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Trace MacNeil tries his hand at rock climbing Saturday afternoon in the Collicutt Centre’s Field House. The Collicutt Centre is the only indoor climbing facility in Red Deer, with two climbing features and a bouldering structure.

STARS saves the day BY SUSAN ZIELINSKI ADVOCATE STAFF Krista Dryden remembers “bits and pieces” aboard a STARS air ambulance after she was shot by a gunman over two and half years ago on a quiet street in Stettler. “I can remember (the STARS paramedic) and talking to him. I don’t remember getting on the helicopter. I was kind of in and out through the whole thing,” said Dryden, 41, who was shot with a 357 magnum long-barrel revolver from a distance of about four metres. “It was like a Dirty Harry gun.” The horrifying attack happened at about 9 a.m. on Monday, May 28, 2012, near Hwy 12, after she drove her family’s riding lawnmower to a dealership for maintenance. The mother of four was just about to text her husband regarding picking her up when a stranger pulled up in a vehicle. “He stood beside his car door and asked me to get in his car and I said no. And he asked again and I said no. Then he pulled his gun out and actually held it on the top of the car door. Then he said, ‘I have a gun and I’m going to shoot you.’ “I just got turned around and started running and he hit me and I hit the ground hard.” She said nobody else heard or saw the shooting. “I honestly didn’t think he’d hit me. He had pretty good aim.” The bullet pierced her left lung, pretty close to her spine, and went out her left shoulder. Luckily, the gun was angled upwards, she said. “If it had went straight, it would have got my heart.” Despite being shot, Dryden struggled to her feet and ran. “I knew my lung had been hit. So I knew I had to get up to the highway and get some help so I got up

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and started running.” She said she could feel cold air rush through her lung and was losing a lot of blood. Before she reached the highway, a Stettler resident driving by spotted her and pulled over. “He came running to me. My husband was second or third on scene, along with my neighbour who stopped. They treated me in the ditch before the ambulance came.” At the same time Dryden was driving the lawnmower in from her family’s nearby acreage, her husband, Steve Brown, was taking in their truck. The two dealerships they visited were only a few buildings apart. He left the truck, got a ride home, hopped in their other vehicle, and was only a few minutes away from Dryden when she was shot.

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AltaLink crews will begin replacing power lines through the Pines neighbourhood today as Mayor Tara Veer and affected residents expressed their disappointment. An 11th-hour effort to force the Alberta Utilities Commission to reconsider its rebuild plans in the neighbourhood fizzled late last month when requests for a review of the project by Pines residents and the City of Red Deer were rejected. Pines residents have lobbied for an alternate route that would move a stretch of power lines to a less intrusive location at the bottom of the escarpment. Mayor Tara Veer issued a statement on Friday expressing the city’s unhappiness with the outcome. “We are disappointed as the city strongly supported the alternate route suggested by the Pines Group,” said the mayor, who met with Pines residents earlier this week. “We were hopeful that the AUC would rule in favour of the alternative route, which would have meant lower impacts for residents in the Pines neighbourhood; however, the city acknowledges that the decision of the AUC stands given their quasijudicial status.” Kerrie-Anne Brewster, one of about 50 Pines residents, that had lobbied for a different route was downbeat. “I’m so disappointed,” she said. Residents had held out hope that they could get AltaLink to reposition the line if they helped pay for the move through tax increases, similar to the local improvement taxes that have been used to pave back alleys. It does not look like that will happen, she said, adding she is still waiting to get more information from the group. “I don’t understand why AltaLink can do this,” she said. “I thought we had a hope, but I guess it doesn’t look like we do.” The upgrade of the power line through the Pines neighbourhood is a small part of a $350-million upgrade of transmission capacity in the Red Deer region to keep pace with growth. While the lines have been in place since the 1950s, before the Pines neighbourhood was built, residents saw the upgrade project as a perfect opportunity to move the lines to a better location. Residents made their case at a public hearing in Red Deer last spring, but failed to convince the AUC panel to direct AltaLink to choose the alternate route over the company’s preferred route, which maintained the status quo. AltaLink said the preferred route makes the best economic and environmental sense and uses an existing right-of-way. Residents have expressed frustration that their concerns about having larger towers with highercapacity lines were ignored. Besides removing unsightly power lines from the middle of the neighbourhood, the residents’ proposed route would have reduced electromagnetic frequency (EMF), noise and radio interference. AltaLink said on Friday it will be notifying residents of the upcoming work schedule. There will be temporary road and trail closures at various times from now until spring in the area between 67th and 82nd Streets. Meanwhile, work continues on replacing lines between 67th Street and Taylor Drive and is expected to wrap up in mid-February. pcowley@reddeeradvocate.com

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Goaltender Sarah Murray, with a little help from teammate Erika Marshall of the Red Deer Sutter Fund Chiefs, saves a shot by Catherine Longchamps of the Rocky Mountain Raiders during Alberta Major Midget Female Hockey League action at the Collicutt Centre on Saturday.

Memorial stresses awareness for domestic violence BY THE CANADIAN PRESS

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EDMONTON — Speakers at a public memorial service for the victims of a mass-murder in Edmonton stressed the importance of recognizing signs of domestic violence. Thanh Le, minister at the Vietnamese Alliance Church, told the crowd gathered outside Edmonton City Hall on Saturday that the tragedy shows how everyone must be more attentive to cries for help. Le also asked people who are facing domestic violence to reach out before it’s too late, and know that confidential help is available. Fifty-three-year-old Phu Lam gunned down seven people in his home on December 28th, including his wife, eight-year-old son and three-year-old niece. He also killed Cyndi Duong in her home before eventually killing himself. Police Chief Rod Knecht attended the memorial, and says taking action on domestic violence can be as simple as making an anonymous call to CrimeStoppers.

“There are a lot of support networks out there right now that people can reach out to if people are in trouble, or if they see somebody else in trouble,” Knecht told reporters after the memorial. “Where we’ve really got to pull together to make sure this doesn’t happen again is when we see the signs in our neigbourhood, in our community and our own families.” Court records show Lam’s wife, 35-year-old Thuy Tien Truong, told police two years ago that her husband had D-N-A tests done that revealed their son was not his. She said at the time that he hurt her and threatened to kill her and her family. Her sister phoned police and Lam was charged with several offences, but the Crown said several witnesses later recanted their stories and the charges were stayed. Truong had also been granted an emergency protection order against her husband but it was revoked

when she failed to show up in court for a later hearing. Thomas Pham, who attended the memorial service, said it’s important to spread the message, particularly for newcomers to Canada, to be aware of domestic violence. “When we come to this country we need to know there is support, and there is no tolerance for domestic violence,” Pham said. Many of the people who attended the service brought flowers. They shivered and stamped their feet in the —15C degree cold while a light snow fell, and at the end of the service, laid the flowers on a table in front of pictures of all the victims. Knecht and Deputy Chief Tony Harder carried bouquets to the table together, and then saluted. Members of the police department’s victims’ services unit were available during the memorial, and gave away booklets containing information for crime victims, printed in Vietnamese. Lily Le of the Viet Association told the crowd that Edmonton will rebound as it always does. “May those we lost rest in eternal peace,” Le said.

She said her training allowed her to stay calm. “I told everyone in the ditch how to treat me. Yup, I was yelling orders,” Dryden said with a laugh. “They did good.” Dryden said she required a blood transfusion after the bullet lacerated the top of her lung and was flown by STARS from Stettler hospital to Foothills Hospital in Calgary. She spent the first three days on watch in the trauma unit in case she needed surgery, but it wasn’t necessary. “My lung closed off on its own.” The severe injury to her lung has left Dryden with a persistent cough. She has permanent nerve damage to the left side of her body under her arm. When she left hospital, she couldn’t lift her shoulder due to all the damage. Her range of motion has improved and now her left shoulder is just as strong as right. But her left clavicle is stuck in a raised position. Dryden, was always one to exercise, and still does despite her cough. She’s at the local gym about five days a week and works out with a trainer. On Wednesday, STARS Lottery 2015 kicks off in Central Alberta with the public opening of the Red Deer grand prize home, located at 160 Lazaro Close, at 10:30 a.m.

It’s one of five grand prizes. Three more homes can also be won in Edmonton, Calgary and Lethbridge, as well as a 2015 GMC crew cab truck with a 2015 Arctic Fox fifth wheel RV. Dryden said she didn’t know where she’d be without STARS. “I never realized how important they were until I actually had to use them. I just think it’s a great cause.” During the 2013-14 fiscal year, STARS flew 1,739 missions from bases in Calgary, Edmonton, and Grande Prairie, including some flights into British Columbia. In Central Alberta, STARS made 60 flights to Red Deer, 41 to Rocky Mountain House, 25 to Sundre, 19 to Olds, 17 to Ponoka, 14 to Rimbey, seven trips each to Stettler, Innisfail and Lacombe, four to Nordegg, as well as a few flights to other smaller communities in the region. Of the 1,739 flights, 63 per cent were inter-hospital calls and 37 per cent were to scenes. Fifty-one per cent of flights were medical calls and 49 per cent were for trauma. It costs STARS a total of $30 million per year to operate its three Alberta bases. szielinski@reddeeradvocate.com

STARS: Gunman fled Brown soon spotted his wife’s jacket in the ditch. Their eldest daughter also happened to be near the scene after driving their youngest daughters to school. “Thank God she didn’t stop. She thought, ‘that looks like mom’s coat, but no she’s at home,’ so she kept driving. “I would bet she stopped to let the guy who shot me out onto the highway. That’s how close she was. I’m glad she didn’t stop. I’m glad she kept going.” The gunman fled and died that night from a selfinflicted gunshot wound in a rural area near Coronation during a police standoff. Before the ground ambulance arrived to take her to Stettler Hospital and Care Centre, Dryden instructed the people at her side on how to stem her bleeding. Dryden has taught oil field safety for many years, and even teaches how to deal with gunshot wounds.

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Harper helps celebrate 200th anniversary of Sir John A. Macdonald’s birth Ted Hsu, the local Liberal MP who won’t seek re-election this year, saw nothing partisan in Harper’s remarks KINGSTON, Ont. — Stephen Harper and said it was a fitting tribute. “One of the things that made Canada paid tribute to the country’s first prime minister Sunday, marking the 200th an- possible was (Liberal) George Brown niversary of the birth of Sir John A. crossing the floor, and the (founding) Macdonald by saying the Scots-born party was known as the Liberal-Conpolitician “forged Canada out of sheer servatives,” Hsu said in an interview. “Different parties getting together, will.” “Never forget, there was nothing different religions getting together, certain or inevitable about what Mac- different languages getting together, donald and his fellow fathers of Con- people living in different geographic federation accomplished. It was in fact regions of Canada getting together — I remarkable,” Harper told a room full think that’s the legacy of Sir John A. of dignitaries — including two former so it’s very appropriate that it not be prime ministers — under tight security partisan.” The bicentenary of Macdonald’s at the historic city hall in Kingston, birth has spurred a fresh round of hisOnt. “Without Sir. John A. Macdonald, torical review and research, including Canada as we know it — the best coun- some unflattering depictions of Mactry in the world — simply would not donald’s policies and attitudes toward Canada’s First Nations. exist,” Harper said to applause. He helped implement and defended Macdonald’s political career as a Kingston alderman began the year the the residential schools system in the cornerstone of Kingston City Hall was 1880s, a blight on the country whose laid, 1843, and after his death the first impacts remain felt to this day. Harper prime minister of Canada lay in state did not raise the schools issue in his in the same room where Harper deliv- speech but did allude to Macdonald’s “faults and failures” — specifically ered his remarks. Harper called Macdonald “a shin- Sir John A.’s notorious battles with the ing example of modesty, hope and suc- bottle. “Whatever (the cause), Macdonald cess,” that mirrors the country itself. The Royal Canadian Mint showed was acutely aware of his own humanity off the template of a new Macdonald and, as a consequence, very forgiving of it in others.” $2 toonie, and a reTwo native elfurbished portrait ‘THE FACT OF THE ders blessed the of Sir John A. was MATTER IS HE REALLY event before the unveiled. minister’s It was a decidDID HAVE A VISION AND prime speech. A handful edly non-partisan HE FOLLOWED IT UP. of enterprising proevent — with fortesters — one leadmer Liberal prime THE BUILDING OF THE a donkey, anminister John RAILWAY, THE CREATION ing other a sheep — paTurner and Proraded on the streets gressive ConservaOF THE NORTHWEST outside where local tive Kim Campbell MOUNTED POLICE SO and national police in attendance — THAT THERE WOULD BE made a show of probut Harper’s comments dovetailed LAW AND ORDER ON OUR viding very evident security. with his ConservaSIDE OF THE BORDER Campbell, Cantive party election ada’s only female message this year IN THE WEST. ON THE prime minister who that Liberal LeadAMERICAN SIDE IT WAS served for just over er Justin Trudeau is unready to gov- NO-MAN’S LAND AND THE four months as a Progressive Conserern despite his linRULE OF THE GUN’ vative in 1993, said eage and high-proin an interview that file name. —STEPHEN HARPER Macdonald should “Nation building be viewed as a man is never complete,” of his times who said Harper, noting the “challenges and opportunities” are shared the prevailing opinions of the even greater for the country as it ap- day toward natives. “We’ve built a society with the rule proaches its 150th birthday. “So as we proudly participate in of law and with respect and protecthe celebrations of 2017, let us always tion for people that enables us to be remember that so much of it was made resilient. And it started with Sir John possible by an ordinary man of whom A. Macdonald at Confederation,” said little was expected but who, given the Campbell. “The fact of the matter is he really opportunity, did extraordinary things,” did have a vision and he followed it up. said the prime minister. “That, in my mind, is really what The building of the railway, the crethis country is all about, like none oth- ation of the Northwest Mounted Police er in the world: A country where what so that there would be law and order you’ve done and where you’re going on our side of the border in the West. always matter more than where you’re On the American side it was a no-man’s land and the rule of the gun.” from or who you know.” BY THE CANADIAN PRESS

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Jeremy Nuttall, Parliament Hill reporter for The Tyee is pictured on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Friday.

New media outlets changing the political reporting landscape OTTAWA — A slightly fuzzy, zoomed-in screen grab from question period took a brewing controversy for Environment Minister Leona Aglukkaq, and crystallized it into a tale of callous indifference. “Leona Aglukkaq reads newspaper, ignores questions about people looking for food in dump,” read the headline last month by Press Progress, a social-media focused news organization funded by the Broadbent Institute. From there the story was touched on by mainstream news organizations, who appeared to miss the fleeting visual during the House of Commons broadcast. Aglukkaq had been fending off criticism that the government’s Nutrition North program hasn’t helped reduce grocery costs in the territories. Press Progress is snarky, easy-toread, unabashedly left-wing and opinionated, and part of a new group of digital media organizations covering politics on Parliament Hill. Vice, The Tyee, the Vancouver Observer, Blacklock’s Reporter, and rabble.ca now have correspondents or small teams in Ottawa. The digital outlets iPolitics and Huffington Post were the first of the new wave. In the United States, such news sites as Politico, Talking Points Memo, Roll Call and Buzzfeed Politics have been making their mark for years. The new Canadian players with different funding models are filling in some of the empty chairs in the press gallery left by shrinking traditional media outlets. And they’re challenging some of the notions about what political reporting looks like. In the case of Press Progress, the content could be dismissed by some as NDP partisan advertising. It is run within the Broadbent Institute, an independent, non-partisan think-tank founded by former NDP Leader Ed Broadbent and initially run by a former aide to the late Jack Layton. Founding editor Sarah Schmidt, a former national reporter with Postmedia News, says there is nothing in the content that is partisan, and accuracy is still a central tenet. The outlet is run

independently of the institute. But they make no bones about scrutinizing the Conservatives specifically. The recent post, “How to respond to your grumpy Conservative uncle’s tax rants at Christmas dinner,” is a case in point. “I think there’s lots of different types of journalism out there, and I think that’s a good thing,” said Schmidt, now director of communications for the institute. “Mainstream, straight-up reporting has its place, and will continue to have its place, and then there’s those of us who are on the outskirts that do things differently, that do things with opinion, and there’s room for everybody.” The Tyee is well-known in BC, drawing its funding from two main investors with ties to progressive causes, as well as reader donations and advertising. Ottawa correspondent Jeremy Nuttall was named to the job after The Tyee raised $100,000 from its readers to expand its national coverage. Nuttall said sites like The Tyee are going in the opposite direction of where some mainstream publications are going — opting for more comprehensive, niche stories rather than going short and broad. He recently spent days listening to witnesses at a Senate hearing on terrorism, later producing a 1,200-word story. “You’re seeing places like The Tyee, iPolitics, that are almost insidebaseball sometimes, becoming more popular because the people who really care about what’s going on in Ottawa don’t just want an overview anymore, they want something in-depth,” said Nuttall. Likewise at Vice — the in-your-face, irreverent outfit with an investigative bent — long-form journalism is part of the plan for newly named correspondent Justin Ling. “Our readership is unique. We have a much younger readership and folks who aren’t super tuned into Parliament Hill. They consume probably more media than anyone else, but for some reason Parliament Hill doesn’t work for them,” said Ling. “I think our point is to reach them in a way that doesn’t dumb down the news, but still interests them.”

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Shifting gears on energy Abundant, cheap fossil fuels have driven explosive technological, industrial and economic expansion for more than a century. The pervasive infrastructure developed to accommodate this growth makes it difficult to contemplate rapidly shifting away from coal, oil and gas, which creates a psychological barrier to rational discourse on energy issues. DAVID The ecologiSUZUKI cal and true economic costs of energy use force us to scrutinize our way of living. And because our infrastructure doesn’t allow us to entirely avoid fossil fuels, we must face the contradiction between how we should live and constraints against doing so. Canada has no national energy plan, other than governmental desire to be a fossil-fuelled energy-export superpower. Given the consequences of humaninduced climate change already hitting home, you’d think the highest priority of governments at all levels would be to decide on the lowest-emission en-

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ergy path. But politicians focused on election intervals have difficulty dealing with generational issues. Real, important conversations and decisions are instead delayed by diversionary and often irrational arguments and tactics: accusing critics of being hypocrites, claiming foreign money drives environmental agendas and labelling activists as eco-terrorists or enemies of Canada among them. In place of true progress, we get consolidated political power and greater corporate profit and control. Enough already! Sustainability requires conservation and abundant energy employed with minimal ecological upset. Yet the inability to consider the need to shift quickly from fossil fuels means governments and industry look to mega-technologies like carbon capture and storage to justify inaction on reducing greenhouse gas emissions, while dismissing solar and wind as impractical, too expensive or unable to meet energy needs. Nuclear power may be an alternative to GHG-emitting fossil fuels, but it’s extremely expensive and would not be online were it not for enormous subsidies. Nuclear fuel is also finite, so costs will rise while the problem of radioactive-waste disposal remains unsolved. As a northern country, Canada is especially vulnerable to climate change. Polar regions heat faster than temper-

ate and tropical zones — Inuit have noticed the growing impacts for decades. With the longest marine coastline of any country, we’re also subject to sealevel rise. And our economy relies on climate-dependent activities such as agriculture, forestry, fisheries, tourism and winter sports, all of which are already feeling climate change impacts. Where is the political leadership and will to confront climate change? We’re seeing some from individuals, grassroots organizations and municipalities. But what about our provinces? Just as the catastrophic loss of northern cod off Newfoundland warned against unsustainable practices, the destruction of $65 billion worth of B.C. trees by mountain pine beetles — once kept under control by winters with temperatures below -30C for a week or more — should make the province take notice. Where’s the leadership? Once lauded for policies such as the carbon tax and energy agreements with California, B.C.’s political leaders have now embraced liquefied natural gas, claiming industry expansion will create hundreds of thousands of jobs and add billions of dollars to provincial coffers — never mind that no one in power now will be held accountable for these promises because they’re several elections from being realized. LNG should be labelled LFG: liquefied fracked gas. Hydraulic fracturing

— fracking — requires pumping millions of litres of chemical-laced water deep underground to shatter shale and liberate embedded gas. It’s a shortterm way to get energy with long-term ecological impacts on water and whatever organisms might be down there. (It was once thought life disappeared at bedrock, but we now know bacteria are found at least 10 km down.) Fracked gas is mostly methane, a greenhouse gas more than 30 times as potent as carbon dioxide. Studies reveal leakage around fracking sites may be high enough to affect climate change more than coal! Calling it a “transition fuel” between coal or oil and renewables is nonsense. And fracking is known to cause seismic activity. B.C. is also planning the Peace River Site C dam, yet a report by the Canadian Geothermal Energy Association claims geothermal could generate similar amounts of power at a much lower cost. If our leaders are serious about long-term health and prosperity, they need to stop focusing on short-term profits from rapid fossil fuel development and export and start engaging in serious conversations about our energy future. Scientist, author and broadcaster David Suzuki wrote this column with Ian Hanington. Learn more at www.davidsuzuki.org.

berta? Not likely. He seems to be more interested in political dominance than political democracy. The one-party state suits him just fine. Dale L. Watson Red Deer

pay me for getting her out (I know some people would take it) all I said was to pay it forward to someone else who needs help. Terry Christians Red Deer

A little compassion and help can go a long way on roads

Thanks to city crews for clearing walking trails

I was very disappointed this morning with my fellow Red Deer residents. I was heading to work this morning when I noticed a lady had spun out on the road and was stuck in the snow and sticking out a little in the road. I watched how people squeezed by and laughed because of where she was. It took me about five minutes out of my day to take the time to help. One other driver did stop to help also, but most just laughed and drove by. One act of kindness is all you need to do. It would make our city a better place to live. When she asked if she needed to

Please let me pass on kudos to the City of Red Deer crews who are doing such a splendid job of keeping the walking trails open this winter. Great stuff! Much appreciated! Morris Flewwelling Red Deer

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Proportional representation system the best option In his article Life in a one-party state, in the Dec. 31 edition of the Advocate (Page A4), Roger Gibbins encourages Albertans to follow Danielle Smith’s lead and “accept the reality of the one party state. ...” He also suggests that Albertans “redirect their longstanding interest in democratic reform to intraparty reform.” He wants us to follow the example of southern Democrats who used primary elections to put candidates on the ballot who were ideologically Republicans under the guise of being Democrats, which they did quite successfully until they gradually and finally admitted their party affiliation and ran as Republicans. This American electoral process has resulted in less democracy rather than more because fewer people bother to vote in primary elections. The result would be the same here. Rather than dismiss the opposition as redundant and spend who knows how long trying to adopt a fundamentally flawed American electoral system, we should be trying to persuade citizens, parties and politicians to abandon our winner-take-all voting system and follow the lead of 81 other democracies in the world. We should establish an electoral system based on representation in proportion to the percentage of the votes cast. If such a system had been in place in the last provincial election, the composition of the legislature would have been very different. Instead of 61 seats, the Progressive Conservatives would have had 40; instead of 17 seats, the Wildrose would have had 30; instead of five seats, the Liberals would have had eight; instead of four seats, the NDP would have had eight; instead of zero seats, the Alberta Party would have had one seat. Surely, 47 opposition members would have substantial influence in the legislative process. Alberta’s one-party state is based on an electoral system that guarantees that representation will never correspond to the percentage of votes cast. The concentration of party support in key geographical areas results in winning a disproportionate number of seats, in other words, false majorities. This discourages voter participation. On the one hand, some may say that the candidate of choice has no chance of winning, why bother? On the other hand, some may say my candidate of choice is sure to win, why bother? Also, winner-take-all elections encourage strategic voting. When you know your party will not win, you may choose to vote for the least objectionable party that you think will win. Will Premier Jim Prentice take any steps toward electoral reform in Al-

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Expert challenges government concerns about video threatening Canada OTTAWA — Canadian officials said Sunday the Islamic State has released a video that calls for attacks on Western countries including Canada, but a prominent American intelligence expert raised doubts on whether there was anything new. Rita Katz, the director of the Washington-based SITE intelligence group, said the video was comprised of old ISIL videos from August and September and it was not released by an ISIL media outlet or any of its media affiliated groups. “This is one of several examples where law (enforcement) agencies with insufficient understanding of terrorist groups’ online infrastructure make an incorrect interpretation and cause an unnecessary and false alarm,” she said in an e-mail. Public Safety Minister Steven Blaney issued a statement about the video earlier Sunday saying security agencies had measures in place to address any threats. RCMP Deputy Commissioner Mike Cabana also sent a note to officers on Saturday instructing them to exercise a heightened level of caution and vigilance. “Given the recent terror attacks in France and in Canada, this new threat should be taken seriously,” Cabana wrote. According to the RCMP note, obtained by The Canadian Press, the nine-minute video was released on Saturday. The video called on Muslims to kill police, military and intelligence personnel and citizens of various Western countries. Some of its contents appeared to be the same as an ISIL video released last fall. By late Sunday, the video was not easily found online. A couple of different videos that experts attributed to ISIL were posted online last year. A slickly produced video called for Muslims to launch attacks on Canadians similar to ones carried out in Ottawa and Montreal last Ocbober that left two Canadian soldiers dead. Blaney was in Paris on Sunday to pay tribute to those killed in last week’s attacks on satirical newsmagazine Charlie Hebdo and other terrorist attacks in the French capital.

Hunters become sailors after ice breaks away from shore and drifts for two days CORAL HARBOUR, Nunavut — Eight hunters in Nunavut have been airlifted to safety after unexpectedly becoming sailors when they got stranded on a drifting sheet of ice. Royal Canadian Air Force Maj. Steve Neta says the men were hunting near the shore at Coral Harbour, which is on Southampton Island, on Friday when the ice they were on broke away. Neta says local volunteers tried to reach them, but they drifted too far, so the Nunavut Emergency Measures Organization called the Joint Rescue Co-ordination Centre in Trenton, Ont. An RCAF Hercules airplane from 17 Wing in Winnipeg arrived at the scene on Saturday evening and dropped radios, survival supplies and inflatable boats to the men. Neta says the hunters were already well-equipped for the elements, and even had a radio beacon that allowed rescuers to accurately track their location. A Cormorant helicopter from 14 Wing in Greenwood, NS, hoisted the men aboard on Sunday and flew everyone back to Coral Harbour. “They were well-prepared to begin with, which is always good because it never became an emergency where someone was in distress,” said Neta, speaking from Winnipeg. “Everyone was in good condition — good spirits.” Neta said he didn’t know the size of the ice pan, but said it broke up somewhat over the two days the hunters were on it. At the time of the rescue, the group was 55 kilometres south of Coral Harbour, and about 27 kilometres from the nearest shore.

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Rebels thrash Wheat Kings HIGH-OCTANE BRANDON TEAM NO MATCH FOR SUTTER’S SQUAD BY GREG MEACHEM ADVOCATE SPORTS EDITOR Rebels 6 Wheat Kings 1 The Red Deer Rebels left their bus passes at home Saturday. There were no passengers on the Rebels bench as the team rolled to a 6-1 Western Hockey League thumping of the high-octane Brandon Wheat Kings Saturday at the Enmax Centrium. “It was a full-team effort. Our goaltender was good and we did a lot of good things in our own zone,” said Rebels GM/head coach Brent Sutter, who got a two-goal performance from each of Riley Sheen, Presten Kopeck and newcomer Connor Gay. The Rebels were outshot 37-26 but created more than their share of the game’s grade-A scoring chances. “We blocked a lot of shots and we gave up a lot,” said Sutter. “But Brandon is a team that likes to shoot. They shoot the puck from all over.” The Wheat Kings, who practised at the Centrium Friday as the Rebels were en route to Cranbrook for an evening engagement with the Kootenay Ice, poured out of the gate and hemmed their hosts inside their own blueline for the first several minutes. But the pressure was to no avail and

the Rebels responded with a pair of goals from Sheen before the midway point of the period. “We didn’t have a great first five to six minutes of the game. We tired them out in our zone and then we were able to get a couple of breaks and go down and scored two goals,” said Sutter, half-jokingly. “That kind of took the wind out of their sails a bit and gave us a bit of momentum. Then we seemed to get more dialed in and play the way we want to play.” Sheen opened the scoring at 5:55, converting a nifty, backhand spin pass from Conner Bleackley. Sheen then made it 2-0 at 9:15, beating Brandon netminder Alex Moodie low to the far corner while on a two-on-one break with Bleackley, and Kopeck potted his 12th of the season at 16:58, going hard to the net and cashing a feed from Brooks Maxwell. Brandon finally got on the board when Colton Waltz beat a screened Rebels netminder Rylan Toth with a wrist shot from the point, but that was it for the visitors, who coughed up three unanswered third-period tallies — two from Gay and another off Kopeck’s stick. Kopeck’s two goals gave him four in a three-game stretch. “It’s nice. I’m just trying to do the little things like crashing the net,” he

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Rebels captain Conner Bleackley chases the puck with Brandon’s Reid Duke in pursuit. said. “Maxie made a great play on my first goal and I got lucky on the second one, I got a good bounce. Everything is going the way I want it to, so that’s good.” The Kopeck-Gay-Maxwell unit en-

joyed an eight-point outing, with Kopeck and Gay, who was acquired from the Regina Pats last week, each adding an assist and Maxwell chipping in with two helpers.

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Denver Broncos quarterback Peyton Manning, left, and Indianapolis Colts quarterback Andrew Luck shake hands after an NFL divisional playoff football game, Sunday, in Denver. The Colts won 24-13 to advance to the AFC Championship game against the New England Patriots.

Indianapolis 24 Denver 13 DENVER — Andrew Luck has his signature NFL win, and it came against his predecessor, of all people. Hardly pressured all afternoon, Luck threw two touchdown passes and outplayed Peyton Manning in leading the Indianapolis Colts past the Denver Broncos 24-13 Sunday. The Colts (13-5) advanced to the AFC championship game at New England (13-4), where they lost 42-20 on Nov. 16. “I’d like to think I am a better quarterback and would like to think we’re a better team” now, Luck said. “We are well equipped to handle the unknown, the unforeseen.” They sure were Sunday night in the Rockies, where Denver had gone 8-0 this season and averaged 35 points a game. “I think we’re playing good team ball,” said Luck, who improved to 3-2 in the playoffs with his first road win. “We’re feeding off each other. Offensively we’re making enough plays to put some points on the board. Great night. So proud to be a part of the Colts in this victory.” The Broncos (12-5) are left to deal with the hangover of yet another playoff debacle — and, more importantly, questions about Manning’s future. After saying on Christmas Eve that he planned on coming back for an 18th season, the five-time MVP wasn’t so certain after his latest playoff fiasco. Asked point blank if he planned on playing next season, Manning said, “Uh, yeah, I guess I just can’t give that simple answer, I’m processing it. So, I can’t say that. I could not say that.”

It was the first time Manning had been ambiguous about his future since spinal fusion surgery on his neck cost him all of the 2011 season and led Colts owner Jim Irsay to release him in 2012 so he could use the top pick to draft Luck. “I knew it was the right thing to do for the Colts,” Irsay said outside his jubilant locker room. “I saw Archie (Manning) last night. We had a nice conversation. Happened to be at Elway’s Restaurant at the Ritz Carlton. It was a decision that it was the right move to make. Peyton and I had talked about it. He said it best in the press conference, I didn’t decide. He didn’t decide. The football gods laid the cards out. We both knew it as best for him and us.” There’s sure to be questions about John Fox’s future, as well. He’s won four straight AFC West titles, but keeps coming up short in what he calls the “real season.” “I’m the head coach, the buck stops here,” Fox said. The Broncos were the AFC’s only unbeaten team at home and the only team in the NFL with a top-five offence and a top-five defence. “We picked a bad day to have a bad game,” said Terrance Knighton, who had guaranteed these Broncos, with an NFL-high nine Pro Bowlers, would hoist the Lombardi Trophy next month. Manning has gone one-and-done in the playoffs a record nine times in his otherwise stellar career. That includes twice in Denver, where he’s 38-10 in the regular season but just 2-3 in the playoffs.

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Oilers drop matinee to visiting Panthers BY THE CANADIAN PRESS Florida 4 Edmonton 2 EDMONTON — The Florida Panthers don’t seem to mind being on the road. Tomas Kopecky scored the game winner and Jussi Jokinen recorded a pair of assists as the Panthers stretched their winning streak to three games with a 4-2 victory over the Edmonton Oilers on Sunday. Jimmy Hayes, Brian Campbell and Sean Bergenheim also scored for the Panthers (20-11-9), who are 4-1-0 through the first five games of a sixgame road trip and 11-6-6 in road

games overall this season. “I don’t think we were at our best tonight, but we found a way to get it done,” Campbell said. “It’s a big game, getting towards the end of the trip, you have to keep the pedal down.” Florida goalie Roberto Luongo said his team’s key to winning is overall team play. “We’ve got four balanced lines, they’ve been chipping in offensively which is nice and we’ve been finding ways to win hockey games,” he said. “We have one more big game left on this trip, so we’ll enjoy tonight and refocus on the next one.” Panthers head coach Gerard Gallant said Sunday’s win was a pretty good ex-

ample of that team-first philosophy. “That’s how you’re going to win with our hockey team,” he said. “You look at our lineup, we don’t have an 80, 90-point guy, so we have a bunch of guys chipping in, working hard. “We play four lines all the D play and they all chipped in tonight.” Jordan Eberle and Benoit Pouliot responded for the Oilers (10-24-9), who have only four wins to show from their past 28 games. “We had some very costly errors at bad times,” said Oilers assistant captain Taylor Hall. “That was our downfall. I don’t think we played bad, I just thought there were some really key moments in the game where we didn’t

do our jobs.” Oilers forward Boyd Gordon said his team is one that can’t afford to make too many mistakes. “We were a little bit sloppy tonight,” he said. “We were hanging around, but we couldn’t find a way to get on to the winning side. Our first period was a bit all over the place. We haven’t found a way to put a full 60 minutes together, and until we do that, we aren’t going to win too many games.” The Panthers were first on the scoreboard four minutes into the first period.

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Mariota’s stay in college all comes down to one game DUCKS QB WON HEISMAN, NOW HAS CHANCE FOR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS DALLAS — Oregon coach Mark Helfrich led the Ducks to the first College Football Playoff title game. But it seems in every interview, people want to know about his predecessor. On Sunday, Helfrich said that he and former Oregon coach Chip Kelly, now with the Philadelphia Eagles, text a lot, but it’s not about football. “I would say zero on the topic of football,” he said. “Just personal stuff.” Oregon linebacker Tony Washington, a senior, was asked when Helfrich might get out of Kelly’s shadow. “Who knows?” Washington said after a pause. “Maybe win five national championships or something.” In a sense, the most important day for the 2014 Oregon football team was Dec. 3, 2013. That was the day Oregon announced

Marcus Mariota would return to school instead of making himself available for the NFL draft. That same day, Mariota’s buddy, star centre Hroniss Grasu, also announced he was coming back to school. There was no drama. The deadline to decide was still more than a month away. There was little fanfare. No news conference with the school band. “Yeah, at the time it was very Marcus-like,” Oregon coach Mark Helfrich said. “He’s like, ’Hey, coach, I think I’m going to come back.” Good choice. Mariota won the Heisman Trophy and has led Oregon (14-1) to the College Football Playoff national championship game against Ohio State (14-1). “My family and I, we took Thanksgiving weekend and kind of flesh it out,” Mariota recalled. “When we talked about it and discussed it, we felt that it was best that I come back for another year.”

And what did Helfrich say? “He just shook my hand and said, ’Let’s do it again,”’ Mariota said. “For me, that says a lot about him and what he means to the program. He’s done so much for us as players. I was excited to come back for another year.” Grasu, who earned second-team AllAmerica honours, said he didn’t think Helfrich was even surprised by their decision. “He knows better than anyone that we are all about the team and anything for the team and it didn’t surprise him one bit. I was really happy with the decision and really happy with his reaction because it didn’t surprise him.” The third key player to give Oregon another season was cornerback Ifo Ekpre-Olomu. He chose to return for his senior season last Jan. 6. Ekpre-Olomu was an All-American this season, but suffered a season-ending knee during practice in December before the Rose Bowl. Oregon quarterback Marcus Mariota

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faced dozens of questions from reporters before the Big Game, everything from his thoughts on Oregon’s uniforms to the state of his golf game. But perhaps the best exchange was with a kid reporter who unabashedly posed his questions to the Heisman Trophy winner as he made the rounds for Sports Illustrated Kids. “What is the coolest thing that has ever happened to you on the football field?” asked Jake Aron, the son of former Associated Press sports writer Jaime Aron. “Winning the Rose Bowl and winning the Pac-12 are the two things that have been really cool for me,” Mariota said. “What is the most embarrassing thing?” Aron asked. “Embarrassing?” Mariota responded. “Oh, man. Actually, against Cal, I dropped a snap. So that’s pretty embarrassing. It ended up being a negative play for us.”

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Former Anaheim Ducks player Teemu Selanne watches as the team retires his number with a banner, as it is raised before an NHL hockey game against the Winnipeg Jets in Anaheim, Calif., Sunday.

COLTS: Manning never found a rhythm Overall, he’s 11-13 in the post-season and this was one of his worst playoff performances ever. He never found a rhythm, constantly overthrew his receivers and finished 26 of 46 for 111 yards, one TD and no interceptions. “It’s just disappointing. Everyone would like to win their last game of the season,” Manning said after guiding Denver to a TD on its opening possession and just two field goals on his final 11 drives. Each of his three seasons in Denver has ended in humbling losses, to the Ravens and Colts at home after firstround byes, and to Seattle in last year’s Super Bowl. These Broncos were better balanced with a grinding ground game and star-studded defence bolstered by John Elway’s signings of Aqib Talib, DeMarcus Ware and T.J. Ward to a guaranteed $60 million in free agency. But none of them came up big Sunday and the Broncos were left to deal with yet another wrenching playoff loss. Luck completed 27 of 43 passes for 265 yards with two TDs and two interceptions that were the equivalent of punts and no sacks. “We needed to win the game for us. It wasn’t about Peyton or Andrew or anything like that,” Irsay said. “It was about just us trying to beat the Broncos. Again, this was the Colts vs. the Broncos, even though the quarterbacks

mean so much.” The Colts stretched a four-point halftime lead to 21-10 when Luck drove the Colts 72 yards in 11 plays, hitting Hakeem Nicks from 15 yards midway through the third quarter.

REBELS: Gay fitting right in “He’s fitting in perfectly,” Kopeck said in reference to Gay. “With myself, Connor and Maxie, it seemed like the chemistry started right off the hop. He’s going to be huge for us this year and hopefully next. He’s a big pick-up for us.” All four of Red Deer’s forward units were in fine form Saturday. “It’s a tough league. It’s hard to play and hard to have success if you’re not a four-line team,” said Sutter. “Especially the way Brandon plays and the way we like to play. It takes a big commitment from every player to play a pace game at a high level and high tempo. “You have to have 12 forwards and six defencemen going. We were able to use our bench tonight and that’s a good thing. In the last few games we’ve been able to do that and since the Christmas break it’s certainly made a big difference for us.” Toth was also a difference-maker Saturday. While he didn’t face an abundance of difficult stops, he was sharp the entire contest. The win, coming on the heels of a 3-1 verdict at Cranbrook, was the Rebels’ third in succession and boosted the team into second place in the Central Division, one point ahead of the Calgary Hitmen who fell 5-4 to the visiting

Wheat Kings Sunday afternoon. “It was a big weekend for us and I’m sure we’re going to build on it too,” said Kopeck. “Now we get a day off to rest up and then we’re in Lethbridge Tuesday. We’re just going to keep rolling from here on in.” The Rebels, as Kopeck noted, are in Lethbridge Tuesday to face the Hurricanes, then meet the Hitmen 24 hours later in Calgary. Red Deer hosts the Victoria Royals and Regina Pats Friday and Saturday • Having already completed a series of deals dating back to December, Sutter was inactive at Saturday’s WHL trade deadline. That being said, there were seven ‘minor’ deals completed on the final day, including one which sent Saskatoon Blades prospect Parker Smyth of Red Deer to the Vancouver Giants in return for a sixth-round pick in the 2016 bantam draft . . . The other Saturday trades: Mitchell Walker from Edmonton to Portland for a fourth-round pick in 2016; Carter Cochrane from Everett to Tri-City for a 2016 conditional seventh-rounder; Scott Allan from Seattle to Lethbridge in return for a fifthround selection in 2016; Miles Warkentin from Lethbridge to Swift Current for a seventh-round pick in 2017; Kolten Olynek from Moose Jaw to Spokane in exchange for a sixth-rounder this year; and Bryton Sayers from Lethbridge to Victoria in return for a 2016 fifth-round pick. gmeachem@reddeeradvocate.com

OILERS: Luongo makes 31 saves A defensive breakdown allowed Hayes to pick up a loose puck in front of the Edmonton net before spinning

around and beating Oilers starter Ben Scrivens for his 13th goal of the season. Florida came close to adding to its lead with six minutes to play in the first when a Jonathan Huberdeau shot rang off the post behind Scrivens. The Panthers had 11 shots in the opening frame to Edmonton’s nine on Florida goalie Roberto Luongo. After Scrivens made a huge save on a two-on-one to start the second period, Edmonton tied the game 1-1 four minutes in as several Oilers had whacks at a loose puck during a scramble in front of the Panthers net before Eberle was able to flip in a backhand shot for his 11th goal of the year. Florida made it 2-1 seven minutes into the second as a Campbell wrist shot from the point deflected off of the stick of Oiler Matt Hendricks and completely fooled Scrivens, who didn’t even wave at it. The two teams traded goals just 32 seconds apart, five minutes into the third period. Florida made it 3-1 as it won a race for a puck behind the Edmonton net before Derek MacKenzie fed it in front to set up a quick one-timer goal by Kopecky. The Oilers responded quickly with a delayed penalty coming their way as Pouliot scored his second goal in as many games during another scramble in front of the Florida net. The Panthers took a two-goal lead with four-and-a-half minutes to play as Nail Yakupov had his pocket picked and then the puck hopped over the stick of Andrew Ference, allowing Bergenheim to walk in and tuck the puck past Scrivens. “I felt like we were going to come back in that game and then a couple of turnovers on one play and it ends up in the back of our net,” Eberle said. “That’s what happens when you do that in this league.” Luongo made 31 saves in the victory.

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CALGARY - Canada dominated Europe in Sunday’s skins matches to win the Continental Cup at Canada Olympic Park. Canada swept all three afternoon skins games to guarantee the victory and then won two of the three evening matches for good measure. In a race to 30.5 points, Canada entered Sunday’s draws with a 22-8 lead, needing just 8.5 points to win the event — which it did in Draw 10 by claiming 10.5 points. Canada then added another 9.5 points in Draw 11 to finish the four-day competition with a 42-18 advantage. In the afternoon draws, Winnipeg’s Mike McEwen secured the victory when he picked up a full point in his match against Sweden’s Niklas Edin, giving Canada an insurmountable lead over the European team. McEwen went on to win by a score of 3.5 to 1.5. Ottawa’s Rachel Homan defeated Sweden’s Margaretha Sigfridsson 3.5 to 1.5 and Canada beat Europe in the mixed team competition by the same score. In the evening draws, Brad Jacobs of Sault Ste. Marie, Ont. beat Great Britain’s Dave Murdoch 4-1 while Winnipeg’s Jennifer Jones played Scotland’s Eve Muirhead to a 2.5 tie. Canada also edged Europe 3-2 in the evening’s mixed team competition.

SCOREBOARD Local Sports

MONDAY, JAN. 12, 2015

Hockey

Monday

WHL

● Women’s basketball: Shooting Stars vs. Spartans, Funk vs. Xpress, 7:15 and 8:30 p.m., Central Alberta Christian. ● Heritage junior B hockey: Mountainview at Red Deer, 7:30 p.m., Arena.

Tuesday

● AJHL: Camrose at Olds, 7 p.m. ● WHL: Red Deer at Lethbridge, 7 p.m. (The Drive). ● Men’s basketball: Wells Furniture vs. Vikings, Silver Spurs vs. Sheraton Red Deer, 7:15 and 8:30 p.m., Lindsay Thurber. ● Heritage junior B hockey: Three Hills at Blackfalds, 7:30 p.m.; Ponoka at Stettler, 8:15 p.m.

Wednesday

● JV basketball: Wetaskiwin at Notre Dame, Ponoka at Innisfail, Rocky Mountain House at Lacombe, Lindsay Thurber at Sylvan Lake, Stettler at Camrose; girls at 6 p.m., boys to follow. ● WHL: Red Deer at Calgary, 7 p.m. (The Drive).

Thursday

● Senior high basketball: Camrose at Hunting Hills, Lindsay Thurber at Stettler, Notre Dame at Sylvan Lake, Ponoka at Rocky Mountain House, Lacombe at Wetaskiwin; girls at 6 p.m., boys to follow. ● College women’s hockey: Grant MacEwan at RDC, 7 p.m., Arena. ● Men’s basketball: Carstar vs. Orangemen, Kingsmen vs. Bulldog Scrap Metal, 7:15 and 8:30 p.m., Lindsay Thurber.

Friday

● College basketball: St. Mary’s University at RDC; women at 6 p.m., men to follow. ● WHL: Victoria at Red Deer, 7 p.m., Centrium. ● College men’s hockey: Briercrest at RDC, 7 p.m., Penhold Regional Multiplex. ● Midget AA hockey: Sylvan Lake at Red Deer Indy Graphics, 8 p.m., Arena. ● Chinook senior hockey: Stony Plain at Bentley, 8:30 p.m.

Saturday

● Major bantam hockey: Lethbridge at Red Deer White, 12:30 p.m., Collicutt Centre; Southeast at Red Deer Black, 2 p.m., Arena. ● College men’s hockey: Briercrest at Red Deer, 1:30 p.m., Penhold Regional Multiplex. ● Minor midget AAA hockey: Calgary Stampeders at Red Deer North Star, 4:45 p.m., Arena. ● College volleyball: Olds at RDC, women at 6 p.m., men to follow. WHL: Regina at Red Deer, 7 p.m., Centrium. ● AJHL: Grande Prairie at Olds, 7 p.m. Heritage junior B hockey: Airdrie at Red Deer, 8 p.m., Arena; Three Hills at Ponoka, 8 p.m.

Sunday

● Major bantam hockey: Southeast at Red Deer White, noon, Arena. ● Chinook senior hockey: Fort Saskatchewan at Bentley, 2 p.m. ● Minor midget AAA hockey: St. Albert at Red Deer North Star, 2:45 p.m., Arena. ● Heritage junior B hockey: Okotoks at Blackfalds, 3:30 p.m.

EASTERN CONFERENCE EAST DIVISION GP W L OTLSOL GF GA Pt Brandon 43 30 9 3 1 189 140 64 Regina 42 25 14 2 1 157 126 53 Swift Current 44 20 19 1 4 132 145 45 Prince Albert 43 19 23 1 0 126 148 39 Moose Jaw 44 17 23 3 1 128 161 38 Saskatoon 42 10 29 2 1 116 188 23 CENTRAL DIVISION GP W L OTLSOL GF GA Pt Medicine Hat 41 29 10 1 1 164 111 60 Red Deer 42 23 14 3 2 148 133 51 Calgary 43 23 16 1 3 174 136 50 Edmonton 43 21 17 3 2 130 118 47 Kootenay 42 21 20 0 1 134 154 43 Lethbridge 40 10 24 3 3 106 167 26 WESTERN CONFERENCE B.C. DIVISION GP W L OTLSOL GF GA Pt Kelowna 43 33 7 3 0 183 108 69 Victoria 44 22 19 2 1 150 145 47 Prince George 44 20 23 1 0 138 177 41 Vancouver 42 19 21 1 1 130 136 40 Kamloops 44 14 24 3 3 129 168 34 U.S. DIVISION GP W L OTLSOL GF GA Pt Everett 42 26 12 3 1 140 109 56 Spokane 41 23 15 3 0 127 117 49 Portland 44 23 18 0 3 147 144 49 Seattle 41 20 16 2 3 109 112 45 Tri-City 42 20 20 0 2 116 130 42 z-league title; y-conference title;d-division leader; xclinched playoff berth. Note: Division leaders ranked in top three positions per conference regardless of points; a team winning in overtime or shootout is credited with two points and a victory in the W column; the team losing in overtime or shootout receives one point which is registered in the OTL or SOL columns

Tuesday’s games Brandon at Edmonton, 7 p.m. Red Deer at Lethbridge, 7 p.m. Spokane at Seattle, 8:05 p.m. Wednesday’s games Kootenay at Moose Jaw, 6 p.m. Regina at Medicine Hat, 7 p.m. Red Deer at Calgary, 7 p.m. Portland at Kamloops, 8 p.m. Tri-City at Kelowna, 8:05 p.m.

Saturday, January 17 Lethbridge at Moose Jaw, 6 p.m. Medicine Hat at Prince Albert, 6 p.m. Brandon at Swift Current, 6 p.m. Kootenay at Saskatoon, 6:05 p.m. Victoria at Calgary, 7 p.m. Regina at Red Deer, 7 p.m. Portland at Prince George, 8 p.m. Vancouver at Kamloops, 8 p.m. Seattle at Everett, 8:05 p.m. Spokane at Tri-City, 8:05 p.m.

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Saturday’s Games St. Louis 5, Carolina 4, SO Winnipeg 5, Los Angeles 4, SO Boston 3, Philadelphia 1 Nashville 3, Minnesota 1 Colorado 4, Dallas 3 Pittsburgh 2, Montreal 1, OT Washington 3, Detroit 1 N.Y. Islanders 5, Columbus 2 Ottawa 5, Arizona 1 Calgary 1, Vancouver 0 N.Y. Rangers 3, San Jose 1 Sunday’s Games Anaheim 5, Winnipeg 4, SO Florida 4, Edmonton 2 Chicago 4, Minnesota 1

National Hockey League EASTERN CONFERENCE GP W L OT Pts GF Tampa Bay 43 27 12 4 58 140 N.Y. Islanders 42 28 13 1 57 131 Pittsburgh 41 25 10 6 56 122 Montreal 41 26 12 3 55 111

Saturday’s results Everett 3 Swift Current 1 Moose Jaw 4 Edmonton 3 Prince Albert 6 Regina 5 Saskatoon 6 Kootenay 4 Red Deer 6 Brandon 1

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WESTERN CONFERENCE GP W L OT Pts GF GA Nashville 41 28 9 4 60 125 93 Anaheim 43 27 10 6 60 121 118 Chicago 43 28 13 2 58 134 95 Vancouver 40 23 14 3 49 113 104 St. Louis 42 26 13 3 55 136 105 San Jose 43 22 16 5 49 116 118 Winnipeg 43 21 14 8 50 113 109 Los Angeles 42 19 13 10 48 119 112 Calgary 43 22 18 3 47 123 114 Colorado 42 18 16 8 44 112 122 Dallas 41 18 16 7 43 126 135 Minnesota 41 18 18 5 41 111 121 Arizona 41 16 21 4 36 97 136 Edmonton 43 10 24 9 29 97 145 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss.

Friday, January 16 Kootenay at Prince Albert, 6 p.m. Moose Jaw at Swift Current, 6 p.m. Medicine Hat at Saskatoon, 6:05 p.m. Lethbridge at Brandon, 6:30 p.m. Victoria at Red Deer, 7 p.m. Regina at Edmonton, 7 p.m. Portland at Prince George, 8 p.m. Seattle at Kelowna, 8:30 p.m. Tri-City at Vancouver, 8:30 p.m. Spokane at Everett, 8:35 p.m.

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Monday’s Games Tampa Bay at Philadelphia, 5 p.m. Colorado at Washington, 5 p.m. Toronto at Los Angeles, 8:30 p.m.

Tuesday’s Games Tampa Bay at Boston, 5 p.m. Detroit at Buffalo, 5 p.m. N.Y. Islanders at N.Y. Rangers, 5 p.m. Minnesota at Pittsburgh, 5 p.m. Colorado at Carolina, 5 p.m. Edmonton at St. Louis, 6 p.m. Vancouver at Nashville, 6 p.m. Florida at Winnipeg, 6 p.m. Ottawa at Dallas, 6:30 p.m. San Jose at Arizona, 7 p.m. Panthers 4, Oilers 2 First Period 1. Florida, Hayes 13 (Bjugstad, Jokinen) 4:01. Second Period 2. Edmonton, Eberle 11 (Hall, Schultz) 4:07. 3. Florida, Campbell 3 (Ekblad, Jokinen) 6:56. Third Period 4. Florida, Kopecky 2 (Mackenzie, Upshall) 5:08. 5. Edmonton, Pouliot 6 (Roy, Nikitin) 5:40. 6. Florida, Bergenheim 7 (Fleischmann) 15:28. Shots on goal by Florida 11 10 6 — 27 Edmonton 9 14 10 — 33 Goal — Florida: Luongo (W, 17-7-7); Edmonton: Scrivens (L, 8-14-7). Power plays (goal-chances) — Florida: 0-2; Edmonton: 0-2. Ducks 5, Jets 4 (SO) First Period 1. Winnipeg, Kane 7 (Lowry, Enstrom) 7:47. 2. Anaheim, Rakell 2 (Palmieri) 8:33 (pp). 3. Winnipeg, Bogosian 2 (Frolik, Scheifele) 9:49. 4. Winnipeg, Scheifele 7 (Perreault, Byfuglien) 14:36. Second Period 5. Anaheim, Jackman 3 (Cogliano, Rakell) 13:38. 6. Winnipeg, Ladd 16 (Wheeler, Little) 17:42. Third Period 7. Anaheim, Palmieri 7 (Rakell, Vatanen) 6:25 (pp). 8. Anaheim, Rakell 3 (Maroon) 17:57. Overtime No Scoring. Shootout — Anaheim wins 3-2 Winnipeg : Wheeler goal, Perreault miss, Little miss, Kane goal, Ladd miss, Scheifele miss. Anaheim : Silfverberg miss, Perry miss, Kesler goal, Rakell goal, Palmieri miss, Vatanen goal. Shots on goal by Winnipeg 10 13 6 3 — 32 Anaheim 13 10 18 2 — 43 Power plays (goal-chances) — Winnipeg: 0-1; Anaheim: 2-0.

Football NFL 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 New England 35, Baltimore 31 Seattle 31, Carolina 17 Sunday, Jan. 11 Green Bay 26, Dallas 21 Indianapolis 24, Denver 13 Conference Championships Sunday, Jan. 18 Green Bay at Seattle, 3:05 p.m. (FOX) Indianapolis at New England, 6:40 p.m. (CBS) Pro Bowl Sunday, Jan. 25 At Glendale, Ariz. Team Irvin vs. Team Carter, 8 p.m. (ESPN) Super Bowl Sunday, Feb. 1 At Glendale, Ariz. AFC champion vs. NFC champion, 6:30 p.m. (NBC) Indianapolis

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7 3 0 3 — 13 First Quarter Den—D.Thomas 1 pass from Manning (Barth kick), 10:00. Second Quarter Ind—Herron 6 run (Vinatieri kick), 14:14. Ind—Allen 3 pass from Luck (Vinatieri kick), 7:23. Den—FG Barth 45, :02. Third Quarter Ind—Nicks 15 pass from Luck (Vinatieri kick), 8:21. Fourth Quarter Den—FG Barth 41, 13:50. Ind—FG Vinatieri 30, 4:06. A—76,867. Ind Den First downs 23 19 Total Net Yards 364 288 Rushes-yards 28-99 20-88 Passing 265 200 Punt Returns 3-7 1-(-1) Kickoff Returns 2-32 0-0 Interceptions Ret. 0-0 2-2 Comp-Att-Int 27-43-2 26-46-0 Sacked-Yards Lost 0-0 2-11 Punts 4-42.3 6-40.7 Fumbles-Lost 0-0 1-1 Penalties-Yards 10-67 2-8 Time of Possession 34:01 25:59 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING—Indianapolis, Herron 23-63, Luck 2-21, Tipton 2-14, Hilton 1-1. Denver, Anderson 18-80, Hillman 2-8. PASSING—Indianapolis, Luck 27-43-2-265. Denver, Manning 26-46-0-211. RECEIVING—Indianapolis, Herron 8-32, Hilton 4-72, Allen 4-30, Fleener 3-49, Doyle 3-14, Moncrief 2-32, Nicks 2-24, Tipton 1-12. Denver, Sanders 7-46, J.Thomas 6-53, Anderson 6-29, D.Thomas 5-59, Welker 1-20, Green 1-4. MISSED FIELD GOALS—Indianapolis, Vinatieri 44 (WR).

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7 7 0 — 21 3 10 6 — 26 First Quarter GB—Quarless 4 pass from A.Rodgers (Crosby kick), 8:30. Dal—Clutts 1 pass from Romo (Bailey kick), 1:05. Second Quarter Dal—Williams 38 pass from Romo (Bailey kick), 8:19. GB—FG Crosby 40, :00. Third Quarter GB—FG Crosby 30, 7:46. Dal—Murray 1 run (Bailey kick), 4:12. GB—D.Adams 46 pass from A.Rodgers (Crosby kick), 1:41. Fourth Quarter

GB—R.Rodgers 13 pass from A.Rodgers (pass failed), 9:10. A—79,704. Dal GB First downs 21 23 Total Net Yards 315 425 Rushes-yards 28-145 30-119 Passing 170 306 Punt Returns 2-7 0-0 Kickoff Returns 4-92 3-48 Interceptions Ret. 0-0 0-0 Comp-Att-Int 15-19-0 24-35-0 Sacked-Yards Lost 4-21 1-10 Punts 2-48.5 2-37.5 Fumbles-Lost 3-1 3-1 Penalties-Yards 5-35 10-87 Time of Possession 30:39 29:21 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING—Dallas, Murray 25-123, Randle 2-15, Romo 1-7. Green Bay, Lacy 19-101, Starks 5-16, Kuhn 1-4, Cobb 1-2, A.Rodgers 4-(minus 4). PASSING—Dallas, Romo 15-19-0-191. Green Bay, A.Rodgers 24-35-0-316. RECEIVING—Dallas, Witten 6-71, Beasley 3-38, Bryant 3-38, Williams 1-38, Murray 1-5, Clutts 1-1. Green Bay, Cobb 8-116, D.Adams 7-117, Quarless 4-31, Nelson 2-22, R.Rodgers 1-13, Lacy 1-10, Kuhn 1-7. MISSED FIELD GOALS—Dallas, Bailey 50.

Basketball National Basketball Association EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct GB Toronto 25 11 .694 — Brooklyn 16 21 .432 9 1/2 Boston 12 23 .343 12 1/2 Philadelphia 7 29 .194 18 New York 5 35 .125 22 Southeast Division W L Pct GB Atlanta 29 8 .784 — Washington 25 12 .676 4 Miami 16 21 .432 13 Charlotte 15 24 .385 15 Orlando 13 27 .325 17 1/2 Central Division W L Pct GB Chicago 26 12 .684 —

20 19 .513 19 19 .500 15 24 .385 13 24 .351 WESTERN CONFERENCE

Southwest Division W L Pct 26 11 .703 26 11 .703 26 12 .684 23 15 .605 18 18 .500 Northwest Division W L Pct Portland 30 8 .789 Oklahoma City 18 19 .486 Denver 17 20 .459 Utah 13 25 .342 Houston Memphis Dallas San Antonio New Orleans

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PGA Tour-Tournament of Champions At Kapalua Resort, The Plantation Course Kapalua, Hawaii Purse: $5.7 million Yardage: 7.452; Par 73 Third Round Hideki Matsuyama 70-66-66 — 202 Jimmy Walker 67-68-67 — 202 Patrick Reed 67-69-68 — 204 Sang-Moon Bae 66-69-69 — 204 Brendon Todd 69-67-69 — 205 Russell Henley 65-70-70 — 205 Bubba Watson 70-69-68 — 207 Robert Streb 67-69-71 — 207 Scott Stallings 67-70-70 — 207 Zach Johnson 68-67-73 — 208 Kevin Streelman 69-73-67 — 209 Matt Jones 69-72-68 — 209 Ben Martin 67-72-70 — 209 Charley Hoffman 70-66-73 — 209 Seung-Yul Noh 71-70-69 — 210

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Calgary 5 Lethbridge 3 Portland 5 Vancouver 3 Medicine Hat 5 Kelowna 3 Spokane 5 Kamloops 2 Victoria 5 Prince George 2

Sunday, January 18 Victoria at Edmonton, 4 p.m. Regina at Calgary, 4 p.m.

Sunday’s results Brandon 5 Calgary 4 Edmonton 4 Swift Current 1 Seattle 4 Tri-City 2

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South African Open At Glendower Golf Club Johannesburg Purse: $1.24 million Yardage: 7,564; Par: 72 Final Andy Sullivan 66-70-74-67 — Charl Schwartzel 68-69-66-74 — Lee Slattery 70-74-65-69 — Pablo Martin Benavides71-68-71-69 — Thomas Aiken 70-71-70-70 — Jared Harvey 71-69-70-71 — Paul Maddy 71-71-68-71 — Gary Stal 75-66-69-71 — Alessandro Tadini71-68-73-69 — David Drysdale 68-72-68-74 — Jason Scrivener 73-72-66-71 — Raphael Jacquelin69-76-72-66 — Hennie Otto 72-71-70-70 —

BRIEFS Late goal lifts Grizzlys over Bandits OLDS — Anthony Paskaruk scored at 18:44 of the third period to lift the Brooks Bandits to a 3-2 win over the Olds Grizzlys in AJHL action Sunday afternoon. Austin Plevy and Jared Cockrell, with the tying goal at 15:40 of the final frame, also connected for the Bandits. BJ Duffin and Landon Kletke replied for Olds. Josh Davies made 21 saves for the Bandits, who were one-for-seven on the power play in front of 317 fans at the Sportsplex. Jesse Gordichuk blocked 36 shots for the Bandits, who were zero-forthree with a man advantage.

Generals blow past Eagles The Bentley Generals, with Kyle Bailey firing three goals, grounded the host Stony Plain Eagles 9-0 Saturday to cap a

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perfect Chinook Hockey League weekend. Also scoring for the Generals, who were 4-2 winners over the host Innisfail Eagles Friday, were Don Morrison, Torrie Dyck, Keenan Desmet, Brett Robertson, Cody Esposito and Kyle Sheen. Giffen Nyren picked up three assists for the visitors. Dustin Butler blocked 17 shots for the shutout. Stony Plain netminders Wade Waters and Sheldon Baerg combined to make 34 saves. In Friday’s victory, Esposito potted the eventual winner at 8:59 of the third period and Desmet sealed the deal with an empty-net goal in the final minute. Sheen and Teegan Moore also scored for the Generals in front of 850 fans. Mike Wirll and Chad Ziegler sniped third-period goals for the Eagles, who got a 20-save outing from Travis Ziegler. Travis Yonkman made 33 saves for Bentley. • Innisfail fell 4-2 to the host Fort Saskatchewan Chiefs Saturday to result in a 0-2 weekend. Jason Nopper and Andrew Bergmann accounted for the Eagles goals and Ziegler stopped 17 shots in a losing cause. The Chiefs got a two-goal performance from Brian Woolger and a 40-save outing from David Tetrault.

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Cougars take bronze in tournament Nelson Martin hit for 12 points, added 11 rebounds and blocked a handful of shots as the Notre Dame Cougars downed Springbank 71-62 in the bronze-medal game of the Okotoks Holy Trinity weekend high school basketball tournament. Dani Gurdian of the Cougars, who scored 10 points and had four steals and six assists in the bronze-medal contest, was honoured as a tournament all star. Earlier, the Cougars defeated St. Peter the Apostle of Spruce Grove 73-65 and fell 89-69 to Chestemere, ranked No. 2 among provincial 3A schools. Tony Bornyi netted 18 points in the win over St. Peter, and Cody White had 17 points and five assists and Martin 16 points and nine rebounds in the loss to Chestermere. • The Lindsay Thurber Raiders defeated host Sherwood Park Bev Facey 52-45 Saturday to finish fifth in the senior girls tournament. The Raiders opened with a 65-29 loss to Spruce Grove, ranked second in the province, then defeated Sherwood Park Archbishop Jordan 55-31.

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Kings, Queens shutout Kodiaks BY JOSH ALDRICH ADVOCATE STAFF Kings 3 Kodiaks 0 Queens 3 Kodiaks 0 The second semester represents a fresh start for the newest Red Deer College Kings men’s volleyball player, Nic Dubinsky. Dubinsky was a member of the Lethbridge College Kodiaks team last year that was booted from the Alberta Colleges Athletic Conference after 10 of their 14 members were found to be in violation of the league’s code of conduct in regards to the use of recreational drug MDMA. Names of players involved in the violation were never released, but it ended the season for the entire team. It was the first time in ACAC history that such measures had to be taken. Dubinsky, a two-time ACAC second team all-star at the power position, spent the year back home in Calgary. But over Christmas he joined the Kings and made his debut in a weekend sweep of his old program, including a 3-0 (25-20, 25-18, 25-13) win on Saturday at Red Deer College. “Everyone has been awesome. I came to the first practice and right away ... they welcomed me in,” said the fourth-year outside hitter. “Aaron Schulha is a great coach, he runs a very high level, very professional squad and it’s great to be able to come into it ... and it’s back to business.” Getting kicked out of the league at the beginning of November was devastating for Dubinsky and his teammates. For the first time in years, the Kodiaks were nationally-ranked in the first set of Canadian Colleges Athletic Association rankings, and there was a buzz about the program. But it was also the fact he had something he loved ripped away from him. He spent the season instead man-

aging a bar and restaurant in Calgary and playing rec league to stay in touch with the game. “It was depressing, this was the sport that I love and had played my whole life, like it was for a lot of the other guys who played, and it was cut short,” he said. “For a lot of us, that was our year to succeed.” He found out through RDC all-Canadian Tim Finnigan that the Kings were wanting to bolster their lineup over the Christmas break, and he was put in touch with Schulha. Dubinsky became one of two additions the head coach made over the break — also adding Australia power Regan Fathers — and transformed the club’s offence. “Nic and I started talking, we had him come and train with the guys to see what the dynamic looked like and he seemed to be a natural fit right away,” said Schulha. Dubinsky made big strides in his second match for RDC. Where he was forcing things in Friday’s 3-0 (25-23, 25-22, 25-22) win, he was much more relaxed on Saturday and made far fewer errors while still being effective, finishing with six kills, four digs and two blocked shots. As much as anything, Schulha will be counting on Dubinsky’s leadership abilities. “In the first half (of the season) we were living and dying with Tim Finnigan energy-wise,” he said. “I think Regan adds a different energy dynamic — having a third Australian, all of those Aussies know each other so they have a different energy about them — but Regan is a little bit lighter and not afraid to be vocal. In the grand scheme of things, it lessens Tim’s load.” For Dubinsky, the opportunity to catch on with the defending national champs who are currently ranked No. 1 in Canada, was all he wanted — it

gives him an opportunity to go from the depths of depression of last year to a shot at ultimate redemption. “When I was looking for an opportunity to play, I wanted to go to the highest level,” said Dubinsky. “I want to play with the highest-level people and I want to excel in that way.” Finnigan led the Kings with 11 kills and five digs, while Fathers had 10 kills and four digs. ● Alex Donaghy continued her evolution into one of the ACAC’s top middles this weekend as she led the Queens to a 3-0 (25-8, 25-18, 25-10) domination of the Kodiaks on Saturday. Donaghy finished with eight kills, two assists, one ace, four digs and a block while effectively taking away the Kodiaks’ net attack. “Alex’s work ethic is unreal,” said Queens head coach Talbot Walton. “She wants to self-improve all the time, she comes every day and gives a good effort. When you know that capacity is there for a volleyball player, the skills that you need to teach and then they apply that effort, you know it eventually is going to make for a highend player.” Second-year power Miranda Dawe had a match high 12 kills and four digs. The Queens were never challenged by the Kodiaks, instead focusing on their own game instead of what their opponents were doing. “We’d been discussing heading into the second half that it’s not so much what they do on their side of the court, it’s us controlling our side-outs, making good first contacts and then working hard on defence to see if we can get the ball off the floor and extend the rally a bit more,” said Walton. RDC has a home-and-home with the Olds College Broncos this weekend, playing at Olds on Friday, starting at 6 p.m., and then at RDC on Saturday at 6 p.m. jaldrich@reddeeradvocate.com

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Nic Dubinsky of the RDC Kings hits the ball past Hakon Ostrem of the Lethbridge College Kodiaks during ACAC Mens Volleyball at the RDC gym on Saturday. The Kings defeated the Kodiaks 3-0.

Vipers merciless in beating Bears BY ADVOCATE STAFF Mitch Morrison, Dustin Spearing and Mathew Thiessen each scored a pair of goals as the Red Deer Vipers hammered the Banff Bears 9-2 in a Heritage Junior Hockey League game Sunday evening at the Arena. Also scoring for the Vipers, who host the Mountainview Colts tonight at 7:30 p.m. at the Arena, were Cole de Graaf, Brett Marsollier and Colton Weseen. Klay Munro turned aside 30 shots aside for the win, while Bears goalie Korbinian Lutz faced 40 shots. In other Heritage League weekend games:

● The Northern Division front-running Blackfalds Wranglers got a twogoal performance from Robin Carlson Saturday in a 5-2 victory over the host Medicine Hats Cubs. Trent Hermary, Cole Laing and Bryce Marshaall allied tallied for the Wranglers, who trailed 2-1 after one period and led 3-2 after 40 minutes and were two-for-five on the power play. Winning netminder Kyle Baumgarder made 22 saves as the visitors held a 48-24 shots advantage over the Cubs, who were zero-for-five with a man advantage. ● The Three Hills Thrashers struck for three unanswered second-period goals en route to an 8-3 win over the host Banff Bears Saturday.

Spencer Fournier scored twice and added an assist for the Thrashers, while Connor Ablett, Tyler Newsham, Kelby Stevens, Patrick Fougere, Russell Olson and Cody Phillips each had a goal. In addition, Ablett, Newsham and Stevens each picked up a pair of helpers. Brady Hoover turned aside 41 shots as the winning goaltender. Three Hills outshot Banff 47-44. ● The Stettler Lightning split a pair of contests, downing the visiting Thrashers 5-1 Friday and falling 6-2 at home Saturday to the Mountainview Colts. Dylan Houston connected twice in Stettler’s victory, with Scott Ternes, Mark Dietz and Logan Davidson also

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Kings split weekend series with Kodiaks LETHBRIDGE — The RDC Kings (11-3) split their weekend series with the Lethbridge Kodiaks (11-3) as they opened the second half of the Alberta Colleges Athletic Association men’s basketball season. The Kings won 88-77 on Friday, led by Matt John’s double-double, 10 points and 11 assists. On Saturday they fell 83-69 to the Kodiaks, struggling offensively and turning the ball over 24 times. Matt Matear led the Kings with 16 points while Benny Bankazo added 10 rebounds. RDC still won the season series 3-1 giving them the tie-breaker between the two first place clubs. The RDC Queens (2-12) were crushed by the Kodiaks (14-0) in both women’s games, losing 93-37 on Friday and 72-47 on Saturday.

scoring for the hosts. Fournier notched the lone Three Hills goal. Simon Thieleman turned asie 27 shots in the Stettler net. Thrashers goalie Greg Pols made 33 saves. Reese Anheliger sniped both Lightning goals in Saturday’s setback. Thieleman and Jordan McCallum combined to make 25 saves for Stettler, outhsot 31-27. ● Brendan Scott and Teagan Colonna scored third-period goals for the Ponoka Stampeders in a 9-2 Friday loss to the host Airdrie Thunder. Stamps goaltenders Zane Steeves and Eli Falls faced a total of 56 shots in the Ponoka net. The visitors, with only 11 skaters, managed 34 shots at Airdrie netminder James Fisk.

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Gillian Griffin had a team high six points in their loss on Friday. On Saturday Dedra Janvier led the Queens with 12 points while Kennedy Burgess had 11. RDC plays St. Mary’s University in a home-and-home set this weekend, at RDC on Friday at 6 p.m. and then in Calgary on Saturday. • The RDC Kings (8-9-0-1) completed their ACAC men’s hockey sweep of the Concordia Thunder (3-15-1-1), beating them 4-3 in overtime on Saturday in Edmonton. Joel Topping tied the game for the Kings with 14 seconds to go with his second goal of the game and Clayton Petrie scored the winner at 2:30 of the extra frame. Riley Simpson also scored for the Kings while Mike Salmon made 25 saves for the win. RDC outshot the host Thunder 52-28. The Kings host Briercrest College (316-0-1) twice this weekend in Penhold, at 7 p.m. on Friday and 1:30 p.m. on Saturday.

Minor midget AAA Braidon Westin scored the lone goal — a power-play marker — for the host Red Deer Aero Equipment Chiefs in a 3-1 loss to the Calgary Blazers Saturday. Riley Katchuik made 26 saves for the Chiefs, who outshot their guests 31-29. On Friday, Aero Equipment posted a 5-4 win over the visiting Calgary Blackhawks. Details were unavailabe. Meanwhile, the Red Deer North Star Chiefs dropped a 3-2 decision to the host Southeast Tigers Saturday. Jeremy Klessens notched both goals for the Chiefs, who held a 36-33 edge in shots while getting a 33-save effort from Canon Whitbread. Major midget girls The Red Deer Sutter Fund Chiefs suffered a pair of weekend

home-ice setbacks, losing 4-0 to the Rockyview Raiders and 3-2 to the Lloydminster Steelers. Sarah Murray made 19 saves in the loss to the Raiders, whose goaltender Courtney Toney faced just 11 shots. Mairead Bast and Breanna Martin were the Red Deer goal scorers in the loss to Lloydminster. Murray made 16 saves as the Chiefs held a 28-19 edge in shots. Major bantam girls Caleigh Meraw, Megan Benoit and Shaelynne Bilodeau each scored twice to led the Red Deer Sutter Fund Chiefs to a 7-1 victory over the visiting Southeast Tigers Saturday. Jenna Hollman also scored for the winners, while Chantelle Sandquist made 18 saves. Red Deer, which led 1-0 and 3-1 by periods, held a 27-19 advantage in shots.

Chiefs inch closer to playoff spot with win BY JOSH ALDRICH ADVOCATE STAFF Chiefs 3 Kings 2 The Red Deer Optimist Chiefs can see the light at the end of the tunnel. With the Chiefs’ 3-2 win over the Sherwood Park Kings (10-8-8), they moved to one point out of sixth place and a playoff spot in the Alberta Midget Hockey League South Division and two points out of fourth place. The Chiefs (10-11-5) have done a lot of digging to get themselves out of an early season hole that had playoffs as a distant goal. But first year head coach Brandin Cote has stuck to his guns and is now seeing his persistence pay off. “We’re on a bit of a roll here and we just have to keep playing the right way,” said Cote. Andrew Kartusch scored twice for the Chiefs, including the game winner on the power play at 7:51 of the third period, while Kale Howarth scored the other. Cole Sears made 31 saves for the win. Joel Lakusta and Jack Hamly replied for Sherwood Park while Korlan Vader made 30 saves in the loss. The Kings took a 2-0 lead at 2:42 of

the second period, but the Chiefs came roaring back, scoring two goals in 51 seconds just over five minutes into the frame. Kartusch completed the come back by snapping a rebound into a gaping cage mid-way through the third period. Most importantly, however, they killed off a Tyreese Goodrunning double-minor for spearing, taking just 27 seconds after the go-ahead goal. “Our penalty kill, I can’t complain about, all year it’s been fairly consistent,” said Cote. “Our power play, we’ve been working on that and we got two (goals) tonight. Our specialty teams were a big factor in the game.” The Chiefs have been running red hot with five wins in their last six games. Though they are one point behind the Calgary Flames (9-10-8) and Calgary Northstars (10-13-6) for the sixth and final playoff spot in the South, they still have a game in hand over the Flames and three over the Northstars. The Lethbridge Hurricanes are also within range in fourth place, two points ahead of Chiefs but also with one more game played than Red Deer. This week the Chiefs hit the road for a pair of games, in Leduc against the

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Red Deer Optimist Chiefs forward Parker Smyth is tripped into the boards by Sherwood Park Kings Joel Lakusta during Alberta Midget Hockey League action at the Red Deer Arena on Sunday. Red Deer won 3-2. Oil Kings on Thursday at 7:45 p.m. and in Lethbridge on Sunday at 2:45 p.m. “You want to be playing hockey in March and April and in order to do that you have to get better,” said

Cote. “You can win all the games in the world at the start of the year, but if you’re no good when it comes to crunch time then it doesn’t matter.” jaldrich@reddeeradvocate.com

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Dallas Cowboys wide receiver Dez Bryant catches a pass against Green Bay Packers cornerback Sam Shields during the second half of an NFL divisional playoff football game Sunday, in Green Bay, Wis. The play was reversed. The Packers won 26-21.

Bryant’s drop costs Cowboys in loss to Packers BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Green Bay 26 Dallas 21 GREEN BAY, Wis. — Hobbled but happy, Aaron Rodgers might have felt a bit lucky, too. No matter: The All-Pro quarterback and his Green Bay Packers are one step away from the Super Bowl. More stationary than usual because of a left calf injury, Rodgers rallied the Packers from an 8-point deficit with two second-half touchdowns passes to beat Dallas 26-21 Sunday. The Packers (13-4), helped immensely by a video reversal with 4:06 remaining, went undefeated at Lambeau Field this season. They head to Seattle next weekend for the NFC title game. The Seahawks (13-4) beat Green Bay in the season opener, 36-16. “I think I got 120 minutes left in me,” Rodgers said. Green Bay might not have had any time left in its season if not for referee Gene Steratore’s decision. Dez Bryant’s leaping, bobbling 31-yard catch at the Packers 1 on a fourth-and-2 play was challenged by Green Bay coach Mike McCarthy. Instead of firstand-goal for Dallas (13-5), the ball went over to the Packers. “Some people think throwing the red flag is fun,” Packers coach Mike McCarthy said. “It was such an impactful play, you had to challenge. It was a confident challenge. And a hopeful one, too.” One packed with controversy, as well. “Look, I’ll tell you this, I’ve never seen that a day in my life,” Bryant said. “I want to know why it wasn’t a catch.” Because Bryant didn’t maintain control all the way to the ground, as the rule states. Replays showed Bryant bobbling the ball as he rolled into the end zone, with part of it touching the field. “By rule he must hold onto it throughout entire

process of contacting the ground,” tweeted Dean Blandino, the league’s director of officiating. “He didn’t, so it is incomplete.” An impassioned Bryant didn’t buy it. “All I know is I had possession, I had possession of the ball coming down,” Bryant said. “That’s possession, right? One, two, reach. Bam, that’s possession.” Green Bay closed it out before a Lambeau-record 79,704 on Randall Cobb’s diving 12-yard reception of a deflected pass on third-and-11. That gave Cobb eight catches for 116 yards and set off a raucous celebration at the iconic venue. “It’s unbelievable,” Cobb said. “For the ball to get tipped and magically appear in my area, you can’t tell me there’s not a God. That was a crazy play.” The Cowboys’ first post-season trip to Green Bay since the 1967 Ice Bowl for the NFL championship resulted in their first road defeat of the season after eight victories. Dallas got 123 yards rushing from league leader DeMarco Murray and a courageous effort from Tony Romo, who hurt his left leg in the third quarter. That meant there were two hobbling quarterbacks. All-Pro Rodgers, bothered by a left calf he injured in Game 15, lost much of his trademark elusiveness as the game wore on. “A little bit worse, yeah,” Rodgers said of how his calf felt as the game progressed. “Hard to say, see how it feels in the morning.” Regardless, he was on-target for a short pass to Davante Adams that turned into the 41-yard score to make it 21-20. Then he sharply guided the Packers 80 yards to the winning points, a 13-yard bullet to backup tight end Richard Rodgers in the back of the end zone. Murray atoned in style for a third-quarter fumble, gaining 32 yards on the Cowboys’ ensuing possession, including a 29-yard sprint one play after Romo hurt his leg.

New England 35 Baltimore 31 FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — Skeptics pounced when a blowout loss left the New England Patriots with a 2-2 record. Quarterback Tom Brady was over the hill, they said. Maybe Bill Belichick wasn’t a coaching genius after all. But the Patriots never had doubts. Not when they endured grueling practices to get back on track. And not when they trailed by 14 points twice in their most important game — so far — of the season. “There was never any panic,” special teams ace Matthew Slater said of their 35-31 divisional playoff win over the Baltimore Ravens on Saturday. “I think we just turned to each other and said, ’Hey, man, we’ve come too far to surrender now.’ ” Even if no team in NFL history had won a playoff game after falling behind twice by at least 14 points. The stirring victory against a post-season nemesis was another step in the Patriots quest for a fourth Super Bowl title and their sixth appearance in that game in Brady’s 13 seasons as a starter. The Patriots are in the AFC title game for the ninth time in those 13 years and for the fourth straight season. They’ll host Indianapolis next Sunday. The Colts advanced with a 24-13 win over the Denver Broncos in an AFC divisional game Sunday. The Patriots routed the Colts 42-20 on Nov. 16 at Foxborough. “Every team starts the year with great hope and we were one of those teams,” Brady said, “and we’re still standing.” The Patriots (13-4) began the season with a 33-20 loss in Miami in which they let the Dolphins come back from a 20-10 halftime deficit. After two wins, they lost 41-14 in Kansas City after falling into a 27-0 hole that even they couldn’t overcome. They began their comeback to a playoff berth with a 43-17 rout of Cincinnati, starting a 10-1 run that included consecutive 22-point wins over Denver and Indianapolis. They rested key players in their 17-9 loss to Buffalo in the finale after having clinched the top seed in the AFC. Then Baltimore came to town and scored touchdowns on its first two possessions in a stadium where it was 2-1 in the playoffs. The Patriots tied it at 14 then trailed 28-14 early in the third quarter. “I don’t think that’s a formula to win a lot of playoff games,” Belichick said of the 14-point deficits, but “they’re a tough group and they never give up, no matter what the situation is.” Last season the Patriots overcame double-digit halftime deficits for two victories — 27-17 over Miami after trailing 17-3 and 34-31 over Denver in overtime after trailing 24-0. “We’ve been in some games where it seemed like we were out of it and you just keep playing,” safety Devin McCourty said. “With our offence, they can always put points on the board.” Even after the star quarterback makes what he called “a terrible play.” With the score 14-14 with just over a minute left in the first half, Brady threw an interception to Daryl Smith and the Ravens capitalized on Joe Flacco’s 11-yard touchdown pass to Owen Daniels for a 21-14 halftime lead.

Chancellor interception seals Seahawks win WILSON THROWS THREE TDS IN LOPSIDED VICTORY BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Seattle 33 Carolina 17 SEATTLE — This time Russell Wilson did it with his arm, passing the Seattle Seahawks into the NFC championship game for the second straight year with a big assist from Kam Chancellor. The Seahawks are one step closer to defending their Super Bowl title. “It’s exciting but the job is not done. There is still a lot more to do,” Wilson said. Wilson threw for 268 yards and three touchdowns, Chancellor returned an interception 90 yards for a TD midway through the fourth quarter and the Seahawks beat the Carolina Panthers 31-17 on Saturday night in an NFC divisional playoff game. Wilson was nearly flawless in one of the best playoff performances of his young career. He took shots downfield and was perfect on third downs. Wilson threw a 16-yard touchdown to Doug Baldwin in the first quarter, found Jermaine Kearse for a 63-yard TD in the second quarter and capped

his night with a 25-yard strike to Luke Willson with 10:26 remaining that gave Seattle a 24-10 lead. Even with Wilson’s passing prowess, the capper was still to come from the most impressive athlete on the field. “I don’t know if a strong safety can have a better game than Kam did tonight,” Seattle coach Pete Carroll said. Chancellor wowed everyone by twice jumping over the Carolina offensive line on a pair of Graham Gano field goal attempts at the end of the first half. And he showed that he’s a pretty good safety in coverage, too. With Carolina driving and trying to cut Seattle’s 14-point lead in half, Chancellor anticipated Cam Newton’s throw. Newton’s primary target was covered and when he came back to try and find Ed Dickson, Chancellor jumped the throw and returned his third career post-season interception for a touchdown. For all the tackles Chancellor made — and his hurdling exhibition — it was the hulking safety running alone for the first TD of his career that left CenturyLink Field shaking. “We have a full trust and under-

standing of his athletic ability. He’s a freaking monster,” Seattle cornerback Richard Sherman said. “... He’s damages people’s souls.” It was the longest touchdown in Seattle’s post-season history, topping Percy Harvin’s 87-yard kickoff return for a touchdown in last season’s Super Bowl. “It felt awesome. It felt like preparation. It felt like everything I worked all week for,” Chancellor said. The Seahawks (13-4) never trailed and became the first defending Super Bowl champion to win a playoff game the following season since New England in January 2006. Since that Patriots victory, three defending champions have earned byes only to lose in the divisional round, the last being Green Bay in the 2011

playoffs. Seattle will host either Green Bay or Dallas next Sunday for a trip to the Super Bowl. Newton threw a pair of touchdowns to Kelvin Benjamin, but Carolina (8-91) couldn’t overcome three turnovers, two of which the Seahawks turned into touchdowns. After knocking off Arizona in the wild-card round last week, Carolina was trying to be the first team to reach a conference championship game after having a losing record in the regular season. Much like the previous three regular-season games between the two teams, Carolina made it difficult on Seattle. The best running team in the NFL this season was held to 100 yards rushing by the Panthers defence.

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Ortio stands tall to shutout Canucks EMERGENCY AHL CALL-UP MAKES 36 SAVES IN WINNING EFFORT BY THE CANADIAN PRESS Calgary 1 Vancouver 0 VANCOUVER — Joni Ortio had to overcome a lot more than the Vancouver Canucks to record the first shutout of his NHL career. The rookie goalie made 36 saves to help the Calgary Flames blank their Pacific Division rivals 1-0 on Saturday following a 48-hour ordeal that included lost baggage, a cancelled flight and a new pair of contact lenses. Ortio was recalled by the Flames from their AHL affiliate on Wednesday after Karri Ramo went down with an injury, but didn’t join the team until Friday afternoon. “It wasn’t fun, I’ll tell you that much,” said Ortio. “There was a huge snowstorm in Chicago and I kind of got stranded there and cancelled my flight and I went through Toronto and Winnipeg on my way to Calgary. “I know shorter routes than that.” To make matters worse, the airline lost his luggage — including his contacts — and sticks somewhere in transit. “I don’t know where, but I got replacement (contact lenses),” said Ortio. “My gear made it, thank God.” The 23-year-old shook all that off to help Calgary (22-18-3) snap a threegame losing streak and pick up its first victory over Vancouver since March 2013. Ortio — who played his first game in the NHL this season and just the 10th

of his career — is also the first Flames goalie to shut out the Canucks since Miikka Kiprusoff did it in a 1-0 victory back on Nov. 5, 2005. The pair also just happen to both be from Turku, Finland. “When I was growing up, when I was little I looked up to (Kiprusoff) a lot when he was playing back home for my hometown team and then when he came over I kept following him,” said Ortio, who backed up Jonas Hiller in Friday’s 6-5 loss to the Florida Panthers. “He’s been a big influence on my career for sure. “It makes it more special. I think it was about time someone shut out the Canucks.” Mikael Backlund scored in the first period for a Calgary team that came in 0-6-3 over its last nine against Vancouver. “Joni didn’t have it easy coming in here, tough couple travel days and didn’t get much sleep so it was great to see him have a great performance,” said Backlund. “Obviously it pumps us up when he makes some big saves and without him we wouldn’t have won the game. He was player of the game for sure.” Eddie Lack stopped 22 shots for Vancouver (23-14-3), which has dropped two straight after going 5-1-1 over its previous seven outings. Lack — who came in with a 3-0-0 career record against Calgary — and No. 1 goalie Ryan Miller both weren’t feeling well on Saturday. Neither skated in the morning, but Lack was deemed the

healthier of the two and got the nod. “Sometimes I feel like you can have your best games when you’re not feeling good,” said Lack, his voice cracking. “If I didn’t feel good enough to play I would never play.” Trailing 1-0 after giving up a goal early in the first and in possession of a 28-14 shot edge through two periods, the Canucks came out hard in the third, but Ortio was there when he had to be after Vancouver hit three posts in the game’s first 40 minutes. “All I gave them was the iron,” he joked. “No, I got lucky there too but sometimes you just gotta earn your luck.” Vancouver continued to press late, but Calgary found a way to hang on late despite playing its second game in as many nights thanks to their rookie netminder. “Great performance,” said Flames head coach Bob Hartley. “I thought he was in control from the first shift, his rebound control was great, great focus, big win.” Calgary led 1-0 after a first period mostly dominated by the Canucks and the home side continued on the front foot in the second. Daniel Sedin hit the Canucks’ second post on a short-handed 2-on-1 rush 1:30 into the period before Jannik Hansen rang another shot off the crossbar a few minutes later. Lack then had to be sharp after a puck in front of the Vancouver goal pinballed to Calgary’s Brandon Bollig, who fired a quick shot on target. The Canucks thought they had tied

the game with under five minutes to go, but the goal was waved off when Henrik Sedin was judged to have batted the puck in with a high stick. Daniel Sedin then had another chance late in the period, only to have Ortio again foil his effort — this time on a 2-on-1 break with the teams playing 4-on-4. “It’s frustrating,” said Henrik Sedin, whose team was 2-3-0 on its five-game homestand. “We know how big every point is. To not get two from this game is disappointing for sure.” The Flames didn’t have much of the puck in the first period, but grabbed a 1-0 lead at 5:38 on their first shot of the game when Backlund chipped a cross-crease feed from David Jones past Lack for his fourth of the season. Backlund now has three goals and two assists in three games after missing the previous 29 following abdominal surgery. Ortio faced 15 shots in the first period and had to be sharp with about seven minutes to go, stopping Nick Bonino at the side of the net after he took a nice feed from Chris Higgins. Both teams hit posts late in the period, with Flames forward Sean Monahan pinging a shot behind Lack before Bonino did the same against Ortio, who will have quite a story to tell about his first NHL shutout when his career’s done. “I guess I needed that adversity,” he said. “Stuff happens and you just have to put it behind you and not let it affect you.”

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Sang-Moon Bae, of South Korea, drives on the 18th tee during the third round of the Tournament of Champions golf tournament, Sunday.

KAPALUA, Hawaii — Jimmy Walker and Hideki Matsuyama are tied for the lead going into the final round of the Hyundai Tournament of Champions. Matsuyama shot a 7-under 66 on Sunday to match the best score of the week. He made three straight birdies on the front nine and back nine, and closed with a delicate pitch down the slope to 2 feet for birdie on the par-5 18th. Walker began to pull away with five birdies in 10 holes. But he didn’t make another birdie until a 4-foot putt on the last hole for a 67. They were tied at 17-under 202. Bae Sang-Moon (69) and Patrick Reed (68) were two shots behind. Defending champion Zach Johnson, among four players tied for the lead, stumbled to a 73 and was six shots behind. SOUTH AFRICAN OPEN JOHANNESBURG (AP) — England’s Andy Sullivan won the South African Open for his first European Tour title, beating South Africa’s Charl Schwartzel with a 12-foot birdie putt on the first hole of a playoff. Sullivan closed a 5-under 67 to match Schwartzel at 11-under 277 at Glendower. Schwartzel, five strokes ahead entering the round, finished with a 74. He had two bogeys and a double bogey in his last five holes.

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Canada’s win over Russia puts them in the gold medal game BUFFALO, United States — Canada defeated Russia 3-1 on Sunday to advance to the gold medal game at the under-18 women’s world hockey championship. Russia’s Fanuza Kadirova opened the scoring just 78 seconds into the opening period at HarborCenter. Jaycee Gebhard tied it for Canada later in the frame. Shae Labbe gave Canada the lead midway through the second period and Sarah Potomak added an insurance goal in the third. Canada outshot Russia 51-18. Canada will play the winner of the late semifinal between the Czech Republic and the United States in Monday’s championship game.

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BUFFALO, N.Y. — The Buffalo Bills are closing in on hiring Rex Ryan as their coach. A person familiar with discussions told The Associated Press on Sunday the team has offered the job to the former New York Jets coach. The two sides are negotiating the final details of a contract. The person spoke on the condition of anonymity because the Bills have not discussed their search to replace Doug Marrone, who stepped down abruptly Dec. 31. The offer was made a day after the Bills identified Ryan as a finalist and met with him for a second time. He was one of 12 candidates to interview for the job since last weekend. Ryan is very familiar with the Bills after spending the past six seasons coaching their AFC East rival. He had a 50-52 record, including 4-2 in the playoffs, with the Jets before being fired along with general manager John Idzik following a 4-12 finish. The Bills went 9-7 to match their best record in a decade, but missed the playoffs to extend the NFL’s longest active drought to 15 seasons. Ryan’s strength is defence, as it is with the Bills. Buffalo’s defence finished fourth in the NFL in yards allowed last season and produced three Pro Bowl linemen. Ryan’s challenge in Buffalo would be similar to the one he had in New York — providing a spark to a sputtering offence. The Jets finished 22nd in yardage last season — four spots ahead of Buffalo. Quarterbacks were concerns for both teams, involving two players drafted in 2013 draft. The Jets faltered behind second-year starter Geno Smith, who was eventually benched and replaced by Michael Vick. In Buffalo, second-year starter EJ Manuel was benched after four games and replaced by 10-year journeyman Kyle Orton, who has since said he plans to retire.

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MONDAY, JAN. 12, 2015

Growth puts pressure on sewage line funding BY PAUL COWLEY ADVOCATE STAFF

BLACKFALDS AND LACOMBE

Blackfalds and Lacombe are stepping up lobbying for provincial funding to build the next leg of a regional sewage line. Continued fast growth in both communities, especially Blackfalds, means little time is left before something must be done. “We are at capacity,” said Blackfalds Mayor Melodie Stol. “We know we have to spend some money on the system. But we want to spend our money on the most effective solution there is — and that’s this regional line.” The price tag for building a regional sewage line linking Lacombe and Blackfalds to Red Deer’s treatment plant is around $40 million. It would be the second of a three-leg regional sewage system first proposed more than a decade ago. The first $132-million leg, from Olds to Red Deer, is

nearing completion. The last leg would connect Red Deer to Sylvan Lake. Stol said if the province doesn’t come through with regional sewage funding, the town will have to spend about $5 million by 2016 to expand its capacity with an additional lagoon. But that will only amount to an interim solution that doesn’t solve the long-term problem, she said. “I want to spend my money once, and I want to spend it right.” While the province’s economic woes don’t help the timing for big funding requests, Stol believes lean financial times shouldn’t change the government’s own stated priorities of protecting the environment while working regionally. “We’ve been making these decisions for the last five years towards this project and one blip in the financial road doesn’t change the fact that this is ul-

timately the most cost-effective and the best level of treatment our dollars can buy.” Lacombe Mayor Steve Christie fully agrees that the line and the provincial money to fund it is imperative. The previous leg was funded 90 per cent by the province with municipalities picking up the remainder. The growth in the Lacombe and Blackfalds area prompted the wastewater commission overseeing the regional sewage initiative to bump that leg up in priority ahead of the Sylvan Lake leg. Christie sees the line as critical to future prosperity in his city. “We are at the point now where it’s our hill to die on because if affects our future growth,” he said. The mayor said several government departments involved in the project have voiced their support for the communities’ regional approach and he hopes that wins the day in the end. pcowley@reddeeradvocate.com

Online help for chronic disease offered BETTER CHOICES, BETTER HEALTH BY ADVOCATE STAFF For the first time, a free workshop aimed at helping people with chronic disease can now be accessed online. Available through Alberta Health Services, Better Choices, Better Health-Online workshops can help people live healthier lives whether they have diabetes, arthritis, high blood pressure, heart disease, chronic pain, anxiety, or any other ongoing health condition. The workshop is designed to teach self-management skills to those living with chronic disease so they can feel better and live a healthier life. In-person Better Choices, Better Health workshops have been available throughout Alberta since 2011 and were offered in more than 100 communities last year. The online version of this program will help improve access to all Albertans, including those in rural and remote areas of the province, those with medical conditions that prevent them from getting out, and those who can’t access transportation. The online workshop is also a good fit for those individuals who may be working and are unable to find an in-person workshop to meet their schedule. Better Choices, Better Health-Online workshops are easy to follow and participants can join from any computer with an Internet connection. With up to 25 people in each workshop group, interactive sessions are posted each week for six weeks. Once signed up, individuals log in at their convenience two or three times a week for a total of about two hours a week. All participants can remain anonymous and the workshop takes place on a dedicated, secure website. Led by trained volunteers, many with health conditions themselves, Better Choices, Better HealthOnline helps participants set goals and make a stepby-step action plan towards feeling better. Based on Stanford University’s Chronic Disease Self-Management Program, the workshop covers: ● Practical ways to deal with pain, fatigue and stress. ● Better nutrition and exercise choices. ● Ways to make informed treatment decisions. ● Better ways to talk with doctors and family about your health. ● Advice on how to get the support you need. Both the online and in-person workshops focus on teaching tools and techniques common to all chronic conditions rather than any one specific disease or condition. To register for a workshop, visit https://betterchoicesbetterhealth.ca/online/ For information on both the online and in-person workshops, visit www.albertahealthservices.ca/bcbh. asp.

BRIEF Crime prevention and policing survey starts soon Some Red Deer residents will soon be getting a call at home about crime and police. The City of Red Deer is about to conduct a survey to find out what residents think about crime prevention and policing in the community. “This phone survey is important because it will be reflective of the community and I urge anyone who is called to participate,” said Sarah Cockerill, director of Community Services. The survey is a follow-up to one conducted in 2011. Starting this week, R.A. Maletest and Associates Ltd. will be conducting the random sample telephone survey, which will take approximately 15 minutes to complete. Residents will also have the opportunity to participate in the survey online. The link to the online survey will be posted on the city’s website and social media accounts this week. Survey results will be compared to those from 2011. The information will help inform the continued work of the newly formed Community Safety Ad-hoc Committee and policing in the community.

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Above: Dr. Brenda Abbey with one of her thoroughbred therapy horses Crimson Deed when she was about five months old. Now Crimson Deed is also a race horse. Her mother was Alberta champion Crimson Hue. Below: Thoroughbred named A Hit Indeed nuzzles her first foal, Awesome Hit, last May when he was only three weeks old. Both are therapy horses belonging to Dr. Brenda Abbey.

Therapy horses help children with learning difficulties BY SUSAN ZIELINSKI ADVOCATE STAFF Dr. Brenda Abbey and her registered thoroughbred horses, like Crimson Deed and Brash Hit, are helping children with learning difficulties. The Calgary-based educator, who offers equineassisted therapy for children, was one of the speakers at the 33rd annual Horse Breeders and Owners Conference held at Sheraton Red Deer Hotel on the weekend. Abbey is a private cognitive educational consultant and works one-on-one with children at Peaceful Valley Stables near Didsbury where she boards her eight horses, including one that is a therapy horse when she’s not racing down a track towards the finish line. Abbey said it’s the novelty of meeting and working with a horse that helps reshape a child’s brain. “This is a unique kind of opportunity because not many children, especially city children, would have an opportunity to even be close to a horse,” Abbey said. She said horses, for example, can help children with attention deficit disorders develop self-awareness and self-regulation by using the horse’s intuitive nature. “(Children) realize that they can’t be jumping or flailing around because the horse won’t come near them. So they need to be very much aware of how they are acting, be calm, and then the horse will come up to them.” Autistic children and those lacking verbal abilities benefit from the entire sensory experience, she said. “Because it involves a lot of senses, that information is going into the brain and making a difference. They see this animal that is huge. They are able to touch. They are able to listen to them communicating in the herd, whether they’re whinnying or whatever.” Abbey recalled how interacting with one of her horses helped a five-year-old girl who suffered a traumatic early childhood, didn’t want to connect with people and had a hard time regulating her emotions. “She formed an attachment to this horse. She would take care of the horse in terms of brushing it and it would nuzzle her. Attachment is sort of the key because children have to be able to attach to be social beings.” The relationship skills the girl learned dealing the horse could then be transferred to people, she said. Abbey said repetitive pattern movements, like brushing the horse released chemicals in her brain that are very calming and reduce stress. “With only four weekly sessions over a month, she was much more calm, she was able to interact appropriately with other children and adults in her care setting.” Abbey said observing how different horses in the herd interact and imagining how a horse feels and is another way children can learn about how relationships work. It’s a non-threatening therapy because

the focus is on the horses. She said a lot of therapists don’t work with young children because they don’t have the language skills or ability to self-reflect required for regular therapy sessions. But she has found her individualized type of equine-assisted therapy is effective with younger children. The child’s family also attends sessions to watch and learn from the child’s interaction with the horses. Abbey has been involved in equine-assisted therapy for about 20 years. Usually she gives talks about her work to psychologists or therapists or social workers. But in Red Deer, she had the opportunity to speak to people in Alberta’s horse industry which is huge. Alberta has about one third of Canada’s horses which is amazing considering Ontario has so many more people, she said. “The whole conference is designed to celebrate the Alberta horse industry. To reaffirm there are many, many aspects of our society that can benefit from horses, not just the entertainment end of it.” The conference gave her the opportunity to scientifically explain to horse people exactly how their favourite animals impact their brains and improve their lives from the rhythmic motion of brushing a horse or riding. “In our society, with a lot of people who are very busy with their professions, being able to have a horse and being able to spend time and having that relationship, it fulfills a need in reducing stress.” szielinski@reddeeradvocate.com

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

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BUSINESS

MONDAY, JAN. 12, 2015

Will Ottawa dip into the reserve? LOW OIL PRICES MAY FORCE GOVERNMENT TO USE RAINY DAY FUND TO BALANCE BOOKS BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — Experts weighing the threat of low oil prices to the federal government’s bottom line are asking themselves a follow-up question: what’s to become of Ottawa’s contingency reserve? Many budget watchers believe the cheaper crude will challenge the Conservative government to keep its longheld promise to pull Canada out of the red in 2015-16. And the longer oil stays low, the more likely the federal government will have to dip into the country’s $3-billion rainy day fund, which was set aside for unforeseen events. The Harper government has repeatedly maintained it will achieve a balanced budget, despite the low oil prices that indirectly cut into federal revenues. With an election date set for October, the promise will be central to the Conservatives’ electoral fortunes. “I think it really adds to the drama of what’s expected to happen in 2015 with an election coming up,” said Randall Bartlett, a senior economist with TD Economics. The government’s latest estimate for the 2015-16 election-year budget, announced in November, predicted a $1.6-billion surplus. That projection had shrunk from $6.4 billion nine months earlier due to new government tax-relief and spending measures, which were followed by the sharp, late-2014 slide in crude prices. The Finance Department accounted for some of the oil-price drop in its November fiscal and economic update, with Finance Minister Joe Oliver warning it could drain billions of dollars

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Pumpjacks at work pumping crude oil near Halkirk, Alta., June 20, 2007. Budget watchers believe cheaper crude will challenge the Conservative government to keep its long-held promise to pull Canada out of the red in 2015-16. from the federal piggy bank. The thin surplus was also expected to provide the Conservatives with an advantage, leaving little budgetary residue for political rivals to transform into campaign promises. Since then, the price of oil has tumbled even further, from about US$80 per barrel to roughly US$50. Oliver’s spokeswoman said the government will provide an update on the fiscal impact of oil prices in the upcoming federal budget, but she noted

the cushion is available to address unanticipated circumstances. The government allocates whatever remains of the contingency reserve at the end of the fiscal year to pay down the federal debt. “We have a contingency built in for any surprises,” said Melissa Lantsman, who added the effect of oil prices could qualify as one of those unexpected scenarios. In fact, the world is full of economic surprises these days, so much so that

Is there still a case for Keystone XL? BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON — A 50-per cent plunge in the price of crude oil, resulting from abundant global oil supplies, and cheaper gasoline at the pump raise critical questions about whether the Keystone XL oil pipeline is still needed or even makes financial sense. Oil prices always have been volatile, and both the pipeline company and the oil refiners and producers that would use the pipeline expect prices to rise and plunge throughout the project’s life. When Keystone XL was first proposed in the fall of 2008, for example, oil was in the midst of an even bigger plunge, from nearly $150 a barrel to below $35, and the global economy was collapsing into recession. Opponents will use lower prices to argue that the pipeline now could pose a greater threat to the environment than originally thought. Low oil prices could make the pipeline more important to the development of new oil sands projects in Canada than anticipated by the State Department, which is conducting the environmental review, and therefore is more likely to increase emissions of carbon dioxide and other gases linked to global warming. The review found the pipeline was not likely to exacerbate global warming, but it based that conclusion on higher oil prices. At such prices, producers can afford the higher cost of transporting oil by rail or other means and still make a profit. At low oil prices, they might decide only to expand drilling if they have an inexpensive way of getting the oil to market. The price of oil closed at $48 a barrel on Friday. Proponents say that during periods of low oil prices, the pipeline is more important because

oil companies would otherwise have less incentive to deliver what they say is important oil from a reliable source to U.S. refiners on the Gulf Coast.Oil prices will have little impact on the politics. The Republican-controlled Congress has made passing a bill approving the pipeline a priority, despite a presidential veto threat. Q: Will Keystone XL lower gasoline prices? A: Probably not, but that has not changed. The price of crude oil does affect the price of gasoline, and refiners set up to use heavy crude would enjoy lower priced-oil. That would make those refiners more profitable, but it would not necessarily lower the price of gasoline. Wholesale gasoline prices are based on market benchmarks, which are more closely correlated to the highest-price crude oil on the market, not the lowest price crude. Q: Do lower oil prices mean a pipeline would have a bigger effect on oil sands development and emissions of the pollution linked to global warming? A: Possibly. How much the pipeline could increase production in the oil sands depends on an array of assumptions about global oil demand, prices and regulation. In theory, by increasing the price that oil sands producers could get for their oil, the pipeline encourages more development. But that’s true at low and high prices, too, according to Michael Levi, senior fellow for energy and the environment at the Council on Foreign Relations. It could be, though, that at low oil prices the cheap transport provided by a pipeline would be just enough to make some new projects profitable enough to develop, and that concerns

environmentalists. In either case, however, the Canadian producers would have to assume low prices will linger for years. Oil sands projects have long lives, so companies based decisions on whether to build them based on assumptions over oil prices over the long term, not based on current prices. Q: Does Keystone XL still make sense for TransCanada? A: It makes more sense than ever. TransCanada stands to make more money from the project now than it did when it was first proposed. That’s because the cost of the project has increased from $5.4 billion to $8 billion, and most of the cost will be borne by TransCanada’s customers, according to Carl Kirst, an analyst at BMO Capital Markets. Oil producers and refiners have agreed to pay 75 per cent of the cost overruns up to $8 billion; anything over that will be split evenly. Q: Does it still make sense for oil companies operating in Canada? A: Probably. Periods of low prices are to be expected over the life of the pipeline, but to producers in Canada the lower the price, the more important it is to have additional low-cost ways to get oil to market. That way they can fetch a higher price for it where it is produced. Many have already started investing in expansion projects that would benefit from low-cost market access. If oil prices fall further or stay low for a long period, however, producers will have no choice but to delay or cancel new projects. If they do not think they would be able to fill the pipeline they would back out of the project because they have to pay for capacity on the line whether they use it or not.

last week BMO dropped its 2015 projection for the average price of oil to US$56 per barrel. “I find it striking how strongly the government has come out to say that they’re going to run a surplus this year,” said Doug Porter, chief economist for BMO Capital Markets. “There are so many unknowns at this point, things are moving very rapidly, whether it’s oil prices or the Canadian dollar or interest rates. There are a lot of balls in the air right now for the economic outlook. “When things are changing so quickly, I would personally tend to err on the side of caution in terms of forecasting any economic variable at this point.” Porter believes at least some of the government contingency will be used, leaving only a “very small surplus.” The parliamentary budget office has also been busy crunching numbers to determine the potential fiscal fallout of cheaper crude, though the final figures have yet to be finalized. “I think it is very clear that if the oil prices remain at the current level, they’re going to eat into their contingency reserve next year,” said Mostafa Askari, the assistant parliamentary budget officer. “The contingency is there essentially for this kind of thing.” He said the calculations, however, don’t include the possibility the government could make additional room by delaying capital projects or introducing fresh cuts to federal programs. “There’s some room there, but those are tough, tough political decisions to make,” Askari said. With Canada’s finances in decent shape, Askari said the drive for budgetary balance is a political choice.

BRIEF Falling gas prices and weaker dollar brighten tourism prospects FREDERICTON — Falling gas prices and a weakening loonie are raising hopes within Canada’s tourism industry that 2015 will be a banner year. Ian Jack, a spokesman for the Canadian Automobile Association, says if the current price at the pumps holds until the spring, he expects an increase in the number of people travelling by car this year. “You’d be crazy not to with the price down so much,” Jack said. According to the CAA, the national average price of gas hit a high of $1.39 per litre last June. On Friday, that average was 92 cents a litre. Only 14 per cent of about 1,000 CAA members surveyed said they planned to drive more during the recent Christmas holidays. But Jack said most people don’t like to drive in the winter and he expects those numbers will rise during the warmer months. Statia Elliot, director of the school of hospitality, food and tourism management at the University of Guelph, agrees. “I think with the way the dollar is and the way gas prices are, we’re going to see good, strong demand for summer vacations,” she said, adding that cost is one of the top factors people consider when deciding to travel. “Three-quarters of what we call tourism is generated by our own Canadian travel and with low gas prices that will encourage more people to get in the car and travel closer to home than they might have otherwise,” she said.

Travel insurance: Do not leave home without it Countless Canadians at this time of year head to the airport to escape winter at their favorite vacation destination in the sunny south, or hop into their cars to explore destinations in other parts of the country. Whether you’re heading off to an exotic locale outside the country or merely travelling to another province, travel insurance TALBOT should be part BOGGS of your vacation plans. Trips are meant to be enjoyed, but an unexpected accident, illness or disrupting event can destroy your hard-earned vacation and end up costing you thousands of dollars in medical and other costs. Medical costs in the U.S. are legendary — the average stay in a hospital easily can cost $10,000 a day.

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“Travel insurance is extremely important,” said Kristina Boyce, director of retail services with Merit Travel. “I would say about 50 per cent of people actually do take out travel insurance. We tend to see more people take insurance when they go on bigger, longer international trips than they do for shorter trips to the U.S. or Caribbean. There’s a real gap there.” Some travellers might forego travel insurance because they believe they are covered by insurance at their place of work or through their credit cards, but that may not actually be the case. These sources may have some limited coverage but Boyce recommends you review these policies carefully to see what coverage there is before you leave for your trip. Another reason for not taking out insurance is that a lot of people just don’t believe anything bad is going to happen to them while they’re away and they won’t need it. “The real problem is that people think, ‘Oh that’s not going to happen to me.’ But what if it does?” Weather is another thing to take into account in your vacation plans. Insurance companies are hesitant to

provide coverage for weather and acts of God. If you’re flying to Fort Lauderdale to board a ship for a cruise, for example, consider arriving the day before. “Most people arrive the same day the boat leaves,” said Boyce. “But what if there’s a storm at home and your flight is delayed or you miss a connecting flight and end up or missing the boat? It’s better to spend a little more on a hotel for one night than lose your entire vacation.” The benefits and terms of travel insurance can vary greatly from one insurer to another. Marsh Canada insurance offers a few tips on what to look for in travel insurance coverage: ● The first thing is to read the policies carefully to understand the circumstances under which coverage would or would not be approved. ● Look for a high limit of coverage. Hospital and medical costs can be expensive, and choosing a higher limit can give you greater peace of mind and lessen the possibility that treatment costs are above your coverage. Limits of as much as $5 million are available. ● For frequent travellers, multi-trip

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plans are available. They can save you money as they provide coverage for a set period of time instead of coverage on individual trips. This type of plan would be an excellent choice if, for example, you needed coverage for several weeks over the course of a year. ● Extended stay plans can be particularly helpful for snowbirds. These plans allow coverage options for people who spend up to six months of the year abroad. ● Look for 24/7 access to emergency travel and medical assistance with multi-lingual support as required. Nothing can replace being able to speak with someone who understands you when you need help. Boyce advises people to get insurance that meets their particular needs and the circumstances of their travel plans. “Think about your situation, where you’re going, what you’re doing and how you can mitigate risks.” Talbot Boggs is a Toronto-based business communications professional who has worked with national news organizations, magazines and corporations in the finance, retail, manufacturing and other industrial sectors.

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Outlook gloomier for oilpatch BY THE CANADIAN PRESS

OIL PRICES

CALGARY — When it comes to figuring out how much pain tumbling crude prices are going to inflict on the oilpatch, one investment strategist says it’s not so much a question of how low oil will go, but of how low for how long. “You don’t really know at this point how it’s going to turn out,” said Kara Lilly, with Mawer Investment Management in Calgary. “You just want to be resilient no matter what.” A barrel of U.S. benchmark crude oil settled at US$48.36 on Friday, less than half of where it was just six months ago. The price weakness has already caused widespread cuts in the oilpatch, with drilling budgets being sliced and producers leaning on their service providers to sharpen their pencils. The spectre of job losses looms. But a big deciding factor on how well the oilpatch will fare is how long the doldrums will last. If it’s a prolonged downturn — two years or longer, give or take — it could get uglier for energy players, according to Lilly. While established oilsands projects are in good shape, expansions to existing developments depend on a

long-term oil price of around US$70 — higher for ones being built from scratch. “What ultimately matters for the oilsands group will not be are oil prices low at US$50 for the next month, but are oil prices going to stay low for the next two years and that’s what they’re really going to feel a bigger impact,” she said, adding the prospect for pipeline expansions gets dicey in the latter scenario, too. “If it’s only a short blip, then they can manage.” It’s going to get worse before it gets better, said Scott Smith, a market analyst with Cambridge Mercantile Group in Calgary. “We’re likely to see further revisions to (capital expenditures) and we’ll likely see headcounts starting to fall too,” he said. “It’s definitely belt tightening time in Western Canada and for the oilsands — not even just highly leveraged speculative plays, but also for the majors and oil services firms.” On a national basis, it will be a little while before the manufacturing sector,

TSX set for more volatility TORONTO — The Toronto stock market is likely in for another rocky week as traders try to assess where oil prices will end up and how the collapse in prices to 5 ½ year lows is impacting other corporate sectors. It’s a light week for economic data but investors will start to turn their focus to corporate earnings as the fourthquarter reporting season gets moving in the United States. The Toronto market had a dreadful start to the 2015 trading year, with the TSX losing 369 points or 2.5 per cent. The energy sector led losses, falling six per cent in addition to the 20 per cent plunge for all of 2014, as oil prices dropped through the US$50 a barrel level and kept on falling. But the financial sector was the second-biggest decliner, losing almost five per cent and industrials fell more than three per cent as investors consider the fallout from plunging prices on other areas of corporate Canada and the domestic economy. “You have analysts starting to seriously think about what impact does this have in the financials in Canada,” said Andrew Pyle, senior wealth adviser and portfolio manager at ScotiaMcLeod in Peterborough, Ont. “So if oil were to stay at these levels, for a longer period of time, like the greater part of 2015, what impact does that have on the credit quality of companies that operate in that area. At what point do the banks start to feel the pinch from this? I don’t think we have really seen it yet.” Oil prices are down more than 50 per cent since mid-June 2014, with analysts saying lower demand from weaker economies in Asia and Europe is part of the reason for the drop. But the overwhelming reason is a massive amount of oversupply as evidenced by the 33 per cent price drop since the end of November after Saudi Arabia said any cut in production was out of the question. The oil-rich kingdom had made

US$67 a barrel, but it’s looking more like the low 60s based on developments over the past few weeks. It’s the longer term weakness that leads Botterill to conclude there could be downward revisions in companies’ crude reserves. Reserves are a key measure for oil and gas companies. Outside firms are hired to evaluate not only how many barrels of crude lie in the ground, but what proportion of it is technologically possible to extract and how much of it is economically feasible to develop. “Where prices are going to be two, five and 10 years from now is where economics can really trim off what you thought would be an economic reserve,” said Botterill. Botterill draws parallels between the latest crude downturn, driven largely by a glut of shale oil in the United States, and the pain natural gas producers experienced in 2008 and 2009, which was also the result of burgeoning supplies without enough demand to keep pace. “Supply and demand fundamentally shifted in natural gas back then,” said Botterill, who predicts the eventual recovery for oil will be a “slow, methodical march” like it was for gas.

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STOCK MARKET LOOK AHEAD

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which benefits off of a low loonie and lower fuel costs, starts to pick up some of the slack, said Smith. “As headcounts start to come down and labour markets soften out west, that’s going to be a negative position for the overall Canadian economy in the short-term before we see some rebalancing in the eastern manufacturing sector.” Smith is expecting to see a pullback in the oilsands until operators have some sense of where things are going and can feel comfortable planning to spend big bucks on new projects. “Sometimes it would make sense to look at a project if you only have to take a year or two of losses for a longer term benefit,” he said. “But a lot of the investment will be held off or stopped altogether.” Not only are crude prices low now, but long-term softness is evident in crude futures contracts, said Andrew Botterill, senior manager of consulting firm Deloitte’s resource evaluation and advisory business.The January 2016 contract on the CME shows West Texas Intermediate futures are sitting around US$56 a barrel. At the end of last year, Deloitte forecast 2015 crude prices to average

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it quite clear it is prepared to play a waiting game that could result in highcost producers having to drastically cut back, or even shut down. “It is a massive game of chicken,” said Pyle. The speed of the decline has caught many off guard, making it even more difficult to see where oil could end up before recovering. “We have violated so many technical levels on the way down,” said Pyle. “Not too long ago, September, October, a lot of analysts said $80 should probably hold here. We broke through that. “Then, $70. Snapped $70 in a heartbeat and then $50 became this really important psychological floor and now that’s violated and the market in general is basically throwing up its hands and saying, ’this is ridiculous, this is a falling knife.”’ On the economic calendar, there are no major releases in Canada. But in the U.S., investors will take in December retail sales data. Economists looked for a 0.1 per cent rise, with much cheaper gasoline prices encouraging consumer spending. The December U.S. consumer price index and American industrial production figures for December will also come out during the week. Aluminum company Alcoa kicks off U.S. earnings on Monday. But the report investors are waiting to see is the quarterly results from oilfield services company Schlumberger (NYSE:SLB). “That will be the big one,” said Pyle. “This is going to be the litmus test I think for the entire earnings season in terms of what is the real impact from oil and companies that are involved in the industry. And for all the things (such as) the impact of the price, what happened with the cost side, what has happened with production. “That will set the tone for that sector.” Pyle also noted that analysts will be focused on sectors that can benefit from the drop in oil prices and a Canadian dollar that has also headed to 5 ½ year lows against the greenback.

DETROIT — A walk around the floor of the North American International Auto Show in Detroit leaves you with one message: The U.S. auto industry, which nearly collapsed six years ago, is back with as much flash as ever. Multi-story exhibits have been under construction since October. There are giant video screens, including one that is 140-foot-long at the Infiniti stand. And there’s an elaborate Buick exhibit with two-story arches strong enough to hold the company’s new convertible above the ground. With house-like construction that includes sophisticated lighting, stages and the video screens, a few exhibits will cost around $20 million, said Bobby Whiting the show’s construction manager. “There’s nothing here less than a million (dollars),” says Michael Cherubin, project manager on the Audi exhibit. The exhibits will showcase new models that likely will make millions for companies as sales continue to grow in North America, China and many other markets. Organizers are still tallying the number of new models to be unveiled, but say it’s likely to top the 47 that were rolled out last year in Detroit. Among them are two new pickup trucks from Japanese automakers designed to take on Detroit rivals, three sporty new convertibles trying to take advantage of growing disposable incomes, and a 2.0 version of the Chevrolet Volt plug-in electric car. The show opens to the media Monday, Jan. 12, at 6:30 a.m. ET at the Cobo Center in Detroit. The public show opens Saturday, Jan. 17, at 9 a.m. and runs through Sunday, Jan. 25. CONVERTIBLES: As the economy improves, U.S. buyers have the discretionary income to spend on something a little less practical, like a con-

vertible. Buick will unveil a European drop-top at this year’s auto show, and Alfa Romeo is expected to show a convertible version of its sporty 4C coupe. BMW will reveal an updated convertible version of its 6 Series sedan. ELECTRIC CARS/HYBRIDS: Sales of hybrids and electric cars took a hit last year as gas prices fell. But with more stringent federal fuel economy rules on the horizon, automakers are still under pressure to make their vehicles more efficient. General Motors will debut a new version of its plug-in hybrid Chevrolet Volt. It’s the Volt’s first update since it went on sale in 2010. Audi will show off a plug-in hybrid version of its Q7 SUV, which mates an electric battery to a diesel engine. Hyundai will reveal hybrid and plug-in hybrid versions of its Sonata sedan. Even Acura’s new NSX supercar gets a power boost from its hybrid engine. TRUCKS: U.S. pickup truck sales are booming as the economy improves, and automakers are expanding and improving offerings in a bid to grab a bigger slice of this lucrative market. Toyota — under threat from the new Chevrolet Colorado and GMC Canyon — hopes to defend its leadership of the small pickup market with a redesigned Tacoma. It’s the Tacoma’s first revamping since 2005. Nissan will show a new version of its Titan full-size truck in an effort to crack a market that’s still dominated by Detroit. And Ram will debut the Rebel, a sporty, youth-oriented version of its 1500 pickup. LUXURY: Sales of luxury cars outpaced sales of mainstream models in the U.S. last year, and they’re expected to do the same this year. Jaguar, Volvo and Porsche are all expected to unveil new models in Detroit. Maserati has two concept cars. Lincoln will show its new MKX crossover, while Infiniti will debut its Q60 concept coupe.

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The world rallies behind France MORE THAN A MILLION MARCH FOR UNITY IN PARIS BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS PARIS — More than a million people surged through the boulevards of Paris behind dozens of world leaders walking arm-in-arm Sunday in a rally for unity described as the largest demonstration in French history. Millions more marched around the country and the world to repudiate three days of terror that killed 17 people and changed France. Amid intense security and with throngs rivaling those that followed the liberation of Paris from the Nazis, the city became “the capital of the world” for a day, on a planet increasingly vulnerable to such cruelty. More than 40 world leaders headed the sombre procession — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas; Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov — setting aside their differences with a common rallying cry: We stand together against barbarity, and we are all Charlie. At least 1.2 million to 1.6 million people streamed slowly through the streets behind them and across France to mourn the victims of deadly attacks on the satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo, a kosher supermarket and police officers — violence that tore deep into the nation’s sense of security in a way some compared to Sept. 11 in the United States. “Our entire country will rise up toward something better,” Hollande said. Details of the attacks continued to emerge, with new video showing one of the gunmen pledging allegiance to the Islamic State group and detailing how the attacks were going to unfold. That gunman, Amedy Coulibaly, was also linked to a new shooting, two days after he and the brothers behind the Charlie Hebdo massacre were killed in nearly simultaneous police raids. The attacks tested France’s proud commitment to its liberties, which authorities may now curtail to ensure greater security. Marchers recognized this as a watershed moment. “It’s a different world today,” said Michel Thiebault, 70. Illustrating his point, there were cheers Sunday for police vans that wove through the crowds — a rare sight at the many demonstrations that the French have staged throughout their rebellious history, when protesters and police are often at odds. Many shed the aloof attitude Parisians are famous for, helping strangers with directions, cheering and crying together. Sad and angry but fiercely defending their freedom of expression, the marchers honoured the dead and brandished pens or flags of other nations. Giant rallies were held throughout France and major cities around the world, including London, Madrid and New York — all attacked by al-Qaidalinked extremists — as well as Cairo, Sydney, Stockholm, Tokyo and elsewhere. In Paris, the Interior Ministry said “the size of this unprecedented demonstration makes it impossible to provide a specific count,” noting that the crowds were too big to fit on the official march route and spread to other streets. Later, the ministry said 3.7 million marched throughout France, including roughly between 1.2 million and 1.6 million in Paris — but added that a precise count is impossible given the enormity of the turnout. “I hope that at the end of the day everyone is united. Everyone — Muslims, Jews, Christians, Buddhists,” said marcher Zakaria Moumni. “We are humans first of all, and nobody deserves to be murdered like that. Nobody.” On Republic Square, deafening applause rang out as the world leaders walked past, amid tight security and an atmosphere of togetherness amid adversity. Families of the victims, holding each other for

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Laura Dugun, originally of Toulouse, France, symbolically holds a pen in the air as several hundred people gather in solidarity with victims of two terrorist attacks in Paris, one at the office of weekly newspaper Charlie Hebdo and another at a kosher market, in New York’s Washington Square Park, Saturday. support, marched in the front along with the leaders and with journalists working for the Charlie Hebdo newspaper. Several wept openly. “Je Suis Charlie” — “I Am Charlie,” read legions of posters and banners. Many waved editorial cartoons, the French tricolour and other national flags. The leaders marched down Voltaire Boulevard — named for the Enlightenment-era figure who symbolizes France’s attachment to freedom of expression. One marcher bore a banner with Voltaire’s famed pledge: “I do not agree with what you say, but I will fight to the death to defend your right to say it.” As night fell on the unusually unified city, some lit candles. “It’s important to be here for freedom for tolerance and for all the victims. It’s sad we had to get to this point for people to react against intolerance, racism and fascism,” said Caroline Van Ruymbeke, 32. The French president joined Netanyahu in a visit to a synagogue Sunday night as authorities sought to reassure the Jewish population — Europe’s largest — that it is safe to stay in France. About 7,000 of France’s half-million Jews emigrated to Israel last year amid concerns for their safety and the economy. “The entire world is under attack” from radical Islam, Netanyahu said, citing attacks in cities from Madrid to Mumbai. He said these aren’t isolated incidents but part of a “network of hatred” by radical groups. At the synagogue, 17 candles were lit in tribute to the victims of the attacks. One was lit by a hostage at the kosher grocery store. The last was lit by two women whose sons were killed by Mohamed Merah, a radical Islamic gunman who attacked a Jewish school and paratroopers in southern France in 2012. At an international conference in India, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said the world stood with

the people of France “not just in anger and in outrage, but in solidarity and commitment to the cause of confronting extremism and in the cause that extremists fear so much and that has always united our countries: freedom.” The three days of terror began Wednesday when brothers Said and Cherif Kouachi stormed the Charlie Hebdo newsroom, killing 12 people, including two police officers. Al-Qaida’s branch in Yemen said it directed the attack to avenge the honour of the Prophet Muhammad, a frequent target of the weekly’s barbs. Charlie Hebdo assailed Christianity, Judaism as well as officialdom of all stripes with its brand of sometimes crude satire. On Thursday, police said Coulibaly killed a policewoman. The next day, he seized hostages at the kosher market while the Kouachi brothers were holed up at a printing plant near Charles de Gaulle airport. It ended at dusk Friday with raids that left all three gunmen dead. Four hostages at the market were also killed. Five people held in connection with the attacks were freed late Saturday, leaving no one in custody, according to the Paris prosecutor’s office. Coulibaly’s widow, last seen near the Turkish-Syrian border, is still being sought. France remains on high alert while investigators determine whether the attackers were part of a larger extremist network. More than 5,500 police and soldiers were deployed Sunday across France, guarding marches, synagogues, mosques, schools and other sites. “The terrorists want two things: they want to scare us and they want to divide us,” Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius told TV channel iTele. “We must do the opposite: We must stand up and we must stay united.”

Investigators are probing the background of a suspect in a shooting spree in Moscow, Idaho, that left three people dead and another critically wounded. John Lee, 29, was arrested following a highspeed chase in nearby Washington state after the shootings Saturday. Police believe he opened fire at three locations in the western Idaho city of Moscow, killing his landlord, his adoptive mother and a manager at a restaurant his parents frequented. A Seattle man was also critically injured. Investigators searched Lee’s car and apartment late Saturday night, Moscow Police Chief David Duke said. They found two semi-automatic pistols, a revolver, a shotgun and a rifle in the vehicle, along with a laptop, he said. Ballistics tests were expected to help determine which weapons might have been used in the shootings. Authorities were seeking a warrant to search the computer, he said. “There’s still nothing to identify a specific motive as to why Mr. Lee took these actions,” Duke said. The first death was that of Lee’s adoptive mother, Terri Grzebielski, 61, at her home.

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AT LEAST THE FIFTH LAWSUIT OVER THE PAST 10 YEARS BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ATLANTA — The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’s travelling Bible hasn’t gone on regular display since President Barack Obama used it while taking his second oath of office two years ago. The public hasn’t seen the slain civil rights icon’s 1964 Nobel Peace Prize medal in recent years, either. Both relics reside in a safe deposit box, the keys held since March by an Atlanta judge presiding over the latest — and in many eyes, the ugliest — fight between King’s heirs. The Estate of Martin Luther King Jr. Inc., which is controlled by Martin Luther King III and his younger brother, Dexter Scott King, asked a judge a year ago to order their sister Bernice to turn over their father’s Nobel medal and travelling Bible. The brothers want to sell them to a private buyer. Fulton County Superior Court Judge Robert McBurney could decide the case at a hearing Tuesday or let it go to trial. He said when he ordered Bernice to hand over the Bible and medal to the court’s custody that it appeared likely the estate will win the case. This is at least the fifth lawsuit between the siblings in the past decade, but this one crosses the line, Bernice argued in February from the pulpit of historic Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, where her father and grandfather preached. Her father cherished these two items, which speak to the very core of who he was, she said. The Rev. Timothy McDonald, who served as assistant pastor at Ebenezer from 1978 to 1984 and sides with Bernice but describes himself as a friend of the whole family, told The Associated Press: “You don’t sell Bibles and you don’t get but one Nobel Peace Prize. There are some items that you just don’t put a price on.” The estate’s lawyers have not responded to requests for comment from the King brothers. At a hearing last year, a lawyer who represented the estate at the time said they want to sell the two items because the estate needs the money. Paying lawyers to enforce the rights to King’s words and image is expensive, attorney William Hill reminded the judge, drawing chuckles. The estate is a private entity, so its finances aren’t public, and court records don’t elaborate on the estate’s need for cash. Whether to sell the Bible and the medal is not up to the judge, or even part of the lawsuit, which is purely an ownership dispute. Lawyers for Bernice have argued, among other things, that King gave the Nobel medal to his wife as a gift, meaning that it is part of Coretta Scott King’s

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Haiti president seeking deal to end showdown PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Haiti’s leader and opposition lawmakers are locked in negotiations, trying to forge a last-minute deal to resolve a standoff stalling elections in the troubled country. President Michel Martelly and opposition officials have been embroiled in a showdown over legislative elections due in 2011. On Sunday, they again met behind closed doors at a Port-au-Prince hotel trying to end the impasse a day before Parliament is dissolved. Martelly will rule by decree if they don’t resolve the political crisis by the end of Monday. He was supposed to call elections in 2011 for a majority of Senate seats, the entire Chamber of Deputies and local offices. But a group of opposition senators used parliamentary procedure to prevent a vote authorizing the elections. They accuse Martelly of trying to undermine the Constitution. Protesters have held sometimes-violent demonstrations in the capital, demanding that Martelly resign.

estate. Bernice is the administrator of her mother’s estate. King’s heirs have previously parted with parts of his legacy. They sold a collection of more than 10,000 of his personal papers and books in 2006 for $32 million, a collection now housed at Morehouse College, King’s alma mater. Two separate appraisers, Leila Dunbar and Clive Howe, told the AP they would expect the medal to sell for about $5 million to $10 million, and possibly more, based on what other Nobel medals have gone for and King’s place in history. Dunbar said she would expect the Bible to sell for at least $200,000 and possibly more than $400,000. Howe said it would probably go for about $1 million. If they are sold through a private sale, which can bring substantially higher sums from buyers who want to secure items before they get to auction, the medal alone could fetch $15 million to $20 million, Howe said. Both items have enormous societal value and should be on public display, said Barbara Andrews, director of education and interpretation at the National Civil Rights Museum in Memphis, Tennessee. The Bible is important because of who King was, and the Nobel Peace Prize because of what it signified — that the fight for civil rights was being recognized on a world stage, she said. While museums and books can talk about the medal, being able to see it renders it tangible, “more than a photograph, more than us just talking or writing about it,” Andrews said. Even in the hands of Bernice, though, neither item has regularly been available to the public. A replica of the Nobel medal has been on display at the Martin Luther King Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change in Atlanta for about 17 years, but it’s unclear when the medal itself was last shown, the centre’s spokesman Steve Klein said. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee, in 1968. Among his children, Martin III got his father’s name, while Dexter got his looks. Bernice followed her father into the ministry and shares his gift for public speaking. And the firstborn, Yolanda, was known as a peacekeeper. Even before she died in 2007, though, the siblings had taken their quarrels public and gone through periods where they didn’t speak to each other. In August 2013 — on the 50th anniversary of King’s “I Have a Dream” speech — the estate asked a judge to stop the King Center, where Bernice is the CEO, from using his image, likeness and memorabilia, arguing that the centre wasn’t caring for King artifacts properly. That case is pending.

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS LOS ANGELES — Two members of the Tuskegee Airmen — the famed all-black squadron that flew in World War II — died on the same day. The men, lifelong friends who enlisted together, were 91. Clarence E. Huntley Jr. and Joseph Shambrey died on Jan. 5 in their Los Angeles homes, relatives said Sunday. Huntley and Shambrey enlisted in 1942. They were shipped overseas to Italy in 1944 with the 100th Fighter Squadron of the Army Air Force’s 332nd Fighter Group. As mechanics, they kept the combat planes flying. Huntley serviced P-39, P-47 and P-51 aircraft, and as crew chief was responsible for the plane of the squadron commander, Capt. Andrew D. Turner, said Huntley’s nephew, Craig Huntly of Inglewood. “The life of his pilot was in his hands, and he took that very seriously,” his nephew said. His concern led Turner to nickname him “Mother,” Huntly said. In addition to facing danger, the Tuskegee Airmen faced racism. Shambrey’s son, Tim Shambrey of Altadena, said his father recalled getting off a train in Alabama where a hospitality station was welcoming returning white troops with handshakes and free coffee. “When he and his buddies came off, dressed in their uniforms, of course they didn’t get any congratulations” and were asked to pay for their coffee, Shambrey said. They did so. “The thing about those men is that they were very proud” and decided not to make a fuss, Shambrey said. “They were already used to so much discrimination.” In later life, Shambrey didn’t talk much about his war service but he held barbecues that sometimes drew 150 people, including a lot of his old Army buddies, his son said. Huntley also didn’t talk much with his family about the war, said his daughter, Shelia McGee of Los Angeles. He told them: “I was doing what I was supposed to do, and that was to serve my country,” she said. Shambrey was a National Guard combat engineer during the Korean War and later spent his career with the Los Angeles County Department of Parks and Recreation, his son said.

that the Navy searched waters near the capital on Oct. 31 after receiving a tip from a “trustworthy” person. No submarine was found. A week earlier, Sweden had carried out its biggest anti-submarine operation since the end of the Cold War. Swedish authorities later said there was evidence that a small submarine illegally entered Swedish waters before escaping into the Baltic Sea.

materials with his biographer, Paula Broadwell. Petraeus admitted having an affair with her when he resigned from the CIA in 2012. Holder said on ABC’s “This Week” that “any investigation that is ongoing will be done in a fair and an appropriate way.” Sen. Dianne Feinstein, the former head of the Senate Intelligence Committee, urged the government to take a pass.

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BERLIN — German Chancellor Angela Merkel told the leaders of Russia and Ukraine that she’s not ready to take part in a four-way summit over the Ukraine conflict unless there’s a chance of real progress. After talking with Presidents Vladimir Putin of Russia and Petro Poroshenko of Ukraine on the phone Saturday, Merkel met Sunday with Poroshenko and French President Francois

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HOROSCOPES Monday, Jan. 12 CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DATE: Naya Rivera, 28; Kirstie Alley, 64; Howard Stern, 61 THOUGHT OF THE DAY: There will be a Tsquare. In Astrology terminology, this means tension and today it will have to do with finding a balance with others, as you encounter the ongoing changes in your life. Mars, the planet of action, will also move into Pisces which will add new inspiration. The worst is over and you will be more able to find that perfect equilibrium. Focus on the positives now. HAPPY BIRTHDAY: If today is your birthday, this year will prove to be one whereby you will face some challenges with others in your life, especially with your mother and those within your work environment. Rather than fighting for your value and perhaps financial increase, there will be uplift in those areas as you focus more on setting a positive tone and direction towards your personal beliefs. ARIES (March 21-April 19): Wherever your thoughts lead, your energy will go. So, think positively today. If you follow that methodology, it will lead you right towards your wildest dreams and aspirations. Spend more time alone, if others do not see life as you do. Just re-focus, it will help. TAURUS (April 20-May 20): The tension you will experience will have to do with self-sabotage and how this does not create a proper balance for you within your daily life, with work and with your health. There has to be a better way to release undue tension. Find that way and you are half way there! GEMINI (May 21-June 20): You will be tense when trying to figure out how to make your dreams and aims a reality. Listen to the advice of friends or perhaps a past mentor in your life. They will help you find that new perspective on life to help your create more peace of mind and balance now. CANCER (June 21-July 22): Unexpected happenings will occur with those within your family or perhaps even family members at a distance. It is recommended you go with the flow as best as you can today, even if it means travelling to create greater

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natural that you wanted to pay your respects, but their feelings come first. It would be very gracious of you to send a condolence card to Rafe and his family, expressing your sadness over their loss, and perhaps sharing a fond memory of Rafe’s brother. Dear Annie: I’d like to weigh in on servers calling people “Hon” or “Sweetheart.” I’m a widower in my late MITCHELL 60s. I agree almost entirely & SUGAR with those who dislike being called “Sweetie,” by servers. But the fact is, I have never had a young male address me in any way I found offensive. However, it is a daily ritual for me with the young ladies. I used to go to a coffee shop four times a week. About three years ago, as if someone flipped a switch, I began to be addressed as “Sweetie” or “Sweetheart.” It came with a condescending tone, too. I heard them address older women the same way. I quit going there. I took my late wife’s brother to our local steakhouse. The young hostess escorted us to the darkest corner and after we were seated, lit the table candle and said coyly, “This will make it more romantic for you guys.” Maybe these young females should get some sensitivity training before they are put into positions where they come into contact with the public. Just because we are over 60 doesn’t mean we suddenly need coddling. — Sonora, California Annie’s Mailbox is written by Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar, longtime editors of the Ann Landers column. Please email your questions to anniesmailbox@ comcast.net, or write to: Annie’s Mailbox, c/o Creators Syndicate, 737 3rd Street, Hermosa Beach, CA 90254.

SAN DIEGO - Officials in San Diego are trying to sort out how a 5 ½-foot snake wound up in a toilet at an office building. Stephanie Lacsa told San Diego County authorities she noticed the water level in the toilet was higher than usual when she went to the second-floor restroom Tuesday. When she plunged it, a snake popped up and flicked its tongue. She ran out, taped the door shut and called Animal Services. The department says an animal control officer found a giant Columbian rainbow boa on the floor. The snake was shedding and slightly underweight. It was taken to an animal care facility and bit a handler. If the owner doesn’t show up by Friday, the snake will go to a rescue group. How it got in the toilet remains a mystery.

harmony and peace of mind for others in your life. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Your perspective on life has truly changed this year. This will no doubt resurface today, but in more of a tense situation with family and those within your home environment. There is a certainty that everyone wants the best for you, but you must decide what’s best for you. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): If those you are surrounded LARISA MAIRA by today are creating some OZOLINS tension for you then perhaps interact with others, if only through the internet or Skype. There is a sense that financial concerns can be the primary reason for this tension, but this can also do with allowing the positive in. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): There will be some tensions with others in your life today. All in all, it will be a great day to hang out with friends and share in the romance of any situation you are placed in with your spouse or romantic interest. More inspired actions are coming to light now. Trust your direction. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): You want peace of mind and the knowledge that what you are doing is right. Today, you will get a glimmer of this truth, but first you will have to stop self-sabotaging yourself. Let go of things that create disharmony for you. Then, the right doors will open for you. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Much can and will be accomplished today, especially if you find the right group to share your unique ideas with. Try those within your household first, family would be even better. They will encourage you to act towards your inspirations. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): There will much accomplished today on a public and professional level. You are more than able to express your truth and will no doubt defend your own worth. Others will be receptive — just don’t fly off the wall. Make your actions count more. Become inspired again.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Today will offer you the ability to use your keen intellect to express yourself in the proper way. This includes being mindful of others’ feelings. To be honest, the more you are aware of others’ feelings and point of view, the more you will be able to get exactly what you want. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Financial or concerns about shared beliefs are truly driving you forward today. You will have those ingenious ideas, that you are naturally known for, come to light now. Also, with Mars in your own sign, your vitality and personal will to get things accomplished will show too! Larisa Maira Ozolins is an internationally syndicated astrologer and columnist. Her column appears daily in the Advocate.

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Romanian officials vow fines over ‘no pants’ subway ride BUCHAREST, Romania - Romanian subway officials have gotten their knickers in a twist over a planned stunt in which people will ride the Bucharest subway without their pants. Briefed about plans, the Metrorex subway managers said Friday that those “who disturb public order or are indecent will be fined,” and reported to the police. The No Pants Subway Ride began in 2002 in New York as a stunt and has taken place around the world since then. Organizers call it “an international celebration of silliness” and are organizing it in dozens of cities on Sunday. Sub-zero temperatures are forecast for Sunday in Bucharest, when participants are expected to turn up at a downtown subway station wearing coats, hats, scarves and gloves — but no pants.

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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.

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ANYBODY witnessing a hit and run on December Oilfield 29, 3:10 pm. at Olymel North Parking Lot involving a green 1992 MX3, 2 dr. Damage was done to the front passenger side. Vehicle was hit hard enough to BEARSPAW is a move it. No name was left moderately sized oil and behind. If you have any gas company operating information please contact primarily in the Stettler and 587-877-1392 Drumheller areas. We are COCAINE ANONYMOUS currently accepting 403-396-8298 applications for a

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LOCAL SERVICE CO. in Red Deer REQ’S EXP. VACUUM TRUCK OPERATOR Must have Class 3 licence w/air & all oilfield tickets. Fax resume w/drivers abstract to 403-886-4475

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 PART-TIME help for Burnt Lake Cafe in the Burnt Lake Industrial Area. Call Louise @ 403-342-6687

NOW HIRING for following Positions Tile setters $28.25/hr Floor Covering Installer $ 28.25 / hr Full time and Permanent 40hrs/week Min 3 year experience Labourer $20/hr 40hrs/week No experience required Full time and permanent position Valid Driver’s Licence preferred email resume at: cat1employment @gmail.com or drop off resume at Central Alberta Tile One 7619 50 Ave Suite 9 Red Deer

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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 Looking for a place to live? Take a tour through the CLASSIFIEDS

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1693338 Alberta LTD o/a Custom T’s Hire Sales Supervisor - retail Location at Parkland Mall, 4747 67th St, Red Deer, AB T4N 6 F/Time, Perm, Shifts, Weekends Salary - $22.00 hourly Experience min. 2 years, good English. Education: Some high school. Main duties: Greet customers. Supervise and co-ordinate sales staff, Hire and train of new sales staff, Resolve customer complaints, Control sales report and order merchandise, Authorize payments and the return of merchandise, Keep with Malls’ laws and regulations. Company’s business address: 45 Boyce Street, Red Deer AB T4R 1P2 Please apply by E-mail: Reachiesales@gmail.com 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 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

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(formerly Sam’s Cafe) is now taking applications for Full Time/Part time COOK, Bring resume to 7101 Gaetz Ave. Red Deer between 2-4 pm.

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SAVED LIVES OF SEVEN JEWS DURING PARIS SIEGE BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS PARIS — At a kosher supermarket in Paris, a quick-thinking Muslim employee hides several Jewish shoppers in the basement before sneaking out to brief police on the hostage-taker upstairs. In the town of Dammartin-en-Goele, a poker-faced businessman fools a pair of gunmen into believing they’re alone in the building before being allowed to leave unharmed. In the days after the bloody end of twin French hostage crises Friday, stories of life-saving courage are beginning to filter out. One of the most striking is the story of Lassana Bathily, a young immigrant from Mali who literally provided police with the key to ending the hostage crisis at the supermarket. Bathily was in the store’s underground stockroom when gunman Amedy Coulibaly burst in upstairs, according to accounts given to French media and to a friend of Bathily’s who spoke to The Associated Press. Bathily turned off the stockroom’s freezer and hid a group of frightened shoppers inside before sneaking out through a fire escape to speak to police. Initially confused for the attacker, he was forced to the ground and handcuffed. Once police realized their mistake, he provided them with the key they needed to open the supermarket’s metal blinds and mount their assault. “The guy was so courageous,” said Mohammed Amine, a 33-year-old friend and former coworker of Bathily’s who spoke to him about the assault on Saturday. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu praised Bathily during a visit to a Paris synagogue Sunday night. “I want to express my appreciation to the Mali citizen who helped save seven Jews,” Netanyahu said to thunderous applause. Witnesses and authorities have corroborated Bathily’s account.

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A police official, speaking on condition of anonymity because he wasn’t authorized to talk on the record, explained that the key Bathily gave police allowed them to storm the supermarket without having to punch their way through the shutters. About 40 kilometres (25 miles) to the northeast, another hostage’s cool head helped keep a bad day from getting worse. Businessman Michel Catalano was waiting on a supplier at his office in Dammartin-en-Goele when he saw brothers Cherif and Said Kouachi approaching with Kalashnikov rifles. As his colleague, a 26-year-old he identified only as Lilian, ran to hide, he distracted the gunmen. He offered them coffee and - after a brief exchange of fire with authorities outside - bandaged one of the brother’s necks. “I stayed an hour with them,” Catalano told AP. “I was never scared, because I had only one idea in my head: ’They should not go to the end (of the hallway) to see Lilian, that’s all.’ That’s what kept me calm.” Eventually, Catalano was released by the hostage-takers as police swapped text messages with Lilian inside. Just before dusk, the brothers ran outside, guns blazing. They died in a hail of return fire. Back at the kosher supermarket, police used Bathily’s key to mount their assault, killing Coulibaly and freeing 15 hostages. Amid the bravery, there was also tragedy. Police found four hostages dead inside the supermarket, apparently shot by Coulibaly when he entered the store. Among them was Yohan Cohen, a 22-year-old who Amine said was “someone amazing, friendly, who likes (and) who respects people.” “I’m Muslim and he’s Jewish,” said Amine, an immigrant from Morocco. “But there’s such respect between us. We’re like brothers. “They took my best friend.”

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In this photo provided by Tom Evans, Kevin Jorgeson climbs on what is known as pitch 15 during what has been called the hardest rock climb in the world: a free climb of El Capitan, the largest monolith of granite in the world, a half-mile section of exposed granite in California’s Yosemite National Park. The first climber reached its summit in 1958, and there are roughly 100 routes up to the top.

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Advocate Opportunities NEWSPAPER CARRIERS NEEDED For Afternoon Delivery 3 Days/Week (Wed., Thurs. & Fri.)

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NOW RENTING 1 & 2 BDRM. APT’S. 2936 50th AVE. Red Deer Newer bldg. secure entry w/onsite manager, 5 appls., incl. heat & hot water, washer/dryer hookup, inÁoor heating, a/c., car plug ins & balconies. Call 403-343-7955

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As part of our service team, you will be dispatched in response to service concerns to deliver newspapers and Áyers 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.

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Public Notices

NOTICE Any persons who witnessed an accident on September 15, 2014 at 7pm, at the intersection of 45 Street and 54 Ave (near Webber Physio) please call (403) 341-6164 or (403) 396-3138 for statement only. No court appearance required.

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Islamic State may behind deadly cafe bombing BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS BEIRUT — Lebanon’s interior minister said Sunday that the militant Islamic State group may have been behind a suicide bombing in the northern city of Tripoli that killed nine people. Local media quoted Nouhad Machnouk as telling reporters after a security meeting that “preliminary information indicates that (the Islamic State) is behind the explosion.” The suicide bomber struck a coffee shop in Tripoli’s predominantly Alawite neighbourhood of Jabal Mohsen, killing nine people and wounding over 30 on Saturday evening. Lebanon has seen a series of attacks and suicide bombings since the conflict in neighbouring Syria began nearly four years ago with the revolt against President Bashar Assad. Clashes have flared in Tripoli between residents of Jabal Mohsen, who support Assad, a fellow Alawite, and the mainly Sunni residents of Bab alTabbaneh, who back the Sunni-led rebellion. Syria’s al-Qaida-linked Nusra Front claimed responsibility on Twitter for Saturday’s blast. But militants of the Islamic State have been trying to muscle into jihadi circles in Lebanon in recent months. The Nusra Front is a bitter ideological rival of the Islamic State, which broke away from al-Qaida and now presents itself as a caliphate to which all Muslims owe allegiance.

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Two Lebanese men check a coffee shop that was damaged in a suicide bombing Saturday night, in a predominantly Alawite neighborhood of the northern port city of Tripoli, Lebanon, Sunday. Syria’s al-Qaida-linked Nusra Front claimed responsibility on Twitter for the blast in Tripoli’s neighborhood of Jabal Mohsen, saying it was a twin suicide attack.

Exit polls show Conservatives win in Croatia BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ZAGREB, Croatia — A conservative populist looked set to become Croatia’s first woman president after an exit poll showed her beating the centre-left incumbent in a runoff election amid deep discontent over economic woes in the European Union’s newest member. The poll cited by Croatia’s state TV said Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic won 51.2 per cent of the vote Sunday, while President Ivo Josipovic had 48.8 per cent. Pollster Ipsos Puls, whose surveys have been accurate in the past, said the error margin was about 1 percentage point. Complete official results were expected later Sunday. The vote was seen as a major test for Croatia’s centre-left government, which is facing parliamentary elections later this year under a cloud of

criticism over its handling of the economic crisis. If confirmed, the conservative triumph could shift Croatia back to right-wing nationalism, jeopardizing relations with its neighbours, including bitter Balkan wartime rival Serbia. The vote was always expected to be close. In the first round two weeks ago Josipovic won 38.5 per cent of the vote, just edging Grabar-Kitarovic with 37.2 per cent. The runoff was called because neither candidate captured over 50 per cent needed to win outright. The presidency in Croatia is a largely ceremonial position, but the vote was considered an important test for the main political parties before the parliamentary elections expected in the second half of the year. The victory for Grabar-Kitarovic — giving her a five-year term — would greatly boost the chances of her centre-right Croatian Democratic Union to win back power. Grabar-Kitarovic, a former foreign minister, ambassador in Washington

and an ex-assistant to the NATO secretary general, said earlier Sunday she felt “very confident” of a victory because “people will vote for a change.” She has said that Josipovic, a law professor and composer of classical music, did nothing to stop Croatia’s economic downturn, including a 20 per cent unemployment rate — one of the highest in the EU. Josipovic has said that the president’s duties do not include the government’s economic policies and has proposed constitutional changes that would decentralize the country and give more power to Croatia’s regional authorities. Grabar-Kitarovic also criticized Josipovic for allegedly being too soft toward Serbs, who in the 1990s fought a

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Understanding Obama’s lack of chemistry with congressional leaders idea. “People read way too much into personalities and all that stuff,” says Sen. Bob Corker. “Despite what the American people think, there are a good many adults up here that understand that regardless of how you may feel personally about a situation, we have a job to do.”

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Mitch McConnell took it as an insult when the White House issued veto threats just as lawmakers were taking the oath of office for the new Congress. “He could have waited a few hours,” the speaker said. While Obama has a “rock-solid” relationship with Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid, Jim Manley, a former aide, says even they aren’t particularly friendly. “Everybody jokes about Reid and his nasty habit of hanging up the phone as soon as he’s done with his end of the conversation, but the president’s not much better,” Manley says. “There’s not a lot of idle chitchat.” White House press secretary Josh Earnest dismisses the intense interest in Obama’s chemistry with congressional leaders. “We’re focused a little less on sort of the charm and more on the substance,” he says. Trust and good will lubricate the legislative process and any negotiations between the Capitol and the White House. It’s possible to do a deal without them, but it’s a lot harder. Nancy Pelosi, the top Democrat in the House, credits Obama for going overboard to try to build positive ties with Republicans. “The president has always extended the hand of friendship,” she says. “Some say too much.” But Cornyn describes Obama as “so detached and disengaged and apparently disinterested in doing the grind work that goes along with passing legislation that it would be hard to do anything.” It’s always nice to get along, but voices from both Congress and the White House caution against attaching too much importance to the

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‘I think he’s innocent’ BILL COSBY FINDS SOME SUPPORT FROM CANADIAN FANS BY THE CANADIAN PRESS

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Taken 3 takes over the box office TOPPLES THREE-WEEK HOBBIT REIGN BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS LOS ANGELES — After three weeks atop the box office, The Hobbit has been taken down by Liam Neeson. Taken 3 nabbed the top spot at the weekend box office in North America with $40.4 million, according to studio estimates Sunday. The third installment of the 20th Century Fox thriller series stars Neeson as a vengeanceseeking retired CIA operative with “a very particular set of skills.” The original Taken, which also features Maggie Grace and Famke Janssen, debuted in 2009 with $24.7 million, while Taken 2 launched in 2012 with $49.5 million. Taken 3 also earned $41 million in 36 international territories this weekend. “For Neeson to be at this stage in his career and be considered one of the premier action heroes is certainly unexpected, but it’s really cool and lucrative,” said Paul Dergarabedian, senior media analyst at box-office tracker Rentrak. “I don’t think Neeson expected back in ’09 that ’Taken’ would take off the way it has. It’s really enhanced his box-office appeal.” The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies slid to fourth place with $9.4 million following three straight weeks in first place. The total domestic take for filmmaker Peter Jackson’s Middle-earth finale now stands at $236.5 million. The Hobbit also earned $21.8 million internationally this weekend, pushing the worldwide total to $545.3 million.

Into the Woods milked $9.7 million in third place in its third week at the box office, bringing the total haul of Disney’s Broadway musical adaptation to $105.3 million. With the Golden Globes kicking off Sunday night and Academy Awards nominations looming Thursday morning, several trophy seekers expanded into more theatres this weekend. Paramount’s civil rights drama Selma moved from 22 to 2,179 theatres, arriving in second place behind Taken 3 with $11.2 million. The film chronicles the historic 54-mile march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama, and stars David Oyelowo as the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. “With the Globes tonight, no matter what happens, there’s nothing better than having your clips running and people having conversations about your movie because it creates a big awareness,” said Megan Colligan, Paramount’s president of worldwide distribution. “Then, we have Martin Luther King weekend next weekend. I think we’re in great shape to just play and play and play.” Other possible awards-season hopefuls that moved into more theatres this weekend included the Louis Zamperini biopic Unbroken, the Alan Turing biopic The Imitation Game and filmmaker Paul Thomas Anderson’s trippy mystery Inherent Vice. “There are a lot of titles out there in the mix,” Dergarabedian said. “It’s all about timing with these awards-season contenders. With the Globes tonight

and the Academy Award nominations Thursday, it’s no accident they’re expanding. It’s completely calculated, but it’s sort of anyone’s game to win because there are so many great contenders.” American Sniper, which stars Bradley Cooper as Navy SEAL Chris Kyle, bagged $555,000 from just four theatres. Warner Bros. plans to greatly expand the war drama’s scope on Friday. Estimated ticket sales for Friday through Sunday at U.S. and Canadian theatres, according to Rentrak. Where available, the latest international numbers are also included. Final domestic figures will be released Monday. 1. Taken 3, $40.4 million ($41 million international). 2. Selma, $11.2 million. 3. Into the Woods, $9.7 million ($7.6. million international). 4. The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies, $9.4 million ($21.8 million international). 5. Unbroken, $8.7 million ($5.7 million international). 6. The Imitation Game, $7.6 million ($5.5 international). 7. Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb, $6.7 million ($46.2 million international). 8. Annie, $4.9 million ($14 million international). 9. The Woman in Black 2: Angel of Death, $4.8 million ($1.5 million international). 10. The Hunger Games: Mockingjay — Part 1, $3.7 million.

Loud protesters, in-show hecklers and tense, tight security — Bill Cosby’s Canadian fans bore it all to share a few laughs with the famous comedian amidst the barrage of sexual assault allegations that have plagued him for weeks. When asked how they could applaud a man repeatedly accused of grave crimes, the phrase “innocent until proven guilty” was a common refrain among those who saw Cosby perform in the southwestern Ontario cities of Kitchener, London and Hamilton this week. “If they could prove anything he’d be in jail. He would have been charged, they wouldn’t have let him come into Canada,” said Mike Lethbridge, who took in Cosby’s final show. “I think he’s innocent.” The audiences who gave Cosby three consecutive standing ovations nonetheless had to make their way past loud protesters at every venue where he performed as calls of “shame on you” were hurled their way. In London and Hamilton, Cosby’s fans also had to withstand disruptions to the shows as the comedian was called “a rapist” in one instance and protesters chanted “we believe the women” in another. The 77-year-old comedian reacted by calling for calm and noted that he and his fans “hold no enemies.” The intrusion of the controversy into what were otherwise family-friendly performances made for a curious mix for at least some audience members. “We like his comedy, we don’t know anything more than that. So we’re here for that and that’s it,” said Joseph DeBenedictis. “I support his comedy but not at all what he’s done if it has happened. It’s kind of hard to be here and say that.” While DeBenedictis said Cosby had handled the disruptions to his show in a professional manner, he hoped there would eventually be some resolution around the allegations dogging the comedian. “I hope the truth comes out, guilty or not,” he said. Every ticket holder who saw Cosby — and there were some who chose to skip out on his performances — would have had to make a conscious decision to attend, noted one observer. “If they really wanted to go they would say in their hearts ’these are simply allegations, there are no charges yet, everyone has the presumption of innocence,’ so in that way they could convince themselves to go,” said Penny Collenette, a law professor at the University of Ottawa who studies ethical issues. “The people that bought tickets and did not go made a very strong ethical and moral decision.....the people that went jumped over that hurdle.” An element of denial might also be impacting Cosby’s core fan base, Collenette added. “This is somebody that is sort of like Santa Claus,” she said. “Everybody’s loved this guy for so long and it’s sort of ’oh, no it can’t be true.”’

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Roots remake moves ahead with hiring of director LOS ANGELES — The History channel is moving closer to a remake of the groundbreaking TV miniseries “Roots.” The channel said Allen Hughes, whose credits include “Menace II Society” and “The Book of Eli,” has been hired to direct the project. Hughes also will serve as an executive producer with Mark Wolper and Marc Toberoff. The new miniseries, announced in 2013, remains in development and has yet to be greenlighted. But the progress makes it likely the new “Roots” will end up on TV. Wolper’s father, David, produced the original 1977 miniseries that was based on Alex Haley’s historical novel. It was an Emmy-winner and TV sensation. “Roots,” the story of an enslaved AfricanAmerican family, starred Ben Vereen, LeVar Burton and Olivia Cole. Casting for the remake has yet to be announced.

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Discovery leaving fancy docs behind NEW BOSS SEEKS TO BROADEN CHANNEL’S APPEAL TO FAMILIES AND WOMEN BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS PASADENA, Calif. — There’s a new boss in charge at the Discovery Network, and he’s anxious to get rid of mega-sharks, mermaids and man-eating snakes. Rich Ross, a longtime Disney executive who began this week as president of Discovery Communications’ flagship channel, said he wants to broaden its appeal to reach more women and families. He has also been quick to make clear what he doesn’t want Discovery to be. The network has been doing well financially but has been criticized, particularly by the scientific community, for some specials that have stretched the boundaries of truth. Most recently, animal rights activists were angered by the “Eaten Alive” premise of an explorer who would be swallowed by a giant anaconda. The reality turned out to be far less dramatic. Discovery’s annual “Shark Week” the past two years have featured fanciful “documentaries” about megalodons. The net-

work also aired a show, produced by sister channel Animal Planet, about mermaids and another about a supposed Russian yeti. “Brands are all about trust,” said Ross, who is replacing former network head Eileen O’Neill and her interim successor Marjorie Kaplan, in an interview Thursday. “You can expand the universe of what people think you are, but there’s only so much elasticity. On Discovery, that’s why I talk about authenticity. Authenticity is job No. 1, 2 and 3.” Fictional documentaries, no matter their entertainment value, no longer have their place, he said. “It’s not whether I’m a fan of it,” he said. “I don’t think it’s actually right for Discovery Channel and it’s something that I think has, in some ways, run its course.” “Eaten Alive” had the right intention — to tell the story of a rare and frightening large snake — but misleading packaging, he said. The fervour of the story got out of control, he said. “I don’t believe you’ll be seeing a person eaten by a snake during my time,” he said.

One of his first hires at Discovery is designed to send a clear message. John Hoffman, a multiple Emmy Award-winner who spent many years in HBO’s well-regarded documentary unit, was named Discovery’s executive vice-president of documentaries and specials. As an independent producer, Hoffman most recently did the project “Sleepless in America” for the National Geographic Channel. One Discovery star whose time may be up is high-wire walker Nik Wallenda. His live walk over the Grand Canyon in 2013 was a sensation, averaging nearly 10.7 million viewers. Last year’s sequel, between skyscrapers in Chicago, had barely more than half the audience. Ross said he’s not ruling out another Wallenda walk, but that it has to be something special, and the Grand Canyon is a hard act to follow. Shark Week may not have megalodons, but President Obama’s effort to reset the country’s relationship with Cuba may benefit Discovery.

Study shows entry-level TV directing jobs mostly go to white men WOMEN, MINORITIES FIND IT HARD TO GET THEIR START BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS LOS ANGELES — Women and minority directors are losing out on crucial entrylevel jobs, according to a Directors Guild of America study released Friday. Of the 479 first-time directors hired to work on TV series from 2009 to 2014, men represented 82 per cent and women 18 per cent, the study said. The vast majority of the first-time directors — 87 per cent — were white. “There’s a big opportunity here for those in charge of hiring to make a difference, but they’re not,” DGA President Paris Barclay said in a statement. If women and minority directors fail to get a foothold on the

career ladder, he said, “it’ll be status quo from here to eternity.” Betty Thomas, the guild’s first vice-president and co-chair of its diversity task force, said studios and executive producers are making choices that demonstrate “they don’t actively support diversity hiring.” “First-time TV directors are new to the game and come from all areas of the industry, including film school. So why is a woman or minority any less qualified than anybody else?” Thomas said in a statement. Barclay, who is African-American, and Thomas are themselves successful directors. Barclay’s credits include TV’s “NYPD Blue,” “Sons of Anarchy” and “Glee.” Thomas, a former actress, has directed films including “Doctor Dolittle” and “28 Days.”

The study found varied resumes among first-time directors, with actors making up 18 per cent. Others included assistant directors and production managers (10 per cent), and cinematographers and camera operators (8 per cent). Directors from film, music videos and other genres made up the rest of the group studied. Criticism of lack of diversity behind and in front of the camera has long dogged the entertainment industry. Last year, a guild analysis of all 3,500 cable, broadcast and high-budget online shows airing in the 2013-14 season found that the vast majority were directed by white men. The guild said at the time that employers had made no significant improvement in diversity among 5 x TV 6” directors ad over the past four years.

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