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Red Deer Advocate FRIDAY, FEB. 6, 2015
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MALLEY TRIAL
Go with the snow
Malley paid Shachtay more than $44k from his own accounts BY MURRAY CRAWFORD ADVOCATE STAFF
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Gabriel Kooman, 4, lends a hand to his grandfather while shoveling some of the sidewalks downtown on Thursday afternoon. Snow fell for much of the day, with temperatures hovering aroung the -11C mark. ADVOCATE STAFF Freezing rain, poor visibility and icy roads caused dangerous driving conditions on the highways on Thursday. Police reported multiple rollovers and minor collisions including a rollover near Gasoline Alley along Hwy 2 and between Red Deer and Lacombe. Roads were partly covered with snow and ice near Innisfail, Penhold, and Blackfalds. Areas to the north and east of Red Deer felt the brunt of the seasonal conditions with snowfall warnings issued throughout the day. Red Deer was expected to received between 2 cm to 4 cm on Thursday. Environment Canada meteorologist Bill McMurtry said the snow was expected to taper off in the early
afternoon in Red Deer but could develop later in the day or early evening. The city could see about 5cm of snow overnight. “Then we’re dealing with a somewhat seasonal or slightly seasonal air mass over the area and a little instability as we get to the end of the weekend into early next week,” said McMurtry. “We could see a little more snow. There is a lot of weather happening in the province right now but most of it is north or east of the Red Deer area.” Heavy snow was expected in the northwest of the province with some locations expected to get between 10 to 20 cms. Temperatures of daytime highs of -10C on Friday and -8C on Saturday and -9C on Sunday are expected. The temperature is expected to dip to -17C overnight on Friday. Cloudy conditions will continue throughout the weekend.
A financial advisor charged in a bomb-murder plot paid the victim from his own credit card at one point, court has been told. Testifying on Thursday, Linda Howes, a forensic accountant, said Brian Malley made payments to Victoria Shachtay over four years totalling $44,300, including $14,400 in cheques from Malley’s MasterCard. That money went to either Shachtay or to her landlord to cover Shachtay’s rent. Malley, 57, is on trial for first-degree murder in Red Deer Court of Queen’s Bench. Shachtay, 23, was killed on Nov. 25, 2011, when she opened a Christmas gift that she found on her doorstep that morning. The gift disguised a homemade pipe bomb that exploded when she opened it. Malley was managing Shachtay’s investments after the Innisfail single mother received a large settlement from a crash that left her a quadriplegic. Their financial relationship started in 2007 when Shachtay invested $575,000 of the settlement money. The account closed in April 2011 when the money ran out. Malley continued to make payments to Shachtay until Oct. 15, 2011. Over that time, Malley averaged $600,000 a year in income. The Crown has previously said that Malley’s motive for killing Shachtay was to cut his losses. Howes, a senior forensic accountant with the federal government, was tasked with investigating the financial relationship between Malley and Shachtay by the RCMP in 2013. Howes said every year the investment posted a net capital loss, and shares were always sold at a loss. The biggest loss in value, $390,000, came in late 2008. About 92 per cent of the investment was in a single stock, Enervest Diversified Income Trust. Shares dropped to half of their value, taking a large bite out of the investment’s value.
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Helping elementary students understand brain injuries BY SUSAN ZIELINSKI ADVOCATE STAFF
BRAIN WALK
Picking up a coin with a thick pair of gloves is really difficult. Looking through a pair of glasses with lens partially covered by masking tape is quite the challenge. Those are just some of the activities that Central Alberta Brain Injury Society want elementary school students to try so they can understand the problems that people with brain injuries may face. CABIS is looking to set up its interactive displays, collectively called the Brain Walk, at schools in Central Alberta to teach students about the different parts of the brain and how injuries impact both cognitive and physical abilities. “Brain injuries are a sticky topic. It’s one of those things you don’t want to deal with until it happens to you because it’s so traumatic. You don’t want to think about it,” said Robb Holbrook, vice-president of CABIS, on Thursday. But children need to know the consequences of brain injuries and what they can do to prevent them, like wearing a helmet while riding a bike, he said.
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“This is not a stubbed toe or a broken finger. This is a brain injury,” Holbrook said. Jean Stinson, president of CABIS, said according to American statistics, one in 500 children a year suffer a head injury severe enough to require hospitalization. Sports and playground injuries are the major causes of brain injuries for children, and traumatic brain injuries forever alters lives, she said. “Whatever you did before, you can’t do anymore. Everything is taken away,” Stinson said. “We hear the life-changing stories. It’s horrible.” Jeff Booth, 39, of Red Deer, suffered brain injury, due to a vehicle collision, when he was 20. Booth, who speaks slowly and can be difficult to understand, said people usually don’t ask him questions about his injuries. “They don’t know what to ask,” Booth said. He said people don’t understand what it’s like to live life with a brain injury.
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Jean Stinson, President of the Central Alberta Brain Injury Society (CABIS) shows off the parts of the brain which can be susceptible to injury.
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