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A red-tailed hawk named Hook soars just over the heads of West Park Middle School students during an assembly on Wednesday afternoon. The Earth Rangers paid a visit to the school. They brought along with them the hawk, an armadillo, an Argentine black and white tegu and a peregrine falcon much to the delight of the students. The Earth Rangers are touring Alberta and will be visiting Red Deer area schools for the next week and a half bringing their message of wildlife conservation to as many young students as possible. Using live animals the Earth Rangers teach students about the issues facing Canadian wildlife.

Prentice wants to rebuild trust in government

BY MURRAY CRAWFORD ADVOCATE STAFF

LEADER’S DINNER

In the midst of trying to rebuild Alberta’s trust in the Progressive Conservatives, Premier Jim Prentice vowed a no nonsense and common sense government as he delivered his speech at the Leader’s Dinner.

Postponing the originally planned October dinner to run in a byelection, Prentice headlined the annual leader’s dinner at the Sheraton Wednesday evening.

Speaking to the 450 or so in attendance, Prentice

focused on re-building trust in government and how he intended to do so through good policy and good government. But above all he spoke of the party will not take constituency for granted.

He conceded that oil prices below $80 a barrel have financial implications that Albertan’s need to be cautious and prudent about.

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Wind energy production facing strong headwinds in province

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Tim Weis, Alberta regional director of the Canadian Wind Energy Association, with a model wind turbine.

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When the wind blows hard, golfers anticipate high scores and sailors brace for high waves.

Tim Weis counts on low electricity prices.

The Alberta director for the Canadian Wind Energy Association said gusty conditions mean the province’s wind turbines are producing a surge of power for Alberta’s electrical grid that drives prices down.

“When it’s windy, the whole market comes down.”

Fossil fuel generators can vary production in response to such price fluctuations, reducing their fuel costs in the process. Wind generators have no such flexibility.

Another challenge facing the wind energy industry in Alberta’s deregulated electricity market is the uncertainty of future prices. That makes it tough to raise the capital to develop wind farms.

“It’s hard to get that 20-year loan form the banks, given the volatility we’ve seen,” said Weis.

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GUILBAULT TRIAL

Father sought help for son just days before murder

BY BRENDA KOSSOWAN ADVOCATE STAFF A former Red Deer city councillor who was beaten to death by his own son had reached out for help just days before the attack.

On the morning of Saturday, Nov. 3, 2012, Timothy Bruce Guilbault, 58, drove from his home in Calgary to a family cabin west of Bowden to meet his son, Aaron Timothy Guilbault.

Tim Guilbault’s body was found two days later, inside the entry to the cabin. His son, now 33, was arrested that same day and is now on trial for seconddegree murder before Justice Monica Bast in Red Deer Court of Queen’s Bench.

The question before the court is not whether Aaron Guilbault killed his father, but whether he can be held criminally responsible for his actions, says defence counsel Patty MacNaughton.

She opened her case on Wednesday morning with expert testimony from forensic psychiatrist Sergio Santana, who works at the Southern Alberta Forensic Psychiatry Centre and lectures in psychiatry at the University of Calgary.

Santana assessed the accused man twice in 2013, to determine whether he was fit to stand trial and again to determine if he suffered from a mental disorder that would render him not criminally responsible for his actions.

Santana testified that Timothy Guilbault wrote him a letter seeking help for his son, dated Oct. 29, 2012.

Santana said Timothy and other members of the Guilbault family had concerns about Aaron’s mental health, noting a pattern of psychosis that had developed over the previous two years.

However, Santana said he could take no action because the hospital where he works deals strictly with assessment and treatment of people referred through the justice system.

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Group asks why no charges have been laid in mine spill

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Making the most of the cold weather, snow makers at Canyon Ski Resort have been going 24/7 since the temperature plummeted over the weekend. Here Bryce Blaymires keeps a power cable from getting snowed in under a big snow fan on the hill on Wednesday. The resort plans to open for the season on Saturday, Nov. 22. This weekend, however, the Canadian Ski Patrol and resort staff plan to do a chairlift evacuation drill and on snow training as they test out the newest lift at the facility, a magic carpet lift on the beginner hill.

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BRIEFS Sylvan Lake town council approves arena demolition contract Sylvan Lake’s half-collapsed arena and aging curling rink will be gone by the end of the year.

On Monday, town council approved spending up to $312,000 through a demolition contract with Sur-

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PREMIER: ‘We have an obligation to keep working hard’ “The long term strength of Alberta’s energy industry is not in question, whatsoever,” said Prentice.

“There will be low price environments, there will be high price environments. We need to be cautious because we don’t know how long this low price environment is going to continue. As a government we can’t control international oil prices, what we can control is access to markets to make sure we get world prices.

“Secondly we can control our public finances and make sure we’re prudent, disciplined and careful.”

In two weeks, he and finance minister Doug Horner will deliver a fiscal update, which could address some of the issues Alberta faces with lower oil prices.

“If oil prices continue below $80 or $75 a barrel, this is not a business as usual environment.”

Factors including the province’s continual rapid growth and need for infrastructure will also weigh heavily on future budgeting decisions.

“We will operate the government, day-to-day, in the black ink,” said Prentice. “Dealing with the capi-

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rey, B.C.-based Clearview Grinding Ltd. The cost includes $12,000 to salvage the arena dasher boards, score clock and rain harvesting tanks.

Clearview had the lowest of seven bids that ranged as high as $785,457.

Sylvan Lake Arena collapsed under the weight of snow in early January. The force of the structural failure blew out an end wall of the arena.

The arena was built by local volunteers and opened in 1972.

Insurance and safety issues had to be settled before the rink could be torn down.

A new arena and curling rink will be included in the town’s new multiplex, slated to be built beginning next year. The curling rink is more than 60 years old and had reached the end of its lifespan. tal issues we have, relative to our population growth, is another discussion.”

Fresh off a sweep of four byelections, including his own victory in Calgary-Foothills, Prentice smiled a little as he said that no one expected the PCs to win all four but “one of the parties is going to spend it’s convention weekend” coming to terms with their loss — referring to the Wildrose.

“We were pleased with the byelection outcomes,” said Prentice. “But I don’t want anyone in my party to take anything away from them other than, in the humblest of terms, we have an obligation to keep working hard.”

Prentice also said a climate change strategy, something Alberta currently lacks, was in the works and the framework of one will be publicly available before the end of the year.

“I’ve made it clear we need a strategic framework that is visionary, that has a 25-year lifespan in terms of how Alberta deals with environment, energy and climate change.”

Prentice will face his first legislative session as an MLA starting on Nov. 17. mcrawford@reddeeradvocate.com

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EDMONTON — Conservation groups want to know why no federal or provincial charges have been laid over a massive spill from a coal tailings pond in west-central Alberta.

An estimated 670 million litres of waste water spilled into tributaries that feed into the Athabasca River after an earth berm broke at the Obed Mountain mine on Oct. 31, 2013.

The mine was owned at the time by Sherritt International, which has since sold it to Westmoreland Coal Company.

Groups including the Alberta Wilderness Association say Sherritt should be charged under the federal Fisheries Act. They also say they want both governments to make public what was in the tailings, how the spill has affected the rivers and how it may affect the health of people who live downstream.

Federal officials and staff at the Alberta Energy Regulator were not immediately available for comment.

“The lack of enforcement and charges for a spill of this magnitude calls into question the approval of any mining development in Alberta,” Brittany Verbeek, a spokeswoman for the wilderness association, said Wednesday.

Other groups calling for government action include Keepers of the Athabasca Watershed Society, the Aboriginal Alliance of Alberta, MiningWatch Canada, North Saskatchewan RiverKeeper, Central Athabasca Stewardship Society and the Mikisew Cree and Athabasca Chipewyan First Nations.

A fisheries biologist with the group says the effect of 90,000 tonnes of sediment on the creeks that feed into the river remains unclear.

“These tributaries provided important habitat for threatened Athabasca rainbow trout and bull trout,” said Carl Hunt.

A few weeks after the spill the Alberta government ordered Sherritt to clean up the mess of clay, mud, shale and coal particles.

Last year an Environment Canada database said the spill contained damaging compounds such as arsenic, mercury, cadmium, lead and manganese.

The pollutants were found to exceed safety levels as far as 40 kilometres downstream of the spill.

At one point last year the province advised downstream communities not to draw water from the river and farmers not to let livestock drink from the river.

Earlier this year some of the groups petitioned the federal auditor general to seek answers regarding the federal government’s regulation of coal mine tailings and its response to the Obed mine spill.

December 2011 and was later admitted to the Centennial Centre in Ponoka, but was released by a review panel, said Santana.

He later diagnosed the young man with schizophrenia, telling the court that the disorder likely began to take hold while Aaron was in his early 20s.

Aaron believed he was either an angel or the Messiah, sent by God to save the world, and that his father was a force of evil, standing in his way.

While he did not see his father as inhuman, he did perceive him to be evil, said Santana.

Aaron was aware that he had killed his father but was unable to understand at the time that what he did was wrong, he said.

Crown prosecutor Maurice Collard challenged Santana’s assessment, pointing out that Santana had described Aaron as highly intelligent and asking whether he had faked mental illness to avoid prosecution.

Santana replied that Aaron did not meet any of the tests for malingering and that his response to medications confirmed his illness. It was only as the medication began to have an affect that Aaron came to realize the gravity of his offence and began to grieve the loss of his father, resulting in a bout of depression, he said.

The trial continues today, with the Crown and defence to make their closing arguments.

Raised in Central Alberta and employed for a time at Nova Chemicals, Timothy Guilbault 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 approves fracking lawsuit PROVINCE MAY APPEAL

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS ROSEBUD — A judge has ruled an Alberta woman can sue the provincial government over hydraulic fracturing that she says has so badly contaminated her well with methane that the water can be set on fire.

Jessica Ernst began legal action against Alberta’s energy regulator and Calgary-based energy company Encana (TSX:ECA) in 2007, and amended her statement of claim in 2011 to include Alberta Environment.

She alleges fracking on her land northeast of Calgary released hazardous amounts of chemicals into her well. She also alleges that her concerns were not properly investigated.

The government had asked the court to strike it from the lawsuit. The province argued it doesn’t have a private duty of care to individuals and is immune from prosecutions under its environment and water legislation.

Chief Justice Neil Wittmann of Court of Queen’s

Bench dismissed the government’s application.

“There is a reasonable prospect that Ernst’s claim that she is owed a private duty of care will succeed,” he wrote. “There is also a reasonable prospect that Ernst will succeed in defeating Alberta’s statutory immunity claims.”

Wittmann ordered the province to pay Ernst’s legal costs at triple the regular rate, because the province could have made its main arguments years ago instead of filing a separate application.

Ernst called the ruling a big victory for all Albertans. She said it shows that landowners can stand up and hold governments to account.

“I have been getting constant phone calls and emails from people around the world. Obviously the ruling means a lot to many people,” she said Wednesday.

“The message is to the Alberta government: Smarten up and clean up your act.”

An Alberta Justice Department spokeswoman said the government is reviewing the judgment to determine if it will appeal.

In its statement of defence, Encana has denied all of Ernst’s allegations.

In September, the Alberta Court of Appeal upheld another ruling that said Ernst could not include the province’s energy regulator in her lawsuit.

In that ruling, the Appeal Court judges said protecting administrative tribunals and their members from liability for damages is constitutionally legitimate.

Ernst said she is seeking leave to appeal the September ruling to the Supreme Court of Canada.

“The document is dated today, but I think it will take a few days for my lawyers to get it to the court in Ottawa.”

Hydraulic fracturing involves pumping water, nitrogen, sand and chemicals at high pressure underground to fracture rock and allow natural gas or oil to flow through wells to the surface.

Earlier this year, a Council of Canadian Academies study said there is a major gap in understanding fracking’s potential impacts on the environment and people, as well as how to mitigate accidental releases of chemicals or flowback water.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is conducting a study to better understand any potential impacts of hydraulic fracturing on drinking water.

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Edmonton woman who hit, killed man has licence suspended, fined EDMONTON — A 19-year-old driver who hit and killed a man in a marked crosswalk in Edmonton has been fined $2,000.

Emily Holmes also had her licence suspended for two months.

She was charged with failing to yield to a pedestrian in a crosswalk and careless driving in January.

Witnesses told police a Chevy Cobalt was heading north on 101 Street and made a left-hand turn onto Whyte Avenue.

The vehicle then hit 27-year-old David Finkelman, who later died in hospital.

His mother said in an impact statement read in court that she is “haunted” by his final moments.

Tenants flee into cold when thick smoke fills Calgary apartment block CALGARY — Police are questioning a man and a woman about a two-alarm fire that forced residents of a Calgary apartment block into the cold night air.

Emergency officials say transit buses were called in to keep tenants warm when the overnight blaze broke out in a second-storey suite of the southwestarea building.

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Paying the fiscal piper As Finance Minister Joe Oliver rose Wednesday to deliver a fiscal update to a blue-chip business audience that trumpets balanced books and a surplus on the way, it is be a good time to remember how we got here.

It’s also a good time to remember how quickly a surplus can be vacuumed up.

It was after the deep cuts unveiled in his 2012 budget that the former finance minister, the late Jim Flaherty, told TIM Canadians that HARPER those cuts were to “back-office operations” of government that would not be noticed by Canadians.

It was all about fat, not delivery of services, he told us. A quest to test that theory by former Parliamentary Budget Officer Kevin Page ended up in court, unresolved.

But there is at least anecdotal information — and lots of it — that some of those back-office cuts are banging on the front door in 2014.

A simple tally of recent reports, some gleaned by this newspaper and The Canadian Press and testimony before parliamentary committees, gives us a partial sense of what we are sacrificing to ensure this government could get to surplus and offer its tax breaks in a pre-election period.

This week alone there was a report from the government’s public accounts showing the Harper government’s spending on marine safety had plunged 27 per cent since 2009-10 while aviation and rail safety were both down 20 per cent or more.

Transport Canada says the cuts were made on overhead, administrative and support services, but opposition critics find it hard to believe safety is not being compromised while oil shipments by rail skyrocket.

Another document obtained by The Canadian Press showed Aboriginal Affairs had to shift $505 million in money earmarked for infrastructure over a six-year period to social and educational spending.

The money has bled the infrastructure fund and still not covered the shortfall on education and social spending. The infrastructure shortfall means fewer schools and more boil water orders in First Nations communities.

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The information commissioner, Suzanne Legault, has also gone public, complaining she cannot keep up with complaints over the antiquated Access to Information Act. Her $11.2-million budget has been sliced by nine per cent over five years while complaints are soaring, up by 31 per cent last year alone.

The Toronto Star has reported extensively on cuts at Parks Canada, which is dealing with a $27-million shave from its planned $659.7-million 201415 budget, meaning shorter seasons at national parks and restricted hours at historic sites.

Money will also be saved by moving away from guided tours, making them “self-guided visitor activities.”

Tuesday, in a published opinion piece, Colin Kenny, the former chair of the Senate Committee on National Security and Defence, points to a $44-million cut from the budget at the Canadian Security Intelligence Service two years ago and a 15 per cent dip in the

RCMP budget over four years.

RCMP Commissioner Bob Paulson, in testimony to the committee on which Kenny sits, did not ask for more money — not in public — but he said he had to reallocate resources to anti-terror duties.

Just last week, Page’s successor, Jean-Denis Frechette, warned that the package of tax breaks and increases to child benefits leave no room for permanent tax cuts or spending increases for Oliver in the next federal budget.

He also called for long-term thinking regarding the needs of an aging population, particularly when it comes to health-care costs.

Federal transfers to the provinces for health care increase by six per cent per year until 2016-17, but will then be tied to national economic growth, a take-it-or-leave-it edict passed down

by Flaherty early in Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s majority mandate.

Frechette says billions of dollars of health-care costs will be downloaded

onto the provinces.

The Conservative government is exactly where it wants to be, using a surplus to target families with children in an election year, daring its political opponents to cancel those breaks if they want to spend a surplus elsewhere.

But that doesn’t mean we didn’t get to where they wanted to be with no damage to services.

Those who analyze government spending always knew it would take service cuts, not salary and hiring freezes, attrition and reduced travel to get to this point.

While you await your cheques, you might want to remember they didn’t come free.

It may have already cost you from health care to security, from access to parks to treatment of our First Nations.

Tim Harper is a syndicated Toronto Star national affairs writer. He can be reached at tharper@thestar.ca.

A new Cold War? Not a chance “The world is on the brink of a new Cold War. Some say that it has already begun,” said Mikhail Gorbachev, the last president of the Soviet Union and the man who inadvertently administered a mercy killing to communism in Europe.

He’s 83-yearsold, he played a leading role in ending the last Cold War and he’s practically a secular saint.

Surely he knows what he’s talking about.

N o h e doesn’t.

Not only has GWYNNE this new Cold War not begun DYER already, but it’s hard to see how you could get it going even if you tried. The raw material for such an enterprise is simply unavailable. You can summon the ghosts of history all you want, but they are dead and they can’t hear you.

Gorbachev was speaking in Berlin, now once again the capital of a united Germany, on the 25th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. Even he would agree that it turned out to be, on balance, a good thing, but he is a great deal more ambivalent about the collapse of European communism and the

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dismantling of the Soviet Union.

His original goal, and his hope right down to the end in 1991, was to save communism by reforming it, not to bury it. He also believed, or at least hoped, that if he could make communist rule “democratic” and user-friendly, he could save the Soviet Union as well. But the Soviet Union was just the old Russian empire in new clothes.

Gorbachev was and is a romantic, and he undoubtedly agrees with his rather less cuddly successor as president of Russia, Vladimir Putin, that the collapse of the Soviet Union was “the greatest geopolitical catastrophe of the 20th century.” So of course he ends up defending Putin’s actions and blaming the United States and NATO for this alleged drift into a new Cold War. It’s all nonsense.

Nothing could have saved the old Soviet Union. It was the last of the European empires to fall, mainly because it was land-based rather than sea-based, but only half its population was Russian. When it finally dissolved, 15 nations emerged from the wreckage, and its collapse was no greater a loss to civilization than the fall of the British or French empires.

And the main reason you can’t have a new Cold War is precisely because the “evil empire” (as Ronald Reagan famously called the Soviet Union) longer exists. There is only Russia, a largely de-industrialized country that is run by a kleptocratic elite and

makes its living by exporting oil and gas.

Russia has only 140 million people (less than half the United States, less than a third of the European Union), and its armies are no longer based around Berlin and all through eastern Europe. They are 750 km further east, guarding Russia’s own frontiers. They occasionally grab a bit of territory that isn’t covered by a NATO guarantee (Abkhazia, South Ossetia, Transnistria, Crimea, Luhansk, Donestk), but they dare not go any further.

So you could get a really unpleasant NATO-Russian confrontation out of this for a while (although it hasn’t happened yet), but not a real Cold War in the old globe-spanning style. Russia just couldn’t hold up its end of it.

As for World War Three, don’t worry. Putin cares a lot about saving face, but not that much.

Which leaves the question: who is to blame for this regrettable hostility between Russia and the Western powers?

The West, in Gorbachev’s view. In fact, he had a whole list of complaints about Western threats, crimes and betrayals.

NATO broke its promise and let all the Eastern European countries that had been Soviet satellites during the Cold War join NATO. It let Kosovo declare its independence from Russia’s traditional friend, Serbia. It launched wars of “regime change” in the Middle East (Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya) that Moscow disapproved of. It even

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planned a missile defence system that allegedly threatened Russia’s nuclear deterrent (if you could believe that it would work).

Yes, Russia has been invaded a lot in its history, but the licence to be paranoid expires after 50 years. Of course the Eastern European countries all clamoured to join NATO; they’re still terrified of Russia. The Western great powers do lots of stupid stuff and some seriously bad stuff, and Russia has also done a fair amount of both in the past decade and a half under Putin.

The job of diplomats, and of leaders in particular, is to avoid the really stupid and dangerous stuff, and keep the rest to a minimum. Barack Obama has been quite good at that, as has German Chancellor Angela Merkel.

Putin used to be good at it, but is not so good now, perhaps because he has been in power too long. His military interventions in Ukraine have been alarmingly rash.

But nobody is going to go to war with Russia over Ukraine. The Ukrainians were told years ago that they couldn’t shelter under NATO’s security blanket, and they have chosen to defy Moscow anyway. They may pay a high price for that, and the Western alliance’s relations with Russia may go into the deep freeze for the remainder of Putin’s reign. But it will be just a little local difficulty, not a huge event that defines an entire era.

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Top court sides with pregnant women over maternity benefits

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS VANCOUVER — The country’s top court has ruled quickly and unexpectedly from the bench, siding with the B.C. Teachers’ Federation in an employment dispute over maternity benefits.

The decision is the latest court victory for the union, but in this case the issues focused on two types of special employment benefits covering pregnancy and parental leave.

The union argued the B.C. Public School Employers’ Association was discriminating against female teachers in the Surrey school district, which is located outside of Vancouver, by denying them parental benefits if they had already received pregnancy benefits.

The employer asked the top court to side with a lower court ruling, which ruled there was no discrimination, and dismiss the teachers’ appeal.

Not long after oral arguments concluded Wednesday morning, the justices announced they would allow the teachers’ appeal. A subsequent Supreme Court of Canada news release announced the oral judgment would follow within 48 hours.

Kasari Govender, executive director of West Coast LEAF, a women’s advocacy group that intervened and argued the employer’s actions were discriminatory, said the manner of the ruling was highly unusual.

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“In fact, I’ve never heard of it,” she said. “It has happened from what I understand now, but it shocked us all that they delivered the judgment from the bench.

“Normally, it would take months for them to write a decision.”

The employers’ association said in an email that it is not yet prepared to comment and is reviewing the ruling.

Union president Jim Iker said the ruling was a victory for all working women who are pregnant or may become pregnant in the future.

“The Supreme Court of Canada said employers cannot discriminate against pregnant women and that benefit plans for new parents must be consistent with the Charter of Rights and Freedoms,” he said in a news release.

The case started as a grievance in February 2011 between the Surrey Teachers’ Association, which is represented by the BCTF, and the Surrey school board, which is represented at the bargaining table

by BCPSEA. The teachers argued the school board was discriminating against mothers because it didn’t provide 15 weeks of parental benefits, topped up to 70 per cent of employees’ salaries, if they had already received pregnancy benefits.

An arbitrator upheld the union’s grievance in April 2011, but the employer appealed and the case ended up in the province’s top court.

SIDNEY, B.C. — Wolves in areas where the animals are heavily hunted have higher stress and reproductive hormones compared with those under lower hunting pressure, suggests a new study involving scientists from British Columbia, Alberta and Israel.

Researchers measured hormone levels in small tufts of wolf hair gathered in Alberta, Nunavut and the Northwest Territories.

They compared steroid hormone levels in hair of wolves living in Canada’s tundra-taiga region, which has heavy rates of hunting, with those in the northern boreal forest, where hunting rates are lower.

“The hair samples revealed that progesterone was higher in tundra-taiga wolves, possibly reflecting increased reproductive effort and social disruption in response to human-related mortality,” the researchers wrote in a paper published in the journal Functional Ecology.

Researchers found “human-caused harassment” elevates stress hormones such as cortisol, alters a wolf pack’s elaborate social structure and might have evolutionary consequences.

Reproductive hormones such as testosterone and progesterone may also be elevated when social conditions are unstable, the study says.

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Health Canada has rejected claims that wind turbines create health problems for people living nearby, and concerns about bird fatalities have been

overstated, said Weis. He cited Environment Canada statistics that indicate 16,700 birds are killed by wind turbines each year, as compared with 196 million by cats, 25.6 million by transmission lines, 22.4 million by house windows, and 13.8 million by vehicles.

Weis said he’s encouraged that the Alberta Electric System Operator (AESO) is considering ways to better integrate wind energy into its system, and the provincial government is working on an Alternative and Renewable Energy Strategy. hrichards@reddeeradvocate.com

At 1,400 megawatts (MW), wind energy accounts for about five per cent of the Alberta market, putting the province behind only Ontario and Quebec.

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“We’re actually seeing people pull out of Alberta right now,” said Weis, noting that there was 5,690 MW of new wind energy production proposed for the province in May 2012, but only 2,350 MW as of September of this year.

“People are starting to look to other jurisdictions, whether it’s south of the border; whether it’s Ontario or Quebec.”

That’s unfortunate, he said, because Alberta is well-suited for the industry. Advancing technology has broadened the area capable of supporting wind farms from blustery Southern Alberta to a wide swath of land east of Hwy 2 that extends north of Edmonton — with Capital Power’s 150MW, 83-turbine facility near Halkirk a testament to the viability of the renewable resource in Central Alberta “There’s more wind than you could ever possible conceive of developing in Alberta,” said Weis, adding that the province’s geology and demographics also give it an advantage over other parts of Canada.

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Ottawa posts $1.9B surplus for 2015

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA, Ont. — Next year’s federal budget surplus will be $1.9 billion, the Finance Department says — $4.5 billion less than expected, thanks in large part to the Harper government’s multibillion-dollar cost-cutting proposals for families.

The expected surplus, unveiled Wednesday in the government’s fall fiscal and economic update, is a far cry from the $6.4-billion surplus projected in February’s budget.

That’s because of the Conservative government’s recently announced family-friendly tax and benefit initiatives, which will consume an estimated $27 billion from public coffers between 2014-15 and 2019-20.

Finance Minister Joe Oliver, who delivered the update at a luncheon in Toronto, defended the measures, which include higher child care ben-

efits and a controversial income-splitting plan for families with children.

“We are providing families this financial relief for a simple reason,” Oliver said. “Across Canada, Canadians are telling us the same thing. The cost of everything, from groceries, to hydro, to housing, is going up.”

The update projected that Canada would run a $2.9-billion shortfall this fiscal year, matching the government’s projection in the federal February budget.

The document also examined the effect of declining oil prices on the Canadian economy.

Cheaper crude could drain $500 million from Ottawa’s bank account this year and $2.5 billion per year between 2015 to 2019, and cut Canada’s nominal GDP by $3 billion in 2014 and $16 billion annually from 2015 to 2019, it predicts.

“It is a prudent projection, adjusted for the recent decline in oil prices,”

Suspects in Winnipeg teen’s attack also charged in second assault

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS WINNIPEG — Police have charged two young men with a pair of violent sexual assaults, including one on an aboriginal teenage girl, and say they will take a closer look at whether the suspects had anything to do with the death of another First Nations teen last summer.

The two suspects, who are 20 and 17, face several charges, including attempted murder, in the attack on 16-year-old Grade 11 student Rinelle Harper, who was beaten Friday night and left for dead on a walking trail along the Assiniboine River in downtown Winnipeg.

They also face aggravated sexual assault charges in a second attack that same night on a 23-year-old woman.

Police Supt. Danny Smyth said the two will come under closer scrutiny as police continue to look for 15-yearold Tina Fontaine’s killer. Her body was wrapped in plastic and dumped in the Red River in August. Her death has renewed calls for a federal inquiry on missing and murdered aboriginal women.

“We don’t have any information right now that would suggest these men were involved with the Tina Fontaine investigation,” Smyth told a news conference Wednesday. “That being said, we really had little, if any, contact with these men before this. We will certainly take a closer look at them now.”

Police say Rinelle was out with friends Friday night when she got separated from her group.

She met two males who struck up a conversation with her, Smyth said. The three of them walked to the Assiniboine River where the girl was attacked and ended up in the frigid water.

“Rinelle managed to crawl out of the river a short distance away upstream and she was attacked a second time ... and left unconscious and essentially left for dead on the riverwalk,” Smyth said.

She was found by a passerby the next morning and was taken to hospital in critical condition. She has been upgraded to stable and her family says

she is recovering.

Police say the second woman was attacked a short time later.

Again, the attackers struck up a conversation with the woman and then turned on her in an alley near a public pool, Smyth said. She was sexually assaulted, beaten with a weapon and left unconscious. Police were called shortly before dawn.

Justin James Hudson, 20, along with a 17-year-old male who can’t be named, are charged with attempted murder, aggravated sexual assault and sexual assault with a weapon.

Court documents show Hudson pleaded guilty to drug possession last October and was fined $200. He is also facing charges laid in August of possessing stolen property.

Rinelle is originally from the Garden Hill First Nation and has been living in Winnipeg for two years while attending Southeast Collegiate. The high school for aboriginal students issued a statement saying staff and students are “trying to come to terms with this horrific assault on one of our own.”

The school said Rinelle, like any other student, was looking forward to a long weekend after completing her mid-terms. She left the collegiate with her parents Friday “for a much deserved rest,” the statement said “We are extremely thankful of the remarkable progress she has made since Saturday. We are wishing her a speedy recovery and hope she returns to school soon.”

Victims of sexual assault are not usually identified, but police took the step of releasing Rinelle’s name, with the permission of her parents, to “humanize” her and to ask for anyone with information related to her attack to come forward. The public response was overwhelming, Smyth said.

Police were also able to watch surveillance video from a number of cameras in the area, he said.

“Some of the camera footage was used to piece together the timeline.”

Fontaine had been in the city less than a month and had run away from foster care. Her body, wrapped in plastic, was found in the Red River on Aug. 17, just over a week after she had been reported missing.

Oliver said.

Nonetheless, the federal government is projecting five straight years of surpluses: $4.3 billion in 2016-17, $5.1 billion in 2017-18, $6.8 billion in 201819 and $13.1 billion in 2019-20.

In the short term, however, it remains unclear whether the Harper government will have enough leftover cash to introduce additional cost-cutting measures for Canadians.

Income splitting for families with children will allow one parent to claim up to $50,000 of his or her spouse’s income in order to reduce the household’s overall income tax bill by a maximum of $2,000.

The Conservatives made the promise a central component of their 2011 election campaign, although it was strictly contingent on a balanced budget.

The government’s critics and political rivals have been denouncing the idea ever since, saying it would ben-

efit only a small and relatively wealthy segment of the Canadian population.

That’s why the government wrapped it in a bundle of family-oriented measures that included an expanded universal child care benefit of $160 a month per child up to age six, up from $100, and $60 a month for children aged six to 17. Together, the measures stand to benefit every Canadian family with kids, the Tories insist.

The enhanced child care benefit replaces the existing child tax credit, starting in the 2015 tax year.

Prime Minister Stephen Harper has hinted that the government will soon follow through on another 2011 pledge: increasing the annual limit on taxfree savings accounts to $10,000, from $5,500.

The Tories still have an outstanding promise to introduce an adult fitness tax credit, though it’s not clear how the government might earmark any leftover surplus cash.

Angry veterans call on soldiers to help defeat Tories in next election

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — A group of angry veterans, who want the Harper government defeated in the next election, is appealing to serving members of the military to join them in protest.

Ron Clarke, a member of Canada Coalition for Veterans who has been campaigning against the closure of Veterans Affairs offices, made the appeal Wednesday during a Parliament Hill news conference.

It may put those in uniform in an awkward position, but Clarke says they need a government sensitive to veterans and their needs.

“We need a government that looks after our veterans,” he said.

The plea is just the latest move in what is a major rift in the veterans community, one that has the potential of undermining the coalition’s aim of galvanizing votes against the Conservatives.

Last week, a group of outspoken veterans advocates announced that six organizations had formed a coalition that would, at a minimum, boycott government announcements and photo-ops.

The coalition says a low-key approach to confronting the government has not worked and spokesman Mike Blais says the Royal Canadian Legion seems satisfied with current disability awards for the most severely wounded troops.

Soldiers injured in combat are eligible for a one-time, lump-sum payment for non-economic loss that ranges up to $350,000.

“The Legion believes $350,000 is OK and the consultation group they have formed believes that’s OK. We do not,” said Blais, who is president of Canadian Veterans Advocacy. “We have done extensive consultation with those who have suffered the consequences of war in Afghanistan. I have spoken to memorial cross mothers and those who are suffering.”

Blais argues — as do a group of Afghan veterans in a lawsuit against the federal government — that the old system of pensions for life was more generous than the new veterans charter, introduced by the Liberals, but fully embraced by the Harper government in 2006.

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The 30-second video ends with someone handing the man a cigarette, which he takes, possibly as a way to get him to stop, Montague noted.

“It is unfortunate that there are those that think it is acceptable or amusing to watch, film and post,” he said. “Especially when it involves someone who is clearly part of a marginalized community.”

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TORONTO — Authorities say the pilot of a small plane that crashed in Algonquin Provincial Park grew disoriented and ran out of fuel before he could find a safe place to land.

Capt. Dave Bowes of the Joint Rescue Co-ordination Centre in Trenton, Ont., says the pilot and his passenger — both men in their 20s — were killed in the crash.

A military spokesman earlier said the pilot of the Cessna 150 had “declared an airborne emergency” on Tuesday evening.

Capt. Alexandre Cadieux said regional air traffic controllers then lost contact with the aircraft south of the park in the Haliburton area east of Bracebridge.

He said the plane was found after a Hercules aircraft sent to the area with a Griffin helicopter from Canadian Forces Base Trenton picked up an emergency signal early Wednesday.

Officials said the plane had left Buttonville Airport northeast of Toronto and the pilot had intended to return there.

“He was airborne and lost near Bancroft. Initially, he thought he was near Simcoe, but he was lost and low on fuel,” Bowes said.

“They were disoriented, flying at night with — I would expect — a little amount of flight experience.”

The company that owns the plane, Fly Block Time, said the aircraft was “fully serviceable and airworthy” and equipped for night flight.

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In addition, the broadcaster is looking at possibly changing the name of the program that has come to be closely identified with Ghomeshi, a senior manager said.

“We’ve heard from a lot of people who think we should scrap it and a lot who want to keep it,” said Cindy Witten, senior director of the radio network’s talk department.

“We’ll continue to listen to the audience and our partners and we also plan to do some targeted research.”

The CBC fired Ghomeshi on Oct. 26 after seeing what it later called “graphic evidence” that he had caused physical injury to a woman.

Ghomeshi, who is under criminal investigation, has said he engaged in consensual “rough sex.”

The scandal, which sparked an emotional conversation across the country about the violence and harassment women face, also sparked questions about what CBC management knew of Ghomeshi’s proclivities.

Despite the harrowing weeks, Witten said the hiring of former CBC veteran Jamie Purdon to take over as interim executive producer — he starts next Monday — was an important step toward getting back to normal.

“It feels like we’re turning the page,” Witten said in an email. “The full team is back and the program is rocking.”

TORONTO — Canada’s family doctors are calling on the federal government to develop a national home-care strategy for seniors and improved health care for young people, including the elimination of child poverty by 2020.

The College of Family Physicians of Canada has issued a report and road map that provides steps on how Ottawa could achieve these goals.

The report says the health-care system needs to focus more on home- and community-based care under a national home-care strategy, which it wants in place within two years.

College president-elect Dr. Garey Mazowita says providing health-care services within the home allows seniors to retain independence and dignity within familiar surroundings, while reducing hospital admissions.

The organization representing 31,000 family doctors also says child poverty adversely affects early childhood development, and it wants Ottawa to develop a strategy to eliminate child poverty by the end of the decade.

It says to reach their full potential, young people need a safe and secure environment, opportunities for physical and mental development, and access to a range of health-care resources, regardless of socioeconomic status.

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VANCOUVER — An online video of a Vancouver homeless man being goaded into setting his hair on fire has sparked outrage, though police are not currently investigating the incident.

The video titled Crackhead lights hair on fire posted to the LiveLeak website was apparently filmed Sunday in a downtown bar district and has generated more than 50,000 views.

The smartphone-quality footage shows a man flicking a lighter by his right ear while young men off screen are heard egging him on.

The man hardly responds when the back of his head bursts into flame, while at least one person urges him to stop as others laugh and the man pats out the fire with his hand.

Homeless advocates say the act is exploitation, while non-profit Megaphone Magazine calls it “horrible and disgusting,” noting it’s not the first time such an incident has occurred in Vancouver.

Const. Brian Montague said that although the video is disturbing, there is no overt force from another person suggesting assault though the video has been forwarded to investigators.

“With the short video only, it is difficult to say this is criminal in nature at this time,” Montague said in a statement.

The video appears edited, is incomplete and does not show what happens before the man’s hair goes up in flames, Montague said.

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Kevin Vickers met Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as well as other officials at the Israeli parliament, the Knesset.

Vickers is credited with firing the final shot which ultimately stopped a gunman’s rampage on Parliament Hill last month.

Netanyahu praised Vickers for his bravery and quick response.

In a statement he said the attack on Ottawa proves that Islamic radical terrorism respects no borders and Israel and Canada stand together in the international effort to eliminate it.

Vickers toured the Knesset and said the people there reminded him of the good team he has around him in Ottawa.

He says while he was honoured by the attention from the Israelis, he wanted them to know it was a group effort on the day of the shooting.

Vickers says a lesson he took away from the incident is that safety is community based.

“This is not an issue just for security, this is everybody’s issue and how we deal with this is by everybody, all the citizens, working together with their local police, their national police to ensure we have a safe society,” he said in a video circulated by the Knesset public relations office.

“I think that is accomplished by respecting the dignity of people.”

Vickers was at the conference with other parliamentary and Canadian security personnel; the trip had been arranged prior to the Oct. 22 attack in Ottawa.

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MONTREAL — The Crown at Luka Rocco Magnotta’s murder trial is suggesting his responses to a psychiatrist hired to assess his criminal responsibility were littered with lies and deliberate lapses.

Psychiatrist Marie-Frederique Allard has repeatedly argued Magnotta was suffering from schizophrenia and was not criminally responsible when he killed and dismembered Jun Lin in Montreal in May 2012.

Crown prosecutor Louis Bouthillier cross-examined Allard today and was able to get her to discuss several pieces of information she says she neglected to put into her 127-page report on Magnotta.

The Crown also pointed out differences between the version Magnotta gave Allard and one he gave another psychiatrist who is scheduled to testify for the defence.

Bouthillier says Magnotta’s actions in Lin’s death were planned and deliberate.

The Crown prosecutor said Magnotta had no problem in telling lies, calling him at one point a “pathological liar.”

“He lied to a psychiatrist to get out of being hospitalized,” Bouthillier said. “He could also have lied to get out of going to prison.”

Allard says Magnotta’s medications could be responsible for his memory lapses and that being schizophrenic did not equal being a liar.

The psychiatrist conceded she didn’t speak to anyone who frequented Magnotta in the weeks and days leading up to the night Lin was killed because Magnotta had few clients in his work as an escort.

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Rebels not taking teams lightly DESPITE RECORDS OF WEEKEND OPPONENTS, TEAM PREPARING FOR TOUGH GAMES

BY GREG MEACHEM ADVOCATE SPORTS EDITOR Contrary to what statistics might suggest, there are no easy marks in the Western Hockey League.

The Red Deer Rebels take on a pair of so-called lesser lights this weekend, with the Lethbridge Hurricanes and Saskatoon Blades visiting the Enmax Centrium Friday and Saturday. But looking past the two squads with losing records — the ‘Canes sit at 5-10-3-1 and the Blades possess a 6-13-0-0 slate — would be a major mistake.

“There are no easy games in this league,” Rebels GM/head coach Brent Sutter stressed Wednesday. “Your preparation has to be the same no matter what team you play.

“You can look at the standings and say there isn’t parity, but there truly is parity in our league. Anybody can beat anybody on any given night, so your preparation is huge. We have to make sure that over the next two games we’re preparing like both these games will be the toughest games we’ve played to date.”

After a slow start, the Rebels have posted a 6-2-1-1 record over their last 10 outings and are 9-8-2-1 on the season.

The Rebels were 3-1-1-1 on a sixgame trip that concluded Saturday and included five stops in the U.S., and can’t afford to lose their momentum by taking either or both of the ‘Canes and Blades lightly.

After all, Red Deer lost in Saskatoon last month and last season suf-

fered multiple losses to an otherwise struggling Lethbridge squad.

Sutter is confident that his charges will show up Friday with every intention of proving they’re closer to the team that has prospered over the last few weeks than the club that at one time was five games under .500.

“I’d like to think that our mindset is where it needs to be,” he said. “It took a lot of work and time to get to where we are and now our biggest thing is just carrying on with how we played on the road trip.

“Our work ethic was there, we had great structure in our game as far as how we wanted to play and our discipline was very good for the most part with the fact we weren’t taking a lot of bad penalties. Now we just have to carry on with that mindset.” ● The Rebels cut ties with Latvian defenceman Hugo Jansons Wednesday, putting the 17-year-old on WHL waivers.

He cleared and will join either a North American team at a level below major junior or head back overseas.

Jansons was Red Deer’s first pick in June’s CHL import draft. The Rebels’

second pick in the draft, defenceman Mario Grman, remains with the team.

A USHL team expressed interest in Jansons and Sutter will learn today whether the team will indeed sign the six-foot-two, 183-pound rearguard.

Jansons never made his mark during training camp and the preseason and then suffered an upper body injury in practice and wasn’t cleared to play until 10 days ago.

“It’s a situation where he came in and had a real tough camp,” said Sutter.

“To be quite honest, we were certainly expecting more after listening to his agent and other people (scouts) over there. That’s just the way it works sometimes, that there’s a misconception regarding the level of play in the CHL. “He was a young player, just 16, when he came here, but we were told he was a certain type of player and he really struggled. He had a hard time with the pace of the game and then he was injured and was out for a long time.

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Top skips look for big payday in Red Deer CURLING CLASSIC DRAWS TOP NAMES FROM ACROSS CANADA

BY GREG MEACHEM ADVOCATE SPORTS EDITOR You can’t keep a championship curler down.

Kelowna’s Kelly Scott found herself without long-time friends and teammates Jeanna Schraeder and Sasha Carter at the conclusion of the 2013-14 season when the pair stepped aside to donate more time to their families.

But it didn’t take the veteran skip long to find two new curlers, with third Shannon Aleksic, who formerly played with Kelley Law’s New Westminsterbased foursome and second Karla Thompson of Kamloops joining Scott and lead Sarah Pyke, who is back for a third season.

“Personally, I knew I wasn’t done with the game,” Scott told the Kelowna Capital News last month, shortly after her new squad reached the semifinals of the Prestige Hotel Classic in Vernon and earned $4,400 in the process.

“I just didn’t know what was next.

But at the first point of contact with the new players, we were all on the same page on what level of commitment we wanted to make. I decided then that I really was ready to come back and play.”

The new foursome decided to play a scaled-back schedule this season and have already pocketed $12,400, good for 14th spot on the World Curling Tour women’s money list. The team will be looking to add to that total during the Red Deer Curling Classic Friday to Monday at the Pidherney Centre.

Scott, a six-time B.C. champion, twotime Scotties Tournament of Hearts (Canadian) champ and winner of the 2007 world title, is among 28 skips hoping to lead their respective rinks to victory in the $39,000 event.

The glittering field includes the likes of two-time Scotties winner Rachel Homan of Ottawa and 2012 Classic

champion Chelsea Carey, who finished third in the 2014 Scotties at Montreal while representing Manitoba and has recently moved to Edmonton.

Other names of note include Shannon Kleibrink of Calgary, Heather Nedohin of Edmonton and 2012 Saskatchewan champion Michelle Englot of Regina. Jill Thurston’s Winnipeg crew, 10th on the WCT money list with $18,650, could be considered a darkhorse contender, while rinks skipped

by Mari Motohashi of Japan and Alina Paetz of Switzerland, Hannah Fleming of Scotland and Suji Kim of South Korea add an international flavour to the women’s field.

Scott, who lost the Scotties final to Nedohin’s Alberta rink in 2012 at the Enmax Centrium, will face Jodi Marthaller of Lethbridge in Friday’s opening draw at 9:30 a.m.

On a local note, Whitney Eckstrand, Brittany Tran and Amy Janko, all of Red Deer, Brittany Whittemore of Delburne and Rebecca Konschuh of Sundre are also competing this week.

Eckstrand is with Nadine Chyz of Calgary, Tran tosses lead stones for Casey Scheidegger of Lethbridge, Janko is with Delia DeJong’s Grande Prairie foursome, Whittemore is the second for Brenda Doroshuk of Edmonton and Konschuh holds down the lead position with Crystal Webster’s Calgary quartet. ● The 32 teams entered in the men’s division of the Curling Classic will play Friday games at both Michener Hill and the Pidherney Centre, will all games eventually moving to the Centre Saturday afternoon.

The field includes defending Classic champion Brock Virtue of Calgary, 2012 champ Brendan Bottcher and 2004 winner Mark Johnson, both of Edmonton. Jamie King of Edmonton took top honours in 2006 and is back, while 2007 champ Kurt Balderston is now tossing third stones for Johnson.

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Team B.C. skip Kelly Scott calls for some sweeping during a match at the Scotties Tournament of Hearts at the Centrium on February 24, 2012. Scott is just one of the big names that are converging on the city for the Red Deer Curling Classic starting today and continues through the weekend.

Representing Red Deer are rinks skipped by Harvey Kelts, Lowell Peterman and Dustin Eckstrand, who has Scott Cruickshank at third and Shaun Planaden and Wade Thurber at second and lead.

Shaun Meachem, formerly of Red

Deer, throws fourth stones for Drew Heidt’s foursome out of Kindersley, Sask. Meachem, as skip, captured the 2012 Saskatchewan mixed title with a Swift Current rink.

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Injury gives Brisbane a chance to show his skills If there is a silver lining to an in- day,” said head coach Aaron Schula. jury to a starting player is it allows opAt six-foot-four, Brisbane is a physiportunities for young players to prove cal setter with the ability to get up for themselves. a block or a net attack, and he has alRed Deer College Kings setter Luke ready shown an advanced ability to Brisbane has done just that. run an offence for a freshman.

The 19-year-old Aussie is following But, to be fair, he had some adin his brother Sam’s footsteps with the vanced scouting done for him by his men’s volleyball team. brother.

Sam moved on to Mount Royal Uni“All of the calls and signals are versity after he helped the completely different so I’ve Kings to their first national had to learn all of that, but championship since 2007 my brother warned me and last season, opening a spot told me a few other things so up for his younger brother I wasn’t completely lost when back in Melbourne.

I got here,” he said.

Standing in Luke’s way “But the style of play is on the court, however, was pretty similar to what I’m fourth-year senior Tegan used to.”

McGraw. Then, in the secIt all creates an interestond week of the Alberta ing scenario if McGraw if Colleges Athletic Conferable to return, but Brisbane ence season in Caronport, will likely be a permanent Sask., against Briercrest, presence in the lineup.

JOSH McGraw was sidelined “It was very nice at the ALDRICH with a bad case of shin start of the year to have two splints. The injury could guys that are very capable, potentially turn out to be a one that is young and really much more serious injury, learning and Tegan who has future test are scheduled for the end of been around a little bit longer and the month. played at the college level, played the Insert Brisbane. university level,” said Schula.

“Luke’s a little more physical than “(McGraw) was a little bit further Sam was, so his upside is extremely along in terms of the technical aspects high, he just keeps getting better every and the speed of the game here, but

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Luke’s learning curve is very, very steep.”

Sam actually got Luke into volleyball while they were growing up, eventually even playing on the same club team in Luke’s Grade 10 year and Sam’s Grade 12 year.

In Australia, volleyball has a much different system than in Canada.

They do not have a high school sport set up like in Alberta, instead several schools will get together and form elite club teams.

Brisbane — who’s first love was Aussie rules football — was quick to rise through the ranks of the Greater Melbourne Volleyball Academy.

He started making all-star teams in 2010 at the U16 level and was named captain of the Australian junior national team at the Asian Youth Championships in Iran in 2012 and other tour events tournaments in the region.

However, after high school, the options are limited for volleyball players in Australia.

The absolute cream of the crop often move straight to the pro level in Europe as 18 or 19 year-olds. But for the next tier of players, there is no college system or development opportunity in their native lands.

In the last several years, more and more of them have been making their way to North America.

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Brisbane is one of two Aussies currently on the Kings roster, Adam Turlejski is a freshman middle and has come off the bench to play in the first three weeks. They are part of the third wave of Australian nationals that have played at the school since Nicholas Bell first came to Red Deer in 2010.

“We’re going to hopefully keep working that pipeline because its a really good thing and it’s a really easy thing in terms of English speaking and a few other things,” said Schula.

It is Brisbane’s goal to follow his brother at the Canadian Interuniversity Sport level, though likely to a different program as they both play the same position. However, he is focused on following his brother in another area, winning a national championship, a point reinforced on Friday last week with their first game in town this season.

“It was pretty cool for the home opener seeing all of their celebrations and match winning points, it was inspiring,” he said.

In the more immediate future is this weekend’s home-and-home set with the Ambrose University Lions (2-4, 7-13), in Calgary on Friday at 8 p.m. and in Red Deer on Saturday at 8 p.m.

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Raiders, Lightning advance to zone final HIGH SCHOOL VOLLEYBALL

BY JOSH ALDRICH ADVOCATE STAFF Raiders 3 Lightning 2 The Lindsay Thurber Raiders knew they were going to get the Hunting Hills Lightning’s best shot but still barely survived to advance to the High School Senior Boys’ Volleyball Zone Final.

The Raiders barely edged the Lightning 3-2 (21-25, 25-15, 25-16, 25-27, 15-11) at Hunting Hills High School on Thursday night, surviving an early scare and an early injury to starting middle Reece Lehman.

“You never plan to play five sets, but Hunting Hills played well tonight, they wouldn’t give up, they played well,” said Raiders head coach Terence McMullen.

The home team came out red hot and seemingly caught Thurber off guard in the first set, leading most of the way, but never establishing more than a two-point lead until the late in the set when they stretched it to 22-18.

LTCHS also lost Lehman in that set to an ankle injury, but Aric Dunn stepped in and they hardly missed a beat the rest of the way. Lehman is questionable for the final.

The Raiders came back in the next two sets and rolled through in dominant fashion, but the pesky Lightning refused to go away in the fourth set, in fact they led 20-13 at one point. LTCHS came back to tie the score at 24-24 and then again at 25-25, but a missed serve by the Raiders gave Hunting Hills the chance to serve out for the win, and they made no mistake.

HHHS carried that momentum into the fifth set and took an 8-6 lead

when they switched sides of the court.

However, Thurber managed to turn it around, scored the next two points and fought back for the 15-11 win to take the match.

“Our energy was low, we really needed to control the tempo of the game and that’s how we had success in the second, third and end of the fifth (sets),” said McMullen.

Lindsay Thurber now plays the Notre Dame Cougars for the right to go off to provincials in a best of three series with the first match tonight at Lindsay Thurber following Game 1 of the girls final.

The two teams have battled all season and McMullen expects more of the same in the final.

“They always bring their best game when they play us,” said McMullen.

“We’re expecting a high=energy team, a very skilled team and it’s going to be a battle. It’s going to come down to who executes better.”

Lightning 3 Cougars 0 The Lindsay Thurber Lighting may have swept their way into the High School Senior Girls’ Volleyball Zone Final, but it very easily could have gone the other way, topping the Notre Dame Cougars 3-0 (25-23, 25-22, 25-20).

The turning point came in the first set of the match as Notre Dame rolled out to a 21-14 lead.

However, the Lightning called a time out and came back more collected and battled their way back into the set, winning it 25-23.

“We just had to focus on one point at a time and don’t focus on the score, just get the next point and make sure the passing is there,” said setter and captain Emma Delemont, 17.

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Hunting Hills Lightning celebrate a come from behind game one win against the visiting Notre Dame Cougars during a playoff-zone semi final match-up on Wednesday.

The hosts got out to a 12-7 lead in the second but Notre Dame managed to tie it at 16-16, but the Lightning managed to retake the lead and hold off the Cougars 25-22.

Hunting Hills jumped out to an even bigger lead in the final set, first 11-2 then 21-14, but still had trouble closing out their rivals, settling for a 25-20 win.

The Lightning now face the Raiders in the final tonight at 6 p.m., a team they have yet to beat this season. Delemont says they must find a way to

beat their strong defensive positioning and maintaining their composure.

They are expecting a tough bestof-three series but the Grade 12s — Delemont, power Jaedyn Paarup and libero Jill McAllister — are focused on extending their playing careers as long as possible.

“We don’t want to end the season on a loss, we would like to go to provincials,” said Delemont. “So hopefully we can beat Lindsay Thurber.” jaldrich@reddeeradvocate.com

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REBELS: Shmoorkoff “I can’t hold him back, we can’t have him here all year with him not playing and developing. From a management standpoint, I have to do what’s right for the player and try and get him an opportunity to play somewhere else,” added Sutter.

To fill Jansons’ spot on the roster, Sutter brought 17-year old blueliner Austin Shmoorkoff back to the Rebels.

The Edmonton native was reassigned to the Okotoks Oilers of the AJHL prior to the start of the regular season and was later dealt to the Calgary Canucks.

In 10 games split between the Oilers and Canucks, he had four assists and 33 minutes in penalties. ● Rookie defenceman Josh Mahura has been cleared to play and will rejoin the Rebels for Friday’s contest. gmeachem@reddeeradvocate.com

CLASSIC: Draws International men’s entries this year are headed by Mario Freiberger and Marc Pfister of Switzerland, Alexey Tselousov of Russia, Seung Min Kim of South Korea and Seattle’s Brady Clark.

Both the men’s and women’s finals will go Monday at 3 p.m. at the Pidherney Centre.

Friday’s opening draws: Women (At Pidherney Centre) 9:30 a.m. — Kristie Moore, Edmonton vs. Dianne Gushulak, New Westminster; Trish Paulsen, Saskatoon vs.

Shannon Kleibrink, Calgary; Kelly Scott, Kelowna vs. Jodi Marthaller, Lethbridge; Chelsea Carey, Edmonton vs. Norma Brown, Strathmore; Hannah Fleming, Scotland vs. Tiffany Game, Edmonton; Casey Scheidegger, Lethbridge vs. Tanilla Doyle, Calgary.

1 p.m. — Crystal Webster, Calgary vs. Teryn Hamilton, Calgary; Susan O’Connor, Calgary vs. Suji Kim, South

that follows hockey wants Connor McDavid to be ready.”

Reached by phone at his hotel in Regina before official word of a time frame, Canadian world junior coach Benoit Groulx said it’s too early to know about McDavid’s status for that tournament. He said Hockey Canada would stay in touch with the Otters and continue to monitor the situation “There is several weeks before world juniors, so it’s too early to know,” Groulx said. “We hope that he’ll be able to be there, but I don’t have that answer yet.”

Groulx said this isn’t the first time the program has dealt with an uncertain injury situation. At the Olympic level, Hockey Canada wasn’t sure if Steven Stamkos would play in Sochi after he broke his leg a year to the day

of McDavid’s injury.

McDavid was set to play for Team OHL in Thursday’s Super Series game against a Russian junior team in Peterborough, Ont., but was removed from the roster as expected. Him being able to play in the world junior tournament is the bigger question.

“Is this bad timing for Hockey Canada? It is,” Groulx said. “We’ll see how it plays out.”

The day before a game in Buffalo, N.Y., last month, McDavid said he didn’t consider himself a “lock” to make Canada’s world junior team despite being a sure bet to go first in the draft and playing last year at the age of 16.

Bassin explained that at the time as an example of McDavid’s humility. But he also wasn’t buying it.

Korea; Brett Barber, Biggar, Sask. vs.

Nadine Chyz, Edmonton; Michelle Englot, Regina vs. Brenda Doroshuk, Edmonton; Dailene Sivertson, Victoria vs. Delia DeJong, Grande Prairie; Mari Motohashi, Japan vs. Leslie Rogers, Edmonton.

First-round byes: Rachel Homan, Ottawa; Heather Nedohin, Edmonton; Jill Thurston, Winnipeg; Alina Paetz, Switzerland.

Men 9:30 a.m. (At Pidherney Centre) — Josh Heidt, Kerrobert, Sask. vs. Chris Baier, Victoria; Brock Virtue, Calgary vs. Alexey Tselousov, Russia; Mark Johnson, Edmonton vs. Dustin Eckstrand, Red Deer; Aaron Sluchinski, Airdrie vs. Bill Merklinger, Yellowknife; Kevin Marsh, Saskatoon vs. Matt Willerton, Edmonton; Brendan Bottcher, Edmonton vs. Harvey Kelts, Red Deer.

9:30 a.m. (At Michener Hill) — Wade White, Edmonton vs. Jason Ackerman, Regina; Sean Geall, New Westminster vs. Warren Cross, Edmonton.

1 p.m. (At Pidherney Centre) — Brady Clark, Seattle vs. Lowell Peterman, Red Deer; Jamie King, Edmonton vs.

Thomas Usselman, Calgary; Grant Dezura, Maple Ridge, B.C. vs. Dave Manser, Lethbridge; Rob Schlender, Edmonton vs. Scott Manners, Lloydminster; Marc Pfister, Switzerland vs.

Rob Johnson, Calgary; Sean O’Connor, Calgary vs. John Stroh, Medicine Hat. 1 p.m. (At Michener Hill) — Mick Lizmore, Edmonton vs. Seung Min Kim, South Korea; Mario Freiberger, Switzerland vs. Drew Heidt, Kindersley, Sask. gmeachem@reddeeradvocate.com

However, they are not about to take the first-year team too lightly.

“They’ve played some teams tough ... They’re a team that can sneak up and scare you,” said Schula. “I’m hoping for some more healthy bodies this weekend to give us some options, but I expect them to play us tough and that’s what we want. We’ know we’re going to get every team’s best ... and they’re coming off two wins last weekend against Olds College so they’ll have some confidence.” ● The RDC Queens (5-1, 16-4) volleyball team will also play the Lions(1-5, 5-16) on Friday and Saturday at 6 p.m. both nights. ● The RDC Queens (1-3-0-0) women’s hockey team plays the MacEwan University Griffins (2-2-0-0) in a homeand-home set, in Edmonton tonight at

7 p.m. and at the Red Deer Arena on Saturday at 8:15 p.m.

The men’s team also play, the Griffins (7-2-0-3) host on Friday at 8:15 p.m. and RDC (6-5-01) hosts at the Penhold Regional Multiplex on Saturday at 7 p.m. ● RDC hosts the Lethbridge College Kodiaks with the women tipping off at 6 p.m. on Friday and the men at 8 p.m., and on Saturday at 1 and 3 p.m., respectively. jaldrich@ reddeeradvocate.com

RDC: Top ranked The Kings (5-1, 16-4) are currently the top-ranked team in the Canadian Colleges Athletic Association and just swept Medicine Hat (6-2, 19-7), the No. 2 team, last week. These games will give them a chance to get their bench a lot of time with a number of top players with varying degrees of injuries.

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TORONTO — Connor McDavid will be out five to six weeks with a fractured bone in his right hand, an injury that could put his participation for Canada in the world junior championship in doubt.

The Erie Otters announced Wednesday afternoon that McDavid suffered a fracture of the fifth metacarpal bone in a fight Tuesday night with Mississauga’s Bryson Cianfrone when he missed and hit the top of the boards. The fractured bone extends from the base of the pinkie finger to the wrist.

McDavid will not require surgery.

The 17-year-old junior hockey phenom saw a hand specialist in Toronto after X-rays after Tuesday’s game were

not definitive. Six weeks from Wednesday falls on Dec. 24.

“We kind of thought that there was a chance it would be like that,” Otters owner and general manager Sherry Bassin said in a phone interview. “We were hoping they’d say four.”

McDavid will almost certainly miss Canada’s world junior camp in midDecember. Hockey Canada must finalize its roster for the tournament Dec. 25, and the team plays its first game Dec. 26 in Montreal against Slovakia.

Bassin told Hockey Canada he was confident McDavid would be ready to play in the tournament.

“Let’s be honest, he’s one of the best players in the world,” Bassin said.

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Alouettes make up most of East all-stars CFL

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — Receiver Duron Carter has plenty of familiar faces joining him on the East Division all-star squad, but tackle Jeff Perrett isn’t one of them.

Carter was among 11 Montreal Alouettes named to the team Wednesday in voting conducted by the Football Reporters of Canada and nine CFL head coaches. Surprisingly missing from that group was Perrett, 30, the Als’ nominee for the league’s outstanding lineman award.

The individual division finalists will be announced Thursday. Perrett is a solid bet to be named the East’s top lineman but would secure the honour without having made the all-star team.

And that left the towering six-foot-seven, 320-pound native of Lethbridge, scratching his head.

“It’s kind of weird,” Perrett said.

“People vote how they’re going to vote and there’s not much I can do about it.”

Teammate Josh Bourke and Chris Van Zeyl of the Toronto Argonauts were named the East Division’s offensive tackles.

There’s no doubt in Montreal head coach Tom Higgins’ mind that Perrett, an 2006 third-round pick by the Alouettes out of Tulsa, is an all-star.

“Yes but we have two all-star tackles,” he said. “We have no control over that so we just say ’OK, that’s the reality’ and just deal with it. There’s no way they’re going to give us two tackles or two guards. They both had outstanding years.”

The six-foot-five, 205-pound Carter, the son of Pro Football Hall of Fame receiver Cris Carter, had 75 catches for 1,030 yards and seven TDs this season, his second with Montreal. The other all-star selections were running back Brandon Whitaker, receiver S.J. Green, centre Luc Brodeur-Jordain, defensive linemen Alan-Michael Cash and John Bowman, linebackers Chip Cox and Bear Woods and defensive backs Geoff Tisdale and Jerald Brown.

Montreal had the most all-star selections, finishing one ahead of the Hamilton Tiger-Cats and two in front of the Edmonton Eskimos. The expansion Ottawa Redblacks were the only team not to have any players named.

Edmonton’s Adarius Bowman, the CFL’s leading receiver this season with 112 catches for 1,456 yards and six TDs, was the lone unanimous selection.

Montreal (9-9) hosts the B.C. Lions (9-9) in the East Division semifinal Sunday, a heady accomplishment considering the club had a 1-7 record early in the season. It’s a point Higgins made to his players Wednesday.

“It’s tough when individuals are selected in a team sport,” Higgins said.

“But that being said, I let them know when we were 1-7 we didn’t have any all-stars, but we, as a team, got ourselves into position to compete for first place.

“Getting to 9-9 let us have, well, one more all-star than Hamilton. It’s nice to be recognized. All were well deserved, but it’s the ultimate team game.

Their teammates gave them the opportunity to be all-stars. One complements the other.”

Six of Hamilton’s selections were on defence, including defensive linemen Ted Laurent and Eric Norwood, linebacker Simoni Lawrence and defensive backs Delvin Breaux, Derico Murray and Craig Butler. The Ticats’ offensive picks were running back Nic Grigsby, receiver Luke Tasker and guard Brian Simmons along with kickreturner Brandon Banks.

The selection of Grigsby was surprising as he’d played just three games with Hamilton after starting the season with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers.

Grigsby finished third in CFL rushing with 890 yards and nine TDs while adding 58 catches for 473 yards and one touchdown.

Swayze Waters of the Toronto Argonauts was the lone double nominee, being named the East Division’s kicker and punter. Other Argos selected were quarterback Ricky Ray (CFL leader with 4,595 yards and 28 TDs), slotback Chad Owens and offensive linemen Van Zeyl and Tyler Holmes.

Edmonton’s Mike Reilly was named the West Division’s quarterback after passing for 3,327 yards and rushing for 616 yards (tops among quarterbacks).

Other Eskimos named include running back John White, offensive lineman Simeon Rottier, defensive linemen Almondo Sewell and Odell Willis, linebacker Dexter McCoil, defensive back Pat Watkins and special-teams player Deon Lacey.

Running back Jon Cornish, who ran for a CFL-high 1,082 yards despite playing just nine games, headlines the seven Calgary players selected. The

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Montreal Alouettes Duron Carter (89) makes the catch for a touchdown against the Edmonton Eskimos during action in Edmonton, on September 12, 2014.

Carter was among 11 Alouettes named to the CFL all-star team Wednesday.

Stampeders, who posted a league-best 15-3 record, also placed offensive linemen Brett Jones and Stanley Bryant, punter Rob Maver and defensive backs Fred Bennett, Brandon Smith and Jamar Wall on the squad.

Linebacker Solomon Elimimian, who registered a CFL-record 143 tackles, was among five B.C. Lions named to the West Division squad. Receiver Emmanuel Arceneaux, offensive lineman Jovan Olafioye, linebacker Adam Bighill and kicker Paul McCallum also received nods.

The defending Grey Cup-champion Saskatchewan Roughriders also have five all-star nominees, including defensive lineman John Chick (CFL-high 15 sacks).

Also named were receiver Rob Bagg, offensive lineman Brendon LaBatte, defensive lineman Tearrius George and safety Tyron Brackenridge.

Receiver Clarence Denmark was the lone Winnipeg Blue Bomber to earn an all-star selection.

The CFL all-star team will be announced next month.

Eskimos name Nichols as Stampeders preparing for cold starter for West semifinal in case division final gets frosty

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS EDMONTON — Mike Reilly’s status is uncertain heading into the CFL West Division semifinal, and the allstar Edmonton Eskimos quarterback isn’t about to make it any clearer.

Matt Nichols has been named the Eskimos starting quarterback for Sunday’s semifinal against the Saskatchewan Roughriders. The team said Reilly will be available to play, but he was limited in practice Wednesday and seems to still be bothered by an unspecified injury suffered in a game two weeks ago.

Reilly, who missed Edmonton’s loss last weekend in Regina, told reporters in a pre-practice media session he was not going to talk about his ``lower body’’ injury. Coach Chris Jones would say only that Reilly would be assessed as the week progressed to see how he is recovering.

“I’ll be happy to answer any questions, but I’m not going to go into any details about my injury,’’ Reilly opened the media session by saying. “At this point I’ll be available to play. Whether that’s in a starting capacity or off the bench that’s yet to be determined’’ Reilly was throwing the ball well Wednesday but obviously did not have the same mobility as before Nov. 1, when was hurt late in the Eskimos’ 37-3 win over B.C. Lions. He limped off about halfway through the two-hour practice.

“Right now it’s just a lot of rest,’’ he said. “There’s some swelling to let get out. Until that happens, there’s not much you can do.’’

Nichols, who played last week in the 24-17 loss in Regina, said he appre-

ciated being named the starter early so he could spend the entire week preparing.

“Last week was great to knock some rust off,’’ he said. “It’s tough to sit out for a couple of months and go in and catch up to the speed of the game right away. You can mentally put yourself in the position that you’re on the field.

When you’re backup you can’t put yourself out there mentally until something happens.

“I’ve been up here a long time. I feel like I’ve seen a lot of things in this league, I know what kind of game it’s going to be and I feel very prepared.’’

Defensive end Odell Willis said it shouldn’t matter much who’s at quarterback and cautioned the media not to read too much into Wednesday’s announcement or rumours that Saskatchewan quarterback Darian Durant may be ready for the semifinal.

“Everybody’s got to do it,’’ he said of the game playing. “You go to Regina they’re saying Durant might play and now saying Reilly might play. We’ll just wait until Sunday and see who’s playing then.’’

While Reilly’s status remains uncertain, receiver Adarius Bowman and running back John White, both named western all-stars Wednesday, will return to the line up. And that, said Nichols, will make a big difference to the offence.

“Those guys are both game breakers,’’ he said.

The win by the Riders last week was Saskatchewan’s first in three games against Edmonton this season. The Eskimos won 24-0 in late September and 24-19 on Oct. 19. But last week the Riders rode a strong first-half running game to victory.

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BY THE CANADIAN PRESS CALGARY — Their bonus week of preparation for the CFL’s West Division final turned frigid, the Calgary Stampeders are treating the conditions as a weather dress rehearsal for the division championship.

The heat cannons roared on the sidelines at Tuesday’s practice while wind pushed temperatures into the minus-teens. With a week and a half still to go until the division final Nov. 23 and the cold temperatures expected to continue until Saturday, this part of their preparation could feel tedious for the Stampeders.

“It’s just something you’ve got to prepare for,” receiver Marquay McDaniel said. “We don’t know how cold the Western final is going to be.

“It’s probably going to be cold. It’s good to get outside and practise in it and get a feel for the ball and how your footing is going to be.”

Either the Edmonton Eskimos or Saskatchewan Roughriders will stand in the way of Calgary getting to the Grey Cup in Vancouver on Nov. 30. The victor emerging from Sunday’s division semifinal in Edmonton will have won an icy playoff game to advance.

Calgary went 15-3 this year to match a franchise record for wins in a season.

The Stampeders clinched first in the division with three games still to play in the regular season.

But prior to beating the B.C. Lions indoors in Friday’s season finale, Calgary looked ordinary in its last home game at McMahon Stadium. In the driving snow, the Winnipeg Blue Bombers scored 15 of their points off turnovers in an 18-13 win in Week 19.

It was shades of last year’s division final at McMahon. With temperatures also in the minus-teens, the host Stampeders turned the ball over seven times in a 35-13 loss to the Roughriders. It was a disappointing conclusion to a 14-4 season.

Saskatchewan quarterback Darian Durant said following the division championship: “We think the weather played a factor in their ball security.”

So instead of piling on layers Tuesday, Calgary middle linebacker Juwan Simpson was dressed relatively light to simulate his game-day garb.

“Normally I’d have one, two hoodies, two pairs of sweats, but this year I’ll take a different approach and try and get accustomed to it,” Simpson said.

Stampeders head coach John Hufnagel intends to give his players a reprieve from the elements this week by keeping them off the field Thursday.

“I thought the guys really worked well out there in the cold weather,” Hufnagel said. “We had a little music on to get their minds off the weather and they were running around well and practising hard.”

McDaniel, linebacker Keon Raymond and defensive tackle Quinn Smith were all recognized Tuesday in the CFL’s weekly awards for offensive, defensive and Canadian player.

In his first game back since breaking his hand Sept. 13, McDaniel produced 165 yards on 12 catches Friday against the Lions.

“It was big getting in there just because I had been out so long,” McDaniel said. “My main thing was trying to get the speed of the game, the reaction to plays, the defenders, stuff that you can’t get in practice.”

SCOREBOARD Hockey GA 60 61 54 68 70 86

Pt 33 25 19 18 16 12

CENTRAL DIVISION GP W L OTLSOL Medicine Hat 18 14 3 1 0 Calgary 20 10 8 0 2 Edmonton 20 10 8 0 2 Red Deer 20 9 8 2 1 Lethbridge 19 5 10 3 1 Kootenay 19 6 13 0 0

GA 38 56 49 71 79 81

Pt 29 22 22 21 14 12

GF 72 70 55 70 49 45

WESTERN CONFERENCE B.C. DIVISION GP W L OTLSOL GF Kelowna 20 18 1 1 0 98 Prince George 20 11 9 0 0 59 Victoria 21 10 9 2 0 65 Kamloops 21 9 9 2 1 67 Vancouver 19 8 11 0 0 60 GP 17 21 17 19 21

U.S. DIVISION W L OTLSOL 12 2 2 1 12 9 0 0 8 6 3 0 8 8 2 1 8 11 0 2

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WHL EASTERN CONFERENCE EAST DIVISION GP W L OTLSOL GF Brandon 20 16 3 1 0 100 Swift Current 22 11 8 0 3 62 Regina 19 9 9 1 0 64 Moose Jaw 20 8 10 1 1 55 Prince Albert 20 8 12 0 0 58 Saskatoon 19 6 13 0 0 50

Everett Tri-City Spokane Seattle Portland

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GF 67 58 50 50 65

GA 44 81 71 74 59

Pt 37 22 22 21 16

GA 41 56 52 54 84

Pt 27 24 19 19 18

Tuesday’s results Kelowna 4 Spokane 3 Wednesday’s results Moose Jaw 6 Seattle 2 Regina 8 Prince Albert 3 Vancouver 6 Tri-City 2 Friday’s games Medicine Hat at Regina, 6 p.m.

Moose Jaw at Prince Albert, 6 p.m.

Seattle at Brandon, 6:30 p.m.

Saskatoon at Edmonton, 7 p.m.

Calgary at Kootenay, 7 p.m.

Lethbridge at Red Deer, 7 p.m.

Spokane at Kamloops, 8 p.m.

Kelowna at Prince George, 8 p.m.

Victoria at Tri-City, 8:05 p.m.

Portland at Everett, 8:35 p.m.

AJHL North Division GP W L OTL SOL GF GA Pt Spruce Grove 24 17 5 2 0 101 52 36 Lloydminster 24 15 8 1 0 68 50 31 Sherwood Park 26 13 10 1 2 72 69 29 Fort McMurray 24 11 10 2 1 71 75 25 Drayton Valley 23 10 9 1 3 55 63 24 Bonnyville 22 9 8 4 1 57 64 23 Whitecourt 25 8 14 2 1 81 92 19 Grand Prairie 26 9 17 0 0 58 103 18 South Division GP W LOTLSOL Camrose 22 17 3 1 1 Okotoks 26 16 7 1 2 Drumheller 23 15 5 2 1 Brooks 22 15 6 0 1 Olds 23 10 10 2 1 Canmore 24 11 12 0 1 Cal. Canucks 24 8 12 2 2 Cal. Mustangs 24 7 16 1 0

GF GA Pt 81 47 36 70 63 35 75 53 33 83 54 31 79 90 23 79 89 23 59 89 20 57 93 15

Tuesday’s results Camrose 5 Calgary Mustangs 0 Grand Prairie 3 Drayton Valley 2 (SO)

Thursday’s Games Colorado at N.Y. Rangers, 5 p.m.

Winnipeg at Carolina, 5 p.m.

Boston at Montreal, 5:30 p.m.

San Jose at Tampa Bay, 5:30 p.m.

Nashville at St. Louis, 6 p.m.

Buffalo at Minnesota, 6 p.m.

Arizona at Calgary, 7 p.m.

Ottawa at Edmonton, 7:30 p.m.

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

Sherwood Park 4 Whitecourt 3 Brooks 6 Olds 3 Canmore 5 Calgary Canucks 2 Lloydminster 4 Spruce Grove 3 Friday’s games Fort McMurray at Sherwood Park, 7 p.m.

Calgary Canucks at Olds, 7 p.m.

Okotoks at Camrose, 7 p.m.

Drayton Valley at Canmore, 7 p.m.

Brooks at Grand Prairie, 7:30 p.m.

Saturday’s games Olds at Camrose, 7 p.m.

Fort McMurray at Spruce Grove, 7 p.m.

Drayton Valley at Calgary Canucks, 7 p.m.

Drumheller at Sherwood Park, 7 p.m.

Calgary Mustangs at Grand Prairie, 7:30 p.m.

Brooks at Whitecourt, 7:30 p.m.

National Hockey League EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division GP W L OT Pts Tampa Bay 16 11 3 2 24 Montreal 16 11 4 1 23 Toronto 16 9 5 2 20 Boston 17 10 7 0 20 Detroit 15 7 3 5 19 Ottawa 15 7 4 4 18 Florida 13 5 4 4 14 Buffalo 17 3 12 2 8

GF 60 40 53 48 40 41 24 21

GA 44 42 43 43 37 38 31 60

Metropolitan Division GP W L OT Pts Pittsburgh 14 10 3 1 21 N.Y. Islanders15 10 5 0 20 Washington 15 7 5 3 17 Philadelphia 14 7 5 2 16 N.Y. Rangers15 7 6 2 16 New Jersey 16 7 7 2 16 Carolina 14 5 6 3 13 Columbus 15 4 10 1 9

GF 55 48 49 45 44 43 35 38

GA 32 42 44 43 46 50 44 55

WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division GP W L OT Pts Nashville 15 10 3 2 22 St. Louis 15 10 4 1 21 Chicago 16 9 6 1 19 Winnipeg 16 8 6 2 18 Minnesota 14 7 7 0 14 Dallas 15 5 6 4 14 Colorado 17 4 8 5 13

GF 38 41 44 30 38 44 40

GA 30 29 30 35 32 53 56

Pacific Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Vancouver 17 12 5 0 24 53 47 Anaheim 16 10 3 3 23 41 32 Calgary 17 9 6 2 20 50 45 Los Angeles 15 8 4 3 19 37 30 San Jose 17 8 7 2 18 51 50 Arizona 15 6 8 1 13 37 51 Edmonton 16 6 9 1 13 40 54 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss.

Tuesday’s Games Chicago 3, Tampa Bay 2, SO New Jersey 3, Minnesota 1 N.Y. Islanders 6, Colorado 0 N.Y. Rangers 5, Pittsburgh 0 Washington 4, Columbus 2 Montreal 3, Winnipeg 0 Florida 4, San Jose 1 St. Louis 6, Buffalo 1 Nashville 3, Edmonton 2 Dallas 4, Arizona 3 Vancouver 4, Ottawa 3, OT Wednesday’s Games Toronto 6, Boston 1 Los Angeles at Anaheim, late

Wednesday’s results

Today

● Senior high volleyball: Game 1 of bestof-three zone girls and boys finals, 6 p.m. start, teams TBA. ● College women’s hockey: Grant MacEwan at RDC, 7 p.m., Arena. ● Midget AA hockey: Red Deer Indy Graphics at Lacombe, 7:15 p.m.

Friday’s Games Columbus at Philadelphia, 5 p.m.

New Jersey at Washington, 5 p.m.

Pittsburgh at Toronto, 5:30 p.m.

Chicago at Detroit, 5:30 p.m.

N.Y. Islanders at Florida, 5:30 p.m.

Arizona at Vancouver, 8 p.m.

Friday

Wednesday’s summary Maple Leafs 6, Bruins 1 First Period 1. Toronto, Kessel 9 (Phaneuf, Franson) 6:46.

Penalties — None.

Second Period 2. Toronto, Kessel 10 (Bozak, van Riemsdyk) :18.

3. Toronto, Rielly 2 (Holland) 1:34.

4. Toronto, Bozak 6 (van Riemsdyk, Franson) 3:32 (pp).

5. Toronto, van Riemsdyk 7 (Bozak, Gardiner) 9:51 (pp).

6. Boston, Seidenberg 2 (Lucic, Bergeron) 14:16.

Penalties — Griffith Bos (tripping) 2:20, Hamilton Bos (holding) 8:32, Franson Tor (hooking) 10:54.

Third Period 7. Toronto, Holland 4 (Komarov, Santorelli) 7:21 (pp).

Penalties — Paille Bos (high-sticking) 6:33, Clarkson Tor (delay of game) 8:04, Franson Tor (tripping) 11:36, Bergeron Bos (hooking) 15:28.

Shots on goal Boston 8 7 11 — 26 Toronto 12 15 6 — 33 Goal — Boston: Rask (L, 8-5-0); Toronto: Bernier (W, 5-3-2).

Power plays (goal-chances) — Boston: 0-3; Toronto: 3-4.

NHL Scoring Leaders Sidney Crosby, Pgh Jakub Voracek, Pha Tyler Seguin, Dal Vladimir Tarasenko, StL Phil Kessel, Tor Mark Giordano, Cgy Patric Hornqvist, Pgh Tyler Johnson, TB Claude Giroux, Pha Rick Nash, NYR Steven Stamkos, TB Tyler Toffoli, LA Filip Forsberg, Nash Evgeni Malkin, Pgh Henrik Sedin, Vcr Alex Ovechkin, Wash Chris Kunitz, Pgh Logan Couture, SJ Brent Burns, SJ John Tavares, NYI Ryan Johansen, Clb Patrick Marleau, SJ Daniel Sedin, Vcr Henrik Zetterberg, Det Nicklas Backstrom, Wash Corey Perry, Ana Joe Pavelski, SJ Brock Nelson, NYI Nick Foligno, Clb Jaden Schwartz, StL Joe Thornton, SJ Ryan Getzlaf, Ana Nick Bonino, Vcr Jeff Carter, LA

G 7 6 12 9 8 5 9 5 4 12 10 7 7 6 5 8 8 7 6 6 6 5 4 4 4 11 7 7 7 6 5 4 7 6

A 17 16 9 10 11 14 9 13 14 5 7 10 10 11 12 8 8 9 10 10 10 11 12 12 12 4 8 8 8 9 10 11 7 8

Pts 24 22 21 19 19 19 18 18 18 17 17 17 17 17 17 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 14 14

Football Pittsburgh Baltimore

CFL Playoffs Sunday, Nov. 16 Division Semifinals East B.C. at Montreal, 11 a.m.

West Saskatchewan at Edmonton, 2:30 p.m.

Denver Kansas City San Diego Oakland

Sunday, Nov. 23 Division Finals East Montreal-B.C. winner at Hamilton, 11 a.m.

West Edmonton-Saskatchewan winner at Calgary, 2:30 p.m.

102nd Grey Cup Sunday, Nov. 30 At Vancouver East Champion vs. West Champion, 4 p.m.

National Football League AMERICAN CONFERENCE East W L T Pct PF New England 7 2 0 .778 281 Buffalo 5 4 0 .556 191 Miami 5 4 0 .556 227 N.Y. Jets 2 8 0 .200 174 South W L T Pct PF Indianapolis 6 3 0 .667 290 Houston 4 5 0 .444 206 Tennessee 2 7 0 .222 144 Jacksonville 1 9 0 .100 158 North W L T Pct PF Cleveland 6 3 0 .667 209 Cincinnati 5 3 1 .611 197

PA 198 182 171 265 PA 211 197 223 282 PA 172 211

6 6 W 7 6 5 0

4 0 4 0 West L T 2 0 3 0 4 0 9 0

.600 .600

261 261

239 181

Pct .778 .667 .556 .000

PF 286 217 205 146

PA 202 151 186 252

NATIONAL CONFERENCE East W L T Pct PF Philadelphia 7 2 0 .778 279 Dallas 7 3 0 .700 261 N.Y. Giants 3 6 0 .333 195 Washington 3 6 0 .333 197 South W L T Pct PF New Orleans 4 5 0 .444 251 Carolina 3 6 1 .326 198 Atlanta 3 6 0 .333 219 Tampa Bay 1 8 0 .111 167 North W L T Pct PF Detroit 7 2 0 .778 182 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 8 1 0 .889 223 Seattle 6 3 0 .667 240 San Francisco 5 4 0 .556 195 St. Louis 3 6 0 .333 163

PA 198 212 247 229 PA 225 281 238 272 PA 142 191 199 222 PA 170 191 202 251

Thursday, Nov. 13 Buffalo at Miami, 6:25 p.m.

Minnesota at Chicago, 11 a.m.

Seattle at Kansas City, 11 a.m.

Cincinnati at New Orleans, 11 a.m.

Denver at St. Louis, 11 a.m.

Houston at Cleveland, 11 a.m.

Atlanta at Carolina, 11 a.m.

Tampa Bay at Washington, 11 a.m.

San Francisco at N.Y. Giants, 11 a.m.

Oakland at San Diego, 2:05 p.m.

Detroit at Arizona, 2:25 p.m.

Philadelphia at Green Bay, 2:25 p.m.

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

Open: Baltimore, Dallas, Jacksonville, N.Y. Jets Monday, Nov. 17 Pittsburgh at Tennessee, 6:30 p.m.

NFL Odds (Odds provided by Western Canada Lottery; favourites in capital letters) Spread O/U Thursday Buffalo at MIAMI 5.5 42.5 Sunday Minnesota at CHICAGO 3.5 46.5 SAN FRANCISCO at NY Giants 4.5 43.5 DENVER at St. Louis 9.5 51.5 Tampa Bay at WASHINGTON 7.5 45.5 Cincinnati at NEW ORLEANS 7.5 50.5 Atlanta at CAROLINA 1.5 46.5 Seattle at KANSAS CITY 1.5 42.5 Houston at CLEVELAND 3.5 42.5 Oakland at SAN DIEGO 10.5 44.5 Philadelphia at GREEN BAY 5.5 56.5 Detroit at ARIZONA 1.5 41.5 New England at INDIANAPOLIS 2.5 57.5 Monday PITTSBURGH at Tennessee 5.5 46.5

Sunday, Nov. 16

Transactions Wednesday’s Sports Transactions BASEBALL American League KANSAS CITY ROYALS — Agreed to terms with INF Ryan Roberts and LHP Joe Paterson on minor league contracts.

MINNESOTA TWINS — Named Gene Glynn third base coach and Rudy Hernandez assistant hitting coach and signed them to one-year contracts.

NEW YORK YANKEES — Agreed to terms with LHP Jose De Paula on a one-year contract.

TORONTO BLUE JAYS — Acquired 2B Devon Travis from Detroit for OF Anthony Gose.

National League CHICAGO CUBS — Claimed RHP Donn Roach off waivers from San Diego.

LOS ANGELES DODGERS — Agreed to terms with SS Frank Sanchez, SS Edwin Reyes and CINF Jerson Dometilia on minor league contracts.

PITTSBURGH PIRATES — Acquired C Francisco Cervelli from the New York Yankees for LHP Justin Wilson.

WASHINGTON NATIONALS — Signed bench coach Randy Knorr, pitching coach Steve McCatty, hitting coach Rick Schu, third base coach Bobby Henley, first base coach Tony Tarasco, bullpen coach Matt LeCroy and defensive co-ordinator/advance coach Mark Weidemaier to 2015 contracts.

Atlantic League AL — Announced the league and the Dakota Baseball, LLC jointly acquired the Lancaster Barnstormers from Opening Day Partners.

FOOTBALL National Football League BUFFALO BILLS — Signed DE Bryan Johnson from the practice squad.

CHICAGO BEARS — Signed WR B.J. Cunningham and G Antoine McClain to the practice squad.

CLEVELAND BROWNS — Signed LB D.J. Smith to the practice squad.

MINNESOTA VIKINGS — Signed TE Ryan Otten to the practice squad.

NEW ORLEANS SAINTS — Activated WR Joseph Morgan from the suspended list. Placed S Vinnie Sunseri on injured reserve. Signed RB Brian Leonard and S Jamarca Sanford. Released C Eric Olsen.

NEW YORK GIANTS — Placed RB Michael Cox on injured reserve. Signed RB Orleans Darkwa from Miami’s practice squad.

SEATTLE SEAHAWKS — Placed TE Zach Miller on injured reserve. Signed LB Allen Bradford from Cleveland’s practice squad. Released LB L.J. Fort from the practice squad. Placed RB Demitrius Bronson and DE Julius Warmsley on the practice squad/injured reserve list. Signed FB Stanley Havili,

DE Ryan Robinson and RB Cierre Wood to the practice squad.

TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS — Signed CB C.J. Wilson from the practice squad. Signed LB Jeremy Grable and G Jeremiah Warren to the practice squad.

Canadian Football League EDMONTON ESKIMOS — Signed QB Justin Goltz.

HOCKEY National Hockey League MINNESOTA WILD — Reassigned D Jonathon Blum and F Stephane Veilleux to the Iowa (AHL).

MONTREAL CANADIENS — Assigned D Jarred Tinordi to Hamilton (AHL).

American Hockey League GRAND RAPIDS GRIFFINS — Announced Detroit (NHL) assigned RW Anthony Mantha to the team.

SAN ANTONIO RAMPAGE — Reassigned F Wade Megan to Cincinnati (ECHL).

ECHL ELMIRA JACKALS — Acquired RW Stefano Momesso from Wheeling for cash.

FLORIDA EVERBLADES — Announced F Jeff Costello has been reassigned to the team from Syracuse (AHL). Loaned F Kevin Lynch to Syracuse and D Mike Cornell to Springfield (AHL).

● World Curling Tour: Red Deer Curling Classic, draws at 9:30 a.m., 1, 4:30 and 8 p.m., Pidherney Centre and Michener Hill Curling Club. ● Soccer: Red Deer City Soccer Association Hampton Inn & Suites at the Collicutt Centre. ● College basketball: Lethbridge at RDC, women at 6 p.m., men to follow. ● Senior high volleyball: Game 2 of bestof-three zone girls and boys finals, 6 p.m. start, teams TBA. ● JV volleyball: Boys and girls finals, 6 p.m., teams TBA. ● WHL: Lethbridge at Red Deer, 7 p.m., Centrium. ● AJHL: Calgary Canucks at Olds, 7 p.m. ● Boxing: Rumble in Red Deer 6, 7 p.m., Westerner Harvest Centre. ● Heritage junior B hockey: Red Deer at Three Hills, 8 p.m., Trochu. ● Midget AA hockey: Calgary Rangers at Sylvan Lake, 8:15 p.m. ● Chinook senior hockey: Okotoks at Innisfail, 8:30 p.m.

Saturday

● Soccer: Red Deer City Soccer Association Hampton Inn & Suites at the Collicutt Centre. ● World Curling Tour: Red Deer Curling Classic, draws at 9:30 a.m., 1, 4:30 and 8 p.m., Pidherney Centre and Michener Hill Curling Club. ● Peewee AA hockey: Airdrie at Red Deer TBS, 12:30 p.m., Collicutt Centre. ● College basketball: Lethbridge at RDC,

women at 1 p.m., men to follow. ● Midget AA hockey: Calgary Blue at Red Deer Elks, 2 p.m., Arena; Letbridge at Red Deer Indy Graphics, 4:45 p.m., Arena. ● Junior women’s hockey: Calgary Warriors at Central Alberta, 3:45 p.m., Penhold Regional Multiplex. ● Major midget girls hockey: Rocky Mountain at Red Deer, 5 p.m., Collicutt Centre. ● Bantam AA hockey: Red Deer Ramada at Sylvan Lake, 5:15 p.m., Caroline. ● Senior high volleyball: Game 3 of bestof-three zone girls and boys finals, if necessary, 6 p.m. start, teams TBA. ● WHL: Saskatoon at Red Deer, 7 p.m., Centrium. ● College men’s hockey: Grant MacEwan at RDC, 7 p.m., Penhold Regional Multiplex. ● Heritage junior B hockey: Airdrie at Ponoka, 8 p.m.; Mountainview at Three Hills, 8 p.m., Trochu.

Sunday

● Soccer: Red Deer City Soccer Association Hampton Inn & Suites at the Collicutt Centre. ● World Curling Tour: Red Deer Curling Classic, draws at 9 a.m., 12:15, 3:30 and 7 p.m., Pidherney Centre and Michener Hill Curling Club. ● Peewee AA hockey: Red Deer TBS at Red Deer Parkland, 11:30 a.m., Collicutt Centre. ● Midget AA hockey: Okotoks at Red Deer Indy Graphics, noon, Arena. ● Major midget girls hockey: Calgary at Red Deer, 12:30 p.m., Collicutt Centre. ● Chinook senior hockey: Okotoks at Bentley, 2 p.m. ● Bantam AA hockey: Medicine Hat at Red Deer Ramada, 2 p.m., Kinsmen A. ● Midget AAA hockey: Edmonton Canadians at Red Deer, 3 p.m., Arena. ● Heritage junior B hockey: Medicine Hat at Blackfalds, 3:30 p.m.

Basketball National Basketball Association EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct GB Toronto 7 1 .875 — Brooklyn 4 3 .571 2 Boston 3 4 .429 3 New York 2 7 .222 5 Philadelphia 0 7 .000 6 Southeast Division W L Pct GB Washington 6 2 .750 — Miami 5 3 .625 1 Atlanta 4 3 .571 1 Charlotte 3 5 .375 3 Orlando 3 6 .333 3 Central Division W L Pct GB Chicago 6 2 .750 — Cleveland 3 3 .500 2 Milwaukee 4 4 .500 2 Indiana 3 6 .333 3 Detroit 2 6 .250 4

Utah Minnesota Denver 1/2 1/2 1/2 1/2

1/2 1/2

1/2

WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division W L Pct GB Memphis 7 1 .875 — Houston 7 1 .875 — Dallas 5 3 .625 2 New Orleans 4 3 .571 2 1/2 San Antonio 4 3 .571 2 1/2 Northwest Division W L Pct GB Portland 6 3 .667 — Oklahoma City 3 6 .333 3

Golden State Sacramento Phoenix L.A. Clippers L.A. Lakers

3 6 .333 2 5 .286 1 6 .143 Pacific Division W L Pct 5 2 .714 5 3 .625 5 3 .625 4 3 .571 1 7 .125

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JUNIOR B HOCKEY The Blackfalds Wranglers employed a balanced attack while downing the visiting Three Hills Thrashers 7-1 in Heritage Junior B Hockey League action Tuesday.

The Wranglers got goals from seven different players — Tyler Loomer, Jeff Boese, Cole Laing, Wally Samson, Garrett Glasman, Robin Carlson and Trent Hermary — en route to the one-sided victory. Patrick Fougere notched the lone Three Hills marker.

The Wranglers, who led 2-0 after one period and 4-1 after 40 minutes, got a 19-save performance from Kyle Baumgardner.

Greg Pols stopped 40 shots for the visitors.

Three Hills was assessed nine of 14 minor penalties and three of five major infractions.

OLD GRIZZLYS BROOKS — Jesse Gordichuk’s debut in net for the Olds Grizzlys (10-10-3) was not a memorable one.

The 20-year-old netminder, acquired from the Fort McMurray Oil Barons for forward Kyle Star on Friday, let in six goals on 31 shots in 50 minutes against the Brooks Bandits (15-6-1) on Wednesday before leaving with an injury. The Bandits rolled on to a 6-3 Alberta Junior Hockey League win in front of 1,249 fans at the Centennial Regional Arena in Brooks.

Chase Clayton, Shane Switzer, Jesse Pereira, Madison Dunn, Mark Logan and Jared Cockrell scored for Brooks as Josh Davies made 21 saves for the win.

Kyle Moore, Colton Sheen and Austin Kernahan scored for the Grizzlys. Billy Gorn mopped up in the Olds net, stopping all six shots he faced.

The Grizzlys host the Calgary Canucks (8-12-4) on Friday at 7 p.m.

Kluber surprise pick for AL Cy Young, Kershaw unanimous in NL

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK — Everyone expected Clayton Kershaw to pitch a shutout, and he did — a unanimous choice for the NL Cy Young Award.

Corey Kluber edging out Felix Hernandez for the AL pitching prize, that was no sure thing.

Now, the big question: Is Kershaw the Most Valuable Player, too?

“I can’t even really fathom it happening,” Kershaw said on a conference call Wednesday, shortly after winning his third Cy Young in four seasons.

Kershaw led the majors in victories and ERA and threw a no-hitter, going 21-3 with a 1.77 ERA for the NL West champion Los Angeles Dodgers.

The 26-year-old lefty with a wicked curveball will find out Thursday if he’s the first NL pitcher to sweep the MVP and Cy Young honours since Bob Gibson in 1968.

“I think a lot of things probably have to go right,” Kershaw said, adding, “there are so many people out there

who don’t think a pitcher should win.”

Pittsburgh centre fielder Andrew McCutchen, who won the NL MVP last year, and Miami slugger Giancarlo Stanton are competing against Kershaw for honour.

“Everybody’s going to have an opinion” on the position player-vs.-pitcher debate, Kershaw said.

His thought? “I don’t really have an opinion either way,” he said, diplomatically.

“I think most valuable is such a tough thing to assess,” he said.

Kershaw won the Cy Young for the second year in a row, getting all 30 first-place votes in balloting by members of the Baseball Writers’ Association of America.

Johnny Cueto of Cincinnati was second with 112 points, followed by Adam Wainwright of St. Louis (97) and World Series MVP Madison Bumgarner of San Francisco (28).

Voting was completed before the post-season began. Kershaw went 0-2 with a 7.82 ERA in a Division Series loss to St. Louis, leaving him at 1-5 with

a 5.12 ERA in his playoff career.

“For me, personally, the season didn’t end the way I wanted to,” Kershaw said.

Kluber’s dominant second half helped him draw 17 of 30 first-place votes and 169 points, while Seattle ace King Felix got 13 firsts and 159 points.

Chris Sale of the Chicago White Sox was third with 78 points.

“I think I’m definitely surprised,” said Kluber, who “just assumed” Hernandez would win.

Nicknamed “Klubot” for his stoic demeanour, his plans after the announcement were far from flashy.

“Probably go home and give my daughters a bath,” he said.

A 28-year-old righty, Kluber went 18-9 to tie for the AL lead in wins. He had a 2.44 ERA in his first full major league season and 269 strikeouts, two behind league leader David Price.

Kluber had consecutive 14-strikeout games in September, not done since Arizona’s Randy Johnson in 2004.

He became Cleveland’s fourth Cy Young winner, joining Gaylord Perry

(1972), CC Sabathia (2007) and Cliff Lee (2008).

“To have your name mentioned along with theirs in certain categories is humbling,” Kluber said.

Hernandez, who won the AL award in 2010, went 15-6 with a league-leading 2.14 ERA. He struck out 248 in 236 innings.

“I don’t know what to say. That was tough,” Hernandez said. “A little disappointed.”

Kershaw won the major league season opener in Australia on March 22, then a strained upper back put him on the disabled list for the first time in his seven-year career.

Once he returned, he kept looking more and more like his friend, Dodgers Hall of Fame lefty Sandy Koufax.

Kershaw joined Koufax as one of nine pitchers with at least three Cy Youngs. Roger Clemens leads the list with seven.

The previous pitcher with a unanimous win was Detroit’s Justin Verlander, who took the AL Cy Young and MVP in 2011.

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Building a Hall of Fame career on consistency NHL REFEREE BILL MCCREARY MADE MISTAKES BUT WAS ALWAYS RESPECTED

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — Bill McCreary admits he made “hundreds and hundreds” of mistakes in his career as an NHL referee.

But one stands out.

The Dallas Stars were in Los Angeles to play the Kings at the Great Western Forum.

McCreary let a goal stand on a delayed penalty that shouldn’t have counted, and coach Larry Robinson lost it.

“I look over at the L.A. bench and Larry’s standing on the bench giving me the choke sign,” McCreary recalled.

“So now I throw him out of the game and everything just snowballed from there.”

One problem: McCreary knew he was wrong. Despite 14 years in the league, his mental lapse cost the Kings a goal in a loss and Robinson $5,000.

“I should’ve known better,” McCreary said in a recent phone interview. “I learned to keep my whistle on my fingers and not in my mouth when you’re working with two senior linesmen.”

That’s one of a handful of lessons McCreary learned during a career that included 1,737 regular-season games, a record 297 in the playoffs including another record 44 in the Stanley Cup final and three Olympic Games. On Monday he’ll be inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame as part of the class of 2014 with Peter Forsberg, Dominik Hasek, Mike Modano, Rob Blake and the late Pat Burns.

McCreary, who was elected in his first year of eligibility, will be the 16th official in the Hall of Fame.

“I think it has a lot to do with his performance on the ice as an official in the game over a real long period of time,” NHL director of officiating Stephen Walkom said in a phone interview. “I think in the modern era, Bill McCreary is synonymous with excellence in officiating. He’s just one of the greatest officials that the NHL’s ever had.”

The Guelph, Ont., native said he refereed with two words in mind: fair and safe.

They got him to seven straight Stanley Cup final series and eight overall under four different NHL management teams.

“The consistency part, that’s what an official strives to be is consistent within himself,” said McCreary, who’s now a

spokesman for Crown Royal’s “Make the Right Call” campaign to promote responsible drinking and an off-ice officiating manager. “So I think that shows that that accomplishment was achieved.”

Referees are often the first people on the ice to get booed before a game and receive the brunt of criticism from players, coaches and wrath from fans. Somehow, McCreary earned respect all around.

Walkom, who has worked on and off the ice with McCreary, said that has to do with confidence and trust. Blake cited communication skills.

“You could have legitimate conversations with (McCreary),” Blake said in a phone interview. “There’s some refs, even in a heated moment, you’re never going to be able to have a conversation with a guy. But Billy was good that way.

“He was always willing to talk, it didn’t matter if you were first year in the league or 15th year in the league. But he was fair. He’d give you the call and he explained about why you got the call. That’s kind of all players really ask for.”

Prior to McCreary’s final NHL game in April 2011, thenWashington Capitals coach Bruce Boudreau enjoyed the mutual respect the longtime referee cultivated. “(He) didn’t call all the piddly stuff unless it was that kind of game, or he’d let stuff go and then he’d come over and he’d communicate with the coaches,” Boudreau said.

“If anybody wants to be a good ref, all you have to do is learn how to communicate properly with the coaches and it makes it so much easier on everybody concerned.”

McCreary transcended eras, working a little over half his NHL career under the onereferee system and then the rest of it working with another on the ice at the same time.

The 58-year-old conceded it changed his job immensely. “(As one referee) it was your game, you were in charge of it and you may have been bad one night but at least you were bad in both ends of the ice,” he said. “At least you were consistently bad or you were consistently good or you were just consistent. When you went two referees, what you were trying to do is take two judgments of two men and get it as close as possible into

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Pittsburgh Penguins goalie Tom Barrasso, right, goes toe to toe with New Jersey Devils’ Patrick Elias as referee Bill McCreary calls a penalty on both of them during the third period Sunday, April 25, 1999 in Pittsburgh. McCreary admits he made “hundreds and hundreds” of mistakes in his career as an NHL referee but he was referred to as a fair referee during his career. McCreary will be inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame on Monday. one.”

Unlike baseball umpires, NHL officials don’t travel in crews, which means McCreary worked with many other referees. Walkom called him a great role model to younger officials, and other colleagues glowed about how McCreary didn’t bigfoot anyone because of his experience.

“He exuded confidence and left no doubt about who was in charge of the game,” referee Dave Jackson said. “He also helped mentor every young referee he worked with. You never went on the ice with Billy feeling subordinate, he built you up and made you feel like an equal partner.”

Early in his career and in important games, McCreary preferred to work alongside senior referees and linesmen because the respect between players and coaches and offi-

cials was built in. Later on, he relished the mentor role.

“It kept me young, it was fun, it was refreshing being with them all day long,” McCreary said.

“It made me be a better person going to the gym every day with them. It also allowed me to mentor them a little bit and try to teach them things that had been handed down to me over time.”

McCreary first worked the Stanley Cup final in 1994, so that remains a pleasant memory. He also did the 1991 Canada Cup, Wayne Gretzky’s final game and the 1998, 2002 and 2010 Olympics.

Some seventh games in the Cup final and the gold-medal matchups between Canada and the U.S. in 2002 and 2010 are some of his most treasured accomplishments.

“It was the first time that a

Canadian referee was allowed to referee the United States against Canada in a championship event,” McCreary said.

“That was a big honour.”

That didn’t happen by accident. Walkom praised McCreary’s work ethic in games, no matter how big.

Off the ice, it remained the same. During the 2004-05 lockout, McCreary picked up a job from a Guelph neighbour delivering, installing and building kitchen cabinets.

“When the raw material comes in the back door and you see the finished product go out sort of the front door, it’s a rewarding experience to know you were a part of it,” McCreary said.

McCreary joins fellow member of the Guelph Hockey Referees Association Ray Scapinello in the Hockey Hall of Fame.

Raonic hopes to get back on track at ATP Finals takes time to get it right.”

Nishikori enters with a 4-1 career record against Raonic. The Canadian’s lone victory came at Wimbledon last summer.

Toronto’s Daniel Nestor and Serbian partner Nenad Zimonjic also had the day off Wednesday.

They opened with two losses and are longshots to qualify for the doubles semifinals.

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Raonic, from Thornhill, Ont., and Nishikori are must-win match against Japan’s Kei Nishikori at the both making their first appearances at the event.

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Raonic struggled in his first two round-robin Nishikori, who’s enjoying a breakout season, was the runner-up at the U.S. matches at the seain September. son-ending event, ‘I NEED TO GO BACK TO BASICS, FOCUS ON Open “I’m going to have bowing in straight RHYTHM, FOCUS ON THE BALANCE OF MY to serve well, as alsets to Roger Federer on Sunday and BODY, THE TOSS, MAKE SURE THE BASICS ARE ways, that’s key for me,” Raonic said.

Andy Murray on IN PLACE, JUST GO THROUGH REPETITION “But I’m just going Tuesday.

The Canadian’s DOING THE RIGHT THING. IT’S JUST AS SIMPLE to have to be agI’m going powerful serve has AS THAT, BUT IT TAKES TIME TO GET IT RIGHT.’ gressive. to have to make Kei been rather muted play on my terms. It’s at the O2 Arena, with — MILOS RAONIC something I haven’t noticeable drops in been able to do so both speed and firstserve percentage. Raonic was looking for solutions far these last two matches.”

Raonic said he’s using the same approach despite in Wednesday’s practice session with coaches Ivan the tournament’s unique format.

Ljubicic and Riccardo Piatti.

“You go out there and you treat every match like “Whatever the reason is, I have 24 hours to solve it,” Raonic said. “I’m going to need to (fix it) if I want it’s a single elimination tournament, there’s no other to have any hope. There’s no way around that. It’s way to do it,” he said. “If you go out there hoping that you can lose a match and maybe still get through, something I’ve got to do.”

Raonic entered the eight-man tournament brim- things can only go poorly from there on. Obviously ming with confidence. He knocked off Federer for I think if I can put myself in this situation again, I the first time at the recent Paris Masters before hope I can do better.

“I need to go back to basics, focus on rhythm, fofalling to Novak Djokovic in the final. The 23-yearold Canadian admits he has been too passive on the cus on the balance of my body, the toss, make sure the basics are in place, just go through repetition court and needs to get back to dictating the play.

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CALENDAR THE NEXT SEVEN DAYS

Friday ● Wills and Estates Planning Workshop will be offered by Red Deer and District Community Foundation on Nov. 14, 10 a.m. to noon at iHotel in David Thompson East Room. To register call 403-341-6911. ● Blindman 4-H Light Horse Club Family Fun Movie Night will be featured on Nov. 14 at Lacombe Agriculture Sales Pavilion.

Doors open at 6:30 p.m. followed by the movie How to Tame Your Dragon 2 at 7:15 p.m. for a cost of $5. Silent auction and light concession available. Donations of items for silent auction are welcome. Phone 403-7827970. ● Bashaw Community Theatre presents Monty Python’s Spamalot musical, Nov. 14 to 16, and Nov. 21 to 23 at the Bashaw United Church. Tickets cost $20 each. Phone 403-372-3648. ● Lacombe Christmas Farmers Market runs Friday mornings from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., Nov. 14 until Dec. 12 at the Lacombe Memorial Centre. Come for homemade baking, crafts, jewelry, woodwork, local honey, jams, perogies, clothing, meats, Philippine spring rolls and more. There will be a special Moonlight Madness Sale on Thursday, Nov. 27 from 5 to 10 p.m. Phone 403-782-4772. ● Green Zone is for participants of all ages who want to learn more about a green lifestyle and it is offered at Dawe Branch of Red Deer Public Library on Fridays from 4 to 5 p.m.

Saturday ● Parkland Garden Centre Annual Craft and Market Shows will be held on Nov. 15, 22, Dec. 6 and 13 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Admission is a donation to the Red Deer Food Bank. See www.parklandgarden.ca or phone 403-346-5613. ● Delburne Community Hall Craft Fair goes Nov. 15, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Table rental costs $10. Lunch will be available. Phone 403-749-2790. ● Ponoka Moose Lodge Old-Time Dance will be held on third Saturday of each month, 7:30 to 11:30 p.m., next Nov. 15 with music by Randy Jones and the Reflections.

Cost is $12, ($10 for Moose members.) Potluck lunch. Top name bands. See www.AlbertaDanceNews.com, or call Jean or Fred at 403-783-8587 for more information. ● Central Alberta Victim and Witness Support Helping Hands Harvest Gala happens Nov. 15 at Black Night Inn in Red Deer from 5 to 11 p.m. for an evening of entertainment, fine dining and more. Volunteers, sponsors, and guests welcome. To find out more, phone 403-885-3355. ● Mount Calvary Church Cookie Walk, Craft, Bake, and Quilting Sale will be held on Nov. 15, 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Cookie boxes cost $7. Phone 403-347-1044. ● Sunnybrook United Church Bazaar and Coffee Party goes Nov. 15, 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. Highlights include crafts, bake table, and white elephant sale. Contact Linda at 4023-347-6073. ● Norwegian Laft Hus Craft and Bake Sale will be offered Nov. 15 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., and Nov. 16 from noon to 4 p.m. Items include Norwegian crafts and gifts, cooking equipment, non-perishable Norwegian food and baking. See norwegianlafthussociety. ca, or contact norwegianlafthus@gmail.com, 403-347-2955. ● Opening Reception for Viv Bennett in celebration of the exhibit New Work by Viv Bennett will be held Nov. 15 from 5 to 9 p.m. at Gallery on Main in Lacombe with the exhibit displayed Nov. 15 to Dec. 5. Bennett explores spaces and shapes and setting up the story. See www.thegalleryonmain.ca. ● Bentley Farmers’ Market Baubles and Bells Christmas Emporium will be featured on Nov. 15, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Local artisan creations, gems, jewelry, trees full of toys, homespun winter wear, hand-hewn wreaths and wood crafts, holiday baking and preserves, munchies, and merry good music will be featured, all at Bentley Agriculture Centre.

Contact Krista at 403-748-4809. ● Kids Knit (and grown-ups too!) at Red Deer Public Library Downtown Branch will be offered on Nov. 15 and Dec. 13 from 3 to 4 p.m. Children ages nine years and up, or children under nine years accompanied by an adult, are welcome to learn to knit, or work on their own project — beginner to expert.

Phone 403-346-4688. ● Girlz Club meets at Red Deer Public Library Dawe Branch on Nov. 15 for Write It up Day with the library’s own author Laural Grimes, who will share tips on writing from 1 to 3 p.m. Girls ages seven years and up invited. For more information call 403-341-3822. ● Digital Literacy Fair at Downtown Branch of Red Deer Public Library takes place on Nov. 15, 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.

Bring your tech devices to learn how to use RDPL databases for free with your library card. Free popcorn. ● Whisker Rescue will be at the Petsmart store every third Saturday of each month with the Senior for Senior Program from noon to 4 p.m. A senior cat is given to a senior person free of charge, and payment of veterinary bills; Whisker Rescue supplies food and litter if necessary. The next date is Nov. 15. For more information call Diane at 403-347-1251. ● Town and Country Farmer’s Market will be held every Saturday from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the lower level of Rocky Mountain House Museum (Visitors Centre Building) for 2014. Exceptions will be when other special markets are scheduled. Contact Iris at 403-845-3629. A special market will be held on Nov. 15 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Vendors welcome. ● Ponoka Moose Lodge Old-Time Dance will be held on third Saturday of each

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Virtue rink skip Brock Virtue watches as his teammates D.J. Kidby and Chris Schille sweep in a shot during the men’s final against Jeff Richard’s rink at the Red Deer Curling Classic in 2013. Virtue went on to win the final.

The 2014 Red Deer Curling Classic World Tour event kicks off on Friday with teams from Canada, the United States, Korea, Russia, Switzerland, Scotland, Japan and other countries taking part in both men’s and women’s competitions. Action goes at the Pidherney Centre through the weekend with finals taking place on Monday. month, 7:30 to 11:30 p.m., next Nov. 15 with music by Randy Jones and the Reflections.

Cost is $12, ($10 for Moose members.) Potluck lunch. Top name bands. See www.AlbertaDanceNews.com, or call Jean or Fred at 403-783-8587 for more information. ● Golden Circle Christmas Craft and Bake Sale will be offered on Nov. 15 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. See www.goldencircle.ca or phone 403-343-6074. ● United Way of Central Alberta Sockey Night in Red Deer will be held on Nov. 15 at the Red Deer Rebels game. Hockey game spectators are invited to bring socks to donate by throwing onto the ice during the second intermission for collection for at risk populations. Socks will also be available for purchase and donors may enter prize draws.

Sunday ● 100 Things to Do with Books is offered at Red Deer Public Library Downtown Branch. Upcycle used books into clever crafts at this free program from 2 to 4 p.m. in the Snell Auditorium. On Nov. 16, make Christmas decorations, and on Dec. 21, craft with paper mache. Please register by phoning 403-346-2100. ● Lacombe Legion Breakfast is offered on the third Sunday of each month from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Breakfasts will be held on Nov. 16 and Dec. 14. Coffee Hour is held Wednesdays from 9:30 a.m. to 11 a.m. except on holidays. Phone 403-782-6441. ● Book launch by Red Deer Advocate columnist/author Harley Hay in celebration of his new book I Seem To Have Misplaced My Marbles will be held at Fratters Speakeasy on Nov. 16, 6 to 8 p.m. Other highlights include entertainment by Richard Harrow, Triage, video recordings, book signing, and more. Cash bar. ● Red Deer River Naturalists — Sunday Bird Focus meets Sunday from 1 to 3 p.m. at the Kerry Wood Nature Centre to depart on excursions in central Alberta. Dates and destinations are: Nov. 16 — Three Mile Bend.

Come prepared for a full afternoon of birding.

Bring along lunch, snacks, coffee, and dress for the weather. Be prepared to carpool. To join in, confirm attendance with Judy at 403342-4150.

Monday ● Cover 2 Cover Book Club will meet on Nov. 17 from 6:30 to 8 p.m. at Dawe Branch of Red Deer Public Library. The theme will be rural life. Visit www.rdpl.org/programs/bookclubs/cover2cover. New members always welcome. Phone 403-341-3822.

Tuesday ● The Tony Connelly Singers choral group invites singers to join them on Tuesdays, 9:30 to 11 a.m. at the Senior Citizens Downtown House. The group shares the gift of music and friendship at various seniors’ functions from Sept. to June. Call Shirley at 403-342-5904, or Betty at 403-346-7316 for more information. ● Writers’ Ink — Red Deer and District Writers’ group for authors of all genres 18 years and older — meets every Tuesday, 7 to 9 p.m., year round at Sunnybrook Farm Museum. First three visits free. Small membership and drop in fees apply. Call Carol at 403-350-7480 and email to studio2@telus.net for more information. ● Crime Prevention Centre S.A.F.E. Follow-up Community Conversation will be held on Nov. 18, 8 p.m. at Mountview Activity Centre for Mountview/Sunnybrook residents. ● Sidewalk Sale and Dress for Success Fundraiser will be held Nov. 18 to 21 at Red Deer College Forum from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Books, DVDs, journals, notebooks, and more will be for sale. Dress for Success will be accepting cash and gently-used professional business attire for women. Presented by Creative Writers Society. ● Momstown Alphabet Play for parents with newborns to six years will be offered on Nov. 18, and Dec. 16 from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. at Red Deer Public Library Timberlands Branch. ● Story Fun at Red Deer College will be held on Nov. 18 from 10:30 to 11 a.m.

Preschoolers aged two to six years and their parents/caregivers are welcome to Red Deer College Library Information Common upstairs to enjoy stories and activities by Red Deer Public Library Children’s Services. Phone

403-346-4688 to find out details. ● Red Deer Celiac Support Group meets in the coffee lounge at the south location of Sobeys Inc. on the third Tuesday of every month starting at 7 p.m., next on Nov. 18. Those sensitive and allergic to gluten are invited to come out and find out more about celiac disease, gluten free diets and products, support, fellowship, coffee and goodies. See www.celiac.ca, or contact Fay at 403-3473248, or Clarice at 403-341-4351 or email Red Deer Celiacs @yahoo.ca. ● Lacombe and District Garden Club meets the third Tuesday of each month at 7 p.m. at Lacombe Memorial Centre, next on Nov. 18. Phone Pamela at 403-782-5061 or email pamela.d.neumann@gmail.com. ● Nu2U Thrift Store in Olds is open Tuesday to Friday from noon to 5 p.m. at 5030 51 St. The store offers furniture, home decor, housewares, antiques, collectibles, and more. Phone 403-556-3279. Profits go to community initiatives. ● Silver Blades senior skating is offered on Fridays, 2 to 3:30 p.m., and Seniors Skating will be offered on Tuesdays from 2:30 to 3:30, both at the Red Deer Arena. Ages 50 years plus. Cost is $3 for drop-in.

Wednesday ● Fireside Readers book club will meet on Nov. 19 from 6:30 to 8 p.m. at Red Deer Public Library Downtown Branch in Waskasoo Kiwanis Meeting Room. For discussion will be Where Nests the Water Hen by Gabrielle Roy. Phone 403-342-9110. See the blog at http://firesidereaders.rdpl.org/. If you can’t attend meetings, read along and post your comments. ● Red Deer Legion Old-Time Dance with Black Velvet is on Nov. 19 at 7 p.m. Cost is $7, or $13.95 with buffet starting at 5 p.m.

Phone 403-342-0035. ● Beatty Heritage House Rimbey is sponsoring Home Routes House concert featuring David Celia from Ontario on Nov. 19 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets cost $20 from Stationery, Stories and Sounds in Rimbey. Contact Teri at 403-843-6497.

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U.S., China strike emissions deal

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS BEIJING — A groundbreaking agreement struck Wednesday by the United States and China puts the world’s two worst polluters on a faster track to curbing the heat-trapping gases blamed for global warming. With the clock ticking on a worldwide climate treaty, the two countries sought to move beyond their troubled history as environmental adversaries and spur other nations.

The U.S., a chief proponent of the prospective treaty, is setting an ambitious new goal to stop pumping as much carbon dioxide into the air through the burning of coal, oil and gas. China, whose appetite for cheap energy has grown along with its burgeoning economy, agreed for the first time to a self-imposed deadline of 2030 for when its emissions will top out.

Yet it wasn’t clear how either the U.S. or China would meet their goals, or whether China’s growing emissions until 2030 would negate any reductions in the U.S. Still, the dual announcements from President Barack Obama and Chinese President Xi Jinping, unveiled Wednesday in Beijing, came as a shock to environmentalists who had pined for such action but suspected China’s reluctance and Obama’s weakened political standing might interfere. In Washington, Republicans were equally taken aback, accusing Obama of saddling future presidents with an unrealistic burden.

In fact, the deal had been hashed out behind the scenes for months. During two days of talks last year at the Sunnylands estate in California, Obama and Xi reached an agreement on pursuing the reduction of hydrofluorocarbons that are used in refrigerators and insulating foams. A few months later, the U.S. and China would finalize the deal to seek the elimination of the potent gases.

To the White House, China’s willingness to reach an accord on HFCs suggested a broader openness in tackling climate change, senior Obama administration officials said Wednesday. They spoke to reporters travelling with Obama to Myanmar from China, where Obama and Xi announced the landmark plan to reduce their carbon emissions.

Obama broached the idea of pursuing the joint plan in letter to Xi nine months ago, officials said, sparking secret discussions between U.S. and Chinese officials. Obama pressed the issue again during a meeting with China’s vice-premier on the sidelines of a UN climate summit in September, and the two countries finally sealed the deal in time to announce it in grand fashion at the Great Hall of the People as

Obama’s trip to China was coming to an end.

“This is a major milestone in the U.S.-China relationship,” Obama said, with Xi at his side. “It shows what’s possible when we work together on an urgent global challenge.”

But Obama’s opponents in Congress balked, dismissing the new U.S. target as “job-destroying red tape” that would squeeze the middle class. “The president appears to be undeterred by the American people’s clear repudiation of his policies of more regulations and higher energy costs,” said House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy of California.

Sen. Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, leader of the Republicans who will take control of the Senate in January, said the deal “requires the Chinese to do nothing at all for 16 years while these carbon emissions regulations are wreaking havoc in my state and other states.”

Under the agreement, Obama set a goal to cut U.S. emissions between 26 and 28 per cent by 2025, compared with 2005 levels. Officials have said the U.S. is already on track to meet Obama’s earlier goal to lower emissions 17 per cent by 2020, and that the revised goal meant the U.S. would be cutting pollution roughly twice as fast during a five-year period starting in 2020.

China, whose emissions are growing as it builds new coal plants, set a target for its emissions to peak by about 2030 — earlier if possible — with the idea being that its emissions would then start falling. Although that goal still allows China to keep pumping more carbon dioxide for the next 16 years, it marked an unprecedented step for Beijing, which has been reluctant to be boxed in on climate by the global community.

“This is, in my view, the most important bilateral climate announcement ever,” said David Sandalow, a former top environmental official at the White House and the Energy Department.

World leaders who have been pressing for a global climate treaty heralded the deal, with UN SecretaryGeneral Ban Ki-moon urging all other nations to follow Obama’s and Xi’s lead by announcing their own emissions targets by early next year. Former VicePresident Al Gore, a prominent environmentalist, called the Chinese move “a signal of groundbreaking progress from the world’s largest polluter.”

Scientists have pointed to the budding climate treaty, intended to be finalized next year in Paris, as a final opportunity to get emissions in check before the worst effects of climate change become unavoidable. Each nation is supposed to pledge to cut emissions by a specific amount, although negotiators are still haggling over whether those contributions should be binding.

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — Canadian policy-makers can expect to come under intense pressure now that the United States and China have reached a ground-breaking agreement on curbing greenhouse gas emissions.

The deal, announced in Beijing, would double annual the rate at which the U.S. is reducing its emissions and, by 2025, cut emissions to 26 to 28 per cent below 2005 levels.

China, meanwhile, says 20 per cent of its energy will come from zero-emission sources by 2030, the year the country has promised its greenhouse gas emissions will peak. It’s the first time China has agreed to cap emissions.

The Conservative government in Ottawa has long argued that curbing Canada’s relatively paltry emissions on the global scale was not a priority when major emitters such as China were unwilling to act.

“That excuse of ’why should others do something when the two largest emitters in the world are not,’ that argument is seriously undermined today,” David McLaughlin, the former head of the federal Round Table on the Environment and Economy, said.

“It puts real pressure on Canada to up its climate game.”

Regulation of the oil and gas sector has been promised — and delayed — for years, even as Canada falls well behind on its international commitment to cut emissions 17 per cent below 2005 levels by the year 2020. The Americans have the same 2020 target and were on track to meet it before President Barack Obama announced the new, more aggressive goal.

“The bedrock of Canadian climate policy is aligning and going in lockstep with the United States,” said McLaughlin. “That only works when the United States is moving at a pace that we can keep up.”

Now the U.S. is leaping ahead.

A spokesman for Environment Minister Leona Aglukkaq said Canada “is taking decisive action” on curbing emissions but did not dispute the country will miss its 2020 international commitment under the Copenhagen accord.

In 2012, the last year for which the government has data, emissions were 5.1 per cent below 2005 levels, Ted Laking said in an email.

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Thursday ● Innisfail Town Theatre presents Norm Foster’s Bedtime Stories, starting Nov. 20 at Ol’ Moose Theatre for nine shows. Costs of tickets are $45 for dinner theatre, or $25 for one general show. Contact The Legman at 403-227-5966.

Annual United Way Scotch Classic presented by MNP will take place on Nov. 20 at Pidherney Curling Centre from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. David Michiels will share his extensive knowledge and help guests pick the right scotch for their taste buds.

There will also be live and silent auctions, a wide variety of scotches, and a raffle. Tickets are $80 each at caunitedway. ca under news and events link. Other sponsors include Liquor Crossing Wine Centre, TD Bank, CIBC, Altalaw, and RBC Royal Bank. ● Red Deer Art Club has ongoing sessions every Thursday from 1 to 4 p.m. at the Golden Circle Senior Resource Centre. These afternoons are open to all who are interested in learning techniques and sharing ideas using water based mediums. Open to beginner or advanced artists. For more

● Klaglahachie Fine Arts Society presents Anne of Green Gables at Ponoka United Church with performances on Nov. 28 to 30, Dec. 5 to 7, and Dec. 12 and 13. For tickets or information, phone 403-783-4087. ● Lacombe Neighbourhood Place Career Closet is looking for volunteers aged 18 years and up for shifts of two to four hours a week. Career Closet offers clothing to men and women who are going back to school, changing careers, or graduating, a selection of clothing, free of charge. Contact 403-782-0886, or lacombenp@telus.net. ● Salvation Army Red Deer Christmas Kettle Campaign needs volunteers to man Christmas kettles at various venues until Dec. 23. Contact 403-346-2251 or kettles9@ telus.net. ● Central Alberta Refugee Effort (C.A.R.E.) is offering intercultural training for boards during Nov. and Dec. free of charge in Red Deer. For more information contact Jan at 403346-8818 or visit www.immigrant-centre.ca ● Visions Country Gospel Christmas Concert will be held at Blackfalds United Church on Nov. 21 at 7 p.m. Tickets are $15 for adults, and under 16 years are free. There will also be a silent auction and snacks provided. See blackfaldsunitedchurch.com, or phone 403-885-4857, or 403-885-4780. ● Torrington and District Historical Society is looking for area stories and photos to publish in an area history book.

Information on area families, organizations, schools, businesses, schools, churches and more are welcome to be submitted

by Dec. 1 to torringtonhistory@hotmail.com or General Delivery, Torrington, Alta., T0M 2G0. Those interested in helping with the project are also welcome. To pre-order a book, send a deposit of $35 per book. Contact Dorothy at 403-556-2497 or Dwayne at 403-631-3824 or Garnet at 403-672-0027. ● Central Alberta Singles dance will be held Nov. 29 at Royal Canadian Legion Innisfail Hall. Music by Randy Hillman. Doors open at 7:30 p.m. Music starts at 8 p.m. Everyone welcome. For information, call Jim at 403-638-6563, or Murray at 403-357-8022. ● Red Deer Learning Circle is a program designed to teach life skills to adults with developmental disabilities. For more information call Lexi or Dixie at 403-358-7816. information call 403-342-4242 , email reddeerartclub@gmail. com or search out the club on Facebook. ● Red Deer and District Garden Club meets on Nov. 20 at Kerry Wood Nature Centre at 7 p.m. More information at www.reddeergardenclub.ca or www.facebook.com/RedDeerGardenClub. For more information call Noreen at 403357-4071. ● Central Alberta Prostate Awareness and Support Group meets the third Thursday of each month at 7:30 p.m. at Gaetz Memorial United Church in the parlour. This group has experience and information to share. Knowing about the prostate, symptoms of prostate cancer, and other prostate diseases can save your life. Men and spouses are welcome.

Phone 403-350-5511. ● Golden Circle Senior Resource Centre dance, Thursday, Nov. 20, 7:30 to 10:30 p.m. at the seniors’ centre. Dance to the music of Five Plus One Band. Admission is $7. Phone 403-347-6165, 403-986-7170, or 403-346-3896. ● Powered by Breathing Lung Support Group meets Thursdays from 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. Those with lung disorders are invited to learn tips on having a better life with a chronic lunch disorder at this Lung Association affiliated support group. Contact Barb at 403-343-0804, or Mac at 403-3472191.

● Red Deer Kinsmen Dream Home Lottery tickets in support of local charities, are on sale by visiting dream home, by phone at 1-866-559-6759, or online at www.reddeerkinsmen.com, until the grand prize draw at 5 p.m., Dec. 31. View the dream home at 1 Lazaro Close on weekends from 1 to 5 p.m.

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● School’s Out Fun at Red Deer Public Library welcomes children ages six years and up to the Downtown Branch in the Snell Auditorium during Christmas break. How to Train Your Dragon 2 will be shown on Dec. 30 from 2 to 4 p.m., and Battle Lego will be offered on Jan. 2 from 2 to 3:30 p.m. and features Minute to Win challenges. ● Red Deer River Watershed Alliance (RDRWA) will hold their Ambassador Breakfast on Nov. 21, 7:30 to 8:45 a.m. at the Quality Inn North Hill. Cost is $15. Guest speakers will be Karen Tewnion and Val Schumacher with Stream of Dreams Calgary — a watershed awareness program. RSVP to info@rdrwa.ca or call Kelly at 403-340-7379 by noon on Nov. 19. ● Shalom Counselling Centre offers Planning for the Future with information on Principles of Investing, Power of Attorney, and Personal Directives on Dec. 6, 8:30 a.m. to noon at Davenport Church of Christ. Light breakfast, presentations and panel discussions with experienced professionals.

Free of charge. Register by Nov. 28 at 403-342-0339. ● Tree House Youth Theatre presents Ho, ho...huh?

— a seasonal comedy by Matt Gould with performances on Dec. 4 to 6 and Dec. 11 to 13 at 7:30 p.m. with matinées at 2 p.m. on Saturdays at Scott Block. Tickets cost $20 from www. treehouseyouththeatre.ca. ● Movember Gala will be held at Fionn MacCool’s on Nov. 29. Tickets cost $20 in advance only with reservations from 403-352-0023. ● Red and White Night at Bower Place will be offered on Nov. 23. This exclusive ticketed shopping event will allow guests the opportunity to beat the Christmas shopping crowds. For $10, guest may shop from 6 to 9 p.m. Tickets are available from charitable partners including Central Alberta Women’s Emergency Shelter, Habitat for Humanity Red Deer Region Society, Heart and Stroke Foundation, Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, Waskasoo Environmental Education, Society, and the mall’s Guest Services in support of the Women’s Shelter. V.I.P. tickets cost $25 and guests may shop from 5:30 to 9 p.m. and receive a shopping tote filled with free swag, coupons, and $10 Bower Place gift certificate.

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Wife can’t keep up with husband’s sex drive Dear Annie: I am a married woman in the Midwest in my early 60s. My husband Dear Trying: You are nevand I have been married for er going to convince your 35 years. husband that sex is someWe get along fine most of thing he ought to do withthe time. out. Part of that involves his He is a good man and a sex drive, but we suspect good provider. He can be another part is a need to opinionated at times, but he control. loves his family and friends.

Still, if you love him and The problem is his conwant to remain married, we stant need for sex. hope you will try to accomDuring our early years, modate him on occasion, in I went along with it, but he which case, please talk to would want sex at the most your doctor about how you MITCHELL inconvenient times, like can make sex more comfort& SUGAR when I was all made up, able. dressed and ready for work.

You also can take your He has a high sex drive, and husband with you to the I do not. doctor so he can better unAfter years of trying to satisfy him, derstand what you are going through, I am at the age where sex is neither and then reach an accommodation that important nor enjoyable. Sometimes, it is acceptable to both of you. is downright uncomfortable. I do it ocWithholding sex because you (and casionally, for his benefit, but I really only you) are no longer interested can don’t like to. damage your marriage, making your I do love my husband and show him husband unhappy and depressed or, in other ways. How can I tell him that worse, making him feel justified in I don’t enjoy this part of marriage any- looking for someone else to fill the more without hurting his sense of man- void. hood? — Trying To Build a Better Life Dear Annie: Is it OK to plug your

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cellphone into an outlet at a restaurant, grocery, department store, bar, apartment building hallway, etc.?

I work in a restaurant, and people are constantly unplugging lights and other electrical appliances in order to charge their phones.

They don’t bother to ask permission before moving tables or to ask what they are disconnecting. Should owners add a “charging fee” to those who want to use their electricity?

What is the proper way to handle these inconsiderate thieves? — Mrs. Watts Dear Mrs. Watts: Most establishments don’t mind if you plug into any available outlet, although it is always polite to ask first. But disconnecting lights or other appliances is not acceptable unless expressly given permission to do so.

As for a “charging fee,” owners must decide whether asking patrons to cover any increase in the electric bill is worth losing customers and creating ill will.

Dear Annie: You have suggested it is important for a host to find out about any serious allergies that guests may have. I have allergies to shellfish and

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SUN SIGNS

You will be inspired to travel off and find some new and exciting things to do.

There is a tremendous focus on home and family, so this new direction could involve starting a family of your own or perhaps buying a home.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): This will be an all-around good day to express yourself just as you please.

There will be a need for more excitement in your life, and this will have you communicating with new individuals.

You are more inclined to see their perspective and this will be mentally stimulating for you.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Today is an excellent day to start off any financial plans and implement them to their fullest potential.

Perhaps it is simply you thinking more optimistically about that area of life and realize your dreams are within your reach now.

Whatever it is, today will be a wonderful day, but just hold back on offering advice or receiving it now.

Trust your instincts and express your truth.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): This is a very important day to get your plans off the ground, especially when it comes to your career.

What others see you doing today will be exactly what you are passionate about.

You will be excited!

Channel that energy into your work, it will pay off!

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Today is an excellent day to join in and start an exercise program- one that joins the mind, body and soul.

You will be more able to reap the benefits of such an activity today.

This even promises a clearer vision within all other areas of your chart.

Do what you love now!

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): You will learn today that much can be accomplished working with other individuals.

Yes, you will have to speak up and clear the air, but it will come across beautifully as you will also be able to see another’s perspective today.

Enjoy today’s camaraderie!

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Today, you’ll notice a strong pull to interact with others. Perhaps, even new individuals are entering your life and shaking things up for you. It is welcomed and exciting now!

Just don’t lose track of the plans you set forth early this week.

If disciplined, it will pay off very soon!

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Discipline and organized thoughts will get you everywhere today!

You will want to share news with others and this will create some drama, perhaps not from you, but you’ll have to participate.

It’s a lucky day to get ahead, make sure you are focusing on the positives.

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

IN BRIEF

Firefighters, police rescue dog that got out of attic, was stuck on roof for 3 days YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio — Firefighters in northern Ohio came to the rescue of a dog that neighbours say had been stuck on a roof for three days.

Dozens watched as Youngstown fire-

fighters and police officers brought the Rottweiler to safety on Saturday.

It took them about an hour to rescue the dog that had escaped from a hole in the attic of the three-story house.

A man who lives across the street told The Vindicator newspaper in Youngstown that he had called authorities about the dog a couple of times.

The dog’s owner showed up during the rescue.

The owner told authorities that he’d been staying with a friend the past week and didn’t know the dog had gotten out.

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Thursday, Nov. 13 CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DATE: Gerard Butler, 45; Whoopi Goldberg, 59; Jimmy Kimmel, 47 THOUGHT OF THE DAY: This will be a great day, with yesterday’s Venus Saturn separating and today’s jovial and expansive transit of Jupiter and the Sun. You really cannot go wrong. Get out there and start your engines! Create some more excitement for your life now!

LARISA MAIRA You’ll be more OZOLINS able to express just what has been bothering you and will now be able to actively do something about it.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY: If today is your birthday, this year will prove to provide you with just enough tension to get things moving and off the ground.

You will be able to express your needs with those at work and perhaps even with your mother.

Learn to calm your over active energy this year and channel it with discipline and proper structure. It will be a year to remember, enjoy the ride upwards!

ARIES (March 21-April 19): You are either starting a creative project or a new romance.

Either way, both will be very rewarding for you.

By speaking your mind, it will lead to more emotional excitement about your new ventures. Release any fears or preconceived limitations and just jump in today!

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): This is a wonderful day to expand your mind through conversing with others in your life, especially family members.

They will inspire passion in your heart after yesterday’s delays. You will now be able to utilize your frenetic energy to your advantage and aim high!

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): It’s an excellent day to speak with those at work to clarify your passions and what you can bring to the table.

There is a sense that something has been bothering you.

Today will help you express and make sense of those feelings. Work, daily life, and health are now in focus!

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Today, you will express what is important to you.

This could be anything from becoming a mother to delving and starting that creative project.

You will feel quite optimistic and excited about the future prospects.

Your business partner or spouse is more willing to help out now.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): You will speak about whatever is on your mind today.

nuts. I can go into anaphylactic shock simply by eating something that was cooked in the same pan as these foods or cut with the same knife.

But I believe the problem is my responsibility.

When invited to a meal, I explain the issue to my host. If it creates a serious problem (she was planning on lobster), I simply decline graciously and suggest we meet another time. If it is buffet or wine and cheese, I tell my host that I will need her to indicate what is safe for me to eat. I turn it into a joke, saying, “It could otherwise be a more exciting evening than either of us planned.”

I have found people very willing to share exactly what a dish contains and how it was prepared. I would hope my guests would afford me the same courtesy. We can’t expect others to take responsibility for our health. —Not Too Concerned Host Annie’s Mailbox is written by Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar, longtime editors of the Ann Landers column. Please email your questions to anniesmailbox@ comcast.net, or write to: Annie’s Mailbox, c/o Creators Syndicate, 737 3rd Street, Hermosa Beach, CA 90254.

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C1 Gas tax grant to bring stability

BY CRYSTAL RHYNO ADVOCATE STAFF

Red Deer is set to receive about $5.3 million this year from the renewed gas tax fund grant from the federal government.

Red Deer Mayor Tara Veer said the new 10-year deal will bring stability and help with long-term planning in the city.

Earlier this week, the federal government announced $2.3 billion in gas

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tax funding for local projects across Alberta over 10 years. The grant will deliver $208 million to Alberta this year.

Alberta was the last province to ink a deal with the federal government.

Last year, Red Deer received about $5.2 million for use for core infrastructure in the city.

Veer anticipates with the indexing and population growth, the city will receive around the same number this year.

The grant is generally used for core

infrastructure purposes such as transportation systems, roads, bridges and airports. In two weeks, city administration will present council with the capital budget.

Veer said the money will likely be assigned to fund core infrastructure projects on the tax-supported side at this time.

“It’s important to note this isn’t necessarily new money,” said Veer. “We appreciate that it is enshrined in the federal budget because obviously that offsets the property tax impact that our

Rural budget planners welcome new gas tax deal

citizens will feel in any given year.

“But we see this as one envelope of funding. We’re the last province which the agreement was signed. We are pleased that these funds will now be freed up for us to use in 2015.”

Veer said the city will be keeping an eye on the anticipated Building Canada Fund grants for municipalities. She said the city is waiting for the province and Ottawa to sign a deal in order to know what the net benefit would be for Red Deer. crhyno@reddeeradvocate.com

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BY PAUL COWLEY ADVOCATE STAFF The federal government’s commitment to share gas taxes with Alberta for the next 10 years is welcomed by municipal budget planners.

“It’s a good news story for us,” said Terry Hager, Lacombe County commissioner on Tuesday. “It allows us to do some long-range planning and address some of our capital infrastructure needs.”

Created in 2006, the gas tax fund has turned over hundreds of millions a year to municipalities to spend, largely, as they see fit.

Federal Employment Minister Jason Kenney and Alberta Municipal Affairs Minister Diana McQueen announced the extension on Monday.

Under the deal, Alberta is due for $2.3 billion up to 2024, including $208 million this year.

Lacombe County’s share is $560,410 this year.

“It’s been continuous although there’s been uncertainty in it,” Hager said of the funding. “We’ve never been able to plan our budget knowing that this would be in place. We planned our budget with this as a possibility.”

Sylvan Lake Mayor Sean McIntyre said long-term commitments are especially helpful in fast-growing communities like his.

“It’s definitely encouraging for me to see a stable form of funding coming from the federal government,” he said.

“That transfer from the federal gas tax was something that we were hoping to

see continue.

“It will definitely help us to keep up our regiment of capital improvements in the community.”

Clearwater County is in line for $667,253 this year, a revenue stream the municipality has put to good use on road projects.

Chief administrative officer Ron Leaf said the extended commitment will help with their long-term planning.

Upgrading roads are a high priority in Clearwater County because of the amount of traffic created by industry, which forms a significant part of the municipality’s tax base.

Leaf said 90 per cent of the county’s paved roads have been upgraded to the level that road bans are not required. Future cash will go towards similar work.

Ponoka County Charlie Cutforth said he got word about a month ago that the province and feds had agreed on an extension to the gas tax fund, which looked like it had ended.

The county’s $481,283 share this year will go towards bridge replacement.

Any additional funding help is welcomed for projects like that.

Ponoka County has about 230 bridges, most of which were built in the 1950s and 1960s and are nearing the end of their life span. At an average replacement cost of $500,000, bridge replacement poses a large future financial burden.

The situation was not helped by the province’s cancellation of a bridge grant program about a year ago. pcowley@reddeeradvocate.com

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Ecole Barrie Wilson Elementary School grade two student Azalea Thompson places her vote for a school mascot and team name in a polling station set up at the school on Wednesday. Staff and students at the school could choose from five finalists for a team name including the Bandits, Boomerangs, Barracudas, Blizzards and Broncos.

Sylvan Lake proposing tax hike in multi-year budget

BY PAUL COWLEY ADVOCATE STAFF Sylvan Lake proposes to boost residential taxes by nearly 10 per cent over the next three years as council introduces its first multi-year budget.

Increases break down to three per cent next year, 3.7 per cent in 2016 and two per cent in 2017.

In 2015, the budget will be $32 million, increasing to $34.7 million and $37.3 million in subsequent years.

“We see the three-year budget process as something that is more transparent and also something that’s more responsible,” said Mayor Sean McIntyre.

The town has been one of Alberta’s fastest-growing communities and there is no signs of a slowdown. A population chart, which McIntyre considers conservative, anticipates a population over 15,000 in 2017. The last census in 2013 pegged the population at 13,015.

Adding that many newcomers means keeping pace with facilities and other infrastructure.

Besides roads, sewers and a new municipal water well, the town is building a new fire hall and will soon start on a major community recreation complex, said McIntyre.

As well, service levels are increasing for snow plowing, garbage pickup and parks.

McIntyre said the tax increases were

based on scheduled upcoming projects.

“When people are looking at the implications of these new facilities, they are included in the three-year plan.

There’s no need later to increase taxes to fund those projects.”

Council was initially presented by staff with a budget proposing four per cent tax rate increases over each of the next three years.

“We were able to work with staff and council to reduce those numbers and make sure we were focusing on the needs of the community,” said the mayor.

The budget also reflects council’s goal of bringing non-residential and residential tax rates more in line. Local businesses and industries will see

Social service agencies meeting with city to discuss recent homeless shelter closure BERACHAH PLACE

BY SUSAN ZIELINSKI ADVOCATE STAFF Social service agencies that work with the homeless are meeting with the city today to discuss the recent closure of Berachah Place.

Since 2005, Berachah Place has been a place for people to get warm, grab a snack, do laundry, shower and store belongings during the day, between meals at local soup kitchens and when overnight shelters are closed.

The service, operated by a local business at 4611 Gaetz Ave., shut down almost a month ago due to funding and staffing issues.

Since summer, it had been open three days a week.

“I think what we need to do, and what we’re doing tomorrow, is getting folks together who can help us with the scale and scope out the situation. How many people are we talking about?

What are their circumstances? Why is it that these services are needed separate or distinct from other services that are available,” said Scott Cameron, the city’s social planning manager, on Wednesday.

“We need to understand that before we can develop any solution.”

Staff from Berachah Place have been invited to the meeting.

Cameron said the city continues to focus on its Housing First strategy — getting people into housing to give them some stability and support before dealing with issues, like mental health disorders, that make them vulnerable to homelessness.

Housing First strives for everyone to have a place to call home so they don’t need to seek out daytime spaces, Cameron said.

“If people are not accessing the Housing First programs, why are they not accessing them and what is it they are needing otherwise?”

Cameron said any funding that comes to the city from the province needs to fit with the Red Deer’s 10-year plan to end homelessness. szielinski@reddeeradvocate.com

a two-year tax rate freeze, followed by a 1.5 per increase in 2017.

Final budget approval is scheduled for Dec. 8. Council will approve the 2015 budget, along with projected tax increases, and approve 2016 and 2017 as budget plans. That provides flexibility to deal with any changes.

While the final two years are not etched in stone, budget plans reflect council’s intentions.

“The same level of detail and research has gone into the 2016 and 2017 plans as into the 2015 budget, which is extensive,” he said.

A community open house has been set for Nov. 22 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Municipal Government Building. pcowley@reddeeradvocate.com

More charges laid against accused after missing court date Many more charges have been laid against a Red Deer man arrested in B.C. after missing a court date on multiple counts of fraud and forgery.

Chance Aaron Shaw, 23, has been before the courts in Red Deer on numerous occasions since mid-February, when he was accused of offering safety training and certification without the proper authority. Further charges were laid early in March by Red Deer City RCMP investigating complaints that a man had been offering a house for rent under false pretenses.

Shaw was released from custody in April on $1,500 cash bail.

Ordered to stand trial in June, proceedings were delayed in July when Shaw an-

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nounced that he had decided to fire his defence counsel and again in September when he said he had not yet found a lawyer.

A warrant for his arrest was issued when Shaw failed to show up for arraignment in the Red Deer Court of Queen’s Bench in early October.

Arrested in B.C. last week, he made his first appearance in Red Deer provincial court on a multitude of new charges, including breaching release conditions as well as numerous incidents of fraud and forgery.

Now represented by defence counsel Will Willms of Red Deer, he made his first appearance on the new charges in Red Deer provincial court on Wednesday and is due back in court on Dec. 3.

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BRIEFS Ski swap, Snow Fest this weekend The Canadian Ski Patrol — Red Deer Zone hosts its annual ski and board swap this weekend.

If you or your family have outgrown your ski and ski board equipment, you can sell off your old gear and buy some new gear.

On Friday, good quality ski and snowboard equipment and clothes can be consigned between 4 and 9 p.m.

Consign and shop on Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Ski Swap is held at the Westerner Park in Red Deer, along with 2014 Snow Fest, in the Ag Centre East.

For more details, call 403-350-9411.

Brail Tones Choir performs at The Hub A large group of spirited singers will perform at The Hub on Ross on Friday.

The Brail Tones Choir, a 25-member Edmonton group, will be at the Hub from 1 to 3 p.m.

The choir is directed by Susan Farrell with a number of helpers. The group will perform several folk songs.

Several group members will perform solos.

The performance is free, but a hat will be passed around to those who would like to contribute.

The Hub is located at 4936 50th St. in Red Deer. For more details, call 403-340-4869.

Norwegian baking, crafts for sale at Laft Hus Norwegian baking and crafts will be for sale this weekend in the sod-roofed house downtown Red Deer.

The Norwegian Laft Hus is located in Heritage Square east of the Red Deer Recreation Centre at 4402 47th Ave. The sale runs Saturday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Sunday from noon to 4 p.m.

All crafts and baked goods are made by Laft Hus volunteers with all proceeds going to the Norwegian Laft Hus Society and Museum.

The Laft Hus is a replica of a Norwegian log house from the 17th century. The house was built more than 25 years ago to house books, clothing and artifacts to provide a living legacy about Norwegian culture.

For more details about the Laft Hus and its programs, check www.norwegianlafthussociety.ca.

Pottery, art clubs sell items at Rec Centre Shoppers with a flair for the artistic may want to go shopping at the Red Deer Recreation Centre on Saturday.

The Red Deer Pottery Club and the Red Deer Art Club are hosting a Christmas Show and Sale from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

The Rec Centre is located at 4501 47A Ave. in Red Deer.

The Red Deer museum and tennis club will also be open to the public in this first-annual show and sale hosted by some of the “best-kept secrets in the heart of the downtown.”

For more information, call 403-3098406.

New dementia unit tours being offered Those who want to check out one assisted living option for people with dementia can take a tour today.

Symphony Senior Living in Red Deer will open its newly renovated Memory Care Neighbourhood for public viewing from 4 to 7 p.m.

The memory care units are designed for residents with Alzheimer’s and other forms of dementia. They include homelike environments, small multiple lounges, wandering space, lifeskills stations and calming Snoezelen rooms.

Symphony Inglewood is located at 10 Inglewood Drive. Symphony Aspen Ridge is located at 3100 22 St. For details, check www.symphonyseniorliving.com or call 403-341-5522 or 403-346-1134.

Bird walk, feeding workshop on Sunday at Kerry Wood It will be all about the birds on Sunday at the Kerry Wood Nature Centre.

Red Deer River Naturalists host a bird walk from 1 to 3 p.m. Birdwatchers can meet at the Kerry Wood Nature Centre at 1 p.m. for the walk at Three

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Karla Salter works to unpack cabinets in the kitchen of a new Habitat For Humanity triplex under construction in Red Deer. The new home located on 44th Street in Eastview will house three families when completed. Each home in the triplex has three bedrooms and two bathrooms. Drywall work and cabinet installation is underway.

Mile Bend.

For details, call Judy at 403-3424150.

At 1:30 p.m., children six to 13 can participate in a bird feeding workshop at the nature centre. Children will learn about common winter birds, then they will build a bird feeder to take home. The cost is $8 per child. An adult must accompany a child. Pre-registration is required. Call 403-346-2010 for details or to register.

The Kerry Wood Nature Centre is located at 6300 45th Ave. in Red Deer.

Juried art exhibit at library gallery Red Deer Arts Council visual arts members will stage a juried art exhibit later this month.

The theme this year is Starry Night.

The exhibit will be at the Kiwanis Gallery at Red Deer Public Library from Nov. 25 to Dec. 28. The official First Friday opening will be Dec. 5 from 6 to 8 p.m.

The gallery, located on the basement level, is open during library hours. The library is located at 4818 49th St. For library details, check www.rdpl. org/downtown.

RDC student artists exhibit works downtown Red Deer College School of Creative Arts will present an art exhibit of student work.

Second Year Student Exhibition 20/20 will open on Friday from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Welikoklad Event Centre Gallery at 4922 49th St. Red Deer.

Student artists will be present.

The exhibit runs until Nov. 21.

Post-secondary schools represented at fair More than two dozen post-secondary schools will be represented at a fair at Red Deer College today.

The Educational Liaison Association of Alberta is hosting the post-secondary fair from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., on the second floor of the Four Centres Building (east entrance).

Post-secondary schools from across Alberta and elsewhere in Canada will be represented.

Admission and parking are free.

For more details, go to http://elaa. ab.ca/rdcfair or contact Mike Conway at apse@elaa.ab.ca.

3455 or by emailing harriswarke@ gmail.com. Dinner starts at 6 p.m. sharp and will include a cash bar and live music. Reservations are required for the dinner portion of the event.

The gallery opens to the general public at 7 p.m. and the live auction includes five local artists and begins at 8. Bidding for the silent auction closes at 8:45 p.m.

Any artists who would like to donate to the fundraiser can drop off work at the gallery today between 11 a.m. and 3 p.m.

All proceeds from this fundraiser help to maintain the Harris-Warke Gallery, and support artists throughout the year.

LED Christmas light supply runs out, program ends It’s lights out for the City of Red Deer’s free supply of LED Christmas lights.

Ninety-two sets of the energyefficient lights were handed out since Nov. 3, in exchange for older, incandescent exterior lights.

Since 2009, Red Deer residents have recycled 14,700 incandescent strings of Christmas lights in exchange for over 4,600 energy-efficient LED strings.

More than 1 million kWh has been saved, which is enough energy to power 144 homes.

The City of Red Deer and Kerry Wood Nature Centre joint program ran for the last six years to help conserve energy during the holidays.

For more information about the City of Red Deer’s environmental programs, visit www.reddeer.ca/environment.

Deer rescued from Bower Ponds A Red Deer Emergency Services crew rescued a deer that fell through the ice at Bower Ponds on Tuesday evening.

The five-person team cut a channel through the ice from the shore to

where the deer had been struggling to free itself.

The deer swam to the bank but didn’t have the strength to get out of the water so crews helped pull the deer out and on to solid ground.

The animal was left resting on the side of the water and appeared to be in good shape when the crew left Bower Ponds.

Olds High grad ring found, turned into Red Deer police Lose your high school ring?

Red Deer RCMP are looking for the owner of a 1983 Olds High School graduation ring that was turned into the downtown police station on Monday.

Police say someone brought a woman’s gold ring to the station after finding it in the Bower Place mall parking lot in Red Deer.

Anyone who has lost such a ring is invited to call the exhibits staff at Red Deer RCMP at 403-406-2574 from Monday to Friday between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m.

You will be asked to provide proof of ownership in order to claim it, which may include a photo or a detailed description.

Rocky shelter gets funds The Mountain Rose Women’s Shelter Association was one of 11 organizations to get a piece of the federal government’s $2 million homelessness partnering strategy.

The strategy was awarded by the Alberta Rural Development Network to organizations in Clearwater County, Fort Macleod, Drayton Valley, Stony Plain, Vulcan, Bonnyville, Cochrance, Banff, St. Alberta, Leduc County and Slave Lake.

The Mountain Rose Women’s Shelter Association operates a women’s shelter in Rocky Mountain House. It received $247,300 under the strategy. It funds a plan that aims to help people facing homeless immediately or in the near future stabilize their situation and move beyond emergency needs.

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Elk and moose problems are similar On Sept. 19, a class-action law suit against the government of Newfoundland and Labrador on behalf of people injured in moose-vehicle collisions was dismissed by Justice Robert Stack of the Supreme Court of Newfoundland and Labrador.

Almost a month later, the Alberta and federal governments anBOB nounced that SCAMMELL there will absolutely be no massive roundup or cull of the burgeoning Canadian Forces Base Suffield elk herd that is causing serious problems in the area, including collisions with vehicles.

There are other cross-country similarities and lessons to be learned here, which we’ll get to later.

The number of moose-vehicle collisions in Newfoundland and Labrador has doubled in the past decade to 800 per year, according to police records. Even back 40 years ago, the late Tom O’Keefe and I almost got mooshed twice on our 800-km drive from St. John’s to Port aux Basques.

In dismissing the suit, Stack found “there was no evidence to prove the moose population management or moose-vehicle collision risk mitigation were irrational or done in bad faith, and, as a result, government is immune from a negligence lawsuit.”

Newfoundland and Labrador has the most concentrated moose population in North America, with a herd now estimated at 115,000, down from 150,000 in 1997.

To put the density in perspective: with less than two-thirds Alberta’s area, Newfoundland and Labrador fundamentally has as many as Alberta’s estimated 118,000 moose.

All moose in Newfoundland and Labrador are descended from only four head transplanted from New Brunswick in 1904, probably before there were any automobiles in the province, or roads fit for them. There was no claim for “nuisance” (later) in the class-action suit, probably because it is 110 years since the four moose were introduced, with the full hope that they would go forth and multiply.

It was only back in 1997-98 when

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Above: Across the road from CFB Suffield.

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Below: Roadside moose, Newfoundland. the feds, and the military at Canadian Forces Base Suffield in southeastern Alberta, introduced, or ”reintroduced,” as some like to claim, 220 surplus elk from Elk Island National Park onto the base, apparently to replace the feral horses they felt were too harmful to the ecosystem.

In little more than 15 years, on prime prairie grassland, with virtually no predators, those 220 elk have become an estimated 6,000 to 8,000 head that are increasing by 20 per cent annually, and are now escaping the base to the surrounding country and causing major damage to the fences, grass, crops and bale yards of area farmers and ranchers.

Recent very limited hunting seasons, mainly for cow elk, have not alleviated the problem, yet the feds and the province continue to put their faith in hunters to control the huge herd, rejecting any other solutions suggested by area residents. This year, the number of cow elk tags for the area has been doubled to 600.

But elk are wily critters and Alberta hunter success rates with them rarely exceeds 25 per cent, so, if we’re lucky, 150 of those CFB Suffield cow elk will die, not much of a dent in the 1,200 to 1,600 annual increase in the herd.

Surely whatever wildlife managers are left in Alberta have to know this and aren’t serious about dealing with an increasingly disastrous problem for the residents of the area, or they just aren’t paying attention.

Something must be done quickly to grab the full attention of the federal and provincial governments. If I were a farmer or rancher in the area, I’d be retaining the best counsel available — preferably a class action lawyer who also knows wildlife mismanagement

when he sees it — to commence a classaction lawsuit on behalf of all people damaged by the CFB Suffield elk herd.

Unlike in Newfoundland and Labrador, the principal cause of action would be for nuisance, the new “tort” (civil wrong) first enunciated by the House of Lords in 1868 in Rylands and Fletcher.

Basically, the case decided that anyone who allows a dangerous element on their land, which, if it escapes and damages a neighbour, is liable on a strict liability basis; it is not necessary to prove negligence on the landowner from which the dangerous element has escaped. It would be interesting to see to what extent Alberta aided and abetted the creation of the nuisance.

But there is also ample negligence

to go around here, including that the feds were warned in advance of just what is happening now unless they had a management plan in place and, more than 15 years later, neither they nor the province have the slightest idea what to do about the monster they have created.

The feds stonewall farmers and ranchers wanting to talk about solutions, and they and the province reject plans for massive roundups and culls that could effectively reduce the current size and growth of the nuisance, the disaster.

If they won’t even talk, it’s time for action: a class action.

Bob Scammell is an award-winning columnist who lives in Red Deer. He can be reached at bscam@telusplanet.net.

Poppies don’t just grow in Flanders Fields “In Flanders Fields where poppies 18 and 24 inches (44 and 58 cm) tall. grow” is the opening line of a poem Locally, the poppies begin blooming that is used in many countries to sym- from seed mid summer and continue bolize the sacrifices that others made until they encounter the first killer in times of war. The popfrost. pies immortalized by the War produced the ideal enpoem are papaver rhoeas, vironment for the poppies to also known as corm poppy flourish. Artillery fire killed or field poppy. existing vegetation, exposFlanders poppies are ing the empty patches of soil easily recognized by their that is needed for the poppy flower, which consists seeds to germinate. Soil in of four bright red petals that particular area of Belthat may or may not have gium is light and sandy, which a black spot at the base. is preferred by the poppies.

At this time of year, when Each poppy head contains upthe poppies have finished wards to 50,000 seeds. Even at blooming for the season, one per cent germination, the we purchase the artificial survival rate is 500 new plants poppies to wear out of reper flower.

LINDA spect for those who serve During the First World TOMLINSON or have served our counWar, fields near the areas of try. fighting were not tended for Flower buds hang a number of years, which aldownwards until just before bud lowed the poppies to grow and reproopens. At that time, the stem straight- duce, soon covering the area in red ens and the flower opens in an upright flowers. position. The plant is usually between In Europe, the field poppy has be-

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come a pest that can prove detrimental to field crops. Poppies will grow between the crop rows, using nutrient and moisture. More importantly, the white sap found within the poppies irritates animals’ stomachs, making it a major problem in forages.

Locally, the poppy can be prolific but they haven’t spread out of yards or gardens.

Poppies are easy to control by hand weeding or cultivation. Disturb the root of a poppy and the plant is likely to die.

Corn poppies, like other poppies, do not respond well to being transplanted.

It is best to sow poppy seed directly into the garden in the early spring or late fall.

Introducing the plants to the garden is as easy as sprinkling the seeds over the ground. Do not cover the seed with soil as seeds are light sensitive and will not germinate if they are buried in the ground.

In areas where the poppies have flourished for years, tilling the soil

often brings seed to the surface and a new crop of poppies.

Corn poppies have evolved over the years. Newer varieties contain more petals and come in different colours and in bi-colours are available. They are known by the name shirley poppies.

The annual poppies are attractive and easy to grow, and are rarely bothered by pests, including deer. To control the spread of seed, remove the seed pod after the petals fall.

For those who wish to have poppies self seed, leave a few of the pods intact.

Seed can be harvested to use in baking and cooking.

Add some Flanders poppies to the garden next season as a way to remember others who have served or are serving our country.

They are bright, cheerful and will continue to self sow for many years.

Linda Tomlinson is a horticulturalist who lives near Rocky Mountain House.

She can be reached at your_garden@hotmail.com.

A citizens’ assembly on resources makes sense “The desire to be involved, to be part of The resulting 161 people then spent the decision-making process that affects those weeks in a “learning phase,” our own destiny, is so powerful, it’s one which involved “presentations by exof the most powerful human perts, group discussions feelings.” and access to a range of — Daniel Yankelovich source materials.” (Source: (public opinion analyst) Wikipedia) In last month’s column, I And finally, because mentioned the possible use changing the electoral sysof a citizens’ assembly to tem was a constitutional decide on the direction of matter, the recommendaresource use in Alberta (aftion of the assembly went ter also seeing it mentioned to a provincewide referin an earlier column writendum. And that’s where ten by ATB’s senior analyst, the major shortcoming of Robert Roach). the process reared its ugly But what exactly is a citihead. zen’s assembly? I wrote that After studying the variit is a random sampling of ous possible electoral sysEVAN citizens that makes a rectems (being the existing BEDFORD ommendation on policy. But first-past-the-post, plus how? And why? a couple of different proA couple of examples portional representation have been the Citizens’ systems), the assembly deAssembl[ies] on Electoral liberated. And 93 per cent Reform in B.C. and Ontario of them decided to recom(from 2004 and 2007 respectively). In mend a system of proportional repreB.C., the process included a random sentation for B.C.’s future elections. selection of one man and one woman The provincewide referendum, from each of the province’s electoral however, had other ideas. Only 57.7 districts (however, it wasn’t quite like per cent of the wider public wanted a jury selection, in that those people who change. And that fell just short of the had no interest in the electoral system 60 per cent needed for such a constitu— or who had no interest in spending tional change.

12 weeks studying the intricacies of So a random sampling of citizens it — didn’t have to have their name in can study something on our behalf for the hat). weeks on end, and make a solid recom-

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mendation to us (we, who are mostly sitting at home, watching The Bachelorette and NASCAR races). And then we, in turn, have the freedom to completely ignore their recommendation. Does that make any sense?

However, on the matter of how Albertans want to exploit our natural resources, we are on firmer footing. For example, a citizens’ assembly could discuss whether we want to expand tarsands production from the current two million barrels per day to a forecast five million barrels per day (which seems to be what China and the U.S. and Prime Minister Stephen Harper wants).

And since this isn’t a constitutional question, the recommendation from a citizen’s assembly could go straight into law. Or it could go straight on to Premier Jim Prentice’s desk (who would be pretty foolish to ignore it). But it wouldn’t have to go through the humiliation of a referendum. And I assume that most of us would trust what a random sampling of our fellow Albertans (who are not being distracted by The Bachelorette and NASCAR) would come up with, if they put their minds to it.

But why not just leave such questions to the politicians? Or industry lobbyists?

Because their time horizon is so short. Politicians rarely see past the next election. Lobbyists can’t see past the next quarterly report.

Mind you, our individual time horizons are fairly short, also. Research has shown that we would much prefer to have a dollar in the pocket today than a dollar in the pocket five years from now (i.e., we have a high discount rate).

The question then becomes: what kind of entity would have a low discount rate? What kind of entity would care the most about the kind of province that our great-grandchildren will inherit? Research has shown that local communities tend to see furthest into the future. A citizens’ assembly isn’t exactly local. But like a community, it would have face-to-face patterns of communication, and when you’re dealing with someone face-to-face, it’s harder to ignore them, and it’s harder for you not to imagine yourself in their shoes. And unlike a distracted individual voter in a referendum, participants in an assembly are less likely to ignore important facts (such as the forecast extinction of Alberta’s boreal caribou population, as a result of all of the frantic development up north).

In other words, a citizens’ assembly is exactly the antidote we need for our dysfunctional systems of governance, and our toxic political rivalries.

Evan Bedford is a local environmentalist. Direct comments, questions and suggestions to wyddfa23@telus.net. Visit the Energy and Ecology website at www. evanbedford.com.

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Vote on Keystone XL expected soon AFTER SIX YEARS, U.S. POLITICAL DEBATE OVER PIPELINE COULD BE NEARING AN END

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS WASHINGTON — Six years of delay and debate over the controversial Keystone XL pipeline may be finally nearing an end.

In a moment of high political drama Wednesday, supporters of the longstalled, Canadian-linked oil project demanded an imminent vote in the United States Congress.

They appeared to get their wish.

A key vote is expected early next week.

The results of the U.S. midterm elections had prompted widespread expectation that the new Republicandominated, oil-friendly Congress might pursue the project upon its January swearing-in.

But it’s happened at an unexpected speed, from an unexpected place.

Within minutes of Congress returning for its first day of business following the election, the Senate’s more conservative Democrats began pushing for a vote during the so-called lame-duck period and they initially tried to make it happen by Thursday.

The kindling for this scorching pace of activity appeared to be a Louisiana runoff election. The Democrats hope to avoid losing yet another seat in next

month’s runoff, and stave off a final electoral gut-punch after last week’s memorable beating.

The duelling candidates in that Louisiana race spent Wednesday trying to out-pipeline each other.

A Senate bill was introduced by Keystone-backing Democrat Mary Landrieu, who has previously appeared in public with Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird to promote the project.

Equivalent legislation was introduced in the House of Representatives by her Republican challenger — congressman Bill Cassidy, whom polls suggest is likely to win next month’s runoff and get a promotion to the upper chamber.

“It needs to get done right now,” Landrieu said as she introduced the bill on the Senate floor, with a map of the proposed pipeline perched up beside her.

“Not in January, not in February, not in March.”

She said elections have consequences, and one of the consequences of last week’s Republican romp was that the Congress will easily have enough votes to pass the pipeline.

Landrieu is the clear underdog in a fight to retain her seat in a one-on-one runoff election, after she failed to capture 50 per cent of the vote on Nov. 4

against a divided field of conservative rivals.

Pipeline supporters have long expressed frustration that the project has enough votes to pass Congress but has been consistently stalled by the Democratic leadership in the Senate.

Reports now suggest the party’s lame-duck Senate leader, Harry Reid, may step out of the way and allow a vote next Tuesday.

Some Democrats have apparently concluded that a Keystone bill may be inevitable, so it might as well happen while there’s still some hope of saving Landrieu’s seat.

Environmental organizations were mortified.

The green groups that comprise some of the most energetic foot soldiers in progressive U.S. politics pleaded with Democrats to desist.

They noted that President Barack Obama had just made a big announcement with China on greenhouse-gas reductions, and said Canadian bitumen would erode that progress.

“Mary Landrieu should know better than to undermine President Obama’s climate goals and drag the Democratic Party into climate denial, solely for the fading chance of avoiding another thumping at the ballot box,” said a statement from 350 Action spokesman

Karthik Ganapathy.

“This vote is a farce because Keystone XL is a decision for the president, not Congress.”

Obama could veto any bill passed

by Congress. It’s unclear what he’d do on Keystone XL, as he’d be squeezed between public support for the project and staunch opposition by his party’s environmentalist base.

Some of Keystone’s opponents have also warned that there could be constitutional lawsuits if Obama is pushed to approve the pipeline under unconventional methods.

The cross-border pipeline approval process is generally led by the State Department — not Congress.

Landrieu’s congressional colleagues either remained silent Wednesday or expressed support for her. Some joined her on the Senate floor to gush with enthusiasm for Canada, and for Canadian oil.

“Canada is the best and largest trading partner for 35 states,” said West Virginia’s Joe Manchin, also a pipeline-friendly Democrat.

“If we have the best partner — the best ally that we’ve ever had and could imagine — working with us to develop this product that the whole world seems to need and want ... why not have control of it?”

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Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper speaks with New Zealand Deputy Prime Minister Bill English (right) as he arrives in Auckland, New Zealand, Thursday.

Dairy tariffs on the agenda for Harper’s trip to New Zealand

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS AUCKLAND, New Zealand — Stephen Harper has arrived in Auckland for an official visit with his New Zealand counterpart that will include discussions on a touchy subject between the otherwise friendly leaders — Canada’s heavily protected dairy sector.

Canada’s so-called supply management system is a sore point in ongoing negotiations on the Trans-Pacific Partnership, a massive Asia-Pacific freetrade proposal involving 12 countries with a combined population of almost 800 million. The U.S. is pressuring Canada to cut tariffs on foreign dairy products as a TPP deal inches closer.

Canada’s dairy tariffs are among the highest of any TPP members. New Zealand, the world’s top dairy exporter, is also urging Canada to cut the tariffs as it seeks out new markets. The Pacific Rim nation even objected three years ago to Canada’s participation in the TPP talks unless it shuttered its supply management system.

“We have such a great relationship, and we work so closely together on almost any issue under the sun,” Simon Tucker, New Zealand’s high commissioner to Canada, said in a recent interview.

“In terms of issues where we have disagreements, it’s just about the only

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The Red Deer-based marketer of fuel and petroleum products, which operates under the Fas Gas and other brands, said in a release that the drop in earnings was due to several factors.

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Foreign dairy producers are slapped with tariffs that range between 200 and 300 per cent when they try to sell in Canada. Those tariffs not only make foreign cheese, butter and other dairy products prohibitively expensive for Canadian consumers, they also keep domestic prices for dairy products among the highest in the world.

Harper has said, nonetheless, that Canada is standing by its dairy producers in trade talks even though it recently committed to increased imports of European cheese in the trade deal with the European Union known as CETA. “I’ve been out talking to a lot of dairy farmers and you do find a lot of them privately will talk about how change is necessary and inevitable,” Tucker said.

Global demand is growing dramatically for dairy; Canada could benefit enormously if it levelled the playing field and stopped resisting change, he added.

“There’s no reason given why Canada couldn’t reorientate its dairy industry ... the danger is if you hang on and hang on and hang on and you get dramatic change foisted upon you, you may not be in a position to create what you want.”

Energy Inc. that had given Parkland a share of Suncor’s refining margins, a jump in depreciation and amortization expenses, and acquisition costs associated with Parkland’s purchase in of SPF Energy Inc. effective January of this year.

Parkland president and CEO Bob Espey said the company’s adjusted EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization) of $132 million for the nine months ended Sept. 30, 2014, was close to the amount previously forecast.

“Parkland’s retail and commercial base business, along with our acquisitions, delivered a solid performance during the third quarter,” said Espey.

In September, Parkland struck an agreement to buy Ontario-based Pioneer Energy. That’s expected to boost Parkland’s annual fuel sales by 2.2 billion litres and its adjusted EBITDA by $55 million.

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Multi-family home construction in Red Deer continues to push housing starts in the city ahead of last year’s pace.

Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. reported this week that work on 34 multi-family units commenced in Red Deer last month, up from 14 for the same period in 2013. That brought the 2014 tally in the multi-family category to 434, as compared with 286 for the same 10-month period in 2013.

Meanwhile, starts on single-detached houses in the city are down slightly for the January-to-October period, to 318 from 323. That’s despite a year-over-year increase in singledetached starts for the month October, to 318 from 323.

Total housing starts for October was 72, up from 43 a year ago. And for the year to date the current year’s figure was 752 as of Oct. 31, as compared with

609 in 2013.

Ekaterina Kortava, a regional market analyst with CMHC, told the Advocate recently that multi-family construction in Red Deer was being driven by low vacancy rates in the rental market. Also encouraging this type of building were land constraints and the appeal of lower-priced homes to new buyers, she added.

Kortava said that as new rental buildings are completed, vacancy rates should rise and multi-family construction slow down.

Among Alberta’s seven largest urban centres, six recorded more housing starts in October than they did during the same month last year. The exception was Edmonton.

For the first 10 months of 2014, housing starts in both Edmonton and the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo were down this year. The totals for Calgary, Red Deer, Grande Prairie Medicine Hat and Lethbridge were all up.

Unemployment falls in October

BY ADVOCATE STAFF

STATSCAN REPORT

Unemployment in the Red Deer region slipped slightly last month, according to the latest survey by Statistics Canada.

It calculated the local jobless rate at 3.9 per cent for October, down from 4.0 per cent in September and 4.9 per cent in October 2013. For the province as a whole, the seasonally adjusted figure was 4.5 per cent, down 0.1 points from September but unchanged from October 2013. The region with the lowest unemployment rate last month was Camrose-Drumheller, which came in at 2.6 per cent. Lethbridge-Medicine Hat was next at 3.2 per cent, followed by Red Deer, Banff-Jasper-Rocky Moun-

tain House (4.0 per cent), Calgary (4.5 per cent), Wood Buffalo-Cold Lake (4.9 per cent), Athabasca-Grande Prairie (5.0 per cent) and Edmonton (5.8 per cent).

Alberta’s unemployment rate was the second lowest in Canada, behind Saskatchewan’s 3.5 per cent.

The national rate was 6.5 per cent, down 0.3 percentage points from September and the lowest rate since November 2008. Alberta’s labour force grew by 5,000 people during the month, while employment increased by 3,300.

Full-time employment was up by 11,800 positions but part-time employment fell by 8,500 over this period.

“The process of obtaining the consents and approvals to complete the Pioneer transaction is proceeding as expected,” said Espey.

Parkland’s sales and operating revenues for the July-to-September period was $1.9 billion, up 26 per cent from the $1.5 billion for the third quarter last year. Its earnings per basic share for the quarter were 14 cents, down 48 per cent from 27 cents a year earlier.

since 2011 and head of the team overseeing the pipeline project.

Enbridge said leadership of the Northern Gateway project will continue under John Carruthers, president of Northern Gateway Pipelines.

Carruthers will report to Byron Neiles, senior vice-president of major projects and enterprise safety and operational reliability.

Holder joined Enbridge in 1992 and was president of gas distribution from 2008 to 2011. Enbridge had hoped to have Northern Gateway in service as early as 2018, however that is seen as unlikely as the company continues to look for support from B.C. First Nations along its route from Alberta to the West Coast. The federal government approved the Northern Gateway project earlier this year, subject to 209 conditions, however Enbridge has suggested that a final decision to break ground will not come any time soon.

Enbridge exec in charge of Northern Gateway to retire CALGARY — Enbridge Inc. (TSX:ENB) said Wednesday that the executive in charge of its controversial Northern Gateway pipeline project will retire at the end of the year.

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Consumer Canadian Tire . . . . . . . . 126.00 Gamehost . . . . . . . . . . . . 16.34 Leon’s Furniture . . . . . . . 14.23 Loblaw Ltd. . . . . . . . . . . . 60.10 MARKETS CLOSE TORONTO — Energy and base metal stocks, along with positive earnings reports, pushed the Toronto stock market to a solid advance Wednesday.

The S&P/TSX composite index jumped 95.93 points to 14,856.2, while the Canadian dollar surged 0.45 of a cent to 88.37 cents US. New York markets were narrowly mixed as the Dow Jones industrials was off 2.7 points at 17,612.2, the Nasdaq gained 14.57 points to 4,675.13 and the S&P 500 index slipped 1.43 points to 2,038.25.

The energy sector in Toronto rose one per cent even as oil prices headed lower ahead of the latest U.S. inventory data.

The December crude oil contract dropped 76 cents to a four-year low of US$77.18 a barrel.

Oil prices have fallen dramatically from around US$105 at mid-summer amid uncertainty about global economic growth and higher crude supplies, and there is plenty of doubt about where prices go from here.

There was another reminder of global economic weakness after the German government’s independent panel of economic advisers forecast growth of just one per cent next year.

The panel also cut its 2014 growth forecast for Europe’s biggest economy to 1.2 per cent from its 1.9 per cent prediction in March. The government recently forecast growth of 1.2 per cent this year and 1.3 per cent next year.

The advisers pointed to “geopolitical risks” such as the Ukraine crisis and weak eurozone growth.

Encana Corp. (TSX:ECA) posted operating earnings of $281 million or 38 cents a share, missing estimates of 50 cents a share. Encana did better than estimates on cash flow, which increased to $1.09 per share

Maple Leaf Foods. . . . . . 19.20 Rona Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . 14.49 Tim Hortons . . . . . . . . . . 92.51 Wal-Mart . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79.20 WestJet Airlines . . . . . . . 30.86 Mining Barrick Gold . . . . . . . . . . 13.25 Cameco Corp. . . . . . . . . 21.73 First Quantum Minerals . 17.30 Goldcorp Inc. . . . . . . . . . 22.29 Hudbay Minerals. . . . . . . . 8.35 Kinross Gold Corp. . . . . . . 2.79 Labrador. . . . . . . . . . . . . 19.11 Potash Corp.. . . . . . . . . . 38.25 Sherritt Intl. . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.66 Teck Resources . . . . . . . 18.29 Energy Arc Resources . . . . . . . . 28.80 Badger Daylighting Ltd. . 28.88 Baker Hughes. . . . . . . . . 50.98 Bonavista . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.96 Bonterra Energy . . . . . . . 51.10 Cdn. Nat. Res. . . . . . . . . 41.91 Cdn. Oil Sands Ltd. . . . . 17.35 Canyon Services Group. 11.53 Cenovous Energy Inc. . . 28.56 CWC Well Services . . . 0.6900 Encana Corp. . . . . . . . . . 20.58 Essential Energy. . . . . . . . 2.03 from 89 cents per share and eight cents above the estimate of $1.01 per share and its stock shed 35 cents to $20.58.

Elsewhere, Loblaw Companies Ltd. (TSX:L) reported adjusted earnings of $371 million or 90 cents a share, up 23 per cent from a year ago and three cents ahead of estimates. Revenue shot up 36 per cent to $13.6 billion, reflecting its acquisition of Shoppers Drug Mart. Loblaw shares gained $1.98 or 3.4 per cent to $60.10.

Yellow Media Ltd. (TSX:Y) shares surged $2.10 or 13.1 per cent to $18.10 as the company posted quarterly earnings of $26.5 million or 98 cents per share compared with $41.8 million or $1.51 per share a year ago.

Total revenue declined eight per cent to $218.4 million but revenue from digital products was up and now represents more than half of the total.

The gold sector dipped about 0.15 per cent as December bullion closed down $3.90 to US$1,159.10 an ounce. Gold stocks have been volatile this week as traders consider whether sector has been oversold.

It is down 13 per cent in the last month alone as gold prices head steadily towards the US$1,100 mark amid a higher U.S. dollar, improved economic data from the U.S. and the ending of the Federal Reserve’s bond buying stimulus program.

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

Stocks: S&P/TSX Composite Index — 14,856.20, up 95.93 points Dow — 17,612.20, down 2.70 points S&P 500 — 2,038.25, down 1.43 points Nasdaq — 4,675.13, up 14.57 points

Loonie rises while Ottawa says budget surplus far short of expectations TORONTO — The Canadian dollar closed higher Wednesday even as Ottawa said that next year’s federal budget surplus will be $1.9 billion — $4.5 billion less than expected and thanks in large part to the Harper government’s multibillion-dollar family friendly initiatives.

The loonie rose 0.45 of a cent to 88.37 cents US as the loonie continued

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Currencies: Cdn — 88.37 cents US, up 0.45 of a cent Pound — C$1.7863, down 1.64 cents Euro — C$1.4071, down 0.57 of a cent Euro — US$1.2435, up 0.14 of a cent Oil futures: US$77.18 per barrel, down 76 cents (December contract) Gold futures: US$1,159.10 per oz., down $3.90 (December contract) Canadian Fine Silver Handy and Harman: $18.409 oz., up 10.3 cents $591.85 kg., up $3.31 ICE FUTURES CANADA WINNIPEG — ICE Futures Canada closing prices: Canola: Nov. ’14 $7.60 lower $445.00; Jan ’15 $7.00 lower $429.60; March ’15 $4.80 lower $430.50; May ’15 $3.50 lower $430.90; July ’15 $2.70 lower $431.60; Nov ’15 $1.30 lower $428.30; Jan. ’16 $1.70 lower $434.90; March ’16 $0.90 lower $439.50; May ’16 $0.90 lower $439.50; July ’16 $0.90 lower $439.50; Nov. ’16 $0.90 lower $439.50.

Barley (Western): Dec. ’14 $3.00 higher $158.00; March ’15 $2.00 higher $161.00; May ’15 $2.00 higher $161.00; July ’15 $2.00 higher $161.00; Oct. ’15 $2.00 higher $161.00; Dec. ’15 $2.00 higher $161.00; March ’16 $2.00 higher $161.00; May ’16 $2.00 higher $161.00; July ’16 $2.00 higher $161.00; Oct. ’16 $2.00 higher $161.00; Dec. ’16 $2.00 higher $161.00.

Wednesday’s estimated volume of trade: 261,620 tonnes of canola; 0 tonnes of barley (Western Barley) Total: 261,620.

to improve from the five-year lows that it reached last week.

The expected surplus, unveiled Wednesday in the government’s fall fiscal and economic update, is a far cry from the $6.4-billion surplus projected in February’s budget.

That’s because of the Conservative government’s recently announced family-friendly tax and benefit initiatives, which will consume an estimated $27 billion from public coffers between 2014-15 and 2019-20. The loonie is ahead 1.3 per cent from its Nov. 5 low, thanks in large part to a much stronger than expected Canadian employment report released on Friday.

Loblaw says grocery wars still going strong

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS The head of Canada’s largest supermarket chain doesn’t see any kind of relief from the country’s grocery wars in the next few years and, instead, expects competition will increase as rivals continue attempts to eat into each other’s market share.

“There is a reasonable expectation of intense competition, with rational stability, for the next three years. Anyone who is predicting the market structure beyond that I think would be taking a big risk,” Loblaw’s president and executive chairman Galen G. Weston told analysts during a conference call Wednesday. “(But) never say never. In our position, we will respond to whatever competitive forces come against us but we don’t see a lot of evidence at this point that it’s going to deteriorate particularly badly. And, we don’t see an opportunity for us to outstrip our competitors over the next three years either.”

Weston said Loblaw will continue to concentrate on offering value — whether that be through pricing, personalized offers or convenience — to consumers with continuing evolving tastes and expectations.

The company sees growing demand for fresh and ready-to-eat meals. Even if those meals cost more, consumers are willing to fork over the money if they perceive the food as good quality, Weston said.

“The quality is higher, the price is a little bit higher, but what we’re seeing is consumers making that choice because they’re beginning to see it less against what they might spend in the grocery aisle or the frozen aisle and more versus with what they might spend if they went to a restaurant instead,” he said.

These are the same shoppers who are making the same “distinctive

choice” when it comes to fresh juice.

Loblaw recently began operating 50 juice bars that use produce from its grocery stores.

“Customers of a certain kind — and it’s a broad based number, it’s not just the people with high, high disposable income — are making a choice to spend $7 or $8 on a litre of orange juice because it’s fresh than, say, $2.49 on what they might spend on a two-litre of Tropicana from the refrigerator,” he said.

RBC analyst Irene Nattel rated the stock as “outperform” with a price target of $62, noting Weston’s remarks that while Loblaw “is modestly outperforming its peers, relative market shares are likely to remain close to current levels.”

On the Toronto Stock Exchange, Loblaw shares closed up $1.98 at $60.10.

Earlier in the day, Loblaw Companies Ltd. (TSX:L) reported that it had lower profits in the third quarter but higher adjusted earnings and revenue as it benefited from strong drug sales at the recently acquired Shoppers Drug Mart — a deal that combined Canada’s largest grocery company with the country’s largest pharmacy retailer.

The grocer bought the drugstore chain for $12.4 billion in a blockbuster transaction announced in July 2013 and completed this year. This was the second Loblaw financial report that included Shoppers in the consolidated results. Loblaw had $371 million of adjusted basic net earnings, or 90 cents per share, for the three-month period ended Oct. 4. This was up 23 per cent from a year earlier and three cents better than analyst estimates.

Revenue jumped 36 per cent compared with a year earlier, rising to $13.6 billion. Excluding revenue from Shoppers, Loblaw’s revenue was up a more typical two per cent to $10.2 billion, an increase of about $203 million.

Kinder Morgan president says B.C. pipeline benefits fair

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS

TRANS MOUNTAIN

VICTORIA — Duelling reports about job-creation numbers and oil spill cleanup costs for the proposed Kinder Morgan pipeline expansion from Edmonton to Burnaby, B.C., have prompted the company to defend the benefits it has forecast for the project.

Kinder Morgan’s president Ian Anderson said estimates of a high number of jobs in British Columbia during the proposed expansion of its Trans Mountain pipeline are based on fair and reasonable assumptions.

He also justified the company’s liability insurance coverage for an oil spill as “more than enough.”

But Anderson said he has yet to fully review a Simon Fraser University study that forecasts one-third fewer jobs and concludes the company has not set aside enough cash to handle a major environmental incident.

“Clearly, the SFU study has used a different set of assumptions than what our work has,” Anderson said Wednesday during a conference call with reporters.

“I’ll be most interested in looking at that to determine what’s most reasonable. We think what we have done is fair and reasonable and in many respects conservative.”

Kinder Morgan’s application last year to the National Energy Board included an analysis by the Conference Board of Canada that estimated 36,000 person-years of employment in B.C. while the pipeline was being built.

The NEB is the federal regulatory body that will conduct the review process of Kinder Morgan’s application to proceed with the project. The Conference Board of Canada is an Ottawabased think tank.

“I’m open to considering those (SFU assumptions) and looking at the impact of those,” Anderson said. “Most certainly our views on that study will be public shortly.”

The university’s Centre for Public Policy Research teamed up with a California-based consulting firm to examine the estimated impacts.

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Welcome to the driver’s seat

A German car with a price tag under $15,000 Volkswagen has had an impressive ride here during the past few years, gaining market share and selling record numbers of cars – its best-selling car being the Jetta.

When the last VW Jetta was introduced in 2011, it represented a major shift in the company’s sales philosophy. The decision was to make a larger sedan, yet drop the price to compete right in the heart of Canada’s compact segment, our largest sales category. With a starting price under $15,000 the Jetta is the biggest car in the compact class, offering a gateway into owning a German car, yet having the space and comfort North Americans expect. For 2015 VW continues with the same philosophy but ups the ante to include new engines, styling and interior amenities.

Looks It would be easy to overlook the substantial updates to this new Jetta because the exterior tweaks are so subtle they need pointing out. The front grille, bumper and headlamps have all been replaced to include a bigger air opening and LED marker lights, plus xenon headlights are available.

The back also receives a minor update that includes a new bumper, trunk and tail lamps. With a starting price of $14,990, the Trendline comes with hubcaps on 15-inch wheels. The midlevel $20,090 Comfortline can be equipped with 16-inch alloy wheels and the $25,490 Highline is fitted with 17-inch alloys. Then there are the TDI diesel versions that range from $22,490 to $27,790.

Volkswagen has a wide range of prices, equipment

and engine choices to suit. The most popular is the Trendline Plus at $17,190 that includes the must have…heated front seats!

Inside What isn’t obvious on first inspection is just how far the Jetta interior has come unless you know the previous model. It was a practical car but hardly luxurious or even sporty – spartan might be a good word. That has all changed with the new 2015 model thanks to new switches and dials that looks and feel first rate. The upper dash on all but the base Trendline is now fitted with soft-touch materials and the base model even comes with a 6.5-inch touchscreen that also doubles as a backup camera. Bluetooth is optional on the Trendline plus but becomes standard on Comfortline and above.

The top highline features leather, a bigger 8-inch screen and push button start. What all Jetta’s come standard with is a huge back seat, massive trunk and plenty of room side-to-side. This really is a midsize car that starts at a compact car price.

Drive The drive event for the all-new Jetta was held in Middleburg Virginia, which I later discovered is in the wealthiest county in the United States. Huge homes on rolling farms, with stone fences and colonial designs reminds visitors that this is historic country; Middleburg witnesses action during the Gettysburg campaign of the American Civil War. The Salamander Resort was the backdrop for the introduction, an equestrian themed luxury resort that would make any new car look good.

Surrounding it are rolling hills and winding roads, a perfect place to exercise the new suspension and engines in the Jetta. The previous car was recently updated to a full independent suspension and that carries over, as do disc brakes on all four wheels. The big news is a new 1.8L direct injection, turbocharged 4-cylinder with 170hp but an impressive 185 lb.-ft of torque. Speaking of torque, the new TDI diesel engine pumps out a whopping

236 lb-ft of torque and now comes with “AdBlue” exhaust after treatment to improves tailpipe emissions by forty percent.

Verdict After driving both At first glance the new engines the 2015 Jetta looks back to back I’d be hard pressed to like a warmed over update but below the choose. I love the torque of the diesel surface is substantial and the impressive change. efficiency. (It is rated at just 6.7L/100km in Zack Spencer the city and 4.7L on the highway.) But the new turbo gasoline engine is a more spirited unit provides a more enthusiastic experience. This engine delivers 8.1L/100km in the city and 5.6L on the highway. If I drove a lot, the diesel would be the way to go, but for more, fun the new 1.8L is impressive. Still in the mix is the old 2.0L 4-cylinder with 115hp offered in all Trendline and Comfortline models. This engine has been around since Moses was a boy, but it is a proven engine and offers a great starting price.

At first glance the 2015 Jetta looks like a warmed over update but belowunder the surface is substantial change. The highlights are the new interior and wonderful optional engines. Diesel or gas? – That’s a tough decision.

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zack.spencer@drivewaybc.ca The Lowdown Power: 2.0L with 115hp, 1.8L with 170hp and 2.0L diesel with 140hp.

Fill-up: 8.1L/5.6L/100km (city/highway) Sticker price: $14,490-$27,790

An eco-friendly big Lincoln The MKS is not just another big Lincoln; it’s an slick ultra-modern full-sized sedan.

It was introduced for the 2009 model year and came with just about every new high-tech auto gadget. Unlike the big engine, gas-guzzling Lincolns of yore, a modern V6 engine powers MKS. Both front-drive and all-wheel-drive (AWD) versions of MKS are available. The ‘09’s 3.7-litre V6 is a four-valve per cylinder engine with variable valve timing that can deliver 273 horsepower and 270 lb.-ft. of torque, on regular-grade gasoline. The front-drive version should consume about 14.0 /9.9 L/100 km (city / highway – new adjusted rating) and the AWD edition drinks an additional half-litre of gas every hundred kilometres.

The transmission is a six-speed automatic

transmission with an auto sport-shift feature and it also has a sequential manual mode feature. The optional all-wheel-drive (AWD) system defaults to a front-drive mode in normal driving situations, but it can send up to 100 per cent of drive to either the front or rear axle, if needed.

The standard equipment list includes stuff like a front park assist system, intelligent start (a keyless ignition system), adaptive headlamps (that move with steering) and a power rear window sunshade that has an auto retract feature when the MKS is put in reverse. Options came in packages like the popular ($5,000) Vision package that included a navigation system plus adaptive cruise control, a rear back-up camera and a superb THX II 5.1 surround sound audio system.

Inside, the MKS has a roomy cabin. Rear seat

head and legroom is excellent and they even come with electric heaters. The trunk is another extra-large offering with 521-litres (18.4 cubic feet) of cargo space.

Lincoln’s interior theme for the MKS was guiltfree luxury as recycled wood (from reclaimed furniture) was used to make the decorative trim pieces inside the cabin. An eco-friendly (chromium-free) tanning process is also used by the Scottish leather supplier to give its “Bridge of Weir” upholstery an extra soft feel.

A second engine choice was added for the 2010 model year, transmission shifter paddles come with a new steering wheel and a MyKey security system became standard. The new 3.5-litre “EcoBoost” turbocharged direct-injection V6 engine, offered more power, yet provides about the same fuel economy, as the base 3.7 litre V6 and came as part of a new GTDI trim level. No other running changes of significance were made to MKS for the 2011 or 2012 model years.

Higher than average repair problems, particularly with the braking system, show up on the Consumer Reports reliability surveys, but average to good ratings in most other areas has allowed the MKS achieve an overall “average” reliability history rating. Crash safety ratings for the MKS are excellent and it’s an overall “Top Pick” in its class, according to the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety.

A pre-owned Lincoln MKS is an even more attractive purchase when you consider that it probably cost in excess of $50,000, when brand new, to put it on the road. A used MKS can be a good buy, especially if you plan to do some long distance driving.

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Lincoln’s interior theme for the MKS was guilt-free luxury as recycled wood (from reclaimed furniture) was used to make the decorative trim pieces inside the cabin.

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Bob McHugh

Prices vary depending on a used vehicle’s condition, mileage, usage and history. A complete mechanical check should always be performed by a reliable auto technician prior to purchase.

Safety Recalls: 2009 to 2012 Lincoln MKS: 2012 - The fuel tank may have been manufactured incorrectly and may not provide the expected strength in the event of an impact, and may leak. A fuel leak may also occur even in the absence of an impact. Dealers will inspect and, if necessary, replace the fuel tank. bob.mchugh@drivewaybc.ca

Price Check: 2009 to 2012 Lincoln MKS (Sept 2014) Year Edition Expect to Pay Today 2009 MKS $15,000 to $19,000 2010 MKS $19,000 to $23,000 2011 MKS $24,000 to $28,000 2012 MKS $29,000 to $34,000

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and TD Auto Finance. Example: 2014 Jeep Cherokee Sport FWD with a Purchase Price of $24,998 financed at 3.49% over 96 months with $0 down payment equals 208 bi-weekly payments of $138 with a cost of borrowing of $3,669 and a total obligation of $28,667. ‡3.99% purchase financing for up to 96 months available on the new 2014 Jeep Grand Cherokee Laredo models to qualified customers on approved credit through RBC, Scotiabank and TD Auto Finance. Example: 2014 Jeep Grand Cherokee Laredo with a Purchase Price of $39,998 (including applicable

pricing includes freight ($1,695) and excludes licence, insurance, registration, any dealer administration fees, other dealer charges and other applicable fees and taxes. Dealer order/trade may be necessary. Dealer may sell for less. *Consumer Cash Discounts are offered on select new 2014 vehicles and are deducted from the negotiated price before taxes. ♦♦$1,000 Bonus Cash is available on all new 2014 Jeep Wrangler models and is deducted from the negotiated purchase price after taxes. *3.49% purchase financing for up to 96 months available through RBC, Scotiabank

Cherokee 4x2 2.4 L I-4 Tiger-sharkTM MultiAir ® – Hwy: 6.4 L/100 km (44 MPG) and City: 9.6 L/100 km (29 MPG). 2014 Jeep Grand Cherokee 3.0L EcoDiesel V6 8-speed automatic – Hwy: 7.0 L/100 km (40 MPG) and City: 10.3 L/100 km (27 MPG). Wise customers read the fine print: *, ♦♦, *, ‡, § The All Out Clearout Sales Event offers are limited time offers which apply to retail deliveries of selected new and unused models purchased from participating dealers on or after October 1, 2014. Offers subject to change and may be extended without notice. All

Less Fuel. More Power. Great Value is a comparison between the 2014 and the 2013 Chrysler Canada product lineups. 40 MPG or greater claim (7.0 L/100 km) based on 2014 EnerGuide highway fuel consumption ratings. Government of Canada test methods used. Your actual fuel consumption may vary based on driving habits and other factors. Ask your dealer for the EnerGuide information. ¤2014 Jeep Wrangler 3.6 L PentastarTM VVT V6 - Hwy: 9.3 L/100 km (30 MPG) and City: 12.7 L/100 km (22 MPG). 2014 Jeep

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WISE BUYERS READ THE LEGAL COPY: Vehicle(s) may be shown with optional equipment. Dealer may sell or lease for less. Limited time offers. Offers only valid at participating dealers. Retail offers may be cancelled or changed at any time without notice. Dealer order or transfer may be required as inventory may vary by dealer. See your Ford Dealer for complete details or call the Ford Customer Relationship Centre at 1-800-565-3673. For factory orders, a customer may either take advantage of eligible Ford retail customer promotional incentives/offers available at the time of vehicle factory order or time of vehicle delivery, but not both or combinations thereof. Retail offers not combinable with any CPA/GPC or Daily Rental incentives, the Commercial Upfit Program or the Commercial Fleet Incentive Program (CFIP). Until December 01, 2014, receive 0% APR purchase financing on new 2014 Ford Edge, Flex, Escape models for up to 60 months, and Focus, C-MAX, Fusion (excluding HEV and PHEV) models for up to 72 months to qualified retail customers, on approved credit (OAC) from Ford Credit. Not all buyers will qualify for the lowest interest rate. Example: $25,000 purchase financed at 0% APR for 60/72 months, monthly payment is $416.66/ $347.22, cost of borrowing is $0 or APR of 0% and total to be repaid is $25,000. Down payment on purchase financing offers may be required based on approved credit from Ford Credit. ** Purchase a new 2015 Fiesta S/2015 Fiesta Titanium/2014 Focus SE Sedan with 6-speed automatic transmission/2014 Escape S FWD 2.5L/2014 Fusion SE/2014 Focus ST/2014 Escape AWD Titanium with 2.0L EcoBoost engine for $13,039/$20,764$20,964/$25,374/$23,999/$31,164/$35,949 after Manufacturer Rebate of $2,500/$0/$0/$0/$500/$0/$500 and Winter Safety Package Cash Alternative of $750/$750/$750/$750/$750/$750/$750 are deducted. Taxes payable on full amount of purchase price after total Manufacturer Rebate and Winter Safety Package Cash Alternative has been deducted. Offers include freight and air tax of $16,65/$1,665,$1,665/$1,750/$1,700/$1,665/$1,750 but exclude variable charges of license, fuel fill charge, insurance, dealer PDI (if applicable), registration, PPSA, administration fees and charges, any environmental charges or fees, and all applicable taxes. All prices are based on Manufacturer’s Suggested Retail Price. Manufacturer Rebates are not combinable with any fleet consumer incentives. with any fleet consumer incentives.*Until December 01, 2014, receive 0.99%/2.49%/1.99%/0.99% annual percentage rate (APR) purchase financing on a 2014 Focus SE Sedan with 6-speed automatic transmission/2015 Fiesta S/2014 Escape S FWD 2.5L/2014 Fusion SE for a maximum of 84 months to qualified retail customers, on approved credit (OAC) from Ford Credit. Not all buyers will qualify for the lowest interest rate. Purchase financing monthly payment is $258/$169/$324/$284 (the sum of twelve (12) monthly payments divided by 26 periods gives payee a bi-weekly payment of $119/$78/$149/$131) with $0 down payment. Cost of borrowing is $743.43/$1182.83/$1,829.32/$815.60 or APR of 0.99%/2.49%/1.99%/0.99% and total to be repaid is $21,707.43/$14,221.83/$27,203.32/$23,814.60. Down payment may be required based on approved credit from Ford Credit. Offers include a Manufacturer Rebate of $0/$2,500/$0/$500, Winter Safety Package Cash Alternative of $750/$750/$750/$750, Ford Credit Purchase Finance Cash of $0/$0/$0/$1,000 and freight and air tax of $1,665/$1,665/$1,750/$1,700 but exclude variable charges of license, fuel fill charge, insurance, dealer PDI (if applicable), registration, PPSA, administration fees and charges, any environmental charges or fees, and all applicable taxes. Taxes payable on full amount of purchase price after Manufacturer Rebates deducted. All prices are based on Manufacturer’s Suggested Retail Price. ▲ Until December 01, receive $500/ $750/ $1,000/ $1,750/ $2,000/ $2,500 / $3,250/ $3,500/ $4,000/ $4,250/ $4,500/ $5,500/ $6,000/ $6,250/ $6,500 / $7,000/ $7,250/ $7,500/ $8,000/ $8,500/ $9,000 /$10,500 in Manufacturer Rebates with the purchase or lease of a new 2014 Fusion, Escape 2.0L / 2015 F-150 Regular Cab XL 4x2 (Value Leader) / 2014 CMAX, 2015 Taurus (excluding SE), Expedition, Transit Connect, E-Series/ 2014 Focus S Manual, Edge/ 2014 F-150 Regular Cab XL 4x2 (Value Leader) and 2015 F-350 to F-550 Chassis Cabs / 2015 Fiesta S / 2014 Fiesta/ 2014 Explorer, Transit Connect and 2015 F-150 Regular Cab (excluding XL) / 2014 F-350 to F-550 Chassis Cab / 2014 Mustang V6 Coupe and Taurus SE/ 2015 F-150 Super Cab and Super Crew/ 2014 E-Series / 2014 Flex / 2014 Taurus (excluding SE)/ 2014 Mustang V6 Premium / 2015 F-250 to F-450 (excluding Chassis Cabs) Gas engine/ 2014 Expedition/ 2014 Mustang GT (excluding GT500) / 2014 F-150 Regular Cab (excluding XL 4x2), 2014 F-150 Super Crew 4x4 XLT 300A, F-250 to F-450 (excluding Chassis Cabs) -Gas Engine and 2015 F-250 to F-450 (excluding Chassis Cabs) Diesel engine / 2014 F-150 Super Cab and Super Crew (excluding F-150 Super Crew 4x4 XLT 300A)/ 2014 F-250 to F-450 (excluding Chassis Cabs) Diesel Engine -- all chassis cab, stripped chassis, cutaway body, F-150 Raptor, Medium Truck, Mustang Boss 302 and Shelby GT500 excluded. Offers are not combinable with CPA, GPC, CFIP, Daily Rental Allowance and A/X/Z/D/F-Plan programs. Delivery allowances are not combinable with any fleet consumer incentives.‡‡Claim based on analysis by Ford of Polk global new registration for CY2012 for a single nameplate which excludes rebadged vehicles, platform derivatives or other vehicle nameplate versions.▼Based on 2007 - 2013 and YTD June 2014 R. L. Polk vehicle registrations data for Canada in the Large Premium Utility, Large Traditional Utility, Large Utility, Medium Premium Utility, Medium Utility, Small Premium Utility, and Small Utility segments.©2014 Sirius Canada Inc. “SiriusXM”, the SiriusXM logo, channel names and logos are trademarks of SiriusXM Radio Inc. and are used under licence.^^ Receive a winter safety package which includes: four (4) winter tires, four (4) steel wheels, and four (4) tire pressure monitoring sensors when you purchase or lease any new 2014/2015 Ford Fiesta, Focus, Fusion, Escape, Edge (excluding Sport) or Explorer between October 1 and December 1, 2014. This offer is not applicable to any Fleet (other than small fleets with an eligible FIN) or Government customers and not combinable with CPA, GPC, CFIP or Daily Rental Allowances. Some conditions apply. See Dealer for details. Vehicle handling characteristics, tire load index and speed rating may not be the same as factory supplied all-season tires. Winter tires are meant to be operated during winter conditions and may require a higher cold inflation pressure than all-season tires. Consult your Ford of Canada Dealer for details including applicable warranty coverage.*** Offer only valid from November 1, 2014 to December 1, 2014 (the “Program Period”) to Canadian resident customers who currently (during the Program Period) own or are leasing certain Ford car, Sport Utility Vehicle (SUV), Cross-Over Utility Vehicle (CUV), Minivan, and Pickup Truck models (each a “Qualifying Loyalty Model”), or certain competitive car, Sport Utility Vehicle (SUV), Cross-Over Utility Vehicle (CUV), Minivan, or pickup truck with a pickup bed models (each a “Qualifying Conquest Model”). Qualifying customers will receive $1,000 with the purchase, lease, or factory order (during the Program Period) of a new qualifying 2014 Ford Fusion, Mustang (excluding Shelby GT500), Taurus, Edge, Flex, Explorer, Escape, Expedition, Transit Connect, E-Series, or 2014 F-150 Super Crew, 2014/2015 F-250 to F-450; or $1,500 with the purchase, lease, or factory order (during the Program Period) of a new qualifying 2014 Ford F-150 Regular Cab or Super Cab model – all Raptor and 2015 F-150 models are excluded (each an “Eligible Vehicle”). Some eligibility restrictions apply on Qualifying Loyalty and Conquest Models and Eligible Vehicles – see dealer for full offer criteria. Eligible Vehicle must be delivered and/or factory-ordered from your participating Ford dealer during the Program Period. Limit one (1) incentive per Eligible Vehicle sale, up to a maximum of two (2) separate Eligible Vehicle sales, per Qualifying Conquest/Loyalty Model. Each customer will be required to provide proof of ownership/registration and insurance of the applicable Qualifying Conquest/Loyalty Model (in Canada) for the previous 3 months and the ownership/registration address must match the address on the new Buyer’s Agreement or Lease Agreement for the Eligible Vehicle sale. Taxes payable before incentive is deducted.©2014 Ford Motor Company of Canada, Limited. All rights reserved.

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In Memoriam In loving memory of Ladimer (Laddie) Novak Aug. 17, 1926 - Nov. 13, 2013 The Best God saw you getting tired and a cure was not to be.

So he put his arms around you and he whispered come to me.

With tearful eyes I watched you fade away.

Although I loved you dearly, I could not make you stay.

A golden heart stopped beating.

God broke my heart to prove to me, he chose to take the best.

DAVIS Marilyn 1955 - 2014 Marilyn Davis (nee Benesocky) passed away peacefully at the Red Deer Hospice, Red Deer, Alberta on Saturday, November 8, 2014 at the age of 59 years. Marilyn was born and raised in Saskatchewan on the family farm. She was the middle of seven children.

Marilyn was a protector of everyone she loved and a fighter for what was right.

She became a social worker and worked in the field of Child Protection Services in Regina, Saskatchewan for ten years before moving to Red Deer, Alberta. Marilyn spent the last ten years fostering three sisters, who she raised as her own.

Marilyn will be lovingly remembered by her foster children, Julia, Amanda and Taylee and her siblings, Fran Powers, Roland (Eva) Benesocky, Rodney Benesocky, Sidney Benesocky, Allan Benesocky and Audrey (Jamie) Corosky. Marilyn was predeceased by her father, John Benesocky in 2004 and her mother, Anne Benesocky in 2010. A Celebration of Marilyn’s Life will be held at Parkland Funeral Home and Crematorium, 6287 - 67 A Street (Taylor Drive), Red Deer, Alberta on Saturday, November 15, 2014 at 1:00 p.m.

If desired, Memorial Donations in Marilyn’s honor may be made directly to the Red Deer and District S.P.C.A. at www.reddeerspca.com.

Condolences may be sent or viewed at www.parklandfuneralhome.com Arrangements in care of Maryann Hansen, Funeral Director at PARKLAND FUNERAL HOME AND CREMATORIUM 6287 - 67 A Street (Taylor Drive), Red Deer.

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LANGFORD Reginald 1943 - 2014 Mr. Reginald Godfrey ‘Reg’ Langford of Red Deer, passed away suddenly on Monday, November 10, 2014 at the age of 71 years. Reg was born on July 17, 1943 in Port Elizabeth, South Africa.

He emigrated to Canada in October of 1967, where he settled and raised his family.

Reg will be lovingly remembered by his beloved wife of forty-three years, Clarinda, his son, Sean (Carmen), his daughter, Colleen (Rob) and his grandchildren, Ayleigh, Kieran and Maren. He will also be sadly missed by his two sisters, Sally and Esmé and his brother, Brian (Rhonda), as well as his nieces, nephews, relatives and many dear friends, too numerous to mention.

Reg was predeceased by his parents, Alexander and Rose Langford.

A Celebration of Reg’s Life will be held at Parkland Funeral Home and Crematorium, 6287 - 67 A Street (Taylor Drive), Red Deer, Alberta on Monday, November 17, 2014 at 11:00 a.m.

A Private Family Interment will take place at a later date at the Gadsby Cemetery, Gadsby, Alberta.

If desired, Memorial Donations in Reg’s honour may be made directly to the Heart & Stroke Foundation of Alberta and N.W.T. at www.heartandstroke.com or to a charity of the donor’s choice. Condolences may be sent or viewed at www.parklandfuneralhome.com Arrangements in care of Rhian Solecki, Funeral Director at PARKLAND FUNERAL HOME AND CREMATORIUM, 6287 - 67 A Street (Taylor Drive), Red Deer.

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LAVAY Ernest 1947 - 2014 Mr. Ernest ‘Ernie’ Lavay of Red Deer, Alberta passed away at the Red Deer Regional Hospital Centre on Friday, October 24, 2014 at the age of 66 years. The family invites you to join them for a Celebration of Ernie’s Life at the Penhold Memorial Hall, 1123 Fleming Avenue, Penhold, Alberta on Saturday, November 15, 2014 at 2:00 p.m.

Condolences may be sent or viewed at www.parklandfuneralhome.com Arrangements in care of Ashley Paton, Funeral Director at PARKLAND FUNERAL HOME AND CREMATORIUM 6287 - 67 A Street (Taylor Drive), Red Deer.

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WADDELL Baby Rhys Albert Maxwell June 21, 2014 - Nov. 9, 2014 It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of our precious little angel, Rhys Albert Maxwell Waddell of Beaumont, AB. Rhys is survived by his loving parents, Rory and Sydney; grandparents, Ron and Barb Waddell and Gordon Gibbs (Kelly Stewart) and Judy Gibbs; great-grandparents, Maxwell Kaye and Frances Kelly, Glen and Ellen Fox and Charles and Judy Knight and Eileen Gibbs; uncles and aunts, Ryan and Amanda Waddell, Mark and Kelly Burren, Dawn Scott, Alex Gibbs, Arlee Stewart and Travis Pelech, numerous cousins and other relatives.

Predeceased by greatgrandparents, Glen and Olive Waddell and Albert Gerry Gibbs. Celebration of Life Friday, November 14 at 1:30 p.m. at Park Memorial Chapel, 9709 - 111 Avenue, Edmonton, AB. Reverend Darrel Davis officiating with private interment. To send condolences, visit www.parkmemorial.com PARK MEMORIAL Edmonton 780-426-0050 Family Owned Funeral Home, Crematorium, Reception Centre

ROBERTS Bryan May 2, 1957 - Oct. 28, 2014 Born and raised in Calgary, Bryan always had a dog by his side. Growing up in Canyon Meadows, he found his other best friend, Jay Westman.

From their early start together with paper routes, cutting grass, gas jockey at the neighbourhood Shell station, Bryan and Jay were a team that was never broken. Bryan was the very proud first employee of Jayman Homes, working by his dear friend’s side for 30 years. All of Bryan’s friends and family knew that if you had a project to build, a car to fix, or a new deck to build, Bryan was the, “I’ll show you how guy”, working by your side teaching what he knew. Clara, his wife of 10 years, recently commented that they would give each other new decks or a new project to build for their anniversary gifts. Even in his last months, Bryan made sure that Clara had all the womanly tools and equipment to maintain their happy place, their home, (recently referred to as a “Disney Frontier Land”), in the Garrington area west of Bowden. In the winter, Bryan and Clara travelled south in their motorhome, with their dogs by their side to Pine, Arizona, where they spent time with his Arizona family, Kathy and Roy. Of course, there were more projects there too, and a new deck to build! In the past two years, Bryan achieved all his wishes.

He had all his children on an unforgettable family legacy cruise. he completed his dream cabins at his home for his and Clara’s children, with the help of family and some very kind neighbours. He travelled to places he wanted to see and he leaves us a content and happy man.

Bryan was a loyal friend, a helpful neighbour, a loving and giving husband, father, stepfather, brother, and uncle.

He leaves behind his wife, Clara; his sons, Ryan and Devan; Clara’s children, Colin and Adelle; and his daughter-in-law, Jami.

He also leaves behind his niece, Tiffany, whom he always considered one of his own.

Bryan will be missed and loved from here to the moon!

Donations can be made in Bryan’s honour to the Kids Cancer Care - Camp Kindle.

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ANNUAL COOKIE WALK CRAFT, BAKE AND QUILT SALE Sat. Nov. 15th 9 am - 12:30 pm Mount Calvary Lutheran Church, 18 Selkirk Blvd.

Red Deer (Across from 32nd Street Fire Hall) Cookie boxes - $7/ea Everyone welcome!

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Card Of Thanks GRIFFIN Seb and Myrna We would like to extend a sincere thank you to everyone who came out to our 50th Anniversary celebration. It was a very memorable day that we will cherish for years. There is nothing that can replace, being with friends and family.

A special thanks to our children, Trena and Chad, Darren and Cindy, Angie and Jason, and our four grandchildren; Dallas, Jaret, Melissa and Cassidy.

Melissa was unable to attend because of University midterms, but we are sure she must have had a little input to the day. We know, planning a function like this takes a lot of time, cooperation and they went to great lengths to make this day so special.

Trena put together a power point with pictures Darren and Angie gathered from old albums. The flowers with hints of gold were so beautiful around the hall and on the tables. Thank you to Jolene Bjarensen from Innisfail for supplying an excellent variety of delicious food for lunch, and Jenna Panchyshyn from Red Deer for the anniversary cake and muffins, which were decorated so beautiful, and were so good. Thanks for the gifts and cards. Thanks to Horn Hill Friends for the beautiful bouquet of flowers.

STEEL MAGNOLIAS† CHRISTMAS MARKET Saturday, November 15 Get into the spirit of the Season.

Grab your list and shop our amazing vendors!

Westerner Chalet Red Deer Market - Antiques & Vintage Home Décor

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CAREGIVER for disabled F senior in Sylvan Lake for weekends. Duties: personal care, meals, some light housekeeping.

Wages $18-$20/hr. depending on experience. 403-887-0069 P/T F. caregiver wanted for F quad. Must be reliable and have own vehicle.

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CASE IH EQUIPMENT DEALER in Red Deer is hiring a F/T

SERVICE WRITER.

Celebrations 90th Birthday Celebration!

We are looking for a motivated candidate with computer + organization skills. The successful applicant will be customer oriented + show strong inter-personal skills, Service-writing experience is an asset.

Forward your resume to: Future Ag Inc. Attn. Human Resources Box 489 Red Deer, AB T4N 5G1 Fax to (403) 342-0396 Email: hr@futureag.ca

In Memoriam

RECEPTIONIST

Ruth Moore Come and go tea, 1-4 p.m. on Sunday, November 16th at Sierra Grande, 4805 45 Street.

No cards or gifts please.

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Your loving friend, Anita

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IN Loving Memory of DORIS K. NORTHEY June 1928 - Nov. 13, 2013 A year has gone by since you passed away.

We always remember your smiles, laughs and going on walks.

You always did your best, and taught others.

We cherish all the things you did for us.

Loved and remembered each day Gail Gillis (John) Kristina Gillis/Horne (Kyle) Trever

POSITION AVAILABLE. Looking for highly motivated professional individual looking to enter the investment property industry.

Successful Applicant will have good computer, phone and people skills.

Sense of humor is a must.

Willing to train the right person.

Please email applications to: info@hpman.ca Only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

Computer Personnel

Over 2,000,000 hours St. John Ambulance volunteers provide Canadians with more than 2 million hours of community service each year.

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COMPUSOFT Experienced Computer Sales Person Salary Position w/Benefits Please submit resume IN PERSON CompuSoft Ltd. 2067A 50 Ave. Red Deer

No phone calls please

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RDA, F/T permanent position to start Jan 2015.

Please send resume with references to tammy@ daydental.ca

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Farm Work

FARM/FEEDLOT LOOKING FOR FULL TIME/ YEAR ROUND EMPLOYEE. Employment includes Animal Health, Farming and Equipment Operation, and Feeding Equipment Operation.† Must be physically fit.† Having a Class 3 an asset.

Email: dthengs@hotmail.com Fax 403-638-3908, or Call 403-638-4165.†

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Oilfield

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

JUNIOR OIL AND GAS OPERATOR in our Stettler Field.

Applicants need to be mechanically inclined, motivated to work hard and learn quickly.

Associated industry experience eg. instrumentation or facilities construction experience would be an asset but is not necessarily required.

This position offers a diverse and challenging work environment with competitive pay, attractive benefits and the ability to grow within the organization. Applicants must live or be willing to relocate to within a 20 minute commute of the work place location (Stettler).

Please Submit Resume’s Attention Human Resources Email: payroll@ bearspawpet.com Fax: (403) 258-3197 Mail: Suite 5309, 333 96th Ave NE Calgary, Alberta T3R 1H1 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

JOIN us at Aveda Transportation and Energy Services as a

Class 1 Bed/Texas Bed Truck Driver We are a young, energetic company that provides specialized transportation and rental equipment to the oil and gas industry.

Please email resumes to careers@ avedaenergy.com

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Oilfield

RCM TRANSPORT seeks experienced

CLASS 1 FLUID DRIVERS

Restaurant/ Hotel

820

TREELINE WELL SERVICES

THE RUSTY PELICAN is now accepting resumes for an EXPERIENCED BARTENDER. MUST • Answer phone calls, HAVE REFERENCES. take reservations.

Able to work evening shift.

• Check in/out guests.

Apply within: 2079-50 • Balance cash out & Ave. 2-4 pm. Mon.-Fri. attend to guest needs Fax 403-347-1161 Phone HOUSEKEEPING calls WILL NOT be accepted. is seeking

FRONT DESK CLERK ~ $14.00/hr.

820

BOULEVARD Restaurant & Lounge Gasoline Alley, 37471 Hwy 2S,

Red Deer County is seeking

Cook ~ $14.00/hr.

To prepare & cook all food up to standard, clean kitchen & maintain hygiene, follow recipes, assist in receiving & storing

Kitchen Helper ~ $11.00/hr.

To clean kitchen following safety & hygiene standards.

Clean utensils, cutlery, crockery & glassware items, floors, assist in prep.

All positions are permanent Full-time/Part-time, shift work & weekends.

Education: Above Secondary Work Experience not essential, training provided.

Fax resume to 780-702-5051 DINO’S TAKE OUT LOOKING FOR EXP’D P/T AND F/T DELIVERY DRIVER. Please apply in person w/resume to: 130, 3121 49 AVE. Red Deer JJAM Management (1987) Ltd., o/a Tim Horton’s Requires to work at these Red Deer, AB locations: 5111 22 St. 37444 HWY 2 S 37543 HWY 2N 700 3020 22 St. FOOD ATTENDANT Req’d permanent shift weekend day and evening both full and part time.

16 Vacancies, $10.20/hr. + benefits. Start ASAP. Job description www.timhortons.com Education and experience not req’d.

Apply in person or fax resume to: 403-314-1303 You can sell your guitar for a song... or put it in CLASSIFIEDS and we’ll sell it for you!

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

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

HEAVEY DUTY JOURNEYMEN/ APPRENTICE SERVICE TECHNICIANS Peterbilt Red Deer is currently seeking Technicians for our North and South locations.

ROOM ATTENDANT ~14.00/hr.

Red Deer South,

Restaurant/ Hotel

850

Red Deer

THE RUSTY PELICAN is now accepting resumes Has Opening for all • Clean & vacuum rooms, for experienced positions! Immediately. public areas, pool etc.

F/T SERVERS All applicants must have • Replenish amenities, Must have Ref’s & Pro-Serve. current H2S, Class 5 with linens & towels.

Apply within: 2079-50 Q Endorsement,and First • Adhere to Holiday Inn Ave. 2-4 pm. Mon.-Fri. Aid. We offer competitive safety standards.

Fax 403-347-1161 Phone wages & excellent benefits.

All positions are permanent calls WILL NOT be accepted.

Please include 2 work Full-time/Part-time, shift reference names and Classifieds...costs so little work & weekends. numbers.

Education: Above Secondary Saves you so much!

Please fax resume to: Work Experience not 403-264-6725 essential, training provided.

Or email to: Fax resume to 780-702-5051 tannis@treelinewell.com No phone calls please.

HOLIDAY INN www.treelinewell.com

Restaurant/ Hotel

Trades

2803-50 Avenue,

in Red Deer for service work in Central Alberta. Top wages, bonuses and benefits.

Excellent equipment and awesome team.

Experience is a MUST. Call 1-855-501-5100 or email info@rcmtransport.ca

Gasoline Alley, 37471 Hwy 2S,

THE RUSTY PELICAN is now accepting resumes for F/T Exp’d Red Deer County LINE COOKS is seeking at all stations.

FRONT DESK CLERK MUST HAVE: ~ $14.00/hr.

• 2-3 yrs. post secondary • Answer phone calls, education. take reservations.

• 2-3 yrs. on-the-job exp.

• Check in/out guests.

• Provide references • Balance cash out & The hourly rate will be attend to guest needs. $13.25 - $15. per hour HOUSEKEEPING dependant on experience.

Mail to: 2079 50 AVE. ROOM ATTENDANT Red Deer, AB T4R 1Z4 ~ $14.00/hr. or Call 403-347-1414 • Clean & Vacuum rooms, or Fax to: 403-347-1161 public areas, pool, etc.

• Replenish amenities, linens & towels.

Sales & • Adhere to Holiday Inn Distributors safety standards All positions are permanent FIREPLACE Full-time/Part-time, shift work & weekends.

SALES PERSON Education: Above Secondary Top salary, commission Work Experience not & benefits. Call or email essential, training provided.

John, 1-780-993-2040 Fax resume to 780-702-5051 firegall@telusplanet.net

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QUEENS Diner in Burnt Lake Industrial Park is looking for a full-time prep/ line cook. Great hours!

Closed by 4pm every day and closed on Sunday’s.

Please email scottnshaw@telus.net with resume if interested or drop off at Diner (403-340-3302)

TAP HOUSE NORTH (formerly Sam’s Cafe) is now taking applications for Full Time/Part time COOK, Bring resume to 7101 Gaetz Ave. Red Deer between 2-4 pm.

THE OPEN RANGE SALOON in Sylvan Lake req’s Line Cooks. Full or Part time with Food Safety.

Please contact Nancy 403-887-3033 or 403-887-3465

850

Trades

EVRAZ Red Deer Works is now accepting applications for

Journeyman Millwrights, Electricians, and Machinists.

Individuals must be safety conscious, physically fit, able to work overtime and shift work.

Wages start at $40.00 per hour and offer an excellent benefit and pension package.

Please send resume to reddeerhr@evrazna.com or deliver in person to 27251 391 Township Road F/T SATELLITE INSTALLERS - Good hours, home every night, $4000-$6000/mo.

Contractor must have truck or van. Tools, supplies & ladders required. Training provided, no experience needed. Apply to: satjobs@shaw.ca

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Competitive Wages Benefit and RRSP packages In-house and out of house training opportunities Large new clean shop with excellent work environment CAT/Cumming’s Engine experience required Electronic engine troubleshooting Long weekend every second week CVIP Inspection Station If this sounds like an opportunity that interests you please e-mail your resume to: jgrove@ peterbiltreddeer.com

LOSS PREVENTION INSPECTOR Wynward Insurance Group has an opening for a Loss Prevention Inspector for the territory of Central and Southern Alberta to inspect and evaluate physical conditions and safety and risk management practices on risks we insure.

This is a full time home based position with a company vehicle provided.

We offer a competitive salary and benefits package. A full description of the position and our company can be found on our website, www. wynward.com.

Please apply by email to careers@wynward.com.

820

Valid Driver’s Licence preferred. Fax or email info@goodmenroofing.ca or (403)341-6722 NO PHONE CALLS PLEASE!

PAINTER F/T Join our highly qualified painting team. Serving Central AB. Vehicle req’d.

Contact Drew at CCL 403-596-1829

Now Hiring GASOLINE ALLEY LOCATION

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FULL TIME and PART TIME SHIFTS AVAILABLE

880

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BUSY Central Alberta WAREHOUSE Grain Trucking Company Inside Sales looking for Class 1 Drivers Supervisor and/or Lease Operators.

F/T, Red Deer, We offer lots of home time, $20 - $25/hr. benefits and a bonus Responsible for all office & program. Grain and super shipping and receiving B exp. an asset but not processes. Requires: necessary. If you have a strong mgmt skills; clean commercial drivers accurate data entry skills; abstract and would like to ability to train employees in start making good money. policy & procedures; fax or email resume and order entry, inventory, comm.abstract to returns, & warehouse 403-337-3758 or dtl@telus.net knowledge; experience in shipping & receiving.

TOO MUCH STUFF? Experience with forklift and Let Classifieds oilfield or oilfield equipment help you sell it. is a huge plus.

Pleasant working Classifieds environment with Your place to SELL competitive wages and Your place to BUY benefit program includes F/T TRUCK drivers req’d. RRSP plan, health, dental and life insurance.

Minimum Class 5 with air Fax or email resume to: and clean abstract. Exp. preferred. In person to Key Kemper Valve & Towing 4083-78 St. Cres.

Fittings Corp.

Red Deer.

Celebrate your life with a Classified ANNOUNCEMENT

GARNET’S OILFIELD TRUCKING 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.

NEED EXPERIENCED Class 1 drivers for short and long haul. Full Time.

Runs AB., SASK, Manitoba & BC. Please call PROMAX TRANSPORT at 227-2712 or fax resume w/abstract 403-227-2743

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NEWCART is looking for a full time

880

Fax: 847-487-9354 Email HR@ kempervalve.com

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.

Please submit resumes to: resumes @newcartcontracting.com or fax to 403-729-2396.

NO phone calls please.

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

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

403.341.4544

24 Hours Toll Free 1.888.533.4544

R H2S Alive (ENFORM) R First Aid/CPR R Confined Space R WHMIS & TDG R Ground Disturbance R (ENFORM) D&C B.O.P. R D&C (LEL) #204, 7819 - 50 Ave. (across from Totem) (across from Rona North)

★

A Star Makes Your Ad A Winner!

CALL:

Adult Newspaper Carriers Needed For Early Morning Delivery of the

RED DEER ADVOCATE Monday through Saturday.

Delivery to be done before 6:30 am.

Reliable vehicle needed.

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

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

ROSEDALE AREA Ramage Cres, Close Root Close, Ralston Cres. $327.00/mo.

ADULT or YOUTH CARRIERS NEEDED For delivery of Flyers, Express and Friday Forward ONLY 3 DAYS A WEEK in

403-340-1930 www.academicexpress.ca CELEBRATIONS HAPPEN EVERY DAY IN CLASSIFIEDS

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 Looking for a place to live?

Take a tour through the CLASSIFIEDS

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

860

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

“Low Cost” Quality Training

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

Gov’t of Alberta Funding may be available.

Eastman Cres & Edge Close. $130/mo.

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

SHRUMS MEATS HIRING EXP’D. BUTCHER, $20-$30/hr.

Phone 1-403-742-1427 or fax 403-742-1429 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 Looking for a new pet?

Check out Classifieds to find the purrfect pet.

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OILFIELD TICKETS

Industries #1 Choice!

Advocate Opportunities

Dog Central is currently Truckers/ looking for an experienced Drivers full time groomer. If you would like to make more money doing a job you CLASS 1 or 3 drivers req’d love this is the place for for moving equipment.

Resumes to be dropped off you. We are a table rental salon so you can much at Key Towing. 4083-78 St. more money than if you Cres. Red Deer. are on commission. Please email resumes to nicolek @telus.net or apply in person.

Tired of Standing?

Find something to sit on in Classifieds

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.

SAFETY

TRAINING CENTRE

CENTRAL ALBERTA’S DAILY NEWSPAPER

Would you like to take the GED in your community?

Red Deer Rocky Mtn. House Rimbey Caroline Castor Sylvan Lake Innisfail Stettler Ponoka Lacombe

900

Daily, the Red Deer Advocate publishes advertisements from companies, corporations and associations across Canada seeking personnel for long term placements.

GED Preparation

• • • • • • • • • •

Employment Training

309-3300 CONSIDERING A CAREER CHANGE?

WINTER START

Landscape Labourer,

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)

• Very Competitive Wages • Advancement Opportunities With medical Benefits • Paid training • Paid Breaks

Apply in person or send resume to: Email:kfcjobsrd@yahoo.ca or Fax: (403) 341-3820

880

860

ADULT EDUCATION AND TRAINING

Requires SLOPED ROOFERS LABOURERS & FLAT ROOFERS

Truckers/ Drivers

ACADEMIC Express

GOODMEN ROOFING LTD.

476446K27

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

820

HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS RED DEER

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

Restaurant/ Hotel

278950A5

740

Dental

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

880 TRAVEL WITH

FRONTIER “because we care”

EXPERIENCED MOTOR COACH DRIVERS

wegotservices

email or fax resume to: frontbus@platinum.ca 403-347-4999

Call Classifieds 403-309-3300

www.frontierbuslines.com

classifieds@reddeeradvocate.com

Contractors

1100

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

1165

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

Handyman Services

1200

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

Call James 403-341-0617

Massage Therapy

1280

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

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

INSTALL your operators & doors. Repairs. 391-4144

STRESSBUSTERS 403-923-0682

Massage Therapy

1280

FANTASY MASSAGE

International ladies

Now Open

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

Private back entry. 403-341-4445

VII MASSAGE #7,7464 Gaetz Ave. Pampering at its BEST! 403-986-6686 2nd. location in Calgary coming Dec. 1. www.viimassage.com Buying or Selling your home?

Check out Homes for Sale in Classifieds

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Services

1290

Seniors’ Services

1372

5* JUNK REMOVAL

HELPING HANDS

Property clean up 340-8666

Home Supports for Seniors.

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

GARAGE DOOR SERVICE. Save 50%. All yard & bobcat services, junk/tree/snow removal. 403-358-1614 SNOW shoveling/dump runs /odd jobs 403-885-5333

Painters/ Decorators

1310

JG PAINTING, 25 yrs. exp.

Free Est. 403-872-8888

Roofing

1370

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

403-896-4869

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

Bulk & Natural Foods

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.

We are expanding our product line and we need more in store help.

We have openings for the following “team members.”

Fresh Department Manager This position will require a person with previous fresh department experience, handling and displaying of all fresh department products such as produce, dairy, bread etc.

Part Time Cashiers and Clerks If excellent customer service is a priority with you, we may have just the right opportunity.

Please apply with resume to:

Don Chartrand, Marketing Manager Nutter’s Bulk and Natural Foods. dchartrand@nutters.com

464664J29

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

Escorts

467068K18

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

To Advertise Your Business or Service Here

1010

HEAVY DUTY MECHANIC REQUIRED

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

MOTOR COACH CLEANER

CLASSIFICATIONS 1000-1430

Accounting

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.

RED DEER ADVOCATE Thursday, Nov. 13, 2014 D3

Firewood

wegot

stuff 1500-1990

1520

Golf Pictures (2) wood framed, dble. matted, 30x16. $35. Set. 403-346-2070

1590

Clothing

MEN’S WINTER JACKETS 1- Marv Holland Safety Wear, XL. $40.

1 -Storm Master XL, $40.

403-342-5609

EquipmentHeavy

1630

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

Firewood

HOUSE STEREO, $140.

403-782-3847

1660

AFFORDABLE

Semi loads of pine, spruce, tamarack, poplar.

Price depends on location.

Lil Mule Logging 403-318-4346

1700

PSII w/10 games, $70.

DS Lite w/5 games. Red. $80. 403-782-3847

Household Appliances

1 CREE INDIAN SHIELD With long human hair. $80. 403-347-7405

Household Furnishings

6 1/2’ SLIM pine Christmas tree, hinged, c/w all red ornaments, clear mini lights, rotating stand $100; corner tv stand, holds up to 42” tv, $60, 2 brass lamps, white with green trim shades $25, men’s Windriver heated winter boots, size 9, exc. shape $125, 403-886-2542

1710

STOVE, AMANA self clean, white, $100.

403-309-4518 lve. msg.

1720

DINING set, pine wood, 4 chairs, 38”x72” with 18” leaf, good cond. $300.

403-346-0124

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

Antiques, furniture and estates. 342-2514

WANTED

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Misc. for Sale

NEW LIZ AREN NY, 1 red croc. make-up bag. c/w 12 eyeshadows, 2 blush, 1 nail polish, 1 lip gloss. $195 value, asking $75.

Would make a great Christmas gift.

403-227-2976

MATTRESS & Boxspring, Serta, Pillowtop. Queen Size. Delivery Avail. $100.

403-346-0674 392-5657

Homestead Firewood

HP Computer Monitor, $35. 403-782-3847

Now Offering Hotter, Cleaner BC Birch. All Types. P.U. / Delivery. Lyle 403-783-2275

Health & Beauty

1730

Stereos TV's, VCRs

LOGS

CLASSIFICATIONS Antiques & Art

1660

COMPACTOR, Kitchenaid, $20.; Shaw Satellite dish, & 2 receivers with remotes, $150. 403-728-3485 DUVET COVER, Navy, King sz., like new $30.

403-346-2070 EXTENDED custom towing mirrors for p/u truck $60; quad cargo bag (never used) $25; custom made moose leather jacket size 12 $25; 4 drawer chest (hi-boy), bevelled mirror 8 brass drawer pulls frame scallop sea shell, metal and wood castors $35 403-342-7460

Advocate Opportunities

Misc. for Sale

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MUST SEE: XL Blackfoot Shirld Masterpiece. Reg. $400. A must sell @ $200.

403-347-7405 RHINSTONE necklace and earrings to match from the 1950’s, A1 cond. $75; large stainless steel pot $8; approx.

40 peacock feathers $1/ea.; large multi colored flower vase $18, large fruit bowl grape design $10. Magic Moments - the very pest of Perry Comeaux, 3 CD’s in 1 package, new, $15.

403-346-2231 SNOWBLOWER Craftsman. Excellent shape.

Call for details. Asking $675 obo. 403-309-3475 SNOWBLOWER, Poulan 30”, 291cc, electric start, used about 8 hrs. Asking $900. 403-347-1637 STONEY INDIAN MEDICINE MAN SHIELD $75. 403-347-7405

Musical Instruments

1770

CORNET (Trumpet) FE’OLDS & Son, made in Las Angeles, $99.

403-877-0825

Pets & Supplies

1810

37 TABLETS (For Dogs) 225 mg with Milk Thistle.

Expires 05/15. For Liver Function. Vet cost was $106, asking $50.

403-227-2976

To deliver the CENTRAL AB LIFE 1 day a week in:

CENTRAL AB LIFE & LACOMBE EXPRESS 1 day a week in:

Eckville Bowden Olds Sylvan Lake

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

Please call Debbie for details 403-314-4307

CARRIERS NEEDED

ANDERS & MORRISROE

FOR FLYERS, FRIDAY FORWARD & EXPRESS

3 days per week, no weekends ROUTES IN:

ANDERS AREA

Adult Newspaper Carriers Needed For Early Morning Delivery of the

RED DEER ADVOCATE 6 Days a week!

Delivery to be done on/or before 6:30 am For More Information, Please call Prodie Phone 403-314-4301 NEWSPAPER CARRIERS NEEDED For Afternoon Delivery 3 Days/Week (Wed., Thurs. & Fri.)

BOWER AREA Bunn Cres.

Boyce Street Barrett Drive Baker Ave. Brookes Cres.

Baile Close Byer Close Bell Street Broughton Cres.

Beatty Cres.

WASKASOO 43 & 44 Ave. KENTWOOD Kentwood Dr & Kirton Cl. ORIOLE PARK Oliver St. & Odell Gr. PINES Pearson Cres.

ALSO Payne & Parsons Close ALSO Piper Dr. & Pallo Cl.

INGLEWOOD AREA Isherwood Close Inglewood Drive Isbister Close MORRISROE AREA Manning St./Maxwell Ave. McKinnon Cres/Munro Cres.

McCullough Cres.

McDougall Cres.

RIVERSIDE MEADOWS 57 & 58 Ave., 59 & 60 St. ALSO 51, 52 & 43 Ave. & Apt. Bldg. on 60 St.

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

For more information or to apply call Joanne at the Red Deer Advocate 403-314-4308

2 KITTENS black/white to give away, Squeaky and Tippy, very tame 403-782-3031

4 Plexes/ 6 Plexes

3050

homes

NORMANDEAU 2 Bdrm. 4-plex. 1.5 bath, 4 appls. $1100. No pets, N/S Quiet adults. 403-350-1717

CLASSIFICATIONS

You can sell your guitar for a song... or put it in CLASSIFIEDS and we’ll sell it for you!

1860

Sporting Goods

SKIS, 205 Mega Sport Tyrolia, and boots Sz. 10, Memo Salomon. $40. ea. or both for $70.

403-346-2070

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

Rooms For Rent

rentals CLASSIFICATIONS

FOR RENT • 3000-3200 WANTED • 3250-3390

3020

Houses/ Duplexes

2 BDRM Duplex overlooking Kin Canyon, 5 appls. 1.5 bath, partially dev. bsmt. NO PETS. Avail. Dec. 1. $1200 incl. water, garbage & sewer, d.d. $1000. 403-346-3179 MOUNTVIEW, across from school, 4 bdrm. dbl. garage, + RV park, lrg. lot backs onto park, fully dev.

2 full baths, new reno’s, 4 appls., $1650 + utils. Jan.1.

Call Alex 403-519-2944

4180

wheels

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

Houses For Sale

4020

CLASSIFICATIONS 5000-5300

Cars

3070 3090 3110

BUNGALOW - Elizabeth Park Lacombe, smoke/pet free, very clean,, fully landscaped & fenced w/ deck & shed, 5 bdrms,, 3 baths, fireplace, att. garage, 2007, open house every Sun. 12-6 pm. 16 Emily Cres. or Call Marlene 403-782-7287 $414,900.

BY OWNER. Sunnybrook, A/C & RV Parking. Dbl. det. garage. Lots of extras.

403-347-6754 or 347-6509

CUSTOM BUILT NEW HOMES Mason Martin Homes Senior New Home Planner Kyle, 403-588-2550 FREE Weekly list of properties for sale w/details, prices, address, owner’s phone #, etc. 342-7355 Help-U-Sell of Red Deer www.homesreddeer.com

MUST SELL New Home. 1325 sq.ft. bi-level, 24x23 att. garage.

403-588-2550

Main floor 1570 sq ft large commercial space for lease at corner of 48 Ave and 49 St. Office or retail.

One of the highest traffic 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

Condos/ Townhouses

Looking for a place to live?

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D5 A year without Best Actresses

THURSDAY, NOV. 13, 2014

BY ALYSSA ROSENBERG ADVOCATE NEWS SERVICES When Gregg Kilday wrote in the Hollywood Reporter last week that it might be hard for the Academy Awards to fill the five slots for Best Actress nominations, I admit I was skeptical. Maybe that challenge was a reflection of the parochialism of the nominating body or a narrow conception of what constitutes a significant role or a substantive performance.

“At the same time, handicappers have been scratching their heads trying to figure out which actresses could be drafted to fill out the best actress category, since it’s the rare fall release, like Reese Witherspoon’s Wild, that actually focuses on a complicated female character,” he wrote. “Hoping to take advantage of the vacuum at the top, proponents of smaller indie movies like Obvious Child, starring Jenny Slate, which normally would have their best shot at the Independent Spirit Awards, have begun suggesting they deserve Academy consideration as well. And so when Still Alice, starring Julianne Moore as a college professor confronting early onset Alzheimer’s, debuted at the Toronto Film Festival, the blogerati breathed a huge sigh of relief.”

But when I started going back through the list of films that were released this year, or which will arrive in movie theaters before the end of December, the cut-off for Academy Award contention, I started to think he might have a point.

Running through that list, I found less than two-dozen films with performances by women that might potentially count as leads and catch the Academy’s eye. And that was by stretching.

I included a number of movies I have not yet seen, including Lars von Trier’s Nymphomaniac, alien drama Under the Skin, and Jim Jarmusch’s vampire romance Only Lovers Left Alive. Robin Wright’s performance as an aging actress who agrees to the creation of a digital copy of herself in The Congress would probably run into some of the same issues that have left Andy Serkis’ motion-capture performances out in the cold. Ida, Poland’s submis-

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Patricia Arquette’s turn as a single mother in “Boyhood” is one of many Best Supporting Actress performances that might be worthy of a Best Actress nomination.

COMMENT sion for Best Foreign Language film might be a contender.

Another place the Academy could draw from is the pool of potential Best Supporting Actress performances, of which there are a large number of fine candidates.

Patricia Arquette’s turn as a single mother in Boyhood, would probably be my top choice for that sort of promotion. It is true that the movie is closely trained on Ellar Coltrane, who grows up under director Richard Linklater’s lens (Boyhood was filmed several days a year over a period of twelve years).

But Arquette’s transformation into the person she was supposed to become before divorce and sole responsibility for child-rearing sent her on the

Glenn Close savours Broadway return in A Delicate Balance

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK — There’s a special room in the Golden Theatre on Broadway where Glenn Close can travel back in time.

The Tony- and Emmy Award-winner, who stars in a new revival of A Delicate Balance, has helped decorate the backstage communal coffee room with framed photos from some past roles tackled by her and her co-stars.

There’s one photo from the set of Jagged Edge and another of her posing with the original cast of The Real Thing on Broadway. There’s one of her snuggling John Lithgow in The World According to Garp and one with her in Dangerous Liaisons.

“It’s about history and connections,” Close explains, making a cup of tea and curling up on a sofa.

Looking at the walls is like a six-degrees of stardom test. The Jagged Edge photo is there because designer Ann Roth, who made the costumes for the play, also made them for Close in the 1985 movie. Why the Garp photo? Easy: Lithgow is now once again her co-star.

What about the Dangerous Liaisons shot? Close explains that she and Lindsay Duncan both played the same part, one on film and the other onstage. Now the actresses play sisters in the new revival.

“I keep telling people to bring in stuff,” Close says. “I like to think of a company as a family and all the connections we have is really fun to surround ourselves with.”

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scenic route to economic stability and professional satisfaction is a marvel to watch.

Academy voters could do the same with Imelda Staunton’s performance as a mining-town resident turned gay rights activist, or Jessica Gunning’s lovely turn as Sian, a Welshwoman who is inspired by the U.K. miners’ strike to become a political activist, in Pride if they are craving a British drama.

They could give nods to either Jessica Chastain or Anne Hathaway, transcending their material in Christopher Nolan’s space opera Interstellar. Keira Knightley, who plays Joan, a brilliant mathematician who would have been denied a career if not for the Second World War, in The Imitation Game is another candidate, as are Dorothy Atkinson and Marion Bailey, who play the two very different women who love the titular painter in Mr. Turner.

But if the Academy wants to stick with more clearly-delineated lead performances, there are five obvious candidates that I can think of: Reese Witherspoon in Wild, Rosamund Pike in Gone Girl, Felicity Jones in The Theory of Everything, (which has been mistaken for a biopic of Stephen Hawking, rather than a movie about his first wife, Jane Wilde), Nicole Kidman in Grace of Monaco, and Julianne Moore in Still Alice.

I have seen four of these five movies, and of Wild, Gone Girl, The Theory of Everything, and Still Alice, only Pike’s evil genius in Gone Girl and Moore’s early-onset Alzheimer’s patient in Still Alice really stand out. But damaged, damaging or supporting powerful men is hardly the sum total of the female experience. And intelligent moviegoers cannot live on a handful of great stories about women a year.

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room and you quickly realize that Close is savouring every minute of her return to a big Broadway role since she wowed everyone 20 years ago in Sunset Boulevard.

She’d been searching for a stage project since her show Damages ended in 2012, and landed on Edward Albee’s 1967 Pulitzer Prize winner, which examines the stresses and strains of family and friendship.

“I narrowed it down to this because it’s a very strong ensemble piece and I knew I wanted to come back surrounded by a strong group of actors,” she says. “And it’s very challenging.”

The play takes place in the wellappointed home of Tobias and Agnes, a handsome couple nearing the end of middle age. Agnes, played by Close, frets — about losing her mind, for one thing, and becoming “mad as a hatter, chewing the ribbons on her dress.” A series of visitors threaten to upend their comfortable lives.

The play is Close’s first brush with performing Albee and it is challenging stuff. “It doesn’t trip off your tongue when you’re learning it,” he says. “It was very hard to get into it. We all have found the language challenging.”

In addition to Lithgow, Duncan and Close, the play co-stars Bob Balaban, Clare Higgins and Martha Plimpton, who plays her daughter and at one point during the interview wanders into the backstage coffee room to chat with Close and laugh at her first headshot, at age 11, hanging on the wall. Of her co-star, Plimpton gushes: “Fantastic. The best. It’s true: She is the best.”

Voice of Mrs. Wolowitz on The Big Bang Theory dies LOS ANGELES — The actress best known for voicing the unseen Mrs. Wolowitz on the TV comedy The Big Bang Theory has died.

Carol Ann Susi’s agent, Pam EllisEvenas, said the actress died in Los Angeles on Tuesday after a brief battle with cancer. She was 62.

The veteran character actress has made numerous guest appearances on TV shows since the 1970s.

On the The Big Bang Theory, Susi wasn’t seen on camera as the mother of Simon Helberg’s character, Howard, but her character’s loud voice with a Brooklyn accent was instantly recognizable.

The executive producers of the CBS sitcom say Susi was a beloved member of the Big Bang Theory family, and they praised her “immense talent and comedic timing.”

Susi is survived by her brother, Michael Susi, and his wife, Connie.

TORONTO — Canadian Mad Men star Jessica Pare says it’s been tough saying goodbye to the series.

“We’re done and that’s kind of painful,” the Montreal-raised actress said on the red carpet at this week’s Scotiabank Giller Prize in Toronto.

The AMC period drama’s final season was split in half, with the first seven of 14 episodes debuting last spring and the rest set to air early next year.

Pare — who plays Don Draper’s wife, Megan — said it was an emotional time when they finished shooting the last half of the seventh and final season in June.

“It was very teary,” said the 33-yearold. “We’re fortunate that we get to tell the end of our story. It’s not a luxury afforded to many on TV, so I think it’s a privilege.

“But I’m going to miss everybody.”

Pare’s Giller showing marked her first gala appearance since announcing last month that she’s pregnant with her first child with Quebec musician John Kastner.

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A cosmic first EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY SAYS IT HAS LANDED A SPACECRAFT ON A COMET

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS DARMSTADT, Germany — Hundreds of millions of miles from Earth, a European spacecraft made history Wednesday by successfully landing on the icy, dusty surface of a speeding comet — an audacious first designed to answer big questions about the universe.

The landing on comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko required immense precision, as even the slightest error could have resulted in cosmic calamity.

Indications were that the spacecraft touched down Photo by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS almost perfectly, save for an unplanned bounce, said A scientist reacts in the main control room at the European Space Agency after the first unmanned spacecraft Stephan Ulamec, head of the lander operation.

But thrusters that were meant to push the lander, Philae landed on the comet called 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, at the control centre in Darmstadt, called Philae, onto the surface, and harpoons that Germany, Wednesday. Europe’s Rosetta space probe was launched in 2004 with the aim of studying the would have anchored it to the comet failed to deploy comet and learning more about the origins of the universe. properly. Initial data from the spacecraft indicated that it lifted off again, turned and then came to rest.

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Taking the fall so you don’t have to RESEARCHERS ARE HONING IN ON BEST FOOTWEAR TO USE DURING WINTER

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — Deep in the bowels of a building on Toronto’s hospital row, some scientists are taking the fall for you, Canada.

In fact, over and over again. The researchers are slipping, flailing, losing their balance. It’s all in the hope that someday you won’t have to.

They are worried about your noggins, your hips and your other bones. If you are worried about theirs, relax. All this stumbling and tumbling is done in harnesses attached to pulleys that break the falls before the falls break bones.

The work is being done in the winter lab of Toronto Rehab, a University of Toronto teaching hospital that is trying to hone in on what is the best possible footwear for Canadian winters.

The lab, a pod-like structure that looks like a component of the international space station, has an icy floor that can be tilted and made even more slick with pooled water or snow. As well, giant fans simulate the wintry blasts that can knock us off our balance at times.

The goal of the work, explains Geoffrey Fernie, the institute’s director of research, is to cut down on the number of falls on ice, which, depending on your age and the health of your bones, can be a life-altering or life-end event.

“In the winter we have up to five times as many people in our emergency rooms” for falls, Fernie says.

“When people fall over, that can be the end of their lives, let alone the end of their independence. It’s a really big deal.”

The numbers are significant. In 2010-2011, there were 7,138 people hospitalized across the country because of injuries sustained during falls on ice, says Vicky Scott, a senior adviser on fall prevention in British Columbia’s injury research and prevention unit and the provincial ministry of health.

The falls are spread across all age ranges, but really start to hit serious numbers in the 50-plus age categories, according to the data, from the Canadian Institute for Health Information.

About half the people hospitalized for falls on ice were 60 and older.

Interestingly, falls on ice cause more serious injuries than any single winter sport. In fact, injuries incurred in all winter sports combined don’t account for as many hospitalizations as falls on ice.

It’s important to note this figure represents only people who were admitted to hospital because of injuries they received during a fall on ice. People who were treated and released, treated at doctors’s offices or in walk-in clinics and people who died at the scene don’t make it into this count.

“So you could double or triple that number for the amount of people seen and released by the emergency department,” suggests Scott, who is also a clinical associate professor in the University of British Columbia’s School of Population and Public Health.

In seniors falls of any kind can be catastrophic. Bones weaken with age and snap more easily. A fall that will bruise a hip at 20 may shatter it at 80.

That’s when life really starts to change rapidly. A U.S. study published in August showed that of more than 60,000 residents of long-term care fa-

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Dr. Yue Li demonstrates walking on a five degree incline on ice at the WinterLab research facility at the Toronto Rehabilitation hospital in Toronto. Li was testing different kinds of footwear best suited for various winter conditions. cilities who were hospitalized with a hip fracture, slightly more than a third died within the following six months.

Of those who were not completely mobile before the hip fracture, half either died or became totally incapable of walking within the six months after the injury.

So clearly, not falling this winter should be a goal. But how do you achieve it during a Canadian winter?

Fernie and his folks at Toronto Rehab may someday soon have an answer to that question.

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Medical breakthroughs How to properly integrate interval training into your worth watching workout program

From bionic eyes to robotic legs, an avalanche of recent innovations in medical gadgetry is improving life for millions of North Americans of all ages. We wanted to tell you about four exciting breakthroughs that are making the world a better place.

The bionic retina For more than 1.5 million people around the world, the inherited eye disease retinitis pigmentosa (RP) slowly destroys light-sensitive cells in the retina of the eye. Side vision and night vision are the first to go, followed by dimming of forward vision and the loss of the ability to see colors.

Total blindness is rare, but vision may be so compromised that it becomes difficult to handle everyday tasks.

An Food and Drug Administration-approved bionic retina restores enough vision to allow a person with RP to function much more independently.

The device works by sending signals from a wearable video unit to electrodes implanted in the eyes.

Studies show that it can help people with RP walk alone on sidewalks, read large-print books and even match socks!

The future: Now, researchers are testing the bionic eye in people with age-related macular degeneration, a leading cause of blindness that affects millions of people after age 50.

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DRS. OZ AND ROIZEN headaches, which can cause pain so severe that they’re dubbed “suicide headaches.”

Although medications and lifestyle changes help control migraines and sometimes cluster headaches respond to inhaling pure oxygen, an experimental, patient-controlled device holds the promise of stopping these big headaches in their tracks.

The device, smaller than an almond, is implanted in the upper gum. It’s remote-controlled by a device similar to a smartphone and stimulates facial nerves called the sphenopalatine ganglion.

It’s been shown to control even the most severe pain.

The future: Researchers at Ohio State University have started testing neurostimulation for cluster headaches. Tests for people with migraines are expected to start soon in the U.S.

Wearable robotic devices

Ten million Americans (mostly women) suffer from migraine headaches; they account for 113 million lost workdays annually. Another 1.3 million or so (mostly men) have cluster

As many as one million Americans have lost a hand, foot, arm or leg to amputation; by 2050, the number is estimated to hit four million. Diabetes, war and traffic accidents are common causes.

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If you’re looking to get started with interval training, it’s going to be essential that you are incorporating it into your workout session properly.

Many people, unfortunately, make some big mistakes as they go about their interval training sessions, which can lead them to become injured, overtrained or just not enjoying the process as they CABEL should.

MCELDERRY Let’s walk you through some quick tips on how you can best add interval training to your program to receive optimal benefits.

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Start with one session per week First, as you just begin with interval training, you’ll want to start with just one session per week. This way you can see how your body reacts to it and add more sessions from there. You can really suffer from a case of ‘too much, too soon’ when it comes to interval training, so you really need to be careful here with this factor. Once you can easily complete that single session, then you can go ahead and add a second to the weekly workout schedule.

Keep intervals and weights separate Next, you also need to always do your interval training on a different day than weight lifting.

While if you were more advanced, you may be able to do upper body weight lifting and then finish up with

intervals, generally speaking, it will be too much for most people. As both weight lifting and interval training are very stressful on the central nervous system, you need enough down time between them to recover properly.

Avoid stacking intervals with leg training Speaking of down time, that brings us to our next point: Avoid doing a leg training day and then intervals the next day or vice versa. Doing this could compromise leg strength and recovery, leading to less than optimal performance in your second workout.

Always try and separate them by one day of rest whenever possible.

Preferably this would be a completely off day of all training, but if you had to, an upper body workout between them could work as well.

Always warm-up Make sure when adding intervals to your training protocol that you never neglect to do a proper warm-up either.

While with usual cardio training, you might have been able to just get right into it without too much warm-up since the intensity wasn’t all that terribly high, with interval training, it’s just not the case.

Skip over that warm-up and you can count on being injured in no time.

So there you have the main points to know and remember as you do your interval training workouts. Keep these in mind and you can make sure that you see optimal fitness progression and keep injury free.

Cabel McElderry is a local personal trainer and nutrition coach. For more information on fitness and nutrition, visit the Fitness F/X website at www.fitnessfx. com.

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Playing video games is good for your brain EDUCATIONAL AND THERAPEUTIC USES

BY MARK GRIFFITHS SPECIAL TO THE ADVOCATE Whether playing video games has negative effects is something that has been debated for 30 years, in much the same way that rock and roll, television and even the novel faced similar criticisms in their time.

Purported negative effects such as addiction, increased aggression and various health consequences such as obesity and repetitive strain injuries tend to get far more media coverage than the positives.

I know from my own research examining both sides that my papers on video game addiction receive far more publicity than my research into the social benefits of, for example, playing online role-playing games.

However there is now a wealth of research which shows that video games can be put to educational and therapeutic uses, as well as many studies which reveal how playing video games can improve reaction times and hand-eye coordination.

For example, research has shown that spatial visualization ability, such as mentally rotating and manipulating two- and three-dimensional objects, improves with video game playing.

To add to this long line of studies demonstrating the more positive effects of video games is a study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences by Vikranth Bejjanki and colleagues.

Their newly published paper demonstrates that the playing of action video games — the sort of fast-paced, 3D shootem-up beloved of doomsayers in the media — confirms what other studies have revealed, that players show improved performance in perception, attention and cognition.

In a series of experiments on small numbers of gamers (10 to 14 people in each study), the researchers reported that gamers with previous experience of playing such action video games were better at perceptual tasks such as pattern discrimination than gamers with less experience.

In another experiment, they trained gamers who had little previous experience of playing action games, giving them 50 hours practice. It was shown that these gamers performed much better on perceptual tasks than they had prior to their training. The paper concludes: “The enhanced learning of the regularity and structure of environments may act as a core mechanism by which

action video game play influences performance in perception, attention, and cognition.”

In my own papers, I have pointed out many features and qualities that make video games potentially useful.

For instance, in an educational context, video games can be fun and stimulating, which means it’s easier to maintain a pupil’s undivided attention for a longer period of time.

Because of the excitement, video games may also be a more appealing way of learning than traditional methods for some.

Video games have an appeal that crosses many demographic boundaries, such as age, gender, ethnicity, or educational attainment.

They can be used to help set goals and rehearse working toward them, provide feedback, reinforcement, selfesteem, and maintain a record of behavioral change.

Their interactivity can stimulate learning, allowing individuals to experience novelty, curiosity and challenge that stimulates learning.

There is the opportunity to develop transferable skills, or practice challenging or extraordinary activities, such as flight simulators, or simulated operations.

Because video games can be so engaging, they can also be used therapeutically. For instance, they can be used as a form of physiotherapy as well as in more innovative contexts. A number of studies have shown that when children play video games following chemotherapy, they need fewer painkillers than do others.

Video games have great educational potential in addition to their entertainment value.

Games specifically designed to address a specific problem or teach a specific skill have been very successful, precisely because they are motivating, engaging, interactive and provide rewards and reinforcement to improve.

But the transferability of skills outside the game-playing context is an important factor.

What’s also clear from the scientific literature is that the negative consequences of playing almost always involve people who are excessive video game players.

There is little evidence of serious acute adverse effects on health from moderate play.

Griffiths is the director of the International Gaming Research Unit and Professor of Gambling Studies at Nottingham Trent University.

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FALLS: Ideal sole Their search for the ideal sole for boots — both in terms of material and treads — is going well, he says.

It will lead, they hope, to a labelling system that will show consumers how much grip they can expect to get from the footwear they are purchasing. But they aren’t there yet.

In the meantime, he and Scott offer some suggestions about how to stay safe outdoors during the cold and slippery months ahead.

For starters, stay active, Scott says.

What you don’t use you will lose, in terms of muscle tone. So seniors especially need to keep fit and work to maintain muscles and balance.

“Don’t just shut yourself inside and stay sedentary. Then when you do go out, you will fall,” she warns.

Be aware of your environment, Fernie suggests. Pay attention to where you are putting your foot down.

Look for and avoid danger zones.

“There’s nothing worse than stepping onto a patch of ice that you’ve not noticed.”

If you are using outdoor stairs — Fernie would probably say stairs of any kind, they are a real hazard — use the handrail.

“Don’t worry about looking like a sissy,” he says.

Plan ahead. During a brutal winter, it can sometimes be hard to find road salt or sand to put on your walkway. Since it’s clear winter is coming, buy some in advance, Scott says.

She also suggests seniors line up someone to shovel their walkway and driveway.

Carry some traction with you. Scott notes that the City of Ottawa has a nifty program where residents are encouraged to fill small bags with grit the city provides at a number of centrally located “grit boxes.”

The idea is that if you see a slippery patch, you can help your fellow citizens by spreading sand or salt as you go.

Do your bit. In some municipalities, homeowners are required to clear the sidewalks in front of their homes — a rule some observe more fastidiously than others.

Choose your boots wisely. We live in a land of ice and snow. Fashion boots are probably better off worn indoors rather than out.

“Certainly wear good winter footwear,” says Fernie.

“Now that presupposes you know what good winter footwear is. But you do know that it’s probably not high heels. And you do know that it’s probably not smooth leather-soled shoes. You do know that you need to wear footwear that is comfortable and is likely to be solid for walking on.”

Despite your best efforts, you may at some point this winter find your-

self in the process of upending. It’s hard to think fast enough to react in such circumstances. But if you can, try to break your fall, Fernie says.

Because some falls are worse than others.

“Sacrifice anything to protect your head, because head injuries are obviously very serious,” he says.

“But if you can break the fall using your arm or your elbow, you probably will break your wrist, you probably will break your elbow. But it’s less serious than breaking your hip. Because broken hips, especially among older people, are such a disaster.”

DOCS: Bionic Now, scientists are using spaceage plastics and carbon fibre composites to create stronger, lighter and more durable artificial limbs that replicate natural motion.

These high-tech computerized prosthetic devices sport microprocessors and computer chips that let users move bionic limbs more freely, walk as quickly as people with intact limbs, and even play competitive sports.

Bionic lower-leg systems are available from some prosthetics providers, although they are still not in general use.

The future: An astounding new robotic suit for people with more severe disabilities was introduced recently. It supports the body from ankles to torso while moving the user’s legs, so that people once confined to a wheelchair can walk again.

“It feels great,” one early user told the media. “It’s a feeling you forget when you’re in a chair for so long. It’s very exciting.”

A camera in a pill Finding the cause of hidden bleeding in a child’s digestive system is one of the biggest challenges for digestive-disease experts. Too often, invasive, exploratory surgery has been the only option when other tests fail.

Now, doctors are turning to a hightech camera in a capsule to get incredibly clear pictures of a child’s small intestine, an area that’s been difficult to thoroughly examine.

Used in adults for more than a decade, wireless PillCams are becoming standard for children as young as four years old.

The future: Now, Japanese researchers have developed a propelled model called Mermaid that doctors can control remotely to get a better look.

The YOU Docs, Mehmet Oz, host of The Dr. Oz Show and Mike Roizen of Cleveland Clinic, are authors of YOU: Losing Weight. For more information, go to www.RealAge.com.

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