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How many is too many?

BY PAUL COWLEY ADVOCATE STAFF In Australia’s extensive outback, the wild horse population was so out of control that the government resorted last fall to shooting thousands from helicopters.

Around the same time, ecologists there reported seeing starving horses turn cannibal to survive.

With an estimated wild — or feral — horse population of between 400,000 and one million, Australia faces an exponentially bigger issue than Alberta, where somewhere around 1,000 horses are believed to roam the foothills.

But even that number is too high to be sustained, say organizations that are encouraging the province to continue its work in getting a firm handle on how many wild horses can be supported without damaging wilderness areas and natural pastures.

Ian Stuart, an Alberta Fish and Game Association hunting chairman, said nobody wants to repeat Australia’s problems, even if it is on a much smaller scale.

“We really don’t want to let it get to that point,” said the semi-retired farmer and horse owner who lives west of Innisfail.

Dealing with wild horses is a sensitive — and almost always controversial — issue.

The Australian aerial cull of the horses they call “brumbies” is unpopular.

Likewise, U.S. efforts to control the wild horse population have been criticized.

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Child advocate urges First Nations, Ottawa to make fire safety a priority

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BY THE CANADIAN PRESS LOON LAKE, Sask. — Saskatchewan’s child advocate says too many children have died in fires on reserves and aboriginal and government leaders need to get their act together.

Bob Pringle says children have a right to be safe in their homes.

“The issues have to be addressed or there’ll be a next time and a next time and a next time,” Pringle said Friday. “Adults, figure it out — it’s not rocket science.”

Pringle was responding to the latest tragedy in the province: the deaths of two children in a house fire on the Makwa Sahgaiehcan First Nation.

Two-year-old Harley Cheenanow and his 18-month-old sister, Haley, had been home with their grandmother when the fire started early Tuesday.

The grandmother managed to get out of the house and, although the children’s father had arrived in time to carry them out, they didn’t survive.

RCMP were the only first responders that showed up to help.

The reserve has had a working fire truck for several years but has never used it. It isn’t properly equipped and no crew had ever been trained to use it.

The band had hired the volunteer fire department in a neighbouring village of Loon Lake, but was cut off services after the village said the band stopped paying its bills. The fire chief has said he got a call about the fire, but didn’t respond.

The decision has fuelled tension between the two communities and created debate in Ottawa about funding to reserves. Federal Aboriginal Affairs Minister Bernard Valcourt has said Makwa Sahgaiehcan, like all other reserves, gets sufficient funding for fire services and it’s up to band officials to decide how the money is spent.

Pringle said the finger-pointing must stop. And he’s writing all sides a letter asking them to meet and work on solutions.

“We’ve kind of lost the focus on the children,” he said. “When we know there are systemic issues that continue to result in children dying, that says to me, ’You know, do we really value children? Are their needs on the front burner?”’

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CONTROL: ‘A step in the right direction’ As recently as last week, a proposed 300-horse roundup in Nevada — which has an estimated 50,000 wild horses — was temporarily blocked by a judge on the grounds that scientific data backing the project was out of date.

Alberta announced earlier this month that it would allow up to 60 feral horses to be rounded up from an area known as the Ghost River Equine Zone.

They will be first offered to the Wild Horses Society of Alberta (WHOAS) as candidates for adoption before going to auction.

A five-year agreement has also been signed with WHOAS to try to control populations by shooting contraceptive-loaded darts into 19 mares, preventing them from getting pregnant for three years.

Alberta Environment and Sustainable Resource Development spokesman Duncan MacDonnell said 21 horses have been captured so far.

MacDonnell said the capture is targeting young stallions, which are considered the most adoptable.

Those captured will be identified to build a database and to ensure they are not simply let free again.

Money raised from the Feb. 28 auction at Innisfail Auction Mart goes back to the government to pay for the horse program.

Another horse count is expected to take place this spring.

The horses are considered feral, rather than truly wild, because they are largely the descendants of logging and guiding/outfitting animals let loose when they were no longer needed in the early 1900s, says the province.

The Fish and Game Association believes the government’s current efforts are a “step in the right direction” but likely won’t be enough to control the

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Man charged after police assaulted at Eckville Post Office A 50-year-old man faces nine charges related to an incident where two police officers were alledgedly assaulted at the Eckville Post Office on Thursday afternoon.

Police responded to the post office where a suspect was accused of causing a disturbance and refusing to leave the post office around 1 p.m.

Officers attempted to arrest the suspect for causing a disturbance, based on the evidence gathered at the scene.

population as much as is needed.

“We’re a conservation organization. So wildlife comes first and feral horses are not wildlife.

“They do displace wildlife, that’s a fact. The numbers have to be controlled. They are an invasive species.”

How many there should be remains an open question.

“It’s hard to put a firm number on it. But in the case of invasive species, a whole lot less is better than a whole lot more.”

Stuart says the government has been working to deal with the problem.

“They’re trying very hard and I would have to give them credit for trying to deal with this on a factual basis, and approach it from a scientific as opposed to an emotional perspective.”

He fully supports the contraception experiment but doubts it will come close to reducing the numbers enough to stabilize the population.

WHOAS president Bob Henderson shares the view that the horse population has to be managed but doesn’t agree with the drastic cuts in numbers some groups see as necessary.

“We believe the numbers are fairly close” to a sustainable population, he said.

Some of those lobbying for a horse cull are using arguments that have no scientific basis, he says.

Horses have been blamed for eating the food that deer and elk need, reducing their populations. But Henderson said the thousands of cattle grazing in the West Country have a far bigger impact.

Meanwhile, WHOAS is doing what it can to manage numbers. Henderson was at the auction mart on Thursday picking out another eight younger horses to join five already “adopted” out of the latest roundup. They will be moved to donated land in the Sundre area.

Rocky Mountain Forest Range Management Association vice-president Ian Mason sees progress in solving the problem with the government’s latest initiatives.

“It’s not perfect, but it’s a start,” the cattle rancher said.

“It’s going to be a long-term project to get the

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The suspect continued to assault the officers and attempted to grab their firearms before he was arrested with the help of more officers.

Sylvan Lake RCMP have charged Leon Williams, 50, of Eckville with obstruction, resisting arrest, choking to overcome resistance, two counts of disarming a peace officer, two counts of assaulting a police officer, causing disturbance and mischief under $5,000.

Williams was released from custody and is on strict conditions. He is set to appear in Red Deer provincial court on March 27. numbers under control and get a suitable management solution.”

Mason, who is one of the original members of the province’s Feral Horse Advisory Committee, believes those on both sides of the issue need to work together.

“We have to try to include everybody in the decision-making process so it’s a group solution that everybody can agree with.”

He understands that there are many admirers of the horses who don’t want to see anything happen to them.

But it comes down to an ecological problem, he said.

“At the end of the day, the environment can only handle so many animals on its landscapes. There is a feed load there that is environmentally sustainable and everything else on that landscape is managed in its numbers.”

Whether it’s human activity, forestry, oil and gas companies, wildlife or cattle grazing, there are limits put on how much is allowed.

“The only thing that’s left to run feral is the horses, which puts everything in an unbalanced state of being.”

Mother Nature’s natural population control mechanisms are not enough to keep the population sustainable, mostly because people continue to let their horses loose in the West Country every year, further boosting numbers.

“There’s a reason the population west of Sundre has exploded in such numbers.”

Mason said they know the horses are there to stay.

Range association members would just like to ensure the population is managed properly.

What the magical number is for an ecologically sustainable population has yet to be determined.

Once that is known, a system of removing horses — possibly in the hundreds — will have to be determined.

When the population is at a manageable level, measures such as contraception darting may have more success in controlling populations. pcowley@reddeeradvocate.com

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Food bank needs cash

BY SUSAN ZIELINSKI ADVOCATE STAFF Red Deer Food Bank is facing its toughest year ever after cash donations fell short by about $200,000 for 2015.

Executive director Fred Scaife said the food bank should have $400,000 to $450,000 in the bank right now for operations. Instead, there’s about $250,000.

“The way we’re sitting right now, we’re going to be good until the end of April, mid-May,” Scaife said on Friday.

“It’s a bad situation we’re in. We need some money.”

Scaife said food donations are still flowing in from the community, but cash donations from businesses started dwindling last fall as oil prices continued dropping.

“I think there was a certain level of nervousness out there and companies were less inclined to give as much as they have in the past.”

When prices tanked, many people connected to or in the oil and gas sector who used to donate $500 to $2,000 closed their wallets, he said.

“They’ve got to think of their own families, right. It’s nice to be nice when you’ve got the money to do that. But in times of uncertainty, you have to start thinking a little bit closer to home and I think many of them did.”

The squeeze comes as more people need the food bank. Over 600 people came in for hampers last month, up about 200 from January 2014.

The number of clients who only need a few fresh items to top up their groceries has also jumped.

Scaife said about 12 people were picking up fresh food when he walked through the client service area on Friday morning.

At the same time of the day and month last year, there would only have been about four.

“Our parking lot is full all the time right now. With the price of oil not rebounding as quick as some had hoped, and rumour of it potentially going back down again, the trucks get bigger and newer in our parking lot.

“If the economic situation doesn’t look much better in March, I’m anticipating it will be an all-time record month.”

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Red Deer Food Bank volunteers Tom Beebe, right, Darryl Boyer, centre and Matthew Bagnall sort through donations in the warehouse of the Food Bank on Friday.

Even if the economy starts to improve, it will get worse before it gets better for clients, he said.

The food bank is now down to six paid staff. Two people were laid off at the beginning of the year to reduce operational costs.

“We may look at adjusting our hours of intake.”

However, if there were more people willing to volunteer at the food bank to sort food donations, that could be

avoided, he said.

“As long as we’ve got food, we’re open. We might be doing it in the dark.

We might be doing it in the cold. And some of us may be underemployed.”

Scaife said he will be knocking on the doors of companies and meeting with local CEOs, many who have helped in the past.

“They might not even realize we’re in the situation we’re in because they have their own realities to deal with.

What I have to do is inject myself into their reality.”

All the food bank requires is a little extra effort from the community, he said.

“I’ve been down this road before, not nearly as rough a road by any stretch of the imagination, but I know that if our community is as supportive as they can be, I think that’s all that’s really needed.” szielinski@reddeeradvocate.com

Preparations for wildfire season start now

BY MARY-ANN BARR ADVOCATE STAFF High atop a remote mountain west of Rocky Mountain House, a special unmanned camera helped monitor the province’s largest wildfire in the 2014 fire season.

The camera, used for the first time in the Rocky Wildfire Management Area to keep an eye on the Spreading Creek wildfire, took photos every hour during daylights hours. The photos were then transmitted by satellite to Alberta Environment and Sustainable Resource Development (ESRD).

Barry Shellian, a wildfire ranger in the Rocky Wildfire Management Area, said the camera was set up after the fire, caused by lightning, was deemed under control.

The 22,170-acre wildfire, west on Hwy 11 and on the west side of Abraham Lake, is still classified as under control by ESRD, and will continue be so into the 2015 Alberta wildfire season, which begins on March 1.

The natural wildfire, twice as large the next largest fire in the province last year, may still have hotspots burning, and there will be ground patrols and aircraft patrols using infra-red cameras in the new season, Shellian said on Friday.

The wildfire was discovered on July 3 and was managed by ESRD to keep within its natural boundaries.

Shellian said it is controlled by natural barriers — mountains, rivers and healthy forests — and they are confident it is under control if it is still burning within the boundaries.

The wildfire is on the north slope of

a mountain, which for the most part is in the shade, cooler and wetter.

The camera has also been used to monitor prescribed burn areas, keeping an eye on weather conditions and when the snow is gone so they know when the best time is to burn an area, Shellian said.

The fire hazard in the Rocky forest is currently low, because there’s still snow on the ground and it’s cold.

Shellian, who began his career in 1984, said it’s a very important time for residents, landowners, industry to be checking on brush piles that have been burning throughout the winter.

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the ground for a long time, and that’s what people don’t always get, and I’ve learned this through my career, those fires we thought were out, they could be sitting there under the snow defying our basic knowledge.

“Who knows with this weather, it might be nice in a week from now and that’s when the fire season starts, March 1 to Oct. 31.

“We find most of our fires are on those shoulder seasons, in the spring and fall, because we haven’t got greenup yet. It’s all brown, the grass is still dry, so that’s where we’ll see some of our fast-moving fires.”

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No charges in probe into Redford’s spending EDMONTON — The RCMP say there won’t be any charges against former Alberta premier Alison Redford over her spending while she held the province’s top job.

The government had forwarded the Mounties a report by the auditor general that was highly critical of Redford and her office.

Auditor Merwan Saher said in the report last summer that he found examples of inappropriate spending on government planes and travel. He concluded that Redford and her office used public resources for personal and partisan purposes.

He blamed an “aura of power” that created a perception that their influence should not be questioned.

“In the interest of thoroughness, the RCMP interviewed a wide range of individuals who provided us with information related to the auditor general’s report,” RCMP Assistant Commissioner Marlin Degrand said in a release Friday. “We thank them for their co-operation, and the file is now concluded.”

Jessica Jacobs-Mino, press secretary for Justice Minister Jonathan Dennis, said in an email: “The legal opinion we received recommended we refer this matter to the RCMP. We did that. We are pleased to see it is now concluded.”

Neither Premier Jim Prentice nor the RCMP offered further comment.

Redford resigned as premier last March as a caucus revolt brewed over her leadership style and lavish spending.

Just before Saher released his report in August, she resigned her seat as a Calgary backbencher for the Progressive Conservatives, and in a letter acknowledged mistakes were made during her time in office.

“In hindsight, there were many things I would have done differently. That said, I accept responsibility for all the decisions I have made,” she wrote.

She said she would not comment further.

On Friday, Stefan Baranski, who was Redford’s one-time communications director and member of her inner circle, tweeted: “Finally sanity prevails!”

Saher outlined various misdeeds in his report, including a practice of “block booking” government aircraft to give the appearance that planes were full “so that other passengers could not ride on the same flight” with the premier and her staff.

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denied any knowledge of the practice, but that it was clear the idea came from her office.

Redford also used government planes to attend Progressive Conservative Party of Alberta functions, the auditor said, sometimes scheduling governmentrelated activities for the same times.

On two occasions, she used the planes for trips that Saher found were more personal than business-related: a family funeral in Vancouver and a weekend in Jasper. Her daughter travelled on both occasions, as well as on 48 other flights — a few times with friends and a couple of times without her mother.

Saher called the flights for her daughter a “personal benefit.”

Saher also delved into a trade mission to India and Switzerland that the government said cost $131,000. Adding other fees, such as advance planning, security and travel for other staff, Saher found the trip actually cost $450,000.

He further found that Redford was involved in a plan to add a lavish penthouse premier’s suite to a government building under renovation near the legislature. The plan was cancelled, but not before $173,000 was spent on design work.

Wildrose critic Drew Barnes said the flights controversy and all of the Redford-era spending speak to the broader issue of responsibility.

“This is a reminder to the voters of Alberta to hold parties and people responsible (who) don’t take good care and provide value for their tax dollars,” said Barnes.

VANCOUVER — The RCMP officer who stunned Robert Dziekanski with a Taser at Vancouver’s airport lied at a public inquiry into the Polish immigrant’s death, a judge ruled Friday.

Const. Kwesi Millington fired his Taser multiple times after he and three other officers were summoned to Vancouver’s airport in October 2007. Dziekanski, who spoke no English, had been throwing furniture in the international terminal.

Each of the officers were compelled to explain their actions at a subsequent public inquiry, and all four were later charged with perjury.

The Crown alleged they lied when they attempted to reconcile their initial accounts of what happened and what was recorded on an amateur video that was released later.

Millington’s verdict marks the first time a judge has concluded that one of the officers lied.

Another Mountie, Const.

Bill Bentley, was acquitted in 2013, while two other cases have not yet concluded.

Millington initially told homicide investigators that Dziekanski remained standing af-

DZIEKANSKI CASE ter the first jolt of the Taser and that he was still standing when Millington pulled the trigger a second time. The video, however, clearly shows Dziekanski fell to the ground after the first deployment.

Millington testified at the inquiry that he honestly believed at the time that Dziekanski was standing, even though he acknowledged on the stand that he was mistaken.

B.C. Supreme Court Judge William Ehrcke said Millington’s explanation was “patently false.”

“The Crown has proven beyond a reasonable doubt that Const. Millington gave oral evidence under oath which he knew at the time to be false and he did so with the intention to mislead the inquiry,” Ehrcke said Friday, as Millington listened from the prisoner’s dock.

Dziekanski’s mother, Zofia Cisowski, sat quietly in the public gallery as the judge read the verdict.

The Crown alleged the officers colluded on a story to tell homicide investigators and write in their police notes in an attempt to heighten

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Court heard the mom went out in July 2013 to pick up some medication and visit some clients in her work as a health care aide.

The boy’s father spotted his estranged wife alone in her car and called the home and the boy answered.

The father then called police,who arrived to find the boy safe, sitting in front of the TV with some puzzles and art projects, eating a snack.

Officers described him as a bright, sociable kid and thought he was older than six, and said the house was clean with no immediate dangers in sight.

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“You saw how emotional she was.

This has been extremely stressful for her,” he said.

Law says a guilty verdict would have been precedent-setting because no record could be found of a parent being convicted of leaving a child around that age in a home with no obvious dangers.

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about his surrender. Cleary says the Mounties had a strong presence at the site.

“There were in excess of 40 members. We had multiple units attending from Saskatchewan and Manitoba. If I’m not mistaken, we also had members from Alberta assisting us.”

Besides the murder charge, Budd is facing six other counts, including kidnapping with a weapon, uttering threats, break and enter, plus three weapons-related offences.

The search for Budd began Wednesday after Dustin Bird, 17, was fatally shot in Lac La Ronge, Sask.

Man charged in 2007 triple homicide Ottawa Police Staff Sgt. Bruce Pirt believed it was only a matter of time.

But police acknowledged Friday that, were it not for an attack on an elderly Second World War veteran in December, they might never have found a suspect in a triple homicide that perplexed them for more than seven years.

A 59-year-old man accused in the attack on the vet is facing murder charges in the unsolved killings of three people in 2007.

Police confirmed Friday that they have charged Ian Bush, a resident of the Ottawa suburb of Orleans, in the deaths of retired tax court judge Alban Garon, his wife Raymonde and their neighbour, Marie-Claire Beniskos, all in their 70s.

“The investigation into the December home invasion prompted investigators to consider Bush as a suspect for the 2007 homicides,” said acting police chief Jill Skinner.

“This is an important development in a case that has troubled the community, investigators and the family and friends for several years,” she added.

A court appearance has been scheduled for Saturday morning.

Earlier Friday, Bush was found fit to stand trial in the Dec. 18 attack on Ernest Cote, a 101-year-old D-Day veteran.

He was also charged with an additional 11 weapons offences after a hunting rifle and shotgun were found at his residence.

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CREIGHTON, Sask. — A charge of first-degree murder has been laid against a man arrested after the fatal shooting of a teenage boy On the job training for: and the abduction of his girlfriend in northern Dental Assisting & Saskatchewan.

Dental Reception Police say Jonas Apply with letter Budd, 43, surrendered late Thursday evening in of interest to: Sturgeon Landing, Sask., Bower Dental Centre close to the Manitoba Bower Mall, Red Deer boundary.

Attn. Michael Zuk “At approximately 10:30 p.m., Budd was taken into custody without incident.” said RCMP Sgt. Craig Cleary.

Officers had maintained a perimeter around the home of Budd’s brother for nearly a day. They had been communicating with Budd to try to bring

On the pavement in front of the apartment building where Elijah was last seen alive, people left flowers and stuffed animals in memory of the little boy with the braided hair and happy smile.

And someone left a winter coat and snow pants.

Some contributors shared their thoughts after making a donation.

“This broke my heart,” said Jennifer Yearwood. “It’s the least I could do for that sweet little boy, Elijah.”

“The generosity of people in times of such great loss and tragedy is heartwarming,” said Dawn MacDonald.

“God bless Elijah. You are now with the angels dear little man.”

Mike Colle, who represents the riding in the provincial legislature, said he was bringing food and coffee over to the boy’s family Friday afternoon.

Colle said he has contacted the local school trustee and the wheels are in motion to have Elijah’s nearby daycare renamed after the boy.

“We can grieve, we can help with the funeral, we can do all this, but at

least let’s try and make a bit of a positive thing out of here,” Colle said.

Security camera video showed Elijah pushing his way through two doors and leaving his grandmother’s apartment building at about 4 a.m. Thursday when temperatures had fallen to about -20 C. Family members, who notified police of his disappearance at about 7:30 a.m., said they had put him to bed Wednesday night and woke up to find him gone and the front door open, police said.

Officers on horseback, foot and in a helicopter searched for him, and police asked neighbours to check their yards, hallways and stairwells for the missing youngster.

Police Chief Bill Blair called it “a tragic set of circumstances.”

Meanwhile, police said another three-year-old boy was found wandering outside naked in the city’s west end Friday afternoon as the frigid temperatures rose to -15 C. The boy is well and the mother has been located, police said.

Mom of autistic boy says school system failing kids like hers

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS The mother of an autistic nine-yearold who was handcuffed by police during a “difficult day” at his Ottawa school claims the education system is failing children like her son.

An outraged Stephanie Huck said she’s chosen to speak out about the incident because there are autistic kids who are “falling through the cracks.” “(School staff) are not properly trained, they’re not properly educated.

They need to listen. They need to be more calm with their approach.”

Huck and her husband were called to their son Daniel’s school on Thursday morning after being told he had been acting out in the principal’s office.

They arrived to find a police officer in the school and learned their son had to be restrained, although they only found out about the use of handcuffs when Huck’s husband questioned Daniel.

“He asked my son, ’did the police hurt you when they tried to hold you down?’ And my son put his hands behind his back and said ’only when they put the metal things on my hands.”’

The police officer confirmed she handcuffed Daniel, but there appear to be discrepancies on just how the situation played out, Huck said.

Daniel’s parents were told the officer had been at the school for a different matter and decided to handcuff Daniel of her own accord, at which point the principal demanded the cuffs be removed, Huck said.

But her son said the principal had asked for the handcuffs to be used and the vice-principal asked for them to be taken off, Huck said.

The entire situation has left Daniel’s parents determined to move their son to a different school.

The Ottawa Catholic District School Board said its staff at St. Jerome Catholic School “acted appropriately to ensure the safety of everyone involved.”

Ottawa police wouldn’t comment on the specifics of the incident but said officers may handcuff people to protect the public, the individual being restrained or the police officer.

The incident has underscored the difficulties faced by parents of children with autism, said Marnie Potter, a family support co-ordinator with Autism Ontario.

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TORONTO — While the family of a Toronto toddler who died after spending hours in the frigid cold was making funeral arrangements, police charged the mother of another boy after the child was found wandering naked outside in the city’s west end.

The four-year-old boy was found Friday afternoon by a neighbour “just in enough time” and appeared to be all right, Toronto police Const. Jenniferjit Sidhu said.

The child was supposed to be at home, she said, and his mother has been charged with abandoning a child under 10.

The arrest came a day after threeyear-old Elijah Marsh died after spending hours in the bitter cold wearing only a shirt, a diaper and boots.

The heartbreaking story is prompting an outpouring of generosity from across the country.

Elijah walked out of the building early Thursday and he was found

about six hours later in the corner of a nearby backyard. He was taken to hospital and police announced his death several hours later.

The news of Elijah’s death was a “gut-wrenching moment” for Justin Kozuch, 36, a Toronto man who has a three-year-old son and nine-year-old daughter.

Kozuch said the tragedy really hit home, prompting him to start a fundraising campaign on Tilt.com to help raise money for the boy’s funeral.

“As a parent we go to the ends of the earth to protect our children,” he said.

“For me, it was absolutely heartbreaking.”

As of Friday afternoon, more than $118,000 had already been raised, a response Kozuch calls “wonderful.” Tilt. com is waiving all credit card fees for those who contribute.

Kozuch said he plans to meet with Elijah’s family soon, although he doesn’t yet know what he’ll say to them when he offers them the money raised.

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SATURDAY, FEB. 21, 2015

BY JOBY WARRICK SPECIAL TO THE ADVOCATE When 14 tanker cars derailed and exploded this week near tiny Mount Carbon, W.Va., neighbors likened the fireball to a scene from the apocalypse. It was “like something biblical, or wrath-of-God type stuff,” one resident said.

In fact, the oil spill and fire on the banks of the Kanawha River was the latest occurrence of a type of accident that officials say is becoming distressingly common.

Agencies are documenting a dramatic rise in the number of rail mishaps involving oil tankers in the last three years, as North American producers scramble to find ways to transport surging oil output to markets.

The fiery explosion of oil-laden CSX tanker cars along a snowy stretch of south-central West Virginia came just two days after a similar incident in eastern Ontario, and follows a year that shattered all previous records for rail accidents involving shipments of petroleum products.

More than 141 “unintentional releases” were reported from railroad tankers in 2014, an all-time high and a nearly six-fold increase over the average of 25 spills per year during the period from 1975 to 2012, according to records of the U.S. Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration.

The year 2013 had fewer accidents but a much larger volume of spilled crude: 1.4 million gallons, an amount that exceeded the total for all spills since record-keeping began in 1975.

The increase adds yet another dimension to the controversy over the construction of oil pipelines such as the Keystone XL. Oil industry advocates contend that pipelines are safer than rail for moving flammable petroleum, while opponents say pipelines tend to experience much larger spills.

The latest spill also highlights welldocumented shortcomings in the local preparedness for accidents involving hazardous rail cargo, safety experts say.

“Back-to-back fiery derailments involving crude oil trains should be an unmistakable wake-up call to our political leaders,” said Mollie Matteson, a senior scientist at the Center for Biological Diversity, an Arizona-based environmental group.

The toll from the latest disaster is far from clear. West Virginia Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin declared a state of emergency in two West Virginia counties as firefighters and hazmat crews worked for a second day to control the fire and contain an oil spill that contaminated a small creek and threatened to spread to the Kanawha River, a source of drinking water for cities and towns

downstream. Nearly 2,500 people were evacuated when portions of the 109-car train derailed and then caught fire in a rural area southeast of Charleston.

Only one injury was reported, but a nearby house was destroyed as one tanker after another exploded, creating columns of smoke and flame that could be seen for kilometres. A CSX spokesman had no immediate explanation for the accident but confirmed that leaking oil had already reached one of Kanawha’s tributaries.

“Fires around some of the cars will be allowed to burn out,” the company said in a statement.

Transportation experts have long complained about inadequate oversight and gaps in local preparedness for such accidents. Earlier this month, the Obama administration began a review of proposed new rules for oilhauling trains, including provisions that would mandate updated tanker designs for freight trains hauling flammable cargo.

But this week, CSX officials dis-

closed that the tankers that caught fire in West Virginia bore the latest design features, raising doubts over whether the new rules would have helped.

Part of the problem, energy experts say, is that transportation has not yet caught up with the sheer volume of oil being pumped by U.S. and Canadian companies in the past three years.

In 2012, trains carried 40 times more oil than they did in 2008, and the volume doubled again in the following year, to nearly 800,000 tanker-car loads, according to figures posted by the Association of American Railroads.

In production areas where pipelines are unavailable or at capacity, rail has become the transit choice by default, Charles Esser, an analyst with the International Energy Association, wrote in a recent blog.

“North American rail shipments of oil are by no means unprecedented, but until the recent surge in production, they were largely limited to stopgap, temporary use, with pipeline construction favored,” Esser wrote.

While overall only about 10 percent of U.S. crude moves by tanker car, nearly 70 per cent of the production from North Dakota’s surging Bakken fields reaches refineries by rail, he said.

“Not surprisingly, accidents have increased, as well,” Esser said. The petroleum that spilled in West Virginia on Monday originated in North Dakota and was headed for an oil terminal in Yorktown, Virginia. As accidents mount, so do chances for major disasters that could pollute communities and the environment, Matteson said.

She cited the July 2013 derailment in Quebec that killed 47 people and forced the evacuation of 2,000 people.

“People’s lives are at stake, clean drinking water is at stake, and the well-being of towns and wildlife along thousands of miles of rail line are directly in harm’s way of this unchecked, reckless increase in oil transport by rail,” she said.

Joby Warrick is a Washington Post columnist.

Jewish mass emigration from Europe?

“We’re not waiting around here to die,” said Johan Dumas, one of the survivors of the siege at the kosher supermarket during the Charlie Hebdo terrorist attack in Paris in January. He had hidden with others in a basement cold room as the Islamist gunman roamed overhead and killed four of the hostages.

So, said Dumas, he was moving to Israel to be safe.

It’s not really that simple.

The 17 victims of the terrorist attacks included some French ChrisGWYNNE tians, a MusDYER lim policeman, four Jews, and probably a larger number of people who would have categorized themselves as “none of the above.” It was a Muslim employee in the supermarket who showed Dumas and other Jewish customers where to hide, and then went back upstairs to distract the gunman. And the Middle East isn’t exactly safe for Jews.

Dumas has been through a terrifying experience. He now feels like a target in France, and no amount of reassurance from the French government that it will protect its Jewish citizens will

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change his mind.

But Israel’s Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu didn’t help much either.

What Netanyahu said after the Paris attacks was this: “This week, a special team of ministers will convene to advance steps to increase immigration from France and other countries in Europe that are suffering from terrible anti-Semitism. All Jews who want to immigrate to Israel will be welcomed here warmly and with open arms. We will help you in your absorption here in our country, which is also your country.”

He was at it again after a Jewish volunteer guarding a synagogue in Copenhagen was one of the two fatal victims of last week’s terrorist attack in Denmark.

“Jews have been murdered again on European soil only because they were Jews,” he said, “and this wave of terrorist attacks — including murderous anti-Semitic attacks — is expected to continue.

“Of course, Jews deserve protection in every country but we say to Jews, to our brothers and sisters: Israel is your home. We are preparing and calling for the absorption of mass immigration from Europe.”

As you might imagine, this did not go down well with European leaders who were being told that their countries were so anti-Semitic that they are no longer safe for Jews.

It is true that five of the 19 people

killed in these two terrorist attacks in Europe since the New Year were Jewish, which is highly disproportionate. But it is also true that the killers in all cases were Islamist extremists, who also exist in large numbers in and around Israel.

French President Francois Hollande said: “I will not just let what was said in Israel pass, leading people to believe that Jews no longer have a place in Europe and in France in particular.”

In Denmark Chief Rabbi Jair Melchior rebuked Netanyahu, saying that “terror is not a reason to move to Israel.”

The chair of Britain’s parliamentary committee against anti-Semitism, John Mann, attacked Netanyahu’s statement that the only place Jews could now be safe was Israel.

“Mr. Netanyahu made the same remarks in Paris — it’s just crude electioneering. It’s no coincidence that there’s a general election in Israel coming up. ... We’re not prepared to tolerate a situation in this country or in any country in Europe where any Jews feel they have to leave.”

It is crude electioneering on Netanyahu’s part — but it is also true that even in Britain, where there have been no recent terrorist attacks, Jews are worried.

Statistically, Jews are at greater risk from terrorism in Israel, but it’s much scarier being a Jewish minority in a continent where Jews were killed in

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death camps only 70 years ago.

Given Europe’s long and disgraceful history of antisemitism, it’s not surprising that such sentiments persist among a small minority of the population. But at least in Western Europe (which is where most European Jews live) the great majority of people regard antisemitism as shameful, and most governments give synagogues and Jewish community centres special protection.

What European Jews fear is not their neighbours in general, but radicalized young Islamists among their Muslim fellow citizens. The Muslim minorities in the larger Western European countries range between four and 10 percent of the population. If only one in 100 of them is an Islamist, then Jews do face a threat in those countries.

But it is a very small threat. Nine Jews have been killed by Islamist terrorists in the European Union in the past year in three separate incidents (Belgium, France and Denmark).

The Jewish population of the EU is just over one million, mostly living in France, the United Kingdom and Germany.

Nine Jewish deaths by terrorism in a year in the EU is deplorable, but it hardly constitutes a good reason for encouraging mass emigration to Israel.

Still, Netanyahu has an election to fight, and this sort of thing goes down well in Israel.

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Liberal’s climate policy weak It’s painful watching the Liberal Party try to deliver on climate change while simultaneously promoting greater oil production and while avoiding any commitment to a national system of carbon pricing.

It’s also not credible.

You cannot have a meaningful policy on DAVID climate change CRANE and simultaneously be a big promoter of increased oil production. Dealing with climate change means moving to a low-carbon economy and that means less use of oil.

Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau is trying to have the best of both worlds — an environmental champion and a big friend to the oil industry.

Speaking in Alberta in October 2013, Trudeau attacked Prime Minister Stephen Harper for failing to gain better access to foreign markets for the oilsands, arguing that Harper’s failure to be tough on greenhouse gas emissions was to blame. “There ought to be

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a national approach to pipelines and development, within an overall framework that includes a policy that puts a price on carbon pollution,” he said.

In April 2014, Trudeau visited oilsands projects in Fort McMurray, supporting oilsands development and oil pipelines and again attacked the Harper government for failing to impose strict limits on greenhouse gas emissions — though he himself did not say what those limits should be.

Last June, Trudeau issued a press release again attacking the Harper government for failing to take action on climate change, including a failure to put “a price on carbon pollution.”

And last November, when U.S. President Barack Obama and Chinese President Xi Jinping announced major steps on the climate challenge, Trudeau tweeted, “U.S. and China announced bold action on climate change. @pmharper, it is time that Canada did too.”

But in his recent speech at the Petroleum Club in Calgary, Trudeau set out a climate policy that is anything but bold. He rejected a national carbon price, passing the buck on to the provinces, meaning they, not a Trudeau government, would have to make the hard and potentially unpopular decisions on emissions reductions.

If prime minister, Trudeau said, he would go the global summit Paris in

December, where global leaders will be striving to agree on a global climate change pact. Canada “would do more in the fight against climate change.”

But he said he would also tell the summit that “getting our resources to market is a priority for Canada.” More action on climate change but more oilsands production and exports as well.

Following the Paris summit, where Canada would have to make an emissions reduction commitment, Trudeau said that he would meet with provincial and territorial leaders within 90 days to “implement a pan-Canadian framework to reduce carbon emissions across Canada.”

There would be a negotiated national standard with the provinces, though it is not clear how this would fit with the commitment Canada would have made in Paris. But there would not be a national carbon pricing system. Each province or territory, he said, would design its own carbon-pricing or other policies to achieve its targets. The federal government role would simply be to provide funding to help the provinces and territories achieve their goals.

Given a Canadian commitment in Paris on emissions reduction, would that not be the national standard?

What would he negotiate with the provinces — the distribution of the promised emission reductions? Would each province or territory have to move, for

example, to the same per capita emissions reduction target? What about provinces that have already taken strong action, notably Ontario with its costly elimination of coal-burning power plants?

It would be a messy negotiation indeed. Would other provinces have to make deeper cuts so the oil industry could expand production?

And would Canada end up with a balkanized system of carbon taxes or cap-and-trade systems, creating all kinds of problems for businesses operating in more than one province?

And what if a province balked? Or provinces competed for investment by lowering their own standards? Would there be any federal power to force a province to meet its commitments?

Moreover, how would Canada deliver on its commitments to the international community if the provinces did not deliver? An effective climate change policy in Canada has to include a national carbon pricing system with a price high enough to clearly change behaviour and provide the incentive for the transition to a low-carbon economy. On that score, the Liberal policy, which leaves all the tough decisions to the provinces, ranks a miserable D grade.

Economist David Crane is a syndicated Toronto Star columnist. He can be reached at crane@interlog.com.

When stupid, silly spasms strike Why is it when you “put your back out,” as they used to say, you coincidentally simultaneously develop the recurring dropsies and you’re home alone and the floor is littered with things you’ve fumbled out of your hands and you can’t bend over to pick up, on account of whenever you bend forward one half centimetre (three quarters of a decimetre) suddenly the world explodes HARLEY and stabs you HAY in the small of your back with a humongous razor sharp red hot dagger attached to a lightning bolt attached to a stick of dynamite? Which brings you to your knees; which, in turn, causes another 11-on-the-Richter-scale back spasm.

So there you are whimpering like a little girl (or in the interests of gender neutrality, a little boy), bent over like a 150-year-old man (or woman), shuffling from chair to counter to wall, holding on for dear life, trying hobble around all the stuff you dropped on the floor during constant and randomly unpredictable intensive paroxysms of pain.

And in about 20 minutes you’ve managed to make if from the kitchen sink to the kitchen table. There on the floor: a couple of pens, your phone, the newspaper, breakfast, a small child, etc. But there’s absolutely no hope of picking these things up — heck it’s noon on a weekend and you still haven’t been able to bend your body enough to get your socks on. In fact, you consider yourself darn lucky to be wearing pants at this point. Pajama pants.

Such is the pathologically pathetic scenario of anyone who has ever tweaked, wrenched, or thrown out their back, or slipped a disc, blown your spine or been nailed with a Taser.

And don’t think it’s just us BABYs either (Briskly Advancing Boomer Years). In fact, I’m pretty sure many of the younger readers out there know exactly what of I speak. You can feel my pain, right?

I looked it up and it turns out that four out of five people will experience lower back pain sometime in their life.

And get this: a recent survey in Canada

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found that back pain was totally one of the most common health complaints.

So youngsters (aged 30 to 50) and rookies (below 30-years-old) can certainly have a back out of whack, too.

In fact, I remember my first major stab in the back, and it wasn’t only that my boss short-changed me on my pay. I was 19-years-old and in desperation took a job with a roofing company.

I soon found myself spending most of the day on top of a high flat garage roof leaning over an overhang, hauling up five gallon pails of boiling tar from the ground, hand over hand with a rope and no pulley. I also found myself with a gimpy back, barely able to limp home after work. In fact, when I finally got home, it was all I could do to lift the kitchen phone to tell the boss “I quit.”

So that set the stage for a lifetime of walking on raw eggs. Not literally of course, although I’ve tossed the odd raw egg on Halloween (but that’s another story), but walking on eggs in the sense of having a trick back that’s about to blow up anytime, anywhere.

Having a sore back is sort of like carrying a fanny pack full of unstable nitroglycerin and sharp nails. And even though you’re trying to be extra super careful, suddenly it blows. BAM! — you’re on your knees weeping in the frozen food section of the grocery store because you reached for the Neapolitan ice cream and ever so slightly twisted that sensitive spine in slightly the wrong stinking way.

I don’t know about you fellow unfortunates in the weak-back brigade, but I’ve ended up in emergency twice whimpering like a wounded gerbil on account of pinching a disc and having what doctors scientifically refer to as a “muscle spasm.”

The first time was a couple of decades ago when I thought I could hook up our old tent trailer to our car by hand. My first instinct was to try to lift it with my brute force. My second instinct was to spend a couple of hours in the hospital in a wheelchair.

The second time, a few years ago, I had the audacity to bend and attempt to tie my shoes one morning without emptying the nitro and nails from my imaginary fanny pack. POW! Back at emerg, in a wheelchair again. And although I must say that while the Happy Chemistry pain killers have certainly improved over the years, I wouldn’t recommend acute back pain on my worst enemy. Except maybe for that guy that in Fort St. John who pushed me around one time for having long hair. But that’s another story.

The reason this week’s topic happens to be, well, topical for me is just this past long weekend, guess what happened? I got pushed around for having hardly any hair.

Just kidding, of course (it’s only a bald spot), what happened was, I tried to pick up a small item and, you guessed it: KABOOM! Why do these things always seem to happen on a weekend, a holiday, or when the Better Half and/or the Rotten Kids are at work or in a different province? So with great effort moving at the speed of molasses uphill in January and getting nailed about 700 times with head-spinning spasms, I finally

manage to cringe over to my reclining barcalounger, ease very carefully into the big leather chair and gently pull the recline lever. …

BAAALLAM! When I finally get some breath back, I realize I can’t move, up, back or sideways. At least I’m in a comfy chair and hey, somebody will probably be home in a couple of hours.

If only I could reach the TV remote.

Harley Hay is a local freelance writer, award-winning author, filmmaker and musician. His column appears on Saturdays in the Advocate. His books can be found at Chapters, Coles and Sunworks in Red Deer.

Recovery requires more than just quitting I know that at times I have to be very careful in what I write about or who I write about. Too much information and the entire downtown community will identify that individual, which could then lead to a total loss of trust, etc.

But certain people display characteristics CHRIS that make it so difficult at SALOMONS times to work with and that makes lifechanges seemingly impossible.

It is these characteristics, not necessarily the individual involved, that this is about.

“Fred” has faced addictions most of his adult life, from what he tells me.

Alcohol, then mild drugs, even cigarettes, eventually led to heroin.

The last two are pretty much the only addictions he has left — except one that we don’t often consider as an addiction.

Any drink or drug or smoke can be

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dealt with and overcome.

By themselves, these things are more manageable than we care to admit. In my opinion, the greatest difficulty in any of these substance abuse cases is the lifestyle that they work in.

Whatever the reason for substance abuse, the lifestyles and characteristics they produce are the greatest barrier to recovery and change.

I don’t purport to have an in-depth knowledge of the psychology behind this phenomenon, but rather just what I observe in working with individuals at the kitchen.

The one characteristic that is the most damaging is the need to hide or cover up the truth of their feelings and also their condition and reasons for being where they are at.

Often as I speak with people who are trying to make the change (usually their reason for wanting to volunteer at the kitchen), or just filling their day, I can almost immediately tell that they are holding 90 per cent of the truth back. Curiosity then leads me to ask or just speculate as to the actuality of the situation.

Very often, and most distressingly, they just outright lie and/or create stories to make themselves look not so bad.

They will, however, share just enough of the truth to get you off their

backs.

But the part of their lifestyle that is the most disconcerting to a normal relationship is the cheating and the thefts. That I believe is a major factor in leaving an addictive lifestyle.

The sad truth of all this is that when they are actively in addiction mode, they make lifestyle changes to accommodate whatever it is they are addicted to.

Like I mentioned earlier, these changes include lying, cheating, theft and a host of other unacceptable behaviours.

In recovery a lot of times, for the addict, the main focus is on the substance, not the cradle within which it operated. When I quit smoking, at least 50 per cent (if not more) of the counselling was on the lifestyle associated with that addiction; it was finding something to replace not the cigarette, but rather the habits surrounding it.

Quite sadly, whenever “Fred” comes to help at the kitchen, I find myself on edge; I’m checking to see that nothing of value is left lying around. This will include pawnable items or cash, etc.

A short while ago when he was at the kitchen, I found myself checking the amount of cash in a can that is on the inside counter.

While I was downstairs, I suspected that he must have gone through that

can judging by its location change.

Of course, my initial reaction was anger; so much so I was about to confront him with the subject, but thankfully, I had a flashback to when I tried to quit smoking.

I realized that it was not until I accepted the fact that I needed to change how I was living with the habits related to smoking, that I was able to finally quit for good.

For “Fred” it is no different — recovery will only come about when he learns to totally reject his former way of life (habits, friends, even family at times), because until he does, nothing will change.

Any reasons he might have had to go clean will soon disappear.

Only if he makes a total change will he be able to hang on to a reason to stay clean.

All this went through my mind in a flash and it made me realize something. Our encouragement, teaching and mentoring should not be about the substance, but rather we need to concentrate on the changing of how they think, act and believe so that they can adopt a greater resilience to the substance they are addicted to.

Oh well, I guess it’s never too late to learn.

Chris Salomons is kitchen co-ordinator for Potter’s Hands ministry in Red Deer.

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A story about the documents posted Thursday on the website The Intercept offered no details on how the intelligence agencies employed the eavesdropping capability — providing no evidence, for example, that they misused it to spy on people who weren’t valid intelligence targets. But the surreptitious operation against the world’s largest manufacturer of mobile phone data chips is bound to stoke anger around the world. It fuels an impression that the NSA and its British counterpart will do whatever they deem necessary to further their surveillance prowess, even if it means stealing information from law-abiding Western companies.

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TRIPOLI, Libya — Islamic State militants unleashed suicide bombings Friday in eastern Libya, killing at least 40 people in what the group said was retaliation for Egyptian airstrikes against the extremists’ aggressive new branch in North Africa.

The bombings in the town of Qubba, which is controlled by Libya’s internationally recognized government, solidified concerns the extremist group has spread beyond the battlefields of Iraq and Syria and established a foothold not far from the tip of Italy.

The militants have taken over at least two Libyan coastal cities on the Mediterranean — Sirte and Darna, which is about 30 kilometres (19 miles) from Qubba. They released a video Sunday that showed the beheading of 21 Egyptian Christians who were abducted in Sirte, and Egypt responded Monday with airstrikes on Darna.

The Islamic State group has established its presence in Libya by exploiting the country’s breakdown since dictator Moammar Gadhafi was ousted and killed in 2011. Hundreds of militias have taken power since then, and some of them have militant ideologies.

A militia coalition known as Libya Dawn has taken over Tripoli, where Islamists set up their own parliament and government. Islamic extremist militias controlled the second-largest city of Benghazi until late last year, when army troops began battling them for control.

The Islamic State group claimed responsibility for Friday’s suicide bombings in Qubba, but said there were only two attacks, while the government said there were three.

Army spokesman Mohammed Hegazi said one attacker rammed an explosives-packed ambulance into a gas station where motorists were lined up.

“Imagine a car packed with a large amount of explosives striking a gas station; the explosion was huge and many of the injured are in very bad shape while the victims’ bodies were torn into pieces,” Hegazi said.

Two other bombers detonated vehicles next to the house of the parliament speaker and the nearby security headquarters, he said.

Government spokesman Mohammed

Bazaza put the death toll at 40, with at least 70 injured, some seriously. The number of dead was expected to rise.

Two security officials said at least 45 were killed.

Among the dead were six Egyptians working at a cafe next to the station.

Video broadcast from the scene showed dozens of cars wrecked and ablaze, with pools of blood on the asphalt, along with body parts, shoes and shattered glass. Bodies covered in sheets were lined up nearby.

“This terrorist, cowardly and desperate attack only increases our determination to uproot terrorism in Libya and in the region,” Bazaza said, adding that Libyan air force jets conducted several air strikes, without specifying where.

Witnesses in the city of Sirte said it was hit by multiple Libyan airstrikes Friday, targeting a convention centre that is used as a headquarters by the Islamic State group.

U.S. State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki said Washington condemned the attacks in Qubba.

In addition to launching air strikes on Darna earlier this week, Egypt joined Libya’s elected government in pressing for a U.N. Security Council resolution to lift a U.N. arms embargo on Libya and pave the way for international intervention — similar to the

MOGADISHU, Somalia — Government officials were meeting at the Central Hotel in Somalia’s capital when an Islamic extremist rammed an explosives-laden vehicle into the hotel gate, and another went in and blew himself up, killing at least 10 people on Friday, officials said.

Mogadishu’s deputy mayor and a legislator were killed in the attack, a lawmaker said, and the country’s deputy prime minister was among the wounded, said a police official.

The attack is the latest blow to the Somali government’s efforts to contain the deadly insurgency by the alQaida-linked al-Shabab that, despite the loss of key strongholds in Somalia, continue to stage attacks in the capital and elsewhere. The Islamic insurgent group claimed the responsibility for the twin suicide bombings, according to the group’s radio station, Andulus.

“We can confirm that more than 10 persons, including politicians and soldiers were killed in that horrific attack,” said Capt. Mohamed Hussein, a senior Somali police officer.

The blast ripped off large parts of the hotel’s wall and smoke blackened its facade. Two dead bodies were lying outside the hotel in Mogadishu, and a wounded man struggled to stand up, but immediately collapsed as blood gushed from his abdomen. SolGREAT diers had cordoned off the area.

U.S.-led campaign in Syria and Iraq against the Islamic State group.

But Security Council members U.S. and Britain rejected the call, saying Thursday that Libya needs a national unity government first.

Bazaza repeated an appeal for lifting the arms embargo.

Libya is split between two rival parliaments and governments. The elected and internationally recognized parliament has been forced to relocate to the eastern city of Tobruk near the Egyptian border because Tripoli has been overrun by the Islamic and tribal militias. Meanwhile, an older pre-election parliament, supported by the militias, has remained in Tripoli and declared itself legitimate.

As violence has escalated dramatically across the country since summer, hundreds of thousands of Libyans have been displaced and entire cities and towns have been left in ruins. Islamic militias, including extremists from the Islamic State, are battling government forces for control of Benghazi in eastern Libya.

The Tripoli-based government, which is partially supported by Islamist factions and militias from the western city of Misrata, continued to deny the presence of an Islamic State affiliate in Libya. In a speech Thursday, Omar al-Hassi, the chosen prime minister of the Tripoli government, blamed the recent violence on Gadhafi loyalists and said the beheading video was “fabricated.”

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WINNIPEG: You won’t feel cold if you keep moving Skating along the trail is quite delightful. The trail is regularly maintained using a Zamboni-style ice resurfacer and is quite smooth. Warming huts are spread out along the trail at regular intervals and each has its own design. The city holds an annual art and architecture competition and gets design submissions from around the world for its warming huts and art installations. Last year, there were 100 submissions and the winning designs came from Montreal, Toronto and Norway.

Since the warming huts were designed to be works of art, it’s fun to slip off the trail and check out the structures. There’s even a popup art gallery on the ice and I slip ins to see the art and warm up before working my way back along the trail to the skate rental place inside the Forks.

Perhaps someday a skate along the Red River Trail will become as iconic for Canadians as skating along the Rideau Canal in Ottawa. It is definitely something that winter visitors to Winnipeg should not miss.

Just remember — you won’t feel the cold if you keep moving.

Winnipeg comes by its nickname “Winterpeg” honestly. The municipality has the coldest winter weather of any major Canadian city and also has the distinction of having more days at -30 C or below than any other provincial capital.

Winnipeggers know how to do winter right.

Here are a few suggested stops if you plan a winter visit to Winnipeg: The Forks and the Red River Trail: Located at a junction of the Assiniboine and Red River, the Forks has been an important meeting place for more than 6,000 years. Early Aboriginal peoples traded at The Forks, followed by European fur traders, Métis hunters and early settlers.

Today, it is the No. 1 tourist destination in the city.

In the winter, you can rent skates and experience the Red River Trail, enjoy the Arctic Glacier Winter Park, explore boutique shops and find good food (www.theforks.com).

Assiniboine Park Zoo — Journey to Churchill: Winter is a great time to visit the Assiniboine Park Zoo — especially if you are planning to visit the new Journey to Churchill Exhibit.

Built at a total cost of $94 million, Journey to Churchill is the most comprehensive northern species exhibit of its kind in the world. Winter is arguably the best season to visit this incredible new exhibit as that is the time when northern animals are most active.

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Trails are suitable for both classic and skate technique and the facilities are operated by the Cross Country Ski Association of Manitoba (windsorparknordic.ca).

Thermea: Thermëa is a new Scandinavian-inspired spa in Winnipeg and one of the best times to visit is during the winter months when steam from the hot pools leaves thick clouds of mist in the air.

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Or you could head to Goat Peak, near Ketchum, on a late January morning, about five minutes after a five-passenger helicopter dropped off four skiers and a snowboarder at 9,800 feet.

One by one, we followed guide Pat Deal down a run called the Football Field. We skimmed through widely spaced trees that stood like motionless linebackers. The snow was deep but light, alternating with patches of soft crust. Powder exploded in our faces with every curve. Descending the slope was like riding a butter knife through cake frosting.

I paralleled Deal’s sinuous tracks on a snowboard, taking turns with two other guests nicknamed Rico and Chopper. Guide Reggie Crist, a former World Cup skier and X Games medalist, brought up the rear.

The five of us were having so much fun it was almost adorable.

Sun Valley, a resort city, is known mostly for the long, crowd-free descents on Bald Mountain and celebrity sightings in Ketchum.

It’s also the birthplace of heliskiing in America — and lift-based resort skiing, period, for that matter.

Since John Lennon compared the Beatles to Jesus, people have been hopping out of helicopters here and skimming down otherwise inaccessible slopes.

On a morning like this, it was easy to see why.

Sun Valley started as a gleam in the eye of a Austrian count.

In 1935, W. Averell Harriman, chairman of the board of the Union Pacific Railroad, employed Count Felix Schaffgotsch to find a place for a resort where guests could enjoy a booming new sport called alpine skiing.

Harriman knew that nothing drew well-heeled passengers like luxurious lodgings in spectacular settings. (The next time you settle into a classic national park lodge out West, thank a railroad baron.)

After months of searching, Schaffgotsch was ready to give up, but then he heard locals mention a place called Ketchum. The tiny mountain town, nestled amid the serrated peaks of the Sawtooth Range in central Idaho, had enjoyed a mining boom in the late 19th century. When he arrived there, in the shadow of 9,150-foot Bald Mountain, he knew he’d found his place.

He gushed to his boss by telegraph how it “combine(d) more delightful features than any place I have ever seen in Switzerland, Austria or the U.S. for a winter resort.”

Harriman immediately bought 4,300 acres and built the world’s first chairlifts on Proctor and Dollar hills, smaller peaks near “Baldy,” that fall. (Rope tows and overhead cable lifts were already in use back East.) The design was based on a conveyor system used to load bananas onto United Fruit ships in Central America.

Sun Valley opened less than a year later. Unfortunately, there was almost no snow. Fortunately, the Hollywood VIPs who were invited to promote the opening were having too much fun socializing to care. The resort was a huge hit with American celebrities and European nobility alike, hosting stars such as Gary Cooper, Ingrid Bergman, Clark Gable and Janet Leigh.

Ernest Hemingway bought a home in nearby Warm Springs in the 1950s and is rumored to have written part of “For Whom the Bell Tolls” in a room at the Sun Valley Lodge. (He is buried in the local cemetery alongside his granddaughter Margaux.)

In 1966, Sun Valley owner Bill Janss, inspired by a heliski operation in Canada, decided to start his own operation back home. That same year, Sun Valley Heli Ski (SVHS) received the first Forest Service permit for heliskiing on public land.

“The service was very basic,” says Mark Baumgardner, who owned SVHS from 1983 to 2008 and worked as a guide until last year. “You hired the helicopter to drop you off and pick you up, and maybe you brought a ski patroller, instructor or other savvy skier if you were smart.”

Our setup was somewhat more formal. We gathered at the Sun Valley Heli Ski office at 7:30 a.m. for a safety briefing and an overview of the day.

SVHS has the largest heliskiing permit in the Lower 48 states, with access to over 750,000 acres spread across three mountain ranges. Groups are kept small, with a guest-to-guide ratio of no more than 4 to 1.

Guests have to be at least intermediate skiers or snowboarders, meaning comfortable riding wide planks in deep snow. Beyond that, you just have to stay safe.

Reggae music played in the background as Deal, an emergency medical technician and Alaska-born avalanche forecaster, described how to board and exit the helicopter safely.

We were each issued an avalanche beacon and a backpack with a built-in avalanche flotation device, essentially a shoulder-mounted air bag designed to keep you near the surface of a slide. (Avalanche debris sets like concrete the moment it stops moving.)

In an ultimate worst-case scenario, if the air bag didn’t do its job, the beacon would tell rescuers where to dig.

Deal and Crist had decades of avalanche and rescue training between them, however, and it was

clear they considered safety the highest priority.

We took the resort’s Challenger lift to the top of Baldy, where the helicopter was waiting. A local avalanche rescue team was already there, busy introducing a rescue dog to the chopper for the first time.

The animal was definitely not thrilled to be handed inside the thundering contraption.

When it was our turn, we eagerly crammed four sets of shoulders inside the narrow rear seat — Deal sat in front with pilot Chris Templeton — and grinned like maniacs as we leapt into the sky.

Our first run ended in a snow-filled drainage valley 2,000 feet below the drop spot. Deal marked a pickup zone with orange carpenter paint as we unclipped our boards, faces flushed.

After the euphoria of the descent, the guides were all business as the helicopter came in, making sure everyone was in a safe spot and genuflecting appropriately. Still, the rotor blast nearly knocked us over.

The guides secured our skis and board in a basket attached to one skid as the rest of us piled in. Then we were airborne, soaring over an archipelago of frosted peaks, our own tracks braided like a river down below. Just flying in a helicopter is handsdown exciting — let alone when you know you’re heading for yet another descent through untracked Idaho powder.

At each new landing spot, Deal and Crist dug a pit in the snow to check for layers that might slip and cause an avalanche.

When the mechanical uproar faded, the only things that broke the snowy silence were whoops of joy and the thwack of gloves meeting in high-fives.

Every run of the day was at least 2,000 feet, over half the vertical drop of legendarily high Baldy back in Sun Valley. There was never more than 10 minutes between one and the next.

The last run took us down the east ridge of Little Goat Mountain. In one short but steep section, we touched off a few ankle-deep mini-avalanches, or slides — nothing dangerous, just enough to add an extra frisson to the end of the day.

On the way back to town, Templeton pointed out the window. “There’s Tom Hanks’ place.” A few seconds later: “There’s Schwarzenegger’s.”

After unpacking, we headed to Apple’s Bar & Grill next door to the SVHS office for post-flight beers and burgers. Everyone seemed to know everyone else, and every face had that windblown, mountain-town glow that said, yes, we really do live here.

Not surprising given its history, Sun Valley is still somewhat of a throwback as world-class ski resorts go. There’s no trace of a megaresort atmosphere or X Games vibe. The clientele in the lodges definitely skews older; many look as though they could have been the models in the old Life magazine covers that , Red Deer decorate on the walls.

Whether this is by circumstance or choice, it certainly keeps the crowds to a minimum. In two days of skiing at the resort, we never waited in a single lift line. For the past decade, more than 90 percent of SVHS’s business has come from Idaho residents.

Over a pint of Bitburger pilsener, Deal said he rated our day’s skiing as “very good.” “There’s only one more level — that’s ‘excellent’ — and that’s

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B4 Turnover in third costs Rebels

BY ADVOCATE STAFF

Broncos 4 Rebels 2 SWIFT CURRENT — The Red Deer Rebels were playing a perfect road game Friday night when tragedy struck in the third period.

“I thought we played a real solid game. It comes down to the third period and you’re tied on the road and doing a really good job of keeping the shots against down,” said Rebels GM/ head coach Brent Sutter.

And then . . .

“On their winning goal we just made a real soft play in our own zone that resulted in a turnover,” Sutter continued. “We didn’t block a shot and the puck ended up in the back of our net.”

The Rebels boss was referring to the scenario surrounding Jordan Thomson’s marker at 7:17 of the final frame.

The defenceman’s sixth of the season stood up as the winner and Glenn Gawdin notched a late empty-net goal for good measure in a 4-2 Western Hockey League victory for the Swift Current Broncos in front of 2,128 fans at the Credit Union i-plex.

Sutter wasn’t overly bothered by the setback considering Rebels netminder Taz Burman faced only 20 shots while his teammates directed 37 — including 29 in the first 40 minutes — at Broncos goalie Landon Bow. “We had our chances, especially through the first two periods, and their goaltender played well,” said Sutter.

“In the third period we didn’t generate as much as we would have liked to.”

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Wyatt Johnson, with his 23rd goal of the season, staked the Rebels to a lead a mere 36 seconds into the contest and just 26 seconds following a delayof-game penalty call on Swift Current blueliner Ayrton Nikkel. Colby Cave evened the count with a power-play tally at 6:33 and Meyer Nell restored the visitors’ one-goal cushion 18 seconds later.

Coda Gordon got the Broncos back on even terms with his 18th of the season near the midway point of the second period, setting the stage for Thomson’s third-period winner and Gawdin’s empty-net goal with 77 seconds remaining in the contest.

The Rebels, who were winners at Prince Albert and Saskatoon Tuesday and Wednesday, conclude their fourgame road trip tonight against the Re-

gina Pats.

“It’s not like we’re leaving here feeling like we played a bad game,” said Sutter. “We actually played pretty well tonight, but we have to find a way to score some goals.” ● The Broncos were one-for-four on the power play, while the Rebels were one-for-three with a man advantage . . . Nell’s goal was his eighth of the season . . . The three stars were (1) Gordon, (2) Johnson and (3) Cave . . .

The Rebels will depart for Red Deer following tonight’s game and will begin preparations for a Wednesday date with the Oil Kings in Edmonton. The Rebels host the Prince Albert Raiders and Lethbridge Hurricanes Friday and Saturday. gmeachem@reddeeradvocate.com

Kings take down Griffins

BY JOSH ALDRICH ADVOCATE STAFF Kings 3 Griffins 2 (OT) The Red Deer College Kings sent a message to their likely first round Alberta Colleges Athletic Conference men’s hockey playoff opponent on Friday.

Despite being big underdogs in the standings, the Kings (12-13-0-3) outplayed the MacEwan University Griffins (20-5-0-4) to earn a 3-2 overtime win at the Penhold Regional Multiplex.

The effort should come as little surprise to the Griffins, who lost in three games to the Kings in the first round of the playoffs last year.

“They’re a bit of a different team than us, they’re very structured, they clog up the middle ... but we like how we match up against them,” said Kings head coach Trevor Keeper. “We seem to outshoot them and outchance them, but they’re very good defensively and opportunistic.”

Riley Simpson scored the winner 47 seconds into overtime while Joel Topping and Doug Jones also tallied for RDC and Nick Bell picked up two assists. Kraymer Barnstable was sharp, stopping 29 of 31 shots for the win.

The Griffins responded with a goal each from Shawn Proulx and Tyler Reay while Chris Wray made 39 stops in the loss.

It took a while for the Kings to get into this game, failing to register a shot on net until 6:23 of the first period while MacEwan had already fired seven on Barnstable.

However, the Kings found their legs after that, and took over complete con-

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Red Deer College King Clay Petrie looks to control a loose puck as Grant MacEwan Griffin Drew Nikirk tries to do the same during first action at the Penhold Arena Friday. trol of the game in the second period, outshooting the Griffins 22-2 in the frame.

But MacEwan still lead 1-0 after 40 minutes.

RDC continued to put the pressure on in the third and finally broke through at 1:43 on the power play as Jones tipped Bell’s point shot past Wray.

Red Deer managed to take the lead

at 15:45, seconds after Barnstable stopped Proulx on a breakaway, sending the Kings back the other way as Topping finished off the rush.

The lead only lasted 50 seconds.

MacEwan broke down on a rush of their own, Dallas Smith picked up the puck off the end boards and whipped a pass in front for Reay who beat Barnstable with a one-timer to send the game into overtime.

The four-on-four session did not last long.

With the Griffins setting up shop in the RDC end, Bell forced a turnover at the blue line and lead a two-man breakaway with Simpson back the other way.

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Jones beats Sweeting in 1-2 game; Homan in playoffs

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS MOOSE JAW, Sask. — The Olympic champion has fast-tracked to the Scotties Tournament of Hearts final and the tournament’s two-time defending champion is still alive.

Add in last year’s finalist along with the host team and there’s plenty of star power in the playoff mix at Mosaic Place.

As expected, the so-called Big Four of Jennifer Jones, Rachel Homan, Val Sweeting and Stefanie Lawton delivered in round-robin play at the women’s national curling championship to set the stage for an intriguing final weekend.

Jones beat Sweeting twice on Friday to move into Sunday’s gold-medal game. The Manitoba skip, who won Olympic gold a year ago in Sochi, locked up the No. 1 seed with a 10-5 win in the morning and then beat the Alberta skip 8-6 in the evening rematch in the one-two Page Playoff game.

“As long as we’re in the final, I’m a happy woman,” Jones said.

Sweeting stormed out to nine straight wins in the round robin but limps into the semifinal on a threegame losing skid. She’ll play the winner of Saturday morning’s three-four Page Playoff between Homan’s Canada rink and Lawton’s Saskatchewan team.

“It really sucks to lose three in a row but we’re still in this,” Sweeting said, fighting through tears. “The dream is still alive so we need to shake that off and come back strong.”

The semifinal winner will advance to play Jones for the gold on Sunday

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Manitoba skip Jennifer Jones, centre, watches her shot as lead Dawn McEwen and second Jill Officer sweep during the page playoff against Alberta at the Scotties Tournament of Hearts in Moose Jaw, Sask. Friday. while the loser plays the three-four game loser for the bronze.

Homan beat Northern Ontario’s Tracy Horgan 6-4 on Friday morning in a winner-moves-on game. Homan stole a pair in the ninth end and ran Horgan out of the rocks in the 10th to lock up the fourth seed.

“Every game is a new game and everyone is gunning for that final Sun-

day,” Homan said. “Every team is going to be tough and we have to play as well as we can to make it there.”

In the evening, Jones scored four in the opening end and never trailed the rest of the way. Sweeting did well to pull even with a deuce in the seventh end before Jones restored her lead with two points in the eighth.

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with a takeout but Jones used the hammer for a single in the 10th.

“We fought really hard,” Sweeting said. “She made a really good shot to set up that four but we battled and I’m really proud of the team.”

Jones triumphantly held both arms in the air after nailing the draw to the four-foot as the 3,735 spectators roared their approval.

She closed out round-robin play with a 10-1 record while Sweeting, who lost to Homan in last year’s final, settled for the second seed at 9-2.

Homan (7-4) is aiming to join Jones (2008-’10), Colleen Jones (’01-’04) and Vera Pezer (1971-’73) as the only curlers who have skipped their rinks to three straight national women’s titles.

Horgan, meanwhile, put in a good effort against the reigning champion, but was a little heavy with a tap attempt on her final throw in the ninth end and it proved costly.

“They put a bit of pressure on, it was such a junky end,” Horgan said.

“I think we just got caught between two shots. So it hit in the exact wrong spot.”

Lawton (8-3) defeated Prince Edward Island’s Suzanne Birt 5-4 to claim the third seed.

New Brunswick’s Sylvie Robichaud defeated Ontario’s Julie Hastings 9-5 in the other round-robin game Friday.

Horgan finished alone in fifth at 6-5, ahead of Hastings and Nova Scotia’s Mary-Anne Arsenault at 5-6.

Heather Strong of Newfoundland and Labrador, Prince Edward Island and New Brunswick were tied at 4-7 and Quebec’s Lauren Mann finished at 3-8.

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RED DEER ADVOCATE Saturday, Feb. 21, 2015 B5

Ducks double up Flames

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS CALGARY — Sparked by Andrew Cogliano and Ryan Getzlaf, the Anaheim Ducks took a page out of the Calgary Flames playbook Friday night staging a huge third-period comeback.

Both had a goal an assist with Getzlaf’s fluke goal putting the Ducks ahead for good as Anaheim tied a team-record with five goals in the third period in a 6-3 win over the Calgary Flames.

“We needed this win. Bottom line,” said Cogliano, whose goal at 15:08 of the second cut the Ducks deficit to 2-1 heading into the third period. “I don’t think we’ve been playing the game we’ve been wanting to as of late and I guess there’s no better team to beat in that situation than the Flames since they’ve been so strong.”

Less than three minutes after Francois Beauchemin tied it 2-2 on a nice set up from Cogliano, Getzlaf’s slapshot from the blue-line missed the net but caromed sharply off the end boards, deflecting into the net off the back of the leg of goaltender Jonas Hiller.

“It’s nice to have one bounce that way right now,” said Getzlaf. “I felt like I’ve been shooting the puck a little bit more lately and haven’t been able to hit the net a whole lot. It was nice to miss the net on that one.”

Calgary leads the league with 10 wins when trailing after two periods.

The Ducks rank second after coming back for the eighth time (8-16-0).

“All our forwards in the last half of the game were really good but you could tell that Cogliano and Getzlaf, two veteran players, stood up and took the bull by the horns, so to speak, and led the way,” said Ducks coach Bruce Boudreau.

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Anaheim Ducks goalie John Gibson, centre, makes a save as Calgary Flames’ Mikael Backlund looks on during first period NHL hockey action in Calgary, Friday, Feb. 20, 2015.

It’s the second time in franchise history Anaheim has scored five goals in the third period. The other was Jan. 23, 2004.

“They were just the better team, they wanted it more than us,” said Lance Bouma, who scored his 12th of

the season for Calgary. “We got back on our heels after we let in a couple goals and that’s not something you can do.”

A turnover by Mikael Backlund in front of his own net led to Kyle Palmeiri’s eventual winner, which made it 4-2 at 11:35.

After Jakob Silfverberg made it 5-2, Sean Monahan’s 20th goal got one back for Calgary, but Hampus Lindholm completed the barrage with an emptynet goal at 18:59.

The Flames lose for the first time when leading after two periods.

Wild hold Oilers scoreless OILERS FAN THROWS JERSEY ON ICE AFTER THE LOSS

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS Minnesota 4 Edmonton 0 EDMONTON — Acquiring Devan Dubnyk continues to look like a master stroke by the Minnesota Wild.

Dubnyk needed just 15 saves for his sixth shutout of the season as Minnesota won its second game in a row, defeating the Edmonton Oilers 4-0 on Friday.

The former Oilers goalie now has five shutouts in 16 games and a 12-2-1 record since joining the Wild and improved to 5-0 this season against Edmonton, split between Minnesota and the Arizona Coyotes.

“That was just a really, really good road game by us, right from the getgo,” Dubnyk said. “We methodically chipped away at the game, we had good puck possession and we were coming back on top of pucks and we didn’t give

them much of anything. We just played a great hockey game.”

Justin Fontaine had a pair of goals for the Wild (30-21-7), who have re-entered the playoff race with a 10-1-1 record in their last 12 games. Nino Niederreiter and Jordan Schroeder also scored.

“We have to make sure we’re not getting too far ahead of ourselves, there is a lot of work to be done,” said Minnesota head coach Mike Yeo. “We’re pleased with our game, I think that we’re confident and one thing that we’ve done well is that if we win a game we put it behind us, we lose a game, we put it behind us and we get ready for the next one.”

Ben Scrivens made 25 saves for the Oilers (17-33-10), who have lost three of their last four.

“That was a poor performance by all of us tonight, for reasons I’m not really sure,” said Edmonton forward Matt

Hendricks. “We just weren’t executing and we didn’t have the energy we needed to be the team we need to be to compete.”

Oilers interim head coach Todd Nelson agreed his team was flat on the night.

“We played against a team that is good defensively and playing very well right now. They made us work for everything that we got, which wasn’t much. We just didn’t have any jump tonight.”

After the loss a fan threw their Oilers jersey on the ice, which Scrivens picked up with his goalie stick and flipped back over the boards where it was caught by another spectator.

The Wild started the scoring midway through the first period as Fontaine tipped a Christian Folin point shot past Scrivens.

Minnesota made it 2-0 with five minutes left in the opening period as Nie-

derreiter scored his 19th of the season on a big rebound from a Mikko Koivu shot.

The Wild went up by three goals with four minutes remaining in the second as Thomas Vanek made a cross-ice pass to Schroeder, who put the puck in the net before Scrivens could get across.

The game’s first man advantage went to the Oilers in the third period, but Minnesota killed it, extending a perfect short-handed streak to 30 for 30 going back to Jan. 20.

The Wild made it 4-0 with just over a minute to play as Zack Parise fed the puck from behind the net to Fontaine, who scored his seventh goal of the season. Edmonton only had five shots in each period on Dubnyk.

The Oilers remain home to face Anaheim on Saturday. The Wild return home to take on the Dallas Stars on Sunday.

NFL in LA rumours continue to swirl CARSON, Calif. — Los Angeles is the hottest market for new stadiums in the country — and the NFL teams that could come with them — but the possibility that three teams will kick off in the region is a football fantasy, experts say.

The Oakland Raiders, the San Diego Chargers and the St. Louis Rams each have gained a foothold in the LA area. The Raiders and Chargers announced Thursday that they are planning a shared stadium in Carson, in the Los Angeles suburbs, if both teams fail to get new stadiums in their current hometowns.

Rams owner Stan Kroenke is part of a venture that wants to build an 80,000-seat stadium nearby, in Inglewood.

But the sudden rush to LA is tempered by a 20-year history of disappointment for fans — stadium proposals, complete with architectural renderings, have come and gone since the Rams and the Raiders fled Southern California after the 1994 season.

Scheduling games is just one snag that would make the notion of three teams in the region unfeasible. The Chargers-Raiders plan creates the odd prospect of divisional rivals suddenly sharing a home field.

“There is no reason to believe there are three teams moving there. There is not even a reason to believe one team is moving there. They are not done deals,” warned Victor Matheson, a specialist in sports economics who teaches at the College of the Holy Cross in Massachusetts.

Football is a business. Each team can now return to its home market and say, “We have a deal set up to move. Make me a better one to stay,” Matheson

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KINGS: Two teams meet again tonight Bell made a move in close before dishing to Simpson who had a wide open net to shoot at.

“Nick is so good at anticipating the play and anticipating the puck when it’s coming, so he gets a breakaway, he’s tired, there’s a man on him and he still had the poise to dish it over to Riley Simpson to get the game winner,” said Keeper.

While the Kings have been thin up front with only one consistent scoring line, they do boast arguably the ACAC’s top defensive pairing with Bell and Topping, two former WHL defenders.

Both joined the club this off-season and have been paired together since camp, but it has taken until this second semester for them to really develop a chemistry.

“We’re both the same type of D-man, we both do the same type of things, we’re both offensive,” said

added.

That was echoed by Chicago-based sports finance consultant Marc Ganis, who said three teams would slice up the market far too finely to make it work.

Managing TV broadcasting alone would pose a problem.

“No chance,” Ganis said, when asked about three teams settling in LA. “There are some people who have had some doubts if the LA market will support one team. Some have even greater doubts it can support two teams. It certainly will not host three teams.”

Earlier this month, the NFL sent a memo warning teams that the league itself will be behind any decision to move to the Los Angeles area, and established a committee of owners to review the options.

Among the failed proposals of the past: In the late 1980s, the small city of Irwindale, 20 miles east of Los Angeles, gave then-Raiders owner Al Davis $10 million to show its good faith in pursuing a plan to turn a gravel pit into a 65,000-seat stadium. But the plan stalled; Irwindale never got back a penny.

The notion that Southern California might be getting used — again — as a negotiating wedge by NFL teams came up Friday at a public celebration in Carson, where a community group including labour unions is pushing the joint Chargers-Raiders stadium that would be built there.

A jubilant Rep. Janice Hahn, D-Calif., said Carson would welcome the Raiders and Chargers “with open arms.” But she also recalled, “I know we’ve gone down this road before with NFL teams.”

A statement Thursday from the Raiders and Chargers said the teams have tried and failed for years to find stadium solutions in Oakland and San Diego.

“We are pursuing this stadium option in Carson Bell. “We’re just starting to pass it back and forth a little more and get some opportunities on the blue line. ... We’re just starting to click and things are going good for us.”

Barnstable also had a big game for RDC, especially early when he stopped all 16 shots he faced in the first period. They will need more performances out of the fourth year goalie like this as they head into the post-season in two weeks.

“The first period was a struggle, we came out pretty slow, but Barney gave us a chance to get back in the game and that’s exactly what we did,” said Bell. “Having so much confidence as he does now, he brings it on for the rest of the team.”

There is an outside chance for the Kings to catch the Keyano College Huskies (12-11-2-4) for fifth place in the league which would set up a first round meeting with the Augustana Vikings (18-9-1-2). But if things do hold they will play the Griffins in the first round of the playoffs.

The two teams will meet again tonight in Edmonton at 8:15 p.m.

“A month from tomorrow and somebody could be lifting the cup for our league,” said Keeper. “We just reminded the guys that 30 days is going to fly by and we want to be playing play off hockey.” jaldrich@reddeeradvocate.com

for one straightforward reason,” the statement said.

“If we cannot find a permanent solution in our home markets, we have no alternative but to preserve other options to guarantee the future economic viability of our franchises.”

Scott McKibben, the newly appointed executive director of the Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Authority, said he was confident the Raiders would stay in Oakland.

“Moving franchises is not easy, and it’s not something owners like to do,” he said.

“There are branding issues, sponsorship issues, relocation issues, going in and sharing a market that hasn’t had an NFL team in 20 years and then having to split it with somebody else. Is it an option they have? Yes. But I think the one they really want is to be here.”

Two other stadiums have been proposed in the Los Angeles area. In downtown Los Angeles, the stadium known as Farmers Field now becomes a long shot with no apparent team to move in. The other, in the city of Industry, appears to have faded from contention.

The Chargers’ talks with San Diego City Hall to replace the nearly 50-year-old Qualcomm Stadium have grown increasingly contentious. The Raiders’ even older Oakland Coliseum has had sewage and electrical problems and is now the only stadium in the U.S. used as the home for both an NFL and Major League Baseball team, the Oakland Athletics. The team wants to build a stadium at the site but talks with the city have shown little progress.

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SCOREBOARD Local Sports Today

● Senior high basketball: Hunting Hills girls/boys tournament, 8 a.m. start; girls final at 6:30 p.m., boys final at 8:15 p.m. ● Junior tennis: U12 and U16 provincials at Red Deer Tennis Club. ● 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. ● Junior women’s hockey playoffs: Calgary Titans at Central Alberta Amazons, 4:15 p.m., Penhold Regional Multiplex. ● 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.; Bentley at Fort Saskatchewan, first game of best-of-seven Chinook/provincial semifinal, 7:30 p.m.

Sunday

● Freestyle skiing: Canyon Freestyle Ski Club meet. ● Junior tennis: U12 and U16 provincials at Red Deer Tennis Club. ● Bantam AA hockey playoffs: Wheatland at Red Deer Steel Kings, noon, Arena. ● Major bantam girls hockey: Calgary Rangers at Red Deer, 12:45 p.m., Kinsmen B. ● Heritage junior B hockey: Red Deer at Blackfalds, third game of best-of-seven Northern Division semifinal, 3:30 p.m. ● Men’s basketball: Grandview vs.

Carstar, Henry’s Eavestroughing vs.

Triple A Batteries, Rusty Chuckers vs.

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 p.m. ● Midget AA hockey playoffs: Airdrie at Olds, 5:45 p.m.

Transactions BASEBALL Major League Baseball MLB — Announced umpires Tripp Gibson, Will Little and Mark Ripperger have been named to the full-time Major League Umpiring staff. Announced the retirement of umpire Tim McClelland.

OFFICE OF THE COMMISSIONER OF BASEBALL — Suspended Oakland minor league RHP Koby Gauna (Vermont-NYP) and Atlanta minor league RHP Richie Tate (Carolina-Carolina) 50 games each following second positive tests for a drug of abuse, a violation of the Minor League Drug Prevention and Treatment Program.

American Association AMARILLO THUNDERHEADS — Signed RHP Chris Balcom-Miller. Acquired C Jordan Guida from Winnipeg in for future considerations GARY SOUTHSHORE RAILCATS — Signed LHP Shawn O’Neill.

LAREDO LEMURS — Acquired RHP Matt Jackson from Winnipeg for a player to be named and cash.

SIOUX CITY EXPLORERS — Signed C Dillon Usiak. Sold the contract of RHP Geoff Broussard to Los Angeles (AL).

WINNIPEG GOLDEYES — Released INF Tyler Kuhn, OF Donnie Webb, RHP Ethan Hollingsworth, RHP Chris Kissock and RHP Taylor Sewitt.

Frontier League EVANSVILLE OTTERS — Signed RHP Edgar Lopez to a contract extension. Signed C Rodney Daal and OF Kurt Wertz.

BASKETBALL National Basketball Association PHILADELPHIA 76ERS — Signed G Tim Frazier to a second 10-day contract.

SACRAMENTO KINGS — Signed G David Stockton to a 10-day contract.

SAN ANTONIO SPURS — Signed F Reggie Williams.

FOOTBALL National Football League CINCINNATI BENGALS — Terminated the contract of G Mike Pollak.

GREEN BAY PACKERS — Released LB Brad Jones.

ST. LOUIS RAMS — Named Chris Weinke quarterbacks coach.

Canadian Football League WINNIPEG BLUE BOMBERS — Named Greg Knox linebackers coach.

Arena Football League ORLANDO PREDATORS — Agreed to terms with DL Richard Berry.

HOCKEY National Hockey League DETROIT RED WINGS — Recalled D Jakub Kindl from Grand Rapids (AHL).

EDMONTON OILERS — Recalled D Jordan Oesterle from Oklahoma City (AHL). Signed Fs Rob Klinkhammer and Ryan Hamilton to one-year contract extensions.

NEW YORK ISLANDERS — Recalled F Kael Mouillierat from Bridgeport (AHL).

American Hockey League ALBANY DEVILS — Returned RW Alexander Carrier and D Mike Keenan to Orlando (ECHL).

BRIDGEPORT SOUND TIGERS — Signed F Cam Reid to a professional tryout contract.

GRAND RAPIDS GRIFFINS — Recalled D Scott Czarnowczan from Toledo (ECHL).

SPRINGFIELD FALCONS — Released D Mike Little from his professional tryout contract.

MOTORSPORTS NASCAR — Suspended driver Kurt Busch indefinitely after a Delaware judge said he committed an act of domestic violence against an ex-girlfriend and issued a no-contact order.

SOCCER Major League Soccer FC DALLAS — Signed F Michael Barrios.

TORONTO FC — Loaned F Gilberto to Vasco da Gama (Brazil).

COLLEGE BARUCH — Named Carmen Pagan-Colon assistant softball coach, Milica Balandzic men’s assistant volleyball coach and Vernon Patrick men’s assistant tennis coach.

BOISE STATE — Signed football coach Bryan Harsin to a five-year contract.

CARTHAGE — Named Mike Scardina women’s golf coach.

Winter Games 2015 CANADA WINTER GAMES MEDAL STANDINGS PRINCE GEORGE, B.C. — Medal standings from the 2015 Canada Winter Games: Province/Territory G S B Total Quebec 29 21 24 74 Ontario 18 11 10 39 B.C. 11 16 12 39 Alberta 7 14 13 34 Saskatchewan 3 6 8 17 Manitoba 4 0 0 4 N.L. 2 2 0 4 New Brunswick 1 1 2 4 Yukon 0 1 2 3 Nova Scotia 0 0 1 1 N.W.T. 0 0 0 0 Nunavut 0 0 0 0 P.E.I. 0 0 0 0

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SATURDAY, FEB. 21, 2015

Hockey WHL EASTERN CONFERENCE EAST DIVISION GP W L OTLSOL GF GA x-Brandon 59 43 10 4 2 271 185 Regina 57 31 19 4 3 209 182 Swift Current 58 28 25 1 4 177 187 Moose Jaw 58 23 30 4 1 166 215 Prince Albert 59 24 32 2 1 170 209 Saskatoon 58 17 38 2 1 165 246

Pt 92 69 61 51 51 37

CENTRAL DIVISION GP W L OTLSOL GF GA Medicine Hat 59 37 19 1 2 230 179 Calgary 57 34 18 1 4 239 163 Red Deer 58 30 19 4 5 196 188 Kootenay 59 30 27 1 1 197 214 Edmonton 59 26 27 4 2 168 166 Lethbridge 57 18 33 3 3 166 239

Pt 77 73 69 62 58 42

WESTERN CONFERENCE B.C. DIVISION GP W L OTLSOL GF GA x-Kelowna 58 45 9 3 1 262 145 Victoria 58 32 22 3 1 203 179 Vancouver 58 25 30 1 2 168 199 Kamloops 59 22 31 3 3 171 222 Prince George 60 23 33 2 2 175 252

Pt 94 68 53 50 50

GP 57 57 57 56 58

x-Everett Portland Seattle Spokane Tri-City

U.S. DIVISION W L OTLSOL 35 16 3 3 33 20 1 3 29 21 3 4 27 25 3 1 26 29 0 3

GF GA 202 152 210 184 162 158 159 172 155 185

Pt 76 70 65 58 55

z-league title; y-conference title;d-division leader; xclinched playoff berth. Note: Division leaders ranked in top three positions per conference regardless of points; a team winning in overtime or shootout is credited with two points and a victory in the W column; the team losing in overtime or shootout receives one point which is registered in the OTL or SOL columns Friday’s results Swift Current 4 Red Deer 2 Prince Albert 6 Brandon 4 Regina 4 Saskatoon 1 Kootenay 4 Edmonton 1 Moose Jaw at Kamloops, 8 p.m.

Vancouver at Portland, 8 p.m.

Calgary at Spokane, 8:05 p.m.

Kelowna at Victoria, 8:30 p.m.

Lethbridge at Seattle, 8:35 p.m.

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

Today’s games Red Deer at Regina, 6 p.m.

Prince Albert at Swift Current, 6 p.m.

Brandon at Saskatoon, 6:05 p.m.

Everett at Seattle, 7:05 p.m.

Moose Jaw at Prince George, 8 p.m.

Lethbridge at Portland, 8 p.m.

Kamloops at Vancouver, 8 p.m.

Kootenay at Spokane, 8:05 p.m.

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

Kelowna at Victoria, 8:05 p.m.

Sunday’s games Medicine Hat at Edmonton, 1 p.m.

Lethbridge at Everett, 5:05 p.m.

Monday’s games Regina at Saskatoon, 10:30 a.m.

Tuesday, February 24 Kootenay at Swift Current, 6 p.m.

Calgary at Seattle, 8:05 p.m.

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

Wednesday, February 25 Medicine Hat at Brandon, 6 p.m.

Kootenay at Regina, 6 p.m.

Swift Current at Saskatoon, 6:05 p.m.

Red Deer at Edmonton, 7 p.m.

Calgary at Portland, 8 p.m.

Victoria at Kelowna, 8:05 p.m.

Everett at Spokane, 8:05 p.m.

FRIDAY’S SUMMARIES Broncos 4, Rebels 2 First Period 1. Red Deer, Johnson 23 (Kopeck, Mahura) :36 (pp).

2. Swift Current, Cave 26 (Gordon, Debrusk) 6:33 (pp).

3. Red Deer, Nell 8 (Feser, Doetzel) 6:51.

Penalties — Nikkel SC (delay of game) 0:10, Nogier RD (hooking) 0:46, Maxwell RD (high-sticking) 5:20, Doetzel RD (hooking) 7:45, Lajoie SC (interference) 16:15.

Second Period 4. Swift Current, Gordon 18 (unassisted) 8:37.

Penalties — Nikkel SC (holding) 10:44, Grman RD (tripping) 17:21.

Third Period 5. Swift Current, Thomson 6 (Lajoie, Schumacher) 7:17.

6. Swift Current, Gawdin 13 (Cave, Gordon) 18:43 (-EN).

Penalties — None.

Shots on goal by Red Deer 16 13 8 — 37 Swift Current 8 7 6 — 21 Goal — Red Deer: Burman (L, 6-5-1); Swift Current: Bow (W, 26-20-1).

Power plays (goal-chances) — Red Deer: 1-3; Swift Current: 1-4.

Referees — Adam Byblow, Curtis Howe.

Linesmen — Ryan Lundquist, Tarrington Wyonzek.

Attendance — 2,128 at Swift Current.

NHL EASTERN CONFERENCE GP W L OT Pts GF Montreal 58 37 16 5 79 154 N.Y. Islanders 59 39 19 1 79 193 Tampa Bay 60 36 18 6 78 195 N.Y. Rangers 57 35 16 6 76 181 Detroit 56 32 14 10 74 163 Washington 59 32 17 10 74 176 Pittsburgh 58 32 17 9 73 163 Boston 58 28 21 9 65 151 Florida 57 26 19 12 64 141 Philadelphia 58 24 23 11 59 155 Ottawa 56 23 23 10 56 159 Columbus 56 26 27 3 55 149 New Jersey 58 23 26 9 55 130 Toronto 59 23 31 5 51 163 Carolina 57 21 29 7 49 129 Buffalo 59 17 38 4 38 109

GA 130 165 160 142 143 147 146 154 157 170 160 173 157 180 155 200

WESTERN CONFERENCE GP W L OT Pts GF 58 39 13 6 84 177 59 36 16 7 79 176 58 38 16 4 80 184 58 33 22 3 69 165 59 35 19 5 75 175 59 32 23 4 68 171 60 30 20 10 70 166 60 30 22 8 68 170 58 30 21 7 67 162 57 27 18 12 66 159 58 27 23 8 62 181 59 25 23 11 61 154 58 20 31 7 47 131 60 17 33 10 44 139

GA 137 167 142 155 138 156 162 172 154 151 185 166 194 203

Nashville Anaheim St. Louis Vancouver Chicago Calgary Winnipeg San Jose Minnesota Los Angeles Dallas Colorado Arizona Edmonton

NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss.

Friday’s Games New Jersey 4, Vancouver 2 Carolina 2, Toronto 1 N.Y. Rangers 3, Buffalo 1 St. Louis 5, Boston 1 Colorado 4, Chicago 1 Anaheim 6, Calgary 3 Minnesota 4, Edmonton 0 Today’s Games N.Y. Islanders at Washington, 10:30 p.m.

Nashville at Philadelphia, 11 a.m.

Winnipeg at Toronto, 5 p.m.

Columbus at Montreal, 5 p.m.

Florida at Ottawa, 5 p.m.

Carolina at New Jersey, 5 p.m.

Anaheim at Edmonton, 5 p.m.

Pittsburgh at St. Louis, 6 p.m.

Detroit at Dallas, 6 p.m.

Tampa Bay at Arizona, 6 p.m.

Los Angeles vs. San Jose 8 p.m.

Sunday’s Games Washington at Philadelphia, 10:30 p.m.

Boston at Chicago, 1:30 p.m.

Nashville at Buffalo, 4 p.m.

Vancouver at N.Y. Islanders, 4 p.m.

Florida at Pittsburgh, 4 p.m.

Tampa Bay at Colorado, 5 p.m.

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

Dallas at Minnesota, 6 p.m.

FRIDAY’S SUMMARIES Wild 4, Oilers 0 First Period 1. Minnesota, Fontaine 6 (Folin, Parise) 10:18.

2. Minnesota, Niederreiter 19 (Koivu, Brodin) 15:06.

Penalties — None.

Second Period 3. Minnesota, Schroeder 3 (Vanek, Koivu) 15:50.

Penalties — None.

Third Period 4. Minnesota, Fontaine 7 (Parise, Granlund) 18:45.

Penalties — Prosser Minn (tripping) 8:05.

Shots on goal by Minnesota 8 13 8 — 29 Edmonton 5 5 5 — 15 Goal — Minnesota: Dubnyk (W, 21-7-3); Edmonton: Scrivens (L, 11-18-7).

Avalanche 4, Blackhawks 1 First Period 1. Colorado, Barrie 8 (unassisted) 12:52.

Penalties — None.

Second Period 2. Chicago, Versteeg 12 (Richards, Rozsival) 9:05.

Penalties — Mitchell Col (holding) 2:35, Hjalmarsson Chi (slashing) 14:28, Landeskog Col (crosschecking) 18:10, Hossa Chi (cross-checking) 18:10.

Third Period 3. Colorado, Landeskog 15 (O’Reilly, Barrie) 11:05 (pp).

4. Colorado, Barrie 9 (Iginla, Landeskog) 11:29 (pp).

5. Colorado, Stuart 2 (unassisted) 14:13.

Penalties — Landeskog Col (tripping) 7:59, Hjalmarsson Chi (interference) 10:44, Sharp Chi (interference) 10:44.

Shots on goal by Colorado 10 7 13 — 30 Chicago 9 12 7 — 28 Goal — Colorado: Varlamov (W, 17-15-7); Chicago: Crawford (L, 23-13-4).

Devils 4, Canucks 2 First Period 1. New Jersey, Elias 10 (Larsson, Henrique) 7:12.

Penalties — NJ Bench (too many men) 2:26, Vcr Bench (too many men) 17:54.

Second Period 2. New Jersey, Tootoo 5 (Larsson, Schneider) :50.

3. New Jersey, Cammalleri 19 (Gelinas, Gomez) 2:58 (pp).

4. Vancouver, Kassian 6 (D. Sedin, H. Sedin) 6:23.

Penalties — Vey Vcr (hooking) 1:30, Elias NJ (highsticking) 6:59.

Third Period 5. Vancouver, Kassian 7 (H. Sedin, D. Sedin) 3:04.

6. New Jersey, Cammalleri 20 (Larsson) 17:53 (en-sh).

Penalties — Dorsett Vcr (hooking) 4:49, Zidlicky NJ (closing hand on puck) 16:06, Sbisa Vcr (delay of game) 20:00.

Shots on goal by Vancouver 2 11 10 — 23 New Jersey 7 11 9 — 27 Goal — Vancouver: Lack (L, 6-7-2); New Jersey: Schneider (W, 21-22-5).

Blues 5, Bruins 1 First Period 1. Boston, Marchand 17 (Bergeron, Smith) 10:42.

Penalties — Cole StL (hooking) 1:36, Backes StL (hooking) 19:34.

Second Period 2. St. Louis, Lindbohm 1 (Gunnarsson, Schwartz) :48.

3. St. Louis, Pietrangelo 5 (Bouwmeester, Steen) 4:16.

4. St. Louis, Oshie 16 (Steen, Cole) 5:09.

5. St. Louis, Tarasenko 30 (Steen, Oshie) 13:59 (pp).

Penalties — Krejci Bos (tripping) 0:44, Hamilton Bos (slashing) 3:07, Backes StL (slashing) 3:07, Lindbohm StL (fighting) 13:16, Caron Bos (fighting) 13:16, Caron Bos (roughing) 13:16, Pietrangelo StL (delay of game) 17:04.

Third Period 6. St. Louis, Tarasenko 31 (Schwartz, Lehtera) 11:45.

Penalties — Marchand Bos (cross-checking) 4:08, Berglund StL (tripping) 12:53, Jackman StL (crosschecking) 13:54.

Shots on goal by Boston 8 11 8 — 27 St. Louis 3 8 4 — 15 Goal — Boston: Subban (L, 0-1-0); St. Louis: Allen (W, 17-5-2).

Hurricanes 2, Maple Leafs 1 First Period 1. Carolina, E. Staal 18 (Faulk, Tlusty) 13:55 (pp).

2. Toronto, Kozun 1 (Booth, Holland) 17:53.

3. Carolina, Jo. Staal 3 (Tlusty, E. Staal) 18:09.

Penalties — Granberg Tor (cross-checking) 12:07.

Second Period No Scoring.

Penalties — Gerbe Car (slashing) 1:56, Car Bench (too many men) 7:50, Liles Car (hooking) 10:46, Kessel Tor (tripping) 15:59.

Third Period No Scoring.

Penalties — Ward Car (tripping) 10:26.

Shots on goal by Toronto 12 6 6 — 24 Carolina 12 8 6 — 26 Goal — Toronto: Reimer (L, 7-13-0); Carolina: Ward (W, 15-19-4).

RANGERS 3, Sabres 1 First Period 1. Buffalo, Moulson 9 (Mitchell, Gionta) :14.

2. NY Rangers, Hagelin 14 (Miller, Boyle) 5:51.

Penalties — Bogosian Buf (roughing) 14:35, Strachan Buf (delay of game) 14:50.

Second Period 3. NY Rangers, Nash 37 (Brassard, Staal) :37.

4. NY Rangers, Zuccarello 12 (Nash, Brassard) 8:05.

Penalties — Stempniak NYR (high-sticking) 15:31.

Third Period No Scoring.

Penalties — Nash NYR (hooking) 3:11, Strachan Buf (fighting) 7:03, Glass NYR (fighting) 7:03, Stewart Buf (slashing) 13:43, Miller NYR (misconduct) 15:36, Bogosian Buf (misconduct) 15:36, Foligno Buf (slashing) 17:06, Stepan NYR (interference) 18:21.

Shots on goal by NY Rangers 16 15 12 — 43 Buffalo 6 6 13 — 25 Goal — NY Rangers: Skapski (W, 1-0-0); Buffalo: Neuvirth (L, 4-16-2).

Ducks 6, Flames 3 First Period 1. Calgary, Stajan 4 (Colborne) 14:50.

Penalties — Perry Ana (goaltender interference) 9:18, Stoner Ana (cross-checking) 10:32.

Second Period 2. Calgary, Bouma 12 (Wideman) 11:02.

3. Anaheim, Cogliano 9 (Perry, Manson) 15:08.

Penalties — Stoner Ana (cross-checking) 3:49, Gaudreau Cgy (high-sticking) 11:56.

Third Period 4. Anaheim, Beauchemin 5 (Cogliano, Rakell) 6:13.

5. Anaheim, Getzlaf 18 (Maroon, Lindholm) 8:53.

6. Anaheim, Palmieri 12 (unassisted) 11:35.

7. Anaheim, Silfverberg 9 (Maroon, Getzlaf) 14:45.

8. Calgary, Monahan 20 (Glencross, Gaudreau) 18:10 (pp).

9. Anaheim, Lindholm 6 (unassisted) 18:59 (en).

Penalties — Perry Ana (tripping) 0:57, Maroon Ana (slashing) 17:23.

Shots on goal by Anaheim 9 16 13 — 38 Calgary 11 8 9 — 28 Goal — Anaheim: Gibson (W, 4-4-0); Calgary: Hiller (L, 19-17-3).

Basketball NBA EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct Toronto 37 17 .685 Brooklyn 21 31 .404 Boston 20 31 .392 Philadelphia 12 42 .222 New York 10 44 .185

Atlanta Washington Miami Charlotte Orlando

Chicago

GB — 15 15.5 25 27

Southeast Division W L Pct 43 12 .782 33 22 .600 23 30 .434 22 30 .423 18 39 .316

GB — 10 19 19.5 26

Central Division W L Pct 34 21 .618

GB —

Cleveland Milwaukee Detroit Indiana

34 31 22 22

.607 .574 .400 .400

1/2 2.5 12 12

WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division W L Pct Memphis 39 14 .736 Houston 36 18 .667 Dallas 37 20 .649 San Antonio 34 20 .630 New Orleans 27 27 .500

GB — 3.5 4 5.5 12.5

Northwest Division W L Pct 36 18 .667 29 25 .537 20 34 .370 20 34 .370 12 42 .222

GB — 7 16 16 24

Portland Oklahoma City Denver Utah Minnesota

22 23 33 33

Golden State L.A. Clippers Phoenix Sacramento L.A. Lakers

Pacific Division W L Pct 42 9 .824 36 19 .655 29 26 .527 18 34 .346 13 40 .245

GB — 8 15 24.5 30

Friday’s Games Indiana 106, Philadelphia 95 Orlando 95, New Orleans 84 Toronto 105, Atlanta 80 Detroit 100, Chicago 91 Miami 111, New York 87 Minnesota 111, Phoenix 109 Cleveland 127, Washington 89 Dallas 111, Houston 100 Milwaukee 89, Denver 81 Utah 92, Portland 76 Boston at Sacramento, 8 p.m.

San Antonio at Golden State, 8:30 p.m.

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

Today’s Games Oklahoma City at Charlotte, 5 p.m.

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

Phoenix at Chicago, 6 p.m.

Toronto at Houston, 6 p.m.

Sacramento at L.A. Clippers, 8 p.m.

Sunday’s Games Cleveland at New York, 11 a.m.

Atlanta at Milwaukee, 1:30 p.m.

Washington at Detroit, 1:30 p.m.

Philadelphia at Orlando, 4 p.m.

Golden State at Indiana, 4 p.m.

Denver at Oklahoma City, 5 p.m.

Charlotte at Dallas, 5:30 p.m.

Memphis at Portland, 7 p.m.

Boston at L.A. Lakers, 7:30 p.m.

Golf NORTHERN TRUST At The Riviera Country Club Los Angeles Purse: $6.7 million Yardage: 7,349; Par: 71 Partial Second Round (a-amateur) Retief Goosen Ryan Moore Graham DeLaet Justin Thomas Angel Cabrera Bubba Watson Derek Fathauer Jordan Spieth J.B. Holmes Paul Casey Seung-Yul Noh Vijay Singh Sergio Garcia Nick Watney James Hahn Carlos Ortiz Daniel Summerhays Tony Finau Bryce Molder Charles Howell III Keegan Bradley Jim Furyk Harris English Brendon Todd Charl Schwartzel William McGirt Brian Stuard Camilo Villegas Dustin Johnson Hunter Mahan Ken Duke Matt Jones Matt Every Vaughn Taylor Kyle Reifers Andrew Putnam Pat Perez Hideki Matsuyama Sang-Moon Bae Michael Putnam Padraig Harrington Jason Gore

66-70 69-68 70-67 68-69 70-68 70-69 66-73 69-70 70-69 70-69 71-69 66-74 71-69 66-74 66-74 67-73 66-74 70-70 71-70 71-70 73-68 71-70 72-69 69-72 71-70 68-74 71-71 73-69 70-72 75-67 72-70 70-72 70-72 74-68 72-70 73-69 69-73 70-72 71-71 70-72 70-73 73-70

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136 137 137 137 138 139 139 139 139 139 140 140 140 140 140 140 140 140 141 141 141 141 141 141 141 142 142 142 142 142 142 142 142 142 142 142 142 142 142 142 143 143

Danny Lee Carl Pettersson Jason Kokrak Jhonattan Vegas Tom Hoge Morgan Hoffmann Kevin Na Scott Langley Adam Hadwin Charlie Beljan Brendan Steele K.J. Choi Jimmy Walker Geoff Ogilvy D.A. Points Charley Hoffman Chris Stroud Shawn Stefani Russell Henley Brandt Snedeker George McNeill Chad Campbell Cameron Tringale Spencer Levin Blayne Barber Gonzalo Fdez-Castano Ricky Barnes Alex Cejka Justin Leonard Scott Stallings Andrew Svoboda Jonathan Randolph Lucas Glover Martin Flores Tim Wilkinson Cameron Wilson Fred Couples John Senden Luke Donald Davis Love III Erik Compton Justin Hicks Jon Curran Zac Blair Jeff Overton Hudson Swafford Webb Simpson Michael Thompson Kenny Perry Jim Herman

70-73 71-72 71-72 71-72 74-70 69-75 72-72 73-71 73-71 72-72 74-70 70-74 73-71 68-76 71-73 76-68 73-71 74-71 74-71 73-72 71-74 74-71 71-74 73-72 74-71 71-74 71-74 68-77 75-70 70-75 72-73 72-73 75-71 74-72 74-72 73-73 71-75 73-73 77-69 72-74 71-75 71-75 73-73 77-70 75-72 72-75 75-72 74-73 72-75 74-73

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143 143 143 143 144 144 144 144 144 144 144 144 144 144 144 144 144 145 145 145 145 145 145 145 145 145 145 145 145 145 145 145 146 146 146 146 146 146 146 146 146 146 146 147 147 147 147 147 147 147

Max Homa Troy Merritt Aaron Baddeley Andres Gonzales Bernd Wiesberger Robert Streb Luke Guthrie Robert Allenby a-Will Zalatoris Billy Hurley III Steven Bowditch Kevin Streelman John Peterson Gary Woodland Bo Van Pelt Ryo Ishikawa Carlos Sainz Jr Francesco Molinari

76-71 74-73 76-71 72-75 75-72 75-72 72-75 75-72 76-71 71-77 74-74 72-76 74-74 73-75 78-70 77-71 72-76 75-74

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147 147 147 147 147 147 147 147 147 148 148 148 148 148 148 148 148 149

AUSTRALIAN OPEN At Royal melbourne Melbourne, Australia Purse: $1.2 million Yardage:6,741; Par: 73 Second Round (a-amateur) Ha Na Jang Lydia Ko Ariya Jutanugarn Charley Hull Amy Yang Jessica Korda Gwladys Nocera Mi Hyang Lee Christina Kim Julieta Granada Katherine Kirk Marion Ricordeau Melissa Reid Mina Harigae Beatriz Recari Minjee Lee Jenny Shin Marianne Skarpnord a-Christine Wolf Kelly Tan Mika Miyazato Chella Choi Tiffany Joh

71-69 70-70 69-71 71-71 73-70 72-71 71-73 75-70 74-71 73-72 72-73 72-73 71-74 75-71 75-71 76-71 76-71 75-72 75-72 74-73 73-74 72-75 72-75

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140 140 140 142 143 143 144 145 145 145 145 145 145 146 146 147 147 147 147 147 147 147 147

Ayako Uehara Paz Echeverria Karine Icher Kylie Walker Na Yeon Choi Shanshan Feng Catriona Matthew Holly Clyburn Ai Miyazato Mariajo Uribe Alena Sharp Beth Allen Laetitia Beck Kendall Dye Amy Anderson Q Baek Christel Boeljon a-Ssu-Chia Cheng Maria Hernandez Katie Burnett Alison Walshe Cheyenne Woods Sydnee Michaels Sophie Walker Marina Alex Rebecca Artis Brooke Pancake Sarah Kemp Mo Martin Pernilla Lindberg Mallory Blackwelder Anne-Lise Caudal Chloe Leurquin Min Lee Ilhee Lee Nikki Garrett Wei Ling Hsu Ann-Kathrin Lindner a-Amy Boulden So Yeon Ryu Lisa McCloskey Kristy McPherson Kris Tamulis Karlin Beck Maria McBride Garrett Phillips Rachel Hetherington Ju Young Park Karrie Webb Min Seo Kwak

72-75 71-76 75-73 75-73 74-74 74-74 74-74 73-75 73-75 72-76 70-78 78-71 78-71 78-71 77-72 77-72 76-73 76-73 75-74 74-75 74-75 74-75 73-76 73-76 72-77 72-77 71-78 77-73 77-73 76-74 75-75 75-75 75-75 72-78 68-82 79-72 78-73 78-73 77-74 77-74 75-76 75-76 75-76 74-77 74-77 74-77 73-78 73-78 73-78 70-81

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147 147 148 148 148 148 148 148 148 148 148 149 149 149 149 149 149 149 149 149 149 149 149 149 149 149 149 150 150 150 150 150 150 150 150 151 151 151 151 151 151 151 151 151 151 151 151 151 151 151

Curling 2015 SCOTTIES TOURNAMENT OF HEARTS MOOSE JAW, Sask. — Final standings and playoff results Friday at the 2015 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, the Canadian women’s curling championship, from Feb. 14-22 at Mosaic Place (all times Eastern): ROUND ROBIN Team (Skip) W L x-Manitoba (Jones) 10 1 x-Alberta (Sweeting) 9 2 x-Saskatchewan (Lawton) 8 3 x-Canada (Homan) 7 4 Northern Ont. (T.Horgan) 6 5 Ontario (Hastings) 5 6 Nova Scotia (Arsenault) 5 6 N.L. (Strong) 4 7 P.E.I. (Birt) 4 7 New Brunswick (S.Robichaud) 4 7 Quebec (Mann) 3 8 B.C. (Knezevic) 1 10 x — clinched playoff berth.

Friday’s results Draw 17 Manitoba 10 Alberta 5 New Brunswick 9 Ontario 5 Canada 6 Northern Ontario 4 Saskatchewan 5 P.E.I. 4 (extra end) Thursday’s results Draw 14 N.L. 10 B.C. 7 Quebec 8 Nova Scotia 7 Manitoba 10 P.E.I. 3 Northern Ontario 9 Ontario 7 Draw 15

Ontario 8 P.E.I. 6 Manitoba 6 Northern Ontario 3 Saskatchewan 9 New Brunswick 4 Alberta 7 Canada 6 Draw 16 New Brunswick 6 Canada 5 Saskatchewan 9 Alberta 1 Quebec 7 N.L. 5 Nova Scotia 5 B.C. 4 End of round robin PLAYOFFS Friday’s results Page Playoffs One vs. Two Manitoba (Jones) 8 Alberta (Sweeting) 6 Saturday’s games Page Playoffs Three vs. Four Saskatchewan (Lawton) vs. Canada (Homan), 9 a.m.

Semifinal Alberta (Sweeting) vs. Saskatchewan-Canada winner, 2 p.m.

Sunday’s games Third Place Saskatchewan-Canada loser vs. Semifinal loser, 1 p.m.

Championship Manitoba (Jones) vs. Semifinal winner, 6 p.m.

PREVIOUS RESULTS Saturday, February 14 First Draw Saskatchewan 8 B.C. 5 Canada 6 Quebec 4

Nova Scotia 12 N.L. 7 Play-in game (winner claims final berth in round robin) Northern Ontario (T.Horgan) 7 N.W.T. (Galusha) 6 Second Draw P.E.I. 8 New Brunswick 2 Manitoba 7 Ontario 5 Alberta 6 Northern Ontario 4 Canada 6 Saskatchewan 3 Sunday, February 15 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, February 16 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, Feb. 17 Ninth Draw Ontario 9 B.C. 4 Manitoba 9 Quebec 3 P.E.I. 6 Nova Scotia 5 N.L. 6 Northern Ontario 4 Draw 10 Canada 11 N.L. 5 Saskatchewan 6 Nova Scotia 5 New Brunswick 9 Quebec 8 (11) Alberta 10 B.C. 5 Wednesday, Feb. 18 Draw 11 Nova Scotia 9 Manitoba 6 Ontario 7 N.L. 4 Northern Ontario 7 B.C. 5 P.E.I. 10 Quebec 6 Draw 12 Alberta 8 Quebec 6 New Brunswick 8 B.C. 7 (extra end) Nova Scotia 7 Canada 6 Saskatchewan 4 N.L. 2 Draw 13 Northern Ontario 6 Saskatchewan 5 (extra end) Canada 9 P.E.I. 5 Alberta 8 Ontario 5 Manitoba 9 New Brunswick 7

RED DEER ADVOCATE Saturday, Feb. 21, 2015 B7

Queen’s, Kings secure top spots

BY DANNY RODE SPECIAL TO THE ADVOCATE Queens 3 Clippers 1 The Red Deer College Queens went into their final two games of the Alberta Colleges Athletic Conference women’s volleyball season with one goal in mind: Win at least once against the Briercrest Bible College Clippers and secure first place in the South Division.

Mission accomplished.

The Queens came out of the gate with fire in their eyes and downed the second-place Clippers 25-12, 25-18, 2225, 25-15 at RDC Friday.

“We came into the game wanting to win for sure, but both teams were close so we weren’t over confident,” said Queens veteran setter Bronwyn Hawkes, who was the RDC player of the match with three kills, two stuff blocks, eight digs and 33 assists.

“We had a good feeling and outside of the third set we played well. That set we wanted to come out and push ahead, but it went the other way.”

Queens head coach Talbot Walton felt the team was trying a bit too hard.

“We put a little too much pressure on ourselves to be perfect and as a result we were a little late and a little tight.”

But the Queens settled down by the end of the third set and carried that over to the fourth set.

“We definitely had to momentum heading into that fourth set,” said Hawkes.

“We weren’t focusing on the right things at the right time, but we were in that fourth set,” said Walton, who liked what he saw from the team in the early going.

“This was one of the first matches I remember where we were ready to go from the first whistle. They scored on a couple of spin serves, but we got through that sequence and once they missed a serve we settled in quickly and started playing to our rhythm.”

The win gave the Queens a 21-2 record while BBC dropped to 18-5.

“The win means we can go into tomorrow (today) not stressed and just focus on what we have to do and have some fun as it will be, for some of us, our last game together here,” said Hawkes, who is one of the graduating players.

“I haven’t thought about leaving yet … I’m sure it will be a bit emotional, but we’ve had a lot of success, which means we’re leaving on a positive note.”

Walton likes the fact the Queens are facing the Clippers in their final games before the playoffs, which open Thursday in Olds.

“Last year we faced Grant MacEwan and while that backfired a bit (RDC lost twice before going on to win the ACAC and CCAA titles) this year is different,” said Walton. “It’s good to be facing them so close to the playoffs. Last year we had a week off, this year we’re as close as we can get to the playoffs.”

Kelsey Tymkow had a strong game for the Queens with 14 kills, two stuff blocks and 12 digs while Miranda Dawe added 11 kills and eight digs and libero Maddi Quinn was once again brilliant with 15 digs.

Leah Koot chipped in with six kills, an ace, a block and five digs and Alex Donaghy added five kills, two aces, eight digs and a block.

Samantha Zacharias had 11 kills, four aces and seven digs for the Clippers.

Kings 3 Clippers 1 Unlike the Queens the Kings started a bit slow before recording a 21-25, 25-20, 26-24, 25-19 victory over the Clippers.

The win also wrapped up first place for the Kings (20-3). The Clippers slipped to 13-10.

The Kings didn’t play inspired volleyball until about the third set.

“It seemed like we waited for them to start chirping a bit at the net before we got into emotionally,” said Kings

Photo by JEFF STOKOE/Advocate staff

Red Deer College Queens Leah Koot, left, and Megan Schmidt block a shot by Briercrest Clipper Mikayla Reinhardt Friday at Red Deer College. head coach Aaron Schulha. “We can’t be waiting for those things to fire us up, especially when we know we can lock down first place, we know we’re running out of time to play in our gym, and we know we’re playing without our inspirational and volume leader Tim Finnigan.”

Finnigan is resting a quad injury which has bothered him most of the second half of the season.

“After he warmed up a bit he told me could go if I needed him, but I’d rather rest him and have him for next week,” said Schulha, who inserted Kashtin De Sousza in at power.

De Sousza started a bit slow, but by the fourth set was playing at a high level. He had five of his eight kills in the final set and was also outstanding on defence.

“Kashtin looked dynamic and did a good job at the net against a potent attack, despite being a big undersized,” said Schulha. “I thought Kashtin and

U12 TENNIS

Regan (Fathers) did a good job on the left side. Although we still made a few too many errors, I thought it was a good team effort.”

Right side Nic Dubinsky turned in a solid performance with 14 kills, a block and six digs while Fathers had 13 kills, an ace, a block and six digs.

Setter Luke Brisbane was the RDC player of the match with two kills, an ace, 16 digs and 32 assists. De Sousza also added 10 digs as did libero Patrick McIntyre.

Middle Adam Turlejski had two kills, two aces, four digs and three blocks and Justin Lukacs added three blocks.

Zac Ens had 16 kills, three aces and eight digs for the Clippers.

The women open play today at 1 p.m., followed by the men.

Danny Rode is a retired Advocate reporter, who can be reached at drode@reddeeradvocate.com. His work can also be seen at www.rdc.ab.ca/athleticsblog.

Queens advance to semi-finals with shootout win over NAIT EDMONTON — Rachael Hoppins and Kaley McMurtry, with the clincher, scored shootout goals to give the RDC Queens a 1-0 win over the NAIT Ooks in Alberta Colleges women’s hockey action Friday.

Summer Roberts, the Queens’ player of the game, made 21 saves as the visitors held a 25-21 advantage in shots in their final regular-season game.

“It wasn’t an exciting game in terms of offensive chances but we competed hard and didn’t give them much in our zone,” said RDC head coach Bob Rutz.

“It was a nice way to end an outstanding (regular) season and it was nice to finish the year 13-3-3 in our last 19 games.

“We’re looking forward to the playoffs as I believe that we have a solid group in the room that are ready to compete for a championship.”

The Queens host the SAIT Trojans in a semifinal opener Thursday at 7 p.m. at the Arena.

Comeback falls short as Grizzlys lose to Oilers Oilers 4 Grizzlys 3 OLDS — The Olds Grizzlys scored twice in the final minute but the late and frantic rally fell just short as the Okotoks Oilers pulled out a 4-3 AJHL win Friday before 523 fans at the Sportsplex.

BJ Duffin opened the scoring for the hosts with a power-play tally 2:56 into the game, but the Oilers replied with three goals — off the sticks of Frankie Spellman, Tanner Ockey and Rhett Gardner — before the first period expired, then increased their lead to 4-1 when Kevin Jenken connected midway through the final frame.

Grizzlys second-year forward Chris Gerrie scored a power-play goal at 19:03 and Kyle Moore cut the deficit to one with his 18th of the season at 19:29. But that was it for the Grizzlys, who were two-for-six on the power play while getting a 23-save performance from Billy Gorn.

Riley Morris stopped 32 shots for the Oilers, who were one-for-three with a man advantage.

The Grizzlys return to action tonight against the visiting Whitecourt Wolverines.

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Ella Collins of the Red Deer Tennis Club lines up a backhand shot against her opponent Sydney Baffoe of Edmonton during the opening match of the U-12 provincial tournament taking place in Red Deer this weekend. U-16 provincials and doubles championships are also happening in the tennis dome this weekend.

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Target shooters Ashley Pikkert of Blackfalds and Andrew Thacker of Lacombe struck gold in the Canada Winter Games this week in Prince George, B.C. The Alberta duo of Pikkert and Veronika Schulze of Calgary won the gold medal in the female air pistol team event, while Thacker paired with Peter Schulze of Calgary to capture gold for Alberta in the male air pistol team competition.

Pikkert placed second in the preliminaries of the individual air pistol event and then fourth in the finals.

Thacker didn’t qualify for the individual finals after finishing 14th in the preliminary round.

Meanwhile, Red Deer’s Belle Medicraft was eighth in the female individual air rifle preliminaries and sixth in the finals, and was fifth in the team event.

In artistic gymnastics, Findlay McCormick of Ponoka was part of the Alberta contingent that placed fourth in the team event, and in the individual competition he finished sixth in the floor exercise and 17th in the all around category.

The Alberta ringette team, which included Kelsie Caine of Red Deer and Kensey Lunn of Lacombe, was 4-0 in pool play with respective 6-3, 11-4, 5-1 and 11-3 victories over Saskatchewan, then fell 4-3 to Quebec in a quarter-

final. The Alberta squad bounced back to post two wins in placement games — 6-5 over Nova Scotia and 7-0 over British Columbia.

In freestyle skiing, Bryana Cressey of Red Deer was second in the slopestyle qualifier and eighth in the finals, placed seventh in the big air event finals and failed to qualify for the moguls and dual moguls finals.

Lia Sayers of Red Deer was eliminated in the preliminaries of the big air and moguls, and moved on from the dual moguls preliminary round but didn’t advance from the round of 16.

Talyn Towers of Red Deer, paired with fellow archer Cole Beres of Calgary, won a mixed team elimination match before losing in the quarter-finals. Towers also recorded 1,109 points in two rounds of the female compound event, then lost an elimination match.

The Alberta male curling team, with Caleb Boorse of Red Deer at skip and Kurtis Goller of Olds tossing lead stones, nearly qualified for the playoffs but fell 9-8 in a quarter-final.

The Alberta foursome finished 2-3 in pool play — beating Prince Edward Island 8-5 and New Brunswick 10-1 and losing 14-4 to British Columbia, 7-4 to the Yukon and 7-6 to Nova Scotia. Boorse and his crew then beat the Northwest Territories 14-4 and defeated Quebec 10-3 in cross-over games leading to the tie-breaker.

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Raps knock off top-ranked Hawks CLOSE GAME BLOWN WIDE OPEN IN THIRD QUARTER

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Toronto 105 Atlanta 80 ATLANTA — The Toronto Raptors proved they’re a team to watch in the Eastern Conference.

They also showed once again they can beat the Atlanta Hawks — and in convincing fashion.

The matchup of the Eastern Conference’s top teams turned into rout as Toronto opened the second half of the season with a surprisingly lopsided 105-80 win over the Hawks on Friday night.

Lou Williams had 26 points while making seven of 10 3-pointers and DeMar DeRozan had 21 points for Toronto. The Raptors outscored the Hawks 28-13 in the third quarter to turn a close game into a 23-point lead.

Atlanta still has a 5 ½-game lead over Toronto in the Eastern Conference standings, but the Raptors won the season series 3-1. No other team has two wins over the Hawks.

Williams said the Raptors were motivated by Atlanta’s similarly lopsided 110-89 win at Toronto on Jan. 16.

“We were embarrassed on our home court so we wanted to come out and play with that on our mind,” Williams said. The Raptors won with defence.

Williams had four of Toronto’s 15 steals — matching the team’s season high.

The Raptors blocked nine shots.

“We were scrambling,” said DeRozan, who had three steals. “We tried not to let them get anything easy. We didn’t want to let them get going, get a rhythm. As long as we do that, we can live with the outcome.”

Hawks coach Mike Budenholzer said the Raptors “really took it to us.”

Atlanta’s Al Horford said the Hawks

Small changes aimed at speeding up MLB games NEW YORK — Major League Baseball is slowly addressing the lagging pace of games.

MLB and the players’ association announced an agreement Friday to enforce the rule requiring a hitter to keep at least one foot in the batter’s box in many cases.

MLB also will post stadium clocks timing pitching changes and betweeninning breaks starting in spring training, and it no longer will require managers to always come onto the field when they request video reviews by umpires.

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Toronto Raptors guard DeMar DeRozan shoots as Atlanta Hawks forward DeMarre Carroll defends during the first half of an NBA basketball game, Friday, Feb. 20, 2015, in Atlanta. wouldn’t be worried about a matchup with Toronto if the teams meet in the playoffs.

“No. Give them credit, they’re a great team,” Horford said. “But we’re a confident group.”

The Hawks have lost four of seven following a team-record 19-game winning streak.

The Hawks and Raptors set team records for wins before the All-Star break, and neither made moves before Thursday’s trade deadline. Toronto

backed up that show of confidence in the final regular-season meeting of the clubs.

The Raptors stretched their 49-45 halftime lead with a dominant third quarter. Atlanta made only three of 19 shots. Kyle Korver had a dismal period, missing all five of his shots while committing two turnovers.

Budenholzer turned the game over to backups such as Mike Muscala, John Jenkins and Shelvin Mack for much of the final period.

But the sides limited penalties to warnings and fines, and not automatic balls and strikes. The fines don’t start until May 1 and are capped at $500 per offence.

Many of the more radical ideas experimented with during the Arizona Fall League were not adopted, such as a 20-second clock between pitches, a limitation of pitcher’s mound conferences involving catchers and managers, and no-pitch intentional walks.

Still, even the modest changes are too much for players, used to their routines and reluctant to alter them.

“If you rush a hamburger, it’s not going to be completely done. There are going to be too many mistakes. You’re going to rush the game. It would just be

terrible. I don’t think there needs to be a time limit,” Miami Marlins pitcher Mat Latos said.

Said Chicago White Sox outfielder Adam Eaton: “I’m not a big fan. There’s a lot of thinking involved. When a pitcher steps on the rubber, there’s a lot going on. There’s thinking in the dugout, the coaches, everyone. Why speed that up?”

Baseball has been contemplating the issue for nearly a decade. In February 2005, the batter’s box rule was announced as an experiment in the minor leagues.

Still, the average time of nine-inning games as increased to a record 3 hours, 2 minutes last year, up from 2:33 in 1981.

LAS VEGAS — The Fight is finally on.

Floyd Mayweather Jr. will meet Manny Pacquiao on May 2 in a welterweight showdown that will be boxing’s richest fight ever. Mayweather himself announced the bout Friday after months of negotiations, posting a picture of the signed contract online.

“I promised the fans we would get this done and we did,” Mayweather said.

The long anticipated bout at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas will almost surely break every financial record, and make both boxers richer than ever. Mayweather could earn $120 million or more, while Pacquiao’s split of the purse will likely be around $80 million. The fight, which matches boxing’s two biggest attractions of recent years, has been in the making for five years. It finally came together in recent months with both fighters putting aside past differences over various issues — including drug testing and television rights — to reach agreement.

Pacquiao was sleeping in the Philippines when the fight was announced, but his camp issued a statement saying the fans deserve the long awaited fight.

“It is an honour to be part of this historic event,” Pacquiao said. “I dedicate this fight to all the fans who willed this fight to happen and, as always, to bring glory to the Philippines and my fellow Filipinos around the world.”

While the fight rivals the 2002 heavyweight title bout between Lennox Lewis and Mike Tyson for interest, it comes more than five years after the first real effort to put the fighters together in their prime. Most boxing observers believe both have lost some of their skills, though Mayweather remains a master defensive fighter and Pacquiao showed in his last fight against Chris Algieri that he still has tremendous quickness in his hands.

Still, Pacquiao is 36 and has been through many wars in the ring. And while Mayweather has been largely untouched in his career, he turns 38 on Tuesday.

Two-time US Open champ Goosen thriving in tough conditions LOS ANGELES — Retief Goosen handled the tough conditions at Riviera so well on Friday that it brought back some fond memories.

Sure, he’s a two-time U.S. Open champion, and the Northern Trust Open drew some comparisons to golf’s toughest test with its firm, fast conditions. For now, Goosen was just thrilled to be in the lead going into the weekend at any tournament.

Goosen rolled in a 30-foot birdie putt on his final hole for a 1-under 70 and his first 36-hole lead in more than four years.

“It’s been such a long time since I’ve last been in contention,” Goosen said.

“Who knows how my game is going to hold up? But I’m feeling good. My back is feeling great. So if the nerves can hold, just continue to make good golf swings and make a few good putts, who knows?”

He was one shot ahead of Ryan Moore (68), Graham DeLaet (67) and Justin Thomas, the 21-year-old rookie who already has been in the weekend hunt twice this year. Thomas made three crucial par saves on his final hine holes for a 69.

It’s easy to mention U.S. Open when the scores are high, especially on a course that once hosted one. But there was nothing easy about Riviera.

Goosen was at 6-under 136, the highest 36-hole score to lead on the PGA Tour since the Quicken Loans National at Congressional, another U.S. Open ven-

ue.

“It’s playing similar to a major championship,” said Jordan Spieth, who had a 70 and was three shots behind. “And the rough ... there’s really no rough. That’s what is great about this place. It only takes a couple days for them to make it like a major, and they don’t even have to do much.”

Goosen, who turned 46 earlier this month and hasn’t won in six years, has plenty of work ahead of him.

Two-time major champion Angel Cabrera made two bogeys over his last three holes for a 68 and was two shots behind. Defending champion Bubba Watson (69), Spieth and J.B. Holmes (69) were in the group three shots behind.

Nick Watney became the first player all week to reach 7 under early in the second round, and he was leading when he made the turn and made birdie on the par-5 first hole. He followed with four straight bogeys and shot 74, though he was still in range. Watney was in the large group at 2-under 140 that included Sergio Garcia (69), Vijay Singh (74) and Carlos Ortiz (73).

“If it continues to be like this, it’s only going to get tougher,” Goosen said.

“There’s going to be some tougher pins out there, and par will be a good score on a lot of these holes. ... The rough is thick in places. The greens are definitely becoming U.S. Open greens.”

The rough isn’t severe, but it doesn’t have to be. The greens are so firm that it’s difficult to get it close. Goosen had a sand wedge into the seventh green and it rolled out some 35 feet.

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“It’s just tough to have birdie chances that are reasonable on this golf course right now,” Moore said. “The greens are so firm and so bouncy. I hit a handful of what I would say are as good of shots as I could possibly hit the last couple days and ended up with 45-footers.”

Watson was moving closer to the lead with a 40-foot eagle on No. 1 (he started at No. 10) and a 25-foot birdie on the next hole.

But he hit a wayward tee on the third that led to bogey, and finished with six straight pars.

“I haven’t been able to get the ball as close as I want to,” Watson said. “I made two long putts, which me look like I played really good today.”

DeLaet and Thomas each saved their rounds with pars.

DeLaet, who rolled in a 40-foot birdie putt from the fringe on No. 4, had par putts of 10, 7, 6 and 5 feet the rest of the front nine for a solid round with just one bogey. Thomas saved par from the bunker in the middle of the green on the par-3 sixth hole and made an 8-foot par save on the next hole. He also made a 10-foot par putt on the long

par-3 fourth hole.

“I felt like they were (worth) more than the birdie putts,” Thomas said.

“To leave it in the spots I did and get up-and-down for par was huge.”

Goosen won his U.S. Opens at Southern Hills in a playoff and at Shinnecock Hills with his short game, particularly the putter. This only reminded him of a U.S. Open the way he had to fight for every score.

“I was working hard out there, keeping my score together and hopefully, this weekend it’s going to be the same,” he said. “It’s going to be a grind out there.”

DIVOTS: Mike Weir withdrew on his front nine with soreness in his right elbow. He said he would see a doctor and likely not be ready for the Honda Classic. ... Lucas Glover made a hole-in-one on the par-3 sixth hole, a tap-in birdie on the par-3 16th and 10-foot birdie on the par-3 fourth, the second-hardest hole at Riviera on Friday. He also had five bogeys, however, and missed the cut by one. ... The cut was at 3-over 145.

Fred Couples missed a 6-foot par putt on the 18th hole and missed it by one shot.

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Rimbey’s 29th annual Women’s Conference Photos by SANDY BELL and TERI ORMBERG/freelance Rimbey’s 29th annual Women’s Conference was held on Feb. 5. They had 184 women in attendance and all had a wonderful day visiting and making new friends while attending interesting and informative sessions.

Keynote speaker Zaheen Nanji motivated the audience with inspiring principles for “expanding your horizons” and “embracing change.”

The women enjoyed choices of six concurrent ses-

sions.

Some took part in hands on Distressed Painting with Jerzi’z Skye Designz, where they made framed chalk boards.

Garden enthusiasts enjoyed Fairy Gardens with florist Alena Dubielew from Blooms.

Cooking class with Eco Cafe’s Nathan Zukiwski from The Village at Pigeon Lake was very popular as the women heard knife tips and had a demo and taste of mushroom risotto and peach flambé.

Many also tried their hands at scarf tying, led by Cheryl Jackson, with a fashion scarf included in the gift bags, which contained many other items generously donated by some of our sponsors.

Self-defence with Tom Grbich and his practical demonstrations had the women really engaged.

Sandy Mclary and Ryan Mikucki with Top Travel Trends had many ready to plan the trip of a lifetime.

Following a delicious lunch catered by StarKist, attendees were treated to the entertainment of comedians James Uloth and Susan Jones before another look at the 17 vendors and off to the afternoon sessions. All in all, everyone had a very full and enjoyable day.

The committee would like to thank all their sponsors and everyone who made this day such a success and look forward to our 30th anniversary conference next February.

CLOCKWISE FROM ABOVE: Scarf tying with Cheryl Jackson; Zaheen Nanji, the keynote speaker; Cooking demonstration with Nathan Zukiwski from Eco Café; Cooking finished products.

FROM LEFT TO RIGHT: Edith Kane with finished product of distressed painting; Committee members Carol Hannesson and Darlene Bauer selling scrolls; Starting on the distressed painting project.

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SATURDAY, FEB. 21, 2015

LAWYERS’ FINAL SUBMISSIONS ON MONDAY, JURY INSTRUCTIONS ON TUESDAY

BY PAUL COWLEY ADVOCATE STAFF

A jury did not hear from the Innisfail man accused of killing a former client with a pipe bomb as the defence rested its case on Friday.

Brian Malley, 57, did not take the stand in his own defence, leaving his defence lawyer Bob Aloneissi and Crown prosecutors to make their final submissions to the jury on Monday.

Red Deer Court of Queen’s Bench Justice Kirk Sisson plans to present his instructions to the jury on Tuesday morning and then jury deliberations will begin in the five-week-long trial.

Malley is accused of first-degree

murder in the death of Victoria Shachtay, 23, on Nov. 25, 2011. She was killed when a pipe bomb disguised as a Christmas gift detonated as she opened it in her Innisfail home.

Shachtay, who was a paraplegic and used a wheelchair, died when the bomb went off as she opened it at her table.

The single mother of a then-sevenyear-old daughter was killed instantly.

Only one witness was heard from on Friday.

RCMP investigator Cpl. Darryl Williams confirmed that a review of documents from Assante Wealth Management, the company Malley represented as a financial advisor, contained no

examples of the victim’s name spelled as Vicktoria. She was often referred to in the documents as Vicky.

Shachtay’s caregiver had testified early in the trial that a note attached to the fake Christmas gift had been misspelled as Vicktoria.

Crown prosecutor Anders Quist said they still contend Malley built the bomb and wrote the note on it.

Williams also testified that wiretaps of Malley and his wife Christine were approved by a Court of Queen’s Bench justice in September 2013 and the surveillance continued for two months.

Police were trying to determine if Christine Malley was involved in Shachtay’s death. No charges were laid

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The members of the Sylvan Lake Atom AA Lakers gather after the The Big Moo/ Nomads ice cream eating contest in support of 10-year-old cancer patient Michael Arthur and his family raised $9,818.52 on Feb. 14. The Grade 5 student, who attends Steffie Woima Elementary School and is captain of the Atom AA Lakers, is undergoing six months of cancer treatment at Alberta Children’s Hospital in Calgary.

Council examines internal audit Three City of Red Deer departments may soon be under the fiscal microscope.

On Monday, city councillors will consider the audit committee’s recommendation to conduct a value for money audit on the Planning, Inspections and Licensing and Engineering

departments.

Council allocated $200,000 from the 2015 operating budget for the detailed analysis.

The audit will provide a review of each department, with an emphasis on building, growth and developmentrelated activities that connect the de-

partments together.

It will look at financial performance, systems and procedures.

In 2011, the city spent $150,000 to conduct a value for money audit on the Water and Wastewater Services, and Electric, Light and Power departments.

Anyone with information that may lead to an arrest and location of the statues is asked to call Olds RCMP at 403-556-3324, Crime Stoppers at 1-800222-8477 or report it online at www. tipsubmit.com.

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Three Hills RCMP are investigating after four children under the age of 10 were injured in an ATV incident on Wednesday.

The children suffered non-life threatening injuries in the incident, which happened at about noon. They were transported by private vehicle to Three Hills Hospital, and then by ambulance to the Alberta Children’s Hospital in Calgary.

Police said they were not made aware of the incident — which occurred on private property in the Three Hills area — until Thursday.

RCMP said they are not providing any further information about the kids.

Church leaders who want to grow their congregations may be interested in a one-day seminar called REconneXion.

The Red Deer event is at Living Stones Church runs from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on March 11.

The goal is to provide resources, foster sharing of ideas and to strengthen church leaders.

Speakers include Derrick Mueller, a motivational speaker, humourist, pastor and author; and David MacFarlane, director of national initiatives for the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association.

The day is sponsored by the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association of Canada. The day includes lunch and handout materials. There is no charge but a $40 donation is encouraged.

For more information or to register, visit www.BillGraham.ca/REconneXion.

Fire station relocation subject of public hearing A City of Red Deer public hearing on a proposed area structure plan amendment and resolution that would pave the way for relocation of its 4340 32nd St. fire station to a site just west of Notre Dame High School is slated for Monday.

The proposed changes would allow for the Fire Station 3 to relocate to the northeast corner of 30th Avenue and Lees Street. That property currently has a dry storm pond and a ball diamond.

The existing Station 3 location on 32nd Street will remain as a dispatch centre and administrative offices.

Public hearings are scheduled to begin at 6 p.m. in council chambers on the second floor of City Hall.

One of the bronze statues that has been stolen from an Olds business.

Western bronze statues stolen from Olds outlet Six bronze statues of significant value were stolen overnight in Olds.

RCMP said they responded to an alarm at about 3:10 a.m. at RH Bell and Son at 5211 49th Ave. Upon arriving, it was discovered that a rock had been thrown through the front door, shattering the glass. Unknown persons then entered and stolen several of the statues.

Approximately six country and western-style bronze limited edition statues were taken.

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against her.

The Crown believes Malley killed Shachtay to cut his financial losses.

Shachtay invested more than $575,000, from a car crash settlement, with Malley in 2007. By April 2011, it and other money borrowed and invested was gone. From 2007 to Oct. 15, 2011, Malley paid Shachtay $44,000 out of his own account.

Malley also faces charges of causing an explosion and sending a person an explosive device.

If convicted of first-degree murder, Malley will be automatically sentenced to life in prison with no chance of parole for 25 years. pcowley@reddeeradvocate.com

Fire rips through Olds-area horse arena An early morning fire ripped through a riding arena, causing $800,000 in damages west of Olds on Friday.

The Olds Fire Department responded to the fire around 6 a.m. at the rural property. Along with crews from Sundre, the fire department got the fire under control and extinguished. The initial damage is estimated to be about $800,000. The cause of the fire is under investigation.

Carolyn Martindale, City Editor, 403-314-4326 Fax 403-341-6560 E-mail editorial@reddeeradvocate.com

Six fentanyl-related deaths have been recorded in Red Deer between 2011 and 2013, according to the Medical Examiner’s Office.

The preliminary results for 2014 show there were 61 deaths where fentanyl was a cause or contributing factor in Alberta. Sixteen were in Edmonton, 11 were in Calgary, and 34 were in the rest of the province (considered rural).

About 16 per cent of all the cases from 2014 are incomplete or pending further investigation.

Mike Tucker, Alberta Law Enforcement Response Teams (ALERT) spokesperson, told the Advocate that fentanyl is popping up in communities more and more.

“The fentanyl issue is provincewide,” said Tucker. “It’s going to be affecting communities across the province.”

Tucker said organized crime is responsible for bringing fentanyl to the streets to be sold as the painkiller oxycontin. Drug makers altered the formula of oxycontin, creating in 2012 a new drug OxyNeo that is more difficult for users to abuse.

Red Deer RCMP say they have not come across many fentanyl pills but they are hearing about its presence.

In 2013, there were 66 deaths, including four in Red Deer, 12 in Edmonton, 21 in Calgary and 29 in the rest of the province.

In 2012, here were 29 deaths in the province, including one in Red Deer, seven in Edmonton, six in Calgary and 15 in the rest of the province.

In 2011, there were six deaths including one in Red Deer, three in Edmonton and two in rural areas.

ALERT recently made a $5-million drug bust that included 11,597 fentanyl tablets in Calgary.

Paint a masterpiece for MS People who want to paint from blank canvas to masterpiece can get instruction at an MS fundraiser on Monday.

The charity Paint Parti is at Bo’s Bar and Grill at 7 p.m.

A fun-loving artist will teach the entertainment style art class, guiding artists from blank canvas to work of art.

The $55 entry fee buys you all the supplies, canvas and master artist instruction. Artists can take home their original masterpieces. All proceeds go to the MS Society of Canada — Central Alberta Chapter.

To pre-register, go to www.eventbrite.ca/paint-parti-for-ms-society or register at the door.

Bo’s Bar and Grill is located at 2310 50th Ave. Red Deer.

Movie shows Baha’i struggle A movie that shares personal stories and dramatic archival footage of the Baha’i people in Iran will be screened at Red Deer College on Friday.

To Light A Candle gives an account of how a religious minority builds solidarity, resilience, and pride in its people through its passion for education. It also demonstrates how education can play a vital role in supporting communities and sustaining hope.

After the 1979 Islamic revolution, students and teachers were forbidden to attend or teach at university.

They hold classes in secret in people’s homes and the threat of arrest is part of everyday life.

The screening is sponsored by the Red Deer Baha’i community and Red Deer College. It will be shown at 7 p.m. in the Margaret Parsons Theatre. Red Deer College is located at 100 College Boulevard.

For more information, call Robert Clark at 403-304-9843 and visit www. educationisnotacrime.me.

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SATURDAY, FEB. 21, 2015

Ron James unshackled

BY LANA MICHELIN ADVOCATE STAFF Finding himself “unshackled by network constraints” since his weekly CBC-TV show was cancelled, Canadian comedian Ron James did the “most expensive drunk dial I’ve ever done in my life.”

He signed up for an epic National Geographic hiking trip through Patagonia.

“I’m scratching stuff off my bucket list,” explained the Toronto-based standup comic, who performs on Sunday, March 1, at Red Deer’s Memorial Centre.

That’s how come the not overly athletic 57-yearold, with one bad knee, recently hiked 212 km over two weeks across the southern tip of South America.

And “I didn’t do too bad,” recalled James, who felt the 13 to 20 km a day wasn’t his biggest challenge.

It was “being the only Canadian in a group of American Republicans.”

So, did his U.S. tour mates grill him about his leftwing, free medicare ways?

“They didn’t grill me about anything!” said James.

“Are you kidding? They don’t give a rat’s ass about Canada. They think we’re all socialists up here. I think, good, you just tell that to Stephen Harper. ...”

James has been enjoying his free-agent status since his weekly television show was cancelled last spring. Aside from his highly successful New Year’s special, the kinetic comedian has been focusing on his live shows, which bring him face to face with fans across the country.

With no weekly TV scripts to write, James has a plethora of jokes at his disposal for his standup act.

Some of the comic inspirations for his latest Pedal to the Metal Tour are drawn from his observations of rapid societal change. For instance, James notes that Netflix has become “a digital crackhouse. ...

“You start watching something and you come out 72 hours later, covered in filth, with bleeding eyeballs. ... You aren’t just watching The Walking Dead, you’ve lived it.”

Another bonus is that none of the jokes he cracks on stage need to be run through any media lawyers, as was the rule before his network “unshackling.”

Every single funny line that James ever wrote for The Ron James Show had to be vetted by legal experts, who often didn’t have much of a sense of humour.

James recalled once wanting to tell a story about his father’s boss, Hector Duncan, losing his prized bird dog in 1952. The lawyers made him change the boss’s name to Harry Duncan. “To me that sounds dirtier,” said James, who never could figure out what the heck was wrong with ‘Hector.’

“It’s just the semantics of television,” where comedy has to tip-toe around Kentucky Fried Chicken jokes, or sketches involving Sugar Crisp cereal out of fear of potential lawsuits.

It’s a relief to be free of those constraints, said James, who added “I’m more used to tipping the apple cart than riding in it.”

These days, he’s also enjoying having more time to explore the world — since experience is, after all, a well-spring of comedy.

Next off his bucket list will be “canoeing down an Arctic river.” James plans to traverse a Yukon water-

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Comedian Ron James performs in Red Deer on Sunday, March 1, at the Memorial Centre. way this summer before flying off to Scotland to visit his daughter, who recently obtained her master’s degree there in TV and film.

Tickets to the 8 p.m. show are $58.75 from the Black Knight Ticket Centre. lmichelin@reddeeradvocate.com

McFarland runs on inspiration KEVIN COSTNER STARS AS A STRUGGLING HIGH SCHOOL COACH WHO FINDS NEW PURPOSE BY STARTING A CROSS-COUNTRY TEAM

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McFarland 2.5 stars (out of four) Rated: G There’s a reason there’s no category for “depressing Disney sports movie.” Nobody walks into a Mouse House title released under its “inspirational” umbrella unsure of the outcome.

Yet McFarland, starring a rock-solid Kevin Costner as a struggling coach who finds new purpose in an unlikely place, manages feel-good with a touch of restraint while providing a live-action family movie that’s increasingly rare at the multiplex.

Based on the true story of a fledgling high school cross-country team from an economically depressed Latino community, McFarland neatly delivers an uncomplicated, heartwarming message.

Costner plays high school football coach Jim White, whose temper has cost him more than one job.

An explosive altercation forces him to a last-chance school in McFarland, Calif., in 1987, where his name is about to become a running joke among the primarily Hispanic student body.

His wife Cheryl (an underused Maria Bello) tries to put a brave face on the fact they’ve landed with a thud. Daughters Julie (Homeland’s Morgan Saylor) and Jamie (Elsie Fisher) have no trouble hiding their feelings. “Are we in Mexico?” one asks as they drive the sun-parched streets filled with Spanish signage.

The Whites are whiter than. They may be the only people in America unfamiliar with tacos. But Jim is more culturally ignorant than hostile.

He’s surprised to learn most of the kids in his phys-ed class are children of migrant farm workers, getting up at dawn to pick with the adults, then returning to the field after class.

The fact they run everywhere — often at an impressive pace — catches Jim’s attention, inspiring him to start a cross-country team.

Running sparks change. The teens build individual strengths, the town finds new purpose. After initially keeping the community at arms’ length, see-

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Kevin Costner, left, and Hector Duran, foreground, appear in a scene from McFarland: based on a true story about a cross-country team in an economically depressed Latino neighbourhood. ing McFarland only as a brief stop on a longer plan to rehabilitate his reputation, Jim also experiences a shift.

As for the runners, their stories are painted with broad strokes. There’s the defiant kid, the jokester, the chubby one and the protégé with a troubled home life, all well played by a talented group of mostly newcomers.

Director Niki Caro (Whale Rider) frames scenes of long runs on parched trails in pleasing ways. She steers McFarland away from the clichés and sappiness that often undermine these efforts but also pulls back from realism that could nudge the film to more interesting places.

There’s little mention made of the economic reali-

ties that send one group of American kids to work in fields so others can benefit from pleasing produce aisles.

The divide feels especially glaring during the singing of the American national anthem before the crucial final race (the film is released as McFarland, USA south of the border).

A final pre-credits update with the real runners of McFarland — all members of the first team went on to college or university — gets the inspirational job done while reminding us these are real people who made a difference in their community nearly 30 years before. And they continue to do so.

Linda Barnard is a syndicated Toronto Star movie critic.

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‘No Lead Belly, no Beatles’ TV DOCUMENTARY, BOX SET CELEBRATE FOLK LEGEND’S INFLUENCE

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Ellar Coltrane at age six in a scene from the film Boyhood. The film is nominated for an Oscar Award for best feature. The 87th Annual Academy Awards will take place on Sunday at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles, and broadcast on ABC and CTV.

Oscars may come down to the wire

Best picture

COYLE: Will Win: Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu’s Birdman comes home to roost despite the landmark accomplishment of Boyhood.

As a celebration of showbiz, it’s the Shakespeare in Love of its time.

Should Win: Boyhood marries film and time in a uniquely powerful way, but it’s also worth making a case for Wes Anderson’s The Grand Budapest Hotel, the most relentlessly fun and inventive film of the year.

Should Have Been a Contender: Interstellar. Christopher Nolan’s epic is unloved, but it’s a glorious sci-fi soup that would have added some big-budget dazzle to the Oscars. I mean, it’s got a fourth dimension.

BAHR: Will Win: While Birdman’s formal ambitions and extraordinary ensemble cast are impressive, the earnest 12-year experiment that spawned a compelling film in Boyhood is just too good a narrative to ignore.

Should Win: Boyhood, but not because of dedication. A lot of people toil for years on their dream projects.

Boyhood is a great and deeply humane film that celebrates the ordinariness of the everyday and is destined to be a classic.

Should Have Been a Contender: In ten years we’ll look back on Interstellar’s near-absence from this year’s Academy Awards as a grave cinematic injustice.

At least Nolan is in good company. 2001: A Space Odyssey was shut out of the best picture race too.

Best actor

BAHR: Will Win: In one of the most hotly contested categories of the entire race, it wouldn’t be surprising if the academy went with the comparatively elder statesmen Michael Keaton for the comeback performance of a lifetime.

Redmayne will get another shot.

Should Win: Keaton. We shouldn’t really care about the artistic endeavours of a past his prime

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BRIEFS Benefit concert for Santa Cruz on Feb. 28 in Lacombe A benefit concert to help people in Santa Cruz, Bolivia access rehabilitation equipment will be held in Lacombe on Feb. 28.

Lacombe physiotherapist Patti Vaillant has organized the concert in collaboration with three students — Jessica Hall, Deepa Johnny and Emily Vaillant — at Burman University, formerly known as Canadian University College.

They will perform a wide variety of musical numbers ranging from songs from musical theatre to inspiration songs.

The therapist said she was inspired to make a difference in the South American country after hearing about the work done there by A Better World Canada, a Central Alberta-based international development organization. She plans to travel to Bolivia with her daughter in the summer to work on A Better World projects.

The concert in the university’s administration building, at 5415 College Ave., starts at 7 p.m. Doors open at 6:30.

Proceeds from a freewill offering will go towards the rehabilitation program.

Ponoka Thespians to perform Radio Active A musical radio comedy, Radio Active, will be

Best actress

COYLE: Will Win: Julianne Moore, Still Alice. A great actress overdue for an Oscar, although the film is ... forgettable.

Should Win: Marion Cotillard, Two Days, One Night. The French actress deserved nods for both this unadorned performance and for the unfairly overlooked The Immigrant.

Should Have Been a Contender: Tilda Swinton, Only Lovers Left Alive. In Jim Jarmusch’s bitingly funny vampire tale, she’s captivating just walking down a Tangier street. One of cinema’s most exotic creatures.

BAHR: Will Win: Five-time nominee Moore is long overdue for an Oscar and her nuanced portrayal of an accomplished woman deteriorating at the hands of early onset Alzheimer’s in an otherwise mediocre movie is her golden ticket.

Should Win: Moore for any other performance?

But if we have to count this year’s contenders: Felicity Jones. The Theory of Everything is Jane Hawking’s story and Jones’ self-possessed take on a woman in an incredibly difficult situation has been upstaged by the flashier performance in the film.

Should Have Been a Contender: Comedian Jenny Slate showed great depth, humour and empathy in the perfectly realized Obvious Child, a film so enjoyable and of its time that older guard institutions probably didn’t know what to do with it. performed by the Ponoka Thespians in early March.

The Ponoka Thespians are a group of homeschooled youth who come from throughout Central Alberta to be part of the musical drama production.

The performances, at Asker Lutheran Church, are on March 4 at 7 p.m.; March 5 at 7 p.m., dessert night; March 6 at 1:30 p.m. seniors matinee (also intended for families with small children); March 6 at 7 p.m.

Admission is by free-will offering except for the dessert night, where tickets are $15 each.

Asker Lutheran Church is 20 minutes east of Ponoka on Hwy 53, north on Asker Road.

For more information and dessert night tickets, contact play director Debbie Zepick at debzepick@ gmail.com.

AUDITIONS for the award winning courtroom classic

BY REGINALD ROSE

Sunday, March 1st: 1-4pm and Monday, March 2nd 7-9pm At Centennial Stage (at the rear of the Scott Block Theatre) Requirements - twelve men, ages 18+, diversity is looked for, representing a cross section of society.

No need for prepared audition material.

For more information, call: 403-347-9203

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LOS ANGELES — Ahead of Sunday’s 87th Academy Awards, Associated Press film writers Jake Coyle and Lindsey Bahr share their predictions for a ceremony that could be a nail biter.

megalomaniac, but Keaton was able to make Riggan Thomson at turns sympathetic, wholly unlikable and desperately sad.

Should Have Been a Contender: There are so many great performances that would have warranted a nomination here, including David Oyelowo for his powerful and studied take on Martin Luther King, Jr in Selma and Oscar Isaac’s determined entrepreneur in A Most Violent Year.

COYLE: Will Win: Redmayne. The freckled one appears to be the favourite for his technically impressive performance.

Should Win: Keaton. Redmayne is a talented young actor, but he’s a little precious for a physicist.

Keaton has been an electric live-wire for decades.

Should Have Been a Contender: The performance of the year was Timothy Spall’s J.M.W. Turner in Mr. Turner.

If the Oscars were judged on grunting ability (and shouldn’t they be?), he’d win in a cakewalk.

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NEW YORK — Huddie “Lead Belly” Ledbetter never had a hit record before he died of Lou Gehrig’s disease in 1949. But the folksinging legend, who is being celebrated next week as part of Black History Month by the Smithsonian with a TV documentary and 5-CD box set, left behind a treasure trove of recordings that yielded many hits for those who followed him.

Just months after his death, the folk group The Weavers, featuring his close friend Pete Seeger, hit No. 1 on the pop charts with his theme song Good Night Irene, which he first recorded in 1933 while an inmate at Louisiana’s notorious Angola State Prison by father-and-son musicologists John and Alan Lomax.

Among those inspired by Lead Belly was Lonnie Donegan, the founding father of British pop, who had a big hit with his sped-up version of Rock Island Line. Donegan inspired British teens to form skiffle groups, including 15-year-old John Lennon who founded The Quarrymen in 1956 and later added Paul McCartney and George Harrison to the band.

“George Harrison once said, ’No Lead Belly, no Lonnie Donegan. Therefore no Lead Belly, no Beatles,”’ said John Reynolds, author of Lead Belly: A Life in Pictures. Reynolds is among the experts, family members and musicians interviewed in the documentary, Legend of Lead Belly which premieres Monday at 8 p.m. EST on the Smithsonian Channel.

“It shows the far-reaching influence his music has all over the world,” said Reynolds. “There’s been nobody that has a repertoire quite like Lead Belly. He really knew about 500 songs and was like a human juke box. ... He’s more relevant than ever. Jack White sings his songs, so did Kurt Cobain and some rappers like Wyclef Jean.”

The documentary features interviews with musicians inspired by Lead Belly, including Roger McGuinn (The Byrds), Robbie Krieger (The Doors), Judy Collins and Van Morrison, who says the message of Lead Belly’s story is “survival ... against all odds.”

For Lead Belly, the son of a Louisiana sharecropper, his music was a ticket out of the oppressive racism of the Jim Crow South — including doing hard labour for nearly 10 years in prisons in Texas for murdering a cousin in a fight over a woman and Louisiana for stabbing a white man in a fight — that eventually took him to the political folk music scene in New York with Woody Guthrie and Seeger.

The documentary is being aired on the eve of Tuesday’s release of Lead Belly: The Smithsonian Folkways Collection, the most comprehensive collection of recordings by the iconic artist. It spans his entire recording career from the Lomaxes’ 1933 prison recordings to his last 1948 sessions in the apartment of jazz scholar Fred Ramsey Jr. The 108 tracks include 16 previously unreleased recordings — including radio programs from 1941 that feature his rarely recorded song intros. Among the discoveries is an original song, Princess Elizabeth, celebrating the marriage of the future British queen.

Producer Jeff Place hopes the collection enables people to look past the prison story the Lomaxes embellished to market Lead Belly — that he sang his way out of prison with pardon songs to the governors of Texas and Louisiana. Instead, he wants people to focus on his musical contributions. Lead Belly was a powerful singer and a skilled guitarist. He picked up the rarely used 12-string Stella guitar because it was loud enough to be heard in noisy bars, his style influencing Seeger, McGuinn, Bonnie Raitt and Ry Cooder. Place says Lead Belly was a “songster.”

He played blues, spirituals, work and prison songs reflecting his life experience in the South. But his recordings also include cowboy songs, children’s rhymes, old British ballads, and topical songs he wrote about the Hindenburg and Titanic disasters.

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AFTERNOON 12:30 KAYU WUHF College Basketball Villanova at Marquette. From the BMO Harris Bradley Center in Milwaukee.

(Live) 1:00 CITV KREM WWJ GBL PGA Tour Golf Northern Trust Open, Third Round.

From Riviera Country Club in Pacific Palisades, Calif. (Live) 1:30 FS1 NASCAR Racing XFINITY Series: Daytona.

From Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Fla. (Live) GBLBC PGA Tour Golf Northern Trust Open, Third Round. (Joined in Progress) From Riviera Country Club in Pacific Palisades, Calif. (Live) 5:00 CBXT CBRT NHL Hockey Winnipeg Jets at Toronto Maple Leafs. From Air Canada Centre in Toronto. (Live) CKEM CITY NHL Hockey Columbus Blue Jackets at Montreal Canadiens. From the Bell Centre in Montreal.

(Live) SNW NHL Hockey Florida Panthers at Ottawa Senators.

From the Canadian Tire Centre in Kanata, Ontario. (Live)

EVENING 6:00 SN360 NBA Basketball Toronto Raptors at Houston Rockets. From the Toyota Center in Houston. (Live)

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Pipeline spill plan not required to be public TRANS MOUNTAIN EMERGENCY PLAN MADE SECRET IN B.C., PUBLIC IN WASHINGTON STATE

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS VANCOUVER - An emergency response plan for the proposed $5.4-billion Trans Mountain pipeline expansion will remain secret in British Columbia even though a similar plan was recently made public in Washington state.

Kinder Morgan president Ian Anderson defended his company’s decision to publish a heavily redacted version in B.C., saying disclosure of the plan wasn’t required by the National Energy Board.

“We in no way want to have this perceived lack of transparency around our emergency response plans as any indication of us wanting to hide anything or keep anything a secret,” Anderson said Friday.

“There are very real security concerns that we have with respect to posting our full and complete plans where critical valves and critical access points to the system are delineated.”

He said regulation is different in neighbouring Washington, where the Department of Ecology recently published online Kinder Morgan’s detailed emergency response plan for that section of the pipeline.

The company has promised to make its full emergency response plan available to the B.C. government, as well as municipalities and first responders along the pipeline route - but not to the public.

Anderson said he’s aware of the public’s concerns about transparency and vowed his company would work with industry and regulators to define the public disclosure of response plans in the future.

The NEB rejected a demand from the B.C. government in January to compel Kinder Morgan to provide more information about its emergency response plan. A number of municipalities, First Nations and environmental groups supported the province’s request.

But a spokesman with the energy board said Friday that although the government’s request was declined in this case, the board would like energy companies in Canada to make their emergency response plans public for existing pipelines.

“Our chairman is not very happy that there’s a lack of transparency around these emergency response plans,” Darin Barter said. “Canadians deserve to have that information. There’s a public will for that information. Industry needs to find a way to make that information public.”

Companies are not required to disclose their emergency response plans under Canadian law.

Barter said the board is not calling for a legislative change, but for a commitment from industry to be more transparent.

He said chairman Peter Watson sent a letter on Feb. 5 about the issue to the Canadian Energy Pipeline Association. A spokesman for the association said it received the letter and will be discussing how to meet the NEB’s expectations.

The proposed Trans Mountain expansion would triple the bitumen-carrying capacity with the laying of almost 1,000 kilometres of new pipe near a pre-existing pipeline that runs from Edmonton to Burnaby, B.C. In Washington, the pipeline would cross through to Puget Sound. The state’s Department of Ecology posted Kinder Morgan’s emergency response plan online between Jan. 9 and Feb. 18 as part of a public consultation process. Members of the public remain free to request it at any time, said preparedness section manager Linda Pilkey-Jarvis.

The 383-page document includes information about every section of the pipeline, including wall thickness, where it crosses water and peak volumes.

CN Rail headed for Monday lockout UNION REJECTS BINDING ARBITRATION

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS

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The offices of SNC Lavalin are seen in Montreal on March 26, 2012. The RCMP has laid fraud and corruption charges against Montreal-based engineering firm SNC-Lavalin and two of its subsidiaries.

Quebec minister worried about SNC-Lavalin’s future

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS MONTREAL — Quebec’s economic development minister says he’s worried about SNC-Lavalin’s future in the face of corruption and fraud charges against the engineering giant over its dealings in Libya.

Jacques Daoust described the Montreal-based company as a “jewel,” calling it one of the province’s few global companies and one that needs to be preserved “at all cost.”

The RCMP allege that between 2001 and 2011 SNC-Lavalin paid nearly $47.7 million to public officials in Libya to influence government decisions.

It also charged the company, its construction division and its SNC-Lavalin International subsidiary, of defrauding various Libyan organizations of about $129.8 million.

Three individuals — two former SNC executives and one of their lawyers — were previously charged by the RCMP as part of the investigation that began in 2011.

Although it is up to the provincial securities regulator’s authority to decide if companies are eligible to bid on provincial contracts.

Daoust told reporters Friday he believes Quebec should continue to grant SNC-Lavalin that right even

if it is barred at the federal level in the event of a conviction.

Daoust added that a potential 10-year bidding ban on federal contracts under Ottawa’s so-called integrity framework is excessive.

“It has a lot of expertise and if it can’t go after contracts it would be unfortunate if their skills based in Quebec are put at risk,” he said.

SNC-Lavalin (TSX:SNC) said it will plead not guilty to the charges.

On Thursday, it said companies facing similar problems in the United States and United Kingdom benefit from a different approach that considers the “public interest” by “balancing accountability and securing the employment, economic and other benefits of businesses.”

Daoust said individuals should face charges for illegal actions but that a company that has worked to cleanse its operations of the alleged problems that happened years ago.

“It is no longer the company it was and it was individuals that did those things. So blame the individuals but don’t destroy the economy (by hurting the company),” he said.

SNC-Lavalin employs about 45,000 employees around the world, including 16,650 in Canada, in oil and gas, mining, water, infrastructure and power sector projects.

MONTREAL — Canada National Railway says it will lock out almost 5,000 of its employees Monday night amid a deadlock in contract talks.

The Montreal-based railway said the lockout of the 4,800 mechanical, intermodal and clerical workers represented by Unifor would begin at 11 p.m.

Monday unless the union agreed to binding arbitration to settle contract differences.

The union, which has announced plans to begin a strike vote next week after the failure of five months of talks, quickly rejected the company ultimatum but said it was prepared to negotiate this weekend.

“If they want to lock us out they can lock us out,” Unifor president Jerry Dias said in an interview.

CN gave the union 72 hours notice of a lockout and moved to unilaterally impose terms of a new collective agreement Friday that included wage increases of two per cent.

In announcing the planned lockout, CN chief executive Claude Mongeau said the two sides won’t get any closer amid a month-long strike mandate process.

CN (TSX:CNR) wants Unifor to focus on terms of a collective agreement that applies to its employees, rather than to match terms of a recent settlement with Canadian Pacific Railway (TSX:CP), which included a number of improvement such as rail safety and working conditions.

“Our complete settlement offers to Unifor...are fair, competitive and fully in line with the amicable contract renewals that we have recently bargained with four other unions at CN, including the Teamsters,” Mongeau said in a release.

“They would also maintain Unifor-represented employees working at CN among the highest paid in their trades in the Canadian rail industry.”

But Dias said CN is objecting because it wants a cheaper deal than CP obtained.

“They’re a huge, huge wealthy Canadian company that’s (acting) like a schoolyard bully . . . the tactics just aren’t going to work.”

“If CN wants to lose their customers because of their own foolishness then I guess they have the right to do that,” Dias added.

The railway said Ottawa should stay out of the dispute if both sides agreed to arbitration, which it said has been used many times in the past.

The union said politicians should not “stick their nose” in at all.

Dias said that late on Feb. 15, CN made its “one and only economic offer,” which he said did not take into account any of Unifor’s concerns.

Union negotiators rejected the offer and CN “abruptly brought negotiations to a halt,” he said.

Bullying in the workplace an ongoing concern Dear Working Wise: A co-worker is picking on me for no reason — telling lies about me to other people and saying that I’m not good at my job.

I love my job, but I hate going to work now and I’m thinking of quitting. I don’t know what to do; should I tell the boss? — Bullied Dear Bullied: Many adults think that bullying is a problem that only occurs in the schoolyard, but unfortunately there are workplace bullies as well.

Workplace bullying is a serious problem that affects everyone in the workplace.

People who experience bullying behaviors in the workplace can have increased stress, health problems and family problems. Lower productivity, higher absenteeism and higher staff turnover can also result.

One study found that employees experiencing bullying spend up to half their time at work dealing with the bullying and canvassing their co-workers for moral support.

Workplace bullying can be hard for others to recognize and can involve a variety of behaviours, from negative gossip and unfair criticism to offensive jokes and tampering with personal belongings.

There are laws against some extreme types of bullying, including: • Bullying someone on any grounds protected under Alberta’s Human Rights Act, such as race,

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• Violence or threats of violence can be investigated by Occupational Health & Safety (http://work.alberta.ca/ohs) and the police.

The majority of research in bullying has found that the best way to reduce bullying is to focus on promoting healthy relationships. Healthy relationships are created by proCHARLES moting communication, reSTRACHEY spect, trust and support.

Employers can promote WORKING healthy workplace relationships by: WISE • Asking leadership to model the way — lead by example.

• Including zero-tolerance on bullying in their corporate values.

• Explaining to staff how bullying behavior contravenes the organization’s values.

• Establishing and communicating a zero-tolerance policy and procedure for reporting/resolving

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workplace bullying.

The government of Alberta recognizes that bullying is a serious issue and has released Alberta’s Plan for Promoting Healthy Relationships and Preventing Bullying. The plan outlines Alberta’s strategic approach to prevent bullying and includes many strategies focused on promoting healthy workplace cultures.

Government also offers resources to assist Albertans who are experiencing workplace bullying. Try visiting www.bullyfreealberta.ca or calling the Bullying Helpline at 1-888-456-2323.

The ALIS website (http://alis.alberta.ca) also offers tip sheets on bullying: Bullies at Work: What to Know, What You Can Do; and Employers: What You Need to Know About Bullying in the Workplace.

Coworkers can play an important role in eliminating bullying in their workplace.

Wednesday, Feb. 25 is Pink Shirt Day. You can help send the message that bullying behavior is no longer acceptable by getting everyone in the office to wear a pink shirt that day. You can make it even more fun by sharing your pink shirt office photos on Twitter using the hashtag #albertapink.

Working Wise is compiled by Charles Strachey, a manager with Alberta Human Services, for general information. He can be contacted at charles.strachey@gov. ab.ca.

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Diversified and Industrials Agrium Inc. . . . . . . . . . . 136.14 ATCO Ltd.. . . . . . . . . . . . 47.35 BCE Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55.95 BlackBerry . . . . . . . . . . . 12.87 Bombardier . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.40 Cdn. National Railway . . 87.70 Cdn. Pacific Railway. . . 238.16 Cdn. Utilities . . . . . . . . . . 41.25 Capital Power Corp . . . . 25.43 Cervus Equipment Corp 18.65 Dow Chemical . . . . . . . . 49.53 Enbridge Inc. . . . . . . . . . 61.82 Finning Intl. Inc. . . . . . . . 24.13 Fortis Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . 39.71 General Motors Co. . . . . 37.65 Parkland Fuel Corp. . . . . 23.02 Sirius XM . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.21 SNC Lavalin Group. . . . . 39.28 Stantec Inc. . . . . . . . . . . 32.89 Telus Corp. . . . . . . . . . . . 44.44 Transalta Corp.. . . . . . . . 11.95 Transcanada. . . . . . . . . . 55.56 Consumer Canadian Tire . . . . . . . . 119.76 Gamehost . . . . . . . . . . . . 13.10 Leon’s Furniture . . . . . . . 16.83 Loblaw Ltd. . . . . . . . . . . . 64.87 Maple Leaf Foods. . . . . . 22.48 MARKETS CLOSE TORONTO — The Toronto stock market closed little changed amid relief that Greece and its eurozone partners had agreed to extend by four months the bailout loans that have kept the country afloat.

The S&P/TSX composite index declined 8.09 points to 15,172.24.

The sticking point in talks between the two sides this week had been that the proposal from Greece’s new government did not promise to continue all of the budget cuts and reforms that the eurozone has demanded as a condition for past bailout payments.

In return for the extension, Greece committed not to pursue any “unilateral” measures that might affect the country’s budget targets. Greece also committed to provide a list of reforms based on its current bailout program for assessment on Monday.

Greece’s current bailout program is due to expire Feb. 28.

In the short term, if no solution is found, Greece could be left to handle its debts alone starting next month.

“Although more negotiations will be coming, the fact that a deal was struck is encouraging and it shows that concessions can be made by both sides,” observed Jennifer Lee, BMO Capital Markets senior economist.

“This deal also allows time to be bridged between all parties to allow a possible followup arrangement, along with the International Monetary Fund.”

The Canadian dollar moved down 0.3 of a U.S. cent to 79.71 cents as Statistics Canada reported retail sales slid 2.1 per cent in December to $42.1 billion, the largest decline since April 2010.

New York markets took off on optimism about a successful outcome to the Greek debt talks as the Dow Jones industrials jumped 154.67 points to 18,140.44, the Nasdaq gained 31.27 points to 4,955.97 and the S&P 500 index was up 12.85 points at 2,110.3.

Rona Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . 14.36 Wal-Mart . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84.30 WestJet Airlines . . . . . . . 30.85 Mining Barrick Gold . . . . . . . . . . 16.17 Cameco Corp. . . . . . . . . 19.68 First Quantum Minerals . 13.99 Goldcorp Inc. . . . . . . . . . 26.90 Hudbay Minerals. . . . . . . 10.43 Kinross Gold Corp. . . . . . . 3.41 Labrador. . . . . . . . . . . . . 17.82 Potash Corp.. . . . . . . . . . 46.38 Sherritt Intl. . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.42 Teck Resources . . . . . . . 19.31 Energy Aeroflex . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24.31 Badger Daylighting Ltd. . 25.60 Baker Hughes. . . . . . . . . 63.49 Bonavista . . . . . . . . . . . . . 745 Bonterra Energy . . . . . . . 43.90 Cdn. Nat. Res. . . . . . . . . 37.50 Cdn. Oil Sands Ltd. . . . . 11.03 Canyon Services Group. . 7.95 Cenovous Energy Inc. . . 22.22 CWC Well Services . . . 0.4150 Encana Corp. . . . . . . . . . 16.81 Essential Energy. . . . . . . . 1.38 Exxon Mobil . . . . . . . . . . 89.92 In Toronto, the financial sector led decliners, down 0.7 per cent as Fairfax Financial Holdings (TSX:FFH) fell $30.90 or 4.5 per cent to $659.10 after announcing an agreement to issue 1,000,000 subordinate voting shares for $650 each.

Bank stocks also moved lower ahead of the release of earnings next week from most of the big institutions. Royal Bank was down $1.22 to $76.01.

The energy sector declined 0.66 per cent as oil prices added to losses racked up Thursday in the wake of the latest data showing sharp rises in American inventory levels.

The April contract in New York fell $1.02 to US$50.81 a barrel.

March copper was off three cents at US$2.59 a pound and the base metals sector was down 0.5 per cent.

The gold sector rose about 0.5 per cent even as April gold faded $2.70 to US$1,204.90 an ounce.

In other corporate developments, transport giant Bombardier (TSX:BBD.B) lost further ground after announcing it now expects to raise $938 million from its equity offering — up from the previous estimate of $750 million.

Under the deal, Bombardier will issue nearly 424.2 million subscription receipts to be exchanged for Class B shares at a price of C$2.21 each.

The move comes amid soaring costs for developing its new CSeries airliner. Its shares slipped another five cents to $2.40.

The TSX snapped a four week run of advances, losing 93 points or 0.6 per cent, led by losses in financials and energy stocks.

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

Stocks: S&P/TSX Composite Index — 15,172.24, down 8.09 points Dow — 18,140.44, up 154.67

Halliburton Co. . . . . . . . . 43.36 High Arctic . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.65 Husky Energy . . . . . . . . . 28.61 Imperial Oil . . . . . . . . . . . 48.63 Pengrowth Energy . . . . . . 4.11 Penn West Energy . . . . . . 2.81 Pinecrest Energy Inc. . . . 0.005 Precision Drilling Corp . . . 7.89 Suncor Energy . . . . . . . . 38.47 Talisman Energy . . . . . . . . 9.70 Trican Ltd.. . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.37 Trinidad Energy . . . . . . . . 4.78 Vermilion Energy . . . . . . 56.23 Financials Bank of Montreal . . . . . . 77.89 Bank of N.S. . . . . . . . . . . 66.25 CIBC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92.04 Cdn. Western . . . . . . . . . 27.73 Carfinco . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.93 Great West Life. . . . . . . . 35.79 IGM Financial . . . . . . . . . 43.85 Intact Financial Corp. . . . 90.00 Manulife Corp. . . . . . . . . 22.19 National Bank . . . . . . . . . 47.60 Rifco Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.42 Royal Bank . . . . . . . . . . . 76.01 Sun Life Fin. Inc.. . . . . . . 39.81 TD Bank . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53.96 points S&P 500 — 2,110.30, up 12.85 points Nasdaq — 4,955.97, up 31.27 points Currencies: Cdn — 79.71 cents US, down 0.30 of a cent Pound — C$1.9305, up 0.46 of a cent Euro — C$1.4274, up 0.77 of a cent Euro — US$1.1377, up 18 of a cent Oil futures: US$50.81 per barrel, down one dollar, two cents (April contract) Gold futures: US$1,204.90 per oz., down two dollars, 70 cents (April contract) Canadian Fine Silver Handy and Harman: $21.376 oz., down 13.4 cents $687.24 kg., down $4.31 ICE FUTURES WINNIPEG — ICE Futures Canada closing prices: Canola: March ’15 $3.40 lower $470.10; May ’15 $1.80 lower $466.10; July ’15 $2.30 lower $459.90; Nov ’15 $2.50 lower $448.60; Jan. ’16 $2.50 lower $450.20; March ’16 $2.50 lower $453.20; May ’16 $2.50 lower $455.50; July ’16 $2.50 lower $458.20; Nov. ’16 $2.50 lower $452.20; Jan. ’17 $2.50 lower $452.20; March ’17 $2.50 lower $452.20.

Barley (Western): March ’15 unchanged $184.00; May ’15 unchanged $186.00; July ’15 unchanged $188.00; Oct. ’15 unchanged $179.00; Dec. ’15 unchanged $179.00; March ’16 unchanged $179.00; May ’16 unchanged $179.00; July ’16 unchanged $179.00; Oct. ’16 unchanged $179.00; Dec. ’ 16 unchanged $179.00; March ’17 unchanged $179.00.

Friday’s estimated volume of trade: 662,400 tonnes of canola; 0 tonnes of barley (Western Barley) Total: 662,400.

Greece and creditors reach extension deal

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS BRUSSELS — Following weeks of recrimination and distrust, Greece and its creditors in the 19-nation eurozone reached an agreement Friday on extending the country’s rescue loans, a move that should dramatically ease concerns it was heading for the euro exit as soon as next month.

The agreement, which looked a long way off Thursday when one German official compared Athens’ request for more time to the infamous Trojan Horse, will mean that Greece will avoid going bankrupt, at least over the four months of the extension. It should also mean that capital controls won’t be needed and that Greek banks will have enough money to stock up their ATMs. To get the money though, the Greek government has one more hurdle to clear.

On Monday, it has to present a series of unspecified economic reforms measures that are deemed acceptable by creditors and rooted in Greece’s previously enacted bailout agreement — something the government had promised not to do.

Still, the Greek government will be the author of the reforms pursued and that represents a change from the past five years when Greece has relied on rescue money to avoid going bankrupt and was effectively ordered to enact a series of austerity measures.

“We have established common ground again,” said Jeroen Dijsselbloem, the eurozone’s top official, after the meeting in Brussels.

And Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis said the deal allows both Greece and Europe “to turn a page ...

As of today, we are beginning to be coauthors of our destiny.”

Varoufakis conceded that the Greek government would be “in trouble” if the reform measures, which are likely to include a series of measures to tackle corruption and tax evasion aren’t backed by representatives from the European Central Bank, International

Feds introduce new liability standard, insurance rules for railways OTTAWA — Transport Minister Lisa Raitt is announcing new changes to strengthen liability, compensation and insurance standards for federally regulated railways.

The changes are part of the federal government’s response to the deadly 2013 rail tragedy in the Quebec community of Lac-Megantic.

New legislation introduced today would establish minimum insurance

Monetary Fund and European Commission — previously known as the troika.

However, he insisted they “won’t be shot down by the institutions.”

If the list of reforms is sanctioned, then it will be further detailed and agreed upon by the end of April.

Friday’s agreement was clinched just a week before Greece’s 240 billioneuro ($270 billion) bailout program expires and is aimed at buying time for both sides to agree on a longer-term deal to ease the burden of the bailout loans.

The Greek government isn’t getting the time it requested Thursday. Instead of the six-month bailout extension it asked for, it’s getting four — with Greece having to make big debt repayments after the new cut-off point, that’s a sign that its creditors aren’t willing to give Athens free rein.

Still, following weeks of tense negotiations in the wake of the election of the new left-wing Greek government, the final deal showed an element of compromise by both camps and investors appeared to breathe a sigh of relief with the Dow Jones index closed at a record high Friday as news of the Greek deal broke.

“This deal temporarily eases tensions and gives Greece breathing room to negotiate long term-debt relief,” said Jay Jacobs, research analyst at Global X Funds. However, he warned that it could just set up another “potential future standoff four months from now if parties involved continue brinksmanship negotiating tactics.”

Brinkmanship was just one of the games that was referenced over the past few weeks of discussion. More often than not, it was German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble, who was the bulwark against the Greek government’s ambitions.

But he emerged from Friday’s meeting in conciliatory mood. “This is an important step forward,” he said.

Schaeuble will no doubt be making sure that the promises Athens has made for the coming months will be kept. levels for freight operators based on the type of goods being shipped.

The bill would ensure that a rail company is liable for any losses, damages, costs and expenses resulting from a rail accident involving crude oil or other goods, up to the company’s minimum coverage.

It also establishes a new compensation fund, to be financed with levies paid by shipping companies, to cover losses and damages from such incidents that exceed the company’s minimum liability coverage.

A crude-laden freight train derailed in the heart of Lac-Megantic in July 2013, killing 47 people and incinerating the downtown core.

Bombardier CSeries set for first flight next week PASSENGER JET PROJECT NEARING COMPLETION, WILL TAKE OFF FROM MIRABEL AIRPORT MONTREAL — After enduring weeks of questions about its future, Bombardier disclosed Friday that its new equity offering has proven popular with investors and that the larger model of its new CSeries passenger jet is about a week away from a first test flight.

The first CS300 test plane is expected to take off from Mirabel airport north of Montreal sometime between next Thursday and Saturday, depending on weather.

Bombardier has been focusing much of its resources on getting the CSeries launched following years of planning and development. Last week, the company revised the program’s estimated cost to US$5.4 billion, up from US$4.23 billion a year ago, following a fourmonth delay in aircraft flight tests because of an engine failure.

On Friday, the Montreal-based aerospace and rail equipment company said that it now expects to raise $938 million from an equity offering — up from the previous estimate of $750 million.

That total could rise to $1.08 billion if underwriters exercise an overallotment option.

Under the deal, Bombardier will issue nearly 424.2 million subscription receipts at a price of C$2.21 each through a syndicate of underwriters. The receipts will be exchanged for Bombardier’s class B shares after the financing gets

shareholder approval next month.

The company also plans to raise about US$1.5 billion in debt and has suspended its dividend and shelved development of a new Learjet business jet to conserve cash.

Quebec’s economic development minister said the success of the equity offering demonstrates that there is no need for a government bailout.

“They are not in that kind of situation. Turbulence maybe, but no bail-

out,” Jacques Daoust told reporters.

Bombardier said it hasn’t asked for any financial help from government and said it has no plans to do so.

Daoust said he’s confident the CSeries will fly and sell. The 120- to 160-seat aircraft is slated to enter into service in mid-2016, about six months after the smaller CS100, which seats 100 to 125.

The CS300 so far has 180 firm orders, while the CS100, which had its first test

flight in September 2013, has 63. Even with the success of Bombardier’s efforts to raise cash through equity sales, questions remain about its ability to launch the CSeries in the face of soft demand and stiff competition.

“The CSeries timeline is tight with high risk of the entry into service schedule slipping, further delaying potential improvement in cash flow and credit ratios and straining liquidity,” Evan Mann of Gimme Credit wrote.

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Using their diverse areas of expertise, the Board of Directors ensures WCB-Alberta remains true to its mandate and that the health of the system is protected for the long term.

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All is dust and DNA

BY JIM STUMP SPECIAL TO THE ADVOCATE I grew up in what is sometimes called a “low church” tradition that didn’t observe much of the church calendar. We certainly didn’t participate in rituals we thought were attempts to earn the favour of God — though, to be fair, others thought we attempted to earn God’s favour by the things we didn’t do.

I had a couple of Catholic friends as a kid, and I felt sorry for them when they had to spend the 40 days (plus Sundays) leading up to Easter abstaining from ice cream, comic books, and other childhood necessities — and from meat on Fridays. It wasn’t until well into my adult life that I came to understand and appreciate such practices and the “high church” expression of faith.

One of those expressions occurs on Ash Wednesday — as millions of Christians all over the world are marked on their foreheads in the shape of a cross with the ashes of last year’s Palm Sunday branches. As part of the ritual, a priest or minister will look each congregant in the eyes and say these depressing words: “Remember you are dust, and to dust you will return.”

Ash Wednesday is not a feel good day on the church calendar for most people. I wonder, though, whether we who embrace the perspective of evolutionary creation might see other layers of meaning in this reminder of who we are.

All are from dust We are dust. It is difficult to maintain that this is some sort of chemical analysis of the composition of humans. The words are taken from Genesis 3:19, where God

told “the man” that he is going to toil, struggle, and sweat trying to get food from the ground. Then he’ll return to the ground, for that’s where he was taken from to begin with — you are dust, and to dust you will return. It seems this message was understood to apply to all of us. The Psalmist says: As a father has compassion for his children, so the Lord has compassion for those who fear him. For he knows how we were made; he remembers that we are dust.

As for mortals, their days are like grass; they flourish like a flower of the field; For the wind passes over it, and it is gone, and its place knows it no more. (Psalm 103:13-16) We are dust. We are mortal. Just like the grass and flowers. The “teacher” of Ecclesiastes asserts the same thing, comparing us to animals: The fate of humans and the fate of animals is the same; as one dies, so dies the other. They all have the same breath, and humans have no advantage over the animals; for all is vanity. All go to one place; all are from the dust, and all turn to dust again. (Ecclesiastes 3:19-20) It is natural for evolutionary creationists to read these passages as assertions of solidarity with the life on Earth. Plants, animals, and us — we’re all dust. We take that as a metaphor for the truth that we are part of the created order, and as such, we are born and we die. In this respect, we have no advantage over the grass and the animals.

If the biblical authors had access to the scientific information we do today, they might have expressed our commonality with living things even more strongly. For now we understand that in a literal sense we’re made of the same material as all the other life: DNA. We’re all guanine, adenine,

thymine, and cytosine. That’s the stuff of life — from amoeba to lily pads, mosquitoes to giraffes, and paupers, priests, and presidents — all of it is dust; all is DNA. But then Ash Wednesday ought to spark another thought in us. The message of the day does not stop with a recognition of our mortality. One of the earliest mentions of Ash Wednesday comes from the English Benedictine monk Aelfric (955-1020) who said in his Lives of the Saints: “We read in the books both in the Old Law and in the New that the men who repented of their sins bestrewed themselves with ashes and clothed their bodies with sackcloth. Now let us do this little at the beginning of our Lent that we strew ashes upon our heads to signify that we ought to repent of our sins during the Lenten fast.”

We may be dust and DNA like everything else, but there is something different about us. Of all the life on the planet, it is we alone who can repent.

We enter this season of Lent encouraged by church tradition to examine ourselves.

Of course other animals (and bacteria and even viruses if they count as living things) have caused pain and suffering; but it is we who have sinned. We are capable of repenting because of our culpability for our sin.

So we take this time to reflect on the fact that we have fallen short of the glory of God, that we stand in need of forgiveness, that our sin is responsible for the events of Good Friday — the day that Jesus died.

Jim Stump is Content Manager at The BioLogos Foundation. He is the editor (with Alan Padgett) of The Blackwell Companion to Science and Christianity and author of the forthcoming Science and Christianity: An Introduction to the Issues.

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C10 RED DEER ADVOCATE Saturday, Feb. 21, 2015 Sunday, Feb. 22 CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DATE: Drew Barrymore, 40; Kyle Maclachlan, 55; Tommy Bowe, 31 THOUGHT OF THE DAY: Today, you will be motivated Saturday, Feb. 21 CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DATE: Ellen Page, 28; by practical and financial concerns. If you are looking for love, then by all means go out and find it.

Charlotte Church, 29; Jennifer Love Hewitt, 35 Also, if you are in any way, shape or form artistic, then THOUGHT OF THE DAY: This is going to be a very interesting day. There will be a lot of communications and social do express yourself that way today. Sexual relationships will interactions, but moods will change quickly. It should not be a get along fine, so try to make sure you express just what you mean now. There is a double lucky indication for finding true problem.

Everyone will be more intuitive and compassionate to the love.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY: If today is your birthday, this year will needs of others, benevolent even! I guess the issue will be with over promising. Stick to plans and get others to join in- welcome in some very intense and wonderful energy. You will be more a ‘go getter’ than usual and will be able to receive as the more, the merrier now!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY: If today is your birthday, this year will much intimacy as you desire.

This will allow you to understand that truth and have you review and redirecting your true values action go hand and hand. There is no mistaking in this world. You will not want to over promise this energy as you travel forward throughout the anything to anyone now. Stick to your plans and year. Believe this truth, it will happen! goals and allow greater awareness of your truth ARIES (March 21-April 19): Today is a good to prevail. You are definitely able to see your true day for relationships of all kinds. You will still direction in a very objective way, especially within have to make an appearance, but do understand your career and interactions with your mother. that you are able to create greater harmony withARIES (March 21-April 19): Dear Aries, hang in relationships if you are able to see the truth of on tight. It is an important time for you. This will what is going on now. Relax, others are joining almost feel like the night before day light for you. you now.

There will be a lot of truth coming to light, none TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Wow, okay Tauhorrible, but enough to make you pause. Think rus, you are going to have light bulb moments before you take action now. Make sure it is your today. Be careful not to overdo it with acting any true path!

LARISA MAIRA role, just be yourself.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Well, there are OZOLINS You will have to filter through some of the aga lot of thoughts going through your head togressive thought patterns today, especially those day. Perhaps one question will be towards rethat concern acting before you think. lationships in your life, the other will be about GEMINI (May 21-June 20): There will be what brings you passion. Through this meditative thought process, you will be able to see what brings ultimate much activity towards your friends now. Take care of the details through sharing your knowledge with others. This is the inspiration!

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Your inspirations and intuition best way to get everyone together and living in joy and from are through the roof now! Get out there and party with others. the heart centre. The relationships you have are solid, but Allow them to fully understand your direction and let them weed out the bad ones.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Much will be accomplished know where you stand. Don’t over promise others today. It will for you now. Your career will take off and, if you are travelonly send you on a wild goose chase. Be inspired now!

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Oh! To understand the past ling, that will be highly beneficial for you now. Do make sure and not let it taint your goals and ambitions! This will be easier to travel somewhere that will warm your heart. This does not than you think now. Look at the direction you are heading to- have to be expensive. It just has to be what you value.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Today is the day to trust your inwards. Are you happy and is it inspiring? You will be able to answer that question in an objective way today. Communi- ner impulse. Do you love yourself enough to realize that you too have an internal flame for joy? There is enough energy cate!

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Get out there, go on vacation, and and love to go around for everyone today. Make sure you are socialize with as many new people as you can now. It will help leading others down the right path. They are looking to you you understand more and become inspired again. This inspi- now!

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Today is a lovely day to spend ration will have you wanting to do something new with work or some quality time with your spouse. Allow for a greater underyour health and the service you give others.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): This is going to be a day filled standing of your personal fears to arise. There is no reason with communication of a profound level. You will now be able why anyone should fear change. You will not, but just make to completely face that which troubles you, as you move in the sure others feel the same. Cool your jets, if things get heated.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Wow, Libras, you have a full direction that is filled with more inspiration and personal truth. house today. Others in your life will surround you with warmth Breakthroughs with others will be highlighted now!

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Wow, there will be a lot of inter- and affection. You will be able to see life through their eyes actions with others in your life. This is not to say that you will and realize the support your have showered on them throughfeel less restless, but now you will notice the moods change out the years. A business partner will assist you if needed from positive to better. Through these interactions, you will be now.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Scorpios, if you are single, able to see your feelings in an objective way. then understand this is a prime day to go out and meet SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): With such a loaded 6th house, there is no doubt that you know what your true calling someone special. Work will be excellent and there could be is now. Trust your direction, but try not to over promise others, a creative project on the go. Listen to your inner voice, as you especially those at work. Try your best to provide others with travel through the day. It will help!

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Wow, Sagittarians, the ability to see things objectively with your keen truth. today is your lucky day. You are now able to receive as much SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): It’s a good day to speak your truth and do not over promise to anyone. Make fun as you would like. Get out there and party. Don’t worry sure you know your theories and understand your knowledge about what others think of you now, not that you do. Someone before you try to convince anyone. Take the position of some- wants you to see life through their eyes — be prepared to see one who is a good listener. Let actions speak louder than it.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Today is a good day to words.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): There are a lot of interac- stay in with family and celebrate. There is much activity going tions going on with your family today and a lot of enlightening on with your home now. Take the time to listen to what others truth emerging now. You will be able to see the truth in a very need in order to understand that most of your issues are deep objective way and will take the appropriate actions. Again, lots within your soul. Let go of the past and step forward now.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Go out and socialize with of fun with the family and home environment now!

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): You will be able to see others today. It will help you out and you will feel very much your future aims more objectively now. You will be able to appreciated by your efforts. Take the time to realize that your create greater expansion, if you allow time to reflect on what actions are speaking louder than words today. If you feel brings that spark to life for you personally. Go out and social- slightly off, others will share the love with you now.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): There will be an increase in ize with many others now, but avoid acting impulsively.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Focus in on your values your finances today. So, do allow for that pot of gold to enter now. Also, take a look at your diet and make sure you are on your life. This should not be a do or die moment and it will be something that you absolutely value. Whatever you receive the right track with cleaning up that third eye chakra.

The more you communicate or simply do your own re- today will be something that will increase in value over time.

Larisa Maira Ozolins is an internationally syndicated assearch, the better you will be in the long run. All you will meet trologer and columnist. Her column appears daily in the Adwill be benevolent! vocate.

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Crystal, a Capuchin monkey, paintis in her home in Los Angeles. Crystal has starred in more than 25 movies over nearly two decades and has received a lifetime diva achievement award as part of the sixth annual American Humane Association Pawscars, the animal version of the Oscars.

Pawscars honour top animal actors, including primate for lifetime achievement

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS LOS ANGELES — Honouring actors brings out red carpets, couture and — sometimes — creatures.

A monkey who’s starred in 25 movies over two decades was top dog at the sixth annual Pawscars, the animal version of the Oscars. Waving a statue over her head in triumph, a beaming Crystal accepts the “lifetime diva achievement award” looking every bit the part in a pink, floor-length gown and necklace during the show streaming online Wednesday.

The Capuchin monkey, who played a Ben Stillerslapping, key-stealing primate in Night at the Museum and a drug-dealing monkey in Hangover Part II, is “the Angelina Jolie of animal stars,” said NCIS actress Pauley Perrette, who is hosting the show with teen actor Lou Wegner.

Holding her tiny hand, Perrette asks the prolific primate: “So Crystal, you have starred with some of the top leading men of all times — Bradley Cooper, Ben Stiller, Matt Damon, Robin Williams — did you have a favourite?”

Crystal nods and chitters as her “answer” appears on screen: “Robin did call me his favourite leading lady, but my favourite leading man has to be my trainer Tom Gunderson.”

The show airs four days before the Academy Awards and honours other animal actors in categories such as best puppy under pressure and best supporting equine.

As pets become more important parts of everyday life, including on film and TV, animal award shows have grown in popularity. Pets already took the limelight at the World Dog Awards, the Puppy Bowl and Kitten Bowl on Super Bowl Sunday, and the Westminster dog show.

Like the Oscars, the Pawscars wrap up awards season but are far more low-key. The hosts announce the awards from armchairs in Perrette’s Hollywood guest house, while Crystal perches on a nearby ottoman. Other winners are sent an official Pawscars certificate and special treat.

Praise for animals on set doesn’t come without detractors: People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals says live animals don’t belong in film and TV work. The American Humane Association, the group hosting the Pawscars, has a 75-year-old program that ensures the safety of animal actors and gives its approval by allowing the familiar “No Animals Were Harmed” tagline to roll in movie credits.

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This room is a huge improvement from the dull and drab living room of the past. With some added mirrors, an overhaul of the floors and a green and grey/silver colour scheme, this room has been brought into modernity. The room before is below.

Botox. Fillers. Dermabrasion.

As vanity levels soar higher, there’s a procedure to satisfy even the most demanding, ahem, ‘improver.’

And similar principles apply to many of the homes we tackle. Take today’s scheme, as illustration. Our clients, a 50-something couple, were fun, but freely admitted their home made them feel much older.

Disregard for furniture, coupled with pork chop coloured paint (and a brick wall that even Pink Floyd would have hated), left us no doubt that immediate surgery was required. Time for your favourite aestheticians to take over?

Pass us the decorative scalpel, we’re going in.

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Take a tip; if time and budget permit, remove — or improve — all negative elements before work commences.

The brick wall was at best dominant and at worst ugly, so we tackled it head on. Spend, however, was limited, so, rather than remove it and start from scratch, we balanced our books and painted it the same colour as the wallpaper.

Our tactic, essentially, camouflaged the problem, thereby merging it into the background.

Flooring The deep pile carpet, a harbinger of dust and debris, had to go. We selected Amtico and, being that the subfloor was in smooth condition, minimal preparation was required before it could be installed.

It’s worth noting that the low profile of compound strip product such as this generally means doors don’t need removal for shaving, nor skirting boards lifted to run product below.

Add sparkle Mirrors, as we oft’ explain, bounce light and make space feel instantly larger.

This in mind, the sunburst above the hearth adds an interesting shape while the trio of framed mirrors create a landscape triptych that further elongates proportions.

Other metallic finishes — coffee table legs and lamp bases — further max up illumination, as does the foil-detailed Osbourne and Little wallpaper.

Upholstery The beige sofas had to go.

Boasting all the allure of a maximum-security twilight home, their velour lines and comfort-free ergonomics rendered us queasy.

So: buy new? Choose loose fit covers? Design from scratch and have everything custom made?

In our restricted time line, reupholstery was impossible — and the sofa shape sufficiently prehistoric that locating replacement covers would have proved tricky — so we visited G.H. Johnson’s

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and, with floor stock available to take away, simply marched in, paid our bill and arranged for delivery.

Add contrast Peppering schematics with a colour note that’s decidedly different to the project’s overall feel helps dramatize results.

Here, for example, we chose black and used it sparingly to add ‘anchoring’ impact and contrast.

Courtesy of our ebony note, the room comes alive via lampshades, picture frames and the aforementioned sunburst mirror (all from the beautifully laden and affordably priced aisles at HomeSense) to effectively pop visuals at moderated expense.

Get the temperature right Always plot your design carefully to avoid making mistakes as your work plays out.

Repeat this mantra: To fail to plan is to plan to fail. We live by these words.

For every reversion undertaken, we build a ‘mood board’ and, assembling this one, laid out our various tones of green, grey, sliver and black, balancing everything with the flooring to add visual warmth and a natural layer.

Flexibility The furniture, as we found it, was arranged in a tricky configuration, but our new layout made everything simpler in terms of flow, conversation and TV viewing.

The occasional tables can be moved to serve as coffee tables, or set out — as a pair — at different sides of the room.

And of course the tabletops, because they’re almost invisible, visually ‘de clutter’ our efforts even further.

Quite the transformation, huh?

Indeed our 50-something couple excitedly proclaims that their new living room not only looks miles better but also makes them feel infinitely younger. And hey — not a needle or knife in sight.

Tempted to follow suit? Perhaps now’s the perfect time to ‘inject’ your place with a fix of youthful glamour. We’ll see you next week, revived and ready, for yet more pain free designer home surgery!

Resources ● Paint: Moonshine 2140-60 (www.benjaminmoore. ca) ● Sofas and tables: G.H. Johnson Trading (www. ghjohnsontrading.com) ● Flooring: Amtico (www.amtico.com) ● Wallpaper: Osborne & Little (www.osborneandlittle.com) ● Chandelier: Home Depot (www.homedepot.ca) ● Side lights: Living Lighting (www.livinglighting. com) ● Leather rug and accessories: HomeSense (www. homesense.ca) Colin and Justin are regular home and design experts in print and on TV. Find their international product range in stores like HomeSense, Winners and Marshalls. facebook.com/ColinJustin, twitter.com/colinjustin, colinandjustin.tv.

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Woodstove door gasket replacement an easy necessity Woodstoves and air-tight fireplaces aren’t exactly a high-tech way to heat your home, but millions of Canadians happily rely on them for two reasons.

They’re the cheapest source of household heat for anyone who has even the most basic access to firewood, and they’re exceptionally reliable.

When electricity fails and your furnace won’t work, or the oil truck can’t get down your icy rural driveway, an airtight woodstove or fireplace will keep you warm and happy.

B e s i d e s adding wood, removing ash and cleaning the chimney, the only other STEVE maintenance is MAXWELL the occasional need to change the gasket around the perimeter of the door.

Gaskets like these matter because they create an air-tight seal allowing full control of the combustion air entering the fire through adjustable vents.

As long as the fireplace or woodstove has burning wood in it, more air means more heat. Less air means less heat, though a longer burn time.

Gaskets are essential to the impressive efficiency and long burn times of modern woodstoves, but the constant opening and closing of the door eventually causes door gaskets to fail.

That’s when you need to tackle the easy but necessary job of gasket replacement. Important as it is, you probably won’t find a professional to do this for you, so you’ll need to handle it yourself.

Every airtight woodstove and fireplace insert uses the same kind of braided fibreglass rope installed around the perimeter of the door to create a seal. This is universal in the world of air tight woodburning appliances, and you know this rope needs replacing when it gets brittle, breaks, falls out or you lose the ability to throttle back your fire using air intake valves.

It costs less than $25 for a new rope gasket and the high-temperature adhesive to hold it in place, and every hardware store in Canada carries what you’ll need.

The only complication is rope gasket diameter. This stuff comes in different sizes, so you need to be informed before you buy. Snip off a few inches of the failed rope gasket, then bring it with you to the store. The new rope will be round and supple while the old rope will be flatter and more brittle.

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The braided, white fibreglass gasket around the perimeter of the air-tight door on a woodstove or fireplace insert is important. Changing it is easy and safe when the gasket fails.

Just the same, a chunk of old stuff still shows what diameter you need.

Get more than you figure is required.

The only way for an accurate fit is to cut it to length during installation.

When you get home, make sure your stove is completely cold, then pull all the old gasket out of the groove.

Needlenose pliers work great for this and most rope will come out in one go.

Use a putty knife or slot screwdriver to remove the remaining, crusty adhesive from within the groove, then grab your new rope and scissors.

Get help holding the new rope in the entire door groove without glue, then precisely cut it to length so both ends meet in the top corner of the hinge side. No gap or overlap.

Avoid pulling the rope as you work.

That just makes it thin and more likely to fall out later. The gasket should go into the door groove full and loose.

Remove the rope, brush a generous layer of glue into the groove using a plumber’s flux brush, then reinstall the rope.

The glue is viscose enough to hold

the rope in place while you close the door. Leave it overnight to dry and start a fire in the morning. Your door will now seal properly for years.

If you’re anything like me, the repairs you’ve done on your woodstove will help you like that trusty friend all the more.

Simple technology, a cozy glow and a cheap way to heat. What more could you want?

Steve Maxwell keeps his family warm with wood. Enjoy Steve’s article and video library at SteveMaxwell.ca.

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Housing starts slipped 2 per cent to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.07 million last month, down from 1.09 million in December, the Commerce Department said Wednesday.

Leading that decline was a sharp 6.7 per cent monthly drop in starts for single-family houses. Still, a healing economy has caused building activity to move at a faster clip, with singlefamily starts climbing 18.7 per cent over the past 12 months.

Despite the monthly decline, the broader economy should help boost home sales and apartment construction this year.

“We have strong job growth, strong consumer confidence, still low borrowing costs,” said Jennifer Lee, a senior economist at BMO Capital Markets.

In the past three months alone, the economy has gained more than a million new paychecks. Employers are adding workers at an annual clip of 2.3 per cent, the fastest rate in the more than five-year recovery from the Great Recession.

The hiring has also fueled expectations that more millennials will sign leases on apartments. Builders have prepared for the additional demand, with apartment construction surging 12.1 per cent in January and 24.5 per cent over the past 12 months.

The improving labour market is ex-

pected to trigger greater demand to buy homes, boosting prices and then causing builders to further ramp up construction.

Metro areas with the fastest job growth are experiencing larger increases in home prices, Jed Kolko, chief economist at the real estate firm Trulia, said in a report last week.

“A growing economy fuels housing demand,” Kolko said. Among the 10 metro areas with the biggest year-overyear price increases, nine had at least 2 per cent job growth, he noted.

Builders are projected to break ground on 1.2 million new homes and apartments this year with activity strengthening even further in 2016 to 1.49 million homes constructed and 1.61 million in 2017, according to Macroeconomic Advisers, a private forecasting firm.

Still, the gains have yet to fully appear ahead of the spring buying season.

Much of January’s decline in singlefamily house construction occurred in the Midwest, while the South and West experienced smaller drop-offs in that segment.

Starts could also fall slightly in February because the number of approved building permits declined 0.7 per cent last month to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.05 million.

The National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo builder sentiment index dropped in February, falling to a reading of 55 from 57 in January. Much of that decrease came from less buyer traffic, as winter storms this month cut into model home visits. Still, readings above 50 indicate that more

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173 Lalor Drive 2:00 - 4:00 p.m.

161 Greig Drive 2:00 - 4:00 p.m.

114 Turner Crescent 1:00 - 3:00 p.m.

5818 41 Street Crescent 2:00 - 4:00 p.m.

4735 56 Street 2:00 - 4:00 p.m.

245 Allan Street 1:00 - 3:00 p.m.

26 Lawson Close 2:00 - 4:00 p.m.

100 Timberstone Way 2:00 - 4:00 p.m.

22 Veronica Close 2:00 - 4:00 p.m.

6 Terra Close 12:00 - 6:00 p.m.

6 Thompson Crescent 12:00 - 6:00 p.m.

17 Lazaro Close 1:00 - 5:00 p.m.

9 Caribou Crescent 1:00 - 5:00 p.m.

5 Lazaro Close 1:00 - 5:00 p.m.

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$562,000 $518,655

Lancaster Laredo Glendale Park Estates Timberlands West Park Waskasoo Anders East Lancaster Meadows Timberstone Vanier East The Timbers Timberstone Laredo Clearmont Laredo

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 22 - OUT OF TOWN 4240 Westbrooke Road 19 Regent Close 4921 Aspen Lakes Blvd 11 Brookstone Drive 199 Robinson Avenue 639 Oak Street 4286 Ryders Ridge Blvd 4 Rowberry Court

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$331,905

29 Hawkridge Blvd

1:00 - 5:00 p.m.

Shellie Williams

ABBEY MASTER BUILDER

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550-3515

$544,000

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HORTOBAGYI (nee Bodwell) Lorri Ann It is with heavy hearts that we announce the passing of Lorri Hortobagyi on Monday, February 9th, 2015 at the age of 55 years. Lorri will be greatly missed by her husband Ron; her stepchildren Elise and Stephanie (Mike); her grandchildren Madison, Tyler and Greyor; her mother Darlene Bodwell; her siblings Joanne Courtice (Dale Vold), Lucinda Sheardown (Craig) and Brad Bodwell (Shauna); her nephews and nieces, Wade Courtice, Cooper and Jake Sheardown, Jordyn Stolee, Taylor and Colton Bodwell. Lorri was predeceased by her father, Joe Bodwell.

Lorri will be lovingly remembered by many relations from the Bodwell, Johannson and Hortobagyi families, as well as many treasured friends and clients.

Lorri grew up on a farm east of town in the Springvale district and lived in Red Deer her whole life. She went to school here and continued into a hair stylist career that spanned four decades. Lorri had many of the same clients for nearly that whole time, owing partially to her skill, but moreover to her cheerful personality and easy-going nature. Many of those clients became more like friends and family to Lorri. Lorri and Ron had been friends for a long time and were married in 1994. Lorri was a devoted friend, wife, caregiver, daughter, sibling, stepmother and grandmother. She adored her grandchildren, and loved spending time with them.

Lorri was also an avid doglover, having had her beloved Meisha for 14 years and then adopting a new puppy, Daisy, last summer.

They both brought her so much joy. Lorri’s passing was sudden, but she was very happy in the days before, looking forward to and enjoying the first days of a family holiday. We will all remember Lorri’s happy laugh and great smile, as well as her love of country music, movies, decorating, sunshine, the beach, and sharing a glass of wine with loved ones in their beautiful backyard. A Celebration of Life will be announced and held at a later date. In lieu of flowers, donations may made to the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Alberta NWT & Nunavut, 202-5913 50 Avenue, Red Deer, T4N 4C4.

MARSHALL Ernest Andrew Sept. 15, 1954 - Feb. 15, 2015 It is with saddened hearts that we announce the passing of Ernie at his home in Olds, AB. He leaves his father Ernie Marshall Sr.; his children Candace (Tony) Virkamaki, Finn (Chris) Sound, Todd (Carrie) Marshall, and Elizabeth Marshall; five granddaughters; and many nieces, nephews and extended family.

He was predeceased by his wife Andrea (nee Smithson) and his sister Robin Marshall. A memorial service will be held on Monday, February 23, 2015 at 11:00 a.m. at the Olds Elks Hall, 5113 - 49 Avenue, Olds, AB.

HOFER It is with heavy hearts that we announce the passing of our dear Husband, Dad, Brother, Grandfather, Great Grandfather, Uncle and Friend. David K. Hofer of Rainbow Colony passed away peacefully in his home on Thursday, February 19th, 2015 at the age of 84 years.

He was born October 1st, 1930 in Menno, SD. At the age of one David moved to Wolf Creek, AB. From there he moved to Lakeside where he married the love of his life Katie D. Hofer. He later moved to Pinehill Colony and finally settled at Rainbow Colony. David dedicated his life to the colony, working as an electrician, field boss and manager. He never hesitated to lend a helping hand wherever he was needed.

David leaves to cherish his memory his loving wife Katie D. Hofer of 64 years, six children Mary (William) Hofer of Elkwater, Alberta, Susie G. Hofer of Loring, MT John (Bertha) Hofer of Rainbow, Alberta, Dave Hofer of Red Deer, Alberta, Lydia (Pred.Samuel) Stahl of Bluesky, Alberta and Matilda (Larry) Stahl of Gildford, MT also twenty-three grandchildren and twenty-five great grandchildren, three brothers Joshua (Kathrina) Hofer, Elias (Annie) Hofer and Samuel (Kathrina) Hofer all of Rainbow, Alberta, one sister Barbara (Paul) Hofer of Leedale, Alberta, as well as numerous nieces and nephews.

He will be missed tremendously and will be forever in our hearts. David was preceded in death by his parents, sister Mary, four brothers Pred. Peter, Jacob, Joe, Darius, one daughter Kathrina and one grandson Lawrence. His generosity and kindness will never be forgotten. There was never a dull moment with grandpa around. He loved entertaining company but his greatest joy and passion was playing with his great grandchildren and telling them stories of his many great adventures.

Grandpa will be missed tremendously and will never be far from our hearts. A memorial service will be held on Sunday, February 22, 2015 at the Rainbow Colony.

MORGAN Shawn Douglas 1968-2015 Passed away on Tuesday, February 17, 2015 at the age of 46 after a long courageous battle with cancer. Shawn is survived by his loving wife Susan, sons, Justin (15) and Nathan (13). Also his mother Betty Carruthers and Roy, father Dennis Morgan and Carol, his two brothers, Craig, wife Nut and daughter Alysha, Chris, wife Kodie and sons Ty and Ryder. Along with many aunts, uncles and cousins. Shawn was brought up in Red Deer, attended Red Deer College and then U of A in Calgary. A celebration of life will be announced at a later date.

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PERSSON Lawrence (Larry) 1937 - 2015 Larry passed away surrounded by his loving family at the Red Deer Hospice on Sunday, February 15, 2015 at the age of 77 years. Larry was born in Bluesky, AB, grew up in Fairview, AB, and lived in a variety of places in Alberta.

Some of these places were Ponoka, an acreage just outside of Red Deer, in Red Deer, Forestburg, and finally in Lacombe. He worked for Michener Centre in Red Deer for 35 years as a steam engineer. He was a handyman.

Some of his favorite past times were dancing, camping, fishing, carpentry, and he was always doing some sort of renovation on his homes.

Larry always enjoyed his family get-togethers. Larry is once again reunited with his second wife, Carol Matier Persson, father, Gustav Persson, mother, Edith Persson Swanson, stepfather, Roger Swanson, and all the others that passed before him. Larry leaves behind to cherish his memory his children; Diana (Mike) Lyons of Lacombe, AB, Darlene (Greg) Wallace of Aylmer, ON, Charlene (Troy Bakos) Donaghy of Lethbridge, AB, Trevor (Dalene) Persson of Calgary, AB, and Keith (Linda) Persson of Calgary, AB, step-children; Leane (Richard) Green of Kelowna, BC, Sherry (Art) Schenk of Forestburg, AB, and Nicole Matier of Innisfail, AB, twenty-three grandchildren and step-grandchildren, sixteen great-grandchildren and step-great-grandchildren, two great-great-grandchildren, and many friends. He is also survived by his aunt and uncle; Bessie (Miles) King of Kelowna, BC, brother, Len (Maxine) Persson of Sylvan Lake, AB, sister-in-law and brother-in-law; Dianna and Gerry Kuffler of Penhold, AB, and his first wife, Doris Lauer of Calgary, AB. There will be an informal service at the Royal Canadian Legion Branch #79, 5138 - 49 Street, Lacombe, AB, on Friday, March 6, 2015 at 2:30 p.m., followed by a light luncheon. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations in Larry’s honor may be made directly to the Red Deer Hospice Society, 99 Arnot Avenue, Red Deer, AB, T4R 3S6.

Condolences may be forwarded to the family by visiting www.eventidefuneralchapels.com Arrangements entrusted to EVENTIDE FUNERAL CHAPEL 4820 - 45 Street, Red Deer.

Phone (403) 347-2222

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CARLYLE Dorothy Marie 1916-2015 Mrs. Dorothy Marie Carlyle (nee Heaney) passed away at Lacombe on February 13, 2015 at the age of 98 years.

Dorothy was born in Esther, Alberta on September 20, 1916. After marrying Robert Harold Carlyle in 1938, she settled in the Blindman Valley where she was an active member of the community for over 60 years.

Dorothy was a dedicated supporter of the UFWA and Unifarm, and a director of the Red Deer Co-op for many years. She will be lovingly remembered by her four sons and their families, Dwight and Donna, Justine, Alison and Jared; Stephen and Evelyn, Rachel and Seth; Walter and June, Robert and Douglas; Donald and Edwina, Krista and Kisa; and her nine greatgrandchildren. She is also survived by two sisters, Pearl and Marguerite, and many nieces and nephews.

Dorothy was predeceased by her husband Robert in 1996, as well as sisters Ruby, Gladys, May and brother Lawrence.

At Dorothy’s request, there will be no funeral service. A private family inurnment will take place at a later date. If friends so desire, memorial tributes may be made to STARS Air Ambulance or to a charity of the donor’s choice.

WILSON’S FUNERAL CHAPEL & CREMATORIUM serving Central Alberta with locations in Lacombe and Rimbey in charge of arrangements. Phone 403-782-3366 or 403-843-3388 “A Caring Family, Caring For Families”

AIHOSHI Barney Murashi Jan. 7, 1922 - Feb. 13, 2015 A Memorial Service for Barney will be held at Mountain View Memorial Gardens, 17 Avenue S.E. at Garden Road, 1515 100 Street SE, Calgary, AB, on Wednesday, February 25, 2015 at 2:00 p.m. Memorial donations in Barney’s honor may be made directly to the Heart & Stroke Foundation, 202, 5913 50 Avenue, Red Deer, AB, T4N 4C4 or to the Red Deer & District SPCA, 4505 77 Street, Red Deer, AB, T4P 2J1. For a more detailed obituary and to forward condolences to the family, you may visit www.eventidefuneralchapels.com.

Arrangements entrusted to EVENTIDE FUNERAL CHAPEL 4820 - 45 Street, Red Deer.

Phone (403) 347-2222

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

NexSource Power Inc., based out of Sylvan Lake AB., has an immediate opening for an experienced Accountant/Bookkeeper for our Sales & Rentals Division. This position, reporting to the CFO, will be responsible for preparing,reconciling and maintaining a variety of accounting and financial data and information. A Diploma in Accounting preferred as well as 3-5 yrs exp. Please include wage expectations with your cover letter and resume and send to jobs@ nexsourcepower.com

ARNOLD BLAIR IS TURNIN’ 100! ...and yer welcome to drop in:

We have an opening for a FRONT office receptionist/Bookkeeper. A strong knowledge of Microsoft Office/Simply Accounting is an asset. The ideal candidate will be organized, thorough and efficient. Duties include manning front office, banking, filing, and other general office duties.

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

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

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

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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.

16 Vacancies, $10.25/hr. + benefits. Start ASAP. Job description www.timhortons.com Education and experience not req’d.

Apply in person or fax resume to: 403-314-1303

FAMILY LAW ASSISTANT/ PARALEGAL One of Central Alberta’s leading litigation firms is seeking a Legal Assistant/ Paralegal with a minimum of three years experience in Family Law. The successful applicant will be assisting Gaylene Bobb in a fast-paced, dynamic Family Law practice and must be selfmotivated and able to work independently. This is a full time position with long term career opportunities.

Please reply in confidence with cover letter and resume to: CHAPMAN RIEBEEK LLP 300, 4808 Ross Street, Red Deer, AB T4N 1X5 Fax (403) 340-1280 E-mail: gbobb@ chapmanriebeek.com

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SLOPED ROOFERS LABOURERS & FLAT ROOFERS Valid Driver’s Licence preferred. Fax or email info@goodmenroofing.ca or (403)341-6722 NO PHONE CALLS PLEASE! Looking for a place to live?

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to work in their meat processing plant.

Successful candidate needs to be a team player, willing to help in areas outside of certification, reliable and dependable.

Starting wage of $34. per hour, benefits at the time of hire. For more information, contact Dave at 403-442-4202 or email resume to trish.hyshka@sunterra.ca

Professional Truck Driver Position Available www.ads-pipe.com Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc., the world’s largest and most innovative manufacturer of HDPE drainage products are expanding and are currently accepting applications for a certified Class 1 Driver, with a minimum of two (2) years experience.

ADS Drivers are required to safely operate company equipment and provide a high level of customer service, delivering our products within Alberta.

ADS Drivers are required to be drug free and maintain legal transportation paperwork and driving practices. This position requires a valid Class 1 License; with previous off road forklift and shipping /receiving experience a definite asset. We offer quarterly safety bonuses as well as a comprehensive medical plan.

Benefits include: * Company provided Canadian Benefits Package * Voluntary Dental Plan * Life Insurance Option Plan * Short-term/Long-term Disability Policy * Retirement Savings Plan (RSP) and Deferred Profit Sharing Plan (DPSP) * Paid Vacation * Quarterly Safety Bonus

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Must be able to pass a drug test and a physical.

Please send your resume with references Attn: annie.pitcher@ lafarge.com or fax 403 347 8060.

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IMMEDIATE OPENINGS THE RUSTY PELICAN is Oil & Gas Well Testing now accepting resumes for Supervisors, Night Foremen, 4 F/T Exp’d Experienced/ LINE COOKS at Inexperienced all stations. MUST HAVE: Junior Day/Night Operators • 2 yrs. relevant exp., Must have H2S, First Aid, completion of High valid driver’s license.

School, be reliable, Pre-employment Drug self motivated, work screening well under limited Competitive Wages. supervision in fast Benefit Package paced environment.

Please submit resume with references to: Salary is $14 - $18./hr. 40 apply@wespro.ca hr. wk. dependant on exp.

Only individuals selected for interviews will be 733644 Ab Ltd. contacted O/A The Rusty Pelican LOCAL SERVICE CO. Location of employment: in Red Deer REQ’S EXP. 4105 2079 - 50 Ave. VACUUM TRUCK Red Deer, AB T4R 1Z4 OPERATOR email: Must have Class 3 licence bennett2014.bkkp@ w/air & all oilfield tickets. gmail.com Fax resume w/drivers or Call 403-347-1414 abstract to 403-886-4475 or Fax to: 403-347-1161 Only candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.

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DRYWALL HELPER REQ’D. Experience an asset.

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NSC Manager POSITION SUMMARY: The position of NSC Manager is responsible for overseeing the management of all mobile assets (fleet equipment/vehicles).

Focusing on initiatives to ensure compliance with transportation safety legislation and the National Safety Code (NSC), the NSC Manager promotes company-wide consistency of practices and provides expertise while promoting excellence.

SPECIFIC KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES: *5+ years’ experience in the transportation industry *Preference towards oil/gas industry experience *Thorough knowledge of industry regulations/ company policies and procedures or ability to efficiently find required information *Demonstrated leadership/ managerial skills *Ability to interpret and understand legislation * Demonstrated ability to problem solve Only qualified applicants will be contacted. Email resume to: eaglerigjobs@ eaglerigs.com or fax to 403-346-9770. Deadline for applications: February 23, 2015.

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HIGH PAYING Real Estate Career opportunity.

Training provided. Flexible hours. Help-U-Sell of Red Deer. Call Dave at 403-350-1271 or email resumes to Dave @homesreddeer.com

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

Fax resume with drivers abstract: 403-748-3015

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CENTRAL AB based trucking company requires

CONTRACT DRIVERS in AB. Home the odd night.

Weekends off. Late model tractor pref. 403-586-4558

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790 Northcott Care Center

is currently seeking a caring and motivated

• Must be a graduate of an accredited nursing program with current CARNA registration.

• Experience in the area of nursing administration and long term care an asset.

• Ability to work both independently and as a team in a multidisciplinary environment.

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Competitive wage, travel allowance, health and dental benefits, RRSP program and a positive working environment!

Located on the east side of Ponoka, overlooking the scenic Battle River Valley, Northcott Care Center is a 73 bed nursing home committed to providing quality care to the residents of our community.

(403) 783-6420 or call (403) 783-4764. Email: tserle@northcottcarecentre.com

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INNISFAIL Penhold Olds Sylvan Lake Please call Debbie for details 403-314-4307

INGLEWOOD / VANIER AREAS Adult Newspaper Carriers Needed For Early Morning Delivery of the RED DEER ADVOCATE For INGLEWOOD Area With 69 papers, approximately: $362.25/mo.

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For more information or to apply call Joanne at the Red Deer Advocate 403-314-4308

www.rdpsd.ab.ca

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

• 3 or more year experience in a leadership role required • 5 or more years fleet maintenance management experience preferred • Strong customer service, leadership and organizational skills required • Proficiency with computers including Microsoft Office and web based applications preferred • Must be able to travel within Alberta

HOUSE CLEANER WANTED For Move In/Move Out Cleaning.

Email Resume margaretcomeau@ remax.net Or Call 403.391.3399

To deliver the CENTRAL AB LIFE 1 day a week in:

880

For more information visit our website

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

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

880

CARRIERS REQUIRED

DO YOU: - Want extra income - Know the city well - Possess a clean, valid drivers license - Have a friendly attitude - Enjoy customer service - Want part-time work (12 to 22 hrs/week)

EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANT

Growing Service Company Seeking Fleet Manager

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Advocate Opportunities

Invites applications for the position of:

800

Qualifications and skills include:

CELEBRATIONS HAPPEN EVERY DAY IN CLASSIFIEDS

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

CENTRAL ALBERTA’S DAILY NEWSPAPER

514312B13-21

Educator/Supervisor

CONSIDERING A CAREER CHANGE? Daily the Advocate publishes advertisements from companies, corporations and associations from across Canada seeking personnel for long term placements.

Gas Pro Compression, located in Three Hills, AB, is a manufacturing & fabrication shop, which produces & services single well gas compressors ranging from 10 to 80HP. Currently we are looking to fill a position for Field Service Mechanic.

Successful candidate must possess strong work ethics. Experience with natural gas compression is an asset but not essential. Trade Certification is required and preference will be given to those having experience. Please fax resumes to 403-443-5288, apply in person at 227, 17th Ave N, Three Hills AB, or email to Peter.Pattison@gaspro.ca.

Benefits: • Lucrative Safety Bonus Program • Excellent Benefit Plan

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Find the right fit.

Field Service Mechanic Needed

under the direction of the Property Manager, is responsible for coordinating all aspects of apartment community operations and to act as main point of contact in the absence of the Property Manager. The right candidate must be a team player with a positive can-do attitude. Send Resume to: brandybhatt@outlook.com Post available for F/T and P/T Tel.: 647-609-1926 ASSISTANT PROPERTY MANAGER

All applicants are subject to a pre-employment physical and MVR check.

Interested Applicants may submit a resume, along with a current drivers abstract to: Advanced Drainage Systems Of Canada Inc. 4316 Gerdts Ave. Blindman Ind. Park Red Deer County, AB. T4S-2A8 Fax: (403) 346-5806 E-mail ken.mccutcheon @ads-pipe.com Position closing date: Feb. 23rd. 2015

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

516301B21

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

880

Misc.

Help

HELP WANTED The Assistant Property Manager,

JOURNEYMAN ELECTRICIAN

Requires

Diamond Valley Gas Co-op Ltd. located in Eckville, Alberta is currently accepting applications for a Gas Utility Operator/Gasfitter.

Consideration will also be given to those applicants interested in apprenticeship in these occupations.

Applicants require a valid Class 5 driver’s license.

This is a full time position with an on call rotation requirement. The position offers a complete benefit and pension package.

Only applicants selected for an interview will be contacted.

Please send resume to: Attention: Manager Box 159, Eckville AB. TOM OXO Or Email: john@ diamondvalleygas.com

860

SUNTERRA MEATS in Trochu, AB is seeking a

GOODMEN ROOFING LTD. Gas Utility Operator/gasfitter or apprentice

850

Trades

Groundsman EQUS, Canada’s largest member-owned utility, has an opening for a Groundsman to work from our Innisfail location. Duties include helping with the clearing of trees and other vegetation from close proximity to our electrical power lines. You would perform physical work outdoors in all weather conditions.

We require high school, plus experience in outdoor, physical work. Experience with chain saws and related equipment is an asset, as is a Driver’s licence with air endorsement.

Apply by March 2nd to:

bbassett@equs.ca

As part of our service team, you will be dispatched in response to service concerns to deliver newspapers and flyers to customers or carriers.

A delivery vehicle provided by company!

Work 3 to 4 shifts a week.

Hours of shifts are morning shifts of Monday through Friday 5:00 AM to 9:00 AM. Saturday starting at 7 AM. Wednesday to Friday Shifts starting at 1 PM. *All Shifts based on 4 hours and likely to run longer.

Please apply with resume to: qmacaulay@reddeeradvocate.com or call 403-314-4302 and speak with Grant.

We thank all applicants for their interest; however only selected candidates will be contacted.

Misc.

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880

Johns Manville is a Berkshire Hathaway Company and a world leader in the fiberglass manufacturing industry. Its modern Canadian insulation plant is located in Innisfail, Alberta. We require a:

Maintenance Planner

This position will be responsible for researching and writing detailed job plans for all types of Maintenance activities.

Positions Requirements: • Accuracy and attention to detail • Excellent interpersonal skills • Very good written and oral communication skills • Experience with Maintenance practices and information systems • Knowledge of safe work practices in a Maintenance environment • Ability to understand shop drawings and Maintenance manuals • Proficient in the use of a computer • Demonstrated organizational skills • Ability to work without direct supervision Brief description of duties • Undertakes job site visits with Tradesmen to understand tasks and key deliverables • Identifies parts, resources, permit, tool and time requirements • Creates detailed job plans for various types of Maintenance work • Supplies accurate estimates to assist Coordinators in work scheduling • ID’s opportunities to improve Maintenance effectiveness • Helps Coordinators to maintain an Equipment Hierarchy in SAP • Works with Stores to maintain Equipment Bill of Materials If you are a high energy individual who enjoys working in Teams, as well as individually, we invite you to apply. We offer a non-smoking environment that promotes quality of work life and employee involvement as well as an excellent compensation and benefit package. Please forward your resume, in confidence, by March 9th, 2015 to: Johns Manville Canada Inc. 5301-42 Avenue Innisfail, Alberta, T4G 1A2 Fax: 403-227-7196 Email: ouelletc@jm.com

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CHAPMAN RIEBEEK LLP

Trades

515987B21

820

Truckers/ Drivers

516092B21

780

Legal

Restaurant/ Hotel

Buy it.

Classified. It’s the easy-to-access, information-packed marketplace visited regularly — by all kinds of consumers.

Sell it.

Classified. It’s the resource you can count on to sell a myriad of merchandise items because our columns compel qualified buyers to call.

Find it.

Classified. It’s the solution you’re searching for — whether you’re seeking a home, an apartment, a new occupation or even a stray pet.

CALL 309-3300

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SPARTEK SYSTEMS INC In Sylvan Lake, AB is seeking qualied * ELECTRICAL ENGINEERS *ACCOUNTING CLERK - AP/AR Please refer to our website at www.sparteksystems.com for company information.

Applicants please forward resume to: keri.lee@ sparteksystems.com or fax to 403-887-4050 Please state which position you are applying for in your cover letter.

Employment Training

900

SAFETY

OILFIELD TICKETS

Industries #1 Choice!

“Low Cost” Quality Training

403.341.4544

(across from Totem) (across from Rona North)

278950A5

24 Hours Toll Free 1.888.533.4544

EASY! The easy way to find a

buyer for items you want to sell is with a Classified want ad. Phone 1-877-2233311

920

Interested in a career change? Pre-Employment Trades programs at Red Deer College prepare you to start working as a welding or electrician apprentice. Scholarships available. Call 403.356.4900 or visit rdc.ab.ca/ continuing-education.

EquipmentHeavy

1630

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stuff CLASSIFICATIONS 1500-1990

1530

BUD HAYNES & WARDS Firearms Auction Sat. Mar. 7 @ 10 AM 11802-145 St. Edmonton Early listings. Over 700 lots. One Man’s Collection.

Large store Dispersal of cased lots Ammo, etc. Pictures and catalogue on-line. Preview Friday, March 6, 3 p.m. - 8 p.m.

To Consign: Red Deer Head Ofce: 403-347-5855 Linda Baggaley 403-597-1095 Brad Ward 780-940-8378 www.budhaynesauctions.com www.WardsAuctions.com

Clothing

1590

JEAN JACKET, Tommy Hilger, good cond. sz. medium, $20; 403-314-9603

To deliver the

CENTRAL AB LIFE & LACOMBE EXPRESS 1 day a week in: LACOMBE BLACKFALDS Please call Rick for details 403-314-4303

ADULT or YOUTH CARRIERS NEEDED For delivery of Flyers, Express and Friday Forward ONLY 2 DAYS A WEEK in DEER PARK AREA Dixon Ave,Close & Dunlop St. ALSO Dumas Cr., Duffy Cl., 1 1/2 Blks. of Dempsey St. and Dolan Cl. $104.mo.

EASTVIEW AREA 37, 38 & 3900 Block of 45 St. (and 44 St. North side only) $68.48/mo.

GRANDVIEW AREA 4400 Blks. of 40A Ave. and 41 Ave. and 1 Blk. each of 46 and 47 Streets area MOUNTVIEW AREA Between 35 St. and 39 St. and 43A Ave. and 41, Ave. area $189.00/mo.

43A Ave. West to 46 Ave. Between 35 & 37 St. $63.00/mo.

MICHENER AREA 50A. St. between 40 Ave. & 42 A Ave, 50, 51, 51A & 52 St. between 40 Ave. & 43 Ave. and Michener Drive area. $209.00/mo.

For More Information Call Jamie at the Red Deer Advocate 403-314-4306 CARRIERS NEEDED

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AFFORDABLE

Homestead Firewood

rentals

FIREWOOD. Pine, Spruce, Can deliver 1-4 cords. 403-844-0227

FOR RENT • 3000-3200 WANTED • 3250-3390

LOGS

Household Appliances

3020

1710

LG WHITE over the range microwave oven, 1000 watts, Model MV-1510M, exc. cond., $175 403-352-8811

Household Furnishings

1720

HIDE-A-BED, dble. good condition. $50.

403-340-1347 LOVE SEAT, good cond., $50, delivery avail.

403-346-0674 or 403-392-5657 NIGHT Tables, (2) Oak, 1 drawer & 2 doors with glass top to protect from scratches. $70 ea.

403-352-8811

WANTED

1750

JEWELRY incld’s necklaces, bracelets, earrings.

All for $15. 403-314-9603

MOUNTVIEW

3 bdrm. house, main oor, 5 appls., fenced yard, large deck, rent $1450 incl. all utils. $900 s.d. Avail. now or Mar 1. 403-304-5337 SYLVAN LAKE: fully furnished, inclds dishes, bedding, 50” tv, utils.

Avail. Mar. 1. from $1100. to $1300. 403-880-0210.

WEST PARK

Just completely reno’d. 3 bdrm., 2 bath, 4 appls., large fenced yard, $1400 mo. $1000. d.d.

Avail. now or Mar. 1.

403-304-5337

Condos/ Townhouses

3030

CONDO/4 plex, 2 bdrm, 1000 sq. ft. total, all new appls, all newly decorated and painted, next to new $167,900 immed. poss., REMAX, Margaret Comeau 403.391.3339

SEIBEL PROPERTY

www.seibelprperty.com Ph: 403-304-7576 or 403-347-7545 6 locations in Red Deer ~ Halman Heights ~ Riverfront Estates

~ Kitson Close ~ Kyte & Kelloway Cres.

Misc. for ~ Holmes St. Sale S.D. $1000 Rent $1245 to $1395 150 MOVIE POSTERS, $1 3 bdrm. townhouses, each. 403-885-5020 1.5 bath, 4 & 5 appls., blinds, lrg. balconies, no dogs.

5 HP snowblower, $300.

N/S, no utils. incl.

403-782-4543 Avail. immed. & Mar. 1 References required.

HEADBOARD, for queen bed, 60” wide, $35; SOUTHWOOD PARK 3 Clean wool accent 3110-47TH Avenue, matching 3x5 oval carpets 2 & 3 bdrm. townhouses, from SEARS, $35 for all 3; generously sized, 1 1/2 and David Winter baths, fenced yards, Collector’s houses in full bsmts. 403-347-7473, original boxes, $15/ea.

Sorry no pets.

403-352-8811 www.greatapartments.ca

RHINSTONE necklace and earrings, exc. cond, from the 1950’s, $85; approx. 50 peacock feathers $1/ea.

403-346-2231 TWO queen quilts, one green oral and one burgundy oral, $20 each.

403-348-6449

1830

Cats

1 SIAMESE, 3 Balinese kittens, $50/ea.

403-887-3649

Manufactured Homes

3040

2 BDRM in Alix.

4 appls, $900/mo. inclds. water, Feb. 1 no pets 403-348-6594

4 Plexes/ 6 Plexes

3060

Suites

2 bdrm on lower level, free EXOTIC shiny black F. kit- laundry, heat and water. ten with large gold eyes, Signing tenant over 40 very tame and cuddly, litter and working. No pets, no box trained free to good partiers, respectful people. home 403-782-3130 5910-55 Ave. $1100 Sec./Rent. 403-341-4627.

Sporting Goods

1860

NOMA black Super GT snow racer sled, new cond., $40. 403-348-6449

Ahlstrom Close Andrew Close Asstlee / Ansett Cres.

Allsop Ave. / Allsop Cres.

Anderson Close Anquetel Close BOWER AREA Beatty Close Broughton / Brookes Boyce St. / Byer Close INGLEWOOD AREA

Metcalf Ave. Martin / Muldrew Close SUNNYBROOK AREA Sherwood Cres. / Stirling Close Selkirk Blvd. / Sherwood Cres.

Savoy Close / Sydney Close LANCASTER AREA Lampard Cres Long Close Lord Close Lougheed Close VANIER AREA Vickers Close Victor Close Viscount Drive Vincent Close Call Prodie @ 403- 314-4301 for more info **********************

TO ORDER HOME DELIVERY OF THE ADVOCATE CALL OUR CIRCULATION DEPARTMENT 403-314-4300

THE NORDIC

1 bdrm. adult building, N/S. No pets.

403-596-2444

Rooms For Rent

3090

AVAIL. Immed. Fully Furnished Bdms. for rent.

Working or Student only Call 403-396-2468.

ROOM TO RENT very large $450. 403-350-4712

Mobile Lot

3190

PADS $450/mo.

Brand new park in Lacombe.

Spec Mobiles. 3 Bdrm., 2 bath. As Low as $75,000.

Down payment $4000. Call at anytime. 403-588-8820

Misc.

For Rent

3200

4280

OPEN HOUSE 2 ARDELL CLOSE SAT. 3 pm. -5 pm.

IMMEDIATE POSSESSION Remax Margaret Comeau 403.391.3399

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Income Property

4100

TURN KEY Business for sale in Ponoka. 15 unit low income complex. 100% occupancy. Earns $10,000/mo. Asking $577,000. 403-963-0204

Businesses For Sale

4140

GLASS business in Central AB. $380,000 in sales in 2014. Includes all stock/vehicles, franchise.

5 yrs. established.

403-783-1020 for info

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wheels CLASSIFICATIONS 5000-5300

5030

Cars

1999 BUICK Regal, loaded 154,000 km.403-352-6995 MUST SELL! 1977 LINCOLN CONTINENTAL 2 door, Condition - As New Mileage - 7,000 orig. miles Price - Greatly Reduced to $15,000. 403-350-5346 or 403-887-6413

5050

Trucks

2007 GMC Max, 1/2 ton sunroof, leather, tonneau cover, loaded w/new Good Year tires, 87,000 kms. like new $14,750. 403-782-7140 2006 GMS Sierra, SLE, 4x4, 4.9 L., exc. shape. $9500. 403-505-0084

4000-4190

Realtors & Services

4010 2003 DODGE Dakota crew cab. 403-318-3040

HERE TO HELP & HERE TO SERVE

Call GORD ING at RE/MAX real estate central alberta 403-341-9995 gord.ing@remax.net

Houses For Sale

2002 GMC Envoy XL, great running shape. $6000. obo 403-340-2042

Boats & Marine

5160

4020

RISER HOMES Blackfalds

Crabapple 2. A must see!

This home is 3 bdrm. ofce, 2 1/2 baths, indoor/outdoor replace, front porch, beautifully nished. Weekend special. $389,000 includes all legal fees, GST, front sod, tree and 4 appl. package.

Call LLOYD FIDDLER for appointment info 403-391-9294

Tour These Fine Homes SE Red Deer

MOBILE ofce trailer 240 rent by day/month, c/w toilet, satellite dish, TV, Stereo, fridge. Call B & L Enterprise 403-346-6106

OPEN HOUSE SAT. & SUN. 1-5 639 OAK ST. Springbrook 403-588-2550

5180

Directory

★

CLASSIFIED AD DEADLINE

5 P.M.

Each Day For The Next Day’s Paper CALL 309-3300

★

Auto Wreckers

RED’S AUTO. Free Scrap Vehicle & Metal Removal.

AMVIC APPROVED. We travel. May pay cash for vehicle. 403-396-7519

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RISER HOMES Blackfalds

Ready to move in!

2 bdrms. 2 bath, bi-level, very attractive home with upgrades. A must see! For weekend only $320,000 includes all legal fees, GST, front sod, tree and 4 appl. package.

Call LLOYD FIDDLER for appointment info 403-391-9294

5190

A Star Makes Your Ad A Winner!

CALL:

1-877-223-3311 To Place Your Ad Now!

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Isbister Close Inglewood Dr. Isherwood Close Iverson Close MORRISROE AREA

NOW RENTING 1 & 2 BDRM. APT’S. 2936 50th AVE. Red Deer Newer bldg. secure entry w/onsite manager, 5 appls., incl. heat & hot water, washer/dryer hookup, inoor heating, a/c., car plug ins & balconies.

Call 403-343-7955

BY OWNER. 418 Jenkins Dr. Like new Adult condo (2007) in Springeld Crossing, 864 sq. ft. main level, bsmt. developed, 538 sq. ft., upgrades, 2 bdrms. 2 bath, ofce, patio, gas replace, n/s, $275,000. 403-391-3665 403-391-27737

WANTED: 16 - 17 ft. wood, canvas canoe in reasonable condition, FREE…LIST OF HOMES suitable for restoring.

GLENDALE reno’d 2 bdrm. with owners phone 403-343-1881 apartments, avail. immed, numbers, addresses and rent $875 403-596-6000 prices. Call Help-U-Sell of Red Deer at 403-342-7355 Tires, Parts LARGE, 1 & 2 BDRM. Acces.

SUITES. 25+, adults only MOVE IN TODAY n/s, no pets 403-346-7111 1550 sq. ft. bi-level w/dbl.

OIL change & tire rotation att. garage voucher in Lacombe, $499,900 403-588-2550 valued at $85. Asking $35.

403-314-9603

Open House

3 days per week, no weekends ANDERS AREA

Newer 2 bdrm. bsmt suite.

Mature responsible, clean, working only. All utils incl.

Separate entrance & offstreet parking 403-348-1304

3050

WESTPARK 2 bdrm. 4-plex, 4 appls.

Rent $975/mo. d.d. $650.

Avail. Mar 1st.

403-304-5337

4040

1 & 2 bdrm. Adult bldg. only, N/S No pets 403-596-2444

1760

MATCHING rocking chair and rocker recliner, dusty rose fabric, exc. con., $50/ea. 403-348-6449

Condos/ Townhouses

MORRISROE MANOR

~ Westpark

FOR FLYERS, FRIDAY FORWARD & EXPRESS ROUTES IN:

3060

Suites

CLASSIFICATIONS

Semi loads of pine, spruce, Houses/ tamarack, poplar.

Duplexes Price depends on location.

Lil Mule Logging 5 BDRM. 3 bath, Deer 403-318-4346 Park, $1750 403-392-6244

Jewellery CARRIERS REQUIRED

1900

TRAVEL ALBERTA Alberta offers SOMETHING for everyone.

Make your travel plans now.

1660

Firewood

Antiques, furniture and estates. 342-2514

Advocate Opportunities

Travel Packages

TRAILERS for sale or rent Job site, ofce, well site or storage. Skidded or wheeled. Call 347-7721.

Spruce, Pine, Birch -Split. avail. 7 days/wk. 403-304-6472

Auctions

TRAINING CENTRE

R H2S Alive (ENFORM) R First Aid/CPR R Confined Space R WHMIS & TDG R Ground Disturbance R (ENFORM) D&C B.O.P. R D&C (LEL) #204, 7819 - 50 Ave.

Career Planning

CLASSIFICATIONS 1000-1430

To Advertise Your Business or Service Here

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

Accounting

1010

INDIVIDUAL & BUSINESS Accounting, 30 yrs. of exp. with oileld service companies, other small businesses and individuals RW Smith, 346-9351

Contractors

1100

BRIDGER CONST. LTD. We do it all! 403-302-8550 DALE’S Home Reno’s Free estimates for all your reno needs. 403-506-4301 JOB HUNTING? Read the Classifieds. 309-3300.

Handyman Services

1200

Massage Therapy

1280

Painters/ Decorators

1310

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

Call James 403-341-0617

MASSAGE ABOVE ALL JG PAINTING, 25 yrs. exp.

WALK-INS WELCOME Free Est. 403-872-8888 4709 Gaetz Ave. 346-1161 LAUREL TRUDGEON Residential Painting and Colour Consultations.

Misc.

403-342-7801.

Massage Therapy

Property clean up 340-8666

1280

FANTASY SPA International Ladies

Elite Retreat, Finest in VIP Treatment.

10 - 2am Private back entry

403-341-4445

Services

1290

5* JUNK REMOVAL

GARAGE DOOR SERVICE Save 50%. All yard & bobcat services, junk/tree/snow removal. 403-358-1614 NEW Thrift Shop Now Open! 186 Northey Ave. Red Deer Open 10-8. Wed-Sun.

Seniors’ Services

1372

HELPING HANDS

Home Supports for Seniors.

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

Snow Removal

1380

SNOW shoveling/dump runs/ SHOVELLING AND snow odd jobs 403-885-5333 blowing 403-318-7625

Wal-Mart worker’s modest raises could boost wages of other low-wage workers

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON — The modest raises that Wal-Mart has said it will give its lowest-paid workers provide a glimmer of hope for lower-wage workers in other companies and industries.

Other retailers and some fast food restaurants may now feel compelled to follow suit to retain their workers and attract others to fill openings, economists said.

Wal-Mart’s move follows a sustained campaign for higher wages by some of the company’s employees and a nationwide debate over whether to raise the federal minimum wage. Given Wal-Mart’s position as the nation’s largest private employer, its decision to yield, even in a limited way, could embolden more employees to seek raises.

“They really set the standard across the retail sector,” said Claire McKenna, a policy analyst at the National Employment Law Project, a group that advocates for low-wage workers.

“What they do really matters.”

Josh Bivens, research and policy director at the liberal Economic Policy Institute, said Wal-Mart’s move also reduces the pressure on other retailers to keep labour costs at rock-bottom levels.

“It at least takes away the excuse from other firms that ’We’d like to raise wages, but we can’t because we have to compete with Wal-Mart,”’ Bivens said. “It could possibly give some competitive breathing space to other retailers to raise wages.”

On Thursday, Wal-Mart said it would increase its minimum pay to $9 an hour in April and $10 an hour by February 2016.

The move will mean raises for 500,000 of its 1.3 million employees. The average full-time wage will tick up to $13 an hour from $12.85. For part-timers, the hourly wage will go to $10 from $9.48.

Wal-Mart’s decision follows similar steps by other firms.

The Gap has raised its minimum wage to $10 an hour. Swedish home furnishings retailer Ikea raised pay for thousands of its U.S. workers this year by an average of 17 per cent to $10.76 an hour. Health insurer Aetna has said it will pay a minimum of $16 an hour. That’s more than double the federal minimum wage of $7.25.

All of which means that many people who earn less than $10 an hour will now have more options.

“If you work at a fast-food restaurant” for $7.25 an hour, “you are going to want to leave that job and work at the Wal-Mart nearby,” said Sylvia Allegretto, an economist at the University of California, Berkeley.

Allegretto noted anecdotal evidence, for example, that recent increases in Washington state’s minimum wage — now $9.47 an hour — led residents of nearby Idaho to seek work in the state.

Workers at McDonald’s and other fast-food companies have agitated for higher pay, coalescing around demands for $15 an hour.

But unlike Wal-Mart, which owns all its stores, the fast-food industry is largely franchised.

Companies like McDonald’s, Wendy’s and Burger King say they don’t make employment and pay decisions on behalf of their franchisees. The relationship between companies like McDonald’s and workers at franchised restaurants has come under intense scrutiny, however. Last year, in a victory for unions, the National Labor Relations Board ruled that McDonald’s is a “joint employer” that could be held liable for its franchisees’ policies. Hearings on disciplinary steps are set for March. McDonald’s has vowed to contest the NLRB’s ruling.

Kathryn Slater-Carter, who owns a McDonald’s franchise near San Francisco, thinks businesses located near a Wal-Mart store could be forced to raise pay. She suggested, though, that this could be beneficial for everyone: By paying and treating workers better, franchisees could benefit from stronger applicants and lower turnover, which can itself raise costs.

“In any community, how you treat your employees gets known by everyone,” Slater-Carter said.

“You can get a bad reputation, and then you have trouble getting employees.”

Still, she noted that the costs that franchisees already bear — from food ingredients and renovations to electricity and franchise fees to corporations — limit their ability to raise pay.

RED DEER ADVOCATE Saturday, Feb. 21, 2015 D9

FOR BETTER OR FOR WORSE

HI & LOIS

PEANUTS

BLONDIE

HAGAR

BETTY

PICKLES

GARFIELD

LUANN Feb. 21 1995 — Chicago stockbroker Steve Fossett touches down at Leader, Sask., becoming the first person to fly solo across the Pacific Ocean in a balloon.

1980 — Prime Minister Joe Clark submits his resignation to the Governor General, three days after his Conservative government is defeated by Pierre Trudeau’s Liberals.

1965 — Black nationalist leader Malcolm X

(Malcolm Little) is murdered at age 39 as he prepares to address a meeting of his AfroAmerican Unity Organization.

1947 — Edwin H. Land demonstrates the first instant developing camera — his Polaroid.

1921 — Quebec is the first province to establish government control of liquor; for a period of time Quebec, is the only jurisdiction in North America with no prohibition of alcohol.

1878 — World’s first telephone directory issued in New Haven, Conn., with 50 names.

1848 — The Communist Manifesto is published by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels.

ARGYLE SWEATER

RUBES

TODAY IN HISTORY

TUNDRA

SUDOKU Complete the grid so that every row, every column and 3x3 box contains every digit from 1 through 9.

SHERMAN‛S LAGOON

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LIFESTYLE

D10 Several options for senior care

Dear Annie: I was interested in the letter from “Still Stressed Out,” who is the caregiver for parents who insist on remaining at home. You urged seniors capable of making their own decisions to look into continuing-care communities.

Do you realize how much these communities cost? I have been doing research.

Most CCRCs require a hefty buy-in fee and then a monthly fee. The fees increase as one moves from independent living to assisted living and then to nursing care.

MITCHELL For those who cannot af& SUGAR ford CCRCs, the financial burden might fall on the family.

There are seniors who cannot depend on that support.

There are others whose families are not in a position to help.

These seniors may opt to stay in their own homes because they feel they have no other options.

I, too, urge seniors who have the means to explore continuing-care options.

I just wish you had raised your readers’ awareness as to how many people do not have those choices. — Another Senior in New York

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Dear New York: Assisted living and nursing home care is not cheap. You are right that some continuing-care facilities are pricey. The expensive buy-in is intended to cover the increasing costs of care, and should the person die before using up the buy-in money, it is supposed to be refunded to the family.

Nonetheless, most do require an initial outlay that not all folks have, although in many instances, it becomes affordable if these folks sell their homes.

Some continuing-care facilities are straight rentals with no buy-in fees. But CCRCs were only one suggestion in our response. Those who don’t wish to move out of their homes can still do a great deal to make their houses more senior-friendly.

Our readers had a great deal to say on the subject of caregiving. Read on: From Virginia: I feel sorry for those parents.

“Stressed Out” is typical of so many people today: selfish and self-centered.

Has she forgotten who took care of her when she was a helpless infant? Who did without so she would have anything she needed? Who put their personal life on hold for her? I am the daughter of parents who gave everything to raise me. I frequently remind myself that turnabout is fair play.

Texas: I sympathize with “Still Stressed Out.” Being the caregiver of a person who is selfish, depressed and won’t seek help is hard. Society is too quick to romanticize the caregiving of the elderly as rewarding and wonderful.

That is not always the case. It is taboo to say that your elderly parents are a burden, when in fact, they are. If the senior is still capable of making decisions but refuses, then the caregiver doesn’t have any power, but still has to take on all of the responsibility. It is indeed stressful.

California: I am also a caregiver for my mother.

The best thing I did was to get her a home companion four days a week.

Because Mom was married to a veteran, she was able to receive a widow’s pension to cover the cost.

When a parent wants to remain home, that is their right. I worked in a nursing home, and I would never put my mother in one.

Lodi: When Dad died, I was left in charge of my difficult mother.

When she lost her driver’s licence, I sold her car, and she didn’t speak to me for weeks.

We cleaned out her house and found letters in which she said awful things about us.

She recently fell and moved into convalescent care and locked her roommates out of the bathroom.

My husband and I are cleaning out our attic and buying a smaller house to make things easier for our kids.

Annie’s Mailbox is written by Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar, longtime editors of the Ann Landers column. Please email your questions to anniesmailbox@ comcast.net, or write to: Annie’s Mailbox, c/o Creators Syndicate, 737 3rd Street, Hermosa Beach, CA 90254.

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Premier Academy Cheerleading and Tumbling, based in Red Deer, was out spreading some love to local seniors on Valentine’s Day. With the help of students from Holy Family, St. Elizabeth Seton, Berry Wilson, Penhold, Mother Theresa, Henri Voisin and St. Francis of Assisi schools, they were able to deliver close to 600 Valentine’s wishes to local seniors centres, the Ronald McDonald House and the women’s shelter.

BRIEF Kentucky town has had enough Frozen weather, announces arrest warrant for Disney character HARLAN, Ky. — The cold might not bother Disney’s Queen Elsa, but it’s wreaking enough havoc in Kentucky that a police department announced a joke warrant for the popular Frozen character’s arrest.

Police in the small, rural town of Harlan posted a Facebook message Wednesday about Elsa.

They wrote: “Suspect is a blonde female last seen wearing a long blue dress and is known to burst into song ’Let it Go!’ As you can see by the weather she is very dangerous.” Police soon posted another message, telling residents that all kidding aside, they should take the weather seriously and be careful.

A massive system dropped more than a foot of snow in parts of Kentucky.

Romanian ex-minister arrested for corruption wants to wallpaper cell A former Romanian tourism minister in detention on corruption charges has asked to be allowed to wallpaper and paint her cell walls. Marius Stribulea, lawyer to Elena Udrea, said his client, one of the most influential Romanian politicians in the past decade, wanted to renovate her current accommodation.

“As you know the conditions are not the best,” he said Tuesday. Mediafax reported that the flamboyant 41-year-old politician wanted to wallpaper her cell walls, as well as paint the bars and radiator.

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