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CAN YOU SPOT THE FAKES? RCMP SEIZING HUNDREDS OF REPLICA FIREARMS ANNUALLY

BY CRYSTAL RHYNO ADVOCATE STAFF There is nothing fun about fake guns, according to police.

“Until we actually determine real or not real, it’s a high-risk situation for police and the public,” said Red Deer City RCMP Sgt. Rob Marsollier. “We don’t walk up and say, ‘Hey what do you have in your belt?’ Generally our guns are drawn as well.”

And it is a growing problem in the community.

On Nov. 21, a young man wandered around Parkland Mall with what appeared to be a handgun openly strapped to his hip.

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‘UNTIL WE ACTUALLY DETERMINE REAL OR NOT REAL, IT’S A HIGH-RISK SITUATION FOR POLICE AND THE PUBLIC. WE DON’T WALK UP AND SAY, ‘HEY WHAT DO YOU HAVE IN YOUR BELT?’ GENERALLY OUR GUNS ARE DRAWN AS WELL.’ — SGT. ROB MARSOLLIER RED DEER CITY RCMP

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Travis Vader to face trial in 2016 in killings of two missing Alberta seniors EDMONTON — A trial date has been set for a man accused of killing two Alberta seniors whose bodies

have never been found.

But Travis Vader’s lawyer has warned the court that he still intends to fight the Crown’s decision to reactivate charges against his client.

Vader was first charged in 2012 with two counts of first-degree murder in the 2010 deaths of Lyle and Marie McCann.

The charges were stayed in March, a few weeks before Vader was to face a jury trial, but he was rearrested in December.

Lawyer Brian Beresh calls the arrest an abuse of process and says he hasn’t been told whether there is any new evidence against his client.

If the trial goes ahead, it has been scheduled to

begin April 8, 2016.

Vader is free on $25,000 bail but must remain under house arrest.

The McCanns, both in their 70s, were last seen fuelling up their motorhome in their hometown of St. Albert, a bedroom community north of Edmonton, in July 2010. They were on their way to a family camping trip in British Columbia.

Their burned out motorhome was discovered west of Edmonton a few days after they were last seen.

Mounties soon named Vader a person of interest and later a suspect, and he was held on unrelated charges until he was charged with the killings in 2012.

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REPLICA GUNS: Nearly impossible to tell the difference at a distance Four days later, police were called to the Collicutt Centre after a report of someone brandishing a firearm.

And on Jan. 4, a witness called police in a panic after spotting a person holding a pistol, while siting in a parked car outside a convenience store.

In all three incidents, the weapons turned out to be replica firearms or fake guns, which are designed to look exactly or almost exactly like a real weapon.

Red Deer RCMP say replica firearms simply do not belong in the city.

Marsollier said they are causing problems for police and creating potentially dangerous situations in Red Deer.

Police must take every complaint of a firearm very seriously.

At any given time, “every (firearm) is real until it is proven it is not,” said Marsollier.

Police are finding the fakes on a regular basis during traffic stops, when executing search warrants, at schools, shopping malls and in neighbourhoods.

And criminals will often use the replicas for intimidation if they do not have a real weapon.

A call from the public reporting that someone is armed will pull officers off other cases until the potential threat is defused.

Entire streets and neighbourhoods will be on lockdown until the potential threat is over.

Both the Hunting Hills and Notre Dame high schools were in “hold and secure” with heightened security during the Nov. 25 incident at the Collicutt Centre.

“You don’t know what the intentions are of the people who have them,” he said. “Are they under drugs? Is it a mistake or a bad choice in judgment.”

During the incident at the Parkland Mall, the 14-year-old followed the officer’s directions precisely, which resulted in an arrest with no injuries.

But it doesn’t always turn out that way. You only have to turn to the United States for real-life examples of a bad situation turned even worse.

Marsollier said the gun problems in the U.S. are very different than the situations in Canada.

But he said an incident can become a serious safety issue if suspects are not listening to police, and that could put the public at risk, too.

“That can alter our response,” said Marsollier.

Today’s replica guns are so realistic that it is nearly impossible to distinguish between a fake and legitimate gun in various lighting conditions or at certain distances.

The downtown RCMP detachment’s exhibition room is brimming with hundreds of seized replica guns, BB guns, paintball guns and toy guns that range from mock military-type weapons, rifles and cap guns to Airsoft guns.

If any items seized by police are connected with criminal charges, then the court will decide the fate of the weapons. They could go back to the owner, be forfeited or destroyed. In the case of firearms and replica firearms, they are destroyed by a local metal company.

And while the guns may be fake, the charges can be very real.

Marsollier said a person could face a battery of charges under the Criminal Code of Canada and the Firearms Act. Charges range from possession of weapon dangerous to the public to possession of a firearm, depending on circumstances.

Under Red Deer’s Firearms Bylaw, no firearm can be discharged in the city. A firearm means any weapon that can propel any projectile capable of causing injury or death. That includes air guns, air rifles, BB guns, sling shots, all types of archery equipment and gas-powered guns. Breaching this offence can bring a fine of up to $2,500.

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PAGE A1: Red Deer RCMP Sgt. Rob Marsollier shows off some of the replica firearms seized by police. The use of replica firearms can be punishable under the Criminal Code and the Firearms Act. The firing of the weapons are prohibited within Red Deer city limits.

CLOCKWISE FROM LEFT: Marsollier compares a replica firearm with his own service pistol; Bob Greig, owner of Bent Barrel Airsoft, ensures owners receive a safety talk before they can leave the store with their new toy gun; This replica of a Beretta semi-automatic pistol was seized from a 14-yearold youth during an incident on Nov. 21, 2014, at Parkland Mall.

The 14-year-old was charged with three Criminal Code weapons offences in the mall incident. A pellet gun replica of a Beretta semi-automatic pistol was seized. Police say he was also carrying a knife.

In the Collicutt Centre incident, a 16-year-old was charged with possession of a cap gun and mischief.

In January, a replica firearm was seized and a 16-year-old was charged with carrying a concealed weapon.

Ownership of fake firearms does not require a licence or registration, and no security background checks are conducted.

“They don’t belong in the city,” said Marsollier.

“Use them on the gun ranges out in the rural areas but just not in the city.”

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Bob Greig, owner of Bent Barrel Airsoft in north Red Deer, takes safety very seriously when selling the Airsoft guns to his customers. Airsoft is a game in which players try to hit one another with the pellets from guns that are basically BB guns operated by gas, electric or springs. Gun owners often play games in paintball facilities or on rural properties.

Greig said he gives all his customers a safety talk and explains the city bylaw and Firearms Act regulations.

For more information about the rules regarding prohibited firearms, visit www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/cfppcaf/fs-fd/replica-replique-eng.htm and to read the city’s Firearms Bylaw, go to www.reddeer.ca. crhyno@reddeeradvocate.com

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Suspect appears uneasy in video

BY MURRAY CRAWFORD ADVOCATE STAFF A man accused in a bombing death told police he felt sick when they told him he was being charged with the murder of a disabled Innisfail mother.

A videotape of Brian Malley’s statement to police was introduced as evidence in the fifth day of his Court of Queen’s Bench trial in Red Deer on Friday.

That videotape captured the police interview of Malley on May 25, 2012 — shortly after he was arrested.

In the video Malley appears worried and uneasy.

He is wearing a white t-shirt and grey pants as he sits in a police interview room.

It was the day police showed Malley some of the evidence that led them to charge him with the murder of Victoria Shacktay, 23. The woman died Nov. 25, 2011 when a bomb disguised as a Christmas present exploded in her face in her Innisfail apartment.

The Crown alleges that Malley killed Shachtay to cut his losses. Shachtay received a settlement after a 2004 car crash left her confined to a wheelchair. She invested more than half a million dollars with Malley. By 2011 that money had vanished. Malley made payments to Shachtay totalling $44,000 out of his own pocket.

During the videotaped police interview, Malley said his biggest concern at that moment was that he wasn’t going to go home that night.

“I don’t think I am with the way you’re talking,” he told McCullum.

McCullum showed Malley some of the evidence against him and how police had come to find him a suspect. This included DNA evidence found in the post-blast scene, records detailing the financial relationship between Malley and Shachtay, and Shachtay’s caregiver Marlene Punongbayan identifying Malley as Shachtay’s financial advisor.

Earlier in the day two witnesses testified to purchases made at hardware stores four months prior to the bombing of items matching the description of those used in the bombing.

In January 2012, Kyle van Delft, an asset protection specialist with Home Depot, was asked to use closed circuit television and debit transaction records to identify a purchase made on July 17, 2011 at the Red Deer Home Depot. Crown introduced 33 pages of Malley’s many debit transactions at Home Depot in Red Deer over the previous months.

Defence counsel Bob Aloneissi confirmed the debit card used belonged to Malley.

That day a roll of wire was purchased on that debit card.

A week prior, that same debit card was used in the purchase of a galvanized steel nipple — pipe with threading at either end — and one end cap for the nipple at a Rona Hardware Store in Edmonton.

It is alleged the nipple, end cap and wire were used in the making of the bomb that killed Shachtay.

Aloneissi pointed out that the same debit card was used to make transactions at the Rona store in Edmonton on Nov. 25, 2011, the day of the bombing, and on Nov. 26, 2011.

Van Delft was also asked by RCMP investigators to look to see if the debit card was used to purchase a ‘lantern-type’ battery, which was also used in the making of the bomb. However, no battery was purchased by that debit card at the Red Deer Home Depot.

The trial resumes Monday morning in Red Deer Court of Queen’s Bench. The trial is expected to last five to six weeks. mcrawford@reddeeradvocate.com

Next round of consultations on Municipal Government Act set to begin

BY ADVOCATE STAFF Red Deer Mayor Tara Veer says the new Municipal Government Act should be less about new taxing powers and more about the tools to deliver modern government.

On Thursday, a memorandum of understanding was signed between the province and municipal leaders that sets the next rounds of consultations and time lines for when the revised legislation will be rolled out.

The last major revisions took place in 1995, after nearly 10 years of review.

Red Deer council adopted a policy paper in March 2014 that outlines the principles that they city would like to see in the revised act. The principles are based on shared responsibility, flexibility, sustainability, resources, collaboration, fairness and governance. Veer said the city will likely enhance its previous submission to the province to ensure Red Deer is an active participant.

“If they are embedded in the new revised act, I think it would serve not only Red Deer well but Alberta well,” said Veer.

New taxing powers for the municipalities seem to come up often when talking about the legislation that governs municipalities. Veer said she is not sure this should be the focus.

“The MGA actually has taxing powers in it for municipalities that we choose not to exercise because it would undermine our economic competitiveness if we did that,” said Veer.

Chopper aids in arrest of man in Red Deer

BY ADVOCATE STAFF A Calgary police helicopter was used on Thursday to help in the arrest a man in Red Deer who police accuse of putting the public in danger.

At about 8 p.m., members of the regional Priority Crimes Task Force spotted the man in a stolen 2013 white Dodge Ram as it drove out of the parking lot at Bower Place Shopping Centre.

As RCMP tracked the vehicle heading onto 32nd Street, Taylor Drive and then right onto 43rd Street, more police officers moved ahead of the stolen vehicle and prepared to intercept it.

At the intersection of 43rd Street and 52nd Avenue, RCMP said they activated their emergency lights but the driver of the stolen vehicle immediately ran a red light, driving into oncoming traffic at high speed.

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Fred Horne, who served as health minister from October 2011 to last September, says he won’t seek re-election.

Horne has represented Edmonton-Rutherford since 2008 and is currently a backbencher.

In a note to supporters Horne says he looks forward to supporting Premier Jim Prentice and the Progressive Conservative party in the future.

Horne’s announcement comes a day after former finance minister Doug Horner announced that he will resign at the end of this month.

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RCMP did not engage in a pursuit due to the danger to the public. There was significant traffic in the area at the time. Police were able to track the vehicle through various reports as it moved through south Red Deer and onto Hwy 2A near Springbrook.

Later in the evening, Red Deer RCMP GIS members and the task force located the suspect at the Super 8 Motel in Red Deer. They arrested the suspect without incident shortly after 11 p.m. with the assistance of a Calgary Police Service helicopter.

“We will not endanger the public by engaging in a pursuit where the suspect is putting the lives of innocent people at risk, but we knew who we were looking for, and we found him and arrested him when it wouldn’t create a danger to the public,” said Sgt. Eric McKenzie of Red Deer City RCMP.

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Veer said the City of Red Deer believes that the current act is progressive piece of legislation that gives the city some autonomy. The policy paper says maintaining this foundation is critical in ensuring municipalities continue to be strong partners in prosperity.

Veer said she is concerned about the impact that big city charters may have on Red Deer because of city’s position on the Hwy 2 corridor. She said many of the city’s discussions have been on redefining Red Deer in the province.

“If Edmonton and Calgary are outside the Municipal Government Act, it does have the potential to leave Red Deer a bit orphaned from the influence that we have as a result of our positioning on the corridor,” said Veer.

But she said the city will reserve judgment until the specifics of the big city charters and the act amendments are rolled out.

The current review began in 2012 and has involved more than 1,200 written and 1,500 personal submissions at 77 community meetings.

The government and its municipal partners will now participate in roundtable discussions. Other stakeholders, such as industry representatives, will also be invited to discussions at some point.

The revised act is expected to be completed in 2016.

Some of the areas under discussion include provincial-municipal relations; accountability and transparency municipal revenues; and regional decision making. crhyno@reddeeradvocate.com

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Wildrose to pick leader in June

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS CALGARY — Alberta’s Opposition Wildrose party announced Friday it plans to pick its new leader June 6.

The race won’t include controversial Calgary MP Rob Anders, who has mused to reporters about taking a run at the top job in the right-of-centre party after failing twice to be nominated as a Conservative candidate in the next federal election.

Wildrose rules stipulate all candidates must have been party members for at least six months before the vote. Anders doesn’t meet that requirement, said party president Jeff Callaway.

“We’re not going to start breaking rules to suit particular people’s agendas. He made his choices when he let his membership lapse.”

The party does waive the requirement for people such as journalists who are unable to hold party memberships due to their occupations.

Interim leader Heather Forsyth will carry the flag through the campaign if an election is called before the June date, Callaway said.

“We’re actually quite proud that we’re more than any one particular individual,” he said. “In the event that there is a spring election, we have contingency plans in place for that.”

The party will have a full slate of constituency candidates if there is a spring vote, Callaway added.

And any candidates for the leadership would be expected to run in the election.

Applications will be handed out starting Monday.

The final cutoff for entry is one month before the vote.

The leadership contest became necessary after former leader Danielle Smith led eight Opposition members across the floor to the governing Tories in December in an effort to unite the right.

The move left the Wildrose with five seats compared with 72 for the Tories. Two other Wildrose legislature members had already crossed and another had chosen to sit as an Independent.

Candidates will have to pay a $20,000 non-refundable entry fee.

The vote will be conducted with mail-in ballots or in person at the leadership conference in Calgary.

Callaway said the party decided not to experiment with online voting.

“We’re sticking with the tried and true and what works.”

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Madena Reimer, left, of Athabasca wipes away tears after her name is drawn as the winner of a free trip for two to Hawaii. Reimer was one of 10 people nominated in a contest put on by two Stettler-area residents, Cody and Eva Borek, right, and Aspen Ford. Reimer called the experience like a “eulogy for the living,” since she’s around to hear what people truly think of her — and it’s all good.

Cancer survivor wins Hawaii trip

BY LANA MICHELIN ADVOCATE STAFF The most loving person in Alberta is a two-time cancer survivor from Athabasca who recently lost her mother.

Madena Reimer, 47, won a week-long holiday in Hawaii on Friday, courtesy of Cody and Eva Borek of Stettler The Central Alberta couple had launched a contest to find the Most Loving Person in Alberta after winning the trip to the Pacific Island themselves.

Instead of taking the vacation, the Boreks decided to give it away to a deserving Albertan.

They received close to 20,000 nominations through phone calls, emails and social media over the next few weeks. With great difficulty, they pared the list of candidates down to 10 finalists, then put these

names into a hat on Friday afternoon in Stettler.

The draw winner, Reimer, is very active in the fight for cancer awareness and fundraising in Athabasca. She’s one of the founders of a Road to Hope event and was instrumental is setting up Relay for Life in Athabasca. She also participated in at least five Run for the Cure events in Edmonton. In a report from 2012, Reimer stated her team, the Reimer Warriors, had raised $40,000 for cancer research.

She could also use some time away. Her mom died about nine weeks ago.

Reimer was in attendance at the Stettler draw and was thrilled to win, reading her name over the shoulder of the person who drew it from a “Support Our Troops” baseball cap.

Cody Borek said he’d have been happy to give the vacation to any of the finalists, but was particularly pleased it went to such a deserving person as Reimer. “She’s pretty incredible.”

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BY THE CANADIAN PRESS CALGARY — Premier Jim Prentice is defending Education Minister Gordon Dirks, saying a report that concluded Dirks used his office for political gain was “hardly a scathing criticism.”

“He was motivated by a desire to do the right thing, and I continue to stand by him,” Prentice told listeners to CHED and CHQR Friday.

“He’s doing a good job as the minister of education.

“It’s not an easy position and he has got a lifetime of experience, which is what we need right now.”

Dirks did not have a seat in the legislature when Prentice put him in his cabinet in September.

He then won a seat in a byelection in Calgary-Elbow on Oct. 27, but the narrow victory was not without controversy. In the days before the vote, Dirks promised to deliver modular classrooms to a school in his riding, bypassing other city schools deemed a higher priority.

The opposition parties complained to ethics commissioner Marguerite Trussler.

In a written decision earlier this month, Trussler called Dirks’ actions “blatant political opportunism” but said they didn’t break conflict of interest rules because there was no direct financial gain.

However, wrote Trussler, “this issue was not one of general policy or ongoing work.

“It was a specific political issue that he used his office to resolve in his favour.”

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Wells said it appears there are dozens of different chemicals in various states of degradation and chemists from the RCMP and Health Canada are trying to determine what they are.

“Common sense would tell you that if these chemicals were degrading, it’s probably been some time that it’s been there,” said Wells. “I don’t know that I’ve seen a more complex investigation in terms of public safety and things we’re not used to dealing with.

“It will be a long process as we sample, then destroy ... and do the environmental assessments. There’s a lot to be done.”

Wells said once investigators determine what the chemicals are, they can then try to determine what they were doing in the cottage.

“There are many, many chemicals on the market that somebody can have

for a legitimate industrial purpose, but if misused, then that takes on a whole different scenario,” said Wells.

His comments came before Christopher Burton Phillips appeared briefly in Dartmouth provincial court on charges of uttering threats and possessing a weapon for a dangerous purpose.

Crown attorney Perry Borden said he wants to ask for a psychiatric assessment to determine fitness to stand trial. Legal aid defence lawyer Jill Lacey asked for time to prepare a response to the application.

Judge Flora Buchan adjourned the case until Thursday and Phillips was remanded into custody.

Phillips, wearing a sports hoodie with the letters “UCD” on the front, showed no emotion as he looked around the courtroom.

Outside court, Borden said if an as-

sessment for fitness to stand trial is granted, it could take 20 to 30 days to complete.

Borden said he is asking to keep Phillips in jail due to the serious nature of the charges.

“My understanding of the (chemical) substance is that it’s extremely hazardous,” he said.

Borden said the uttering threats charge stemmed from comments Phillips allegedly directed widely at any police officer about not coming onto his property.

“It’s directed at people in blue uniforms ... in relation to protection of one’s property,” he said.

The prosecutor described Phillips as “a scientist” but couldn’t comment further on his expertise.

“There’s innuendo in the file he’s looking at extracting metals from substances. So I presume without being a scientist myself that some of the chemicals could be used for extracting precious metals,” said Borden.

have enough evidence to arrest him or further limit his movements, saying extreme beliefs were not a crime.

who was doing doctoral research on nanosensors in Quebec, is facing five charges, including participating in a terrorist group.

Jury selection in the case is currently underway.

Sgt. Ingrid Asselin said the investigation was ongoing.

“From what we’ve learned, it has nothing to do with Terrasse-Vaudreuil,” Mayor Michel Bourdeau said.

“It’s a combination of circumstances.”

Bourdeau said he was alerted to the hack Thursday evening and the page was restored early Friday.

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HALIFAX — Investigators have found chemicals in a variety of containers stacked floor to ceiling inside a cottage and shed, some of which are “unstable,” the RCMP said Friday as the man accused in the case appeared in court.

Chief Supt. Roland Wells of the Halifax RCMP provided an update Friday on their investigation into the discovery of chemicals in the community of Grand Desert that have led to the arrest of a 42-year-old man.

“Within the cottage is a variety of containers filled with chemicals stacked from floor to ceiling. Many of these chemicals are unstable, so we must use extreme caution and care,” Wells told a news conference at the Cole Harbour RCMP detachment.

“It’s extremely complex — unlabelled chemicals piled from floor to ceiling, some inside fridges, some in-

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Feds looking to expand no-fly regime, detention provisions in anti-terror fight

TORONTO — Former Guantanamo Bay inmate Omar Khadr is seeking bail pending disposition of his appeal in the United States against his disputed conviction for war crimes.

The bail hearing, set for March 24, would be Khadr’s first attempt at freedom since his return from a notorious U.S. prison in Cuba where he was held for eight years.

If successful, Khadr would live with his other Canadian lawyer, Dennis Edney, and go to school.

“It’s becoming clearer and clearer in the United States from recent cases that Omar’s convictions are invalid,” his lawyer, Nate Whitling, said from Edmonton on Friday.

“The Court of Military Commission Review is simply taking too long to state the obvious, and so it’s time for Omar to be released.”

The government, which has consistently branded Khadr as a hardened and unrepentant terrorist, has yet to respond directly to the bail application.

Not guilty pleas entered in Via Rail terror plot case TORONTO — Not guilty pleas have been entered in an Ontario court for two men accused of plotting a terrorist attack on a passenger train travelling between Canada and the U.S. Raed Jaser and Chiheb Esseghaier are both charged in the alleged Via Rail plot and are set to go on trial in Toronto on Feb. 2.

Jaser, a permanent resident of Palestinian descent, faces four charges, including commission of an offence for a terrorist group.

Esseghaier, a Tunisian national

Quebec town says Islamic cyberattack on its website has them perplexed MONTREAL — A small Quebec town is wondering why it found itself the target of an Islamic extremist group’s cyberattack after the municipality’s website was compromised for about a dozen hours.

The home page for Terrasse-Vaudreuil, a municipality of about 2,000 residents just west of Montreal, was hacked Thursday evening by a group calling itself MECA, the Middle East Cyber Army.

The web page displayed a message praising Islam and made reference to the Charlie Hebdo attacks in Paris earlier this month.

Experts said there have been hundreds of cyberattacks in recent days, targeting sites that have vulnerable security.

“I know across the world there are many thousands of sites that had been infiltrated by this sort of thing and I guess today was our day, and hopefully it won’t be again,” said Ron Kelley, Terrasse-Vaudreuil’s director-general.

City officials met with Quebec provincial police, who have opened an investigation after receiving information the hacking.

Man charged with terrorism hoax to undergo more tests MONTREAL — A Montreal man facing a terrorism-related charge will undergo an additional six weeks of psychiatric evaluation.

Jeffrey Labelle’s lawyer said Friday the psychiatrist conducting the assessment to determine his level of criminal responsibility needs more time.

Labelle, 21, faces one charge under the terrorism hoax section of the Criminal Code, having allegedly given police reason to believe a terrorist activity could occur.

A Quebec Court judge earlier declared Labelle a “lone wolf” and a “danger to society” in denying him bail last December and ordered the assessment.

“The psychiatrist in the file is asking for an extension, a delay to complete the report,” defence lawyer Julie Bernier said.

Labelle’s arrest followed a joint investigation between Montreal police and the RCMP that started when authorities were tipped off by social workers who had spoken to the suspect’s mother.

The case returns to court on Mar. 11.

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OTTAWA — The Conservative government wants to retool Canada’s nofly list procedures to make it easier to stop a suspected terrorist from boarding an airplane.

In addition, it is looking to give police greater ability to generally restrict the movements of purported extremists by lowering the threshold for obtaining a peace bond, The Canadian Press has learned.

An internal federal review of two deadly attacks on Canadian soldiers last October has also highlighted a lack of suitable laws to crack down on radicals who openly encourage others to wage terrorism.

The government plans to address these areas in legislation that was promised following the killings, said a source familiar with the review who spoke on condition of anonymity.

The legislation is expected to be introduced soon. The House of Commons is scheduled to resume Monday.

On Oct. 22, Michael Zehaf Bibeau shot Cpl. Nathan Cirillo, an honour guard at the National War Memorial, before storming Parliament’s Centre Block. Zehaf Bibeau was gunned down outside the Library of Parliament.

Two days earlier, Martin CoutureRouleau fatally rammed Warrant Officer Patrice Vincent with a car in St-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Que. After a chase, police shot and killed CoutureRouleau when he advanced on officers with a knife.

It soon emerged the RCMP had been monitoring the man — who harboured jihadist sympathies — for months. The Mounties even prevented him from travelling overseas, presumably to join militant fighters. But they did not

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Is addiction a sin?

CASE OF BISHOP ACCUSED IN BICYCLIST DEATH OPENS DEBATE ABOUT THEOLOGY OF ADDICTION

BY MICHELLE BOORSTEIN SPECIAL TO THE ADVOCATE The case of a high-ranking Episcopal bishop charged with drinking and texting before fatally hitting a bicyclist has raised questions about everything from church politics to bike lanes.

But no debate about Bishop Heather Cook has been as intense as that about the theology of addiction.

Is it a sin? Does it qualify for forgiveness? Or are addicts blameless victims of disease, inculpable?

And how did these topics impact the leaders of the dioceses of Easton and Maryland — Cook’s last two places of employment — first when she was arrested for drunken driving in 2010, and then last year when she was selected despite that to become Maryland’s first female bishop?

In small church discussion groups, in sermons and on Christian Listservs, the ways Episcopal officials handled Cook have fueled debate about how Christianity really sees addicts.

“Right now in the addictions community there is a lot of reaction to people who want to see addiction as a moral failing,” said the Rev. Joe Stewart-Sicking, a priest in Cook’s diocese who teaches pastoral counseling at Loyola University Maryland. “Sin is something we are all wrapped up in, and when you start delineating sin, we miss out that we are all interrelated.

It’s not just her role that led to the suffering. Obviously other people are involved, we ourselves are involved, even if it’s making a society that someone can’t come out and get help they need.”

Stewart-Sicking was part of the larger convention that finalized Cook’s position as bishop. The small search committee that put her on the slate did not tell the convention about her 2010 arrest. The committee asked her to disclose but she did not, the Diocese of Maryland said. Christians close to the topics of addiction and recovery have been debating the case of Cook since the Dec. 27 death of Thomas Palermo.

Having turned herself in to police on charges of manslaughter, driving under the influence and leaving the scene of an accident, Cook met her $2.5-million bail requirement with the help of a defrocked priest she calls her “steady companion,” according to the Baltimore Brew.

Since the accident, leaders in both dioceses have declined to explain how they viewed and handled her drinking, whether she was required to be in treatment after the 2010 incident in

Easton or how much she was asked last spring about that by the small search committee.

Immediately after the accident, the diocese — which includes 21,500 households in parts of west, central and southern Maryland — released a short statement.

“One of the core values of the Christian faith is forgiveness. We cannot preach forgiveness without practising forgiveness and offering people opportunity for redemption,” it said.

Some Episcopalians have suggested that the denomination’s liberal tendencies had been harmful in Cook’s case.

“We love to give people the benefit of doubt, ‘There but for the grace of God,’ and all that,” said Diana Butler Bass, a prominent progressive church historian. “We’re not the church that likes to condemn people. In this case, it worked in the wrong direction.”

Butler Bass also commented on the role of forgiveness.

“I don’t always think church people understand the depth and complexity of addiction. Forgiveness isn’t the solution to addiction. And people in leadership should know that,” she said.

But John Zahl, an Episcopal priest in South Carolina in recovery who in 2012 wrote a book called Grace in Addiction, said he worries that cases like Cook’s could make church leaders and members more hesitant to forgive in the future.

“The word ‘forgiveness’ is integral to the Christian faith. A church that gets hesitant about forgiveness is distancing itself from what makes it distinctly profound,” he wrote. “I hope the church is more trusting, not less, than the world, of people, of hope, of transformation.”

This week, the diocese’s bishop, the Rt. Rev. Eugene Taylor Sutton, wrote that the church needs to have a conversation about addiction. Sutton wrote that he struggled over blame.

“After discussing this tragedy with some of my bishop colleagues for over an hour and being held up in prayer by them, one said, ‘Eugene, I am the child of an alcoholic and I’ve spent many years dealing with that and coming to understand the hold that alcohol has on someone who is addicted to it.

I want to tell you that the Diocese of Maryland is not responsible for the terrible accident that killed that bicyclist. You are not responsible for that; Heather Cook is. It’s not your fault.’ I burst into tears,” he said.

The Rev. Stephen Rossetti, a pastoral studies professor at Catholic University who used to head a Silver

Spring treatment facility for clergy called Saint Luke Institute, said the clergy sex-abuse crisis forced the Catholic church to grapple with the subject more deeply.

“One thing we learned is there is a difference between forgiveness and ministry. We can forgive someone, but that doesn’t mean the person has a right to ministry,” he said. “Sure, we can forgive you, but does that mean you have a right to any ministry? No. People say it’s not forgiving, but it is.”

The Catholic church, he said, has become much more conservative about people entering the clergy who have had substance abuse issues. “We are less open to it. ... We’ve been burned and are cautious.”

But even as society has become much more accepting of the idea that alcoholism is a disease, the public revulsion toward Cook — who was given “probation before judgment” in 2010 — has been great. Many Christian blogs and sermons cited the role of sin in Cook’s case.

Rossetti said clinicians like himself “have settled this debate” and see ad-

diction as a disorder. However, he said, basic Christian theology sees sickness, death or “any human weakness” as the result of the initial fall of humankind, of the first sin (which in the Bible of course refers to Adam and Eve).

“This does not mean to say that any individual who is an alcoholic or depressed has sinned simply by being an alcoholic or by being depressed. No, they inherit these fallen aspects of a broken humanity. But our culpability enters regarding our response — if one is an alcoholic, one has the obligation to face it and try to find healing and to overcome it,” he said.

Zahl said scripture seems to characterize sin as a sickness. The Book of Mark, he noted, quotes Jesus as saying: “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”

“We view sick people with compassion but have a hard time viewing moral failing with compassion,” Zahl said.

Jesus “didn’t seem to have a hard time with that.”

Boorstein is a Washington Post columnist.

Many questions going into Greek election “I wouldn’t like extreme forces to come to power.

I would prefer if known faces show up,” said European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker, talking about Greece’s election.

But his hopes for a quiet life will be dashed.

Syriza, the radical left-wing party that leapt to prominence in the 2012 election with 27 per cent of the vote, is going to win this time.

It won’t win more votes than before. It got 27 per cent in last summer’s elections for the European parliament, and it’s still polling 27 per cent today. But that will make Syriza the biggest party after Sunday’s election, because three more years of grinding austerity have shredded the support of the “mainstream” GWYNNE New Democracy (centre-right) DYER and Pasok (centre-left) parties that formed a coalition government in 2012.

Austerity is too weak a word for what has happened to Greece. The country’s foreign debt is 319 billion euros ($368 billion), or almost twice (177 per cent) its entire gross domestic product.

More than three-quarters of that debt is bailout loans from the European Union, the European Central Bank, and the International Monetary Fund.

And the price of those emergency loans was cuts that have reduced millions of Greeks to poverty.

Greece’s economy has shrunk by a quarter in the past five years. Unemployment is 25 per cent, youth unemployment is nearly 50 per cent. Three million of the 11 million Greeks are living on or below the poverty line, and there has been a huge brain drain as hundreds of thousands of young professionals mi-

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That explains the rise of Syriza (the Greek acronym for Coalition of the Radical Left). It’s an ideological grab-bag of democratic socialists, Eurocommunists, Greens, Maoists, Trotskyists and assorted populists, but in Alexis Tsipras it has a young (40), charismatic leader who has harnessed them together and presented an alternative political vision to the endless austerity that is all the traditional parties have to offer.

Twenty-seven per cent of the vote is not enough to form a government even though the biggest party gets a bonus of fifty extra seats. But Syriza will probably be able to build a coalition government with other fast-growing non-traditional parties like the centrist To Potami (founded just last year) — and then we shall see what Tsipras actually does with his power.

Only five years ago he was saying that it wouldn’t bother him if Greece left the euro, or even the European Union. Now, as the prospect of real power nears, he speaks more carefully — but he still scares both the European Union and the Greek establishment. He would start by demanding that Greece’s creditors write off at least half its foreign debt, but he no longer talks about leaving the euro. He would raise the minimum wage, stop the job cuts in the swollen public service, raise pensions, increase the salaries of public employees, and reduce taxes for most people. But rich Greeks (most of whom pay little or no tax) would face both higher taxes and very tough tax collectors.

The Greek establishment has been described by the U.S. government (in a secret diplomatic cable revealed by WikiLeaks) as “a small group of people who have made or inherited fortunes — and who are related by blood, marriage or adultery to political and government officials and/or other media and business magnates.”

Few people in Greece will mind if Tsipras squeezes them until they squeak.

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The real question is how the EU and the international banks will react when Tsipras demands a big write-down on the debt and ditches the extreme austerity that previous Greek governments accepted in order to get the loans. He has a good case but they may not listen.

Greece originally got into trouble because it borrowed too much. Once Greece joined the euro in 2001, lenders assumed that the whole EU was effectively guaranteeing the loans and the money poured in. They wouldn’t have lent so much just to Greece on its own — and the Greek government even hid how big its foreign debt was getting.

Then came the crash of 2008, and it all came out.

Greece couldn’t pay, but the EU dared not let a “eurozone” country default on its loans for fear that the infection would spread to other highly indebted EU countries. Besides, the loans were mostly from European (and especially German) banks that would be in deep trouble if they went bad. So the EU lent Athens another 220 billion euros ($254 billion) to keep those loans alive.

That emergency money has overwhelmingly gone to capital and interest payments on the debt (especially to German banks), not to investment or consumption in Greece. Yet there is literally no hope that the country could ever repay the loans in full: Greek foreign debt has actually grown by half in the past five years.

Meanwhile, ordinary Greeks are the new poor.

Tsipras is saying that the European banks will have to “forgive” a lot of the loans so that the remaining debt is manageable and the Greek economy can begin to recover. There will be months of delicate negotiations about this once he takes office, and they could fail (in which case Greece crashes out of the euro). But Greece cannot go on like this; it has to be done.

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Dental tourism: reason to smile?

It seems that more and more people, Canadians especially — Albertans especially, especially — are opting to take something called “dental vacations.”

Now, notice, I didn’t say “mental” vacations, wherein people take a stressrelieving holiday for a muchneeded and much-deserved mental health break. No, what I’m referring to is the increasing trend in the truly questionable field HARLEY of something HAY called “medical tourism.”

Yikes. Even the term itself sounds a tad south of healthy, doesn’t it?

It’s true though. According to a recent magazine article I read in (where else?) a dentist’s office, more and more of us “snowbirds” are flocking to warm, sun-soaked, blue-watered vacation destinations seeking out one thing: cheap margaritas.

No sorry, what I meant to say was cheap dentistry. Margaritas, I believe, are the complimentary medicinal painkillers included before and after each vacation dental treatment procedure.

It seems a “growing number of Albertans in particular” are latching onto the idea that, hey, I can go to Mexico, Costa Rica, Peru or other similarly lovely foreign country for a little holiday time and while I’m there, I’ll just pop on over to the local dental shop in that tent over there and get that molar implant that I’ve been putting off for a

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decade or so.

Why not combine a little comfort with a little torture? Why not punish yourself for going to a beautiful beach and bikini-infested paradise by making sure to put in a little suffering time in the old dental chair while you’re there?

Life is about balance, right? A refreshing dip in the ocean here; an excruciating root canal there.

Palm trees, sand and surf one minute; needles, Novocain and grinding tooth drills the next.

No, as usual, my friends, it’s about one thing and one thing only: the margaritas.

Well, that, and the money. As a famous dentist once said: it’s always about the money.

The article describes a 59-year-old from Leduc they call ‘Don,’ on account of that’s his name, who needed four implants.

I’m not talking about silicone implants because Don is not a crossdresser. At least not that I know of.

These implants would take place in his mouth, wherein holes would be drilled into the jaw bone after the four rotten offending teeth were unceremoniously yanked out, then metal posts would be driven into these holes, much like the big pile driver machines that thump the big poles into the ground so that tall buildings can be built upon them, only much smaller and much more painful, and then, eventually, fake teeth would be glued to these metal mouth posts and — voila! — he is suddenly out of pocket about 20 grand. As in twenty thousand. Dollars. $20,000 Canadian dollars. For four teeth.

Now that those of you fortunate enough to not be facing what I like to call the “dental implant Visa sucker” and have nearly swallowed your dentures in shock, I apologize for my pre-

vious highly scientifically technical explanation of the complicated medical procedure of dental implantation, but believe me it’s got to be as complicated as a moon landing to cost $5,000 per tooth, don’t you think?

So anyway, poor old Don from Leduc, who had been going around with four simultaneous and continually excruciating toothaches for a very long time on account of, like many of us, his dental plan would only cover approximately $112 of the $20,000 implantation, started doing research on this thing he’d heard about called tourist dentistry.

After finding nothing but horror stories on the interweb about botched vacation dental work by “dodgy dentists” with dental chairs parked in gas stations or outdoors on the streets beside guys selling live crabs and dead oysters, he finally found an “reputable” agency in the U.S. of A., which hooked him up with a “reputable” dental “doctor” in Cancun.

In this particular case, apparently our Don had two trips to the marvelous Mayan Riviera, whereupon he soaked up the sea and the sand and the Novocain and ended up with four “perfectly executed” implants. And the total cost? $6,000.

Which, although I’m pretty sure I didn’t even pass high school math, seems to me is considerably less than the cost of four dental implants and a miserable non-holiday in the snowy deep freeze of Alberta.

The interweb is practically salivating with deals on dental vacations.

They advertise 70 per cent savings on dental procedures, and make claims like: “Choose from 3,650 dentists in 32 countries!”

It seems like a pretty good idea at first blush, especially the kind of feverish blush caused by a very expen-

sive toothache, but hold on a minute — is dental tourism really safe? Do you really want to put your mouth where your money is, if your money and your mouth are somewhere tropical?

Many medical practitioners don’t think so. Especially dentists who are losing business to foreign tooth doctors.

So if you are considering participating in a little holiday dentistry, I leave you with a little checklist before jumping into that chair: ● Always check the dentist’s credentials. Ask yourself: Does that diploma on the wall look like a photocopy? Is the diploma drawn by hand in crayon?

How much was his mail-order degree from Eduardo’s Dental School of Dentistry in San Scamilito, Peru? ● Scope out the clinic. Is there a folding chair and a garden hose instead of a fancy dental chairs and spit bowls? Is the instrument sterilization machine a bucket with warm water and a dishwasher soap pellet?

Do the dental instruments look suspiciously like they came from an auto mechanic’s greasy tool box? Is the clinic actually in an auto mechanic’s shop? ● Take the vacation part first. Make sure you chill out in the sun, relax and enjoy your holiday before visiting your vacation dentist.

Very important: eat and drink copiously before your appointment — it may be the last time you’re able to eat or drink anything at all for a very, very long time. ● And finally, don’t forget to load up on the margaritas. You’re probably going to need them.

Harley Hay is a local freelance writer, award-winning author, filmmaker and musician. His column appears on Saturdays in the Advocate. His books can be found at Chapters, Coles and Sunworks in Red Deer.

Are phones raising our kids?

A suave and debonair man gets into his vehicle, but it’s obvious he is not paying attention to his driving because as he drifts out of his lane, his vehicle gives him a warning sound.

Then as he mindlessly carries on — he does not pay attention to another car coming up beside him, so once again he is alerted by an alarm tone.

And then, as if that’s not bad enough, he totally ignores the fact that he is rapidly apCHRIS proaching the SALOMONS garbage truck in front of him.

But in this case, not only does he get pinged with a tone, now the brakes automatically come on for him.

So, with an exaggerated sigh of relief, this clueless driver lives to see another day. After all, he has had a very hard day.

Day after day we are bombarded with exactly the same ad but for a different brand of vehicle.

These companies must use psychologists to write their ads, because the way they are presented and worded, they make a person accept the fact that they are too dim-witted to drive their own vehicle.

They present that it is acceptable while driving to let down your guard.

This whole area of letting down our guard is what the car manufacturers are capitalizing on with these new inventions.

We let down our guard when we text or talk on a cellphone while driving.

No worries; if I don’t pay attention to my driving, the car will stop itself or let me know when I’m paying too much attention to my phone and drift off into another lane.

As I go about town, I constantly see people in defiance of the law on their

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phones while driving. They are basically saying that their phone is much more important than you, so get out of my way.

Maybe these dumb-down inventions are not such a bad idea after all.

In the different forms of media such as Facebook, Twitter and all the others, our children are hearing voices that are much louder than the voices of their parents, whose responsibility it is to raise them. In other words, many

parents are letting down their guard in the area of child-rearing.

In my mind, by giving their children cellphones they are basically saying “get out of my life.”

Working downtown, I see far too many children walking around with these phones, and these kids for the most part are lost. They are being raised more by social media than they are by their parents. And when things don’t go according to Hoyle, the children hear the voices of the street that, like the car ads, entice them to accept lifestyles that will eventually destroy them.

After a lengthy stay on the street (that does not necessarily mean homeless), they find themselves unable to function normally in regular society.

Their entire thinking process has changed. The only alternative, it would seem to them, is to dive further into the street with all its trappings — drugs, alcohol, etc.

The body can only handle so much before they can no longer work, and before you know it, the only other option to live is welfare or AISH. This is an over-simplification to be sure, but it is a lifestyle pattern that is very obvious and real, and it is also a lifestyle that can be changed. Having said that, we as a society have to look at the way we are and the choices we make.

If we actually buy a vehicle that states we are a clueless bunch of drivers, I just wonder how much hope there is for a change in the education of our children.

I fully believe we are at a crossroad in the development of our children, societies and even our nation.

If we once take a look with eyes wide open and understanding at what we are handing over to the next generation, we will begin to realize that we are producing generations of kids who will not be able to think and reason for themselves.

In other words, we have to keep up our guard or the world will pass us by.

But first, we have to care.

Chris Salomons is kitchen co-ordinator for Potter’s Hands ministry in Red Deer.

Improving life chances and expanding opportunity A clear sign of social progress in a country is the extent to which it improves the life chances of all of its citizens — the opportunities for individual choice and growth.

Canada does a fairly good job of improving life chances for the top 40 per cent or so of the population. But it does a poor job for DAVID many others, CRANE those in the bottom rungs of society.

This is a loss both for the individuals, who suffer from too few life chances, and for the economy, since it means that their potential contribution to productive growth that benefits all of us since it means a bigger economic pie is lost.

Perversely, the Conservative government appears more focused on shifting scarce federal dollars to families that, relatively, have much less need for federal rather than designing policies to help improve life chances or the most disadvantaged. We can see this in the analysis provided by the Caledon

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The proposed Family Tax Credit, the measure to implement income splitting, is estimated to cost $1.5 billion in its first year, rising to $2.9 billion. It allows a spouse with children under the age of 18 to transfer up to $50,000 of taxable income to a spouse in a lower tax bracket. This benefit will go largely to families with incomes in excess of $100,000.

Similarly, the $1,000 increase in the Child Care Expense Deduction will deliver the greatest after-tax benefit to families in the highest income tax bracket. As Sherri Turjman of the Caledon Institute says, the overall impact of these measures “will help the rich get richer.”

What are some alternatives?

A recent paper from James Heckman, a winner of the Nobel Prize in economics, and several colleagues, including fellow economist Tim Kautz, points out that we are failing to prepare young people for the world of work and social participation because we are failing to invest in developing critical non-cognitive skills that are essential to improved life chances.

The best approach to build both the cognitive skills (what we learn) and non-cognitive skills (how we perform) we need for expanded opportunity is

through early childhood development.

In the paper — Fostering and Measuring Skills: Improving Cognitive and NonCognitive Skills to Promote Lifetime Success — the authors contend that we focus too much on achievement tests in schools and not enough on the non-cognitive skills that are vital for success.

School achievement tests are important but they have major limitations in predicting future success.

As the authors point out, “they do not adequately capture non-cognitive skills such as perseverance (‘grit’), conscientiousness, self-control, trust, attentiveness, self-esteem and self-efficacy, resilience to adversity, openness to experience, empathy, humility, tolerance of diverse opinions and the ability to productively engage in society, which are valued in the labour market, in school, and in society at large.”

These non-cognitive skills are most effectively developed in the earliest years of life and high-quality early childhood development, before kindergarten, is the most effective way in which to ensure that individuals, especially those from disadvantaged backgrounds (in Canada that would include Aboriginal communities) acquire non-cognitive skills. Moreover, “boosting non-cognitive skills early in life increases the benefits of education later in life. More persistent students learn more,” the authors note.

We once had the makings of a nationwide strategy for early childhood education. The Liberal government under Paul Martin, after the 2004 federal election, negotiated a $5-billion-overfive-years agreement with the provinces and territories for early childhood development. It would have benefitted Aboriginal communities as well.

One of Stephen Harper’s first acts as prime minister was to cancel the agreement. It was probably his most destructive action since assuming office. As the Heckman paper makes clear, “evidence from both the social and biological sciences establish the importance of the early years in fostering the skills that promote human flourishing.”

Yet neither of the opposition parties has seriously challenged the Harper government on this point. Thomas Mulcair has promised to provide about 370,000 new child-care places over a four-year period and to cap daily childcare costs at $15 a day within eight years. But this is not linked to early childhood development. The Liberals have promised nothing yet.

It’s time for a better debate on the improving life chances. It is about the future lives of young Canadians — so it really matters.

Economist David Crane is a syndicated Toronto Star columnist. He can be reached at crane@interlog.com.

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Pro-Russian rebels launch offensive

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS DONETSK, Ukraine — Pro-Russian rebels in eastern Ukraine rejected a previously signed peace deal Friday and launched a new multipronged offensive against Ukrainian government troops, upending recent European attempts to mediate an end to the fighting.

The main separatist leader in the rebellious Donetsk region vowed to push Ukrainian soldiers out of the area and said insurgents would not take part in any more cease-fire talks. Another rebel went even further, saying they would not abide by a peace deal signed in September.

Separatist leader Alexander Zakharchenko said rebel fighters went on the offensive to gain more territory and forestall a Ukrainian attack. He declared they would push government troops to the border of the Donetsk region and possibly beyond.

“Attempts to talk about a cease-fire will no longer be undertaken by our side,” Zakharchenko said.

Thai ex-premier impeached

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS BANGKOK — Thailand’s former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra said Friday that democracy in her country was dead, after the military-appointed legislature voted to ban her from politics for five years and the prosecutor announced plans to indict her on criminal charges in connection with a moneylosing rice subsidy program.

The twin actions by the legislature and the attorney general against Yingluck are widely seen as an attempt by the military junta to cripple the political machine founded

by Yingluck’s brother, Thaksin Shinawatra, another ousted prime minister, and prevent them from returning to power.

The legislature voted 190Yingluck Shinawatra 18 to impeach Yingluck for her role in overseeing a government rice subsidy program that lost billions of dollars. The vote results in her being banned from political office for five years.

Separately, the attorney general’s office said it would indict her on criminal charges for negligence related to losses and alleged corruption in the rice program. If convicted, Yingluck could face 10 years in jail.

She was forced by a court ruling last May to step down from her job for illegally transferring a civil servant, and just days later the army staged a coup against her government.

On her Facebook page, Yingluck said she still wants to see reconciliation and democracy in Thailand strengthened, “even though today Thai democracy has died, along with the rule of law.” She cancelled a scheduled news conference after her lawyers said the military authorities advised she risked violating martial law.

In her appearance before Parliament on Thursday, she denied she was responsible for any corruption and questioned the fairness of an investigation by the state anti-corruption commission, which had recommended charges against her.

The rice subsidy program, which paid farmers double the market price for their crops, ultimately incurred national losses of more than $4 billion and temporarily cost Thailand’s place as the world’s leading exporter.

The peace deal signed in September in the Belarusian capital of Minsk envisaged a cease-fire and a pullout of heavy weapons from a division line in eastern Ukraine. It has been repeatedly violated by both sides, and heavy artillery and rocket barrages have increased the civilian death toll in the last few weeks.

Foreign ministers from Russia, Ukraine, France and Germany agreed Wednesday to revive that division line, but fighting has continued unabated.

The UN human rights agency on Friday raised its estimate of the conflict’s overall death toll to nearly 5,100 since April.

The tentative peace deal forged this week in Berlin called for Ukrainian troops and Russian-backed separatists to pull back their heavy arms 15 kilometres on either side of the line, although there was no agreement on a withdrawal of troops.

But rebel spokesman Eduard Basurin threw that agreement into doubt, saying the insurgents “will no longer consider the Minsk agreement in the form it was signed,” although he added that they will remain

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Militants affiliated with the Islamic State group posted an online warning that the “countdown has begun” for the extremists to kill 47-year-old Kenji Goto and 42-year-old Haruna Yukawa. The extremists gave Prime Minister Shinzo Abe 72 hours to pay the ransom, and the deadline expired Friday.

The posting, which appeared on a forum popular among Islamic State militants and sympathizers, did not show any images of the hostages, who are believed to be held somewhere in Syria.

The status of efforts to free the men was unclear.

Government spokesman Yoshihide Suga was asked about the latest message and said Japan was analyzing it.

“The situation remains severe, but we are doing everything we can to win the release of the two Japanese hostages,” Suga said. He said Japan is using every channel it can find, including local tribal chiefs, to try to reach the captors.

He said there has been no direct contact with the captors.

Abe met with his National Security Council on the crisis.

Japan has scrambled for a way to secure the release of Goto, a journalist, and Yukawa, an adventurer fascinated by war. Japanese diplomats had

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Basurin’s bold statement contradicted the official position of Russia, which has repeatedly pledged respect for the Minsk agreement, even though it has been reluctant to meet its end of the deal, which also requested the withdrawal of foreign fighters and the monitoring of the Russian-Ukrainian border by the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe.

Battles intensified last weekend over Donetsk airport, a gleaming showcase for the Euro 2012 soccer championship that has been reduced to rubble by months of clashes. Rebels eventually took control of its terminal. Fighting has continued on its fringes.

Zakharchenko said rebel fighters were advancing in three directions in the Donetsk region and also pressing their attack in two other areas in the Luhansk region.

“We will hit them until we reach the border of Donetsk region, and ... if I see the danger for Donetsk from any other city, I will destroy this threat there,” he said. left Syria as the civil war there escalated, adding to the difficulty of contacting the militants holding the hostages.

U.S. woman who tried to go to Syria to help Islamic State jailed DENVER — A 19-year-old woman who tried to go to Syria to help Islamic State militants has been sentenced to four years in prison.

Shannon Conley learned her punishment in Denver federal court on Friday as her parents watched.

Wearing a black and tan headscarf with her jail uniform, she tearfully told the judge that she has disavowed jihad and that the people who influenced her misconstrued the Qur’an.

Conley pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to provide material support to a foreign terrorist organization in September under a deal that requires her to divulge information she may have about other Americans with similar intentions.

FBI agents say Conley wanted to marry a suitor she met online who told her he was fighting with the extremists. She repeatedly told them she wanted to fight alongside him or use her skills as a nurse’s aide to help.

Judge Raymond Moore said the sentence was meant to deter others with similar intentions. Earlier in the hearing he expressed doubt that Conley had disavowed jihad, pointing to a letter she wrote to a friend from jail in which she ridiculed other inmates for denouncing terrorism.

He also said Conley has a history of defiance that has played out in the case and that she needs mental help.

“Defiance has been a part of her fabric for a long time. She has been defiant before this,” the judge said. “This is not the exceptional act. This is Shannon being defiant yet again.”

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t is 9 a.m. on a Sunday morning and as I make my way along the uneven cement sidewalks and little backstreets of the Mexican village of Yelapa, there isn’t a soul in sight.

The only sign of life comes when we pass a small convenience store, which is just opening its doors for the day.

The little shop is the closest thing to a grocery store that locals have — unless they take a water taxi into Puerto Vallarta.

Surrounded by mountains, there are no roads into Yelapa and the only way to reach the village is by boat.

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CLOCKWISE FROM ABOVE: There are no cars in Yelapa, but dozens of pangas (small boats) are anchored in the bay — especially during the daytime. You don’t expect to find a Paris-trained chef in a little place like Yelapa, but the tiny town tends to deliver more than you expect. Dining in is pleasant when you have a spectacular view. Cooking and cleaning services can be arranged in advance. There are three individual lofts for rent at Casa Pericos or you can rent the entire property that sleeps 14. Chicos beach club opened in November 2014 and is the brainchild of general manager Tatiana Rodriguez Anderson, who is pictured here. She turned her family’s beachfront restaurant into a stylish beach club with day beds, cocktails, tasty cuisine and a live DJ. Sundays are special on Yelapa, because chef Susan Pasko makes her classic Eggs Benedict. I went for the half order, so that I could also sample her stuffed French toast. Yummy.

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FROM LEFT TO RIGHT: Two little boys hand cast from the pier in the early morning before the tourist boats arrive. Walking through the village, we passed a fisherman who was just taking his catch into his house to clean them. It looks like he had a good day. Supplies for Casa Pericos and the few other rental properties in Yelapa are brought in using burros.

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YELAPA: Can’t really get to know it until you spend some time there We make our way to Café Bahia, a little restaurant situated on the waterfront at the end of the pier, and park ourselves at a plastic table in the sand.

Sundays are special at this little place because Susan Pasko, the head chef and owner, makes her famous Eggs Benedict and Eggs Florentine.

You don’t expect to find a Paris-trained chef in a remote little Mexican village and Susan says it was a unique combination of good fortune and insanity that caused her to open a restaurant in Yelapa.

“I love living in this little community and having a seasonal restaurant allows me to be here about seven months of the year,” she says. “I enjoy making simple food from fresh local ingredients. Even our coffee is local. We get our coffee beans from local farms in Nayarit.”

While we wait for Susan to make her legendary Sunday special, I walk over to the pier to take a closer look at the boats coming and going. Two boys who look to be about five or six are hand casting off the dock without a parent in site. Every now and then they reel in a fish and put it in a plastic bag with others. It looks as though they have caught enough to eat for a week and a large pelican is eagerly eyeing the fruits of their labours.

I make my way back to the table just as the food arrives — hot and fresh.

Casa Pericos has doors that lock, but there are no glass windows and the upscale loft suites are open to the As I begin to devour the best Eggs Benedict I have ocean breezes and view. had in quite some time, I look up to see the first tour boat arriving at the pier. The passengers stumble off sleeps 14. Each loft has a fully equipped kitchen, little night life can party with locals and expats at the boat and I can’t tell if they are seasick or intoxidining area, living room and sleeping area and there a couple of little beach bars that are open late. The cated from the free drinks offered onboard. is complimentary Wi-Fi, kayaks, snorkel gear and a night life must have been crazier back in the days Some make their way to the beach and others communal barbecue. Cooking and cleaning services when Bob Dylan and Timothy Leary had houses in head straight to Cascade Cola del Caballo, or Horse can also be arranged in advance on request. Loft Yelapa.

Tail Waterfall, about a 20-minute hike from the town. rental rates start at US$95 per night during the sumI am not much for night life and over the course There is a pool beneath the falls for swimming and mer months and US$150 per night during the winter. of my two-day stay, I mostly just enjoy the solitude of the site is one of the main attractions in the area. ● There is no air-conditioning, but there are Casa Pericos.

After breakfast, I figure it’s time to get out of town electric fans that do a good job of circulating the air.

On the last day, a boat arrives in front of the Casa and back to the serene isolation of Casa Pericos, my This combined with the open layout and the breeze to whisk my luggage and me back to civilization. As luxury boutique accommodation in Yelapa. Perched off the ocean made my winter stay comfortable. we pull away from the shore, I realize that I have on the rocky point of the Bay, this four-storey bare● You need to be able-bodied to stay at Casa Perifoot retreat is just far enough from the main beach to only one regret about Yelapa and Casa Pericos — I cos, because there are plenty of steps at the property should have booked a longer stay. escape all foot traffic from tourists on daytrips. and it is a five-minute walk into town along a hiking I am staying in the penthouse suite, a romantrail. tic Indonesian-inspired loft with a private bath, a ● For reservations or information, visit www.yekitchen, a Zen soaking tub and one of the best views lapacasa.com/ and you’ll also find some information anywhere. There are no glass windows and the gen● It takes about 45 minutes by speed boat to get about Yelapa at www.visitpuertovallarta.com. tle breeze coupled with the sound of rolling waves from Puerto Vallarta to Yelapa. Water taxis go from Debbie Olsen is a Lacombe-based freelance writer. If lulled me to sleep the previous night. the pier at Playa de los Muertos several times a day you have a travel story you would like to share or know Since the day is beginning to get warm, I ignore and cost about $25 return per person. If you want to someone with an interesting travel story that we might the old adage to wait an hour after eating before book a day tour to Yelapa, several companies offer interview, please email: DOGO@telusplanet.net or write swimming and slip out of my clothes and into my excursions. to: Debbie Olsen, c/o Red Deer Advocate, 2950 Bremner swimsuit. I love to snorkel and I have never found ● Casa Pericos has three lofts that can be rented Ave., Red Deer, Alta., T4R 1M9. this side of Mexico to be particularly good as a snorseparately or you can rent the entire property, which kelling destination, but as I weave my way around UNIGLOBE Bonus! the rocks with my snor$50 US/Cabin 11 night Mediterranean Cruise Shipboard kel and mask in place, I Credit One Travel discover some of the best Zuiderdam / July 22, 2015 snorkelling on the Pacific Oceanview fare from coast of Mexico.

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BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS In the U.S., hanging out in a cafe with animals is such an exotic concept that people can’t get enough of it. A pop-up cat cafe in New York last year had lines down the block. Online reservations for another Manhattan cat cafe are almost fully booked more than two months ahead.

But in Japan, cat cafes are just the start. You can hang out in rabbit cafes or have coffee in Tokyo with two goats.

And you’re not limited to domestic animals. You can also spend an hour at a cafe holding a great horned owl.

Judging by how complicated it was to get a reservation at Tokyo’s Fukuro no Mise (“Shop of Owls,”), the owl cafes there are just as much of a hoot there as cat cafes are here.

To get a spot, visitors are supposed to line up an hour before Fukuro no Mise opens. But when I showed up an hour early, I was lucky to get the last seat for a session two hours later.

There are no refunds on the 2000 yen ($17) fee. If you’re late, you lose your slot.

Inside, I was given a list of detailed English instructions. For example, only touch the owls on the head or back.

And while the owls are very tame, “they can’t be potty trained like dogs.

So please be generous when they potty on you!” The woman in charge also gave a long talk and demonstration in Japanese before allowing each guest to hold a bird.

The owls come in various sizes and species, from tiny to quite large, including a great horned owl with large sharp claws and impressive beak.

Each bird has a tether around one foot, which you hold in your hand as they perch on your arm. Sleek and cleareyed, the owls seem calm despite the fact that the small room is crowded.

The attentive staff will place the owl on your shoulder or head if you like (I declined in light of the warning about the lack of potty-training). Staff can also help if your owl starts to flap.

Raising your hand in the air usually settles them down, but apparently I was holding my arm wrong, so a worker repositioned it. If you’ve had enough and want to just watch everyone else’s owls, they’ll relieve you of the bird.

Photography is forbidden in some of the oddest places in Japan, but this isn’t one of them. No flash is allowed (and no video) but posting a shot of yourself on social media holding an owl is clearly a goal for many visitors.

Unlike some other animal cafes in Japan, this place is only nominally a cafe. There’s no food but a small drink is included (alcohol costs extra). The drink arrives covered in plastic wrap, decorated with a magic marker illustration of an owl. But no one pays attention to their beverage until the final activity, which involves distributing souvenirs. Each item is held up and guests raise their hand if they want it.

If too many people raise hands, winners are chosen by playing rock-paperscissors, which seems to be the same in Japan as it is in the U.S. Souvenirs included a photo book, cellphone

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Owls perch at Fukuro no Mise, which means Shop of Owls, in Tokyo. The cafe allows visitors to hold and interact with owls. It’s one of a number of cafes in Japan where you can spend time with animals ranging from rabbits to goats.

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An employee of Fukuro no Mise, which means Shop of Owls, in Tokyo, demonstrates the proper way to hold an owl.

charms, chopsticks and a cloth decorated with owls.

If owls aren’t enough to satisfy your longing to commune with birds of prey, there’s also a Falconers Cafe in MiPhoto by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

A tray of beverages ready to be served to visitors at Fukuro no Mise

taka, the same area of Tokyo as the Ghibli Museum.

When it’s not busy, the only birds there will be the owner’s, four Harris hawks and a peregrine falcon that can’t be petted, only watched. But hawk owners also come to the shop with their birds, and some may allow you to touch them. This one’s a proper cafe, with dishes on an English menu named after raptors, including Harris Curry and Eagle Ginger pork.

There are other owl cafes in Japan.

All have different hours and procedures, so it’s best to have a Japanese speaker help navigate websites and make calls. Fukuro no Mise also had limited and somewhat erratic hours, so you’ll want to check its website — also in Japanese — for current information: http://profile.ameba.jp/fukurounomise/

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The cafe suggests English speakers come on Fridays when they have English-speaking staff, but I had no difficulty on a different day.

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Doetzel growing with Rebels DEFENCEMAN ENJOYING BEST SEASON WITH TEAM IN YEAR REBELS LOOK LIKE A CONTENDER seasons, but that’s highly unlikely to happen this year and in fact the Rebels currently resemble a team that could make some serious post-season noise.

“We’ve been good in the past, but not this good,” Perhaps it just goes hand-in-hand that Kayle Doetzel is enjoying his finest season as a Red Deer Rebel said the Rosetown, Sask., product, the Rebels’ firstround pick in the 2011 WHL bantam draft. at a time when the team looks like a poten“This is by far the best team we’ve had tial Western Hockey League championship since I’ve been here, defensively and ofcontender. fensively.

The 19-year-old has been a mainstay on “We can put the puck in the net and I the Rebels blueline this winter, a non-wanfeel we have a lot of strong guys on the back dering, physical force with the necessary end who can shut everyone down.” size (six-foot-three, 198 pounds) to punish Doetzel, who already has accumulated a opposing forwards. career season high in points with one goal “I definitely feel like my year’s been and 12 assists in 46 games — to go with 41 strong and I guess that kind of shows with minutes in penalties and a plus-7 rating the team too,” Doetzel said Friday, roughly — is clearly near or at the top of the list of 24 hours prior to tonight’s 7 p.m. engageRed Deer shutdown blueliners. ment with the Vancouver Giants at the CenKayle Doetzel “And the nice part about it is he knows trium. “The team comes first. If the team what he’s going to have to be at the next does well then it comes down on all the level,” said Rebels associate coach Jeff Truitt. “He’s players and everyone succeeds.”

In the 2012-13 season, Doetzel’s second with the a stay-at-home, shutdown type of defender who plays club, the Rebels finished fourth in the Eastern Con- a physical game and a simple game in our zone . . . ference and won a playoff series before being elimi- just move pucks up to the forwards and let them go.

“It’s a craft that a lot of teams look for at the next nated by the Calgary Hitmen in the second round.

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going to be able to kill penalties and be reliable in the final minutes of a period.

“Kayle has done a great job for us this season.

He’s stronger this year than he was last year and he’s also understanding his strength. He can match up against anybody in this league.”

Doetzel has passed through two NHL drafts without being selected, but has attended two NHL camps — with Nashville and Toronto — as a free agent.

“Not getting drafted just kind of gives you that extra motivation and going to those camps shows that teams are interested in you and that you have that potential in you,” he said. “It makes you feel good to go to the camps and you just have to watch the older guys and see what they put into it and then take that and improve.”

In the event that he doesn’t earn a pro contract following the current season, Doetzel will be a strong candidate to earn one of the Rebels’ three 20-yearold berths for the club’s 2015-16 Memorial Cup hosting campaign.

“Hopefully I’ll get another (pro) tryout after this season and get a contract, and there’s also the possibility that next season I could come back as a 20-year-old and play in the Memorial Cup,” he said.

“That would be an exciting time.” gmeachem@reddeeradvocate.com

NHL all-star weekend missing some stars

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS COLUMBUS, Ohio — One thing Tyler Seguin was looking forward to at the NHL’s all-star weekend was meeting Sidney Crosby. In five seasons in the league, the Dallas Stars centre has never had a conversation with the Pittsburgh Penguins captain.

That won’t happen after Crosby withdrew from the event with a lower-body injury.

Crosby is the biggest name of the injured to pull out, a list that includes teammate Evgeni Malkin, Sergei Bobrovsky of the host Columbus Blue Jackets, MVP candidate Pekka Rinne of the Nashville Predators, Jimmy Howard of the Detroit Red Wings and Erik Johnson of the Colorado Avalanche.

Goaltenders Rinne, Howard and Bobrovsky are out long term. Crosby, Malkin and Johnson were scratched from the game Thursday on the eve of the festivities.

“All the other names, we’re going to try to do a good job to help fill (Crosby’s) shoes,” Seguin said.

“You can’t control when guys are hurt and can’t come.”

Not having those injured stars takes some of the lustre off the first all-star game since 2012. And while younger players are getting their first all-star experience out of the situation, veterans are mixed on how injuries should be treated for an event like this.

“I think the thing to remember is guys can play through injuries, but injuries are still there,” Chicago Blackhawks defenceman Brent Seabrook said.

“Guys are a little more banged up than they want to lead on.”

Rookie defenceman Aaron Ekblad, who was bumped up from skills competition duty to the game in Johnson’s place like Filip Forsberg is filling in for Malkin, said you can’t hassle players for being hurt.

“That’s the way of the game,” Ekblad said Friday.

“If you’re injured and you’ve got to take some time and rest, then so be it.”

Not everyone agrees. Ryan Getzlaf, like any veteran with a heavy workload could have used a few days off, but after meeting with Anaheim Ducks management the decision was made that his body was in good enough condition to play in the all-star game.

Getzlaf sees it as a matter of loyalty, but that’s split between team and league.

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Kessel-Seguin trade, Ovechkin at centre of laugh fest at all-star draft COLUMBUS, Ohio — Hockey players became stand-up comedians for a night as the NHL allstar draft turned into an entertainment program that could be better television than the skills competition or the game.

Captain Jonathan Toews cracked that he picked Phil Kessel because he’s “one of the most coachable players out there,” then traded him for Tyler Seguin because, well, why not. Superstar Alex Ovechkin of the $10 million salary stole the show by spending the night lobbying for a $20,000 car.

Ovechkin didn’t get his wish, but players had plenty of laughs and maybe a few drinks, too, as fans were treated to a different side of players than they usually see.

“We’re trying to enjoy ourselves,” Kessel said.

“I think this league’s different than any other league. I don’t think you would see that in any league around and that’s why this league’s special.”

Players spent the draft drinking out of plastic cups like college students, then couldn’t come to a consensus afterward on what was in them. Kessel said it was Coca-Cola, Jake Voracek of the Philadelphia Flyers said Red Bull, and other players were even less believable.

“Just some water. I don’t know, water,” Drew Doughty of the Los Angeles Kings said. “When you come from L.A. to Columbus, you struggle to stay hydrated just because of the long flights and whatnot, so we made sure to get a lot of water in us.”

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Milos Raonic of Canada reaches out for a shot to Benjamin Becker of Germany in their third round match at the Australian Open tennis championship in Melbourne, Australia, Saturday.

Raonic advances at Australian Open with win over Becker, Williams sisters move on

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS MELBOURNE, Australia — Canadian Milos Raonic advanced into the second week of the Australian Open for the third time in five years as he comfortably beat Germany’s Benjamin Becker 6-4, 6-3, 6-3 on Saturday.

Becker, who eliminated Australian Lleyton Hewitt in the previous round, was no match for 22 aces off the racquet of the eighth seed from Thornhill, Ont. It took the winner four match points to see off Becker with a break in the last game. Becker saved the first three Raonic winning chances before the Canadian went through from Becker’s double-fault.

Raonic took victory with 46 winners, 19 unforced errors while breaking on five of 14 opportunities.

Raonic will next face the winner from 12th-seeded Feliciano Lopez of Spain and Poland’s Jerzy Janowicz.

“I’m happy with how I’m playing,” said Raonic, who played and won on the third showcase court, the Hisense arena. “I can’t complain, everything has been working for me on this court and the results have been good.

“My game feels great and I’m having a lot of fun. I look forward to going on.”

Vancouver’s Vasek Pospisil was bidding to join Raonic in the fourth round but lost to Spain’s Guillermo Garcia-Lopez in a first-time meeting.

Raonic’s victory in 101 minutes improved his record over the 41st-ranked Becker to 3-1. Raonic, who played the Wimbledon semifinals last summer, won his 13th career match in Melbourne against four losses.

Raonic was never threatened by his journeyman opponent, winning each of the first two sets in 30 minutes.

Raonic claimed the opener with a break in the

final game with a forehand winner to the corner past Becker. The second set also featured only one break, with Raonic converting for a 4-2 lead.

Two games later, Raonic set up two set points with an ace only to double-fault the first chance away. But his 17th ace solved the problem on the second opportunity as he earned a two-sets-to-love lead.

In the third set, Raonic broke in the fifth game and climbed to 5-3 before closing it out.

In other action Serena Williams saw that older sister Venus was progressing to the fourth round at a Grand Slam tournament for the first time since 2011 and it inspired her own comeback win on Saturday at the Australian Open.

Top-ranked Serena Willliams made a lacklustre start to her third-round match against No. 26-ranked Elina Svitolina on Rod Laver Arena — knowing when she walked out that Venus was down a set and a break on a nearby court — but picked up her game after realizing her sister had recovered and was advancing with a 4-6, 7-6 (3), 6-1 win over Camila Giorgi.

Svitolina “kept hitting winners in the first set, there’s not much I can do. Then I saw (Venus’) score and thought ’Wow she’s winning, well I can do better,”’ Serena Williams said after her 4-6, 6-2, 6-0 win.

“We always motivate each other.”

She’ll have to be at the top of her game in the next round she meets No. 24 Garbine Muguruza, who beat her in the second round at the French Open last year. Muguruza defeated Timea Bacsinszky 6-3, 4-6, 6-0.

Venus Williams couldn’t contain her delight after her win on Margaret Court Arena, beaming a smile as she turned to wave to all sides of the stadium and then moved to the music blaring over the loud speakers. The 34-year-old, seven-time major winner next faces sixth-seeded Agnieszka Radwanska, a semifinalist here last year and Wimbledon finalist in 2012, who advanced with a 6-0, 7-5 win over Varvara Lepchenko.

Nedohin’s rink joins page playoff with win over Chelsea Carey at Alberta Scotties

BY ADVOCATE STAFF LACOMBE — Heather Nedohin’s foursome defeated Chelsea Carey’s rink 6-3 Friday evening in an all-Edmonton B-event qualifier of the Alberta Scotties women’s curling championship.

Nedohin will join A-event qualifier and defending provincial champion Val Sweeting of Edmonton in the Page playoffs set for today at 6:30 p.m.

In the B-event semifinals earlier Friday, Nedohin was an 8-7 winner over Casey Scheidegger of Lethbridge and Carey downed Nicky Kaufman of Edmonton 6-4.

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er 7-1, Shannon Kleibrink of Calgary was an 8-6 winner over Karryn Flory of Edmonton, and Calgary’s Crystal Webster beat Tiffany Game of Edmonton 9-7.

All three losers were eliminated.

Later, in the C quarter-finals — in which the losing teams were eliminated — Hamilton edged Kaufman 6-5, Scheidegger was an 8-6 winner over Delia DeJong of Grande Prairie and Webster defeated Kleibrink 8-3.

The two C-event qualifiers for today’s Page playoffs will be determined at 1 p.m., as Webster faces Carey and Hamilton takes on Scheidegger.

The semifinal is set for 9:30 a.m. Sunday and will be followed by the championship final at 2 p.m. The winner will represent Alberta in the Scotties Canadian championship Feb. 14-22 at Moose Jaw, Sask.

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ESSO CUP The organizing committee for the 2015 Esso Cup unveiled the schedule and ticket packages for the national female midget championship in Red Deer, on Friday.

The tournament, hosted by Hockey Canada, Hockey Alberta, the Red Deer Minor Hockey Commission and the Alberta Major Midget Hockey League will run April 19-25 at the Red Deer Arena, featuring five regional champions from across Canada — Atlantic, Ontario, Pacific, Quebec and West — and the host Red Deer Sutter Fund Chiefs.

The tournament will consist of 19 games, 15 in the preliminary rounds and four in the medal rounds. Full tournament packages are set at $50 each and are available through www.hockeycanada.ca The Chiefs first game is scheduled for April 19 at 7 p.m. against the Atlantic champs. On April 20, they play Pacific at 7 p.m., on April 21 they play Ontario at 7 p.m., on April 22 they play West at 7 p.m. and then wrap up their round robin on April 23 against Quebec at 7 p.m.

Semifinals go April 24 at 3:30 and 7 p.m. with the bronze medal game set for April 25 at 2 p.m. and the gold medal game at 4 p.m. which will be broadcast on TSN. Every other game will be available through FASTHockey webcasts at www.hockeycanada.ca/essocup.

“The Red Deer Minor Hockey Commission, along with the host Red Deer Chiefs, are excited to host the 2015 Esso Cup,” said chair of the host organizing committee Todd Thiessen, in an press release. “It’s hard to believe we’re only three months away from puck drop; we can’t wait to have some of the nation’s best female Midget hockey talent in our backyard this spring.”

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ALL-STARS: Important “I think it’s important that we’re here,” Getzlaf said. “As much as some guys need the break and stuff, it is important that you be here. This is a big event for the league that you want to have all the superstars.

“And at the same time, your loyalties lie with your hockey team and being able to perform in the second half and at some point you do need that extra three or four days’ rest that can make a big difference down the road.”

Ekblad was awestruck at his first all-star weekend. He quipped that “there’s quite a few superstars here,” and he’s right.

Even in Crosby’s absence, the all-star game will feature Jonathan Toews and Patrick Kane of the Chicago Blackhawks, Carey Price of the Montreal Canadiens, Alex Ovechkin of the Washington Capitals, Steven Stamkos of the Tampa Bay Lightning and Claude Giroux of the Philadelphia Flyers.

The other thing the NHL couldn’t help was timing. Injuries to Rinne and Howard came with enough breathing room to name Jaroslav Halak of the New York Islanders and Marc-Andre Fleury of the Penguins as replacements.

But the time the injuries piled up this week, it was

BY JOSH ALDRICH ADVOCATE STAFF Kings 3 Lions 0 The Red Deer College Kings showed a good defence can be just as effective as a good offence in their 3-0 (25-18, 25-18, 25-11) win over the Ambrose University Lions on Friday at RDC. While the No. 3 ranked men’s volleyball team in the Canadian Colleges Athletic Association showed plenty of power, their play at the net was most impressive, putting up 14 blocks. By comparison, the Lions had five blocks.

“Our group is starting to understand where our high end can be and that’s exciting for the group,” said Kings head coach Aaron Schulha. “You can see a lot of energy out there ... I thought our block was as good as it’s been all year.”

Freshman Aussie import Adam Turlejski led the way for the Kings with five blocks in two sets, while chipping in with three kills and one dig, seeing limited time in the final set as Schulha went to the bench.

Turlejski has come a long way since the start of the season when he was one of the Kings depth players. Since Christmas he has been in the starting lineup at middle and has improved every week.

“He’s still very young but his learning curve is huge,” said Schulha. “Since Day 1 we knew he had a lot of pop in his arm and the attacking piece was all there, but he’s worked really hard on his block and that’s showing.”

Regan Fathers led the Kings with eight kills while Nic Dubinsky had seven. Setter Luke Brisbane had a game-high 24 assists.

The Kings also saw the return of all-Canadian power and team captain Tim Finnigan to the lineup after missing last weekend, battling a nagging leg injury. He played the entire game on Friday, finishing with five kills and a team-high six digs.

Schulha said there was some consideration made to letting him rest and get healthy for another

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Red Deer College Queens Bronwyn Hawkes, left, and Megan Schmidt block a shot in the first game against the Ambrose University Lions during college volleyball action at Red Deer College Friday. week, looking to a bye and then a tough final four weeks of the season before playoffs, but it was more important to get him back in action to help build chemistry and rhythm.

“He’s itching to play, he’s a gamer and he’s our captain and he wants to be on the floor,” said Schulha. “He’s a fifth year guy and he’s running out of chances to play in our gym. As long as he’s healthy enough to play he’s going to be on the floor an awful lot for us.”

Queens 3 Lions 0 The RDC Queens showed what can happen when they lose their focus, even against the Alberta Colleges Athletic Conference’s last place team.

The Queens rolled for the first set and a half against the Ambrose Lions, but the visitors got hot in the last half of the second set and then nearly won the third set. The Queens however managed to hang on for a 3-0 (25-16, 25-16, 26-24) win at RDC. “Being up in that second set by quite a bit there, we definitely

too late. Most of the viable candidates, or those who might’ve been “snubbed” from the original rosters, were already out of reach on vacation.

Goaltender Brian Elliott left his Caribbean vacation to replace Bobrovsky. St. Louis Blues teammate Kevin Shattenkirk would have done the same thing.

“You can’t really deny this,” Shattenkirk said.

“You don’t know how many times this is going to happen in your career. I think some guys have the luxury they know they might be here every year. This is an experience you can’t really pass up on and something that 20 years from now you don’t want to say you skipped an All-Star Game because you wanted to stay on the beach for an extra day or two.”

DRAFT: Heartbroken With the all-stars well-hydrated, the jokes were flowing, too. The best zing came when captain Nick Foligno announced a trade that “worked out for both teams in the past,” sending Seguin to Toews for Kessel.

“I was heartbroken about that one,” Toews said with some sarcasm. “It’s part of the business. Sometimes you’ve got to part ways with guys and players that you feel strongly about. That was the case there.”

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“Well, fellas I’ve been there before,” Kessel said.

“I got traded for the same person and I think it worked out OK for everyone.”

Kessel was the second pick in the draft after Foligno took Columbus Blue Jackets teammate Ryan Johansen first. Ryan NugentHopkins of the Edmonton Oilers and Filip Forsberg of the Nashville Predators were the last two left and each got a Honda Accord that Ovechkin was pushing so hard for.

Ovechkin said before the draft he was hoping to go last because he needed a car. He even wrote that on a sign for another interview but was left without the extra wheels.

“He was special tonight wasn’t he?” Kessel said of Ovechkin. “Obviously, Ovi was having a good time and enjoying himself and I think that’s what the allstar weekend is about.”

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The No. 1 nationally ranked Queens were led by Miranda Dawes with nine kills while player of the game Hanna Delmont had six kills and three digs in a rare start, playing in just her fifth match of the season.

The game was one of the few remaining opportunities for Walton to go deep into his bench — getting in Delmont, Megan Schmidt, Kendra Sorensen and Marisa Neufield for considerable lengths of time — with a tough final stretch before the post-season.

“Seeing them in action now was good for them,” said Walton.

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The Kings fell 5-3 to the NAIT Ooks (17-3-0-1) after entering the final frame tied at 3-3 in Edmonton on Friday.

They will have their chance to avenge the loss tonight in Penhold at 7 p.m.

“It will be a good battle tomorrow,” said Kings head coach Trevor Keeper.

“They’re opportunistic, they pass the puck well and they’re accurate shooters — but if we’re a little better at blocking shots and picking up a couple of guys on some of the trick plays they have, we have a chance to win tomorrow.”

Jordan Wood led the Ooks with three goals while John Dunbar and Kevin Carthy also scored. Ken Cameron made 21 saves for the win.

The Kings replied with goals from Greg Lameroux, Pat Martens and Mike Marianchuk. Kraymer Barnstable made 27 saves in the loss. ● The RDC Queens (6-5-4) won their third-straight game, beating the SAIT Trojans 1-0 on Friday in Calgary.

Kaley McMurtry scored the game’s lone goal at 10:17 of the third period while freshman goalie Summer Roberts stopped all 15 shots she faced for her second career shutout.

The win gives the Queens a three- point lead over the Trojans (7-7-1) for second place in the ACAC.

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SCOREBOARD Local Sports � Midget A hockey: Tommy Gun’s Outdoor Winter Classic at Bower rinks, games at 7, 7:15, 9:30 and 9:45 a.m., 1:45 p.m. (skills), 5, 6:15, 7, 7:30, 9:30 and 9:45 p.m. � Peewee AA hockey: Red Deer TBS at Red Deer Parkland, 12:30 p.m., Kinsmen A. � Curling: Alberta Scotties provincial women’s championship at Lacombe Arena, draws at 1 and 6:30 p.m. � Major bantam hockey: Calgary Flames at Red Deer White, 2 p.m., Arena. � Bantam AA hockey: Airdrie at Red Deer Steel Kings, 2:30 p.m., Kinex; Okotoks at Olds, 4:45 p.m., � Junior women’s hockey: Edmonton at Central Alberta, 3:45 p.m., Penhold Regional Multiplex. � Minor midget AAA: Calgary Rangers at Red Deer Aero Equipment, 4:45 p.m., Arena. � Midget AA hockey: Calgary Gold at Sylvan Lake, 5:30 p.m., Eckville; Calgary Rangers at Red Deer Indy Graphics, 7:15 p.m., Collicutt Centre; Calgary Canucks at Olds, 7:30 p.m. � WHL: Vancouver at Red Deer, 7 p.m., Centrium.

Hockey � College men’s hockey: NAIT at RDC, 7 p.m., Penhold Regional Multiplex. � Heritage junior B hockey: Red Deer at Stettler, 7:30 p.m.; Coaldale at Three Hills, 8 p.m.

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� Midget A hockey: Tommy Gun’s Outdoor Winter Classic at Bower rinks, games at 7 and 7:30 a.m., B final at 10 p.m., championship final at 10:15 p.m.. � Curling: Alberta Scotties provincial women’s championship at Lacombe Arena, semifinals at 9:30 a.m., final at 2 p.m. � Peewee AA hockey: Bow Valley at Red Deer Parkland, 11:30 a.m., Kinsmen A; Southwest at Sylvan Lake, 2:45 p.m.

Major bantam hockey: Rocky Mountain at Red Deer White, noon, Arena. â—? Major midget girls hockey: Spruce Grove at Red Deer, 12:30 p.m., Collicutt Centre. â—? Bantam AA hockey: Medicine Hat at Red Deer Steel Kings, 2 p.m., Kinsmen A. â—? Heritage junior B hockey: Mountainview at Ponoka, 2:30 p.m.; Airdrie at Stettler, 3:30 p.m. â—? Midget AA hockey: Bow Valley at Red Deer Elks, 5:30 p.m.; Airdrie at Olds, 5:30 p.m.

Football NFL Playoffs 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 Seattle 28, Green Bay 22, OT New England 45, Indianapolis 7 Pro Bowl Sunday, Jan. 25 At Glendale, Ariz.

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TEAM IRVIN Coach: Jason Garrett, Dallas Offence Quarterbacks: Tony Romo, Dallas; Matt Ryan, Atlanta; Matthew Stafford, Detroit.

Running backs: C.J. Anderson, Denver; Mark Ingram, New Orleans, DeMarco Murray, Dallas.

Wide receivers: Odell Beckham Jr., New York Giants; Golden Tate, Detroit; Emmanuel Sanders, Denver; Randall Cobb, Green Bay. Tight ends: Jimmy Graham, New Orleans; Jason Witten, Dallas.

Fullback: Marcel Reece, Oakland.

Tackles: Joe Thomas, Cleveland; Tyron Smith, Dallas; Trent Williams, Washington.

Guards: Kyle Long, Chicago; Zack Martin, Dallas; Marshal Yanda, Baltimore.

Centres: Travis Frederick, Dallas; Nick Mangold, New York Jets.

Defence Defensive ends: Robert Quinn, St. Louis; Cameron Wake, Miami; DeMarcus Ware, Denver.

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Defensive tackles: Geno Atkins, Cincinnati; Aaron Donald, St. Louis; Sheldon Richardson, New York Jets.

Outside linebackers: Elvis Dumervil, Baltimore; Clay Matthews, Green Bay; Von Miller, Denver.

Inside linebackers: Luke Kuechly, Carolina; D’Qwell Jackson, Indianapolis.

Cornerbacks: Vontae Davis, Indianapolis; Brent Grimes, Miami; Joe Haden, Cleveland; Chris Harris Jr., Denver.

Safeties: Eric Weddle, San Diego, Mike Adams, Indianapolis; T.J. Ward, Denver.

Special teams Punter: Kevin Huber, Cincinnati.

Place-kicker: Adam Vinatieri, Indianapolis.

Return specialist: Darren Sproles, Philadelphia.

Special-teamer: Darrell Stuckey, San Diego.

Long-snapper: L.P. Ladouceur, Dallas TEAM CARTER Coach: John Harbaugh, Baltimore Offence Quarterbacks: Andrew Luck, Indianapolis; Drew Brees, New Orleans; Andy Dalton, Cincinnati.

Running backs: Jamaal Charles, Kansas City; Justin Forsett, Baltimore; Alfred Morris, Washington.

Wide receivers: A.J. Green, Cincinnati; T.Y. Hilton, Indianapolis; Jordy Nelson, Green Bay; Antonio Brown, Pittsburgh.

Tight ends: Martellus Bennett, Chicago; Greg Olsen, Carolina.

Fullback: John Kuhn, Green Bay. Tackles: Joe Staley, San Francisco; Duane Brown, Houston; Ryan Clady, Denver.

Guards: Evan Mathis, Philadelphia; Mike Pouncey, Miami; Josh Sitton, Green Bay. Centers: Jason Kelce, Philadelphia; Maurkice Pouncey, Pittsburgh.

Defence Defensive ends: J.J. Watt, Houston; Mario Williams, Buffalo; Calais Campbell, Arizona.

Interior defensive linemen: Marcell Dareus, Buffalo; Dontari Poe, Kansas City; Kyle Williams, Buffalo.

Outside linebackers: Justin Houston, Kansas City; Connor Barwin, Philadelphia; Tamba Hali, Kansas City.

Inside linebackers: C.J. Mosley, Baltimore; Lawrence Timmons, Pittsburgh.

Cornerbacks: Patrick Peterson, Arizona; Aqib Talib, Denver; Antonio Cromartie, Arizona; Sam Shields, Green Bay. Safeties: Antoine Bethea, San Francisco; Glover Quin, Detroit; Donte Whitner, Cleveland.

Special teams Punter: Pat McAfee, Indianapolis.

Place-kicker: Cody Parkey, Philadelphia.

Return specialist: Devin Hester, Atlanta.

Special-teamer: Justin Bethel, Arizona.

Long-snapper: Jon Dorenbos, Philadelphia.

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Vancouver Giants Tonight, 7 p.m., Centrium The Giants, with an overall 20-25-11 slate and sitting third in the B.C. Division and ninth in the Western Conference, are coming off Friday’s 3-1 win at Lethbridge and are 3-6-0-1 in their last 10 games. RW Jackson Houck has paced the Giants in scoring with 15 goals and 37 points, while C Carter Popoff (18-18-36), C Thomas Foster (8-27-35), LW Zane Jones (21-12-33), recently acquired from Lethbridge, and D Mason Geertsen (921-3) round out the Giants’ top five scorers.

Injuries: Vancouver — D Shaun Dosanjh (upper body, indefinite), D Clayton Kirichenko (upper body, day-to-day). Red Deer — LW Riley Sheen (upper body, day-to-day).

Special teams: Vancouver — Power play 23.9 per cent, fourth overall; penalty kill 77.5 per cent, 17th.

Red Deer — Power play 17.8 per cent, 17th overall; penalty kill 86.3 per cent, second.

Saturday’s games Moose Jaw at Saskatoon, 6:05 p.m.

Regina at Brandon, 6:30 p.m.

Prince George at Lethbridge, 7 p.m.

Vancouver at Red Deer, 7 p.m.

Swift Current at Kootenay, 7 p.m.

Calgary at Edmonton, 7 p.m.

Everett at Kelowna, 8:05 p.m.

Kamloops at Victoria, 8:05 p.m.

Portland at Seattle, 8:05 p.m.

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

Sunday’s games Prince Albert at Saskatoon, 1 p.m.

Vancouver at Calgary, 4 p.m.

Medicine Hat at Edmonton, 4 p.m.

Prince George at Kootenay, 6 p.m.

Tri-City at Portland, 6 p.m.

Seattle at Spokane, 6:05 p.m.

WHL EASTERN CONFERENCE EAST DIVISION GP W L OTLSOL GF Brandon 47 34 9 3 1 209 Regina 47 26 16 3 2 173 Swift Current 47 21 21 1 4 140 Moose Jaw 48 20 24 3 1 141 Prince Albert 46 19 26 1 0 133 Saskatoon 44 12 29 2 1 124

GA 150 146 158 172 163 194

Pt 72 57 47 44 39 27

CENTRAL DIVISION GP W L OTLSOL Medicine Hat 46 32 12 1 1 Red Deer 46 26 14 3 3 Calgary 47 25 17 1 4 Edmonton 47 22 19 4 2 Kootenay 47 24 22 0 1 Lethbridge 44 10 28 3 3

GF 187 163 192 143 153 116

GA 132 145 147 131 169 188

Pt 66 58 55 50 49 26

WESTERN CONFERENCE B.C. DIVISION GP W L OTLSOL GF Kelowna 46 35 8 3 0 197 Victoria 47 25 19 2 1 160 Vancouver 47 20 25 1 1 140 Prince George 49 20 27 1 1 147 Kamloops 47 17 24 3 3 139

GA 117 150 154 204 171

Pt 73 53 42 42 40

GA 119 156 138 124 140

Pt 64 55 50 49 46

Everett Portland Spokane Seattle Tri-City

GP 47 48 45 44 46

U.S. DIVISION W L OTLSOL 30 13 3 1 26 19 0 3 23 18 3 1 22 17 2 3 22 22 0 2

TEAM TOEWS Head Coach Peter Laviolette, Nashville Predators Goaltenders Corey Crawford, Chicago Blackhawks; Jaroslav Halak, New York Islanders; Roberto Luongo, Florida Panthers.

Defencemen Aaron Ekblad, Florida Panthers; Justin Faulk, Carolina Hurricanes; Mark Giordano, Calgary Flames; Brent Seabrook, Chicago Blackhawks; Ryan Suter, Minnesota Wild; Shea Weber, Nashville Predators.

Forwards Patrice Bergeron, Boston Bruins; Patrik Elias, New Jersey Devils; Filip Forsberg, Nashville Predators; Ryan Getzlaf, Anaheim Ducks; Tyler Johnson, Tampa Bay Lightning; Rick Nash, New York Rangers; Vladimir Tarasenko, St. Louis Blues; John Tavares, New York Islanders; Jonathan Toews, Chicago Blackhawks (captain); Tyler Seguin, Dallas Stars; Jakub Voracek, Philadelphia Flyers.

Rookies Johnny Gaudreau, Calgary Flames; Mike Hoffman, Ottawa Senators.

Medicine Hat 5 Prince George 2 Portland 4 Spokane 1 Kelowna 5 Everett 3 Seattle at Tri-City, late Kamloops at Victoria, late

2015 Esso Cup Female major midget hockey national championship Red Deer Arena April 19-25 Round robin Sunday, April 19 West vs. Ontario, noon Quebec vs. Pacific, 3:30 p.m.

Atlantic vs. Sutter Fund Chiefs 7 p.m.

Monday, April 20 West vs. Quebec, noon Ontario vs. Atlantic, 3:30 p.m.

Sutter Fund Chiefs vs. Pacific, 7 p.m.

Tuesday, April 21 Atlantic vs. Quebec, noon Pacific vs. West, 3:30 p.m.

Ontario vs. Sutter Fund Chiefs, 7 p.m.

Wednesday, April 22 Pacific vs. Atlantic, noon Quebec vs. Ontario, 3:30 p.m.

Sutter Fund Chiefs vs. West 7 p.m.

Thursday, April 23 Pacific vs. Ontario, noon Atlantic vs. West, 3:30 p.m.

Quebec vs. Sutter Fund Chiefs, 7 p.m.

Semifinal Friday, April 24 Semifinal 1, 3:30 p.m.

Semifinal 2, 7 p.m.

Finals Saturday, April 25 Bronze medal game, noon Gold medal game, 4 p.m., TSN

GF 164 165 135 119 128

National Hockey League EASTERN CONFERENCE GP W L OT Pts Tampa Bay 48 30 14 4 64 N.Y. Islanders 46 31 14 1 63 Detroit 47 27 11 9 63 Pittsburgh 46 26 12 8 60 Montreal 45 29 13 3 61 N.Y. Rangers 44 27 13 4 58 Washington 46 24 13 9 57 Boston 48 25 16 7 57 Florida 44 20 14 10 50 Ottawa 46 19 18 9 47 Toronto 48 22 23 3 47 Philadelphia 48 19 22 7 45 Columbus 45 20 22 3 43 New Jersey 47 17 22 8 42 Carolina 46 16 25 5 37 Buffalo 47 14 30 3 31

GF 156 151 139 138 123 134 137 126 107 126 142 130 113 107 98 89

GA 127 129 119 117 106 106 120 121 122 128 150 146 142 134 120 167

WESTERN CONFERENCE GP W L OT Pts GF GA Anaheim 47 31 10 6 68 139 124 Nashville 45 30 10 5 65 137 104 St. Louis 46 29 13 4 62 148 111 San Jose 48 25 17 6 56 131 132 Chicago 47 30 15 2 62 148 108 Vancouver 45 26 16 3 55 124 114 Winnipeg 48 26 14 8 60 135 117 Calgary 47 25 19 3 53 136 125 Los Angeles 47 20 15 12 52 129 126 Colorado 48 20 18 10 50 125 137 Dallas 46 21 18 7 49 144 151 Minnesota 46 20 20 6 46 128 137 Arizona 46 16 25 5 37 105 156 Edmonton 47 12 26 9 33 109 158 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss.

All-star break until Tuesday All-star skill competition Saturday, 5 p.m.

All-star game Sunday, 3 p.m.

Friday’s results Moose Jaw 4 Regina 3 (OT) Brandon 5 Prince Albert 1 Vancouver 3 Lethbridge 2 Calgary 8 Swift Current 0

2015 NHL All-Star Game Rosters COLUMBUS, Ohio — Rosters for the 2015 NHL all-star game Sunday at Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Ohio after Friday’s fantasy draft:

OLDS — Connor Wilson potted the winner at 13:07 of the second period as the Canmore Eagles handed the Olds Grizzlys their fourth consecutive AJHL loss Friday, prevailing 3-2.

Logan Ferguson and Lane Olson also tallied for the Eagles before 604 fans at the Sportsplex. Colton Sheen and Austin Kernahan replied for Olds.

Ryan Ferguson made 29 saves as the winning netminder. Jesse Gordichuk blocked 18 shots in the Grizzlys net.

Maddock to get award of merit from Alberta Soccer Association Cliff Maddock of the Red Deer City Soccer Association (RDCSA) is one of two recipients of an award of merit from the Alberta Soccer Association.

Maddock, a volunteer, will receive his award today at the ASA annual general meeting and awards banquet in Calgary. “We nominated Cliff based on his tireless dedication to the soccer community in Red Deer. Over the years his passion has shown in his willingness to grow soccer through his volunteer work. Whether through the Renegades soccer club or his involvement with RDCSA, everyone respects him and knows what he has done for our sport,� RDCSA president Paul Morigeau said in a press release. “Whether through coaching, managing, fundraising, and setting up and maintaining our top-notch indoor non-boarded fields at the Westerner, his contribution has been central in the development of thousands of players in Red Deer. Through this impressive award, ASA agrees that his outstanding commitment grows soccer in all of Alberta.�

NHL All-Star Game MVPs 2014—No Game (Olympics) 2013—No Game (lockout) 2012—Marian Gaborik, N.Y. Rangers 2011—Patrick Sharp, Chicago 2010—No Game (Olympics) 2009—Alex Kovalev, Montreal 2008—Eric Staal, Carolina 2007—Daniel Briere, Buffalo 2006—No Game (Olympics) 2005—No Game (lockout) 2004—Joe Sakic, Colorado 2003—Dany Heatley, Atlanta 2002—Eric Daze (North America), Chicago 2001—Bill Guerin (North America), Boston 2000—Pavel Bure (World), Florida 1999—Wayne Gretzky (North America), N.Y. Rangers 1998—Teemu Selanne (World), Anaheim 1997—Mark Recchi, Montreal 1996—Ray Bourque, Boston 1995—No Game (lockout) 1994—Mike Richter, N.Y. Rangers 1993—Mike Gartner, N.Y. Rangers 1992—Brett Hull, St. Louis

Basketball National Basketball Association EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct GB Toronto 28 15 .651 — Brooklyn 18 25 .419 10 Boston 15 26 .366 12 Philadelphia 8 35 .186 20 New York 8 36 .182 20 Southeast Division W L Pct GB Atlanta 36 8 .818 — Washington 29 14 .674 6 Miami 19 24 .442 16 Charlotte 18 26 .409 18 Orlando 15 31 .326 22 Central Division W L Pct GB Chicago 29 16 .644 — Cleveland 24 20 .545 4 Milwaukee 21 21 .500 6 Detroit 17 26 .395 11 Indiana 15 30 .333 14 WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division W L Pct GB

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Saturday’s Games New York at Charlotte, 5 p.m.

Detroit at Milwaukee, 5:30 p.m.

Philadelphia at Memphis, 6 p.m.

Brooklyn at Utah, 7 p.m.

Washington at Portland, 8 p.m.

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Sunday’s Games Miami at Chicago, 11 a.m.

Oklahoma City at Cleveland, 1:30 p.m.

L.A. Clippers at Phoenix, 4 p.m.

Dallas at New Orleans, 4 p.m.

Minnesota at Atlanta, 4 p.m.

Indiana at Orlando, 4 p.m.

Milwaukee at San Antonio, 5 p.m.

Detroit at Toronto, 5 p.m.

Boston at Golden State, 6 p.m.

Washington at Denver, 6 p.m.

Houston at L.A. Lakers, 7:30 p.m.

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Friday’s Games Toronto 91, Philadelphia 86 Atlanta 103, Oklahoma City 93 Miami 89, Indiana 87 Cleveland 129, Charlotte 90 New York 113, Orlando 106

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TEAM FOLIGNO Head Coach Darryl Sutter, Los Angeles Kings Goaltenders Brian Elliott, St. Louis Blues; Marc-Andre Fleury, Pittsburgh Penguins; Carey Price, Montreal Canadiens.

Defencemen Brent Burns, San Jose Sharks; Dustin Byfuglien, Winnipeg Jets; Drew Doughty, Los Angeles Kings; Oliver Ekman-Larsson, Arizona Coyotes; Duncan Keith, Chicago Blackhawks; Kevin Shattenkirk, St. Louis Blues.

Forwards Nick Foligno, Columbus Blue Jackets (captain); Zemgus Girgensons, Buffalo Sabres; Claude Giroux, Philadelphia Flyers; Ryan Johansen, Columbus Blue Jackets; Patrick Kane, Chicago Blackhawks; Phil Kessel, Toronto Maple Leafs; Anze Kopitar, Los Angeles Kings; Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, Edmonton Oilers; Alex Ovechkin, Washington Capitals; Bobby Ryan, Ottawa Senators; Steven Stamkos, Tampa Bay Lightning; Radim Vrbata, Vancouver Canucks.

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Falling gas prices slow inflation

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS

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OTTAWA — The effects of the global oil slump weighed on Canadian inflation last month as falling pump prices helped slow the annual rate to 1.5 per cent, a deceleration from two per cent in November.

On Friday, Statistics Canada’s latest consumer price index found gasoline prices in December fell 16.6 per cent compared with the previous year, which followed the year-over-year November decline of 5.9 per cent.

Cheaper gas also counterbalanced rising prices in seven of the report’s eight categories.

The data represented the latest example of how deep the rapid decline of oil prices has already reached into the Canadian economy.

The Bank of Canada unexpectedly cut its trendsetting interest rate Wednesday by a quarter percentage point, bringing it down to 0.75 per cent in response to the effect of low crude prices on inflation.

The central bank predicted inflation to temporarily dip below one per cent in 2015 — under the bank’s target range — before climbing back up to two per cent in the second half of the year.

“It supports the Bank of Canada’s decision this week to lower interest rates,” said National Bank senior economist Krishen Rangasamy, referring to December’s “soft” inflation.

Amid the uncertainty, the oil-price collapse also prompted the federal government to take the unusu-

al step of delaying its budget until at least April, so it could weigh the effects on Canada’s bottom line.

The fall in oil prices has also dragged down the Canadian dollar.

With that in mind, Rangasamy will be watching for signs the depreciating loonie is pushing up prices on imported goods.

In the report Friday, Statistics Canada found gas prices fell 9.8 per cent, month-over-month, between November and December and slid 24.6 per cent between June and December.

The survey also measured Canada’s core inflation rate, which excludes some volatile items such as gasoline and is carefully monitored by the central bank, sped up slightly in December to 2.2 per cent.

The core rate was 2.1 per cent for November.

The central bank aims to keep the core measure as close to its ideal two per cent target as possible.

Dropping gas prices counteracted December gains in other areas.

Statistics Canada said some of the biggest yearover-year price increases included natural gas at 16.5 per cent, meat at 13.1 per cent and cigarettes at 11.4 per cent. All three also saw major gains in November.

Looking at the provinces, inflation readings for December slowed on a year-over-year basis in every province, except for Manitoba, where inflation accel-

erated to 1.5 per cent from 1.1 per cent in November.

Prince Edward Island was the only province that registered a drop in consumer prices compared with the year before, with a decline of 0.4 per cent.

On a seasonally adjusted month-to-month basis, Statistics Canada’s report said prices overall fell 0.1 per cent in December, after dropping 0.2 per cent in November.

Statistics Canada also said Friday that retail sales in November rose by 0.4 per cent to $43 billion.

The agency said the increase was led by a 13.4 per cent increase in sales at shoe stores and a 4.9 per cent gain at clothing stores. Meanwhile, sales at beer and liquor stores fell 0.5 per cent and grocery stores saw a drop of 0.4 per cent.

Jimmy Jean, a senior economist with Desjardins Capital Markets, called the rise in retail sales a “surprise” and the described the regional differences as particularly “telling.”

In a note to clients, Jean pointed to the morerobust sales registered in Quebec, Ontario, Manitoba and British Columbia, while declines were seen in the energy-rich provinces of Alberta and Saskatchewan.

Rangasamy said the rise in retail sales likely reflects yet another impact of low global oil prices.

“Lower pump prices are basically leaving more cash in peoples’ wallets and they’re actually spending it, and we saw that in November,” he said.

“I think that’s going to continue to be a story in 2015.”

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BRIEF Ag producers association names executive team for 2015 A provincial ag producers association has named its executive team for 2015.

During the Alberta Federation of Agriculture’s annual general meeting in Red Deer this week, Lynn Jacobson of Enchant was returned as president, Keith Degenhardt of Hughenden as first vice-president and Humphrey Banack of Camrose as second vicepresident.

The two-day gathering in Red Deer focused on water management issues, with a number of speakers discussing water as it relates to agriculture.

“If we don’t get water management right, farming in Alberta can’t be as successful in the future as we have been in the past,” said Jacobson.

Resolutions passed by federation members during the AGM related to grain transportation, encouraging government to invest in research and innovation, and provide compensation for electricity generation, and support for individual farm environmental stewardship.

Based in Lacombe, the Alberta Federation of Agriculture is the largest producerfunded general farm organization in the province.

“AFA membership increased by 20 per cent in 2014, and for a good reason,” says Jacobson. “Today, more than ever, Alberta needs a general farm organization that is effective and sustainable.”

Farm Credit Canada hosting Ag Knowledge Exchange on Feb. 10 Farm Credit Canada is offering advice on how to save taxes and simplify farm transfers by using an appropriate business structure.

The agricultural lender is planning an Ag Knowledge Exchange event in Red Deer on Feb. 10. It will be conducted by Merle Good, a taxation and business arrangement expert who’s served as provincial tax specialist with the Alberta agricultural ministry. He’s also lectured accountants and lawyers at professional training events, and currently farms near Cremona.

Good will discuss how to retire at a lower tax rate, how to deal with rented land and land held by a corporation, the best structure for farm succession, and financial management, compensation and tax strategies.

The event will be held at the Black Knight Inn from 1 to 4 p.m. Admission is free, but attendees are asked to register in advance by going online to www.fcc.ca/agknowledge or calling 1-888-332-3301.

Ablberta Conola Producers offering workshops on production issues The Alberta Canola Producers Commission is offering one-day workshops on identifying and dealing with canola production issues.

CanoLAB 2015 will be held in Olds on Feb. 18, 19 and 20. Participants will work with real plants, insects and diseases in this interactive event, and learn from a team of experts.

Cost is $150 plus GST for any of the oneday workshops, with online registration available at albertacanola.com/event/canolab-2015/ The commission is also holding canola marketing workshops in Nisku and Lethbridge, and management workshops in Grande Prairie, Nisku and Lethbridge. Information on all can be found online by going to albertacanola.com and clicking on Events.

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Work continues on the 83-room Best Western Plus Lacombe Inn & Suites, which is being developed at 4751 63rd St. in Lacombe. The 60,000-square-foot hotel will include a swimming pool and waterslide, a fitness room, a banquet room with seating for 180, and a boardroom that can accommodate 60. A restaurant is contemplated as part of a proposed second phase. The project is being developed by a group of investors, with Stretch Construction Ltd. the general contractor.

Conservatives mulling focus on manufacturing sector in federal budget Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne recently announced $100 million in joint funding for auto parts manufacturer Linamar in Guelph, Ont. Harper also finally agreed to meet Wynne earlier this month, the first time in more than a year.

“The oil industry isn’t remotely the entire Canadian economy,” Harper said at an event Thursday in St. Catharines, Ont., as he spoke about plummeting oil prices.

Industry Minister James Moore recently told CBC News that while the government has done much to advance the cause of oil pipelines, it’s up to the companies involved to deliver.

That’s a different tone than Harper took shortly after he took office, when he told a British audience that Canada was an “energy superpower,” and that oilsands development was akin to building the Great Wall of China or the pyramids.

“For international investors, the most important sector story I have to tell is energy,” Harper said in another speech later that year.

Senior Conservative sources emphasize that manufacturing has always been on the radar — a two-year extension of the temporary capital cost allowance for equipment and machinery appeared in the 2013 budget. Southern Ontario’s auto industry was also given billions in bailout

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — The Conservative government is considering a strong focus on the manufacturing sector in the upcoming budget, part of a general shift in attention towards Ontario and its voters.

Opposition parties say Prime Minister Stephen Harper has ignored the country’s industrial heartland in favour of the energy sector in Alberta — a criticism that is likely to come up when the House of Commons returns next week.

NDP finance critic Peggy Nash said the government has said and done little as Heinz, Kellogg’s, Unilever and Aveos and others have closed operations in Ontario and Quebec in recent years.

“My question to them, is where have they been for nine years?” Nash said. “They’ve neglected the manufacturing sector, we’ve lost hundreds of thousands of good-paying jobs.

“Families, communities, have suffered. This seems to me to be preelection posturing and I just hope it’s not too little, too late.”

Harper and his ministers have been concentrating much of their energy in Ontario, whose manufacturers and exporters stand to benefit from the sagging loonie.

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money in late 2008.

But they also suggest that more help for the sector is top of mind as the April budget is being put together. For example, the accelerated capital cost allowance lets companies write-off the cost of machinery more quickly, thereby lowering their tax bill. One option is to make that permanent.

Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau took a direct swipe at the Conservative record on manufacturing during a Liberal caucus retreat earlier this week.

“While Mr. Harper was busy not caring about manufacturing jobs drying up, his finance minister was telling Ontarians they had ’no one to blame but themselves’,” Trudeau said in a speech.

Harper specifically referred to manufacturing on Thursday, when he dismissed a suggestion his government should readjust its economic plan in the face of falling oil prices.

The government is already doing plenty to foster economic health, he said, including “cutting red tape, programs to aid the creation of small business and small-business jobs, programs to aid in innovation, programs to ensure the manufacturing sector is strong and growing and revitalized, negotiations to open new markets to trade, and keeping our taxes low.”

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Diversified and Industrials Agrium Inc. . . . . . . . . . . 129.87 ATCO Ltd.. . . . . . . . . . . . 49.01 BCE Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58.57 BlackBerry . . . . . . . . . . . 13.29 Bombardier . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.80 Brookfield . . . . . . . . . . . . 64.68 Cdn. National Railway . . 84.48 Cdn. Pacific Railway. . . 218.78 Cdn. Utilities . . . . . . . . . . 42.18 Capital Power Corp . . . . 26.72 Cervus Equipment Corp 19.63 Dow Chemical . . . . . . . . 44.57 Enbridge Inc. . . . . . . . . . 61.69 Finning Intl. Inc. . . . . . . . 22.37 Fortis Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . 40.78 General Motors Co. . . . . 33.75 Parkland Fuel Corp. . . . . 20.40 Sirius XM . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.23 SNC Lavalin Group. . . . . 43.42 Stantec Inc. . . . . . . . . . . 31.16 Telus Corp. . . . . . . . . . . . 44.17 Transalta Corp.. . . . . . . . 11.02 Transcanada. . . . . . . . . . 55.67 Consumer Canadian Tire . . . . . . . . 122.03 Gamehost . . . . . . . . . . . . 13.15 Leon’s Furniture . . . . . . . 19.25 Loblaw Ltd. . . . . . . . . . . . 61.08 MARKETS CLOSE TORONTO — The Toronto stock market closed slightly higher Friday as consumer stocks advanced in the wake of a strong retail report and energy stocks climbed amid questions about whether the death of Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah could mean a change in the amount of oil his country is producing.

The S&P/TSX composite index gained 15.37 points to 14,779.35, with the consumer staples section ahead 0.9 per cent as Statistics Canada reported retail sales rose 0.4 per cent to $43 billion in November.

Economists had generally expected a decline.

“We’re all focused on the consumer, whether it’s in the U.S. or Canada, and to see the Canadian consumer stepping up and spending certainly has a beneficial impact,” said Patrick Blais, managing director and portfolio manager, Manulife Asset Management.

“Given the drop in oil prices, we‘re all trying to assess if it will have an impact on confidence and therefore the Canadian consumer.”

The Canadian dollar declined 0.13 of a cent to 80.49 cents US. U.S. indexes were mainly lower as the Dow Jones industrials tumbled 141.38 points to 17,672.6 and the S&P 500 index was off 11.33 points at 2,051.82.

The Nasdaq gained 7.48 points to 4,757.88.

Oil prices initially rose slightly on news of the death of Saudi Arabia’s monarch but closed down 72 cents to US$45.59 a barrel.

Crude prices have plunged 40 per cent since the end of November when Saudi Arabia said it would seek to maintain market share by refusing to cut production in order to support prices.

Overall, prices are down about 55 per cent from last June because of global oversupply.

There were questions about whether Abdullah’s successor, Prince Salman — 79-years-old and himself in poor health — will change the kingdom’s oil policy.

But Blais said the change at the

Maple Leaf Foods. . . . . . 19.56 Rona Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.73 Wal-Mart . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88.51 WestJet Airlines . . . . . . . 31.52 Mining Barrick Gold . . . . . . . . . . 15.43 Cameco Corp. . . . . . . . . 17.80 First Quantum Minerals . 12.67 Goldcorp Inc. . . . . . . . . . 29.72 Hudbay Minerals. . . . . . . . 9.12 Kinross Gold Corp. . . . . . . 4.17 Labrador. . . . . . . . . . . . . 18.15 Potash Corp.. . . . . . . . . . 44.57 Sherritt Intl. . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.15 Teck Resources . . . . . . . 15.48 Energy Arc Resources . . . . . . . . 22.71 Badger Daylighting Ltd. . 22.02 Baker Hughes. . . . . . . . . 58.40 Bonavista . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.40 Bonterra Energy . . . . . . . 40.30 Cdn. Nat. Res. . . . . . . . . 36.36 Cdn. Oil Sands Ltd. . . . . . 7.93 Canyon Services Group. . 7.03 Cenovous Energy Inc. . . 24.39 CWC Well Services . . . 0.4050 Encana Corp. . . . . . . . . . 16.61 Essential Energy. . . . . . . . 1.31 top likely wouldn’t matter.

“Saudi Arabia has definitely made their intentions clear and it’s in their best interest, long term, to find a market level for the oil price,” added Blais.

“There is so much oversupply that we may be in for low oil prices for quite some time.”

Meanwhile, the spinoff effects of plunging oil on smaller producers continued as Penn West Petroleum Ltd. (TSX:PWT) CEO David Roberts said the company is in talks with bondholders about relaxing covenant agreements as the collapse in oil prices threatens the company’s ability to meet conditions on its debt. Its shares dipped six cents to $1.90.

The TSX energy sector was ahead 1.5 per cent.

A rising U.S. dollar helped push other commodities lower.

The base metals sector was the leading decliner, down 4.3 per cent as March copper shed eight cents to US$2.50 a pound.

Copper, viewed as a global economic gauge, has tumbled more than 11 per cent this month amid weak data from China and economic downgrades by the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund.

The gold sector lost about three per cent as February bullion declined $8.10 to US$1,292.60 an ounce.

General Electric Co. reported fourth-quarter earnings ex-items of 56 cents per share, a penny ahead of expectations, while the industrial conglomerate posted revenue of US$42 billion, missing forecasts of $42.4 billion.

Its stock moved up 20 cents to US$24.48.

The TSX ran ahead 470 points 3.3 or per cent this week, recouping losses of the past two weeks. The advance was led by a seven per cent run-up in the much-battered energy sector as oil found some temporary stability around the $45 a barrel mark.

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

Stocks: S&P/TSX Composite Index

Finance Minister Oliver says he won’t meddle with banks’ decisions on rates OTTAWA — Federal Finance Minister Joe Oliver says he has no intention of pushing Canadian banks to follow the Bank of Canada’s lead and drop their rates.

Exxon Mobil . . . . . . . . . . 90.89 Halliburton Co. . . . . . . . . 40.99 High Arctic . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.78 Husky Energy . . . . . . . . . 27.20 Imperial Oil . . . . . . . . . . . 47.37 Pengrowth Energy . . . . . . 3.38 Penn West Energy . . . . . . 1.90 Pinecrest Energy Inc. . . . 0.015 Precision Drilling Corp . . . 6.61 Suncor Energy . . . . . . . . 37.34 Talisman Energy . . . . . . . . 9.38 Trican Ltd.. . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.29 Trinidad Energy . . . . . . . . 4.58 Vermilion Energy . . . . . . 55.04 Financials Bank of Montreal . . . . . . 78.44 Bank of N.S. . . . . . . . . . . 63.82 CIBC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92.99 Cdn. Western . . . . . . . . . 29.28 Carfinco . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.58 Great West Life. . . . . . . . 32.72 IGM Financial . . . . . . . . . 45.58 Intact Financial Corp. . . . 86.03 Manulife Corp. . . . . . . . . 20.90 National Bank . . . . . . . . . 45.53 Rifco Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.18 Royal Bank . . . . . . . . . . . 75.42 Sun Life Fin. Inc.. . . . . . . 39.38 TD Bank . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52.42 — 14,779.35, up 15.37 points Dow — 17,672.60, down 141.38 points S&P 500 — 2,051.82 down 11.33 points Nasdaq — 4,757.88, up 7.48 points Currencies: Cdn — 80.49 cents US, down 0.13 of a cent Pound — C$1.8637, up 0.22 of a cent Euro — C$1.3925, down 1.67 cents Euro — US$1.1208, down 1.53 cents Oil futures: US$45.59 per barrel, down 72 cents (March contract) Gold futures: US$1,292.60 per oz., down $8.10 (February contract) Canadian Fine Silver Handy and Harman: $23.614 oz., up 6.4 cents $759.19 kg., up $2.06 ICE FUTURES Canola futures prices mixed, barley unchanged THE CANADIAN PRESS WINNIPEG — ICE Futures Canada closing prices: Canola: March ’15 $0.70 lower $461.50; May ’15 $2.20 higher $455.60; July ’15 $1.60 higher $448.90; Nov ’15 $0.70 lower $436.10; Jan. ’16 $0.10 lower $438.00; March ’16 unchanged $442.00; May ’16 unchanged $445.40; July ’16 unchanged $446.90; Nov. ’16 unchanged $446.90; Jan. ’17 unchanged $446.90; March ’17 unchanged $446.90.

Barley (Western): March ’15 unchanged $195.00; May ’15 unchanged $197.00; July ’15 unchanged $199.00; Oct. ’15 unchanged $190.00; Dec. ’15 unchanged $190.00; March ’16 unchanged $190.00; May ’16 unchanged $190.00; July ’16 unchanged $190.00; Oct. ’16 unchanged $190.00; Dec. ’ 16 unchanged $190.00; March ’17 unchanged $190.00.

Friday’s estimated volume of trade: 544,000 tonnes of canola; 0 tonnes of barley (Western Barley) Total: 544,000.

The central bank unexpectedly cut its trend-setting interest rate Wednesday to 0.75 per cent in response to the oil-price collapse.

Financial experts have said borrowers shouldn’t automatically expect Canada’s big banks to cut their prime rates just because the central bank decided to do so. For his part, Oliver says he won’t interfere with internal decisions of commercial banks.

Downturn in long-term interest rates a challenge for pension funds: experts

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — A downturn in longterm interest rates near the end of last year has left pension funds in a difficult position, and with low rates expected to continue, companies will likely have to dig a little deeper into their pockets to make up any deficits.

After years of falling interest rates stemming from the financial crisis and subsequent recession, 2013 brought some hope for pension funds as the economy began to recover, stock markets were buoyed and long-term rates started to rise.

Air Canada, for instance, reported in early 2014 that its pension plan was finally in a surplus position, after years of posting deficits as high as $4.2 billion.

The Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan began 2014 with its first funding surplus in a decade.

But by the end of last year the hopes of Canadian pension plans were dashed again, as fears about Europe slipping into a recession caused investors to move away from stocks and back into safer vehicles like bonds, driving yields on long-term bonds lower.

Manuel Monteiro, a partner with global pension consulting firm Mercer, says all of the gains made during the previous year have been reversed, with long-term interest rates once again hovering around 60-year lows.

That could spell trouble for some pension plan sponsors, who are usually required to pay back deficits over five years, Monteiro said.

“As long as your company is healthy,

North American newsprint capacity being cut as demand continues to slip MONTREAL — North American newsprint manufacturers will continue to pare production and jobs in 2015, mainly as they complete cuts announced last year, according to industry officials and observers.

After this year’s reduction of about 350,000 tonnes, capacity will have been cut by almost 700,000 tonnes in Canada over the past 13 months and by about 550,000 tonnes in the United States.

Kruger and Resolute Forest Products (TSX:RFP) have been the most aggressive at chopping capacity in Canada, reducing output at several mills in

even if the pension plan is in deficit, it’s probably not a big deal,” Monteiro said.

However, companies who can’t afford to cover their pension plan deficits could find themselves facing difficult choices, Monteiro said.

“If you need to put a whole bunch of cash into your pension plan and your business isn’t generating the cash then certainly you could be in trouble.”

Long-term interest rates are used to calculate defined benefit pension plan liabilities — the amount of they are required to keep on hand today to make the future payments promised to pensioners.

While gains in the stock market have helped pension plans growth their assets, the drop in interest rates will offset those gains.

When interest rates decline, liabilities move higher says Ken Choi, director of the investment consulting practice at Towers Watson.

“When you calculate that liability, you’re assuming that you’re going to get a certain amount of interest on the money while you’re waiting to pay out these monthly benefits,” said Choi.

“And if interest rates are lower than you assumed, you’re going to need more money today to make good on your promises.”

Pension plans had been hoping a reprieve was on the horizon. The Bank of Canada was widely expected to nudge its short-term lending rate higher by the end of this year, a move that experts say would have helped push longterm interest rates — the ones used to calculate pension plan liabilities — to rise, as well.

Quebec and Ontario late last year.

Resolute will also stop two machines at Clermont, Que., later this month with about 255,000 tonnes of output. Overall, that will mean the loss of 300 jobs at Resolute mills in Iroquois Falls, Ont., and Baie-Comeau and Clermont, Que. Meanwhile, Kruger cut 100 jobs and 100,000 tonnes of capacity late last year after closing a paper machine at its Brompton plant in Sherbrooke, Que., according to RISI, a forest products trade publication.

North American newsprint demand fell nine per cent in 2014, marking the 15th consecutive year it has decreased.

After offsetting domestic weakness in 2013, offshore shipments dropped nearly seven per cent last year and are forecast to decline another 15 per cent in 2015.

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he New Year is the most beloved holiday among Russians. Initially, Russians celebrated New Years’s Day on March 1, but in 1700, Tsar Peter the Great issued a decree that moved the New Year to Jan. 1, in tune with the rest of Europe.

The children’s Christmas tree shows and parties are an essential element of New Year celebrations in Russia.

We celebrate Grandfather Frost — instead of Santa. Russian children believe in the no-lessmythical Grandfather Frost, who wears a long blue or red fur coat, a matching hat and felt boots and carries gifts in a large sack on his back. In addition

to the sack with gifts, Grandfather Frost carries a magical staff that has the power to freeze everything around him. Unlike Santa, Grandfather Frost doesn’t rely on reindeer to fly him around, but instead walks and skies a lot (no pot belly!) or drives his magical team of three horses.

Russian speakers from a variety of places around the world gather every year with their children at the Red Deer Public Library for a Russian Children New Year Party. The library staff and volunteers create a new script for an interactive play that engages the children in the quest to save the Grandfather Frost’s presents from the evil forces.

A record number of 225 people came to the

Saturday, Jan. 24. 2015

party on Saturday, Dec. 20, to the downtown branch of the library. Many children performed, sang and danced during the play; others played and helped Grandfather Frost in his quest. The presents were saved and the New Year will come to Red Deer!

In the pictures you can see the performers, staff and volunteers dressed as Russian folklore characters.

Thank you to all volunteers who helped with the party. Many of them work at Olymel as temporary foreign workers. They work very hard but still found the time to volunteer to make many children happy in time for the New Year.

Photos by LUCINDA SHEARDOWN/Freelance

CLOCKWISE FROM TOP LEFT: A girl performs a traditional Russian Christmas tree song in a Christmas tree costume; Marharyta Burchenko performs a potpourri of Christmas songs; Anna Wolkowski, a Dawe branch staff member, as Snow Queen and the author of the script, with her daughter in a snowflake costume; a Ukrainian choir performs traditional Ukrainian kolyadki.

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Local chef hopes for his just dessert SUBIR GHOSH’S ELABORATE DESSERT PUTS HIM IN THE CANADIAN SEMIFINALS OF AN INTERNATIONAL CULINARY COMPETITION

BY PAUL COWLEY ADVOCATE STAFF Red Deer’s Subir Ghosh decided to take a chance when he entered an international culinary competition aimed at finding young cooking talent.

While many of the 3,600 or so entrants focused on entrees, he submitted a dessert recipe.

The gamble paid off. His crispy meringue with raspberry vodka jelly, raspberry-lemon sorbet with mascarpone cream and rose foam was good enough to put him in the Canadian semifinals, along with nine other chefs.

In all, 200 under-the-age-of-30 chefs around the world will participate in semifinal competitions.

“Everybody was doing hot foods, a signature dish. I wanted to do something different,” said the sous chef, who has worked for a little over two months at the Red Deer Sheraton Ho-

tel. “I chose dessert. So I practised for two days. I made my recipe and took a picture of it and sent it to (S. Pellegrino Young Chef 2015 Competition).

“I never thought I would make it. So, I’m really excited and happy for it,” he said.

“It’s a real honour to be a part of it.”

Ghosh will have his chance to show off his skill on Feb. 9 in Toronto. The 10 semifinalists will be judged by famed chefs Susur Lee, Matty Matheson and Cory Vitiello.

The finalists from each of 20 regions will head to Milan in June for the final showdown.

The 28-year-old was born and trained in India, and his career took him to various high-end hotels in Dubai and Qatar. He wound up in Halifax, then Edmonton’s Westin Hotel, before coming to Red Deer.

Ghosh was lured to this city by the opportunity to work under the Sheraton’s chef James Olberg, who

Photo by JEFF STOKOE/Advocate staff

Sheraton Hotel sous chef Subir Ghosh is heading to Toronto next month to compete in the Canadian semifinals of an international cooking competition. will represent Canada in 2017 at the prestigious Bocuse D’Or culinary competition, an event billed by some as the culinary Olympics.

“He gave me the chance to work with him. I like to work with good chefs because there’s a lot of things to learn from them.”

Olberg is part of the support team for Montreal chef Laurent Godbout,

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Chuck Hughes of F&D Scene Changes in Calgary works on one of three large canvases that will become the backdrop to the upcoming Red Deer College production of Pride and Prejudice. The drops, which are being created by Theatre and Entertainment Production students under the direction of Hughes, will be some of the largest ever created for a Mainstage show at the RDC.

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BRIEF Funeral on Tuesday for local humanitarian Monty Audenart A Red Deer humanitarian who rose to be vice-president of Rotary International has died after a battle with cancer.

Monty Audenart, 65, was a founding member of the Red Deer Symphony Orchestra, former president of the Red Deer Chamber of Commerce, a director of ShelterBox Canada, and recipient of the Mayor’s Recognition Award for distinguished volunteer service.

A Rotarian since 1987, Audenart held many positions in Rotary International, including international assembly moderator and training leader. At the time of his death, he was a Rotary International trustee.

Audenart received his doctorate of dental surgery from the University of Alberta in 1977. He served as president of two dental societies. Audenart founded the Rotarian Action Group of Dental Volunteers. As a Rotary volunteer, he took his professional skills to the less fortunate of the world, through Rotary-sponsored projects to Mexico, Jamaica, Bangladesh, the Philippines, Thailand, the Canadian Arctic and Far Eastern Russia.

He and his wife Liz were charter

members of the Bequest Society of the Rotary Foundation.

Funeral service for Audenart will be held on Tuesday at noon at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints at 8 Keast Way. The date and time have significance since that is the day and time of the weekly meeting of Audenart’s Rotary Club of Red Deer East.

In lieu of flowers, Audenart requested donations to the Rotary Foundation at www.rotary.org.

Lacombe County bridge has structural problems Lacombe County has put a weight limit on a rural bridge after a routine inspection uncovered structural problems.

Inspectors found that wooden caps that support concrete bridge girders had started to rot, said Phil Lodermeier, the county’s operations manager.

As a safety precaution, vehicles over five tonnes are prohibited from using the bridge on the Alix North Road, 1.6 km south of Hwy 605.

The county replaced the same component on the north side of the 58-yearold bridge in 2009 at a cost of about $26,000. Many of the county’s older bridges are supported by timber structures, Lodermeier said.

Engineers will assess the bridge early next week and then a repair or replacement plan will be determined.

Depending on the availability of contractors, the repair work could take a month to several months.

who is representing Canada in this year’s Bocuse D’Or competition in Lyon, France.

Ghosh said he continues to practise his chosen dish after his regular shift in preparation for the competition.

Timing is the key, making sure that all components can be completed in the allotted three hours. pcowley@reddeeradvocate.com

Red Deer property owners should check their mail boxes for their 2015 property assessment notice.

The City of Red Deer sent out notices last week.

Owners are reminded to review the assessment notice to ensure the information is correct.

City assessor Brian Lutz said it is important for owners to review the information on their property assessment notice because the value is used to calculate their 2015 property taxes.

Each property tax notice is based on the assessed property value multiplied by the property tax rate, which is determined by the city in May. Property tax notices are mailed out at the end of May and payments are due by June 30, 2015.

Those who do not receive an assessment notice by Jan. 30 should contact the city’s Revenue and Assessment Department. Call 403-342-8126, email assessment@reddeer.ca or go to the Fourth Floor, City Hall, at 4914 48th Ave. Property tax notices that arrive in May cannot be disputed. Therefore owners must try to resolve any concerns they have with their assessments before the deadline on March 17.

If property owners are not able to resolve their concerns through a conversation with an assessor, they can submit a formal appeal to the Clerk of the Regional Assessment Review Board.

Property assessment notice appeals must be received by the Clerk of the Regional Assessment Review Board no later than March 17. There are specific requirements in the filing of an appeal. Therefore, property owners are encouraged to submit appeals early to ensure there is sufficient time for processing and review of the appeal. Appeals will be reviewed in the order they are received.

Details on submitting an appeal can be obtained through the Clerk of the Regional Assessment Review Board, located on the second floor of City Hall, at 4914 48th Ave. Mail should be addressed to Box 5008, Red Deer, Alberta T4N 3T4.

For more information about property assessments and taxes, go to www.reddeer.ca/tax.

The bridge is only used by 100 to 150 vehicles a day and there are alternative routes, he said.

Alberta Party leader in Red Deer on Monday Greg Clark, leader of the Alberta Party, will be in Red Deer on Monday to meet the public. He will be at the at the Royal Canadian Legion, located at 2810 Bremner Ave., from 7 to 10 p.m. for Red Deer Pints Night.

For more information, contact Phil Hyde at pmhyde@telusplanet.net.

Stamp and coin store items stolen; alert issued Red Deer City RCMP want the public to watch for items stolen on Friday morning at a downtown store that sells coins.

Red Deer Stamp and Coin, in the Towne Centre Mall at 4929 50 St., was broken into about 6 a.m.

No items of significant value were accessible to the thief or thieves, so they rummaged through numerous drawers before making off with some coins of minimal value and a Canadian $20 bill from the 1950s.

Items stolen that may be recognizable to the public include: ● Six sets of commemorative Canadian quarters, each encased in plastic sleeves with a pocket in which to display each quarter, including a set of Olympic quarters, and five provincial sets dated 1992, 1999, 2000 and 2010. ● A 1954 $20 bill, which is unique

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in that it has a pre-printing crease, a white spot where ink didn’t settle because the bill was creased while being printed.

Anyone with information that may assist the police in investigating this break and enter is asked to call Red Deer RCMP at 403-343-5575. If you wish to remain anonymous, call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 or report it online at www.tipsubmit.com.

Health and wellness centre opens at Olds College The Community Learning Campus in Olds has officially opened its newly expanded health and wellness centre.

The expansion adds a new high performance centre for intensive training.

The centre will provide elite, functional movement-based strengthconditioning and dynamic sport movement training for the local community, and emerging to national-team-level athletes.

Additionally, applications of sport science nutrition, sport psychology, mental training and recovery will enhance total athlete development.

The centre is located in the Ralph Klein Centre at Olds College.

Officials held a ceremony on Friday.

The Community Learning Campus is an integrated approach to high school, college and community education. The campus is a joint venture between Olds College and Chinook’s Edge School Division. At Olds College, the campus consists of five multi-use buildings with integrated programming.

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Atheist or agnostic – and does it matter?

BY HERB SILVERMAN ADVOCATE NEWS SERVICES

OPINION

Many people tell me they wouldn’t mind if I were an agnostic, but that I shouldn’t be so arrogant as to be an atheist.

I used to call myself an agnostic because I could not logically prove whether a god exists, so I took the agnostic position that the existence of any god is unknown — and perhaps unknowable.

I was without belief in any gods and thought it highly improbable that any supernatural beings exist.

When I learned that this view is consistent with atheism, I became an atheist.

So, my “conversion” from agnosticism to atheism was more definitional than theological. In reality, depending on how terms are defined and their context, I can accurately call myself an atheist or an agnostic, as well as a humanist, secular humanist, freethinker, skeptic, rationalist, infidel, and more.

I’m curious about why people find “atheist” so much more threatening than “agnostic” when self-described “atheists” and “agnostics” often hold identical views about deities.

As with atheists, agnostics almost never give equal merit to belief and disbelief.

For instance, I can neither prove nor disprove the following claims.

Claim 1: The universe was

created 30 minutes ago and the creator planted false memories in all of us.

Claim 2: Infidels who don’t believe in the Flying Spaghetti Monster are condemned to burn for eternity in a vat of hot pasta sauce.

I assume we are all “agnostic” about these two hypotheses, but at the same time pretty certain they are false. (I’d also call myself an atheist with respect to such creators.)

The burden of proof is on the person making the assertion — as it should be with any supernatural claim.

I’ve seen and participated in a number of debates about whether God exists, and they often degenerate into playground disputes. The theist says to the atheist, “Disprove God,” while the atheist says to the theist, “Prove God.” In such debates I’m sometimes told that I made my case for being an agnostic, not an atheist, because I didn’t disprove God’s existence.

In future discussions and debates, I think I’ll try a different approach.

When Christians insist that I’m an agnostic and not really an atheist because I can’t demonstrate with absolute certainty that there is no God, I will respond: “Can you demonstrate with absolute certainty that Je-

sus is Lord? If not, then you are an agnostic, not really a Christian.”

Perhaps these Christians (or those of other faiths) would understand that such certainty is an almost impossible standard of knowledge. I’m willing to call myself an agnostic atheist if they’ll call themselves agnostic Christians.

The word “proof” or “certainty” means different things to different people. It doesn’t work for me when Christians say they have unquestioned faith in God because Jesus came into their hearts, just as it wouldn’t work for them were I to say I have unquestioned faith that there is no God because he didn’t come into mine.

The most I might say about faith is that I have faith in reason, the scientific method, and evidence — and the lack of evidence for any gods is why I’m an atheist.

Theists aren’t the only ones who argue about atheism versus agnosticism. I’ve heard atheists refer to agnostics as gutless or cowardly atheists.

I’ve heard agnostics denigrate atheists by charging that they go out of their way to offend religious people.

Adding humanists and secular humanists into the mix further divides the nontheistic community.

To move beyond such disputes I helped found the Secular Coalition for America, whose mission is to increase the visibility of and respect for nontheistic viewpoints and to protect and strengthen the secular character of our government.

Here’s an interesting distinction between Christians and secularists: Christians have the same unifying word, but fight over theology whereas secularists have the same unifying theology, but fight over words.

At least our wars are purely rhetorical.

Such “verbal” wars over terminology were hilariously satirized in the Life of Brian movie, where people with common interests splintered into Judean People’s Front, Judean Popular People’s Front, and People’s Front of Judea — sometimes forgetting the name of their own group.

Fortunately, organizations in the Secular Coalition have stopped sparring over words and cooperate on the 95 percent of things our members have in common.

We all disbelieve in the same gods and we want to be fruitful and multiply our community of reason.

Herb Silverman is founder and President of the Secular Coalition for America, author of “Candidate Without a Prayer: An Autobiography of a Jewish Atheist in the Bible Belt,” and Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Mathematics at the College of Charleston.

Schedule of Services

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Balmoral Bible Chapel 403-347-5450

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Joffre Road (East of 30 Ave. on 55 St.) 10:30 am Worship Service Speaker: Fred Thomson “Duty”

Officiant: Rev. Gary Sinclair

Mark 12:13-17: 27-12:12

Sunday, January 25

ST. LEONARD’S ON THE HILL “A Church For All Ages” 43 Avenue & 44 Street 403-346-6769

11:00 a.m.

Celebration Service

Sunday School Ages 2 1/2-Grade 5

8:00 a.m. Holy Communion 9:00 a.m. Celebration Service 10:30 a.m. Holy Eucharist with Sunday School/Nursery

www.balmoralchapel.ca

LUTHERAN CHURCHES OF RED DEER WELCOME YOU

Sunday, January 25

Rev. Doug Craig

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GOOD SHEPHERD 40 Holmes St. 403-340-1022 Rev. Dr. Marc Jerry

THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH IN CANADA

Sunday 9:30 a.m. Sunday School

Sunday, January 25

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10:30 a.m. Worship Holy Communion at all Services

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Everyone Welcome

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Minister: The Rev. Wayne Reid “Don’t be Distracted”

MOUNT CALVARY

10:30 am Worship Service Helping people encounter the goodness of God Corner of 55th St & 46th Ave 10:30 am Contemporary Worship

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West Park Presbyterian 3628-57 Ave. 403-346-6036

SUNDAY WORSHIP

New Time: 9:00 am Speaker: Rev. Wayne Reid

SW Corner of 32 Street & Hwy 2, Red Deer County

WILLOW VALLEY PRESBYTERIAN

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26016-HWY 595 (Delburne Road)

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www.knoxreddeer.ca

Pastor Don Hennig | Pastor Peter Van Katwyk

SUNDAY 10:00 a.m. Divine Service 10:15 a.m. Sunday School 7:00 p.m. Divine Service Kings Kids Playschool www.mclcrd.org

Growing in Faith Through Word and Sacrament

Living Faith Lutheran Church

Sunday 10:00 a.m.

UNITED CHURCH OF CANADA Gaetz Memorial United Church “Sharing Faith, Serving Community” 4758 Ross Street, Red Deer 403-347-2244 www.gaetzmemorialunitedchurch.ca

Worship Service Sunday 10:30 a.m.

Children’s Programs weekly

Speaker: Rev. Bert deBruijn

Family Ministry

Everyone Welcome

Bethany Collegeside 99 College Circle RDC Everyone Welcome Rooted in the word of God. Growing in the likeness of Christ, Reaching out by the power of the Holy Spirit.

Sunnybrook United Church Caring - Dynamic - Proactive - Inclusive 12 Stanton Street 403-347-6073

10:30 a.m.

Worship Service Speaker: Dale Watson Babyfold, Toddler “We Room, are Sunday allClub in this www.sunnybrookunited.org together” Babyfold, Toddler Room Sunday Club www.sunnybrookunited.org

CHRISTIAN SCIENCE SOCIETY

Sundays at 9:30 am and 11:15 am

SUNDAY SCHOOL & SERVICE — 11:00 A.M. 2nd Wed. each month - Testimonial Meetings noon Christian Science Reading Room: Wed., 10:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.; Thurs., 12 Noon-3:00 p.m.

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Jan. 28

Living Stones Church seniors luncheon and concert with Potters Clay Quartet will be offered on Jan. 28 from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. in the Fellowship Hall.

The cost is $8 per person at the door.

Phone 403-347-7311.

Upcoming events

Blackfalds United Church Shrove Tuesday Pancake Supper takes place on Feb. 17, 5 to 7 p.m. The menu features pancakes, eggs, sausage, coffee and juice. Costs are $7 for adults, $4 for children ages six to 12 years, and free for children ages five and under.

See www.blackfaldsunitedchurch.com, or phone 403-885-4780.

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Songs from the isles

BY LANA MICHELIN ADVOCATE STAFF Dublin-raised Stephen Fearing and Belfast-born Andy White met up on Salt Spring Island to share tea, confidences — and their love of Marc Bolan.

The two singer/songwriters, who now reside, respectively, in Halifax and Australia when they aren’t touring together as the Fearing and White duo, co-wrote an album of original songs during that creative stint off Vancouver Island.

It resulted in their 2014 album Tea and Confidences.

And Bolan? The late singer from the glam-rock group T. Rex influenced such Fearing and White tunes as We Came Together.

“We have that British Isles influence in common —a love of T. Rex and a lot of those Top of the Pops, BBC-TV British pop bands,” said Fearing of his musical partner, White.

Even though the duo that performs on Thursday, Feb. 5, at the Elks Lodge in Red Deer only writes music and tours about once a year, the musicians’ shared Irish experience means “it’s never like we’re starting from scratch,” said Fearing.

The two met at the Winnipeg Folk Festival in 1998 and have been making music together since.

The duo has so far produced two albums with a different sound than the musicians’ separate, solo material, as well as the roots-Americana-type music Fearing creates as a member of Blackie and the Rodeo Kings.

Perhaps Fearing and White’s joint affinity for “magical, mystical or intellectual” lyrics, as seen in songs by Bolan or David Bowie, “or maybe it’s that me and Andy are both singer/songwriting storytellers,” said Fearing.

Whatever their shared sensibilities, Fearing knows their joint output is somehow different than a lot of other North American music.

And the speed of their co-writing is rather remarkable.

Fearing said the 11 songs on Tea and Confidences came out of two short bursts of writing of four or five days each, and then six or seven days spent in the studio.

“Andy’s funny because he’s cau-

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Singer-songwriters Stephen Fearing and Andy White perform in Red Deer on Feb. 5 at the Elks Lodge. tious. He thinks we should play down the short period of time it took for us to write the songs. He doesn’t want people to think they were slapped together, whereas I think they’re well crafted, and the spontaneity of how they came together is part of the story,” Fearing added.

Fearing and White are already discussing their next co-writing project — although another record from the duo will probably have to wait until after the next solo Fearing album (planned for mid-2016) and another Black and the Rodeo Kings effort, expected out by the end of this year.

The Blackie record will be more

duets, following the highly successful Kings and Queens. “I can’t say anything more. I don’t want to let anything out of the bag,” said Fearing.

His life was recently sent into more of a spin by a decision to move with his wife and daughter to Victoria, B.C., this summer from Halifax to be closer to relatives. (Fearing’s family lives in the B.C. interior and his wife’s parents, who are Newfoundlanders, spend their winters on milder Vancouver Island.)

With his heavy touring schedule and his wife, playwright/ comedian/filmmaker Christine Tiny Taylor’s masters degree humanities studies, raising a daughter closer to family supports

seems sensible, said Fearing. “We’d also like her to know her grandparents better.”

While he’ll miss the East Coast and Nova Scotians, he also felt it was time to move to a more populated region, closer to Calgary, where he spends a lot of time working.

In Nova Scotia, he said, “I’m spending more time getting on planes than getting in my car . ...”

Tickets to the 8 p.m. show at 6315 Horn St. are $28 in advance from centralmusicfest.com, or $35 at the door.

The concert is presented by the Central Music Festival Society. lmichelin@reddeeradvocate.com

Blackhat is a non-thriller for the digital age Blackhat 1.5 stars (out of four) Rated: 14A Michael Mann has discovered computers, like an analog Rip Van Winkle roused from a long slumber to greet the digital age.

And it’s a case of love at first byte, or something like that.

In Blackhat, Mann’s unfortunate non-thriller about conniving hackers, every blinking screen transfixes him, and the thought of all those zeros and ones zooming through wires PETER across the InHOWELL ternet has him completely in thrall.

He wants to chase each and every one of those magical digits, like a virtual cat following a virtual mouse, and he and his ShakyCam just about do that. Ever wonder what a keyboard looks like from the inside? You’re about to find out.

All of which might be interesting, if this were 1995 instead of 2015 and there were a modem squealing instead of the beeping sounds Mann lards into his cacophonous soundtrack.

Or dial it back even further, to WarGames in 1983, when Matthew Broderick’s good-guy hacker accidentally unleashed global mayhem by illicitly tapping into a top-secret computer system.

This is essentially what Chris Hemsworth’s good-guy hacker Hathaway does in Blackhat, although in reverse and with far less entertainment value.

Someone has grabbed the RAT (Remote Access Trojan) malware that he and his college roommate Chen Dawai (Wang Leehom) dreamed up for kicks while at MIT. He (or she) is using it to do despicable things by remote control, such as blowing up the Chinese nuclear reactor we see at the start of the picture, in one of the film’s few good action sequences.

Hathaway can’t really be blamed because he’s currently doing time for other computer mischief, which really wasn’t his fault either. There’s no option left but to spring the big guy from the slammer, so he can chase across Asia after the blackhat or blackhats doing the devil’s digital work with his after-school project.

Viola Davis gamely plays the FBI agent tasked with keeping up with him, while Chen Lien (Tang Wei), the computer savvy sister of Chen Dawai, is interested in Hathaway for more

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Tang Wei, left, as Chen Lien, and Chris Hemsworth, as Nicholas Hathaway in the film Blackhat, from director/producer Michael Mann. than just his mainframe, if you catch my drift. This latter development also gives Hemsworth, taking a break from swinging his hammer as Thor, a chance to remove his shirt at every opportunity.

The real problem here is that the film, scripted by former Adam Sandler editor Morgan Davis Foehl, doesn’t really go much of anywhere. Some of the so-called intrigue seems downright goofy — one character wants to corner the market on tin, of all things, maybe because there’s too much competition

for gold and diamonds.

Way too much time is devoted to Mann’s love affair with technology, which in fairness isn’t entirely a new thing for him. He was an early adopter with digital cinema, putting it to good use in films like Collateral and Miami Vice, where he exploited the ability of digital cameras to see better in the dark than conventional cameras and celluloid.

Mann also used to have a much better feel for action, in movies like Heat, Collateral and Manhunter, than he ex-

hibits here.

There are still flashes of the filmmaker of yore, as seen in a shootout in the midst of a group of marchers carrying flaming torches.

There are just not enough of them, while at the same time there are too many boring machines. The film is loaded with characters, but few are interesting.

With Blackhat, Mann forgets that the best software of all is people.

Peter Howell is a syndicated Toronto Star movie critic.

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Oscar fever takes over FILM LOVERS TURN FANATICAL AND WATCH, WATCH, WATCH THE NOMINEES ACADEMY AWARDS

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK — There’s a fever spreading across the land.

It’s Oscar fever, with a reasonably short incubation period but symptoms that turn otherwise rational film buffs into bingeing maniacs. In a good way!

Between Jan. 15, when Academy Award nominations were announced, and Feb. 22 — the movie industry’s big night — sufferers flock to theatres, beg screening DVDs from voting Screen Actors Guild members and trek to marathons to see as many contenders as possible in one stretch.

Actor-filmmaker Asher Grodman in Los Angeles gets it. He’s the 27-year-old son of film fans and counts himself among the Oscar-obsessed, squeezing in all he can as soon as nominations are announced to watch and learn but also because of the pull of tradition.

“I’m about halfway through the best picture nominees right now,” he said. “My parents, they took me to see Schindler’s List and Traffic when I was, like, 11, when I was a little too young.

That probably should not have happened, but you go and see these films in theatres and your parents are moved by them and it sort of does something to you.”

AMC theatres is oh-so onboard. For the ninth year, the country’s No. 2 chain on Feb. 21 — the day before Oscars night — will host 24-hour marathons for best-picture contenders in six busy movie markets around the country: Los Angeles; Kansas City, Kansas; Dallas; Chicago; New York; and the District of Columbia.

This year, there’s a twist.

The company is partnering with the crowdfunding site Tilt to help people elsewhere whip up enough interest in their areas for one of the in-theatre marathons by reserving tickets ahead of time and spreading the word. If 100 people sign up, AMC will oblige, company spokesman Ryan Noonan said.

What’s up with the mentality?

Is it mass hysteria?

“They’re fanatical. I think there’s a genuine excitement and enthusiasm that occurs when the nominations come out,” said Noonan, at AMC headquarters in Leawood, Kansas.

“This gives them the opportunity to not only go see all these movies at once but to be surrounded by people who are there for the same reason.”

Technically, the 24-hour events that cost $55 to $65 — and held the day before awards night — are more like 20-hour events due to the lengths of all eight best-picture contenders this year, along with necessary rest breaks.

“We get a lot of repeat attendees, people who know they’re going to block the day out and show up at the theatre at 10 a.m. with some blankets and some pillows. They spend 35 minutes between movies talking about what they loved and what could have been better,” Noonan said.

Not everyone is cut out for the life of a movie marathoner.

“You see people dozing off or sneaking away for a couple of hours before the finish,” he said.

Robin Gustafsson, who manages the dining room of a New York City restaurant, is the Oscar party hostess with the mostess.

She puts together a pool for the big bash she has hosted each year for more than a decade, complete with a red carpet leading from her apartment front door to her living room.

Her mom serves as picture-snapping paparazzi and the fever manifests this way: “Once the nominees come out I want to see as many as possible. Although I host the party I really want to win the pool,” she laughed. “I’ll see everything. I’m an avid reader, too, so I’ll read the book if there is one.”

She’s saving Still Alice for Super Bowl Sunday, knowing her husband will be in front of the TV and wouldn’t be interested in it, and because “I’m pretty sure Julianne Moore is going to win.”

For the kiddie movies, Gustafsson borrows the 10-year-old son of a friend for company.

Lisa Craig, 47, who works in communications at the University of Akron in Ohio, is more meticulous when it comes to Oscar math.

“On the morning of announcements, I print out a complete list and immediately check off the movies I’ve already seen.

Then I search the Internet to see if it’s possible to even see the ones I haven’t. “ Once I know how many nominated movies I can see, I calculate how many I would have to see each week before the ceremony,” she said.

This year, she needed to average at least three movies per week starting Jan. 15.

“I’ve kept pace so far,” Craig said. “The tough part is going to see a movie I truly have no interest in, but with the nominations I feel I must!”

Her challenges this time around: Foxcatcher and American Sniper.

Part of her fever is peer pressure, she said.

“I’m a pop culture, entertainment fanatic so I want to keep up with conversations with my father or brother or a former colleague or a college professor or a PR pundit I follow on Twitter.

I want to be able to express my opinions intelligently.”

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BRIEFS RDC music variety show set for Feb. 5 Music lovers can enjoy a variety show on Feb. 5 at Red Deer College.

The show features classical to contemporary music by student performers in the college’s School of Creative Arts.

The show starts at 1 p.m. in Studio A at Red Deer College Arts Centre. Admission is $2 with funds going to local charities.

Gallery on Main to display Moments to Capture exhibit Different versions of paradise, as seen by artist Saeed Hojjati, will be displayed at the Gallery on Main in Lacombe.

Moments to Capture, an exhibit by the Iranian-born, Edmonton-based artist, is on from Jan. 30 to Feb. 20 at the gallery at 4910-50th Ave. Hojjati paints sunsets and idyllic gardens.

He noted the English word paradise, suggesting “peace, delight and bliss,” comes from the Iranian word pardes, meaning “pleasure ground, park or king’s ground.”

Hojjati aims to bring these meanings to mind through his work.

He stated, “My paintings allow each one of us to expose that part of our hearts in which rich memories and dreams live.”

After observing his paintings, Hojjati hopes people will leave “feeling better about themselves, their life and the world around them.”

An opening reception for the exhibit will be held from 5 to 9 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 30.

For more information, call the gallery at 403-782-3402.

Soul/funk show at Fratters Monday Some fresh, feel-good soul music will be delivered by The Boom Booms in Red Deer on Monday night.

The Vancouver indie soul/ funk band will perform some songs from new album Love is Overdue at Fratters Speakeasy.

The six guys in The Boom Booms worked with Grammywinning producer Chin Injeti on the record, which has been praised by critics as having a “smooth and sexy” sound.

The group is on a Western Canadian tour to promote it.

For more information about the local show, call Fratters at 403-356-0033.

Grammy winner Johnson to sing the blues at Fratters Grammy-winning musician Donald Ray Johnson is set to sing the blues next weekend in Red Deer.

Johnson, who will perform Friday and Saturday, Jan. 30, 31, at Fratters, is the real deal.

Named Best Canadian Male Blues Vocalist in 1997 by Real Blues Magazine, Johnson was also nom-

inated Best Blues Drummer in 1997 and Best Male Blues Vocalist in 1998 by the Toronto Blues Society.

He was also recently nominated Best Blues Artist by the Alberta Recording Industry Association (ARIA).

Johnson was born in Texas, but started his music career in San Diego working as the “house band” at the downtown Hustler’s Club.

In 1970, he began to play weekends with the Phillip Walker Band.

A year later, Johnson moved to Los Angeles to work with Joe Houston Big Band, who was booking some of the West Coast’s top blues artists.

While playing there, he met songwriter and producer Perry Kibble, who was in the process of developing a group with Marie Johnson & Carlita Durhan called A Taste of Honey.

In 1979, A Taste of Honey won a Grammy Award for Best New Artist, and was the first Afro-American band to win in that category.

Now living in Calgary, Johnson has become a respected member of the Canadian blues community.

He also performs with the Ray Charles Tribute Band.

There’s a $15 cover for the 9 p.m. show. Call 403-356-0033 for reservations.

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Mike the Knight coming to Red Deer Memorial Centre on Feb. 3 Comedy, music, songs and puppets will all be part of the Mike the Knight stage show for tykes in Red Deer.

The medieval star of the CGI animated TV series goes on a Great Scavenger Hunt on Tuesday, Feb. 3, at the Red Deer Memorial Centre.

The stakes will be high as Mike the Knight, his pal Trollee, his dragon friends, Sparky and Squirt, and his wizard-intraining sister Evie all go on a chivalrous quest.

Kids in the audience might have to remind Mike: “Be a knight, do it right!”

The live choreographed show from Koba Entertainment encourages self confidence and problem solving while inspiring kids to engage their imaginations.

For ticket and show information, visit www.MikeTheKnightOnTour.com.

Ol’ Boots & the Hoots present PineCone Opry at Fratters Jan. 29 A rootin’, tootin’ good time is in store when Ol’ Boots & the Hoots presents The Pinecone Opry, with special guests Kayla Hotte & Her Rodeo Pals.

The next retro country, western and bluegrass show is on Thursday, Jan. 29, at Fratters Speakeasy in Red Deer.

This month, The Pinecone Opry, hosted by local band Ol’ Boots and the Hoots, will feature Edmonton’s Kayla Hotte & Her Rodeo Pals playing 1940s-style country music.

Hotte’s love of vintage music is evident in her song choice and writing style.

The show is at 8:30 p.m.

Tickets are $10 in advance from Fratters.

For more information, call 403-356-0033.

Film buffs rejoice: Cineplex’s Great Digital Film Festival is bringing some classic movies back to the big screen at Red Deer’s Galaxy Cinemas.

All the X-Men movies and retro cult hits including The Rocketeer and The Monster Squad will be shown during the festival, which runs from Jan. 30 to Feb. 5.

Guillermo Del Toro, Pan’s Labyrinth and Hellboy are in the lineup, as well as a 25th anniversary screenings of Darkman and Dick Tracy.

There’s also Kill Bill Volumes 1 and 2, and for sci-fi fans, Blade Runner: The Final Cut, Alien and Aliens.

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STORY Rainn Wilson gets a change of office in new Fox comedy

By Jay Bobbin © Zap2it Rainn Wilson’s new series character may mirror some of his traits from “The Office,” but he insists he isn’t playing Dwight Schrute again.

The actor planned on a longer break from weekly television work after nine seasons, but he says he “knew he had to do” the part of the eccentric but effective title detective in “Backstrom.” Developed by “Bones” creator Hart Hanson from Leif G.W. Persson’s series of Swedish mystery novels, the Fox series premieres Thursday, Jan. 22.

Portland, Ore., is the locale where self-described “paranoid psychopath” Everett Backstrom is back on the job after a fiveyear break, joining a Special Crimes Unit but still offending virtually everyone. “In the ‘50s and early ’60s,” the friendly Wilson reflects, “the heroes were all lantern-jawed, silent types you could really root for.

Then in the ‘70s, heroes were played by people like Alan Alda and Elliott Gould as deeply flawed.

“In the ‘80s, we had the Tom Sellecks, but now it’s swung back around, which is what Hollywood does. It’s more back to antiheroes, and Backstrom is a classic one. He’s addicted to almost everything there is ... food, alcohol, drugs, sex, gambling, you name it.”

Dennis Haysbert (“24”), Kristoffer Polaha (“Life Unexpected”) and Thomas Dekker (“Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles”) also are regulars in “Backstrom,” but Wilson clearly is the pivotal casting element.

“There’s a lot of comedy, and dark comedy especially, in the show,” he says. “I didn’t want to do a role that was hyper-serious, because it didn’t make sense for me as an actor.

And also for my fans. I hope audiences will be open to me in different roles, especially all those amazing and loyal ‘Office’ fans who stuck with the show for so long.”

“Backstrom” originally was intended for CBS for the 201314 season. When that network ultimately passed and Fox picked it up, the additional oneyear delay suited Wilson fine.

“It actually worked out perfectly for me,” he recalls, “because when we started shooting the first season, it was a little over a year from when I finished ‘The Office.’ I had a nice break; I got to spend time with my family, and I started writing a book that I’m almost done with.”

Still, “Backstrom’s” extended gestation period has Wilson eager for its debut. “I’m just so excited to get it on the air and have people see it,” confirms the actor, who also has a producing credit on the show. “For a long time, we’ve been working hard on it.

“CBS was very scared of the aspects of the character that might rub the audience the wrong way, or seem too extreme ... and Fox has just embraced them, and that’s really been a key difference. I think we’re probably at the right home.”

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LIFESTYLE Dear Annie: My mother is 90 years old. She recently loaned one of my nephews a large sum of money to purchase a house.

“Todd” and his wife borrowed enough for the house, a new washer and dryer, and then more for homeowners insurance and property taxes. They moved in last August and have not paid anything toward the principal or interest.

My mother took the money from her savings, paid for the property in full, and let the couple put the house in their names.

When Mom got the loan agreement papers drawn up, Todd told her he “didn’t feel comfortable signing” and he didn’t.

Today, neither Todd nor his wife acknowledge the loan or take responsibility for payments.

In no way was this supposed to be a gift.

MITCHELL This was made clear to them when they asked Mom & SUGAR for the money, because they could not get the money from any bank.

They agreed to everything until it came time to sign the papers.

Since then, they have refused to answer the door when Mom goes to the house, and will not answer or return phone calls from her. But he still had the nerve to call her when he needed money — and she gave it to him!

My mother has spent most of her savings on Todd, and the pension she receives every month is not enough to cover her expenses. Is this elder abuse?

What can we do? — Love My Mom Dear Love: Taking financial advantage of your mother is indeed a form of elder abuse.

The National Center on Elder Abuse (ncea.aoa. gov) lists information about elder abuse, as well as where to report it in your mother’s state. Please do so before any more damage is done.

Dear Annie: I read the letter from “Animal Lover,” whose son and his wife are neglecting their cat. I was shocked and appalled by all of them.

“Animal Lover” is worried about this coming between her and her son.

I would like to think she would be more worried about the cat’s condition.

Her son should not be allowed to have any type of animal for a pet.

If she has any decency and backbone, she would stand up for what is right and take the cat to the vet, with or without her son’s permission.

And if he or his wife said a peep about it, she should call the authorities immediately and let the chips fall.

And why didn’t the vet take action? Isn’t that part of his or her job?

Mom should stand up to her son and do what is right. Now. — J.W. Dear J.W.: We were bombarded with letters similar to yours. Here’s one that is less emotionally charged, but with good advice: Dear Annie: This is for “Animal Lover,” whose son’s cat is neglected.

Reporting this to the authorities may well result in the cat being seized and euthanized, and the owners billed for euthanasia Dental disease is a frequent issue in aging pets, and may go unnoticed until far advanced, especially in a skittish cat.

While not condoning the owner’s lack of concern, it must be said that there are pets that suffer from chronic conditions that never are cured, despite the best efforts of owners and veterinarians.

Skin conditions and digestive problems are longterm health management challenges for many pet owners.

That said, “Animal Lover” should make a veterinary appointment, collect the cat and have its medical needs taken care of.

There’s already a rift with her son over this, and he obviously is not going to take care of the dental problems. Mom may as well handle it as fret over it.

— Loving My Shelter Dogs 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.

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Saturday, Jan. 24 Sunday, Jan. 25 CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DATE: Neil Diamond, 74; MatCELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DATE: Alicia Keys, 34; Jenifer thew Lillard, 45; Chad Hurley, 38 Lewis, 58; Anita Pallenberg, 71 THOUGHT OF THE DAY: Today will be another day for high disTHOUGHT OF THE DAY: Today, we are all motivated to express cipline and orderly objectives. our authentic selves. Watch out for impulsive behaviour because, You will feel in balance by letting go of yesterday’s fears and ismore times than not, you’ll do something that you will later regret. sues and you will start to heal the areas mentioned for your specific There will be plenty of time to have conversations with others, as sign from yesterday. It is a good day, at the end of a busy week, to today will welcome in many interactions with others. The conversation pause and reflect on how much you have achieved and might run from gossipy to hearsay, but all in all, it will to properly sort out the next plan of action. be a great day.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY: If today is your birthday, this HAPPY BIRTHDAY: If today is your birthday, this year will prove to allow you to relax more and to pause year promises to be one whereby you will express your and reflect on the journey you have had within the previauthentic self to all those you encounter. Try not to be ous months. It will be easy for you to make the changes too impulsive, as it will not find the right audience more needed to make your dreams a reality. times than not. Nonetheless, you will be surrounded The focus will be on finances and do realize that by loving individuals. Many interactions throughout the with the help of others in your life, you will be able to acyear are promised and these will very beneficial for you complish it all. Take all opportunities! personally.

ARIES (March 21-April 19): There is no doubt that ARIES (March 21-April 19): Do watch what you you are feeling good about the direction you are headsay to others, especially those who don’t know you too ing towards now. The new start this week truly has you well. They will get the wrong impression of you and this doing a lot of work behind the scenes, but also working will not herald a positive new start for you. Focus more on meditation and yoga. Do something that helps you on comforting others on an emotional level and avoid LARISA MAIRA create more discipline in your life. heavy hitting topics, if you can!

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): You are feeling very TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Public warning to you OZOLINS good on a public level, very relaxed and in balance with Taurus individuals. This is not the day to do something the changes that were required of you today. It is a very out of character for you, especially at work or simply good day to discipline yourself and try to reduce the within the public. Do watch out for unexpected conthings that trip you up. versations that will shake you up a bit. In a good way, Watch out for Freudian slips or simple miscommunications. exciting news for your career!

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Others in your life, either work associGEMINI (May 21-June 20): You are extremely motivated to get ates, friends, your mother or your spouse will truly highlight the need your point of your view across with anyone you encounter today. Do to create more balance for you on a public level. realize that your ruler is retrograde at the moment and doing this imWith that being said, today will not be hard for you to do that. All pulsively and without forethought will not lead to the best outcome for in all, you will feel quite in tune with your path now. you now.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Opportunity will knock within your CANCER (June 21-July 22): You are really motivated to get you business environment or within your career now. out into the world today. Try not to act out or simply act impulsively.

Say ‘yes’, it will be just what you need in order to create the future Mercury is retrograde in your house of hidden knowledge. Hold some you desire. Financial gains and greater confidence will increase with things to yourself now. All in all, a great day to get the truth out and this one opportunity now. into the open. Enjoy interacting!

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): You, of all signs, know that in order to LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): You will be willing and able to offer emohave fun, you must follow your own light or spotlight in your case. You tional support to those you care about at a distance today. Perhaps, it will see the fruits of your discipline and labours today shine brightly. is simply your perspective on your current situation that needs to be Opportunity will knock even louder today. nurtured into fruition. Through conversations with others, allow those Say ‘yes’ instead of ‘maybe’ now! new thoughts to flourish.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): The changes that have been going on VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): You are going to be extra aware of in the home front, within your family, are now going to be worked on others’ feelings today. This might throw you off a bit, as there could be and you will start to see tangible results. some sensitive information that will come to light. Be careful what you Working through issues with others is difficult, but it will transpire. say. Your ruling planet is still retrograde and you might say something Everyone will be disciplined and mature enough. that you’ll later regret.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): There is great opportunity for you to LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Today could welcome in a surprise get feel more in balance today with others in your life. together instigated by the significant relationship in your life. This can Perhaps it is the way you are coming across or what you are actualso be work colleagues wanting to stay after work and chat. All in all, ally saying that will trigger these changes. a good day to gossip with others, but avoid any hard hitting topics now.

Whatever they are, they are positive and effective!

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): There is going to be a lot of activity SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): You have financial goals that need going on for you throughout your daily life today. Many interactions to be met. We all do and today is an excellent day to properly work with those on your daily routine and at work, but do remember Mercury towards them. is retrograde. Avoid miscommunications by staying away from emoPerhaps, it is simply a change of diet that is necessary — a wontionally charged topics. derful day to start such a regime. Today, you are able to pause and SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Today is going to be very exreflect on those changes. citing for you, there’s no doubt about that! You will start to see your SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): You will be able to channel horizons expanding now and will get back in contact with others to let your energy, personal self-expression, into very positive and tangible them know what’s going on. Remember to clarify your words with them results now. So work on just that. Organize your creative projects, to avoid confusion. and allow for greater inspiration to reach you today. Don’t waste your CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Family will offer you some intertime. Use it to your advantage now! esting activities today. Do take them up on their offers. It will be a real CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Time with family is just what you eye opening experience for you. You might just find the next thing you need in order to re-charge your batteries. This energy will be potent just absolutely will love to do in your spare time. Truth will come out today. So rest up and gain that much needed new perspective on through those interactions. what it means to have a close bond with others in your life. They have AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Today will welcome in a surge of your back no matter what! energy and you’ll feel like you just have to express yourself or else.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Today will allow you to discipline Well, try to focus on ‘or else’, as you will tend to not only put your foot yourself towards your aspirations. Positive, tangible results will be in your mouth, but to also offend others. That’s not your aim; be patient seen, if not for you right away, then you will receive news of your with the delivery. friends or work associates rewards now. Don’t worry at all. Everything PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Today will welcome in a day to focus will fall into place shortly. on your inner thoughts. What’s really going on for you on an internal PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): There is a strong reason to believe level? Express your true values with those that matter now or simply that you are able to rest more today, more like rest your mind from write them out. You will want to act out what you are thinking about. worry. You will be able to set forth in a direction that will be practical Larisa Maira Ozolins is an internationally syndicated astrologer and and columnist. Her column appears daily in the Advocate.

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The Register-Guard reports that 27-year-old Alex Douma was also ordered Wednesday to pay a $500 fine.

He entered his plea in federal court in Eugene, Oregon.

While most of the mail found last summer in two bins on his front porch was junk mail, there were also 27 voter ballots from last May’s primary election and more than 200 items of first-class and standard mail.

Douma worked at a post office in Eugene. Court documents say he told investigators that he “just got lazy” and had failed to make his rounds on multiple occasions between late April and early July.

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This bedroom was transformed from dull to vibrant and summery with a stunning white and yellow colour scheme. With a sandy tone floor, some affordable panelling and a fresh coat of paint on the dresser, this room has really come alive. The room before is below.

Hey, just because the holiday period is over — and decent sale bargains a distant memory — it doesn’t mean you can’t aspire to a beautiful new bedroom.

At our behest, new looks can be achieved on limited coin, especially if you’re prepared to ‘upcycle.’

As designers, we’re often asked if we have an innate ability to envisage how a room should perform when we see it for the first time. Our answer?

Yes. Our visions, however, aren’t set in stone: they’re possessed of a certain flexibility that allows them to be tailored to suit client ambition.

Just for the record, when COLIN & espying this style vacuum for JUSTIN the first time, we imagined the layout, certainly, as it finally transpired — but with duck egg blue detail, as opposed to the sunny reversion you see here.

As client/designer conversation extrapolated, however, we found some common ground, and eventually settled on this bright mustardy shade bolstered by lashings of white for contrast.

Without further decorating ado, here are the salient points that allowed us to totally re-identify one of the gloomiest rooms we’ve ever had the pleasure (displeasure?) of transforming.

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Paneling To achieve these results, we settled on chair rail height and installed simple bull nosed trim around the entire room. The inset panels are actually big box store basic picture rail, mitred at right angles and held in place with glue and pins.

Expensive? No. The entire paneling dented our budget by just 170 bucks.

Tip: fill in any gaps with decorators’ caulk then paint in your chosen shade. For a breezy fresh look we opted for satin white eggshell, and with skirting, chair rail and panels painted, the look immediately unified.

Wallpaper We love Farrow and Ball paper. OK, so they’re not the least expensive option, but the quality of paper makes it a breeze to hang and the finish is such that results last for years. The yellow background of this particular F&B option breathes new life into the scheme while the white scrolled, floral pattern connects with our simple paneling.

Flooring Our replacement berber, sandy toned and with a ribbed texture, has the look of light sea grass but is softer underfoot and far more luxurious. Sea grass and jute are gorgeous, but in bedroom application it makes better sense to opt for gentler finishes.

Tip: ask your retailer about treatments that can be applied to repel stains and prolong usability. Sure, you’ll shell out a little more but your carpet’s life span will be considerably enhanced.

Shutters To complement our airy scheme, we decided against curtains and opted instead for American style shutters. These allow light levels to be adjusted when required and, when completely closed, they block out all natural glare.

Tip: If you like this look but are shy of the associated costs, don’t panic. Achieve a similar feel with white Venetian blinds measured and cut into the window rebate. Hunter Douglas carry a wonderful selection of Venetians — check them out and find a style you love.

Bed Initially washy white (past stock from Ikea) we

painted the frame to provide a blockier finish and dressed it with white linen. Further embellished with a yellow throw from Bouclair — and cushion covers made from hemmed Loblaws tea towels — the results are crisp and inviting.

Overspend? Us? Not on your nelly.

Upcycle “Never waste, never worry,” as our canny wee grannies oft’ opine. Or, in other words, reuse — or reversion — that which you already own.

Our client’s gloomy furniture popped via careful sanding and a coat or two of eggshell, the same finish we applied to the bed frame.

As a final flourish, we measured the night stand surfaces — and the lower top section of the Welsh dresser — and gave the templates to a stonemason who supplied us with 1.5-cm slabs of black granite.

An effective makeover, we believe, and one that avoids the expense of starting from scratch.

Our spell complete, we conceded that yellow was indeed a good diversion from our original plan.

But hey: all things considered, blue would have been equally nice.

Us? On the fence? Never.

Colin and Justin are regular home and design experts in print and on TV. Find their international product range in stores like HomeSense, Winners and Marshalls. facebook.com/ColinJustin, twitter.com/colinjustin, colinandjustin.tv.

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Carpets, sponged walls and doll sized bedside lamps be gone: for you have no part in a Colin and Justin mini miracle. In our world, there is no space for the ordinary — only the extraordinary. Our remedy? An industrial wallpaper stripper and a hungry dumpster with a greedy appetite for bad taste.

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Water heater replacement Question: Should I replace my gas-fired water heater? It’s 15 years old, made by Rheem, and I bought out the rental contract from the utility last year.

It’s been a while since I’ve flushed it out and the tank seems slower to build heat back up after a drawdown.

Answer: If your water heater has spray foam insulation instead of fibre-based insulation, I’d flush it again and keep using it for at least another five years.

High-end units like yours almost certainly were made with foam, and this greatly reduces standby heat loss.

The slower-than-usual heating times could be caused by mineral build up in the tank.

Shut the gas and water supply off, connect a garden hose to the drain valve at the bottom, open the tank vent, drain the water, let the tank cool, then turn on the fresh water supply to the tank while letting it drain out the open bottom valve.

If it’s been more than a year or two since your last flushing, the operation will probably cause yellowish mineral flakes to wash out of the hose.

That’s a good thing, and in extreme cases many pounds of minerals could be sitting in the bottom of your tank.

Removing this build up should return your heater to like-new performance. If it doesn’t then you’ve lost nothing in the attempt.

Leveling a saggy floor Question: Should we tear up the sagging floor in our cottage, or can we fix it with leveling compound?

I know rebuilding is the do-it-right option, but is there any reason that leveling with filler won’t work?

My husband wants to rebuild.

Answer: I’m afraid I have to side with your husband on this one.

If the floor has sunken in places, it’s probably not something you should ignore by pouring on leveling compound.

There could be rot at work, or perhaps the joists were undersized originally and not strong enough.

Tackling the root cause is always the best policy.

Installing a new floor on the old one could result in the loss of your investment as that new floor fails.

Leveling with filler would certainly make the floor good in the short run, but support could crumble underneath later.

Steve Maxwell helps tens of thousands of people each month at stevemaxwell.ca. Drop by and see for yourself.

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Steve using a gas-powered framing nailer to drive three-and-a-quarter-inch long nails without the need for an air hose. This nailer is one of three main types on the market.

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Question: What kind of power nailers should I buy? I’m choosing a nailer for framing and another for trim work on the house I’m building for myself.

Answer: There are many great nailers out there, but only three main technologies. All have pluses and minuses.

If you’re building a house, you should definitely pay for professional-grade gear.

Beyond that you also need to understand the pros and cons of each type of nailer technology.

Air-powered nailers are the original, they’re the cheapest and they provide lots of power in a simple format.

That said, air nailers also require an air compressor and STEVE hose, which can sometimes be MAXWELL a significant pain.

Gas-powered hoseless nailers have been around for more than 30 years.

Gas nailers draw combustible gas from a disposable cartridge to power the tool, with a rechargeable battery to activate an exhaust fan and ignition system.

Gas nailers offer lots of power for driving fasteners into hard materials and they eliminate the need for a hose and compressor.

On the downside, they also need to be cleaned periodically, and the gas doesn’t always combust properly in super-cold weather or when it gets old.

Battery-powered framing nailers are the latest technology and they’ve worked well in my tests.

They’re quiet, they require no gas cylinders and they have no hose. I like them. Although battery nailers can drive nails reliably into softwood, they’re not always able to drive them all the way into extra hard material like engineered lumber.

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fies me, and he is simply echoing the coffee grinder.) Is it time to replace the dishwasher that mimics a jet plane during the rinse cycle?

Manufacturers are becoming more cognizant of the importance of quiet washers, dryers, etc. (Not sure what to do about the coffee grinder.)

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hard surfaces. Hang drapes at the windows, and art on the walls.

If your preference is bare floors, choose a runner for the hallways and area rugs in the living areas.

The kitchen is filled with hardworking appliances, some with scary motors.

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for us to control.

However, there is much aural clatter that we put up with, or perhaps don’t even think about, inside our homes that we can control.

Sound literally bounces off hard, parallel surfaces.

When you walk across a hardwood floor in shoes with heels, your footsteps reverberate, clickity-clack, clickity-clack.

If you bounce a ball or drop a dish or the kids jump off the sofa, it’s bump, crash, thud. Loud music in a space with no sound insulation or absorption is painful.

So how can we make our homes a little quieter, and thus healthier? the sounds by padding the

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We all live 24/7 surrounded by various levels of sounds.

There are good sounds such as friendly voices, music we love, gentle raindrops, the rustle of leaves.

And there is bad noise, road and air traffic, loud machinery, and the clatter and din of crowded spaces.

I watched a fascinating video by leading sound expert Julian Treasure, The 4 Ways Sound Affects Us, onwww.ted.com. I think we are DEBBIE all aware of the negative impact that bad noise has TRAVIS on our mood, but it is also a major factor regarding our physical health and concentration.

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AUDENART Monty If you are reading this now, I have simply gone HOME. Come and help celebrate my life here on January 27, at 12pm at 8 Keast Way, Red Deer (LDS chapel). Of course there will be food (I asked for KFC but probably won’t get it), some good memories, and my family really needs your support.

I was born on November 14, 1949 and returned HOME January 21, 2015. I was lucky to be adopted by Osh and Gladys Audenart and raised on a farm near Raymond, with my two great sisters Connie and Beverly.

I attended school in Raymond and Magrath, and then served a mission for the LDS Church in Tahiti. I attended the University of Alberta where I graduated from dentistry in 1977. I practiced in Vermilion and Red Deer, and Nunavut, and offered my services to less fortunate people in Jamaica, Bangladesh, the Philippines, Thailand, Mexico, Russia and the Amazon.

Sometimes my daughters came with me. It was a grand adventure. It never ever seemed like work. I served in the Church as a Branch President, a Councillor in the Bishopric, member of High Council, Stake executive secretary and Stake Director of Public Affairs. I joined Rotary in 1987, and served as Club President, District Governor, Rotary International Director and Vice-President, and a Trustee of the Rotary Foundation, and lots of inbetweens. Rotary gave Liz and I, friends worldwide, and so many opportunities to serve the community and beyond. Rotary changes lives, including my own. I never seemed to be able to repay Rotary for all it gave me. I leave for awhile my eternal friend and wife of more than 40 years, Liz; my children Maurita and Scott Tollestrup, Jay and Amica (Antonelli) Audenart, Graham and Talia Audenart, Robin and Dave Kearl, Lisa and Sean Freeman, and Ryan and Jody Audenart; my sisters Connie (Andy) Blasetti and Bev (John) Mehew. Grieve abit, laugh a lot and keep a special place for me in your hearts.

Remember always how God gave us Time enough to say goodbye. I will be a forever Grandpa to Mya, Kedan,Tagg, Payton, Berkeley,Osh, Gabby, Jack, Forrest, Aviana, Grayson, KK, Elle, Maeve, Willow, Crew, Aurelia, Mirra, Noa, and Cooper. Didn’t we have FUN! I’ve gone ahead to another playground and I will be waiting for you all there with all kinds of stories. Remember we are an eternal family.

Some of you may think I left a bit early, but Mom always said it is more important how you serve in the time you have, than the years or the titles. I tried to be a good husband, father and grandfather. And I got plenty of fishing done in Corpus Christi and I released lots of fish for all of you. Catch a few Jay, I won’t be far away. In lieu of flowers you may donate directly to The Rotary Foundation. Their money never dies! (www.rotary.org). Messages of online condolence may be left for the family at www.myalternatives.ca See you soon, but don’t rush!

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CROZMAN Leonard Aug. 5, 1930 - Jan. 16, 2015 Leonard Crozman of Red Deer passed away peacefully in his sleep at the Red Deer Regional Hospital on Friday, January 16, 2015 at the age of 84 years. Leonard was born in Moncton, New Brunswick on August 5, 1930. He was predeceased by his wife, Lorraine.

Leonard is survived by his children; Ronald, Colleen, and Thomas (Penny), grandchildren; Mackenzie, Triskan, Keenan, and Bridget, who will always keep him in their hearts. Len was a longtime member of the Foresters and Moose Lodge, and enjoyed volunteering for the many groups at The Red Deer Bingo Centre. A Memorial Tea will be held at the Moose Lodge, Red Deer, AB, on Thursday, January 29, 2015 at 1:00 p.m. Memorial donations in Leonard’s honor may be made directly to the Red Deer Food Bank, 7429 49 Avenue, Red Deer, AB, T4P 1N2 or to the Red Deer Regional Health Foundation, 3942 50A Avenue, Red Deer, AB, T4N 4E7. Special thank you to the staff on Unit 33.

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FLEMING Doris Mildred 1927 - 2015 On Wednesday, January 21, 2015, Doris passed away at the age of 87 years at the Extendicare Michener Hill, Red Deer. Doris was born on March 21, 1927 in the District of Willowdale, Alberta. In 1949, Doris married Ken Fleming and in 1951 they moved to the family farm.

Ken and Doris then moved to Red Deer in 1972. During her time in Red Deer, Doris worked for Sears Canada until her retirement. She had many interests including her church, family, garden, and friends. Doris is survived by her daughter Sherry (Cary); two sons: Rick (Lorry) and Bryan; three grandchildren; four precious greatgrandchildren; and two sisters: Helen and Mary. She was predeceased by her husband Ken, daughter-in-law Lorraine, and four sisters. The family would like to extend a special Thank You to Dr. Eleason and all the staff on Unit 3100 at Extendicare Michener Hill for the amazing care and support to Doris.

A Celebration of Doris’s Life will be held at Bethany Baptist Church, 3901 - 44 Street, Red Deer on Monday, January 26, 2015 at 2:00 p.m. If desired, Memorial Donations in Doris’s honor may be made directly to the Canadian Cancer Society at w w w . c a n c e r . c a .

Condolences may be sent or viewed at www.parklandfuneralhome.com Arrangements in care of Rhian Solecki, Funeral Director at PARKLAND FUNERAL HOME AND CREMATORIUM 6287 - 67 A Street (Taylor Drive), Red Deer 403.340.4040

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SAMSON Kathaleen ‘Kay’ 1931 - 2015 Mrs. Kathaleen E. ‘Kay’ Samson of Red Deer, released our hands to join hands with the Lord on Sunday, January 18, 2015 at the age of 83 years. Kay was born and grew up at Rosetown, Saskatchewan.

During High School, Kay started working for SaskTel as a telephone operator.

She then met her soul mate, Vern and they joined hands September 4, 1951. The couple enjoyed sixty-three years together raising their family. Kay was truly a special person who touched not only her family but anyone in need of compassion and kindness.

Kay will be lovingly remembered by her husband, Lavern ‘Vern’ Samson of Red Deer; her children, Patti Samson of Red Deer, Robert (Susan) Samson of Sylvan Lake, Alberta and Judy Samson (Colleen) of Cochrane, Alberta; her grandchildren, Laura (Kurtis), Cheryl, and Robert; and one great granddaughter, Logan.

She will also be sadly missed by her brother, Jack (Dolores) Hyde of Rosetown, Saskatchewan, as well as numerous other family and loving friends. Kay was predeceased by her father, Henry Thomas Hyde, her mother, Vera Davis Hyde, a nephew, Darren Hyde and a dear friend, Ed Henwood.

Special thank you to Dr. M.C. Van Schalkwyk at Sylvan Lake, and to the compassionate, gentle and loving staff at Units 3200 & 2600 at Michener Extendicare, Red Deer. A Celebration of Kay’s Life will be held at Parkland Funeral Home and Crematorium, 6287 - 67 A Street (Taylor Drive), Red Deer, Alberta on Monday, January 26, 2015 at 2:00 p.m. If desired, Memorial Donations in Kay’s honor may be made directly to the Alzheimer’s Society of Alberta and N.W.T. at w w w. a l z h e i m e r. a b . c a .

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

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HARTUNG Leona Jane (Mercredi; Cumming) July 15, 1926 - Jan. 11, 2015 After a long life at times fraught with tragedy and an eight year battle with dementia; Leona’s health deteriorated rapidly in January. And on January 11, 2015 at 3:30PM surrounded by family she passed peacefully at Michener Extendicare Centre in Red Deer, AB. Before she died Leona told her caregivers and family she wanted “to go home”. So she did joining her deceased husband Ted (1965) and sons Norman (1978) and Ted Jr. (2006). Leona leaves to mourn her a son Gerald, daughters Joan, Janice (Wally) and Louise (Doug), eight grandchildren, three greatgrandchildren, five sisters and many nieces and nephews. In accordance with her wishes Leona’s bodily remains were cremated. There will be a funeral service followed by luncheon at Sacred Heart Parrish Church, 5508 - 48A Avenue, Red Deer AB at 1:00PM on January 30, 2015.

A celebration of Leona’s life will be held at her birthplace Fort Smith, NT on July 17, 2015. Please join us in bidding Leona rest, peace and oneness with creation. Donations to charities sponsoring Dementia and Alzheimer’s Disease will be appreciated instead of flowers. The family wishes to extend a heartfelt thank you to all who cared for our Mom on Unit 1300 at Michener Extendicare.

STONE Mary Ann Born March 22, 1918 Molly Gauld Davidson Stone passed away peacefully in Calgary on January 19, 2015. A service to celebrate a her amazing life will be held at Memorial Presbyterian Church, Sylvan Lake on May 23, 2015 at 2 pm. In lieu of flowers, she requested that any memorial tributes be made to the donor’s choice. A full obituary will be posted prior to the service.

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F/T AND P/T JOB AVAIL. ON DAIRY FARM, WEST OF BLACKFALDS., Email: wildroseholsteins @cciwireless.ca

Hair Stylists

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CLASSIFICATIONS 700-920

710

FT child caregiver in Red Deer. HS grad w/ First Aid & CPR. Supervise and care for 1 yr old. $10.66/hr, 44hrs/wk. Live-in optional. pret_lady@yahoo.ca FT CHILDCARE help in Penhold HS grad supervise in absence of parents, meal prep., housekeep, $10.66/hr; 44hrs/wk. Exp. an asset genedith2004@yahoo.com FT Live-in caregiver for 2 kids age 5 and a baby.

Must have completed high school and min. 2 yrs. exper. Housekeeping req.

Will work 44 hrs./wk, 8.8 hrs./day. Starting wage of $10.75/hr. Room & board provided. email resume to jmrossouw@yahoo.ca FULL-TIME IN-HOME caregiver for employer ejabagat at 36 Jamieson Ave., Red Deer for four children: newborn, 20 mo. old, 3 yrs. old and 9 years old. Duties; bathe, dress, feed and meal prep. and some light housekeeping. $10.20/hour; 44 hours per wk, benefits pkg. Compl. of high school, and 1 to 2 yrs. exp.

Call (403) 986-4154 or e-mail jabagate@yahoo.com

Clerical

770

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

JUNIOR OIL AND GAS OPERATOR in our Stettler Field.

Applicants need to be mechanically inclined, motivated to work hard and learn quickly.

Associated industry experience eg. instrumentation or facilities construction experience would be an asset but is not necessarily required.

This position offers a diverse and challenging work environment with competitive pay, attractive benefits and the ability to grow within the organization. Applicants must live or be willing to relocate to within a 20 minute commute of the work place location (Stettler).

Please Submit Resume’s Attention Human Resources Email: payroll@ bearspawpet.com Fax: (403) 258-3197 Mail: Suite 5309, 333 96th Ave NE Calgary, Alberta T3R 1H1

COLTER ENERGY LP IS NOW HIRING

WELL TESTING: Supervisors Night Operators Operators •

Have current Safety certificates including H2S Be prepared to work in remote locations for extended periods of time • Must be physically fit • Competitive wages, benefits and RRSP offered Please email resume with current driver’s abstract to: jbecker@colterenergy.ca •

790

800

Trades

TANKMASTER RENTALS req’s Exp’d Class 1 Fluid Haulers for Central Alberta. Oilfield tickets req’d. Competitive salary and job bonuses. Resume to terry@tankmaster.ca or fax 403-340-8818

Professionals

810

HIGH PAYING Real Estate Career opportunity.

Training provided. Flexible hours. Help-U-Sell of Red Deer. Call Dave at 403-350-1271 or email resumes to Dave @homesreddeer.com

Town of Trochu, Director of Operations: this is a working supervisory position and reports to the CAO. RESPONSIBILITIES include the management and supervision of public works, water treatment/ distribution, waste water collection/ treatment, solid waste collection and recreation facilities.

QUALIFICATIONS: Minimum grade twelve, valid Class 3 Alberta Motor Vehicle Operators License, 3 years’ experience related supervisory role, well -developed record keeping, reporting and planning skills. Level I Water and Wastewater certificates are an asset.

Combination experience/education may be considered. Submit resume, including references and salary expectations. secretary@ town.trochu.ab.ca (403) 442-3085. More detailed job description at: www.town.trochu.ab.ca

Restaurant/ Hotel

820

EAST SIDE MARIO’S HIRING FOR ALL POSITIONS Full Time & Part Time.

Apply after 2 p.m. Ask for the manager on duty.

ACCOUNTING POSITION

Place an ad in Central Alberta Life and reach over 100,000 potential buyers.

309-3300.

850

GASOLINE ALLEY LOCATION FULL TIME and PART TIME SHIFTS AVAILABLE • Very Competitive Wages • Advancement Opportunities With medical Benefits • Paid training • Paid Breaks

(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.

THE RUSTY PELICAN is now accepting resumes for WELL EXPERIENCED

HOSTESS

Qualifications: • Journeyman electrician with interprovincial red seal.

• Possess good troubleshooting skills for both electrical and instrumentation.

• Knowledge in computer based maintenance systems an asset but not required.

• Previous configuration and programming experience would be an asset.

• Ability to travel within Canada and the USA. • Both written and verbal communication skills.

• Current H2S Alive & First Aid certification an asset.

• Current Class 5 Drivers License.

• Willing and able to accept occasional after hours support calls.

1-888-879-6125 Please reference: Ad # JFME-0114

ADULT EDUCATION AND TRAINING

WINTER START

Trades

850

ACADEMIC Express

• • • • SPRING START • • • GED Preparation • Women in the Trades • • Program

ADULT EDUCATION AND TRAINING

•

GED Preparation Would you like to take the GED in your community?

Red Deer Rocky Mtn. House Rimbey Caroline Castor Sylvan Lake Innisfail Stettler Ponoka Lacombe

Mature professional familiar with maitre d’ • capabilities. Would be an asset to have a current ProServe Certificate and • Math and Science for Gov’t of Alberta Funding may be available. familiar with wine service. the Trades Program Professional 403-340-1930 appearance is a definite Gov’t of Alberta Funding requirement. www.academicexpress.ca may be available.

Must have Ref’s & Exp. Apply within: 2079-50 403-340-1930 Ave. 2-4 pm. Mon.-Fri. Looking for a new pet? www.academicexpress.ca Fax 403-347-1161 Phone Check out Classifieds to calls WILL NOT be GOODMEN find the purrfect pet. accepted. Only candidates ROOFING LTD. selected for an interview Requires will be contact.

GREENHOUSE WORKER SLOPED ROOFERS wanted at Meadowbrook THE RUSTY PELICAN is LABOURERS Greenhouses, Penhold. now accepting resumes for & FLAT ROOFERS 3 Full Time Seasonal WELL EXPERIENCED Positions.

No Exp, training SERVERS Valid Driver’s Licence provided.

Starting Feb Must hold a current preferred. Fax or email 2015. $10.20/hr, 44 hrs, ProServe Certificate and info@goodmenroofing.ca 5 days per week, 3 month be fully exp. in wine or (403)341-6722 period. Fax resume to service. Professional NO PHONE CALLS PLEASE! 403-886-2252. appearance is a definite requirement.

SMALL RURAL MEAT TURPLE BROS. Must have Ref’s & Exp. SHOP in central AB LTD. Apply within: 2079-50 looking for F/T meat Is taking resumes for: Ave. 2-4 pm. Mon.-Fri. cutter. 8-5, no weekends.

Accessories Dept. with Fax 403-347-1161 Phone Knowledge of cutting experience in clothing or calls WILL NOT be hanging carcasses power sport industry. accepted. Only candidates needed. Rental house F/T positions avail. selected for an interview avail. within walking disPlease email resume to will be contact. tance of meat shop at a HR Department very reasonable rate with brenda@turplebros.ca Looking for a place paid utils. 403-843-4383 to live? jkcmeats@hotmail.ca Take a tour through the Something for Everyone CLASSIFIEDS Everyday in Classifieds

Salary is $14 - $18./hr. 40 hr. wk. dependant on exp.

733644 Ab Ltd. O/A The Rusty Pelican

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Owner Operators & Contract Drivers

+

A Star Makes Your Ad A Winner!

CALL:

1-877-223-3311 To Place Your Ad Now!

WE are looking for a

Plant Laborer for our Kuusamo facility.

The plant is located 4-5 kilometers west of Sylvan Lake on Hwy 11.

This is an entry level position working mainly outdoors that can lead into the Plant Operator positions. Duties will include assistance of Plant Operators in the transfer of chemicals, movement of product within the plant, truck and rail car loading/unloading, and chemical blending as well as housekeeping and light maintenance. We are looking for hard working, flexible, safety conscious people with equipment experience, some basic mechanical abilities, driver’s license, and own transportation. We offer an excellent benefits plan and a company matching RRSP savings plan.

Please forward your resume via email to the address attached. Please have ‘Plant Laborer’ in the subject line. Drug and alcohol policy in effect and pre-employee testing.

Inquiries regarding careers with CFR should be directed to hr@cfrchemicals.com Fax: 346-2299 CELEBRATIONS HAPPEN EVERY DAY IN CLASSIFIEDS Looking for a place to live?

Take a tour through the CLASSIFIEDS

Employment Training

900

SAFETY

TRAINING CENTRE OILFIELD TICKETS

Industries #1 Choice!

“Low Cost” Quality Training

403.341.4544

24 Hours Toll Free 1.888.533.4544

R H2S Alive (ENFORM) R First Aid/CPR R Confined Space R WHMIS & TDG R Ground Disturbance R (ENFORM) D&C B.O.P. R D&C (LEL) #204, 7819 - 50 Ave. (across from Totem) (across from Rona North)

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stuff CLASSIFICATIONS 1500-1990

Advocate Opportunities

in AB. Home the odd night.

Weekends off. Late model tractor pref. 403-586-4558

880

CARRIERS REQUIRED To deliver the CENTRAL AB LIFE 1 day a week in: INNISFAIL Penhold Olds Sylvan Lake Please call Debbie for details 403-314-4307

CARRIERS REQUIRED To deliver the

CENTRAL AB LIFE & LACOMBE EXPRESS 1 day a week in: LACOMBE BLACKFALDS Please call Rick for details 403-314-4303

ADULT or YOUTH CARRIERS NEEDED For delivery of Flyers, Express and Friday Forward ONLY 2 DAYS A WEEK in DEER PARK AREA Dixon Cres.

Dunlop St., Dixon Ave. & Close $107.00/mo Durand Cr. & Drummond Ave. $69.00/mo. also Drummond Cl. & Dowd Cl. $59.00/mo. also Dunning Cres. Cl., and Depalme St. $103.00 GRANDVIEW AREA 4400 Blks. of 40A Ave. and 41 Ave. and 1 Blk. each of 46 and 47 Streets area MOUNTVIEW AREA Between 35 St. and 39 St. and 43A Ave. and 41, Ave. area $189.00/mo.

MICHENER AREA

TransX has immediate openings for Class 1 Company Drivers and Owner Operators to serve Canadian and U.S. routes. For more information on your lanes and your pay package please call 1-877-787-2679 or apply on line at www.drivetransx.ca today!

TransX offers steady runs at competitive rates and a top benefits package. Join our team today!

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If you are interested in working in positive and dynamic environment, please email your resume to: recruiting@ferus.com or fax

ADULT EDUCATION AND TRAINING

call 1-844-299-2466

TAP HOUSE NORTH

880

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ACADEMIC Express

ACADEMIC Express

830

Ferus offers • A competitive compensation package including a competitive base salary, bonus incentive plan • An excellent Benefits Package, including a Group RSP Savings Plan.

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Apply in person or send resume to: Email:kfcjobsrd@yahoo.ca or Fax: (403) 341-3820

Ferus requires a Maintenance Electrician to join our production maintenance team.

This position will be based out of our Joffre production office with some occasional travel to other facilities within western Canada. The ideal candidate will be open and honest with the ability to work individually as well as within groups.

Core Responsibilities: • Maintain equipment in accordance with preventative maintenance program • Assist operations with plant optimization and troubleshooting • Provide technical support on new projects and designs • Assist with planning of turnarounds and other maintenance activities.

• Maintain VFDs and soft starts on low and medium voltage.

Now Hiring

RAMADA INN & SUITES req’s.

ROOM ATTENDANTS. Exp. preferred. Also BREAKFAST ROOM ATTENDANTS, early morning shifts, flexibility req’d. Only serious inquiries apply.

Drop off resume at: 6853 - 66 St. Red Deer or fax 403-342-4433

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 THE RUSTY PELICAN is demanding position. Time now accepting resumes for management skills Exp. Bartenders, required. Apply at: 8004 Full knowledge of all Edgar Industrial Green, cocktails, inventory control, Red Deer, T4P3S2 must be of professional Call: 403.845.2230 Fax: nature and be capable of 587.997.7719 working all shifts.

F/T TRUCK drivers req’d.

Apply within: 2079-50 Minimum Class 5 with air Ave. 2-4 pm. Mon.- Fri. Fax 403-347-1161 Phone and clean abstract. Exp. preferred. In person to Key calls WILL NOT be accepted. Only candidates Towing 4083-78 St. Cres. selected for interview will Red Deer. be contacted.

HALLCON is seeking qualified drivers to THE RUSTY PELICAN is transport rail crews now accepting resumes for throughout Red Deer area.

F/T DISHWASHER Drivers are ideally based Must maintain work out of RED DEER. No station to sanitary overnight stays required. measures and be capable This position is an on call of working all shifts. position. Employees are Apply within: 2079-50 responsible for taking Ave. 2-4 pm. Mon.-Fri. trips during the period Fax 403-347-1161 Phone they have designated calls WILL NOT be themselves available to do accepted. Only Candidates so. Transportation is done selected for interview will in Hallcon company be contacted. vehicles. Vehicles are extensively & consistently maintained ensuring Sales & optimal safety for drivers Distributors and clients. Drivers must possess valid Class 1, 2, FREE JEWELLERY or 4 license, with clean Searching for energetic driver abstract. Assisted and dedicated sales licensing upgrade to professionals looking for a achieve a class 4 is career that offers fun, available. Pay is based at challenges and generous a rate of $16.00. Earning rewards. Jewellery potential is based on experience is an asset. your availability, as our There is management operation runs on a 24/7 potential. Please apply in on call basis. Both full time store Monday-Friday until and part time employees 5:0 0 PM or email are welcome. Semiinfo@clowesjewellers.com retired, retired, full time, part time employees are Buying or Selling welcome. Forward your home? resumes & current driver Check out Homes for Sale abstract: Shane Flack in Classifieds asmabnorth@gmail.com.

Joffre Plant

820

LUCKY’S LOUNGE located in Jackpot Casino, requires Waitress’s Fri. - Sun. Please apply in person at 4950 47 Ave. No phone calls please

880

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Like Meeting New People?

Would you like to...

SPRING START Get back into the workforce when children start GED Preparation school? Get extra spend- • ing money after retirement?

Work around your family’s • Women in the Trades Program busy schedule? Get to know your local community • Math and Science for better? Contribute valuable the Trades Program community service.

Set down your own hours?

Gov’t of Alberta Funding GET PAID?!! may be available.

Welcome Wagon is Now Hiring 403-340-1930 Apply online at www.iamlovingit.ca www.academicexpress.ca or

Location of employment: 4105 2079 - 50 Ave. Red Deer, AB T4R 1Z4 email: bennett2014.bkkp@ gmail.com or Call 403-347-1414 or Fax to: 403-347-1161 Only candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.

Ferus Inc. specializes in the production, storage, and supply of liquid nitrogen (N2), liquid carbon dioxide (CO2), liquid natural gas (LNG), and compressed natural gas (CNG) for the energy industry in both Canada and the USA. Ferus has a great corporate culture with an excellent work/home life balance, strong team atmosphere and encourages through support the development of their employees for future growth.

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Please submit cover letter, resume and references to: Box 300F c/o Red Deer Advocate 2950 Bremner Ave., Red Deer T4R 1M9

830

860

MAINTENANCE ELECTRICIAN

Competitive wages and bene¿ts plan.

Hours Àexible.

820

JJAM Management (1987) Ltd., o/a Tim Horton’s Requires to work at these Red Deer, AB locations: 5111 22 St. Truckers/ 37444 HWY 2 S Drivers 37543 HWY 2N 700 3020 22 St. FOOD ATTENDANT THE RUSTY PELICAN is Req’d permanent shift now accepting resumes for weekend day and evening 4 F/T Exp’d both full and part time.

LINE COOKS at 16 Vacancies, $10.25/hr. + all stations. MUST HAVE: benefits. Start ASAP. Job description • 2 yrs. relevant exp., www.timhortons.com completion of High Education and experience School, be reliable, not req’d. self motivated, work Apply in person or fax well under limited resume to: 403-314-1303 CENTRAL AB based supervision in fast trucking company requires paced environment.

720

Red Deer company requires three quarter to full time experienced accounting person that will learn company structure and daily duties including payroll, payables, bank reconciliations, lease managements and be able to complete monthly ¿nancial reporting to owners. Accounting experience required to prepare Year end ¿nancials for accountants.

Restaurant/ Hotel

800

Sales & Distributors

Are You Friendly & Outgoing?

Full Time Cleaners required for day’s at SERVICE RIG Nova Joffre Site.

Bearspaw Petroleum Ltd ST $15.00 Per Hr. Must be is seeking a able to pass drug & alcohol FLOORHAND testing & fit test.

Locally based, home every Excellent spoken & written night! Qualified applicants English communication must have all necessary required. Send resume to aramark6685@gmail.com valid tickets for the position being applied for. or fax @ 403-314-7504 Bearspaw offers a very competitive salary and benefits package along with a steady Medical work schedule.

Please submit resumes: BUSY MEDICAL OFFICE Attn: Human Resources requires a Prescreening Email: Technician. Experience not payroll@bearspawpet.com necessary, job training is Fax: (403) 252-9719 or provided but qualifications Mail to: Suite 5309, will be considered. Starting 333-96 Ave. NE wages $14/hr. Please fax Calgary, AB T3K 0S3 resume to 403-342-2024.

Start your career!

F/T & P/T Pharmacist and See Help Wanted Pharmacy Technician positions req’d.

Classifieds Apply w/resume to: Your place to SELL Highland Green Value Your place to BUY Drug Mart, Red Deer You can sell your guitar for a song... or put it in CLASSIFIEDS Oilfield and we’ll sell it for you!

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

Oilfield

503142A29

Caregivers/ Aides

Janitorial

800

760

ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS 403-347-8650 COCAINE ANONYMOUS 403-396-8298 JOURNEYMAN Is someone’s drinking HAIRSTYLIST/ causing you problems?

APPRENTICE AL-ANON 403-346-0320 We are seeking highly WOULD Kelvin Perez motivated, energetic, please phone Alison or dedicated, friendly Tandela on a personal applicants to join our team. matter. 1-877-256-3224.

Please submit resume to Shallyn at Impact, 4939B-51 Street, Rocky Mountain House, Email:sanda23@telus.net or phone 403-845-0664

jobs

Oilfield

Restaurant/ Hotel

1-877-787-2679 www.drivetransx.ca

50A. St. between 40 Ave. & 42 A Ave, 50, 51, 51A & 52 St. between 40 Ave. & 43 Ave. and Michener Drive area. $209.00/mo.

TIMBERSTONE AREA Trimble Cl. Traptow Cl. Tallman Cl. Teasdale Dr. Truant Cres. & area $224.00/mo. also Timberstone Way, 2 blks. of Timothy Drive and Trump Pl. $97.00/mo For More Information Call Jamie at the Red Deer Advocate 403-314-4306

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Caregivers/ Aides

D6 RED DEER ADVOCATE Saturday, Jan. 24, 2015 Advocate Opportunities

1530

Auctions

1760

Misc. for Sale

3060

Suites

TWO blankets, electric 2 BDRM. N/S, no pets. kettle, 2 Corningware $850 rent/d.d. casserole dishes, small 403-346-1458 picture, $20. 403-342-4898 3810 47 ST. TWO Sunday January 25 spacious 2 bdrm. suites.

11 am * Viewing 9 am security.

Stove, fridge, Location: Ridgewood Pets & Adult only, no pets. Bsmt.

Community Hall Supplies $900, main Áoor with balcony Partial List only $945. 587-877-5808 Yamaha Snowmobile – 37 TABLETS for dogs with Unique Baseball – liver disease, 225 mg, GLENDALE reno’d 2 bdrm.

Waterford Chrystal – w/milk thistle, exp. May, apartments, avail. immed, Barbie Doll Collection – 2015, vet cost $106, rent $875 403-596-6000 2 Industrial Sewing asking $50. 403-227-2976 LARGE, 1 & 2 BDRM. Machines – Serger’s – SUITES. 25+, adults only Tired of Standing?

Leather Sofa & Love – n/s, no pets 403-346-7111 Selection of New Furniture Find something to sit on – in Classifieds Antiques – Misc. – Tools – AND MUCH MORE Complete list and Collectors' Directions visit www.

Items cherryhillauction.com NOW RENTING Terms of Sale: Cash, 1 & 2 BDRM. APT’S. BRADFORD exchange Cheque, C/C, Everything 2936 50th AVE. Red Deer plate, 1995, limited edition, must be paid for & Newer bldg. secure entry winter solstice, plate no. removed on sale day (NO w/onsite manager, 3140B, comes with EXCEPTIONS), 15% 5 appls., incl. heat & hot certiÀ cate of authenticity, buyer’s premium. water, washer/dryer beautifully framed, $40.

Sale subject to Additions, hookup, inÁoor heating, a/c., 403-342-4898 Deletions, Errors and car plug ins & balconies.

Omissions.

Call 403-343-7955 Cherry Hill Auction & Travel Appraisals Packages Phone 403-342-2514 or 403-347-8988 1 bdrm. adult building, TRAVEL ALBERTA N/S. No pets.

Alberta offers Children's 403-596-2444 SOMETHING for everyone.

Items Make your travel Rooms plans now.

LEAPSTER L-MAX, extra For Rent game, tv cables, $20.

403-314-9603 CLEAN, quiet, responsible, Furn. $575. 403-466-7979

Executive Show Home Furniture Auction

MORRISROE AREA:

Adult Newspaper Carriers Needed For Early Morning Delivery of the RED DEER ADVOCATE

1810

With only 64 papers, approximately: $350.00/mo.

For More Information, Please call Prodie 403-314-4301 ADULT Newspaper Carriers Needed For Early Morning Delivery of the

RED DEER ADVOCATE Monday through Saturday.

Delivery to be done before 6:30 am.

Reliable vehicle needed.

KENTWOOD & PINES

1870

1900

For more information or to apply call Joanne at the Red Deer Advocate 403-314-4308

THE NORDIC

1580

DO YOU: - Want extra income - Know the city well - Possess a clean, valid drivers license - Have a friendly attitude - Enjoy customer service - Want part-time work (12 to 22 hrs/week) As part of our service team, you will be dispatched in response to service concerns to deliver newspapers and 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.

CARRIERS NEEDED

1590

Clothing

LADIES shoes, size 9 1/2 - 10, 10 pairs, $30.

403-314-9603 VINTAGE wedding dress, XS (size 4), ivory embossed, satin brocade, $200. 403-227-2976

Electronics

EquipmentHeavy

1630

TRAILERS for sale or rent Job site, ofÀce, well site or storage. Skidded or wheeled. Call 347-7721.

3 days per week, no weekends

1660

AFFORDABLE

ROUTES IN:

Homestead Firewood

ANDERS AREA

Spruce & Pine -Split. Firepits avail. 7 days/wk. 403-304-6472

Ahlstrom Close Andrew Close Asstlee / Ansett Cres.

Allsop Ave. / Allsop Cres.

Anderson Close Anquetel Close

FIREWOOD, Spruce & Pine. North of Costco 403-346-7178, 392-7754

LOGS Semi loads of pine, spruce, tamarack, poplar.

Price depends on location.

Lil Mule Logging 403-318-4346

BOWER AREA

Now Offering Hotter, Cleaner BC Birch. All Types. P.U. / Delivery. Lyle 403-783-2275

Beatty Close Broughton / Brookes Boyce St. / Byer Close Baile Close / Boyce St. Brown Close / Barrett Dr.

Household Furnishings

1720

3 SEATER couch and chair, dark blue, good cond, $200 403-782-5323

INGLEWOOD AREA Isbister Close Inkster Close Isaacson Close Inglewood Dr. Isherwood Close Iverson Close

NIGHT Tables, (2) Oak, 1 drawer & 2 doors with glass top to protect from scratches. $70 ea.

403-352-8811

WANTED Antiques, furniture and estates. 342-2514

MORRISROE AREA Metcalf Ave. Martin / Muldrew Close

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rentals CLASSIFICATIONS

FOR RENT • 3000-3200 WANTED • 3250-3390

3020

Houses/ Duplexes

BOWER 1/2 DUPLEX, Feb 1. 403-347-0163

Stereos TV's, VCRs

LANCASTER AREA Lampard Cres Lancaster Drive Long Close Lord Close Lougheed Close Lyons Close

Jewellery

1730 1750

STERLING silver pierced earrings, never worn, 11/2 “ drop, appraised at $135, asking $100. 403-227-2976

Misc. for Sale

VANIER AREA Vickers Close Victor Close Viscount Drive Vincent Close

3190

PADS $450/mo.

Brand new park in Lacombe.

Spec Mobiles. 3 Bdrm., 2 bath. As Low as $75,000.

Down payment $4000. Call at anytime. 403-588-8820

Misc.

For Rent

1760

BEVELED glass mirror, oak frame, 19” x 32”, $35.

403-314-9603

OPEN HOUSE, Sun. Jan. 25, 4pm-5 pm, ref’s accepted, 321 Spruce St. Springbrook, 3 bdrm. tastefully reno’d duplex in Springbrook, fenced yard w/garage, pets ok, $1250/.mo. + utils., email: kgrefner@shaw.ca or call 778-994-4922

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4000-4190

Realtors & Services

4010

WEST PARK 3 bdrm., 2 bath, 4 appls., large fenced yard, $1550/mo. $1000. d.d. just reno’d, Avail Feb . 1.

403-304-5337

Condos/ Townhouses

3030

SEIBEL PROPERTY www.seibelprperty.com Ph: 403-304-7576 or 403-347-7545 6 locations in Red Deer ~ Halman Heights ~ Riverfront Estates

HERE TO HELP & HERE TO SERVE Call GORD ING at RE/MAX real estate central alberta 403-341-9995 gord.ing@remax.net

Houses For Sale

4020

~ Westpark

SOUTHWOOD PARK 3110-47TH Avenue, 2 & 3 bdrm. townhouses, generously sized, 1 1/2 baths, fenced yards, full bsmts. 403-347-7473, Sorry no pets. www.greatapartments.ca

Manufactured Homes

A lifestyle you have more than earned Stunning new Laebon home in the Timbers-Red Deer 1426 sq.ft. 3 bdrms/2baths, large private master suite $499,900 Call Samantha 403.392.6261

3040

Amazing new Laebon Home 1452 sq.ft. modiÀed bi-level with large private master suite 2 BDRM in Alix. 4 appls, 3 bdrms/2baths $394,599 $900/mo. inclds. water, Call Jocelyn 403.302.9612 Feb. 1 no pets 403-348-6594

CLASSIFICATIONS 1000-1430

Drive a little save a lot Brand new 2135 sq.ft.

Laebon home 3 bdrms/2.5 baths $431,599 Call Jocelyn 403.302.9612 FREE…LIST OF HOMES with owners phone numbers, addresses and prices. Call Help-U-Sell of Red Deer at 403-342-7355

To Advertise Your Business or Service Here

Call Classifieds 403-309-3300 classifieds@reddeeradvocate.com

Accounting

1010

INDIVIDUAL & BUSINESS Accounting, 30 yrs. of exp. with oilÀeld service companies, other small businesses and individuals RW Smith, 346-9351

Contractors

1100

BRIDGER CONST. LTD. We do it all! 403-302-8550 DALE’S Home Reno’s Free estimates for all your reno needs. 403-506-4301 DOORS, windows, siding, sofÀt, fascia and custom cladding. Call Dean @ 403-302-9210.

1200

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

Call James 403-341-0617

Massage Therapy

1280

FANTASY SPA International Ladies

1290

5* JUNK REMOVAL Property clean up 340-8666 CELEBRATIONS HAPPEN EVERY DAY IN CLASSIFIEDS

GARAGE DOOR SERVICE Save 50%. All yard & bobcat services, junk/tree/snow removal. 403-358-1614 SNOW blowing/dump/junk runs/odd jobs 403-885-5333

Painters/ Decorators

1310

Elite Retreat, Finest JG PAINTING, 25 yrs. exp. in VIP Treatment.

10 - 2am Private back entry Free Est. 403-872-8888

403-341-4445

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The quirky in-flight shopping catalogue has been a mainstay on airlines for more than three decades. Passengers with nowhere to go would pull it from the seatback and flip through the pages. While flying high over Iowa, they could dream about owning a $16,000 multisensory home sauna or maybe just a grill spatula with a builtin flashlight for $29.95.

But in recent years, passengers have found other distractions. More planes have seatback TV screens. The federal government now allows us to keep Kindles and iPads on during the entire flight. And most jets in the U.S. now have Wi-Fi meaning passengers can chat with friends back home or actually do work.

“Nobody’s bored anymore. They don’t have a captive audience,” says John DiScala, who runs the travel advice site JohnnyJet.com “Not only is it full of germs but travellers today have all the information they need at their fingertips.”

So Thursday, SkyMall’s parent company, Phoenix, Arizona-based Xhibit Corp., filed for Chapter 11 protection in U.S. bankruptcy court. In the filing, the company said it has $1 million to $10 million in assets but $10 million to $50 million in liabilities.

Its biggest creditors are airlines.

The company owes American Airlines $1.6 million, Delta Air Lines $1.5 million, Southwest Airlines $400,000 and United Airlines $300,000. It also has debts with UPS, specialty retailer Hammacher Schlemmer and American Express.

“Given how much of joke SkyMall was among travellers, I’m not surprised,” says Matt Kepnes, author of How to Travel the World on $50 a Day and other travel books. “I’m don’t know anybody who has ever purchased anything from them.”

Mississippi fugitive arrested after 34 years on the run SALT LAKE CITY — A man who police say has been on the run since he escaped from a Mississippi jail 34 years ago was arrested Thursday in a small central Utah town, police said.

Sam Gene Harris has lived under at least 10 different aliases and escaped from two other jails in Oregon, Carbon County Sheriff Jeff Wood said.

He also has a criminal history in Florida and Georgia, including charges for theft and assaulting an officer, Wood said.

The 61-year-old man had been living relatively quietly off the main street of the 1,600-person town of Wellington for several years when an FBI bulletin tipped off Utah police to his identity Thursday, police said.

Officers were looking over the layout of his home to get a search warrant when they saw him walking across the street and arrested him, Wood said. Harris hasn’t spoken with officers much about his background.

“He claims to have had a traumatic brain injury a few years ago, and he doesn’t know where he was before that,” Wood said.

Harris was living under the name Wayne Edward Stevens, the same name he used in Oregon, and he also a Utah driver’s license under that name, Wood said.

No attorney was listed for Harris in court records on Friday, and his phone number was not publicly available.

Harris was serving a four-year sentence for shoplifting and possession of burglary tools in 1980 when he escaped from the Forrest County jail, Wood said. Harris will be extradited to Mississippi to face charges related to the escape.

Syrian government airstrike kills at least 35 people BEIRUT — A Syrian government airstrike hit an opposition-held suburb of the capital shortly after Friday prayers, killing at least 35 people, scattering bodies and rubble in the streets and setting at least one building on fire, activists said.

An activist based near the capital who goes by the name of Abu Yazan said the air raid struck near a popular market in the town of Hamouriyeh just east of Damascus.

The Local Coordination Committees, an activist collective, said the strike hit people leaving a mosque, killing 35 people. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights put the death toll at 42, including six children. It said the number of dead is expected to rise because many people were seriously wounded.

Casualty figures often differ in Syria in the chaotic aftermath of an attack.

An amateur video posted online of the raid’s aftermath showed two men carrying a lifeless body on a stretcher as others scamper across the rubblestrewn street looking for survivors.

Thick, grey smoke hangs in the air. A fire rages in the shell of a building on the street corner. A boy screams over a puddle of blood on the pavement.

The video appeared genuine and corresponded to other Associated Press reporting of the events depicted.

Syria’s crisis began with an uprising against President Bashar Assad, then turned into a civil war. So far, 220,000 people have been killed.

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They are both architects and were experimenting with paper as a modelling material when they discovered how much strength craft paper had when combined with the honeycomb design.

Their product line shown here now includes partitions, seating and lighting, with a clever twist. Their softwall is made of textile paper, and is a freestanding, flexible structure that can be expanded and shaped however you choose. The rounded, multifaceted structure of the honeycomb design absorbs sound and can be positioned to lower noise levels. The softwall can be lit from within with LED, Stephanie

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Their award-winning cloud softlights are airy and whimsical, floating overhead or perched on three slender wooden legs.

The white textile shades are lit from within with energy-efficient LED, and give off a low-glare light perfect for reading and hand work.

These designs at first appear to suit only office or work spaces, but practical commercial designs have a habit of crossing over into our homes.

The stainless steel home kitchen craze started in restaurants and industrial spaces.

Industrial strength carpet squares are now a popular choice for home basements and kids’ playrooms.

Take the time to turn down the noise in your home. You’ll feel better, guaranteed.

Debbie Travis’s House to Home column is produced by Debbie Travis and Barbara Dingle. Please email your questions to house2home@debbietravis.com. You can follow Debbie on Twitter at www.twitter. com/debbie_travis, and visit Debbie’s new website, www.debbietravis.com.

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Dear Harlan: I can’t seem to change my focus from dating, wanting love and finding eligible men whenever I am out in social situations.

I try to just have fun with the people I am doing the activity with, but in the back of my mind I am always on the hunt. It’s so tiring and frustrating when I don’t have any success. Every time I come home and haven’t met anyone, I feel like I’ve failed.

I am constantly assessing people and scanning the room. I feel like I put myself in lots of different rooms, but I still haven’t had any success. Or I’ll think a guy is interested — he suggests we go out sometime — and then never texts me. How do I stop focusing on guys every single time I step out the door? — Obsessed and Stressed Dear Obsessed and Stressed: The hunt is a thrill.

Affirmation is a drug. I was always on the hunt when I was single.

Once I was less interested in being wanted and more focused on what I wanted, the hunt changed.

The less I depended on other people for my happiness, the more I enjoyed dating.

Two suggestions: First, find another obsession.

Get lost in exercise, art, religion, meditation, work, cooking, volunteering, your mental health, writing or something else that gives you pleasure independent from men. Immerse yourself in it. Make it the centre of your attention. Throw yourself into it. Share this passion with other passionate people who share your interests.

Second, mostly hunt and be hunted in places where people are playing the same sport. Online dating is a great example. You also can get fixed up, go to singles events and hang out at places that attract singles. Look for new places to find and be found.

Start with these two changes, and you’ll focus less on hunting and more on connecting with the right

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Dear Harlan: I’m really having a bad time at my school. I dislike my roommate. I feel that my adviser has pressured me to declare a major, and I’m already in major-specific classes (and I’m not even 100 per cent sure I really want to do this major).

While I need to make more of an effort to get outside my comfort zone and join clubs that meet more often, even if I do that, I’m still not so sure this will work out, because I just don’t see myself at this school. Should I transfer out for sophomore year or stay here? — Miserable Hey Miserable: And this is why roughly one in four college students transfer (according to ACT Inc.). I transferred. But do it only for the right reasons. Apply to other schools, but stick it out this year at your current school. Find one good thing to do on campus.

Just one! If you find one good thing on campus and still want to leave, it will be for the right reasons.

If you can’t find anything good, find someone on campus to help you figure out the real problem. The problem might be you.

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Dear Harlan: I’m about to begin the spring semester at college, and I seem to be butting heads with my parents.

I live exactly an hour away from school and come home every two weeks for Saturday and Sunday to see my family, friends and girlfriend. Needless to say, I never found this to be a problem, nor something that would be considered “wrong.”

I made a lot of really good friends, I get along with my roommate and I did well academically my first semester. I even took on a work-study job.

Now, as I get ready to head back to school in a week, my HARLAN parents decided to drop the COHEN bomb on me that I am no longer allowed to come home bimonthly.

I do not understand why it is an issue, considering I have proven that I have done well socially and academically. I tried to compromise with my parents, but their answer was a “Live under my house, live with my rules” type of thing.

To be honest, my main reason for being nervous about all of this is because I know that my girlfriend is not going to be happy about it. I want to compromise with them in order to keep my bimonthly visits going. If they get their way, I may end up losing my longtime girlfriend over it, and that’s not exactly something I had in mind for the new year.

Do you think this bi-monthly visitation is a bad thing, and do you agree with my parents’ decision to force me to stay at on campus? — Stuck Dear Stuck: Could be much worse — they could’ve taken the car (the monsters!). Listen, if distance kills your relationship, it wasn’t a healthy relationship.

I know you’re upset, but your parents aren’t unreasonable. Coming home every other week isn’t being on campus. It’s called being a consultant. There virtually is no way you can have a full life on campus when you’re always coming and going.

Ask your girlfriend to visit you once in a while and build a life on campus. If you can’t do it, the problem isn’t your parents. It’s that you’re too afraid to have a life other than your girlfriend.

Sorry, I’m on their team.

Dear Harlan; I’m gay and in my early 20s. None of my friends know that I’m gay. I want to meet other gay men, but I’m not ready to come out. Any suggestions on how I can meet someone? — Not Out Dear Not Out: In 1980, this would be hard. In 2015, it’s simple. Get more friends.

You might have the wrong ones. You need friends who aren’t going to judge you. You need friends who will happily throw you a bachelor party and come to your wedding when you meet the right man (if you choose to get married).

Lots of people will want to be your friend. You can find gay friends. You can make straight friends who respect gay men. Meet them through organizations (religious events, volunteering, support groups), events and activities where open-minded men get together.

Once you have another group of friends, you can tell your old friends the truth. The friends who love

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