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Party turns deadly ONE KILLED, SIX WOUNDED IN CALGARY SHOOTING: POLICE

BY BILL GRAVELAND THE CANADIAN PRESS

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Bride and groom Autumn Brochu and Craig Dyck of Red Deer and their wedding party took to the ice at Bower Ponds Wednesday as they celebrated their New Year’s Eve Wedding.

Mass murder turns spotlight on to domestic violence

BY SUSAN ZIELINSKI ADVOCATE STAFF The shootings that left nine people dead in Edmonton on Monday night will certainly raise community awareness about domestic violence, says the executive director of Central Alberta Women’s Emergency Shelter.

Women in abusive relationships may also rethink their situations, he

said.

“That’s got to have an impact on what some women are thinking about what they’re enduring — could that be me and my kids in my situation?” said Ian Wheeliker on Wednesday.

The media reports on the recent Edmonton case haven’t driven people to come to the shelter to escape violence. Edmonton police are calling it a planned and deliberate act of domestic violence.

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A gyrfalcon, the world’s largest falcon, was among the birds spotted during the annual Christmas bird count.

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“These birds have a built-in instinct to go south. Why some of them don’t go south? We don’t know, because they should,” said annual bird count compiler Judy Boyd of Red Deer.

Some migrating birds could have been blown off course by storms or wind, she suggested. “Whether some are injured and can’t go, or whether they’ve found a food source, or been left behind ... nobody knows why.”

But it certainly makes for more variable viewing for Central Alberta bird lovers that some of these resilient fliers are toughing out the winter months with the rest of us.

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Rob Smyth of Red Deer, left, won the 2014 Dream Home.

Red Deer man wins dream home

BY ADVOCATE STAFF Rob Smyth bought a single 2014 Kinsmen Dream Home lottery ticket on Saturday, and just a few days later he was in disbelief when he found out he was the grand prize winner.

The lucky Red Deerian’s name was drew on New Year’s Eve and he was able to visit his new house — valued at more than $640,000 — on Wednesday night, still shaking from the good news.

Smyth said he plans to move into the dream home, which is located at 1 Lazaro Close.

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Trumpeter swans were seen swimming on open water this month at Dickson Dam. The swans, along with their feathered compatriots, the common grackle, a hooded merganser duck, a Townsend’s solitaire thrush, and white-throated sparrow, are among the unusual birds sighted during the recent Christmas bird count.

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On Monday night, Edmonton police found one woman dead after responding to a weapons complaint at a southside home.

The bodies of three more women, two men, a boy and a girl were discovered a few hours later at a northeast home where officers had checked on reports of a “suicidal male” earlier in the evening.

Annual bird count finds a number of unusual species in the area

BY LANA MICHELIN ADVOCATE STAFF

CALGARY — One person was killed and six wounded after gunfire broke out early Thursday morning at a New Year’s house party, Calgary police said.

A man died of his injuries in hospital, police said in a release. An autopsy was to be performed on Friday. The victim’s identity wasn’t released.

The gunfire shattered the predawn quiet in the neighbourhood, witnesses said.

“All I heard was like this ‘pop, pop, pop, pop.’ I was half asleep, half awake, and that’s all I heard, and I didn’t really know what it was so I just went back to sleep,” said Nita Nestman, who lives in a condo on the same street.

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VIOLENCE: Shelter almost at capacity A man matching the description of the suicidal male was ultimately found dead in a restaurant in the Edmonton bedroom community of Fort Saskatchewan on Tuesday morning.

Police are still investigating many aspects of what is the largest mass shooting in that city in more than 50 years.

Wheeliker said he’s never heard of an incident involving more victims. The death toll reminded him of the Montreal Massacre at École Polytechnique in 1989 when 14 women were killed, but those victims weren’t related.

“People are shocked when an event of this magnitude happens. But there’s domestic violence happening to some degree in every community, big or small, across the country. People don’t know about it because it’s hidden.”

Central Alberta Women’s Emergency Shelter in Red Deer is running at almost full capacity.

He said when a tragedy of this scope happens, everyone who works in the area of domestic violence takes a second look at their client lists, their protocols, and double checks that all the precautions have been taken to make sure everything they can do has been done to protect their clients.

“With this particular case, it will be reviewed over the months and days ahead. People will look at was there anything further that anyone could have done and we’ll learn from it.”

But everyone already knows that there needs to be more public awareness and prevention when it comes to domestic violence, Wheeliker said.

Red Deer RCMP Insp. Scott Tod said since the country hasn’t experienced a domestic violence tragedy of this magnitude for years, it’s unclear whether there will be a spike in reports of domestic violence to police.

“Domestic violence is such a difficult thing. So much of it goes unreported as it is,” Tod said.

This time of year is typically busier for police, he said.

“We get all kinds of more calls that have to deal with life issues, not simply domestic violence.

There’s a lot of mental health issues. There’s all kinds of things we get calls for over the Christmas season.”

Red Deer RCMP are fortunate to have a unit with five officers dedicated to investigating domestic violence, he said.

Tod said he didn’t know all the details about the Edmonton incident, but expects a lot of people in the province will be looking closely at the file and that information will be examined and shared.

But he didn’t want to speak on behalf of the Edmonton police and what will or will not happen in relation to this case. szielinski@reddeeradvocate.com

BIRDS: Hardy creatures Boyd said quite a few interesting species were sighted by about 90 counters across a region that spans from Rocky Mountain House to Olds and Stettler.

The trumpeter swans seen at Dickson Dam are supposed to winter along Canada’s more temperate West Coast and in isolated areas through the U.S., including Arkansas. Since many travel between northwestern Alberta and the very southern-most parts of this province and into the U.S., they are usually only seen in the Red Deer area during spring and fall migrations.

The Townsend’s solitaire seen in the area should now be as far south as New Mexico. The whitethroated sparrow is expected to be enjoying balmy Florida breezes this time of year, while the darkfeathered common grackle commonly winters in Texas, near the Gulf of Mexico.

The hooded merganser that failed to reach its wintering grounds in Oregon or California is instead staying on a pond that’s open all winter long the Medicine River Wildlife Centre. Boyd believes this particular crested duck with distinctive patterning is likely injured and can’t fly because he was counted in the winter of 2013.

“We’re keeping an eye on it,” she said.

As well as these rare birds, some furtive Alberta winter birds also made themselves visible during this year’s bird count. A snowy owl, which wasn’t counted last year, does number in the latest count, as does the world’s largest falcon, a gyrfalcon, and a northern goshawk, said Boyd.

The bird count is done to record trends in bird

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Drink cups litter the street as police attend the scene of a multiple shooting in Calgary on Thursday. Police say seven people were shot, leaving one dead and one in life-threatening condition, after gunfire broke out early this morning at a New Year’s Eve house party. migration — and some surprising trends have been noted in the last few decades. Boyd said it was almost unheard of to spot a northern flicker in the wintertime 20 years ago. But this type of woodpecker is now often spotted in Central Alberta in December.

“According to the historical record, they were never, ever here. ... But people are feeding them and if they have a food source. ...”

Questions have been floated about the wisdom of feeding birds. But Boyd feels that people have already tampered with nature by reducing bird habitat. “I enjoy doing it because I enjoy seeing birds in my backyard and I don’t think I’m harming them.”

While some folks think once you start stocking bird feeders in the fall, you have to keep it up or the birds will starve during the winter, Boyd discounts this idea. She believes there are so many feeders, opportunistic birds will find another one soon enough.

“We always get something that stays behind, for whatever reason.” For some birds, having open water and a good local food source seem to be enough to help them survive in cold.

Boyd said birds might look delicate, but they are hardy creatures. “They have special circulation in their legs to keep them warm, and they puff themselves up and hide out of the wind.” lmichelin@reddeeradvocate.com

HOME: List of winners available online The winner of the 50/50 was Kerri Galisky of Red Deer, who was also in disbelief to find out she was a winner. While receiving the good news Galisky put her friend on the phone, questioning whether the news was real. Galisky checked online and cheered when she found out she was definitely the winner and was taking home the maximum payout: $75,000.

The money raised from the Red Deer Kinsmen Dream Home Lottery will stay in the community, helping out agencies like the Red Deer Food Bank, Red Cross, and the Youth and Volunteer Centre among others.

Smyth and Galisky weren’t the only lucky ones on New Year’s Eve. To find out the winners of the other Kinsmen lottery prizes, visit reddeerkinsmen.com/ dream-home-lottery/lottery-prizes.

SHOTS: Number of suspects unknown Nestman said the street had been quiet for most of the evening. When she heard the noise she didn’t expect it to be gunfire.

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“It didn’t even enter my mind that’s what it was.”

Det. Steve Adair says police received multiple 911 calls just after 5 a.m. reporting gunshots fired and that by the time officers arrived, the suspect or suspects had already left the scene.

Responding officers located five people in and around the house with gunshot wounds and Adair says two other people later showed up at local hospitals for treatment.

He said those who were wounded suffered injuries ranging from minor to serious. Police said the victims were both male and female and were in their early 20s and 30s.

The street in the tree-lined neighbourhood was blocked off by police tape. A heavy police presence was visible on both ends of the block.

A black sweater was lying on the sidewalk in front of what appeared to be a newly built townhouse.

Snow in the front yard was trampled. The home, which had a huge pine tree in front of it, was not readily visible.

Adair says more than 50 people were at the house party and police were questioning about a dozen witnesses who were taken away from the scene on a city transit bus.

Police have sealed off the scene and the forensics team has been called in to look for evidence, Adair added.

At a news conference later Thursday, police said they didn’t have a motive for the shootings, nor could they say how many suspects investigators were seeking.

However a police spokesman called the shooting a “one-off” and suggested there was no danger to Calgary.

“Incidents like this while they are profound and they cause concern, they still are relatively isolated,” Acting Insp. Quinn Jacques told reporters.

“That offence took place because the wrong people congregated in that place,” he said.

Police want to speak to as many people who were at the party as they can, Jacques said.

“It’s very important because everyone is going to be able to offer a different perspective on what occurred and in order for us to do a comprehensive and complete investigation and we’d like to speak with everyone who was in the area at the time,” he said.

Abdul Rasham el Kadri, who has lived on the street since 1990, said he was asleep when the incident happened and heard nothing.

He called it a really nice neighbourhood.

“I know almost all my neighbours here and they know me and it’s a beautiful neighbourhood,” said el Kadri.

“I was really surprised when I heard this.”

El Kadri said the street, which is a combination of older homes and freshly built townhouses, has never had a problem with loud parties, crime or violence.

“Never. Never,” he said. “This is the first time something happened like that.”

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Killing rampage began at northside home

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS

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EDMONTON — Investigators in Edmonton say a home where seven people were found dead earlier this week was likely the suspect’s first stop before moving on to kill at another city residence.

Police spokesman Scott Pattison says the northside Edmonton home, where two men, three women and two young children were discovered dead, is now believed to be where the shocking rampage began.

Police were first alerted about another shooting on the city’s south side on Monday night where a woman was found dead, but Pattison says investigators now think that was the second crime scene.

The suspect was found dead by his own hand in a restaurant in the Edmonton bedroom community of Fort Saskatchewan on Tuesday morning.

Autopsies on the victims were taking place on New Year’s Day.

Pattison says investigators think the seven bodies in the first home had been dead for some time.

“That’s what we believe based on the timelines of the calls that came in,” Pattison said.

Cyndi Duong, 37, was fatally shot in the home in south Edmonton. The two men and three woman in the northside home were between the ages of 25 and 50. The girl and a boy in that home who were found dead with them were both under the age of 10.

Duong was married with three children, two boys 14 and 10, and had an eight-year-old girl.

An hour and a half after police said they were called to the home where Duong was found, they said they were called to the northside home regarding a report of a suicidal man who family members reported was “depressed and over-emotional.”

No one answered the door when they arrived and noting suspicious was found, but police returned to

the home hours later when they received more information, and that’s when the carnage was discovered.

It was the same home where a suspect had been arrested in November 2012 and charged with domestic and sexual assault.

Police have described the killings as calculated and fuelled by domestic troubles.

Police have only said the man who killed himself in the restaurant had a business interest in the place. They said he had a criminal record involving drugs and violence dating to 1987 and that he used a stolen handgun in the murders.

Police have not identified the suspect, but acquaintances say he is 53-year-old Phu Lam, who did maintenance work at the VN Express Asian restaurant in Fort Saskatchewan.

Investigators said they were waiting for autopsy results to positively identify the shooter and the victims, other than Duong.

Pattison said Thursday that they didn’t anticipate those results would be available until a later date.

Red Deer RCMP urging resident to lock vehicles Nothing says “steal me” like the exhaust rising from an unattended pickup truck idling outside on a cold winter night.

Police in Red Deer are almost begging people to lose the habit of leaving their vehicles running while they return to their house to stay warm.

“Vehicles left running and unlocked are an invitation to criminals. They look for opportunities like these in every neighbourhood and quiet cul de sac in the city,” says Const. Derek Turner, media relations officer with the Red Deer City RCMP, in a news release issued on Wednesday.

“People think their vehicle will be fine for a few minutes while they go back in their houses or run into a store or gas station, but that just isn’t true. It takes mere seconds for a criminal to slip into an unlocked, running vehicle and drive away.”

In the past three weeks, Mounties in Red Deer have been called to more than 120 reports of stolen vehicles, of which one-quarter had been left running and unlocked. Others were left unlocked with spare keys inside.

When it’s cold, Turner said it’s understandable that people need to allow their vehicles some time to warm up.

Drivers should protect themselves by staying with their vehicles rather than leaving them unguarded.

Many vehicle thefts happen on impulse when criminals see easy targets such as unlocked, running vehicles, said Turner.

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BRIEFS RCMP searching for man after shooting near Stettler Police at searching for a man considered to armed and dangerous after a New Year’s Eve shooting near Stettler.

At 4:47 on Dec. 31, Stettler RCMP responded to a 911 call regarding a man being shot in the northwest of the Town of Stettler. Witness reported that there had been a collision between two vehicles prior to the shooting. Shots were fired and the shooter left in a blue Dodge quad-cab pick-up. Both men involved

Others move methodically from vehicle to vehicle, looking for the easiest targets, said Turner.

Cars and trucks are stolen for a variety of reasons, he said.

The culprit may simply need a ride or may want a vehicle to use in committing some other crime.

Some vehicles are recovered after the thieves have finished and abandoned them. Others may end up being sold to chop shops, where they are torn down and sold for parts.

“Anyone who has had their vehicle stolen can attest to the disruption, inconvenience and financial consequences they face afterward, and these sort of preventable crimes are also a drain on police resources,” said Turner.

“The harder you make a criminal work to steal your belongings, the less likely they are to target you.”

Vehicle owners should also be aware that licence plates are a target for thieves, who often replace the licence plate they’ve stolen with another plate that could have been used in a different crime, he said.

RCMP advise vehicle owners to regularly check their licence plates and observe the following practices to protect their cars and trucks from thieves: ● Lock your vehicle every time you step away from it. ● Take your keys with you while fuelling up or inflating tires at gas stations. ● Do not attempt to hide spare keys in your vehicle or in your garage. ● Always lock your garage and, if you have an attached garage, lock the door that leads to the house. ● Keep valuables out of sight. in the incident are known to police and RCMP have determined it was not a random shooting. The victim, a 37-year-old, was taken to hospital by STARS Ambulance with several gunshot wounds, but non life threatening injuries.

The shooter has been identified as 33-year-old Darren James Bauer of no fixed address. He is wanted on 12 Canadawide arrest warrants for firearm and property offences. He is also being charged with attempted murder and is considered armed and dangerous. If located, the public is encouraged to contact local police or call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 (TIPS).

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Saudi energy gamble KINGDOM IS TRYING TO ENSURE LONG-TERM SECURITY OF ITS OIL INDUSTRY

BY SACRIFICING SHORT-TERM REVENUE IN AN ATTEMPT TO ERODE THE COMPETITION

BY LIVIO DI MATTEO SPECIAL TO THE ADVOCATE The new era of U.S. energy self-sufficiency and its impact on Middle Eastern oil producers as their market position erodes is a major international development.

Yet any assumption that Saudi Arabia and its Gulf oil-producing allies would simply take America’s new energy position sitting down is misplaced.

What is Saudi Arabia up to? Economic analysis suggests that Saudi Arabia is using its dominant market share and price leadership role to reduce oil prices and take out the competition, thereby preparing the way for steep price increases down the road.

If anything, taking steps now to curtail production to keep prices high would only encourage even more investment in alternate oil sources.

OPEC’s inability to reach agreement on output shares is often a traditional economics lesson on the failure of cartels to maintain long-run price stability, but such a conclusion is myopic.

The reality is that Saudi Arabia, be-

cause of its large share of global oil production, can influence prices on its own in the absence of cartel action.

Saudi Arabia has again demonstrated a key characteristic of an energy superpower — the ability to use its superior market share and competitive energy producing cost structure to set prices. Contrast this with Canada, which is a price taker in international energy markets and is seeing the price of oil fall below what it needs for profitable development of its energy resources.

While the United States now imports much less oil because of its greater production, Saudi Arabia has decided not to reduce output to maintain price level but to continue their current production levels and let the excess supply bring down prices. From a price of $115 a barrel in June (all prices in U.S. dollars), prices have dropped about 50 per cent and now sit below 55 a barrel.

Even at such low prices, Saudi Arabia can still compete, as it is a low cost producer with its cost of production estimated as low as $5 to $6 a barrel.

It can tolerate even lower prices than what oil is currently at.

Despite the short-term benefits to consumers of lower energy prices and its stimulating effect on China and the North American and European economies, Saudi Arabia is not specifically interested in their economic welfare. If anything, keeping prices low for a year or two would be useful in derailing conservation efforts and getting consumers addicted once again to cheap oil. Consumers have short memories and six months to a year of ultra low oil prices will encourage purchases of larger and less fuel-efficient vehicles.

The political destabilization of the drop in oil revenues on competing oil producers such as Iran, Iraq, Russia and Venezuela will also further disrupt oil production and supplies, making Saudi Arabia even more important as a stable and reliable source of oil.

Finally, low oil prices allow Saudi Arabia and its Gulf oil producing allies the ability to curtail future North American oil production from shale oil and the oil sands.

As oil prices drop, oil companies will keep producing from already active wells but future exploration and investment may dry up.

Many investments decisions in places like the Alberta oilsands or the North Dakota Bakken Formation assumed prices in the $60 to $80 a barrel range. With prices below $60 a barrel, some plans may be put on hold, curtailing oil production and supplies down the road.

Saudi Arabia is trying to ensure long-term security of its oil industry at the price of a short-term revenue sacrifice designed to erode the competition. By increasing supply now, Saudi Arabia may be paving the way for more lucrative supply curtailment and price increases several years down the road.

However, the one wild card is continued technological innovations in the oilsands and shale oil industry that reduce costs and allows extraction to remain profitable — even with falling oil prices.

Saudi Arabia may be making a big gamble by not responding at all to the increased competition it faces is even riskier.

Livio Di Matteo is professor of economics at Lakehead University. This column was supplied by Troy Media (www.troymedia.com).

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

An ode to Danielle Smith To politics in Alberta A riding she came.

Straddling a broomstick And they called her by name — Danielle.

Now Danielle was in Opposition For a good two years running.

But as Opposition leader Could only predict what was coming.

So once again to her broomstick She faithfully did mount And crossed the floor.

I would like all my hard earned contributions back, Danielle, even if it means mortgaging your broom.

Lloyd Wongstedt Red Deer

Wildrose shift attacks democracy With the absorption of the bulk of the Wildrose Alliance Party, the Conservative Party is hoping to appear once again as an all-powerful monolithic block.

The creation of the Wildrose Party represented a split in the Conservative ranks, which, combined with leadership changes, financial irregularities and other embarrassing revelations, demonstrate the discord and fragility of the Conservative camp.

This split was the result of the deteriorating economic situation that requires a Conservative leadership capable of wielding an axe to cut social spending.

Premiers Ed Stelmach and then Alison Redford proved to be too cautious in their approach because their preference was to avoid any disharmony or unrest in the province. Hence, with serious financial backing from a section of big business, we had the creation of the Wildrose Party.

As a more right-wing, fiscally hard and importantly an articulate opposition, the Wildrose Party gave the Conservative Party establishment the biggest election scare in years.

With the entrance of new fiscally hard right-wing leader in Jim Prentice, there was no need to continue an unnecessary conflict between two separate Conservative parties or the extra financial expense to large donors. The remainder of the Wildrose Party is now relegated to the political fringe.

It had seemed for a moment, to the delight of much of the populace, that Alberta was at last moving into a political situation that embodied the chance of an alternative government. With the demise of the Wildrose Party, there is a sense of a loss, not of a political party but of democracy.

However, the fact that an MLA can move from one party to another as easily as changing underwear reveals that a leopard cannot change its spots and by any other name a Conservative is always a Conservative.

Some observers in the media are already calling for the creation of an opposition at any price by combining other political parties. Contrary to what these observers imagine, large political parties cannot be created at a whim. A political party must have a social base, as with the big-business-based Conservative, Liberal and Wildrose parties.

The New Democratic Party is based on working people and it has firmly rejected any links with the Liberal Party.

Society does not develop in a straight line but dialectically. This means that after long periods of almost imperceptible movement, the pressure builds and change comes with a sudden bang or a series of bangs like an earthquake.

As the deterioration of the economy accelerates,

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under the hammer blows of falling oil prices, so the volume of social cuts will assume new dimensions fueling the growing division of society.

History clearly demonstrates that despite the greatest adversity, there will be a political transformation culminating in the growth of a powerful working class opposition to the Conservatives.

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Thanks to a caring community On Dec. 8, it was reported that a city employee had a medical emergency while working. It was with great sorrow for our family to learn it was our brother, Bill.

During our time of sorrow, there were many people within the city ranks who took the lead to help our families begin the grieving process.

On behalf of Bill’s family, our heartfelt thank you goes out to the City of Red Deer and all of the city’s employees, for their tremendous show of respect and sympathy during our loss. From the mayor’s office to supervisors, co-workers and administration staff, a simple thank you does not seem adequate. Your response to our loss will never be forgotten.

To the unknown pedestrian who alerted the rest of the crew, thank you for getting involved. By your quick actions and immediate response of the crew, Bill was given his best chance.

To all the medical emergency staff and RCMP, thank you for your compassion during this sorrowful time.

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OTTAWA — Resolving to become a Canadian citizen in 2015? It’s going to be more expensive.

For the second time in a year, the Conservative government has hiked the fee it charges to make someone a citizen.

The new price for processing citizenship documents has been set at $530 as of Jan. 1, up from the formerly new price set last February of $300.

OTTAWA — Two Canadian fighter jets spent New Year’s Eve bombing militants’ positions in Iraq as part of a international airstrike campaign.

The Defence Department says that on Dec. 31, the two CF-18s struck ISIL fighting positions using precision-guided munitions.

The planes were acting in support of Iraqi security forces’ group operations west of Fallujah.

According to information posted by the American and Australian governments, the targets hit in that area were tactical units belong to the Islamic State.

The group, which has declared a self-styled caliphate, holds about a third of Iraq and neighbouring Syria.

The U.S. government says fighter planes and drones also conducted airstrikes in Syria on Dec. 31, destroying oil derricks, ISIL buildings and fighting positions.

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Since the Canadian military joined the international air campaign in October, Canadian planes have flown 261 sorties.

RED DEER ADVOCATE Friday, Jan. 2, 2015 A5 The government has been angling to increase citizenship fees for some time, arguing would-be citizens should cover more of the cost of processing their applications.

In an analysis of the new fees, the Citizenship and Immigration Department says the higher price will allow it to recoup almost all of the $555 in costs.

Put another way, the government says that’s an estimated $41 million it won’t have to spend.

In its analysis, the department said the fee jump may impose additional financial pressures on some people or families.

When citizenship processing fees were first increased from $100 to $300 in February, it was the first time since 1995 there had been a raise.

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Organizers said more than 150 people young and old braved the annual New Year’s Day jump in Herring Cove, about 15 kilometres outside Halifax.

Many wore costumes and screamed as they jumped off a wharf two by two, the air temperature hovering around -3 C. Dozens gathered on the wharf and surrounding areas under sunny skies to take in the action, with many cheering and clapping as participants leaped into the chilly water.

Erica Oliver, a first time jumper from St. Margaret’s Bay, said the water was cold, but it wasn’t as bad as she expected.

Money raised at the event will go to a local food bank.

Five people in hospital after crash between car, sleigh WILMOT, N.S. — Five people are in hospital after a collision between a horse-drawn sleigh and a car in western Nova Scotia.

RCMP say about 20 people were on board the sleigh when it was involved in a serious collision with a small car just before 7 p.m.

Wednesday (near the intersection of Bayard Road and Highway 1 in Annapolis County).

Four adults from the sleigh were transported to hospital by ground ambulance with serious but non-life-threatening injuries.

One other adult from the sleigh was transported to hospital by air ambulance with what police said were undetermined injuries.

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The head of the army in southern Helmand province, where the incident happened, said investigations were focusing on whether the house was purposefully targeted by soldiers in checkpoints at least three kilometres away.

Gen. Sultan Mahmoud said that early investigations indicated that artillery had been fired in the direction of the house from both north and south from a distance of three kilometres (1.8 miles).

“We are seeing no evidence that the Taliban can fire from that distance, and as the Taliban positions were only one kilometre from the checkpoint, why was it necessary to use artillery that can travel so far,” Mahmoud said.

The incident happened in volatile Sangin district while guests were awaiting the arrival of the bride at the home of her cousin Abdul Haleem in Sarwankhala district.

Stampede on historic Shanghai waterfront leaves 36 dead, 47 injured SHANGHAI — Grieving relatives identified the bodies of loved ones a day after a stampede during New Year’s celebrations along Shanghai’s historic waterfront area killed 36 people. Some families

lashed out at authorities, accusing them of being unresponsive to their plight and failing to prevent the disaster.

The chaos began about a half-hour before what was supposed to be a joyful celebration of the start of 2015. In the end, dozens were dead and 47 people were hospitalized, including 13 who were seriously injured, according to the Shanghai government.

Some of the victims had suffocated, said Xia Shujie, vice-president of Shanghai No. 1 People’s Hospital.

Seven of the injured had left hospitals by Thursday afternoon.

The stampede’s cause was still under investigation. It happened at Chen Yi Square in Shanghai’s old riverfront Bund area, famed for its art deco buildings from the 1920s and 1930s. Throngs of people often jam the area during major events.

Egypt grants retrial for imprisoned Al-Jazeera journalists CAIRO — An Egyptian appeals court on Thursday ordered the retrial of three Al-Jazeera English journalists — including a Canadian — held for over a year on terror-related charges, a ruling their lawyers hoped would help resolve a case that brought a storm of international criticism on Egypt’s government.

The three will remain behind bars at least until the new trial begins. But their lawyers expressed cautious optimism that a quick retrial will lead to their eventual exoneration.

Thursday’s ruling by the Court of Cassation, rights advocates said, exposed the highly politicized nature of their initial conviction and heavy sentences of up to 10 years in prison in a trial that they dismissed as a sham with no evidence.

The journalists, Canadian-Egyptian Mohammed Fahmy, Australian Peter Greste and Egyptian Baher Mohammed, have argued they were targeted because of the Egyptian government’s political fight with Qatar, the Gulf nation that finances the Al-Jazeera news network.

The two countries have been at odds over Qatar’s support of the Muslim Brotherhood, which Egyptian authorities have cracked down on ferociously since

the July 2013 military ouster of Islamist President Mohammed Morsi.

Gambia’s president accuses ‘terrorist groups’ of coup attempt DAKAR, Senegal — Soldiers loyal to Gambian President Yahya Jammeh went house-to-house in search of opponents Thursday after the longtime leader blamed “terrorist groups” for staging a coup attempt earlier this week.

Jammeh, who was out of the country at the time of Tuesday’s attack but has since returned to Banjul, the capital, alleged that the coup plotters had received backing from some foreign countries.

“I live for the Gambia and I will die fighting for the truth. No human being can do anything to me, my government or the Gambia,” Jammeh said. “It was not a coup. It was an attack by dissidents based in the US, Germany and United Kingdom.”

Clearing path for 2016 run, Jeb Bush steps down from board memberships WASHINGTON — Jeb Bush, the former Florida governor, has cleared a path toward a 2016 presidential campaign by resigning all of his board memberships.

Earlier in the month Bush announced plans to actively explore a White House bid. Bush, the son of George H.W. Bush and brother of George W. Bush, is seen as an early favourite of the Republican establishment as the next presidential primary season begins, though it’s unclear how much enthusiasm there would be for a third President Bush.

On Wednesday, the last day of the year, he stepped down from his remaining board memberships, both non-profit and business, an aide said.

Spokeswoman Kristy Campbell called Bush’s review of his business interests “a natural next step as he turns his focus to gauging whether there is support for a potential candidacy.”

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BY THE CANADIAN PRESS Capitals 3 Blackhawks 2 WASHINGTON — The NHL almost could not have scripted the 2015 Winter Classic any better.

From the time the Washington Capitals and Chicago Blackhawks took the ice at Nationals Park, through a flyover by F-16 fighter jets, an Alex Ovechkin goal and the drama of a late winner by Troy Brouwer, Thursday’s game was a showcase of top-of-the-line hockey.

“It’s a celebration of our game,” Capitals defenceman Matt Niskanen said.

It was a celebration of the good and the bad. The only thing that hurt the majesty of the afternoon was a series of late penalty calls that contributed to the Capitals’ 3-2 victory and left a sour taste in the mouths of Blackhawks players.

A questionable hooking penalty on Jonathan Toews in the game’s final minute paved the way for Brouwer’s goal with 12.9 seconds left.

“I don’t know how much that play deserved a call there, how much it had to do with maybe us getting a few more opportunities on the power play previously in the game,” Toews said. “It’s not a good feeling especially with the excitement, the hype and the energy that surrounded this whole thing leading up to this game.”

For more than 55 minutes, this was a game so well played it would’ve been a thriller no matter the setting. Sun played a role on at least one goal, but the ice was so good the teams were able to race up and down like a track meet.

Washington waited four years since the Capitals visited the Pittsburgh Penguins in the 2011 Winter Classic to host this event. Despite concerns about sun glare, it began on time because captains Ovechkin and Toews and Blackhawks goaltender Corey Crawford gave the thumbs up during pre-game warm-ups.

“For us, the primary issue, if there was to be an issue, was player safety,” commissioner Gary Bettman said. “Once we were comfortable that that wasn’t going to be an issue, everyone decided, I decided, it was time to go and play on

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Top; Fans cheer after the Washington Capitals defeated the Chicago Blackhawks 3-2 in the Winter Classic outdoor NHL hockey game at Nationals Park in Washington, Thursday.

Right; Washington Capitals right wing Eric Fehr scores a goal past Chicago Blackhawks goalie Corey Crawford in the first period of the Winter Classic. time.”

Unlike past Winter Classics, there wasn’t a sloppy feeling-out period. Eric Fehr scored on a breakaway early, his third outdoor goal in his second Winter Classic to become the NHL’s leader in that category.

The teams switched ends at the 10-minute mark of the first period to make it fair given the sun glare. Not long after that, Ovechkin scored on a rebound and Patrick Sharp answered for the Blackhawks on a power-play goal that Braden Holtby couldn’t see because of the sun.

Even if that goal, and perhaps Brandon Saad’s in the second period that came after an odd bounce off the end boards, would only have happened outdoors, that’s part of the deal in games like this.

When the elements weren’t a factor, the facts of hockey came into play. The Blackhawks got 1:31 of a five-onthree power play in the second period, but Duncan Keith’s stick broke at the blue-line and they got zero shots on net in their best chance to take control.

Flames edge Oilers in OT on New Year’s Eve

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS Flames 4 Oilers 3 (OT) CALGARY — When overtime started, Josh Jooris was sitting in the penalty box.

When it ended, he was being mobbed by his teammates.

Jooris scored at 1:08 of overtime to lead the Calgary Flames to a wild 4-3 win over the Edmonton Oilers at the Scotiabank Saddledome on Wednesday.

“I was fortunate to come out of the box at the right time and they (Jiri Hudler and Dennis Wideman) just made a great play and I was able to put it in,” said Jooris, who took a tripping penalty at 19:01 of the third period while Edmonton’s Jeff Petry was sent to the box at the same time for embellishment.

“I was just hoping that we keep it in their zone and have possession of the puck when I came out of the box because it’s either Petry has 15 feet on me or I have 15 feet on him.”

Jooris jumped out of the box and took a pass from Hudler before wiring a shot into the top corner, glove side behind Edmonton goalie Ben Scrivens.

“We needed that two points and the fact that it came against a big rival in Edmonton, it’s sweeter,” said Jooris, who returned to the Calgary lineup after missing the past three games with an upperbody injury. “I haven’t been a

part of this rivalry for too long, but you feel it out there. You want to beat them every time.”

Joe Colborne counted his second and third goals of the season - all against the Oilers for the Flames (21-15-3).

“I knew sooner or later they were going to start to go in and it’s nice to start getting some bounces,” said Colborne, who scored his first goal of the season during a 4-1 win over the Oilers at the Saddledome four days earlier. “It’s especially nice getting them against them, but I wouldn’t mind having this success against some other teams, too.”

Lance Bouma also scored, while Sean Monahan and Curtis Glencross chipped in with two assists each. Making his sixth consecutive start in net for the Flames, goalie Jonas Hiller made 17 saves to improve his record to 13-10-2.

Matt Fraser, Jordan Eberle and Andrew Ference scored for the Oilers (8-22-8), while goalie Scrivens stopped 24-of28 shots he faced in a losing cause.

“Right now I love our starts,” said Eberle, who ended a nine-game goalless drought. “I love the way we’re competing for 40 minutes. It seems like the last two games, we’ve almost let them come at us and weather the storm and that’s not how you win hockey games in this league. You keep going at teams.

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“The mentality today was just shoot the puck and things happen, but on a five-onthree, it’s not the same mentality, which probably didn’t help us,” Chicago coach Joel Quenneville said. “When you don’t score on five-on-threes, you generally don’t win and that ended up being the result.”

A late penalty on Niskanen, a borderline boarding call, gave Chicago another opportunity. There were two seconds left on that power play when Toews got his stick across the body of Capitals centre Nicklas Backstrom.

“I don’t really think at any point in the game the refs are looking to give an easy one to

a team,” Washington defenceman Karl Alzner said. “It’s bad timing for them, good timing for us.”

When Saad slashed Ovechkin on the ensuing penalty kill, the puck was free for Brouwer to turn around and fire it past Corey Crawford. It wasn’t picturesque, but the former Blackhawks winger will take it.

“I’m not sure where it even went in, but I heard the noise of the crowd, heard the noise of the guys on the ice,” Brouwer said. “It was one of those where you know the time, you know the score, and you’re just trying to get a puck on net, and thankfully it went in.”

For the Blackhawks, it was

hard to take.

“Regardless of what happens, you never want to lose in the last minute of a game or you never want to be scored on in the last minute of a period,” forward Ben Smith said. “It’s tough to swallow, for sure.”

Brouwer was playing with a heavy heart 11 days after Clint Reif, an assistant equipment manager for the Blackhawks and a friend, was found dead at his home. Brouwer’s father, who had a stroke two years ago, was also among the 42,832 in attendance and sent him a congratulatory text message after the goal.

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Fucale to get the start for Canada against Denmark

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — Zach Fucale will return to the Canadian net on Friday against Denmark after splitting the preliminary round games with teammate Eric Comrie at the world junior hockey championship.

Comrie made 25 saves in Canada’s 5-3 victory over the United States on Wednesday at Montreal’s Bell Centre.

Both goaltenders have won two games apiece for the unbeaten host side.

“It just shows how this staff has confidence in both of us and everyone on the team,” Fucale said after Thursday’s practice at Air Canada Centre.

“It’s not a problem. (Comrie) and I have been working hard and we just want to contribute.”

To an outsider, Canada appears to be simply rotating its two goaltenders. However, head coach Benoit Groulx said there’s a process to his staff’s decision on who plays.

“We sit down, the coaches, we talk with our hockey people,” he said. “When we sit down after each game and we discuss that matter, we all agreed on what we’ve got to do.

For us, we’re very comfortable with both goalies. No tough debate. We’re pretty much on the same page. It’s always a tough decision because both of them

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WORLD JUNIORS deserve to play.”

The Canada-Denmark winner will play either the Czech Republic or Slovakia in the semifinals. The Sweden-Finland quarter-final winner will play the winner of the RussiaUnited States game.

Comrie, a Winnipeg Jets’ 2013 second-round pick, has a 1.55 goals-against average and .933 save percentage in his two appearances. Fucale, who was drafted in the second round by the Montreal Canadiens, has a 0.50 GAA and .975 save percentage.

Forward Sam Reinhart is thankful he’s not the one making the goaltending decision.

“I’m not too surprised we’re still switching them,” he said.

“I don’t know how you put one over the other. They’ve both been great.”

Fucale has the edge when it comes to experience. The 19-year-old netminder was 2-2 with a 2.42 GAA and .902 save percentage at last year’s world juniors as Canada settled for a fourth-place finish. He also won a MasterCard Memorial Cup with the Halifax Mooseheads in 2013 and earned a gold medal at the 2012 Ivan Hlinka Memorial tournament.

“You learn a lot when you win, but you learn twice as much when you lose so things

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like last year is a little extra motivation for us,” said Fucale. “We want to make sure we prepare well for this first game of the elimination round.”

Both Comrie and Fucale are familiar with Denmark’s Nikolaj Ehlers, who has a goal and three assists in four games.

He played with Fucale on the Mooseheads and like Comrie, was drafted by the Jets.

“We all know he’s at his best when he skates and he’s got great hands and shot so it’s no secret,” said Fucale.

Columbus Blue Jackets prospect Oliver Bjorkstrand leads Denmark with four goals and an assist. Denmark picked up the fourth seed in Group B following a 0-1-2-1 round-robin record.

“They’re a big physical team, they play well in the corner, they sacrifice themselves and they have some skill,” said Groulx. “When you look at their specialty teams, they’re pretty good. Power play and penalty kill is pretty good and when you look at their ratio in terms of turnovers and takeaways they’re pretty good too.

“We expect a tough battle tomorrow.”

The semifinals will be played Sunday at Air Canada Centre.

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WHL THE ICE ‘TIS THE SEASON IN REBELS HISTORY Gerry Festa turned aside 29 shots to backstop the Red Deer Rebels Gerry Festa to a 4-1 win over the visiting Kootenay Ice on Dec. 27 of 2004. Festa didn’t look anything like a goaltender who was coming off a festive, foodladen Christmas break.

“Our family doesn’t do the turkey and ham, we usually have fish and salmon, things like that.

But the main thing was I didn’t want to come back with a Christmas hangover . . . I wanted to be sharp and get off to a good start,” said the overage netminder. Rebels forward Joel Henituik snapped a scoreless tie at 11:03 of the second period. From there, Andre Herman potted the eventual winner 55 seconds into the third period and Ty Morris notched two goals to add insurance. “The big thing for everyone, regardless who’s in the lineup, is to step up and contribute,” said Festa, who in the final frame made an outstanding blocker save on Dale Mahovsky, who walked in alone after intercepting a Chris Neiszner pass. “Maybe I didn’t get him (Neiszner) a Christmas present . . . I may have to go shopping,” joked Festa.

WHO’S HOT Spokane Chiefs rookie C Kailer Yamamoto is riding a five-game goal streak Kailer dating back Yamamoto to Dec. 16.

The Spokane native has scored eight goals and collected 13 points during that span and is fourth in team scoring with 32 points (15-17) in 32 games.

HE SAID IT “There are going to be changes. End of story. I don’t care.

I’ll play with 16- and 17-year-olds Bob Woods because they’re supposed to make those types of mistakes.

Eighteen, 19-, 20-year-olds aren’t supposed to make those types of mistakes. They’re not setting a good example right now. That just says that they’re not the right types of leaders.” — Saskatoon Blades GM/head coach Bob Woods, to Daniel NugentBowman of the Saskatoon StarPhoenix, after his club watched visiting Regina Pats forward Braden Christoffer score with 3.3 seconds left in regulation time for a 5-4 come-frombehind win Tuesday.

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Maxwell hopes to make more memories

BY JOSH ALDRICH ADVOCATE STAFF Brooks Maxwell has 34 regular season games plus playoffs left in his Red Deer Rebels career and he wants to make them as memorable as possible.

The Rebels are gearing up to host the Memorial Cup in 2016, but he sees no reason why they cannot make a run this year in Quebec City.

“We’ve got a great looking team this year and great looking guys and we’re in a pretty good spot right now. Hopefully we can make a push and win a Memorial Cup in my last year,” he said.

The six-foot, 180-pound forward was an eighth round draft pick of the Rebels in the 2009 WHL bantam draft. He made his debut with the club in 2011 and has been a mainstay since, wearing an ‘A’ on his sweater the last couple of seasons.

Barring injury, he will finish up with 257 regular season games under his belt, placing him 16th all-time in games played in a Rebels jersey, two games ahead of Toronto Maple Leafs captain Dion Phaneuf.

He left his Raymond home at 17, and developed from a quiet, soft-spoken teen into a leader.

“I think I’ve grown a lot, moving away from home at a young age, you’ve got to grow up and say goodbye to mom and move in with a new family,” said Maxwell.

“I think I’ve grown up lots and I learned a lot up here and learned how to be my own person and be a hockey player. It’s been a great experience.”

As part of the leadership core of the Rebels, it’s a role that extends beyond the Centrium.

“He’s been such a good soldier on the ice, he cares a lot about the franchise, and then off the ice he’s been a model citizen in everything we do,” said Rebels assistant coach Jeff Truitt.

“He’s respected in that dressing room and he’s earned that.

That’s just been his longevity and what he brings to the group everyday.”

Hockey is part of his blood, he has two cousins that played in the WHL — Russell and

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Brooks Maxwell has 34 regular season games plus playoffs left in his Red Deer Rebels career and he wants to make them as memorable as possible.

Mitch Maxwell — as well as an uncle — Bryan Maxwell.

The high-point in his time with the Rebels so far was his playoff run in 2012-13 when he registered eight points (four goals, four assists) in nine games, playing along side Turner Elson.

He plays a strong positional game and uses his speed to his advantage to help round out his all-round game.

Maxwell has been, however, a little inconsistent when it comes to point production, tallying 117 points (40-77-117) in 223 games. He is on pace for his best season in black and red with 24 points (10-14-24) through 38 games, his previous best was 2012-13 when he scored 39 points (10-29-39) in 54 games.

His stats have jumped up in the last month, as he has scored eight points (3-5-8) in his last 10 games — most recently centring a line of Presten Kopeck and Wyatt Johnson.

If the Rebels are to go on a

long post-season run his continued secondary scoring will be essential.

“We need all hands to contribute,” said Truitt. “As a 20-year-old, our older guys have got to lead the push, so we’re relying on Brooks to not only be one of those guys who works hard in the trenches and win battles but also contribute offensively.”

A long playoff run will also be critical to his own individual career.

He has gone undrafted in the NHL, but a good showing over the next few months could go a long way to pro tryouts or even a pro contract. If that fails, he will have four years of scholarship money banked for a Canadian university or college — possibly looking towards getting his teaching degree.

But he still is not thinking that far down the line, there is too much to look forward to now.

With the general manager/

head coach Brent Sutter investing in players like Riley Sheen, Colton Bobyk and Nelson Nogier through trades, it makes it clear to players like Maxwell much is expected out of this season.

“It gives you all the confidence that (Sutter) is trying to make it about this year, which all teams should have as their mind set,” said Maxwell.

“At the beginning of the year there was talk that this was a building year, we’ve got the Memorial Cup next year, and we’ll try to make a run next year. But this is my last year and I hope that’s not the mind set in that room, and I know for a fact it isn’t. Every single guy in there wants to go out and win every single game and we want to win a Memorial Cup this year, and I think we are making strides in the right direction.”

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Rumours suggest Draisaitl about to become a Rocket There are ‘worst-kept’ and over the second half of the sea‘best-kept’ secrets. son.

Chalk up the Leon DraisaitlAccording to Fisher, Oilers to-Kelowna-Rockets rumour un- general manager offered a “no der the former. comment” to Sportsnet’s Gene It has yet to be confirmed, Principe during the first pebut several sources have sug- riod of Tuesday’s 3-2 shootout gested that the Edmonton Oil- win over the Los Angeles Kings ers will officially return their when asked about the Draisaitl first pick — third overall — in situation. McTavish said that the 2014 NHL enany decision regardtry draft to the maing Draisaitl would be jor junior ranks as made in the best interearly as this weekests of the young playend. But Draisaitl, er’s development. the sources suggest, For the Kelownawill join the RockPrince Albert trade ets instead of reto work, the Raiders porting back to the would have to take Prince Albert Raidback an import, most ers, with whom he likely Swiss forward played each of the Kris Schmidli who is last two seasons. currently representLarry Fisher of ing his country at the GREG the Kelowna Dailyworld juniors. The MEACHEM Courier and Jim Rockets’ other existMatheson of the Eding import — Czech monton Journal are winger Tomas Soustal among those who — is in his first seahave both reported that a deal son with the team and therefore has possibly been — or will cannot be traded due to a WHL be — completed by the Rock- rule. ets and Raiders that would see Certainly, adding Draisaitl to Draisaitl head to Kelowna for the Rockets’ roster would make the remainder of the WHL sea- them overwhelming favourites son. to win their fourth WHL chamIt’s understandable that the pionship.

Oilers would want the German Current Team Canada decentre to hook up with a win- fenceman Josh Morrissey, a ning team looking at a long friend of Draisaitl and former playoff run and the Rockets are teammate of his in Prince Alodds-on favourites to represent bert, was acquired from the the WHL in the Memorial Cup Raiders in December and will tournament in May at Quebec join the Rockets following the City. The Raiders, meanwhile, world juniors, giving Kelowna a sit fifth in the East Division, blueline second to none in the occupy 10th spot in the East- league. The Rockets are already ern Conference and will have the second-highest scoring team to push hard for a playoff spot in the WHL and the addition

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of Draisaitl would make for an extra-potent attack. ● Calgary Hitmen overage forward Connor Rankin can score and score a lot . . . just not on a consistent basis.

Rankin, who fired three goals and collected three assists the last time the Hitmen were in Red Deer — a 9-5 Calgary win Dec. 2 — notched a pair of goals and added three helpers in Tuesday’s 9-2 thumping of the visiting Lethbridge Hurricanes.

He has garnered 39 points — including 17 goals — in 37 games this season, and yet he’s been nowhere to be found on the scoresheet in more than half of his outings.

“Last year, I didn’t have one multi-goal game and I still had 20 goals,” Rankin told Scott Fisher of the Calgary Sun following Tuesday’s win. “This year’s been different for sure.

But since mid-November I’ve been pretty consistent.

“A lot of guys contributed out there tonight. But if I could stay on a streak like this, I wouldn’t mind it.” ● The WHL trade deadline is Jan. 10, giving teams a bit more than a week to decide whether they’re in on chasing a playoff berth or resigned to the fact that it’s a lost season.

The Kamloops Blazers would appear as a seller, being that they are last in the 10-team Western Conference. And yet, on Tuesday Blazers general manager Craig Bonner told Steve Ewen of the Vancouver Province that qualifying for the post-season is his No. 1 goal.

“We’re going to try and make it,” Bonner said.

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Meanwhile, the Moose Jaw Warriors have won just 15 of their 38 games to date and will be in tough to make the playoffs, but GM Alan Millar hasn’t decided if he’ll be a seller at or before the swap deadline.

“I’m not a big proponent of the idea that everyone has to be a buyer or a seller,” Millar told Matthew Gourlie of the Moose Jaw Times Herald. “I think it’s a matter of what’s best for each team.

“Our position right now is that we’ll consider deals that will keep us competitive this year and at the same time we’ll consider things that would help us in the future. I wouldn’t categorize us as an outright one or the other.”

Millar, like Bonner, has a priority of earning a playoff berth, and told Gourlie that he would like to add a player or two in regards to that goal. He also insisted he won’t be conducting a fire sale.

“We’ll certainly consider the big picture in terms of where we need to be and how we need to get better. I certainly want to look at those avenues, while at the same time giving this team a chance to get into the playoffs,” said Millar. “There may be opportunities there to improve our team now. We’re going to explore those avenues and see where it goes. We’re not opening the floodgates and we’re not going to trade all of our top older players for draft picks. We’re cognizant of this team and the opportunity to be in the playoffs this year.” gmeachem@reddeeradvocate. com

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BY THE CANADIAN PRESS LAS VEGAS — The UFC is headed back to Montreal in April but welterweight Rory MacDonald will have to wait a little longer for his title shot.

UFC president Dana White confirmed Thursday that the Montrealbased MacDonald, who had been in the 170-pound title on-deck circle, will have to watch from the sidelines while newly crowned 170-pound champion (Ruthless) Robbie Lawler meets former title-holder Johny (Bigg Rigg) Hendricks for a third time.

“That’s what’s going to happen,” White told reporters. “Robbie and Rory just fought (at UFC 167 in November, 2013 when Lawler won a split decision). We just feel like the trilogy makes sense, to do the third fight between these two (Lawler and Hendricks).”

A source said the Montreal show is expected to be UFC 186 on April 25.

The March date that had been expected for Montreal appears to be going to Dallas, which is expected to host UFC 185.

Hendricks won a unanimous decision at UFC 171 last March to claim the title vacated by Montreal’s Georges StPierre. Lawler won a rematch at UFC 181 in December, taking the title from Hendricks by split decision.

Prior to UFC 181, White said MacDonald would fight the winner for the title with the bout taking place in Canada.

Now it appears the 25-year-old Mac-

Donald will have to face another opponent first. Should he win, White said he would “probably” get a crack at the champion.

April in Montreal would likely work for MacDonald, who last fought in October when he stopped veteran Tarec (Sponge) Saffiedine in the third round in Halifax.

Montreal has been waiting a while for its seventh UFC show.

When the UFC announced its 2014 Canadian schedule last January, UFC 181 was slated for Dec. 6 at the Bell Centre. But the Montreal date was later pushed back into 2015.

A Sept. 27 Toronto show, slated to be UFC 178, was shifted to Las Vegas.

The UFC has announced three to five shows in Canada in 2015 but has yet to flesh out the schedule.

Toronto, Montreal and Calgary were identified as target cities for Canada.

The UFC didn’t say which other Canadian cities might be considered although Hamilton, London, Moncton, Ottawa, St. John’s, Saskatoon and Windsor have all been touted as venues for possible future televised shows.

A UFC official said Thursday that the Montreal show is a go, likely in April.

The UFC plans 45 fight cards this year: 13 pay-per-view shows and 32 televised Fight Night cards.

St. Pierre, meanwhile, remains on hiatus. White said the fighter, who has been rehabbing a knee injury suffered training during a timeout from the sport, had reached out but only to text him a happy New Year.

Mariota and Ducks down Winston and Seminoles in Rose Bowl

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Ducks 59 Seminoles 20 PASADENA, Calif. — Marcus Mariota and Oregon turned an avalanche of Florida State mistakes into a mountain of points and the Ducks rolled past the defending national champions 5920 Thursday to turn the first College Football Playoff semifinal into a Rose Bowl rout.

Mariota and the second-seeded Ducks (13-1) scored six straight times they touched the ball in the second half, with five of the touchdowns covering at least 21 yards and the last four coming after Florida State turnovers.

In the matchup of Heisman Trophy winners, Jameis Winston matched Mariota’s numbers, but the defending national champions were no match for the Ducks.

The Pac-12 champions will play the winner of the Sugar Bowl semifinal between Alabama and Ohio State on Jan. 12 in Arlington, Texas.

Third-seeded Florida State’s winning streak ends at 29. In Winston’s first loss as a college starter, maybe his last game in college, he threw for 348 yards.

No Heisman jinx for Mariota. He was mostly brilliant again. The junior

Edmonton’s Keith Aulie gets two-game suspension for hit on Calgary’s Matt Stajan

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS NEW YORK — The Edmonton Oilers will be without defenceman Keith Aulie for the next two games.

The National Hockey League’s department of player safety announced Thursday that Aulie has been suspend-

passed for 338 yards and two touchdowns and sprinted in for a 23 yardtouchdown with 13:56 left in the fourth quarter that made it 52-20 and made the Ducks the first team to reach 50 points in Rose Bowl history. This was No. 101.

“59-20, I did not expect that,” Oregon defensive end Arik Armstead said.

The Ducks fans spent much of the final quarter mockingly doing the Seminoles’ warchant and tomahawk chop.

Next stop: The Lone Star state to try to win the program’s first national title.

The first playoff game at college football’s highest level, the type of post-season game fans have longed for forever, looked like it would be a classic for about two and half quarters.

Under a cloudless sky, on chilly day in Pasadena, the Rose Bowl featured the third matchup of Heisman Trophy winners and a couple of quarterbacks who could be vying to be the first overall pick in April’s NFL draft.

Mariota and Winston were both OK in the first half, missing some throws and making some spectacular ones. It was Mariota who threw the only interception, just his third of the season.

The late pick didn’t hurt the Ducks much because Florida State’s Roberto Aguayo missed a 54-yard field goal on the final play of the half. ed for two games, without pay, for an illegal check to the head of Calgary Flames forward Matt Stajan.

The incident occurred at 19:05 of the first period of Wednesday’s 4-3 overtime loss to the Flames. Aulie was assessed a match penalty on the play.

Under the terms of the collective bargaining agreement and based on his average annual salary, Aulie will forfeit US$8,602.16.

Aulie will miss Friday’s game against Colorado and Sunday’s game against the New York Islanders before being eligible to return to Edmonton’s lineup Jan. 6 against Detroit.

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RED DEER ADVOCATE Friday, Jan. 2, 2015 B3 all special in their own way,” Bettman said. “I don’t know what people’s expectations were for our event here today, but the Winter Classic here in Washington couldn’t have been better from a fan experience and an entertainment standpoint.”

Barry Trotz was coaching his first The Vancouver product won the Stanley Cup with the Blackhawks in outdoor game and sure seemed to en2010 and scored a late winner during joy the whole experience. That extendthe Capitals’ memorable playoff series ed to his post-game news conference.

“I’ve got the first question,” Trotz against the Boston Bruins in 2012. This said. “Did anybody have any fun? was still special.

“I’ve had some good moments in my Yeah, I’m having a lot of fun right hockey career, but this one, with all the now.” intangibles, that played a part in it,” Brouwer said. “My parents being able to come into town, playing against my former team, this being the first goal that I scored against my former team “You continue to play the way that and the dramatic fashion at the end got you the lead,” added Eberle. of the game of how everything played Calgary built up a 5-1 advantage in out, it’s going to be a memorable day, a shots in the first period, but couldn’t memorable event.”

There were plenty of memorable get any pucks past Scrivens, who made images, including before the game 39 saves one night earlier to backstop when players entered around a replica the Oilers to a 3-2 shootout win over of the U.S. Capitol Building and a gi- the L.A. Kings in Edmonton.

Edmonton opened the scoring at ant American flag was unfurled on the 16:06 of the first with a power-play goal ice. After the puck was dropped at 1:30 with a perfect temperature of just over by Fraser, who was claimed off waivsix degrees, there was Ovechkin jump- ers from the Boston Bruins on Tuesing into the glass to celebrate his 18th day. Hiller stopped the initial shot by David Perron before Fraser adeptly goal of the season.

But by the end, Capitals fans added picked up the puck behind the net and another by tossing their seat cushions banked it off the Calgary goalie and in.

“I think this team is pretty fragile in the air to celebrate Brouwer’s goal.

It’s a local tradition that dates back to right now,” said Fraser after the loss. a Washington Redskins NFL playoff “I heard it a long time ago that losgame in 1991 down the street at old ing can be contagious and part of that, being a new guy in here coming from RFK Stadium.

The Capitals became just the sec- an organization like Boston, is you’ve ond home team to win a Winter Clas- got to bring that element of your game sic, joining the Bruins, who needed when you’re not content with losing.

“For myself, I’ve got to bring someovertime to beat the Philadelphia Flything every night so they can see that ers in the 2010 event at Fenway Park.

“You definitely want to win a home I want to be a guy that is a difference game like this,” said Fehr, a native of maker.”

The Flames had a great chance to Winkler, Man., who has become someeven the score after Edmonton dething of a Winter Classic hero after scoring twice in the 2011 game. “You fenceman Keith Aulie was assessed a five-minute major penalty and a game don’t want to let your fans down.”

Even if Blackhawks fans walked to misconduct for a hit to the head on the exits with their shoulders slumped Matt Stajan with 54.2 seconds left in a bit from a stinging loss, Smith said it the first period.

Scrivens stopped a slap shot fired was an honour just to be a part of the his way by Mark Giordano and then Winter Classic. Bettman was, as usual, satisfied with how the event turned the rebound attempt by Glencross as out, and he had reason to given the time expired in the first. Early in the second on the same power play, Collevel of play.

“I know they get compared one borne tipped Wideman’s point shot outdoor game to another: they’re all past Scrivens, but the Edmonton goalie unique, they’re all different, they’re recovered in time to smother the puck.

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WESTERN CONFERENCE B.C. DIVISION GP W L OTL SOL GF Kelowna 38 29 6 3 0 164 Victoria 39 18 18 2 1 128 Prince George 38 19 19 0 0 116 Vancouver 37 17 19 1 0 113 Kamloops 40 13 22 3 2 119

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Wednesday’s results Edmonton 4 Swift Current 1 Regina 2 Moose Jaw 1 (OT) Spokane 10 Tri-City 2 Seattle 2 Portland 1 Thursday’s results Brandon 5 Saskatoon 2 Friday’s games Everett at Prince Albert, 6 p.m.

Moose Jaw at Regina, 6 p.m.

Lethbridge at Edmonton, 7 p.m.

Kootenay at Red Deer, 7 p.m.

Kelowna at Kamloops, 8 p.m.

Spokane at Victoria, 8:05 p.m.

Prince George at Vancouver, 8:30 p.m.

Tri-City at Seattle, 8:35 p.m.

Saturday’s games Prince Albert at Moose Jaw, 6 p.m.

Everett at Saskatoon, 6:05 p.m.

Calgary at Brandon, 6:30 p.m.

Kootenay at Edmonton, 7 p.m.

Red Deer at Lethbridge, 7 p.m.

Swift Current at Medicine Hat, 7:30 p.m.

Vancouver at Kamloops, 8 p.m.

Tri-City at Portland, 8 p.m.

Spokane at Victoria, 8:05 p.m.

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

Colorado 4, Philadelphia 3, OT Calgary 4, Edmonton 3, OT Wednesday’s results Sweden 5 Switzerland 1 Czech Republic 4 Russia 1 Canada 5 U.S. 3 Finland 2 Germany 0

Thursday’s Games Washington 3, Chicago 2 Los Angeles at Vancouver, late Friday’s Games Florida at Buffalo, 5 p.m.

Montreal at New Jersey, 5 p.m.

Tampa Bay at Pittsburgh, 5 p.m.

Philadelphia at Carolina, 5 p.m.

Toronto at Minnesota, 6 p.m.

Edmonton at Colorado, 7 p.m.

N.Y. Islanders at Calgary, 7 p.m.

St. Louis at Anaheim, 8 p.m.

Tuesday’s results Denmark 4 Switzerland 3 (SO) Slovakia 5 Germany 2 End of Preliminary Round PLAYOFFS Friday’s games Relegation Game One Switzerland vs. Germany, 9 a.m.

Saturday’s Games Ottawa at Boston, 11 a.m.

Nashville at Los Angeles, 2 p.m.

Philadelphia at New Jersey, 5 p.m.

Buffalo at N.Y. Rangers, 5 p.m.

Montreal at Pittsburgh, 5 p.m.

Toronto at Winnipeg, 5 p.m.

Minnesota at Dallas, 6 p.m.

Columbus at Arizona, 6 p.m.

Detroit at Vancouver, 8 p.m.

St. Louis at San Jose, 8:30 p.m.

Quarter-finals U.S. vs. Russia, 11 a.m.

Czech Republic vs. Slovakia, 3 p.m.

Sweden vs. Finland, 1 p.m.

Canada vs. Denmark, 6 p.m.

Saturday, January 3 Relegation Game Two Switzerland vs. Germany, 5 p.m.

Sunday, January 4 Semifinals Quarter-final winners, 2 and 6 p.m.

Wednesday’s summary

Monday, January 5 Relegation Game Three Switzerland vs. Germany, 9 a.m. (if necessary) Bronze Medal Game Semifinal losers, 2 p.m.

Gold Medal Game Semifinal winners, 6 p.m.

National Hockey League EASTERN CONFERENCE GP W L OT Pts Tampa Bay 39 24 11 4 52 Pittsburgh 37 23 9 5 51 N.Y. Islanders 37 25 11 1 51 Montreal 37 24 11 2 50 Detroit 38 20 9 9 49 Washington 37 19 11 7 45 Toronto 38 21 14 3 45 N.Y. Rangers 35 20 11 4 44 Boston 38 19 15 4 42 Florida 35 16 10 9 41 Ottawa 36 15 14 7 37 Columbus 35 16 16 3 35 Philadelphia 37 14 16 7 35 New Jersey 39 13 19 7 33 Buffalo 38 14 21 3 31 Carolina 37 10 23 4 24

GF 127 111 117 100 108 108 128 107 101 82 97 89 103 83 76 73

GA 100 87 103 86 95 96 114 89 103 93 99 110 113 111 128 100

Thursday’s summary

World Junior Hockey Championship PRELIMINARY ROUND Group A GP W OTWOTL L GF GA Pt x-Canada 4 4 0 0 0 21 4 12 x-U.S. 4 2 1 0 1 14 6 8 x-Slovakia 4 2 0 0 2 7 14 6 x-Finland 4 1 0 1 2 5 8 4 Germany 4 0 0 0 4 2 17 0

WESTERN CONFERENCE GP W L OT Pts GF GA Anaheim 39 24 9 6 54 107 104 Chicago 38 25 11 2 52 119 81 Nashville 36 24 9 3 51 106 78 Vancouver 35 21 11 3 45 103 94 St. Louis 37 22 12 3 47 108 93 San Jose 38 20 13 5 45 104 96 Winnipeg 38 19 12 7 45 96 92 Calgary 39 21 15 3 45 114 103 Los Angeles 38 18 12 8 44 103 94 Dallas 36 17 14 5 39 108 118 Minnesota 35 17 14 4 38 100 98 Colorado 37 14 15 8 36 96 112 Arizona 37 14 19 4 32 86 121 Edmonton 38 8 22 8 24 82 131 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss.

Group B GP W OTWOTL L GF GA Pt x-Sweden 4 4 0 0 0 18 6 12 x-Czech Rep. 4 1 1 0 2 12 14 5 x-Russia 4 1 1 0 2 13 9 5 x-Denmark 4 0 1 2 1 10 15 4 Switzerland 4 1 0 1 2 9 18 4 x - clinched quarter-final berth.

Note: Three points for a regulation win, two for an overtime/shootout win, one for an overtime/shootout

Wednesday’s Games Toronto 4, Boston 3, SO N.Y. Islanders 5, Winnipeg 2 Tampa Bay 5, Buffalo 1 N.Y. Rangers 5, Florida 2 Pittsburgh 2, Carolina 1 Columbus 3, Minnesota 1 Detroit 3, New Jersey 1 San Jose 3, Anaheim 0 Dallas 6, Arizona 0

Sunday’s games Calgary at Regina, 5 p.m.

Seattle at Portland, 6 p.m.

Flames 4, Oilers 3 (OT) First Period 1. Edmonton, Fraser 4 (Perron, Yakupov) 16:06 (pp).

Penalties - Fayne Edm (interference) 2:51, Aulie Edm (hooking) 8:38, Stajan Cgy (tripping) 14:19, Aulie Edm (game misconduct) 19:05, Aulie Edm (Interference - Major) 19:05.

Second Period 2. Edmonton, Eberle 7 (Draisaitl, Hall) 10:28.

3. Calgary, Colborne 2 (Monahan, Glencross) 18:01 (pp).

Penalties - Colborne Cgy (hooking) 6:58, Glencross Cgy (elbowing) 10:50, Pitlick Edm (elbowing) 16:58.

Third Period 4. Calgary, Bouma 6 (Byron, Diaz) 4:28.

5. Edmonton, Ference 2 (Draisaitl, Perron) 9:29.

6. Calgary, Colborne 3 (Monahan, Glencross) 11:55.

Penalties - Hall Edm (slashing) 13:18, Petry Edm (Embellishment) 19:01, Jooris Cgy (tripping) 19:01.

Overtime 7. Calgary, Jooris 9 (Hudler, Wideman) 1:08.

Penalties - None.

Shots on goal Edmonton 6 8 6 0 - 20 Calgary 7 11 8 2 - 28 Goal - Edmonton: Scrivens (LO, 6-13-6); Calgary: Hiller (W, 13-10-2).

Power plays (goal-chances) - Edmonton: 1-3; Calgary: 1-5.

Rebels vs. Kootenay Ice Tonight, 7 p.m., Enmax Centrium Kootenay is coming off Tuesday’s 5-4 shootout loss to the host Medicine Hat Tigers. The Ice are 7-2-0-1 in their last 10 games and with a 20-17-0-1 record sit fourth in the Central Division — four points back of the second-place Rebels — and seventh in the Eastern Conference . . .

RW Jaedon Descheneau, selected by St. Louis in the fifth round of the 2014 NHL entry draft, leads all Kootenay scorers with 48 points (20g,28a), good for sixth place among the league’s top point producers. Next in line among the Ice forwards are C Luke Philp (17-25-42), LW Tim Bozon (13-18-31), LW Levi Cable (16-12-28) and C Sam Reinhart, who has racked up 27 points (8-19) in 15 games since

Capitals 3, Blackhawks 2 First Period 1. Washington, Fehr 11 (unassisted) 7:01.

2. Washington, Ovechkin 18 (Green, Hillen) 11:58.

3. Chicago, Sharp 7 (Keith, Kane) 13:36 (pp).

Penalties - Carcillo Chi (roughing) 5:41, Wilson Wash (roughing) 5:41, Backstrom Wash (holding) 13:29, Bickell Chi (high-sticking) 17:41, Brouwer Wash (boarding) 18:33.

Second Period 4. Chicago, Saad 9 (Toews, Hossa) 3:15.

Penalties - Chimera Wash (holding) 3:57, Wilson Wash (goaltender interference) 9:18, Carlson Wash (high-sticking) 9:47.

Third Period 5. Washington, Brouwer 11 (Ovechkin, Green) 19:47 (pp).

Penalties - Shaw Chi (tripping) 8:21, Niskanen Wash (boarding) 16:49, Toews Chi (hooking) 18:47, Saad Chi (slashing) 19:47.

Shots on goal Chicago 13 13 9 - 35 Washington 15 7 13 - 35 Goal - Chicago: Crawford (L, 14-7-2); Washington: Holtby (W, 17-8-6).

Power plays (goal-chances) - Chicago: 1-6; Washington: 1-4.

being returned to Kootenay from the Buffalo Sabres. Reinhart is currently with the Canadian team at the World Junior Championship being staged in Toronto and Montreal . . .

Wyatt Hoflin is 18th among WHL goaltenders with a 3.30 goals-against average.

Hoflin, who has recorded all 20 Ice wins, has posted two shutouts and has a .900 save percentage.

Injuries: Kootenay — D Tanner Faith (upper body, indefinite), D Dylan Overdyk (upper body, day-today). Red Deer — C Adam Musil (lower body, day-to-day).

Special teams: Kootenay — Power play 21.3 per cent, eighth overall; penalty kill 79.2 per cent, 12th. Red Deer — Power play 19 per cent, 17th overall; penalty kill 85.5 per cent, second.

Scouting report

BASEBALL National League LOS ANGELES DODGERS - Agreed to terms with LHP Brett Anderson on a one-year contract. Designated SS Erisbel Arruebarrena for assignment.

PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES - Traded OF Marlon Byrd and cash to Cincinnati for RHP Ben Lively.

Frontier League FLORENCE FREEDOM - Exercised 2015 contract options on 2B Zak Blair and Michael Wilson, 1B Sam Eberle and Rob Kelly, SS Rolando Gomez, C Doug Joyce, LHPs Dave Middendorf and Michael O’Neal, OFs Cole Miles and Ryan Solberg, 3B Chance Ross and Buddy Soloman and RHPs Daniel DeSimone, Casey Henn, Pete Levitt and Chuck Weaver.

WINDY CITY THUNDERBOLTS - Exercised the 2015 contract option on 3B Jacob Tanis.

BASKETBALL National Basketball Association PHOENIX SUNS - Recalled Gs Tyler Ennis and Archie Goodwin and F T.J. Warren from Bakersfield (NBADL).

UTAH JAZZ - Assigned G Toure’ Murry to Idaho (NBADL).

FOOTBALL National Football League ARIZONA CARDINALS - Signed CB Rashad Carmichael and G Antoine McClain to futures contracts.

ATLANTA FALCONS - Signed OT Reid Fragel to a futures contract.

BUFFALO BILLS - Announced coach Doug Marrone has opted out of his contract.

CINCINNATI BENGALS - Placed WR Dane Sanzenbacher on injured reserve. Signed WR Cobi Hamilton from the practice squad.

DENVER BRONCOS - Signed LB Chase Vaughn to a futures contract.

DETROIT LIONS - Signed WR Ifeanyi Momah to a futures contract.

GREEN BAY PACKERS - Signed OT Derek Sherrod to a futures contract KANSAS CITY CHIEFS - Signed DB Deji Olatoye, OT Curtis Feigt, LB JoJo Dickson, DTs Hebron Fangupo and Jerel Worthy, TEs Brandon Barden and Adam Schiltz, Gs Jarrod Pughsley and Ricky Henry and WRs Armon Binns, Kyle Williams, Fred Williams and Corbin Louks to futures contracts.

MIAMI DOLPHINS - Signed TE Jake Stoneburner, CB Lowell Rose, LB Jake Knott, DE Emmanuel Dieke, QB McLeod Bethel-Thompson and G Mark Asper to futures contracts.

● WHL: Kootenay at Red Deer, 7 p.m., Centrium. ● Midget AA hockey: Red Deer Elks at Olds, 7:30 p.m. ● Soccer: Red Deer Rangers Sheraton/ Realty Experts Group tournament at Westerner Agricentre and Collicutt Centre.

Saturday ● Midget AA hockey: Bow Valley at Red Deer Indy Graphics, 11:30 a.m., Arena; Calgary Bruins at Red Deer Elks, 2 p.m., Arena. ● Soccer: Red Deer Rangers Sheraton/ Realty Experts Group tournament at Westerner Agricentre and Collicutt Centre. ● Peewee AA hockey: Bow Valley at Lacombe, 1:45 p.m.; Airdrie Red at Olds, 2:45 p.m. ● Junior women’s hockey: Medicine Hat at Central Alberta, 4:15 p.m., Penhold Regional Multiplex. ● Bantam AA hockey: Wheatland at Sylvan Lake, 5:45 p.m.

NEW YORK GIANTS - Named Mike Sullivan quarterbacks coach.

NEW YORK JETS - Signed RB Daryl Richardson, PK Andrew Furney and DTs Kona Schwenke and Tevita Finau to futures contracts.

PHILADELPHIA EAGLES - Signed PK Carey Spear, S Ed Reynolds, DB Curtis Marsh, QB G.J. Kinne, NT Wade Keliikipi, OT Kevin Graf, RB Kenjon Barner, G Josh Andrews and WRs Quron Pratt and Will Murphy to futures contracts.

PITTSBURGH STEELERS - Released DB Jordan Sullen from the practice squad. Signed WR Tim Benford to the practice squad.

ST. LOUIS RAMS - Signed DT Doug Worthington, LB Marshall McFadden, LS Jorgen Hus, S Christian Bryant, G Travis Bond, OT Steven Baker and WRs Devon Wylie and Emory Blake to futures contracts.

SAN DIEGO CHARGERS - Signed G Craig Watts to a futures contract.

SEATTLE SEAHAWKS - Signed RB Spencer Ware to a futures contract.

TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS - Signed P Jacob Schum to a futures contract.

TENNESSEE TITANS - Signed PK Travis Coons to a futures contract.

WASHINGTON REDSKINS - Announced defensive co-ordinator Jim Haslett will not return next season.

HOCKEY National Hockey League NHL - Fined Vancouver F Jannik Hansen $5,000 for an illegal check during Tuesday’s game. Announced the Board of Governors approved the purchase of a majority stake in the Arizona Coyotes to Andrew Barroway.

CAROLINA HURRICANES - Recalled D Austin Levi from Stockton (ECHL) to Charlotte (AHL).

COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS - Signed LW Nick Foligno to a six-year contract extension through the 2020-21 season.

DALLAS STARS - Recalled F Brett Ritchie from Texas (AHL).

MINNESOTA WILD - Reassigned G John Curry to Iowa (AHL). Activated G Niklas Backstrom from injured reserve.

TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING - Recalled D Nikita Nesterov from Syracuse (AHL).

American Hockey League ALBANY DEVILS - Recalled F Myles Bell from Evansville (ECHL).

CHICAGO WOLVES - Returned D Joe Sova to Kalamazoo (ECHL).

LAKE ERIE MONSTERS - Recalled D Joey Leach from Fort Wayne (ECHL).

LEHIGH VALLEY PHANTOMS - Assigned G Martin Ouellette to Reading (ECHL).

SAN ANTONIO RAMPAGE - Assigned F/D Tony Turgeon to Cincinnati (ECHL).

ECHL ELMIRA JACKALS - Added G Nick Niedert as emergency backup.

GWINNETT GLADIATORS - Named Mike Flanagan assistant coach. Released G Andrew Loewen.

IDAHO STEELHEADS - Released G Will Gagnon as emergency backup.

QUAD CITY MALLARDS - Added G Chris Crook as emergency backup.

SOCCER National Women’s Soccer League WASHINGTON SPIRIT - Named Nadine Traughber director of operations and Christopher Colvin director of media relations.

Thursday’s Sports Transactions BASEBALL Frontier League FLORENCE FREEDOM - Signed 1B Rob Kelly and RHP Chuck Weaver to contract extensions. Signed RHP Ethan Gibbons.

SOUTHERN ILLINOIS MINERS - Exercised the 2015 contract options on OF Aaron Gates, RHP Anthony Montefusco, LHP Hunter Ackerman, RHP James Bierlein, OF Jay Austin, INF Marquis Riley, LHP Matt Bywater, OF Matt Howard, RHP Miguel Ramirez, LHP James Woods, and OF Tyler Booth.

BASKETBALL National Basketball Association TORONTO RAPTORS - Recalled F Bruno Caboclo from Fort Wayne (NBADL).

FOOTBALL National Football League ARIZONA CARDINALS - Signed OT Cameron Bradfield to a futures contact.

HOCKEY National Hockey League NHL - Suspended Edmonton D Keith Aulie for two games without pay for an illegal check to the head of Calgary F Matt Stajan.

MINNESOTA WILD - Assigned F Tyler Graovac to Iowa (AHL).

American Hockey League HARTFORD WOLF PACK - Signed G Yann Danis to a professional tryout agreement.

ECHL READING ROYALS - Announced F Brandon Alderson and D Maxim Lamarche were reassigned to Lehigh Valley (AHL).

ENGLISH SOCCER

Gerrard set to announce Liverpool exit at season’s end LIVERPOOL, England — Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard is set to announce he will leave the club at the end of the season when his contract expires.

British newspaper reports said the announcement from the 34-year-old midfielder, who has spent his entire career at Liverpool,

would come on Friday. With his contract expiring at the end of the season, Gerrard has been free to talk to foreign clubs since New Year’s Day. Gerrard, who retired from England duty after the 2014 World Cup, said in October that he would not retire in 2015 and was open to playing away from Liverpool. Gerrard scored two penalties in Thursday’s 2-2 draw with Leicester, taking his goal tally to 180 in 695 appearances, but lost his guaranteed place in Brendan Rodgers’ team this season.

● 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.

Sunday

● Major midget girls hockey: Edmonton at Red Deer, noon, Collicutt Centre. ● Soccer: Red Deer Rangers Sheraton/ Realty Experts Group tournament at Westerner Agricentre and 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 Wild-card Playoffs Saturday, Jan. 3 Arizona at Carolina, 2:35 p.m.

Baltimore at Pittsburgh, 6:15 p.m.

Sunday, Jan. 4 Cincinnati at Indianapolis, 11:05 a.m Detroit at Dallas, 2:40 p.m.

Independence Bowl At Shreveport, La. South Carolina 24, Miami 21 Pinstripe Bowl At Bronx, N.Y. Penn State 31, Boston College 30, OT Holiday Bowl At San Diego Southern Cal 45, Nebraska 42

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.

Monday, Dec. 29 Liberty Bowl At Memphis, Tenn.

Texas A&M 45, West Virginia 37 Russell Athletic Bowl At Orlando, Fla. Clemson 40, Oklahoma 6 Texas Bowl At Houston Arkansas 31, Texas 7

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

AFC, 4:40 p.m.

Tuesday, Dec. 30 Music City Bowl At Nashville, Tenn.

Notre Dame 31, LSU 28 Belk Bowl At Charlotte, N.C. Georgia 37, Louisville 14 Fosters Farm Bowl At Santa Clara, Calif.

Stanford 45, Maryland 21

NFL Playoffs

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 Odds (Odds supplied by Western Canada Lottery; favourites in capital letters) Playoffs Spread O/U Saturday Arizona at CAROLINA 6.5 37.5 Baltimore at PITTSBURGH 2.5 46.5 Sunday Cincinnati at INDIANAPOLIS 3.5 49.5 Detroit at DALLAS 7.5 48.5 NCAA Football Bowl games Saturday, Dec. 20 New Orleans Bowl Louisiana-Lafayette 16, Nevada 3 New Mexico Bowl At Albuquerque Utah State 21, UTEP 6 Las Vegas Bowl Utah 45, Colorado State 10

Wednesday, Dec. 31 Peach Bowl At Atlanta TCU 42, Mississippi 3 Fiesta Bowl At Glendale, Ariz.

Boise State 38, Arizona 30 Orange Bowl At Miami Gardens, Fla. Georgia Tech 49, Mississippi State 34 Thursday, Jan. 1 Outback Bowl At Tampa, Fla. Wisconsin 34, Auburn 31, OT Cotton Bowl Classic At Arlington, Texas Michigan State 42, Baylor 41 Citrus Bowl At Orlando, Fla. Missouri 33, Minnesota 17 Rose Bowl At Pasadena, Calif.

Playoff semifinal: Oregon 59 Florida State 20 Sugar Bowl At New Orleans Playoff semifinal: Alabama vs. Ohio State, late

Monday, Dec. 22 Miami Beach Bowl Memphis 55, BYU 48, 2OT

Friday, Jan. 2 Armed Forces Bowl At Fort Worth, Texas Pittsburgh (6-6) vs. Houston (7-5), 10 a.m.

TaxSlayer Bowl At Jacksonville, Fla. Iowa (7-5) vs. Tennessee (6-6), 1:20 p.m.

Alamo Bowl At San Antonio UCLA (9-3) vs. Kansas State (9-3), 4:45 p.m.

Cactus Bowl At Tempe, Ariz.

Oklahoma State (6-6) vs. Washington (8-5), 8:15 p.m.

Tuesday, Dec. 23 Boca Raton (Fla.) Bowl Marshall 52, Northern Illinois 23 Poinsettia Bowl At San Diego Navy 17, San Diego State 16 Wednesday, Dec. 24 Bahamas Bowl At Nassau Western Kentucky 49, Central Michigan 48 Hawaii Bowl At Honolulu Rice 30, Fresno State 6

Sunday, Jan. 4 GoDaddy Bowl At Mobile, Ala. Toledo (8-4) vs. Arkansas State (7-5), 7 p.m.

Friday, Dec. 26 Heart of Dallas Bowl Louisiana Tech 35, Illinois 18 Quick Lane Bowl At Detroit Rutgers 40, North Carolina 21

Saturday, Jan. 10 Medal of Honor Bowl At Charleston, S.C. American vs. National, 12:30 p.m.

Saturday, Dec. 27 Military Bowl At Annapolis, Md. Virginia Tech 33, Cincinnati 17 Sun Bowl At El Paso, Texas Arizona State 36, Duke 31

Transactions Wednesday’s Sports Transactions

Today

Monday, Jan. 12 College Football Championship At Arlington, Texas Sugar Bowl winner vs. Oregon, 6:30 p.m.

Basketball National Basketball Association EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct GB Toronto 24 8 .750 Brooklyn 15 16 .484 8 1/2 Boston 11 18 .379 11 1/2 New York 5 29 .147 20 Philadelphia 4 26 .133 19

Atlanta Washington Miami Orlando Charlotte

Southeast Division W L Pct 23 8 .742 22 9 .710 14 19 .424 13 22 .371 10 23 .303

GB 1 10 12 14

Central Division W L Pct 23 10 .697 18 14 .563 17 16 .515 12 21 .364 8 23 .258

GB 4 1/2 6 11 14

WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division W L Pct Memphis 23 8 .742 Houston 22 9 .710 Dallas 23 10 .697 San Antonio 20 14 .588 New Orleans 16 16 .500

GB 1 1 4 1/2 7 1/2

Northwest Division W L Pct Portland 26 7 .788 Oklahoma City 16 17 .485 Denver 13 20 .394 Utah 11 21 .344 Minnesota 5 26 .161

GB 10 13 14 1/2 20

Chicago Cleveland Milwaukee Indiana Detroit

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

Pacific Division W L Pct 25 5 .833 22 11 .667 18 16 .529 14 19 .424 10 22 .313

GB 4 1/2 9 12 1/2 16

Wednesday’s Games Boston 106, Sacramento 84 Indiana 106, Miami 95 L.A. Clippers 99, New York 78 Houston 102, Charlotte 83 San Antonio 95, New Orleans 93, OT Milwaukee 96, Cleveland 80 Oklahoma City 137, Phoenix 134, OT Thursday’s Games Chicago 106, Denver 101 Sacramento 110, Minnesota 107 Friday’s Games Brooklyn at Orlando, 5 p.m.

Cleveland at Charlotte, 5 p.m.

Dallas at Boston, 5:30 p.m.

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

Houston at New Orleans, 6 p.m.

Washington at Oklahoma City, 6 p.m.

Indiana at Milwaukee, 6:30 p.m.

Philadelphia at Phoenix, 7 p.m.

Atlanta at Utah, 7 p.m.

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

Memphis at L.A. Lakers, 8:30 p.m.

Saturday’s Games Charlotte at Orlando, 5 p.m.

Boston at Chicago, 6 p.m.

Miami at Houston, 6 p.m.

Utah at Minnesota, 6 p.m.

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

Memphis at Denver, 7 p.m.

Atlanta at Portland, 8 p.m.

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

SOCCER

Soccer association welcoming teams for tournament this weekend The Red Deer City Soccer Association is hosting their 14th annual Red Deer Rangers Sheraton/Realty Experts Group Soccer Tournament at the Westerner Agricentre and Collicutt Centre.

The tournament runs from today at 8 p.m. with final exhibition games on Sunday starting at 4 p.m., featuring 32 teams including the University of Alberta Pandas, as well as the Red Deer Renegades and Rovers major league teams.

The finals at both locations will go on Sunday between 2 and 3:30 p.m.

RED DEER ADVOCATE Friday, Jan. 2, 2015 B5

McDavid, Bouchard must follows for 2015 LIST OF TOP ATHLETES TO FOLLOW ON SOCIAL MEDIA eral more medals. Duhamel is skilled with a camera, sharing pictures with her fans, especially on Throwback Thursdays.

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS Social media has become as much a part of sports fandom as chicken wings, jerseys and watching the big game with friends. Here’s a look at 10 must-follow sports personalities of 2015.

Josh Donaldson (@BringerOfRain20) baseball player

The Toronto Blue Jays acquired all-star third baseman Josh Donaldson in a November trade with the Oakland Athletics for Canadian infielder Brett Lawrie and a handful of prospects. Donaldson’s love of all sports is apparent on Twitter as he tweets pictures of football cards he’s added to his collection and videos of highlight-reel plays. This spring he’ll undoubtedly be a key piece of the Blue Jays’ run at the American League East title.

Connor McDavid (@cmcdavid97) hockey player

A forward with the Ontario Hockey League’s Erie Otters, Connor McDavid will be the cornerstone of Canada’s offence at the world junior hockey championship in Toronto and Montreal this winter. What’s more, the 17-year-old from Newmarket, Ont., is favoured to go first overall in the NHL draft this June.

Hockey fans should pay close attention to this can’tmiss prospect year-round.

Curt Harnett (@curtharnett) Canada’s chef de mission

Eugenie Bouchard (@geniebouchard) tennis player

Eugenie Bouchard captured the country’s attention with her breakout season in 2014, making the Wimbledon final and surging into the WTA’s top 10 player rankings. The Westmount, Que., native looks to pick up where she left off at the Australian Open in late January.

Rachel Homan (@RHoman89) curler

The defending champion skip at the Tournament of Hearts, Ottawa’s Rachel Homan is the only entry to have qualified for 2015’s national women’s curling championship so far. Homan regularly shares pictures with her fans, filling her Twitter feed with a glimpse into life on Canada’s curling circuit. She will defend her title in Moose Jaw, Sask., in February.

DeMar DeRozan (@DeMar-DeRozan) basketball player

The passion of Raptors fans caught the attention of the NBA last spring during the playoffs, with the #WeTheNorth hashtag becoming a rallying cry for Toronto’s basketball community. All-star guard DeMar DeRozan has helped lead the Raptors to the hottest start to a season in franchise history, setting the stage for a return to the playoffs. Although he’s currently injured, DeRozan remains active with the team as an assistant coach and keeps busy on Twit-

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Social media has become as much a part of sports fandom as chicken wings, jerseys and watching the big game with friends. Team Canada’s Connor McDavid is among the must-follow Twitter accounts for 2015. McDavid is shown while waiting for team photos in Toronto on December 20, 2014. ter as he rehabs a groin injury.

Don Cherry (@CoachsCornerCBC) TV commentator

Love him or hate him, there’s no denying that when Don Cherry speaks, people listen. Best known for his Coach’s Corner segment on “Hockey Night in Canada,” the TV commentator and former NHL coach also posts lengthy rants on Twitter.

Meagan Duhamel (@mhjd-85) pairs figure skater

Meagan Duhamel and partner Eric Radford earned a silver medal at the Sochi Olympics, but are set fore more success in 2015. Unlike most Olympiclevel figure skaters, Duhamel, from Lively, Ont., and Radford, from Balrmertown, Ont., have opted to keep skating this season, giving them a chance to win sev-

Toronto’s Curt Harnett rose to fame at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics when he won silver in cycling’s 1,000-metre time trial event. He followed that up by winning Olympic bronze in 1992 and 1996 in the match sprint. This summer, however, Harnett will be tackling a new role as Canada’s chef de mission for the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto. Follow him all summer for an inside look at Canada’s team for the multi-sport event.

Christine Sinclair (@sincy12) soccer player

Christine Sinclair of Burnaby, B.C., is arguably the best women’s soccer player in the world and Canada’s striker in international competition. She’ll be leading the national team on and off the pitch this June and July as Canada hosts the women’s World Cup.

Phil “CM Punk” Brooks (@CMPunk) mixed martial artist

Retired professional wrestler CM Punk has stayed in the headlines after leaving the WWE last January. He was signed by the UFC in December despite having no experience as a mixed martial artist. Best known for verbally eviscerating his opponents on the microphone, Punk will try his hand in the Octagon sometime in late 2015. As he prepares for that fight, Punk will undoubtedly be in attendance at many Chicago Blackhawks games as the team’s resident super fan.

Jones and Cormier to settle feud at UFC 182

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LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP

Jon Jones’ feud with Daniel Cormier started with a fleeting moment of perceived disrespect four years ago.

It boiled over last August in a casino lobby brawl, which escalated from stares to shoves to punches to a thrown shoe.

With the light heavyweight champion and his undefeated challenger finally fighting for money Saturday night at UFC 182 in the MGM Grand Garden in Las Vegas, all those years of sniping and disrespect at last have a singular focus.

Jones (20-1) and Cormier (15-0) are eager to stop talking and start swinging in their highly anticipated title bout.

“The heat between us, I don’t think that’s gone anywhere,” Cormier said. “(But) what’s the point in us screaming and yelling at each other now? That’s done. Before, it was all we could do to try and get to each other, because we were so far away from the fight. All the arguing, all the yelling, all the namecalling, it motivated me through my training. What’s the point anymore?”

Jones, the gifted champion widely considered the world’s top pound-for-pound mixed martial artist, has been thinking about this matchup since Cormier reacted angrily to an apparent backhanded comment from Jones backstage at a UFC event in 2010.

The two then exchanged words at an awards show in 2012, and they’ve been talking about each other ever since.

Jones realizes he is perceived as the villain in most of those conversations - cast as the arrogant, naturally gifted champion against Cormier, the likably undersized former Olympic wrestler. If Jones hopes for a victory that changes the public’s perception of him, he isn’t acknowledging it.

“I have been pretty resistant,” Jones said. “I mean, no one wants to be the bad guy. But at the same time, people tag me to be the bad guy, and I’ve totally learned to just let it go.”

After Saturday night, he might actually be able to do that.

This matchup has been high on most fans’ wish lists since Cormier joined the UFC from Strikeforce in 2013 with a vow that he wouldn’t fight heavyweight champion Cain Velasquez, his good friend and training partner. Although Cormier was a dominant heavyweight in both promotions, he moved down to 205 pounds last year and locked in on Jones, who has usually looked unbeatable while defending his title seven times.

“I think it boils down to belief, man,” Cormier said.

“Believe that this can be done. A lot of times,

people don’t believe when they’re staring at a hill that may be higher, or a mountain that seems that it can’t be climbed. I think it’s belief - believing in yourself, believing in your skills, believing in your team, believing in everything that you’ve done to this point, believing that it’s all enough. It all was done to get this job done Saturday night.”

When injury forced Alexander Gustafsson out of his rematch with Jones, the UFC decided not to wait any longer to match Jones and Cormier. Their bout was initially scheduled for September, and the fighters’ promotional shenanigans claimed headlines for three weeks in the summer.

The anticipation got even worse when Jones injured his leg in training Aug. 12. The UFC postponed the fight to its traditional year-end show in its hometown.

The Nevada Athletic Commission fined both fighters after that brawl in the MGM Grand lobby - yet the

centerpiece of the UFC’s promotions for UFC 182 is the footage of Cormier and Jones toppling a promotional banner and tumbling into the crowd. The UFC also has endlessly replayed Jones and Cormier profanely sniping at each other during a joint interview.

Jones was initially offended by the promotional slant, but he has made peace with it.

“For people to see that side of me, it was kind of a relief,” Jones said. “Because it’s like, I am a Christian and I do try to carry my image in a certain light because I think it’s important for the people I inspire, and for endorsement. But at the same time, this is who I am. I will swear. I will tell a guy who told me he will spit in my face that I’d kill him. I would call him the names I called him.

“It was a bad hit in a way, but also relieving for people to see, whoa, Jones actually has a little bit of ratchetness in him.”

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BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — Dan Dawson has seen it all in his 13 seasons in the National Lacrosse League.

However, this is uncharted territory for the veteran forward and his Rochester Knighthawks. They became the first team to win three straight Champion’s Cup titles earlier this year and now they’re ready to begin their pursuit for a fourth straight crown.

“Our mindset as an organization is every year there’s something different,” Dawson said in a recent interview. “We cannot reinvent what was successful last year. Player movement, rules of the game, situations, they change every year. So the only thing that’s stayed constant with us is family and hard work and that’s really what we focus on.”

The Knighthawks retooled their roster after winning the Cup in 2012, acquiring Dawson and his brother Paul in an off-season trade that involved five other players.

Rochester, with the Dawsons at the forefront, won again in 2013 and 2014 to create the first indoor lacrosse dynasty since the Toronto Rock of the late 1990s and early 2000s. Even though

Toronto won four Champion’s Cups between 1999 and 2003, the Rock lost to the Philadelphia Wings in the 2001 final to prevent them from winning a third straight title.

Dawson says Rochester’s prolonged success is thanks to Knighthawks owner and general manager Curt Styres, who puts an emphasis on team cohesion in everything he does.

“We’re pretty blessed that we get to spend a lot of time with each other, with our itineraries,” said Dawson.

“The way Curt likes to structure things, eating as a team, travelling as a team, and that goes a long way. You get to know each other off the field which directly translates into success on the field.

“We’ve been very blessed to have a visionary like Curt, who’s allowed us to be successful and we just try to repay him every year with, obviously, a championship.”

The 2015 NLL season kicks off today as the Buffalo Bandits visit the newly relocated New England Black Wolves at the Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Conn. The Black Wolves had been the Philadelphia Wings until September 2014 when the team announced it was moving to Connecticut.

Dawson sympathizes with the New England players. A six-time NLL allstar and 2009 league MVP, Dawson had something of a transient lacrosse life until settling in with Rochester.

He was drafted by the Columbus Landsharks in 2002, playing two seasons in Ohio until the team moved west and became the Arizona Sting. When that team suspended operations in 2008, Dawson was selected by the Portland Lumberjax in a dispersal draft.

Dawson re-entered the dispersal pool a year later when the Sting formally folded, being chosen first overall by the Boston Blazers. Dawson’s odyssey continued in 2011 when the Blazers suspended operations, freeing him to join Philadelphia for a season before the trade to the Knighthawks.

“It’s special because you get to put your stamp on what that organization means from Day 1, from the foundation,” Dawson said about playing on a relocated team. “They have a very young team, but they’ve kept a good nucleus together from that Philadelphia organization and I think they’re going to be a very scary team.

“When you’re young and you’re new, the only thing you know how to do is work hard and play pure lacrosse and that can be a very scary thing when you’re playing against them.”

Dawson’s focus, however, remains on putting in the hours with the Knighthawks to repeat as champions.

“The expectation, like the other eight teams in the NLL, is to win a championship,” said Dawson. “We’re going to break that down. That’s the end goal that every team sets forward

but every week you break it down into that team that you’re playing that week.

“It starts even before that with practice leading up to that game. It’s the little battles and the little goals that you have to get before you can get to the main ones.”

Canada’s four NLL teams all begin their season Saturday. The Edmonton Rush visit Buffalo, the Toronto Rock travel to Rochester, and the Calgary Roughnecks host the Vancouver Stealth.

Dawson expects a competitive campaign, with all of the NLL teams improving in the off-season.

“Calgary was one goal away from winning a championship last year and I think on paper they’re the most talented team in the league,” said Dawson. “You look at what Toronto’s done in the East and I think with Philadelphia moving to Connecticut, that’s going to spark some new blood and some new life in that organization. Vancouver made some outstanding moves in the off-season.

“You look across the board there’s so much parity which makes this league so very special. I think it could be anyone any given night.”

Notes: The NLL returns to Canadian television this season with 12 regularseason games being aired on TSN, including select post-season games and the Champion’s Cup final.

Speedskaters win concession in team fees dispute LONG TRACK SKATERS WON’T HAVE TO PAY $1,200 TEAM FEE TO SPEEDSKATING CANADA sitions have been reduced to one and a half.

The long-track team did not have any off-season training camps. Development team skaters, who receive just $900 monthly in Sport Canada funding, must pay their own expenses when they travel to Canada Cup competitions.

“We remain committed to a worldclass high performance programme but just need to find other ways to fund it now that we are running $750K lower in the HP budget than in previous years,” Moss said in an e-mail.

“It takes time to adjust to such a reduction but we will not compromise our performance commitment in the meantime.”

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CALGARY — Tension between some of Canada’s top long-track speedskaters and Speed Skating Canada eased Thursday when the national federation gave the athletes a temporary reprieve on the introduction of a team fee.

Facing a $1-million decrease in its 2014-’15 budget, Speed Skating Canada considered introducing a fee of $1,200 per skater on the long-track and shorttrack national and development teams this winter.

That move was so unpopular that some skaters on the long-track team were sacrificing their monthly Sport Canada funding in protest. The situation created a breakdown in trust between athletes and the Ottawa-based federation.

After The Canadian Press published a story on the situation Thursday morning, Speed Skating Canada chief executive officer Ian Moss said in an e-mail that the athletes would not have to pay a team fee this season, but still may be required to do so for 2015-’16.

The concession was a relief for Ottawa’s Ivanie Blondin, Laurent Dubreuil of Levis, Que., and four-time Olympic medallist Denny Morrison of Fort St. John, B.C., who were in a financial standoff with their federation.

“For sure it makes a huge difference,” Blondin said. “I think that’s great news, but moving forward we need to find a solution for the next season in order to be able to find that money for our team.

“If it’s fundraising or whatever it is, at least this time around we’ll have enough time and notice if the fee is to be implemented for the 2015-’16 season to come up with it and not be stressed out about it.”

The situation created a more serious financial issue for the athletes.

There was no official word from SSC on how much the team fees would be if they were implemented, but the athletes’ agreement with the organization included a clause that they had to be paid.

The athletes’ agreement is a contract between athletes and their national federation to fulfil certain requirements, such as wearing sponsors’ logos on clothing.

Blondin, Morrison and Dubreuil would not sign until they knew what the fee would be. They were loathe to sign what they considered ‘blank cheques’ to SSC. Since they wouldn’t sign, they were ineligible for Sport Canada funding.

Blondin is eligible for $1,500 a month from Sport Canada. She didn’t receive it in December and wasn’t going to receive it in January until she signed her athletes’ agreement. It’s her only source of income and she felt the financial strain.

“As soon as I get that formal notice, I will be signing my documents and sending them off to Sport Canada in order to receive my funding,” Blondin said. “There was too much uncertainty and standing up for our team was our goal.”

“Me, Denny and Laurent decided we would take the hit for the team and if it was losing our carding, it was losing our carding. It’s been two months we’ve been dealTELUS ing with this.”

OPTIK TV Blondin won five World Cup medals in her first four events this season, while Dubreuil earned four medals in as many races in the men’s 500 metres.

The athletes were told

of the possibility of team fees late.

A team fee across the short-track and long-track teams would have generated about $75,000, he said.

After winning a combined 13 medals at the 2006 and 2010 Olympics Games, the long-track team won two medals in Sochi, Russia, in February with Morrison’s silver and bronze.

Own The Podium funding is doled out based on a sport’s medal potential.

SSC’s allotment for 2014-’15 is $517,000 less than in 2013-’14.

The speedskating team has corporate sponsors, but one recently renewed for less money.

SSC’s head office has relocated within Ottawa to halve the rent, Moss said, and three upper management po-

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informally in October they might face team fees this winter, which was too late for many of them to come up with the money while they were competing.

“This at least relieves the pressure for this year and gives us all the heads up that we probably have to do something extra next summer whether it’s finding crowdsource funding, getting a job or getting new sponsors to pay for it,” Morrison said.

“It takes the stress away for this year so we can just focus on the results, but I fear next year (the fee) is going to be twice as much.”

Dubreuil awaited official communication from SSC on Thursday before he would commit to sign his athletes’ agreement, but said he was more inclined to do so. The 22-year-old said the impasse was a distraction from training and racing.

“Even though Ivanie and I have had our best seasons so far and a really good fall World Cup season, it was still on our mind and still worrying us,” Dubreuil said. “We could never fully concentrate on our skating.

“Now I feel like a weight is off our shoulders. We can move forward with this season and just worry about skating fast instead of worrying about getting enough money to skate this year.”

The Canadian team was in Calgary on Thursday preparing for the Canadian single distance championships starting Friday at the Olympic Oval. The next World Cup races are in Hamar, Norway, on Jan. 31 and Feb. 1.

Athletes in other sports pay team fees to their federation to help cover costs of competing such as travel, accommodation and the transportation of equipment. The lugers, for example, will pay $1,800 in team fees this winter.

The speedskaters may have earned a small victory, but they and Speed Skating Canada still face a cold, hard financial reality.

Moss said the national team budget has dropped by $750,000. The organization’s financial picture for this season didn’t become clear until September, which is why athletes were informed

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How to protect yourself STAYING HEALTHY IS OFTEN ABOUT CLEANLINESS AND FOOD PREP CARE

BY SUSAN ZIELINSKI ADVOCATE STAFF Alberta Health Services is encouraging people to protect themselves against seasonal illnesses like the flu.

“It is that time of year so we have seen some influenza cases and we certainly have seen some norovirus activity as well, and we’re still having our pertussis (whooping cough) outbreak,” said Dr. Deena Hinshaw, medical officer of health for AHS Central Zone.

The flu struck earlier than last year in Central Alberta. As of Dec. 13, there were 138 confirmed flu cases in the region. Flu statistics won’t be undated by AHS until Jan. 8.

Norovirus has also made an appearance. It is highly contagious. The virus is found in the vomit and stool of infected people and spreads most often through close contact with an infected individual or by eating food prepared

by someone who is infected.

“Even a few particles can be very, very infectious,” Hinshaw said.

Even after people are feeling better, they can have the virus in their stool for 24 to 48 hours so they should not prepare food, she said.

AHS says following a list of simple steps can help reduce the chance of catching and spreading germs.

“I would argue you’re better off to do as many of the things on that list that you can because each of them protect you in a different way. It’s kind of like having different pieces of armor. You want to protect yourself in as many different ways as possible,” Hinshaw said.

The list includes: ● Be immunized against the influenza viruses.

The flu vaccine continues to be offered free of charge to all Albertans, six months of age and older. It takes up to two weeks to be protected from the

flu once people are immunized. Clinic schedules are available at www.albertahealthservices.ca/influenza or call Health Link Alberta at 1-866-408-5465. ● Cover your cough.

Always cover your nose and mouth with a tissue when sneezing or coughing. If a tissue is not available, cough or sneeze into your arm — not your hands. Throw tissues away after wiping your nose or covering a cough, and wash your hands. ● Clean your hands.

Use soap and warm water and wash hands thoroughly and often especially after coughing, sneezing, using tissues or the washroom, when you’re out in public, and before eating or preparing foods. Alcohol-based hand sanitizer can also be helpful if hands are not visibly soiled. Make a point of keeping hands and fingers away from your eyes, nose and mouth. ● Stay home when you’re sick.

People should stay home from work,

school, daycare, or any social function when they’re experiencing illness. Do not visit family, friends or loved ones in hospital, care facilities or seniors lodges until you have fully recovered. ● Food planning and cooking.

Do not prepare food for anyone if you’re sick. When cooking, always follow safe food handling practices. ● House preparations.

Keep household surfaces clean by using a household cleaner. Leave hand sanitizer out for guests. Choose prewrapped candies or single serve food items instead of offering bowls of unwrapped snacks. Always thank others for declining invitations due to illness. ● Year-round advice.

Getting enough rest, eating a balanced diet that includes at least five servings of fruit or vegetables a day, and exercise regularly. And if you drink alcohol, do so in moderation and don’t drink and drive. szielinski@reddeeradvocate.com

POSTER CHALLENGE

Librarians, teachers take wraps off books once banned

BY SUSAN ZIELINSKI ADVOCATE STAFF Local librarians and teachers have come together for the Freedom to Read Challenge Poster Contest.

The contest, initiated by Diversity, Equity and Human Rights Committee of Red Deer Local 60 of the Alberta Teachers’ Association, was developed to celebrate intellectual freedom in Canada, which includes reading books that have been previously banned or challenged at times over the years in different countries.

Some of those books include Tarzan

by Edgar Rice Burroughs, My Friend Flicka by Mary O’Hara, The Diary of Anne Frank by Anne Frank, To Kill a Mocking Bird by Harper Lee, The Color Purple by Alice Walker, Captain Underpants (series) by Dav Pilkey, The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins, and the fairy tale Little Red Riding Hood.

“Every year we have different books that have been challenged,” said Tatiana Tilly, manager of the Dawe branch.

“We have people who come to the library and challenge why we have books on the shelf. As a library, we really are for the freedom to read. It’s one of the basic freedoms we stand for.”

Teachers will be spreading the word in Red Deer schools, and the Red Deer Public Library will have displays set up in January.

Prizes for reading books that have been challenged in Canada will be

Photo by ASHLI BARRETT/Advocate staff

Tatiana Tilly poses in the Red Deer Public Library’s Dawe Branch with some of the books that have been challenged for a variety of reasons over the years. Reasons for challenges include being considered unsuitable for an age group, violence, offensive language, racism and explicit content. awarded. Lists of challenged books will be available at all Red Deer library branches, as well as online.

But it’s not just about challenged books. It’s also about people exploring literature and finding books that interest them, she said.

“Every person sees different things in books. But most of the time what you see is kind of a reflection of who you are.

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The incident, which occurred on Dec. 20, began at 9 p.m. when a caller reported seeing a truck being driven in north Red Deer that was recognized as having been stolen from Blackfalds earlier that day.

RCMP soon located the truck, with two men in it, and followed it to the parking lot of an apartment building on 34th Street and 52nd Avenue.

As officers attempted to arrest the two suspects, the driver rammed the two police vehicles and fled the scene. Other RCMP vehicles followed the truck for a short distance but did not pursue it out of public safety concerns because there were pedestrians and other vehicles in the area.

No police officers or members of the public were injured during this incident. One RCMP vehicle had minor damage and the other more significant damage. The stolen truck was recovered in Springbrook on Dec. 22.

RCMP continue to search for the two men. The driver is described as Caucasian, 20 to 25 years old, blond hair, light complexion, tall with a slim build, wearing a dark baseball hat and a long-sleeved white shirt.

The passenger is Metis or Aboriginal, 20 to 25

“Freedom to read means that everyone is allowed to pick up a book and find something that is important for them in that book.”

Tilly said the library is always open to suggestions that people have to include different books. The interlibrary loan system can also access books not available locally.

Prizes will be awarded for winning posters.

years old, short, spiky, dark brown hair, darkrimmed eye glasses and wearing a multi-coloured shirt.

Anyone with information about this crime is asked to contact the Red Deer RCMP at 403-343-5575. To remain anonymous, call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-2228477 or report it online at www.tipsubmit.com.

Big local lottery winners claimed prizes in 2014 More than $200 million in lottery prizes have been won in Alberta this year, with a Lacombe County couple getting the biggest payday in Central Alberta when they won $18.3 million on June 25.

The Western Canada Lottery Corp. released statistics of winners throughout the province this week.

The list includes a $1-million winner in Red Deer, a $1-million winner in Alix and the big jackpot of $18.3 million in Lacombe County, which was won by Bradley and Amanda Kelly.

The Kellys purchased their Lotto 6/49 ticket at a 7-Eleven in Claresholm.

In Alix, Kelly Korman won $1 million in the Aug. 27 draw of the Western 6/49.

David Webber of Red Deer claimed his $1-million on winnings in January 2014 for the Dec. 20, 2013, Maxmillions draw, winning one of the 50 $1-million prizes handed out.

In total, more than $20 million in lottery prizes were won in Central Alberta in 2014.

Firefighters picking up trees; charity donations sought Members of Red Deer Firefighters Children’s

Posters must be submitted to the three Red Deer Public Library branches — downtown, Dawe or Timberlands — on or before Jan. 31.

Draws will be held on Feb. 23 and prizes will be awarded at a special presentation on Feb. 28.

More information will be available in January by visiting www.rdpl.org or drop by a library branch. szielinski@reddeeradvocate.com

Charity will once again pick up Christmas trees from Red Deer homes.

Starting on Monday, the crews will be in neighbourhoods throughout the city. Residents should put their trees out on the front lawn.

Dan Henschel, of the Red Deer Firefighters Children’s Charity, said they rely on the generosity of Red Deerians to keep the annual campaign alive because the charity does not receive funding from the city.

Donations to the Red Deer Firefighters Children’s Charity can be made directly to the firefighter picking up your tree, or mailed in the pre-addressed envelope left in your mailbox.

Receipts are issued for donations upon request.

Donations to the Red Deer Firefighters Children’s Charity are used to support local children’s charities.

Henschel said the Red Deer Firefighters and Local 1190 thank residents for the continued support.

Learn to knit, for young and old, and get help with your projects If you’ve ever wanted to learn how to knit, Red Deer Public Library has created the opportunity for youngsters — and adults.

The Kids Knit program will run for six Saturdays — Jan. 10 and 24, Feb. 7 and 21, and March 7 and 21, from 3 to 4 p.m.

The program is for ages nine and up.

Those under nine can attend but must be accompanied by an adult.

Those interested in learning, as well as seasoned knitters, are welcome, and people can bring projects they are working on.

For more information on the program, call 403346-4688.

Carolyn Martindale, City Editor, 403-314-4326 Fax 403-341-6560 E-mail editorial@reddeeradvocate.com

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FRIDAY, JAN. 2, 2015

BUT ENVIRONMENTALISTS WORRY ABOUT FORECAST FOR COLD

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS PIEDRA HERRADA, Mexico — More monarch butterflies appear to have made the long flight from the U.S. and Canada to their winter nesting ground in western Mexico, raising hopes after their number dropped to a record low last year. But experts still fear that unusual cold temperatures will threaten the orange and black insects.

While an official census won’t be ready until mid-January, observers are seeing healthy populations of butterflies bunched together on fir and pine trees in protected sanctuaries, said Gloria Talavera, director of the official monarch butterfly reserve.

“We’re encouraged, because we’ve seen more,” Talavera said.

But cold forecast for this winter, she said, “could put at risk the whole migratory phenomenon. ... We will be saying a prayer each day until midFebruary.”

Mexico’s National Meteorological Service predicts 55 cold fronts for the country through May, a 15 per cent increase from the average, and with the possibility for repeated cold systems to extend into March and April.

The temperate climate of the mountains west of Mexico City normally creates an ideal setting for the monarchs.

Every fall, tens of millions of the delicate creatures fly thousands of miles to their ancestral breeding grounds, creating clouds of butterflies. They clump together on trees, forming chandelier shapes of orange and black.

The migration is an inherited trait: No butterfly lives to make the full round trip, and it is unclear how they find the route back to the same patch of forest each year. Some scientists suggest the butterflies may release chemicals marking the migratory path and fear that if their numbers fall too low, the chemical traces will not be strong enough for others to follow.

The monarch populations are being hurt by various factors: in Mexico, the encroachment of logging into their habitat; and in the United States, the decline of milkweed, the butter-

Photo by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

In this Dec. 21 photo, a monarch butterfly perches on a branch in the Piedra Herrada sanctuary near Valle de Bravo, Mexico. More butterflies appear to have made the long flight from the U.S. and Canada to their winter nesting ground in western Mexico, raising hopes after their number dropped to a record low last year. The insects are being hurt by various factors: in Mexico, the encroachment of logging into their habitat; and in the United States, the decline of milkweed, the butterflies’ main source of food that has been crowded out by pesticide-resistant crops. flies’ main source of food that has been crowded out by pesticide-resistant crops.

“The butterflies are at their most vulnerable moment because of pesticide use in the United States, climate change along their migratory route, and degradation of the forests where they winter,” said Homero Aridjis, a noted writer and environmentalist.

Observers count the monarchs not individually, but by estimating how many acres they cover. Last year, after three years of steep and steady declines, the butterflies covered only 1.65 acres (0.67 hectares), their lowest level since record-keeping began in 1993. At their peak in 1996, the monarchs covered more than 44.5 acres (18 hectares).

While the monarch is not in danger of extinction, there are fears they could stop migrating or migrate elsewhere.

Environmentalists say large-scale illegal logging has declined drastically in the reserve, but small-scale logging

by the mainly Indian farm communities that actually own the land remains a stubborn problem. Holes in the forest canopy make the butterflies more vulnerable to freezing weather.

Talavera said cold weather is the biggest threat to the monarchs between now and March, when they take flight back north. Observers have noted unusual behaviour in how they clump together, suggesting the insects are preparing for below-normal temperatures.

“They are seeking out canyons, seeking out more protected areas,” Talavera said. “We are seeing unusual things, all of them related to the climate.”

The butterflies also reached Mexico weeks later than normal, returning in mid-November rather than in time for the Day of the Dead holiday on Nov. 1,

which locals long have associated with their arrival.

“They are like part of the souls that come back for the Day of the Dead,” said Jorge Dominguez Reyes, a leader of the San Mateo Almomoloa farm community that runs the Piedra Herrada butterfly sanctuary.

The monarchs have been a key attraction for tourists who visit reserves like Piedra Herrada. But such visits have been hurt by a crime wave in the nearby lake resort of Valle de Bravo and any sustained decline in butterfly numbers would be a cruel blow.

The community, in fact, has formed a 10-member patrol to keep loggers out of the nesting grounds in order to protect their habitat, Dominguez Reyes said.

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BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO - To tear through two seasons of Orange is the New Black or binge-watch episodes of Scandal?

The great TV debate raged through households in 2014 as a growing array of streaming video options opened the doors to a new world, and began to transform how some of us watch television.

Some of the country’s biggest cable providers leapt into the game, launching their own answers to Netflix in an effort to prove they’re still cool.

But industry watchers say fans shouldn’t get ahead of themselves when it comes to perceptions of the country’s overall viewing habits, which still lean towards cable television and over-the-air antennas.

“We need to calm down,” said Duncan Stewart, a director of technology, media and telecom at Deloitte.

“Even in 2015, the majority of television will continue to be consumed through traditional linear broadcasts.”

Stewart estimates between five and 10 per cent of all TV viewing is happening through video streaming services, a fraction of the country’s overall time in front of the television.

However, a swath of new alternatives are laying a foundation that will train younger Canadians to think differently about TV, whether its Hollywood movies or Saturday night hockey.

In the final weeks of 2014, two streaming TV options hit the market: Shomi, a partnership between Rogers (TSX:RCI.B) and Shaw Communications (TSX:SJR.B), and CraveTV, a similar offering from Bell (TSX:BCE).

While they’re often described as an attempt to steal thunder from Netflix, both are also trying to silence the growing conversation around people cancelling their cable packages.

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Shomi is only available to Rogers and Shaw customers while in its “beta test,” and there are no definitive plans to make it available to people without cable. Bell’s CraveTV is available to its TV subscribers and through some of the country’s other providers, including Telus (TSX:T), Bell Aliant and Eastlink.

Rogers has built a similar catch into its NHL GameCentre service.

The streaming video platform is a pipeline for more than 1,000 national and out-of-market NHL games, but the bells and whistles of GamePlus —which include multiple camera angles for the biggest moments of the game — are only available if you’re a Rogers customer.

Here sits the anchor weighing down the video streaming revolution — the companies involved in linking viewers with what they want to watch, have made it tough to break free of their older services.

“They’ve got of one foot on the gas, and one foot on the brake,” said analyst Kaan Yigit at Solutions Research Group.

“But until the demand is met, people will do whatever they have to (in order) to get their fix.”

One of those alternatives is online piracy. Consistently, the most popular downloads are shows like Game of Thrones, that can only be watched by cable TV subscribers who pay for HBO. The federal government hopes to curb the trend with the Copyright Modernization Act, which goes into effect on Jan. 1. The law requires Internet service providers to warn customers they catch illegally downloading copyrighted music, movies and TV shows.

But even if the new legislation helps slow piracy, that doesn’t necessarily mean viewers will flock to the cable providers. Recent findings from Yigit’s firm show a growing number of Canadians are thinking about shedding their cable television service.

A poll last spring found 39 per cent of about 1,000 respondents at least “considered cancelling” their paid TV subscription over the previous six months, with 17 per cent of those who answered saying they “seriously considered” it. Those are the highest levels recorded since the quarterly survey began in 2010.

But those figures don’t account for younger Canadians for whom cable TV isn’t even a consideration, Yigit said.

“Looking at my 12-year-old son and his friends, they spend half of their time on Instagram,” he said.

“They’re spending half an hour watching each other’s short 15-second videos.”

Yigit said while a series of short clips might seem negligible, when you factor in the popularity of music videos on YouTube, the rise in popularity of Vine with teenagers, and other social media platforms, it’s starting to make an impact.

“It’s not even that audiences are shifting to a new medium to watch the same content,” he said.

“Audiences are shifting to watch slightly different, and maybe differently engaging, content.”

So as companies race to keep up with the growing popularity of streaming video, they’re also turning to other avenues. Bell Media is squeezing into social media with Hubub, a platform that it got behind in the fall with a $5-million investment. The service encourages users to engage in conversation about hot topics in the media as an alternative to Facebook and Twitter. Whether companies can successfully make forays into new media remains to be seen.

Neither Shomi nor CraveTV have released early subscriber figures, but they almost certainly pale in comparison to the roughly four million households that several analysts have estimated Netflix has amassed in Canada since it launched here in 2010.

And competition, particularly in video streaming services, will only intensify in the coming years.

NEW YEAR’S EVE DECORATING

BRIEF Loonie advances Wednesday amid weak Chinese data TORONTO - The Canadian dollar closed slightly higher Wednesday at the end of a tough year amid general U.S. dollar weakness and falling commodity prices.

The loonie gained 0.05 of a cent to 86.2 cents US. Commodity prices fell in the wake of data that suggested China’s economy is slowing.

HSBC’s survey of Chinese manufacturers found their activity contracted in December with its monthly purchasing managers’ index crossing the 50 threshold to fall to 49.6.

Markets were expecting that outcome since a preliminary version of the survey released earlier in the month also showed a contraction but the confirmation underpinned hopes for more government stimulus in China.

The February crude oil contract in New York dropped 85 cents to US$53.27 a barrel.

Prices failed to respond to data showing a sharper than expected drawdown of U.S. crude oil inventories last week. The Energy Information Administration says that inventories declined by 1.8 million barrels to 385.5 million barrels. Analysts expected a decline of 1.25 million barrels for the week.

Elsewhere on the commodity markets, March copper gave back three cents to US$2.83 a pound while February gold faded $16.30 to US$1,184.10 an ounce.

The Canadian dollar has tumbled 7.8 cents U.S. or 8.32 per cent this year.

The American dollar strengthened in 2014 as the Federal Reserve wrapped up its massive program of buying bonds and mortgage-backed securities that kept long-term interest rates low.

Banff brewer batches ale to help give bison new home in mountain park BANFF— A brewing company in a popular Alberta mountain resort town hopes its new charity ale will help provide a home where the bison can roam once again in Banff National Park.

Banff Ave. Brewing Co. has produced a bubbly called Homeward Bison Pale Ale that will be sold for the next few months at 10 separate locations in the town and one in Lake Louise.

A portion of the proceeds will go to the Bison Belong Initiative, a group that wants to see the iconic species reintroduced into the park.

Kent Paterson, the company’s head brewer, says there was no question about developing the beer because he does lots of hiking in the area and would love to bump into a herd of bison.

Parks Canada finalized a draft plan last year for a five-year pilot project that would start by introducing a small herd of 30 to 50 animals into the backcountry.It’s hoped the population will eventually reach 1,000 bison. The project has yet to be given the green light and opponents have raised a number of concerns, including how the animals will be transported. Julia Lynx with Bison Belong says the animals lived in the region for thousands of years.

“There’s evidence of them everywhere and we would just love to be part of the legacy of bringing them back.”

Uber says man charged with sex assault was not authorized to pick up passengers CHICAGO — Uber says a Chicago driver accused of sexual assault was not authorized to pick up passengers for the ride-sharing company.

The San Francisco-based company says Maxime Fohounhedo was driving on an account created in his wife’s name in violation of Uber’s rules. Prosecutors say he used his own photo and phone number on the account. Uber spokeswoman Jennifer Mullin couldn’t immediately explain how that discrepancy was missed during background checks to verify and set up the account.

Fohounhedo was arrested Sunday, and has been charged with sexual assault in an alleged attack on a passenger in November.

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Shelby Estell, an employee at Billy Bob’s Saloon in the Sheraton hotel, helps decorate the bar for New Year’s Eve. Billy Bob’s was one of dozens of local venues that welcomed hundreds of revellers to bring in the New Year 2015.

Tired of the same old apps? Check out these new tech startups in 2015

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK - Uber, Facebook, Instagram — sure, they’ve been all the rage, but as 2014 winds down we’re all ready for something fresh.

From ride-hailing to photo sharing, here are a few up-and coming apps and startups to watch in in 2015. Which will be the breakout hit of the new year?

TELL A STORY

Instagram, which is owned by Facebook Inc., now has 300 million users — more than Twitter. Scrolling through its snapshot feeds gives users a quick glimpse into the lives of friends and strangers. (At least the parts that include empty beaches, cappuccinos with perfect foam hearts and smiling babies in clean clothes.) Its simplicity is part of its appeal. But what if you want to tell a longer story?

Enter Storehouse, a mobile app that promises to let you share “your stories, as they happen.”

Instead of sharing one-off photos, Storehouse lets users combine photos, videos and words to share anything from a detailed recipe, to travel memories or a first-person documentary on the Yakuza. Storehouse was founded by Mark Kawano, who previously worked at Apple as a User Experience Evangelist, helping developers design iOS and Mac apps.

“Writers always had a great platform for blogging,” Kawano said recently. “But that hasn’t happened with photographers yet.” Other photo apps, he said, are basically just status updates in a visual form. Storehouse hopes to change that.

HAIL A RIDE

If you haven’t heard of Uber, you must never leave your house or watch the news. Many people also are familiar with Uber’s smaller rival Lyft, which burnishes its kinder, gentler image by slapping huge pink moustaches on the front of its cars.

But more companies are queuing up to squire you around town.

Harley Richards, Business Editor, 403-314-4337 E-mail hrichards@reddeeradvocate.com

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In 10 cities in the U.S., including San Francisco, Seattle, Chicago and Los Angeles, you can order up a Sidecar.

The service differentiates itself by letting passengers input their destinations when they book rides and sort drivers based on price, shortest ETA and favourites. In Los Angeles, there’s also Opoli, which lets drivers bid for your ride so you can decide which one to go with. You can pick your vehicle too, and make a reservation. Unlike many other app-based car services, Opoli also allows its drivers to work for competitors. Opoli doesn’t take a commission on a fare; its drivers pay a subscription fee to use the service.

COOK A MEAL

Food-ordering apps such as Seamless have made it easy to order in. And if you want to venture outside, OpenTable and smaller competitors such as Reserve help you quickly book a table with their smartphone apps. But if you’d rather give your loved ones the personal touch, new DIY services will provide carefully measured ingredients and detailed recipes for even the clumsiest of cooks.

Sites such as HelloFresh, Plated and Blue Apron deliver weekly boxes of raw ingredients —even including spices and, at least in the case of HelloFresh, water. The only things you’re assumed to have in your pantry are salt, pepper, oil and possibly butter.

An upcoming “family plan” box for Blue Apron, for example, features chicken under a “brick” with rosemary, roast potatoes and broccolini; New Englandstyle shrimp rolls with warm potato and kale salad; fresh pappardelle Bolognese with romaine, celery and apple salad and two-cheese pizza with iceberg chopped salad. T he meals are quick to prepare, so if you’re tired of takeout and live in their delivery location, these services could spice up your diet. Or maybe help with that “eat-healthy” New Year’s resolution?

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MARKETS CLOSE TORONTO — The Toronto stock market closed little changed Wednesday, leaving the TSX with a respectable gain for the year, even as oil prices resumed their decline amid weak Chinese manufacturing data.

The S&P/TSX composite index finished the session 7.6 points lower at 14,632.44, meaning the TSX ended 2014 with a gain of seven per cent, down from a gain of almost 10 per cent in 2013.

The Canadian dollar closed up 0.05 of a cent at 86.2 cents US. New York indexes piled up losses late in the session as the Dow Jones industrials tumbled 160 points to 17,823.07, while the S&P 500 index dropped 21.45 points to 2,058.9 and the Nasdaq gave back 41.39 points to 4,736.05. The TSX advance for 2014 is about half of what it had racked up by mid-summer, supported by a huge run-up in the energy sector as crude prices came close to the US$110 a barrel level.

Since then, oil prices have collapsed — they’re down more than 50 per cent from June partly because of lower demand from weaker economies in China and Europe. But analysts say the major issue is one of supply, made worse by OPEC’s refusal last month to cut production in order to support prices.

The energy sector has fallen more than 20 per cent this year as investors wonder how low oil prices can go. Miners have also been a major weight with the base metals group down 14 per cent this year.

Bright spots include financials, up nine per cent on the year. But the best performers are those sectors benefiting from

Mining Barrick Gold . . . . . . . . . . 12.60 Cameco Corp. . . . . . . . . 19.13 First Quantum Minerals . 16.56 Goldcorp Inc. . . . . . . . . . 21.70 Hudbay Minerals. . . . . . . 10.16 Kinross Gold Corp. . . . . . . 3.28 Labrador. . . . . . . . . . . . . 18.66 Potash Corp.. . . . . . . . . . 41.17 Sherritt Intl. . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.00 Teck Resources . . . . . . . 15.93 Energy Arc Resources . . . . . . . . 25.20 Badger Daylighting Ltd. . 26.29 Baker Hughes. . . . . . . . . 56.12 Bonavista . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.29 Bonterra Energy . . . . . . . 41.61 Cdn. Nat. Res. . . . . . . . . 35.94 Cdn. Oil Sands Ltd. . . . . 10.40 Canyon Services Group. . 9.02 Cenovus Energy Inc. . . . 24.01 CWC Well Services . . . . . 0.40 Encana Corp. . . . . . . . . . 16.12 Essential Energy. . . . . . . . 1.36 Exxon Mobil . . . . . . . . . . 92.79 much lower gasoline prices and a Canadian dollar depressed by falling oil prices. These include the consumer discretionary sector, up 26 per cent, and consumer staples, which has run ahead 46 per cent. Industrials have also been a major winner, up 17 per cent.

“I think these parts of the market may not do as well (next year) as they did in 2014 because they did extremely well,” said Macan Nia, director, portfolio advisory group at Manulife Asset Management.

“You need to temper expectations but there are parts of the TSX that are not energy/materials related and they have very good business prospects, given a low Canadian dollar and also improving global economic environment and even a very strong U.S. environment.”

U.S. markets had a better year with the Dow up 7.5 per cent, the Nasdaq ahead 13.4 per cent and the S&P 500 gaining 11.4 per cent, even as the Federal Reserve wrapped up its massive program of buying bonds that has helped keep long-term interest rates low.

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

Stocks: S&P/TSX Composite Index — 14,632.44, down 7.60 points Dow — 17,823.07, down 160.00 points S&P 500 — 2,058.90, down 21.45 points Nasdaq — 4,736.05, down 41.39 points Currencies: Cdn — 86.20 cents US, up 0.05 of a cent

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Pound — C$1.8071, up 0.15 of a cent Euro — C$1.4038, down 0.71 of a cent Euro — US$1.2100, down 0.56 of a cent Oil futures: US$53.27 per barrel, down 85 cents (February contract) Gold futures: US$1,184.10 per oz., down $16.30 (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 ICE Futures Canada closing prices Wednesday: Canola: Jan ’15 $6.10 lower $452.30; March ’15 $3.60 lower $439.80; May ’15 $4.00 lower $433.10; July ’15 $4.10 lower $430.00; Nov ’15 $4.10 lower $420.90; Jan. ’16 $4.10 lower $422.50; March ’16 $4.10 lower $427.40; May ’16 $4.10 lower $429.00; July ’16 $4.10 lower $429.00; Nov. ’16 $4.10 lower $429.00.

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: 253,360 tonnes of canola; 0 tonnes of barley (Western Barley) Total: 253,360.

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Southwest Airlines rose the most in Standard & Poor’s 500 in 2014 THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The plunging price of oil helped create 2014’s biggest winners and losers on the stock market. The price of U.S. crude lost half its value in the second half of the year. That made life good for major consumers of fuel such as airlines, and bad for energy companies such as offshore drillers. The three worst-performing stocks in the Standard & Poor’s 500 index were energy companies.

Here are the winners and losers:

The Winners: — Southwest Airlines, up 128 per cent. This airline soared past the rest of the S&P 500 index as its fuel costs fell sharply along with the price of oil.

— Electronic Arts, up 108 per cent.

The video game maker said in the sum-

mer it would expand a popular subscription service to international markets, and in the fall it raised its profit forecast for 2015.

— Edwards Lifesciences, up 97 per cent. This maker of medical devices benefited from the approval of a second-generation version of its implantable heart valve.

The Losers: — Transocean, down 63 per cent.

This offshore oil and gas driller sank as demand for its services dwindled.

— Denbury Resources, down 52 per cent. This oil and gas producer said in November that it plans to cut its 2015 capital spending by half because of the drop in oil prices.

— Noble Corporation, down 49 per cent. Another offshore drilling contractor impacted by the plunge in the price of crude.

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TECH: Messaging CHIT CHAT

You’ve heard of WhatsApp, the nearly-free messaging app that Facebook paid $22 billion for this year. And there’s Facebook’s own messaging tool, which was the year’s most-downloaded app (likely because you had to download it if you wanted to message people using Facebook). That’s all so 2014.

Why message people you know when you could instead check out Ethan, a messaging app that lets you do just one thing — message a guy named Ethan.

He “may message you time to time” but cautions that he “can’t respond when he’s asleep.” Nothing if not honest, Ethan doesn’t want you to message him in an emergency, and will advise you

not to fall in love with him. But want to plan a dinner-and-movie night? No problem. “Should I get Italian or Chinese for dinner?” (Answer: Italian) and “Gonna watch a movie on Netflix, what should I go for?” (Answer: The Room.)

PUT THAT PHONE DOWN

If your New Year’s resolution is to stop being so rude with your phone and talk to your friends face-to-face every once in a while, there’s an app for you, too. It’s called Moment, and it tracks how much you use your iPhone and iPad each day (sorry, no Android version yet). If you are trying to cut back on your screen habit, you can set daily limits and the app will notify you when you exceed them. Moment Family, meanwhile, lets you monitor your whole family’s phone use.

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An intriguing book about unusual man Us Conductors In Which I Seek the heart of Clara Rockmore, My One True Love, finest theremin player the world will ever know

By Sean Michaels Random House Canada Pub $26 This book, the winner of the 2014 Giller Prize, is an unusual tale about an unusual man, and it is also a love story.

Lev Sergeyvich Termen was a Russian scientist and inventor. He really lived, though this is a novel and the author includes a note on the first page that says, “This book is mostly inventions.” It is a clever warning because some of the details of TerPEGGY men’s life are speculation and FREEMAN Lev was a master inventor.

The narrator is the scientist/inventor himself and he is, at first, writing his story from a small locked room on a ship, which is taking him back to Russia. His future looks very bleak.

He has been in America for 11 years, beginning in 1927, inventing and selling various electrical ideas to investors.

He has been sponsored from Russia and has a “keeper,” someone he reports to, who handles any problems, and keeps him happy and working.

The “theremin,” invented by Lev Termen, is a musical instrument of a sort never seen before. It had two antenna that come up from a box. When current

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is passed between these, a field is developed that the artist “plays” with his hands in the air. The music is achieved by the disturbance of the current. The instrument is not “touched.” The sound is reminiscent of violins and cellos.

Lev, known as Leon in America, falls in love with a woman 15 years younger than himself, named Clara Rockmore. She is a violinist who can play the theremin very well.

It is the 1920s, the jazz age in America, and Leon and Clara make the most of the dance halls. This is a time of prohibition but speakeasies flourish.

Soon the Russians, who control Lev (Leon), want more from him and he becomes a spy. There is no future together for Clara and Leon.

As the politics in Russia change, Wall Street crashes and the finances of America tank. Theremin is taken back to Russia, his usefulness in America has passed.

From feted celebrity scientist, Lev becomes a prisoner, tortured to the point of admitting disloyalty to Russia. He is sent to Marengo Prison (number L-890) and becomes a common labourer, dirty and starving.

Still, his mind works — inventing is his life. He says, “I remember I was once a man who conducted the ether. I am no longer the conductor.”

Lev is a good man and a loyal Russian; he is single minded when he is working. Ideas are his life.

He carries in his heart an image of a woman he loves but cannot have.

He hears her voice in everything he does, but his life is not his own. In reality, he never escapes the prison.

This intriguing book is Sean Michael’s first novel.

Peggy Freeman is a local freelance books reviewer.

The White Russian a puzzle worth putting together The White Russian

By Vanora Bennett Published by HaperCollins In 1934, Evie, a 21-year-old American girl, travels to Paris to meet her grandmother, Constance. Constance hasn’t seen her since she was a little girl due to family disagreements.

All Evie knows about Constance is that she is extremely interested in Russian litKIRSTEN erature, art and music, often LOWE welcoming struggling Russian artists to her home and supporting them.

However, her two house staff, Gaston and Marie-Therese (and most Parisians) look at Russians with disgust; they believe they are cheats, liars, thieves and, after the revolution, they just appeared in Paris, taking all the jobs and bringing violence with them.

Before Evie can actually build a relationship with her grandmother, Constance suffers a severe stroke.

It leaves her immobile and not able to communicate except by writing scribbles on paper. And as soon as Evie arrives, Constance passes away, leaving several hearts broken and her granddaughter disheartened by missing her chance to know her grandmother.

But Constance left Evie the task of fulfilling her last wish, made in scribbles on a piece of paper, asking her to “make amends” and find someone by the name of Yevgeny, along with a chest full of jewels

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and ornaments that Evie believes she is supposed to return to this man.

Below Constance’s apartment is the office of General Miller, the new White Russian leader who works tirelessly alongside his few comrades attempting to gain support and the funds to return to Russia. He intends to overthrow the Bolsheviks who ran them out of their home before turning Mother Russia into a communist country.

Among his supporters is his adopted son, Jean.

Jean works as a taxi driver through the long evenings and makes sure that he is the only one who transports his father from his office to home, in fear that the Reds could ambush General Miller.

Evie becomes tangled up in all the White Russian drama. She meets Jean, as her taxi driver, as she begins her search for the man called Yevgeny.

After her leads begin to dry up, she turns to Jean for help. He is a native Russian who can speak and read the language. All the letters Constance has kept are written in Russian, so Evie begs Jean to translate them for her, claiming that by her own opinion, the man Constance is talking about might be General Miller himself. Of course, anything that has to do with his father makes Jean more than willing.

While Jean and Evie are busy pursuing Constance’s past, General Miller’s right hand man, General Skoblin and his wife Plevitskaya, the ‘Russian Nightingale,’ are busy with their own secret schedule.

Skoblin claims that he is loyal to Miller, but he is full of jealousy and hatred. In his mind it should have been he, who was the head of the movement, but when Miller took the title away from him everything changed. Now he and his wife are double-

crossing the White Russians and aiding with the Reds in their efforts to remove General Miller — permanently — with the help of a terrifying man who goes by the title of ‘the crab salesman.’

In the whirlwind of secrets and betrayal, no one is safe, especially when Evie finds a clue that makes her question her grandmother’s death. Was it just a stroke or did something else happen to bring on her poor grandmother’s fate?

This is an intriguing novel, full of secrets and missing puzzle pieces. The reader will not be able to put it down until the puzzle is solved.

Kirsten Lowe is a Red Deer College student and freelance book reviewer.

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You may appeal Discretionary approvals to the Red Deer Subdivision & Development Appeal Board, Legislative Services, City Hall, prior to 4:30 p.m. on January 16, 2015. You may not appeal a Permitted Use unless it involves a relaxation, variation or misinterpretation of the Land Use Bylaw.

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He says he’s not doing the work to win awards but because he understands the damage the crime has on kids. Others being granted the honour include musicians and humanitarians Chantal Kreviazuk and Raine Maida, former Bank of Canada governor Mark Carney and Brenda Clark, the illustrator behind the popular children’s book series Franklin the Turtle.

The Order of Canada was established in 1967, the country’s centennial year, to recognize “outstanding achievement, dedication to community and service to the nation.”

You may appeal Discretionary approvals to the Red Deer Subdivision & Development Appeal Board, Legislative Services, City Hall, prior to 4:30 p.m. on January 9, 2015. You may not appeal a Permitted Use unless it involves a relaxation, variation or misinterpretation of the Land Use Bylaw.

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Retiree gets no affection from husband Dear Annie: I have been married to You can get a legal separation, my second husband for 28 years. For which keeps your marriage intact the past 25, he has not shown me af- while allowing you to live apart, leadfection or touched me. We ing separate lives. do what he wants to do, go You can get professional where he wants to go, eat counseling, with or without where he wants to eat. your husband, to find ways When I retired, I refused to better cope with the lack to be unhappy. I still see my of affection or possibly enfriends and go out at least courage your husband to once a week. show more.

My marriage vows said You can transfer your af“until death do us part,” so fection to your grandchilI will not divorce him. dren.

My husband is very good We’re glad you are getto my children and loves our ting out of the house with grandchildren. I just wish friends, and you might conMITCHELL he loved me. sider doing more of that. & SUGAR I came from a family In fact, please consider who showed their love and doing volunteer work with always said “I love you,” so babies at your local hospithis has been hard. I dated tal. this man for two years, and I think I Dear Annie: I read the letter from married him because I wanted secu- “Need Help,” the young wife who rity. doesn’t like sex.

Even though I loved him, I knew he I don’t believe she is unusual or didn’t love me the same way. unhealthy or necessarily asexual. I felt I just wish I had a way out. Any sug- the same way in my 20s and still do in gestions? — Need To Be Held my 60s.

Dear Need: Since you aren’t willing I have a faithful husband who likes to consider a divorce, you have a lim- regular sex. ited number of “ways out.”

I would be happy with frequent cud-

dling and only occasional sex. I tried everything to change, from hormones to counseling.

What finally worked for me was realizing (in my 40s) that I am lucky to be a female and can perform sexually whether I’m aroused or not.

My husband and I agreed on a frequency of sex that meets his needs, and once in a while, I enjoy it, too.

The rest of the time I enjoy the cuddling. Sex is something I do for our marriage.

He makes other compromises, such as talking with me more than he would prefer.

You don’t need to be totally sexually compatible. Marriage is full of compromises.

The hardest part is thinking you are alone in this. You are not. — R. Dear R.: Thank you so much for pointing out that marriage is full of compromises, and you and your husband have reached one when it comes to the frequency of sex.

But “Need Help” said she doesn’t like to be touched and has some deeply rooted aversions to sex, including reading books about the subject. She could be asexual, but we believe there is more to it and she could benefit from

counseling.

We hope she gets it.

Dear Annie: I read the letter from “Barking Up a Tree,” whose neighbors are breeding dogs, and the barking and smell drives them crazy.

Your response left out one option: If the couple has tried everything, they should document their efforts and contact a lawyer.

The dog breeders are denying them the “use and enjoyment” of their property, and they can sue for injunctive relief and damages.

It should be a last resort, but it could be very effective. Sometimes a letter from an attorney stating the intent to file suit will suffice.

Of course, before they threaten to sue, they must be prepared to follow through in case the dog breeders call their bluff.

Never bark unless you’re prepared to bite. — Attorney

ARIES (March 21-April 19): Proving yourself will add wind to your sails, but make sure you are not losing the point and plot. You could end up losing yourself in the process of trying to Friday, Jan. 2 create a castle overnight. Relax, this race is long CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DATE: Cu- and it’s only with yourself and those within your ba Gooding Jr., 47; Tia Carrere, field of study!

48; TAURUS (April 20-May 20): THOUGHT OF THE DAY: ToA true friend does not need to be day will highlight a need to prove impressed by you. They will know yourself to others. Remember that that your truth is expressed withif find yourself in a position where in everything. You might feel like you need to prove your worth to expressing yourself a little more anyone, it’s simply best to get out to prove that you are on the right of that situation. Those within your path. Do it, but make sure it is life should encourage you to take what you want and not just an imappropriate steps and definitely pression of it. should believe in your taking them.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Those special individuals in your You might feel that you have to life value you completely! prove yourself to your boss or HAPPY BIRTHDAY: If today mother today. Those in authority LARISA MAIRA is your birthday, this year you will over you might need some clarifiOZOLINS want to prove yourself to others. cation of your direction, so do proTry to have more faith in yourself, vide that for them, but stick to your but do draw on that deeper truth ground. Speak positively about and passion to pull you forward. yourself or no one else will.

Much can and will be accomCANCER (June 21-July 22): If you feel plished this year through sheer determination motivated by proving your wisdom to others in on your part. Faith and belief will most likely be your life, then fine, but don’t make a relationship seen after April this year, so keep plugging away out of it. Trust your judgement. This will open at those goals of yours. It will happen!

the door to healing that you didn’t think possible for you. Financial rewards are in the works, trust your vision forward.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): If you are doing things to prove to others that life is great, then take a backseat today. You will not have to prove anything to those who truly value you and share the same ideals. Work with others who you know have your back and, in turn, share your vision of the future together.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): The only thing you need to prove to others is that you are passionate about your life and have ultimate faith in yourself. You could have the wrong idea about them, so do keep an open mind as well. Realistically share yourself with them. You do not need to prove anything to them.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): If you feel that you have to prove that your choices with your health and daily affairs are founded and true, then perhaps there is a reason for this. Discuss your personal issues with those you know will not judge. Listen to them and then make your own judgement today.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): How you are expressing yourself and what you are expressing will definitely lead to greater insight into your own personal expression. Hold back, if you feel you are overly trying to prove a point. Research more if necessary, but let go of no truth today.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): There could be some difficulty with your family today.

Perhaps those within your household will try to challenge your beliefs or faith in self. There is no use in trying to convince others today. If they don’t believe you to begin with, let it go.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): The past always has a way of coming back into our lives, to either re-enforce our negative beliefs or encourage more positive ones. Today will have you trying to prove yourself to others, especially siblings or your peers. Relax. You are further ahead of the gang now!

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): If you base your worth on financial gain, then today will be a bit troublesome for you. You will find out that faith in one’s own abilities will get you everywhere. The more you understand that knowledge is the key to your personal wealth, the more belief you will have.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Friends should see your value, no problem. If they don’t, then walk away from the situation or them. Your faith in you will be challenged today. You might want to overly express yourself in order to prove your worth, but truly, that faith is already there. Tap into it today!

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

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Times Have Indeed Changed Teeth-Wise Dear Dr. D: My elderly mother is in a nursing home, and seems to be losing teeth far too frequently. I'm concerned about her survival. She has lost 3 teeth this year. What could be causing it?

You haven't provided enough information for a clinical diagnosis here. Firstly, how old is she? How long has she lived in this institution?

What type of mobility does he enjoy, or lack? If she has just recently moved in, the damage to her teeth certainly started a significant time ago.

I've seen patients whose teeth have been virtually ignored for months and that alone doesn't cause them to fall out. She likely has severe gum disease (periodontitis) which is common in over 50% of adults. For those over 35, perio disease is a major cause of tooth failure. For those under 35, accidents, athletics, fights, and trauma top the charts.

The age issue is germane here. One hundred years ago half the adults in North America had no teeth left. Today, only about 10% of those over 65 are edentulous (toothless) so you can see we have made some strides here! The fact is that you don't need teeth to survive. There are many living to a ripe old age where soft food like pasta, although it may be lacking some nutrients, is the rule of the day. I tell patients that teeth are a lifestyle choice – NOT a condition for survival. In Great Britain, it was assumed dentures would be such a natural part of adult life that brides often received a full set of dentures for wedding gifts just to save them the trouble later on!

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Fairy tale falls short of magical STARRY CAST STRUGGLES TO STAY ON THE PATH IN MOVIE ADAPTATION OF BELOVED 1987 BROADWAY MUSICAL Into the Woods 2.5 stars (out of four) Rated: PG

BY LINDA BARNARD SPECIAL TO THE ADVOCATE

Never having seen the well-loved 1987 Broadway musical from composer Stephen Sondheim and writer James Lapine — like Gone Girl, fans of the source material fret about its trip from stage to screen — my first exposure is the onscreen variety.

So I can’t say if the film is a faithful adaptation. But from a multiplex seat rather than an orchestra row, it’s a mixed bag of clever twists on familiar storybook myths, engaging performances and forgettable songs.

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Jazz quintet mixes heavy groove, striking melodies

BY LANA MICHELIN ADVOCATE STAFF The eclectic jazz-fusion sounds of Red Deer group Twisted Lobby are as diverse and changeable as Alberta’s weather.

In other words, if you don’t care for one of the band’s original instrumentals, “stick around for a few tunes and it’ll come around to your thing,” promised the group’s guitarist Josh Rickard, with a chuckle.

Twisted Lobby performs on Thursday, Jan. 8, at Fratters Speakeasy in Red Deer as part of the Barrelhouse Jazz series.

The group’s music is described as a mash-up of styles, laced with a heavy groove and striking melodies. “We might do a few complicated tunes and then we’ll counterbalance these with some that aren’t too far out there,” said Rickard.

While educated jazz buffs can hear the “musician’s music” jazz is supposed to be, other people will appreciate more commercial influences in the band’s sounds. “Jazz can be really over-the-hedge for some people” he added — which is why a fusion approach makes the music more accessible.

As the group’s main instrumental songwriter, Rickard draws from Latin bossa novas, the 1960s surf tunes of groups like The Ventures — even funk and rock ’n’ roll. These influences serve as jumping off points for his original arrangements that can veer off on solo instrumental tangents, in the jazz tradition.

Rickard said his writing is heavily influenced by jazz guitarists John Scofield, Bill Frisell, and Mike Stern. Some listeners might pick up on sections of Twisted Lobby’s music that are “played in the style of John Scofield, or that which ones are really open, and sound like Bill Frisell,” said Rickard.

The local guitarist comes from a musical family that includes a great-grandmother who played ragtime piano in Moose Jaw, Sask., in the 1930s, and a grandfather who is local trombonist Don Towers.

And Rickard has performed in many local musical permutations, over the years — including his Josh Rickard 3 trio.

But Twisted Lobby, which was started last sum-

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FROM LEFT TO RIGHT: Curtis Phagoo and Josh Rickard of Twisted Lobby. The other members of the band include Andrew Ludtke on trombone, Troy Davis on saxophone and Rob Goodwin on drums. mer to open for the Jessica Stuart Few, is the most comprehensive band he’s played in, with two horn players. And it’s the group he wants to record a debut album with by next summer.

Calgary-based saxophonist Troy Davis and trombonist Andrew Ludtke are in the band with two of

Rickard’s fellow Red Deer College music alums — Rob Macleod Goodwin on drums and bassist Curtis Phagoo. who co-founded the Barrelhouse Jazz series at Fratters.

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Reality show a lame duck

BY EMILY YAHR ADVOCATE NEWS SERVICES Ah, December 2013. Do you remember? It was during that quiet week just before Christmas when the Internet suddenly whipped itself into a frenzy when a reality star gave a controversial interview to a magazine. It was a particular lightning rod because it involved A&E’s inescapable reality show Duck Dynasty, the cultural phenomenon about Louisiana duck call manufacturers that shattered cable ratings records.

Phil Robertson, a 67-year-old selfproclaimed “Bible thumper” and patriarch of A&E’s massively popular reality show family, gave an interview to GQ magazine. He proclaimed homosexuality a sin, comparable to bestiality, and also made some crude remarks about race relations and crass ones about women. The backlash was swift and severe: gay-rights groups condemned his “vile” comments. A&E suspended Robertson. Politicians jumped into the fray and defended Robertson, eager to gain points with the show’s supporters by citing free speech. His family refused to do the show without him.

So much fury swelled during the entire situation that it propelled Duck Dynasty to ever new heights of popularity — especially when A&E backed down and reversed Robertson’s suspension a week later. Could anything stop this family’s reign?

As it turned out — yes. Now, exactly a year later, no one really cares about Duck Dynasty anymore.

For a show that experienced such a huge level of fame, it was a shockingly quick downfall — even a for reality TV show, which tend to flame out fairly quickly. The Robertsons, already successful entrepreneurs based on their duck call business, had smartly built everyone’s fascination with their quirky group into reported $400 million empire: clothes, a top-selling holiday CD, hunting gear and everything else you could imagine. Plus, the requisite cameos on sitcoms and at award shows.

But while they may remain in fine

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REVIEW: Busy, confusing story Updated Brothers Grimm fairy tales Cinderella, Little Red Riding Hood, Jack and the Beanstalk, and Rapunzel spin an allegory about the disappointments that lurk between wishes and reality and a dark forest where straying from the path has consequences.

It’s all whipped up into a busy and occasionally confusing story that plays out in often tartly amusing ways with some sinister elements. It verges on the creepy in the case of Johnny Depp’s leering wolf eyeing Little Red Riding Hood with a sly “what’s in your basket?”

Packed with fairy tale characters and a busy, interwoven story set up with a musical prologue, there’s plenty of fantasy but little chance of leaving the theatre humming any of the songs from the operetta-style score.

The cast is a dynamic lineup of Hollywood names, some with surprisingly good singing voices. Emily Blunt is spot on as the resourceful and determined Baker’s Wife. Meryl Streep is over-the-top delightful as the Witch who turns the plot with her demands

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shape financially . . . their ratings?

Not great. About 2.6 million people tuned in to the Duck Dynasty Season 7 debut this past November, the lowest premiere audience since the pilot. By contrast, approximately 11.7 million watched the Season 4 opener in August 2013, at the time the most-watched cable reality show episode in history.

That was after the cast predictably demanded higher salaries ($200,000 an episode, according to the Hollywood Reporter), realizing how valuable a property the show had become to A&E. Ratings declined from there. Observers noted that after the Phil controversy, ratings dipped to about 8.5 million for the Season 5 premiere, and dropped to six million for that season’s

finale. It’s been a slow decline since then, all the way to last month’s meager showing.

What happened? Frankly, the Robertsons’ drift away from their show and onto side projects was reflected in the audience’s attention span. Which should be fine. After all, as we’ve detailed here before, the whole point of doing a reality show is to catapult you to bigger and better things. The Robertsons have that now: They have their increasing line of businesses, such as the latest with the Robertson wives (Korie, Jessica, Missy) launching a line of handbags.

First Friday starts the New Year off with all sorts of art offerings, including paintings, ceramics, acrylic and mixed media at various Red Deer locations.

Nova Scotia College of Art and Design masters of fine art student E.M. Alysse Bowd’s Dear Little Friends: Ceramics features a score of letter-carrying machines designed for the safe delivery of notes, thoughts and warmth. It will be on display from now until Feb. 22.

The reception for the show takes place today from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Kiwanis Gallery in the Red Deer Public Library, 4818 49th St. “My work dearly loves to laugh and to chat and to make friends and if you get close enough, you might find yourself befriended. I believe in giggling and daydreaming, and that when these things combine they can take you into the most wondrous of worlds,” said Bowd in a news release.

At the Olive (formerly the Velvet Olive), at 4928 Ross St. from the alley, Red Deer native Stephanie Mead’s Breaking Free will be on display throughout the month of January.

A reception will take place from 7 to 9 p.m. today.

A group show features art from a variety of media under the title of For the Love of Plein Air. It will be on display at the Corridor Gallery at the Red Deer Recreation Centre, at 4501 47A Ave. from today to Jan. 31.

The First Friday reception goes from 5 to 7 p.m. tonight.

The Hub on Ross, at 4936 Ross St., has a Western Canada theme as local artist Betty Schnell displays her paintings under the title Prairie Trails.

While there will be no first Friday reception, the paintings will be on display from Jan. 7 to 31 with the gallery open to viewing every weekday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

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that set off a frenzied scavenger hunt in the woods to reverse a curse and grant a wish.

In fact, there’s a lot of wishing going on. The Baker (engaging Brit James Corden, soon to take over from Craig Ferguson as the host of the The Late Late Show) and his Wife are desperate for a child.

Cinderella (Anna Kendrick) wants to go to the King’s festival at the castle.

Jack (Daniel Huttlestone) wishes he didn’t have to sell his beloved cow Milky-White. But his mother (Tracey Ullman, terrific here) says the unproductive cow’s got to go.

As for bright-yet-bratty Little Red Riding Hood (Lilla Crawford), she’s wishing she had the smarts to stay on the proper path to get to Grandma’s.

A curse has put the Baker and his Wife in their parental pickle but the Witch has a plan that can benefit everybody. She’ll lift the curse she placed on the Baker after his father stole magic beans (and she nabbed their baby Rapunzel, now grown up as MacKenzie Mauzy) if they’ll bring her four rare items. And wouldn’t you know it, all of them are somewhere in the woods.

In making his third movie musical, director Rob Marshall isn’t as brash as in his previous musical, the Oscarwinning Chicago and, thankfully, far removed from overstuffed Nine.

Marshall scores a comic hit with the duet Agony, which sees Chris Pine’s

Prince Charming and his brother, Rapunzel’s Prince (Billy Magnussen) face off over whose torment over their inaccessible sweeties is worse.

Once-upon-a-time characters go bumbling and stumbling in the woods as the Baker and his Wife split up to knock items off the Witch’s list. It’s occasionally hard to follow, but the frantic pace keeps the action moving along with frequent pauses for somebody to start singing. And they do sing a lot.

But once the goodies are gathered, Into the Woods loses its momentum and interest starts to wane. By the time a furious female giant (Frances de la Tour, transformed with awkward CGI) starts stomping around, we feel the weight of the movie.

As Cinderella confesses when she realizes life with Prince Charming may not be all that and a bag of royal chips: “It’s not quite what I expected.”

Linda Barnard is a syndicated Toronto Star movie critic.

is play loud and “the crowd goes nuts.”

The guitarist laughingly admitted he’s easily upstaged at these moments, “even though I might be playing at my very highest level. ...

“Both of the horn players are really excellent. I can write anything for them.” Rickard said he will usually come up with the core of a tune “and we’ll all work it out and arrange it.”

Some of Twisted Lobby’s songs spring from “musical snippets” — such as the mellow, atmospheric Poem.

Rickard wrote the melody for solo guitar in 2001, until he decided more recently to expand it for other instruments.

Others tunes come from experiences, or titles that strike Rickard’s fancy.

For instance, the upbeat Cool Beans is named for the double-decker bus coffee shop now parked on Ross Street.

“We played a gig there for one if their garden parties, and I always thought it was a cool name.”

Rickard is thrilled to be part of Red Deer’s live music scene, which he believes is thriving more than it has been in years. Red Deer music lovers might recognize him, Goodwin and Phagoo from regular jazz stints at the OneEleven Grill.

Twisted Lobby performs at 8 p.m. at Fratters. (Doors open at 6 p.m.) Tickets are $20 in advance from the venue.

For more information, call 403-3560033. lmichelin@reddeeradvocate.com

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Edward Herrmann, the towering, melodiousvoiced actor who brought Franklin D. Roosevelt to life in films and documentaries, won a Tony Award and charmed audiences as the stuffy dad on TV’s Gilmore Girls, died Wednesday. He was 71.

Herrmann died at Memorial Sloan Kettering Hospital of brain cancer, his son, Rory Herrmann said.

The actor, who had been hospitalized for several weeks, was surrounded by family members including his wife, Star, and his three children, his son said. “He was full of knowledge and kindness and goodness. ... He always wanted to share the great and beautiful things in life,� said Rory Herrmann. That included art, music and classic cars.

The 6-foot-5 actor’s favourite role was playing President Roosevelt, his son said, which he did in projects including the TV movies Eleanor and Franklin (1976) and its sequel Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years (1977) and in the 1982 movie musical Annie.

Herrmann also provided the voice for FDR in Ken Burns’ documentary series The Roosevelts: An Intimate History, which aired on PBS earlier this year.

His urbane tones were heard on a variety of other documentaries and on hundreds of audio books including Laura Hillenbrand’s Unbroken. He had recently narrated a documentary on cancer, Rory Herrmann said.

He appeared frequently on the big screen, in major films including Reds and The Wolf of Wall Street, and was an acclaimed stage actor whose Tony-winning performance came in 1976 for a revival of Mrs. Warren’s Profession opposite Lynn Redgrave.

His other Broadway credits included the original run of Love Letters in 1989, The Deep Blue Sea with Blythe Danner in 1998 and Plenty, for which he received a 1983 Tony nomination.

Television was also a familiar home, with recent appearances on The Good Wife and How I Met Your Mother. His best-known role came on the 2000-07 series Gilmore Girls, on which he portrayed the patrician father of a single mother, played by Lauren Graham. “My friend Ed Herrmann was the kindest, classi-

NEW YORK — Guitarist Slash has filed for divorce from his wife of 13 years.

Court documents filed Tuesday in Los Angeles cite irreconcilable differences for Slash and Perla Hudson’s split. Slash’s real name is Saul Hudson.

The former Guns N’ Roses performer and Perla were married in 2001, and he also filed for divorce in 2010, citing irreconcilable differences. The couple have two sons, 10-year-old Cash and 12-year-old London.

Tuesday’s documents say the couple separated June 15.

The 49-year-old musician has had success as a solo star and in the bands Velvet Revolver and Guns N’ Roses, with whom he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2012.

Blues musician Melvin Jackson dies LAS VEGAS — Blues musician Melvin Jackson, who performed for years with legends B.B. King and Bobby “Blue� Bland, has died. He was 79.

Jackson died Tuesday evening at a hospice facility in Las Vegas after suffering from Alzheimer’s dis-

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Edward Herrmann after presenting an award at the 39th International Emmy Awards, in New York on Nov. 21, 2011.

LOS ANGELES — Sony Pictures Entertainment says it is expanding the digital availability of The Interview to top cable, satellite and telecom services, beginning Wednesday and increasing through the weekend.

Starting Thursday, the movie will also be available on PlayStation Network.

In a statement, Sony Pictures chairman and CEO Michael Lynton thanked the new partners and specified that the studio had always sought the widest possible distribution for the R-rated comedy about an assassination attempt on the leader of North Korea.

est, most talented man,� Graham posted on Twitter. “It was an honour and a joy to know him, a devastating blow to lose him.�

Herrmann, a native of Washington, D.C., graduated from Bucknell University and studied his craft on a Fulbright scholarship to the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art in 1968-69.

In a 2004 interview with The Associated Press, he waggishly shared his tips for theatre audiences — especially those who offer standing ovations even for routine performances. “Turn off your cellphone, your pagers, don’t talk, don’t unwrap the candy and DON’T STAND,� he said.

Besides his wife and son, Herrmann’s survivors include daughters Ryen and Emma. A private funeral was planned, followed by a public memorial early next week, Rory Herrmann said.

Dramatists Guild Fund announces $170,000 in theatre grants NEW YORK — The Dramatists Guild Fund has awarded $170,000 to non-profittheatres across the country, from the established Soho Repertory Theatre in New York City to the Mo’olelo Performing Arts Company in San Diego.

The Fund on Thursday announced 129 winners, including Tony Award-winning director Kenny Leon’s True Colors Theatre Company in Atlanta, as well as Plan B Theatre Company from Salt Lake City and the Spooky Action Theater in Washington, D.C.

ease, said his niece, Valerie Jordan. The trumpeter and saxophone player started performing as a child with his father, who was also a musician. “He practised every single day, even when he knew the music,� she said.

Drummer Tony Coleman, who worked with Jackson for years as a member of King’s band, says Jackson was a consummate professional.

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people are tuning into the show (which returns with new episodes on Jan. 7), their lifeblood in the first place. However, now that it’s clear that the Robertsons have outgrown the series that launched them to fame, it’s a good lesson to remember for aspiring reality stars: A show makes you famous, and it can very quickly become the least important part of your legacy.

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DYNASTY: Outgrown the series Besides racking up the merchandise sales, the most press the family has gotten all year was because Willie and Korie’s 17-year-old daughter, Sadie, competed in ABC’s Dancing With the Stars. Of course, the show brought up her family at any and all times, and her parents were frequently in the audience. (A common storyline: what would her conservative dad, Willie, think of her Dancing costumes?!) Despite admittedly having no dancing experience, she made it all the way to the finale and came in second place.

That shows that the Robertsons still have fans — DWTS is partially fan-voted. But not all of those

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ART: Inspired by helicopter trip Inspired by a helicopter trip to Mount Assiniboine in 2013, several artists contributed to the Soul Summits display that will be shown at the Marjorie Wood Gallery at the Kerry Wood Nature Centre, at 6300 45th Ave. There will be no First Friday, but the display runs from Jan. 7 to 31 and there will be a meet-the-artists event on Jan. 24 from 2 to 4 p.m.

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ARMSTRONG (nee: Willoughby) Kathleen (Kay) Mary 1931 - 2014 “They say behind every great man is a great woman. I don’t know that I am a great man, but Kay sure was a great woman.” With those words, W.T. Armstrong paid public tribute to his wife of more than 60 years; crediting her for their life’s work. On December 26th, Kay’s journey came full circle, succumbing peacefully to illness. Kay was known for being an outgoing, elegant and humble person. She was a community builder, and tireless volunteer. For those of us that she left, she will be missed, but her spirit will live on in our hearts, and memories. We take solace in the fact that she will be reunited with those that went before her; WT, and Murray.

Born in Lloydminster Saskatchewan on February 26, 1931 to Percy and Ester Willoughby, she is survived by her brother Jerry Willoughby, son William Grant Armstrong (Sharon), daughter-in-law Marion Armstrong; her grandchildren Jennifer Hall (Craig), Matthew Armstrong (Kirsten), Nikki Armstrong (James Bennett), and her great grandchildren, Calleigh and Beckett Hall, and Annabelle, William, and Kaitlynne Armstrong. As well as many other extended family members and friends. At Kay’s request, there will be no funeral. In lieu of gifts or flowers, donations can be made to Parkinson Society Canada. Condolences may be made by visiting www.wilsonsfuneralchapel.ca Wilson’s Funeral Chapel & Crematorium of Lacombe in charge of arrangements.

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Buruma (nee Van Der Beek) Reimke (Pam) Born Nov. 5, 1931 in Ferwerd, Friesland Holland she passed away on December 24, 2014.

Always of strong spirit, she emigrated to Canada with her husband to be, Sye, in 1952. First to PEI where they wed and then to Red Deer, Alberta. Always a worker with a loving and generous heart she was a devoted mother and wife through thick and thin. A successful retailer with stores in both Red Deer and Victoria she moved with her husband to Victoria in 1980.

Bridge with the ladies a favorite pass time. Always a gracious host, her favorite guest was her granddaughter Tiana. She is survived by her husband of 62 years Sye (Sid), her son Frank (Aileen, Tiana), brothers, sisters and family in Holland. No service by request. To send a condolence, please visit www.earthsoption.com.

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Acoustic Friday’s CROSSIE Hilary Claire Hilary Claire Crossie of Red Deer passed away on December 29, 2014. Born on July 11, 1934 in Belfast, Ireland. Eldest daughter of Jim and Hilda Lyttle.

Predeceased by her husband, Pat; granddaughter, Shantel; sister, Yvonne Rajchert; and by her parents. Survived by her son, Paul; daughter-inlaw, Karrie; granddaughter, Christina (Jesse); nieces, Tara Lind and Siobhan Rajchert; and cherished great grandchildren, Liam, Siobhan, Aidan, Kian and Ella. At Hilary’s request there will be no memorial service held. Following cremation, a family gathering will be held at Alto Reste Cemetery, Red Deer County. Officiated by Knox Presbyterian Church. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made directly to the Safe Harbour Society or to a charity of the donor’s choice. Condolences may be forwarded to family and friends at www.reddeerfuneralhome.com Arrangements entrusted to RED DEER FUNERAL HOME 6150 - 67 Street, Red Deer.

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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 survived by, Beverly; and their two sons, Billy and Wyatt. A Memorial Service will be announced at a later date. Messages of condolence may be left for the family at www.myalternatives.ca.

ROBBINS Wilma Mae April 28, 1941 - Dec. 30, 2014 Wilma passed away on December 30, 2014 in Palliative Care at the Lacombe Hospital and Care Center. Wilma was the youngest child of the late Charles and Lena Smith, and was born on April 28, 1941 at Lake Isle, Alberta. Wilma is survived by her loving husband Roy Robbins of 53 years; children David (Penny), and grandson Chad; Steven, and granddaughter Hope.

Wilma is also survived by siblings Verna Lewis, Leslie (Beth), Leona (Dale) Larsen, and brother-in-law Tom Thomeus, and many nieces and nephews. Wilma was pre-deceased by Sister Doreen Thomeus, Brother Floyd and brother-in-law Stanley Lewis. Wilma loved the outdoors and particularly liked the West Country with snowmobiling in the winter, camping and bicycling the forestry trails in the summer.

Wilma with good friend Carol Damant greatly enjoyed gold panning, which also included a memorable overnight canoe trip down the Red Deer River. Wilma never willingly gave up the battle of increasing disability and chronic pain from Multiple Sclerosis. Finally, the battle was lost with the addition of cancer. The family wishes to thank Doctor Janni Prins for his years of working with us to assist Wilma in managing her health problems. We also thank other Doctors and the Lacombe Hospital staff for Wilma’s care during recent hospital stays and finally in Palliative Care. The sincere concern and support for the caregiver was also greatly appreciated.

If desired, memorial donations may be made to the Lacombe Palliative Care Society, Box 5576 Lacombe, Alberta T4L 1X2, or the charity of one’s choice. In respecting Wilma’s wishes, no services will be held.

Condolences may be made by visiting www.wilsonsfuneralchapel.ca WILSON’S FUNERAL CHAPEL & CREMATORIUM serving Central Alberta with locations in Lacombe and Rimbey in charge of arrangements. Phone: 403.782.3366 or 403.843.3388 “A Caring Family, Caring for Families”

SONDROL Denis (Duke) 1939 - 2014 Mr. Denis Sondrol of Lacombe passed away at Lacombe Community Health Care Centre on Saturday, December 27, 2014 at the age of 75.

He was born at Cabri, Saskatchewan on June 1, 1939. He married Johanna Bos on January 30, 1960.

Duke started out building houses and barns around Cabri. He moved on to manage Revelstoke Lumber Yard in Cabri. In 1974 he transferred to Lacombe and worked in the Lacombe, Wetaskiwin and Red Deer Revelstoke stores for many years. After his retirement, he enjoyed helping out his friends and family with their many construction projects.

His shop was full of every tool you needed to do any project. In the past few years he used his shop to build toys for Santa’s Anonymous, urns for his friends, cupboards for storage, etc. He would do anything for anyone at a drop of a hat. Duke and Jo appreciated the many lifelong friends stopping by to visit them in their home.

Duke will be lovingly remembered by his children Larry Sondrol (Eileen) of Airdrie, Laura Lee Dick (Bob) of Lacombe, Melinda Wade (Eric) of Red Deer, Rhonda Sondrol (Frank) of London, Ontario and Monique Robitaille of Lacombe; his grandchildren Lacy Foulston (Andrew), Justin Sondrol (Kenzie), Tyson Doonan, Patti Dick, Brittany Dick (Frazer), Brandon Dick (Kayla), Meagan Wade (Nathan), Tea Elle Bos and Allan Zulerons and greatgrandchildren Embur, Ollie, Gracie, Braxton and Lily and many nieces and nephews.

He was predeceased by his parents Elsie and Oscar Sondrol, his sister and brother-in-law Guen and Sam Westgard and his brother Wayne. Relatives and friends are invited to a celebration of Duke’s life at Wilson’s Funeral Chapel in Lacombe on Friday, January 9, 2015 at 1:00 pm.

Condolences may be made by visiting www.wilsonsfuneralchapel.ca WILSON’S FUNERAL CHAPEL & CREMATORIUM serving Central Alberta with locations in Lacombe and Rimbey in charge of arrangements. Phone: 403.782.3366 or 403.843.3388 “A Caring Family, Caring for Families”

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Fax resume to 780-702-5051 boots, own tools, self customer service, cash THE RUSTY PELICAN is motivated and able to work handling, and supervisory independently. A good now accepting resumes for related. wage $13.75 w/at attitude is essential.

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Lake Cafe in the Burnt The successful applicant STONE MASONS Lake Industrial Area. Call must be self-managing, Exp. only, 403-588-5306 Louise @ 403-342-6687 have strong organizational skills, customer service exAdvocate perience and be capable of managing the overall perOpportunities formance of all operations.

Golf experience is not necessary, but would be a considerable asset. The club is prepared to offer a competitive compensation DO YOU: package in accordance - Want extra income with previous experience - Know the city well and education. Please - Possess a clean, valid drivers license email your cover letter with - Have a friendly attitude resume to both bashaw- Enjoy customer service golfclub@hotmail.ca and to - Want part-time work (12 to 22 hrs/week) the President of the Board djonespfd26@hotmail.com no later than Friday As part of our service team, you will be dispatched Jan. 2, 2015 in response to service concerns to deliver To see more details about newspapers and flyers to customers or carriers. our club please visit our A delivery vehicle provided by company! website at www.

Work 3 to 4 shifts a week. bashawgolf.com We thank Hours of shifts are morning shifts of everyone in advance for Monday through Friday 5:00 AM to 9:00 AM. their interest in this Saturday starting at 7 AM. opportunity. Please be Wednesday to Friday Shifts starting at 1 PM. aware that only the short *All Shifts based on 4 hours and likely to run longer. listed candidates will be contacted for further conPlease apply with resume to: sideration for this position.

Red Deer County

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Help

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

qmacaulay@reddeeradvocate.com or call 403-314-4302 and speak with Grant.

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

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:

ANDERS AREA Ahlstrom Close Andrew Close Asstlee / Ansett Cres.

Allsop Ave. / Allsop Cres.

Anderson Close Anquetel Close

Employment Training

900

LANCASTER AREA Lampard Cres Lancaster Drive Long Close Lord Close Landry Bend / Landry Close Ladwig Close

489369L19-A13

Call Today (403) 347-6676

24 Hours Toll Free 1.888.533.4544

R H2S Alive (ENFORM) R First Aid/CPR R Confined Space R WHMIS & TDG R Ground Disturbance R (ENFORM) D&C B.O.P. R D&C (LEL) #204, 7819 - 50 Ave. (across from Totem) (across from Rona North)

Reqs Farm labourers for 2015 season (April -November) in Red Deer.

Duties include: sod farming and tree nursery.

Tree nursery will involve planting, pruning and digging trees. Will train/exp. An asset.

Wage $10.20/hour, 60 hrs weekly.

Email resume to steve.richardson@ bg-rd.com or by telephone at 403-347-7211

Condos/ Townhouses

3030

ALIX, 2 bdrm. 1 bath condo, 1210 sq. feet with balcony & 2 parking. Avail, immed. 403-341-9974

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

~ Westpark

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

1660

OPEN HOUSE SAT. & SUN. 1-5 639 OAK ST. Springbrook 403-588-2550

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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5030

3060

Homestead Firewood

Spruce & Pine -Split. Firepits 3810 47 ST. Spacious 2 avail. 7 days/wk. 403-304-6472 bdrm. suite. Stove, fridge, security. Adult only, no pets.

FIREWOOD, Spruce & Rent $945. Avail. Jan 1.

Pine. North of Costco 403-346-7178, 392-7754 587-877-5808 ADULT 2 BDRM. spacious LOGS suites 3 appls., heat/water Semi loads of pine, spruce, incld., Oriole Park. tamarack, poplar.

Mike 403-350-1620 Price depends on location.

403-986-6889 Lil Mule Logging GLENDALE reno’d 2 bdrm.

403-318-4346 apartments, avail. immed, Now Offering Hotter, Cleaner rent $875 403-596-6000 BC Birch. All Types. P.U. / LARGE, 1 & 2 BDRM. Delivery. Lyle 403-783-2275 SUITES. 25+, adults only SPLIT Dry Firewood. Pine n/s, no pets 403-346-7111 & Birch. Delivery avail (403)845-8989

1700

NEW LIZ AREN NY, 1 red croc. make-up bag. c/w 12 eyeshadows, 2 blush, 1 nail polish, 1 lip gloss. $195 value, asking $50.

Would make a great Christmas gift.

403-227-2976

1710

THE NORDIC

1 bdrm. adult building, N/S. No pets.

403-596-2444

Roommates Wanted

3080

QUIET home for working M/F, utils. wifi incl. N/S, $475/mo. 403-506-1907

Rooms For Rent

3090

1999 BUICK Regal, loaded 154,000 km.403-352-6995

1720

WANTED Antiques, furniture and estates. 342-2514

Jewellery

1750

EARRINGS, stirling silver, pierced earings, never worn. 1 1/2” drop, Jeweller appraised $135.

Asking $100. obo 403-227-2976

Misc. for Sale

1760

SNOW Tracks to fit Arctic Cat Quad, $800; Computer Stand Fits Ford F250F350, $175; Eamor Saddle Wade Tree 15” seat, Cowboys Cowgirls, $1400; Cross Country Skis, Rossignal xt208 and new boots (45 cm), all used twice, $175; and adjustable ball-type 5th wheel hitch, $300.

403-350-0959

Mobile Lot

3190

2010 SANTA FE, V6, silver 87,000 kms., remote start, 4 summer, 4 winter tires & whls., A1 shape, $16,750. obo. 403-347-6889

Travel Packages

1900

TRAVEL ALBERTA Alberta offers SOMETHING for everyone.

Make your travel plans now.

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rentals CLASSIFICATIONS

FOR RENT • 3000-3200 WANTED • 3250-3390

5140

Utility Trailers

CAR TRAILER, Tandem axle, flat deck, bumper tow. $1500. 403-343-0687

Auto Wreckers

5190

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

AMVIC APPROVED. We travel. May pay cash for vehicle. 403-396-7519

PUBLIC NOTICES

6010

Public Notices

PADS $450/mo.

Brand new park in Lacombe.

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

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

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DONALD JOHATHON LEONARD

CLASSIFICATIONS

You have 2 weeks to call Red Deer Queen of Courts Bench 403-340-5220 on behalf of your divorce

4000-4190

Realtors & Services

4010

YOUR old don’t wants could become someone else’s treasure. Sell it fast with an Advocate Want Ad. Phone 309-3300.

CONSIDERING A CAREER CHANGE?

TWO large older-style freezers to give away.

403-341-5414 ZIPPERED Tote Bags (3) 12x8.5x5.5, red satin, black paten crock, metallic gold satn. $10. ea. or 3 for $25. 403-227-2976

5040

SUV's

1 BDRM, bsmt. suite.

WASHER, Kenmore, Dryer $575/mo. 403-343-0974 Maytag, large capacity AVAIL. immed., lrg. fully both in good working cond. furn. bdrm. c/w working $65. pr. 403-782-7439 gas frpl. $300 dd, $600/mo Working or student M. Household only. 403-396-2468

Furnishings

4160

Lots For Sale

~ Kitson Close ~ Kyte & Kelloway Cres. ~ Holmes St. S.D. $1000 Rent $1245 to $1445 3 bdrm. townhouses, 1.5 bath, 4 & 5 appls., blinds, lrg. balconies, no dogs.

N/S, no utils. incl.

Avail. immed. & Jan. 1 References required.

CLASSIFICATIONS SOUTHWOOD PARK 5000-5300 3110-47TH Avenue, 2 & 3 bdrm. townhouses, generously sized, 1 1/2 baths, fenced yards, full bsmts. 403-347-7473, Cars Sorry no pets. www.greatapartments.ca 2001 Chev Malibu, 4 dr.

134,000 kms. 403-352-6995

Suites

AFFORDABLE

Household Appliances

4040

wheels

1630

Health & Beauty

Condos/ Townhouses

HERE TO HELP & HERE TO SERVE Call GORD ING at RE/MAX real estate central alberta 403-341-9995 gord.ing@remax.net

Houses For Sale

4020

3 LEFT!!

RISER HOMES

NEW YEAR Special Spec Homes Ready in McKay Ranch, Blackfalds newest subdivision 1st 3 mortgage payments are paid by Riser Homes Happy New Year!!!

Call LLOYD FIDLER 403-391-9294

Find the right fit.

Daily the Advocate publishes advertisements from companies, corporations and associations from across Canada seeking personnel for long term placements.

MOVE IN TODAY 1550 sq. ft. bi-level w/dbl. att. garage $499,900 403-588-2550

CENTRAL ALBERTA’S DAILY NEWSPAPER

CLASSIFICATIONS

VANIER AREA Vickers Close Victor Close Viscount Drive

www.academyoflearning.ab.ca

Blue Grass Sod Farms Ltd. Box 11, site 2, RR1 Red Deer, AB

1000-1430

To Advertise Your Business or Service Here

Call Classifieds 403-309-3300 classifieds@reddeeradvocate.com

SUNNYBROOK AREA Scott St. / Somerset Close

On-site work experience Unit Clerk Specialty curriculum Under one-year full Diploma program Planning for a Successful Career Seminar Nationally recognized Medical Assisting First Aid / CPR Training Professional Certificate Hospital Scrubs included Train with Industry experts Perfect graduate job placement rate reported last year

403.341.4544

INGLEWOOD AREA

McKenzie St. / Marion Cres.

Medical Office Assistant / Unit Clerk

“Low Cost” Quality Training

FREE Weekly list of properties for sale w/details, prices, address, owner’s phone #, etc. 342-7355 Help-U-Sell of Red Deer www.homesreddeer.com

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MORRISROE AREA

Classes Starting Soon!

2965 Bremner Avenue, Red Deer

880

Iverson Close Isbister Close

ENROLL TODAY!

OILFIELD TICKETS

4020

Houses For Sale

Bell St.

BOWER AREA

Please forward resumes to 1034@jiffylubestores.ca or fax 403-507-8514

NEWLY reno’d

TRAINING CENTRE

Firewood

3020

Houses/ Duplexes

3 bdrm., 2 bath, 4 appls., large fenced yard, $1600./mo. $1000. d.d.

Avail Feb . 1.

403-304-5337

Industries #1 Choice!

EquipmentHeavy CENTRAL AB based trucking company requires

Clean & vacuum rooms, Location of employment: 4105 2079 - 50 Ave. public areas, pool etc.

Red Deer, AB T4R 1Z4 • Replenish amenities, email: linens & towels.

• Adhere to Holiday Inn bennett.bkkp@xplornet.com or Call 403-347-1414 safety standards. or Fax to: 403-347-1161 All positions are permanent Only candidates selected Full-time/Part-time, shift for an interview will be work & weekends. contacted.

Education: Above Secondary Work Experience not essential, training provided. Sales & Fax resume to 780-702-5051

SAFETY

1500-1990

Rate is $13.25 - $15./hr.

No benefits.

•

900

CLASSIFICATIONS

2 yrs. min. on-the-job exp., must have completed High School be reliable, self motivated work well under limited supervision.

FRONT DESK CLERK ~ $14.00/hr.

• •

NOW HIRING for following Positions Tile setters $28.25/hr Floor Covering Installer $ 28.25 / hr Full time and Permanent 40hrs/week Min 3 year experience Labourer $20/hr 40hrs/week No experience required Full time and permanent position Valid Driver’s Licence preferred email resume at: cat1employment @gmail.com or drop off resume at Central Alberta Tile One 7619 50 Ave Suite 9 Red Deer

THE RUSTY PELICAN is now accepting resumes for F/T Exp’d LINE COOKS at all stations. MUST HAVE:

HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS RED DEER

•

850

Trades

Employment Training

278950A5

Oilfield

Restaurant/ Hotel

Call Prodie @ 403- 314-4301 for more info **********************

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

Accounting

1010

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

Contractors

1100

BRIDGER CONST. LTD. We do it all! 403-302-8550 TOO MUCH STUFF? Let Classifieds help you sell it.

Escorts

1165

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

Handyman Services

1200

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

Call James 403-341-0617

Massage Therapy

1280

DALE’S Home Reno’s MASSAGE ABOVE ALL Free estimates for all your WALK-INS WELCOME reno needs. 403-506-4301 4709 Gaetz Ave. 346-1161

Massage Therapy

1280

FANTASY SPA International Ladies

Misc.

Services

1290

SNOW blowing, junk/metal p/u, odd jobs 403-885-5333

Painters/

Elite Retreat, Finest Decorators in VIP Treatment.

1310

10 - 2am Private back entry JG PAINTING, 25 yrs. exp.

Free Est. 403-872-8888

403-341-4445

Misc.

Services

1290

5* JUNK REMOVAL Property clean up 340-8666 GARAGE DOOR SERVICE. Save 50%. All yard & bobcat services, junk/tree/snow removal. 403-358-1614

Seniors’ Services

1372

HELPING HANDS Home Supports for Seniors.

Cooking, cleaning, companionship. At home or facility. 403-346-7777 Classifieds...costs so little Saves you so much!

D6 RED DEER ADVOCATE Friday, Jan. 2, 2015 FOR BETTER OR FOR WORSE

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LUANN Jan. 2 1988 — Prime Minister Brian Mulroney signs free trade accord with U.S. President Ronald Reagan.

1983 — Joe Clark resigns as leader of the Opposition after getting support of only twothirds of delegates at Conservative party convention in Winnipeg.

1942 — Canada signs declaration of unity with 27 other countries at war with the Axis;

Allies pledge not to make a separate armistice or peace.

1929 — First World War ace Wop May takes off with fellow bush pilot Vic Horner to deliver diphtheria vaccine to Fort Vermilion, 1600 km north. The pilots make the trip in an open aircraft, with oil burners to keep the vaccine from freezing. A crowd of 10,000 greet the heroes on their return in Edmonton.

1929 — Canada and the U.S. sign treaty to preserve Niagara Falls.

1908 — Founding of the Royal Mint of Canada, as a branch of the British Royal Mint.

ARGYLE SWEATER

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