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Tess Pearman, in front, and Bryn MacDougall brave what felt like -23 C weather Monday afternoon to train for their speedskating race in Calgary this weekend. Several members of the Red Deer Central Lions Speed Skating Club took to the 400-metre track for a couple hours.

Province balks at reinstating discontinued programs

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‘RECREATIONAL AND LEISURE ACTIVITIES PREVIOUSLY DELIVERED ONSITE WILL BE ACCESSED THROUGH ORGANIZATIONS AND FACILITIES IN THE COMMUNITY, WITH AN EYE ON THOSE THAT DEMONSTRATE THE BEST OUTCOMES. THERE IS NO PLAN TO REINSTATE DISCONTINUED PROGRAMS.’ — MIKE BEREZOWSKY SPOKESMAN, ALBERTA HUMAN SERVICES

Prior to the decision to keep Michener open, 46 residents were moved out.

Mike Berezowsky, spokesperson for Alberta Human Services, said as of Dec. 9, there were 167 residents at Michener, including two who returned since the government reversed its decision.

He said his department will continue working with the individuals at Michener and their families and guardians to make sure they receive the same standard of care they’ve come to expect.

“What this means, though, is that recreational and leisure activities previously delivered onsite will be accessed through organizations and facilities in the community, with an eye on those that demonstrate the best outcomes. There is no plan to reinstate discontinued programs,” Berezowsky said in an email.

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A Stettler couple hopes to pay it forward by giving away a Hawaiian vacation to the most loving person in Alberta.

Cody and Eva Borek won a five-day trip for two to Hawaii when they bought their Ford Escape from the Aspen Ford Sales dealership in Stettler on Dec. 22.

Shortly after, Cody Borek was in Chapters when he spotted a woman reading a book called The Secret to Happiness.

“It hit me when I was getting into the car,” said Borek. “The secret to happiness is a principle of just about every religion in the world. I am going to quote the Bible. The secret to happiness is to do unto others as you would have them do unto you.”

And with that chance encounter, Borek and his wife decided to give away the free vacation to someone who is living a life that is loving, caring, forgiving and, in Borek’s opinion, represents Christ.

The couple began taking nominations for the trip through email and on a Facebook group on Christmas Day. The trip includes a stay at a five-star hotel and flights.

Borek said the winner simply has to be a good person and does not have to be Christian.

“We have been so blessed in our community,” said Borek, 23. “We are pretty lucky people. We have a lot of good in our lives. We have done our fair share of travelling.”

Borek said they want to inspire people and let people know that good people can be rewarded.

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Michener Centre residents are still waiting for the government to restore recreational programming they lost when the province was set on closing the residential care centre for developmentally disabled adults.

In mid-September, Premier Jim Prentice put a stop to the province’s 2013 plan to shutter the older Michener buildings on the north and south sides that about 120 out of 225 Michener residents called home.

Lee Kvern, vice-president of the Society of Parents and Friends of Michener Centre, said residents really miss their social club Cheers, which is no longer open on the weekends in the Michener Rec Centre.

“Cheers is where everyone goes to hang out. It’s hugely popular. Every time I was over at Michener, Cheers had anywhere from a dozen to 20 people hanging out. It’s fun. It’s a hub for people. They do crafts. They can do puzzles. They can watch movies.

Computer connections are there. I used to Skype with my sister all the time,” said Kvern, of Okotoks, whose sister Jody lives at Michener.

She said residents can often be found hanging around outside the rec centre on the weekends because they don’t understand why it’s closed.

“It’s kind of sad. They have no place to go,” Kvern said on Monday.

She said developmentally disabled who live in the community also rely on Michener programs.

Hours of operation at Cheers were cut in the spring, at about the same time that nursing support to 89 residents was reduced. Nursing care was quickly reinstated after the society went public about cuts to service.

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BY THE CANADIAN PRESS BANFF — Crews are trying prevent coal ash waste that was spilled by Canadian Pacific Railway cars from fouling the waters of a creek in Banff National Park.

The material known as fly ash was in some train cars that derailed Friday into 40 Mile Creek near the resort community.

Parks Canada spokesman Bill Hunt says CPR crews have hauled out all but one of the cars containing fly ash from the water.

He says the challenge now is to ensure that spilled material isn’t disturbed before it can be removed from the icy creek.

Hunt says workers have built a makeshift dam across the creek to prevent the fly ash from moving downstream.

He says the fly ash could make it harder for fish to breathe.

“We are working with experts to understand what the trace elements are in the ash and at what levels they might be a hazard for fish,” Hunt said Monday.

Fly ash is a byproduct of burning coal that is found in the stacks of coal-burning furnaces. It is sold to companies that use it to make concrete.

Hunt said the rail bridge has been repaired and two train cars remain in the creek, one with fly ash and the other carrying soybeans.

The Transportation Safety Board has said that fly ash is not classified as dangerous under the Dangerous Goods Act.

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Kyle Kraft, left, and Darren Thompson help Mustafa Alithawi, who came from Iran about nine months ago, learn to skate as part of the Central Alberta Refugee Effort’s (CARE) Learn to Skate Program for newcomers to Canada. This is the fourth year CARE and the City of Red Deer have offered free Learn to Skate programs for immigrant youth. Children taking part will also have a chance to test their out their skating skills on Bower Ponds on Dec. 30.

BRIEFS Von Hollen lights display raises piles of cash, food for food bank The last winter of the von Hollen festive light display in Rocky Mountain House brought in a mountain of food and a pile of cash.

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MICHENER: Stability returning for residents Diane Esslinger, society president, said Red Deer North MLA Mary Anne Jablonski arranged for Naresh Bhardwaj, associate minister for persons with disabilities, to meet with the society before Christmas but there was not enough notice to gather members to make it happen.

Esslinger, whose brother Larry has lived at Michener for most of his life, said she hoped another meeting will be arranged early in the New Year to discuss reinstating recreational programming and to find out the government’s future plans for Michener.

Berezowsky said Bhardwaj’s office is looking at rescheduling the meeting.

Esslinger said everyone was very happy and very relieved when Prentice decided to keep Michener open.

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“It does mean the difference, for Larry, between life and death,” said Esslinger, of Edmonton.

Larry was born with cerebral palsy and microcephalis, and has a lot of medical problems.

He doesn’t talk, has profound cognitive impairment, is severely spastic in all four limbs, and has a seizure disorder that requires him to be fed by a tube.

She said things are pretty stable for Larry now, but staff turnover has been high this year since many workers at Michener also faced an unknown future.

“I certainly hope someone who has longtime familiarity with him will be staying in his home because he can’t speak for himself.”

Esslinger said while it’s been a joyful Christmas for families and residents, their hearts go out to families whose loved ones didn’t survive to see the closure reversed.

Five residents died within two to four months of leaving Michener this year. szielinski@reddeeradvocate.com

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“I think it’s good to reward the people who do a good thing and to show them you are really a good person,” said Borek. “That’s what our Facebook group is about. A lot of people are not going to get to go but they are so honoured that someone would think to nominate them. It makes you feel good to be appreciated.”

Another person donated $500 to cover lunches and dinners on the trip.

So far, there have been more than 2,000 nominations from across the province. Borek said the nominations are coming in faster than they can respond but they intend to respond to every one.

In late January, the couple will narrow the number down to 20, and then down to 10 with the Aspen Ford owner, before drawing the winning name from a hat.

“There’s no way we can pick just one person with all those deserving people out there,” said Borek.

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ROAD TOWN, British Virgin Islands — Two Canadian men face trespassing charges in the British Virgin Islands after they were found after hours at an aquatic park that offers dolphin performances and encounters.

Police spokeswoman Diane Drayton said Monday the two men were found last week on the closed premises of the Dolphin Discovery facility on the main island of Tortola.

The manager of the park, Emmanuel Gilbert, said he believes the two men were animal-rights activists.

Police, however, declined to offer a possible motive, citing an ongoing investigation.

The two men, Phillipe Lamoureax, 41, and Alain Tremblay, 44, have been charged with criminal trespass and damage, and face fines of $5,700.

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Cheryl von Hollen said the donations came from all over Central Alberta — it wasn’t just Rocky Mountain House residents who made a difference.

In total, the von Hollens put up 120,000 lights and 100 inflatable figures.

On Monday, Cheryl had to speak over the noise of deflating inflatables as the decorations were being taken down. She said she was very thankful for the support of not only Rocky Mountain House residents, but also of people from across Central Alberta.

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Journalists’ fate still uncertain

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“We believe that all journalists should be able to do their jobs free from intimidation or any fear of retribution,” Rathke told reporters. “We continue to urge the Egyptian government to respect the freedom of the press, protect civil society and uphold the rule of law, which is crucial to Egypt’s long-term stability.”

Despite hopes for a solution now, the families are taking nothing for granted. Nothing is certain — it’s not even sure that Egypt and Qatar have turned a corner.

“We are biting our nails. And the next three days are going to be pretty tough,” Greste’s mother, Lois, told AP in Cairo, where she and his father Juris have come to attend the appeal’s opening.

“We have spent enough time in Egypt, in Cairo, to have learned not to react to expectations and rumours and talk,” his father, Juris Greste, said.

“We will only be certain of anything when we can embrace Peter and, as I have said before, when we are at 30,000 feet in a civilian aircraft in direction to home.”

The thaw in Egypt-Qatar ties has raised speculation that Egypt will resolve the case either through the appeal process or through a pardon by President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi. El-Sissi has in the past said he won’t interfere in the judiciary by pardoning the three. But he also said that if it had been up to him, he would have never sent the case to trial and deported the journalists instead.

In one likely sign of the reconciliation, Al-Jazeera shut down its Egypt affiliate, Al-Jazeera Mubasher Misr, which dedicated its coverage to Egypt and in particular to its Islamists, angering the Cairo government. But Egypt could be pushing for more — progovernment media, for instance, are demanding Qatar kick out or hand over senior Islamists accused by Cairo of instigating violence.

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“If this is the only option that we have than yes, we welcome his deportation,” Omara, who is already applying for a visa to Canada— just in case. They also have tentative plans to hold a small wedding party if Fahmy is released. If not, they have applied to get married in jail.

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Al-Jazeera English producer Baher Mohamed, left, Canadian-Egyptian acting Cairo bureau chief Mohammed Fahmy, center, and correspondent Peter Greste, right, appear in court along with several other defendants during their trial on terror charges, in Cairo, Egypt, on Monday, March 31, 2014. A year after three Al-Jazeera English journalists were arrested in Egypt, they and their families are pleading for justice and an end to their ordeal. Egypt’s Court of Cassation begins hearing their appeal on Thursday, Jan. 1, 2015.

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CAIRO — For a year, three Al-Jazeera English journalists have been locked up in Egypt on terrorism-related charges widely viewed as trumped up for political reasons.

Now, a possible thaw in tensions between Egypt, and Qatar— where Al-Jazeera is based and is funded— has raised a glimmer of hope that the three journalists may be able to resume their lives. A retrial, deportation or a pardon are all possibilities, but the lack of certainty prolongs the torment of the defendants, their families and other journalists.

“It is a very tough experience, not only on him but on his family,” said Marwa Omara, the fiancee of Mohammed Fahmy, the Canadian-Egyptian journalist who was Al-Jazeera English’s acting Cairo bureau chief.

Fahmy and Australian journalist Peter Greste were sentenced to seven years in prison in a trial that ended in June on charges of assisting the Muslim Brotherhood in a plot to destabilize Egypt. The team’s Egyptian producer, Baher Mohammed, got 10 years — seven on the same charges and three more because he was found with a spent bullet casing he picked up as a souvenir, considered possession of ammunition.

Egypt’s Court of Cassation begins hearing their appeal on Thursday. It takes place as Egypt and Qatar appear to be moving to resolve their bitter rivalry.

The tension followed the military’s ouster of Islamist President Mohammed Morsi in July 2013, and Qatar’s support of the Brotherhood and his Islamist supporters.

Omara said the trial really targeted Al-Jazeera and Qatar, not the journalists, and so will be resolved politically. Fahmy “is a pawn in a cold war between Egypt and Qatar,” she told The Associated Press.

The families of Fahmy, Greste and Mohammed are accustomed to the risks of their sons’ jobs. But they never expected to be dragged into a bigger political dispute in a region roiled by a turbulent transition. The arrest has thrown their lives into confusion. Omara and Fahmy had to put off their wedding, which had been scheduled four months after his arrest. Mohammed’s wife, Jehane Rashed, delivered their third son while he was in prison.

“I know it is a dangerous job...But I never thought I would have to defend my husband against being called a traitor to his country,” Rashed told AP. The unprecedented arrest and prosecution on terrorism charges was part of an escalated crackdown on journalists in Egypt in general following Morsi’s ouster. There are at least 12 other Egyptian journalists arrested since last year who are still behind bars, facing various charges including participating in protests or using violence.

The three Al-Jazeera journalists were detained in a Dec. 29, 2013 raid on the Cairo hotel room they were using as an office. The arrest came as the government was cracking down on Islamists following Morsi’s ouster. Authorities accused Al-Jazeera of acting as a mouthpiece for Morsi’s Brotherhood and threatening national security. The station denied the accusations and said the journalists were doing their job, covering protests by Morsi’s supporters.

In the subsequent trial, no evidence was put forward backing accusations the three falsified footage to foment unrest. Prosecutors simply presented edited new reports by the journalists, including Islamist protests and interviews with politicians. Other footage submitted as evidence had nothing to do with the case, including a report on a veterinary hospital and Greste’s past reports out of Africa.

Rights groups dismissed the trial as a sham.

The U.S. State Department has regarded the trial with alarm. On Monday, spokesman Jeff Rathke said the U.S. was expressing its concerns over the imprisonment of the al-Jazeera journalists directly to the Egyptian government.

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Like dimes in a cash can TAKE A SMALL STEP ON INEQUALITY WITH A SIMPLE TAX CHANGE Around this time of year, I like to remind people to be a little charitable.

Just a little. To decide to make gifts so small you don’t even notice them.

If all of us did this, the cumulative power of many small donations to local charities can be extremely powerful. It only takes a mass acceptance that this is needed, and that it works.

I was about GREG to write about NEIMAN exactly this — all over again — when I came across an essay

by David Foot and Daniel Stoffman.

You’ll remember these guys, they’re the authors of the book that made generational warfare socially acceptable: Boom, Bust and Echo.

On this occasion, they wrote about another revolutionary author who has also become a best-seller: Thomas Picketty. His book, Capital in the 21st Century, made it socially acceptable to criticize the rich.

The rise in inequality of distribution of wealth in society is a topic of discussion that is much like climate

change. Everyone complains about it, but nobody does anything substantive about it.

Even the bankers are getting concerned. TD Bank recently released a report filled with charts and graphs and a whole lot of dense economic prose. Titled The case for leaning against income inequality, their report warns that wealth is good (yes, we all want to be wealthy), but past a certain (undefined) point, a rise in income inequality of just one per cent hurt GDP growth between .6 and 1.1 per cent.

How they came to that conclusion, I cannot tell you; I am not literate enough to read economic reports. But I scanned through it, looking for suggestions on how to solve the problem, and found nothing substantive beyond suggestions for making housing more affordable, improving health care and early childhood development and decreasing barriers to higher education.

You know, things a bank would never do. TD Bank prefers to lean, not stand.

Nobody talks about taxing the rich.

In our society, redistributing income is a Bad Idea. Even though we have been redistributing wealth steadily upwards for decades. That’s the topic Foot and Stoffman wanted to tackle. They say the obvious conclusion drawn by Picketty is good, but must be disregarded simply because it will never happen.

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cent of all wealth in Canada (and 100 per cent of government) will never allow it.

Therefore, Foot and Stoffman read the same pages that I read about fundraising for charities. It is all well and good for rich people to make milliondollar donations to good causes here and there.

But if you really want to get the work done, you need the power of mass willingness to make small sacrifices.

Example: if everyone passing through a grocery checkout tossed an average of one thin dime into an SPCA cash can, pretty well every time they bought groceries, that charity could function very well indeed. And never need to organize any other fundraiser.

Ever again.

And not one donor would ever notice the sacrifices made to achieve that.

Foot and Stoffman follow a theme raised by multibillionaire Bill Gates.

They suggest that rather than a surtax on wealth (which would be expensive to manage and impossible to impose anyway), governments should tax financial transactions.

For discussion purposes, they start off with a suggested one-10th of one per cent surtax on stock purchases.

Further, they propose a one-50th of a per cent tax on bond purchases.

I’ve never bought stocks on the stock market, and I’ve never signed up to

hold government or corporate bonds.

But I’ve got a pile of them anyway — through my RSPs, my union pension plan and even my Canada Pension Plan. I also hold some in a Tax Free Savings Plan, because my government says I should.

And so, I presume, do you. We all pay management fees many multiples higher for all of this — without one single death resulting.

Further, Foot and Stoffman suggest an undefined tax on foreign currency exchanges: “a small fraction of one per cent, split between buyer and seller.”

Considering that about $12 trillion enters and leaves Canada every year, they say a tax like that would wipe out all government debt very quickly, leaving room for investments in the things the banks like: affordable housing, childhood development and higher education. Financial institutions already “tax” these transactions, as fees that supplement their hefty profits every year. And the sky does not fall, the economy does not come crashing down around our ears.

The cumulative power of these tiny fees, scarcely felt by most individuals, is massive. They’re like dimes in a cash can.

All we need to do is accept them.

Greg Neiman is a retired Advocate editor. Follow his blog at readersadvocate. blogspot.ca or email greg.neiman.blog@ gmail.com.

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The death of the middle class

BY LAWRENCE MITCHELL SPECIAL TO THE ADVOCATE Wealth and income inequality have many causes, and it’s pretty much beyond dispute that any wellfunctioning capitalist society will have some degree of disparity between the richest and the poorest.

It’s also beyond dispute that we are approaching a social consensus that wealth and income inequality in our world today now threatens to seriously damage our social fabric. That fabric is grounded in two fundamental ideas: liberty, or the freedom to determine our own destinies, and equality. The problem is that over the past 30 years — in tandem with rising inequality — we have favoured liberty over equality.

Our emphasis on liberty has helped to create what I call an empathy gap, which in turn has permitted the creation of a selfishness surplus.

Superficial similarities Philosophers David Hume and Adam Smith understood this phenomenon well. They argued that our moral compass comes from our ability to identify with others — our empathy. We understand intuitively that, because others are like us, they suffer similar pains and enjoy similar pleasures. So far, so good.

The problem — the disconnect if you will — is that those similarities sometimes are superficial. The working poor may look like the more advantaged — they have jobs, houses, cars, etc. But the truth is that they live on the margins of financial disaster.

Because they look like the advantaged, the latter assume that the working poor are just like them in all relevant respects — except for hard work.

Superficial similarity allows the rich and powerful to assume their success is simply a result of work-

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ing harder because in their minds it’s clear that the poor could be just like them; they’re just lazier or failed to develop the same skills.

The reality is different. The working poor are not like the advantaged, superficial similarities aside.

A very significant component of success — one that may even be more determinative than hard work — is luck. This is true, even if the advantaged have worked hard to maximize the benefits of that luck.

By luck, I mostly mean circumstances of birth and natural talents and abilities (which might well include the propensity to work hard).

Ironically, our ability to identify with others because of our essential similarities leads to a singular lack of empathy by the advantaged. Because the disadvantaged look like us, despite very real differences, we conclude that their disadvantage is their own fault. We believe that the disadvantaged would succeed, just like us, if only they would work harder.

We conclude, in effect, that they have freely chosen not to succeed. This is, for the most part, untrue.

Fairness is no longer fair The second problem is with our laws. Many of our laws take some idea of fairness as their starting point, following Aristotle. We see justice as some notion of fairness in terms of how opportunities are distributed. Our sense of what is fair is structural or procedural, assuming that everyone has access to the same resources or jobs and the individual freedom to pursue them.

But we can’t, or won’t, say that fairness embraces a particular way to ensure economic goods are distributed evenly or adheres to some collective concept of social purpose. Constitutional due process, for example, attempts to balance the power of the state with the rights of an individual in a formal and

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As any lawyer or economist can tell you, when you focus on structure or process, the result is typically the status quo. Thus if we start with inequality, we end with inequality.

We mean well, or so I hope. But it usually doesn’t work, at least if social mobility is our goal. And the apparent successes, such as due process in the 19th century, are few and far between and even today haven’t entirely achieved their aims.

The wealthy’s surplus of selfishness Combine the empathy gap with structural and procedural fairness and you get what I call the selfishness surplus. That surplus is the excess awarded to the rich and powerful over and above what they would have gotten if the resources in our society had been distributed more fairly and if our laws had been more redistributive in terms of fairness. As I detail in my book Stacked Deck: A Story of Selfishness in America, this surplus is real and empirically identifiable.

Why do the disadvantaged tolerate this situation?

The myth of self-reliance. No matter the vagaries of fortune, we consistently find that North Americans at all levels believe in some variant of the Horatio Alger myth — the classic rags to riches success story — despite strong empirical evidence that belies it.

I think that there is some evidence in recent years that belief in this myth is eroding, a fact that will be dangerous for society if the system continues as it currently is now.

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Finishing off the Finns REINHART SCORES PAIR AS CANADA STAYS UNDEFEATED WORLD JUNIOR HOCKEY CHAMPIONSHIP

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS Canada 4 Finland 1 MONTREAL — Sam Reinhart scored two goals and his linemate Anthony Duclair had another as Canada stayed perfect at the world junior championship with a 4-1 victory over Finland on Monday night.

Curtis Lazar also scored and Max Domi had a pair of assists for Canada (3-0-0), which ends group stage play with a showdown against the United States (2-0-1) for first place on Wednesday.

“It’s every line every night, at least for the generating (scoring chances) part of it,” said Reinhart. “We were able to carry the momentum through all four lines and that’s what’s needed in a tournament like this.”

Montreal Canadiens prospect Artturi Lehkonen scored for Finland (0-2-1), which must beat Germany on Wednesday to advance to the quarter-finals.

The Finns have scored only once in each game and are 0-for-13 on the power play in the tournament.

Canada, which outshot Finland 36-28, avenged a 5-1 loss to Finland in the semifinals of last year’s world juniors in Malmo, Sweden.

“I don’t think any more or any less,” Reinhart responded when asked how important it was to defeat the Finns after falling to them last year. “It’s always good at this stage. We knew they’re a good team and they’d come out with a good effort. we’re certainly happy with our performance and the win.”

Canada got the opening goal 5:32 into the game when Reinhart fed Shea Theodore at the point and then tapped his rebound past Juuse Saros.

The crowd roared when Julius Honka tied up Domi for a moment in a corner. But when they got up, Domi slipped a cross-ice pass to Duclair, whose pass in front was defected over Saros by Reinhart for his second of the game and of the tournament.

The Finns got one back when Samuel Morin misplayed a puck in his zone and Lehkonen jumped on it and banged his own rebound past Zach Fucale with 1:34 left in the second frame. It was the first goal allowed by Canada, which has outscored its opponents 16-1.

Domi took the puck hard to the net and Duclair was on the doorstep to lift in his rebound 11:15 into the third frame.

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Team Canada’s Curtis Lazar celebrates his goal past Team Finland goaltender Juuse Saros with teammate Josh Morrissey during third period preliminary round hockey action at the IIHF World Junior Championship Monday, in Montreal. poked in the loose puck on a power play at 14:25 to make it 4-1.

It was a strong game for Fucale, who made a big stop on a Roope Hintz breakaway in the first minute and a handful more big saves. Saros was just as good in the other net,

and got a break when Domi hit a post from the slot in the middle period.

“We knew it would be a hard fought game and we were ready for that,” said Fucale.

“We were very confident coming into the game. we played a strong team game.”

The open flow of the game was a surprise as the Finns went on attack after falling behind early.

There was a stretch of more than five minutes without a whistle in the first period that featured big scoring chances at both ends.

Bobyk excited to be back Flames torch Kings to win third straight home to play with Rebels

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BY JOSH ALDRICH ADVOCATE STAFF The last time Colton Bobyk played for a Red Deer hockey team, he was lifting a national championship trophy high above his head.

It’s a moment he wants to recreate after the Red Deer Rebels acquired him on Saturday.

The Rebels got Bobyk, 18, and a fourth round pick in the 2016 WHL bantam draft from the Spokane Chiefs in a trade for defenceman Nick Charif, a second round pick in 2015 and a sixth round pick in 2016.

“It was huge to win a national championship here (with the Optimist Chiefs) and when I got traded here knowing we’re hosting the Memorial Cup, to win that it would be the best thing,” he said.

Though the six-foot-two, 195-pound Bobyk has been limited to eight games this season due to a knee injury he suffered in training camp, Rebels general manager/head coach Brent Sutter says he has a big upside, but needs to be given time to get his game back after missing the time he has.

This is a trade not just for this year, but he should be a fixture on next year’s team when they host the Memorial Cup. “If healthy he can certainly help our hockey team, but that’s the risk we take,” said Sutter.

“At the same time, they get a player that can be very useful for them and get some pretty steep picks. You always want trades to work out for both organizations and for the players involved.”

The six-foot-one, 194-pound Charif, an Edmonton native, played parts of two seasons for the Rebels, scoring 13 points (three goals, 10 assists) in 57 games with a plus-13 rating in his rookie season last year.

This year he had eight points (1-7-8) in 11 games and a minus-4 rating and was battling his own injuries.

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Rimbey’s Kolton Bobyk won’t be suiting up for Rebels in tonight’s game due to injury but he is excited to be back home after being acquired in a trade on the weekend. but played his minor hockey in Red Deer, starting in 201011 with the bantam AAA Rebels White. In 2012-13 he scored 32 points (8-24-32) in 31 games with the Red Deer Optimist Chiefs and helped them to a Telus Cup title, scoring nine points (2-7-9) in seven midget AAA national championship tournament games.

That year he was also named the Alberta Midget Hockey League’s top defenceman.

It was a big jump in development for a player selected in the 10th round, 217 overall by the Chiefs in 2011 — a point where teams are often taking flyers on bantam prospects, hoping they project into a bigger body or their skill level improves dramatically.

He had a solid first campaign with the Chiefs last season, scoring 12 points (5-7-12) in 56 games while posting a minus-4 rating on a team that finished fourth out of five teams in their division. But he also started to establish himself as an offensive defeneman who’s

not afraid to be physical and to use his size.

He came into this season hoping to take the next step in his development, and but a crack in the ice in training camp changed those plans.

“It was in practice and I caught a rut and tore my patella,” said Bobyk.

“It feels good now, I’m ready to play.

“It sucked. I wanted to start the year and have a good start, then to have that injury, I tried to come back in during the middle of the season when guys had already played 15-20 games and I had to jump into it.”

The injury should not require surgery to correct it, he said. Instead he has spent most of the season rehabbing and resting it, hoping to get it back to 100 per cent.

Bobyk hasn’t played a game since Nov. 11, but has four points (1-3-4) in eight games with 17 penalty minutes and a plus-5 rating.

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Flames 2 Kings 1 CALGARY — Rookie Johnny Gaudreau has been the talk of the town in Calgary lately, but on Monday night veteran Jiri Hudler showed that he is no slouch either when it comes to producing offence.

Hudler had a pair of beautiful set-ups as the Flames scored twice in the first period and then hung on for a 2-1 victory over Los AngelesCalgary’s third straight victory and second against the Kings in a week.

“It’s huge. They’re in our conference and they’re Stanley Cup champs,” said Hudler.

“They’ve got a big, physical team. The last game in their building was a comeback and we stuck with it tonight. It’s great points for us.”

Curtis Glencross and Markus Granlund had the goals for Calgary (20-15-3), which has won three straight games since a seven-game losing skid.

Tyler Toffoli scored for Los Angeles (18-12-7), which kicked off a three-game road trip through Western Canada that continues Tuesday night in Edmonton.

“His hockey sense is unbelievable,” Calgary coach Bob Hartley said about Hudler.

“He basically set up Granny and Glenny to open nets.

That’s the hockey sense, that’s the vision, that he has. He’s a great passer.”

Calgary took a 1-0 lead at 12:13 of the first period on the eighth goal of the season for Glencross.

Carrying the puck with speed into the Kings end, Hudler curled sharply towards the sideboards, drawing lone defenceman Jake Muzzin towards him. With the middle of the ice opened up, he slid a perfect pass to Glencross racing in all alone and he wristed a shot into the top corner on Jonathan Quick.

“There was a lot of open ice and I was thinking about going for a change but seeing Jiri going in, I just bolted up the ice and it worked out,” said Glencross, who has eight goals on the year. “Haven’t gotten too many of those this year where you’re coming down the slot and you have that opportunity.

Hopefully they keep on coming.”

The Flames made it 2-0 just over a minute later on another pretty goal.

Skating down the wing, Gaudreau made a nice play to evade defenceman Matt Greene at the Los Angeles blue-line, then drew the Kings

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other defenceman Alec Martinez to the ice before saucering a pass across to Hudler. The instant the puck landed on Hudler’s stick, he sent a touch pass back into the slot where he buried his fifth goal with Quick fooled and caught out of position.

“Great play by Johnny and Huds and I had an empty net.

That was an easy goal for me,” said Granlund. “We think the same way so it’s fun to play with those guys.”

Hudler’s two assists gives him 36 points on the season (13 goals, 23 assists). He moves ahead of Mark Giordano into the team scoring lead.

With the win, the Flames pull even with Los Angeles, San Jose and Vancouver in the Pacific Division. However, all three teams hold games in hand.

“We really didn’t start pushing until the latter half of the second, and the third period we dominated,” said Kings defenceman Drew Doughty.

“The reason why we lost was we had two quick lapses in the first period and they scored on them and we had to battle back from there on out.”

Trailing 2-0, the Kings got a big goal in the final minute of the second period. Toffoli scored on a breakaway after being sent in by Dustin Brown.

Toffoli had another great chance from the side of the net with less than 10 seconds to go in the second but was robbed

by Hiller, who jabbed out his pad to deny the Kings leading scorer.

“I tried to get it upstairs, but it was kind of rolling,” said Toffoli. “If I put that in there its a totally different ending to the game.”

Hartley agreed that was a key moment in the game.

“That definitely would have put us on our heels and probably would have caused lots of damage. We retreated back with a one-goal lead and I thought in the third, we skated better,” said Hartley.

Jonas Hiller was at his best in the third and he had to be as the Kings pressed for the tying goal.

The pressure intensified in the late going and just before the buzzer, Hiller robbed Dwight King from 10 feet out.

“He was the difference in tonight’s game. He came up with some huge saves at the right time, and you need this, especially when you’re playing the defending Stanley Cup champs,” said Hartley. “We asked the boys this morning, we said, ‘We can’t afford any passengers. We got a great game from everyone and our best player was our goalie.”

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Golden boys named team of year CANADIAN OLYMPIC MEN’S HOCKEY TEAM GIVEN HONOUR BY CANADIAN PRESS

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BY THE CANADIAN PRESS DAVOS, Switzerland — Jeff Tambellini says Canada’s Spengler Cup team owes a lot of its success to head coach Guy Boucher’s preparation and planning.

Tambellini turned a neutral-zone turnover into the winning goal Monday as Canada advanced to the Spengler Cup semifinals with a 5-2 win over Jokerit. The winner was Canada’s only even-strength goal of the game. In what was an impressive display of specialteam prowess, Canada had two powerplay goals, two short-handed goals and killed off all 10 of Jokerit’s power-play chances.

Those results are even more laudable given that Canada had its first practice less than a week ago while other teams at the tournament have been playing together for months.

“We are so fortunate to have Guy and his staff, because they have done so much work,” Tambellini said. “You talk to any of our guys and we’ve never been so prepared to play a hockey game, especially for a team just coming together in a couple of days. The detail in his plan is world-class.”

Boucher gave credit to the players for buying into the game plan.

“Our players were able to pay the price on every penalty kill,” he said.

“You can have the best players in the world, but if the players don’t execute and don’t pay the price then it ain’t going to work.”

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REBELS: Given a clean bill of health He was given a clean bill of health before the trade by Spokane doctors after practising with the team before and after Christmas.

He is not guaranted to suit up tonight against the Swift Current Broncos at 7 p.m. at the Centrium, though Sutter says he will not have to wait long for an opportunity to get in the lineup.

“Any player that misses time, it takes time (to get back to 100 per cent), it doesn’t matter who you are,” said Sutter. “He just needs to keep the game simple and make the easy plays until he gets himself into a groove and gets back his timing.”

He made it back to Red Deer at about 3 a.m. on Sunday morning, marking the end of a long week of travel, between flying back and forth for Christmas and then making the roughly 825-kilometre drive through winter weather after the trade.

But it was a journey he was more than willing to make to play for a team he grew up watching.

“It’s awesome to be playing for my home town team, it feels good,” he said, adding he suspected something might be happening. “I didn’t really know where I was going, and then I found out it was here and it was the best thing ever.”

Sutter has been busy in recent weeks bringing in the likes of Bobyk, Nelson Nogier, Austin Adamson, Riley Sheen and Tyler Sandhu in separate trades since the beginning of the season. The Canadian Hockey League trade deadline is coming up on Jan.

through a 3-0 rout of Sweden in the final. There was strife along the way, including Steven Stamkos breaking his leg and Martin St. Louis being left off the initial roster before replacing his Tampa Bay Lightning teammate.

But none of that stopped Team Canada, which Yzerman meticulously designed to get the job done on the same international-sized ice that felled the Canadians in 2006. “(Yzerman) gave me all the reasons why we were going to be that much better than we were in Vancouver,” former Hockey Canada president and CEO Bob Nicholson said. “Everything that he talked about that day, he did it in spades with the management group and with Mike Babcock. We were just so well prepared, we learned from 2010 to make us even that much better in 2014.”

In Vancouver, Team Canada overcame early struggles amid the pressure of playing on home ice to make a run to the gold-medal game. Crosby then scored the overtime winner that a generation of Canadian hockey fans will never forget.

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“I’m very happy with the group we have here. We knew going into (the season) that we’d have to upgrade on our back end and

we’ve been able to do that, and going into next year (Bobyk and Nogier) are 18,” said Sutter. “I just need to be patient with it and see how it all unfolds.

If we stay with the status quo, I’m very happy with that too. The decisions that are being made are for this year and next year.”

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U.S. in the semifinals.

“I don’t think the scores of the games were indicative,” general manager Steve Yzerman said. “I think our team played better than the scores.

Defensively they were very, very good.

Offensively they generated a ton of chances, just weren’t able to get more pucks in the net.”

Better than any team in recent Olympic history, this group was masterful at keeping the puck. As Babcock said, the other team can’t score if it doesn’t have the puck.

When opponents did get it, goaltender Carey Price was there. In his five games, Price had a 0.59 goals-against average and .972 save percentage.

“He gave us confidence every time he was in the net,” Babcock said. “He never got the other team going by giving up a rebound or giving up a bad goal. He was just steady Eddie and he seemed to really enjoy it and embrace the moment. I thought he was spectacular.”

Just about everything Team Canada did was spectacular, starting with ball hockey at its summer orientation camp

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The men’s Olympic hockey team is the Canadian Press team of the year. The squad that steamrolled through the Sochi Olympics on the way to a gold medal is the overwhelming choice by editors and broadcasters across the country. Team Canada captain Sidney Crosby is shown celebrating with other Canada players after defeating Team Sweden to win the gold medal in Olympic final action at the Sochi Winter Olympics Sunday February 23, 2014 in Sochi, Russia.

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TORONTO — Just before leaving his final news conference at the Sochi Olympics, Canadian hockey coach Mike Babcock made one final statement to reporters about the team’s methodical run to gold.

“Does anybody know who won the scoring race? Does anybody care?”

Babcock asked. “Does anybody know who won the gold medal?”

Going undefeated through the tournament in February, Babcock’s group lived up to and surpassed the expectations and pressure created after the 2010 Vancouver Olympics, where Canada also captured the gold.

“The 2010 team, we won, we got it done, and that was a special, special team, too, and it faced a different kind of pressure,” Babcock said in a recent interview. “This (2014) team was machine-like. It just was going to win, period.”

Team Canada rolled over Norway and Austria and beat Finland in overtime in pool play. It overcame a superhuman effort from goaltender Kristers Gudlevskis to beat Latvia in the quarter-finals, then dominated the United States and Sweden to capture the gold medal for the third time in the past four Olympics.

That was more than enough to earn the Canadian Press Team of the Year honours for 2014, as voted by sports editors and broadcasters across the country. The men’s hockey team was a runaway winner, receiving 36 votes, well ahead of 10 for the women’s bobsled duo of Kaillie Humphries and Heather Moyse and nine for the women’s Olympic hockey team.

“The Olympic men’s hockey team was the best Canada has ever fielded,” said Sean Rooney, sports editor at the Medicine Hat News. “It wasn’t that they had more talent, it’s that they played a disciplined style of game that took advantage of the talent they had.”

This group wasn’t short on talent.

Up front there was Sidney Crosby, Jonathan Toews, Ryan Getzlaf, Corey Perry and enough depth that Team Canada didn’t miss a beat when John Tavares went out with a knee injury. On the blue-line, Shea Weber and Drew Doughty were the leading scorers as defencemen carried the offence.

Team Canada outscored opponents 17-3, but its most convincing victory may have been a 1-0 victory over the

Crosby scored just one goal during the Sochi Olympics and endured some criticism for that back home. While the captain played stellar defence and kept opponents’ top defenders busy, the likes of Jeff Carter and Jamie Benn took care of the goals.

“He’s not worried about that, he’s worried about winning,” Babcock said.

“I just think Toews and him, you go through it: Our group down the middle was spectacular to say the least. Getzy, John Tavares before he got hurt and then (Matt) Duchene. The group was incredible down the middle and they were committed defensively.”

The best defence in Sochi was an offence that held the puck in the offensive zone and wore down opponents.

Yzerman credited Babcock for creating a game plan that was well-suited to the kind of international hockey Canada was forced to play.

“I think methodical is a very good word, but not to the point where it was prohibiting them from making plays,” Yzerman said. “It was just: ‘We’re playing against the best players in the world and it’s one-game elimination.

We can’t just run and gun, we’re trying to take the chance out of it.”’

Team Canada left little to chance. It needed an overtime goal from Doughty to beat Finland and then Benn to score on a redirection against Jonathan Quick and the U.S., but the star-studded bunch was more or less a buzzsaw.

Lionel Wild, sports co-ordinator at the Vancouver Sun, said Team Canada “met the high expectations, handled the pressure of being defending champions in Russia (and) locked down their opponents with superb defensive team play. All their NHL stars bought in to a collective effort.”

Babcock was proud of how the team continued to get better over two weeks.

The progression was noticeable and the result was a Canadian men’s hockey team winning in Russia some 42 years after the 1972 Summit Series.

“I think we really enjoyed ourselves, enjoyed the competition, understood how tough it was and understood the obligation we had to Canadians as well,” Babcock said. “Great, great, great experience to get the opportunity to follow up on what we did in Canada, to follow it up in Russia. Understanding the ‘72 Series and all that stuff and all the history was special.”

And the way this group played created a template for future teams to follow.

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Washington Winter Classic lacks buzz

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS As snow fell in Ann Arbor, 105,491 fans packed Michigan Stadium to experience the spectacle that was the 2014 Winter Classic between the Toronto Maple Leafs and Detroit Red Wings.

Two years in the making, the New Year’s Day NHL showcase lived up to the immense hype produced by those franchises and that venue.

“You’re talking about ‘The Big House’ and you’re talking about the Red Wings and you’re talking about the Leafs being in there, the first Canadian team to be in the Winter Classic,” NHL chief operating officer John Collins said. “In probably as many games as we do in the future, everybody will still say that’s the grand daddy. That’s how good it was.”

So good, perhaps, that this year’s Winter Classic between the Washington Capitals and Chicago Blackhawks lacks league-wide buzz. For the first time, the crown jewel of the regular season isn’t a matchup of long-time rivals. And it’s at seven-year-old Nationals Park, not a historic stadium that attracts extra attention.

“I’m sure if you ask the Washington Capitals, there’s probably more of a buzz there because it’s in Washington and not in Chicago,” Blackhawks defenceman Brent Seabrook told the Chicago SunTimes. “All the fanfare around it, we don’t get to see that here.”

This will be the seventh Winter Classic since the tradition began in Buffalo in 2008. According to NBC play-by-play broadcaster Mike Emrick, there have been 110 outdoor games since at various levels and in many countries, from Mexico to Russia.

This one is a chance for the NHL to shine the spotlight on Alex Ovechkin and the city of Washington, which has experienced a rejuvenation as a hockey town with the “Rock the Red” era Capitals, who have made the playoffs in seven of the past eight years.

“The heartening thing is, too, is this is a second surge,” Emrick said on a conference call. “Having a star to build around is an enormous thing and you can have a pretty solid team around him, too, but people like somebody that’s going to bring you out of their seats. I don’t know since Gordie Howe if we had anyone that was a big scorer and also was a hammer shot type of guy when it came to hitting other opponents like we have with this guy.”

No. 8 jerseys are plentiful around Verizon Center on game nights. Collins recalled Al Michaels - the same broadcaster who coined “Do You Believe in Miracles?” during the United States’ gold-medal run at the 1980 Olympics - saying a few years ago that he saw more Capitals sweaters walking around the city than he did Redskins NFL jerseys.

“Really from that moment on, we’ve been talking about how do we take advantage of that opportunity, how do we reward the market, how do we give the Caps the opportunity to take centre stage,” Collins said. “The club deserves it and the fan base deserves

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Construction crews work on preparing Nationals Park baseball stadium for the 2015 NHL Winter Classic, on Dec. 22, 2014, in Washington. The game between the Chicago Blackhawks and Washington Capitals will be played on New Years Day. it.”

If the NHL has followed any pattern with the Winter Classic, it’s that the road team should expect to host one sooner rather than later. The only exception to that is the New York Rangers, who hosted two outdoor Stadium Series games at Yankee Stadium last year instead of getting the Winter Classic.

The Capitals visited the Pittsburgh Penguins at Heinz Field in 2011, a game infamous for being moved to nighttime because of rain and for the concussion Sidney Crosby suffered on a hit from David Steckel. Ever since, Capitals owner Ted Leonsis and the organization have been waiting for their Winter Classic.

“It’s sort of the payback, there was that thought,” Capitals president Dick Patrick said. “I think there had to be a little bit of a time gap between them.

We’re really excited.”

Counting two games of the 1998 Stanley Cup final,

coach Mike Smith one day after the end of his second straight losing season.

The Falcons announced the dismissal and planned a news conference for Monday. Smith’s ouster comes one day after a 34-3 loss to the Carolina Panthers before booing fans at the Georgia Dome.

The Falcons went 66-46 during the regular season with Smith and won two NFC South titles. Smith joined the Falcons with general manager

LAKE FOREST, Ill. — The Chicago Bears have fired general manager Phil Emery and coach Marc Trestman after missing the playoffs for the seventh time in the past eight years.

The changes come after the Bears went 5-11 in a mostly dismal season.

Trestman is out after going 13-19 in two seasons while Emery lasted just three years.

The new GM and coach could have a big decision to make concerning quarterback Jay Cutler, who signed a big new contract a year ago but struggled Award Winning Culligan this year.

Thomas Dimitroff in 2008. Quarterback Matt Ryan was the new management team’s first draft pick, and the three combined for instant success with five straight winning seasons.

Jets fire Rex Ryan after six seasons, GM Idzik after two FLORHAM PARK, N.J. — The New York Jets have fired coach Rex Ryan and general manager John Idzik after

one of the most disappointing seasons in franchise history.

With the Jets (4-12) failing to make the post-season for the fourth straight season, owner Woody Johnson opted to clean house and start fresh.

Ryan was 50-52, including 4-2 in the post-season in his six seasons with the Jets. His first few years were filled with guarantees, bold statements and two consecutive trips to the AFC title game. But in the end, there were not enough wins to back up all the big talk.

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“One thing that blows me away is the amount of youth hockey that’s being played in Virginia, in Washington, D.C., in the Baltimore area. It’s mind boggling,” NBC analyst and former NHL coach and executive Pierre McGuire said. “And the calibre of player that’s coming out of there is really high end and I think the reason why is grass roots development of hockey that was forged by the Washington Capitals and their commitment to the area.”

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CENTRAL DIVISION GP W L OTLSOL Medicine Hat 36 25 9 1 1 Red Deer 37 20 13 3 1 Calgary 36 19 14 1 2 Kootenay 37 20 17 0 0 Edmonton 37 16 16 3 2 Lethbridge 35 9 21 3 2

GA 118 104 121 125 131 164

Pt 56 44 40 33 33 21

GF 146 130 139 119 109 93

GA 96 120 111 134 108 146

Pt 52 44 41 40 37 23

WESTERN CONFERENCE B.C. DIVISION GP W L OTLSOL GF Kelowna 37 29 5 3 0 161 Victoria 39 18 18 2 1 128 Prince George 37 18 19 0 0 111 Vancouver 36 16 19 1 0 107 Kamloops 39 13 21 3 2 116

GA 88 135 148 114 147

Pt 61 39 36 33 31

GP 35 35 38 35 35

U.S. DIVISION W L OTLSOL 21 10 3 1 20 12 3 0 19 16 0 3 18 16 0 1 16 15 2 2

GF GA Pt 115 97 46 102 95 43 128 132 41 97 96 37 93 97 36

Sunday’s results Saskatoon 5 Prince Albert 0 Victoria 4 Prince George 0 Seattle 3 Vancouver 2 Brandon 4 Moose Jaw 2 Kootenay 4 Calgary 3 Red Deer 3 Edmonton 1 Regina 6 Swift Current 1 Medicine Hat 8 Lethbridge 4 Spokane 4 Portland 3 Tri-City 3 Everett 2

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GF 109 112 105 102 100 86 82 72

Pts 33 33 32 31 27 25 25 24 19 19 18 13 12 12 11 9 7 6 4 3 3 2 1 0 0

PIM 20 43 43 26 33 37 15 25 8 11 44 21 39 37 18 44 15 6 17 36 2 26 12 0 0

GAA 2.96 3.59

+/16 -14 7 14 -1 -2 1 -2 5 3 -8 0 -6 7 -14 -26 -2 -13 5 -3 — -2 -8 0 —

Svs Sv% 816 .897 119 .862

WHL Scoring Leaders Trevor Cox, MH Cole Sanford, MH Nick Merkley, Kel Rourke Chartier, Kel Cole Ully, Kam Jack Rodewald, MJ Austin Carroll, Vic Tim McGauley, Bra Jaedon Descheneau, Koo Nikita Scherbak, Eve Brayden Point, MJ Chase De Leo, Por Colby Cave, SC Tyson Baillie, Kel Oliver Bjorkstrand, Por Coda Gordon, SC Dryden Hunt, Reg Adam Helewka, Spo Jayce Hawryluk, Bra Jansen Harkins, PG Adam Tambellini, CAL Jake Debrusk, SC Luke Philp, Koo Matt Needham, Kam Parker Bowles, TC Joe Hicketts, Vic Brett Cote, RD Conner Bleackley, RD

G 14 29 10 34 17 18 24 23 19 17 17 17 18 24 21 17 13 17 15 12 21 18 15 12 10 8 7 17

A 48 29 46 19 32 30 21 22 25 27 27 25 23 16 19 23 27 22 24 27 17 20 23 26 28 30 26 15

National Hockey League EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division GP W L OT Pts Tampa Bay 38 23 11 4 50 Montreal 36 23 11 2 48 Detroit 37 19 9 9 47

Friday, December 26 Russia 3 Denmark 2 (SO) USA 2 Finland 1 (SO) Sweden 5 Czech Republic 2 Canada 8 Slovakia 0

Saturday

Sunday, December 28 Russia 7 Switzerland 0 USA 6 Germany 0

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Monday, December 29 Czech Republic 4 Denmark 3 (OT) USA 3 Slovakia 0 Sweden 3 Russia 2 Canada 4 Finland 1 Tuesday, December 30 Denmark vs. Switzerland, 3 p.m.

Germany vs. Slovakia, 6 p.m.

Wednesday, December 31 Sweden vs. Switzerland, 11 a.m.

USA vs. Canada, 2 p.m.

Czech Republic vs. Russia, 3 p.m.

Finland vs. Germany, 6 p.m.

Geneve Ufa Helsinki

Monday’s summary Flames 2, Kings 1 First Period 1. Calgary, Glencross 8 (Hudler, Monahan) 12:13.

2. Calgary, Granlund 5 (Hudler, Gaudreau) 13:15.

Penalties - Wideman Cgy (holding) 8:13, Clifford LA (elbowing) 15:08.

Second Period 3. Los Angeles, Toffoli 12 (Brown, Lewis) 19:09.

Penalties - Russell Cgy (tripping) 4:11.

Third Period No Scoring.

Penalties - Stoll LA (stick holding) 16:33.

Shots on goal Los Angeles 7 10 10 27 Calgary 7 3 5 15 Goal - Los Angeles: Quick (L, 15-9-6); Calgary: Hiller (W, 12-10-2).

Power plays (goal-chances) - Los Angeles: 0-2; Calgary: 0-2.

Pts 62 58 56 53 49 48 45 45 44 44 44 42 41 40 40 40 40 39 39 39 38 38 38 38 38 38 33 32

GF 122 98 105

GA 99 85 94

Jakub Voracek, Pha Tyler Seguin, Dal Claude Giroux, Pha Ryan Getzlaf, Ana Evgeni Malkin, Pgh Patrick Kane, Chi Vladimir Tarasenko, StL Phil Kessel, Tor Tyler Johnson, TB Sidney Crosby, Pgh Rick Nash, NYR Steven Stamkos, TB Nicklas Backstrom, Wash Mark Giordano, Cgy James van Riemsdyk, Tor Nikita Kucherov, TB Filip Forsberg, Nash Jiri Hudler, Cgy Henrik Zetterberg, Det Nick Foligno, Clb John Tavares, NYI Jonathan Toews, Chi Ryan Johansen, Clb Joe Thornton, SJ Kyle Okposo, NYI

G 14 25 12 12 16 18 21 17 13 10 23 19 11 10 16 15 14 13 8 17 15 13 9 8 8

A 32 18 30 30 25 21 17 21 24 27 13 17 25 25 18 19 20 21 24 14 16 18 22 23 23

Pts 46 43 42 42 41 39 38 38 37 37 36 36 36 35 34 34 34 34 32 31 31 31 31 31 31

World Junior hockey Championship Group A GP W OTWOTL L GF GA Pts Canada 3 3 0 0 0 16 1 9 USA 3 2 1 0 0 11 1 8 Slovakia 3 1 0 0 2 2 12 3 Finland 3 0 0 1 2 3 8 1 Germany 2 0 0 0 2 0 10 0 Group B Sweden Russia Switzerland Czech Republic

GP W OTWOTL 3 3 0 0 3 1 1 0 2 1 0 0 3 0 1 0

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Swift Current Broncos Tonight 7 p.m., Enmax Centrium The Swift Current Broncos come in to Red Deer tonight struggling. They split their home-and-home series coming out of the Christmas break with the Regina Pats, winning 5-3 at home on Saturday but were blown out 6-1 in Regina on Sunday. The loss leaves the Broncos 4-6-0-0 in their last 10 games and in third place in the East Division at 18-15-0-4 — sixth overall in the Eastern Conference ... They are led offensively by C Colby Cave with 41 points (18g,23a) and LW Coda Gordon (17-23-40), ranking 13th and 16th in the WHL respectively. LW Jake DeBrusk (18-20-38), C Glenn Gawdin (9-22-31) and LW Carter Rigby (13-15-28) round out their top five scorers ...

L GF GA Pts 0 13 5 9 1 12 5 5 1 5 9 3 2 8 13 2

2014 Spengler Cup At Davos, Switzerland PRELIMINARY ROUND Group Torriani W OTW OTL L GF 2 0 0 0 6 1 0 0 1 6 0 0 0 2 4

GA 3 6 7

Pt 6 3 0

Group Cattini W OTW OTL L GF GA Pt Davos 2 0 0 0 3 1 6 Canada 1 0 0 1 4 3 3 Zagreb 0 0 0 2 1 4 0 Note: Three points for a regulation win, two for an overtime/shootout win, one for an overtime/shootout loss.

Sunday’s results Geneve (Switzerland) 3 Helsinki (Finland) 1 Davos (Switzerland) 1 Zagreb (Croatia) 0 Monday’s results Quarter-finals Zagreb (Croatia) 3 Ufa (Russia) 0 Canada 5 Helsinki (Finland) 2 Tuesday’s games Semifinals Davos (Switzerland) vs. Zagreb (Croatia,) 7 a.m.

Geneve-Servette (Switzerland) vs. Canada, 12:15 p.m.

Wednesday, Dec. 31 Championship Semifinal winners, 4 a.m.

AJHL North Division GP W L OTLSOL GF Spruce Grove 39 30 6 2 1 158 Lloydminster 40 23 12 1 4 127 Fort McMurray 40 22 14 3 1 121 Sherwood Park 41 20 17 2 2 119 Bonnyville 36 15 15 5 1 110 Drayton Valley 37 11 18 4 4 86 Grand Prairie 40 13 25 1 1 88 Whitecourt 37 11 21 2 3 109

GA 88 104 114 117 119 115 158 137

Pt 63 51 48 44 36 30 28 27

South Division GP W L OTLSOL GF 37 30 4 2 1 131 38 28 9 0 1 148 39 24 11 2 2 107 39 23 12 3 1 125 37 18 14 3 2 132 37 18 18 0 1 128 39 13 21 3 2 106 40 9 28 2 1 101

GA 73 97 97 106 132 138 139 162

Pt 63 57 52 50 41 37 31 21

Camrose Brooks Okotoks Drumheller Olds Canmore Cal. Canucks Cal. Mustangs

Friday, January 2 Canmore at Spruce Grove, 7 p.m.

Drumheller at Brooks, 7 p.m.

Bonnyville at Camrose, 7 p.m.

Olds at Drayton Valley, 7:30 p.m.

Lloydminster at Whitecourt, 7:30 p.m.

Grand Prairie at Fort McMurray, 8 p.m.

Saturday, January 3 Canmore at Camrose, 7 p.m.

Olds at Spruce Grove, 7 p.m.

Lloydminster at Sherwood Park, 7 p.m.

Calgary Mustangs at Drayton Valley, 7:30 p.m.

Brooks at Drumheller, 7:30 p.m.

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

Sunday, January 4 Calgary Mustangs at Whitecourt, 2:30 p.m.

The Broncos are still without D Dillon Heatherington who is playing with Team Canada at the World Junior Hockey Championships in Toronto and Montreal . . .

Starting goalie Landon Bow is 12th in the league with a 2.90 goals against average while posting a 17-12-0-4 record. He also has a league best five shutouts and a .914 save percentage.

Injuries: Swift Current — D Jordan Harris (upper body, week-to-week), F Cole Johnson (upper body, indefinite).

Red Deer — F Adam Musil (lower body, day-to-day), D Colton Bobyk (knee, day-to-day).

Special Teams: Swift Current — Power play 25.4 per cent, third overall; penalty kill 87.6 per cent, first. Red Deer — power play 19.3 per cent, 15th overall; 85.2 per cent, third.

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Transactions Monday’s Sports Transactions BASEBALL American League KANSAS CITY ROYALS - Agreed to terms with RHP Edinson Volquez on a two-year contract.

MINNESOTA TWINS - Announced 1B/OF Chris Parmelee declined outright assignment and chose free agency.

NEW YORK YANKEES - Traded RHP Shawn Kelley to San Diego for RHP Johnny Barbato.

National League SAN DIEGO PADRES - Designated RHP Keyvius Sampson for assignment.

FOOTBALL National Football League NFL - Suspended Detroit DT Ndamukong Suh one game for a violation of safety-related playing rules during Sunday’s game.

ATLANTA FALCONS - Fired coach Mike Smith.

BUFFALO BILLS - QB Kyle Orton announced his retirement. Signed S Deon Broomfield, LB Jimmy Gaines, DE Bryan Johnson, CB Rod Sweeting, DT Jeremy Towns, QB Jeff Tuel, OGs William Campbell and D.J. Morrell and WRs Caleb Holley and Tobais Palmer to futures contracts.

CHICAGO BEARS - Fired coach Marc Trestman and general manager Phil Emery. Signed G Conor Boffeli, LB Jonathan Brown, WR Rashad Lawrence, TE Jacob Maxwell and OT Jason Weaver to futures contracts.

CLEVELAND BROWNS - Signed OL Karim Barton,

WR Kevin Cone, DB Kendall James, LB Keith Pough and DL Calvin Barnett, Christian Tupou and Jacobbi McDaniel to futures contracts.

NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS - Signed LB Eric Martin to the practice squad.

NEW YORK JETS - Fired coach Rex Ryan and general manager John Idzik.

TENNESSEE TITANS - Signed DB Ri’Shard Anderson, G Justin McCray, T Will Poehls, RB Lache Seastrunk, QB Alex Tanney and LBs Nate Askew, Yawin Smallwood and Chaz Sutton to futures contracts.

HOCKEY National Hockey League CAROLINA HURRICANES - Activated C Jordan Staal from injured reserve.

COLORADO AVALANCHE - Assigned G Roman Will from Lake Erie (AHL) to Fort Wayne (ECHL).

DALLAS STARS - Recalled D Jamie Oleksiak from Texas (AHL).

EDMONTON OILERS - Claimed F Matt Fraser off waivers from Boston. Released F Steve Pinizzotto.

Traded F Mark Arcobello to Nashville for C Derek Roy. NEW JERSEY DEVILS - Recalled Fs Joe Whitney and Stefan Matteau from Albany (AHL).

NEW YORK ISLANDERS - Loaned G Kent Simpson to Stockton (ECHL).

PITTSBURGH PENGUINS - Assigned G Eric Hartzell from Wilkes-Barre/Scranton (AHL) to Wheeling (ECHL).

● WHL: Swift Current at Red Deer, 7 p.m., Centrium.

Friday

Canada 4, Finland 1 First Period 1. Canada, Reinhart 1 (Theodore) 5:32 (pp) Penalties - A.Makinen Fin (high-sticking) 5:22, Reinhart Cda (tripping) 15:12.

Second Period 2. Canada, Reinhart 2 (Duclair, Domi) 13:34 3. Finland, Lehkonen, 18:26 Penalty - Lyytinen Fin (high-sticking) 5:51.

Third Period 4. Canada, Duclair 2 (Domi, Bowey) 11:15 5. Canada, Lazar 2, 14:25 (pp) Penalty - Nurse Cda (interference) 3:38, Autio Fin (high-sticking) 12:27, Virtanen Cda, Lehkonen Fin (roughing) 15:53.

Shots on goal Canada 10 11 14 - 35 Finland 10 10 7 - 27 Goal - Canada: Fucale (W,2-0-0); Finland: Saros (L,0-1-0).

Power plays (goals-chances) - Canada: 2-3; Finland: 0-3.

Wednesday’s Games N.Y. Islanders at Winnipeg, 3 p.m.

Tampa Bay at Buffalo, 4 p.m.

N.Y. Rangers at Florida, 4 p.m.

Toronto at Boston, 5 p.m.

Carolina at Pittsburgh, 5 p.m.

Minnesota at Columbus, 5 p.m.

New Jersey at Detroit, 5:30 p.m.

San Jose at Anaheim, 6 p.m.

Arizona at Dallas, 6:30 p.m.

Philadelphia at Colorado, 7 p.m.

Edmonton at Calgary, 7:30 p.m.

● WHL: Red Deer at Lethbridge, 7 p.m.

(The Drive). ● Heritage junior B hockey: Three Hills at Red Deer, 8 p.m., Arena; Mountainview at Ponoka, 8 p.m.

Today

● WHL: Kootenay at Red Deer, 7 p.m., Centrium. ● Midget AA hockey: Red Deer Elks at Olds, 7:30 p.m.

Saturday, December 27 Sweden 5 Denmark 1 Slovakia 2 Finland 1 Switzerland 5 Czech Republic 2 Canada 4 Germany 0

WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Chicago 37 25 10 2 52 117 78 Nashville 35 23 9 3 49 103 76 St. Louis 36 22 11 3 47 106 90 Winnipeg 37 19 11 7 45 94 87 Minnesota 34 17 13 4 38 99 95 Dallas 35 16 14 5 37 102 118 Colorado 36 13 15 8 34 92 109 Pacific Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Anaheim 38 24 8 6 54 107 101 Vancouver 34 20 11 3 43 100 93 San Jose 36 19 12 5 43 100 93 Los Angeles 37 18 12 7 43 101 91 Calgary 38 20 15 3 43 110 100 Arizona 36 14 18 4 32 86 115 Edmonton 36 7 22 7 21 76 125 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss.

NHL Scoring Leaders MP GA SO 1909 94 1 318 19 0

Denmark 3 0 0 2 1 6 12 2 Three points awarded for a regulation win, two for an overtime/shootout win and one for an overtime/ shootout loss.

GA 86 101 94 87 109 109 108 98

Tuesday’s Games Montreal at Florida, 5:30 p.m.

St. Louis at Nashville, 6 p.m.

Los Angeles at Edmonton, 7:30 p.m.

Vancouver at San Jose, 8 p.m.

Red Deer Rebels

Cote Sheen Bleackley Johnson Feser Musil Kopeck Maxwell Sandhu Pawlenchuk Polei Strand Fleury Doetzel Nell Nogier de Wit Adamson Bobyk Dixon Toth Grman Mahura Shmoorkoff Burman Goaltenders

124 111 98 99 79 86 97 99 75 123

Monday’s Games Chicago 5, Nashville 4, SO Boston 5, Detroit 2 New Jersey 3, Pittsburgh 1 N.Y. Islanders 4, Washington 3, OT Montreal 3, Carolina 1 Ottawa 5, Buffalo 2 Tampa Bay 3, Toronto 2 St. Louis 3, Colorado 0 Minnesota 3, Winnipeg 2 Dallas 3, N.Y. Rangers 2 Calgary 2, Los Angeles 1 Arizona 4, Philadelphia 2

Thursday’s games Brandon at Saskatoon, 3:05 p.m.

A 26 27 15 14 27 16 16 14 10 11 4 9 11 11 4 8 6 3 3 2 3 2 1 0 0

37 20 14 3 43 37 19 15 3 41 33 16 9 8 40 36 15 14 7 37 37 14 20 3 31 Metropolitan Division GP W L OT Pts Pittsburgh 36 22 9 5 49 N.Y. Islanders 36 24 11 1 49 Washington 36 18 11 7 43 N.Y. Rangers 34 19 11 4 42 Philadelphia 36 14 16 6 34 Columbus 34 15 16 3 33 New Jersey 38 13 18 7 33 Carolina 36 10 22 4 24

Monday’s summary

Wednesday’s games Swift Current at Edmonton, 6 p.m.

Regina at Moose Jaw, 6 p.m.

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

Seattle at Portland, 9 p.m.

G 7 6 17 17 10 9 9 10 9 8 14 4 1 1 7 1 1 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0

Toronto Boston Florida Ottawa Buffalo

Sunday’s Games Florida 6, Toronto 4 Anaheim 2, Vancouver 1, OT

Tuesday’s games Prince Albert at Brandon, 6 p.m.

Regina at Saskatoon, 6:05 p.m.

Swift Current at Red Deer, 7 p.m.

Lethbridge at Calgary, 7 p.m.

Kootenay at Medicine Hat, 7 p.m.

Kamloops at Vancouver, 8 p.m.

Prince George at Kelowna, 8:05 p.m.

Everett at Seattle, 8:05 p.m.

GP 37 36 35 37 37 32 37 37 35 37 37 33 29 37 37 35 35 34 8 32 33 19 23 1 9

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Local Sports

WHL EASTERN CONFERENCE EAST DIVISION GP W L OTLSOL GF Brandon 37 26 7 3 1 167 Regina 35 21 12 2 0 133 Swift Current 37 18 15 0 4 116 Prince Albert 37 16 20 1 0 108 Moose Jaw 37 15 19 2 1 107 Saskatoon 37 9 25 2 1 102

Everett Spokane Portland Tri-City Seattle

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American Hockey League BRIDGEPORT SOUND TIGERS - Loaned F Peter Sivak to Stockton (ECHL).

GREENVILLE ROAD WARRIORS - Released G James Beaver as emergency backup.

HAMILTON BULLDOGS - Recalled D David Makowski from Wheeling (ECHL).

LAKE ERIE MONSTERS - Recalled F Reid Petryk from Fort Wayne (ECHL).

LEHIGH VALLEY PHANTOMS - Loaned G Connor Knapp to Reading (ECHL).

PORTLAND PIRATES - Reassigned F Dyson Stevenson to Gwinnett (ECHL).

PROVIDENCE BRUINS - Loaned F Andrew Cherniwchan to South Carolina (ECHL).

ST. JOHN’S ICECAPS - Recalled D Ralfs Freibergs from Ontario (ECHL).

SPRINGFIELD FALCONS - Assigned G Scott Munroe to Kalamazoo (ECHL).

WILKES-BARRE/SCRANTON PENGUINS - Assigned F Tyler Murovich to Wheeling (ECHL).

ECHL BRAMPTON BEAST - Signed F David Ling.

FORT WAYNE KOMETS - Released G Garrett Bartus.

KALAMAZOO WINGS - Released G Larkin Saalfrank as emergency backup.

QUAD CITY MALLARDS - Added G Larkin Saalfrank as emergency backup. Loaned G Parker Milner to Iowa (AHL).

READING ROYALS - Released G Matt DiGirolamo.

Sunday ● Major midget girls hockey: Edmonton at Red Deer, noon, Collicutt Centre. ● Major bantam hockey: Grande Prairie at Red Deer Black, noon, Arena. ● Junior women’s hockey: Lethbridge at Central Alberta, 1:30 p.m., Penhold Regional Multiplex. ● Peewee AA hockey: Wheatland at Lacombe, 2 p.m. ● Midget AA hockey: Lacombe at Sylvan Lake, 2:30 p.m., Bentley; Okotoks at Olds, 5:30 p.m. ● Minor midget AAA hockey: Calgary Bruins at Red Deer Northstar, 2:45 p.m., Arena. ● Bantam AA hockey: Badlands at Olds, 2:45 p.m.; Okotoks at Lacombe, 4:30 p.m.

Football National Football League AMERICAN CONFERENCE East W L T Pct y-New England 12 4 0 .750 Buffalo 9 7 0 .563 Miami 8 8 0 .500 N.Y. Jets 4 12 0 .250 South W L T Pct y-Indianapolis 11 5 0 .688 Houston 9 7 0 .563 Jacksonville 3 13 0 .188 Tennessee 2 14 0 .125 North W L T Pct y-Pittsburgh 11 5 0 .688 x-Cincinnati 10 5 1 .656 x-Baltimore 10 6 0 .625 Cleveland 7 9 0 .438 West W L T Pct y-Denver 12 4 0 .750 Kansas City 9 7 0 .563 San Diego 9 7 0 .563 Oakland 3 13 0 .188 NATIONAL CONFERENCE East W L T Pct y-Dallas 12 4 0 .750 Philadelphia 10 6 0 .625 N.Y. Giants 6 10 0 .375 Washington 4 12 0 .250 South W L T Pct y-Carolina 7 8 1 .469 New Orleans 7 9 0 .438 Atlanta 6 10 0 .375 Tampa Bay 2 14 0 .125 North W L T Pct y-Green Bay 12 4 0 .750 x-Detroit 11 5 0 .688 Minnesota 7 9 0 .438 Chicago 5 11 0 .313 West W L T Pct y-Seattle 12 4 0 .750 x-Arizona 11 5 0 .688 San Francisco 8 8 0 .500 St. Louis 6 10 0 .375 x-clinched playoff spot y-clinched division

Cincinnati at Indianapolis, 11:05 a.m.

Detroit at Dallas, 2:40 p.m.

PF 468 343 388 283

PA 313 289 373 401

PF 458 372 249 254

PA 369 307 412 438

PF 436 365 409 299

PA 368 344 302 337

PF 482 353 348 253

PA 354 281 348 452

PF 467 474 380 301

PA 352 400 400 438

PF 339 401 381 277

PA 374 424 417 410

PF 486 321 325 319

PA 348 282 343 442

PF 394 310 306 324

PA 254 299 340 354

Sunday’s Games Indianapolis 27, Tennessee 10 Houston 23, Jacksonville 17 Kansas City 19, San Diego 7 Minnesota 13, Chicago 9 Baltimore 20, Cleveland 10 Dallas 44, Washington 17 N.Y. Jets 37, Miami 24 Buffalo 17, New England 9 Philadelphia 34, N.Y. Giants 26 New Orleans 23, Tampa Bay 20 San Francisco 20, Arizona 17 Seattle 20, St. Louis 6 Denver 47, Oakland 14 Green Bay 30, Detroit 20 Carolina 34, Atlanta 3 Pittsburgh 27, Cincinnati 17 NFL Playoffs Wild-card Playoffs Saturday, Jan. 3 Arizona at Carolina, 2:35 p.m.

Baltimore at Pittsburgh, 6:15 p.m.

Sunday, Jan. 4

Divisional Playoffs Saturday, Jan. 10 Baltimore, Indianapolis or Cincinnati at New England, 2:35 p.m.

Arizona, Detroit or Carolina at Seattle, 6:15 p.m.

Sunday, Jan. 11 Arizona, Dallas or Carolina at Green Bay, 11:05 a.m.

Indianapolis, Cincinnati or Pittsburgh at Denver, 2:40 p.m.

Conference Championships Sunday, Jan. 18 NFC, 1:05 p.m.

AFC, 4:40 p.m.

Pro Bowl Sunday, Jan. 25 At Glendale, Ariz.

Team Irvin vs. Team Carter, 6 p.m.

Super Bowl Sunday, Feb. 1 At Glendale, Ariz.

NFL Draft Order W-L-T Pct. 1. Tampa Bay 2-14-0 .125 2. Tennessee 2-14-0 .125 3. Jacksonville 3-13-0 .188 4. Oakland 3-13-0 .188 5. Washington 4-12-0 .250 6. N.Y. Jets 4-12-0 .250 7. Chicago 5-11-0 .313 8. Atlanta 6-10-0 .375 9. N.Y. Giants 6-10-0 .375 10. St. Louis 6-10-0 .375 11. Minnesota 7-9-0 .438 12. Cleveland 7-9-0 .438 13. New Orleans 7-9-0 .438 14. Miami 8-8-0 .500 15. San Francisco 8-8-0 .500 16. Houston 9-7-0 .563 17. San Diego 9-7-0 .563 18. Kansas City 9-7-0 .563 19. Buffalo 9-7-0 .563 20. Philadelphia 10-6-0 .625 21. x-Carolina 7-8-1 .469 22. Baltimore 10-6-0 .625 23. x-Cincinnati 10-5-1 .656 24. x-Pittsburgh 11-5-0 .688 25. x-Detroit 11-5-0 .688 26. x-Indianapolis 11-5-0 .688 27. x-Arizona 11-5-0 .688 28. x-Dallas 12-4-0 .750 29. x-Green Bay 12-4-0 .750 30. x-New England 12-4-0 .750 31. xy-Denver 12-4-0 .750 31. xy-Seattle 12-4-0 .750 x-subject to playoffs y-subject to coin flip - The Super Bowl champion will select last and the loser of the Super Bowl next-to-last in all rounds, regardless of the record of such participating clubs in the regular season.

- The losers of the conference championship games shall select 29th and 30th in all rounds, according to the reverse order of their standing.

- The losers of the divisional playoff games shall select in the 25th through 28th positions in all rounds, according to the reverse order of their standing.

- The losers of the wild-card games shall select in the 21st through 24th positions in all rounds, according to the reverse order of their standing.

- Clubs not participating in the playoffs shall select in the first through 20th positions in all rounds, according to the reverse order of their standing.

Basketball National Basketball Association EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct GB Toronto 24 7 .774 Brooklyn 14 16 .467 9 1/2 Boston 10 18 .357 12 1/2 New York 5 28 .152 20 Philadelphia 4 25 .138 19 Southeast Division W L Pct GB Atlanta 22 8 .733 Washington 22 8 .733 Miami 14 18 .438 9 Orlando 13 21 .382 11 Charlotte 10 22 .313 13 Central Division W L Pct GB Chicago 22 9 .710 Cleveland 18 12 .600 3 1/2 Milwaukee 16 16 .500 6 1/2 Indiana 11 21 .344 11 1/2 Detroit 7 23 .233 14 1/2 WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division W L Pct Memphis 22 8 .733 Houston 21 9 .700 Dallas 22 10 .688 San Antonio 19 13 .594 New Orleans 15 15 .500 Northwest Division W L Pct Portland 25 7 .781 Oklahoma City 15 17 .469 Denver 13 18 .419 Utah 10 20 .333 Minnesota 5 24 .172 Pacific Division W L Pct Golden State 24 5 .828

GB 1 1 4 7 GB 10 11 1/2 14 18 1/2 GB -

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

20 18 13 9

11 14 18 22

.645 .563 .419 .290

5 7 1/2 12 16

Sunday’s Games Detroit 103, Cleveland 80 San Antonio 110, Houston 106 Dallas 112, Oklahoma City 107 Portland 101, New York 79 Toronto 116, Denver 102 Phoenix 116, L.A. Lakers 107 Monday’s Games Chicago 92, Indiana 90 Milwaukee 104, Charlotte 94, OT Orlando 102, Miami 101 Brooklyn 107, Sacramento 99 Washington 104, Houston 103 Utah at L.A. Clippers, late Tuesday’s Games Detroit at Orlando, 5 p.m.

Cleveland at Atlanta, 5:30 p.m.

Phoenix at New Orleans, 6 p.m.

Brooklyn at Chicago, 6 p.m.

San Antonio at Memphis, 6 p.m.

Washington at Dallas, 6:30 p.m.

L.A. Lakers at Denver, 7 p.m.

Minnesota at Utah, 7 p.m.

Toronto at Portland, 8 p.m.

Philadelphia at Golden State, 8:30 p.m.

Wednesday’s Games Sacramento at Boston, 11 a.m.

Miami at Indiana, 1 p.m.

New York at L.A. Clippers, 4 p.m.

Charlotte at Houston, 5 p.m.

New Orleans at San Antonio, 5 p.m.

Milwaukee at Cleveland, 5 p.m.

Phoenix at Oklahoma City, 6 p.m.

Edmonton Oilers acquire forwards Matt Fraser and Derek Roy

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS EDMONTON — The Edmonton Oilers made a couple of roster moves Monday, claiming winger Matt Fraser off waivers from the Bruins and acquiring centre Derek Roy in a trade with the Nashville Predators.

Roy has one goal and nine assists in 26 games this season.

In 692 career games, the 31-year-old veteran from Ottawa has 178 goals and 324 assists.

Edmonton adds some size and skill with Fraser, a six-footone, 204-pound winger from Red Deer.

The 24-year-old had three goals in 24 games for Boston this season.

The Oilers placed forward Steve Pinizzotto on waivers while claiming Fraser and traded forward Mark Arcobello to Nashville.

Fraser is on a US$625,000, one-year contract while Roy is on a one-year, $1-million deal.

BUSINESS

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TUESDAY, DEC. 30, 2014

Meat labelling spat running out of time AGRICULTURE MINISTER SAYS IF U.S. DOESN’T COMPLY CANADA WILL IMPOSE TARIFFS

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS Canada’s agriculture minister says time is running short for the U.S. to avoid trade tariffs over its discriminatory meat labelling laws.

Gerry Ritz said if Washington doesn’t change its country of origin labelling laws to comply with World Trade Organization rulings in the coming months, Canada will apply as early as the summer to impose retaliatory tariffs on a long list of U.S. goods including beef, orange juice and wine.

“The clock is ticking and the American administration knows it,” Ritz said in an interview.

Last month, the United States filed its final appeal of a WTO ruling that found its meat labelling laws, known as COOL, discriminate against Canadian beef and pork exports.

COOL rules require all packaged meat to identify where the animal was born, raised and slaughtered.

Supporters of the law say it better informs U.S. consumers, but opponents argue that segregating animals and tracking them adds costs and violates free-trade agreements.

The federal government estimates the policy costs Canada’s pork and beef industries more than $1 billion a year.

Ritz said Canada expects a ruling by the WTO on the U.S. appeal by the middle of 2015.

If Washington loses again and fails to act, Canada will seek permission from the trade organization to hit back.

“We are being told that some time late spring or early summer we will have a pretty good direction as to where that is going to go,” Ritz said.

“We will start lobbying very hard at the WTO to initiate the retaliatory process.”

So far the U.S. response to the latest trade ruling has Canada’s beef industry wondering if Washington can fix COOL in time.

U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has been quoted as saying the Obama administration needs direction from Congress on what to do with the meat-labelling legislation.

At the same time, Congress has asked Vilsack for a report by May 1 on what changes need to be made to COOL to comply with the WTO. John Masswohl, a spokesman for the Canadian Cattlemen’s Association, said such last minute back-and-forth doesn’t give the Americans much time to act.

“U.S. exporters to Canada should remain concerned as Congress is flirting dangerously close to the timeline for the WTO to authorize Canada and Mexico to implement retaliatory tariffs,” he said.

U.S. economy poised to propel growth in 2015

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

WORLD ECONOMY

WASHINGTON — The United States is back, and ready to drive global growth in 2015.

After long struggling to claw its way out of the Great Recession, the world’s biggest economy is on an extended win streak that is edging it closer to full health. But the new year doesn’t look quite so bright in other major countries.

China is slowing as it transitions from investment to consumption. Japan has slid into a recession. Russia appears headed for one. Europe is barely growing.

And the U.S.?

Six years after its financial system nearly sank and nearly that long since the recession ended, the United States is expected to grow in 2015 at its fastest pace in a decade. Its expansion from July through September — a 5 per cent annual rate — was the swiftest for any quarter since 2003.

That pace will likely ease a bit. Still, the economy is expected to expand 3.1 per cent next year, according to a survey by the National Association for Business Economics. It would be the first year of 3 per cent growth since 2005.

The acceleration of U.S. growth is a key reason the global economy is also expected to grow faster, at about 3 per cent, up from 2.5 per cent in 2014, according to economists at JPMorgan Chase and IHS Global Insight.

businesses overseas that borrowed in dollars would find it harder to repay those debts.

The hot economies of the last decade — the emerging markets of Brazil, Russia, India and China collectively known as the “BRICs” — will likely grow in 2015 at their slowest pace in six years, according to Oxford Economics, a forecasting firm. Falling oil and commodity prices have smacked Brazil and Russia particularly hard.

China may expand 6.5 per cent or more.

Yet that’s a far cry from the nearly double-digit growth it enjoyed for decades. Europe and Japan will be lucky to expand even 1 per cent.

The gap between the U.S. and the rest of the world reflects a fundamental trait of the U.S. economy: It’s more insulated from the rest of the world’s ups and downs than other major economies are. Exports account for just 14 per cent of U.S. output, the smallest share among the 34 mostly rich members of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development.

One U.S. company largely protected from overseas trends is Globe Specialty Metals, a Miami-based producer of silicon metals that draws 90 per cent of its revenue from North America.

Its silicon is added to aluminum and rubber parts used in cars, and robust auto sales have boosted the company’s revenue.

CEO Jeff Bradley says he’s optimistic about 2015. As gas prices have sunk, Americans have been buying more SUVs and pickups, which use more aluminum. Demand for solar power panels is also lifting sales.

“Things are lining up for next year to be one of the best years in the history of our company,” Bradley said.

CHEERING CHEAPER OIL

Plunging oil prices are a big reason for the optimism. Prices have been cut roughly in half since summer. In some areas of the country, gasoline prices have slipped below $2 a gallon. The drop, along with more fuel-efficient cars, will save the average U.S. household $550 on gas next year, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration. That means consumers have more to spend on items like cars, furniture and appliances.

What’s more, Americans’ finances are in firmer shape. Job growth is accelerating. Businesses are investing in buildings and software, and home building is expected to pick up.

Lower oil prices will also help Europe and Japan, and the global economy should expand faster than it did this year, economists say. But the divergence between the United States and most of the rest of the world is striking and carries some risks. Big exporters, from China to Germany to Japan, will depend heavily on a recovering U.S. to boost their economies.

A pickup in global growth “is highly dependent on the assumption that the U.S. economy continues to improve,” said Douglas Porter, chief economist at BMO Capital Markets. “If that doesn’t play out, there’s not much left for the global economy to fall back on.

SWIRLING GLOBAL HEADWINDS

Even if the U.S. economy does strengthen further, the rest of the world could struggle. For one thing, faster growth will likely lead the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates in 2015, which could draw more investment from overseas. The inflow of capital would raise the dollar’s value and potentially cause destabilizing drops in other currencies. Governments and

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POWERING U.S. CONSUMERS

In the United States, consumers are the main drivers of growth. And fortunes are looking up for more households.

Employers are on track to add the most jobs in 15 years in 2014. As a percentage of income, Americans’ debt has dropped to 2002 levels.

In some ways, the U.S. economy actually benefits from slower growth abroad. Investors in search of safety have plowed money into Treasurys, thereby helping hold down inflation and U.S loan rates, including for mortgages. Lower rates, in turn, could fuel more home sales and construction next year.

Stan Humphries, chief economist at Zillow, thinks Americans ages 25 to 34, stung by higher rents, will buy homes in greater numbers by the end of 2015.

Mortgage giants Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae have relaxed their down payment requirements, which were a strain for younger would-be buyers.

Humphries also thinks developers will build more lower-priced homes that millennials can afford.

Some signs of hope overseas have emerged. Falling oil prices should benefit people in Europe, Japan and China, all of which import oil.

And analysts expect the European Central Bank to ramp up its stimulus efforts, possibly by buying government bonds.

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Masswohl said the beef industry in Canada will not be satisfied if Washington simply tinkers with COOL. He said producers want it repealed.

Ritz said Canada made it clear last year that it is prepared to retaliate with trade sanctions if Washington doesn’t comply with the WTO ruling and has reinforced the point many times since.

He said the federal government won’t hesitate to act and may add more items to the trade sanction list that already includes pork, cheese, apples, corn, maple syrup, chocolate, pasta, jewelry and mattresses.

“We have the ability to add to it should we need to put pressure on a state, senator or congressman. We are serious,” Ritz said.

“At the end of the day you can be assured that we are not going to blink.”

THE EURO IS COMING TO LITHUANIA

Photo by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

A woman passes by a poster reading “The euro is coming to Lithuania soon” in Vilnius, Lithuania, Monday. Political leaders are hoping that joining the euro on Jan. 1 will help Lithuania distance itself further from Russian influence and reduce government borrowing costs.

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BRIEF Chrysler recalls 67K older pickup trucks for clutch problem; 4,356 in Canada NEW YORK — Fiat Chrysler is recalling about 67,000 model year 2006 and 2007 pickups, including more than 4,000 in Canada, because of a problem that could prevent the cars from starting, or cause them to move when the ignition key is turned.

The company said Monday that a wire in the clutch ignition interlock switch could break. That could keep the truck from starting or, if drivers don’t follow recommended starting procedures, the truck could move when the ignition key is turned.

Chrysler said one death is associated with the problem.

The company is recalling Dodge Dakota, Dodge Ram 1500, 2500, 3500 and Mitsubishi Raider pickups made between July 2005 and June 2006.

Nearly 54,558 of them are in the United States, 4,356 in Canada, more than 7,600 in Mexico and 257 outside the NAFTA region.

FCA US LLC, the former Chrysler Group LLC, will replace the switches at no cost to consumers. The company said it only used the faulty wire during the period covered in the recall.

Canadian dollar declines, oil prices hold steady around the US$55 a barrel mark The Canadian dollar closed lower Monday amid sliding prices for oil and gold. The loonie declined 0.05 of a cent to 85.99 cents US. February crude in New York lost $1.12 to US$53.61 a barrel.

The currency moved slightly lower last week, down 0.09 of a cent, reflecting oil prices that settled at around US$55 a barrel last week. Prices have plunged almost 50 per cent from summer highs amid a huge increase in global supply and lower demand from economic weak spots like China and

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Metals were mixed with February gold down $13.40 to US$1,181.90 an ounce while March copper was a cent lower at $2.82 a pound.

Traders also took in economic developments from overseas.

China’s official Xinhua News Agency reported Sunday that regulators will change accounting rules for bank deposits to free up more money for lending. That could help boost economic growth that slumped to a fiveyear low in the latest quarter.

The report came after government data on Saturday showed profits for China’s biggest industrial companies fell 4.2 per cent in November from a year earlier, accelerating from the previous month’s 2.1 per cent decline.

News that Greece will hold early general elections this month raised concerns over the country’s financial future. An opposition party that is against the terms of the country’s bailout program is leading in the polls and investors worry it will seek changes if it wins the election.

Russia’s currency was also in focus, falling five per cent on Monday after a rally last week. Russian monetary officials have made stabilizing the currency a priority amid slumping oil revenues and unease about the country’s economic outlook.

TransCanada acquires 8th Ontario solar power plant under multi-year agreement CALGARY — TransCanada Corp.

(TSX:TRP) has acquired a solar power generation facility in the New Liskeard region of northeastern Ontario as part of a multi-year agreement with Canadian Solar . The Liskeard 1 power plant is worth about $60 million according to Canadian Solar (Nasdaq:CSIQ) The plant has 10 megawatts of generating capacity and a 20-year agreement to sell its output to the Ontario Power Authority. Canadian Solar, based in Guelph, Ont., makes solar panels used to convert the sun’s power into electricity and also builds and sells utility-scale solar electricity projects for investors. Calgary-based TransCanada is best-known for its North American pipeline business but it’s also active in power generation.

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

Diversified and Industrials Agrium Inc. . . . . . . . . . . 110.97 ATCO Ltd.. . . . . . . . . . . . 47.10 BCE Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53.69 BlackBerry . . . . . . . . . . . 12.67 Bombardier . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.04 Cdn. National Railway . . 80.62 Cdn. Pacific Railway. . . 227.56 Cdn. Utilities . . . . . . . . . . 40.85 Capital Power Corp . . . . 26.16 Cervus Equipment Corp 20.54 Dow Chemical . . . . . . . . 46.00 Enbridge Inc. . . . . . . . . . 59.64 Finning Intl. Inc. . . . . . . . 25.43 Fortis Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . 38.87 General Motors Co. . . . . 34.60 Parkland Fuel Corp. . . . . 21.76 Sirius XM . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.93 SNC Lavalin Group. . . . . 43.87 Stantec Inc. . . . . . . . . . . 31.91 Telus Corp. . . . . . . . . . . . 42.27 Transalta Corp.. . . . . . . . 10.57 Transcanada. . . . . . . . . . 57.06

Rona Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . 13.91 Wal-Mart . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86.64 WestJet Airlines . . . . . . . 32.10 Mining Barrick Gold . . . . . . . . . . 12.18 Cameco Corp. . . . . . . . . 19.25 First Quantum Minerals . 16.02 Goldcorp Inc. . . . . . . . . . 20.67 Hudbay Minerals. . . . . . . 10.00 Kinross Gold Corp. . . . . . . 3.11 Labrador. . . . . . . . . . . . . 18.16 Potash Corp.. . . . . . . . . . 41.62 Sherritt Intl. . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.98 Teck Resources . . . . . . . 15.86

Consumer Canadian Tire . . . . . . . . 122.78 Gamehost . . . . . . . . . . . . 13.90 Leon’s Furniture . . . . . . . 17.08 Loblaw Ltd. . . . . . . . . . . . 62.52 Maple Leaf Foods. . . . . . 19.38

Energy Arc Resources . . . . . . . . 25.40 Badger Daylighting Ltd. . 28.27 Baker Hughes. . . . . . . . . 56.70 Bonavista . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.27 Bonterra Energy . . . . . . . 41.58 Cdn. Nat. Res. . . . . . . . . 36.17 Cdn. Oil Sands Ltd. . . . . 10.69 Canyon Services Group. . 8.81 Cenovous Energy Inc. . . 24.39 CWC Well Services . . . . . 0.39 Encana Corp. . . . . . . . . . 16.23 Essential Energy. . . . . . . . 1.36 Exxon Mobil . . . . . . . . . . 93.07

MARKETS CLOSE TORONTO — The Toronto stock market registered a solid advance Monday, building on gains racked up last week in the wake of stronger than expected economic growth numbers from Canada and the United States.

However, the S&P/TSX composite index was off session highs as energy stocks and oil prices lost early momentum. The main Toronto index was down

from a 122-point gain to close up 54.67 points at 14,663.92. The Canadian dollar dipped 0.05 of a cent to 85.99 cents US. New York markets were mixed, with the Dow Jones industrials down 15.48 points at 18,038.23, while the Nasdaq inched up 0.05 of a point to 4,806.91 and the S&P 500 index added 1.8 points to 2,090.57.

The TSX is on the way to a gain of around eight per cent for

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2014, with the market getting a lift of one per cent last week after data showed Canada’s gross domestic product rose by 0.3 per cent in October, beating economists’ expectations of 0.1 per cent growth for the month.

And in the U.S., GDP growth figures for the third quarter were revised upward to five per cent from a previous figure of 3.9 per cent.

The data reassured markets

that the United States continued to be the major prop for the global economy against a background of slowing growth in China and a still tentative economic recovery in Europe.

The American data is a big plus for Canada as a surging U.S. economy benefits Canadian exports and, in turn, provides lift to the TSX. An advance of about eight per cent on the TSX would be down sharply from a 15 per cent surge at mid-year. But that was before oil prices started to slide.

They now are down 50 per cent from summer highs amid a huge increase in global supply and lower demand from economic weak spots like China and Europe.

Energy stocks have been heavily punished along with Toronto’s energy group, down about 16 per cent year to date, while traders wonder how low crude oil prices can go. Prices plunged to levels in the midUS$30s after the 2008 financial collapse. But Brian Belski, chief investment strategist at BMO Capital Markets, notes that those prices occurred during a global recession and such a drop now would be too drastic.

“There‘s going to be a lot of volatility in the world going forward . . . so I think you need a period of digestion,” he said, adding that it’s hard to say whether the bottom will be in the $40s or $50s.

“You need to start seeing more humble forecasts and again, going back to good oldfashioned investing. When we get to a point where energy com-

panies aren’t over promising and under delivering, that’s when they will be attractive again.”

The TSX energy sector slipped 0.3 per cent as February crude in New York erased early gains to slide $1.12 to US$53.61 a barrel. Prices had been higher during the morning on reports of a fire affecting oil storage terminals in Libya.

However, most other sectors advanced with the base metals group ahead 0.55 per cent as March copper rose one cent to $2.82 a pound.

The gold sector was also up 0.4 per cent even as February bullion dropped $13.80 to US$1,181.50 an ounce.

Outside the resource sectors, financials and industrials climbed 0.55 per cent.

FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS Highlights at the close of Monday at world financial market trading.

Stocks: S&P/TSX Composite Index — 14,663.92, up 54.67 points Dow — 18,038.23, down 15.48 points S&P 500 — 2,090.57, up 1.80 points Nasdaq — 4,806.91, up 0.05 of a point Currencies: Cdn — 85.99 cents US, down 0.05 of a cent Pound — C$1.8041, down 0.30 of a cent Euro — C$1.4134, down 0.32 of a cent Euro — US$1.2154, down 0.34 of a cent

Oil futures: US$53.61 per barrel, down $1.12 (February contract) Gold futures: US$1,181.90 per oz., down $13.40 (February contract) Canadian Fine Silver Handy and Harman: $19.669 oz., up 38.9 cents $632.36 kg., up $12.51 (H&H now closed for holidays; next quote will be until on Jan. 5) ICE FUTURES CANADA WINNIPEG — ICE Futures Canada closing prices: Canola: Jan ’15 $2.00 higher $443.60; March ’15 $3.80 higher $439.60; May ’15 $1.80 higher $435.20; July ’15 $1.30 higher $433.20; Nov ’15 $1.90 higher $424.40; Jan. ’16 $1.90 higher $426.00; March ’16 $1.90 higher $430.90; May ’16 $1.90 higher $432.50; July ’16 $1.90 higher $432.50; Nov. ’16 $1.90 higher $432.50.

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.

Wednesday’s estimated volume of trade: 383,000 tonnes of canola; 0 tonnes of barley (Western Barley) Total: 383,000.

Expect more Facebook apps in 2015 THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — Like it or not, Facebook wants to occupy several spots on your smartphone’s home screen.

Annoyed that you had to download a separate app, Facebook Messenger, to chat with your friends and family on the world’s most popular social network? Too bad.

Facebook has no intention of reversing that contentious move. In fact, it plans to move more features from its main mobile app into separate apps in 2015.

“We’re getting away from that single app that does everything for you. We released nine different apps in 2014 and I think what you’ll see is we’ll release more in 2015 — at the demand and behest of our users,” says Jordan Banks, the managing director of Facebook Canada and the global head of vertical strategy. “(Users) want single apps that do one thing incredibly well. So one of the reasons we took Messenger out of the (Facebook) app and gave it its own standalone app is because that’s what our users were telling us. They didn’t want to click two or three times before they got into Messenger.

“So I think that will be a major trend going forward, you will continue to see this multi-app orientation come from Facebook.”

While Banks insists he’s only heard

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Facebook plans to move more features from its main mobile app into separate apps in 2015. good feedback, forcing users to download a separate app for Facebook Messenger stirred a loud chorus of complaints.

On the Apple App Store, there are more one-star reviews panning Facebook’s move than rave ratings.

“I hear everyone talking about how delighted they are that they get oneclick access to a Messenger app that has over 500 million people using it,” Banks says.

“And again, the reason we’re going to this multi-app orientation isn’t because we think it’s right, we’re doing what our users tell us they want.”

Facebook says it now has 20 million Canadians accessing the social network monthly and 15 million on a daily basis. While those numbers are plateauing, mobile usage continues to

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There are 16 million Canadians accessing Facebook with a phone or tablet monthly, up 23 per cent from a year ago. About 12 million are daily Facebook users on a mobile device, which is up 28 per cent over last year.

“Mobile growth continues to be a major driver of all the good things we’re seeing,” Banks says. “You’ll see an average Canadian check their mobile device about 40 times a day and we account for one out of every four minutes spent on a mobile device in Canada. So you do that math and you say, ‘Boy, Facebook is a key cog in that mobile wheel.”’

Banks says the company —which has offices in Toronto, Montreal, Ottawa and Vancouver — intends to grow in Canada in 2015.

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Founder Mark Zuckerberg was spotted visiting Vancouver in 2011 but hasn’t been to Facebook Canada’s main Toronto office yet.

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On the sustainable path KATHY PARSONS STRIVES TO LIVE, AND VOLUNTEER, WITH A FOCUS ON A BETTER WORLD

BY MARY-ANN BARR ADVOCATE STAFF Some days, Kathy Parsons would prefer to spend her time playing with dirt, worms and plants.

It’s what led the 52-year-old to getting involved with ReThink Red Deer, a local group focused on sustainability.

It’s a little hard to determine her favourite passion. “Only one?” she responds when asked just what her passion is, and then she laughs heartily.

Probably a local sustainable and ethical food program would top the list.

That’s when she’s not focusing on the countless other things in her life that keep her busy — everything from her job for the past seven years as executive director of Central Alberta Community Legal Clinic, to her role as president of Rethink, or as president of the John Howard Society board.

She was board chair of the Lifelong Learning Council of Red Deer but she stepped back and is now a member only.

“I’ve always been a very passionate and committed volunteer.”

The mother of two grown sons, Parsons was actively involved in Beavers, Cubs, the local playschool and school council when they were young, and living in Drumheller.

Parsons was self-employed for 19 years before she arrived in Red Deer in 2005.

She uses her background in business and a diploma in advertising and public relations a lot in the non-profits that she gets involved in. “I happen to be really good at that,” she says without a hint of egotism.

Parsons says her father, who worked in the oilpatch, “had a fairly entrepreneurial spirit, as the guys in the oilpatch did way back when.” Some of it rubbed off.

At age 15, she was working with family importing spinning wheels and fleeces from New Zealand. As a kid, she lived on a farm between Sundre and Cremona where sheep were among the animals they raised. Later, she had a quilt and fabric store in Drumheller. Some of the quilt artwork she has made, including dying the fabric herself, hangs in her office.

It wasn’t enough for her mother to just sew fabric on the farm, said Parsons.

“Let’s go figure out how to make it.”

Her mother and sister went on to become master spinners through Olds College.

When she married and moved to Drumheller, Parsons grew a lot of her own food in her large garden and also supported local producers. “It was all great, until it wasn’t.”

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Kathy Parsons makes her own yogurt, Kombucha, has urban chickens providing her with eggs and does quilting and weaving.

When her marriage ended, she said she had to accept the fact that being a business owner and a single parent was not enough for her children. “Both of my kids are gifted.” She didn’t feel their education needs were going to be met in the smaller community.

After touring Edmonton for work, and realizing all the time needed to travel by bus and so on, she decided the big city wasn’t for them. She had always been only a few minutes from home and her children.

“I had no job and no money and we moved to Red Deer. Sometimes you just got to take a leap of faith.

“I thought we had a better chance here. Red Deer wouldn’t be so overwhelming.

“It turned out to be a wonderful decision.”

While she was fully immersed in the community in numerous ways, she also thought ReThink Red Deer, with its focus on sustainability, was an organization where she could just get her hands dirty as a volunteer without being involved in the executive.

“Then they became more organized and wanted to go after grants ... I reluctantly took on the role as board chair, but when it became obvious that the organization could stall. ... You know what — give them what they need, and then go play in the dirt!

“We’re building a local food movement.”

Parsons points to this year’s California drought. A lot of food comes to Alberta by way of California. “We can’t

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necessarily count on California to give us what we need.

“What are we going to do about that?”

Parsons said she spends maybe $100 a month at local grocery stores. What sorts of things does she buy at grocery stores? “Toilet paper.”

Her food comes from farmers who raise beef or pork naturally, the Red Deer Public Market and other local producers who grow food organically. When she first came to Red Deer, she began to develop a network to buy direct from farmers, like she did in Drumheller. As well, she grew food in containers and rented a garden plot.

Parsons is thrilled that she recently purchased a small home in the city where she can have a vegetable garden and food forest. The food forest will include things like red currents, haskaps and blueberries, and apple, pear, apricot and plum trees.

She also has her own urban chickens. She makes her own yogurt and cheese. And there are some organic apples presently staring at her at home that she is contemplating making apple cider with. ”We’re perfectly capable of growing food here.”

There’s no comparison, said Parsons, to the quality and flavour of food people grow themselves.

The organic and local food movement is growing, said Parsons, adding that most Canadians now purchase at least some organic food.

And here in Red Deer, “It’s com-

ing,” noting the growing aisles of organic food in stores.

She has an idea to grow gourmet mushrooms in her garage, if it’s sustainable, with her entrepreneurial side thinking about selling them as a way for her to develop different income streams down the road.

Parsons’ idea of a holiday this year was the “Epic Alberta Farm Tour” as she calls it, where she travelled with a friend to various farms to meet the people who grow the food she eats.

“Know where your food comes from.

Understand what it takes to grow food because food shouldn’t be cheap. ...

Good quality food requires somebody who’s knowledgeable and willing to spend the time to grow it.

“And they should be duly paid just like I expect to be duly paid to sit in my chair and do what I do.”

Just recently, she was one of a handful of people connected globally to launch the Ethical Omnivore Movement website www.ethicalomnivore. org.

“There need be no shame in the use of animal-based products ... just in the cruel, wasteful, careless, irreverent attainment of them,” the website states.

“We’re (humans) not biological omnivores. We’re not vegan,” says Parsons.

“I tried to be vegetarian for a couple of years and it just about killed me.”

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There are of 21 award categories for the communications awards, each divided into five divisions by attendance.

There are more than 1,200 worldwide members in the International Association of Fairs and Expositions.

The awards were handed out during the reception at the IAFE Convention in Las Vegas on Dec.10.

BRIEF Impaired driving charges piling up in Red Deer With just a few days left in December, Red Deer RCMP reported having charged 19 people with impaired driving this month.

Of those 19 charged, five were charged as a result of Checkstops.

The other 14 were charged after being pulled over by RCMP members on patrol.

The busy season, when it comes to impaired driving, isn’t over just yet as New Year’s Eve is approaching.

An impaired driving conviction carries a minimum sentence of a fine of $1,000 and a one-year driving prohibition.

And impaired driving is a leading cause of collisions, collision injuries and deaths in Canada.

Westerner Days wins awards

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Josie Hamilton, three, and her mom Marlo Hamilton reach the bottom of the water slide at the Collicutt Centre on Saturday afternoon. The Collicutt Centre runs regular hours until New Year’s Eve (Wednesday), when it closes at 3 p.m. It will also be open from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Thursday, New Year’s Day.

Central Alberta’s largest fair took home six communications awards from the International Association of Fairs and Expositions convention recently.

Westerner Days Fair and Exposition received first place honours for overall social media campaign and black and white newspaper ad in the categories for fairs with attendance up to 100,000.

Westerner Days also received second place awards for single brochure/ flyer, electronic newsletter and promotional/advertising poster and a thirdplace finish promotional advertising outdoor.

The purpose of the annual competition is to improve the advertising and publicity programs of fairs and to provide recognition for those fairs doing

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Chess club meets at Dawe Chess players of all levels are invited to come out and play on Mondays starting on Jan. 5 at the Dawe Branch of the Red Deer Public Library.

The Dawe Chess Club set up their chess boards in the evening. Children play from 5 to 6 p.m. Adults play from 6 to 6:30 p.m.

Admission is free.

Chess is a strategic board game for two players who move 16 chess pieces around a checkered game board that represents a battlefield.

Using an army of pieces — pawns, knights, rooks, bishops, a king and a queen — players try to capture their opponent’s king.

The program is co-sponsored with the Alberta Chess Association.

The Dawe Branch is located at 56 Holt St. For more information, call the branch at 403-341-3822.

Sylvan pool repaired Emergency repairs have been completed at the Sylvan Lake Aquatic Centre, which reopens today.

The pool was closed on Dec. 23 after a leak was discovered. Water was getting into the basement, said Joanne Gaudet, the town communications officer.

The leak began on Dec. 22.

Normal pool hours are Mondays to Thursdays from 6 a.m. to 9:30 p.m.; Fridays from 9 a.m. to 8:30 p.m.; and Saturdays and Sundays from noon to 5 p.m.

The Aquatic Centre is closed on all statutory holidays, including New Year’s Day.

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A mountain of unfinished, Acknowledging addiction: unused stuff, tasks, ideas a painful first

I’m going to open up and tell you something private — I have close to 50 unfinished documents on my laptop alone. These scripts range from almost completed blog posts about motherhood to questionably written erotica to ponderings as to why I have such terrible skin. And to complete my array of fragmentary masterpieces I have a first copy sci-fi fiction novel which I have yet to name.

My basement is reminiscent to an episode of Hoarders.

No, no let me rephrase. I am surprised none of my family members have yet to nominate said basement for the actual show — it looks as though it has been plucked straight from the program itself. I was down there yesterday trying to find a spare corner for the Christmas decorations and I thought I heard some rusLINDSAY tling. My first thought was not BROWN that it may be a furry rodent but that a hobo had somehow ME PLUS THREE slipped into the place and set up residence amid my stack of laminate flooring (that I swear we are installing this spring — said last winter) and the enormous TV that stopped working three years ago. Yes, I thought, there is definitely a hobo living in my laden basement.

Commence running frantically upstairs while imagining a strongly bearded homeless man chasing me with a decapitated chicken clutched tightly in his angry cellar-dwelling fist.

Ahem.

The treadmill is collecting dust and in turn I’ve collected a few extra pounds.

I have an entire drawer full of mismatched socks that I intend to make sock puppets out of. The kids and I will then fabricate a masterful production of The Sound of Music solely using foot-shaped marionettes. Dibs on Liesl!

I have books to read, and reread, since I cannot for the life of me accept the fact that I’ve just read a great book and carry on with my life. Nope, I must

read it over and over and over again; desperately seeking any new miniscule bit of information I may have missed the first 10 times I read it.

(I should probably get around to seeing that therapist one of these days, too.)

I have volunteer hours at my kids’ school that need to be attained. Because, well, all the other moms seem to manage to do their hours and I’ve got to keep up with the damn Joneses, right?

Oh yes and my 29th birthday is quickly approaching and I am feeling the weight of occupational opportunity rapidly whizzing by my waning eyes.

So here I sit in my plaid flannel PJs pondering this ever-evolving life of mine. The New Year is just around the bend, which calls for the ever present resolution trend. This is a time where we dissect the very essence that is our life and nitpick the crap out of ourselves. Then turn around and in a vain attempt make our egos feel better, resolve to stop doing all of the dumb stuff that deflated those egos in the first place.

So I guess the common denominator in my case is my complete and utter use of procrastination.

Shall I do some writing? You know, finish one of the hundreds of pieces of work I have saved in that mysterious sanctuary of the Word Kingdoms. …Nah I think I’ll catch the newest Bob’s Burgers … then I’ll write something. Maybe.

Oh, hey, this would be a great time to clean the basement of all those squatting hobos. But on second thought, I should probably have some backup on that one … I’m sure it can wait until a more opportune time. And just like that the vicious cycle of procrastination drags me down into the pit of despair (that’s for all of my fellow Princess Bride fans) and if you didn’t get that reference I am now forced to subject you to The Machine! Just one moment while I get my albino friend. …

See! I even end up stalling while I’m trying to explain to you my hitches with procrastination.

So I have made it my steadfast goal this New Year’s to work on this awkward procrastination situation. Because surely I will need to get over this awful affliction before I can rectify the other areas of concern in my life.

recovery step Question: I’ve had a problem with alcohol for years, and now it’s severely impacting my family and even my work. I doubt that I’ll be able to stop drinking without professional assistance. Can you point me in the right direction?

Jim: You’ve already taken the most important step toward change by admitting that you need help. No one sets a goal of becoming addicted JIM to a substance. Addiction is DALY powerful and deceptive in its nature. It’s a non-discriminatory, progressive disorder of the body, mind and spirit — therefore, it isolates people spiritually, emotionally and socially. If you’re ever to move beyond this stifling isolation, it will be because you intentionally choose to do so. I encourage you to begin your recovery journey by identifying the nearest support group that deals with alcoholism or addictive behaviors.

In addition to Alcoholics Anonymous (AA), there are many faith-based recovery meetings that can offer encouragement.

If you’re unsure what level of care you need, our counselors recommend that you contact a licensed chemical dependency treatment program near you to schedule an evaluation. The outcome will help you determine the next step. While the thought of taking that step may seem intimidating, I strongly encourage you to follow through on the program’s recommendations. Your life is too precious to gamble with, and trying to overcome addiction without outside help is extremely difficult.

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Been there, done that ... or are my perceptions wrong?

“There is no truth. There is only perception.”

— Gustave Flaubert, French author of novels and short stories

many of my earlier assessments. It began when I started working on my self-esteem and made a commitment to view things and people (myself included) more openly and honestly.

Apparently, mistakes in judgment result from what experts term perceptual errors.

“I don’t get it,” he said, shaking his head. “How could I be so wrong?”

I was speaking with a fellow writer who for years had been trying to attain some level of fame. He had enjoyed minor successes but nothing remarkable or, seemingly, sustainable.

He often spoke of a “no-talent hack” of his acquaintance who seemed to be enjoying tremendous success despite his lack of talent. “Success today has more to do with slick marketing,” he would say, “than it does with talent.” I could only agree with him to a point.

Then the day came when he happened upon some early work of his nemesis.

“I hadn’t read his work for years,” he admitted. “I was going through some boxes and found an early volume of short stories by area writers. His was one of them. I was prepared to laugh at his purple prose when I opened the volume and started reading. I felt like crying.”

“Really,” I responded.

“It was that moving?”

“It was that good and it kills me to admit it.”

I’ve been told often that perception is reality. My enlightened friends have informed me that reality is reality and perception TELUS is reality filtered through OPTIK TV our fears, beliefs and prejudices.

Our perception is not always accurate. What we believe to be true about a person, place or event may be only partially accurate or entirely incorrect. Over the years, I’ve changed

I’ve read that perceptual errors are increasing as our lives become busier.

The busier we get, the more we have a tendency to cut corners and take shortcuts to conclusions. In short, we do a lot more assuming — drawing conclusions without the benefit of adequate information.

We find ourselves in what we perceive to be a similar situation so, instead of making a serious assessment, we make an assumption followed by a quick judgment about what we’re seeing or experiencing. It looks the same so therefore it must be the same, right?

Worse yet, subsequent conclusions are based on an assumption that the initial conclusion was correct. You can see how this can lead to a whole series of perceptual errors.

Most perceptual errors happen at an unconscious level. They are rooted

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Helicopter parenting to the extreme THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK — Lori Osterberg and her husband are lifelong Denver folk, but they got restless and intended to relocate for adventure’s sake once their only child left home for college.

Well, long story short, they did that. Sort of.

Rather than following the sun down to Mexico, they followed their daughter to Portland, Oregon, where she is a sophomore. While still taking long weekends and other trips to Canada and California, the couple bought an apartment near campus that all three share.

“We’re calling it our gap year. We’re here for now, with the possibility of extending throughout her college career,” Osterberg said. “We’re taking it one year at a time.”

Sometimes scoffed at as the ultimate in helicopter parenting, Osterberg and others see only benefits in relocating or buying a second home to be close to their college kids.

Osterberg feels lucky. She and her husband work mainly online rather than grind it out 9-to-5 the oldfashioned way to pay college bills.

For Dianne Sikel in Phoenix, it’s all about football for her two boys, ages 18 and 15. She plans to rearrange her schedule as an auctioneer, part-time real estate agent and actress when her oldest starts college next year near Anaheim, California, so she can attend the games of both.

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BROWN: Procrastinating I have made up my mind. I will do this — and I will be successful in my quest to stifle the procrastination from my life forever. How liberating it will be to think about doing something and actually do it. How marvelous it will feel to have the smooth satisfaction of completion under my belt. How unbelievably excited I am for this new chapter! And I will begin … right after fix myself a sandwich.

Happy New Year, my friends, and may your 2015 be more accomplished than mine.

Lindsay Brown is a Sylvan Lake mother of two and freelance columnist.

FUHRER: Drawing conclusions If Bob is bad at doing A, then we assume he will also be bad at doing B, C and D. Central Tendency. This shortcut employs the law of averages. Let’s say your department at work receives a grade – based upon customer surveys – of seven out of 10. You might assume you’re doing well as compared to other departments when, in fact, you’re actually doing well in a few areas and poorly in others. Instead of addressing the areas which require improvement, you focus on the overall score and congratulate your team on a job well done.

Contrast Effect. Our conclusion is drawn by comparing (or contrasting) one item to another. For example, an English teacher may grade a lesser

That, she said, means she’ll leave Phoenix first thing Saturday mornings during football season for a rental home near the California campus, after she watches her youngest play in Phoenix on Fridays.

Her youngest will stay with his father when she’s away.

“These are moments that will be gone forever. I refuse to miss them,” Sikel said. “I’ve got to be near my children.”

Coldwell Banker, the real estate firm, first noticed parents making such moves in 2008 while compiling its annual College Home Price Comparison Index that ranked average home prices in more than 300 college towns.

David Siroty, a company spokesman, said the index has not been done in several years but anecdotally agents continue to see it pop up in home rentals and sales around the country near campuses.

Regina Santore, a Coldwell agent in Knoxville, the East Tennessee home of the University of Tennessee, relocated a couple last summer from a town about 380 miles away on the western side of the state so their freshman could live with them.

“They felt very strongly they did not want their daughter living on campus. They felt like she would have a better study environment if she were with them. She didn’t seem to have any problem with it,” Santore said.

The father, a computer programmer, and mother, a budding restaurateur, settled on a 1,600-squarefoot ranch-style house near campus.

piece of writing more harshly after reviewing a highly polish and professional piece. This technique is used often in sales. A salesperson might show you a mid-range item in the midst of both low-end and high-end products.

The items will be perceived differently depending upon the surrounding comparison samples.

Stereotyping. We draw conclusions about an individual based upon our aggregate belief about an entire group or culture. One standard definition reads, “A stereotype is a fixed or generalized belief about a particular group or class of people.” One example might be that country people are less worldly and therefore less wise in the ways of world. One advantage of stereotyping is that it allows us to rapidly respond to situations. One disadvantage is that it makes us ignore differences among individuals and make generalizations that are likely untrue.

A major component of self-esteem building is awareness. By applying these perceptual corrections to one’s self-view, we can improve our selfawareness and thus, our self-esteem.

What most shocked my fellow writer was the inaccuracy of his perception.

Maybe (at some level) he needed to see his contemporary as flawed in order to justify his own lack of success. I was pleased to see that he had the presence of mind to reassess and shift his perception.

Edward de Bono, the Maltese physician, author, inventor and consultant once wrote, “Most of the mistakes in thinking are inadequacies of perception rather than mistakes of logic.”

Generally speaking, most of us are pretty good at drawing accurate conclusions. And to a greater or lesser degree, our beliefs will always have a direct impact on our perception of reality. That said, it’s important to challenge our perceptions occasionally and seek a deeper understanding. The result might be astounding, resulting

“I can understand it, frankly, these days,” said Santore, who has a 4-year-old son.

“But I don’t know if he’s going to appreciate me following him to college,” she laughed.

Santore, originally from a small town in upstate New York, said a neighbour there relocated to New York City recently to live with her daughter during law school.

“She basically made her daughter her priority,” she said.

More common in Knoxville, Santore said, are parents buying weekend condos so they don’t have to fight for hotel rooms when attending football games at UT’s 100,000-plus-seat stadium. The school has about 21,000 undergraduates.

A surprising twist for Roslyn Levy, a Coldwell agent in Gainesville, Florida, was parents making the move there first, followed by their kids transferring later to the nearly 50,000-student University of Florida or Santa Fe College, a feeder.

“So it actually works both ways,” she said.

“We do see parents moving here or buying a second house here, either because they have a child in school here or because they went to school here themselves,” Levy said.

“We see people buying homes that are larger and more expensive than one would expect for a college student because they want to use the home when they come here to visit.”

Some, she said, keep the house once the kids move on.

(certainly) in a broader awareness but also in a greater tolerance and empathy for others and maybe, a shift in consciousness.

DALY: Teen son disrespectful Getting treatment is a crucial decision, but it’s just the beginning. After treatment, the stresses of living sober can quickly lead to a relapse. You’ll want to connect with a strong aftercare program where relapse prevention techniques and skills are taught.

Finally, I invite you to call our licensed counsellors at Focus, 855-771-HELP (4357). They can provide encouragement and also help you find a qualified therapist in your area who can assist in your efforts to move forward. May God grant you the strength for the journey.

Question: Our 17-year-old son has become very disrespectful to us. He’s easily angered and makes sarcastic remarks. We’ve tried taking away privileges, but it doesn’t seem to change his attitude. What can we do to make him take notice and grow up?

Dr. Greg Smalley, vice-president, Family Ministries: I understand that this is a frustrating situation — but unfortunately, one that is fairly common.

Often when a teenager starts being disrespectful, I assume that something else is driving that behavior.

Begin by doing a self-check to assess

the behaviours you and your spouse are modelling. If your son feels that you don’t respect each other (or him), or doesn’t believe he’s a priority to you, he may reflect that attitude back at you.

Next, it’s vital to reach out in love and try to find out what has prompted the behavioral change. Is he being bullied or rejected by peers? Perhaps he didn’t make a team, or is struggling with a particular school subject, and is feeling diminished as a result.

The point is that if you genuinely try to understand his world and emotions, and pursue him relationally, he probably won’t resent limits. Teenagers need a stable, secure foundation to launch into adulthood; they want to know that you care enough to establish reasonable boundaries.

That involves being proactive vs. reactive. Set aside a time — outside the heat of conflict — and respectfully share your feelings using word pictures. Involve your son in the process of contracting around appropriate behavior, i.e., get him to decide and agree not only to the consequences if he falls short, but also the rewards when he succeeds.

As the saying goes, “Do to others what you would have them do to you.”

Show him you respect him enough to really care if he’s hurting, and hopefully he will reciprocate.

Jim Daly is a husband and father, an author, and president of Focus on the Family and host of the Focus on the Family radio program. Catch up with him at www.jimdalyblog.com.

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BY THE CANADIAN PRESS MONTREAL — The father of murdered Chinese student Jun Lin says he has been able to feel the compassion and kindness of Montrealers, despite not speaking English or French.

Diran Lin said people have recognized him on the street, with some coming up to embrace him.

“Some warm-hearted people just hugged me and wanted to comfort me,” Lin said Monday, six days after a jury found his son’s killer, Luka Rocco Magnotta, guilty of first-degree murder.

“While we can’t communicate by language, we can communicate by heart,” he said through an interpreter.

“I understood what they were trying to say.”

During the several months he has lived in Montreal while attending Magnotta’s trial, Lin received cheques and notes of support from people, with some of the communication already translated into Mandarin.

Lin said he will travel back home to China in January, but promised to return to Montreal despite his son’s murder and dismemberment in the city in 2012.

“I will come back,” he said. “To me, most of Canada is good, even though this happened to me.”

The emotional strain and anguish that Lin has suffered since 2012 was apparent on his face.

His eyes looked tired and and he spoke slowly and softly, during the hour-long question-and-answer period in his lawyer’s office.

Lin began to cry and shake after he said his hair had turned white since his son’s death.

He said he quit his job back home in order to attend the entire trial, which began in late September. Lin had also attended the preliminary hearing in 2013.

He expressed satisfaction with the guilty verdict, even though he found the trial long and the Canadian justice system slow.

“Generally speaking, the Canadian legal system is good,” he added.

Lin said he was relieved that Magnotta was found guilty and received a life sentence. However, the Lin family did not get full closure because they

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Caroline Marshall-Hobbs died on Christmas Eve at the age of 86 in Sydney, N.S. She was the mother of the late Donald Marshall Jr., whose wrongful conviction as a 17-year-old for a murder he didn’t commit brought scrutiny to Nova Scotia’s justice system.

Cheryl Maloney, president of the Nova Scotia Aboriginal Women’s Association, says Marshall-Hobbs will be remembered for her quiet strength during her son’s 11-year incarceration and for the support she provided to her husband Donald Marshall Sr., who served as grand chief for almost three decades.

“She carried that dignity, that class through some of the most horrific times that a mother could imagine,” she said.

“Her and her husband, the grand chief, they carried the nation.”

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Diran Lin wipes away tears as he speaks to the media at a news conference on Monday in Montreal. Lin is the father of Jun Lin, who was murdered and dismembered by Luka Rocco Magnotta in a case that made international headlines. Magnotta was found guilty of first degree murder and sentenced to life in prison. still don’t know why their son was murdered.

He called Magnotta a “beast” and said he wanted to know why the killer took his son away.

Daniel Urbas, the lawyer who helped the Lin family navigate Canada’s legal system, said his client also wants Magnotta to apologize.

“The father came here to honour his son, to find out why (he was murdered), and to seek justice,” Urbas said.

“He has had justice —Canadian justice — but he would like a true version and a complete version (for why his son was killed). And from the mouth of the accused, an apology.”

Urbas said his office has so far col-

lected $15,000 in donations for the Lin family, but he would like Canadians to donate more through the website his firm created, linjunfamily.com.

“This (fund) is going to be taking care of the family for the rest of their lives,” Urbas said. “The money is to replace — literally — the support Jun Lin could have done had he been alive.”

improved Mi’kmaq rights when funding for aboriginal groups was much lower.

“They led when we had nothing,” she said. “She was a matriarch not just by her husband’s side but by the nation’s side.”

“They went to all the wakes. They went to all the communities and they led with such class at a time her own son was incarcerated.”

Nation-Saskatchewan) was created to be a democratically governed political action group committed to the betterment of the Métis people of Saskatchewan.”

Doucette had asked the court to intervene in the group’s ongoing struggles and the judge agreed.

“While the courts are reluctant to intervene in the internal affairs of voluntary organizations,” Scherman said, “the matters here have a significant impact on a significant number of people.”

Judge orders Métis NationSaskatchewan meeting after group loses funding SASKATOON — A judge says council members with Métis NationSaskatchewan need to put aside their “toxic” infighting and hold a meeting.

Court of Queen’s Bench Justice Brian Scherman has ordered the group’s president, Robert Doucette, to schedule a meeting for no later than Jan. 23.

The federal government halted funding to the group in November because of its failure to hold an assembly, as required under its funding agreement.

The judge said the group is obligated to hold two legislative assemblies and one general assembly each year, but hasn’t done so since 2010.

He ruled that council members need to hold a two-day meeting to set a date for an assembly and discuss their issues democratically.

“Read your constitution and focus on the big picture,” Scherman wrote in his decision on Dec. 22.

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Tracy Wells is a natural blues singer — she just didn’t know it for a long while.

“I grew up with rock ’n’ roll. I didn’t know a lot about blues music,” admitted the Red Deer woman, who performs with her appropriately named Overdue Blues Band on Friday and Saturday at Fratters Speakeasy.

After studying jazz/ blues piano at Grant MacEwan University in Edmonton, Wells realized that virtually every rock song she ever loved was really a blues songs at heart — whether the artist was Led Zeppelin, AC/DC, or the Rolling Stones.

“All my life I was actually listening to blues music,” said Wells, who relates to its raw, emotional quality.

“It makes you feel something ... it really shakes you to your soul, and touches people in different ways.”

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Diamond is accused of stabbing a man during a bar fight on Christmas Day in Port Washington, where he currently lives.

A criminal complaint charges Diamond with second-degree recklessly endangering safety, disorderly conduct and carrying a concealed weapon.

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The criminal complaint says Diamond and his fiancee got into a tussle with two men and a woman at the Grand Avenue Saloon on Thursday night.

Diamond told police he accidentally stabbed one of the men while

sing — but she and a friend would satisfy the desire by frequenting local karaoke bars after work.

The friend, always blown away by the power of Well’s voice, pushed her in the direction of singing with a band.

In late 2011, Wells and some local musicians scrambled to formed a new group to perform for a New Year’s Eve party. It would become the Overdue Blues Band.

She recalled, “After we played together, we thought, man, this is a lot of fun! We’ve got to keep it together.”

While it took Wells a long time to discover her natural affinity for blues singing, other people get it the minute she opens her mouth.

For instance, the singer was accepted on her first try to an adjudicated vocal camp in Calgary in 2012 — then, through this experience, won the chance for her band to perform in that year’s Calgary International Blues Festival.

“I thought, holy cow!

We’ve barely been a band and now we’ve got to put together a demo!”

The Overdue Blues Band went on to become a finalist in the Edmonton Blues Society’s Memphis Blues Challenge.

The group has also performed at various Red Deer bars, the Central Music Festival, the Ross Street Patio and headlined at Canada Day celebrations.

The next big step is trying to defend his fiancee. The man was not seriously injured. Police say officers recovered a switchblade.

Thai activists who staged university play plead guilty to insulting the monarchy BANGKOK — Two activists charged with insulting Thailand’s monarchy because of a play they produced pleaded guilty Monday to the offence, which carries a punishment of three to 15 years in prison.

The two, a university student and a recent graduate, were involved in a play performed at Bangkok’s Thammasat University in October 2013 about a fictional monarch and his adviser. The play, The Wolf Bride, was performed to mark the anniversary of a successful 1973 antidictatorship uprising led by students.

The military-installed administration that took power from an elected government after a coup in May this year has made defending the monarchy a priority in an effort to ensure stability.

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Many of the original songs are collaborations between Wells and Bruce. She said, “Someone will start playing a riff and words will come into our head . . . or one of us will get an idea based on life experience or observations.”

Bruce first wrote Come On and Love Me when he was 14, and the song has gone through many permutations, said Wells. “It’s a teenage guy’s view on women.

He’s just starting out in the world and he’s an awkward teen, and it’s like, ‘Come on, give me a chance.’ ” The tune Dirty Dawg comes from a more worldly, female perspective. Wells wrote it thinking about some of the shenanigans guys try to pull on their girlfriends.

“It’s saying, ‘I know what you’re up to. You can’t pull the wool over my eyes.’ ” The Overdue Blues Band performs 9 p.m. shows at Fratters.

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This will, in turn, help you achieve your Dear Annie: Many people say they Dear Annie: I liked your reply to “Lost tary. Read on: goals as you will be able to work with othDear Annie: As a Vietnam veteran ers on practical matters and they will go feel obligated to buy birthday and holi- Soldier,” who had trouble reconnecting to the civilian world after serving also diagnosed with PTSD and having along as their feelings are being appreci- day gifts for chilated. Tangible results will start to be seen dren they rarely in the military. As an ex-Navy Seabee, I had some of the same difficulties, I have as all interactions will have a grounding see or who are understand completely. What helped me seen therapists for years. Recently, I effect. already overinthe most was joining some of the local had a mental health crisis and went to a HAPPY dulged. I had that service-connected groups. It was nice to local veterans service centre. It was one BIRTHDAY: situation with my be able to talk to others without having of the best things I have done in the 46 If today is brother’s family. to “translate” and to again have the feel- years since I served. Through individual your birthday, My sister-in-law ing of being part of a family. and group therapy, I have discovered within this goes overboard in He could also volunteer with one of camaraderie and support. Most notably, year you will the gift-giving dethe groups. Or, if there is a nearby mili- I found that I am no different from other realize the partment. So my tary display or museum, try there. I nev- group members sharing the same expevalue of workthought was: Why er served aboard a ship, but I now help riences and life challenges. — B. ing with othbuy another toy take care of a Second World War museAnnie’s Mailbox is written by Kathy ers on your that will get lost um ship. Any ex-military person is and Mitchell and Marcy Sugar, longtime editors financial obMITCHELL in the pile? And always will be part of the larger forces of the Ann Landers column. Please email jectives. True & SUGAR since I don’t see family. — Can Do your questions to anniesmailbox@comcast. value and self-worth will them that often, Dear Can Do: We were heartened by net, or write to: Annie’s Mailbox, c/o Crebe acknowlwhat do I buy? the outpouring of support for “Lost Sol- ators Syndicate, 737 3rd Street, Hermosa LARISA MAIRA edged as you The solution dier” from civilians, as well as ex-mili- Beach, CA 90254.

OZOLINS work with othwas to put the ers and share money I would have spent into a certifitheir feelings. cate of deposit, a college tuition account Use your or a share of stock. Each time, I send a imagination to card letting them know how much has fuel creative projects this year. It will help you achieve your goals and will allow for been invested in their name.

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GEMINI (May 21-June 20): You will be feeling quite good with the recent decisions you have made within business partnerships or within intimate relationships today. Life will seem 12 1 11 2 easier as you realize the decision you made was correct. You 10 3 will be seen as someone very in 9 4 tune with others today!

8 CANCER (June 21-July 22): 5 7 6 All in all, it will be a pleasant day to interact with friends and those special others in your life. They will be keener to appreciate your vision and thoughts today. Your perspective will be something that will change their value system in regards to work and daily life.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): You will be seen doing a practical result based activity with your business partner or your spouse today. It also indicates that you are actively working on creating closer bonds with others in your life as well. All group endeavours will work out beautifully — enjoy this lovely day.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): You will just enjoy life more today. A growing connection with those you are interacting with now can only help with your ability to trust your intuition. Go out and have fun today! The chart is asking you to take a practical look at the future you want.

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LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): A deep bonding with others is possible today. You will want to create some tangible results, whether it is working on home projects or cooking with the family. All group activities will be excellent today. The use of your imagination will be a pleasure for you today.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): It will be a great day to go out and enjoy yourself. Those within your community will be especially joyous and great company. Much can be accomplished and discussed through expressing what you truly value in this world.

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Tuesday, Dec. 30, 2014

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Obituaries

ALLEN Harvey Tansley (Feb. 11, 1921 - Dec. 24, 2014) Harvey Tansley Allen of Bashaw, formerly of Lacombe, passed away on December 24, 2014 at the age of 93. Harvey was born February 11, 1921 in Stettler, AB to Herb and Maud Allen.

Harvey took his schooling in Stettler then attended the University of Alberta where he received his MSc in Horticulture. During this time he served in the RCAF and married his loving wife, Olive.

They moved to Lacombe where he began his 35 year career as a horticulturist at the Lacombe Research Station retiring in 1982.

Harvey enjoyed gardening, golf, curling, bowling, hunting, fishing, lapidary, playing Bridge and his loving family. Harvey is survived by his loving daughters, Elaine Allen (Ken Morrison) of Whiterock, B.C., Cathy (Robert) Knudtson of Camrose, four grandchildren, and two great-grand daughters.

He was predeceased by his wife Olive in 2003, his parents, and his only brother Gordon.

Harvey will be forever remembered for his beautiful gardens and as a true gentleman.

A memorial service will be held at 1:00pm Saturday February 21, 2015 from the Burgar Memorial Chapel. If family and friends so desire, memorial contributions are gratefully accepted to Bashaw Meadows, STARS Air Ambulance or the Charity of One’s Choice. To send condolences, please visit www.burgarfuneralhome.com BURGAR FUNERAL HOME CAMROSE & DAYSLAND in care of arrangements.

780-672-2121.

“Dedicated service since 1906”

DALZELL Stanley James Dalzell, of Nanaimo, B.C. formally of Lacombe and St. Albert, AB. Sept 17, 1934 - Dec. 21, 2014. For full obituary and details care of : telfordsburialandcremationcentre.com

CLARK (Edna) Marion Clark won her battle with cancer on the morning of December 24, 2014. She never let it get her down and had little pain until the last few days. She faced it as she did most things with humour and grace. Heaven is a little brighter but our world a little dimmer. Her family, left to bear the loss, include her children, Robin Armitage (Murray Gommerud), Deana Clark (Brian Kolari), Larry Clark, Lorry Clark (Tim Visser), Lisa Jones, and Shauna Tangerman. Her numerous grandchildren and great grandchildren were the light of her life. She is also survived by one brother, Danny (Bernice) McRae, numerous nieces and nephews, as well as chosen daughter Lana and her son, Jeri. She was predeceased by her parents, Don and Ethel McRae, bothers, Howard and Dale and sister Ruth, sons-in-law Dwayne and Gary Gillies and Wally Jones, dearest friend and chosen sister, Myrt Siefert, and chosen sons Wes Emms and Ray Wallace. Marion was a talented seamstress and knitter used her beautiful hands not only for her family’s benefit but she knit for the Christmas Bureau for years till her hands became warped into knitting shape and she needed to have surgery. Her gentle personality made her well liked by her employers (who often considered her family), bus drivers, Safeway clerks and all she touched. A celebration of her life will be held from 2 to 5 at Robin’s home, 38 Roche St. on Wed. Dec. 31 from 2 to 5. We would love to share our memories. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to CAWES or Red Deer Hospice.

NELSON Lizzie Amelia (Swallow) Nelson was born on April 12, 1917. She grew up in Rowley, Alberta, second child to Henry and Gretchen Swallow. In 1936 she married Lowell Nelson. From this union, six children were born.

Bob (Audrey), Lorna (Neil Sandberg), Jim (Judy), Pat (Ken Hatt), Ted (Valerie) (Jessie), Wanda (Lyle Peterson).

Liz had 12 grandchildren, 34 great grandchildren, and 22 great great grandchildren. Lizzie was predeceased by her husband Lowell, son Ted, and daughter Lorna. The family lived and grew up on the farm by Rowley, and in 1967 Lizzie and Lowell retired to Trochu. Lizzie enjoyed life in her own home and time at the Senior’s Drop-In Centre in Trochu. At the age of 89, she moved to St. Mary’s Lodge. On December 23, 2014, she passed away peacefully, at St. Mary’s Health Care Centre, in Trochu, Alberta. Memories of her will be cherished and she will be missed by her large, loving family. A Memorial Service for Lizzie will be held January 3, 2015, at 2:00 pm, at the Trochu Community Centre, in Trochu, Alberta. In Lieu of flowers, donations may be made to, St. Mary’s Foundation, Box 100, Trochu, Alberta, T0M 2C0.

Arrangements entrusted to PRAIRIE WINDS FUNERAL HOME 403-442-2200

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jobs Obituaries THOMPSON Richard (Rick) Richard (Rick) Thompson passed away with his family members by his side in Edmonton, AB on Wednesday, December 24, 2014 at the age of 59 years. Rick is lovingly remembered by his wife, Beverly; their two sons, Billy and Wyatt commitment to his boys, family and friends. A Memorial Service will be announced at a later date.

Messages of condolence may be left for the family at www.myalternatives.ca.

ALDCROFT Yvonne 1923 - 2014 Yvonne passed away in the early morning hours of Wednesday, December 24, 2014 at the Red Deer Regional Hospital after a brief illness at the age of 91 years.

Yvonne was predeceased by her husband, Ian in 1984. At Yvonne’s request, no formal service will be held. She was thankful to all those who provided care to her over the years.

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LIVE-IN caregiver needed for 3 and 5 year old. e-mail jenalyn_tabbu@yahoo.com

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Administrative, Clerical & Office Management Duties AL-Terra Engineering (Red Deer) Ltd. is looking for a cheerful, motivated, and well organized individual. Must be capable of inputting data, working with the quick books accounting program, and willing to learn other duties. Must have strong computer knowledge (word, excel, windows, e-mail etc.). Must be willing to answer phones & complete some clerical duties.

FRED POTTER 1938 - 2009 In loving memory of a loving husband, father, grandfather and great-grandfather.

The successful candidate can choose to make this a full time or part time position. Salary will be commensurate with experience and abilities.

Heavy are our hearts today, memory brings you back once more To the time when you were with us, To the happy days of yore

Visit our web site at www.al-terra-rd.com for more information about AL-Terra.

Sadly missed by your family

Funeral Directors & Services

Applications can be submitted by fax to (403) 340-3038 attention Tyler Broks, or by e-mail to tbroks@al-terra-rd.com.

Dental

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LOOKING for dedicated RDA with receptionist skills for family dental practice.

Fax resume to 403-343-3465.

Oilfield

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

Fluid Experts Ltd. Is seeking to hire

Shop Hand for our Red Deer location.

This position is a fulltime and is a salary based position with company benefits. Duties include maintain shop & inventories, loading of trucks with fluid products and blending of KCl products in shop. This is a 24 hr rotational on call basis position when on duty. Ideal candidate will have a mechanical aptitude with a class 1 license with fluid hauling experience. Fax resume w/all tickets and current drivers abstract to: 403-346-3112 or email to: roger@fluidexperts.com

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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

Coming Events

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

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

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CLASSIFIEDS CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY Hours & Deadlines

Births BABIES OF 2014 BABIES ON PARADE

OFFICE & PHONES CLOSED AT NOON WED. DEC. 24 CLOSED CHRISTMAS DAY CLOSED BOXING DAY RED DEER ADVOCATE Publication dates: FRIDAY DEC. 26 SATURDAY DEC. 27 MONDAY DEC. 29 Deadline is: Wed. Dec. 24 at 11:00 a.m.

GARDNER Garry 1949 - 2014 Garry Allen Gardner passed away peacefully, with his Godson at his side, on Friday, December 19, 2014 at the Red Deer Hospice at the age of 65 years. Garry was born in Peace River, Alberta on November 19, 1949. He is survived by Leaf Bagnariol, his brother Walter Gardner, nieces, nephews, and countless close friends.

He was predeceased by his parents Violet and Norman Gardner, his brother Dale and nephew Sean. A Funeral Service will be held at St. Leonard’s-On-The-Hill Anglican Church, 4241 - 44 Street, Red Deer, Alberta on Saturday, January 3, 2015, at 1:00 pm. Thank you to the caring and compassionate professionals at the Red Deer Regional Hospital and the Red Deer Hospice Society. In lieu of flowers please remember Garry in your thoughts, and donations may be made to St. Leonard’s-on-the-Hill Anglican Church, 4241 - 44 Street, Red Deer, Alberta, T4N 1H3 or the Red Deer Hospice Society, 99 Arnot Avenue, Red Deer, Alberta, T4R 3S6.

Condolences may be sent or viewed at www.parklandfuneralhome.com Arrangements in care of Gary W. Anderson, Funeral Director at PARKLAND FUNERAL HOME AND CREMATORIUM 6287 - 67 A Street (Taylor Drive), Red Deer.

403.340.4040.

REID Pearl Kathleen Pearl passed away on Saturday, December 20, 2014 with family at her side in the Palliative Care Unit of the Red Deer Regional Hospital. She has gone to be in the loving arms of her Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ.

She is survived by her husband, Rodger; her 3 children, Rhonda Stetsko, Glen (Karen) Stetsko and Cheryl (Rob) Stetsko Mayne; 4 grandchildren, Christopher Stetsko, Shadrach, Nicoleas and Micheyla Mayne; her sister, Leona (Willie) Trefiak as well as 2 nieces and a nephew.

Pearl was predeceased by her parents and her brother, Louis Olinyk. Pearl loved to sew and bake for the Stettler Farmer’s Market. She truly enjoyed her garden and flowers. She kept herself busy with lots of travel to various parts of the world.

She also golfed, bowled, played cards and loved having coffee with friends around Stettler where she lived until May of 2014 when she moved to Red Deer.

Pearl was always helping others and was a devoted, wonderful wife. She will be dearly missed by all who knew her. Her spirits were lifted by the wonderful prayer support from the congregation of the Stettler Alliance Church, various area Pastors as well as friends and family. In lieu of flowers, donations in Pearl’s name may be made to the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society of Canada, Prairies Region, 2020 - 10 Street NW, Calgary, AB, T2M 3M2 or a charity of their choice.

There will be no service at her request.

It’s our favorite time of the year!

Celebrating the births of babies in Central Alberta born in 2014 in our special full colour photo section. Watch the Red Deer Advocate for entry forms or call Classifieds at 403-309-3300 and we will send one out to you.

Deadline is MON. JAN. 19

Card Of Thanks KOSLOSKI The family of Mary Kosloski would like to thank everyone for the food, flowers, cards, phone calls and prayers during our time of loss. Also special thanks to Extended Care at Heritage House in Stettler for their excellent care of Mary. We appreciate all your loving kindness.

Joyce and Dan Silbernagel Faye and Clair Pisko

Over 2,000,000 hours St. John Ambulance volunteers provide Canadians with more than 2 million hours of community service each year.

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.

SYLVAN LAKE NEWS & ECKVILLE ECHO Publication date: THURSDAY DEC. 25 Deadline is: Tues. Dec. 16 @ 4 p.m.

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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Oilfield

SERVICE RIG Bearspaw Petroleum Ltd is seeking a FLOORHAND

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Restaurant/ Hotel

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

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Trades

GALAXY Plumbing & Heating is seeking full time journeyman service plumbers to start immediately. Must have drivers license, steel toed boots, own tools, self motivated and able to work independently. A good attitude is essential.

Please call Joe at 403-588-0392, fax resume to 403-347-4539 or email galaxyadmin@telus.net

JJAM Management (1987) Ltd., o/a Tim Horton’s must have all necessary Requires to work at these valid tickets for the position Red Deer, AB locations: being applied for.

5111 22 St. Bearspaw offers a 37444 HWY 2 S very competitive salary 37543 HWY 2N NOW HIRING for and benefits package 700 3020 22 St. following Positions along with a steady FOOD ATTENDANT Tile setters $28.25/hr work schedule.

Req’d permanent shift Floor Covering Installer Please submit resumes: weekend day and evening $ 28.25 / hr Attn: Human Resources both full and part time.

Full time and Permanent Email: 16 Vacancies, $10.25/hr. + 40hrs/week payroll@bearspawpet.com benefits. Start ASAP. Min 3 year experience Fax: (403) 252-9719 or Job description Labourer $20/hr Mail to: Suite 5309, www.timhortons.com 40hrs/week 333-96 Ave. NE Education and experience No experience required Calgary, AB T3K 0S3 not req’d.

Full time and permanent Apply in person or fax position resume to: 403-314-1303 You can sell your guitar Valid Driver’s Licence for a song...

Classifieds...costs so little preferred or put it in CLASSIFIEDS Saves you so much! email resume at: and we’ll sell it for you! cat1employment PART-TIME help for Burnt @gmail.com Lake Cafe in the Burnt or drop off resume at TREELINE Lake Industrial Area. Call Central Alberta Tile One WELL SERVICES Louise @ 403-342-6687 7619 50 Ave Suite 9 Has Opening for all Red Deer positions! Immediately.

All applicants must have STONE MASONS current H2S, Class 5 with Exp. only, 403-588-5306 Q Endorsement,and First STUCCO PLASTERERS & Aid. We offer competitive LABOURERS. Needed wages & excellent benefits.

THE RUSTY PELICAN is Immed. Exp’d but will train.

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Fax 403-347-1161 Phone www.treelinewell.com calls WILL NOT be accepted. Truckers/ Locally based, home every night! Qualified applicants

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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 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.

Jiffylube is currently looking for an installer to join our team. Benefits available. With the right experience the job would include a supervisory role.

Your duties would include: • The regular maintenance of customer vehicles (filters, lubricants, belts, batteries etc) • Informing customer of require maintenance as advised by vehicle manufacturer • The ability to accurately look up specifications & part numbers • Diagnose, repair and complete approved service on customer vehicles • Advise customers and Associates on work performed, general vehicle condition, and future repair requirements • Maintain mechanical service equipment on a regularly scheduled basis • Operate company and customer vehicles in a clean and safe manner • Support customer relationships by responding to customer inquiries 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 492222A2

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for our 9 hole course that includes a newly renovated clubhouse and seasonal/ day use campground.

The successful applicant must be self-managing, CENTRAL AB based trucking company requires have strong organizational skills, customer service exOwner Operators perience and be capable of & Contract Drivers managing the overall perin AB. Home the odd night. formance of all operations.

Weekends off. Late model Golf experience is not nectractor pref. 403-586-4558 essary, but would be a considerable asset. The Start your career! club is prepared to offer a See Help Wanted competitive compensation F/T Permanent Truck package in accordance Driver Required for Rocky with previous experience Fast Express (1790810 AB and education. Please Ltd.) in Red Deer, AB email your cover letter with Straight truck: 4600kg+w/2 resume to both bashawaxles and van golfclub@hotmail.ca and to Need class 5 DL + 2 yrs the President of the Board exp. $25 per hr/ with djonespfd26@hotmail.com OPEN availability no later than Friday Duties: pick up/deliver Jan. 2, 2015 freight, pre-trip truck To see more details about inspection, communication our club please visit our with customers. Physically website at www. demanding position. Time bashawgolf.com We thank management skills everyone in advance for required. Apply at: 8004 their interest in this Edgar Industrial Green, opportunity. Please be Red Deer, T4P3S2 aware that only the short Call: 403.845.2230 Fax: listed candidates will be 587.997.7719 contacted for further consideration for this position.

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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 Buying or Selling your home?

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WESTPARK & WESTLAKE NORMANDEAU Nash St. & Neville Close ALSO Northey Ave.

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ATT’N: Are you looking for help on small jobs around the house or renovate your bathroom, painting or flooring, roof snow removal?

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MASSAGE ABOVE ALL WALK-INS WELCOME 4709 Gaetz Ave. 346-1161 Start your career!

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SNOW blowing, junk/metal p/u, odd jobs 403-885-5333

Painters/ Decorators

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.

ADULT or YOUTH CARRIERS NEEDED For delivery of Flyers, Express and Friday Forward ONLY 2 DAYS A WEEK in

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DOWNTOWN AREA

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TWO large older-style freezers to give away.

403-341-5414

Travel Packages

1900

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FOR RENT • 3000-3200 WANTED • 3250-3390

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2 BDRM Duplex overlooking Kin Canyon, 5 appls. 1.5 bath, NO PETS. $1200 incl. water, garbage & sewer, d.d. $1000. 403-346-3179

3 BDRM. DUPLEX IN CLEARVIEW $1425/month. This home has lots of space for a great price. 5 appl., large deck and fenced yard.

Avail. Jan.1. Call Lucie at 403-396-9554

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4 Plexes/ 6 Plexes

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GLENDALE 2 Bdrm. 4-plex, 4 appls., $1125. incl. sewer, water & garbage. D.D. $650, Avail. Jan. 1 403-304-5337

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Suites

INNISFAIL Penhold Olds Sylvan Lake

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) 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.

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

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

CARRIERS NEEDED FOR FLYERS, FRIDAY FORWARD & EXPRESS

3 days per week, no weekends ROUTES IN:

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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.

Ahlstrom Close Andrew Close Asstlee / Ansett Cres.

Allsop Ave. / Allsop Cres.

Anderson Close Anquetel Close BOWER AREA

INGLEWOOD AREA

DEER PARK AREA

Iverson Close Isbister Close

Dixon Cres. $72./mo.

3 Blocks of Duston St. & Dale Close $75./mo.

Dunlop St., Dixon Ave. & Close $35./mo Dunning Cres. Cl., and Depalme St. plus 3 blocks of Douglas Ave. $104./mo.

Bell St.

MORRISROE AREA McKenzie St. / Marion Cres.

SUNNYBROOK AREA Scott St. / Somerset Close LANCASTER AREA Lampard Cres Lancaster Drive Long Close Lord Close Landry Bend / Landry Close Ladwig Close

GRANDVIEW AREA 3900 & 4200 Blocks of 43 Ave. area and 4000 & 4200 Blocks of 41 and 42 Ave. $66./mo For More Information Call Jamie at the Red Deer Advocate 403-314-4306

Condos/ Townhouses

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OPEN HOUSE SAT. & SUN. 1-5 639 OAK ST. Springbrook 403-588-2550

Lots For Sale

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BUILDERS. Duplex and single family lots for sale.

Terms available 10% down and start to build. Located in Lacombe. Buy direct from developer 403-396-1094

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Cars

2001 Chev Malibu, 4 dr.

134,000 kms. 403-352-6995 1999 BUICK Regal, loaded 154,000 km.403-352-6995

SUV's

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3810 47 ST. Spacious 2 bdrm. suite. Stove, fridge, security. Adult only, no pets.

Rent $945. Avail. Jan 1.

587-877-5808 ADULT 2 BDRM. spacious suites 3 appls., heat/water incld., Oriole Park.

2010 SANTA FE, V6, silver Mike 403-350-1620 87,000 kms., remote start, 403-986-6889 4 summer, 4 winter tires & GLENDALE reno’d 2 bdrm. whls., A1 shape, $16,750. apartments, avail. immed, obo. 403-347-6889 rent $875 403-596-6000 LARGE, 1 & 2 BDRM. SUITES. 25+, adults only n/s, no pets 403-346-7111

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1 bdrm. adult building, N/S. No pets.

403-596-2444

Rooms For Rent

Auto Wreckers

5190

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

AMVIC APPROVED. We travel. May pay cash for vehicle. 403-396-7519

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AVAIL. immed., lrg. fully furn. bdrm. c/w working gas frpl. $300 dd, $600/mo Working or student M. only. 403-396-2468

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JG PAINTING, 25 yrs. exp.

Free Est. 403-872-8888

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SOUTHWOOD PARK 3110-47TH Avenue, 2 & 3 bdrm. townhouses, generously sized, 1 1/2 baths, fenced yards, full bsmts. 403-347-7473, Sorry no pets. www.greatapartments.ca

CLASSIFICATIONS

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DALE’S Home Reno’s 5* JUNK REMOVAL Free estimates for all your Property clean up 340-8666 reno needs. 403-506-4301 GARAGE DOOR SERVICE. Save 50%. All yard & bobcat services, junk/tree/snow removal. 403-358-1614 Escorts

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WANTED Antiques, furniture and estates. 342-2514

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Handyman Services

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To deliver the CENTRAL AB LIFE 1 day a week in:

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

Call Classifieds 403-309-3300

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

~ Kitson Close ~ Kyte & Kelloway Cres. ~ Holmes St. WASHER, Kenmore, Dryer S.D. $1000 Maytag, large capacity Rent $1245 to $1445 both in good working cond.

3 bdrm. townhouses, $65. pr. 403-782-7439 1.5 bath, 4 & 5 appls., blinds, lrg. balconies, no dogs.

N/S, no utils. incl.

Household Avail. immed. & Jan. 1 Furnishings References required.

MUSTANG ACRES TRAILER PARK

PARKVALE AREA $586./mo.

CLASSIFICATIONS 1000-1430

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Monday through Saturday.

Delivery to be done before 6:30 am.

Reliable vehicle needed.

services

BRIDGER CONST. LTD. We do it all! 403-302-8550

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4000-4190

Realtors & Services

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VANIER AREA Vickers Close Victor Close Viscount Drive Call Prodie @ 403- 314-4301 for more info **********************

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

DONALD JOHATHON LEONARD You have 2 weeks to call Red Deer Queen of Courts Bench 403-340-5220 on behalf of your divorce

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

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Condos/

ADULT Newspaper Carriers Needed For Early Morning Delivery of the

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Contractors

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BRIEF Chinese access to Gmail blocked, government regulators blamed BEIJING — Chinese access to Google Inc.’s email service has been blocked amid government efforts to limit or possibly ban access to the U.S. company’s services, which are popular among Chinese who seek to avoid government monitoring.

Data from Google’s Transparency Report show online traffic from China to Gmail fell precipitously on Friday and dropped to nearly zero on Saturday, although there was a tiny pickup on Monday.

Taj Meadows, a spokesman for Google Asia Pacific, said Google has checked its email service and “there’s nothing technically wrong on our end.”

Earl Zmijewski, vice-president of data analytics at U.S.-based Internet analysis firm Dyn Research, said his tests showed that China’s government had blocked Google IP addresses in Hong Kong used by people on the mainland to access Gmail services.

Calls to the government regulator, the China Internet Information Office, were unanswered Monday.

Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying said she did not know about any block but that China welcomes foreign investors who conduct business legally in the country.

Spokesman Jeff Rathke said in a statement that the U.S. State Department found the development troubling.

“We continue to be concerned by efforts in China to undermine freedom of expression, including on the Internet, and we believe Chinese authorities’ censorship of the media and of certain Web sites is incompatible with China’s aspirations to build a modern informationbased economy and society,” he said.

Google closed its mainland China search engine in 2009, saying it would no longer co-operate with the country’s censors. That followed hacking attacks traced to China aimed at stealing the company’s operating code and breaking into email accounts.

Since then, access to Google services has been periodically limited or blocked, possibly in an effort to pressure Chinese users into abandoning Google products and shifting to services from domestic companies willing

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Members of Indonesia’s Marine Police prepare to head out to sea in search for the missing AirAsia flight QZ8501, at Pangkal Pinang port in Sumatra Island, Monday, in Indonesia. Search planes and ships from several countries on Monday were scouring Indonesian waters over which the AirAsia jet disappeared, more than a day into the region’s latest aviation mystery. Flight 8501 vanished Sunday in airspace thick with storm clouds on its way from Surabaya, Indonesia, to Singapore. area were alerted to watch for anything that could be linked to the plane.

Jakarta’s air force base commander, Rear Marshal Dwi Putranto, said an Australian Orion aircraft had detected “suspicious” objects near an island about 100 miles (160 kilometres) off central Kalimantan.

That’s about 700 miles (1,120 kilometres) from where the plane lost contact, but within Monday’s greatly expanded search area.

“However, we cannot be sure whether it is part of the missing AirAsia plane,” Putranto said. “We are now moving in that direction.”

Air Force spokesman Rear Marshal Hadi Tjahnanto told MetroTV that an Indonesian helicopter spotted two oil patches in the Java Sea east of Belitung island, much closer to where the plane lost contact. He said oil samples would be collected and analyzed.

An Associated Press photographer flew in a C-130

transport carrier with Indonesia’s Air Force for 10 hours Monday over a large section of the search area between Kalimantan and Belitung. The flight was bumpy and rainy at times. It flew low, at 1,500 feet, easily spotting waves, ships and fishermen, but there was no sign of the plane.

The suspected crash caps an astonishingly tragic year for air travel in Southeast Asia, and Malaysia in particular. Malaysia-based AirAsia’s loss comes on top of the still-unexplained disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 in March with 239 people aboard, and the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 in July over Ukraine, which killed all 298 passengers and crew.

“Until today, we have never lost a life,” AirAsia group CEO Tony Fernandes told reporters. “But I think that any airline CEO who says he can guarantee that his airline is 100 per cent safe is not accurate.”

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Google products are popular among Chinese young people and activists who do not want their email communications to be monitored or intercepted by the Chinese government.

Navalny, a lawyer and popular blogger, rose to prominence with his investigations of official corruption and played a leading role in organizing massive anti-Putin demonstrations in Moscow in 2011 and 2012.

In a 2013 trial in a different criminal case, he was found guilty of embezzlement and sentenced to prison, but he was released the next day after thousands of people protested in the streets of Moscow. He was then handed a suspended sentence and finished a strong second in Moscow’s mayoral election in September 2013.

The request for such a lengthy prison sentence in the current case — unusual for financial crimes in Russia — sends a signal that the Kremlin may no longer have any qualms about putting Navalny behind bars. One reason may be that Putin’s approval ratings have soared to more than 80 per cent.

Moscow court moves up verdict to Putin’s top foe MOSCOW — A Moscow court on Monday moved up the date of its verdict in a criminal case against President Vladimir Putin’s top foe in an apparent bid to derail a planned protest.

Earlier this month, prosecutors asked the court to convict Alexei Navalny of defrauding a cosmetics company and to sentence him to 10 years in prison.

Navalny has called the charges against him ludicrous.

His supporters set up a group on Facebook to organize a protest near the Kremlin on Jan. 15, when the verdict was to be announced, with tens of thousands voicing their readiness to attend.

But in a surprise move the court said the verdict and sentence will now be given Tuesday.

Navalny’s supporters saw the move as reflection of the authorities’ fear of the protest and quickly launched a campaign to organize a demonstration in the same location on Tuesday.

“We have no choice, we need to come out tomorrow and show how numerous we are,” the organizers said on Facebook. Several hours after the court’s move, more than 7,700 signed up on Facebook to rally near the Kremlin after Tuesday’s verdict, even though participants in unsanctioned protests face heavy fines and possible prison sentences.

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SURABAYA, Indonesia — The plane sought permission to climb above threatening clouds. Air traffic control couldn’t say yes immediately — there was no room. Six other airliners were crowding the airspace, forcing AirAsia Flight 8501 to remain at a lower altitude.

Minutes later, the jet carrying 162 people was gone from the radar without ever issuing a distress signal. The plane is believed to have crashed into Indonesia’s Java Sea, but broad aerial surveys on Monday turned up no firm evidence of the missing Airbus A320-200.

Searchers spotted two oily patches and floating objects in separate locations, but no one knew whether any of it was related to the plane that vanished Sunday halfway into what should have been a two-hour hop from Surabaya, Indonesia, to Singapore. Officials saw little reason to believe the flight met anything but a grim fate.

Based on the plane’s last known co-ordinates, the aircraft probably crashed into the water and “is at the bottom of the sea,” Indonesia search-and-rescue chief Henry Bambang Soelistyo said. Still, searchers planned to expand their efforts onto land on Tuesday.

The last communication from the cockpit to air traffic control was a request by one of the pilots to climb from 32,000 feet (9,754 metres) to 38,000 feet (11,582 metres) because of the weather. The tower was not able to immediately comply because of the other planes, said Bambang Tjahjono, director of the state-owned company in charge of air traffic control.

The twin-engine, single-aisle plane was last seen on radar four minutes after the final communication.

When planning a route prior to takeoff, pilots try to avoid thunderstorms. But if one pops up during the trip, or crews encounter rough turbulence, they routinely ask to fly around storms or move below or above the turbulence.

A storm alone isn’t going to bring down a modern plane designed to withstand severe weather. But weather paired with a pilot error or a mechanical failure could be disastrous. It’s like a car driving on a highway during a thunderstorm. Plenty of vehicles get through bad weather safely but one that gets a flat tire or takes a turn too fast might crash.

Pilots rely on sophisticated weather-radar systems that include a dashboard display of storms and clouds, as well as reports from other crews, to steer around dangerous weather.

“A lot more information is available to pilots in the cockpit about weather than it ever was,” said Deborah Hersman, former chairman of the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board. But the technology has limits and sometimes information about storms “can be a little bit stale.”

At least 15 ships, seven aircraft and four helicopters were looking for the jet, Indonesian search-andrescue spokesman Jusuf Latif said. Most of the craft were Indonesian but Singapore, Malaysia and Australia contributed to the effort. Aircraft from Thailand were awaiting clearance to join the search.

Those numbers do not include Indonesian warships taking part in the search. Many fishermen from Belitung island also helped, and all vessels in that

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Blackened Goat (Kaalo Maasu) MAKES: 6 servings PREPARATION: The goat meat needs to marinate for at least 1 hour at room temperature or overnight in the refrigerator. The cooked dish can be refrigerated for up to 3 days; reheat in a shallow pan, covered, for about 15 minutes.

INGREDIENTS 3 pounds boneless goat leg, preferably baby/young goat, cut into 1 1/2-inch pieces 3 tablespoons mustard oil 2 teaspoons salt 3 medium cloves garlic, smashed, then coarsely chopped 3 tablespoons ghee (clarified butter), or more as needed 4 or 5 whole cloves 4 whole green cardamom pods 1 pinch fenugreek seed (10 to 12 seeds) 2 large dried red chili peppers, broken into halves (with seeds) 2 teaspoons ground turmeric 2 teaspoons ground cumin 2 teaspoons ground coriander 1 teaspoon asafetida 1 teaspoon chili powder (optional) 1/4 cup cilantro leaves, for garnish (separate the leaves only, discard the stems)

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Blackened Goat.

Get your goat fix WHAT THE BOY CRAVED, THE MAN HAS MADE HIS OWN

BY ANUP KAPHLE ADVOCATE NEWS SERVICES When I was growing up in Nepal in the 1990s, I couldn’t wait for Saturdays. What made them extraordinary wasn’t the fact that my father would make me go buy milk from the government dairy truck at dawn, or help him clean the garage and give the German shepherd a bath.

It was that Saturday was goat curry day.

We lived in Pokhara, a city known mostly for its lakes and views of some of the world’s highest mountains. And on most days, we ate vegetables — almost anything green cooked with potatoes in cumin and coriander paste. On occasional Fridays, my father would bring home fresh fish from Fewa Lake, caught by security guards in the local irrigation office where he worked. We called those “Good Fridays” because he and my mother would prepare an elaborate meal — deep-fried trout marinated in curry and yogurt and a thick fish-head stew — while my brother and I studied our multiplication tables.

If Fridays were good, Saturdays were grand. After my father and I would return from the butcher with bags of perfectly cubed goat meat, Mom would start cooking: In our tiny kitchen she would chop red onions and tomatoes, soak cumin and coriander seeds in water, and then grind them with garlic and green chilies on a flat stone with a pestle. As rice, dal and vegetables cooked separately, she would saute the onions, basil leaves, cloves and cardamom, then fry the goat in a pressure cooker sitting on a coiled clay heater. She would scoop the paste from the stone, add it to the cooker, throw in a few pinches of turmeric and a little salt, and close the lid. When the pressure cooker whistled for the third time — 25 to 30 minutes later — lunch was almost ready.

The dish that emerged was something my father would describe as first-class khasi ko maasu: extraordinary goat curry.

That’s how I became obsessed with goat. But in the 11 years I’ve lived in the United States, feeding my obsession hasn’t been so simple, particularly since I crave the dishes of my boyhood.

Unlike the Nepali dishes at home, the Jamaican goat curry I’ve tried at Caribbean restaurants in New York and Washington is cooked with potatoes and a single curry powder, rather than all the spices that add so much complex flavor. The ones served in Indian and Nepali restaurants are slightly better, but most of them use the same curry sauce they use in chicken and lamb dishes, and they often serve more bones than succulent meat. That’s why I’d rather cook my own goat.

When I make goat dishes with my Nepali friends, it’s usually over a weekend, evoking memories of those Saturdays back home, where we sit together and eat for hours. Cooking for non-Nepali friends, however, is always different. Many who have never eaten it ask a series of questions — Why would you eat such a cute animal? Does it smell? Is it tastier than rabbit? — before they are convinced it is worth trying. As for me, I can’t think of a better meat. It’s gamey and, especially when the meat cooks with spices, wonderfully unique; goat manages to taste so rich even though the meat is lean.

Goat meat is becoming more accessible here, thanks in part to immigrants like me from parts of the world where it’s appreciated more than in America — not just Nepal but India, the Caribbean, the Middle East and elsewhere. ★ ★ ★ None of that was an issue when I was a child, when goat was such a prominent part of our culture.

On those grand Saturdays, the excitement would start early; I would join my father on a short walk to see Mustakim, the butcher my father had been buying meat from since 1983, when he first moved to Pokhara. We would wait in a long line, then when Mustakim would see us, he would ask, “How many kilos today, sir?”

Unlike other customers, my father was very particular about what parts of the goat he wanted. “First, promise me this is not sheep,” he would occasionally say to Mustakim, wanting assurance that it was freshly slaughtered and indeed goat, not an old sheep left from the previous day. Then he would ask for a part of the upper foreshank, cuts from below the neck, a little bit of short loin, a few chunks from the neck and a big part of the leg — all chopped into even pieces. Before he paid, he’d ask for a fistful of goat fat.

If my father was a goat connoisseur, my grandfather was his guru. Every year for Dashain, the

biggest festival of the year for Nepali Hindus, the entire family would get together at my grandparents’ house in the village; it was a seven-hour bus ride from Pokhara, followed by a five-hour walk. But long before the 10-day festival began every fall, my grandfather would start raising two goats in his thatched shed: one to take three hours away to the temple to sacrifice in the name of Goddess Durga, the other for the family feast. When I would visit in winter, I’d sit next to him by the fire during dinner, when he would take a lump of cooked rice in his palm, pour a ladle of ghee (clarified butter) into it and shape it into an oval. One by one, he would form them and put them on a banana leaf next to his plate as he ate. After dinner, he would grab those rice balls and head to the stable and the baby goats.

“We have to fatten them up for Dashain, understand?” he would say.

Eight months later, when we met for the festival, the kids had grown to become beasts, looking both feisty and delicious. And in our household — I’d argue this is true in most Nepali households — no part of the goat went to waste. From ears to entrails, there was a delicacy for everything. Even the blood collected during slaughter (from a steel bowl held under its neck) was used: Once it coagulated, it was sauteed in oil, garlic and coriander for the first dish.

When the entire goat was butchered, my parents would get to work. My father was known for his goat pakku, also called kaalo maasu (“blackened meat”), named because the goat is fried for hours in a giant copper pot until it blackens, and then mixed with about a dozen spices. Over the years, I watched my father make goat pakku so many times that I can still remember at what intervals he’d stir it, with a wooden spoon so big it looked like an oar.

While my father was marinating the tenderloin in mustard oil, garlic, ginger and cumin to make kebabs, my cousins and I would steal parts of the ear and some boneless remains from the neck of the goat, plus a matchstick and a bunch of hay from the pile meant to feed the buffaloes. We’d run downhill to the river, start a fire, roast the goat pieces and devour them, savoring the joy of something we kept just to us boys.

On the last day of the festival, my grandfather would bring from the temple the head of the sacrificed goat; the cheeks and tongue would be fried, a stew made from the bones. ★ ★ ★ A couple of years after I came to the United States for college in 2003, I heard the news: my parents had given up meat. They had decided to follow a religious movement within Hinduism that worships Shiva and bars its adherents from eating meat. They’d given up garlic and onions, too.

Once I got a job and had a decent kitchen, I made cooking goat a priority. Goat was expensive in Washington. But so was booze, I rationalized. On weekends and during special gatherings with my Nepali friends to celebrate our festivals, you know what I cook. Groups of us periodically go to a farm in Manassas, Va., where we buy a goat and have it slaughtered and butchered. I take a few pounds and fry it for about 45 minutes (it goes much more quickly than my father’s huge batches), then throw in a dozen spices and stir it almost as carefully as my father did, making sure the meat doesn’t disintegrate as it darkens.

Hadi, the butcher I go to these days at Halalco in Falls Church, Va., immigrated here from Pakistan.

During my first couple of visits, he thought I was Pakistani, too, as I would speak to him in my weak Urdu, asking for parts of the goat as specifically as my father would.

Over the years, my parents have become even more devout. Meat is not allowed in the house. When I visit Nepal, I occasionally buy mutton or goat pickle in a jar, and hide it under my bed. During Dashain, my father meticulously cooks half a dozen mushroom dishes, all delicious. But he knows how much I love goat. (When I post photos of my goat curry and goat pakku on Facebook, he is quick to press the “like” button.) So occasionally he whispers to me, making sure my mother doesn’t hear, that his friends have invited me for an afternoon snack — such as a mountain goat’s fried liver and slow-cooked leg stew, served with beaten rice — and that I should go.

Recently, as I packed my bags to leave Nepal after a long trek, he walked into my room with a small jar, wrapped in layers of plastic and then duct tape. It was a thick chili paste, with pink salt and Sichuan pepper.

“Just add a spoonful when you cook goat,” he said.

“It’s going to be first class.

STEPS Place the goat meat in a quart-size zip-top bag. Add the mustard oil, salt and half of the garlic; seal, pressing out as much air as possible. Massage to coat the meat evenly. Let sit for about an hour at room temperature or refrigerate up to overnight.

Heat the ghee in a large Dutch oven over medium heat.

Meanwhile, use a mortar and pestle to crush the cloves (to taste) and cardamom. Once the ghee has melted and is heated through, add the fenugreek seed, dried chili peppers, and the crushed cloves and cardamom; cook for 5 to 6 minutes, until the spices are fragrant and the fenugreek seed turns dark brown.

Stir in the marinated goat meat (with its oil, garlic and spices) until it’s evenly coated with the ingredients in the pot.

Cook, uncovered, for 45 minutes, stirring occasionally, so all pieces of meat get a chance to brown at the bottom of the pot.

The meat will darken and appear to lose its moisture.

Stir in the turmeric, cumin, coriander, asafetida, the chili powder, if using, and the remaining garlic. Cover and cook for 15 minutes, stirring occasionally, until the spices have been evenly distributed. If the bottom of the pot looks dry, stir in an extra tablespoon of ghee, then cover, reduce the heat to medium-low and cook for 15 to 20 minutes, until the meat has darkened further and has become quite tender.

Transfer to a warmed serving bowl or platter. Garnish with cilantro; serve warm.

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When the author was growing up in Nepal in the 1990s, he couldn’t wait for Saturdays — goat curry day.

Goat Curry MAKES: 6 servings INGREDIENTS 3 tablespoons mustard oil Pinch fenugreek seed (10 seeds) 2 whole star anise One 3-inch cinnamon stick 2 whole small dried red chili peppers (not seeded) 2 medium red onions, halved and thinly sliced 3 pounds goat meat, preferably baby/young goat, cut into 1 1/2-inch pieces (see headnote) 2 1/2 teaspoons salt 2 teaspoons ground turmeric 3 teaspoons ground cumin 3 teaspoons ground coriander 2 teaspoons curry powder 6 medium cloves garlic, smashed 3 medium tomatoes, roasted (see NOTE) 2 small green chili peppers, plus a few more for optional garnish 1 1/2 cups water 1/4 cup whole or chopped cilantro leaves, for garnish STEPS Heat the mustard oil in a pressure cooker (uncovered) over medium heat. Once the oil shimmers, add the fenugreek seed, star anise, cinnamon stick and dried chili peppers; cook for 5 to 6 minutes, stirring once or twice, until the spices are fragrant and the fenugreek seed turns dark brown. Stir in the red onions; cook for 7 to 10 minutes or until they begin to look caramelized.

Add the goat, stirring to coat. Cook uncovered, stirring often, for about 20 minutes, during which time the meat will begin to brown. Stir in 2 teaspoons of the salt, the turmeric, cumin, coriander, curry powder and garlic, stirring so the spices are evenly distributed. Cook uncovered for about 10 minutes, stirring occasionally.

Combine the roasted tomatoes, green chili peppers, water and the remaining 1/2 teaspoon of the salt in a blender; puree until smooth. Transfer the mixture to the pressure cooker, stirring to incorporate. Seal/lock the pressure cooker lid. Cook for about 25 minutes, then turn off the heat. Let the pot sit for 5 minutes, then carefully unlock and open the lid. Search carefully and discard the star anise, cinnamon stick and dried chili peppers.

Transfer the goat and its sauce to a warm serving bowl or platter. Garnish with the cilantro and a few chili peppers, if using; serve right away.

NOTE: Cut the tomatoes in half. Arrange them on a baking sheet, cut side up. Drizzle with oil and season lightly with salt and pepper. Roast in a 400-degree oven for 15 to 30 minutes, until slightly shrunken and browned on the edges.

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Vehicle(s) may be shown with optional equipment. Dealer may sell or lease for less. Limited time offers. Offers only valid at participating dealers. Retail offers may be cancelled or changed at any time without notice. See your Ford Dealer for complete details or call the Ford Customer Relationship Centre at 1-800-565-3673. For factory orders, a customer may either take advantage of eligible Ford retail customer promotional incentives/offers available at the time of vehicle factory order or time of vehicle delivery, but not both or combinations thereof. Retail offers not combinable with any CPA/GPC or Daily Rental incentives, the Commercial Upfit Program or the Commercial Fleet Incentive Program (CFIP). ‡‡ Until January 2, 2015, receive $500/ $750/ $1,000/ $2,000/ $2,500/ $3,500/ $4,000/ $4,250/ $4,500/ $4,750/ $5,000/ $5,500/ $6,000/ $6,250/ $6,500/ $7,000/ $7,250/ $7,500/ $8,500/ $10,500 in Year End Clearout Cash (Delivery Allowances) with the purchase or lease of a new 2015 Fusion/ 2014 Focus (excluding S Manual) and 2015 Explorer, F-150 Regular Cab XL 4x2 (Value Leader)/ 2014 C-MAX and 2015 Taurus (excluding SE), Expedition, Transit Connect, E-Series Cutaway, Transit/ 2014 F-150 Regular Cab XL 4x2 (Value Leader) and 2015 F-350 to F-550 Chassis Cabs/ 2014 Focus S Manual, Edge and 2015 Fiesta S/ 2015 F-150 Regular Cab (excluding XL 4x2)/ 2014 Fiesta, F-350 to F-550 Chassis Cabs/ 2014 Mustang V6 Coupe, Taurus SE, Escape, Explorer/ 2015 F-150 SuperCab and SuperCrew/ 2014 Fusion/ 2014 Transit Connect (excluding electric)/ 2014 E-Series, F-150 Regular Cab (excluding XL 4x2), F-150 SuperCrew 4x4 XLT 300A/ 2014 Flex, F-150 SuperCrew 4x2 5.0L and 4x4/ 2014 Taurus (excluding SE)/ 2014 Mustang V6 Premium, F-150 SuperCab/ 2015 F-250 to F-450 (excluding Chassis Cabs) Gas engine/ 2014 Expedition/ 2014 Mustang GT/ 2014 F-250 to F-450 (excluding Chassis Cabs) Gas engine and 2015 F-250 to F-450 (excluding Chassis Cabs) Diesel engine/ 2014 F-250 to F-450 (excluding Chassis Cabs) Diesel Engine -- all stripped chassis, cutaway body, F-150 Raptor, Medium Truck, and Mustang GT500 models excluded. Year-End Cash is not combinable with CPA, GPC, CFIP, Daily Rental Allowance and A/X/Z/D/F-Plan programs. Delivery allowances are not combinable with any fleet consumer incentives.†Until January 2, 2015, lease a new 2014 F-150 Super Crew XLT 4x4 (300A Package) and get as low as 0% lease annual percentage rate (APR) financing for up to 24 months on approved credit (OAC) from Ford Credit. Not all buyers will qualify for the lowest APR payment. Lease a vehicle with a value of $44,149 at 0% APR for up to 24 months with $2,575 down or equivalent trade in, monthly payment is $299 (Comparison payments are for reference purposes only and are calculated as follows: the monthly payment is annualized (multiplied by 12) and then divided by the comparison period (26 weeks for bi-weekly). For example ($299 X 12) / 26 bi-weekly periods = $138.), total lease obligation is $9,751 and optional buyout is $21,633. Offer includes $5,500 Year-End Cash, $3,700 Ford Credit Lease Cash and freight and air tax but exclude variable charges of license, fuel fill charge, insurance, dealer PDI (if applicable), registration, PPSA, administration fees and charges, any environmental charges or fees, and all applicable taxes. Taxes payable on full amount of lease financing price after Year-End Cash and Ford Credit Lease Cash deducted. Additional payments required for PPSA, registration, security deposit, NSF fees (where applicable), excess wear and tear, and late fees. Some conditions and mileage restrictions of 40,000km for 24 months apply. Excess kilometrage charges of 16¢per km for F-Series, plus applicable taxes. Excess kilometrage charges subject to change, see your local dealer for details. *Purchase a new 2015 F-250 Super Cab XLT 4X4 Western Edition for $43,499 after Year-End Cash of $7,000 is deducted. Taxes payable on full amount of purchase price after total Year-End Cash has been deducted. Offers include freight and air tax but exclude variable charges of license, fuel fill charge, insurance, dealer PDI (if applicable), registration, PPSA, administration fees and charges, any environmental charges or fees, and all applicable taxes. All prices are based on Manufacturer’s Suggested Retail Price. Manufacturer Rebates are not combinable with any fleet consumer incentives. **Until January 2, 2015, receive 5.89% annual percentage rate (APR) purchase financing on a new 2015 F-250 Super Cab XLT 4X4 Western Edition for a up to 72 months to qualified retail customers, on approved credit (OAC) from Ford Credit. Not all buyers will qualify for the lowest interest rate. Example: 2015 F-250 Super Cab XLT 4X4 Western Edition for $42,499 (after $1,000 down payment or equivalent trade-in, and $7,000 Year-End Cash deducted) purchase financed at 5.89% APR for 72.months, monthly payment is $702 (the sum of twelve (12) monthly payments divided by 26 periods gives payee a bi-weekly payment of $324), interest cost of borrowing is $,8,054.11 or APR of 5.89% and total to be repaid is $50,553.11. Down payment may be required based on approved credit from Ford Credit. All purchase finance offers include freight and air tax but exclude variable charges of license, fuel fill charge, insurance, dealer PDI (if applicable), registration, PPSA, administration fees and charges, any environmental charges or fees, and all applicable taxes. All prices are based on Manufacturer’s Suggested Retail Price.***Until January 2, 2015, receive 0% APR purchase financing on new 2015 Escape for up to 36 months, 2014 Ford Edge models for up to 60 months, and 2014 Focus, C-MAX, F-150 (excluding Regular Cab XL 4x2 value leader and Raptor) and 2015 Fiesta and Fusion models for up to 72 months to qualified retail customers, on approved credit (OAC) from Ford Credit. Not all buyers will qualify for the lowest interest rate. Example: $25,000 purchase financed at 0% APR for 36/60/72 months, monthly payment is $694.44/ $416.66/ $347.22, cost of borrowing is $0 or APR of 0% and total to be repaid is $25,000. Down payment on purchase financing offers may be required based on approved credit from Ford Credit. ▲Offer only valid from December 2, 2014 – January 2, 2015 (the “Offer Period”) to resident Canadians with an eligible Costco membership on or before November 30, 2014. Receive $750 towards the purchase or lease of a new 2014/2015 Ford Fiesta (excluding S), Focus (excluding S and BEV), C-MAX, and $1,000 towards all other Ford models (excluding GT500, GT350, 50th Anniversary Edition Mustang, Raptor, and Medium Truck) (each an “Eligible Vehicle”). Limit one (1) offer per each Eligible Vehicle purchase or lease, up to a maximum of two (2) separate Eligible Vehicle sales per Costco Membership Number. Offer is transferable to persons domiciled with an eligible Costco member. Applicable taxes calculated before CAD$1,000 offer is deducted. ® Registered trademark of Price Costco International, Inc. used under license. ††† Offer only valid from December 11, 2014 to January 2, 2015 (the “Program Period”) to Canadian resident customers. Receive $500 towards 2014/2015 Focus, Fiesta, or C-MAX, and $750 towards 2014 Mustang (excluding Shelby GT500) and F-150 (excluding Raptor), and 2014/2015 Fusion, Taurus, Edge, Flex, Explorer, Escape, Expedition, Transit Connect, E-Series, F250 – F-550 (excluding Chassis Cabs), and F-350 to F-550 Chassis Cab models - all stripped chassis, cutaway body, and Medium Truck models excluded (each an “Eligible Model”) with the purchase, lease, or factory order (during the Program Period) of an Eligible Model. Limit one (1) incentive redemption per Eligible Model sale.††For 2014 F-150 (excluding Regular Cab XL 4x2 Value Leader and Fx4 4x4) models, Year-End Clearout Cash amounts include $3,500 in “non-stackable cash” available to cash purchase customers and customers not financing or leasing through Ford Credit. “Non-stackable cash” is not combinable with Ford Credit purchase financing or lease rates.‡F-Series is the best-selling pickup truck in Canada for 48 years in a row based on Canadian Vehicle Manufacturers’ Association statistical sales report up to 2013 and R. L. Polk vehicle registrations data up to August 2014.©2014 Sirius Canada Inc. “SiriusXM”, the SiriusXM logo, channel names and logos are trademarks of SiriusXM Radio Inc. and are used under licence. ©2014 Ford Motor Company of Canada, Limited. All rights reserved.

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