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Poisoning wolves a dangerous game CULL LEAVES POISONED CARCASSES FOR OTHER SCAVENGERS, PREDATORS TO PICK OVER

BY LANA MICHELIN ADVOCATE STAFF Poisoning and shooting more than 900 wolves to stabilize a small caribou herd is destroying the area’s ecology and giving Alberta an international black eye, say Central Alberta conservationists. “It’s absolutely chilling,� said Bob Scammell, an author and journalist who received the Alberta government’s highest conservation honour, the Order of Bighorn, in 2000. “It’s an absolute horror story,� added Dwight Rodtka, a retired problem wildlife specialist for Alberta Agriculture.

The men were reacting to a wolf cull that’s been done for the past nine years to try to save a small population of woodland caribou near Little Smoky, just south of Valleyview.

Study results by biologists show killing 841 wolves from 2005 to 2012 has barely managed to stabilize the threatened herd living in a region that’s 95 per cent disturbed by industry. The cull continues and the estimated number of dead wolves is now more than 900. Critics say “collateral damage� to other animals eating the poison is inestimable.

Scammell and Rodtka believe the government is needlessly targeting wolves because it’s unwilling to curb unchecked forestry and energy developments that are destroying caribou habit. Conservationists say all the tree removal has actually caused “wolf highways� to be created into the forest.

The provincial government’s bias towards industry at the expense of the environment is causing the strong opposition to Alberta pipeline projects in B.C. and the U.S., according to Scammell. “This is what’s causing Alberta’s tremendous pipeline problems. This will be noticed all over the

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world, especially in the U.S.,� predicted the columnist, whose opinion pieces run in various Alberta newspapers, including the Advocate. “People will say, ‘We don’t want that sort of stuff happening here’ — and the Alberta government just doesn’t get it.�

The Little Smoky herd is made up of only about 70 caribou — a protected species that cannot be hunted in the province. The animals are managing to exist on land near the Little Smoky River that’s scarred by forestry cut blocks, seismic lines and other energy developments.

After all the effort, including killing 200 moose and elk for poisoned bait, Rodtka said hardly any more caribou calves are being produced compared to nine years ago. Meanwhile, he believes the culling program will likely trigger remaining wolves to produce larger litters as natural compensation.

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A TREE TO CALL HIS OWN

BY CRYSTAL RHYNO ADVOCATE STAFF Red Deer’s fields of play are about to get a makeover.

City council heard last week during the capital budget debate that the city’s new strategy will build more sports fields and transform others into higher calibre and make them more functional.

Over four years, the city will spend $1.1 million to improve the play at community fields throughout Red Deer. “In some neighbourhoods there are soccer fields that are on top of a ball diamond and none of it is very functional and nobody really uses it,� said Sarah Cockerill, the city’s director of Community Services. “It is there for spontaneous play but if there were actually a higher quality diamond or field that could be programmed or rented out, it may be a better use of space.�

Another part of the strategy involves adding sports fields to the soon-to-be developed northeast multihigh-school site. The city will spend $749,000 over four years there.

An additional $250,000 was allocated to the Red Deer Regional Catholic School Division for increased space to accommodate community access to the change rooms at the division’s planned high school on the site. This will help meet the space technical requirements to host provincial level tournaments.

The fields will be completed for the opening of the new Catholic high school in 2017.

Edgar Athletic Park will receive a $1.5 million boost over two years for upgrades to the fields and the amenities. The Red Deer City Soccer Association requested upgrades to its building and the Central Alberta Slo-Pitch Association wanted washrooms and more storage.

The soccer association has plans to build a permanent indoor field house with an international-sized soccer pitch. The location has not been determined.

Cockerill said this is a medium-term fix for the facility. She said down the road the city may develop a sports field/festival grounds northeast of River Bend.

The land has not been acquired. “All these together allow us to program our fields in a much more efficient way and a higher level of calibre of play,� she said. crhyno@reddeeradvocate.com

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Large humanitarian team heads to Kenya 37 PERSON MISSION BRINGS MUCH NEEDED AID

BY LANA MICHELIN ADVOCATE STAFF A Kenyan boy with disabled arms can now type at a computer because of the ingenuity of Central Alberta therapists.

They fitted the elementary school student with a standard head lamp apparatus that had been retrofitted with a long wooden dowel. The boy learned to use the dowel extending from the apparatus to hit keys on a computer keyboard.

“They did some amazing things. I couldn’t believe what I saw,� said Eric Rajah, co-founder of A Better World Canada. “The boy was so excited to be able to type and communicate.�

The Lacombe-based charity sent its largest-ever humanitarian team of 37 people to Africa last month.

This included a 26-person medical team. Eight doctors, as well as nurses, pharmacists, physio and occupational therapists, went on a humanitarian mission to Kenya from Nov. 4 to 20 to assist with a wide variety of health needs.

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INNISFAIL COUPLE CHARGED NINE TIMES THEIR NORMAL BILL

BY SUSAN ZIELINSKI ADVOCATE STAFF A water meter that an Innisfail couple say is defective is undergoing tests.

Since summer, seniors Betty and Clarence Moore had been fighting a one-time $760.20 water bill for their small bungalow.

Their typical monthly water bill is around $84.

Betty Moore, 69, said they received a phone call from the town in late October and told their account was now cleared.

“They have sent the meter back to the company and they have taken the money off our account. They didn’t say it was their fault. No apologies. Just that it’s supposedly straightened out,” Moore said.

The balance on their most recent bill dated Nov. 17 still includes that big summer hit so they’re still waiting to see the balance on their next bill.

Moore originally contacted the Advocate about the problem in late September. The town told her their water meter was working fine, they probably had a plumbing leak, and to pay the bill or their water would be shut off.

The water bill for the month in question showed they used about 20,000 litres per day for eight days before it returned to their normal rate of 200 to 500

litres.

“You can go back 32 years and we’ve never, ever used that much water. There is no way we can use that much water.”

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

She said she tested their plumbing for leaks and found none.

Moore said it’s been a stressful period for the couple but it’s important to spread the word because other people may have run into the same problem with their meters.

“Hopefully it will help somebody,” Moore said.

Heather Whymark, Town of Innisfail’s director of corporate services, said no one else has reported a similar problem and the town is still determining whether the Moore’s meter was working correctly.

“We don’t have the means to test it properly here so it has to go back to the manufacturer. It will take another 30 days before we hear something back on that,” Whymark said.

At this point, the Moores’ bill has been reversed, she said.

“If it does, however, come back that the meter is valid, then that’s something council will have to look at again.” szielinski@reddeeradvocate.com

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WOLVES: Approach affecting biodiversity The scientific report compared herd numbers before and after the cull and found the population has barely crept up. While killing wolves has stopped caribou decline, the herd is not significantly growing.

Prompted by a mandate from Ottawa to keep the emblematic Canadian animal from disappearing, the Alberta government embarked on the annual cull of 45 per cent of wolves in the area northwest of Edmonton. Besides being shot from helicopters, wolves are being killed with poisoned carcasses left in the forest.

Conservationists are alarmed this approach is eliminating biodiversity in the region, as many other smaller animals, including eagles, ravens, foxes, fishers and other scavengers are also eating the poisoned meat — as reported by in a recent article in Alberta Sportsmen Magazine. “It sends shivers up my spine. ... It’s an absolute disaster,” said Scammell.

Jim Robertson, executive director of the Waskasoo Environmental Education Society, doubts the cull will do any long-term good. “It’s a people problem, not a wolf problem,” he said, noting such culls have historically caused problems in Banff and around Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming, tipping the natural balance. He warned that better habitat protection would yield better future benefits.

But Duncan MacDonnell, a public affairs officer for Alberta Environment and Sustainable Resource Development, believes the provincial government is doing its best to comply with a federal mandate to protect a threatened species. “After years of population decline, the program has managed to maintain caribou survival,” he added — so it has been a success.

“We want to keep caribou in the landscape.”

He hasn’t heard anything about the collateral poisoning of other forest species. And he doesn’t know if other provinces are culling wolves to protect their caribou, saying “I have no idea. We have enough to worry about with the complexities of this problem here.”

Comparisons to past wolf culls in Yellowstone and Banff are not useful, according to MacDonnell, since these were meant to help elk, “and they are nothing like caribou” — which are considered complex animals with lower reproductive rates.

The provincial government isn’t ignoring the impact of industry, he maintained. MacDonnell suggested a more comprehensive, sustainable approach to keeping caribou herds in Alberta will be presented in a wide-ranging plan due in 2017.

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Mandated by Ottawa the wolf cull tries to stop the Caribou population from declining.

The first part, dealing with the Little Smoky herd, is expected by next year. “It will deal with the whole picture and look at all factors in caribou survival,” said MacDonnell.

Meanwhile, he stressed the government is not removing all wolves, but needs to decrease caribou mortality until a more comprehensive approach can be adopted. lmichelin@reddeeradvocate.com

AID: Most people ever on A Better World trip From receiving treatment and medications for illnesses such as malaria, to learning how to stretch muscles after surgery and to better cope with various disabilities, nearly 2,000 patients from more remote regions of the country were seen by the Alberta team (which also included an obstetrician from California).

It was the most people A Better World has ever helped in a single trip, said Rajah.

He was particularly please with work done by local therapists, including pediatric physiotherapist Mona Walls, of Red Deer, who was on her first medical mission to Kenya.

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A novel “Christmas adventure for the whole family” is being presented next weekend by the Deer Park Alliance Church.

The Adventures of Katie: The Case of the Missing Nativity is a comic play and movie rolled into one, presented from Friday to Sunday, Dec. 5 to 7 at 2960 39th St. in Red Deer.

The part-filmed adventure and part-theatrical production features a young heroine named Katie, who battles the forces of negativity (Professor No and his evil organization DON’T) Katie, along with her gang of young sleuths, aim to retrieve a nativity set that was stolen from an Alberta Church. But they have their work cut out for them when Dr. No bands together with Miss Yes and Herr Maybe to attempt to end Christmas by selling the stolen goods on eBay. Writer and director Don Tjart said he wanted to create a special production for Red Deer kids, and the result is The Adventures of Katie, which should appeal especially to families with young children.

It will be presented at 7 p.m. on Friday and 3:30 and 6:30 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday. Tickets for the shows are $3 from the church office. For more information, call 403-343-1511.

Finding comfort in a season with both hope and heartbreak The holiday season is a time of hope — and sometimes heartbreak. Anyone who is having a hard time, emotionally, with the approach of Christmas is invited to a Service of Comfort at 7 p.m. Monday, Dec. 8, at Gaetz Memorial United Church. It offers an opportunity to mourn our losses and find comfort in the company of others. Refreshments will be served after the service.

The local therapists saw 20 to 30 children daily and were exhausted by the end of each day — “but it was a good kind of tired,” said Walls, who considers the boy with the head lamp one of her most memorable patients.

Walls was told about the disabled child, who was learning to write with his feet, before going to Africa.

She conferred with occupational therapists from the Aspire Special Needs Resource Centre about what kind of device would be most useful for typing and they jointly came up with the design in Red Deer.

“We found a 1980s head lamp that had a pivot feature that we could use,” recalled Walls. This allows the dowel to be flipped out of the way when the boy is learning and doesn’t need it.

The apparatus was an instant hit with the child, who is about 10 years old. “He really took to it and was beaming. He was very, very excited because he has a computer in front of him — which is virtually unheard of” among African students, said Walls. The boy accessed the computer through a school for disabled students.

Kenyan mothers were taught by the therapists how to stretch their disabled children’s muscles to give them better function and control. Many of their children had spina bifida, due to a folic acid deficiency, or cerebral palsy, due to a difficult birth or high fever.

The mothers were very receptive to the recommended therapies, said physiotherapy team co-ordinator Karen Leoung, who met a Kenyan child this trip who had made many improvements since her last visit to Africa. The child’s mom had continued doing stretching exercises until the six-year-old attained more head control, an ability to help feed herself, and interact with others.

“The child came back and the differences in one year were unbelievable,” added Leoung, who believes this kind of early intervention is crucial.

A Better World’s humanitarian teams are always met by long lineups of Kenyans who would otherwise be unable to afford health care, said Rajah, who knows the patients come from a wide area.

On this trip, the charity ran eight days of health clinics with the help of medical professionals from Central Alberta. This included a local doctor and his wife and daughter, who are both pharmacists. “So many people signed up (for the medical mission) we could run double clinics each day,” said Rajah.

Providing training for Kenyan doctors and therapists was part of the group’s mandate — as was bringing pharmacy supplies and used medical equipment, such as walkers, crutches and wound dressing materials.

“It was a very unique experience,” said Walls, who was moved by the “bright smiles on the kids’ faces when we were able to achieve something . . .

“They liked seeing something new, like when we took over (bubble solution) and started blowing bubbles. It takes so little to make them happy.” lmichelin@reddeeradvocate.com

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Police seek missing Red Deer teen Red Deer police are seeking the public’s assistance in locating another missing teen.

Skylar Abernethy, 14, was last seen on Nov, 21 in Red Deer’s Glendale neighbourhood.

She is Caucasian, five-foot-five Skyler Abernathy tall, about 105 pounds, with shoulder-length brown and blonde hair and hazel eyes.

Anyone with information about Abernethy’s whereabouts is asked to call local RCMP at 403-343-5575.

Fences will protect natural area damage done by offroad vehicles The fences will be going up in Bower Woods to prevent more damage to the trees and bank along the creek.

The off-the-beaten track area is just north of Molly Banister Drive and can be accessed through the Waskasoo Trail System at Sunnybrook.

Red Deer city council approved the $208,000 for remediation as part of the 2015 capital budget.

Shelley Gagnon, the city’s Recreation, Parks and Culture manager, said some BMX riders have been going off trail and have created ramps and jumps that are beginning to take a toll on the natural areas.

The money will be used to temporarily restrict access the natural area to facilitate damage repair and revegetation. Work will get underway next spring.

In future years, the city will conduct remediation to the Barrett Park Escarpment, Riverside Drive, Waskasoo Drive, Piper Creek and other natural areas.

Grandview drug raid going to preliminary inquiry A preliminary hearing will be the next stop for two Red Deer residents

Slomp still National Farm Union president A Central Alberta farmer remains president of the National Farmers Union.

Jan Slomp of the Rimbey area was returned as president of the Canadian organization by acclamation. The union held its 45th Annual Convention in Saskatoon from Nov. 27 to 29.

The National Farmers Union was founded in 1969. It works to produce national and international policies that benefit small- and medium-sized farmers in producing safe, healthy foods in sustainable production systems.

Driver hit by car while looking at damage to own vehicle from different crash A youth examining damage to his vehicle from a car crash on Hwy 2 was struck by another vehicle and hospitalized with injuries.

The multiple collisions happened a few kilometres north of the Lacombe turn-off on Friday afternoon.

According to Ponoka RCMP, an SUV had rear-ended a small cube van at about 3:30 p.m., during poor driving conditions and snow fall.

Occupants of the SUV had exited the vehicle and were standing at the side of the highway, looking at the damage, when a passing pickup truck lost control and hit one of the youths before entering the ditch.

The injured youth was rushed to hospital by ambulance with non-lifethreatening injuries.

Police are reminding motorists that the safest place to be following such a collision is in your vehicle until emergency personnel arrives.

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A City of Red Deer Parks and Recreation worker clears the ice surface off at Bower Ponds on Saturday afternoon. There were a few Red Deerians snowblowing their own sidewalks and driveways, but most chose to stay indoors with temperatures dipping as low as -33C with the windchill.

Mixer for non-profits A networking opportunity for nonprofit groups and agencies is being presented by Volunteer Central on Wednesday.

The come-and-go event that gives groups a chance to connect is being held from 3 to 6 p.m. at 4816-50th Ave. in Red Deer.

To RSVP, email info@volunteercentral.ca or call 403-3463710.

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Paul Edmund Fisch, 47, and Sharon Elizabeth Smith, 37, face 23 drugs and weapons charges in connection with a raid in the Grandview subdivision on Sept. 25.

Members of the Alberta Law Enforcement Response Team allege seizing a pistol-grip shotgun, knives, crack cocaine, marijuana and a variety of drug trafficking tools from the house during their investigation.

The preliminary hearing was requested by defence counsel Arnold Piragoff and Andrew Phypers to test the weight of the Crown’s evidence against the accused pair before proceeding to trial.

COMMENT

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Clean water is a right Canada is among the world’s wealthiest nations, but our wealth is not equitably distributed. Many communities, particularly northern and aboriginal, suffer from poor access to healthy and affordable food, clean water, proper housing and other necessary infrastructure.

An ironic example of this disparity is at DAVID Shoal Lake, SUZUKI about two hours east of Winnipeg. There, two First Nations, Shoal Lake 39 and 40, are next to the City of Winnipeg’s main drinking-water supply, but Shoal Lake 40 has been on a boil-water advisory for decades.

Shoal Lake’s story is complicated.

To begin, the Ontario-Manitoba border runs through the middle of the lake.

Winnipeg has drawn its drinking water from the Manitoba side through a 153km aqueduct since 1914.

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tional Blue Dot Tour in support of environmental rights. Driving east along the Trans-Canada Hwy toward Kenora, we crossed the aqueduct before arriving in Kejick, home of Shoal Lake 39.

Chief Fawn Wapioke from Shoal Lake 39 and Chief Erwin Redsky from Shoal Lake 40 greeted us. We then participated in a traditional water ceremony organized by Shoal Lake 39 elders. Chief Wapioke explained that lake water taken for Winnipeg requires the community to maintain artificial water levels, which affects fishing and wild rice harvesting.

I also visited neighbouring Shoal Lake 40 First Nation, reached from the mainland by a short barge ride. Originally on a thin point jutting out from the lake’s west side, the community was cut off from its neighbours in 1914 by a dike and canal built to channel swampy water from the drinking-water intake pipe, converting the peninsula into an island.

The canal blocks access to the west, and Shoal Lake blocks access to the east. In summer, when the barge is running, there’s no problem leaving Shoal Lake 40 via Shoal Lake 39 and Hwy 673.

In winter, it’s possible to cross Shoal Lake by snowmobile or on foot, and a makeshift winter road has provided access to the west for the past few years.

But twice a year, during freeze-up and spring thaw, it’s unsafe to cross the lake by road, barge or foot, isolating the community from the outside world, often for weeks at a time.

The situation is so serious people have died waiting for medical attention to arrive from Kenora, only an hour away on the Trans-Canada Hwy. Stories abound about women miscarrying, houses burning down and other personal and public safety issues.

“We were told that the City of Winnipeg’s removal of a secure land connection to First Nation No. 40 has directly led to the deaths of nine First Nation members,” says a letter from the International Joint Commission to the U.S. and Canadian governments. The commission also said First Nations weren’t adequately compensated.

Less than 20 years ago, commercial fishing made Shoal Lake 40 economically self-sufficient, but Ontario’s government ended that in the early 1980s over concerns about overfishing. Eighteen years ago, a boil-water advisory was issued and never lifted because the community of 250 was deemed too small to justify a water-treatment plant. Today, an open garbage dump and overflowing septic tanks mar the island.

The human body is about 60 per

cent water. In a sense, this means the people of Winnipeg have a very real connection to the First Nations territories at Shoal Lake, source of the water they use for drinking, cooking, cleaning and bathing. But while Winnipeg residents enjoy clean water, the people of Shoal Lake 40 suffer from substandard water, which puts their health at risk every time they turn on the tap.

This is more than just unfair, and more than just an environmental problem. It’s an abrogation of the basic right of all Canadians to have access to clean, safe drinking water.

Canada may be a wealthy, developed country, but the fact that such deplorable conditions persist in places like Shoal Lake, and in hundreds of other First Nations, Metis and Inuit communities across Canada, is a national shame and must be resolved immediately.

It’s yet another reason why the right to a healthy environment needs to be recognized by all levels of government in Canada —and ultimately, in our Constitution.

Scientist, author and broadcaster David Suzuki wrote this column with Michael Dan, a neurosurgeon, philanthropist and First Nations advocate who accompanied Suzuki to Shoal Lake. Learn more at www.davidsuzuki.org.

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Senseless, hurtful crime on the rise Sadly, Red Deer has become a city where criminal activity seems to be the norm.

The past few months have made me consider where I would like to reside upon my retirement.

My decision to have my business located in the city since the early 1990s has been tested over the years due to the petty crimes that have repeatedly occurred. Both my office and my house have been targets of break and entry associated with theft, theft of items from my yard have occurred, and my vehicles have been broken into almost regularly.

Vehicle crimes in particular seem to have escalated; during this past summer, an unsuccessful attempt to steal a vehicle of mine occurred that only resulted in damage to the vehicle, creating a repair bill. This vehicle was outside but in my driveway.

Three weeks ago, my garage was entered and another attempt at stealing a vehicle was again unsuccessful. But both the car and the garage were torn apart.

And a week later, again my vehicle was broken into whilst parked outside. This time, sadly, my HP Pavilion G6 laptop computer was taken as well as a digital recorder. I found my briefcase in the lane beside my house neatly tucked beneath a neighbour’s garbage bin.

The violation of personal space is very unsettling.

Much more hurtful than that is the loss of my family pictures stored in the computer, including a daughter’s wedding, university graduations of my children, probably thousands of pictures of family get-togethers, my mother’s home before having to leave it behind, as well as recordings of the last few conversations with my mother before her passing.

The trickle effect from senseless theft creates losses greater than can be verbalized.

These last three, and other incidents in the past, have been reported to the RCMP, who reply the city detachment is too overwhelmed with the numbers of this type of crime to investigate. That is a sad state of affairs.

Now if there is someone out there who has some conscience, please do what is right and return the items. This can be done anonymously through the RCMP, and please think twice before committing these senseless and hurtful acts.

E.P. Skochylas Red Deer

NDP must stay true to its roots Re: Chantel Hébert column Are the NDP on the wane? in the Oct. 31 Advocate.

Columnist Chantel Hébert provides us with a litany of events that, since the heady optimism of the ‘Orange Wave’ in 2011, catalogue a steady downward trend for the NDP. Until recently, the NDP leadership faithfully followed the course of other social democratic parties, chasing the mythical middle ground instead of addressing the needs of the many. This has led to a predictable loss of support and some humiliating defeats.

The federal party is now realizing the importance of understanding and having confidence in working people. Tom Mulcair is proposing real reforms, the implementation of a $15 per day child-care program and a $15/hour minimum wage in federally regulated workplaces.

This is a small, symbolic, but important step in the fight for a living wage. If this example is followed by the NDP in the provinces it has the potential to improve the lives of thousands. Ordinary NDP members will welcome this change of party direction, which indicates a more radical approach.

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What really matters are policies from the NDP that will bring real change, real hope, into the lives of the young and ordinary working people in general.

With only 12 months until the next federal election, policies are more important than personalities and this must be reflected in the party’s manifesto.

In the time that remains, the NDP has the task of winning the confidence and support of the electorate.

On both domestic and international levels, the economic situation continues to deteriorate. There is the distinct possibility of another financial collapse of the banking system worldwide.

In the prevailing economic crises, any government that tries to implement reforms to raise the living standards of ordinary people will be met with fierce opposition from the corporate sector.

The Ontario government of Bob Rae faced a strike of capital in the 1990s and was forced to carry out a program of austerity that totally discredited the NDP. A future federal NDP government will experience the same type of opposition but on a much greater scale.

The NDP has the potential to achieve a majority or perhaps become part of a coalition with the Liberals. The latter would be very dangerous ground. An NDP/ Liberal coalition would mean that the Liberals would capitulate and oppose even the smallest of reforms.

If an NDP government is democratically elected on the commitment to a clear, unambiguous manifesto, it must not back down under threat of a strike of capital by the big corporations. Any attempt to sabotage a democratically-elected government must be countered with measures to bring the big corpora-

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Energy East discussions fruitful

Tracks reopen in Lake Louise after car dangles over river

THE CANADIAN PRESS CALGARY - Alberta Premier Jim Prentice is scheduled to meet with his Ontario and Quebec counterparts this week to lobby for support of the Energy East pipeline.

A spokeswoman says Prentice is to meet Quebec’s Philippe Couillard on Tuesday and Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne on Wednesday.

Both eastern premiers have a list of demands about the proposal. They want contingency plans and emergency response programs in place, consultations with First Nations and consideration of environmental impact and greenhouse gas emissions.

Wynne said she reached out to Prentice last week so he understood the principles that Ontario and Quebec want considered in the approval process for the proposed $12-billion pipeline, which would carry more than one million barrels of western crude daily from Alberta and Saskatchewan to oil refineries in Eastern Canada.

After chatting with Wynne on the phone, Prentice intends to press his position in person, he said Friday.

“I start from a position that these are two premiers with whom we can do business. Two premiers who are interested in building the Canadian

Pipeline spills 60,000 into muskeg RED EARTH CREEK, Alta. - The Alberta Energy Regulator says close to 60,000 litres of crude oil have spilled into muskeg in the province’s north.

An incident report by the regulator states that a mechanical failure was reported Thursday at a Canadian Natural Resources Limited (TSX:CNQ) pipeline approximately 27 kilometres

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federation and who have put out, what they’ve put out, in an attempt to be constructive. That’s the view I will take going into these meetings,” said Prentice, who called Energy East a “nationbuilding” project.

“The port facilities associated with that project are not going to be in Alberta. They’re going to be elsewhere in Canada. And the turbines that are sourced for that project will be certainly fabricated in the province of Ontario - not in Alberta - so this is a Canadian project with benefits for all of us as Canadians. We need to remain focused on that.”

TransCanada Corp. (TSX:TRP) has filed an application to use a repurposed gas pipeline to carry crude twothirds of the way across the country and to build a pipeline extension that would lead to Saint John, N.B. The Saskatchewan legislature passed a motion last week calling on Ontario and Quebec to recognize the National Energy Board as the appropriate body to review the proposal and to remove unnecessary barriers to the pipeline. Prentice said he has read with interest the principles Ontario and Quebec have put forward if they are to support the project.

“Most of them actually are encompassed within the jurisdiction of the National Energy Board.” north of Red Earth Creek.

The report says there are no reports of impact to wildlife and that a cleanup has begun.

Red Earth Creek is over 350 kilometres northwest of Edmonton.

Carrie Rosa, a spokeswoman for the regulator, says officials have been delayed reaching the scene due to poor weather in the last few days.

No one from Canadian Natural Resources could be reached on Saturday for comment.

LAKE LOUISE, Alta. - A train derailment in downtown Lake Louise, Alta., left a rail car hanging over the edge of a bridge across the Pipestone River on Saturday.

RCMP say all five of the cars on the Canadian Pacific train that left the track early Saturday morning were empty and that no chemicals were spilled.

There were no reports of injuries.

Railway spokeswoman Breanne Feigel says the derailed cars last con-

tained sulphur.

Feigel says there’s no word yet on what caused the train to derail.

She says the derailment has been cleared and the track is now open.

“We take all incidents like this quite seriously,” Feigel said, noting that police, transportation officials and Parks Canada staff were all notified.

Police say the incident happened while the train was moving slowly past a transfer station.

They say a mechanical issue with one of the cars is thought to have caused the derailment, and that there was no indication of criminal activity.

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Stamps survive scare to win Grey Cup

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS Stampeders 20 Tiger-Cats 16 VANCOUVER - Bo Levi Mitchell carried the Calgary Stampeders to a Grey Cup title Sunday.

Mitchell threw for 334 yards as Calgary held on for a thrilling 20-16 win over the Hamilton Tiger-Cats at B.C. Place.

The six-foot-two, 196-pound Texan was calm and precise on the field, completing 25-of34 passes in his first career Grey Cup start. He was named the game’s outstanding player.

At one point, Mitchell threw 10 straight completions, tying him for the third-longest streak in Grey Cup history before a boisterous B.C. Place Stadium gathering of 52,056 1,423 short of a sellout.

“This is something I worked my entire life for,” said Mitchell. “To come to the Grey Cup and have a game like this and have the guys do what we did tonight after so much work, it’s such an indescribable feeling.”

Mitchell credited Stampeders offensive co-ordinator Dave Dickenson for some of his success.

“I’m not the same person without him,” he said. “That guy gets me so prepared, there’s no stone unturned. He is a dangerous coach to have on your team. When you do, you’re not going to lose very often.”

But the West Division champions needed two late defensive stands and some luck to secure the victory.

A Delvin Breaux interception of Mitchell put Hamilton at the Calgary 50-yard line. Quarterback Zach Collaros marched the offence to the three-yard line before the Stampeders’ defence stiffened, resulting in Justin Medlock’s 17-yard field goal at 9:25 of the fourth quarter to pull to within 20-13.

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Calgary Stampeders’ Shawn Lemon (40), Juwan Simpson (12), Matt Walter (14) and Marquay McDaniel (16) hoist the Grey Cup after defeating the Hamilton Tiger-Cats to win the CFL championship game in Vancouver, B.C., on Sunday.

Hamilton regained possession at its 41-yard line with under four minutes remaining and marched to the Calgary 23. Cory Mace’s sack stalled the drive and set up Medlock’s 37-yard field goal to cut the Stampeders’ lead to 20-16 with just over two minutes remaining.

Brandon Banks brought Ticats supporters to their feet with 35 seconds left when he returned a Rene Paredes punt 90 yards for a TD, but it was nullified by an illegal block penalty. Instead of having the lead, Hamilton took over at its

12-yard line.

After the game, Banks stormed out of the Ticats’ locker-room before the media were allowed in. When a reporter tried to speak to him he kept walking but turned around to say “I ain’t talking to nobody.”

Calgary earned its third straight win this season over Hamilton, which after a 1-6 start to the season rallied to a 9-9 mark to finish atop the East Division.

Paredes had to handle punting duties in the second half after incumbent Rob Mav-

er suffered an abdominal injury after being hammered on a Hamilton punt return. The six-foot, 201-pound Maver was hit from the blindside by Justin Hickman, a six-foot-two, 265-pound defensive lineman, and remained on the field for some time before eventually walking off on his own.

Paredes said he withdrew from his teammates during the game so he could concentrate.

“I wasn’t nervous,” said Paredes. “I was just trying to stay focused and stay calm.”

Calgary also lost receiver Maurice Price to an ankle in-

jury in the second half.

Calgary earned its second Grey Cup win since ‘08 when John Hufnagel was named head coach/GM. The iconic trophy appeared to suffer some damage as the Stampeders celebrated on the field, with the top portion coming loose from the base.

Hamilton’s Grey Cup drought continues with their last CFL championship coming in Vancouver in ‘99 when they beat the Stampeders 3221.

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Rebels need wake-up call to beat Broncos

BY GREG MEACHEM ADVOCATE SPORTS EDITOR Rebels 6 Broncos 2 The game was nearly seven minutes old and the Red Deer Rebels were apparently unaware that it had even started.

Brent Sutter decided it was time that he delivered the news.

“Six minutes into the game and we had to take a timeout.

It was because (the players) weren’t there mentally,” the Rebels GM/head coach said following Saturday’s Western Hockey League clash with the visiting Swift Current Broncos. “I just asked them what time they thought the game was starting.”

Sutter called the break at the 6:50 mark, seconds after Broncos defenceman Max Lajoie scored with a point shot that appeared to deflect in off Rebels defenceman Haydn Fleury. Not only were the Rebels down 1-0, they were being outshot 6-0.

The message got through, as the hosts gradually got their act together and carried the play in the second and third periods en route to a 6-2 win before a gathering of 4,989 at the Enmax Centrium.

“We got going and things seemed to change a bit,” said Sutter, who delivered the second half of his message during

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Red Deer Evan Polei looks to deflect a puck in front of Swift Current Broncos goaltender Landon Bow during action between the two teams at the Centrium on Saturday. The Rebels won 6-2. the first intermission. “We got refocused and dialed in and after the first period we had a good talk about how we have to play and what type of team we are.

“We created some offence after that and scored some goals.”

Captain Conner Bleackley

pulled the Rebels even a mere 25 seconds after the Broncos’ opening goal. Bleackley took a pass from Fleury, broke down the right side and beat netminder Travis Child with a low shot to the far corner.

From there, the Rebels struck for three unanswered second-period goals and out-

scored their hosts 2-1 in the final frame. They were also five-for-five on the penalty kill with two short-handed tallies and one-for-six on the power play.

“Specialty teams were huge for us, our penalty kill was massive tonight,” said Sutter.

“Two of our first two four were

short-handed goals. You’re up three goals going into the third and you just have to stay with your game at that point.”

While killing an early second-period penalty, Brooks Maxwell took a feed from Scott Feser following a turnover at the Red Deer blueline, busted in on a breakaway and beat Child with a backhand deke.

Rookie rearguard Austin Strand potted the eventual winner three minutes later, his volley from the point eluding a screened Child, who was promptly replaced by regular starter Landon Bow. With Red Deer defenceman Kolton Dixon serving a holding penalty just past the midway point of the period, Wyatt Johnson created a turnover at the Rebels blueline, took off down the right boards and, while faking a pass, beat Bow high to the glove side.

The Rebels pretty much had the game in control at that point, then added insult to injury with third-period tallies courtesy of Feser and Evan Polei (power play). Defenceman Jordan Harris potted Swift Current’s second goal at 11:17, exactly two minutes after Polei connected.

The physical contest featured no less than nine fights, with eight of the bouts coming in the third period.

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Ramo backstops Flames to shutout over Coyotes

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Flames 3 Coyotes 0 GLENDALE, Ariz. - Ever the reluctant hero, Jiri Hudler stood out in the Calgary Flames dressing room wearing a firefighter’s helmet with earflaps on his head.

Hudler doesn’t enjoy the spotlight much, but he played a major role with a goal and two assists in the Calgary Flames’ 3-0 win over the slumping Arizona Coyotes on Saturday night.

So Hudler got to wear the headgear of honour as his team celebrated another win in what has been a much more successful season than last season when the Flames fin-

ished 13th in the Western Conference.

“It’s coming from that hard work,” Hudler said. “We’re painful to play against.”

Karri Ramo stopped 26 shots, and T.J. Brodie and Johnny Gaudreau also scored for Calgary (15-8-2). Ramo earned his fourth straight win and second consecutive shutout.

“Ramo right now is in a zone. He sees pucks, and I think his positioning is flawless,” Flames coach Bob Hartley said.

Hudler’s team-leading 11th goal came on a power play at 7:13 of the third. Hudler controlled a loose puck that bounced high in front of him and caromed the shot past

goalie Devan Dubnyk amid traffic in front.

“That is the best we have seen of Jiri Hudler,” Hartley said. “The veterans leading by example, they are getting rewarded.”

The Coyotes went with Dubnyk over No. 1 goalie Mike Smith, who hasn’t won in three weeks and has only four wins this season.

Dubnyk made 26 saves, but the Coyotes (9-12-3) lost their fifth straight at home and fourth in five overall.

Arizona has scored only 12 goals in its last seven games and has gone 112 consecutive minutes without a goal.

Gaudreau scored 4:07 into the third period, with Mark Giordano and Hudler getting

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assists. Giordano leads the Flames with 19 assists and 25 points this season.

Brodie one-timed a shot high and past Dubnyk at 4:34 of the second to give the Flames a 1-0 lead. Brodie took a crossice pass from Hudler and had no one but Dubnyk to beat.

The Flames received a four-minute power play just 59 seconds into the game when Mikkel Boedker high-sticked Calgary centre Josh Jooris in the face. But Dubnyk stopped three shots during the penalty kill.

“It’s tough when you take four minutes,” Coyotes forward Brandon McMillan said.

“Takes a lot of guys out of the game to start the game, and it seemed like we couldn’t get

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our legs after that.”

Dubnyk, cheered when it was announced before the game that he would start, stopped a breakaway by Gaudreau at 7:04 of the first. He made 13 saves in the scoreless opening period.

The Coyotes had three shots in the first but rebounded with 15 in the second, yet couldn’t solve Ramo.

Their best chance was a wrist shot by Martin Erat at 10:43 of the second that Ramo stretched out to snag with his glove.

“We had to play fast and we had to play with poise and make good plays with the puck,” Coyotes coach Dave Tippett said. “We didn’t do a lot of either.”

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SCOREBOARD Hockey

Pt 40 33 32 31 26 16

WESTERN CONFERENCE B.C. DIVISION GP W L OTLSOL GF Kelowna 28 22 3 3 0 129 Victoria 30 15 13 2 0 97 Kamloops 29 11 13 3 2 88 Prince George 27 13 14 0 0 82 Vancouver 28 10 18 0 0 84

GA 68 100 100 113 102

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GF GA 86 66 70 69 96 105 75 70 70 75

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Saturday’s results Moose Jaw 4 Saskatoon 2 Brandon 6 Prince Albert 3 Vancouver 6 Calgary 3 Red Deer 6 Swift Current 2 Medicine Hat 3 Edmonton 2 (OT) Victoria 5 Kamloops 3 Regina 3 Kelowna 1 Kootenay 5 Seattle 2 Spokane 2 Lethbridge 1 Portland 3 Tri-City 2 Sunday’s results Kootenay 4 Everett 3 (OT) Seattle 4 Spokane 1 Tuesday’s games Calgary at Red Deer, 7 p.m.

Saskatoon at Kamloops, 8 p.m.

Portland at Victoria, 8:05 p.m.

Wednesday’s games Brandon at Regina, 6 p.m.

Prince Albert at Prince George, 8 p.m.

Saskatoon at Kelowna, 8:05 p.m.

Spokane at Everett, 8:05 p.m.

Saturday’s summary Rebels 6, Broncos 2 First Period 1. Swift Current, Lajoie 4 (Cave, Merkley) 6:50.

2. Red Deer, Bleackley 8 (Fleury, Grman) 7:15.

Penalties - Lesann SC (fighting) 7:03, Dixon RD (fighting) 7:03, Harris SC (interference) 12:14, Lesann SC (hooking) 17:36, Bleackley RD (crosschecking) 18:28.

Second Period 3. Red Deer, Maxwell 7 (Feser) 1:58 (short-handedSH).

4. Red Deer, Strand 4 (Bleackley, Pawlenchuk) 5:08.

5. Red Deer, Johnson 13 (unassisted) 12:40 (shorthanded-SH).

Penalties - Strand RD (tripping) 1:01, Dixon RD

(holding) 10:58, Merkley SC (interference) 17:03, Gordon SC (hooking) 17:57.

Third Period 6. Red Deer, Feser 10 (Doetzel, Johnson) 3:15.

7. Red Deer, Polei 12 (Musil, Feser) 9:17 (pp).

8. Swift Current, Harris 2 (Gordon) 11:17.

Penalties - Lernout SC (interference) 0:30, Nikkel SC (fighting) 0:30, Polei RD (fighting) 0:30, Maxwell RD (fighting) 2:00, Gordon SC (fighting) 2:00, Cave SC (fighting) 4:20, Grman RD (fighting) 4:20, Musil RD (high-sticking) 6:37, Bench (game misconduct) 8:29, Heatherington SC (fighting) 8:29, Lesann SC (unsportsmanlike cnd.) 8:29, Lesann SC (10-minute misconduct) 8:29, Leth SC (fighting) 8:29, Mackay SC (fighting) 8:29, Mackay SC (game misconduct) 8:29, Rigby SC (10-minute misconduct) 8:29, Doetzel RD (fighting) 8:29, Fleury RD (fighting) 8:29, Fleury RD (game misconduct) 8:29, Johnson RD (10-minute misconduct) 8:29, Kopeck RD (fighting) 8:29, Kopeck RD (game misconduct) 8:29, Debrusk SC (fighting) 10:09, Steenbergen SC (fighting) 10:09, Steenbergen SC (game misconduct) 10:09, De Wit RD (fighting) 10:09, McCarty RD (fighting) 10:09, McCarty RD (game misconduct) 10:09, Maxwell RD (tripping) 16:08.

Shots on goal Swift Current 8 9 13 - 30 Red Deer 5 13 8 - 26 Goal - Swift Current: Child (L, 1-3-0); Red Deer: Toth (W, 13-7-3).

Power plays (goal-chances) - Swift Current: 0-5; Red Deer: 1-6.

WHL Scoring Leaders Rourke Chartier, Kel Nick Merkley, Kel Cole Sanford, MH Brayden Point, MJ Joe Hicketts, Vic Trevor Cox, MH Austin Carroll, Vic Cole Ully, Kam Oliver Bjorkstrand, Por Jack Rodewald, MJ Jayce Hawryluk, Bra Tyson Baillie, Kel Chase De Leo, Por Tim McGauley, Bra Coda Gordon, SC Jaedon Descheneau, Koo Adam Helewka, Spo Connor Gay, Reg Dryden Hunt, Reg Nikita Scherbak, Eve Madison Bowey, Kel Ivan Provorov, Bra

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A 19 38 20 21 29 31 15 23 16 21 21 14 18 17 18 16 18 18 19 18 22 22

Pts 48 46 37 36 36 36 35 35 34 34 34 33 33 32 32 31 31 31 31 30 30 30

National Hockey League EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division GP W L OT Pts Tampa Bay 24 16 6 2 34 Montreal 25 16 7 2 34 Detroit 24 14 5 5 33 Boston 24 14 9 1 29 Toronto 23 12 8 3 27 Florida 21 9 6 6 24 Ottawa 23 10 9 4 24 Buffalo 24 8 14 2 18

GF 85 65 74 61 76 45 61 43

GA 64 63 61 58 69 53 63 76

Metropolitan Division GP W L OT Pts Pittsburgh 23 16 5 2 34 N.Y. Islanders 24 17 7 0 34 N.Y. Rangers 23 11 8 4 26 Washington 23 10 9 4 24 New Jersey 24 9 11 4 22 Philadelphia 23 8 12 3 19 Carolina 23 7 13 3 17 Columbus 23 6 15 2 14

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GA 55 65 64 65 71 74 68 83

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GA 46 51 48 56 55 84 75

Pacific Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Vancouver 24 16 7 1 33 75 66 Anaheim 25 14 6 5 33 68 66 Calgary 25 15 8 2 32 78 64 Los Angeles 24 12 7 5 29 65 57 San Jose 25 11 10 4 26 68 70 Arizona 24 9 12 3 21 57 74 Edmonton 24 6 14 4 16 54 82 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss.

Saturday’s Games Buffalo 4, Montreal 3, SO St. Louis 3, Minnesota 2, SO N.Y. Rangers 5, Philadelphia 2 Toronto 6, Washington 2 Tampa Bay 4, Ottawa 1 Pittsburgh 3, Carolina 2 N.Y. Islanders 3, New Jersey 1 Nashville 2, Columbus 1 Colorado 5, Dallas 2 Calgary 3, Arizona 0 Chicago 4, Los Angeles 1 San Jose 6, Anaheim 4

CFL PLAYOFFS

Finals Sunday, Nov. 23 Hamilton 40 Montreal 24 Calgary 43 Edmonton 18 Grey Cup Sunday, Nov. 30 Calgary 20 Hamilton 16 CFL Grey Cup Most Valuable Players 2014 - MVP: Bo Levi Mitchell, QB, Calgary; Canadian MVP: Andy Fantuz, WR, Hamilton 2013 - MVP: Kory Sheets, RB, Saskatchewan; Canadian MVP: Chris Getzlaf, SB, Saskatchewan 2012 - MVP: Chad Kackert, RB, Toronto; Canadian MVP: Ricky Foley, DE, Toronto 2011 - MVP: Travis Lulay, QB, B.C.; Canadian MVP: Andrew Harris, RB, B.C. 2010 - MVP: Jamel Richardson, WR, Montreal; Canadian MVP: Keith Shologan, DT, Saskatchewan.

2009 - MVP: Avon Cobourne, RB, Montreal; Canadian MVP: Ben Cahoon, SB, Montreal.

2008 - MVP: Henry Burris, QB, Calgary; Canadian MVP: Sandro DeAngelis, K, Calgary.

2007 - MVP: James Johnson, CB, Saskatchewan; Canadian MVP: Andy Fantuz, SB, Saskatchewan.

2006 - MVP: Dave Dickenson, QB, B.C.; Canadian MVP: Paul McCallum, K, B.C. 2005 - MVP: Ricky Ray, QB, Edmonton; Canadian MVP: Mike Maurer, FB, Edmonton.

2004 - MVP: Damon Allen, QB, Toronto; Canadian MVP: Jason Clermont, SB, B.C. 2003 - MVP: Jason Tucker, WR, Edmonton; Canadian MVP: Ben Cahoon, SB, Montreal.

2002 - MVP: Anthony Calvillo, QB, Montreal; Canadian MVP: Pat Woodcock, WR, Montreal.

2001 - MVP: Marcus Crandell, QB, Calgary; Canadian MVP: Aldi Henry, DB, Calgary.

2000 - MVP: Robert Drummond, RB, B.C.; Canadian MVP: Sean Millington, RB, B.C. 1999 - MVP: Danny McManus, QB, Hamilton; Cana-

dian MVP: Mike Morreale, SB, Hamilton.

1998 - MVP: Jeff Garcia, QB, Calgary; Canadian MVP: Vince Danielsen, WR, Calgary.

1997 - MVP: Doug Flutie, QB, Toronto; Canadian MVP: Paul Masotti, WR, Toronto.

1996 - MVP: Doug Flutie, QB, Toronto; Canadian MVP: Mike Vanderjagt, K, Toronto.

1995 - MVP: Tracy Ham, QB, Baltimore; Canadian MVP: Dave Sapunjis, SB, Calgary.

1994 - MVP: Karl Anthony, DB, Baltimore; Canadian MVP: Lui Passaglia, K, B.C. 1993 - MVP: Damon Allen, QB, Edmonton; Canadian MVP: Sean Fleming, K, Edmonton.

1992 - MVP: Doug Flutie, QB, Calgary; Canadian MVP: Dave Sapunjis, SB, Calgary.

1991 - MVP: Raghib Ismail, WR, Toronto; Canadian MVP: Dave Sapunjis, SB, Calgary.

1990 - Offence: Tom Burgess, QB, Winnipeg; Defence: Greg Battle, LB, Winnipeg; Canadian: Warren Hudson, FB, Winnipeg.

National Football League Standings AMERICAN CONFERENCE East W L T Pct PF New England 9 3 0 .750 378 Buffalo 7 5 0 .583 264 Miami 6 5 0 .545 285 N.Y. Jets 2 9 0 .182 177 South W L T Pct PF Indianapolis 8 4 0 .667 382 Houston 6 6 0 .500 287 Tennessee 2 10 0 .167 213 Jacksonville 2 10 0 .167 186 North W L T Pct PF Cincinnati 8 3 1 .708 260 Baltimore 7 5 0 .583 328 Pittsburgh 7 5 0 .583 320 Cleveland 7 5 0 .583 252 West W L T Pct PF Denver 9 3 0 .750 361 San Diego 8 4 0 .667 279 Kansas City 7 5 0 .583 277 Oakland 1 11 0 .083 176

PA 253 217 219 303

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Monday’s Games Tampa Bay at N.Y. Rangers, 5 p.m.

Florida at Columbus, 5 p.m.

Montreal at Colorado, 7 p.m.

Arizona at Edmonton, 7:30 p.m.

Boston at Anaheim, 8 p.m.

PA 283 247 338 329

● Senior high basketball: Rocky Mountain House at Hunting Hills; girls at 6 p.m., boys to follow. ● Men’s basketball: Carstar vs.

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Friday

Saturday’s summary Flames 3, Coyotes 0 First Period No Scoring.

Penalties - Boedker Ari (high-sticking) 0:59.

Second Period 1. Calgary, Brodie 6 (Hudler, Gaudreau) 4:34.

Penalties - Bollig Cgy (high-sticking) 15:56.

Third Period 2. Calgary, Gaudreau 4 (Hudler, Giordano) 4:07.

3. Calgary, Hudler 11 (Monahan, Wideman) 7:13 (pp).

Penalties - Erat Ari (hooking) 6:49.

Shots on goal Calgary 13 5 11 - 29 Arizona 3 15 8 - 26 Goal - Calgary: Ramo (W, 6-2-1); Arizona: Dubnyk (L, 5-1-1).

Power plays (goal-chances) - Calgary: 1-3; Arizona: 0-1.

PA 247 242 298 245 PA 276 249 224 337

NATIONAL CONFERENCE East W L T Pct PF Philadelphia 9 3 0 .750 375 Dallas 8 4 0 .667 302 N.Y. Giants 3 9 0 .250 257 Washington 3 9 0 .250 244 South W L T Pct PF Atlanta 5 7 0 .417 291 New Orleans 5 7 0 .417 323 Carolina 3 8 1 .292 228 Tampa Bay 2 10 0 .167 220 North W L T Pct PF Green Bay 9 3 0 .750 380 Detroit 8 4 0 .667 231 Chicago 5 7 0 .417 253 Minnesota 5 7 0 .417 233 West W L T Pct PF Arizona 9 3 0 .750 258 Seattle 8 4 0 .667 298 San Francisco 7 5 0 .583 231 St. Louis 5 7 0 .417 261

Sunday’s Games Houston 45, Tennessee 21 St. Louis 52, Oakland 0 Minnesota 31, Carolina 13 Indianapolis 49, Washington 27 Buffalo 26, Cleveland 10 San Diego 34, Baltimore 33 Jacksonville 25, N.Y. Giants 24 Cincinnati 14, Tampa Bay 13 New Orleans 35, Pittsburgh 32 Atlanta 29, Arizona 18 Green Bay 26, New England 21 Denver 29, Kansas City 16 Monday’s Game Miami at N.Y. Jets 6:30 p.m.

PA 285 273 319 322 PA 299 318 331 314 PA 267 207 337 257 PA 224 221 244 285

● WHL: Moose Jaw at Red Deer, 7 p.m., Enmax Centrium. ● AJHL: Calgary Mustangs at Olds, 7 p.m. ● Midget AAA hockey: Calgary Buffaloes at Red Deer, 8 p.m., Arena. ● Heritage junior B hockey: Coaldale at Stettler, 8 p.m.; Banff at Three Hills, 8 p.m.

SYDNEY, Australia - Jordan Spieth played the best round of an already impressive career with an 8-under 63 on Sunday to win the Australian Open by six strokes, making his first trip Down Under a successful one.

Spieth’s 72-hole total of 13-under 271 on the tough, windy Australian Golf Club made him the first American to win the Australian Open since Brad Faxon in 1993, when the 21-year-old Spieth was four months old.

“It’s the best round I have ever played, especially considering the conditions,” Spieth said. “It was just kind of one of those rounds when you’re in the zone and you’re not sure what you’re at. It’s nice that it came on a Sunday.”

Spieth birdied four holes on the front nine - three of them in a row - to lead by three strokes after nine holes, then made light of the challenging, windy conditions by adding four more on the back nine, never threatening to lose his lead.

“You don’t want any kind of crack in the door to be open and I felt like we kept it shut from the front nine on,” Spieth said.

Spieth’s score was a record for the revamped Jack Nicklaus-designed layout which was being played

Sunday

● Major midget girls hockey: Southeast at Red Deer, 12:45 p.m., Kinsmen B. ● Bantam AA hockey: Bow Valley at Red Deer Ramada, 2 p.m., Kinsmen A; Medicine Hat at Sylvan Lake, 2:30 p.m., Bentley. ● Midget AAA hockey: Calgary Flames at Red Deer, 3 p.m., Arena. ● Midget AA hockey: Lacombe at Sylvan Lake, 3 p.m., Eckville; Wheatland at Red Deer Indy Graphics, 5:30 p.m., Arena. ● Men’s basketball: Grandview vs.

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Carstar, Sheraton Red Deer vs. Henry’s Eavestroughing, Driven vs. Silver Spurs, 5:30 p.m.; all games at Lindsay Thurber.

Basketball Denver Utah Oklahoma City Minnesota

National Basketball Association EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct GB Toronto 13 4 .765 Brooklyn 6 9 .400 6 Boston 4 10 .286 7 1/2 New York 4 14 .222 9 1/2 Philadelphia 0 16 .000 12 1/2 Southeast Division W L Pct GB Washington 10 5 .667 Atlanta 9 6 .600 1 Miami 9 7 .563 1 1/2 Orlando 7 12 .368 5 Charlotte 4 14 .222 7 1/2 Central Division W L Pct GB Chicago 11 6 .647 Milwaukee 10 8 .556 1 1/2 Cleveland 8 7 .533 2 Indiana 7 10 .412 4 Detroit 3 14 .176 8 WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division W L Pct Memphis 15 2 .882 Houston 13 4 .765 San Antonio 12 4 .750 Dallas 13 5 .722 New Orleans 7 8 .467 Northwest Division W L Pct Portland 13 4 .765

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

8 8 .500 5 12 .294 5 12 .294 4 11 .267 Pacific Division W L Pct 14 2 .875 11 5 .688 10 8 .556 9 8 .529 4 13 .235

4 1/2 8 8 8 GB 3 5 5 1/2 10 1/2

Saturday’s Games Dallas 110, Philadelphia 103 Washington 83, New Orleans 80 Atlanta 105, Charlotte 75 Cleveland 109, Indiana 97 L.A. Clippers 112, Utah 96 Houston 117, Milwaukee 103 Sunday’s Games San Antonio 111, Boston 89 Chicago 102, Brooklyn 84 Golden State 104, Detroit 93 Memphis 97, Sacramento 85 Miami 86, New York 79 Orlando 93, Phoenix 90 Portland 107, Minnesota 93 L.A. Lakers 129, Toronto 122, OT

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Monday’s Games San Antonio at Philadelphia, 5 p.m.

Miami at Washington, 5 p.m.

Denver at Utah, 7 p.m.

Minnesota at L.A. Clippers, 8:30 p.m.

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Transactions HOCKEY National Hockey League DETROIT RED WINGS - Activated D Brendan Smith from injured reserve. Assigned D Xavier Ouellet to Grand Rapids (AHL).

EDMONTON OILERS - Placed F Jesse Joensuu on waivers. Assigned D Martin Marincin to the Oklahoma City (AHL).

FLORIDA PANTHERS - Reassigned G Dan Ellis to San Antonio (AHL).

WASHINGTON CAPITALS - Reassigned D Steven Oleksy to Hershey (AHL).

American Hockey League SAN ANTONIO RAMPAGE - Recalled D Josh McFadden from Cincinnati (ECHL).

ECHL ECHL - Suspended South Carolina’s Andrew Cherniwchan pending a review and fined him an undisclosed amount for his actions in a Nov. 29 game against Gwinnett. Fined Orlando’s Carl Neilsen an undisclosed amount for his actions in a Nov. 29 game at Fort Wayne.

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Saturday

● Minor midget AAA hockey: Rockyview at Red Deer Aero Equipment, 11:30 a.m., Arena; Calgary Rangers at Red Deer Northstar, 4:45 p.m., Arena. ● Bantam AA hockey: Wheatland at Red Deer Ramada, 12:20 p.m., Kinsmen A; Medicine Hat at Lacombe, 8:15 p.m. ● Peewee AA hockey: Airdrie at Sylvan Lake, 3:30 p.m. ● Junior women’s hockey: Medicine Hat at Central Alberta, 4:15 p.m., Penhold Regional Multiplex. ● Major bantam girls hockey: Edmonton at Red Deer, 4:30 p.m., Kinsmen B. ● Major midget girls hockey: Southeast at Red Deer, 5 p.m., Collicutt Centre. ● WHL: Red Deer at Lethbridge, 7 p.m.

(The Drive). ● College men’s exhibition hockey: Bentley Generals at RDC Kings, 7 p.m., Penhold Regional Multiplex. ● Heritage junior B hockey: Okotoks at Stettler, 7:30 p.m.; Strathmore at Red Deer, 8 p.m., Arena; Banff at Ponoka, 8 p.m.; Medicine Hat at Three Hills, 8 p.m.

Thursday

Tuesday’s Games Ottawa at N.Y. Islanders, 5 p.m.

New Jersey at Pittsburgh, 5 p.m.

Vancouver at Washington, 5 p.m.

Nashville at Carolina, 5 p.m.

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

Dallas at Toronto, 5:30 p.m.

Florida at Detroit, 5:30 p.m.

Arizona at Calgary, 7 p.m.

Philadelphia at San Jose, 8 p.m.

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

Thursday’s Games Detroit 34, Chicago 17 Philadelphia 33, Dallas 10 Seattle 19, San Francisco 3

Tuesday

● Senior high basketball: Ponoka at Lindsay Thurber, Lacombe at Notre Dame, Camrose at Sylvan Lake, Wetaskiwin at Stettler; girls at 6 p.m., boys to follow. ● WHL: Calgary at Red Deer, 7 p.m., Enmax Centrium. ● AJHL: Drumheller at Olds, 7 p.m. ● Men’s basketball: Monstars vs. Wells Furniture, Vikings vs. Rusty Chuckers, 7:15 and 8:30 p.m., Lindsay Thurber. ● Heritage junior B hockey: Ponoka at Blackfalds, 7:30 p.m.

● JV basketball: Sylvan Lake at Hunting Hills, Lacombe at Lindsay Thurber, Wetaskiwin at Stettler, Rocky Mountain House at Ponoka, Innisfail at Camrose; girls at 6 p.m., boys to follow.

Sunday’s Games Detroit 5, Vancouver 3

Football Semi-finals Sunday, Nov. 16 Montreal 50 B.C. 17 Edmonton 18 Saskatchewan 10

● Women’s basketball: Funk vs. Shooting Stars, Hoosier Daddy vs. TBC, 7:15 and 8:30 p.m., Lindsay Thurber; Triple Threat vs. Spartans, Xpress vs. Storm, 7:15 and 8:30 p.m., Central Alberta Christian; Young Guns vs. Big Ballers, 7:15 p.m., Lindsay Thurber new.

● Chinook senior hockey: Stony Plain at Innisfail, 8:30 p.m.; Fort Saskatchewan at Bentley, 8:30 p.m. ● Midget AA hockey: Airdrie at Lacombe, 8:30 p.m.

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as a par 71 for the first time. On Friday, Jamie Lovemark of the United States shot 65.

Adam Scott shot 71 and finished fifth, nine strokes behind. Defending champion Rory McIlroy, who shot 76 on Saturday, finished with a 72 and was 2-over, 15 strokes behind Spieth.

Three Australians who finished closest to Spieth earned trips to next July’s British Open. The Australian Open is the first qualifying tournament for the 2015 Open Championship and offers three spots to the top finishers not already exempt. Rod Pampling shot 68 to finish second, while former two-time Australian Open champion Greg Chalmers (71) and Brett Rumford (70) were third and fourth, respectively. All three will play at St. Andrews next year.

Gusty northeasterly breezes played havoc all week with scores, and only eight players finished under par.

Chalmers and Spieth were tied for the lead at 6-under after four holes, but Spieth birdied the par-5 fifth where Chalmers made bogey for a two-shot swing.

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BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Lakers 129 Raptors 122 (OT) LOS ANGELES - Kobe Bryant had 31 points, 12 assists and 11 rebounds for his 20th career tripledouble, and the Los Angeles Lakers snapped a fourgame losing streak with a 129-122 overtime victory over the Toronto Raptors on Sunday night.

Seven players scored in double figures for the Lakers, including all five starters. Nick Young added 20 points off the bench, Carlos Boozer scored 18 and Jordan Hill had 16 points and 12 rebounds.

Kyle Lowry had 29 points, nine assists and six rebounds for Toronto before fouling out with 2.8 seconds left in overtime. Terrence Ross had 20 points and Lou Williams added 19 off the bench for the Raptors, whose 13-3 record entering the game was the best start in franchise history.

Toronto played without leading scorer DeMar DeRozan, who tore a tendon in his left groin during Friday’s 106-102 loss to Dallas and is out indefinitely.

Greivis Vasquez made his first start of the season and scored 19 points.

WHL ROUNDUP

Tyler King overtime hero as Ice top Tips EVERETT, Wash. - Tyler King scored at 3:08 of overtime as the Kootenay Ice came from behind to edge the Everett Silvertips 4-3 in Western Hockey League action on Sunday. Tim Bozon had a goal and an assist for the Ice (13-15-0), who trailed 3-0 heading into the third period. Rinat Valiev and Tanner Faith also scored. Nikita Scherbak scored once and assisted on another for the Silvertips (16-5-4). Patrick Bajkov and Carson Stadnyk rounded out the Everett offence. Kootenay’s Wyatt Hoflin made 19 saves for the win. Carter Hart stopped 26 shots in the loss.

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CUP: Next year

Broncos 29 Chiefs 16 KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Peyton Manning and the Denver Broncos proved their mastery of the Kansas City Chiefs once more on a chilly Sunday night at Arrowhead Stadium.

Manning threw two touchdown passes, recently signed Connor Barth was perfect on five fieldgoal attempts and the Broncos rolled to a 29-16 victory, their sixth straight over Kansas City and one that kept them alone in first place in the AFC West.

Barth matched the franchise record for field goals in a game set twice by Jason Elam. C.J. Anderson added 168 yards rushing with a 15-yard touchdown catch, and Demaryius Thomas also had a TD grab to help the Broncos (9-3) remain a game up on San Diego in the division.

Alex Smith had 153 yards passing and two touchdowns for the Chiefs (7-5), the second of them to Jamaal Charles to make it 26-16 early in the fourth quarter. But Smith’s pass on the two-point try fell incomplete, and the Broncos added another field goal to put the game away.

Smith was sacked six times and Denver held Kansas City to 151 yards of total offence.

“There’s really not a phase I can point to that was a positive in this game,” Chiefs coach Andy Reid said.

“We all have to do better. We’re all in it together.”

It certainly wasn’t the kind of performance expected of the Chiefs, who emerged in a frenzy before the game wearing all-red uniforms for the third time in franchise history.

The Chiefs were honouring vet-

10-point game.

Mitchell was a one-man show in the first half, hitting 14-of-17 passes for 220 of Calgary’s 232 net yards. Despite Hamilton’s terrible start, Collaros completed 9-of-13 attempts for 155 yards and a TD, accounting most of the Ticats’ 185 first-half offensive yards.

It was a dreadful opening quarter for Hamilton, which posted -12 yards rushing and just four net yards. Calgary had 120 net yards, thanks to Mitchell’s 117 passing yards.

Tate’s one-yard TD run 48 seconds into the second capped a 10-play, 66-yard drive and came after Hamilton’s Brandon Stewart was called for pass interference in the end zone. Tate opened the scoring at 9:48 of the first with a one-yard touchdown that ended

Ticats receiver Andy Fantuz was named the oustanding Canadian after making six catches for 81 yards.

“We’re just going to have to get back to the drawing board and remember this for next year,” said Fantuz.

It’s also the second straight Grey Cup loss for the Ticats, who lost 45-23 last year in Regina to the Saskatchewan Roughriders.

Backup quarterback Drew Tate had two TDs for Calgary. Paredes added the converts and two field goals.

Banks scored Hamilton’s touchdown. Medlock booted the convert and two field goals.

A blocked field goal by Calgary’s Demonte Bolden loomed large in Calgary taking a 17-7 halftime lead. The burly defensive lineman, in his first game since breaking his leg in September, batted down Medlock’s 26-yard try with the Stampeders leading 14-0.

The six-foot-five, 285-pound Bolden began his CFL career in Hamilton, playing two seasons there (‘09-’10) before joinTELUS ing the Stampeders in OPTIK TV 2012.

Mitchell countered by marching Calgary 87 yards on eight plays, setting up Paredes’ 11-yard field goal at 12:43. But Collaros countered smartly, hitting Banks on a 45-yard TD pass at 13:39 to make it a

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Denver Broncos running back C.J. Anderson runs past a tackle by Kansas City Chiefs strong safety Ron Parker in an NFL game in Kansas City, Mo., Sunday. eran safety Eric Berry, who will miss the rest of the season after a mass suspected to be lymphoma was found in his chest. Berry has professed his love for the red-onred look, which the Chiefs wore last year against Dallas and this year versus New England.

While the Chiefs won both of those games, they hardly gave themselves a chance Sunday.

Manning capped an effortless 74-yard drive with a 23-yard thirddown pass to Thomas in the first quarter.

Then, after the Broncos forced a second consecutive three-andout, Manning found Anderson out of the backfield on third down for a 15-yard touchdown strike to make it 14-0.

a five-play, 55-yard march.

Members of the Stampeders receive $16,000 for the win while the Ticats earn $8,000 apiece.

REBELS: Frustrated “The score was out of control and we saw what happened,” said Sutter.

“One team was frustrated. You try and tell your team to be smart and stay away from it, but it is what it is.”

Bleackley understood the Broncos’ frustration.

“I’ve been on the other end of that in my career, but we’re not going to back down,” he said. “It’s good to see one way but you’d hate to see someone get hurt. We stood up for each other

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Anderson, who went undrafted last year, was coming off a 167-yard rushing performance last week against Miami. Starting in place of the injured Montee Ball and Ronnie Hillman, he proved that it was no one-week fluke, gashing the Kansas City defence with nearly every touch.

Even when the Chiefs’ porous defence stopped the Broncos, they were usually within range for Barth, who was signed this week to replace ineffective kicker Brandon McManus.

Meanwhile, very little was going right for the Chiefs on offence, either. They had minus-10 yards in the first quarter and were still at 66 yards through the third quarter.

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RDC Kings Mike Salmon reacts as Augustana Vikings captain Devon Hobbs celebrates a third period goal during ACAC men’s hockey action in Penhold on Saturday. Augustana won 6-5.

Vikings 6 Kings 5 PENHOLD — With all of the cancellations due to weather this weekend, Red Deer College Kings men’s hockey head coach Trevor Keeper probably wishes Saturday night’s debacle with the Augustana Vikings (10-4-1-2) was among the casualties.

The Kings (6-8-0-1) twice led the Alberta Colleges Athletic Conference game by three goals and blew a twogoal third period lead to lose 6-5 at the Penhold Regional Multiplex.

In the process, they lost goalie Kraymer Barnstable to an injury and then lost their composure late in the final period as the game slipped away.

“Going into the third period when you’re up by two (goals) you need to find a way to lock it down,” said Keeper. “One of those ways is by not taking penalties, even if the refereeing is not very good, you can’t get frustrated and take more on top of the calls that are maybe questionable.”

Logan Sproule, Devon Hobbs, Dane Bonish, Alex Rodgers, Jeff Lorenz and Scott Swiston scored for the Vikings while Joel Danyluk stopped all 16 shots he faced after replacing Andy Williams in net at 16:21 of the second period.

Nick Bell, Joel Topping, Riley Simpson, Greg Lamoureux and Logan Sceviour scored for RDC while Mike Salmon allowed three goals on 19 shots after coming in to start the third period. Barnstable made 27 saves on 30 shots in the first 40 minutes.

This was a game the Kings should have won handily after going up 4-1 at 3:39 of the second period and then later lead 5-2 at 10:08 of the middle frame.

But they could not hold the lead as their previously stingy penalty kill fell apart in the final 20 minutes.

Lorenz got the score to 5-3, 16 seconds after Bell scored RDC’s final goal and the score went into the second intermission as such.

With Kings defenceman Blair Mulder in the box for roughing, Hobbs cut the lead to one goal at 5:45.

Swiston then tied the game at 13:00 with an even-strength marker as the Vikings overwhelmed the Kings.

Then with RDC winger Pat Martens in the box for goaltender interference, Sproule put the Vikings in front for the first time at 17:01.

It was salt on a wound for the Kings

who watched their goalies get run throughout the game, knocking Barnstable out of the game in the second intermission after he banged his head on one of the collisions. Barnstable had stopped 27 of 30 shots before being taken out. He will be revaluated today by doctors after hitting his head on the post during one of the collisions with a Vikings player.

“We lose a goalie and put another one in and they’re still making contact, and we do it once at their end (and get called on it),” said Keeper. “Usually I can’t complain about the officiating, I know it’s a tough job, but it was absolutely brutal in the third period and that led us to some frustration and loss of emotional control. He was doing a good job and for whatever reason he wanted to be one of the stars of the game, I guess.”

When RDC leading scorer Riley Simpson was called for roughing at 19:07, the Kings lost control as defenceman Nick Bell was given two 10-minute misconducts and a game misconduct and Lamoureux was also given a 10-minute misconduct, both for arguing with the referee, effectively ending any chance at a late come back.

“Their guy runs into our goalie then we do the same accidentally and we get a goalie interference,” said Keeper. “It was very inconsistent in the third (period). It’s too bad because it was a good game and we got a little frustrated because there was some poor officiating and then we lost emotional control.”

The Kings had not played in 14 days due to last weekends home-and-home series with the Portage Voyageurs out of Lac La Biche being snowed out, and Thursday’s game in Camrose against the Vikings also suffered a similar fate.

The games with Portage have been rescheduled for next semester while Thursday’s game will now be played on Thursday in Camrose at 7:30 p.m.

“We know what they’re about and we know how we match up against them,” said Keeper. “We have a few days of practice and then we have to go back up there and win a game in Camrose.”

NOTES — Augustana was 3-for-9 on the power play while the Kings were 0-for-5 on their opportunities ... There is no word yet on make up games for the RDC Queens hockey team whose game in Calgary on Friday agaisnt the SAIT Trojans was snowed out. jaldrich@reddeeradvocate.com

Bantam Rebels White Volleyball Queens top look to lockdown Trojans in straight sets a playoff spot RDC ATHLETICS

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BY JOSH ALDRICH ADVOCATE STAFF The Red Deer Rebels White’s 5-11-2 record is far from pretty, but they’re far from out of playoff contention in the Alberta Major Bantam Hockey League’s Ram South Division.

They fell 3-0 to the Calgary Flames (13-1-5) on Sunday, but they are still in third place in the division, comfortably in a playoff spot.

For head coach Mike Sawicki, he doesn’t really care what their record is, all he is focused on is getting his boys to play their best when it matters most.

“Our goal is to get to second place so we can get some home ice advantage and see what happens from there,” he said. “Once you get there we know anything that can happen.”

The top four teams in the division make the playoffs and Red Deer now has a one-point lead on the Airdrie Xtreme (5-16-1) for third place. The Medicine Hat Tigers (1-15-2) are in fifth place with four points, seven behind the Airdrie Xtreme. The Rebels are now seven points behind Lethbridge after the Hurricanes won 4-1 in Camrose on Sunday.

The Rebels had been playing well heading into this weekend, carrying a 3-2-1 mark in November. But their Saturday game against the Lethbridge Hurricanes at the Red Deer Arena was cancelled when the Hurricanes’ bus broke down outside of Calgary, and then were outgunned in Cowtown, getting outshot 39-10 in the loss. Still goalie Duncan Hughes played well, making 36 stops, despite the lack of offensive support.

Red Deer has shown great gains on the ice this season, particularly in their own end, but have shot themselves in the foot with a misfiring power play, a unit that was 0-for-2 on Sunday.

It has Sawicki preaching patience among his troops.

“I think those boys believe that once the power play starts clicking we’re going to be on the positive side of the loss instead — it’s coming along,” he said.

Offensively, the Rebels have been led by first line centre Josh Tarzwell who has 19 points (nine goals, 10 assists) in 18 games. Despite his offensive ability, Sawicki has been doing his best to turn him into a two-way player, emphasizing a team motto.

“I’m trying to make him believe that if you want to score more you’ve got to play better defence,” he said. “That’s

coming along. I think he’s going to break out, but that’s also given us team balance.”

He has found a lot of chemistry with his two linemates, Rylan Burns and Kaden Davidson. His wingers have flourished alongside him with Burns scoring 10 points (6-4-10) and Davidson seven (3-4-7).

But their developing defensive side has allowed Sawicki to throw them on the ice against the opposition’s top lines of late, freeing up some of the depth on the roster to contribute as well. Three other players have also broke into double digits in points this season: Zachary Froehlick (5-7-12), Elijah Funkhouser, and Keaton Sawicki (4-7-11).

“Against the (Calgary) Northstars (a 4-4 tie on Nov. 23), we had four goals come from a line that’s just muckers and they got to the dirty areas and play defence first,” said the head coach.

“Every game it’s different, every game it’s some one else and I’m real proud of that.”

Sawicki says his defence has played a big part in their offence with six wellrounded blueliners that move the puck well. They have bolstered the strong goaltending they have got from both Hughes and Justin Verveda.

But it’s still all a work in progress, there is a long road a head of them to get to where they want to be.

“I’m proud of those boys, we’re coming along and we’re improving and that’s what we’re here for,” said Sawicki.

The Rebels are off next week but resume their schedule on Dec. 13 in Rocky Mountain House against the Raiders (15-1-1) and then host the Xtreme on Dec. 14 at noon. ● The Red Deer Rebels Black (119-1) dropped both of their games this weekend, losing 8-4 to the Calgary Bisons (13-1-4) in Calgary on Saturday and 4-2 to the Medicine Hat Tigers (115-2) on Sunday at the Red Deer Arena.

In Saturday’s loss, Elijah Johanson scored twice while Josh McNeil had a goal and an assist and Jace Paarup one goal. Steven Arthur allowed all eight goals on 61 shots.

In Sunday’s loss, Johanson and McNeil both had a goal and an assist while Wyatt Argent allowed four goals on 15 shots before being replaced by Arthur in the second period, and he stopped all 15 shots he faced.

The Rebels next host the Camrose Red Wings on Dec. 13 at the Red Deer Arena. jaldrich@reddeeradvocate.com

Queens 3 Trojans 0 The Red Deer College Queens women’s volleyball team has potentially ended their first semester on a high with a 3-0 (25-19, 25-16, 25-19) sweep over the SAIT Trojans on Saturday in Calgary.

Due to the winter weather on Friday, the Queens’ (10-1; 31-6) home date with the Trojans was postponed, leaving them in second place in the Alberta Colleges Athletic Conference South Division.

They are two points behind the Briercrest Clippers (11-1; 34-10), the only team to beat them this season, but hold one game in hand.

“We’re starting to see more consistent play,” said head coach Talbot Walton.

“Our outside hitters are learning to make really good decisions and are understanding how to get the ball back and get to the attack. Those processes are starting to fall into place and everyone is getting a little bit better every week and every day. That’s all we’re asking for so that by the time we’re in February we’re playing at a high end.”

Though they swept the Trojans on Saturday, the match was far from easy, especially easy as they were slow out of the gate, forcing Walton to burn a time out mid-way through the first set.

“Once we got that taken care of I thought we started to play really quite well and started to dictate the play,”

said Walton.

They responded positively and ran away with the final two sets.

Megan Schmidt was named RDC player of the game with seven kills one dig and one block.

Setter Bronwyn Hawkes, meanwhile, had a strong game with 22 assists and 10 digs, and libero Maddi Quinn was big in the back court with 20 digs in the three sets.

“Bronwyn I thought was really good for us and probably had one of her better matches ... she was just really steady and getting the ball to the hitters in a really good spot,” said Walton.

“Maddi’s defence was really good, she made about four or five continues, digs that would probably hit the floor on most teams, but she found a way to keep it up off the floor.”

The Queens have not secured a makeup date with the Trojans for Friday’s game but are trying to set it up for this coming week. ● The RDC Kings (10-1; 31-9) needed five sets to beat the Trojans (7-4; 2314) 3-2 (25-21, 23-25, 25-21, 17-25, 15-11).

Luke Brisbane was named Kings player of the game after three straight stuff blocks in the fifth set rallying RDC from a 9-5 deficit.

The first year setter finished with four kills, six blocks, eight digs, two aces and 42 assists. All-Canadian power Tim Finnigan led the Kings with 22 kills. jaldrich@reddeeradvocate.com

MINOR HOCKEY ROUNDUP Minor midget AAA The Red Deer Northstar Chiefs dropped a pair of weekend contests, 5-2 to the host Calgary Stampeders and 5-2 to the visiting Calgary Gold.

Jeremy Klessens and Nathan Dyck scored in Sunday’s setback to the Stamps. Justin Travis made 36 saves as each team had 41 shots on goal.

On Saturday, the Chiefs got goals from Klessens and Eric Pecharsky in a loss to the Gold. Northstar netminder Canon Whitbread made 27 saves as the hosts were outhsot 32-29.

Meanwhile, the Red Deer Areo Equipment Chiefs posted an 8-6 win over the visiting Calgary Blue Saturday as Levi Glasman tallied twice, Brenden Davidson potted two goals and added an assist and Jacksyn Goodall and Bradley Hellofs each had a goal

and two helpers.

Haden Ramm and Blake Mahura also tallied for the winners, who got a 31-save outing from Riley Katchuik.

Red Deer held a 59-37 advantage in shots.

Major bantam girls The Red Deer Sutter Fund Chiefs split a weekend series with the visiting Lloydminster IceCats, winning 2-1 Saturday and falling 3-2 Sunday.

Jenna Hollman and Jade Bussard tallied for the Chiefs in Saturday’s conquest, while Chantelle Sandquist made 22 saves as the winning goaltender.

Red Deer was outshot 23-22.

Jenna St. Pierre potted both Red Deer goals in Sunday’s setback. Mandi Fitzsimons made 22 saves for the Chiefs, who were outshot 25-19.

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The Red Deer Vipers got goals from Nick Glackin, Mathew Thiessen and Justin Corbett in a losing cause as the hosts fell 6-3 to the Three Hills Thrashers in Heritage Junior Hockey League play Saturday.

The visitors spread out their attack, with Connor Ablett, who added two assists, Patrick Fougere, Michael Stoetzel, Michael Lougheed, Spencer Fournier and Austin Smyth each scoring once.

Brady Hoover stood tall in the Three Hills net, making 39 saves. Red Deer netminder Ryan Bardick turned aside 27 shots.

Three Hills, which led 2-1 and 3-2 by periods, was two-for-three on the power play. Red Deer’s power play was zero-for-four.

In other Heritage League weekend action: ● The Thrashers were 4-2 losers Friday to the host Airdrie Thunder, their goals coming from Ablett and Tom Vanderlinde (power play). The Thrashers surrendered two man-advantage markers.

Hoover made 50 saves as the visitors were outshot 54-31. ● Dawson Kress, Tye Munro and Justin McKenzie connected for the visiting Ponoka Stampeders in a 5-3 loss to the Strathmore Wheatland Kings Saturday.

The Stamps failed to score during 16 power-play opportunities while giving up two man-advantage goals. Ponoka held a 42-38 advantage in shots while getting a 33-save effort from Zane Steeves.

Vancouver Giants hire Claude Noel as head coach

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS VANCOUVER - The Vancouver Giants have hired former Winnipeg Jets coach Claude Noel as their new head coach.

The Western Hockey League team announced the move Sunday.

“We’re excited to have Claude join our organization,” said Giants general manager Scott Bonner.

“He has worked extensively with Ken Hitchcock, who is one of the best coaches in WHL history, and with Claude coming from the NHL, we know he’s one of the top coaches in the world. We’re confident that he can get us back on track.”

Noel coached the Jets from 2011-2014, compiling an 80-79-18 record. He also served as head coach of the Columbus Blue Jackets for part of the 2009-10 season, going 10-8-6 in that time.

“I’m thrilled to be joining the Giants organization,” said Noel. “I’m familiar with the youth and the young players and the league, and I view it as a really good situation and a good opportunity.”

Noel has coached professional hockey for over 25 years, including four season with the American Hockey League’s Milwaukee Admirals, where he won the Louis A.R. Pieri Memorial Award as coach of the year in 2004 after his team won the Calder Cup. He also coached the Vancouver Canucks’ AHL affiliate, the Manitoba Moose, in the 2010-11 season.

The Giants, who fired their previous head coach Troy Ward on Wednesday, are last in the WHL’s Western Conference with a 10-18-0 record.

Kocher and Canadians finish 17th in Sweden

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS OSTERSUND, Sweden - Double Olympic champion Martin Fourcade pulled away with a late sprint to give France a narrow victory over Norway in a mixed relay on Sunday in the first biathlon World Cup competition of the season.

Fourcade started the anchor leg 36 seconds behind the leaders but was in a three-way group with Norway and Germany coming into the stadium. He edged ahead of Norway’s Lars Helge Birkeland and Germany’s Simon Schempp to give France the win in one hour 15 minutes 5.5 seconds.

Norway and third-place Germany were both 0.2 seconds behind.

Ukraine finished fourth with Italy in fifth.

Canada’s team of Rosanna Crawford (Canmore), Zina Kocher (Red Deer), Nathan Smith (Calgary) and Marc-Andre Bedard (Beauport, Que.) finished 17th.

The mixed relay has two women in each team skiing a six-kilometre leg, with the two men doing 7.5K. The World Cup meet continues on Wednesday with the men’s individual 20K race.

Oilers place Joensuu on waivers, send Marincin to AHL

Chiefs lose pair close games on weekend The Red Deer Optimist Chiefs surrendered two unanswered third-period goals and dropped a pair of Alberta Midget Hockey League one-goal decisions during the weekend.

Brad Makofka notched both Red Deer goals in a 3-2 loss to the Lloydminster Bobcats Saturday at the Arena.

The game was tied 1-1 after one period and 2-2 heading into the third.

Cole Sears turned aside 32 saves for the Chiefs.

Bobcats goalie Austin McGrath blocked 19 shots.

Scoring for the Chiefs in a 4-3 loss to the visiting St. Albert Raiders Friday were Makofka, Tyler Graber and Ryan Vandervlis. The teams were tied 2-2 after 20 minutes and knotted at 3-3 heading into the third period.

Chiefs starting netminder Branden Bilodeau turned aside five of seven shots before being replaced in the second period by Sears, who stopped 12 of 13 the rest of the way.

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BY THE CANADIAN PRESS EDMONTON - The Edmonton Oilers have placed winger Jesse Joensuu on waivers and assigned defenceman Martin Marincin to the American Hockey League’s Oklahoma City Barons.

Joensuu is expected to report to the Barons if he clears waivers. The native of Pori, Finland, has two goals, two assists and 14 penalty minutes in 20 games this season with Edmonton.

The six-foot-four, 210-pound winger signed a twoyear contract with Edmonton before the 2013-14 season. He had three goals, two assists and 16 penalty minutes in 42 games last season.

Marincin has an assist in 12 games with the Oilers this year. The native of Kosice, Slovakia, played 44 games with the Oilers last season, putting up six assists and 16 penalty minutes. He added three goals and four assists in 24 games with the Barons.

MONTREAL - Sean Erlington ran in a fourthquarter touchdown and Louis-Philippe Simoneau kicked the game-winning field goal as the University of Montreal Carabins won the Vanier Cup on Saturday with a 20-19 comeback win over the McMaster Marauders.

Gabriel Cousineau also threw a TD pass to Philip Enchill as the Carabins won in their first appearance in the Canadian university football championship game.

Wayne Moore ran in a long touchdown and Tyler Crapigna kicked four field goals for the Marauders, who fell short in a bid for a second Vanier Cup in four years.

The Marauders marched the ball to the Montreal 24 in the final minute, but Mathieu Girard blocked the field goal attempt and Jonathan BoissonneaultGlaou recovered to end the threat. It was a wild finish to a game dominated by defence, with Montreal staying in the game thanks to four turnovers.

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Jansrud completes a sweep in Lake Louise

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS LAKE LOUISE, Alta. - Lake Louise is becoming Kjetil Jansrud’s hill, and he has two white cowboy hats to prove it.

The Norwegian completed a sweep of World Cup races at the Alberta resort with a super-G win Sunday.

The 29-year-old also won Saturday’s season-opening downhill. He’d never even finished in the medals at Lake Louise prior to his pair of victories.

His Norwegian teammate Aksel Lund Svindal was a dominant skier at the hill west of Calgary with three straight super-G wins as well as a downhill gold two years ago.

But Svindal is sidelined with an Achilles’ tendon injury, so it was up to Jansrud to keep the Norwegian anthem playing at Lake Louise.

In addition to prize money, vases and flowers, each medallist gets a white cowboy hat.

“Lake Louise is Aksel’s hill and for sure it hasn’t been mine, but I guess I’m turning it into mine which is a good thing,” Jansrud said. “I never expected a double win though. That’s something you rarely see in alpine skiing. Kind of surprised.”

Jansrud won Olympic super-G gold and downhill bronze in Sochi, Russia, in February. His time Sunday was one minute 32.02 in clear, cold conditions.

Austria’s Matthias Mayer, the reigning Olympic downhill champion, was

second in 1:32.31. Dominik Paris of Italy was third in 1:32.33.

After tying for second in downhill, Manny Osborne-Paradis of North Vancouver, B.C., was the top Canadian in seventh Sunday. Calgary’s Jan Hudec, the Olympic bronze medallist in superG, was ninth.

Canada put four men in the top 20 as Dustin Cook of Lac-Sainte-Marie, Que., and Morgan Pridy of Whistler, B.C., were 13th and 17th respectively.

“Super-G is definitely not my bread and butter,” Osborne-Paradis said.

“Downhill is where my forte is, but I’m very happy with a top-10.

“Jansrud is skiing really well, Paris is skiing really well and there’s a couple other guys. It’s good to be in that group, to be fighting with the top five and not fighting with the top 20 and top 15.”

The temperature was close to minus-30, so the majority of the men wore some type of facial protection in Sunday’s race. The men head to Beaver Creek, Colo., for next week’s downhill, super-G and giant slalom.

The women arrive in Lake Louise for downhill races Friday and Saturday and a super-G on Sunday. U.S. ski star Lindsey Vonn is expected to be among them.

The 30-year-old hasn’t raced much over the last two seasons and wasn’t able to defend her Olympic downhill title because of recurring knee injuries and surgeries.

Vonn is three wins from matching

the record of 62 career World Cup victories held by Annemarie Moser-Proell of Austria. Of Vonn’s 59 wins, 14 have been in Lake Louise.

The super-G race is a hybrid of downhill and giant slalom, so it combines high speeds with sections of turns.

Unlike downhill, which allows multiple training runs prior to the race, super-G is a lesson in adaptability. The racers are given only one course inspection before the race.

“You almost have the same speed as a downhill, but it’s your first time down the hill at full speed,” Hudec explained. “It’s a huge calculated risk and that’s what makes it fun. It’s like going to Vegas every weekend.”

The Austrians didn’t have a man in the top eight in downhill, but put four in the top six in super-G. “Yesterday, our best position was ninth and 13th and 15th and we weren’t happy about that, so everybody tried to

go better today,” Mayer said.

“Today was better than yesterday.

I found the right set up for the snow and the cold conditions. I tried to push harder and it was good.”

Hudec’s race Sunday was eventful as he nearly lost control in the air at one point.

“I had a few close calls,” he said.

“The more out of control I look, the more I’m going for it. I put everything on black and said ‘let it ride.’

“I was eons better today than yesterday. A good feeling on the snow. I’m pleased.”

Cook raced from a start number of 35, which means he’s ranked outside the top 30, into the top 15.

“It’s for sure my best World Cup result,” Cook said. “It’s something I’ve been looking to do for a long time. I train that fast or faster all the time.

I’ve been trying to put it into race day and now I’ve finally done it, it’s time to keep going.”

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BY ASHLI BARRETT ADVOCATE STAFF Red Deerians escaped the cold this past weekend by heading indoors to take in the city’s most anticipated winter festival.

The 21st Annual Festival of Trees saw the Westerner’s Stockmens Pavilion transform into a festive wonderland with over 70 Christmas trees, wreaths and elaborate displays to behold. Central Albertans had the opportunity to bid on the fully-decorated trees, and enter raffles to help decorate their own homes for the holiday season, as well as browse both a gift shop and a sweet shop.

A steady lineup of performances kept patrons entertained while they admired the trees, ranging from school

choirs and theatre groups, to local dancers, gymnasts and bands.

On the other end of the building, Candy Cane Lane was buzzing with children of all ages. Letters to Santa were written and sent and miniature trees were decorated. Kids munched on cookies and candy canes as they watched puppet shows, and had personalized “Kringle Caps” made for them. Small games, including a maze and inflatable obstacle courses, helped them burn off steam before heading home with their parents.

The proceeds from the festival will be used to enhance patient care in the two new surgical theatres to be constructed adjacent to the Obstetrics Unit at the Red Deer Regional Hospital Centre. Over the last 21 years, the Festival of Trees has raised over $10,795,513 for various departments in the hospital.

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Top left: “Winter Woodland Twinkle” was one of 70 trees for sale in the tree room at the 21st Annual Festival of Trees on Saturday. The tree was donated

by Collins Barrow and Floral Expressions, and was also decorated by Floral Expressions.

Lower left: The upside-down Christmas tree “Snow Fairy” was one of the more unique trees at the 21st Annual Festival of Trees on Saturday. The tree was donated by Pumps and Pressure Inc. Top right: Children sit down to watch a puppet show in Candy Cane Lane at the 21st Annual Festival of Trees on Saturday. Candy Cane Lane was busy with children trying their hand at different games, and creating Christmas crafts.

Lower right: “Frosty the Om-man” was one of 70 trees for sale in the tree room at the 21st Annual Festival of Trees on Saturday. The tree was donated by Breathing Room Yoga Studio and Cafe.

North community centre ideas studied

BY CRYSTAL RHYNO ADVOCATE STAFF An indoor play space similar to Blackfalds’ Abbey Centre is being considered for the planned North Red Deer Regional Community Centre.

The issue came up during the 2015 capital budget deliberations last week.

City council allocated $8.8 million to move the long awaited project forward.

Sarah Cockerill, the city’s Community Services director, said an indoor play space, similar to the one at the Abbey Centre in Blackfalds, ranked

No. 15 in the recently concluded community amenities project.

She said this is an amenity that the City of Red Deer does not have anywhere.

“This is an opportunity to have it in North Red Deer where our demographics suggest an indoor play space at little or marginal costs depending on how we decide we are going to operate the building would be a great spot for it,” she said.

Coun. Tanya Handley asked about the operations and the costs of running the facility and the cost to users during the budget debate. She was concerned

about fees that may be out of reach for some families.

Cockerill said it is too early to say because these details have not been flushed out. She said the city wants to work with community groups about possible partnerships and sponsorships.

This year, the city will determine which amenities will be built in the new facility, next to the Glendale skatepark. Residents have already offered a number of ideas, including space for meetings and celebrations, community kitchen and a child care facility.

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Some councillors wondered if a pool could be built at the site.

Cockerill said there would not be enough room for a pool to be added to the planned facility on the site.

The detailed architectural drawings will also be completed in 2015 in order to move to tender in 2016. If all goes well, the centre will be open in late 2017. Cockerill said they have the operational dollars in the budget for 2017, if the city operates the facility.

Coun. Frank Wong, a vocal advocate for North Red Deer, said this community project is good news for the north. crhyno@reddeeradvocate.com

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BY THE CANADIAN PRESS EDMONTON - New research is raising concern about tens of thousands of dormant Alberta oil wells that don’t meet even minimum safety standards.

The Alberta Energy Regulator has begun a program that it says will result in all wells meeting those minimums within five years.

But critics say those standards amount to little more than a locked gate and a few signs. They want firm timelines to force companies to clean up old well sites - some of which have been sitting unused for decades - before the liability winds up with taxpayers.

“Unless timely action is taken to ensure that oil companies deal with their liabilities while they still have the financial capability to do so, the reality will be that either the taxpayer is going to be on the hook or the landowner will be stuck with the problem,”

said Keith Wilson, a lawyer who has represented hundreds of landowners against the energy industry.

Since 2007, inactive wells in Alberta must be fenced, locked, signed and tested to ensure they don’t leak. For most “suspended” wells, no cleanup is required.

But in the report, Barry Robinson of the environmental law group Ecojustice points to recent figures from the regulator that acknowledge 37,000 inactive wells in Alberta don’t meet those minimum standards. Of those, at least 3,300 also have wellbore integrity problems.

Alberta has 80,000 inactive wells in total, a number that is increasing as the pace of abandonment outstrips that of reclamation.

Worse, said Robinson, regulations designed to allow operators to bring wells into and out of production as markets require are being used to mothball wells for years and even decades without having to spend the

money to clean them up.

“They can keep the well inactive as long as they want. The longer a well sits inactive the more the likelihood that you could have some sort of wellbore issue.

“Some of these wells have sat for 15 or 20 years.”

Besides the environmental risk, the suspended wells are also a risk for landowners.

“The banks want protection that you’re not going to get nailed with a million-dollar cleanup when you buy a property,” said Don Bester of the Alberta Surface Rights Association, which advocates for landowners.

“Same as the seller - he has to do an environmental assessment to provide to the buyer.

“If I’ve got a contaminated site on my place, where do you think the buyers are going to run to? Completely away.”

Under the regulator’s new program, operators have to bring at least 20 per

cent of their non-compliant wells up to snuff annually.

Many of those wells are non-compliant because the operator hasn’t done the paperwork, said David Hardie, the regulator’s senior adviser on closure and liabilities.

“The well might be just fine, just that the company hasn’t reported it to us.”

The program is to be strongly enforced by inspectors in the field. But it won’t move wells along from suspended to abandoned to fully reclaimed.

“It’s not within the AER’s regulatory authority to create timelines for that,” said Anita Lewis, also a closure and liabilities adviser.

“That actually falls under government policy perspective.”

Alberta Environment spokesman Jason Maloney said the government will consider such timelines as part of policy reviews planned in 2015.

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Shoppers seek out sale priced socks on Black Friday at Fred Meyer in Roseburg, Ore., Friday.

Black Friday sales down, shoppers avoiding crowds

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK - The crowds of bargain hunters that rush through store doors the day after Thanksgiving have thinned out.

U.S. shoppers spent $9.1 billion at stores on Black Friday, according to data out Saturday from research firm ShopperTrak. That’s a drop of 7 per cent compared with the same day last year.

But it’s too early to call the holiday shopping season a dud, said Bill Martin, ShopperTrak’ s cofounder. Sales on Thanksgiving jumped 24 per cent to $3.2 billion. And overall sales for the two days are expected to slip half a per cent to $12.29 billion. The figures don’t include online transactions.

For the second straight year, the report suggests that more people avoided the crowds on Black Friday by avoiding time at home on Thanksgiving Day. This year, many large retail stores decided to open their doors to eager shoppers for extended hours on the holiday.

“People are changing their behaviour,” Martin said. “We’ve seen this for two years in a row now.

Stores opening on Thanksgiving are simply eroding

sales from Black Friday.”

The popularity of shopping online has also lured people away from brick-and-mortar stores. In a separate report out Saturday, IBM said online sales for Black Friday climbed 9.5 per cent over the same day last year. More than one of every four transactions were made using a smartphone or tablet computer.

Some people saw no reason to rush to the stores before the weekend.

In Phoenix, Elaine Vanas and her daughter, Christine, were out picking up coats on Saturday, saying they disliked the long lines on Black Friday. At JC Penney, the two found a $50 house coat for Christine’s grandmother for $20, and bought another $200 coat for $20.

“I’m not cheap but I’m frugal,” Elaine Vanas said.

Retail businesses have highs hopes for the holiday shopping season.

The National Retail Federation predicts that sales for the last two months of the year will hit $616.9 billion, an increase of 4.1 per cent over the same period of 2013. That would count as the biggest increase for that sales period since 2011. But it would still be slower than the 6 per cent pace typical before 2007, the year the Great Recession started.

The Toronto stock market is expected to be under more pressure this week after a late fall rally was stopped in its tracks by plunging oil prices and a major sell-off in the energy sector.

The TSX fell 366 points or 2.43 per cent last week after six straight weeks of gains, led by a 12 per cent slide in the energy sector as oil prices fell to a five year low just above the US$66 mark.

The tumble came after the OPEC oil cartel decided to ignore calls for a cut in production in order to find a floor for prices that have plunged around 35 per cent since mid-summer because of lower demand and a glut of supply, due in large measure to greatly increased production in the U.S. Midwest.

It is this rising tide of crude that Saudi Arabia, OPEC’s biggest exporter and one of its lowest-cost producers had in mind when it firmly turned aside calls for a production cut.

“OPEC is prepared to do battle over market share - they’re not prepared to be the ones to give up and then have someone else fill in the vacuum,” observed Colin Cieszynski, chief market strategist for CMC Markets.

“And on that basis, I don’t think anyone wants to be the first to cut production,” Cieszynski said.

Even though crude prices have come down, “I don’t think you’re looking at a V bottom here,” he said.

“They’ve come down and going to stay down for a while and that has a whole bunch of implications.”

The most obvious spillover effect will be on marginal oilsands producers who find it unprofitable to produce if crude stays below US$70 a barrel. Other companies will find it’s necessary to dramatically cut capital spending.

The fall in oil prices is mirrored in big declines in the price of gold.

That’s because many investors buy bullion as a hedge against inflation and lower energy prices will drive inflation lower.

There has also been a positive effect - lower oil prices ease heating costs for some people and also drive gasoline prices lower, something that makes people feel a bit more flush and willing to spend.

That has helped make consumer stables the major performer on the TSX, up a staggering 35 per cent year to date, while the consumer discretionary sector has jumped about 25 per cent.

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Plenty of pension options for small businesses Entrepreneurs and small business owners are a hard-working group of Canadians who typically pour their time and money into developing their businesses, often at the expense of looking after themselves and their retirement.

“Most entrepreneurs are so focused on the day-to-day management of their businesses that they often overlook the importance of effectively managing those hard-earned profits and taking into consideration critical mediumand long-term priorities, such as retirement and succession planning,” said Chris Buttigieg, senior manager of wealth planning strategy with BMO Financial Group. “A comprehensive and personalized wealth plan, which includes a business succession planning component, is an important key for any business owner.”

There can be good financial potential in owning and running a small business, as many owners and entrepreneurs end up being high-net-worth individuals.

According to a recent BMO report on entrepreneurs, a white paper from the Canadian Securities Institute has noted that 49 per cent of high-networth households in Canada own a business.

This number jumps to 81 per cent for Canadian households with assets of more than $5 million. Of Canadian households with annual incomes

of more than $400,000, 72 per cent own either part or all of a business.

Canada has done a good job in providing a variety of tax-advantaged savings plans that can help entrepreneurs and small business owners and employees, TALBOT as well as other BOGGS Canadians, save for their retirement. These include individual pension plans (IPPs), pooled registered pension plans (PRPPs) tax free savings accounts (TFSAs), insured retirement plans (IRPs) and group and individual retirement savings plans (RSPs).

The two main ones are the TFSA and RRSP. The federal government set up the RRSP in 1957 as a vehicle for Canadians to save for their retirement, but five decades later figures show they are not using it to the fullest, with more than $600 billion in unused contributions.

Introduced in the 2008 federal budget, the TFSA is becoming increasingly

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popular as a tax free savings vehicle.

Once described as a tax policy gem, almost half of Canadians in 2013 were believed to have a TFSA. But like the RRSP, average yearly contributions are falling short of the allowable maximum.

“Canada has done a good job in providing the means for people to save, but the real issue is that the rate of saving among Canadians is now about four or five per cent, well below the double digit rate of 20 or 30 years ago,” Buttigieg said. “You can have all the savings vehicles you want, but somehow you have to motivate people to save more.”

The federal government recently officially launched the PRPP to help fill the retirement savings gap for Canadian workers who don’t have employersponsored pension benefits.

For now, participation is limited to people who are employed or self-employed in the Northwest Territories, Nunavut or the Yukon; and those who work in a federally-regulated business or industry, work for an employer who chooses to participate in a PRPP, or live in a province that has the required legislation in place.

Each individual province must pass its own PRPP legislation. Quebec already has introduced its version, called a voluntary retirement savings plan, and a number of other provinces including British Columbia, Alberta,

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Saskatchewan, Nova Scotia and Ontario either have or are considering legislation.

And then there’s the group RSP, a collection of individual RRSP accounts administered by a company or organization on behalf of its employees who contribute directly from their payroll using pre-tax dollars.

Retirement often is not in the vocabulary of entrepreneurs.

The survival instinct that is needed to own and operate a small business can quickly become an addiction to continue and prosper, and as businesses survive and grow, their owners tend to keep pushing out their expected exit dates.

“This may partly be the result of a fear of retiring,” the BMO report said. “The ‘R’ word is often not spoken among entrepreneurs. With so much invested in their businesses, many envision themselves working until their last day and dying with their boots on.”

That may be the case, but for those who do wish to retire and cash in on the hard work of building a business over the years, there are lots of ways for them to save for this stage of their lives.

Talbot Boggs is a Toronto-based business communications professional who has worked with national news organizations, magazines and corporations in the finance, retail, manufacturing and other industrial sectors.

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Shopping season continues with Cyber Monday NEW YORK - After a busy holiday weekend in shopping malls, millions of Americans are expected to log on and keep shopping on the day dubbed Cyber Monday.

That day, the Monday after Thanksgiving, has been the biggest online shopping day of the year since 2010.

The day could take on added importance after a Thanksgiving weekend that saw fewer shoppers and lower spending than last year, according to some estimates.

Retailers have been pushing deals all month and particularly the past week, hoping to spur customers to spend. That may have taken away some spending from Thanksgiving weekend.

Research firm comScore expects people to spend about $2.5 billion on Cyber Monday.

There’s reason to think a lot of dollars are migrating online.

PayPal said its global mobile payment volume jumped 47 per cent on Thanksgiving Day compared with last year. Wal-Mart said it had more than 500 million page views on Thanksgiving, and eBay says it sold 2,000 iPad Air 2 tablets for $399 at a rate of one a second.

Amazon has been offering special deals since Nov. 21, adding new discounts as often as every 10 minutes for eight days straight. Deals include up to 45 per cent off some Samsung TVs and 28 per cent off Beats by Dre headphones, selling for $275.

Wal-Mart said it has doubled its Cyber Week deals to 500 compared with last year, including up to half off some TVs, tablets and toys with free-shipping offers.

German utility company switches to renewables BERLIN - German utility company E.ON SE says it plans to spin off its nuclear, oil, coal and gas operations to focus on renewable energy and power distribution.

E.ON said in a statement late Sunday that the new strategy will see it quit conventional power generation, global energy trading, exploration and production.

The move comes against the backdrop of Germany’s plan to shut down all nuclear plants by 2022 and ramp up power generation from renewable sources.

E.ON, which is struggling with massive debts, also says it expects to book a 4.5-billion euro ($5.62 billion) charge on its operations in southern Europe this year. The company says it will sell its businesses in Spain and Portugal to Australian investment firm Macquarie for 2.5 billion euros ($3.12 billion).

Swiss voters reject plans to hoard gold BERN, Switzerland - Swiss voters

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OIL: Dollar also tumbling Together, the two groups comprise everything from grocery chains like Metro (TSX:MRU) to retailers such as Canadian Tire (TSX:CTC.A).

Falling prices for oil and metals have also sent the Canadian dollar reeling, losing about 1.6 cents last week in a move that will be welcomed

by Canadian exporters moving their products to the U.S. Meanwhile, the earnings season draws to a close next week when the big Canadian banks post quarterly and full fiscal year earnings reports.

“I’m a little concerned about the bank earnings,” Cieszynski said. “I think we will see more moving pieces this time around.”

overwhelmingly rejected three citizenbacked proposals to protect the country’s wealth by investing in gold, drastically limit immigration and eliminate a special tax that draws rich foreigners.

The separate proposals - put to voters nationwide Sunday by conservative politicians, ecologists and a liberal group - had needed a majority of voters and Switzerland’s 26 cantons (states) to pass.

A proposal to require the central bank to hold a fifth of its reserves in gold was opposed by 77.3 per cent of voters, according to final results from Swiss broadcaster SRF. It would have forced the Swiss National Bank to buy massive amounts of gold within five years, likely causing its global price to jump.

Finance Minister Eveline WidmerSchlumpf said the vote reflects people’s confidence in the SNB and the view that gold is no longer as important as it once was as a tool to back up paper money.

The SNB praised the outcome because it said the initiative would have “severely constrained” its ability to protect the country’s interests through stable prices balanced with economic development.

A proposal to limit immigration to 0.2 per cent of Switzerland’s population - about 16,000 immigrants a year for a country of 8 million - was opposed by 74.1 per cent of voters. None of the cantons came out in favour.

Deal reached to keep heat on for shuttered mill FORT FRANCES, Ont. - Unifor says an agreement has been reached to protect equipment from being damaged by the cold this winter at a closed Fort Frances, Ont., pulp mill that is caught in a dispute over timber rights.

The union says talks with mill owner Resolute Forest Products and the Ontario government led the company to agree to keep the building heated.

The opposition parties earlier this month called on the government to change the rules on control of Crown forests to help save the mill, and up to one thousand jobs.

The Progressive Conservatives and NDP have said Resolute is blocking the sale of the shuttered mill to Expera Specialty Solutions of Wisconsin because it still controls the timber surrounding the town near the Manitoba border.

Natural Resources Minister Bill Mauro has said he understands the frustration of local residents who see timber being harvested and shipped elsewhere while their mill closes, even though there’s a company that wants to buy it, and that “the system needs to change.”

Unifor, which represents Resolute workers, in a release Saturday thanked the company for the winter heating and “their co-operation in ongoing efforts to find a buyer for the mill.”

“Protecting this mill while we determine its future was an essential first step,” Unifor national president Jerry Dias said.

For one thing, the big drop in the Canadian dollar could impact earnings.

“For the banks, the ones that have international operations, the bigger ones, it actually could be a positive, depending on what they owe and who owes them,” explained Cieszynski. “(But) if they have to pay out stuff in U.S. dollars, then that causes more Canadian dollars to do that.”

The capital markets divisions of banks could also have come under pressure during a short, intense selloff on North American stock markets in early October.

And Cieszynski said lower oil could also impact earnings, if not in this quarter then the next.

“Going forward, people will look at what does the drop in the oil price mean for their lending to the oilpatch,” he noted.

On the economic front, the major Canadian event occurs Wednesday when the Bank of Canada makes its next announcement on interest rates.

The central bank is universally expect-

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Protests shut down three malls on busiest shopping day of the year 15 ARRESTED, MALL SHUT DOWN FOR HOURS AS 200 PROTESTORS SPRAWL ON FLOOR ‘STOP SHOPPING AND JOIN THE MOVEMENT.’

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Demonstrators temporarily shut down three large malls in suburban St. Louis on one of the busiest shopping days of the year and then marched in front of the Ferguson police department to protest a grand jury’s recent decision not to indict the police officer who fatally shot 18-year-old Michael Brown.

Several stores lowered their security doors or locked entrances as at least 200 protesters sprawled onto the floor while chanting, “Stop shopping and join the movement,” at the Galleria mall in Richmond Heights a few miles south of Ferguson, Missouri, where Officer Darren Wilson fatally shot Brown, who was unarmed, in August.

The action prompted authorities to close the mall for about an hour Friday afternoon, while a similar protest of about 50 people had the same effect at West County Mall in nearby Des Peres. And several dozen demonstrators led to a temporary closure of the Chesterfield Mall.

Later Friday night, a group of about 100 protesters marched down South Florissant Road in front of the city’s police and fire departments chanting, blocking traffic and stopping in front of some businesses.

“I served my country. I spent four years in the Army, and I feel like that’s not what I served my country for,” said Ebonie Tyse, 26, of St. Louis. “I served my country for justice for everyone.

Not because of what colour, what age, what gender or anything,” she said.

Fifteen people were arrested, according to Missouri Department of Public Safety spokesman Mike O’Connell. He said charges would include peace disturbance and impeding the flow of traffic, and two people would be charged with resisting arrest and one with assault.

Monday night’s announcement that Wilson, who is white, wouldn’t be indicted for fatally shooting Brown, who was black, prompted violent protests that resulted in about a dozen buildings and some cars being burned. Dozens of people were arrested.

The rallies have been ongoing but have grown more peaceful this week, ed to leave its key rate unchanged at one per cent, where it’s been for more than four years.

The week ends with November job creation numbers from both Canada and the United States.

The U.S. Labor Department is expected to say American monthly job creation continues to top 200,000. Economists reckon that about 225,000 jobs were created last month.

Economists forecast that Statistics Canada will announce that the economy cranked out 5,000 jobs, adding to the 43,000 created in October.

WELLS: High inactive well ratio “We’re working with stakeholders,” he said. “That will be explored.”

Discussions will include industry, non-governmental groups, academics, First Nations and municipalities, he

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as protesters turn their attention to disrupting commerce. Elsewhere on Friday, protests in Chicago, New York, Seattle and northern California - where protesters chained themselves to trains - were among the largest in the country on Black Friday.

In Oakland, more than a dozen people were arrested after about 125 protesters wearing T-shirts that read “Black Lives Matter” interrupted train service from Oakland to San Francisco, with some chaining themselves to trains. Dozens of people in Seattle blocked streets, and police said some protesters also apparently chained doors shut at the nearby Pacific Place shopping centre.

In Chicago, about 200 people gathered near the city’s popular Magnificent Mile shopping district, where Kristiana Colon, 28, called Friday “a day of awareness and engagement.”

She’s a member of the Let Us Breathe Collective, which has been taking supplies such as gas masks to protesters in Ferguson.

“We want them to think twice before spending that dollar today,” she said of shoppers. “As long as black lives are put second to materialism, there will be no peace.”

Malcolm London, a leader in the Black Youth Project 100, which has been organizing Chicago protests, said the group was also trying to rally support for other issues, such as more transparency from Chicago police.

“We are not indicting a man. We are indicting a system,” London told the crowd.

Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon on Friday announced that he will call a special session of the General Assembly to provide funding for public safety efforts related to protests. A news release from his office said that due to the increased presence of the State Highway Patrol and the Missouri National Guard in the region, the state’s financial obligations for emergency duties are on track to exceed what had been appropriated. said.

Other jurisdictions force operators to clean up a well after a certain period of inactivity, said Robinson. In Colorado, a well can only be suspended for a maximum of six months. After that, an operator must explain why an extension is necessary. Unless special circumstances apply, a well must be fully remediated with 18 months after becoming inactive.

Colorado’s ratio of active to inactive wells is 18 to one. In Alberta, the ratio is three to one.

“That seems to be a process that works in some jurisdictions,” Robinson said.

Wilson said Alberta’s current rules only postpone the inevitable - perhaps until it’s too late.

“You have to clean these wells up while the cash is available in the oil companies to do so,” he said. “If they pay out all of their value in dividends and disposing of assets to shareholders without first cleaning up their liabilities, then who’s going to be left to deal with the liability?”

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Former governor general leader of La Francophonie JEAN NAMED FIRST WOMAN LEADER AT INTERNATIONAL SUMMIT IN SENEGAL

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS DAKAR, Senegal - Former governor general Michaelle Jean has been named the first woman leader of la Francophonie and says its members must work closely together to ensure prosperity and stability.

While the organization has concentrated largely on cultural issues over the years, Jean signalled on Sunday that more emphasis will be put on economic matters.

“One of the most ambitious and daring objectives that la Francophonie has ever set for itself is the idea of an economic Francophonie,” she told a news conference after being named by consensus at a summit of its members in Dakar, Senegal.

“We need to work together, unite our efforts, especially as countries want growth, prosperity and development, knowing for example that a crisis in Mali is not (just) a Malian crisis.”

She said a sharply focused economic strategy can provide “new relevance for la Francophonie.”

“Countries, peoples and civilizations came together by doing business together, by exchanging economically together.”

Jean, 57, was up against four other candidates at the summit of la Francophonie, whose 57 members include Canada, Quebec and New Brunswick.

She will replace Abdou Diouf, who stepped down after more than 10 years in the position.

Prime Minister Stephen Harper, who attended the meeting with Quebec Premier Philippe Couillard and New Brunswick’s Brian Gallant, congratulated Jean and pointed out that Canada is the second biggest contributor to the organization.

“Obviously, all Canadians are very proud that our fellow citizen, former governor general Michaelle Jean, will be succeeding Abdou Diouf as secretary general of la Francophonie,” Harper told a news conference.

“I have no doubt she will fulfil her new responsibilities with distinction and success.”

He said her victory also cast Canada in a positive light.

“It’s a great reflection on our country, on the role we play in the francophone world, internationally, and the recognition of the importance of the French fact and the French reality in our own country.”

He refused to discuss details of how consensus emerged around Jean’s can-

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Islamic websites claim the terrorist organization ISIL has kidnapped Gill Rosenberg, an Israeli-Canadian.

ISIL kidnapped Canadian, extremists claim

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS An Israeli newspaper report says Islamist websites are claiming extremists have kidnapped an Israeli-Canadian woman who joined Kurdish fighters overseas.

The Jerusalem Post says reports of Gill Rosenberg’s capture surfaced Sunday on websites “known to be close” to Islamic State extremists.

The newspaper says the websites give few details on the alleged kidnapping, only that it occurred after three suicide attacks on sites where Kurdish fighters were holed up.

A spokesman for Foreign Affairs says the government is aware of reports a Canadian citizen was kidnapped in Syria and is “pursuing all appropriate channels to seek further information.”

Clashes between ISIL and Kurdish troops have largely focused on the Syrian city of Kobani, near the Turkish border. The now-notorious al-Qaida splinter group is currently in control of large swaths of territory in both Syria and Iraq. Messages of concern were posted Sunday on a Facebook profile belonging to a Gill Rosenberg. An earlier message asked for advice on joining the Kurdish army.

didacy, but French President Francois Hollande told a news conference it was important to avoid a vote in order to ensure unity.

Harper was asked whether the fact Canada is a bilingual country means the role of English within la Francophonie will suddenly become more important.

“I suspect no,” he replied. “I suspect la Francophonie will continue to function in one language only and that will be French, just as the Commonwealth functions only in English.”

Couillard hailed Jean, who was governor general between 2005 and 2010, as perfect for her new job.

“Michaelle Jean is the incarnation of this new vision of la Francophonie: modern, young and dynamic,” he said.

“She will give the francophone world fresh impetus by stressing the importance of economic exchanges among member states.”

Gallant, whose province supported Jean’s bid, also welcomed her victory.

“Haitian, French, Canadian and Quebecer are identities Michaelle Jean shares in, as well as Acadian, thanks to family ties to Acadia on her mother’s side,” said Gallant. “This extensive cultural background gives her a full understanding of la Francoph-

onie. She exemplifies the cultural diversity of la Francophonie. She is a consensus builder who can represent the interests of francophones around the world.”

Jean’s reign as governor general included a controversial trip in 2009 to the Arctic where she helped to skin a seal.

Her decision to help butcher the mammal at a festival was derided as “bizarre” by the Belgium-based European Union, and compared by environmentalists to Neanderthalism and wife-battery.

Jean said at the time she was simply sharing in a local custom when she helped butcher the seal animal and eat a piece of its raw heart.

Her family moved to Canada to flee the repressive regime of Haiti’s Francois Duvalier in the 1960s.

She is married to filmmaker JeanDaniel Lafond and made several films with him.

The former Radio-Canada reporter has worked recently in Haiti as a special envoy for UNESCO and has been the chancellor of the University of Ottawa since 2012.

Gov. Gen. David Johnston issued a statement on behalf of his family to congratulate Jean.

Finding mental health staff for remote military posts a problem

parts of the country where the need is sometimes the greatest.

Liberal defence critic Joyce Murray says the problem is the department is putting its emphasis on hiring civilians, rather than recruiting uniformed mental health workers whose job would be to serve is outlying areas.

OTTAWA - National Defence’s pool of candidates for vacant mental health positions dried up quickly last spring when civilian recruits were told they would have to relocate to far-flung military outposts.

Critics say that underlines the need to recruit uniformed psychiatrists, psychologists and counsellors.

A series of briefings and documents, obtained by the federal Liberals under access to information, show how officials scrambled to fill 54 vacant staff jobs amid a high-profile crisis where as many as 10 soldiers and veterans took their own lives within a three month period.

A briefing to Defence Minister Rob Nicholson shows that within weeks of being ordered to clear bureaucratic roadblocks, the department had extended job offers to 40 mental health workers.

Of those offers, 22 were accepted on the spot, nine were held up because of conditions such as security clearance and another nine were refused.

Officials noted in the March 20 briefing that the department had exhausted its potential supply of recruits and those who might be interested were not willing to move to remote

Canadian killed in Saudi Arabia by local man RIYADH, Saudi Arabia - The official Saudi Press Agency says a Canadian citizen was stabbed by a local man while he shopped in a mall with his family in the country’s oil-rich Eastern Province.

The news agency, quoting a police spokesman, says the victim was transferred to a hospital Saturday afternoon.

Police say they have arrested the Saudi man and are investigating the motive for the attack.

The attack comes one week after a gunman shot a Danish citizen in his car in the capital, Riyadh.

Al-Qaida has attacked foreigners in Saudi Arabia in the past. The breakaway Islamic State group has urged its supporters to launch attacks inside the kingdom.

Canada, Denmark and Saudi Arabia are members of the U.S.-led coalition conducting airstrikes against Islamic State group fighters.

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Internal Ghomeshi probe didn’t include Q employees CBC’S THE FIFTH ESTATE UNMASKS THE UNMAKING OF THE RADIO MAINSTAY

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO - A new episode of “The Fifth Estate” takes aim at the internal CBC probe of Jian Ghomeshi, with one “Q” employee saying his faith in the broadcaster has been shaken due to lingering questions about the investigation.

CBC’s flagship newsmagazine, in a program airing Friday titled “The Unmaking of Jian Ghomeshi,” looks at how CBC management handled allegations of sexual violence against Ghomeshi when he was still host of the popular radio program “Q”.

CBC management and its human resources department launched an investigation into Ghomeshi in July after a “Q” employee received an e-mail from a reporter asking about Ghomeshi’s behaviour. The probe did not uncover any evidence of sexual harassment in the workplace.

A transcript of the episode hosted

by Gillian Findlay reports that almost all known employees who worked for “Q” in the summer - 17 in total - say they were not approached or questioned by CBC management as part of the internal probe.

However, CBC spokesman Chuck Thompson said “Q” employees were

questioned as part of the “very thorough” investigation that also dug into Ghomeshi’s employee file and crossreferenced his name against workplace complaints.

In an interview with the Canadian Press, Thompson said “Q” employees had to be questioned in a “discreet” manner to avoid libelling Ghomeshi.

“It’s important to note, and paramount to any HR investigation, we can’t libel an employee in the process.

We have to make every effort to protect their privacy, given the sensitivity of the subject matter.”

Interviews were conducted either

by CBC Radio Executive Director Chris Boyce, or by human resources head Todd Spencer or by Linda Groen, director of network talk radio. Management and program leaders were also questioned, he said.

“They had to be done in a discreet manner,” he said. “It’s not like they were held in a big boardroom with three people and a stenographer.”

CBC has since hired employment lawyer Janice Rubin to conduct an independent investigation into management’s handling of the allegations, among other things.

Ghomeshi was fired Oct. 26 after the CBC says it saw “graphic evidence” of physical injury to a woman. On

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Police try to clear at path as Jian Ghomeshi makes his way through a mob of media at a Toronto court Wednesday, November 26, 2014.

Wednesday, he was charged with four counts of sex assault and one count of overcoming resistance by choking. He was released on $100,000 bail.

His lawyer Marie Heinen has said he will plead not guilty and plans to make no further statements to media.

She did not respond to a request for

comment from The Canadian Press on Friday.

Ghomeshi admitted in a lengthy Facebook post published on Oct. 26, the day he was dismissed by CBC, that he engaged in “rough sex,” but insisted his encounters with women were consensual.

December First Friday draws inspiration from nature and the night

BY ADVOCATE STAFF Art that’s inspired by nature and nighttime will be showing at Red Deer’s First Friday’s gallery openings for December.

Starry Night: A Juried Exhibit is made up of visual artworks from Red Deer Arts Council members. The mixed-media show and sale is being held in the Kiwanis Gallery, downstairs at the Red Deer Public Library, which is operated by the arts council.

The fundraising exhibit runs to Dec. 29 and is sponsored by the Red Deer Downtown Business Association. An opening reception will be held on Friday from 6 to 8 p.m.

En Plein Air, a group exhibit of

landscape and abstract mixed-media artworks, is showing at the Marjorie Wood Gallery in the Kerry Wood Nature Centre. (Plein air is a term that refers to painting in the outdoors.) The group exhibit runs to the end of December. A reception will be held on Friday from 5 to 7 p.m., with the artists in attendance.

Another outdoors-based exhibit, For the Love of Plein Air, is showing in the Corridor Gallery, downstairs at the Red Deer Recreation Centre. It features the work of nine local artists: Susan Barker, Lynn Carter, Sharon E. Van Essen, Carol Lynn Gilchrist, Joyce Handley, Jeri Lynn Ing, Roberta Murray, Rita Rake and Sheila Wright.

While there will be no reception for the show this month, the art can

be viewed until the Recreation Centre closes at 9:30 p.m.

For the Love of Plein Air exhibit runs to Jan. 28 and will have a 5 to 7 p.m. reception on the First Friday of next month, Jan. 2. Many of the artists will attend.

Photos by Ty Photography are showing in the Captured exhibit at The Hub on Ross. The show, which runs to the end of the month, will have a First Friday reception from 4 to 6 p.m.

Whispers, a mixed-media exhibit by artist Emily Thompson, is showing at

The Olive (formerly The Velvet Olive), accessed through the back alley behind Sunworks. The show that runs to the end of December will have a First Friday reception from 4:30 to 7:30 p.m.

Oil paintings by David More, which were inspired by gardens, natural landscapes and turbulent Alberta skies, can be viewed at the new commercial gallery on Ross Street and upstairs in the Coconut Room cafe until 8 p.m. on Friday. Both exhibits, accessed through the Sunworks store, are showing until early January.

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Your energy levels will be high and you will be able to take practical and reliable steps going forward, now more than ever. You will have to tend with some compulsive behavioural issues, from you or by others. So, be prepared to focus on the tasks at hand and check them off one by one as you stick to your goal.

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ARIES (March 21-April 19): You are truly taking actions to improve your professional life today and this week. You will act more disciplined now and patience will be steadily available to you as you move forward on your path.

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TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Okay, so today you are going to be easily excitable. If this creates stress for you, then remove yourself from the situation you find yourself in. If you canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t, then make sure to at least communicate any issues you have. It will be a great day to express your true feelings.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): You are going to be able to express your true feelings with others in your life more than ever today. Take the opportunity to do just that. It will make your daily life better, just by removing some heavy burden from your back. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s time to let go of whatever holds you back.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): You will be easily excitable today. You will want to socialize with your spouse or work associates today, so do just that. You will be more willing to moderate any interactions between others. You are disciplined and patient today. The practical is important and will show results.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Today will be a pleasant day. You will feel more comfortable than usual and will most likely want to socialize with new people or perhaps travel. Whatever

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VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Any projects you are starting now, or working towards now, will be especially rewarding for LARISA MAIRA you. You will also OZOLINS be in a celebratory mood, so go out and enjoy the theatre or hang out with friends at the pub. It is time you decided what you need to do to make you happy!

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Your finances will be in focus today as you travel through the day.

You will be more in touch with your feelings as well. This will add to the budget you establish now. This can indicate that you have a more sensible way of looking at what grounds you.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Many of you are backing your words with action today, perhaps even to the extent of you standing up for yourself with siblings or those within your local environment. There may be some unexpected changes within your daily life. Be patient with yourself too.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Today you are definitely implementing all those goals you have. The energy today will be one of selfdiscipline for you and you will succeed at all you strive for. Make sure it is something that you truly value and everything will work out wonderfully today.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Today you will see part of your aspirations and dreams come to fruition. There is an absolute determination about you today and your energy levels will be very high, so things are definitely shaking and happening now. Later on, go out, celebrate your accomplishments.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Today there will be a lot of extra activity going on behind the scenes. Your instincts will be to get everything done quickly and you most likely will have woken up with a jump or a spring today. It will be a

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Semi loads of pine, spruce, poplar.

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ADULT EDUCATION HEADBOARD, for queen Lil Mule Logging AND TRAINING bed, 60” wide, $35; 403-318-4346 3 Clean wool accent Now Offering Hotter, Cleaner matching 3x5 oval carpets, WINTER START BC Birch. All Types. P.U. / $35. for all 3; David Winter Delivery. Lyle 403-783-2275 Collector’s houses in GED Preparation original boxes, $25/ea; Ammo magazine clip for Household Would you like to take the British Lee Enfield 303, GED in your community? Furnishings sold; Upright Hoover Dirt Finder Vacuum Cleaner, 2 DUSTY ROSE • Red Deer self propelled, allergen upholstered arm chairs, • Rocky Mtn. House filtration, $50.

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403-346-4155 well. Good for allergies, Call 403-506-8928 uses water, no dusty or Fax 403-886-5814 WANTED filters. $200.

Antiques, furniture and SOURCE ADULT VIDEO 403-227-2976 estates. 342-2514 requires mature P/T help Sat. & Sun. 7 a.m. - 3 p.m.

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As part of our service team, you will be dispatched in response to service concerns to deliver newspapers and flyers to customers or carriers.

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

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2 AQUARIUMS/CRITTER CAGE - NO LEAKS. 20 gallon Hartz in box c/w hood light. $50.

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AQUARIUM GRAVEL - 10 lbs (new), white, $15.

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FISHING HUT and manual ice auger. $60. 403-347-0347

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INGLEWOOD POINTE 2 bdrm,

Advocate Opportunities

2 bath condo. Heated parking & all utils. incl. $1450.

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MORRISROE AREA:

Adult Newspaper Carriers Needed For Early Morning Delivery of the RED DEER ADVOCATE

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

Johnstone Crossing Jenner Cres. & Judd Cl. WESTPARK & WESTLAKE For more information or to apply call Joanne at the Red Deer Advocate 403-314-4308

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

ADULT Newspaper Carriers Needed For Early Morning Delivery of the

ROSEDALE AREA Ramage Cres, Close Root Close, Ralston Cres. $327.00/mo.

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

Illingworth Close Ingram Close Iverson Close Isbister Close MORRISROE AREA Vista Village SUNNYBROOK AREA Savoy Cres./Sydney Close Stirling Close Sherwood Cres LANCASTER AREA Lampard Cres Lancaster Drive Long Close Lougheed Close Lyons Close VANIER AREA Vickers Close Vincent Close Viscount Drive

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Jan. 1. $900./mo. 5805-56 Ave 403-343-6609

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WANTED TO BUY Late model Benz.

Will pay Cash 780-423-3870 2001 Chev Malibu, 4 dr.

134,000 kms. 403-352-6995

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Advocate Opportunities 2006 JEEP Commander full load, 4.7, $12,000 403-505-1150

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2001 Ram 1500 4x4 SLT Quad cab 5.2 L 192,000 km $5300 403-342-5297

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

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Abbot Close/Allan St. Addinell Close/Allan St. Adamson Ave/Arthur Close Alwright Close Anderson Close Anquetel Close

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1. Avon 2. Tim Hortons 3. Sears Canada 4. Parkland CLASS 5. Elwood Staffing 6. Quickline Crane 7. Voltage Wireline 8. Comfort Keepers 9. Bar W Petroleum 10. Greatway Financial 11. Manpower Services 12. Wendy’s Restaurant 13. Canadian Blood Services 14. Mancuso Carpet Cleaning 15. Days Inn Red Deer/Motel 6

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PADS $450/mo.

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Spec Mobiles. 3 Bdrm., 2 bath. As Low as $75,000.

Down payment $4000. Call at anytime. 403-588-8820

INNISFAIL deluxe 2 bdrm., incl. water, $860 avail. Jan. 403-348-6594

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BDRM. for rent in Vanier Woods,. $400 + dd, 403-588-6268 after 6 pm.

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GLENDALE reno’d 2 bdrm. apartments, avail. immed, rent $875 403-596-6000

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

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

Deschner Close, Dubois Cres., Doherty Close, Duston St. and area. $327.00/mo.

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

Dowler St., Daniel Cres. Dawe Cl., Dunham Close and area $412.00/mo.

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Dixon Cres. $100.20/mo.

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

GRANDVIEW AREA 3900 & 4200 Blocks of 40A Ave. and 4000 Block of 39 St. (North side only). $55.68/mo.

WOODLEA AREA 47A Ave, & part of 55, 56 & 57 St. $134./mo.

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2001 FORD 4x4 S/C F150 205,000 kms, very good cond., never abused $4100 403-887-8717 1995 MAZDA B3000 Truck.

174,000 km. New battery, winter tires.

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RED’S AUTO. Free Scrap Vehicle & Metal Removal.

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Resigning officer leaving without pay FERGUSON MAYOR: NO SEVERANCE PACKAGE FOR FORMER POLICE OFFICER DARREN WILSON

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS FERGUSON, Mo. - Ferguson police Officer Darren Wilson did not receive a severance package when he resigned over the weekend, the St. Louis suburb’s mayor said Sunday.

Wilson, 28, won’t receive any further pay or benefits, and he and the city have cut their ties, Mayor James Knowles told reporters a day after Wilson tendered his resignation, which was effective immediately.

Wilson, who is white, had been on administrative leave since he killed Michael Brown, an unarmed black 18-year-old, during an Aug. 9 confrontation. A grand jury decided Monday not to indict him, sparking days of sometimes violent protests in Ferguson and other cities.

Wilson wrote in his resignation letter that his “continued employment may put the residents and police officers of the City of Ferguson at risk, which is a circumstance I cannot allow.”

His lawyer, Neil Bruntrager, told The Associated Press that Wilson decided to step aside after police Chief Tom Jackson told him about the alleged threats on Saturday.

“The information we had was that there would be actions targeting the Ferguson (police) department or buildings in Ferguson related to the police department,” Bruntrager said. He said Wilson, who had worked for the department for less than three years, and the city were already discussing an exit strategy, acknowledging that Wilson staying on as an officer there would be impossible.

Many have criticized the authorities’ handling of the case, but Knowles said no leadership changes were in the works. Asked if he would resign, Jackson said flatly, “No.” Benjamin Crump, an attorney for Brown’s family, said Wilson’s resignation was not a surprise.

“It was always believed that the police officer would do what was in his best interest, both personally and professionally,” Crump said. “We didn’t believe that he would be able to be effective for the Ferguson community nor the Ferguson Police Department because of the tragic circumstances that claimed the life of Michael Brown Jr.” Crump said the family is still considering civil litigation such as a wrongful death lawsuit, “but don’t let that get confused with the fact that they really wanted the killer of their child to be held accountable.”

Victoria Rutherford of Ferguson said she believed Wilson should have not only resigned, but been convicted of a crime.

“I’m upset. I have a 16-year-old son. It could’ve been him. I feel that he was absolutely in the wrong,” she said.

Others residents were more sympathetic. Reed Voorhees said he hoped Wilson could find similar work “someplace where he would enjoy life, and move on with his life.”

Photo by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Some of the several hundred demonstrators marching down M Street in Georgetown Saturday afternoon towards the key bridge. The protest focused on Michael Brown’s death and the recent grand jury decision in Ferguson. during a Ferguson Protest in Georgetown, DC, Saturday.

Wilson has spent his career as a police officer, first in neighbouring Jennings, then in Ferguson.

Bruntrager said it’s all he’s ever wanted to do.

“In terms of what it (the resignation) means, it means at this point he doesn’t have a paycheque,” Bruntrager said. “He has no income so he’ll have to make some decisions pretty quickly.”

Wilson fatally shot Brown in the middle of a Ferguson street after the two scuffled inside Wilson’s police SUV. Brown’s body was left for more than four hours as police investigated and angry onlookers gathered.

Some witnesses have said Brown had his hands up when Wilson shot him. Wilson told the grand jury that he feared for his life when Brown hit him and reached for his gun.

The U.S. Justice Department is conducting a civil rights investigation into the shooting and a separate investigation of police department practices. It isn’t

clear when those results will be announced.

After the grand jury’s decision was announced, 12 commercial buildings in Ferguson were destroyed by fire. There have been well over 100 arrests at St. Louis-area protests in that time.

Knowles said there hasn’t been a cost assessment of the damage in Ferguson yet, and he promised residents and businesses that the city will do all it can to seek financial help.

“We are committed to rebuilding our city,” he said.

Reverberations of the Ferguson events were evident at the St. Louis Rams’ game. Inside the dome, five Rams players engaged in their own apparent show of solidarity for Ferguson protesters, standing with their arms raised in a “Hands Up” gesture before trotting onto the field for pregame introductions. All five - Tavon Austin, Kenny Britt, Stedman Bailey, Jared Cook and Chris Givens - are black.

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HONG KONG - Pro-democracy protesters clashed with police early Monday as they tried to surround Hong Kong government headquarters, stepping up their movement for genuine democratic reforms after camping out on the city’s streets for more than two months.

Repeating scenes that have become familiar since the movement began in late September, protesters carrying umbrellas - which have become symbols of the pro-democracy movement - battled police armed with pepper spray, batons and riot shields.

After student leaders told a big crowd rallying Sunday evening at the main protest site outside government headquarters that they would escalate their campaign, hundreds of protesters pushed past police lines on the other side of the complex from the protest site. They blocked traffic on a main road, but were stopped by police barricades from going down a side road to Chief Executive Leung Chun-Ying’s office.

The protesters, many wearing surgical masks, hard hats and safety goggles and chanting “I want true democracy,” said they wanted to occupy the road to prevent Leung and other government officials from getting to work in the morning.

At one point, police charged the crowd, aggressively pushing demonstrators back with pepper spray and batons, after some protesters started pelting them with water bottles and other objects. They later fell back, letting demonstrators re-occupy the road.

Police Senior Superintendent Tsui Wai-hung said 40 protesters had been arrested, adding that authorities would not let the road, a major thoroughfare, remain blocked.

“We will open up this road,” he told reporters.

Protesters said they were taking action to force a response from Hong Kong’s government, which has made little effort to address their demands that it scrap a plan by China’s Communist leaders to use a panel of Beijing-friendly elites to screen candidates for Hong Kong’s leader in inaugural 2017 elections.

“The action was aimed at paralyzing the government’s operation,” said Alex Chow, secretary general of the Hong Kong Federation of Students. “The government has been stalling ... and we believe we need to focus pressure on the government headquarters, the symbol of the government’s power.”

The federation is one of two students groups that have played important roles in organizing the protest movement in the former British colony.

“I really want to have real elections for Hong Kong because I don’t want the Chinese government to control us, our minds, anything,” said protester Ernie Kwok, 21, a maintenance worker and student.

Authorities last week used an aggressive operation to clear out the protest camp on the busy streets of Hong Kong’s crowded Mong Kok district, one of three protest zones around the semiautonomous city.

In Britain, a lawmakers’ committee said the Chinese Embassy had warned that its members would be refused entry if they tried to go ahead with a visit to Hong Kong as part of an inquiry into the city’s relations with the U.K. since the handover of sovereignty to China in 1997.

Richard Ottaway, chairman of Parliament’s committee on foreign affairs, said the Chinese authori-

ties were acting in an “overtly confrontational manner.” He said he would seek an emergency parliamentary debate on the development.

The Foreign Office called the Chinese message to the lawmakers “regrettable” and said it has expressed its position to the Chinese side “at the most senior levels.”

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1994 — Politician Lucien Bouchard is struck by flesh-eating bacteria; doctors will be forced to amputate his left leg.

1986 — Supreme Court rules that Canada Post is not obligated to provide door-to-door delivery to every Canadian household.

1969 — Police forces bring in breathalyzer testing to take blood alcohol levels of suspected impaired drivers.

1930 — The NHL drops a 20-minute slashing-about-the-head penalty.

1922 — New Brunswick drivers switch to driving on the right-hand side of the road.

1920 — Ottawa declares that no immigrant can enter Canada with less than $250; plus $125 per family.

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Corruption scandals fuel public anger at politicians in austerityhit Spain, Portugal

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5 more mutilated bodies found in troubled southern Mexican state ACAPULCO, Mexico - Five mutilated bodies were found in a region of southern Mexico where 11 decapitated corpses were discovered just three days ago, authorities said Sunday.

The five bodies were found early Sunday in the back of a vehicle abandoned in the municipality of Chilapa, the Guerrero state prosecutor’s office said in a statement. The bodies, which were also decapitated, have not been identified.

Guerrero is the same state where 43 students at a teachers college vanished in September after they were detained by local police and presumably handed over to a drug gang. Federal officials say witnesses have reported that the students were killed, but efforts to identify bone and other fragments discovered in the area are not yet complete and many of their relatives still hold out hope they are alive.

Authorities attribute much of the violence in the region to internal divisions in the drug gang once led by the Beltran Leyva brothers.

On Thursday, police found 11 decapitated and partially burned corpses by a roadside in Chilapa, along with messages presumably left by a drug gang.

tion is a problem,” Rajoy, head of the governing Popular Party, conceded.

Reports of new cases have “become Spaniards’ daily bread.”

Promising to tighten laws and punish the guilty, Rajoy insisted that “most politicians are decent people.” That didn’t wash with many Spaniards, however, especially as a judge has named more than 40 people as suspects, including three former Popular Party treasurers and the outgoing health minister, in the case involving alleged illegal financing of Rajoy’s party.

Amid the hardship and discredited leaders, the possibility of Iberian voters now shifting their political allegiances is real.

In Spain, which weathered two periods of recession between 2009 and 2013 and where unemployment is at around 24 per cent, a loose-knit grass-roots leftist party called Podemos (We Can) threatens to reset the political centre of gravity. A survey of voting intentions published this month by the El Mundo newspaper indicated for the first time that Podemos could take first place with about 28 per cent of the national vote, against roughly 26 per cent for the Popular Party and 20 per cent for

tives joining in, Sunday’s celebration at the indoor Maracanazinho sports venue gathered about 12,000 people.

Some couples arrived on a commuter train where brides polished their looks, applying makeup and fixing their hairdos.

Rio de Janeiro has promoted the mass wedding for eight years in a tradition called “The Day of I Do”, which is for people with a monthly family income of less than $1,000. At the end they get a free marriage certificate.

Pope seeks meeting with Russian Orthodox leader, but says theological agreement impossible Pope Francis says he is ready to go anywhere, anytime to meet with the head of the Russian Orthodox Church - even while acknowledging that he doubts the day will ever come that Catholic and Orthodox theologians will agree to end the 1,000-year schism.

Francis spoke to reporters Sunday en route home from Turkey, where he made a remarkable gesture of deference to the spiritual leader of the world’s Orthodox Christians by bowing down to receive his blessing.

Francis also assured Turkey’s Orthodox community that the Catholic Church wouldn’t force the Orthodox to give up their patrimony and tradition on the path to unity.

Voters in 2,000 Brazilian couples say ‘I do’ Switzerland reject plans to hoard in Rio’s largest collective wedding massive amounts of gold, limit RIO DE JANEIRO Nearly 2,000 Brazilian immigration couples have said “I do” in the largest collective wedding Rio de Janeiro has seen.

The state of Rio de Janeiro hosted the ceremony for low-income couples who can’t afford to get married. With rela-

BERN, Switzerland Voters in Switzerland on Sunday overwhelmingly rejected plans to protect the country’s wealth by investing in gold and to drastically limit immigration or to eliminate

a special tax that draws rich foreigners, according to polling firm gfs. bern.

A proposal to require the Swiss central bank to hold a fifth of its reserves in gold was opposed by 78 per cent of voters and supported by 22 per cent, projections based on tallies provided by selected voting districts indicated. At last count, the measure - which had drawn attention worldwide and required the backing of a majority of voters and cantons (states) - was rejected in 22 of 26 cantons.

The plan would have forced the Swiss National Bank to buy massive amounts of gold within five years and likely causing the global price for the valuable metal to jump.

the leading opposition Socialist Party.

“There is a feeling of change in the air,” said Inigo Errejon, a Podemos founder.

New parties and groups that promise a new - and cleaner - way of doing things are sprouting up in neighbouring Portugal, too. Among them is Juntos Podemos (Together We Can), which on Thursday pointedly held its first news conference across the road from the Council for the Prevention of Corruption, a government institution specializing in the law.

Portugal and Spain are not alone in their problems. A European Commission survey published in February on public perceptions of corruption found that almost 60 per cent of those questioned in the European Union believed bribery and the abuse of power for personal gain are widespread among political parties. Corruption af-

fects all 27 EU countries and costs the bloc’s economies around 120 billion euros ($150 billion) a year, the European Commission said.

In southern Europe, the drive away from traditional parties began in Italy and Greece.

Former Italian comic Beppe Grillo’s 5 Star Movement capitalized on a wave of voter disgust with the ruling political class to capture most votes in Italy’s 2013 parliamentary elections.

In elections in May to the European Parliament, Greek opposition party Syriza, which demands that most of the country’s bailout debts be cancelled, triumphed in the Greek ballot with 26.6 per cent of the vote. In national elections seven years earlier, it had earned the support of just 5 per cent of voters.

Both Iberian neighbours face elections for a new government next year.

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LISBON, Portugal - In Spain, citizens are fuming over tales of a secret political slush fund. In Portugal, people are aghast that a former prime minister has been jailed awaiting a possible trial for corruption. In both austerity-hit countries, mounting revelations of graft among the political class are fueling the emergence of new parties that have captured the mood of disaffected voters by offering a message of change.

With Iberia still reeling from the aftershocks of Europe’s debt crisis, economics and ethics are poised to drive a shift in the political landscape, just as they have in Italy and Greece.

“All politicians by their nature are corrupt,” said Kerian Jimenez, a 24-year-old student in Madrid. “And as always it is the normal crowd that gets shafted.”

Jose Socrates, who was Portugal’s centre-left prime minister from 2005 to 2011, was sent to jail last week while police deepen their investigation into his suspected money laundering and tax fraud, with the former two-term leader facing a potential maximum sentence of 21 years. It was the third scandal in four months involving the country’s political and business elite.

The resignation of Spain’s health minister last week after a judge said she benefited financially from an allegedly illegal slush fund compelled centre-right Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy to address the issue in Parliament on Thursday. “Corrup-

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Liberia debates how to beat ebola US OFFICIALS ACKNOWLEDGE, BUT DOWNPLAY DEBATES

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK — U.S. officials on Thursday acknowledged disagreements over co-ordinating the international response to the Ebola epidemic in Liberia, but they say most issues are being worked out and the overall fight against the disease there seems to be succeeding.

In a call with reporters, the officials said disputes have erupted over matters like where to build new treatment centres and getting U.S. military helicopters to transport patients and blood samples from remote areas.

But they also minimized the debates, characterizing them as a natural and fleeting part of an intense and complicated battle against the largest Ebola epidemic in world history.

“The proof in the pudding is they get resolved. And we have seen progress in Liberia,” said Jeremy Konyndyk, director of USAID’s Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance.

Konyndyk joined Dr. Tom Frieden, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, to respond to a New York Times article Thursday spotlighting rocky co-ordination of efforts in Liberia. The Times cited the minutes of meetings between Liberian officials and representatives of foreign governments and aid groups assisting the West Africa nation, including the U.S., the United Nations and Doctors Without Borders.

Among the attendees were the CDC’s Dr. Kevin De Cock and Dr. Hans Rosling, a Swedish epidemiologist who is acting as a consultant to Liberian health officials.

In an interview with The Associated Press on Thursday from Liberia, De Cock said; “There are loads of reasons why the Ebola response is complicated — the logistics are extremely difficult and the resources are very limited, but it is not be-

cause people are fighting.”

Rosling — who is deeply involved in co-ordinating Liberia’s response — echoed De Cock.

“This is an emergency response and there will always be co-ordination challenges,” he said.

Rosling said that included altering plans as conditions on the ground change.

For example, he said he had to persuade Swedish officials to drop plans to build a clinic in Liberia’s capital of Monrovia, and instead place it in a rural area where it is more needed.

“All this involves discussion, not hostility. At the end of the day, we laugh a lot and we are all friends. It’s an enormous challenge and everyone has the same goal, to stop Ebola,” he said.

The European Union’s co-ordinator for Ebola response said better co-ordination was needed — including between the hardest-hit nations of Liberia, Guinea and Sierra Leone.

“As the European Union and as an international community, we need to ensure that we assist these three countries to help each other, to work together at all levels, right from the president down to local authority level,” Christos Styliandes said Tuesday after returning from a visit to West Africa.

Since the spring, the Ebola epidem-

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Health workers wearing Ebola protective gear remove the body of a man that they suspect died from the Ebola virus, at a USAID, American aid Ebola treatment center at Tubmanburg on the outskirts of Monrovia, Liberia, Friday. The Ebola scare has subsided in the United States, at least temporarily, but the familyowned Kappler Inc. Alabama, USA, manufacturer of protective gear is still trying to catch up with a glut of orders to protect against the disease. ic that has sickened more than 15,100 people and caused more than 5,400 deaths, according to World Health Or-

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by Medtronic of Canada Inc., Roche Diagnostics, LifeScan Canada Inc., and Auto Control Medical Inc. The manufacturer Unomedical says there has been an increase in reports of the tubing becoming detached at the connection site for the pumps.

The company says that if the tubing becomes detached, insulin delivery would be interrupted and the alarm on the device would not notify the user.

An interruption in insulin delivery could result in elevated blood sugar levels in a patients, which could lead to serious and potentially fatal diabetic ketoacidosis.

Symptoms of diabetic ketoacidosis may include nausea, vomiting, shortness of breath and excess thirst and urination.

The manufacturer says patients should continue to use their pump, but check the tubing at the connector site to ensure it is not loose and to frequently monitor blood sugar levels.

Unomedical says that if the tubing has become detached, patients should not try to re-attach it themselves but immediately replace the infusion set.

The manufacturer says patients should contact their distributor to receive instructions on how to return an affected insulin pump to the company.

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