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La Familia moves in GANG LINKED TO MEXICAN CARTELS EMERGES AS PUBLIC SAFETY THREAT

BY MARY-ANN BARR RED DEER ADVOCATE

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Weapons, including a .22 calibre rifle with a silencer on it, ammunition, drugs and cash were seized following arrests in December by ALERT Edmonton. Police arrested members of the La Familia gang, which is allegedly connected to Mexican drug cartels.

Recently arrested gang members associated with Mexican drug cartels were involved with supplying drugs to Red Deer and other Alberta communities, police allege.

The arrests also raise concern about the potential for gang rivalry violence and public safety.

The group arrested was primarily based in Edmonton but information suggested they were also supplying drug lines in Fort McMurray, Drayton Valley, Lloydminster and Red Deer, said Mike Tucker, communications manager for Alberta Law Enforcement Response Teams (ALERT).

Tucker said on Tuesday that the arrest of four people in late December in Edmonton involved members of the La Familia (The Family). The gang is known for its extreme violence in Mexico.

ALERT’s investigation began last August when intelligence identified La Familia as an emerging public safety threat to Albertans.

An ALERT press release issued at the time of the arrests said La Familia is described as an international support arm for the Mexican drug cartels and has strong ties to the Mara Salvatrucha gang, which operates mainly in Los Angeles and Central America.

ALERT Edmonton alleges that the cartel-affiliated group was attempting to gain control of the drug distribution channels in Alberta. ALERT is funded by the province and its role is to tackle serious and organized crime. Nearly 400 municipal police, RCMP, and sheriffs work within ALERT across Alberta.

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City in excellent financial shape: Curtis

BY CRYSTAL RHYNO ADVOCATE STAFF

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Red Deer’s city manager and chief financial officer were in the hotseat as they fielded questions about the proposed $329-million operating budget on Tuesday.

Council asked about the city’s financial health, the impact of provincial budget cuts and the high utility costs in the city.

In his opening address City manager Craig Curtis said the operating budget “fairly conservative” but allows for some enhancement from council. He said the theme is “maintaining and enhancing core services.”

Curtis said, “make no mistake, the city is in excellent financial shape” with healthy reserves.

As of the end of the 2013, the city had $222 million in reserves compared to $208 million in debt.

But Curtis was quick to point out that the city may be forced to revisit the capital budget and 10-year capi-

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tal plan once the provincial budget is tabled.

Simply put, Curtis said, cuts to provincial grants may mean cuts to city services, higher user fees and higher taxes to make up the difference. He said it could be a combination of the three.

The city has budgeted $37 million for capital and $11.7 million on the operating side for 2015.

Council will begin debating the administration-recommended budget as early as Thursday. A total of $1.17 million in funding adjustment requirements are on the table. The budget will also include items already in the books for multi-year projects such as the new snow and ice control policy and the policing contract approved last year.

Dean Krejci, chief financial officer, said the proposed budget comes with a projected 4.31 per cent property tax

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increase to the municipal portion. The owner of a home assessed at $325,000 would pay $1,940.33, up $80.17 from 2014. The final rate will be determined after the province sets the education portion for the property tax bill.

Krejci painted a picture of where Red Deer sits on municipality property taxes and utility rates compared to other municipalities. He said Red Deer is the middle of the road for taxes but on the high end for utility costs.

Council heard that Red Deer homeowners pay more in monthly utilities than cities such as Calgary, Lethbridge, Regina and Saskatoon. The owner of an average two-storey house paid $202 monthly for a utility bill in Red Deer in 2013. Calgary homeowners paid on average $195 while Edmonton, the highest compared city paid $213.84 per month on average.

Coun. Dianne Wyntjes questioned

why Red Deer homeowners were paying more compared to other cities.

Krejci said some of the city’s current access fee levels and dividend levels are higher but they have changed the utility policy in order to play catch up.

He said part of it is because there are surcharge embedded into some of the utility rates that will help pay for future utility capital projects.

Krejci said this will build up the reserves to fund the future capital costs as opposed to using debt.

Curtis said debt was taken on for the expansion of the two water and wastewater plants and for the utility portion of the new Civic Yards.

He said no doubt other municipalities will see their rates rise once they begin expanding their plants and infrastructure.

Today’s schedule (1 p.m. start): Office of City Manager Corporate Services Development Services Planning Services Community Services crhyno@reddeeradvocate.com

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BY CRYSTAL RHYNO ADVOCATE STAFF There’s a whole lot of savings is going on behind the scenes at city-owned buildings.

Paul Goranson, director of the Corporate Services Division, outlined some of the cost-saving measures currently underway at city departments and buildings during the operating budget talks on Tuesday.

The disclosure of efficiencies and future cost-saving initiatives was part of the new budget guidelines set by council last year.

Goranson said finding efficiencies and streamlining processes is just the regular course of doing business at the city.

For example, this year the Electric Light and Power department reduced its capital budget by $2.7 million which avoided a five per cent electrical distribution rate increase.

Other examples included sharing staff and equipment, using recycled materials at events, and moving from leased truck units to city-owned units.

Goranson said he could not place a dollar value on the entire savings but he said the measures taken by staff will pay off financially in the long run and improve customer service immediately.

“The practice of reporting on what the organization does is something we have not done proactively before,” said Goranson. “There is certainly a lot of great staff from the front line to the highest level that are committed to ... the city.”

Kristy Svoboda, Human Resources director, said there is the potential to recognize staff for their efforts as part of the annual staff awards.

Mayor Tara Veer wanted to stress that there are substantial cost savings happening behind the scenes that are not just subject to council debate.

“Often when council debates the cost savings portion of the budget, it affects service levels in a potentially detrimental way,” said Veer. “What happens behind the scenes is that staff is finding efficiencies which actually elevate our service to the public but do it in a more cost efficient and time efficient manner.”

Council is expected to debate a few items that are recommended and non-recommended by administration later this week. Some items are recommended by administration including reducing budgeted overtime ($10,000) and switching to Telus service ($10,000).

Other items not recommended include reducing preventive work on roads ($150,000) and reducing transit ($106,000).

Veer said the tax savings portion that council will debate is fairly marginal but the accumulative total of some of the initiatives identified by staff have the potential to amount in the millions of dollars over time.

“The sense from council today is that we need to quantify that even more so given the amount of public interest in this area,” said Veer.

Among the planned initiatives for 2015, Goranson said there is the potential for increased revenue through the new Fees and Charges policy and a review of the assessment review board fees and emergency medical co-response. crhyno@reddeeradvocate.com

Alberta to declare first spring snow goose hunt in province: official EDMONTON — Alberta plans to declare its first spring snow goose hunt this year in an attempt to help deal with a species that has grown so numerous that it is destroying its own habitat.

“They’ve been overabundant for the last 15 years,” Duncan MacDonnell of Alberta Environment says.

“They’re causing damage to their home range in the Arctic.”

Over the last 20 years improved farming methods have resulted in better food supply along the big, white birds’ migration routes, says a report.

City urged to adopt crime mapping to raise awareness

BY MURRAY CRAWFORD ADVOCATE STAFF A tool to help address crime in Red Deer could be as simple as putting dots on a map.

Red Deer city Councillor Buck Buchanan has put forth a motion to start crime mapping, to analyze where, how and why crime occurs.

The process is used by communities across Canada and Alberta, including Edmonton, Calgary, Medicine Hat, Lethbridge and St. Albert.

Buchanan said the aim is to increase awareness of what happens where and make the information more publicly available.

“It’s that awareness of what is going on and the mobilization of your neighbourhood associations and groups,” said Buchanan.

He hopes the information will encourage people to look hyper-locally at what is happening and work with neighbours to address crime.

“We’ve struggled here in Red Deer to get active community associations,” said Buchanan. “If that was an outcome or byproduct of the maps, that would be an impact I’d certainly like to see.”

As part of the motion put to city council on Monday, Buchanan made it clear that the information would be vague enough as to not identify specific addresses or victims. It would provide a general area where an incident occurred.

“The whole crime mapping initiative is to make people aware of what is going on around them,” said Buchanan.

When Buchanan was an RCMP member, he said he would get a couple of calls a month from people asking if living in Lower Fairview, now known as Riverside Meadows, was really as dangerous as they had been led to believe.

“It had gotten a reputation of being a big bad place to live,” said Buchanan. “I’d start to laugh and I’d tell them I wouldn’t even blink about moving my son or daughter into Riverside Meadows. We have areas in the city that are, crime wise, much worse.

Once you get that reputation, it’s easy to get and hard to get rid of.”

He hopes the crime mapping will paint a more accurate picture of where crime occurs in the city.

Red Deer RCMP Insp. Scott Tod said he would wait to comment until council gives direction on where they want to go with crime mapping, but he

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The City of St. Albert and its RCMP produce weekly crime maps outlining the number of incidents and where they occurred.

Sgt. Carolyn Cameron of the St. Albert RCMP detachment, said the crime analyst compiles the weekly statistics based on reports made by members.

The map is then posted to the city website.

“St. Albert really wants to see this kind of thing,” said Cameron.

“For example, here in St. Albert we get lots of thefts of vehicles and it’s from people leaving their vehicles running and unsecured. Hopefully when they see that (on the map), they’ll see vehicles are being stolen from their area they’ll stop leaving their vehicles running and unsecured.”

Incidents such as domestic disputes and sexual assault are not included on the maps due to privacy concerns. The plots on the map are not specific to the location.

Crime maps in Lethbridge and Medicine Hat take more interactive approaches. Incidents are plotted on an online map and by clicking on them, you bring up some incident information. Incidents are labeled based on type, including assault, property crime, break and enter and drugs.

The Central Alberta Crime Prevention Centre attempted to develop crime maps in August of last year. However, the maps relied on police media releases and information gathered from community discussions, plus tips submitted to the centre’s websites.

Concerns were raised about the reliability and accuracy of the data.

Red Deer city council will debate the motion at its next meeting on Jan. 19. mcrawford@reddeeradvocate.com

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Mass murder highlights need for awareness of domestic violence: police EDMONTON — Police and community agencies say the recent mass murder of eight people in Edmonton underlines the need for more public awareness of domestic violence.

Staff Sgt. Sean Armstrong with the Edmonton police domestic offender crimes section told reporters Tuesday that family abuse is “everyone’s responsibility” and doctors, neighbours and co-workers need to look for warning signs that someone might be in danger at home.

He also said there are many supports available for victims, if they really want help.

“You don’t have to wait until things get out of control to contact someone,” said Armstrong. “Don’t wait until there’s bruises and broken bones.

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GANG: Cartels exploring new markets The Alberta La Familia chapter wore a three-piece patch, similar to biker gangs, and had an established rank structure and club rules. The Alberta president of La Familia was arrested on Dec. 11 while attempting to board a flight at Edmonton International Airport.

Three of his associates were also arrested and now face a combined 40 drug and weapons-related charges. All are Canadians.

“ALERT’s most recent investigation began in August when intelligence identified La Familia as an emerging public safety threat to Albertans. It was believed that La Familia was in the process of aggressively recruiting new members and pursuing new markets for drug distribution.”

Tucker said people need to realize that cartels in Mexico have grown to the point where they’re operating as a business, and like a lot of other businesses they have a commitment to demonstrate profits.

“And they’re going to be exploring new markets and new revenue streams, and I think when you look at Alberta, other than what’s recently happened with oil prices, the economy has been very strong.

Reach out ... There are plenty of resources to assist you, not just police.”

Phu Lam gunned down seven people in his home on Dec. 28, including his wife, eight-year-old son and threeyear-old niece.

Investigators have said the 53-yearold man spared two other children in the home — his one-year-old daughter and an eight-month-old nephew, and dropped them off at a relative’s place the day after the massacre.

Hours later he shot a woman in another house where he was looking for someone else. He then killed himself in a restaurant in nearby Fort Saskatchewan, where he had worked as a maintenance man.

Education Minister Gordon Dirks used office for political gain: ethics boss EDMONTON — Education Minister Gordon Dirks used his office for partisan political gain by authorizing modular classrooms for a school in his constituency before a byelection, Alberta’s ethics commissioner reported Tuesday.

Marguerite Trussler characterized “Demand for drugs across Alberta has been very high, coinciding with that younger demographic with lot of disposable income and I would assume that the cartels would look at Alberta as an opportunity for new revenues.”

The drug market in this province would also offer a chance to remove the middle man, Tucker said.

In the past, Canadians would broker deals in Mexico. Now, police are seeing drug cartels willing to send their own people to broker deals and supply the drug lines in Alberta, he said.

Some of those arrested in Edmonton wore a three-piece patch with “Alberta” on it, and were very active in attempting to recruit new members here to strengthen their operations, Tucker said.

ALERT fast-tracked the investigation because of the cartels’ connections to violence.

Some of the weapons seized included a .22-calibre gun with a silencer, a .44 Desert Eagle Magnum handgun, sawed-off shotgun, and thousands of rounds of ammunition.

“Those are dangerous weapons in the hands of gang members. I think that the risk for violence and conflict with existing groups is inherent.”

The drug market in Alberta the past couple of years has been very strong and criminal groups have worked together because there has been enough of a profit, but “all it takes is one person to get greedy, or one group to get greedy and the conflict’s there,” Tucker said.

“A .22 calibre rifle with a silencer — that’s used for human hunting,” he said.

“That’s pretty serious,” Tucker

RED DEER ADVOCATE Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2015 A3 free pass to become the Progressive Dirks’ actions as “blatant political opportunism” but said he didn’t violate Conservative candidate in her conthe province’s legal definition of constituency. flict of interest.

Suzanne Oel, president of the Pro“This issue was not one of general gressive Conservative association in policy or ongoing work,” wrote TrusHighwood, said Tuesday a number of sler. people have expressed interest in run“It was a specific political issue ning for the party, but she wouldn’t say that he used his office to resolve in his how many. favour.”

Oel said the only fair thing to do is Dirks was not available for an intercontinue with plans to hold a nominaview, but said in a statement he will tion vote. The board doesn’t have the act on Trussler’s advice. authority under its own laws to ap“Premier (Jim) Prentice has made point a candidate unless no one else it clear he expects everyone in his government to conduct themselves has expressed interest, she explained. according to the highest ethical stan“Our board has decided in respect dards, and I fully support him in that of the Highwood voters that we would goal,” wrote Dirks. hold a full and open nomination.”

“I appreciate the ethics commisSmith could not be reached for comsioner’s observations about perception ment. and politics and I will be mindful of Three weeks ago, she made headher comments and suggestions in the lines across the country when she led future.” eight Wildrose members across the floor to join Premier Jim Prentice and the PC government.

The move left the Wildrose party with just five members as the official Opposition and raised questions about the party’s long-term viability.

There are now 72 PC members in EDMONTON — Former Wildrose leader Danielle Smith will not get a the 87-seat legislature.

Ex-Wildrose boss Smith faces competition to be Tory candidate

added.

“Red Deer is not unique. Every community in Alberta wrestles with gang issues. Fortunately we do have a (ALERT) team in Red Deer that tackles organized crime and they’ve been very successful recently,” he said.

Gangs in Central Alberta are not a new phenomenon.

The Nomads, affiliated with the Hells Angels, have had a local chapter in the Red Deer area for many years.

Their clubhouse is in the Blackfalds area.

And recently, members of the Red Scorpions, a gang that originated in the lower mainland of B.C., were arrested in Central Alberta and charged with drug and weapons related offences.

A gangland-style shooting murder in Red Deer’s Inglewood neighbourhood in 2009 is tied to gang rivalries. The accused in this case was convicted but a new trial was later ordered and will take place in November of this year.

Sgt. Gerald Ouellet heads up the 13-member Red Deer Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit, which falls under the ALERT umbrella.

“Organized crime is everywhere and it’s what supplies the drug trade and firearms trade within our communities, so that’s where we focus our investigations,” he said.

While Ouellet wouldn’t comment specifically on investigations of organized crime groups in Central Alberta, his unit does work files that could have an inter-provincial or national component.

“The face of organized crime changes constantly ... as we’re investigating there’s always changes to the group or changes to the hierarchy.

“There are always concerns when organized crime is involved, the propensity for violence ... with organized crime comes additional concerns.”

In Central Alberta, cocaine continues to be a drug of choice, and heroin is an issue too, Ouellet said.

And recently, fentanyl pills are a huge concern because of how dangerous they can be, he said. Fentanyl is a synthetic opioid painkiller much stronger than morphine.

“We’re seeing a plethora of drugs, but there’s some trends that we’re seeing, especially with fentanyl pills (in recent months) that are very concerning.”

“It’s safe to say any drugs or any firearms that are being brought in illegally, that type of environment is caused by organized crime groups.

That’s our biggest concern.” barr@reddeeradvocate.com

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Top of Harper’s to-do list We all have our little rituals on our first day back in the office in a new year.

Some of us delete old emails. Others might start filling in a new calendar.

Still others dump their inept veterans affairs ministers and meet with the irritating premier of the largest provTIM ince.

HARPER Clearing off your election year to-do list if you’re Prime Minister Stephen Harper means, suddenly, dealing with the daily toothache that was Julian Fantino in Veterans Affairs and bickering with the aggressive Kathleen Wynne, which was so last year.

These were two things Harper had to do, but the governing Harper didn’t always do what others felt he must.

The campaigning Harper is a different man.

Fantino had lost the confidence of veterans and created nothing but havoc in a portfolio that Conservatives should hold near and dear. There are few optics more damaging for a government than sending our young men and women off to war then ignoring them, shortchanging them and, in Fantino’s case, also lecturing them upon their return.

But where once he might have hunkered down, election-year Harper demoted his man Fantino in broad daylight on a working day, ignoring the urge to act during the Christmas break when holiday festivities and official inertia provide cover of darkness.

He didn’t exactly invite inquiring media eyes into Rideau Hall, but he did (almost) exactly what the opposition parties had urged him to do, he didn’t wait until nobody was watching Fantino and, even more remarkably, he replaced him with the man touted by so many of the pundits who Harper’s office likes to ignore.

Erin O’Toole, an air force veteran and MP for Durham, is the communicator Fantino is not and appears to have

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the empathy for our veterans that Fantino lacked.

Fantino remains in cabinet, moved back into the associate defence minister’s post he previously held, but he is getting harder to hide no matter his value as an electoral asset and fundraiser in southern Ontario so crucial in this year’s vote.

As foreshadowing goes, a year-end interview in which the CBC’s Peter Mansbridge asked Harper if he still had confidence in Fantino will suffice.

“Well, you know — you know, Peter, ah, you know the — you know what the answer to that question is. You don’t have to ask it,’’ Harper said.

What he meant?

“He’s toast, but I’m not going to announce it on the CBC in an interview.’’

Similarly, Harper had no choice but to meet Wynne.

A festering public relations battle, started by the Ontario premier, was being won by Wynne and there was no upside for the prime minister to be caught up in such a battle with the

When Danielle Smith states, “To be the official Opposition leader, you have to really want to take down the government and premier,” she has it all wrong!

To be the Opposition, one should be doing what is best for Albertans whether it is opposing legislation or voting in favour of said legislation! Government should be proposing legislation that is beneficial to Albertans, not the party.

The Red Deer Advocate printed quotes from Smith on Nov. 26 — “There will be no more floor crossings” — but further investigations show that negotiations were going on while the Wildrose general meeting was in progress!

When Kerry Towle was a Wildrose MLA, her voice was a constant pain in the side of government on health and seniors care. Since she has become part of government, we have not heard a word of dissent. Red Deer still has the longest wait times in Alberta and Alberta is still spending 19 per cent less per capita than the national average on seniors care!

Bruce McAllister was constantly raising the problems of the lack of school funding for adequate funding for schools or teachers. Now suddenly there is no problem?

It seems strange that one of the most knowledgeable people in Alberta on electrical production and transmission — Joe Anglin — is estranged by this party just prior to their own exodus.

The “torment” proclaimed by some of these floor-crossers is ludicrous. I am still waiting to hear of any of the constituencies getting to vote for any floor-crossing.

So much for honesty, reliability, trustworthiness, and dependability in government.

Looking up these words in the dictionary, I find pictures of the “floor-crossers” beside the words such as opportune, sly, insidious, insincere, insecure or insensible.

This is the time of the year for change so. ...

Dear Santa. ...

Ed Powell Red Deer

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There are other trains heading down a tunnel toward Harper and he can’t turn around the price of oil or wave away the Mike Duffy trial with the ease with which he can shuffle a minister or set up a meeting.

But with an eye on the coming election, there will be other items on Harper’s “fix-it” list.

Take a look at other issues where he is out of step with Canadians.

Here’s one suggestion — Harper may have dismissed the timing as “crazy” to place unilateral regulations on Canada’s oil and gas industry, but with gas prices so low, this would be an optimal time to impose some type of levy, in line with British Columbia’s model or a more modest proposal such as Alberta’s “tech fund,” which Harper praised.

Movement on the environment would be a major, but needed, item on any prime ministerial to-do list.

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

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popular premier.

He would be dogged by questions at each stop in Ontario. It played to the unflattering perception that he was uninterested in the province of his birth and he was more keen on using a Liberal premier who is close to Justin Trudeau as an enemy, rather than a rightful partner in the country.

Harper was understandably stung

by Wynne’s self-serving, mid-campaign characterization of his “smirk” during a private meeting, but Monday’s meeting before the world junior gold-medal hockey game at the Air Canada Centre was inevitable.

The substance of the meeting, however, will likely be less important than the post-game spin because relations will take more than a single meeting to thaw.

O’Toole’s appointment does not necessarily guarantee peace with veterans and the portfolio has been a curious black hole for this government.

He has also not bought peace with Wynne with one meeting.

BY CHARLES LAMMAM HUGH MACINTYRE AND MILAGROS PALACIOS SPECIAL TO THE ADVOCATE A number of pundits and activists regularly claim CEOs are grossly overpaid compared to average workers. Their solution: raise taxes or impose a government mandate such as a limiting CEO pay to some arbitrary ratio relative to the lowest paid worker.

A recent report is the latest to suggest CEO pay is too high because the top 100 Canadian CEOs in 2013 earned an average total compensation of $9.2 million or 195times the average worker’s pay. Such a comparison is deeply flawed and only fuels alarmist views about income inequality.

For starters, the comparison breaks a basic rule of statistics by comparing apples to oranges, using a definition of CEO pay that is much more wide-ranging than that used for average workers.

Specifically, the compensation figure for CEOs includes not just base salaries but all forms of compensation such as bonuses, company shares, stock options, “perks,” and pensions. Meanwhile, the pay of average workers only includes their salaries — not pensions and other benefits. So right from the start, the so-called “pay gap” between workers and senior management is exaggerated.

Another glaring issue with the comparison: the top 100 CEOs are not a representative sample of Canadian corporate leadership. These are not your average corporate leaders; they are the top people — the

superstars with unique talents and qualities in high demand. Presenting their compensation as being typical of CEOs is like saying Sydney Crosby’s salary ($12 million) is representative of the average NHL player’s salary ($2.4 million).

An ideal comparison would compare the average Canadian CEO’s total compensation to the average worker’s total compensation. Unfortunately, there is no such readily available data. But data from Statistics Canada’s National Household Survey, though limited, allows for a more apples to apples comparison.

The data cover a narrow measure of compensation: wages and salaries.

And the data are for a broad occupational group: senior management (which includes more than just CEOs — for instance, senior government managers and officials fall into this group).

In 2010, the latest year of available data, the wages and salaries of the average senior manager was $142,434. That is 3.4 times the wages and salaries of the average worker ($42,445) — a far cry from the “195 times” figure cited above.

Digging a little deeper into the data reveals the average senior manager is not even the highest paid occupation (based on wages and salaries). In 2010, judges were the highest paid, with average wages and salaries of $199,756 or 40.2 per cent more than the average senior manager ($142,434). The average petroleum engineer ($154,249) also made more than the average senior manager.

The story is the same if we consider the median (which mitigates the effect of outliers like extremely

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Patronage alive and well ONE-THIRD OF SOCIAL SECURITY TRIBUNAL MEMBERS HAVE TIES TO CONSERVATIVES

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — A third of the Conservative government’s appointees to its critically backlogged social security tribunal have close ties to the party, despite Employment Minister Jason Kenney’s insistence that he’s avoided patronage appointments.

An analysis obtained by The Canadian Press has found that 32 of 96 tribunal members, including four recent appointees, have either donated to the party, run as Conservative candidates or worked for a Tory candidate.

Testifying before a parliamentary committee late last year, Kenney suggested the 11,000-case backlog, mostly involving those seeking Canada Pension Plan disability benefits, was partly the result of a “rigorous pre-screening process” for tribunal members that required a 12-month vetting period.

“We have taken the patronage dimension of this out of the system,” Kenney also told the committee.

“There might be a couple of people on there who have supported my party in the past. I know of only one per-

son personally, who I appointed to the board, with whom I had a pre-existing relationship but who is eminently qualified. These are qualified individuals who are not appointed on the basis of partisanship but on the basis of competence.”

In an interview Tuesday, NDP MP Jinny Sims scoffed at Kenney’s remarks.

“These appointments have turned out to be patronage, pure and simple, in direct violation of Jason Kenney’s commitment to Canadians that he wouldn’t turn the tribunal into another trough for partisan appointees,” Sims said.

“Do they really reflect the diversity of those seeking benefits or do they reflect the ideology of the party in power? If they only reflect the ideology, then I would say, ’Poor Canadians,’ because we have not seen a very kind government towards those who are the most vulnerable.”

According to the analysis, there’s scant evidence any tribunal member has donated to any other party other than the Conservatives. One member donated to the party just three days be-

fore his official appointment in March 2013.

Nonetheless, the tribunal members don’t lack qualifications.

One tribunal member in the incomesecurity division, Kelley Joanne Sherwood, is the wife of Kory Teneycke, Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s former communications director and now vice-president of Sun News.

She was also an adjudicator on the former Canada Pension Plan review tribunal for several years before her appointment to the tribunal in March 2013. Several other tribunal members were also employed under the old system.

The tribunal, which began operation in April 2013, consists of 74 fulltime members and 22 part-timers who hear appeals from Canadians denied employment insurance, old-age security or Canada Pension Plan disability benefits.

It replaced about 1,000 part-time referees on four separate social security panels under the old system.

Thousands of Canadians, some of them seriously ill or injured, are waiting years for appeals due to the grow-

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BRIEF Dalhousie rejects request from Ontario to release names of accused students HALIFAX — Dalhousie University has rejected a request from the licensing body that governs Ontario’s dentists to hand over the names of 13 dental students accused of posting sexually violent comments about women on a private Facebook page.

University spokesman Brian Leadbetter says the university in Halifax has an obligation to protect the privacy of its students.

He also restated the university’s position in an email statement on Tuesday that the online comments were deeply offensive, degrading to women and unacceptable.

Irwin Fefergrad, registrar of the Royal College of Dental Surgeons of Ontario, said Monday the governing body wanted the names to make sure that if any of the students involved apply for licences in the province they would face tough questions from the college.

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plaining 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.

Harper has also recently said the Ontario government should focus less on “confrontation” and more on getting its fiscal house in order. Ontario has a $12.5-billion deficit, which it plans to eliminate by 2017-18, while Ottawa is banking on a $1.6-billion surplus for 2015-16.

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

The need for the prime minister to meet with the premier of Ontario is not personal, nor is it about “one person slighting another person,” Wynne said.

Ontario’s Progressive Conservatives said Wynne was using the tension with Harper to distract the public’s attention from a slew of Liberal scandals.

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TORONTO — Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne received no specific commitments from Prime Minister Stephen Harper at their first face-to-face meeting in more than a year, but being able to meet in person was a step forward, she said.

The Conservative prime minister met with the Liberal premier in Toronto on Monday night, before Harper attended the gold-medal game at the world junior hockey championship.

While no promises were made at their meeting, sitting down with the prime minister and being able to entertain the possibility of more meetings is a “tangible result,” Wynne said.

“Did we get commitments on particular investments? No,” she said at a news conference Tuesday. “But the fact is that we have now got the ability to follow up in a few months.”

The two leaders last met on Dec. 5, 2013, and Wynne embarked on a public campaign urging Harper to sit down with her. In the meantime the two had publicly taken jabs at each other over the provincial deficit and pension

plans, with Wynne often criticizing the prime minister on the latter during her spring election campaign.

Wynne said she discussed with Harper the economy, the importance of ongoing investments in infrastructure, including in the Ring of Fire, the auto sector, provincial trade barriers and the quality of First Nations’ drinking water.

“To reinforce that it’s important that we work together, for me, that’s a tangible result from the meeting,” Wynne said. “I don’t think anyone should dismiss the importance of building those lines of communication.”

Notably not on the table were pensions, over which the two have publicly clashed, and Wynne said she is moving forward anyway with a made-in-Ontario pension plan.

“He made it clear that he still doesn’t agree with our Ontario retirement pension,” Wynne said. “I knew that and that’s not a surprise. We’ve had that discussion ...The understanding is that he does not agree with the direction we are going and we are continuing on that path.”

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ing backlog of cases since the tribunal’s inception.

Kenney told the parliamentary committee that the new tribunal inherited an “unexpected” backlog of 7,000 cases from the old system. He also challenged his critics to pore over the CVs of the tribunal members, whom he described as “phenomenal, first-rate people.”

Kenney spokeswoman Alexandra Fortier defended the tribunal’s hiring record, saying it’s a marked improvement over the former system, which had “no comprehensive selection process whatsoever — no examination process and no panel interviews for the vast majority of members.”

“We changed that,” Fortier said in an email.

“Our government put in place a serious and rigorous selection process based on merit. In fact, the latest selection process saw 739 applicants, of which only 72 applicants passed. The minister appointed from this pool of highly qualified candidates. The majority of the appointees do not have ties to the party.”

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Court nixes rule requiring Air Canada to separate pooches, allergic passengers OTTAWA — The Canadian Transportation Agency has been ordered to reconsider a ruling that required Air Canada to separate pooches from passengers with dog allergies in its airline cabins.

The Federal Court of Appeal has set aside the agency’s ruling, finding that

it was made without any real evidence and without considering Air Canada’s contention that a less intrusive remedy could be found.

The agency ruled in August 2013 that Air Canada must create a buffer zone of least five rows to separate passengers with allergies from service dogs or pet canines travelling in carriers in airline cabins. On planes without a HEPA filter ventilation system, the agency banned pet dogs altogether from cabins whenever a passenger

with a dog allergy was on board.

In cases involving service dogs on such planes, priority was to be given to whomever booked their ticket first — the passenger with the dog or the passenger with the allergy.

The agency’s ruling on dogs was similar to that issued to Air Canada, WestJet Airlines and Air Canada Jazz a year earlier requiring a five-row minimum distance between travelling felines and passengers who are allergic to cats.

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CAIRO — The family of a CanadianEgyptian journalist imprisoned in Cairo for more than a year said Tuesday they have been told he is set to be deported soon and hope an upcoming visit by Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird will speed up the process.

Mohammed Fahmy is one of three Al-Jazeera English journalists who were convicted last year of terror-related charges and sentenced to between seven and 10 years in prison.

Last week an Egyptian court ordered a retrial for Fahmy and his colleagues, Australian correspondent Peter Greste and Baher Mohamed, an Egyptian producer, but a date has yet to be set.

Fahmy’s fiancee said the family hopes he will be deported before the new trial.

“We have submitted the deportation application and the Fahmy family met with a senior

government official who confirmed the process is in its final stages,” Marwa Omara told The Canadian Press in an email sent from Cairo.

“The Canadian government is following up with the Egyptians here and hopefully Canadian Foreign Minister John Baird’s visit next week can expedite the process.”

The Department of Foreign Affairs has not released a date for Baird’s visit to Cairo, but Omara said the family has been told he will arrive Jan. 15.

She said Fahmy’s lawyers — Amal Clooney and Lorne Waldman — have requested a meeting with Baird prior to the visit to “better understand the legalities of the transfer and the litigation expected upon Fahmy’s arrival.”

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Search and rescue technicians are hoisted by a Cormorant helicopter during a Canada-United States coast guard ceremony in Halifax on Thursday, Sept. 28, 2006. The air force is planning to test an expanded, more flexible response time for search and rescue along the East Coast in the coming year, even as long-delayed plans for new aircraft remain in a holding pattern.

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OTTAWA — Better oversight, training, and detection technology are needed to keep illicit drugs and other contraband from slipping into the country in air cargo, an internal audit says.

The Canada Border Services Agency audit says the findings are significant because commercial air cargo accounts for about one-quarter of all arriving shipments.

The audit team visited the highvolume airports in Vancouver, Toronto and Montreal as well as three unidentified smaller ones in their study of the agency’s air cargo examination program.

Regional border services officers scrutinize incoming goods, decide whether to allow them entry and take action if they discover violations.

The audit report, dated last July, was only recently made public.

Portions of the document — including details of some risks posed by deficiencies — were considered too sensitive to release.

However, the report does highlight one risk — that weaknesses mean “contraband and other unacceptable items could be brought into Canada” — possibly with the help of corrupt people working in airports.

Some program officials were not sure who to contact at headquarters when they had questions or concerns, the report says.

During regional site visits, the auditors found notes were being taken on air cargo examinations. But there was no national electronic system to record the results.

The report also expressed concerns about possible inconsistencies from region to region in training border officers.

In addition, the availability and usefulness of tools to help with examinations varied across the country.

The audit recommends the border agency strengthen oversight of commercial air cargo, ensure standardized delivery of training and “address gaps in detection technology.”

The audit reveals that another, earlier internal review identified “gaps” related to training, technology and six other areas. As a result, a plan to address the problems was developed.

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ALBERTA SHRINK WRAP HAS SEALED UP A HELICOPTER, AN ESCALATOR AND MUCH MORE

BY HARLEY RICHARDS ADVOCATE BUSINESS EDITOR Opportunity didn’t knock on Dennis Duncan’s door, but it did pass by his house.

The steady flow of trailered boats heading to and from Sylvan Lake on Rainy Creek Road in front of Duncan’s farm provided the inspiration for a boat maintenance service. And that spawned a shrinkwrap business that now stretches across the province.

Alberta Shrink Wrap, which Duncan operates with his wife Laurie and their daughter and son-inlaw Darci and Matt Cole, has sealed up a helicopter, a combine and modular buildings. It’s wrapped up an escalator to protect it during building renovations, enclosed scaffolding to shield workers from the elements and even been asked about storing the train from AMC’s TV series Hell on Wheels inside plastic.

But a big part of its business started with and remains with boats.

Duncan described how his family started Rainy Creek Marine about three years ago, performing winterizing and related services for boat owners. When customers asked about shrink-wrapping their vessels, the business obtained the materials and equipment to oblige.

Soon, it was suggested that oilfield companies might be interested in having equipment shrinkwrapped for transportation and storage. A few online ads prompted a flood of calls.

“So we started shrink-wrapping industrial,” said Duncan. “We were going to Calgary and doing huge modules, mobile home modules, office modules and stuff like that.”

Mustang Helicopters of Blackfalds even hired Rainy Creek Marine to secure an aircraft for shipping.

“It got so busy we established kind of an off-shoot of Rainy Creek Marine with Alberta Shrink Wrap.”

The mobile service uses plastic sheets that come in 50-foot by 100-foot (15-metre by 30-metre) rolls.

Once an object is wrapped, a blast of heat from a propane-powered flame gun shrinks the plastic so that it adheres to its contents.

“It just tightens right up,” said Darci Cole, adding that pads are placed over protruding pieces prior to the process to prevent puncturing of the plastic.

Air vents are often added to projects like boats, and zipper access doors can be installed as well. A fire-retardant plastic is also among the options, said Cole.

Shrink-wrapping is difficult to do in extreme cold, because the plastic becomes brittle and doesn’t contract properly, said Duncan. It’s also best to avoid windy days.

“You can turn into a kite.”

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Matt Cole, left, with his wife, Darci, father-in-law, Dennis Duncan, and daughter, Addison, pose with a boat that their family business Alberta Shrink Wrap sealed for the winter. tion from moisture, dust and dirt.

Alberta Shrink Wrap routinely wraps equipment like oilfield compressors that are destined for Fort McMurray.

Once, it even sealed the open roof of a building in the northern city.

Cost is based on the time needed to travel to and complete the project. The range for an average-sized boat is about $350 to $500, said Duncan.

Expansion is a possibility, he said adding that having offices in other locations would reduce travelling time.

Currently, Alberta Shrink Wrap is in the process of obtaining a Small Employer Certificate of Recognition (SECOR). This involves the development of a health and safety management system, which Darci said should open the door for work from bigger companies.

Duncan thinks the opportunities for Alberta Shrink Wrap are almost limitless, with countless applications for its services.

“That’s kind of our motto: we can shrink-wrap anything.”

Additional information about Alberta Shrink Wrap can be found on the business’s website at www. albertashrinkwrap.com. hrichards@reddeeradvocate.com

White House unequivocal on Keystone XL bill

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BRIEF Livestock pain mitigation conference coming to Olds

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS WASHINGTON — It took less than a day to dent the hopes of Canadian oilsands proponents that a new, Republican-dominated U.S. Congress might finally carry their coveted Keystone XL pipeline project to completion.

The plan slammed into a familiar obstacle: the White House.

A bill that would force the project to go ahead was introduced by the new Republican majority as the 2015-16 Congress took office Tuesday and, immediately, U.S. President Barack Obama signalled his plan to veto it.

“I can confirm for you that if this bill passes this Congress, the president wouldn’t sign it,” Obama spokesman Josh Earnest told the White House briefing.

Earnest initially cast the decision as a question of procedure, not substance. He said the president believes it’s wrong for Congress to approve cross-border pipelines when the appropriate review process belongs to the administration.

What’s more, that review can’t be completed while the pipeline route is still being disputed in a Nebraska court.

Earnest also went out of his way to point out the president has been raising doubts about the project’s substantive merits.

“You could note our skepticism,” he said, “about some of the claims made by the most enthusiastic advocates of the pipeline.”

Those dismissive statements from Obama about the project’s limited job-creation potential, irrelevance to U.S. gas prices, and possible environmental risks had already led most Washington observers to expect a veto.

The markets hardly reacted Tuesday. Shares of pipeline-builder TransCanada Corp. barely budged after the 1 p.m. announcement, after having taken a little dip during an overall rough morning on the markets.

What was surprising was the timing.

On Monday, the White House said it wanted to see the bill before making a decision about a possible veto.

There had been talk Democrats would stack it with their own priorities, like alternative energy or infrastructure funding, to make it more palatable to the president.

But lawmakers from both parties didn’t even have time to start negotiating. The White House issued its veto threat before debate began on the Senate floor.

Meanwhile, in another blow to the pipeline, a hearing scheduled Wednesday before a Senate committee was cancelled because of procedural opposition from Democrats.

At least with Obama at the helm, the seven-year pipeline saga appears poised to end in failure for

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Valerie Schonewill and several others protest the proposed Keystone XL pipeline, Monday afternoon, in Sioux Falls, S.D. TransCanada, and in victory for opponents who turned a land dispute involving Nebraska farmers into an international political issue that became the focal point of the U.S. debate over climate change.

The Canadian government tried to steer clear of the fallout.

“Right now this is not a debate between Canada and the U.S., it’s a debate between the President and the American people, who are overwhelmingly supportive of the project,” said a statement from the Harper government, long a persistent and vocal advocate for Keystone XL. “We’re not going to comment on the American political process.”

The government’s domestic opponents were far more eager to tie the Harper government to the stalled pipeline — even blaming it for the delay.

The Liberals said the government’s inertia on climate change has tarnished the image of Canadian oil, and built hostility to it at home and abroad.

“If we want to have social license from Canadians but also from the rest of the world to produce and export our natural resources, we’re going to have to show that we’re acting on the environment,” said Liberal MP Chrystia Freeland.

“That’s a very clear message today — we’re not doing that and this is the result.”

As for TransCanada, it reacted scornfully to Tuesday’s announcement. In particular, it picked at the White House assertion that it needed to stick to a well-established process.

The review process for Keystone XL has been anything but well-established and has already taken three times longer than normal, CEO Russ Girling said in a statement.

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A conference focused on the responsible treatment and handling of farm animals is planned for Olds later this month.

The Antimicrobial Stewardship & Pain Mitigation in Livestock: Current Developments Conference is scheduled for Jan. 27 at the Pomeroy Inn & Suites at Olds College.

Presented by Alberta Beef Producers, Alberta Agriculture and Rural Development, and other industry and government organizations, the event will look at trends and research related to animal welfare.

A number of industry experts will discuss issues related to antimicrobial stewardship and pain mitigation in livestock. Information will relate to cattle, horses, pigs and poultry, and the conference should be of interest to veterinarians, research scientists, producers and others.

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Regulation means natural gas pipelines will be free of oil and bitumen: B.C. VICTORIA — A proposed network of pipelines from natural gas fields in British Columbia’s northeast to liquefied natural gas export plants in the northwest will not be permitted to pump oil and diluted bitumen, the provincial government says.

The Natural Gas Development Ministry said a new regulation prohibits the B.C. Oil and Gas Commission from allowing any conversion of a natural gas pipeline supplying an LNG facility.

But the Opposition New Democrats said the regulation is not tough enough. Stikine New Democrat Doug Donaldson said Tuesday that he wants legislation instead to guarantee oil and bitumen won’t end up in the proposed gas pipelines.

He said that in the spring, he intends to re-introduce his private member’s bill from last year in an effort to ban oil and bitumen from the pipelines.

Donaldson said many of the proposed natural pipelines will pass through his riding, and area residents and some First Nations are concerned about the potential of an environmental disaster connected to a leak or rupture of a pipeline pumping oil or bitumen.

“I don’t see why they’re so afraid and so opposed to bringing this through legislation,” he said.

“The trouble with that is (that) regulation can be created or destroyed through cabinet order behind closed doors at the signature of a cabinet minister.”

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Resolve to consider financial health Derek, what should I focus on in the new year? plicated or involve pages of spreadsheets. You can With 2014 in the books and a brand new year divide it into monthly expenses, or even group it into ahead, many of us are making New Year’s annual expenses. resolutions. Usually these resolutions I prefer looking at it grouped into anhave something to do with spending less nual categories since most of us have a time at work, more time with family, and good idea how much we will make in any likely something to do with health. given year, and we can usually estimate While I support all of these resolutions, our expenses over the course of one year.

I think there is validity in considering The example is this, instead of looking one’s financial health. at last month’s heating bill (which should It is very easy to get caught up in the be higher in December than in August), daily grind without taking time to stop consider each month individually, add and focus on specific goals for your finanthem up, and that becomes your annual cial future. With that said, it is important heating bill expense. This becomes imto take the time to do a financial check-in, portant since all of our expenses vary and during the time of year for resolutions from month to month.

DEREK this one is as good as any.

This can range from birthdays, to travFUCHS Unlike planning on going to the gym el, to Christmas shopping. As such, if you five days a week, this check-up doesn’t can plan out an entire year’s worth of have to take up much time at all and cerexpenses, you’ll have a much better time tainly doesn’t need to be complicated. managing any savings.

I would start by looking at your budget.

The point of this exercise is to group This doesn’t necessarily mean that you’ve all of your expenses into individual catplanned out every dime spent, but I make the as- egories. You should find that you have two types of sumption that you have money coming in on a regu- expenses when you’re all done — expenses that you lar basis and expenses taking this money out. can’t control (heating, property tax and insurance) I think it’s a good practice to take the time to and those that you can (restaurants and travel). Be learn and really understand where these expenses sure to include expenses for things like car and are coming from — or said another way, what is your home repairs; these items can really throw a wrench cash flow like? The better handle you have under- into your annual budgeting and it is important to be standing this, the more likely you will be able to able to plan ahead for these unseen events. meet future financial goals.

The next step is straightforward. You estimate Reviewing your cash flow doesn’t have to be com- your annual income this year and subtract the ex-

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penses. What you’re left with is a potential savings goal.

If this isn’t much, you can go back and look at the expenses you can control and make decisions from there pertaining to your lifestyle and decide what you want to cut.

Now, I’m not recommending that we all focus on savings and not have any fun at all. In fact, I think the most important categories to focus on are the expenses we can control. Said another way, give yourself a budget for restaurants and travel — enjoy your life.

What I am recommending is to focus on your cash flow and decide what is reasonable from there. Some of the most successful investors I’ve seen started with a good understanding of their cash flow and were able to achieve a savings goal because of this understanding.

Finally, as we all know, New Year’s resolutions are very challenging to complete. As such, if this activity interests you I would schedule time to make it happen now. Find an hour or two and work through the numbers — grab paper and pencil and a calculator and start to work through the numbers.

In short, enjoy your 2015 by focusing on the plan now. Once you have the plan, make it happen.

Happy investing and all the best in 2015!

Wealth Watch is written by Derek Fuchs, a wealth advisor with ScotiaMcLeod in Red Deer. It is provided for informational purposes only. Readers are urged to consult a wealth advisor for help with their personal investment circumstances. Fuchs can be contacted at derek. fuchs@scotiamcleod.com.

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CES shows smart-home gadgets starting to work together

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS LAS VEGAS — Imagine a world in which your garage door opens automatically as you pull into the driveway. The living room lights and heater turn on — perhaps the oven starts warming up, too. In the so-called “smart home,” cars, appliances and other devices all have sensors and Internet connectivity to think and act for themselves, and make your life easier.

We’re not there just yet, but we’re getting closer.

The smart-home concept is known in tech circles as the Internet of Things. Current iterations primarily include our ability to control gadgets such as lights and security alarms or view data remotely through a smartphone app. At the International CES gadget show in Las Vegas this week, manufacturers will promote more devices and functionality. Some gadgets will be able to talk directly with one another, not just to an app. The four-day show opens to the public Tuesday.

That garage door? Mercedes-Benz would like people to imagine their luxury car of the future pulling in all by itself, without a driver behind the wheel, to bring its passengers home.

The carmaker unveiled the sleek concept car that it is calling F 015 Monday night when it turned a stage inside The Cosmopolitan on the Strip in Las Vegas into a scene usually reserved for annual car shows, attracting a swell of people on stage afterward wanting a closer look.

The car’s futuristic look belies some historic inspiration in its design. Zetsche said the wheels were pushed to the outer edges much like a horse carriage, giving ample room inside for seating rather than wheel wells — in this case four modern swivel chairs that can face each other.

And much like those horse carriages, the passengers inside the car of the future can chat, read a newspaper, or even take a nap while their car would ferry them home.

“Mankind has been dreaming of autonomous cars since the 1950s,” said Dieter Zetsche, head of Mercedes-Benz. He said his company has been working to make it a reality, albeit still a concept and not in production yet, since the 1990s.

“It’s basically a revolution,” he said of the car.

The Internet of Things could mean big business for gadget makers, too. The Consumer Electronics Association projects sales of smart energy and security systems alone will total $574 million this year, a 23 per cent increase from 2014. Although that pales by comparison to the $18 billion spent on TVs and displays, growth has been swift. In terms of people smartening up their homes in earnest, though, it will probably be another two years before devices are cheap and widespread enough for the typical consum-

er, says Eduardo Pinheiro, CEO of Muzzley, which makes a hub that allows devices to talk to each other.

For now, the smart home is more about possibilities than practice. Many companies exhibiting at CES are laying the foundation for what a smart-home system will eventually do, hoping to entice consumers to start thinking about upgrading to smart gadgets. It’s not always an easy sell.

Consider wearable devices that track fitness and other activities. In many cases, the novelty wears off quickly, and devices end up in drawers. But what if a wearable device that tracks sleep could tell the coffeemaker to start brewing as soon as you awoke?

When the coffee’s done, what if the sprinklers on the front lawn automatically turned off so you didn’t get wet walking out the front door to work?

“It’s these great benefits that we need to explain,” says BK Yoon, Samsung’s CEO and chief of consumer electronics. “We can’t just talk about the Internet of Things because it’s so impersonal like a bedtime story for robots. We have to show what’s in it for them.”

That includes freeing people from chores to spend more time with family, pursue more hobbies and, in his case, spend “quality time on the putting green,” he says.

Some examples: Lucis Technologies will soon ship a smart-lighting device called NuBryte that can learn your behaviour, such as what time you tend to come home. Sensors can turn on the night light if you wake up to use the bathroom but switch on brighter lights during the day.

A coffeemaker from Smarter will soon use data from fitness trackers such as Fitbit. If you had a bad night of sleep, the coffeemaker will know to make the java stronger that morning.

Other products focus on better notifications: a battery for a smoke detector to alert you on your phone when the alarm goes off, or a bracelet that vibrates when the baby cries in its crib. (Moms rejoice: the bracelet is even smart enough to alternate which parent it alerts to get up.)

The Canadian dollar closed lower Tuesday, losing more than half a cent as crude oil prices moved well below the key US$50 a barrel mark.

The loonie was down 0.56 of a cent to 84.55 cents US as oil in New York fell $2.11 to US$47.93, the fourth straight day of declines and the lowest level since April 2009.

The drop reflected an unwillingness by traders to take on risky investments, including commodities, resource-based currencies and equities.

Investors opted for safer trades such as gold and the U.S. dollar, which in turn sent the yield on the benchmark U.S. treasury to 1.95 per cent..

Oil prices have collapsed since June, falling 55 per cent amid a glut of supply.

But demand has also softened amid slowing growth in China and Europe.

Elsewhere on commodity markets, metals were mixed as investors looking for safety pushed gold prices higher for a third day.

February gold gained $15.40 to US$1,219.40 an ounce.

March copper was unchanged at US$2.77 a pound.

Meanwhile, there was encouraging data from the world’s second-largest economy.

The purchasing managers index from HSBC’s Chinese services sector unexpectedly showed expansion, rising 0.4 of a point to a three month high of 53.4.

BMO Capital Markets also observed that “there were reports that China’s government gave the go ahead to proceed with US$1.1 trillion worth of infrastructure spending on 300 projects, to help boost growth.”

In the U.S., there was disappointing data covering factory orders and the American non-manufacturing sector.

U.S. factory orders moved down 0.7 per cent during November, versus the 0.5 per cent drop that economists expected.

And the Institute for Supply Management’s purchasing managers index for the American service sector fell to 56.2 during December, from a 59.3 reading the month before.

Traders also looked ahead to the latest employment data from Canada and the U.S. on Friday.

Economists expect that the American economy created about 240,000 jobs during December and that the jobless rate ticked slightly lower.

In Canada, it is expected Statistics Canada will report that the economy cranked out about 10,000 jobs, after losing a similar amount during November.

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Consumer Canadian Tire . . . . . . . . 117.59 Gamehost . . . . . . . . . . . . 13.16 Leon’s Furniture . . . . . . . 18.38 Loblaw Ltd. . . . . . . . . . . . 60.12 MARKETS CLOSE TORONTO — The Toronto stock market chalked up a tripledigit loss for a second day in a row as crude oil moved well below US$50 a barrel and energy stocks headed lower.

The S&P/TSX composite index lost 145.93 points to finish at 14,246.77 as the February crude oil contract in New York dropped $2.11 to US$47.93 a barrel, the lowest level since April 2009.

The TSX energy sector fell 2.1 per cent.

“Fifty (dollars) is a fairly important level from the standpoint that you’re really digging past many, many producers’ marginal costs. So I think, psychologically, it’s a big number,” said Chris King, portfolio manager at Morgan, Meighen and Associates.

“There is absolutely no support on the buying side.”

Prices have collapsed since June, falling more than 55 per cent amid a glut of supply. Demand has also softened amid slowing growth in China and Europe.

The Canadian dollar was sharply lower, depressed by falling oil prices and an unwillingness by traders to take on risky investments, including commodities, resource-based currencies and stocks. Investors opted for safer trades such as gold and the U.S. dollar.

The loonie fell 0.56 of a cent to a 5 1/2 year low of 84.55 cents US. New York markets also racked up declines amid disappointing data covering factory orders and the American nonmanufacturing sector.

The Dow Jones industrials dropped 130.01 points to 17,371.64, the Nasdaq was down 59.83 points to 4,592.74 and the S&P 500 index gave back 17.97 points to 2,002.61.

The losses came on the heels of a triple-digit drop on North American markets Monday, as the TSX plunged 361 points and the Dow tumbled 331 points.

The performance on the TSX

Maple Leaf Foods. . . . . . 19.17 Rona Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . 13.36 Wal-Mart . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86.31 WestJet Airlines . . . . . . . 32.56 Mining Barrick Gold . . . . . . . . . . 13.31 Cameco Corp. . . . . . . . . 18.72 First Quantum Minerals . 16.27 Goldcorp Inc. . . . . . . . . . 24.00 Hudbay Minerals. . . . . . . . 9.75 Kinross Gold Corp. . . . . . . 3.95 Labrador. . . . . . . . . . . . . 18.21 Potash Corp.. . . . . . . . . . 41.70 Sherritt Intl. . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.79 Teck Resources . . . . . . . 15.58 Energy Arc Resources . . . . . . . . 23.39 Badger Daylighting Ltd. . 23.30 Baker Hughes. . . . . . . . . 54.99 Bonavista . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.68 Bonterra Energy . . . . . . . 37.84 Cdn. Nat. Res. . . . . . . . . 32.82 Cdn. Oil Sands Ltd. . . . . . 8.46 Canyon Services Group. . 8.35 Cenovous Energy Inc. . . 23.12 CWC Well Services . . . 0.4100 Encana Corp. . . . . . . . . . 15.24 Essential Energy. . . . . . . . 1.30 would have been even worse Tuesday had it not been for a six per cent jump in the gold sector as investors pushed bullion prices higher for a third day.

The February gold contract gained $15.40 to US$1,219.40 an ounce.

The plunge in oil prices has forced oil producers and oilfield service companies to cut their capital expenditure plans for this year.

On Tuesday, Crescent Point Energy (TSX:CPG) set its capital budget for 2015 at $1.45 billion, down 28 per cent from its 2014 plan.

However, the company maintained its monthly dividend and said its 2015 daily production should average the equivalent of 152,500 barrels per day, up nine per cent. Its shares gained 27 cents to $25.13.

Other sectors have also been under pressure as investors consider the wider effects of lower oil prices, with the financial group down 1.6 per cent and the industrial sector off 1.3 per cent.

“When foreigners invest in Canada, and they’re often looking for the commodity side, the easiest place for them to play it on a liquidity basis is to the financials — so you will have foreigners exit Canada and therefore sell financials,” observed King.

“When you drill down to industrial names, there’s a lot of energy relatedness to them.

Russell Metals (TSX:RUS), for instance, a big part of their business is energy tubular goods.

Other industrials are things like railways, they’ve been riding high largely on moving oil around.”

The base metals group slipped 0.2 per cent while the March copper contract was unchanged at US$2.77 a pound.

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

Stocks: S&P/TSX Composite Index — 14,246.77, down 145.93 points

Exxon Mobil . . . . . . . . . . 89.81 Halliburton Co. . . . . . . . . 38.33 High Arctic . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.61 Husky Energy . . . . . . . . . 25.80 Imperial Oil . . . . . . . . . . . 47.23 Pengrowth Energy . . . . . . 3.39 Penn West Energy . . . . . . 2.17 Pinecrest Energy Inc. . . . 0.015 Precision Drilling Corp . . . 6.13 Suncor Energy . . . . . . . . 35.23 Talisman Energy . . . . . . . . 9.11 Trican Ltd.. . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.36 Trinidad Energy . . . . . . . . 4.88 Vermilion Energy . . . . . . . 5.95 Financials Bank of Montreal . . . . . . 79.59 Bank of N.S. . . . . . . . . . . 63.49 CIBC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95.61 Cdn. Western . . . . . . . . . 29.50 Carfinco . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.16 Great West Life. . . . . . . . 32.62 IGM Financial . . . . . . . . . 45.27 Intact Financial Corp. . . . 82.83 Manulife Corp. . . . . . . . . 21.15 National Bank . . . . . . . . . 47.51 Rifco Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.71 Royal Bank . . . . . . . . . . . 78.32 Sun Life Fin. Inc.. . . . . . . 39.99 TD Bank . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53.06

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Dow — 17,371.64, down 130.01 points S&P 500 — 2,002.61, down 17.97 points Nasdaq — 4,592.74, down 59.83 points Currencies: Cdn — 84.55 cents US, down 0.56 of a cent Pound — C$1.7922, up 0.01 of a cent Euro — C$1.4074, up 0.49 of a cent Euro — US$1.1898, down 0.39 of a cent Oil futures: US$47.93 per barrel, down $2.11 (February contract) Gold futures: US$1,219.40 per oz., up $15.40 (February contract) Canadian Fine Silver Handy and Harman: $20.344 oz., up 79.6 cents $654.06 kg., up $25.59 ICE FUTURES CANADA WINNIPEG — ICE Futures Canada closing prices: Canola: Jan ’15 $0.70 higher $462.40; March ’15 unchanged $448.60; May ’15 $1.40 higher $443.10; July ’15 $1.40 higher $440.80; Nov ’15 $2.10 higher $431.10; Jan. ’16 $2.10 higher $432.70; March ’16 $2.10 higher $437.60; May ’16 $2.10 higher $439.20; July ’16 $2.10 higher $439.20; Nov. ’16 $2.10 higher $439.20.

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

Tuesday’s estimated volume of trade: 581,700 tonnes of canola; 0 tonnes of barley (Western Barley) Total: 581,700.

Crude-by-rail volumes expected to grow despite price volatility

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ume growth will slow for most North American railways aside from CP. He estimates the Calgary-based railway’s revenue ton miles (RTM) -—a key measure determining profit based on revenue to transport one ton of goods for one mile — will grow 5.1 per cent in 2015, up from 3.8 per cent in 2014.

The outlook assumes a pickup in intermodal growth and slower crude traffic than previously implied by CP. Spracklin expects CN’s RTMs will grow 4.4 per cent, down from about 11 per cent in 2014.

Congestion hurt the North American rail network last year as all railways posted slower train speeds and more time in terminals due to volume growth, capacity constraints and a stormy winter in the first quarter.

Analyst Fadi Chamoun of BMO Capital Markets has said he anticipates CN will generate 14 per cent compounded annual earnings per share growth over the next five years.

MONTREAL — Volatility in energy prices is expected to be a “wild card” for Canadian railways in the long term, but crude-by-rail volumes should continue to grow, albeit more slowly, in 2015, an industry analyst said Tuesday.

Walter Spracklin of RBC Capital Markets said in the short-term he believes shipments of oil by rail are secured by contracts through 2015.

“Crude-by-rail momentum will be sustained by infrastructure investments and contractual commitments in the near-term, however, longer-term prospects are less certain if WTI stays at current levels,” he wrote in a report.

The price of West Texas Intermediate crude oil, the U.S. benchmark, fell to US$48.96 a barrel on Tuesday, the fourth straight day of declines and the lowest level since April 2009.

The shipment of crude oil by rail has grown quickly in recent years amid growing concerns about rail safety.

Canadian National Railway (TSX:CNR) and Canadian Pacific Railway (TSX:CP) posted strong double-digit growth in petroleum products in 2014. Frac sand shipments were also up.

They were the bright spots on the year for CP, whose total volumes fell 0.6 per cent on decreases in six of 10 commodity groups due to contract losses and lower coal TELUS traffic.

OPTIK TV CN Rail led the North American industry last year, with total carloads increasing 8.2 per cent for the 52 weeks ending Dec. 27, according to data from the Association of American Railroads.

Spracklin expects vol-

TORONTO — Falling oil prices will shift the balance of power among Canada’s provinces this year, with Alberta expected to see its growth rate slashed in half, according to Bank of Montreal chief economist Douglas Porter.

Meanwhile, Ontario and British Columbia will battle it out for who will see the fastest growth in 2015, Porter said during a panel discussion hosted by the Economic Club of Canada.

“Unfortunately it’s a bit of a race of the turtles as we’re looking at maybe 2.5 per cent growth in those two provinces,” Porter said Tuesday.

Last year, Alberta’s economy grew by 3.9 per cent, according the province’s website. Alberta has led all of the provinces in GDP growth over the past two decades, with average annual growth of 3.5 per cent per year.

National Bank chief economist Stefane Marion said it will take some time for Ontario’s manufacturing sector to be able to capitalize on lower production costs brought on by cheaper oil.

That’s because much of the excess capacity Ontario once had in its factories was gutted during the financial crisis and subsequent recession and it will take time to rebuild, Marion said.

“We do have the ability to offset the oil price in terms of the energy price decrease but it will take time,” Marion said. “That doesn’t happen overnight.

We don’t have the same amount of spare capacity that we had in previous oil shocks.”

However, Marion predicted the pain won’t be long-lasting. He said oil prices could return to US$60 barrel in the first half of the year, and US$70 barrel in the second half.

Oil prices have been falling since June, slipping 55 per cent amid a glut of global supply. On Tuesday, the Feb-

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Crescent Point cuts spending, as hedges, lower drilling costs provide buffer CALGARY — As oil prices hit lows not seen in more than five and a half years, Crescent Point Energy Corp. is expecting some reprieve thanks to its hedging contracts and lower drilling costs. The U.S. crude oil benchmark was at around US$48 a barrel in Tuesday trading in New York, continuing its precipitous decline from highs around US$107 during the summer.

But Crescent Point (TSX:CPG) said it has entered into hedging contracts to sell more than half of its production

ruary crude contract in New York dropped below the US$50 a barrel mark to US$49.14.

CIBC chief economist Avery Shenfeld said if oil prices begin to recover in the second half of the year, he expects the Bank of Canada to raise its key interest rate by one quarter of a point. However, if oil remains low and Canada’s economy is at risk of growing at a rate below two per cent, Avery doesn’t anticipate any interest rate increases from the central bank until 2016. The bank’s has held its trendsetting interest rate at one per cent for more than four years.

Scotiabank chief economist Warren Jestin says Canadian manufacturers and exporters are likely to see a boost in demand thanks to growth in the U.S. and a lower Canadian loonie.

But he said the increased demand for Canadian goods isn’t translating to an increased investment in the manufacturing sector.

“We’ve got more people producing autos now that the U.S. demand is there ... but that’s a cyclical recovery,” Jestin said. “We’re not getting the investment longer term. It’s going to Mexico. It’s going to the U.S. South.”

Shenfeld said the Canadian dollar will likely need to drop further before automakers start building new plants north of the border.

“We’re trying to find the level of the exchange rate that makes Canada look a bit more like Tennessee — in other words, a cost effective place to put that facility in — and we’re not there yet,” Shenfeld said.

Although Ontario is more competitive than it used to be, it still has higher electricity rates than some other jurisdictions, Shenfeld said.

“We’re probably going to need to see a weaker currency to make Canada, Ontario, Quebec, the place to install that next plant.” at prices well above current market levels at an average of C$90, or US$76 given current foreign exchange rates.

Still, the oil-focused company, with operations across the Prairies, is planning to spend 28 per cent less in 2015 than last year, with a capital budget of C$1.45 billion. At the same time, it expects its output to grow by nine per cent to an average of 152,500 barrels per day. Crescent Point also expects firms that provide drilling and other services will be more willing to sharpen their pencils in the current market.

The budget assumes a 10 per cent drop in service costs, with further savings likely the longer the oil rout persists.

“When prices fell dramatically in 2008 to 2009, we were able to realize a 30 per cent reduction in our Bakken drilling and completions costs,” said CEO Scott Saxberg, referring to an oil deposit in southeastern Saskatchewan and North Dakota where Crescent Point has a big presence.

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Fleury happy for Canada

BY GREG MEACHEM ADVOCATE SPORTS EDITOR It was with assorted emotions that Red Deer Rebels defenceman Haydn Fleury watched Monday’s World Junior Hockey Championship gold-medal game.

“For sure, any time you come close to (making) a team you almost hope they don’t win, but at the same time it’s your country that they’re playing for and you always have that pride for your country to win the gold at those kinds of tournaments,” Fleury said Tuesday.

The 18-year-old Carolina Hurricanes prospect was one of the final four players — and the last defenceman — to be cut by Team Canada head coach Benoit Groulx and his staff on Dec. 12.

The 22-man Canadian squad went on to post a perfect record in the WJC at Toronto and Montreal, capturing the country’s first gold medal since 2009 with a dramatic 5-4 win over Russia.

“Yeah, it was mixed emotions for me, but I was happy for a lot of buddies I have on the team that they won the gold,” said Fleury.

The third-year Rebels rearguard, who was selected seventh overall by the Hurricanes in last year’s NHL entry draft, was of the opinion that his performance during the Canadi-

an team’s final selection camp and a handful of exhibition games was sufficient to earn him a berth with the national squad. Then he and forward Jason Dickinson of the Guelph Storm, Michael Dal Colle of the Oshawa Generals and Rourke Chartier of the Kelowna Rockets were informed that they were going home.

“I was disappointed,” said Fleury.

“I thought I played well enough in the camp to make the team and make a difference on the team, but I guess the coaches didn’t see it that way.”

Fleury is close with several players on the gold-medal team, including Guelph Storm forward Robby Fabbri, who missed the championship game with a high ankle injury.

“I played with a lot of those guys (on Canadian under-18 teams) and then got to know more of them during the (Team Canada) summer camp and during the (CHL) Super Series, so I was happy that they all won gold,” he said.

“Jake Virtanen and I have gotten really close over the past couple of years and Brayden Point is another good friend of mine. It’s always nice to see those guys win.”

Regarding the Rebels and the second half of the WHL season, Fleury is excited about the club’s direction considering the recent additions of defencemen Nelson Nogier and Colton Bobyk and forward Connor Gay. “We’ve added a lot of good pieces and we really haven’t given up much,” he said.

“We’ve kept our dressing room intact for the most part. We’ve only lost a few younger guys and some depth players.

“I think it’s going to be a really bright second half (of the season) for our team and that’s exciting.”

Fleury missed last Saturday’s 3-2 shootout win at Lethbridge with a pressure cut on his elbow.

The laceration was stitched and he’s hopeful of returning to the Red Deer lineup for Friday and Saturday meetings with the Kootenay Ice in Cranbrook and the visiting Brandon Wheat Kings.

● Gay, who was acquired from the Regina Pats Monday, was en route to Red Deer Tuesday, with bad road conditions delaying his arrival . . . As expected, the Kelowna Rockets officially acquired forward Leon Draisaitl from the Prince Albert Raiders Tuesday in return for forward Kris Schmidli, defenceman Dalton Yorke and three bantam draft picks — a first-rounder in 2015, a fourth in 2016 and a conditional fourth in either 2016 or 2017.

Draisaitl was reassigned by the Edmonton Oilers during the weekend . . . In other WHL trades Tuesday, Saskatoon sent defenceman Adam Henry to Portland for a second-round pick in 2017, and shipped forward Alex Forsberg, a third-round selection this year and a fourth-round pick in 2016 to Victoria in exchange for forward Brayden Dunn and a first-round pick in 2017; the Calgary Hitmen picked up goaltender Brendan Burke from Portland in return for netminder Evan Johnson and a fourth-round pick in 2016; Regina dealt defenceman Brady Reagan to Lethbridge in return for forward Taylor Cooper; Prince George acquired defenceman Tomas Andrlik from Prince Albert for a 12th-round selection this year; and Moose Jaw obtained defenceman Connor Clouston from Kamloops for a fifth-round pick in 2017. gmeachem@reddeeradvocate.com

Red Wings slip past Oilers

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS Red Wings 4, Oilers 2 EDMONTON — Pavel Datsyuk and Justin Abdelkader each had a goal and an assist as the Detroit Red Wings won their fourth game in their last six outings, defeating the Edmonton Oilers 4-2 on Tuesday.

Datsyuk’s goal came on the power play with just 34 seconds remaining after Edmonton had tied the game in the late stages.

Kyle Quincey and Luke Glendening also scored for the Red Wings (21-109), who are 1-1 to start a six-game road trip.

It was Detroit goalie Jimmy Howard’s 11th consecutive win over Edmonton.

Jordan Eberle responded with both goals for the Oilers (9-23-9), who have lost 23 of their last 26 games.

Edmonton is, however, 2-1-2 under the sole direction of interim head coach Todd Nelson.

Detroit came close to starting the scoring just past the midmark of the first period, but Tomas Tatar’s backhand shot on the power play rang off the post behind Oilers starter Viktor Fasth.

Edmonton made it 1-0 on a power play of its own with four-and-a-half minutes to play in the opening period as Jeff Petry fed Eberle in front and he lifted the puck into the top corner from an improbable angle to beat Detroit goalie Jimmy Howard, who had robbed him with a big save earlier on the man advantage.

The Red Wings tied the game with

nine minutes remaining in the second period as Quincey was allowed to swoop in and get to his own rebound before chipping it past Fasth.

Detroit likely should have gone ahead a couple minutes later as Tatar was all over the Edmonton net, sliding the puck through the crease on one occasion and forcing Fasth to make a couple of massive saves.

The Red Wings kept the pressure up and made it 2-1 with a minute-anda-half to go in the second period on the power play as Abdelkader tipped a Niklas Kronwall point shot into the Oilers’ net for his 10th goal of the season.

Detroit outshot Edmonton 26-15 through 40 minutes.

Fasth kept Edmonton in range until the Oilers tied the game with 4:05 remaining as Ryan Nugent-Hopkins made a nice feed from behind the goal line to catch Eberle in flight, and he notched his ninth goal of the year.

Edmonton’s Benoit Pouliot took a four-minute penalty with two-and-ahalf minutes left for spearing Jonathan Ericsson and the Red Wings took advantage with just 34 seconds left, as the puck went in off Oilers defender Matt Hendricks during a scramble in front on goal credited to Datsyuk.

Detroit added an empty net goal from Glendening with Pouliot still in the penalty box.

The Red Wings play the third game of their current six-game road trip on Wednesday in Calgary against the Flames.

The Oilers are off until Friday when they welcome the Chicago Blackhawks to town.

Photo by THE CANADIAN PRESS

Detroit Red Wings Darren Helm (43) misses the net as Edmonton Oilers goalie Viktor Fasth (35) tries to make the save during second period NHL hockey action in Edmonton, on Tuesday.

Maple Leafs fire Randy Carlyle

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — No single loss, no matter how embarrassing, tipped the scales. Some of the worst hockey actually came in victories, and the ugly trend was impossible to ignore.

Midway through a season of inconsistent play, the Toronto Maple Leafs fired Randy Carlyle, the old-school coach whose attempts to change his own style, and his team’s, came to an abrupt end. Losers of seven of nine, the Leafs still found themselves in a playoff spot, something that underscores just how uneven they’ve been through 40 games.

“It’s been too much of a roller coaster,” general manager Dave Nonis said Tuesday. “It’s not about one game or one stretch. We felt that we had to make that change today because of the direction this team is trending, that we need to move forward and try to get our team back to where it was when we were winning those games and do it on a consistent basis.”

Ultimately, inconsistency doomed Carlyle, a Stanley Cup-winning coach for the Anaheim Ducks in 2007 who led the Leafs to the playoffs in the lockoutshortened 2013 season, their only trip to the post-season in the past 10 years.

This year, Toronto endured backto-back blowout losses to the Buffalo Sabres and Nashville Predators and

flipped the switch to go 9-1-1 in its next 11 games.

Even in some of the wins, Carlyle knew the way his team was performing wouldn’t hold up. The Leafs are 21-16-3 with 45 points but haven’t looked like anything more than borderline playoff contenders.

Because of that, Nonis said management, which includes president Brendan Shanahan and assistant GM Kyle Dubas, had Randy Carlyle been discussing the possibility of firing Carlyle “for a while.” A 2-5-0 road trip was the final straw.

“I think we’d all agree we’ve had some good periods, good stretches, but I don’t think I can stand here front of you and say that we’ve been consistent,” Nonis said. “We just felt at this point this was the right time to make the change and move ahead and try to get this team back playing like we have played for periods this season.”

That responsibility now falls to Peter Horachek and Steve Spott, Toronto’s first-year assistant coaches who will be behind the bench for Wednesday night’s game against the Washing-

ton Capitals. Horachek ran the first practice of the post-Carlyle era, but the team has not given him or Spott an official title.

There’s also no clarity on how long Horachek and Spott will be in charge or if the Leafs intend to hire a full-time coach at some point this season. Several experienced ones are available, including Pete DeBoer, who was recently fired by the New Jersey Devils and has connections to Spott and winger David Clarkson.

Nonis said his focus was telling Carlyle of the decision Monday night, not on his long-term replacement.

“There’s a right way and a wrong way of doing it,” Nonis said. “We haven’t gotten that far yet. We’ll spend the next couple of days looking at our options.”

The Leafs returned home from their road trip over the weekend and practised outdoors Monday. Players came to the rink Tuesday morning and found out Carlyle was gone.

Understandably, players were surprised by at least the timing of the move. Winger Phil Kessel said he did not see this coming.

“I’ve been here a while now and we go through these ups and downs,” Kessel said. “We haven’t been playing well; it’s not his fault. He’s a great coach, he’s won a Cup and we didn’t get it done for him.”

Captain Dion Phaneuf said players

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are always surprised at a big shake-up like this. But he also gets why it happened.

“In our business when you have the swings that we’ve had - we haven’t been able to find consistency as a team — and when you have a stretch of games that we just went through, when you have lost seven of nine, there’s lots of questions being asked,” Phaneuf said. “As a team not being able to play well enough ... Randy has lost his job because of that.”

It seemed that little had changed over the past 18 months. Cracks formed in the Leafs even during their run to the playoffs in 2013, and they contributed to a disastrous run last spring.

When the Leafs lost eight in a row in regulation and then 12 of the final 14 games to fall out of playoff contention, Carlyle’s job was in jeopardy. But Shanahan and Nonis opted to fire assistants Scott Gordon, Dave Farrish and Greg Cronin and even give Carlyle a contract extension.

Even with the benefit of hindsight, Nonis said keeping Carlyle was the correct decision.

“Randy deserved to come back,” Nonis said. “He had done enough to come back. We’ve seen him do good things. We saw him do some good things this season. It’s not that he’s not capable.”

The question now becomes what this group is capable of.

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SCOREBOARD Hockey Tri-City at Seattle, 6:05 p.m.

WHL

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)

EASTERN CONFERENCE EAST DIVISION GP W L OTL SOL GF GA Brandon 41 29 8 3 1 183 130 Regina 39 24 12 2 1 148 115 Swift Current 40 19 17 0 4 122 130 Moose Jaw 41 16 21 3 1 121 147 Prince Albert 40 16 23 1 0 111 139 Saskatoon 40 9 28 2 1 109 180

Pt 62 51 42 36 33 21

CENTRAL DIVISION GP W L OTL SOL GF GA Medicine Hat 38 27 9 1 1 153 101 Calgary 40 22 15 1 2 161 123 Red Deer 40 21 14 3 2 139 131 Kootenay 40 21 18 0 1 129 145 Edmonton 40 19 16 3 2 119 112 Lethbridge 38 9 23 3 3 99 161

Pt 56 47 47 43 43 24

WESTERN CONFERENCE B.C. DIVISION GP W L OTL SOL GF GA Kelowna 40 31 6 3 0 174 100 Victoria 41 20 18 2 1 140 138 Prince George 41 20 21 0 0 131 164 Vancouver 39 18 19 1 1 120 124 Kamloops 42 14 23 3 2 126 161

Pt 65 43 40 38 33

U.S. DIVISION W L OTL SOL GF GA 24 11 3 1 130 103 21 14 3 0 115 109 21 17 0 3 136 134 19 16 2 2 102 106 18 18 0 2 101 112

Pt 52 45 45 42 38

GP 39 38 41 39 38

Everett Spokane Portland Seattle Tri-City

z-league title; y-conference title;d-division leader; x-clinched 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 Tuesday’s results Everett 5 Brandon 0 Calgary 6 Moose Jaw 1 Tri-City 4 Prince George 8 Today’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.

Vancouver at Kelowna, 8:05 p.m.

Portland at Spokane, 8:05 p.m.

Thursday’s games Medicine Hat at Victoria, 8:05 p.m.

Friday’s games Everett at Moose Jaw, 6 p.m.

Edmonton at Regina, 6 p.m.

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.

Tuesday, January 13 Brandon at Edmonton, 7 p.m.

Red Deer at Lethbridge, 7 p.m.

Spokane at Seattle, 8:05 p.m.

Silvertips 5, Wheat Kings 0 First Period No Scoring.

Penalties — Waltz Bra (checking from behind) 0:22, Betker Eve (cross-checking) 12:20, Scherbak Eve (slashing) 18:16.

Second Period 1. Everett, Stadnyk 14 (Betker, Millar) 6:45 (pp).

2. Everett, Laurencelle 8 (Juulsen, Bauml) 19:10 (pp).

3. Everett, Bajkov 13 (Fonteyne, Nikolishin) 19:21.

Penalties — Duke Bra (boarding) 5:37, Duke Bra (high-sticking) 8:40, Betker Eve (holding) 10:23, Bauml Eve (slashing) 14:37, Gow Bra (tripping) 15:25, Gow Bra (hooking) 18:21.

Third Period 4. Everett, Stadnyk 15 (Nikolishin, Bajkov) 13:44 (pp).

5. Everett, Low 10 (Scherbak, Laurencelle) 17:23.

Penalties — Quenneville Bra (high-sticking) 4:54, Quenneville Bra (high-sticking) 12:52.

Shots on goal by Everett 8 10 10 — 28 Brandon 21 8 10 — 39 Hitmen 6, Warriors 1 First Period 1. Calgary, Rankin 19 (Bean, Tambellini) 3:07 (pp).

2. Calgary, Twarynski 3 (Sanheim, Bean) 4:21.

3. Calgary, Tambellini 23 (Rankin) 16:29.

Penalties — Rodewald MJ (tripping) 2:33, Yakubowski MJ (interference) 12:42, Thomas CAL (roughing) 20:00, Yakubowski MJ (roughing) 20:00.

Second Period 4. Calgary, Lang 17 (Sanheim, Helgesen) 11:04.

5. Calgary, Tambellini 24 (Stallard, Bean) 13:02.

6. Moose Jaw, Perillat 5 (Brown, Eberle) 18:55 (pp).

Penalties — Sanheim CAL (Major - Checking to the Head) 15:02, Sanheim CAL (game misconduct) 15:02, Kanzig CAL (delay of game) 18:34.

Third Period 7. Calgary, Fazleev 12 (Lang) 8:24.

Penalties — Zipp CAL (tripping) 0:35, Kanzig CAL (holding) 2:13, Yakubowski MJ (roughing) 10:26.

Shots on goal by Calgary 10 12 14 — 36 Moose Jaw 4 10 2 — 16 Cougars 8, Americans 4 First Period 1. Tri-City, McCue 15 (unassisted) :46.

2. Prince George, Carvalho 2 (Pochiro, Harkins) 5:55 (pp).

3. Tri-City, Vickerman 3 (unassisted) 13:43.

Penalties — Comrie TC (hooking) 5:52, Yaremko TC (tripping) 9:25, Carvalho PG (hooking) 19:12.

Second Period 4. Prince George, Morrison 13 (Harkins, Macklin) 2:24.

5. Prince George, Witala 22 (Bethune) 4:25.

6. Tri-City, Nickles 13 (Hamonic, Comrie) 6:22 (pp).

7. Tri-City, McCue 16 (Nejezchleb, Williams) 6:59.

Penalties — Olson PG (delay of game) 6:15, Wotherspoon TC (hooking) 14:13, Morrison TC (hooking) 14:42.

Third Period 8. Prince George, Pochiro 8 (Morrison) 2:57.

9. Prince George, McAuley 3 (unassisted) 6:56.

10. Prince George, Ruopp 3 (Morrison, Bethune) 9:52.

11. Prince George, Erricson 15 (Carvalho, Babych) 10:28.

12. Prince George, Morrison 14 (Harkins, Ruopp) 12:06.

Penalties — Carlo TC (roughing) 4:45, McAuley PG (roughing) 4:45, Nejezchleb TC (hooking) 7:45, Hamonic TC (roughing) 11:29, Bethune PG (holding) 11:29, Gutierrez TC (fighting) 16:09, Harkins PG (cross-checking) 16:09, Harkins PG (10-minute

misconduct) 16:09, Macklin PG (fighting) 16:09.

Shots on goal by Tri-City 11 13 10 — 34 Prince George 11 16 12 — 39

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

Red Deer Rebels Scoring G A Pts 20 24 44 18 19 37 9 28 37 7 27 34 17 15 32 12 15 27 10 17 27 10 16 26 9 16 25 8 12 20 9 10 19 14 4 18 4 9 13 7 5 12 1 11 12 1 11 12 2 8 10 1 7 8 3 4 7 1 3 4 0 3 3 0 2 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Goaltenders MP GA SO GAA 2011 101 1 3.01 403 22 0 3.28

GP 39 38 39 40 40 40 40 40 34 40 39 40 36 40 31 40 38 27 37 11 35 19 24 1 11

PIM 6 43 47 24 26 27 39 17 39 13 8 44 21 18 39 37 46 15 6 19 2 26 12 0 0

+/19 7 -13 16 15 -2 -1 2 -2 -1 5 -9 -1 -17 -9 5 -26 -2 -16 6 — -2 -9 0 —

Svs Sv% 855 .894 158 .878

WHL Scoring Leaders G A Trevor Cox, MH 14 51 Nick Merkley, Kel 13 48 Cole Sanford, MH 31 29 Rourke Chartier, Kel 35 21 Cole Ully, Kam 18 35 Jack Rodewald, MJ 19 32 Austin Carroll, Vic 26 23 Tim McGauley, Bra 25 24 Jaedon Descheneau, Koo 21 28 Nikita Scherbak, Eve 18 31 Adam Helewka, Spo 20 27 Jansen Harkins, PG 13 34 Tyson Baillie, Kel 26 19 Jayce Hawryluk, Bra 18 27 Chase De Leo, Por 17 27 Brayden Point, MJ 17 27 Connor Rankin, CAL 19 24 Adam Tambellini, CAL 24 18 Colby Cave, SC 18 24 Luke Philp, Koo 17 25 Matt Needham, Kam 12 30 Coda Gordon, SC 17 24 Chase Witala, PG 22 18 Oliver Bjorkstrand, Por 21 19 Jake Debrusk, SC 20 20

Pts 65 61 60 56 53 51 49 49 49 49 47 47 45 45 44 44 43 42 42 42 42 41 40 40 40

N.Y. Islanders Washington N.Y. Rangers Columbus Philadelphia New Jersey Carolina

40 38 36 38 40 42 40

26 20 21 18 15 15 12

13 11 11 17 18 20 24

1 7 4 3 7 7 4

53 47 46 39 37 37 28

123 112 113 100 108 94 79

112 99 90 121 121 118 105

WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division Nashville Chicago St. Louis Winnipeg Dallas Minnesota Colorado

GP 39 40 40 40 39 38 40

W 26 26 24 20 18 18 16

L OT Pts GF 9 4 56 119 12 2 54 124 13 3 51 124 13 7 47 103 15 6 42 121 15 5 41 107 16 8 40 103

GA 90 87 99 96 128 110 117

Pacific Division GP Anaheim 41 Vancouver 38 San Jose 41 Los Angeles 40 Calgary 40 Arizona 39 Edmonton 41

W 26 23 22 19 21 15 9

L OT Pts GF 9 6 58 115 12 3 49 112 14 5 49 113 12 9 47 112 16 3 45 115 20 4 34 92 23 9 27 90

GA 110 100 108 103 105 130 139

NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss.

Monday’s Games San Jose 3, Winnipeg 2 Tuesday’s Games Philadelphia 2, Ottawa 1, SO New Jersey 4, Buffalo 1 Tampa Bay 4, Montreal 2 Nashville 3, Carolina 2 San Jose 4, Minnesota 3, OT Colorado 2, Chicago 0 Columbus 4, Dallas 2 St. Louis 6, Arizona 0 Detroit 4, Edmonton 2 Vancouver 3, N.Y. Islanders 2 Today’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.

Thursday’s Games New Jersey at Boston, 5 p.m.

Washington at Philadelphia, 5 p.m.

Buffalo at Carolina, 5 p.m.

San Jose at St. Louis, 6 p.m.

Dallas at Nashville, 6 p.m.

Chicago at Minnesota, 6 p.m.

Ottawa at Colorado, 7 p.m.

Winnipeg at Arizona, 7 p.m.

Florida at Vancouver, 8 p.m.

N.Y. Rangers at Los Angeles, 18:30 p.m.

Red Wings 4, Oilers 2

NHL EASTERN CONFERENCE

Detroit Edmonton

Atlantic Division Tampa Bay Montreal Detroit Toronto Boston Florida Ottawa Buffalo

GP 42 40 40 40 40 37 39 41

Pittsburgh

GP 39

W 26 26 21 21 19 17 16 14

L OT Pts GF 12 4 56 138 12 2 54 110 10 9 51 113 16 3 45 130 15 6 44 104 11 9 43 87 15 8 40 103 24 3 31 78

L OT Pts GF 10 5 53 118

2 0

2 1

— —

4 2

First Period—1, Edmonton, Eberle 9 (Petry, Lander), 15:29 (pp).

GA 110 93 101 122 108 97 107 140

Metropolitan Division W 24

0 1

GA 94

Second Period—2, Detroit, Quincey 2 (Abdelkader), 10:44. 3, Detroit, Abdelkader 10 (Kronwall, Datsyuk), 18:29 (pp).

Third Period—4, Edmonton, Eberle 10 (NugentHopkins, Hall), 15:55. 5, Detroit, Datsyuk 14 (Abdelkader, Zetterberg), 19:26 (pp). 6, Detroit, Glendening 4 (D.Miller), 19:57 (en-pp).

Shots on Goal—Detroit 12-14-15—41. Edmonton 8-7-8—23.

Goalies—Detroit, Howard. Edmonton, Fasth.

A—16,839 (16,839). T—2:33.

Basketball Central Alberta Sr. Men’s Orangemen 75 Wells Furniture 70 Orange: Jarrett Hart 19 points, Ray Teskey 14; POG — Hart; Wells: Jon McCormish 26, Brook Doan 15; POG — Doan.

Boston Charlotte Detroit Philadelphia New York

11 12 11 5 5

21 24 23 28 32

.344 14 .333 15 .324 15 .152 20.5 .135 22.5

Sacramento Utah L.A. Lakers Minnesota

14 12 11 5

20 .412 14 23 .343 16.5 24 .314 17.5 28 .152 22.5

d-division leader NBA EASTERN CONFERENCE d-Atlanta d-Chicago d-Toronto Washington Cleveland Milwaukee Brooklyn Miami Indiana Orlando

W 26 25 24 23 19 18 16 15 14 13

L 8 10 10 11 16 18 18 20 22 24

Pct GB .765 — .714 1.5 .706 2 .676 3 .543 7.5 .500 9 .471 10 .429 11.5 .389 13 .351 14.5

WESTERN CONFERENCE d-Golden State d-Portland d-Memphis Dallas Houston L.A. Clippers San Antonio Phoenix New Orleans Oklahoma City Denver

W 27 27 25 26 23 23 21 21 17 17 15

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 Portland 98, L.A. Lakers 94 Atlanta 107, L.A. Clippers 98 Golden State 117, Oklahoma City 91 Tuesday’s Games

L Pct GB 5 .844 — 8 .771 1.5 9 .735 3 10 .722 3 11 .676 5 12 .657 5.5 15 .583 8 16 .568 8.5 17 .500 11 18 .486 11.5 20 .429 13.5

Phoenix 102, Milwaukee 96 Detroit 105, San Antonio 104 Today’s Games Milwaukee at Philadelphia, 5 p.m.

New York at Washington, 5 p.m.

New Orleans at Charlotte, 5 p.m.

Houston at Cleveland, 5 p.m.

Memphis at Atlanta, 5:30 p.m.

Boston at Brooklyn, 5:30 p.m.

Utah at Chicago, 6 p.m.

Detroit at Dallas, 6:30 p.m.

Orlando at Denver, 7 p.m.

Phoenix at Minnesota, 7:30 p.m.

Oklahoma City at Sacramento, 8 p.m.

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

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

Thursday’s Games Charlotte at Toronto, 5:30 p.m.

Houston at New York, 6 p.m.

Miami at Portland, 8:30 p.m.

Transactions BASEBALL American League CLEVELAND INDIANS — Named Jason Bere bullpen coach. Released RHP Tyler Cloyd. Agreed to terms with LHP Michael Roth on a minor league contract.

DETROIT TIGERS — Designated RHP Luke Putkonen for assignment. Agreed to terms with LHP Tom Gorzelanny on a one-year contract.

LOS ANGELES ANGELS — Signed INF Roberto Baldoquin.

TEXAS RANGERS — Designated RHP Matt West for assignment.

National League ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS — Named Randy Johnson special assistant to the president and CEO. American Association KANSAS CITY T-BONES — Signed C Christopher Bianchi.

Can-Am League TROIS-RIVIERES AIGLES — Signed RHP Alex Kreis.

Frontier League FLORENCE FREEDOM — Signed RHP Casey Henn and C Doug Joyce to contract extensions.

Signed RHP Tony Vocca.

RIVER CITY RASCALS — Signed OF Curran Redal to a contract extension.

ROCKFORD AVIATORS — Signed INF Brian Bistagne to a contract extension. Signed RHP Kyle Allen.

BASKETBALL National Basketball Association NBA — Fined Indiana G C.J. Watson $5,000 for violating the league’s anti-flopping rules for the second time this season.

BROOKLYN NETS — Released F Brandon Davies.

FOOTBALL National Football League BUFFALO BILLS — Signed G Alex Kupper to a future contract.

CINCINNATI BENGALS — Signed LB L.J. Fort,

OT Dan France, NT Kwame Geathers, DB Onterio McCalebb, TE Jake Murphy and WRs Tevin Reese and Eric Ward to future contracts.

INDIANAPOLIS COLTS — Signed RB Michael Hill. Signed LB Victor Butler to a future contract.

Placed G Hugh Thornton on injured reserve.

MIAMI DOLPHINS — Named Mike Tannenbaum executive vice-president of football operations.

NEW ORLEANS SAINTS — Signed PK Derek Dimke and OT Tavon Rooks to future contracts.

OAKLAND RAIDERS — Signed P Michael Palardy to a future contract.

PHILADELPHIA EAGLES — Signed LB Brandon Hepburn, RB Matthew Tucker and WR Arrelious Benn to future contracts.

ST. LOUIS RAMS — Signed TE Brad Smelley to a future contract.

Arena Football League ORLANDO PREDATORS — Agreed to terms with OL Ryan Cave.

Canadian Football League WINNIPEG BLUE BOMBERS — Signed OL Dominic Picard. Re-signed DB Demond Washington.

HOCKEY National Hockey League ANAHEIM DUCKS — Recalled G Igor Bobkov from Utah (ECHL) to Norfolk (AHL).

ARIZONA COYOTES — Assigned G Mike Lee from Portland (AHL) to Gwinnett (ECHL).

COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS — Assigned RW Adam Cracknell and C Michael Chaput to Springfield (AHL). Activated RW Cam Atkinson and C Mark Letestu from injured reserve.

FLORIDA PANTHERS — Recalled G Sam Brittain from Cincinnati (ECHL).

MONTREAL CANADIENS — Assigned D Bryan Allen to Hamilton (AHL).

NASHVILLE PREDATORS — Recalled F Patrick Cehlin fromi Cincinnati (ECHL) to Milwaukee (AHL).

NEW YORK RANGERS — Assigned G Jason Missiaen from Hartford (AHL) to Greenville (ECHL)

and F Anthony Duclair to Quebec (QMJHL), TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS — Fired coach Randy Carlyle.

American Hockey League AHL — Suspended Milwaukee LW Michael Liambas three games.

SAN ANTONIO RAMPAGE — Reassigned D Mackenzie Weegar to Cincinnati (ECHL).

SPRINGFIELD FALCONS — Reassigned F Riley Wetmore from Kalamazoo (ECHL) to Elmira (ECHL).

TEXAS STARS — Returned D Connor Hardowa to Utah (ECHL).

WORCESTER SHARKS — Returned D Andrew Blazek to South Carolina (ECHL).

ECHL CINCINNATI CYCLONES — Signed G Ian Ansel.

COLORADO EAGLES — Added G Tate Maris as emergency backup.

GREENVILLE ROAD WARRIORS — Released G Garrett Bartus. Loaned F Tyler Brown to Hartford (AHL).

INDY FUEL — Released G John Griggs. Traded G Cody Reichard and F Klarc Wilson to Stockton for G Shane Owen.

MISSOURI MAVERICKS — Signed F Kris Hogg.

ORLANDO SOLAR BEARS — Signed D Joe Tolles.

QUAD CITY MALLARDS — Loaned G Parker Milner to Iowa (AHL).

Southern Professional Hockey League PEORIA RIVERMEN — Traded D Tyler Amburgey to Louisiana for D Jason Cohen.

SOCCER Major League Soccer LA GALAXY — Re-signed F Alen Gordon.

PHILADELPHIA UNION — Loaned G Zac MacMath to Colorado for a 2015 second-round draft pick.

SEATTLE SOUNDERS — Named Garth Lagerwey general manager.

SPORTING KANSAS CITY — Signed M Roger Espinoza.

National Women’s Soccer League NWSL — Named Jeff Plush commissioner.

COLLEGE ARKANSAS — Signed men’s basketball coach Mike Anderson a two-year contract extension through the 2019-20 season.

BARTON — Named Cory Guinn sports information media co-ordinator.

CHARLOTTE — Announced men’s basketball coach Alan Major will take an indefinite medical leave of absence. Promoted associate head coach Ryan Odom to interim head coach.

CLEMSON — Announced P Bradley Pinion will enter the NFL draft.

CUMBERLAND (TENN.) — Named Kathy Palk Slaughter women’s volleyball coach.

FLORIDA STATE — CB P.J. Williams will enter the NFL draft.

KANSAS — Named Rob Likens offensive coordinator.

MIT — Named David Andriole water polo coach.

MEMPHIS — Suspended men’s basketball G/F Kuran Iverson two games.

OKLAHOMA — Fired co-offensive co-ordinators Josh Heupel and Jay Norvell. Promoted defensive line coach Jerry Montgomery to co-defensive coordinator. Announced WR Dorial Green-Beckham and DT Jordan Phillips will enter the NFL draft.

RPI — Announced the resignation of athletic director Jim Knowlton, effective March 1, so he can become athletic director of the Air Force Academy.

SHENANDOAH — Named Brett Sabol strength and conditioning coach.

STANFORD — Announced OT Andrus Peat will enter the NFL draft.

TEXAS TECH — Named David Gibbs defensive co-ordinator and Zac Spavital defensive assistant coach.

VIRGINIA — Announced the resignation of Tom O’Brien associate head coach for offence.

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BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS RENTON, Wash. - There was never any explanation given for why the action took place. And considering Marshawn Lynch is at the centre of the topic, that’s not much of a surprise.

The handshake. The universal symbol of the business deal. And for the past year — with few exceptions — it’s the way the Seattle Seahawks’ standout running back has celebrated getting into the end zone.

“He’s business. It’s all business for him,” Seattle cornerback Richard Sherman said. “I don’t think we’ve ever seen him celebrate — maybe once or twice he celebrates a touchdown.”

Some players have well-choreographed touchdown celebrations. Others take the opportunity for self-promotion when they score a touchdown.

Usually, that’s not Lynch’s style. And it serves as the ultimate counterbalance of Lynch as a running back: The simplicity of a handshake versus the fierce power and anger he runs with.

“I love the way he plays the game, he’s extremely competitive,” St. Louis linebacker James Laurinaitis said. “Personally I think he’s got a defensive player’s mind-set. When he’s out there it looks like he’s always trying to find somebody to hit. I think it’s funny to me his touchdown celebration where he just shakes the offensive linemen’s hands, I always kind of laugh at that.”

For Lynch, the handshake celebration started last season during the NFC championship game. With Seattle trailing 10-3 at halftime, Lynch broke off a 40-yard touchdown run early in the third quarter to pull the Seahawks even. But instead of the typical helmet slaps that were part of Lynch celebrating with his teammates in the past, this time was different. After somersaulting into the end zone, Lynch stood up and was initially hugged by tight end Luke Willson.

But before anymore celebrating could take place, Lynch held out his right hand and proceeded to professionally shake the hand of every other teammate that approached.

That was just the beginning.

“It’s really simply all it comes down to,” Seattle wide receiver Doug Baldwin said. “That’s who he is.

He’s a business man on the football field. That’s what he does. That’s what he loves to do. No flare, no flash about it afterward. That’s just normal Marshawn.

That’s just what he does.”

The handshake hasn’t happened after every one of Lynch’s career-best 17 touchdowns this season.

When Lynch scored in overtime to beat Denver in Week 3, he was mobbed by teammates. When he bulldozed through multiple defenders to score against Oakland, Lynch hopped up and sprinted off the field.

But nearly every other touchdown this season, Lynch’s formula has been finding those who block for him and professionally congratulating them for the work put in.

“That’s his style. It’s all about action,” Seattle guard J.R. Sweezy said. “That’s the way he thanks us, congratulates us and we continue to play.”

And never once has Lynch explained his reasoning.

“It’s understood. There’s a cliche saying that, ‘what is understood doesn’t need to be explained.’

That’s Marshawn in a bottle,” Baldwin said.

The argument could be made that even at age 28 this was Lynch’s best season. He was a second-team All-Pro selection. Lynch’s 1,306 yards rushing were the second most of his career but he was also more of a threat in the passing game this season. Lynch finished with a career-best 367 yards receiving and four touchdowns, and his 37 receptions were the second most in his career.

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In this combination of photos Craig Biggio, Randy Johnson, Pedro Martinez and John Smoltz, left to right, speak during their news conferences after being elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame, Tuesday.

Johnson, Martinez, Smoltz and Biggio elected to Hall of Fame

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK — Randy Johnson, Pedro Martinez and John Smoltz dominated in an era of offence, each in their own way.

The 6-foot-10 Big Unit became the tallest of 215 players elected to baseball’s Hall of Fame and the 5-foot-11 Martinez the shortest pitcher picked for Cooperstown since Whitey Ford in 1974.

Smoltz, who found unusual success both as a starting pitcher and a reliever, also was voted in Tuesday along with Craig Biggio, the first time since 1955 writers picked a quartet of players in one year.

For many, the election of Johnson and Martinez was the long and short of it.

“You’re talking about freakish talent,” Smoltz said. “I’ve never seen at each person’s height anybody come close to what they were able to do.”

Johnson, Martinez and Smoltz were crowned by big margins on their first tries, the first trio of pitchers voted in together by the writers. Biggio made it on his third attempt after falling two votes shy last year.

Steroids-tainted stars Roger Clemens, Barry Bonds, Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa again fell far short of half of the votes and appear to have little chance of reaching the necessary 75 per cent during their remaining time on the Baseball Writers’ Association of America ballot.

“It’s actually sad, to be honest. It’s sad,” Martinez said. “People I admired are not going in with me.”

The quartet will be inducted in Cooperstown on July 26. The BBWAA had not voted in four players together since selecting Joe DiMaggio, Gabby Hartnett, Ted Lyons and Dazzy Vance 60 years earlier.

A five-time Cy Young Award winner with 303 victories and 4,875 strikeouts, Johnson was selected on 534 of 549 ballots by BBWAA members who have been with the organization for 10 consecutive years at any point. The left-hander appeared on 97.3 per cent of the ballots, the eighth-highest mark in the history of voting.

Outfielder Dave Winfield (6-foot-6), elected in 2001, had been the tallest Hall of Famer, according to STATS. “I don’t think people quite understand how difficult it is to be 6-foot-10 and be throwing a ball 60 feet, 6 inches away,” Johnson said. “In order to do that, you have to consistent with your release point and where you’re landing and your arm slot and all that. For someone 6-1, 6-2, there’s less body to keep under control, so it’s a lot easier.”

A three-time Cy Young winner with flamboyance to go along with his fastball, Martinez appeared on 500 ballots (91.1 per cent). He was 219-100, struck out

3,154, led the major leagues in ERA five times and in 2004 helped the Boston Red Sox to their first World Series title in 86 years.

Martinez followed Juan Marichal (1983) as the second Dominican Hall of Famer. Eleven inches shorter than Johnson, Martinez pitched with exceptional intensity.

“My body would change half an hour before the game, and I would just become this serious, focused person because my dad reminded me you’ve got to be serious about your job,” Martinez recalled. “I saw everybody as an enemy, and I saw everybody as like in a jungle: You just kill to survive. And that’s the intensity and the focus I had to keep to do it every day on a day-to-day basis. And that’s the kind of chip on the shoulder that people thought I had, even though that was my way to concentrate and do the day to day things that I did in baseball.”

Smoltz was on 455 ballots (82.9 per cent). The 1996 NL Cy Young winner was 213-155 with 154 saves, the only pitcher with 200 wins and 150 saves. He went 154 in the post-season during a 21-year career that included 3 ½ seasons in the bullpen when he returned slowly following elbow surgery that sidelined him for the 2000 season.

He combined with Greg Maddux and Tom Glavine to form a starting rotation that was the primary factor in Atlanta’s record 14 consecutive playoff appearances. Now Smoltz will join the pair in the Hall following their inductions last July.

“The three of us share such a unique bond that I don’t think anyone really feels any different than the other person, although I can tell you that I’m not in their class when it talks about the numbers that they put up,” Smoltz said. “But I’m probably not in anyone’s class because of the strangeness of my career and the uniqueness of what I did.”

Biggio appeared on 454 ballots, 42 more than needed and up from 68.2 per cent in his first appearance and 74.8 per cent last year. A catcher who shifted to second base and spent three seasons in the outfield, he had 3,060 hits and 668 doubles in 20 big league seasons, all with the Houston Astros.

“I was a nervous dog this morning. I haven’t been this anxious in a long time,” Biggio said. “Maybe it does mean a little bit more this year.”

Mike Piazza fell 28 votes short but increased his percentage to 69.9 from 57.8 in 2013 and 62.2 last year.

Both making their third appearances, Clemens received 37.5 per cent and Bonds 36.8 per cent. In his ninth and next-to-last year of eligibility, McGwire got 10 per cent — less than half his peak of 23.6 per cent in 2008. Sosa was on 6.6 per cent of the ballots, just above the 5 per cent threshold for remaining on next year’s list.

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The UFC issued a statement supporting the 27-year-old Jones on Tuesday, three days after he defeated Daniel Cormier to cement his reputation as the world’s best pound-for-pound mixed martial artist.

“I am proud of Jon Jones for making the decision to enter a drug treatment facility,” UFC President Dana White said. “I’m confident that he’ll emerge from this program like the champion he truly is.”

Jones (21-1) was tested by the Nevada Athletic Commission last month heading into his title defence against Cormier at UFC 182 in Las Vegas. Benzoylecgonine is not banned by World Anti-Doping Agency guidelines for out-of-competition use, so Jones wasn’t penalized or suspended before he defeated Cormier by unanimous decision.

Jones was given the random test Dec. 4, and the Nevada commission still could impose disciplinary measures on the fighter.

The UFC also could discipline Jones, but showed no indication of such plans in its initial statement.

The Central Alberta Sting U14AA and U16AA teams each posted a victory in weekend ringette play.

The U14AA Sting, with Kiana Doyle and Colby Wagar each netting two goals and Saxon Anderson and Carly Cherniak contributing singles, doubled the Spruce Grove U16A squad 6-3.

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DONORS HELP LOCAL AGENCY SERVE A GROWING NEED The Red Deer Christmas Bureau helped a longer list of clients in 2014.

A total of 917 hampers went out to families and individual residents of the city, compared to the 854 in 2013.

While bureau volunteers received slightly more applications from needy families this holiday season, there were significantly more individual cli-

ents in need of assistance.

Fortunately, public donations were generous and volunteers say the bureau was able to meet local need. (The bureau operates separately from the Red Deer Food Bank, but confers with the Salvation Army and Central Alberta Women’s Outreach to avoid duplication of services.)

Some 966 Red Deer children also received gifts from the Christmas Bureau — up from 946 last year.

Toy donations kept coming in, but toy depot director Linda Waschuk said it was hard to keep up with the need for presents for teenagers and older children. Anyone interested in purchasing gifts for this age group next

year should consider donating remotecontrolled cars, MP3 players, makeup or makeup brushes, blow dryers, hair straighteners and other hair products.

The Red Deer Christmas Bureau was able to put some late-arriving gifts aside to get a head-start on next year’s campaign, and appreciates the community’s generosity.

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Shoppers Drug Mart pharmacist Todd Law holds a unit used to test patients for influenza. Shoppers Drug Mart customers can now be tested in-store for both influenza A and B.

Do you have the flu?

This test will tell you

BY SUSAN ZIELINSKI ADVOCATE STAFF Shoppers Drug Mart is piloting a new flu screening test in Alberta that will tell people if they have caught the virus.

“This is the first time in Canada that pharmacies will be able to provide that service,” said Calgary Shoppers Drug Mart owner and pharmacist Amani Chehade on Tuesday.

Since Jan. 3, all Shoppers Drug Marts in the province should be able to do the on-the-spot test for customers, including the three stores in Red Deer.

The test, which costs customers $25, requires a nose swab. It takes 10 minutes for results.

Chehade, a spokesperson for Shoppers Drug Marts in Alberta, said the cost of the test is not covered by conventional health-care plans or by the province.

She said Alberta was chosen to pilot the program because it was the first province to give pharmacists powers to prescribe medicine. If people test positive, they can also access antiviral drugs, if that is the appropriate treatment for the customer, from the pharmacist during the same visit.

Antivirals are often necessary for people who are at higher risk of complications from the flu, she said.

So far, two people have requested the test at her drug store in Aspen Landing in Calgary.

She said one of her customers, a grandmother who tested positive for the flu, wanted the results to better protect her grandson and others, including children who attend her grandson’s daycare centre.

“By doing the test, it will help by preventing it from spreading. It will help (customers) make the right decisions for their illness.”

Chehade said flu and cold symptoms can overlap so people can be unsure about how best to treat their illness. Testing offered at Shoppers can determine whether people have the flu early in their illness because they carry more of the virus when symptoms start, she said.

The test has been used in Japan and the United States. Shoppers is waiting to see how it helps customers before deciding whether to roll out testing to other provinces, Chehade said.

Timothy Wilson, spokesperson for Alberta Health, said Shoppers will be sharing their results, but the province will continue to use its own lab services to confirm the number of cases of influenza in Alberta.

The Shoppers program is only a pilot, he said.

Testing at hospitals determines the strain of the flu a person has so its “more robust” testing than what Shoppers is doing, he said.

He said for now Alberta Health is reserving judgment on the benefit of Shoppers’ program and whether it could be funded in the future.

“We need to see how the pilot goes before determining if there is any benefit, so we can’t discuss possible funding for this test. We do fund the public vaccination campaign because the flu shot is still your best protection against the flu,” Wilson said.

“The way to reduce flu is through immunization, careful hand washing, cough etiquette, staying away from large public gatherings if not feeling well.” szielinski@reddeeradvocate.com

Rimbey couple celebrating New Year’s baby for second time

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BY SUSAN ZIELINSKI ADVOCATE STAFF Jen and Dillon Kroetch of Rimbey now have two New Year’s babies in the family.

The couple welcomed Olivia Marie Kroetch on Monday at 3:27 p.m. In 2013, her brother Zachary was born on Jan. 1.

“Apparently we know how to make New Year’s babies,” said Jen Kroetch, 22, by phone from Rimbey on Tuesday as Olivia gurgled in the background.

Kroetch said her cousin was born 16 years ago on Jan. 5, the same day as Olivia, and was also Rimbey’s New Year’s baby.

Olivia is the couple’s third child and second daughter. Their daughter Rachel is four years old.

Olivia weighed 3.23 kg (seven pounds, two ounces) when she was born at Rimbey Hospital and Care Centre.

Olivia’s due date was Dec. 29 and Kroetch was induced on Monday.

The mother said their newborn made them wait but it was worth it.

Kroetch was in full labour for about five hours so it was nice and quick, she said.

Kroetch is a stay-at-home mom and her husband Dillon, 25, is an equipment operator who does oilfield construction.

Red Deer County council has put the wheels in motion to allow Sylvan Lake to annex 1,675 acres.

Unanimous approval was given on Tuesday for the annexation report, a detailed document that identifies the target land, outlines reasons for the acquisition, and sets out financial arrangements.

Most of the land involved is located on the western boundary of the town and to the northeast across from Jarvis Bay. Sylvan Lake wants the land to accommodate future growth. Industrial land is in short supply and highway commercial development options are limited. If approved, the annexation will leave the town with an estimated 30-year supply of industrial land and provide an inventory of potential commercial property that could be developed over the next 10 to 15 years, says the annexation report.

A long strip of land on the west edge of Sylvan Lake is earmarked for future residential growth.

Annexation must be approved by the province’s Municipal Government Board through a process that allows for a hearing if municipalities or landowners are opposed. Twenty-eight property owners fall within the annexation areas.

Under the agreement between the two municipalities, property owners will continue to be taxed at county rates for 10 years following annexation or when the property is rezoned, subdivided or developed — whichever comes first.

The annexation lands generate about $122,000 in taxes for the county. To lessen that financial hit, taxes will be shared using a five-year formula that would see the county’s share drop by 20 per cent a year.

Some details remain to be worked out. For instance, the county is seeking clarification that a minor development, such as a new deck, would not trigger the switch of a property from county to town tax rates.

County manager Curtis Herzberg told council that a substantial change to the property would be necessary — not a minor alternation like a deck — to trigger the tax change.

Mayor Jim Wood said it is hard to predict how quickly development of newly annexed lands will happen and questioned why the 10-year time line was chosen for the switch to town tax rates.

“I just don’t want to see our local farming community get into a tight spot on their taxes,” said Wood.

Herzberg said the 10-year period is the “historical norm” for those types of provisions.

Also, existing developments and legal land uses will be accepted by Sylvan Lake without being required to meet the town’s planning regulations. pcowley@reddeeradvocate.com

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Olivia Marie Kroetch was born to Jen and Dillon Kroetch of Rimbey on Jan. 1. Two years ago, the family welcomed son Zachary on the same day.

Kroetch was home from the hospital on Tuesday around noon. She said her family was “getting used to the new normal.” szielinski@reddeeradvocate.com

The victim of a shooting incident in Stettler last week remains in treatment at the Foothills Hospital in Calgary.

David Nelson Byrt, 37, has been named in Red Deer provincial court as the Stettler man injured on the afternoon of Dec. 31 following a traffic incident in the northwest area of the town.

Darren James Bauer, 33, is charged with attempted murder by Stettler RCMP, who allege in information filed with the Crown that he fired a .45-calibre pistol and a 12-gauge shotgun at Byrt during the incident.

Arrested in Calgary, Bauer made his first court appearance in Red Deer on Monday and remains in custody pending his next hearing, set for Friday.

A woman arrested with him, Kathleen Sherry Cooper, 25, is also being held in remand pending a court appearance on Friday.

Byrt was scheduled to make a court appearance in Red Deer on Tuesday to address a number of traffic and criminal charges laid in October. They include two counts of driving an uninsured vehicle, driving while unauthorized, possessing illegal drugs, possessing stolen property and breaching release conditions.

Acting as Byrt’s agent in court on Tuesday, duty counsel Murray Shack asked that the injured man’s election and plea be reserved until mid-February.

It is likely that Byrt will still be in treatment at that time, said Shack. Without giving specific details about the extent of Byrt’s injuries, Shack said he is paralyzed.

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BRIEFS Woman falls from horse, STARS takes her to Calgary STARS was sent to a ranch in the Bowden area to help a woman involved in a horse riding accident on Monday evening.

Spokesman Mike Haska said on Tuesday that a STARS crew from Calgary was dispatched just before 6 p.m. to the area of Hwy 587 and Range Road 282 in response to a woman who fell from her horse.

The woman was transported to Foothills Medical Centre in Calgary for treatment.

Bowden Fire Chief Larry Werner said the woman was riding in an arena at a ranch when she was thrown off the horse and into the boards.

The woman’s condition is unknown but Werner believed she was transported by STARS more as a precaution than anything else.

Bowden Fire provided landing zone assistance for STARS.

Epilepsy support sessions offered this month Two upcoming events put on by the Epilepsy Association of Central Alberta offer different types of support.

On Jan. 14 from 6 to 8:30 p.m., at the Epilepsy Association’s Central Alberta office, at 4811 48th St., a benefits of meditation workshop will be held with guest presenter Robin McKay, a local chiropractor.

Then on Jan. 21 from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., at the same office, the regular support and discussion group will meet. These meetings are held to help people learn from others who understand the experience.

Both events are free of charge.

For more information, visit www. epilepsycalgary.com/central-alberta.

three inches to five feet five inches) and has a thin build. He is about 40 to 50 years old, has blonde hair and wore wire-framed glasses, a grey hooded zip-up jacket over a lighter grey zip-up jacket, a blue button-up shirt over a white undershirt, blue jeans and black and white running shoes.

During the robbery, he wore green fabric gloves with black palms, a black balaclava, a black tuque with grey stripes and had his hood up.

Police believe this suspect may be connected to another bank robbery that took place in Edmonton on Jan. 2.

Anyone with information that may assist police in their investigation is asked to call the 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.

it as well.

Jeremy Keddy has been charged with eight counts of possession of stolen property under $5,000; three counts each of careless use of a firearm, unauthorized possession of a firearm, possession of an unauthorized firearm while known possession is unauthorized, possession of firearm in a motor vehicle; two counts each of possession of a controlled substance and possession of a loaded firearm; and one count each of carrying a concealed weapon, possession of break-in instruments and possession of stolen property over $5,000.

Keddy will appear in Red Deer provincial court on Jan 14.

Landscape designer to talk at garden club

Privacy in the current age is the topic of discussion at a Philosophy Cafe at Red Deer College Jan. 15.

The topic question is: It’s 2015 already: what does privacy mean now?

RDC philosophy instructor Guillermo Barron will host the event, which will be in the Red Deer College Library at 7 p.m.

No philosophy training is necessary.

Everyone is welcome.

For more information, call the library at 403-342-3344.

Landscape design principles will be the topic at the Red Deer Garden Club meeting on Jan. 15.

Serena Zwicker, who has a horticulture diploma with a major in landscape design, will be speaker. She works at Parkland Nursery.

The event is at the Kerry Wood Nature Centre at 7 p.m. The centre is located at 6300 45th Ave. in Red Deer.

Russia celebrated with dinner, entertainment The Golden Circle will celebrate Russia with a dinner and entertainment on Jan. 23 and 24.

Tickets for either night are $30 for members and $40 for non-members, available from the front desk.

The entertainment will be provided

by Rendez-Vous Music from Calgary.

For more information, call 403-3436074.

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Second-degree murder trial to go ahead: court A Red Deer man has been ordered to stand trial for the murder in 2013 of a Potter’s Hands resident.

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Police release image of bank robbery suspect Red Deer RCMP have released photos taken from video surveillance of a bank robbery at the Bower Place Alberta Treasury Branch, clearly showing a man holding a handgun during the incident.

Police are still looking for the suspect in a Jan. 3 armed robbery of the ATB near the intersection of Gaetz Avenue and Molly Banister Drive.

The suspect is described as Caucasian, about 1.6 to 1.65 metres (five feet

Thirty charges, including stolen property, drugs and firearms offences, were laid against a Red Deer man spotted by police in the alley behind a north end strip mall before Christmas.

Red Deer RCMP arrested the 35-year-old just after 4 a.m. when police found him in a stolen vehicle with an “extensive amount” of stolen property, drugs and several firearms, according to a news release.

He was arrested behind the Village Mall on Dec. 20 and has been in custody since.

Police said when he was arrested, they seized small amounts of drugs, including cocaine and marijuana, as well as two sawed-off shotguns, one of which was loaded, in the vehicle.

When the man was arrested, they discovered a third firearm and seized

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dent Curtis Leroy Rangen, 43, was found on May 3, 2013, in the freezer of his suite in the complex, located in the Red Deer subdivision of Riverside Meadows. Police allege that he was killed on or between April 30 and May 1, 2013.

Suspect Mark William Bitterman, now 32, was arrested with two others in Kamloops, BC, on June 13, 2013, in connection with a separate investigation.

Bitterman was later charged with first-degree murder in connection with Rangen’s death.

Represented by Calgary-based defence counsel Kim Ross, Bitterman had asked that the charge be heard in the Court of Queen’s Bench, with a preliminary hearing held in provincial court this week to test the weight of the Crown’s evidence against him.

In Red Deer provincial court on Tuesday, during the second day of the preliminary hearing, the original charge of first-degree murder was replaced by a new charge of second-degree murder, read before Judge Bart Rosborough.

Bitterman waived the opportunity for a new preliminary hearing and was then ordered to stand trial by judge and jury in the Red Deer Court of Queen’s Bench. His arraignment in the higher court is scheduled for Feb. 2.

Bitterman remains in custody on all charges before the courts, having not requested a bail hearing.

He is to be tried in June on charges arising from an investigation into an escort scam that was running in Red Deer in early June 2013.

RCMP allege that Bitterman and two others set up an online advertisement for an escort service, and then beat and robbed the men who responded to the ad.

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BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — It’s official — flu season is in full swing in many parts of Canada.

Health authorities were warning all fall that this could be a bad flu season, because of the type of virus that is most commonly infecting people and the fact that this year’s flu vaccine doesn’t offer optimum protection against it.

Other viruses are circulating too, adding to the general confusion about what influenza actually is and how much of the illness being seen at the moment is due to flu viruses.

We asked some experts to explain what they are seeing this flu season:

In fact, the unvaccinated people actually make up the bulk of what influenza expert Dr. Danuta Skowronski describes as “a tidal wave” of flu activity the medical system is seeing this year.

Question: So a vaccine mismatch doesn’t mean these viruses are more dangerous?

In a word, no.

H3N2 viruses are especially hard on a vulnerable portion of the population, older adults. And the ones circulating now are different enough that more people may be at risk of getting infected.

But the viruses aren’t inherently more dangerous.

Question: How do I know if I have the flu?

Most people who contract influenza don’t get sick enough to need medical care. And most of those who do see a doctor are not actually tested — the diagnosis is made based on symptoms.

It can be easy to mistake an infection caused by one of the multitude of other cold-causing respiratory viruses for influenza.

But there are some classic symptoms that can help you figure out if what you have is influenza, says Skowronski, who is with the British Columbia Centre for Disease Control.

For starters, flu comes on abruptly.

“You go from feeling well to feeling like death warmed over within a few hours,” Skowronski explains.

Most people who have influenza will have a fever, which is part of the immune system’s response to infection.

Senior citizens may not, because their immune systems are not as effective as they were when they were younger.

Muscle aches and lethargy are also classic features of influenza.

“With other things like rhinovirus, you kind of feel under the weather.

You’ve got a runny nose or a sore throat or congestion. But you can push on with your day,” Skowronski says.

“With influenza you feel completely depleted. You feel really like the energy has been sucked out of you. And you need to take to bed.”

tial virus, also known as RSV. Winter is also peak season for these bugs. And right now, there is a lot of rhinovirus and RSV activity, says Dr. Doug Sider, medical director for communicable disease prevention and control at Public Health Ontario.

Sider says this co-circulation of viruses can make things confusing for the public.

“If you’re under four (years of age) and you’ve got ILI, you’ve got probably a one-in-four, one-in-three chance that it’s influenza versus one of the other respiratory viruses,” he says.

“So I think this is a real challenging season. Because as you can imagine, there’s all sorts of mixed conclusions from this.”

Question: If I have the flu, what should I do?

You probably won’t have much choice. The only place you’ll want to be is in bed.

Skowronski prescribes rest and rehydration, to replace the fluids you lose through sweating out the fever.

Most people will come through a bout of flu without any problems and without the need for medical help, she says.

“It’s miserable illness. It’s nasty....

But they’re going to recover fully without any intervention.

They should stay home so they’re not clogging the medical care system for those who actually truly do need it — which are the high risks (groups).”

Give yourself time to recover, she says. And taking yourself out of circulation contributes to limiting the spread of influenza viruses.

People with flu are most infectious when they have the most symptoms. If you are sneezing and coughing at work or on public transit at that point, the people sharing those spaces with you won’t appreciate the fact you are trying to soldier through your illness.

The period of contagiousness lasts for about five days after the peak of symptoms, she says.

“That’s why we say: ’Fever and cough, take the week off.”’

Question: When should I seek care?

How do I know if my child or my elderly parent’s infection requires a doctor’s care?

Flu can be life threatening, with the very young and the elderly more at risk of severe illness than young adults.

Anyone who has a high fever that won’t abate or is having difficulty breathing should get medical care.

“Those are hallmark signs you need help. Never should you ignore difficulty breathing,” Skowronski says.

With young children, she says parents should trust their gut instincts.

“If the child has high fever, doesn’t seem to be turning the corner, isn’t eating or feeding, then they may want to get that child seen as well. Because the very young are more susceptible to more severe outcomes.”

With the elderly, a severe flu infection may initially be harder to spot, because fever may not be present.

Look for someone who is having trouble bouncing back, who isn’t eating or drinking fluids much.

“It may be a slow case of ’the dwindles’ you might call it,” Skowronski suggests.

Question: If I don’t have flu, what do I have?

Lots of viruses cause what medicine refers to as ILI — influenza-like illnesses. Rhinoviruses, which are the most common cause of colds. Parainfluenza viruses. Adenoviruses. Some coronaviruses. And respiratory syncy-

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Question: Is there something different about this flu season? Isn’t there a virus circulating that isn’t in the flu vaccine?

Almost all the influenza illness in Canada to date this year has been caused by a family of influenza A viruses called H3N2. When those viruses dominate, doctors expect a severe flu season. For reasons that aren’t fully understood, H3N2 viruses are really hard on the elderly.

The flu shot has an H3N2 component in it; it does every year. But when experts met last February to select the strains for this year’s flu shot, a particular type of H3N2 was dominant. Since then, new varieties have emerged and they are different enough from the vaccine virus that it is assumed the flu shot will only offer modest protection against them.

Even in the best years, flu vaccine doesn’t offer complete protection.

Some people who get a shot will still get sick. In a year like this one, when there is a mismatch between the circulating viruses and the vaccine virus, you would expect to see more infections in vaccinated people.

But that’s not the biggest driver of flu infections this year.

After all, most people in Canada don’t get a flu shot. Most years fewer than one in three people are vaccinated against flu.

For the unvaccinated, the changes in the H3N2 viruses mean they too are more likely to get sick this year.

The antibodies their immune systems would have generated after previous bouts of influenza won’t protect as well against the new viruses.

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Question: Is this year worse than other recent years?

This seems to be shaping up to be a pretty active influenza season.

It started early, with a lot of virus around in December.

Flu seasons that start to pick up before Christmas can take off, because the multi-generational mixing at family gatherings is a perfect way for influenza to transmit from toddlers and tykes to grandmas and grandpas — and mums and dads as well.

But when flu peaks over the holidays, a few factors can combine to make it seem like there is a lot of it around.

Family doctors may work reduced hours, so people who do seek medical care may turn to hospital emergency departments.

Or people who get sick when they are away from home visiting family may have to go to an emergency room because they don’t have a local doctor.

Hospitals operate with reduced staffing levels over the holidays — doctors and nurses want time off too — so it doesn’t take much to stress the system, suggests infectious diseases expert Dr. Allison McGeer.

McGeer, who heads infection control at Toronto’s Mount Sinai Hospital, says so far this year influenza rates seem to be on a par with last year’s, though the season peaked a little later in 2013-14.

The numbers are worse than two years ago, but better than three seasons ago in terms of hospital admissions for influenza thus far, she says.

“So yeah, it’s a busy year.”

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Timothy Omundson, left, and Vinnie Jones in ABC’s musical spoof ‘Galavant.’

In reply, the knight sings: “The man you’re searching for / Lost all he loved and more / His hope, his pride, all sense of Gallllavant.” (“Add to that losing streak / a couple kegs a week / plus 20 pounds and — ta-daah ...”)

Despite his reluctance, the adventure is nevertheless underway, as Galavant, Isabella and Galavant’s squire, Sid (Luke Youngblood), set off to vanquish King Richard.

Along the way, Galavant enters a jousting contest where he does battle with Sir Jean Hamm, played by John

Faris, Janney question their hosting assignment

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS LOS ANGELES — Anna Faris sums up her feelings about the People’s Choice Awards in a single word.

“Terror,” says the actress, who will co-host the 41st annual awards, airing live Wednesday from the Nokia Theatre, with her Mom co-star Allison Janney.

“We don’t know what we’re doing,” Janney added as she sat with Faris for a brief interview recently on the set of their CBS sitcom.

“We’ve never hosted a show before.

I think they’re crazy for having picked us. And we’re going to prove it,” Janney continued with a laugh as Faris giggled beside her.

Previous experience with the People’s Choice Awards, which polls the public for its popular-culture picks, doesn’t bode well for the two actresses.

Each has been nominated once, last year. And each lost.

And yet “Faris and Janney,” as Janney calls them, has emerged as a successful, if unlikely, team.

Before the 2013 debut of Mom, now in its second season, the 38-year-old Faris starred in six big-screen blockbusters — all comedies. The diminutive blonde’s calling card is the 2008 box-office hit The House Bunny, in which she starred as an over-the-hill Playboy model who gets the boot from the mansion and finds success as a sorority house mother.

Janney, 55, has a resume that includes Tony nominations, key dramatic film roles in such projects as the Oscar-winning American Beauty and six Emmy wins — four for the seven

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Anna Faris, left, and Allison Janney speak onstage at the 40th annual People’s Choice Awards at Nokia Theatre L.A. Live, in Los Angeles, in January 2014. seasons she played White House Press Secretary C.J. Cregg on The West Wing and two more Emmys last year for her guest role as a long-suffering gay man’s wife on Masters of Sex and for her work with Faris on Mom. Forget comparisons to other popular comedy teams.

“I like to think that, as opposed to one of us being the straight person, one of us being the funny person, that we’re both the insane people — just at different moments,” Faris said.

Stamos. (Later, another welcome cameo: Ricky Gervais as an herb dealer/ wizard named Xanax.) The good guys also encounter a sad crew of shipwrecked pirates — wait, is this the Middle Ages, or is it the 17th century?

Eh, who cares? In one short number, these pirates manage to exhibit more life than the pirates of NBC’s already forgotten Peter Pan Live!

In the roles of Galavant and King Richard, Sasse and Omundson set the tone as dedicated, hyper-talented showmen. They’re clearly having a

blast — particularly Omundson, who finds just the right balance between the stereotype of the fey menace and an ironically inept villain. There’s more scenery here than Omundson can happily chew, so the rest of the characters grab a fork and dig in. In fact, everyone seems to be having such a jolly time (“At least let me change my clothes,” cries a court jester being hauled off to the king’s dungeon.

“These are gang colours!”), that you might as well join in, too.

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Sting, born Gordon Sumner, drew on his childhood, growing up in Newcastle. He was last onstage on Broadway in 1989’s revival of The Threepenny Opera.

BRIEF Rock star Sting is unable to save his musical NEW YORK — Sting is going down with his ship.

Producers said early Tuesday that the Grammy Award-winning singersongwriter’s Broadway musical The Last Ship will close when he leaves the show Jan. 24.

Sting, who wrote the songs, jumped into the show in December, playing a shipyard foreman, played by Jimmy Nail. While that improved sales, they didn’t skyrocket.

The Last Ship is a semiautobiographical story about a prodigal son who returns to his northern England shipbuilding town to reclaim the girl he abandoned when he fled years before.

He finds the workers are now unemployed and entertaining the idea of building one last boat to show off their skill and pride.

The show has struggled at the box office, attributable in part to its challenging topic and mixed reviews. It earned well during the Christmas and New Year holidays, but all shows enjoyed bumps. A long February loomed

Cosby worried about possible disruptions during upcoming Ontario shows TORONTO — Embattled comedian Bill Cosby is worried about protesters disrupting the three shows he has scheduled in Ontario this week as his international tour rolls on despite growing allegations of sexual assault.

Cosby issued a statement Tuesday urging people who attend his performances to remain calm if a show is interrupted and to “not confront the person making the disruption.”

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ABC’s four-week medieval musical adventure, created by Dan Fogelman (Cars, The Neighbors) is a harmless running gag about a heartsick knight attempting to “rescue” a distressed damsel who’d prefer to stay in the lap of luxury with her kidnapper, the local tyrant king.

The show offers an excess of mildly clever yet sincere goofiness. It’s as if someone set out to make a Spamalot for an audience that can’t quite grok Python, would find Into the Woods too morose and maybe missed half the pop-culture references in the Shrek movies. Galavant also gives off the feeling of a stage musical that’s still being workshopped in a barn somewhere; as a work of eight, half-hour episodes (ABC is burning them off at a rate of two per Sunday), it soon begins to wander and wear out its jokes.

Which hardly matters at all — if you’re hooked by the first couple of episodes, you’ll probably giggle the whole way through. Galavant bursts forth with an earworm of an opening number (the songs are supplied by renowned Disney composer Alan Menken, working with lyricist Glenn Slater) as villagers literally sing the praises of their heroic and handsome Sir Galavant (Joshua Sasse).

After suffering rejection from the duplicitous Madalena (Mallory Jansen), Galavant has spent a year drinking his sorrows away, until he is approached by Isabella (Karen David), a princess from far away Valencia, which has been invaded by King Richard (Timothy Omundson), the same guy who ran off with Madalena. Isabella implores Galavant to get back on his horse and help her rescue her people — but first she’s got to get him back in shape.

“Where is his steely gaze?” Isabella sings. “The abs the poets praise? / Whatever happened to that Gallllavant?”

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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

BALL Dewey Allan 1933 - 2015 Dewey Allan Ball passed away on Thursday, January 1, 2015 at the Red Deer Regional Hospital Centre at the age of 81 years. Dewey was born on May 10, 1933 in Stettler, Alberta. He leaves to mourn son, Leland (Melissa) Ball, their children Chad and Garrett, daughter, Lorelei and her son Christopher, sisters, Vivian Bateman and Midge Handford, as well as numerous nieces, nephews and friends. He will be dearly missed by one special friend, Corinne. Dewey was predeceased by his parents, Anna and Dewey Ball, brothers,

Ray and Don, sisters Jean Davidson, Carol Wood and Joyce Gleave. A Celebration of Life will be held at Parkland Funeral Home, 6287 67 A Street (Taylor Drive), Red Deer, Alberta on Friday, January 9, 2015 at 11:00 a.m.

If desired, Memorial Donations in Dewey’s honor may be made directly to the Heart and Stroke Foundation at www.heartandstroke.com or the Kidney Foundation of Canada at www.kidney.ca or the Canadian National Institute for the Blind at www.cnib.ca.

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LANG Frank Frank Lang, longtime resident of Red Deer, Alberta, has passed away on Friday, January 2nd, 2015 at the age of 94 years. Frank was born in Scott, Saskatchewan, to John and Elizabeth Lang on 1920.

September 28th, There, the family of eight boys and two girls, farmed and enjoyed a wholesome family life. At age 21, Frank served his country for five years during the Second World War and then returned to civilian life to marry his sweetheart Angela Thalheimer,

with whom he enjoyed over 60 years of marriage. Frank and Angie raised their three children, did lots of camping with the grandkids, were always there for the family and enjoyed many polka festivals. Frank’s claim to fame were his woodworking projects and most family members are in possession of one of his masterpieces.

Frank is survived by his brothers; Joe, Tony (Beatrice) and Pete (Rose), and his children; Linda (Wayne), Terry (Maureen) and Allen (Wendy). He was also blessed with fifteen grandchildren, twenty-three greatgrandchildren, and five greatgreat-grandchildren. Prayer Service for Frank will be held at Eventide Funeral Chapel, 4820-45 Street, Red Deer, on Sunday, January 11th, 2015 at 7:00 p.m. A Memorial Mass and celebration of Frank’s life will take place at St. Mary’s Catholic Church, 6 McMillan Avenue, Red Deer, on Monday, January 12th, 2015 at 11:00 a.m. Memorial donations in Frank’s honour may be made directly to the Kidney Foundation of Canada, 11227 Jasper Ave., Suite 202 Edmonton, AB T5K 0L5.

Condolences may be forwarded to the family by visiting:

Obituaries

WILLIAMS Marjorie (Gano) Marjorie Oregonia Williams, longtime resident of Red Deer, passed away at the Grande Prairie Care Centre on Sunday, December 28th, 2014 at the age of 94 years.

Marjorie was born on February 8th, 1920 in Newberg, Oregon.

She married George Williams on July 10th, 1943. Marjorie had many part-time jobs while her children were growing

up and worked for 20 years at the Sally Shop and retired in 1981. Marjorie and George travelled a lot and she enjoyed many trips with her sister, Lavon. In later years, she enjoyed their coffee friends at the mall. She was also a charter member of the heritage DAR. Marjorie will be sadly missed by her son, Danny (Lois), sister, Lavon (Doug Whiteside), brother-inlaw, Alan Williams, nephew, Kevin (Freda) Whiteside, and several nieces and nephews in England. She will be lovingly remembered by grandchildren; Danny Jr. (Carmon) Stacey, Larry, and Barry (Krista), great-grandchildren; Darcie (Alex), Ryley, Stevie, Tara, Bailly, Darian, and Kassidy, and great-greatgrandson, Jaxson. Marjorie was predeceased by her husband, George Williams, parents; John and Bessie Gano, brother, Elmer Gano, and son, Gary Williams. A Funeral Service will be held at Eventide Funeral Chapel, 4820-45 Street, Red Deer, on Saturday, January 10th, 2015 at 1:00 p.m. Interment will take place prior to the service at 11:00 a.m. at the

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TUFF - EDINGA Together with their families, Laura Edinga and Keith Tuff would like to announce their engagement!

Births BABIES OF 2014 BABIES ON PARADE

It’s our favorite time of the year!

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

Deadline is MON. JAN. 19

Alto Reste Cemetery. Memorial donations in Marjorie’s honour

may be made directly to the Cerebral Palsy Association of Alberta, 12001-44 Street SE, Calgary, Alberta, T2Z 4G9.

Condolences may be forwarded to the family by visiting:

www.eventidefuneralchapels.com

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Arrangements entrusted to EVENTIDE FUNERAL CHAPEL 4820 - 45 Street, Red Deer.

Phone (403) 347-2222

Arrangements entrusted to EVENTIDE FUNERAL CHAPEL 4820 - 45 Street, Red Deer.

Phone (403) 347-2222

Let Your News Ring Ou t NEIGUM Cody Joseph Douglas Alexander It is with great sadness our family announces the passing of Cody Neigum surrounded by family on December 31, 2014 at the age of 28. Cody will be forever loved and missed by his mother Loree; father Dale; brothers Anthony (Danielle & Kinley) and Cody; sisters Shanaya and Kaylee; his special grandmothers Jean and Shirley; uncle Joey; aunts Brenda, Theresa, Lorraine, and Joan; uncle Al; and cousins Chad and Amanda. Cody is also survived by numerous family and friends.

Cody is predeceased by his Papa (Joe Neigum) and grandpa (Doug Hodgkinson). Also meeting him in heaven are his two favorite dogs, Minnie and Peanut. Cody was full of life with a big heart. His interests included hauling cattle with his papa, chasing pigs at Burnt Lake, playing baseball, and in his later life, he enjoyed drilling wells with Garth. He will be deeply missed by all who knew him!

A memorial service was held January 5, 2015 at 2:00 p.m. at Crossroads Church (38105 Range Rd 275, Red Deer County).

CRUZ Romeo S. It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Romeo S. Cruz on December 28, 2014 at Red Deer Regional Hospital after a brief illness. Romeo is predeceased by his loving wife, Eva and leaves behind two daughters, Lisa and Cristina and a son, Jose. He will be missed by his children and grandchildren but especially saddened is Cristina who cared for him until the end. A heartfelt thank you to the Red Deer Bible Baptist Church whose support and fellowship to Romeo was provided by the congregation over the last number of years. Mahal kita Tay. “Be still and know that I am God.” A service is planned at the Red Deer Bible Baptist Church 4618 41 Ave. in Red Deer at 11:30 Saturday January 10, 2015.

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

Anniversaries WIERSEMA Jane (nee Bos) Born Sept 6, 1927 in Doorn, Netherlands as the youngest of 11. Died Jan 5, 2015 after a very brief illness.

Predeceased by her family in Holland and husband of 54 years, John (2001), whom she met at age 13. Survived by her children Connie (Gene) Ostropolski, John (Tracey) and Jane (Peter) Morris, 5 grandchildren and 4 great grandchildren.

Jane and John immigrated to Canada in 1954 and eventually moved to Westlock where they owned John’s Jewellery until they retired in 1982, and then enjoyed extensive travel. In 1967 they built a family retreat at Long Island Lake where they made many family memories.

Jane proudly served for 40+ years in the Hospital Auxiliaries in Westlock, AB; Chemanius, BC and Lacombe, AB. She took great delight in her family, and enjoyed music, dancing, gardening, handiwork and reading. A Celebration of her Life will be held at the Lacombe Memorial Centre, Friday, January 9, 2015 at 2 PM. Donations in lieu of flowers to Heart & Stroke, Kidney Foundation, Cancer Society or Canadian Diabetes Association.

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

JUNIOR OIL AND GAS OPERATOR

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in our Stettler Field.

Applicants need to be mechanically inclined, motivated to work hard and learn quickly.

Associated industry experience eg. instrumentation or facilities construction experience would be an asset but is not necessarily required.

This position offers a diverse and challenging work environment with competitive pay, attractive benefits and the ability to grow within the organization. Applicants must live or be willing to relocate to within a 20 minute commute of the work place location (Stettler).

Please Submit Resume’s Attention Human Resources Email: payroll@ bearspawpet.com Fax: (403) 258-3197 Mail: Suite 5309, 333 96th Ave NE Calgary, Alberta T3R 1H1 Celebrate your life with a Classified ANNOUNCEMENT

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OPERATORS/ Damage was done to the front passenger side. VehiDRIVERS cle was hit hard enough to REQUIRED IMMEDIATELY. move it. No name was left Charger Pumping behind. If you have any Solutions is seeking information please contact experienced class 1 587-877-1392 drivers. Oilfield Safety Tickets are an asset. Email COCAINE ANONYMOUS resume’s to dlindstrand@ 403-396-8298 chargerpump.com or fax to 403-887-8733 Is seeking to hire

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for our Red Deer location.

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

Caregivers/ Aides

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FULL-TIME IN-HOME caregiver for employer ejabagat at 36 Jamieson Ave., Red Deer for four children: newborn, 20 mo. old, 3 yrs. old and 9 years old. Duties; bathe, dress, feed and meal prep. and some light housekeeping. $10.20/hour; 44 hours per wk, benefits pkg. Compl. of high school, and 1 to 2 yrs. exp.

Call (403) 986-4154 or e-mail jabagate@yahoo.com

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Clerical

LOCAL SERVICE CO. in Red Deer REQ’S EXP. VACUUM TRUCK OPERATOR Must have Class 3 licence w/air & all oilfield tickets.

Fax resume w/drivers abstract to 403-886-4475

Administrative, Clerical & Office Management Duties

EAST 40TH PUB REQ’S P/T / F/T COOK Apply in person with resume 3811 40th Ave. F/T Food Service Supervisor and Store Manager. $13-$19.50/hr. Must be able to work nights/days and weekends. Call Little Ceasars Red Deer at 403-346-1671 or email to allan_barker25@yahoo.ca JJAM Management (1987) Ltd., o/a Tim Horton’s Requires to work at these Red Deer, AB locations: 5111 22 St. 37444 HWY 2 S 37543 HWY 2N 700 3020 22 St. FOOD ATTENDANT Req’d permanent shift weekend day and evening both full and part time.

16 Vacancies, $10.25/hr. + benefits. Start ASAP. Job description www.timhortons.com Education and experience not req’d.

Apply in person or fax resume to: 403-314-1303

LUCKY’S LOUNGE located in Jackpot Casino, requires Waitress’s Fri. - Sun. Please apply in person at 4950 47 Ave. No phone calls please

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

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

Locally based, home every night! Qualified applicants

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

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Dental

BOWER DENTAL CENTRE is currently seeking a registered dental assistant who is a member of CADA. We are looking for a multi-talented person who will work chairside and reception as needed.

Please e-mail your resume to marina@bowerdental.com or drop off at BDC. P/T DENTAL Hygienist req’d in Innisfail.

Email resume to jtkdental@hotmail.com

PART-TIME help for Burnt Lake Cafe in the Burnt Lake Industrial Area. Call Louise @ 403-342-6687 THE RUSTY PELICAN is now accepting resumes for F/T DISHWASHER Apply within: 2079-50 Ave. 2-4 pm. Mon.-Fri. Fax 403-347-1161 Phone calls WILL NOT be accepted.

SERVICE RIG Bearspaw Petroleum Ltd is seeking a FLOORHAND must have all necessary valid tickets for the position being applied for.

Bearspaw offers a very competitive salary and benefits package along with a steady work schedule.

Please submit resumes: Attn: Human Resources Email: payroll@bearspawpet.com Fax: (403) 252-9719 or Mail to: Suite 5309, 333-96 Ave. NE Calgary, AB T3K 0S3 Buying or Selling your home?

Check out Homes for Sale in Classifieds Classifieds Your place to SELL Your place to BUY

STREAMLINE Inspection Ltd. is looking to fill helper positions. Experience in NDT and oilfield safety tickets an asset but will train. Candidate must be willing to travel and have a valid drivers license.

Send resumes to cgraham@ streamlineinspection.com

ADULT EDUCATION AND TRAINING

Location of employment: 4105 2079 - 50 Ave. Red Deer, AB T4R 1Z4 email: bennett.bkkp@xplornet.com or Call 403-347-1414 or Fax to: 403-347-1161 Only candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.

Sales & Distributors

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OUTSIDE SALES OPPORTUNITIES Growing industrial supply company in Red Deer looking for OUTSIDE SALES REPRESENTATIVES to join our team. We offer an attractive compensation, benefits & bonus program.

Sales experience is not necessary but an industrial background is a definite asset. Please forward your resume to human.resources.depart1 @gmail.com

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GOODMEN ROOFING LTD. Requires SLOPED ROOFERS LABOURERS & FLAT ROOFERS Valid Driver’s Licence preferred. Fax or email info@goodmenroofing.ca or (403)341-6722 NO PHONE CALLS PLEASE!

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.

STONE MASONS Exp. only, 403-588-5306 STUCCO PLASTERERS & LABOURERS. Needed Immed. Exp’d but will train.

Drivers License pref’d. Lots of work! 403-588-5306

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Plant Laborer

SWAMPERS F/T needed immediately for a fast growing waste & recycling company.

Heavy lifting involved (driver’s helper) position.

Reliability essential. Own transportation required.

Please email resumes to canpak@xplornet.ca

Antiques & Art

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Large (13.5” tall) antique stoneware whiskey jug made in Scotland $35 1-gallon antique stoneware crock $15 Both in mint condition (403) 342-7908

Advocate Opportunities ADULT Newspaper Carriers Needed For Early Morning Delivery of the

RED DEER ADVOCATE Monday through Saturday.

Delivery to be done before 6:30 am.

Reliable vehicle needed.

RIVERSIDE MEADOWS

Owner Operators & Contract Drivers in AB. Home the odd night.

Weekends off. Late model tractor pref. 403-586-4558 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 F/T TRUCK drivers req’d.

Minimum Class 5 with air and clean abstract. Exp. preferred. In person to Key Towing 4083-78 St. Cres.

Red Deer.

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1699960AbLtd is looking for 2 F/T permanent shift supervisors for days, evenings, wknds. 120 - 47 Clearview Market Red Deer, AB. must have exc. customer service, cash handling, and supervisory related. wage $13.75 w/at least 1 year exp. email: restuarantbusiness@ hotmail.ca

For more information or to apply call Joanne at the Red Deer Advocate 403-314-4308

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

WESTPARK & WESTLAKE NORMANDEAU

KENTWOOD Kirsch Close, Kemp Ave. & Kee Close MUSTANG ACRES TRAILER PARK For more information or to apply call Joanne at the Red Deer Advocate 403-314-4308

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

WESTPARK & WESTLAKE NORMANDEAU Nash St. & Neville Close ALSO Northey Ave. KENTWOOD Kirsch Close, Kemp Ave. & Kee Close PINES Pearson Crescent For more information or to apply call Joanne at the Red Deer Advocate 403-314-4308

RED DEER ADVOCATE

To Advertise Your Business or Service Here

Monday through Saturday.

Delivery to be done before 6:30 am.

Reliable vehicle needed.

DOWNTOWN AREA $638./mo

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BRIDGER CONST. LTD. We do it all! 403-302-8550

Escorts

1165

KAYLA 392-0891 *BUSTY* INDEPENDENT w/own car

Handyman Services

1200

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

Call James 403-341-0617

Massage Therapy

1280

DALE’S Home Reno’s MASSAGE ABOVE ALL Free estimates for all your WALK-INS WELCOME reno needs. 403-506-4301 4709 Gaetz Ave. 346-1161

Massage Therapy

1280

FANTASY SPA International Ladies

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Elite Retreat, Finest Painters/ in VIP Treatment.

10 - 2am Private back entry

Decorators

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5* JUNK REMOVAL Property clean up 340-8666 SNOW blowing, junk/metal p/u, odd jobs 403-885-5333 Start your career!

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1300 1310

JG PAINTING, 25 yrs. exp.

Free Est. 403-872-8888

Seniors’ Services

1372

HELPING HANDS Home Supports for Seniors.

Cooking, cleaning, companionship. At home or facility. 403-346-7777

1660

EquipmentHeavy

1630

TRAILERS for sale or rent Job site, office, well site or storage. Skidded or wheeled. Call 347-7721.

Firewood

1660

AFFORDABLE

Homestead Firewood Spruce & Pine -Split. Firepits avail. 7 days/wk. 403-304-6472 FIREWOOD, Spruce & Pine. North of Costco 403-346-7178, 392-7754

Now Offering Hotter, Cleaner BC Birch. All Types. P.U. / Delivery. Lyle 403-783-2275 SPLIT Dry Firewood. Pine & Birch. Delivery avail (403)845-8989

Health & Beauty

1700

NEW LIZ AREN NY, 1 red croc. make-up bag. c/w 12 eyeshadows, 2 blush, 1 nail polish, 1 lip gloss. $195 value, asking $50.

Would make a great Christmas gift.

403-227-2976

Advocate Opportunities

MORRISROE AREA:

Adult Newspaper Carriers Needed For Early Morning Delivery of the RED DEER ADVOCATE With only 64 papers, approximately: $350.00/mo.

For More Information, Please call Prodie 403-314-4301

CARRIERS REQUIRED To deliver the

CENTRAL AB LIFE & LACOMBE EXPRESS 1 day a week in: LACOMBE BLACKFALDS Please call Rick for details 403-314-4303 ADULT Newspaper Carriers Needed For Early Morning Delivery of the

RED DEER ADVOCATE Monday through Saturday.

Delivery to be done before 6:30 am.

Reliable vehicle needed.

KENTWOOD & PINES For more information or to apply call Joanne at the Red Deer Advocate 403-314-4308

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

DO YOU: - Want extra income - Know the city well - Possess a clean, valid drivers license - Have a friendly attitude - Enjoy customer service - Want part-time work (12 to 22 hrs/week) As part of our service team, you will be dispatched in response to service concerns to deliver newspapers and flyers to customers or carriers.

A delivery vehicle provided by company!

Work 3 to 4 shifts a week.

Hours of shifts are morning shifts of Monday through Friday 5:00 AM to 9:00 AM. Saturday starting at 7 AM. Wednesday to Friday Shifts starting at 1 PM. *All Shifts based on 4 hours and likely to run longer.

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

We thank all applicants for their interest; however only selected candidates will be contacted.

CARRIERS NEEDED FOR FLYERS, FRIDAY FORWARD & EXPRESS

3 days per week, no weekends ROUTES IN:

ANDERS AREA Ahlstrom Close Andrew Close Asstlee / Ansett Cres.

Allsop Ave. / Allsop Cres.

Anderson Close Anquetel Close BOWER AREA

1000-1430

Call Classifieds 403-309-3300

Firewood

Nash St. & Neville Close ALSO Northey Ave.

ADULT Newspaper Carriers Needed For Early Morning Delivery of the

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Children's Items

BABY dolls, 2 have rooted LOGS hair and sleepy eyes, Semi loads of pine, spruce, inclds. a few clothes, all tamarack, poplar. for $20 403-314-9603 Price depends on location.

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ADULT EDUCATION AND TRAINING

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for our Kuusamo facility.

The plant is located 4-5 kilometers west of Sylvan • Red Deer Lake on Hwy 11.

• Rocky Mtn. House This is an entry level • Rimbey position working mainly • Caroline outdoors that can lead • Castor into the Plant Operator • Sylvan Lake positions. Duties will • Innisfail include assistance of • Stettler Plant Operators in the • Ponoka transfer of chemicals, • Lacombe movement of product TOO MUCH STUFF? within the plant, truck and Gov’t of Alberta Funding Let Classifieds rail car loading/unloading, may be available. help you sell it. and chemical blending as well as housekeeping and 403-340-1930 GALAXY Plumbing & light maintenance. We are Heating is seeking full time www.academicexpress.ca looking for hard working, journeyman service flexible, safety conscious ACADEMIC Express plumbers to start people with equipment ADULT EDUCATION immediately. Must have experience, some basic AND TRAINING drivers license, steel toed mechanical abilities, boots, own tools, self driver’s license, and own motivated and able to work • GED Preparation transportation. We offer independently. A good an excellent benefits plan attitude is essential.

• Women in the Trades and a company matching Please call Joe at RRSP savings plan.

Program 403-588-0392, fax Please forward your resume to 403-347-4539 • Math and Science for resume via email to the or email address attached. Please the Trades Program galaxyadmin@telus.net have ‘Plant Laborer’ in the subject line. Drug and Gov’t of Alberta Funding NOW HIRING for alcohol policy in effect and may be available. following Positions pre-employee testing.

Tile setters $28.25/hr Inquiries regarding careers 403-340-1930 Floor Covering Installer with CFR should be $ 28.25 / hr www.academicexpress.ca directed to Full time and Permanent Classifieds...costs so little hr@cfrchemicals.com 40hrs/week Fax: 346-2299 Saves you so much!

Min 3 year experience Labourer $20/hr 40hrs/week No experience required Full time and permanent position Valid Driver’s Licence preferred DRIVER REQ’D FOR email resume at: DELIVERY OF NEW cat1employment APPLS. IN RED DEER CLASSIFICATIONS @gmail.com AREA. or drop off resume at 1500-1990 MAPLE LEAF MOVING Central Alberta Tile One Call 403-347-8826 or fax 7619 50 Ave Suite 9 resume to: 403-314-1457.

Red Deer

THE RUSTY PELICAN is now accepting resumes for F/T Exp’d LINE COOKS at all stations. MUST HAVE: •

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ACADEMIC Express ACADEMIC Express

Truckers/ Drivers

Rate is $13.25 - $15./hr.

No benefits.

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

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

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Hotel

Shop Hand

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850

Trades

Has Opening for all positions! Immediately.

All applicants must have • GED Preparation current H2S, Class 5 with Q Endorsement,and First • Women in the Trades Aid. We offer competitive Program wages & excellent benefits.

Please include 2 work • Math and Science for reference names and the Trades Program numbers.

Please fax resume to: Gov’t of Alberta Funding 403-264-6725 may be available.

Or email to: tannis@treelinewell.com 403-340-1930 No phone calls please. www.academicexpress.ca www.treelinewell.com DRYWALL HELPER REQ’D. Experience an asset.

Restaurant/ 403-341-7619

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Oilfield

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

Bell St. INGLEWOOD AREA Iverson Close Isbister Close MORRISROE AREA McKenzie St. / Marion Cres.

SUNNYBROOK AREA Scott St. / Somerset Close LANCASTER AREA Lampard Cres Lancaster Drive Long Close Lord Close Landry Bend / Landry Close Ladwig Close VANIER AREA Vickers Close Victor Close Viscount Drive Call Prodie @ 403- 314-4301 for more info **********************

TO ORDER HOME DELIVERY OF THE ADVOCATE CALL OUR CIRCULATION DEPARTMENT 403-314-4300

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ADVERTISE YOUR AUTOMOTIVE ITEM IT IN THE FAST TRACK, Call 309-3300 CLASSIFIEDS

1998 DURANGO, 119,700 kms. Must see!

Safetied.

2006 JEEP Commander

SOLD

2003 DAKOTA, 3.9, auto., 128,000., 60% tires, $4400. o.b.o. **SOLD**

DO YOU HAVE A TENT TRAILER TO SELL? ADVERTISE IT IN THE FAST TRACK, Call 309-3300.

DO YOU HAVE A SEADOO TO SELL? ADVERTISE IT IN THE FAST TRACK, Call 309-3300.

2006 SILVERADO Z71 special edition, e/c, 4X4. New windshield, remote start, 5.3, 1 owner, 160,000 km very clean. $12,500 no GST **SOLD**

DO YOU HAVE A DIRT BIKE TO SELL? ADVERTISE IT IN THE FAST TRACK, Call 309-3300.

2011 CYCLONE 300C Toy Hauler, $44,500.

2007 GMC dually 1 ton 182,000 kms.

Together $66,500.

403-507-0570

2006 VW Jetta TDI

2009 HYUNDAI Accent, 64,000 kms.

DO YOU HAVE A HOLIDAY TRAILER TO SELL? ADVERTISE IT IN THE FAST TRACK, Call 309-3300.

$5800. o.b.o.

1999 GMC Sierra 1500 2WD, E/C, original owner, 252,000 km, Immaculate $3400. **SOLD**

DO YOU HAVE VEHICLE ACCESSORIES

TO SELL? ADVERTISE IT IN THE FAST TRACK, Call 309-3300.

full load, 4.7, $12,000.

403-342-7798

137,000 kms, fully loaded, sunroof, diesel, auto, $10,000

2008 MONTANA, 2955RL, 2 slides, king bed, Mor-Ryde hitch, Arctic pckg. exc. cond., $27,500. **SOLD**

$6500.

403-346-1392 340-9068

***SOLD***

2010 SANTA FE, V6, silver 87,000 kms., remote 4 summer, 4 winter tires & whls., A1 $16,750. 403-347-6889

1985 HONDA 250 SX Trike $950.00 **SOLD**

DO YOU HAVE A SPORTS CAR TO SELL? ADVERTISE IT IN THE FAST TRACK, Call 309-3300.

2004 DODGE DAKOTA 4x4 Good shape. $5700.

403-598-4131

DO YOU HAVE A MOTORHOME TO SELL? ADVERTISE IT IN THE FAST TRACK, Call 309-3300.

2009 TOYOTA Corolla, 124,000 km, 403-348-9778

2011 RAV4 LIMITED Leather, sunroof, 8 way power driver’s seat, very clean, great cond. $19,500 obo.

403-341-0606

1988 23’ TIOGA 460 Ford motor, exc. cond. low kms. $6900, obo **SOLD**

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Iraqi forces battle militants SUICIDE BOMBING, CLASHES WITH IS MILITANTS KILL 23 IRAQI TROOPS, ALLIED FIGHTERS

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS BAGHDAD — A suicide blast targeting Iraqi security forces and subsequent clashes with Islamic State extremists on Tuesday killed at least 23 troops and pro-government Sunni fighters in the country’s embattled western province of Anbar, officials said.

The day’s heavy toll for the Iraqi forces came as they struggle in battles

against the Islamic State group and try to claw back territory lost to the extremists during the militants’ blitz last year. Iraq’s prime minister vowed on Tuesday to dislodge IS militants from all areas under their control.

Police officials said a suicide bomber first struck a gathering of pro-government Sunni fighters near the town of al-Baghdadi, about 180 kilometres (110 miles) northwest of Baghdad, in the morning hours.

Soon after, IS militants attacked nearby army and police positions, setting off hours-long clashes. Police and hospital officials said 23 were killed and 28 were wounded in all on the government side. They did not give the death toll on the militants’ side, saying only that the attackers “sustained some casualties” and declining to provide further details. All officials spoke on condition of anonymity because

they were not authorized to speak to the media.

In Baghdad, Prime Minister, Haider al-Abadi pledged that Iraq’s forces would retake all areas that fell to IS during last summer’s stunning blitz.

“We will emerge as victorious and the day our lands are liberated is nearing,” al-Abadi told a group of newlygraduated army officers, speaking at the Military Academy as Iraq marked Army Day. “Our goal ... is that peace and prosperity prevail in Iraq and end this dark period in Iraqi history.”

A parade was also staged to mark the day, complete with jet fighters, helicopters and transport planes flying overhead.

Meanwhile, the Islamic State group announced killing eight men in Salahuddin province north of Baghdad for allegedly co-operating with government forces and airstrikes by the U.S.-

led coalition targeting the militant group.

The group posted photographs showing eight blindfolded and bearded men in orange jumpsuits, their hands tied behind their backs. Five were identified as police officers and two as informants, but no information was provided on the eighth victim. The photos show the men by a riverbank next to masked gunmen, under what looks like a bridge. They are on their knees as the gunmen appear to be readying to shoot them. Other photos show bloodied bodies of seven of the men, lying on the ground.

The Islamic State group provided no details on the purported killings.

The authenticity of the photos could not be independently verified but they were posted late Monday on a Twitter account frequently used by the militant group.

Possible Kony defector captured

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON — U.S. forces in Africa have taken into custody a man claiming to be a top member of Lord’s Resistance Army, the Obama administration said Tuesday, saying the defection could be a “historic blow” to Joseph Kony’s nearly three-decade rebellion.

The man surrendered to U.S. military personnel in the Central African Republic, where they are helping African troops hunt for Kony and his fighters, State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki said. The man said he was an LRA defector and later identified himself as senior commander Dominic Ongwen.

Ongwen is considered by some to be Kony’s deputy commander. He is wanted by the International Criminal Court on war crimes and crimes against humanity. Kony’s rebellion, which began in Uganda, is accused of some of the world’s worst atrocities including mass killings and keeping girls as sex slaves.

“Efforts to establish full and positive identification continue,” Psaki told reporters in Washington. “If the individual proves to be Ongwen, his defection would represent a historic blow to the LRA’s command structure.”

Psaki said the African Union, with U.S. help, was making great strides in eliminating the LRA threat.

Ongwen is being held in the eastern town of Obo in the Central African Republic, Ugandan Army spokesman Paddy Ankunda told The Associated Press.

Kasper Agger, an LRA researcher with Enough Project, an anti-genocide group, described Ongwen as part of the Lord’s Resistance Army’s “core command structure,” having started with the group in 1990 as a 10-year-old abductee.

Originating in Uganda in the 1980s as a tribal uprising the government, the LRA’s rebellion has become one of Africa’s longest and most brutal. At the peak of its powers the group razed villages, raped women and amputated limbs. It is especially notorious for recruiting boys to fight and taking girls as sex slaves.

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BRIEF Three suspects questioned in wounding of police officers NEW YORK — Three suspects were being questioned Tuesday about the shootings of two New York City plainclothes police officers responding to a grocery store robbery, authorities said.

One of the suspects was seen on a surveillance video from the crime scene in the Bronx, police said. No charges have been filed.

Both officers are listed in stable condition.

The shooting occurred around 10:30 p.m. Monday. The officers were coming off their shift when they and three other plainclothes officers responded to the robbery report.

“They went above and beyond the call to protect their fellow New Yorkers. Thank God the officers are doing well and will recover,” Mayor Bill de Blasio said at the hospital where the officers are recovering.

The shooting came about two weeks

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Indonesian rescuers confer on an Air Force NAS 332 Super Puma helicopter during the search operation for the victims and the wreckage of AirAsia Flight 8501 over the Java Sea off Pangkalan Bun, Central Borneo, Indonesia, Tuesday. The Singapore-bound plane crashed into the sea 42 minutes after taking off on Dec. 28.

Strong currents force Indonesia to expand search area for wreckage

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS PANGKALAN BUN, Indonesia — Strong currents forced Indonesia to expand the search area for the crashed AirAsia plane Tuesday, as rough seas and bad weather pushed debris and made it difficult to reach suspected chunks of the fuselage on the ocean floor.

Two more bodies were retrieved Tuesday, bringing the total to 39. But there are concerns that it will become harder to find the remaining corpses from Flight 8501, which crashed Dec. 28.

“Time is of the essence,” said the National Search and Rescue Agency’s director of operations, Suryadi B. Supriyadi. “But it seems like it is hard to beat the weather.”

The search operation will expand by about 185 square kilometres (70 square miles), search and rescue chief Henry Bambang Soelistyo said.

Soelistyo said an American ship, the USS Fort Worth, detected two large metal objects on the seabed at a depth

after two officers were fatally shot while sitting in their patrol car in Brooklyn, and on the same day that the city touted record low crime levels.

Those death of the two officers raised tensions between police and de Blasio. Police unions said the mayor has stoked anti-police sentiment by supporting protests against the police killings of unarmed black men in New York and Missouri.

Suicide bomber strikes Istanbul police station ISTANBUL — A female suicide bomber blew herself up at a police station in Istanbul on Tuesday, killing one policeman and wounding another, according to Turkish authorities.

Istanbul governor Vasip Sahin said the woman entered the police station and reported a missing wallet before detonating a bomb. The attack occurred in the Sultan Ahmet district, a popular tourist destination.

It is the second attack on police in a week in Istanbul. On Thursday, police subdued a man after he threw grenades and fired a weapon at officers near the prime minister’s offices.

The leftist Revolutionary People’s Liberation Party-Front, or DHKP-C,

of 28 metres (92 feet) and was attempting the identify them.

Seven large objects have now been located on the ocean floor that could be pieces of the fuselage, but strong currents, silt and mud have kept divers from seeing or reaching them.

Two divers plunged into the waters during a break in the rough weather Tuesday but were unable to do much because of strong underwater currents, Soelistyo said.

Dozens of new airlines have popped up in Indonesia in recent years to meet the industry’s booming demand, but a string of deadly accidents has raised concerns about safety.

Experts say poor maintenance, rulebending and a shortage of trained personnel are largely to blame. Infrastructure has also failed to keep pace with exploding demand.

The country’s transportation ministry said it was cracking down after it was discovered that Flight 8501 did not have a permit to fly between Surabaya, Indonesia, and Singapore on the day of the crash. It suspended two ministry officials and five workers at Surabaya’s main airport Tuesday for allowing

the flight. Others are still under investigation.

All AirAsia flights on that route also have been cancelled for the time being.

It is not known what caused the Airbus A320 to crash into the Java Sea 42 minutes after takeoff, 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 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.

No pings have been detected from the plane’s all-important cockpit voice and flight data recorders. That’s because high waves have prevented the deployment of ships that drag ping locators. The batteries in the pingers on the black boxes are likely to go dead in about 20 more days.

“We are confident that rescuers would be able to locate them in time,” said Nurcahyo Utomo, an investigator for Indonesia’s National Committee on Transportation Safety.

said it carried out the Thursday attack.

DHKP-C, which seeks a socialist state, is considered as a terrorist organization by Turkey, the U.S. and the European Union.

Suicide attacks have been rare in Turkey since the government opened peace talks in 2012 with the Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or PKK, to end a thirty year insurgency. The DHKP-C has carried out sporadic attacks, including a suicide bombing on the U.S. embassy in 2013 that killed a security guard.

The group was more active in the 1970s.

Sahin said that police are still trying to identify the woman who died in Tuesday’s attack.

“She spoke in English, entered (the police station) on the pretext that she had lost her wallet,” he said.

signature health care law, key environmental and business regulations, and the president’s recent executive actions on immigration sparing millions from deportation.

The party is emboldened after pummeling the Democrats in the November elections, taking the Senate and expanding their majority in the House of Representatives. They are now in charge of both branches of Congress for the first time since Obama took office.

Republicans take control of both chambers of the U.S. Congress WASHINGTON - Republicans took control of both chambers of the U.S. Congress on Tuesday, setting the stage for fierce partisan battles that could consume the final two years of Barack Obama’s presidency.

In the Republicans’ sights: Obama’s

Asylum decision delayed for Afghan soldier BUFFALO, N.Y. — An Afghan military officer who says he’ll be targeted by the Taliban if sent home continues to await a decision on whether he can stay in the United States.

Maj. Jan Arash appeared Tuesday in U.S. Immigration Court in western New York, where a judge was expected to rule on his asylum claim. Instead, Arash’s attorney says the judge took the case under advisement and will issue a decision later.

Arash is one of three Afghan soldiers who fled a U.S.-led military training exercise in Massachusetts in September.

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY: If today is SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. your birthday, this year will prove to 21): What you are expressing and be just what you need to create the how you are expressing yourself toreality you want. Allow for unexpected day will be right in line with what you surprises to happen within your home are truly passionate about and value LARISA MAIRA environment and with family. It will in this world. You will crave the new OZOLINS be a welcome relief to any issues that as well and this will be delivered to have surfaced. All in all, it will be a you tenfold. Allow for happiness to great year to get out there and socialenter your life. ize with others, even throw that party CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): at home. More joy is to come now!

Today will be a wonderful day for ARIES (March 21-April 19): Lots of surprises you to clear up any past wounds, bad words, that in store for you today. Make sure to take others up have been spoken between you and those you on their offer to go out. Enjoy yourself! You will be are close with, either business or romantic relationfeeling like you are on the right path in terms of selfships. Allow for surprises to enter your life now. expression and with those you are interacting with Accept the joy to be had today! today. Try something new, be adventurous now!

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): There will be TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Lots of excite- surprising and pleasantly joyful conversations to be ment going on for you within the family and home had with others today. environment now. Allow for surprising revelations You will most likely feel that innate joy has reto happen today. Don’t hold back when you should turned and you will want to surprise others with that push yourself forward. A new perspective is greatly message today. All dealings with the public will go needed to get everyone feeling better now! well now, enjoy the lovely energy!

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However, it also indicates that this particular friend was not terribly interested in the group game (or even the group company) and wanted to go elsewhere. After 20 years, it is not a negative reflection on anyone that things might need a new coat of paint.

We suggest you poll the group and ask whether they’d like the activities to change.

Others might have additional ideas.

Dear Annie: I read the letter from “Sad Mother,” whose 25-year-old son is depressed and suicidal but refuses therapy.

Perhaps she can get him help through his primary care provider’s office. Many primary care offices now have integrated care and employ psychiatric consultants.

I work in a clinic that has licensed clinical social workers and a psychiatric nurse practitioner. Many family practice clinicians are comfortable with starting patients on antidepressants.

As a psychiatric nurse practitioner, I have had several patients tell me they never would have sought treatment through a psychiatric practice.

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We think a good relationship with a sister-in-law should be preserved.

Please apologize to her (not as a matter of right or wrong, but simply to start over), and say you are sorry things became so bitter and you’d like another chance.

Then invite her to go someplace with you — but perhaps not to a restaurant.

Dear Annie: For the past 20 years, my husband and I have gotten together with several other couples for one weekend a year to relax, play golf and share stories about our kids and grandkids. We rent a vacation house, and the few of us who live close to one another plan a fun game for the group to play on one of the evenings.

We recently held our annual retreat.

On game night, we planned a gourmet dinner with cocktails, followed by the meal, followed by games.

One member of our group noticed a couple from the house next door sitting on their porch, so he invited them to join us for drinks.

As we were introducing ourselves, this same friend invited the couple to stay for dinner.

After dessert, when we were ready to play games, this friend and his wife left us to go next door to have a drink.

We waited more than an hour for them to return. Do you feel this is appropriate behaviour? —Old School Dear Old School: No. If your friends knew that other activities had been planned for that evening, they should have postponed the trip to the neighbours’ place for when they had unscheduled time.

This weekend had been reserved for your group.

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Dear Annie: My sister-in-law always makes comments about what I am eating.

I keep myself trim and am careful about what I eat, but I don’t deny myself.

Last week, we went to lunch at a favourite place, and I ordered a cheeseburger and fries.

MITCHELL It is a lovely & SUGAR restaurant, and the servings are large.

I always take half of my meal home, as it is too much for me to eat at one time.

My sister-in-law said, “If they put something like that in front of me, I would get sick to my stomach immediately.”

I have put up with her comments for many years, but that one upset me, especially since she said it while we were eating.

Afterward, I wrote her a note stating that I am a widow and those lunches are my biggest meals of the day.

She has a husband and, of course, fixes their largest meal in the evening.

She no longer speaks to me.

Was I wrong or was she? — Sisterin-Law Dear Sister-in-Law: We think you are both too sensitive about inconsequential matters.

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