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Magdalene House set to open

BY MARY-ANN BARR ADVOCATE STAFF After four years of effort, a recovery home for people caught in the web of human trafficking — primarily people forced to work in the sex trade — is about to open.

David Bouchard, president of the Magdalene House Society in Red Deer, said a house has been leased and is in the process of being furnished, and staff are being hired.

All of this will be completed in February, he said, and the home will initially house up to five people.

The location is being kept confidential to protect the people who will reside there.

Bouchard said Magdalene House will offer a oneyear program to its residents.

“At the end of 12 months it is our goal that they will be more self-reliant, more self-confident and

they will be able to operate on their own. They’ll be able to find employment and have their own place to stay in.”

There will be counselling involved, and the society is collaborating with Catholic Social Services to provide that. There will also be job skill training, and some people who might need to improve schooling can take online schooling.

Human trafficking involves people being treated as possessions, controlled and ex- David Bouchard ploited, and forced into prostitution or involuntary labour.

RCMP have said in the past that as many as 800 people a year are forced into labour or the sex trade

in Canada.

An RCMP report focused largely on sex slavery but said forced labour is also a problem, with live-in domestic employees being controlled, threatened, underpaid and forced to work. There have been a number of convictions in Canada.

Bouchard said the majority of the people who will stay at the Magdalene House Society home are expected to be women who have been involved in the sex trade but there could also be other cases, such as men who are victims of labour trafficking.

Much of the sex trade in Red Deer is underground, Bouchard said.

“It’s all happening in social media so you don’t necessarily see a whole lot of it going on in the streets, although that does happen in certain areas of Red Deer,” he said.

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Don’t complain about crime, take action: resident

BY MARY-ANN BARR ADVOCATE STAFF Lacombe resident Ed L’Ecluse has grown so tired of people complaining about crime, he’s decided to spearhead the establishment of a Citizens on Patrol (COP) unit in the community.

Whether it actually turns into a COP unit, or something unique to Lacombe, remains to be seen.

Either way, it’s all about making Lacombe a more community-connected, safer city to live in.

It’s not that there’s a huge wave of criminality enveloping the young city of about 13,000 people. In fact, Statistics Canada’s Crime Severity Index (overall) 2013 statistics show Lacombe at 66.44, with Ed L’Ecluse 100 being the standardized index for all of Canada.

To put this in perspective, Red Deer’s crime severity index is 156.79, Rocky is 134.21, Blackfalds is 82.24, and Sylvan Lake is 79.21. Alberta, overall, is 83.68.

The crime severity index includes all Criminal Code violations including traffic, drug violations and all federal statutes.

“It’s a very safe community,” L’Ecluse, a 42-yearold pipefitter, says about his city.

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Dressed as the Cat in the Hat, Corrie Brown made the first dive into Sylvan Lake’s frigid waters, cheered on by Bryan Houle, for the annual Polar Bear Dip on Saturday afternoon. A total of 34 people jumped into the waters after raising money for a local charity of their choice. The Polar Bear Dip was part of Sylvan Lake’s Winterfest celebrations. See related story and photos on page C1.

Rig Street project moving forward west of Caroline

BY MARY-ANN BARR ADVOCATE STAFF A project that could bring more control to random camping and off-road vehicle use west of Caroline is going full throttle this year with matched funding continuing to come in.

The Clearwater Trail Initiative’s Rig Street project involves the development of a 120-km off-road

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designated trail system west of Caroline, and involves an area about 13 km by 23 km.

People already use the area — commonly called Rig Street — for off-road vehicle activity such as quadding, camping and hunting and fishing.

Cal Rakach, who has long been involved, was recently hired as project manager. He did a chunk of GPS work last fall before winter hit, locating 65 spots that people use for random camping. This Phase One inventory includes little camping nooks in trees to

open areas on pipelines, well sites and forestry landing areas, and will help determine where people are going in the area and why they are there.

Rakach, who is from Sundre, said random trails used by off-roaders are also being recorded to determine if they are in good, fair or poor shape. Areas such as creek crossings are being noted. The crossings may require bridges or boardwalks.

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BRIEFS Blackfalds RCMP hunting for suspect who robbed gas station Blackfalds RCMP are seeking the public’s assistance in identifying a suspect who robbed a gas station Friday night.

In the early evening hours a male entered the Esso station in Blackfalds with what looked to be a semi-automatic handgun. The man demanded money from the til and the cashier complied. The suspect then left the store with an undisclosed amount of cash.

The suspect is described as a caucasian man in his late teens to early 20s, wearing a black hoodie with a white logo in the center, blue jeans and black gloves. The man had a white face covering and light brown shoes. Anyone with information can contact Blackfalds RCMP at 403-885-3333.

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Safari Jeff shows a milk snake to the crowd during Safari Jeff’s Jurassic Adventure Tour at Parkland Mall on Saturday afternoon. The show, which ran twice daily Saturday through Monday, gave Red Deerians the opportunity to learn about reptiles from around the world, as well as ecosystems, nature and more. It was free to the public, but donations for the Red Deer and District Food Bank were accepted.

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Six Canadians among final 100 up for trip to Red Planet A half-dozen Canadians remain in the running for a controversial plan by a Dutch-based organization to establish a colony on Mars by 2025.

Mars One, the non-profit organization spearhead-

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HOUSE: Raising money to stay open The society expects to receive referrals from agencies that are in contact with the victims, such as from police, and hospital and social workers.

Bouchard, currently a second-term Red Deer Catholic school board trustee, said after he retired from teaching in Red Deer his interest in social justice issues led him to a job of giving human trafficking workshops across Canada, through the Canadian Religious Conference, a Catholic church organization.

He said he realized then that there was no place for people to recover in Red Deer, and that’s how the idea of the home got started.

Magdalene House Society has enough funds to run the home for its first year, but will need to raise funds for the second year. It does not receive any money from government to operate.

“We’re quite excited about all the developments that have happened in the last year,” Bouchard said.

The society also runs a fair trade store downtown in its office in the Towne Centre Mall on Ross Street, and has expanded its selling of coffee to clothing and jewelry.

They are going to celebrate the new home on Saturday, Feb. 21, during this year’s annual Day of Awareness on Human Trafficking. Our Sweet Tooth For Justice will be in the Frontier Room of Westerner Park’s Parkland Pavilion at 7:30 p.m. The keynote speaker is Kate Quinn, a member of the National Task Force on Human Trafficking and Executive Director of the Centre to End All Sexual Exploitation in Edmonton. The free admission evening includes “exquisite desserts” and entertainment. barr@reddeeradvocate.com

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ing the project, says the six Canadians include four people from Ontario and two from British Columbia.

A seventh Canadian, a 29-year-old man from the Yukon, who was also selected, dropped out for personal reasons.

The organization says the four women and two men are among a group of about 100 from which they will select a final 24 people to man the missions.

One year ago, 75 Canadians were selected from more than 202,000 who applied in 2012.

Mars One says the mission will cost about $6 bil-

But citizens can still take action and make it better, instead of complaining on social media for example, he said.

“We don’t talk to our neighbours anymore so I’ve made a point of myself of going out and talking to all my neighbours around me, getting to know them, I shovel the sidewalks for people ... I’ve got a cake on my table right now from a lady that thanked me for the shovelling. It’s fantastic. I’m loving getting to know my neighbours,” L’Ecluse said.

“Everyone wants to complain about it yet do you know your neighbours? Do you talk to your neighbours? When I was a kid (he grew up in Leduc) I couldn’t go down the street and go throw a rock at a house or punch some kid in the face. It wouldn’t happen because it would get back to my parents in five minutes flat. Now nobody knows who these kids belong to.”

Recently L’Ecluse held a couple of public meetings to see if there was interest in establishing something like COP, which involves citizen pairs patrolling streets at night in vehicles, watching for criminal activity. Members do not try to apprehend anyone. They call police.

Last week 10 people showed up for the meeting. More meetings are scheduled this month, on Wednesday, as well as Feb. 24 and 25, all at 6 p.m. at the Lacombe fire hall.

L’Ecluse is also exploring the possibility of an enhanced community watch program.

“It’s going to be part community watch, citizens on patrol, we’re going to see where we can go with it.

It’s at least going to be a community watch involving seniors.”

He points out that seniors are more aware of what’s going on in their neighbourhood because they are home most of the time.

As for COP, if it gets going, “Vandalism and stolen vehicles are problems ... if you see someone in a car

A man is dead following a collision between an off-road vehicle and a pickup truck Saturday on Hwy 22, just north of Hwy 582. Didsbury RCMP responded to the crash, which happened when an 82-year-old driver of an off-road vehicle attempted to cross the highway and was struck by a truck heading southbound. The 82-year-old man was pronounced dead at the scene and the driver of the truck was treated at the scene.

No charges are being considered after the incident and RCMP do not believe alcohol was a factor.

Hwy 22 had to be closed for a short period of time but has reopened. lion and says it can be done using existing technology.

But engineers at Boston-based MIT, who analyzed the feasibility of the mission last year, suggest they’ll need new technology to keep humans alive once they get there.

One Canadian space scientist has also questioned of the ethics of what Mars One is proposing. lot at 2 a.m. they are probably not shopping for a car.”

L’Ecluse has not been a victim of crime — he decided to get more involved in his community because he’s now an “empty-nester”.

Lacombe Police Chief Steve Murray said there’s no single solution to keeping a community safe.

“It has to be a collaborative effort between the police service and community groups and social agencies and every citizen. If we send the message out we want Lacombe to be the safe community it is and keep it that way, it’s not up to a small group of police officers and it’s not up to a small group of engaged citizens, it’s up to everybody.”

“We’ll see what specific format the group takes but what I encouraged them to do as opposed to putting teams of two out in vehicles patrolling, which a lot of COP programs do, is why don’t you start in your individual neighbourhoods with something so basic as lock your car doors at night, lock your house doors at night.

“It’s not a question of ‘Well I shouldn’t have to because it’s a safe place.’ ... You shouldn’t have to wear your seatbelt because you’re a safe driver but it still makes sense if you do it. And then reach out to your neighbours, actually get to know who they are. And then go a step further and get to know your neighbourhood,” Murray said.

“It’s the presence of good people that drives criminality away.”

“Any time we can engage the community is good ... all these programs are geared toward the same thing. ... If we need to put a name to it to engage these people and get them motivated to do their part then I’m totally in support of it,” said Murray If COP does get going, Murray said the police department will have clearly laid out guidelines for the group.

L’Ecluse recently started the Facebook page “Lacombe Citizens On Patrol, Taking back Lacombe”, which has about 230 members already. The group also has an email address — lovinglacombe@outlook. com — for those who don’t do Facebook. barr@reddeeradvocate.com

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provide maps and education material available and machinery on existing trails that have grown to open them up.

“There’s lots of work to be done,” Rakach said.

“We’ve got to do a bunch more looking and planning.”

The Rig Street project will need long-term funding for a maintenance and steward program.

The work they are doing will increase the use of the area, said Rakach.

“We want to be very careful ... people out there are looking for quality riding experience. And we don’t have a lot of them (in Alberta). When we stick up our hand and say ‘Hey we’ve got this area and we’ve got good trails and we’ve got mapping,’ we’re going to have a pile of people showing up. And that is a real danger because if we don’t have the full management strategy in place, the maintenance end of it, the monitoring and the enforcement, the education part of it, we’re doomed to fail.

“We want to invite people to it but we want to be ready when people come.”

The Rig Street project, if funds are fully matched, will have about $390,000 available, which must be spent this year. The project recently received $94,000

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RIG STREET: A lot of work to be done Ultimately, they want to move people off active well sites and facilities for safety purposes, Rakach said.

“We also want to identify sites where this is a safe place and please camp here, not over here. And we want to make sure they have a trail that takes them where they want to go so they are not on the road and have to find a trail head to go in the bush.”

One big reason people are in the area is so they can ride their off-road vehicles right from their campsite.

As the year unfolds, the initiative will be involved in land work such as obtaining crossing agreements from oil and power companies, education, and outreach to communities.

They intend to put up signs for camping and trails,

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Avalanche tears down mountain, catching five people and killing one

Police charge Medicine Hat mayor Ted Clugston with NEW impaired driving

Railway says no known leaks after train hauling crude derails

CALGARY — Alberta Liberal Leader David Swann says the province needs to do more to ease pressure on the province’s ambulance services.

Swann says a social media campaign by a group of anonymous paramedics highlight problems related to repeated “Red Alerts.”

He says the situation is so critical that EMS staff are risking their jobs by going public to raise aware-

FRANK — A train hauling crude oil has derailed in southern Alberta, but the railway and the Transportation Safety Board say there does not appear to be any leaks.

CP Rail (TSX:CP) says in a news release that a dozen cars carrying crude on a westbound train derailed near Frank in the Crowsnest Pass early Saturday morning.

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MEDICINE HAT — A city mayor has been charged with impaired driving.

Medicine Hat Police Chief Andy McGrogan confirms in a statement posted online that the city’s mayor, Ted Clugston, was arrested early Friday morning.

McGrogan says Clugston was subsequently charged with impaired driving and exceeding a blood alcohol level of .08.

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CANMORE — One person has died in an avalanche that swept down an Alberta mountain and dragged five people through the trees.

A public safety specialist with Alberta Parks says the group were in a section of Kananaskis County called Black Prince on Saturday afternoon when the slide hit.

Mike Koppang says the area is popular with skiers who hike up the mountain and ski down it.

He says the avalanche was 80 metres wide, up to a metre deep, and ran for about 600 metres.

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EDMONTON — RCMP say three people are dead following a highway crash on the outskirts of Edmonton.

Officers say it appears an SUV lost control and rolled in a southbound lane of Highway 2 on the south side of the city.

Three of the four people in the vehicle died at the scene.

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The southbound lanes of the highway were to be closed for several hours.

ness about the dire problems in the system.

A code red alert is called when there are no ambulances available for dispatch.

Using the Twitter handle bStatusCodeRed, a group of Alberta paramedics and EMTs have been sharing information related to code red alerts.

The same group has also created a Facebook group called “Alberta EMS Code Red,” which invites those on the front lines to participate in the campaign.

By Friday evening, the Twitter account had just over 1,900 followers and the Facebook group had more than 3,250 “likes.”

Alberta Health Services has questioned the accuracy of some of the group’s tweets, and previously responded to the social media campaign in a written statement.

“The term ‘red alert’ is used to refer to a point in time when all transport ambulances in a geographical area are busy helping patients,” said Darren Sandbeck, chief paramedic at AHS. “These situations are usually over within seconds or minutes and EMS will always respond to emergencies by repositioning units from other communities, deferring non-urgent transfers, deploying supervisors or using single paramedic response units to provide care until an ambulance is available for transport.”

He will appear in court on March 10.

McGrogan says Clugston was cooperative throughout the investigation.

Clugston emailed a statement to local media on Saturday night, acknowledging the incident and saying that his legal counsel has advised him not to comment further.

Clugston, a former alderman, became mayor of the southeastern Alberta city in 2013 by defeating two-term incumbent Norm Boucher.

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The government is providing $10 million between 2014 and 2016 for various types of trails across Canada. These include snowmobile, all-terrain vehicle and non-motorized trails.

Rakach said the Clearwater Trails Initiative has also recently been registered as a synergy group, to centre around resource development and include various stakeholders such as Alberta residents, landowners, and industry.

Last May long weekend, the Clearwater Initiative put up signs, using a rendition of a sasquatch, aka Bigfoot, to indicate good and not-so-good spots for camping. Rakach said they saw very good co-operation from people.

Two other projects received federal funding recently. The Rocky Mountain Dirt Riders Association gets $33,000 to rehabilitate and construct dirt bike trails in the Maclean’s Creek and South Ghost Recreation Areas. The Eastern Slopes ATV Society gets $128,000 to rehabilitate and improve a staging area.

These areas are south of the Rig Street area. barr@reddeeradvocate.com

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Iraq mission changing Military flexibility has many tactical advantages, but none greater than as cover for political obfuscation.

Americans got a dose of that last week from their commander-inchief. Our next round is soon at hand.

In a series of interviews last week, new Defence Minister Jason Kenney all but anTIM nounced the HARPER extension of the mission, which is up for renewal in about six weeks, while holding to the official line that no final decision has been made.

What has so far been left unsaid about the terms of the post-April mission is worth noting, because we’ve seen political obfuscation from our leaders here for more than four months.

We were told our forces would not accompany fighters they were training to the front lines. That was before they arrived at the front line, engaged Islamic State fighters and were applauded for doing so by the very government that told us they weren’t going there.

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Another firefight with ISIL militants, our fourth, was revealed by military officials Thursday.

Opposition MPs pointed to the obvious contradiction and Stephen Harper’s Conservative government pointed to the public’s backing of the mission and the opposition essentially got trapped parsing while the government banged the drums of patriotism.

Kenney’s broad hints last week come with a new political dynamic playing out in this country, and new marching orders from Barack Obama south of the border.

Kenney limited his own political flexibility, telling the CBC, in virtually the same sentence, that no final decision has been taken but that Canada will continue to play a role in combating ISIL. On CTV, he was “inclined” to extend the mission.

He was stating the obvious. Harper and his hawkish ministers have continually told us this ISIL mission is a generational battle and generations last a lot longer than six months.

The Conservatives need not go to Parliament to extend the mission, but they will, if for no other reason than to lure Justin Trudeau back into the path of the high beams of security and terror.

Neither should be a wedge issue, but then neither should a new law granting expanded spy powers and purportedly keeping Canadians safe be

rolled out at a partisan rally hundreds of kilometres from Parliament Hill.

Trudeau, however, has proved the perfect pawn, lacking conviction or proper logic in refusing to back the Iraq mission, then rolling over on the security bill. The Conservative antiterror pep rally barely merited a shrug from voters or the media.

Last week, Obama’s convoluted war resolution sent to the U.S. Congress brought the coalition mission back into focus.

Obama will ask Congress to authorize a three-year anti-ISIL campaign, but the parameters of that campaign are as well-defined as a white fence in a blizzard.

Obama said he is not authorizing a ground war, but then he outlined a plan that was ground combat if necessary, but not necessarily ground combat.

He ruled out “enduring” ground combat without defining that, then OK’d ground operations for special operations forces in specific circumstances and put no restriction on where U.S. troops could fight the Islamic State and its “associated persons or forces.”

Military flexibility, of course.

Kenney repeated there would be no Canadian troops on the ground, despite the fact there are Canadian troops on the ground. They fire only in defence and do not take the fight to the enemy, the government insists.

But Kenney, for the first time, said

the rules of engagement for Canadian forces might be changed in April.

He also appeared to extend the goals of the mission, saying Canada was committed to working to “degrade, contain and, hopefully, ultimately defeat” ISIL. That goes beyond the original resolution committing us to northern Iraq.

“Let me be clear on the objectives of this intervention,” Harper told the Commons. “We intend to significantly degrade the capabilities of (ISIL) ... specifically, its ability either to engage in military movements of scale or to operate bases in the open.”

Back then, no one was talking destruction or defeat, even if that defeat was couched as “hopefully, ultimately.” Also unspoken is the length of the extension.

Another six months would require another approval days before an October vote, with Parliament dissolved. It would be only logical the mission be pushed into a new mandate, whoever forms government.

It all adds up to a significantly different mission, although it is unlikely to be explained that way.

As Harper and Obama have shown us, any announcement of war parameters must be cloaked in obfuscation.

There’s more coming. Call it obfuscation creep if you like, but it’s military flexibility, you understand.

Tim Harper is a syndicated Toronto Star national affairs writer.

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Bees matter, so restricting neonics is right thing to do No matter how you feel about Ontario’s proposal to restrict use of neonicotinoid insecticides on corn and soybean crops, we can all agree: bees matter.

But as important as bees are, there’s more at stake.

Neonics are poisoning our soil and water. This problematic class of pesticides needs to be phased out globally to protect Earth’s ecosystems.

By implementing restrictions now (the first in North America), Ontario will have a head start in the transition to safer alternatives.

Not surprisingly, Ontario’s proposal has drawn the ire of DAVID the pesticide industry.

SUZUKI Neonics have only been around for a couple of decades, but annual global sales now top $2.6 billion. They were initially embraced because they are less directly toxic to humans than older pesticides and are effective at low levels, reducing the volume used. They can be applied to seeds and are absorbed into the plant, which then becomes toxic to insect pests, reducing the need to spray.

We now know these characteristics are the problem. These chemicals are nerve poisons that are toxic even at very low doses and persist in plants and the environment. They affect the informationprocessing abilities of invertebrates, including some of our most important pollinators.

Bees have borne the brunt of our unfortunate,

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uncontrolled experiment with neonics. Beekeepers report unusually high bee death rates in recent years, particularly in corn-growing areas of Ontario and Quebec. Virtually all corn and about 60 per cent of soybean seeds planted in Ontario are treated with neonics. A federal Pest Management Regulatory Agency investigation concluded that planting neonic-treated seeds contributed to the bee die-offs.

Europe reached a similar conclusion and placed a moratorium on the use of neonics on bee-attractive crops, which took effect last year.

Critics emphasize that other factors — including climate change, habitat loss and disease — affect pollinator health. But these factors are not entirely independent; for example, chronic exposure to neonics may increase vulnerability to disease. A comprehensive pollinator health action plan should address all these factors, and scaling back the use of neonics is a good place to start.

Apart from the immediate and lethal effects on bees, neonics represent a more subtle threat to a wide range of species.

The 2014 Worldwide Integrated Assessment of the Impacts of Systemic Pesticides, the most comprehensive review of the scientific literature on neonics, pointed to effects on smell and memory, reproduction, feeding behaviour, flight and ability to fight disease. Jean Marc Bonmatin, one of the lead authors, summarized the conclusions: “The evidence is very clear. We are witnessing a threat to the productivity of our natural and farmed environment equivalent to that posed by organophosphates or DDT. Far from protecting food production the use of neonics is threatening the very infrastructure which enables it, imperilling the pollinators, habitat engineers and

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In the case of neonics, the weight of evidence clearly supports precautionary action to reduce — or even eliminate — them.

Ontario’s proposal to restrict the use of neonictreated corn and soybean seed, starting next year, is far from radical. The idea is to move away from routinely planting neonic-treated seeds and use neonics only in situations where crops are highly vulnerable to targeted pests. The government expects this will reduce the uses of neonic-treated corn and soybean seed by 80 per cent by 2017.

It’s no surprise that the pesticide industry and its associates oppose even this modest proposal and are running expensive PR campaigns to obscure the evidence of harm. The industry’s objection to restrictions on neonics is eerily similar to big-budget advertising campaigns to create a smokescreen thick enough to delay regulatory responses to the obvious harm caused by cigarettes.

Let’s hope today’s decision-makers have a better grasp of the precautionary principle and a stronger commitment to protecting the public good, because bees really do matter.

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Canada opposes Palestinian attempt to join treaties

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OTTAWA — Canada has formally opposed Palestinian attempts to join 15 different United Nations treaties and conventions — a position that puts the federal government on the wrong side of history and at odds with its citizenry, the Palestinian envoy in Ottawa says.

Canada is objecting in writing to the UN because it maintains Palestine is not a legal state. The Palestinians have formally replied to Canada’s objections in writing, issuing a pointed reminder that they won non-member observer status in November 2012 at the UN General Assembly.

The dispute has sparked the most scathing Palestinian criticism to date of the Harper government’s unwavering support of Israel.

“It pains the Palestinians to know that Canada is trying to exclude us from our rightful place in the family of nations. It is awkward to see a great country like Canada relegated to the role of cheerleader for Israeli extremists at the UN,” Said Hamad, the chief representative of the Palestinian delegation to Canada, said in an emailed response to questions.

“When future Canadians look back at Canada’s positions during this time they will be appalled that their country was so boldly opposed to justice and so far on the wrong side of history,” he added.

“We invite Canada to pursue a position of its

own — rather than parrot policies developed by the Likud Party and its ultranationalist allies — on the matter of Palestinian freedom.”

Canada voted against the Palestinian bid for statehood recognition along with Israel, the United States and six smaller countries, but it still won the approval of the 193-member UN General Assembly.

On Nov. 29, 2012, John Baird — who was foreign affairs minister at the time — flew to New York to deliver a speech to the General Assembly to express Canada’s opposition to the bid.

Now, Canada is making it clear to the UN that because it does not recognize “Palestine” as a state, it does not recognize any treaty relations with it, either.

In documents filed by the UN, Canada has objected to the Palestinians acceding to the Rome Statute that creates the International Criminal Court and 14 other conventions and protocols.

Among them are the Convention on Biodiversity, the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal, the UN Law of the Sea, a convention against transnational organized crime, a protocol on biosafety and biological diversity and the convention on womens’ rights.

In repetitive legalese, one of the documents citing

BRIEFS Notable Canadians call on PM to push Fahmy’s case

TORONTO — A number of prominent Canadians are calling on Prime Minister Stephen Harper to intervene “personally and immediately” in the case of a Canadian journalist on trial in Egypt.

Mohamed Fahmy was released on bail last Friday after spending more than a year in a Cairo prison, but he is set to return to court next week for the continuation of his retrial on terror-related charges that his family has called ridiculous.

A letter signed by 250 people — including comedian Rick Mercer, author Michael Ondaatje and diplomat Stephen Lewis — urges Harper to press his Egyptian counterpart on Fahmy’s case.

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Specifically, the letter calls for the prime minister to ask that Fahmy be allowed to leave Egypt under a new law that allows foreigners convicted or accused of crimes to be deported.

When Harper was asked by reporters last week if he had spoken directly to the Egyptian president about Fahmy, he would only say the Canadian government has been in contact with Egyptian authorities at all levels, including his level.

Fahmy and his family have criticized the Canadian government for what they seek as a lack of adequate action on the case, particularly after Fahmy’s Australian colleague was deported from Egypt two weeks ago.

Canada’s position says, “’Palestine’ does not meet the criteria of a state under international law and is not recognized by Canada as a state.” It says that Canada considers any declarations “made by the ’State of Palestine’ to be without any legal validity or effect.”

In its repeated replies, “The State of Palestine” says it “regrets the position of Canada and wishes to recall” the resolution of Nov. 29, 2012, that granted it “non-observer state status in the United Nations.”

The Department of Foreign Affairs says Canada has officially registered its objections to the Palestinian action with the UN Secretary General and the International Criminal Court.

“Canada’s position on Palestinian efforts to join the ICC and to become party to other treaties is clear: the Palestinians do not meet the criteria of a state under international law. They are not recognized by Canada as a state,” said spokesman Francois Lasalle. “This provocative Palestinian attempt to politicize international organizations will not contribute to peace in the region.”

New Democrat foreign affairs critic Paul Dewar said the Palestinians have earned the right to join UN treaties and conventions.

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Goaltending keeps Rebels at bay REBELS RECENT STRUGGLES CONTINUE WITH LOSS TO COUGARS

BY GREG MEACHEM ADVOCATE SPORTS EDITOR Cougars 3 Rebels 2 (OT) When it rains, it pours, and when it snows . . . it’s a blizzard.

The Red Deer Rebels’ current situation is akin to a bad weather report. But at least a forecast will pretty much guarantee an end to nasty weather, while it’s totally up to the Rebels to put the brakes on their losing skid.

The Rebels suffered their fourth consecutive WHL setback Saturday night before a recorded crowd of 5,691 at the Enmax Centrium, falling 3-2 in overtime to the Prince George Cougars despite outshooting the visitors 42-26 and outplaying their guests through most of the contest.

“That’s the way it works right now, the way things have been going,” said Rebels GM/head coach Brent Sutter.

“We’re having a tough time getting wins, a tough time scoring some goals.

“We really dominated this team here tonight . . . outplayed them in basically every category. Their goaltender played outstanding. Without question, he was certainly the difference.”

Cougars netminder Tavin Grant made 40 saves while posting just his third victory of the season. Included in his night’s work were 16 first-period stops and 14 in the third period, and while the 16-yearold rookie faced just 10 shots

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Red Deer Rebel Meyer Nell goes after a the puck in close on Prince George Cougar goaltender Tavin Grant while holding off Cougar defenceman Tomas Andrlik during action at the Centrium on Saturday. The Rebels lost to the Cougars 3-2 in overtime. in the second, his teammates were on their heels pretty much the entire stanza.

“We had an enormous amount of scoring chances tonight but didn’t capitalize on them,” said Sutter. “In the second period they had just under four minutes of time in our zone, but we make a couple of miscues and it ends up in our net.”

The Rebels boss was refer-

ring to a pair of middle-frame markers by Cougars forwards Kody McDonald, who deflected Josh Anderson’s point shot at 4:14, and Zach Pochiro, who took a corner pass from Chase Witala while all alone at the side of net and quickly whipped the puck past Red Deer netminder Taz Burman 12 and a half minutes later.

The goals gave the visitors a 2-1 lead that held up until

Wheeler helps Jets soar past Oilers in a shootout

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS Jets 5 Oilers 4 (SO) WINNIPEG — They call him Hutch the Clutch, and that’s been the case for Michael Hutchinson when it comes to the shootout.

The Winnipeg Jets rookie goaltender stopped all three shots he faced in a 5-4 shootout win over the Edmonton Oilers on Monday, while teammate Blake Wheeler scored the winning goal with a deke on Viktor Fasth.

Last Saturday, Hutchinson was in net for a 5-4 shootout win over Detroit. He’s now won the four career shootouts he’s been in, stopping all 14 shots he’s faced.

“You just kind of have fun with it and get a little competitive,” said Hutchinson, who has won his last three starts (17-7-3).

“Basically, you just try to keep your composure and try to make the shooter make the first move. You don’t really want to let it get in your head at all.

“I try not to think about it at all. Not think about who is coming down and shooting on you at the time. Sometimes you might think they’re going to do something you’ve seen before.”

Hutchinson made 18 saves through regulation and overtime and turned aside Nail Yakupov, Derek Roy and Jordan Eberle in the shootout.

It was a bizarre situation on the opposite side of the ice.

Fasth injured himself stretching to stop Wheeler’s winning goal — on the first shot of the tiebreaker — and was replaced by Richard Bachman.

Bachman then stopped shots from Bryan Little and Andrew Ladd.

“All I got is just that it’s a knee issue,” Nelson said of Fasth. “We don’t know how bad it is.”

Fasth made 42 saves through regulation and overtime.

“You have to give credit to their goalie, he really kept them in the game,” Hutchinson said.

Little scored a pair of goals and added an assist for Winnipeg, which improved its re-

Brooks Maxwell evened the count with a third-period power play tally, beating Grant to the top corner from the left faceoff circle.

Unfortunately for the hosts, Presten Kopeck was flagged for interference with 52 seconds remaining in regulation time and the Cougars struck in overtime just as the Rebels forward was getting back into the play. Witala pulled the

trigger on the winner at 1:15 of overtime, connecting with a rapid volley from the bottom of the circle.

“I got a nice pass from the point and decided to try a one-timer,” said Witala, the Cougar’s’ top scorer this season with 28 goals. “I got lucky when it found its way in. It felt pretty good.”

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Brodie scores OT winner as Flames complete comeback over Bruins ERASE TWO GOAL DEFICIT IN THIRD PERIOD TO GET TENTH COMEBACK WIN OF SEASON

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Winnipeg Jets’ Dustin Byfuglien hits Edmonton Oilers’ Luke Gazdic during second period NHL action in Winnipeg, Monday. cord to 30-19-10 and 4-1-0 in its past five games.

Ladd also had a goal and defenceman Tyler Myers scored his first as a Jet after being acquired in a trade last week with Buffalo. Toby Enstrom and Wheeler each had a pair of assists.

Edmonton (16-32-10) got two goals from Yakupov and one from Anton Lander. Ryan Nugent-Hopkins also scored as the Oilers finished their sixgame road trip 2-3-1.

“You don’t see that too often,” Ladd said of Fasth going down during the shootout. “It’s a little weird.

“You have a move and then a new guy comes in and you start second guessing yourself.

Obviously, (Bachman) came in and did pretty good. He stopped two, but it was a great goal by Wheels.”

Bachman said it was odd for him, too.

“I’ve never seen it b& with an injury, except for tonight obviously,” Bachman said. “I have seen it where the coach will switch goalies, say one

has a better shootout record or something like that, but I’ve never been a part of it, in either situation, so that was a first for me.”

Nugent-Hopkins gave the Oilers a 3-2 lead at 1:08 of the third period with his 15th of the season, but Myers evened the score at 3:30.

Yakupov scored his eighth of the season at 15:14 on the power play, but Ladd responded with his 20th just 42 seconds later to make it 4-4.

Winnipeg forwards Mathieu Perreault and Drew Stafford were injured and will be evaluated.

Edmonton winger Luke Gazdic left the game in the second period when Jets defenceman Dustin Byfuglien checked him hard on his left shoulder and his face hit the boards.

Nelson said he just has a gash on his chin.

Winnipeg starts a two-game road trip Thursday in Washington. The Oilers begin a three-game homestand against Boston on Wednesday.

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Flames 4 Bruins 3 (OT) CALGARY — TJ Brodie scored 4:58 into overtime to give the Calgary Flames a dramatic 4-3 comeback victory over the Boston Bruins on Monday.

As Brodie cut down the wing, he sent the puck towards the net with it deflecting off a Bruins stick, fluttering high in the air and over Tuukka Rask.

The buzzer sounded after a brief period of uncertainty, video review confirmed the goal.

Boston led 3-1 after 40 minutes. The victory marked the league-best 10th time the Flames have come back to win when trailing after two periods (10-16-1). Anaheim is second with seven.

Jiri Hudler had two goals and David Jones also scored for Calgary (32-22-3), which has won six of their last eight games.

Brad Marchand, Zdeno Chara and Torey Krug scored for the Bruins (28-20-8), who are winless in their last four (0-3-1).

Calgary leads the NHL in third-period goal differential (+34), and they demonstrated their late game magic once again. Hudler drew the Flames to within one at 3:22 when he buried a cross-ice pass from Sean Monahan to make it 3-2.

Calgary kept on pushing and pulled even at 14:51 on the power play. With David Pastrnak in the penalty box for high-sticking, the Flames needed only nine seconds to take advantage, with Hudler deflecting Mark Giordano’s shot from the blue-line after Monahan won a face-off in the

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Leading 2-0 after the first period, the Bruins extended their lead in the opening minute of the second. Reilly Smith whiffed on his shot attempt but Krug, skating through the slot behind him, scooped up the puck and quickly sent a backhander over the shoulder of Karri Ramo.

The goal came on Boston’s 11th shot and spelled the end of Ramo’s night. He was replaced by Jonas Hiller.

The move seemed to spark Calgary, who got on the scoreboard at 6:52 of the second period.

Breaking down the wing, Jones got around Dougie Hamilton and cut to the front of the net. Rask poked the puck off his stick but it went up in the air, hit Jones in his chest, and flipped it into the net.

Boston struck first on Marchand’s short-handed goal at 6:48.

Brodie’s drop-pass just outside his own blue-line was picked off by Patrice Bergeron and breaking in on a two-onnone, he set-up Marchand for his 16th goal.

The Bruins made it 2-0 at 11:27 of the first period on Chara’s blast from the blueline.

Notes: Flames LW Johnny Gaudreau took a high-sticking double-minor late in the second period. In NHL game No. 57, it was his first career penalty... Boston D Matt Bartkowski played for the first time in 18 games. He took the spot of Adam McQuaid... Boston recalled G Malcolm Subban from the AHL... It was the 100th meeting between the two franchises, Boston leads 5632-14... Calgary has given up the first goal in 10 of its last 12 games.

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Jones hands defending champ Homan her first loss at Scotties

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Alberta skip Val Sweeting watches her shot during a afternoon draw against team Newfoundland and Labrador at the Scotties Tournament of Hearts in Moose Jaw, Sask. Monday. we’ve got a lot more winning to do.”

Sweeting, meanwhile, held off Prince Edward Island’s Suzanne Birt 6-5. Earlier in the day, the Alberta skip rolled to a 7-2 victory over Heather Strong of Newfoundland and Labrador.

Homan cruised to an 8-3 win over B.C.’s Patti Knezevic in her other game while Jones dumped Strong 9-3.

Canada coach Richard Hart likes what he’s seen from the defending Scotties champions in the early going.

“I think even as steady as they’ve been, I think they’ve got another gear,” Hart said. “And that’s what they’re aiming towards later on in the week.”

Saskatchewan’s Stefanie Lawton won both of her games to move into a fourth-place tie with North-

No player is ’untouchable’ as Leafs begin rebuild

REBELS: Fighting

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The victory, the Cougars’ second in two nights following a 4-2 upset of Medicine Hat, kept the club in a tight, three-team race — including Kamloops and Vancouver — for the final playoff berth in the Western Conference.

“We’re right there, we just have to keep fighting for our lives,” said Witala. “These two wins are huge for our confidence. We had that stretch where we were losing a lot but now we’re finding ways to win.”

While Grant came into the game with unimpressive stats — including a 4.97 goals-against average and .826 save percentage — he’s a valuable member of the team, Witala insisted.

“He’s been spectacular for us. He’s probably the hardest-working guy on the team,” said the Cougars sniper. “He’s not playing much this season but he works hard in practice and in the gym to get better.

“He’s actually won us a few games this season.

This wasn’t his first good game.”

Burman, meanwhile, made 23 saves in a rare start — getting the call when Rylan Toth fell sick prior to the game — and couldn’t be faulted on any other the three shots that eluded him.

“We had to make a call in warm-up and went with Tazzer and I thought he played really well,” said Sutter.

Now his players have to get back on a winning path, starting with tonight’s road game versus the Prince Albert Raiders, their initial opponents on a four-game Saskatchewan trip that includes stops in Saskatoon, Swift Current and Regina on Wednesday, Friday and Saturday.

“We’re having a tough time right now and we have to find a way to get over that,” said Sutter. “This adversity, as I said before, will be good for us, but we have to get back in the win column.

“This obviously wasn’t the weekend we wanted at home, getting just one point out of a possible four,” added Sutter, whose club fell 2-1 to the visiting Lethbridge Hurricanes Friday. “We played probably 40 excellent minutes last night and didn’t get any points. Tonight we play a full game and get one point out of it. But it is what it is, we just have to keep our heads up and keep pushing here and we’ll get out of it.” ● Rookie Jeff de Wit notched his third goal of the season to give the Rebels a 1-0 lead after 20 minutes Saturday . . . The Rebels headed east Monday without captain Conner Bleackley, who sat out his third consecutive game Saturday with a lower-body injury. gmeachem@reddeeradvocate.com

After lengthy and sometimes ugly contract negotiations, the Ottawa Senators and hometown defenceman Marc Methot have finally reached common ground.

The Senators announced Monday that Methot has signed a US$19.6-million, fouryear contract extension with the team. Methot will count $4.9 million against the salary cap through the 2018-19 season. The Senators have long said they were interested on locking up Methot, who often plays on the team’s top defensive pairing with captain Erik Karlsson.

No one is “untouchable” as the Toronto Maple Leafs embark on a rebuilding project that could see a major roster turnover.

General manager Dave Nonis began the de-construction of the Leafs on Sunday by trading Cody Franson and Mike Santorelli to the Nashville Predators. It’s the first move to cash in ahead of the March 2 trade deadline and the first of many that will be made before the 2015-16 Leafs gather for camp.

“We’re going to make moves whenever they come about that we think can help us,” said Nonis, whose future is in doubt with the Leafs headed toward their second straight season without a playoff appearance.

“Whether there’s a lot more between now and the deadline or not, I really couldn’t tell you. It’s not like we’re trying to move out our whole roster, that’s not the case.

“But if there are deals that will help us to move the team forward, then we would look to do them.”

Forwards Daniel Winnik and David Booth, each on a one-year deal, could be traded within the next two weeks, as could veteran centre Olli Jokinen, acquired from Nashville but likely not long for Toronto.

Jokinen has only six points this season but could

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“Our plans with Olli would be to get him playing, get his game to the highest possible level,” Nonis said. “I wouldn’t be surprised if there are playoff teams that will be calling us before the 2nd to see if we’d move him.”

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No one’s off-limits, Nonis said, with perhaps the exception of impressive 20-year-old defenceman Morgan Rielly.

“If we’re trying to put together a young group that can grow together and have a chance to win, you’d have a harder time moving the younger players,” Nonis said. “For us to move Morgan Rielly right now, unless it was something that makes so much sense in terms of rebuilding a team, you just wouldn’t do.

I wouldn’t say untouchable ... but obviously there’s some players that would be very difficult for us to move.

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ern Ontario’s Tracy Horgan at 3-2.

Lawton topped Quebec’s Lauren Mann 8-3 before shading Ontario’s Julie Hastings 4-3.

Horgan beat Nova Scotia’s Mary-Anne Arsenault 8-4 and then topped New Brunswick’s Sylvie Robichaud by the same score in the evening. Earlier in the day, B.C. downed P.E.I. 7-4, Nova Scotia edged New Brunswick 5-4 and Ontario edged Quebec 6-5.

There was a four-way tie for sixth place as Ontario, Nova Scotia, Newfoundland and Labrador and P.E.I. were even at 2-3.

Quebec and B.C. were next at 1-4 while New Brunswick remained winless at 0-5.

The top four teams at the end of round-robin play Friday morning will make the playoffs. Medal games are scheduled for Sunday.

Cody Franson and Mike Santorelli are gone, and the rebuilding of the Toronto Maple Leafs is underway.

The Leafs got a jump-start on trade frenzy two weeks before the March 2 deadline by sending Franson and Santorelli to the Nashville Predators for a first-round pick, forward prospect Brendan Leipsic and soon-to-be-free-agent centre Olli Jokinen. The offensive defenceman and versatile forward were set to be unrestricted free agents, and dealing them was the first inevitable step toward re-shaping the roster.

“We felt that we couldn’t risk not getting something for them in the event that we couldn’t re-sign them,” general manager Dave Nonis said on a conference call Sunday. “It was important that we got some assets back. ... We feel that the pieces we got are good, they’re quality pieces.”

In exchange for their biggest trade chip, Franson, and Santorelli, who made the most of his one-year audition in Toronto, the Leafs get what’s expected to be a late first-round pick and a young player in the 20-year-old Leipsic. The 36-year-old Jokinen could be flipped again to a contender.

The reeling Leafs are no longer that, 4-20-2 in their past 26 games and with a better chance of drafting first overall than making the playoffs. By March 2, pending free-agent forwards Daniel Winnik and David Booth could also get dealt, along with Jokinen and maybe others.

In Franson and Santorelli, Nonis chose to act quickly to maximize his return for two players who weren’t coming back. Neither player was close to an extension, with Franson in particular on course for a big July 1 pay day.

“They talked about (contract) numbers that weren’t necessarily outrageous given the market, but it just didn’t fit for us at this point,” Nonis said.

With 82 points, Nashville is atop the league, so the 2015 first-round pick is expected to be a late one, depending on the playoffs. In Leipsic, a 20-year-old Winnipeg, Man., native, the Leafs get a 2012 thirdrounder to begin re-stocking on prospects.

“He’s a gifted young man that’s going to take some time,” Nonis said. “We’ve got time with him. ... We’ll try to bring him along slowly, but we like his upside

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MOOSE JAW, Sask. — The clash of the champions at the Scotties Tournament of Hearts was a backand-forth affair with clever shotmaking, a few miscues and an exciting finish.

Reigning Olympic champion Jennifer Jones of Manitoba took advantage of the hammer in the extra end for an 8-7 victory over two-time defending Scotties champion Rachel Homan on Monday night at Mosaic Place.

Jones joined Alberta’s Val Sweeting in first place at 5-0 while Homan fell to 4-1 after eight draws of play.

In the extra end, Homan had a stone at the edge of the four-foot and a guard up top. Jones came through with a draw to the button that was a no-doubt winner as it approached the rings.

“It gets the heart racing and the blood going, but that’s what sport is all about,” Jones said. “That’s honestly what I love about the sport is that you can win or lose on any given day.

“It’s what we train for, it’s what we play for, it’s what makes it exciting for the fans.”

Jones also ended Homan’s 22-game winning streak at this event. Homan’s last loss at the Scotties was to Jones at the 2013 tournament in Kingston, Ont. Homan went on to beat Jones in the final that year and ran the table last year in Montreal.

“It’s a new tournament,” Homan said of the streak. “I don’t really count all those other (wins from) random tournaments before this. Every game is going to be tough and we’re playing well so we’ve just got to keep playing like that.”

Jones didn’t play at the Scotties last year. She instead represented Canada at the Sochi Games and won the gold medal.

“Obviously they’re doing well, so you want to try to knock some people back,” Jones said. “It was a big win for us tonight but we’ve got (a lot) of games left.

“It’s just one more win and

Leafs trade Franson, Santorelli to Predators for first-round pick, prospect

SCOREBOARD Hockey Power plays (goal-chances) — Prince George: 0-5; Red Deer: 1-4.

GA 179 181 185 209 203 238

Pt 92 67 59 48 48 37

GF 229 235 188 188 167 164

GA 175 162 180 211 162 234

Pt 77 71 65 58 58 42

WESTERN CONFERENCE B.C. DIVISION GP W L OTLSOL GF y-Kelowna 57 44 9 3 1 251 Victoria 57 32 21 3 1 200 Vancouver 57 24 30 1 2 165 Kamloops 58 22 30 3 3 167 Prince George 60 23 33 2 2 175

GA 141 175 197 211 252

Pt 92 68 51 50 50

GA 152 183 158 172 180

Pt 76 68 65 58 55

GP 57 56 57 56 57

U.S. DIVISION W L OTLSOL 35 16 3 3 32 20 1 3 29 21 3 4 27 25 3 1 26 28 0 3

GF 202 205 162 159 154

Sunday’s results Brandon 5 Prince Albert 2 Saskatoon 5 Kootenay 4 (OT) Victoria 6 Seattle 3 Monday’s results Medicine Hat 6 Swift Current 3 Brandon 5 Regina 3 Edmonton 5 Prince George 1 Tuesday’s games Moose Jaw at Victoria, 1 p.m.

Red Deer at Prince Albert, 6 p.m.

Medicine Hat at Calgary, 7 p.m.

Kootenay at Lethbridge, 7 p.m.

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

Wednesday’s games Moose Jaw at Vancouver, 1 p.m.

Red Deer at Saskatoon, 6:05 p.m.

Kamloops at Kelowna, 8:05 p.m.

Saturday’s summary Cougars 3, Rebels 2 (OT) First Period 1. Red Deer, De Wit 3 (Adamson, Cote) 12:37.

Penalties — McAuley PG (unsportsmanlike cnd.)

2:59, Adamson RD (unsportsmanlike cnd.) 2:59, Erricson PG (cross-checking) 4:57, Grman RD (roughing) 4:57, Bear PG (interference) 10:03, Adamson RD (boarding) 12:46, Erricson PG (Embellishment) 16:47, Mahura RD (roughing) 16:47, Nogier RD (cross-checking) 17:57.

Second Period 2. Prince George, McDonald 6 (Anderson, Erricson) 4:14.

3. Prince George, Pochiro 13 (Witala, Harkins) 16:46.

Penalties — Maxwell RD (high-sticking) 0:12, Boyd PG (tripping) 9:14.

Third Period 4. Red Deer, Maxwell 17 (Kopeck, Mahura) 2:54 (pp).

Penalties — Pochiro PG (high-sticking) 0:38, McDonald PG (interference) 1:57, Strand RD (hooking) 5:45, Kopeck RD (interference) 19:08.

Overtime 5. Prince George, Witala 28 (Pochiro, Harkins) 1:15.

Penalties — None.

Shots on goal Prince George 9 8 8 1 — 26 Red Deer 17 10 15 0 — 42 Goal — Prince George: Grant (W, 3-5-0); Red Deer: Burman (LS, 6-4-1).

WHL Scoring Leaders Trevor Cox, MH Cole Sanford, MH Tim McGauley, Bra Nick Merkley, Kel Rourke Chartier, Kel Oliver Bjorkstrand, Por Cole Ully, Kam Dryden Hunt, MH Nikita Scherbak, Eve Adam Tambellini, CAL Austin Carroll, Vic Connor Rankin, CAL Jansen Harkins, PG Jaedon Descheneau, Koo Jack Rodewald, MJ Adam Helewka, Spo Chase De Leo, Por Tyson Baillie, Kel Luke Philp, Koo Carson Stadnyk, Eve

G 23 46 34 17 44 39 28 28 23 39 33 26 18 25 25 30 29 34 23 22

A 71 40 46 60 31 35 45 45 45 28 34 40 48 40 40 34 35 29 38 38

National Hockey League EASTERN CONFERENCE GP W L OT Pts Montreal 56 37 15 4 78 N.Y. Islanders 57 37 19 1 75 Tampa Bay 58 35 17 6 76 N.Y. Rangers 55 34 16 5 73 Pittsburgh 56 32 15 9 73 Detroit 55 31 14 10 72 Washington 57 30 17 10 70 Boston 56 28 20 8 64 Florida 55 24 19 12 60 Philadelphia 56 24 22 10 58 Ottawa 55 22 23 10 54 Columbus 54 24 27 3 51 New Jersey 56 21 26 9 51 Toronto 57 23 29 5 51 Carolina 55 20 28 7 47 Buffalo 56 16 37 3 35

Pts 94 86 80 77 75 74 73 73 68 67 67 66 66 65 65 64 64 63 61 60

GF 150 184 189 174 161 160 168 147 135 151 155 142 124 160 126 104

GA 123 162 156 136 141 141 145 145 153 162 158 170 154 175 150 193

WESTERN CONFERENCE GP W L OT Pts GF GA Nashville 56 38 12 6 82 170 131 Anaheim 57 35 15 7 77 169 160 St. Louis 56 37 15 4 78 178 137 Calgary 57 32 22 3 67 166 147 Chicago 57 35 18 4 74 172 131 San Jose 58 29 21 8 66 164 165 Winnipeg 59 30 19 10 70 165 157 Vancouver 55 31 21 3 65 155 145 Minnesota 55 28 20 7 63 153 149 Los Angeles 55 25 18 12 62 152 148 Dallas 56 26 22 8 60 175 179 Colorado 57 24 22 11 59 149 161 Arizona 58 20 31 7 47 131 194 Edmonton 58 16 32 10 42 135 196 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss.

Sunday’s Games Chicago 2, Pittsburgh 1, SO St. Louis 2, Florida 1, SO Philadelphia 2, Buffalo 1 Washington 5, Anaheim 3 Tampa Bay 5, San Jose 2 Monday’s Games Winnipeg 5, Edmonton 4, SO N.Y. Rangers 6, N.Y. Islanders 5 Carolina 6, Ottawa 3 Montreal 2, Detroit 0 Colorado 5, Arizona 2 Calgary 4, Boston 3, OT Minnesota at Vancouver, late Tampa Bay at Los Angeles, late Tuesday’s Games Columbus at Philadelphia, 5 p.m.

Washington at Pittsburgh,5 p.m.

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

Buffalo at New Jersey, 5:30 p.m.

Florida at Toronto, 5:30 p.m.

Dallas at St. Louis, 6 p.m.

San Jose at Nashville, 6 p.m.

Wednesday’s Games

Montreal at Ottawa, 5 p.m.

Detroit at Chicago, 5:30 p.m.

Minnesota at Calgary, 7:30 p.m.

Los Angeles at Colorado, 8 p.m.

Boston at Edmonton, 8 p.m.

Tampa Bay at Anaheim, 8 p.m.

Today

Monday’s summaries Jets 5, Oilers 4 (SO) First Period 1. Winnipeg, Little 22 (Enstrom, Wheeler) 7:46 (pp).

2. Edmonton, Yakupov 7 (Roy, Ference) 13:49.

3. Edmonton, Lander 4 (Eberle, Schultz) 15:19 (pp).

Penalties — Aulie Edm (tripping) 6:27, Aulie Edm (interference) 10:45, Ladd Wpg (hooking) 14:21, Peluso Wpg (fighting) 16:09, Gazdic Edm (fighting) 16:09, Eberle Edm (high-sticking) 16:32, Enstrom Wpg (tripping) 16:43.

Second Period 4. Winnipeg, Little 23 (Chiarot) 8:16.

Penalties — None.

Third Period 5. Edmonton, Nugent-Hopkins 15 (Petry, Eberle) 1:08.

6. Winnipeg, Myers 5 (Enstrom, Thorburn) 3:30.

7. Edmonton, Yakupov 8 (Pouliot, Pakarinen) 15:14 (pp).

8. Winnipeg, Ladd 20 (Wheeler, Little) 15:56.

Penalties — Frolik Wpg (tripping) 14:03, Ladd Wpg (tripping) 17:25.

Overtime No Scoring.

Penalties — None.

Shootout — Winnipeg wins 1-0 Edmonton : Yakupov miss, Roy miss, Eberle miss.

Winnipeg : Wheeler goal, Little miss, Ladd miss.

Shots on goal Edmonton 6 6 7 3 — 22 Winnipeg 16 13 13 4 — 46 Goal — Edmonton: Fasth (LO, 6-15-3); Winnipeg: Hutchinson (W, 17-7-3).

Power plays (goal-chances) — Edmonton: 2-4; Winnipeg: 1-3.

Flames 4, Bruins 3 (OT) First Period 1. Boston, Marchand 16 (Bergeron) 6:48 (sh).

2. Boston, Chara 4 (Hamilton, Pastrnak) 11:27.

Penalties — Kelly Bos (holding) 5:03.

Second Period 3. Boston, Krug 11 (Smith, Miller) :50.

4. Calgary, Jones 11 (Backlund, Giordano) 6:52.

Penalties — Hamilton Bos (roughing) 12:05, Hudler Cgy (roughing) 12:05, Gaudreau Cgy (high-sticking) 16:01.

Third Period 5. Calgary, Hudler 17 (Monahan, Byron) 3:22.

6. Calgary, Hudler 18 (Giordano, Gaudreau) 14:51 (pp).

Penalties — Pastrnak Bos (high-sticking) 14:42.

Overtime 7. Calgary, Brodie 9 (Giordano, Monahan) 4:58.

Penalties — None.

Shots on goal Boston 8 9 7 3 — 27 Calgary 7 8 10 2 — 27 Goal — Boston: Rask (LO, 23-15-8); Calgary: Hiller (W, 19-16-2).

Power plays (goal-chances) — Boston: 0-2; Calgary: 1-2.

NHL Scoring Leaders Patrick Kane, Chi Jakub Voracek, Pha Tyler Seguin, Dal Nicklas Backstrom, Wash Sidney Crosby, Pgh Alex Ovechkin, Wash Rick Nash, NYR Vladimir Tarasenko, StL John Tavares, NYI Claude Giroux, Pha Tyler Johnson, TB Ryan Getzlaf, Ana Steven Stamkos, TB Evgeni Malkin, Pgh Joe Pavelski, SJ Nick Foligno, Clb Logan Couture, SJ Jamie Benn, Dal

G 27 18 29 16 19 36 35 29 26 16 20 17 30 21 31 22 21 19

A 36 42 30 43 39 21 20 26 29 39 34 37 23 32 21 30 30 32

Pts 63 60 59 59 58 57 55 55 55 55 54 54 53 53 52 52 51 51

Curling 2015 Scotties Tournament of Hearts MOOSE JAW, Sask. — Standings and results Monday at the 2015 Scotties Tournament of Hearts Glance, the Canadian women’s curling championship, from Feb. 14-22 at Mosaic Place: ROUND ROBIN Team (Skip) W L Manitoba (Jones) 5 0 Alberta (Sweeting) 5 0 Canada (Homan) 4 1 Saskatchewan (Lawton) 3 2 Northern Ont. (T.Horgan) 3 2 Nova Scotia (Arsenault) 2 3 N.L. (Strong) 2 3 Ontario (Hastings) 2 3 P.E.I. (Birt) 2 3 Quebec (Mann) 1 4 B.C. (Knezevic) 1 4 N Brunswick (S.Robichaud) 0 5 Sunday’s results Third Draw Alberta 6 Nova Scotia 5 Quebec 8 B.C. 1 N.L. 5 New Brunswick 4 Fourth Draw Northern Ontario 10 Quebec 6 N.L. 7 P.E.I. 4

Ontario 8 Nova Scotia 7 (extra end) Manitoba 11 British Columbia 2 Fifth Draw Canada 10 Ontario 7 Alberta 10 New Brunswick 2 Manitoba 7 Saskatchewan 4 P.E.I. 7 Northern Ontario 5 Monday’s results Sixth Draw Manitoba 9 N.L. 3 Northern Ontario 8 Nova Scotia 4 B.C. 7 P.E.I. 4 Ontario 6 Quebec 5 Seventh Draw Saskatchewan 8 Quebec 3 Canada 8 B.C. 3 Alberta 7 N.L. 2 Nova Scotia 5 New Brunswick 4 Eighth Draw Northern Ontario 8 New Brunswick 4 Alberta 6 P.E.I. 5 Saskatchewan 4 Ontario 3 Manitoba 8 Canada 7 Tuesday’s games Ninth Draw, 1 p.m.

Ontario vs. B.C., Quebec vs. Manitoba, Nova Scotia

vs. P.E.I., N.L. vs. Northern Ontario.

Draw 10, 6 p.m.

N.L. vs. Canada, Saskatchewan vs. Nova Scotia, Quebec vs. New Brunswick, B.C. vs. Alberta.

Wednesday, Feb. 18 Draw 11, 8 a.m.

Nova Scotia vs. Manitoba, Ontario vs. N.L., B.C. vs.

Northern Ontario, Quebec vs. P.E.I. Draw 12, 1 p.m.

Quebec vs. Alberta, New Brunswick vs. B.C., Canada vs. Nova Scotia, Saskatchewan vs. N.L. Draw 13, 6 p.m.

Saskatchewan vs. Northern Ontario, Canada vs. P.E.I., Ontario vs. Alberta, Manitoba vs. New Brunswick.

Thursday, Feb. 19 Draw 14, 8 a.m.

B.C. vs. N.L., Nova Scotia vs. Quebec, P.E.I. vs.

Manitoba, Northern Ontario vs. Ontario.

Draw 15, 1 p.m.

P.E.I. vs. Ontario, Northern Ontario vs. Manitoba, New Brunswick vs. Saskatchewan, Alberta vs.

Canada.

Draw 16, 6 p.m.

Canada vs. New Brunswick, Alberta vs. Saskatchewan, N.L. vs. Quebec, Nova Scotia vs. B.C.

Transactions Sunday’s Sports Transactions HOCKEY National Hockey League DALLAS STARS — Reassigned C Travis Morin to Texas (AHL).

MONTREAL CANADIENS — Recalled D Greg Pateryn from Hamilton (AHL).

NASHVILLE PREDATORS — Reassigned D Anthony Bitetto to Milwaukee (AHL). Traded LW Brendan Leipsic and a 2015 first-round draft pick to Toronto for D Cody Franson and C Mike Santorelli.

American Hockey League CHARLOTTE CHECKERS — Returned F Jason Bast to Idaho (ECHL).

SAN ANTONIO RAMPAGE — Recalled D Josh McFadden from Cincinnati (ECHL).

TORONTO MARLIES — Assigned F Patrick Watling to Orlando (ECHL).

ECHL ORLANDO SOLAR BEARS — Signed F Tyler Murovich.

STOCKTON THUNDER — Claimed F Jack Combs off waives from Allen.

UTAH GRIZZLIES — Released G Will Gagnon as emergency backup.

WICHITA THUNDER — Released G Kevin St. Pierre as emergency backup.

SOCCER Major League Soccer TORONTO FC — Loaned F Gilberto to Vasco da Gama (Brazil).

Monday’s Sports Transactions BASEBALL American League CLEVELAND INDIANS — 1B Jason Giambi announced his retirement.

NEW YORK YANKEES — Agreed to terms with RHP Jared Burton on a minor league contract.

American Association AMARILLO THUNDERHEADS — Traded INF Matt Padgett, INF Cory Morales and cash to New Jersey (Can-Am) for RHP Chris Balcom-Miller.

Can-Am League NEW JERSEY JACKALS — Signed LHP Isaac Pavlik.

BASKETBALL National Basketball Association NEW YORK KNICKS — Waived F Amar’e Stoudemire.

Women’s National Basketball Association NEW YORK LIBERTY — Acquired G Epiphanny Prince from Chicago for G Cappie Pondexter.

FOOTBALL

National Football League CAROLINA PANTHERS — Promoted Steve Wilks to assistant head coach.

Arena Football League ORLANDO PREDATORS — Agreed to terms with DE Brandon Copeland.

HOCKEY National Hockey League NHL — Suspended Florida D Dmitry Kulikov four games for clipping Dallas F Tyler Seguin during a Feb. 13 game.

COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS — Recalled F Marko Dano from Springfield (AHL).

NEW YORK ISLANDERS — Loaned D Matt Carkner to Bridgeport (AHL).

OTTAWA SENATORS — Signed D Marc Methot to a four-year contract extension through the 2018-19 season.

American Hockey League SPRINGFIELD FALCONS — Released D Steven Shamanski from his professional tryout contract at returned him to Elmira (ECHL).

ECHL READING ROYALS — Announced F Brandon Alderson and D Brett Flemming have been loaned to the team from Lehigh Valley (AHL).

● Senior high basketball: Wetaskiwin at Lindsay Thurber, Notre Dame at Rocky Mountain House, Lacombe at Ponoka, Stettler at Camrose; girls at 6 p.m., boys to follow. ● JV basketball: Ponoka at Hunting Hills; girls at 6 p.m., boys to follow. ● WHL: Red Deer at Prince Albert, 6 p.m.

(The Drive). ● Men’s basketball: NWS vs. Monstars, Sheraton Red Deer vs. Kingsmen; 7:15 and 8:30 p.m., Lindsay Thurber. ● Heritage junior B hockey: Red Deer at Blackfalds, first game of best-of-seven Northern Division semifinal, 7:30 p.m.

Wednesday

● JV basketball: Camrose at Lindsay Thurber, Stettler at Notre Dame, Rocky Mountain House at Wetaskiwin; girls at 6 p.m., boys to follow. ● WHL: Red Deer at Saskatoon, 6:05 p.m. (The Drive).

Thursday

● College basketball: Olds at RDC, women at 6 p.m., men to follow. ● College women’s hockey: NAIT at RDC, 7 p.m., Arena. ● Men’s basketball: Henry’s Eavestroughing vs. Wells Furniture, Bulldog Scrap Metal vs. Vikings; 7:15 and 8:30 p.m., Lindsay Thurber.

Friday

● Senior high basketball: Hunting Hills girls/boys tournament. ● JV basketball: Notre Dame boys tournament. ● Freestyle skiing: Canyon Freestyle Ski Club meet. ● College volleyball: Briercrest at RDC, women at 6 p.m., men to follow. ● WHL: Red Deer at Swift Current, 6 p.m.

(The Drive). ● College men’s hockey: Grant MacEwan at RDC, 7 p.m., Penhold Regional

Multiplex.

AJHL: Okotoks at Olds, 7 p.m.

Saturday

● Senior high basketball: Hunting Hills girls/boys tournament. ● JV basketball: Notre Dame boys tournament. ● Freestyle skiing: Canyon Freestyle Ski Club meet. ● Minor midget AAA hockey: Calgary Rangers at Red Deer Aero Equipment, 11:30 a.m., Arena. ● College volleyball: Briercrest at RDC, women at 1 p.m., men to follow. ● Major bantam girls hockey: Rocky Mountain at Red Deer, 4:30 p.m., Kinsmen B. ● WHL: Red Deer at Regina, 6 p.m. (The Drive). ● Professional bull riding: Canada Touring Pro 2015, 7 p.m., Enmax Centrium. ● AJHL: Whitecourt at Olds, 7 p.m. ● Heritage junior B hockey: Blackfalds at Red Deer, second game of best-of-seven Northern Division semifinal, 8 p.m., Arena. ● Senior AAA hockey: Innisfail at Okotoks, first game of best-of-seven Chinook/provincial semifinal, 8 p.m.

Sunday

● Freestyle skiing: Canyon Freestyle Ski Club meet. ● Major bantam girls hockey: Calgary Rangers at Red Deer, 12:45 p.m., Kinsmen B. ● Men’s basketball: Grandview vs.

Carstar, Henry’s Eavestroughing vs.

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Johns Manville, 4:15 p.m.; Orangemen vs. NWS, Wells Furniture vs. Lacombe All Sports Cresting, Alken Basin vs. Silver Spurs, 5:30 p.m.; all games at Lindsay Thurber. ● Senior AAA hockey: Innisfail at Okotoks, second game of best-of-seven Chinook/provincial semifinal, 5

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Vipers finish off series with Thrashers WILL HAVE A TOUGH TEST FACING OFF AGAINST RIVAL WRANGLERS IN NEXT ROUND JUNIOR B PLAYOFFS

BY JOSH ALDRICH ADVOCATE STAFF Most teams in the Heritage Junior B Hockey League want nothing to do with playing the Blackfalds Wranglers.

The Red Deer Vipers are not most teams.

While they do not have a choice in the matter of their North Division semifinal opponent — they shut out the Three Hills Thrashers 4-0 in Game 3 on Saturday at the Red Deer Arena to win the quarter-final 2-1 — they are not intimidated by the defending provincial champions.

“We’re definitely the underdog, but we’re excited,” said Vipers head coach JD Morrical.

“We got what we wanted and it will be an exciting series for sure, I think it will go pretty well.

“It’s a big rivalry and our guys will pretty much do anything to beat them.”

The Wranglers rolled through the regular season as the top team in the league with a 34-2-2 record and an impressive plus-131 goals for/goals against differential.

But the Vipers are able to claim what most teams in the HJHL cannot, a regulation victory over the Wranglers, 5-1 on Dec. 20. In their other meetings, Blackfalds won 6-3 — though they were outshot 41-34 — on Feb. 3, 4-3 in overtime on Jan. 27 and 9-4 on Nov. 22.

The biggest issue standing in the Vipers way has been goaltending, but that has improved over the last month or two of the season as they have leaned heavily on veteran netminder Klay Munro.

In Saturday’s semifinal clinching shutout he was at his best, stopping all 42 shots he faced, including everything the Thrashers fired his way after pulling their goalie with 5:26 to go in the game.

If he can continue to play at this

level, the Vipers will have a puncher’s chance.

“Klay played great, he didn’t really have to make a lot of amazing saves, but he made everything that he had to and didn’t give up any rebounds,” said Munro.

Regardless of how well Munro plays, the Vipers will have their work cutout for them. The Wranglers are one of the most complete junior B teams in the country and their first round playoff bye was well earned. Red Deer will have to hope their top three lines an find away to match with Blackfalds top lines.

“We have to shutdown their top line and we have to get scoring from our third and fourth lines,” said Morrical.

“We don’t want to get into big high scoring games with them, we want to keep it low scoring and clog up the defensive zone as much as we can.”

A full repeat of their Game 3 win over Three Hills will be needed to have a real chance.

Cole deGraaf scored twice to lead

Red Deer while Nick Glackin and Drew Joslin also tallied. The Vipers scored on both of their power play chances while they killed all four Thrasher man advantages.

“It was a the perfect game we were looking for,” said Morrical. “It was really a stress free game as a coach, we came out and played hard and didn’t give up many opportunities.”

Game 1 goes tonight at 7:30 p.m. in Blackfalds with Game 2 back in Red Deer on Saturday at 8 p.m. Game 3 is set for Sunday in Blackfalds at 3:30 p.m. ● The Stettler Lightning fell 2-1 to the Mountainview Colts in the other North quarter-final. Kevin Vandenhoven and Rick Gundlock scored for Mountainview and Thomas Della Siega made 29 saves for the win. Dylan Houston scored for Stettler while Simon Thieleman made 34 saves in the loss.

The Colts now move on to play the Airdrie Thunder in the other North semifinal. jaldrich@reddeeradvocate.com

Optimist Chiefs season ends early

BY JOSH ALDRICH ADVOCATE STAFF Brandin Cote entered this Alberta Midget AAA Hockey League season with the impossible task of filling Doug Quinn’s shoes.

This weekend their season came to an end in an unfamiliar early fashion.

The Chiefs (11-18-5) finished seventh in the South Division, three points out of a playoff spot thanks to a 3-2 loss to the Strathmore Bisons (17-12-5) on Friday and a 3-0 loss to the St. Albert Raiders (18-9-7) on Sunday.

But Cote is not putting the season on the weekend, instead a campaign fraught with inconsistent play.

“We could have won two games at the start of the year and that would have given us the points too,” said Cote.

“The bottom line is we had an up and down year, there was a lot of transition, in terms of the players that we have and just getting used to the coaching staff. We started the season off slow and that cost us ...

“At the end of the day, we didn’t have enough guys willing to do what it takes to win.”

Andrew Kartusch and Ryley Smith scored for Red Deer on Friday while Cole Sears made 21 saves in the loss.

In Sunday’s shut out defeat that drove home the final nail on their season, Branden Bilodeau allowed on goal on 20 shots in 30 minutes while Sears let in two goals on 11 shots over the final period-and-a-half.

In the end, they finished three points behind the Calgary Flames (1115-8) for the final playoff spot in the South Division.

Cote knew he was going to have his work cut out for him when he signed on to take over a program that Quinn had turned into a juggernaut.

The season can essentially be broken down into three segments: Transition, positive momentum, and the great fall.

It took the Chiefs the first 18 games of the season to really adapt to Cote’s style and demands. It took players a while to really buy into what was expected of them and Cote’s systems and it added up to a 4-9-5 start.

But as the calendar turned to December, the Chiefs looked like a different team. With wins over top teams

IN

BRIEF Pearman finishes 19th at junior meet in Poland Maddison Pearman of Ponoka, a member of the Red Deer Central Lions Speed Skating Club, placed 19th in the women’s 3,000m final of a World Cup junior long track meet Sunday at Warsaw, Poland.

Pearman posted a time of 4:49.93.

The top Canadian in the event was Isabelle Weidemann, who placed third in 4:30.43.

On Saturday, Pearman finished 15th in the 500m with a time of 42.07 seconds and 20th in the 1,500m (2:14.75).

The competition served as a final tune-up for the Canadian National junior team ahead of the junior worlds Friday to Sunday, also in Warsaw.

Cougars fall in final at Scona Classic tournament Keegan MacDonald and Tony Bornyi each netted 12 points in a losing cause as the Notre Dame senior boys basketball Cougars fell 83-70 to Sherwood Park Bev Facey in the final of the Scona Classic at Edmonton dur-

like the Calgary Buffaloes and the Sherwood Park Kings, it looked like the Chiefs were finally turning into the team that Cote envisioned and they went 6-2-0 in their next eight games.

A 1-7-0 finish to the season, however, buried them, snuffing out hope of a playoff spot.

Making the result more frustrating was the inconsistent play against good teams and bad teams — they played their best against the top clubs in the AMHL, but far too often came up short against the likes of the Flames and the Knights of Columbus Pats (9-22-3).

Their one win in the final eight games was a 6-5 win over the Maple Leaf Athletic Club (3-28-3), the last place team in the entire league.

“The consistency definitely wasn’t there,” said Cote. “That was frustrating, especially when you did very well against a lot of the top teams ... and I think it was more of a mental toughness thing for some of those kids to realize that the other teams are not going to lay over, there’s a target on our back, and that was communicated to them from the start.”

He points to his true measure of the season being the development of individual players with the likes of Ryan Vandervlis and Luke Coleman already off to the junior ranks.

Cote is hoping for a much smoother year in 2015-16 as he fully expects to be back behind the bench.

While he may not have all of his top eligible players back, he and his coaching staff did much of the heavy lifting as the club went through its transition.

Players like defenceman Dayton Playford and forwards Tyrees Goodrunning and Regan Doig should help lay that foundation.

“I’m looking forward to the challenge of preparing for next year and learning to improve on the team results, but at the same time when I took this job, my main goal was to help develop kids,” said Cote. “The way I look at success as the coach at the midget AAA level is of course you want to win, but if I can look at kids moving on to junior and college and maybe some pro guys a few years down the road or just kids that have really developed into really good people ... if I can look back and say ‘I have helped them in some shape or form’ then I’ve done my job.” jaldrich@reddeeradvocate.com ing the weekend.

MacDonald, who along with Bornyi contributed six rebounds, was named to the tournament all-star team.

The Cougars opened the tournament with a 93-44 thumping of Grande Prairie Charles Spencer, getting 17 points from Josh Ballantyne, and hung on to defeat St. Albert Bellerose 76-69 in a semifinal. Ken Villaluz paced Notre Dame in the semifinal with 18 points, while MacDonald scored 14 and added eight rebounds.

Posyluzny wins pentathlon gold in record fashion Innisfail product and Red Deer Titans Track and Field Club athlete Brayden Posyluzny won gold in the junior men’s pentathlon and set a provincial indoor record in the process at the Alberta indoor games during the weekend.

Posyluzny set a new provincial mark of 3,414 points after completing the 60-metre hurdles in 8.80 seconds at the University of Alberta, leaping 6.64m in the long jump, posting a distance of 12.24m in the shot and a time of 3:00.70 in the 1,000m, and recording a height of 1.79m in the high jump.

Sofia Iatrou of the Red Deer Club placed sixth in the midget women’s 1,200m with a time of 4:21.87 and teammate Jill Stewart was seventh in the senior women’s 3,000m with a clocking of 11:32.92.

Photo by JOSH ALDRICH/Advocate staff

Red Deer Renegade’s Claire Lye, right, battles with Sherwood Park Phoenix’s Kailey Fitzsimons during the U-14 girls bronze medal game of the Red Deer City Soccer Association’s annual Family Day Tournament. Red Deer won 2-0.

Record number of teams participate in RDCSA soccer tournament

BY JOSH ALDRICH ADVOCATE STAFF The Red Deer City Soccer Association hosted the biggest indoor tournament in the city’s history over Family Day Long Weekend.

The tournament was made up of 68 teams boys and girls teams from the U10 to U18 levels. This meant roughly 1,000 players from across Alberta took part in the four day tournament at the Westerner Agricentre and at the Collicutt Centre.

“The spin off to the economy ... you have parents and coaches in town, assistant coaches, you’re looking at 1,500 to 1,600 people from out of town and Red Deer,” said the association’s business operation manager Brian Desjardins, also pointing to the tournament’s main sponsor, Sheraton Red Deer, in helping them host the tournament. “All of the hotels were full ... we put a lot of people in rooms who spent a lot of money in restaurants, etc. It was amazing to have this many people come to Red Deer for the tournament.”

The soccer association has run the

JV BASKETBALL Tournament MVP Leah Hagel scored 21 points for the Hunting Hills Lightning in a 60-45 win over host Notre Dame in the final of the Cougar Classic JV girls basketball tourney Saturday.

Notre Dame got 16 points from Kamryn Henderson. The Cougars’ Shae Best was named to the tournament allstar team, as was Amy Bush of Hunting Hills.

Stony Plain Memorial edged Archbishop MacDonald of Edmonton 45-44 in the bronze-medal match.

Hunting Hills opened with a 48-24

tournament for years, but for the first time they were able to include a nonboarded division — indoor soccer is generally played in a hockey rink without ice or in a field house with walls.

But with the installation of the biggest non-boardred indoor turf fields in Alberta at the Westerner Agricentre this winter, organizers were able to expand the tournament this year.

“Having two fields that allow our teams — the Renegades and our house league teams — to use them during the winter ... it allows players to continue practicing, playing games, develop themselves and have fun,” said Desjardins. “We’ve heard nothing but amazing comments from coaches and players from out of town ... they really appreciate the quality of our new fields.”

NOTES — Registration is open for the outdoor season until April 21 with the season starting May 4. Register for both Renegades competitive soccer and house league soccer through www. rdcsa.com ... Full results for the tournament were not available at press time. jaldrich@reddeeradvocate.com win over the Lindsay Thurber Raiders, getting 28 points from Hagel. Taylor Snider scored seven in a losing cause.

The Lightning then routed Memorial 77-34 as Hagel netted 24 points and Jessie Handley scored 17.

The Cougars, meanwhile, thumped Archbishop MacDonald 68-23 and Canmore Collegiate 52-24 en route to the final. Best poured in 21 points against MacDonald and scored 10 versus Canmore.

Chloe Hoppus scored eight points for the Raiders in a 42-32 loss to Memorial and drained 13 in a 50-17 conquest of Canmore in the fifth-place game.

Abby Davis added 10 points in the win over Canmore.

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MINOR HOCKEY Minor midget AAA Dylan Scheunert scored twice for the Red Deer North Star Chiefs in a 9-4 loss to the host Calgary Blackhawks Sunday.

Jeremy Klessens had a goal and two assists for the Chiefs, whose other marker came off the stick of Justin Paarup. Justin Travis made 40 saves in a losing cause as each team recorded 49 shots on goal.

North Star was a 5-3 win over the host Calgary Blue Saturday, getting a four-point — two goals, two assists — performance from Jeremy Klessesns. Owen Cummerford also notched two goals for the winners, with Nathan Kartusch adding one.

Winning netminder Canon Whitbread made 23 saves. Red Deer held a 29-26 advantage in shots.

Also Saturday, the visiting Calgary Gold slipped past the Red Deer Aero Equipment Chiefs 3-2. Brenden Davidson and Beaudoin Rider also tallied for the Chiefs, while netminder Riley Katchuik made 25 saves as Aero outshot their guests 30-28.

Major bantam The Red Deer Rebels White bowed out of the playoffs with a 9-0 loss to the Rocky Mountain Raiders Saturday at the Arena.

Raiders netminder Riley Kell made 25 saves for the shutout. Justin Verveda and Duncan Hughes combined to block 30 shots for the Rebels White, who were swept 2-0 in the best-of-three series.

Major bantam girls Brooklyn Park notched the lone Red Deer Sutter Fund Chiefs goal in a 6-1 loss to the Rocky Mountain Raiders Saturday at Cochrane.

Mandi Fitzsimons made 23 saves for the Chiefs, who were outshot 29-20.

Photo by GREG MEACHEM/Advocate Staff

Cade Mason of the Red Deer Steel Kings pulls away from Braden Smith of the Olds Grizzlys during a bantam AA hockey game Sunday at Kinsmen Arena A. The Grizzlys scored twice in the third period to pull out a 4-3 win.

Kings get win back against Trojans RDC ATHLETICS

BY ADVOCATE STAFF Kings 7 Trojans 4 CALGARY — The Red Deer College Kings men’s hockey team took out some frustration on the SAIT Trojans (23-6-1-0) on Saturday night.

One day after letting a win slip through their fingers against the Trojans, the Kings (11-13-0-3) bounced back to beat SAIT 7-4 in Calgary in Alberta Colleges Athletic Conference action.

Captain Mike Marianchuk had two goals and an assist for RDC while Riley Simpson added two gals and Joel Topping, Pa Martens and Logan Sceviour one each.

Kraymer Barnstable made 24 saves on 28 shots and stopped Trevor Cameron .

Defenceman Craig Gans struck back with three goals and assist while Tyler Hlookoff had the other.

Austin Smith allowed all seven goals on 29 shots.

The Trojans were 2-for-3 on the power play while the Kings were 1-for-3. ● The RDC Queens completed their women’s volleyball sweep of the SAIT Trojans, beating them 3-0 (25-22, 25-18, 30-28) on Saturday in Calgary.

Leah Koot was named RDC player of the game with five hills, 23 digs and on blocked shot. Alex Donaghy had 15 kills to lead RDC while Miranda Dawe had eight kills, six digs and three blocks. ● The RDC Kings men’s volleyball team need four set to knock off the Trojans 3-1 (23-25, 25-21, 25-23 and 24-17) on Saturday in Calgary.

Tim Finnigan was named RDC player of the game with 20 kills, three blocks, three aces and seven digs.

The Kings had to battle back twice in the third set from deficits of 13-6 and 20-16 to set up the decisive fourth set.

“Although I am pleased with the way we came back and finished the match, we are still showing far too many inconsistencies at this point in the season,” said Kings head coach Aaron Schulha in an email.

“It’s time to tighten things up.”

Former NHL defenceman Steve Montador dead at age of 35, cause unknown

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS Hockey has lost another former player at a young age with the death of 35-year-old Steve Montador.

Montador, a longtime NHL defenceman, was found unconscious in his home in Mississauga, Ont., early Sunday morning and was later pronounced dead, according to Peel Region Police.

While no cause of death was known, the police said no foul play was suspected. It’s unclear when an autopsy will be completed.

“We are all deeply saddened to learn of the sudden death of Steve Montador,” said Donald Fehr, executive director of the NHL Players’ Association.

“Steve was a great person who quickly became a friend of everyone he came to know in the game.”

Fehr praised Montador for dedicating much of his time to advancing the interest of his fellow players.

Montador, a native of Vancouver, was plagued by concussions throughout his hockey career and said in 2013 he battled depression.

“I can see why people have a hard time with a number of different things and being taken away from something they love to do and not sure if you’d ever get back the chance,” he said at the time, according to CSN Chicago. “There’s a lot of uncertainty, a lot of fear, a lot of anxiety and depression that comes with that.”

Montador played for the Ontario Hockey League’s North Bay Centennials, Erie Otters and Peterborough Petes. He began his NHL career with the Calgary Flames during the 2001-02 season.

The defenceman went on to play for the Florida Panthers, Anaheim Ducks, Boston Bruins, Buffalo Sabres and Chicago Blackhawks before finishing his

playing career in the KHL. “With deep sadness we mourn the unfortunate loss of former Blackhawk Steve Montador,” the Blackhawks said in a statement. “We join the many others throughout the NHL in keeping Steve’s family and friends in our thoughts and prayers during this difficult time.”

Montador had 33 goals and 98 assists in 571 career NHL games.

Steve Montador “The NHL family was saddened to learn of the passing of Steve Montador,” commissioner Gary Bettman said in a statement. “Steve’s career was defined by a passion for the game and a determination that made him a great teammate as well as a respected opponent.

We extend our deepest sympathies to Steve’s family and friends.”

Montador’s death brought an outpouring of grief and condolences among those in the hockey community, especially former teammates. NBC’s Mike Emrick offered his thoughts and prayers during Sunday afternoon’s game between Chicago and the Pittsburgh Penguins.

“He was a leader in the locker-room,” Chicago forward Patrick Sharp said after Sunday’s 2-1 shootout win over Pittsburgh. “He did a lot for the union on our team, and then league-wide. He was friendly with everybody and a great teammate. It’s really disappointing to hear the news before the game. We’re going to support each other, support his family and all of his close friends, and get through it.”

Other current and former players took to social media to express their feelings.

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Grizzlys steal an overtime win from Bandits BROOKS — Ty Mappin scored 36 seconds into overtime to lift the Olds Grizzlys past the Brooks Bandits 6-5 in an Alberta Junior Hockey League game Monday.

Kyle Moore, with two goals, Cale Brown, Austin Kernahan and Colton Sheen, at 19:46 of the third period, also connected for the Grizzlys, who led 1-0 after one period and 3-1 after 40 minutes. Responding for the Bandits were Cale Makar, Alex Roberts, Austin Plevy, Derek Lodemeier and Anthony Paskaruk.

Kernahan picked up two assists and Moore added a helper as each Olds player enjoyed a three-point outing.

Zane Steeves stopped 22 of 27 shots for the Grizzlys, with Jessie Gordichuk blocking all 13 he faced.

Brooks netminder Josh Davies made 29 saves.

The Grizzlys are home to the Okotoks Oilers Friday. ● Grizzlys forward BJ Duffin of Red Deer has committed to the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, an NCAA Division 3 school.

The WSP program is ranked second in the nation and boasts four national titles, three runner-up finishes and has competed in 10 NCAA Division Three championship tournaments.

“BJ Is a player who played his heart out every night and cares tremendously about his teammates and the Grizzly organization,” Olds GM/head coach Brett Hopfe stated in a press release. “He is a great leader who has always led by example. He is exactly what defines a Grizzlys player.”

Duffin has accumulated 25 goals and 74 points in 171 regular-season and playoff games with Olds.

RINGETTE The Central Alberta U14AA Sting won a pair of weekend exhibitions games in preparing for the provincial championship tournament slated for Feb. 27-March 1.

The Sting, the No. 1 ranked team in Alberta, knocked off the provincial U14AA host St. Albert Mission 7-4 and 6-1. Kianna Doyle sniped three goals and Hanna Gill, Megan Grub, Madison Pluister and Rachel Vandervlis each netted one in the first game, while McKenna Smalley was strong in net as the Sting were outshot nearly two-to-one.

Doyle and Hannah Morrison each fired two goals in the second Central Alberta victory, with Saxon Anderson and Madison Pluister also connecting.

Meanwhile, the U16AA Sting, who will also compete in the provincials, fell 9-4 to the Calgary U16AA Pursuit. Sydney Cherniak, with two, Kailyn Smalley and Emily Lemasurier provided the goals for the Sting, who came out of the first half tied 3-3 before allowing six goals down the stretch. ● The visiting U19AA Sting edged the St. Albert Mission 6-5 Saturday as Baylee Schulhauser turned aside 27 shots and Brenna Parent, Ashlynn Morrison, Emma West, Kenzie Lindholm, Shae Baxter and Gillian Dreger, who added three assists, each scored a goal.

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Westbrook leads West to win in NBA All-Star Game

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS West 163 East 158 NEW YORK — Mixing Broadway and basketball, this NBA All-Star Game was a West Side Story.

Russell Westbrook scored 41 points, one shy of the All-Star record, and the Western Conference beat the East 163158 on Sunday night in the highestscoring All-Star Game ever.

The Oklahoma City speedster had a record 27 points by halftime and closed out the scoring with two free throws, falling one point shy of Wilt Chamberlain’s 42 points in the 1962 game. He was voted the game’s MVP at Madison Square Garden.

The NBA’s return to New York showed off everything about the Big Apple, and by the time Frank Sinatra’s “New York, New York” played after the game, it was clear Westbrook was king of the hill.

“It’s amazing. It’s a blessing to be here in New York City,” Westbrook said during the MVP ceremony.

James Harden added 29 points, eight rebounds and eight assists for the West, which built a 20-point lead in the first half and then pulled away after it was tied at 148 with a little more than 4 minutes remaining.

The combined 321 points surpassed the 318 scored last season, and the 48 3-pointers smashed last year’s record of 30.

LeBron James finished with 30 points, but couldn’t lead the East to the victory in his favourite NBA arena.

“Don’t get no better, man. You play in the Garden in front of these fans,” James said.

Harden’s 3-pointer snapped the final tie with 4:02 to play and Chris Paul followed with consecutive baskets.

Westbrook’s fifth 3-pointer put it away at 158-149 with 2:22 to go.

“We just talk about having fun all game long and then at a certain point in the fourth quarter it’s time to win,” Paul said.

Atlanta’s Kyle Korver made seven 3-pointers and scored 21 points for the East, while Washington’s John Wall had 19.

But right from the start, the players were sharing the stage.

Christina Aguilera appeared from behind a giant big apple, and belted out some New York-inspired numbers to start the show, joined by the Rockettes.

Entertainment’s elite were all over

the arena, with players hobnobbing with Jay-Z and Floyd Mayweather near their courtside seats at halftime. But the biggest roar came for a star from another sport — politics.

President Bill Clinton, who had a big night of his own at Madison Square Garden when he was nominated here during the 1992 Democratic National Convention, got a pair of loud ovations when he was shown during Queen Latifah’s performance of the national anthem.

Players were quizzed during comedic skits on New York talk and terms, and fuhgeddaboudit, Pau Gasol had no idea what a stoop was. (Stephen Curry came close, comparing it to a porch — really it’s the steps and landing leading to a building’s entrance).

Pau won the jump ball against little brother Marc to begin the first AllStar Game featuring two sibling starters, but for a while it looked as if that would be the East’s only win of the night.

The West shot out to a 20-point lead, but the East chipped away and cut it to 83-82 before pop star Ariana Grande’s halftime performance.

It was New York’s first time hosting the weekend since 1998 and a rare journey to the north for the NBA, which has preferred to stage the festivities in the warmth of the South and West.

Even some of the NBA’s most fashionable had to choose bundling up over dressing up, a concession to the frigid temperatures they faced during the weekend. But next year might be worse, when the game heads north of the border to Toronto.

Carmelo Anthony struggled to 14 points on 6-of-20 shooting for the East in what may have been his final game of the season. The Knicks star has been battling a sore knee for much of the season and may opt for surgery with the team owning the NBA’s worst record.

But even the Knicks’ misery couldn’t dampen the spirts for this basketballrich city. Players on the floor were surrounded by some of New York’s hoops royalty, such as Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Julius Erving. There was even time to celebrate the Knicks: Willis Reed, Walt Frazier, Bill Bradley, Phil Jackson, Earl Monroe and Bernard King were honoured during a break in the action.

Tim Duncan had one basket in his 15th All-Star Game, second only to Abdul-Jabbar’s 18. Duncan’s first was

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West Team’s Russell Westbrook, of the Oklahoma City Thunder, dunks the ball during the first half of the NBA All-Star basketball game, Sunday, in New York. here in 1998, as was Kobe Bryant’s.

Bryant had to sit out along with Anthony Davis and Blake Griffin, leaving the West without three elected starters.

But they had more than enough talent left, not surprising in another season where the West is the more powerful conference from top to bottom.

East coach Mike Budenholzer played his four Atlanta Hawks together

in the first quarter, Al Horford joining Jeff Teague, Paul Millsap and Korver.

“I thought we would all be out there together quite a bit. We were kind of hand signalling to run a few plays, but you weren’t really running plays,” Korver said.

“It was just up and down. But it was great for the Hawks and for the city of Atlanta. It was really cool.”

Snedeker snags win at Pebble Beach to change outlook on season PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. — The fog began to roll in off the coast of Pebble Beach, though it didn’t matter. Brandt Snedeker had the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am in hand, and he had a clear view of where he was going.

There is no better wait than on the 18th tee at Pebble Beach. For Snedeker, there was no better feeling than walking up the famous closing hole with a four-shot lead, his ball in the middle of the fairway and a big reward for a lot of hard work and hard times.

A conservative par gave him a 5-under 67 and a three-shot victory Sunday, and it brought a renewed sense of direction.

“I think I’m relevant again,” Snedeker said after his second win at Pebble Beach in three years.

For the first time in more than three years, Snedeker fell out of the top 50 in the world at the end of last year after his worst season on the PGA Tour. He wasn’t in the Masters or any of the World Golf Championships. He already was making plans to play new tournaments. He was going to play every week until the Masters to give himself every chance to secure another tee time at Augusta National.

All that changed in one week that was close to perfect.

Snedeker made only one bogey over 72 holes on three golf courses, and it still gnawed at him even as he left the room with a crystal trophy. He didn’t have a three-putt, no small feat on poa annua greens played on by 156 players

and 156 amateurs over three days.

He’s in the Masters. By moving up to No. 31 in the world, he can count on all four World Golf Championships.

He’s also in the PGA Championship (he already was eligible for the U.S. Open based on his top 10 at Pinehurst No. 2 last year). Snedeker was irritated at the thought the world best players might gather without him.

He didn’t like being Mr. Irrelevant.

“Not fun,” he said. “Not when you’re used to it. I don’t like playing golf and not feeling like I can compete and win. For six months, eight months of last year I didn’t feel I could do that. I didn’t feel like my game was where it needed to be, it wasn’t sharp.”

He began working with Butch Harmon to understand his swing and how to play the game. That took time. And when the 2015 season began, it was time for him to prove all over that he belonged in the big events.

“This is going to be hopefully the kind of player I am for many years going forward,” he said.

That didn’t make Sunday at Peb-

ble Beach easy. Snedeker might have looked calm during the final 5 ½ hours.

He was a wreck inside, especially in the early going when it appeared that any number of players would have a chance.

Jim Furyk had a one-shot lead and disappeared early with a 38 on the front nine, though it was three birdie putts inside 10 feet that really cost him.

Furyk felt like he hit the ball where he was aiming and couldn’t believe he was losing ground.

He closed with a 74, and for the ninth time since his last win at the 2010 Tour Championship, he failed to convert when he had at least a share of the 54-hole lead.

Torrey Pines winner Jason Day made a brief charge in the middle of the round. So did Pat Perez until a pair of bogeys around the turn did him in.

The consolation for Perez was winning the pro-am title with Pandora Jewelry co-founder Michael Lund.

The big challenge from Nick Watney, who already had a dream week by having San Francisco Giants catcher

Buster Posey as his partner. Watney opened with four straight birdies and had a two-shot lead. It turned on a bad break and a bad shot. A photographer shot off his camera at the top of Watney’s swing on the par-3 fifth, and he came up woefully short in a bunker and made bogey.

With a 4-iron for his second shot on the par-5 sixth, Watney hit his “worst swing of the week.” It sailed to right off the cliffs into Stillwater Cover, leading to bogey. Just like that, he was one shot behind, and after another pair of bogeys on the back nine, he was along for the ride.

“Even though I only lost a shot there, it was a momentum stall,” Watney said of the bogey on No. 6.

“Along with making the bogey on No. 9 with a pitching wedge. Those two, if I could have two back, it would be that swing on 6 and the second shot into No. 9.”

There was no stopping Snedeker.

He is swinging well. He is putting well.

He was a winner again, his seventh on the PGA Tour.

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Sleigh rides were one of the biggest attractions at this year’s Winterfest celebrations on Saturday. Sylvan Lakers stood in a long line up to take part in the activity, with proceeds going towards the Rotary Club of Sylvan Lake.

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Shane Thibodeau and Travis Peirens take the leap into Sylvan Lake’s frigid waters during the Polar Bear Dip on Saturday afternoon. A total of 34 people jumped into the waters after raising money for a local charity of their choice. The Polar Bear Dip was part of Sylvan Lake’s annual Winterfest celebrations.

Community was one of the themes at Sylvan Lake’s annual WinterFest celebrations this past weekend.

Sylvan Lakers of all ages headed out onto the town to take part in a number of activities, all in support of local charities and groups within the community.

The festivities kicked off with a Pancake Breakfast at Lion’s Hall. At noon, people could browse through a Farmers Market at the Community Centre, and enjoy Chili and a Bun at the Sylvan Lake Legion.

Lakeshore Drive was bustling with activity early on in the day, as Big Moo hosted an ice cream eating competition, barbecue, marshmallow roasting and a 50/50 draw in support of local resident Mike Arthur, who was diagnosed with acute myeloid

leukemia in January. The ice cream shop was packed wall to wall as competitions were held throughout the day, with chants of “Fight Like Mike” echoing down the street.

Children could take part in miniature golf, a hockey shootout, horseshoes and snow colouring. One of the biggest attractions of the day, however, was the sleigh rides. Over a hundred people were standing in line at any given point throughout the afternoon.

The Polar Bear Dip saw a total of 17 pairs make the plunge into the lake’s frigid waters for local charities, including Ronald McDonald House Central Alberta. Event organizer Michelle Morrison said total money raised won’t be known until Tuesday.

Fireworks wrapped up Saturday’s festivities at 7 p.m. On Sunday, Sylvan Lakers took part in Toonie Bowling at Railside Bowling, and Monday’s activities included a free family swim at the Aquatic Centre.

WinterFest replaced Family Fun Day (1990- 2002) in 2003.

ABOVE: Lucas Connors, 4, tries his hand at mini golf as part of Sylvan Lake’s annual Winterfest celebrations on Saturday. A number activities were available for children, including snow colouring, horseshoes and tug-of-war, many of which had proceeds going towards local charities.

BELOW: Dave Yurkewich, left, and Daniel Fong, and Matt Deroche of a capella group HOJA provide live entertainment for Sylvan Lake’s annual Winterfest celebrations on Saturday.

ABOVE: The Sylvan Lake Nauticals swim club took part in an ice cream eating competition on Saturday morning at the Big Moo in support of Mike Arthur, a Sylvan Laker diagnosed with leukemia. Ice cream eating competitions happened throughout the day with various Sylvan Lake teams and clubs taking part.

BELOW: Thressa Bens and Rebecca Marsh took to Sylvan Lake’s family skating rink on Saturday

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CP Rail strike ends COMPANY, EMPLOYEES AGREE TO RESUME DISCUSSIONS

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — A day-old strike at Canadian Pacific Railway screeched to an unexpected halt Monday with the company and its union agreeing to binding arbitration just hours before employees were to be legislated back to work.

Labour Minister Kellie Leitch was on the verge of introducing a bill to end the labour dispute when she suddenly emerged from the House of Commons to reveal the two sides had beaten her to it.

“The strike is over,” Leitch declared. “I’m incredibly happy that both sides put the interests of Canadians and the Canadian economy first.”

The minister said she welcomed the sudden willingness by the railway (TSX:CP) and the union to resume talks through a mediator — a development that had seemed impossible just hours earlier.

Asked whether the threat of a back-to-work bill had negated the rights of workers to strike, Leitch played down its impact, noting that employees already had the opportunity to strike.

“We have not tabled this legislation,” she said.

“We have allowed the parties to meet, to talk and to come to what they think will be the best agreement.”

Earlier Monday, as the House of Commons debated the merits of the back-to-work bill, Leitch said the strike could have cost the Canadian economy more than $200 million in lost GDP every week.

She acknowledged there were still numerous issues on the table, but said the goal was to get service back to 100 per cent by Tuesday morning.

The strike by 3,300 locomotive engineers and other CP train workers began Sunday.

Effects of the stoppage were felt Monday as the strike disrupted service on several Montreal-area commuter train routes, services used by an estimated 19,000 people every day.

The union chose the arbitration and mediation process to avoid being forced back to work by the government, its president said Monday.

“Our preference is to negotiate these improvements through collective bargaining, and the worst thing that could happen is a legislated process,” Teamsters president Douglas Finnson said in a statement.

“These issues are far too important to our members to have a legislated process decide the issue.”

The Teamsters said the dispute resolution process will address issues at the heart of the conflict, including its concerns about worker fatigue. Train service, it added, would resume Tuesday, but only after it had ensured workers were well rested.

In a statement Monday, CP Rail chief executive Hunter Harrison said the company would have preferred a negotiated deal, though he noted the decision brings both sides back to the table.

“This is the right thing to do at this time,” Harrison said.

On Sunday, Peter Edwards, CP’s vice-president of

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Striking Canadian Pacific Railway employees walk the picket line outside the CP railyard in Moose Jaw, Sask., Monday. labour relations, said he supported the government’s bill after negotiations failed.

NDP labour critic Alexandre Boulerice said he doesn’t believe the threat of back-to-work legislation helped either side in the dispute.

“The Conservatives always have the same answers: to attack the workers, attack their rights — the constitutional rights — and attack their unions,” Boulerice said.

He hoped the arbitrator would find a solution to the “extreme fatigue” of CP’s drivers.

Liberal labour critic David McGuinty said the government’s willingness to legislate employees back to work signals their contempt for the right to collective bargaining.

“Collective bargaining is a Supreme Court of Canada-upheld right, as recently as several months ago, in a landmark decision. It’s something we believe in.

It’s something most Canadians understand,” he said.

“It’s not allowing collective bargaining to take its course. It’s about trying to single out a group, trying to blame it.”

Greece given week to ask for extension

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A man wears a placard on his head, made using a photograph from the 2006 American made war fantasy movie ‘300’ during a rally to support the newly elected government’s push for a better deal on Greece’s debt, outside the Greek government, Monday.

BRUSSELS — European creditors issued Greece with an ultimatum Monday, saying the country must accept a key condition in bailout talks or face meeting its debt commitments on its own.

Another meeting of the 19 finance ministers of the eurozone over how to make Greece’s debts sustainable broke down within three hours, with Europe’s creditors giving Greece until Friday to ask for an extension to its bailout program.

Investors were growing increasingly concerned that a compromise deal was not in the offing, and the euro fell sharply with news of the collapsed talks.

Yet despite the talk of deadlines, Greece’s finance minister, Yanis Varoufakis, insisted a deal between the two sides would be signed soon and that visible progress will be made within the next 48 hours.

“We are ready and willing to do whatever it takes to reach an agreement over the next two days,” he said. “Europe will do the usual trick: It will pull a good agreement or an honourable agreement out of what seems to be an impasse.”

Greece’s current bailout program ends after Feb. 28, but it is still not able to stand on its own two feet if it’s to meet its financial obligations over the coming few months. Without further support, Greece faces renewed risk of bankruptcy and a potential exit from the euro.

The discussions between Greece’s radical-left Syriza government, which has been in power for around three weeks, and the eurozone were about what happens at the start of March. Both sides have indicated that they are willing to compromise but have yet to agree to a form of words that would allow some breathing space.

A cornerstone of Syriza’s election victory was there would be no extension. In return for billions of rescue money, successive governments have had to impose a series of economic reforms and spending cuts, which the new Greek administration, led by Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, blames in large part for the country’s ills . Greece’s economy has shrunk by a quarter over the past few years while unemployment and poverty rates have swelled dramatically.

“It would be an act of subterfuge to promise we will complete a program we were elected to challenge,” said Varoufakis.

Jeroen Dijsselbloem, the head of the so-called eurogroup, said the program should be extended to get more time to agree on a lasting solution. “My strong preference still is to get an extension of the program, and I think it is still feasible,” he told a press conference after the talks ended.

“The request for an extension only commits to one thing: that you keep to the broad lines of the program,” said Dijsselbloem.

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Converting your RRSP to a RRIF the most sensible option At some point in their lives Canadians who have a Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP) will have to decide what they are going to do with all the money they’ve socked away over the years for their retirement.

The majority of Canadians convert their RRSP into a Registered Retirement Income Fund (RRIF) after they turn 71.

A RRIF is an extension of an RRSP. While an RRSP is used to save for retirement, a RRIF is used to systematically draw income during reTALBOT tirement.

BOGGS Under current rules an RRSP must be converted either to an RRIF, an annuity or paid out in a lump sum by the end of the calendar year in which you turn 71.

“Converting to a RRIF is the most sensible option

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and is the overwhelming choice of most Canadians,” says Sylvain Brisebois, managing director of BMO Nesbitt Burns in Ottawa. “Cashing out your RRSP could result in a big tax hit. With an annuity you lock in for the rest of your life (interest rates are very low right now) and you lose control of your money. The majority of Canadians (more than 80 per cent) choose a RRIF.” Many Canadians may not be fully aware of the tax implications of RRIF withdrawals and whether conversion to a RRIF requires a change in the plan’s investment strategy.

There are a number of reasons why the timing of converting to a RRIF is important.

Once you convert to a RRIF you are required to withdraw a certain amount each year. Withdrawals are considered taxable income and are added to your other income. Withdrawing funds early or withdrawing more than required may end up putting you in a higher tax bracket.

As well, once funds are withdrawn from your RRIF you lose the benefit of tax deferred growth.

Assuming you start at age 71, the withdrawal rate

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is 7.38 per cent of the value of your portfolio, rising each year in increments to 8.75 per cent by age 80, 13.62 per cent at age 90 and a maximum withdrawal of 20 per cent at age 94 and beyond.

If your spouse is younger than you are you can base minimum payments on his or her age, allowing for lower minimum payments and tax deferred growth of your investments for a longer period of time.

Your taxable income from your RRIF and other sources can impact your eligibility for government benefits such as the Old Age Security and could result in a reduction and claw back of some of these benefits. So consider timing and the amount you need to withdraw before making a decision.

Your RRIF can hold a variety of investments just like your RRSP and you may want to select a diversified portfolio that allows for both the flexibility of short term funds to withdraw annually as well as longer-term equities or mutual funds for growth.

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B.C. finance minister readies shiny old shoes for Tuesday’s balanced budget VICTORIA — Finance Minister Mike de Jong says he’ll be wearing an old pair of black leather shoes he had shined up and repaired in time for Tuesday’s budget.

De Jong spruced up the same pair of shoes he wore to last year’s budget, joining some of his Canadian counterparts in putting a twist on the political tradition of finance ministers wearing new footwear on budget day.

De Jong held a pre-budget news conference at a downtown Victoria shoe repair shop where he paid $40 to have his shoes shined and reheeled.

He says this year’s budget will include a surplus higher than the $444 million forecast last fall, but future projections call for smaller surpluses for the next three years.

De Jong says B.C. will likely be the only province in Canada to table a balanced budget.

He says the budget will include some changes to social services funding and the removal of a two-year tax on high income earners.

Toll from faulty GM ignition switches rises to 56 deaths, 87 injuries DETROIT — The death toll linked to crashes involving General Motors cars with defective ignition switches has climbed to 56.

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GREECE: Stalemate Dijsselbloem said another meeting could take place Friday.

He said there was “some flexibility” already in the bailout program, a turn of phrase that Varoufakis described as “nebulous” and lacking in detail.

Malta’s finance minister, Edward Scicluna, worried about the implications of a failure by Athens to request an extension: “Then we won’t meet. There won’t be anything. It will be a disaster.”

“Studies have shown that about 40 per cent of Canadians don’t fully understand the tax implications of RRIF withdrawals,” Brisebois says. “Advisers have a lot of work to do in this area on behalf of their customers.”

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U.S. Secretary of Labor Tom Perez The government agency predicted is flying Monday to San Francisco, Southeast Asia’s second-largest econwhere negotiations between the dockomy behind Indonesia will expand workers union and a maritime associabetween 3.5 and 4.5 per cent in 2015 as tion of companies have come to a halt. world growth picks up and tourism, exSo, too, has processing of billions ports and investment recover. of dollars of cargo due to pass through Renowned for its pristine beaches 29 seaports from Southern California and high quality rice, Thailand is also to Seattle. Over the holiday weekend, a manufacturing base for electronics companies locked out workers who manufacturers and several global auwould normally load or unload ships. tomakers, including General Motors Co. and Toyota Motor Corp.

Thailand was hit by months of anti-government protests before the May coup, which was the latest major episode in a decade long battle between the country’s ruling class and a MONTREAL — Checked baggage populist political movement started by fees are paying off for Canada’s two telecoms billionaire and former prime major airlines. minister Thaksin Shinawatra.

The charges are part of ancillary The coup has ushered in a period fees — which also include passenger of relative calm but deep divisions fees for preferred seating, in-flight remain. meals, and premium economy priviThe agency said the political instaleges — that airlines have tapped to bility made the number of tourists deboost profits. cline by 1.77 million people compared “We’ll use whatever tools we have with 2013. at our disposal to drive profitability,” Export volumes rose slightly last Air Canada CEO Calin Rovinescu said year but prices fell, producing a 0.3 this week during a conference call per cent drop in export value overall. about its 2014 results, making referThailand temporarily lost its crown ence to fee hikes, additional seating as the world’s top rice exporter as it and raising airfares. stockpiled rice in an attempt to force Air Canada’s ancillary revenues up global prices after introducing per passenger grew 18 per cent in large subsidies for rice crops. the fourth quarter from a year ago, The agency said the economy grew largely due to the charge on the first by 2.3 per cent in the October-Decemchecked bags, introduced in November quarter, 1.7 per cent higher than in ber, for routes in Canada, Mexico and the previous quarter. It shrank in the the Caribbean. For the full year, these first half of the year. revenues grew 10 per cent. It did no provide specific dollar figures.

WestJet Airlines (TSX:WJA), meanwhile, recently boosted its forecasted take from the fees by 11 per cent to $100 million.

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The new total, which is four more than last week, was posted Monday on an Internet site by compensation expert Kenneth Feinberg.

Feinberg and his aides are combing through claims filed before a Jan. 31 deadline to determine which are eligible for compensation. Each eligible death claim is worth at least $1 million under guidelines established by Feinberg, who was hired by GM to handle claims and make payments.

As of Friday, his office had received 478 death claims and 3,834 injury claims. Of the injury claims, 87 have been determined eligible for compensation, up from 79 a week earlier.

Detroit-based GM was aware of faulty ignition switches on Chevrolet Cobalts and other small cars for more than a decade, but it didn’t recall them until 2014. On 2.6 million cars worldwide, the switches can slip out of the “on” position, causing the vehicles to stall, knocking out power steering and turning off the air bags.

Fienberg’s office has said that it likely will take until late spring to sort through all of the claims it has received.

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It is time to see your true wisdom and sage advice through others.

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LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): It is a good day to release oppressive beliefs that personally hold you back. Allow others to reach out to you today. If they want to help, accept that invitation from them.

There is definitely a restless feeling of excitement now and you finally see your future opening up for you!

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Share your knowledge with others today. This might cause some havoc for those who are mostly in fear of the future, but do it with kindness anyway. Strive towards what you personally want to see happen within the world.

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AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): It is a good day to finally shine that confidence out to others in the world. You will want to shake others up today and will do so by showing confidence with what you say to them. Also, be kind to others when they point blank ask for your help.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): You will want to express your values with no holds barred and this will most likely shake people up and perhaps awake! There will be discussions about implementing new healing modalities to your own daily routine. This examination will offer you great insight!

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SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Today will welcome in a more holistic perspective of family and those within your household. Release the thought patterns that keep you away from fully developing your knowledge. Share your known truth going forward. Just be yourself and let others be the same.

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It took five hours in the makeup chair to transform Brett Manyluk into a member of the early and extinct human group for the three-day shoot near Grande Cache, Alta. duction, which took three years of filming around the world (and also utilizes Otis the Medicine River Wildlife Centre’s “ambassador” owl in some scenes).

He considers the doc to be a ground breaking, possible award winner. “It’s beautifully shot, with cuttingedge information. It’s a high-quality package.”

Among the information contained in the film is that scientific evidence suggests inter-breeding occurred between different kinds of early humans, and the co-mingling of these genes helped modern humans adapt to a multitude of climate zones.

As the Odyssey’s press kit states: “Our species survived to populate every corner of the planet, against

Fifty Shades of Grey whips competition at box office THE ASSOCIATED PRESS LOS ANGELES — Audiences were more than curious to check out the big-screen adaptation of the racy phenomenon Fifty Shades of Grey this weekend. The erotic Rrated drama sizzled in its debut, earning an estimated $81.7 million from 3,646 theatres in its first three days, distributor Universal Pictures said on Sunday.

In addition to destroying Valentine’s and Presidents Day weekend records, Fifty Shades of Grey has also become the second-highest February debut ever, behind Passion of the Christ’s $83.9 million opening in 2004.

The chart-topping film cost a modest $40 million to produce. Starring Dakota Johnson and Jamie Dornan as Anastasia Steele and Christian Grey, it could be on track to earn over $90 million across the four-day holiday weekend.

“Our fondest wishes were realized,” said Universal’s President of Domestic Distribution Nick Carpou. “This is one of those moments where I can speak for the entire studio and say we’re celebrating.”

Carpou was especially pleased that audiences in large, mid-size, and small markets turned out to see the film despite weather challenges in the Northeast.

“We had a tremendous amount of interest from small-town exhibitors,” said Carpou, noting strong outings in the South. “That speaks to their patrons really wanting to see the film as soon as possible and be part of what everyone is talking about.”

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Manyluk only acts about five per cent of the time in his film and television career (one of his speaking role was in the Alberta-made film Passchendaele).

The rest of his time he works as a camera operator on many interesting projects, including the film Brokeback Mountain and the 3D feature The Young and Prodigious T.S. Spivet, directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet (Amelie).

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Under the sloped forehead and shaggy hair of a Neanderthal in the CBC documentary series The Great Human Odyssey is Central Alberta actor Brett Manyluk.

Manyluk, who graduated from the Red Deer College Theatre Studies program in 1994, usually works behind as a camera operator on films, TV serials and commercials.

But he knew the director of photography on the Odyssey, so when a tall, muscular actor was needed to play a Neanderthal in the production, the six-footsix Manyluk, who plays in several hockey leagues, was invited to step into the animal skin costume.

The Great Human Odyssey, directed by anthropologist Niobe Thompson, is a three-part documentary that explores the “unlikely survival and miraculous emergence of Homo sapiens as the world’s only global species.”

The second part of the series, which features Manyluk’s contribution, airs on the CBC on Thursday at 9 p.m.

It took five hours in the makeup chair for Manyluk to become transformed into a member of the early and extinct human group for the three-day shoot near Grande Cache, Alta. Makeup artist Travis Shewchuk had to make a full head cast to construct the wider forehead, nose, cheeks and chin. Ample facial hair was then applied.

The acting requirements weren’t exactly of Shakespearean proportions, admitted Manyluk. In fact, the 41-year-old Edmonton resident doesn’t have any dialogue in the film that casts Neanderthals in a new light.

Scientists now believe the early relatives of humans were a larger species, with big heads and big brains. Thompson notes in the documentary that new information indicates they were much more intelligent than previously thought, with the ability to fashion and work with rudimentary tools.

Manyluk’s craggy character, along with his Neanderthal friend, were filmed doing re-enactments like “opportunistic hunting” — chasing off trained wolves that had supposedly killed some prey the Neanderthals later appropriated.

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REGISTERED Dental Assistant LEVEL II Riverside Dental Centre req’s a RDA II to fill a position that is 4 days/per week, no nights or weekends. The ideal person is a team player, wants a long term position and interested in the best for our patients. We are a general Dental Practice in a new facility that is progressive and values our patients. We offer a competitive salary, benefits and a great work environment. Please submit a resume to linda@riverside dentalcentre.ca or fax 403-342-6041.

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EAST 40TH PUB REQ’S P/Tor F/T COOK Apply in person with resume 3811 40th Ave. Hampton Inn & Suites 128 Leva Ave. Red Deer AB, CA T4E 1B9 Housekeeping Supervisor $20.00/hour Full Time: M-F 7am to 5pm * Supervise team of cleaners and janitors * Inspect sites to ensure safety and cleanliness * Arrange for services required such as painting, renovations or replacement of furnishings * Hire and train cleaning staff * Prepare work schedule , budget, estimate costs and keep financial records Apply in person 8am-4 pm Monday - Friday JJAM Management (1987) Ltd., o/a Tim Horton’s Requires to work at these Red Deer, AB locations: 5111 22 St. 37444 HWY 2 S 37543 HWY 2N 700 3020 22 St. FOOD ATTENDANT Req’d permanent shift weekend day and evening both full and part time.

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BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS BEIJING — Working out of a Beijing office full of video game designers from around the world, Chinese-born Pin Wang and his startup Substantial Games should be the face of the innovative, forward-looking China that the country’s leaders say they want to build.

Pin and his team are attracting investors from across China while launching online games full of swords and sorcery that they hope will dazzle global eyeballs. But for several weeks, Pin’s team has struggled with a decidedly down-to-earth problem that’s hit countless companies nationwide: They’re unable to access their email, shared documents and other online services blocked by China’s Internet censors.

“Something that should take 15 seconds takes three or five minutes, and it screws with the way you flow or you work,” Pin said. “We don’t have the resources to move because we’re a startup. But we talk about it all the time.”

Chinese controls on information have tightened and loosened over the years, but Pin and others are feeling what many say is China’s most severe crackdown in decades on how people learn about the world around them, talk to each other and do business.

On the Internet, in college classrooms and in corporate offices, the Chinese Communist Party has raised the virtual wall separating the most populous country from the rest of the globe. Experts say it reflects a distrust of outside influences that the party thinks could threaten its control on society.

Companies that have depended for years on virtual private networks, or VPNs, to get around Chinese online censors and access business tools have seen those channels squeezed or shut down since the start of the year.

Academics who have long helped Chinese authorities distill foreign ideas into public policy have been told to watch what they say, especially about so-called Western ideas that

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clash with party doctrine. And many foreign companies that were welcomed into China’s booming economy have seen their offices raided by investigators and been forced to pay record fines in antitrust investigations.

Despite Chinese government pledges to create an innovation economy that leads the world, China ranked 22nd out of 50 countries, between Ireland and Spain, in a global innovation index released this month by Bloomberg financial news service.

“To have the best educational system and the best university has nothing to do with how many high-rises you have and how many good dining halls you have,” said Rowena He, a Harvard University lecturer. “The most important thing at the core is the intellectual freedom that makes up life in a university and academia,” she said. “But instead of opening up to reforms, we see the opposite.”

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying responded to the concerns of foreign businesses by pointing to a U.N. report showing China became the world’s top destination for foreign direct investment in 2014.

Hua also echoed previous government arguments that people online needed to first obey Chinese regulations on “healthy” Internet use.

“As long as foreign companies in China observe the Chinese law and refrain from undermining China’s national security and consumers’ interest, China will protect their legal rights and welcome their business expansion,” Hua said.

The tighter controls reflect instability within the party as President Xi Jinping shakes up the political landscape in a much-publicized anti-corruption campaign that’s netted thousands of government officials, said prominent China scholar Perry Link. The strategy echoes back to the political purges of Mao Zedong, the founding father of the People’s Republic of China, Link said.

“Since Xi Jinping has come in, the clampdown has been stronger and more unidirectional than anything since the Mao era,” Link said.

Professor Xia Yeliang was among the first to feel the consequences when the economics faculty of prestigious Peking University voted to expel him

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what people in China can see online.

Xi presides over the powerful Central Internet Security and Information Leading Group, which formed three months after he took power.

The list of controls grows every month. Late last year, Chinese censors finally blocked all Google services after the U.S. company refused to cooperate with them in 2010. This month, officials required that all Chinese blog and chat room users register with their real names and promise in writing to avoid challenging the political system.

In the coming weeks, new cybersecurity regulations will reportedly require foreign companies to turn over sensitive intellectual property and submit their products to security checks.

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in October 2013, a month before Xi took power after a lengthy, stage-managed transition. Xia had long been an advocate for democratic reforms in China and helped draft Charter 08, a bold call for sweeping changes to China’s political system.

Xia said more than 20 professors in China have been expelled or otherwise disciplined for their political teachings since Xi came to power. “Through my colleagues, I can sense that the ideological controls are getting much tighter,” said Xia, now a visiting fellow at the libertarian U.S. think-tank the Cato Institute. In that political climate, the government sees the Internet as a top threat and has responded by building a ubiquitous system for censoring

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Chinese people check on their smartphones on a street in Beijing Monday. On the Internet, in college classrooms and in corporate offices, the Chinese Communist Party has raised the virtual wall separating the world’s most populous country from the rest of the globe. Experts say it reflects a distrust of outside influences that party thinks could threaten its control on society.

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NOTICE TAKE NOTICE that a Writ of Summons (Writ) was issued against you on the 21st January, 2014 by RASUAKI SALABABA and JOSKAVETO DOLANAISORO both of Varadoli, Ba., Police Officers claiming damages from the breach of contract.

AND THAT the High Court at Lautoka has ordered that the publication of this Notice in ‘Daily newspaper in Canada’ be deemed sufficient service on you of the Writ. A copy of the Writ of Summons can be obtained from the undersigned during business hours between the working day hours of 8:15am to 4:30pm on Monday to Friday.

THAT you the said PREM CHAND, SHUSHIL CHAND and VINOD CHAND are required to attend the High Court in Lautoka on the 18th day of February, 2015 at 8:30am.

The Plaintiff may proceed with the action and judgement may be entered against you forthwith without further notice on that date.

DATED this 12th day of February, 2015 SOLICITOR FOR THE PLAINTIFFS This notice was filed for on behalf of the Plaintiffs whose address is Suite B, Popular Building, Vidilo Street, Lautoka, Fiji Tel: 6650299/6660663 Fax: 6650922 E-mail: quorolegal@connect.com.fj

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Boko Haram issues new threat against Niger as countries meet in Cameroon to discuss response

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Ukrainian government soldiers load boxes of food rations onto a vehicle, from a roadside supply near the town of Artemivsk, Ukraine. The Ukrainian government and Russia-backed rebels accused each other Monday of violating a cease-fire in eastern Ukraine, a day before the parties are due to start withdrawing heavy weaponry under a recently brokered deal.

Fierce battle persists for east Ukraine rail hub

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS LUHANSKE, Ukraine — Intense artillery exchanges between Ukrainian government forces and Russian-backed separatists persisted Monday around a strategic town in eastern Ukraine — fighting that threatens to dash a cease-fire deal brokered

by European leaders last week.

Under the cease-fire agreement negotiated by the leaders of Ukraine, Russia, Germany and France, the warring sides are to begin withdrawing heavy weapons from the front line Tuesday. That plan already looks at risk, with the rebels saying they are not satisfied that conditions are in place for the process to go ahead.

Associated Press reporters in Luhanske, a government-held town 15 kilometres (9 miles) northwest of the bitterly contested railway hub of Debaltseve, heard sustained shelling Monday. Some of the artillery appeared to be outgoing, suggesting it was being fired by Ukrainian troops.

Debaltseve, still in government hands, remains in contention despite the cease-fire. The rebels insist the town should revert to their control because they have encircled it. A loaded Grad rocket launcher was seen pointing in the direction of Debaltseve, but it was not fired while AP journalists were present.

Speaking by telephone Monday night, French President Francois Hollande, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko expressed concerns about the continued fighting at Debaltseve and “also expressed the wish that the OSCE observers have a free access to continue their work on the ground,” an official in Hollande’s entourage said. The official spoke anonymously because they were not allowed to speak publicly. Observers from the Organization from Security and Cooperation in Europe, who are supposed to monitor the cease-fire, said Sunday that separatists denied them access to Debaltseve.

Despite the cease-fire that went into effect early Sunday morning, five Ukrainian troops were killed and 25 were wounded in the past 24 hours, Ukrainian military spokesman Andriy Lysenko said Monday.

Separatist military official Eduard Basurin said in a televised news conference Monday that the government overnight lobbed artillery at Horlivka, a town under rebel control.

Indonesia to move eight foreigners to prison island ahead of execution

Ukraine, however, blamed that attack on the rebels. The government-appointed police chief of the Donetsk region, Vyacheslav Abroskin, said the separatists shelled the town in order to derail the truce.

The cease-fire appeared to hold elsewhere. The city hall of the rebel capital Donetsk, which came under heavy artillery fire in the past week, said on Monday that there was no fighting in the area.

Ukraine and the West accuse Russia of arming and supplying manpower to the separatists and have imposed a range of economic sanctions to pressure Moscow into changing its course. Russia denies all suggestions it is directly involved in the war in Ukraine, but the sheer amount of heavy weapons the rebels have belies that claim.

The cease-fire had raised cautious hopes for an end to the 10-month-old conflict, which has already claimed more than 5,300 lives. But Ukraine and rebel officials have already traded multiple accusations of attacks since then. Both the separatists and the Ukrainian government insist they are committed to the cease-fire negotiated in marathon talks last week. But the Russian news agency Interfax quoted Basurin as saying Monday that conditions are not yet ready to pull back heavy weapons on Tuesday.

“We will begin pulling back equipment from the line of contact if we receive a certain signal, which is if the Ukrainians also do the same thing,” Basurin was quoted as saying.

In Berlin, Merkel appealed for the cease-fire to be respected. “The situation is fragile,” she conceded. “(But) that was certainly to be expected with a view to Debaltseve.”

German Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Sawsan Chebli mentioned the possibility of a meeting between the German, French, Russian and Ukrainian foreign ministers this week to discuss “further steps” to implement the cease-fire deal.

President Vladimir Putin’s aide Yuri Ushakov told Russian news agencies that the cease-fire is “changing the situation dramatically” and that Moscow looks forward to the heavy weaponry being pulled out from the front line. On Monday, the European Union added 19 more people and nine organizations to its list of sanctioned Russian entities, including two Russian deputy defence ministers, the eastern Ukraine-born Russian crooner Iosif Kobzon, who sang to the rebel leaders in Donetsk last year, and several separatist commanders.

YAOUNDE, Cameroon — The Nigeria-based extremist group Boko Haram on Monday threatened neighbouring countries Niger and Chad, warning the fighters were prepared to carry out suicide bombings in the countries sending troops to help fight the militants.

The warning came as leaders from Niger and other countries in the region gathered in Cameroon’s capital to finalize plans for a joint offensive against the militants who have stepped up their attacks in recent weeks.

In a translation published by the SITE Intelligence Group, Boko Haram sharply criticized Niger for joining the effort and said the country was being dragged into a “swamp of darkness.” Over the last 10 days, Boko Haram fighters have repeatedly struck the town of Diffa but not the capital.

“If you insist on continuing the aggression and the coalition with the government of Chad, then we give you glad tidings that the land of Niger is easier than the land of Nigeria and moving the war to the depth of your cities will be the first reaction toward any aggression that occurs after this statement,” it said, according to SITE’s transcript.

A multinational force to fight Boko Haram is expected to be formally launched in coming weeks.

Chad, Cameroon, Niger and Benin initially pledged to help Nigeria. On Monday, Burundi and Central African Republic also agreed to contribute troops to fight the militant group.

The Islamic extremist group has fought a five-year insurgency against Nigeria’s government, leaving 10,000 people dead last year alone. The violence has forced some 157,000 people to seek refuge in Niger, while 40,000 others have gone to Cameroon and 17,000 are in Chad, the U.N. said. Almost 1 million Nigerians are internally displaced, according to the country’s own statistics.

On Monday, leaders in Central Africa said that 10 member states had agreed to contribute most of the $100 million needed to combat Boko Haram. They did not state how much had been raised nor how much is remaining despite calling for the creation of an emergency fund to bridge the difference.

No new trial for Chicago Arab activist convicted of lying about role in Israel bomb deaths DETROIT — A federal judge in Detroit has denied a request for a new trial for a Chicago Arab activist convicted of lying about her role in two terrorist bombing deaths in Israel when she immigrated to the U.S. Judge Gershwin Drain ruled last week that Rasmieh Odeh’s argument for a new trial lacked legal merit. In his ruling, Drain said evidence showed the Palestinian native illegally obtained U.S. citizenship by failing to disclose her conviction for the fatal 1969 bombings in Jerusalem.

Israel imprisoned Odeh for life for her role in the bombings, including one that killed Hebrew University students Edward Joffe and Leon Kanner at a grocery store. Odeh, 67, said Israeli authorities tortured her into confessing. Israel released Odeh in 1979 in a prisoner exchange with the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, the group behind the bombings. Odeh entered the U.S. in 1995 and applied for citizenship in Detroit in 2004. Until her arrest, Odeh ran daily operations at the Arab American Action Network in Chicago. She now spells her first name Rasmea. She faces likely deportation at her sentencing, scheduled for March 12.

Odeh supporter Hatem Abudayyeh condemned the judge’s rulings and the case as a whole.

“Since both defence motions challenged how Drain conducted the trial, it came as no surprise,” Hatem Abudayyeh of the Rasmea Defence Committee said in a statement. “We know that the conviction was a travesty of justice, and that Judge Drain’s rulings made it impossible for the jury to give Rasmea a fair shake.”

CARNIVAL IN HAITI

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS JAKARTA, Indonesia — Eight convicted drug smugglers, including seven foreigners, will be transferred to an Indonesian prison island this week for imminent execution despite international appeals for clemency, an official said Monday.

Among the eight are Andrew Chan, 31, and Myuran Sukumaran, 33, the ringleaders of a group of nine Australians arrested in 2005 for attempting to smuggle 8.3 kilograms (18.3 pounds) of heroin to Australia from the Indonesian resort island of Bali.

The seven other members of the group — dubbed the “Bali Nine” by Australian media — have received prison sentences ranging from 20 years to life.

In addition to Chan and Sukumaran, five men from France, Brazil, Ghana, Nigeria and Indonesia, and a woman from the Philippines, will face a firing squad after being moved to Nusa Kambangan prison, Attorney General’s Office spokesman Tony Spontana said, without giving exact dates. Six other drug smugglers, including five foreigners, were executed in January at the same prison, located off Indonesia’s main island of Java.

Indonesian President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has rejected appeals by Australia’s government for clemency for Chan and Sukumaran, and vowed not to grant mercy to any other drug offenders because Indonesia is suffering a “drug emergency.”

Australia has abolished capital punishment and opposes executions of any Australian overseas.

Lawyers for the two Australians, who are currently being held at a Bali prison, filed a complaint in an administrative court last week to challenge Jokowi’s rejection of the appeals, arguing that it was made without consideration of their remorse and rehabilitation. A hearing on the complaint is scheduled for next week.

Spontana, however, said the executions would not be delayed. “Their legal options were exhausted after their clemency was rejected by the president,” he said. “ The next step is execution.”

In Australia earlier Monday, Prime Minister Tony Abbott said he had personally appealed to Jokowi to stop the executions.

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A performer juggles machetes while standing on top of his partner’s head during Carnival celebrations in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Monday.

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1989 — Ottawa temporarily blocks import of Salman Rushdie’s novel The Satanic Verses; the ayatollahs of Iran consider the novel to be blasphemous to the Koran, and demand that Rushdie be assassinated.

1982 — Gordon Kessler wins an Alberta byelection in Olds-Didsbury for the separatist Western Canada Concept party.

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Egypt strikes IS targets in Libya CAIRO — Egypt carried out airstrikes against Islamic State group targets in neighbouring Libya on Monday and began a push for international military intervention in the chaotic North African state after extremists beheaded a group of Egyptian Christians.

The airstrikes bring Egypt overtly into Libya’s turmoil, showing Cairo’s alarm over the growing stronghold of radicals on its western border as it also fights a militant insurgency of Islamic State allies on its eastern flank in the Sinai Peninsula.

Libya is where the extremist group has built up its strongest presence outside Syria and Iraq, and the government of President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi is lobbying in Europe and the United States for a co-ordinated international response similar to the coalition air campaign in those countries.

“Leaving things in Libya as they are without decisive intervention to suppress these terror groups constitutes a clear danger to international peace and security,” Egypt’s Foreign Ministry said.

Egypt launched U.S.-made F-16 fighter jets from bases near its border several hours apart and struck targets in the eastern Libyan city of Darna, according to Egyptian and Libyan security officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to talk the press.

Egypt’s military announced the first round of strikes on state radio — the first public acknowledgement of military action in post-Moammar Gadhafi Libya.

The military’s statement said weapons caches and training camps were destroyed “to avenge the bloodshed and to seek retribution from the killers.”

“Let those far and near know that Egyptians have a shield to protect and safeguard the security of the country and a sword that cuts off terrorism,” it said.

The strikes came hours after the Islamic State group issued a grisly video of the beheadings of 21 Egyptian Christians — mainly young men from impoverished families — who had travelled to Libya for work. They were kidnapped in two groups in December and January from the coastal city of Sirte.

In the video, the hostages are marched onto what is purported to be a Libyan beach before masked militants with knives carve off their heads. At least a dozen killings are visible, but it isn’t clear in the video whether all 21 were killed.

Inside the church in the tiny Christian-majority village of el-Aour, home to 13 of the 21, relatives wept Monday and shouted the names of the dead in shock.

Babawi Walham, his eyes swollen from crying and barely able to speak, recounted how he and his extended family saw news of the video’s release on Egyptian TV Sunday night. His brother, a 30-year-old plumber named Samuel, was one of the men in the video.

“Each one of us was filled with grief, some collapsed or passed out. Our life has been turned upside down,” he told The Associated Press. “I watched the video. I saw my brother. My heart stopped beating. I felt what he felt.”

“I want the bodies back. These are good people.

These are martyrs,” he said.

With almost no state control in much of Libya, extremists loyal to the Islamic State have seized control Darna and the central city of Sirte and have built up a powerful presence in the capital Tripoli and the second-largest city Benghazi.

Libyan Interior Minister Omar al-Sinki has said some 400 militants from Yemen and Tunisia have joined up with Libyan militias vowing allegiance to the Islamic State group.

Without publicly acknowledging it, Egypt and the United Arab Emirates carried out airstrikes against

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Islamist-allied militias last year, according to U.S. officials. Egypt and the Gulf are backing Libya’s internationally recognized government, which was driven into the far east of Libya after Islamist militias took control of the capital, Tripoli.

The Foreign Ministry in Cairo called Monday for political and material support from the U.S.-led coalition staging airstrikes against the Islamic State group in Iraq and Syria.

Lacombe and District

HEALTHY FAMILIES HOME VISITOR

.5 FTE Part-time with potential for full time We are recruiting for the Healthy Families Program, a service of Lacombe FCSS which provides preventive social programs. Healthy Families Home Visitors offer information and longterm support to parents of infants and toddlers on positive parenting, child development, literacy and play as well as facilitating connections with community resources to support healthy family development.

Qualifications: • Post-secondary education in a related Human Services field is preferred • Demonstrated ability to build helping, professional relationships with families • Must have own vehicle as considerable travel in Lacombe/Ponoka area is required.

• Security checks are required This position is based out of the Lacombe and District FCSS office, with daytime hours, a competitive salary and ongoing training opportunities This family support program is made available through a partnership with Family Services of Central Alberta and Child and Family Services, and is part of a provincial network of home visitation programs.

See www.fsca.ca or www.ahvna.org for more information.

Please submit a cover letter and resume by Friday, February 27, 2015 to: Donnie Tafts Family Services Co-ordinator Lacombe and District FCSS 201-5214 50 Avenue, Lacombe, AB T4L 0B6 403-782-6637 (phone) dtafts@lacombefcss.net or Fax 403-782-6639 www.lacombefcss.net Lacombe FCSS thanks everyone for their interest in this posting; only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

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BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Weidner Motors Ltd. in Lacombe is currently accepting applications for a full time

ACCOUNTING SUPERVISOR /ASSISTANT CONTROLLER

PARTS CONSULTANT

Our client is a respected leader in the retail sector and seeks a dynamic individual to fulÀll an important role in providing Ànancial information, interpretation of the information and the leadership to help senior management to excel in their departmental roles. This individual will also be responsible for managing and supervising an Accounting Department of between 5 and 10 individuals.

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PARTS DEPARTMENT The successful candidate must be performance driven, outgoing and possess excellent service skills to efficiently serve the public and our service facility.

We offer an excellent family run work environment, modern facilities along with offering a competitive salary and benefits package.

The successful candidate will have experience preparing month ends and associated working papers, as well as, managing and performing the daily Ànancial accounting and reporting functions of the accounting department.

Previous General Motors training or Parts experience is preferred and may accept someone currently enrolled in the apprenticeship program.

Please submit resume: Att: Bernie Parent Parts Manager Ph 403-782-3626 Fx 403-782-7040 Bernie.parent@telus.net

Lacombe and District

Exceptional analytical and problem solving skills are a requirement along with resilience and the communication skills to make recommendations to both drive and lead change as appropriate.

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A wide breadth of knowledge of IT hardware and Accounting software are deÀnite assets as this person will support the IT function and work alongside third party consultants as appropriate.

Our client offers you a chance to work with an industry leader, in a fast-paced environment, along with an excellent remuneration package which includes beneÀts and proÀt sharing.

COMMUNITY OUTREACH COORDINATOR 1.0 FTE (35 hours/week)

Interested applicants can forward a resume to: Lacombe & District FCSS is a non-profit organization dedicated to the strengthening and enhancing of family and community life by offering preventive social services. The Community Outreach Coordinator will assist individuals and families with decision making and goal setting in order to create meaningful change while preventing crisis, fostering greater independence and increasing capacity.

The successful candidate will: • Develop personal support plans using a case management model • Help individuals to access basic needs within the community and region • Coordinate and follow up on community referrals • Work closely with other community services to promote collaborative approach • Participate in outcome evaluation and reporting Qualifications: • Diploma or degree in related field, preferably human services • Direct experience working with individuals & families with complex needs • Excellent communication skills and basic computer proficiency • Demonstrated passion for assisting people to move toward positive life changes Competitive salary and benefits.

Closing date: Friday, March 6, 2015 Please forward your letter of interest and resume to: Susan MacDonald Executive Director Lacombe and District FCSS 201-5214 50 Avenue, Lacombe, AB T4L 0B6 403-782-6637 (phone) or Fax 403-782-6639 Email: smacdonald@lacombefcss.net www.lacombefcss.net

Cindy Risling; Human Resources Manager Collins Barrow Red Deer LLP Email: crisling@collinsbarrow.com

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COPENHAGEN — The slain gunman behind two deadly shooting attacks in Copenhagen was released from jail just two weeks ago and might have become radicalized there last summer, a source close to the Danish terror investigation told The Associated Press on Monday.

Two Danish sources close to the investigation confirmed to the AP that the slain gunman was named Omar Abdel Hamid El-Hussein. They spoke on condition of anonymity because Copenhagen police have not named the gunman, who they said was a 22-year-old Dane with a history of violence and gang connections. Several Danish media have already named him.

One source told the AP that El-Hussein had been in pre-trial detention for a long time but was released two weeks ago. He also said the corrections authority had alerted Danish security service PET last year after they noticed worrisome changes in ElHussein’s behaviour last summer.

He wouldn’t give specifics but said such alerts are issued when inmates change their attitude or behaviour in way that “sets off alarm bells.”

PET spokeswoman Lotte Holmstrup declined to comment on the report, saying “we are working on finding out what has happened.”

PET director Jens Madsen on Sunday confirmed that the gunman was known to the agency before the weekend attacks in Copenhagen that killed two people and wounded five police officers. He said the gunman may have been inspired by last month’s terror attacks by Islamic extremists in Paris that killed 17 people, but did not elaborate on when his agency began tracking him.

The news about the suspected gunman came as Danes mourned the victims of the country’s first fatal terror attacks in 30 years — and, in an unusual development, some also put flowers on the street at the spot where police killed El-Hussein. The prime ministers of Denmark and Sweden were expected to join thousands of people at memorials in Copenhagen on Monday evening.

While a Danish court on Monday jailed two suspected accomplices of El-Hussein’s for 10 days, Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt insisted there were no signs the gunman had any links to a wider terror cell.

“But we will, of course, in the coming time evaluate our fight against radicalization. We are already doing a lot,” she said.

In November 2013, police distributed photos of ElHussein because he was wanted for a stabbing on a subway train in Copenhagen. At the time, police said he stabbed a 19-year-old man in his left thigh with a large knife.

It wasn’t immediately clear whether he was in pre-trial detention for that crime.

Investigators on Monday released more information about the gunman’s movements between the attacks, one Saturday afternoon at a cultural centre and another early Sunday outside a synagogue, both in Copenhagen.

Police spokesman Joergen Skov said the gunman visited an Internet cafe late Saturday, about six-and-a-half hours after the first attack. Police raided the facility on Sunday and detained four people, including the two men arraigned on Monday, Skov said.

The other two were released.

Investigators released new images of El-Hussein and asked witnesses who had seen him enter or leave the Internet cafe to contact police.

“We are of course interested in whether he was alone and whether he was carrying anything and in which direction he went,” Skov said.

8010 Edgar Denmark’s red-andwhite flag flew at halfstaff from official buildings across the capital Monday.

Lacombe FCSS thanks everyone for their interest in this posting; only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

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• Ability to work within a team.

• Confident, energetic, and creative self-starter.

• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.

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DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES • Design and coordinate marketing communication activities and processes.

• Create brochures, pamphlets, infomercials and other marketing and promotional materials.

• Monitor the implementation of marketing activities and processes.

• Monitor and report on the performance of ongoing promotional campaigns and modify as required to achieve better effectiveness.

• Monitor and address customer responses by providing them with timely, clear, concise and convincing responses to their observations.

• Design and update on a timely basis the contents of the website and social media.

• Develop presentations as required for management.

• Produce a quarterly newsletter.

• Monitor blogs and respond as required to maintain the Habitat For Humanity brands online.

Note. Forward your resume, with cover letter, by email no later than 23 February to info@habitatreddeer.ca. We thank all applicants for their interest, however, only candidates chosen to be interviewed will be contacted.

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TUESDAY, FEB. 17, 2015

Hard finding a little bit of personal time It seems to me that telephone use and/or important work of any kind must give off a high-frequency pitch that only dogs and children can hear.

Dogs, because they seem to be able to hear things of this nature. Kids, because, well, have you ever answered an important phone call in the close vicinity of a child?

The idea of this high-frequency pitch has been tickling the back of my brain for a while. Each time I spend the better half of the morning wasting time on Facebook, perusing around the house participating in not much of anything or, say, watch a show on Netflix, the kids seem to forget about me altogether.

I can usually get through one and a half episodes of Orange is the New Black before one of them is telling me they’re hungry — and that is just short of a miracle because recently they seem to be a never-ending chasm of consumption.

I can walk past the bedroom where they play 27 times before they note my presence and begin questioning what I am doing. There was this one time I read an entire short story without having to break once — that was one in a million, however.

Yet as soon as my body gets close to a telephone or my work laptop, it is all, “Mama, I’m hungry.” “Mama, I’m

bored.”

Today we started out fabulously. We woke up and I got in a quick workout while the kiddies ate their breakfast and watched Pokémon. We then got ourselves readied in our finest LINDSAY threads and met BROWN some friends ME PLUS THREE for lunch at the local Boston Pizza. The kids were angels. Well, as close to angles as kids can be. There may have been some crawling around on the floor and table licking going on, but we can’t ask for the world, right?!

After our outing we took the dog for a walk and enjoyed the beautiful sunshine. Oh we laughed and talked and laughed some more. It was a glorious afternoon filled with magical moments had by all.

It was when we got home that things took a hairy turn for the worst.

I was prepping for dinner when the phone rang; it was my sister-in-law Ashley. The kids seemed occupied with

a game of Monopoly for the moment so I believed I was safe to answer. As generally happens, we became absorbed in our conversation and as usual at the worst possible time, Sophie decided to begin screaming at the top of her lungs. I have no idea, though, what she was screaming about. There were no tears on her face and she was not physically hurt.

I gave her one of the silent but deadly arm waves accompanied by the dreaded mom fury eyes.

The sheer terror of the mom fury eyes would stop Lars in a jiffy, but not Soph — never Soph. She barreled through my obstinate arm flapping and continued to scream that she was hungry. Or maybe it was that Lars called her a tattletale. Possibly she had lost her sparkly Sophia the First lip-gloss and thought I had stolen it from her.

I eventually had to tell Ashley I would let her go. I know how annoying it is trying talk to someone on the phone when there is some little brat in background ranting and raving — super annoying, ultra-annoying, terrifically annoying.

After hanging up, I explain to the girl that it is unacceptable to scream at me when I’m on the phone and unless it is an emergency she can wait until I am done. I realize as she is walking away, though, that her emergency and

mine are probably very different.

When it isn’t Sophie, it is Lars. The boy has learned that trying to get my attention while on the phone is not a wise decision — he probably considers it child’s play.

His aim is to bombard me each and every time I open my laptop to get some work done. It is like he knows the difference between screwing around on the web, which is done on the living room’s desktop, and being on a roll with a great set of prose on my laptop located on the corner desk in the kitchen. He always chooses to find me when I am smack dab in the middle of the latter.

So quite some time ago, the decision to leave work to the early morning hours or long after the children’s bedtime was made.

I’m pretty sure I’m on to something with this high-frequency pitch of a phone or laptop, but even if I am — what am I going to do about it?

I suppose at this point in the parenting game it is a matter of sitting back and appreciating the time we do have with those special little humans. While frequently picturing a day when we will not have to lock ourselves in the bathroom for two minutes of peaceful telephone time.

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

The power of play and its innumerable benefits “It is a happy talent to know how to play.”

— Ralph Waldo Emerson, American essayist, lecturer and poet I had gotten home late from work and was greeted at the door by my eight-year-old granddaughter, Alexis.

It had been an especially trying day and I was exhausted and frustrated.

She led me by the hand into the living room and sat down next to me on the chesterfield.

“How was your day, Opi?” she asked (Opi being a variation of Opa or Grandfather).

As best I could, I described in general terms how frustrated and tired I felt.

Alexis asked me, “Did you try really hard today, Opi?” “Yes,” I replied. “I tried really hard.”

“And did you do you very best?”

“Yes, I did.”

“ W e l l MURRAY then,” she FUHRER said, “you can go outside now and play.”

I find it w o n d e r ful how easily children can see and express fundamental truths. There is plenty of evidence to support the role of play on early childhood learning and development. Research has shown strong associations between play and language, cognitive, physical and social development. Play is a necessary component of childhood. We may often conceive of play as something children do, but research has shown that play is just as vital in adulthood.

Immersed in the responsibilities of life with more to accomplish and less time to do it, we often forget to play, perhaps believing that play is no longer appropriate or even frivo-

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lous. Research suggests that play becomes even more important as we get older and the benefits are innumerable. Studies have shown that play eases tension and promotes creativity.

A study by Northwestern University found that play activated the pleasure centres in the brain resulting in improved scores in a series of controlled puzzle-solving exercises. The conclusion: play appears to “facilitate neuronal connections helpful for greater mental flexibility and creativity.”

Researchers declared that an increase in cognitive resources lessens tension and worry and appears to “help us think of different ways to engage with a challenging situation.”

One of the reasons play is so beneficial is that it brings us into the now.

It submerges us wholly in the moment.

When we engage in play we enter a natural trance state. This state has been referred to as “Flow,” a term coined by Hungarian born author and the distinguished professor of psychology, Mihály Csíkszentmihályi. In his best seller, Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience, Csíkszentmihályi explains that “Flow occurs when we are completely immersed in an activity.

It’s the state of being 100 per cent in the present moment and it is a state of great pleasure.”

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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