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Council revisits wood boiler decision Council backtracked on a decision made last December to outright ban wood fired boilers within city limits, with councillors saying the decision wasn’t properly informed due to a communication breakdown with city administration.

A motion brought forward Monday at the city council meeting indicated that after they had passed the motion banning boilers on Dec. 8, council learned someone was in the process of setting up a boiler and putting a lot of

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As a result, a new tact was taken and council voted to get environmental services to look at what circumstances it would take to permit boilers.

After news broke of council banning boilers in December, a Red Deer businessman came forward saying he was preparing to install an outdoor wood-fired boiler. Shawn Moore, owner of Trimmed-line Tree Services, told

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“They just want to get it right,” said Moore, relieved at Monday’s decision.

Councillor Lynne Mulder said they were told by city administration that there was no one had applied to install a boiler when councillors voted on the issue.

Mulder and Councillor Dianne Wyntjes met with Moore after voting in favour of the ban and discussed the use and environmental impacts of his boiler.

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Red Deer city council is bracing for some tough budget talks in light of the looming provincial cuts.

Starting today, council will begin re- BUDGET HIGHLIGHTS v i e w i n g t h e AND SCHEDULE A2 administrationrecommended $329-million operating budget, which comes with a 4.3 per cent property tax increase for 2015.

The operating budget looks at the day-to-day costs of running a municipality and the funding to provide services.

If there are no changes to the budget, owners of a typical home assessed at $325,000 would pay $1,940.33 on the municipal portion of their property bill, up $80.17 from 2014.

As part of the number crunching, administration will recommend $40,000 in cost savings for initiatives such as reducing advertising and promotion, eliminating tax utility bill inserts and reducing budgeted overtime.

Mayor Tara Veer said the economy has changed substantially since the capital budget deliberations in November. She said council will have to be extremely mindful of the changing economy while deciding on the city’s spending plans for the next 12 months.

“All cues from the provincial government suggest there will be cuts from the provincial government,” she said. “Those have a direct impact on us as a municipality and our citizens as we’re heading into imminent recession.”

Council may have to revisit the municipal budgets after the provincial budget is tabled this spring.

City manager Craig Curtis said he hopes any provincial funding changes announced in April will be effective in 2016. He said in the past, like during the Klein years, there were sudden changes in the municipal contribution from the province.

“We believe this province is looking at this very, very carefully,” he said.

“We have talked to our MLAs. We think they recognize our concerns and our hopes that if any changes are made, they give us sufficient opportunity to adjust in an appropriate way.”

Curtis called the city’s proposed budget one of “maintaining and enhancing core services.”

Some key spending is projected in areas such as policing, roads, transit and Emergency Services.

Curtis mentioned findings from the recent Ipsos Reid Survey that showed 60 per cent of the respondents would be OK with a tax increase to either enhance or maintain services. He said the budget was based on council direction and newly implemented budget guidelines, including a more robust public consultation.

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Budget Highlights

BUDGET: City facing many challenges The city faces many challenges this year, including lower revenue from investments, lost value of construction reserves, fluctuating revenue from land sales and eliminated or reduced grant funding. Some 2014 projects, including boosts to snow and ice control and policing, were split over two years.

The 2015 capital budget ($173.3 million) was adopted by council in November. The direct impact of the capital budget on the operating budget is $1.15 million or the equivalent of a one per cent tax increase.

Taxpayers won’t know the final percentage increase until the education portion of the taxes is set in the spring by the provincial government. crhyno@reddeeradvocate.com

● Ten fire medics — $807,165 ● Corporate fleet, includes second shift at garage and second fleet technologist — $740,244 ● Six police officers, three municipal employees — $559,650 ● Road operations (5.06 full-time-equivalent) — $400,000 ● Senior engineer — $112,518 ● New neighbourhood parks landscaping (2.11 full-time-equivalent) — $260,623 ● Environmental Master Plan implementation — $232,000 ● Emergency Services Master Plan update — $200,000 ● Value for money audit (department not determined) — $200,000 ● Red Deer Airport (three-year funding agreement) — $185,000 ● Central Alberta Crime Prevention Centre — $143,000 ● Heritage Site Survey and Inventory — $90,000

COUNCIL: Urged to develop crime map Mulder said the research she found indicated that boilers can be carbon neutral and can utilize up to 100 per cent of the energy from burning wood.

In Moore’s case he purchased a boiler with a 97 per cent efficiency rating.

“I don’t know if we made a mistake or not, but we certainly need more information and research to go on,” said Mulder.

Moore said his company produces a lot of wood waste and turning it into energy for his company by burning it is more efficient and environmentally conscious than sending it to the landfill where it will slowly rot – causing more pollution over the lifespan of the wood waste.

“It’s a reminder to us to do our homework because those technologies are changing,” said Wyntjes, adding that council still has to keep environmental concerns in mind.

Councillor Lawrence Lee called it a conundrum saying, he felt the motion was well placed, but does not feel it meets the special circumstances required to reconsider the motion.

He was the only councillor to vote against reopening the motion.

Councillor Paul Harris said they were told by the city administration that no one in Red Deer was planning to put in boilers, but at the time Moore said he was still in conversation with the city about putting a boiler in.

“It was either a communication breakdown or being withheld to move it (the ban) through,” said Councillor Tanya Handley.

However, Handley noted that the city should be careful where it gets its information from when it comes to regulating boilers.

“The staff member did have discussion with the applicant. The response that was given (to council) was that there were none in operation,” said Kim Fowler, Red Deer director of planning services, noting that at the time a staff member had discussions about the possibility of putting in a boiler.

There is an existing process to put a boiler in place, however Fowler said Moore hadn’t applied for the approval to install his boiler.

“They may not have made an application, but they made an inquiry,” said Mulder, calling it semantics.

City manager Craig Curtis called it a mistake in communication.

“There was no intent by administration to mislead council in any way,” he said.

Mayor Tara Veery and Councillors John Johnton, Frank Wong and Buck Buchanan all voiced opinions in favour of reconsidering the ban in light of the circumstances that led to this point.

“Let’s get it right,” said Buchanan.

Council withdrew the original motion and directed administration to look into what type of regulations would be required, keeping emissions and pollution in mind. The topic will return to council in June.

In other council news: z Buchanan proposed a motion to start developing a map of crime in the City of Red Deer.

In collaborative work with the Red Deer RCMP, the Central Alberta Crime Prevention Centre and the city, a crime mapping system would be developed.

The motion cites crime as one of the top priorities for residents, according to the Ipsos Reid Survey done for the city. It also cites similar mapping strategies done in other communities including Saskatoon, Regina, St. Albert, Medicine Hat and Lethbridge.

Crime mapping would combine geographical data

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with police report data in hopes of analyzing where, how and why crime occurs. The crime maps would not pin point exact locations that crime took place, but instead in general area in the interest of protecting the privacy of victims.

The motion returns to council for debate in two weeks. z Council codified its election expenses when seeking a position on an external board. Previously councillors had to seek funding on a case-by-case basis when attempting to get elected to an external board.

For example, the Alberta Urban Municipalities Association and the Federation of Canadian Municipalities elects its president, directors, vice-presidents and members-at-large.

Councillor Paul Harris sits as a member-at-large of the FCM’s board of directors representing Alberta.

Now, councillors can get up to $1,000 to cover election related expenses, provided council endorses the councillor for the board position. z First reading was approved unanimously to

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The city, acting as agent for the loan on behalf of the future host society, approved borrowing up to $2 million over a five year period. The loan would carry an interest rate of 2.075 per cent and it is expected it would be repayed by February 2019.

The loan bylaw now goes through public notification process before second and third reading can be given in March. z Council approved wage increases totalling seven per cent over two years for electric, light and power employees. A memorandum agreement between the City of Red Deer and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers approved at Monday’s council meeting includes 3.5 per cent increases in each of 2015 and 2016 in the two-year agreement.

The agreement affects 43 electric, light and power employees. mcrawford@reddeeradvocate.com

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● Downtown initiatives including Ross Street Patio — $80,000 ● Animal Control Services weekend coverage — $75,000 ● City of Red Deer promotional video — $50,000 ● Expanded Action Bus service for weekends and evenings (.50 full-time-equivalent) — $49,318 ● Council administrative support — $24,588

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TUESDAY, JAN. 6, 2015

Microbreweries on tap

BY MURRAY CRAWFORD ADVOCATE STAFF

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Pints can be poured and kegs can be tapped, all filled with locally crafted beer as city council opened the doors to microbreweries.

Council approved a bylaw amendment enabling the development of microbreweries in Red Deer, a use was previously not addressed.

The amendment allows microbreweries to be developed in two districts – Riverlands and Railyards – areas that are being redeveloped.

Christi Fidek, Red Deer City planner, said the City owns 29 per cent of the land in Riverlands and 14 per cent in Railyards.

It requires that a maximum of 70 per cent of the floor space of the microbrewery be used for the production and packaging of locally produced beer. The other 30 per cent would be

a pub, drinking establishment, tasting room or restaurant.

The amendment aims to develop the small scale production and packaging of alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages as well as the distribution, retail or some form of drinking establishment.

In consultation with area land owners, the city received two letters one supporting and one opposing adding microbreweries as a discretionary use in those two neighbourhoods.

Discretionary use means approval is still required for the development of microbreweries.

“The letter of opposition did not state their reasons for opposing microbreweries,” said Fidek.

While there are no applications the city is dealing with for a microbrewery

Police, 911 operators need better domestic violence training: report condescending and curt and should have asked Moreside more questions and done a database check on the man.

A search would have shown a previous assault complaint against Willier.

Const. Devon Bateman conceded at the inquiry that mistakes were made that night. He testified that the operator never told him Moreside wanted police to hurry because Willier was pushing on a door that she was holding. He thought the call was simply about a broken window.

Bateman said he called Moreside, but she said she wasn’t concerned for her safety and just wanted her boyfriend put in the drunk tank for the night. The officer told her he couldn’t do that, and she hung up.

Bateman testified he should have gone to the home, a two-minute drive from the detachment. Later, in court, he privately approached Moreside’s grown daughter and apologized.

RCMP Supt. Jodie Boudreau also apologized Monday to the Moreside family.

“We’d like them to know we’ve made significant strides to ensure that this doesn’t happen to another family,” she said. “We have a lot more checks and balances in place.”

Following a lengthy legal battle that involved the Supreme Court, Willier pleaded guilty in 2011 to manslaughter and was sentenced to 13 ½ years in prison.

Wheatley said the legal delay made it difficult for him to make recommendations. The inquiry wasn’t held until 2013.

The judge wrote that in addition to continued training in domestic violence, there should be continued funding of Alberta’s police risk and threat assessment centre. He said training at the centre has diminished over the years as police turn their attention to an increase in gang and property crime.

He also encouraged more work by a provincial committee that reviews domestic violence cases and makes recommendations to prevent future deaths. The chair of the committee recently said it expects to review how domestic troubles led to the mass murder of eight people in Edmonton in December.

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS EDMONTON — A judge’s report on an Alberta woman killed by her drunken boyfriend despite her call for help highlights the need for updated domestic violence training for police and 911 operators.

Brenda Moreside dialled 911 before she was stabbed to death nearly 10 years ago.

The operator who took the call was argumentative with Moreside, who had also been drinking, and didn’t pass important information on to Mounties in High Prairie. A junior officer tasked with the case decided it wasn’t necessary to intervene in the couple’s dispute and didn’t go to their home.

Twelve days later, acting on a tip, officers found the 44-year-old woman lying dead in her pyjamas near the door of the house.

Several reviews and investigations followed. The last one — a fatality inquiry — resulted in the report that was released Monday.

Provincial court Judge James Wheatley listed seven recommendations, but said many have already been addressed.

“Much thought and policy work has been done over the past 13 years into the problems created by domestic and family violence,” wrote the judge.

He said the RCMP force “has undertaken a full and comprehensive review of the circumstances of the death and has, of its own accord, introduced many new policies and controls within their domestic violence setting of their operations.”

Wheatley added that civilian operators are also much more educated and the calls they take are more scrutinized.

“Training now devoted to these operators is, in the writer’s view, exemplary compared to the guidance that early operators such as at the time of Ms. Moreside’s death” received.

The inquiry heard that the operator wrongly labelled Moreside’s complaint in February 2005 as vandalism instead of domestic violence, since her boyfriend, Stan Willier, had broken into the home through a window. A supervisor testified the operator was

development, the city has received inquiries about developing them in the future.

Charlie Bredo wants to open a microbrewery, called Troubled Monk Brewery, this summer in Red Deer.

They have already purchased the equipment and are looking to hire a brewmaster shortly.

“If everything goes as planned we plan on opening in June or July,” said Bredo. “We want to be in Red Deer.

“Having a retail component helps the bottom line.”

Immediate plans to not include a restaurant, but would include a drinking establishment on site.

Council debated the necessity of the 70 per cent limit on the production side and its impact on business-owners ability to profit having to be more than just a brewery. Councillor Tanya Handley was concerned about the 70 per cent requirement and the idea of putting an industrial component into

the redeveloped areas. She was the only person to oppose the amendment.

Councillor Frank Wong wanted to add microbreweries as discretionary uses in all commerical districts.

The Drummond Brewing Company, a Red Deer microbrewery, had a site specific bylaw developed in order to operate. It is located in the Edgar Industrial Park.

Up until now microbreweries were not addressed in the city’s land use bylaws.

Kevin Wood, Drummond Brewing Company owner, started his business seven years ago working with council to get his site specific bylaw “Breweries are tremendous value to the community,” said Wood.

Wood questioned the value of limiting the production side of the brewery and spoke in favour of opening the doors to more brewery development. mcrawford@reddeeradvocate.com

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there was no threat to public safety.

RCMP say it did not involve a hostage situation and was not the result of domestic violence.

BRIEF RCMP, emergency team, deal with deep freeze during standoff BONNYVILLE — Nearby residents were told to stay in their homes when the RCMP had to deal with a standoff in the biting cold in northeastern Alberta.

Officers, backed up by an emergency response team, were called to a residence in downtown Bonnyville around mid-afternoon Sunday.

Few details have been released, but police sent out a tweet just before midnight that the incident had ended and

Saskatoon police zap Alberta man with Taser Saskatoon police say charges are pending against an Alberta man after an officer zapped him with an electronic stun gun.

Two officers say they tried to get a man out of a truck Monday, which had been reported stolen, but he refused.

Police say as one of the officers fought with the man the suspect managed to put the truck into gear and drive into a snowbank.

The man was taken into custody and to hospital after an officer hit him with a charge from a Taser.

Police say they found three guns in the truck.

Threats force parents of man accused of attacking girl to move to go home.

“While the little girl is a victim and the injuries she has suffered are very, very serious, our family and our other eight children are now also victims,” the Strongs wrote in a signed statement released Monday to The Canadian Press.

“We didn’t do anything, and our kids didn’t do anything, but we had to flee our home on the Paul Band reserve because of threats and a very real fear of violence against us.

“It’s a terrible thing but it had to be done to protect us and our kids - none of us who have done anything wrong.”

The girl was found, outdoors, battered and near death on the reserve near Duffield, west of Edmonton.

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS EDMONTON — The parents of a man accused of viciously attacking a six-year-old girl on an Alberta reserve say they have been forced to move because of threats of violence.

Ramona and James Strong said in a statement that RCMP helped move them and their other eight children from the Paul First Nation on Dec. 22.

That was the same day their 21-yearold son, James Clifford Paul, was charged with attempted murder, aggravated sexual assault and kidnapping.

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Politics as seduction Take a bow, hard-working taxpayer.

This is your year.

You will be known by your moniker, to be repeated over and over by your federal government.

You will be known by the indignities visited upon you, according to our opposition parties.

You will be known by the incessant advertising aimed at you and the fealty paid to you by your federal representative, even if his or her identity will have been, for many of you, heretofore a mystery.

All three federal parties will pay homage to you, gearing every policy to you, your children, your cable choices, your wireless packages, your gym membership, your children’s children, the roads you TIM travel, the bridges you cross, HARPER the air you breathe.

They will promise to keep your neighbourhoods safe, your country safe, your wallet safe and your job safe.

They will promise to protect you from terrorists, the scourge of drugs and, in the case of your government, inexperienced leaders.

If you are a war veteran, you will receive a lot of attention this year. As you should.

All they want is your vote.

There are few certainties to 2015, but we know this: You will have your chance to vote in a federal election.

The late winter and early spring will be both the best of times and potentially the worst of times for Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s government.

Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau will have to deliver on that worst of post-honeymoon demands: I like you, but now what are you going to do for me?

Tom Mulcair will have to stop bailing water from the good ship New Democrat long enough to turn around an opposition bleeding MPs and confidence.

Which brings us to the when and what — when will you vote and what could define the ballot?

The election is scheduled for Oct. 19 and, in a year-end interview with the CBC, Harper indicated that fixed date will be election day — while leaving just enough of a sliver of doubt to fuel those who believe we could be voting in the spring, following a federal budget and before looming danger.

It should be a triple-E election — fought on the economy, energy policy and the environment — but before we get there, here is how it seems the year will shake out.

Shortly after the Commons reconvenes in late January, Finance Minister Joe Oliver will table his government’s pre-election budget.

The surplus has been largely drained already by the government’s capped form of income-splitting and enhanced child-care benefit payments, cheques ready to hit mailboxes (including six months of retroactive payments) in July, just weeks before the writ drops on an October election.

But this doesn’t look as advantageous as it did before the price of oil plummeted or the Bank of Canada again raised alarms about the level of personal debt or warned of overvalued homes.

The Canadian economy will merely chug, not soar, analysts say, but an uptick in U.S. fortunes could give this country a much-needed tailwind.

Oliver and Harper swear the price of oil will not

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deter them from balancing the budget, but there are two outstanding promises that were dependent on balanced books — doubling the tax-free savings account limit and an adult fitness tax credit — which the government has not yet moved on.

By the end of March, Auditor General Michael Ferguson is expected to release a report on Senate spending that is causing nervousness and is expected to bring the Senate back into the forefront of the Canadian political discussion.

Days after that, Mike Duffy is due in court to face 31 fraud-related charges. The suspended senator and former journalist maintains his innocence and says he looks forward to clearing his name.

Even if he can’t, there is every reason to believe he will use many of his 41 allotted court days to drag Harper and his office along for a ride that a prime minister seeking re-election will not want, even if Harper himself is not called to testify.

This year will also be the year of the pipeline and the environment will be a sleeper issue.

First up for resolution is the Keystone XL, which has drawn the increasing scorn of U.S. President Barack Obama. But the Congressional roster has changed in Washington with pro-Keystone Republicans in charge.

Obama still wields the veto pen, but the possibility that he will use Keystone approval as a tradeoff for something he needs from a hostile Congress grows immeasurably this year.

A pre-election gift could be in the offing for Harper, regardless of the price of oil.

A battle looms over the east-west pipeline in this country and it could turn Trudeau into a political pretzel with Liberal governments in Atlantic Canada firmly behind the project but Liberal governments in Central Canada putting conditions on their approval.

But it appears the giant Enbridge Northern Gate-

way Pipeline essentially has the backing of no one.

By year’s end came a change in tone on pipelines from the Conservatives, first by Industry Minister James Moore, then Harper himself. They now stand at arm’s length from these projects, saying approval is up to independent boards and the private sector — a world away from Harper’s once-vocal backing of Gateway as a “national priority.”

The Harper government is also having more difficulty defending its climate position and increasingly looks like an outlier in the global community.

Arguments about a “job-killing carbon tax” are well past their best-before debate, and Harper even mused about the merit of Alberta’s carbon-pricing system in the CBC interview.

The prime minister will be bucking an inevitable taste for change in this country as he seeks another mandate after nearly a decade in office.

Trudeau will be playing on that thirst for change but his success so far, based as it is on personal style, youth and a fresh approach to the political game, will be sorely tested as he is viewed more as a potential prime minister and Mulcair and Harper try to squeeze him from the left and right.

Mulcair must guard against a return to the traditional political axis in this country.

There is another word that could again move to the forefront in politics in 2015, and this time the challenge for Trudeau and Mulcair will be to ensure “coalition” does not become a dirty word but regains its position as a legitimate electoral outcome in our democracy.

Mulcair and Trudeau don’t like each other much right now.

But proximity to power could render many recent perceived wrongs merely distant memories.

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

Extracting some hard truths from Dalhousie mess The University of Dalhousie’s school of dentistry finally announced on Monday that there will be a partial suspension of the 13 students, members of a “Gentleman’s Club,” for misogynist Facebook postings.

That hardly makes them special, since the entire fourth-year dentistry class has yet to return from the Christmas break and get back to work.

All other classes have already resumed, but GREG school manageNEIMAN ment is keeping the fourthyear class out for now.

The “partial” part of their suspensions refers to the clinical experience portion of their studies. They can attend classes with their peers (when classes resume in a week), but they cannot do any work at the clinic.

A stint of “restorative justice” and counselling is also required of the 13, along with any of their female classmates who choose to participate.

That’s it. After the Gentlemen posted a list of female peers they’d like to chloroform and have “hate sex” with

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(you could just call it rape), suspension of classes for everyone, suspension of clinical work for the 13 men and restorative justice for their victims is all we know about for now.

Of all the medical professions, dentistry remains the last bastion of nearcomplete male domination.

Joan Rush, a lawyer specializing in health law and ethics, has taught both medical and dentistry students at the University of British Columbia.

She notes in an article for the Globe and Mail that the professional association that governs the practice in Canada is nearly all white male. There are 18 directors of the Canadian Dental Association, and only one is female.

There are no visible minorities represented on the board. The deans of all 10 faculties of dentistry in Canada are male.

As well, says Rush, since dentistry is completely privately run, its practitioners are free to offer only the services they wish, to whom they wish, at the price of their choosing.

This confluence of conditions has led to Canada’s rating of “poor” for ensuring equitable access to dental care among 34 OECD countries.

These factors have also led to a male-oriented sense of entitlement in the profession, something that is not shared in the others. Or if it does remain in other professions, at least it is not held to the same extent and the professions themselves are working to

change.

The Gentleman’s Club at Dalhousie is partially a result of top-down attitudes in the whole profession that are out of touch with society.

That puts the problem and the crisis at Dalhousie smack in the dean’s office.

Are we talking about young, bright male students who have done something stupid? Of course. But the messages being sent in the handling of the crisis do not square with Canadian values.

Especially not the values that dominate Canadian universities.

When I went to university, there were slightly more male than female students on Canadian campuses. Today, almost two-thirds of university students are female. Among Canadian adults, women are more than 17 per cent more likely to have higher education than men.

There has been a lot of discussion about this; even Statistics Canada has studies examining the new gender imbalance in higher education.

That’s a whole other issue, but in the context of the discussion here, it shows that management of schools of dentistry have some catching up to do.

Restorative justice alone will not be enough. Nor is it fair that 13 students who paid a whole lot of money for their education and who have done a whole lot of hard work to become trained should be completely kicked out of

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school, four months before the end of their fourth year.

Nothing more has yet been forthcoming, because school managers have reason to fear “self-harm” could result.

Outside of the ethical questions, how would you like to handle the prospect of lawsuits — from all concerned?

Remember, nothing criminal has been alleged as yet. We’re still taking about students doing something stupid in violation of an internal code of conduct.

Rush has a suggestion I kind of like.

Have the 13 Gentlemen agree to whatever restorative justice their victims agree to. In addition, have them agree to have their first year of practice take place under supervision in hospitals or geriatric facilities. Or at non-profit clinics, preferably based in remote communities where residents have little access to dental care, much less care they can afford.

Canadian taxpayers cover about 70 per cent of the total cost of educating a new dentist. We have a stake in this, too.

For the students’ female peers, for us, and for the lessons both the students and their governing institutions can learn, this suggestion seems like a way out of a huge legal and ethical maze.

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Fantino gets the hook ERIN O’TOOLE APPOINTED TO VETERANS AFFAIRS

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OTTAWA — Julian Fantino’s tenure as minister of Veterans Affairs was troubled by controversy almost from the time he took office in July 2013. Here’s a look: October 2013: The veterans ombudsman says the government provides former soldiers with insufficient compensation for pain and suffering, warning some vets will face near-poverty in old age because they don’t get certain allowances or military pensions.

October 2013: The Royal Canadian Legion calls it reprehensible that government lawyers are in court arguing that there is no special duty to care for wounded veterans, despite promises that date back to the First World War. November 2013: Protests grow over plans to divert veterans to Service Canada locations and close Veterans Affairs offices in Corner Brook, N.L.; Charlottetown; Sydney, N.S.; Thunder Bay and Windsor, Ont.; Brandon, Man.; Saskatoon; and Kelowna, B.C. January 2014: The veterans ombudsman and the Royal Canadian Legion demand to know if the Harper government will retroactively compensate all ex-soldiers whose pensions and benefits were unfairly clawed back.

January 2014: Fantino publicly apologizes for arriving late for a meeting with veterans angry about the office closures, a controversy that erupted amid televised footage of Fantino in a confrontation with one of the vets.

February 2014: Veterans ombudsman Pierre Daigle tells a Senate committee that some soldiers given medical discharges find they don’t qualify for benefits because Veterans Affairs uses different, more stringent criteria than does National Defence.

July 2014: Two Statistics Canada reports paint a troubling portrait of post-military life for soldiers, suggesting that for many the return to the civilian world is marked by health concerns, a sense of social isolation and less cash.

October 2014: Retired general Walt Natynczyk, former chief of the defence staff, becomes deputy minister to Fantino.

November 2014: Jacques Fauteux, Fantino’s chief of staff leaves his job. He is soon replaced by Stephen Lecce of the Prime Minister’s Office.

November 2014: The government says Veterans Affairs returned $1.13 billion in unspent funds to the federal treasury between 2006 and 2013, money which critics said should have been spent on vets.

November 2014: The auditor general says many veterans wait up to eight months to find out if they are eligible for long-term, mental-health disability benefits and the department has no idea if its treatment programs are effective. The report says some veterans are saddled with numbing paperwork and unnecessarily long waits.

December 2014: In his first return to the Commons after the auditor general’s report, Fantino is hit with opposition demands for his resignation. The Liberals release slick online ads saying veterans shouldn’t have to fight their own government to win benefits.

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TORONTO — The right of long-term expats to vote in federal elections goes before Ontario’s top court Tuesday, as Ottawa fights a ruling that struck down part of Canadian voting laws.

Barring Canadians from voting — in this case those who have lived abroad for more than five years — is a justified restriction in a free and democratic society, the government argues.

“The residence limit to voting ensures the connection of the citizen to the place where he or she casts their vote,” the government states in its factum.

“That is the social contract at the heart of our system of constitutional democracy.”

In May last year, Ontario Superior Court Justice Michael Penny ruled parts of the Canada Elections Act — enacted in 1993 — were unconstitutional.

In doing so, he extended the vote to as many as one million Canadians living abroad — even though a sliver of that number would likely vote in, for example, this year’s federal election.

For one thing, Penny ruled, expats may well be subject to Canadian tax and other laws. In addition, mass murderers have the right to vote, the judge noted, but not long-term expats, who “care deeply” about Canada.

Ottawa, which sought unsuccessfully to stay the ruling ahead of last June’s byelections, insists nonresident Canadians need to have a “direct and meaningful” connection to Canada and their ridings in order to vote.

As such, it began enforcing the five-year rule under which long-term expats could only regain the right to vote by resuming residency in Canada — not by just visiting.

May 2014: Fantino is caught on television appearing to ignore the angry wife of a veteran as she shouts questions at him while he walks down a parliamentary hallway.

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Other studies suggested that wounded veterans would face poverty once they hit age 65.

Efforts to calm the situation failed. Tweaks to benefits and more money for mental health brought no respite. Fantino’s chief of staff quit and was replaced by a staffer from the Prime Minister’s Office.

Retired general Walt Natynczyk, the country’s former top military commander, was also appointed as Fantino’s deputy minister and senior civil servant.

May 2014: Fantino defends a $4-million ad campaign which he calls an effort to dispel “misinformation” about the government’s treatment of former soldiers.

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OTTAWA — After an 18-month tenure marred by controversy, confrontation and cries of incompetence, Julian Fantino has been booted out of the Veterans Affairs portfolio and demoted to his old job as a junior minister.

In a quiet ceremony Monday at Rideau Hall, Prime Minister Stephen Harper replaced Fantino with Erin O’Toole, a southern Ontario MP and former member of the Royal Canadian Air Force.

Fantino, a tough-talking former police chief who represents the strategically important riding of Vaughan, north of Toronto, remains at Erin O’Toole the cabinet table as associate minister of defence in charge of procurement.

After the ceremony, Fantino didn’t speak to reporters other than to offer New Year’s greetings. But in a written statement, he later defended both his own record and that of the government in their treatment of ex-soldiers.

“Each and every day that I served at Veteran Affairs I was guided by a firm belief that government must stand by those who have served and continue to serve,” Fantino said.

“Under Prime Minister Harper, I can say with confidence that we have fully embraced that principle.”

Fantino went on to list some of the recent improvements, announced in November, including the expansion of services to deal with operational stress injuries.

News of the shuffle was greeted cautiously by those in the veterans community. The Royal Canadian Legion called it a “political move,” while others say it’s designed to restore the government’s credibility with a core Conservative constituency.

Whether it works remains to be seen, said dominion president Tom Eagles.

“The legion has great expectations that this government and all political parties will put the past behind and move forward to create an environment where veterans know that this country’s obligation to care for them when they need it will be met,” Eagles said.

“Given the outpouring of support veterans saw this past Remembrance Day, the Legion expects all Canadians will want their government to embrace whatever needs to be done to care for our Veterans now and in the future.”

A former street cop who later became Toronto police chief and commissioner of the Ontario Provincial Police, Fantino entered federal politics by winning a byelection in 2010.

He was re-elected in 2011 and named to the cabinet in January as minister of state for seniors. He became minister of international co-operation in July 2012 and went to Veterans Affairs a year later.

He found himself in political hot water almost from the moment he took the post.

Under Fantino, the department came under heavy fire from veterans groups, the veterans ombudsman, the auditor general and the political opposition.

Fantino’s efforts to defend office closures, job cuts, lapsed budget money and tweaks to pensions and benefits provoked anger from veterans and scorn from the NDP and Liberals.

There were public relations gaffes, including a much-publicized — and televised — confrontation with veterans, and the spectacle of Fantino walking away from the wife of a former soldier, ignoring her shouted questions.

Then there was the government’s decision to go to court to argue that it had no special responsibility to care for veterans, despite the fact that such a responsibility had been iron-clad policy since the First World War. There were howls of protest when it was learned the department had allowed more than $1 billion of its budget to lapse and return to the federal treasury since 2006. The anger only grew when the department admitted spending $4 million on ads last year promoting its efforts to help veterans return to civilian life.

Reports detailed the troubles veterans encountered getting help and benefits from the department.

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Students suspended in scandal DALHOUSIE

HALIFAX — Dalhousie University suspended 13 dentistry students from clinical duties over misogynistic comments allegedly posted on a social media site, saying it wants to ensure the safety of patients and classmates.

University president Richard Florizone and the dean of dentistry announced that the fourth-year students will not be able to practise at a community clinic while a committee reviews the matter.

Florizone added that this latest response to the deepening crisis could affect the students’ ability to graduate if the suspension hasn’t been lifted and they haven’t fulfilled academic requirements. “The behaviour has called into question their professionalism ... so they are suspended from clinical activity until this academic committee removes that suspension,� Florizone said in the Halifax university’s main academic building.

The review by the academic standards class committee will also determine if the men will be allowed

to return to classes next week and, if so, whether they will be kept separate from the rest of the 44 students in fourth year.

Thomas Boran, dean of the dentistry school, said the allegations have “rocked the administration� and that he had no knowledge of the comments until a media report exposed the Facebook page where they were posted. “We had no idea that it existed,� he said. “The faculty of dentistry has been deeply affected by this incident.

Comments expressed on the Facebook postings were deeply offensive.�

According to the CBC, members of the Class of DDS Gentlemen page on Facebook voted on which woman they’d like to have “hate� sex with and joked about using chloroform on women.

In another post, a woman is shown in a bikini with a caption that says, “Bang until stress is relieved or unconscious (girl).�

The Facebook page has since been taken down.

Man accused of letting mother die after fall gets bail

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS WINNIPEG — A man accused of letting his 90-year-old mother die on the floor after a fall has been granted bail.

Ron Siwicki, 62, has also been ordered to undergo a psychiatric assessment.

His lawyer, Mike Cook, told The Canadian Press before the hearing on Monday that Siwicki was complying with his mother’s wishes when she fell out of bed in mid-December.

Cook said she didn’t want medical attention, so Siwicki fed her nutritional drinks until she died. He then called 911.

Siwicki, a Winnipeg musician, had been in custody since being charged with criminal negligence causing death and failing to provide the necessities of life.

Dozens of his supporters attended his bail hearing during which he sat listening to the evidence and crying occasionally.

Cook told the news agency his client was a doting son. “He’s devastated,� Cook said. “It’s very difficult for me to discuss the facts of the case with him ... When I started to read the police report, he just broke down. He put his head into his hands and was sobbing.�

The lawyer suggested that police custody is the “worst possible place� for Siwicki, who has been left “grieving with strangers.� “You’re 62 years of age. You’ve never been involved in the criminal jus-

tice system. Your mom dies and you’re in custody because of this? I can’t imagine a more horrible scenario for this fellow,� Cook said. “He should be at home with his family.�

The case is rare, Cook said, because the charges usually involve parents who don’t get their children medical attention. Siwicki’s mother lived with him and the outcome could have a broader significance as more people care for their aging parents and relatives at home, Cook suggested. “What happens with aged relatives at home? What if they don’t want care?

What if they want to die peacefully in their own home?� he said. “It could have a far-reaching effect.�

Many who know Siwicki in Winnipeg’s music community came to his defence following his arrest, describing him as a “gentle soul� who was “not a danger to anyone.� On a Facebook page for Winnipeg musicians, friends said Siwicki took great care of his mother since his father died years ago. “Ron has shaped his life and devoted himself to the ongoing care and support of his mother, sometimes forgoing opportunities both in business and in his social life,� wrote Michael Gillespie, who said he has known Siwicki for 35 years. “Ron would often leave gatherings of friends earlier than others in order to attend to his mother. He stated, to me at least, that he accepted that his mother was his responsibility and I know he meant that sincerely.�

The posts and the university’s initial response prompted rallies, calls for the men’s expulsion and a demand by some faculty members for an independent inquiry into how the school handled the incident.

Hundreds of protesters filled a square outside the president’s office building Monday, where they demanded the students be expelled and that more be done to address sexism on campus. “I think it’s one step that’s overdue,� said Jude Ashburn of the South House Sexual and Gender Resource Centre at Dalhousie. “They still need to be expelled and there needs to be a widespread plan of attack from Dalhousie to address institutionalized misogyny.�

Kortney Foley, a student who was at the protest, agreed. “These students need to be expelled because people should feel safe when they go to get any medical work done,� she said. “Having people who have said these things be in a position of power isn’t right.�

The suspensions come after four professors at the university filed a complaint over the allegations and asked that the male students be given

an interim suspension to ensure people’s safety on campus.

Francoise Baylis of the of the university’s medical school said she was pleased with the clinical suspensions, but wondered why the school did not act sooner. “The action taken doesn’t go far enough and it could have been taken earlier in December, so I don’t understand the delay,� she said. “We were asking for an interim suspension before the start of classes so that students coming back would know that they were going into a safe and supportive learning environment.�

Florizone said the decision to suspend the clinical privileges was made on Dec. 22. He said the university waited two weeks to make it public after it heard reports that the male students involved were at risk of harming themselves and the school wanted to ensure that appropriate supports were available to them. “We had credible reports from our frontline staff of potential self-harm,� he said. “We took those seriously and so that concern for student safety overrode our concern about communicating this publicly.�

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The two politicians have publicly taken jabs at each other over pension plans, the provincial deficit and infrastructure spending. Wynne often invoked Harper criticisms on those topics during the spring election that saw her win a majority government.

She has also used letters to Harper — released to the media — and social media to press the prime minister for a meeting. Last month Ontario’s opposition leaders criticized her approach, saying it clearly wasn’t working.

In Ottawa, NDP Leader Thomas Mulcair said Harper does not understand that Canada operates as a federation. “He’s never attended a single meeting of the Council of the Federation,�

Mulcair said, referring to the premiers’ gathering. “I am happy that he’s...decided to bury the hatchet because he was taking a very vitriolic view of the premier of Ontario, Canada’s most populous province.�

Wynne has set about to create a made-in-Ontario pension plan, complaining that Harper’s aversion toward pension reform is “offensive and inexplicable.� Harper, meanwhile, has panned Wynne’s pension plan proposal, saying people prefer tax breaks as a reward for saving for retirement, rather than having their taxes hiked to force them to save.

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Harper, Wynne set for first meeting in more than a year TORONTO — Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne were set to meet Monday night in Toronto, marking their first face-to-face talk in more than a year.

The Conservative prime minister last met with the Liberal premier Dec. 5, 2013, and Wynne has since embarked on a public campaign urging Harper to sit down with her.

The two will be meeting at 6:15 p.m. at an undisclosed location in Toronto, where Harper was set to attend the gold-medal World Junior Championship hockey game between Canada and Russia.

When Harper was in the Toronto area last month he did not meet with Wynne, but fit in a private meeting with newly elected Toronto Mayor John Tory.

Wynne told The Canadian Press in a year-end interview that she hoped Harper did not have a “particular ven-

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BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — Canadian jets flew four attack missions against militant targets in Iraq on New Year’s Day, National Defence says.

In its latest briefing on the allied air campaign against the group known as the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, the military says the CF-18 strikes hit fighting positions and storage facilities.

The four jets used precision-guided munitions against their targets.

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Aviation crackdown INDONESIA’S SAFETY PRACTICES CRITICIZED AFTER AIRASIA CRASH

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS PANGKALAN BUN, Indonesia — Highlighting the depth of Indonesia’s air safety problems, the transportation ministry announced harsh measures Monday against everyone who allowed AirAsia Flight 8501 to take off without proper permits — including the suspension of the airport’s operator and officials in the control tower.

The routing permits of all airlines flying in the country also will be examined to see if they are violating the rules, said Djoko Murjatmodjo, acting director general of air transportation.

“Who knows if other airlines are also doing the same thing,” he said.

The crackdown comes as searchers continue to fight bad weather while combing the Java Sea for bodies and wreckage of the Airbus A320 that crashed Dec. 28, killing all 162 passengers and crew on board.

The plane was travelling between Surabaya, Indonesia’s second-largest city, and Singapore on a Sunday. Officials have since said its permit for the popular route was only for Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, and that AirAsia quietly switched three of those days. Officials in Singapore, however, have said the plane was authorized to fly on Sundays from its end.

Applications for specific routes take into account issues including air traffic rights and airport takeoff and landing slots.

While the airline is being investigated, Indonesia has banned all AirAsia flights between Surabaya and Singapore.

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National Search and Rescue Agency personnel carry the seats of AirAsia Flight 8501 after being airlifted by a U.S. Navy helicopter, at the airport in Pangkalan Bun, Indonesia, Monday.

AirAsia Indonesia President Director Sunu Widyatmoko said by text Monday that the airline will co-operate with the government during the evaluation, but would not comment on the permit allegations until the process is complete.

Violation of the regulations would boost legal arguments for passengers’ family members seeking compensation, said Alvin Lie, a former lawmaker and aviation analyst. But he added AirAsia would not be the only one to blame.

“The Surabaya-Singapore flights have been operating since October ... and the government didn’t know,” he said. “Where was the government’s su-

pervision?”

Murjatmodjo said key individuals who allowed to plane to fly without permits would be suspended while the investigation is pending.

The ministry also issued a directive Dec. 31 ordering all airlines to provide pilots with up-to-date weather reports before they take off, he said. Currently, it’s up to the captain and co-pilot to research and evaluate flying conditions before departing. In other countries, carriers’ flight operations departments perform that task for them.

He also planned to meet Monday with the Corruption Eradication Commission to discuss whether to investigate AirAsia’s operations. Business

in the country is commonly conducted using bribery, with payoffs often seen as the most efficient way to get things done.

After Indonesia deregulated its aviation industry in the 1990s, dozens of airlines emerged making air travel affordable for the first time for many in the world’s fourth most populous nation. But accidents in recent years have raised urgent questions about the safety of Indonesia’s booming airline sector, with experts saying poor maintenance, rule-bending, and a shortage of trained professionals are partly to blame.

AirAsia, which began operations in 2001 and quickly became one of the region’s leaders in low-cost air travel, has not experienced any other crashes and is widely considered a benchmark for safety and professionalism.

It is not known what caused Flight 8501 to crash into the Java Sea 42 minutes into what was supposed to be a two-hour flight, though Indonesia’s Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency says bad weather appears to have been a factor. Just before losing contact, the pilot told air traffic control that he was approaching threatening clouds, but was denied permission to climb to a higher altitude because of heavy air traffic. No distress signal was issued.

The international hunt for the plane has recovered 37 bodies, including three Monday still fastened into their seats. Sonar has identified five large objects that are believed to be chunks of the fuselage on the ocean floor, but strong currents, silt and mud have kept divers from seeing or reaching the objects.

No signals have been heard from the cockpit voice and flight data recorders, or black boxes. Poor weather has prevented ships from dragging ping locators.

Roma infant’s grave prompts controversy

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

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‘I CONSIDER THEM PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN FAILED

BY SOCIETY. WE MUST TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THEIR PROBLEMS.’ — RICHARD TRINQUIER, MAYOR OF WISSOUS

“I consider them people who have been failed by our society. We must take into account their problems,” Trinquier said of the Roma.

On Monday, after a funeral cortege headed by a Mercedes-Benz hearse, Maria Francesca was buried about 7 kilometres (4 miles) from the campsite, in a grave that overlooks the Orly runway. For a few moments, her mother’s moans drowned out the sound of jet engines from across the road.

“How could France act this way toward someone, as happened in this cemetery, in this town?” President Francois Hollande said, unprompted, in an interview with France Inter.

It is not the first time Hollande has been drawn into a controversy involving treatment of the Roma. In 2013, a teen Roma girl was pulled off the bus during a school trip and deported along with her family, prompting criticism of the government.

Abducted infant found dead

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WISSOUS, France — Maria Francesca spent her short life living in a ramshackle camp on the edges of Paris-Orly airport. After the Roma infant girl died, only 2 months old, quarrels erupted over the tiny plot of land needed for her burial that have prompted an anti-discrimination investigation.

The mayor of the town Champlan, where the Roma camp is located, is accused of refusing to allow the baby to be buried there and saying the town needs to prioritize taxpayers in the already crowded cemetery.

The girl, who died of sudden infant death syndrome on Dec. 26, was instead laid to rest Monday in neighbouring Wissous, after the mayor there stepped in and agreed to accept the family.

France’s human rights ombudsman, Jacques Toubon, has said he will investigate the case that has called attention to discrimination against France’s estimated 20,000 Roma, also known as Gypsies. Most live in makeshift camps with few basic amenities.

The mayor of Champlan later said it was never his intention to turn the family away and has attributed the events to a “chain of misunderstandings.” He was on vacation when the family’s request for burial was refused.

Wissous Mayor Richard Trinquier said he believes that explanation and doesn’t think the events were due to discrimination, but said he doesn’t have “the same attitude of rejection.”

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LONG BEACH, Calif. — A 3-week-old baby who was abducted after her parents and an uncle were wounded in a shooting at a Long Beach residence has been found dead and authorities are searching for a suspect.

The identification of Eliza Delacruz came after detectives from Long Beach travelled to San Diego County to help authorities investigate the discovery of remains found in a dumpster Sunday behind an Imperial Beach strip mall.

“The suspect who committed these horrific crimes” remains on the loose, Long Beach police said in a statement.

The 10-pound child had been declared missing when police went to the home Saturday evening after receiving a call about the shooting and found two brothers and the baby’s mother with gunshot wounds.

Two victims remained hospitalized in critical but stable condition Sunday.

Long Beach police spokeswoman Marlene Arrona says his motive is unknown but detectives do not believe the shooting was a random act.

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Air Canada pleased with popularity of service

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Air Canada’s introduction of daily scheduled service at the Red Deer Airport in September 2013 has helped boost the airport’s passenger count to record levels.

2014 was a record year for Red Deer airport EXPANDED RUNWAY COULD BE OPERATIONAL BY END OF YEAR

BY HARLEY RICHARDS ADVOCATE BUSINESS EDITOR Another record year at the Red Deer Airport has officials there talking enthusiastically about runway expansion — with aircraft like Boeing 737s and Airbus A320s potentially touching down at the Springbrook-based airport by the end of 2015.

Red Deer Airport Authority CEO RJ Steenstra confirmed on Monday that last year’s passenger count reached 25,819, which topped the 2013 tally of 11,997 by 115 per cent. In 2012, the airport served 1,468 passengers; in 2011, the figure was just 432.

“If you look at the last four years, the compound annual growth rate for the airport is 179 per cent,” said Steenstra. “That’s a significant number.”

The 2014 passenger total, which does not include charter services, was spread over approximately 3,000 arriving and departing flights by Air Canada and Northwestern Air Lease.

Steenstra speculated that the Red Deer Airport is the fastest-growing

airport in Canada. But this success is prompting concerns about its ability to keep pace with demand.

“Before, market adoption was the constraint,” he said. “Now, it’s capacity.”

Steenstra said he’s in ongoing discussions with Air Canada about the potential for increasing the frequency of its Red Deer-Calgary flights, which currently consist of three round-trips daily. The other option is a longer runway that could handle larger aircraft.

Not only would that allow Air Canada to fly bigger planes out of Red Deer, it should make the airport more attractive to other operators. Discount carriers Canada Jetlines and Jet Naked have both shown interest in the Red Deer Airport, said Steenstra, and a longer runway could also open the door for heavy cargo planes and holiday charter services.

“That would really create and unlock the airport.”

The current plan is to extend Red Deer Airport’s 5,500-foot (1,675-metre) runway to 7,500 feet (2,285 metres), at a cost of about $8.2 million. Proposed

development of other airport lands to accommodate more aviation-related businesses would bump the funds needed to approximately $11 million, said Steenstra.

Red Deer County and the City of Red Deer have pledged a combined $3.5 million, with the Airport Authority now looking to other levels of government and even the private sector for additional money.

“We’re working very diligently to raise the remaining dollars to get them in place so that we can start construction in the spring,” said Steenstra.

If this ambitious timeline can be met, he said, the expanded runway could be operational by the end of this year.

Red Deer Airport’s increased passenger count also means it again qualifies for funding under the federal Airport Capital Assistance Program. If its application is successful, the grant would be used for the maintenance and improvement of the airport’s existing facilities, said Steenstra. hrichards@reddeeradvocate.com

Cheaper oil could benefit Canada’s economy: study

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RBC REPORT

OTTAWA — Perhaps an era of cheap crude won’t be so bad for Canada after all.

A new bank forecast argues the financial blows of low oil prices on the Canadian economy could be more than cancelled out by the weaker loonie and additional consumer spending on both sides of the Canada-U.S. border.

The prediction, contained in a Royal Bank of Canada (TSX:RY) report released Monday, is an outlier among many expert assessments that have projected low crude prices to be a net negative for Canada.

The bank analysis pointed to a combined effect of three “offsetting positive outcomes” from low-priced crude: a boost for the U.S. economy; the lower Canadian dollar’s benefit to exporters selling to the stronger U.S. market, and more spending by Canadians thanks to cheaper fuel.

The paper’s authors, however, are careful to underscore a key risk to the projection: cuts to business investment in Canada’s important oil and gas sector.

They warned reductions to oil-production investment are “more certain to occur” than the positive, counteracting forces of lower-priced crude.

“Will consumers spend the savings realized at the gas pumps? Will Canadian exporters more aggressively seek out markets for their goods benefiting from the strengthening U.S. economy and a weaker Canadian dollar?” au-

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thors of the RBC Economics report ask. billion in 2014 and $16 billion annually “Our current Canadian forecast as- from 2015 to 2019. Last month, federal sumes that both consumers and ex- Finance Minister Joe Oliver said his porters will respond to department was keepthese incentives that ing a close watch on OUR CURRENT will slightly more than the shifting prices, but CANADIAN FORECAST offset the expected insisted Ottawa would weakening in oil-secstill attain its longASSUMES THAT tor investment.” promised budgetary BOTH CONSUMERS RBC based its presurplus in 2015-16.

AND EXPORTERS diction on an assumed Bank of Canada govaverage price of US$65 ernor Stephen Poloz WILL RESPOND TO per barrel in 2015 and has also examined THESE INCENTIVES the potential oil-price US$74 in 2016.

A benchmark crude cautioning it THAT WILL SLIGHTLY fallout, called West Texas Incould slow the pace MORE THAN OFFSET of the country’s GDP termediate briefly traded below US$50 growth by a third of a THE EXPECTED on Monday for the first point.

WEAKENING IN OIL- percentage time in five years.

The RBC report C r u d e l a t e r r e - SECTOR INVESTMENT said lower oil prices bounded a bit but rewill have significant mained below last — RBC REPORT impacts on governweek’s levels and less ment budgets in oilthan half the US$107 producing provinces. perch in June.

But it argues these provinces - AlThat rapid drop in oil prices has berta, Saskatchewan and Newfoundbeen creating concern in some parts land and Labrador — have seen big of Canada, as it threatens the bottom increases in revenues from price inlines for oil-producing provinces as creases in recent years, putting them well as the federal government. on relatively strong footing to absorb In November, Ottawa’s fall econom- the shocks of a prolonged decline. ic update warned cheaper crude could Other provinces, meanwhile, are drain $500 million from federal coffers seeing benefits from the low crude in 2014 and $2.5 billion per year be- prices in the form of cheap gasoline tween 2015 to 2019. and the falling loonie, which is creatIt also said it could slash Canada’s ing a better climate for their manufacnominal gross domestic product by $3 turers and exporters.

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Sixteen months after Air Canada launched scheduled passenger service at Red Deer Airport, an official with the international airline is giving the move a thumbs-up.

“Air Canada is very pleased with the response we have received from the Red Deer community in support of our three times daily service to Calgary,” Kevin Howlett, the carrier’s senior vice-president of regional markets, said in an email to the Advocate on Monday.

Air Canada accounted for the majority of the nearly 26,000 passengers who flew in and out of Red Deer Airport in 2014. But Northwestern Air Lease, which flies from Red Deer to Fort McMurray, Grande Prairie and Kelowna, was a big contributor as well.

“It was a pretty good year,” said Brian Harrold, co-owner of Northwestern.

He noted that his company’s service between Red Deer and Kelowna were particularly popular last month.

“I think there were four flights we had to put on a second airplane to get everyone over and back for Christmas.”

Harrold acknowledged that passenger counts on Northwestern’s Fort McMurray flights were below expectations to close the year.

“I think that has a lot to do with the price of oil and people just kind of hunkering down a little bit.”

He doesn’t think the Grande Prairie route, which Northwestern introduced on Dec. 1, will be affected as much because much of the energy development in that region is natural gas focused.

There shouldn’t be significant changes to his company’s Red Deer offerings in 2015, said Harrold, adding that the priority will be establishment of its Grande Prairie service.

“Once that happens, we’ll look at some other routes.”

RJ Steenstra, CEO of the Red Deer Regional Airport Authority, expressed optimism about the coming year.

“Our early number predictors are very, very strong.

“We’re certainly looking forward to 2015.”

Steenstra thinks Air Canada and Northwestern have established themselves in Central Alberta as a preferred alternative to carriers flying out of Calgary or Edmonton.

“The reality is people here do not want to drive, regardless of what the previous mindset has been.”

Former Shoppers CEO named to Parkland Fuels board

BY ADVOCATE STAFF Parkland Fuel Corp. (TSX: PKI) has added a high-profile name to its board of directors.

The Red Deer-based company announced on Monday that Domenic Pilla has been appointed to its board.

Pilla previously served as president and CEO of Shoppers Drug Mart — a Canadian company with sales of over $11 billion and more than 52,000 employees.

Earlier, Pilla spent nearly 20 years at Petro-Canada, including time as vice-president of refining and marketing for Canada. He also worked at RNG Canada and McKesson Canada, serving as president with both organizations.

“Mr. Pilla’s experience as a senior corporate executive, including his background in all aspects of petroleum downstream operations, refining, supply, retail and marketing will add considerable value and additional depth of perspective to Parkland’s board of directors,” said Jim Pantelidis, chairman of the board. “ His experience in mergers and acquisitions, most recently evidenced by his leadership in the sale of Shoppers Drug Mart to Loblaw Companies is also a significant asset to Parkland and its board.”

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

General Motors Co. . . . . 34.33 Parkland Fuel Corp. . . . . 21.43 Sirius XM . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.24 SNC Lavalin Group. . . . . 42.41 Stantec Inc. . . . . . . . . . . 31.54 Telus Corp. . . . . . . . . . . . 41.39 Transalta Corp.. . . . . . . . 10.60 Transcanada. . . . . . . . . . 55.83

Diversified and Industrials Agrium Inc. . . . . . . . . . . 110.54 ATCO Ltd.. . . . . . . . . . . . 48.05 BCE Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53.10 BlackBerry . . . . . . . . . . . 12.65 Bombardier . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.11 Brookfield . . . . . . . . . . . . 58.61 Cdn. National Railway . . 77.70

Cdn. Pacific Railway. . . 212.68 Cdn. Utilities . . . . . . . . . . 40.86 Capital Power Corp . . . . 26.28 Cervus Equipment Corp 20.45 Dow Chemical . . . . . . . . 44.18 Enbridge Inc. . . . . . . . . . 58.11 Finning Intl. Inc. . . . . . . . 24.25 Fortis Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . 39.18

Consumer Canadian Tire . . . . . . . . 119.53 Gamehost . . . . . . . . . . . . 13.75 Leon’s Furniture . . . . . . . 18.32 Loblaw Ltd. . . . . . . . . . . . 61.35 Maple Leaf Foods. . . . . . 19.41 Rona Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . 13.69 Wal-Mart . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85.65 WestJet Airlines . . . . . . . 32.52

MARKETS CLOSE TORONTO — The Toronto stock market plunged 2.5 per cent Monday as oil prices moved below the psychologically-important US$50 benchmark, for the first time since 2009, and sparked a fresh selloff of energy stocks.

But the damage was widespread as traders considered the wider effects of the collapse in oil prices. The S&P/TSX composite index tumbled 360.95 points to 14,392.7, paced by a 6.5 per cent drop in the energy sector.

Oil in New York traded as low as US$49.95 a barrel, continuing the steady decline from summertime highs of US$107, before closing down $2.65 to US$50.04.

“Nobody wants to blink first in terms of cutting production,” said Craig Fehr, Canadian markets strategist at Edward Jones in St. Louis.

“Investors (are) trying to figure out what the new equilibrium is for oil and commodities in general. So I think we will feel our way through that for quite some

time.”

Almost all TSX sectors lost ground at the start of the first full week of 2015 trading — financials were down 2.1 per cent while industrials shed 2.9 per cent.

“I think it‘s the knock-on effects to some degree,” added Fehr who said there are worries about slowing economies in China and Europe.

“My broader takeaway from all this is: there’s really no one clear cut story to the effects that we will see on global markets as it relates to commodity prices.

The consumer benefits, energy sensitive companies will feel the negative impacts of this — I think it will take awhile for all this to really shake out.”

The Canadian dollar closed up 0.09 of a cent to 85.11 cents US. The energy sector selloff also hit New York markets at the start of a busy week for economic data, to be capped on Friday by the release of the U.S. government’s employment report for December.

The Dow Jones industrials dropped 331.34 points to 17,501.65, the Nasdaq shed 74.24 points to 4,652.57 while the S&P 500 index was 37.62 points lower to 2,020.58.

Many energy producers have cut back on spending plans for this year and some have cut or eliminated dividends.

Downgrades have also surfaced and, on Monday, analysts at Citi cut their rating on Chevron Corp .to neutral from buy, saying shares now offer “little upside” after outperforming big-oil peers in the past three months.

The analysts also downgraded shares of Italy’s Eni and Spain’s Repsol, saying the companies’ business models and valuations will “look more challenged in a lower oil environment.”

Commodity prices were also depressed as the U.S. currency strengthened and the euro fell to the lowest level since March 2006, amid fresh questions about whether Greece will exit the eurozone following elections

Mining Barrick Gold . . . . . . . . . . 12.81 Cameco Corp. . . . . . . . . 18.69 First Quantum Minerals . 15.85 Goldcorp Inc. . . . . . . . . . 22.20 Hudbay Minerals. . . . . . . 10.12 Kinross Gold Corp. . . . . . . 3.48 Labrador. . . . . . . . . . . . . 18.20 Potash Corp.. . . . . . . . . . 41.20 Sherritt Intl. . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.90 Teck Resources . . . . . . . 15.57 Energy Arc Resources . . . . . . . . 23.71 Badger Daylighting Ltd. . 24.62 Baker Hughes. . . . . . . . . 55.16 Bonavista . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.81 Bonterra Energy . . . . . . . 39.74 Cdn. Nat. Res. . . . . . . . . 33.80 later this month. A rising U.S. currency makes dollar-denominated crude more expensive to holders of other currencies.

The U.S. dollar strengthened as traders weigh the outcome of upcoming elections in Greece that might be won by the antiausterity Syriza party that may decide whether the country will stick to the terms of its international bailout and stay in the euro bloc.

Greek jitters helped push the euro down as low as US$1.1864 earlier Monday.

Elsewhere on the TSX, the base metals sector was down 4.35 per cent while March copper fell five cents to US$2.77 a pound. The gold sector limited losses on the TSX, rising was 2.5 per cent as February bullion added $17.80 to US$1,204 an ounce.

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

Stocks:

Cdn. Oil Sands Ltd. . . . . . 8.93 Canyon Services Group. . 8.11 Cenovous Energy Inc. . . 23.10 CWC Well Services . . . 0.4200 Encana Corp. . . . . . . . . . 15.41 Essential Energy. . . . . . . . 1.33 Exxon Mobil . . . . . . . . . . 90.29 Halliburton Co. . . . . . . . . 38.71 High Arctic . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.77 Husky Energy . . . . . . . . . 26.66 Imperial Oil . . . . . . . . . . . 48.00 Pengrowth Energy . . . . . . 3.61 Penn West Energy . . . . . . 2.26 Pinecrest Energy Inc. . . . 0.015 Precision Drilling Corp . . . 6.42 Suncor Energy . . . . . . . . 35.72 Talisman Energy . . . . . . . . 9.07 Trican Ltd.. . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.54 Trinidad Energy . . . . . . . . 5.05 S&P/TSX Composite Index — 14,392.70, down 360.95 points Dow — 17,501.65, down 331.34 points S&P 500 — 2,020.58, down 37.62 points Nasdaq — 4,652.57, down 74.24 points Currencies: Cdn — 85.11 cents US, up 0.09 of a cent Pound — C$1.7921, down 1.15 cents Euro — C$1.4025, down 0.94 of a cent Euro — US$1.1937, down 0.67 of a cent Oil futures: US$50.04 per barrel, down $2.65 (February contract) Gold futures: US$1,204.00 per oz., up $17.80 (February contract) Canadian Fine Silver Handy and Harman: $19.548 oz., down 12.1 cents

Vermilion Energy . . . . . . 53.61 Financials Bank of Montreal . . . . . . 80.71 Bank of N.S. . . . . . . . . . . 64.29 CIBC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98.38 Cdn. Western . . . . . . . . . 30.88 Carfinco . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.16 Great West Life. . . . . . . . 33.21 IGM Financial . . . . . . . . . 46.16 Intact Financial Corp. . . . 83.55 Manulife Corp. . . . . . . . . 21.65 National Bank . . . . . . . . . 47.60 Rifco Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.82 Royal Bank . . . . . . . . . . . 78.88 Sun Life Fin. Inc.. . . . . . . 41.27 TD Bank . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53.94

$628.47 kg., down $3.89 ICE FUTURES CANADA WINNIPEG — ICE Futures Canada closing prices: Canola: Jan ’15 $6.40 higher $461.70; March ’15 $5.60 higher $448.60; May ’15 $4.90 higher $441.70; July ’15 $5.10 higher $439.40; Nov ’15 $5.70 higher $429.00; Jan. ’16 $5.70 higher $430.60; March ’16 $5.70 higher $435.50; May ’16 $5.70 higher $437.10; July ’16 $5.70 higher $437.10; Nov. ’16 $5.70 higher $437.10.

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.

Monday’s estimated volume of trade: 159,980 tonnes of canola; 0 tonnes of barley (Western Barley) Total: 159,980.

Canadian auto sales set new annual record

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS

Netflix says ‘virtually crossing’ borders not OK

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — Netflix says it hasn’t changed its policy on users who try to access content licensed for streaming in other countries.

The policy is that users shouldn’t be doing it.

It’s widely known that Canadian Netflix users can access TV shows and movies licensed for the American market by using a free or subscription-based online service.

The popular tools mask a user’s true location and trick Netflix — or other websites — into believing the user is actually somewhere else in the world, where different content is available to stream.

A news story on TorrentFreak.com suggested that Netflix has recently begun cracking down on those location-altering services.

Netflix declined an interview request but released a statement saying it hasn’t changed its poli-

cies on restricting access to content based on geography.

“Virtually crossing borders to use Netflix is a violation of our terms of use because of content licensing restrictions. We employ industry standard measures to prevent this kind of use. There hasn’t been any recent changes to the Netflix VPN policy or terms of use,” reads the statement.

A telephone poll with 2,002 anglophone Canadians commissioned last spring by the Media Technology Monitor found about 32 per cent of the respondents were Netflix subscribers.

About one in three of the Netflix users said they had figured out how to access content meant for U.S. subscribers.

The Media Technology Monitor poll was conducted by Forum Research between March 18 and April 19 of last year.

The results are considered accurate within 2.2 percentage points 19 times out of 20.

Oil dips below $50 for the first time since April 2009

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK — The price of oil plunged again Monday and briefly dipped below $50 a barrel for the first time in more than five years as evidence mounted that the world will be oversupplied with oil this year.

Benchmark U.S. oil dipped to $49.95 before quickly rising back over $50. In early afternoon trading oil was down $2.29, or 4.3 per cent, to $50.40 a barrel. In June of last year it traded above $107 a barrel.

Brent crude, a global benchmark used to price oil used by many U.S. refineries, was down $3.05, or 3.4 per cent, to $53.37.

Oil has been falling for several months because global supplies are rising, especially in the U.S., at a time when weakness in the global economy is slowing the growth in oil demand.

On Monday Citigroup cut its forecast for 2015 global oil prices as a result of high supplies. Citigroup analyst Ed Morse wrote in the report that the first

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half of this year will bring “a step-up in oversupply, more volatility, and turmoil.”

Morse reduced his forecast for global crude to an average of $63 a barrel for 2015, down from an earlier forecast of $80 a barrel.

Drillers around the world have already begun to trim exploration budgets and delay new projects as a result of low prices, but production from existing fields will continue and keep supplies high.

While OPEC members will likely export slightly less oil in the coming months, they have so far decided not to reduce official production targets.

Demand for oil in China, which has been the single biggest source of global oil demand growth in recent years, is slowing along with the country’s economic growth. Also, the Chinese economy is becoming less energy-intensive.

The last time U.S. oil traded below $50 was April 29, 2009. The low oil prices have led to sharply lower fuel prices for shippers, airlines and drivers. Morse equated the drop in global oil prices to a $1.6 trillion stimulus package for the world economy.

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Netflix says those who use tools to access TV shows meant for other regions are violating the Netflix terms of service.

TORONTO — Canadian auto sales soared to a record in 2014 as truck-loving drivers pushed sales up 6.1 per cent to smash the previous high-water market set in 2013.

According to sales data compiled by DesRosiers Automotive Consultants, automakers sold a total of 1,851,373 new vehicles in Canada last year, up from just more than 1.7 million the previous year.

December sales were up 16.1 per cent to 131,393 compared with December 2013.

“This is the second year in a row that Canadians bought a record number of light vehicles,” DesRosiers said in a report Monday.

The increase came as truck sales for the full year grew 11 per cent to total 1,087,581 from a year earlier. However, car sales slipped every so slightly to 763,792, compared with 764,382 in 2013.

DesRosiers noted that 14 automakers posted new sales records in 2014.

Ford Motor Company of Canada Ltd. posted its best year since 1997 to stake its claim as the topselling automaker in the country as increased truck sales offset lower car sales.

The automaker narrowly edged Chrysler Canada which saw its sales grow faster than Ford, but fell just short in total sales.

“Ford moved into the number one position in September and didn’t look back, hanging onto the lead to the end of the year,” DesRosiers said.

Ford said it sold 291,951 cars and trucks last year, up 2.9 per cent from 2013. Truck sales totalled 229,603, up from 215,247, while car sales slipped to 62,348 from 68,341.

“We delivered another top-selling year by focusing all our efforts on what’s right for our customers,” Ford Canada president and chief executive Dianne Craig said in a statement.

For December, Ford sold 22,640 vehicles, including 5,142 cars and 17,498 trucks. That was up from 16,161 vehicles in December 2013, including 2,923 cars and 13,238 trucks.

Meanwhile, Chrysler said it set a new record for annual sales in 2014 as the tally of vehicles sold for the year was up 12 per cent at 290,004 cars and trucks for the year. Chrysler said truck sales for the year totalled 255,119, up 20.1 per cent, while car sales amounted to 34,885, down from 47,514.

The automaker finished the year by posting a nearly 40 per cent gain in December sales compared with a year ago. Chrysler sold 21,613 vehicles for the month, up from 15,445 a year ago.

Truck sales for the month totalled 19,863, up from 13,907, while car sales improved to 1,750 compared with 1,538. General Motors of Canada was third among the North American automakers as its sales for 2014 totalled 249,800 vehicles, helped by a record year for GM pickup trucks.

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Seven-year-old playing violent video games Dear Annie: My lifelong Desperate for Answers friend “Georgia” has a sevenDear Desperate: Many paryear-old son who frequently ents like to compare their chilplays with my six-year-old. Geor- dren, although we have yet to gia and her husband see any positive reare divorced and sults come from share custody. The that. The kids are problem is, I fear more likely to resent her son is being exeach other, as well posed to things that as their parents. Is are not appropriate there a school counfor his age. He plays sellor or favorite adult video games, teacher you can talk and both parents alto about this? What low him to watch about an adult relafrightening, sexually tive or neighbour? It suggestive adult TV would help for you shows. The boy has to discuss this with made several inapsomeone who can be MITCHELL propriate comments understanding and & SUGAR and gestures to me. who also might be The father doesn’t willing to talk to your seem to notice. parents about it.

I do not want my Dear Annie: I son exposed to any of this. But I would like to add to your realso want to help Georgia’s son, sponse to “Actively Confused,” as I feel this could have dam- whose wife had cancer and now aging long-term effects. My son resents her husband’s activities. adores this boy and gets upset In my 45 years as a hospital when I try to discourage inter- chaplain, I have known many action between them. Georgia people who accept and adjust lives nearby, and when her son to life-threatening illness, often is at her house, it is difficult to in quite surprising and courakeep them apart. Any advice? — geous fashion.

Growing Up Way Too Fast Others view themselves Dear Growing: Some single as victims or seek “secondary parents are so overwhelmed gain” through their illness. This with parenting responsibili- is not a judgment on them. They, ties and guilt about the separa- like “Actively Confused’s” wife, tion that they set no boundaries are dealing with their situation for their children. They think the best way they know. this makes the child happy, but Your suggestion that they in reality, it undermines the speak to her oncologist is a good child’s level of security — if start. But she and her husband Mommy and Daddy don’t care also need education, counselwhat he does, does that mean ing and support. Some oncolothey don’t love him? gists have social workers and Please talk to Georgia. Tell counselors on their staffs. Some her that these things are inap- make referrals to chaplains or propriate for her son and it to peer support groups. makes it difficult for you to alThis couple could benefit low him to play with your child. from guidance that will help But ultimately, you cannot con- them become active fighters, trol what Georgia does. You can advocates for themselves and only explain to your son that teammates in the treatment these things will not be toler- process. ated by you. Do not let him go Keep up your good work, Anto Georgia’s home without your nie. You are a godsend for those supervision. When the children who reach out to you. — Chapare with you, make sure they lain Jack are not playing R-rated video Dear Chaplain Jack: Thank games or watching adult pro- you for the kind words and the gramming. And limit contact excellent addition to our adwhen you can. vice.

Dear Annie: I am always beAnnie’s Mailbox is written by ing compared to my older sis- Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugter. I am 14, and whenever I get ar, longtime editors of the Ann bad grades, they always say, “Be Landers column. Please email more like your sister.” your questions to anniesmailbox@ I hate it and am sick and comcast.net, or write to: Annie’s tired of it. No one understands. Mailbox, c/o Creators Syndicate, I try my best, but I still get com- 737 3rd Street, Hermosa Beach, pared to her. What do I do? — CA 90254.

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Grom, Cheyenne Mountain Zoo’s Amur tiger, rolls around in the snow in Colorado Springs, Colo.

Hasbro to replace Play-Doh tool that looks like a penis TOY COMPANY FACING PLENTY OF CRITICISM

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS PROVIDENCE, R.I. — It was an embarrassing Christmas for Nivea Cabrera after she was accused by her fiance’s mother of letting her five-year-old granddaughter play with a sex toy. A mortified Cabrera asked the child where she got the penis-shaped plastic cylinder.

“It’s from my Play-Doh,” the girl replied.

Hasbro, the Pawtucket-based toy company, is now doing damage control over the “extruder tool” in its Play-Doh Cake Mountain toy. The two-piece syringe-like tool — with a tube with corkscrew-type ridges around the outside and a dome-shaped top with a hole at the tip — can be used to squeeze Play-Doh to look like decorative cake frosting.

Complaints have been surfacing since at least November, when Tulsa, Oklahoma, TV station KTUL showed the tool to parents and asked them what they thought. The station blurred the image of the tool during the piece, saying it was due to parents’ reactions. One woman told the station it was “a pretty phallic cake-decorating piece.”

After Christmas, comments started pouring in to Play-Doh’s Facebook page, including from Cabrera, of Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

She said Hasbro called her after she posted a photo of the tool and asked about the shape on Christmas Day. She said the company of-

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Erin Rivers, a mother of two from Melbourne, Florida, thought it was hilarious when she helped her 6-year-old daughter open the box. “I pulled out this extruder tool and I just started cracking up at it, I couldn’t help it.

Then I immediately put the Play-Doh in it and took a picture of,” she said. Then, she posted it on Facebook. “My friends have just as dirty minds as I do. It was hysterical to me. And then I gave it my daughter to play with.”

Her daughter and four-year-old son do not notice anything strange about the toy, she said.

Pawtucket-based Hasbro Inc. has received thousands of comments on the Play-Doh Facebook page about the toy. “We are in the process of updating all future Play-Doh products with a different tool,” it said in a statement posted on the page. It also offered to replace the tool for anyone who has complaints.

Rivers, 31, who works in a pediatric dental office, says she’s not upset at all. But she is flabbergasted that the toy slipped past so many layers of people at Hasbro.

“They have to have someone who creates it, someone who makes the plastic mould, someone who plays with it,” she said.

“I can’t imagine that as many people that probably saw the toy, not one person said ‘Does anyone else think this looks like a penis?”’

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BRIEFS Police use spike belt to stop suspect Red Deer RCMP used a spike belt on Saturday to stop a man reported to be driving a stolen vehicle.

A vehicle that had been reported stolen was seen in Riverside Meadows at 3:45 p.m. Police tracked the vehicle despite the driver’s efforts to evade them.

While westbound on 77th Street, the driver drove the vehicle over the spike belt, deflating its tires The driver continued onto Taylor Drive before he was unable to drive the vehicle. The suspect fled on foot down Hwy 11A and attempted to enter another truck.

At that point, police arrested the man without incident.

A 23-year-old Red Deer man is charged with possession of stolen property, uttering threats, failing to stop for police, and failing to comply with an undertaking. He was to appear in Red Deer provincial court today.

Art Battle set for Friday; patrons asked to vote Ready, set, paint!

Twelve local artists are gearing up for another Art Battle in Red Deer on Friday.

The event will pit painter against painter in a timed, voter-determined contest to create the most visually appealing picture.

There will be cash prizes and the winner will nab a spot in the regional finals this summer.

Spectators can vote from 7 p.m. at the Scott Block.

Tickets are $25 ($15 for age 15 and younger) from http://artbattle.ca/207red-deer/.

Suspects take time in court to express love

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A members of the Red Deer nordic ski community bundles up and takes to River Bend’s snowy trails. Skiers have a lot of fresh powder to work with, but cold weather will persist until Wednesday, when Environment Canada calls for a high of -4C. Then skiers can expect more fresh snow on Thursday and Friday in Central Alberta, along with slightly cooler temperatures. tive action.

Admission is free to the films. Tickets are available at the door on a first come, first serve basis.

For more information, visit www. justicefilmfestival.ca.

told Bauer that she loves him.

“I’ll look after you. I love you,” Bauer responded.

Justice Film Festival returns for seventh year Eleven documentary films will be featured at the seventh annual Red Deer Justice Film Festival to be held at Margaret Parsons Theatre at Red Deer College from Jan. 23 to 25.

The films highlight injustices and indignities suffered around the world, in an effort to promote an understanding of what is possible when positive actions are taken, big or small.

Each film will be followed by a postfilm discussion and the opportunity to connect with a variety of organizations that will have their displays in the NGO village outside the theatre.

On Jan. 23, the film Just Eat It will be shown at 6 p.m. and Project Wild Thing is on at 8:05 p.m.

Six films will be shown on Jan. 24: Arise at 11 a.m.; Seeds of Time at 1:10 p.m.; Island Green at 3:15 p.m.; Natural Life at 4:25 p.m.; Pink Room at 6:30 p.m.; and Rising from the Ashes at 8:05 p.m.

Three films will be on the big screen on Jan. 25: Casablanca Calling at noon; No Land No Food No Life at 2 p.m.; and The Revolutionary Optimist at 4 p.m.

Red Deer Justice Film Festival is hosted by Hearts of Women, who advocate for the understanding of social justice issues in a way that may inspire people to take responsibility and posi-

A pair of suspects arrested in Calgary following a shooting in Stettler managed to make a love connection during their first appearance in Red Deer provincial court on Monday.

Already wanted on outstanding warrants, Darren James Bauer, 33, made his first court appearance on the new charges, which include attempted murder and numerous other offences.

The charges were laid in connection with the alleged shooting of a 37-yearold man following a traffic incident in Stettler during the afternoon of Dec. 31.

Appearing by closed circuit TV from the Calgary Remand Centre, Bauer stood quietly in the camera room while the court clerk read new charges against him, alleging that he used two weapons — a .45-calibre pistol a 12-gauge shotgun — against a 37-yearold man.

Across the room, suspect Kathleen Sherry Cooper, 25, watched proceedings from her seat in the courtroom prisoners’ box. Arrested with Bauer in Calgary, Cooper faces charges of possession of a stolen pickup truck and breaching release conditions.

Cooper and Bauer also have older charges against them, both jointly and separately.

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Murder charges changed to second-degree A Red Deer court has agreed to reduce the charge of first-degree murder laid against a man accused of killing Curtis Leroy Rangen, 43, in Red Deer almost two years ago.

Arrested on separate charges in Kamloops, B.C., on June 13, 2013, Mark William Bitterman, 32, was later charged with first-degree murder by police investigating Rangen’s death.

Red Deer City RCMP allege that Rangen’s body was found in the freezer of his Potter’s Hands suite during a welfare check on May 3.

Represented by Calgary lawyer Kim Ross, Bitterman was brought into provincial court on Monday for the opening of a preliminary hearing, during which the Crown’s evidence was examined before Judge Bart Rosborough.

After some discussion between Ross and Crown prosecutors Bina Border and Ed Ring, Rosborough agreed to reduce the charge to second-degree murder.

Bitterman remains in custody, awaiting court proceedings charges relating to Rangen’s murder as well as some separate incidents.

Sexual assault trial awaits word on lawyer The trial of a man accused of sexually assaulting a woman and then abandoning her in the bush near the O’Chiese First Nation is in peril after court was told that he has fired his lawyer.

Kevin Roy Gladue, 37, was charged with aggravated sexual assault and other offences by RCMP investigating the attack on a young woman who lived on berries and rainwater for 12 days after being left in the bush suffering multiple injuries.

She was rescued by an oilfield worker who found her walking along a lease road on July 26, 2013.

The alleged victim cannot be named under Criminal Code provisions that protect the identities of sexual assault victims.

Released on bail, Gladue is scheduled to stand trial in Red Deer Court of Queen’s Bench in February 2016.

However, the matter was brought before Justice Kirk Sisson on Monday morning.

It was learned that Gladue had parted company with defence counsel Richard Mirasty of Edmonton.

While Gladue stated in court that he no longer has Mirasty’s services, Sisson said he needs confirmation from Mirasty himself, either written or in person.

Sisson ordered that Mirasty appear in person on Feb. 2 to confirm that he is no longer representing Gladue.

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‘SAY YES TO THE DRESS CANADA’ BRINGS TEARS AND TAFFETA NORTH

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Bridal stylist Joseph Spencer poses for a photo as he promotes the new television series ‘Say Yes To The Dress’ in Toronto on Tuesday, November 4, 2014.

‘Time is right’ for feature film about civil rights leader

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS

SELMA

TORONTO — Whether south of the border or here in Canada, there’s one thing fans can count on in Say Yes to the Dress: nearly every bride cries when she puts on her veil.

For bridal stylist Joseph Spencer, that weepy final moment is what makes all his efforts worthwhile.

“It’s very emotional,” he said. “Of course, when they’re crying, we’re crying joy tears. That’s really what it is.

It’s nothing sad. That emotion comes out when they finally see themselves.”

Helping brides find their dream gown is Spencer’s goal in Say Yes to the Dress Canada, which premieres Wednesday with back-to-back episodes on W Network. Packed with tears and taffeta, the Canadian version of the hit reality series features dress-seekers from Newfoundland to British Columbia.

The series is shot in Amanda-Lina’s Sposa Boutique in Woodbridge, Ont. Owner Rachelle Pollari brings her eye for design to the series, carefully tailoring and adjusting until every detail is perfect for each woman’s big day.

As in the U.S. series, the act of choosing a wedding dress draws out a lot of drama. Brides must contend with a barrage of opinions from friends and family — especially mothers who want to see their daughters follow in their footsteps, said Spencer.

“Maybe they didn’t wear a gown.

Maybe they wore a cocktail dress.

Maybe they wore hand-me-downs,” he said. “You see the mothers there and they’re dreaming about themselves. So

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yes, sometimes you get that conflict because the daughter has her own ideas.”

But Spencer said he likes to remind women that it’s their day, their decision.

“This is your day. You have seven people wanting this, this and this,” he said. “Think of it as yours. If you can’t make a decision that’s fine, you can come back. But the final decision is yours.

“We always listen to the bride. Because it is her day, we want to make sure she’s getting everything she wants.”

Both Spencer and Pollari have long careers in women’s fashion. Spencer has worked for Chanel and Holt Renfrew and dressed Bette Midler and Aretha Franklin. Pollari has been running Amanda-Lina’s Sposa Boutique with her husband since 1995.

Pollari said she has seen more women recently asking for a wider variety of colours for their wedding dresses.

“Especially blush and champagnes and golds, because a lot of people are having rustic weddings and barn weddings. It’s such a trend now,” she said.

During their joint interview, both Pollari and Spencer became emotional when reflecting on their time filming the first season of the series. Spencer described the experience as “magical.”

Pollari said she’s just thrilled that Canadian brides now have their own version of Say Yes to the Dress.

“Anyone can apply and be on. It’s really a nice opportunity. It’s not just the budget or anything like that,” she said. “They choose you because you are Canadian and you’re just as special as anyone else.” can writer was likely stolen between Christmas and New Year’s Day. The plaque showing Twain’s image was one of two on a 12-foot-tall, 78-year-old granite monument commissioned by Twain’s daughter Clara. The other plaque, of Clara’s husband, was untouched.

Twain was born Samuel Langhorne Clemens and grew up in Hannibal, Missouri.

The author of such classics as The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and Tom Sawyer married Olivia Langdon of Elmira and had a summer home in the upstate city. He died in 1910 and was buried in the Langdon family plot at Woodlawn.

TORONTO — It may seem surpris- of Nowhere and he felt she was “someing, but up until the creation of the one who really had a hold on characnew film Selma, there had been no major motion picture that focused on the ter, on emotion, on emotional drive.”

ELMIRA, N.Y. — Police are inves“If you’re going to play Dr. King, life of Martin Luther King Jr., or his tigating the theft of a bronze plaque involvement in the civil rights marches that is what you need,” he said. “What from a monument at Mark Twain’s that led to the passage of the 1965 Vot- you don’t need is to further accentuate gravesite in upstate New York. the speeches or further accentuate the ing Rights Act. The superintendent of Woodlawn Director Ava DuVernay said she canonization or the deification of the Cemetery in Elmira said Monday the finds that fact “incredible” but she man. You need someone who’s going to 12-by-12-inch likeness of the Amerialso feels that “the time is right” for help you get under that to the human such a feature. essence of him.”

“With all the unrest and all of the DuVernay wanted to show “the toxicity around race relations that’s full array of what went into creating a going on around America right now, change in the world.” maybe it was on hold for a reason,” “It was a band of brothers and she said. “We really feel like our piece sisters who did the work,” she said. is meeting this cultural movement in a really dynamic way. It’s nothing we “There was a leader, it was King, but could have planned but I think the it felt disingenuous to only kind of lift film and the times that we’re in are him up and not really tell the story of these warriors who fought alongside speaking to each other.”

In theatres Friday, Selma sees Da- him.” vid Oyelowo playing King in 1965 as he DuVernay’s father hails from Alateams up with activists in Selma, Ala., bama and she said the stories he told where only two per cent of black citi- her about the events in Selma “were zens were registered to vote. Hundreds completely embedded” in his raising join their voting rights demonstrations, (Downtown Co-op Shopping Plaza) her. which begin peacefully but turn vio“There’s a pride but there’s also a lent when state troopers begin attacking marchers, forcing King to appeal real tragic sense of dreams deferred to President Lyndon B. Johnson (Tom in that place and yet a triumph of folks who’ve just overcome state-sanctioned Wilkinson).

Written by Paul Webb, the star-stud- terrorism in Alabama for many, many ded cast also includes Carmen Ejogo decades,” she said. as King’s wife Coretta, Nigel Thatch as “So the strength of that and the digMalcolm X and Oprah Winfrey (who is nity of that is all something that I tried also a producer) as Annie Lee Cooper. to weave into every single scene, evOyelowo said he finds it “unset- ery single line, every single frame of tling” that the film is coming out at a Selma.” time when civil rights protests are ragDuVernay shot much of the film in ing in the U.S. amid recent killings of Alabama at landmarks that were part unarmed African Americans by police.

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Bank held up POLICE SEEKING PUBLIC HELP A man carrying a gun and wearing a balaclava robbed the Alberta Treasury Branch at Bower Place Shopping Centre on the weekend.

Red Deer RCMP said on Monday that at 2:30 p.m. on Saturday, they received a report that the man had entered the ATB and demanded money from a cashier while displaying the gun.

He then left the building with an undisclosed amount of money and was last seen walking westbound. Police patrols were unable to locate him.

The suspect is described as Caucasian with a small build, approximately 1.6 to 1.65 metres (five feet three inches to five feet five inches) tall, 40 to 50 years old, with blond hair, wearing wire-framed

glasses, a black jacket, black gloves and a black balaclava.

Police are working to obtain surveillance footage.

Anyone with information is asked to call Red Deer RCMP at 403-343-5575.

If you wish to remain anonymous, call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 or report it online at www.tipsubmit.com.

To the polls?

Albertans just might not care Whether Premier Jim Prentice calls an early provincial election or not, the net result of recent goings-on in Alberta politics might just be that nobody really cares anymore.

Despite the fresh new year ahead, Albertans still want to talk about the wild and rather unrosy political end to 2014 — and cynicism is rampant.

When Wildrose Leader Danielle Smith and eight other members of her caucus crossed the floor to the government side late last month, it invoked anger and bitterness that continues at a fairly high level today.

MARY-ANN With the move creating BARR dissension within the government itself, in both Wildrose and PC riding associations, and amongst voters and those who don’t bother to vote, and with a pending financial snow squall brewing, there’s certainly been speculation that Prentice will call an early election.

The next election is supposed to be between March 1 and May 31, 2016. However, it can be called earlier, and with the price of crude oil dropping below $50 a barrel on Monday, it’s going to be a tough year for Alberta’s latest premier.

Getting to the polls and winning, sooner rather than later, might be smart strategy for the Progressive Conservative government.

Three local residents who ran, but weren’t elected, in the 2012 provincial election have mixed views on whether Albertans will see an early election.

Serge Gingras, 56, a Red Deer College instructor and faculty professional development consultant, ran for the Alberta Party in Red Deer South.

Gingras believes there will likely be an early election.

When the premier started saying it’s going to be difficult for all Albertans and we all will feel it somehow, “I think that started sending signals that something may happen in the spring,” he said.

“I also think because of potential cuts in the public sector a year before the scheduled election, that may not be a very popular thing to do.”

He suggests the premier might be more inclined to go to the polls and then bring forward an unpopular budget.

Wildrose was left clinging to official Opposition status with only five MLAs after nine left to become PCs (they had 17 originally, but suffered three earlier defections). Gingras doesn’t believe Wildrose has enough time to rebuild, whether there’s an election this spring or it’s in 2016, to present itself as an alternative like it did in 2012.

He has not decided if he will run again but he said the Alberta Party’s second place showing in a recent byelection did encourage him.

Michael Dawe, a local historian and longtime Liberal, ran in Red Deer North in the last election and is seriously considering running again.

“I’m not as convinced there’s going to be the sudden election that people are predicting. I guess everything is possible but (Prentice) previously said on numerous occasions that he was going to keep the fixed election date.

“So that would be a change, which I guess he can justify perhaps because as of (Sunday) night oil had gone to $51 a barrel. The plunge has not yet stopped.

I think everybody has to accept the fact that’s very serious.

“The federal election is coming up this fall and you tend not to want to mix federal election campaigns with provincial ones. ... You could have the provincial one in the spring, but that would mean a pretty hurried election after presenting the budget.”

Now that 11 former Wildrose MLAs have joined the PCs, how could they really argue that they need to bolster the size of caucus to tackle difficult times ahead, wondered Dawe. “They’re now the biggest government caucus since the early ’80s.”

Dawe, 58, said as recently as last weekend, Liberals, New Democrats and Progressive Conservatives approached him to talk about the Wildrose crossing.

“I’m detecting anger and disillusionment. I personally think all this will do is probably just disillusion a lot of people from politics.”

“Every person has said this is appalling.

“Are we going to hold an election and hardly anybody comes?”

Red Deer North has one of the lowest voter turnouts in Alberta, said Dawe.

“If people feel they in essence get disenfranchised ... what kind of turnout is there going to be next time?” he wonders.

Lorna Watkinson-Zimmer ran in the last provincial election for the New Democratic Party but will not run again.

Also a former member of Red Deer city council, Watkinson-Zimmer said Prentice may wait to see whether he can do some fence mending.

“I feel sorry for that Conservative backbencher who has slugged hard, worked hard, done a great job for his or her constituency and some of these people could get a cabinet place. Give me a break. ...

“The wounds are too open right now for a lot of people who voted for the (Wildrose) and so I think they (voters) just don’t know which way to go,” said Watkinson-Zimmer.

“People are not even sure they will vote again.

“I think our politics in this province is absolutely crazy,” the likes of which the 67-year-old said she has “never, never, never” seen before. barr@reddeeradvocate.com

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More than a bad hair day: vehicle slams into salon

BY PAUL COWLEY ADVOCATE STAFF A vehicle plowed into the front of a Riverside Meadows hair boutique early Monday morning after the driver lost control on a hill.

Jessica Baker, owner of Diva’s Hair Boutique, said she was told that a woman was driving to hospital when her car left the road at the bottom of Riverview Avenue. The vehicle narrowly missed a parked car before smashing through the front of the business that Jessica owns with husband Ben at 6007 54th Ave. It will likely take weeks to repair the damage. The vehicle destroyed the front of the business, crashed through the front desk

and waiting area, sending hair products flying. To add to the destruction, the overnight cold froze hair products and cracked water pipes.

“We had icicles hanging off our sinks in the back,” she said.

Baker said their business, which they’ve run there for more than five years, was insured. The total damage has yet to be tallied.

Fortunately, the Bakers and their five staff have been able to find an alternate location while repairs are made to the shop.

Clients can find them at the Red Room Salon at 80 Donlevy Ave. starting today.

Lee Covey, owner of Pizza Paradise and Donair next door, said it’s not the first time the hill has gotten the better of drivers. There

was an accident there a week ago and a drunk driver going too fast spun out at the bottom of the hill in August, he said.

An RCMP spokesperson said a medical condition is believed to have been involved in the collision, which was reported around 1:40 a.m. No drugs or alcohol was involved and no charges will be laid against the driver, a 24-yearold woman.

The incident was the second time in six days that a business has been damaged by a vehicle.

A Fas Gas at 7110 Gaetz Ave. was damaged when a vehicle driven by a 79-year-old man crashed through into a wall. Police said the man’s foot slipped off the brake. No charges were laid. pcowley@reddeeradvocate.com

Finding a home for lonely socks

BY SUSAN ZIELINSKI ADVOCATE STAFF The Lonely Sock Club Drive to collect solitary, unmatched socks for people in need ended up with 1,802 pairs of socks.

The drive, started by the outreach committee at Gaetz Memorial United Church, ran in November and into December. Unmatched socks were dropped off at both the church and the downtown business Comforts of Sole, where they were matched to make a pair.

“We were just loaded with socks. It was a smashing success,” said Lorna Watkinson-Zimmer, owner of Comforts the Sole, on Monday.

She said it started out as a

lonely sock club, but some people brought in brand new pairs of socks. The community response was marvelous.

“As soon as they know what the need is, they respond and they’re just happy to do it.”

Watkinson-Zimmer said there were families emptying their sock drawers to give away unmatched socks that were in good condition.

Some people knitted pairs of thick wool socks to donate.

“There was a nursery school that collected socks so we had some teeny, weeny socks. That was really sweet.”

Socks were donated to Central Alberta’s Safe Harbour Society for Health and Housing, Turning Point, Red Deer Boys and Girls Club, and three local elementary schools.

The baby socks were donated to the schools for students with young siblings.

She said the final delivery of socks was made to Safe Harbour about two weeks before Christmas and the final few were donated to a local clothing bank.

Not only will the socks help keep people warm, they will help prevent blisters and infections and other foot ailments whether they match or not, she said.

“Mismatched socks are big right now. As a matter of fact, we carry mismatched socks so having something mismatched is not a big deal.

“It’s kind of a fashion statement,” Watkinson-Zimmer said.

She said the sock drive is over but may begin again next winter. szielinski@reddeeradvocate.com

Calendars help you keep track of health issues

BY SUSAN ZIELINSKI ADVOCATE STAFF Red Deer Primary Care Network wants to help people keep track of their health issues and successes throughout 2015.

My Lifestyle Planner is a free, handy calendar with space for people to jot down things like their efforts

and progress to improve their health, keep up with appointments and activities, record health information for easy access, and list questions for their doctors, along with recommendations made by their doctors.

Red Deer PCN executive director Lorna Milkovich said the pocketbook-sized calendar provides a list of screening tests that people need to have, health tips and advice on how to

set goals. “It’s just a really proactive way to improve your quality of life,” Milkovich said on Monday.

Up-to-date health information and local resources to assist people in reaching their goals are also included.

“It’s something we’ve been producing for about four years, and it’s really for people to chart out a healthy lifestyle for the year.”

She said in the past, planners were

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mailed to patients, but this year they are available to the general public at the Red Deer PCN office at 5120 or 5130 47th St., as well as doctors’ offices.

Last year, about 5,000 planners were given out.

Milkovich said more can be printed depending on the demand. The majority are expected to be given out in January and February. szielinski@reddeeradvocate.com

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Defined by an age, Becoming more familyoriented in New Year or by who we are?

Lately I’ve heard much talk about how wonderful 30 is. How once we reach this brilliant age, all of the insecurities of our 20s will flit away as though never having been there in the first place. A newfound confidence will wash over us and we will walk with that 30-something bounce that makes all of the awkward 20-yearolds green with envy.

I will soon be the ripe age of 29 — my very last year as a 20-something.

And all I can think about is how much evolving I still have to do before I get to that LINDSAY awesomely selfBROWN assured lady of 30 I’ve been ME PLUS THREE hearing so much about these days. I am nowhere near that person that everyone says I will miraculously become once hitting this very specific and very conceivable age.

Many times, I feel less like that person than I did when I was a weirdo teenager with no purpose on this earth other than terrorizing my brother and striking unabashed fear into the souls of my blameless parents. At least then I was comfortable in my skin. I was me.

Plain and simple. And how beautifully simple it was. How easy it was!

Now on any given day I can wake up being a different Lindsay.

Most days I wake up as Mom. I groggily get out of bed swearing under my breath about tiredness and etcetera. I

pour cereal and more times than not change a set of peed-on sheets before the sun rises. I make lunches and walk kids to school in below-freezing temperatures — coffee mug in hand. I plan play dates. I try to decipher what my lispy four year old is saying without hurting her feelings.

I end my days as Mom and I feel good. I’ve helped. I’ve assisted. I continue to do my part to raise this upcoming generation with love, intelligence and compassion. And at end of the day that is a wonderful feeling.

I wake up some mornings with the sunshine glistening through the cracks of our heavily draped window. I see my husband’s nose wrinkle in just the way I have learned it does when his deep sleep is disturbed by morning daylight.

These mornings, I am Wife. I will gently kiss his clammy sleep-sweaty forehead to wake him for work and as he rouses, I will pour him a coffee in his favourite mug. I will send him to work and wait for his arrival home that evening expectantly.

I listen to his woes and support him in his decisions. We will make inside jokes and talk quietly about our budding life over wine, mussels and blue cheese on Ritz crackers. We will imagine the future and make plans for what’s to come.

We play fight. We real argue. We understand we are opposites but appreciate each other’s ideals.

And I will love him, because I chose him and he chose me and together we created two beautiful little human beings.

It is these days that I am reaffirmed that I am doing things right. I am doing what I was meant to do.

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Question: I admit I’m a workaholic.

This coming year, I want to be more involved with my wife and kids and less distracted by business concerns, but I fear I’ve lost the ability to jump off the treadmill and leave the rat race behind. Any suggestions?

Jim: Clearly identifying our priorities helps us gain a sense of focus, so I’d suggest that you first reflect on what (read: who) matters most to you.

Short of making some major changes to your lifestyle – which JIM may perhaps be DALY worth considering in the long run — the key is to learn what it takes for you to shift gears, slow down and mentally change locations.

You can probably find some personal rituals to perform in order to shake off your work-based identity and leave your “office self� behind. (For instance: Set boundaries for yourself regarding after-hours work email, etc.)

The goal is that when you’re at home, you’re fully present in the moment with your spouse and children.

When you arrive at your house each evening, I’d encourage you to first sit down with your wife and talk quietly for a few minutes before engaging with the kids or the TV. You might even go to your bedroom and change clothes, both literally and figuratively. By mentally assuming the attitude and demeanor of a loving husband and caring father, just as you

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would put on a comfortable old shirt, you can make yourself at home — 100 per cent. Concentrate on the moment and let business worries take care of themselves.

For more insights, I’d recommend the classic book Margin: Restoring Emotional, Physical, Financial, and Time Reserves to Overloaded Lives by Richard A. Swenson, M.D. If Focus on the Family can help you through the process, please call us at 1-800-A-FAMILY. Question: My wife and I have been married 30 years, but we’re growing further apart every day. All that’s holding us together is our children, grandchildren and involvement in church — otherwise, we hardly communicate.

What can we do to get our relationship back to what it was years ago?

Dr. Greg Smalley, vice-president, Family Ministries: Remember that love is a decision. Healthy relationships are those where both man and woman decide to love, even if neither of them necessarily feels like it at the moment.

Rediscovering the bonds that originally brought you together is a process — but by taking small steps, and seizing everyday moments, you can get there. � Start by committing to fight the negative beliefs that have built up over time.

Then write a list of the things you cherish about your spouse, both when you first met and now.

Read that list every day, and add to it as you can. â—? Find at least one opportunity each day to compliment your wife, express gratitude and/or give her affirmation.

Work toward a goal of spending 20 minutes daily just talking together – not complaining, fighting or administrating your marriage, but simply connecting.

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Body image and self-esteem walk hand-in-hand “The eyes of others are our prisons; their thoughts our cages.� — Virginia Woolf, English writer and modernist “Stop saying that!� “Why?� he asked. “It’s the truth.� “It’s not the truth,� she cried. “I’m a hideous, fat pig.� “That,� he declared, standing up, “is so untrue!

You’re beautiful.�

MURRAY “You have FUHRER to say that,� she replied. “You’re my husband.�

Jack had been trying in vain to convince his wife, Ellen that she was beautiful — still beautiful — despite three children and 20 years of marriage. Ellen had gained a few pounds with the first pregnancy and a few more pounds with each subsequent birth. In all, Ellen had gained about 40 pounds and kept 20 or so despite ongoing efforts to lose it. And Jack was being sincere when he told his wife she was beautiful. He even pointed out to her that he had gained

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and maintained a few extra pounds over the years but that admission only seemed to make matters worse.

I am amazed by how many beautiful people — women in particular — feel poorly about their body image. Body image is really nothing more than a mental picture we have of our body.

It’s what we perceive when we look in the mirror. Self-esteem and body image walk hand-in-hand. It’s difficult, if not impossible to feel good about yourself when you despise your body.

People with healthy self-esteem generally have a positive self-image and thus a healthier body image. If not completely satisfied with their appearance, they will make an effort — in a positive and healthy manner — to make changes deemed necessary.

They’re also less likely to buy into the perfect body myth as perpetuated by movies, media and advertising.

It is important to understand that each body is unique. No one body shape, size or weight is right for everyone.

Everyone’s genetics are different thus influencing bone structure, body size, build, weight and shape. And, of course, here I’m referencing a healthy body supported by an appropriate diet, adequate exercise, proper sleep and a positive mental attitude.

In researching this topic, I happened upon a survey by Glamour magazine conducted among 300 American women of all sizes. Before you dismiss the source and findings, let me state that the survey was conducted by Ann

Kerney-Cooke, PhD at the Cincinnati Psychotherapy Institute. Dr. Ann (as she is known) is a renowned author and speaker, and one of North America’s leading authorities on eating disorders. She is an expert on the impact of body image on self-worth. “It’s become such an accepted norm to put yourself down that if someone says she likes her body, she’s the odd woman out.�

Dr. Ann goes on to say that negative body talk is “pervasive� and that it’s actually “more acceptable to insult your body than to praise it.�

According the survey, most women had at least one negative body-thought per hour. Some participants confessed

to having 35, 50 and even 100 “hateful thoughts� about their body shape each day. Ninety-seven per cent had at least one “I hate my body� moment per day.

When Dr. Ann broke down the data, a “fascinating trend� emerged.

Respondents who were dissatisfied with work and relationships — who felt stressed, lonely or even bored — reported more negative body-thoughts than those who confessed satisfaction in the said areas.

According to Dr. Ann, unattainable cultural beauty ideals and celebrity worship play a significant role in negative body image. And apparently, we’ve trained ourselves to be this way.

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Chicken Civic duty slipping space laws among younger people expected AMERICANS LESS LIKELY TO HELP

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON — Americans are a little less likely to ask what they can do for their country these days.

An Associated Press-GfK poll found that the sense of duty has slipped since a similar survey three decades earlier. Civic virtues such as staying informed or serving on a jury don’t seem as important as they once did - especially among the younger generation.

The findings fit with research that’s been worrying many experts who study civic engagement or advocate for teaching more about civics in school. “I don’t see any recovery,� said Rutgers University Professor Cliff Zukin. “The people who were 40 two decades ago aren’t as engaged as the people who were 60 two decades ago. This generational slippage tends to continue.� Here are five things to know about Americans’ sense of civic duty:

CITIZENSHIP’S NOT WHAT IT USED TO BE

Americans’ commitment to some traditional obligations of citizenship has slipped.

An Associated Press-GfK poll repeated questions asked in 1984 about six civic-minded activities: voting, volunteering, serving on a jury, reporting crime, knowing English and keeping informed about news and public issues.

Of the six, only voting and volunteering were embraced about as strongly as three decades ago, when NORC at the University of Chicago posed those questions to Americans on the General Social Survey, but volunteering doesn’t rank very high on the list for many.

While just 28 per cent say volunteering is “a very important obligation� that a citizen owes the country, three-fourths of Americans consider voting central to citizenship.

Nonetheless, only about 36 per cent of eligible voters turned out for November’s midterms, according to University of Florida Associate Professor Michael P. McDonald’s analysis. That’s the lowest since World War II.

BUT BIG MAJORITIES STILL FEEL AN OBLIGATION

Despite some sliding, Americans still think U.S. citizenship carries some duties as well as rights.

About 9 out of 10 say that reporting a crime you witness, voting in elections, knowing English and serving on a jury when called are at least “somewhat important� obligations.

And each of those is still rated “very important� by a majority. It’s just that, except in the case of voting, those majorities have slipped by an average of about 13 percentage points. “There are a lot of arguments about how our society has shifted toward a rights focus instead of an obligation focus,� said Scott Keeter, director of survey research at the Pew Research Center. But Keeter

Snowmobilers free moose buried in avalanche ANCHORAGE, Alaska — A moose buried by an avalanche on an Alaska mountain had its luck changed by three men passing on snowmobiles.

The Alaska Dispatch News (http://bit.ly/1AinLEQ) reports that the three Matanuska-Susitna Borough residents spotted the animal’s snout sticking out of

isn’t convinced there’s enough evidence to support that conclusion. “It’s a little early to pull the alarm bells about the demise of our civic culture,� he said.

SENSE OF DUTY LOWEST IN THE YOUNG

Young people are feeling less dutiful, or maybe just showing their libertarian streak.

In every category except volunteering, adults under 30 were less likely than their elders to see any obligation, and also felt less obliged than young people of the past.

In 2014 about a fourth of them said there’s no duty to keep informed, volunteer or speak English.

Young adults felt the most responsibility about reporting a crime: two-thirds said that’s “very important,� and the rest were divided between “somewhat important� and “not an obligation.�

Still, in 1984, their parents’ generation was much more devoted to maintaining law and order - 86 per cent of young adults then called reporting crime “very important.�

YET VOLUNTEERING GAINED GROUND AMONG UNDER-30 CROWD

Compared to the 1984 survey, Americans’ sense of obligation fell across every category and age, save one.

Today’s young people are more likely than their parents’ generation to consider giving their time for community service “very important.�

Nineteen per cent said that three decades ago; 29 per cent think so now. “That’s partly the fact that we have built up our institutions for volunteering,� said Peter Levine, associate dean for research at Tufts’ Tisch College of Citizenship and Public Service. “Something like 30 per cent of high schools have service learning programs. They didn’t have that in the 1980s.�

At the same time, the importance of volunteering declined among adults 50 and over compared to their age group 30 years ago.

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Americans don’t feel much pressure to keep up with news and public issues anymore.

Only 37 per cent think that’s very important, down from a majority - 56 per cent - in 1984.

In fact, a fifth say there’s no obligation at all to stay fully informed.

The young are even less likely to feel citizens ought to know what’s going on, despite having unprecedented amounts of information at their fingertips.

The AP-GfK Poll of 1,044 adults was conducted online July 24-28, 2014, using a sample drawn from GfK’s probability-based KnowledgePanel, which is designed to be representative of the U.S. population.

The margin of sampling error for all respondents is plus or minus 3.4 percentage points. the snow and used shovels to free the moose.

Marty Mobley, Rob Uphus and Avery Vunichich were on at outing Sunday at Hatcher Pass about 90 km northeast of Anchorage when they passed a small hillside that had both ski and moose tracks.

When they returned an hour later, an avalanche had covered the tracks.

Mobley says he saw something move in the debris and it turned out to be a snout, not a skier.

After 10 minutes of digging, the moose stood up, towered over its rescuers and ran off.

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â—? Become a student of your spouse.

When you express genuine curiosity about what interests her, you’ll discover new ways that you can nourish her — and you’ll probably find that she reciprocates. � Start dating again, preferably weekly. Invite her out, dress up, go to new places and just have fun together. Reminisce about what drew you together in the first place, and then dream together. Work on developing shared interests. My wife, Erin, and I wrote the book Take the Date Night Challenge to help couples get started in this pursuit.

Your marriage is worth the effort.

Decide every day to make it your priority.

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

BROWN: Being a writer empowering Other days I wake up with artful words plucking at my fingertips — waiting for that pivotal moment of release. These days I am Writer. These are the days I am invincible.

Some days I wake up and immediately am deemed Friend — I can be a shoulder to cry on or an ear to vent at.

Or maybe simply just a friend to chatter with.

I am Daughter. I am Sister. I am Confidant. I am Secret Keeper. I am Gossiper. I am Feminist. I am Peacekeeper. I am Trouble Maker.

And with so many different personas that I take on daily, I can feel myself being pulled in 50 different directions.

There are days when I wake up wondering which Lindsay will be called upon first and I am overwhelmed by the possibilities. I find the idea of coming into one’s own a difficult to process.

It feels like now more than ever I am a hundred different women just trying to get through the day without falling over that proverbial edge of insanity. Because, god forbid, we offend the guidelines of what women of a cer-

tain age should behave like.

So yes, here I am in my bed typing away, currently indulging in my role as Writer. Maybe I will always be more than one woman. Maybe I will always find myself pondering the mysteries of womanhood and life in general. And possibly that’s OK, too.

Maybe it’s not about blindly listening to what we should be feeling by 30 but instead accepting the realities of who we truly are and embracing that to the absolute fullest.

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

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS FRESNO, Calif. — The new year is expected to bring rising chicken egg prices across the U.S. as California starts requiring farmers to house hens in cages with enough space to move around and stretch their wings.

The new standard backed by animal rights advocates has drawn ire nationwide because farmers in Iowa, Ohio and other states who sell eggs in California have to abide by the same requirements.

To comply, farmers have to put fewer hens into each cage or invest in revamped henhouses, passing along the expense to consumers shopping at grocery stores. California is the nation’s largest consumer of eggs and imports about one-third of its supply.

Jim Dean, president and CEO of Centrum Valley Farms in Iowa and Ohio, said one of his buildings that holds 1.5 million hens is now about half full to meet California’s standards, and another building may have to be completely overhauled.

Farmers like him in cold climates will have to install heaters to replace warmth formerly generated by the chickens living close together. Dean said that’s something people in sunny California didn’t consider. “You’re talking about millions upon millions of dollars,� he said. “It’s not anything that’s cheap or that can be modified easily, not in the Midwest.�

California voters in 2008 approved the law backed by animal rights advocates to get egg-laying hens out of cramped cages and put them by Jan. 1, 2015, in larger enclosures that give them room to stretch, turn around and flap their wings.

State legislators followed with the companion piece in 2010 requiring the out-of-state compliance.

In anticipation, egg prices have risen already, said Dave Heylen of the California Grocers Association, adding that the holiday season, cold weather across the country and increased exports to Mexico and Canada also contributed to a year-end price spike.

He said he expected that supplies would remain adequate to meet demand.

Daniel Sumner, an agricultural economist at the University of California, Davis, said prices initially could rise dramatically this year but he expects them to eventually settle anywhere from 10 and 40 per cent higher in California and return to their normal price elsewhere in the country.

If farmers cut back the number of chickens so they can comply with California’s cage law, Sumner said that could reduce the number of eggs available. “When there’s that much uncertainty, I’m thinking there may be some disruption in the market,� he said.

Wayne Pacelle, president and CEO of the Humane Society of the United States, said he believes the costs to consumers will be minimal and worth it for the welfare of chickens, which provide enough eggs for each person to consume on average 250 a year.

For decades, he said, farmers have crammed six to eight chickens in small cages without room to move.

to judge yourself based upon weight, shape and size and stop judging others based upon the same criteria.

Build self-esteem. Choose to feel good about yourself and who you are.

Carry yourself with confidence and self-acceptance. Respect and take good care of your body.

Need another good reason? A recent study by the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, found that women who obsessed over body image and diet had “chronically elevated levels of the stress hormone cortisol.� There is ample evidence to suggest that such elevated levels can lead to higher blood pressure, lower bone density, heart

disease and even cancer.

Perhaps American fashion model and actress Erin Heatherton expressed it best when she said, “Healthy body image is not something that you’re going to learn from fashion magazines.�

It’s time to acknowledge that beauty, health and courage come in a variety of sizes and that with the right attitude you can feel comfortable and confident in your natural body shape.

Murray Fuhrer is a self-esteem expert and facilitator. His new book is entitled Extreme Esteem: The Four Factors. For more information on self-esteem, check the Extreme Esteem website at www.extremeesteem.ca.

FUHRER: Breaking the cycle “Neuroscience has shown that whatever you focus on shapes your brain.

If you’re constantly thinking negative thoughts about your body, that neural pathway becomes stronger and those thoughts become habitual.� Dr. Ann offers up the example of a concert pianist who — through practice and perseverance – would have “stronger neural pathways that support musicality and dexterity� than someone who hadn’t devoted a lifetime to perfecting playing the piano.

In self-esteem coaching, we often speak of recognizing negative self-talk.

That’s exactly what’s happening with negative body-talk. We’re pounding our self-esteem into the ground with a vicious and unending internal “insultathon� and have come to think of it as normal.

Says Dr. Ann, “Negative (body) talk has become part of the way women bond. Friends getting together and tearing themselves down is such a common thing that it’s hard to avoid.�

How can you break the cycle? According to Dr. Ann, through awareness and a conscious effort to shift your thinking. To that end, here are some suggestions from people who’ve done it.

See the whole person. When you view yourself in the mirror, see yourself as a whole person and not simply a collection of specific body parts.

Accept and celebrate. Acknowledge the beauty and uniqueness of your natural body shape and size. Focus upon what you appreciate and enjoy about your appearance.

Broaden your perspective. Recognize that your physical appearance says little about your character and value as a human being.

Drop the judgments. Resist the urge

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LUANN Jan. 6 1977 — Prince Andrew starts attending Lakefield College School near Peterborough, for two terms. He is second in line to the British throne.

1975 — Manitoba to require disclosure of assets and business interests of legislators and senior officials.

1974 — Startup of the Global Television network in southern Ontario. Canada’s third

TV network is now known as CanWest-Global and is controlled by Izzy Asper.

1967 — The Drum is first issued in English, Inuit and Loucheux dialect.

1920 — T. A. Crerar chairs a meeting of Ontario and Prairie farmers’ organizations to establish the National Progressive Party; he had resigned from Borden’s Union cabinet in 1919 to protest the high tariff. The Progressive Party will elect 65 members to Parliament in the election of December 1921.

1786 — First sitting of the New Brunswick legislature takes place at Saint John.

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Rebels add offensive punch

BY GREG MEACHEM ADVOCATE SPORTS EDITOR Regina Pats head coach/senior vicepresident of hockey operations John Paddock borrowed a line from the classic movie The Godfather, making Brent Sutter an offer he couldn’t refuse.

Paddock, playing the part of Don Corleone from the legendary flick, wanted Red Deer Rebels top prospect Jake Leschyshyn as he continued to clean house in an attempt to build a team that will hopefully be among the Western Hockey League’s elite two and three years down the road.

Originally, Rebels GM/head coach Sutter wasn’t interested in moving Leschyshyn — currently a point-per-game player as a 15-year-old centre with the midget AAA Saskatoon Blazers — but the chance to land 19-year-old scoring forward Connor Gay and first- and second-round bantam draft picks was too good to pass up.

And so the deal was completed Monday, with the Blades getting Leschyshyn — the Rebels first-round pick, sixth overall, in last year’s WHL bantam draft — and a fourth-round pick in 2017, and Red Deer receiving Gay and a first-round selection in 2016, a second-rounder this year and a seventhround pick in 2017 “It’s a hard thing to do, trade away your first-round pick. I was approached

by Regina to see if I was interested in moving a player like that and to be quite honest, I really wasn’t,” said Sutter. “But we got into discussions and one thing led to another.”

Leschyshyn, as Sutter pointed out, would have been in tough to crack the Rebels’ lineup as a 16-year-old next season. Red Deer will host the 2016 Memorial Cup tournament and will therefore be looking to ice an older lineup, and the team already has plenty of depth down the middle.

“It would have been hard for him to play here next season and with Regina being just three hours away from home it should be a good fit for Jake and his family,” said Sutter. “At the same time we needed to make sure that we were able to add to our team this year with a player who could push to be one of our 20-year-olds next season, a guy who can put up numbers. He’s a very good 19-year-old in our league and the likelihood is that he’s going to be a good 20-year-old too.”

Gay, a six-foot, 195-pound right winger from Saskatoon, currently sits 16th in WHL scoring with 20 goals and

Contributed photo by KEITH HERSHMILLER

Connor Gay, a six-foot, 195-pound right winger from Saskatoon, currently sits 16th in WHL scoring with 20 goals and 44 points in 39 games. He’s put up 92 points (40-52) in 135 games with the Pats over parts of three seasons. Gay steps into the Rebels lineup as the team’s top scorer.

44 points in 39 games. He’s put up 92 points (40-52) in 135 games with the Pats over parts of three seasons.

Gay steps into the Rebels lineup as the team’s top scorer and the two high draft picks will replace the selections Sutter sent to the Saskatoon Blades last month in exchange for defenceman Nelson Nogier.

“Your bring those two assets back to your team and now you’re dealing from

an area of strength again going into the summer and next season where we have all our picks and them some,” said Sutter. “Also, adding a player like Connor to our hockey team is significant.

“Again, this wasn’t an easy thing to do, but it’s a responsibility that I have . . . a part of the stakes involved when you’re hosting the Memorial Cup. When you’re going to be the host you

have to make sure you have to team that gives you the opportunity to be very competitive and a chance to be very successful in league play and during the tournament, too. It’s just the way it is. These are the types of things you have to do and we were in a position where we could do it.”

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Canada hangs on to win gold medal

Photo by THE CANADIAN PRESS

Canada’s Anthony Duclair celebrates his first period goal against Russia during gold medal game hockey action at the IIHF World Junior Championship in Toronto on Monday.

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS

IIHF

Canada 5 Russia 4 TORONTO — World junior gold belongs to Canada once again after a classic victory over Russia.

Canada came perilously close to blowing a four-goal lead and hung on through an intense third period to beat Russia 5-4 on home ice at Air Canada Centre on Monday night.

“There were some tense moments...

That was one of the craziest games I’ve ever been a part of,” said defeceman Josh Morrissey.

The win ended Canada’s gold-medal drought that dated to 2009. It’s the nation’s first medal in this tournament since 2012.

“That was a once in a lifetime opportunity and we took advantage of it, ” said Max Domi about winning on home ice.

Canada scored on its first shift, chased Russia’s starting goaltender less than three minutes in and ignited the red-and-white-filled crowd of 19,014 that began to celebrate in the second period.

When Russia chipped away, Canada’s veteran bunch found its first trouble of the tournament but survived to avoid what would’ve been one of the more memorable collapses in history.

“We were able to brush it off,” said

Connor McDavid about the Russians push back. “This is pure joy.”

Anthony Duclair, Nick Paul, McDavid, Domi and Sam Reinhart scored for Canada to build the lead, which at its height was 5-1. Dmitri Yudin, Ivan Barbashev, Sergey Tolchinsky and Nikolai Goldobin scored for Russia, which wasted little time chipping away.

“Preparing for this game I almost felt like I played in it before,” said Canadian captain Curtis Lazar.

“Everyone did their part, no one stood out any further than others.”

Zach Fucale finished with 26 saves, enough to get the job done with Canada clinging to a 5-4 lead.

His two biggest saves may have come with 12 and four seconds left as Russia was playing with the extra attacker. Russia’s Ilya Shestyorkin got the hook after giving up two goals on the only two shots he faced. Backup Ilya Sorokin came in and allowed three on 19 shots.

The gold medal is Canada’s 16th since the tournament began in 1977.

Prime Minister Stephen Harper was in attendance for what felt like more than just a hockey game, even a tournament final.

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Slovaks upset Swedes to win bronze medal

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS Slovakia 4 Sweden 2 TORONTO — Captain Martin Reway set up three goals, including Pavol Skalicky’s winner early in the third period, as Slovakia capped a remarkable tournament by upsetting Sweden 4-2 on Monday to win bronze at the world junior hockey championship.

The Slovaks won their only other medal, a bronze, in 1998-’99, in Winnipeg. Eighth last year, they leave this tournament with wins over Finland, the Czech Republic, Germany and Sweden, losing only to Canada (twice) and

the U.S. Sweden pulled its goalie with 2:28 remaining, only to see Reway set up Patrik Koys for an empty-net insurance goal at 19:04.

Slovak goalie Denis Godla, one of the stars of the tournament, raised his arms in triumph as the final buzzer went before he was mobbed by his teammates.

The Swedes fought back after digging themselves an early 2-0 hole but their finishing - and some loose defence — failed them.

With the game tied 2-2, the hardworking Slovaks started the third on a five-minute power-play after Julius

Bergman received a five-minute penalty for interference and a game misconduct for felling Koys at the end of the second. Koys needed help to get off the ice after being seemingly high-sticked in the neck but returned in the third.

Pavol Skalicky took advantage, beating goalie Linus Soderstrom between the legs from the slot after a perfect pass from Reway, a Montreal Canadiens’ prospect, at 2:52.

David Soltes and Mislav Rosandic also scored for Slovakia, which got another stellar performance from Godla.

William Nylander and Jens Looke scored for Sweden. Both teams had 28 shots on goal.

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While there were empty seats, the game drew an enthusiastic crowd — most clad in red Canadian jerseys ahead of the gold-medal showdown — that cheered on Nylander every time the Toronto Maple Leaf prospect’s name was announced. The stylish forward had a goal and six shots in the first alone.

Down 2-0 after four minutes, the Swedes rallied to open holes in the Slovak defence and went into the first intermission tied 2-2. But Slovakia did not back down in a scoreless second.

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Pitchers dominate ballot RANDY JOHNSON, PEDRO MARTINEZ AND JOHN SMOLTZ READY TO ANSWER CALL

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK — Randy Johnson, Pedro Martinez and John Smoltz appear to be shoo-ins for election to the Hall of Fame in what is shaping up as the baseball writers’ biggest class of inductees in 60 years.

When the Hall of Fame reveals the results Tuesday at 2 p.m. on the MLB Network, holdover Craig Biggio and perhaps Mike Piazza could join those three first-ballot pitchers who were utterly dominant in a hitters’ era of artificially bulging statistics.

Here are some things to know about the balloting, conducted again in a period when who’s elected is as intriguing as whose names were not checked

by Baseball Writers’ Association of America voters:

THE THREE ACES

STORIES FROM PAGE B5

REBELS: Trade for netminder ● In a trade of lesser impact Monday, Sutter dealt 19-year-old defenceman and Red Deer native Kolton Dixon to Saskatoon in return for 18-yearold netminder Trevor Martin.

Dixon was in tough to keep his spot on the Rebels blueline, especially with the recent acquisitions of Nogier and Colton Bobyk, and wasn’t going to be with the club as an overage player next season.

“Dixie and I had a talk right after Christmas and we both agreed that if there was something that could work out for him so he could play in the league for the rest of the season and have an opportunity to perhaps play as a 20-year-old for another team, that I would seriously look at it,” said Sutter.

The addition of Martin was a depth move. The Ardrossan product made 19 appearances with the Blades, who are woefully weak defensively, posting a 4.16 goals-against average and .886 save percentage, and will now report to the Melville Millionaires of the SJHL. Martin has played five games with the Millionaires this season and has racked up some impressive numbers — a 1.20 GAA with one shutout and a .963 save percentage — in the process.

“We felt that as an organization we needed to add some depth to our goaltending situation, not just in case of one of our guys goes down with an injury but also having someone to create some competition going into next season,” said Sutter.

Adding Martin to his team’s depth chart also means Sutter — in the event of an injury to either Rylan Toth or Taz Burman — can leave 15-year-old Dawson Weatherill with the midget AAA Notre Dame Argos this season and likely next.

“We needed to have some extra depth in goal and it’s a trade that also works out great for Dixon,” said Sutter.

“Saskatoon was looking for someone like him to play the back end. It was a good fit for everybody.”

Martin will take over as the No. 1 stopper in Melville and will likely get a look from the Rebels at some point in the season.

“I’m hoping that we can bring him in and let him play a couple of games,” said Sutter.

The Rebels boss wouldn’t reveal if he’s attempting to complete one or more deals prior to Saturday’s WHL trade deadline.

“At this period of time there’s a lot of talks going on,” he said. “This isn’t just stuff that comes up overnight, you’re always in communication regarding trades. Discussions can go on for three weeks to a month before it all falls into place.”

● Paddock continued to move his older players Monday, sending 19-yearold team captain Kyle Burroughs, a defenceman, and forward Dryden Hunt to Medicine Hat in return for 17-yearold rearguard Connor Hobbs and second- and third-round bantam draft picks . . . In another deal, Brandon acquired the playing rights of overage defenceman Reid Gow from Spokane for a fifth-round pick. gmeachem@reddeeradvocate.com

CANADA: Rattled by the Russians The tense rivalry dates to the 1972 Summit Series, and the last time these teams met for world junior gold, Canada blew a 3-0 third-period lead and lost 5-3 in Buffalo, N.Y., in 2011.

“They have such a skilled program,” Lazar said of the Russians. “They know how to put the puck in the net with their firepower and they love spoiling Canada’s parade and beating them every which way.”

Russia tried to beat Canada up the second the puck dropped at centre ice. Pavel Buchnevich and Domi had been jostling before the faceoff, and Buchnevich decked Domi the instant he could.

But Domi turned down the ice and at the 23-second mark and fed Duclair for the game’s first goal on Canada’s first shot. Not long after, 2:32 in, Brayden Point found Paul driving to the net and it was 2-0 Canada on just two shots.

With the Russians stunned and down two goals so early, coach Valeri Bragin yanked Shestyorkin in favour of Sorokin, who beat Canada in exhibition action last month in the same building.

Duclair hit the post with a chance to score his second of the night, but then Sorokin seemed to stabilize the Russians, who got their legs under them and began to pressure Canada. At 9:20, Yudin shot the puck through traffic and had it clank off iron and in past Fucale to keep it a game.

As soon as the goal was scored, Russia’s Alexander Sharov decked Canada’s Nick Ritchie and pushing and shoving followed. Linesmen had to block off Canada’s bench from the Russians as they celebrated to keep things from escalating.

Russia kept Canada on its heels until McDavid provided some temporary breathing room 5:08 into the second.

Morrissey sprung him on a breakaway, and the 17-year-old phenom slid the puck five-hole on Sorokin to make it 3-1.

Domi added his fifth goal of the tournament at 7:22 when he got space down the left wing and patiently waited before picking a corner glove side.

That forced a Russian timeout with the score 4-1.

Chants of “This is our house” filled Air Canada Centre a few minutes later,

BALLOT LOGJAM and then at 12:30 fans thought they were close to tasting gold. That’s when Reinhart got his stick on Domi’s shot and redirected it in to give Canada a four-goal lead.

Things began to unravel when Jake Virtanen was penalized for boarding Sharov. On the power play, Barbashev poked the puck in from the side of the crease to cut it to 5-2.

Unbelievably 32 seconds later it was 5-3 when Tolchinsky scored on a two-on-one on a pass from Goldobin.

Worry began to creep in with Russia rolling.

Defenceman Samuel Morin took a tripping penalty, and at 17:37 Goldobin scored to make it a one-goal game.

That prompted Canadian coach Benoit Groulx to use his timeout and settle down his rattled team.

Canada had enjoyed a charmed trip to the gold-medal game, never trailing and barely playing in stressful situations. Groulx hoped going through a tough first period against Slovakia in the semifinal would provide his group with some kind of adversity to draw from.

That paled in comparison to Monday night, when Canada was forced to cling to a one-goal lead. Reinhart took a hooking penalty late in the second to give Russia a power play to start the third, and though there were some nervous moments it ended without much of a threat.

Sorokin made a pad save in the third to keep Canada from feeling too good about itself. But the Russians couldn’t score the fifth goal to complete the comeback.

Notes — Bronze-medal-winning Slovak goaltender Denis Godla was voted tournament MVP by members of the media. Godla stopped 224 of the 242 shots he faced in seven games. ...

THE PED FACTOR Suspected and admitted users of performance-enhancing drugs have been on the ballot since Mark McGwire was a first-timer in 2007. But the real debate over PEDs and players’ credentials heated up when otherwise certain locks Barry Bonds and Roger Clemens became eligible three years ago.

Both glamour stars severely tarnished by steroid use accusations received about 35 per cent of the vote last year, a slight dip from their first ballots.

Piazza, who received 62.2 per cent in his second year on the ballot, and Jeff Bagwell (54.3 per cent) are two players who have fallen under suspicion of use but were never caught up in any investigation. Will one more year on the ballot help them get closer to the threshold? Perhaps an enhanced ballot of up to 12 votes per writer next year will give them the nudge they need if they fail this year.

CLOSING IN Biggio, the Houston Astros second baseman-outfielder with 3,060 hits, fell two votes shy of election last year. Piazza, who has more homers than any other catcher in big league history, went up about 5 per cent from the previous year. According to research by Baseball Think Factory, Biggio was up to 82.9 per cent of the vote on 158 public ballots sourced by the website - that’s about 27.7 per cent of the vote, based on last year’s totals. Piazza was at 76.6 per cent late Monday afternoon.

Several others on the ballot of 34 candidates are hoping to get a better look. Tim Raines (46.1 per cent last year), hit .294 with a .385 on-base percentage in a 23-year career for six teams. The prototypical leadoff hitter scored 1,571 runs and stole 808 bases.

Career designated hitter Edgar Martinez received 35.9 per cent, Curt Schilling got 29.2 and Mike Mussina 20.3 per cent in 2014.

Joining Godla on the all-tournament team were McDavid, Domi, Reinhart, Morrissey and Swedish defenceman Gustav Forsling. ... The 50/50 draw was a new arena record of $90,150

SLOVAKIA: Third in Group A Sweden led Group B with a 4-0-0-0 record and beat Finland 4-0 in the quarter-finals before losing 4-1 to Russia in the semifinal.

The Swedes took silver the last two years after winning the 2011-12 tournament in Calgary. They came into the game with 17 tournament medals (210-5) Slovakia (2-0-0-2) finished third in Group A, recovering from an 8-0 loss to Canada on the opening day of the tournament. The Slovaks went on to win three of their next four, including a 3-0 quarter-final victory over the favoured Czechs, before falling 5-1 to Canada.

Godla, given the hook against Canada on Boxing Day, came into the game with a 2.90 goals-against average and .925 save percentage. Godla, eligible for the 2015 NHL draft, led all tournament goalies in shots faced (214) and saves (198) going into the final day of play.

Soderstrom, a New York Islanders prospect, had a 2.19 GAA and .9221 save percentage.

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Arizona Diamondbacks starter Randy Johnson reacts after pitching a perfect game against the Atlanta Braves in Atlanta on May 18, 2004. With a menacing fastball and devastating slider, “The Big Unit” had a career that rivaled any other left-handed pitcher who played the game. There is a long list of statistics to back that up, and he seems a shoe-in as a first-ballot selection when the new Hall of Fame class is announced today.

Johnson, Martinez and Smoltz stand out among the 17 newcomers to the ballot.

The reed-thin, scraggly-haired Johnson is a five-time Cy Young Award winner - four in a row from 1999-2002 - with 303 wins and 4,875 strikeouts. The Big Unit came up big in the post-season, too, sharing MVP honours in the 2001 World Series with Arizona Diamondbacks teammate Curt Schilling.

Martinez’s antics off the field were nearly as enthralling as an ever-elusive changeup that helped him to three Cy Youngs - two AL, one NL - and a 2.93 ERA in 18 years. He helped bring the Boston Red Sox their first World Series championship in 86 years.

Smoltz was a steady presence on the Atlanta Braves’ staff for 20 seasons - including 14 straight division titles from 1991-2005 - winning the 1996 NL Cy Young. A career starter, Smoltz smoothly moved into the closer role for three full seasons and earned 154 saves. He should join former teammates Greg Maddux and Tom Glavine, last year’s inductees along with Frank Thomas.

The induction ceremony in Cooperstown will take place July 26.

Not since 1955, when Joe DiMaggio, Gabby Hartnett, Ted Lyons and Dazzy Vance all gained entrance into the Hall, have four players received the necessary 75 per cent of the vote from the BBWAA. Five were elected at the same time on just one occasion, and that was the initial Hall class of 1936.

With the ballot jammed by big names from the Steroids Era, the BBWAA has recommended to the Hall’s board of directors that it increase the number of players each voter can select from 10 to 12. That change could come as soon as 2016.

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Hockey

Local Sports Today ● Senior high basketball: Lindsay Thurber at Notre Dame, Hunting Hills at Lacombe, Sylvan Lake at Rocky Mountain House, Stettler at Ponoka; girls at 6 p.m., boys to follow.

Wednesday ● JV basketball: Innisfail at Lindsay Thurber, Notre Dame at Sylvan Lake, Camrose at Ponoka, Hunting Hills at Stettler, Wetaskiwin at Lacombe; girls at 6 p.m., boys to follow. ● Heritage junior B hockey: Blackfalds at Ponoka, 7:45 p.m.

Thursday ● College women’s hockey: NAIT at RDC, 7 p.m., Arena. ● Bantam AA hockey: Red Deer Steel Kings at Lacombe, 7:15 p.m.

Friday ● College volleyball: Lethbridge at RDC; women at 6 p.m., men to follow. ● Peewee AA hockey: Olds at Lacombe, 6 p.m. ● College men’s hockey: Concordia at RDC, 7 p.m., Penhold Regional Multiplex. ● WHL: Red Deer at Kootenay, 7 p.m.

(The Drive). ● AJHL: Sherwood Park at Olds, 7 p.m.

Heritage junior B hockey: Three Hills at Stettler, 7:30 p.m. ● Minor midget AAA hockey: Calgary Blackhawks at Red Deer Aero Equipment, 8 p.m., Arena. ● Midget AA hockey: Airdrie at Sylvan Lake, 8:15 p.m. ● Chinook senior hockey: Bentley at Innisfail, 8:30 p.m.

Saturday ● Major midget girls hockey: Rocky Mountain at Red Deer, 12:30 p.m., Collicutt Centre. ● College volleyball: Lethbridge at RDC, women at 1 p.m., men to follow. ● Minor midget AAA hockey: Calgary Blazers at Red Deer Aero Equipment, 2 p.m., Arena. ● Bantam AA hockey: Southwest at Red Deer Ramada, 2:30 p.m., Kinex; Lethbridge at Lacombe, 5:45 p.m. ● Peewee AA hockey: Lethbridge Red at Sylvan Lake, 3:30 p.m., Caroline. ● Major bantam girls hockey: Southeast at Red Deer, 4:30 p.m., Kinsmen B. ● Midget AA hockey: Lacombe at Red Deer Indy Graphics, 4:45 p.m., Arena; Lethbridge at Olds, 7:30 p.m. ● WHL: Brandon at Red Deer, 7 p.m., Centrium. ● Heritage junior B hockey: Mountainview at Stettler, 7:30 p.m.

Sunday ● Major bantam hockey: Red Deer White at Red Deer Black, noon, Arena. ● Major midget girls hockey: Lloydminster at Red Deer, 12:45 p.m., Collicutt Centre. ● Bantam AA hockey: Southwest at Sylvan Lake, 1:30 p.m., Caroline; Lethbridge at Red Deer Ramada, 2 p.m., Kinsmen A. ● Peewee AA hockey: Airdrie at Red Deer Parkland, 1:30 p.m., Kinex; Cranbrook at Sylvan Lake, 3 p.m., Eckville. ● AJHL: Brooks at Olds, 2 p.m. ● Heritage junior B hockey: Okotoks at Ponoka, 2 p.m.; Banff at Red Deer, 6 p.m., Arena. ● Midget AA hockey: Taber at Lacombe, 2 p.m. ● Midget AAA hockey: Sherwood Park at Red Deer, 3 p.m., Arena.

Football NFL Playoff Glance Wild-card Playoffs Saturday, Jan. 3 Carolina 27, Arizona 16 Baltimore 30, Pittsburgh 17 Sunday, Jan. 4 Indianapolis 26, Cincinnati 10 Dallas 24, Detroit 20 Divisional Playoffs Saturday, Jan. 10 Baltimore at New England, 2:35 p.m. (NBC) Carolina at Seattle, 6:15 p.m. (FOX) Sunday, Jan. 11 Dallas at Green Bay, 11:05 a.m. (FOX) Indianapolis at Denver, 2:40 p.m. (CBS) Conference Championships Sunday, Jan. 18 NFC, 1:05 p.m. (FOX) AFC, 4:40 p.m. (CBS) Pro Bowl Sunday, Jan. 25 At Glendale, Ariz.

Team Irvin vs. Team Carter, 6 p.m. (ESPN) Super Bowl Sunday, Feb. 1 At Glendale, Ariz.

AFC champion vs. NFC champion, 4:30 p.m. (NBC)

WHL EASTERN CONFERENCE EAST DIVISION GP W L OTL SOL GF GA Brandon 40 29 7 3 1 183 125 Regina 39 24 12 2 1 148 115 Swift Current 40 19 17 0 4 122 130 Moose Jaw 40 16 20 3 1 120 141 Prince Albert 40 16 23 1 0 111 139 Saskatoon 40 9 28 2 1 109 180 CENTRAL DIVISION

Pt 62 51 42 36 33 21

GP W L OTL SOL GF GA Pt Medicine Hat 38 27 9 1 1 153 101 56 Red Deer 40 21 14 3 2 139 131 47 Calgary 39 21 15 1 2 155 122 45 Kootenay 40 21 18 0 1 129 145 43 Edmonton 40 19 16 3 2 119 112 43 Lethbridge 38 9 23 3 3 99 161 24 WESTERN CONFERENCE B.C. DIVISION GP W L OTL SOL GF GA Pt Kelowna 40 31 6 3 0 174 100 65 Victoria 41 20 18 2 1 140 138 43 Vancouver 39 18 19 1 1 120 124 38 Prince George 40 19 21 0 0 123 160 38 Kamloops 42 14 23 3 2 126 161 33 U.S. DIVISION GP W L OTL SOL GF GA Pt Everett 38 23 11 3 1 125 103 50 Spokane 38 21 14 3 0 115 109 45 Portland 40 20 17 0 3 132 134 43 Seattle 38 19 15 2 2 102 102 42 Tri-City 38 18 18 0 2 101 112 38 z-league title; y-conference title;d-division leader; xclinched playoff berth. Note: Division leaders ranked in top three positions per conference regardless of points; a team winning in overtime or shootout is credited with two points and a victory in the W column; the team losing in overtime or shootout receives one point which is registered in the OTL or SOL columns Sunday’s results Calgary 3 Regina 2 (SO) Seattle at Portland, late Saturday’s results Moose Jaw 8 Prince Albert 2 Everett 6 Saskatoon 2 Brandon 7 Calgary 4 Edmonton 3 Kootenay 1 Red Deer 3 Lethbridge 2 (SO) Medicine Hat 2 Swift Current 1 Kamloops 3 Vancouver 2 (SO) Portland 3 Tri-City 0 Victoria 4 Spokane 2 Kelowna 4 Prince George 3

Swift Current at Prince Albert, 6 p.m.

Saskatoon at Lethbridge, 7 p.m.

Red Deer at Kootenay, 7 p.m.

Kelowna at Kamloops, 8 p.m.

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

Portland at Spokane, 8:05 p.m.

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

Medicine Hat at Vancouver, 8:30 p.m.

Saturday, January 10 Everett at Swift Current, 6 p.m.

Edmonton at Moose Jaw, 6 p.m.

Prince Albert at Regina, 6 p.m.

Saskatoon at Kootenay, 7 p.m.

Brandon at Red Deer, 7 p.m.

Calgary at Lethbridge, 7 p.m.

Vancouver at Portland, 8 p.m.

Medicine Hat at Kelowna, 8:05 p.m.

Kamloops at Spokane, 8:05 p.m.

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

Sunday, January 11 Brandon at Calgary, 1 p.m.

Edmonton at Swift Current, 3 p.m.

Tri-City at Seattle, 6:05 p.m.

NHL EASTERN CONFERENCE

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

Calgary at Swift Current, 6 p.m.

Moose Jaw at Prince Albert, 6 p.m.

Tri-City at Prince George, 8 p.m.

Medicine Hat at Victoria, 8:05 p.m.

Vancouver at Kelowna, 8:05 p.m.

Portland at Spokane, 8:05 p.m.

Friday, January 9 Everett at Moose Jaw, 6 p.m.

Edmonton at Regina, 6 p.m.

GP W L OT Pts GF 39 26 11 2 54 108 41 25 12 4 54 134 39 20 10 9 49 109 40 21 16 3 45 130 40 19 15 6 44 104 37 17 11 9 43 87 38 16 15 7 39 102 40 14 23 3 31 77 Metropolitan Division

GA 89 108 99 122 108 97 105 136

GP W L OT Pts GF Pittsburgh 39 24 10 5 53 118 N.Y. Islanders 39 26 12 1 53 121 Washington 38 20 11 7 47 112 N.Y. Rangers 36 21 11 4 46 113 Columbus 37 17 17 3 37 96 Philadelphia 39 14 18 7 35 106 New Jersey 41 14 20 7 35 90 Carolina 39 12 23 4 28 77 WESTERN CONFERENCE

GA 94 109 99 90 119 120 117 102

Montreal Tampa Bay Detroit Toronto Boston Florida Ottawa Buffalo

Chicago Cleveland Milwaukee Indiana Detroit

Nashville Chicago St. Louis Winnipeg Dallas Minnesota Colorado

GP 38 39 39 39 38 37 39

Anaheim Vancouver Los Angeles San Jose Calgary Arizona Edmonton

GP 41 37 40 39 40 38 40

W L OT Pts 25 9 4 54 26 11 2 54 23 13 3 49 20 12 7 47 18 14 6 42 18 15 4 40 15 16 8 38 Pacific Division W 26 22 19 20 21 15 9

GF 116 124 118 101 119 104 101

GA 88 85 99 93 124 106 117

L OT Pts GF 9 6 58 115 12 3 47 109 12 9 47 112 14 5 45 106 16 3 45 115 19 4 34 92 22 9 27 88

GA 110 98 103 103 105 124 135

GB — 8 12 18.5 20.5

W L Pct 25 10 .714 19 16 .543 18 17 .514 14 22 .389 10 23 .303 WESTERN CONFERENCE

GB — 6 7 11.5 14

Portland Oklahoma City Denver Utah Minnesota

W L Pct 26 8 .765 17 17 .500 15 20 .429 12 23 .343 5 28 .152 Pacific Division

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

W 26 23 20 14 11

L 5 11 16 20 23

Pct .839 .676 .556 .412 .324

GB — 9 11.5 14.5 20.5

GB — 4.5 8.5 13.5 16.5

Monday’s Games Philadelphia 95, Cleveland 92 Charlotte 104, Boston 95 Dallas 96, Brooklyn 88, OT Washington 92, New Orleans 85 Chicago 114, Houston 105 Memphis 105, New York 83 Denver 110, Minnesota 101 Indiana 105, Utah 101 L.A. Lakers at Portland, 8 p.m.

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

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

Tuesday’s Games Phoenix at Milwaukee, 6 p.m.

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

Southwest Division W L Pct 25 9 .735 26 10 .722 23 11 .676 21 14 .600 17 17 .500 Northwest Division

2015 IIHF World Junior Championship At Montreal and Toronto PRELIMINARY ROUND Group A GP W OTW OTL 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 Group B GP W OTW OTL 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 loss.

PLAYOFFS Sunday’s results Semifinals At Toronto

GB — — 2 4.5 8

Canada 5, Russia 4 Gold Medal Game First Period 1. Canada, Duclair 4 (Domi) 0:23 2. Canada, Paul 3 (Point, Virtanen) 2:32 3. Russia, Yudin 1 (Golyshev, Dergachyov) 9:20 Penalty - Sharov Rus (roughing) 9:20.

Second Period 4. Canada, McDavid 3 (Morrissey) 5:08 5. Canada, Domi 5, 7:22 6. Canada, Domi 6 (Reinhart) 12:30 7. Russia, Barbashyov 3 (Buchnevich, Yudin) 14:21 (pp) 8. Russia, Tolchinski 4 (Goldobin, Valiev) 14:53 9. Russia, Goldobin 2 (Tolchinski, Kamenev) 17:37 (pp) Penalties - Domi Cda (charging) 10:07, Virtanen Cda (boarding) 13:22, Morin Cda (tripping) 16:12, Reinhart Cda (hooking) 20:00.

Third Period No Scoring.

Penalties - None.

Russia 9 10 11 — 30 Canada 12 5 4 — 21 Goal (shots-saves) - Russia: Shestyorkin (L, 3-2-0) (3-1), Sorokin (2:32 first; 18-15); Canada: Fucale (W, 5-0-0).

Slovakia 4, Sweden 2 First Period 1. Slovakia, Soltes 2 (Lantosh) 2:43 2. Slovakia, Rosandic 1 (Reway, Skalicky) 3:22 3. Sweden, W.Nylander 3 (A.Holmstrom, Aho) 10:22 4. Sweden, Looke 3 (Ehn) 16:12 Penalties - Cernak Svk (hooking) 12:07, Kabac Svk (delay of game) 12:42, Wallmark Swe (tripping) 16:58.

Second Period No Scoring.

Penalties - de la Rose Swe (hooking) 8:06, Rosandic Svk (hooking) 8:44, Bergman Swe (interference major, game misconduct) 20:00.

Third Period 5. Slovakia, Skalicky 1 (Reway, Cernake) 2:52 (pp) 6. Slovakia, Koys 1 (Reway) 19:04 (en) Penalties - None.

Slovakia 10 13 5 — 28 Sweden 15 6 7 — 28 Goal - Slovakia: Godla (W, 4-3-0); Sweden: Soderstrom (L, 5-2-0).

Power plays (goals-chances) - Slovakia: 1-3; Sweden: 0-3.

Referees - Roman Gofman and Konstantin Olenin, both Russia.

Linesmen - Bevan Mills, Canada, and Judson Ritter, U.S. Attendance - 13,625 at Toronto.

WINNIPEG — Three seconds was all it took for MarcEdouard Vlasic to give the San Jose Sharks a 3-2 win over the Winnipeg Jets in a game that seemed destined for overtime Monday night.

With eight seconds remaining in a tied game, Joe Pavelski won an offensive zone faceoff to Logan Couture, who set up Vlasic to snipe the winning goal past Jets goaltender Michael Hutchinson with 4.5 seconds remaining.

“To finish it off before overtime is big. It worked out for us,” said Vlasic, whose goal denied at least one point to a team the Sharks are battling for playoff positioning.

“We won the draw and Couture made a nice pass. There was a little bit of room and I was able to pick a little spot up there,” he added.

Brent Burns and Melker Karlsson also scored for the Sharks, while Andrew Ladd and Jay Harrison replied for the Jets.

The clubs entered the night holding both of the Western Conference’s wild card playoff spots. The Sharks (21-14-5) moved into a tie with Vancouver and Los Angeles for second in the Pacific Division.

“We couldn’t be happier, obviously, to get the win and fix what was broken,” said Sharks coach Todd McLellan.

ELMIRA JACKALS — Traded D Spencer McAvoy to Orlando to complete an earlier trade.

GWINNETT GLADIATORS — Announced G Mike Lee was reassigned to the team by Portland (AHL) and G Louis Domingue was returned to Portland.

READING ROYALS — Announced D Maxim Lamarche was assigned to the team from Lehigh Valley (AHL). Activated G Joe Howe and loaned him to Manchester (AHL). Placed F Andrew Johnston on the reserve list.

LACROSSE Major League Lacrosse OHIO MACHINE — Traded D Chad Wiedmaier and a 2015 first-round draft pick to Boston for D Brian Karalunas and a 2015 seventh-round draft pick.

SOCCER Major League Soccer MLS — Signed MF Fatai Alashe, MF Nick Besler, D Boyd Okwuonu, D Otis Earle, D Ramon Martin Del Campo, MF Dan Metzger, F Khiry Shelton and MF-D Andy Thoma.

COLUMBUS CREW — Signed F Federico Higuain to a designated player contract.

NEW YORK CITY FC — Signed D Andres Mendoza.

COLLEGE ARKANSAS — Re-signed defensive co-ordinator Robb Smith.

AUBURN — Fired co-defensive co-ordinator Charlie Harbison.

COLGATE — Announced the resignation of men’s assistant ice hockey coach Jason Lefevre.

FLORIDA — Named Doug Nussmeier offensive co-ordinator; Geoff Collins defensive co-ordinator; Randy Shannon associate head coach, co-defensive co-ordinator and linebackers coach; Terrell Williams defensive line coach; Kirk Callahan defensive backs coach; Mike Summers offensive line coach; Greg Nord tight ends and special teams coach, Tim

Skipper running backs coach and Mike Kent director of strength and conditioning. Announced senior QB Jeff Driskel will transfer to Louisiana Tech.

HOUSTON — Named Craig Naivar named assistant head coach, co-defensive co-ordinator and safeties coach; Jason Washington special teams co-ordinator and cornerbacks coach; Drew Mehringer wide receivers coach; Todd Orlando defensive co-ordinator and Corby Meekins tight ends coach.

KENTUCKY — Agreed to terms with tight ends coach and recruiting co-ordinator Vince Marrow on a contract extension through June 2018.

MICHIGAN STATE — Announced CB Trae Waynes will enter the NFL draft.

MISSISSIPPI STATE — Named Manny Diaz defensive co-ordinator.

NYU — Named Now-Allah James softball coach.

SMU — Named Joe Craddock offensive coordinator and Van Malone defensive co-ordinator, Dustin Fry offensive line coach, Keith Gunn defensive assistant coach, Jess Loepp defensive backs coach, Claude Mathis running backs coach, Archie McDaniel linebackers coach, Justin Stepp receivers coach and Bill Young defensive line coach.

SPRING HILL — Promoted Andy McCall to assistant baseball coach. Named Brooks Bobinger graduate assistant baseball coach.

TENNESSEE — Announced sophomore WR Drae Bowles will transfer to Chattanooga.

VANDERBILT — Named Andy Ludwig offensive co-ordinator.

WASHINGTON — Announced LB Shaq Thompson will enter the NFL draft.

WASHINGTON (MO.) — Named Terry O’Neill sports performance coach.

WEST VIRGINIA — Named Shane Lyons athletic director.

SPORTS GB — 2.5 11 14 14.5

Memphis Dallas Houston San Antonio New Orleans

MONDAY’S SUMMARIES

Sharks 3, Jets 2 First Period 1. San Jose, Burns 11 (Marleau, Couture) 2:53 (pp).

2. Winnipeg, Ladd 15 (Little, Wheeler) 9:17 (pp).

Penalties — Perreault Wpg (high-sticking) 1:14, Little Wpg (slashing) 3:15, McGinn SJ (hooking) 8:39.

Second Period 3. San Jose, Karlsson 3 (Pavelski, Burns) 4:15.

Penalties — Burns SJ (holding) 1:03, Halischuk Wpg (slashing) 19:52.

Third Period 4. Winnipeg, Harrison 2 (Lowry, Frolik) 4:03 (pp).

5. San Jose, Vlasic 5 (Couture, Pavelski) 19:55.

Penalties — Burns SJ (hooking) 2:23, Frolik Wpg (hooking) 7:26, Ladd Wpg (Illegal Check to the Head Minor) 11:52, Postma Wpg (delay of game) 15:03.

Shots on goal by San Jose 13 12 12 — 37 Winnipeg 4 9 6 — 19

NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss.

W L Pct 25 8 .758 23 11 .676 15 20 .429 13 24 .351 12 24 .333 Central Division

Atlanta Washington Miami Orlando Charlotte

Monday’s games At Toronto Bronze Medal Game Slovakia 4 Sweden 2 Gold Medal Game Canada 5 Russia 4

MONDAY’S SUMMARIES

Basketball NBA EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct Toronto 24 10 .706 Brooklyn 16 18 .471 Boston 11 21 .344 Philadelphia 5 28 .152 New York 5 32 .135 Southeast Division

Saturday’s result At Toronto Relegation Game Two Switzerland 5 Germany 2

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Tuesday’s games Everett at Brandon, 6 p.m.

Calgary at Moose Jaw, 6 p.m.

Tri-City at Prince George, 8 p.m.

Russia 4 Sweden 1 Canada 5 Slovakia 1

Sunday’s Games Carolina 2, Boston 1, SO Anaheim 4, Nashville 3, SO Washington 4, Florida 3 Tampa Bay 4, Ottawa 2 Chicago 5, Dallas 4, OT Columbus 4, Colorado 3 Edmonton 5, N.Y. Islanders 2 Monday’s Games San Jose 3, Winnipeg 2 Tuesday’s Games Buffalo at New Jersey, 5 p.m.

Ottawa at Philadelphia, 5 p.m.

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

Carolina at Nashville, 6 p.m.

San Jose at Minnesota, 6 p.m.

Colorado at Chicago, 6:30 p.m.

Columbus at Dallas, 6:30 p.m.

St. Louis at Arizona, 7 p.m.

Detroit at Edmonton, 7:30 p.m.

N.Y. Islanders at Vancouver, 8 p.m.

Wednesday’s Games Washington at Toronto, 5 p.m.

Boston at Pittsburgh, 6 p.m.

Detroit at Calgary, 7:30 p.m.

N.Y. Rangers at Anaheim, 8:30 p.m.

BRIEFS

Vlasic scores with 4.5 seconds to go as Sharks edge Jets 3-2

Transactions BASEBALL American League KANSAS CITY ROYALS — Announced the retirement of vice-president of baseball operations/ assistant general manager Dean Taylor, who will continue as a consultant to baseball operations.

Promoted J.J. Picollo to vice-president/assistant general manager of player personnel; Rene Francisco to vice-president/assistant general manager of major league; international operations and Scott Sharp to assistant general manager/baseball operations; Jin Wong to assistant general manager/ baseball administration; Chino Cadahia to senior co-ordinator/player development; Kyle Vena to director baseball administration; Mike Groopman to director baseball operations/analytics; and John Williams to director baseball analytics/player personnel.

Named Ronnie Richardson director minor league operations, Daniel Mack director baseball analytics/ research science, Chris Getz baseball operations assistant/player development, Phillip Stringer baseball operations assistant and Nick Relic minor league video co-ordinator.

TEXAS RANGERS — Agreed to terms with INF Adam Rosales on a one-year contract. Signed RHP Juan Carlos Oviedo to a minor league contract.

National League ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS — Agreed to terms with INF Cliff Pennington on a one-year contract.

COLORADO ROCKIES — Agreed to terms with C Nick Hundley a two-year contract. Designated RHP Chris Martin for assignment.

NEW YORK METS — Agreed to terms with RHP Buddy Carlyle on a minor league contract.

PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES — Agreed to terms with RHP Aaron Harang on a one-year contract.

American Association SIOUX CITY EXPLORERS — Signed LHP Kenny Long.

BASKETBALL

Women’s National Basketball Association LOS ANGELES SPARKS — Named Brian Agler coach.

FOOTBALL National Football League ARIZONA CARDINALS — Signed RB Zach Bauman, TE Ted Bolser, G John Fullington, WR Travis Harvey, CB Jimmy Legree, OT Kelvin Palmer, WR Ryan Spadola, CB Ross Weaver and CB Darren Woodard to future contracts.

MINNESOTA VIKINGS — Signed DT Chigbo Anunoby, DE Leon Mackey and CB DeMarcus Van Dyke to future contracts.

PITTSBURGH STEELERS — Signed TE Rob Blanchflower, CB Kevin Fogg, WR C.J. Goodwin, DE Ethan Hemer, LB Howard Jones, DL Joe Kruger and OL Alejandro Villanueva to future contracts.

SEATTLE SEAHAWKS — Signed DT Landon Cohen.

TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS — Signed S M.D. Jennings, TE Taylor Sloat and P Chase Tenpenny.

TENNESSEE TITANS — Signed TE Dorin Dickerson to a futures contract.

HOCKEY National Hockey League DETROIT RED WINGS — Reassigned D Richard Nedomlel from Toledo (ECHL) to Grand Rapids (AHL).

MINNESOTA WILD — Reassigned F Tyler Graovac to Iowa (AHL).

NASHVILLE PREDATORS — Reassigned F Miikka Salomaki to Milwaukee (AHL).

WINNIPEG JETS — Recalled D Keaton Ellerby from St. John’s (AHL). Placed F Evander Kane on injured reserve, retroactive to Dec. 28.

American Hockey League GRAND RAPIDS GRIFFINS — Recalled F Tyler Barnes from Toledo (ECHL). Signed D Chouinard to a professional tryout.

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TAYLOR, Beverly Joy (nee Blake) Dec. 18, 1944 - Jan. 2, 2015 It is with much sadness we announce the passing of our beloved Wife, Mother, Granny and Great-Granny on Friday, January 2nd, 2015. Bev passed away suddenly but peacefully at home in Red Deer, Alberta at the age of 70 years young. She will be lovingly remembered by her devoted husband, Eric Taylor of Red Deer, AB, her three children; Danny Miller (Suzanne) of Sylvan Lake, AB, David Miller (Alicia) of Red Deer, AB and Kathy Cegielny (Tom) of Red Deer, AB. Six grandchildren and eight greatgrandchildren; Calvin Miller (Jenna) with children Kadence and Austin of Red Deer, AB, Travis Miller (Jennifer) with children Levi and Catherine of New Jersey, USA, Tiffany Glass (Brian) with son, Easton of Red Deer, AB, Danielle Leduc with children Kiyah and Lexus of Red Deer, AB, Brittney Miller with daughter Ava of Red Deer, AB and Cassandra Leduc of Red Deer, AB. We take solace in knowing Bev is now reunited with her pre-deceased parents, Eli and Elizabeth Blake, her brothers; Orville, Raymond, and Leland Blake and her sister, Marilyn Lastockin. She will be held in loving memory by her surviving siblings, Harold Blake, Helen Cote, Joanne Messner, Jean Hasselberg (niece and close friend) and by all of her other numerous beloved nieces, nephews and their families. Beverly was born in Bassano, Alberta, raised in Hussar, Alberta and was the youngest of eight children. Growing up she loved spending time with her family and always enjoyed attending the country dances. She was a fantastic dancer, loved to laugh and had a mischievous sense of humor. There was always a twinkle in her eye. Married at the young age of seventeen, Bev transitioned to a farming life with her then husband, Neil Miller, where they raised their young family. In 1975 Bev was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis. At that time they moved to Central Alberta, living in Red Deer, Blackfalds, and Sylvan Lake, then settling in Red Deer again. Bev absolutely loved children. During this time she opened her home and cared for and loved so many little ones. Bev’s faith and positive outlook on life carried her through many health challenges over the years. Never wanting to miss out on any event or family gatherings, you could count on seeing her there with her coordinating outfits and matching shoes. She loved to sparkle! Bev was kind and helpful, and despite her illnesses was able to volunteer throughout the years to various organizations and woman’s groups. In 1995 Bev married her true love, Eric and the two began a wonderful life with each other and started “cruising” the world together. She never imagined she would experience so many adventures and see so many beautiful places. She always looked forward to and enjoyed those times with Eric. Bev met many wonderful people in her lifetime and treasured their friendships throughout. Above all, Claire, who was like a sister. Bev devoted her life to her family and would never miss an opportunity to tell people just how proud she was of each and every one of them. Her absolute greatest joy was spending time with her family. She will be sadly missed by all, but is now pain free and dancing once again. A funeral service and celebration of Beverly’s life will be held at the Knox Presbyterian Church, 4718 Ross Street, Red Deer, Alberta at 11:00 am on Thursday, January 8th, 2015 with a reception to follow in the lower level of the church. Minister Doug Maxwell to officiate the ceremony. All are welcome to attend and celebrate Beverly’s life. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations can be made directly to the MS Society of Alberta, 105, 4807 50 Ave. Red Deer, AB. T4N 4A5. www.mssociety.ca or a charity of your choice.

Condolences to the family can be sent to: c/o Knox Presbyterian Church, knoxrd1898@yahoo.ca

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SKOV NEIGUM Ethel May (Homan) Ethel May Skov of Red Deer Cody Joseph Douglas passed away at Michener Hill Alexander Extendicare on Friday, It is with great sadness our announces the December 26, 2014 at the family age of 97 years. Ethel was passing of Cody Neigum born March 21, 1917 at surrounded by family on Talbot, AB. She was prede- December 31, 2014 at the ceased by her loving and age of 28. Cody will be dedicated husband, Richard forever loved and missed by (Dick) Skov and all her his mother Loree; father brothers Anthony siblings, five sisters; Violet, Dale; Helen, Ann, Dorothy, and (Danielle & Kinley) and Cody; Vera, and three brothers; sisters Shanaya and Kaylee; Bud, John, and Gordon. his special grandmothers Ethel leaves to cherish her Jean and Shirley; uncle Joey; Brenda, Theresa, memory her children; Harvey aunts (Doreen) Skov of Okotoks, Lorraine, and Joan; uncle Al; AB, Joan Hiron of Edmonton, and cousins Chad and AB, and Karen (Jack) Amanda. Cody is also McFarlane of Red Deer, AB, survived by numerous family friends.

Cody is seven grandchildren, seven- and teen great-grandchildren, and predeceased by his Papa four great-great-grandchildren, (Joe Neigum) and grandpa as well as numerous loving (Doug Hodgkinson). Also and caring nieces and neph- meeting him in heaven are ews, and her extended family his two favorite dogs, Minnie - the caregivers of the and Peanut. Cody was full of 1200 household Extendicare. life with a big heart. His Ethel’s life was her family. interests included hauling She will be sadly missed and cattle with his papa, chasing forever loved and remem- pigs at Burnt Lake, playing bered by everyone who knew baseball, and in his later life, and loved her. A Funeral he enjoyed drilling wells with Service and celebration of Garth. He will be deeply life will be held at Eventide missed by all who knew him!

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11:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. A Graveside Service will follow the reception at the Black- In Memoriam falds Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, if desired, memorial WM. (Bill) WHITTEMORE donations in Ethel’s honour June 28, 1926 - Jan. 6, 2014 may be made directly to a We took our vows together charity of your choice.

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No one knows the sorrow we share when the family meets, and you are not there.

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ANNE STEWART Aug. 2, 1953 - Jan. 6, 2012 We are so thankful to have been given the time we had with you as our mother and grandmother.

You sought out the beauty in your surroundings and taught us to stop to listen for the birds song, enjoy the sunsets and to seek out the color in the grey.

Praise God for the assurance of knowing we will see you again some day!

In the meantime, we will cherish the many fond memories in which you still walk by our side.

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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

SHUNDA CONSTRUCTION requires a

Safety Coordinator to implement, manage & enhance our existing safety program. Fax resume and references to 403-343-1248 or email admin@shunda.ca.

STUCCO PLASTERERS & LABOURERS. Needed Immed. Exp’d but will train.

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Welcome to Trail & Art Appliances, a family owned and operated Large (13.5” tall) antique company since 1974! stoneware whiskey jug ACADEMIC Express Trail Appliances is one of made in Scotland $35 the leading independent ADULT EDUCATION 1-gallon antique stoneware appliance retailers in AND TRAINING crock $15 Western Canada, • GED Preparation Both in mint condition We have an immediate (403) 342-7908 opening for a full-time • Women in the Trades Plumber to work within Program Red Deer and surrounding Children's areas based out of our • Math and Science for Items location at the Trades Program 2823 Bremner Avenue.

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DRIVER REQ’D FOR storage. Skidded or DELIVERY OF NEW wheeled. Call 347-7721.

The Company provides a APPLS. IN RED DEER comprehensive and comAREA. petitive benefit program MAPLE LEAF MOVING including such things as: Call 403-347-8826 or fax Firewood resume to: 403-314-1457. * Medical & Dental benefit Program AFFORDABLE SWAMPERS F/T * Flex days needed immediately for a Homestead Firewood * Stat holidays off fast growing waste & Spruce & Pine -Split. Firepits * Paid vacation time recycling company. avail. 7 days/wk. 403-304-6472 * Employee & Family Heavy lifting involved Assistance Program FIREWOOD, Spruce & (driver’s helper) position. * Referral Incentives Pine. North of Costco Reliability essential. Own * Employee discounts 403-346-7178, 392-7754 transportation required. * Paid overtime Please email resumes to LOGS canpak@xplornet.ca The Company is always Semi loads of pine, spruce, looking for people who tamarack, poplar. want opportunities to grow, Price depends on location. take initiative and work Lil Mule Logging well within a team 403-318-4346 environment.

SPLIT Dry Firewood. Pine You possess excellent & Birch. Delivery avail communication and (403)845-8989 interpersonal skills, with WE are looking for a an aptitude for time Plant Laborer management.

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Would make a great include assistance of Security clearances will be Christmas gift.

Plant Operators in the conducted on successful 403-227-2976 transfer of chemicals, applicants. We thank all movement of product interested applicants, within the plant, truck and Household however, only those rail car loading/unloading, Appliances selected for an interview and chemical blending as will be contacted. well as housekeeping and WASHER, Kenmore, Dryer light maintenance. We are Maytag, large capacity looking for hard working, both in good working cond.

Truckers/ flexible, safety conscious $65. pr. 403-782-7439 Drivers people with equipment experience, some basic mechanical abilities, Household driver’s license, and own Furnishings transportation. We offer an excellent benefits plan WANTED and a company matching Antiques, furniture and RRSP savings plan. estates. 342-2514 Please forward your resume via email to the address attached. Please have ‘Plant Laborer’ in the Jewellery subject line. Drug and CENTRAL AB based alcohol policy in effect and trucking company requires pre-employee testing.

EARRINGS, stirling silver, Inquiries regarding careers Owner Operators pierced earings, never with CFR should be worn. 1 1/2” drop, Jeweller & Contract Drivers directed to appraised $135. in AB. Home the odd night. hr@cfrchemicals.com Asking $100. obo Weekends off. Late model Fax: 346-2299 403-227-2976 tractor pref. 403-586-4558

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TOBAGGAN, 3 seat, wooden, good cond. $45.; Super GT snow racer, with foot brakes & steering wheel, exc. to new cond. $65. 403-348-6449

Travel Packages

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CLASS 3 DRIVERS w/airbrake endorsement needed immed. for waste & recycling automated & roll off trucks. Email resume with a min. of 2 references to: canpak@xplornet.ca F/T Permanent Truck Driver Required for Rocky Fast Express (1790810 AB Ltd.) in Red Deer, AB Straight truck: 4600kg+w/2 axles and van Need class 5 DL + 2 yrs exp. $25 per hr/ with OPEN availability Duties: pick up/deliver freight, pre-trip truck inspection, communication with customers. Physically demanding position. Time management skills required. Apply at: 8004 Edgar Industrial Green, Red Deer, T4P3S2 Call: 403.845.2230 Fax: 587.997.7719

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CARRIERS REQUIRED To deliver the CENTRAL AB LIFE 1 day a week in: INNISFAIL Penhold Olds Sylvan Lake

KENTWOOD Kirsch Close, Kemp Ave. & Kee Close

2965 Bremner Avenue, Red Deer

880

For more information or to apply call Joanne at the Red Deer Advocate 403-314-4308 CARRIERS NEEDED ROUTES IN:

DO YOU: - Want extra income - Know the city well - Possess a clean, valid drivers license - Have a friendly attitude - Enjoy customer service - Want part-time work (12 to 22 hrs/week) As part of our service team, you will be dispatched in response to service concerns to deliver newspapers and flyers to customers or carriers.

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Work 3 to 4 shifts a week.

Hours of shifts are morning shifts of Monday through Friday 5:00 AM to 9:00 AM. Saturday starting at 7 AM. Wednesday to Friday Shifts starting at 1 PM. *All Shifts based on 4 hours and likely to run longer.

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

We thank all applicants for their interest; however only selected candidates will be contacted.

ADULT Newspaper Carriers Needed For Early Morning Delivery of the

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Monday through Saturday.

Delivery to be done before 6:30 am.

Reliable vehicle needed.

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Employers:

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VANIER AREA Vickers Close Victor Close Viscount Drive

Bring your resumé For more info, call 403-340-5353

Government

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SUV's

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2010 SANTA FE, V6, silver 87,000 kms., remote start, 4 summer, 4 winter tires & whls., A1 shape, $16,750. obo. 403-347-6889

Utility Trailers

5140

CAR TRAILER, Tandem axle, flat deck, bumper tow. $1500. 403-343-0687

Auto Wreckers

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

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DOWNTOWN AREA $638./mo PARKVALE AREA $586./mo.

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

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

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

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

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

PUBLIC NOTICES

Public Notices

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DONALD JOHATHON LEONARD You have 2 weeks to call Red Deer Queen of Courts Bench 403-340-5220 on behalf of your divorce

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Bell St.

Iverson Close Isbister Close

5030

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BOWER AREA

INGLEWOOD AREA

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ANDERS AREA Ahlstrom Close Andrew Close Asstlee / Ansett Cres.

Allsop Ave. / Allsop Cres.

Anderson Close Anquetel Close

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Monday through Saturday.

Delivery to be done before 6:30 am.

Reliable vehicle needed.

For more information or to apply call Joanne at the Red Deer Advocate 403-314-4308

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CARRIERS REQUIRED

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ADULT Newspaper Carriers Needed For Early Morning Delivery of the

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F/T TRUCK drivers req’d.

Minimum Class 5 with air and clean abstract. Exp. preferred. In person to Key Towing 4083-78 St. Cres.

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N/S. No pets. lrg. balconies, no dogs.

Feb 1. 403-304-5337 403-596-2444 N/S, no utils. incl.

Avail. immed. & Feb. 1 WEST PARK References required.

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Newly reno’d Avail Feb . 1. 4 Plexes/ SENIOR housemate wanted 6 Plexes 403-304-5337 $500/mo. 403-347-1036 Something for Everyone ORIOLE PARK Everyday in Classifieds 3 bdrm., 1-1/2 bath, $1175. Rooms Looking for a place rent, s.d. $650, incl water to live? sewer and garbage. Avail. For Rent Take a tour through the Feb. 1st. 403-304-5337 AVAIL. immed., lrg. fully CLASSIFIEDS furn. bdrm. c/w working gas frpl. $300 dd, $600/mo Condos/ Working or student M. Suites only. 403-396-2468 Townhouses

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Accounting

1010

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Contractors

1100

Massage Therapy

1280

FANTASY SPA International Ladies Elite Retreat, Finest in VIP Treatment.

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Moving & Storage

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Painters/ Decorators

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MASSAGE ABOVE ALL BRIDGER CONST. LTD. WALK-INS WELCOME JG PAINTING, 25 yrs. exp.

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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?

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1290

5* JUNK REMOVAL Property clean up 340-8666 SNOW blowing, junk/metal p/u, odd jobs 403-885-5333

HELPING HANDS Home Supports for Seniors.

Cooking, cleaning, companionship. At home or facility. 403-346-7777 TOO MUCH STUFF? Let Classifieds help you sell it.

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LOCAL

BRIEFS Red Deer College names Athletes of the Week

Photo by THE CANADIAN PRESS

Montreal Canadiens goalie Carey Price (31) stops a shot by Pittsburgh Penguins’ Brandon Sutter (16) during the third period of an NHL hockey game in Pittsburgh, Saturday.

Goalie Price at peak form with Canadiens in mid-season hot streak BROSSARD, Que. — Carey Price picked up two more honours Monday and, as usual, gave the credit to his red-hot teammates.

The 27-year-old was named the Montreal Canadiens player of the month for December (he has swept that award in all three months this season) and was the NHL’s third star of the week Monday for a 3-0-0 performance in which he allowed only four goals.

Montreal has won six straight, the last five coming on the road, and nine of its last 10. In that span, the Canadiens have outscored their opponents 34-13.

Price started nine of the games while Dustiin Tokarski earned a 2-1 shootout win in Florida on Dec. 30. In short, Montreal is on a winning streak led by its goaltending.

“I get a lot of credit for the success that the team gets, when in reality, it’s a collective effort,” said Price. “I just kind of reap the benefit of that.”

The streak has put Montreal (26-112) atop the Eastern Conference heading into a home game Tuesday night against their closest rival, the Tampa Bay Lightning. The Bolts (25-12-4) are tied with the Canadiens with 54 points, but have played two more games.

It’s safe to say Price, drafted fifth overall in 2005, has entered the prime of his career.

Last season, he posted career bests with a .927 save percentage and 2.32 goals-against average. He also helped a goal-stingy Canadian side win Olympic gold in Sochi, Russia.

This season, he is tied for fourth overall with a .929 save percentage and is fifth with a 2.14 GAA. “We have two good goalies, but Carey has been there when we needed him and shut the door when we needed him,” said defenceman P.K. Subban. “ You need that to go deep in the playoffs.

“You need that to have a solid record and win games on the road. Right now, we’re getting great goaltending.”

The Canadiens are cautious about their recent success, not wanting to get too excited when they are only two games away from the midpoint of their

regular season. The streak followed a 1-5-1 run from Nov. 23 to Dec. 6.

That prompted coach Michel Therrien to make changes, which included moving gifted 20-year-old Alex Galchenyuk from left wing to centre on the top line and dropping centre David Desharnais to left wing on the third unit.

The Galchenyuk line, with Max Pacioretty and Brendan Gallagher, has produced 13 goals and 26 points in 10 games, while Desharnais has adapted well to the wing.

They also brought defenceman Nathan Beaulieu up from AHL Hamilton to replace injured veteran Mike Weaver. The 22-year-old has taken a large step forward, working his way on to the second pairing with veteran Sergei Gonchar.

“Going down (to Hamilton) was good because I got to play a lot of hockey,” said Beaulieu, a 2011 first-round draft pick. “Since then, I’m just playing hockey the way I was inspired to play when I got drafted.

“Right now, things are going well.

It’s a comfort thing. You’re more familiar with the players around you. And playing with a special player like Gonchar makes it easier.”

In the first five games after the callup, Beaulieu played about 11 minutes per game. Since then, it’s been 16-plus minutes, with a season-high of 19:20 at Carolina on Dec. 29.

The Canadiens are trying to build off a 2013-’14 campaign that saw them finish fourth in the conference with 100 points and reach the conference final before bowing in six games to the New York Rangers. Their playoff run included a four-game sweep of Tampa Bay and a bitterly fought seven-game series with Boston.

Now they’re on pace for 110 points, but there is a lot of hockey left to play.

And they have been m o s t l y healthy so far.

O n l y third linecentre Lars Eller (five games), fourth-line winger Mi-

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Midget A Red Deer Canpro tie Rockets Nicholas Scott’s two goals were not enough to lift Red Deer Canpro past the Lacombe Rockets on Sunday at the Collicutt centre, as the two teams tied 4-4.

Hunter VanHeck and Ryan Clearhout also scored for Red Deer while David Suominen tallied twice for Lacombe and Jon West and Connor Walker once each.

Strickland comes up big for Carstar in win over Grandview Carstar needed all 32 of Lloyd Strickland’s points to edge past the Grandview All-stars 76-74 in Central Alberta Senior Men’s Basketball Association action on Sunday.

Darryl Hemstreet and Taylor Armstrong both chipped in 12 points for Carstar while Tom West led Grandview with 21 points with Adam Bowie adding 15 more. ● Then Orangemen dropped Wells Furniture 75-70, led by Jarrett Hart’s 19 points with Ray Tesksy adding 14.

Jon McCormish scored a game-high 25 for Wells Furniture while Brook Doan scored 15.

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chael Bournival (13 games) and third pair defencemen Weaver (five) and Bryan Allen (five) have missed more than two games.

Most of the core players, including Subban, Markov, Pacioretty, Galchenyuk, Gallagher, Desharnais, Tomas Plekanec and Brandon Prust, have played every game.

Right-winger Pierre-Alexandre Parenteau was among that group until he suffered an upper body injury Friday in New Jersey. Therrien said Parenteau is improving but won’t play against Tampa Bay. But health is not the only reason for their success so far.

“We’re doing a lot of things well,” said Subban “The focus has been there for the most part.

“When you’re fatigued and away from home, maybe battling sickness or injuries, focusing on the details make the difference. Our attention to detail has been better on most nights than the other team so we have to continue that. Especially this week, when we have some great teams coming into our arena.”

After Tampa Bay, the Canadiens are off until Saturday when the Pittsburgh Penguins visit the Bell Centre. Montreal is coming off a 4-1 win in Pittsburgh on Saturday.

Their only meeting with the Lighting so far was Oct. 13, with the Bolts winning 7-1 at home to avenge their playoff defeat.

The Canadiens put Allen on waivers Monday. The veteran was acquired Nov. 20 from Anaheim for winger Rene Bourque, which got Bourque’s contract off Montreal’s books for next season.

Allen’s contract expires after this season. Therrien did not say what the team’s plans are if Allen clears waivers.

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BY THE CANADIAN PRESS

Alex Donaghy and Morgan Dool were named Boston Pizza RDC Athletes of the Week for their work in exhibition tournaments over the weekend.

Donaghy is a second year middle on the Queens volleyball team and showed her potential to be one of the best in the province in helping the club to three wins in four games at The King’s University College tournament in Edmonton.

The Queens beat the Augustana Vikings 3-1 (19-25, 25-23, 25-16, 25-11), the host Eagles 3-1 (25-11, 19-25, 25-8, 25-21), lost to the Grande Prairie Wolves 3-2 (23-25, 25-21, 14-25, 28-26, 15-10) and then beat the Lakeland Rustlers 3-2 (25-17,20-25,25-15,18-25,15-8).

Dool is a freshman point guard with the Queens basketball team and is quickly becoming one of the team’s leaders.

On the weekend at NAIT, she helped the Queens go 2-1, scoring 19 points and six rebounds in a 58-56 loss to the Augustana Vikings, 11 points and three rebounds in a 56-52 win over the Concordia Thunder and five points and eight rebounds in a 50-41 win over King’s. ● The Kings basketball team lost both of their exhibition games in Kelowna the Douglas College Royals of the Pacific Western Athletic Association 80-75 on Friday and then 92-61 to the UBC-Okanagan Heat of the Canada West Universities Athletic Association 92-61 on Saturday. ● The RDC Kings volleyball team lost all three of their games at the Augustana Vikings tournament, falling 3-2 (20-25, 25-21, 25-18, 19-25, 15-13) to the hosts early on Friday and then 3-2 to the NAIT Ooks (20-25, 27-29, 25-22, 25-11, 15-13) in their late game.

On Saturday they fell 3-1 (25-22, 2522, 14-25, 25-21) to the Keyano College Huskies.

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TUESDAY, JAN. 6, 2015

Photo by ADVOCATE news services

Chefs Renee Erickson and Bobby Palmquist collect Dungeness crabs.

Warm, earthy, thoughtful CHEF RENEE ERICKSON WRITES FOR THE KITCHEN, NOT THE COFFEE TABLE

BY SHAUNA JAMES AHERN ADVOCATE NEWS SERVICES

Listen to Renee Erickson — chefowner of four of Seattle’s most extraordinary restaurants and the author of a new cookbook — and you’ll hear her use one word more than any other: care.

“I want my customers to feel welcomed, to feel cared for,” Erickson says. “I want them to feel like they’re walking into a warm, inviting space, like a home.”

Erickson’s restaurants indeed seem to feel like home for so many in Seattle, but they’ve also earned a national reputation.

The Walrus and the Carpenter, an oyster bar with a Parisian vibe, was named one of the best new restaurants in America by Bon Appetit in 2011. In 2013, the magazine called it one of the 20 most important restaurants in the United States. With all that attention, the restaurant consistently has a twohour wait for a table — on weeknights, no less.

At The Whale Wins, people return for lunch or dinner on a weekly (or daily) basis to sit in the spacious white room and wait for dishes like Hama Hama clams with dill, Serrano ham, fennel, brown butter and cream, roasted in the wood-fired oven. Barnacle, a tiny bar with fresh seafood dishes, charcuterie, cheeses and wine, changes its menu daily based on what is in season that moment. (Plan to be there on the day they serve octopus terrine with Ligurian olive oil and lemon.)

Even Boat Street Cafe, Erickson’s oldest restaurant, is filled with fervent followers, especially now that Jay Guerrero is running the kitchen.

Erickson’s food — dishes with a decidedly French countryside bent, made with ingredients firmly rooted in the Pacific Northwest — is consciously simple. Lentil salad with nettles, mustard seed oil, currants and tarragon.

Herring butter toasts with pickled fennel, lemon peel and parsley. Grilled whole favas over ricotta with honey, lime and Aleppo pepper. A tangle of roasted carrots and fennel, slathered with rose-petal harissa, atop a plate of thick house-made yogurt. Her food is warm, earthy and thoughtful.

“It’s the ingredients that are spectacular,” says Erickson. “What goes on our menus is what I was attracted to at the farmers’ markets. I don’t want to intellectualize food.”

One reason Erickson’s restaurants are so beloved must be the owner’s attitude toward her staff. Perhaps because they are treated so well, employees at Erickson’s restaurants seem to be just as warm and friendly as the food they produce.

“I’m . . . not a classically trained chef — actually, I’m not trained at all — so there aren’t a lot of rules about cooking in my kitchens,” she writes in the opening of her cookbook. “It’s more important to me that people are happy and comfortable than that they can crack an egg with one hand or slice a case of shallots in a minute flat. If I don’t want to do something, I don’t want to make someone else do it. I

RECIPE

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Boat Street Bread Pudding. A quick scan of the ingredients might show why this dessert is such a hit at Renee Erickson’s Seattle restaurants.

Boat Street Bread Pudding MAKES: 12 servings PREPARATION: The sauce can be made 3 days in advance, covered and refrigerated.

INGREDIENTS For the bread pudding 1 cup golden raisins 1/2 cup bourbon, such as Buffalo Trace 3 large eggs 1 1/2 cups granulated sugar Finely grated zest of 1 orange 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt 4 cups heavy cream, plus 2 cups for serving 1 large baguette (about 1 pound), torn into 1-inch pieces For the sauce 8 tablespoons (1 stick) unsalted butter 2 cups confectioners’ sugar, sifted 3/4 cup bourbon, such as Buffalo Trace Pinch kosher salt 14 ounces canned sweetened condensed milk STEPS For the bread pudding: Soak the raisins in the bourbon in a small bowl; let them sit at room temperature for 1 hour or up to 1 day.

Drain, reserving the bourbon for the sauce.

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Have

want my staff to have healthy lives and dynamic, interesting jobs that don’t entail someone hovering over them.”

As Jess Thomson, a Seattle food writer who co-authored the cookbook, said, “Renee isn’t like most chefs. In working with her on this book, it became immediately clear to me that she really does use a lot of care with the people around her. She treats them like family.”

Perhaps the reason Erickson, 42, is such an unusual chef is that she never expected to enter the restaurant business. In her early 20s, on the path to pursuing a graduate fine arts degree, Erickson started working in the kitchen at Boat Street Cafe, first as a waiter and then in the kitchen. Over time, to her surprise, she fell in love with res-

a deep 9-by-13-inch baking dish at hand.

Whisk together the eggs, granulated sugar, orange zest, vanilla extract and salt in a large mixing bowl until well blended.

Stir in the 4 cups of heavy cream; once that’s incorporated, add the bread pieces and drained raisins, making sure that all the bread is coated. Transfer to the baking dish.

Place the baking dish on a rimmed baking sheet (to catch any drips); transfer to the oven and bake uncovered for 1 hour or until the top layer of bread is nicely browned, the edges are bubbling and the center of the pudding is firm to the touch. Let cool.

For the sauce: Melt the butter in a medium saucepan over low heat. Gradually whisk in the confectioners’ sugar; once the mixture is smooth, add the reserved bourbon (from soaking the raisins) and the 3/4 cup bourbon. Increase the heat to medium; cook for 6 to 8 minutes, stirring occasionally; this step will burn off just about all the alcohol.

Add the salt, then whisk in the sweetened condensed milk, stirring for another minute or two until the sauce thickens. Let cool.

When ready to serve, preheat the oven to 400 degrees.

Scoop the bread pudding into individual shallow, ovenproof bowls or ramekins. Drizzle each portion with a generous amount of sauce. Place the bowls on a baking sheet; bake for about 5 minutes or until the sauce is bubbly. Serve right away, topped with an indecent amount (about 1/4 cup) of the remaining 2 cups of heavy cream.

taurant life. “I had never worked in a place that was so hands-on,” she said.

“It wasn’t a corporate structure. The camaraderie and the team effort on the line — we were all being creative.

There’s nothing like it.”

Hooked on the life of a chef, Erickson still had no intention of owning a restaurant. So she was surprised in the late 1990s when the original owner of Boat Street, ready to leave the restaurant, asked her to take over the business. She thought Erickson would be ready for the challenge. “ ‘Do it,’ everyone said. ‘Jump in and we’ll see what we can do.’ “ And so, at only 24 years old, Erickson became a restaurant owner. Her father and brother built a patio and helped make repairs. Her best friend waited tables. Her mother

made the desserts.

One weekend, shortly after buying the restaurant, Erickson closed down the cafe to remodel. She and her family and friends gutted and cleaned it, starting Saturday morning and finishing Monday night. They were open again for dinner Tuesday evening. A local restaurant reviewer called shortly after, confused. She had eaten at Boat Street on Friday, but when she returned for one more meal before writing her review, the place looked entirely different. Erickson explained, in a panic, that she had just bought the restaurant and was making significant changes. Could the reviewer please hold her review? The reviewer agreed and came back eight months later.

“It was really gracious of her,” says Erickson. “I was so lucky. No one can do that now. This was before cellphones, before Yelp, before the instant reviews. Opening my first restaurant now would be terrifying for the amount of attention I’d get.”

As Erickson wrote in the acknowledgments of her new book, A Boat, a Whale & a Walrus, “there is an ocean of gratitude upon which every restaurant floats.” That gratitude seems to infuse the dishes in her restaurants.

Her nurturing attitude also shaped the recipes in her cookbook. “She is open to the possibility of changing a recipe for home cooks,” Thomson says.

“She knows that not everyone has a wood-fired oven at home, so the recipe in the cookbook will have to change.

She wanted these recipes to have the sophistication of the restaurants but work for everyone at home.”

Unlike some restaurant cookbooks, which seem primarily concerned with documenting a professional approach and burnishing a chef’s reputation, A Boat, a Whale & a Walrus is organized for the home cook. Based on meals for particular occasions — “Sundays at Home,” “New Year’s Eve Party,” “Wild Foods Dinner,” “Fourth of July Crab Feast” — the recipes are arranged the way people truly cook.

After 12 years of standing in front of the stove, Erickson rarely cooks on the line in her restaurants anymore. “I have employees I trust,” she says. She oversees all the restaurants, though, and she’ll step in at Boat Street if an employee gets sick. She brings on new cooks at the recommendation of people with whom she already works. Every new hire cooks on the line for a week, often with Erickson there, to make sure it’s a good fit for everyone. “There has to be a connection,” Erickson says.

When there is, the connection extends beyond Erickson and her team and to the customers eating the woodfired roast chicken with sorrel pesto or Totten Virginica oysters with champagne mignonette laid before them. “I feel really fortunate to be doing what I am doing,” Erickson says.

In the food, in the happiness of her staff and in the beauty of the cookbook she created, it shows.

Shauna James Ahern is the author of three cookbooks, including the James Beard Award-winning Gluten-Free Girl Everyday and the popular blog GlutenFree Girl. She lives near Seattle.

HEALTH

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TUESDAY, JAN. 6, 2015

Many Ebola mysteries remain NEARLY 40 YEARS AND MORE THAN 20,000 CASES IN, DISEASE REMAINS A HUGE CHALLENGE TORONTO — Ebola has been an extraordinary challenge for science.

Over nearly four decades, the virus has triggered sporadic outbreaks in remote places, melting back into nature before scientists can mount many realtime studies to delve into its mysteries.

One of the deadliest of known viruses, Ebola can only be studied in laboratories with the most stringent biosafety and biosecurity protections in place. The community of Ebola scientists is small, and most of the scientists who do this work also rush to the scene of outbreaks, manning treatment centres or mobile laboratories.

During outbreaks, priority has always — and necessarily — focused on treating patients and stopping transmission.

In those settings, research has never been the top priority. As a result, many fundamental facts about Ebola were unknown when the current West African outbreak exploded. And 20,000 cases into that outbreak, many, many questions remain unanswered.

Here are a few: Question: Where does Ebola live between outbreaks? Is this prolonged epidemic seeding the virus into animal species, increasing the risk of more frequent human outbreaks in West Africa?

It is believed Ebola viruses naturally live in some bat species. Human outbreaks probably occur when people interact with infected bats; bats are eaten in some cultures.

Non-human primates can also be infected and can transmit the virus to people who butcher or prepare primate meat for cooking. Last summer’s Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo is thought to have started with a woman who butchered an infected animal.

But notice the lack of certainty in the sentences above. There are still holes in the story about where Ebola lives, what triggers a spill over into people and why that doesn’t happen more often.

It’s also unclear if the current high concentrations of Ebola in West Africa – unlike anything ever seen before – might be changing the dynamics of the virus in nature. Could this outbreak result in the virus becoming endemic in one or some animal species, increasing the risk of more frequent forays into people?

This is one of the questions Dr. Jeremy Farrar would like answered. The director of Britain’s Wellcome Trust medical charity, Farrar thinks it’s important to figure this, to get a better sense of the risk Ebola poses in future to West Africa.

But he knows people are currently too busy trying to extinguish the outbreak to attempt to answer this question. “There’s not many people looking for dead monkeys at the moment.”

Question: What happens to Ebola survivors? Are there long-term health consequences from an Ebola infection?

Prior to this outbreak, the combined total of all known Ebola infections was fewer than 2,400 people. Of those, only about 800 survived the roughly two dozen outbreaks that date back to 1976.

Most live in villages in central Africa.

They have not been heavily studied.

As a result, there isn’t a lot known about whether there are long-term health problems associated with having contracted Ebola. But the pool of Ebola survivors has more than doubled due to this outbreak; of the more than 20,000 cases so far, about 1,200 have survived to date.

“The sense of the long-term effect on people’s health is fragmental at best,” says Gary Kobinger, an Ebola expert who heads the special pathogens team at Canada’s National Microbiology Laboratory in Winnipeg.

“And so this (outbreak) is going to give a lot more opportunity to learn more about if there is any long-term side-effects from an acute disease.”

Another unknown relates to what

happens to babies born of women who were infected during their pregnancies, says Dr. Allison McGeer, who heads to Liberia this weekend for her third stint in the field helping the containment effort.

There have been many reports of spontaneous abortions in pregnant women infected with Ebola, and many deaths. But McGeer, an infection control specialist at Toronto’s Mount Sinai Hospital, says more than 10 pregnant women are known to have survived infections in this outbreak. And the births of their babies will be watched with interest and concern.

Question: Do survivors have life-long immunity to the strain of Ebola that infected them? If the experimental vaccines work, how long will the protection they generate last?

It is hoped that people who survive Ebola will be protected against the particular strain of the virus for life. (It is not thought that infection with Ebola Zaire would protect against infection with one of the other types of the virus, Ebola Sudan or Ebola Bundibugyo, however.) But whether that’s actually the case isn’t yet clear.

That is one of the questions West African survivors could help science answer. Study of blood samples from survivors in years to come could illuminate how long immune protection to natural infection lasts.

“People who are survivors, there will be a lot to learn from them. Because their immunity is actually from a real infection,” Kobinger says.

Likewise, researchers will want to follow people who receive one of the experimental vaccines to see how quickly the antibodies generated by the serums wane. There are concerns the vaccines won’t provide long-term protection.

Question: What are the most essential components of effective treatment in low-resource settings? How much better would survival rates be if treatment centres could routinely deliver this level of care?

In the current epidemic, the World Health Organization and countries providing volunteer help have elected to evacuate foreign medical workers who have become infected with Ebola in West Africa.

As a result of those evacuations — and three secondary infections in health-care workers who treated them — about two dozen infected people have been cared for in hospitals in the United States, Spain, Britain, France, Norway, Germany, Italy and Switzerland.

These cases are providing doctors in Western hospitals an invaluable chance to learn about how Ebola ravages the body and what treatments aid survival. The survival rate among these patients is about 80 per cent, almost the inverse of what is seen in West Africa.

The care given in American or European hospitals — which treat one or two patients at a time with large teams of doctors, round-the-clock nursing and the ability to run batteries of tests — cannot be replicated in West Africa, where overworked medical teams may not even have the capacity to give all patients intravenous fluids, even though they are thought to be critical to survival.

Figuring out the basic minimum in deliverable care is critical to lowering the death toll in West Africa, says Farrar.

“We know that if you land in Atlanta, you’ll probably do quite well.

But that’s true of every disease. What we don’t know is what are the critical one, two, three, four, five things that if you’ve got very limited resources — which, in truth, we’re always going to have in low-income countries — what are the five things you absolutely need?”

“Is it fluids? Is it oxygen? Is it antibiotics? Is it an antiviral drug? What is it? And when?”

Question: How does transmission actually occur? Are there some types of contact that are more likely to result in spread of the virus than others? Why

doesn’t transmission happen more often?

Figuring out how a virus spreads seems pretty basic, right? But in reality, it’s really tough to study, for Ebola or any virus, McGeer says.

With some pathogens, scientists can do what are called challenge studies; they can deliberately infect some people, or expose healthy people to infected people, and see how often and under what kinds of circumstances infection occurs.

But you cannot do that type of work with a virus as deadly as Ebola.

Infected people excrete Ebola viruses in bodily fluids such as blood, vomit and diarrhea. But traces of virus have also been found in saliva, breast milk, tears and semen. It seems likely that some of these are more important as routes of transmission, but the evidence is sparse.

And it seems clear that some types of contact or some events are bigger drivers of transmission than others.

It’s accepted that African funeral rites — which involve washing and kissing the deceased — play a huge role in spread of Ebola. The bodies of people who have died of Ebola teem with viruses. That’s why safe burials are a key to Ebola outbreak control.

But Christopher Dye, a World Health Organization epidemiologist, wonders if there are other events that increase the risk of transmission. Identifying these types of episodes or contacts would help authorities refine containment plans, says Dye, who is the WHO’s director of strategy for Ebola.

Knowing more about how Ebola spreads could shed some light on puzzling events in this outbreak, says Michael Osterholm, director of the Center for Infectious Diseases Research and Policy at the University of Minnesota.

There have been several episodes in which it seemed clear there would be significant spread, but those fears were not realized. People who stayed for days in a Dallas, Tex., apartment where Liberian visitor Thomas Duncan had been sick with Ebola did not

contract the disease. Attendees at the funeral of an imam who died from Ebola in Mali did not become infected. A Nigerian doctor who treated patients — even performed operations — while sick with Ebola had high-risk contact with many health-care workers and friends, but infected only a few.

“We don’t really understand transmission,” Osterholm admits.

Question: Why is the virus so brutal to humans?

Ebola expert Heinz Feldmann says the Ebola’s genetics aren’t really well understood.

“What makes it less or more virulent? What makes it less or more transmissible? We don’t know,” says Feldmann, head of virology at the U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases’s Rocky Mountain Laboratories in Hamilton, Mont.

The current outbreak has led to an explosion of interest in Ebola, with scientists from other disciplines being drawn to a field that until recently was the purview of a very small number of researchers, Feldmann among them.

He finds the questions some of them are asking sobering.

“I’m looking at every paper, every commentary and I say: Oh, man! We worked 20 years on this virus and what do we actually know? We don’t know anything. We can’t answer the basic questions that these people are asking.”

Question: Will Ebola become endemic in West Africa?

All previous Ebola outbreaks have been stopped, generally within a few months. The current one has gone on for at least a year at this point and the end is not in sight.

That leads some experts to worry that it won’t be possible to completely halt this epidemic.

They envisage a scenario where parts of West Africa may have to deal with Ebola for months or years to come.

“The fear is if the job doesn’t get done in 2015 ... then I think we would be reasonably talking about endemic (Ebola),” says Dye.

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