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Malley guilty LIFE SENTENCE WITH NO CHANCE OF PAROLE FOR 25 YEARS

BY PAUL COWLEY ADVOCATE STAFF Innisfail financial advisor Brian Malley was convicted of first-degree murder in the “cold-blooded” killing of a young quadriplegic single mother on Tuesday.

An eight-woman and four-man jury

spent about six hours deliberating before returning their guilty verdict, which carries an automatic sentence of life in prison with no chance of parole for 25 years.

Red Deer Court of Queen’s Bench Justice Kirk Sisson also sentenced Malley to two years each, to be served concurrently, for charges of causing an explosion and sending an explosive.

Malley, 57, who was dressed in dark suit and tie, showed no emotion when the verdict was delivered shortly before 9 p.m.

He quietly replied “no” when the judge asked him if he wanted to say anything. Malley’s wife and daughter watched from the front row.

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Products prompt health warning TATTOO REMOVAL

BY MARY-ANN BARR ADVOCATE STAFF A Health Canada warning issued on Tuesday about tattoo removal products makes sense to one local parlour that described one result as a “gnarly boily mess.”

The removal products can include “gels, creams or solutions applied topically or injected through the skin using a tattoo needle.”

Last fall, Health Canada received four reports of adverse reactions, such as scarring and skin irritation.

“We strongly discourage people from using it,” said Matt Beatch, shop manager at Classic Tattoo in Red Deer.

They do not sell the products.

“In my opinion, the only way to do tattoo removal is by laser,” he said.

Classic Tattoo does only tattooing.

They refer people who want laser removal to someone who specializes in it. Laser removal works and is a proven thing, he said.

Laser removal is much like laser hair removal except with a stronger laser, said Beatch.

“I’ve seen what topicals have done. ... This isn’t a new thing. ... I’ve seen what it does to people’s skin and it’s absolutely horrendous.

“There’s one, if you could just imagine like a zombie movie, like a lady had one on her outer arm and it honestly looked like she was bitten by a zombie. It was so gross. So I strongly deter people from using that stuff.”

The woman he was referring to had been in their tattoo shop. “It was real, real, real ugly. Real messy.”

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Barry Hannah, right, owner of State of the Art Tattoo Removal, uses what he describes as the Ferrari of laser tattoo removal lasers on tattoo artist Will Ray in Red Deer. Ray works as a tattoo artist in the same location at Dark Day Studios at 4950-50 St. in Red Deer. The Quanta Q-Plus laser used by Hannah breaks up the ink in the skin and the body expels ink over a period of time. Multiple sessions are usually required to completely remove the tattoo says Hannah.

Central Alberta Co-op adding stores in Timberlands North

BY HARLEY RICHARDS ADVOCATE BUSINESS EDITOR Central Alberta Co-op is expanding its retail network in Red Deer, with a grocery store, gas bar and liquor store proposed for Timberlands North.

The new Co-op properties will be part of a 13-acre commercial and resi-

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“There’s been lots of residential growth over the past two or three years and there’s lots planned for the future.”

He said the grocery store and liquor store will both be bigger than Co-op’s existing food store and liquor outlet in Deer Park Shopping Centre to the south, and that the new gas bar will

have a car wash.

Kelly Rogers, founding partner of Developments 2, said Co-op will be the anchor tenant of the commercial centre.

“We’re ecstatic to have a partner like Central Alberta Co-op,” he said.

“That’s a huge piece for us.”

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dential development straddling Timberlands Drive on the east side of 30th Avenue — across from Clearview Market Square. It’s being developed by Okotoks-based Developments 2 Inc. Larry Parks, general manager of Central Alberta Co-op, said the site — which is in the middle of rapid housing development — is a good place for Co-op to open its third grocery store in

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City to do value for money audit on development processes

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From the left, Jordan Allen, Jenna Case, Ryleigh Bolin and Madison Christensen ski across the school yard hand in hand Monday afternoon. Warm temperatures Monday made for some slushy skiing but fun was still easy to find while skiing with each other in their Grade 2 class outing.

Today will see a return to below freezing temperatures and a possibility of snow in the forecast. ing complaint. Members located and stopped the 31-year-old driver. In the vehicle they found more than $20,000 in small bills and a large container of liquid later confirmed as gamma hydroxy butric acid, a common date rape drug.

The man faces several charges, including careless driving and proceeds of crime. He is to appear in Airdrie provincial court on March 19.

Date rape drug seized; Red Deer man charged A Red Deer man has been charged after Airdrie Rural RCMP seized $20,000 and a large container of liquid later identified as the date rape drug.

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MALLEY: Appeal anticipated Victoria Shachtay, 23, was killed instantly when she triggered a pipe bomb disguised as a Christmas present that had been left on her doorstep on Nov. 25, 2011.

Victor Shachtay, 64, the victim’s father, said the verdict was a “big weight off my shoulders.”

He was joined in the courtroom by three of her brothers and several other family supporters.

Shachtay said Victoria was a young mother who doted on her daughter.

“She faced all that life threw at her and she tackled it. She was a happy person. She was happy to be alive and to have a daughter.”

Victoria was paralyzed in a car crash in 2004, when she was 16 and pregnant with her daughter Destiny.

“She coped with everything. She didn’t feel sorry for herself, or whine and cry.”

Asked if he wished Malley, who had been a family friend, had said something following the verdict, Shachtay said, “I don’t care about him. He’s gone. I’ll never have to worry about that man again.

“He’s not on the streets killing other people.”

The conviction brings to a close a five-week trial that saw Crown prosecutors painstakingly pursue a case built almost entirely on circumstantial evidence.

Outside court, Crown prosecutor Anders Quist said DNA evidence, the tracking down of pipe bomb components in Malley’s possession and the uncovering of a troubled financial history between him and his client were important components of the case.

The Crown argued that Malley killed Shachtay because she was a difficult client who was becoming a financial drain. A $575,000 settlement, plus other money, she had invested with him ran out because of his high-risk investing, and her spending and expenses.

She was murdered to “cut his losses” and was particularly cold blooded.

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bomb from July of 2011 to November 25, 2011. To carefully and methodically put those pieces over that time with the intent to kill, that’s pretty cold,” Quist said outside the courtroom.

Malley’s defence lawyer was not available for comment after the trial, but Quist anticipates an appeal.

“We always expect an appeal in a murder case,” he said.

The defence had argued that the police had tunnel vision as they pursued their investigation of his client and all of the bomb components could be explained away by his hunting hobby and experience as a home builder.

Victoria’s brother Vincent read a moving victim impact statement in court before sentencing.

He spoke of the family’s disbelief and shock on hearing of her death the day she died.

Destiny will never be able to share with her mother experiences like her first crush and kiss, her high school graduation, sweet 16, or first job.

“Those are special moments Destiny will never have.”

Losing a daughter has been especially hard on her father and has changed him.

“He is now the shell of that man. He is broken.”

Malley’s crime has extended far beyond the Shachtay family, he said.

“You have forever changed a small town.” pcowley@reddeeradvocate.com

WARNING: Report adverse reactions to Health Canada She had bought the cream online, Beatch said.

“I don’t think she understood really what she was doing. She had been applying it for close to a month so I don’t think she realized the issue that it was,” Beatch said.

“This isn’t the first case of seeing someone with this gnarly boily mess on their arm. I can’t even imagine what the long-term effects of that are,” he said.

“To be honest, laser removal isn’t even all that expensive ... considering you’re getting a mulligan

Development processes within the City of Red Deer will be examined through a value of money audit later this year.

On Monday, city council approved the audit committee’s recommendation to examine the Planning, Inspections and Licensing and Engineering areas.

City manager Craig Curtis said the city is working on a number of system improvements.

As a result, Curtis said the city felt it should actually review the entire area.

“After all, planning was brought into the city a few years back,” said Curtis. “There’s still some processes that need improvement as a result of that.”

Council requested a terms of reference to come back for approval. It should be completed within the next two months.

Curtis said the terms of reference will likely cover similar ground as the 2011 audit on utilities.

That may include looking at how Red Deer compares to other municipalities, examining internal operations and metrics.

Council allocated $200,000 from the 2015 operating budget for the detailed analysis. The audit report may be completed as early as the end of 2015.

Coun. Paul Harris, the audit committee chairperson, said a value for money audit gives the departments an opportunity to improve service for the public.

Harris said it also gives council an opportunity to look at the departments in a specific way.

He said it is important that the terms of reference are clear and to the point.

“So council will ensure everything they would like to see in that audit is included,” said Harris. “So when the audit happens and the document comes back, we have a touchstone that we can work with.”

In other city business: ● The City of Red Deer and CUPE Local 417 have reached a new three-year collective agreement.

The deal is effective Jan. 1, 2015, to Dec. 31, 2017. with artwork that you’re unhappy with on your arm or wherever.

“I’m pretty sure nobody (in Red Deer) recommends that stuff. It is kind of a scary thing in the industry.”

Another local tattoo parlour contacted on Tuesday, Dark Day Studio, said it did not use or sell the products either. It does offer laser removal.

Beatch said they do end up discussing tattoo removal with some of their customers, and in some cases removal is recommended. “You can’t cover everything up.”

Sometimes people just aren’t happy with their tattoos anymore or the tattoo is something that can’t be covered with a different tattoo, he said.

“When you’re messing with that kind of thing (tattoo removal), and this is exactly back to the point of why I wouldn’t recommend a topical, you could potentially scar someone’s body.”

Beatch said the tattoo business is a “luxury” industry “much like when you go to get your hair dyed ... it’s kind of the same thing. You feel good after you get tattooed. ... It doesn’t feel good getting done, if that’s your next question.”

Tattoo clients can be anyone, he said. “We’ve had an 87-year-old lady who got a little rooster on her leg.”

Health Canada said the products they are warning about are available through specialized tattoo or esthetic service providers, or may be purchased directly from specialized retailers, in store and online.

“The products work by fading/lightening the tattoo ink, or by drawing the ink to the surface of the skin, causing a scab that eventually falls away,” the Health Canada statement says.

Anyone who experiences an adverse reaction related to a tattoo removal product should report it to Health Canada as well as to the establishment it was purchased from.

“Health Canada is seeking further information about the products implicated in the reported incidents. In addition, department officials are carefully monitoring the marketplace for information about safety-related incidents involving tattoo removal products. Health Canada will follow up with companies where products are implicated in an incident and, where appropriate, take compliance and enforcement actions.”

The public can contact Health Canada by calling 1-866-225-0709 or 613-957-2991. barr@reddeeradvocate.com

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Government projects a $465M surplus

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS EDMONTON — This year’s Alberta budget has yo-yoed from a projected surplus to a deficit and back to a surplus, showing close to a $1-billion turnaround from a little over six weeks ago.

Finance Minister Robin Campbell released third-quarter numbers Tuesday that forecast a $465-million surplus for the 2014-15 fiscal year.

Last month, Premier Jim Prentice announced there would be a $500-million deficit with little chance of a late rally.

Campbell said the changes speak to the volatility of oil prices, which form the bedrock of Alberta’s day-to-day budget spending. “What the third-quarter results really show is how quickly and dramatically things can change,� Campbell told a news conference at the legislature. “More often the driver of many of Alberta’s challenges is oil. And our

reliance on the oil and energy price roller-coaster is something we must change.�

Campbell said the improved bottom line comes from increases in the corporate tax take, along with a better return on investments and money from the federal government for flood relief.

Alberta forecast a $1.1-billion surplus in last March’s budget, but reduced that to $933 million in late November before Prentice announced the deficit on Jan. 8.

The government says it is now on track to spend $44.3 billion on $44.7 billion worth of revenue for the year ending March 31.

Non-renewable resource revenue is expected to finish down $503 million to $8.7 billion.

The province originally budgeted oil to stay around US$95 a barrel. That has been downgraded to an estimated $44 per barrel for the rest of the fiscal year.

The long-term Heritage Savings Trust Fund is expected to reach $19

billion, and the short-term rainy-day Contingency Fund is anticipated to rise to $6.3 billion.

The province is drawing out the timelines on some capital projects to reduce costs but is not cancelling anything. Alberta is forecast to take on $12 billion in debt for capital projects.

Campbell warned, however, that while the news right now is good, the forecast down the road is not, given that oil price s remain mired around the US$50-a-barrel range after spiking at US$108 last summer.

He reiterated that low oil prices are predicted to take a $7-billion bite out of next year’s budget, which is to be introduced sometime in March.

Campbell has already said the province is looking to cut spending by five per cent across the board.

Prentice has also talked about raising personal income taxes but has said corporate taxes and oil royalties won’t be touched. “What we will do is fix the fiscal foundation of the province so future

generations don’t face the same issues they do today,� said Campbell.

NDP finance critic Brian Mason said the budgetary peaks and valleys are symptomatic of a Progressive Conservative government that has promised — and failed — for years to wean Alberta’s operational spending off natural resources.

And by ruling out corporate tax and royalty hikes, Prentice has decided that “the burden of resolving these problems lies on people who work for the government (and) people who depend on government services,� Mason said.

Liberal critic Kent Hehr agreed, saying, “This government could easily win an Oscar for how it acts surprised whenever volatile resource revenue is volatile.�

Wildrose member Drew Barnes said the government’s poor management puts Alberta on track for $16.6 billion in debt by 2017.

Margaret Trudeau shares experience with bipolar disorder MENTAL HEALTH IN THE WORKPLACE

BY SUSAN ZIELINSKI ADVOCATE STAFF Bipolar disorder took Margaret Trudeau on an extreme, emotional roller coaster.

From the depths of postpartum depression to manic frenzy that drove her to run off to New York to take acting lessons and dance the nights away at Studio 54 — Canada’s youngest first lady shared her lonely, frightening journey to recovery as keynote speaker at the one-day conference Mental Health in the Workplace in Lacombe on Tuesday.

She said her troubles began in her late teens with stress, lack of sleep and marijuana. In her 20s, she fell into a deep depression after giving birth to her second child with former prime minister Pierre Trudeau.

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“Within about three weeks it was like a light switch had turned off in my brain. I had no diagnosis. No medication. No followup,� said Trudeau, 65, who spoke before an audience of over 280 people at Lacombe Memorial Centre.

Mania followed a few months later when the disorder caused dopamine to flood her brain. One day instead of visiting Montreal as planned, she took off for Paris and Greece without a passport. “You have one great idea after the next. I wasn’t eating. I wasn’t sleeping.

I was in a frenzy.�

Trudeau said that led to her first stay on a locked hospital ward. When she got out, her emotions continued to ricochet for a few years until she left 24 Sussex Dr., the prime minister’s official Ottawa residence, and fled to New York. A doctor she met there identiStructure Plan calls for “mixed use commercial buildings� with a residential component to be developed in this area. Rogers didn’t want to elaborate on his company’s plans, but said they will follow the area structure plan’s intent. “There will be the mixed-use component of it, so you will have commercial, retail and residential.�

Kelly said he hopes Developments 2’s application for a development permit will be made in the first quarter of

fied her condition and prescribed lithium which finally gave her life some balance.

She said after another marriage, more children, and going off the lithium by herself, the mania returned.

Being prescribed the antidepressant Prozac only Margaret Trudeau made her mania worse.

She turned to marijuana and alcohol to deal with her pain after her son Michel died in an avalanche, followed by the illness and death her ex-husband Trudeau.

She said it took another hospital stay, plus pharmaceuticals and cognitive behavioural therapy, to begin to recover.

Trudeau said she couldn’t have

done it alone. Her family pointed her in the direction and she had to trust the medical community.

She said good mental health is possible. “Trust me on this. You can’t just get it from a pill, though. You have to be actively involved. You have to want to get better,� said Trudeau when she took a break from signing copies of Changing My Mind, her book about her experience with bipolar disorder.

And she urged new mothers to be honest about how they feel and to reach out for help if needed. “It’s not the worst thing in the world to say you’re overwhelmed. Being a new mom with a crying baby that is so small and so fragile — be authentic. If you want to cry, cry, but get someone to cry on their shoulder. Don’t do it alone.�

Mental Health in the Workplace was hosted by Lacombe Action Group and Lacombe Employment Centre. szielinski@reddeeradvocate.com

this year. He added that he’s enthused about the potential of the site. “In our opinion, it’s the very best commercial, retail and office location in Red Deer.�

Parks said Co-op officials are also excited about being in Timberlands North.

This project has been in the works for some time, he confirmed.

In addition to its Red Deer operations — which includes two grocery stores, two gas bars, two liquor stores

and a home and garden centre — Central Alberta Co-op operates grocery stores, and home and agro centres, in Lacombe, Innisfail and Spruce View.

It also has a number of liquor stores, gas bars, bulk fuel card lock stations and other facilities in Central Alberta.

Developments 2 has been behind commercial and residential developments in Calgary, Lloydminster, Okotoks and Vermilion. hrichards@reddeeradvocate.com

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Where did the money go?

ALBERTA’S 10-YEAR, $49-BILLION BOOM IN PROGRAM SPENDING

BY MARK MILKE SPECIAL TO THE ADVOCATE Over the last decade, higher energy prices and entrepreneur-friendly policies drove Alberta’s booming economy, generating a significant windfall in government revenue.

Looking back, however, Albertans might ask themselves: Where did all that extra money go?

That question is particularly relevant for young families in new neighbourhoods, built during the recent surge of in-migration, families who still don’t have a neighbourhood school or nearby hospital.

Here are some facts to help explain where some of the province’s money went.

Back in 2004-05, program spending in Alberta amounted to $8,965 per person. That was already close to the 199394 high of $8,978 (and the numbers here are adjusted for inflation). In other words, by the mid-2000s, the province again spent as much per person, annually, as it did before government cuts in the mid-1990s.

After the mid-2000s though, the

province increased program spending beyond the combined effect of population growth and inflation.

As a result, by 2013-14, the province spent $10,967 per person on government programs. That was $2,002 more per person than in 2004-05.

Why does this matter? Because once oil and gas prices weakened, and government revenues fell, the extra spending, beyond inflation and population growth, made it hard for the province to balance the books.

The math is simple. Had the province increased program spending after 2004-05 within the prudent limits of population growth and inflation, it would have spent $295.4 billion between 2005-06 and 2013-14. Instead, it spent $344.6 billion on programs.

That’s a $49.2 billion difference.

Broken down annually, by 2013-14 the province would have spent $35.9 billion on programs last year instead of what it did spend: $43.9 billion.

That’s an $8 billion difference in one year alone.

Premier Jim Prentice recently said that provincial revenues have dropped by $7 billion. It doesn’t take a math professor to understand that moder-

ated spending growth over the last decade would have reduced the need for deep cuts now (or higher taxes, as the premier frequently hints).

It’s important for Albertans to understand the above numbers are all adjusted for inflation and population.

And that program spending does not include capital expenses (hospitals, schools, roads, etc.).

That matters. Had the province been more prudent on program spending, some of that extra $49.2 billion could have been redirected to new schools, hospitals, other infrastructure or deposits into the Alberta Heritage Savings Trust Fund.

So again, where did that extra money go?

Some examples: In 2007, the province signed a five-year contract with the Alberta Teachers Association. As the province later described that deal, that contract meant teacher salaries grew at “nearly double the rate of inflation over this period.”

Or consider the unreformed pension plans for government employees. In 2009-10, the Alberta government paid another $1.2 billion special payment towards the unfunded pre-1992 short-

fall in the Teachers’ Pension Plan.

More broadly and annually, pension costs to the province (employer contributions and benefit payments) rose to more than $4.8 billion in 2013-14 from just under $4.1 billion two years previous (earlier totals are not available).

And Premier Prentice cancelled pension reform last September as one of his first acts in office.

Those who work for government and in the broader public sector deserve respect and competitive compensation packages. But the reality is that the wages and benefits of government employees in Alberta are out of step with private sector norms for similar positions — 6.9 per cent higher after age, length of time in the workforce, and other relevant factors are accounted for.

Where did all that extra money go?

For years, Alberta spent beyond inflation and population growth. With little thought, it seems, of the consequences.

Mark Milke is a senior fellow at the Fraser Institute and author of Fumbling the Alberta Advantage: How Alberta Squandered a Decade of High Energy Prices. This column was supplied by Troy Media (www.troymedia.com).

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Snow removal system senseless, wasteful I am writing to you in regards to the front page article of the Feb. 13 Advocate: Windrows spark anger.

I was more than a little stunned at Public Works manager Greg Sikora’s advice to senior citizens when he said: “People who need help with clearing their driveways can turn to their neighbours, families, community groups, churches and agencies such as the Golden Circle,” and for those who can afford it to contact city contractors.

I was astonished because even though the advice he provided was multi-faceted, it’s quite possible all options would not be available or feasible to everyone, especially in senior living sections of the city.

I’m also writing regarding the letter to the editor in the Comment section of the Advocate, dated Feb. 20, titled City snow removal program just more waste, bad planning. The letter was well written and pointed out the dismal failure of city council’s new snow removal policies. Specifically, the very expensive signage, fridge magnets, brochures. The new zone signs are a bit of joke when the city is still using the old signs from previous years — placed right underneath!

On a personal note: The schedule for grading in Eastview Estates was posted for Feb. 18. We received an email update sent out postponing this to Feb. 19.

However, this didn’t occur … perhaps because it was a beautiful day with lots of melting or maybe the graders were looking for streets that actually had 10 cm of accumulated snow?

I cannot emphasize enough how bad the city’s timing was when the graders showed up this morning, Feb. 20 at 11 a.m. My husband had a physio appointment at 12:15 p.m., thus requiring him to remove the 15-inch windrow in front of our driveway. It was sickening to watch a bobcat go by him with an empty bucket!

The reason why we received so much is because our neighbour, who is an elderly widow, shovels snow from the sidewalks onto the street that has been packed down over previous months. Am I going to report this to the RCMP? Absolutely not! It would fall into the category of pettiness. Besides, our Mounties have a difficult job to do and need to deal with problems that are much more urgent.

In comparison, there are eight councillors and one mayor sitting around on their collective behinds thinking of ways to waste money. So much for serving in the best interests of Red Deer citizens.

At the same time, since we live at the junction of an three-way intersection, my husband clears the immediate area out front to the other side of the street to a green area whenever there is a heavy snowfall.

Thus, each time grading occurs, the snow from up the street ends up in front of us, where there is very little accumulation. Like the old saying goes: “No good deed goes unpunished!”

We moved to Red Deer from Calgary three years ago after retiring. Naturally, since taxes never go down, we are paying more. But for what, I must ask. The new ‘upgraded’ snow removal program is a colossal waste of taxpayers’ money, along with being extremely ineffectual during a relatively mild winter. Thank goodness this new upgrade wasn’t in place last year during the monster winter — I cannot imagine that nightmare!

Today was the second grading event this season and the total accumulation of snow this season certainly does not require three graders accompanied by three bobcats — with empty buckets! — going up and down the streets.

Marilyn Matthew Red Deer

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Snow removal strategy just a waste of time, money Well, another winter and our streets are worst than ever! The City of Red Deer is doing an awful job.

We had the first snowfall around Nov. 20. Around Dec. 8 or so, I called the place that deals with complaints and I asked the lady there: “How come downtown is not plowed yet?”

Also, I told her how bad it is driving there. Her response was that she tries to avoid downtown.

Previously, the city came up with the idea to put windrows on one side. It was a stupid idea because it left no place to park for those who lived on one side, leaving half the people mad.

So the city reviews and comes up with a new plan: put windrows on both sides. Now all of us are mad.

People in Parkvale who are 80-years-old — how can you do that for them?

Mayor, city manager, council — all of you failed again.

Coun. Paul Harris should drive his fancy electric car around Kentwood, West Lake or Clearview — but before you start, make sure you call AMA so they can pull you out.

We elected these people and they should listen, or even just check social media and see how fed-up people are with the stupid snow removal plan.

This is a joke, not a plan.

Then you are going to ask for more money for the snow budget. No way. The city has wasted so much already.

I have an idea if you need more money: ask for some from our soon-to-be ex-MLA or the Red Deer College president. They might have some change to waste.

By the way, don’t blame the plow operators — they just do what they are told to do.

But they came to our area around December when we had some nice warm days and wasted their time because much of the snow already melted. That’s

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smart, isn’t it?

You don’t need a university degree to figure that out. What you need is proper planning and common sense. But I don’t think city managers have it.

I read many, many people who are angry, mad and baffled. But the city manager said we are in a good shape about our financial stuff.

The mindset seems to be, if we plow more, people won’t complain as much!

Wasting money on stupid things like useless signs, magnets and snow buddy pamphlets doesn’t do any good for us.

I can go on and on but I have to go shovel my driveway so I can go to work and pay my taxes so the City of Red Deer can waste it!

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BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — Police may yet be called in to investigate dozens of New Democrat MPs who used taxpayers’ dollars to pay the salaries of aides working in satellite party offices.

Well-placed sources say referring the matter to the police is an option that has been considered in the past by members of the board of internal economy, the multi-party committee that oversees House of Commons spending.

And they say it’s still a “live” option that could be employed if the NDP continues to thumb its nose at the board, which has ordered 68 MPs to personally repay a total of $2.75 million.

Multiple sources spoke to The Canadian Press on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak for the ultra-secretive board.

The board ruled last August that New Democrat MPs improperly pooled money from their Commons office budgets to pay the salaries of 28 staffers working in satellite party offices in Montreal, Quebec City and Toronto.

In the days leading up to that decision, sources say draft motions for dealing with the matter were circulated to all board members. Several included referring the matter to the appropriate legal authorities.

However, the police option was shelved on the recommendation of Commons Speaker Andrew Scheer, who chairs the board. The sources say Scheer had been approached by the NDP about negotiating a settlement and he feared involving the police would poison any goodwill.

New Democrats have insisted all along that they did nothing wrong, that the satellite office employees worked strictly on parliamentary matters for MPs. They’ve dismissed the board as a partisan “kangaroo court” and applied to the Federal Court to overturn the board’s ruling.

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Ottawa sends mixed signals

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS

DOCTOR-ASSISTED DEATH

OTTAWA — Confusion reigned Tuesday over how the Harper government intends to respond to the Supreme Court ruling that struck down the ban on doctor-assisted dying.

Prime Minister Stephen Harper refused to give a straight answer when asked whether the government may use the constitutional notwithstanding clause to override the court’s ruling.

He said the government intends to launch “comprehensive” public consultations on the matter before deciding how to respond to the court ruling. But the government gave only a vague outline for how that consultation process will work.

Moreover, the government sent mixed signals about whether it intends to meet the court’s 12-month deadline for crafting a new law.

Bob Dechert, parliamentary secretary to Justice Minister Peter MacKay, initially said Tuesday that 12 months is not enough time to deal with such a sensitive issue, particularly since an election will shutter Parliament for two or three months in the fall.

But he later backtracked, saying the government intends to meet the deadline.

Dechert said he’d been speaking as a lawyer, not on behalf of the government, when he earlier predicted that the court would “most likely” grant an extension.

The question of assisted suicide is “amongst the most important, I think, that

we’ll ever have to deal with,” Dechert told the House of Commons as he gave the government response to a Liberal motion calling for creation of a special committee to consult and report back by mid-summer with a proposed new law.

“I don’t think that we should be rushed into doing something that’s inappropriate — not taking the time to properly and carefully consider it and hear all opinions — simply because there is a 12-month imposed deadline.”

The Conservatives will vote against the motion because they believe a committee is not the right venue for a broad public consultation, he added.

Pushed to explain how the government intends to proceed, he said a public consultation process will be launched soon and could involve use of online discussions and public meetings. That will be followed by introduction of proposed legislation, which would then be examined through the normal committee process.

Earlier this month, the Supreme Court struck down the ban on doctor-assisted dying and gave Parliament a year to draft a law that recognizes the right of clearly consenting adults who are enduring intolerable physical or mental suffering to seek medical help to end their lives.

Vancouver Liberal MP Hedy Fry, a medical doctor, argued that seeking an extension will mean asking affected Canadians

“to wait longer than a year in pain and suffering” for Parliament to finally act on the matter.

Kicking off debate on the motion, Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau said parliamentarians have a duty to respond to the court’s ruling and can do so within the 12-month time limit if they get the ball rolling immediately.

“There is no advantage to delaying debate,” Trudeau said.

However, the governing Conservatives may see an electoral advantage in delaying until after the election any action on an explosive issue that is likely to divide its caucus and its support base.

During Tuesday’s debate, Dechert’s comments reflected an obvious level of Conservative discomfort with the court ruling.

He enumerated what he called the many risks involved in legalizing doctor-assisted dying, including elderly or disabled people being pressured by family or doctors to prematurely end their lives or people opting for doctor-assisted suicide on the basis of faulty diagnoses.

“Adult children who may be eager to get at their parent’s estate could conceivably try to influence their parent to choose assisted dying,” he said.

“I think we need to be very, very cautious about how we proceed in this area.”

Delegates to the Liberal party’s national convention last year supported a resolution calling for the legalization of doctor-assisted death.

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Livestock welfare can be a matter of trust

BY HARLEY RICHARDS ADVOCATE BUSINESS EDITOR Those who work with livestock can take great pride in their vocation — but they also shoulder great responsibility.

This was the theme of a presentation in Red Deer on Tuesday by Tim Blackwell, a veterinarian with the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs. Speaking to members of the Alberta Chicken Producers, he described how stockmanship has long been an important and revered trade.

“I think you have the great privilege to belong to one of the world’s most respected professions.”

However, those in that profession need to be committed to food safety, environmental protection and animal welfare, stressed Blackwell.

“We don’t say we’re committed to animal welfare enough.”

In fact, it’s a professional duty that producers should constantly strive to improve in, he said.

Just like members of the medical profession might say a 90 per cent recovery rate for young leukemia patients still isn’t good enough, those who raise livestock should always seek to reduce their animals’ discomfort, argued Blackwell.

A failure to do so can cost producers the public’s trust.

“You can lose that trust easily if you don’t show that you care.”

Blackwell listed 17 statements commonly used by people in the livestock industry to discount their critics when

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Tim Blackwell of the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs speaks to members of the Alberta Chicken Producers at the Sheraton Red Deer Hotel on Tuesday. it comes to animal welfare. He countered each of them.

For instance, those who say consumers shouldn’t tell farmers how to raise their livestock have forgotten that their customers have the right to criticize.

Anyone who dismisses animal rights advocates as “extremists” don’t understand that most consumers are in fact animals rights moderates, continued Blackwell.

To say that the issue of animal rights is inconsequential compared to problems like child hunger fails to recognize that there are multiple issues to deal with and we each need to focus on what we can control.

The statement that animal right proponents are never satisfied doesn’t consider that livestock producers should seek continuous improvement, said Blackwell. And hose who support only science-based animal welfare initiatives don’t realize that science tells industry what it can do, not what it should do.

Finally, the argument that a practice is acceptable because it’s the industry

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norm is like saying spousal abuse is OK because it’s always occurred, said Blackwell.

U l t i m a t e l y , those in the livestock industry need to own animal welfare problems and seek solutions.

“Don’t deny them, don’t make light of them,” said Blackwell.

“Correct your problems and you will ensure that you can hand this privilege down to the next generation.”

In addition to the Alberta Chicken Producers, Blackwell spoke to the Alberta Turkey Producers and the Egg Farmers of Alberta. These groups, along with the Alberta Hatching Egg Producers, were in Red Deer for their respective annual general meetings and conferences. hrichards@reddeeradvocate.com

You can lose that trust easily if you don’t show that you care.

— Tim Blackwell

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Daire Kelly, left, of Alltech Canada, a livestock nutrition company, speaks with Ted Sefton during the Alberta Poultry Industry Conference at the Sheraton Red Deer Hotel on Tuesday. The event brought together members of the Alberta Chicken Producers, the Alberta Turkey Producers, the Egg Farmers of Alberta and the Alberta Hatching Egg producers.

As expected, Obama vetoes Keystone bill

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS WASHINGTON — U.S. President Barack Obama made good Tuesday on a threat to veto a bill to approve the Keystone XL pipeline, bringing the two sides in the long-running controversy to a rare point of agreement: their battle is far from over. ”The president’s veto of the Keystone jobs bill is a national embarrassment,” said the top Republican in the House of Representatives, John Boehner. ”We are not going to give up in our efforts to get this pipeline built — not even close.”

The issue is about to play out on two fronts. One is a major presidential regulatory decision and the other, as suggested by Boehner, likely involves future clashes with Congress.

The Canadian government echoed that theme: ”It is not a question of if this project will be approved; it is a matter of when,” said a statement from Natural Resources Minister Greg Rickford. Even the White House concurred that the issue is far from settled. It pointed out that Tuesday’s announcement was a step in a long, winding process — not a final destination.

The president cast the veto as a matter of procedural principle. In his let-

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The White House position is that cross-border pipeline permits are a matter for the president to decide — not Congress, which passed a bill earlier this month forcing the approval of the project. That bill was delivered to the president Tuesday and he vetoed it on the very first available day. White House spokesman Josh Earnest said the president could still, in theory, approve the pipeline. The veto doesn’t necessarily reflect Obama’s view on the pipeline itself, he noted. ”It certainly is possible,” said Ear-

BoC governor’s comments may signal pause in rate cuts

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nest said, noting the president would keep an “open mind” on the project. “(This) does not represent a specific position on the pipeline itself... It just merely says that the benefits, and consequences, of building that pipeline should be thoroughly evaluated by experts and through this administrative process that has existed for decades.”

The administration is in the final phase of its regulatory review of the project — which was delayed by a dispute over the route in Nebraska, then again in a procedural dispute with Republicans in Congress in 2011, and once more during a court case involving Nebraska landowners last year.

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The chance of an interest rate cut by the Bank of Canada next week has been reduced, analysts said Tuesday following a speech by central bank governor.

Stephen Poloz told an academic audience in London, Ont., that the full negative impact of lower oil prices on Canada’s economy remains unclear.

But the central bank bought itself time to figure out how best to steer the country back toward stability in making last month’s surprise quarter-point rate cut, Poloz said.

“The oil price shock itself is of uncertain size,” Poloz said in the inaugural president’s lecture at London, Ont.’s, Western University.

“So, the downside risk insurance from the interest rate cut buys us some time to see how the economy actually responds,” he said.

Poloz said later in a question-andanswer session he believes the bank took out sufficient insurance at its January policy meeting given the economic environment at the time.

And he noted that oil prices have,

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Until Tuesday, many economists had predicted the Bank of Canada would likely cut rates by a further quarter point at its March 4 policy meeting.

Now, they appear to be leaning toward a wait-and-see position.

“Another curve ball from Bank of Canada Governor Poloz has sharply reduced the odds of a rate cut at next week’s meeting,” BMO Capital Markets senior economist Benjamin Reitzes said in a statement.

“Though there are still some key economic data before the policy announcement that could change the equation.”

Statistics Canada is expected to report January inflation numbers on Thursday and gross domestic product data for December is expected March 3, the day before the rate announcement by the central bank.

Scotiabank and TD Economics also recast the odds of a rate cut.

“On balance, it appears that a rate cut next Wednesday is not set in stone,” said TD economist Brian DePratto.

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Women as consumers A survey done by Environics for MasterCard in 2011 (www.mastercard. com/MasterIndex-06-EN.pdf) highlighted the following: ● Fifty-five per cent of women identified themselves as the primary decision-maker in their household; 37 per cent stated they shared day-to-day financial decisions. ● Almost one-third of the total Canadian female consumer market were women with children under the age of 18. Where and how they shop was driven mostly by what the family needs were and the limitations of the household budget. ● Women in the 55-plus age range had the highest disposable income and were more willing to spend on themselves at that point in their lives.

In a 2011 study, Nielsen — the company that collects and measures what we watch and what we buy — surveyed women in 21 countries. They found that women generally want to participate in order to make the world a better place.

The five key learnings to better engage with women included: 1. Invest in her tomorrow; 2. Ease her worry; 3.

Give her back time; 4. Earn her trust; 5.

Connect to the bigger picture.

Marketing specialists have done their homework. The basic differences between women and men consumers are well-researched. Whether male or female, experts agree that 80 per cent of buying experiences are generally based on emotion.

It’s important not to stereotype consumers, however it’s worthwhile noting two important factors. Women gener-

ally pay more attention to detail, and women are slightly more sensitive to emotional marketing. Incorporating a high level of information and service standards in products and services has a direct impact with women.

Large companies have taken this information and now market to women using a more realistic picture of dayto-day life, rather than unattainable images. Marketing campaigns that use cliché messaging are insulting and will alienate women and men alike.

Women demand more. Nearly half of adult women are solely responsible for saving money for their households.

In nearly two-thirds of households, 72 per cent of women who work full time are the primary shoppers.

Most business owners are not ignoring women, but are not intentionally focused on attracting them or winning their loyalty.

When marketing to women, always consider details. Women develop a collage of impressions about a business from a variety of small factors. They notice details from how clean the environment is to the design of the packaging.

Women never stop gathering information. Smart business owners invest in small amenities women can appreciate. Ikea has a child care service.

Working women are still predominately responsible for care of the home and family. There is not a lot of extra time to research and ponder every buying decision. Many businesses have responded by simplifying the shopping experience.

BMO’s results show it’s too soon for banks to feel oil impact

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BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — The Bank of Montreal (TSX:BMO) saw its first-quarter profits shrink, but analysts say lower oil prices didn’t have as much of an impact as anticipated.

BMO on Tuesday was the first of the big Canadian banks to release its first-quarter results, reporting a profit of $1 billion or $1.46 per share, down from $1.06 billion or $1.58 per share a year ago. Revenue grew to $5.06 billion, from $4.48 billion.

On an adjusted basis, BMO said it earned $1.04 billion or $1.53 per share for the quarter, down from $1.08 billion or $1.161 per share a year ago.

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Loonie closes higher, traders weigh chances of further rate cuts TORONTO — The Canadian dollar closed higher Tuesday amid doubts about whether another interest rate cut by the Bank of Canada is in the cards.

The loonie was up 0.51 of a U.S. cent at 80.03 cents as Bank of Canada governor Stephen Poloz told an audience at Western University in London, Ont., that the impact of lower oil prices and how much they will hurt Canada’s

That’s 10 cents below analyst expectations of $1.63 per share of adjusted profits.

BMO attributed the lower adjusted profit to falling long-term interest rates on its insurance business, which the bank said reduced its adjusted earnings by six cents per share.

Some analysts had predicted that investment banking business from the oilpatch would dry up during the quarter due to the recent plunge in the price of oil.

Although BMO’s capital markets division — which includes investment banking — saw its revenues drop 20 per cent from a year ago to $221 million, analysts said the segment performed better than expected.

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NEWS IN BRIEF

Many professional offices offer extended office hours and open one day on the weekend. Clothing stores always display combinations of outfits.

Develop marketing strategies that focus on ways to appeal to women as new customers.

Look for ways to offer selected choices and package items together.

Have customer service staff that know the product so well they act as consultants/experts.

Building supply stores have introduced programs that guide customers through home repair and renovation processes. Not only are women owning their own homes, many are singleparent families. Home renovation and paint centres combine colour palettes and decorating ideas.

Whether buying for themselves or for the businesses they own or manage, women make final purchasing decisions based on the relationship with the seller, not on statistics and quantitative data.

Given a choice between two nearly identical products, women are likely to choose based on customer service and the ongoing relationship with the vendor.

Customer service starts and ends with respect for the consumer. Become the solution source and you will win the loyalty of women customers.

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economy remains unclear.

But he said last month’s surprise rate cut gives the Bank of Canada time to figure out how best to steer the economy toward stability.

“This dampened expectations of another rate cut at next week’s Bank of Canada meeting,” said Colin Cieszynski, chief strategist at CMC Markets Canada.

“Coming off as less dovish than hoped, today’s speech ignited a rally in the Canadian dollar.”

Poloz added that the quarter-point rate cut, which reduced the central bank’s overnight rate to 0.75 per cent, has given policy-makers more confidence the economy should be back on a more sound footing by the end of next year, rather than some time in 2017.

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Women now make up more than half of the national workforce.

More women than men are now entering post-secondary education and make up a higher percentage in many professional occupations, especially in the health care fields.

According to a 2012 Statistics JOHN Canada labour MACKENZIE force survey, 35.6 per cent of BUSINESS self-employed people were BASICS women. At the same time, Industry Canada reported that 47 per cent of SMEs (small and medium-sized enterprises) were owned partly or entirely by women.

Women’s earning power has steadily increased. And although wages are still not equitable, women have a good deal of influence on the economy.

Depending on the sources, statistics indicate that women are responsible for 75 to 85 per cent of the spending decisions in households.

The following information from two different sources highlights significant information. As the studies are now four to five years old, it’s reasonable to assume percentages are equal (or higher) in 2015.

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Diversified and Industrials Agrium Inc. . . . . . . . . . . 142.08 ATCO Ltd.. . . . . . . . . . . . 47.50 BCE Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55.21 BlackBerry . . . . . . . . . . . 12.81 Bombardier . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.50 Brookfield . . . . . . . . . . . . 68.67 Cdn. National Railway . . 86.59 Cdn. Pacific Railway. . . 234.71 Cdn. Utilities . . . . . . . . . . 41.45 Capital Power Corp . . . . 24.54 Cervus Equipment Corp 19.01 Dow Chemical . . . . . . . . 49.81 Enbridge Inc. . . . . . . . . . 60.37 Finning Intl. Inc. . . . . . . . 24.90 Fortis Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . 39.43 General Motors Co. . . . . 37.75 Parkland Fuel Corp. . . . . 23.12 Sirius XM . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.20 SNC Lavalin Group. . . . . 39.69 Stantec Inc. . . . . . . . . . . 32.17 Telus Corp. . . . . . . . . . . . 44.10 Transalta Corp.. . . . . . . . 12.06 Transcanada. . . . . . . . . . 54.95 Consumer Canadian Tire . . . . . . . . 122.15 Gamehost . . . . . . . . . . . . 13.12 Leon’s Furniture . . . . . . . 16.60 Loblaw Ltd. . . . . . . . . . . . 65.62 MARKETS CLOSE TORONTO — The Toronto stock market closed in the red Tuesday as financials retreated amid an earnings miss from Bank of Montreal (TSX:BMO) and U.S. Federal Reserve chairwoman Janet Yellen continued to lay the groundwork for a hike in interest rates.

The S&P/TSX composite index lost 35.29 points to 15,164.97, with the energy and gold sectors also contributing to the decline.

Bank of Montreal (TSX:BMO) posted lower earnings amid an “unsettled environment” that saw the bank deal with “significant movements in oil prices, longterm interest rates and the Canadian dollar.”

Adjusted net income was $1.04 billion or $1.53 a share, a dime short of estimates and its shares closed down $1.55 at $75.83. Most other bank stocks were also lower with traders anticipating similar issues when the remainder of the country’s six major lending institutions report this week and next.

“Across the rest of the Canadian banks, we will see a lacklustre or challenging or slower growth environment from personal and commercial banking,” said Colum McKinley, Canadian equities manager at CIBC Asset Management.

The Canadian dollar was up 0.51 of a U.S. cent at 80.03 cents.

U.S. indexes were higher as Yellen told the Senate finance committee that the U.S. central bank would continue to be patient in deciding when to hike interest rates. And she added that before rates go up, the central bank would drop this assurance.

There has been much speculation the bank could move on raising rates as early as June.

“Over time, if the U.S. economy continues to accelerate, we will inevitably get to the point where rates will move higher,” McKinley said, “but the Fed is still

Maple Leaf Foods. . . . . . 22.87 Rona Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . 14.62 Wal-Mart . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84.57 WestJet Airlines . . . . . . . 30.51 Mining Barrick Gold . . . . . . . . . . 15.70 Cameco Corp. . . . . . . . . 19.91 First Quantum Minerals . 15.21 Goldcorp Inc. . . . . . . . . . 26.69 Hudbay Minerals. . . . . . . 10.47 Kinross Gold Corp. . . . . . . 3.40 Labrador. . . . . . . . . . . . . 17.77 Potash Corp.. . . . . . . . . . 46.00 Sherritt Intl. . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.50 Teck Resources . . . . . . . 19.21 Energy Arc Resources . . . . . . . . 23.72 Badger Daylighting Ltd. . 24.84 Baker Hughes. . . . . . . . . 63.03 Bonavista . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.01 Bonterra Energy . . . . . . . 42.80 Cdn. Nat. Res. . . . . . . . . 37.55 Cdn. Oil Sands Ltd. . . . . 11.50 Canyon Services Group. . 7.39 Cenovous Energy Inc. . . 22.08 CWC Well Services . . . 0.4150 Encana Corp. . . . . . . . . . 16.28 Essential Energy. . . . . . . . 1.30 managing that process of setting expectations around when that could happen and what it would look like.”

The Dow Jones industrials gained 92.35 points to 18,209.19, the S&P 500 index edged up 5.83 points to 2,115.49 and the Nasdaq rose 7.15 points to 4,968.12.

TSX gains were paced by a 3.4 per cent jump in the base metals sector as March copper was up six cents at US$2.65 a pound. The TSX energy sector surrendered early gains to move down 0.63 per cent as oil lost 17 cents to US$49.28 a barrel.

The gold sector was off 1.25 per cent as April bullion faded $3.50 to US$1,197.30 an ounce.

Canadian National Railway (TSX:CNR) arrived at a tentative agreement Monday with Unifor, which represents about 4,800 mechanical, intermodal and clerical workers, less than an hour after the railway’s 11 p.m. ET deadline to lock out the union’s members. CN declined 13 cents to $86.59.

Fertilizer company Agrium Inc. (TSX:AGU) turned in quarterly net earnings of US$51 million or 33 cents a share, down from US$99 million or 66 cents in the same 2013 period. Sales revenue fell by US$162 million to US$2.7 billion from just under US$2.9 billion. Its shares ran ahead $4.06 to $142.08.

There was also positive news for the eurozone. Greece’s creditors in the 19-country currency union approved a list of reforms Athens proposed to get a fourmonth extension to its bailout, which should keep the country afloat over the coming months.

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

Stocks: S&P/TSX Composite Index — 15,164.97, down 35.29 points Dow — 18,209.19, up 92.35 points

BUSINESS

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Greece set for bailout extension after eurozone ministers approve reforms BRUSSELS — Greece cleared a major hurdle Tuesday in its ongoing battle to remain solvent after its European creditors approved a 4-month extension to its financial bailout — but the cash-strapped country still has a lot to do to convince its partners that it deserves more help beyond the summer.

The country’s creditors in the 19-country eurozone endorsed Greece’s request for the extension after the European Commission, European Central Bank and International Monetary Fund — the main institutions handling Greece’s loans — backed a list of reforms

Two studies warn against increasing TFSA contribution limits

Exxon Mobil . . . . . . . . . . 89.42 Halliburton Co. . . . . . . . . 43.12 High Arctic . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.64 Husky Energy . . . . . . . . . 29.06 Imperial Oil . . . . . . . . . . . 49.22 Pengrowth Energy . . . . . . 4.00 Penn West Energy . . . . . . 2.50 Pinecrest Energy Inc. . . . 0.005 Precision Drilling Corp . . . 7.57 Suncor Energy . . . . . . . . 38.34 Talisman Energy . . . . . . . . 9.70 Trican Ltd.. . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.95 Trinidad Energy . . . . . . . . 4.49 Vermilion Energy . . . . . . 53.10

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Financials Bank of Montreal . . . . . . 75.83 Bank of N.S. . . . . . . . . . . 65.22 CIBC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91.50 Cdn. Western . . . . . . . . . 27.58 Carfinco . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.50 Great West Life. . . . . . . . 35.79 IGM Financial . . . . . . . . . 44.68 Intact Financial Corp. . . . 88.65 Manulife Corp. . . . . . . . . 22.01 National Bank . . . . . . . . . 46.90 Rifco Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.95 Royal Bank . . . . . . . . . . 75..05 Sun Life Fin. Inc.. . . . . . . 39.02 TD Bank . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53.27

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S&P 500 — 2,115.49, up 5.83 points Nasdaq — 4,968.12, up 7.15 points Currencies: Cdn — 80.03 cents US, up 0.51 of a cent Pound — C$1.9318, down 1.23 of a cent Euro — C$1.4175, down 0.75 of a cent Euro — US$1.1344, up 0.13 of a cent Oil futures: US$49.28 per barrel, down 17 cents (April contract) Gold futures: US$1,197.30 per oz., down three dollars, 50 cents (April contract) Canadian Fine Silver Handy and Harman: $21.17 oz., down 27.7 cents $680.62 kg., down $8.90 ICE FUTURES CANADA WINNIPEG — ICE Futures Canada closing prices: Canola: March ’15 $3.10 lower $472.80; May ’15 $2.20 higher $469.70; July ’15 $2.10 higher $464.20; Nov ’15 $0.90 higher $451.80; Jan. ’16 $0.90 higher $453.40; March ’16 $0.40 higher $455.90; May ’16 $0.40 lower $457.40; July ’16 $0.40 lower $460.10; Nov. ’16 $0.40 lower $454.10; Jan. ’17 $0.40 lower $454.10; March ’17 $0.40 lower $454.10.

Barley (Western): March ’15 $4.00 lower 180.00; May ’15 $4.00 lower $182.00; July ’15 $4.00 lower $184.00; Oct. ’15 $4.00 lower $175.00; Dec. ’15 $4.00 lower $175.00; March ’16 $4.00 lower $175.00; May ’16 $4.00 lower $175.00; July ’16 $4.00 lower $175.00; Oct. ’16 $4.00 lower $175.00; Dec. ’ 16 $4.00 lower $175.00; March ’17 $4.00 lower $175.00.

Tuesday’s estimated volume of trade: 632,280 tonnes of canola; 0 tonnes of barley (Western Barley) Total: 632,280.

that Athens proposed in a letter late Monday.

Greece had to draw up the list, which includes measures to combat tax evasion and corruption, to get the bailout extended. Without a financial lifeline over the coming few months, it faces the possibility of going bankrupt, imposing capital controls and ditching the euro.

Tuesday’s deal comes just days before Greece’s 240 billion-euro ($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. Greece will, in all likelihood have to negotiate a new financial agreement with its creditors to see it past June, when big bond repayments are due.

“The three institutions agreed to start the process with this,” eurogroup president Jeroen Dijsselbloem said on RTL television. “They thought it was a serious enough list and all the countries have just agreed with that in the meeting so we can start.”

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OTTAWA — Two studies on tax-free savings accounts sound alarm bells about their long-term fiscal impact if the Conservative government keeps a 2011 campaign promise to allow people to park almost twice as much money in the popular savings vehicles.

The report from the left-leaning Broadbent Institute says a pledge to up the TFSA contribution limit to $10,000 from the current $5,500 would ultimately cost billions in lost tax revenue while primarily lining the pockets of the wealthy.

The majority of Canadians, the report says, would bear the burden of reduced public services or higher taxes to offset the lost revenues.

The study was written by Jonathan Rhys Kesselman, an economist at Simon Fraser University whose research on tax-free savings laid the groundwork for the government’s initial introduction of TFSAs in 2009.

“Like a little baby who looks cuddly and cute, this proposed initiative would grow up to be the hulking teenager who eats everyone out of house and home,” Kesselman says in an expanded version of the report done for the university’s public policy school.

The parliamentary budget office also weighed in Tuesday on TFSAs, calling them regressive.

The PBO report projects the fiscal impact of the TFSA program this year to be $1.3 billion, or 0.06 per cent of GDP. Two-thirds of the cost — or $860 million — is borne by the federal government, the report says. The remaining $430 million is borne by the provinces.

It also predicts that if contribution limits are doubled, Ottawa would lose $14.7 billion a year in federal revenue by 2060 while the provinces would face a $7.6 billion shortfall.

The impact on public finances in the early years is relatively minimal, Mostafa Askari, assistant parliamentary budget officer, told a media briefing

on the PBO report. But by 2080, costs will increase ten-fold, reaching 0.57 per cent of GDP. Tax-free savings accounts primarily benefit the well-to-do, Askari added.

Finance Minister Joe Oliver defended TFSAs in a statement.

“Today, nearly 11 million Canadians of all ages and income levels have a TFSA, with the vast majority of accounts belonging to low and middleincome earners,” he said.

Oliver’s office didn’t say, however, whether he intends to keep the government’s promise to raise the contribution limit now that he’s facing a shrinking surplus due to sliding oil prices.

Nor would it say if there are plans in place to offset the loss in tax revenue in the future thanks to TFSAs. Tax-free savings accounts complement existing retirement savings tools such as RRSPs by allowing investment income to grow tax-free and unused contribution room can be carried forward into future years.

Unlike RRSPs, however, the contributions themselves are not tax-deductible.

Because income derived from TFSAs isn’t claimed on tax returns, it isn’t factored in when calculating income supports for the elderly such as Old Age Security or the guaranteed income supplement.

The Broadbent report found that by the time the existing TFSA framework matures in 40 or 50 years, it will cost the federal government as much as $15.5 billion annually.

It also predicts that TFSAs will eventually cost the provinces as much as $9 billion annually — a figure that will balloon if contribution limits are doubled.

Economists have long warned that higher TFSA limits would have the greatest impact on public finances years from now, making them attractive election promises since future governments will face the bill.

Kesselman calls the proposal to expand contribution limits a “ticking time bomb.”

Crude price tumble forces

lifestyle changes

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS STAVANGER, Norway — Losing his job on a Norwegian oil rig meant more to Kristoffer Sandberg than saying goodbye to a high salary. It has caused a shift down in lifestyle and expectations, something an increasing number of people in this small oil-rich country are facing.

After a decade of an oil-and-gas boom, plunging energy prices are shaking Norwegians out of a Utopian reverie that guaranteed workers lengthy summer vacations, generous health and social benefits, and allowed them to leave work at 4 p.m. and even earlier on Fridays.

Some of the helicopters that transport workers from the southwestern coastal city of Stavanger — the epicenter of the oil industry — to platforms on the North Sea have fallen silent.

Already 10,000 workers have been laid off. It’s the start of what economists are predicting will be a long recession in the energy industry, which accounts for 15 per cent of Norway’s economy, more than half of its exports and 80

NORWAY per cent of the state’s income.

The Nordic country is being forced to contemplate a future without the certainties of the past.

“I know that people are envious of these conditions elsewhere in the world. We joke about it sometimes,” says Sandberg, a 24-year-old mechanic.

“But I don’t know how many more people will lose their jobs or how much longer it will be uncertain like this.”

Sandberg is selling his new S-Class Mercedes and moving to Singapore to help oversee the construction of a new giant oil rig, in the hope of retaining even a bit of his old lifestyle. But he’ll have to work longer hours and won’t be rewarded with the four-week breaks for every two weeks of labour enjoyed by offshore workers here.

Sandberg still feels being born in Norway was like winning the lottery but agrees that the regular, annual ratcheting up of wages was unsustainable.

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WEDNESDAY, FEB. 25, 2015

Vipers swept from playoffs WRANGLERS ELIMINATE RED DEER WITH GAME 4 WIN

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New York Rangers’ Marc Staal (18) fights for control of the puck with Calgary Flames’ Josh Jooris (86) as goalie Cam Talbot (33) watches them during the first period of an NHL game Tuesday, in New York.

Flames can’t find net in New York

BY JOSH ALDRICH ADVOCATE STAFF Wranglers 6 Vipers 2 In the end for the Red Deer Vipers, the hole was too deep and the Blackfalds Wranglers too good.

The Wranglers beat the Vipers 6-2 to sweep the Heritage Junior B Hockey League North semifinal in four games on Tuesday at the Red Deer Arena.

The Wranglers went into the playoffs having lost only two games in regulation all year, while the Vipers used a strong second half to climb into fourth place in the North division.

Still Red Deer had a bit of history on their side with a miracle comeback two years ago against the Wranglers in the North final, rallying from a 3-0 deficit to win the series.

There was no repeat this year.

“After the first period I was pretty heated and thought we didn’t have a very good effort ... I said ‘We can’t let them up, can’t give them hope,’” said Blackfalds coach Sean Neumeier.

“They turned it around and played two really good periods and dominated them, it was nice to see.”

Trent Hermary scored twice for Blackfalds while Cole Laing, Bryce Boguski, Wally Samson and Aiden Wilson added singles. Thomas Isaman made 30 saves for the win.

Cole deGraaf and Justin Corbett responded for Red Deer while Kyle Munro allowed five goals on 41 shots.

The game was close for 40 minutes, with Blackfalds nursing a 3-2 lead, but they pulled away with three more goals in the final frame, including one into the empty net, to finish the Vipers’ season.

“We lost 6-2, but I don’t really think it was a 6-2 game, we did play good, we just had to push at ‘IT WAS A GOOD the end to SEASON, IT WAS get that goal A GOOD SERIES..’ and gave up a few — JD MORRICAL chances that RED DEER VIPERS we normally HEAD COACH don’t,” said Vipers coach JD Morrical.

“It was a good season, it was a good series.

Our biggest demise was Game 2, we should have won Game 1 and then played real bad in Game 2 and gave them all the momentum.”

The campaign was a tumultuous one for Morrical, who was brought in prior to the playoffs last year.

This year he spent much of the season trying to bring the dressing room together while juggling three inconsistent goalies. But after Christmas, things started to come into focus for the Vipers.

Still the gap remained between them and their arch rivals from up the highway.

Red Deer only loses a their four 21 year olds to graduation as they build towards hosting provincials next year.

“It was a disappointing finish — Blackfalds has an amazing hockey team, they only lost two games all year — I think we should have been able to give them a better run but they were the better team for sure,” said Morrical.

The Vipers now get the prize of waiting for the winner of the other North semifinal between the Airdrie Thunder and the Mountainview Colts, now tied 2-2 after Airdrie’s 2-1 win on Tuesday.

“I don’t care who we get, I’m pretty confident against both of them, I hope they go seven (games) and we can start on Tuesday,” said Neumeier. jaldrich@reddeeradvocate.com

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Rangers 1 Flames 0 NEW YORK — Kevin Hayes replaced injured top scorer Rick Nash in position only when the New York Rangers took on the Calgary Flames.

Then he played the role quite well and netted the lone goal in his surging club’s latest win.

Hayes broke a scoreless deadlock 3:00 into the third period, Cam Talbot made 21 saves, and the Rangers hung on to beat the Calgary Flames 1-0 on Tuesday night.

Derick Brassard forced a turnover by defenceman Dennis Wideman in the Calgary zone and made a pass from the left circle to the right circle to Hayes, who snapped in his 12th goal in his first game since cutting his long hair.

It was Hayes’ fifth goal in eight games. He didn’t find out that Nash — second in the NHL with 38 goals — would be sidelined due to neck spasms until he got to Madison Square Garden.

It was the first game Nash missed this season.

“I didn’t even know,” he said after playing on a line with Brassard and Mats Zuccarello.

“I’m nothing like Rick Nash, but I was lucky enough to get a goal out there and kind of produce.”

The Rangers remained two points behind the first-place New York Islanders in the Metropolitan Division race with three games in hand.

Talbot earned his fourth shutout

this season and seventh in his NHL career; the Rangers lead the NHL this season with nine. He improved to 7-1-2 in place of injured No. 1 goalie Henrik Lundqvist, and helped New York win for the 10th time in 13 games (10-1-2) and third straight overall.

“We knew that they were going to come in and they were going to be a desperate team,” Talbot said. “They’re fighting for their playoff lives.”

Karri Ramo was sharp in making 28 saves for the Flames, who fell to 0-21 in their first game of a seven-game trip. Calgary killed both short-handed opportunities, and has gone a teamrecord 12 straight games without allowing a power-play goal.

The Flames failed to receive a power play.

Calgary, which will play at New Jersey on Wednesday night, is currently on the outside fringe of the Western Conference playoff race.

“The next game is as close to desperate as we have been all season,” Flames captain Mark Giordano said.

“It’s pretty close to a must-win game for us.

“When teams are getting points every night, you can fall out of it. We’ve got to stop this. We did a lot of good things but we have to have that nothing-to-lose mentality and try to take more chances. At certain times we were guilty of being too safe.”

The Rangers jumped to a 6-0 edge in shots, only to be caught 6-6, and finished the first period with a 10-7 edge.

New York had the best scoring

chance during a power play when Hayes struck the post. The rebound came to J.T. Miller at the right post, and with a seemingly wide-open net, he was robbed when Ramo lunged backward toward the crease to snag his shot.

“He kept us in the game with that huge glove save,” coach Bob Hartley said: “He built a lot of confidence and kept us in the game. You go in the third period on the road 0-0, I’ll take this.”

The Flames didn’t record their first shot until Wideman was denied by Talbot’s pad 6:37 in. Johnny Gaudreau was also stopped on a partial breakaway after a Rangers turnover at the Calgary blue line.

The second period also produced 17 shots, with the Rangers holding a 9-8 advantage, and it took a late flurry by the Flames to boost the total.

“We played really good in front of our net,” Talbot said. “We didn’t give up those Grade A chances from right in the slot.”

Talbot made two successive saves against Josh Jooris with just over a minute left at the end of a 2-on-1 rush, and was looking behind him to make sure the puck didn’t slip into the net.

That was a much better chance than earlier in the period when a Calgary 3-on-1 failed to produce a shot.

The Flames’ best scoring opportunity came when Emile Poirier — in his NHL debut — got free 2:30 into the second, but was taken down by defenceman Ryan McDonagh, who wasn’t penalized.

Oilers finally solve Dubnyk with win over Wild

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Oilers 2 Wild 1 ST. PAUL, Minn. — Benoit Pouliot made sure his former team didn’t embarrass his current one for the second time in less than a week.

Pouliot scored twice, Ben Scrivens stopped 33 shots and the Edmonton Oilers beat Minnesota 2-1 on Tuesday night to snap the Wild’s three-game winning streak.

“They outplayed us big-time (in Edmonton) a couple days ago,” Pouliot said of his team’s 4-0 loss to Minnesota on Friday. “Now we come in here and win the game, so for us it’s always fun.

We’ve just got to keep it rolling.”

Edmonton won for only the fourth time in its last 24 games at Minnesota and handed the Wild their second loss in regulation since the All-Star break.

Pouliot, drafted fourth overall by Minnesota in 2005, beat goalie Devan Dubnyk twice in the first period and has scored in five straight games.

“He’s a big body, he’s not afraid to go to the net and tonight that line was going really well for us, especially in the first period,” Oilers coach Todd Nelson said.

Over the last couple of days, Wild coach Mike Yeo’s message to his team was to not let up and continue its post All-Star break surge. During the first period, that message didn’t get through.

“That’s what we were trying to guard against, not being ready to go,” Yeo said.

“We lost the game in large part because of our start.”

Thomas Vanek scored his 13th goal to make it 1-all at 15:14 of the first, but Pouliot gave Edmonton the lead again 32 seconds later.

Minnesota took control of the game after the first period, but Scrivens stopped 27 shots in the final two periods to deny the NHL’s hottest team another victory.

“They came right at him in the sec-

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Edmonton Oilers left wing and Red Deer native Matt Fraser and former Red Deer Rebel and Minnesota Wild defenseman Matt Dumba tangle as they chase the puck during the second period of an NHL game in St. Paul, Minn., Tuesday. ond and the third and were all over us,” Pouliot said. “Benny stood right in there and made the big saves we needed.”

Scrivens’ efforts included denying Vanek on a breakaway opportunity midway through the second and standing tall during two Wild power plays in the third.

“Despite being hemmed in there, we managed it as best we could,” Scrivens said. “They got some looks but I was able to see a lot of the shots and that’s a credit to the D-men and the way they played in front.”

Dubnyk lost for just the fifth time in 18 games since joining the Wild in a trade from Arizona on Jan. 14. The former Oilers goalie entered 5-0 with a 0.79 goals-against average against his former team this season.

Greg Meachem, Sports Editor, 403-314-4363 E-mail gmeachem@reddeeradvocate.com

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Minnesota has a one-point lead for the final playoff spot in the Western Conference and plays four of its next five on the road, starting Thursday in Nashville.

“We’re going to lose again before the season ends. Unfortunately, tonight was a game that one not good period cost us the game,” Zach Parise said.

“That’s the reality, and their goalie was good. We’ll be fine.”

Jordan Eberle assisted on both of Pouliot’s goals.

It was Pouliot’s third multigoal game. He has nine goals in his last eight games.

NOTES: Before the game, Minnesota acquired forward Sean Bergenheim from Florida for a 2016 third-round draft choice. Bergenheim has eight goals and 10 assists in 39 games.

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WEDNESDAY, FEB. 25, 2015

Local Sports GA 188 187 195 222 214 258

Pt 94 73 65 53 51 38

CENTRAL DIVISION GP W L OTLSOL x-Calgary 60 37 18 1 4 Medicine Hat 60 37 20 1 2 Red Deer 59 30 20 4 5 Kootenay 61 31 27 1 2 Edmonton 60 27 27 4 2 Lethbridge 60 18 35 4 3

GF 253 231 197 208 173 175

GA 170 184 192 221 167 253

Pt 79 77 69 65 60 43

WESTERN CONFERENCE B.C. DIVISION GP W L OTLSOL GF y-Kelowna 60 46 10 3 1 267 Victoria 60 33 23 3 1 210 Vancouver 60 26 31 1 2 171 Prince George 61 24 33 2 2 179 Kamloops 61 22 33 3 3 174

GA 152 184 204 254 227

Pt 96 70 55 52 50

U.S. DIVISION GP W L OTLSOL GF GA x-Everett 60 36 17 3 4 208 165 x-Portland 60 36 20 1 3 226 192 Seattle 60 31 22 3 4 175 164 Spokane 58 27 27 3 1 162 181 Tri-City 61 27 31 0 3 163 199 z-league title; y-conference title;d-division leader; x-clinched playoff berth.

Pt 79 76 69 58 57

Monday’s results Regina 5 Saskatoon 4 (SO) Tuesday’s results Swift Current 7 Kootenay 6 (SO) Calgary 3 Seattle 2 Portland 6 Tri-City 4 Wednesday’s games 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.

Thursday’s games Edmonton at Lethbridge, 7 p.m.

Friday’s games Medicine Hat at Regina, 6 p.m.

Saskatoon at Moose Jaw, 6 p.m.

Kootenay at Brandon, 6:30 p.m.

Prince Albert at Red Deer, 7 p.m.

Victoria at Kamloops, 8 p.m.

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

Kelowna at Vancouver, 8:30 p.m.

Calgary at Everett, 8:35 p.m.

Prince George at Seattle, 8:35 p.m.

National Hockey League EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division GP W L OT Pts Montreal 60 39 16 5 83 Tampa Bay 62 37 19 6 80 Detroit 58 33 14 11 77 Boston 60 29 22 9 67 Florida 60 26 21 13 65 Ottawa 57 24 23 10 58 Toronto 60 24 31 5 53 Buffalo 61 18 38 5 41 Metropolitan Division GP W L OT Pts N.Y. Islanders 62 40 20 2 82 N.Y. Rangers 59 37 16 6 80 Pittsburgh 60 34 17 9 77 Washington 61 33 18 10 76 Philadelphia 61 26 24 11 63 New Jersey 60 25 26 9 59 Columbus 59 26 29 4 56 Carolina 59 22 30 7 51

GF 162 203 173 158 145 163 167 114

GA 133 167 153 158 169 161 183 204

GF 200 186 172 181 162 136 155 134

GA 173 145 149 152 178 158 184 159

WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Nashville 61 41 13 7 89 186 143 St. Louis 60 38 18 4 80 188 151 Chicago 61 36 20 5 77 180 146 Winnipeg 62 31 20 11 73 173 168 Minnesota 60 31 22 7 69 169 158 Dallas 61 27 25 9 63 191 202 Colorado 61 26 24 11 63 161 175 Pacific Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Anaheim 61 38 16 7 83 182 171 Vancouver 60 35 22 3 73 171 156 Los Angeles 58 28 18 12 68 161 152 Calgary 60 32 24 4 68 171 157 San Jose 61 30 23 8 68 171 174 Arizona 61 20 34 7 47 134 206 Edmonton 62 18 34 10 46 142 206 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss.

Monday’s Games Anaheim 4, Detroit 3, SO New Jersey 3, Arizona 0 Tuesday’s Games Chicago 3, Florida 2, SO Vancouver 2, Boston 1 N.Y. Islanders 5, Arizona 1 N.Y. Rangers 1, Calgary 0 Carolina 4, Philadelphia 1 Buffalo 4, Columbus 2 Montreal 5, St. Louis 2 Nashville 5, Colorado 2 Edmonton 2, Minnesota 1 Winnipeg 4, Dallas 2 Detroit at Los Angeles, late

Arizona at N.Y. Rangers, 5 p.m.

Montreal at Columbus, 5 p.m.

Philadelphia at Toronto, 5:30 p.m.

Chicago at Florida, 5:30 p.m.

St. Louis at Winnipeg, 6 p.m.

Minnesota at Nashville, 6:30 p.m.

Ottawa at Los Angeles, 8:30 p.m.

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

Today

● WHL: Red Deer at Edmonton, 7 p.m.

(The Drive). ● Bantam AA hockey playoffs: Olds at Sylvan Lake, 8 p.m.

Tuesday’s summaries Oilers 2, Wild 1 First Period 1. Edmonton, Pouliot 12 (Eberle, Klefbom) 11:12.

2. Minnesota, Vanek 13 (Schroeder, Coyle) 15:14.

3. Edmonton, Pouliot 13 (Eberle, Nugent-Hopkins) 15:46.

Penalties — Parise Minn (hooking) 8:06, Parise Minn (high-sticking) 17:34.

Second Period No Scoring.

Penalties — Petry Edm (tripping) 0:30.

Third Period No Scoring.

Penalties — Eberle Edm (slashing) 2:38, Gordon Edm (delay of game) 8:55.

Shots on goal Edmonton 9 5 5 — 19 Minnesota 6 13 15 — 34 Goal — Edmonton: Scrivens (W, 12-19-7); Minnesota: Dubnyk (L, 22-8-3).

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

Rangers 1, Flames 0 First Period No Scoring.

Penalties — Glencross Cgy (hooking) 1:35.

Second Period No Scoring.

Penalties — Miller NYR (fighting) 5:39, Ferland Cgy (fighting) 5:39.

Third Period 1. NY Rangers, Hayes 12 (Brassard) 3:00.

Penalties — Monahan Cgy (interference) 8:39.

Shots on goal by Calgary 7 8 6 — 21 NY Rangers 10 9 10 — 29 Goal — Calgary: Ramo (L, 9-6-1); NY Rangers: Talbot (W, 11-5-3).

Power plays (goal-chances) — Calgary: 0-0; NY Rangers: 0-2.

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

Wednesday’s Games Calgary at New Jersey, 5:30 p.m.

Pittsburgh at Washington, 6 p.m.

Ottawa at Anaheim, 8 p.m.

Thursday’s Games Vancouver at Buffalo, 5 p.m.

G 27 18 19 29 38 19 31 29 23 23 37 24 19 17

A 37 46 44 33 23 42 28 30 36 36 21 34 39 40

Pts 64 64 63 62 61 61 59 59 59 59 58 58 58 57

Transactions Tuesday’s Sports Transactions BASEBALL American League DETROIT TIGERS — Agreed to terms with RHP Joba Chamberlain on a one-year contract. Designated RHP Chad Smith for assignment.

TEXAS RANGERS — Claimed LHP Edgar Olmos from Seattle off waivers. Placed INF Jurickson Profar on the 60-day DL. National League CHICAGO CUBS — Named Josh Lifrak directormental skills program, Rey Fuentes Latin coordinator-mental skills program, Dr. Ken Ravizza consultant-mental skills program, Manny Ramirez hitting consultant and Kevin Youkilis scouting and player development consultant and Daniel Carte, Kevin Ellis, Greg Hopkins and Alex Levitt area scouts. Promoted Tim Adkins to midwest/northeast crosschecker and Trey Forkerway to central crosschecker, Terry Kennedy to major league scout and Jason Parks professional/amateur scout.

BASKETBALL National Basketball Association CLEVELAND CAVALIERS — Signed C Kendrick Perkins.

LOS ANGELES CLIPPERS — Signed F Jordan Hamilton to a 10-day contract.

PHILADELPHIA 76ERS — Claimed F Thomas Robinson off waivers. Released G Tim Frazier from his second 10-day contract.

UTAH JAZZ — Signed F Jack Cooley to a 10-day contract. Assigned G Ian Clark to Idaho (NBADL).

Women’s National Basketball Association ATLANTA DREAM — Re-signed C Erika de Souza.

Signed G Roneeka Hodges and C Nadia Colhado.

FOOTBALL National Football League ATLANTA FALCONS — Re-signed FB Patrick DiMarco and DE Cliff Matthews to contract extensions.

NEW YORK GIANTS — Released DE Mathias Kiwanuka.

OAKLAND RAIDERS — Signed K Giorgio Tavecchio.

SAN DIEGO CHARGERS — Announced the retirement of LB Jarret Johnson.

TENNESSEE TITANS — Announced the resignation of executive vice-president of administration and facilities Don MacLachlan. Named Stuart Spears chief revenue officer and Bob Flynn head of facilities and game day operations.

Canadian Football League

WINNIPEG BLUE BOMBERS — Released DE Ameet Pall and WR Jarrell Jackson.

HOCKEY National Hockey League LOS ANGELES KINGS — Signed F Jordan Nolan to a three-year contract extension.

MINNESOTA WILD — Acquired F Sean Bergenheim from the Florida Panthers for a 2016 thirdround draft choice.

MONTREAL CANADIENS — Traded RW Jiri Sekac to Anaheim for RW Devante Smith-Pelly.

NASHVILLE PREDATORS — Reassigned D Anthony Bitetto to Milwaukee (AHL).

NEW YORK ISLANDERS — Agreed to terms with D Nick Leddy on a seven-year contract.

NEW YORK RANGERS — Recalled F Oscar Lindberg from Hartford (AHL).

American Hockey League SAN ANTONIO RAMPAGE — Rassigned D Shayne Taker and F Steven Hodges to Cincinnati (ECHL).

ECHL READING ROYALS — Announced G Connor Knapp was recalled by Lehigh Valley (AHL) and F Cam Reid was returned to the team by Bridgeport (AHL). Signed G Matt Tendler.

Canadiens deal Sekac to Anaheim for Smith-Pelly in swap of forwards

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS Devante Smith-Pelly knows what he’s getting into with the Montreal Canadiens.

“I know it can get nuts down there but I’m pretty excited,” Smith-Pelly said Tuesday.

The Mississauga, Ont., native was dealt to Montreal by the Anaheim Ducks in exchange for rookie Jiri Sekac in a swap of players who are similar in many ways. The difference is that Montreal got a physical, right-shooting winger in Smith-Pelly in exchange for a quicker, flashier left-hand shot in Sekac.

“It was a good trade for both teams,” Canadiens general manager Marc Bergevin told reporters in St. Louis, where his team was to face the Blues on Tuesday night.

The straight player-for-player swap between two of the NHL’s top clubs was the first move by each team ahead of the NHL trade deadline on Monday.

Bergevin said Smith-Pelly’s physical play and penalty killing ability will help in the playoffs. He had five goals in 12 post-season games for Anaheim last spring.

“He’s also a right-hand shot. I’ve been looking for one of those for awhile,” Bergevin added.

Ducks GM Bob Murray was looking for skill.

“We needed to get a little faster, a little more skill in the lineup,” said Murray. “No complaints with Devo. I thought we had to make a hockey trade to change the look of our team.”

Both Smith-Pelly and Sekac are 22, born four days apart in June 1992. Both played in the 2012 world junior championship, with SmithPelly taking bronze for Canada despite missing all but the first game due to a broken foot and

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Smith-Pelly’s world junior teammates included Canadiens Nathan Beaulieu, Brendan Gallagher and Michael Bournival.

He is six foot, 222 pounds, while Sekac is six foot two and 195 pounds. Both are signed through 2015-16. Smith-Pelly earns US$800,000 while Sekac has a $1.35-million cap hit.

And both are in the midst of scoring slumps Smith-Pelly had five goals and 12 assists in 54 games and averaged 14:38 of ice time for the Ducks this season, but the Mississauga, Ont., native has not scored in 10 games and has only one goal and six assists in his last 31. He’s been sat out four times.

“The lines were always changing (in Anaheim),” Smith-Pelly said of his slump. “I’ve been a right-winger my whole life and I’ve been playing left-wing and centre. Getting moved, it’s kind of hard to get traction.”

Sekac has seven goals and nine assists and averaged 13:48 of ice time per game in 50 games, but has no goals and two assists in 21 games since Dec. 29. He was a healthy scratch twice last week.

The Canadiens, who have been winning despite ranking 23rd in NHL scoring at 2.56 goals per game, were thought to be seeking offence on the trade market. Instead, they got the Ducks’ hits leader with 147.

Smith-Pelly is in his first full NHL campaign. He has 14 goals and 26 assists in 129 regular-season games since making his debut with Anaheim in 2011-12. He was drafted 42nd overall in 2010.

The never-drafted Sekac signed as a free agent with Montreal from Lev Prague of the KHL on July 1 after fielding offers from at least 12 NHL teams.

Thursday

● College volleyball: ACAC women’s championship tournament at Olds College, Olds plays at 6 p.m., RDC plays at 8 p.m.; ACAC men’s championship Thursday at Camrose Augustana, RDC plays at 3 p.m. ● College women’s hockey: SAIT at RDC, first game of best-of-three ACAC semifinal, 7 p.m., Arena. ● Men’s basketball: Orangemen vs.

Carstar, Grandview vs. Monstars; 7:15 and 8:30 p.m., Lindsay Thurber.

Friday

● College volleyball: ACAC women’s championship tournament at Olds College. ● JV basketball: Zone championships at Notre Dame and Hunting Hills.

College basketball: Briercrest at RDC; women at 6 p.m., men to follow. ● WHL: Prince Albert at Red Deer, 7 p.m., Centrium. ● College men’s hockey: Portage at RDC, 7 p.m., Penhold Regional Multiplex. ● Heritage junior B hockey: Red Deer at Blackfalds, fifth game of best-of-seven Northern Division semifinal, if necessary, 7:30 p.m. ● Senior AAA hockey: Fort Saskatchewan at Bentley, third game

of best-of-seven Chinook/provincial semifinal, 8:30 p.m.

Saturday

● College volleyball: ACAC women’s championship tournament at Olds College. ● JV basketball: Zone championships at Notre Dame and Hunting Hills. ● Minor midget AAA hockey: Airdrie/ Cochrane at Red Deer North Star, 11:30 a.m., Arena. ● College basketball: Briercrest at RDC; women at 1 p.m., men to follow. ● WHL: Lethbridge at Red Deer, 7 p.m., Centrium. ● AJHL: Drayton Valley at Olds, 7 p.m. ● Heritage junior B hockey: Blackfalds at Red Deer, sixth game of best-of-seven Northern Division semifinal, if necessary, 8 p.m., Arena. ● Senior AAA hockey: Bentley at Fort Saskatchewan, fourth game of best-ofseven Chinook/provincial semifinal, 8 p.m.; Okotoks at Innisfail, third game of best-of-seven Chinook/provincial semifinal, 8:30 p.m.

Sunday

● Heritage junior B hockey: Red Deer at Blackfalds, seventh game of bestof-seven Northern Division semifinal, if necessary, 3:30 p.m. ● College women’s hockey: SAIT at RDC, third game of best-of-three ACAC semifinal, if necessary, 3:15 p.m., Arena, ● Senior AAA hockey: Okotoks at Innisfail, fourth game of best-of-seven Chinook/provincial semifinal, 5 p.m.

Basketball Red Deer Women’s League Pool A Storm 48 Young Guns 47 Storm — Colleen Braithwaite, 11 points; POG: Simone Date.

Pool B Rampage 44 Shooting Stars 43 Ramp — POG: Rebecca Stamp. SS — POG: Jamie Hodgkinsin.

Xpress 56 Funk 34 Xpress — Milena Biberos, 17 points; POG: Julia De Vos. Funk — Shalene Rascher, 12 points; POG: Rascher.

National Basketball Association EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct GB Toronto 37 20 .649 — Brooklyn 23 31 .426 12 Boston 21 33 .389 14 Philadelphia 12 44 .214 24 New York 10 45 .182 26 Southeast Division W L Pct GB Atlanta 44 12 .786 — Washington 33 24 .579 11 Miami 24 31 .436 19 Charlotte 22 32 .407 21 Orlando 19 39 .328 26 Central Division W L Pct GB Chicago 36 21 .632 — Cleveland 36 22 .621 1/2 Milwaukee 31 25 .554 4 Detroit 23 34 .404 13 Indiana 23 34 .404 13

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Tuesday’s Games Golden State 114, Washington 107 Cleveland 102, Detroit 93 Oklahoma City 105, Indiana 92 Dallas 99, Toronto 92

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WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division W L Pct GB Memphis 41 14 .745 — Houston 38 18 .679 3 1/2 Dallas 39 20 .661 4 San Antonio 34 22 .607 7 1/2 New Orleans 29 27 .518 12 1/2 Northwest Division

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Thursday’s Games Golden State at Cleveland, 6 p.m.

Oklahoma City at Phoenix, 8:30 p.m.

TORONTO BLUE JAYS DUNEDIN, Fla. — Blue Jays GM Alex Anthopoulos say he believes he can accommodate catcher Dioner Navarro’s wish for a change in scenery.

He’s just not sure when.

But Anthopoulos seems confident he will be able to move fast when the opportunity beckons.

Navarro, who has lost his starting job to newly acquired Russell Martin, has asked to be moved so he can play every day.

“A trade could present itself,” Anthopoulos said Tuesday.

“I think in all the years I’ve been doing this, I’ve rarely if ever come out and say we’re looking to trade so-and-so, we’re going to make so-and-so. But with Dioner, we were very open from the outset.

“So I think if that everyday job presents itself for him, I think we’ll be able to get a deal done fast. Until that time comes, he’ll be part of the team. He’s still an outstanding player and can still help us win a lot of games until that time comes.”

That would likely involve time as a designated hitter.

Toronto also has Josh Thole, who has been knuckleballer R.A. Dickey’s personal catcher in recent years.

Anthopoulos said he understands Navarro’s position.

“He just wants to play. He had a wonderful year (last season) for us. Like I said at the time, we weren’t pushing to make a change behind the plate, it was just a unique opportunity to get a guy like Martin.”

The 31-year-old Navarro, who hit .274 with 12 home runs and 69 RBIs in 139 games in 2014, is in the final season of a two-year contract that will pay him US$5 million in 2015.

“If he’s being evaluated as an everyday player, we’re going to be able to make a deal pretty fast because we’ll get fair value and it will come together quick.”

On other matters, Anthopoulos said he did not expect any more free agent signings during the spring.

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Wednesday’s Games Miami at Orlando, 5 p.m.

Dallas at Atlanta, 5:30 p.m.

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

Brooklyn at New Orleans, 6 p.m.

Charlotte at Chicago, 6 p.m.

Philadelphia at Milwaukee, 6 p.m.

Washington at Minnesota, 6 p.m.

L.A. Clippers at Houston, 6 p.m.

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Raptors drop third straight with loss to Mavs Mavericks 99 Raptors 92 DALLAS — Discord in Dallas, even in victory.

The Mavericks’ rally to beat the Toronto Raptors 99-92 on Tuesday night took place with starting point guard Rajon Rondo affixed to the bench after he and coach Rick Carlisle exchanged words during a timeout early in the third quarter.

Toronto led 62-53 when Carlisle called out to Rondo, who was dribbling past midcourt.

Carlisle then abruptly called time out. After the Dallas players in the game reached the bench area, Carlisle and Rondo had an animated conversation amid a crowd of players and coaches. Rondo didn’t return to the game.

Carlisle said he and Rondo had a “difference of opinion.” Asked if Rondo’s absence was a coaching decision or disciplinary, Carlisle said Rondo didn’t play again “because I’m the coach and that’s the decision that I made at the time.”

Asked if Rondo would be Dallas’ point guard for Wednesday night’s game at Atlanta, Carlisle said, “That’s what we brought him here for.”

Rondo didn’t speak to the media in the locker room after the game. He

played 17:45 and finished with four points, four assists, three fouls and two turnovers.

Monta Ellis led the Mavericks with 20 points while Dirk Nowitzki added 18 in their third straight victory. Dallas’ substitute guards pitched in with 27 points: Devin Harris 14 and J.J. Barea with 13.

“I thought it worked out well,” Carlisle said of Rondo’s absence for most of the second half. “The other guys stepped up, and we were able to win.”

Nowitzki said a “dustup” during Dallas’ 2010-11 championship season between Carlisle and Jason Terry “was probably the best thing that happened to us.”

This time, Nowitzki said: “Stuff like that is never good. It’s unfortunate, but it happens. It’s about how the team responds.”

Toronto lost its third straight, having played four road games in five days. The Raptors were led by DeMar DeRozan with 18 points and substitute Greivis Vasquez with 14.

Raptors head coach Dwane Casey said “fatigue turnovers” hurt his team.

“Turnovers were crucial, brutal and led to baskets,” Casey said.

The Raptors took a 77-74 lead into the fourth quarter before Dallas hit seven of its first 10 shots en route to a 12-point lead with 4:29 to play, outscoring Toronto 25-15 in the final quarter.

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er Andre Leblanc was the other men’s athlete of the week while Concordia badminton player Rachael Smillie and The King’s University Eagles volleyball player Jocelyn Van Ryk were named women’s athletes of the week.

Renyard named AJHL MVP

Bantam A girl Chiefs win zone title

BRIEFS Okotoks Oilers goaltender Nic Renyard was named Alberta Junior Hockey League MVP on Tuesday.

Renyard, 20, went 30-7-3 with five shutouts, a 2.12 goals against average and a .925 save percentage and was also named the league’s top goaltender.

Olds Grizzlys assistant captain Austin Kernahan received the Stewy Stewart Memorial Trophy for his character, dedication, perseverance, integrity and sportsmanship. The trophy honours the late Stewy Stewart, a longtame Calgary area fan who supported hockey at all levels.

“Over the past four years being in the AJHL, playing in the league and living in the town of Olds has taught me that success does not only come on the ice but also in the community,” said Kernahan in a press release.

“Moreover in order for a team to be successful, it is important to reach out those within the community.”

Rookie of they year went to Spruce Grove Saints forward Brandon Biro, 16. Biro sits 10th in the AJHL with 54 points (21 goals, 33 assists) in 56 games, edging out Olds Grizzlys defenceman Kodi Schwartz and Red Deer native Trey deGraaf with Okotoks.

Brooks Bandits blueliner Linden Springer was named defenceman of the year, leading all rearguards with 40 points (19-21-40) in 52 games.

Saints captain Parker MacKay was named the Most Dedicated Player while their coach Jason McKee was named top coach for the second consecutive year.

RDC King named ACAC athlete of the week Red Deer College Kings setter Luke Brisbane was named one of two Marmot basin/hostelling International Jasper ACAC Athletes of the Week on Tuesday.

The freshman setter helped the Kings to a men’s volleyball sweep of the Briercrest Clippers. On Friday, he was named player of the match in their 3-1 win, with 32 assists, two kills, one ace and 16 digs. In another 3-1 win on Saturday, he had 39 assists, two kills, three aces, one block and 11 digs.

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The Red Deer Chiefs are the bantam A girls Zone 4 hockey champions and will compete in the provincials March 13-15 at Stettler. The Chiefs defeated Sylvan Lake, Rimbey and Lakoka in the zone playoffs.

Duo of ringette Sting teams lose exhibition games The Central Alberta U14AA and U16 AA Sting ringette teams lost exhibition games leading into this weekend’s AA provincials at St. Albert.

The U14AA Sting fell 7-4 to the Calgary U14AA Crossfire, getting two goals from Hanna Gill and singles from Hannah Morrison and Madison Pluister, while the U16AA Sting, who got goals from Emily Lemasurier and Reese Pollitt, were 7-2 losers to the Calgary U16AA Hype.

Cougars down Wildcats in high school boy’s basketball The Notre Dame Cougars downed the visiting Stettler Wildcats 70-50 Tuesday to cap a perfect 9-0 senior high boys basketball regular season.

Keno Villaluz led the winners with 13 points, while Nelson Martin scored 12 and Cody White added 11. Stettler’s top scorer was Kyle Poapst with 25 points.

The Cougars will meet either Lindsay Thurber or Hunting Hills in the best-of-three 4A zone final. The Raiders and Lightning will clash in a sudden-death semifinal March 5.

Notre Dame will take on Hunting Hills in the senior girls zone semifinal March 5, with the winner facing Lindsay Thurber in the final.

On Tuesday, the Raiders and Lightning closed out their regular-season schedule with visiting Lindsay Thurber prevailing 92-41.

Kelsey Lalor netted 25 points for the Raiders, who also got 17 from Kiera Fujimoto and 14 from Lizzy Morneault.

Madi Nimmo scored 13 points for the Lightning and Nicole Fisher contributed 11.

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1980 Red Deer Rustlers to be inducted into Alberta Hockey Hall of Fame The 1980 Canadian junior A hockey champion Red Deer Rustlers will be inducted into the achievement category of the Alberta Hockey Hall of Fame during an awards gala July 25 in Canmore.

The Rustlers won the AJHL title and then defeated the B.C. champion Penticton Knights and the Saskatchewan/Manitoba champion Prince Albert Raiders to qualify for the Centennial Cup tournament in North York, Ont. The Red Deer team, which featured future NHL players Randy Moller, Brian Ford and Brent, Rich and Ron Sutter, defeated the host Rangers 3-2 in the national final.

Brent Sutter won the AJHL scoring crown — with 171 points, still a league

OLDS GRIZZLYS Kodiaks 8 Grizzlys 4 CAMROSE — The Camrose Kodiaks wiped out a 3-0 deficit with four unanswered second-period goals and defeated the Olds Grizzlys 8-4 in an AJHL game Tuesday.

The Grizzlys got first-period power-markers from Kodi Schwarz, Kyle Moore and Austin Kernahan in front of 1,025 fans at the Edgeworth Centre, but the hosts struck back in the middle frame with markers courtesy of Adam

record — and MVP honours during the 1979-80 season, Doug Rigler was named AJHL rookie of the year and John Chapman was named coach of the year.

Sutter and Rigler went on to capture MVP and rookie honours in the Centennial Cup tournament, Moller was selected as a tournament all-star and Ford was voted top goaltender.

Former NHL players Lanny McDonald and Al Hamilton will also be inducted in the achievement category and long-time SAIT Trojans men’s hockey coach Ken Babey and former players, volunteer, referee and Hockey Alberta executive member George Kallay will go into the builders category of the Hall. deChamplain, Cam Gotaas, Trevor Costello and Cole McBride.

Ryker Leer, Brett Njaa, Danton Davis and Dallas Bergstrom notched third-period goals for the winners, with Cale Brown replying for Olds.

Devin McDonald and starter Reid Kilburn combined to make 23 saves for the Kodiaks, while Billy Gorn blocked 33 shots for the Grizzlys.

The Grizzlys, who occupy fifth spot in the South Division, will close out their regular-season schedule with a Friday game against the host Canmore Eagles and a home date with the Drayton Valley Thunder Saturday.

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Neighbours split on parking lot PUBLIC HEARING SET FOR MARCH 30, FOLLOWED BY COUNCIL VOTE

BY CRYSTAL RHYNO ADVOCATE STAFF The Parkvale Community Association says not in our backyard to a proposed parking lot in its neighbourhood.

Jackpot Casino filed an application with the City of Red Deer to turn its empty lots at 4643 and 4637 50th St. into 43 parking stalls for its patrons and employees.

The lots, just east of the casino at Ross Street and 47th Avenue, were the sites of the Botterill House and a bungalow until they were demolished in the spring of 2013.

On Monday, city council gave first reading to a bylaw that would pave the way for the parking lot. The approval triggered a public hearing on March 30, at which time the public will have the opportunity to speak to council before a final vote is held.

The lots are zoned for single family dwellings and duplexes under the

city’s land use bylaw. This area of Parkvale, adjacent to the downtown, also has a low impact commercial overlay that allows for a range of commercial uses operated out of a residential dwelling.

Stand-alone parking lots are not permitted.

Applicant Franklin Daines was turned down for a permanent parking lot on the space in September 2013.

The application did not go to a public hearing. His new proposal calls for a 10-year temporary lot. Daines was not available for comment on Tuesday.

In a letter to the city, the board of directors of the Parkvale Community Association said, “The character of our neighbourhood is envied by many in Red Deer. The proposed amendment erodes our long-term vision, one that we have worked so hard to achieve and protect.”

Association president Brandon Bouchard expects there will be a large turnout at the public hearing.

Bouchard said he appreciates the work

that the applicant has done to make the parking lot aesthetically pleasing.

“But ultimately it is parking lot,” said Bouchard. “It does not fit in with the land use bylaws or the vision of the neighbourhood.”

Jackpot Casino’s plan calls for 41 regular parking stalls and two accessible stalls.

Currently, Jackpot has a total of 51 daytime parking stalls. Those include a combination of onsite parking, an area in front of Only Women’s Fitness and offsite parking behind Lexington Place. The casino previously had an agreement for parking with the Coronation Inn but it was terminated when the building was converted for seniors housing.

Over the last few months, city has worked with the applicant to come up with other alternatives but the applicant wants to move forward with its parking lot proposal.

While the community association may not support a parking lot, there are supporters in Parkvale, including

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Trudy Madole, owner of the neighbouring McIntosh Bed and Breakfast at 4631 50th St. In a letter to the city, Madole said that she would rather have a parking lot next to her business than a duplex or apartment.

“Mr. Daines met with me before he initially applied,” she wrote. “He assured me that the lot would be well lit, secure and kept clean.”

The casino held a meeting with the association in the summer of 2013 and an information session and open house in October 2014. The majority in attendance at the open house supported the parking lot.

The proposed design for the parking lot will preserve the trees on the site, including the Siberian larch. It will incorporate landscaping, consistent fencing and increased setbacks from the roadway. There will be access via the rear alleyway to reduce traffic interference at the corner of Ross Street and 47th Avenue. crhyno@reddeeradvocate.com

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Community legacy fund set up in Olds An institute in Olds has kick-started a community legacy fund with a $1,500 donation.

The Olds Institute for Community and Regional Development is a non-profit organization owned by the community and driven by volunteers.

The legacy fund is an investment pool composed of funds that have been donated by individuals and businesses.

Red Deer and District Community Foundation manages and administers the fund while the Community Lifestyles Committee of the Olds Institute will distribute grants to local social development projects. The Community Legacy Fund was created out of the Olds Endowment Fund in partnership with Red Deer Community Foundation.

The Olds Institute was formed in 2001 by community leaders who realized they could achieve more together than they could apart. It is governed by a board of directors representing its founding members: Olds and District Chamber of Commerce, Olds College, Town of Olds and Olds Regional Exhibition.

It has expanded to include associate members Mountain View County, Chinook’s Edge School Division and Red Deer Catholic Regional Schools.

For more details about the institute or the legacy fund, check www.oldsinstitute.com.

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Mulan played by Ciara Mooney and Mushu played by Julianna Panteluk rehears a scene from the Disney musical Mulan. About 80 students from St. Francis of Assisi Middle School have been working on the production since September in preparation for taking their show to the stage at the Memorial Centre in Red Deer this weekend. The show, which is open to the public runs Friday and Saturday at 7 p.m. tickets are available at the door for $7 each or $20 per family.

Alberta Party will be selective about where it runs candidates EXPECTED TO RUN IN BOTH RED DEER SOUTH, NORTH

BY MARY-ANN BARR ADVOCATE STAFF The Alberta Party plans to run quality candidates rather than trying to have someone in every constituency for the next provincial election, leader Greg Clark says.

The people who run will have a good connection to their community and would be good MLAs, he said.

“We don’t do parachute candidates.”

The party held its annual general meeting in Red Deer on the weekend and among the activities, it held a school for potential candidates.

Clark said they are just going through the candidate review process now, with “a fairly strong vetting process” and the party plans to announce its slate in about two weeks.

It’s expected there will be candidates in Red Deer North and South constituencies for the next election, which could come as early as this spring.

Clark, 43, said about 150 people attended the meeting from all over Alberta.

He said some of the greatest discussion was that “Alberta can no longer let the price of oil determine whether or not we have kindergarten space.”

“We need schools and longterm care facilities and roads and hospitals. We’re already behind on those things.”

He said he’s seen the ups and downs of Alberta’s economy four or five times in his lifetime and the Progressive Conservatives party still has not got this figured out, with massive cuts expected by the Jim Prentice government.

Among the policies the party passed on the weekend was that it would introduce a gradual reduction of small business taxes, a progressive tax rather than a flat rate, support for no sales tax, and support of pipelines for market access.

The Alberta Party represents “strong fiscal discipline and socially moderate, looking out for our neighbours,” Clark said.

The party elected a 24-member board with strong representation from Central Alberta.

Danielle Klooster is now vicepresident of the party, Joe Bower is on the policy committee, Phil Hyde is a member at large and Central Alberta regional organizer, and Meagan Wade is vice-president of communications.

Bower, a teacher in Red Deer who also writes a blog on education, said he expects there will be candidates running in both Red Deer North and South constituencies.

Bower, 36, who describes himself as a “recovering Conservative,” was once president of Mary Anne Jablonski’s Red Deer North PC constituency association. He said “what was really cool there was an additional 15 to 20 people on the floor who put their names forward to be on the board.”

“It’s more and more becoming the wealthy that are the priority for the government. So when we see Prentice’s 10 per cent cut come down, I mean (Ralph) Klein didn’t cut this hard and this fast.”

“Even if you could argue Klein was right, which is debatable ... what have we learned since he did it? The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result.”

Klooster, 50, a consultant from Penhold, has been involved with the party since 2011. She ran for the Alberta Party in the 2012 election.

Also a former PC member, Klooster said she was impressed with the interest and sense of momentum on the weekend.

“We actually are the only viable alternative to the PCs. That’s created a new energy.

“Everybody’s looked everywhere else possible and it’s just clear there’s nowhere else to go,” she said. barr@reddeeradvocate.com

Red Deer Catholic Regional School will host several community meetings next month to discuss school boundaries.

Boundary discussions are necessary because of the planned addition to St. Francis of Assisi Middle School and the construction of a Blackfalds kindergarten to Grade 9 school and, in Red Deer, St. Joseph’s High School. Paul Mason, superintendant of Catholic schools, said in a news release that the meetings are to encourage community consultation to prepare as the new projects come onstream.

The community meetings are as follows: ● March 3 — middle school boundaries meeting at Ecole Camille J. Lerouge from 7 to 9 p.m. ● March 5 — high school boundaries meeting at École Secondaire Notre Dame High School from 7 to 9 p.m. ● March 10 — Blackfalds kindergarten to Grade 9 school boundaries meeting at St. Teresa of Avila School from 7 to 9 p.m.

St. Joseph’s High School is slated to open in September 2017. Construction dollars are still pending for the new K-9 school announced for Blackfalds and for an addition to St. Francis of Assisi Middle School.

Red Deer Catholic Regional Schools has more than 8,900 students in 19 schools in Red Deer, Sylvan Lake, Rocky Mountain House, Innisfail and Olds.

The district also supports more than 600 students in a home education program.

Baha’i film screening set for Friday A screening of To Light a Candle will show at Red Deer College in the Margaret Parsons Theatre on Friday. The movie begins at 7 p.m. and a discussion will follow. Admission is free.

To Light a Candle tells the story of the spirit and determination of the Baha’i community in Iran. After the 1979 Islamic Revolution, students and teachers were forbidden to attend school. The film highlights how education can play a vital role in supporting communities and sustaining hope.

For more information, contact Robert Clark at 403-304-9843 or visit www.educationisnotacrime.me.

Students ready for Science Olympics Twenty-five teams of students will be vying for bragging rights at the Red Deer Science Olympics on March 7.

Students from throughout Central Alberta will converge on Westpark Middle School to demonstrate their scientific prowess.

Displays will be up from 1 to 4:30 p.m.

Teams of five students from Grade 7 to 12 will compete. The event is sponsored by the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of Alberta. It is the 10th annual event.

Regional science fair March 6, 7 Budding scientists will show off their experiments and projects at the Central Alberta Regional Science Fair.

The fair will be at Bower Place shopping centre on March 6 and 7.

Explore the world of science, and visit the area’s future inventors or scientists during the show.

Projects go on display at 5 p.m. on March 6 and will remain up until award presentations at 4 p.m. on March 7.

Carolyn Martindale, City Editor, 403-314-4326 Fax 403-341-6560 E-mail editorial@reddeeradvocate.com

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Ontario woman among victims in fatal shooting KILLEEN, Texas — A Canadian woman was among three people killed in Texas by a soldier, who shot himself in what appears to have been a domestic dispute, police said Tuesday.

Authorities in Killeen, Tex., identified the woman as Dawn Giffa, 28, of Kingston, Ont., who was married to the soldier, Atase Giffa, 30, who was stationed at Fort Hood.

Police said Giffa found his wife at a neighbour’s place on Sunday night and forced her to return home with him.

Officers responding to 911 calls about gunfire at the neighbour’s home found Lydia Farina, 31, and Larry Guzman, 40, dead. Another woman, aged 41, whom police did not name, had been shot but survived. She remained in serious condition, police said.

Police then discovered the bodies of the Giffas at their home.

“They all knew each other,” said police spokeswoman Carroll Smith.

“Everybody knew each other.”

Smith said she did not know who called for help and a motive for the

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Toronto’s Deputy Police Chief Mark Saunders explains evidence photos as he speaks to the media about a tunnel found situated near one of the venues for this year’s Pan American Games at a press conference in Toronto on Tuesday. answer to, we want to fully explore, we want to get the answers and if it compromises public safety, we have a concern,” he said. “So until we get what the intent is behind this, we’re going to continue to investigate.”

The police probe so far has determined that the chamber was used at some point during the winter. However, Saunders said it’s more likely the tunnel was built in the summer or fall, when the dense foliage in the area would have kept the operation out of sight.

Those responsible for building it clearly had some level of expertise in ensuring its structural integrity, Saunders said. Police believe a bucket pulley system was used to haul the dirt out of the chamber before it was carried

away by wheelbarrow and dumped in a nearby pile.

“Whoever decided to build this took quite a bit of time,” he added.

Police found plywood wall supports, a generator, moisture resistant light bulbs and a sump pump in the chamber.

They also found a rosary with a Remembrance Day poppy nailed on to a wall in the chamber and food and beverage containers.

Police said the chamber was almost two metres high, 86 centimetres wide and 10 metres long.

It’s unclear whether the bunker was finished or if whoever built it intended to continue, Supt. Bryce Evans of the Specialized Criminal Investigations Unit said.

Evans said he believes it to be the work of more than one person.

“In my personal experience, it would be a lot for one person to do by themselves because if they start getting the pulley, bringing the buckets up, you gotta load the buckets full of dirt, so it would really be a manual task for one person,” he said.

“They had to do this manually, and going 33 feet in the distance and the height and then getting the material there and then building support walls and building the tops on top — there’s more. It’s not just a week’s job.”

A Toronto construction company estimated it would take months to complete such a job by hand, even with several people involved.

shooting was still not known. However, officers had recently been at the Giffa house for an unspecified domestic disturbance, Smith said.

According to the Daily Times in Watertown, N.Y., the Giffas met when he was stationed at Fort Drum, N.Y. Fort Hood officials did not immediately provide details about Giffa on Tuesday.

thorities to control the movements of terror suspects, expand no-fly list powers, crack down on extremist propaganda and outlaw encouraging someone to commit a terrorist act.

68.8 per cent and 19.8 per cent respectively.

Dr. Mark Zamorski, head of the deployment health section at defence, says it’s unfortunate but that’s the way it is, especially considering the military’s stringent fitness requirements.

Harper urges swift passage of anti-terror bill OTTAWA — The prime minister is urging a House of Commons committee to study the Conservative government’s anti-terror bill as quickly as possible.

Stephen Harper is making the plea to the public safety committee even as the opposition New Democrats accuse the government of rushing the legislation into law.

NDP Leader Tom Mulcair says it is essential to scrutinize the bill and asks Harper to ensure that security and human rights experts are not only heard, but also listened to.

Harper says the legislation is strongly supported by the Canadian public, adding that Mulcair’s criticisms of the bill are ridiculous.

The Conservatives brought in the bill — which would significantly expand the powers of Canada’s spy agency — following the daylight murders of two Canadian soldiers last October.

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The Canadian Forces Health Services Branch has reviewed the medical files of over 30,000 troops who deployed as part of the nearly 12 year Afghan campaign.

The study focuses on the long-term career impact of service-related mental disorders.

The analysis finds that five years after the first deployment, 40 per cent of soldiers with a mental-health diagnosis were likely to have developed career limitations that would lead to being released, compared with 11 per cent with no medical condition.

After 10 years, the figures jump to

Body-worn cameras will do B.C. police good: report VANCOUVER — A British Columbia legislative committee has recommended the provincial government “aggressively pursue” whatever steps are necessary to suit up police with body-mounted cameras.

The proposal from an all-party special committee is “strongly supported” by its members, who urged the government to undertake consultations and then implement the measure in a report released on Monday.

It comes just days after the country’s federal and provincial privacy watchdogs jointly appealed to police departments nationwide to consider how equipping officers could infringe on the public’s privacy.

It also takes a page from the Vancouver Police Department, which in October became the first force in B.C. to outfit officers with wearable cameras when they dismantled a protracted homeless encampment.

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TORONTO — “If you built a tunnel near Rexall Centre in Toronto give us a call, k?”

The tweet from a Toronto police officer followed a call from authorities for the public’s help in solving the mystery of an underground chamber discovered last month near a Pan Am Games venue.

Police said Tuesday they don’t know who built it and they don’t know why.

The bunker, discovered in January by a conservation officer in a densely wooded area, is located 25 metres from the fence of the Rexall Centre, which is to host tennis events for the summer’s Pan Am Games.

But while the investigation is still ongoing, police emphasized that the structure wasn’t currently thought to pose a public safety threat.

“I don’t have any evidence that suggests criminality at this point,” said Deputy Chief Mark Saunders. “But bear in mind I don’t have the intent behind this at this point, that could change. I’m open to anything right now.”

In the absence of such evidence, he said, “there’s no criminal offence for digging a hole.”

Calling the discovery of the bunker “not your every day find,” Saunders said police would continue to investigate until they discovered who built it.

Other authorities — including national and international security agencies — have been notified, Saunders said, but the investigation currently remains in the hands of Toronto police.

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BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS For years, parents of babies who seem likely to develop a peanut allergy have gone to extremes to keep them away from peanut-based foods. Now a major study suggests that is exactly the wrong thing to do.

Exposing infants like these to peanuts before age 1 actually helped prevent a peanut allergy, lowering that risk by as much as 81 per cent, doctors found. Instead of provoking an allergy, early exposure seemed to help build tolerance.

Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, called the results “without precedent” and said in a statement that they “have the potential to transform how we approach food allergy prevention.”

His agency helped fund the study, the largest and most rigorous test of this concept. Results were published online Monday in the New England Journal of Medicine and discussed at an American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology conference in Houston.

A big warning, though: The babies in the study were checked to make sure they didn’t already have a peanut allergy before they were fed foods that included peanuts, so parents of babies thought to be at risk for an allergy should not try this on their own.

“Before you even start any kind of introduction these children need to be skin-tested” to prevent life-threatening reactions, said Dr. Rebecca Gruchalla, an allergy specialist at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas.

Also, small children can choke on whole peanuts, so smooth peanut butter or other peanut-based foods are safer, said Gruchalla, who wrote a commentary on the study in the journal. The main finding — that early exposure to a problem food may keep it from becoming a long-term problem — should change food guidelines quickly, she predicted.

“Isn’t it wild? It’s counterintuitive in certain ways and in other ways it’s not,” she said.

Peanut allergies have doubled over the last decade and now affect more than 2 per cent of kids in the United States and growing numbers of them in Africa, Asia and elsewhere. Peanuts are the leading cause of food allergy-related severe reactions and deaths. Unlike many other allergies, this one is not outgrown with age.

Food allergies often are inherited, but research suggests they also can develop after birth and that age of exposure may affect whether they do.

Researchers at King’s College London started this study after noticing far higher rates of peanut allergies among Jewish children in London who were not given peanut-based foods in infancy compared to others in Israel who were.

The study involved more than 600 children ages 4 months to 11 months old in England. All were thought to be at risk for peanut allergy because they were allergic to eggs or had eczema, a skin condition that’s a frequent allergy symptom.

All had been given skin-prick tests to make sure they were not already allergic to peanuts. They were put into two groups — 530 who did not show signs of peanut allergy and 98 others with mild-to-moderate

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For years, parents of babies who seem likely to develop a peanut allergy have gone to extremes to keep them away from peanut-based foods. Now, a major study suggests that is exactly the wrong thing to do. reactions, suggesting an allergy might be developing.

Half of each group was assigned to avoid peanuts and the other half was told to consume them each week, usually as peanut butter or a snack called Bamba, a peanut-flavoured puff.

The results at 5 years of age: —Among children with no sign of allergy on the skin test: Only 2 per cent of peanut eaters developed a peanut allergy versus 14 per cent of abstainers.

—Among children with some reaction to peanuts on the skin test: Only 11 per cent of peanut eaters developed an allergy versus 35 per cent of abstainers.

Hospitalizations and serious reactions were about the same in all groups. Questions remain: How much peanut protein do infants need to consume, how often and for how long, to avoid allergy? If a child stops eating peanuts for a while, will an allergy develop?

Would the same approach work for other foods such as milk, eggs and tree nuts?

“These questions must be addressed, but we believe that because the results of this trial are so compelling, and the problem of the increasing prevalence of peanut allergy so alarming, new guidelines should be forthcoming very soon,” Gruchalla and Dr. Hugh Sampson of Mount Sinai Hospital in New York write in the medical journal.

American Academy of Pediatrics guidelines used to recommend against giving children foods with peanuts before age 3, but that advice was dropped in 2008 because there was no evidence it was preventing allergies. Now, most parents introduce peanutbased foods as is appropriate for the child’s age, like other solid foods.

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SEATTLE — An experimental antiviral drug shows some early, encouraging signs of effectiveness in its first human test against Ebola in West Africa, but only if patients get it when their symptoms first appear.

A study of the drug, favipiravir (fav-ih-PEER-ahveer), is still in early stages in West Africa, and too few people have been treated to really know whether the drug helps. Other factors, like better health care, may be making a difference, and there was no comparison group of patients who got no treatment or a different drug.

Results for the first 69 adults and teens in Guinea were released Monday. Among those who got the drug when virus levels were still low, survival was 85 per cent. That seems better than the roughly 70 per cent survival for patients treated in the same clinics two months before the study began, researchers said at the Retrovirus Conference in Seattle.

The drug made no difference for those who got it later. Unfortunately, the median time of symptoms when patients sought care was five days, and the infection often is well established by then.

“We have preliminary evidence” that favipiravir may be effective, says a statement by Carlos Moedas, European Commissioner for Research, Science and Innovation, which helped fund the work. “If these results are confirmed by the ongoing clinical trial, it will be the first-ever treatment to be deployed against this deadly disease during the current outbreak.”

The current Ebola outbreak is the largest in history. There have been nearly 23,000 cases and nearly 9,000 deaths, mostly in Liberia, Guinea and Sierra Leone, the World Health Organization estimates.

There are no specific medicines or vaccines to fight the virus, though some experimental ones are being tested. Favirapir, also known by its brand name, Avigan, is made by a Japanese company, Toyama Chemical. It was approved in Japan last year for treating flu and tests suggest it also may work against other viruses.

A French nurse who got Ebola while volunteering in Africa for Doctors Without Borders was treated with favipiravir and recovered.

The new study was launched in December in two Ebola treatment units in Guinea run by that aid group. Others involved in the study include the aid group Alliance for International Medical Action and INSERM, the French public health agency.

Even doctors involved in the study acknowledge that more research is needed to determine the drug’s safety and effectiveness.

In some previous Ebola outbreaks and even in this one, survival has improved as time goes on and cases are detected and treated sooner, and more care becomes available.

In December, doctors reported that survival among nearly 600 recent Ebola patients in Sierra Leone was about 70 per cent, compared to only about 26 per cent earlier in the outbreak.

Among those treated more recently, survival was over 76 per cent.

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It’s good to be bad PATRICK FABIAN THRILLED WITH ROLE AS SMARMY LAWYER ON ‘BREAKING BAD’ SPIN-OFF

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — For a certain segment of the TVviewing audience, Patrick Fabian is best known as the guy who romanced Kelly Kapowski on Saved by the Bell: The College Years.

Now that he’s logged a few episodes as a smarmy lawyer on the Breaking Bad spin-off “Better Call Saul,” Fabian says he’s ready to finally shake that long-ago role.

“When I got the job, actually a friend of mine texted me and he said, ‘Hey, maybe ‘he kissed Kelly Kapowski on Saved by the Bell’’ will no longer be on your tombstone,”’ Fabian chuckles.

“It seems to be my claim to fame when I go through airports ... there’s a bevy of 16- and 17-yearolds constantly who know me as that.”

Fabian’s Better Call Saul turn as Howard Hamlin follows dozens of mostly guest appearances and supporting roles all over the dial, from The Newsroom to Scandal to Castle to 24.

He gushes over his current role as a hotshot lawyer on the quirky AMC series, which traces the origins of Breaking Bad strip mall lawyer Saul Goodman, played by Bob Odenkirk, to when he was known as struggling public defender Jimmy McGill.

Monday’s episode racheted up the tension between Jimmy and Hamelin. Jimmy erected a highway billboard advertising his floundering legal services, while also aping Hamelin’s blue chip firm.

A fuming Hamelin is on a mission to put Jimmy in his place, and Fabian hints that could lead to more clashes between the two lawyers.

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Patrick Fabian gushes over his current role as a hotshot lawyer Howard Hamlin on the quirky AMC series ‘Better Call Saul.’ top white collar law firm in Albuquerque by being nice the whole way,” Fabian notes of his sun-kissed character.

“I don’t think anybody rises without a few bruises along the way and so consequently I think he’ll tolerate Jimmy as long as he can but when it starts interfering with business and the money of his business, I think Howard has lines that get crossed. So he has to figure out what he’s going to respond with.”

Fabian says he can easily sympathize with Hamlin’s perspective.

“From Howard’s point of view, he tolerates Jimmy and tolerates his behaviour a lot,” he says. “I think it remains to be seen how heavy Howard is, ultimately, you know what I mean. I think there’s a lot of conflict but I think a lot of it is being generated by Jimmy and his actions.”

not everyone appreciates her works, which is why I have decided to host this lecture, to present an unbiased view of her work and my opinion of her tal- Locally ents,” said Davis.

Manufactured “I hope people come away with a better idea of what to expect at her speaking engagement at the college.”

This lecture on Atwood’s latest short-story collection is presented by Friends of the Red Deer Public Library.

Davis will speak at 6:45 p.m. in the Snell Auditorium, downstairs at the downtown library.

Tickets are $10 each and are available from all three Red Deer public libraries, or at the door.

Proceeds will help

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Snow Ball Dinner/Dance tickets available People can dress to the nines for a dance to the jazz bands of three city high schools on Friday.

Lindsay Thurber, Notre Dame and Hunting Hills high school jazz bands will perform at Festival Hall at 7 p.m.

Semi formal dress is encouraged.

Dance tickets are $15 and available from one of the three schools. A dinner to be served before the dance has already sold out.

It is the ninth annual Snow Ball Dinner/Dance.

Author explores anti-hero in new book A Bashaw author explores the thin line between being a superhero and villain in his new book, Tannion.

Wayne Elsner has written the first book in what he intends to become a series. It’s about a man who gains unexpected abilities after being struck by lightning.

His anti-hero, Jim Tannion, discovers his newfound skills of healing and controlling others can be used for good or evil. “When do the good guys become the bad guys and do they always know the difference?” Elsner writes.

The author is a Bashaw-area native who studied at Red Deer College and the University of Alberta for his geology degree. He worked for the Energy Resources Conservation Board for 28 years before retiring in 2007.

His book, Tannion, is available from www. wayneeelsner.com or from Amazon.

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The Red Deer College English instructor will discuss Atwood’s book Stone Mattress, Nine Tales, in advance of the author’s visit to the city this spring to speak as part of the college’s Perspectives Series.

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Forever Loved Darlene and family LYLE, Leonard Gordon Jan. 31, 1923 - Feb. 25, 1991 We hold you close within our hearts And there you will remain To walk with us throughout our lives Until we meet again.

Ever loved and missed Gladys and the family

Small foil pots, Red Parrot Tulips. $8. Order by March 9. Arrive for Easter 403-346-4463 Classifieds Your place to SELL Your place to BUY

You can sell your guitar for a song... or put it in CLASSIFIEDS and we’ll sell it for you!

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jobs CLASSIFICATIONS 700-920

Caregivers/ Aides

710

LOOKING for live out nanny for Mon, Tues. Fri. days for 4 children.

Spruceview area.

Transportation required.

403-728-8240

Janitorial

IMMEDIATE OPENINGS Oil & Gas Well Testing Supervisors, Night Foremen, Experienced/ Inexperienced Junior Day/Night Operators Must have H2S, First Aid, valid driver’s license.

Pre-employment Drug screening Competitive Wages.

Benefit Package Please submit resume with references to: apply@wespro.ca Only individuals selected for interviews will be contacted LOCAL SERVICE CO. in Red Deer REQ’S EXP. VACUUM TRUCK OPERATOR Must have Class 3 licence w/air & all oilfield tickets.

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

Professionals

810

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

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

ACCOUNTING POSITION

Red Deer company requires three quarter to full time experienced accounting person that will learn company structure and daily duties including payroll, payables, bank reconciliations, lease managements and be able to complete monthly ¿nancial reporting to owners. Accounting experience required to prepare Year end ¿nancials for accountants.

Please submit cover letter, resume and references to: Peacock Inn/KFC #1, 4971 Phelan Street Red Deer, AB T4P 3Z4 Email mail@peacockgroup.ca

516636B25-C10

Competitive wages and bene¿ts plan.

Hours Àexible.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

wegotservices CLASSIFICATIONS

Sadly missed and forever in our hearts.

Noah and Emily Stewart and the Nelson family.

Announcements

Daily

Classifieds 309-3300

Just had a baby boy?

Tell Everyone with a Classified Announcement

1000-1430

To Advertise Your Business or Service Here

INDIVIDUAL & BUSINESS Accounting, 30 yrs. of exp. with oilfield 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 Classifieds Your place to SELL Your place to BUY

DOORS, windows, siding, soffit, fascia and custom cladding. Call Dean @ 403-302-9210.

Escorts

1165

KAYLA 403-392-0891 INDEPENDENT w/own car You can sell your guitar for a song... or put it in CLASSIFIEDS and we’ll sell it for you!

Handyman Services

1200

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

Call James 403-341-0617

Massage Therapy

1280

Massage Therapy

1280

FANTASY SPA International Ladies

Misc.

Services

1290

SNOW shoveling/dump runs/ odd jobs 403-885-5333

Painters/ Decorators Elite Retreat, Finest

1310

in VIP Treatment.

10 - 2am Private back entry JG PAINTING, 25 yrs. exp.

Free Est. 403-872-8888

403-341-4445

Misc.

Services

1290

5* JUNK REMOVAL Property clean up 340-8666 GARAGE DOOR SERVICE Save 50%. All yard & bobcat services, junk/tree/snow removal. 403-358-1614

JOURNEYMAN ELECTRICIAN

SPRING START

Seniors’ Services

Help

Lafarge Lacombe Pit Requires

Rock Truck Drivers, Loader Operators, Crushing & Wash Plant Personnel.

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.

STAIR MANUFACTURER Req’s F/T workers to build stairs in Red Deer shop.

MUST HAVE basic carpentry skills. Salary based on skill level. Benefits avail. Apply in person at 100, 7491 Edgar Industrial Bend. email: earl707@telus.net. and/or fax 403-347-7913

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

Casual Dietary Aid/ Housekeeping positions available. Must be able to work in a team environment. Mandatory criminal record check required. Salary according to union scale. Please apply in writing to Kim Aucoin at 301, 4719-48 Ave. or by fax to: 403-343-2332 Looking for a place to live?

Take a tour through the CLASSIFIEDS

Advocate Opportunities

DO YOU: - Want extra income - Know the city well - Possess a clean, valid drivers license - Have a friendly attitude - Enjoy customer service - Want part-time work (12 to 22 hrs/week) As part of our service team, you will be dispatched in response to service concerns to deliver newspapers and flyers to customers or carriers.

A delivery vehicle provided by company!

Work 3 to 4 shifts a week.

Hours of shifts are morning shifts of Monday through Friday 5:00 AM to 9:00 AM. Saturday starting at 7 AM. Wednesday to Friday Shifts starting at 1 PM. *All Shifts based on 4 hours and likely to run longer.

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.

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.

37, 38 & 3900 Block of 45 St. (and 44 St. North side only) $68.48/mo.

classifieds@reddeeradvocate.com

1010

SUNTERRA MEATS in Trochu, AB is seeking a

EASTVIEW AREA

Call Classifieds 403-309-3300 Accounting

ADULT EDUCATION AND TRAINING

850

860

NICOLE STEWART Jan. 9, 1977 - Feb. 25, 2012 We think of you in silence We often speak your name What would we give to hear your voice And see your face again.

ACADEMIC Express

Trades

820

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.

850

Trades

to work in their meat processing plant.

Successful candidate • GED Preparation needs to be a team player, willing to help in areas • Women in the Trades outside of certification, Restaurant/ Program reliable and dependable.

Hotel Starting wage of $34. per • Math and Science for hour, benefits at the time the Trades Program EAST 40TH PUB of hire. For more information, contact REQ’S P/Tor F/T COOK Gov’t of Alberta Funding Dave at 403-442-4202 Apply in person with resume may be available. or email resume to 3811 40th Ave. trish.hyshka@sunterra.ca 403-340-1930 Hampton Inn & Suites www.academicexpress.ca 128 Leva Ave. Red Deer Truckers/ AB, CA T4E 1B9 Auto Mechanic Wanted.

Drivers Housekeeping Supervisor Information at www. $20.00/hour municipalexcellence.ca/ Full Time: M-F 7am to 5pm Employment.html reply * Supervise team of with resume to info@ cleaners and janitors municipalexcellence.ca * Inspect sites to ensure TOO MUCH STUFF? safety and cleanliness Let Classifieds * Arrange for services required such as painting, help you sell it. renovations or replacement of furnishings GOODMEN * Hire and train cleaning ROOFING LTD. staff Requires * Prepare work schedule , CENTRAL AB based budget, estimate costs and trucking company requires SLOPED ROOFERS keep financial records LABOURERS CONTRACT Apply in person 8am-4 pm & FLAT ROOFERS DRIVERS POSITION FILLED in AB. Home the odd night.

Valid Driver’s Licence Weekends off. Late model Buying or Selling preferred. Fax or email tractor pref. 403-586-4558 your home? info@goodmenroofing.ca Check out Homes for Sale or (403)341-6722 in Classifieds NO PHONE CALLS PLEASE! Misc.

770

720

Clerical

WELL TESTING: Supervisors Night Operators Operators

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

Desks, leather desk P/T F. caregiver wanted chairs, shredders, privacy screens, water cooler, lat- for F. quad. Must be reliable and have own vehicle. eral files, monitors, art, silk 403-505-7846 plants, chairs, s/s fridge, table and chairs, leather tub chairs and sofa, lots of little items. 5016 - 51 Ave (in front of Superstore) Unit Clerical ‘C’ Thursday, Friday, Saturday 10-3.

NexSource Power Inc., Previews by appointment based out of Sylvan Lake My cell is a Victoria numAB., has an immediate ber: 250-886-7809 but I’m opening for an experienced in Red Deer.

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 PARKINSON ALBERTA

TULIP FUNDRAISER

800

COLTER ENERGY LP IS NOW HIRING

60

Personals

720

In Loving Memory of JOE BODWELL It is sad to walk the road alone instead of side by side.

But to all there comes a time when paths of life divide.

You gave me years of happiness, then came sorrow and tears.

But you left me beautiful memories to treasure through the years.

Oilfield

ALCOHOLICS • ANONYMOUS 403-347-8650 COCAINE ANONYMOUS • 403-396-8298

Office Closing End of Lease

309-3300

D1

Red Deer Advocate

2950 Bremner Ave. Red Deer, AB T4R 1M9 Circulation 403-314-4300

Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2015

1372

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

HELPING HANDS Home Supports for Seniors.

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

Snow Removal

1380

MASSAGE ABOVE ALL NEW Thrift Shop Now Open! 186 Northey Ave. SHOVELLING AND snow WALK-INS WELCOME 4709 Gaetz Ave. 346-1161 Red Deer Open 10-8. Wed-Sun. blowing 403-318-7625

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

D2 RED DEER ADVOCATE Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2015

the n o d e t is l e l ic h e v r u Get yo

ADVERTISE YOUR VEHICLE IN THE CLASSIFIEDS AND GET IT

DO YOU HAVE AN ATV TO SELL? ADVERTISE IT IN THE FAST TRACK, Call 309-3300.

DO YOU HAVE A SPORTS CAR TO SELL? ADVERTISE IT IN THE FAST TRACK, Call 309-3300.

DO YOU HAVE A SEADOO TO SELL? ADVERTISE IT IN THE FAST TRACK, Call 309-3300.

1985 HONDA 250 SX Trike $950.00 **SOLD**

DO YOU HAVE A TRUCK CAMPER TO SELL? ADVERTISE IT IN THE FAST TRACK, Call 309-3300.

2003 DODGE Dakota Sport, crew cab.

403-318-3040

1989 1 TON WITH PLOW, 4x4, controls inside, & dump. $6350.

Good working order.

403-348-9746

2001 Ford 4x4 S/C F150 205,000 kms, very good cond., never abused $4100 403-887-8717

1998 CHEV 1/2 ton, ext. cab, 2 whl. dr., well maintained, no rust. $3500.

403-391-3677

1998 CHRYSLER AWD

TO SELL? ADVERTISE IT IN THE FAST TRACK, Call 309-3300.

DO YOU HAVE A HOLIDAY TRAILER TO SELL? ADVERTISE IT IN THE FAST TRACK, Call 309-3300.

2011 RAV4 LIMITED Leather, sunroof, 8 way power driver’s seat, very clean, great cond. $19,500 obo.

403-341-0606

***SOLD***

2005 CHEV Avalanche, only 151,250 km., heated leather seats, sunroof, command start. Very good con. SOLD

2007 SATURN AURA. Loaded, 1 owner, exc. cond.

86,000 km.

Never winter driven. $10,500 403-391-3820

2010 16 XCALIBUR Legend, 18’ alum. welded hull, prem. pckg for leisure & fishing, deluxe console, conv. top, travel tarp, 75 hp Merc. $13,500 SOLD!!!

2002 CHRYSLER

DO YOU HAVE A JEEP TO SELL? ADVERTISE IT IN THE FAST TRACK, Call 309-3300.

2007 VW Tourareg, fully loaded, AWD, new windshield, Nokian all season tires, in exceptionally good cond.. 180,000 kms. $14,750 obo 403-346-5440 or 403-391-0320

DO YOU HAVE A CAR TO SELL? ADVERTISE IT IN THE FAST TRACK, Call 309-3300.

2008 AVALANCHE, 4x4, nice shape.

587-679-1000

2005 MERCEDES C230

DO YOU HAVE A TENT TRAILER TO SELL? ADVERTISE IT IN THE FAST TRACK, Call 309-3300.

2002 GMC Envoy XL, great running shape. $6000. obo 403-340-2042

DO YOU HAVE A BOAT TO SELL? ADVERTISE IT IN THE FAST TRACK, Call 309-3300.

1999 GMC Sierra 1500 2WD, E/C, original owner, 252,000 km, Immaculate $3400. **SOLD**

2003 DAKOTA, 3.9, auto., 128,000., 60% tires, $4400. o.b.o. **SOLD**

2006 JEEP Commander

$6900.

403-598-0682

6 DAYS IN THE RED DEER ADVOCATE 1 FRIDAY FORWARD

2 FREE SALE SIGNS AND TIP SHEET

2009 TOYOTA Camry LE 4 dr., silver, 45,000 kms ***SOLD***

***SOLD***

2001 VOLVO S60.

Loaded, very good cond.

182,000 km. $4500 obo.

403-343-2058

2002 FORD Dynamax (B Plus) 27000 mi., new tires/awning Onan gen, roof a/c, slideout, sleeps 4, 3 pc. bath, A1, $31,500. **SOLD**

2 CENTRAL ALBERTA LIFE

2006 VW Jetta TDI

137,000 kms, fully loaded, sunroof, diesel, auto, $10,000

$6500.

2009 TOYOTA Corolla, 124,000 km, 403-348-9778

1998 DURANGO, 119,700 kms. Must see!

Safetied.

SOLD

2009 HYUNDAI Accent, 64,000 kms.

DO YOU HAVE A MOTORHOME TO SELL? ADVERTISE IT IN THE FAST TRACK, Call 309-3300.

Town N Country, Limited, AWD, leather, very nice cond.

159,000 kms. All avail. options

IF YOUR VEHICLE DOESN’T SELL THE FIRST WEEK, THE 2ND WEEK IS HALF PRICE!

136,000 kms. exc. cond. loaded. $8900.

403-886-5696

full load, 4.7, $12,000.

403-342-7798

FREE PHOTO AD WEDNESDAYS IN FAST TRACK FOTOS

AD ON THE INTERNET

AD APPEARS EVERY DAY YOUR AD IS PUBLISHED IN THE ADVOCATE

2010 SANTA FE, V6, silver 87,000 kms., remote 4 summer, 4 winter tires & whls., A1 $16,750. 403-347-6889

2006 SILVERADO Z71 special edition, e/c, 4X4. New windshield, remote start, 5.3, 1 owner, 160,000 km very clean. $12,500 no GST **SOLD**

2004 DODGE DAKOTA 4x4 Good shape. $5700.

403-598-4131

2001 JEEP Cherokee 4x4 4L auto, new winter tires, remote, no rust, always garaged, 2nd set wheels. $4500 o.b.o. SOLD

Town N` Country, 7 pass., 199,000 kms., command start, hitch, special mag whls. $1500 **SOLD**

$5800. o.b.o.

DO YOU HAVE A DIRT BIKE TO SELL? ADVERTISE IT IN THE FAST TRACK, Call 309-3300.

2011 CYCLONE 300C Toy Hauler, $44,500.

2007 GMC dually 1 ton 182,000 kms.

Together $66,500.

403-507-0570

2012 DODGE AVENGER, $10,500. 403-896-9942

2012 FORD Fusion SE 10,000 kms, $15,000 obo must sell. **SOLD**

2010 DODGE Grand Caravan, stow n go seats, exc. con. 34,000 kms, $13,000. **SOLD**

2012 FORD Lariet 3/4 ton, 108,000 kms, set up for Ford 5th wheel, $35,000 403-362-1004

DO YOU HAVE A TRUCK TO SELL? ADVERTISE IT IN THE FAST TRACK, Call 309-3300.

2010 DODGE RAM 3500, loaded SLT, white, 4x4, S/B, 60,600 kms., $39,000. ***SOLD***

2013 CHEV LTZ full load, sunroof, leather, over $4000 in extras. $41,000.

Sliding box cover.

SOLD

2008 MONTANA, 2955RL, 2 slides, king bed, Mor-Ryde hitch, Arctic pckg. exc. cond., $27,500. **SOLD**

DO YOU HAVE A HEAVY TRUCK TO SELL? ADVERTISE IT IN THE FAST TRACK, Call 309-3300.

2014 SIERRA short box, 4x4.

587-679-1000

SELL YOUR VEHICLE FAST WITH A FAST TRACK CLASSIFIED VEHICLE AD

403 309-3300

CALL AND ONE OF OUR SALES SPECIALISTS CAN PUT YOU ON THE FAST TRACK TO SELL YOUR VEHICLE.

635421

1989 GMC SIERRA Auto 350, s/b, no rust.

Glass exc. 144,000km $4900.

403-340-8950

DO YOU HAVE VEHICLE ACCESSORIES

2006 PONTIAC Montana, V6, one owner, 115,000 km.

403-347-5919

RED DEER ADVOCATE Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2015 D3

Train collides with truck in California 28 INJURED WHEN THREE CARS DERAILED IN FIERY CRASH

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS OXNARD, Calif. — A commuter train slammed into a truck stuck on the tracks early Tuesday, sending three rail cars tumbling onto their sides and injuring 28 people in the fiery crash in California.

The accident occurred around 5:45 a.m. about 65 miles (105 kilometres) northwest of Los Angeles. Four people, including the train engineer, had critical injuries.

The truck driver was found disoriented one or two miles away, said Jason Benitez, an assistant chief of the Oxnard Police Department.

The crash occurred at a spot where the tracks cross an avenue just before an intersection. The driver was making a right turn from the avenue onto the cross-street but ended up on the tracks, Benitez said.

The driver, identified only as a 54-year-old from Arizona, was co-operating and was not under arrest, Benitez said. The driver was hospitalized in stable condition.

Little was left of the truck except scorched and mangled wreckage, with some debris found in a nearby intersection and some close to the tracks.

“When the crews arrived on scene, it was in flames, the vehicle, and it was pretty much cut in half,” Oxnard Fire Battalion Chief Sergio Martinez said.

The Metrolink train carrying 48 passengers and three crew members was heading from Ventura County to Los Angeles. The injured people were taken to several hospitals.

The locomotive, which was pushing the train from the back, was upright.

The stretch of track is straight and that allowed the conductor to see the truck

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Help

Photo by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

The burned wreckage of a truck that was hit by Metrolink train that then derailed is shown at right at a train crossing, Tuesday, in Oxnard, Calif. Three cars of the Metrolink train tumbled onto their sides, injuring dozens of people in the town 65 miles northwest of Los Angeles. and begin braking, Martinez said.

The train typically would be accelerating out of the Oxnard station at about 55 mph (88 kph), Metrolink spokesman Scott Johnson said. With braking, he estimated it would have hit the truck at between 40 mph (64.37 kph) and 55 mph.

The crossing had arm gates, signal lights and a centre median, said Francisco Castillo, a spokesman for Union Pacific Railroad, which owns the tracks.

Johnson said initial reports from the scene indicated the arms and lights were working.

The National Transportation Safety

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Help

ACADEMIC Express RANCH farm requires two ADULT EDUCATION AND TRAINING

SPRING START • GED Preparation

•

RECYCLE SORTERS Women in the Trades F/T, required Immed. in Program Red Deer. Email resume with a min. of 2 references.

Math and Science for to: canpak@xplornet.ca the Trades Program Gov’t of Alberta Funding may be available.

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

Verbal and written communication skills are req’d. Send resume by fax to 403-346-0295 HOUSE CLEANER WANTED For Move In/Move Out Cleaning.

Email Resume margaretcomeau@ remax.net Or Call 403.391.3399 CELEBRATIONS HAPPEN EVERY DAY IN CLASSIFIEDS P/T multi skilled building maintenance personnel wanted for interior building repairs etc. Flooring & painting exp. an asset.

Call 403-358-8222

wegot

ATARI w/games $150.

403-782-3847 DREAMCAST w/4 games. $120.

GAME CUBE w/3 games, $80. 403-782-3847

1630

EquipmentHeavy

1660

Firewood

CLASSIFICATIONS

AFFORDABLE

1500-1990

Auctions

Homestead Firewood

1530

Spruce, Pine, Birch -Split. avail. 7 days/wk. 403-304-6472 FIREWOOD. Pine, Spruce, Can deliver 1-4 cords. 403-844-0227

LOGS

EG Auctions 9th Annual Speed Show & Collector Car Auction March 13-15, 2015 Westerner Park, Red Deer Special Guests Rick & Kelly Dale: American Restoration Dan & Laura Dotson: Storage Wars Consign Today 1-888-296-0528 Ext 102 consign@egauctions.com EGauctions.com

900

Employment Training

360 XBOX w/10 games, $140. 403-782-3847

stuff

502793B25

403-340-1930 www.academicexpress.ca

1605 Household Furnishings 1720

TRAILERS for sale or rent Job site, ofÀce, well site or storage. Skidded or wheeled. Call 347-7721.

Semi loads of pine, spruce, tamarack, poplar.

Price depends on location.

Lil Mule Logging 403-318-4346

1710

Household Appliances

LG WHITE over the range microwave oven, 1000 watts, Model MV-1510M, exc. cond., $135 403-352-8811

Household Furnishings

NEW PROGRAMS

Y COMMUNOITRKER SERVICEaW nd Y COMMUENAITND SERVIC IONS ADDICT ER WORK

1720

HIDE-A-BED, dble. good condition. $50.

403-340-1347

Advocate Opportunities

LOVE SEAT, good cond., $50, delivery avail.

403-346-0674 or 403-392-5657 Start your career!

See Help Wanted NIGHT Tables, (2) Oak, 1 drawer & 2 doors with glass top to protect from scratches. $70 ea.

403-352-8811

WANTED Antiques, furniture and estates. 342-2514

Misc. for Sale

1760

150 MOVIE POSTERS, $1 each. 403-885-5020 HEADBOARD, for queen bed, 60” wide, $35; 3 Clean wool accent matching 3x5 oval carpets from SEARS, $35 for all 3; and David Winter Collector’s houses in original boxes, $15/ea.

403-352-8811

Cats

1830

3 days per week, no weekends ROUTES IN:

ANDERS AREA Ahlstrom Close, Andrew Close, Arnold Close, Ackerman Cres. Ammeter Close, Addington Drive, Atlee / Ansett Cres.

Allsop Ave. / Allsop Cres.

Anderson Close, Anquetel Close BOWER AREA

Call (403) 347-6676 2965 Bremner Avenue

Isherwood Close Iverson Close MORRISROE AREA

NEWSPAPER CARRIERS NEEDED For Afternoon Delivery 2 Days/Week (Wed. & Fri.)

GLENDALE

Metcalf Ave. SUNNYBROOK AREA Sherwood Cres. / Stirling Close Selkirk Blvd. / Sherwood Cres.

Savoy Close / Sydney Close LANCASTER AREA Langford Cres.

Long Close Lord Close

Good Cres. & 59 Ave. ALSO Gunn St. & Goodacre Cl. ALSO Gillespie Cres.

SOUTHBROOK AREA

KENTWOOD

Sorrensen/Sisson Ave. Shaw Close/ Sutherland Close

Kilburn & Krause Cr. ALSO Kidd & Kirkland Cl ALSO Kidd & Keith Cl. For more information or to apply call Joanne at the Red Deer Advocate 403-314-4308

3030

SEIBEL PROPERTY www.seibelprperty.com Ph: 403-304-7576 or 403-347-7545 6 locations in Red Deer ~ Halman Heights ~ Riverfront Estates

~ Westpark

wegot

rentals CLASSIFICATIONS

FOR RENT • 3000-3200 WANTED • 3250-3390

3020

Houses/ Duplexes

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

~ Kitson Close ~ Kyte & Kelloway Cres. ~ Holmes St. S.D. $1000 Rent $1245 to $1395 3 bdrm. townhouses, 1.5 bath, 4 & 5 appls., blinds, lrg. balconies, no dogs.

N/S, no utils. incl.

Avail. immed. & Mar. 1 References required.

Manufactured Homes

3040

2 BDRM in Alix.

4 appls, $900/mo. inclds. water, Feb. 1 no pets 403-348-6594 Tired of Standing?

Find something to sit on in Classifieds

4 Plexes/ 6 Plexes

3050

GLENDALE

Condos/ Townhouses

3030

2 Bdrm. 4-plex, 4 appls., $975. incl. sewer, water & garbage. D.D. $650, Avail.

Mar. 1 403-304-5337

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Healthy eating on the job

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — When that mid-afternoon slump hits at work, many Canadians reach for a large specialty coffee or visit the lunchroom vending machine for a salty or sweet snack to reenergize.

But they might be shocked to learn that their caffeinated drink with flavoured syrup and whipped cream is equivalent to 17 cubes of sugar, while a large coffee shop double-double is akin to tossing back eight cubes of sugar and about three pats of butter.

“The calories do exceed that of a chocolate glazed doughnut. The sugar exceeds that,” says Gina Sunderland, a registered dietitian in Winnipeg.

And the problem is that instead of perking you up, it often leaves you feeling sluggish and unfocused.

“There’s nothing wrong with enjoying a cup of coffee with lower-fat milk or grabbing a plain latte. It doesn’t have to be a jumbo size. A latte is actually a great source of calcium,” adds Sunderland, a spokeswoman for the Dietitians of Canada’s annual Nutrition Month campaign in March.

Those who invest a little time and energy into making changes to eat healthier at work and school will reap the rewards of improved concentration and productivity, Sunderland says.

First, eat a nourishing breakfast.

Many Canadians report regularly skipping the morning meal, yet breakfast eaters ingest more key nutrients like calcium, vitamin D, potassium and magnesium, says Sunderland.

“When people do skip breakfast they tend to ... grab those unhealthy snacks sort of mid-morning because they realize they are just so hungry,”

she says.

The mother of two teenage boys has lunches in the fridge and a “breakfast buffet” laid out before she goes to bed.

Her family can choose from highfibre multi-grain cereal or whole-grain bread, a fruit bowl on the counter with apples and pears or other fruit cut up in the fridge, yogurt cups, cheese sticks or hard-boiled eggs.

At work, it’s easy to get caught up in a task and eat at your desk, but productivity may suffer later in the day.

“It really is worth making that effort to step away from your desk for a few minutes, take that few minutes to decompress and refocus, enjoy your lunch, think about the fact that you are eating, and then our body is able to give us that cue of satiety.

And people that do that do maintain and achieve a healthier weight,” she says.

For lunches out with co-workers, research the menu in advance and come up with a game plan of what to eat.

One way to perk up mid-afternoon is to stay hydrated. But reach for water. A can of regular pop has the equivalent of 10 cubes of sugar. (A cube is about 5 ml/1 tsp.)

The fast-food version of smoothies may have consumers feeling they’re making a wise choice, but “one 500-ml large smoothie from a fast-food drivethru can have about the amount of sugar of 20 chocolate cream-filled cookies,” says Sunderland.

Whip up your own with plain yogurt and frozen berries, then pour it into a portable container.

“You’re getting calcium, vitamin C, potassium, a lot of disease-fighting anti-oxidants. You’re saving dollars and cutting all that sugar out of your diet and you’ll feel better,” she adds.

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Registered dietitian Gina Sunderland. Canadians who invest a little time and energy into eating more healthily at work will reap the rewards of improved concentration and productivity.

Sex education for kids a necessity in the digital age have those skills to be able to find and recognize good information online,” Johnson said.

“But as with anything, we can’t expect that kids are going to teach themselves; and so parents do have to prepare their kids for being exposed to sexual content when they go online.”

Ontario’s revised sex-education curriculum will see children as young as six taught about consent, Grade 3 students learning about same-sex relationships and Grade 4 pupils learning about puberty.

Goldenberg said by the time kids are “sitting up in the bath by themselves” parents can teach their kids proper names for genitalia.

Educating kids about consent is laying a foundation about “autonomy and agency for their bodies,” she added.

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TORONTO — With racy images and explicit content easily accessible online, it’s pivotal for parents to ensure kids are educated about sex and sexuality, experts say.

“I think 50 years ago it was a lot easier for parents to hide the fact that their kids needed to learn about sex and sexuality because we didn’t face it in quite the same way. It was much more covert, and a lot of the messages were much more implicit,” said Vancouver-based sex educator Marnie Goldenberg, who is behind the blog Sexplainer, aimed at helping parents raise sexually intelligent kids.

“Today, we live in a time when sexual messages are explicit and they reach our kids very early, whether it’s posters, advertisements, bus shelter ads for movies or sexting or the Internet, generally. Our kids have access and will see sexualized messages earlier than even when I was a kid, so parents can’t hide from it in quite the same way.”

Goldenberg recalled a recent call from a tearful parent distressed that her nearly sevenyear-old daughter, curious about kissing, keyed in a Google search and wound up finding porn.

Goldenberg said she helped the parent realize the incident wouldn’t Follow us on Facebook to see all our news cause long-term damage.

It also gave her the chance to help put what her daughter saw in context in understanding why the images were inappropriate for her.

In a survey of 5,400 students in Grades 4-11 for its series “Young Canadians in a Wired World,” MediaSmarts found only one in 10 sought information about sexuality online, said Matthew Johnson, the organization’s director of education.

“There’s going to be things kids don’t necessarily want to ask their parents or ask their teachers, so it’s good to

give someone a high-five or you can wave and make eye contact,” Goldenberg said.

“There’s lots of ways that we can show respect to other people without forcing people to touch or be touched in ways that are not comfortable for them.”

Educating kids that they have some control will be beneficial as they age and become more attentive to sexual cues in their preteen and teen years, she noted.

“It’s all part of building that foundation for self-respect for feeling entitled to ask what you want, for saying ’no’ to what you don’t want in really definitive ways.”

Johnson said as kids get older they’re more likely to encounter inappropriate content online.

He said it’s important for parents

to start talking to youngsters and to encourage them to speak out if they stumble across material that makes them feel uncomfortable.

“When young people have an idea of what healthy sexuality is, they’re less likely to get bad messages, to get unhealthy messages from media, whether it is openly sexual content or whether it’s just sexualized media.

“That’s why we really recommend steering kids towards good reliable information and equipping them with the skills they need to find good information about sexual health.”

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BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS BEIRUT — The Islamic State militants struck before dawn, staging house-to-house raids in a cluster of villages nestled along the Khabur River in northeastern Syria. They abducted at least 70 Christians — many of them women and children — while thousands of others fled to safer areas.

The captives’ fate was unclear Tuesday, a day after they were seized, and relatives said mobile phone service was cut off and land lines also were not going through, adding to the fear and uncertainty about their loved ones.

Heavy fighting was reported.

The Islamic State group has a history of killing captives, including foreign journalists, Syrian soldiers and Kurdish militiamen. Most recently, militants in Libya affiliated with the extremist group released a video showing the beheading of 21 Egyptian Christians.

The group’s bloody campaign in Syria and Iraq, where it seeks to form a self-styled caliphate, has repeatedly targeted religious minorities since it took control of a third of both countries. The United States and coalition of regional partners are conducting a campaign of airstrikes against the group.

The militants struck near the town of Tal Tamr in Hassakeh province, an area predominated by Assyrian Christians. Most of the captives came from Tal Shamiram and some from Tal Hurmiz.

Nuri Kino, the head of a group called A Demand For Action, said between 70 and 100 Assyrians were taken captive. About 3,000 people fled and have sought refuge in the cities of Hassakeh and Qamishli, he said, adding that his activist group based its information on conversations with villagers who fled the attack and their relatives.

His group focuses on religious minorities in the Middle East.

“Have they been slaughtered? Are they still alive? We’re searching for any news,” said an Assyrian Christian woman from Tal Shamiram who now lives in Beirut. The woman said she has been trying to find out what has become of her parents, her brother and his wife and their children, but couldn’t reach anyone in the village.

“I feel so helpless, I cannot do anything for them but pray,” she said, speaking on condition of anonymity for fear of endangering relatives believed to be held by the militants.

The Britain-based Syrian Observa-

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Fighters from the Islamic State group parade in a commandeered Iraqi security forces armored vehicle down a main road at the northern city of Mosul, Iraq, on Monday, June 23, 2014. Islamic State militants have abducted at least 70 Assyrian Christians, including women and children, after overrunning a string of villages in northeastern Syria, two activist groups said Tuesday. tory for Human Rights, which also reported the abductions, put the number of Christians held by the Islamic State group at 90. The Observatory relies on a network of activists inside Syria.

Both groups said that most of the captives come from Tal Shamiram, located some 85 kilometres (50 miles) southwest of the provincial capital of Qamishli, and nearby Tal Hurmiz. At least four civilians, including a 17-yearold, were killed in clashes later Monday, a relative of one of the victims said on condition of anonymity.

The extremists could use the Assyrian captives to try to arrange a prisoner swap with the Kurdish militias it is battling in northeastern Syria.

Last year, IS militants abducted more than 150 Kurdish boys and held them in a school in Aleppo province where they subjected them to daily instruction on militant ideology for five months before releasing them in batches. The group has also released Turkish truck drivers and diplomats after holding them for months. It was not known whether a prisoner deal

was struck in those instances.

Hassakeh province is strategically important because it borders Turkey and areas controlled by IS in Iraq.

Kurdish militiamen from the People’s Protection Units, or YPG, backed by the coalition air strikes, have made advances in the province in a new offensive launched this week.

Heavy fighting broke out in the province Monday as Kurdish fighters and IS militants battled for control of villages near the Iraqi and Turkish borders.

Nine dead in Czech Republic shooting

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Residents place a candle in front of a building where a gunman opened fire in a restaurant in Uhersky Brod, Czech Republic, Tuesday. The gunman killed eight people and seriously wounding a waitress before he fatally shot himself, officials said.

PRAGUE, Czech Republic — A gunman opened fire inside a small-town restaurant at lunchtime Tuesday, killing eight people and seriously wounding a waitress before he fatally shot himself, officials said. It was the worst shooting attack in the country’s history.

The gunman was a local man aged around 60, said Patrik Kuncar, mayor of the southeastern town of Uhersky Brod.

Czech public radio said the gunman called a local television station before the attack, complaining that police weren’t solving his problems and threatening that he would “take things into his hands.”

Interior Minister Milan Chovanec, who arrived at the scene, said the man had a gun license. “It was not a terrorist attack” he said.

The gunman was armed with two pistols and opened fire at the approaching police officers, Chovanec said.

The attack shocked the town of 17,000 that lies 300 kilometres (185 miles) southeast of Prague, the capital, and is home to the Ceska Zbrojovka gun plant.

“Nobody believed anything like that could happen in such a small town,” Kuncar said. “I can hardly imagine what consequences it will have for the

future life in this town.”

The victims have been identified and were all from the region, Chovanec said.

The country’s chief police officer, Tomas Tuhy, said authorities wouldn’t reveal more information immediately because of the ongoing investigation.

The waitress was shot in the chest and had hour-long surgery, said Dana Lipovska, spokesman for the hospital in the nearby town of Uherske Hradiste. Her condition was “very serious,” Lipovska said.

The Czech Republic has strict gun control laws, but hunting is popular in the eastern European nation.

“I am shocked by the tragic attack in Uhersky Brod,” Prime Minister Bohuslav Sobotka said in a statement while on a trip to South Korea. He offered his condolences to the victims’ relatives and President Milos Zeman did the same.

The Czech Republic became an independent nation in 1993 after the split of Czechoslovakia.

In a tragedy of a similar scope in the then-communist Czechoslovakia, a female truck driver intentionally hit a group of people waiting for a tram in Prague in 1973, killing eight. She was later executed.

Petr Gabriel was in the restaurant’s bathroom when the shooting began.

“That saved my life,” Gabriel told Czech public television. He stayed in the bathroom until police arrived.

Ukraine disputes rebel claim of heavy weapons pullback

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ILOVAYSK, Ukraine — Russianbacked separatists moved some heavy weapons well back from the front line Tuesday in eastern Ukraine, but the Ukrainian government disputed the rebels’ claim that a real pullback had begun.

A peace plan worked out in marathon talks on Feb. 12 aims to create a wide buffer zone between the two sides’ artillery, part of efforts to end the conflict that has left nearly 5,800 dead since April. Heavy weapons are to be pulled back 25 to 70 kilometres (15 to 45 miles) from the front line, depending on their calibre.

The disagreement over a weapons pullback came as the fragile peace deal for Ukraine was discussed in Paris by the foreign ministers of Russia, Ukraine, Germany and France. The talks ended without apparent progress, although the participants pledged adherence to the peace deal.

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin told reporters that rebel shelling of Ukrainian positions had to stop before Ukraine started withdrawing its artillery. “You can’t pull out ... while shelling is coming down on you,” he said.

Russia denies Ukrainian and Western claims that it is supplying the rebels with troops and equipment, but Western officials and NATO insist that

satellite photos show Russian military equipment in eastern Ukraine.

Eduard Basurin, a top rebel commander in the Donetsk region, said his side had begun a large-scale pullback of heavy weapons in line with the peace plan, but the claim could not be verified. A rebel website quoted him as saying about 100 122-mm howitzers would be involved.

Associated Press reporters saw about a dozen howitzers moved from Donetsk, the largest rebel-held city, to the town of Ilovaysk 20 kilometres (12 miles) to the east. That would put them roughly within the 25-kilometre (15-mile) pullback criterion for weapons of that size.

Michael Bociurkiw, a spokesman for

the international team monitoring the fighting, said he couldn’t confirm any pullback until receiving monitors’ reports, possibly at the end of the day.

The Ukrainian military dismissed the rebel pullback claim and said its forces would not withdraw their weapons until a cease-fire takes hold. Ukrainian military spokesman Col. Andriy Lysenko said no Ukrainian moves to withdraw were underway.

The rebels “are just regrouping their gangs and are relocating their weapons,” he told reporters.

“As soon as there is a cease-fire for two days, that is the signal to start a withdrawal.”

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Boyfriend is focused on his financial problems Dear Annie: I am divorced and have been dating a younger guy for three years.

At the moment, “Cliff” doesn’t have a stable job and constantly complains that he has no money.

But he has a nice place and car (with his parents’ help) and enough cash to buy MITCHELL food, etc. & SUGAR I will be moving into a new condo with money from the sale of my house and some help from my parents. I work part time and don’t make a lot, but I manage OK. Many people I know are having a hard time right now, but Cliff thinks he is the only one. How can I ask him to stop complaining about his financial state? — A.

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Dear A.: People who are having financial difficulties rarely are consoled by hearing about how much tougher it is for someone else. Cliff is focused on his own problems, and the constant complaining ensures that you will focus on him, as well. If this is the only thing about Cliff that bothers you, simply ignore his complaints and sympathize when you feel up to it.

Dear Annie: One of my classmates has Asperger syndrome.

He often says and does things that are obnoxious and sometimes downright threatening.

I understand that his behaviour is a result of his Asperger’s, but it doesn’t make it any easier to deal with. When I ask my friends what to do, they say it’s not his fault and I should just leave it alone.

But, Annie, he frequently talks loudly over instructions so no one else can hear, and last week he fell on the floor screaming in front of visiting professionals.

I want to be able to help him change his behaviour without making it seem as though I’m blaming him for it. How

do I respectfully tell him what is and isn’t appropriate? — Worn Out Dear Worn Out: Asperger syndrome is considered part of the autism spectrum. Those diagnosed generally have poor communication and socialization skills, although they are often of aboveaverage intelligence. Appropriate behaviour can be taught, but it helps to have early intervention and to work with trained professionals. We know your classmate’s behaviour is distressing to you and that you are trying to handle this with kindness.

If you truly want to learn more about what you can and cannot do to help, please contact MAAP Services for Autism, Asperger Syndrome and PDD (aspergersyndrome.org), the Autism Society (autism-society.org) or Autism Speaks (autismspeaks.org).

Dear Annie: I am an RN who worked in long-term care for many years. We had mandatory sensitivity training of staff toward seniors. It is not only patronizing, but also belittling to any adult to address them as “honey” or “sweetheart” or anything other than their given name. Our staff was taught

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HOROSCOPES Wednesday, Feb. 25 CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DATE: Sean Astin, 44; Chelsea Handler, 40; Anson Mount, 42 THOUGHT OF THE DAY: You are motivated to learn and share your knowledge with others today.

Do so with physical action, allow for others to treat you with as much respect as you need.

Do get those within your environment to create the picture perfect scene for you now.

Also, if you feel uncomfortable, move away from those who don’t share the same beliefs as you now.

H A P P Y BIRTHDAY: If today is your birthday, then allow individuals to create a solid step forward for you. You LARISA MAIRA have the patience OZOLINS to do exacting work.

Allow others to create the path now.

You will be more sensitive to others than usual, so create a lovely presence for them.

Again, there is good and bad within the world so allow them to create a solid step forward.

Learn from your siblings now.

ARIES (March 21-April 19): You are making solid advancements towards creating the life that you want.

Keep taking action your priority now; create the truth of the matter now.

Trust your instincts; they will help you create the life that you always wanted to live. Be thankful for today.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Your fears are cleared up now, so allow the greater good to come into your life and share your wisdom with others.

You are more blessed than you realize.

Friends and your wishes are about to come true for you. Your mother and father will now share your vision.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Friends will help you out no matter what now. So allow them to help you with your work and share your knowledge with others. Your mother will be very helpful to create a new start for you personally.

Create the life you want now — it is within your reach. Be grateful.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Your family will accept whomever you engage with now.

Stop to create a lovely new professional level for you.

You will be sensitive to your mentors’

SUN SIGNS

to address them with respect and ask what they wish to be called.

I recently retired and my hair is turning grey, and I suddenly find servers and customer service people calling me “honey.” We seem to treat anyone past a certain age as a child instead of with the respect they deserve.

When someone uses such patronizing terms with me, I smile and say, “My name is not ‘Honey.’ It is Joan.” If they are receptive, I explain why it is disrespectful to address an adult in this manner. I do this in a kind way and consider it a mini-sensitivity training session.

If people find it too difficult to confront waitstaff and others who are patronizing them, they can carry a copy of this column with them and leave it with the tip on the table. — Don’t Call Me Honey Unless You Are My Husband 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.

moods so do allow the truth to set you free now.

Accept more of a larger perspective on life, the doors will open.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Solid advancements will be made to create a new approach to your love relationships.

Allow for the greater good to accept your invitation towards a beautiful new start for you personally. I see more travel will be included within your destinations now. Stop and reflect on life.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Internal happiness is within your reach, so make the impact that you desire.

Others in your life will be very happy to see that you require more time to allow your family to see your truth. So, take the time needed with them now. Share your passions and create your reality.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Solid advancement within interpersonal relationships will start to be created. Allow the moods of others to make you a better person. Do start with helping those who are less fortunate than you. Take the ideas that others present to you today and run with them.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Hold off with spending too much today, but do create a lasting impact within your work environment now. Allow for the greater good to come to you. You will have a blast at the end of the day and will share the proper frame of mind with like-minded individuals.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Family members will be sensitive to your moods.

Create the proper abundance that you want within your life and create that happiness today. Your patience is now going to be rewarded for you. You are the authority, so be prepared to speak with your heart!

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): The harder you work, the more you are able to create lasting relationships, especially with your siblings or peer group. Remember that you are creating the future you want one step at a time. Just be sure to reflect more than you act, but do step forward to help.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Patience is a virtue, but action is required now. Take that leap of faith! Everything will be wonderfully harmonious. If you sense that others don’t respect your personal values, please do make sure they are keen on seeing life through your eyes. If not, then leave them.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Listen to your mother now. There is a sense that you will be able to create a lovely presence for yourself on a public and professional level.

The more you are able to work through any issues with yourself, the more able you will be to see the future you want to create.

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

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