Small steps won’t get the job done, and scientists don’t have all the tools they need to eradicate malaria, Gates said. His plan includes developing a drug or vaccine to purge the malaria parasite in people who carry it without showing symptoms — a “human reservoir” that helps spread the disease. “I really do believe that malaria can be eradicated in my lifetime,” said Gates, who just turned 59. Gates spoke at the annual meeting of the American Society of Tropical

Medicine and Hygiene, a conference that usually gets little public notice, about diseases often referred to as “neglected.” That is not the case this year. On Wednesday, Louisiana officials created a stir by asking the 3,500 people registered for the conference to stay away if they have been to certain West African countries or have had contact with an Ebola patient in the last 21 days, the maximum incubation period for Ebola. Conference organizers called the stance an overreaction to Ebola fears, and said it would prevent some scientists from presenting studies on the outbreak, which has killed about 5,000 Africans this year. In all, Gates said his foundation will commit more than $500 million this year to fight malaria, pneumonia, and diarrheal and parasitic diseases in poor countries. Here are some he discussed. Ebola The conference comes “at a pivotal moment in the history of global health” because of the world’s largest outbreak of Ebola, Gates said. He and his wife have pledged $50 million to help contain it and for research on treatments, rapid tests and vaccines. Another Microsoft co-founder, Paul Allen, has pledged $100 million, and Fa-

cebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and his wife Priscilla Chan, $25 million. The global response to Ebola initially stumbled and revealed flaws in our health systems, Gates said. Since then, some countries and groups have helped, but much more is needed, he said. Malaria It kills more than 600,000 people each year, mostly children in Africa but also in Asia, Latin America and other areas. It is caused by parasites spread through the bite of infected mosquitoes. In areas where the disease is common, people can develop partial immunity — they carry the parasite but don’t get sick, and mosquitoes who bite them become infected and then spread the disease when they bite others. Efforts to control the disease, such as bed nets to prevent mosquito bites, must continue but “the only way to stop malaria is to end it forever,” Gates said. His plan includes $156 million over five years to the PATH Malaria Vaccine Initiative to develop vaccines that prevent mosquitoes from infecting people and vice versa. Dr. Chris Plowe, a malaria expert at the University of Maryland’s Center for Vaccine Development and incoming president of the tropical medicine

group, said targeting silent infection is key because “if you want to eradicate or eliminate malaria, you have to get rid of all the parasites.” Polio Gates called polio eradication “my top priority,” noting the viral disease remains endemic in three countries — Nigeria, Pakistan and Afghanistan. He cited progress: Polio was eliminated in India earlier this year, and as of early September, Nigeria had confirmed only six wild poliovirus cases this year. Dengue fever The mosquito-borne disease, also known as breakbone fever for the pain it causes, has spread from a few countries a few decades ago to more than 100 today, including the southern United States. An experimental vaccine seems to prevent most severe disease and hospitalizations. Gates said his foundation would work to build on that work and make a vaccine available to all who need it. Chikungunya Another mosquito-borne disease, chikungunya causes fever and extremely painful joints. It spread to the Caribbean last year after expanding in Africa and South Asia, and in July, the first locally acquired case in the U.S. was documented in Florida. It’s an important field for research and vaccine development, Gates said.

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Animated characters Hiro Hamada, voiced by Ryan Potter, right, and Baymax, voiced by Scott Adsit, in a scene from “Big Hero 6.”

Disney hopes to charm fans with huggable robot LOS ANGELES — Walt Disney Co.’s new animated feature Big Hero 6 has a hero, named Hiro, but the studio is marketing the film with posters and billboards that feature a button-eyed, blimp-like robot. Disney animators spent more than three years transforming Baymax, a scary-looking bit player from an obscure Marvel Comics series, into a lovable sidekick who could charm fans as much as Jiminy Cricket and Tinkerbell. They visited robotics labs and spoke with counselors about how kids handle grief — a central theme of the film, which reaches U.S. theaters Nov. 7. Their journey provides a window into the creative process at Disney, where Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Bob Iger has focused the film business on a handful of brands with distinct identities. While Big Hero 6 originated with Marvel, it was made by Walt Disney Animation Studios, which requires characters with the emotional depth audiences expect from the unit that created Dumbo and Bambi. “We were on the hunt for something unique, something we hadn’t seen before, but also appealing and huggable,” said Don Hall, the director, who came up with the idea for the film while trolling a Marvel Comics wiki page during his lunch hour. “I just liked the title.” Big Hero 6 is based on a 1998 comicbook that produced a total of 10 issues. The characters were created by Marvel writers Steven T. Seagle and Duncan Rouleau, in their spare time while working on another project. In their version, Baymax was a dragon-like robot bodyguard. “If you think about what kind of robot a boy would design, it would look a lot like Godzilla,” said Rouleau, who

with Seagle and two others went on to create Man of Action Entertainment. Big Hero 6 is expected to take in $51 million in its first weekend and $200 million in its domestic run, according to Boxoffice.com. That’s no sure thing though, since it opens the same weekend as Interstellar, the space epic from Dark Knight director Christopher Nolan. Disappointments such as last year’s Turbo from rival DreamWorks Animation SKG Inc., show original animated films can stumble. A Disney studio spokesman declined to comment on the budget for Big Hero 6. Last year’s Frozen, also from Disney Animation, cost $150 million to make, according to researcher Box Office Mojo. Ticket revenue is typically split with exhibitors. After reading the original Big Hero 6 comics, Hall saw an opportunity to “extrapolate the idea of a 14-year-old super genius who’s struggling with loss,” a theme that dominates many classic Disney films, he said in an interview. Hall, who directed Winnie the Pooh in 2011, wrote an outline of the story and brought it to the “story trust,” a group of senior directors and writers at Disney Animation. They liked the idea. “He did a pitch that really showcased the emotional potential of the film,” said Chris Williams, who later joined Big Hero 6 as co-director. “We’re always bolstered by looking back at the very first Disney movies.” John Lasseter, chief creative officer of Pixar and Disney Animation, had the Big Hero 6 team put up images of every movie robot they could think of, from C-3PO to lesser-known Japanese designs. Lisa Keene, an artist charged with hashing out initial sketches of characters and scenery, came up with the idea that the robot should be huggable. Hall toured robotics labs from Tokyo to Cambridge, Massachusetts, searching for inspiration. That’s a tra-

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Singer Paul Simon co-operating with authorcritic Robert Hilburn for planned biography NEW YORK — After decades of telling his story through music, Paul Simon is ready to rely on words alone. The celebrated singer-songwriter has agreed to co-operate with author and music critic Robert Hilburn for a planned biography. Simon & Schuster, winner of a recent six-publisher auction, announced the acquisition Tuesday and told The Associated Press that the book was still untitled and did not yet have a release date. Financial terms were not disclosed. Hilburn’s previous books include the memoir Corn Flakes With John Lennon and Other Tales from a Rock ’n’ Roll Life and a biography of Johnny Cash. Publishers have long been anxious for a book from Simon, among the world’s most popular, introspective and articulate musicians. “I thought seriously about writing my own memoir, but I’d rather devote my time to making music, which continues to hold my full attention,” Simon explained in a statement issued through his publisher. “I’m confident Robert Hilburn will write an insightful book. I enjoyed and admired his biography of Johnny Cash and I think he’ll tell my story well.” Hilburn has known Simon since the 1970s and said in a statement that the biography would “be a gripping, inspiring portrait of an artist, including the toughness and heart it requires to avoid giving in to the many factor — from rejection to self-doubt to writer’s block and complacency — that have derailed so many pop artists.” The 73-year-old Simon has been famous for nearly half a century, since he and Art Garfunkel broke through with the folk-rock hit The Sound of Silence. Simon’s many classics, some with Garfunkel and some as a solo artist, include Mrs. Robinson, and Bridge Over Troubled Water.

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TORONTO — CBC-TV personality Rick Mercer says he doesn’t plan to acknowledge the Jian Ghomeshi controversy as host of next week’s Scotiabank Giller Prize gala, nor does he plan to mention it on his own show. Mercer replaced the scandalplagued Ghomeshi as host of next Monday’s Giller literary bash after allegations of abuse by the former Q radio star surfaced. The comedian says the Giller event is “about celebrating Canadian literature and it would do the entire industry a disservice if it got sidelined by anything else.” He says he plans to make it a “fun” night with comedy bits — and he doesn’t think a literary awards show is the appropriate place to mention the Ghomeshi case. As many as nine women have alleged in media reports that they experienced “abusive behaviour” by Ghomeshi. The radio personality has said he has engaged in rough sex, but that it was always consensual. He has vowed to meet the allegations “directly.” Mercer adds he thinks the Ghomeshi story should be discussed in other circumstances, but not on The Rick Mercer Report.

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Amy Poehler opens up in new book BUT COMEDIAN ONLY OPENS UP TO A POINT BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — In Amy Poehler’s new memoir Yes Please, writer friend Alex Baze describes her distinctive laugh as “the sound one hears when running over a raven’s foot with a shopping cart.” It’s a sound she makes a lot during a recent round of interviews in Toronto, a forceful, jarring and uplifting tone that travels through the walls of a hotel where she’s rat-a-tatting through quick chats with journalists. To anyone walking the hotel’s halls, it almost sounds like she’s having fun. But this is torture for her, isn’t it? “No. No, you know what? I mean, no. Yes. No ... yes,” she answered with a furious pace and another explosion of laughter. “I’m on a lot of beta blockers, so everything’s fine.” It’s clear, though, that Yes Please represents an uneasy opening up for the previously guarded Poehler. The 43-year-old star of Saturday Night Live and Baby Mama wrote the book while shooting Parks & Recreation 12 hours a day, raising two children under six, “going through a divorce and producing many projects and falling in love and trying to make appointments for cranial massage.” She included that sentence in a foreword that details how writing a book “nearly killed” her, how it was “awful.” Progress unspooled at such a glacial pace, she mainly worried whether she would finish at all. As part of her preparation, she read best-selling memoirs by powerful pals Mindy Kaling, Tina Fey and Lena Dunham. Big mistake. “It was a terrible idea,” said Poehler, clad in a short-sleeved black dress with a white collar poking out underneath. “It’s a nightmare. All I did was distract myself by reading other people’s work and then flinging myself on my bed, like: ‘I’ll never do it.’ ”

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Amy Poehler attends the American Comedy Awards in New York, Apr.26, 2014. Of the documentation of her struggle, she adds: “I was always drawn to authors who didn’t hide their work, who were into demystifying things, peeking behind the curtain. ... I don’t pretend it’s this beautiful golden egg that was delivered to my door.” That egg, by the way, is cheerfully scrambled: Poehler hops from childhood to Hollywood to motherhood, from self-help to a chapter by Seth Myers, with little concern for chronology. In a chapter called Obligatory Drug Stories, or Lessons I Learned on Mushrooms, Poehler dutifully documents the drugs she’s tried and her opinions of each. She doles out sex and divorce advice. She writes briefly and carefully about boyfriend Nick Kroll and ex-husband Will Arnett, but both are kept backgrounded and blurry. Her mom, dad and Parks & Rec co-creator

Michael Schur all contribute passages or footnotes, with Poehler explaining that she wanted to illustrate qualities in herself she was otherwise struggling to express. The book is, then, charmingly manic — and as a result nicely captures the eternal energy Poehler radiates in person. Famously friendly, Poehler shares only the celebrity anecdotes that are flattering. Certainly, this is not a tellall that will earn Poehler any enemies. “No, I’m not worried. If someone is (mad), that will just make it more exciting,” she said. “I don’t think Antonio Banderas will sue me because I said he smelled good. But if he does? It’ll be the sexiest lawsuit ever.” If Yes Please is hard on anyone, it’s Poehler. One early chapter details her enduring body image issues, with Poehler lamenting her legs, her thin hair

and “crazy smile.” She shares that she once dated a male model and, while snooping through his journal, learned that he felt proud for dating someone “funny but not that pretty.” “Then I went home and cried and took way too long to break up with him,” she writes. So for someone who struggles with a mirror, what’s it like to stare at her face splashed across a cinema screen? “It’s really, truly awful,” she replied. “I really hate hate hate it. And it doesn’t get better. It’s not like after you get a thousand pictures taken that you’re like: Now I really start to like how I look or my face. I particularly hate it. “And I think it just goes to show that most people have this demon voice that lives with them and whispers things in their ear, like: ‘You’re not smart enough or pretty enough or you’re not this or you’re too that.’ “Too often, we try to tell people that they need to get rid of that voice. ... But that voice does not go away. It hides in your closet and waits. ... Twenty years from now, it’s going to come back and whisper something even meaner. So it’s about coming to terms with that being in your life.” As revealing as Yes Please can be, Poehler draws strict boundaries around her relationship with Ontarioraised Arnett (boundaries that exist in this interview as well), writing: “I don’t want to talk about my divorce because it is too sad and too personal.” In the book, Poehler plays with the super-sweet perception she’s earned — in part due to signature role as dogooder civil servant Leslie Knope. And more than anything, releasing Yes Please in a way that felt comfortable meant confidently saying no. “I’m not used to talking about myself,” she said. “I’m actually a pretty private person. So it was a strange exercise to try to be truthful and funny and write a book about myself but still try to be true to what I wanted to share. “I say in the book that nothing is anybody’s business. And I do kind of believe that.”

Taylor Swift pulls music from Country music dark streaming service Spotify horse Brandy Clark finds BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK — Spotify stopped streaming Taylor Swift’s music at her request Monday, setting up a business struggle between the industry’s most popular artist and the leading purveyor of a new music distribution system. The music streaming service, in a statement, sounded like a spurned boyfriend in a statement announcing the split. The company said Swift’s management told it to pull the music late last week and it was done Monday, so all of her songs are no longer available to Spotify’s 40 million users. Swift’s single, Shake It Off, was the most-played song on Spotify last week. “We were both young when we first saw you, but now there’s more than 40 million of us who want you to stay, stay, stay,” Spotify said. Swift’s spokeswoman did not immediately return a call for comment. The decision means that a large number of fans will have only one option to hear 1989, and that’s to buy it — which hundreds of thousands of people have already done. Music’s most influential artist is simultaneously making a political statement and a savvy business move. More than 700,000 people bought 1989 in the first two days it went on sale last week, according to Nielsen SoundScan. That already exceeds the year’s biggest one-week seller, Coldplay’s Ghost Stories, which sold 383.000 in May. David Bakula, Nielsen music analyst, said Swift is on pace to challenge the 1.2 million copies she sold the first week her last album, Red, went on sale. Music streaming services and file sharing have sharply cut into music sales for artists over the past couple of years. Many artists complain that the fees Spotify pays to record labels and music publishers, with a portion eventually funneled to musicians, is too small. The 1989 album has never streamed on Spotify, although Shake It Off was allowed on the service. All of

the music Swift has officially released in her career, including Shake It Off, was pulled on Monday. Swift’s move has precedence. She briefly pulled Red from Spotify around the time that album came out, although she didn’t remove her entire catalogue and Red eventually appeared on Spotify. This summer, Swift wrote in the Wall Street Journal that artists should fight to be paid what they are worth. “Music is art, and art is important and rare,” Swift wrote in the Journal. “Important, rare things are valuable. Valuable things should be paid for. It’s my opinion that music should not be free, and my prediction is that individual artists and their labels will someday decide what an album’s price point is. I hope they don’t underestimate themselves or undervalue their art.” Spotify says that nearly 70 per cent of the revenue it receives from paying customers goes back to rights holders in the form of royalty payments, and the more people who pay for Spotify, the more money artists get. People pay $9.99 a month for Spotify’s premium streaming service. But artists are getting more vocal in their complaints about how music streaming is damaging their ability to make a living. Singer Rosanne Cash, in a Facebook post this fall, called music streaming “dressed-up piracy.” “I’m in this business and I see young musicians give up their missions and dreams all the time because they can’t make a living,” Cash wrote. “Someone has to speak up for them.” It’s unclear whether Swift’s move will start a trend with other musicians, many of whom might not want to risk cutting their fans off from a way of hearing music that’s growing increasingly popular. It’s similar to when several artists were reluctant to let their music become available on iTunes when that service started out, although most eventually came around, said Keith Caulfield, associate director of charts and sales at Billboard magazine.

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her own path to CMAs BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NASHVILLE — The year’s most buzzed about new country artist is one most country fans may never heard on the radio. Brandy Clark, an openly gay artist who sings, among other things, about pot-smoking housewives, had almost given up on becoming an artist herself, despite writing hits for The Band Perry, Miranda Lambert and others. But her debut album, 12 Stories, which peaked at number 23 on Billboard’s Top Country chart, took her on a slowburning path to this year’s nomination for new artist of the year at the Country Music Association Awards on Wednesday. “I had been passed on a lot,” said Clark, 37, during a recent interview at her management office on Music Row. “I think it’s because I didn’t really fit what is a mainstream country artist. I was over 30 and over a size 2. I was kinda more your average woman than your average super model, which is why my music resonates though.” To call her a dark horse in the awards show is somewhat of an understatement. She’s the only female artist in the new artist category and her album didn’t get one single on the country charts. While the rest of country music is awash in good-time party feelings, she’s singing dark, edgy tales about infidelity, divorce, murderous lovers and painkiller addiction. Clark also shares a songwriting nomination with Kacey Musgraves and producer/songwriter Shane McAnally for song of the year for Follow Your Arrow, a song that was censored during last year’s television airing of the CMA Awards for a mention of “roll up a joint.” “Like I said early on to my manager, my music is Showtime and HBO,” Clark said. “And I’m going to always keep it Showtime and HBO.”

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Brandy Clark performs during a recent concert But she’s also got a lot going in her favour. 12 Stories, which came out in 2013 on the independent label Slate Creek Records, was named one of the year’s best albums by several national music critics and Warner Bros. plans to re-release it. Her most vocal supporters are heavy hitters like Musgraves and Eric Church, for whom she’s currently opening on tour. “I think with or without a nomination, what Brandy does is so strong on its own that it can’t help but reach people,” Musgraves said in an email interview. “It’s just too good. But it makes me really happy to see people like her getting the recognition and nominations that are so wildly deserved for our genre.” And while Clark is not the first gay artist to be nominated — most notably singer Chely Wright had multiple CMA nominations before coming out in 2010 — Clark said if people want to believe she’s breaking down boundaries in country music, she’s glad to take on that role. “I feel so fortunate to be in a time where I am embraced completely as who I am and I don’t have to hide who I am in any way,” Clark said. “I hope that we’ve broken some boundaries and things are changing. I feel very included in the country music community.”

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ANDERSON Duncan Alexander June 3, 1943 - Nov. 1, 2014 Duncan passed away quietly with family by his side at the Red Deer Hospice on November 1, 2014. He is survived by his daughters, Tracey Halladay, Tara Anderson; son, Greg Anderson; four grandchildren; two great grandchildren as well as his brother, Don Anderson. A celebration of life will be held at a later date. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations in Duncan’s honour may be made directly to the Alberta Cancer Foundation, 1331 29 St. NW, Calgary, AB T2N 4N2, the Kidney Foundation, # 212, 4711 - 51 Ave., Red Deer, AB, T4N 6H8 or to the Red Deer Hospice, 99 Arnot Ave., Red Deer, AB T4R 3S6. 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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Obituaries WILKIN Benjamin Kristopher May 28, 1982 - Oct. 31, 2014 Benjamin “Benny” Kristopher Wilkin passed away on October 31, 2014 at the age of 32. Ben was born on May 28, 1982 in Red Deer, Alberta. He is survived by his father, Robert; his son Kaiden; Kaiden’s mother, Bobby Rae and by his extended family. Ben was predeceased by his brother Matthew Egan. A memorial service will be held on Friday, November 7, 2014 at 1:00 p.m. at Red Deer Funeral Home, 6150 - 67 Street, Red Deer, Alberta. Memorial donations in Benny’s honour may be made to a trust fund in Kaiden’s name. 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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WEISHAAR Blair 1965 - 2014 It is with great sadness that we announce the sudden passing of Blair Alan Weishaar at the Foothills Hospital on Saturday, November 1, 2014 at the age of 49 years. Blair was born in Drayton Valley, AB, on June 26, 1965. He spent his working years in the oilfields of Alberta, Cuba and the Middle East. Blair and Nicole resided in Penhold and finally settled on their acreage in Spruce View. Blair had a love of horsepower getting him involved in tractor pulling and ski-dooing. He loved camping and spending time with family and friends. Blair will be deeply missed but lovingly remembered by his wife, Nicole, two daughters; Amanda and Breanna of Calgary, one grandson, Damian of Calgary, mother and father-in-law; Doug and Barb Plastow of Red Deer. He was predeceased by his daughter, Marie, as well as his parents; Victor and Maxine. A Funeral Service will be held at Eventide Funeral Chapel, 4820-45 Street, Red Deer, on Friday, November 7, 2014 at 11:00 a.m. Interment will follow at Alto Reste Cemetery. After the burial, the family would like to invite family and friends to a celebration “Blair Style” at the home of Blair and Nicole. Memorial donations in Blair’s memory may be made directly to S.T.A.R.S. Air Ambulance, 1441 Aviation Park NE, Box 570, Calgary, AB, T2E 8M7. 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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Oilfield

Restaurant/ Hotel

820

DEX Production Testing req’s exp. day night supervisors, assistants, and boiler hands. Must have boilers ticket. Competitive wage & benefit pkg. Email resume to: office@ dexproduction.com or fax 403-864-8284

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 EXP’D winch tractor both full and part time. operator req’d for trucking 16 Vacancies, $10.20/hr. + company in Red Deer. benefits. Start ASAP. Need clean Class 1 license Job description and have experience in rig www.timhortons.com moving and service work. Education and experience Pre-employment testing is not req’d. req’d. Email resume to: Apply in person or fax pat@classicoilfieldhauling.ca resume to: 403-314-1303

LANGAN SITE SERVICES LTD. in Ponoka county, supplies oilfield septic containment & disposal throughout AB. We require Driver Operators for small vac trucks. Oilfield exp. is an asset. Must have H2S, First Aid, TDG, clean driver’s abstract & Class 5 license, drug testing. $20/ hr. to start, home every night, benefits. Fax resume to Chris 403-704-1127 or email: chris@ langansiteservices.com LOCAL SERVICE CO. in Red Deer REQ’S EXP. VACUUM TRUCK OPERATOR Must have Class 3 licence w/air & all oilfield tickets. Fax resume w/drivers abstract to 403-886-4475

Queens Diner is a unique 50’s style Diner located in Burnt Lake Industrial Park in Red Deer. We have a opportunity for a new full time prep/line cook. Great staff, great customers, great hours! We are closed every day by 4:00pm, and closed Sundays. We are also looking for a part time help with take-out orders during the week (taking orders over the phone, and a bit of waitressing). Wages/ Hours will be discussed during interview. Please email in resume to scottnshaw@ telus.net, or drop a resume off at the Diner (34 Burnt Basin St)

Restaurant/ Hotel

820

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.

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.

Sales & Distributors

830

FIREPLACE SALES PERSON Top salary, commission & benefits. Call or email John, 1-780-993-2040 firegall@telusplanet.net

Trades

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EVRAZ Red Deer Works

is now accepting applications for THE RUSTY PELICAN is Journeyman now accepting resumes for Millwrights, F/T Exp’d LINE COOKS Electricians, and NOW HIRING at all stations. Machinists. Well Testing Personnel MUST HAVE: Experienced Supervisors • 2-3 yrs. post secondary Individuals must be safety conscious, physically fit, & Operators education. Must have valid applicable • 2-3 yrs. on-the-job exp. able to work overtime and shift work. tickets. Email: lstouffer@ • Provide references Wages start at $40.00 per testalta.com The hourly rate will be hour and offer an $13.25 - $15. per hour excellent benefit and TREELINE dependant on experience. pension package. WELL SERVICES Mail to: 2079 50 AVE. Please send resume to Has Opening for all Red Deer, AB T4R 1Z4 reddeerhr@evrazna.com positions! Immediately. or Call 403-347-1414 or deliver in person to All applicants must have or Fax to: 403-347-1161 27251 391 Township Road current H2S, Class 5 with Q Endorsement,and First Classifieds GOODMEN Aid. We offer competitive Your place to SELL ROOFING LTD. wages & excellent benefits. Your place to BUY Requires Please include 2 work reference names and You can sell your guitar SLOPED ROOFERS numbers. for a song... LABOURERS Please fax resume to: or put it in CLASSIFIEDS & FLAT ROOFERS 403-264-6725 and we’ll sell it for you! Or email to: Valid Driver’s Licence tannis@treelinewell.com THE RUSTY PELICAN preferred. Fax or email No phone calls please. is now accepting resumes info@goodmenroofi ng.ca www.treelinewell.com for experienced or (403)341-6722 F/T SERVERS ZUBAR Production Must have Ref’s & Pro-Serve. NO PHONE CALLS PLEASE! Services Apply within: 2079-50 Buying or Selling is currently taking resumes Ave. 2-4 pm. Mon.-Fri. your home? for experienced Fax 403-347-1161 Phone Check out Homes for Sale Production Testing calls WILL NOT be accepted. in Classifieds Personnel Email resume to: Sales & rdzubaroffice@telus.net or fax to (403)346-9420. Distributors

Professionals

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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

Restaurant/ Hotel

820

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

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FULL TIME SALES POSITION

One of Alberta’s premium used vehicle operations is looking for a full-time sales consultant. Sales Experience is a requirement. Here’s what we offer: • Large Inventory – 2 locations to sell from • Flexible Hours • Excellent Reputation • Excellent Pay Structure • Excellent Benefit Plan

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CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING Sales Maternity Leave Position The Classified Department has a one year Maternity leave position available. This is a part time position averaging 3 days / 22.5 hours per week. Monday, Thursday & Friday 9 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. The person selected will also occasionally be required to work full time for staff holiday relief. 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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Truckers/ Drivers

Misc. Help

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DRIVERS for furniture ACADEMIC Express moving company, class 5 ADULT EDUCATION required (5 tons), local & AND TRAINING long distance. Competitive Forester Logging Ltd. is wages. Apply in person. seeking a WINTER START 6630 71 St. Bay 7 Heavy Duty Red Deer. 403-347-8841 Mechanic GED Preparation with at least at least 5-10 F/T TRUCK drivers req’d. Minimum Class 5 with air years in the forestry/ and clean abstract. Exp. Would you like to take the logging industry. GED in your community? Experience with hydraulics preferred. In person to Key is a must as well. Duties Towing 4083-78 St. Cres. • Red Deer Red Deer. include servicing • Rocky Mtn. House Forester’s Fleet & FLUID Experts Ltd. • Rimbey preventative maintenance. Of Red Deer is seeking • Caroline Forester Logging is experienced • Castor equipped with their own Class 1 Operators • Sylvan Lake Brand New Service Truck to join our team of drivers • Innisfail that’s fully set up and hauling clean fluids for the • Stettler ready to roll. This job is • Ponoka Oil & Gas Industry. based on Full time hours, • Lacombe Home most evenings, 12 months of the year. scheduled days off, Forester Logging has Gov’t of Alberta Funding company benefits with Competitive Wages and an exceptional pay structure may be available. excellent Benefits Plan that includes guarantied (after 3 months) 403-340-1930 salary + hourly when Please forward resumes hauling. Must be able to www.academicexpress.ca and driver’s abstracts to work on their own with Start your career! Forester.shop@gmail.com minimal supervision. or by fax to See Help Wanted Fax resume w/all tickets (403) 846-0092. and current drivers abstract to: 403-346-3112 or email to: roger@fluidexperts.com

Landscape Labourer, as soon as possible. Duties will include: cutting grass, raking, litter removal, fertilizing, watering, snow clearing, operating light and heavy duty machinery, maintaining property maintenance equipment, general yard maintenance etc. This position will require some evenings, weekends, early mornings. 2 years experience minimum required. Hourly wage is $23-$25.00 depending on experience. Benefits available after 3 month probation period.

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is looking for CLASS 1 PICKER OPERATORS, BED TRUCK DRIVERS & WINCH TRUCK DRIVERS to join our growing company. Competitive wages and benefits. Must pass preemployment substance screening. Fax or email resumes, drivers abstract & safety tickets 403-346-8992 admin@garnetstrucking.com No phone calls.

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

GAETZ SOUTH P/T Bakery Evening Staff Apply within 5111 22nd St. Red Deer

SIDING INSTALLER with or without trailer & tools. F.T. year round work, must have truck and 2 yrs. exp. $1 -$1.10 per sq.ft. 403-358-8580 STAIR MANUFACTURER Req’s F/T workers to build stairs in Red Deer shop. MUST HAVE basic carpentry skills. Salary based on skill level. Benefits avail. Apply in person at 100, 7491 Edgar Industrial Bend. email: earl707@telus.net. and/or fax 403-347-7913 TRIPLE A ELECTRIC LTD. Is currently accepting resumes for the following positions: JOURNEYMAN ELECTRICIANS For both our Service & Residential Departments These Monday-Friday positions are for work in the Red Deer area. A current drivers licence and experience is mandatory. Resumes may be dropped off at: Triple A Electric Ltd. 6209 - 46 Avenue, Red Deer Fax (403)346-1888 or Email: inquiries@tripleaelectric.com

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Truckers/ Drivers

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

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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 FEMALE for cleaning, shopping, assist senior male. Paid daily. Resume, & ref’s req’d. 403-342-6545

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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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VINTAGE WOODEN IRONING BOARD. In great shape. $25. Call (403) 342-7908

3 KITTENS black/white to give away, very tame 403-782-3031

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Misc. for Sale

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2 CHRISTMAS outdoor lighted reindeer, 1 large doe w/fawn, both for $50; 1 rocker, 1 rocker recliner both for $100; large Warwick vase picture 36 x 45, done in Crewel wool $50 403-348-6449 ATV cabin for quad w/fabric shell and vinyl windows $95; quad cargo bag (never used) $25; extension custom towing mirrors for pickup truck $49; leather jacket (moose) size 12 $25 403-342-7460 BOY’S SIZE 12 ADIDA’S SOCCER SHOES with shin guards (hardly worn) $30. 403-352-2339

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Adult Newspaper Carriers Needed For Early Morning Delivery of the

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HEAVY DUTY MECHANIC REQUIRED MOTOR COACH CLEANER

Part time position. Shop is located 6 miles from Red Deer. Applicants must have own transportation and be able to work flexible schedule.

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RED DEER ADVOCATE Monday through Saturday. Delivery to be done before 6:30 am. Reliable vehicle needed. DEERPARK AREA

For More information, please call Jamie 403-314-4306 CARRIERS NEEDED

We are expanding our product line and we need more in store help. We have openings for the following “team members.”

FOR FLYERS, FRIDAY FORWARD & EXPRESS

3 days per week, no weekends

Fresh Department Manager

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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.

If excellent customer service is a priority with you, we may have just the right opportunity. Please apply with resume to:

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Escorts

1165

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

Handyman Services

1200

ATT’N: Are you looking for help on small jobs around the house or renovate your bathroom, painting or flooring, or cutting small trees? Call James 403-341-0617

1280

FANTASY MASSAGE

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MASSAGE ABOVE ALL WALK-INS WELCOME 4709 Gaetz Ave. 346-1161 Looking for a place to live? Take a tour through the CLASSIFIEDS

Massage Therapy

1280

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

Misc. Services

1290

5* JUNK REMOVAL Property clean up 340-8666 GARAGE DOOR SERVICE. Save 50%. 403-358-1614 SNOW shoveling/dump runs /odd jobs 403-885-5333 Celebrate your life with a Classified ANNOUNCEMENT

Painters/ Decorators

1310

JG PAINTING, 25 yrs. exp. Free Est. 403-872-8888

Roofing

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

Seniors’ Services

1372

HELPING HANDS Home Supports for Seniors. Est 1999. Cooking, cleaning, companionship. At home or facility. Call 403-346-7777 for information.

Snow Removal

1380

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

Yard Care

1430

FALL clean-up, Yard care, Junk/tree/snow removal, comm/res. 403-358-1614 CELEBRATIONS HAPPEN EVERY DAY IN CLASSIFIEDS

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Condos/ Townhouses

3030

INGLEWOOD POINT 2 bdrm, 2 bath condo. $1450 inclds all util. 403-350-3722 780-479-1522 Looking for a place to live? Take a tour through the CLASSIFIEDS

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~ 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. Dec. 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.

4 Plexes/ 6 Plexes

3050

CLEARVIEW 3 bdrm. 4-Plex, 4 appls. Rent $1175. incl. sewer, water and garbage. D.D. $650. Avail. Dec. 1st. 403-304-5337 INNISFAIL, 1 yr. old 3 plex 1250 sq. ft., fin. bsmt., 3 bdrm. + den, att. garage, many upgraded features, gas fireplace, granite island top, fenced yard, backs on to green, located by Dodds Lake. $1750/mo. For immed. move in. Call Daryl @ 403-350-7937 NORMANDEAU 2 Bdrm. 4-plex. 1.5 bath, 4 appls. $1095. No pets, N/S Quiet adults. 403-350-1717

ORIOLE PARK 3 bdrm., 1-1/2 bath, $1175. rent, s.d. $650, incl water sewer and garbage. Avail. Nov. 1st. 403-304-5337

Advocate Opportunities

CARRIERS REQUIRED To deliver the

CENTRAL AB LIFE & LACOMBE EXPRESS LACOMBE BLACKFALDS

CARRIERS REQUIRED To deliver the CENTRAL AB LIFE 1 day a week in: Eckville Bowden Olds Sylvan Lake Please call Debbie for details 403-314-4307

NEWSPAPER CARRIERS NEEDED For Afternoon Delivery 3 Days/Week (Wed., Thurs. & Fri.)

GLENDALE 69 & 70 St. Dr. PINES Pearson Cres. Also Payne & Parsons Close Also Piper Dr. & Pallo Cl. For more information or to apply call Joanne at the Red Deer Advocate 403-314-4308

BOWER AREA Bunn Cres. Boyce Street Barrett Drive Baker Ave. Brookes Cres. Baile Close Byer Close Bell Street Broughton Cres. Beatty Cres. INGLEWOOD AREA

1370

1900

Travel Packages

www.seibelprperty.com Ph: 403-304-7576 or 403-347-7545 6 locations in Red Deer ~ Halman Heights ~ Riverfront Estates

Please call Rick for details 403-314-4303

Dempsey St., Dodge Ave, Donlevy Ave area $327.00/mo.

Nutter’s Bulk and Natural Foods in Red Deer is moving to a new and larger location, right across the street from our current location.

HIGH QUALITY LABRADOODLES and GOLDEN DOODLE pups Long time Breeder, text 306-521-1371 www.furtettishfarm.ca

SEIBEL PROPERTY

Phone 403-314-4301

Dixon Cres, Donnelly Cres, Duston St. area $482.00/mo.

Bulk & Natural Foods

1840

Dogs

3030

1 day a week in:

Adult Newspaper Carriers Needed For Early Morning Delivery of the

Will consider either full or part time. Previous motor coach repair experience preferred.

BEAUTIFUL kittens, (5) 2 orange M., 2 tabby F. 1 black calico F. 12 wks. old. desperately needs loving homes. 403-782-3130

Condos/ Townhouses

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

EXPERIENCED MOTOR COACH DRIVERS

Full time and part time positions available. Must be willing to work evenings and weekends, and must have previous experience driving either motor coach or semi. Clean Class 1 or Class 2 with air.

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 Massage Therapy DOORS, windows, siding, soffit, fascia and custom cladding. Call Dean @ 403-302-9210. JEHN’S PAINTING & International ladies GENERAL CONTRACTING Painting, Plumbing & General Home Reno’s. Specials. 11 a.m.-3 a.m. Lowest quotes in Red Private back entry. 403-341-4445 Deer. 403-396-1371

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

TWO VINTAGE (CIRCA 1970’S) ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CHAIRS. Very solid/sturdy. Seat height is 14”. $15 for the pair. Call (403) 342-7908

We thank all applicants for their interest; however only selected candidates will be contacted.

classiﬁeds@reddeeradvocate.com

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2 BALINESE KITTENS 1 SNOWSHOE SIAMESE 3 BURMAN $25/ea. 403-887-3649

FOOD PROCESSOR, $25; LOGS Rice cooker $25 Semi loads of pine, spruce, Slap Chop Food Processor tamarack, poplar. & Cheese Grater, $15. Price depends on location. Electric blanket, double, $50. Lil Mule Logging Everything works. 403-318-4346 403-347-0325 Now Offering Hotter, Cleaner HEADBOARD, for queen BC Birch. All Types. P.U. / bed, 60” wide, $40; Delivery. Lyle 403-783-2275 3 Clean wool accent matching 3x5 oval carpets, Household $40. for all 3; David Winter Collector’s houses in Furnishings original boxes, $25/ea; 5 PC. bdrm. suite, queen, Ammo magazine clip for British Lee Enfield 303, $175 403-782-7439 $35; Hoover Dirt Finder DINING ROOM SET with 4 Vacuum Cleaner, chairs & leaf, good shape. self propelled, allergen $175. Nice top with light filtration, $50. wood around side, brass 403-352-8811 legs on chairs. 403-346-4155 NEW - NEVER USED! SET of 3 nesting tables, Beautiful Normandy $25 for the set. Cut Lace Duvet, Bed Skirt 403-755-3556 & Shams for double bed. Asking $125. WANTED 403-346-1934 or email: Antiques, furniture and gandersonrd@shaw.ca estates. 342-2514

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SET: COFFEE TABLE & 2 END TABLES. $150. Lighter wood with glass tops. 403-346-4155

ANDERS & MORRISROE

Call Classiﬁeds 403-309-3300

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Please apply with resume to: qmacaulay@reddeeradvocate.com or call 403-314-4302 and speak with Grant.

To Advertise Your Business or Service Here

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

Household Furnishings

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Contractors

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Spruce & Pine -Split. Firepits avail. 7 days/wk. 403-304-6472 FIREWOOD, birch, spruce & pine. North of Costco 403-346-7178, 392-7754

CLASSIFICATIONS

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

BOY’S SIZE 12 ADIDA’S SOCCER SHOES with shin guards (hardly worn) $30. 403-352-2339 WOMEN’S LARGE, SOREL VEST. Windproof, fleece lined, brown.† In mint condition. $20. Call (403) 342-7908

Homestead Firewood

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Clothing

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CLASS 1 or 3 drivers req’d for moving equipment. Resumes to be dropped off at Key Towing. 4083-78 St. Cres. Red Deer.

Accounting

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New Jolly Jumper, $20. Baby Exersaucer, $25. Bumbo chair, $20. 403-755-3556

Firewood

As part of our service team, you will be dispatched in response to service concerns to deliver newspapers and flyers to customers or carriers. A delivery vehicle provided by company! Work 3 to 4 shifts a week. Hours of shifts are morning shifts of Monday through Friday 5:00 AM to 9:00 AM. Saturday starting at 7 AM. Wednesday to Friday Shifts starting at 1 PM. *All Shifts based on 4 hours and likely to run longer.

F/T P/T MEAT CUTTER. Apply within 5111 22nd St. Red Deer

Children's Items

EquipmentHeavy

DO YOU: - Want extra income - Know the city well - Possess a clean, valid drivers license - Have a friendly attitude - Enjoy customer service - Want part-time work (12 to 22 hrs/week)

Please submit resumes to: resumes @newcartcontracting.com or fax to 403-729-2396. NO phone calls please. SEEKING an experienced SEWING MACHINE OPERATOR: Applicants should have experience operating an industrial strength sewing machine and designing patterns. Please contact 403-3427015 Boat Mart or ray@ boatmart.net.

SHRUMS MEATS HIRING EXP’D. BUTCHER, $20-$30/hr. Phone 1-403-742-1427 or fax 403-742-1429

Antiques & Art

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Misc. Help

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.

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NEWCART is looking for a full time

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Isherwood Close Inglewood Drive Isbister Close MORRISROE AREA Manning St./Maxwell Ave. McKinnon Cres/Munro Cres. McCullough Cres. McDougall Cres. SUNNYBROOK AREA Savoy Cres./Sydney Close Sunnyside Cres./Sutton Close LANCASTER AREA Long Close

ADULT or YOUTH CARRIERS NEEDED For delivery of Flyers, Express and Friday Forward ONLY 3 DAYS A WEEK in DEER PARK AREA Denison Cres and 1 block of Davison Dr. $45.44/mo. Dunning Cres, Cl., and Depalme St. plus 3 blocks of Douglas Ave. $136.24/mo.

EASTVIEW AREA Eastman Cres & Edge Close. $130/mo. MOUNTVIEW 44 and 44 A Ave between 37 st. & Springbett Dr, and Spruce Dr. $108/mo.

VANIER AREA Vanier Drive Vanson Close Viscount Drive Vold Close Call Prodie @ 403- 314-4301 for more info **********************

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

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

RED DEER ADVOCATE Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2014 D3

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

ADVERTISE YOUR VEHICLE IN THE CLASSIFIEDS AND GET IT

1998 CHRYSLER AWD

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

2003 DAKOTA, 3.9, auto., 128,000., 60% tires, $4400. o.b.o. **SOLD**

2006 MURANO AWD, V6, Remote Start, hitch, no rust, great cond.125,000 mi., $8900 obo. 403-309-4585

2008 MONTANA, 2955RL, 2 slides, king bed, Mor-Ryde hitch, Arctic pckg. exc. cond., $27,500. **SOLD**

2011 CYCLONE 300C Toy Hauler, $44,500. 2007 GMC dually 1 ton 182,000 kms. Together $66,500. 403-507-0570

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

2006 VW Jetta TDI

137,000 kms, fully loaded, sunroof, diesel, auto, $10,000

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

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

2009 HYUNDAI Accent, 64,000 kms.

TO SELL? ADVERTISE IT IN THE FAST TRACK, Call 309-3300.

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

2011 RAV4 LIMITED Leather, sunroof, 8 way power driver’s seat, very clean, great cond. $19,500 obo. 403-341-0606

1966 FORD Mustang Coupe appraised $15,500. Runs good. Would like at least $9500 403-391-3456

1998 DURANGO, 119,700 kms. Must see! Safetied.

1985 BUICK Riviera. Original paint, fully loaded, sunroof, exc. shape. 2nd owner. Immaculate interior. 158,000 km. $3750 obo. 403-347-3950

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

1985 HONDA 250 SX Trike $950.00 **SOLD**

1999 GMC Sierra 1500 2WD, E/C, original owner, 252,000 km, Immaculate $3400. **SOLD**

2004 DODGE 1/2 ton 4x4 SLT quad cab. New tires, battery, power steering pump. $6000. 403-506-9632

ULTIMATE TRUCK CAMPER 2007 Okanagan 117 DBL - 2 Slides, Sleeps 6, Full bath & kitchen. Queen. Huge. Mint $24,250 obo 403-620-8106

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

1988 23’ TIOGA 460 Ford motor, exc. cond. low kms. $6900, obo **SOLD**

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

2004 DODGE DAKOTA 4x4 Good shape. $5700. 403-598-4131

2007 SATURN AURA. Loaded, 1 owner, exc. cond. 86,000 km. Never winter driven. $10,500 403-391-3820

2010 16 XCALIBUR Legend, 18’ alum. welded hull, prem. pckg for leisure & fishing, deluxe console, conv. top, travel tarp, 75 hp Merc. $13,500 SOLD!!!

1989 1 TON WITH PLOW, 4x4, controls inside, & dump. $6350. Good working order. 403-348-9746

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

2004 TITANIUM model 31E36MK. Loaded, many extras. $24,500 obo. 403-347-1050 or 304-4580

2007 VW Tourareg, fully loaded, AWD, new windshield, Nokian all season tires, in exceptionally good cond.. 180,000 kms. $14,750 obo 403-346-5440 or 403-391-0320

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

1989 GMC SIERRA Auto 350, s/b, no rust. Glass exc. 144,000km $4900. 403-340-8950

2001 VOLVO S60. Loaded, very good cond. 182,000 km. $4500 obo. 403-343-2058

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

2008 AVALANCHE, 4x4, nice shape. 587-679-1000

2010 DODGE RAM 3500, loaded SLT, white, 4x4, S/B, 60,600 kms., $39,000. 403-347-4896

2013 CHEV LTZ full load, sunroof, leather, over $4000 in extras. $41,000. Sliding box cover. 403-348-9746

1991 ALLEGRO-BAY 29’. Class A, 35,000 miles, Generator, AC, Rear Bed, Exc. Cond. $10,000 obo. Call 403-442-3837

2002 CHRYSLER $6900.

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

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

2010 Ford Explorer

Town N Country, Limited, AWD, leather, very nice cond. 159,000 kms. All avail. options

2013 GMC 2500 HD 4x4, 36,000 kms., Duramax Diesel $42,300. 587-679-1000

2002 FORD Dynamax (B Plus) 27000 mi., new tires/awning Onan gen, roof a/c, slideout, sleeps 4, 3 pc. bath, A1, $31,500. **SOLD**

w/Lehman Monarch 2 trike kit. Loaded W/all options + lots of extra chrome. 49,500 kms bike was triked in 2011. $33,000. (403)318-4653

1997 SKIDSTEER Case 1840, only 3300 hrs. $15,500. 587-679-1000

$5800. o.b.o. SOLD

403-598-0682

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2006 HONDA Goldwing Trike

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2008 KUSTOM KOACH 24.5’ exc. cond, 1 owner, 110 Watt solar panel, 1 slide, $19,900 403-986-3834

$6500. ***SOLD***

Limited, 4.6L, V8, 112,000 kms., fully loaded, leather, DVD, every option, $20,500. 403-318-5505

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

2012 CAMARO 2SS Coupe 5500 km. Loaded. $41,900. 403-350-6434

2012 FORD Fusion SE 10,000 kms, $15,000 obo must sell. **SOLD**

2012 FORD Lariet 3/4 ton, 108,000 kms, set up for Ford 5th wheel, $35,000 403-362-1004

2014 SIERRA short box, 4x4. 587-679-1000

SELL YOUR VEHICLE FAST WITH A FAST TRACK CLASSIFIED VEHICLE AD

403 309-3300

CALL AND ONE OF OUR SALES SPECIALISTS CAN PUT YOU ON THE FAST TRACK TO SELL YOUR VEHICLE.

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DO YOU HAVE AN ATV TO SELL? ADVERTISE IT IN THE FAST TRACK, Call 309-3300.

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ISIL accused of torturing children RIGHTS GROUP ACCUSES MILITANTS OF TORTURING CAPTURED KURDISH CHILDREN BEIRUT — Islamic State militants tortured and abused Kurdish children captured earlier this year near the northern Syrian town of Kobani, beating them with hoses and electric cables, an international rights group said Tuesday. Human Rights Watch based its conclusions on interviews with several children who were among more than 150 Kurdish boys from Kobani abducted in late May as they were returning home after taking school exams in the city of Aleppo. It said around 50 of the Kurds escaped early in their captivity, while the rest were released in batches — the last coming on Oct. 29. “Since the beginning of the Syrian uprising, children have suffered the horrors of detention and torture, first by the Assad government and now by ISIS,” said Human Rights Watch’s Fred Abrahams. “This evidence of torture and abuse of children by ISIS underlines why no one should support their criminal enterprise.” Four of the children who were released told the New York-based rights group that they were held by the extremists in the northern Syrian town of Manbij. They described frequent abuse at the hands of the militants, who used a hose and electric cable to administer beatings. The boys, ages 14 to 16, said that some of the worst abuse was reserved for captives who had family members in the Kurdish militia known as the YPG, which has been locked in heavy fighting with Islamic State militants for control of Kobani since mid-September. The children said the Islamic State group did not say why they were being released, other than that they had

2 BDRM apt. for over 40 yr. old working tenants, no pets, no partiers, no drugs. Free laundry, heat, water, private parking at 5910-55 Ave. in Riverside Meadows. $1100 . Avail.Immed. 403-341-4627 2 BDRM. lrg. suite adult bldg, free laundry, very clean, quiet, Avai. lnow or Dec. 1 . $1050/mo., S.D. $650. 403-304-5337 GLENDALE reno’d 2 bdrm. apartments, avail. immed, rent $875 403-596-6000

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MUST SELL

New Home. 1325 sq.ft. bi-level, 24x23 att. garage. 403-588-2550

Condos/ Townhouses

4040

NEW CONDO

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

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

Farms/ Land

Cottage/ Seasonal

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PARK Model for rent for full season or for sale at Sun Vista RV Resort, Arizona. 403-346-7178 or 392-7754

Roommates Wanted

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SHARED Main Áoor in Grandview, all utils. incl. $695. 403-318-5416

Warehouse Space

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homes CLASSIFICATIONS 4000-4190

Realtors & Services

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Call GORD ING at RE/MAX real estate central alberta 403-341-9995 gord.ing@remax.net TIM MCRAE I can do it in the dark. Maxwell Real Estate Solutions Ltd. 5913-50 Ave. Red Deer, AB. T4N 4C4 Tel: 403-346-7755 Fax: 403-346-2899 timmcrae@ maxwellrealty.ca www.timmcrae. maxwellrealty.ca Cell #403-350-1562

Houses For Sale

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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

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. SOLD

SUV's

For sale or possible trade. Close to Tobin Lake, SK. www.simplesite.com/ migrationridgezoneresort Asking $225,000. Phone 403-742-8574

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

Tires, Parts

80 ACRE APPROVED Acces. SUBDIVISION

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CASE of 12 Formula 1 w/Synthetic wear guard oil, 5W20, $25; two 4.4L of Gastrol GTX SAE 5w20 $10/ea., Premium diesel engine oil, 20L pail, SAE, 15w40, $30 403-782-7439 HITCH - Àts Chevy. New. $100. 403-314-0804

wheels

HITCH, Reese load Leveller, Complete. $175. 403-348-5380

CLASSIFICATIONS

VW Tires with rims 195x65R15. Good rubber. $200 obo. 403-314-0804

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2009 HONDA Fit hatchback, 4 cyl, 5 spd, pw, pdl, air, silver, 103,000 kms, SHOP/OFFICE, 1500 sq. ft. $7400 403-341-0603 $1000 Phil 403-350-0479

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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

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

PENHOLD 1 bdrm., incl. heat/water, 4 appls. $760 avail. Dec., 403-348-6594

Cars

Auto Wreckers

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RED’S AUTO. Free Scrap Vehicle & Metal Removal. AMVIC APPROVED. We travel. May pay cash for vehicle. 403-396-7519

Misc. Automotive

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Fighters shoot a machine gun at the Islamic State positions on the outskirts of Kobani, seen from the Kara Ali village on the Turkey-Syria border Tuesday. Kobani, also known as Ayn Arab, and its surrounding areas, has been under assault by extremists of the Islamic State group since mid-September and is being defended by Kurdish fighters. embattled city of Aleppo after attending to Kobani. Aleppo, once Syria’s largest city, has been carved into opposition- and government-held areas since mid-2012. In recent months, the rebel-controlled zone has come under increasing threat as it has been squeezed by President Bashar Assad’s forces as well as advancing Islamic State militants. “Abandoning Aleppo would mean condemning 300,000 men, women and children to a terrible fate: either a murderous siege under the regime’s bombs or the terrorist barbarity of

Daesh,” Laurent Fabius wrote in a column published Tuesday in the Washington Post, France’s Le Figaro daily as well as the pan-Arab Al-Hayat newspaper. Daesh is the Arabic name for the Islamic State group. “That is why — together with our coalition partners — we must focus our efforts on Aleppo, with two clear objectives: strengthening our support for the moderate Syrian opposition, and protecting the civilian population from the twin crimes of the regime and Daesh,” Fabius added.

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Main Áoor 1570 sq ft large commercial space for lease at corner of 48 Ave and 49 St. OfÀce or retail. One of the highest trafÀc counts in downtown,great visibility just south of courthouse. Available Dec 2014. To view call Darryl Sim 403-358-9003 or email darryl@simproperties.ca

PUBLIC NOTICES Public Notices

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Goods shall be sold by public auction (sale conducted by Montgomery Auctions) on MONDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 2014 at 1:00 p.m. at StoreSmart Self-Storage, 29 McKenzie Crescent, Red Deer County, Alberta, to satisfy outstanding charges for self-storage rental incurred by the following: 1. DOUG MASON 2. LISA BULLERWELL 3. TILA L MACLEOD 4. DANA LEE SOBOLESKI 5. JESSIE S ELLOITT 6. WENDY L TABERT 7. CHANTAL THOMAS 8. CHARMAINE E BJARNASON 9. KELVIN W DROZDA 10. RACHEL L RIENKS 11. MICHAEL A SIEWERT 12. MATTHEW R FAHEY

Welcome Home! Celebrating the birth of your child? Share your happy news with family & friends with a special announcement in the Red Deer Advocate Classifieds “Announcement” section.

If you share our passion for success and high performance, then Viterra is the place for you.

Facility Assistant II Stettler, AB

We are looking for a self-starter to join our team. As the Facility Assistant II, you will be responsible for tasks associated with receiving, processing and shipping of grain, as well as general labour in and around the facility. Ideal candidates have a Grade 12 education or equivalent and a valid Class 5 driver’s licence. Tracking number 3393. Viterra offers a competitive salary and beneﬁts plan. For more information and to apply, please visit Viterra.com. The closing date for applications is November 10, 2014.

309-3300 CLASSIFIEDS

Viterra is Canada’s grain industry leader, supported by the expertise of its people, a superior network of assets, and unrivalled connections to world markets. Headquartered in Regina, Saskatchewan, our commitment to agriculture goes back over 100 years, partnering with farmers to market and move their crops to areas of need around the world. Guided by our values of integrity, trust and respect, our goal is to achieve a workforce as diverse as the people we serve. We encourage aboriginal people, persons with disabilities, women, visible minorities and others to join our team.

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completed their religious training, the Human Rights Watch report said. Islamic State militants have taken hundreds of Kurds captive over the past year as part of the group’s brutal campaign to take over predominantly Kurdish areas of northern and eastern Syria. On Tuesday, the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the extremists had released dozens of Kurds taken captive in February. It was not immediately clear why the Islamic State group would release the captives now, nor whether a deal had been made with the Kurds for a prisoner exchange. The fight over Kobani, meanwhile, has raged on, with the Islamic State group pressing its assault despite fierce resistance from the town’s Kurdish defenders and heavy U.S.-led airstrikes against the extremists. On Tuesday, clashes focused on the eastern and western sides of the town, the Observatory and an Iraqi Kurdish fighter said. A militant video posted online Tuesday showed the aftermath of apparent U.S.-led airstrikes, which saw a large plume of black smoke rise over a neighbourhood in the town. Iraqi Kurdish forces known as peshmerga have deployed to Kobani to help bolster their Syrian brethren defending the town. So far, the peshmerga are only playing a support role, using their heavy weapons and mortars to provide cover to YPG militiamen, said the Iraqi fighter, who only gave his first name, Rebwar, because he wasn’t authorized to speak to the media. While much of the world’s attention has focused in on the town along the Syria-Turkey border since the Islamic State offensive there began some six weeks ago, France’s foreign minister urged the international coalition against the Islamic State to save the

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Hunger trumps Ebola THOUSANDS IN SIERRA LEONE ARE VIOLATING QUARANTINE TO FIND FOOD BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS DAKAR, Senegal — Thousands of people in Sierra Leone are being forced to violate Ebola quarantines to find food because deliveries are not reaching them, aid agencies said. Large swaths of the West African country have been sealed off to prevent the spread of Ebola, and within those areas many people have been ordered to stay in their homes. The government, with help from the U.N.’s World Food Program, is tasked with delivering food and other services to those people. But there are many “nooks and crannies” in the country that are being missed, Jeanne Kamara, Christian Aid’s Sierra Leone representative, said Tuesday. The Ebola outbreak in West Africa has killed nearly 5,000 people, and authorities have gone to extreme lengths to bring it under control, including the quarantines in Sierra Leone. Similar restrictions have also been used in Liberia and Guinea, the two other countries hardest hit by the epidemic. Some efforts have begun to show progress. The situation is Guinea is improving, as is the quality of care for Ebola patients, thanks to international aid, said Aboubakar Sidiki Diakite, an official with the country’s Health Ministry, who was visiting Paris on Tuesday. But more treatment centres and medical teams are still needed, the World Health Organization said at a news conference in Geneva on Tuesday. There are currently 16 treatment centres up and running and 58 more planned. To staff those centres, 500 foreign health care workers and 4,000 national ones are still needed. In an address to political leaders in Sierra Leone, President Ernest Bai Koroma said ordinary people also have to do more. He defended the stringent measures he has imposed and called on all citizens to stop dangerous behaviour that has fueled Ebola’s spread, such as secret burials where corpses are washed or even people touching the sick. “We have to take the sick out and take the responsibility with firmness,” he said. “We must end Ebola now.” While public health authorities have said heavy restrictions may be necessary to bring under control an Ebola outbreak unlike any other, the Disasters Emergency Committee, an umbrella organization for aid organizations, warned on Monday that they were cutting off food to thousands of people.

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Ukraine sends more troops to war-torn east over concern of rebel incursions KIEV, Ukraine — Ukraine’s president said Tuesday that additional troops are being deployed to the east, where fighting continues to rage between government forces and pro-Russian separatist fighters. Petro Poroshenko said the units would defend cities still under government control against possible incursions. His remarks came after Ukrainian security officials claimed over the weekend that Russia has intensified the transfer of troops and military equipment to separatist rebels. Moscow denies it aids the rebels. “Several new units have been formed that will enable us to repel possible attacks in the direction of Mariupol and Berdyansk, Kharkiv, and TELUS areas north of Luhansk OPTIK TV and the Dnipropetrovsk region,” Poroshenko said, according to a statement on the presidential website. Tensions have spiked since the weekend, when rebels held an election that was condemned by the West and Ukraine as illegal and destabilizing. “In recent days, Russiasupported separatists have publicly stated their intention to expand the territory under their control. We strongly condemn ongoing separatist attacks in Meriupol and Dubalsiva and around the Donetsk Airport,” U.S. State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki told reporters in Washington. “Any attempt to push further into Ukraine would be another violation of Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial integrity and a gross violation of the Minsk agreements signed by Russia, Ukraine, and the separatists,” she added, referring to the much-violated case-fire agreed upon in September.

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Health-care workers load a man, center, onto a ambulance as he is suspected of suffering from the Ebola virus in Kenema, Sierra Leone, on Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2014. A doctor in Sierra Leone has died of Ebola — the fifth local doctor in the West African nation to die of the disease, authorities said Monday. “The quarantine of Kenema, the third largest town in Sierra Leone, is having a devastating impact on trade — travel is restricted so trucks carrying food cannot freely drive around,” the committee said in a statement. “Food is becoming scarce, which has led to prices increasing beyond the reach of ordinary people.” Because services are not reaching them, people who are being monitored for signs of Ebola — and should be staying at home — are venturing out to markets to look for food, potentially contaminating many others, said Kamara of Christian Aid.

When houses are put under quarantine, teams are supposed to go to them to identify their needs, she said: How many people are living there? Are there pregnant women or sick people with special needs? But Kamara said that with the infections still increasing quickly, it was difficult for the government to keep up with the number of people being monitored for the disease. The outbreak in Sierra Leone has been shifting in recent weeks, with the number of new cases ballooning in the country’s western and northern districts, far from where the outbreak began, in the country’s east.

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SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): You should be feeling excellent today. The direction you are aiming for is right around the corner, or at least that is how you see it. Strangely, you will feel that something is missing, that you forgot something along the way forward. This truth will come out today. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): You will be feeling right at home today. Issues that have come up during the week will be put aside and you will be better able to relax. There will still be some work issues, and you will be wondering if you are taking the right actions. Relax, it will come to light. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Through conversations with others in your life, significant relationships, either business associates or romantic relationships, you will be able to sort out what’s troubling you. There is conflict between moving forward on a career goal. This truth will emerge today. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): You should be feeling wonderful today. Your personal value is up and so are your finances, but you will have to contend with the opinions of others. Do trust that your path is correct and allow for them to share their perspective. This will allow all-encompassing truth to emerge. Larisa Maira Ozolins is an internationally syndicated astrologer and columnist. Her column appears daily in the Advocate.

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