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BY MARY-ANN BARR ADVOCATE STAFF Red Deer’s two MLAs — Mary Anne Jablonski and Cal Dallas — will receive transition pay of $531,000 and $155,000 respectively when they officially step down.

The numbers — based on pay and years of service — are from calculations provided by the Canadian

Taxpayers Foundation (CFT).

Bruce Rowe, in his first term as MLA for OldsDidsbury-Three Hills, will receive nothing. He is not eligible because he was elected after the transition allowance payments were eliminated in 2012 by then-premier Alison Redford and replaced with higher pay and retirement benefits. Those benefits are not as rich as the transition allowance.

Scott Hennig, acting Alberta director for the CFT, said on Monday that the lobby group is happy to see

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the transition payments come to an end, but also believe they should have been ended retroactively.

Both Jablonski and Dallas announced recently that they will not seek re-election. Rowe, who was elected as a member of the Wildrose Party and then crossed the floor to the Progressive Conservative government with eight other Wildrose MLAs in December, is also not running again.

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BRIAN MALLEY MURDER TRIAL

Money issues take centre stage at trial

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Northwestern Air grounds passenger service to Grand Prairie, Fort McMurray

BY CRYSTAL RHYNO ADVOCATE STAFF Northwestern Air Lease Ltd. will end passenger service to Grande Prairie and Fort McMurray from the Red Deer Airport starting next week.

As of Feb. 17, the Fort Smith, N.W.T.-based airline company will ground the two routes.

Jim Heidema, Northwestern Air Lease Ltd.’s CEO, cited the economic situation in Alberta, dropping oil prices, weak passenger volumes and the drop in the Canadian dollar for the company’s decision to cancel the two routes.

“We saw this happen about four months ago when the trend began,” he said, “It’s steadily gotten worse.

We’ve had to make a business decision. The routes are just not sustainable at this point.”

The airline company will continue to offer flights to and from Kelowna.

The four-times-a-week Red Deer-to-Grande Prairie service just launched in November. Heidema said the passenger loads were not what they had hoped.

“We had hoped to continue because we want to provide the service, but it’s tough when the market is down and the economy is down,” he said. “It’s not just one thing. It’s three or four things that have

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come in at the same time. All airlines have a history of going up and down on routes. But this just all came at the same time.”

The airline was losing money on the routes.

But Heidema did not rule out the possibility that service may return in the future.

RJ Steenstra, CEO of the Red Deer Airport, said they are extremely disappointed but he said “business is business.” He said Northwestern has been a great partner and one they are sorry to see have difficulties keeping flights in the air.

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Bombing victim Victoria Shachtay sounded surprised to learn her accounts were empty months after they were closed by her financial advisor, the man on trial for her murder, court heard on Monday.

Testifying at the Red Deer Court of Queen’s Bench first-degree murder trial of Brian Malley, Barbara Tblus said she took a phone call in July or August 2011 from Shachtay, who wanted to talk with Malley.

Shachtay was killed on Nov. 25, 2011, when she opened a gift bag, setting off a disguised pipe-bomb.

Malley, 57, was Shachtay’s financial advisor.

Tblus, Malley’s financial assistant, said that when Shachtay called, Malley was on a fishing trip. When Shachtay asked about her account, she sounded surprised when Tblus told her the account was empty.

Testimony earlier in the trial indicated that the account was closed in April 2011. However, Malley continued to make payments to Shachtay up until Oct. 15, 2011.

Money issues have been at the centre of the past week of testimony in the jury trial. The Crown believes Malley killed Shachtay to cut his financial losses. Malley had transferred more than $44,000 over four years to Shachtay from his own accounts.

Malley invested $575,000 of Shachtay’s money from a car crash settlement in 2007. And a $200,000 loan taken out on Shachtay’s behalf was invested.

Shachtay, 23, was left paralyzed in the 2004 crash.

Tblus said often Shachtay and other clients would call and ask Malley for help. Shachtay called on a few occasions because her car wouldn’t start.

In her statement to police shortly after Malley’s arrest on May 25, 2012, Tblus said that Shachtay and Malley had set up a schedule of payments. However, Shachtay would call Malley and ask for more money than what she would get in her payment schedule.

On the morning of the bombing, Tblus, Brian Malley and Christine Malley, Brian’s wife, seemed unaware of the incident until they were told by a client that there had been a bombing in Innisfail.

Malley then received a phone call from Rick Bercier, Shachtay’s stepfather. He then told his office that he had been told that Shachtay had been killed.

After Malley’s arrest, Tblus shredded documents.

However, she said that shredding could have easily been a regular occurrence.

Defence counsel Bob Aloneissi raised the issue of Tblus being a part of a lawsuit against Malley, her former employer. Malley is facing an $80-million lawsuit from former clients. The claims have not been proven in court.

The trial continues today in Red Deer Court of Queen’s Bench before Justice Kirk Sisson and 13 jurors. mcrawford@reddeeradvocate.com

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Measles cases not linked to Disneyland outbreak

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Bio-archeologist find oldest set of twins in Siberian cemetery

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS SASKATOON — A Saskatchewan bio-archeologist says she has discovered the oldest set of confirmed twins during her field research in a Siberian cemetery.

Angela Lieverse said the exhumed skeletons of a mother and her twins are around 7,700 years old.

She said the bones tell the sad story of a woman who partially delivered one twin in a breech posi-

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MONEY: ‘We were happy to see it gone’ Jablonski was first elected MLA for Red Deer North in 2000. Stockwell Day had resigned the seat so he could seek the leadership of the Canadian Alliance Party, and she won the seat in an ensuing byelection. She was elected to her fifth term as a PC MLA in 2012.

Jablonski was minister of Seniors and Community Supports for three years, from 2009 to 2011, chair of the Cabinet Policy Committee on Community Services and a member of the Legislative Review Committee.

Among her current duties, she is deputy chair of the Standing Committee on the Alberta Heritage Savings Trust Fund.

Dallas, a PC MLA as well, was first elected in 2008, and then again in 2012. He served as minister of Intergovernmental, International and Aboriginal Relations, and then as minister of International and Intergovernmental Relations (2011-2014).

Currently he is legislative secretary, Intergovernmental Relations (reporting to the premier), and is a member of the Treasury Board. He is a member of the Standing Committee on Alberta’s Economic Future.

Hennig said typically the CTF doesn’t put transition allowance numbers out until after an election,

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tion, which obstructed the birth of the second child.

“It’s virtually impossible to say for sure there were twins in the past,” said Lieverse, who added that while archeologists have found babies buried together in the same grave, it doesn’t necessarily prove the existence of twins.

Scientists assume twins have always existed — one to three per cent of modern births are pairs — but there has only been circumstantial evidence of them in ancient times, she said.

“They’re just invisible archeologically.”

but he is comfortable with the estimates for the three Central Alberta MLAs because the transition allowance were stopped in 2012.

Dallas, over four years, from the time he was elected to the time the transition allowance was killed (2008 to 2012), accrued $155,000 in allowance, or about $38,750 per year the plan existed.

The transitional allowance has been in place for many years, Hennig said. In the 1980s, it was capped at about one month pay to a maximum of one year’s pay. In 1998, it moved to two months salary per year, and then three months pay per year served, with no cap.

“Our general philosophy is if they do it in the private sector you can do it in government. We have no problem with the RSP contribution.”

People who lose their jobs usually get two weeks compensation per year of service, and more in some cases, “but never three months,” Hennig said.

Most employers, like the Cities of Calgary and Edmonton, have caps of one year, Hennig said.

“The level (of the transition allowance) is unique to Alberta. The premise is not.”

More than half of the politicians in the country, federally and provincially, have some form of transition allowance, he said.

“We were happy to see it gone. We campaigned to see it go. We wish they would have gone and made it retroactive ... because it was so over the top egregious of a level.”

Hennig described it as “ridiculous” that when MLA Ken Kowalski stepped down in 2012, he received $1.2 million in transition allowance, on top of his pension.

“No one gets that.”

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TORONTO — Early evidence suggests Toronto’s measles outbreak is not linked to the growing outbreak in the United States that appears to have started at the Disneyland theme parks in California.

Toronto Public Health said Monday that viruses from four of the six confirmed cases in the city have been typed, and they do not match the Disneyland outbreak strain. The viruses are from a strain known as D4, said Dr. Vinita Dubey, an associated medical officer of health with Toronto Public Health.

The virus responsible for the theme-park outbreak is B3, which was the cause of a very large measles outbreak in the Philippines in 2014. The Philippines recorded more than 21,000 measles cases and 110 deaths last year.

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control said Monday that it has recorded 121 measles cases so far in 2015, with 114 of them linked to the Disneyland outbreak.

Test results are still pending on the virus type for the two most recent measles cases in Toronto, said Dubey. Those results won’t be in until late this week or early next week, she said.

The D4 strain of measles circulates in a number of different parts of the world. So while the results rule out a Disneyland link, they do not tell public health officials where this virus came from.

None of the six people infected in Toronto — nor a case found last week in the Niagara, Ont., region — had travelled outside the country in the weeks before becoming ill.

Dubey said D4 has circulated in the past in parts of Asia, in Europe and even in Canada.

Scientists at the National Microbiology Laboratory in Winnipeg genotyped the viruses and will search a database maintained by the World Health Organization to look for similar viruses in an effort to narrow down the source. But Dubey acknowledged public health may not be able to pinpoint where the virus came from.

Two of the viruses are identical and the two others are not. But Dubey said the current thinking is that someone brought this measles strain to Toronto and these four cases are all part of a single chain of transmission from that person. ed that a total of $5 million in transition allowance will be paid out to 15 of 17 MLAs who have decided not to run in the next election.

Neither Jablonski or Dallas returned calls on Monday in time for this story. barr@reddeeradvocate.com

FLIGHTS: Made up 15% of passenger volume The flight service made up about 15 per cent of the passenger volume at the Red Deer Airport.

Steenstra said there will be some impact on the airport.

But he said Air Canada passenger volumes are continuing to grow.

“We are focused on the future and trying to regain other services,” he said. “There is a lot of interest in doing so. The future bodes well.”

Steenstra said the Fort McMurray service always struggled with time and frequency. He said it didn’t seem to match what the market needed. There were three flights a week out of Red Deer.

“They were not able to make those changes and now unfortunately they have decided they have to pull out those two routes for the time being,” said Steenstra.

He said it was unfortunate that the Grande Prairie route was not given more time.

Passengers will still have the option to fly to Grande Prairie and Fort McMurray through Air Canada with connections in Calgary. crhyno@reddeeradvcoate.com

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Family of imprisoned journalist Crews hunt wants Harper to intervene for missing

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — The family of a Canadian journalist languishing in an Egyptian prison launched an online campaign Monday, urging Prime Minister Stephen Harper to intervene in the case of Mohamed Fahmy.

Fahmy’s family called on supporters to use the hashtag “HarperCallEgypt� in their efforts to encourage the prime minister to urgently lobby for 40-yearold’s release this week.

The initiative came a day after Egyptian authorities announced a date for Fahmy’s retrial — a move that shocked him and his family, who had previously been told by then-foreign affairs minister John Baird that his release was “imminent.�

The new trial is expected to begin on Thursday and Fahmy’s family said they are “extremely worried� that his release could be delayed indefinitely. “We’re just in shock. We don’t understand how this happened and why,�

Fahmy’s brother, Adel Fahmy, told The Canadian Press. “Why does my brother have to go through all this torment?�

A spokeswoman for Lynne Yelich, junior minister responsible for consular affairs, said Prime Minister Harper has “personally� raised Fahmy’s case with the highest level of the Egyptian leadership. “We understand this is an upsetting time for the family. We continue to call for Mohamed Fahmy’s immediate release,� Erica Meekes said in an email.

Among those who have called on Harper to intervene in Fahmy’s case is Tarek Loubani, a Canadian doctor who

was also jailed in Egypt in 2013 along with his filmmaker colleague, John Greyson. “I write to you as a Canadian who wants to see my government speak out for a fellow Canadian who is currently in jail in Egypt,� Loubani wrote in an email to the prime minister that was obtained by The Canadian Press. “I also write to you as a former prisoner of the same jail that Fahmy is in now. You got me and John Greyson out of jail through the strong and unequivocal actions of your government. Your words meant something then, and they mean something now.�

Loubani and Greyson spent two months behind bars after their arrest and beating during an anti-government protest in Cairo. They both credited Harper and his government for relentlessly pushing for their freedom.

Fahmy, meanwhile, has been behind bars for more than a year.

He 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.

They denied all the allegations against them.

After a trial that was internationally denounced as a sham, Fahmy and Greste were sentenced to seven years in prison, while Mohamed was sentenced to 10 years.

Following an appeal in January,

their case was slated for a retrial — though a date had not been set and Fahmy’s family hoped diplomatic efforts would result in a release.

Greste was abruptly freed last Sunday under new legislation that allows Egypt’s president to deport foreigners convicted or accused of crimes. Fahmy gave up his dual Egyptian citizenship with the hope of being released under the same legislation, but that hope was diminished by the prospect of Thursday’s retrial. “It means that he cannot be deported, it is in the jurisdiction of the court,� Adel Fahmy said. “It means the Canadian government has failed us.�

NDP Leader Tom Mulcair said the Australian prime minister “got directly involved� in the case of Fahmy’s colleague, Peter Greste. “The Australian government behaved with the Australian journalist as if they were dealing with an Australian. Mr. Harper has dealt with the Fahmy case all along as if somehow, he wasn’t really a Canadian,� Mulcair said at an event in Toronto.

Adel Fahmy said his brother has been “going through an emotional roller coaster.� “He’s angry. He’s just shocked,� he said.

Fahmy moved to Canada with his family in 1991, living in Montreal and Vancouver for years before eventually moving abroad for work, which included covering stories for the New York Times and CNN. He took over as the bureau chief for Al Jazeera’s English-language channel in Cairo in September 2013.

Researchers working on how to protect pigs from virus

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS CALGARY — Canadian researchers are working on how to protect young pigs from a deadly virus that has killed millions of animals around the world.

The porcine epidemic diarrhea (PED) virus has killed at least eight

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BRIEF Calgary councillors banned from drinking at work CALGARY — City councillors in Calgary have approved a policy that prohibits them from drinking alcohol at work.

The new rule comes after Mayor Naheed Nenshi said he received complaints of council members being drunk and using illicit substances.

The rules will mirror what city staff have to follow.

An exception was made if councillors are hosting community functions.

Nenshi alleged some councillors have served and consumed booze in their offices over the years and on occasion, drank too much at public events.

million piglets in the U.S. since 2013.

It has been found at more than 70 hog farms and pork facilities in Ontario, Manitoba, Quebec and Prince Edward Island.

Genome Alberta says three research projects will share $650,000 in funding from Alberta, Saskatchewan, Ontario, Quebec and the federal governments.

The projects include developing a

vaccine against the virus and how to detect PED in the environment and in food additives.

Much of the research is being done by a private company in Saskatoon, the University of Saskatchewan, the University of Montreal and the National Centres for Animal Disease in Winnipeg.

Councillors also paved the way to hiring an integrity commissioner that would deal with complaints made about council members.

port with the survey’s results.

The survey was conducted in November and December, and asked teachers, parents, educational staff and students to describe the situation in their classrooms and schools.

Survey shows concerns with classroom sizes, support for special needs CALGARY — A provincial advocacy organization says a recent online survey shows Albertans are worried about classroom conditions in the province.

Public Interest Alberta says the main concerns from the 400 people who did the survey were class sizes and lack of support staff for special needs students.

Executive director Bill Moore-Kilgannon says aides can’t always be in a class for an entire day.

He says that means teachers and support staff aren’t able to spend enough time will all students — not just those with special needs.

Public Interest Alberta has sent Education Minister Gordon Dirks a re-

Tories acclaim 15 candidates EDMONTON — The first of the Wildrose floor-crossers has officially been nominated to run for the Progressive Conservatives in the next Alberta election.

The party says Ian Donovan has been acclaimed to be its candidate in

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BY THE CANADIAN PRESS LAKE LOUISE — Crews hoping to recover a missing search and rescue technician who was swept off a cliff in Alberta got a chance to enter the site where it’s believed he’s buried by avalanche debris. But they had to leave after only a few hours due to the threat of further slides.

Parks Canada says in a news release that a window of good weather and stable avalanche conditions allowed four searchers and two dog teams into the primary search area at Polar Circus in Banff National Park on Monday.

But after two-and-a-half hours, they had to leave without finding any clues on the location of Sgt. Mark Salesse.

Salesse, 44, a search and rescue technician based in Winnipeg, was ice climbing last Thursday as part of his training when weather conditions changed and an avalanche was triggered.

His climbing partner tried to locate him but was unsuccessful, and no ground searchers have been able to enter the area in the following days due to the continuing avalanche threat.

A helicopter search of the area Friday failed to spot any clues, and Parks Canada said over the weekend that the rescue had become a recovery mission since it was unlikely Salesse could have survived.

Parks Canada says the search will resume Tuesday, if conditions allow.

Brian Webster, a visitor safety specialist with Parks Canada, said over the weekend that additional avalanches have fallen on the search area over the past number of days. Some of those were natural ones, while others were triggered on purpose in order to make the area safe enough for ground crews to enter.

The additional debris from those slides would make the jobs of the searchers more difficult, Webster confirmed.

Webster said Salesse had not been wearing an avalanche transceiver. the riding of Little Bow. Donovan and Kerry Towle crossed over to the Tories in November, followed three weeks later by nine more, including then leader Danielle Smith.

Donovan was one of 15 acclaimed candidates announced by the PCs for an election expected to be held this spring.

Another Wildrose floor-crosser, Blake Pedersen, will face two challengers in a nomination vote set for Feb. 21 in Medicine Hat. Other acclaimed candidates include cabinet ministers Diana McQueen, Stephen Mandel, Jeff Johnson, Ric McIver, Kyle Fawcett, Don Scott, Wayne Drysdale, Frank Oberle, and Manmeet Bhullar.

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Ready for the inevitable A COMPETENT GOVERNMENT WOULD HAVE AN ASSISTED-SUICIDE LAW IN THE WORKS Of course, I have no insider’s access and I do not know what is said in cabinet meetings, but I suspect the Harper government already has a team of civil servants drafting a law to allow suffering and dying patients to request the help of a doctor to ease and aid their death.

A competent government GREG would not be NEIMAN caught flat-footed by something like last week’s Supreme Court decision, which unanimously told the feds they have one year to put such a law onto the books.

That’s what a civil service is for in a modern democracy.

Aside from tweaking the wording to reflect the court ruling, the only delay for introducing such a law would be politics.

But we should not discount the politics in a decision like this one.

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For the nation, it might be better to delay introducing a bill on doctorassisted suicide until after the federal election, expected in October. A new government, with a new mandate, could summon the civil servants to produce their draft law, tweak it again and bring it to Parliament.

If it requires too much courage on the part of federal candidates to discuss the issue on the campaign trail, Prime Minister Stephen Harper can remove that from the campaign by introducing the law now, pushing it through to the Senate, before dissolving Parliament this summer.

In fact, a draft of such a bill does already exist. Conservative MP Steven Fletcher has introduced a private member’s bill that would allow assisted suicide for some individuals. And I do not doubt his bill has received assistance — with the knowledge and quiet approval of cabinet — from the civil service in its formation.

But again, political realities must be acknowledged.

About three-quarters of Canadians polled by Ipsos recently supported such a law, and 84 per cent of them agreed with the statement: “A doctor should be able to help someone end their life, if the person is a competent adult who is terminally ill, suffer-

ing unbearably and repeatedly asks to die.”

Even so, the concerns of the minority need to be heard and addressed.

One such group would be people with disabilities. Another group would be people in palliative care, now and in the future.

Heidi Janz sits on the Bioethics Committee of the Council of Canadians with Disabilities. Born with cerebral palsy and confined to a wheelchair, she wrote that resources for highneeds disabled people are too slim to justify a law simply making it easier for them to die.

She says that between 16 and 30 per cent of Canadians have access to palliative care, but in the disabled community it’s closer to five to 10 per cent.

“We won’t do anything to help you LIVE,” she wrote in an email to CBC in an online discussion of the Supreme Court case, “but now, we’re prepared to hasten your death.”

Those are precisely the concerns that politics are meant to address.

Dr. James Downar, a physician with Dying with Dignity — which commissioned the Ipsos poll — says the idea that this ruling will become a slippery slope into devaluing the lives of vulnerable people has not occurred in the jurisdictions that already allow doctor-

assisted suicide.

Rather the opposite, he says. The Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, Switzerland and others are world leaders in providing palliative care for very sick people who want to live.

The option, the legal choice that people have in those countries, has led to improvements in palliative care, Downar claims.

We should have no doubt that our government knows these things, and has found models of compassionate policy that can be copied into Canadian law. Laws that I suspect already exist in draft form on Health Minister Rona Ambrose’s desk.

They would simply be waiting for final tweaks of wording and political timing to be introduced.

The Supreme Court has set a deadline, and government would not wish to risk being in contempt of court. A strong majority of support and opinion on this subject already seems to exist in the electorate.

Watch, then, how this — or the next — Canadian government approaches us with material any competent government would already have in hand.

Greg Neiman is a retired Advocate editor. Follow his blog at readersadvocate. blogspot.ca or email greg.neiman.blog@ gmail.com.

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Grateful for Michener decision In March 2013, the then formidable Alison Redford, along with Dave Hancock, called for the closure of the Michener Centre in Red Deer, the longtime home of 125 severely disabled persons, one of which is my sister Jody Kvern.

This closure meant forced eviction for my sister and her 125 peers, many whom have lived at Michener for 20, 30, 40 years with caregivers who have also been at Michener for multiple decades. The rationale of the closure came down to one word: institution.

Although it’s interesting to note Melcor Development’s online document citing the 300 acres of prime real estate that sits above the beating heart of downtown Red Deer. Melcor is clearly intent on the Michener land for its Clearview Phase III. Also of note: the number of government contracts and campaign donations to the Progressive Conservative party by Melcor Developers over decades.

The irrational closure of the Michener Centre, despite the eight Premiers Award of Excellence in the past 13 years that Michener has garnered, and the highest accreditation in mental health care that no other facility, community group home and/or hospital in the province can boast. From the very start, this closure made no sense.

From the very start, Danielle Smith and Kerry Towle, then of the Wildrose Party, were there to strongly advocate for my disabled sister and her voiceless peers. They were the first of the opposition parties to visit Michener and see firsthand why Michener is a crucial piece of the mental health puzzle that Alberta has not yet fully mastered. Over the course of this difficult, frustrating fight, which lasted a full 555 days, we were met with nothing but a stonewall wall of silence by the PC party. Friends of Michener, along with Danielle Smith and Kerry Towle, David Eggen and Rachel Notley, NDP, Mary Anne Jablonski, PC, and the AUPE fought hard to keep Michener open for our fragile individuals, who were dropping like flies after being forced out into the community. For the latter, this issue superseded party, politics and unions. This was about protecting Alberta’s most vulnerable from their own blind government.

The low light of the Michener campaign came when six of our Michener residents died out in the community over the course of four months in the summer of 2014. The same summer that interim Premier Dave Hancock (fully aware of the deaths) cited as ‘his best summer job yet.’ Clearly the government of Alberta did not have the best interests of Albertans at heart, certainly not those who were vulnerable, voiceless and utterly helpless.

Mercifully, in September 2014, Premier Jim Prentice reversed this inhumane decision and called for the continuation of the Michener Centre, where my sister and her peers can live out their remaining years in the only place they call home, community and sanctuary.

And yet despite my eyes-wide-open introduction to the sometimes snake pit of provincial politics, I am encouraged by the likes of Smith and Towle, Eggen and Notley, Jablonski, Prentice and the AUPE. I no longer care who belongs to what party, who is union, who is not. I only care that our politicians and leaders work together to care for people — especially our most vulnerable. We will at some point in our lives be disabled, disenfranchised, elderly, and/ or dying and we will need good people who will advocate for us. I am party blind and grateful to those good people.

Lee Kvern, Okotoks

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Candidates need to be open Cal Dallas, MLA Red Deer South, and Mary Anne Jablonski, MLA Red Deer North, have both announced they will not seek re-election when their current terms expire.

Though I may not have voted for them, I do respect and appreciate both their service and their willingness to finish their terms. They committed themselves to a term of office and they fulfilled their commitments, and they gave their supporters ample time to find a replacement at no unnecessary cost to anyone. Thank you for that.

The two Progressive Conservative nominations are open, and our new premier is giving all indications of an imminent election, so time is tight. Names are being offered, people are being asked, support is being gauged, and the whispering has started. Lots of ink will be used, and articles studied between announcements and the vote.

The Feb. 6 article in the Red Deer Advocate, about Red Deer South’s first contender really drew my admiration. It was not his name or his position, as respectable as they are, but it was the fact that he will be taking a leave of absence without pay between now and the nomination, that impressed me the most.

A married person, with children, willing to give up a pay cheque for any length of time is impressive. We made a big deal of our premier, cabinet ministers and MLAs giving up five per cent but if Darcy Mykytyshyn campaigns for only 37 days, he’d have given up 10 per cent of his yearly income, and it could be 74 days and 20 per cent — he does not know until a date is set.

How many other candidates will be willing to do the same? There will be others, self-employed and retirees on pensions coming forward, who couldn’t even if they wanted to. I imagine there may be others who will have to take a leave of absence once they announce their candidacy and I hope they get due recognition.

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of terms. Both Dallas and Jablonski will finish their terms, but things happen and politicians sometimes have to default on their obligations. What circumstances are acceptable for a politician to leave his post early, possibly incurring an expensive by election? A death, health issues, a transfer and stress are some but not all.

Political ladders have been around since they invented the wheel, and timelines do not match.

They are a necessity so political aspirants can gain credence for the next rung. It would be easier to be a mayor if you had been a councillor, a premier if you had been an MLA, and easier to be a prime minister if you had been an MP. Changing arenas is a different kettle of fish. Terms overlap, positions open up unexpectedly and experience in one arena would be beneficial in another.

When do the benefits of experience exceed the costs of a byelection? How long in one elected position would actually be needed to be of any benefit in another.

The questions for any politician wishing to advance their career are ethical in nature. When does the benefit of experience supersede the expense of a by election? A day, a week, a month, a year, a term, a decade or should it be in percentages 10, 25, 33.3, 50, 75, 150, when would it be acceptable? Should one take a leave of absence while seeking the nomination, campaigning in the election, or waiting until they are pronounced the winner? Questions, that does need to be asked by voters and answered by all politicians, considering changing arenas.

I hope all candidates will offer reasons why we should vote for them, and I hope that all candidates will offer explanations for their actions that may affect us in some way. A leave of absence may be inappropriate and unnecessary, and if it is more than mere political ambition of a personal nature that forces an expensive byelection on voters, just let us know.

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Harper shakes up cabinet KENNEY TAKES OVER DEFENCE, NICHOLSON MOVES TO FOREIGN AFFAIRS

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — Jason Kenney isn’t known for holding his fire on the subject of radical Islam — and now he’s in charge of whether the Canadian military will or won’t continue to do the same.

Kenney took charge of the defence portfolio Monday in a cabinet shuffle that puts a definite edge on the team Prime Minister Stephen Harper will lead into the October election campaign.

Former defence minister Rob Nicholson took over foreign affairs following the abrupt resignation of John Baird from that position last week.

Kenney’s former job as minister of employment and social development will be handled by Minister of State for Democratic Reform Pierre Poilievre.

The triumvirate represents three of the most battle-tested MPs in the Conservative caucus who’ve all shown a willingness to take a hard line on controversial policies.

“The changes to the ministry announced today will help ensure that key portfolios continue to have the strong leadership required to advance Canadian priorities,” Harper said in a statement.

Harper had last done a major shakeup of his front benches in July 2013, putting in place what was supposed to be his A-team to lead the Conserva-

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BRIEF Compel prison to allow media to interview Khadr, lawyers urge court TORONTO — The public has a right to know as much as possible about Omar Khadr before he is released from prison, especially since the federal government has repeatedly branded him an unrepentant terrorist, Federal

tives into the 2015 election.

That was forced off course when then-veterans affairs minister Julian Fantino failed to keep a lid on simmering discontent among war vets. Harper pushed him out of that portfolio in favour of Erin O’Toole in early January.

Then Baird decided to quit. While Harper could have left International Trade Minister Ed Fast holding the reins at foreign affairs, the file is too big for the government to leave it without its own minister, especially at a time of global conflict.

“I look forward to representing Canada’s interests on the world stage as we continue to promote Canadian values abroad,” Nicholson said in a statement.

But New Democratic Party Leader Tom Mulcair questioned whether Nicholson was the right choice for the time, saying he never wavers from party dogma.

“At a time like this in the world that we live in today, it is a bit surprising you have someone who can’t reach out more than he can,” Mulcair told reporters in Toronto, also critiquing Nicholson’s inability to speak French.

Nicholson previously served as justice minister, responsible for much of the Conservatives tough-on-crime legislation. While there had been speculation he wasn’t going to run again, he was re-nominated in his Niagara Falls riding in late January.

But his role in the party’s elector-

al machine isn’t as key as that of Jason Kenney, freeing him up to be sent abroad in the lead-up to the campaign.

From Nicholson, Kenney takes over responsibility for the Canadian contribution to the air strike campaign against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant in its march across Iraq and Syria.

The mission is about half-way through the allotted six months and it will be Kenney who will have the task of deciding whether or not to keep it going.

He’s used some of the toughest language in government when it comes to denouncing ISIL’s actions.

“It is a genocidal organization motivated by its hatred of innocent people,” Kenney told the House of Commons in October.

“It continues to commit acts of genocide and ethnic cleansing, mass rape of women and girls, sexual slavery, daily torture and the beheading of innocent people, including children.”

Kenney will also retain his title as Minister of Multiculturalism as he continues to advance the party’s standings among ethnic Canadians, a vote key to keeping the party in majority standings.

For Poilievre, the appointment comes after years of incremental moves up the ladder of power since he was first elected in 2004 to represent the suburban Ottawa riding of NepeanCarleton.

As minister of state for democratic reform he was in charge of shepherding through controversial election law changes, and will retain control of that portfolio even in his new job.

But when it came to getting a full cabinet minister position, he ran up against geographical realities. For years, there were already two ministers from the Ottawa area, John Baird and Gordon O’Connor.

With neither running again, it was Poilievre’s time.

At the helm of the employment portfolio, he’ll be in charge of reforms to the social security tribunal as well as the temporary foreign workers program.

Critics of the Conservatives often say companies use the program to avoid union workers at higher wages; and Poilievre has been a fierce critic of unions in the past and has supported legislation that would force unions to open their books to their members and the public.

Mulcair called it an odd appointment for a job that requires a range of partners.

“We’ve seen the abrasive character as he’s tried to work in the past on files like the new Elections Act,” Mulcair said.

“It was a bizarre experience and to see him moving up the conservative food chain is I guess no surprise if your purpose is to keep putting people off.”

Court heard Monday.

In urging the court to force prison authorities to allow media to interview the former Guantanamo Bay inmate, their lawyer said the Harper government itself had put the issue on the public stage.

“The Canadian public has a right to know and understand,” media lawyer John Phillips told Judge Richard Mosley.

“No one knows who he is. This guy is going to be out and in the public. We have a right to know who he is before that happens.”

The Toronto-born Khadr, who is not party to the media action, is seeking release on bail next month pending an appeal of his 2010 conviction before a widely maligned U.S. military commis-

sion. He is also seeking parole in June.

His sentence expires in 2018.

The government routinely says it will fight any attempt to “lessen” his punishment for the “heinous acts” he committed as a 15-year-old in Afghanistan.

Phillips said the Harper govern-

ment has been “openly and vociferously” critical of Khadr.

“They have blocked any opportunity for Mr. Khadr to respond,” Phillips said.

In 2013, then-public safety minister Vic Toews squelched warden approval for a Khadr interview.

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BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — Justin Trudeau’s Liberals scored a two-fer Monday.

Well-connected Toronto-area Conservative MP Eve Adams crossed the floor to sit with the Liberals.

And her surprise defection had the full support of her fiance, former top Conservative operative Dimitri Soudas — long considered one of Stephen Harper’s fiercest loyalists and an architect of the Tories’ re-election strategy for 2015.

Within hours, Soudas made it clear he’s prepared to use his inside knowledge of the Conservatives against them.

“Mike, stand down on throwing stones from glass houses,” he tweeted in response to what he considered a jab at Adams from Edmonton Tory MP Mike Lake. “What did you ask me to do again?”

Conservatives cast Adams’ decision as pure opportunism by a woman spurned by the governing party. Party president John Walsh said Adams asked “just a couple weeks ago” about running in another riding, after the party barred her last summer from running in Oakville North-Burlington.

“I informed her in writing on Jan. 29 that she would not be permitted to run for our party in the next election due to the misconduct from the Oakville North-Burlington nomination race,” Walsh said in a statement.

But Adams and Trudeau cast her move as a matter of principle.

“This is not about having a tough day at the office; everybody has grumpy bosses from time to time,” Adams said. “This is about the fact that my values simply don’t align with this (Conservative) team and I’d like to continue serving Canadians.”

Whatever the Conservatives may say about Adams now, Trudeau noted that she continued to serve as a parliamentary secretary to the health minister right up until she resigned Monday. Parliamentary secretaries are appointed by the prime minister and are one rung down from cabinet.

Adams took some harsh parting shots at the party she has championed since she was 14 and at Harper as she blasted the Tories’ recently-introduced income-splitting tax measures for families.

“I cannot support mean-spirited measures that benefit only the richest few,” she said.

“I can no longer support mean-spirited leadership that divides people instead of bringing them together. We need a kind, generous and strong leadership that champions a shared vision for how to make Canada work for everyone. I want to work with someone who inspires, not with fear mongerers and bullies.”

However, NDP Leader Tom Mulcair accused Trudeau of “stoking cynicism” about politics by welcoming an MP who, until Monday, had supported “every single decision,” including income splitting, taken by Harper for the past nine years.

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OTTAWA — The new national chief of the Assembly of First Nations says Prime Minister Stephen Harper personally told him that the Conservative government will not move ahead with its controversial overhaul of aboriginal education.

That raises a big question mark over what happens to the $1.9 billion tied to the original bill, which has been in limbo since last spring when chiefs from across Canada flatly rejected its proposed reforms to First Nations education.

Perry Bellegarde said he asked Harper on Jan. 28 not to “re-profile” the money — in other words, not to use funds set aside for First Nations education in last year’s budget for another purpose, such as paying down the deficit to balance the books in an election year.

Bellegarde said he did not leave his meeting with the prime minister with a sense of optimism about the education money.

“I can’t say yes or no. I didn’t get a warm, fuzzy feeling in terms of the request,” Bellegarde said Monday.

“So it’s a work in progress. But we’re not going to quit our efforts. We’re going to continue our lobby efforts. It’s just too important.”

Bellegarde warned of the message it would send to First Nations if the government decides to re-profile the education money.

“It would signal that they’re not in touch with communities, not in touch with the needs, and basically putting First Nations issues to the side when it comes to education, which is a travesty,” he said.

A spokesman for the prime minister was not immediately available for comment.

The Conservatives’ legislation deeply divided the aboriginal community and precipitated the abrupt departure of Shawn Atleo as national chief of the AFN. Some saw the Conservative bill as a first step — with a substantial dollar amount attached — that could improve the lives of First Nations children.

Others viewed it as the government exerting too much control over aboriginal education.

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TORONTO — A rift in the relationship between two terror suspects seemed to appear as they began hammering out the finer details of their alleged plot to derail a passenger train in the name of radical Islam, their trial heard Monday.

Raed Jaser and Chiheb Esseghaier face multiple terrorism-related charges in the alleged plot, which targeted a train travelling from New York to Toronto.

Not-guilty pleas have been entered for both men.

The trial has been hearing secret audio recordings of conversations the men had with an undercover FBI agent who gained their trust while posing as a wealthy American businessman with radical views.

At one point, as the trio was on its way to scout a railway bridge outside Toronto, which was to be the target of their alleged plot, Jaser appears to express his doubts to the undercover agent in a moment when Esseghaier isn’t around, trial heard.

“The amount of work and the cost involved...it’s crazy,” Jaser is heard telling the undercover agent in one intercepted conversation.

Later that day in September 2012, the trio arrive at a location outside Toronto, near Lake Ontario and walk along a pair of railway tracks to a bridge, where they examine the tall, metal structure, court heard.

It was at that point, as they knocked on beams, felt the tracks and even picked up a rusty bolt, that Jaser voiced more concerns, trial heard.

“It is a very solid structure, it’s very solid,” he is heard saying.

“What I am thinking of is, if we do this and that, nothing will happen...there are big pieces of metal....

What can we do about it. I mean, it cannot be cut by hand.”

Esseghaier, however, is animated at the thought of the plan progressing, and suggests using a high intensity torch to damage the bridge.

“This is very dangerous,” he is heard saying. “If the hole is well digged, you cannot slow down, cannot help him.”

Three trains are heard going by as the trio surveyed the area, with Jaser pointing out the Via Rail

train that was to be at the centre of their alleged plot, court heard.

“This is the one by the way,” he is heard saying.

“That’s the target.”

As they walk along the tracks and later survey the area underneath the bridge, Jaser appears to be set on edge by other individuals who are on a hiking trail below the bridge, the trial heard.

He appeared to be particularly worried about Esseghaier, who was talking loudly while flailing his arms in excitement, the undercover officer testified.

“Excuse me, but can you talk without using hand gestures and who knows what...the guy is looking at us man,” Jaser is heard saying to Esseghaier at one point, adding repeatedly that he is to speak only in Arabic.

“You are losing on this job, believe me...because I told you the devil sees everything that we can’t see.”

Esseghaier, meanwhile, did not seem perturbed by the prospect of being observed by others, countering that anyone else couldn’t possibly know about their “project,” trial heard.

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Oilers take down the Devils

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Oilers 2 Devils 1 NEWARK, N.J. — Edmonton Oilers forward Nail Yakupov seemingly didn’t mind either the ugly red scrape on the right side of his chin or the five stitches above his lip.

Collisions happen in hockey and sometimes there is damage.

Yakupov not only shook off an early mid-ice collision, the struggling 21-year-old forward scored a gamewinning, power-play goal in the second period to lead the Oilers to a 2-1 victory over the New Jersey Devils on Monday night.

“Finally, it’s got to go in,” Yakupov said after ending an 11-game goal drought. “I’m just trying to get open.

We got good guys and skill players who can pass the puck. I had a couple of shots that couldn’t go through. The third one I put in. That’s what I’ve got to do more and more every game.”

Jordan Eberle had the primary assist on Yakupov’s goal, and helped set up defenceman Oscar Klefbom’s tally as the Oilers snapped a two-game losing streak.

Devils fans were booing at the end of a game most expected would be a laugher against the Oilers (15-30-9), who have the fewest wins in the NHL. “Obviously, we did some good things, especially in the third period,” said Oilers goalie Ben Scrivens, who had 13 saves. “The last couple of weeks we’ve had opportunities to close games out and we’ve been making mistakes.

We weren’t so much being outplayed as causing our own headaches. It was good that we took a positive step forward tonight.”

The loss was the second straight for the Devils, who had gone 8-2-2 in their previous 12. It was a big hit to their playoff hopes.

“It’s up to us to figure this out,” said Cory Schneider, who had 22 saves, including a stop on a breakaway by Teddy Purcell with just over three minutes to play. “For sure, the last two games have been a setback for us, but we have no one to blame but ourselves. No one is going to come and bail us out.”

Patrik Elias scored for the Devils.

Yakupov missed a couple of first-period shifts after a collision with Devils

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Edmonton Oilers right wing Jordan Eberle tries to get the puck past New Jersey Devils defenceman Adam Larsson and goalie Cory Schneider during the first period of an NHL game Monday, in Newark, N.J. forward Steve Bernier. He was down on the ice for at least two minutes and didn’t return until late in the period.

“I went for a change and I didn’t see the guy,” Yakupov said. “I was really nervous for a couple of minutes.

At first I wasn’t positive at all I’d come back but I wanted to come back. Our doctor did a pretty good job.”

The Oilers, who hadn’t tallied a power-play goal in six games, took a 2-1 lead when Yakupov scored from the right circle at 12:45 of the second period as Devils defenceman Adam Larsson served a delay of game penalty for shooting the puck into the crowd.

CFL teams face diluted free agent pool

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS It seems Marcel Desjardins and other CFL GMs can scratch another bluechip free agent from their wish list.

Centre Brett Jones of the Grey Cup-champion Calgary Stampeders is scheduled to become a free agent at noon ET on Tuesday. The six-foot-two, 310-pound Jones was the CFL’s top lineman last year and anchored a unit that allowed a league-low 26 sacks.

On Monday, Calgary GM/coach John Hufnagel said Jones, a 23-year-old native of Weyburn, Sask., was weighing his NFL options. Hufnagel wouldn’t say if a deal was done but the expectation is Jones will sign south of the border.

“Right now he’s making a decision (regarding) what avenue to take,” Hufnagel told reporters. “He has NFL interest and that’s what we’re dealing with.”

Some CFL officials suggest Jones could’ve commanded between $225,000 and $300,000 annually on the open market. But he also stands to do well financially if he cracks an NFL roster with the league minimum for 2015 being US$435,000.

Calgary does have a potential replacement currently on its roster after selecting Laval’s Pierre Lavertu first overall last year. But the absence of Jones would further dilute a CFL free-agent pool that’s seen many perspective candidates either remain with their clubs or be released to sign NFL contracts.

American receivers S.J. Green (Montreal) and Weston Dressler (Saskatchewan), receiver/returner Brandon Banks (Hamilton) and Canadian offensive lineman Tyler Holmes (Toronto) were among the potential free agents to stay put.

Players granted releases to sign NFL deals included Canadian offensive linemen Ben Heenan (Saskatchewan) and Matt O’Donnell (Edmonton), American receivers Duron Carter (Montreal) and John Chiles (Toronto), defensive lineman Shawn Lemon (Calgary) and cornerback Delvin Breaux (Hamilton).

On Monday, American defensive back Tristan Jackson and Canadian linebacker Kevin Regimbald re-signed with Saskatchewan rather than test free agency.

“A lot of the options are gone already,” Desjardins lamented.

“That makes it a little more lean out there.”

But Desjardins said the absence of the big names could give clubs more bang for their buck in a free-agent pool the Ottawa GM feels still features quality talent.

“There’s probably four-five guys and if we got three or four of them we’d be very happy,” Desjardins said. “If we got two or three we’d be OK.” Another team expected to be active is Winnipeg (7-11), which finished last in the West Division. The Bombers allowed a league-high 71 sacks while averaging a CFL-worst 291.7 yards offensively per game.

Winnipeg was reportedly very interested in Heenan and is expected to pursue receiver Ernest Jackson (49 catches, 813 yards, three TDs with B.C.). Jackson played with Bombers starter Drew Willy at the University of Buffalo.

Desjardins’ priority is upgrading Ottawa’s offence. The Redblacks (2-16) were ranked last in scoring (15.4 points per game), TDs (24), passing touchdowns (14) and rushing (82.4 yards) and allowed 56 sacks.

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A little more than a minute later, Yakupov missed the net from the right circle. The puck went around the boards to Eberle, who sent a cross-ice pass to Yakupov in the right circle.

This time he didn’t miss.

“Yak’s shot was definitely a relief to get that goal,” Eberle said. “If you’re not scoring, that’s one place you have to try and pick it up.”

Edmonton, which had only scored one goal in losing its last two games, got two in the opening 40 minutes against New Jersey.

Klefbom tied it 1-1 with 36 seconds left in the first period after the Oil-

ers did an excellent job of keeping the puck in the New Jersey end. Ryan Nugent-Hopkins made the initial play, flagging down a clearing attempt at the right point. Eberle set up Klefbom near the right circle for a shot that beat Schneider.

Elias, who was honoured before the game for scoring his 400th goal, 600th assist and 1,000th point this season, had given New Jersey the lead 5:47 after the opening faceoff. Martin Havlat took the puck from Derek Roy along the left boards, skated toward the net and found Elias in the right circle for his 401st goal and eighth this season.

Las Vegas gets to prove it wants NHL team with ticket drive ership group in place led by Foley and brothers Joe and Gavin Maloof and an arena that will seat 17,500 for hockey Canadian poker star Daniel Negre- due to be completed by the spring of anu knows a thing or two about odds. 2016, those issues are taken care of.

The Toronto native and lifelong hock- The next step is to gauge fan interest.

“The rubber’s got to hit the road,” ey fan thinks Las Vegas has a 92.4 per Foley said in a wide-ranging Decemcent chance of getting an NHL team.

Prospective owner Bill Foley and ber interview.

“We’ve got to prove what we can his company, Hockey Vision Las Vegas LLC, get to prove it beginning Tuesday do.”

Bettman is expected to be in Las when the VegasWantsHockey seasonticket drive gets under way. The goal Vegas on Tuesday as Hockey Vision is to get at least 10,000 full-season de- Las Vegas kicks off the ticket drive.

Ticket prices are expected to be posits to show there’s significant fan interest in an NHL expansion team on par with the NHL average in two beginning play in the desert for the seasons. Several types are available, with deposits available at prices of 2016-’17 season.

Negreanu is part of the “Founding US$150, $300, $500 and $900 and with commitments of 75,” a group of loone, three, five or cals helping sell ‘THE TOWN’S STARVING, 10 years.

NHL hockey to the The 10 per cent people of Las Ve- ABSOLUTELY STARVING, FOR deposits are bindgas and surroundA PROFESSIONAL SPORTS ing but refundable ing areas in Neif Las Vegas isn’t vada. He’s got his FRANCHISE.’ awarded a team four season tickets reserved and has — DANIEL NEGREANU that begins play PROFESSIONAL POKER PLAYER in 2016. Negreanu already sold plenisn’t too worried ty of others. about that and beConvincing people to ante up hasn’t required a hard lieves the season-ticket drive could turn up 12,500 to 13,000 deposits. sales pitch.

“This is really what it’s missing is “The town’s starving, absolutely starving, for a professional sports something to cheer for as a group,” Nefranchise,” Negreanu said in a recent greanu said.

“Even those that are not hockey phone interview from Las Vegas. “I’ve found the support to be overwhelming. fans, Las Vegas, they know how to put People that live here, they’re dying for on a show. They’re going to make it a spectacle. It’ll be more than just comthis.”

If fans show the kind of commit- ing to a hockey game. It’ll attract all ment Foley and Negreanu expect dur- kinds of different fans that maybe don’t ing the ticket drive, it would answer even really get the game yet.”

The last NHL season-ticket drive the biggest question the league had about what commissioner Gary Bet- came in 2011 when True North purtman has called a “unique market.” chased the Atlanta Thrashers. The Las Vegas runs on tourism and has a “Drive to 13,000” succeeded within an transient population. There is no long- hour of starting and the new incarnaterm hockey tradition to speak of and tion of the Winnipeg Jets began play no track record of supporting a profes- that fall. sional sports team.

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RDC women’s curling team qualify for ACAC championships

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Micah Tweedale 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.

Holliday lands on podium three times at Exelta Cup Kayla Holliday of the host Exelta Gymnastics Club posted a win in the uneven bars event, was second in the beam and floor exercises and was first all-around in the provincial 3 argo division of the Exelta Cup meet during the weekend.

Exelta teammates Olivia Stratulate and Meghan McGonical placed sixth and eighth overall in the division.

Exelta athletes Tecia Gartner and Noelle Bellanger tied for first in the provincial 1 open category, and Taylor Fodor was third. Gartner posted wins in the vault and uneven bars and Bellanger was tops in the beam and floor exercises.

Hannah Bilsborrow finished second

The RDC women’s curling team qualified for the Alberta Colleges championships by posting a 4-2 record in the Winter Regional at Camrose during the weekend.

The RDC squad defeated Camrose Augustana, Olds, Concordia and Lakeland, and lost to NAIT and MacEwan.

The foursome, consisting of Marla Sherrer, Julie Selvais, Courtney Smith and Sarah Gerrard, will compete in the Alberta Colleges finals Feb. 27-March 1 at Grande Prairie.

Meanwhile, the RDC men’s rink was 3-3 during the weekend and finished in a four-way tie for fourth, then fell 5-4 to Lakeland in a tie-breaker that eliminated the foursome from further play. RDC’s three wins came against Lakeland, Portage and Augustana and the team, consisting of Ryan Dahmer, Jeff Ireland, Paul Maas and Logan Oddie, lost to NAIT, Grant MacEwan and Olds.

The RDC mixed team, featuring Chloe Logelin, Luke Nibourg, Tremayne Smith, Cyril House, Rob Raincock and Cassidy Fegan. was 0-6 during the weekend. ● RDC cross-country runners Jonathan Allan and Noah Arychuk turned in respective second-place times of 37.15 and 9:54.04 in the 300-metre and 3,000m events of the Nike Indoor Challenge at Edmonton during the weekend.

Mitchell Dore and Allan placed seventh and eighth in the men’s 600m with times of 1:33.49 and 1:33.95, and Mark de Wit, a Lacombe high school student, posted a time of 1:35.32. De Wit also had a time of 3:02.18 in the 1,000m.

Arychuk, meanwhile, finished sev-

enth in the 1,500m with a time of 4:38.36 and Andrew Jacobs (10:27.33) and Lucas Plamondon (11:08.49) were fifth and seventh in the 3,000m.

The RDC team placed fourth in the 4x400 relay with a time of 3:56.89 and RDC finished fifth in the team standings with 34 points.

In the women’s division, Anna Duda was sixth in the 600m event in 1:57.72 and Celine de Wit was eighth in 1:58.54.

Melissa Ray was eighth in the 1,000m with a time of 4:05.79 and Samantha DeBree and Robyn Hebert were eighth (5:53.38) and 11th (6:07.77) in the 1,500m.

Laura Friesen placed fifth in the 3,000m with a clocking of 12:52.18 and the 4x400 relay team was fifth in 5:03.60, a 10-second improvement from the previous weekend’s meet.

The RDC team was tied with SAIT in the points standings with 19.

Hunting Hills High School runner Dina Iatrou posted a time of 3:15.19 in the women’s 1,000m. ● Kings basketball player JP LeBlanc and curler Julie Selvais are the RDC Boston Pizza men’s and women’s athletes of the week.

LeBlanc netted 18 points in a Saturday win over SAIT, including four from the free-throw line in the late stages of the contest. LeBlanc, who also added four assists in the game and is averaging 15.5 points per game in his last four outings, was named RDC player of the game.

Selvais, tossing third stones, made a clutch shot for the RDC women’s curling team in the Winter Regional at Camrose, freezing to an opposition rock in the eighth end of a must-win game. The RDC rink won twice on the final day of the tournament to qualify for the Alberta Colleges championship.

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in the national open category with a win on the beam and third-place performances in the vault, uneven bars and floor events.

Jamyn Tiemens placed fifth in the provincial 1 novice division, Casey Patsula was fifth in the provincial 4 novice division and Ruby Butler and Keara Slimmon were sixth and seventh in the provincial 3 novice category.

Other top-20 Exelta placings: 11th — Lina Koller, provincial 5 open; 15th — Rachel Hyink, provincial 5 open; 17th — Katherine Stuber, provincial 3 tyro; 18th — Karis Wygeria, provincial 2 tyro; 20th — Ayla Ronspies, provincial 2 tyro.

Thunder Country athletes win medals at Okotoks meet Red Deer Thunder Country Trampoline and Gymnastics Club athletes garnered 21 medals, including nine gold, in a weekend meet at Okotoks.

Leading the way was Kalena Soehn, who won gold in each of the junior women’s individual trampoline, double mini trampoline (DMT) and synchronized trampoline with Alexandra Potter, who also captured gold in the level 6 women’s trampoline.

Gabi Clarke won gold in the level 2 women’s 11 and under DMT and earned a bronze in the trampoline and level 2 synchronized trampoline with Sophie Nossack, while Jesse Starchuk mined gold in the level 2 men’s trampoline and synchronized trampoline with Spencer Kooman, who won a bronze in each of the level 3 men’s trampoline and DMT. Also winning gold were Zachary Blakely and Logan Chaput in level 6 men’s synchronized trampoline and Ebony Campbell in level 2 women’s tumbling. Campbell also picked up a silver medal in level 3 synchronized trampoline, along with Laura Arnusch.

Meanwhile, Ashton Henfrey snared a silver medal in level 4 men’s trampoline and a bronze in DMT, Taelum Henfrey settled for silver in level 1 men’s DMT and a bronze in trampoline, and Eoin Wolfe and Kayden Levis

won silver in level 2 men’s synchronized trampoline.

Rounding out the Thunder Country bronze-medal recipients were Logan Chaput in level 6 men’s DMT, Madison Ruff in level 1 women’s 10 and under DMT, Kiera Hofer in level 1 women’s trampoline, and Blakely in trampoline.

Other Thunder Country top-10 placings: Fourth — Blakely, DMT; Chaput, trampoline; Potter, DMT; Ashton Henfrey, tumbling; Samantha Dancey and Sarah Lindbergh, level 1 women’s 11 and under synchronized trampoline; Ruff, trampoline; Hofer, DMT; Sixth — Lauren Howse, level 4 women’s trampoline; Samantha Fujczak, level 1 women’s 11 and up tumbling; Seventh — Wolfe, DMT; Nossack, trampoline; Boston Kaeleigh, level 2 women’s 11 and under DMT; Fujczak, trampoline; Eighth — Arnusch, trampoline; Wolfe, tumbling; Vivien Hawryscko, level 1 women’s 11 and up trampoline; Nadine Rajotte, level 1 women’s 10 and under trampoline; Ninth — Arnusch, level 1 tumbling; Campbell, trampoline; Kooman, level 1 tumbling; Starchuk, DMT; Lindbergh and Boston, synchronized trampoline; Fujczak and Rajotte, synchronized trampoline; 10th — Arnusch, DMT; Dancey, trampoline.

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Calgary Flames goalie Jonas Hiller stops a shot in front of San Jose Sharks’ Chris Tierney (50) and defenseman Dennis Wideman (6) and during the first period of an NHL game Monday, in San Jose, Calif.

The Flames got goals from four different players in a 4-1 win over the Sharks.

SWIMMING Eight members of the Red Deer Catalina Swim Club qualified for the provincial age trials later this month in Edmonton during the Catalina’s Valentine Invitational meet.

Catalina swimmers achieving their qualifying times during the weekend included Jaden Debruijn, Daniel Morrison, Paige Paquin, Tom Ross, Skylar Sabasch, Serenity Smith, Cooper Waddle and Ally Wandler.

Meanwhile, Elle Couture achieved

new provincial A qualifying times in the 400-metre freestyle and 100m breaststroke and Kyra McMurray set an A time in the 50m breaststroke.

Provincial B times were attained by Madisson Young (800m free), Jaden Debruijn (100m breast), Jayden Vale (100m butterfly), Claire Xu (50m free), River Roos (50m free, 50m backstroke), Siana Klugkist (200m breast), Laina Powell (50m ‘fly) and Ally Wandler (50m breast).

(See Scoreboard on Page B4 for topthree Catalina swimmers in the Valentine Invitational)

RINGETTE Kianna Doyle scored twice for the Central Alberta U14AA Sting as they closed out regular-season ringette play with a 14-4 weekend loss to the Sherwood Park U16 AA team.

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also tallied for the Sting, who played in the U16A division of the Black Gold League this season. The Sting are ranked No. 1 in Alberta with the provincial championship tournament slated for Feb. 27-March 1 in St. Albert.

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Fiery Andersen making waves for Ducks

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ANAHEIM, Calif. — When Frederik Andersen first started playing hockey in Denmark, he had a wicked temper. He shattered sticks, screamed and threw things — and that was just after allowing a bad goal in practice.

“I kind of grew out of that, but I was pretty fiery,” Andersen said in his usual calm monotone. “I’m just a really bad loser. I still have that. It still happens sometimes.”

Such tales are barely believable these days to anybody who has met the soft-spoken, red-haired goalie on an incredible career path with the Anaheim Ducks.

Just over a year after his NHL debut, Andersen is a prolific winner for the powerful Ducks. He won 49 of his first 66 starts in Anaheim, piling up victories at a rate unmatched by a young goalie since Bill Durnan, Montreal’s four-time Vezina Trophy winner from the 1940s.

Sure, the Ducks are an elite team, yet more than half of their wins have been by one goal. The NHL’s first and only Danish-born goalie has calmly kept Anaheim on top of the league standings while the club employed a carousel of defencemen over its first 50 games.

Nothing seems to rattle Andersen — not now that he has his temper under control and his focus is on a Stanley Cup. “He wants to be the best, and he gets really mad at himself when he’s not,” Anaheim coach Bruce Boudreau said. “That’s why in his short career, you’ve seen that if he’s had a bad game, the next game, he’s come back with a vengeance.”

As a kid, Andersen briefly harboured dreams of becoming an architect. They were back-burnered the first time he visited a pro hockey dressing room with his father, a goalie in the Danish league who didn’t retire until the early 2000s.

Ernst Andersen didn’t like the idea of his son stopping pucks, but Freddie wouldn’t be dissuaded, even stepping into the crease during practice while wearing no goalie equipment.

“My dad finally let me (play goalie), but not at first,” Andersen said. “He wanted me to make sure I could skate well and know the game a little bit before I got in there.”

Although he idolizes Patrick Roy, Andersen has been compared to Montreal star Carey Price, and he models some of his game after the Canadian Olympic gold medallist ’s clean, technical positional play. Andersen also emulates Price’s skill with the puck, and his teammates have noticed.

“He’s the best puck-handling goalie I’ve ever played with, and he wants to be a part of the team’s defence,” defenceman Ben Lovejoy said. “He’s a pleasure to play in front of.”

He has become the protege of Dwayne Roloson, the Ducks’ goaltending coach. They have plenty in common: Roloson also had a legendary temper, but

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learned to control it enough to play 13 impressive NHL seasons.

“As a pupil, he’s phenomenal,” Roloson said.

“You say one thing, and it’s like, ’OK, it’s done.’ We’re on to another thing.”

Andersen has been living in California essentially year-round since arriving in North America, enjoying 12 months of shorts weather and training furiously with the Ducks’ staff. He has the same modest level of fame in Orange County as he has in Denmark, where hockey’s popularity is dwarfed by handball, allowing him to eat at restaurants mostly unnoticed in either place.

He has even struck up a relationship with the Los Angeles Angels, who play across Katella Avenue from the Ducks’ Honda Center, and even incorporated aspects of baseball skills into some of his goaltending drills. That dedication allowed the 6-foot-4 Andersen to drop 25 pounds in the summer before his NHL debut, immediately catching Boudreau’s eye.

“I’m going, ’Who is this guy?”’ Boudreau recalled.

“He’s quicker in net to go along with that bigger frame. It’s good stuff.”

Andersen has seized the job from three formidable contenders: Jonas Hiller, who had been the Ducks’ starting goalie since 2008, capable backup Viktor Fasth, and rookie John Gibson, the touted prospect who made an impressive NHL debut late last season.

A year after Andersen mostly sat and watched Hiller, he is firmly in charge of the Ducks’ crease.

Hiller signed with Calgary as a free agent last summer, and Gibson is in the AHL after a lengthy injury absence allowed Andersen to consolidate his role.

After Gibson got hurt, Andersen made 20 consecutive starts in a streak ending in mid-December. He welcomed the work, reckoning he will have to make a similar stretch of starts if the Ducks make the deep playoff run they’re anticipating.

And if Andersen occasionally needs to break a stick in practice, Roloson won’t mind at all.

“I wouldn’t say he’s like me, but he gets pretty fired up pretty quick,” Roloson said. “We’ve worked on controlling that. It’s OK to have a little bit of emotion, especially in practice. Guys scoring on you, it’s OK to get mad.”

a real season-ticket base,” deputy commissioner Bill Daly said at a recent board of governors meeting.

Negreanu, a passionate Maple Leafs fan who is one of the biggest proponents of the VegasWantsHockey movement, said he’ll spend the next two weeks promoting it. He’ll star in some YouTube videos and use Twitter, Facebook and his reach in the poker world to drum up support. “(I’ll be) networking, making phone calls and going to the casinos, meeting some of the poker guys, collecting deposits from casino to casino,” Negreanu said. “I’m super excited about it.”

The NHL will be watching the ticket drive to see if there’s a surge of support in the first couple weeks.

“We’re going to know early on,” Daly said during all-star weekend in Columbus. “It’s not going to be one of those things where at the end of a 45-day period, ’Get your orders in so we can get an NHL fran-

chise.’ We’re going to know early on whether this is something that people are embracing.”

Bettman said in Columbus that if the ticket drive “shows a great deal of enthusiasm in two or three weeks, (Foley) and we will have a better sense of the market.” The commissioner reiterated that no measure of success forces the NHL to expand to Las Vegas.

Getting well over 10,000 would be a good step toward that, said Negreanu, who hopes the next four to six weeks will show Las Vegas is a viable hockey town.

“I feel like you have to generate this kind of excitement to get people to put the deposits down,” Negreanu said.

“The one pitch I would tell people is we really need your help to get this here: If you really want to see a hockey team, we need your deposits.”

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With Heenan, Holmes and Jones unavailable, Desjardins will likely have to look at an American tackle like Calgary’s Stanley Bryant to improve his offensive line. Among the available receivers are Calgary’s Brad Sinpoli, an Ottawa native, and Hamilton’s Sam Giguere, who’s from Sherbrooke, Que. Also expected to be available is slotback Nik Lewis, who has spent his entire 11-year career with Calgary. Lewis broke the 1,000-yard plateau his first nine seasons but has combined for 777 yards the last two years.

Two defensive players expected to garner attention are Hamilton defensive lineman Justin Hicks and Edmonton linebacker Rennie Curran. Hicks had 13 sacks in 2013 before heading to the NFL while Curran recorded 123 tackles, two sacks and two interceptions the last two seasons with the Eskimos.

Also available are running backs Nic Grigsby of Hamilton and Edmonton’s Kendial Lawrence. Grigsby was the CFL’s third-leading rusher with 890 yards (4.6-yard average) with nine TDs splitting his season between Winnipeg and the Ticats while Lawrence presents a threat offensively as well as on special teams.

Teams needing quarterback depth can look at Dan LeFevour of Hamilton and B.C.’s Kevin Glenn. The six-foot-three, 230-pound LeFevour, 27, was a solid 67.8 per cent passer during starter Zach Collaros’s absence (concussion-like symptoms) before suffering a season-ending knee injury.

Glenn, 35, a 14-year CFL veteran, had a 63 per cent completion average with 17 touchdowns and 17 interceptions at B.C. But Glenn was just 6-of-18 passing for 64 yards with two interceptions in B.C.’s 50-17 road loss to Montreal in the East Division semifinal.

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In this Jan. 14, 2015 photo, Anaheim Ducks goalie Frederik Andersen blocks a shot against the Toronto Maple Leafs during the first period of an NHL game in Anaheim, Calif. Just over a year after his NHL debut, Andersen is a prolific winner for the powerful Ducks. He won 49 of his first 66 starts in Anaheim.

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WESTERN CONFERENCE B.C. DIVISION GP W L OTLSOL GF Kelowna 54 42 8 3 1 237 Victoria 54 30 20 3 1 186 Kamloops 56 21 29 3 3 162 Vancouver 54 22 29 1 2 156 Prince George 56 21 32 2 1 164 U.S. DIVISION GP W L OTLSOL GF Everett 54 34 16 3 1 191 Portland 55 31 20 1 3 198 Seattle 53 27 20 3 3 152 Spokane 52 25 23 3 1 146 Tri-City 54 25 26 0 3 147

GA 169 166 175 196 197 221

Pt 87 66 55 46 44 33

GA 156 154 175 158 198 227

Pt 73 67 64 56 55 36

GA 136 163 204 188 239

Pt 88 64 48 47 45

GA 145 182 146 157 164

Pt 72 66 60 54 53

Sunday’s results Brandon 7 Lethbridge 2 Calgary 5 Saskatoon 2 Everett 4 Portland 3 (OT) Monday’s results Victoria 2 Edmonton 1 Kamloops 3 Tri-City 0 Vancouver 5 Seattle 4 Kelowna 5 Prince George 2

Nikita Scherbak, Eve Adam Tambellini, CAL Connor Rankin, CAL Jack Rodewald, MJ Chase De Leo, Por Jansen Harkins, PG Austin Carroll, Vic Adam Helewka, Spo Jaedon Descheneau, Koo Tyson Baillie, Kel Luke Philp, Koo Carson Stadnyk, Eve Brayden Point, MJ Matt Needham, Kam Jake Debrusk, SC Rihards Bukarts, Bra Ivan Nikolishin, Eve Nicolas Petan, Por Peter Quenneville, Bra Ivan Provorov, Bra Chase Witala, PG Justin Kirkland, Kel Colby Cave, SC

22 38 26 24 27 17 29 28 24 32 23 21 21 16 33 23 15 10 15 12 27 21 21

44 26 38 39 35 44 31 32 36 27 35 36 36 41 23 32 37 42 36 39 23 29 29

National Hockey League EASTERN CONFERENCE GP W L OT Pts Tampa Bay 55 34 16 5 73 N.Y. Islanders 53 34 18 1 69 Montreal 52 34 15 3 71 Pittsburgh 53 30 15 8 68 Detroit 52 31 12 9 71 Washington 54 28 16 10 66 N.Y. Rangers 51 30 16 5 65 Boston 53 28 18 7 63 Florida 51 23 17 11 57 Philadelphia 53 23 22 8 54 New Jersey 54 21 24 9 51 Toronto 54 23 27 4 50 Ottawa 51 20 22 9 49 Columbus 52 23 26 3 49 Carolina 52 19 26 7 45 Buffalo 54 16 35 3 35

66 64 64 63 62 61 60 60 60 59 58 57 57 57 56 55 52 52 51 51 50 50 50

GF 179 167 141 151 155 157 152 139 127 145 122 153 139 135 116 102

GA 145 149 117 134 130 135 123 131 145 155 148 165 144 161 139 189

WESTERN CONFERENCE GP W L OT Pts GF GA Nashville 53 35 12 6 76 161 127 Anaheim 54 34 13 7 75 162 148 St. Louis 53 34 15 4 72 168 132 San Jose 54 28 19 7 63 153 149 Chicago 54 33 18 3 69 163 124 Vancouver 52 29 20 3 61 143 136 Winnipeg 55 27 18 10 64 152 145 Calgary 53 29 21 3 61 152 136 Minnesota 52 26 20 6 58 144 143 Los Angeles 53 23 18 12 58 144 144 Dallas 53 24 21 8 56 167 172 Colorado 54 22 21 11 55 137 152 Arizona 54 20 27 7 47 125 178 Edmonton 54 15 30 9 39 123 178 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss.

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.

Red Deer Rebels Scoring

Toth Burman

GP 52 52 50 53 53 53 53 47 53 53 47 44 53 53 51 24 41 49 44 43 20 16 32

G 22 16 27 22 7 16 15 11 10 9 16 3 1 7 2 4 4 2 5 0 0 0 0

MP GA 2504 124 712 39

A 32 35 22 21 32 20 21 19 20 14 5 14 14 7 12 9 9 10 4 4 2 1 1

Pts 54 51 49 43 39 36 36 30 30 23 21 17 15 14 14 13 13 12 9 4 2 1 1

PIM 10 49 47 40 28 31 21 47 56 15 67 49 49 20 59 51 34 24 6 4 26 0 12

+/24 -10 13 19 19 4 6 -8 -1 -3 -10 -3 7 -25 -27 4 1 0 -17 — -2 — -7

SO GAA Svs Sv% 1 2.97 1103 .899 0 3.29 292 .882

WHL Scoring Leaders Trevor Cox, MH Cole Sanford, MH Nick Merkley, Kel Rourke Chartier, Kel Tim McGauley, Bra Oliver Bjorkstrand, Por Cole Ully, Kam

TUESDAY, FEB. 10, 2015

Local Sports

WHL EASTERN CONFERENCE EAST DIVISION GP W L OTLSOL GF Brandon 55 41 9 3 2 253 Regina 53 30 17 4 2 198 Swift Current 53 25 23 1 4 159 Moose Jaw 53 21 28 3 1 152 Prince Albert 54 21 31 2 0 156 Saskatoon 52 15 34 2 1 146 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 56 25 25 4 2 161 Kootenay 54 27 26 0 1 177 Lethbridge 53 15 32 3 3 151

Gay Sheen Bleackley Johnson Cote Maxwell Kopeck Musil Feser Pawlenchuk Polei Fleury Doetzel Nell Nogier Bobyk Strand de Wit Adamson Toth Grman Burman Mahura Goaltending

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G 23 43 16 44 34 37 28

A 68 38 58 29 39 35 42

Pts 91 81 74 73 73 72 70

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 Monday’s Games Arizona 3, Chicago 2, SO Edmonton 2, New Jersey 1 Los Angeles 4, Columbus 3 Minnesota 5, Vancouver 3 Calgary at San Jose, late 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.

Wednesday’s Games Detroit at Pittsburgh, 6 p.m.

Vancouver at Chicago, 6 p.m.

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

Monday’s summaries Oilers 2, Devils 1 First Period 1. New Jersey, Elias 8 (Havlat, T.Zajac) 5:47

2. Edmonton, Klefbom 2 (Eberle, Purcell) 19:24 Penalties — Zidlicky NJ (roughing) 9:19.

Second Period 3. Edmonton, Yakupov 6 (Eberle, Petry) 12:45 (pp) Penalties - Larsson NJ (boarding) 1:40, Larsson NJ (delay of game) 11:30, Ference Edm (holding) 14:53.

Third Period No Scoring.

Penalties - Pakarinen Edm (embellishment), Zubrus NJ (holding) 6:38.

Shots on goal Edmonton 4 10 8 — 24 New Jersey 6 3 4 — 13 Goal — Edmonton: Scrivens (W, 10-17-7); New Jersey: Schneider (L, 19-20-5).

Power plays (goal-chances) — Edmonton: 1-4; New Jersey: 0-0.

Coyotes 3, Blackhawks 2 (SO) First Period No Scoring.

Penalties — Stone Michael (high-sticking) 8:17.

Second Period 1. , Hossa Marian 13 (Toews Jonathan) 12:44.

2. , Doan Shane 12 (Yandle Keith, Ekman-Larsson Oliver) 17:23 (pp).

Penalties — Stone Michael (hooking) 8:34, Kane Patrick (unsportsmanlike conduct) 16:50, Oduya Johnny (cross-checking) 17:45.

Third Period 3. , Vermette Antoine 12 (Ekman-Larsson Oliver) 3:59.

4. , Hossa Marian 14 (Toews Jonathan) 12:18.

Penalties — Ekman-Larsson Oliver (slashing) 4:37.

Overtime No Scoring.

Penalties — Erat Martin (holding) 1:54.

Shots on goal Arizona 9 10 9 1 — 29 Chicago 13 11 10 4 — 38 Goal — Arizona: Smith (W, 10-22-5); Chicago: Raanta (LO, 7-4-1).

Power plays (goal-chances) — Arizona: 1-2; Chicago: 0-4.

Wild 5, Canucks 3 First Period 1. Minnesota, Schroeder 1 (Coyle, Dumba) 5:05 2. Minnesota, Pominville 10 (Vanek, M.Koivu) 7:37 (pp) 3. Vancouver, Kassian 4 (Higgins, Hamhuis) 10:18 4. Minnesota, Niederreiter 16 (M.Koivu, Suter) 15:37 Penalties - Dorsett Vcr, Brodziak Minn (fighting) 6:32, Burrows Vcr (holding) 6:42, Sbisa Vcr, Prosser Minn (roughing) 10:18, Bonino Vcr (hooking) 12:20.

Second Period 5. Vancouver, Matthias 10 (Vrbata, Hamhuis) 1:11 6. Minnesota, Suter 2 (Koivu, Parise) 7:05 (pp) 7. Minnesota, Brodziak 7 (Spurgeon, Brodin) 7:59 Penalties - Edler Vcr (hooking) 6:31, Burrows Vcr, Scandella Minn (roughing) 18:29.

Third Period 8. Vancouver, Stanton 2 (D.Sedin, H.Sedin) 17:57 Penalties - Minnesota bench (too many men) 16:11, Vrbata Vcr (tripping) 16:49, Edler Vcr (goaltender interference) 19:39.

Shots on goal Vancouver 10 6 8 — 25 Minnesota 10 10 11 — 32 Goal (shots-saves) - Vancouver: Miller (L, 25-14-1) (18-13), Lack (7:59 second; 14-14); Minnesota: Dubnyk (W, 17-6-2).

Power plays (goals-chances) - Vancouver: 0-1; Minnesota: 2-5.

Kings 4, Blue Jackets 3 First Period 1. Columbus, Skille 6 (Anisimov, Savard) 1:40.

2. Los Angeles, King 8 (Carter, Regehr) 2:12.

3. Los Angeles, Toffoli 15 (King) 8:01.

Penalties — Clifford LA (boarding) 12:59, Boll Clb (fighting), Clifford LA (fighting) 19:30.

Second Period 4. Columbus, Hartnell 13 (Johansen) 14:16.

5. Los Angeles, Carter 15 (McNabb, McBain) 15:34.

Penalties — None.

Third Period 6. Los Angeles, Brown 9 (Gaborik) 1:49.

7. Columbus, Savard 8 (Foligno, Johnson) 18:07.

Penalties — Foligno Clb (high-sticking) 5:00.

Shots on goal Los Angeles 11 16 17 — 44 Columbus 6 7 13 — 26 Goal — Los Angeles: Quick (W, 19-15-10); Columbus: McElhinney (L, 7-9-1).

Power plays (goal-chances) — Los Angeles: 0-1; Columbus: 0-1.

Swimming Red Deer Catalina Swim Club’s 2015 Valentine Invitational RDCSC Top 3 finishes: Elle Couture: 400 Free - 1st, 200 Back - 2nd, 100 Back - 1st, 50 Free - 1st, 100 IM - 1st, 100 Breaststroke - 1st Lily Barschel: 400 free - 2nd Emalee Broen: 400 Free - 3rd, 200 Back - 2nd, 100 Back - 2nd, 50 free - 3rd Cooper Waddle: 400 Free - 1st, 50 Breast - 1st, 200 Breast - 2nd, 100 IM - 1st, 200 IM - 1st, 200 Free - 1st Michael Chen: 400 Free - 2nd, 100 IM - 2nd, 200 IM 2nd, 200 Free - 2nd Munn Chai: 400 Free - 3rd, 50 Breaststroke - 2nd, 100 IM - 3rd, 200 IM - 3rd Hidde Geurts: 400 Free - 1st, 50 Fly - 1st, 100 Back - 1st, 100 Fly - 3rd Tristin Macdonald: 400 Free - 2nd, 50 Free - 3rd, 200 IM - 2nd Laina Powell: 50 Fly - 1st, 100 Free - 1st, 100 Back - 2nd, 100 IM - 2nd, 200 IM 1st, 50 Back - 1st Serenity Smith: 50 Fly - 2nd, 100 Fly - 2nd, 200 Free - 3rd Kyra McMurray: 50 Fly - 1st, 50 Breaststroke - 1st, 100 Back - 2nd, 50 Free - 3rd, 100 IM - 1st, 200 IM - 1st, 50 Back - 1st Tanille Collicutt: 50 Fly - 1st, 200 Back - 3rd, 50

Breaststroke - 2nd, 200 Fly - 1st, 200 Free - 1st Amber Rohwer: 50 Fly - 1st, 200 Back - 1st, 100 Free - 2nd, 100 Back - 1st, 50 Free - 1st, 50 Back 1st, 100 Breaststroke - 1st Kaitlyn Hounsome: 50 Fly - 2nd, 200 Back - 3rd, 100 Back - 3rd, 50 Free - 3rd, 100 IM - 2rd, 100 Breaststroke - 2nd River Roos: 50 Fly - 1st, 50 Free - 1st, 200 Breaststroke - 1st, 50 Back - 1st, 100 Breaststroke - 1st, 800 Free - 1st Dalton Powell: 50 Fly - 3rd, 100 Free 2nd, 200 Free - 3rd Isaiah Janzen: 50 Fly - 2nd, 200 Back - 2nd, 100 Back - 1st, 50 Free - 3rd, 100 Fly - 3rd, 200 Free - 3rd Justin Valentine: 50 Fly - 3rd, 50 Breaststroke 2nd, 200 Fly - 2nd, 200 Breaststroke - 1st, 100 IM - 1st, 800 Free - 1st Ryan Mah: 50 Fly - 1st, 200 Fly - 2nd, 50 Free 1st, 100 IM - 2nd, 100 Fly - 1st, 200 Free - 1st Elliott Moskowy: 50 Fly - 2nd, 100 Back - 3rd , 200 Breaststroke - 1st, 100 Breaststroke - 2nd Jalessa Zaparniuk: 200 Back - 1st, 100 Free 2nd, 200 Fly - 2nd, 100 IM - 3rd, 200 IM - 2nd, 200 Free - 3rd Kennedy Townsend: 200 Back - 1st, 100 Free 1st, 50 Free - 2nd, 200 Breaststroke - 2nd, 100 IM - 2nd, 100 Fly - 2nd, 50 Back - 1st Chayce Moon: 200 Back - 2nd, 100 Free - 1st, 400

IM - 1st, 100 Fly- 1st, 200 Free - 1st Kalen Sabasch: 200 Back - 1st, 100 Back - 3rd Tait Loyek: 200 Back - 3rd, 200 IM - 1st, 50 Back 3rd, 200 Free - 3rd Ally Wandler: 50 Breaststroke - 1st, 200 Breaststroke - 1st Amy Wandler: 50 Breaststroke - 3rd Camila Chacon: 50 Breaststroke - 3rd, 100 Free 3rd, 200 Breaststroke - 1st Liam Labrecque: 50 Breaststroke - 3rd, 100 Breaststroke - 3rd Pawel Kasinski: 50 Breaststroke - 3rd Jack Barschel: 50 Breaststroke - 1st, 400 IM - 1st, 200 Breaststroke - 2nd, 100 Breaststroke - 1st Chloe Grant: 100 Free - 3rd, 100 Backstroke - 1st Jeanette Kruger: 400 IM - 2nd, 200 Fly - 2nd Daniel Morrison: 400 IM - 2nd, 200 IM - 1st Kayl Sokalski: 100 Back - 2nd, 50 Free - 2nd Stephanie Schaerer: 50 Free - 3rd Alexis Heinzlmeir: 200 Breaststroke - 2nd Ethan Grant: 200 IM - 3rd, 100 Breaststroke - 3rd Aiden Johns: 100 Fly - 2nd Kyra Brown: 50 Back - 2nd Zoie Kachor: 100 Breaststroke - 1st, 800 Free - 1st Kaillen Sumang: 100 Breaststroke - 2nd Jaden DeBruijn: 100 Breaststroke - 3rd Madisson Young: 800 free - 2nd

LOCAL

BRIEFS Marshall wins A event, Vincent B event at Farmers Bonspiel Larry Marshall downed Brian Whittemore 5-2 in the A event final of the Red Deer Farmers Bonspiel Saturday at the Pidherney Centre.

Curling with Marshall were Matt Adair and Todd Marshall.

Gary Vincent defeated Brian Mose 6-4 in the B event final.

Don Bonham took C-event honours with an 8-4 win over Jon Stol.

Graham Rice was a 5-4 winner over Doug Radomske in the D-event final.

Brian Lougheed doubled Danny McArthur 6-3 in the final of the E event.

Meanwhile, Kate Kosala and her supporting cast of Karen Morris, Jan Sprout and Stacey Planaden won the Farmerettes Bonspiel championship with a 6-3 victory over Dorothy Dixon’s foursome.

Noreen Stuart defeated Carol Bickley 7-5 in the B event final, Brenda Bennet edged Sylvia Culshaw 8-7 to win the C event and Lori Visscher downed Kathy Lalor 6-4 in the D final.

Craigen nets 14 to lead Kingsmen over Henry’s Eavestroughing in men’s basketball action Andrew Craigen netted 14 points and Enrique Vizcarra added 13 as the Kingsmen downed Henry’s Eavestroughing 56-41 in Central Alberta Senior Men’s Basketball Association play Sunday.

Trent Driedger had 13 points in a losing cause.

In other games: ● Wells Furniture, with Eddie Ellis pouring in 21 points and Dave McComish contributing 19, defeated Triple A Electric 72-64. Zach Barry

had 19 points and Andrew Touchette scored 15 for Triple A. ● Jeremy Purviance erupted for 24 points to lead All Sports Cresting Lacombe to an 80-72 victory over Sheraton Red Deer, which got 21 from Aaran Lucas. Chad Kelloway added 21 points for the winners. ● Carstar rolled over the Monstars 98-79 as Joel Carroll dropped in 26 points and Jamie Brown added 20. Darren Wright had 14 and Collin Horan scored 13 for the losers. ● Darryl Hemstreet and Carroll each hooped 29 points for Carstar in a 101-97 win over the NWS Axemen. Mike McCorquindale added 14 for the winners, while the Axemen got 20 points from Zaki Boule and 14 courtesy of Dan Christensen.

Synchronized swim club pair wins gold medal at Calgary Aquabelle Challenge Haley Poole and Hailey Oliver of the Red Deer Synchronized Swim Club won gold in the novice duet category of the Calgary Aquabelle Challenge meet during the weekend.

Katelyn Fuller and Sophie Schmidt earned a silver medal in the same event.

Claire Halford and Mya Freeman also won silver in the 13-15 duet and the 13-15 team of Halford, Freeman, Terra Paul, Kia Risling, Nina Hayes and Trinny Allier earned bronze.

Hayes also snared a bronze medal for her 1618 solo performance.

Other Red Deer results: Chloe Vandenhurk and Jolie Chavarria placed fifth in the 10 and under duet; Chavarria, Fuller, Vandenhurk, Schmidt, Hayden Bettenson, Havanna Johnson, Koda Reedler and Mia Wright finished sixth in the 10-and-under team event.

Today

● 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.

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. ● Heritage junior B hockey: Stettler at Mountainview, first game of best-ofthree Northern Division quarter-final, 8 p.m., Didsbury.

Thursday

● 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. ● 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. ● Heritage junior B hockey: Mountainview at Stettler, second game of best-of-three Northern Division quarter-final, 8 p.m.

Friday

● 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. ● Heritage junior B hockey: Red Deer at Three Hills, second game of best-of-three Northern Division quarter-final, 8 p.m.

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. ● Bantam AA hockey: Airdrie at Red Deer Ramada, 2:30 p.m., Kinex; Lacombe at Olds, 4:45 p.m. ● Midget AA hockey: Calgary Bruins at Lacombe, 3:15 p.m., Blackfalds; Cranbrook at Red Deer Indy Graphics, 4:45 p.m., Arena; Airdrie at Red Deer Elks, 7:15 p.m., Collicutt Centre; Calgary Gold at Olds, 7:30 p.m. ● WHL: Prince George at Red Deer, 7 p.m., Centrium. ● Heritage junior B hockey: Three Hills at Red Deer, third game of best-ofthree Northern Division quarter-final, if necessary, 8 p.m., Arena; Stettler at Mountainview, third game of best-ofthree Northern Division quarter-final, if necessary, 8 p.m., Didsbury.

Sunday

● Soccer: Red Deer City Soccer Association Sheraton Family Day tournament, 8 a.m. start, Westerner AgriCentre. ● Peewee AA hockey: Red Deer Parkland at Olds, 12:15 p.m.; Cranbrook at Lacombe, 2 p.m. ● Bantam AA hockey: Wheatland at Red Deer Ramada, 12:45 p.m., Collicutt Centre; Olds at Red Deer Steel Kings, 2 p.m., Kinsmen A; Airdrie at Lacombe, 4:30 p.m. ● Midget AA hockey: Airdrie at Red Deer Indy Graphics, 5:30 p.m., Arena.

Monday

● Soccer: Red Deer City Soccer Association Sheraton Family Day tournament, 8 a.m. start, Westerner AgriCentre.

Basketball National Basketball Association EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct GB Toronto 35 17 .673 — Brooklyn 21 30 .412 13 1/2 Boston 19 31 .380 15 Philadelphia 12 41 .226 23 1/2 New York 10 42 .192 25 Southeast Division W L Pct GB Atlanta 43 10 .811 — Washington 33 20 .623 10 Charlotte 22 29 .431 20 Miami 22 29 .431 20 Orlando 16 39 .291 28 Central Division W L Pct GB Chicago 32 20 .615 — Cleveland 32 21 .604 1/2 Milwaukee 29 23 .558 3 Detroit 20 32 .385 12 Indiana 20 33 .377 12 1/2

L.A. Lakers

WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division W L Pct Memphis 38 13 .745 Houston 35 16 .686 Dallas 35 19 .648 San Antonio 33 19 .635 New Orleans 27 25 .519 Northwest Division W L Pct Portland 35 17 .673 Oklahoma City 27 25 .519 Denver 19 33 .365 Utah 19 33 .365 Minnesota 11 41 .212 Pacific Division W L Pct Golden State 41 9 .820 L.A. Clippers 34 19 .642 Phoenix 29 24 .547 Sacramento 18 32 .360

Tuesday’s Games Detroit at Charlotte, 5 p.m.

Houston at Phoenix, 6 p.m.

Sacramento at Chicago, 6 p.m.

Brooklyn at Memphis, 6 p.m.

Denver at L.A. Lakers, 8:30 p.m.

GB — 3 4 1/2 5 1/2 11 1/2 GB — 8 16 16 24 GB — 8 1/2 13 1/2 23

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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 89, Philadelphia 84 Washington 96, Orlando 80 San Antonio 95, Indiana 93 Miami 109, New York 95 Utah 100, New Orleans 96 Milwaukee 103, Brooklyn 97 Atlanta 117, Minnesota 105 L.A. Clippers 115, Dallas 98 Oklahoma City 124, Denver 114

Wednesday’s Games New York at Orlando, 5 p.m.

Washington at Toronto, 5:30 p.m.

San Antonio at Detroit, 5:30 p.m.

Atlanta at Boston, 5:30 p.m.

Indiana at New Orleans, 6 p.m.

Memphis at Oklahoma City, 6 p.m.

Sacramento at Milwaukee, 6 p.m.

Golden State at Minnesota, 6 p.m.

Miami at Cleveland, 6 p.m.

Utah at Dallas, 6:30 p.m.

L.A. Lakers at Portland, 8 p.m.

Houston at L.A. Clippers, 8:30 p.m.

Bowling Heritage Lanes High scores Feb. 1-7 Monday club 55+ 1 p.m.: Bill Dunlop 286 high single; Ray Clark 765 high triple.

Monday 7 p.m. mixed: Joan Battensby 262; Kent Bement 737.

Tuesday 7 p.m. mixed: Daryl Molander 303; Harvey Von Hollen 777.

Wednesday club 55+ 1 p.m.: Jan Grant 310; Grant 744.

Thursday a.m. ladies: Chris Palm 255; Joan McIntyre 624.

Thursday Special Olympics mixed: Mike Reitmeier 278; Reitmeier 456.

Thursday 7 p.m. mixed: Anthony Streit 321; Matt Desjardins 743.

Monday scratch: Gene Ziebarth 393; Ziebarth 1195.

Sunday fun league: Greg Lytle 282; Ken Bement 663.

Youth Bowling of Canada Bumpers: Caiden Hort 80.

Bowlasaurus: Rylee Ehret 94.

Peewees: Sylis Gray 124; Gray 248 (two games).

Bantams: Blake Stanley 212; Stanley 484.

Transactions Monday’s Sports Transactions BASEBALL American League NEW YORK YANKEES — Agreed to terms with RHP Kyle Davies on a minor league contract.

TORONTO BLUE JAYS — Named Mike Mordecai co-ordinator of minor league instruction and Danny Solano roving minor league infield coach.

National League ATLANTA BRAVES — Named Fred McGriff and Greg Walker special assistants to baseball operations.

MILWAUKEE BREWERS — Agreed to terms with RHP Chris Perez on a minor league contract.

ST. LOUIS CARDINALS — Agreed to terms with OF Jon Jay on a two-year contract.

American Association KANSAS CITY T-BONES — Signed INF Ryan Cavan. Traded INF Matt Padgett to Amarillo for future considerations.

WICHITA WINGNUTS — Signed INF Taylor Oldham and RHP Brad Mincey.

WINNIPEG GOLDEYES — Traded OF Reggie Abercrombie to Sussex County (Can-Am) for cash and a player to be named.

FOOTBALL National Football League NFL — Named Dr. Elizabeth G. Nabel chief health and medical advisor.

BUFFALO BILLS — Signed G Richie Incognito.

OAKLAND RAIDERS — Named Sam Anno defensive assistant coach, Darryl Eto, Kevin Kijowski and Wesley Miller assistant strength and conditioning coaches, Jethro Franklin defensive line coach, Joe Gomes strength and conditioning coach, Tim Holt assistant offensive line coach, Nick Holz quality control/offence, Jake Peetz senior offensive assistant coach, Travis Smith quality control/defence, Brent Vieselmeyer assistant linebackers coach and Rod Woodson assistant defensive backs coach.

SAN DIEGO CHARGERS — Named Chris Shula defensive quality control coach.

SEATTLE SEAHAWKS — Named Micheal Barrow linebackers coach, Brennan Carroll assistant offensive line coach, Lofa Tatupu assistant linebackers coach. Promoted defensive backs coach Kris Richard to defensive co-ordinator. Signed QB R.J. Archer, G C.J. Davis, LS Luke Ingram, LB Brendan Kelly, DE Will Pericak, WR Kevin Smith and C Jared Wheeler.

HOCKEY

National Hockey League ARIZONA COYOTES — Assigned G Louis Domingue to Portland (AHL). Recalled G Mike McKenna from Portland.

COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS — Placed D Ryan Murray on injured reserve.

DALLAS STARS — Reassigned G Jack Campbell to Idaho (ECHL).

DETROIT RED WINGS — Assigned D Xavier Ouellet to Grand Rapids (AHL).

FLORIDA PANTHERS — Recalled D Shayne Taker from Cincinnati (ECHL) to San Antonio (ECHL).

MONTREAL CANADIENS — Assigned F Gabriel Dumont to Hamilton (AHL) and D David Makowski from Hamilton to Wheeling (ECHL).

NASHVILLE PREDATORS — Recalled D Jaynen Rissling from Cincinnati (ECHL) to Milwaukee (AHL) SAN JOSE SHARKS — Recalled F Rylan Schwartz from Allen (ECHL) to Worcester (AHL).

TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING — Traded G Evgeni Nabokov to San Jose for future considerations.

WASHINGTON CAPITALS — Reassigned D Cameron Schilling to Hershey (AHL).

American Hockey League AHL — Suspended Manchester C Andrew Crescenzi and Rockford C Cody Bass two games.

ADIRONDACK FLAMES — Assigned G Doug Carr to Colorado (ECHL).

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

LEHIGH VALLEY PHANTOMS — Assigned G Connor Knapp to Reading (ECHL). Recalled G Martin Ouellette from Reading.

WORCESTER SHARKS — Returned F Spencer Asuchak to Allen (ECHL).

ECHL CINCINNATI CYCLONES — Signed D Brett Wysopal.

EVANSVILLE ICEMEN — Released F Andrew Harrison and D Brad Denney and James Gordon.

GREENVILLE ROAD WARRIORS — Released G James Beaver as emergency backup.

IDAHO STEELHEADS — Released G Doug Melvin as emergency backup.

ONTARIO REIGN — Released G Tate Maris as emergency backup.

STOCKTON THUNDER — Released G Jeff Barney as emergency backup.

TOLEDO WALLEYE — Loaned D Jared Nightingale to Milwaukee (AHL) and F Dane Walters to Rockford (AHL).

BUSINESS

B5

TUESDAY, FEB. 10, 2015

IN

BRIEF OPEC lowers forecast for Canadian crude production in latest report CALGARY — The Organization of Oil Exporting Countries is expecting production to grow more slowly than previously expected from countries outside the cartel, including Canada.

In its monthly oil market report, the group says non-OPEC supply is expected to grow by 850,000 barrels per day in 2015, but that’s 420,000 barrels per day lower than it forecast in its previous report.

In Canada, oil output is expected to average 4.35 million barrels a day, which is 20,000 barrels lower than OPEC’s earlier prediction as low oil prices cause operators to trim their budgets.

Meanwhile, in the U.S., where huge amounts of crude have been gushing out of shale deposits in Texas and North Dakota, about 130,000 barrels a day are being pared from OPEC’s forecast.

Crude for March delivery was up above US$53 a barrel on Monday —still less than half the US$107 a barrel the U.S. benchmark hit last June.

The drop intensified in late November, after OPEC decided to keep up its production rates rather than cut them as a means to put a floor under global oil prices.

Global energy agency says oil prices set for swift recovery but no return to recent highs

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A look at the inside of Annie L. Gaetz school as the modernization process continues. A second floor, new floors, and a more efficient heating system are all in the works for the school. Construction is aimed for completion in time for students to head back for the 2015-16 school year. They are currently taking their classes at Central Middle School.

Building permits off to a good start in 2015

BY ADVOCATE STAFF The new year started with a boost in building permits.

In January, the city issued 110 permits valued at $28.8 million, compared to 60 valued at $15.5 million in 2014, a 83 per cent increase.

Industrial permits contributed to the increase, where a total of 17 industrial permits ($13.4 million) were issued compared to five ($3.58 million) in January 2014.

Tricon Developments was issued a permit for a new industrial building located at 82 Queens Drive, valued at $2.1 million and Scott Builders Inc. received a permit to build Steve’s Livestock, located at 7968 75th Avenue, valued at $3,076,075.

Also issued was an industrial permit to Cana

Group of Companies for the construction of a new electrical substation at 27136 Township Road 384, and valued at $2.5 million.

Public building permits were issued to Waskasoo Park Congregation of Jehovah’s Witnesses for a House of Assembly, located at 440 Timothy Drive and valued at $920,000.

A permit issued to Shunda Consulting & Construction Management Ltd. for renovations to the Annie L. Gaetz Elementary School, with a value of $5.2 million.

A total of 77 residential permits were issued to the tune of $6.88 million, compared to 49 valued at $11.7 million in January 2014.

Thirteen commercial permits were issued valued at $2.3 million, compared to five ($151, 229) last January.

Canadian housing starts up in January CMHC

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS

OTTAWA — The annual pace of new housing urban starts to 7,794 from 5,377. starts defied expectations and picked up in January Urban starts in Quebec slipped to 26,819 last as more multiple-unit starts offset a drop in single- month compared with 29,408 in the final month of detached starts, the Canada Mortgage and Housing 2014, while Ontario improved to 59,316 from 56,798.

Corp. says.

B.C. saw urban The federal agenstarts drop to 25,067 ‘THE EXPECTED SLOWING IN HOUSING cy said Monday that from 29,165. the seasonally adSTARTS IN ENERGY DEPENDENT REGIONS Rural starts justed annual rate dropped to an anIN JANUARY FAILED TO MATERIALIZE, increased to 187,276 nual rate of 14,954 in units in January INDICATING THAT, AT THIS STAGE, THE January from 17,697. from 179,637 in DeIn its updated COMMODITY PRICE PLUNGE IS NOT cember. outlook for the housYET NEGATIVELY FEEDING THROUGH Economists had ing market Monday, expected the rate to the Royal Bank sugTO CONFIDENCE CHANNELS AND INTO come in at 178,000, gested that the drop HOMEBUILDING ACTIVITY.’ according to Thomin oil prices and the son Reuters. surprise interest —LAURA COOPER The increase rate cut by the Bank ROYAL BANK ECONOMIST came as the rate of of Canada as well new home starts in as other factors will urban areas rose to help the housing market.

172,322 units in January from 161,940 in December, However, the bank said the gains will not be led by an increase in multi-unit homes including spread evenly across the country as Ontario, B.C., condominiums, townhouses and apartments.

Manitoba and Quebec are expected to make gains, The rate of multiple urban starts increased to while Alberta, Saskatchewan and parts of Atlantic 115,008 units in January from 102,384 in December, Canada face downturns. while single-detached urban starts fell to 57,314 units “Our revised forecast shows a slight increase of 1.7 last month from 59,556 in December. per cent in home resales overall in Canada to 489,500 “The expected slowing in housing starts in energy units in 2015, despite notable declines in Alberta (-16 dependent regions in January failed to materialize, per cent) and, to a lesser extent, Saskatchewan (-9 indicating that, at this stage, the commodity price per cent) and the Atlantic region (-1.0 per cent),” the plunge is not yet negatively feeding through to con- bank said in its report. fidence channels and into homebuilding activity,” Last week, CMHC said it expects housing starts Royal Bank economist Laura Cooper said. this year will dip slightly compared with last year, “Weakness also has yet to show up in the labour but remain broadly in line with economic and demomarkets of oil-dependent provinces; however, recent graphic trends. reports indicate that existing home sales fell sharply The federal housing agency predicted housing in these regions in the month and downside risks to starts to decline by 1.0 per cent compared with last the resilience of these housing markets remain.” year under its base-case scenario, while Multiple The Prairies saw the pace of urban housing starts Listing Service sales were expected stay the same. climb to 53,326 in January from 41,192 in December, The MLS average price was forecast to increase by while Atlantic Canada also saw reported a jump in 1.5 per cent.

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PARIS — The price of oil is poised for a “relatively swift” recovery following the recent collapse to under $50 a barrel, but it will not come close to returning to the highs of past years, the International Energy Agency predicted Tuesday.

In a report, the Paris-based organization of 29 major oil-importing nations said the rebound in recent days of the oil price “will be comparatively limited in scope, with prices stabilizing at levels higher than recent lows but substantially below the highs of the last three years.”

The U.S. benchmark oil contract fell from nearly $110 a barrel last summer to under $45 this year before a recovery to around $53 in recent days.

The IEA says the current price recovery is unlike those of the past, because of the sharp increase in production by non-OPEC countries, especially in the United States, as well as slowing demand in China and slimmed down fuel intensiveness in the developed world.

The agency also said that unlike past cycles, the low oil price is not expected to greatly boost economic output, because low demand was itself part of the reason for the recent price collapse.

“The fact that lacklustre demand was part of the reason for the recent price collapse suggests that the sell-off will only go so far in boosting economic growth and lifting oil demand,” the agency said.

The IEA now forecasts global oil demand to reach 93.3 million barrels a day in 2015, well below the 94.2 million barrels forecast in its last report.

“Unlike earlier price drops, this one is both supply- and demand-driven,” the IEA said.

Loonie advances amid strong housing data, rising oil prices TORONTO — The Canadian dollar closed higher Monday as oil prices advanced for a third straight day and data showed rising housing starts.

The loonie rose 0.37 of a cent to 80.22 cents US as Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. said that starts in January came in at 187,276 units, up from 179,637 units in December. The increase was led by multiple urban starts, which increased to 115,008 units in January from 102,384 in December, while singledetached urban starts decreased to 57,314 units from 59,556.

On commodity markets, March crude gained $1.17 to US$52.86 a barrel.

The Canadian dollar advanced 1.18 cents US last week as oil prices essentially stopped going straight down and entered a period of volatility as traders try to find a bottom.

Elsewhere, April gold gained $6.90 to US$1,241.50 an ounce.

March copper slipped a penny to US$2.58 a pound on the latest round of worry about Chinese economic growth. China’s imports tumbled 19.7 per cent in January from a year earlier on top of a decline of 2.4 per cent a month earlier. Exports dropped 3.2 per cent year on year, compared with a 9.7 per cent rise in December.

However, analysts pointed out that China’s trade figures early in the 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 commodities has cooled as economic growth has slowed.

Meanwhile, Greece’s new leftist government appears set on a collision course with the country’s creditors. Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras is demanding a “bridge agreement” that would give Greece and its creditors time to negotiate a new debt deal much more favourable to the country by June.

Alaska tribal groups urge international commission to study B.C. mine safety KETCHIKAN, Alaska — A coalition of aboriginal tribes in southeast Alaska wants a Canada-U.S. commission to review the impact of B.C. mines on shared waters. Fourteen tribes have formed the United Tribal Transboundary Mining Work Group and want both governments to evaluate B.C. mining-safety practices through an International Joint Commission. The call follows the release of an independent report that blamed poor dam design for the failure of a tailings pond at the Mount Polley mine, near Williams Lake, B.C., in August.

Co-chair Carrie James says Alaskans are not convinced B.C. can accomplish its mining activities without harming their shared environment, and they don’t trust current safeguards. The group wants a moratorium on the development of large-scale mines along the southeast border with B.C.

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Consumer Canadian Tire . . . . . . . . 117.35 Gamehost . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.75 Leon’s Furniture . . . . . . . 17.79 Loblaw Ltd. . . . . . . . . . . . 60.86 MARKETS CLOSE TORONTO — The Toronto stock market closed little changed Monday, well off the highs of the session amid worry centred on whether Greece will exit the eurozone and on subpar economic data from China.

The S&P/TSX composite index came down from an 84-point gain to close up 16.78 points at 15,100.7. Strength came from energy and gold stocks, which took off on rising prices for oil and bullion.

The Canadian dollar rose 0.37 of a cent to 80.22 cents US. New York indexes were lower as the Dow Jones industrials closed down 95.08 points at 17,729.21, the Nasdaq was 18.39 points lower at 4,726.01 and the S&P 500 index was off 8.73 points at 2,046.74.

Greece’s new leftist government appeared set on a collision course with the country’s creditors. Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras is demanding a “bridge agreement” that would give Greece and its creditors time to negotiate a new debt deal much more favourable to the country

by June.

The current bailout deal between Greece and its creditors runs until the end of February, but Tsipras said the government is “not entitled to ask for an extension,” saying the bailout deals that have kept the country afloat “have been abolished by popular mandate.”

“Conditions compared to the last Greek crisis are different and they are better than what they were,” said Gareth Watson, vicepresident, investment management and research at Richardson GMP Ltd. “From that perspective, I would understand why some people would not be paying as much attention to it. But you can’t ignore it.”

The TSX energy sector was up another 1.76 per cent, building on last week’s 12 per cent run-up as March crude gained $1.93 Monday to US$53.62 a barrel. Oil prices have essentially

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Last week, oil prices rose seven per cent despite data showing U.S. inventories at 80-year highs.

“With such a massive decline in such a short period of time, I can definitely see the argument in saying, we oversold,” said Watson. “Which means, in all likelihood, when you bounce back up you tend to overshoot to the upside. And I don’t know where this shakes out.”

April bullion gained $6.90 to US$1,241.50 an ounce and the gold sector was ahead 1.3 per cent.

The base metals sector was ahead 0.8 per cent as March copper was off a penny at $2.59 a pound.

Prices dipped amid data showing Chinese imports tumbled 19.7 per cent in January from a year earlier on top of a decline of 2.4 per cent in December. Exports dropped 3.2 per cent year on year, compared with a 9.7 per cent rise in December.

However, analysts pointed out that China’s trade figures early in the 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 commodities has cooled as economic growth has slowed.

Decliners were led by telcos, down one per cent. Other sectors pulling the TSX down included the consumer staples and industrials groups.

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

Stocks: S&P/TSX Composite Index — 15,100.70, up 16.78 points Dow — 17,729.21, down 95.08 points S&P 500 — 2,046.74, down 8.73 points Nasdaq — 4,726.01, down 18.39 points

Exxon Mobil . . . . . . . . . . 91.56 Halliburton Co. . . . . . . . . 43.51 High Arctic . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.87 Husky Energy . . . . . . . . . 28.31 Imperial Oil . . . . . . . . . . . 50.28 Pengrowth Energy . . . . . . 4.38 Penn West Energy . . . . . . 3.32 Pinecrest Energy Inc. . . . 0.020 Precision Drilling Corp . . . 7.84 Suncor Energy . . . . . . . . 39.30 Talisman Energy . . . . . . . . 9.41 Trican Ltd.. . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.66 Trinidad Energy . . . . . . . . 4.80 Vermilion Energy . . . . . . 58.48 Financials Bank of Montreal . . . . . . 77.92 Bank of N.S. . . . . . . . . . . 65.47 CIBC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93.82 Cdn. Western . . . . . . . . . 29.72 Carfinco . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.68 Great West Life. . . . . . . . 33.77 IGM Financial . . . . . . . . . 46.63 Intact Financial Corp. . . . 88.33 Manulife Corp. . . . . . . . . 21.89 National Bank . . . . . . . . . 47.73 Rifco Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.80 Royal Bank . . . . . . . . . . . 76.40 Sun Life Fin. Inc.. . . . . . . 41.64 TD Bank . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54.52 Currencies: Cdn — 80.22 cents US, up 0.37 of a cent Pound — C$1.8967, down 1.15 cents Euro — C$1.4115, down 0.63 of a cent Euro — US$1.1324, up 0.03 of a cent Oil futures: US$52.86 per barrel, up $1.17 (March contract) Gold futures: US$1,241.50 per oz., up $6.90 (April contract) Canadian Fine Silver Handy and Harman: $22.187 oz., up 61.3 cents $713.31 kg., up $19.71 ICE FUTURES CANADA WINNIPEG — ICE Futures Canada closing prices: Canola: March ’15 $0.10 higher $459.70; May ’15 $0.10 higher $456.10; July ’15 $0.30 higher $452.30; Nov ’15 $1.10 higher $442.00; Jan. ’16 $1.10 higher $443.50; March ’16 $1.10 higher $444.50; May ’16 $1.10 higher $447.50; July ’16 $1.10 higher $451.40; Nov. ’16 $1.10 higher $450.60; Jan. ’17 $1.10 higher $450.60; March ’17 $1.10 higher $450.60.

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

Monday’s estimated volume of trade: 392,100 tonnes of canola; 0 tonnes of barley (Western Barley) Total: 392,100.

Assess goals and risk tolerance before rushing RRSP contributions: experts

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS Volatile oil prices, big swings in the stock market and a fast-looming deadline could make for the perfect storm for poor investment decisions this year as Canadians rush to make their RRSP contributions and decide where to put them. But financial experts suggest investors need to take a deep breath, not panic and take the time needed to come up with a well-thought out financial plan to stay on track amid the turmoil on the markets.

Instead of scrambling to make a last minute decision about how to invest your RRSP contributions, financial adviser Jared Webb suggests taking a measured approach.

“You should park your money first (in a savings account), then you’re not rushed into it,” said Webb from Fernhill Financial in Victoria.

“You’re not locked into it. There’s no negative implication to it — as long as you deal with it after (especially) if it’s a last minute thing, and you’re not sure what you want to do.”

How you invest your money should be driven by your plan. It should take into consideration what you want to do with the money, how much risk you are willing to take and your overall financial picture.If you are using your RRSP to help save for a down payment on a house, Webb says you should consider keeping the money in cash or a high-interest savings account that would allow easy access

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Reliance Properties is seeking to build nano lofts measuring under 200 square feet at Vancouver’s Davie and Hornby Streets. This is a rendering of the suites.

Micro condos will face their first real test in Canada this year

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — The appeal of socalled shoebox condos — no larger than the size of two average living rooms — will face its first real test in Canada this year, with an influx of the compact homes set to hit the country’s largest real estate market.

Investors are betting on big returns from young renters who can’t afford to buy in the red-hot real estate market and don’t mind living in a unit, about 500 square feet, where their dining table might have to fold down into a bed.

Although developers are pitching micro condos as an affordable entry point into the market, brokers say it’s mostly investors — catering to a demographic of young professionals increasingly flocking to the downtown core — that’s driving demand.

Micro suites tend to fetch higher rents per square foot than larger units, as many renters are willing to live in a slightly smaller space in order to save a bit on costs and live closer to the city core.

Shaun Hildebrand, vice president of condo research firm Urbanation, says condos under 500 square feet can bring in well over $3 per square foot, while the rest of the market averages around $2.50 or $2.60.

There are nearly 3,000 micro condo units under construction in Toronto that are slated to be completed this year, Hildebrand says. If investors snatch them up, that could spur developers to build more of the micro units to satisfy demand from investors.

“This is something that the market and developers are going to be paying very close attention to in 2015,” Hildebrand said. “Sometimes we don’t know how strong demand is until we’re shown the supply.”

The challenge comes in securing a mortgage for the micro units. Brokers say Canada’s five biggest banks are hesitant to provide financing for units below a certain minimum square footage, concerned that investors will sell off the properties if the housing market starts to slide.

“If there’s a downturn in the housing market, is the lender going to be able to sell and recover the mortgage financing they provided?” said Christopher Molder of Axess Mortgage.

“Because these units under 500 square feet are relatively new, no one’s tested the market to see how desirable they are.”

The major banks say the size of a property is only one several factors in the decision to offer financing.

“There are minimum square-footage guidelines that vary market to market, but the most important factor is the condo’s marketability,” CIBC spokeswoman Caroline Van Hasselt said in an email.

Marketability is determined by factors such as the building’s location, whether the unit has a separate bedroom and whether it comes with a parking spot. Marcus Tzaferis, the founder of mortgage brokerage MorCan Direct, says some buyers end up turning to credit unions or private lenders who charge higher interest rates.

It’s not only the banks that are leery of micro-living. In Vancouver, city bylaws dictate that condo units can be no smaller than 398 square feet, although city council has occasionally loosened the restriction down to 320 for rentalonly units. Jon Stovell, president of Reliance Properties, would like to see the restrictions scrapped.

“Vancouver has this tremendous affordability problem and yet the city of Vancouver has just gone completely tone deaf to these needs,” the developer says.

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“Market volatility always exists. As long as people are choosing products based on that end goal, then that’s what’s really important,” said Joe Snyder, a product management analyst of Investments at Tangerine. “Whether the market goes up and down on any given day is inconsequential. It’s tough to think of the ten to 20-year time horizon, but that’s what you’re looking at.”

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Jailed for sex with girl, 14 LACOMBE MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO SEXUAL INTERFERENCE

BY PAUL COWLEY ADVOCATE STAFF A Lacombe man who had sex with an underage girl in an alcohol-fueled liaison was sentenced to 18 months in prison on Monday.

Kyle James Bracken, 23, had previously pleaded guilty in Red Deer Court of Queen’s Bench to a single count of sexual interference with the 14-yearold girl in 2012, when Bracken was 20 years old.

Evidence of the incident emerged during a police search of Bracken’s

home in January 2013. The police search was found not to have been executed legally so that seized evidence could not be used in court.

However, the victim was prepared to testify in court, which did not happen with the guilty plea last November.

Calgary special prosecutor Jennifer Rees asked for an 18-month to twoyear sentence followed by two to three years of probation.

The incident is considered a “serious sexual assault,” Rees told Justice Monica Bast.

Defence lawyer Kevin Schollie

asked for a sentence of one year followed by probation.

Bracken has done much to turn his life around since he was charged, said Schollie. The young father of two completed his high school diploma, landed work and was planning to study steam fitting.

He is also in a common-law relationship and lives with his two-year-old child and its mother, and has contact with a six-year-old child from a different relationship.

Bast gave Bracken credit of 1.5 days for each day he previously served in pre-trial custody, leaving him with

seven and a half months to serve. He must provide a sample of his DNA to a national database and faces a 10-year weapons prohibition.

On release, he will be on probation for three years and is prohibited from taking drugs or alcohol. He must undergo counselling as required by his probation officer. For a period of 10 years, he is barred from areas where young children are present unless another adult aware of his court order is present.

The Crown withdrew several other sex-related offences. pcowley@reddeeradvocate.com

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A pedestrian hit by a Red Deer Transit bus on Monday morning was up and walking around after the incident and taken to hospital to be treated for injuries that were not considered serious.

Red Deer RCMP said the incident occurred at 10:52 a.m. in the area of 39th Street and 52nd Avenue, near Red Deer Regional Hospital Centre.

The pedestrian was allegedly not crossing the road at a designated crosswalk. Nobody on the bus was injured although damage to the front window meant that the bus couldn’t be driven.

RESIDENTIAL SNOW CLEARING

Otis the owl returns to TV

BY SUSAN ZIELINSKI ADVOCATE STAFF

Photo by ASHLI BARRETT/Advocate staff

City of Red Deer snow removal crews began residential plowing on Monday, as seen here on Gray Drive. Crews worked on clearing grey routes in snow zone B, and green routes in snow zone G. Plowing will continue throughout the week, hitting streets in the following order: grey routes — snow zones B,C,E,F,G,H,I,J,K,A; green routes — snow zones D, G/E,H/F,I/A,J/B,K/C.

Lee to stay on city council, rules out provincial bid

BY MARY-ANN BARR ADVOCATE STAFF A Red Deer city councillor who was considering seeking one of two PC nominations in the city has decided against it.

Lawrence Lee said he had many variables to consider and ultimately decided he wanted to continue as a city councillor. “I still have so much to give our city locally.”

Both Red Deer North and Red Deer South MLAs, Mary Anne Jablonski and Cal Dallas respectively, who are Progressive Conservatives, have decided they are not going to run again whenever the next provincial election takes place.

Christine Moore and Matt Chapin are seeking the PC nomination for Red Deer North. Michael Dawe will run in that constituency as a Liberal, independent or under a cross-party endorsement that could involve the Liberal, Alberta and Green Party.

Darcy Mykytyshyn is seeking the PC nomination for Red Deer South.

Meanwhile, over the weekend, the Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta announced more local candidate nominations dates have been set.

The nomination day for Olds-DidsburyThree Hills is March 14 and DrumhellerStettler’s will be March 21.

Olds town councillors Wade Bearchell and Debbie Bennett, and former Mountain View County councillor Ron Richardson, are seeking the Olds-Didsbury-Three Hills PC nomination.

Olds-Didsbury-Three Hills MLA Bruce Rowe is not seeking re-election after oneterm in office.

The MLA was elected as a member of the Wildrose Party. He crossed the floor to the governing PCs in December with eight other Wildrose MLAs, including leader Danielle Smith.

Nathan Cooper will run for the Wildrose in Olds-Didsbury-Three Hills.

In Drumheller-Stettler, Greggory Jackson is seeking the PC nomination and Wildrose MLA Rick Strankman is nominated and will be running again. barr@reddeeradvocate.com

Fans of Otis the owl will soon be able to see him in action in the CBC documentary series The Great Human Odyssey, which premiers on Thursday at 8 p.m.

The 12-year-old great horned owl from Medicine River Wildlife Centre will appear primarily in the Feb. 19 episode, but he also makes an appearance in the first episode this week.

If people can’t wait, they can catch Central Alberta’s favourite feathered educational ambassador in the Odyssey’s television trailer that can be viewed at www.cbc/ greathumanodyssey.

Carol Kelly executive director at the wildlife centre, said Otis thrilled the television crew by going above and beyond what he was hired to do.

“Otis was supposed to come along and land on the fish and start to eat them. He actually landed on the fish on cue and began to eat.

Then he turns, he picks up a big fish in his claws, and flies away with it,” Kelly said on Monday.

“They really got some amazing shots of Otis in slow motion flight.”

The Odyssey looks at the journey of the human species. Otis was filmed about a year and a half ago on location near Grande Cache.

Otis takes part in about 200 education presentations and community events each year.

It wasn’t the owl’s first appearance on screen.

He has been in commercials, as well as an episode of the show Corner Gas and the television movie Secret of the Nutcracker filmed a few years ago in Calgary.

“The director of Secret of the Nutcracker said he was the best animal he ever worked with,” Kelly said.

She said Otis is a terrific actor because he is very food driven.

“He’ll fly across a field to his cage if you ring a door bell because he knows the sound of a doorbell ringing means that there’s a mouse waiting for him in that cage.

“He gets mice as a treat when he’s working.”

During shooting for the Odyssey, a mouse was tucked into the pile of fish.

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His regular diet is pocket gofers and some ground squirrels.

The money that Otis earns is put back into operating budget at the wildlife centre, which runs a wildlife hospital and environmental education centre dedicated to assisting injured and orphaned wild animals return to their natural environment.

Otis was rescued and taken to the centre when he was only four days old.

“He was an orphan chick found way out in middle of a field, bleeding internally and very cold. A farmer just happened to be checking his field and noticed him laying there.”

She said he was likely plucked from his nest by another bird of prey and on his way to becoming somebody’s dinner when he as accidently dropped where he would have died if he had not been found.

After escaping death twice as a young owlet, the wildlife centre decided to train him as their educational representative.

“We were very fortunate in choosing him.”

Otis, who only weighs 1.1 kg (2.5 pounds), could live as long as 40 years in captivity as long as he stays healthy, she said.

His next public appearances will be at the Red Deer Sportsman and Outdoor Adventure Show, that runs from Feb. 27 to March 1, and the Red Deer Home Show, from March 6 to 8.

Otis will be interacting with visitors at Medicine River Wildlife Centre’s booth at the adventure show, and City of Red Deer’s booth at the home show.

Otis is also lined up to participate in several school presentations before the end of June.

“He’s a busy boy,” Kelly said.

She said students studying owls are always eager to meet Otis and dissect the undigested bones of rodents that owls regurgitate called pellets. Owls don’t have the teeth to grind the bones and hair of their prey.

Kelly recalled one very special class demonstration by Otis.

“I didn’t know what he was doing at first. He bent right over and spit up a pellet for the Grade 4s. They were just over the moon. They were so excited.” szielinski@reddeeradvocate.com

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Gas outlet in Rocky robbed by man with gun Rocky Mountain House RCMP are looking for a suspect who brandished a gun while robbing a gas outlet on Sunday.

Police say a suspect entered Pudgies Food and Gas at about 8:30 p.m. holding a handgun and demanded the clerk hand over the money in the till.

When the suspect reached over to take the money, the clerk grabbed the suspect by the arm and pulled off the suspect’s glove.

The suspect ran from the store in an unknown direction. The clerk was not injured.

Anyone with information is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-200-8477 (TIPS) or the Rocky Mountain House RCMP Detachment at 403-845-2882.

Crime Stoppers will pay up to $2,000 for information leading to the arrest of the person(s) responsible for this or any other crime.

Thieves remained in store after closing: Sylvan police Sylvan Lake RCMP are looking for two suspects who hid in a Canadian Tire store and waited until it closed before robbing it on Feb. 5.

Police say around 9:30 p.m., a woman and a man left through the back door of the Sylvan Lake business with two large white boxes. They possibly left the scene in a dark-coloured hatchback car.

Police remind business owners to check their stores before closing.

If you have any information related to this crime, call Sylvan Lake RCMP at 403-858-7200 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477.

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Pianist Milton Schlosser performs for a noon-hour audience at the downtown branch of Red Deer Public Library on Thursday. Schlosser is professor of music at the University of Alberta, Augustana Campus. He was performing as part of First Thursday, a program that brings music to a lunchtime crowd at the library on the first Thursday of each month. The free concerts run from 12:15 to 1 p.m. in the Snell Auditorium. The next performance will be March 5, when soprano Joyce Emms and pianist Vernon Murgatroyd will entertain. For details about First Thursday or other library programs, go to www.rdpl.org.

Deer’s Wild Rose Harmonizers barbershop chorus serenades unsuspecting residents on Friday and Saturday.

The Singing Valentines quartets will be in action in Red Deer and surrounding areas. They will sing two songs, present the special person with a red rose and provide a photo of the occasion.

The cost is $40 inside the city and $45 outside of Red Deer.

The Harmonizers will donate $10 from every Valentine’s Day performance to Normandeau School’s band program.

To book a Singing Valentine, call Ralph at 403-347-9852 or Fran at 403347-0436. For more information, call Bernie Peet at 403-782-3776.

Holmes she was withdrawing a charge of possession of stolen property over $5,000 because there was no likelihood of conviction.

Kris Kevin Rowe, 37, still faces numerous charges related to other matters.

RCMP executed a search warrant last Aug. 23 at a rural property on South Pine Lake Road, where they found three pickup trucks, one snowmobile and an eight-metre (27-foot) camper.

A chop shop is where stolen vehicles are disassembled to sell the parts.

Stolen property charge withdrawn by Crown

A total of $800,000 in stolen property from several communities, including Bashaw, Stettler and Coronation, was recovered during a search of two properties in Strathcona and Beaver Counties on Jan. 30.

Police tracked a stolen vehicle at 12:37 a.m. and it led them to a property on Range Road 231 near Township Road 512 in Sherwood Park.

A stolen property charge has been withdrawn against a suspect arrested during a raid on an alleged chop shop east of Innisfail.

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In awe of educators from kindergarten to university The last few articles I’ve written, about the kids and school, possibly came off in a bit of a negative light. Today, I’d like to set a few things straight.

Granted, I really dislike the Christmas concerts — I would be lying to myself if I said otherwise. Nonetheless, I had better get used to them since I have a few more LINDSAY to endure over BROWN the next couple of years!

ME PLUS THREE But when it boils down to it, I mean really get down to the important stuff, I admire our school system and the teachers and administrators in it. Yeah, yeah, I have a few off-colour jokes to throw out there in regards to my lack of comprehension when it comes to homework and silly arguments Jamie and I get in over the future of our children’s educa-

tion — but hey, who doesn’t?

I look at the all-encompassing job that our educators take on, from junior kindergarten to the professors in university, and I cannot help but be awe inspired by their commitment. Their promise is to teach our children the knowledge they will need to be successful members of society.

Lars has always been an anxietyfilled kid. I remember the days before school, when I would nearly go mad trying to understand why he was so upset when his foods touched each other on his Thomas the Tank Engine dinner plate. Or when the scissors didn’t feel exactly perfect in his fingers while we were doing crafts.

There were times when I wanted to rip my hair out while nervousness filled me and I would wonder how I could help him.

It wasn’t until school started that I began to see the answers come fully to light. It was as though the blinders had been removed and there I was wanting to kiss the cheeks, lovingly, of all the teachers he has had or ever would have. Because they helped him in a way that I never knew how to.

I specifically remember a meeting

with Lars’s junior kindergarten teacher where she pulled me aside, tenseness flitted through her eyes as she told me she thought it would be wise to hold him back for one more year.

I could tell that she was certain I was going to be taken aback by this or angry or frustrated with her suggestion.

Instead, I felt relived. Relieved that we were on the same page. I was happy to keep Lars in junior kindergarten for two years because it was as plain as day that he was not ready to go to big kid school (maybe that was a bit of the neurotic over-protective Mama talking, maybe).

Now that Sophie is in junior kindergarten, I can see the school system helping her as much as it is my son.

Her speech has developed by leaps and bounds, her willingness to play with anybody other than her brother is growing exponentially, and she is excited to learn and discover each time I tell her it is almost school time.

I look at the difference between Lars today and Lars in September and I can only see wonderful changes. It is obvious that each year he spends in school he gains irreplaceable good-

ness from it. His confidence is soaring higher and higher every day, he is quick with his wits — obviously a trait he has got from me. And he is probably the most sensitive kid I know, something he more than likely got from his Dad. When they say that it takes a village to raise a child, I can believe it.

Without the backing of education systems like the ones in my community, I don’t know what I would do. I can look forward optimistically as my children travel through their adolescence and teenage years, knowing that they are being educated by those who truly care about their future.

And it makes me celebrate in the astonishing support I as a parent have when it comes to these two amazing little people in my life.

So yes, in the past I’ve written with a comedic hand when it comes to our school systems. But please make no mistake when I say that I am utterly grateful to have them as a partnering force when it comes to the education, well-being, and the future prospects for our next generation.

Lindsay Brown is a Sylvan Lake mother of two and freelance columnist.

When those old emotions rise to the surface “Our feelings are our most genuine paths to knowledge.”

— Audre Lorde, Caribbean-American writer, feminist and civil rights activist “That’s him,” said Jerry, motioning with his head. “That’s the guy.” “ T h a t ’ s him?” replied Jerry’s wife.

“That’s Dale?

That’s the bully?”

Jerry was attending his 25-year high school reunion with MURRAY wife, Marion.

FUHRER She had hear many stories over the years about Dale, the vicious high school bully. In the telling and retelling, Dale had taken on an almost mythical quality. Marion had envisioned Dale as being a much bigger, gruffer and rougher man. In reality, he was of average build and seemed to have a pleasant demeanour. Marion watch as Dale laughed and shook hands with fellow classmates.

“He’s coming this way,” whispered Jerry, suddenly stiffening.

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“Just relax,” said Marion. “He probably remembers you.”

“Oh, I’m sure he does,” said Jerry.

“I’m sure he does.”

I’m sure we’ve all had the experience where old emotions resurface.

This can be frightening and confusing, especially when they arise unexpectedly and with surprising intensity.

For Jerry, the old adolescent emotions were still there and, once triggered, were as intense as ever.

Years ago, someone told me that we are each responsible for our emotions and that we choose the thoughts that sustain them. Though insightful, the statement did little to alleviate my many irrational fears and insecurities.

In fact, I resisted the idea. Few if any changes occurred in my attitude until I began making a concerted effort to raise my awareness and build my selfesteem. Only then did I begin to see the connection between what I thought and how I felt.

I think many of us consider our emotional state — how we feel — to be something we have little control over.

Something external causes us to feel how we feel. The event prompts the feeling, right? When someone criticizes us, we feel hurt. When someone offends us, we feel angry. When someone compliments us, we feel worthy. When someone bullies us, we feel intimidated. There’s only one problem with this logic: if we believe the source of our feeling is out there somewhere, then we are nothing more than the hapless

victim of circumstances; busy yelling “It’s your fault!” and blaming everyone and everything for our current state of being.

I have discovered that our thoughts always precede feelings. When we recognize a particular feeling arising, it is important to pause and ask ourselves what thought preceded it. Here’s a power technique: evaluate the stories you tell and note the emotions you feel during the telling. In Jerry’s case, his story involved a bully who frightened and intimated him in high school. Retelling the bully story kept the emotion of fear alive in Jerry and supported the belief that he was powerless in the presence of an intimidator. Upon raising his awareness, Jerry soon discovered that this notion of being powerless and victimized was also operating in the presence of other bullies in his work and personal life.

It will help to ask yourself if the thought (once revealed) brings you peace or stress. If the answer is stress, the next question to pose is, “Who would I be without this thought?”

There’s gold in honestly answering this question. You may discover you’ve held on tightly to a thought because it supports a disempowering belief that serves you in some unconscious way.

Ask yourself, “Can I let go of this thought?” If you encounter resistance, you may find that the thought has — in some way — come to define you as a person. In Jerry’s case, he was the perpetual victim. The fact that we won’t

let go of a particular disempowering thought — despite knowing it would be in our best interest to do so — is usually the result of a deep-seated fear.

One of the biggest steps and often the most challenging is owning the issue, that is, taking full and complete responsibility for our thoughts and feelings. No blaming. No foisting the responsibility for our choices and actions onto others. While we may attribute the cause of the issue to outside circumstances, it is only by choosing to be responsible that we may truly take action and let go of the concern.

This is, of course, easier when we feel empowered and capable. For me, the more I worked on my self-esteem building, the more confident I became, and certainly the more willing to look inside rather than outside for resolution. It remains a work in progress but it would have proved impossible without a better self-image.

“But feelings can’t be ignored,” wrote holocaust victim Anne Frank in her famous Diary of a Young Girl. “No matter how unjust or ungrateful they seem.”

Rather than ignoring feelings or hoping they go away, it is always best to own them and work through them.

Remember, what you resist, persists.

Murray Fuhrer is a self-esteem expert and facilitator. His new book is entitled Extreme Esteem: The Four Factors. For more information on self-esteem, check the Extreme Esteem website at www.extremeesteem.ca.

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“Jazz was a normal part of my musical upbringing,” said Doty, who quite naturally decided to study jazz vocals at Carleton University in Ottawa.

She now lives in Calgary and performs weekly at the Fairmont Palliser Hotel. She’s also a guest soloist with Calgary’s Primetime Big Band and has had the opportunity to work with

many of her jazz heroes, including Al Kay, Pat Labarbera, Bobby Shew, Dave Mancini and PJ Perry.

The singer recently wrapped a 30-city, 46-stop tour cross Canada, and is looking forward to performing original songs and jazz standards on Valentine’s Day at Fratters. Doty is usually booked to sing somewhere on Feb. 14 — and that works out fine this year, since she recently broke up with her boyfriend.

Breakups are another ever-popular love song theme, but when it comes to tear-jerkers, Doty can probably top that kind of melancholy with her next single, Just So You Know, due for a March release.

She wrote the song after a conversation with the husband of a 26-year-old friend. The friend had been killed in a car accident a year ago, and her spouse talked to Doty about working through his grief, “and his fear about forgetting her. He didn’t want to forget her smile or her laugh.”

But those attending Doty’s Valentine’s show are bound to hear lighter-hearted fare, including I Think I’m In Love, which can be considered the emotional flip side to Just So You Know. “It’s about the quirky things you notice about someone you are dating” that you eventually begin to accept as you fall in love, said the singer.

These quirks might even become endearing over time. “It’s like, it’s cute that you laugh like a sheep!”

Doty believes the key to a good love song is keeping it real.

“The lyrics need to be something that people can relate to, or about something they’ve experienced or felt before, so that when they hear the song, they remember that feeling.”

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named Carrie, “who sails well past a nervous breakdown” after the death of her mother.

Among the dysfunctional fallout from Carrie’s grieving process is a passive-aggressive war she launches with her co-workers, and a campaign to let her ex-husband know she is “over him” that ends up estranging her daughter. Carrie also plots to rid herself of her mother’s overweight and entitled cat — all while consuming copious amounts of red wine and spiked coffee.

In the irreverent vein of the British TV show Absolutely Fabulous, and Malarky book by Anakana Schofield, Things You’ve Inherited From Your

Mother is a books of lists, in-jokes, and supposedly useful facts about mice and other things.

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The author, born in Windsor, Ont,. is studying for her PhD in English at the University of Calgary. She was a finalist in the 2013 Broken Social Scene story contest and has had stories accepted by various literary publications. This is Adams’ first novel.

The book will be available through Chapters, Amazon and other booksellers this spring.

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Author pens novel about rival Chinese rap gangs A novel about rival Chinese rap gangs has been written by Red Deerraised author Jon Chan Simpson.

Simpson’s book, Chinkstar, is published by Coach House Books. It’s about King Kwong, a well-known rapper in the sub-genre of hip-hop known as Chinksta rap.

When Kwong goes missing the night before his crowning performance, his high school-aged brother, Run, who’s no rap fan, finds himself in the midst of a violent battle between rival Chinese rap gangs.

After Run’s mother gets wounded in the crossfire, Run and his friend Ali need to go on the lam. And Run finds himself rethinking his feelings about his family, their history, his hatred of “rice rap,” and what it means to be Asian.

Simpson, who has a flair for a rap lyric, wrote this books as a sort of “graphic-less graphic novel” to “forge a new vision of what the novel can be.”

The author grew up in Red Deer and is a graduate of the University of Toronto’s masters-level creative writ-

A lineup of metal bands is set to rock Red Deer this week.

Arrival of Autumn, a melodic, groove metal band from Grande Prairie, will be joining Eye of Horus/ Earth’s Ashes and Terror Fist for a concert at The Vat on Friday.

Arrival Of Autumn has been rising on Alberta metal scene since forming in 2011. Since the EP Endless Nights charted at No. 6 on the iTunes top metal albums chart, the band has been performing at packed venues. Arrival of Autumn is touring Alberta and B.C. in support of the band’s latest 10-track release, Shadows.

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Book takes humourous look at the grieving process Red Deer author Hollie Adams takes a humourous look at the grieving process in her new book, Things You’ve Inherited from Your Mother.

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The pop-jazz singer, who performs a Valentine’s Day concert on Saturday at Fratters Speakeasy in Red Deer, released a debut album of love songs called Gold. It’s made up of all-original material she’s co-written with various Canadian artists, including Ontario folkie Danny Michel.

Different meanings of the L-word factor in her tunes, from the initial excitement of romance in Wait By the Phone, to paternal attachment in Lullabye, and table-turning modern love in Say You Will, which features a girl proposing to a guy.

Doty even pays homage to love crooner Nat King Cole on the album that’s reached the top 10 on several jazz radio charts in Canada.

Her song Diamonds from Cole, reveals a family connection to the late American singer.

“My grandmother grew up in L.A. and lived right across the street from him, so that’s really cool,” said Doty.

Her grandma knew Cole in the 1950s and recalled him as “a really nice guy, who played at a couple of parties they went to. He had a white piano,” and a “cute” little daughter who would become singer Natalie Cole.

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Teen daughter’s sleeping habits troubling Dear Annie: My fiance and I have this changed? been together for three years. “JusAlso, what about “sprinkles” — tin” shares custody of his 13-year- those baby showers for second and old daughter, “Chrissie.” third kids? This is a very sore subThe problem is, Chrissie will not ject for those of us who have been sleep in her own bed. Until recent- on the receiving end of the invitaly, she used to sleep on the floor tions. in our room, but two months ago, Unless there are several years Justin started sleeping in her bed. between babies, or the new baby is I couldn’t take it, so I went back to from a different marriage, it is asklive at my place. Now that I am no ing too much of friends and family. longer in Justin’s house, Chrissie Today’s generation thinks nothsleeps with him in his bed. This ing of asking people to dish out bothers me. money over and over. What a greedy Justin and his ex-wife tried send- world we have become. — Also a ing Chrissie for therapy, but she Grandma-To-Be told them it wasn’t working, so they Dear Also: Baby showers (also stopped. We have disbridal showers) genercussed this, but he conally should not be given tinues to allow her in his by immediate family bed. He doesn’t believe members, because they, there is anything wrong too, benefit from others with it and also says he giving gifts. Hosting it doesn’t know what else then seems self-serving. to do. Chrissie is quite (There are exceptions to manipulative, conniving this rule.) Aunts, cousins, and sly. Even her hugs sisters-in-law, etc., howare fake. She is obviously ever, are not immediate competing with me for family and, of course, her father’s attention. can host showers.

I feel guilty not liking “Sprinkles” are fine MITCHELL this girl. I understand if there is a big age gap & SUGAR that divorce is hard on and the new baby has children, but this is rifewer hand-me-downs, diculous. — Soon-To-Be or if the couple has Stepmom moved to a new city. OthDear Soon: Chrissie erwise, they are OK only may be manipulating her parents for close family and extremely close out of insecurity and because she friends, or for those who didn’t atcan get away with it. But her parents tend a previous shower. As you said, are the real problem. They are al- it is unkind to keep burdening the lowing Chrissie to control the family same people with gift-giving over dynamic. This is terribly unfair to and over. everyone, but especially to Chrissie.

Dear Annie: In my 70 years of livShe desperately needs her parents ing in New Orleans, I’ve been called to be in charge, and instead, they honey, sweetie, sugar and baby by have given her the reins. All of them clerks and waitresses, always with should be in family counseling to- a helpful air of appreciation and gether so that Chrissie cannot claim never in a condescending way. Mayit’s “not working,” and so that Justin be it’s a southern thing, but I like and his ex understand how much it. Why would I be rude to someeffort and consistency are required one who is focused on helping me? for their daughter’s sake. If you in- I hope that charm never goes away. tend to marry Justin, insist on this.

— Happy in NOLA Dear Annie: I read your answer to Annie’s Mailbox is written by Kathy “Grandma-To-Be” regarding a baby Mitchell and Marcy Sugar, longtime shower for a child born of a surro- editors of the Ann Landers column. gate. Why did you say, “Of course, Please email your questions to anniesit is better if the shower is given by mailbox@comcast.net, or write to: Anfriends and not immediate family”? nie’s Mailbox, c/o Creators Syndicate, I thought baby showers were sup- 737 3rd Street, Hermosa Beach, CA posed to be given by the aunts. Has 90254.

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HOROSCOPES Tuesday, Feb.10 CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DATE: Elizabeth Banks, 41; Paul Hollywood, 49; Leontyne Price, 88 Happy Birthday: If today is your birthday, this year you will overextend yourself, if you are not careful.

Be mindful of setting up healthy boundaries between you and others. You will have to find a strong footing on which to build up your confidence and resources.

This is not to say you do not have that implemented already, but I do see childhood issues coming to the surface to be resolved.

ARIES (March 21-April 19): The ultimate truth will be revealed to you today with regards to significant relationships and with your own business. You will start to see what you want to address and how you can go about expressing your creative talents now.

“Less is more” is the key idea!

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Your public and professional life is at a standstill today, as you sort through some happenings within family or those within your family household. Express what is on your mind in terms of the energy you have to put in with the family and how that is taking you away from your dreams or vice versa. It will be good to release these words today. Clear the path forward!

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): This will be a good day to sort out what you want to achieve throughout your daily routine, with your health and at work.

Your thinking cap will be on now! You will make an honest appraisal to the effort you put in at work and decide if it is LARISA MAIRA worth it or not today.

OZOLINS CANCER (June 21-July 22): You are going to discuss your limits with your direction and aims going forward today. Others will also share their personal limits. There might be an argument today — hold off, if you can. You will have a serious confrontation, if you don’t just casually discuss how you feel.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): You are definitely going to understand the limits you can take with regards to personal relationships today and also over indulgence to foods and drink. Try to rest today and express what’s on your mind now. It will be a day when truth comes out — so be prepared for those revelations.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Today, you will almost feel like you are at a standstill with your health, work and within your daily life. Nonetheless, you must realize that it is the time to communicate what needs to be said and share all the issues that you have been reviewing since January 21st, 2015.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): We all have dreams and aspirations for the better. But for today, do not overdo it with trying to get to those goals right at this moment in time. It is just going to cause more stress and delays for you in the long run. It’s a good day to reflect on what you learnt since January 21.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): It is a critical time to get whatever you want to get off your chest said and in the open. What will be in question or discussed will be the finances, love, relationships and business. You will understand the pressure you have put on yourself and will release it.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Today is the day to relax a little more. Put your feet up and allow the rest of the world to sort through their own truth. You will contemplate the meaning of love, acceptance, finances and what is truly driving you forward. You will finally put that question to rest.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): If you need to speak

up with friends and tell them the truth, then do so now. There will not be a better opportunity to do just that. You might feel that you give so much to them or perhaps business partnerships and are finally realizing that it is draining your personal energy.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Do not overextend yourself when it comes to others today. There will be a sense that you will want to give more than you can.

Relax and allow others to tend to their own needs, especially when dealing with your mother. You will finally understand that dynamic today!

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Do not overdo it when it comes to work, health, exercise routine or simply participating in daily life today. You will feel the

overextension more than usual now. It is a good time to write out what’s on your mind. Sort through those dreams you had and find the truth!

Birthday Affirmation: Today’s energy is asking you to communicate the truth. You will be focusing in on issues related to values, love, and finances and trying to sort out your feelings in relation to them. What truly motivates you, what’s pulling you forward right now? You will start to understand your limits with regards to these circumstances in your life and truly release irrational fears now.

Larisa Maira Ozolins is an internationally syndicated astrologer and columnist. Her column appears daily in the Advocate.

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Apply in person or fax Previous pipeline 700-920 resume to: 403-314-1303 Classifieds experience and all oilfield Your place to SELL tickets are a minimum Your place to BUY requirement for this Caregivers/ position. Please email Aides Hampton Inn & Suites resume to Jason at 128 Leva Ave. Red Deer jason@ 59 YR Old lady with MS AB, CA T4E 1B9 terrafirmaresources.ca. seeking F/T live-in caregiver Housekeeping Supervisor in the country. Drivers $20.00/hour licence would be an asset.

Full Time: M-F 7am to 5pm Bathing, changing ileostomy Professionals * Supervise team of LUCKY’S LOUNGE bag & light housekeeping. cleaners and janitors located in Jackpot Casino, 403-722-2182 or email: * Inspect sites to ensure requires Waitress’s HIGH PAYING Real Estate wayneleorasmith@gmail.com safety and cleanliness Fri. - Sun. Please apply in Career opportunity. * Arrange for services person at 4950 47 Ave. Training provided.

Flexible FT child caregiver in Red required such as painting, No phone calls please hours. Help-U-Sell of Red Deer. HS grad w/ First Aid renovations or replaceDeer. Call Dave at & CPR. Supervise and Celebrate your life ment of furnishings 403-350-1271 or email care for 1 yr old. $10.66/hr, with a Classified * Hire and train cleaning resumes to Dave 44hrs/wk. Live-in optional. staff ANNOUNCEMENT @homesreddeer.com pret_lady@yahoo.ca * Prepare work schedule , You can sell your guitar FT CHILDCARE help in Looking for a place budget, estimate costs and for a song... to live?

Penhold HS grad keep financial records or put it in CLASSIFIEDS Take a tour through the supervise in absence of Apply in person 8am-4 pm and we’ll sell it for you! parents, meal prep., CLASSIFIEDS Monday - Friday housekeep, $10.66/hr; 44hrs/wk. Exp. an asset genedith2004@yahoo.com Oilfield CELEBRATIONS HAPPEN EVERY DAY IN CLASSIFIEDS

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BEAMISH Nellie Aug. 31, 1931 - Feb. 7, 2015 Nellie Beamish, 83, of Lacombe, AB passed away February 7, 2015 at the Lacombe Hospital of Pancreatic cancer. Nellie will be loving remembered by her son Lloyd Beamish of Mirror, AB, her grandson Matthew (Trista) Beamish, four greatgrandchildren Emily, April, Aleena and Jerod Beamish of Mirror, AB; her youngest grandson Courtney Beamish of Edmonton, AB; and her daughter Jocelyn (Jerry) Lebouthiller of Blackfalds, AB. Nellie was predeceased by her husband Tom Beamish in 1987. Nellie moved to Lacombe 13 years ago and for 11 of those years enjoyed volunteering at the Kozy Korner, setting tables as well as planting all the gorgeous flowers out front. She was also an avid bowler and wanted to say a special good-bye to all her bowling friends. Nellie was a very vibrant and energetic woman who kept her sense of humour through illness, living each day to the fullest. She will be greatly missed by her family and many friends. As per Nellie’s wishes a private family inurnment will be held at the Mirror Cemetery in the Spring. In lieu of flowers, a donation may be made in Nellie’s name to a charity of one’s choice.

Condolences may be made by visiting www.wilsonsfuneralchapel.ca WILSON’S FUNERAL CHAPEL & CREMATORIUM serving Central Alberta with locations in Lacombe and Rimbey in charge of arrangements. Phone: 403.782.3366 or 403.843.3388 “A Caring Family, Caring for Families”

MASSIE EDWARD LASIUTA 1934 - 2015 Feb. 10, 2014 Peter Allister Massie, passed Forever remembered, away peacefully at Bethany always loved.

Care Centre on February 7, Darlene Lasiuta and family.

2015 at the age of 80 years.

He leaves to mourn his children, Theresa (Kevin) Sonnenberg, Colleen Pawluk, Maureen (Garth) Black, Goldwin (Jennifer) Massie, Gordon (April) Massie, ShaeLynn (Darcy) Gerbrandt, TeraLee Sjoberg, and Colebe Massie; grandchildren Matthew, Bradley, Leeanne, Ryah, Caleb, Amanda, Gabriel, Sade, Joel, Lance, Logan, Jordyn, and Benjamin. Peter will also be remembered by his brothers Scott (Eileen) Massie, Kenneth (Sandra) Massie; sister-in-law Barbara Massie and numerous nieces and nephews.

He was KALE WILLIAMS predeceased by his beloved July 20, 1995 - Feb. 10, 2013 wife of 43 years Florence We don’t need a special day Massie; parents Allister and To bring you to our mind Ethel Massie; brother Donald For days without a Massie; and son Goldwin thought of you Wyatt Massie. Please join Are very hard to find. the family in a celebration of Love Always, Peter’s life at St. Leonard’s Mom, Dad, Ciara, On The Hill at 4241 - 44 St., Kobe & Ridley Red Deer on Thursday, February 12, 2015 at 1:30 p.m. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be Card Of Thanks made directly to the Kerry Wood Nature Centre, 6300 - CRAIG 45 Avenue, Red Deer, AB The family of Brad Craig T4N 3M4 or to the Red Deer wishes to say Thank You to Festival Of The Performing family and friends for the Arts (Kiwanis), P.O. Box 62, food, cards, flowers and Red Deer, AB T4N 5E7. visits received at Brad’s Condolences to Peters family passing. Thank you to may be emailed to Rosefield Care Centre and to meaningfulmemorials@yahoo.ca Heartland Funeral Home, MEANINGFUL MEMORIALS both of Innisfail, for their Funeral Service kindness. Thank you to those Red Deer 587-876-4944 who took part in the service.

Thank you to the Friendship Group for the luncheon and to everyone who attended the service to offer comfort.

Walker, Shelby and Torrie Craig Robyn Lavay & family Carol Craig Kathy and Bill Hodgkinson family Classifieds 309-3300 Charlene,and Tony and Connor

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Obituaries Van Slyke Elizabeth Ann January 30, 1942 to February 5, 2015 Elizabeth (Betty) was surrounded by her loving family when she lost her courageous battle with cancer and passed away on Feb. 5, 2015 at the age of 73 years. On Jan. 30, 1942 Betty was born in Lousana, Alberta to Charles and Daisy Pierce. Being one of five children she loved the outdoors and did her farm chores beside her father whenever she could. When she was 17 years old and working at Nyman’s Jewelry she met Orville Clifford Van Slyke and they soon married on June 1, 1960 in Red Deer. They bought a quarter section of farmland in the Blindman Valley district and after many years of hard work Betty had her “castle” and it was always hard for her to leave her home. There Betty and Orville raised their two sons and in 1975 they welcomed Holly into their home and hearts, consequently adopting her into their family. Betty was a hard worker and would always be seen working alongside Orville on the farm and on their Sheet Metal business in the 1970’s to mid 1990’s. Betty also had odd jobs working in a liquor store, selling Copper Craft and working at Tip Top Tailors. In 1988 BETOR Stock Farms was developed where they raised purebred Angus cattle until retirement. She also was an avid supporter of Canadian Blood Services and donated her blood a total of 185 times. After taking dancing lessons Betty and Orville could often being seen showing off their dance moves on the dance floor of many a party.

Betty loved her many animals that included the family dogs, the cattle, her horses and even a pet skunk! She loved to watch the variety of birds and the deer that frequently visited the farmyard. She was very proud of her large garden that she grew each year and always shared her bounty with family and friends. Betty loved to do leatherwork and crocheting, and her special joy was to be surrounded by family for Sunday night dinners and bake her special favourites including pecan pie and her famous “Monster cookies”. Betty leaves behind to cherish her memory her loving husband Orville of 54 years; their daughter Holly Anderson of Rocky Mountain House; their sons Mark (Laura) of Caroline and Dale (Sandra) of Red Deer; her precious grandchildren, Travis (Leslie) Anderson, Mandi (Sean) Anderson, Marci (Andru) Skinner, Landen and Keegan Van Slyke. Also to mourn her passing are her five greatgrandchildren, Jude, Vaughn, Beck, Koen, and Lillyanna. She is also survived by her sister Florence Guthrie of Guelph, Ontario; brother Percy (Sandy) Pierce of Pine Lake; and numerous nieces and nephews. Betty was predeceased by her parents, and her sisters Alice Woodrow and Norma Hastie. Betty’s family and friends may honour her at a Memorial Service held on Friday, February 13, 2015 at 1:30 p.m.at the Red Deer Funeral Home, 6150 67 Street, Red Deer. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to charity of the donor’s choice or to the Heart and Stroke Foundation. Following the service, family and friends are invited to attend a reception held at the Quality Inn North Hill, 7150 - 50 Avenue, Red Deer.

Condolences can be forwarded to the family at www.reddeerfuneralhome.com.

Arrangements entrusted to RED DEER FUNERAL HOME 6150 - 67 Street, Red Deer.

Phone (403) 347-3319.

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Clerical

720

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.

Janitorial

770

Full Time Cleaners required for day’s at Nova Joffre Site.

ST $15.00 Per Hr. Must be able to pass drug & alcohol testing & fit test.

Excellent spoken & written English communication required. Send resume to aramark6685@gmail.com or fax @ 403-314-7504

Medical

790

PART-TIME MEDICAL OFFICE BILLING CLERK required immediately in Lacombe.

Billing experience is a must, strong computer skills and Medical Terminology is required.

Oilfield

800

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.

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

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services CLASSIFICATIONS 1000-1430 To Advertise Your Business or Service Here

COLTER ENERGY LP IS NOW HIRING

WELL TESTING: Supervisors Night Operators Operators •

Call Classifieds 403-309-3300 classifieds@reddeeradvocate.com

Accounting

1010

Have current Safety certificates including H2S Be prepared to work in INDIVIDUAL & BUSINESS remote locations for Accounting, 30 yrs. of exp. extended periods of time with oilfield service • Must be physically fit companies, other small • Competitive wages, benefits businesses and individuals and RRSP offered RW Smith, 346-9351 Please email resume with Celebrate your life current driver’s abstract to: with a Classified jbecker@colterenergy.ca ANNOUNCEMENT •

Environmental Land Surveying

1100

Fencing

1169 Misc.

Services 1290

CUSTOM FENCING, brush clearing & clean up.

403-728-3823

Handyman Services

1200

ATT’N: Are you looking for help on small jobs around the house or renovate your bathroom, painting or flooring, roof snow removal?

Call James 403-341-0617

Individual must be physically fit, willing to Contractors work in all areas of AB and B.C., and have valid class BRIDGER CONST. LTD. 5 drivers license.

We do it all! 403-302-8550 Massage No education required.

Therapy Previous industry, DALE’S Home Reno’s surveying, or line locating Free estimates for all your experience an asset. reno needs. 403-506-4301 For more company info.

DOORS, windows, siding, see www.magara.ca soffit, fascia and custom Email resume to cladding. Call Dean @ darcy@magara.ca International Ladies 403-302-9210.

Elite Retreat, Finest LOCAL SERVICE CO. in Red Deer REQ’S EXP. in VIP Treatment.

VACUUM TRUCK 10 - 2am Private back entry OPERATOR 403-341-4445 Must have Class 3 licence Escorts w/air & all oilfield tickets.

MASSAGE ABOVE ALL Fax resume w/drivers KAYLA 392-0891 *BUSTY* WALK-INS WELCOME abstract to 403-886-4475 INDEPENDENT w/own car 4709 Gaetz Ave. 346-1161

1280

FANTASY SPA

1165

5* JUNK REMOVAL Property clean up 340-8666 GARAGE DOOR SERVICE Save 50%. All yard & bobcat services, junk/tree/snow removal. 403-358-1614 SNOW blowing/dump/junk runs/odd jobs 403-885-5333

Painters/ Decorators

1310

JG PAINTING, 25 yrs. exp.

Free Est. 403-872-8888

Seniors’ Services

1372

HELPING HANDS Home Supports for Seniors.

Cooking, cleaning, companionship. At home or facility. 403-346-7777

Snow Removal

1380

SHOVELLING AND snow blowing 403-318-7625

D2 RED DEER ADVOCATE Tuesday, Feb. 10, 2015 Restaurant/ Hotel

820

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UFA/BAR W has an opening for:

WAREHOUSE SHIPPER/RECEIVER F/T CLEANERS

PART TIME COOK for the weekend evening shift of 4pm - 9pm Fri thru Sun. You will be reliable and organized with the ability to work in a busy environment. If you would like to join our happy team, 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

Looking for a new pet?

Check out Classifieds to find the purrfect pet.

DISPATCHER REQ’D. Knowledge of Red Deer and area is essential.

Verbal and written communication skills are req’d. Send resume by fax to 403-346-0295 TOO MUCH STUFF? Let Classifieds help you sell it.

Tired of Standing?

Find something to sit on in Classifieds

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 THE RUSTY PELICAN is now accepting resumes for WELL EXPERIENCED

HOSTESS Mature professional familiar with maitre d’ capabilities. Would be an asset to have a current ProServe Certificate and familiar with wine service.

Professional appearance is a definite requirement.

Must have Ref’s & Exp. Apply within: 2079-50 Ave. 2-4 pm. Mon.-Fri. Fax 403-347-1161 Phone calls WILL NOT be accepted. Only candidates selected for an interview will be contact.

THE RUSTY PELICAN is now accepting resumes for WELL EXPERIENCED

SERVERS Must hold a current ProServe Certificate and be fully exp. in wine service. Professional appearance is a definite requirement.

Must have Ref’s & Exp. Apply within: 2079-50 Ave. 2-4 pm. Mon.-Fri. Fax 403-347-1161 Phone calls WILL NOT be accepted. Only candidates selected for an interview will be contact.

THE RUSTY PELICAN is now accepting resumes for 4 F/T Exp’d LINE COOKS at all stations. MUST HAVE: •

2 yrs. relevant exp., completion of High School, be reliable, self motivated, work well under limited supervision in fast paced environment.

Salary is $14 - $18./hr. 40 hr. wk. dependant on exp.

733644 Ab Ltd. O/A The Rusty Pelican Location of employment: 4105 2079 - 50 Ave. Red Deer, AB T4R 1Z4 email: bennett2014.bkkp@ gmail.com or Call 403-347-1414 or Fax to: 403-347-1161 Only candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.

Trades

850

ACADEMIC Express ADULT EDUCATION AND TRAINING

SPRING START • GED Preparation •

Women in the Trades Program

•

Math and Science for the Trades Program Gov’t of Alberta Funding may be available.

403-340-1930 www.academicexpress.ca

F/T Cashier/Postal Clerk.

Apply in person w/resume: Highland Green Value Drug Mart.

FT and PT shunt truck drivers needed in Innisfail, AB. Fax resume to 403-227-2743 or call 403-227-2712 for more information.

HELP WANTED The Assistant Property Manager, under the direction of the Property Manager, is responsible for coordinating all aspects of apartment community operations and to act as main point of contact in the absence of the Property Manager. The right candidate must be a team player with a positive can-do attitude. Send Resume to: brandybhatt@outlook.com Post available for F/T and P/T Tel.: 647-609-1926 ASSISTANT PROPERTY MANAGER 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

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

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BRADFORD Exchange picture, 1995 Limited Edition. “Winter Solstice”.

Beautifully framed. $40.

403-342-4898

1530

EG Auctions 9th Annual Speed Show & Collector Car Auction March 13-15, 2015 Westerner Park, Red Deer Special Guests Rick & Kelly Dale: American Restoration Dan & Laura Dotson: Storage Wars Consign Today 1-888-296-0528 Ext 102 consign@egauctions.com EGauctions.com

Children's Items

1580

RAGGEDY ANN sleeping bag plus box of toys and books. All for $20.

403-314-9603

Electronics

1605

ATARI with games, $140.

403-782-3847 INTELLIVISION with games, $140.

403-782-3847

Central Alberta’s Largest Car Lot in Classifieds

EquipmentHeavy

SOURCE ADULT VIDEO requires mature P/T help Fri & Sat. Graveyard Shift.

11 pm -7 am. e-mail resume to: nwoods1976@ hotmail.com, fax to: 403-346-9099 or drop off at: 3301-Gaetz Avenue

TRAILERS for sale or rent Job site, office, well site or storage. Skidded or wheeled. Call 347-7721.

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.

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AFFORDABLE

Homestead Firewood Spruce & Pine -Split. Firepits avail. 7 days/wk. 403-304-6472 FIREWOOD. Pine, Spruce, Can deliver 1-4 cords. 403-844-0227

LOGS 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

880

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.

with class 3, air. All safety tickets required.

Fax resume with drivers abstract: 403-748-3015

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880

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

ACADEMIC Express ADULT EDUCATION AND TRAINING

SPRING START

•

Women in the Trades Program

•

Math and Science for the Trades Program Gov’t of Alberta Funding may be available.

403-340-1930 www.academicexpress.ca

Condos/ Townhouses

CARRIERS REQUIRED To deliver the CENTRAL AB LIFE 1 day a week in: INNISFAIL Penhold Olds Sylvan Lake Please call Debbie for details 403-314-4307

www.seibelprperty.com Ph: 403-304-7576 or 403-347-7545 6 locations in Red Deer ~ Halman Heights ~ Riverfront Estates

~ Westpark

1860

You can sell your guitar for a song... or put it in CLASSIFIEDS and we’ll sell it for you!

Travel Packages

1900

TRAVEL ALBERTA Alberta offers SOMETHING for everyone.

Make your travel plans now.

Adult Newspaper Carriers Needed For Early Morning Delivery of the RED DEER ADVOCATE

CLASSIFICATIONS

For VANIER Area with 54 papers, approximately: $283.50/mo.

For both of these routes: at least $645.75/mo.

For More Information, Please call Prodie 403-314-4301 ADULT or YOUTH CARRIERS NEEDED For delivery of Flyers, Express and Friday Forward ONLY 2 DAYS A WEEK in DEER PARK AREA Dixon Cres.

Dunlop St., Dixon Ave. & Close $107.00/mo Durand Cr. & Drummond Ave. $69.00/mo. also Drummond Cl. & Dowd Cl. $59.00/mo. also Dunning Cres. Cl., and Depalme St. $103.00 GRANDVIEW AREA 4400 Blks. of 40A Ave. and 41 Ave. and 1 Blk. each of 46 and 47 Streets area MOUNTVIEW AREA Between 35 St. and 39 St. and 43A Ave. and 41, Ave. area $189.00/mo.

MICHENER AREA

514090B13

Ahlstrom Close Andrew Close Asstlee / Ansett Cres.

Allsop Ave. / Allsop Cres.

Anderson Close Anquetel Close

2 BDRM in Alix.

4 appls, $900/mo. inclds. water, Feb. 1 no pets 403-348-6594 Classifieds...costs so little Saves you so much!

FOR RENT • 3000-3200 WANTED • 3250-3390

3020

FOR LEASE, Executive style 1/2 duplex in Lacombe on large lot.

4 bdrms., 3 bath, dble. garage, no pets, N/S. 403-588-2740

MOUNTVIEW 3 bdrm. house, main floor, 5 appls., fenced yard, large deck, rent $1500 incl. all utils. $900 s.d. Avail. now or Mar 1. 403-304-5337

Suites

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

3060

1 BDRM. N/S, no pets. $790 rent/d.d.

403-346-1458 2 BDRM. Apt., lower level,free laundry, heat/ water incl. 5910-55 Ave. Ph: 403-341-4627.

PADS $450/mo.

Brand new park in Lacombe.

Spec Mobiles. 3 Bdrm., 2 bath. As Low as $75,000.

Down payment $4000. Call at anytime. 403-588-8820

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homes CLASSIFICATIONS 4000-4190

Realtors & Services

4010

HERE TO HELP & HERE TO SERVE Call GORD ING at RE/MAX real estate central alberta 403-341-9995 gord.ing@remax.net

4020

Houses

MORRISROE MANOR 1 & 2 bdrm. Adult bldg. only, N/S No pets 403-596-2444

THE NORDIC

1 bdrm. adult building, N/S. No pets.

403-596-2444

Advocate Opportunities

A lifestyle you have more than earned Stunning new Laebon home in the Timbers-Red Deer 1426 sq.ft. 3 bdrms/2baths, large private master suite $499,900 Call Samantha 403.392.6261

CARRIERS REQUIRED To deliver the

CENTRAL AB LIFE & LACOMBE EXPRESS 1 day a week in: LACOMBE BLACKFALDS

Amazing new Laebon Home 1452 sq.ft. modified bi-level with large private master suite 3 bdrms/2baths $394,599 Call Jocelyn 403.302.9612

Please call Rick for details 403-314-4303 ADULT Newspaper Carriers Needed For Early Morning Delivery of the

RED DEER ADVOCATE Monday through Saturday.

Delivery to be done before 6:30 am.

Reliable vehicle needed.

Clearview Area 89 papers daily $477.00/mo.

For more information or to apply call Jamie at the Red Deer Advocate 403-314-4306

DO YOU: - Want extra income - Know the city well - Possess a clean, valid drivers license - Have a friendly attitude - Enjoy customer service - Want part-time work (12 to 22 hrs/week) As part of our service team, you will be dispatched in response to service concerns to deliver newspapers and flyers to customers or carriers.

A delivery vehicle provided by company!

Work 3 to 4 shifts a week.

Hours of shifts are morning shifts of Monday through Friday 5:00 AM to 9:00 AM. Saturday starting at 7 AM. Wednesday to Friday Shifts starting at 1 PM. *All Shifts based on 4 hours and likely to run longer.

Beatty Close Broughton / Brookes Boyce St. / Byer Close

We thank all applicants for their interest; however only selected candidates will be contacted.

INGLEWOOD AREA NEWSPAPER CARRIERS NEEDED For Afternoon Delivery 2 Days/Week (Wed. & Fri.)

MORRISROE AREA

WESTPARK & WESTLAKE

Metcalf Ave. Martin / Muldrew Close

Westpark Cres. & 35 St.

LANCASTER AREA Lampard Cres Long Close Lord Close Lougheed Close

3190

Mobile Lot

GLENDALE reno’d 2 bdrm. For Sale apartments, avail. immed, 1/2 DUPLEX, Kentwood rent $875 403-596-6000 area, bi-level, 2 bdrm, 1.5 LARGE, 1 & 2 BDRM. baths, 5 appls, deck, SUITES. 25+, adults only fenced yard, shed, for sale n/s, no pets 403-346-7111 by owner, $247,600. Move in ready 403-505-6742

Please apply with resume to: qmacaulay@reddeeradvocate.com or call 403-314-4302 and speak with Grant.

SUNNYBROOK AREA Sherwood Cres. / Stirling Close Selkirk Blvd. / Sherwood Cres.

Savoy Close / Sydney Close

Call (403) 347-6676

3050

BOWER AREA

Isbister Close Inglewood Dr. Isherwood Close Iverson Close

BE CAREER READY IN 10 TO 12 MONTHS

3040

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

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

rentals

Houses/ Duplexes

Manufactured Homes

4 Plexes/ 6 Plexes

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For INGLEWOOD Area With 69 papers, approximately: $362.25/mo.

3060

Suites

SEIBEL PROPERTY

1830

INGLEWOOD / VANIER AREAS

ANDERS AREA

Y COMMUNOITRKER SERVICEaW nd Y COMMUENAITND SERVIC IONS ADDICT ER WORK

3030

~ Kitson Close ~ Kyte & Kelloway Cres.

Cats ~ Holmes St. S.D. $1000 Rent $1245to $1445 1 SIAMESE, 3 Balinese HEADBOARD, for queen 3 bdrm. townhouses, kittens, $50/ea. bed, 60” wide, $35; 1.5 bath, 4 & 5 appls., blinds, 403-887-3649 3 Clean wool accent lrg. balconies, no dogs. matching 3x5 oval carpets BEAUTIFUL tabby kittens, N/S, no utils. incl. from SEARS, $35 for all 3; F, (2), spotted and striped Avail. immed. & Mar. 1 and David Winter References required. free to good home Collector’s houses in 403-782-3130 SOUTHWOOD PARK original boxes, $15/ea.

3110-47TH Avenue, 403-352-8811 2 & 3 bdrm. townhouses, Sporting Classifieds...costs so little generously sized, 1 1/2 Goods Saves you so much! baths, fenced yards, full bsmts. 403-347-7473, NOMA Super GT snow Sorry no pets. racer, new cond, $45.; www.greatapartments.ca 403-348-6449

CHAIR, rocker and recliner exc. shape $50/ea. or both for $90. Will deliver in town only. 403-348-6449

ROUTES IN:

NEW PROGRAMS

2965 Bremner Avenue

1760

SUITCASE, black carryon. Very good cond. $10.

403-314-9603

Misc. for Sale

3 days per week, no weekends

900

• GED Preparation

LIGHT & WALL plug covers, white, 25; assorted openings. all for $10.

403-342-4898

CARRIERS NEEDED

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

Employment Training

1760

Misc. for Sale

SPEAKERS, (2) bookshelf Sony, very good. cond. $20 for both.

403-342-4898

FOR FLYERS, FRIDAY FORWARD & EXPRESS

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

WATER WELL DRILLERS HELPER

NIGHT Tables, (2) Oak, 1 drawer & 2 doors with glass top to protect from scratches. $70 ea.

403-352-8811

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Australia’s mammals facing extinction STUDY SAYS WILD CATS AND FOXES KILLING OFF SPECIES AT ALARMING RATE

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS SYDNEY, Australia — Australia has always been unique, from its geographical isolation at the bottom of the Earth to its infamous bevy of venomous creatures. Now, scientists have uncovered another unique — and disturbing — facet of Australian life: the country’s mammals are going extinct at an alarmingly high rate, due in large part to a couple of critters with voracious appetites.

A study published by the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences on Monday shows that more than 10 per cent of the land mammal species endemic to Australia have been wiped out since European settlement. The main culprit? Cats and foxes brought to the continent by those settlers.

Australia’s extraordinary extinction rate has long been a source of puzzlement. In the rest of the world, the extinction of various species is generally blamed on humans who have overhunted the animals or destroyed their habitat. But in sparsely populated Australia, much of the vast, desert interior remains virtually untouched by people. By global standards, it should be a paradisiacal safe-haven for animals.

A group of Australian scientists set out to pinpoint the scope of the extinction problem and its cause by tracking the fate of all the country’s land and marine mammals since the first European settlers arrived in Australia in 1788.

The researchers found that 11 per cent of the 273 land mammal species endemic to Australia have gone extinct since European settlement and another 21 per cent are considered threatened. By comparison, just one North American native land mammal became extinct since European settlement — the sea mink, which was overhunted.

Worldwide, around 1.5 per

cent of 5,500 mammal species are extinct.

The researchers found that much of the Australian species’ decline coincided with the introduction of two animals: the feral cat, which sailors brought to Australia on ships to keep the on-board rat populations at bay, and red foxes, brought to the continent for hunting.

As it turned out, both species hunted a little too well.

And they spread rapidly.

“We knew it was bad, but I think our tallies were much worse than previously thought,” said one of the study’s authors, John Woinarski of Australia’s Charles Darwin University. “The fact that we’re losing such a large proportion of our species is a problem of international importance.”

The scientists noted that seven species that were once widespread on the Australian mainland now live naturally only on islands that the cats and foxes have yet to colonize.

They also discovered that unlike the rest of the world, where larger mammals are at the highest risk of extinction, the Australian mammals being killed off are small — perfectly “meal-sized” for their predators.

Australia has a long and troubled history with introduced species. The most notorious is the cane toad, which was imported to the country’s north in 1935 in a bid to control beetles on sugarcane plantations. The trouble was, the toads couldn’t jump high enough to eat the beetles, which live on top of cane stalks.

The toads produce a highly toxic venom from glands in their skin that can kill wouldbe predators, and millions of them now threaten local species across the country. In the Australian study, the researches blamed the cane toad for the population decline of the northern quoll, a carnivorous marsupial that preys on the amphibians.

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In this undated photo provided by the Department of the Environment, a feral cat catches and eats a crimson rosella bird at an unknown location in Australia. Researchers have found that much of the Australian species’ decline coincided with the introduction of two animals: the feral cat, which sailors brought to Australia on ships as a means of pest control, and red foxes, brought to the continent for hunting.

“You’d think Australia, with its relatively extensive area, with its relatively low population and relatively affluent society should be able to do conservation well,” Woinarski said. “But that’s not the case.”

A separate culprit the scientists identified behind the mammals’ extinction rate is the changing way the nation’s fierce wildfires are managed.

In years past, indigenous Australians regularly set small fires, which burned away dry brush that is perfect tinder for wildfires. But that practice is less common today. That means wildfires tend to ignite more often and spread more

widely, resulting in a loss of the mammals’ food sources and hiding places that protect them from cats and foxes.

Stuart Pimm, a Duke University biologist and global expert in present-day extinctions, said the study was both very comprehensive and very important because it finally nails down the scope of Australia’s extinction problem and the reasons behind it.

“Other than just the sheer awful news that Australia has lost so many of its species is the fact that it’s done it across areas that are very, very sparsely populated,” Pimm said. “It tells us that by being

careless, particularly with invasive species, that we can do an extraordinary amount of environmental harm even in places where there aren’t a lot of people.”

Australia’s experience, he said, should serve as a warning to everyone.

“There are parts of the world where invasive species have gone amok, and that tells us we need to be very careful not to bring in any more to do any more harm,” he said.

“We need to be better stewards so that we can share these wonderful animals with our children and grandchildren.”

New England digs out from another storm BOSTON — More than 2 feet of fresh snow piled up in parts of New England on Monday, breaking records set during the Blizzard of 1978 and testing the patience of officials and commuters as forecasters warned of more winter misery later in the week.

The latest onslaught forced the cancellations of hundreds of flights, tested transit systems and tempers, and collapsed roofs straining beneath the weight of 5 feet or more that has fallen in less than two weeks.

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Much of Connecticut and parts of upstate New York braced for 6 to 12 inches, and southern Maine was in for about 8 by the time the storm tapers off Tuesday.

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BRIEF Drone strike kills Islamic State group recruiter, at least four others KABUL — The top recruiter for the Islamic State group’s affiliate in Afghanistan was killed by a drone strike Monday, local officials said, marking the first such attack on the extremist group in a volatile country where it has a small but growing following.

U.S. officials said a total of eight people were killed in the drone strike, but could not confirm the Islamic State recruiter’s death.

The deputy governor of the southern Helmand province identified the recruiter as Abdul Rauf, saying he and others were killed when a drone-fired missile struck their car.

The attack would appear to deal a blow to the Islamic State group’s efforts to develop a local affiliate to challenge the long-dominant Taliban.

Last month, Afghan tribal leaders and Western intelligence analysts told The Associated Press that Abdul Rauf was the top Islamic State recruiter in Helmand. Rauf had been held in the Guantanamo Bay detention centre in Cuba for his involvement with the Taliban.

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U.S. Supreme Court refuses to stop same-sex marriage in Alabama BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — The U.S. Supreme Court refused to block same-sex marriages in Alabama on Monday, an order that one dissenting justice said could be seen as a signal that his colleagues have already decided gay and lesbian couples have a right to marry nationwide.

Alabama, one of the country’s most conservative states, began issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples promptly after the Supreme Court turned down the state’s request to extend a hold that a federal judge had placed on gay marriages.

The Alabama order comes as the Supreme Court heads toward a potentially historic, nationwide ruling on the divisive social issue. Last month, the high court announced it would hear arguments on whether gay couples have a right to marry everywhere in America, and a decision is expected by late June.

In a dissenting opinion, conservative Justice Clarence Thomas criticized his colleagues for refusing to block same-sex marriages in Alabama until the high court resolves the issue nationwide.

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Explosion hits chemical plant in rebel-held city

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS DONETSK, Ukraine — A powerful explosion rocked a chemical plant and set it on fire Monday outside the separatist stronghold of Donetsk in eastern Ukraine, where fierce fighting has surged despite a renewed diplomatic push for peace.

In Washington, President Barack Obama held talks with German Chancellor Angela Merkel about reviving an elusive Ukraine peace plan, a meeting that comes as she and French President Francois Hollande are getting ready to meet Wednesday with their counterparts from Russia and Ukraine.

No casualties or damage were immediately reported from the huge blast at the plant in Donetsk, which the rebels said was hit by government shelling. The city lies in the middle of Ukraine’s industrial heartland and explosions like this have long been feared.

The fighting between Russia-backed separatists and Ukraine government forces has killed more than 5,300 people since April and displaced more than a million people in eastern Ukraine.

The rebel Donetsk News Agency said Monday the chemical plant west of the city was hit by a Ukrainian artillery shell but the fire was put out and it posed no danger to residents.

Heavy shelling around Donetsk killed two people, rebel official Eduard Basurin said. In neighbouring areas under government control, at least seven people were killed Sunday, the Donetsk regional police chief said.

Ukraine, meanwhile, said about 1,500 Russian troops had crossed the border into Ukraine via rebel-controlled border posts over the weekend but military spokesman Andriy Lysenko did not provide any proof.

Russia has denied supplying the rebels with either troops or heavy weapons, but Western military experts say the sheer amount of new heavy weapons in eastern Ukraine belies the Russian denial.

The leaders of Germany, France, Russia and Ukraine aim to hold a summit Wednesday to breathe new life into a much-violated September peace plan for eastern Ukraine.

Without a resolution, “Russia’s isolation will only worsen, both politically and economically,” Obama said after his talks Monday with Merkel.

Both the U.S. and Germany have emphasized a need to resolve the conflict through diplomacy, but

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German Chancellor Angela Merkel answers a question during a joint news conference with President Barack Obama in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Monday. the escalation of fighting has led the White House to reconsider its opposition to sending lethal aid to Ukraine. Germany, France and some other EU nations oppose the idea of arming Ukraine’s beleaguered military, fearing it could spark even wider hostilities.

Martin Schaefer, a spokesman for the German foreign ministry, told reporters in Berlin that discussions in Minsk wouldn’t contain any radically new elements.

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In Brussels, European Union foreign ministers decided to hold off for now on expanding sanctions against Russia and the separatists so as to await developments from the peace talks. The need for more sanctions will be re-assessed Monday.

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NIAMEY, Niger — The Nigeria-based Islamic extremist group Boko Haram escalated its attacks in neighbouring countries Monday, as a car bomb exploded in one Niger town repeatedly targeted by the militants and residents said other fighters in Cameroon had abducted 20 people aboard a bus.

A huge explosion rang out in the Niger town of Diffa about 3 p.m. Monday, according to Hassan Maina, who said casualties were seen being taken to a hospital. There was not immediately a toll for the attack.

Boko Haram is well known for car bombings and suicide bombings within Nigeria during its five-year insurgency, but the group had not carried out such assaults within neighbouring countries.

Monday’s bombing comes as Niger’s lawmakers are due to vote on a plan to send troops to help Nigeria rout the terror group blamed for 10,000 deaths over the past year. Niger, Chad, Cameroon and Benin have pledged to help Nigeria create a force with as many as 8,750 troops to fight Boko Haram.

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Named after the coastal city of SiRacha in Thailand, Sriracha is an addictive chili sauce that is hot and tangy with a hint of sweetness.

SRIRACHA IS A FLAVOUR BOMB FOR ALL OF YOUR FAVOURITE DISHES

More than ketchup, the most utilized condiment in my fridge is the Huy Fong Foods’ Sriracha — a chili sauce that is hot and tangy with hint of sweetness.

I have often thought that there must be some addictive component to the sauce but the main ingredients listed are red chili peppers, garlic, vinegar, salt and sugar, making it very MADHU versatile and BADONI easy to use in so many recipes.

N a m e d after the coastal city of Si Racha in Thailand, this spicy sauce is a flavour bomb for burgers, chilis, soups, lasagna, noodles, stir-fries or a marinade for meat. I am always scouring the internet for Sriracha-infused recipes.

My inspiration for this article was noticing how many people like me were also addicted to the chili sauce; a bit surprising since this condiment is fairly new.

The sauce was created in 1975 in Vietnam by David Tran, who produced his first hot sauce and called it Pepper Sa-te. According to the company webpage, Tran filled his Sa-te sauce in recycled glass baby food jars, which he sold and delivered with the help of his family by bicycle.

In 1979, his astounding voyage began by departing communist Vietnam on a Taiwanese freighter that was registered in Panama, the Huey Fong, which became the inspiration namesake of his beloved company, Huy Fong Foods.

After the United States accepted Tran as a refugee, he immediately started doing what he did best — making hot sauce.

I am thinking farmers markets were not that popular during those time because Tran began selling his sauce out of the back of his van and as the popularity of the sauce grew, Huy Fong Foods company was born.

With it being so popular, Sriracha is now easily found in all grocery stores, usually in the Asian foods section, and can be identified by its bright green cap with the rooster on the label.

Sriracha’s spicy, tangy flavour pairs wonderfully with creamy dips and sauces.

To add a little kick, squirt some Sriracha into sour cream, mayonnaise, or cream-cheese based dips.

Anything creamy, including cheese and egg yolks, balances perfectly with the spicy, tangy flavour of Sriracha. Add Sriracha to macaroni and cheese, cheese dips, cheese balls, or scrambled, fried or deviled eggs.

In Vietnamese restaurants, Sriracha is served with pho, but I also add it to ramen, tomato and cream-based, like chowders and mushroom soups.

Add Sriracha to teriyaki-flavoured marinades, barbecue sauces, meatballs, meat loaf or chicken wings.

Sriracha and meat were made for each other.

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Peanut Butter Sriracha Cookies 1 cup unsalted butter (softened) 1½ cups crunchy peanut butter 1 cup sugar 1 cup brown sugar (packed) ¼ cup Sriracha 2 eggs 1 tsp vanilla extract 2¾ to 3 cups all-purpose flour (finished dough should be soft, but not sticky) 1 teaspoon baking powder ½ teaspoon salt 1½ teaspoons baking soda Granulated sugar for dipping dough balls into.

Cream together butter, peanut butter and sugars.

Slowly add in sriracha, eggs and vanilla. Beat until combined. In another bowl mix together flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Gently mix flour into peanut butter mixture until well combined.

Place batter into refrigerator for one hour to chill.

Pre-heat oven to 375F. Roll dough into approximately one-inch-sized balls or use a medium sized cookie scoop/size 40 — 1½ tb portion. Dip the top of dough ball into granulated sugar and place onto cookie sheet. Flatten each ball with a fork, making a crisscross pattern. Bake for eight to 10 minutes or just until the cookies begin to brown. Do not over-bake!

Sriracha Popcorn ¼ cup melted butter 2 tablespoons Sriracha 1 clove garlic, finely minced 8 cups popped popcorn In a large bowl, whisk together the melted butter, Sriracha, and garlic. Pour over popcorn and toss.

Serve immediately and enjoy!

Sriracha Bread ¾ cup warm water ¼ cup Sriracha 1 package dry yeast (about 2 ¼ teaspoons) 3 cups bread flour, divided ¾ teaspoon salt 1 large egg Cooking spray 1 teaspoon butter, melted Combine water, Sriracha, and yeast in a large bowl; let stand five minutes. Lightly spoon flour into dry measuring cups; level with a knife. Add 2 ¾ cups flour, salt, and egg to yeast mixture; stir until a soft dough forms. Turn dough out onto a floured surface. Knead until smooth and elastic (about eight minutes); add enough of remaining flour, one tablespoon at a time, to prevent dough from sticking to hands (dough will feel sticky).

Place dough in a large bowl coated with cooking spray, turning to coat top. Cover and let rise in a warm place (85F), free from drafts, one hour or until doubled in size. Punch dough down; cover and let rest five minutes. Roll dough into a 14-by-seven-inch rectangle on a lightly floured surface. Roll up the rectangle tightly, starting with a short edge, pressing firmly to eliminate air pockets; pinch seam and ends to seal. Place roll, seam side down, in an 8 ½ by 4 ½-inch loaf pan coated with cooking spray. Lightly coat surface of dough with cooking spray; cover and let rise in a warm place 30 minutes or until doubled in size.

Preheat oven to 375F. Bake for 40 minutes or

using Sriracha in desserts. For those who are wrinkling their nose, I have to say sweet and savoury is always good, but sweet, spicy and savoury is a little bit better. Besides sweet and

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Sweet and savoury is always good, but sweet, spicy and savoury is a little bit better. until lightly browned on bottom and loaf sounds hollow when tapped. Remove from pan, and brush with melted butter. Cool on a wire rack.

Crispy Sriracha Oven-baked Chicken Wings 3 ½ pounds chicken wings 2 tablespoons baking powder ¾ teaspoon salt Sauce ½ cup sriracha 4 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted 2 tablespoon molasses Stir together the ingredients for sauce in a bowl until thoroughly mixed. Set aside. Adjust oven racks to upper-middle and lower-middle positions and preheat to 250F. Set a wire rack into an foil lined rimmed baking sheet. Pat the wings dry with paper towels and place into a large Ziploc bag. Combine the baking powder and salt and add to the bag. Seal and toss to evenly coat.

Arrange the wings, skin side up, in a single layer on the rack. Bake on the lower rack for 30 minutes and then move the wings to the upper rack. Increase the temperature to 425F and roast until golden brown and crispy, 40 to 50 minutes. Rotate the sheet halfway through baking. Remove from the oven and let stand for 5 minutes before transferring to a large bowl and tossing with wing sauce. Enjoy hot.

Sriracha coleslaw Cole slaw mix 1 green apple, thinly sliced 4 green onions, chopped Coleslaw dressing Sriracha sauce.

Add all vegetables together, squirt in the sauce and dressing and mix.

chilli combination is the new trend — instead of chipotle brownie, truffle or ice cream, why not substitute the heat with Sriracha!

Madhu Badoni is a Red Deer-based

freelance food writer. She can be reached at madhubadoni@gmail.com or on Twitter @madhubadoni. Watch for Madhu’s Masala-Mix blog on www.reddeeradvocate.com.