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Sport Council formally disbands

BY GREG MEACHEM ADVOCATE SPORTS EDITOR The Sport Council of Red Deer is no more, although it may return in a different form in the not-too-distant future.

The SCoRD, formed in 2009 to provide a unified voice and celebrate amateur sport in the city, disbanded due to ‘on-going sustainability and capacity challenges’, according to a City of Red

Deer press release.

Rob Meckling, the Red Deer Community and Program Facilitator-Sport, said a lack of volunteers led to the dissolution of the Sport Council.

“Certainly it was a struggle to get and maintain volunteers to be able to commit to keeping it up and running,” he said on Wednesday. “Although it was a challenge, we had the hard-core people who stuck around, but they also have lives. We just haven’t been able to get any kind of a jump start to get more

people involved.

“Right down to the last few people, it was in the best interest to take the organization and maybe put it to rest for a little while. We’ll certainly look at a new way to bring it back and we’ve talked about using the (2019) Canada Winter Games and other programs that may be occurring because it needs to become more than just a sport awards organization, because that’s all it was doing.”

Gino Castellan, one of the original

members who resigned two years ago, said the Sport Council was founded with the purpose of being a voice for amateur sport in Red Deer.

“Our mission was to be an active voice promoting the value of inclusive sports and their continued development in our community,” he added. “I think it served that purpose, but I know it just got to be too much for me and I had to take something off my plate.

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Grade 6 student Isabel Deveau poses for the camera as she takes part in the second annual UWALK at Westpark Middle School on Wednesday afternoon. All students at the school took part in the 15-minute participation walk developed in the hopes of helping Albertans find their stride through physical activity.

Shachtay’s investment vanished quickly due to market pressures

BY MURRAY CRAWFORD ADVOCATE STAFF Nearly half the money meant to provide long-term income for an Innisfail quadriplegic woman and her daughter disappeared in two months because of market pressures, court has heard.

Victoria Shachtay was confined to a wheelchair because of injuries from a 2004 car crash. In 2007, she received a settlement and invested a large amount of that money. By April 2011, the money was gone and on Nov. 25, 2011, she was killed by a pipe bomb disguised as a Christmas present.

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Her financial advisor Brian Malley is on trial in Red Deer Court of Queen’s Bench, facing first-degree murder charges in relation to her death.

A financial crimes investigator, Sgt. Donovan Fisher, testified on Wednesday that there was nothing suspicious or illegal about the investment that Shachtay, 23, made through Malley, 57.

Shachtay invested $575,000 of her settlement starting in June and July 2007. At the investment’s peak, it was valued at about $839,000. An additional $264,000 was borrowed to increase the value of the investment.

A large amount of the investment was put into one stock, said Fisher. En-

MALLEY TRIAL ervest Diversified Income Trust stock represented 92 per cent of the total investment. That stock was purchased when the share value was at $6.31.

In October and November 2008, Enervest shares declined significantly, to about $3.18 a share. Shachtay’s investment lost $390,000 as a result.

Fisher said over the life of the investment, Shachtay earned $125,000 and that she took out another $125,000 from the principal of the investment.

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It’s either a cruel hoax or someone from Olds is really trying to sell a kidney. Either way, it’s illegal.

Someone listed a kidney for sale on an online classified advertising website on Wednesday.

The ad reads: “For sale by owner, selling one kidney, not stolen, A+ blood type, $15,000 plus all associated surgery costs.” Included is a photo depiction of a kidney.

By mid afternoon, the MORE DIALYSIS ad had about PATIENTS RECEIVING 170 visits.

S e l l i n g TREATMENT AT HOME o r g a n s i n A2 Canada is illegal, said Flavia Robles, executive director of the Northern Alberta and Territories branch of the Kidney Foundation of Canada. The branch looks after the Red Deer area.

“We don’t condone that type of advertising, or having that sense of false hope for anyone. We definitely do not participate or support that in any way.”

According to the foundation, more than 500 Albertans are waiting for a kidney transplant. In Canada, more than 4,500 people are waiting for some kind of transplant, and of those, 75 per cent are waiting for a kidney, said Robles.

The average wait list time for a deceased donor kidney is four years, which is unacceptable, she said. Alberta stands about third on the list in terms of length of time with Saskatchewan’s two-year wait time being the shortest in Canada.

Robles said sadly, Alberta is among the bottom three for the number of organ donations.

The Kidney Foundation reimburses living kidney, lung and liver organ donors for the expenses they would incur if they donated a kidney. Those expenses could include things like wage replacement, travel, accommodations, meals and parking. And they will also cover a travel companion if needed.

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BY SUSAN ZIELINSKI ADVOCATE STAFF More dialysis patients in the Red Deer area are receiving treatment at home.

A push to train more patients to perform their own dialysis started last summer after dialysis service at Red Deer Regional Hospital Centre was stretched beyond its 120-patient capacity.

“If we look back about 18 months ago, we had 10 people who were on home therapy and as of today, we have 26,” said Kerry Bales, chief zone officer for AHS Central Zone, on Wednesday.

Two more dialysis chairs were also added at the hospital last summer, bringing the total to 122. That increased dialysis capacity to 132 patients per week.

Bales said capacity can be stretched even further to 138 spaces on a temporary basis if the need approaches or exceeds 132 patients.

Currently, 124 patients receive dialysis at Red Deer hospital.

“The extra capacity that we added in the summer with the two new stations, and some of the overflow capacity as well as the expansion on the home therapy, has made a real difference to overall access in the area,” Bales said.

“Obviously, dialysis is a life-saving and a specialized service so we’re quite happy that we’ve been able to create that extra capacity. Having said that, we know that there is going to be increasing demand so we’re going to be continually planning on an ongoing basis to try to figure out how to meet that demand and implement that capacity.”

He said there is no plan to increase the number of dialysis chairs in Red Deer this year but more dialysis may be necessary in the next 18 to 24 months.

“In a place like Red Deer, we’re going to have to over time create more capacity and we’re going to probably be really looking to expand the home therapies in particular.”

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SPORTS: Brought back in a different form “I understand it will be brought back in a different form, which is a good thing because it will absolutely serve a purpose. But people are busy and with something like this you have to dedicate time towards it.”

The SCoRD played a significant role in the delivery of the annual Community Sports Award banquet, which will not happen in the traditional way this year. Instead, a mix of sport promotion, recognition events and activities such as a Lifetime Sports Achievement Award luncheon will be staged in late September.

“Because of the success we had in August with the Red Deer is Ready rally, we’re going to create a Red Deer sport day in September and do a gigantic promotion of sport, focusing on, for example, biathlon, and Red Deer Minor Hockey and what they have to offer,” said Meckling. “We’ll really get a chance to showcase sports and at the same time look at that as an opportunity to show the new look of the sports awards, like the Lifetime Achievement.”

As part of the Council’s disbanding, remaining assets will be placed in trust with the Red Deer and District Community Foundation and be made available for future sport-related community initiatives.

Similar to groups in Edmonton, Calgary and Lethbridge, Meckling said a new Red Deer sport organization, in whatever form, will strive to become more of an advocate of sports and will work closely with sporting groups in the city.

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A City of Red Deer Wheel Loader loads up one of the sanding trucks with sand on Wednesday morning in the civic yards. The city has a total of 15 sanding trucks, and another small one used for sidewalks and paths.

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2015 budget approved Clearwater County has approved its 2015 budget but residents will have to wait a little longer to find out what that will mean on their tax bills.

Council approved $36.7-million operating and $25.2-million capital budgets last month.

How that will impact taxes is still to be determined, said county chief administrative officer Ron Leaf. The county was waiting for its linear tax assessment numbers from the province, which have just arrived. Those taxes, which are paid on the land occupied by pipelines, high-voltage power lines and similar structures, comprise a significant portion of the county’s tax revenue.

“That’s our hope for the future, and we’re also looking at potentially doing a sports policy for Red Deer,” he said. “Certainly the timing is good with the Canada Games and facilities.

“That might be the way to get a new council started, but it will certainly have to be a different look.” gmeachem@reddeeradvocate.com

KIDNEY: Give the gift of life “I call them super heroes. They really are. They give the gift of life,” Robles said.

To be a living donor, there are checks and balances in place so that the donor is not at risk, she said.

The number of people on kidney dialysis in Alberta stands at about 2,200. These people are potential recipients of a kidney donation.

The Canadian Institute for Health Information estimates that the annual cost of dialysis is $60,000 per patient, compared to a one-time cost of $23,000 for a transplant and $6,000 per year for medication.

One deceased donor can save eight lives and if willing to donate organs and tissue, a person could impact over 80 lives, Robles said.

Albertans can sign up online through the link MyHealth.Alberta.ca to be an organ or tissue donor.

The Alberta Organ and Tissue Donation Registry is linked to the website.

As well, as of last year, when Albertans renew their driver’s licence, they are asked if they want to sign up to the donation registry. Next of kin still make the final decision, but people who sign up should discuss their wishes with family.

Anyone wanting to be a living donor needs to call the Living Donor Program in Edmonton or Calgary.

The Advocate tried to contact whoever placed the ad, but there was no response. barr@reddeeradvocate.com

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All eyes are also on the provincial budget, which is expected to be lean and some have speculated may mean cuts to funding for municipalities.

Clearwater County expects to approve its tax rates in late March or early April.

Among other financial moves, council transferred a $2-million 2014 surplus into a tax stabilization fund, which are typically used to smooth out tax rate spikes. Another $2 million went into a high-speed Internet reserve. A $3.7-million increase in the operating budget from 2014 includes contributions to Rocky Mountain House’s arena renovation and boosted revenue-sharing with Rocky and the Village of Caroline. Rocky will get $750,000 more in 2015 and Caroline $50,000. The county, which funds half of the operating costs of town recreation facilities, has also agreed to pick up half the capital budget for the arena renovation, providing $7.2 million, including the second instalment of $3.8 million this year.

INVESTMENT: Cut his financial losses The Crown alleges that Malley killed Shachtay to cut his financial losses. Crown prosecutor Anders Quist said Malley paid Shachtay $44,000 out of his own accounts after her money was gone.

Also during testimony on Wednesday, Shachtay’s stepfather reviewed a statement he made to police more than three years ago.

Rick Bercier was unable to recall specific details of a conversation he had with his stepdaughter when probed by Quist and defence counsel Bob Aloneissi.

They relied on the police statement he provided on Nov. 25, 2011, the day the RCMP began their investigation into the death of Shachtay.

Bercier had a tough time recalling specifically what Shachtay told him the morning of her death.

Shachtay had been at Bercier’s house that morning.

Reviewing the statement he gave to police, Bercier said Shachtay told her the mysterious package that showed up on her doorstep that morning was addressed to her.

Shachtay’s caregiver Marlene Punongbayan testified that at first she could not recall if the gift was addressed to Shachtay. However, she woke up at 3 a.m. on Nov. 26, 2011, recalling that there was a note on the package indicating it was for Shachtay but misspelled as “Vicktoria.”

When Malley was arrested, Bercier was shocked that police suspected the financial advisor and family friend.

The trial continues in Red Deer Court of Queen’s Bench today. mcrawford@reddeeradvocate.com

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Three declared for PC nomination ANGLIN, COTE AND ENGEN THROW THEIR HATS IN THE RACE

BY MARY-ANN BARR ADVOCATE STAFF Party members will decide who will represent the PCs in Rimbey-Rocky Mountain House-Sundre in the next provincial election.

Three people, so far, have declared they will seek the Progressive Conservative nomination: current independent MLA Joe Anglin, Tammy Cote and Terry Engen.

For Cote, provincial politics is in her blood, literally.

Helen Hunley — the first woman to serve as lieutenant-governor of Alberta — is her great aunt. Hunley, once mayor of Rocky, went on to be a PC MLA in the 1970s and held several cabinet positions. She died in 2010.

“At the end of her life we were very good friends. She was very encourag-

RIMBEY-ROCKY MOUNTAIN HOUSE-SUNDRE ing,” said Cote, who grew up in Rocky Mountain House.

Cote, 52, decided she wanted to seek the PC nomination a few years ago. She spent time on former local MLA Ty Lund’s campaign in the last election.

“I feel like Alberta is at a really critical stage in its economy. Not in the short term. I’m not referring to what we’re into now, but in the long term.

And I think that the decisions we make in the next short term have the potential to really positively or negatively impact our long-term success,” Cote said.

“I want to make a contribution to that.”

Cote is branch manager for ATB Financial in Rocky, and has worked for the financial institution for 30 years.

Cote has served as the local chamber of commerce president, sat on the economic development board, and been involved in a number of volunteer organizations.

Engen, 53, said he decided about six months ago to seek the PC nomination, and with the new leader and premier, Jim Prentice, it solidified his decision to go ahead.

“I’m quite pleased that Premier Prentice is in place right now. It would have been a much more difficult decision if things hadn’t changed,” Engen said.

“I think at the end of the day it’s become very clear out in this constituency we need someone to represent us again that has some common sense and has the ability to represent all.

“That was one of the keys that led me into this. Sitting back watching the last term and I don’t think we were very successful in the constituency.

“It’s democracy in action. So we await to see,” he said.

Engen lives in the Eckville area and is a fifth-generation farmer. He served as a county councillor from 2001 to 2010, the last six years as reeve. Now he is a part-time commissioner for the Alberta Energy Regulator, formerly the Alberta Energy Resources Conservation Board.

Anglin said earlier he will seek the PC nomination. He left the Wildrose caucus in November after a falling out with the party and chose to be an independent MLA. The nominations for Rimbey-Rocky Mountain House-Sundre are open until noon Friday. The vote is Feb. 21. barr@reddeeradvocate.com

Montana politician wants Province orders roundup of 60 wildhorses death penalty gone

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS

RONALD SMITH

CALGARY - Montana politicians will try once again to pass legislation to get rid of the death penalty — something that would have a direct impact on death-row Canadian Ronald Smith.

Republican Rep. David Moore is proposing a bill which would abolish executions and replace them with life imprisonment with no chance of parole. It would be made retroactive to include Smith, 57, and another deathrow inmate, William Jay Gollehon.

“To me the worst punishment in the world would be to be locked in a cage the rest of my life,” said Moore in an interview Wednesday with The Canadian Press.

But his decision to bring the bill forward isn’t about seeking leniency for Smith, who Moore said was guilty of a “heinous act,” but rather to give the Montana taxpayer a break.

“I just look at this as the cost. That’s the reason I oppose it. I don’t think it’s a deterrent. I think it’s more of a prosecutorial tactic,” he said.

“We could use (the money) to hire guards at the state prison where we’re understaffed. There are a lot of better uses ... (for) the money.”

Smith, who is originally from Red Deer, was convicted in Montana in 1983 for shooting to death two cousins while he was high on drugs and alcohol near East Glacier, Mont.

He had been taking 30 to 40 hits of LSD and consuming between 12 and 18

beers a day.

He refused a plea deal that would have seen him avoid death row and spend the rest of his life in prison instead.

Three weeks later, he pleaded guilty. He asked for and was given a death sentence.

He later had a change of heart and has been on a legal roller-coaster for decades. An execution date has been set five times and each time the order was overturned.

“I understand the families in this Ronald Smith case and the heartache they’ve been through. It was a pretty heinous act,” said Moore, who describes himself as a “moderate” Republican.

“Whether or not it gets out of committee, I don’t know, and it’s got to go to the House floor and over to the Senate. It’ll be a very emotional day for both sides.”

Smith still has a clemency application before Montana Gov. Steve Bullock. There is also an outstanding civil action involving the American Civil Liberties Union.

One of his lawyers, Don Vernay, is encouraged that the bill is being brought forward but is not particularly optimistic.

“After all these years how the hell can you be? Hope springs eternal but that’s as far as I can go,” he said.

Similar legislation to abolish the death penalty has been brought forward in Montana four other times, but didn’t get past a judiciary committee.

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Danielle Smith says life now better than “setting hair on fire” Former Wildrose leader Danielle Smith says life inside the government tent has been more rewarding than “setting your hair on fire” in opposition.

“The levers that you have in opposition are a little more limited, ” Smith, now a Progressive Conservative backbencher, told a lunchtime crowd Wednesday at the Okotoks Chamber of Commerce in her Highwood riding. “You can light your hair on fire and do a press release. You can light your hair on fire and do a press conference. You can light your hair on fire and ask a question in question period.

Smith said as the opposition leader she had to loudly push the government to fix problems whereas now she can quietly pull issues behind the scenes.

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DIALYSIS: Other options Other options include adding more dialysis chairs at the hospital, providing dialysis seven days a week instead of the current six, offering dialysis 24 hours a day instead of the day and evening service now available, and the creation of a satellite dialysis office.

On Wednesday, AHS Edmonton announced its three dialysis sites were now open seven days a week to address the growing number of patients with chronic renal failure.

Flavia Robles, executive director of Northern Alberta and the Territories branch of the Kidney Foundation of Canada, said the need for dialysis continues to increase.

“In Canada, one in 15 people every day are told their kidneys have failed so this is sadly something that is growing,” Robles said.

She said it’s great that Red Deer added two chairs last summer but the rising incidence of diabetes and high blood pressure means more renal failure.

She knows of quite a few patients who are thankful they are on home dialysis.

“Those who have been on it have told me they are so glad they did it and they wouldn’t go back to the hospital for their dialysis treatment. But it isn’t for everyone.”

Robles said some people are not comfortable giving themselves a needle, the equipment requires space, and there’s the cost of electricity and water to run a dialysis machine.

Training also takes six weeks, she said. szielinski@reddeeradvocate.com

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EDMONTON — The Alberta government has ordered the capture of up to 60 wild horses this month northwest of Calgary.

The RCMP will hire wranglers to round up the feral horses in an area south of the Red Deer River and east of the boundary of Banff National Park, Alberta Environment spokesman Duncan MacDonnell said Wednesday.

“The captured horses will first be offered to the Wild Horses of Alberta Society for adoption,” he said. “Then the horses would go to public auction and, if anybody wants one, they can buy one.”

MacDonnell said the Mounties are involved because the horses fall under Alberta’s Stray Animals Act. Some people oppose such captures, believing that the horses should be treated as part of Alberta’s cowboy heritage.

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The province estimates there are about 880 feral horses in the Rocky Mountain foothills area — so many that they are damaging grasslands used for livestock grazing and by wildlife such as elk.

The government contends the horses are not native to Alberta but are descendants of domestic animals used in logging and mining operations in the early 1900s.

It also says the horses have no natural predators, although a few are sometimes killed by wolves or cougars.

Last winter, 15 feral horses were rounded up despite permits that would have allowed up to 200 to be taken.

The Wild Horses of Alberta Society recently built a shelter near Sundre to house captured feral horses.

The society, which signed a fiveyear agreement with the province in November, has developed a contraceptive vaccine program for mares in an attempt to lower the wild-herd population.

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Tipping the wage scales ALBERTA GOVERNMENT WORKERS’ COMPENSATION OUT OF LINE WITH THE PRIVATE SECTOR

BY CHARLES LAMMAM AND JASON CLEMENS SPECIAL TO THE ADVOCATE As Alberta’s provincial and municipal governments grapple with declining oil revenues and a weakening economy, a sober review of government spending should be part of any belt-tightening initiative. One place to start is the compensation of government employees, a key spending item for all governments.

Premier Jim Prentice has already said: “we have to deal with wages, initially. ... If you look at any form of public service, you can look at the settlements that were negotiated by previous governments in our province, they’re not sustainable.”

And it’s not just an issue for the provincial government. Municipalities also pay wages and benefits to government workers above those of comparable private sector positions.

This is about more than just economics.

It seems entirely unfair to have government workers receive a premium paid for by private sector workers who receive less overall compensation

while working at similar positions.

The traditional trade-off was that the government sector received lower wages than the private sector in exchange for more generous benefits.

But as a recent Fraser Institute study reveals, that bargain has been undone.

The government sector now enjoys a wage premium and likely more generous benefits.

Using Statistics Canada data from 2013 (the latest available), we found that the average wage in the government sector in Alberta, including federal, provincial, and local governments, is 6.9 per cent higher than the private sector after controlling for differences like education, the nature of the position, the experience of the workers, etc.

But total compensation includes much more than just wages; it also includes benefits such as health, dental, pensions, job security, etc. Unfortunately, Statistics Canada does not collect comprehensive data on nonwage benefits so it’s difficult to make a definitive statement about whether government workers enjoy more generous benefits than their private sector counterparts.

The best and most comparable

available data nonetheless point to rather generous benefits for the government sector compared to the private sector.

For example, pensions are one of the costliest benefits provided to workers in both sectors. In 2013, 77.7 per cent of government sector workers in Alberta were covered by a registered pension compared to 21.8 per cent of private sector workers.

Also telling, among those covered by a registered pension, 97.4 per cent of government workers enjoyed the gold standard of pensions — a definedbenefit pension, which guarantees a certain level of benefits in retirement — compared to 38.9 per cent of privatesector workers.

More evidence from the available data: government sector workers in Alberta retire 1.3 years earlier, on average, than private sector workers.

When it comes to job loss, a proxy for job security, government workers have a distinct advantage.

In 2013, 2.4 per cent of private sector employment in Alberta experienced job loss — four times higher than the 0.6 per cent of government sector employment.

A final indicator of the dramatic dif-

ference between the government and private sectors: the rate of absenteeism, the number of days lost per worker due to personal reasons throughout the year. In 2013, full-time employees in Alberta’s private sector were absent for an average of 7.3 days while the average government worker was absent 10.5 days.

Of course, governments need to provide competitive compensation to attract qualified employees.

But the fact is government sector workers in Alberta enjoy higher wages than comparable workers in the private sector. They also, according to the available data, likely have more generous benefits.

As governments at all levels in Alberta struggle in the face of fiscal and economic challenges, policy-makers can control spending by ensuring government sector compensation broadly reflects private sector compensation for similar positions.

Charles Lammam and Jason Clemens are co-authors of the Fraser Institute study Comparing Government and Private Sector Compensation in Alberta, available at http://www.fraserinstitute. org. This column was supplied by Troy Media (www.troymedia.com).

Baird’s mystery departure MUCH LEFT UNSAID IN THE EXIT OF A RARE ELOQUENT VOICE John Baird has had only one job in his life and as a lifelong politician who chewed on politics every waking hour, he could certainly do electoral math.

And if Baird could not see another Conservative majority for Stephen Harper, neither could he see a renewal of his self-described “dream job” as foreign affairs minister, either in the more confining world of a minority government or under a new leader, or certainly, in opposition.

Maybe.

It’s the only half-plausible explanation for the lightningquick departure from the fedTIM eral political scene of one of HARPER Harper’s most valuable assets over the past decade.

There were doubtless tensions between Baird and Harper because if there weren’t, it would mark the first time in history a prime minister and foreign affairs minister co-existed in such a Shangri-La. None of the speculative rifts appear to have had the potential to cause Baird to turn on his heels and quit.

There were always whispers and rumours surrounding Baird, but there are baseless rumours floating out there all day, every day about every prominent politician in this country.

One that had been publicized, about his use of the high commissioner’s residence in London, hurt him personally but did not stick politically.

Sure, there is always the lure of the “new chapter” for a politician, which is code for making some real money for a change, and at 45, with his contacts, he can write his own ticket.

But why now and why so quickly?

Why did he have to get out of Dodge so fast that he didn’t even tell his “friend and mentor” Harper until after news had leaked out Monday evening?

From the prime minister he received a hug and an emailed statement of tribute, but no statement in the House.

Friends say the time was right, that he began talking about getting out in private conversations before Christmas.

“Sometimes it is the money,’’ said one.

But, still, to leave behind a job that gave him the travel, the schmooze, the long leash, the gravitas and private meetings with powerful global players — not to mention the power he wielded as the regional minister for the national capital — just raises too many flags.

Not to mention he was pretty good at it.

He was prone to hyperbole, he was accused at

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times of styling on the job, but he was tireless and passionate on many files.

In interviews he could be combative, but he also leavened his harder lines with sometimes self-deprecating humour. That combativeness came across as zeal for a good debate, not as a dismissive back of the hand to his interlocutor.

For those outside Ottawa who reduce our political figures to cliché cartoon figures, Baird was hard to pigeonhole, even for the Harper haters.

Yes, he took the Harper hard line on the Middle East, he was happy to be Harper’s background chorus while demonizing Vladimir Putin, he has never wavered from what many believe to be a rash and wrong decision to close our minds to Iran under new leadership.

Yet, he fearlessly fought for minorities persecuted around the world and those who were disenfranchised.

He loved the bullhorn, but, as he told me about efforts to free Egyptian-Canadian journalist Mohamed Fahmy, something he now says is “imminent,” he had a choice of being loud or being effective.

“They’re not the same thing,’’ he said.

Baird was also fiercely loyal.

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From time to time his name would appear on a list of potential successors to Harper and when that would happen, he would personally reach out to journalists — myself included — and ask that his name be removed, because he didn’t want the job and he didn’t want to appear disloyal to the boss.

The most eloquent tribute to Baird did not come from any of his colleagues, it came from the NDP foreign affairs critic, Paul Dewar.

“He led like no other minister on the world stage when it came to the persecution of gays, lesbians and transsexuals,’’ Dewar said.

His departure puts more of a burden on Harper but in the three big files heading into an election, the prime minister has essentially become his own finance minister, his own public safety minister and, when it comes to our involvement in Iraq, his own foreign affairs minister.

He has lost an eloquent voice.

Yes, Baird got out at the top of his game. Few do that. But, still, something appears to be hanging unsaid as Baird detaches from a job he clearly loved. If it was, simply, time for him to get out, who’s next?

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BY THE CANADIAN PRESS VANCOUVER — The RCMP’s highest ranking member in British Columbia warned the provincial government last year that cutting the force’s budget would hamper its ability to investigate missing and murdered women along the so-called Highway of Tears.

The Mounties launched their E-PANA task force in 2006 to determine whether a serial killer was operating along the Highway 16 corridor in the province’s north. It was eventually assigned 18 cases involving women or girls who vanished or were found dead in the region.

The RCMP and the B.C. government confirmed last year that six officers were cut from the E-PANA investigation, which had already seen previous budget reductions.

In the spring, RCMP Deputy Commissioner Craig Callens — the commanding officer for the province — sent a memo to the province’s director of police services outlining the potential impact of the cuts.

“The termination of funding for project E-PANA would impair the ability to effectively conduct historical homicide investigations within (B.C.),” Callens wrote in the June 4 memo, which was released through a freedomof-information request.

“At present, the loss of resources in project E-PANA would result in no other Highway of Tears historical homicide investigations being undertaken for the foreseeable future.”

Sgt. Annie Linteau of the RCMP said in a written statement that 12 officers are currently assigned to the investigation, along with support staff. At its height, the investigation had about 70 officers.

“While the number of investigators has been scaled down, we have the resources necessary to deal with the investigative needs at this time,” she wrote.

B.C. Justice Minister Suzanne Anton did not make herself available for an

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His private member’s bill to bring back the long-form census and bolster the independence of the chief statistician was voted down on second reading in the Commons on Wednesday.

Bill C-626 had the support of the opposition parties but Conservatives had said they were opposed to the core

interview. The ministry said the RCMP was consulted about budget reductions and it’s up to the force to make decisions about how to allocate resources.

A table released through another freedom-of-information request last year indicated the budget for E-PANA fell to $1.8 million for 2012-2013, from about $5 million in previous years.

The first major break in the case happened in 2012, when investigators said they believed a dead American convict was responsible for killing as many as three of the women.

Last December, the Mounties announced murder charges against a 67-year-old Ontario man in the death of 12-year-old Monica Jack, who disappeared from Merritt, B.C., in 1978.

The Highway of Tears case was examined at the public inquiry into the Robert Pickton case, known as the missing women inquiry, and commissioner Wally Oppal’s final report made several recommendations to make the area safer. The notorious highway is frequently cited by groups calling for a national inquiry into missing and murdered aboriginal women.

In a version of Callens’ memo marked “draft,” he suggested the budget cuts could have consequences beyond the Highway of Tears investigation.

“There has been significant focus in the media on the investigation, both by the missing women’s inquiry, United Nations groups in Canada and calls for a national inquiry on murdered and missing women,” Callens wrote.

“British Columbia has been able to champion itself as a province that is committed to a serious improvement in these types of investigations. Negative press will create the erosion in public confidence and there will be the loss of best practices.”

The passage is absent from other versions of the memo and it’s not clear whether it made it into the final document.

Neither the provincial government nor the RCMP would provide the memo as it was sent. principles of the bill, arguing it would legally compel Canadians to answer intrusive questions.

Many groups including the Canadian Chamber of Commerce, municipalities and religious groups backed the return of the long-form census, saying the information is needed for important public-policy decision making and civic planning.

The Conservative government axed the mandatory long-form census in 2010, replacing it with the voluntary National Household Survey.

The response rate for the 2006 longform census was 93.5 per cent, compared with 68.6 per cent for the National Household Survey. Critics say it’s difficult to compare data from the two surveys. Conservative MP Joe Preston has introduced a private member’s bill that would remove the threat of jail times on all Statistics Canada surveys, including the mandatory short-form census.

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Educating Khadr: ‘Just doing what we do’ says King’s University

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — Taking in former Guantanamo Bay inmate and government-branded terrorist Omar Khadr as a student would dovetail perfectly with how King’s University sees itself, the school says.

The small Christian-principled university in Edmonton, which has developed a relationship with the prisoner over the past six years, has offered admission as part of Khadr’s bail application.

“This completely matches what we’re about: Our mission is about inspiring and educating learners to be agents of reconciliation and renewal,” Dan VanKeeken, the school’s vicepresident, said in an interview in Toronto this week.

“We don’t have a position on Omar.

We’re just doing what we do.”

Khadr, 28, pleaded guilty in 2010 before a widely maligned U.S. military commission to five war crimes he was accused of committing as a 15-year-old in Afghanistan in July 2002. He is now serving out the rest of his eight-year sentence in Bowden, Alta,. as a medium security prisoner.

He is applying for bail — to be heard in March — pending an appeal of his conviction based on U.S. legal rulings that what he did was not a war crime under either international or American law.

King’s would be happy to have him among its 715 students and 50 professors as long as he meets admission requirements as a mature student

and pays the relevant tuition — about $11,000 a year for a full course load, VanKeeken said. Khadr’s lawyer, Dennis Edney, has offered to foot the bill.

The school has, or has had, Muslim, Sikh or Jewish students.

It’s “awesome” that King’s would be fulfilling its mission as a Christianbased institution, Brenna Hansen, a biology student, said on campus.

“I actually haven’t heard a student who is nervous or uneasy,” Hansen said. “For the most part, the students are actually proud to attend a university that carries out what it believes in.”

Detractors, the federal Conservative government among them, insist Khadr is an unrepentant and murderous jihadist. Some have not been shy about voicing their views.

“You always have the radical reactionary response of: ’Why are you giving a university education to a terrorist?”’ VanKeeken said. “(But) a huge message of our faith is not to be motivated by fear. I hope the government doesn’t intervene and foment that fear.”

Even some of the school’s supporters aren’t thrilled at the prospect of Khadr as student, VanKeeken admits.

“Except for a very small percentage of cases, it’s not caused donors to stop giving. It’s not like, ’Multimillionaire donor walks away from King’s’,” he said.

“If you’re not into social justice and doing the right thing, you don’t go to King’s and you don’t support King’s.”

Students familiar with Khadr’s situation said they would have no problem with him as a classmate.

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Supreme Court of Canada revisits morally fraught issue of doctor-assisted death

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — Two decades after ruling against doctor-assisted death for suffering, terminally ill patients, the Supreme Court of Canada will reveal Friday its latest answer to one of modern society’s ultimate, existential questions.

In an age when medical science can preserve life far beyond nature’s course, what right do mentally competent but physically incapable individuals have to seek assistance in speeding their exit?

The case at hand revolves around two B.C. women, both now dead, who wished to end their “grievous and irremediable” illnesses with medical help.

Gloria Taylor, who had a neurodegenerative disease, eventually died of an infection. Kay Carter, then 89, travelled to Switzerland, where assisted suicide is allowed.

Taylor had won a constitutional exemption at a lower court for a medically assisted death in 2012, but that decision was overturned in subsequent appeals. Last January, the Supreme Court of Canada agreed to settle the matter — effectively readjudicating its 1993 judgment in the case of Sue Rodriguez.

Much has changed since a deeply divided top court rejected a bid by Rodriguez — who suffered from ALS, or Lou Gehrig’s disease — for the right to end her life with a physician’s help.

End-of-life issues are much more top of mind for an aging demographic bulge of baby boomers who are watching their parents pass — and contemplating their own earthly end as a result.

Polls suggest public opinion has swung predominantly in favour of doctor-assisted death for the most cruelly afflicted.

When the Supreme Court heard arguments in what is known as the Carter case last October, the public lined up two hours before the hearing began and overflow seating had to be arranged in the court lobby.

At the time of the Rodriguez ruling, no jurisdiction in the world sanctioned doctor-assisted suicide.

Today there are at least eight that do — not including pending, contested legislation in Quebec.

But much remains fundamentally the same.

“Given the concerns about abuse and the great difficulty in creating appropriate safeguards, the blanket prohibition on assisted suicide is not arbitrary or unfair,” then justice John Sopinka wrote for the Supreme Court majority in 1993.

“The prohibition relates to the state’s interest in protecting the vulnerable and is reflective of fundamental values at play in our society.”

The court ruled the ban on assisted suicide did not infringe on the Section 7 “life, liberty and security” provisions in the charter and, while violating equality language in Section 15, it was justified as a reasonable limit.

But it was a profoundly split decision, with four of the nine justices dissenting — eloquently and at length.

Beverley McLachlin, who had been on the top court for four years in 1993, wrote a dissenting opinion that not only disagreed with the majority, but also with the dissenting opinion of the court’s thenchief justice Antonio Lamer.

“What is the difference between suicide and assisted suicide that justifies making the one lawful and the other a crime, that justifies allowing some this choice, while denying it to others?” McLachlin wrote at the time.

Today, McLachlin is the chief justice — and the only judge from the 1993 court still sitting.

Adding to the intrigue is the fact that while this is Stephen Harper’s court, with seven of the nine justices appointed by the current prime minister, it has not been kind to Harper’s Conservative agenda.

A series of recent rulings have gone against the government’s legal and constitutional arguments on everything from safe injection sites to prostitution laws and Senate reform.

And the government has been unequivocal about doctor-assisted suicide.

Justice Minister Peter MacKay defended the status quo when the Supreme Court first agreed to hear the appeal last January.

“Our position is straightforward: Rodriguez is still good law,” government lawyers told the court last October.

And Harper himself has said Parliament has decided the law should remain as it is, having rejected a number of private member’s bills seeking to change it.

“The government of Canada at this time has no intention of reopening that debate,” the prime minister said last fall.

Lawyer Hugh Scher, representing the Euthanasia Prevention Coalition, issued a news release Wednesday demanding the court respect the will of elected representatives.

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The Centre Block of the Parliament Buildings is shown through the Centennial Flame on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Sunday. Nearly a century of parliamentary tradition is coming to an end with the RCMP poised to take control of security inside the Parliament Buildings.

Near-century of tradition at end with RCMP taking over Hill security

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — The RCMP are taking over responsibility for defending Canada’s Parliament Buildings, ending a nearly 100-year-old tradition of having independent security officers patrol the House of Commons and the Senate.

The Conservative government is giving the Mounties jurisdiction over the independent security forces currently guarding Canada’s halls of power, who report directly and solely to Parliament’s own overseers.

Members of that tight-knit Commons team, led by former sergeant-at-arms Kevin Vickers, stopped a gunman’s rampage in the Centre Block last October — a show of bravery that was widely hailed by MPs in the House of Commons.

It’s that very attack that’s prompting the change, the government said Wednesday as it released a motion to be debated later this week that says the time has come for the RCMP to take the lead.

“The RCMP has access to extensive resources that other forces do not, and has acquired extensive experience in security assessments and the information sharing essential to meeting today’s evolving threats,” said a background document circulated with the motion.

Gunman Michael Zehaf Bibeau made it past RC-

MP officers stationed on Parliament Hill on the morning of Oct. 22; the force has long had control over the parliamentary grounds, but no jurisdiction inside the buildings.

Ongoing reviews of security on the Hill following the attack indicated a need for more unification among security personnel — something that’s been recommended multiple times over the years, including by the auditor general in a 2012 report.

The first step was to eliminate the two separate forces inside the building — one on the Senate side and one on the House of Commons. That happened in November.

The RCMP was also given responsibility for the prime minister’s personal security whenever he was in the building — a move that frustrated current House of Commons guards, who were trained for that job by the RCMP themselves. Placing the RCMP in charge won’t mean existing guards will be fired, nor does it mean parliamentarians have lost faith in their abilities, government whip John Duncan said in a statement. But the union representing some 200 members of the House of Commons security team called the change problematic, both on principle and in practice. The move “would threaten not only the perception that Parliament makes its laws without interference, but would also have such an effect in practice,” the Security Services Employees Association said in a statement.

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Trodden said last week that the mural was covered for several reasons, but the main one was that it shows students kissing, which he says isn’t allowed in school.

He added it was only covered for one day.

“In retrospect, covering the mural was a misstep — this evolved into a debate about public displays of affection in schools, sexual orientation and gender identity and art and censorship,” Trodden said in the Feb. 2 letter. “Regrettably, there has been some characterization of our school and larger community as being intolerant, discriminatory and behind the times. This is both unfair and uncharacteristic of Onoway Junior/Senior High School, its staff and its student population.

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Jordan says IS can be defeated

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS AMMAN, Jordan — Jordan called Wednesday for a decisive battle against the Islamic State group, declaring “this evil can and should be defeated,” after the militants burned a Jordanian pilot to death in a cage and gleefully broadcast the horrific images on outdoor screens in their stronghold.

Waves of revulsion over the killing washed across the Middle East, a region long accustomed to violence. In mosques, streets and coffee shops, Muslims denounced the militants’ brutality and distanced themselves from their violent version of Islam.

Even a prominent preacher with close links to jihadi groups said Islamic State militants miscalculated if they hoped the images of the pilot’s agony would galvanize greater opposition to a U.S.-led military coalition that has been bombing targets of the group.

“After millions of Muslims were cursing every pilot (in the coalition), with this act, they (IS) have made the burned one into a symbol,” Abdullah alMuhaysni, a Saudi sheik, wrote on his Twitter account.

The Islamic State group, which controls large areas of Iraq and Syria, has killed captives in the past, posting videos of beheadings and sparking widespread condemnation. However, the killing of Lt. Muath al-Kaseasbeh, who crashed over Syria in December, also highlighted the vulnerability of Jordan, a key Western ally in the region, to threats from extremists.

Jordan was long considered an island of relative stability in a turbulent region, but in recent years had to absorb hundreds of thousands of war refugees, first from Iraq and then Syria, at a time of a sharp economic downturn.

Jordan receives hundreds of millions of dollars in foreign aid a year, but grinding social problems persist, including high unemployment among young men, a reservoir of potential IS recruits.

Experts estimate Islamic State and other jihadi groups have thousands of supporters in the kingdom, with an upswing last year after the militants declared a caliphate in the areas they control.

The United States and Israel are particularly concerned about any signs of turmoil. Israel views Jordan as an important land buffer and the two countries share intelligence.

In Washington, congressional support built Wednesday for increased U.S. military assistance to the kingdom. Currently, the United States is providing Jordan with $1 billion annually in economic and military assistance.

Sen. Joe Manchin, a Democrat and member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, said Jordan’s King Abdullah II — who met with lawmakers and President Barack Obama on Tuesday — must be given “all of the military equipment” he needs to combat the group. He said Abdullah did not ask for ground troops. At the White House, spokesman Josh Earnest said the administration would consider any aid package put forward by Congress, but that the White House would be looking for a specific request from Jordan’s government.

Sen. John McCain, chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, said he expected his panel to swiftly approve legislation. He repeated his criticism that the Obama administration has “no strategy” for dealing with the Islamic State group, and said he hoped the video of al-Kaseasbeh’s death will galvanize not only U.S. leadership but “the Arab world.”

Abdullah rushed home after his Washington meetings, cutting short his U.S. trip, to rally domestic support for an even tougher line against the militants. In September, Jordan joined the U.S.-led military coalition that began bombing Islamic State group targets in Syria and Iraq.

The decision was not popular in Jordan, with the bombing campaign widely seen as serving Western, not Jordanian interests. During weeks of uncertainty about the fate of the airman, some of his relatives and supporters chanted against Jordan’s role in the coalition. On Wednesday, Hammam Saeed, the leader of Jordan’s branch of the Muslim Brotherhood, visited relatives of the pilot in the southern tribal town of Karak, and called on Jordan to pull out of the anti-IS coalition, saying that “we have no relations with this war.”

Jordanian government spokesman Mohammed alMomani on Wednesday urged the international community to work together and deliver a decisive blow to Islamic State militants. Jordan believes that “this evil can and should be defeated,” he said.

In an initial response, Jordan executed two Iraqi al-Qaida prisoners, Sajida al-Rishawi and Zaid alKarbouly, before sunrise Wednesday.

Over the past week, Jordan had offered to trade al-Rishawi, a failed female suicide bomber, for the pilot, but insisted on proof of life it never received.

Al-Momani said Wednesday that Jordan now believes the pilot was killed in early January.

Dozens more suspected Islamic State sympathizers are in detention in Jordan, most rounded up during a crackdown in recent months.

Public outrage over the pilot’s death and calls for revenge against IS could help Abdullah broaden support for the coalition, said Scott Stewart, vicepresident of tactical analysis at Stratfor, a global intelligence and advisory firm in Austin, Texas.

“Sentiments (about the airstrikes) are going to start changing across the Middle East after people see the video, especially the Jordanian people,” he said. Stewart said a similar shift occurred a decade ago in Iraq after Sunni Muslim tribes turned away from a local branch of al-Qaida, a precursor of the Islamic State group, over its brutality.

Marwan Shehadeh, a Jordanian expert on jihadi groups, said he expects the opposite outcome. “Public opinion rejected the IS behaviour, but at the same time, more voices are questioning the participation of Jordan in the international coalition,” he said.

“The killing (of the pilot) will drive more people to question that.” The Islamic State militants appeared to be goading Jordan. In the northern Syrian city of Raqaa, the Islamic State group’s de facto capital, the militants showed graphic footage of al-Kaseasbeh’s slaying on outdoor screens, with some chanting “God is great!” according to militant video posted online Wednesday that conformed to Associated Press reporting of the event.

Greece optimistic on debt talks

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS PARIS — European Union leaders cautioned Wednesday that talks with Greece over its demands to ease its bailout loans will be tough, though the country’s new prime minister was upbeat about a possible solution.

With all Europe waiting to see how Greece proposes to renegotiate its massive bailout loans, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and his finance minister are on a whirlwind tour of the region to discuss possible solutions.

Tsipras wants easier terms of repayment on the 240 billion euros (currently $271 billion) in bailout loans and to relax the austerity budget measures the country has been required to make.

“I’m very optimistic after these discussions that we are in a good way,” Tsipras said, after meeting the presidents of the EU’s three main institutions in Brussels. “We don’t have already an agreement but we are in a good direction to find a viable agreement.”

Meanwhile, Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis met with European Central Bank President Mario Draghi in Frankfurt, for what he described as “a very fruitful discussion” about the rules and constraints of monetary union.

The ECB, however, responded to the meeting by deciding late Wednesday to add pressure on the Greek government by withdrawing a key borrowing option for the country’s banks.

The move underlines the key role the ECB, the monetary authority for the 19 countries that use the shared currency, is playing in the Greek drama.

The ECB had allowed the use of Greece’s junk-rated bonds as collateral because the government was getting a financial lifeline though the bailout program that expires Feb. 28. The ECB said in a statement that prospects for a new deal appear uncertain.

The negotiations with leaders at the European Commission, the EU’s executive and one of the three main institutions overseeing Greece’s finances, are also expected to be tough.

European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker has said the EU would show flexibility in helping Athens with its debts but ruled out wholesale policy changes. In Berlin, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said it was too early to speculate on a deal as Greece had not yet made suggestions on how to reduce its debt load.

“We are waiting for the concrete proposals, and then we can talk further,” said Merkel.

German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble will meet Varoufakis on Thursday in Berlin while Merkel could have her first meeting with Tsipras on Feb. 12, when EU leaders gather in Brussels.

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Rebels battle to win over Blazers

BY ADVOCATE STAFF Rebels 3 Blazers 2 KAMLOOPS — One of the Red Deer Rebels’ biggest question marks came through with a definitive answer Wednesday as Rylan Toth blocked 38 shots in a 3-2 Western Hockey League win over the Kamloops Blazers.

“Our goalie won us a game here tonight. He played outstanding,” said Rebels GM/head coach Brent Sutter.

Sutter also gave top marks to forwards Conner Bleackley and Riley Sheen and his defensive corps — in particular Brett Cote, Haydn Fleury and Kayle Doetzel — but wasn’t impressed with the two-way effort of most of his forwards.

“I thought Bleacks and Sheener were very good and I thought our defence was decent, but some of our forwards struggled,” said the Rebels bench boss.

“We just didn’t create any forecheck,

we didn’t cycle pucks and we didn’t win battles. Outside of Bleacks and Sheener, I didn’t think our forward group was very good tonight.”

Bleackley and Sheen staked the Rebels to a 2-0 lead by the midway point of the first period with their 25th and 16th goals of the season, respec-

tively, before Blazers forward Cole Ully potted his 26th before the intermission.

Bleackley notched his second of the evening — a power-play marker at 9:27 of the second period — and Ully responded with his second of the night at 6:37 of the final frame. Despite being outshot 13-3 in the third period, the Rebels hung on to post their 28th win of the season.

“Your goalie needs to steal you one once in awhile and tonight he did, but from a coaches’ perspective you don’t want your goalie having to steal games at this time of the year,” said Sutter.

“You’re taking a step back that way.”

In Sutter’s view, the Rebels didn’t play much better than was the case in a pair of home games last weekend — 4-0 and 6-5 (shootout) losses to Edmonton and Prince Albert.

“We didn’t play that well at home last weekend despite being able to get the proper (line) match-ups,” said the Rebels boss. “We played the same way

tonight and normally that would have nailed us in the butt, and if not for Tother we would have been nailed bigtime tonight.

“Like I told the players, no one is perfect, but a sign of perfection is doing things the right way. That’s what being perfect is and we’ve been getting away from that.

“When you’re doing things right, you’re giving up 20 some shots a night.

You’re defending the right way while also creating a lot offensively. But we’ve gotten away from doing the right things and we have to get back to having that attitude of doing things the right way all of the time.”

Red Deer directed 23 shots at Blazers netminder Connor Ingram.

The Rebels resume their threegame road trip with a Friday date with the Vancouver Giants, then take on the Victoria Royals 24 hours later.

Red Deer’s next home game is Feb. 13 against the Lethbridge Hurricanes. gmeachem@reddeeradvocate.com

Oilers get iced at home by Penguins

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS Penguins 2 Oilers 0 EDMONTON — Marc-Andre Fleury wasn’t sorely tested, but he stepped up when the Pittsburgh Penguins needed him most on Wednesday night.

Fleury made 22 saves to record his seventh shutout of the season as Pittsburgh started off a Western Canadian trip with a 2-0 victory over the Edmonton Oilers.

“It feels like it’s been a while since I got one,” Fleury said. “It was a little quiet for me the first two periods, but the third was a bit more one-sided for them. It was nice to finish on a good note.”

Penguins head coach Mike Johnston said the ending could have been different if his goalie wasn’t on his toes in the third.

“Edmonton had four or five GradeA scoring chances in the third period,” he said. “He did what you need your goalie to do. It was one of those games where he didn’t get much action in the first two periods, but he was really called upon in the third period.

“His seventh shutout of the year, that’s great to see.”

Evgeni Malkin and David Perron scored for the Penguins (29-14-8), who improved to 12-6-5 on the road this season.

Johnson said it was great to have Malkin back in the lineup after a fivegame absence with a lower body injury.

“He generates a lot,” Johnson said.

“Not only his scoring chances, but with his ability to set guys up and create space for players. I think that line generated more than anybody.”

The Oilers (14-29-9) have lost two of their last three.

“We didn’t have a great game tonight,” said Oilers forward Matt Hendricks. “We weren’t an aggressive

team. Our forecheck wasn’t good. Our dumps weren’t good. They were exiting their zone way too freely.

“I give them credit, they’re a good hockey team, but we helped them out tonight.”

Added Edmonton defenceman Jeff Petry: “We had a better third period, but you need to play a full 60 minutes.”

There were few chances in the first period as Oilers starter Viktor Fasth and Pittsburgh’s Fleury kept the game a scoreless draw.

That changed 24 seconds into the second, as Malkin picked up a loose puck during a scramble in front of the Oilers net and slipped in his 20th goal of the season.

Edmonton had its best chance to that point with five minutes left in the second when a Petry point blast clanged off the post.

Pittsburgh took a 2-0 lead with just 0.4 seconds remaining in the middle period as the rebound off a Kris Letang shot hit former Oiler Perron on his way towards the net and caromed in. It was Perron’s seventh goal in 13 games since his trade to the Penguins.

“It was a greasy one,” Perron said.

“I was going to the net and it hit my leg. I didn’t mean to score, it just kind of hit me. I’ll take it, though.

“This month is going to be huge for us. We have to have a good start to it.”

Letang’s assist was his eighth on Pittsburgh’s last nine goals.

Edmonton outshot the Penguins 10-2 in the third period, but was unable to get on the scoreboard.

The Penguins play the second game of a three-game trip in Calgary on Friday. The Oilers embark on a six-game trip, beginning in Toronto on Saturday.

Notes: It was the first of two meetings between the teams this season.

Edmonton and Pittsburgh spilt their series last yearb& Forwards Taylor Hall and Benoit Pouliot missed the game for Edmonton with leg injuries.

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Pittsburgh Penguins’ Chris Kunitz screens Edmonton Oilers goalie Viktor Fasth (35) as Andrew Ference tries to defend during second period NHL action in Edmonton, on Wednesday. The Penguins won the game 2-0.

Kings’ Jarvis focused on education first, basketball second Justin Jarvis has done a lot of growThough it is a small sample size of ing up in the last 12 months. six games, he is second on the team in The Red Deer College Kings latest scoring at 14.2 points per game and is addition grew up playing basketball leading in rebounds per game at 9.2. in the Toronto area against a number This includes his first weekend where of current first round NBA selections. he was coming off the bench.

He had his own route Since entering the starting planned out for college, lineup four games ago, Jarvis but after a year at a juhas averaged 18.5 points and nior college in Detroit, he 12 rebounds a game. found himself sitting at “He naturally has a pretty home and out of basketgood skill set, so he’s found ball for more than a year. ways to be effective right But in that time he reaway, sometimes not even ally did find himself. Basknowing our defences or ketball is no longer the knowing our offences,” said main driving force in his Kings head coach Clayton life as he is thinking more Pottinger. “We lost Marcelus about his future.

Clay in the first semester who “Right now, (basketbasically Justin came in and JOSH ball) keeps me active and filled his shoes. We loved CeALDRICH I keep doing it, but I’m ly, but in terms of production looking at my long-term the numbers don’t lie. Justin career now,” he said. “I is doing more for us than Cely want to purse the trades, was.” like to become an electrician, if everyHis biggest issue was overcoming thing works out.” a lack of conditioning after sitting out Jarvis joined the Kings basketball for more than a year. team at Christmas, and after a slow After leaving Oakland Community start to his RDC career, he has begun College, a junior college in Detroit, to assert himself.

Mich., after the 2012-13 season — he

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came off the bench in nine games for the Raiders, averaging 7.7 points and 6.2 rebounds — he returned to his home in Vaughan, Ont., where he helped out with his grandmother.

It was about as far from playing competitive basketball as he could get.

Then out of nowhere, he received an email from Kings assistant coach Luc Stevenson who had tried to recruit him while he was still in high school.

It was a lifeline he was not about to ignore.

He has fit in well with his new teammates, but at six-foot-four and 230 pounds, he is one of the smallest centres in the Alberta Colleges Athletic Conference. He instead relies on his leaping ability and athleticism to make up the difference.

Jarvis is also used to playing at a high level against the likes of NBA first overall pick Anthony Bennett and first round pick Tyler Ennis — both of whom he knows personally — among other current NBA players. He also had a couple of encounters with Andrew Wiggins while growing up though he never played against the Canadian basketball prodigy.

It was an environment that bred ex-

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cellence in the sport and has launched Canadian basketball to new heights.

While he was never quite at the same ability level as some of these elite players, he did have his share of recruitment letters coming out of high school like CIS powers Carlton and Concordia University, Fleming College and York University. He also showed he could hold his own against these top players, including Bennett.

“He was one of the biggest assignments I’ve had, he was six-foot-seven at the time, I was about six foot three and he could jump as high as me,” said Jarvis.

“I wouldn’t say I locked him down, I would use the word contain.”

This weekend he will have another tough challenge, lining up against the SAIT Trojans’ six-foot-nine centre Shayne Stumpf, who in 18 games is averaging 9.2 rebounds and 14.8 points, both team highs.

“I heard he’s tall and he’s physical, so it’s going to be a good challenge for me,” said Jarvis. “I’ve got to box him out, I can’t take any breaks because he will take advantage of it.”

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Flames sear Sharks to extend divisional lead

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS Flames 3 Sharks 1 CALGARY — Kris Russell scored his first goal of the season and Jonas Hiller made 28 saves as the Calgary Flames defeated the San Jose Sharks 3-1 on Wednesday in a pivotal Pacific Division match-up.

Jiri Hudler and Mason Raymond also scored for Calgary (29-20-3). The Flames improve to 4-1-0 on a six-game homestand, which concludes Friday against the Pittsburgh Penguins.

John Scott scored for San Jose (27-18-7), which lost in regulation for the first time in their last five (3-1-1) games.

Calgary opened the scoring at 9:28 of the second period when Russell’s blast from inside the blue-line was partially stopped by Antti Niemi but still squeaked through.

It was the first of three consecutive goals for the Flames, who opened up a 3-0 lead in the middle period.

The victory moves the Flames from the second wild card spot in the Western Conference all the way up to second place in the Pacific Division. Calgary is tied with San Jose in points and games played but the Flames own the tie-breaker.

The Flames also matched their

season high of nine games above .500, which they were also at on Dec. 4, prior to going on an eight-game winless skid.

Calgary took a 2-0 lead at 11:55 of the second on the power play.

Johnny Gaudreau patiently carried the puck behind the San Jose net then centred it to Hudler for his 15th goal.

With less than two minutes left in the second, Raymond was set up perfectly by Joe Colborne and blasted a one-timer past Niemi.

The Sharks lone goal came when Scott banged in his second of the season 2:48 into the third.

San Jose had the territorial edge in the third but could not get any closer.

Hiller has given up only eight goals over the past five games. He improved his record to 17-14-2 on the season.

Niemi had 20 stops in falling to 2112-6.

Notes: Mikael Backlund (illness) returned to the Flames line-up after missing one game. That bumped Sven Baertschi back to the press box... San Jose placed Tye McGinn on injured reserve and recalled Chris Tierney from Worcester (AHL)... Calgary has led after the first period only nine times, which is the fewest in the NHL... After narrowly escaping a serious injury Monday night when a skate nearly cut his wrist, Gaudreau wore wrist guards inside his gloves.

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Calgary Flames goalie Jonas Hiller makes a save against San Jose Sharks’ Matt Irwin during first period NHL action in Calgary, Wednesday.

Canadian baseball HOF announces five to new class INCLUDED ARE DELGADO, KOSKIE, STAIRS, ALOU AND ELLIOTT

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Montreal Expos manager Felipe Alou has a laugh whiile loosening up before the pitchers and catchers begin their first workout of spring training at the team’s training facility in Jupiter, Fla., Saturday Feb. 17, 2001. Former bigleague sluggers Delgado, Corey Koskie and Matt Stairs will be inducted into the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame this spring along with longtime Montreal Expos manager Felipe Alou and sportswriter Bob Elliott.

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RDC: Big game The Kings (14-4) as a whole are preparing for a difficult weekend after splitting in Medicine Hat against the Rattlers (13-5) last weekend. The Trojans (10-8) are two points behind the Olds College Broncos (11-7) for the final playoff spot in the ACAC South Division and have won four of their last six games, including splits with Olds and the Lethbridge College Kodiaks (14-4).

“It’s a big game for us, it’s a very big game for them, they’re battling for their playoff lives right now and they’ve given themselves some life by beating Lethbridge,” said Pottinger.

“Honestly, I think they’re playing the basketball of all the teams in the ACAC South right now.”

The two teams play on Friday at RDC with the women going at 6 p.m. and the men at 8 p.m.

They then play in Calgary at 6 and 8 p.m. on Saturday.

The RDC Queens (2-16) will be in tough against the Trojans (14-4), who sit in second place in the ACAC.

Former Toronto Blue Jays slugger Carlos Delgado has only foggy memories of his magical four-homer night in 2003.

A nasty cold nearly forced him to skip the game altogether.

Delgado struggled through batting practice before the Sept. 25 game against the Tampa Bay Devil Rays at SkyDome. He took some medicine and went to lie down on the trainer’s table.

“I told the trainer, ’Wake me up at 10 to seven,”’ Delgado recalled Wednesday.

Batting cleanup that evening, the Blue Jays first baseman was groggy but soldiered on. Delgado told himself to just try to focus on the basics.

He got things started in his first atbat by belting a three-run shot off Tampa Bay starter Jorge Sosa.

“I think the medicine really affected me because I saw every pitch right down the middle of the plate,” he said.

“And when I look at the video, it was a curve ball down and away, it was a change-up down, and then by the time I went to the plate in the fourth at-bat, I kept telling myself, ’Don’t try to do too much, don’t try to hit another one because it’s not going to work.”’

After hitting a pair of solo shots, Delgado faced Lance Carter in the eighth inning with nobody on. He worked a 2-2 count and expected the Tampa Bay reliever to follow with a change-up.

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becoming the 15th major leaguer to hit four home runs in one game.

“The boys were giving me a hard time for flipping the bat,” he said. “I didn’t do it on purpose. I was just in la-la land.”

The performance in the 10-8 victory helped cap a tremendous season for Delgado, who finished second to Alex Rodriguez in American League most valuable player award voting that year. Delgado had 42 homers and 145 RBIs that season, one of the best in his 17-year big-league career.

He was rewarded for his accomplishments Wednesday as the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame named him to its Class of 2015. Delgado will be inducted on June 13 in St. Marys, Ont., along with former Canadian players Corey Koskie and Matt Stairs, longtime Montreal Expos manager Felipe Alou and sportswriter Bob Elliott.

“Each of our 2015 inductees has made significant contributions to the history of baseball in our country and they continue to be great ambassadors for the game,” Hall of Fame director of operations Scott Crawford said in a release. “We’re proud and excited to celebrate their careers in St. Marys this June.”

Delgado had eight straight 30-homer campaigns with Toronto and is the team’s all-time leader in home runs (336), RBIs (1,058), doubles (343), runs (889), total bases (2,786), slugging percentage (.556), extra-base hits (690) and walks (827).

Delgado, who also played for the Florida Marlins and New York Mets,

finished his 17-year career with 473 home runs and 1,512 RBIs. He was added to the Blue Jays’ Level of Excellence in 2013.

“I’m very honoured and humbled to be selected into the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame,” he said. “This is unbelievable news. I always say that you do not play the game for the awards, but if at the end of the day you get that recognition from your fans and peers, it means a lot. And this is extra special to me because of the relationship that I have with the Toronto Blue Jays and their fans all across Canada.”

Koskie, a native of Anola, Man., helped Minnesota reach the playoffs from 2002 through 2004 and had brief stints with the Blue Jays and Milwaukee Brewers over his nine-year bigleague career. He also played for Canada at the World Baseball Classic in 2006 and 2009.

Stairs, a native of Saint John, N.B., hit 265 homers over 19 seasons in the major leagues. He started his career with Montreal, spent parts of two seasons in Toronto and made several appearances on the national team.

Alou was part of the Montreal organization as a player, instructor or manager for 27 years. The three-time all-star had 2,101 career hits and spent parts of 10 seasons as Expos manager, winning the National League manager of the year in 1994.

Elliott, a native of Kingston, Ont., was a regular in the Expos’ press box until joining the Toronto Sun as a Blue Jays beat writer in 1987. He is currently the newspaper’s baseball columnist.

Rangers goalie Henrik Lundqvist sat out vs Bruins, 4 days after being hit in throat by puck

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS New York Rangers goalie Henrik Lundqvist sat out against the Boston Bruins on Wednesday night because of an undefined neck injury, four days after being struck in the throat with a puck.

Lundqvist remained in Saturday’s game against Carolina, following the shot by Brad Malone, and then played again Monday night in a win over Florida. He skipped practice Tuesday to take a maintenance day, and coach Alain Vigneault said the star goalie would be in the lineup on Wednesday night.

That changed during the team’s optional skate Wednesday morning when Vigneault said Lundqvist would miss the game for an undisclosed reason relating to being struck in the throat.

He said it wasn’t a concussion and added the club was “investigating” the issue.

The Rangers said later that Lundqvist is day to day with a neck injury.

Despite not practicing Tuesday,

Lundqvist made a public appearance that night with former Rangers goalies Mike Richter and Eddie Giacomin. It is unclear if something happened to Lundqvist after that.

Vigneault became aware of the injury on Tuesday night.

Lundqvist was initially injured on a freak play in which the stick of Rangers defenceman Ryan McDonagh lifted up Lundqvist’s mask, blocking the goalie’s vision and exposing his throat.

Malone’s shot then came in and struck him, knocking Lundqvist backward and down to the ice.

He kicked his legs and was in obvious pain when the training staff reached him. Lundqvist later described himself as lucky not to have been injured worse.

Lundqvist, 25-11-3 with a 2.25 goalsagainst average in 39 games this season, was treated on the ice for several minutes. He said he had trouble breathing and felt light-headed and had headaches because of the lack of oxygen. He said he had stiffness on Sunday, but was well enough to play Monday.

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BY THE CANADIAN PRESS Nets 109 Raptors 93 TORONTO — With a minute to go in Wednesday night’s game, DeMar DeRozan threw his body into Bojan Bogdanovic, sending the big Brooklyn Nets forward sprawling to the court.

The moment spoke volumes about the Toronto Raptors’ level of frustration.

DeRozan was ejected for the dangerous foul and made a bee-line for the locker-room, barely looking back as the Raptors dropped a lopsided 10993 decision to Brooklyn.

“It was just a hard foul,” DeRozan said afterward. “(The Nets) had got it going and they were rumbling like they were the No. 1 team in the East. I just wasn’t going to let them get anything easy.”

Terrence Ross scored a team-high 23 points in the lone bright spot for the Raptors (33-17), in their second ugly performance in as many games. The loss was Toronto’s first in 10 games against Atlantic opponents.

“Tonight was just frustrating,” DeRozan said. “The last two games we’re not playing like ourselves. We showed we can do it, we did it in four games in five nights last week, (we showed) the type of team we are. We just have to be consistent with it and it’s just frustrating when little things might not go our way and we let that trickle down to other things.”

Kyle Lowry added 13 points and 10 assists, DeRozan had 13 points, Patrick Patterson came off the bench to score 11, while Jonas Valanciunas had 10 rebounds to go with nine points.

The Raptors were playing two nights

after a lacklustre loss to the Milwaukee Bucks that coach Dwane Casey called “a stinker.” He was similarly surly after Wednesday night’s loss that saw the Raptors get off to a promising start, shooting 60 per cent in the opening quarter. But they never led by more than eight points, and trailed by as many as 10 before falling apart in the fourth quarter.

“We have to get back to the drawing board and be that team we were the last two weeks, that just didn’t happen by osmosis, that’s who we are and we’ve got to get back to that,” Casey said. “For whatever reason, we’ve lost that work ethic, that fight, that grit, that grime and we’ve got to get that back.”

The Raptors went into the fourth quarter down 76-72, and looked spent over the final 12 minutes. And when Bogdanovic drained a wide open three-pointer with 5:41 to go, it snuffed out virtually any hope of a Raptors comeback, to the dismay of the capacity crowd of 19,800 that included rapper and Raptors’ global ambassador Drake.

Adding to the ugliness, Bogdanovic would sink another three on the Nets’ next possession sending many of the fans to the exits.

“There is a sense of frustration because we are losing games that we know we are capable of winning,” Lowry said. “We know what we want to be and where we can be and when we lose games like this its always difficult to swallow.”

Former Raptors Jarrett Jack, with 24 points, and Alan Anderson, with 22, led the Nets (20-28).

The Raptors had beaten the Nets — the team that knocked Toronto out in the opening round of last season’s

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Toronto Raptors guard Kyle Lowry (7) battles for the ball against Brooklyn Nets forward Mason Plumlee, left, during first half NBA action in Toronto on Wednesday. playoffs — twice already this season, including last week’s 127-122 overtime win at Brooklyn that was part of the Raptors six-game winning streak.

The Raptors had been the only NBA team that was unbeaten in their division.

Amir Johnson led the way with nine points in a first quarter that included a Raptors 13-0 run. Toronto took a 28-22 lead into the second.

The Nets battled back in the second, and an alley-oop dunk from Mason Plumlee put Brooklyn up by one. The Raptors took a 51-49 lead into halftime.

Brooklyn dominated the third and a jumper from Anderson gave the Nets a 10-point lead with just under three minutes left in the quarter.

The Raptors host the Los Angeles Clippers on Friday in Game 3 of their five-game homestand.

Woods, resigned to Horachek feels struggling working on a new swing, Maple Leafs must adopt already thinking of Masters playoff approach

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS SAN DIEGO — The tournament that Tiger Woods used to dominate now feels more like a big practice ground with splendid views of the Pacific.

Woods always says he doesn’t enter a tournament unless he thinks he can win, and he has done that 79 times on the PGA Tour. There was nothing Wednesday to suggest he felt any differently at Torrey Pines, even though he is coming off an 82 at the Phoenix Open, the highest score of his career.

But while he is playing at Torrey Pines, where he is an eight-time winner as a pro, his mind was clearly on the Masters.

“The whole idea is to make sure that I’m ready for Augusta, so I got a lot of rounds to play between now and then,” Woods said Wednesday after a pro-am round at the Farmers Insurance Open that was cut to nine holes because of fog.

How many rounds he gets in depends largely on this week.

Woods has plunged to No. 56 in the world and is not eligible for the World Golf Championship at Doral next month. He typically would play the Honda Classic and Doral in consecutive weeks in south Florida, take a week off, play Bay Hill and then have two weeks off before the Masters.

If he doesn’t qualify for Doral, he would have only three tournaments — all of them with 36-hole cuts — before Augusta.

“If I happen to play well enough to get into Doral, then great,” Woods said. “I got four more rounds there. If I don’t, then still trying to peak for Augusta. ... But I have to go out and earn my way there (Doral). I’m just going to have to play better than I did last week.”

The road to the Masters has never looked like such an uphill climb.

Woods missed consecutive cuts on the PGA Tour for the first time in his career, though the tournaments were six months apart. He took four months off to completely heal from back surgery and regain his strength, and he chose to change his swing under a fourth coach, Chris Como, who was with him at Torrey Pines on Wednesday.

Against an 18-man field at his unof-

ficial Hero World Challenge at Isleworth — the course he has played more than any other — Woods tied for last and put on a shocking displaying of chipping.

With two months to practice before the Phoenix Open, he tied for last with a club pro at TPC Scottsdale with a chipping performance that was even worse. Typical with Woods, everyone seemed to have a solution for him, not that he heard any advice.

“My phone’s been off the last couple of days,” Woods said with a smile. “I’ve just been working on my game, just Chris and I.” He made a detour to San Diego on Tuesday by going to Colorado to watch girlfriend Lindsey Vonn finish third in the world super-G. Woods looks out of his element in the snow, though at least he wasn’t missing any teeth.

He should really feel at home at Torrey Pines, where he has won this PGA Tour event seven times and won his third U.S. Open — and last of his 14 majors — in 2008. There was a time when Woods never finished out of the top 10. But he tied for 44th in 2011, the year he wound up missing two majors to heal from leg injuries, and then last year he missed the 54-hole cut with a 79 in the third round.

A poor finish this week — he has gone 10 straight tournaments out of the top 15 — would send him to his lowest world ranking since he won his first PGA Tour event in Las Vegas in 1996.

Woods made it clear that his attempt to go back to his old swing would take time, and he mentioned for the second straight week that he was stuck between the old swing pattern under Sean Foley and the new pattern he wants to develop under the eye of Como.

Woods is 39, with five surgeries behind him. He has been on tour for nearly two decades. The competition is younger and hungrier. Woods has an entirely different lifestyle, a single father whose schedule is determined on which weeks he keeps his two children.

As for golf, he attributes his poor form to being caught between the patterns. It is most noticeable with the chips, which are either fat or thin.

Woods said he was in his backyard chipping, hitting full shots and “just trying to commit to the pattern.”

ey gods.

“Well, I did actually say that to myself,” Horachek said. “I said, ’I must’ve TORONTO — No one’s more sur- done something wrong because we had prised by the Toronto Maple Leafs’ some opportunities which would’ve losing ways than interim head coach separated that.

“Normally those things are going Peter Horachek.

Toronto dropped a 4-3 road decision to go in. We did a lot of things that allowed more to the Nashville pucks to the Predators on ‘BOWING YOUR HEAD OR net, more peoTuesday night, PUTTING YOUR LIP OUT OR ple to the net its 10th straight and allowed us loss. That ties FEELING SORRY FOR YOURSELF to get opportuthe club record HAS NO SUCCESS RATE, ZERO. nities. We still established results . . . in 1967, which WE HAVE TO PUSH OURSELVES, need our game right ironically was PUSH OUR APPROACH TO HOW now has to get also the last time the Maple WE WANT TO DO THINGS (AND) better.”

GoaltenLeafs won the CONTINUE TO TRY TO MAKE A der Jonathan Stanley Cup. Bernier left But that’s of DIFFERENCE.’ late in the seclittle solace to —PETER HORACHEK ond prior after Horachek, just MAPLE LEAFS INTERIM COACH being cut mak1-10-1 since ing a breakreplacing the away save fired Randy Carlyle on Jan. 7.

“I don’t know if shocked or sur- against Nashville’s Matt Cullen. He prised is the right word,” Horachek returned in the third after requiring 12 told reporters Wednesday. “I real- stitches and Horachek said the veteran ly haven’t seen this before but that goaltender is fine and would’ve practised Wednesday if the Leafs were on doesn’t mean we can’t keep going.

“Bowing your head or putting your the ice.

Goals have been hard to come by lip out or feeling sorry for yourself has no success rate, zero. We have to push for Toronto, which has scored just 10 ourselves, push our approach to how times over its last 10 games. Four times we want to do things (and) continue to the Leafs have been shut out over that span. try to make a difference.”

Toronto’s top line of centre Tyler Toronto (22-26-4, 48 points) is 13th in the Eastern Conference standings, 13 Bozak and wingers Phil Kessel and points behind eighth-place Boston (27- James van Riemsdyk has scored 55 16-7), which plays New York Rangers goals but is also a combined minus-44. on Wednesday night. The Maple Leafs Role players Mike Santorelli (10 goals, were in a playoff spot when Carlyle 18 assists) and Winnik (four goals, 16 was fired and their last victory was a assists) have been the Leafs’ most con5-2 home decision over Columbus on sistent performers of late.

Defenceman Stephane Robidas reJan. 9.

Toronto led Nashville (33-11-6, 72 turned to Toronto’s lineup Tuesday points) 3-2 in the third and after fall- night after missing time with an uping behind had two glorious chances per-body injury. He said the mounting to tie the game while short handed. losses are definitely tough to accept First, forward Daniel Winnik hit the but added sometimes there’s a silver post at 16:52 then seconds later Preda- lining to losing streaks.

“It’s one of those where it’s not easy, tors goalie Carter Hutton made a diving swipe with his stick to swat away a but I think it can make a team stronger Morgan Rielly shot that hit Winnik in at the same time,” he said during a conference call. “We’re in one of those front.

All of which left Horachek wonder- slumps where (a) bounce doesn’t seem ing what he has done to upset the hock- to go our way.”

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SCOREBOARD Hockey GA 163 162 170 193 190 207

Pt 81 62 51 46 43 33

CENTRAL DIVISION GP W L OTLSOL GF Medicine Hat 51 35 13 1 2 208 Red Deer 51 28 15 3 5 179 Calgary 51 29 17 1 4 219 Kootenay 52 27 24 0 1 173 Edmonton 53 24 23 4 2 156 Lethbridge 50 13 31 3 3 141

GA 148 164 150 189 151 216

Pt 73 64 63 55 54 32

WESTERN CONFERENCE B.C. DIVISION GP W L OTLSOL GF Kelowna 51 39 8 3 1 222 Victoria 52 28 20 3 1 178 Kamloops 53 20 27 3 3 154 Vancouver 51 20 28 1 2 146 Prince George 53 20 31 1 1 157 GP 51 53 50 50 51

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WHL EASTERN CONFERENCE EAST DIVISION GP W L OTLSOL GF Brandon 52 38 9 3 2 237 Regina 51 28 17 4 2 189 Swift Current 51 23 23 1 4 151 Moose Jaw 52 21 27 3 1 150 Prince Albert 52 21 30 1 0 151 Saskatoon 49 15 31 2 1 140

Everett Portland Seattle Spokane Tri-City

B4

U.S. DIVISION W L OTLSOL GF 32 15 3 1 180 31 19 0 3 192 25 19 3 3 139 24 22 3 1 141 24 24 0 3 142

GA 129 160 194 177 230 GA 137 172 138 151 154

Pt 82 60 46 43 42 Pt 68 65 56 52 51

Tuesday’s results Regina 4 Prince Albert 2 Lethbridge 4 Edmonton 3 Everett 3 Spokane 2

51 49 51 49 51 52 49 50 51

27 22 22 20 20 22 21 17 15

17 17 22 20 22 26 25 26 33

7 10 7 9 9 4 3 7 3

61 54 51 49 49 48 45 41 33

136 122 140 137 115 147 121 109 97

127 140 151 138 139 160 155 134 181

WESTERN CONFERENCE GP W L OT Pts GF GA Nashville 50 33 11 6 72 153 118 Anaheim 51 33 12 6 72 152 138 St. Louis 50 33 13 4 70 162 121 Calgary 52 29 20 3 61 152 132 Chicago 51 31 18 2 64 155 118 San Jose 52 27 18 7 61 144 143 Winnipeg 53 26 18 9 61 146 140 Vancouver 49 28 18 3 59 134 126 Colorado 51 22 18 11 55 134 143 Minnesota 50 24 20 6 54 138 140 Dallas 50 23 19 8 54 159 162 Los Angeles 50 21 17 12 54 134 136 Arizona 51 19 26 6 44 120 171 Edmonton 52 14 29 9 37 120 172 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss.

Tuesday’s Games Colorado 3, Dallas 2, SO New Jersey 2, Ottawa 1 Florida 4, N.Y. Islanders 2 Washington 4, Los Angeles 0 Arizona 4, Columbus 1 Buffalo 3, Montreal 2 St. Louis 2, Tampa Bay 1, OT Nashville 4, Toronto 3 Minnesota 3, Chicago 0 Vancouver 3, Winnipeg 2, OT Anaheim 5, Carolina 4, OT Wednesday’s Games N.Y. Rangers 3, Boston 2 Pittsburgh 2, Edmonton 0 Calgary 3, San Jose 1

Wednesday’s results Moose Jaw 4 Prince Albert 3 Brandon 6 Medicine Hat 3 Red Deer 3 Kamloops 2

Thursday’s Games St. Louis at Buffalo, 5 p.m.

N.Y. Islanders at Philadelphia, 5 p.m.

Washington at Ottawa, 5:30 p.m.

Los Angeles at Florida, 5:30 p.m.

Anaheim at Nashville, 6 p.m.

Tampa Bay at Dallas, 6:30 p.m.

Detroit at Colorado, 7 p.m.

Carolina at Arizona, 7 p.m.

San Jose at Vancouver, 8 p.m.

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

Swift Current at Prince Albert, 6 p.m.

Saskatoon at Regina, 6 p.m.

Brandon at Kootenay, 7 p.m.

Medicine Hat at Lethbridge, 7 p.m.

Edmonton at Prince George, 8 p.m.

Kamloops at Kelowna, 8:05 p.m.

Red Deer at Vancouver, 8:30 p.m.

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

Portland at Seattle, 8:35 p.m.

Friday’s Games Toronto at New Jersey, 5 p.m.

Anaheim at Washington, 5 p.m.

St. Louis at Columbus, 5 p.m.

Chicago at Winnipeg, 6 p.m.

Pittsburgh at Calgary, 7 p.m.

Saturday’s games Spokane at Regina, 6 p.m.

Calgary at Prince Albert, 6 p.m.

Saskatoon at Swift Current, 6 p.m.

Brandon at Kootenay, 7 p.m.

Lethbridge at Medicine Hat, 7:30 p.m.

Edmonton at Prince George, 8 p.m.

Kelowna at Kamloops, 8 p.m.

Red Deer at Victoria, 8:05 p.m.

Vancouver at Seattle, 8:05 p.m.

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

Wednesday’s summaries Flames 3, Sharks 1 First Period

Wednesday’s summaries Rebels 3, Blazers 2 First Period 1. Red Deer, Bleackley 25 (unassisted) 6:57.

2. Red Deer, Sheen 16 (unassisted) 10:01.

3. Kamloops, Ully 26 (McVeigh, Harrison) 13:21.

Penalties — Bleackley RD (boarding) 7:12, Johnson RD (unsportsmanlike cnd.) 15:50, Shirley Kam (unsportsmanlike cnd.) 15:50.

Second Period 4. Red Deer, Bleackley 26 (Sheen, Cote) 9:27 (pp).

Penalties — De Wit RD (fighting) 6:43, Benjafield Kam (fighting) 6:43, Rehill Kam (slashing) 8:30, Doetzel RD (hooking) 19:58.

Third Period 5. Kamloops, Ully 27 (Sideroff, Davidson) 6:37.

Penalties — Nogier RD (tripping) 13:07, Johnson RD (inter. on goaltender) 18:25.

Shots on goal Red Deer 10 10 3 — 23 Kamloops 7 20 13 — 40 Goal — Red Deer: Toth (W, 21-12-3); Kamloops: Ingram (L, 13-13-1).

Power plays (goal-chances) — Red Deer: 1-1; Kamloops: 0-4.

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National Hockey League EASTERN CONFERENCE GP W L OT Pts Tampa Bay 52 32 15 5 69 Pittsburgh 51 29 14 8 66 Montreal 50 32 15 3 67 N.Y. Islanders 50 32 17 1 65 Detroit 50 29 12 9 67 N.Y. Rangers 49 30 15 4 64 Washington 51 26 15 10 62

Boston Florida Philadelphia Ottawa New Jersey Toronto Columbus Carolina Buffalo

GF 167 147 132 160 149 148 151

GA 135 129 114 143 129 117 129

No Scoring.

Penalties — Giordano Cgy (tripping) 0:45, Scott SJ (cross-checking) 3:04, Cgy Bench (too many men) 3:04.

Second Period 1. Calgary, Russell 1 (Byron, Jooris) 9:28.

2. Calgary, Hudler 15 (Gaudreau, Monahan) 11:55 (pp).

3. Calgary, Raymond 8 (Colborne, Brodie) 18:03.

Penalties — Jones Cgy (roughing) 0:16, Dillon SJ (slashing) 0:16, Pavelski SJ (tripping) 7:04, Hertl SJ (holding) 10:56, Giordano Cgy (holding) 15:25.

Third Period 4. San Jose, Scott 2 (Hannan, Kennedy) 2:48.

Penalties — Engelland Cgy (delay of game) 7:12.

Shots on goal San Jose 10 11 8 — 29 Calgary 10 10 3 — 23 Goal — San Jose: Stalock (L, 5-6-1); Calgary: Hiller (W, 17-14-2).

Power plays (goal-chances) — San Jose: 0-3; Calgary: 1-2.

Penguins 2, Oilers 0 First Period No Scoring.

Penalties — None.

Second Period 1. Pittsburgh, Malkin 20 (Arcobello, Hornqvist) :24.

2. Pittsburgh, Perron 12 (Letang, Crosby) 19:59.

Penalties — Perron Pgh (hooking) 14:09.

Third Period No Scoring.

Penalties — Hendricks Edm (roughing) 16:37, Bortuzzo Pgh (roughing) 16:37.

Shots on goal Pittsburgh 10 14 2 — 26 Edmonton 5 7 10 — 22 Goal — Pittsburgh: Fleury (W, 24-11-5); Edmonton: Fasth (L, 5-12-2).

Power plays (goal-chances) — Pittsburgh: 0-0;

Edmonton: 0-2.

Rangers 3, Bruins 2 First Period 1. NY Rangers, Nash 32 (St. Louis, Klein) 5:50.

2. Boston, Lucic 11 (Smith, Krejci) 13:37.

3. Boston, Bergeron 13 (Eriksson) 15:29.

Penalties — None.

Second Period 4. NY Rangers, Brassard 13 (Kreider, Zuccarello) 6:41.

5. NY Rangers, Stepan 9 (Nash, Girardi) 16:56.

Penalties — Stempniak NYR (hooking) 13:19, Smith Bos (tripping) 18:50.

Third Period No Scoring.

Penalties — Hagelin NYR (slashing) 2:19, Hamilton Bos (interference) 13:24.

Shots on goal Boston 6 7 7 — 20 NY Rangers 12 9 4 — 25 Goal — Boston: Rask (L, 22-12-7); NY Rangers: Talbot (W, 5-4-1).

Power plays (goal-chances) — Boston: 0-2; NY Rangers: 0-2.

NHL Scoring Leaders Jakub Voracek, Pha Tyler Seguin, Dal Patrick Kane, Chi Nicklas Backstrom, Wash Claude Giroux, Pha Ryan Getzlaf, Ana Sidney Crosby, Pgh Vladimir Tarasenko, StL Evgeni Malkin, Pgh Alex Ovechkin, Wash John Tavares, NYI Tyler Johnson, TB Rick Nash, NYR Joe Pavelski, SJ Steven Stamkos, TB Jamie Benn, Dal Henrik Zetterberg, Det Phil Kessel, Tor Ryan Johansen, Clb Andrew Ladd, Wpg Nick Foligno, Clb Filip Forsberg, Nash Kyle Okposo, NYI Joe Thornton, SJ James van Riemsdyk, Tor Logan Couture, SJ Nikita Kucherov, TB Alex Steen, StL Mark Giordano, Cgy Mike Ribeiro, Nash

G 17 28 25 16 16 16 15 26 19 31 23 17 31 27 27 16 15 20 19 18 18 17 14 11 21 18 17 17 11 10

A 41 28 31 38 36 36 37 25 32 18 26 32 15 19 19 30 31 25 26 27 27 28 30 33 22 25 26 26 32 33

Pts 58 56 56 54 52 52 52 51 51 49 49 49 46 46 46 46 46 45 45 45 45 45 44 44 43 43 43 43 43 43

AJHL North Division GP W L OTLSOL GF Spruce Grove 51 42 6 2 1 213 Lloydminster 52 27 18 2 5 158 Fort McMurray 51 26 20 3 2 151 Sherwood Park 53 25 21 4 3 158 Bonnyville 50 24 19 5 2 162 Whitecourt 49 20 23 2 4 145 Drayton Valley 49 16 23 5 5 119 Grand Prairie 50 15 30 2 3 104

GA 102 140 151 155 159 162 155 190

Pt 87 61 57 57 55 46 42 35

South Division GP W L OTLSOL GF Camrose 50 39 8 1 2 186 Brooks 50 37 12 0 1 193 Okotoks 50 31 14 3 2 145 Drumheller 50 27 16 4 3 157 Olds 50 22 21 4 3 166 Canmore 49 22 25 1 1 160 Cal. Canucks 50 15 29 3 3 131 Cal. Mustangs 50 14 32 3 1 137

GA 112 133 128 146 179 186 194 192

Pt 81 75 67 61 51 46 36 32

Tuesday’s results Okotoks 4 Olds 3 (OT) Brooks 2 Calgary Mustangs 1 (OT) Wednesday’s results Camrose 5, Calgary Canucks 1 Drayton Valley 5, Sherwood Park 6 Lloydminster 2, Whitecourt 3, OT Bonnyville at Fort McMurray, NA Thursday’s games Olds at Calgary Mustangs, 7:30 p.m.

Friday’s games Whitecourt at Brooks, 7 p.m.

Calgary Canucks at Olds, 7 p.m.

Okotoks at Drumheller, 7:30 p.m.

Spruce Grove at Grand Prairie, 7:30 p.m.

Canmore at Bonnyville, 7:30 p.m.

Saturday’s games Brooks at Camrose, 7 p.m.

Whitecourt at Okotoks, 7 p.m.

Drumheller at Calgary Canucks, 7 p.m.

Drayton Valley at Bonnyville, 7:30 p.m.

Canmore at Lloydminster, 7:30 p.m.

Spruce Grove at Grand Prairie, 7:30 p.m.

Today

● Curling: Red Deer Farmers/Farmerettes Bonspiel, Pidherney Centre.

College women’s hockey: NAIT at RDC, 7 p.m., Arena. ● Midget AA hockey: Sylvan Lake at Lacombe, 7:5 p.m. ● Men’s basketball: Carstar vs. NWS, Bulldog Scrap Metal vs. Sheraton Red Deer, 7:15 and 8:30 p.m., Lindsay Thurber.

Friday

● Gymnastics: Women’s Exelta Cup at Exelta Gymnastics Club, Collicutt Centre. ● Senor high basketball: Lindsay Thurber Raiders girls/boys tournament.

Grade 9 basketball: Hunting Hills girls/ boys tournament. ● Curling: Red Deer Farmers/Farmerettes Bonspiel, Pidherney Centre. ● College basketball: SAIT at RDC, women at 6 p.m., men to follow. ● AJHL: Calgary Canucks at Olds, 7 p.m. ● Minor midget AAA hockey: Red Deer North Star at Red Deer Aero Equipment, 8 p.m., Arena. ● Chinook senior hockey: Fort Saskatchewan at Innisfail, 8:30 p.m.; Stony Plain at Bentley, 8:30 p.m., Eckville. ● WHL: Red Deer at Vancouver, 8:30 p.m. (The Drive).

Saturday

● Gymnastics: Women’s Exelta Cup at Exelta Gymnastics Club, Collicutt Centre. ● Senior high basketball: Lindsay Thurber Raiders girls/boys tournament.

Grade 9 basketball: Hunting Hills girls/ boys tournament. ● Curling: Red Deer Farmers/Farmerettes Bonspiel, Pidherney Centre.

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS PARADISE ISLAND, Bahamas — Lydia Ko has had a few days to let her historic rise to the No. 1 spot in the world ranking sink in.

“I’m just trying to go back to my normal routine, just get used to the weather here and check out the course,” the 17-year-old Ko said Wednesday, the day before the start of play in the Bahamas LPGA Classic. “I’m very proud to be in that position, but at the same time, I’m trying to just kind of block it out and just be like another golfer, being on the course and just enjoying my time out here.”

The New Zealander tied for second last week in the season-opening Coates Golf Championship in Ocala, Florida, to break Tiger Woods’ record as the youngest player to reach No. 1. She had three LPGA Tour victories last season after winning the Canadian Women’s Open the previous two years as an amateur.

After jumping to No. 1, she got a congratulatory tweet from New Zealand singer and songwriter Lorde.

“I’m a huge fan of her music and she sent me a tweet and she’s like, ’Congratulations, very

proud.’ And I was like, ’Oh, my God.” I’m a huge fan and for somebody of that status to give me a tweet like that, that was pretty awesome. And also I got a Twitter message from Don Cheadle.

That was really cool, too.

Last year at Atlantis Resort’s Ocean Club, Jessica Korda birdied the final hole to beat Stacy Lewis by a stroke. Korda also tied for second last week, a stroke behind Na Yeon Choi.

“I saw where my game kind of is and shook off some rust,” Korda said. “I’m sure that there’s going to be some left over rust, it’s going to take a couple tournaments to kind of really get back into playing mode. We’re used to playing week in, week out and you take two months off and you think that you’re going to be in the same spot, you hit some pretty shots and then not so pretty shots.”

Brooke Henderson is making her first LPGA Tour as a pro. The 17-year-old Canadian won the Monday qualifying tournament to earn a spot in the field.

“My schedule this year will be a little bit up and down, but getting into this tournament this week is really exciting, Henderson said.

She won a Suncoast Series event last week in Florida in her pro debut.

“It really helped coming into this week, just a confidence-booster knowing that I got a couple of solid rounds together last week,” Henderson said.

LOCAL BRIEFS

Wranglers double up on Vipers in Junior B hockey action The Blackfalds Wranglers, with Jeremy McIntosh, Andrew McLennan and Jeff Boese scoring third-period goals, doubled the visiting Red Deer Vipers 6-3 in Heritage Junior Hockey League action Tuesday.

Also connecting for the hosts were Garrett Glasman, Robin Carlson and Jordan Jakubow.

Justin Corbett, Drew Joslin and Justin Moltzahn replied for the Vipers, who got a 28-save outing from Klay Munro.

Thomas Isaman made 38 saves for the Wranglers, who led 1-0 after one period and 3-1 after 40 minutes. The team split two minor penalties.

Soccer association accepting registrations for outdoor season The Red Deer City Soccer Association is accepting registrations for the 2015 outdoor season, which will begin in May. Children born from 1997 to 2011 (under-4 to under-18) can register for city league programs until April 1.

For the first time, youth can also register

to play in the Central Alberta Youth Soccer League for U12 boys and U14 girls.

Adapted Intro to Soccer, a program for children with developmental disabilities, will continue this outdoor season.

Meanwhile, youth interested in the Red Deer Renegades competitive program are urged to visit www.rdsc.com and www.renegades.com.

Try-outs will begin the week of March 16.

The Red Deer City Soccer Association is also accepting registrations for an over-35 men’s league, back by popular demand after a successful 2014 inaugural season.

Cripps scores 24 to lead Rusty Chuckers over Silver Spurs Ben Cripps poured in 24 points Tuesday to lead the Rusty Chuckers to a 57-49 Central Alberta Sr. Men’s Basketball Association win over the Silver Spurs.

Danny Krause added eight points for the winners, while Adam Bulldle had 13 in a losing cause.

In another contest, Gabe Greening scored 18 points and Kevin Kras had 14 in a losing cause as the Vikings fell 66-63 to the Vikings.

Sunday

● Gymnastics: Women’s Exelta Cup at Exelta Gymnastics Club, Collicutt Centre. ● Peewee AA hockey: Bow Valley at Red Deer TBS, 12:45 p.m., Collicutt Centre. ● Men’s college hockey: Portage at RDC, 1 p.m., Penhold Regional Multiplex. ● Bantam AA hockey: Southwest at Red Deer Steel Kings, 1:30 p.m., Kinex. ● Heritage junior B hockey: Airdrie at Ponoka, 2:30 p.m. ● Minor midget AAA hockey: Southeast at Red Deer North Star, noon, Arena; Calgary Bruins at Red Deer Aero Equipment, 2:45 p.m., Arena. ● Men’s basketball: Grandview vs.

Orangemen, Henry’s Eavestroughing vs.

Kingsmen, Lacombe All Sports Cresting vs. Sheraton Red Deer, 4:15 p.m.; Carstar vs. Monstars, Wells Furniture vs. Triple A Batteries, Alken Basin vs. Johns Manville, 5:30 p.m.; all games at Lindsay Thurber. ● Midget AA hockey: Olds at Red Deer Elks, 5:30 p.m., Arena.

Basketball National Basketball Association EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct GB Toronto 33 17 .660 — Brooklyn 20 28 .417 12 Boston 18 30 .375 14 Philadelphia 11 39 .220 22 New York 10 39 .204 22 1/2 Southeast Division W L Pct GB Atlanta 41 9 .820 — Washington 31 19 .620 10 Charlotte 21 27 .438 19 Miami 21 28 .429 19 1/2 Orlando 15 37 .288 27 Central Division W L Pct GB Cleveland 30 20 .600 — Chicago 30 20 .600 — Milwaukee 27 22 .551 2 1/2 Detroit 19 31 .380 11 Indiana 18 32 .360 12

Phoenix Sacramento L.A. Lakers

WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division W L Pct GB Memphis 37 12 .755 — Houston 34 15 .694 3 Dallas 33 17 .660 4 1/2 San Antonio 31 18 .633 6 New Orleans 26 23 .531 11 Northwest Division W L Pct GB Portland 33 16 .673 — Oklahoma City 25 24 .510 8 Denver 19 31 .380 14 1/2 Utah 17 32 .347 16 Minnesota 9 40 .184 24 Pacific Division W L Pct GB Golden State 38 8 .826 — L.A. Clippers 33 16 .673 6 1/2

Thursday’s Games Washington at Charlotte, 5 p.m.

L.A. Clippers at Cleveland, 6 p.m.

Dallas at Sacramento, 8 p.m.

Phoenix at Portland, 8:30 p.m.

Wednesday’s Sports Transactions

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FOOTBALL National Football League ARIZONA CARDINALS — Signed S D.J. Campbell.

Promoted outside linebackers coach James Bettcher to defensive co-ordinator and Mike Chiurco to defensive assistant/assistant defensive back coach.

Named Bob Sanders linebackers coach and Wesley Goodwin assistant to the head coach.

CHICAGO BEARS — Signed CB Al Louis-Jean to a two-year contract extension.

NEW ORLEANS SAINTS — Terminated the contract of DE Cheta Ozougwu.

PITTSBURGH STEELERS — Agreed to terms with LS r Greg Warren on a one-year contract.

SEATTLE SEAHAWKS — Signed TE RaShaun Allen, S Dion Bailey, RB Demitrius Bronson, WR Douglas McNeil, OT Justin Renfrow, DT Jimmy Staten, LB Mike Zimmer, DEs Ryan Robinson and Julius Warmsley and Gs Nate Isles and Drew Nowak to future contracts.

Canadian Football League CALGARY STAMPEDERS — Signed RB-KR Jock Sanders to a contract extension.

WINNIPEG BLUE BOMBERS — Signed WR Toney Clemons and DB Demetrius Wright.

HOCKEY National Hockey League NHL — Fined Montreal D P.K. Subban $2,000 for diving/embellishment.

CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS — Reassigned F Dennis Rasmussen to Rockford (AHL).

DETROIT RED WINGS — Recalled G Jonas Gustavsson from his conditioning loan and D Xavier Ouellet from Grand Rapids (AHL). Assigned G Tom McCollum to Grand Rapids.

MONTREAL CANADIENS — Assigned F Jacob de la Rose to Hamilton (AHL).

NASHVILLE PREDATORS — Reassigned G Marek Mazanec to Milwaukee (AHL).

NEW YORK RANGERS — Recalled G Mackenzie Skapski from Hartford (AHL).

WASHINGTON CAPITALS — Recalled D Cameron Schilling from Hershey (AHL).

American Hockey League BRIDGEPORT SOUND TIGERS — Signed F Jack MacLellan to a professional tryout agreement.

HARTFORD WOLF PACK — Recalled G Jeff Malcolm from Greenville (ECHL).

MILWAUKEE ADMIRALS — Assigned G Rob Madore to Cincinnati (ECHL).

ROCHESTER AMERICANS — Recalled D Matt MacKenzie from Elmira (ECHL).

SPRINGFIELD FALCONS — Signed DYann Sauve to a professional tryout agreement.

SOCCER Major League Soccer CHICAGO FIRE — Signed D Matt Polster. Announced the retirement of D Gonzalo Segares.

COLUMBUS CREW — Named Sixten Bostrom assistant coach.

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● Major bantam hockey: Calgary North Star at Red Deer Black, 11:30 a.m., Arena; Calgary Royals at Red Deer White, 2 p.m., Arena. ● Peewee AA hockey: Airdrie Black at Red Deer TBS, 12:30 p.m., Collicutt Centre; Olds at Sylvan Lake, 3:30 p.m. ● Bantam AA hockey: Wheatland at Red Deer Steel Kings, 2:30 p.m., Kinex. ● Minor midget AAA hockey: Southeast at Red Deer Aero Equipment, 4:45 p.m., Arena; ● WHL: Red Deer at Victoria, 7:05 p.m.

(The Drive). ● Midget AA hockey: Olds at Red Deer Indy Graphics, 7:15 p.m., Collicutt Centre. ● Heritage junior B hockey: High River at Red Deer, 8 p.m., Arena; Stettler at Three Hills, 8 p.m.

BASEBALL American League BALTIMORE ORIOLES — Agreed to terms with LHP Zach Britton on a one-year contract.

CHICAGO WHITE SOX — Placed OF Dayan Viciedo on waivers for the purpose of granting his unconditional release.

LOS ANGELES ANGELS — Sent RHP Yency Almonte to the Chicago White Sox to complete an earlier trade.

TEXAS RANGERS — Agreed to terms with OF Ryan Ludwick on a minor league contract.

TORONTO BLUE JAYS — Acquired LHP Jayson Aquino from Colorado for LHP Tyler Ybarra. Designated INF Chris Colabello for assignment.

National League ATLANTA BRAVES — Agreed to terms with LHP Eric Stults on a minor league contract.

COLORADO ROCKIES — Agreed to terms with RHP Kyle Kendrick on a one-year contract. Designated LHP Yohan Flande for assignment.

MIAMI MARLINS — Traded RHP Arquimedes Caminero to Pittsburgh for cash considerations.

MILWAUKEE BREWERS — Assigned INF Elian Herrera outright to Colorado Springs (PCL).

ST. LOUIS CARDINALS — Agreed to terms with RHP Carlos Villanueva on a minor league contract.

SAN DIEGO PADRES — Named Moises Alou special assistant for minor league player development, Dave Snow minor league player development consultant, Luis Ortiz minor league field and hitting co-ordinator, Mark Prior minor league pitching co-ordinator, Eric Junge minor league pitching instructor, Ryley Westman minor league catching co-ordinator and Tarrik Brock minor league outfield/baserunning co-ordinator.

American Association GARY SOUTHSHORE RAILCATS — Signed LHP Chris Cummins.

GRAND PRAIRIE AIR HOGS — Signed C Sean O’Connell.

LINCOLN SALTDOGS — Signed RHP Mackenzie King.

SIOUX CITY EXPLORERS — Traded INF Andres Perez to York for future considerations.

WINNIPEG GOLDEYES — Signed OF Brett Krill and C Ramon Ortega.

Can-Am League OTTAWA CHAMPIONS — Signed RHP Alan DeRatt.

Frontier League RIVER CITY RASCALS — Sold the contract of RHP Trey Lambert to Texas (AL).

SOUTHERN ILLINOIS MINERS — Signed RHP Chris Rogers.

BASKETBALL National Basketball Association HOUSTON ROCKETS — Reassigned G Nick Johnson to Rio Grande Valley (NBADL).

PHILADELPHIA 76ERS — Named Chad Biggs

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Tuesday’s Games Philadelphia 105, Denver 98 Detroit 108, Miami 91 Boston 108, New York 97 Portland 103, Utah 102 Golden State 121, Sacramento 96 Wednesday’s Games Indiana 114, Detroit 109 Atlanta 105, Washington 96 Brooklyn 109, Toronto 93 Boston 104, Denver 100 Oklahoma City 102, New Orleans 91 Houston 101, Chicago 90 Milwaukee 113, L.A. Lakers 105, OT Minnesota 102, Miami 101 San Antonio 110, Orlando 103 Memphis 100, Utah 90 Dallas at Golden State, late

Friday’s Games L.A. Clippers at Toronto, 5 p.m.

L.A. Lakers at Orlando, 5 p.m.

Cleveland at Indiana, 5 p.m.

New York at Brooklyn, 5 p.m.

Golden State at Atlanta, 5:30 p.m.

Denver at Detroit, 5:30 p.m.

Philadelphia at Boston, 5:30 p.m.

New Orleans at Oklahoma City, 6 p.m.

Milwaukee at Houston, 6 p.m.

Memphis at Minnesota, 6 p.m.

Utah at Phoenix, 7 p.m.

Miami at San Antonio, 7:30 p.m.

HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL The host Raiders will meet Central Alberta Christian at 5:15 p.m. Friday in the girls division of the Lindsay Thurber Invitational senior high basketball tournament.

The opening girls game is slated for 3:30 p.m., with Leduc facing Lester B. Pearson of Calgary. Sherwood Park Salisbury and Calgary Bishop Carroll will meet at 7 p.m. and Friday’s final game at 8:45 p.m. will feature Edmonton W.P. Wagner and the Hunting Hills Lightning.

The Thurber boys take on Salisbury at 5:15 p.m. Leduc and Bishop Carroll kicked things off in the boys division at 3:30 p.m.

The other opening-day boys games will see Grande Prairie taking on Lester B. Pearson at 7 p.m. and Hunting Hills facing W.P. Wagner at 8:45 p.m.

Saturday’s first games will go at 8:45 a.m. and the tournament will conclude with the girls final at 7 p.m. and the boys championship contest at 8:45 p.m. `

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Patriots celebrate Super Bowl win

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS BOSTON — Giddy fans of the Super Bowl champion New England Patriots chanted “Brady! Brady!” and clambered atop massive snowbanks for better views as players danced and waved their way through Boston in a Wednesday parade celebrating their fourth NFL title.

Well-wishers blew kisses, pumped their fists and screamed themselves hoarse as the team rolled through downtown aboard the World War IIstyle amphibious “duck boat” vehicles that have become a staple of the city’s championship parades.

Some fans defied police warnings and climbed on giant piles of snow left from last week’s blizzard to get a glimpse of quarterback Tom Brady, coach Bill Belichick and other players as trucks blew plumes of confetti into the air.

The crowd roared as a smiling Belichick and his players snapped selfies and took turns waving the Lombardi trophy earned in a hard fought 28-24 victory over the defending champion Seattle Seahawks on Sunday.

A beaming Brady held his young son, Benjamin, who grinned and waved to the crowd.

The convoy carrying players, their wives and girlfriends, the team mascot, cheerleaders and more rolled down Boylston Street on route to City Hall, crossing the finish line of the Boston Marathon, where two bombs killed three people and wounded more than 260 others in 2013.

Fans sported No. 12 Brady jerseys, shouted the MVP’s name and held “We are the CHAMPIONS” placards. One had a sign that read: “Belichick for President.”

“I’m freezing, but it’s been great. It’s exciting,” said Annie Cushing, a Quincy resident who had been standing in front of City Hall for hours before the parade started, wearing a No. 87 Rob Gronkowski jersey and a homemade

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New England Patriots fans cheer as players pass on duck boats during a parade in Boston, Wednesday, to honor the NFL football team’s victory over the Seattle Seahawks in Super Bowl XLIX in Glendale, Ariz.

Lombardi trophy hat made of tin foil and tape.

The real Gronk drew laughs with his hip-hop dance moves. At one point, he chugged a can of beer tossed up by a fan while wearing a goofy winter hat of a one-eyed “Minion” character.

Not to be outdone, wide receiver Julian Edelman stood tall on the roof of a duck boat in sunglasses and a white T-shirt, at times a waving Patriots flag and holding up signs from fans, including one taunting the Seahawks cornerback Richard Sherman.

By the city’s colonial burial ground, where signers of the Declaration of Independence and other famous Bostonians were once laid to rest, a boy held high a sign on a wooden picket saying: “13 years old, nine championships,” a

nod to the city’s other successful sports franchises.

Elsewhere, signs proclaimed “They hate us cause they ain’t us,” referencing a James Franco line in the movie “The Interview.”

Carl Estrella of Cambridge wore a T-shirt saying “Deflate This,” a reference to allegations that the Patriots cheated with underinflated footballs in their AFC championship win against the Indianapolis Colts.

“After all that went on with the deflated balls, we are owed an apology,” said Michelle Cote Moran, a Lowell resident watching the parade with her brother.

“We’re not going to get it, but it’s all good. We did it again. We won.”

Police didn’t have an estimate for

how many people turned out for the nearly two-mile long rolling rally. They reported at least one arrest for public drinking.

Near the city’s snow-blanketed Common, a chant of “Boston Strong” went up around noontime as fans jostled for viewing space along the street barricades.

Others, like Chris Cunningham of South Kingstown, Rhode Island, found a better perch in the warmth of a nearby Dunkin Donuts.

“It’s been a while since they won.

We’ve come close. The last two were killer,” Cunningham said, referring to the Patriots recent Super Bowl losses to the New York Giants.

“But this one was great. It made up for all of them.”

UFC reeling from latest MMA doping scandal BUT IS SUCH CHEATING ANY SURPRISE?

HUNTING HILLS GRADE 9 BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT The host Lightning boys will take on Sylvan Lake H.J Cody in Friday’s 3 p.m. opening game of the Hunting Hills Grade 9 basketball tournament.

Crowther Memorial of Strathmore will meet the Lindsay Thurber Raiders at 4:30 p.m., Morinville will face Strathmore Holy Cross at 6 p.m. and Peace River Glenmary will do battle with Medicine Hat Alexandra at 7:30 p.m.

On the girls side, Lindsay Thurber will tangle with Medicine Hat St. Mary’s at 3 p.m., Hunting Hills will clash with David Thompson at 4:30 p.m., Morinville will play Sylvan Lake at 6 p.m. and Alexandra will take on Calgary Rundle College 90 minutes later.

The tournament will resume Saturday at 8:30 a.m. and will conclude with both finals at 7 p.m.

THUNDER COUNTRY GYMNASTICS CLUB Red Deer Thunder Country Trampoline and Gymnastics Club athletes snared 19 medals in the Exelta Cup meet at the Collicutt Centre during the weekend.

Leading the way was Ashton Henfrey, who won gold in the level 4 men’s individual trampoline and level 2 tumbling and earned a silver medal in the level 3 double mini trampoline (DMT).

Spencer Kooman garnered a gold medal in the level 2 men’s synchronized trampoline — with Jesse Starchuk — as well as a silver in the level 3 individual trampoline and a bronze in the DMT. Starchuk picked up a silver medalion in the level 2 DMT and a bronze in the individual trampoline.

Also winning gold were Eoin Wolfe in the level 2 men’s individual trampoline, Laura Arnusch in the level 4 women’s individual trampoline, Taelum Henfrey in the

level 1 men’s DMT and Ebony Campbell in level 2 women’s tumbling.

Also winning silver were Taelum Henfrey in the level 1 men’s individual trampoline, Kiera Hofer in the level 1 women’s individual trampoline, and Hofer and Madison Ruff in level 1 women’s synchronized trampoline.

The Thunder Country bronzemedal recipients included Wolfe and Hayden Levis in level 2 men’s synchronized trampoline, Wolfe in level 2 DMT, Amarissa Unreiner and Sophia Arnusch in level 1 women’s synchronized trampoline, and Hofer in level 1 DMT. Other top-10 Thunder Country placings: Fourth — Laura Arnusch and

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taking the pills after three months.

But he kept getting injured. And Irvin, who at one point was training with a broken bone in his foot, kept taking the pills.

“It wasn’t until a time that I just stopped taking them that I realized I needed them just to keep on functioning,” he said. “At that time I had become an addict and I was hooked on them.”

The UFC has also stretched itself by taking over testing duties itself when venturing into countries that do not have the framework in place to do it themselves.

Things came to a head last August when Cung Le’s post-fight blood test in Macau showed elevated levels of growth hormone. Le’s camp subsequently protested both the suspension and testing procedure.

UFC president Dana White said prior to UFC 182 that his organization, rather than launch its own full-time drug-testing program, would probably give athletic commissions more money for them to conduct testing.

White said the UFC’s legal team subsequently “screwed it up.” And he said he feared further mistakes.

“We have no business doing drug testing ... that’s what the commission is there to do,” he said.

“We’ll help fund it so that they can do better drug testing, more drug testing. They’re the regulators,” he added.

Asked what the UFC will do in the future in commission-free zones, he directed the questions to Marc Ratner, the UFC’s vice-president of regulatory affairs. Ratner did not offer an immediate answer.

Given the sport’s makeup, there may not be one.

Campbell, level 3 synchronized trampoline; Lauren Howse, level 4 women’s individual trampoline and DMT; Gabi Clarke, level 4 women’s individual trampoline; Fifth — Campbell, level 4 individual trampoline and DMT; Isabelle MacPherson, level 3 women’s DMT; Wolfe, level 2 tumbling; Levis, level 2 individual trampoline; Sarah Lindbergh and Kaeleigh Boston, level 2 women’s synchronized trampoline; Ruff, level 1 individual trampoline; Samantha Fujczak and Nadine Rajotte, level 1 women’s synchronized trampoline; Sixth — Laura Arnusch, level 4 DMT and level 1 tumbling; Clarke and Sophie Nossack, level 2 women’s synchronized trampoline; Eighth — Kooman, level 1 tumbling; Ninth — Samantha Dancey, level 2 women’s individual trampoline; 10th — Nossack, level 2 DMT.

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TORONTO — The UFC is reeling from its latest doping scandal, but is such cheating any surprise?

Looking for an edge, however slim, when you’re stepping into a cage to fight seems inevitable. The gruelling training in advance of a mixed martial arts bout also takes a toll, prompting some to take shortcuts. And given fighters only get paid for competing, there is incentive to roll the dice and do what’s needed to make it to fight night.

Still the latest doping scandal is a body blow to the MMA juggernaut given the star quality of the offender.

The UFC revealed Tuesday night that former middleweight champion Anderson Silva, one of the sport’s icons, had tested positive for steroids on a Jan. 9 out-of-competition drug test.

Adding to the scandal was the news that Nick Diaz, the man Silva beat in the main event of UFC 183 last Saturday, had tested positive for marijuana for a third time.

The news comes on the heels of a positive cocaine test prior to UFC 182 for light-heavyweight champion Jon (Bones) Jones, who succeeded Silva as the sport’s pound-for-pound best fighter.

“Does anyone in the UFC actually follow the rules?” former Olympic and world wrestling champion Jordan Burroughs tweeted after the latest drug tests.

The rules are enforced by bodies like the Nevada State Athletic Com-

mission, which tests boxers and MMA fighters alike in regulating their sports.

So-called social drugs are not considered performance-enhancing. But they are subject to sanction if detected fight night given the concern that fighters could suffer unnecessary damage if dulled or anesthetized by such drugs.

While Silva and Diaz have yet to tell their side of the story, a thin doping line runs through the sport. Other organizations are not exempt from cheating but the spotlight shines on the UFC as the sport’s major player.

Welterweight Thiago Alves, who beat Canadian Jordan Mein on Saturday’s card, was suspended and fined in 2007 when a UFC 66 drug test showed traces of a diuretic.

German bantamweight Dennis Siver, who lost to Irish star Conor McGregor in the main event of a Boston card last month, tested positive for human chorionic gonadotropin at UFC 168.

Ashlee Evans-Smith tested positive for a diuretic at UFC 181 in December.

The list goes on, with a nine-month ban and fine the usual punishment for a first offence.

With 45 shows planned for 2015, the UFC conveyor belt never stops. The organization currently has 575 fighters under contract.

Most need to fight to pay the bills.

Lightweight Donald (Cowboy) Cerrone, one of the UFC’s busiest fighters, says he spent US$20,000 alone just to bring in sparring partners to help him train for Myles Jury at UFC 182.

Brazilian light-heavyweight Thiago Silva admitted to doping and tamper-

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ing with his urine at a UFC 125 drug test in January 2011. He said his slide into doping started with a severe back injury shortly before facing Rashad Evans in the main event of UFC 108 in January 2010.

“It was the biggest fight of my career and there was no way I was going to pull out of it,” he revealed in 2011.

“I fought and lost and was out of action for a year rehabilitating the injury and getting ready to fight again.

“I reinjured my back 45 days before the (UFC 125) fight with Brandon Vera.

After not fighting for a year, I made the decision to not pull out of the fight.”

The only way to continue, he decided, was cheating — injections of a prohibited substance in his back and spine.

James (The Sandman) Irvin battled prescription drugs during his fighting career. He says he just has to look in the mirror to see the scars they left.

The light-heavyweight was knocked out brutally in 61 seconds when matched against Anderson Silva, then middleweight champion, in July 2008.

Two weeks later Irvin was told he had tested positive for two unapproved painkillers: methadone and oxymorphone.

“The Anderson Silva fight, I have 25 stitches across my cheek from when he blasted me,” Irvin said in a 2011 interview with The Canadian Press. “Every day when I look in the mirror, I have a clear reminder of what those drugs did to me and what lies ahead of me if I was ever to start using that garbage ever again.”

The painkillers dated back to knee surgery following a 2007 fight with Thiago Silva. He was prescribed Vicodin and said he had no trouble stopping

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Ashley Hoff and her son Vann take part in the Baby Fun pre-school literacy program on Friday afternoon with Red Deer Public Library Children’s Services co-ordinator Laural Grimes. The programs help babies, toddlers and preschoolers familiarize themselves with books at the libraries. More information and program times can be found at www.rdpl.org.

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REGISTRATIONS

THE NEXT SEVEN DAYS

LOCAL EVENTS AND ORGANIZATIONS

Friday

● Soulful Noize will be rocking The Hub on Ross on Feb. 6, 7 to 9 p.m. Costs are $15 per person, or $30 per family cash at the door. Phone 403-340-4869. ● Forshee Community Hall old time family dance nights are the first Friday of each month from 7 to 10:30 p.m., next Feb. 6. Admission is $10 per adult, children 17 years and under are free. Evening lunch is included. Live old time music with Country Gold North Band. For more information, call 403-748-3378. ● Fun Games Friday will be offered at Senior Citizens Downtown House on Feb. 6 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Cost is $12 including beef on a bun, potato salad and $100 play money. A silent auction will also take place.

Phone 403-346-4043. ● Widow and Widower Support Network meets on the first Friday of every month at Remington’s Grill in Black Knight Inn at 6 p.m. for food and fellowship, and on the third Friday of each month at 7 p.m. at the First Christian Reformed Church, 16 McVicar St. The group provides a safe place for men and women who have lost their spouse through death, to interact and support each other.

Upcoming date is Feb. 6. Email to widowedsupportnetwork@gmail.com, or call 403-7550977. ● First Friday’s lineup on Feb. 6 includes: 4 Painters 4 Perspectives at HarrisWarke Gallery from 6 to 8 p.m., I am Here at The Hub on Ross Gallery from 4 to 6 p.m., Dear Little Friends at Kiwanis Gallery in Red Deer Public Library Downtown Branch from 6 to 8 p.m. with musical guests Dominique Adams and Craig Gomez playing blues, jazz, soul R&B from 6:15 to 6:45 p.m., and from 7 to 7:30 p.m.

Saturday

● Sacred Heart Church Used Book Sale will be held on Feb. 7 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the church hall for 50 cents to $1. Book donations accepted on Feb. 6 from 9 a.m. to noon.

Phone 403-346-9013. ● Red Deer College School of Creative Arts presents Pride and Prejudice adapted

by Jon Jory for the novel by Jane Austin and directed by Lynda Adams, Mainstage, RDC Arts Centre, Feb. 5 to 7, and Feb. 11 to 14 at 7:30 p.m., and Feb. 7 and 14 at 1 p.m. Purchase tickets online at www.bkticketcentre.ca or by calling 403-755-6626. ● Central Alberta Singles dance will be held Feb. 7 at Royal Canadian Legion Innisfail Hall. Music by Runaway Train. Doors open at 7:30 p.m. Music starts at 8 p.m. Everyone welcome. For information, call Jim at 403-638-6563, or Murray at 403-357-8022. ● Soroptimist International of Central Alberta Annual Power of a Girl Mother/ Daughter Two-day Conference will be offered on Feb. 7 (girls ages 10 to 13 years) and Feb. 8 (girls ages 14 to 16 years) at Dana Soltes Auditorium at Red Deer Regional Hospital Centre, 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Cost is $20 for moms, free for girls. For information or to register, contact Bonnie at 403-704-0625. ● Kids Knit (and grown-ups too!) at Red Deer Public Library Downtown Branch will be offered on Feb. 7 and 21, and March 7 and 21, from 3 to 4 p.m. Children ages nine years and up, or children under nine years accompanied by an adult, are welcome to learn to knit, or work on their own

project — beginner to expert. Phone 403346-4688. ● Book to Movie Day will be held from 1 to 3 p.m. at Dawe Branch or Red Deer Public Library. Young readers are welcome to read the book of the month, and then watch the movie , enjoy popcorn, and discussion after the film. Call 403-309-3488, or jbarritt@rdpl. org. On Feb. 7, enjoy The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan, on March 7 enjoy How to Train Your Dragon by Cressida Cowell, and on April 4 enjoy The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader by C.S. Lewis. ● Sierra of Taylor Drive Music Jam is held the first Saturday of every month from 1:30 to 4 p.m. Everyone welcome to play an instrument, dance or simply listen to the music. Next jam session is Feb. 7. Each session $2. Phone Chris at 403-341-3385. ● MAGnificent Saturdays offer free art making with a professional artist from 1 to 4 p.m. at the Red Deer Museum and Art Gallery in downtown Red Deer. The Feb. 7 session is called Under the Big Top. All materials supplied. Families welcome. Phone 403-3098405. Free with admission.

Sunday

● It’s a Frozen Princess Party! will be celebrated on Feb. 8 from 2 to 3:30 p.m. in the Snell Auditorium at Red Deer Public Library Downtown Branch. All ages are invited to come in costume, watch the movie, enjoy frozen treats, activities, crafts and more. ● Community Conversation — Indigenous Women’s Rights — will be featured at Red Deer Museum and Art Gallery on Feb. 8 from 2 to 4 p.m. The focus of this event aims to bring together strong local voices for discussion of missing indigenous women and in preparation of the upcoming Walking With Our Sisters memorial exhibition which will be at the museum June 1 to 21. Contact Andrea at 403-309-8446, or email wwosreddeer@ gmail.com. ● Olds Evergreen Jams are held on the second and fourth Sunday of every month at the Olds Evergreen Centre from 1:30 to 4:30 p.m. Admission is $2. Snacks included. Call Bonnie at 403-556-7844 Jams are held Feb. 8 and 22.

Monday

● Cover 2 Cover Book Club will meet on Feb. 9 from 6:30 to 8 p.m. at Dawe Branch of Red Deer Public Library. The theme will be World War II books. Visit www.rdpl.org/programs/book-clubs/cover2cover. New members always welcome. Phone 403-341-3822. ● Reel Movie Mondays at Carnival Cinemas will be held on Feb. 9 featuring the movie: Mr. Turner (rated PG). See more details at www.reelmoviemondays.ca. Memberships and tickets can be purchased in advance from Red Deer Museum and Art Gallery by calling 403-309-8405. ● MAGsparks is an inclusive and accessible visual art program for everyone offered on Mondays and Wednesdays, from 1 to 3 p.m. at Red Deer Museum and Art Gallery.

Professional artists are on hand to help with projects. Materials are supplied. There is a drop-in fee of $3. Children under 12 years must be accompanied by an adult. Contact Janet at 403-309-8405, janet.cole@reddeer. ca. Feb. 9 and 11 topic is Constructed Hearts.

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● Singing Valentines by Wild Rose Harmonizers are available to serenade your loved one on Feb. 13 and 14. Four handsome men bearing a red rose will visit the recipient at home or work and perform two tender love songs. The cost is $40 in Red Deer and $45 outside Red Deer, with $10 going to Normandeau School to purchase band instruments. A photo of the occasion will also be included. For bookings, contact Fran at 403-347-0436, or Ralph at 403-347-9852.

Book early as limited spaced are available.

The deadline is Feb. 12. For more information visit www.harmonizers.ca. ● Family Day Friday Dance will be held on Feb. 13, 7 p.m. at Festival Hall. Based on dances of days gone by, the evening will feature live music, a dance lesson, games and fun for the whole family. Tickets are available at the door or online at www. countrypridedanceclub.ca. ● Red Deer Cultural Heritage Society Valentine’s Sweetheart Dinner will take place at Cronquist house on Feb. 14.

Cocktails at 6:30 p.m. followed by scrumptious six course meal. Tickets are $150 per couple or $170 per couple in a private room. For tickets call 403-346-0055. ● Stettler Agricultural Society has two upcoming events. Stettler Ranch Rodeo Competition will be featured on Feb. 15 starting at 11 a.m. with five events: branding, sorting, penning, trailer loading, and doctoring.

Teams of four with a minimum of one female per team invited to enter for a cost of $400 per team.

To register, phone 403-742-6288.

Accepting the first 15 teams. Free to watch.

Also, Family Day Sleigh Rides will also be offered on Feb. 15 from 2 to 4 p.m. weather permitting at the Ag Society Grounds. Free chili and a bun, and hot chocolate served.

Donations to the food bank appreciated. ● Newcomers Reading Club is now taking registrations for Levels 1 to 4 ESL. Classes start Feb. 21 and are usually held at Waskasoo Kiwanis Meeting Room at Red Deer Public Library Downtown Branch. To register, contact Central Alberta Refugee Effort at 403-346-8818. ● Day Camps @ Museum are offered from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. for children ages six to 12 years at Red Deer Museum and Art Gallery on the following dates: Feb. 13, Feb. 19 and 20 for $25 per day per child for museum members, and $30 per child per day for non-members. See www.reddeermuseum. com for details. ● MAGapalooza! will be held at Red Deer Museum and Art Gallery on Feb. 16 from 1 to 4 p.m. for a carnival themed event including games, entertainers and food for all ages. Volunteers and participants invited. To volunteer with contact Karli or Abbey, 403309-8405 or e-mail museum@reddeer.ca or see www.reddeermuseum.com ● Red Deer Regional Hospital requires a Surgical Family Liaison Volunteer to provide direction and support for families of surgical patients during the day of surgery.

Contact Brenda Farwell at 403-343-4715 ext.

1, or Brenda.farwell@albertahealthservices. ca. ● Sylvan Lake Library is hosting Ladies Only XOX Valentine’s Party on Feb. 13, 7 to 9 p.m. Wine, chocolate fountains, massages, essential oils, nail art, jewelry, Younique Make-Up, Steeped Tea displays and demonstrations by local businesses and entrepreneurs will be presented to women

ages 18 plus. Free but registration required at 403-887-2130. The first glass of wine is free, and $5 for additional glasses of wine.

Bring an iPhone or tablet device for instruction on how to download romance and erotica from the eBook platform, 3M Cloud Library. ● Shrove Tuesday Pancake Supper at Memorial Presbyterian Church Sylvan Lake, Feb. 17, 5 to 7 p.m. Cost is $7.50 for adults, $5 for children ages six to 12 years, and free for children under six. Contact mametcal@ gmail.com or 403-887-2098. ● Bill Bourne Concert takes place at the Golden Circle Senior Resource Centre on Feb. 21. Tickets are $15 in advance or $20 at the door. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. with the concert at 7 p.m. Phone 403-343-6074. ● Affirm — a group that provides safe and confidential support to people of all sexual orientation and their families and friends, from people that have walked this road before as sexual minorities, parents, siblings and friends. They meet once a month in Lacombe. For more information, call Ross at 403-782-3671 or Marg at 403-782-1887. ● Sheraton Celebrity Dance-Off Gala in support of Aspire Special Needs Resource Centre will be held on March 20. Local celebrities have been paired with professional dance instructors to compete for the honour of best ballroom dancer.

Tickets for the gala, including dance with live band to follow the competition will be on sale for $200 to $400 from Aspire, 403-3402606. See celebritydanceoff.ca. Tickets sell out quickly. ● Ponoka Moose Lodge Old Time Dance will be held on third Saturday of each month, next Feb. 21 with Eddy Chwill, 7:30 to 11:30 p.m. Cost is $12, ($10 for Moose members.) Potluck lunch. Top name bands.

See www.AlbertaDanceNews.com, or call Jean or Fred at 403-783-8587 for more information. ● Red Deer and District SPCA National Cupcake Day is coming up on Feb. 23.

Participants are asked to register at www. nationalcupcakeday.ca, bake cupcakes and host a National Cupcake Day Party on Feb. 23 with proceeds to support the Red Deer and District SPCA. A free Cupcake Host Welcome Package will be sent to participants in the mail. Donations can be made online.

Phone 403-342-7722 or development@ reddeerspca.com. ● Senior Citizens Downtown House has several upcoming events, regular card games and tournaments and special tournaments: Cribbage every Thursday at 1:30 p.m.; Whist every Friday at 1:30 p.m. with a tournament on Feb. 20; 500 every Monday and Wednesday at 1:30 p.m. with a tournament on Feb. 23; Fun Contract Bridge every Wednesday at 1 p.m. Games cost $3.

Tournaments cost $6.

A Chicken Supper will be held on Feb. 20 at 5:30 p.m. for $15. A Jam Session will be held on Feb. 14 at 1:30 p.m. for $2.50. Phone 403-346-4043. ● Cornerstone Youth Theatre presents Suessical coming up at New Life Fellowship with performances at 7 p.m. on Feb. 27 and 28, March 6 and 7, and at 3 p.m. on Feb. 28, and March 7.

Tickets are available at www. cornerstoneyouththeatre.org, or by phone 403-986-2981 with costs from $10 to $12 in advance, and by purchase at the door for $14.

Listings open to cultural/non-profit groups. Fax: 341-6560; phone: 314-4325; e-mail: editorial@reddeeradvocate.com by noon Thursday for insertion following Thursday.

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How do we deal with finite natural resources?

“Anyone who believes exponential growth can go on forever in a finite world is either a madman or an economist.”

— Kenneth Boulding Ironically, Boulding was an economist.

However, he also had a background in science, which helped to keep him within the bounds of rationality The son of a plumber, he earned a chemEVAN istry scholarBEDFORD ship to Oxford University.

And by the late 1970s, he was the president of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

And somewhere along the way, he got nominated for a couple of Nobel Prizes.

He wrote a ton of books, and even though he died more than 20 years ago, his eloquence has been immortalized on YouTube.

With his long, white mane of hair, and his very apparent stutter, he is almost as interesting to see, as his wit and wisdom is to hear.

I first read about him years ago, but his name came up again recently when I decided to write about steady state economics (SSE). SSE recognizes that there are limits to what the planet can provide us. The store of human knowledge can increase indefinitely, but not the store of stuff.

And we’re starting to find that out the hard way.

Many of the wars that we see on the nightly news have either been started

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as a result of, or have been worsened by a shortage of stuff. In some cases, “stuff” means water (just do an internet search on “Syria,” “drought” and “war,” for example).

And if it’s not water, then “stuff” often means fossil fuels (just do a search on “Hitler,” “Russia” and “oil”... and if that doesn’t convince you, ask yourself why the U.S. is so much more interested in problems in the Middle East, than it is in problems in Africa.)

In any case, both water and oil are finite resources.

Boulding often tried to remind us of this, and one of his more memorable ways of doing so involved the image of the “cowboy” versus the “spaceman” (hey, he was writing in 1968, long before gender-neutral language was in vogue).

The cowboy has the wide open frontier, so in his case, it’s easy to think that growth can be infinite.

However, the spaceman is in a tiny capsule that is hurtling around in the vacuum of space, so he has to recycle literally everything.

Obviously, we are starting to realize that a lot of what we use must be recycled.

But what about fossil fuels, which can’t be recycled?

That’s where SSE can help. It has four basic rules. The first is that we can’t destroy the global ecosystem, since it provides neat things like oxygen to breathe and food to eat.

The second rule is that we should harvest renewable resources (like fish and timber) no faster than they are being regenerated.

The third rule is that for non-renewable resources (like oil and natural gas), we should only take them out of the ground at a rate at which they can be replaced by renewable substitutes.

And finally, our wastes should only be dumped into the environment at a rate at which they can be harmlessly

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● The Parkland Handweavers and Spinners Guild meets the second Monday of each month at Sunnybrook Farm Museum at 7 p.m. The next meeting is Feb. 9. New and experienced weavers welcome. For more information contact Red Deer Weavers at reddeerweavers@gmail.com or Darlene at 403-749-3054, Amy at 403-309-4026 or Margaret at 403-346-8289.

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● CrossRoads Church Seniors Gems monthly luncheon is offered on the second Tuesday of each month from noon to 2 p.m. in the Chapel. All seniors invited. The cost is $8 at the door. Phone 403-347-6425. Visions Country Gospel will perform on Feb 10 for a Valentine’s Luncheon. ● Story Fun at Red Deer College will be held on Feb. 10, March 10 and April 14 from 10:30 to 11 a.m. Preschoolers aged two to six years and their parents/caregivers are welcome to Red Deer College Library Information Common upstairs to enjoy stories and activities by Red Deer Public Library Children’s Services. Phone 403-346-4688 to find out details. ● Sunrise Toastmasters is held Tuesday mornings at 7:15 to 8:30 a.m. at the new location — Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd. Toastmasters improves both communication and leadership skills. Everyone welcome. Phone 403-3430091 or see www.toastmasters.org ● The Central Alberta Mopar Association (CAMA) Car Club meets on the second Tuesday of every month at 7 p.m. at Humpty’s Classic Restaurant in Gasoline Alley. Admirers and owners of Chrysler family vehicles are welcome. Yearly membership is $17 for new members and $12 for current members.

For more information contact Glen at 403-318-8388 or visit centralalbertamopar.com

boy Church meets the second and last Wednesday of each month at 7 p.m. in the Elnora Drop In Centre, next Feb. 11 and 25.

Cowboy boots and hats welcome. For more information, call 403-749-3361. ● Screening of The Ladder of My Life

by Monybany Dau will be held at the Living Room at Red Deer College (Room 1009), 4:30 p.m. on Feb. 11, in commemoration of Black History Month. Discussion to follow. Free. Registration preferred, walk-ins welcome. Contact campus.recreation@rdc. ab.ca, 403-357-3672. ● Red Deer Legion Old Time Dance with Badlanders II is on Feb. 11 at 7 p.m.

Cost is $7, or $13.95 with buffet starting at 5 p.m. Phone 403-342-0035. ● Alberta Gerontological Nurses Association Central Chapter presentation on Sexuality and Older Adults on Feb. 11, at Dana Soltes Auditorium at Red Deer Regional Hospital from 5 to 6 p.m. with Helle Tees MN, GNC (C), and AGNA general meeting from 6 to 7 p.m. Free. No preregistration required. For telehealth conferencing contact charlene.lawrence@albertahealthservices.ca.

Phone 403-358-4328.

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● Central Alberta Community Legal Clinic will hold a photo identification clinic on Feb. 12 from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. at 301 5008 Ross St. The clinic offers free affidavits of identification that are notarized by a lawyer.

assimilated.

Does that sound difficult? Especially the third rule? Well, yeah.

The third rule would be difficult — if not impossible — to attain.

But surely the opposite (ramping up our current bitumen production by 250 per cent, like some people want) is just as dumb.

We at least have a duty to our grandchildren to cut back on our fossil fuel use, and invest heavily in both renewables and energy conservation.

And the other three rules? Don’t forget that they’re not exactly being followed, either ... at least not at the global level.

Things like habitat loss and declining fish stocks and eutrophic dead zones haven’t exactly disappeared.

We’ve simply exported them to those places where all of our shiny gadgets are made.

So, if Stephen Harper and Jim Prentice woke up one day and decided to be completely honest with us, they would at least admit that Canada isn’t quite the utopia that we all pretend it is.

And they would facilitate a nationwide conversation on where we — and the rest of the planet — are headed.

But while this isn’t a time for sticking our heads in the sand, neither is it a time for absolutes.

Compromises will be necessary.

And Boulding knew this decades ago. In fact, in his biographical memoir, published by the National Academy of Sciences, it states that “... without [the willingness to] compromise, the great danger is social disorder” and “What follows disorder is tyranny — a dictatorship with neither liberty nor justice.”

Fuzzy ‘feet’ among the joys of rabbit’s foot fern

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Evan Bedford is a local environmentalist. Direct comments, questions and suggestions to wyddfa23@telus.net. Visit the Energy and Ecology website at www. evanbedford.com.

There’s a fat, furry, tan foot creeping over the edge of the pot in the hanging basket over my desk. No cause for alarm. It just shows that my plant is growing happily.

That foot is a hairy, creeping stem of rabbit’s foot fern. Taking the basket down off its hook, I see that the plant has other feet making their way to the edge of the pot. New leafy fronds spring forth from the topsides of these feet.

Besides its interesting feet, rabbit’s foot is, among ferns, relatively easy to grow. Ferns became popular houseplants during Victorian times because of their lushness and tolerance for relatively dim conditions. In those days, however, homes were cooler and moister, and thus more to the liking of ferns. Rabbit’s foot ferns can tolerate drier and warmer conditions than most other ferns. In their natural habitat, in southeast Asian jungles, these ferns nestle between rocks or in the crotches of trees, rather than growing in soil.

Rabbit’s foot is not the only fern with feet. Common names of some of its relatives include deer’s foot fern, squirrel’s foot fern and Polynesian foot fern. Rabbit’s foot, though, is the most commonly offered of the lot, and the best because it is evergreen and has the largest feet. Squirrel’s foot fern, incidentally, has red “fur.”

I attribute the health of my fern to the good drainage of the potting mix in which it grows and the cool, bright room that it calls home. Any potting mix can be made similarly suitable for this plant with some extra perlite or gravel. And the pot must, of course, have drainage holes.

The plant’s exuberant growth is striking. Rabbit’s foot ferns, like rabbits, multiply quickly.

This ID does not replace government issued ID but is intended to help people access basic services while replacing their proper ID. To book an appointment, phone 430-314-9129, see www.communitylegalclinic.net, or email to info@communitylegalclinic.net. ● Notre Dame High School Fine Arts presents Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Feb. 12 to 14 at 7 p.m., and Feb. 14 at 1 p.m. at Red Deer Memorial Centre. Tickets are $20 for adults, $15 for students, and free for children under five from Notre Dame High School or from cast members. Special Preview Night will be held on Feb. 11, 7 p.m. with pay what you can admission for the general public. Contact stephanie. layden@rdcrs.ca. ● Story Fun Parkland Mall is offered at Parkland Mall Food Court from 10 to 11 a.m.

Snacks and stories and more for children ages two to six and their caregivers. The theme on Feb. 12 is Valentine’s Day. See www.rdpl.org ● Dawe Branch POP Goes the Teen Club is held Thursdays from 3:30 to 5 p.m. at Red Deer Public Library. Youth 12 years plus are invited to explore pop culture from Divergent trivia to Cosplay and more. On Feb. 12, take in the clay-make-tion. ● Valentine Chocolate Wars for youth ages 12 to 18 will feature chocolate wars, ultimate Smartie sorting, blindfolded chocolate identification, Whopper races, Kiss unwrapping, making Ridiculentine’s Cards out of old romance novel covers, and more on Feb. 12, 4 to 5 p.m. at Waskasoo Kiwanis Meeting Room, Red Deer Public Library Downtown Branch.

● Adults Only Retro Gaming Night goes Feb. 12, 6:30 to 8:30 in the Snell Auditorium, Red Deer Public Library at the downtown location. ● Canadian Red Cross Red Deer Volunteer Information Night is on Feb. 12, 7 to 9 p.m. at the Red Cross Office. Find out about, and sign up for, opportunities in Disaster Management, Health Equipment Loan Program, Violence and Abuse Prevention, and Administration. ● Red Deer College Mostly Acoustic Recital features talents of RDC music students on Feb. 12 at 1 p.m. in Studio C at RDC Arts Centre. Free admission. ● Red Deer College School of Creative Arts presents Student for a Day. Check out Motion Picture Arts program, Feb. 12, and Music, Theatre, Entertainment Production, Theatre Performance, and Creative and Visual Art on Feb. 13. To register, email creativearts@rdc.ab.ca. All students will receive complimentary ticket to Pride and Prejudice. ● Golden Circle Senior Resource Centre Valentine’s Dance will be Thursday, Feb. 12, 7 to 10 p.m. with music of RR4 Band.

Admission is $7. Phone 403-347-6165, 403342-2875, or 403-346-3896. ● Stephen Harper: The Musical (or How to Survive and Thrive in the Dying Days of the Empire of Oil) is a one-man show written by and starring James Gordon, which will be presented Feb. 12 at Red Deer College in The Forum. Enjoy hot food and information booths at 6 p.m. followed by the show at 7 p.m. Tickets are $15, $5 unwaged and students. See canadiansreddeer.org/musical, or www.jamesgordon.ca

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Premier Academy Cheerleading and Tumbling, based out of Red Deer, had 11 teams competing at the Cold Snap Cheer and Dance Championships on Jan. 24 in Edmonton. Each team had successes throughout the day and six of the teams came home with first place banners. “We could not be more proud of our teams’ performances and display of sportsmanship this weekend,” said co-owner, Riana Luck. “Every team has been working hard in preparation for this competition.” The Cold Snap Classic is the second largest cheerleading competition in Alberta with over 150 teams competing from throughout Alberta and Saskatchewan.

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order is increased if you have a parent or sibling with kleptomania, obsessive-compulsive disorder or a substance abuse problem. Your siblings seem to qualify. You can talk to your sister, saying that you are worried about her, and suggest she ask her doctor for a referral to a mental health professional.

We hope she gets help before she steals from someone who will have her arrested.

Dear Annie: I hope my question is not too far out of line. I have noticed many people are not able to talk without using their hands. And they can’t seem to keep their hand movements to a reasonable limit.

I recently stopped watching one of my favourite TV shows because the constant hand waving is too distracting. When a person I am close to gets out of control, I lower my eyes and do not watch, but I find the constant gesturing very annoying. Why do they do this? — J. Dear J.: Most people use their hands when they speak, some more than others.

Hand gestures can underscore what you are saying and, to some extent, can also indicate friendliness or engagement in the topic. Keeping your hands still might be misinterpreted as indifference or boredom. But large and constant hand gestures can be distracting and annoying and tend to be more common within cultures or families.

This obviously bothers you a great deal. If you are good friends with someone who waves his hands around excessively, you can gently point it out and ask whether he would temper the gestures a bit.

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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Dear Annie: My twin sister and I are 57. Every time she visits me, she takes things.

Often, I don’t realize the things are missing until I need to use them, or when I want to wrap them as gifts, which is what happened last Christmas.

When this has happened in the past, I’ve confronted my sister, but she denies taking anything. However, during my last visit to her new home, I caught her. I was hanging up my clothes in the closet, and to my shock, the top shelf had MITCHELL several of my missing things. I & SUGAR called my sister in to explain, and of course, she couldn’t lie about not stealing the items I could plainly see.

I’m financially better off than my twin, but she does quite well, too. I have always been there for her when she needed anything. She lived with me for several years when she had nowhere else to go, and I helped her get out of debt.

My brother also steals from me when he stays here. And when my sister came last week, after she gave me her word that she could be trusted, I discovered several items missing.

Is there a reason people do this? — Kansas Twin Dear Twin: Your twin (and your brother) may suffer from kleptomania, an impulse control disorder that makes it difficult to resist urges to steal items that, for the most part, you don’t need and won’t use.

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Thursday, Feb. 5 CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DATE: Don Cherry, 81; Cristiano Ronaldo, 30; Laura Linney, 51 THOUGHT OF THE DAY: Today’s energy could leave you feeling a little depressed or it can lift you up beyond what you thought was possible.

So, which way do you want to go? Both ways will be supported by the planetary energy. You will be more in tune psychically, so if you are feeling less than great, see who you are associating with. It should be a pleasant day.

Learn about relationships today.

LARISA MAIRA HAPPY BIRTHDAY: If today OZOLINS is your birthday, this year will prove to be the year whereby SUN SIGNS you will make some tangible headway towards your wishes.

This will be done by fully taking a critical and realistic look at where you are now and what you can accomplish, in a step-by-step process. Take the time to re-think and re-evaluate everything as you actively go after your goals this year.

ARIES (March 21-April 19): Psychic energy is high today. So right away, if you are not feeling good, look around at whom you are associating with. Also, there will be some stress today, so ease into the work you are doing. Look at your current reality. Ground yourself and then, step by step, do the work.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): You should have a very pleasant day, yet there could still be some pent up anger that you are dealing with. There will be an overload of activity going on with your career or with simply you moving towards your aspirations. Much will be accomplished, if you sort through it!

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): You might be caught up in a tongue war today. Let go of the need to prove your point, even if you are correct. Know that everyone is working within stressful conditions now. There is the ability to sort through exactly what you want and to work with others to achieve it now.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): You know how to help individuals, but you might come across with this knowledge in non- productive ways, for you and for them. It is time to review your current reality with a critical eye. Understand your own health and work issues in full, before you start pointing fingers.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): There will be some tense situations going on with either business partnerships or with your spouse. They might have a quick tongue or you might have that as well, but know that everyone is stressed right now, so relax a bit more.

Review your part within those relationships.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): This is going to be a busy and perhaps a bit of a stressful day for you. Interactions with others should go well and be very pleasant, but there is this underlying energy that will have to be taken seriously, as it involves work and your health. Take an honest look at those areas!

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Today will focus on you encountering individuals who create a strong positive surge of energy in you. Of course, you are still focused on properly sorting through your true passions in this life. So delve deeper within these conversations and figure out what your soul wants.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): You know where you are heading and what’s best for you, although right now, you are still reviewing that information. Nonetheless, allow for family members to have their say, but do realize that their harsh perspective is not the ultimate truth and neither are your ideals.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): You are very confident in your perspective right now. However, there are still things you would like to learn. Focus on what you would like to know more about today. Understand that wisdom comes from learning and apply that truth into the world, so share as well!

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Your thoughts are focused on your personal worth and finances. Now, don’t look at your life with such a critical eye that you belittle your accomplishments. You can always do better and so can everyone else, but be proud of what you decide to actively do with your time!

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Stress might come into play today, but try to relax more. Mercury is retrograde within your first house, your sign. This indicates that, most likely, others will see you delayed or making mistakes. So relax! Accept that this might happen and take things slowly today.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): The best thing to do today is talk, talk it all out. Everyone is stressed out for one reason or another and they will need a welcome relief.

Use that quick-witted ability of yours in a positive way and cheer someone up. Work will go well, but there will be stresses with others.

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Titania, Queen of the Fairy Kingdom (Tracey Evans), offers the service of her fairies to Nick Bottom (Duncan Macaulay) after the knavish sprite Puck turned his head into that of a donkey during Hunting Hills High School’s production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream.

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Helena (Allison Weninger) speaks about her love for Demetrius during A Midsummer Night’s Dream.

Puck (Mackenzie Johnstone) meddles in the lives of the mortals.

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BY ASHLI BARRETT /ADVOCATE STAFF One of William Shakespeare’s most popular comedic plays has once again been brought to life, this time by the fine arts students at Hunting Hills High School.

A Midsummer Night’s Dream tells the tales of four Athenian lovers, a group of amateur actors, meddling fairies, and weaves them into the celebration of Theseus, Duke of Athens’ marriage to Hippolyta.

It has been filling audiences worldwide with laughter for more than 400 years. Hunting Hills High School’s rendition is no exception, with the majority of seats filled on opening night, and a soldout Tuesday matinee.

Two casts — a total of 51 students enrolled in drama, music, art, dance, theatre technology and rock band — alternate between entertaining Red Deerians on stage and presenting

dream-themed projects during the preshow and intermission over the course of five days.

The production is a follow-up to the school’s performance of Les Miserables, the largest and most ambitious show in the school’s history. As with their last production, no student was cut from the cast, and instead were challenged to explore Shakespeare’s timeless work and learn why it has spanned centuries.

Public performances at the Welikoklad Event Centre (formerly City Centre Stage, at 4922 49th St.) run tonight and Friday at 7 p.m. and Saturday at noon.

Lobby entertainment begins 30 minutes before the show.

Tickets are sold at the door and are $15 for adults, and $12 for students, children and seniors.

Titania, Queen of the Fairy Kingdom (Tracey Evans) falls in love with Nick Bottom (Duncan Macaulay) after Puck turned his head into that of a donkey.

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

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Race driver revs up distracted driving campaign A split-second decision can your change your life.

And that’s why Red Deer’s racing phenom Parker Thompson wants to put the brakes on distracted driving.

In late March, Thompson will launch Parker Thompson Drive to Stay Alive, a safe driving education program for elementary to high school students.

And on Wednesday, Thompson joined Transportation Minister Wayne Drysdale to speak about the dangers of distracted driving at an Edmonton

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BRIEFS Man killed in rollover, police still investigating A 19-year-old man was killed in a single-vehicle rollover near Blackfalds last weekend that involved eight other people.

Nine people were in a crew cab truck when the driver lost control on Milton Road, west of Hwy 815. The truck rolled onto the roof at just after 4 a.m.

Lacombe EMS and the Clive Fire Department were already on scene attending to a 19-year-old male who was pinned in the vehicle when Blackfalds RCMP arrived.

The male was seriously injured and later died. His name is not being released by police at this time.

The other eight people travelling in the truck were uninjured, according to RCMP. Staff Sgt. Ken Morrison of the Blackfalds detachment said, to his knowledge, all of the passengers were inside the truck at the time of the rollover, which police say was partially caused by weather conditions and use of alcohol.

Morrison could not comment on the number of seatbelts in the vehicle, or whether they were worn, saying the matter is still under investigation.

Hundreds of DVDs stolen from Rocky dispenser Sometime last Saturday, someone broke into a stand-alone video dispenser in Rocky Mountain House and took 537 videos.

Rocky RCMP said the videos were DVDs and Blu-ray releases in a Redbox kiosk. The value is over $5,000.

Redbox is a company that has automated kiosks where people can rent movies and video games.

Redbox kiosks are located inside or outside places such as grocery stores, convenience stores, restaurants and pharmacies.

The one in Rocky that was broken into was located outside the Sobeys store. Someone drilled out the lock on the Redbox and stole the contents.

The Redbox cases are slim and red, and the DVDs have bar codes on them.

Anyone with information is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-200-8477 (TIPS) or the Rocky RCMP detachment at 403-845-2882.

Job training info fair at Parkland Mall today Low-income or unemployed people who want to improve their standard of living can get some help today from the Central Alberta Poverty Reduction Alliance.

The group is hosting the Moving Forward Employment and Training Information Fair from 1 to 9 p.m. at Parkland Mall in Red Deer. Advice will be available on obtaining new skills,

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The event is part of Alberta Transportation’s Distracted Driving Awareness Month.

“It’s a huge problem especially among teenagers,” said Thompson. “I want to give them the general awareness that just one text can pretty much change your life when you are driving a vehicle.”

In the Drive to Stay Alive program, Thompson will use a VRX Advanced racing simulator as he talks about his career and explains the dangers of driving distracted.

“It’s a fun, upbeat program,” said Thompson.

“Not only will you learn about what I do as a race car driver, but you also get to learn about the dangers of distracted driving.”

Thompson said he is in talks with Alberta Transportation about the logistics of the program. He hopes to obtain sponsorships to help bring his new program to schools across the province.

“I want to give back to the community of Alberta and save as many lives as we can,” said Thompson.

“Distracted driving is incredibly dangerous. With my experience on the track, I know what a split-second decision can do and how it change your

moment and your life.”

Thompson said he wants to curb the problem of being distracted behind the wheel at a young age.

Thompson started racing karts when he was eight years old.

Now at 16, he has moved up to a USF2000 race car, driving speeds up to 240 km/h.

Thompson will begin his rookie campaign on the race car circuit at the end of February.

He splits his time between Red Deer and California.

To contact Thompson, email parkertracing@gmail.com. crhyno@reddeeradvocate.com

updating or planning resumes, and the job search. Counsellors will provide support on planning a new career and about obtaining available funding and training opportunities.

The public, including those with barriers to employment, can get information on how to access various community services.

The 15 participating agencies at the fair will include social service, employment and training service groups.

For more information, call Kevin Mooney at 403-343-0424.

Mulder the Crown’s case against him.

He was arrested along with another suspect on Aug. 18 after RCMP were called to a complaint in Highland Green to a report of a suspicious vehicle.

The allegation is that the suspects attempted to flee in their vehicle and in doing so, hit several vehicles, including a police car.

Apetrea is charged with assaulting a police officer with a weapon, fleeing police, possession of stolen property, dangerous driving, leaving a collision scene and breaching release conditions.

Apetrea will now await a date for a trial in Red Deer Court of Queen’s Bench on these charges. His arraignment date is March 2, 2015.

Jessica Masyk, 25, is also charged in connection with the incident. She is scheduled to stand trial in Red Deer provincial court on Feb. 27.

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Moneyball’s inspiration to speak at Olds College The real-life baseball scout featured in the movie Moneyball is coming to speak at Olds College.

Paul DePodesta, the New York Mets vice-president of player development and scouting, will be keynote speaker for the college’s Growing the Legacy gala on Friday, March 6.

The 13th-annual gala raises money to support and enhance student experiences at the college.

Actor Jonah Hill portrayed a character based on DePodesta in the Oscarnominated movie Moneyball, starring Brad Pitt.

DePodesta is a Harvard Universityeducated economist who’s had a successful administrative career with the Canadian Football League and American Hockey League before working with the Cleveland Indians baseball club and later becoming assistant general manager with the Oakland Athletics.

His tactics with that team’s general manager, Billy Beane, became the basis for Moneyball.

The two led the cash-strapped Oakland As to four straight playoff appearances and three American League West Division titles.

Oakland went from being one of the worst teams with among the lowest payrolls to winning more games than the New York Yankees, which spent $350 million more on players salaries than the Oakland As. Tom Thompson, president of Olds College, is excited to welcome the speaker, saying “There are a number of parallels between how Paul DePodesta has unearthed hidden talent throughout his career” and how Olds College helps students discover their own potential. “(We) do big things as a small college by having the courage to think differently.”

Tickets to the gala are $275 per person or $2,000 for a table of eight.

To become a sponsor and/or purchase tickets for the event, call 403-556-8232 or email development@oldscollege.ca.

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Suspect who fled in cab identified by police Red Deer RCMP have identified the suspect who asked a cab driver to wait while he allegedly assaulted and robbed a resident at a mobile home in Mustang Acres on Jan. 31.

Police have not released the suspect’s identity.

The victim suffered bruises and cuts but did not require medical attention.

The suspect stole cash, a cellphone and some cigarettes.

Police continue to investigate, conduct interviews and analyze evidence.

No charges have been laid.

Year of the Sheep gala at Hunting Hills The Year of the Sheep will be celebrated at the Sound of Spring Gala at Hunting Hills High School on Feb. 18.

The annual Chinese New Year’s party, featuring Chinese dance and music, is co-hosted by Hunting Hills High School’s Mandarin Program and Red Deer and District Chinese Community Society.

A Chinese New Year banquet will be held at 5:30 p.m., followed by entertainment at 7 p.m.

Tickets for the dinner and show are $20 each. Tickets for just the show are $5 each.

Tickets are available at Hunting Hills High School, located at 150 Lock-

Series of fraud charges land Red Deer man in jail A Red Deer man has pleaded guilty to fraud charges and will spend the next three years in custody.

Chance Aaron Shaw, 23, pleaded guilty to causing a person to use a forged document, possession of stolen property under $5,000 and fraud under $5,000.

The remaining 33 charges he faced, including fraud, forged documents and breaching court orders, were withdrawn.

He offered safety training and certification without the proper authority to businesses in Red Deer.

Police also investigated Shaw for offering a house for rent under false pretenses.

He was sentenced on Tuesday in Red Deer provincial court to three years in custody, less 135 days pre-trial custody.

Black History Month marked at society meeting Central Alberta Historical Society is celebrating Black History Month.

At the society’s next meeting, on Feb. 18, at 7 p.m., participants will learn about Black settlement history in Alberta.

Allan Goddard, with the Breton Museum, is the featured speaker.

Breton was one of four rural communities in Alberta founded by black settlers from Oklahoma and neighbouring states.

The meeting will be held at the Red Deer Museum, located at 4525 47A Ave. Admission is free.

For more information, contact Faye at 403-343-1881.

Corrections ● A Jan. 28 brief on Page C2 contained incorrect information. Lacombe’s new police station will be built at 3906 53rd Ave. It is not part of the proposed Market Square development site, which is further south. ● A brief, Truck, train collide in Bowden on Tuesday, that appeared on Page C2 contained some incorrect information. The train involved in the collision was a CP train.

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How and why natives are killing elk at CFB Suffield The view out the window as I write them around in the cold and snow will all Groundhog Day is cold, grey and cause them to abort. To which, I’m gloomy. Out west, I doubt that Prairie sad to write, the military would reply: Rose, the local groundhog, bothered “Good! Every dead elk, no matter how to emerge from her den and, if she did, old, is a good elk.� But that controshe certainly didn’t see her shadow. versy is calm compared to the tsunami Thus, according to legend, we have of outrage from readers who say they no idea how much winter have heard that natives are BOB we face. I’m guessing we killing huge numbers of troSCAMMELL have considerably more phy bull elk on the base and than six weeks of winasking how this could be, ter ahead. We haven’t had why, how, etc. much yet, and I believe that if we don’t The huge CFB Suffield elk herd is get winter when we should, we’ll sure- the result of the military having plantly get it when we shouldn’t, like on the ed 220 head on the base in 1997-98. As May and July long weekends. Also, as you’d expect, after 18 years in ideal I type, a new form of winter doldrums habitat, with no predators and no huntdiversion is taking place: the first of ing, there are many hundreds of huge two three-day cow elk “hunts� in Feb- 300- and 400-inch trophy bulls on the ruary at Canadian Forces Base Suf- base, never previously allowed to be field by 125 lucky licence and tag hold- hunted. Meanwhile licensed, non-naers for each three-day session, drawn tive Alberta hunters can wait 10 years from more than 15,000 applications. to draw a tag to hunt trophy bull elk Each licence holder will have two tags, anywhere else in the province. meaning that, ideally, 500 pregnant After having heard from people who cow elk could be killed. “Ideally,� be- actually give their names, who were cause, in addition to an earlier hunt, there, saw and heard and even took this is all about desperate measures forbidden pictures on the base, I have to reduce the drastically out of control to report that, as at Jan. 20, officers herd of between 6,000 and 8,000 elk on at the checkpoint were reporting that the base. more than 400 bulls had been killed by Several readers have expressed out- approximately 62 native shooters. rage at hunting pregnant elk in FebAn anonymous poster on The Alberruary, asserting that just the chasing ta Outdoorsmen website claims to be a

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native who participated in the January proceedings at Suffield, and personally killed six bulls ranging from threeby-threes (points) to a seven-by-seven, “because bulls were all I saw.� “We, as First Nations,� the poster goes on, “were asked by the military to come and kill elk! Not to hunt, but to kill elk! ‘Kill what you need to feed your community.’� The OU poster echoes what other witnesses have told me about the road hunting: surrounding a herd and blasting off in all directions. “This was a massacre; someone is going to be killed there,� he writes.

The whole sorry story, from planting the elk against good advice in the first place, to the current War on Wapiti, to reserving trophy bulls for natives to hunt for food, will no doubt upstage everything, including the election of a new executive, at the 86th annual conference of the Alberta Fish and Game Association in Lethbridge Feb. 19 to 21.

If I could attend, I’d no doubt once again have to deliver the same soothing sermon I’ve delivered at AFGA conferences in the past, starting with reading the gospel according to the Natural Resources Transfer Agreement, as enshrined in the British North America Act, now the Constitution Act, i.e. the constitution of Canada:

“In order to secure to the Indians of the Province the continuance of the supply of game and fish for their support and subsistence, Canada agrees that the laws respecting game in force in the Province from time to time shall apply to the Indians within the boundaries thereof, provided, however, that the said Indians shall have the right, which the Province hereby assures to them, of hunting, trapping and fishing game and fish for food at all seasons of the year on all unoccupied Crown lands and on any other lands to which the said Indians may have a right of access.�

That’s part of the deal made when Canada transferred the natural resources of our “territory,� including wildlife, to Alberta. As interpreted by the courts since, it means that if you invite natives to hunt on your land to hunt for food, most of the provincial Wildlife Act will not apply to them.

CFB Suffield is federal land. If anyone is to blame, it is the military for the invitation to a stupid, insensitive act of reverse racism. As always, sermon ends with this: if our natives ever lose their hunting rights, the rest of us will have lost ours long before.

Bob Scammell is an award-winning columnist who lives in Red Deer. He can be reached at bscam@telusplanet.net.

Unseasonal weather can have an impact on some plants Unseasonal warm weather was a wet. The spray is available at most garwelcome break from winter in Alberta. den centres.

The weather will have little effect Covering the plants in burlap does on hardy plants but might be detrimen- not change the air temperature but it tal for some of the tender ones. Tran- does block the direct sunlight and the spiration rate of evergreens glare from the snow from increases as the temperareaching the plant, helping LINDA ture increases. to slow down transpiration.

TOMLINSON Roots of cedar and juMelting snow can cause nipers that were not comlarge icicles to form. If the pletely hydrated in the fall icicles form on plants, the might not be able to replace the mois- weight can cause the branches to bend ture lost from the needles and scales. or break.

When the evergreens lose too much It is best to remove the icicles as moisture, the needles and scales turn soon as they appear. Bent plants will a dull shade of green, then brown. On slowly begin to move upwards once the warm days, water the soil around ju- weight is removed. nipers and cedars. Some, but not all, If they do not regain their original the moisture will make it to the plant’s shape, use a wide strip of cloth or plasroots. tic to tie the branches back into proper Another method is to apply a spray position. Remove the binding once the that slows down plant transpiration. plant regains its proper shape. Snow The anti-transpiration spray is water insulates the ground, protecting roots soluble and to be effective must be from extreme and fluctuating temperareapplied each time the plant becomes ture. Once snow melts, the protection

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is lost. Tender plants can be safeguarded by placing mulch in the fall or by replacing melted snow with snow from other parts of the yard. Make sure that the snow used does not have chemicals used for melting snow from walks. Use the warm weather to walk around the yard, looking for rodent damage. Pack snow around new plantings to remove the possibility of mice and voles tunnelling under the snow to feast on tender bark. Deciduous trees and shrubs can be pruned at this time of year.

Pruning is a relatively easy process if simple rules are followed.

The most common mistake in pruning is to leave a stub. Always cut back to another branch or bud. Any part of the branch that is left will die and eventually rot. The stub will look unattractive and has the potential to let insects and diseases into the plant. Cuts that are done correctly are smooth and heal.

Another mistake is to remove too

much of the plant at one time.

When too much material is removed, the plant sends out a multitude of new branches in the form of water sprouts.

Do not remove more that a quarter of a tree or shrub in any growing season.

Start by removing all dead wood.

Then remove branches that are rubbing on another branch.

When given a choice, keep the strongest branch that is pointing in the correct direction. Lastly, shape the plant.

Prune to enhance the natural shape of the plant. Trying to keep a naturally tall tree as a shrub will require constant pruning as the plant will always revert to its natural shape. This is why short hedges often get trimmed two or three times a season. Spend time outside on warm days. There is always something to do in the garden.

Linda Tomlinson is a horticulturalist who lives near Rocky Mountain House.

She can be reached at your_garden@hotmail.com.

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The top four children’s supplements to maximize health Nutrition … there is nothing more important in shaping a child’s health than what they are, and are not, consuming on a daily basis.

Children’s nutrition is where most, if not all, effort should be focused, rather than supplementing them with a bunch of pills.

However, not everything can come from the diet, or at least not in high enough amounts for these young bodSHANE ies that are developing so fast.

JOHNSON This is why I recommend four basic supplements for all chil- NATUROPATHIC dren in my practice, three of MEDICINE which should be started from infancy.

First and foremost is a probiotic, also known as the “good” bacteria that colonize the gut. These are important in both keeping healthy digestion and the development of a child’s immune system, which is especially critical during the first two years of a child’s life.

Children who take a probiotic regularly have less diarrhea, constipation and colic. The digestive tract encompasses up to 70 per cent of the human immune system. Consuming a daily probiotic results in a healthier bowel which subsequently produces a healthier immune system for a child overall.

In addition to a probiotic, I recommend fish oil as it is one of the most valuable nutritional supplements for the human body. Many children are deficient in EPA and DHA, the omega-3 essential fatty acids found in fish oil. These vital nutrients are crucial building blocks of child development and play key roles in every aspect of health. DHA is particularly important for the developing brain which is why I stress fish oil supplements to all children in my practice.

When it comes to behavioural problems, children with them often have lower red blood cell levels of omega-3 fatty acids. Studies show that supplements containing high doses of DHA and EPA normalize fatty acid levels and improve attention, hyperactivity and impulsivity.

No. 3 on my list of essential supplements is in the form of vitamin D. Many think that by solely drinking milk, it contains enough vitamin D for our bodies.

However, this is not entirely true. Vitamin D helps ensure the body absorbs and retains calcium, critical for building bone. The immune system also needs vitamin D to function properly, which is why children with adequate vitamin D levels are less likely to catch colds and the flu.

Newer research has been examining the link between vitamin D deficiency in children and an increased likelihood of developing conditions later in life such as Type 1 diabetes, rheumatoid arthritis and Crohn’s disease. We should all continue to pay attention to the importance of vitamin D levels in young children and the preventative effect it has on their health later in life.

Lastly, I recommend a good quality multivitamin.

Having a two-and-a-half-year-old at home, I know that some days he can be the best eater and other days you would think he was attempting to fast. Kids are not always eating enough “good food” on a consistent basis to be maximizing their mineral and vitamin levels. For this reason, I like to “top up” a child’s diet with a multivitamin.

When it comes to multivitamins, most children’s products are high in sugars and other added ingredients and low in the actual amount of minerals and vitamins. Remember, quality really does matter. A popular children’s vitamin that I see many parents using has an ingredient list that contains over 39 ingredients. The first ingredient is sugar, followed by multiple colour dyes, pregelatinized starches and soy — just to name a few!

All of these supplements in a high quality form can be purchased through your naturopathic doctor’s clinic to ensure that your child’s vitamins do not become part of the example above.

Children do not eat perfectly every single day, despite having bodies that are developing at an amazing pace. Nutrition should always be the main focus for every child. However, some supplementation can often take their health to the next level and prevent future health problems.

If you are looking to maximize your child’s health and are looking for more nutritional and supplemental support, speak to your naturopathic doctor today.

Dr. Shane Johnson ND was born and raised in Red Deer and is the owner of Aspire Natural Medicine. He completed his naturopathic medical training at the Bastyr University, and is among only a handful of naturopathic doctors in Alberta to complete an additional one-year residency in family medicine.

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DRS. OZ AND ROIZEN of weigh-ins from 40 dieters. Weight began to creep up in those who hadn’t weighed themselves for about six days. Seems when you know the truth about your weight, you can’t as easily rationalize eating extra calories or acting like a couch potato. ● Get a handle on your health and banish isolation using health-boosting apps. In one new survey, just 18 per cent of Canadians over age 50 used computer apps to manage their diabetes, and just five per cent used smartphone apps — even though most owned the technology to run them. These tools can help improve blood sugar significantly without spending hardly any time messing with them. And some put you in touch with other folks working toward the same blood-sugar control goals as you are, and that support makes everyone more successful!

There are plenty of other apps, too, that are designed to help you manage your weight, fitness, blood pressure and more. Step counters and fitness trackers are like a friendly good conscience sitting on your shoulder. There even are apps to make grocerystore purchases healthier. And there’s a bonus: In another study, older adults who got training on social media felt less isolated, because they could connect with friends and loved ones without leaving home. ● Take a 15-minute stroll after lunch for better blood sugar, weight and mood. A 15-minute stroll after meals can help control your blood sugar, says a recent study from George Washington University.

That’s big news for the millions of North Americans with diabetes and the millions more with prediabetes. And you know how we feel about the cardio benefits of walking 10,000 steps a day — they’re huge!

Getting outdoors in the sunshine also can help reset your body clock for better sleep and a brighter mood. ● Make the healthy dessert decision: Go for fruit.

Added sugars may be more dangerous than too much salt for high blood pressure. The worst sources are commercial desserts packed with known food felons: added sugars and sugar syrups, saturated fat and artery-clogging trans fats. Keeping your favourite fruit on hand is a great way to get more fiber, vitamins, minerals and antioxidant-boosting phytochemicals.

They’ll satisfy your sweet tooth and give you more energy and a sunnier outlook on your now healthier day.

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Why you must try interval training Regardless of what your fitness dramatically higher level of fitor bodyweight and composition ness by adding interval training goal happens to be, you must con- into the mix.

Interval training sider doing interval is going to make your training as part of your CABEL heart work harder, standard workout rouMCELDERRY your muscles work tine. harder, and will also Interval training is stress your endocrine an ideal form of exercise for just about everyone who system more, allowing it to grow a has a decent level of base condi- higher tolerance to more intense activity. tioning behind them.

As far as total system conditionWhile it’s not for a brand new beginner, if you’re past that stage, ing goes, few activities are better than interval training. you can most certainly benefit.

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Higher calorie burn First, you’ll receive a higher total calorie burn by adding interval training to your protocol than any other form of cardio training.

Not only will you burn more calories minute by minute while doing interval training, but you’ll also burn more calories for hours after the workout is completed.

This is where the real powerful fat loss benefits come into play.

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Lower time commitment

The third nice thing about this protocol is the fact that it’s fast to do and only needs to be done a few times a week for optimal results.

If you are doing interval training twice, you will see remarkable benefits as long as you are also getting involved in strength training as well.

Your metabolic rate will increase for up to 48 hours after you have done the workout itself, reducing the need to do these workouts daily.

In addition to that, the workouts only take 20 to 25 minutes to

perform, so you can get in and out of the gym quickly, getting on with the rest of your day.

Less risk of muscle mass loss The final reason to give interval training a try is because it’s also going to be best for preserving your lean muscle mass tissue.

Doing hours and hours of steady state cardio training is a very fast way to burn up lean muscle mass, which then makes it that much harder to maintain your body weight over time.

It should be noted, however, that you do need to use interval training properly to see this benefit.

If you are exercising too often doing these sessions, then overtraining will occur and you may actually lose muscle tissue.

So be wise with how you add it to your program.

Interval training is a must-do form of exercise for anyone beyond the beginner level. Are you making use of it yet?

Cabel McElderry is a local personal trainer and nutrition coach.

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One new survey of time-starved people even reported that 58 per cent of them said they’d happily shell out $2,725 to fit an extra hour into their day! But smart folks like you don’t have to shell out big bucks to find time to do what you know is good for you. A blast of recent research reveals amazing ways you can attain your health goals in tiny tidbits of time: ● Get a great cardio workout in 12 minutes. In an exciting new study from Hamilton’s McMaster University, overweight people who normally didn’t exercise boosted their fitness with this speedy routine: A two-minute warm-up, followed by three two-minuteinterval workouts. For each interval, exercise as hard as you safely can for 20 seconds, followed by two minutes of recovery at a slow pace. Do it two more times. End with a three-minute cool down.

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‘We’re not in the same position as 2008’ CENTRAL ALBERTA REALTORS ASSOCIATION PRESIDENT ANTICIPATES A STABILIZED MARKET

BY HARLEY RICHARDS ADVOCATE BUSINESS EDITOR Sub-$50 oil has some Central Albertans reflecting fearfully on 2008 and the associated recession.

Not Lorna Moore.

The 2015 president of the Central Alberta Realtors Association sees a clear distinction between the global financial meltdown of seven years ago that spilled into Alberta and the current economic turmoil caused by tumbling oil prices.

“To me, it’s really important that people understand we’re not in the same position as 2008,” said Moore, who is broker-owner of Royal LePage Tamarack Realty in Rocky Mountain House.

In her forecast for 2015, which Central Alberta Realtors Association released on Wednesday, Moore pointed out that the international economy is stronger now than it was at the outset of the recession, led by a resurgent United States. But she added that this region’s residential resale market will start 2015 at a slower pace than last year, when home sales hit record levels.

“Probably the first quarter to first half will slow slightly, but we’re still confident that it will gain momentum

as the year goes on.”

Moore anticipates a “stabilized market,” with a good balance between supply and demand.

“I think it works well for both buyer and seller, and for us in the industry as well.”

In 2014, sales of single-detached homes in Central Alberta through the Multiple Listing Service were up nearly 11 per cent over 2013, jumping to 3,465 from 3,133. Ponoka led the way with a 36 per cent spike, going to 122 from 90. Sylvan Lake was up 33 per cent, to 355 from 268; sales in Rocky Mountain House grew by 25 per cent, to 121 from 97; and in Blackfalds the increase was 27 per cent, to 243 from 191.

Elsewhere in the region, single-family home sales were up six per cent in Stettler, to 94 from 89; five per cent in Red Deer, to 1,313 from 1,252; and two Photo by HARLEY RICHARDS/Advocate staff per cent in Innisfail, to 112 from 110.

Lorna Moore, 2015 president of the Central Alberta Realtors Associaton, is Single-family sales in Lacombe last year slipped four per cent, to 185 from forecasting that the local real estate market will get off to a slower start in 2015 192. but that activity will increase as the year progresses.

The average selling price of single family homes in Central Alberta isn’t expecting a significant reversal tor. “We’ve always been resilient and ranged from a high of $388,583 in Red now that oil prices have come down. we’ve come back.”

Deer to a low of $233,753 in Stettler. Many of the people she speaks with Moore also noted that the rental But average prices were up over 2013 say activity in the oilpatch has slowed market remains tight, so some tenants levels in most communities, with only but that widespread job cuts haven’t are likely to take advantage of the curStettler and Innisfail showing decreas- occurred. rent low interest rates and move into es.

“We’ve done this before,” said home ownership.

Moore said a strong energy sector Moore of the cyclical oil and gas sechrichards@reddeeradvocate.com contributed to last year’s gains, but she

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Finishing touches, including the installation of signs, are being made to the new Fatburger restaurant in Gasoline Alley. The franchised restaurant is scheduled to open after the Family Day weekend. It will be operated

by Ivy Siu, who also owns Red Deer’s two Ricky’s All Day Grill restaurants.

Prentice seeks to repair oilsands reputation in Washington

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KEYSTONE XL PIPELINE

WASHINGTON — Like a mobile medic, the premier of Alberta is on the road this week applying a little balm to the bruises his province’s oil industry has been taking in the United States.

Jim Prentice’s American tour comes at a painful time for Alberta oil.

He addressed three sources of those aches during a speech to a business crowd on Wednesday, as he ended a visit to Washington and headed to New York.

Prentice didn’t dwell on plunging oil prices — aside from joking that he checks them first thing in the morning, while his finance minister doesn’t sleep at all.

He lingered on two other areas: the environment and the economy. In a speech to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Prentice addressed the main criticisms lobbed at the oilsands during the Keystone XL debate.

He did it without mentioning the most famous source of that criticism, who lives in the White House, just across the street from where Prentice was speaking.

The premier attacked the economic logic espoused by the president, who suggests that Keystone XL will do nothing for Americans and simply pump Canadian oil abroad.

Prentice rattled off statistics about

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America’s involvement in the oilsands: 1,900 U.S. companies in the supply chain, a 90-cent return to the U.S. economy for every dollar spent on Canadian oil, financing from New York, oil imports from Alberta twice as high as Saudi Arabia.

“This creates jobs. American jobs.

Refinery jobs. Permanent jobs,” he said.

He then spent almost half his speech on the environment, addressing Alberta’s dirty-oil reputation.

He listed climate-change initiatives in Alberta — a carbon fund, environmental research, public transit and about $300 per capita spent on carboncapture technology.

He questioned why environmentalists go after Alberta and not other heavy-crude producers such as Venezuela and Nigeria.

“In some U.S. jurisdictions, we’re seeing specific policy proposals that are designed to exclude Canadian oil from the U.S. market while giving a free pass to comparable oils from other countries,” he said.

The challenges of rebranding Alberta oil are evident in the U.S. capital.

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A federal agency undermined Keystone during Prentice’s visit.

The Environmental Protection Agency questioned, in a letter, whether analysts at the State Department had understated the emissions from the project by basing their estimate on high oil prices.

American lawmakers, meanwhile, get analysis from the Congressional Research Service, which in a report last year said the well-to-wheels greenhouse gas emissions from Canadian oilsands are two to 18 per cent higher than from their Venezuelan rival.

Canadian federal stats aren’t all helpful, either: Environment Canada figures show that, in 2012, Alberta GHG emissions had risen seven per cent from 2005 and 47 per cent from 1990.

But Prentice says he’s eager to negotiate harmonized industrial emissions for North America.

He said that would be better than an ad-hoc approach, under ill-informed prejudices.

“In Alberta, we believe that if you are in the energy business you are in the environment business also,” he said. “And we have for a long time been leaders in taking action.”

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TORONTO — The Canadian dollar fell heavily Wednesday as an impressive string of gains in oil prices stalled amid signs of growing crude inventories in the United States.

The loonie tumbled 1.08 of a cent to 79.59 cents US following a run-up of two cents over the previous two sessions.

The jump in the Canadian currency paralleled a string of gains in oil prices that saw the March contract in New York jump four per cent over the previous four trading days.

Prices started heading higher late last week following a string of cutbacks in oil-sector capital spending — and in some production cuts — that raised hopes for relief from a huge demand/ supply imbalance.

But crude moved down $4.60 to US$48.45 a barrel after data released Wednesday by the Department of Energy showed a bigger than expected increase in U.S. inventories last week.

They rose by 6.3 million barrels, much higher than the 2.8-million-barrel increase that analysts had expected.

Crude prices have plunged 50 per cent since last summer amid a glut of supply on world markets.

Elsewhere on the commodity markets, April bullion climbed $4.20 to US$1,264.50 an ounce while March copper was ahead one cent at US$2.59 a pound, adding to a nine-cent surge on Tuesday.

In economic news, China says it is reduction the minimum level of reserves its banks are required to hold by at least 0.5 per cent in a new move to reverse a deepening economic slowdown.

Analysts expected new stimulus measures after last year’s economic growth slumped to a 24-year low of 7.4 per cent.

Meanwhile, there was positive news on the employment front two days before the release of the U.S. government’s jobs report for January.

Payroll firm ADP reported that the American private sector created 213,000 jobs last month.

Overall, economists are expecting the government data to show the economy created 233,000 jobs in January.

Canadian jobs data for January is also coming out on Friday.

Economists expect Statistics Canada to report that about 5,000 positions were created last month.

Other data showed greater expansion of the U.S. service sector last month.

The Institute for Supply Management’s non-manufacturing index rose to 56.7 from 56.5.

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OF LOCAL INTEREST Diversified and Industrials Agrium Inc. . . . . . . . . . . 132.65 ATCO Ltd.. . . . . . . . . . . . 49.10 BCE Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58.79 BlackBerry . . . . . . . . . . . 12.40 Bombardier . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.94 Brookfield . . . . . . . . . . . . 64.82 Cdn. National Railway . . 86.52 Cdn. Pacific Railway. . . 231.77 Cdn. Utilities . . . . . . . . . . 41.45 Capital Power Corp . . . . 25.93 Cervus Equipment Corp 19.30 Dow Chemical . . . . . . . . 46.22 Enbridge Inc. . . . . . . . . . 62.78 Finning Intl. Inc. . . . . . . . 22.30 Fortis Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . 40.56 General Motors Co. . . . . 35.83 Parkland Fuel Corp. . . . . 22.55 Sirius XM . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.27 SNC Lavalin Group. . . . . 43.17 Stantec Inc. . . . . . . . . . . 32.10 Telus Corp. . . . . . . . . . . . 43.63 Transalta Corp.. . . . . . . . 11.10 Transcanada. . . . . . . . . . 58.56 Consumer Canadian Tire . . . . . . . . 115.88 Gamehost . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.95 Leon’s Furniture . . . . . . . 18.45 Loblaw Ltd. . . . . . . . . . . . 62.24 MARKETS CLOSE TORONTO — Falling oil stocks helped pull the Toronto stock market lower Wednesday as further signs of rising crude inventories in the U.S. sent oil prices tumbling.

The S&P/TSX composite index dropped 67.23 points to 14,995.65, paced by a four per cent drop in the energy sector.

The Canadian dollar — a big beneficiary of the recent rally in oil prices — tumbled 1.08 cents to 79.59 cents US after rising two cents over the previous two sessions.

U.S. indexes were mixed amid positive news on the employment front two days before the release of the U.S. government’s jobs report for January.

Payroll firm ADP reported that the American private sector created 213,000 jobs last month.

Overall, economists are expecting the government data to show the economy created 233,000 jobs in January.

Other data showed greater expansion of the U.S. service sector last month.

The Institute for Supply Management’s non-manufacturing index rose to 56.7 from 56.5.

The Dow Jones industrials gained 6.62 points to 17,673.02, the Nasdaq was down 11.04 points at 4,716.7 and the S&P 500 index shed 8.52 points to 2,041.51.

Crude prices gave back a chunk of the 19 per cent surge registered over the previous four sessions, down $4.60 to US$48.45 a barrel.

Prices started heading higher late last week following a string of cutbacks in capital spending by oil companies — and in some cases production cuts — raising hopes for relief from a huge imbalance in demand and supply.

Maple Leaf Foods. . . . . . 21.71 Rona Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.93 Wal-Mart . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86.65 WestJet Airlines . . . . . . . 31.36 Mining Barrick Gold . . . . . . . . . . 16.22 Cameco Corp. . . . . . . . . 18.83 First Quantum Minerals . 12.70 Goldcorp Inc. . . . . . . . . . 30.35 Hudbay Minerals. . . . . . . 10.04 Kinross Gold Corp. . . . . . . 4.21 Labrador. . . . . . . . . . . . . 17.52 Potash Corp.. . . . . . . . . . 45.77 Sherritt Intl. . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.16 Teck Resources . . . . . . . 17.98 Energy Arc Resources . . . . . . . . 23.33 Badger Daylighting Ltd. . 23.80 Baker Hughes. . . . . . . . . 60.98 Bonavista . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.91 Bonterra Energy . . . . . . . 42.20 Cdn. Nat. Res. . . . . . . . . 37.68 Cdn. Oil Sands Ltd. . . . . 10.60 Canyon Services Group. . 7.58 Cenovous Energy Inc. . . 25.04 CWC Well Services . . . 0.4200 Encana Corp. . . . . . . . . . 17.38 Essential Energy. . . . . . . . 1.39 However, data released Wednesday by the Department of Energy showed U.S. inventories last week rose by 6.3 million barrels, much higher than the 2.8-million-barrel increase that analysts had expected.

Crude prices have plunged about 50 per cent since last summer amid a glut of supply on world markets.

Analysts have warned that oil prices could retest lows of $44 or even move lower. In the meantime, investors are trying to look past the volatility in the markets.

The other big TSX decliner was the base metals sector, which advanced over the last few days on a run-up in copper prices.

The sector gave back 2.65 per cent even as March copper added a penny at US$2.59 a pound.

The gold sector was the leading advancer, up 2.7 per cent as April bullion climbed $4.20 to US$1,264.50 an ounce.

The TSX was also supported by strong gains in the consumer staples and tech sectors.

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

Stocks: S&P/TSX Composite Index — 14,995.65, down 67.23 points Dow — 17,673.02, up 6.62 points S&P 500 — 2,041.51, down 8.52 points Nasdaq — 4,716.70, down 11.04 points Currencies: Cdn — 79.59 cents US, down 1.08 cents Pound — C$1.9107, up 3.05 cents Euro — C$1.4313, up 0.77

Court orders Ryan Seacrest’s company to pay BlackBerry for violating an injunction TORONTO — A U.S. district court judge has ordered a company cofounded by “American Idol” host Ryan Seacrest to pay BlackBerry for violating an injunction.

Typo Products, which counts Seacrest among its top investors, will pay about US$860,600 in fines for going

Exxon Mobil . . . . . . . . . . 91.46 Halliburton Co. . . . . . . . . 42.39 High Arctic . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.72 Husky Energy . . . . . . . . . 27.31 Imperial Oil . . . . . . . . . . . 49.56 Pengrowth Energy . . . . . . 4.01 Penn West Energy . . . . . . 2.56 Pinecrest Energy Inc. . . . 0.015 Precision Drilling Corp . . . 6.87 Suncor Energy . . . . . . . . 37.49 Talisman Energy . . . . . . . . 9.48 Trican Ltd.. . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.07 Trinidad Energy . . . . . . . . 4.49 Vermilion Energy . . . . . . 56.45 Financials Bank of Montreal . . . . . . 75.29 Bank of N.S. . . . . . . . . . . 63.43 CIBC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91.34 Cdn. Western . . . . . . . . . 28.29 Carfinco . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.70 Great West Life. . . . . . . . 32.90 IGM Financial . . . . . . . . . 45.19 Intact Financial Corp. . . . 85.89 Manulife Corp. . . . . . . . . 21.40 National Bank . . . . . . . . . 46.52 Rifco Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.85 Royal Bank . . . . . . . . . . . 74.13 Sun Life Fin. Inc.. . . . . . . 41.35 TD Bank . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52.55 of a cent Euro — US$1.1391, down 0.93 of a cent Oil futures: US$48.45 per barrel, down $4.60 (March contract) Gold futures: US$1,264.50 per oz., up $4.20 (April contract) Canadian Fine Silver Handy and Harman: $22.733 oz., up 23.1 cents $730.87 kg., up $7.43 ICE FUTURES CANADA WINNIPEG — ICE Futures Canada closing prices: Canola: March ’15 $2.00 lower $455.30; May ’15 $1.80 lower $451.50; July ’15 $1.10 lower $449.40; Nov ’15 $0.40 higher $439.10; Jan. ’16 $0.40 higher $440.70; March ’16 $0.40 higher $441.60; May ’16 $0.40 higher $444.60; July ’16 $0.40 higher $448.50; Nov. ’16 $0.40 higher $447.70; Jan. ’17 $0.40 higher $447.70; March ’17 $0.40 higher $447.70.

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.

Wednesday’s estimated volume of trade: 450,680 tonnes of canola; 0 tonnes of barley (Western Barley) Total: 450,680.

against a preliminary injunction that prevented it from continuing to sell a keyboard case made for iPhones.

The fine covers sanctions, as well as attorney fees and costs incurred in connection with Typo’s violation, according to court documents.

Early last year, BlackBerry (TSX:BB) accused Typo of copying its keyboard design in an effort to capitalize on the smartphone maker’s “commercial recognition and goodwill.”

Shortly afterward, the court issued a preliminary injunction which prevented Typo from selling the case.

Court approves Target to begin liquidating inventory as early as Thursday got off the ground and it continued to bleed money from its Canadian operations with no sign of a solid improvement.

When Target announced its decision last month to exit the country, the company emphasized plans to make it happen quickly, promising that a liquidation would start within a few weeks.

Part of the exit strategy includes selling off the valuable properties and existing leases for its stores, which are estimated to be worth about $1.1 billion.

On Wednesday, the retailer and its liquidator were told they could begin to hunt for others interested in buying up those assets.

Major brands like Canadian Tire, Loblaws and GoodLife Fitness are expected to put an offer in on at least some of the locations.

Lawyers representing some landlords agreed to meet with the court next Wednesday to work out further details on how the real estate sales will proceed.

The retailer and its liquidator have argued that it needs to sell the properties immediately to keep its speedy exit from the Canadian market on schedule for mid-May. But landlords are concerned that Target’s liquidation sales will take away business from other tenants.

“I think all parties are exaggerating,” Ontario Superior Court Justice Geoffrey Morawetz said.

“And I mean that quite sincerely.”

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — Shoppers can expect their local Target Canada store to begin knocking down prices starting Thursday, after the retailer received court approval to liquidate its stock.

The company got the go-ahead at a hearing Wednesday involving dozens of lawyers representing the retailer, landlords and suppliers.

Target spokeswoman Molly Snyder said discounts will take up to 30 per cent off regular prices.

Already many Target stores have stopped carrying perishables like milk, eggs and frozen foods, Snyder said in an interview.

The company is still clearing product out of its distribution centres, she added. In addition to its remaining inventory, Target’s shelving, fixtures and equipment will also be sold.

The U.S.-based retailer announced last month that it would close all 133 of its Canadian stores and lay off more than 17,000 staff.

Some of those employee reductions have already happened at its Toronto headquarters, where its 770 person staff has been reduced to about 80 people, Snyder said.

Target opened its doors in Canada less than two years ago, after it purchased old Zellers locations and remodelled them to more closely reflect the U.S. company’s image.

But the retailer failed to deliver on customer expectations — sales never

Girling told reporters following his speech at the Toronto Region Board of Trade on Wednesday.

“And I don’t think that you need to have another market study to tell you that.”

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has suggested that in light of the recent drop in oil prices the State Department revisit how big of a toll the Keystone XL pipeline would have on global warming.

Pipeline supporters have argued that approving the project would not boost greenhouse gas emissions because the crude would get to market regardless — if not by pipeline then by rail. But the EPA says in a letter issued Tuesday that the slide in crude prices has created tough economic conditions for oil producers and that in absence of a pipeline, oil production — and emissions — will likely be reduced.

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TransCanada CEO says EPA’s call for further review a delay tactic TORONTO — TransCanada’s chief executive says suggestions that the environmental impacts of the Keystone XL pipeline be revisited in light of lower crude prices are merely a tactic to delay the project. Russ Girling says global demand for oil will continue to grow over the coming years, and that volatile crude prices do not mitigate the need for pipelines to transport that oil.

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announcements Obituaries CAVERHILL William (Bill) Jan. 19, 1929 - Jan. 29, 2015 Bill Caverhill of Lacombe passed away suddenly at the Lacombe Hospital on January 29, 2015 at the age of 86 years. Bill is lovingly remembered by his three children and their families; Bryan (Suzanne) his children Janet (Grant) and great granddaughter Marion, Heather and Galen; Karen (Michael) their children Eva, Saul and Isaac; Carolyn (Troy) and their children Alisha and Sarah. Three sisters: Donalda, Gwen, Beverly as well as numerous nieces and nephews. He was predeceased by his wife Gladys, his parents Archibald and Lettie, sister Jean and brother Jim. A memorial service will be held at Wilson’s Funeral Chapel in Lacombe on Saturday February 7, 2015 at 11:00 a.m.

In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the Canadian Cancer Society or to the charity of the donor’s choice.

Condolences may be made by visiting: www.wilsonsfuneralchapel.ca WILSON’S FUNERAL CHAPEL & CREMATORIUM serving Central Alberta with locations in Lacombe and Rimbey in charge of arrangements. Phone: 403.782.3366 or 403.843.3388 “A Caring Family, Caring for Families”

WILSON Ronald Joseph Ronald Joseph Wilson was born on August 7, 1937 and passed away Sunday February 1, 2015 at the Red Deer Regional Hospital, surrounded by his family, after a battle with cancer. Ron was in the Royal Canadian Air Force for 33 years. During his time with the military he travelled around the world and was stationed in B.C, Ontario, Quebec and Germany. He retired as a Sergeant in the mid 1980’s, when he found a home in Sylvan Lake. He then owned and operated the Sylvan Lake Fas Gas for 10 years and went on to work for Short Stop (Parkland Industries) for another 5 years.

Ron loved the outdoors. He hiked and hunted, walked his dogs and taught them to hunt and retrieve birds. Ron liked to keep busy whether he was helping Joan in the garden, or just going to wash his truck. Ron also had a passion for hockey; He enjoyed watching his son, grandsons and great grandson play. He is survived by his loving wife of nearly 57 years Joan Catherine, his daughters LeeAnn (Dave), Tammy and son Darcy (Stacy), 7 grandchildren: Dana, Collin, Jennifer, Kyle, Michelle, Brandon and Austin and a great grandson Calder. A Funeral Service for the late Ronald J Wilson will be held at the Chapel of the Sylvan Lake Funeral Home, Sylvan Lake, Alberta on Saturday, February 7, 2015 at 11:00 A.M. Cremation entrusted to the Rocky Mountain Crematorium, Rocky Mountain House, Alberta. Condolences may be forwarded to: www.sylvanlakefuneralhome.ca.

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NIELSEN Shirley Mae Shirley Mae Nielsen of Red Deer County passed away at Red Deer on January 31, 2015 at the age of 79 years.

She will be lovingly remembered by her husband, Andrew Nielsen; niece, Susan Nielsen of Red Deer; brother, Dale Nielsen of Red Deer; and sister-in-law, Shirley Nielsen of Red Deer.

She is predeceased by her parents, Orla and Edna Nielsen; and brother, Darwin Nielsen. Shirley lived a dedicated life devoting her time towards the farm, her family and close friends. She traveled to many destinations vicariously through her favorite television programs and she was an avid collector of cookbooks.

Shirley placed high value on history and learning. Her generosity, warm smile and laughter will be missed by all.

We love you heaps. At Shirley’s request, there will not be a funeral service.

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McCANN John 1923 - 2015 John passed away peacefully on February 1, 2015 at the Rosefield Care Centre in Innisfail, AB. He leaves to mourn, his wife Annie (Ann); 4 sons, Chuck, Clancy, Mickey and Grady; 3 daughters, Patricia, Donna and Heather; as well as 14 grandchildren; 6 great grandchildren; and 3 great-great grandchildren. A Funeral Mass will be celebrated on Thursday, February 5, 2015 at 2:00 p.m. at St. Mary’s Catholic Church, 6 McMillan Avenue, Red Deer, Alberta with Reverend Les Drewicki presiding. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations in John’s honour may be made directly to the Heart & Stroke Foundation, Suite 202, 5913 - 50 Avenue, Red Deer, AB T4N 4C4. Condolences may be forwarded to family and friends at www.reddeerfuneralhome.com.

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LODGE Henry 1924 - 2015 Mr. Henry Alfred Lodge of Red Deer, Alberta passed away at the Red Deer Regional Hospital Centre on Saturday, January 31, 2015 at the age of 90 years.

Henry was born on April 19, 1924 at Danville, Quebec.

He will be lovingly remembered by his sons; James (Ann) Lodge of Port Moody, British Columbia, Michael (Danielle) Lodge of Medicine Hat, Alberta, Peter (Kathy) Lodge of Sylvan Lake, Alberta and Jeffrey (Lisa) Lodge of Calgary, Alberta, his daughters; Judy (Harbans) Sawhney of Newmarket, Ontario and Marilyn Massie of Edmonton, Alberta, his grandchildren; Paul (Rezarta) Sawhney and their children, Jackson and Henry, Erik (Janessa) Lodge and their children, Kohen and Nate, Karen (Michael) Hansen, Jennifer (Alex) Temple and their daughter, Isabelle, Andrew (Serena) Lodge and Cheyenne Lodge. He will also be sadly missed by his sister, Betty Martinovic of Vancouver, British Columbia, as well as numerous nieces, nephews and dear friends.

Henry was predeceased by his loving wife of fifty-seven years, Elizabeth, a brother, Stanley Lodge and a sister, Phyllis Foley. A Memorial Service will be held at Parkland Funeral Home and Crematorium, 6287 - 67 A Street (Taylor Drive), Red Deer, Alberta on Friday, February 6, 2015 at 1:00 p.m. If desired, Memorial Donations in Henry’s honor may be made directly to the Heart & Stroke Foundation of Alberta and N.W.T. at www.heartandstroke.ab.ca.

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DOBBS Bryon “Jack” Bryon “Jack” Dobbs passed away suddenly while vacationing in Mexico on Tuesday, January 27, 2015.

He is survived by his wife Lois, son Derek, daughter Nicole Dobbs-Noel (Rick), grandsons Logan and Leland, brothers Daryl (Jean), Carmen (Charlotte), Allan (Ester), and sister Linda. He leaves to mourn countless nieces, nephews, and friends. A celebration of life will be held at the iHotel on 67th Street in Red Deer on Friday, February 6 between 3:00 p.m. and 6:00 p.m.

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HECK Chase Leonard July 31, 1995 - Jan. 31, 2015 Chase Leonard Heck was born in Edson, Alberta on July 31, 1995 to Leon and Sonia Heck.

His sister and best friend Emma joined his life February 10,1998.

We joined the community of Lacombe in August of 2002, where Chase made many wonderful memories. He graduated high school in Lacombe and began working at Downtons Oilfield Services working towards getting his picker ticket. Chase grew up with a love for hunting, fishing, camping, hockey, lacrosse, animals, work, and just hanging out with his buddies having a blast. Chase was extremely proud of the trophy mule deer he harvested in 2012 along side of his Dad. He was named “Alberta Hunter of the Year” by Alberta Outdoorsman. It was the largest deer taken in Alberta that year. Chase had a zest for life like no other. He made many people laugh, smile, and pushed his way into their hearts. Chase’s crazy ways and kind heart will never be forgotten. With sad hearts we lost Chase on January 31, 2015 at the age of 19. Left with memories and love are: Mom and Dad, Leon and Sonia Heck, Sister and best friend, Emma Heck, and his dog Cooper.

Grandparents, Leonard and Doris Heck (Provost, AB), Diana Hartman (Lacombe, AB). Aunts and uncles: Kim and Henri Tessier (Beaumont, AB), also God Parents, Lisa and Dean Holte (Hughenden, AB).

Jim Gordon (Swan Hills, AB), Shannon and Kelly Clemmer (Wainwright, AB). Cousins: Rene and Kimberly Tessier (Beaumont, AB), Chantal, Michael and Ellyana Berube (Beaumont, AB), Joel Tessier (Beaumont, AB), Nicolette Tessier (Calgary, AB). Travis, Ashley, Mesha, and Ryder Holte (Hughenden, AB), Marc, Megan, Quinn and Dallas Holte (Hughenden, AB), Derek, Miranda, Chloe, Easton, Emerson (Czar, AB), Ashton Clemmer (Edmonton, AB), Heather and Brigitte Gordon (St. Albert, AB). Honorary Brothers and Sisters: Kyle Stegmaier, Jayden Hubbard, Taylor Sulzle, Nichola Gillingham, Justin Sulzle, Cole Oast, Shaina Gordon, Kara Kashuba, Duece Sawyer, Nick Hatzimanolakis, Riley Suggett, Quinn Brown, Charlie Kuhn, Kayla Guimond, Thyrus Ignatiuk and many more friends that Chase loved. A celebration of Life will be held for Chase at the Lacombe Memorial Centre, Friday February 6, 2015 at 1:00 p.m. In memory of Chase donations can be made to any SPCA. Chase held a special place in his heart for dogs in need. Condolences may be made by visiting www.wilsonsfuneralchapel.ca WILSON’S FUNERAL CHAPEL & CREMATORIUM serving Central Alberta with locations in Lacombe and Rimbey in charge of arrangements. Phone: 403.782.3366 or 403.843.3388 “A Caring Family, Caring for Families”

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SPIERS Adam and Chantel are excited to announce the birth of their son Paxton Calvin James. Born at home January 12, 2015 at 3:13 a.m weighing 6 lbs. 12 oz. A new little brother for Jenessa, Isabella and Keaton. Special thanks to our midwives, Jenn Bindon and Tina Henry.

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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 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

720

Administrative Assistant (part-time) opportunity available at Our Lady of Victory Camp. For more information please go to www.olvc.ab.ca or www. caedm.ca/careers IMMEDIATE Opening for F/T receptionist. Must have excellent customer service skills and be computer literate. Duties to include daily downloads, answering phones, dealing with clients, posting of payments to accounts, preparing deposits, reconciling of statements, preparing courier and mail.

Please send resumes to laurel@clarkeinsurance.ca

Dental

740

IMMEDIATE OPENING FOR EXP’D. DENTAL RECEPTIONIST We offer competitive wages & flexible hours.

Must be willing to work days, evenings & some Saturdays.

Please drop off resume ATTN: Marina at Bower Dental Centre or email: marina@bowerdental.com UNIQUE exp. HYGIENIST required.

New grads welcome. P/T to F/T position.

Please drop off resume ATTN: Marina at Bower Dental Centre or email: marina@bowerdental.com

Janitorial

770

Full Time Cleaners required for day’s at Nova Joffre Site.

ST $15.00 Per Hr. Must be able to pass drug & alcohol testing & fit test.

Excellent spoken & written English communication required. Send resume to aramark6685@gmail.com or fax @ 403-314-7504

Oilfield

Wonderful Things

60

Personals

Clerical

LINDSAY Jerald Lyle June 25, 1946 - Feb. 2, 2015 Jerry is at peace after a long battle against cancer. We, his family, are so proud of Jerry for his strength and determination. Jerry leaves to mourn, his loving wife, Peggy, sons; Scott (Jacquie) and Evan (Kirstie), special Births grandson, Kyson, and brothers; William (Char) and Keith (Anne).

He was predeceased by his son, Aaron, and parents; Lyle and Iris. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations in ARE YOU EXPECTING Jerald’s honour may be A BABY SOON? made directly to the Red Welcome Wagon Deer Hospice Society, 99 has a Arnot Avenue, Red Deer, special package Alberta, T4R 3S6. just for you & Condolences may be your little one! forwarded to the family by For more information, visiting Call Lori, 403-348-5556 www.eventidefuneralchapels.com Arrangements entrusted to EVENTIDE FUNERAL CHAPEL

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Coming Events

800

Come in Small Packages

A Birth Announcement lets all your friends know he’s arrived...

309-3300

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

D2 RED DEER ADVOCATE Thursday, Feb. 5, 2015 Restaurant/ Hotel

820

THE RUSTY PELICAN is now accepting resumes for

Exp. Bartenders, Full knowledge of all cocktails, inventory control, must be of professional COLTER ENERGY LP nature and be capable of IS NOW HIRING working all shifts.

WELL TESTING: Apply within: 2079-50 Supervisors Ave. 2-4 pm. Mon.- Fri. Fax 403-347-1161 Phone Night Operators calls WILL NOT be Operators • Have current Safety accepted. Only candidates selected for interview will certificates including H2S be contacted.

• Be prepared to work in remote locations for THE RUSTY PELICAN is extended periods of time now accepting resumes for • Must be physically fit F/T DISHWASHER • Competitive wages, benefits Must maintain work and RRSP offered station to sanitary Please email resume with measures and be capable current driver’s abstract to: of working all shifts. jbecker@colterenergy.ca Apply within: 2079-50 Ave. 2-4 pm. Mon.-Fri. LOCAL SERVICE CO. Fax 403-347-1161 Phone in Red Deer REQ’S EXP. calls WILL NOT be VACUUM TRUCK accepted.

Only Candidates OPERATOR selected for interview will Must have Class 3 licence be contacted. w/air & all oilfield tickets.

Fax resume w/drivers THE RUSTY PELICAN is abstract to 403-886-4475 now accepting resumes for WELL EXPERIENCED

SERVERS Must hold a current ProServe Certificate and be fully exp. in wine service. Professional appearance is a definite requirement.

Must have Ref’s & Exp. Apply within: 2079-50 Ave. 2-4 pm. Mon.-Fri. Fax 403-347-1161 Phone calls WILL NOT be accepted. Only candidates selected for an interview will be contact.

SERVICE RIG Bearspaw Petroleum Ltd is seeking a FLOORHAND Locally based, home every night! Qualified applicants

must have all necessary valid tickets for the position being applied for.

Bearspaw offers a very competitive salary and benefits package along with a steady work schedule.

Please submit resumes: Attn: Human Resources Email: payroll@bearspawpet.com Fax: (403) 252-9719 or Mail to: Suite 5309, 333-96 Ave. NE Calgary, AB T3K 0S3

Trades

Central Alberta’s Largest Car Lot in Classifieds

• GED Preparation

850

ACADEMIC Express ADULT EDUCATION AND TRAINING

SPRING START

Misc.

Help

880

HELP WANTED The Assistant Property Manager, under the direction of the Property Manager, is responsible for coordinating all aspects of apartment community operations and to act as main point of contact in the absence of the Property Manager. The right candidate must be a team player with a positive can-do attitude. Send Resume to: brandybhatt@outlook.com Post available for F/T and P/T Tel.: 647-609-1926 ASSISTANT PROPERTY MANAGER Something for Everyone Everyday in Classifieds Buying or Selling your home?

Check out Homes for Sale in Classifieds

SOURCE ADULT VIDEO requires mature P/T help Fri & Sat. Graveyard Shift.

11 pm -7 am. e-mail resume to: nwoods1976@ hotmail.com, fax to: 403-346-9099 or drop off at: 3301-Gaetz Avenue

TURPLE BROS. LTD. Is taking resumes for: Accessories Dept. with experience in clothing or power sport industry.

F/T positions avail.

Please email resume to HR Department brenda@turplebros.ca You can sell your guitar for a song... or put it in CLASSIFIEDS and we’ll sell it for you!

Employment Training

900

SAFETY

LOGS

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. (acrossfrom from Totem) (across Rona North)

MR. COFFEE Steam Espresso and Cappuccino maker. New in box. $25.

403-314-9603

CLASSIFICATIONS

Household Furnishings

1500-1990

1520

BRADFORD Exchange picture, 1995 Limited Edition. “Winter Solstice”.

Beautifully framed. $40.

403-342-4898

1530

9th Annual Speed Show & Collector Car Auction March 13-15, 2015 Westerner Park, Red Deer Special Guests Rick & Kelly Dale: American Restoration Dan & Laura Dotson: Storage Wars Consign Today 1-888-296-0528 Ext 102 consign@egauctions.com EGauctions.com

WE are looking for a • Women in the Trades Plant Laborer Children's Program Terrafirma Resources is a for our Kuusamo facility.

Pipeline and Facility Items The plant is located 4-5 • Math and Science for Construction Company kilometers west of Sylvan the Trades Program based out of Eckville that LEGO system by Lake on Hwy 11. is currently seeking a Samsonite 717 Junior This is an entry level Gov’t of Alberta Funding Journeyman Picker constructor position working mainly may be available.

Operator to operate a 40 $200 403-347-3849 outdoors that can lead ton picker. Work is local, into the Plant Operator 403-340-1930 home most nights. ComRAGGEDY ANN sleeping positions. Duties will petitive wages are offered, www.academicexpress.ca bag plus box of toys and include assistance of scheduled days off and a books. All for $20.

Plant Operators in the GOODMEN positive work environment.

403-314-9603 transfer of chemicals, Previous pipeline ROOFING LTD. movement of product experience and all oilfield Requires within the plant, truck and tickets are a minimum rail car loading/unloading, Clothing requirement for this SLOPED ROOFERS and chemical blending as position. Please email LABOURERS well as housekeeping and resume to Jason at & FLAT ROOFERS light maintenance. We are COVERALL ALLS, men’s jason@ dark green, sz. 44. $10. looking for hard working, terrafirmaresources.ca.

Valid Driver’s Licence 403-347-5316 flexible, safety conscious preferred. Fax or email people with equipment info@goodmenroofing.ca experience, some basic Equipmentor (403)341-6722 Professionals mechanical abilities, NO PHONE CALLS PLEASE! driver’s license, and own Heavy transportation. We offer HIGH PAYING Real Estate WATER WELL DRILLING TRAILERS for sale or rent an excellent benefits plan COMPANY IN BENTLEY Career opportunity.

Job site, office, well site or and a company matching REQ’S EXPERIENCED Training provided. Flexible storage. Skidded or RRSP savings plan.

WATER WELL hours. Help-U-Sell of Red wheeled. Call 347-7721.

Please forward your Deer. Call Dave at DRILLERS HELPER resume via email to the 403-350-1271 or email with class 3, air. All safety address attached. Please resumes to Dave tickets required. have ‘Plant Laborer’ in the @homesreddeer.com Fax resume with drivers Firewood subject line. Drug and abstract: 403-748-3015 alcohol policy in effect and pre-employee testing.

Restaurant/ AFFORDABLE Inquiries regarding careers Homestead Firewood Truckers/ Hotel with CFR should be Spruce & Pine -Split. Firepits Drivers directed to avail. 7 days/wk. 403-304-6472 EAST 40TH PUB hr@cfrchemicals.com Start your career!

REQ’S P/Tor F/T COOK Fax: 346-2299 See Help Wanted Apply in person with resume Looking for a place 3811 40th Ave. to live?

FIREWOOD, Spruce & Take a tour through the Pine. North of Costco JJAM Management (1987) Ltd., o/a Tim Horton’s CLASSIFIEDS 403-346-7178, 392-7754 Requires to work at these Red Deer, AB locations: Advocate 5111 22 St. Opportunities 37444 HWY 2 S 37543 HWY 2N 700 3020 22 St. CENTRAL AB based FOOD ATTENDANT MORRISROE AREA: trucking company requires Req’d permanent shift Adult Newspaper Carriers Needed Owner Operators weekend day and evening For Early Morning Delivery of the & Contract Drivers both full and part time. in AB. Home the odd night.

16 Vacancies, $10.25/hr. + RED DEER ADVOCATE Weekends off. Late model benefits. Start ASAP. tractor pref. 403-586-4558 Job description With only 64 papers, approximately: www.timhortons.com Classifieds...costs so little $350.00/mo.

Education and experience Saves you so much! not req’d.

Apply in person or fax For More Information, resume to: 403-314-1303 Misc.

Please call Prodie

1580

1590 1630 1660

820

860

Help

880

403-314-4301

1720

COFFEE TABLE, hexagon shaped, heavy oak look 15’ high, 38” wide. $25.

403-347-5316 DINING ROOM SET with 4 chairs & leaf, exc. shape. nice top with light wood around side, brass legs on chairs. $150 403-346-4155 FIVE ft. dresser $60, coffee table $20, 2 night tables, $20 each, kitchen table, $20. 403-392-5657 Antiques, furniture and estates. 342-2514

Stereos TV's, VCRs

1730

SPEAKERS, (2) bookshelf Sony, very good. cond. $20 for both.

403-342-4898

Jewellery

1750

SILVER pierced earrings, made in Israel, never been worn, appraised $135, asking $100. 403-227-2976

Misc. for Sale

1760

BACK PACK, $8 QUILT, Queen size pink floral $10; 403-347-5316 CHAIR, rocker and recliner exc. shape $50/ea. or both for $90. Will deliver in town only. 403-348-6449 KNITTING MACHINE, portable, in case, large quantity of wool, knitting needles, various sizes. $15. for all. SOLD LIGHT & WALL plug covers, white, 25; assorted openings. all for $10.

403-342-4898 NEW tote bags, 3, zippered, red and gold satin, and black croc. paten, $20 each or 3 for $50. 403-227-2976 SNOWBLOWER, MPD , 8 HP, 24’ cut, $350. o.b.o.

SOLD! SOLD! SUITCASE, black carryon. Very good cond. $10.

403-314-9603

1830

Cats

1 SIAMESE, 3 Balinese kittens, $50/ea.

403-887-3649

Sporting Goods

1860

BASEBALL Bat and 2 gloves. $3.

403-343-1503

PUP TENT, nylon, $5; 2 canvas duffel bags, $5.

403-343-1503 SKIS, 205 Mega Sport Tyrolia, and boots Sz. 10, Memo Salomon. $40. ea. or both for $70 or offers 403-346-2070

Travel Packages

1900

TRAVEL ALBERTA Alberta offers SOMETHING for everyone.

Make your travel plans now.

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rentals CLASSIFICATIONS

FOR RENT • 3000-3200 WANTED • 3250-3390

Houses/ Duplexes

3020

FOR LEASE, Executive style 1/2 duplex in Lacombe on large lot.

4 bdrms., 3 bath, dble. garage, no pets, N/S. 403-588-2740

MOUNTVIEW 3 bdrm. house, main floor, 5 appls., fenced yard, large deck, rent $1500 incl. all utils. $900 s.d. Avail. now or Mar 1. 403-304-5337 Older 2 bedroom 1 bath home 5820-60A St. $995.00 month plus utilities- to view email steelpper@hotmail.com

WEST PARK 3 bdrm., 2 bath, 4 appls., large fenced yard, $1750. mo. incld’s utils. $1000. d.d. just reno’d, Avail. now or Mar. 1. 403-304-5337

Condos/ Townhouses

3030

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 Classifieds Your place to SELL Your place to BUY

Advocate Opportunities

WINTER START LUCKY’S LOUNGE GED Preparation located in Jackpot Casino, requires Waitress’s Would you like to take the Fri. - Sun. Please apply in GED in your community? person at 4950 47 Ave. No phone calls please • Red Deer • Rocky Mtn. House P/T COOK WANTED ~ Weekends & evenings. • Rimbey • Caroline also Till/Coffee cart per• Castor son, P/t to F/T. Phone • Sylvan Lake Donnetta @ Red Deer Bingo Centre 403-347-4504 • Innisfail • Stettler • Ponoka • Lacombe Gov’t of Alberta Funding may be available.

THE RUSTY PELICAN is now accepting resumes for 4 F/T Exp’d LINE COOKS at all stations. MUST HAVE: •

403-340-1930 www.academicexpress.ca

ACADEMIC Express

2 yrs. relevant exp., completion of High School, be reliable, self motivated, work well under limited • supervision in fast paced environment.

•

Salary is $14 - $18./hr. 40 hr. wk. dependant on exp. • 733644 Ab Ltd. O/A The Rusty Pelican 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.

THE RUSTY PELICAN is now accepting resumes for WELL EXPERIENCED

HOSTESS Mature professional familiar with maitre d’ capabilities. Would be an asset to have a current ProServe Certificate and familiar with wine service.

Professional appearance is a definite requirement.

Must have Ref’s & Exp. Apply within: 2079-50 Ave. 2-4 pm. Mon.-Fri. Fax 403-347-1161 Phone calls WILL NOT be accepted. Only candidates selected for an interview will be contact.

ADULT EDUCATION AND TRAINING

SPRING START GED Preparation Women in the Trades Program Math and Science for the Trades Program Gov’t of Alberta Funding may be available.

CARRIERS REQUIRED

1 day a week in: LACOMBE BLACKFALDS Please call Rick for details 403-314-4303

ANDERS AREA

FT and PT shunt truck drivers needed in Innisfail, AB. Fax resume to 403-227-2743 or call 403-227-2712 for more information.

UFA/BAR W

The successful candidate will have warehouse experience, preferably with electrical and mechanical background as well as forklift exp. Strong computer skills is an asset.

Please fax resumes to 403-347-9301 or email: administration @barwpetroleum.com

ROUTES IN:

Ahlstrom Close Andrew Close Asstlee / Ansett Cres.

Allsop Ave. / Allsop Cres.

Anderson Close Anquetel Close BOWER AREA

RED DEER ADVOCATE

Beatty Close Broughton / Brookes Boyce St. / Byer Close Baile Close / Boyce St. Brown Close / Barrett Dr.

For more information or to apply call Joanne at the Red Deer Advocate 403-314-4308

INGLEWOOD AREA Isbister Close Inkster Close Isaacson Close Inglewood Dr. Isherwood Close Iverson Close MORRISROE AREA

NEWSPAPER CARRIERS NEEDED For Afternoon Delivery 2 Days/Week (Wed. & Fri.)

WESTPARK & WESTLAKE Westpark Cres. & 35 St. GLENDALE Good Cres. & 59 Ave.

has an opening for:

WAREHOUSE SHIPPER/RECEIVER

3 days per week, no weekends

ADULT Newspaper Carriers Needed For Early Morning Delivery of the

403-340-1930 www.academicexpress.ca F/T Cashier/Postal Clerk.

Apply in person w/resume: Highland Green Value Drug Mart.

CARRIERS NEEDED

INNISFAIL Penhold Olds Sylvan Lake

KENTWOOD & PINES

MUSTANG ACRES MOBILE HOME PARK 63 Ave. For more information or to apply call For more information or to apply call Joanne at the Red Deer Advocate 403-314-4308

3200

SEIBEL PROPERTY www.seibelprperty.com Ph: 403-304-7576 or 403-347-7545 6 locations in Red Deer ~ Halman Heights ~ Riverfront Estates

~ Westpark

3040

2 BDRM in Alix.

4 appls, $900/mo. inclds. water, Feb. 1 no pets 403-348-6594

4 Plexes/ 6 Plexes

MOBILE office trailer 240 rent by day/month, c/w toilet, satellite dish, TV, Stereo, fridge. Call B & L Enterprise 403-346-6106

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homes CLASSIFICATIONS 4000-4190

Realtors & Services

4010

3050

ACROSS from park, 2 bdrm. 4-plex, 1 1/2 bath, 4 appls. Rent $1075/mo. d.d. $650. Avail. now or Mar 1st. 403-304-5337

Suites

3060

1 BDRM bsmt. avail immed. $775 + 1/3 utils. Call Bob Singh **RENTED** 1 BDRM. N/S, no pets. $790 rent/d.d.

403-346-1458 GLENDALE reno’d 2 bdrm. apartments, avail. immed, rent $875 403-596-6000 LARGE, 1 & 2 BDRM. SUITES. 25+, adults only n/s, no pets 403-346-7111

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

Call 403-343-7955

THE NORDIC

1 bdrm. adult building, N/S. No pets.

403-596-2444

HERE TO HELP & HERE TO SERVE Call GORD ING at RE/MAX real estate central alberta 403-341-9995 gord.ing@remax.net Something for Everyone Everyday in Classifieds

Houses For Sale

4020

1/2 DUPLEX, Kentwood area, bi-level, 2 bdrm, 1.5 baths, 5 appls, deck, fenced yard, shed, for sale by owner, $247,600. Move in ready 403-505-6742

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

Classifieds...costs so little Saves you so much!

Rooms For Rent

3090

Avail Immed, lrg fully furn bdrm for rent c/w working gas fireplace - $300DD $600/mth. Working / Student Male. Call 403-396-2468

Amazing new Laebon Home 1452 sq.ft. modified bi-level with large private master suite 3 bdrms/2baths $394,599 Call Jocelyn 403.302.9612

CLEAN, quiet, responsible, Furn. $575. 403-466-7979

Mobile Lot

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

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

To deliver the

CENTRAL AB LIFE & LACOMBE EXPRESS

FOR FLYERS, FRIDAY FORWARD & EXPRESS

Monday through Saturday.

Delivery to be done before 6:30 am.

Reliable vehicle needed.

Misc.

For Rent

CARRIERS REQUIRED

To deliver the CENTRAL AB LIFE 1 day a week in:

Please call Debbie for details 403-314-4307

3030

Advocate Opportunities

ACADEMIC Express ADULT EDUCATION AND TRAINING

Condos/ Townhouses

~ Kitson Close ~ Kyte & Kelloway Cres. ~ Holmes St. MATTRESSES, Foam S.D. $1000 Camping, 5 sleeping bags, Rent $1245to $1445 5 air mattresses, $25.

3 bdrm. townhouses, 403-343-1503 1.5 bath, 4 & 5 appls., blinds, lrg. balconies, no dogs.

NOMA Super GT snow N/S, no utils. incl. racer, new cond, $45.; Avail. immed. & Mar. 1 403-348-6449 References required.

You can sell your guitar for a song... or put it in CLASSIFIEDS Manufactured and we’ll sell it for you!

Homes

WANTED

EG Auctions

810

1710

Household Appliances

APARTMENT size fridge $100 or trade for small apt. size deep freeze, 403-348-1905

stuff

Auctions

1700

Health & Beauty

PRIDE Mobility Products Go chair and Go-Go Elite Traveler.

Brand new. 403-396-2396

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Antiques & Art

1660

Firewood

Semi loads of pine, spruce, tamarack, poplar.

Price depends on location.

Lil Mule Logging 403-318-4346

278950A5

800

502790A14

Oilfield

Metcalf Ave. Martin / Muldrew Close SUNNYBROOK AREA Sherwood Cres. / Stirling Close Selkirk Blvd. / Sherwood Cres.

Savoy Close / Sydney Close LANCASTER AREA Lampard Cres Lancaster Drive Long Close Lord Close Lougheed Close Lyons Close VANIER AREA Vickers Close Victor Close Viscount Drive Vincent Close Call Prodie @ 403- 314-4301 for more info **********************

TO ORDER HOME DELIVERY OF THE ADVOCATE CALL OUR CIRCULATION DEPARTMENT 403-314-4300

DO YOU: - Want extra income - Know the city well - Possess a clean, valid drivers license - Have a friendly attitude - Enjoy customer service - Want part-time work (12 to 22 hrs/week) As part of our service team, you will be dispatched in response to service concerns to deliver newspapers and flyers to customers or carriers.

A delivery vehicle provided by company!

Work 3 to 4 shifts a week.

Hours of shifts are morning shifts of Monday through Friday 5:00 AM to 9:00 AM. Saturday starting at 7 AM. Wednesday to Friday Shifts starting at 1 PM. *All Shifts based on 4 hours and likely to run longer.

Please apply with resume to: qmacaulay@reddeeradvocate.com or call 403-314-4302 and speak with Grant.

We thank all applicants for their interest; however only selected candidates will be contacted.

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 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

RED DEER ADVOCATE Thursday, Feb. 5, 2015 D3

Crashed Taiwanese plane lifted from river AT LEAST 25 DEAD, STILL SEARCHING FOR 18 MISSING PEOPLE ese-controlled Kinmen islands. The pilot issued the mayday call shortly after takeoff, Taiwanese civil aviation authorities said.

TransAsia director Peter Chen said contact with the plane was lost four minutes after takeoff. He said weather conditions were suitable for flying and the cause of the accident was unknown.

“Actually this aircraft in the accident was the newest model. It hadn’t been used for even a year,” he told a news conference.

Thirty-one passengers were from China, Taiwan’s tourism bureau said. Kinmen’s airport is a common link between Taipei and China’s Fujian province.

Taiwan’s Civil Aeronautics Administration said 23 people were confirmed dead, 15 were rescued with injuries and 20 were still missing.

Wu Jun-hong, a Taipei Fire Department official who was co-ordinating the rescue, said the missing people were either still in the fuselage or had perhaps been pulled down the river.

“At the moment, things don’t look too optimistic,” Wu told reporters at the scene.

“Those in the front of the plane are likely to have lost their lives.”

Rescuers could be seen pulling luggage from an open plane door to clear the fuselage. Ten inflatable dinghies also searched for the missing.

As a drizzle fell around nightfall, military crews took portable bridges to the scene, where rescue workers were building docks for easier access to the wreckage. About 300 rescue personnel and members of the media stood along the banks of the narrow river.

Part of the freeway above it was littered with debris and was closed after the crash.

Relatives of the victims had not reached the scene by dusk Wednesday but some were expected to arrive Thursday, including some flying from Beijing.

The plane’s wing hit a taxi on the freeway, and the driver and a passenger were injured, Chen said.

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS TAIPEI, Taiwan — Rescuers used a crane to hoist a wrecked TransAsia Airways plane from a shallow river in Taiwan’s capital late Wednesday as they searched into the night for 18 people missing in a crash that killed at least 25 others.

Flight 235 with 58 people aboard — most of them travellers from China — banked sharply on its side shortly after takeoff from Taipei, clipped a highway bridge and then careened into the Keelung River.

Rescuers in rubber rafts pulled 15 people from the wreckage during daylight.

After dark, they brought in the crane, and the death toll was expected to rise once crews were able to search through previously submerged portions of the fuselage, which came to rest a few dozen meters (yards) from the shore.

Dramatic video clips apparently taken from cars were posted online and aired by broadcasters, showing the ATR 72 propjet as it pivoted onto its side while zooming toward a traffic bridge over the river.

In one of them, the plane rapidly fills the frame as its now-vertical wing scrapes over the road, hitting a vehicle before heading into the river.

Speculation cited in local media said the pilot may have turned sharply to follow the line of the river to avoid crashing into a high-rise residential area, but Taiwan’s aviation authority said it had no evidence of that.

Taiwanese broadcasters repeatedly played a recording of the plane’s final contact with the control tower in which the pilot called out “Mayday” three times. The recording offered no direct clues as to why the plane was in distress.

It was the airline’s second French-Italian-built ATR 72 to crash in the past year. Wednesday’s flight had taken off at 11:53 a.m. from Taipei’s downtown Sungshan Airport en route to the outlying Taiwan-

Photo by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Emergency personnel try to extract passengers from a commercial plane after it crashed in Taipei, Taiwan Wednesday. The Taiwanese commercial flight with 58 people aboard clipped a bridge shortly after takeoff and crashed into a river in the island’s capital.

Taiwan’s Ministry of National Defence said it had sent 165 people and eight boats to the riverside rescue scene, joining fire department rescue crews.

Another ATR 72 operated by the same Taipeibased airline crashed in the outlying Taiwan-controlled islands of Penghu last July 23, killing 48 at the end of a typhoon for reasons that are still under investigation.

ATR, a French-Italian consortium based in Toulouse, France, said it was sending a team to Taiwan to help in the investigation.

The ATR 72-600 that crashed Wednesday is manufacturer’s best plane model, and the pilot had 4,900 hours of flying experience, said Lin Chih-ming of the Civil Aeronautics Administration.

Rocket fire kills five near Donetsk hospital have been killed and 18 injured in the past 24 hours.

With U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry headed to Kyiv on Thursday, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said he was confident that the United States would agree to give weapons to Ukraine’s army for its fight against the rebels, which has left more than 5,300 people dead since April.

President Barack Obama has opposed providing lethal assistance, but the surge in fighting has reportedly spurred the White House to review the policy.

“I don’t have the slightest doubt that the decision to supply Ukraine with weapons will be made by the United States as well as by other partners of ours, because we need to have the capability to defend ourselves,” Poroshenko said on a visit to Kharkiv, a government-controlled city in eastern Ukraine.

Germany and France strongly oppose the idea, however. German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s spokesman indicated the issue would be discussed up when Merkel meets Obama in Washington next week.

“We will not deliver any lethal weapons,” Merkel spokesman Steffen Seibert said Wednesday. “We are convinced that there can be no military solution to this already very bloody conflict.”

The French defence minister, Jean-Yves Le Drian, also said his country had “no intention of providing lethal weapons today.”

European Union foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini called for the withdrawal of heavy weaponry from Ukrainian cities and a truce for at least three days to ensure the evacuation of civilians from the war zone.

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS DONETSK, Ukraine — Rocket salvoes hit a previously safe section of Ukraine’s rebel stronghold of Donetsk on Wednesday, killing at least five people and damaging a hospital, six schools and five kindergartens, rebels said.

The fighting between Russia-backed separatists and government troops in eastern Ukraine escalated sharply in January, with more than 220 civilians killed in the past three weeks alone, according to the United Nations. The world body has sharply criticized both sides for indiscriminate shelling that is causing civilian deaths.

The rebel-run Donetsk News Agency, citing police, reported five people killed by shelling around the hospital in the city’s western Tekstilshchik district. City officials in Donetsk said the number of casualties could not immediately be established.

An Associated Press reporter at the scene shortly after the attack found one body covered by a sheet on the ground near a crater from a projectile. The hospital was damaged by shrapnel and its windows were shattered.

“There were six or seven explosions,” said witness Vladimir Oryol. “We fell on the ground, people were screaming. In fact, it was very scary and horrible.”

Separatist official Eduard Basurin told reporters that four civilians had been killed in the past day before Wednesday’s shelling. In Kyiv, military spokesman Vladislav Seleznev said two Ukrainian troops

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In this Thursday, July 10, 2014 file photo, singer Justin Timberlake performs an exclusive show for Citi, American Airlines and MasterCard cardholders at the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York. Timberlake is nominated twice for the coveted album of the year upcoming Grammy Award, thanks to his guest vocals on Brand New‚ from Pharrel’ s album, G I R L, and for co-producing Partition on Beyonce’s self-titled release.

The 2015 Grammy Awards are held Sunday, in Los Angeles.

An interesting look at this year’s Grammys

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK — The Grammy Awards, airing live on Sunday, include predictable nominees like Beyonce and Taylor Swift, and awards like best rap song and best country album. But we take a look at interesting factoids in this year’s nominations, including Joan Rivers battling Jimmy Carter for an award and Miley Cyrus earning her first-ever Grammy nomination.

JUSTIFIED (SORT OF) It’s still surprising that Justin Timberlake’s comeback album, The 20/20 Experience, didn’t earn a nomination for album of the year at last year’s Grammys.

The pop star was also shut out of the other major categories — including song and record of the year — and he opted out of attending the big show. But this year marks a redemption for the singer — sort of.

Timberlake is nominated twice for the coveted album of the year award on Sunday, thanks to his guest vocals on Brand New from Pharrell’s album G I R L and for co-producing Partition on Beyonce’s self-titled release. Dust off that suit and tie, Mr. SexyBack!

LONG LIVE THE DEAD Joan Rivers, who died last year, is nominated for best spoken word album for Diary of a Diva. It’s the comedian’s second Grammy nomination and first since 1983, when she competed for best comedy recording. Her competition includes actor James Franco, Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren, singer Gloria Gaynor and former President Jimmy Carter.

Johnny Winter, the blues guitarist who died last year, is nominated for best blues album with Step Back, which was released two months after he died.

MALCOLM-JAMAL WARNER (MUSIC GROUP) Yes, the former Cosby Show star is nominated for a Grammy Award. Jamal Warner is up for best traditional R&B performance for his spoken word portion on the song Jesus Children from the Grammy-winning Robert Glasper Experiment. The song also features Lalah Hathaway; its competition includes Anthony Hamilton, Marsha Ambrosius and Kem. Go, Theo!

PHARRELL VS. PHARRELL VS. PHARRELL Pharrell is his own worst enemy: The megapro-

ducer-songwriter-singer-rapper-hat icon is nominated three times for album of the year, thanks to his own album G I R L and for his production work on Beyonce and Ed Sheeran’s albums. Usher, too, will battle himself Sunday: His four nominations include two for best R&B performance with Good Kisser and his appearance on Chris Brown’s New Flame.

Both tunes, which Usher co-wrote, are also nominated for best R&B song.

He should probably take it Nice & Slow when releasing back-to-back music.

THE REAL MASTERS The real race for album of the year is between Tom Coyne and Bob Ludwig. The engineers are both double nominees in the top category: Ludwig is the mastering engineer behind Pharrell’s G I R L and Beck’s Morning Phase, while Coyne is part of the group of mastering engineers who worked on Smith and Beyonce’s No. 1 albums.

SHE’S BACK When Miley Cyrus didn’t earn any Grammy nominations last year despite having big hits with Wrecking Ball and We Can’t Stop, she didn’t attend the show. Instead, she posted videos of herself playing video games while Pharrell and Daft Punk cleaned house. This year, Cyrus has reason to twerk (or celebrate like a normal woman): Her album Bangerz, which includes those songs, is nominated for best pop vocal album. It wasn’t released in time for last year’s awards, but voters still cared to recognize Cyrus’ work. Her competition includes Katy Perry, Coldplay, Ariana Grande, Ed Sheeran and Sam Smith. On second thought, she might as well stay home.

SEEDY SUBMISSIONS? Part of earning Grammy nominations comes from knowing how to work the system. For instance, though U2’s Song of Innocence was not innocent when it popped up on your iPhone and was released for sale two weeks after the Grammy eligibility, the band quietly released its vinyl version in time to be considered for nomination. Now, it’s up for best rock album. If you were surprised that Pharrell’s Happy wasn’t nominated for song or record of the year, that’s because it originally came out in mid-2013.

Canada’s libraries, museums, art galleries and other memory institutions are lagging behind the rest of the world when it comes to preserving their digital archives, according to a report released Wednesday.

Canada was once a global leader in digital archiving but has let that reputation fall by the wayside in recent years, says an expert panel assembled by the Council of Canadian Academies.

Other countries, including the Netherlands and the United States, have allowed memory institutions to join forces to pool their vast resources. Those countries are also better at identifying and sorting valuable information that might have otherwise remained useless.

“What we used to do was maintain these records in folders and boxes in print archives. We don’t have those mechanisms anymore,” said Colleen Cook, a member of the expert panel and dean of libraries at McGill University. “And if information is only digital and it’s lost, or if it is in such a form that we can’t get to the specific information that we need, then the memory of a time is potentially very vulnerable.”

Creating digital equivalents of all the content in towers of boxes is a complicated undertaking, the 208-page report acknowledges. Government agencies, libraries and other institutions with extensive archives will have to navigate a thicket of rules concerning privacy, copyright infringement and other types of legislation.

Still, the report concludes that Canada’s memory institutions have more similarities than differences in terms of their technical capabilities and overall goals. It concludes that Canada has the knowledge and technology infrastructure to regain a place among the world leaders in preserving information.

One of the report’s key recommendations is that memory institutions start collaborating with others.

This could involve libraries combining their archives into one master catalogue, galleries teaming up with external companies to digitize art collections, or museums enhancing their own collections by crowdsourcing extra information.

The report highlights several successful examples of collaboration. One involved the U.S. Library of Congress launching a project with the photo-sharing platform Flickr. The partners created a site dubbed the Commons, which allowed the public to enhance existing photos in the library’s collection by tagging people or adding other contextual information.

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