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7 could cross floor today: sources THE CANADIAN PRESS EDMONTON - At least half of Alberta’s official Opposition is expected to seek to cross the floor to the governing Progressive Conservatives on Wednesday, sources have told The Canadian Press.

The sources, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, said seven members of Wildrose Leader Danielle Smith’s party — including Smith herself — want to join the government of Premier Jim Prentice.

Prentice has said any decision must still be ratified by his caucus when it meets Wednesday morning. If carried out, the move would gut the Wildrose party, created mainly by disaffected ex-Tories and viewed as the only serious electoral threat to the government in 2016. It would give the PCs an overwhelming 70 seats in the 87-seat legislature. Joining Smith would be house leader Rob Anderson, who quit the Tories in 2010 to join the Wildrose.

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Rental vacancy in Red Deer up slightly

BY HARLEY RICHARDS ADVOCATE BUSINESS EDITOR A slowdown in the flow of people coming to Alberta and an increase in the number of apartments available for them to live in has removed some of the sizzle from the province’s hot rental market — including in Red Deer.

Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp.’s most recent rental market survey, which was conducted in October, found that the average apartment vacancy rate in the province’s largest urban centres was 2.1 per cent. That was up from 1.6 per cent for the same month in 2013.

In Red Deer, the average vacancy rate went from 1.9 per cent to 2.2 per cent during the same one-year period. “Following a record high of 86,922 people in 2013, net migration in the first half of 2014 declined 11 per

cent year-over-year, largely due to a steep decline in non-permanent migrants,� CMHC said in its rental market report for Alberta.

It added that more than 2,000 rental units were added to urban centres with more than 10,000 people between October 2013 and October 2014 — the consequence of previously low vacancy rates and rising rents attracting developers. “Further additions to the rental market universe will occur in future surveys, as there were over 5,000 rental units under construction in September 2014,� said CMHC. Ekaterina Kortava, a regional market analyst with the national housing agency, said demand for rental accommodation in Red Deer is being affected by the same combination of reduced in-migration and more apartment units. Sixty-seven new apartments were added to the local rental pool at the end of 2013, she said. This resulted in a net increase of 24 units — to 4,584 — when factors such as conversion of existing

rental units to condominiums were taken into account. “There were plenty of completions in the second half of this year,� added Kortava, placing that tally at 266. “So these units will be calculated in the next survey.�

In Red Deer, average vacancy rates in October varied from 1.8 per cent in the case of two-bedroom and three-plus-bedroom units, to 3.0 per cent when it came to bachelor suites.

Despite the higher vacancy rates, CMHC found that rents still moved upward during the year. Looking only at apartments that existed last October and the same month this year, the average rent for a two-bedroom unit in Alberta’s larger urban centres climbed 5.7 per cent. In Red Deer, the increase was 5.6 per cent.

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Lacombe moving ahead with performing arts centre

BY LANA MICHELIN ADVOCATE STAFF While a proposed new concert hall for Red Deer was pushed far into the future, Lacombe is plowing ahead with plans for its first performing arts centre. “We have tremendous support from the community,� said Lacombe city Coun. Grant Harder. So far, this includes a municipal grant from the City of Lacombe, which approved this week $25,000 towards planning the performing space and coming up with estimated project costs.

This grant will be matched by the Lacombe Performing Arts Centre Foundation through various community fundraisers, including a big band concert in April.

Foundation president Lann Lieurance said the goal is to come up with a basic floor plan for a 400-to600-seat concert hall and multi-purpose space, then hire an architecture firm to create more detailed blueprints of the building. The group also hopes to

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and performance groups are behind the project.

In a recent Red Deer city survey, a new performing arts centre was ranked as No. 4 on a residents’ wish list for capital projects in this centre of nearly 100,000 people. The Red Deer Symphony Orchestra has also been lobbying for years for a new concert hall after regularly selling out the 576-seat Red Deer College Arts Centre. But Red Deer city council opted to push the proposal some 20 years into the future.

Harder believes the difference is that Red Deer already has several dedicated performance spaces, including the RDC Arts Centre and Welikoklad Centre in the downtown, and the Memorial Centre, while Lacombe really has no large theatre-style facility with a stage, sloped floor and permanent seats.

Lieurance and Harder feel it’s time Lacombe, a community of 12,000 people with a trading area of 25,000, built its first performing arts centre.

In 2012, a consultant determined that building an acoustically excellent but not too ambitious performance centre is feasible for the community. lmichelin@reddeeradvocate.com

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While a performing arts centre isn’t officially in the City of Lacombe’s 10-year capital plan, Harder said it could be added as the plan comes up for discussion and revision annually.

Land has been set aside for the proposed facility.

The reserved parcel, north of downtown on 56th Avenue, near Lacombe Composite High School, City Hall and Cranna Lake, is owned by the City of Lacombe and Wolf Creek School Division.

It’s a scenic spot for what should be a “fantastic� centre, said Lieurance, a saxophonist who performs with Harder in the Flat Iron Jazz band.

The Lacombe Performing Arts Centre Foundation is working on the proposal with help from Family and Community Support Services and several nonprofit groups that would eventually share space in the proposed concert hall/children’s service centre.

These include Lacombe Parent Link Centre and Lacombe Day Care Society.

As well, Lieurance said many other dance, music

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Hockey and weather coverage set Canada’s news media apart, study suggests OTTAWA — Two of Canada’s national passions were exceptionally well-represented in the country’s news coverage this year, newly-released media monitoring figures suggest.

Those passions, you ask? Why, hockey and talking about the weather, of course.

The review by Montreal-based Influence Communication found that Canadian media outlets ran some 229 per cent more weather stories than outlets in the rest of the 160 countries surveyed.

“We have big changes in our weather in a year, and it goes from very cold to very hot in a few months,” said Felix Thiffault, an analyst with the media monitoring firm.

“For some other countries, it’s quite stable. If it’s stable, there’s nothing to say about it.”

On the other hand, Canadians always have something to say about hockey, the study found.

Though sports coverage is the No. 1 theme found in news coverage worldwide, a breakdown of top stories in Canada last year shows how often hockey captures the headlines.

Ten of the top 50 stories in Canada in 2014 were about hockey specifically, including various games, trades and coaching decisions, the report found.

A further 11 stories were about sports more generally, including football, soccer, tennis and the 2014 Sochi Olympics.

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WILDROSE: Still be official opposition That would leave seven leaderless Wildrose members.

The party would still be the official Opposition as the Liberals have five members and the NDP four alongside Independent Joe Anglin, a former Wildroser.

The defections would bring to nine the number of Wildrose members in the Tory fold.

Last month, Wildrosers Kerry Towle and Ian Donovan bolted to the PCs, saying they were disillusioned with the Wildrose and galvanized by Prentice’s leadership. Smith at the time said Towle and Donovan showed little integrity.

Earlier Tuesday, Wildrose executive member Jeff Callaway said party brass were angry after being blindsided by the anticipated floor-crossings.

“It’s profoundly disappointing for MLAs to undertake floor-crossing initiatives for the sake of their own political self-preservation,” said Callaway.

“But the fact is the party remains.

We will have a caucus after this. Our fundraising is strong. We have a good constituency association roster. We will be in the next election and we will have a slate of candidates contesting it.”

Callaway said the party still has more than 21,000 members.

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Prime Minister Stephen Harper and wife Laureen take part in a candle lighting ceremony in Montreal, Tuesday for the beginning of Hanukah. members not present at Smith’s meeting Tuesday was Drew Barnes, who represents Cypress-Medicine Hat. Barnes, who said he would not cross, said the Wildrose caucus needs to remain loyal to its base and has a responsibility to hold the government accountable.

He said many upset Wildrose party members were reaching out to him.

“I’ve had hundreds of members tweet me, text me, call me,” he said.

“Many of them want to continue in a very, very strong way.”

Sources said the floor-crossing would be underpinned by a written agreement that promises the Wildrose defectors will be able to run as PCs in their ridings in the next election, slated for the spring of 2016.

NDP Leader Rachel Notley said that suggests the Wildrosers are less concerned with ideology and more concerned with keeping their seats.

“On both sides, it is primarily about a bunch of folks that want to keep their jobs, whether you’re talking about Tories or Wildrosers,” said Notley.

“That document does not read like a guide to grassroots democracy. That reads like a guide to clinging to power.”

The loss of Smith could be crippling to the party. The erudite business leader and former journalist was the catalyst who, over the last five years, delivered energy and mainstream credibility to an upstart right-centre party that gained followers when the Tories fumbled on issues such as land rights and fiscal conservatism.

As official Opposition since the 2012 election, Smith and her caucus mates used dogged research and Rottweilerintense attacks in question period to

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RENT: Reduced demand However, rents are being impacted by the reduced demand for rental accommodation, said Kortava.

“If there is more supply available in the market, then this releases the pressure on increasing the rent. So definitely, the increase in average rent will moderate as more supply comes into the market.”

The average monthly rent for new and existing two-bedroom apartments in Alberta communities with 10,000-plus people was $1,238 in October. The numbers ranged from $795 in Medicine Hat to $2,118 in the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo, with Red Deer coming in at $966.

Lacombe was tied with Canmore for the lowest October 2014 vacancy rate, at zero per cent, among the communities considered by CMHC. Its average rental rate for a two-bedroom apartment was $817.

The vacancy rate in Sylvan Lake for the same month was 5.6 per cent, with an average rent of $956 for twobedroom apartments.

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That resurrected criticism the party remained intolerant toward homosexuals and was not ready to govern.

expose weaknesses and scandals that helped topple two Tory premiers.

Polls, in fact, had the Wildrose leading the 2012 campaign up to the final week when anti-gay and racist remarks attributed to two candidates, along with Smith’s hedging on whether climate change existed, raised doubts on whether the party had the maturity to lead.

The party’s highwater mark came this past spring as the Tories dropped in the polls following the spending scandals that forced then-premier Alison Redford to resign.

But under Prentice, a fellow fiscal conservative, the Wildrose have gone into a tailspin that hit a peak when the Tories trounced the Wildrose in four byelections on Oct. 27.

In the days that followed, the brittle confidence of Smith and her team appeared shattered. Their poll numbers fell and Smith appeared off her game.

She asked for an immediate leadership review, only to be told the party constitution didn’t allow it.

When Anglin quit the caucus ahead of being turfed, Smith accused him of secretly taping caucus meetings. She did not have proof.

In a speech to party faithful at their annual convention last month, she blamed the mainstream media for fostering the narrative that Wildrose is negative and narrow.

She said the path to power lay in blogs and engaging the grassroots through social events organized by Wildrose “fun police.”

At the same convention, Smith was out of the room when party members refused to ratify into policy a statement on inclusiveness it had passed a year earlier.

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Talisman Energy, Spain’s Repsol agree to multibillion dollar takeover deal THE CANADIAN PRESS CALGARY - The CEO of Talisman Energy Inc. (TSX:TLM) says a multibillion-dollar takeover by Spanish energy giant Repsol is the best case scenario for shareholders in a gloomy oil price environment.

The total purchase price is US$13 billion - US$8.3 billion for Talisman stock plus the assumption of its debt.

The Repsol deal is a “terrific outcome” for a company facing a litany of challenges as crude prices plummet, from its large debt load to its sizable spending commitments in the U.K. North Sea, CEO Hal Kvisle told reporters Tuesday.

The takeover has the unanimous support of both companies’ boards of directors, said Kvisle, the oilpatch veteran who came out of retirement more than two years ago to help turn the Calgary-based company around. He said he intends to stick around until the deal closes.

“The board considered in detail other alternative options and this transaction was viewed as superior to all other options available to the company,” Kvisle told analysts earlier in the day.

The US$8 per share (C$9.33) offer marks a 75 per cent premium to Talisman’s seven-day average share price.

Repsol started kicking Talisman’s tires back in the summer but at that point Repsol “couldn’t get to the bottom of certain complex issues,” like Talisman’s underperforming North Sea operations, which are prone to unplanned outages and production misses.

But with further analysis, Repsol eventually figured out how to make those assets work, Kvisle said.

Talisman’s share price was as high as $12 during its first round of talks with Repsol.

In that context, Tuesday’s deal is not necessarily a “good trade” for Talisman, said Himalaya Jain, portfolio manager at ScotiaMcLeod But with oil prices dropping by nearly half over the past six months - and Talisman’s share price dipping to the $4 range before the takeover talk reemerged last week - it’s a different story.

“From Talisman’s perspective, their time was really running out,” said Jain.

“Talisman did not have a conservative balance sheet so their ability to ride out these very low oil prices was very short. So I think they were quite keen on doing something very quickly.”

Talisman’s shares closed up about 48 per cent Tuesday at C$8.84 on the Toronto Stock Exchange.

Shareholders are to vote on the deal at a special meeting in mid-February and the transaction is expected to close during the second quarter of 2015.

Among other conditions, Repsol will need to apply for approval under the Investment Canada Act — the same legislation under which oilpatch takeovers by Malaysian and Chinese state interests were reviewed in 2012.

Unlike those firms, however, Repsol is a fully privatized with no Spanish state control.

In 2012, Ottawa approved the takeovers of Nexen

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BRIEF Mother and son plead guilty in $1.3 million ponzi scheme CALGARY — A mother and son have pleaded guilty to seven counts of fraud in a $1.3 million ponzi scheme in southern Alberta.

RCMP say 45-year-old Anthony Pittarelli and his mother, Marisa Pittarelli, who is 66, entered guilty pleas last week.

The charges related to an investment fraud scheme where people were invited to invest in an entertainment event ticket reselling business.

Tickets to popular events, such as concerts or sporting events, were claimed to be bought and resold at a profit to investors but in reality, the business did not exist.

Some cash was used to repay earlier investors, while the rest went into the Pittarellis’ pockets.

Sentencing is scheduled for April 20 in Lethbridge.

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Hal Kvisle, President and CEO of Talisman Energy, speaks with reporters in Calgary,Tuesday Kvisle says a multibillion-dollar takeover by Spanish energy giant Repsol is the best possible outcome for shareholders and he expects the deal will receive federal approval.

Corp. by Malaysia’s Petronas but tightened rules governing big takeovers by state-owned firms.

Kvisle said he’s expecting the process for getting Ottawa’s approval to be “fairly straightforward” and that he’d be “very surprised” if the review dragged on. Also working in favour of a speedy approval is the fact that Repsol plans to establish a major corporate presence in Calgary.

The deal will also need approval in various other countries in which Talisman operates, said Kvisle.

Repsol welcomes the scrutiny from Ottawa, spokesman Kristian Rix said in an interview from Madrid.

“I think we’re expecting to be carefully examined like any other foreigner entering your market and that’s fine with us. We are very conscious that we’re guests in the countries where we operate,” he said.

“We will do out best to pass that test and to show that we can build benefit for Canada, for Alberta, for the employees and for the company as a whole.”

In a research note, CIBC World Markets analyst Arthur Grayfer said he doesn’t see why Ottawa would block the deal, noting Talisman has no presence in the oilsands - one of the concerns raised with CNOOC’s takeover of Nexen.

Plus, Grayfer notes, Talisman’s Canadian production is only 15 per cent of its total corporate output, with the rest mainly coming from the United States, Southeast Asia, Colombia and the North Sea. Repsol has been on the hunt for investment opportunities since its holdings in Argentina were expropriated by the government of the South American country in 2012.

The Talisman acquisition will roughly double Repsol’s upstream presence, said Kvisle.

CALGARY — A couple who police say contributed to their toddler son’s death by failing to provide proper nutrition have been granted bail.

Jennifer Clark, 38, and Jeromie Clark, 34, were charged on the weekend with criminal negligence causing death and failure to provide the necessities of life.

Their 14-month-old son, John, died the day after he was brought to a Calgary hospital in November 2013.

The Clarks were released Tuesday on a number of conditions that included a cash bond of $5,000 each.

The judge also specified that they are prohibited from seeing any children under the age of 14 without supervision. That includes their other two children.

They were also required to surrender their passports, to remain in Alberta and to report for fingerprinting. Court heard there was a problem with fingerprinting them after their arrest because of their religious beliefs.

The two accused appeared via closed-circuit television.

A preliminary hearing date is expected to be set at their next court appearance Jan. 30.

Police have said the child had a staph infection that was complicated by malnutrition that made it untreatable. They said the child’s family followed strict dietary restrictions based on their faith and nutritional beliefs.

Court rejects appeal by woman who shot and killed husband CALGARY — Alberta’s top court has dismissed an appeal by a woman convicted of killing her husband while they were putting up Christmas decorations.

Heather Wilson-Duncan testified at her trial that she accidentally shot Barry Duncan in their rural home near Didsbury in 2010.

She was charged with second-degree murder, but a jury found her guilty of manslaughter and she was sentenced to four years.

Wilson-Duncan’s appealed on grounds that the trial judge made several errors, but the Alberta Court of Appeal unanimously disagreed.

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Misguided criticism ALBERTA BASHING COMMENTS ARE A SYMPTOM OF MISINFORMED MINDS

BY BARRY COOPER SPECIAL TO THE ADVOCATE Dwight Newman is a law professor at the University of Saskatchewan, the author of an authoritative book on Canadian natural resources jurisdiction, and a senior fellow at the MacdonaldLaurier Institute in Ottawa.

A column he wrote for the Globe and Mail recently calmly explained why provincial premiers had no constitutional basis to do anything about the Energy East pipeline proposal. He added that attempts by the premiers of Ontario and Quebec to impose conditions were sad, disgraceful and dangerous.

Later that day, premiers Kathleen Wynne and Philippe Couillard clarified their conditions. Contrary to reports, they were not concerned with upstream CO2 emissions.

Perhaps they had read Newman’s account of Canada’s “remarkably clear” allocation of constitutional responsibility over pipelines. Perhaps Alberta Premier Jim Prentice’s east-

ern charm offensive had worked.

Newman’s remarks were not news to anyone who had read sections 91 and 92 of the old BNA Act or a landmark 1954 case on the division of powers between the two orders of government.

His piece attracted over 300 comments and, by my count, about 90 per cent of them were hostile.

More interesting, most of the commentators seemed to be literate and even sophisticated. One was signed Hoy Polly, a bilingual Greek-English pun.

The first object of derision was the messenger. Newman was a propagandist for corporate Canada, a paid shill and a pipeline lobbyist who advocated the right to pollute for free. It was “very American” of him “to go straight to the constitution.”

“This guy teaches kids in Saskatchewan?” one contributor asked. “How did he ever become a law professor?”

He became a law professor by way of an undergraduate degree in economics and a law degree from the U of S. Then he collected three graduate

degrees from Oxford, where he taught and was a Rhodes Scholar. Would that all law profs were so qualified!

Next was the prime minister’s turn.

Variously described as a childish bully-boy and a fascist, Dear Leader Steve is an Albertan, not a Canadian. Why? Well, he hasn’t met with the premier of Ontario lately. He hijacked the federal government, turning it into “the errand-boy for Alberta,” and treats other provinces as if they were foreign countries.

In short, “the present government is not a real government. They are lobbyists for the oil industry and at war with anyone who wants to protect the environment.”

We also learned that pipelines are no better than railways for moving oil, that transfer payments come chiefly from Ontario and Quebec, that Laurentian Canada “will reap no benefits from this project.” All three remarks are as demonstrably false as the statement that the Constitution is not clear about interprovincial infrastructure.

One delightful post, “speaking as a Canadian,” declared that the real

problem was that “it’s their oil, not our oil. I’m happy to see their oil left in the ground until it becomes our oil sometime in the future. In the meantime, they should ponder the benefits of a sales tax to produce revenue, just like us.” Another declared: “until we have consensus, the oil will just have to stay in the ground.”

A more generous soul allowed as it was acceptable to build pipelines to bring western oil to eastern markets, but not “for the sake of allowing western tar-products to reach overseas markets.”

There was some criticism of this “exercise in Alberta-hating” as well as some common-sensical commentary. For the most part, however, Newman’s column changed no minds at all because, sadly, those minds were without shame. Too many Laurentians remain incapable of accepting changes to their accustomed position of power and domination. Too bad.

Barry Cooper teaches political science at the University of Calgary. This column was supplied by Troy Media (www.troymedia.com).

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Climate change: the impossible deal For “shall,” substitute “may.” For example, change “countries signing this climate change treaty shall state how much they are going to cut their greenhouse emissions” to “countries signing this climate change treaty may state how much they are going to cut their emissions if they feel like it, but if they don’t, hey, no problem.”

It’s like the old Irish joke.

A lost traveller comes up to a local resident and asks how to get to Dublin. “Well, sir,” replies the local, “if that’s where you want to get to, I wouldn’t start from here.”

If you ask anybody involved in the climate change negotiations how to get to a global deal, you’ll probably get the same answer. “If that’s where you want to go, sir, you GWYNNE shouldn’t start from here.”

But here is where we have DYER to start from, like it or not.

Which is what makes the negotiations so difficult.

The last preliminary meeting on a global treaty to stop runaway climate change has just wound up in Lima, Peru, two days late. The final two days were spent watering down various parts of the text so that no country would just walk away. That’s where shall was changed to may, not once but many times. So quite a lot of the substance has been lost even before the final negotiations begin in Paris next December.

It was bound to happen. That’s what diplomacy is for: devising some way of making the problem a little less bad even when a comprehensive deal that really solves the problem is impossible. But why is the comprehensive deal impossible? Because of the history.

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There is a fair deal that well-informed people in every country would accept, and everybody involved in the climate negotiations knows what it is. Most parts of this deal were on the table at the last big climate summit in Copenhagen in 2009, but its political implications were so big that many governments simply ran away. The deal collapsed and we lost five years.

Here’s the only deal that would be fair to everybody. The “old rich” countries — those that became industrialized countries a hundred years ago or more — would make big cuts in their greenhouse gas emissions starting now: say, 40 per cent cuts in the next 10 years, or four per cent a year.

That’s a lot, but it is achievable, because the demand for energy in most rich countries is already in decline, and much of the energy that they do produce is wasted. Getting the first 40 per cent is not all that hard, and cuts of that scale up front would give us much more time to work on the remaining emissions.

This is not the part of the deal that drives the governments of the developed countries into headlong flight. It’s the other part, in which the developing countries (the other six-sevenths of the world’s population) only have to cap their emissions for the next decade, not actually cut them.

You can legitimately ask the developing countries to cap their emissions, but you can’t insist that they stay poor. Even the biggest developing countries like China, India, Brazil and Indonesia are still comparatively poor, and to give their people a developedworld living standard they will have to go on increasing their energy production for decades.

If they can’t do that by building more fossil-fuel plants (because they have capped their emissions), then they will have to do it by building more “clean” energy sources: wind, solar, nuclear, anything except coal, oil or gas.

Those “clean” energy sources are generally more

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This is the deal killer. You cannot get the developing countries to cap their greenhouse gas emissions unless they get subsidies from the rich countries to help them build “clean” energy sources instead. And the developed countries regard this demand for subsidies ($100 billion a year was the figure on the table at Copenhagen five years ago) as outrageous.

It is not really outrageous at all. In view of the history of greenhouse gas emissions, it is quite fair.

But almost nobody in the developed countries knows that history.

It’s quite simple. The developed countries are rich because they started burning fossil fuels between one and two hundred years ago and industrialized early. The developing countries only started burning fossil fuels in a big way 30 or 40 years ago, and are still climbing out of poverty. So 80 per cent of the greenhouse gases of human origin in the atmosphere were put there by the rich countries.

The rich countries caused this climate crisis; the developing countries only inherited it. So the responsibility for dealing with it — and paying for it — rests mostly with those who caused it.

Until public opinion in the developed world understands that this deal is fair, no government in the rich world will dare to sign up for it. It would be political suicide. And until that deal is signed, no major developing country will agree to cap its emissions.

In the developing world, everybody who counts politically understands the history of greenhouse gas emissions very well.

One does sometimes wonder if the rich world’s apparent ignorance of this history is a little bit selfserving.

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U.S. Congress has 2015 date with Keystone THE CANADIAN PRESS WASHINGTON — A showdown over the Keystone XL pipeline is set for early in the new year, with the Canadian oil project having been anointed as the No. 1 priority of the new Republican-dominated Congress.

A Keystone XL bill will be the first item in the Senate after the new Congress convenes on Jan. 6, the next leader of the chamber, Republican Mitch McConnell, announced Tuesday.

McConnell also said he’ll allow amendments to the bill. That means it could become a venue for horse-trading, as lawmakers from different parties pack it with their own priorities, and increase its chances of becoming law.

“We’ll hope that senators on both sides will offer energy-related amendments, but there’ll be no effort to try to micromanage the amendment process,” McConnell said.

“And we’ll move forward and hopefully be able to pass a very important, job-creating bill early in the session.”

The final decision still ultimately rests with President Barack Obama.

He still holds two distinct powers over the project: he could veto a bill, or he could also choose whether to approve it through the normal administrative permitting process.

He’s urged lawmakers not to get involved. Obama says the proper procedure is to let his administration complete its own review, which could conclude any time after a Nebraska court decision expected as early as this Friday.

The White House has never clearly indicated, however, what it would do with a bill. A spokesman for Obama, when asked recently whether he would participate in negotiations with lawmakers over Keystone, wouldn’t rule it out.

A pro-pipeline senator offered some thoughts Tuesday about how to persuade Obama to sign it.

Mary Landrieu, who came just one vote short of pushing a pipeline bill through the Senate last month, said lawmakers need to include some of the president’s priorities in the legislation in order to increase the chances of passage.

“I would strongly recommend that it get paired with something that the president would not want to veto, like an increase in the minimum wage or potentially a strong bipartisan energy efficiency piece,” she told the congressional newspaper, The Hill.

But the lawmaker, who was defeated in a re-election bid for her Louisiana seat, offered her own gloomy prediction for pipeline advocates: ”It most certainly is going to pass (Congress). The problem is the president will likely veto it and Republicans still don’t have a veto-proof majority.”

More progressive Democrats than Landrieu are placing huge pressure on the president to reject Keystone XL, illustrated when Obama recorded a segment for The Colbert Report recently and the young studio audience booed a mention of the pipeline.

On the other hand, polls suggest the general American public supports the project.

A cabinet member who was asked about Keystone XL during a North American energy summit this week wouldn’t say a word about the politically sensitive issue.

Republicans, meanwhile, are divided over a number of issues like immigration and major spending decisions — but they’re solidly united in favour of the pipeline.

Asked what his second priority would be after a Keystone bill, McConnell said he hadn’t reached that decision yet.

Calgary Zoo says 1st year of sage grouse breeding challenging

Train crash highlights need for Ottawa to improve railway safety: TSB

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CALGARY — Investigators say a crash involving risk to Canada’s transportation system. two freight trains in southern Alberta highlights the At the time, the TSB said it has determined that need for the federal government to improve railway action taken to date is insufficient and more needs safety standards. to be done to eliminate the risks.

In May 2013, two Canadian Pacific Railway trains Canadian Pacific President Keith Creel said the collided near Medicine Hat, derailing two locomo- company fully supports the TSB’s call for locomotive tives and four rail cars and slightly injuring a con- cab monitoring technology. ductor.

“The technology has proven effective in analyzing The Transportation Safety Board report released the cause of railroad accidents, but it’s true value is Tuesday says a crew member on one train misread in preventing incidents in the first place,” Creel said a signal thinking the tracks ahead were clear and in a release. “We reiterate our call for the correct other crew didn’t pick up on the mistake. implementation of this tool, which has lowered the The TSB says the frequency of collicrash shows that sions by almost half ‘THE ACCIDENT HIGHLIGHTS THE NEED FOR traffic control syssimilar indusACTION ON TWO OF THE TSB’S WATCHLIST in tems need to be uptries.” graded with fail-safe Creel said U.S. ISSUES: FOLLOWING RAILWAY SIGNAL technology to ensure transit agencies that INDICATIONS AND ON-BOARD VIDEO AND use such equipment signal recognition errors are detected. have reported a sigVOICE RECORDERS.’ The board also nificant drop in train says lead locomo— TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD collisions, injuries tives should be and unsafe driving equipped with inevents. cab video and voice recorders to ensure investigaTransport Canada said it supports the voluntary tors have more information about the sequence of use by companies of voice recorders, and recognizes events leading up to accidents, including operational the safety value of video recorders. issues and human factors.

But under the Canadian Transportation Accident The TSB has made similar recommendations to Investigation and Safety Board Act recordings can Transport Canada, the federal regulator, in the past. only be used as part of a TSB investigation.

“The accident highlights the need for action on Last year, Transport Canada’s Advisory Council two of the TSB’s Watchlist issues: following railway on Rail Safety released a report that said unions opsignal indications and on-board video and voice re- pose locomotive voice and video recorders if they corders,” the board said in a release. are used for compliance monitoring and disciplinary “If existing centralized traffic control systems action by the railways. are not enhanced to include physical fail-safe caBen Stanford, a Transport Canada spokesman, pabilities, signal recognition errors will remain un- said the department is discussing recorders with the detected, increasing the risk of train collisions and rail industry and railway unions, but didn’t provide derailments.” any details. The TSB said the voluntary approach On Nov. 26, the TSB included these concerns on its falls short of a clear plan of action to fully address watch-list of eight key issues it says pose the greatest safety and legislative changes are needed.

CALGARY — The Calgary Zoo says it remains committed to saving one of Canada’s most endangered birds following a rough start to its greater sage grouse breeding program.

The zoo says in a news release that the first year was challenging — of the 13 that hatched, only two survived to the age of seven months.

Nine birds were lost due to diet, handling procedures, and predation.

Dr. Axel Moehrenschlager, head of conservation and research, says no zoo has ever bred greater sage grouse before.

The bird is only found in Canada in southeastern Alberta and southwestern Saskatchewan, but its numbers have dropped 98 per cent in the last three decades with fewer than 140 birds remaining.

Moehrenschlager says the zoo will spend more than $500,000 in 2015 of funding committed by Alberta Environment and Environment Canada on significant improvements to its breeding facilities.

He says the improvements also include animal care husbandry practices and conservation research.

“We knew from previous projects that captive breeding is difficult; still, we were saddened by the loss of the birds,” Moehrenschlager said Tuesday.

“Our team of animals care staff, veterinarians and researchers really looked hard at how and why we lost those nine birds; we asked ourselves some tough questions. In the end, we concluded that we can learn and we can improve.

“We will continue to consult with other experts, refine our procedures and adjust. We are confident we can succeed.”

He said the Calgary Zoo has had captive breeding success with whooping cranes, Vancouver Island marmots, black-footed ferrets, and swift fox.

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MONTREAL — The jury at Luka Rocco Magnotta’s murder trial has completed its first day of deliberations without reaching a verdict.

Magnotta is charged with first-degree murder and four other charges in the slaying and dismemberment of Chinese engineering student Jun Lin in May 2012.

The eight women and four men officially began their work today to return five unanimous verdicts in the case. In theory, they will be deliberating between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m.

There was no word from them other than when they took breaks and they will return on Wednesday morning.

Magnotta has pleaded not guilty by way of mental disorder and is seeking to be found not criminally responsible.

On the murder charge, the jury has four options: find Magnotta guilty of first-degree murder, seconddegree murder or manslaughter, or find him not criminally responsible by way of mental disorder.

The judge told the jurors Monday that if they find the accused not criminally responsible, that verdict must carry through to all five charges.

On the other charges, they must decide simply whether Magnotta is guilty or not guilty.

Quebec Superior Court Justice Guy Cournoyer suggested they start their work by focusing on the mental disorder defence.

Colour, flavour descriptors added to labels for ‘pure’ maple sugar products OTTAWA — Watch out, mock maple syrup makers: it’s about to get a lot harder to pass off a knockoff as the bona-fide Canadian breakfast-table staple.

After more than a decade of talks among governments, food regulators and the industry, new rules are being adopted across North America to ensure consumers have a better idea of what kind of maple syrup they’re buying. The changes, which will come into effect over the next two years, will harmonize the grading system for maple syrup produced in Canada and the United States.

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency is also adopting a new system for classing pure maple syrup by colour.

And labels will include new “flavour descriptors� so consumers can get a better idea of how the various shades of syrup are likely to vary in taste. “The intensity of the taste varies as you move from the lightest syrup, which is delicate, to the darkest syrup, which is more of a strong taste,� said Dave Chapeskie, executive director of the International Maple Syrup Institute.

The institute, based in Spencerville, Ont., a 45-minute drive southwest of Ottawa, was established in 1975 by producers, packers and equipment manufacturers to help promote and protect the maple syrup industry.

TORONTO - Federal New Democrats were stunned Tuesday when one of their most well-liked and respected caucus members announced he’s quitting to join Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne’s Liberal team.

Sudbury MP Glen Thibeault’s surprise defection capped what’s been a dispiriting couple of years for Tom Mulcair’s New Democrats, whose claim to be the government-in-waiting has been usurped by Justin Trudeau’s revived Liberal party.

In a statement announcing his intention to run for the provincial Liberals in a soon-to-be-called byelection, Thibeault stressed his belief that he can do more for his constituents as a member of the province’s governing party.

He didn’t mention the NDP but the implication seemed clear: Thibeault doesn’t believe the New Democrats are likely to form the government after next year’s federal election. “It has been an honour and a privilege to serve my community for the past six years at the federal level but my time at the federal level has come to an end,�

Thibeault said. “I am excited by the opportunity to continue that representation in a new, exciting way. I believe I can make an even greater difference for the constituents of Sudbury as a member of this Ontario Liberal government.�

Late on Tuesday, Thibeault told the CBC’s Power and Politics that it was no secret among those who know him that he hasn’t “been seeing eye to eye on a lot of the things that have been happening at the federal level and with the NDP.�

Thibeault said he told Mulcair on Sunday that he was considering some options, but didn’t get a chance to tell him of his decision to jump to the Ontario Liberals before the news became public Tuesday morning, at which point he sent Mulcair an email informing him of his move.

Until recently, Thibeault was chair of the NDP caucus, an elected position that reflected his popularity among his fellow New Democrat MPs. He stepped down two weeks ago, citing the need to spend more time with his young children.

His decision to jump to the provincial arena and switch parties came like a bolt out of the blue to his former colleagues. “Glen didn’t reach out to any of us, didn’t talk to any of us about this,� said London MP Irene Mathyssen, who succeeded Thibeault as caucus chair. “We’re sad, we’re disappointed because we were

all, I think, very fond of Glen.�

Even Thunder Bay MP John Rafferty, who calls Thibeault his best friend on Parliament Hill, was completely in the dark. He knew Thibeault “was unhappy� but thought it was just a matter of missing his kids.

In his statement, Thibeault said he’s read the mandate letters Wynne has assigned to cabinet ministers and parliamentary assistants - an odd reference that sparked speculation he’s been promised a cabinet post. “I suppose the allure of power is something that some people are grabbed by,� Mathyssen said in an interview.

Prospects for federal New Democrats are not so alluring these days, following a string of depressing byelection results. The NDP’s share of the popular vote has declined — and in some cases, collapsed altogether -— in all but one of 11 contests held since Trudeau took the Liberal helm some 20 months ago.

By contrast, the Liberals have seen their vote share increase, often dramatically, in each of the byelections. They even managed to snatch TrinitySpadina - the iconic downtown Toronto riding formerly held by Olivia Chow, widow of late NDP leader Jack Layton - from the NDP. Nationally, public opinion polls consistently suggest the Liberals, left for dead after the 2011 election, have rebounded into the lead. The NDP, which vaulted past the Liberals in 2011 to become official Opposition for the first time in history, has sunk back to its traditional, distant third-place slot.

Mulcair once boasted that the strength of the NDP provincially would help the party federally. But the party has taken a series of hits on that score as well over the past two years.

Last year, the NDP squandered a substantial lead in British Columbia’s election and lost government in Nova Scotia. This year, there has been leadership grumbling over the NDP’s disappointing showing in the Ontario election and a cabinet revolt in Manitoba that threatens to destroy the only NDP government in the country.

Mathyssen dismisses all that, arguing that the polls will turn around closer to the election, when voters start paying attention and realize that Trudeau and the Liberals are really just Conservatives “in rental clothes.� “I have great faith and hope,� she said.

Evidently, Thibeault does not share her optimism.

Ontario New Democrats, meanwhile, reacted with anger to Thibeault’s decision, calling him a “turncoat,� while Wynne said she was thrilled he would become a Liberal candidate.

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In a new filing with the high court, the government argues its recently tabled bill doesn’t overtake the highprofile issue of whether the Canadian Security Intelligence Service needs a warrant to seek allied help in spying on Canadians abroad.

It even draws parallels with the politically charged Airbus affair of the 1990s in making a case for greater certainty.

The government is urging the Supreme Court to hear the global spying case, saying a lower court ruling has left CSIS “in the dark” about when a judge’s approval is needed to monitor suspected Canadian extremists in other countries.

But Gordon Cameron, an Ottawa lawyer appointed to probe the federal arguments, says the high court shouldn’t bother with the case because the federal bill could make the central issue moot.

The legislation, introduced in late October, would explicitly allow CSIS to seek a warrant to investigate a security threat beyond Canada’s borders — something the government flags as a pressing concern as a number of young Canadians travel to train and fight with terrorist groups abroad.

Cameron says in his written submission that if the high court decides to hear the case — against his advice — it should wait “a reasonable period” to gauge the bill’s effect.

It is now up to the Supreme Court to decide whether to take on the case. A decision could be weeks away.

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made “significant errors” in dealing with the delicate matters.

In a key 2013 ruling, Federal Court Justice Richard Mosley chastised CSIS over a request for warrants to track two Canadians with help from the Communications Security Establishment, Canada’s electronic spy agency.

Mosley said CSIS breached its duty of candour by failing to disclose that CSE’s foreign counterparts in the Five Eyes intelligence network - the United States, Britain, Australia and New Zealand — could be called upon to assist.

He also warned that CSIS and CSE were incurring the risk Canadian targets “may be detained or otherwise harmed” as a result of foreign agencies’ use of the intercepted communications.

The Federal Court of Appeal upheld Mosley’s judgment.

The appeal court declared that a warrant is required when CSIS -—either directly or through the auspices of a foreign spy service — uses “intrusive” methods such as interception of telecommunications. It said such warrants could be issued when the interception “is lawful where it occurs.”

The question of whether a warrant is required in such circumstances will remain “an important issue” even if the bill currently before Parliament becomes law, the government says.

The Supreme Court previously confirmed that Canada didn’t need a warrant when it asked Swiss authorities to turn over banking records related to a criminal probe of alleged kickbacks in the sale of Airbus planes, the new federal filing says.

That suggests CSIS doesn’t need one when asking its Five Eyes allies to spy overseas.

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RED DEER ADVOCATE Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2014 A7 given a set amount of money each year for specific programs doesn’t mean they have to spend it.

And he says if the public policy goals set by the government are met and there are extra funds, they should be returned.

Critics have accused the government of using lapsed funding to get the federal books back into black and generate a budget surplus.

But Clement says balancing a budget isn’t financial trickery and takes a lot more than simply not spending the PETERBOROUGH, Ont. — One of cash. four people charged in the disappearance of 31 rare sheep east of Toronto has been convicted of transporting an animal under quarantine.

Suzanne Atkinson, 54, was among those charged by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency after the Shropshire sheep were removed in April 2012 while the farm near Trent Hills, HALIFAX — Dalhousie University Ont., was under federal quarantine. has postponed exams at its dentistry The farm was suspected of being school and launched an investigation contaminated with scrapie, a fatal neu- after sexually violent comments were rological disease of sheep and goats. posted on a social media site about Atkinson, along with 56-year-old female students at the Halifax dental farm owner Linda Jones, 60-year-old school.

Michael Schmidt and 48-year-old RobUniversity president Richard Floriert Pinnell, were initially charged with zone said Tuesday that the school has four offences. a responsibility to ensure it is free of Atkinson pleaded guilty and was harassment and it is looking at a range convicted Monday on one count of of options to deal with the allegations. transport or causing to transport an “People are deeply disappointed animal under quarantine, and is to be and concerned,” he said following sentenced Jan. 30. a meeting with deans at the school.

The three others are still before the “People find the language and the concourts on that charge and conspiracy versation entirely unacceptable.” to commit obstruction of a CFIA inThe school said the comments were spector, conspiracy to transport or reportedly shared on a Facebook page, cause to transport an animal under which has since been taken down. quarantine and conspiracy to defraud He said a complaint was brought to the public of a service over $5,000. his attention by a student within the past week and it was being dealt with under the school’s harassment policy.

But Florizone said he became more involved when more information became public Monday.

Florizone said the school has postponed remaining fourth-year exams OTTAWA — The minister in charge in the faculty of dentistry and will of the federal purse strings says not reschedule them in January, citing spending every dollar budgeted by the anxiety among students that has been government isn’t a bad thing. caused by the Facebook page.

Controversy has swirled in recent The university said it is talking to weeks over billions in taxpayer dollars both those who were involved in cregoing unspent on everything from vetating the page and women who were erans’ services to foreign aid at a time featured on it. of deep departmental cuts.

But Florizone said it wasn’t yet But Treasury Board President Tony clear what consequences might be for Clement says the fact departments are the dentistry students who created it.

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Scott’s Parable poised to close

BY HARLEY RICHARDS ADVOCATE BUSINESS EDITOR A Gasoline Alley store that’s been a retail mecca for thousands of Christians is poised to close.

Scott’s Parable, which specializes in Christian books, music and gifts, is slated to cease operations in August — a victim of the public’s affinity for online shopping.

“It’s still a great location,” said Jim Pearson, the store’s longtime manager. “Our problem is the digital age is on us.”

He described how music used to account for 30 per cent of Scott’s Parable’s business. Now that’s down to about six per cent.

“Everybody is buying and downloading,” he said, adding that the same trend applies to written materials.

“I sell books for a living, and I’ve got too many books on my iPad. It’s just so convenient.”

Even customers who favour hard copies of their music or books have an online alternative, he said.

“They can get it at Amazon and have it delivered to their door for free in three days.”

Pearson said the store’s customers, the majority of whom live in Calgary and Edmonton, haven’t changed much over the years. They just don’t come in as often as they used to.

“They used to shop eight times a year and now they’re shopping two or three times a year.”

The problem is not unique to Scott’s Parable.

“We’ve lost in Canada close to 20 bookstores just this year — Christian bookstores,” said Pearson.

“They’re dropping like flies.”

The Red Deer business, which is owned by Gerry and Jan Scott, actually dates back to 1952. That’s when Garfield and Tillie Ferris opened The Gospel Book Store as an addition to their office supply and typewriter repair business in downtown Red Deer .

A series of different owners, names and locations followed, with the Scotts buying Gospel Books ‘n’ Music in 1988. They opened a Scott’s Parable Christian Store in Saskatoon in 1999, and the following year moved their Red Deer business to its current Gasoline Alley location — a 15,000-square-foot building that made it the largest Christian retail store in Canada.

Pearson said news of the closure has hit many customers hard.

Photo by JEFF STOKOE/Advocate staff

Scott’s Parable Christian store employee Leena Tawfek checks stock in the book department. The store overlooking Hwy 2 on the west side of Gasoline Alley is scheduled to close in August.

“They’re shocked; they’re saddened.”

There is a chance Scott’s Parable could be sold, with the Scotts’ Saskatoon store scheduled to change hands in January.

“I’ve got a couple people still looking,” said Pearson.

He believe the operation still has potential, particularly given its prominent location on Hwy 2. But it would have to rebrand itself as a gift store that sells Christian music and books, rather than a Christian music and book store that sells gifts.

“We need to basically turn it into a secular gift store that appeals to the masses.

“Even now, we’re selling ladies fashion apparel, and a lot of our pictures don’t even have any kind of Bible verse on it or anything.”

Job vacancy rate higher than average

BY ADVOCATE STAFF Local employers might cringe when they hear the unemployment rate for the Red Deer region — a rock-bottom 3.3 per cent in November.

But it’s probably this area’s job vacancy rate that they can relate to most painfully. At 4.8 per cent, according to a Canadian Federation of Independent Business report issued on Tuesday, the figure — which represents the percentage of private sector jobs sitting unfilled — is more than two percentage points higher than the national average.

“Alberta’s private sector job vacancy rate remains the highest in the country and has been on a slow, steady climb,” said Richard Truscott, the CFIB’s Alberta director.

Job vacancy rates for communities across Canada were calculated by the federation during the third quarter of 2014. Vacancies were defined as job openings that had gone unfilled for at least four months because employers couldn’t find suitable workers.

“As the unemployment rate goes down, the job vacancy rate goes up,” explained Ted Mallett, CFIB’s chief economist and vice-president. “A tightening labour market means that employers have a harder time finding the qualified employees they need; especially small businesses.

“Generally, businesses with fewer than 20 employ-

ees are reporting vacancy rates more than double that of businesses employing 50 or more.”

The private sector job vacancy rate for Alberta communities included in the CFIB report ranged from highs of 5.7 per cent in the case of Lloydminster and 6.4 per cent for Wainwright, to 3.7 per cent and 2.7 per cent for Edmonton and Calgary respectively.

Bigger cities tend to have a larger share of their employment in large enterprises, noted the report, which tend to show smaller vacancy rates.

At 3.9 per cent, the private sector job vacancy rate average for Alberta was the highest in Canada. Saskatchewan was next at 3.7 per cent, followed by British Columbian (3.0 per cent) , Manitoba (2.8 per cent), Newfoundland and Labrador (2.7 per cent), Quebec (2.4 per cent), Ontario (2.3 per cent), Prince Edward Island (2.1 per cent), New Brunswick (2.1 per cent) and Nova Scotia (1.9 per cent).

The national rate of 2.7 per cent, which was adjusted to allow for seasonal variations, equated to 322,200 full-time, part-time and temporary positions, said the report. The Canadian figure has been climbing since the height of the recession in 2008, when it was 1.7 per cent.

Since the previous quarter in 2014, the Canadian rate has moved up a 10th of a percentage point, or 7,000 positions.

That’s the largest quarterly increase in the past two years.

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But Pearson said he and the Scotts are too old to take on this challenge.

“I’m retiring,” he said.

Of the nearly 20 people who work at the store, several have been there more than 15 years and one for more than 20.

“It’s just been a great place to work,” said Pearson. “We’re family here.”

If a buyer doesn’t come forward, Pearson anticipates that Scott’s Parable will begin liquidating stock in July and close its doors on the last Saturday of August.

“I’m still kind of on the outside hoping that somebody is going to come along and want to take it over,” he admitted. “It’s never over until its over.” hrichards@reddeeradvocate.com

Harper says falling oil prices won’t prevent balanced budget THE CANADIAN PRESS QUEBEC — Falling oil prices will reduce Ottawa’s fiscal flexibility but will not prevent the government from posting a balanced budget next year, Prime Minister Stephen Harper said Tuesday.

“You should be under no doubt that the government will balance its budget next year,” he said in Quebec City after a local announcement. “We are well within that range. Even with dramatically lower oil prices, we will balance the budget.

“This will obviously reduce some of our fiscal flexibility but it will not by any means stop us from reaching a balance and at the same time making the important investments we’ve made.”

Ottawa announced Nov. 25 it would post a $1.6-billion surplus in 2015-16.

That was lower than a $1.9-billion estimate two weeks earlier and only a quarter of the $6.4-billion prediction the government projected in last spring’s budget.

The Finance Department said the $1.6 billion factored in a $5.8-billion infrastructure announcement Harper made on Nov. 24.

On Tuesday, Harper took a jab at Russian President Vladimir Putin as he tried to downplay the effect of plunging oil prices on the Canadian and the Albertan economies.

“We are all noticing the difficulties that are emerging in Russia, partly because of falling oil prices, partly because of poor governance of the economy and also partly because of sanctions that have been imposed by us and by our allies,” he said.

“And obviously, as these factors bite, we encourage Mr. Putin to respect the sovereignty and territorial integrity of his neighbours and also to act in a way that is less aggressive toward the international community.”

The Russian ruble has lost about 40 per cent of its value since January, battered by western sanctions imposed over the conflict in eastern Ukraine and the drop in the price of oil, the backbone of the Russian economy.

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B.C. government approves construction of contentious $8.8 billion Site C dam Photo by JEFF STOKOE/Advocate staff

The new Sunset Grill is quickly taking shape on Gasoline Alley’s Leva Avenue, next to the recently opened Boston Pizza. The chain restaurant, which specializes in all-day breakfasts, will have seating for about 115, plus patio space. Its 2,700-square-foot premises are expected to be completed around mid-March. Meanwhile, the Microtel Inn & Suites being constructed behind the two restaurants could be open by Feb. 1, said developer Alan Arsenault. It will operate as part of the Wyndham Hotel Group, with 100 rooms, a pool and waterslide, a fitness area and two meeting rooms

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VICTORIA — The British Columbia government has approved its most expensive mega project with the construction of an $8.8 billion dam on the Peace River that Premier Christy Clark says marks a historic milestone that will be felt for a century.

The controversial Site C dam project was immediately denounced by First Nations and environmental groups as “incredibly stupid,” and a project “that will go down as the most expensive mistake in B.C.’s history.”

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MARKETS CLOSE TORONTO - The Toronto stock market registered a strong, triple-digit advance Tuesday as buyers bought up stocks that suffered during a fall sell-off that had left the TSX barely in positive territory for the year.

However, a wave of caution set in late in the trading day and the S&P/TSX composite index closed well off session highs, coming down from a 352-point surge to move up 156.38 points to 13,861.52.

The energy sector was the biggest advancer by far, rising six per cent as oil prices had a rare positive day despite weak Chinese manufacturing data and as traders considered the effect of a desperate move by Russia’s central bank to halt the plunge of the ruble.

The January crude contract in New York finished higher after four consecutive losing sessions had pushed crude down more than 12 per cent. On Tuesday, oil edged up two cents to US$55.91 a barrel.

Outside the resource sector,

financials made a major contribution to the positive session on the TSX, up 0.78 per cent while industrials gained 1.57 per cent.

“The Canadian market is oversold, oil prices of course have been in free fall and they continue to fall today — everyone seems to be trying to pick a bottom,” said Himalaya Jain, a portfolio manager at ScotiaMcLeod.

“There’s no question that there are some very good opportunities right now in the Canadian energy sector. But the question is, do they go lower first and then eventually go higher or is this the bottom? And that’s not something that anybody, even the people buying today, can answer.”

Oil prices have collapsed since mid-summer, down about 50 per cent amid a huge imbalance of supply and demand.

Demand concerns were at the forefront earlier in the day after HSBC said its manufacturing purchasing managers index for China slipped 0.5 points to a seven-month low of 49.5.

Talisman Energy (TSX:TLM) made a big contribution to the energy sector’s gain. Its shares rocketed 48 per cent to $8.84 as Spanish energy giant Repsol said that it will pay US$8.3 billion for all the shares of the Calgarybased company, or US$8 per share (C$9.33). Including assumed debt, the deal values Talisman at US$13 billion.

The Canadian dollar was ahead 0.15 of a cent at 85.94 cents US. New York markets retreated with the Dow industrials down 111.97 points to 17,068.87, the Nasdaq off 57.33 points at 4,547.83 and the S&P 500 index 16.89 points lower at 1,972.74.

Also focusing financial markets Tuesday was a surprise move by Russia’s central bank, which hiked its key interest rate to 17 per cent from 10.5 per cent in a move to prop up the ruble, which has lost half of its value this year, in large part because of western sanctions and plunging oil prices.

It’s the central bank’s biggest interest rate hike since 1998,

COMPANIES OF LOCAL INTEREST Tuesday’s stock prices supplied by RBC Dominion Securities of Red Deer. For information call 341-8883.

2015 will be an interesting year for cattle market If you asked any rancher their Christmas wish the last few years, there was an easy answer — higher cattle prices!

Well, this year they got that wish, and then some. In fact, 2014 will go down in the record books for “beyond imagination” market returns.

Bred heifers that people balked at being too pricey DIANNE at $2,500 last FINSTAD spring now look like they would’ve been a great deal.

For those who’ve suffered through the BSE price bust, the implications of COOL trade battles in the U.S. and even burger recalls of the past, it’s an encouraging turnaround. Yet those financially painful memories are still fresh enough to give many in the cattle community a certain uneasiness about the current boom.

It’s unnatural, how long can it last?

What will lead to the next bust? Those are just a few of the questions swirling about beneath the surface.

While the lessons of downturn days are useful for fiscal prudence, there were some reassuring opinions on supply and demand given recently at the Canfax market forum I had the pleasure of emceeing in Calgary.

The assistant chief economist of RBC, Paul Ferley, gave an overview of the Canadian and global economic outlook. He noted job growth is a key indicator to watch as a sign for sustained recovery, and he also pointed to how a lower Canadian loonie could provide greater support for our exports, including beef.

John Nalivka of Sterling Marketing in Oregon examined the question of whether a cattle herd expansion was underway yet in the U.S., after a prolonged and drought-influenced herd liquidation.

To get a sense of what’s happening beyond just the numbers, he talked with some of his larger cattle clients across the U.S. He heard from them the profits they’re experiencing per head are encouraging them to increase their numbers, but that will be a slow process.

The American cattle inventory is still at a 60-year low, but production efficiencies mean the amount of beef turned out can nearly keep pace with consumption, despite the small herd.

He also added the fact that the beef business can produce a lot of quality product on less resources is a good story that needs to be told.

While the consumer may start to balk and adjust spending if the retail beef price gets too high, Nalivka pointed out shoppers should see the real price of beef, or the message of its true

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value never gets back down the supply chain.

As he analyzed cow and heifer slaughter figures, he suggested the U.S. herd liquidation is no longer underway, and it is now the beginning of an expansion phase. But with the cattle cycle being at least a three-year run before extra calves are ready for market, the sentiment was strong that cattle values aren’t going to crash down tomorrow.

The Canadian perspective on cattle numbers was given by Brian Perrillat of Canfax, who described 2014 as a picture perfect year for the market “bulls.” His analysis of the Canadian herd indicates no significant herd growth pattern here yet, but he pointed out that data does lag a little behind the real trend. Cow slaughter was down seven per cent last year, but still 10 per cent higher than in 2012.

Perrillat acknowledged a real pull between the cull cow and breeder market. Cattle producers have some tough choices to make as they weigh what older cows are bringing for cash, and what their potential value is as breeding animals. That’s kept a regulator on the expansion mode.

Perrillat shared an astonishing figure — calf prices are 70 per cent higher this fall than one year ago. The lower Canadian dollar is one of the supporting factors here. It also means exports of Canadian feeder cattle to the U.S. are strong, so it’s a fight to keep them up here to utilize Canada’s beef processing infrastructure.

Margins can still be tight or negative for feeders or the meat plants, so it’s really the cow-calf producer who’s been the biggest winner in this whole bonus round.

There were also indications at the Canfax market forum of strong meat demand and tight supplies around the globe. For instance, Australia has been sending cattle to market because there’s no pasture due to drought.

So what is ahead for cattle producers? An interesting indicator at the conference was the story of a prairie farm supply giant that found itself virtually sold out of fenceposts. Does that signal more grain land will be turned back into pasture, or just that there’s finally some cash flow for fixing fence?

Will new cattle producers emerge, or more heifers go to the bull pasture instead of the feedlot this spring? Have we set new normals for what cattle will bring? It will be interesting to see the answers emerge. In the meantime, the discussions around the ranch family Christmas table this year should be wonder and gratitude for the memorable cattle market year of 2014, and hope the high prices can last a few years longer.

By the way, like the humble shepherds that holy night, may you be filled with great joy about the good news this Christmas!

Dianne Finstad is a veteran broadcaster and reporter who has covered agricultural news in Central Alberta for more than 30 years. From the Field appears monthly in the Advocate.

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In other news from the oilpatch, Encana (TSX:ECA) is bucking a trend that has seen several energy companies lower their capital expenditure forecasts. The Calgary-based company it is budgeting between $2.7 billion and $2.9 billion for capital spending next year, up from its 2014 estimate of between $2.5 billion and $2.6 billion this year. Encana shares gained $1 or 7.4 per cent to $14.53.

Elsewhere on the TSX, the base metals sector erased early advances to move down 0.8 per cent as March copper dipped two cents to US$2.86 a pound.

The gold sector faded about 1.75 per cent as early gains in bullion evaporated with February gold down $13.40 to US$1,194.30 an ounce a day ahead of the release of the U.S. Federal Reserve’s latest announcement on interest rates.

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Stocks: S&P/TSX Composite Index 13,861.52, up 156.38 points Dow - 17,068.87, down 111.97 points S&P 500 - 1,972.74, down 16.89 points Nasdaq - 4,547.83, down 57.33 points Currencies: Cdn - 85.94 cents US, up 0.15 of a cent Pound - C$1.8313, up 0.90 of a cent Euro - C$1.4565, up 0.70 of a cent Euro - US$1.2517, up 0.81 of a cent Oil futures: US$55.93 per barrel, up two cents (January contract) Gold futures: US$1,194.30 per oz., down $13.40 (February contract) Canadian Fine Silver Handy and Harman:

Trinidad Energy . . . . . . . . 5.10 Vermilion Energy . . . . . . 48.78 Financials Bank of Montreal . . . . . . 79.76 Bank of N.S. . . . . . . . . . . 64.19 CIBC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98.18 Cdn. Western . . . . . . . . . 29.28 Carfinco . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.16 Great West Life. . . . . . . . 32.10 IGM Financial . . . . . . . . . 43.97 Intact Financial Corp. . . . 81.56 Manulife Corp. . . . . . . . . 21.12 National Bank . . . . . . . . . 46.14 Rifco Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.82 Royal Bank . . . . . . . . . . . 78.56 Sun Life Fin. Inc.. . . . . . . 40.90 TD Bank . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52.52 $19.19 oz., down $1.15 $616.96 kg., down $36.97 ICE FUTURES CANADA WINNIPEG - ICE Futures Canada closing prices: Canola: Jan ‘15 $1.10 higher $441.10; March ‘15 $0.80 lower $436.00; May ‘15 $1.30 lower $435.20; July ‘15 $1.10 lower $436.50; Nov ‘15 $0.50 lower $433.20; Jan. ‘16 $1.00 lower $438.00; March ‘16 $1.90 lower $445.00; May ‘16 $2.00 lower $446.60; July ‘16 $2.00 lower $446.60; Nov. ‘16 $2.00 lower $446.60.

Barley (Western): March ‘15 unchanged $177.00; May ‘15 unchanged $179.00; July ‘15 unchanged $181.00; Oct. ‘15 unchanged $181.00; Dec. ‘15 unchanged $181.00; March ‘16 unchanged $181.00; May ‘16 unchanged $181.00; July ‘16 unchanged $181.00; Oct. ‘16 unchanged $181.00; March ‘17 unchanged $181.00.

Tuesday’s estimated volume of trade: 479,380 tonnes of canola; 0 tonnes of barley (Western Barley) Total: 479,380.

What investors should know about the Santa Claus rally Derek, what is the Santa Claus rally?

You guessed it, there is another During this festive time of year we phenomenon called the January effect. experience bright lights decorating In direct comparison, investors who our city, stockings hung with care, holi- waited to sell their winners now beday music on the radio, and gin to sell shortly after they of course the Santa Claus sing Auld Lang Syne and rally. welcome in the new year of While most of these are trading. All of this selling familiar, the Santa Claus pushes the value of the winrally isn’t necessarily a faners lower. miliar holiday discussion Meanwhile, the losers in your house (although it from January are looking is in mine). As most things attractive because of all the go during this time of year, selling pressure going into there is also some tradition the end of the year, and as and lore involved with the such investors begin pilSanta Claus rally. ing back into these names, So what is it? thus increasing their value.

DEREK The Santa Claus rally Specifically, small company FUCHS doesn’t have to do with an stocks seem to benefit more annual car race with men as we get into January. dressed in red and white Now with all this talk suits (although I’m sure that about the calendar and timcould also be a tradition ing your investments, one somewhere if you went lookneeds to step back and uning for it). In fact, the Santa Claus rally derstand whether any of this actually has to do with a belief, or a theory, that works. the stock market moves up notably as The reality is that tax-loss selling we head into the end of the year. certainly does occur and it can be a Just like any good holiday story, valuable strategy. How it impacts the there is some inkling of truth to this market isn’t always notable and cerone. tainly impossible to predict.

The true definition of the Santa The truth is that sometimes there Claus rally is an increasing period in is a Santa Claus rally, and sometimes the stock market involving the last five there is not. Sometimes stocks move trading days of the year and the first higher in January, and sometimes they two of the new year. This was a phe- do not. nomenon written about by Yale Hirsch To add to the Santa Claus rally, and was called the “December effect.” there are a number of market hypothOne of the concepts at work is that esis to follow, including the old adage, investors are actively selling their los- “Sell in May and go away,” as well as ing investments heading into the end the observation that markets “always” of the year to create losses for tax pur- move lower in September. poses.

Whatever each theory states, the reOn the flip-side, investors are not ality is that various times of the year willing to sell their winning invest- have varying degrees of impact on the ments until January so as not to create markets. a gain in this calendar year.

The problem is that they are imposWhile all of this might seem to be a sible to predict to any degree of cerlot of work, the concept is that inves- tainty. tors want to push out their tax obligaSo what does the average investor tion by nearly an entire year, and they do? My opinion is tax-loss selling is can do this if they hang onto their win- a valid strategy that needs to be disners until January. cussed further. With that in mind, if With this in mind, there isn’t much you’re a long-term investor focused on point in selling a winner during the the future you should ignore the Santa last few days of the year. The other Claus rally and focus instead of spendside of this is that there is benefit in ing time with friends and family, and selling your losers because you may be that the only red or green you should able to use that tax loss immediately. be concerned about are the lights outSo putting it all together, since no side your house. one is selling their winners, the value From my family to yours: season’s in those stocks tend to rise going into greetings and all the best in 2015. the end of the year.

Wealth Watch is written by Derek The losers may continue to decline Fuchs, a wealth advisor with ScotiaMas added selling pressure mounts. It cLeod in Red Deer. It is provided for incould also be that Wall Street and Bay formational purposes only. Readers are Street are feeling the effects of good urged to consult a wealth advisor for help cheer heading in to the end of the year. with their personal investment circumSo what happens when we get into stances. Fuchs can be contacted at derek.

January? fuchs@scotiamcleod.com.

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Encana to continue developing Texas assets THE CANADIAN PRESS CALGARY - Encana Corp will continue developing its newly acquired oil holdings next year, even though crude prices are about half of what they were six months ago and it’s unclear whether they’ll stabilize any time soon.

While many of its peers ratchet back spending, Encana is going against the grain with a 2015 budget that’s expected to be higher than this year’s —between US$2.7 and US$2.9 billion versus between US$2.5 billion and US$2.6 billion in 2014.

Encana said 80 per cent of next

year’s spending will go toward four main regions: the Duvernay and Montney in Western Canada and the Permian Basin and Eagle Ford in Texas.

The Permian and Eagle Ford crude deposits are relatively new additions to Encana’s portfolio, which has been shifting more toward oil than its traditional natural gas focus.

“Commodity price volatility and the continued decoupling of oil and gas prices are challenges we expected to face at some point in the future.

And that’s why we have moved to diversify our portfolio,” CEO Doug Suttles told a conference call with analysts.

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pride in playing well in the defensive zone and I shut down the other teams’ top lines. I also love playing on the penalty kill. I’m just kind of a steady The Nelson Nogier who is draped guy on the back end.”

In his third season in the Western in the colours of the Red Deer Rebels will look very much like the Nelson Hockey League, Nogier was a 16-yearNogier who wore a Saskatoon Blades old rookie when he appeared in the 2013 Memorial Cup tournament with jersey.

“I just have to make sure I play the host Blades. Safely assuming that he’s still here next season, my steady game that got me he’ll get to play in a second to where I am today,” the national championship, with 18-year-old defenceman said the Rebels hosting in 2016.

Tuesday, shortly after meet“I was 16 the first time ing his new teammates at the around and didn’t play much,” Centrium. “I’m not going to he said. “I didn’t have that big change the type of player that of a role, I just tried to soak up I was (in Saskatoon). I’m just as much as I could and learn going to make sure I throw on what I could from the 19- and this Rebels jersey and make 20-year-olds on that team. the logo proud.”

“As a 19-year-old next year Rebels GM/head coach Brent Sutter admitted Sunday Nelson Nogier I’m going to try and use some of that experience to my ad— a few hours after completing a deal with the Blades that also vantage and try and help lead this brought in 18-year-old forward Austin team.”

After spending two and a half seaAdamson — that Nogier had been on his radar for over a year. The Saska- sons with his hometown club, Nogier toon native and Winnipeg Jets pros- was somewhat shaken when he was pect possesses good size at six-foot- told by Blades GM/head coach Bob three and 202 pounds and could very Woods that he was heading elsewhere. well be a top-four rearguard with his But that emotion was tempered when he learned the identity of his new new team.

“I’m more of a stay-at-home, shut- team.

“I was surprised, for sure,” he said down guy,” said Nogier. “I take a lot of

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in reference to the trade. “I thought I that he’d be changing addresses just was going to be there for the majority prior to Christmas, if at all this season. of my (WHL) career and when I got the “I was shocked at first, it came as a news on Sunday it was an emotional surprise,” he said. “Neither one of us day. But it was also exciting, getting saw it coming but as soon as I heard this new opportunity to play in the Me- the news I was excited and already morial Cup. looking forward to the opportunity.”

“I’m looking forward to the new opAdamson, a five-foot-11, 198-pound portunity that lies ahead.” winger from Vancouver, actually has Nogier was selected by Winnipeg fewer points (3-2-5 in 31 games) than in the fourth round of June’s Nogier this season, but he’s NHL entry draft and attended confident — or at least hopeful the Jets training camp in Sep— that those numbers will rise tember. in a new environment.

“It was an unbelievable ex“I think the offence could perience to be exposed to that come more now that I’m level of play and the training here. I’m hoping it comes a and work these guys put in evlittle easier here,” he said. “I ery single day,” said Nogier. think I’m a skilled player who “It was just kind of an eyeworks hard. My role here will opener and adds a little more Austin Adamson be more as a defensive forfuel to the fire to strive that ward who plays a hard-nosed much more to try and get to game.” where you want to go.”

Like Nogier, Adamson is already Nogier, who has scored once and looking forward to the 2016 Memorial collected eight points in 32 games this Cup tournament, although he knows season, and Adamson arrived in Red there’s no guarantee he’ll be a member Deer Monday night. of next season’s squad.

“The last 24 hours have been crazy .

“I want to make a good impression . . all over the place,” said Nogier. “But here and stick around for that,” he it’s been so far, so good. It’s a really said. good group of guys here and I think it’s Both players will be in the Rebgoing to be a really fun second half of els lineup tonight when the Kelowna the year.”

Rockets visit the Centrium.

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New coach, same result OILERS LOSE TO COYOTES IN OT

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Coyotes 2 Oilers 1 OT GLENDALE, Ariz. — Oliver EkmanLarsson scored with 0.3 seconds left in overtime, and the Arizona Coyotes beat the Edmonton Oilers 2-1 Tuesday night to end a team-record nine-game home losing streak.

The game appeared to be headed to a shootout, but Ekman-Larsson took a feed from Sam Gagner and beat Ben Scrivens just before the horn sounded.

Ekman-Larsson was swarmed by teammates after helping the Coyotes end a five-game losing streak overall.

Brandon McMillan scored his first goal of the season and Arizona set a franchise record with 27 shots in the second period to extend its points streak to 17 games against Edmonton, a franchise mark against one team.

Devan Dubnyk stopped 30 shots for the Coyotes against his former team.

Ryan Nugent-Hopkins scored and Scrivens stopped 42 shots for the Oilers in their first game since coach Dallas Eakins was fired on Monday. Edmonton has lost 16 of 17.

Both teams were looking to gain a little traction in a season that has quickly spiraled downhill.

Edmonton entered last in the Western Conference with 19 points - matching Carolina for worst in the NHL - and fired Eakins on Monday after notching one win since Nov. 9. General manager Craig MacTavish was behind the bench with Todd Nelson, who was promoted to interim coach from Oklahoma City of the AHL. Arizona has been only marginally better, just ahead of Edmonton at the bottom of the West standings after one of the worst stretches in team history.

The Oilers jumped on the Coyotes early, scoring in the first period when Nugent-Hopkins sent a shot through the legs of Arizona defenceman Zbynek Michalek that beat Dubnyk stick side.

McMillan tied it midway through the second period, beating Scrivens from the right circle with a shot off the crossbar after Joe Vitale found him trailing the rush.

The Coyotes kept firing shots throughout the period, breaking their mark of 25 set against Calgary in 1982.

Edmonton had just six shots in the period, but came out of it tied with Arizona thanks to Scrivens. He made some tough saves on Arizona’s power play, a couple from in close, and denied Ekman-Larsson with a spectacular stop, stacking his pads for the block while lying on his side.

Then the Coyotes needed more than 13 minutes to get their first shot of the third.

Edmonton had 13 in the period, but couldn’t get anything past Dubnyk.

NOTES: Oilers LW David Perron played his 450th career game. ... Arizona C Shane Doan played career game No. 1,346, tying Mats Sundin for 47th on the NHL’s all-time list.

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New York Rangers goalie Henrik Lundqvist blocks a shot from Calgary Flames’ Sean Monahan during second period NHL action in Calgary, Tuesday.

Nash powers Rangers past Flames Three minutes into the second period and while killing a penalty, Nash made it 3-0 when he was set up by Stepan on a two-on-one.

“The biggest thing is Stepan’s making great plays and I’m getting lucky with pucks going around the boards.

It’s one of those things you don’t want to think about too much when they’re going right,” said Nash, who is tied for second in the NHL with three shorthanded goals.

He trails only Los Angeles’s Tyler Toffoli, who has four.

Chris Kreider and Carl Hagelin also scored for New York (15-10-4). The Rangers won all three games in their swing through Western Canada.

Jiri Hudler and Curtis Glencross with just 1:15 left in the game - scored for Calgary (17-14-2). After a terrific start to the season, the Flames have lost six-straight games in regulation for

being at the top of the mountain to being under water. We have to find a way here.”

A key sequence in the game came Rangers 5 Flames 2 in the final minute of the first period CALGARY — Rick Nash’s bouncewith the Rangers up 1-0 and on the back season continued Tuesday night, power play. along with the New York Rangers winLance Bouma on a rare four-on-two ning streak. rush and Josh Jooris on a dangerous Nash scored his 19th and 20th goals two-on-one were both stopped by New of the season to lead the New York York goalie Henrik Lundqvist.

Rangers to a 5-2 victory over the CalWith time running out in the period, gary Flames for their fourth-straight Mats Zucarello raced the puck up the win. ice and fired a long slapshot that Ramo Nash is riding a career-best 11-game handled easily. But with the puck lying point streak (eight goals, six assists) at his feet, Ramo was expecting Kris that also ties him with Pittsburgh’s Russell to clear it away and instead Evgeni Malkin for the longest point the Flames defenceman shoved it back streak in the NHL this season. The towards Ramo and before the Flames Rangers are 8-3-0 during that streak goalie could cover it, Kreider stuck his to climb back into a playoff position stick in and knocked the puck into the in the Eastern Conference. They curnet. rently sit third in the Metropolitan Di“Karri has to freeze it,” Hartley vision. said.

“We need him to play “He had the puck in front the way he (Nash) is,” ‘RICK NASH IS AN ELITE HOCKEY PLAYER. HE of him and the referee made said Rangers coach Alain the right call. That puck was Vigneault. “We’re no difWAS PLAYING THE SAME WAY LAST YEAR. loose so they came in and they ferent than any other UNFORTUNATELY, HE WASN’T ABLE TO FIND whacked it in.” team in the league. You The stunning goal at 19:52 need your top players to THE BACK OF THE NET (AS MUCH) BUT THIS resulted in a frustrated Ramo be your top performers YEAR HE’S BEEN OUR BEST PLAYER.’ gesturing with his trapper in and that’s what Rick is the direction of Russell. doing for us right now.”

—RANGERS FORWARD DEREK STEPAN “At that time, it’s probTwenty goals in 29 ably one of our best penalty games is a torrid start kills of the season. We generated three for Nash, who had just 26 goals in 65 the first time since Jan. 13-25, 2010.

“It’s so easy when you’re winning to great scoring chances, they didn’t get a games a year ago.

“Rick Nash is an elite hockey play- go out there and make things happen sniff. They get that gift and that hurt us er. He was playing the same way last when things are bouncing your way,” because right now, we’re fragile,” said year. Unfortunately, he wasn’t able to said Flames centre Matt Stajan. “The Hartley.

After Stepan made it 4-0 at 11:15 of find the back of the net (as much) but real test is when nothing’s going your this year he’s been our best player,” way and you’re in a funk like we are the second on a wrap-around, Hartley pulled Ramo, who had faced 13 shots. said linemate Derek Stephan, who had and this is where we have to step up.”

The losing streak coincided with It was the second consecutive tough a goal and an assist.

Nash opened the scoring at 11:22 of the return of three key forwards from start for the 28-year-old, who falls to the first period on an unassisted goal. injured reserve, who had missed six 8-5-1 this season. In his previous start, After a hard Calgary dump-in rimmed weeks each. Stajan returned in the he gave up four goals on 19 shots in all the way around the end boards and first game of the losing streak, while Buffalo.

Lundqvist finished with 29 saves out of the zone, Nash picked up the Mason Raymond and Joe Colborne reto improve to 13-7-3. He’s given up a puck and moved in alone, beating Kar- turned shortly after.

“It hasn’t been the easiest of weeks total of only two goals in his last three ri Ramo on a backhand-to-forehand for us,” said Stajan. “We’ve gone from starts. move.

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Queens enjoy learning experience during cultural exchange with Japanese University

BY JOSH ALDRICH ADVOCATE STAFF Hokushu 3 Queens 2 The Red Deer College Queens volleyball team’s cultural exchange with Hokushu University from Ebetsu, Japan, continues to be a one-sided affair.

Unfortunately for the Queens, their on the wrong side of the long standing exhibition series.

The two schools played four matches over the last four days, and until Tuesday’s final showdown, Hokushu had not dropped a set. The Queens finally ended the unblemished run in their last meeting at Red Deer College, but still lost 3-2 (22-25, 25-23, 22-25, 2518, 15-11).

The Queens finished the first semester of the Alberta Colleges Athletic Conference season in first place (11-1, 34-10) and as the top ranked team in the Canadian Colleges Athletic Association. Being brought back to Earth can be a useful point of growth for the program.

“We progressed the last four games and I thought today we gave them a really good shot,” said Queens head coach Talbot Walton. “We’re just growing and growing the last four days, and that’s all I wanted was for us to get better and not miss out on this opportunity.”

Walton has been apart of nine of these meetings so far with Hokushu — five in Central Alberta and four in Japan — and the meeting continues to be an important one for both schools.

For the visiting team, it’s an opportunity for that club to experience a new culture and see a different part of the world while still playing top level volleyball.

Whiel in Red Deer, the two teams toured Central Alberta, going all of the way down to Drumheller to tour the dinosaur park and then also up to Edmonton to hit West Edmonton Mall.

In the meantime, they played games in Olds, Sylvan Lake and Thorsby.

For both teams, it is a chance to

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Red Deer College Queen Leah Koot jumps to block a shot by Hokusho University player Marumi Miyata during volleyball action at Red Deer College on Tuesday. share different ideas, especially on the court.

For the Queens, it was a chance to play a physically small but technically sound and fast attacking squad.

“Having the opportunity to play against a team that has really good control of the ball has forced us into finding new areas of our game,” said Walton. “It has really taught us some new things and it also has perhaps exposed us on a few things as well. Individually and as a team, we know where we have to improve.”

It was also a chance for some players to get their game back on track. In particular for the Queens, Alex Donaghy had a solid series. The second

year middle of Sylvan Lake has had an up and down first semester, but looked solid all week.

“We expect big things from Alex,” said Walton. “I think she had a really good year in her first year and she showed she could play at a really high level. You want her to play good all of the time, I think she’s really important — for us to play well, she’s got to play well.”

The Queens are now off for Christmas, but will get back together to start training again just before the new year, and will head to The King’s University College in Edmonton for a tournament on Jan. 2. jaldrich@reddeeradvocate.com

RINGETTE The host Central Alberta U14AA Sting won gold in the Ice Breaker ringette tournament at Lacombe.

The Sting were undefeated in round-robin play, then received a bye into the final in which Kianna Doyle netted three goals in a 7-4 conquest of the Calgary U14AA 212 team. Saxon Anderson, Carly Cherniak, Hanna Gill and Hannah Morrison also scored for the champions, who got excellent goaltending from McKenna Smalley during the entire tournament.

The Sting opened the weekend event with a 6-3 win over the Edmonton Elite as Doyle fired three goals, Cherniak potted a pair and Anderson had a single.

From there, the Central Alberta squad got two-goal efforts from Gill and Morrison and singles from Cherniak, Doyle, Ashlin Caine, Ericka Driesen and Jamie Lalor. ● The Central Alberta U16AA Sting were 0-4 in the tournament, closing out with a 9-5 consolation-final loss to the Edmonton Elite in which Sara Kelly and Brianna Abell each tallied twice and McKenna Causey scored once.

Earlier, Emily LeMasurier had the lone Central Alberta goal in a 6-1 loss to the Calgary U16AA Pursuit and Sydney Cherniak, Sara Kelly and McKenna Tonery scored in a 8-3 loss to the Elite.

Abell and Megan Conrad had the Sting goals in a 3-2 loss to the St. Albert Mission.

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL Triple Threat got a 28-point performance from player of the game Melody Calihoo in a 62-29 Red Deer Women’s Basketball League win over the Red Deer Royals Monday.

In other games: ● Chantelle Touchette scored 10 points and was named the Storm’s player of the game in a 34-33 victory over Rampage. ● Coreen Esua dropped in eight points in a losing cause as the Shooting Stars posted a 56-42 win over the Big Ballers. Julie Cavanaugh was named player of the game for the Stars.

Raiders’ balance has them poised for deeper run

BY GREG MEACHEM ADVOCATE SPORTS EDITOR Raiders 83 Lakers 12 The 2014-15 Lindsay Thurber Raiders senior girls basketball team possesses speed, balance and a desire to play like they practise.

The attributes are paying off so far as the Raiders are off to a 3-0 start in the Central Alberta High School Basketball League season.

“I think we’re a faster team than maybe we have been the last couple of years,” said coach Kathy Lalor, whose squad routed the visiting Sylvan Lake H.J. Cody Lakers 83-12 Tuesday.

“Plus, we have pretty balanced inside and outside games which really helps. It doesn’t allow another team to focus on either your posts or your wings. They have to play us pretty much straight up.”

The Raiders had six returning players — post Reece McGuire and guards Elizabeth Morneault, Shaelyn Moltzahn, Bretton Bowd, Molly Rumohr and Kelsey Lalor — in their lineup Tuesday and four rookies, namely guards Jana Tuazon and Kiera Fujimoto, wing Morgan deBoon and post Kallie Loewen.

Lalor led the way with 17 points, while Morneault and Rumohr also hit for double figures with 14 and 10 respectively. Anna Carlson scored eight for the Lakers.

The Raiders, who last spring posted a single win at the provincial championship tournament, won the SAIT tournament at Calgary earlier this season and last weekend turned in an impressive performance in the Lethbridge Catholic Central tournament, losing 52-40 to Raymond in the bronze-medal game.

The Raiders also fell 58-50 to Catholic Central and defeated Sherwood Park Archbishop Jordan 77-41.

“All three of those teams would be in the top five or six in each of their zones. It was a really good tournament for us,” said Kathy Lalor. “We were down one point to Raymond to start the fourth quarter and they just played

a little bit better than us from there.

“Every game we’ve been in that has been close we’ve really competed well and I think that’s really important at this time of year . . . just to be able to compete with perennially good teams.”

Lalor sees her team steadily improving despite it being early in the season with a roster consisting of a handful of players who just completed their volleyball campaign in November.

“We have lots of potential,” said the coach. “When the basketball season starts in December you’re just coming out of volleyball and you know you’re not prepared for everything.

“But I feel with this group of girls that every practice we go through they kind of try and take what they’ve learned and do it in the next game.

That’s going to make this group of kids a pretty competitive team because they’re really trying to work on during the game what they’ve worked on during practice. That doesn’t always happen, but with this group of girls it does.”

The coach feels her club has the potential to at least match last season’s accomplishments, if not more.

“That’s always your goal — to get back to provincials,” she said. “But along the way we’re going to play some pretty good teams. By February, we want to be competing with those teams a bit better than we are now. We want to be able to won some of those games against those top teams.”

• In other senior girls play Wednesday, Nicole Fischer scored 26 points and Gabby Spenst netted 11 for the host Hunting Hills Lightning in a 79-37 whipping of the Stettler Wildcats, who got 22 from Dacia Gramlick.

Elsewhere, the host Notre Dame Cougars continued their strong play with a 60-31 win over the Wetaskiwin Sabres. Glennikka Kubaron led the winners with 16 points and eight rebounds, while Hayley Hollings had 11 points, Cierra Jean Stephens scored 10 and Kirsten Pinkney grabbed 11 rebounds. ● In senior boys play, Lindsay Thurber posted an 87-42 win over Sylvan Lake as TK Kunaka scored 13

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Lindsay Thurber Raider Kelsey Lalor reaches in on Sylvan Lake H.J. Cody Laker Emma Dunsmore during high school basketball action at Lindsay Thurber on Tuesday. points, Ben Pasiuk contributed 12 and Kolbi Street had nine. Chase Allan led the Lakers with eight points.

Meanwhile, Notre Dame overcame a slow start en route to a 74-54 win over Wetaskiwin, getting 14 points from

Nelson Martin and 11 points and 10 rebounds from Keegan MacDonald. ● Hunting Hills defeated the visiting Lacombe Rams 64-27 in JV girls action Monday. gmeachem@reddeeradvocate.com

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Crouse hoping to make big impact YOUNGEST PLAYER AT CANADA’S JUNIOR CAMP PROVIDE BIG FRAME AND TWO-WAY GAME

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS ST. CATHARINES, Ont. — Lawson Crouse looks around the ice and knows he’s in unfamiliar territory. The youngest player in Canada’s world junior camp hasn’t skated alongside many of these teammates before because he’s only 17.

But on an older team that will feature more than a dozen 19-year-olds, Crouse is part of the youth contingent that must factor in for Canada to live up to expectations as the favourite on home ice. Aside from projected No. 1 pick Connor McDavid, Crouse is the only other 2015 NHL draft-eligible player at camp but isn’t intimidated by that.

“It’s a different experience for myself, but I think I’m making the most of it right now,” Crouse said.

“Being a bigger body kind of helps. I’m bigger out there, so I kind of have a little bit more of an advantage to the smaller guys.”

Crouse, who is six foot four and 211 pounds, brings a strong two-way game that could land him a solid spot on the 22-man roster. While this Canadian lineup is long on pure skill and speed, Crouse prides himself on his defensive game.

“I’ve figured out that it’s not always about offence, but you have to manage both sides of the game,” the Mount Brydges, Ont., native said Tuesday. “I’m obviously not going to be the guy that puts up 100 points.

I’m going to do what I can and contribute all over the ice.”

Last summer Crouse led Canada’s under-18 summer team to gold at the Ivan Hlinka Memorial Cup by scoring a team-high six goals. Crouse also scored the game-winner to help Canada win bronze at the U-18 world championships in April.

If he makes the world junior team, Crouse understands he’ll have a reduced role as a bottom-six winger.

“I feel like I’d have to be an energy guy, take advantage of the shifts I get if I make the team and always be positive on the bench and in the room,” he said.

But Crouse isn’t an insignificant piece of Canada’s team, especially considering Bo Horvat won’t be coming from the Vancouver Canucks and it’s unlikely Curtis Lazar will be joining from the Ottawa Senators.

Crouse impressed coach Benoit Groulx during the recent Super Series against Russia in Kingston, Ont., and he continues to stand out in camp.

“He’s a big body, knows how to play,” Groulx said.

“He’s physically strong for 17 years old, skates well, plays with poise, and we like what he brings to the table.”

Through the first two days of camp at Meridian Centre in St. Catharines, Crouse has skated on a line with Toronto Maple Leafs prospect Frederik Gauthier and Vancouver Canucks prospect Jake Virtanen.

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Team Canada’s Lawson Crouse (centre) battles for the puck with CIS All-Stars from Toronto’s Tyler Mort (left) and Michael Fine in second period action during an exhibition game in Toronto on Sunday, in preparation for the upcoming IIHF World Junior Championships. Crouse is the youngest player at Canada’s world junior camp but still could make a big impact.

So far, Crouse doesn’t look like he’s a step - or a year or two - behind anyone.

“He’s playing up with us and he fits right in with the guys,” Virtanen said. “He’s really mature for his age. Just on the ice, he has a big presence on the ice and he’s a bigger guy. He can throw the body around and he can shoot the puck. He pretty much has it all.”

Certainly Horvat or Lazar would fit in nicely, as well. As of now, the only NHL player Canada has is New York Rangers right-winger Anthony Duclair.

The Canucks announced Monday that Horvat would be staying with them instead of playing at the world juniors, news that was a bit of a downer for Hockey Canada.

“It’s disappointing, but I understand where they are,” vice-president of hockey operations and national teams Scott Salmond said Tuesday. “The injury to (Zack) Kassian I think had a big impact on that.”

Bjugstad’s goal puts stamp on longest shootout in NHL history PANTHERS 2 CAPITALS 1 (SO) SUNRISE, Fla. — Nick Bjugstad scored the winning goal in the longest shootout in NHL history to lift the Florida Panthers over the Washington Capitals 2-1 on Tuesday night.

Bjugstad’s goal came in the 20th round - on the 40th shot of the shootout and beat Braden Holtby on the right side. The previous NHL record was 15 rounds, when the New York Rangers beat Washington on Nov. 26, 2005.

The Panthers outscored the Capitals 6-5 in the tiebreaker; and the six goals were the most in a shootout.

Jussi Jokinen, Dave Bolland, Derek MacKenzie, Sean Bergenheim and Dylan Olsen were also successful for Florida.

The Panthers were down to their last shot five times and answered each time.

Alex Ovechkin, Brooks Laich, Joel Ward, John Carlson and Brooks Orpik had shootout goals for the Capitals.

Derek MacKenzie scored in regulation for Florida, and Roberto Luongo made 23 saves.

Troy Brouwer scored for Washington, and Holtby stopped 28 shots.

NHL ROUNDUP CANADIENS 4 HURRICANES 1 MONTREAL (AP) - Alex Galchenyuk scored a careerbest three goals, and Montreal beat Carolina for its third straight win.

Brandon Prust added a goal, and Carey Price stopped 25 shots for the Canadiens (20-10-2).

Victor Rask was the only goal scorer for Carolina (819-3), which has lost six in a row. Cam Ward made 25 saves.

The Hurricanes have scored just one goal in each of the losses in their skid.

After losing three straight on the road, the Canadiens have won three consecutive on their homestand.

MAPLE LEAFS 6 DUCKS 2 TORONTO (AP) Phil Kessel scored two of Toronto’s four thirdperiod goals and the Maple Leafs beat Anaheim for their sixth straight victory, snapping the Ducks’ eightgame winning streak.

David Booth scored his first of the season unassisted at 4:37 of the third before Nazem Kadri got his ninth at 5:28 to put To-

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ronto ahead 4-1. Anaheim starter Frederik Andersen was replaced by Ilya Bryzgalov following Kadri’s goal.

Jonathan Bernier stopped 40 shots and was instrumental as Toronto handed the Ducks their first loss in eight games this month.

Anaheim outshot the Maple Leafs 42-27.

Ryan Kesler pulled Anaheim to 4-2 with his 11th of the season at 8:35. Kessel cemented the win on the power play at 15:23 before scoring his 17th goal at 18:17.

Tyler Bozak and Joffrey Lupul also scored for Toronto, which improved to 14-7 at home and 10-1-1 since a 9-2 loss to Nashville.

Sami Vatanen had the other goal for Anaheim, 114-2 on the road.

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by C Nick Merkley, who has 53 points (10g,43a) and sits atop the WHL scoring race.

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He has also posted four shutouts and possesses a 21-5-3-0 record and a .922 save percentage.

Scouting report Injuries: Kelowna — D Mitchell Wheaton (upper body, indefinite), LW Tanner Wishnowski (upper body, indefinite). Red Deer — D Nick Charif (lower body, day-to-day), C Wyatt Johnson (upper body, indefinite), C Adam Musil (lower body, day-today), C Jeff de Wit (upper body, day-to-day).

Special teams: Kelowna — Power play 26.7 per cent, second overall; penalty kill 81.6 per cent, 10th. Red Deer — Power play 19.8 per cent, 13th overall; penalty kill 85.3 per cent, third.

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Likewise, injuries to the Senators could be the reason they keep Lazar. With Chris Neil and Zack Smith hurt, it’s increasingly unlikely Lazar will be released to play for Canada.

That’s not stopping Salmond from hoping, though.

“They haven’t said no. Until someone tells us no, I’m optimistic,” Salmond said. “We’re all happy with our group here. But Curtis Lazar could be a huge piece for us. He’s a leader, he’s a proven winner.”

Of the 25 players left at camp after the first round of cuts, 16 of them are 19 years old, seven are 18 and just two are 17. With the 17-year-old McDavid a virtual lock to make it, Groulx said Crouse didn’t have to stand out any more than anyone else to get noticed.

“He’s here because he’s a good player and he has a chance to be on that team,” Groulx said. “We’ll see how he does this week. Obviously it’s going to be a big test for him (in Friday’s exhibition game) against Russia.”

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WHL EASTERN CONFERENCE EAST DIVISION GP W L OTLSOL GF Brandon 35 24 7 3 1 160 Regina 32 20 11 1 0 120 Swift Current 34 16 14 0 4 105 Moose Jaw 34 15 16 2 1 104 Prince Albert 34 15 18 1 0 100 Saskatoon 34 7 24 2 1 89

GA 116 93 110 119 113 156

Pt 52 41 36 33 31 17

CENTRAL DIVISION GP W L OTLSOL Medicine Hat 33 23 8 1 1 Calgary 33 19 11 1 2 Red Deer 34 18 12 3 1 Kootenay 35 18 17 0 0 Edmonton 34 15 14 3 2 Lethbridge 32 7 20 3 2

GA 83 98 111 129 101 129

Pt 48 41 40 36 35 19

GF 126 133 121 109 103 78

WESTERN CONFERENCE B.C. DIVISION GP W L OTLSOL GF Kelowna 35 27 5 3 0 151 Victoria 35 17 16 2 0 111 Prince George 33 17 16 0 0 103 Kamloops 37 13 19 3 2 111 Vancouver 33 15 18 0 0 103

Everett Portland Spokane Tri-City Seattle

GP 31 36 31 33 32

U.S. DIVISION W L OTLSOL 19 8 3 1 19 14 0 3 16 12 3 0 17 15 0 1 13 15 2 2

GA 83 119 131 136 109

Pt 57 36 34 31 30

GF GA Pt 104 86 42 122 124 41 83 87 35 93 89 35 81 88 30

Tuesday’s results Lethbridge 6 Moose Jaw 4 Regina 6 Brandon 5 (OT) Kelowna 4 Edmonton 1 Kootenay 5 Kamloops 2 Spokane at Prince George, late Everett at Vancouver, late Victoria at Seattle, late

Kelowna at Red Deer, 7 p.m.

Edmonton at Calgary, 7 p.m.

Spokane at Prince George, 8 p.m.

Victoria at Everett, 8:05 p.m.

Penalties - None.

Monday’s Games Buffalo 5, Ottawa 4, SO N.Y. Islanders 3, New Jersey 2, SO Pittsburgh 4, Tampa Bay 2

National Hockey League EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division GP W L OT Pts Tampa Bay 33 20 10 3 43 Montreal 32 20 10 2 42 Detroit 32 17 7 8 42 Toronto 31 19 9 3 41 Florida 29 13 8 8 34 Boston 31 15 13 3 33 Ottawa 30 12 12 6 30 Buffalo 32 13 17 2 28

GF GA 110 87 87 80 92 80 109 87 66 75 78 81 80 86 62 100

Metropolitan Division GP W L OT Pts Pittsburgh 30 20 6 4 44 N.Y. Islanders 31 21 10 0 42 N.Y. Rangers 29 15 10 4 34 Washington 30 14 10 6 34 Columbus 30 13 15 2 28 New Jersey 32 11 15 6 28 Philadelphia 30 11 14 5 27 Carolina 30 8 19 3 19

GF GA 98 71 99 89 89 79 86 81 72 95 74 94 80 90 62 87

WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Chicago 32 22 9 1 45 100 64 St. Louis 31 21 8 2 44 94 72 Nashville 30 20 8 2 42 81 59 Winnipeg 32 16 10 6 38 78 75 Minnesota 29 16 12 1 33 84 75 Dallas 29 11 13 5 27 85 103 Colorado 30 10 13 7 27 78 98 Pacific Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Anaheim 33 21 7 5 47 97 89 Vancouver 30 18 10 2 38 89 86 San Jose 32 17 11 4 38 90 82 Los Angeles 32 15 11 6 36 84 78 Calgary 33 17 14 2 36 97 90 Arizona 31 11 16 4 26 72 100 Edmonton 32 7 19 6 20 66 106 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss.

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

Moose Jaw at Prince Albert, 6 p.m.

Saskatoon at Swift Current, 6 p.m.

Kamloops at Medicine Hat, 7 p.m.

Shots on goal Edmonton 11 5 13 2 - 31 Arizona 7 27 6 4 - 44 Goal - Edmonton: Scrivens (LO, 5-11-4); Arizona: Dubnyk (W, 6-2-2).

Power plays (goal-chances) - Edmonton: 0-2; Arizona: 0-4.

Tuesday’s Games Columbus 1, Detroit 0, SO Florida 2, Washington 1, SO Nashville 3, Boston 2, SO Tampa Bay 3, Philadelphia 1 Toronto 6, Anaheim 2 Montreal 4, Carolina 1 St. Louis 5, Los Angeles 2 Winnipeg 5, Buffalo 1 Chicago 5, Minnesota 3 N.Y. Rangers 5, Calgary 2 Arizona 2, Edmonton 1, OT Wednesday’s Games Ottawa at New Jersey, 5 p.m.

Boston at Minnesota, 6 p.m.

Dallas at Vancouver, 8 p.m.

Thursday’s Games Florida at Philadelphia, 5 p.m.

Colorado at Pittsburgh, 5 p.m.

Toronto at Carolina, 5 p.m.

Washington at Columbus, 5 p.m.

Anaheim at Montreal, 5:30 p.m.

St. Louis at Los Angeles, 8:30 p.m.

Edmonton at San Jose, 8:30 p.m.

Tuesday’s summaries Coyotes 2, Oilers 1 (OT) First Period 1. Edmonton, Nugent-Hopkins 8 (Hunt, Schultz) 14:56.

Penalties - Petry Edm (interference) 12:22, Michalek Ari (tripping) 16:02.

Second Period 2. Arizona, McMillan 1 (Vitale, Summers) 10:24.

Penalties - Petry Edm (hooking) 1:36, Hall Edm (boarding) 12:00.

Third Period No Scoring.

Penalties - Pinizzotto Edm (holding) 6:11, Vermette Ari (holding) 10:07.

Overtime 3. Arizona, Ekman-Larsson 7 (Gagner, Erat) 4:59.

Rangers 5, Flames 2 First Period 1. N.Y. Rangers, Nash 19, 11:22.

2. N.Y. Rangers, Kreider 5, 19:52 (pp).

Penalties - Jones Cgy (slashing) 11:56, Hudler Cgy (hooking) 19:00.

Second Period 3. N.Y. Rangers, Nash 20 (Stepan, Girardi) 3:06 (sh).

4. N.Y. Rangers, Stepan 3 (St. Louis, Lundqvist) 11:15.

5. Calgary, Hudler 13 (Giordano, Stajan) 11:56.

Penalties - Stempniak NYR (high-sticking) 2:44, Glass NYR, Bouma Cgy (fighting) 8:41, Hagelin NYR (hooking) 12:50, Diaz Cgy (holding) 17:46.

Third Period 6. N.Y. Rangers, Hagelin 7 (Hayes, Stempniak) 16:59 (en).

7. Calgary, Glencross 6 (Monahan, Wideman) 18:45 (pp).

Penalties - Staal NYR (cross-checking) 17:54, NYR Bench (too many men) 19:38.

Shots on goal N.Y. Rangers 7 9 7 - 23 Calgary 8 16 7 - 31 Goal (shots-saves) - N.Y. Rangers: Lunqvist (W, 127-3); Calgary: Ramo (L, 8-4-1)(13-9), Hiller (10:36 second; 9-9).

Power plays (goals-chances) - N.Y. Rangers: 1-3; Calgary: 1-4.

PA 280 254 301 360 PA 317 277 390 376 PA 289 339 267 300 PA 303 254 294 381

NATIONAL CONFERENCE East W L T Pct PF Dallas 10 4 0 .714 381 Philadelphia 9 5 0 .643 416 N.Y. Giants 5 9 0 .357 317 Washington 3 11 0 .214 257 South W L T Pct PF New Orleans 6 8 0 .429 364 Carolina 5 8 1 .393 288 Atlanta 5 9 0 .357 348 Tampa Bay 2 12 0 .143 254 North W L T Pct PF Detroit 10 4 0 .714 281 Green Bay 10 4 0 .714 436 Minnesota 6 8 0 .429 277 Chicago 5 9 0 .357 296 West W L T Pct PF x-Arizona 11 3 0 .786 287 Seattle 10 4 0 .714 339 San Francisco 7 7 0 .500 251 St. Louis 6 8 0 .429 291 x-clinched playoff spot y-clinched division

PA 328 347 339 370

Tyler Seguin, Dal Evgeni Malkin, Pgh Jakub Voracek, Pha Sidney Crosby, Pgh Steven Stamkos, TB Claude Giroux, Pha Ryan Getzlaf, Ana Vladimir Tarasenko, StL Rick Nash, NYR

G 23 15 11 9 17 8 10 17 18

A 15 22 26 26 17 26 23 15 13

Pts 38 37 37 35 34 34 33 32 31

PA 374 358 369 367 PA 238 325 297 409 PA 244 242 285 297

NFL Odds (Odds provided by SportsBetting.ag; favourites in capital letters) Spread O/U Thursday Tennessee at JACKSONVILLE 3 40.5 Saturday PHILADELPHIA at Washington 7.5 50.5 San Diego at SAN FRANCISCO 2 41.5 Sunday Kansas City at PITTSBURGH 3 46.5 Minnesota at MIAMI 6.5 42.5 NEW ENGLAND at NY Jets 10 47 GREEN BAY at Tampa Bay 10 48.5 Atlanta at NEW ORLEANS 5.5 56 DETROIT at Chicago 7 45.5 NY Giants at ST. LOUIS 5 43.5 BUFFALO at Oakland 6 39 Indianapolis at DALLAS 3 55 SEATTLE at Arizona 8 36.5 Cleveland at Carolina Off Off BALTIMORE at Houston 5 41.5 Monday DENVER at Cincinnati 3 47.5

Monday’s Game New Orleans 31, Chicago 15 Thursday, Dec. 18 Tennessee at Jacksonville, 6:25 p.m.

Saturday, Dec. 20 Philadelphia at Washington, 2:30 p.m.

San Diego at San Francisco, 6:25 p.m.

Sunday, Dec. 21 Baltimore at Houston, 11 a.m.

Detroit at Chicago, 11 a.m.

Atlanta at New Orleans, 11 a.m.

Minnesota at Miami, 11 a.m.

Cleveland at Carolina, 11 a.m.

Green Bay at Tampa Bay, 11 a.m.

Kansas City at Pittsburgh, 11 a.m.

New England at N.Y. Jets, 11 a.m.

N.Y. Giants at St. Louis, 2:05 p.m.

Buffalo at Oakland, 2:25 p.m.

Indianapolis at Dallas, 2:25 p.m.

Seattle at Arizona, 6:30 p.m.

Monday, Dec. 22 Denver at Cincinnati, 6:30 p.m.

Basketball National Basketball Association EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct GB Toronto 19 6 .760 Brooklyn 10 13 .435 8 Boston 8 14 .364 9 1/2 New York 5 22 .185 15 Philadelphia 2 22 .083 16 1/2 Southeast Division W L Pct GB Washington 18 6 .750 Atlanta 17 7 .708 1 Miami 12 13 .480 6 1/2 Orlando 10 17 .370 9 1/2 Charlotte 6 18 .250 12 Central Division W L Pct GB Chicago 15 9 .625 Cleveland 14 9 .609 1/2 Milwaukee 13 12 .520 2 1/2

Indiana Detroit

8 5

17 20

.320 .200

WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division W L Pct Memphis 20 4 .833 Houston 18 5 .783 Dallas 18 8 .692 San Antonio 17 8 .680 New Orleans 12 12 .500 Northwest Division W L Pct Portland 19 6 .760 Oklahoma City 11 13 .458 Denver 10 14 .417 Utah 6 19 .240 Minnesota 5 19 .208 Pacific Division W L Pct Golden State 21 3 .875

7 1/2 10 1/2

GB 1 1/2 3 3 1/2 8 GB 7 1/2 8 1/2 13 13 1/2 GB -

L.A. Clippers Phoenix Sacramento L.A. Lakers

17 12 11 8

7 14 13 17

Monday’s Games Boston 105, Philadelphia 87 Indiana 110, L.A. Lakers 91 Cleveland 97, Charlotte 88 Atlanta 93, Chicago 86 Toronto 95, Orlando 82 Milwaukee 96, Phoenix 94 Portland 108, San Antonio 95 L.A. Clippers 113, Detroit 91 Tuesday’s Games Washington 109, Minnesota 95 Miami 95, Brooklyn 91 New Orleans 119, Utah 111 Memphis 105, Golden State 98 Dallas 107, New York 87

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Thursday

● Men’s basketball: Silver Spurs vs.

Kingsmen, Bulldog Scrap Metal vs.

Alken Basin, 7:15 and 8:30 p.m., Lindsay Thurber.

Friday

● Peewee AA hockey: Medicine Hat Black at Lacombe, 6 p.m. ● Mixed martial arts: Havoc Fighting Championship 7, first bout at 7:30 p.m., Sheraton Red Deer. ● AJHL: Fort McMurray at Olds, 7 p.m. ● Minor midget AAA hockey: Calgary Canucks at Red Deer Northstar, 8 p.m., Arena. ● Heritage junior B hockey: Stettler at Three Hills, 8 p.m., Trochu. ● Chinook senior hockey: Fort Saskatchewan at Innisfail, 8:30 p.m.

NHL Scoring Leaders

Football National Football League AMERICAN CONFERENCE East W L T Pct PF y-New England 11 3 0 .786 442 Buffalo 8 6 0 .571 302 Miami 7 7 0 .500 327 N.Y. Jets 3 11 0 .214 230 South W L T Pct PF y-Indianapolis 10 4 0 .714 424 Houston 7 7 0 .500 324 Tennessee 2 12 0 .143 231 Jacksonville 2 12 0 .143 211 North W L T Pct PF Cincinnati 9 4 1 .679 311 Pittsburgh 9 5 0 .643 389 Baltimore 9 5 0 .643 376 Cleveland 7 7 0 .500 276 West W L T Pct PF y-Denver 11 3 0 .786 407 Kansas City 8 6 0 .571 322 San Diego 8 6 0 .571 303 Oakland 2 12 0 .143 213

Today

● JV basketball: Ponoka at Notre Dame, Stettler at Lacombe, Innisfail at Sylvan Lake; girls at 6 p.m., boys to follow. ● WHL: Kelowna at Red Deer, 7 p.m., Centrium.

Oklahoma City at Sacramento, late Wednesday’s Games Phoenix at Charlotte, 5 p.m.

Atlanta at Cleveland, 5 p.m.

Utah at Miami, 5:30 p.m.

Dallas at Detroit, 5:30 p.m.

Orlando at Boston, 5:30 p.m.

Brooklyn at Toronto, 6 p.m.

Memphis at San Antonio, 6:30 p.m.

Milwaukee at Portland, 8 p.m.

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

Houston at Denver, 8:30 p.m.

Thursday’s Games New York at Chicago, 6 p.m.

New Orleans at Houston, 6:30 p.m.

Milwaukee at Sacramento, 8 p.m.

Oklahoma City at Golden State, 8:30 p.m.

Saturday

● Major bantam hockey: Spruce Grove at Red Deer White, 11:30 a.m., Arena. ● Peewee AA hockey: Okotoks at Red Deer TBS, 12:30 p.m., Collicutt Centre; Bow Valley at Olds, 1 p.m.; Okotoks Black at Lacombe, 1:45 p.m. ● Bantam AA hockey: Red Deer Ramada at Olds, 3:30 p.m. ● Junior women’s hockey: Calgary Warriors at Central Alberta, 4:15 p.m., Penhold Regional Multiplex. ● Major bantam girls hockey: Southeast at Red Deer, 4:30 p.m., Kinsmen B. ● Minor midget AAA hockey: Lethbridge at Red Deer Northstar, 4:45 p.m., Arena. ● Midget AA hockey: Foothills at Sylvan Lake, 4:45 p.m., Innisfail. ● Major midget girls hockey: St. Albert at Red Deer, 5 p.m., Collicutt Centre. ● AJHL: Fort McMurray at Olds, 7 p.m. ● Heritage junior B hockey: Blackfalds at Red Deer, 8 p.m., Arena. ● Chinook senior hockey: Okotoks at Innisfail, 8:30 p.m.

Sunday

● Peewee AA hockey: Medicine Hat Black at Red Deer Parkland, 11:30 a.m., Kinsmen A; Okotoks Green at Olds, 12:15 p.m.; Okotoks Black at Sylvan Lake, 2:30 p.m., Innisfail. ● Major midget girls hockey: Rocky Mountain at Red Deer, 12:45 p.m., Collicutt Centre. ● Junior women’s hockey: Calgary Titans at Central Alberta, 1:30 p.m., Penhold Regional Multiplex. ● Chinook senior hockey: Okotoks at Bentley, 2 p,m. ● Bantam AA hockey: Olds at Red Deer Steel Kings, 2 p.m., Kinsmen A; Airdrie at Sylvan Lake, 4:45 p.m., Innisfail. ● Minor midget AAA hockey: Lethbridge at Red Deer Aero Equipment, 2:45 p.m., Arena. ● Major bantam hockey: Lethbridge at Red Deer White, 2:45 p.m, site TBA. ● Heritage junior B hockey: Ponoka at Blackfalds, 3:30 p.m. ● Midget AA hockey: Bow Valley at Red Deer Indy Graphics, 5:30 p.m., Arena.

Leibel leads Catalina Swim Club with strong performance WON SIX MEDALS AT JP FISET INTERNATIONAL MEET IN EDMONTON 50-metre butterfly.

Ryan Mah also had a big weekend making the 16/17 A time in 50-metre backstroke and 100-metre butterfly, while also finishing first in the 50-metre breast stroke, qualifying for Canadian Trials in the event and setting a new club record in 15/16 and senior age groups at 32.75.

Justin Valentine met two 13 and under AGN qualifying times for the short course 200-metre backstroke and in the long course 400-metre freestyle.

He also added a bronze medal in the 1,500-metre backstroke.

Kyra McMurray earned a silver in the 200-metre fly while also hitting her 12 ‘A’ time in the same event and also finished second in the 100-metre fly.

Daniel Stayer qualified for AGN with 3rd in 16-year-old 50-metre backstroke.

Jaleesa Zaparniuk met the 12 ‘A’ time in 100-metre butterfly and 400-metre freestyle. Ocean Roos made the 11 ‘A’ time in 800-metre freestyle and

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and third in the 50-metre breaststroke, while making her ‘A’ times in the 200-metre free, 100-metre fly, 200-metre IM, 100-metre free and 50-metre breaststroke.

Jayden Vale added silver medals in the 200- and 100-metre free while Tait Loyek swam to silver in the 100-metre breast.

Loyek also made the Age Group Trials Meet provincial qualifying time in the 200-metre IM, as did Claire Xu in the 200-metre IM, Skylar Sabasch in the 200-metre IM and 400-metre freestyle, and Amy Johnson in the 200-metre IM and 400-metre freestyle.

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Chloe Grant the 4 A time in 50-metre backstroke.

Mady Smith rounded out the weekend with a bronze in the 100-metre breast stroke.

• The club was also at the Cascade Age Group Challenge in Calgary on the weekend and served up some more good results.

Zoie Kachor was first in the 100and 50- metre breaststroke, and the 200-metre IM while finishing second in 400-metre IM. In the process she also met the ‘A’ times in the 50- and 100metre breast stroke.

Elle Couture was second in the 200-metre IM and 100-metre freestyle,

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Red Deer Catalina Swim Club’s Kyla Leibel led a strong performance by the club at the JP Fiset International meet in Edmonton over the weekend.

Leibel, 13, won six medals (gold in 100-metre fly; silver in 400-metre IM, 200-metre freestyle, 100-metre freestyle, 50-metre freestyle; bronze in the 50-metre butterfly) while meeting the time standard in the 400-meter IM for the Western Canadian Championships and the Age Group National Championships while also meeting the standard for the 800-metre freestyle for the AGNs. She added a silver medal in the 1314 girls 4x50-metre freestyle relay — along with Rebecca Smith, Kennedy Townsend and Tanille Collicutt — and bronze in the senior girls 4x100 medley relay with Lainie Wareham, Mady Smith and Rebecca Smith.

Rebecca Smith also earned five individual gold medals in the 200-metre IM, 100-metre freestyle, 50-metre freestyle, 100-metre backstroke and the

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Humphries to do double-duty in World Cup BOBSLED

WILL PILOT WOMEN’S TWOMAN SLED BUT WILL ALSO MAKE MEN’S FOUR-MAN DEBUT IN CALGARY

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MMA fighters file antitrust lawsuit in California against UFC, claim it’s a monopoly SAN JOSE, Calif. - Mixed martial arts fighters are suing the Ultimate Fighting Championship, alleging it’s a monopoly that chokes off competition and holds down athletes’ earnings.

The antitrust suit was filed in San Jose federal court on behalf of Nathan Quarry, John Fitch and Cung Le but it seeks class-action status.

Only Le currently has a UFC contract.

The lawsuit claims that the UFC has bought up or locked out rivals by its control of elite fighters, major sponsors and TV and arena venues.

It also contends that the UFC holds the rights to fighters’ names and likenesses in perpetuity, preventing athletes from making more money through sponsorship deals and outside bouts even after their UFC contracts expire.

Las Vegas-based UFC says it plans to “vigorously defend itself and its business practices.”

Canadian snowboard veterans Calve and Anderson land on World Cup podium CAREZZA, Italy - Canadian snowboard team veterans Caroline Calve and Jasey-Jay Anderson kicked off the season in style Tuesday by reaching the podium at the FIS Alpine Snowboard World Cup. Calve, from Gatineau, Que., won silver in the women’s parallel giant slalom while Anderson, from LacSuperieur, Que., took bronze in the men’s event. ”It feels great to finish on the podium,” said Calve.

“I would have liked to finish first, but I think that if I would have been able to choose the blue course, I would have had a better chance. The red course surprised me in the final. But I’m very happy with second place.”

Calve’s only loss in the elimination round was to Marion Kreiner of Austria in the final. The Canadian defeated Ariane Lavigne of Mont-Tremblant, Que.,

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Kaillie Humphries, right, and her teammate D.J. McLelland, ride a bobsled backwards as they arrive at a news availability to speak about her race in the 4-man bobsled World Cup competition in Calgary, Monday. and postpone their four-man debuts until Calgary.

Meyers Taylor won gold in the women’s race in Lake Placid. Humphries and brakewoman Melissa Lotholz of Barrhead, Alta., were fifth.

So there is a competition-within-a-competition for Humphries and Meyers Taylor. Both want to prove themselves against the men and beat each other in their new event while they continue to battle for gold in women’s races.

“We call it the battle royale between her and I,” Humphries said.

“Definitely have some catching up to do in twoman. I’m not in panic-mode by any means. I’ve got to be able to shift my focus back and forth and sometimes it’s not going to go exactly like I planned.”

Her crewmen Dan Dale of Grande Prairie, Alta., Calgary’s D.J. McLelland and Joey Nemet of Hamilton will all make their World Cup debuts Saturday.

“I have a lot of, you know, ‘momma-ing’ to do to prepare my guys,” Humphries said. “We’ve got a lot of learning, a lot of preparation.

“We are facing the world’s best teams out there and the other brakemen on the other crews, the other side’s guys are fairly big and large and can be intimidating.”

Humphries and her crew finished fourth and second in a pair of North American Cup races in

November in Calgary. They were 17th in a European Cup race Dec. 7 in La Plagne, France.

“I can feel going down the track the strides she’s making as a pilot in four-man,” Dale said. “We want to give Kaillie the best push possible. Anything we can do to make her weekend easier we’re here to do it.”

Humphries is grateful the compressed race day will be on her familiar home track. She believes she won’t have to race both events on a single day elsewhere this World Cup season.

“It’s definitely easier than it would have been on the majority of tracks around the world and I’m lucky that it’s here,” she said.

Humphries and brakeman Heather Moyse of Summerside, P.E.I., defended their Olympic title in Sochi, Russia, in February after claiming gold four years ago in Whistler, B.C. The two women were Canada’s flag-bearers at the closing ceremonies in Sochi.

Humphries will attempt a three-peat in Pyeongchang, South Korea, in 2018. The 29-year-old has won 11 of her 16 career World Cup races as well as a pair of women’s world championships.

Women’s bobsled was introduced as an Olympic sport in 2002 as a two-person event, while the men continued to race two-man and four-man sleds.

in the round of 16, Anke Karstens of Germany in the quarter-final and Russia’s Natalia Soboleva in the semifinal. Nadia Ochner of Italy took the bronze.

Marianne Leeson of Burlington, Ont., was 13th and Lavigne finished 15th.

In the men’s competition, Roland Fischnaller of Italy delighted the home crowd with an easy victory after Zan Kosir of Slovenia crashed out in the finals.

Anderson, who won gold at the Vancouver Olympics, defeated Rok Marguc of Slovenia for the bronze and his first World Cup medal since 2010.

“I didn’t expect a result like this,” Anderson said. ”But when things are good you can expect the unexpected. This was my kind of race. The snow was forgiving, you could be very aggressive and you had to be precise also. I was pretty comfortable today.“

Reynolds, 39, first joined the Roughriders as CFO in June 2009. He has helped with the team’s strategic planning, budgeting, financial reporting, treasury, human resource and stadium operations functions.

Reynolds has also worked closely with the football operations department to provide forecasting, modeling and analytics assistance to the team. He also chaired the 2013 Grey Cup operations committee and has led all aspects of the club’s involvement in the development of the new Mosaic Stadium.

Under Hopson’s tenure, the Riders reached the Grey Cup four times and won it in 2007 and 2013.

Brad Fritsch earns full status on Web.com Tour with win at Q-school

VIRGINIA WATER, England - Rory McIlroy has been chosen as the European Tour player of the year, capping a season in which he won two majors, the Ryder Cup, and topped the money lists in Europe and the United States.

McIlroy, the world No. 1, won his maiden British Open title by two strokes over Rickie Fowler and Sergio Garcia at Royal Liverpool in July, and less than a month later earned a second U.S. PGA Championship at Valhalla, finishing a shot clear of Phil Mickelson.

Between McIlroy’s third and fourth major wins, the Northern Irishman won the World Golf Championship event at Firestone for the first time, again with a two-shot victory over Garcia.

Overall, he took four big titles over three months, starting in May at the tour’s flagship event at Wentworth, where he edged Shane Lowry by a shot on a course where he missed the halfway cut the previous two years.

That victory came days after cancelling a wedding and relationship with tennis player Caroline Wozniacki.

At the Ryder Cup at Gleneagles in September, McIlroy won three points as Europe successfully defended the title.

“If I had won any one of those four titles it would have been a good year, but to win all four, to win The Race to Dubai, and to be part of another fantastic European victory in the Ryder Cup, means it is a great one,” McIlroy said.

PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. - Canada’s Brad Fritsch earned full status on the Web.com Tour next year by closing with a 5-under 66 to win the qualifying tournament by seven shots. It was the secondwidest margin at Q-school in the last 25 years.

Fritsch, from Ottawa, made three early birdies and was never seriously challenged the rest of the way. He finished the six-round tournament at 27-under 402.

“I didn’t come here to shoot 27-under. I’m surprised,” said Fritsch. “I couldn’t imagine coming here and doing that.”

Fritsch earned US$25,000 with the victory.

Andrew Landry finished second. He was among the next nine players who are fully exempt for the first dozen events in 2015. The group that finished between 11th and 45th place (including ties) are exempt for up to nine events.

Reynolds to take over as Riders president and CEO when Hopson retires in March REGINA - The Saskatchewan Roughriders have found an in-house successor to outgoing president and chief executive officer Jim Hopson.

The CFL team announced Tuesday that chief financial officer and senior vice-president Craig Reynolds will succeed Hopson when he retires in March after 10 years at the helm.

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CALGARY — Kaillie Humphries is preparing for a historic and hectic day in her bobsled career.

Because of a quirk in the schedule, the Canadian pilot will race her signature two-woman event and about an hour later make her World Cup debut as a four-man pilot Saturday.

Humphries and Elana Meyers Taylor of the U.S. will be the first females to pilot four-man bobsleds in a World Cup. Both will do double-driving duty in the men’s and women’s races at Calgary’s Canada Olympic Park.

“When it rains, it pours, you know the old saying,” Humphries said Monday in COP’s Ice House. “It’s going to be a very intense day.

“I haven’t ever had to be in this situation before.

I’m not able to draw from experience. No one has been in this situation, coaching staff, nobody. It’s going to be trial and error. We’re going to face it the best way we know how.”

Humphries has logged four runs at Olympic Games and world championships, but they’re spread over two days. On Saturday, the second heat of the women’s race starts at 12:30 followed by the first heat of four-man at 2 p.m. local time.

So Humphries, the two-time Olympic gold medallist, and Meyers Taylor will have little time to mentally switch gears between the women’s and men’s races.

“I’ve never had to do four all-out runs in one day, let alone with limited time in between,” Humphries said. “It’s new for everybody, not just for Elana and I, but for the rest of the world to be in this position.

“It’s not set up perfectly, but nothing ever is. You learn to adapt and overcome and this is going to be one of those situations.”

The World Cup event kicks off Friday, with men’s and women’s skeleton and men’s two-man bobsled.

Humphries asked the world’s governing body of the sport in May to allow her to pilot a men’s sled.

With just six weeks until the start of the 2014-15 racing season, the FIBT gave her the green light by declaring four-man bobsled “gender neutral.”

That allows for mixed teams and all-female teams to compete against men’s four-man sleds.

Humphries and Meyers Taylor, who finished second to Humphries at this year’s Winter Olympics, will pilot crews with male brakemen and pushers.

Humphries and Meyers Taylor logged five races on three different tracks on the developmental North American and European Cup circuits to earn their World Cup qualification.

Neither woman raced four-man at the seasonopening World Cup last week in Lake Placid, N.Y. They instead chose to compete in two-woman only

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Hospice need growing RED DEER PALLIATIVE CARE DEMAND MIRRORS NATIONAL REPORT

BY SUSAN ZIELINSKI ADVOCATE STAFF Discussion to expand Red Deer Hospice is just starting in order to provide more end-of-life care options in Central Alberta.

Val Hilario, hospice executive director, said the 10-bed facility in Anders had 127 admissions in the first 11 months of 2014 — the same amount as for all of 2013.

“We’re full. We’re at 90 per cent plus occupancy continually,” Hilario said on Tuesday.

On Monday, a report from Health Quality Ontario pointed out that by 2026, the number of Canadians dying each year is projected to increase by 40 per cent to 330,000 and each of those deaths will affect the well-being of an

average of five others, or more than 1.6 million people.

“The personal and economic impact of end-of-life care is staggering, and will escalate as the population ages,” said the report.

“For this reason, the availability and quality of end-of-life care services has become an area of immediate concern.”

Meanwhile, the report said that Canada maintains a dependence on hospitals to provide end-of-life care and lacks a national approach to provide most services.

Cheri Purpur, nurse manager at Red Deer Hospice, said that typically a palliative care unit in an acute care hospital is designed as a place where people go to have their pain and symptoms managed and stabilized in order to go back home, to a long-term care facility

or to a hospice.

“That’s the goal. It doesn’t always happen that way because there aren’t always beds available for them to go to,” Purpur said.

Or enough home care support for families, she said.

“For a person to die at home with family support so that no single person is overburdened and stressed typically takes 14 family members. Now how many families can come up with that?

Home care support for the death and dying in the home needs to be much broader.”

She said many people also die in nursing homes or long-term care facilities that don’t have caregivers who are skilled to provide really good end-oflife care. When they develop a symptom that is deemed unmanageable, they are sent to die in a hospital, con-

fused and surrounded by people they don’t know.

She said the Ontario report is correct that people are not discussing where they want to die or medical interventions as their health deteriorates.

“We have been a very death-denying society.”

Purpur said it is time for a national palliative care strategy.

“We’re constantly being told about the baby boomers, of which I am one.

We’re aging and there is going to be more and more demand and need for this kind of education and support.”

The report said in 2011, Canada was ranked fifth out of 40 countries on a quality-of-death index that measured indicators of the quality, cost, and availability of end-of-life care. szielinski@reddeeradvocate.com

FROZEN IN ICE Photo by JEFF STOKOE /Advocate staff

Pascal Hinni, left, and Lee Ross of Frozen Memories Ice Studio in Calgary erect an arch of ice at Parkland Nurseries. Delayed by the warm weather last week, the annual Parkland Nurseries Christmas card to the community was put together and carved in ice on Monday. The theme of the sculpture this year is a fitting one for winter as the sculptures are inspired by the animated movie Frozen. A popular time to view the ice sculptures is after dark, when the carvings are illuminated with colourful lights.

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Red Deer identity still a work in progress

BY CRYSTAL RHYNO ADVOCATE STAFF Is Red Deer entrepreneurial, uniquely connected and authentically Albertan?

The city is checking in with residents to ensure they got it right during the consultation phase of a project designed to establish Red Deer’s identity.

“Red Deerians have truly written their own story,” said Tara Shand, the city’s acting communications director. “And they’ve told us they believe Red Deer is innately entrepreneurial, uniquely connected and authentically Albertan.”

The project is about uncovering Red Deer’s personality and character in order to better promote the city, attract new residents, visitors and businesses, and share Red Deer’s story.

The three themes were gleamed

through the 1,400 respondents in online and in person surveys.

The city launched the $85,000, threephased project in April 2013.

By the spring of 2015, the city will reveal Red Deer’s story to the community. The narrative will likely “be just a few sentences but it will go a long way to explaining who we are,” according to a city report.

Some recommendations to help spread the word about Red Deer’s story will be shared during the big reveal.

“It’s that question of when people say what do you love most about Red Deer,” said Shand. “We really want to get that from people who live here and hear what they believe what Red Deer is really about and how we describe it to others. We want it to be true to the people who live here and to Red Deer.”

But for now the city wants to validate the input gathered in 2013 from residents.

Malley’s murder trial extended by one week An extra week has been added to the trial of a man accused of sending a bomb that killed a disabled mother in Innisfail.

RCMP allege that Vicky Shachtay, 23, died in an explosion shortly after receiving a package delivered to the doorstep of her home on Nov. 25, 2011.

Shachtay’s caregiver was injured in the blast.

Shachtay’s daughter, seven at the time, had left for school when the package arrived.

Months after Shachtay’s death, police arrested financial adviser Brian Andrew Malley, now 57, on charges of first-degree murder, causing an explosion likely to injure or kill and sending an explosive device.

Malley is to stand trial by judge and jury next month in the Red Deer Court of Queen’s Bench, represented by de-

fence counsel Bob Aloneissi of Edmonton.

A pre-trial voir dire was just concluded. Legal teams led by Aloneissi and Crown prosecutor Anders Quist argued about which elements of the Crown’s case can be presented to the jury and whether any of the Crown’s evidence should be excluded from the trial.

Evidence examined in the voir dire, or trial within a trial, cannot be published to avoid tainting the jury.

Originally scheduled to open on Jan. 26, the trial was moved ahead by more than a week to ensure that adequate time is available.

Malley’s trial opens before Justice Kirk Sisson with jury selection scheduled for Jan. 15 and 16. Quist and his team expect to open their case on the following Monday.

An online survey at www.reddeer. ca/identity is up and running where residents are asked if the three themes are true to Red Deer’s character.

“We want to talk to as many people in as many areas as possible,” said Shand. “That means we’ve been out riding on city buses talking to people.

We have been out to the Rebels hockey games. We have been going to coffee shops and malls. We have been going to a variety of places to get a range of people.”

Shand said so far they are hearing the themes are resonating with residents. She said if these themes hold true, they will begin working on the community narrative in January.

“Part of this is creating the community story with Red Deer,” she said.

“We will still be looking to Red Deerians to say why do you believe that we’re innately entrepreneurial, for example?”

Information from the surveys

showed that residents felt the city is innately entrepreneurial because of its strong showing in small businesses per capita and Red Deerians’ strong work ethic.

It also revealed that Red Deerians felt connected to the world, to one another and a balanced way of life.

Finally, all the characteristics that form Red Deer’s story are also strongly representative of Alberta’s story.

The data showed that Red Deer is a balance of Calgary’s ambition and Edmonton’s cultural nature. Red Deerians feel connected to the land in their history with a love for camping and outdoor activity. Red Deerians appreciate a strong economy and work hard but we are also friendly and down to earth.

For more information on the Identity project, and to take the survey on the narrative themes, visit www.reddeer.ca/identity. crhyno@reddeeradvocate.com

GERRY BEAUCHAMP

Former school trustee, dedicated volunteer mourned A former Red Deer Catholic school board trustee and dedicated volunteer has died at age 87 in Red Deer.

Gerry Beauchamp was on the Catholic school board for nine years, was a longtime teacher and school vice-principal, and was also president of the Central Alberta Council on Aging. His volunteer history also included the Alberta Historical Society, Christopher Leadership Course, ProLife and the Red Deer ATA. In 1980, during his time on the council on aging, he wrote a letter to then-Health Minister Nancy Betkowski to draw attention to the need for more home care services for seniors.

At the time, Beauchamp could not know that some 34 years later he would be one of the people who would have

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to leave Red Deer for care as a senior.

Earlier this year, the Advocate reported on a lack of seniors care in Red Deer that meant Beauchamp had to live in a home in Stettler, separating him from his wife of 61 years, Therese, who remained in Red Deer.

Beauchamp, who was in the early stages of dementia when he was transferred to Stettler, was confused about why he was being separated from his wife, his daughter Louise White-Gibbs said at the time.

Beauchamp is survived by his wife, six children and eight grandchildren.

Funeral service will be held today at 1 p.m. at St. Mary’s Church in Red Deer. In lieu of flowers, donations will be welcomed in Beachamp’s memory to the Heart and Stroke Foundation.

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The town of 8,000 recently set a goal of undertaking 5,000 random acts of kindness.

Citizens who contribute to the local generosity tally can log their deeds on AnonymousGood.org.

More than 1,000 Olds-based acts of kindness have already been recorded.

School, clubs, local athletes have all joined the Getting Their Good On challenge.

Olds is hoping other communities are inspired to follow suit.

Photo radar sites through Dec. 31 Motorists will be on candid camera as Red Deer RCMP monitor driver behaviour and speed during the holidays.

Photo radar will monitor the following locations until Dec. 31: ● School zones at 48th Avenue, Nolan Street, 55th Avenue, Lancaster Drive, Mitchell Avenue and 60th Street; ● Playground zones on Davison Drive, Oak Street, Inglewood Drive, Lockwood Avenue, Dempsey Street and 47th Avenue; ● Traffic corridors along 50th Avenue, 40th Avenue, 59yh Avenue, Taylor Drive, 67yh Street, 50th Street, 32nd Street, 30th Avenue, and Riverside Drive.

Police reserve the right to change site locations without notice.

Sundre approves budget for next two years The Town of Sundre is among a growing number of Alberta communities taking a longer view on budgeting.

Council recently passed a two-year budget that calls for a 3.89 per cent municipal tax rate increase next year and a 1.97 per cent increase in 2016.

The operating budget is $9.9 million and the capital budget is $2.1 million.

A $10-million operating and $1.1-million capital budget has been approved for 2016.

An owner of a home assessed at $250,000 will see a $71.50 increase in their municipal tax bill next year. That bill will go up another $37.75 in 2016.

The Town of Sylvan Lake recently passed its 2015 budget and approved budget plans for 2016 and 2017 in that community’s first experiment with three-year budgeting.

Innisfail charities benefit from checkstop Generosity broke a record in Innisfail on the weekend.

The Innisfail Charity Checkstop on Saturday was the community’s most successful yet — a total of $12,162.03 in cash and cheques was raised — $531 more than the previous best.

As well, over two truckloads of toys, one truckload of clothes and 351 kg of food were also donated by Innisfail and surrounding area residents.

The charitable organizations that will benefit from the donations include the Innisfail Food Bank, Christmas Bureau, Women’s Outreach Society and Big Brothers and Big Sisters of Innisfail.

Innisfail RCMP said local business provided donations, including Nestle Purina, Co-op, 7-Eleven, A&W, Dairy Queen, Subway, Tim Hortons, Innisfail Esso, McDonald’s and the Innisfail Legion.

Representatives from victim services, Innisfail Fire Department, Guardian Ambulance, Innisfail peace officers, Innisfail Restorative Justice, Christmas Bureau, food bank and Women’s Outreach took part. Richard Foesier was Santa Claus and SOS entertainment provided Christmas music.

Penhold townhouse planned on site of burned-out suites Plans are underway to replace a Penhold apartment building destroyed by fire with a townhouse development.

Tom Watts, owner of the property

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Danielle Hauser refills the gingerbread display at the Good Earth Coffee House at the Collicutt Centre. The proceeds from the sales of the gingerbread families cookies will go to support Habitat for Humanity’s homes build at 3818 44th St. in Red Deer. where Wild Rose Manor apartment building was located, said on Tuesday that a $2.6-million, 13-unit townhouse project is now proposed for the land.

The Town of Penhold Municipal Planning Commission is considering the project. Work will begin as soon as possible, Watts said.

The 18-unit Wild Rose Manor was destroyed in a large, fast and spectacular fire last April. The building was 40 years old.

The fire was caused by a leaking propane tank catching fire, Watts said.

While there were no injuries, two people did spend a night in hospital because of smoke inhalation.

Watts has co-owned the property with Jim Guilbault since 1992.

He said that the plan is for two buildings, one with five units and the other with eight. There are four-plexes across the street from the property so Watts is hopeful the project will get the go-ahead.

He said the units will have two or three bedrooms, separate utilities for each unit, and could be ready for occupancy by next fall.

Laptop thief sought by police Police are looking for a woman who stole a laptop from Future Shop on Nov. 20.

Red Deer RCMP say the suspect entered the store around 4:30 p.m. and discussed the laptop with staff.

When the laptop was taken to the cash register for payment, the Laptop theft woman grabbed it and ran from suspect. the store to a waiting vehicle.

Police do not have a description of the vehicle but were able to obtain an image of the suspect from the store’s surveillance cameras.

If you can identify the suspect in the photo, call Red Deer RCMP at 403-343-

5575. To remain anonymous, call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 or report it online at www.tipsubmit.com.

Learn to skate program for Canadian newcomers Central Alberta Refugee Effort and the City of Red Deer are teaming up to invite newcomers to share the Canadian skating experience.

The free Learn to Skate programs for immigrant youth are back for three days of skating for a fourth year.

In addition to learning basic skating skills, students will get a chance to play hockey. All equipment is provided free.

The first of three scheduled skates is at the G.H. Dawe Arena from 12:30 to 3:30 p.m. on Dec. 29. The program will include a beginner skating lesson, time to practise and hot chocolate.

On Dec. 30, youth will have the chance to practise skating at Bower Ponds from 12:30 to 3:30 p.m. Several volunteers will be skating and offering help.

On Dec. 31, the youth will continue to practise skating and members of the Red Deer Pond Hockey group will teach basic hockey skills and organize a game of shinny at the Oriole Park outdoor rink (at 5 Ogden Ave).

For more information, call Rachel Pinno at 403-304-3676 or email rachel. pinno@care2care.ca.

Maternity care team set up in Olds Starting in January, Olds will have a team of doctors working together to provide maternity care.

Six local family doctors from Wild Rose Medical Centre will make up Olds Maternity Team to provide care for expecting mothers through to delivery and up to six weeks after birth.

Members include Dr. LeeAnna Blackshaw, Dr. Kimberly Dykin, Dr. Jaco Hoffman, Dr. Martha Ingles, Dr. Gert Nel and Dr. Foose Onsongo. They all have a special interest and experience in maternal and infant care.

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The doctors will start seeing patients on Jan. 12 at Peaks to Prairies Primary Care Network, at 4920 50th Ave. in Olds.

In addition to their new roles, the physicians will continue to offer general practice care to existing patients at Wild Rose Medical Centre.

Expecting mothers who would like to book an appointment with Olds Maternity Team are asked to call Wild Rose Medical Centre at 403-556-7130.

Von Hollens honoured; donations keep coming The von Hollen family’s Christmas light farewell tour has been epic.

Alfred von Hollen said lines snaked four houses down the sidewalk last weekend as hundreds turned out to take in his 23rd and last illuminated extravaganza in Rocky Mountain House.

“How would I describe the crowds Friday, Saturday and Sunday? Absolutely incredible,” he said.

Visitors this year will be dazzled by more than 120,000 lights and 100 inflatables.

Crowds have been so big that von Hollen was granted permission by the town to turn his 57th Street Close into a one-way street on the busiest nights.

The popularity of his display will also mean a better Christmas for the town’s less fortunate. About 2,250 kg (5,000 pounds) of food and $1,300 in donations have been collected so far for the local food bank.

His previous record was 1,350 kg (3,000 pounds) and there are still 13 days to go before he switches off the lights for good on Dec. 28.

In recognition of their contribution to the charity and community, Alfred and wife Cheryl were named Honourary Citizens by Mayor Fred Nash and council in a special ceremony on Tuesday afternoon.

“For me, it is a kind of recognition I will treasure,” said Alfred.

To get to the von Hollens from Red Deer, take Hwy 11 to Rocky, turn west on 52nd Avenue, turn right on 60th Street and turn right on 57th Avenue.

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SOME CANCER PATIENTS ARE USING MOUSE ‘AVATARS’ TO TEST DRUGS

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Scientists often test drugs in mice. Now some cancer patients are doing the same — with the hope of curing their own disease.

They are paying a private lab to breed mice that carry bits of their own tumors so treatments can be tried first on the customized rodents.

The idea is to see which drugs might work best on a specific person’s specific cancer.

The mice may help patients make what can be very hard choices under difficult circumstances. Studies can suggest a certain chemotherapy may help, but patients wonder whether it will work for them. Often there’s more than one choice, and if the first one fails, a patient may be too sick to try another. So hundreds of people have made “mouse avatars” over the last few years to test chemotherapies.

“What I’m doing is personalized cancer treatment. It’s the wave of the future,” said Eileen Youtie, a Miami woman using mice to guide care for her hard-to-treat form of breast cancer. “Part of this is trying to eliminate chemos that are not going to work on me. I don’t want to waste time taking them and poison my body.”

But there are no guarantees the mice will help.

“There’s not a lot of science” to say how well this works, and it should be considered highly experimental, said Dr. Len Lichtenfeld, deputy chief medical officer of the American Cancer Society.

There are some early encouraging reports, he said.

One study of 70 patients found the mice generally reflected how well patients responded to various drugs. But there is no evidence that using mice is any better than care based on medical guidelines or the gene tests that many patients get now to help pick drugs.

Mouse testing costs $10,000 or more, and insurers don’t cover it. It takes several months, so patients usually have to start therapy before mouse results are in.

“I do see promise, but it’s very time-consuming, it’s very expensive. For the average patient, standard care is going to be the way to go,” said Alana Welm, a cancer researcher at the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation. She gave a talk on mouse avatars last week at the San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium. It was the third major cancer meeting this year to feature work on customized cancer mice.

Several labs breed these mice but the main supplier to patients has been Champions Oncology, a company based in Hackensack, New Jersey, that also operates in London, Tel Aviv and Singapore. About 7,000 mice are kept in a Baltimore lab with six rooms that resemble stock rooms of a shoe

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Top: Charles Cook, manager of facilities and operations at Champions Oncology, opens a plastic cage containing mice carrying bits of a cancer patient’s tumor in a lab in Baltimore.

Cancer patients are paying the private lab to breed mice that carry bits of their own tumors so treatments can be tried first on the customized rodents.

Right: Cook displays mouse carrying a cancer patient’s tumor graft under its skin Bottom: Cook handles a plastic cage containing mice carrying bits of a cancer patient’s tumor in a lab in Baltimore. “What I’m doing is personalized cancer treatment. It’s the wave of the future,” said Eileen Youtie, a Miami woman using mice to guide care for her hard-to-treat form of breast cancer. “Part of this is trying to eliminate chemos that are not going to work on me. I don’t want to waste time taking them and poison my body.”

store, with tall shelves that hold row upon row of plastic cages labeled with each cancer patient’s name.

Most mice are white-haired females with beady red eyes, but others are hairless. Some live alone while others climb over one another and sleep in small piles. All have easy access to food and water, and many bear signs of the tumour graft - a shaved portion of hair, an incision scar and a lump growing off one side.

Patients have a tumour sample sent to Champions, which charges $1,500 to bank it, plus $2,500 for each drug tested in groups of mice implanted with bits of the tumour. Most patients try three to five drugs and spend $10,000 to $12,000, said Champions’ chief medical officer, Dr. Angela Davies.

Youtie spent $30,000 “because I want them to test all

the possible drugs,” even some for other types of cancer.

That approach helped Yaron Panov, a 59-year-old Toronto man diagnosed four years ago with liposarcoma, a soft-tissue cancer. No specific drugs were recommended, and “I was given six months to live,” he said.

Tests on his avatar mice suggested the first drug he was prescribed would not work but that one for colon cancer might.

“It was working on the mice so I knew it would work on me,” he said.

“It’s such a boost of confidence” and it makes it easier to endure side effects, said Panov, whose cancer is in remission.

Reuven Moser, a 71-year-old man from Tel Aviv, Israel, said his avatar mice confirmed that drugs prescribed for colon

cancer that had spread to his liver were a good option.

“Most of the time the oncologists want to follow a protocol, but they don’t know how it will affect the patient,” Moser said. “It was very reassuring” to see the mice respond, he said. Moser’s mice were bred in February and he is still undergoing treatment.

Dr. Andrew Gaya of Leaders in Oncology Care, a private clinic in London, helped lead the 70-patient study of avatar mice and gave results at a cancer conference in September.

It looked back at how well mice performed in patients whose outcomes from treatment were already known.

About 70 per cent of the time, tests in the mice suggested something that turned out to have helped the patients, he said. And if something had not worked in the mice it almost never worked in a patient.

Mice have some drawbacks, said Dr. Benjamin Neel, director of research at Princess Margaret Cancer Centre in Toronto and a spokesman for the American Association for Cancer Research.

The tumour grafts are under the mouse skin - not in

places where the cancer normally occurs, such as the pancreas or lungs, and therefore don’t reflect the human tumour’s environment. The mice also have highly impaired immune systems so they can tolerate the human tumors. That means they don’t reflect how a person’s immune system would respond to a treatment and cannot be used to test immunotherapies.

“Even if it turns out these have real value,” they’re likely to be eclipsed by newer advances, such as ways to grow tumour cells in a lab dish that take only a few weeks, he said.

For now, mice seem the best bet, along with gene testing and her doctors’ advice, said Youtie, the Miami woman with breast cancer. Her mouse testing suggested that either of two drugs would be effective, so she chose the one thought to have fewer side effects on the heart. She recently finished chemotherapy, is about to finish radiation treatment, and said she does not feel guilty about using the mice.

“Animal abuse? I don’t look at it that way,” she said. “It’s not testing cosmetics. It’s trying to save my life.”

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Rock n’ Roll Hall of Fame class announced GREEN DAY, LOU REED, JETT AND WITHERS TO BE INDUCTED THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK - The punk trio Green Day, poet of the New York underground Lou Reed and “Lean on Me” singer Bill Withers will lead a new class of inductees into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame next year.

The hall announced Tuesday that it will also welcome Joan Jett & the Blackhearts, who famously sang about loving rock ‘n’ roll, and make Ringo Starr the fourth ex-Beatle enshrined as an individual. Besides Reed, the class includes other posthumous inductees Paul Butterfield and Stevie Ray Vaughan.

The 30th annual induction ceremony will be held at Cleveland, Ohio’s Public Hall next April 18. Public tickets go on sale Thursday.

Green Day made it in the group’s first year of eligibility. The Bay Area band led by Billie Joe Armstrong made the 1990s slackers anthem Dookie and hit a peak with the politically-themed concept disc American Idiot a decade later. Armstrong also starred in a Broadway musical based on American Idiot.

Reed, who died in October 2013 following complications from a liver transplant, is already in the hall as a member of the Velvet Underground. He was at his best exploring the underside of his home city, in the hit Walk on the Wild Side and fierce crack-era album New York.

Withers brought a jazz and funk touch to 1970s era singer-songwriter material like Ain’t No Sunshine, Use Me and Just the Two of Us. He hasn’t released new music in nearly three decades.

Jett emerged from the all-female punk-era pioneers the Runaways to lead a band of men with

punchy hits, none bigger than the declaration “I Love Rock ‘n’ Roll.”

“I’m still collecting my thoughts, but the feeling is surreal. I’ve always focused on making music for the art of it, and its ability to reach others,” Jett said in a written statement. “I am truly honoured that my music has been recognized by the great rock and roll community that voted me in.”

The Paul Butterfield Blues Band married blues and rock during the 1960s, led by its leader’s harmonica and the lead guitar of Mike Bloomfield.

Blues guitarist Stevie Ray Vaughan was a 1980s prodigy for his work with band Double Trouble on songs like “Pride and Joy” and “Texas Flood.” Like hero Jimi Hendrix his life was cut short, dying in a 1990 plane crash.

Beatles drummer Ringo Starr is being given a special award for musical excellence. He anchored the Beatles’ sound and had a productive solo career, even beating his former mates to the top of the charts. He continues to record and tour with a revolving All-Starr Band. The Beatles are already in the hall, as are John Lennon, Paul McCartney and George Harrison as solo artists.

The “5” Royales will be inducted in the early influence category. The former gospel group recorded the original version of Dedicated to the One I Love, which became a hit later for the Shirelles and the Mamas & the Papas.

Inductees are chosen by a vote of more than 700 artists, historians and music industry representatives. An artist needed to have first released material no later than 1989. The Rock Hall of Fame, which is based in Cleveland, will open a new exhibit dedicated to the 2015 inductees.

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In this Sunday, April 7, 2013, photo, Billy Joe Armstrong performs during a Green Day concert at the Barclays Center, in New York. The punk trio Green Day, poet of the New York underground Lou Reed and singer Bill Withers will lead a new class of inductees into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2015.

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BRIEF Bowie tribute show Thursday night at Fratters Speakeasy Dust off your platform shoes and space-age jackets: Glam-rock king David Bowie is getting a local tribute.

Local promoter Weird and Gilly presents the Return of the Bowie Tribute, on Thursday at Fratters Speakeasy in Red Deer.

The 8:30 p.m. show will feature hits by the chameleon singer — Space Oddity, Aladdin Sane, Ziggy Stardust, Young Americans, Diamond Dogs and others — as performed by Rocky Mountain House native Logan Murray, who now resides in Vancouver.

The backup band is made up of local musicians: Paeton Cameron on bass, Samuel Leszczynski on drums, Peter Wahl on guitar, James Adams on keyboards and saxophone, and Carl Stretton on keyboards and guitar.

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Hitting the sweet spot in their relationship DAVID ARQUETTE TALKS RELATIONSHIP WITH COURTENEY COX AND ‘CELEBRITY NAME GAME’

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — Exes David Arquette and Courteney Cox seem to have hit a sweet spot in their personal and professional relationships.

Working together as parents, actors and business partners with Coquette Productions, which recently launched Celebrity Name Game on GameTV in Canada, Arquette says they’ve “hit such a stride” where they “just really help each other.”

“First and foremost, we are friends and we love each other,” Arquette said. “We’re incredible co-parents, she’s a wonderful mother, we love our daughter and we just want a healthy relationship for that, in general.

“But as far as Coquette goes, we’ve been developing this production company for over 10 years, so it’s something we’ve invested a lot of time and energy in. It’s something we get a lot of joy out of. So to just throw it away is a waste — on top of the fact that we really work together really well.”

Arquette and Cox announced their split in 2010 and finalized their divorce in May 2013 after nearly 14 years of marriage. They have a 10-year-old daughter named Coco and have appeared onscreen together in projects including the Scream horror films.

Through Coquette Productions, they’ve also developed projects including the series Cougar Town and Dirt and the upcoming film Just Before I Go, which Cox directed. The company also has a development deal at ABC Studios.

“We respect each other. We enhance each other’s skill sets,” said Arquette, 43. “We seldom ever have any kind of conflict. ... The greatest part is that when we get on a set that’s a really fun set, that our daughter is there and she sees her parents interacting and caring for each other and having fun and being productive and creative.

“It’s just a good lesson all around.”

Airing nightly at 7:30 p.m. ET, Celebrity Name Game is a half-hour series that pairs well-known personalities with contestants in order to identify famous names based on improvised clues. Craig Ferguson hosts the comical show, which unfolds over four rounds and offers contestants the

chance to win $20,000.

Celebrity guest stars include Cox, Arquette, Emmanuelle Chriqui, Sheryl Crow, Mario Lopez, Tom Arnold, Lisa Kudrow and Kevin McHale.

“It’s hard,” said Arquette. “When you get in front of the audience and there’s a ticking clock, you’d be surprised at how your brain just goes blank sometimes.”

Game shows and board games have been a big part of Arquette’s life.

As a child, he didn’t live near his grandfather, actor-comedian Cliff Arquette, so he watched him on the game show Hollywood Squares in order to feel connected.

“We lived across the country and I was really young, but it was one of the ways I got to know him,” he said. “I was only three or four or something and I’d be able to watch him on television, and I loved the show and I loved the humour and I loved the entertainment element.

“So it had always been something we loved, and my father was an improvisational actor, so we did a lot of improv games, like ‘Charades’ or ‘Freeze.”’

Arquette said he and Cox also loved playing board games with Coco when they were married.

“We’d play ‘Pictionary’ or ‘Celebrity’ ... and it was just a way of, ‘How can we bring these fun sort of game nights to an audience and make it feel as though you’re invited to a celebrity’s house and you’re part of the fun game night that they’ll have at their house?”’

“Fun” seems to be a motto in Arquette’s varied life.

From his wrestling days in the early 2000s to his stints as a graffiti artist and a breakdancer, he said he likes “just having fun, going out there and being silly.”

Hence his recent decision to get gold caps put on his two front teeth.

Arquette said he made the move after he had gum surgery and one of the white caps on his front teeth broke and the dentist told him he would need temporary replacements for a couple of months.

“I said, ‘Well, if they were gold, would they last longer?’ and he said, ‘Yeah, they’re a lot stronger; they wouldn’t break at all.’ I was going to Art Basel in Miami, and it’s Christmas-

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David Arquette arrives at the Billboard Music Awards at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in 2013 in Las Vegas. As a child, David Arquette didn’t live near his grandfather, actor-comedian Clifford Arquette, so he would tune in to see him on Hollywood Squares as a way of feeling connected. That led to a lifelong love of game shows that he’s parlayed into his new series, Celebrity Name Game, says Arquette. time and I just thought, ‘Well, get some gold teeth and then I can run around singing All I want for Christmas is my big front teeth, my big front teeth,”’ he said, busting into the holiday tune.

“That’s sort of the idea behind it, but I just ... got out of the dentist and I have nice white temporaries on so that

I’m back to normal in case I get a job or something.”

And what did Coco think of them?

“Coco actually liked them, which is so funny because I can’t do anything that doesn’t embarrass her,” he said. “She was like, ‘I like those, Dad, they’re fun.”’

Rickles overcomes leg infection to appear in special JUST FOR LAUGHS

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Comedian Don Rickles is shown in a handout photo. The Just For Laughs Presents: Don Rickles special airs on CBC-TV on Tuesday at 9:00 p.m. life has been wonderful, and as long as people show up to see me, I’m very happy. ... As you get older it’s good to keep moving, and when you entertain it keeps the mind going and so forth.”

Rickles said he has many fond memories of performing in Canada. As fans may recall, he even kicked off his famed 1968 live comedy album “Hello, Dummy!” by telling a guy in the front row he looked like a Mountie.

Yet Rickles admitted he had a hard time north of the border when he started his standup career. His cutting humour that’s earned him the nicknames The Merchant of Venom and Mr. Warmth wasn’t resonating with comedy clubs in Montreal and they asked him to change his act.

“The boss, I’ll never forget it, said, ‘Why does he pick on people? I don’t need this,’ and first thing you know I was in the car and back on the plane,” he said. “Then I went back again and they said, ‘Play the harmonica. Tell

them you play the harmonica,’ and I had a harmonica and I never took it out and never played it, and I started to do the same thing I’ve done all my life and I was back on a plane again.”

Eventually he “got lucky with the Canadian people,” added Rickles, noting he’s since worked in many cities throughout the country. Rickles noted he’s never been mean-spirited or out to hurt anybody onstage, and he’s never felt a need to use foul language in

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“I thought, ‘Oh God, that’s the end of me,’ but it certainly wasn’t,” he said in a recent telephone interview to promote the Just For Laughs Presents: Don Rickles special, airing on CBC-TV on Tuesday at 9 p.m.

“So right at this moment I sit in a chair with a cane and perform, and (audiences) are still wonderful and they show up to see me and that’s the name of the game.”

The 88-year-old said he had to undergo six operations after a fungal infection struck his leg over a year ago, but added “it’s coming around now.”

“Eventually ... I’ll either keep the cane or walk by myself or have two guys carry me around,” he quipped.

“But it hasn’t reached that point and I still work and I’m still very happy.”

Taped at the Montreal Just For Laughs Festival earlier this year, “Just For Laughs Presents: Don Rickles” sees the famed wisecracker performing his insult brand of comedy and delivering songs and stories about his stints in Las Vegas and times with the Rat Pack. Other comedians on the bill include Tom Papa, Alonzo Bodden, Adam Hills and Canadian native Caroline Rhea.

Rickles said he still performs not out of obligation, but out of passion.

“I’m 88 years young and have a wonderful wife and two grandchildren and a daughter,” said the New York Native, who voices Mr. Potato Head in the Toy Story animated films. “My family

his act. He developed his insult style of delivery while responding to his hecklers, whom he’s famously called “hockey pucks” throughout his career.

Of course, he went on to become a venerable personality on the stage and the late-night TV circuit, bonding with Bob Newhart (“His wife and my wife are like sisters, practically, and we’ve travelled around the world together,” said Rickles) and Johnny Carson, who gave him his “first big break” in New York.

Rickles has had a similar rapport with David Letterman, who recently announced he will host his final “Late Show” on May 20. Rickles said he’ll appear on the “Late Show” on May 11 and joked he may give him a picture of himself as a good-bye gift.

“It’s sad to see him depart, but everything comes to an end,” said Rickles. “I just hope that new people are warming up in the bullpen and ready to come up.”

Rickles said he is encouraged by the newer faces he sees on late-night TV these days, noting he and Jimmy Kimmel are also good friends, but he’s not sure where that genre is headed.

“I really don’t care,” he razzed, “because they’ll probably be giving me mouth-to-mouth and I’ll be a gurney out on the stage with a nurse and they’ll lift my head and I’ll go, ‘You’re a hockey puck’ and boom, fall back into the bed.”

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announcements Obituaries CORBETT Ronald 1942 - 2014 Mr. Ronald David Corbett of Red Deer, Alberta passed away at his home on Monday, December 15, 2014 at the age of 72 years. Ronald will be lovingly remembered by his wife, Sharon; his children, Kim Dedels-Guerin, Bonnie (Tim) Gardiner, Brent, Rhonda, Neil and Curtis Corbett; eleven grandchildren and four great grandchildren. He will also be sadly missed by his brother, Don Corbett. A Celebration of Ronald’s Life will be held at the Centre for Spiritual Living, 6315 Horn Street, Red Deer, Alberta on Saturday, December 20, 2014 at 2:00 p.m.

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CAMPBELL Warren 1947 - 2014 Mr. Warren Lee Campbell of Red Deer, Alberta passed away on Saturday, December 6, 2014 at the age of 47 years. He was born on July 19, 1967 in Lacombe, Alberta and graduated from Wm. E. Hay Composite High School in 1986. Warren spent the next few years working in many sales positions, including the Co-op Grocery Stores, Schwan’s and various hotels. He was involved with the Lions Clubs and enjoyed actively volunteering with them, as well as the Red Deer Hospital Volunteer Association. He found love later in life with Rose and spent the last three years happily married to her.

Warren will be lovingly remembered by his wife, Rose, his sisters, Tammy (Trevor) Gerlach, Cynthia Campbell, his nieces, Kassidee and Verity (Justin) and nephews, Patrick and Courtney and step grandson, Kaden, as well as other family and friends. Warren was predeceased by his mother, Jean and a brother, Robin, as well as other family members. In lieu of flowers, the family would gratefully accept donations to help with funeral expenses. Condolences may be sent or viewed at www.parklandfuneralhome.com Arrangements in care of Ashley Paton, Funeral Director at PARKLAND FUNERAL HOME AND CREMATORIUM 6287 - 67 A Street (Taylor Drive), Red Deer.

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SCOTT James Arthur The family of James Arthur Scott regrets to announce his passing on Wednesday, December 10, 2014 at the age of 71 years at the Red Deer Regional Hospital.

James is lovingly remembered by daughter, Debra (Mike) Lafond; granddaughter, Nicole; son, Donald Scott; mother, Jean Decker; brother, Brian (Helen) Scott and their children; sister, Cathy (Lorne) Badry and their son, Christopher and numerous other friends and relatives.

James is predeceased by his loving wife of 50 years, Shirley Scott; and by his father, Art Scott. As per Jim’s request, a Private Family ceremony will be held at a later date. In lieu of flowers, please remember Jim in your thoughts.

Messages of condolence may be left for the family at www.myalternatives.ca.

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GILL Colin Ogilvie Jan. 19, 1943- Dec. 13, 2014 Doctor Colin Ogilvie Gill died on the 13th of December 2014, at his home in Lacombe following a sudden illness. Dr. Gill is survived by his wife Carol; his sons Alexander, Edmund and Benjamin; his grandchildren Kate, Beatrice and Matthew.

Dr. Gill was born in Forfar, Scotland in 1943. He was educated at the Universities of Leicester and Hull. In 1973 he emigrated with his wife and children to New Zealand where he conducted scientific research for the Meat Research Institute of New Zealand. Dr. Gill’s work on the microbiological safety and shelf life of meats in New Zealand was internationally recognized and he was recruited in 1990 as a Research Scientist by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, where he was employed at the Lacombe Research Station, until his death. Over his career Dr. Gill published over 250 scientific publications and 4 patents. The impact of his work was internationally recognized and he was regularly consulted by foreign governments and domestic and international industry.

Dr. Gill’s work was recognized by the Commemorative Medal for the 125th Anniversary of Canadian Confederation (1994), Agcellence Award (1996), the Canadian Meat Council Science and Technology Award (1999) and the Golden Harvest Award for Excellence in Science (2008). The family requests that donations are made to Médecins Sans Frontières: 720 Spadina Avenue, Suite 402, Toronto, Ontario, M5S 2T9 Canada in lieu of flowers. Condolences may be made by visiting www.wilsonsfuneralchapel.ca WILSON’S FUNERAL CHAPEL & CREMATORIUM serving Central Alberta with locations in Lacombe and Rimbey in charge of arrangements.

Phone: 403.782.3366 or 403.843.3388 “A Caring Family, Caring for Families”

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SHACKEL Tressa Lynn Shackel of Red Deer, Alberta, beloved wife of Leslie Kolibaba, has gone to be with the Lord. She was born in Estevan, Saskatchewan on May 27, 1970, and passed away at the Red Deer Regional Hospital Centre on Sunday, December 14, 2014 at the age of 44 years. In addition to her husband, Tressa will also be greatly missed by her four children: A.J., Sabrina, Mandy, and Jonah; her five stepchildren: Norman, Gillian, Alan, Megan, and Kayla; as well as many grandchildren.

She is also survived by her mother, Linda; her brother, Edward (Natalie); and her sister, Tammie (Ron) Holmes, all of Red Deer; as well as several nieces and nephews. Family and Friends are invited to an Informal Gathering and Potluck in Tressa’s Honour, which will be held at 6021 - 57 Avenue, Red Deer on Saturday, December 20, 2014 from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.

Cremation took place at the Central Alberta Crematorium, Red Deer. If friends desire, memorial tributes in Tressa’s Memory may be made directly to Make-A-Wish Northern Alberta, 16007 118, Edmonton, Alberta T5V 1C7.

Condolences to the Family may also be expressed by email to: special_reflections@telusplanet.net Cremation Arrangements for the Late Tressa Lynn Shackel entrusted to the care of

Gerald “Gerry” Leo Beauchamp passed away peacefully in Red Deer, Alberta, on Thursday, December 11, 2014 at the age of 87 years. He was born in Regina, SK on November 15, 1927. Gerry was predeceased by his parents; Leo Frederick Beauchamp and Ellen Mary Purcell of Qu’appele, SK., his brother, Bill (Shirley), granddaughter, Aimee Thérèse White and son-in-law, Jef Gibbs. Gerry is survived by the love of his life (61 years) Thérèse (Dupuis) Beauchamp and six children; Donna (Bob), Louise, Cathie (Tom), Susan, Daniel (Pam), and Richard. Gerry was blessed with fourteen grandchildren; Stephanie (Scott), Glen (Concetta), Mark, Krystal, Renée, Randall, Dru (Lisa), J.D., Emily, Shayla, Nathan and eight great-grandchildren. Teaching was Gerry’s calling. He taught two years in Saskatchewan (Smokey Ridge and Porcupine Plains), and 34 years in Alberta at Cambria, Munson, Morrin, and 20 years with the Red Deer Catholic Board of Education (St. Thomas Aquinas and Camille J. Lerouge). He then was elected for nine years as a trustee with the Catholic Board of Education. God, his Catholic faith, love for his wife and family were the cornerstones of his life. He was happiest when creating something; a painting, a woodcarving, gardening, community endeavors - just being part of any project that was worthy.

Gerry served the community and church in many different capacities; Knights of Columbus, Drumheller & Red Deer ATA, Central Alberta Council on Aging, Alberta Historical Society, Prolife, Church Council, Christopher Leadership Courses, and Union of Apostolic Catholics just to name a few. Gerry enjoyed and was passionate about everything that he put his mind to. He loved nature, camping, fishing, reading, music, history and the arts. He also had a great sense of humor and loved to laugh. His enthusiasm often motivated others to follow their own passions. A Prayer Service will be held at Eventide Funeral Chapel, 4820-45 Street, Red Deer, on Tuesday, December 16, 2014 at 7:00 p.m. A Funeral Mass will take place at St. Mary’s Catholic Church, 6 McMillan Avenue, Red Deer, on Wednesday, December 17, 2014 at 1:00 p.m. In lieu of flowers, donations in Gerry’s memory may be made to the Heart and Stroke Foundation, 202, 5913-50 Avenue, Red Deer, Alberta, T4N 4C4. Condolences may be forwarded to the family by visiting www.eventidefuneralchapels.com.

Arrangements entrusted to EVENTIDE FUNERAL CHAPEL 4820 - 45 Street, Red Deer.

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MACDERMID Dave and Christine MacDermid and big brother Carson are pleased to announce the birth of Devin William MacDermid on May 29, 2014 weighing 8 lbs. 1 oz.

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Technical Support Agent Growing national software company based in Red Deer seeking FT Tech Agent. Please visit us at www.visual-eyes.ca for further info and to apply.

Dental

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LOOKING for dedicated RDA with receptionist skills for family dental practice.

Fax resume to 403-343-3465.

Farm Work

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F/T PEN CHECKER for general feedlot duties for large expanding feedlot in Sundre. Experience necessary. Fax resume to 403-638-3908, or call 403-638-4165, or email dthengs@hotmail.com You can sell your guitar for a song... or put it in CLASSIFIEDS and we’ll sell it for you!

Medical

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BUSY established multi physician medical practice in Red Deer, seeking an experienced Business Manager on a permanent basis to start immediately.

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NOW HIRING Well Testing Personnel Experienced Supervisors & Operators Must have valid applicable tickets. Email: lstouffer@ testalta.com Prowler Energy Services is currently looking for a full time N2 Operator in the Red Deer area. Class 1 Drivers License for more information please contact Rocky at 403-239-7596 or by email at Rocky@ prowlertubing.com

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EAST 40TH PUB REQ’S P/T / F/T COOK Apply in person with resume 3811 40th Ave. BEARSPAW is a moderately sized oil and gas company operating primarily in the Stettler and Drumheller areas. We are currently accepting applications for a

JUNIOR OIL AND GAS OPERATOR in our Stettler Field.

Applicants need to be mechanically inclined, motivated to work hard and learn quickly.

Associated industry experience eg. instrumentation or facilities construction experience would be an asset but is not necessarily required.

This position offers a diverse and challenging work environment with competitive pay, attractive benefits and the ability to grow within the organization. Applicants must live or be willing to relocate to within a 20 minute commute of the work place location (Stettler).

Please Submit Resume’s Attention Human Resources Email: payroll@ bearspawpet.com Fax: (403) 258-3197 Mail: Suite 5309, 333 96th Ave NE Calgary, Alberta T3R 1H1 LOCAL SERVICE CO. in Red Deer REQ’S EXP. VACUUM TRUCK OPERATOR Must have Class 3 licence w/air & all oilfield tickets.

Fax resume w/drivers abstract to 403-886-4475

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JACKIE’S Travel Getaways, Rocky Mtn. House, AB is looking for a F.T Travel Consultant * Exc. knowledge of Apollo/ Gallileo a must. * Exc. public relations/ phone skills * Minimum 1 yrs. exp.

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F/T Food Service Supervisor and Store Manager. $13-$19.50/hr. Must be able to work nights/days and weekends. Call Little Ceasars Red Deer at 403-346-1671 or email to allan_barker25@yahoo.ca CELEBRATIONS HAPPEN EVERY DAY IN CLASSIFIEDS

THE RUSTY PELICAN is now accepting resumes for a well experienced F/T HOSTESS & SERVERS Must have Ref’s & Exp. Apply within: 2079-50 Ave. 2-4 pm. Mon.-Fri. Fax 403-347-1161 Phone calls WILL NOT be accepted.

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Field Service Mechanic Needed Gas Pro Compression Corp, located in Three Hills, AB, is a manufacturing & fabrication shop, which produces & services single well gas compressors ranging from 10 to 80HP. Currently we are looking to fill a position for Field Service Mechanic.

Successful candidate must possess strong work ethics. Experience with natural gas compression is an asset but not essential. Trade Certification is required and preference will be given to those having experience. Please fax resumes to 403-443-5288, apply in person at 227, 17th Ave N, Three Hills AB, or email to Peter.

Pattison@gaspro.ca.

HAMPTON INN & SUITES THE RUSTY PELICAN is Red Deer is now accepting now accepting resumes for F/T Exp’d resumes for a housekeepLINE COOKS GOODMEN ing supervisor. Must be at all stations.

ROOFING LTD. able to work weekends.

MUST HAVE: Requires Apply within 128 Leva Ave. • 2-3 yrs. post secondary Red Deer County. Fax education.

SLOPED ROOFERS 403-341-9996 or email: LABOURERS info@hamptoninnrd.com • 2-3 yrs. on-the-job exp.

• Provide references & FLAT ROOFERS The hourly rate will be $13.25 - $15. per hour Valid Driver’s Licence dependant on experience. preferred. Fax or email Mail to: 2079 50 AVE. info@goodmenroofing.ca Red Deer, AB T4R 1Z4 or (403)341-6722 or Call 403-347-1414 NO PHONE CALLS PLEASE! or Fax to: 403-347-1161 HIRING SERVER AND LICENSED MECHANIC & CHEFS AUTO BODY TECH. Apply in person at Shiso Reasonable rate.

Japanese Restaurant, Trades A.J. Auto Repair & Body 3731 Gaetz Avenue 11, 7836 49 Ave. No Phone Calls Please!

Call 403-506-6258 DRYWALL HELPER REQ’D. JJAM Management (1987) Exp. an asset. Must have NOW HIRING for own transportation.

Ltd., o/a Tim Horton’s following Positions 403-341-7619 Requires to work at these Tile setters $28.25/hr Red Deer, AB locations: Floor Covering Installer Ellis Fabrications Inc. is 5111 22 St. $ 28.25 / hr looking for a Full Time 37444 HWY 2 S Full time and Permanent Machinist to join our team.

37543 HWY 2N 40hrs/week This positions offers work 700 3020 22 St. Min 3 year experience with Conventional and FOOD ATTENDANT Labourer $20/hr Computer Numerical Req’d permanent shift 40hrs/week Control (CNC) machines. weekend day and evening No experience required Email resume to jobs@ both full and part time.

Full time and permanent efiattachments.com or fax 16 Vacancies, $10.25/hr. + position to: 403-227-0055. benefits. Start ASAP. Valid Driver’s Licence Job description preferred MILLARD TRUCKING LTD. www.timhortons.com email resume at: is looking for a 2 Licenced Education and experience cat1employment Journeyman Heavy not req’d. @gmail.com Duty Mechanics.

Apply in person or fax or drop off resume at The successful applicant resume to: 403-314-1303 Central Alberta Tile One must be able to work well 7619 50 Ave Suite 9 in a high paced environClassifieds Red Deer ment.

We offer a great Your place to SELL working environment, very SHUNDA Your place to BUY competitive wages and CONSTRUCTION performance bonuses. requires a All interested person are Safety Coordinator invited to apply to: to implement, manage & Millard Trucking Ltd. enhance our existing Box 960, Sundre, AB safety program. Fax T0M1X0 resume and references Fax: 403-638-4987 to 403-343-1248 or email: mbrodie@enerchem.com email admin@shunda.ca.

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CENTRAL AB LIFE Publication date: THURSDAY DEC. 25 Deadline is: Fri. Dec. 19 @ 5 p.m.

Publication Date: THURSDAY JAN. 1 Deadline is: Wed. Dec. 24 @ 11:00 a.m.

PONOKA Publication date: WEDNESDAY DEC. 24 Deadline is: Wed. Dec. 17 @ 5 p.m.

Publication date: WEDNESDAY DEC. 31 Deadline is: Mon. Dec. 22 @ 5 p.m.

RIMBEY Publication date; TUESDAY DEC. 23 Wed. Dec. 17 @5 p.m.

Publication date: TUESDAY DEC. 30 Deadline is: Mon. Dec. 22 @ 5 p.m.

STETTLER & WEEKENDER

Publication date: WED. DEC. 24 FRI. DEC. 26 Deadline is: Wed. Dec. 17 @ 5 p.m.

Publication date: WED. DEC. 31 FRI. JAN. 2 Deadline is: Fri. Dec. 19 @ 5 p.m.

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Publication date: THURSDAY JAN. 1 Deadline is: Mon. Dec. 22 @ 5 p.m.

Bashaw Publication date: WED. DEC. 24 Deadline is: Thur. Dec. 18 @ Noon NO PAPER ON DEC. 31 Castor Publication Date: THUR. DEC. 25 Deadline: Wed. Dec. 17 @ 5 p.m.

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Automotive Installer/ Supervisor Jiffylube is currently looking for a installer to join our team. Benefits avail. With the right experience the job would include a supervisory role.

CENTRAL AB based trucking company requires

Owner Operators & Contract Drivers in AB. Home the odd night.

Weekends off. Late model tractor pref. 403-586-4558 DRIVERS for furniture moving company, class 5 required (5 tons), local & long distance. Competitive wages. Apply in person.

6630 71 St. Bay 7 Red Deer. 403-347-8841 F/T Permanent Truck Driver Required for Rocky Fast Express (1790810 AB Ltd.) in Red Deer, AB Straight truck: 4600kg+w/2 axles and van Need class 5 DL + 2 yrs exp. $25 per hr/ with OPEN availability Duties: pick up/deliver freight, pre-trip truck inspection, communication with customers. Physically demanding position. Time management skills required. Apply at: 8004 Edgar Industrial Green, Red Deer, T4P3S2 Call: 403.845.2230 Fax: 587.997.7719 F/T TRUCK drivers req’d.

Minimum Class 5 with air and clean abstract. Exp. preferred. In person to Key Towing 4083-78 St. Cres.

Red Deer.

HALLCON is seeking qualified drivers to transport rail crews throughout Red Deer area.

Drivers are ideally based out of RED DEER. No overnight stays required.

This position is an on call position. Employees are responsible for taking trips during the period they have designated themselves available to do so. Transportation is done in Hallcon company vehicles. Vehicles are extensively & consistently maintained ensuring optimal safety for drivers and clients. Drivers must possess valid Class 1, 2, or 4 license, with clean driver abstract. Assisted licensing upgrade to achieve a class 4 is available. Pay is based at a rate of $16.00. Earning potential is based on your availability, as our operation runs on a 24/7 on call basis. Both full time and part time employees are welcome. Semiretired, retired, full time, part time employees are welcome. Forward resumes & current driver abstract: Shane Flack asmabnorth@gmail.com.

$$$ EARN $$$ $$ EXTRA MONEY $$ Seeking mature individuals with car or small truck to deliver the new YP/Telus phonebooks into Red Deer. This is door to door delivery, no selling involved, can start immed.

All payments made by cheque. Completion bonus.

1-800-661-1910 1699960AbLtd is looking for 2 F/T permanent shift supervisors for days, evenings, wknds. 120 - 47 Clearview Market Red Deer, AB. must have exc. customer service, cash handling, and supervisory related. wage $13.75 w/at least 1 year exp. email: restuarantbusiness@ hotmail.ca

ACADEMIC Express ADULT EDUCATION AND TRAINING

WINTER START GED Preparation Would you like to take the GED in your community?

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403-340-1930 www.academicexpress.ca Hiring for busy season.

Holiday-break work sched. available for students.

Flexible PT and FT sched. with $17.25 guaranteed base pay, cust. sales/service, no experience necessary, we will train, conditions apply. Visit www.work4students.ca/rda or call 403-755-6711 to secure a position. Start dates for Nov/Dec.

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The ideal individual would have extensive knowledge in automotive maintenance/repair possibly a 3rd year apprentice - journeyman automotive tech or partsman. And have some sales/customer service experience. Please forward resumes to 1034@jiffylubestores.ca or fax 403-507-4121

Advocate Opportunities ADULT or YOUTH CARRIERS NEEDED For delivery of Flyers, Express and Friday Forward ONLY 3 DAYS A WEEK in DOWNTOWN AREA South East Downtown and Parkvale area $289.00 mo.

DEER PARK AREA Dixon Cres. $100.20/mo.

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

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CENTRAL ALBERTA’S DAILY NEWSPAPER

4400 Block of 41A Ave., 4000 Block of 46 + 47 St. Area.

For More Information Call Jamie at the Red Deer Advocate 403-314-4306

ADULT Newspaper Carriers Needed For Early Morning Delivery of the

RED DEER ADVOCATE

Iverson Close Isbister Close

Monday through Saturday.

Delivery to be done before 6:30 am.

Reliable vehicle needed.

MORRISROE AREA McKenzie St. / Marion Cres.

DOWNTOWN AREA $638./mo

SUNNYBROOK AREA Scott St. / Somerset Close

PARKVALE AREA $586./mo.

LANCASTER AREA Lampard Cres Lancaster Drive Long Close Lord Close Landry Bend / Landry Close Ladwig Close

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.

VANIER AREA Vickers Close Victor Close Viscount Drive Call Prodie @ 403- 314-4301 for more info **********************

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

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

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

Please send your resume to Dean@haulinacid.com or call 403-391-8004

GRANDVIEW AREA

ANDERS AREA

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

Our Fleet: • Kenworth, Freightliner, Peterbilt and GMC • Wabash & Advance trailers Your duties are: • Maintaining fleet vehicles (not tanks or plumbing) • Perform A & B services • Tracking shop inventory (fluids, filters etc) • Recording repair information on work orders We offer: • Very competitive wages, flexible hours, extensive health & dental plan

LOGS Semi loads of pine, spruce, tamarack, poplar.

Price depends on location.

Lil Mule Logging 403-318-4346

ROUTES IN:

INGLEWOOD AREA

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

A delivery vehicle provided by company!

Work 3 to 4 shifts a week.

Hours of shifts are morning shifts of Monday through Friday 5:00 AM to 9:00 AM. Saturday starting at 7 AM. Wednesday to Friday Shifts starting at 1 PM. *All Shifts based on 4 hours and likely to run longer.

Journeyman Heavy Duty Mechanic

FIREWOOD, Spruce & Pine. North of Costco 403-346-7178, 392-7754

Bell St.

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

Daily the Advocate publishes advertisements from companies, corporations and associations from across Canada seeking personnel for long term placements.

Spruce & Pine -Split. Firepits avail. 7 days/wk. 403-304-6472

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AFFORDABLE

Homestead Firewood

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* The regular maintenance of customer vehicles CLASSIFICATIONS (filters, lubricants, belts, batteries, etc.

1500-1990 * Informing customer of req’d maintenance as advised by vehicle Children's manufacturer * The ability to accurately Items look up specifications & ALL wood chidlrens pull part numbers sled, round back, exc. * Diagnose, repair and complete approved service cond, $30403-346-5423 on customer vehicles.

CHANGE Table, custom * Advise customers and made, off white. $65.

Associates on work 403-347-5648 performed, general vehicle condition, and future repair requirements.

Equipment* Maintain mechanical service equipment on a Heavy regularly scheduled basis * Operate company and TRAILERS for sale or rent customer vehicles in a Job site, office, well site or clean and safe manner. storage. Skidded or * Support customer wheeled. Call 347-7721. relationships by responding to customer inquiries.

DAIRY equipment supplier looking for GENERAL LABORERS & WELDERS Competitive wages and benefits package. E-mail resume: info@prolineinc.ca

Ahlstrom Close Andrew Close Asstlee / Ansett Cres.

Allsop Ave. / Allsop Cres.

Anderson Close Anquetel Close

850

PAINTER - Experienced new home painter required. Experience in spraying to start immed.

Call Drew @ 403-596-1829.

FEMALE for cleaning, shopping, assist senior male.

Paid daily. Resume, & ref’s Now Offering Hotter, Cleaner req’d. 403-342-6545 BC Birch. All Types. P.U. / Delivery. Lyle 403-783-2275

Gov’t of Alberta Funding may be available.

3 days per week, no weekends

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Accounting

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

Contractors

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BRIDGER CONST. LTD. We do it all! 403-302-8550

Massage Therapy

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CHINESE massage therapy. Direct bill. Gift card.

403-986-1691 4606-48 Ave

FANTASY SPA

International ladies Elite Retreat, finest in VIP treatment. 10-2am Private back entry.

403-341-4445 **********

DALE’S Home Reno’s Free estimates for all your reno needs. 403-506-4301

Looking for a place to live?

Take a tour through the CLASSIFIEDS

RMD RENOVATIONS Bsmt’s, flooring, decks, etc.

Call Roger 403-348-1060

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

Massage Therapy

1280

VII MASSAGE #7,7464 Gaetz Ave. Pampering at its BEST! 403-986-6686 2nd. location in Calgary coming Dec. 1. www.viimassage.com

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5* JUNK REMOVAL Property clean up 340-8666 SNOW blowing, junk/metal p/u, odd jobs 403-885-5333

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GARAGE DOOR SERVICE. Save 50%. All yard & bobcat services, junk/tree/snow removal. 403-358-1614

Painters/ Decorators

1310

JG PAINTING, 25 yrs. exp.

Free Est. 403-872-8888

Seniors’ Services

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HELPING HANDS Home Supports for Seniors.

Est 1999. Cooking, cleaning, companionship. At home or facility. Call 403-346-7777 for information.

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ADVERTISE YOUR VEHICLE IN THE CLASSIFIEDS AND GET IT

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

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

2006 JEEP Commander full load, 4.7, $12,000.

403-342-7798

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

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

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

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

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

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

403-309-4585

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

2011 CYCLONE 300C Toy Hauler, $44,500.

2007 GMC dually 1 ton 182,000 kms.

Together $66,500.

403-507-0570

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

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

2004 DODGE 1/2 ton 4x4 SLT quad cab.

New tires, battery, power steering pump. $6000.

403-506-9632

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141 killed in Taliban attack on school ‘I SAW CHILDREN FALLING DOWN WHO WERE CRYING AND SCREAMING. I ALSO FELL DOWN. I LEARNED LATER THAT I HAVE A BULLET.’

PAKISTAN

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS PESHAWAR — In the deadliest slaughter of innocents in Pakistan in years, Taliban gunmen attacked a military-run school Tuesday and killed 141 people — almost all of them students — before government troops ended the siege.

The massacre of innocent children horrified a country already weary of unending terrorist attacks. Pakistan’s teenage Nobel Peace laureate Malala Yousafzai — herself a survivor of a Taliban shooting — said she was “heartbroken” by the bloodshed.

Even Taliban militants in neighbouring Afghanistan decried the killing spree, calling it “un-Islamic.”

If the Pakistani Taliban extremists had hoped the attack would cause the government to ease off its military offensive that began in June in the country’s tribal region, it appeared to have the opposite effect. Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif pledged to step up the campaign that —along with U.S. drone strikes— has targeted the militants.

“The fight will continue. No one should have any doubt about it,” Sharif said. “We will take account of each and every drop of our children’s blood.”

Taliban fighters have struggled to maintain their potency in the face of the military operation. They vowed a wave of violence in response to the operation, but until Tuesday, there has only been one major attack by a splinter group near the Pakistan-India border in November. Analysts said the school siege showed that even diminished, the militant group still could inflict horrific carnage.

The rampage at the Army Public School and College began in the morning when seven militants scaled a back wall using a ladder, said Maj. Gen.

IN

BRIEF Curiosity rover detects spikes of methane in atmosphere of Mars CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — NASA’s Mars rover, Curiosity, has detected spikes of methane in the planet’s atmosphere. That suggests something is producing or venting the scientifically tantalizing gas, but no one knows what.

Most of Earth’s atmospheric methane comes from animal and plant life, and the environment itself. So the Martian methane raises the question of past or present microbial life. Or the gas elevations could come from geological sources, comet impacts or something else entirely.

The latest study, released Tuesday by the journal Science, indicates there’s less than half the expected amount of methane in the atmosphere around Curiosity’s location in Gale Crater. But over a full Martian year, the rover measured fairly frequent occurrences of elevated methane levels -— tenfold increases.

“This temporary increase in methane — sharply up and then back down — tells us there must be some relatively localized source,” the University of Michigan’s Sushil Atreya, part of the Curiosity team, said in a statement.

— ABDULLAH JAMAL WOUNDED STUDENT

Photo by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Pakistani civil society members take part in a candle light vigil for the victims of a school attacked by the Taliban in Peshawar, Tuesday, on Islamabad, Pakistan.

Asim Bajwa, a military spokesman.

When they reached an auditorium where students had gathered for an event, they opened fire.

A 14-year-old, Mehran Khan, said about 400 students were in the hall when the gunmen broke through the doors and started shooting. They shot one of the teachers in the head and then set her on fire and shouted “God is great!” as she screamed, added Khan, who survived by playing dead.

From there, they went to classrooms and other parts of the school.

“Their sole purpose, it seems, was to kill those innocent kids. That’s what they did,” Bajwa said. Of the 141 people slain before government troops “There are many possible sources, biological or non-biological, such as interaction of water and rock.”

In addition, Curiosity detected other organic molecules when it drilled into a rock. Scientists said it’s believed to be the first confirmation of organic carbon in a Martian rock. The identity of the organic material is unknown.

The Jet Propulsion Laboratory’s Christopher Webster led the international study of methane.

Ireland plans May vote on legalizing gay marriage DUBLIN — Prime Minister Enda Kenny says Ireland’s voters will be asked to legalize gay marriage, a government-backed measure that reflects rapid social change in the predominantly Catholic nation.

Kenny told lawmakers Tuesday that the government would subject its planned Marriage Equality Bill to a public referendum in May, though a precise date has not been selected.

The vote is needed to amend the family section of Ireland’s 77-year-old constitution. Ireland legalized civil partnerships for homosexual couples in 2011. Such partnerships confer weaker legal rights than for a married couple on matters of child custody and welfare access, particularly in event of relationship breakdown.

Recent Irish opinion polls indicate around three-fourths of voters support legalizing gay marriage. More than a dozen nations and most U.S. states already have taken the step.

ended the assault eight hours later, 132 were children and nine were staff members. Another 121 students and three staff members were wounded.

The seven attackers, wearing vests of explosives, all died in the eight-hour assault. It was not immediately clear if they were all killed by the soldiers or whether they blew themselves up, he said.

The wounded — some still wearing their green school blazers —flooded into hospitals as terrified parents searched for their children. By evening, funeral services were already being held for many of the victims as clerics announced the deaths over mosque loudspeakers.

The government declared three days of mourning for what appeared to be Pakistan’s deadliest since a 2007 suicide bombing in the port city of Karachi killed 150 people.

“My son was in uniform in the morning. He is in a casket now,” wailed one parent, Tahir Ali, as he came to the hospital to collect the body of his 14-year-old son, Abdullah. “My son was my dream. My dream has been killed.”

One of the wounded students, Abdullah Jamal, said he was with a group of eighth, ninth and 10th graders who were getting first-aid instructions and training with a team of army medics when the violence became real. Panic broke out when the shooting began.

“I saw children falling down who were crying and screaming. I also fell down. I learned later that I have got a bullet,” he said, speaking from his hospital bed.

Another student, Amir Mateen, said they locked the door from the inside when they heard the shooting, but gunmen blasted through anyway and opened fire.

Responding to the attack, armoured personnel carriers were deployed around the school, and a military helicopter circled overhead.

A little more than 1,000 students and staff were registered at the school, which is part of a network run by the military, although the surrounding area is not heavily fortified. The student body is made up of both children of military personnel as well as civilians.

Ex-Marine wanted in 6 killings near Philadelphia commits suicide amid manhunt THE ASSOCIATED PRESS PENNSBURG, Pa. — An Iraq War veteran suspected of killing his ex-wife and five of her relatives was found dead of self-inflicted knife wounds Tuesday in the woods, ending a dayand-a-half manhunt that closed suburban Philadelphia schools and left people on edge.

Bradley William Stone’s body was discovered a half-mile from his Pennsburg home, about 30 miles (48 kilometres)northwest of Philadelphia. He had cuts in the centre of his body, District Attorney Risa Vetri Ferman said.

Stone, a 35-year-old former Marine sergeant locked in a custody dispute so bitter that his ex-wife feared for her life, went on a 90-minute shooting rampage before daybreak Monday at three homes a few miles apart, authorities said.

The killings set off the second major manhunt to transfix Pennsylvania in the past few months. Eric Frein spent 48 days at large in the Poconos after the September ambush slaying of a state trooper.

As the manhunt dragged on - with SWAT teams swarmed through neighbourhoods and the Philadelphia police sending in a heat-sensing helicopter -

at least five schools within a few miles of Stone’s Pennsburg home closed, and others were locked down. Veterans’ hospitals and other places tightened security.

Ashley Tessier, of Pennsburg, took her sick 7-month-old son to the pediatrician in a stroller Tuesday as SWAT teams knocked on doors along her route. She said she felt she had no choice, since she postponed Monday’s doctor visit because residents were told to take cover.

“Seeing all this is really terrifying — the dogs, the guns, the SWAT team,” she said.

The rampage unfolded in the towns of Harleysville, Lansdale and Souderton.

Stone’s former wife, 33-year-old Nicole Stone, was found dead in her apartment after a neighbour saw Stone fleeing around 5 a.m. with their two young daughters, authorities said. The girls were later found safe with Stone’s neighbours.

Police went to two other homes and discovered five more people dead: Nicole Stone’s mother, grandmother, sister, brother-in-law and 14-year-old niece. A 17-year-old nephew suffered wounds to the head and hands, and Ferman said he was in “very serious” condition.

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Father should avoid punishing daughter for being a teenager

JINGLE BELL BASH

Dear Annie: I have two teenage chil- end once in awhile. Explain that you dren from a previous marriage. For miss her and so do her grandparents, the past 12 years, they have lived with and ask how to make this work. She their mother 90 miles away, and I have will appreciate your flexibility, and in visitation every other weekend and al- the long run, it will do your relationternate holidays, etc. ship good.

I have always exercised visitation Dear Annie: I have an estranged sisfaithfully and have a good relationship ter, and we haven’t spoken in 20 years. with both of them.

Family members are always concerned This year, my daughter has rarely at weddings and funerals that there come for weekend visits. She is social- will be a “scene” if both of us are invitly active and has things to do with her ed. I feel these events are not the time friends on weekends and or place for family squabsays she’d rather be with bles. them. My son comes reguHowever, at our grandlarly. mother’s funeral, I simply For the past few years, ignored my sister. But she I’ve given my kids money insisted that she wanted a for Christmas and birthhug from me. I simply and days so they can buy whatpolitely told her “no.” She ever they want. I always stormed out, crying all the give them the same amount. way.

Now I think I should give I have nothing to do with my daughter less because this woman. I don’t make she is essentially cutting me scenes at family gatherings (and her grandparents) out and couldn’t care less if MITCHELL of her life. I have told her she’s there or not. So why & SUGAR how much we miss seeing is it that the majority of my her on a regular basis, and family sees ME as the bad she doesn’t seem to care. guy? — Couldn’t Care Less I talk to the kids reguin Idaho larly by phone, and they both seem to Dear Idaho: Because your sister enjoy telling me about their lives and enjoys giving the impression that she events. Their mother and I are not on wants to reconcile, making you seem speaking terms. She can be irrational heartless. If you don’t care, then this and is unwilling to help me. shouldn’t matter to you. But we will If my daughter thinks my side of say that after 20 years, you might want the family is not worth her time, then to see whether a reconciliation is posshe shouldn’t expect to be treated the sible. People can change, and being essame as her brother. My parents also tranged from a sibling can take a toll. have been generous to my children, Dear Annie: This is for “Taking Care and they agree. They are my parents’ of Everything in Iowa,” the sister who only grandchildren. Am I wrong to give is caring for her parents without help them different amounts? — Dad from her siblings, who tell her to get Dear Dad: Please don’t. Your daugh- a full-time job. She already has a fullter is a teenager, and like many teens, time job. My family just went through she has an active social life that is this. Dad and his wife had 24/7 caregivmore important to her than either par- ers, costing nearly $4,000 a month. If ent. She isn’t trying to marginalize you they want her to find full-time work or cut you off, and if you punish her elsewhere, are they willing to pay for this way, it will create lifelong resent- 24/7 caregivers? I doubt it. ment for what is a temporary problem.

“Taking Care” has my utmost reConsider making some changes spect. — Just a Guy to the visitation schedule so that her Annie’s Mailbox is written by Kathy weekends are freer. Or perhaps, to Mitchell and Marcy Sugar, longtime edimake up for fewer weekends, you can tors of the Ann Landers column. Please have more of her vacation time. Look email your questions to anniesmailbox@ into activities in your area (rock con- comcast.net, or write to: Annie’s Mailbox, certs, etc.) that might appeal to her. Of- c/o Creators Syndicate, 737 3rd Street, fer to let her bring a friend for a week- Hermosa Beach, CA 90254.

CALGARY — A charitable fund has been established in the name of a Calgary girl who captured the hearts of many, including Prince William and Kate.

Nine-year-old Diamond Marshall died Monday from osteosarcoma.

In July 2011, Diamond gave the Duchess of Cambridge a timid hug on the windswept tarmac of the Calgary airport at the conclusion of the royal couple’s Canadian tour.

The young cancer patient had written Kate a note from the hospital bed where the child watched the royal

wedding earlier that year.

And then the Children’s Wish Foundation went to work to make the meeting happen.

Diamond’s mother died from the same disease in 2007 and the family says the girl was born with a genetic predisposition to cancer.

The Diamond Shine Fund has been created in hopes of helping raise money and awareness for childhood cancers because the family wants “to know why this happens.”

The Marshall family has donated $100,000 and the goal is to reach $10 million.

Donations are being accepted online by the Alberta Children’s Hospital Foundation through www.childrenshospital.ab.ca/MemorialGifts or the “Donate Now” section of the website.

Wednesday, Dec. 17 ARIES (March 21-April 19): There is a CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DATE: great opportunity for you to make advancePope Francis, 78; Milla Jovovich, 39; Chuck ments within your professional life today. Your Liddell, 45 needs could also be met within a relationTHOUGHT OF THE ship, as subconscious thoughts will DAY: Today will highlight be brought to the surface. Take the your subconscious mind. chance, open up and discuss all with You will be feeling in balothers you meet now. ance now, simply because TAURUS (April 20-May 20): There what you think and what will be an increased tempo to interactyou say to others will be ing with foreigners or new individuals the truth. today. You will be keen on expressing It will be a day filled with all that is on your mind, everything that many social gatherings you have learnt. There is even more and interactions. Through of an opportunity to expand your mind these interactions, you will today, so do take in all you can. be able to create stronger GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Breakbonds by being honest and throughs can transpire within your LARISA MAIRA truthful. Inspiration is rework environment today. Yes, there turned, explore your inner can be some individuals acting up, OZOLINS worlds. but you will feel more balanced and HAPPY BIRTHDAY: able to deal with them. You will have If today is your birthday, a sixth sense about you and will gladly this year you will be able help out those who need your services to build upon your resources. You will feel today. more able to create a sanctuary at home this CANCER (June 21-July 22): As the day year. Many items will be purchased to do just moves forward, you will become more pasthat. It is a great year to actively seek out sionate about your direction forward. There more knowledge of the world, perhaps even will be a lot of planning in the works and through travelling. That will increase your creative inspiration will be yours. Trust your confidence and personal financial situation. gut instincts. Allow for others to share their

thoughts. Soon, things will change for the better.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Work related creative projects will have a boost. You will be more in touch with others’ inner needs and will inspire them towards greater prosperity.

Even your daily life will inspire all to get fit and stay healthy. Share your knowledge on all those matters. It will be beneficial.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Inspiration will come in an unusual way and creative projects will benefit. Whatever you are discussing with others in your life will inspire you to greater understanding of your own true voice, but do take the time to listen too. They will provide you with the practical perspective.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Speaking with your parents will help you find a more balanced approach to your daily life, work, and more likely, health regime. You will be inspired by their words to actively stick to your financial plan and it will pay off for you. Discuss and work towards your dreams.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): You should be feeling quite good today, although there could still be a niggling energy from the past that is troubling you. You have learnt your lesson. Now is the time to share that with others and use it for productive energy release. Follow your inspiration today.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Trust

your dreams tonight. They will offer you some insight into your current troubles. You are keener on figuring out the truth, but just let up with those within your home and with family.

Inspire them towards greater knowledge or perhaps go travel with them.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Whatever you are communicating today will not only benefit you, but will also inspire your friends as well. You will have the ability and charisma to get things done by way of your dreams and to motivate others to do the same. All in all a good day, let go of fears now.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Find out what is truly bothering you today. If you do not take that approach, you might spend too much money on things you do not really need.

Look at what your dreams have been telling you. Actively make sure you are moving in the proper direction today.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Some great opportunity will come to you through friends.

Share your vision of the future with them, your perspective, and perhaps maybe plan a holiday with them. Lots of work will be done out of the public’s eye. Prepare yourself to be enlightened by what is going on.

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

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