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Common areas in city facilities not for politics: Curtis

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DIRECTIVE ISSUED AFTER CANDIDATE ANNOUNCEMENT

The City of Red Deer manager has had to issue a directive after a public area in one of its facilities was used for political purposes.

On Thursday morning, Progressive Conservative nomination candidate Darcy Mykytyshyn made an announcement in the common area just inside the entrance at Collicutt Centre.

He told the crowd of about 35 people who attended that he was seeking the Red Deer South PC nomination.

While the event unfolded, people ran or walked by on the overhead running track, high school students passed by and parents trundled in with bundled up young children heading to the pool or other venues in Collicutt Centre.

“The commons at the Collicutt is allowed to be used by non-profit groups at no cost. This booking was therefore erroneously taken and should really

not have been made,” city manager Craig Curtis said on Friday.

But Mykytyshyn had been assured earlier by the city’s booking staff that it he could book the space, said Curtis, who was unaware the booking had occurred until a query was made by the Red Deer Advocate.

“They kind of confused it with when the minister comes in to give a funding announcement, you know something like that, then obviously that space is a good one to say, ‘Here’s a million dollars’ ... or something like that.”

“But here we’re talking about a competitive environment and I’ve issued a directive that if there any further bookings of this kind, it would be in our paid-for facilities,” Curtis said.

The Collicutt Centre does have meeting rooms that can be rented.

“The candidate was led to believe it was fine by our booking people. I don’t want to point any fingers at him (Mykytyshyn).”

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Grace Eklund of the Exelta Gymnastics Club performs her floor routine at the 2015 Exelta Gymnastics Cup gymnastics meet at the Collicutt Centre on Sunday. Clubs from all over Alberta competed, including the University of Calgary, Brooks, Strathmore, St. Albert, and others.

Couple celebrates 80th anniversary

BY SUSAN ZIELINSKI ADVOCATE STAFF Ida and Wilfred Kenzle have hit celebrity couple status.

After all, how many people get to celebrate their 80th wedding anniversary.

Last year, Wilfred, 101, and Ida, 99, of Red Deer, moved out of their condo and into a couple’s suite at the continuing care facility Villa Marie.

The couple met in 1931 in Central Alberta and have 7 children, 14 grandchildren, 20 great grandchildren and 2 great-great grandchildren.

They celebrated their milestone with about fifty family members on Saturday and another celebration was held at Villa Marie on Sunday.

Wilfred said it all started with a nofrills ceremony before a Presbyterian minister in Sylvan Lake on Feb. 7, 1935.

“We had what you call a quick wedding. We couldn’t afford nothing else,” Wilfred said.

Ida, who has lost most of her hearing, said they’ve done well putting up with each other.

“I used to be able to hear too much.

I think everyone knows how that goes,” she said with a laugh.

They settled on a mixed grain farm outside of Sylvan Lake to raise a family.

“He was the man and did a lot of the heavy work, and I just had the babies,” she said with a twinkle in her eyes.

Their youngest daughter Diana Goodman, 69, of Red Deer, said when her parents got married the price of new car was $625 and a loaf of bread cost eight cents.

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Search and rescue technician missing after avalanche

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Goodman said her mother’s family moved to the Sylvan Lake area when Ida was only three.

LAKE LOUISE — After days of waiting for the avalanche risk to subside, Parks Canada searchers were scheduled on Sunday to set foot on the snow that buried a fellow rescuer in Banff National Park.

But at the end of the day and as darkness began to fall, the agency released a statement saying the risk of avalanches remained high and it was unable to send the searchers in.

Monday, the statement said, would hopefully be better.

Sgt. Mark Anthony Salesse, 44, a search and rescue technician based in Winnipeg, was swept off a cliff by an avalanche on Thursday while ice climbing on a slope called the Polar Circus. His climbing partner searched the snow below but couldn’t find him.

Parks Canada staff searched the area by helicopter the following day, but considered the avalanche risk too high to allow ground rescuers to enter the area. They triggered avalanches on Saturday to make the area safer, but it was too late to put searchers on the ground.

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Wilfred, 101, and Ida Kenzle, 99, celebrate their 80th Wedding Anniversary with some cake at the Covenant Care’s Supportive Living facility Vill Marie on Sunday afternoon. The couple met in 1931 in the region. Wilfred and Ida rarely spend time apart, and live in one of the couple’s suites at Villa Marie.

“I remember when we got electricity on the farm. That bare light bulb was pretty exciting to us,” said Goodman whose oldest sibling is 79.

The family eventually moved to Sylvan Lake.

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Revenue agency has new mandate to fight crime by passing suspect info to police OTTAWA — The federal revenue agency can now hand the police possible evidence of serious crime — including terrorist activity — that it happens to come across while reviewing taxpayer files.

The Canada Revenue Agency gained the littlenoticed new authority, which does not require a judicial warrant, through an amendment tucked into the government’s most recent omnibus budget bill.

Previously, confidentiality provisions in the law prevented the agency from handing information about suspected wrongdoing, on its own initiative, to law enforcement.

The exception was information that pointed to tax-related crimes.

The new provisions apply to offences including breaking and entering, vehicle theft, arson, corruption and kidnapping. They also allow authorities to pass along information about any offence with a minimum prison term, or one with a maximum sentence of 14 years.

The list of offences is disturbingly broad and amounts to a fundamental change in allowing the agency to hand information to police without a courtordered warrant — even when the alleged crimes have nothing to do with taxes, said Toronto lawyer Glen Jennings.

“Where is this need coming from?” said Jennings, who has extensive experience with criminal and regulatory matters. “They still haven’t provided examples of where this has come up before, so it still leaves me scratching my head.”

Interim procedures for administering the new powers were issued to all revenue agency employees when the legislation received royal assent last June, said Philippe Brideau, a spokesman for the agency.

To date the revenue agency has not used the powers, Brideau added.

Officials expect to see “only a few instances annually where the new measures would apply,” says a briefing note prepared for Revenue Minister KerryLynne Findlay.

“The provisions relate only to information gathered by Agency officials in the course of their regular duties,” says the June 2014 note, obtained by The Canadian Press under the Access to Information Act. “This information exchange is one-way and will be closely controlled through a set of strict criteria.”

many 80th wedding anniversaries in Canada.

“Everyone says wow. It’s just natural to us. They just keep trucking along.

“They don’t have a lot of health issues. Their doctor stops in for a visit, but doesn’t stop for medical reasons.” szielinski@reddeeradvocate.com

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FACILITIES: Community and family When asked why he used the common area space, Mykytyshyn said it was because it represented community and family to him.

“When we were thinking about where we would like to make the announcement, going into politics is a family decision, and so we spent a lot of time talking about it, my wife and I ... about what this means.

“My family is important to me and my family spends a lot of time in this facility, and you know I was driving by (Wednesday) and it’s called our community common and I think that’s a great metaphor for what I think I can do for Red Deer South. I think I can bring our community together and facilities like this help do that.” barr@reddeeradvocate.com

ANNIVERSARY: Those days “Their farm was right by the railroad. In those days, you didn’t have much to do as a child so she’d race out and wave to the train. They would slow down every once and a while and throw her a bag of candy.”

Wilfred, who went on to build houses, said remembered a Central Alberta with mostly dirt roads.

And Ida said the traffic was horse and buggy.

Letters of congratulations for the couple have come from Queen Elizabeth and Prime Minister Stephen Harper, and many others.

In her research, Goodman said she couldn’t find

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Birthday boy Iain Dunter-Smith celebrates his 6th birthday with a game of bowling at Heritage Lanes bowling alley on Sunday afternoon. The bowling alley was full of kids with birthday parties, and Red Deerians looking to enjoy a game of bowling.

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MISSING: Ground teams They had hoped to put ground teams and search dogs into the area by helicopter on Sunday afternoon, but it was not to be, and crews were forced once again to engage in additional avalanche control.

Brian Webster, a visitor safety specialist with Parks Canada, says rescuers consider it highly unlikely Salesse could have survived after the first day.

“Based on the reports from his climbing partner who did a thorough search of the area, and also based on our observations from the helicopter where we had a clear view of the accident site, we feel very confident that he was completely buried in the avalanche and he would have been under the snow overnight at any rate,” Webster said Sunday in Banff.

“So at that point in time, the situation became non-urgent. It wasn’t a rescue — it was more of a recovery effort,” he added.

Snow continued to fall in the days following the accident and temperatures rose, which Webster said caused further avalanches that landed at the bottom of the slope where Salesse is believed to be. In addition, the avalanches the rescuers triggered also landed on the area, adding to the snow cover.

Webster said Salesse wasn’t wearing an avalanche transceiver, a device that allows rescuers to hone in on a signal and locate buried victims. He said that meant the searchers would be relying heavily on dogs being able to pick up a scent.

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Salesse was training at the time of the avalanche with other search and rescue personnel, according to the military.

Webster said one of the climbers triggered a small avalanche and was swept off a 60-metre cliff.

“We suspect that in the initial avalanche, which was fairly small, he likely wasn’t buried very deeply.

He was definitely buried completely, but likely not very deeply. That may not be the case now,” Webster said.

Liz Quinn, Salesse’s mother, said the military told her that her son was climbing up the ice wall when the weather, which was supposed to be good, suddenly worsened.

The climbers, who were in two teams of two, turned around and headed back down.

Salesse was in the lead and stopped on a ledge to wait for his partner, Quinn said. But when his partner got to the ledge, Salesse was gone.

When reached Saturday at her home in Moncton, N.B., she said she still hoped for his survival but knew the odds weren’t good.

“If anyone can survive this Mark can, but the elements are against him,” Quinn said.

Capt. Bettina McCullough-Drake said the mood over the weekend at 435 Transport and Rescue Squadron at 17 Wing Winnipeg, where Salesse was based, was “sombre.”

Salesse was born in Bathurst, N.B. Quinn said her son had 25 years of ice-climbing experience. He isn’t married and doesn’t have children.

The Parks Canada website warns that ice-climbing is an “inherently dangerous sport” and that avalanches are common.

McCullough-Drake said training for search and rescue personnel often necessitates danger so that rescuers are ready when called on to save someone.

“That’s why they engage in this sort of training, so if they have to jump into mountainous areas, they are prepared,” she said.

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Anti-oilsands activists in the U.S. are getting visits from the FBI

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It also proposes a four-step program called decisive ecological warfare, a long-term plan calling for the sabotage and dismantling of planet-harming infrastructure.

The group has repeatedly stated that it wouldn’t participate itself in any such actions. But Lierre Keith, one of its founders, laid out the plan in a speech last year at an environmental conference at the University of Oregon.

“I would vastly prefer to wage this struggle non-violently,” Keith said.

“But my blogging will not bring forth the necessary numbers. So given a realistic assessment of what we actually have, the only viable strategy left that I can see is direct attacks against infrastructure. In the plainest terms, we need to stop them.”

There was some controversy about inviting her to the conference. Other groups wanted her event cancelled because of her views on transgender people — Keith dismisses the notion that a sex change can undo someone’s gender perspective.

Hildes said the FBI tried asking people about that Oregon speech.

Since Yost’s group was among those voicing opposition to DGR, she believes the FBI might be trying to sow division in the movement.

The Canadian government said it wasn’t involved in any U.S. law-enforcement effort. A spokesman said it was aware of the megaload protests, but hadn’t discussed them with any American agency. Goodwin said he won’t stop protesting. He’s among the nearly 100,000 people who have signed a pledge to engage in civil disobedience, should the Obama administration approve the Keystone XL pipeline. He called it a life mission to help thwart the development of the oilsands in Canada and the Bakken fields in the U.S.

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WASHINGTON — Unexpected visitors have been dropping in on anti-oil activists in the United States — knocking on doors, calling, texting, contacting family members.

The visitors are federal agents.

Opponents of Canadian oil say they’ve been contacted by FBI investigators in several states following their involvement in protests that delayed northbound shipments of equipment to Canada’s oilsands.

A lawyer working with the protesters says he’s personally aware of a dozen people having been contacted in the northwestern U.S. and says the actual number is probably higher.

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“It’s always the same line: ’We’re not doing criminal investigations, you’re not accused of any crime. But we’re the street. On Feb. 1, police and paratrying to learn more about the movemedics in Medicine Hat were called to ment.”’ deal with a naked woman in her early He’s advised activists not to talk — 20s running around the Flats neighand they mostly haven’t. That lack of bourhood and Lions Park. The woman communication has made it a little suffered frostbite on her hands and complicated to figure out what, exactfeet due to the below-zero temperaly, the FBI is looking for. tures, and police say she also was sufThe bureau hasn’t offered too many fering from excited delirium — a mediclues. One agent left his name, numcal condition caused primarily from ber, and the following message in a the effects of chronic drug abuse. voicemail for Helen Yost of the group A 56-year-old man has been Wild Idaho Rising Tide: “I work with charged with administering a noxious the FBI. Could you give me a call back substance and unlawful confinement MEDICINE HAT— Police in south— I would appreciate it.” as well as several breaches of release ern Alberta have laid charges after a Is anti-oilsands activity an actuconditions. woman was found running naked in al focus of the FBI investigation, or is it merely incidental? The bureau won’t say. What it will say is that it only investigates potential crimes, not political movements.

“The FBI has the authority to conduct an investigation when it has reasonable grounds to believe that an individual has engaged in criminal activity or is planning to do so,” said FBI spokeswoman Ayn Dietrich.

“This authority is based on the illegal activity, not on the individual’s political views.”

But activists say oilsands opposition appears to be the common thread among people being contacted. Police have been in touch with people from different groups, who in some cases don’t agree on much, but one thing they share is mutual participation in the so-called megaload protests.

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The unfamiliar killer TESTING YOUR HOME FOR RADON COULD BE A LIFESAVER In late January, the B.C. Lung Association released results of Canada’s largest-ever community-wide home radon testing project, conducted in Castlegar and Prince George, two of B.C.’s radon hot spots. In more than half the Castlegar homes tested, and onethird in Prince George, radon concentrations exceeded Health Canada’s exposure guideline.

Radon is a radioactive gas DAVID formed by the SUZUKI natural decay of uranium in soil and rock. It can seep into buildings through foundation cracks and other openings.

Without proper ventilation, radon concentrations in indoor air can reach dangerous levels.

You can’t see, smell or taste it, so it’s easy to ignore. But radon exposure is the leading cause of lung cancer among non-smokers, responsible for 16 per cent of lung cancer deaths in Canada. According to the B.C. Lung

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Association, a person exposed to high levels of radon has a one in 20 lifetime chance of developing lung cancer.

Smokers face increased risks, with a one in three lifetime chance of developing lung cancer if they’re also exposed to high radon levels.

The good news is that in most cases it’s fairly easy to lower indoor radon concentrations. Certified professionals can help identify how radon is entering the building, seal cracks and install specialized venting. This typically costs between $500 and $3,000. (A number of organizations, including the David Suzuki Foundation, have recommended a tax credit to make radon mitigation more affordable.)

As B.C. Lung Association CEO Scott McDonald said recently, “The problem is too few British Columbians know what radon is, where it comes from and how to fix a problem in your home if you have one.”

I’m one of the many British Columbians — and Canadians — who hadn’t thought about testing radon levels in my house. But it’s never too late and I’m starting a test now! I’ll keep you posted.

There are two ways to test indoor radon concentrations. You can buy a one-time test kit for $25 to $30 from many hardware stores or businesses specializing in radon detection and

mitigation, or online from the B.C. Lung Association. It comes with instructions on how to send the detector to a laboratory for analysis. The lab will calculate your average radon concentration. Some certified radon professionals also sell electronic continuous radon monitors, which show weekly and monthly average concentrations on a digital display.

Indoor radon levels can vary wildly from day to day or even hour to hour, as well as seasonally. Concentrations are generally higher in winter and at night, when windows and doors are closed. Health Canada recommends running a radon test over a minimum of three months, during fall or winter.

The average concentration detected over a three-month test can be used to determine if a home’s radon concentration exceeds the Canadian guideline level of 200 becquerels per cubic metre. (A becquerel, or Bq, is a standard measure of radioactivity named after French physicist Henri Becquerel.)

While some areas, like Castlegar and Prince George, are prone to high concentrations of indoor radon, Health Canada emphasizes that no areas of the country are radon-free. A 2012 Health Canada study indicates that 6.9 per cent of Canadians live in homes with radon levels above the guideline but, “The only way to know if a home

has an elevated level of radon is to test, regardless of location.” Carcinogen research project Carex Canada has an online map illustrating the percentage of home radon measurements across Canada above the Health Canada guideline.

Even if your home tests below Health Canada’s guideline level, you might want to explore mitigation options. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has a lower guideline of 148 Bq/m3 and the World Health Organization recommends 100 Bq/m3. There is no safe level of radon exposure, and the risk of lung cancer increases by 16 per cent for every 100 Bq/m3 increase in lifetime average radon concentration.

If you’re like me and have put off taking action on radon, start with a test. If the test shows you need to mitigate, find a certified radon professional near you at http://c-nrpp.ca/.

Governments should also test radon levels in public buildings, like schools and hospitals, as recommended in the David Suzuki Foundation’s 2007 report, Radon: The Unfamiliar Killer.

For more information, visit takeactiononradon.ca or radonaware.ca.

Scientist, author and broadcaster David Suzuki wrote this column with Lisa Gue. Learn more at www.davidsuzuki. org.

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Clean up Alberta’s mess Dear Premier, I would guess that you are wondering what you were thinking when you rushed in to save the Progressive Conservative party, right? Well it’s too late now, unless you want to cross the floor to the Wildrose Party.

All that you can do to make it right is become very unpopular in the coffee shop and executive lounge. I realize you probably won’t like my advice. Sorry!

Why should you or the taxpayers take the beating for the fiscal shortfall? We can thank high gas and oil prices for driving the cost of living up, so why not hand the bill to them?

They can slow production if they want, but fuel for homes needs to be returned to affordable levels and locked in for everybody. The same for power.

I am quite sure if you look at environment, jobs could be regained in a hurry. Don’t believe for a minute it’s been done, or they don’t have the money.

Take a look at what their CEOs are being paid. Ridiculous, right? One paycheque like that and those brains will be fuzzy the rest of their lives.

Everyone knows that there are hundreds of highpaying jobs in the health-care system that have to go.

They were smart enough to dream up the bogus jobs, so if they didn’t put some of that big money away, that’s just too damn bad for them with no big payout.

Doctors’ attitudes need adjusting. It’s not a library job they have. If they don’t have the desire to help people and will put in the hours it takes to accomplish the task, they need to get out of town.

Our hospitals are not being put to use properly.

Every operating room should be in use, not just the large centres. You might have heard some whining that they couldn’t even handle maternity cases. What a pile of. ... Any good nurse can deliver a baby and if the need arises, they can fly a specialist in. We have issues with foreign doctors who are ignorant, rude and plain, damn stupid. There is lots of room for them in Africa to treat Ebola.

How about the rules of our roads being completely ignored? Why should the money come from tax dollars to pay officers, when there are so many begging to donate if someone would write them a ticket?

While driving to a job, a high- speed vehicle passed everyone, and a few days later did a face plant into the back end of a tanker.

It didn’t end well for them. Very sad, but sadder still is when they walk away after murdering innocent people and the judges refuse to punish them properly. I don’t except their excuses of drugs, booze, and high speed. When they fail to use good judgment and put others at risk, they pay in equal terms as they caused the accident.

Let’s look at the other government departments that also have too much top and no working bottom.

There is no shortage of money if the right choices are made! I don’t care how loud the union howls. If they go on strike, you’re saving money every day and the list of ones that need to go gets longer. Deep down they know that there are fellow workers that have long ago passed their useful stage and have turned into a pain in the ass.

When some people are overpaid, it opens the flood gates for other, and our oil and gas industry is the leader in this field. They cut quality workers and place their spoiled kids in management positions; hire buddies and CEOs at ridiculous wages and expect the workers to do more on less with garbage equipment.

If you don’t think we know how it is, guess again!

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get better with time.

When we look at the people on the ballots at election time, it’s pretty near impossible to pick out one that shares your own views on very many topics. But loyalty is a must. Lots of politicians complain about low voter turn out. Is it any wonder?

So what’s next? What we watch on TV news in those foreign countries, will it happen here? People who are sick of being on the bottom use violence to try to bring back fairness and balance.

If you think it’s hard to budget for low oil prices, how would you like to budget for a layoff? Maybe an unsuspected heart condition, with no medical leave, EI you don’t qualify for, and the best one — utilities — that always come as a shocker with a pension, that’s half big enough. It sure builds your faith in our province to fill out forms every day, begging for assistance and receiving none. Puts a whole now meaning to budget. It’s uplifting when all this crap rolls in, makes you tough.

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The Department of Fisheries and Oceans held a “Dragons’ Den�style event where bureaucrats were asked to pitch ideas to a group of senior managers, a newly released document shows.

Unlike the popular TV show on which the exercise was based, where aspiring entrepreneurs pitch business ideas to a panel of venture capitalists, Fisheries and Oceans asked public servants to come up with “creative solutions to policy and operational challenges.� “Employees were invited to submit ideas and 53 submissions were received from all regions and sectors, including the (Canadian Coast Guard),� says an August 2014 memo to Fisheries Minister Gail Shea from the department’s deputy minister. “From these proposals, nine were selected to be presented in front of the dragons: members from the deputy management committee (DMC) and myself.�

The Canadian Press obtained a copy of the memo under the Access to Information Act. The department held the event — which was broadcast to more than 600 employees — in a boardroom at its Ottawa headquarters, Fisheries and Oceans spokesman David Walters said in an email.

The “dragons� included the deputy minister and his two assistant deputy ministers; the former coast guard commissioner; and a regional director general.

Jody Thomas, the current coast guard commissioner, acted as the moderator.

Fisheries and Oceans asked each of the nine proponents to make business cases for their pitches, which were then presented at an April 2014 meeting of the deputy management committee.

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Canadian journalist Mohamed Fahmy is set to face a retrial on terrorism-related charges in Cairo this Thursday, a development his family called their “worst nightmare.�

Fahmy — who has spent more than a year in an Egyptian prison — was expected to be set free after former Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird said just days ago that his release was “imminent.�

But Fahmy’s family said Sunday that the 40-year-old journalist and his Egyptian colleague will now be re-tried on Feb. 12. “The trial date on Feb. 12th represents our worst nightmare, to have to go through another circus of a retrial,�

Fahmy’s brother Adel said in a statement.

Fahmy and two colleagues — Australian Peter Greste and Egyptian Baher Mohamed — were working for satellite news broadcaster Al Jazeera English when they were arrested on Dec. 29, 2013.

They were accused of supporting the banned Islamist Muslim Brotherhood group of ousted Egyptian president Mohammed Morsi. They were also charged with fabricating footage to undermine Egypt’s national security.

The trio denied all the allegations against them but after a trial that was internationally criticized, Fahmy and Greste were sentenced to seven years in prison, while Mohamed was sentenced to 10 years.

An appeal in January allowed their case to be re-tried, but a date had not been set and Fahmy’s family had

hoped diplomatic efforts would secure the journalist’s release before the matter went to court again.

Greste was then freed last Sunday under new legislation that allows Egypt’s president to deport foreigners convicted or accused of crimes.

Fahmy — who had dual EgyptianCanadian citizenship — had relinquished his Egyptian citizenship with the hope of being released under the same legislation.

The announcement of the retrial date dealt a blow to his family, who said Fahmy gave up his Egyptian citizenship because authorities had suggested the move was a condition for his release. “The authorities visited him before the appeal hearing on January 1st. and made a deal with him to renounce it in return for his freedom,� Fahmy’s brother said. “It was one of the most difficult decisions he has ever taken that has left him demoralised.�

Fahmy’s family also expressed their disappointment at the Canadian government. “We have been let down by the Canadian government’s conservative approach in the handling of the case,�

Fahmy’s brother said. “That is also the feeling of the Egyptian officials and public figures sympathizing with us who are shocked that the Canadian prime minister had not intervened yet to expedite matters.�

Fahmy, his lawyers and a number of human rights groups have called on Prime Minister Stephen Harper to personally intervene in the case.

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First Nation evacuates 700 residents after heavy snowfall KITIMAT

KITIMAT, B.C. — A British Columbia First Nation ordered the evacuation of its roughly 700 residents on Sunday, after heavy snowfall in Kitimat knocked out power for days and at least one person had to be airlifted to hospital.

Haisla First Nation Chief Councillor Ellis Ross called for the evacuation of Kitamaat Village, one of the only areas near the northern B.C. town that remained without power.

Council clerk Teena Grant said about 20 people were staying in the Kitimat Riverlodge Recreation Centre about 15 kilometres north of the village, while the majority were with family and friends in town.

“If you’ve been without power for a couple days, you’ve got issues with water freezing,” she said.

“It was a precaution for the safety of the nation.”

The winding road between Kitimat and the village had been closed for days because of snow, downed power lines and fallen trees.

A path was cleared between 5 a.m. and 8 a.m. Sunday to allow a convoy of vehicles to leave.

About 80 per cent of residents were evacuated, but some remained in the Haisla Recreation Centre inside the village, which was opened on Saturday, said Grant.

But later Sunday, the Haisla Nation received word that they may be able to go home sooner than expected. BC Hydro said crews expected to have power restored Sunday night.

The massive blizzard dumped 168 centimetres of snow on Kitimat between 4 p.m. Thursday and 4 a.m. Saturday, knocking out power to more than 5,000 residents — although most had their power restored within a few days.

The power had been out in the village since 9:30 p.m. Thursday.

Restoration was complicated by the fact that the area is remote and forested, and trees were continuing to fall onto power lines, said BC Hydro spokesperson Simi Heer.

The closure of the road that connects the village to Kitimat meant that a B.C. Ambulance Service helicopter had to be flown in from Terrace to respond to an emergency call from the village at 4:25 p.m.

Saturday.

Provincial Health Services Authority spokesman David Weir said the patient arrived in serious condition at Kitimat General Hospital at 5:55 p.m.

He could not say whether their condition was related to the blackout.

The District of Kitimat brought in private contractors to help with road clearing and made significant progress on the weekend.

By Sunday, crews were working on clearing sidewalks and widening lanes.

But the road connecting the town with Kitimaat Village is a highway, and therefore cleanup is the responsibility of the Ministry of Transportation.

The ministry sent an emailed statement that said crews were hard at work, and the road would be re-opened as soon as BC Hydro completed its repairs.

Grant said some Haisla members had generators and wood stoves to keep them warm, but after three days without power, the village had to be evacuated.

She said those in the recreation centre were enjoying warm meals on Sunday afternoon.

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The nearby community of Terrace was also blanketed with about 159 centimetres of snow.

Nechako Northcoast, the company contracted to clean the streets, requested help from the neighbouring town of Smithers on Saturday.

District of Kitimat chief administrative officer Ron Poole said his town still faces a few more days of clean-up.

He said some snowbanks were nearly 12 metres high, and with warmer temperatures expected next week, flooding was a concern.

He said forecasters had initially predicted 40 to 50 centimetres of snow, so the massive dump of nearly two metres took officials by surprise.

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OTTAWA — The Canadian army somehow lost three highly-sophisticated, precision-guided artillery shells on its ways out of Afghanistan in an embarrassing case that resulted in an almost two-year investigation.

Known as Excalibur rounds, the 155-millimetre high-explosive ammunition could not be accounted for among the mission close-out paperwork as the military withdrew from Kandahar in late 2011.

Newly released records, obtained by The Canadian Press under access to information legislation, show defence officials, at first, thought as many as five the global positioning system-guided shells had gone missing when soldiers tore down their forward operating bases.

But that number was reduced to three when it was realized someone had filed paperwork twice.

The shells are not cheap.

They come with a price tag of US $177,224 per round, but are accurate to within 20 metres even when fired from up to 40 kilometres away.

Both the country’s overseas command and military police conducted extensive investigations, but never located the ammunition and defence officials requested last summer that the over $513,000 loss be written off the government’s books.

The request was approved, the documents show.

What happened to the ammunition remains as much a mystery as when they were first discovered missing.

“Although theft is a possibility, given physical size and weight of the ammunition and the tight ammunition security measures that were in place in theatre, theft is highly unlikely,” said a July 18, 2014 briefing to the country’s joint operations commander.

The round weighs 48 kilograms and has metal fins that guide it to the target, making it awkward to handle.

Even still, the loss has international repercussions because the U.S. technology is governed

by International Traffic in Arms Regulation (ITAR) and the awkward situation had to be reported to National Defence’s Controlled Technology Access and Transfer (CTAT) office.

The strict control office regulations required that it be notified within 48 hours of a piece of technology going missing, but the army delayed reporting it for over 15 months, saying that given “the exiting protocols in place to fire an Excalibur round, it was a belief that this was a paperwork error only.”

A spokeswoman for Defence Minister Rob Nicholson said thorough investigations are conducted whenever there is a loss of public property in order to ensure there are no future incidents.

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Rebels finish trip with loss to Royals

BY GREG MEACHEM ADVOCATE SPORTS EDITOR Royals 6 Rebels 2 The Red Deer Rebels, coming off a disappointing loss the night before in Vancouver, were in decent shape Saturday night before coughing up a late second-period short-handed goal.

As Rebels GM/head coach Brent Sutter noted, his club’s energy level faded and the host Victoria Royals went on to post a 6-2 Western Hockey League victory in front of 4,921 fans at Save-On Foods Memorial Arena.

“We got down 2-0 and then got a power play goal late in the first period and were playing pretty well,” Sutter said Sunday. “Then we got a power play late in the second and made a mistake that led to an odd-man rush that they (Royals) scored on. The goal deflated us and after that we were never really the same.”

Tyler Soy (power play) and Greg Chase staked the hosts to a 2-0 lead before the game was 17 minutes olds, but Colton Bobyk pulled the Rebels to within one when he scored a man-advantage marker at 18:48 of the opening frame.

The Royals upped the count to 3-1 when defenceman Chaz Reddekopp scored a power-play tally at 14:12 of the middle session, but once again the Reb-

els responded as Austin Adamson potted his fifth of the season just over three minutes later.

From there, Brandon Magee notched the fateful short-handed goal at 19:43 and the Royals rounded out their attack with a pair of third-period markers as Soy scored at 3:55 and then completed his hat trick with a short-handed, empty-net goal at 16:31.

Coleman Vollrath turned aside 26 shots in the Victoria net, while Rylan Toth made 28 saves for Red Deer.

The Rebels finished their three-game trip with a 1-2-0 slate, their lone victory coming last Wednesday — 3-2 at Kamloops thanks to a superb performance

by Toth.

Red Deer fell 5-4 to the Vancouver Giants Friday, giving up a pair of unanswered third-period goals in the process.

“In Vancouver we were right where we wanted to be, up a goal going into the third period,” said Sutter.

“We just needed to close it off, but we made a couple of mental mistakes that cost us. We took a bad penalty late and those are tough things to kill off.”

Sutter was referring to a kneeing major assessed to defenceman Austin Strand, an infraction that led to the winning goal by Ty Ronning with 58 seconds remaining. Strand was suspended one game for the incident.

“The damage that inflicted on us, we did to our-

selves to some degree,” said Sutter. “And yet we do need to play better.

“We have to tighten things up. When we play a tight game and check the right way and stick to how we want to play, to our identity . . . we’re pretty effective. But when we get away from that it hurts us.”

After fashioning a long and successful run, the Rebels have posted just one win in their last six games, a cause for concern but hardly a calamity, as Sutter noted. And it’s not something that took the coaching staff by surprise.

“We were playing so well and doing so many good things,” said Sutter. “But any streak that you’re on, something comes up at some point and as coaches we started noticing certain things that were creeping into our game.

“We were trying to rectify these things with the group and get them straightened out, but we were still having success. Eventually it nails you, and it really did. We’re going through some adversity now, which isn’t a bad thing if you handle it the right way.”

The Rebels didn’t return home from Victoria until very late Sunday and won’t practise until Tuesday, when they’ll start working on correcting what has been ailing them over the last half dozen games and counting.

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Kings hang on for win over Voyageurs

BY JOSH ADLDRICH ADVOCATE STAFF Kings 7 Voyageurs 4 PENHOLD —The Red Deer College Kings (10-12-03) narrowly avoided a major upset on Sunday against the last place team in Alberta Colleges Athletic Conference men’s hockey.

The opportunist Portage College Voyageurs (122-0-2) jumped on just about every opportunity their more than gracious hosts gave them, but still fell 7-4 at the Penhold Regional Multiplex on Sunday.

“The first 10 minutes was a lot of fun, we were all over them with lots of offence and lots of things happening,” said Kings head coach Trevor Keeper.

“There was some rebounds and we just lost our focus in terms of boxing bodies out and whacking pucks out of the slot.”

Doug Jones, Logan Sceviour, Shamus Graham, Connor Hartley and Greg Lamoureux all scored once for the Kings while Mike Marianchuk put two into the empty net to seal the victory. Mike Salmon made 19 saves in his first start in the RDC net since a 5-3 loss Jan. 17 against the Briercrest Clippers (6-19-1-2).

Landon Kadatz, Paul Thompson, Cory Giroux and Gil Kakegabon replied with goals for the Voyageurs while goalie Aaron Boyce held them in, allowing five goals on 45 shots.

RDC actually built a 3-1 lead in the first period on goals by Jones, Sceviour and Graham, but then started coast. The Voyageurs made them pay as Portage tied the game up heading into the first intermission.

The Kings regrouped during the break and came out and dominated the second period, but were only able to get one of 16 shots past Boyce as Hartley chipped a shot past the flailing goalie after being left

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RDC Kings forward Greg Lamoureux is stopped by Portage College Voyageurs goalie Aaron Boyce during ACAC men’s hockey action at the Penhold Regional Multiplex on Sunday. RDC won 7-4. alone in the slot at 18:19.

The Kings kept coming the pressure up to start the final frame with Lamoureux finally scoring a powerplay goal at 13:40. It looked like the Voyageurs were sunk, but they came back again as Kakegabon ripped a shot past Salmon at 17:58, cutting the lead to one goal with 2:04 to go.

However, Marianchuk ended all dreams of a mira-

cle comeback with two goals into the gaping net with less than a minute to go.

“We had all four lines playing well defensively and earning opportunities to score,” said Keeper.

“Every line scored goals today and we have to have that moving forward.”

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Raptors down defending champion Spurs

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS Raptors 87 Spurs 82 TORONTO — The nights James Johnson played little, he would make a beeline for the Air Canada Centre’s practice court after the final buzzer to work on his shooting. He figured it would eventually pay off.

That moment came Sunday night when Johnson scored a team-high 20 points and drilled a threepoint shot with 50 seconds left to lift the Toronto Raptors 87-82 over the defending NBA champion San Antonio Spurs.

“You never know how many minutes you’re going to get, when’s your next opportunity to play, so you just have to stay ready,” Johnson said. “Give a lot of credit to (Raptors assistant Jama Mahlalela), always coming up there, sacrificing some dinner times with me coming up there at nighttime. It’s working out.”

DeMar DeRozan added 18 points, while Amir Johnson had 15 and Kyle Lowry had 12. Jonas Valanciunas grabbed a season-high 16 rebounds in one of

Toronto’s best defensive efforts of the season, and the team’s eighth win in 10 outings.

DeRozan called it a defining victory.

“It was against a great team. They’re champions.

They’re a hell of a team. It was a good game for us tonight,” he said. “Tonight was a great test for us.

San Antonio is probably the best team in the league at moving the ball, getting easy shots. They’ve got a lot of trick plays that you’ve got to be aware of every single second of that shot clock. I think we did a pretty good job.”

The Atlantic Division-leading Raptors (35-17) were coming off a huge 123-107 win over the Clippers on Friday that saw them claw their way back from an early 20-point deficit.

Neither team led by more than 10 in Sunday’s dogfight, and the Raptors went into the fourth quarter clutching a 64-58 advantage in front of an Air Canada Centre capacity crowd of 19,800 that included Toronto FC’s newest acquisition Sebastian Giovinco.

The Spurs fought back and a three-pointer by Marco Belinelli with 2:20 to play gave San Antonio a three-point lead. A dunk from Amir Johnson got

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the fans on their feet and cut the lead to one. Then James Johnson — who started in place of Greivis Vasquez in just his second game back from missing four with a hamstring injury — connected on his long-range bomb.

“Just took it with confidence,” Johnson said on his three. “Kyle, he’s a great guard, he’s going to set guys up, and I thought he set that up, he wouldn’t just throw that pass if he wasn’t all the way confident in me taking it. That’s what the work’s paying off for.”

The Raptors dug in on defence on the Spurs’ next possession, then James Johnson sunk a free throw with four seconds left to seal Toronto’s victory.

“At the end of the day we’re trying to get to where (the Spurs) are and where they’ve been,” Lowry said.

“It was a great test for us. They know every single night they’re getting every team’s best shot because of who they are. So for us it was a stepping stone for our growth.”

The Spurs were a horrible 31-for-93 shooting, as the Raptors held the Spurs’ big three of Tim Duncan, Tony Parker and Manu Ginobili to a combined 10for-40.

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BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — Getting blown out by the Toronto Maple Leafs was not how the Edmonton Oilers wanted to start a six-game, 10-day road trip. The performance caught coach Todd Nelson offguard after what he thought amounted to two days of strong preparation.

Perhaps the lack of offence against the Leafs, and a few days earlier in a shutout loss at home against the Pittsburgh Penguins, could have been anticipated. The Oilers have been without left-wingers Taylor Hall and Benoit Pouliot, who have combined for almost a quarter of their goals this season.

“That’s an excuse, right? We’re not going to use it, but it is reality: We do miss those guys,” alternate captain Matt Hendricks said Saturday night after the 5-1 loss.

“They play big minutes for us and are big offensive guys for us. But we’ve got to find ways to put pucks in the

net.”

Toronto kid Luke Gadzic finally did with 2.3 seconds left, but that only functioned to ruin James Reimer’s shutout bid. It was the only goal in two games without Hall and Pouliot, who each have 11 this season.

Pouliot, out with an undisclosed injury, skated in a track suit by himself at Air Canada Centre Saturday morning and felt “not bad,” according to Nelson. Hall, who has missed five of the past six games with a left ankle injury, isn’t ready to skate yet, the coach said.

It’s unclear if Pouliot will be available for Monday night’s game at the New Jersey Devils, but at least he remains on the road trip. Hall returned to Edmonton on Sunday to undergo more tests, the team said.

Without Hall and Pouliot, the Oilers still should have the offensive talent to put up some goals. Top-line rightwinger Jordan Eberle almost scored a couple of times against the Leafs but couldn’t cash in.

“That was one of the more frustrating nights,” Eberle said. “In the second period I had a breakaway to make it 2-1, hit the post, they go down and score. I had a chance in the third period, got hooked a bit and they go down and score again. It wasn’t going in for us and going in for them.”

More of an issue for the Oilers was their defensive play, according to captain Andrew Ference, who wasn’t happy with how he and his teammates were slow to react defensively and didn’t move their feet.

That’s usually not a recipe for success, especially on the road, where Edmonton will be for a while now with games coming up at the Devils, New York Islanders, Montreal Canadiens, Ottawa Senators and Winnipeg Jets.

“You’re playing against good players and you have to do your job and take care of your own game to have a chance,” Ference said. “We didn’t do that. We stood around, we watched, we glided around the ice and they took full advantage of it.”

Despite drop in scoring, Keith crucial to Hawks

centage (CF%) of 54.4, meaning over 376 games the team had 54.4 per cent of the shot attempts (shots that hit the net plus ones that were blocked or missed) to opponents’ 45.6 per cent.

During that period, Keith’s Corsi For per 60 minutes (the number of shot attempts by the Blackhawks per 60 minutes while he was on the ice) was 60.69 and his Corsi Against was 49.78, which amounted to a CF% of 54.9 - impressive but only slightly better than the team’s overall number. This season Keith’s managed a Corsi For per 60 minutes of 68.32 and a Corsi Against of 50.51, for a CF% of 57.5%. In other words he’s generating significantly more offensive opportunities while holding the line defensively.

All that extra rubber at opponents’ nets means more goals for the Blackhawks, while fewer pucks are getting past goaltenders Corey Crawford and Antti Raanta. The goalies get a lot of credit here, but it’s also clear Keith isn’t hanging them out to dry by leaving opponents with great scoring chances.

In order to understand how Keith’s play has affected his teammates, you need to look at something called WOWYs, which compare how a player’s teammates do with him on the

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REBELS: Produce “We just have to get back to playing our game, being more responsible with and without the puck and making sure we’re not giving up four to six goals a night,” said Sutter. “It seems like everything has compounded recently.

Our penalty kill hasn’t been very good the last few games whereas it was really good before.

“And we need our power play to produce. Last night it was a difference for us in a negative way.” ● Captain Conner Bleackley suffered a lower-body injury early in Saturday’s game at Vancouver and didn’t return, nor did he play in Victoria.

“He said it felt better yesterday, but to be honest he has an injury that could keep him out for days or maybe for weeks,” said Sutter.

“He won’t skate until Thursday at the earliest, and we probably won’t know the extent of the injury until then.”

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ice vs. without him.

The first table shows Keith’s WOWYs for his most frequent linemates between 2009-14. Most players did better with him, a few did worse, and generally the differences were small. T hat can’t be surprising.

While Keith was a big part of the Blackhawks’ success during those years, so were lots of other guys with names like Jonathan Toews, Patrick Kane, Seabrook, Patrick Sharp, Marian Hossa and Niklas Hjalmarsson.

The second table shows Keith’s WOWYs with every player who has logged more than 50 minutes of 5-on-5 ice time with him this season.

Every single one of them

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“I could tell he was a little bit nervous at first,” said Keeper. “We talked to him after the first period when it was 3-3 and we just told him to calm down, to control his rebounds and to talk to the D-men about clearing pucks and he was good for the remainder of the game.”

The Kings are preparing for the stretch run into the playoffs, they have at least one game in hand over every team ahead of them, still unless they get some help, they may have a tough time moving out of the final playoff spot with four weeks to go. They are currently five points back of the Keyano College Huskies (11-9-2-4) for fifth place.

“We just want to do things right and play how we want to be playing when the playoffs come,” said Keeper. “We’ll worry about where the standings sort themselves out after we’re done these next seven games.”

The Kings have a home-and-home series with the SAIT Trojans (22-5-1-0) next week, hosting on Friday in Penhold at 7 p.m. and then in Calgary on Saturday. ● The RDC Queens had their six game winning streak snapped in Edmonton on Saturday against the NAIT Ooks in ACAC women’s hockey action.

The Ooks won 4-0, avenging their 4-3 shootout loss to the Queens on Thursday in Red Deer. NAIT goalie Jill Diachuk made 15 saves for her 11th career shutout, tying an ACAC record also held by University of Calgary Dinos goalie Kati Urness. jaldrich@reddeeradvocate.com

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has a better CF% with Keith on the ice than without, and in some cases the differences are large.

Brent Seabrook, for example, logs about two-thirds of his 5-on-5 ice time with Keith.

When they’re on the ice together, they generate 56.2 per cent of the shot attempts. But that other one-third of the time, when he’s paired with folks like Johnny Oduya and Hjalmarsson, Seabrook manages a mediocre CF% of 49.3.

Toews, meanwhile, goes from an almost magical 62.7 CF% with Keith on the ice to only 53.4. Kane, currently on pace to score 40 goals for the first time in his career, is 7.2 percentage points better this season with Keith on the ice than

BRIER ROUNDUP Olympic gold medallists Brad Jacobs and Brad Gushue joined the field of the 2015 Canadian men’s curling championship by winning their respective provinces Sunday.

The roster of teams for the 2015 Tim Hortons Brier in Calgary from Feb. 28 to March 8 is nearly complete after eight provinces and a territories declared their champion Sunday.

Kevin Koe (Alberta), Jim Cotter (B.C.), Steven Laycock (Saskatchewan), Reid Carruthers (Manitoba), Glen MacLeod (Nova Scotia), Jamie Koe (Northwest Territories) and Mark Kean (Ontario) also joined the Brier field.

Quebec’s Jean-Michel Menard, New Brunswick’s Jeremy Mallais and Yukon’s Bob Smallwood had qualified in earlier playdowns.

Prince Edward Island’s men’s final is scheduled for Tuesday.

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Keith’s point total may be down this year, but his dominant play has made his teammates much better and is a big reason why the Blackhawks remain in a dogfight to win the Central Division.

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fending champion Team Canada for the first time to mirror the national women’s championship.

Calgary’s John Morris will skip that team, which includes third Pat Simmons, second Carter Rycroft and lead Nolan Thiessen. Koe won last year’s Brier with the three men, but left the foursome to form a new team which defeated Brendan Bottcher 7-4 in the Alberta championship.

Jacobs capped an undefeated run through Northern Ontario with a 7-4 win over veteran Al Hackner.

Jacobs, third Ryan Fry and the front end of E.J. Harnden and Ryan Harnden won the 2013 Canadian and world titles before winning Olympic gold last year in Sochi, Russia.

Gushue, the 2006 Olympic champion, will represent Newfoundland and Labrador for the 12th time in his career.

He faced only one challenger in the provincial championship in Labrador City. Gushue concluded a three-game sweep of Gary Wensman.

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Success can sometimes be a curse. Take the case of defending Norris Trophy winner Duncan Keith of the Chicago Blackhawks.

If you look at the top line stats, you might conclude Keith is having a bit of an “off” year. You’d be wrong. Currently tied for 15th among all NHL defencemen with 30 points, he’s on pace for 49. That’s a significant drop from the 69 points that won him the Norris in 2009-10 and the 61 he tallied last season.

But top line stats can be deceiving. To evaluate Keith’s current season, you need to look a bit deeper under the hood. If you do, what you’ll see is pretty impressive.

To begin with, Keith’s been even more of a workhorse for the Blackhawks this season than over the past couple of years, averaging 25:41 of ice time per game, compared to 24:38 last season and 24:06 in 2012-13. That’s 3:24 more than Brent Seabrook, who sits second on the team.

More remarkable, while no one would describe Keith as “soft,” he’s only registered 14 penalty minutes so far. That may not seem like a big deal, but if you’re anchoring the top penalty-killing unit on the top penalty-killing team in the league, staying out of the box matters.

But where Keith really stands out is in his ability to drive play and elevate the guys around him.

In the five years leading up to this season, which included his two Norris campaigns, Keith was consistently the best defenceman on a Blackhawks team that managed a leagueleading 5-on-5 Corsi For per-

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Day does it again at Torrey Pines WINS 4-MAN PLAYOFF FOR THIRD PGA TOUR TITLE AT SAME PLACE HE WON JR WORLDS SAN DIEGO — Jason Day was playing to win and figured he lost.

His chip from gnarly rough behind the 18th green at Torrey Pines came out hot, rolled out fast and tumbled off the front of the green toward the water.

After a week of visualizing his hands on the trophy, his thoughts quickly changed to a more dire scenario.

“OK, where do I need to drop?” he said.

The cheers told him otherwise. The ball stopped at the yellow hazard line a few feet from the water. Day saved par from there, got into a four-man playoff and won the Farmers Insurance Open on Sunday with a par on the second extra hole.

“When you win golf tournaments, you have to have a little bit of luck,” Day said. “And that was my luck.”

There was plenty of skill to go with it.

Day made two big birdies and a par save from a plugged lie in the bunker during a tough stretch on the back nine and closed with a 2-under 70. He played a smart shot on the par-5 18th in the playoff and made birdie with a superb pitch. And he outlasted J.B. Holmes on the par-3 16th with a 5-iron to 15 feet after Holmes drilled his 6-iron over the green and made bogey.

Harris English, who birdied the 18th hole for a 72, and defending champion Scott Stallings (69) also were in the playoff. They were eliminated on the first extra hole.

It was a big win for Day, who was more determined than ever not to let injuries get in the way of his lifelong goal of No. 1 in the world. For now, he’ll have to settle for No. 1 in Australia. The third PGA Tour victory of his career moved him to No. 4, just ahead of Adam Scott, still miles behind Rory McIlroy. But it’s a start, and equally important to winning is staying in good health.

After winning the Match Play Championship a year ago to rise to No. 4 in the world, he played only the Masters in the next three months because of a thumb injury.

“It’s an amazing feeling,” Day said.

“I’ve been working so hard for this. I was visualizing myself holding the trophy, just like I did at the Match Play.

I’m really proud of myself to hang in there and grind it out.”

Day said he no longer wants to be satisfied finishing second, and it showed. Tied for the lead, he took a chance in regulation by going for the 18th green in two. He pulled a 3-wood to clear the water, but over the green in U.S. Open-type rough is no bargain, and it nearly cost him.

Holmes played it safe with no regrets.

In the final group and tied for the lead, he had 235 yards to the pin and chose to lay up with an 8-iron. He was surprised when his wedge didn’t spin back toward the bowl at the front of the green, and his 20-foot birdie putt for the win grazed the cup. He closed with a 72.

A little shorter or longer in the fairway and he said he would have gone for it. But the ball was on a slightly downhill lie.

“It was a lie that my tendency is to hit it a little bit further and hit a draw, and long and left is dead,” Holmes said. “If you hit something over the green there, it’s not really an easy up-and-down. It’s not really the best access to the pin. The best play is to lay up and hit a wedge. I had the same thing again, I would lay up.”

English and Stallings were eliminated on the first extra hole. Stallings had to lay up from the left rough, and his 15-foot birdie putt turned away.

English drove well to the right, but his short iron back to the fairway was too strong and settled on the border of the first cut and 4-inch grass. He couldn’t get any spin on the ball, and was left with a 60-foot birdie putt from the back of the green to stay alive. It stopped a few inches short.

Equally important for Day were the holes leading up to the 18th. He made one of only four birdies at the 15th, and he holed a 50-foot putt on the 16th for one of only five birdies in the final round. From a plugged lie in a bunker at the 17th, he got up-and-down.

Day was among seven players who

Former champion GSP says current MMA drug-testing system is flawed

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rent system did not work with Silva because UFC 183 went ahead as planned with Silva in the main event. Test results were not made public until after the fight.

“The fight should be cancelled because it’s cheating, it’s a biological weapon that you have,” St. Pierre argued. “If I fight someone with a knife and the promoter and the organization know I have a knife. I’m bringing a knife into the fight, they should not let me fight because I’m carrying a weapon.

“A performance-enhancing drug is the same thing, it’s a biological weapon. It’s an advantage that you have over your opponent that you should not be able to compete with. Because you put the health of the competitor in jeopardy.

“We’re not playing golf, we’re not racing, we’re fighting. Every time we fight we put our lives, our well-being in jeopardy.”

In Silva’s case, it appears the test results were not ready in time.

The head of the WADA-accredited Sports Medicine Research & Testing Laboratory in Salt Lake City which analysed the Silva sample told Yahoo Sports that complex tests take time.

Daniel Eichner also noted that samples, taken by a WADA-certified collector, are identified only by number as per protocol and that the testing process operates without deadlines.

Silva has denied cheating.

St-Pierre has not fought since a controversial win over Johny (Bigg Rigg) Hendricks in November 2013. He subsequently stepped away from the sport, saying his life had become “completely insane.”

The UFC vacated his 170-pound title, which currently belongs to (Ruthless) Robbie Lawler.

St. Pierre said if he decides to return to action, he will insist on random drug-testing by “an independent and competent organization” with VADA (Voluntary Anti-Doping Association) as one option.

But he said he has made no decision on his future.

St-Pierre, who has kept training, says he has completely recovered from knee surgery last year.

TORONTO — Former UFC welterweight champion Georges St-Pierre says the current drug-testing system in mixed martial arts urgently needs fixing.

St-Pierre, a longtime advocate for improved testing, spoke out in the wake of former middeweight champion Anderson Silva testing positive for two steroids.

The 33-year-old from Montreal opted not to say much on Silva, saying it was not his style to kick a man when he’s down.

“I feel very sad for Anderson Silva,” he offered.

“I don’t want to talk about one individual, I want to talk about the system,” he added. “The system is a big problem in the sport of mixed martial arts ... It’s something that I believe the UFC and fighters should confront and deal with it. Because if you don’t deal with it right now, it’s going to get worse and worse and worse.”

MMA needs to model itself after Olympic sports, he said.

“They have random testing and the testing is done by a competent and an independent organization (the World Anti-Doping Association) that has no interest financially in the promotion of (the sport),” he told The Canadian Press.

MMA drug testing is usually carried out by state or provincial athletic commissions. The Nevada State Athletic Commission, for example, carried out the out-of-competition test on Silva in California last month.

That test was paid by the UFC, given that Silva was preparing for UFC 183.

Commissions traditionally take a percentage of the gate of fight cards they oversee. Nevada, for example, gets six per cent of the total gross receipts from admission fees, plus three per cent of the first million dollars and one per cent of the next $2 million of total gross receipts from broadcasting rights.

In Nevada, that money goes into the state’s general revenue fund.

St-Pierre says having an organization serving as watchdog over an event that brings it money does not make sense.

“I believe the athletic commission is doing a much better job now that it did in the past because they do random testing,” St-Pierre said. “But they still have a lot of room for improvement.”

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Jason Day , from Australia, flips a short pitch onto the 18th green at Torrey Pines where he saved his par to earn a spot in a four man playoff on the south course at Torrey Pines during the Farmers Insurance Open golf tournament Sunday, in San Diego. had at least a share of the lead on a Sunday that was more about survival than a shootout. It was the first time that a single-digit score under par — 9-under 279 — won on the PGA Tour since Justin Rose (4-under 276) at Congressional last summer.

Charles Howell III (68) and Alex Prugh (71) each missed birdie chances on the 18th and finished a shot out of the playoff.

DIVOTS: The tournament honoured Billy Casper, who died Saturday night,

with a picture of him on the first tee and flowers. Casper grew up in San Diego. Tributes continued to pour in, including one from Arnold Palmer, who lost a big lead and the 1966 U.S. Open at Olympic Club. “He was a better player than most people gave him credit for being and is going to be sorely missed in the golf world,” Palmer said. ... The final-round scoring average was 74.05. ... This was Day’s second win at Torrey Pines. He also won the Junior World Championship in 2004.

South Korea’s Kim wins playoff in Bahamas for first LPGA Tour title

Tour’s Q-school to earn a card. She played in four playoffs on the KLPGA, winning four of them.

“I joined the LPGA in hopes of making the Korean Olympics team,” Kim said. “This is one step toward that. So, this means a lot to me.”

She’s projected to move from No. 40 to No. 23 in the world. Q Baek is currently the fourth and final South Korean player in the Olympic rankings at No. 11.

Yoo finished with rounds of 69 and 70, and Jutanugarn shot 70-69.

Brittany Lincicome was third at 13 under after rounds of 68 and 70.

Canadian Brooke Henderson, of Smiths Fall, Ont., shot a 72 in her final round and finished tied for 33rd spot at 5-under for the tournament.

Lydia Ko tied for seventh at 11 under in her first event as the No. 1 player in the world. She shot 70-68.

Second-ranked Inbee Park had a chance to take the top spot back from Ko, but closed with a 72 to tie for fifth at 12 under.

“I saw the news or like the projections and how it would change, but I didn’t really think about it,” Ko said.

“To me, it was more important trying to make a lot of good putts and a lot of good birdies.”

PARADISE ISLAND, Bahamas — South Korean rookie Sei Young Kim won the Pure Silk-Bahamas LPGA Classic on Sunday for her first LPGA Tour title, holing an 8-foot birdie putt on the first hole of a playoff with countrywoman Sun Young Yoo and Thailand’s Ariya Jutanugarn.

“Just before the last putt I was super nervous, but I was fine,” Kim said.

The 22-year-old Kim shot a 1-under 72 in the completion of the delayed third round and closed with a 68 to match Yoo and Jutanugarn at 14-under 278 on Atlantis Resort’s Ocean Club course.

“It’s definitely a dream,” Kim said.

“I’m really happy. Since 10 years ago, it’s what I’ve dreamed of.”

Kim birdied the par-5 18th in regulation, chipping from the front greenside rough to 3 feet — to earn the last spot in the playoff.

She won on the hole a few minutes later.

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Raiders run with a balanced attack HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL

BY GREG MEACHEM ADVOCATE SPORTS EDITOR The Lindsay Thurber Raiders employ an attack that is similar to their roster in terms of savvy and inexperience.

In one word, balanced.

“When we want to run we can run, and when we want to slow it down and go into half court our players are pretty disciplined,” said head coach Carl Light, whose team finished third in the boys division of the Lindsay Thurber senior high basketball tournament Friday and Saturday.

“Our players can run the half court to get the ball inside to our big post guys or they can also hit from the outside, so we’re pretty well-rounded.”

Light’s crew posted a 2-1 record in their own tournament, leaving the coach in an upbeat mood.

“We took some strides that we needed to at this stage of the season,” said Light.

“I was happy.”

The Raiders edged Edmonton W.P. Wagner 63-61 in Saturday’s bronzemedal contest, wiping out an eightpoint deficit in a matter of two minutes. Down by a point with 2.3 seconds left on the clock, the hosts pulled out the thrilling victory when TK Kunaka hit a three-pointer.

Kunaka, a point guard, is one of seven rookies on the Lindsay Thurber roster. The others are forwards Jonathan Goulet, who was the Raiders tournament MVP, Marcus Pierce, Carter Chalifoux and Jacob Higham, and centres Kolbi Street and Aric Dunn.

The Raiders’ six veterans are point guard Ben Pasiuk, forwards Ben Holmes and Jeff Willoughby, guards Justin Van Tetering and Jarrett Zilinski and centre Cam Black.

The Raiders are 5-1 in league play to date, with their lone loss dealt by the Notre Dame Cougars.

“Our players have made the strides when they’ve needed to,” said Light, whose team finished fourth in the

Sherwood Park Bev Facey tournament in early January “We lost a tough one (to Notre Dame) but learned from it.

Now we’re just rolling and getting focused for the last part of the season.”

Lindsay Thurber failed to qualify for the provincials in 2014 but the head coach sees zone 4 championship potential in this year’s team.

“We’re looking to be right there in the (zone) finals and hopefully we can walk away with it,” said Light, who is in his first year as the senior Raiders sideline boss after holding the same position with the JV boys and girls over the previous five seasons.

The Raiders knocked off the Sherwood Park Salisbury Sabres 79-56 in their opening game of the tournament Friday. Kunaka led the way with 17 points and Goulet drained 13.

On Saturday, the Raiders were 85-73 A-side semifinal losers to Calgary Lester B. Pearson. The hosts, who trailed by 22 at one point before battling back to within seven, got 20 points from Pasiuk and 14 from Van Tetering.

Meanwhile, the Hunting Hills Lightning fell 69-50 to W.P. Wagner and 6759 to Bishop Carroll of Calgary, before bouncing Salisbury 67-47. Linden Petersen had 16 points and Zach Morgan had 11 against Wagner, Peterson hit for 18 points and Morgan added 15 against Bishop Carroll, and Petersen paced the Lightning with a 30-point outing and Steel McDonald netted 12 in their lone win.

Leduc defeated Lester B. Pearson 87-71 in the final, while Grande Prairie took consolation honours with a 66-62 win over Bishop Carroll. ● The host Raiders rolled over Hunting Hills 61-40 in the girls championship contest. Elizabeth Morneault netted 15 points and Kelsey Lalor scored 13 for the winners, while Madi Nimmo and Kristen Loney each had eight for the Lightning.

Thurber opened with a 78-27 thumping of Central Alberta Christian, getting 16 points from each of Morneault and Lalor, then advanced to the final with a 76-60 victory over Bishop Car-

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Jarrett Zilinkski of the Lindsay Thurber Raiders races past a member of the Salisbury Sabres during the 33rd Annual Senior Varsity Basketball Tournament in the Thurber gym on Friday night. A total of eight teams are participating in the tournament that runs Friday and Saturday. roll as Morneault and Lalor drained 15 points apiece.

Hunting Hills was a 66-41 winner over W.P. Wagner as Nicole Fischer scored 12 points and Loney contributed 11, then got 18 points from Fischer and 15 from Allie Busch in a 67-63

semifinal victory over Leduc.

Leduc beat Bishop Carroll 49-46 in the bronze-medal game and Central Alberta Christian defeated W.P. Wagner 40-35 in the consolation final. gmeachem@reddeeradvocate.com

Vipers round out regular season with win over Flyers

BY JOSH ALDRICH ADVOCATE STAFF Vipers 6 Flyers 1 The Red Deer Vipers have spent this Heritage Junior B Hockey League season being only consistent in their inconsistency.

But as they closed out their regular season with a two-game sweep of the High River Flyers (10-28-0), including a 6-1 win in Saturday’s finale at the Red Deer Arena, they enter the post-season with the momentum in their corner.

The win vaulted the Vipers (18-18-2) to a .500 record and fourth place in the North Division, giving them home ice advantage for their first round bestof-three series with the Three Hills Thrashers.

Game 1 goes Tuesday at 7:45 p.m. at the Arena. “(Home ice advantage) is big for us because we usually play better at home than we do on the road, we usually have slow starts on the road, so that was the goal,” said Vipers head coach JD Morrical.

Mitch Morrision scored twice for the Vipers while they got singles from captain Justin Corbett, Kale Lapointe, Nick Glackin, and Colton Weseen.

Backup goalie Rylan Bardick was solid in stopping 34 of 35 shots.

Kade Bleackley scored the Flyers’ lone goal while Tyler Fornwald allowed six goals on 39 shots before being replaced at 13:39 of the final period. Ryan Fisher stopped all four shots he faced in relief.

The Vipers dominated all game, taking a 2-0 lead in the first period and a 3-0 lead at 2:15 of the third period.

Bleackley did get the Flyers into the game with a goal at 3:28 but the hosts came back with three more goals to close out the contest.

The Vipers now have little turnaround time to prepare for the first round of the playoffs.

Twelve months ago they entered the post-season as a team divided with Morrical taking over as head coach in the final few days of the campaign.

Much of this season was spent repairing those issues and building a team that will play for each other.

“Last year we had a nervousness in the dressing room, but this year you can tell the boys are really excited, ready to go and rally around each other,” said Corbett For the Vipers, it’s not just about this season. They are building towards hosting provincials in 2016 as the final event to be played in the Red Deer Arena before it is torn down.

They will have their work cut out for them against the Thrashers in the first round this year, despite winning the season series 3-1.

It took until the final game of the regular season for the Vipers to catch the Thrashers in the standings, as Three Hills also lost 5-1 to the Stettler Lightning. Red Deer’s biggest advantage may come on offence, outscoring Three Hills by 42 goals this season.

Always in the back of the Vipers’ minds is that the Thrashers eliminated Red Deer in the first round last year, two games to one.

“They’ve been slumping a little bit but they’re always tough,” said Morrical. “They come hard, they’re fast, they’re speedy; if we play tough and we play our hockey we’ll be fine. But we

MINOR HOCKEY ROUNDUP Midget AAA The Red Deer Optimist Chiefs, with a 6-5 loss to host Edmonton Knights of Columbus Sunday, didn’t help their chances of qualifying for the Alberta Midget Hockey League playoffs.

Ryan Vandervlis scored twice and assisted on a goal for the Chiefs, who remain in seventh place in the South Division with 27 points. Quentin Greenwood, Tyrees Goodrunning and Brad Makofka also tallied for the visitors, who got a 31-save outing from Brandon Bilodeau while being outshot 37-30.

The Chiefs were 6-5 winners over the host Edmonton Maple Leafs Saturday as Regan Doig and Tyler Graber each connected twice and Vandervlis and Luke Coleman each sniped a goal.

Bilodeau made 20 saves for Red Deer, outshot 25-22.

The Chiefs trail the sixth-place Calgary Northstars, who hold down the sixth and final playoff berth in the South, by three points and must win each of their final two games — versus the visiting UFA Bisons Friday and the host St. Albert Raiders two days later — while hoping the ‘Stars drop their final regular-season game next Sunday against visiting Grande Prairie, to qualify for the post-season.

Minor midget AAA Joel Ray scored twice and Shae Herbert made 41 saves as the Red Deer Aero Equipment Chiefs earned a 5-5 draw with the visiting Calgary Bruins Sunday.

Jacksyn Goodall, Brad Hellofs and Luke Puto notched the other Red Deer goals.

Aero Equipment posted a 5-1 victory over the visiting Southeast Tigers Saturday, getting two goals from Ray and singles courtesy of Heloffs, Taylor Melanson and Levi Glasman. Riley Katchuik made 30 saves for the winners.

Meanwhile, the host Red Deer North Stars Chiefs were 5-4 losers to Southeast Sunday, their goals coming off the sticks

have to come with that attitude, with a mean streak, and that’s what has to come out in the playoffs.”

Always looming if the Vipers do make it beyond the Thrashers in the first round will be a showdown with the Blackfalds Wranglers (34-2-2) who earned a first round bye after finishing first overall in the standings. The defending provincial champions will face the lowest seeded remaining team in the North in the best-of-seven second round.

The Vipers are confident that they can make a run this year, after having played the Wranglers tough all season, including handing them their first regulation loss.

“We’ve got the man power and everyone is willing to die for each other, so I think we can do it,” said Corbett.

Game 2 will go in Three Hills on either Thursday or Friday with Game 3, if needed, going Saturday at the Red Deer Arena at 8 p.m.

NOTES — In Friday’s 4-1 win at High River, Cole deGraaf sniped two goals for the Vipers, while Connor Veroba and Dustin Spearing also scored and Spearing contributed three assists ... The other first round series in the HJHL North pits the No. 3 Mountainview Colts (22-13-3) against the No. 6 Stettler Lightning (14-20-4), while the No. 2 Airdrie Thunder (23-13-2) also have a bye. In the South, the No. 3 Okotoks Bisons (23-13-2) play the No. 6 Banff Bears (12-23-3) and the No. 4 Medicine Hat Cubs (19-17-2) take on the No. 5 Strathmore Wheatland Kings (1519-4). The No. 1 Coaldale Copperheads (31-6-1) and the No. 2 Cochrane Generals (25-10-3) have a bye. jaldrich@reddeeradvocate.com

of Jeremy Klessens, who scored twice and added two helpers, McKoy Kahlert and Owen Cummerford. Steven Arthur turned aside 23 shots in a losing cause.

The two Red Deer teams clashed Friday, with nothing decided in a 5-5 draw. Austin Lawson tallied twice and added an assist, Klessens scored once and assisted on three goals and Eric Pecharsky and Graysen Cameron also tallied for North Star, which got a 23-save outing from Canon Whitbread.

Ray had two goals and two assists for Aero Equipment.

Goodall, Glasman and Puto accounted for the other goals, while Herbert turned aside 32 shots.

Major bantam The Red Deer Rebels White split a pair of weekend games, edging the visiting Calgary Royals 3-2 Saturday and falling 5-0 to the host Calgary Bisons Sunday.

Josh Tarzwell, with two goals, and Elijah Funkhouser scored for the Rebels White Saturday. The hosts, outshot 3528, got a 33-save effort from Duncan Hughes.

Hughes stopped 32 shots Sunday as the visiting Rebels White were outshot 37-21.

Meanwhile, the Rebels Black fell 6-1 to the visiting Calgary Northstars in their only weekend contest.

Affiliated player Ty Herle potted the lone goal for the Rebels Black, while Steven Arthur made 47 saves in a losing cause. The visitors held a 53-24 advantage in shots on goal.

Major bantam girls Kaley Mueller scored twice in a losing cause Sunday as the Red Deer Sutter Fund Chiefs fell 5-3 to the host Sherwood Park Royals.

Taryn Hunt had the other Red Deer goal, while netminders Chantelle Sandquist and Mandi Fitzsimons combined to make 30 saves. The Chiefs were outshot 35-17.

The Chiefs beat the visiting Spruce Grove Saints 5-3 Saturday as Shae Demale fired three goals and Mueller and Brooklyn Park also scored. Fitzsimons made 23 saves for Sutter Fund, which held a 38-26 advantage in shots.

JUNIOR B WEEKEND ROUNDUP The Heritage Junior Hockey League’s top two teams clashed Saturday at Coaldale, where the host Copperheads knocked off the Blackfalds Wranglers 5-2.

Brock Boguski and Trent Hermary notched power-play goals for Blackfalds, which trailed 1-0 after one period and 2-1 after 40 minutes.

Dillan Kelly made 29 saves for the win, while Wranglers netminder Kyle Baumgardner faced 42 shots.

The top-ranked Wranglers closed out their regular season with a 34-22 slate.

The Copperheads, ranked second, finished 31-6-1.

As the respective first-place teams in the Northern and Southern divisions, both will receive a first-round playoff bye.

Meanwhile, the Stettler Lightning were 5-1 winners over the host Three Hills Thrashers Saturday, getting two goals from Michael Neumeier and singles off the sticks of Adam Ternes, Ryan Strome and Dylan Houston.

Luke Scheunert scored for the Thrashers, while netminder Brady Hoover made 30 saves. Lightning goaltender Simon Thieleman turned aside 22 shots.

The Mountainview Colts finished second in the Northern Division, followed by Airdrie, Red Deer, Three Hills, Stettler and Ponoka.

BASKETBALL

Cougars go 1-2 in at St. Joe’s tournament in Edmonton Notre Dame’s Cody White nailed four three-pointers but the Cougars dropped their final game of the Edmonton St. Joe’s senior high boys basketball tournament 87-67 to Calgary Notre Dame Saturday.

Nelson Martin scored nine points and had 10 rebounds in a losing cause.

The Cougars opened the tournament with a 74-49 dismantling of Regina MA Riffel, getting 14 points, nine rebounds and nine assists from Tony Boryi, and 10 points from Glen Saligumba.

Notre Dame then dropped a thrilling 88-85 decision to the host Saints, despite 18 points and 11 rebounds from Keegan MacDonald.

Bornyi had 16 points for the Cougars, while Dani Gurdian contributed 15 points and six assists.

The Saints scored 40 points from the free-throw line, while the Cougars netted 14 from the charity stripe.

SCOREBOARD Hockey

CENTRAL DIVISION GP W L OTLSOL GF Medicine Hat 53 35 15 1 2 212 Calgary 53 31 17 1 4 227 Red Deer 53 28 17 3 5 185 Edmonton 55 25 24 4 2 160 Kootenay 54 27 26 0 1 177 Lethbridge 53 15 32 3 3 151

GA 156 154 175 156 198 227

Pt 73 67 64 56 55 36

WESTERN CONFERENCE B.C. DIVISION GP W L OTLSOL GF Kelowna 53 41 8 3 1 232 Victoria 53 29 20 3 1 184 Kamloops 55 20 29 3 3 159 Vancouver 53 21 29 1 2 151 Prince George 55 21 31 2 1 162

GA 134 162 204 184 234

Pt 86 62 46 45 45

U.S. DIVISION W L OTLSOL GF 34 16 3 1 191 31 20 1 3 198 27 19 3 3 148 25 23 3 1 146 25 25 0 3 147

GA 145 182 141 157 161

Pt 72 66 60 54 53

Saturday’s results Regina 4 Spokane 2 Calgary 3 Prince Albert 2 Swift Current 4 Saskatoon 2 Brandon 4 Kootenay 1 Lethbridge 4 Medicine Hat 1 Edmonton 2 Prince George 1 (OT) Kelowna 5 Kamloops 2 Victoria 6 Red Deer 2 Seattle 3 Vancouver 0 Tri-City 4 Everett 3 Sunday’s results Brandon 7 Lethbridge 2 Calgary 5 Saskatoon 2 Everett 4 Portland 3 (OT) Monday’s games Edmonton at Victoria, 3 p.m.

Tri-City at Kamloops, 3 p.m.

Seattle at Vancouver, 3 p.m.

Prince George at Kelowna, 3:05 p.m.

Tuesday’s games Prince Albert at Swift Current, 6 p.m.

Spokane at Saskatoon, 6:05 p.m.

Regina at Medicine Hat, 7 p.m.

Kelowna at Seattle, 8:05 p.m.

Wednesday’s games Spokane at Prince Albert, 6 p.m.

Prince George at Calgary, 7 p.m.

Moose Jaw at Lethbridge, 7 p.m.

Medicine Hat at Kootenay, 7 p.m.

Edmonton at Vancouver, 8 p.m.

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

National Hockey League EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division GP W L OT Pts Tampa Bay 55 34 16 5 73 Montreal 52 34 15 3 71 Detroit 52 31 12 9 71 Boston 53 28 18 7 63 Florida 51 23 17 11 57 Toronto 54 23 27 4 50 Ottawa 51 20 22 9 49 Buffalo 54 16 35 3 35 Metropolitan Division GP N.Y. Islanders 53 Pittsburgh 53 Washington 54 N.Y. Rangers 51 Philadelphia 53 New Jersey 53 Columbus 51 Carolina 52

W 34 30 28 30 23 21 23 19

L OT 18 1 15 8 16 10 16 5 22 8 23 9 25 3 26 7

Pts 69 68 66 65 54 51 49 45

WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division GP W L OT Pts Nashville 53 35 12 6 76 St. Louis 53 34 15 4 72 Chicago 53 33 18 2 68 Winnipeg 55 27 18 10 64 Minnesota 51 25 20 6 56 Dallas 53 24 21 8 56 Colorado 54 22 21 11 55 Pacific Division

Saturday’s summary Anaheim

GP 54

W 34

L OT 13 7

Pts 75

GF 179 141 155 139 127 153 139 102

GA 145 117 130 131 145 165 144 189

GF 167 151 157 152 145 121 132 116

GA 149 134 135 123 155 146 157 139

GF 161 168 161 152 139 167 137

GA 127 132 121 145 140 172 152

GF GA 162 148

San Jose 54 28 19 7 63 153 149 Vancouver 51 29 19 3 61 140 131 Calgary 53 29 21 3 61 152 136 Los Angeles 52 22 18 12 56 140 141 Arizona 53 19 27 7 45 122 176 Edmonton 53 14 30 9 37 121 177 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss.

Saturday’s Games Nashville 3, N.Y. Rangers 2 Los Angeles 4, Tampa Bay 2 Boston 2, N.Y. Islanders 1 Buffalo 3, Dallas 2 Toronto 5, Edmonton 1 Montreal 6, New Jersey 2 Columbus 4, Ottawa 1 Minnesota 1, Colorado 0 Detroit 3, Arizona 1 Vancouver 5, Pittsburgh 0 Carolina 5, San Jose 4

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Monday’s Games Edmonton at New Jersey, 5 p.m.

Los Angeles at Columbus, 5 p.m.

Vancouver at Minnesota, 6 p.m.

Arizona at Chicago, 8:30 p.m.

Calgary at San Jose, 8:30 p.m.

Bahamas LPGA Classic Sunday At Ocean Club Golf Course Paradise Island, Bahamas Purse: $1.3 million Yardage: 6,650; Par: 73 Final (x-won on first playoff hole)

Thursday

Saturday’s summary Maple Leafs 5, Oilers 1 First Period No Scoring.

Penalties — Booth Tor (fighting) 18:16, Klinkhammer Edm (fighting) 18:16, Klinkhammer Edm (roughing) 18:16, Petry Edm (cross-checking) 19:54.

Second Period 1. Toronto, Panik 8 (Holland, Gardiner) 8:56 (pp).

2. Toronto, Kessel 21 (Gardiner, Franson) 10:34.

3. Toronto, Rielly 5 (unassisted) 13:26.

Penalties — Fraser Edm (holding) 7:56, Kessel Tor (slashing) 16:05.

Third Period 4. Toronto, Santorelli 11 (Kadri) :39.

5. Toronto, Holland 9 (Robidas) 9:58.

6. Edmonton, Gazdic 1 (Klinkhammer, Klefbom) 19:57.

Penalties — Komarov Tor (slashing) 17:14.

Shots on goal Edmonton 8 12 12 — 32 Toronto 9 11 8 — 28 Goal — Edmonton: Fasth (L, 5-13-2); Toronto: Reimer (W, 7-11-0).

Power plays (goal-chances) — Edmonton: 0-2; Toronto: 1-3.

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Transactions Saturday’s Sports Transactions BASEBALL National League ATLANTA BRAVES — Traded 3B Edward Salcedo to Pittsburgh for RHP Bryton Trepagnier.

CINCINNATI REDS — Agreed to terms with RHP Burke Badenhop on a one-year contact and with RHP Kevin Gregg on a minor league contract. Designated LHP Ismael Guillon for assignment. Named Dustin Hughes bullpen catcher.

COLORADO ROCKIES — Assigned LHP Yohan Flande outright to Albuquerque (PCL).

BASKETBALL National Basketball Association NBA — Fined L.A. Clippers G Chris Paul $25,000 for public criticism of officiating. Suspended Oklahoma City C Kendrick Perkins one game head to head contact with New Orleans G Tyreke Evans.

FOOTBALL National Football League DETROIT LIONS — Signed G Darren Keyton.

HOCKEY National Hockey League CALGARY FLAMES — Recalled D Brett Kulak from Colorado (ECHL) to Adirondack (AHL).

MONTREAL CANADIENS — Recalled D Bobby Shea from Wheeling (ECHL) to Hamilton (AHL).

TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING — Recalled F David Broll from Orlando (ECHL) to Syracuse (AHL).

TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS — Recalled G Antoine Bibeau from Toronto (AHL).

WASHINGTON CAPITALS — Reassigned G Philipp Grubauer to Hershey (AHL). Recalled C Andre Burakovsky from Hershey.

American Hockey League HAMILTON BULLDOGS — Recalled D Bobby Shea from Wheeling (ECHL).

HERSHEY BEARS — Returned G Kenny Reiter to Reading (ECHL).

IOWA WILD — Signed D Joe Stejskal to a professional tryout agreement.

ECHL ELMIRA JACKALS — Released G Nick Niedert.

FORT WAYNE KOMETS — Loaned F Shawn Szydlowski to Lake Erie (AHL).

GWINNETT GLADIATORS — Signed F Dylan Smoskowitz.

INDY FUEL — Added G Jason Torf as emergency backup.

KALAMAZOO WINGS — Claimed G Garrett Bartus off waivers from Fort Wayne.

Sunday’s Sports Transactions BASEBALL National League CINCINNATI REDS — Agreed to terms with INF/OF Todd Frazier on a two-year contract.

HOCKEY National Hockey League MINNESOTA WILD — Recalled G Johan Gustafsson from Alaska (ECHL) to Iowa (AHL).

MONTREAL CANADIENS — Assigned D Bobby Shea from Hamilton (AHL) to Wheeling (ECHL).

NEW YORK ISLANDERS — Placed F Michael Grabner on injured reserve. Recalled Fs Colin McDonald and Harry Zolnierczyk from Bridgeport (AHL).

SAN JOSE SHARKS — Recalled F Chris Crane from Missouri (ECHL) to Worcester (AHL).

American Hockey League

● JV basketball: Notre Dame girls tournament. ● College volleyball: SAIT at RDC, women at 6 p.m., men to follow. ● Soccer: Red Deer City Soccer Association Sheraton Family Day tournament, 6 p.m. start, Westerner AgriCentre. ● WHL: Lethbridge at Red Deer, 7 p.m., Centrium. ● Men’s college hockey: SAIT at RDC, 7 p.m., Penhold Regional Multiplex. ● AJHL: Calgary Mustangs at Olds, 7 p.m. ● Midget AAA hockey: UFA at Red Deer, 8 p.m., Arena.

Wednesday

● JV basketball: Notre Dame at Hunting Hills, Innisfail at Rocky Mountain House, Lindsay Thurber at Stettler, Lacombe at Camrose, Sylvan Lake at Wetaskiwin; girls at 6 p.m., boys to follow.

Tuesday’s Games Dallas at Boston, 5 p.m.

Ottawa at Buffalo, 5 p.m.

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

N.Y. Rangers at Toronto, 5:30 p.m.

Philadelphia at Montreal, 5:30 p.m.

Anaheim at Florida, 5:30 p.m.

Arizona at St. Louis, 6 p.m.

Tampa Bay at Nashville, 6 p.m.

Minnesota at Winnipeg, 6 p.m.

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● Peewee AA hockey: Red Deer TBS at Lacombe, 7:15 p.m. ● Men’s basketball: Silver Spurs vs, Johns Manville, Bulldog Scrap Metal vs.

Lacombe All Sports Cresting, 7:15 and 8:30 p.m., Lindsay Thurber.

Friday

● Senior high basketball: Rocky Mountain House at Lindsay Thurber, Notre Dame at Ponoka, Camrose at Lacombe, Hunting Hills at Wetaskiwin, Stettler at Sylvan Lake; girls at 6 p.m., boys to follow. ● AJHL: Camrose at Olds, 7 p.m. ● Men’s basketball: Vikings vs. Triple A Batteries, Rusty Chuckers vs. Alken Basin, 7:15 and 8:30 p.m., Lindsay Thurber. ● Heritage junior B hockey: Three Hills at Red Deer, first game of best-of-three Northern Division quarter-final, 7:45 p.m., Arena.

Sunday’s Games Nashville 3, Florida 2, SO Chicago 4, St. Louis 2 Philadelphia 3, Washington 1 N.Y. Islanders 3, Buffalo 2 Tampa Bay 5, Anaheim 3 Dallas 3, N.Y. Rangers 2, OT Winnipeg 5, Colorado 3 Montreal 3, Boston 1

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● JV basketball: Lindsay Thurber at Notre Dame, Wetaskiwin at Hunting Hills, Stettler at Rocky Mountain House, Camrose at Sylvan Lake, Lacombe at Ponoka; girls at 6 p.m., boys to follow.

Tuesday

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Today

LEHIGH VALLEY PHANTOMS — Recalled G Connor Knapp from Reading (ECHL).

WORCESTER SHARKS — Recalled D Nick Jones from Indy (ECHL).

ECHL ECHL — Suspended Florida F Alex Lavoie, Kalamazoo F Ben Wilson and Indy F Vincent Arseaneau one game pending announcement of further discipline.

ALLEN AMERICANS — Released G Josh Trimberger as emergency backup.

EVANSVILLE ICEMEN — Signed D Brad Denney and James Gordon and Fs Andrew Harrison and Jordan Sims.

INDY FUEL — Released G Jason Torf as emergency backup.

KALAMAZOO WINGS — Released G Larkin Saalfrank.

ONTARIO REIGN — Released G Spencer McLay as emergency backup. Added G Tate Maris as emergency backup.

● Senior high basketball: Sylvan Lake at Hunting Hills, girls at 6 p.m., men to follow. ● Women’s college hockey: SAIT at RDC, 7 p.m., Arena.

Saturday

● Soccer: Red Deer City Soccer Association Sheraton Family Day tournament, 8 a.m. start, Westerner AgriCentre. ● JV basketball: Notre Dame girls tournament. ● Minor midget AAA hockey: Calgary Rangers at Red Deer Aero Equipment, 11:30 a.m., Arena. ● Peewee AA hockey: Red Deer TBS at Olds, 2:15 p.m.; Cranbrook at Red Deer Parkland, 3 p.m., Kinsmen A.

Basketball National Basketball Association EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct GB Toronto 35 17 .673 — Brooklyn 21 29 .420 13 Boston 19 31 .380 15 Philadelphia 12 40 .231 23 New York 10 41 .196 24 Southeast Division W L Pct GB Atlanta 42 10 .808 — Washington 32 20 .615 10 Charlotte 22 29 .431 19 Miami 21 29 .420 20 Orlando 16 38 .296 27 Central Division W L Pct GB Chicago 32 20 .615 — Cleveland 32 21 .604 1/2 Milwaukee 28 23 .549 3 Detroit 20 32 .385 12 Indiana 20 32 .385 12 WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division W L Pct GB Memphis 38 13 .745 — Houston 35 16 .686 3 Dallas 35 18 .660 4 San Antonio 32 19 .627 6 New Orleans 27 24 .529 11 Northwest Division W L Pct GB Portland 35 17 .673 — Oklahoma City 26 25 .510 8 Denver 19 32 .373 15 Utah 18 33 .353 16 Minnesota 11 40 .216 23

Golden State L.A. Clippers Phoenix Sacramento L.A. Lakers 1/2

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1/2

1/2 1/2 1/2 1/2

Pacific Division W L Pct 40 9 .816 33 19 .635 29 24 .547 18 32 .360 13 38 .255

GB — 8 13 22 28

1/2 1/2

Saturday’s Games Chicago 107, New Orleans 72 Washington 114, Brooklyn 77 Philadelphia 89, Charlotte 81 Golden State 106, New York 92 Dallas 111, Portland 101, OT Milwaukee 96, Boston 93 Utah 102, Sacramento 90 Sunday’s Games Oklahoma City 131, L.A. Clippers 108 Cleveland 120, L.A. Lakers 105 Memphis 94, Atlanta 88 Chicago 98, Orlando 97 Minnesota 112, Detroit 101 Indiana 103, Charlotte 102 Portland 109, Houston 98 Toronto 87, San Antonio 82 Sacramento 85, Phoenix 83 Monday’s Games Golden State at Philadelphia, 5 p.m.

Orlando at Washington, 5 p.m.

San Antonio at Indiana, 5 p.m.

New York at Miami, 5:30 p.m.

Utah at New Orleans, 6 p.m.

Brooklyn at Milwaukee, 6 p.m.

Atlanta at Minnesota, 6 p.m.

L.A. Clippers at Dallas, 6:30 p.m.

Oklahoma City at Denver, 7 p.m.

Soccer English Premier League GP W D Chelsea 24 17 5 Manchester City 24 14 7 Southampton 24 14 3 Man. United 24 12 8 Tottenham 24 13 4 Arsenal 24 12 6 Liverpool 24 11 6 West Ham 24 10 7 Swansea 24 9 7 Stoke 24 9 6 Newcastle 24 8 7 Everton 24 6 9 Crystal Palace 24 6 8 Sunderland 24 4 12 West Brom 24 5 8 Aston Villa 24 5 7 Burnley 24 4 9 Hull City 24 4 8 QPR 24 5 4 Leicester City 24 4 5

L GF 2 54 3 47 7 38 4 40 7 37 6 45 7 33 7 36 8 28 9 27 9 30 9 31 10 26 8 22 11 22 12 12 11 23 12 21 15 24 15 21

GA Pts 21 56 24 49 17 45 23 44 31 43 27 42 27 39 28 37 31 34 29 33 36 31 34 27 34 26 34 24 34 23 32 22 40 21 34 20 43 19 38 17

Saturday, Feb. 7 Tottenham 2, Arsenal 1

Aston Villa 1, Chelsea 2 Leicester City 0, Crystal Palace 1 Manchester City 1, Hull City 1 Queens Park Rangers 0, Southampton 1 Swansea 1, Sunderland 1 Everton 0, Liverpool 0 Sunday, Feb. 8 Burnley 2, West Brom 2 Newcastle 1, Stoke 1 West Ham 1, Manchester United 1 Tuesday, Feb. 10 Arsenal vs. Leicester City, 1945 GMT Hull City vs. Aston Villa, 1945 GMT Sunderland vs. Queens Park Rangers, 1945 GMT Liverpool vs. Tottenham, 2000 GMT Wednesday, Feb. 11 Chelsea vs. Everton, 1945 GMT Manchester United vs. Burnley, 1945 GMT Southampton vs. West Ham, 1945 GMT Stoke vs. Manchester City, 1945 GMT Crystal Palace vs. Newcastle, 2000 GMT West Brom vs. Swansea, 2000 GMT

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Royals 6, Rebels 2 First Period 1. Victoria, Soy 18 (Brown, Hicketts) 6:58 (pp).

2. Victoria, Chase 16 (Soy) 16:18.

3. Red Deer, Bobyk 4 (Cote, Sheen) 18:48 (pp).

Penalties — Magee Vic (interference) 3:10, Bobyk RD (tripping) 6:20, Magee Vic (hooking) 11:27, Doetzel RD (holding) 14:38, Forsberg Vic (slashing) 14:38, Fushimi Vic (10-minute misconduct) 18:06, Palmer Vic (tripping) 18:06.

Second Period 4. Victoria, Reddekopp 4 (Chase, Walker) 14:12 (pp).

5. Red Deer, Adamson 5 (Johnson, Nogier) 17:33.

6. Victoria, Magee 16 (unassisted) 19:43 (shorthanded-SH).

Penalties — Gagnon Vic (checking from behind) 0:51, Nell RD (tripping) 6:02, Fleury RD (interference) 12:36, Musil RD (high-sticking) 15:15, Crunk Vic (charging) 18:03, Johnson RD (roughing) 19:55.

Third Period 7. Victoria, Soy 19 (unassisted) 3:55.

8. Victoria, Soy 20 (unassisted) 16:31 (-EN.SH).

Penalties — Bobyk RD (fighting) 4:31, Forsberg Vic (fighting) 4:31, Johnson RD (10-minute misconduct) 8:13, Kopeck RD (tripping) 8:13, Magee Vic (holding) 14:45, Bobyk RD (spearing) 16:31, Bobyk RD (spearing) 16:31, Musil RD (10-minute misconduct) 16:31, Reddekopp Vic (roughing) 16:31, Reddekopp Vic (10-minute misconduct) 16:31.

Shots on goal Red Deer 5 13 10 — 28 Victoria 10 11 13 — 34 Goal — Red Deer: Toth (L, 22-13-3); Victoria: Vollrath (W, 22-12-3).

Power plays (goal-chances) — Red Deer: 1-6; Victoria: 2-7.

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Defending champion Valentine’s Czechs bounce Canada HEARING AID SAVINGS out of Fed Cup in sweep

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS QUEBEC — Canada was overmatched in its first appearance in the elite Fed Cup World Group as the defending champion Czech Republic finished off a 4-0 sweep of the first-round tie on Sunday.

Canada needed to be perfect after dropping the opening two singles matches of the best-of-five series on Saturday, and Ottawa’s Gabriela Dabrowski got off to a promising start by taking a 4-1 lead in the first set against Karolina Pliskova.

Canada’s faint hope quickly evaporated. Pliskova, world’s 22nd-ranked player stormed back to win the match 6-4, 6-2 and send the Czechs to a semifinal meeting with France.

“After (Pliskova) won the first set, she settled down and was more relaxed,” Dabrowski said.

“But I gave my best on every point regardless of whether I was up 4-1 or I lost the first set or I was down in the second. I was trying my hardest the whole time.”

With the tie already won, the Czechs completed the sweep when Denisa Allertova and Lucie Hradecka defeated Dabrowski and Montreal’s Francoise Abanda 6-1, 7-6 (2).

“It wasn’t the result we were hop-

ing for,” said Canadian team captain Sylvain Bruneau. “I knew it would be difficult to win this but I thought we had a chance. I told them to give it their all and take advantage of the opportunity. I felt they really tried but the level as of now is just not as high as the Czechs.”

Canada, who was competing in the eight-team World Group for the first time, will now be forced to participate in a World Group play-off on April 18 and 19 to try and keep its place in the highest level of Fed Cup play for 2016.

A win would maintain Canada’s position in the World Group while a loss would drop the squad back down to World Group II. The official draw for the World Group playoffs will take place on Tuesday.

“April will not be an easy tie,” Bruneau said. “Whoever we play it will be a tough country. Hopefully we have some of the players we were missing this weekend to help us but the experience that our girls had this weekend could also serve them well in the future.”

The weekend matchup was missing several key players. Eugenie Bouchard, ranked seventh in the world, declined to play for Canada.

The Czechs were missing world No. 4 Petra Kvitova and No. 15 Lucie Safarova.

Price backstops Habs to win over Bruins

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Canadiens 3 Bruins 1 BOSTON — Four games, four wins and rare season sweep for the Montreal Canadiens over the Boston Bruins.

Carey Price made 34 saves to lift the Canadiens to a 3-1 victory Sunday night, giving Montreal wins in all four meetings this season.

“There’s been a lot of matchups between those two teams in the past here, in the playoffs also,” Canadiens coach Michel Therrien said. “But who knows what’s going to happen? We don’t know, but definitely, it brings some confidence. But honestly, there’s still a lot of hockey to be played, and we’re still a long way from the playoffs.”

Dale Weise and Max Pacioretty each had a goal and an assist for the Canadiens, who completed their first regular-season sweep of Boston since taking all eight meetings in 2007-08.

“This win means a lot,” Weise said.

“That’s a good hockey team over there, so it says a lot about our team. Price

made some unbelievable saves to keep us in the game like he does every night, so it gives us a lot of confidence beating a team like that.”

Price has won seven of eight and allowed 11 goals in that span. He extended his shutout streak against Boston to 159:25 until David Pastrnak scored with 4:31 remaining.

“In order to beat this team, our best players have to be our best players and we didn’t have that tonight,” Bruins coach Claude Julien said. “I don’t think we made Price’s night real hard.”

Pastrnak cut Montreal’s lead to 2-1 when he batted the puck toward the net and Price appeared to have made the stop, but his glove was behind the goal line and after replay, the goal was allowed.

Boston has one win in its last 11 games against the Canadiens, including six straight home losses.

“As soon as we start trying to play like them, we turn the puck over and that’s where they capitalize,” Bruins forward Brad Marchand said.

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RINGETTE assists for the winners, who got single markers from Shae Baxter, who added three helpers, and Brenna Parent.

Winning goalie Baylee Schulhauser made 22 saves.

The Innisfail Eagles closed out their Chinook Hockey League regular-season schedule on a positive note during the weekend, sweeping the Fort Saskatchewan Chiefs in a home-andhome set.

The Eagles were 4-2 winners at home Friday as Mark Bomersback sniped a pair of unanswered third-period goals. Pete Vandermeer and Justin Cox, who added two assists, also tallied for Innisfail, which got a 24-save performance from Steven Stanford.

Brandt Middleton and Brett Holmberg replied for the Chiefs, while netminder David Tetrault stopped 26 shots. Innisfail was zero-for-three on the power play; Fort Saskatchewan was zerofor-six.

On Saturday, Travis Ziegler blocked all 30 shots he faced to back-

stop the Eagles to a 5-0 win at Fort Saskatchewan.

Jeff Archibald fired a pair of goals for the visitors, while Brendan Baumgartner, Kelly Fulmer and Kevin Smyth also connected against Chiefs netminder Garrett Kindred, who made 35 saves.

The Eagles were zerofor-two with a man advantage and the Chiefs were zero-for-five.

The pair of victories allowed Innisfail to clinch third place in the five-team league with a 10-14-0-0 record. The Stony Plain Eagles also finished with 20 points, but had one less win. ● On Friday, the firstplace Bentley Generals capped their excellent regular season — in which they finished 231-0-0) — with a 6-0 victory over Stony Plain at Eckville.

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RDC ATHLETICS MEDICINE HAT — The Red Deer College Kings men’s volleyball team bounced back from their loss on Friday to the Medicine Hat College Rattlers to win on Saturday 3-1 (27-25, 27-25, 14-25, 25-19).

The win maintained the Kings hold on first place in the Alberta Colleges Athletic Conference South Division.

Pat McIntyre was named the Kings player of the game with eight digs and two assists while Tim Finnigan had 16 kills, five digs and three blocks. ● The RDC Queens women’s volleyball team completed their weekend sweep of the MHC Rattlers on Saturday, winning 3-0 (25-12, 25-17, 25-10).

The Queens’ player of the game was libero Maddi Quinn with 13 digs, one kill and three assists. ● The RDC Kings men’s basketball team completed their sweep of the SAIT Trojans with an 89-86 win in Calgary on Sunday. JP Leblanc led RDC with 18 points, including two free throws in the final seconds to clinch the win, while Tyler Wise added 17.

Lacombe’s Shayne Stumpf led the Trojans with 27 points. ● The RDC Queens fell 83-43 to the SAIT Trojans in Calgary on Saturday, Stats were not available at press time.

twice and picked up an assist, while Kyle Bailey, Brett Thurston, Giffen Nyren and Cody Esposito accounted for the other goals. Dustin Butler made 26 saves for the shutout and Colin Dueck chipped in with three assists.

Stony Plain netminder Ryan Hoople stopped 42 shots. The Generals were two-for-five on the power play, with the visitors zero-for-five.

The Okotoks Drillers, who defeated visiting Stony Plain 8-4 Saturday, finished second to Bentley with a 13-10-0-1 slate.

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A great meal for a great cause

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Left: Chef Michael Bonacini from Masterchef Canada demonstrates how to create the salad served at the Red Deer Hospice Society’s Annual Gala Friday evening at the Sheraton Hotel.

Right: A look at the entree served at the Red Deer Hospice Society’s Annual Gala Friday evening featuring mashed potatoes, and Alberta beef.

RED DEER HOSPICE SOCIETY GALA

BY CRYSTAL RHYNO ADVOCATE STAFF Long before the arrival of television cameras in kitchens, Chefs Massimo Capra and Michael Bonacini were tantalizing taste buds with their dishes across Italy, England and Canada.

The stories behind the food and the ingredients sparked the Chopped Canada and MasterChef Canada judges’ passion for cooking.

The two classically-trained chefs say they are pleased that food has been brought to the forefront via cooking-related shows.

“With your feet under the table is the best place to be,” said Capra, who trained at the National Culinary Institute in Salsomaggiore, Parma.

“You get to really square out a lot of issues and understand a lot of things when you are joining for a meal, breaking bread together. It’s such a beautiful thing learning about other cultures by trying the food and understanding why.”

Bonacini, who trained under Chef Anton Mosimann at London’s Dorchester Hotel, said cooking shows fascinate people about the food business and the food culture.

“I think food has an incredible way of bringing us together because we like to learn about our neighbours and understand their cultures and we can do that through food,” said Bonacini.

On Friday night, the two long-time pals delivered a helping of food and laughter at the Red Deer Hospice Society’s sold out fundraising gala featuring the two judges. Joining the two chefs in make-shift kitchen on stage were MasterChef Canada Season 1 contestants Dora Cote of Rocky Mountain House and Tammara Behl of Calgary.

A few lucky diners received some cooking tips from the chefs during the meal.

Capra and Bonacini met in Toronto many years ago and have appeared on many television shows together such as Citytv’s Cityline or separately on other cooking shows. Capra is chef and co-owner of Toronto restaurants Mistura and Sopra Upper Lounge while Bonacini is culinary leader and co-founder of Oliver and Bonacini Restaurants.

Both have penned cooking books including the popular 3 Chefs: The Kitchen Men (with Chef Jason Parsons). Capra’s One Pot Italian Cooking is also a must-read for Italian cuisine fans.

But do not call Capra a “celebrity chef.”

“I am a cook,” he laughed. “I am a kitchen guy.”

The two Toronto restaurateurs may appear on two different food competition shows but they have simple advice for the contestants: “less is more, keep it simple.”

Cooks who appear on the shows often try to do too much to impress the judges, they say.

Their advice is just the opposite for those cooks who may never appear on a reality cooking show.

“Cooks at home need to experiment,” said Bonacini. “They need to expand. A recipe is a guideline. It’s an idea that someone has put down that they believe it works.”

Bonacini said advises cooks to take the principles of the recipe that you know works and take it in another direction by substituting ingredients.

Capra said experimentation gets everyone learning.

“If I had a dollar for every dish that in my head worked and on the plate failed I would be in Hawaii right now,” laughed Bonacini.

The Red Deer Hospice Society provides physical, social, emotional and spiritual care in a community based, home-like setting for individuals who are dying and for their loved ones. To find out more visit www.reddeerhospice.com. crhyno@reddeeradvocate.com

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Chefs Massimo Capra (left) and Michael Bonacini served up a good time at the Red Deer Hospice Society’s gala at the Sheraton Hotel .

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Above: Chef Massimo Capra demonstrating how to create the entree, a dish featuring mashed potatoes and Alberta beef, served at the Red Deer Hospice Society’s Annual Gala Friday evening at the Sheraton Hotel.

Left: A close-up look at the salad served at the Red Deer Hospice Society’s Annual Gala Friday evening at the Sheraton Hotel.

Bottom Left: Red Deerians mingle with each other between courses at the Red Deer Hospice Society’s Annual Gala Friday evening at the Sheraton Hotel. The event sold out.

Bottom Right: Brianna and Brian Lizotte provide pre-dinner entertainment at the Red Deer Hospice Society’s Annual Gala

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New Asian restaurant opening soon 3731 GAETZ AVE

BY HARLEY RICHARDS ADVOCATE BUSINESS EDITOR Chinese food is returning to 3731 Gaetz Ave. — along with a variety of other Asian dishes. @Asia restaurant is preparing to open between Shiso Japanese Restaurant and Post Time Lounge, on Red Deer’s South Hill. Those premises have been vacant since early last year, when Red Star Chinese Restaurant relocated from there to a site four blocks south.

Eric Chiu, who is managing partner of @Asia, said the new restaurant is expected to open by the end of this week.

It will offer a range of Chinese dishes — including fresh barbecue pork and duck — but also items from countries like Malaysia, Thailand and Taiwan.

“I just want the customers to get the feeling that if they come down here they are dining in Asia,” said Chiu, who at age 40 has been in the restaurant industry for 25 years.

He previously lived and worked in Toronto and Calgary, moving to Red Deer recently to open @Asia. Chiu believes there is a place in the city for a quality Asian restaurant, particularly in a high-traffic area overlooking Gaetz Avenue.

“I think if we have a good location, plus good food, we will make the people that live in Red Deer impressed.” @Asia’s head chef is from Hong Kong and has 20 years of experience.

His signature dish will be prawns with a combination of sweet, sour and spicy flavours.

Other entrees will include sizzling tenderloin, Peking duck and curry foods.

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Eric Chiu and his daughter, Yu Ching Chiu, sit in the dining room of what will be the new @Asia restaurant at the top of the Gaetz Avenue South Hill in Red Deer.

Meals prepared with live lobsters and crabs will be available with advance notice.

Dim sum is expected to be added to

the menu in the future. @Asia will be open seven days a week, with lunch specials on weekdays and take-out service.

Its newly renovated premises will have seating for approximately 130, and a full-service bar, said Chiu. hrichards@reddeeradvocate.com

U.S. refinery strike could expand STEELWORKERS UNION SAYS IT WILL BRING STRIKE TO 2 BP OIL REFINERIES IN OHIO, INDIANA

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS DALLAS — The first nationwide strike at U.S. oil refineries since 1980 is spreading to two BP plants in the Midwest.

The United Steelworkers union has notified BP Plc. that workers at refineries in Ohio and Indiana will strike late Saturday night, joining a walkout that began this week at nine other refineries.

A BP spokesman said that the company expects to continue operating with replacement workers and doesn’t expect a significant effect on production. About 3,800 steelworkers began a strike Feb. 1 at refineries from California to Kentucky, saying that negotiations with Shell Oil Co. had broken down. Shell is negotiating the national contract for other oil companies.

Union spokeswoman Lynne Hancock said the workers are seeking better health care benefits and limits on the use of contractors to replace union members in maintenance jobs. She said wages are not an issue.

Refineries are far more automated than they were during the last nationwide strike 35 years ago. Management draws up plans to use nonunion workers and contractors to keep running.

That could blunt the impact of the steelworkers’ walkout and prevent a shock to gasoline prices.

“Generally production is not impacted by these work stoppages, but prices can go up because of the perception”

of an interruption, said Tom Kloza, chief oil analyst at the Oil Price Information Service. “We’re seeing that on the West Coast.”

Three of the targeted refineries are in California and Washington, and one — a Tesoro Corp. plant in Martinez, California, that was already operating at a reduced level for maintenance work — has been idled.

Wholesale gasoline prices on the West Coast have increased about 65 cents per gallon since hitting bottom in mid-January, Kloza said, which he attributed partly to maintenance shutdowns and usual seasonal trends in gasoline prices — the peak driving season is right around the corner.

The union and Shell have continued to negotiate since the strike began, Hancock said, and the union may hope that expanding the walkout to BP refineries will put more pressure on Shell negotiators.

“BP is disappointed that USW leadership decided to call a strike at both the Whiting Refinery and BP-Husky Toledo Refinery,” said BP spokesman Scott Dean by email. He said BP remained at the negotiating table and wanted a deal that “provides good wages while giving management the flexibility it needs” to remain competitive in the industry.

BP’s plant in Whiting, Indiana, has about 1,860 employees, more than 1,000 of whom are represented by the steelworkers.

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Representatives from the United Steel Workers Union (USW) hold a rally at the entrance to the Marathon refinery in Catlettsburg, Ky. Saturday. About 3,800 steelworkers began a strike Feb. 1 at refineries from California to Kentucky, saying that negotiations with Shell Oil Co. had broken down. Shell is negotiating the national contract for other oil companies.

Never too late to save for retirement Like many things in life, retirement is something people often don’t really take seriously until it starts to approach.

“When that point is a moving target that is different for everyone,” said Dave Ablett, director of tax and estate planning with Investors Group.

“It’s never too late to start, but the later you do the less time you have to accumulate and the more you have to put in.”

For young people in their TALBOT 20s, for examBOGGS ple, retirement seems a long way off.

But as the years slip by the reality that one day they will have to live on what they’ve been able to earn and put away grows larger and more important.

If at age 30 you put away $250 a month, increase that contribution by two per cent each year, and get an average annual return on your money of

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five per cent, you would have approximately $360,000 in savings when you turn 65.

If however, you wait until age 40 to start saving, get the same rate of return on your money and increase your contributions by the same two per cent, you need to starting saving $500 a month — twice as much — to reach the same goal.

Many young people start their careers and use their savings to pay off non-mortgage debt, said Ablett.

Because they can carry forward their unused RRSP contributions a lot will put off making those contributions until they get older when they make more money, are in a higher tax bracket and can get a better tax advantage from investing in their RRSPs. Data from a recent study for tax specialist H&R Block found that half of employed Canadians who contribute to their RRSPs just make the contributions they can afford.

Aggregately, Canadians have some $800 billion in unused contributions in their RRSPs. The majority of employed Canadians (62 per cent) who make RRSP contributions do so because they are saving for retirement.

Twenty-one per cent said they make contributions to get a tax refund, 10

per cent because they believe it is a good investment and five per cent because they are saving for a house.

Many Canadians consider their home one of their primary retirement assets.

Forty per cent of employed Canadians in the H&R survey said they are likely to use the sale of their principal residence to help fund their retirement.

Canadians can use their RRSPs to help them buy their first house. Under the home buyers plan (HBP) you and your spouse can each withdraw up to $25,000 from your RRSPs tax-free to buy your first home and then repay the money over the next 15 years. Repayments do not start until the year after the withdrawal is made.

However, before you can withdraw the funds you must have entered into a written agreement to buy or build a qualifying house which you must occupy no later than one year after buying or building the home.

The money withdrawn must be in your RRSP for at least 90 days before a withdrawal can be made.

The introduction of the tax free savings account (TFSA) gave Canadians another savings vehicle that is probably more suited for people in a lower tax bracket who can’t take full advan-

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tage of tax benefit of an RRSP. “The TFSA has complicated the retirement savings landscape somewhat,” said Ablett. “People who are in the 20 per cent bracket for federal and provincial taxes are probably better to maximize their TFSAs and wait till they are in a higher bracket to contribute to their RRSP and take advantage of the tax deferred savings.”

There are other advantages to contributing to a TFSA in that income from it will not affect other government assistance programs, such as the old age security and the money is all tax-free, unlike an RRSP which is taxed when it is removed.

“Whether you use a TFSA, RRSP or a non-registered account, it’s never too late to start saving, even if you’re 40 or over,” Ablett said.

“It’s probably a good idea to talk to an accountant or adviser to determine the best tax-advantaged way to go about it.

“You’re still saving. It’s just that you’ve lost those years of compounding.”

Talbot Boggs is a Toronto-based business communications professional who has worked with national news organizations, magazines and corporations in the finance, retail, manufacturing and other industrial sectors.

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BY THE CANADIAN PRESS

STOCK MARKET LOOK AHEAD

TORONTO — Focus will be firmly fixed on earnings from corporate Canada this week as investors assess how badly depressed commodity prices have impacted the bottom lines of resource companies.

“It’s a huge week for Canadian earnings,” observed Colin Cieszynski, senior markets analyst at CMC Markets Canada.

It has been a challenging time for Canadian resource companies as prices for metals and oil have been hammered in recent months.

For example, copper prices tumbled 13 per cent in January alone while oil prices have collapsed, falling 40 per cent since the end of November as OPEC countries refused to back off on production in order to support prices weakened by a global supply glut.

Energy companies reporting

this week include Talisman Energy (TSX:TLM), Husky Energy (TSX:HSE) and oilfield support company Precision Drilling (TSX:PD).

Precision was one of the first Canadian energy-related companies to announce substantial cuts in capital spending for this year. It is expected to post lower earnings — 23 cents a share versus 24 cents a year ago — but Cieszynski thinks that the next quarter will tell the tale about how support companies have been hurt by plunging prices.

“The contracts for this winter were probably signed six months ago,” he noted.

“But at some point, those contracts are going to roll off and when they do, you can be sure it’s all going to get renewed at lower rates — that’s how (oil producers) get their costs down.”

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year are often volatile because companies rush to fill orders before shutting down for the Lunar New Year, which falls in January or February.

Chinese demand for imported oil, iron ore, food and other goods has cooled as economic growth slowed.

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High-tech features increase in new, computerized cars; consumer security an emerging issue WASHINGTON — Today’s cars can come with many high-tech features that interact wirelessly with the electronic systems. Tiny, built-in computers control increasing numbers of vehicle functions, making keeping track of what they control or how well protected that data is difficult.

Internet access. Navigation systems.

WiFi. Bluetooth. Keyless entry. Remote starting. Anti-theft systems. Tirepressure monitoring.

And more gadgets and applications are on the way for our connected vehicles.

It’s all part of the wave of developments from consumer electronics companies — along with health trackers and “smart” home appliances, for example. A top federal regulator is pressing the tech industry to make data security a priority as new products become available — and to give consumers more control over how their data is used.

China’s imports drop 19.7 per cent in January, exports also down in continuing weak demand BEIJING — Both China’s imports and exports declined in January, the government said Sunday, in a sign of continued weak demand.

Exports dropped 3.2 per cent to 1.23 trillion yuan ($200 billion) in January year-on-year, compared with a 9.7 rise in December, according to the General Administration of Customs. Imports tumbled 19.7 per cent to 860 billion yuan ($140 billion) after a decline of 2.4 per cent a month earlier. The trade surplus — or the amount exports exceed imports — expanded 87.5 per cent to 366.9 billion yuan ($60 billion).

China’s trade figures early in the

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STRUJE: Staffed by replacements BP’s Toledo refinery in Ohio, which it owns 50-50 with Canada’s Husky Energy, has about 600 workers, including more than 300 steelworkers.

After the union workers walk off the job, the plants will be staffed by replacements including retirees and former front-line workers who now hold salaried jobs, Dean said.

Refiners have reported strong profits from turning crude oil into gasoline, jet fuel and other products.

Tesoro earned $698 million in the first nine months of 2014, a 67 per cent increase over the same period the year before.

In trading Friday, benchmark U.S.

The major mining company delivering earnings this week is Teck Resources (TSX:TCK.B).

“You’ve seen them get hit pretty hard,” said Cieszynski.

“I think at this point, they are really trading more off commodity prices than off earnings.”

Investors already have low expectations for Teck for the last quarter — they’re looking at earnings of 22 cents a share, a far cry from the 40 cents a share delivered a year ago.

It is also a major earnings week for Canadian insurers, including Manulife Financial (TSX:MFC), Sun Life Financial (TSX:SLF) and GreatWest Lifeco (TSX:GWO). Financials have had a tough time of it with the sector already down about three per cent so far this year as traders wonder how the big banks will perform in an environment

of lower economic growth, falling interest rates and a housing market that is starting to slow in areas such as Alberta. However, relatively speaking, the insurers have had an easier time of it.

“They haven’t been hit too badly,” Cieszynski said. “And I don’t think they would get hit the same necessarily as the banks who have more direct loan exposure to the energy sector in particular.”

The TSX racked up solid gains last week, rising 410 points or 2.8 per cent, paced by a 12 per cent jump in the energy sector. Oil prices have essentially stopped going straight down and have entered a period of volatility as traders try to find a bottom. Prices seem to have found some support around US$50 a barrel, but analysts caution that recent lows will be retested before firming up. Futures contracts for the end of the year show oil prices only at around US$60 a barrel.

Danier Leather starts strategic review as profits plummet amid stiff competition TORONTO — Danier Leather Inc. (TSX:DL) is exploring its strategic alternatives after reporting fiscal 2015 second-quarter results that came in sharply lower than last year.

The well-know retailer of leatherwear and accessories says alternatives could include anything from a debt or equity offering to the sale or lease of assets or possibly a merger or strategic alliance. Danier says a special committee of independent directors has been formed to look at alternatives but no definite timeline has been established and “no decision on any particular alternatives has been reached at this time.”

The company said it does not intend to disclose further developments until its board approves a specific transaction or concludes the review.

Danier reported after markets closed Friday that net earnings in the second quarter were just half those of the comparable year-earlier period, falling to $3.5 million or 89 cents per diluted share from $6.9 million or $1.73 in the prior-year period.

For the year to date, the company has a net loss of $2.4 million or 63 cents per share, compared with net earnings of $3.3 million or 84 cents in the first six months of the previous year.

Sales in the second quarter of fiscal 2015 decreased by 10 per to $55.7 million compared with $62 million in the second quarter last year. Over the same period, comparable store sales decreased by 13 per cent. Year-todate sales have decreased by 12 per cent, or $9.9 million, to $76.3 million, while comparable store sales have decreased by 14 per cent.

“Revenue during the relevant periods was adversely affected mainly as a result of shifts in the marketplace and a highly promotional retail environment,” the company said.

crude rose $1.21 to close at $51.69 per barrel after a strong employment report hinted at stronger demand for energy.

Oil prices climbed 7 per cent for the week.

The average national price that motorists pay for a gallon of regular unleaded inched up less than a penny early Saturday to $2.172 a gallon, an increase of 12 cents from the week before but $1.10 cheaper than a year ago.

The plants where members of the United Steelworkers have been on strike since Feb. 1: LyondellBasell plant in Houston; Marathon plant in Texas City, Texas; Marathon co-generation facility in Texas City; Marathon refinery in Catlettsburg, Kentucky; Shell refinery in Deer Park, Texas; Shell chemical plant in Deer Park; Tesoro Corp. refinery in Anacortes, Washington; Tesoro refinery in Martinez, California (idled); Tesoro refinery in Carson, California.

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Marijuana is weighed at The Dispensary, a medical marijuana dispensary, in Vancouver, Wednesday.

Vancouver looks to regulate pot dispensaries as frustrations continue with feds

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS VANCOUVER — When Dana Larsen opened a medical marijuana dispensary in Vancouver’s east side in 2008, he was more than a little nervous about what could happen.

There were already a handful of other storefront operations in the city openly defying federal drug laws by selling marijuana, hash and other cannabis products to customers claiming a medical need. But it still wasn’t clear how long police and the local government would allow that to continue.

Police never came. And in the intervening six and a half years, the number of dispensaries in Vancouver has exploded, with at least 60 operating in all corners of the city with relatively little interference from law enforcement.

“There has been no big outcry,” says Larsen, a prominent marijuana advocate who is also vice-president of the Canadian Association of Medical Cannabis Dispensaries.

“If people were protesting our dispensaries and complaining and demanding something be done, maybe (the police would intervene). But dispensaries get very few complaints and raids against dispensaries get a lot of complaints.”

In fact, rather than shutting dispensaries down, officials in Vancouver are doing just the opposite, investigating how the city can regulate an industry that has until now existed in a grey area of the law.

Vancouver Coun. Kerry Jang says the city has run out of patience with the federal government, which has ruled out legitimizing dispensaries.

Jang recently asked municipal staff to determine whether dispensaries can

be zoned as pharmacies, which would give the city the ability to directly oversee such operations and control their growth.

“If we did that, we would be actually starting to regulate the number of dispensaries per street, their location, the same way we do with a regular pharmacy,” says Jang, who teaches psychiatry at the University of British Columbia’s medical school.

“The concerns are the same, especially for pharmacies that dispense methadone.”

Vancouver’s first medical marijuana dispensary opened more than a decade ago, and for years there were fewer than half a dozen in the city.

Recently, however, that number has grown exponentially, particularly in the past year.

In comparison, the Canadian Association of Medical Cannabis Dispensaries says it knows of about 35 such facilities elsewhere in B.C., and just 20 in the rest of the country, mostly in Ontario and Quebec.

Those dispensaries all operate outside the federally regulated system, which the government overhauled last year to switch production from home grow-ops to large-scale commercial operations. Dispensaries were illegal under the old system and that didn’t change last year.

Supporters of dispensaries argue the new federal system doesn’t meet patients’ needs, either because the legal marijuana is too expensive, supply is low, or commercial producers don’t offer an adequate variety of strains.

The commercial system also doesn’t produce edible products or oils, but dispensaries do.

Whether the laws are enforced, however, depends on local police.

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BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — John Baird’s surprise resignation as one of Stephen Harper’s most high-profile cabinet ministers set tongues wagging across the country: Was he pushed? Is there some scandal brewing? Did he have a falling-out with the prime minister?

Or was it simply, as some career coaches suggest, that after 20 years in the cut and thrust of politics, the 45-year-old Baird decided it was just “time” to go.

“I think there are a number of triggers that lead to career change in midlife and mid-career,” says Mark Franklin, president and practice leader of CareerCycles.

Experiencing a health scare — either yourself or in a family member, friend or co-worker — can be a major impetus to question one’s career trajectory, says the Toronto career management counsellor.

In media interviews following his departure announcement, Baird admitted he had been severely shaken by the sudden death last spring of former finance minister Jim Flaherty, a close cabinet colleague in Parliament and previously in the Ontario Legislature.

Flaherty’s death, just a month after retiring from politics, spurred Baird to reflect on his other goals and potential opportunities, he said.

But Franklin says that in many cases, the desire to change jobs doesn’t arise from such an unexpected jolt, but is more insidious.

“What happens for a lot of people is that the dislikes build up, that people get a number of things that they don’t like about a job and it hits a certain threshold,” he says. “It might be discouragement with progress through a career path, it might be a bad boss — which is a really common situation. It might be boredom with the job itself.

“Sometimes, it’s a little extra thing that pushes you over, that’s what we see. You get passed over for an opportunity or a promotion you thought you should have gotten but you didn’t; there’s a change in leadership and you really dislike what’s going on with the new leader.”

Shirin Khamisa, founder of Careers

By Design in Toronto, agrees job ennui is a common motivator for people to start casting about for a new direction.

“What was engaging for people at 20 starts to be not so interesting at 30 or 40. So they start to get bored or perhaps they’ve achieved some big goals that they had set in their career and they’re not sure what the next big goals should be,” she says.

“Related to that is sometimes people are just feeling so low-energy at work and they don’t realize that it might be because of a loss of interest or passion in what they’re doing.”

Khamisa often hears from clients that they’ve begun to feel “empty.”

“And they realize perhaps ’there’s something bigger that I want to do.

I want to leave a legacy.’ It doesn’t have to be such a lofty type of thing — there’s just a sense that they’d like to contribute to something more than just the bottom line.”

Franklin’s advice to anyone contemplating a job change, or even a whole career shift, is to begin intensively exploring options before “you quit the day job.”

That includes some focused introspection, asking yourself what you like about your job and work environment, and what you don’t like, he says.

Canadians in general are notoriously poor at career management skills, he contends. When frustrated with their work life, it’s common for many people to sift through online job boards to look at postings, without having thought much about how they want their future to look.

“They react. They might fire off an

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Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird announces his resignation as he speaks in the House of Commons in Ottawa on Tuesday. application if something looks enticing, but they’re not stepping back, taking stock and saying: ’What do I really want now at this point in my life?”’

That’s not to say that going through the exploratory process — either on one’s own or with a certified career coach —doesn’t have its pitfalls.

Franklin says that while having a meeting about a new career opportunity, for instance, can put someone on a high, there can also be lows in the form of anxiety, disturbed sleep and a sense of feeling lost — and losing one’s identity.

“You start to identify yourself with your job or position and it’s quite difficult to release that working identity in favour of something else,” he says, adding that many people ruminate about whether they’re foolish to want to alter course.

“And that is accompanied by some thoughts and feelings that can be very problematic: ’Am I employable? If I

leave this job, can I really make it?’

These kinds of changes are a real shock to the system and people have a range of reactions.”

Khamisa says that besides losing a sense of one’s identity, many people fear giving up what they’ve been committed to and built during their career, which may have spanned decades.

“But I see so many benefits when people are willing to take on their fear and act and move forward despite that fear,” says Khamisa, who felt frustrated and under-utilized in her work, before staring her career counselling business 10 years ago.

“We’re experiencing emotions of joy, of curiosity, we’re feeling more at ease. So we feel better, we make more of a contribution, and oftentimes at mid-life, life starts taking on a new purpose.

“I often joke with my clients and I say part of my job is to re-introduce you to yourself.”

Man saves son’s art through tattoos borough, Ont., for the summer.

The first was a green-and-blue daisy on his inside arm. Then they dug through the scrapbook to search for one he did as a four year old. It was a self-portrait of the boy — a red stick man with a smiley face.

Then it was a house with a laneway and some scraggly lines hanging off.

“I found out later it was actually a mailbox,” he said with a laugh.

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PETERBOROUGH, Ont. — When Keith Anderson looks at the daisy tattoo on his arm that his young son drew, he thinks of his boy’s first day of school.

He is taken back to that day in 2008: Kai’s curly hair, his backpack and his timidity. His father was proud and scared.

The memories come easily to Anderson because so many are etched into his right arm — he has eight tattoos of his son’s drawings and more are coming.

“It’s another deep connection you can have with your kid,” Anderson said of his bond with Kai, now 11.

The 42-year-old dad got the idea from his brother, who had a piece of his daughter’s art tattooed on his leg. Anderson thought it was another way he could show his love for his boy.

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ter ’C.’ Some Kai drew in crayon, others in marker. At the age of eight, Kai’s work became more sophisticated with an “abstract stained glass” piece.

Anderson remembers Kai drawing that in his bedroom.

“It brings other memories of the little things they do as a kid, crawling up into bed with you in the morning when they’re really little,” he said.

Kai skipped the year he turned nine because he wasn’t satisfied with his moon-and-stars piece. Then, one of

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For his son, it’s just fun.

“It’s just a different way of expressing art, and it’s our unique way of doing it,” Kai wrote in an email.

The pair has already picked out this summer’s piece: a broken sword that Kai gave to Anderson in his Christmas card this year.

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Gwen Stefani, left, and Adam Levine perform at the 57th annual Grammy Awards on Sunday, in Los Angeles.

Duets are all the rage at this year’s Grammys

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS LOS ANGELES — Pharrell’s twoyear-old song is still bringing him happiness: The performer, who won four Grammys last year, won three awards Sunday and is still a contender for album of the year.

The singer-rapper-producer won best pop solo performance for a live version of Happy, released in 2013. He also won best music video for the song as well as best urban contemporary album for G I R L, beating Beyonce.

“I am going to moonwalk my way off the stage right now,” said Pharrell, wearing a blazer and shorts.

Beyonce and Rosanne Cash also won three awards, while Sam Smith was a double winner.

Pharrell’s performance of Happy was dramatic with background dancers in black, musicians in yellow and a choir in white.

When the chorus was supposed to come in, Lang Lang played the piano skillfully.

Hans Zimmer also played the guitar.

“Thank you, God,” Pharrell, in a bell-boy hat, said at the end of the performance. “I am at your service lord.”

Katy Perry, in all white, sang the ballad By the Grace of God after a woman who had been abused talked about

getting help and moving on with her life.

A video of President Barack Obama appeared before she spoke, and he encouraged artists to help out.

“It’s on us, all of us, to create a culture where violence isn’t tolerated,” he said.

Madonna, dressed as a matador, performed Living for Love on top of platform surrounded by a plethora of background dancers wearing bull masks.

A choir did most of the singing, while Madonna danced and the audience at the Staples Center clapped in unison. She ascended into the air as the performance finished.

Kanye West performed on a nearly pitch-black stage, with a light glowing from under his feet (he also sported the new sneakers he designed).

He sang the new song about his late mother, Only One, which features Paul McCartney.

Annie Lennox was a powerhouse when she sang I Put A Spell On You and joined Hozier for Take Me to Church, nominated for song off the year.

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“Thank you so much for this amazing night. I love yall!”

As the Grammys pre-show ended, Cash led with three Grammys, while Eminem, Kendrick Lamar, Chick Corea and the Frozen soundtrack earned two awards apiece.

“Reagan was president last time I won a Grammy,” said Cash, who won best American roots performance, American roots song and Americana album Sunday.

“I just showed up for work for 35 years and this is what happened.”

Lamar, who lost in seven categories last year, marked a redemption by winning best rap performance and rap song for i. Eminem won best rap album, beating Common and Iggy Azalea. He also won best rap/sung collaboration for The Monster with Rihanna.

Beyonce, Pharrell and Smith were the Grammy leaders with six nominations each.

The late Joan Rivers won best spoken word album for Diary of a Mad Diva, and her daughter, Melissa Rivers, was on hand to accept the award.

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“As a former loser of best new artist ... it’s gonna be fine. Just shake it off,” Swift said before announcing the winner.

Beyonce won best R&B song and R&B performance for Drunk In Love and surround sound album for “Beyonce.”

“This has been such an incredible year,” she said, thanking her “beloved husband” and “my daughter who is watching.”

In one of 23 performances set for the awards show, AC/DC kicked off the show with a performance of their latest single, Rock or Bust, and then transitioned into the classic Highway to Hell. It earned a rousing applause from Pharrell, Lady Gaga and Katy Perry, who wore devil horns.

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REBNE Jessie January 12, 1927 - February 4, 2015 Born in Medicine Hat, Alberta, Jessie enjoyed a “small town” childhood and youth, walking to school, volleyball, baseball, and friendship with five girls known as the JENIDS - an acronym of their first names - who would remain life-long friends. Jessie Rebne peacefully passed away at the Lacombe Lodge. She trained as a registered nurse at the Calgary General Hospital, class of 1949. She worked at Brooks Hospital where she thrived on the small town nurse experience. She met Eilert Rebne through friends and they married in 1951 and moved to his farm. At that time, nurses were required to live in town, so she gave up nursing after two years, but forever identified as a nurse. This city girl adapted to farm life and country dances with her musician husband, Eilert. Two children, Douglas and Donna, were born in Brooks. When Jessie developed allergies, the family moved, settling in Lacombe in 1959, where she and Eilert operated Tall Pine TV Sales and Service for 29 years. With no background in bookkeeping, Jessie took on that role at Tall Pine and enjoyed the customers and employees. Jessie enjoyed life in Lacombe. The family attended St. Andrew’s United Church where Jessie volunteered with the United Church Women’s group. She volunteered with the Lacombe Hospital Auxiliary, the Nursing Home Auxiliary, and at the Lacombe Lodge for bingo and card games. She and Eilert enjoyed an active social life with friends through the Lacombe Flying Club, the Kozy Korner Seniors Centre, and a multitude of musical jams. As a first-generation Canadian, she held pride in her Scottish roots and shared this with her family. Good with her hands, she was a knitter, gardener and canner, and baked for fundraising events. Jessie was an avid card player and she thrived on these social occasions both at their home and at the Lacombe Lodge. Social and caring, Jessie loved her husband, children and grandchildren, was a great friend and neighbor, and stayed in touch with friends and family near and far. Jessie was predeceased by her husband Eilert, in December 2014, and sister Alison Moore. She is survived by her sister Nancy Vivian of Langley, B.C., son Douglas (Nguyet) of Brussels, Belgium, granddaughter Chandra of Dublin, Ireland, grandson Sydney of Indiana, and her daughter Donna Polutnik (Rick) and grandsons Ross of Vancouver and David of Red Deer. A service of remembrance will be held at St. Andrew’s United Church in Lacombe, AB on Tuesday, February 10, 2014 at 2:00 p.m. Wilson’s Funeral Chapel & Crematorium in charge of arrangements. If desired, donations in Jessie’s memory may be made to the Heart & Stroke Foundation of Alberta, #202, 5913 - 50 Ave, Red Deer AB T4N 4C4. Condolences can be sent to the family at JessieRebne1927@gmail.com.

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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 Classifieds Your place to SELL Your place to BUY

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Janitorial

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DNR PRESSURE WELDING req’d p/t office assistant. Must be willing to work flexible hours. Exp. with Microsoft Word and Excel a must. Exp. with accounting software program Explorer preferred. Fax resume to 403-742-5759 or email to dnrwelding1@ dnrwelding.ca No phone calls please.

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Restaurant/ Hotel

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Restaurant/ Hotel

820

LOCAL SERVICE CO. in Red Deer REQ’S EXP. VACUUM TRUCK OPERATOR Must have Class 3 licence w/air & all oilfield tickets.

Fax resume w/drivers abstract to 403-886-4475

Hampton Inn & Suites 128 Leva Ave. Red Deer AB, CA T4E 1B9 Housekeeping Supervisor $20.00/hour Full Time: M-F 7am to 5pm THE RUSTY PELICAN is * Supervise team of now accepting resumes for cleaners and janitors 4 F/T Exp’d * Inspect sites to ensure LINE COOKS at safety and cleanliness all stations. MUST HAVE: * Arrange for services required such as painting, • 2 yrs. relevant exp., renovations or replacecompletion of High ment of furnishings SERVICE RIG School, be reliable, * Hire and train cleaning Bearspaw Petroleum Ltd self motivated, work staff is seeking a well under limited * Prepare work schedule , FLOORHAND supervision in fast budget, estimate costs and Locally based, home every paced environment. keep financial records night! Qualified applicants Apply in person 8am-4 pm must have all necessary Salary is $14 - $18./hr. 40 Monday - Friday valid tickets for the position hr. wk. dependant on exp. being applied for.

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733644 Ab Ltd. very competitive salary Take a tour through the O/A The Rusty Pelican and benefits package CLASSIFIEDS along with a steady Location of employment: work schedule.

JJAM Management (1987) 4105 2079 - 50 Ave. Please submit resumes: Ltd., o/a Tim Horton’s Red Deer, AB T4R 1Z4 Attn: Human Resources Requires to work at these email: Email: Red Deer, AB locations: bennett2014.bkkp@ payroll@bearspawpet.com 5111 22 St. gmail.com Fax: (403) 252-9719 or 37444 HWY 2 S or Call 403-347-1414 Mail to: Suite 5309, 37543 HWY 2N or Fax to: 403-347-1161 333-96 Ave. NE 700 3020 22 St. Only candidates selected Calgary, AB T3K 0S3 FOOD ATTENDANT for an interview will be Req’d permanent shift contacted.

Terrafirma Resources is a weekend day and evening Pipeline and Facility both full and part time.

Buying or Selling Construction Company 16 Vacancies, $10.25/hr. + your home? based out of Eckville that benefits. Start ASAP. Check out Homes for Sale is currently seeking a Job description in Classifieds Journeyman Picker www.timhortons.com Operator to operate a 40 Education and experience THE RUSTY PELICAN is ton picker. Work is local, not req’d. now accepting resumes for home most nights. ComApply in person or fax WELL EXPERIENCED petitive wages are offered, resume to: 403-314-1303 scheduled days off and a HOSTESS positive work environment.

Mature professional Previous pipeline familiar with maitre d’ experience and all oilfield capabilities. Would be an tickets are a minimum asset to have a current requirement for this ProServe Certificate and position. Please email familiar with wine service. resume to Jason at Professional jason@ appearance is a definite terrafirmaresources.ca. requirement.

Must have Ref’s & Exp. RED DEER BINGO Apply within: 2079-50 CENTRE Ave. 2-4 pm. Mon.-Fri. has an immediate opening Professionals Fax 403-347-1161 Phone for a calls WILL NOT be PART TIME COOK accepted. Only candidates HIGH PAYING Real Estate for the weekend evening selected for an interview Career opportunity. shift of 4pm - 9pm will be contact.

Training provided. Flexible Fri thru Sun. You will be hours. Help-U-Sell of Red reliable and organized with Deer. Call Dave at the ability to work in a busy 403-350-1271 or email environment. If you would resumes to Dave like to join our happy team, Trades @homesreddeer.com please apply in person w/resume at 4946 - 53rd ACADEMIC Express Ave between the hours of Restaurant/ ADULT EDUCATION 10am to 4pm. Resumes AND TRAINING Hotel may also be emailed to ognib@telus.net

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COLTER ENERGY LP IS NOW HIRING

WELL TESTING: Supervisors Night Operators Operators •

Have current Safety certificates including H2S Be prepared to work in remote locations for extended periods of time • Must be physically fit • Competitive wages, benefits and RRSP offered Please email resume with current driver’s abstract to: jbecker@colterenergy.ca

EAST SIDE MARIO’S HIRING FOR ALL POSITIONS Full Time & Part Time.

Apply after 2 p.m. Ask for the manager on duty.

FULL and part-time F/T dishwasher, hosts and bus persons needed for varying shifts, including weekends. Exc. wages and benefits.

Call 403-346-5448 for appointment.

RED DEER BINGO CENTRE is seeking a

CONCESSION CASHIER. We offer 35+ hours per week and a fun fast paced work environment. If you are a friendly, reliable & outgoing individual we want to hear from you Please apply in person w/resume at 4946 - 53rd Ave between the hours of 10am to 4pm. Resumes may also be emailed to ognib@telus.net Classifieds...costs so little Saves you so much!

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WATER WELL DRILLERS HELPER with class 3, air. All safety tickets required.

Fax resume with drivers abstract: 403-748-3015

Truckers/ Drivers

860

THE RUSTY PELICAN is now accepting resumes for WELL EXPERIENCED

LUCKY’S LOUNGE located in Jackpot Casino, requires Waitress’s Fri. - Sun. Please apply in person at 4950 47 Ave. No phone calls please

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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.

CENTRAL AB based trucking company requires

Owner Operators & Contract Drivers in AB. Home the odd night.

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We are a progressive company and require an individual for our Blackfalds office who enjoys being busy and can adapt to a constantly changing environment. Duties include health and safety support and advisement, fielding of paperwork, safety statistics, maintenance and addition to Safe Work Manual, field site audits and other safety duties as required. Previous health & safety experience in a civil underground utility construction industry preferred. NCSO designation an asset.

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1699960AbLtd is looking for 2 F/T permanent shift supervisors for days, evenings, wknds. 120 - 47 Clearview Market Red Deer, AB. must have exc. customer service, cash handling, and supervisory related. wage $13.75 w/at least 1 year exp. email: restuarantbusiness@ hotmail.ca

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P/T person or couple for light warehouse duties including stuffing bags, assembly of cardboard boxes, flexible hrs, ideal for person(s). Need own transportation. $15/hr.

403-773-3180

ACADEMIC Express ADULT EDUCATION AND TRAINING WE are looking for a

SPRING START

Plant Laborer

for our Kuusamo facility.

The plant is located 4-5 • GED Preparation kilometers west of Sylvan Lake on Hwy 11.

• Women in the Trades This is an entry level Program position working mainly outdoors that can lead • Math and Science for into the Plant Operator the Trades Program positions. Duties will include assistance of Gov’t of Alberta Funding Plant Operators in the may be available. transfer of chemicals, movement of product 403-340-1930 within the plant, truck and www.academicexpress.ca rail car loading/unloading, and chemical blending as DISPATCHER REQ’D. well as housekeeping and Knowledge of Red Deer light maintenance. We are and area is essential. looking for hard working, Verbal and written flexible, safety conscious communication skills are people with equipment req’d. Send resume by fax experience, some basic to 403-346-0295 mechanical abilities, driver’s license, and own F/T Cashier/Postal Clerk. transportation. We offer Apply in person an excellent benefits plan w/resume: Highland Green and a company matching Value Drug Mart.

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Please forward your FT and PT shunt truck resume via email to the drivers needed in Innisfail, address attached. Please AB. Fax resume to have ‘Plant Laborer’ in the 403-227-2743 or call subject line. Drug and 403-227-2712 alcohol policy in effect and for more information. pre-employee testing.

Inquiries regarding careers HELP WANTED with CFR should be directed to The Assistant hr@cfrchemicals.com Property Manager, Fax: 346-2299 under the direction of the Property Manager, is SOURCE ADULT VIDEO responsible for coordinating all aspects of requires mature P/T help Fri & Sat. Graveyard Shift. apartment community 11 pm -7 am. e-mail resume operations and to act as to: nwoods1976@ main point of contact in the hotmail.com, fax to: absence of the Property 403-346-9099 or drop off at: Manager. The right 3301-Gaetz Avenue candidate must be a team player with a positive can-do attitude. Send TOO MUCH STUFF? Resume to: Let Classifieds brandybhatt@outlook.com help you sell it.

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RV RECONDITIONERS DETAILERS Vellner Leisure Products is currently looking for recondition/cleaning staff to prepare RV vehicles for sale and janitorial duties in our building.

Hours are flexible for full/part time applicants as we value our employees efforts to work around their families.

Please fax, mail, drop off or e-mail your resume to: Vellner Leisure Products 1890 - 49 Avenue Red Deer, Alberta T4R 2N7 Fax: 403-340-8135 E-mail: admin@vellner.com

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Growing Service Company Seeking Fleet Manager Major Responsibilities: • We require a fleet manager to be at the helm of maintenance and repair, organize and delegate the repairs required.

• Supervise, train and verify that the repairs are done to company policy and identical in all areas • Keep updated recorded of the maintenances and work with the management.

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We are looking for enthusiastic, reliable, physically fit team players.

SERVERS

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Pidherney’s offers competitive wages and benefits.

Fax resume to Human Resources: 403-885-9122 Or E-mail: hr@pidherneys.com

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CLASSIFICATIONS 5000-5240

810

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

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514090B13

403-309-3300 classifieds@reddeeradvocate.com

Monday, Feb. 9, 2015

Preferred Qualifications: • Ability and desire to work in a positive, fast paced and high energy environment • Hold a valid journeyman Heavy Duty Mechanic Designation.

• 3 or more year experience in a leadership role required • 5 or more years fleet maintenance management experience preferred • Strong customer service, leadership and organizational skills required • Proficiency with computers including Microsoft Office and web based applications preferred • Must be able to travel within Alberta Benefits: • Lucrative Safety Bonus Program • Excellent Benefit Plan

• Paid expenses • Retirement plan

Interested applicants please submit resumes to: Human Resources employee.management.hr@gmail.com Fax: 403-347-3406

Employment Training

900

NEW PROGRAMS

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SPARTEK SYSTEMS INC In Sylvan Lake, AB is seeking qualified * ELECTRICAL ENGINEERS *ACCOUNTING CLERK - AP/AR Please refer to our website at www.sparteksystems.com for company information.

Applicants please forward resume to: keri.lee@ sparteksystems.com or fax to 403-887-4050 Please state which position you are applying for in your cover letter.

UFA/BAR W has an opening for:

WAREHOUSE SHIPPER/RECEIVER 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

Auctions

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Children's Items

1580

RAGGEDY ANN sleeping bag plus box of toys and books. All for $20.

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EquipmentHeavy

1630

TRAILERS for sale or rent Job site, office, well site or storage. Skidded or wheeled. Call 347-7721.

Firewood

1660

AFFORDABLE

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Spruce & Pine -Split. Firepits avail. 7 days/wk. 403-304-6472

CLASSIFICATIONS 1500-1990

FIREWOOD. Pine, Spruce, Can deliver 1-4 cords. 403-844-0227

LOGS

Antiques & Art

1520

BRADFORD Exchange picture, 1995 Limited Edition. “Winter Solstice”.

Beautifully framed. $40.

403-342-4898

Semi loads of pine, spruce, tamarack, poplar.

Price depends on location.

Lil Mule Logging 403-318-4346 Now Offering Hotter, Cleaner BC Birch. All Types. P.U. / Delivery. Lyle 403-783-2275

Household Appliances

1710

LG WHITE over the range microwave oven, 1000 watts, Model MV-1510M, exc. cond., $175 403-352-8811 MR. COFFEE Steam Espresso and Cappuccino maker. New in box. $25.

403-314-9603

Household Furnishings

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NIGHT Tables, (2) Oak, 1 drawer & 2 doors with glass top to protect from scratches. $70 ea.

403-352-8811

WANTED Antiques, furniture and estates. 342-2514

Stereos TV's, VCRs

1730

SPEAKERS, (2) bookshelf Sony, very good. cond. $20 for both.

403-342-4898

Misc. for Sale

1760

CHAIR, rocker and recliner exc. shape $50/ea. or both for $90. Will deliver in town only. 403-348-6449 HEADBOARD, for queen bed, 60” wide, $35; 3 Clean wool accent matching 3x5 oval carpets from SEARS, $35 for all 3; and David Winter Collector’s houses in original boxes, $15/ea.

403-352-8811 SUITCASE, black carryon. Very good cond. $10.

403-314-9603

Misc. for Sale

1760

LIGHT & WALL plug covers, white, 25; assorted openings. all for $10.

403-342-4898

1830

Cats

1 SIAMESE, 3 Balinese kittens, $50/ea.

403-887-3649

Sporting Goods

1860

NOMA Super GT snow racer, new cond, $45.; 403-348-6449

Travel Packages

1900

TRAVEL ALBERTA Alberta offers SOMETHING for everyone.

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FOR RENT • 3000-3200 WANTED • 3250-3390

Houses/ Duplexes

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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

Advocate Opportunities Adult Newspaper Carriers Needed For Early Morning Delivery of the RED DEER ADVOCATE

CARRIERS REQUIRED To deliver the

CENTRAL AB LIFE & LACOMBE EXPRESS 1 day a week in: LACOMBE BLACKFALDS Please call Rick for details 403-314-4303

With only 64 papers, approximately: $350.00/mo.

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

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

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Condos/ Townhouses

SEIBEL PROPERTY www.seibelprperty.com Ph: 403-304-7576 or 403-347-7545 6 locations in Red Deer ~ Halman Heights ~ Riverfront Estates

~ Westpark ~ Kitson Close ~ Kyte & Kelloway Cres. ~ Holmes St. S.D. $1000 Rent $1245to $1445 3 bdrm. townhouses, 1.5 bath, 4 & 5 appls., blinds, lrg. balconies, no dogs.

N/S, no utils. incl.

Avail. immed. & Mar. 1 References required.

SOUTHWOOD PARK 3110-47TH Avenue, 2 & 3 bdrm. townhouses, generously sized, 1 1/2 baths, fenced yards, full bsmts. 403-347-7473, Sorry no pets. www.greatapartments.ca

Manufactured Homes

3040

2 BDRM in Alix.

4 appls, $900/mo. inclds. water, Feb. 1 no pets 403-348-6594

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

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

Roommates Wanted

3080

1 BDRM. N/S, no pets. $790 rent/d.d.

403-346-1458

CARRIERS REQUIRED

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

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MUNICH — The leaders of Germany, France, Russia and Ukraine aim to hold a summit in Minsk this week as they try to stem fighting in eastern Ukraine, officials said Sunday.

The plan for a meeting Wednesday in the Belarusian capital emerged from a phone call between German Chancellor Angela Merkel, French President Francois Hollande, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko.

Merkel’s spokesman, Steffen Seibert, described the call as “intensive.”

The aim is to draw up a package of measures that breathes new life into a much-violated September peace plan.

Seibert and the French government said preparations for the summit will take place Monday in Berlin, without elaborating.

“They (the leaders) expect that their efforts during the Minsk meeting will lead to the swift and unconditional cessation of fire by both sides,” Poroshenko’s office said in a statement.

Putin also confirmed that a summit was being planned for Wednesday in Minsk, but said it might not come about.

“We will be aiming for Wednesday, rebels in eastern Ukraine, has said the if by that time we are able to agree on introduction of U.S.-supplied weapa number of the positions that we re- onry will have grave consequences.

German Foreign Minister Frankcently have been discussing intensely,” he told journalists in Sochi during a Walter Steinmeier, speaking alongside meeting with the president of Belarus, Kerry, reiterated that he considers delivering weapons “not just highly risky Russian news agencies reported.

A separate meeting between the sig- but counterproductive.”

Kerry said the United States agrees natories to last September’s accord, including Russia, Ukraine and rep- that there is no military solution to resentatives of separatists in eastern the Ukraine crisis that has now killed Ukraine, will also take place in Minsk more than 5,300 people, according to the United Nations.

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At an international security conference in Munich, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said the U.S. and its European allies are “united in our diplomacy” on Ukraine.

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At least 25 killed in Egypt soccer riot

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Soccer fans hold lit flares at the stand as they watch a match between Egyptian Premier League clubs Zamalek and ENPPI at Air Defense Stadium in a suburb east of Cairo, Egypt, Sunday. A riot broke out Sunday night outside of the major soccer game, with a stampede and fighting between police and fans killing at least 25 people, authorities said.

22 people it said had been killed. The AP could not immediately verify the images.

Egypt’s hard-core soccer fans, known as Ultras, frequently clash with police inside and outside of stadiums.

They are deeply politicized and many participated in the country’s 2011 uprising that forced out President Hosni Mubarak. Many consider them as one of the most organized movements in Egypt after the Islamist Muslim Brotherhood, which the government later outlawed as a terrorist organization following the 2013 military overthrow of Islamist President Mohammed Morsi.

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BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS BOSTON — Winter-weary residents of the Northeast U.S. braced Sunday for another round of snow bearing down on the region with up to 2 feet (60 centimetres) expected in some areas.

As light snow fell by the afternoon, drivers were warned to stay off the roads and cancellations were posted for schools and court dockets Monday.

The National Weather Service issued winter storm warnings for parts of l New York state and much of the northeastern New England states through early Tuesday.

“I’m frustrated. The last thing I want to be talking about is another 24 inches (60 centimetres) of snow. I want to move on to something else,” Boston Mayor Marty Walsh said at City Hall. “It’s unprecedented ... Maybe up in Alaska or Buffalo, they have this amount of snow and they’re used to it.”

Walsh said the city would close schools on Monday and Tuesday, and he urged motorists to stay off the roads until the storm passes. Court closings Monday meant another weather-related delay in jury selection in the Boston Marathon bombing trial and in the murder trial in Fall River, Massachusetts of former Boston Patriots football star Aaron Hernandez.

The snow is likely to cause problems for commuters on Monday, though it’s not expected to accumulate as rapidly as in some of the earlier storms, including a record-busting late January blizzard. There also is little risk seen of significant coastal flooding, a problem during last month’s winter blasts.

Boston’s transit system, the nation’s oldest, has been particularly hard hit this winter. The buildup of snow and

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Over the weekend, the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority said crews were doing everything they could, including deploying massive jetpowered snow blowers, to clear tracks before the storm. Baker said Boston’s subway lines will operate on an abbreviated schedule Monday and he encouraged residents to work from home and avoid travel.

Boston’s Logan International Airport will be allowing only a limited amount of flights to arrive and depart Monday so travellers should check with their airlines, Baker said. State offices will be closed Monday, with only emergency workers required to report for duty.

Baker said the “cumulative” impact of the storm is a major challenge, as parts of Massachusetts have already seen over 60 inches (150 centimetres) of snowfall over two weeks.

In many New England communities, the obvious problem is where to put the new snowfall.

David Lombari, public works director for West Warwick, Rhode Island, told the Providence Journal his town was already clogged with snow piles several feet high and school buses were parked in the usual snow storage lot. Adding injury to insult perhaps, the Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency warned that potentially record cold temperatures and wind chills are expected to move into the region later in the week after the storm.

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increasing scrutiny following the shooting death of a female protester in Cairo and the arrest of protesters under a law heavily restricting demonstrations. President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi has pledged to bring stability to Egypt amid bombings and attacks

by Islamic militants, but also has said Egypt’s emergency situation meant that some violations of human rights were inevitable, if regrettable.

The deadliest riot in Egypt soccer history came during a 2012 match when Port Said’s Al-Masry team hosted Cairo’s Al-Ahly. That riot, at the time the deadliest worldwide since 1996, killed 74 people, mostly Al-Ahly fans.

Two police officers later received

15-year prison sentences for gross negligence and failure to stop the Port Said killings, a rare incident of security officials being held responsible for deaths in the country. Seven other officers were acquitted, angering soccer fans who wanted more police officers to be held accountable for the incident and other episodes of violence.

In response, angry fans burned down the headquarters of Egypt’s Football Association, also protesting its decision to resume matches before bringing those behind that 2012 riot to justice. They’ve also protested and fought officers outside of the country’s Interior Ministry, which oversees police in the country.

Police arrest teen in U.S. mall shooting; gunman targeted only 1 of 3 victims

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS MONROEVILLE, Pa. — A teenager who police say opened fire at a Pittsburgh-area mall, shooting his intended target as well as two bystanders, was arrested early Sunday, and the three victims remain hospitalized.

Gunfire erupted inside the Macy’s department store at the Monroeville Mall about 7:30 p.m. Saturday, sending panicked shoppers running. The gunman fled but police say they were able to identify him by matching surveillance video with images on social media. A preliminary hearing was scheduled for Feb. 18, according to court documents.

Tarod Thornhill, 17, was arrested at a home in Brackenridge about 3:15 a.m.

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Police Chief Douglas Cole said two men and a woman were shot, including the man who was targeted. Cole said the two men were in critical condition, while the woman was in stable condition.

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A 20-year-old man and 53-year-old man were both in critical condition, and a 47-year-old woman was in fair condition Sunday afternoon, Forbes Hospital spokesman Jesse Miller said.

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CAIRO — A riot broke out Sunday night outside of a major soccer game in Egypt, with a stampede and fighting between police and fans killing at least 25 people, authorities said.

The riot, only three years after similar violence killed 74 people, began ahead of a match between Egyptian Premier League clubs Zamalek and ENPPI at Air Defence Stadium east of Cairo. Such attacks in the past have sparked days of violent protests pitting the country’s hard-core fans against police officers in a nation already on edge after years of revolt and turmoil.

Two security officials, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the violence killed at least 25 people.

Egypt’s public prosecutor issued a statement ordering an investigation.

The Cabinet convened an emergency meeting to discuss the violence, Egypt’s state television said.

What caused the violence wasn’t immediately clear. Security officials said Zamalek fans tried to force their way into the match without tickets, sparking clashes. Fans have only recently been allowed back at matches and the Interior Ministry planned to let only 10,000 fans into the stadium, which has a capacity of about 30,000, the officials said.

Zamalek fans, known as “White Knights,” posted on their group’s official Facebook page that the violence began because authorities only opened one narrow, barbed-wire door to let them in. They said that sparked pushing and shoving that later saw police officers fire tear gas and birdshot.

A fan who tried to attend the game, who spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity out of fear of being targeted by police, said that the stampede was caused by police who fired tear gas at the tightly packed crowd.

“Those who fell down could not get back up again,” the man said.

The Zamalek fan group later posted pictures on Facebook it claimed were of dead fans, including the names of

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HOROSCOPES Monday, Feb. 9 lenged today. You will be adCELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS dressing past childhood issues DATE: Joe Pesci, 72; Carole King, when dealing with others within 73; Mia Farrow, 70 your home environment. This will Happy Birthday: If today is your cause you to have major issues birthday, this year will highlight a with being disciplined and practineed to understand your journey cal when interacting with others. throughout all relationships with- Relax more! in your lifetime, perhaps even the LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): You will past lives. You will finally make see that those bonds that you have sense of your true value and this with others are becoming more will be emphasized by all those healing and balanced. This can you encounter this year. True indicate that your spouse will inhealing can take place when you crease their finances and this will come from a place of truth within have a healing effect. You should your mind, body and spirit! be feeling excellent today. AdARIES (March 21-April 19): dress childhood issues, if you do There will be a healing coming feel upset. in on a subconscious VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. level. At first, you 22): Others in your life, might not understand perhaps your physician what is truly transpiror naturopath, will ofing. You might think fer you words of truth. that you simply don’t The dilemma will be understand how to that you will find it focus on what’s haphard to comprehend pening. You will feel and join what you are more confidence in the feeling with what you knowledge you have afare thinking. Let go of ter today! the need to understand TAURUS (April 20all and focus on your May 20): There is such truth.

LARISA MAIRA lovely energy coming LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. OZOLINS in for you today, espe22): On a health level cially when it comes and throughout your to dealing with your daily life, you will feel dreams and friends. yourself slowly and Finally, you will feel surely become more and understand the reason to why and more balanced and feeling you had to go through the hard- great. It is definitely a promising ships you ventured through over start for you today! The more conthe last year. Peace is on its way! nected you feel towards those you GEMINI (May 21-June 20): meet, the better the world will There will be a great feeling at seem! work. You will finally feel that SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): The those who have created an uneasy difficulties today will be blessings professional or public life for you in disguise for you later on. This are easing off, starting now. You will be expressed by the day’s end will still feel slightly confused as and you will finally understand to why that is happening, but trust your apprehensions related to that the issues are over. Harmony your family or your soul’s expresis coming! sion. Let go of the need to chalCANCER (June 21-July 22): lenge your values and truth today!

Your perspective will be chalSAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec.

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sues, ailments, pharmaceuticals, etc. He never asks how I’m doing, but immediately starts cataloging his myriad problems, none of which are critical.

I have a few issues myself, but I never discuss them with anyone, because I cannot conceive of anything more boring than listening to someone complain about their aches and pains.

Fortunately, I have Caller ID and can avoid Ralph most of the time.

He’s a good person and a loyal friend, but this has become an obsession I’d like to remedy. How do I address this with him? – Bored in New York Dear Bored: We know many people who enjoy giving “organ recitals,” but no one likes to hear them. You need to be honest with Ralph. He probably has no idea how he comes across.

Do him a favor and tell him nicely (and with humor, if you can manage it) that his fixation on his health, to the exclusion of everything else, makes a friendly chat difficult and a little depressing.

Ask that he limit his complaints to one per conversation so you can discuss other things of interest.

Dear Annie: I am writing in response to the letter from “Logansport,” who does not like it when people talk during performances. I, too, find it rude.

I simply ask the talkers, “Don’t you like the performance?” And with that, they usually take the hint. I said that to two senior women last month, and though they looked daggers at me, they stopped. After the intermission, however, they moved to another aisle so they could keep talking.

We often hear about how rude young people are today, but I believe these young ones often grow up to be rude senior citizens. – Danville, Ill. 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.

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS JERUSALEM — Like so many parents, Ori Gruder was grappling with how to talk to his 10-year-old son about sex.

Being a member of Israel’s ultra-Orthodox religious community, which tends to keep discussions of sexuality to a whisper, made the task even more difficult.

So Gruder created “Sacred Sperm,” an hour-long documentary in which he tries to tackle the hard questions he can expect from his son.

The film presents an intimate, informative and at times awkward look at the insular religious community and its approach to sexuality, fleshing out deeply entrenched taboos in the conservative society.

“What is it about that little sperm that looks like a tadpole and has everyone so hot and bothered?” Gruder ponders in his narration of the film.

Gruder, a 44-year-old father of six who once worked for MTV Europe and didn’t become religious until age 30, gives the viewer a rare peek into private ultra-Orthodox lives, taking the camera into his own home, into ritual baths and circum-

cision ceremonies, to the religious school system and more.

The film already has been shown in Jerusalem, London and California and is touring the U.S. festival circuit, including Atlanta on Feb. 15. It begins with a visit to a rabbi, who grants Gruder his blessing to create the movie but implores him to do so “modestly.”

Gruder’s wife expresses reservations about the project because it could elicit unwanted attention from the community.

“Maybe that’s why I should do it, because people don’t talk about it,” Gruder responds.

Under Orthodox Judaism, masturbation is forbidden, seen as a violation of an age-old covenant with God that promotes and encourages procreation. Sex is viewed as a sacred act and intercourse is permissible only after marriage.

“One who spills his seed literally kills his sons,” Prosper Malka, one rabbi interviewed in the film, tells Gruder.

Gruder explains the theological reasoning behind the Jewish ban on spilling sperm: “The reproductive organ is called the ’covenant.’

Spilling one’s seed is called ’damaging the covenant.’

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Dear Annie: I am 26 years old and have been in a wonderful relationship for four years.

“Cody” is my best friend, and we are extremely compatible.

Here’s the problem: His sex drive could run circles around mine. Sex is the only way he feels appreciated, loved and needed. Cuddles and kisses don’t sate his desire. This puts immense pressure on me to accommodate him, and I’m starting to resent it.

If Cody does something sweet for me, such as taking me to dinner, he will make a casual joke about how I should thank him in the bedroom. I have sat him down before and told him how his comments make me feel and that I don’t like the emphasis he puts on sex. He either brushes it off, saying I’m too sensitive, or gets upset and says I should do the things for him that he enjoys.

I love him and want to make him happy, but shouldn’t that go both ways? I don’t want to feel like sex is his favorite form of currency. Any advice? – California Dear California: The fact that Cody likes sex and prefers it to other things is neither unusual nor worrisome. But we don’t like the way he brushes off your concerns, blaming you for being “too sensitive.”

This is an indication that Cody is immature and dismissive of your feelings. Pressuring you is a form of controlling the relationship. You may think Cody is terrific and your best friend, but we think otherwise.

Sexual compatibility issues don’t disappear.

In fact, they tend to get worse over time, especially when compounded with the other traits Cody displays. If you are determined to stay with Cody, please get couples counseling to see whether you can make this better.

Dear Annie: I am 70 years old, but still enjoy an active life with numerous outdoor activities. My problem is “Ralph,” whom I’ve known for 50 years.

When he has nothing else to do, Ralph phones me to talk ad nauseam about all of his health is-

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CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): You will be speaking from such a compassionate place today.

There is, no doubt, that you will feel healed on a profound level.

Communicate with your siblings or those within your peer group.

The first step in any healing is to understand it in rational terms — discuss it all!

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): If there have been any issues for you with regards to finances, then today will prove to smooth over and balance that area of life. This will make your perspective towards your aims seem more in tune with your true soul’s direction. Your confidence in others will rise now!

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Today, you will feel a deep sense of peace within yourself. This, of course, will be obtained through finally understanding the fears you have in relation to your mother, your career, and with anything that you simply wanted to know more about. That clarity will help!

Birthday Affirmation: You will start to feel in harmony today, as you delve deeper into your psyche to see what’s on beneath the surface.

Healing and balancing will take place and will be achieved by looking into childhood issues and sorting through your own truth.

Holistic healing and true balance only come through fully understanding the mind/ body connection. Meditate on your divinity.

Larisa Maira Ozolins is an internationally syndicated astrologer and columnist. Her column appears