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Red Deer County Fire Services work to keep flames contained to a garage set aflame as part of a controlled house burn on Waskasoo Ave. west of Gasoline Alley Saturday afternoon. The structure burn was part of a training exercise for volunteer firefighters, who had been using the house for roughly five months to practice various firefighting scenarios.

Kurt Kure needs no reminder of what he is fighting for on his property near the Dickson Dam. A transmission tower overshadows a scenic plot of land he had reserved for his dream home.

“They’re the tallest towers on the line. You can see them from Innisfail,” he said. “You can’t get away from it. It’s like a looming giant.”

But that was before AltaLink came calling and told him that was where they wanted to put some of the hundreds of towers erected to string a 500-kilovolt power line from Genesee, near Edmonton, to Langdon, just west of Calgary.

Kure and his Ontario lawyer, Donald Bur, unsuccessfully appealed a right-of-entry order granted AltaLink that allowed it to build the transmission tower on Kure’s land.

The pair went to Red Deer provincial court last August seeking a judicial review of the right-of-entry order. But the order was allowed to stand.

Now, Kure and his lawyer are taking their fight to the Supreme Court.

The gist of their legal argument against the rightof-entry order is that the Alberta Surface Rights Board, which granted the permission, did not have the authority.

Bur has argued on behalf of Kure and other clients that the transmission line’s ultimate purpose is to export electricity to the U.S., which puts the project beyond the Surface Rights Board’s authority.

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Airmen lost in training remembered at CFB Penhold

BY PAUL COWLEY ADVOCATE STAFF In a moving ceremony, a memorial to 44 military airmen who lost their lives training at CFB Penhold was unveiled at the former air base on Saturday.

The 45th name belongs to Herluf Nielsen, and it was due to the determination of his friends to remember the well-known area pilot that this event happened. Founder of the Innisfail Flying Club, Nielsen logged more than 3,000 hours in the air for the Civil Air Search and Rescue Association (CASARA), whose volunteers help finding downed or missing aircraft.

Nielsen, 67, had just completed a night training exercise and was heading back to Innisfail from Red Deer Airport when his small plane went down in bad weather around 10 p.m. November 2008.

Since it was a training incident, Nielsen did not qualify to have his name on a monument in Winnipeg honouring search and rescue members lost on their mission.

That didn’t stop his local supporters. They were determined to recognize the Spruce View farmer and local flying legend, and in so doing realized other flyers who had died training at CFB Penhold had not been given their due recognition.

Saturday’s ceremony changed that and more than 100 people, including air force veterans and serving members, cadets, friends and family of Nielsen and dignitaries came to pay their respects.

Nielsen’s widow, Alice, said the memorial was about honouring those who made the ultimate sacrifice including “my own fallen hero.”

Her husband took his first flight in 1960 and was immediately hooked, she said.

“It was at this airport that Herluf took me on the first ride in his plane. I will never forget that thrill.”

Herluf was devoted to his faith, family, farming and flying but as the family joked not necessarily always in that order.

“My faith assures me that he is still flying high.”

Jody Smith, president of the Harvard Historical Aviation Society, said the memorial includes the names of 34 airmen; 31 from Britain, two Australians and a New Zealander, who died training during the Second World War.

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More than 100 people turned out at Red Deer Airport on Saturday for the unveiling of a memorial to 44 airmen who lost their lives training at CFB Penhold during the Second World War and the Cold War. The memorial also includes the name of Civil Air Search and Rescue Association Herluf Nielsen, whose plane crashed following a training exercise in November 2008.

Britain’s Royal Air Force operated flying training schools at Penhold and Bowden with relief airfields located at Innisfail and Blackfalds.

One of the names on the memorial belongs to Charles de Wever, originally from Belgium, who fled his German-occupied country and made his way to Spain, where he was arrested in 1942 by the pro-Ger-

man Franco regime.

The following year he was allowed to go to British-held Gibraltar and then made his way to England. By the summer of 1944, he was training in Bowden.

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Joaquin weakens as it passes Bermuda Hurricane Joaquin hammered Bermuda Sunday but it also weakened as it plowed through the tourist destination.

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Accused killer son of former top B.C. Mountie suing RCMP over sexual harassment VANCOUVER -- One of the three men charged in the 2014 slaying of a Vancouver teen has been identified as the son of a high-profile, former top Mountie who is suing the RCMP over allegations of sexual harassment.

Police charged Connor Campbell, 21, with first-degree murder on Sept. 8, 2015, more than a year and a half after 19-year-old Nicholas Hannon went missing.

Campbell’s friends Bradley Flaherty and Keith Tankard, both 20, also face first-degree murder charges.

Campbell’s mother is former RCMP spokeswoman, Cpl. Catherine Galliford, who was the force’s public face for some of its most high-profile cases, including the Air India and Robert Pickton investigations.

In 2012, Galliford launched a lawsuit against the RCMP following what she described as nearly two decades of ongoing bullying and sexual harassment.

While Campbell’s father, current RCMP officer Darren Campbell, declined comment, Galliford confirmed her relationship to the accused on Sunday.

“Yes, he is my son,” she said when reached by phone. “I know the three young men who are in jail and I care about all three of them deeply.”

Hannon was last seen by his younger brother in February 2014. His abandoned vehicle was discovered the following day and police quickly suspected foul play.

A half year later the force’s homicide investigation unit put out a call for public assistance, insisting investigators were aware that there were members in the community who knew what had happened to Hannon. Police said Hannon was at one point “acquaintances, if not friends,” with the three accused.

Following the trio’s arrest last month, the Mounties said they believe Hannon’s death was the result of a confrontation that turned violent. His remains were subsequently retrieved from a heavily wooded area near Mission, B.C. Investigators have not released any evidence nor information about a possible motive.

A funeral for Hannon took place in Langley, B.C., on Friday and an obituary in the Vancouver Sun described him as “a wonderful young man, with a dazzling smile and a sparkle in his eye.”

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A Mazda Car crashed into a Cat sweeper that was sweeping the road North of Rimbey on Saturday night. The car then hit the ditch as the drivers side was totaled and the driver was trapped inside. It took Firefighters about 30-45 minutes to get him out with the Jaws of life. were wanting to build a house,” he said.

A compensation hearing at the Surface Rights Board is set for next April.

Landowners have complained that they are not getting fair compensation for the power lines. The Alberta Surface Rights Board is weakening their negotiating position by granting right-of entry orders before the property owner has settled a price. pcowley@reddeeradvocate.com

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LAND: Not held water Those arguments have not held water with Alberta’s Court of Appeal, or by a Red Deer provincial court judge, who was asked last August to order a judicial review of the right-of-entry approval.

Judges ruled that the landowners’ position amounted to a “collateral attack” on the Alberta Utilities Commission, which had already determined the line was not for export.

Kure and his lawyer are now taking their case to the highest court in the land.

A leave to appeal has been submitted and they expect to find out in the next couple of months or so if the Supreme Court will hear their arguments.

The oilpatch consultant and married father of 11 children said he wouldn’t be doing this if he didn’t think they had a shot.

Now, it’s just a waiting game.

That the taxpayer-funded line will ever be used for power export has long been denied by the province, AltaLink, Alberta Utilities Commission, and Alberta Electric System Operator, which oversees Alberta’s power grid.

Despite those repeated assurances, critics have been persistent in their accusations that the power line project, and a matching one on the east side of the province, are a massive over-build that only makes sense if export is the long-term goal.

The sale of AltaLink to U.S. billionaire Warren Buffet’s Berkshire Hathaway Energy has only reinforced those suspicions.

“One of the concerns is that we’re building something for private gain and the landowner takes the brunt of the abuse from the process,” he said. “It’s not a fair compensation process at all.”

Kure said he has not agreed to compensation with AltaLink.

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Kurt Kure hopes the Supreme Court of Canada will hear his appeal on a decision granting AltaLink rightof-way that was used to erect a huge transmission tower on land he owns near Dickson Dam. He says the line has ruined a scenic spot he hoped to build a house on.

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On an August day, he and his instructor were flying in a Fairchild Cornell a few miles east of Bowden when a wing fell off the plane and it plunged into the ground, killing both men.

De Wever, who was listed as British in the records of the day, was buried in the Innisfail cemetery, but in 1956 his body was repatriated to Belgium.

Penhold was closed in 1944 as demand for pilots dropped as the war came to a close.

In 1951, it was reopened for NATO training as the Cold War began. Ten airmen, seven Canadians, two Danes and an Australia lost their lives during the next 11 years.

“We will remember them,” said Smith in closing.

Red Deer Fl1ying Club president Jim Thoreson, who led the memorial campaign, was thrilled with the turnout.

“I was absolutely amazed by the number of people who came out in this weather.”

He knows the memorial meant a lot to the Nielsen family.

An air force cadet colour guard carried flags representing the five nations of the fallen.

Members of the Nielsen family placed flowers on the memorial and the Civil Air Search and Rescue Association, the Harvard Society and 703 Central Alberta Wing of the Royal Canadian Air Force Association laid wreaths. pcowley@reddeeradvocate.com

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Overnight suspense over TPP

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS ATLANTA — A last-minute sprint toward a historic trade agreement has turned into yet another marathon negotiating session, with the suspense rippling from the negotiating table into Canada’s federal election campaign.

Negotiators appeared very close to striking the 12-country Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement on Sunday afternoon, with plans to announce the creation of the world’s largest trade zone.

Here’s how close: Reporters were brought into a room for a briefing session on the deal, were made to sign confidentiality agreements to keep the details secret until a formal announcement, and ziploc bags were distributed around the table to confiscate cellphones until the news embargo was lifted.

That briefing never happened Sunday.

A planned news conference to announce the deal was rescheduled — from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m., then 8 p.m., and was eventually postponed indefinitely, in a fitting finale to a ministerial meeting marked by all-night negotiations that was intended to last two days, then three, four and finally a supposedly make-or-break fifth day. “Look, it’s not done yet,� said Andrew Robb, Australia’s trade minister.

The overnight hours into Monday could prove pivotal in determining whether the Canadian election experiences a debate on a deal, or a debate on which party should take over this process after Oct. 19.

The talks appear likely to break up Monday as some ministers planned to leave for a G20 summit. Japan’s envoy has warned he can’t stick around through the day.

It was supposed to be a quiet day off the campaign trail for Stephen Harper.

But his Sunday wound up consumed by trade talks, with the prime minister in Ottawa getting phone briefings from

the negotiating team in Atlanta.

Another country’s minister confirmed that last-minute snags had delayed a deal. Robb said a struggle over next-generation pharmaceuticals had a cascading effect on attempts to resolve other issues.

One of those issues, insiders say, is Canadian dairy.

Robb explained that the U.S. and Australia had worked all night into Sunday to resolve their differences on cutting-edge, cell-based medicines and made a breakthrough around 3 a.m.

He said they’d succeeded at establishing a model that bridges the gap between two entrenched positions: the more business-friendly, eightyear patent-style protections the U.S.

wants for biologics, and the more patient-and-taxpayer-friendly five-year model preferred by Australia and others.

But that triggered a chain-reaction.

Some other countries weren’t pleased with the compromise, and that discussion became more multi-sided with two or three holdouts remaining, he said.

Canada is not too involved in that skirmish. But the delay, according to Robb, wound up pushing other issues to the backburner until Sunday morning and they’re still being worked out.

Insiders say access to Canadian grocery shelves is chief among them.

Negotiators have been haggling about how much foreign butter, condensed

milk and other dairy products should be allowed into Canada.

New Zealand helped create the TPP project a decade ago and it wants to sell more butter in North America — especially in the United States. It says the U.S., however, won’t open its own agriculture sector until getting some assurance that American producers could sell more in Canada and Mexico.

Currently, 90 per cent of the Canadian dairy market is closed to foreign products. The system allows for stable incomes in farming communities, but it limits options and drives up prices at the grocery store.

Representatives of the dairy lobby milled about the convention site late Sunday.

Data supports suggestion crime spike is linked to oil plunge: EPS

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS Edmonton’s police force is defending its chief with data in support of suggestions he made that out-of-work oilpatch workers could be to blame for the city’s recent rise in crime.

The Edmonton Police Service released tables and charts on Sunday that it claims show monthly crime statistics in Edmonton climbing over the past 12 months as oil prices drop to record lows.

A news release that accompanied the information says the data was provided in response to a request from Melissa Blake, the mayor of the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo, that Chief Rod Knecht back up his claim that low oil prices and crime were connected.

Knecht said last week a lot of people are coming back to Edmonton from Fort McMurray and Cold Lake and are sitting around in Edmonton waiting for the price of oil to go back up so they can go back to work.

Blake called the comments

“unjust.�

The police news release says Knecht is away on business until Wednesday, but that acting chief Brian Simpson was to speak about the issue on the steps of police headquarters on Monday morning. “The price of oil is not the only facor behind a higher crime rate — population growth in the city and the local unemployment rate are also contributing factors,� the news release states. “However as the statistics show, the connection between the price of oil and crime rates in the city is clear.�

Criminal incidents in the data are recorded as being among “Eight Crime Occurrence Indicators� which include four violent categories —assault, robbery, homicide and sexual assault, and four non-violent property offences — break-and-enter, vehicle theft, theft from vehicles and theft over $5,000.

It says incidents were included in the data when police reports were filed, and were excluded when an investigation determined that no crime took place or was attempted.

The figures released by police

go back to January 2013 and end in August 2015.

While the crime figures rose after oil prices began to plummet in the fall of 2014, it appears to be a seasonal trend where crime is worse in the summer. The data shows incidents of crime also rose in the summer months of 2014 as well as 2013, a period when the police data says oil was closer to $100 a barrel. The difference is that crime did not drop off as nearly as much in the winter of 2015 as it did in

2014, according to the data, and rose higher in summer 2015. Edmonton Mayor Don Iveson said the downturn in the economy means Edmonton ends up policing “northern Alberta’s problem children.�

Knecht said he would be asking Edmonton’s city council for 80 more officers. Blake said last week that she would welcome an apology from Knecht and Iveson, saying it seemed like her community was “an easy target.�

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A4 Nenshi giving Harper problems

The most passionate pushback on He told the symposium his favourite Conservative Leader Stephen Harper’s task as mayor is officiating at Canaditwin hot button election issues is com- an citizenship ceremonies. ing from his own backyard.

“Every single time, withCalgary Mayor Naheed out fail, I cry,” he said. “I Nenshi’s outspoken criticry with joy to be with so cism of the Conservative many people who have choleader’s court appeal on sen this place and I thank the issue of niqabs at citthem for their choice.” izenship ceremonies and But Harper’s Bill C-24 the stripping of citizenship makes it easier to banish from convicted terrorists in these people from this many ways pulls back the country. It would even curtain on the Alberta that make it easier for Nenelected him as mayor of its shi, who was born at St. largest city and handed a Michael’s Hospital in huge provincial majority to downtown Toronto, to be TIM New Democrat Rachel Notstripped of his citizenship, ley. he says.

HARPER Albertans appear ready “How did we let this hapOPINION to overwhelmingly vote pen?

Conservative again in this “Either you believe in federal election, but Nenshi the rule of law in this counis delivering eloquent reminders that try, or you don’t. One Canadian citizen support for that party in his province committing the same crime should be may be historic, but the province is treated the same as any other citizen, taking a more progressive view on so- not subject to a different sort of justice cial issues than many parts of Canada. if they had a parent or grandparent In a speech to the LaFontaine-Bald- born someplace else.” win Symposium at the Stratford FestiHe said he is deeply troubled by the val, Canada’s first Muslim mayor spoke language of divisiveness he hears from of the multicultural mosaic that is his Ottawa. city, his battle against the politics of The language is always deliberate fear and the “medieval” nature of a and it is specific, he said, and it ties citizenship law that allows dual citi- violent action to a religious group. His zens to be banished from this country. religious group.

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“It encourages division. It is the opposite of Canada to which we aspired.

It is the wrong thing to do.”

And when the government picks a fight over the niqab, “an issue that is relevant to exactly no one,” it undermines all efforts to ensure Muslim youth are not radicalized but are brought into the Canadian mainstream.

Such government actions, he says, send a simple message to them — you will never be one of us because of your faith.

Jason Kenney, the Calgary cabinet minister who introduced the niqab ban, said it was Nenshi “and people like him” who are politicizing the issue. He told the Calgary Herald “we’re all used to Naheed’s running social commentary on everything.”

That is nothing short of a stunning response to a man who, in his speech, said Canadians must always fight against the voices of intolerance, the voices of small mindedness and those who seek to divide rather than unite.

Nenshi likes to joke he was made in Tanzania but born in Canada. His mother was pregnant with him when they arrived in Toronto in 1971.

When the family lived in Arusha, Tanzania, Nenshi’s father, a voracious reader, had CIDA workers leave their copies of the Toronto Star with him after they were finished with the papers.

It was a Star description of the thennew Nathan Phillips Square that so fascinated his father that he resolved on the spot that one day he would see that city hall in person. The family did, doing whatever it took to put food on the table after thNeneir arrival. They ran a laundromat, his mother sold lottery tickets in a mall kiosk, Nenshi worked in bingo halls.

Nenshi told his audience about Connaught School in downtown Calgary.

The 240 students came from 61 different countries and spoke 42 languages at home.

When he spoke there, he heard later from parents horrific stories of war, violence and deprivation.

It would have been easy to feel despair after hearing those stories, Nenshi said. But, instead, he had a moment of clarity.

“I knew one thing was true. Regardless of the horrible things they had seen and been exposed to, they had one stroke of extraordinary luck and that stroke of extraordinary luck was they ended up here, in Canada, in Calgary, at Connaught school.”

Nenshi, of course, isn’t running for anything in October.

But in the middle of an election that has driven into the ditch of identity politics, you kind of wish he were.

Tim Harper is a national affairs writer syndicated by the Toronto Star.

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“light-duty trucks” and are subject to less strict emissions standards than cars. Yet, most people treat them the same as cars.

This creates incentives for manufacturers to produce more heavy vehicles or even to design cars as trucks, such as Chrysler’s PT Cruiser. According to the Economist, “As vehicles above 3.8 tonnes were long exempted from the American regulation, manufacturers started producing enormous vehicles such as the Hummer to avoid any fuel-economy rules.”

Even with fuel-efficiency improvements, vehicle emissions have more than doubled since 1970 and will increase as demand rises in countries like China, India and Brazil, according to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Studies show that because fuel efficiency makes it less expensive to drive, people drive more.

Clearly, we need better solutions.

It’s easy to say it starts with individuals. We can all find ways to reduce private automobile use. But individuals aren’t entirely to blame for our fossil-fuelled lifestyles. Incentives, regulations, policies and infrastructure are needed to create the necessary shift away from reliance on wasteful, inefficient transportation and fuel options.

We’ve seen many positive developments in recent years. In my hometown, Vancouver, and many other cit-

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Taxing fossil fuel consumption may be more efficient than emissions standards because, as the Economist points out, fuel taxes encourage people, especially those who drive a lot, to buy more efficient cars and to drive less. And, “A fuel tax does not rely on dubious testing nor does it create distortive loopholes.” Revenue from taxes can be invested in cleaner transportation alternatives or, as with B.C.’s carbon tax, used to reduce income taxes or provide rebates to people with lower incomes.

It’s outrageous that a car manufacturer like Volkswagen would stoop to devious practices to get around laws designed to benefit all people, but in our car-driven culture, it’s not entirely surprising — just another signal that it’s time to rethink the way we move ourselves around.

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FCM sends message on seniors’ social housing

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — The Federation of Canadian Municipalities is sending an urgent message to federal political parties to address housing for seniors in this fall’s election campaign as Canada approaches “a perfect storm.”

In findings released Monday, the FCM documented slumping incomes among seniors, rising rent costs and an increasingly aging population that it said will have a devastating financial impact if the issue is not addressed now.

Just last month, Statistics Canada released new population figures showing Canada’s seniors population has edged out the number of children under 15.

The number of seniors is expected to double to more than 10.4 million over the next 25 years, the federal agency predicts.

Edmonton, for example, expects its population aged over 80 to increase 266% between 2006 and 2041.

“It is a very urgent message that any government should properly plan for the future,” said FCM president Raymond Louie.

“In the next 20 years, we will have a significant problem if we don’t start addressing it today.”

Louie said it makes economic sense to invest in supporting seniors.

“The parties, all of them, need to pay more attention into an investment in housing,” he said.

The FCM report indicates Canada’s aging population is changing the face of communities across the country and close to 700,000 households led by seniors face a challenge with housing affordability.

“A combination of modest incomes and high living costs mean that almost one in four senior-led households are spending 30 per cent more of their in-

Harper’s inbox receives emails about allegations involving Sen. Don Meredith

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — Angry Canadians called for Sen. Don Meredith to be removed from the Senate after allegations emerged that he had an improper relationship with a teenager.

The demands for Meredith — who is facing the prospect of a police investigation into the allegations — to lose his Senate seat landed in the Prime Minister’s Office inbox, according to emails obtained by The Canadian Press.

Some Canadians had seemingly been pushed too far by yet another senator caught in a scandal and, more specifically, another one appointed by Stephen Harper.

“Man o man…couldn’t you have put some half decent people on the Senate payroll?” one email read.

Another message was just as blunt: “Holy Hannah, has there been anyone nominated by Harper to the Senate that hasn’t brought shame to Canada?? How is it indeed possible to have so many senators nominated by one prime minister go in the ditch?”

The emails were sent on June 18 and 19 after published allegations of misconduct forced Meredith to quit the Tory caucus.

The names and addresses of the writers were redacted from the messages, which were released to The Canadian Press under the Access to Information Act. Many emails raged at the Conservatives and the Senate over yet another scandal in the upper chamber.

Meredith could face a police probe into allegations following a Toronto Star report that alleged he had a sexual relationship with a 16-year-old girl, who is now 18.

The woman told the Star that Meredith initially thought she was 18, but that she only told him her true age six weeks after their first meeting.

The Star report said the woman had sexually explicit online chats with Meredith and that the relationship progressed to kissing and touching before she turned 18.

She said the pair had intercourse twice after she turned 18 before the 50-year-old Meredith, a married Pentecostal minister and father of two, broke off the relationship earlier this year. The age of consent in Canada for sexual relations is 16, except in cases of a relationship of trust or authority in which the young person is in a dependent or exploitive relationship, when it increases to 18.

The allegations against Meredith

come on shelter,” the report states.

The findings also detail how significant groups of seniors remain economically vulnerable.

“Seniors who live alone experience poverty at nearly twice the rate of other seniors,” it said.

The FCM says part of the solution is to provide housing options for seniors by building and expanding existing programs to confront issues such as the growing number of seniors on social housing wait lists.

It also recommends supporting and growing municipal, provincial and federal programs that enable seniors to renovate their housing to accommodate changing needs.

The FCM found housing affordability is particularly an issue in Canada’s largest cities, where there is a higher concentration of poor households led by seniors.

Louie said municipalities simply do not have the capacity to manage a bal-

looning problem.

“When people have no place to live, we end up having many more social problems,” he said.

Louie said the FCM’s report highlights how the situation will deteriorate further without intervention by the federal government.

Federal funding provided through the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation to the tune of $1.6 billion a year will no longer be in place if funding agreements are allowed to expire, he added.

“That’s why the FCM has been pushing as hard as we can to highlight how important it is that we continue to have housing funding made available, let alone expanding it which is what we would like to see happen,” he said.

“We know that the situation is getting worse, housing affordability in general is becoming more and more challenging.”

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“HOLY HANNAH, HAS THERE BEEN ANYONE NOMINATED BY HARPER TO THE SENATE THAT HASN’T BROUGHT SHAME TO CANADA?? HOW IS IT INDEED POSSIBLE TO HAVE SO MANY SENATORS NOMINATED BY ONE PRIME MINISTER GO IN THE DITCH?” —EMAIL SENT TO HARPER remain unproven and no formal complaint against him has been filed with the Senate.

Meredith has not responded to the allegations. He quit the Conservative caucus when the allegations were published.

“That’s a good first step, but it’s only a first step,” said one email to Harper.

“He should be booted out of the Senate entirely, and this should be done tomorrow! He is a disgrace and has no longer any right to be in that institution.”

That writer went on to call for the abolition of the upper chamber — something the NDP has pledged, if elected — or “at the very least” make the selection process for senators non-political, which the Liberals have promised to do.

Senate ethics officer Lyse Ricard said Friday she was suspending her review of Meredith, citing a request from another authority that didn’t want her to interfere in their investigation.

She didn’t identify which investigative body asked her to suspend her review, but the clause in the Senate ethics code cited by Ricard only kicks in when police ask the ethics officer to put a review on hold.

Harper appointed Meredith to the Senate in 2010 after he ran unsuccessfully in a 2008 Toronto byelection. Other Harper-appointed senators have found themselves in trouble over the past three years, including Mike Duffy, Pamela Wallin, Patrick Brazeau and Pierre-Hugues Boisvenu.

Although many non-Harper appointees to the Senate have since landed in hot water over their spending, eight of the 30 senators named by the auditor general were appointed by Harper.

Nine were appointed by Jean Chretien, six by Brian Mulroney, five by Paul Martin, and one each by Joe Clark and Pierre Trudeau.

The opposition parties, however, have tried to pin the upper chamber’s problems on Harper.

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Can cryonics deliver life after death? as vitrification.

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by Ettinger, operates a preservation facility near Detroit, where about 100 pets and 135 humans are suspended in tanks called cryostats.

“The actual cryostats are just giant thermos bottles with liquid nitrogen, there’s no electricity to fail,” says president Dennis Kowalski, a 47-year-old Milwaukee firefighter and paramedic who became interested in cryonics in his 20s after reading K. Eric Drexler’s 1986 book “The Engines of Creation,” about the coming era of nanotechnology.

About 1,250 people, including a number of Canadians, are signed up for CI’s service. Membership costs US$28,000, which is typically paid for through life-insurance policies.

While acknowledging that he and others who intend to be frozen are often “looked at as a bunch of kooks,” Kowalski views cryonics as being like a clinical experiment — and one that beats the alternative.

“I’ll be the first to admit it may not work. And everyone who’s signed up should understand cryonics may not work and there are no guarantees.”

CI doesn’t provide “neuros,” in which only the head and brain are preserved. Even so, bodies are placed in the cryostats upside-down, based on the theory that if a catastrophe were to threaten the tanks’ viability, “the brain would be the last to go.”

“We place emphasis on the importance of the brain because even under today’s crude technology, you probably could clone a human being and replace every single part,” suggests Kowalski.

“But one thing you can’t replace is your mind — which is you — and your mind is somehow encoded in

TORONTO — When it comes to death, there’s traditionally been two forms of eternal rest: going into a coffin or ending up as ashes inside an urn.

But some are embracing a third way — having their body or brain frozen in liquid nitrogen in the hope of some day being brought back to life, with memories, personality and sense of self intact.

“I believe that my identity is stored inside my physical brain,” says Carrie Wong, president of the Lifespan Society of British Columbia, an advocacy group that works to promote and protect access to cryonic preservation.

“So if I can somehow preserve that, maybe at a future time technology and medical science will advance to such a point that it may be possible to repair the damage of freezing me in the first place and also what killed me back then,” says the 27-year-old, who concedes such a feat could be hundreds of years in the future.

“It’s not possible now, but nobody can really argue it’s not possible in the future because that’s arguing about what future technology is capable of.”

The notion that a person could be frozen and later “re-animated” was initially posited in the 1964 book “The Prospect of Immortality” by American physics teacher and sci-fi writer Robert Ettinger.

The first person to be cryonically preserved was Dr. James Bedford, a 73-year-old California psychology professor, whose body was suspended in liquid nitrogen in 1967 at Alcor Life Extension Foundation in Scottsdale, Ariz.

Alcor’s most famous “patient,” as they’re called, is Red Sox baseball legend Ted Williams, whose head was detached from his body and cryopreserved after the slugger’s death at 83 in 2002.

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Christine Gaspar, 42, an emergency room nurse from Amaranth, Ont., northwest of Toronto, is a CI member and president of the Cryonics Society of Canada, an educational and advocacy organization.

“My parents and my sister are also signed up. It took me about five minutes to convince my father and it took me about 15 years to convince my mother and my sister, but I finally got it done.

“I actually cryopreserved my cat two years ago (for a fee of US$5,800),” Gaspar confides.

“I know it sounds extraordinary, but if it’s something that you believe in philosophically, then you do it for what you love and who you love.”

She’s part of a Toronto-area group on standby for any dying Alcor or CI

member, so initial preservation can begin soon after death and before a cryonics-trained funeral director arrives to continue the process.

The deceased is then transported to the Michigan or Arizona facility, where vitrification is completed. Neither Alcor nor CI provide this service in Canada.

Cryonics, she proposes, is merely an extension of emergency medicine.

“What cannot be repaired today may be able to be repaired tomorrow.

And instead of making a referral to a doctor in another city, you’re making a referral to a doctor in another time.”

Gaspar, who along with her family members is opting for whole-body preservation, has no idea what kind of society she may come back to should science discover a way to revive her in the future — and she doesn’t care.

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Rebels remain undefeated STRONG SECOND PERIOD PUSHES RED DEER TO WIN OVER KELOWNA

BY GREG MEACHEM ADVOCATE SPORTS EDITOR Rebels 7 Rockets 4 The key to beating the high-powered Kelowna Rockets is seemingly obvious — flex your own offensive muscles and outscore them.

The Red Deer Rebels did just that Saturday night in front of 5,507 spectators at the Enmax Centrium, but GM/ head coach Brent Sutter had to remind his troops following their 7-4 WHL victory that there’s more, much more, to the game than turning on the red light.

“We were opportunistic on our (scoring) chances, but I wasn’t particularly pleased with the way we played,” said Sutter, whose squad buried four second-period goals en route to running their record to 4-0. “We made a lot of soft plays, certain guys more than others. I just thought we were too casual in our own zone. Our defensive play wasn’t very good.”

The Rebels led 2-1 after one period on a pair of goals by Evan Polei, then outscored their guests 4-1 while dominating the middle frame.

But the Rockets turned it up in the third and closed the gap to 6-4 on goals

by Calvin Thurkauf, off a Red Deer turnover a mere 13 seconds in, and Justin Kirkland at 16:39. Rebels overage forward Presten Kopeck sealed the deal with a late empty-net marker at 17:27.

“We don’t want to have bad habits, we have to make sure we stay on our

game and stay intense and play hard,” said Sutter.

“We have skill, but as we’ve talked to the players about, our work ethic and our commitment to playing well without the puck and doing all the little things the right way allows our skill to be enhanced.

“For probably two thirds of the game tonight it was the other way around, where we relied on trying to making those skilled, soft plays, and our work ethic wasn’t where it needed to be.”

The Rockets struck first, with Tyson Baillie potting a power play marker at 8:36 of the opening frame. It provided the visitors with their only lead of the contest, as Polei replied with a goalmouth deflection of a Brandon Hagel pass, and just 18 seconds later converted another nifty feed from Hagel, beating Kelowna netminder Michael Herringer with a high shot from close range.

Polei later engaged Rod Southam in a feisty toe-to-toe from which he emerged with a decision, and fell just a single assist short of the legendary ‘Gordie Howe hat trick’. The big winger insisted he was in search of the real thing.

“I couldn’t get the third goal,” he quipped.

The Rebels, who pelted Herringer with 19 second-period shots, upped their lead to 3-1 when Michael Spacek connected with his fifth of the season.

Kole Lind answered back for the Rockets roughly five minutes later, but the

Rebels restored their two-goal cushion in short order as Grayson Pawlenchuk grabbed a clearing pass from Wyatt Johnson, busted down the right wing and wired a shot that beat Herringer high to the far side.

From there, Austin Pratt notched his first-ever WHL regular-season goal, cashing a rebound from the edge of the crease, and defenceman Colton Bobyk blasted a power-play volley past Herringer to give the Rebels a comfortable four-goal advantage.

“I thought we played hard pretty much the whole night, it was just a couple of bad bounces there,” said Rockets star forward and Arizona Coyotes first-round draft pick Nick Merkley, who was held pointless.

“We can take some positive out of the third, for sure, but we need a 60-minute effort moving forward.”

Polei, like his head coach, wasn’t tickled with the Rebels’ final frame.

“We have to be more ready to go in the third period,” he said. “That’s a good team that comes out and plays their balls off every night. They worked hard in that third period.

“They (Rockets) have outshot and outscored every team they’ve played in the third period. We have to know that when we’re up in the third period we have to take it to teams and bury them.”

Polei’s goals were his first and second of the season.

“It felt good to get that first one out of the way, it kind of set me up for the rest of the game,” he said. “I felt good.

I felt like I had time with the puck, that I could make plays, could pass the puck and had time to shoot and skate.”

Each team managed 38 shots and although Herringer looked a little unsteady on perhaps a couple of goals, he kept the game from getting out of hand in the second period with splendid saves on Lane Pederson and Wyatt Johnson and a brilliant diving glove stab on Kopeck.

Kirkland’s late goal was one that Rebels netminder Rylan Toth would have liked back, but he was otherwise excellent. Included among his stops was a breakaway save on Merkley.

In the end, the Rebels were the better team on the scoresheet.

“We were able to score seven goals and that’s certainly a positive. We were able to win the hockey game and that’s a positive,” said Sutter. “But again, we don’t want to be a team that has bad habits and we have things we have to continue to work on.”

• Rebels veteran defenceman Haydn Fleury was reassigned by the Carolina Hurricanes Saturday and will be in the lineup when Red Deer travels to Lethbridge Tuesday to face the Hurricanes.

His return is particularly timely with Josh Mahura lost for five to six months with a significant knee injury he suffered in the Rebels’ season-opener Sept. 26. Mahura was scheduled to see a doctor in Calgary this morning and will undergo surgery with the next week to 10 days. gmeachem@reddeeradvocate.com

Jays get hammered in season finale LOSE HOME-FIELD ADVANTAGE THROUGH PLAYOFFS, TO FACE RANGERS IN FIRST ROUND

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Blue Jays 3 Rays 12 ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Mark Buehrle missed making history and found out he will be left off the Toronto Blue Jays’ playoff roster.

Buehrle failed to become the fifth major leaguer to pitch 200 innings or more in 15 consecutive seasons, and the AL East champion Blue Jays missed out on home-field advantage throughout the playoffs as they lost to the Tampa Bay Rays 12-3 Sunday in their regular-season finale.

Starting for the second time in three days, Buehrle (15-8) needed two innings to reach the milestone, but he failed to get through the first.

“This game is crazy,” Buehrle said.

“I felt great and didn’t get out the first inning. It wasn’t meant to be.”

David Price is scheduled to start Game 1 of the Blue Jays’ AL Division series Thursday at home against AL West champion Texas. Toronto ended the regular season at 93-69, a 10-game improvement over last season.

It didn’t come as a surprise that Buehrle will not be on the active roster for the Rangers series.

“They’ve already talked to me,” Buehrle said. “It’s tough. We’ve had four guys throwing (the ball well). They made the right decision.”

Buerhle also said he has not decided if he will be retiring.

“I don’t know what’s going to happen,” Buerhle said. “I’m going to go home and talk with my wife. We’ll figure it out and let you guys know in a couple months.”

Two errors led to Buehrle allowing eight unearned runs and five hits over a career-low two-thirds of an inning.

He had gone 6 2-3 innings Friday night en route to his 15th win.

“You could argue he’s been as valuable as any pitcher in baseball for the last 15 years,” Rays manager Kevin Cash said.

“He’s so efficient, and you hear his teammates talk about him and what he’s done.”

Chris Colabello and Darwin Barney homered for the Blue Jays, who needed a win and a Kansas City loss to finish with the AL’s best record.

Joey Butler homered twice and had six RBIs for Rays.

Tampa Bay’s first run off Buehrle scored when first baseman Edwin Encarnacion dropped Steven Souza Jr’s soft liner for the Blue Jays’ second error in a span of five batters.

Tim Beckham drew a two-out bases-loaded walk and Butler hit a grand slam on an 85 mph offering — the fastest of Buehrle’s 45 pitches — to make it 6-0. The slam came after a close call by plate umpire Alfonso Marquez went against Buehrle on a 2-2 pitch.

Manager John Gibbons took Buehrle out after Brandon Guyer’s RBI single.

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Toronto Blue Jays’ Ryan Goins, left, tags out Tampa Bay Rays’ Brandon Guyer, right, at second base during the first inning of a baseball game Sunday, in St. Petersburg, Fla. Mikie Mahtook completed the Rays’ nine-run first with a two-run homer off Ryan Tepera. Butler had a two-run shot during a three-run fifth.

Colabello hit a solo drive in the fourth, and Barney had a two-run ninth-inning drive. Matt Moore (3-4) gave up one run and four hits over six

innings for the Rays, who went 80-82 under first-year manager Kevin Cash.

Tampa Bay was 77-85 last year with current Chicago Cubs manager Joe Maddon. The Rays finished with an MLB-low home attendance of 1,247,668 after drawing 15,815 on Sunday. Tampa Bay drew 1,446,464 last season.

Kings’ blue line depth plays big part in win

BY DANNY RODE SPECIAL TO THE ADVOCATE Kings 6 Clippers 0 PENHOLD – Going into the off-season RDC Kings hockey head coach Trevor Keeper made a concerted effort to add depth and skill to his blue line.

Although they are only four games into the Alberta Colleges Men’s Hockey League regular season, it’s obvious Keeper accomplished his goal. The Kings are seven deep on the blueline, with the newcomers looking as steady as the three veterans.

That was obvious once again Saturday afternoon as the Kings downed the Briercrest Bible College Clippers 6-0 at the Penhold Regional Multiplex to run their season record to 3-1.

“Our defence is very mobile … they can all skate and move the puck,” said Keeper. “We tell them their No. 1 job is to get the puck to the forwards and join the rush … we don’t have any defencemen who are selfish and want to carry it up and risk a turnover.”

One of the more mobile rearguards is newcomer David Heath, who came in from the Melfort Mustangs. He skates as well as any defenceman in the ACAC and when he does join the rush he’s able to easily get back. He also opened the scoring Saturday, jumping in off the point to take a perfect cross-crease pass from Pat Martens to beat BBC netminder Levi Nelson.

“It is important for the defencemen

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Pat Martens of the RDC Kings trips as he tries to slip past Briercrest Clipper Marvin Powell during third period ACAC mens hockey action at the Penhold Multiplex Saturday afternoon. The Kings shutout the Clippers 6-0. to join the rush as in this league teams are getting better backchecking year after year and you need that second wave” said Keeper.

Third-year veteran Blair Mulder, who also scored after jumping in off the point to make the score 4-0 in the third period, likes what he sees.

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“Our young defencemen have stepped in … we can’t complain about any of them,” he said. “The new guys also get a lot of power play minutes and they can produce which gives Marc (Alex Marcinew) and myself a chance to be fresh and play the tough defensive minutes.”

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As well, several of the D-men can also step in up front is need be. One is Dylan Baer, who played the right wing in both games against BBC and scored his first goal at 16:39 of the second period to make it 2-0. Mike Marianchuk made it 3-0 at 19:15 of the middle stanza. Rookie rearguard Mike Statchuk and second-year forward Connor Hartley connected at 10:23 and 16:52 of the third period to complete the scoring.

It was the third win in a row for the Kings after opening the season with a 5-4 loss to Concordia.

“The last three games we’ve scored 19 goals and allowed just one and consistently had 50 shots a game,” said Keeper. “We also set a goal to average less than 10 shots a period and we allowed just 26 today.”

Mike Salmon was the beneficiary of the tough defence as he played his first game of the season and registered the shutout.

“Briercrest isn’t the best team in the league but it’s important to be playing well as we head into a big weekend against NAIT,” said Keeper.

The Kings visit the defending champion NAIT Ooks Friday and host them Saturday at 7 p.m. in Penhold.

Nelson, who played with the Canmore Eagles, made 47 saves for the Clippers and was named the BBC player of the game. Heath received the player of the game for the Kings.

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

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Flames fall to Jets in preseason finale

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS Jets 3 Flames 2 CALGARY — After playing 40 NHL games last season as a rookie, Ben Chiarot came to Jets training camp this year a lot more prepared for what it takes to play in the NHL. It has shown.

The 24-year-old defenceman has been the talk of camp and he continued his impressive pre-season Saturday night scoring his third goal in the Jets’ 3-2 win over the Calgary Flames.

“I got some experience last year, playing three-quarters of the season.

I feel comfortable here now. the game feels slower,” said Chiarot, who finishes the pre-season tied for the Jets’ goal-scoring lead with forward Mark Scheifele. “I don’t have those jitters in games any more, I’m confident in what I’m doing out there and I’m just doing it.”

The second-period goal Chiarot scored was a beauty. Putting the Jets in front 2-0, he curled off the side boards and from a sharp angle zipped a snapshot over the shoulder of Karri Ramo and just under the crossbar.

Having scored just twice last season, Chiarot cautions, don’t let his goal total mislead you.

“That’s not where my bread is buttered really, it just happened to go in,” said Chiarot.

Blake Wheeler Drew Stafford, into an empty net, had the other goals for Winnipeg (3-2-2).

Lance Bouma and David Jones replied for Calgary (4-4-0).

The Flames open the regular season at home on Wednesday against Vancouver. The Jets open a four-game road trip Thursday in Boston. Both

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Winnipeg Jets’ Tyler Myers, left, battles for the puck with Calgary Flames’ Sean Monahan during NHL preseason action in Calgary, Saturday. sides are ready to get the real games started.

“I can’t wait. I’m so sick of (pre-season). I wish we played three games.

Seven games? Come on,” said Stafford.

“It’s all about habits and making sure we’re ready to go but I wish it was a little bit shorter, because everyone’s

excited to get going after a while.”

Flames coach Bob Hartley says his team is also anxious to get going again after they surprised many by not only making the playoffs a year ago but going two rounds.

“We’re still a very young hockey club led by great leaders, great veter-

ans but at the same time, as an organization, we invested a lot in our young players and they did great for the past two years,” said Hartley. “Now, starting Wednesday, it’s another long marathon starting and I think everybody is very excited about it.”

Calgary got to within one 3:45 into the third period when Bouma ended Ondrej Pavelec’s shutout bid by jamming in his first of the pre-season.

“It was more of a real pace out there, both teams dressed pretty much our entire line-ups. It was good to get the feel. I thought we did a lot of good things in that game,” said Flames captain Mark Giordano.

“We take a lot of positive out of this game. It was a good way to get into the season.”

Pavelec finished with 29 stops while Ramo had 21 saves.

One of the most interesting decisions left for the Flames is what will they do in net where they have three players on one-way contracts. Veteran Jonas Hiller and 24-year-old rookie Joni Ortio are the other two.

“I think it’s pretty clear in our mind but I don’t know yet on which day we’re going to come out with it, but I don’t think it will be a big surprise,” Hartley said when asked if he knew who his starter would be.

Notes: Jiri Hudler (lower body) did not play the third period but Hartley said it was very minor and he would have played if it had been a regular season game…. Healthy scratches for Calgary were Mason Raymond, Paul Byron, Markus Granlund, Ryan Wilson (on a Professional Try-Out contract) and Ortio… Notable scratches for Winnipeg were Andrew Ladd, Adam Lowry, Mark Scheifele and Dustin Byfuglien.

Oilers get edged by Canucks in overtime

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS Canucks 3 Oilers 2 OT VANCOUVER — After an exhibition season filled with prospects delivering offence for the Canucks, it was a familiar name getting the winner in the pre-season finale.

Daniel Sedin scored in 3-on-3 overtime for Vancouver in a 3-2 win over the Edmonton Oilers on Saturday.

Although it was Sedin’s first goal — and point — of the pre-season, he’s enjoyed the front-row seat as NHL hopefuls like Jared McCann, Ben Hutton, and Jake Virtanen battle for spots on the regular-season Canucks roster.

“It’s so fun to see as an older player and teammate,” said Sedin. “They push each other and push all of us to get better. We need that.”

Canucks head coach Willie Desjardins knows he has some tough decisions to make ahead of Vancouver’s regular-season opener on Wednesday in Calgary. Desjardins, however, wasn’t tipping his hand as to who might be sticking around.

“There’s not just my viewpoint that goes in,” he said. “There’s lots of other viewpoints. We’ll talk it over.”

McCann is definitely considered a contender after having one of the better pre-seasons with two goals and two assists.

“I’m just really thankful that they’ve kept me around this long,” said McCann. “It’s been a huge learning experience for me to learn from two guys like the Sedins. And in the future, if I’m on the team or not, I’m going to

take this as a good experience.”

Jannik Hansen and Bo Horvat also scored for Vancouver (4-3-1).

Ryan Nugent-Hopkins and Benoit Pouliot scored for the Oilers (6-1-1), who kick off their campaign against the Blues in St. Louis on Thursday.

Pouliot had multiple chances in the second and was finally rewarded early in the third when Nugent-Hopkins wheeled past Hutton to set up Pouliot for the tying goal.

“I think today was my best game (of the pre-season) and that’s a big confidence booster for myself,” said Pouliot. “Hopefully I bring that on Thursday in St. Louis.”

Vancouver opened up the scoring four minutes into the game off a 3-on-2 rush. Sven Baertschi sent a beautiful cross-ice pass to Horvat for a tip in.

Horvat has been one of Vancouver’s best players this pre-season and expectations for the sophomore forward are set to rise. He led the team with four goals in pre-season and often looked like Vancouver’s most dangerous offensive player.

“Bo is always kind of surprising me a little bit.” said Desjardin. “I think that’s a big step. Lots of guys have trouble in the second year. For us he’s played well and I hope he keeps getting to play that way.”

Goalie Ryan Miller was forced to look sharp early in the second with the Oilers’ top line buzzing in the Canucks zone. He made a big stop on a backhanded shot from Pouliot off a breakaway. Edmonton outshot the Canucks 14-7 in the period.

Nugent-Hopkins scored what looked

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Edmonton Oilers’ Connor McDavid chases after Vancouver Canucks’ Ben Hutton, right, after avoiding a check by Canucks’ Jared McCann, back, during the first period of a preseason NHL game in Vancouver, B.C., on Saturday. like the go-ahead goal with just over two minutes left on a 2-on-1 with Teddy Purcell, but Vancouver tied it 2-2 seconds later when Hansen banged home a loose puck in the crease.

“We’re disappointed that we couldn’t close it out,” said Oilers head coach Todd McLellan “We need to

learn to do that as a team.”

Miller made 25 saves for the win as Cam Talbot kicked out 24-of-27 shots in defeat.

It was the second straight exhibition game between the teams, with the Canucks defeating the Oilers 5-2 on Thursday in Edmonton.

Whyte lifts Eskimos to win over Bombers with last-second field goal

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS Eskimos 24 Blue Bombers 23 WINNIPEG — Sean Whyte was thinking about leaving the game of football last month to take a job in the real world.

Instead, the kicker/punter signed with the Edmonton Eskimos and has experienced the elation of playing sports again.

The seven-year veteran booted a 53-yard field goal as time expired on Saturday to give his team a 24-23 win over the Winnipeg Blue Bombers and a spot in the CFL playoffs.

“I had a job opportunity to be a technician and it pays a lot better than football,” said Whyte, who signed as a free agent with the Eskimos on Sept. 4.

“I was going to pick up my resume (to hand in) when I got the call (from Edmonton). So if I had put in my resume that day, I was going to get hired and I would have said forget football.”

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He also made field goals from 18 and 26 yards in the battle against the Bombers — a victory that extended Edmonton’s winning streak to four games.

While Whyte was feeling the euphoria of kicking the winning points, he’s now 10-of-11 for the Esks (10-4), it was just the opposite for his Bombers (4-10) counterpart.

Lirim Hajrullahu missed four fieldgoal attempts from 45, 44, 43 and 40 yards. He got a single point off one.

One attempt hit the left post, while a convert attempt hit the right post. He also made a convert.

However, with 1:02 remaining in the game, Hajrullahu was good on a 45-yard attempt to give Winnipeg a 2321 lead.

It looked like he was going to pull off the victory, but Edmonton quarterback Mike Reilly got away from a Bomber defender in the final drive and moved the ball close enough for Whyte to give it a shot.

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“I told him after the game, ‘It’s only going to make you mentally tougher.”’

Hajrullahu was unavailable to speak to the media after the game.

Reilly completed 30-of-42 pass attempts for 298 yards with two interceptions and one TD. Kenny Stafford had a 55-yard touchdown reception for Edmonton and Adarius Bowman grabbed a pass for the two-point convert following a oneyard TD run from Reilly.

Troy Stoudermire scored a 78-yard touchdown on a punt return for Win-

nipeg and receiver Nick Moore caught a five-yard TD pass from Matt Nichols.

Cameron Marshall had a two-yard TD run. Nichols was 22-of-39 for 320 yards with no picks and one TD. Bombers head coach Mike O’ Shea was asked if the team can continue with their sophomore kicker, who has made 22 of 32 field-goal attempts this season.

“Obviously, we’ve got to look at how we’re going to win games going forward,” O’ Shea responded. “But at first glance, he had a bad day…. We’ve got to find a way to pull him back up.”

Winnipeg led 7-6 after the first quarter, but Edmonton took a 13-7 lead into halftime.

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Queens gain positives out of tournament RDC VOLLEYBALL

BY DANNY RODE SPECIAL TO THE ADVOCATE It didn’t finish exactly how they would have liked, but there were more positives than negatives for the RDC Queens during the annual Wild Rose Classic volleyball tournament.

The Queens I finished second, losing 16-25, 20-25 to the SAIT Trojans in the final, while the Queens II finished seventh after defeating the Medicine Hat Rattlers 25-21, 25-10.

“Considering this was the first game action for us, we’re pleased,” said Queens assistant coach Mandy Carroll, who was on the bench for both teams

MINOR HOCKEY Midget AAA Landon Siegle sniped the Red Deer Optimist Chiefs’ only goal Saturday in a 4-1 Alberta Midget Hockey League loss to the host Lethbridge Hurricanes.

Justin Travis made 29 saves in a losing cause. The shots on goal were 33 apiece and the ‘Canes were assessed three of four minor penalties.

The Chiefs opened their regular-season schedule on a positive note Friday at the Arena, downing the Calgary Buffaloes 3-2.

Siegle, Landon McKenzie and Tanner Zentner were the Red Deer marksmen. Travis made 31 saves as the Chiefs were outshot 33-20. The teams split six minor penalties.

Minor midget AAA Landon Leipnitz and Hayden Clayton each potted a pair of goals to help the Red Deer North Star Chiefs gain a 6-6 draw with the visiting Calgary Stampeders Saturday.

Keaton Sawicki and Kale Seelan accounted for the other North Star markers, while Brayden Laturnus made 36 saves. The Chiefs were outshot 42-39.

In a later contest, also at the Arena, the Red Deer Strata Energy Chiefs were thumped 11-2 by the Calgary Rangers, who held a 56-23 advantage

and handled head coaching duties for the Queens II squad.

“We would have liked to play better at times but look at the final and SAIT has an older team, an experienced team. We were playing with half a squad, so this was a learning opportunity for us. Which was more important than the wins.”

Head coach Talbot Walton split the team in half so that everyone had an opportunity to play a lot and to see how they handled different situations, good and bad.

“That’s why we do it,” said Carroll.

“It was a test to see where they`re at as players when it comes to tough situations. We`ve been together for only four weeks and haven`t had those situations come up.”

One of the battles this season is at setter between returnee Ashley Fehr

and newcomer Maegan Kuzyk, who played at NAIT the past two seasons.

“Both improved as the weekend went on,” said Carroll.

“They both have different things to work on and both have different skill sets. They also looked good in different situations.”

Veteran power hitter Miranda Dawe stood out as did first-year middle Taylor Wickson.

Carroll was also impressed with a number of other newcomers such as McKenna Barthel and Kelsey Paton, who is just out of high school.

The Queens I reached the final by defeating Augustana 20-25, 25-21, 15-9, College of the Rockies 25-18, 20-25, 1510 and Grande Prairie 25-27, 25-21, 1511 on Saturday.

SAIT downed Lethbridge 2-0, Olds 25-17, 17-25, 15-10 and The Kings Uni-

versity Eagles 2-1.

The Queens II lost to the College of the Rockies 17-25, 26-24, 11-15 in the fifth-place semifinal before defeating Medicine Hat, who lost to the Olds Broncos 11-25, 23-25. Olds then downed College of the Rockies 23-25, 25-15, 15-6 to take fifth place.

Olds head coach Chris Wandler of Red Deer would have liked a higher finish, but wasn’t overly disappointed.

“We’re off to a decent start,” he said. “We have a few returning players but we’re still coming together as a group.”

The RDC teams will open their regular schedule Oct. 16-17 when they host Medicine Hat. Danny Rode is a retired Advocate reporter who can be reached at drode@reddeeradvocate.com. His work can also be seen at www.rdc.ab.ca/athleticsblog.

in shots. Elijah Johanson and Rylan Burns scored for Strata Energy, with Steven Arthur and Duncan Hughes combining to make 45 saves.

Major bantam The Red Deer Rebels were outshot 48-22 by the Calgary Northstars in a 4-2 home-opening loss Sunday at the Arena.

Jace Paarup scored for the Rebels, who got a 42-save outing from Bretton Park.

The Rebels opened their regular season Saturday with a 4-2 win over the host Calgary Flames. Paarup scored twice and added an assist, while Walker Stevenson also potted two goals and Jason Very turned aside 29 shots.

Major bantam girls The Red Deer Sutter Fund Chiefs were hard luck victims during the weekend, opening their season with back-to-back 2-1 home-ice setbacks.

Paige Dodd scored for the Chiefs in Sunday’s loss to the Southeast Tigers, who directed 13 shots at Red Deer netminder Madison McLaren. Tigers goalie Maia Busi made 43 saves.

On Saturday, Kadey Rosie sniped a third-period goal in a loss to the Rocky Mountain Raiders.

Chantelle Sandquist made 30 saves for the Chiefs, who were outshot 32-27.

Photo by ASHLI BARRETT/Advocate Staff

JUNIOR B ROUNDUP The Red Deer Vipers were extra stingy Sunday evening.

The Vipers surrendered just 12 shots in an 8-2 Heritage Junior Hockey League win over the Banff Academy Bears at the Arena.

Up 4-1 and 5-1 by periods, the Vipers got two goals from each of Matt Krusky, who also added an assist, and Colton Weseen and singles off the sticks of Declan Johnston, Bailey Lawson, Drew Joslin and Nick Glackin, who kicked in with a pair of helpers.

Mackenzie Patchett went the distance in the Red Deer net. The Vipers were assessed seven of 11 minor penalties.

The win was the second in two nights for the Vipers, who edged the host Medicine Hat Cubs 4-3 Saturday.

Weseen tallied twice for Red Deer, while Lawson and Krusky also connected. Branden Bilodeau made 30 saves for the Vipers as each team had 33 shots on goal.

Meanwhile, the Blackfalds Wranglers were 8-5 winners Sunday over the visiting Strathmore Wheat Kings and were defeated 4-3 by the host Cochrane Generals Friday.

Wally Samson, with two goals, and Andrew McLennan scored for the Wranglers at Cochrane. Nicolas Her-

BANTAM FOOTBALL Dolan Hills ran for three touchdowns — covering 12, 46 and 19 yards — and returned a fumble 50 yards for another major as the Hunting Hills Lightning dumped the visiting Stettler Wildcats 45-24 in bantam football action Saturday.

OLDS GRIZZLYS Chase Olsen scored the Olds Grizzlys’ lone goal in a 4-1 loss to the Spruce Grove Saints in an AJHL Showcase game Saturday.

Jake Mykitiuk and Brandon Biro each tallied twice for the Saints, who

rebrugh made 21 saves for Blackfalds, which held a 29-25 edge in shots.

Details from Sunday’s contest were unavailable.

In other Heritage League weekend contests: • The Stettler Lightning fell 4-3 to the visiting High River Flyers Saturday, 24 hours after being defeated 8-4 by the host Coaldale Copperheads.

Jacob Bottomley, Chandler Knibb and Logan Davidson scored for the Lightning Saturday. Zac Weiss made 27 saves for Stettler, which held a 45-30 advantage in shots.

On Friday, the Lightning got two goals from Bottomley, singles courtesy of Davidson and Kieran Rost and a 40-save performance from Travis Green as Stettler was outshot 48-43.

• The Ponoka Stampeders, with Lanny Blitt turning aside 42 shots, downed the host Three Hills Thrashers 4-1 Friday, then dropped a 5-3 decision Saturday at Strathmore.

Mik Doell and Cody Lemon each netted two goals for the winners at Three Hills, while Tyler Newsham replied for the home team. Greg Pols made 35 saves for the Thrashers.

The Stamps pelted Strathmore netminder Issac Stewart with 50 shots the following day but had to settle for goals from Teagan Colonna, Ryan Burns and Kyle Skogen. Blitt made 32 saves in a losing cause.

Logan Clarkson scored two touchdowns for the winners, on a nine-yard pass-and-run play and a 29-yard run.

He also added four two-point converts and a single-point conversion.

For the Wildcats, Dan Lesage, Brett Mercier and Steele Nichols each contributed a major, with Nichols adding three two-point converts.

were one-for-10 on the power play.

Olds was zero-for-five with a man advantage. Brett Zarowny turned aside 15 shots for the Saints, who led 1-0 and 3-1 by periods. Grizzlys netminder Kurtis Chapman made 28 saves.

The Grizzlys are idle until Friday when they visit the Okotoks Oilers.

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Jacob Bane of the Calgary Buffalo Hockey Association Rangers keeps the puck away from Rylan Burns of the Red Deer Strata Energy Chiefs Saturday afternoon during Midget AAA action at the Red Deer Arena. It was a rough game for the Chiefs, who fell 11-2, with shots 56-23 in favour of the Rangers.

Generals pull out win over host Eagles in preseason tournament INNISFAIL — If Sunday’s exhibition contest was any indication, the Innisfail Eagles-Bentley Generals rivalry is alive and well.

The Generals posted a 2-1 win over the hosts in the final game of the Eagles preseason tournament, an outing that featured plenty of big hits and excellent goaltending at both ends.

The game went to a shootout after the clubs were deadlocked after regulation time and a five-minute, threeon-three overtime session failed to produce a winner.

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produced shootout goals for the Gens, while Pete Vandermeer was the lone Eagles shooter to beat Bentley netminder Dustin Butler.

Andrew Bergmann scored a first-period goal for the Eagles and it held up until defenceman Graeme Craig connected for the visitors at 6:55 of the second period, beating goalie Dan Dunn to the short side with the Generals on the power play.

Butler finished with 36 saves through 65 minutes of play. Dunn stopped 30 shots for the Eagles.

Innisfail finished with a win and a loss after defeating the Fort Saskatchewan Chiefs Saturday.

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CENTRAL DIVISION GP W L OTLSOL GF GA Pt Red Deer 4 4 0 0 0 19 8 8 Calgary 5 4 1 0 0 14 10 8 Medicine Hat 4 2 1 1 0 13 15 5 Lethbridge 4 2 2 0 0 16 13 4 Edmonton 4 1 2 1 0 9 14 3 Kootenay 4 1 3 0 0 8 12 2 WESTERN CONFERENCE B.C. DIVISION GP W L OTLSOL GF GA Pt Victoria 4 4 0 0 0 19 9 8 Kelowna 6 4 2 0 0 28 24 8 Vancouver 4 3 0 0 1 17 13 7 Prince George 3 1 2 0 0 6 7 2 Kamloops 4 0 4 0 0 9 20 0 U.S. DIVISION GP W L OTLSOL GF GA Pt 3 2 1 0 0 12 12 4 3 2 1 0 0 6 6 4 3 1 1 1 0 13 15 3 3 1 1 1 0 11 10 3 3 0 3 0 0 7 13 0

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

Penalties — Hutton Vcr (hooking) 14:11.

Second Period No Scoring.

Penalties — None.

Third Period 2. Edmonton, Pouliot 2 (Nugent-Hopkins, Purcell) 3:08.

3. Edmonton, Nugent-Hopkins 2 (Purcell, Pouliot) 17:19.

4. Vancouver, Hansen 1 (Edler, H. Sedin) 18:04.

Penalties — None.

Overtime 5. Vancouver, D. Sedin 1 (H. Sedin, Edler) :29.

Penalties — None.

Shots on goal Edmonton 5 14 8 0 — 27 Vancouver 5 7 14 1 — 27 Goal — Edmonton: Talbot (LO, 2-1-1) Vancouver: Miller (W, 1-2-1).

Power plays (goal-chances) — Edmonton: 0-1 Vancouver: 0-0.

Polei RD (fighting) 16:32, Southam Kel (fighting) 16:32, Strand RD (slashing) 16:52.

Third Period 9. Kelowna, Thurkauf 2 (unassisted) :13.

10. Kelowna, Kirkland 2 (Johansen, Stadel) 16:39.

11. Red Deer, Kopeck 1 (Nogier) 17:27 (-EN).

Penalties — Soustal Kel (interference) 0:36, De Wit RD (holding) 8:15, Baillie Kel (high-sticking) 17:48, Ballhorn Kel (slashing) 18:50, Johnson RD (cross-checking) 18:50, Southam Kel (10-minute misconduct) 19:27.

Shots on goal Kelowna 12 15 11 — 38 Red Deer 10 19 9 — 38 Goal — Kelowna: Herringer (L, 0-2-0) Red Deer: Toth (W, 0-0-0).

Power plays (goal-chances) — Kelowna: 1-6 Red Deer: 1-5.

NHL Preseason Eastern Conference Atlantic Division GP W L OT 8 6 0 2 7 4 2 1 7 4 3 0 8 3 3 2 7 3 3 1 6 3 3 0 7 2 3 2 8 3 5 0

GF 33 16 26 27 19 15 16 17

GA 17 15 27 28 23 18 22 22

Pt 14 9 8 8 7 6 6 6

Washington Columbus NY Rangers Carolina Philadelphia New Jersey Pittsburgh NY Islanders

Metropolitan Division GP W L OT GF 7 5 0 2 21 8 5 2 1 29 6 4 1 1 22 6 4 2 0 16 7 3 2 2 23 7 3 4 0 18 8 3 5 0 19 8 2 6 0 18

GA 13 21 19 17 21 20 28 31

Pt 12 11 9 8 8 6 6 4

Minnesota St. Louis Chicago Winnipeg Nashville Colorado Dallas

Western Conference Central Division GP W L OT 6 4 2 0 6 4 2 0 6 4 2 0 7 3 2 2 6 3 2 1 6 1 4 1 7 1 6 0

Detroit Boston Buffalo Ottawa Tampa Bay Florida Montreal Toronto

Wednesday’s games Vancouver at Moose Jaw, 7 p.m.

Kootenay at Saskatoon, 7:05 p.m.

Tri-City at Kamloops, 8 p.m.

Spokane at Victoria, 8:05 p.m.

Saturday’ s summary Rebels 7, Rockets 4 First Period 1. Kelowna, Baillie 5 (Johansen, Stadel) 8:36 (pp).

2. Red Deer, Polei 1 (Doetzel, Hagel) 14:57.

3. Red Deer, Polei 2 (Hagel) 15:15.

Penalties — Pratt RD (hooking) 4:40, Polei RD (roughing) 7:19, Kirkland Kel (roughing) 11:48, Pederson RD (cross-checking) 18:29.

Second Period 4. Red Deer, Spacek 5 (Nikolishin, Musil) 1:52.

5. Kelowna, Lind 2 (Baillie, Quinney) 7:14.

6. Red Deer, Pawlenchuk 3 (Johnson) 9:39.

7. Red Deer, Pratt 1 (Strand, Pederson) 9:56.

8. Red Deer, Bobyk 2 (Nikolishin, Spacek) 11:18 (pp).

Penalties — De Wit RD (tripping) 3:36, Ballhorn Kel (holding) 10:42, Wishnowski Kel (tripping) 10:48,

Jets 3, Flames 2 First Period No Scoring.

Penalties — Wideman Cgy (interference) 4:21, Backlund Cgy (tripping) 17:11, Copp Wpg (interference) 19:18.

Second Period 1. Winnipeg, Wheeler 2 (Enstrom) 3:18.

2. Winnipeg, Chiarot 3 (Copp, Lipon) 8:18.

Penalties — Giordano Cgy (interference) 16:21.

Third Period 3. Calgary, Bouma 1 (Giordano) 3:45.

4. Winnipeg, Stafford 2 (Myers) 18:54 (en).

5. Calgary, Jones 1 (Russell) 19:44.

Penalties — None.

Shots on goal Winnipeg 5 9 10 — 24 Calgary 15 5 11 — 31 Goal — Winnipeg: Pavelec (W, 2-0-1) Calgary: Ramo (L, 1-1-0).

Power plays (goal-chances) — Winnipeg: 0-3 Calgary: 0-1.

NHL Scoring Leaders

GF 22 22 20 16 18 6 13

GA 10 11 15 22 21 16 27

Pt 8 8 8 8 7 3 2

Pacific Division GP W L OT GF GA Pt Edmonton 8 6 1 1 25 16 13 Anaheim 6 5 0 1 18 9 11 Los Angeles 6 4 1 1 16 8 9 San Jose 7 4 2 1 15 10 9 Vancouver 8 4 3 1 15 18 9 Calgary 8 4 4 0 17 17 8 Arizona 6 0 4 2 4 20 2 Note: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss.

Tuesday’s games Vancouver at Brandon, 6 p.m.

Kelowna at Medicine Hat, 7 p.m.

Kootenay at Prince Albert, 7 p.m.

Red Deer at Lethbridge, 7 p.m.

Spokane at Victoria, 8:05 p.m.

Saturday’s results Columbus 7 Nashville 1 Tampa Bay 3 Florida 2 Ottawa 5 Montreal 4 Detroit 2 Toronto 1 Chicago 4 Dallas 0 Winnipeg 3 Calgary 2 Anaheim 5 San Jose 1 Los Angeles 4 Colorado 0 Vancouver 3 Edmonton 2 (OT) Sunday’s results Washington 6 NY Islanders 2 End of preseason Saturday’s summaries Canucks 3, Oilers 2 (OT) First Period 1. Vancouver, Horvat 4 (Baertschi, Vrbata) 3:57.

G 4 3 4 4 3 1 4 4 5 3 3 2 2 2 2 0 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0

Ryan Johansen, Clb Nick Foligno, Clb Brandon Saad, Clb Jonathan Drouin, TB Mark Stone, Ott Charlie Coyle, Minn Andreas Athanasiou, Det Vladimir Tarasenko, StL Nail Yakupov, Edm Anthony Mantha, Det Nino Niederreiter, Minn Jack Eichel, Buf Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, Edm Derek Stepan, NYR Zach Parise, Minn Colton Parayko, StL Bo Horvat, Vcr Anton Lander, Edm Teemu Pulkkinen, Det Phil Kessel, Pgh Mike Hoffman, Ott Tyler Seguin, Dal Mathew Dumba, Minn Tyler Ennis, Buf Tomas Hertl, SJ Benoit Pouliot, Edm Raphael Diaz, NYR Jason Zucker, Minn Ben Hutton, Vcr Tyler Bertuzzi, Det Yevgeni Medvedev, Pha Michael Del Zotto, Pha Jakub Voracek, Pha Nathan Beaulieu, Mtl Erik Karlsson, Ott Jonathan Toews, Chi Kevin Shattenkirk, StL Sven Baertschi, Vcr Sam Reinhart, Buf Kevin Klein, NYR

A 8 6 4 4 5 7 3 3 1 3 3 4 4 4 4 6 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 5

Pts 12 9 8 8 8 8 7 7 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5

Football GP 13 13 12 13

Hamilton Ottawa Toronto Montreal

CFL East Division W L T 8 5 0 8 5 0 7 5 0 5 8 0

West Division GP W L T x-Calgary 14 11 3 0 x-Edmonton 14 10 4 0 B.C. 13 5 8 0 Winnipeg 14 4 10 0 Saskatchewan 14 2 12 0 x — clinched playoff berth.

PF 430 319 312 280

PA 269 338 348 282

Pt 16 16 14 10

PF 370 350 314 269 342

PA 290 261 365 401 432

Pt 22 20 10 8 4

WEEK 15 Bye: Toronto Saturday’s results Edmonton 24 Winnipeg 23 B.C. 46 Saskatchewan 20 Friday’s result Calgary 23 Hamilton 20 Thursday’s result Ottawa 39 Montreal 17 WEEK 16 Tuesday, Oct. 6 Toronto at Ottawa, 5:30 p.m.

Friday, Oct. 9 Saskatchewan at Hamilton, 5:30 p.m.

Saturday, Oct. 10 Edmonton at Calgary, 5 p.m.

Winnipeg at B.C., 8 p.m.

Monday, Oct. 12 Toronto at Montreal, 11 a.m.

Fourth Quarter Sask — TD MacDougall 9 blocked punt return (convert failed) 3:11 Sask — Single McCallum 52 5:39 B.C. — FG Leone 42 8:55 Sask — TD Roosevelt 47 pass from B.Smith (twopoint convert: B.Smith 3 run) 12:11 B.C. — FG Leone 33 13:53 Sask.

0 5 0 15 — 20 B.C. 11 9 20 6 — 46 Eskimos 24, Blue Bombers 23 First Quarter Edm — FG Whyte 18 2:00 Edm — FG Whyte 26 9:16 Wpg — TD Stoudermire 78 punt return (Hajrullahu convert) 15:00 Second Quarter Edm — TD Stafford 55 pass from Reilly (Whyte convert) 12:33 Third Quarter Wpg — Single Hajrullahu 44 3:31 Wpg — TD Moore 5 pass from Nichols (two-point convert failed) 8:34 Fourth Quarter Edm — TD Reilly 1 run (two-point convert: Bowman 3 pass from Reilly) 1:54 Wpg — TD Marshall 2 run (convert failed) 6:06 Wpg — FG Hajrullahu 45 13:58 Edm — FG Whyte 53 15:00 Edmonton 6 7 0 11 — 24 Winnipeg 7 0 7 9 — 23 National Football League AMERICAN CONFERENCE East W L T Pct New England 3 0 0 1.000 N.Y. Jets 3 1 0 .750 Buffalo 2 2 0 .500 Miami 1 3 0 .250

WEEK 17 Bye: Saskatchewan Friday, Oct. 16 Winnipeg at Ottawa, 5:30 p.m.

Saturday, Oct. 17 Calgary vs. Toronto, 2 p.m.

B.C. at Edmonton, 5 p.m.

Sunday, Oct. 18 Hamilton at Montreal, 11 a.m.

Saturday’s summaries Lions 46, Roughriders 20 First Quarter B.C. — TD Gore 10 pass from Jennings (Leone convert) 5:41 B.C. — Single Leone 50 9:59 B.C. — FG Leone 13 12:42 Second Quarter B.C. — FG Leone 15 4:11 Sask — Safety Leone concedes 11:59 Sask — FG McCallum 28 13:38 B.C. — TD Burnham 11 pass from Jennings (convert failed) 14:35 Third Quarter B.C. — TD Arceneaux 82 pass from Jennings (Leone convert) 0:36 B.C. — TD Arceneaux 5 pass from Jennings (convert failed) 9:20 B.C. — TD Jennings 21 pass from Collie (Leone convert) 11:54

PF 119 95 110 65

PA 70 55 92 101

Indianapolis Tennessee Houston Jacksonville

W 2 1 1 1

South L T 2 0 2 0 3 0 3 0

Pct .500 .333 .250 .250

PF 72 89 77 62

PA 93 77 108 107

Cincinnati Pittsburgh Baltimore Cleveland

W 4 2 1 1

North L T 0 0 2 0 3 0 3 0

Pct 1.000 .500 .250 .250

PF 121 96 93 85

PA 77 75 104 102

Denver Oakland San Diego Kansas City

W 4 2 2 1

West L T 0 0 2 0 2 0 3 0

Pct 1.000 .500 .500 .250

PF 97 97 96 100

PA 69 108 110 125

NATIONAL CONFERENCE East W L T Pct PF Dallas 2 2 0 .500 95 N.Y. ,Giants 2 2 0 .500 102

PA 101 82

Washington Philadelphia

2 1

Carolina Atlanta Tampa Bay New Orleans

2 3

0 0

.500 .250

78 78

79 86

W 4 4 1 1

South L T 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 0

Pct 1.000 1.000 .250 .250

PF 108 137 72 86

PA 71 93 117 104

Green Bay Minnesota Chicago Detroit

W 4 2 1 0

North L T 0 0 2 0 3 0 3 0

Pct 1.000 .500 .250 .000

PF 113 80 68 56

PA 71 73 125 83

Arizona St. Louis Seattle San Francisco

W 3 2 1 1

West L T 1 0 2 0 2 0 3 0

Pct .750 .500 .333 .250

PF 148 74 74 48

PA 73 89 61 110

Thursday’s Game Baltimore 23, Pittsburgh 20, OT Sunday’s Games N.Y. Jets 27, Miami 14 Chicago 22, Oakland 20 Indianapolis 16, Jacksonville 13, OT N.Y. Giants 24, Buffalo 10 Carolina 37, Tampa Bay 23 Washington 23, Philadelphia 20 Atlanta 48, Houston 21 Cincinnati 36, Kansas City 21 San Diego 30, Cleveland 27 Green Bay 17, San Francisco 3 St. Louis 24, Arizona 22 Denver 23, Minnesota 20 New Orleans 26, Dallas 20, OT Open: New England, Tennessee Monday’s Game Detroit at Seattle, 6:30 p.m.

Thursday, Oct. 8 Indianapolis at Houston, 6:25 p.m.

Sunday, Oct. 11 Chicago at Kansas City, 11 a.m.

St. Louis at Green Bay, 11 a.m.

Buffalo at Tennessee, 11 a.m.

Seattle at Cincinnati, 11 a.m.

Washington at Atlanta, 11 a.m.

Jacksonville at Tampa Bay, 1 p.m.

New Orleans at Philadelphia, 11 a.m.

Cleveland at Baltimore, 11 a.m.

Arizona at Detroit, 2:05 p.m.

Denver at Oakland, 2:25 p.m.

New England at Dallas, 2:25 p.m.

San Francisco at N.Y. Giants, 6:30 p.m.

Open: Carolina, Miami, Minnesota, N.Y. Jets Monday, Oct. 12 Pittsburgh at San Diego, 6:30 p.m.

Rugby Georgia Namibia

RUGBY WORLD CUP At Sites In England and Wales

Australia Wales England Uruguay Fiji

South Africa Scotland Japan Samoa U.S.

New Zealand Argentina Tonga

PRELIMINARY ROUND POOL A MP W D L PF 3 3 0 0 126 3 3 0 0 105 3 1 0 2 73 2 0 0 2 12 3 0 0 3 37 MP 3 3 3 3 2

POOL B W D 2 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 0

MP 3 3 3

POOL C W D 3 0 2 0 1 0

MONDAY, OCT. 5, 2015

Local Sports

WHL EASTERN CONFERENCE EAST DIVISION GP W L OTLSOL GF GA Pt Prince Albert 4 3 1 0 0 18 20 6 Moose Jaw 3 2 0 1 0 11 7 5 Brandon 4 2 1 0 1 13 6 5 Saskatoon 4 1 0 3 0 18 16 5 Swift Current 4 1 2 1 0 6 13 3 Regina 4 1 3 0 0 4 14 2

Spokane Everett Tri-City Seattle Portland

B4

L 1 1 1 2 2 L 0 1 2

PF 112 100 70 36 32 PF 127 115 61

PA 29 47 72 119 86 PA 56 60 82 88 64 PA 40 51 83

Pt 13 13 6 0 0 Pt 11 10 8 4 0 Pt 14 10 6

Ireland France Italy Canada Romania

3 2 MP 3 3 3 3 2

1 0

0 0

POOL D W D 3 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0

2 2

36 35

107 93

4 0

L 0 0 2 3 2

PF 110 111 42 43 21

PA 26 39 66 114 82

Pt 14 14 5 1 0

Saturday’s results At Milton Keynes, England Japan 26 Samoa 5 At Newcastle Upon Tyne, England South Africa 34 Scotland 16 At London Australia 33 England 13 Sunday’s results At Leicester, England Argentina 45 Tonga 16 At London Ireland 16 Italy 9

Tuesday, Oct. 6 At Leicester, England Canada vs. Romania, 9:45 a.m.

At Milton Keynes, England Fiji vs. Uruguay, 1 p.m.

Wednesday, Oct. 7 At London South Africa vs. U.S., 9:45 a.m.

At Exeter, England Namibia vs. Georgia, 1 p.m.

Friday, Oct. 9 At Newcastle Upon Tyne, England New Zealand vs. Tonga, 1 p.m.

Saturday, Oct. 10 At Newcastle Upon Tyne, England Samoa vs. Scotland, 7:30 a.m.

At London Australia vs. Wales, 9:45 a.m.

At Manchester, England England vs. Uruguay, 1 p.m.

Tuesday

Saturday

• WHL: Red Deer at Lethbridge, 7 p.m.

(The Drive).

Thursday • High school football: Stettler at Rocky Mountain House, 4 p.m.; Sylvan Lake at Drayton Valley, 4 p.m.; Ponoka at Camrose, 7 p.m.

Friday • Bantam AA hockey: Olds at Central Alberta, 6 p.m., Lacombe.

• Rodeo: Foothills Cowboys Association Finals, 7 p.m., Westerner Stockmens Pavilion.

• WHL: Red Deer at Calgary, 7 p.m., Saddledome (The Drive).

• Heritage junior B hockey: Red Deer at Stettler, 7:30 p.m.; Strathmore at Three Hills, 8 p.m.

• Midget AA hockey: West Central at Red Deer Elks, 8:30 p.m., Collicutt Centre.

• Peewee AA hockey: West Central at Central Alberta, 11 a.m., Lacombe.

• Rodeo: Foothills Cowboys Association Finals, 1 and 7 p.m., Westerner Stockmens Pavilion.

• Midget AA hockey: Calgary Bruins at Central Alberta, 2 p.m., Stettler; Calgary Canucks at Olds, 7:30 p.m.

• WHL: Calgary Hitmen at Red Deer, 7 p.m., Centrium.

• College hockey: NAIT at RDC, 7 p.m., Penhold Regional Multiplex.

• Heritage junior B hockey: High River at Three Hills, 8 p.m.

Sunday • Bantam AA hockey: Airdrie at Red Deer Steel Kings, 12:30 p.m., Kinsmen A. • Rodeo: Foothills Cowboys Association Finals, 1 p.m., Westerner Stockmens Pavilion.

• Heritage junior B hockey: Medicine Hat at Blackfalds, 3:30 p.m.

Baseball Major League Baseball American League East Division W L Pct x-Toronto 93 69 .574 y-New York 87 75 .537 Baltimore 81 81 .500 Tampa Bay 80 82 .494 Boston 78 84 .481

x-Kansas City Minnesota Cleveland Chicago Detroit

Central Division W L Pct 95 67 .586 83 79 .512 81 80 .503 76 86 .469 74 87 .460

West Division W L Pct x-Texas 88 74 .543 y-Houston 86 76 .531 Los Angeles 85 77 .525 Seattle 76 86 .469 Oakland 68 94 .420 x-clinched division; y-clinched wild card

West Division W L Pct x-Los Angeles 92 70 .568 San Francisco 84 78 .519 Arizona 79 83 .488 San Diego 74 88 .457 Colorado 68 94 .420 x-clinched division; y-clinched wild card

GB — 6 12 13 15 GB — 12 13 1/2 19 20 1/2 GB — 2 3 12 20

Sunday’s Games Texas 9, L.A. Angels 2 Baltimore 9, N.Y. Yankees 4 Cleveland 3, Boston 1 Detroit 6, Chicago White Sox 0 Arizona 5, Houston 3 Kansas City 6, Minnesota 1 Seattle 3, Oakland 2 Tampa Bay 12, Toronto 3 End of Regular Season AMERICAN LEAGUE LEADERS G AB R H Pct. MiCabrera Det 119 429 64 145 .338 Bogaerts Bos 156 613 84 196 .320 Altuve Hou 154 638 86 200 .313 Brantley Cle 137 529 68 164 .310 LCain KC 140 551 101 169 .307 Fielder Tex 158 613 78 187 .305 Kipnis Cle 141 565 86 171 .303 NCruz Sea 152 590 90 178 .302 Trout LAA 159 575 104 172 .299 Hosmer KC 158 599 98 178 .297 Home Runs CDavis, Baltimore, 47 NCruz, Seattle, 44 Donaldson, Toronto, 41 Trout, Los Angeles, 41 Bautista, Toronto, 40 Pujols, Los Angeles, 40 Encarnacion, Toronto, 39.

Runs Batted In Donaldson, Toronto, 123 CDavis, Baltimore, 117 Bautista, Toronto, 114 Encarnacion, Toronto, 111 Ortiz, Boston, 108 KMorales, Kansas City, 106 JMartinez, Detroit, 102.

Pitching Keuchel, Houston, 20-8 McHugh, Houston, 19-7 Price, Toronto, 18-5 FHernandez, Seattle, 18-9 Lewis, Texas, 17-9 Buehrle, Toronto, 15-8 Richards, Los Angeles, 15-12.

x-New York Washington Miami Atlanta Philadelphia

GB — 7 19 23 27

x-St. Louis y-Pittsburgh y-Chicago Milwaukee Cincinnati

Central Division W L Pct 100 62 .617 98 64 .605 97 65 .599 68 94 .420 64 98 .395

GB — 2 3 32 36

Saturday’s Games Washington 3, N.Y. Mets 1, 1st game San Francisco 3, Colorado 2 Miami 7, Philadelphia 6, 1st game Cincinnati 3, Pittsburgh 1 Chicago Cubs 1, Milwaukee 0 Washington 2, N.Y. Mets 0, 2nd game St. Louis at Atlanta, ppd., rain Miami 5, Philadelphia 2, 2nd game Houston 6, Arizona 2 L.A. Dodgers 2, San Diego 1 Sunday’s Games Atlanta 6, St. Louis 0, 1st game Pittsburgh 4, Cincinnati 0 Colorado 7, San Francisco 3 Philadelphia 7, Miami 2 Chicago Cubs 3, Milwaukee 1 Arizona 5, Houston 3 L.A. Dodgers 6, San Diego 3 N.Y. Mets 1, Washington 0 Atlanta 2, St. Louis 0, 2nd game End of Regular Season

Saturday’s Games Baltimore 9, N.Y. Yankees 2, 1st game Kansas City 5, Minnesota 1 L.A. Angels 11, Texas 10 Tampa Bay 4, Toronto 3 Baltimore 4, N.Y. Yankees 3, 2nd game Cleveland 2, Boston 0 Chicago White Sox 4, Detroit 3 Houston 6, Arizona 2 Oakland 7, Seattle 5, 13 innings

National League East Division W L Pct 90 72 .556 83 79 .512 71 91 .438 67 95 .414 63 99 .389

GB — 8 13 18 24

NATIONAL LEAGUE LEADERS G AB R H Pct. DGordon Mia 145 615 88 205 .333 Harper Was 153 521 118 172 .330 Goldschmidt Ari 159 567 103 182 .321 Posey SF 150 557 74 177 .318 Pollock Ari 157 609 111 192 .315 YEscobar Was 139 535 75 168 .314 Votto Cin 158 545 95 171 .314 DPeralta Ari 149 462 61 144 .312 Inciarte Ari 132 524 73 159 .303 LeMahieu Col 150 564 85 170 .301 Home Runs Arenado, Colorado, 42 Harper, Washington, 42 CaGonzalez, Colorado, 40 Frazier, Cincinnati, 35 Goldschmidt, Arizona, 33 Rizzo, Chicago, 31 Votto, Cincinnati, 29.

Runs Batted In Arenado, Colorado, 130 Goldschmidt, Arizona, 110 Rizzo, Chicago, 101 Kemp, San Diego, 100 Bryant, Chicago, 99 Harper, Washington, 99 CaGonzalez, Colorado, 97.

Pitching Arrieta, Chicago, 22-6 Greinke, Los Angeles, 19-3 GCole, Pittsburgh, 19-8 Bumgarner, San Francisco, 18-9 Wacha, St. Louis, 17-7 Kershaw, Los Angeles, 16-7 CMartinez, St. Louis, 14-7.

MLB postseason WILD CARD Tuesday, Oct. 6: Houston (Keuchel 20-8) at New York (Tanaka 12-7), 6:08 p.m.

Wednesday, Oct. 7: Chicago (Arrieta 22-6) at Pittsburgh (Cole 19-8), 6:08 p.m.

DIVISION SERIES (Best-of-5 x-if necessary) American League Kansas City vs. New York-Houston winner Thursday, Oct. 8: New York-Houston winner at Kansas City Friday, Oct. 9: New York-Houston winner at Kansas City Toronto vs. Texas Thursday, Oct. 8: Texas at Toronto (Price 18-5) Friday, Oct. 9: Texas at Toronto National League St. Louis vs. Pittsburgh-Chicago winner Friday, Oct. 9: Pittsburgh-Chicago winner at St. Louis Saturday, Oct. 10: Pittsburgh-Chicago winner at St. Louis Los Angeles vs. New York Friday, Oct. 9: New York (deGrom 14-8) at Los Angeles Saturday, Oct. 10: New York (Syndergaard 9-7) at Los Angeles

Soccer Major League Soccer EASTERN CONFERENCE W L T Pts x-New York 15 9 6 51 x-D.C. United 14 12 6 48 New England 13 11 8 47 Columbus 13 11 8 47 Toronto FC 14 13 4 46 Montreal 12 12 6 42 Orlando City 11 13 8 41 New York City FC 10 15 7 37 Philadelphia 9 16 7 34 Chicago 8 18 6 30

GF 53 39 45 51 55 43 44 47 40 42

GA 38 40 45 53 53 41 54 53 51 52

WESTERN CONFERENCE W L T Pts GF GA x-Los Angeles 14 9 9 51 53 39 x-FC Dallas 15 10 5 50 47 38 Vancouver 15 12 4 49 42 34 Sporting KC 13 9 9 48 46 41 Seattle 14 13 5 47 40 34 San Jose 12 12 8 44 39 37 Portland 12 11 8 44 31 36 Houston 11 13 8 41 41 45 Real Salt Lake 11 12 8 41 37 43 Colorado 8 13 10 34 30 38 NOTE: Three points for victory, one point for tie. x- clinched playoff berth Friday’s Games D.C. United 2, New York City FC 1 Saturday’s Games Toronto FC 3, Philadelphia 1 New York 2, Columbus 1 Orlando City 2, Montreal 1 Chicago 3, New England 1 San Jose 1, Vancouver 1, tie Sporting Kansas City 1, Portland 0 Sunday’s Games FC Dallas 4, Houston 1 Real Salt Lake 2, Colorado 1 Seattle 1, Los Angeles 1, tie Wednesday, Oct. 7 Montreal at New York, 5:30 p.m.

FC Dallas at Vancouver, 8 p.m.

Saturday, Oct. 10 Montreal at Colorado, 7 p.m.

English Premier League GP W D L GF GA Pts 8 6 0 2 19 7 18 8 5 1 2 13 7 16 8 5 1 2 12 8 16 8 5 0 3 11 7 15 8 4 3 1 17 15 15 8 4 2 2 17 11 14 8 3 4 1 12 8 13 8 3 4 1 11 7 13 8 3 3 2 13 10 12 8 3 3 2 8 10 12 8 2 4 2 10 10 10 8 2 4 2 6 7 10 8 2 3 3 12 14 9 8 2 3 3 8 10 9 8 2 2 4 10 12 8 8 2 2 4 12 17 8 8 2 2 4 6 11 8 8 1 1 6 8 13 4 8 0 3 5 8 18 3 8 0 3 5 6 17 3

Man. City Arsenal Man. United Crystal Palace Leicester City West Ham Everton Tottenham Southampton Liverpool Swansea Watford Norwich Stoke Bournemouth Chelsea West Brom Aston Villa Sunderland Newcastle

Saturday, Oct. 3 Crystal Palace 2, West Brom 0 Aston Villa 0, Stoke 1 Bournemouth 1, Watford 1 Manchester City 6, Newcastle 1 Norwich 1, Leicester City 2 Sunderland 2, West Ham 2 Chelsea 1, Southampton 3 Sunday, Oct. 4 Everton 1, Liverpool 1 Arsenal 3, Manchester United 0 Swansea 2, Tottenham 2 Saturday, Oct. 17 Tottenham vs. Liverpool, 1145 GMT Chelsea vs. Aston Villa, 1400 GMT Crystal Palace vs. West Ham, 1400 GMT Everton vs. Manchester United, 1400 GMT Manchester City vs. Bournemouth, 1400 GMT Southampton vs. Leicester City, 1400 GMT West Brom vs. Sunderland, 1400 GMT Watford vs. Arsenal, 1630 GMT Sunday, Oct. 18 Newcastle vs. Norwich, 1500 GMT Monday, Oct. 19 Swansea vs. Stoke, 1900 GMT

Transactions Sunday’s Sports Transactions BASEBALL American League BOSTON RED SOX — Announced John Farrell will return as manager for 2016 and the contracts of first base coach Arnie Beyeler and strength and conditioning coach Pat Sandora will not be renewed.

Announced interim bullpen coach Bob Kipper will return to his duties as pitching coach for Pawtucket (IL) in 2016.

National League SAN DIEGO PADRES — Announced interim manager Pat Murphy will not manage the team for the 2016 season.

FOOTBALL National Football League

BALTIMORE RAVENS — Placed WR Michael Campanero on injured reserve.

PITTSBURGH STEELERS — Terminated the contract of PK Josh Scobee.

HOCKEY National Hockey League ARIZONA COYOTES — Assigned G Louis Domingue and LW Matthias Plachta to Springfield (AHL) and C Dylan Strome to Eric (OHL).

BOSTON BRUINS — Signed G Jonas Gustavsson to a one-year contract.

CALGARY FLAMES — Acquired C Freddie Hamilton from Colorado for a conditional 2016 seventh-round draft pick and assigned Hamilton to Stockton (AHL).

DETROIT RED WINGS — Released C Mark Zengerle and D Scott Czarnowczan from tryout agree-

ments. Assigned RWs Anthony Mantha and Colin Campbell LWs Eric Tangradi adn Tyler Bertuzzi Cs Louis-Marc Aubry, Zach Nastasiuk, Andreas Athanasiou and Tomas Nosek and D Nick Jensen, Ryan Sproul and Robbie Russo to Grand Rapids (AHL) and G Jake Paterson to Toledo (ECHL). Placed Cs Pavel Datsyuk and Darren Helm and D Alexey Marchenko and Danny DeKeyser on 7-day injured reserve DeKeyser retroactive to Wednesday, Helm to Sept. 18 and Marchenko to Sept. 28.

FLORIDA PANTHERS — Assigned G Colin Stevens from Portland (AHL) to Manchester (ECHL).

MONTREAL CANADIENS — Agreed to terms with F Tomas Fleischmann on a one-year contract.

NASHVILLE PREDATORS — Assigned D Mikko Vainonen from Milwaukee (AHL) to Cincinnati (ECHL).

NEW JERSEY DEVILS — Assigned D Marc-Andre Gragnani to Albany (AHL).

ST. LOUIS BLUES — Reassigned RW Ryan Tesink and G Niklas Lundstrom from Chicago (AHL) to Quad City (ECHL).

TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS — Assigned Fs William Nylander, Connor Brown, Zach Hyman, Kasperi Kapanen, Nikita Soshnikov and Rich Clune D Stuart Percy, Viktor Loov and Rinat Valiev and Gs Garret Sparks and Antoine Bibeau to Toronto (AHL).

American Hockey League ALBANY DEVILS — Released RW Alexandre Carrier, LW Gunnar Hughes and D Jacob Sweeney.

CHICAGO WOLVES — Released Fs Sergei Barbashev, Zach Cohen, Dan DeSalvo, Jaedon Descheneau, Alexandre Mallet, Joe Perry, Luke Sandler and Collin Valcourt D Austin Coldwell,

Evan Renwick, Joe Sova and Mike Vernace and G Sebastien Auger.

HARTFORD WOLF PACK — Reassigned Fs Josh Nicholls and Michael St. Croixby to Greenville (ECHL). Loaned F Jack Combs to Greenville.

Released D Justin Da Silva and G Josh Robinson from training camp tryouts and assigned Da Silva to Greenville and Robinson to Missouri (ECHL).

MILWAUKEE ADMIRALS — Assigned D Mikko Vainonen and F Jaynen Rissling to Cincinnati (ECHL).

PROVIDENCE BRUINS — Released Fs Garry Nunn and Nathan Condon and G Matt Ginn, who were assigned to Atlanta (ECHL).

ROCKFORD ICEHOGS — Assigned G Mac Carruth, F Daniel Ciampini and D Sam Jardine and Nick Mattson to Indy (ECHL).

RED DEER ADVOCATE Monday, Oct. 5, 2015 B5

Harvick dominates in must-win at Dover NASCAR

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS DOVER, Del. — Kevin Harvick stood by his confetti-coated car and used it as a resting spot for a couple of crushed beer cans, when his crew belted out a catchy rallying cry.

“I believe that we will win! I believe that we will win! I believe that we will win!”

Believe it.

Harvick has mastered his Game 7 races, nerves steeled and never rattled from any pressure that should come in a must-win spot.

He delivered one more time and dominated a race he had to win to advance to the second round of NASCAR’s playoffs. Mired in 15th in the standings, Harvick went out and led 355 laps Sunday at Dover International Speedway and earned the third automatic berth in the 12-driver Chase for the Sprint Cup championship field.

“Never quit. That’s why right here, guys,” Harvick said over the radio as he took the checkered flag.

Harvick’s title defence lives on.

Jimmie Johnson’s bid for a record-tying seventh championship came to a shocking end when a busted part sent the No. 48 Chevrolet to the garage and sent him plummeting in the standings.

NASCAR had the drama it craved Sunday when it revamped its playoff format last season. Dale Earnhardt. Jr. earned the final transfer spot over Jamie McMurray on a tiebreaker. Earnhardt finished third and McMurray was fourth on Sunday.

Paul Menard and Clint Bowyer also were eliminated as the Chase field was sliced from 16 to 12. Four more drivers will be eliminated in the next threerace segment that starts next week at Charlotte Motor Speedway.

Joe Gibbs Racing drivers Denny Hamlin and Matt Kenseth had already earned berths in the next round with wins in the first two Chase races. Carl Edwards also advanced along with Joey Logano, Ryan Newman, Kurt Bus-

ch, Brad Keselowski, Martin Truex Jr., Jeff Gordon and Kyle Busch.

They all had a shot at knocking out Harvick.

Now, they all have to deal down the stretch with a driver who has led 571 of 700 laps run the last two weeks. That’s bad news for the field.

“Hell, yeah,” race runner-up Kyle Busch said. “That was a guy that we wanted to knock out. That’s a guy that can win all these races and you don’t want to have to compete against a guy like that.”

Harvick brushed some stout circumstances against him to reach victory lane: He hadn’t won since going backto-back in the third and fourth races of the season and had been 0 for 29 at Dover. An easy title favourite, he finished 42nd in the Chase opener at Chicagoland and 21st at New Hampshire.

But for a driver who faced the colossal responsibility in his first Cup start of replacing Dale Earnhardt Sr., winning races isn’t much of a concern.

It was only three weeks ago when a confident Harvick said about the JGR drivers, “We’re going to pound them

into the ground.”

He never wavered in his approach even as his title chances were bruised.

“If you’re not ready for it, it’ll eat you up,” Harvick said.

Harvick is simply clutch for Stewart-Haas Racing. He was eighth out of eight teams and had to win last season at Phoenix International Raceway to advance into the championship finale.

He won, then won it all the next week when his second straight checkered flag gave him the highest finish among four championship drivers to earn the crown.

Harvick would love to win another championship not just for himself, but for friend and team owner Tony Stewart. Stewart announced this week he will retire from Sprint Cup racing after next season.

Stewart and Harvick grabbed hands in celebration window-to-window with their Chevrolets parked on the track.

“We weren’t in a good situation coming into today, but that’s what this team is made of,” Harvick said. “This is what it’s all about, those big-time moments.”

Falcons stay unbeaten with another huge day by Freeman

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS FALCONS 48 TEXANS 21 ATLANTA — Devonta Freeman scored three touchdowns and the Atlanta Falcons remained unbeaten, romping to a 48-21 victory over the hapless Houston Texans on Sunday.

Freeman, who took over as the starting running back after rookie Tevin Coleman sustained a rib injury in Week 2, has scored six TDs in the last two games. The Falcons improved to 4-0 for only the fourth time in club history.

Freeman had touchdown runs of 16, 23 and 6 yards. He set up another score with a 44-yard reception.

Nothing went right for the Texans (1-3). Quarterback Ryan Mallett was yanked after the Falcons built a 42-0 lead. Running back Arian Foster made his season debut after tearing his groin early in training camp, but he couldn’t find room to run. He even had the ball knocked out of his hands by one of his own teammates, leading to a Falcons touchdown.

SAINTS 26, COWBOYS 20, OT NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Drew Brees hit C.J. Spiller with a short pass that the running back turned into an 80-yard touchdown — the 400th of the Saints quarterback’s career — on the second play of overtime, and New Orleans won for the first time this season.

Brees, who missed New Orleans’ previous game because of a bruised rotator cuff in his right (throwing) shoulder, completed 32 of 39 throws for 279 yards in his return. Mark Ingram gained 126 yards from scrimmage, and Khiry Robinson had a 1-yard touchdown run for New Orleans (1-3).

Joseph Randle scored the lone TD for Dallas (2-2) on a 1-yard run in the first half. The winning score enlivened a Superdome crowd stunned by Saints kicker Zach Hocker’s 30-yard miss in the final seconds of regulation.

BENGALS 36, CHIEFS 21 CINCINNATI (AP) — Andy Dalton added to his streak of impressive games and big plays, throwing a 55-yard touchdown pass on the run, and Cincinnati stayed unbeaten.

The Bengals (4-0) matched the thirdbest start in franchise history, two wins shy of the club record.

Dalton completed 17 of 24 for 321 yards with the long touchdown pass to Brandon Tate during a scramble.

Alex Smith was sacked five times, the Chiefs (1-3) settled for Cairo Santos’ club-record seven field goals, and the defence couldn’t keep up with another one of the NFL’s top passers.

PANTHERS 37, BUCCANEERS 23 TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Cam Newton threw for two touchdowns and Josh Norman returned one of Carolina’s four interceptions of Jameis Winston for his second TD of the season.

Newton tossed scoring passes of 6 and 12 yards to Ted Ginn Jr. A week after making a game-saving interception in the end zone against New Orleans, Norman scored on a 46-yard run back and later returned a another pick 34

yards to set up a second TD. The Panthers improved to 4-0 for the first time since 2003. The Bucs (13) have dropped 11 consecutive home games.

PACKERS 17, 49ERS 3 SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — Aaron Rodgers passed for 224 yards and a touchdown, ran 17 yards to set up a key second-half score, and the Packers are off to their first 4-0 start in four years.

Richard Rodgers caught a 9-yard touchdown pass on the game’s opening drive before Rodgers got his team going in the second half after a slow beginning to snap a four-game losing streak to San Francisco, which included a pair of playoff defeats.

Clay Matthews added his own flair to this one. When he sacked Colin Kaepernick in the third quarter, he kissed his right biceps Kaepernick-style to punctuate the play — one of Green Bay’s six sacks.

While methodical with nothing fancy, Green Bay (4-0) seemed unfazed with a short week and long trip West after beating Kansas City last Monday night. San Francisco is 1-3.

BRONCOS 23, VIKINGS 20 DENVER (AP) — Brandon McManus kicked a 39-yard field goal with 1:51 left and Denver had seven sacks.

Von Miller smothered the loose ball after T.J. Ward’s sack-strip of Teddy Bridgewater in the closing seconds, sealing the win for the unbeaten Broncos (4-0), who got a 72-yard touchdown run from Ronnie Hillman.

Peyton Manning has led his teams to a 4-0 start seven times, most in NFL history by a long shot. Next up at four is Fran Tarkenton. Manning also joined Brett Favre as the only QBs to win 100 home starts in the NFL. It wasn’t a great day for Manning, who was picked off twice by the Vikings (2-2).

Adrian Peterson ran for a 48-yard touchdown to pull Minnesota to 20-17 and cap a 97-yard drive with 10 minutes left.

RAMS 24, CARDINALS 22 GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Todd Gurley rushed for all but 2 of 146 yards in the second half and the Rams held on to hand the Cardinals their first loss of the season.

Gurley, the Rams’ first-round draft pick, saw his most extensive action as a pro and his 52-yard run set up the winning touchdown.

Nick Foles threw for three touchdowns, two after Arizona turnovers, and St. Louis’ defence held the Cardinals (3-1) to field goals on four of five trips inside the red zone.

The Rams (2-2) are 2-0 against the NFC West.

CHARGERS 30, BROWNS 27 SAN DIEGO (AP) — Rookie Josh Lambo got his first game-winning kick in the NFL. Given a second chance due to a penalty, Lambo kicked a 34-yard field goal as time expired, lifting the San Diego Chargers to a 30-27 victory against the Cleveland Browns on Sunday, snapping a two-game losing streak.

Lambo was wide right on a 39-yard

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Washington Redskins outside linebacker Ryan Kerrigan and outside linebacker Trent Murphy (93) sack Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Sam Bradford in the closing seconds of an NFL game in Landover, Md., Sunday. The Redskins defeated the Eagles 23-20. attempt with :02 left, but Cleveland’s Tramon Williams was whistled for offside. Lambo then hit his third field goal of the game.

The Browns (1-3) had tied it at 27 on Josh McCown’s 1-yard pass to Gary Barnidge with 2:09 to play and a 2-point conversion pass to Taylor Gabriel. That score was set up when the Browns won a challenge of McCown’s 19-yard pass to Barnidge that originally was ruled incomplete.

Philip Rivers was 23 of 38 for 358 yards and three touchdowns for San Diego (2-2). McCown was 32 of 41 for 356 yards and two scores.

JETS 27, DOLPHINS 14 LONDON (AP) — Chris Ivory ran for a career-high 166 yards and Ryan Fitzpatrick threw for 218, one touchdown and one interception to lead the Jets at Wembley Stadium in the first division game played in London.

Miami’s Ndamukong Suh, the highest-paid defensive player in league history, had three tackles — the first in the third quarter — and no sacks.

Both teams have byes next week, as usual for teams playing in London.

Miami (1-3) will face lots of questions about its poor performances thus far.

Fitzpatrick threw for 172 yards in the first half, including a 58-yard completion to Brandon Marshall on the first play for the Jets (3-1).

BEARS 22, RAIDERS 20 CHICAGO (AP) — Jay Cutler threw for two touchdowns and redeemed himself following an interception by helping set up a 49-yard field goal by

Robbie Gould with 2 seconds left for Chicago.

It was the Bears’ first win under coach John Fox. The Raiders (2-2) grabbed the lead on a field goal by Sebastian Janikowski with just over two minutes remaining that was set up by an interception

by Charles Woodson deep in Oakland territory.

Cutler then led Chicago (1-3) from its 20 to the Oakland 32 before Gould nailed the winner.

GIANTS 24, BILLS 10 ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) — Rashad Jennings broke three tackles to score on a 51-yard touchdown catch midway through the fourth quarter for New York.

Eli Manning went 20 of 35 for 212 yards and three touchdowns for the Giants (2-2). New York’s defence did the rest with Prince Amukamara stripping receiver Robert Woods of the ball to force a fumble with 3:41 left.

The Bills (2-2) were called for 17 penalties totalling 135 yards.

COLTS 16, JAGUARS 13, OT INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Adam Vinatieri kicked a 27-yard field goal with 4:36 left in overtime to give Indianapolis an NFL record-tying 15th consecutive win over a division opponent.

The 1972-73 Miami Dolphins also win 15 straight.

Matt Hasselbeck made his first start since November 2012 in place of the injured Andrew Luck, and led the Colts (2-2) on a 53-yard march to step up the winning points.

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Toronto Maple Leafs head coach Mike Babcock gives instruction from the bench against the Detroit Red Wings in a preseason NHL game in Detroit Friday.

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MAPLE LEAFS SAY THEY WON’T LACK EFFORT IN FIRST SEASON UNDER BABCOCK

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS One of the biggest criticisms of the Toronto Maple Leafs during their tailspin last season was a lack of effort.

Even as players insisted they were trying, they didn’t have the look of a team hell-bent on winning.

As the rebuild continues, the Maple Leafs might not be much better, even under Mike Babcock. But the star coach will make sure that at least they put up a fight. “Two things that irritate me the most are lack of preparation and lack of compete,� he said. “That’s not happening. We’re going to get that fixed.�

The Leafs should be motivated by playing for a new coach and needing to impress a new general manager, Lou Lamoriello. Phil Kessel’s already gone, and almost no one on the roster is untouchable.

Management brought in several players on one-year, “prove-it� contracts. Shawn Matthias signed for US$2.3 million, Pierre-Alexandre Parenteau $1.5 million, Matt Hunwick $1.2 million, Mark Arcobello $1.1 million and Brad Boyes $700,000.

They also have players with a year left on their deals, like centre Nazem Kadri, defenceman Martin Marincin (acquired from Edmonton) and winger Michael Grabner (acquired from the Islanders).

Toronto probably won’t contend for a playoff spot, but it won’t be because players aren’t trying. “We’re not going to lose because of lack of effort this year,� Kadri said. “It’s something that’s going to change.

We’re going to be a skating team, a team that is going to move quick and with pace.�

Much has been discussed about Babcock bringing a more puck-possession style to the Leafs. His Canadian Olympic team had the puck so much that it dominated the tournament.

Babcock’s Detroit Red Wings also

thrived on puck possession. But it’s not like flipping a switch. “The better players you have, the more that you have the puck. That’s reality right there,� Babcock said. “We plan on having the puck. We’re going to work very, very hard to play defence fast and (then) we’re on offence. I think that’s the whole key to having success.�

Babcock’s first Leafs training camp has included a lot of hands-on teaching. Totally new systems means even the veterans have a lot to learn.

From the first few days, players understood why Babcock brought a reputation for attention to detail. If all goes according to plan, that’ll carry over to game action when Toronto hosts the Montreal Canadiens on Wednesday night to open the regular season. “He is very structured,� captain Dion Phaneuf said of Babcock. “His teams play with a structure that no matter who’s in the lineup, injuries, guys moving on, they play a consistent way. So as players, I think that helps you. When you have that structure on your team, our jobs is to put the work in and we’ll see where that takes us from here.�

A lack of talent will probably take the Leafs to another top-10 draft pick because it’ll be almost impossible to make up for Kessel’s lost production.

Babcock said he and Red Wings GM Ken Holland used to sit together before each season and figured out how many goals the team would have to score to make the playoffs. “You have to score about 230 to get in,� Babcock said. “When we did the math, it didn’t add up. So we had to find some other way to get better.�

It’ll be on Joffrey Lupul, Kadri, Grabner, Parenteau, Matthias and others to try to replace Kessel’s goals. “I don’t know if we have a 35-goal scorer on the team,� Lupul said. “I need to score more. Kadri needs to score more. We need more goals from our bottom six. It’s going to have to come from a lot of different players.�

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MONTREAL â&#x20AC;&#x201D; The Montreal Canadiens feel they are ready to contend for a Stanley Cup. They certainly have the goaltending to do it in Carey Price, who won the Hart Trophy as the NHLâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s most valuable player and the Vezina as top goaltender last season.

Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve got a solid defence led by 2013 Norris Trophy winner P.K. Subban and veteran Andrei Markov.

They have a scoring ace in newly named captain Max Pacioretty, and they are hoping that moving 21-yearold Alex Galchenyuk to centre will give them two potent scoring lines.

Whether it happens or not, their top stars are entering the prime of their careers and some feel the time to go for it is now.

Subban said as much when the team returned for the start of training camp. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m a firm believer that with the group we have in this room that we have a chance to do something special this year,â&#x20AC;? said Subban, adding that if the team is in good position when the trade deadline approaches in March that management might pick up â&#x20AC;&#x153;a couple of pieces to put us over the top. â&#x20AC;&#x153;People say weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re a young team and we are, but thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s no question in my mind that weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re a contender.â&#x20AC;?

The Canadiens reached the Eastern Conference final two seasons ago and were second overall in the 30-team league in the regular season in 2014-15 before bowing out in the second round to the Tampa Bay Lightning. So they are not far off.

But they will need to improve their attack to make a serious run. Last season, they were 20th in the league with 214 goals scored and their power play ranked 23rd at a meagre 16.5 per cent.

Their first act was to move Galchenyuk, the third overall draft pick of 2012, to centre after three years spent mostly on left wing. They are counting on the gifted playmaker to take the

next step to becoming a bona-fide first line centre.

Lars Eller was moved to left wing on Galchenyukâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s line with free agent signing Alexander Semin on right wing.

Pacioretty is on the left side with centre Tomas Plekanec and gritty Brendan Gallagher.

That lineâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s former centre, David Desharnais, has looked good on the third trio, possibly with heady veteran Tomas Fleischmann, a camp try-out, and grinder Dale Weise.

Assistant coach Jean-Jacques Daigneault has taken over running the power play from Dan Lacroix, who now handles penalty killing.

Gone are right winger P.A. Parenteau and the popular Brandon Prust, who was traded for the younger Zack Kassian. The fourth line also has veteran Torrey Mitchell, a fitter-looking Devante Smith-Pelley or Brian Flynn.

The Canadiens feel they pulled off a coup by re-signing potential free agent Jeff Petry, who joined last season from Edmonton and gave them a strong second pair, either with Alexei Emelin or youngster Nathan Beaulieu. Tom Gilbert and Greg Pateryn are options as third-pair defenceman.

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Parade of pink CIBC Run for the Cure Story and photos by ASHLI BARRETT/ Advocate staff Bower Ponds was awash with pink Sunday morning as Red Deerians united in support of creating a future without breast cancer.

This year, the 24th annual CIBC Run for the Cure — the country’s largest volunteer-led national event in support of the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation — looked to transform Breast Cancer Awareness Month to Breast Cancer Action Month.

Red Deerians and Central Albertans answered the call yesterday, surpassing the 2014 totals for both participation and funds raised for breast cancer research, education and advocacy programs.

Last year, during the run’s final year at its Lindsay Thurber location, 902 participants raised over $171,600.

This year, 972 local residents topped that, raising $200, 559 before the end of the run, with further donations still to come in.

Breast cancer is the most common cancer diagnosis in women, with one in nine developing breast cancer in her lifetime. Roughly 25,000 women and 220 men will be diagnosed with it 2015 alone.

The 2016 CIBC Run for a Cure will take place on Sunday, Oct. 2.

ABOVE; Runners and walkers make their way through the start gate at Bower Ponds Sunday morning. There was a total of 972 participants.

RIGHT; Red Deerians leave their mark on the Wall of Hope at the CIBC Run for the Cure Sunday morning at Bower Ponds. Many Central Albertans left positive and inspiring messages to loved ones and those battling with breast cancer themselves.

BELOW; Breast cancer survivor Sabrina McKinley, right, and her mother, Annette Ermel cross the finish line of the CIBC Run for the Cure.

ABOVE LEFT; Both dressed in pink, Hailey Buyar and Grace wait for the Run for the Cure to start Sunday morning at Bower Ponds.

ABOVE RIGHT; Notre Dame High School students Cody White and Carson Schiller braved the cool, -1C temperature as they ran the CIBC Run for the Cure Sunday morning. They, along with fellow Notre Dame student Adam Guthrie, all placed in the top three of the run.

LEFT; Seth Weir, centre, is watched closely by Abigail and Jackson McQuay as he tries his hand at a snakepit game before the start of the CIBC Run for the Cure.

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MONDAY, OCT. 5, 2015

FAST-FOOD GIANTS IN AD WAR OVER MEAT SOURCE

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS REGINA — Beef “raised without the use of hormones or steroids,” one fast-food chain touts in its commercials.

“Not Without Canadian Farmers,” another burger giant boasts of its menu.

McDonald’s has launched the latest salvo in a battle for the stomachs of food-conscious Canadians with new ads that picture hamburger buns floating over an empty space where the patty should be. “The Big Mac? Not Without Canadian Farmers,” it says.

Prof. Sylvain Charlebois at the University of Guelph’s Food Institute says he wouldn’t be surprised if the new McDonald’s ads are a response to a campaign from A&W. The home of mama and papa burgers started running commercials about two years ago that emphasize the chain only serves beef raised without the use of hormones or steroids.

The A&W ads have stirred up the ire of some in the beef industry, where producers use hormones to make cattle grow faster Charlebois says one fast-food giant is trying to get closer to the farm gate and the other is focusing on the naturalization of food.

“They’re trying to capitalize on the trust farmers actually have from the public,” Charlebois says of the McDonald’s ads. “Farming has a lot of currency in the marketplace. McDonald’s, from time to time, has been criticized for several reasons, and so trying to get closer to farmers only makes strategic sense for them.”

On the other hand, he thinks A&W’s campaign is brilliant, but what isn’t clear is where its meat is coming from.

“They’re not forthcoming about their procurement strategy at A&W. They’re mostly focusing on the naturalization of food. There’s a lot of momentum around (that) … and people are more concerned about farming practices. A&W is making their supply chain more transparent, not in terms of origin, but in terms of specific production practices.”

No one from A&W was available for comment, but the chain has said previously that it gets some beef from Canada, but also brings it in from the United States and Australia to meet its hormone-free guarantee.

McDonald’s Canada says it gets 100 per cent of its beef from Canadian producers. That amounted to

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Cars drive past the McDonald’s Golden Arches logo at a McDonald’s restaurant in Robinson Township, Pa. McDonald’s has launched the latest salvo in a battle for the stomachs of food-conscious Canadians with new ads that picture hamburger buns floating over an empty space where the patty should be. “The Big Mac? Not Without Canadian Farmers,” it says. about 64 million pounds last year, says Sherry MacLauchlan with McDonald’s Canada.

She says the company has been getting “more and more questions” about its beef.

“Generally, consumer awareness is continuing to grow around sourcing and where things are coming from, so those things all tie together and really are the reason for the campaign.”

Canadian ranchers say there’s an innuendo that some beef isn’t as good as other beef.

Doug Gillespie, president of the Saskatchewan Stockgrowers Association, says the perception isn’t fair. There are more hormones in cabbage than beef,

Sprott Asset Management shifts from resources

he says.

The Beef Cattle Research Council notes on its website that producing the same amount of beef without hormones would require 12 per cent more cattle and 10 per cent more land, as well as more feed, water and fertilizer. The group says the added production costs would mean more expensive meat.

Gillespie, who ranches near Neville, Sask., says he hopes the McDonald’s ads can reassure people.

“I hope they have a great belief in our standards and our way of doing things. We’re very open about it. None of it is hidden and … we need to convey the message that we have a very, very safe product.

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PRECIOUS METALS

Spanish police probe garages offering emission cheating service with software similar to VW

CALGARY — Sprott Asset Management, the Canadian investment firm best known for precious metals, doesn’t want to solely be known for precious metals anymore.

The protracted bear market for commodities has forced the fund to diversify its investments and shift focus away from the resource sector, where it profited so substantially during the bull market of the 2000s.

Company chief executive John Wilson, who was brought on in 2012 to help lead the shift, says more than 80 per cent of the company’s actively managed business in not related to resources at all today, compared with only around a quarter in 2012.

In an interview, Wilson said that Sprott actually started as a small-cap investment firm and saw big gains on non-resource plays like Tazer International, but the commodity bull market pushed the firm more into resources.

“The firm grew incredibly quickly through there and grew this reputation as a resource manager, but at its core that’s not necessarily what it was about, it’s just that’s what worked, and that’s what people wanted to put money in.”

But the resource reputation has stuck, helped in part by founder Eric Sprott’s affinity for gold, and Wilson said that the company determined from a recent survey that 70 per cent of Canadian fund managers still think of Sprott as only focused on gold and resources.

And so Sprott Asset Management, the biggest component of the Sprott Inc. (TSX:SII) public company, is now in the middle of a cross-Canada tour and advertising campaign to change the perception that it’s only about resources as the bear market for commodities continues for a fourth year.

Wilson said precious metals, mining, and energy have “all been hit incredibly hard,” and he doesn’t see a turnaround soon as the fast growth in emerging markets that drove the commodity boom shows a lot of stress.

“Those growth rates are clearly decelerating pretty rapidly, and so over the near term, it doesn’t look particularly compelling, and the price action is telling that,” said Wilson.

As the commodity cycle wound down, Sprott Asset Management started shifting into new areas of investment and is now more involved in fixed income, blue-chip equity investments, and real asset investing outside of resources.

But despite the diversification, Sprott is still a big name in precious metals, in part as a major player in physical gold investments.

And Sprott Asset Management is currently pursuing a hostile takeover of Central GoldTrust and Silver Bullion Trust to increase its stake in the physical gold business.

If the company is successful in its all-share US$898 million offer, the firm plans to merge the two businesses with its own precious metals holding companies, the Sprott Physical Gold and Silver Trusts.

Wilson said he thinks Sprott can do a better job of managing Central GoldTrust and Silver Bullion Trust.

“Sometimes when you’re the biggest in an asset class, and in precious metals we are, it is incumbent on you to clean up the space,” said Wilson.

The deal is anything but certain, with Sprott already extending the deadline for its offer twice, the latest of which ends on Friday.

MADRID — Spanish police have cracked down on a string of garages that allegedly provided customers with mechanical and software services that enabled their cars to cheat emission checks in a scam similar to that which has engulfed Volkswagen, a statement said Saturday. Police said a tip-off led them to discover that eight garages in Madrid had been removing diesel filters and reprograming software so that motors could deliver more power, be cheaper to service and fool emissions testing equipment.

The garages charged customers 100-200 euros ($112-224) to remove diesel particulate filters, thus improving performance and reducing servicing costs that can amount to 1,200 euros ($1,345), they said.

The reprogramed software offered as part of the package then made the harmful emissions issued by the tampered-with engines undetectable, a police statement said. Police did not immediately say how many people were arrested in the investigation, which is ongoing. So far, police have gathered enough information to suggest that more than 80 garages throughout Spain have been offering performance-enhancing and emission test cheating services. Investigators discovered that some garages specialized in the removal of filters, whose function is to collect diesel soot, while others concentrated on manipulating the vehicles’ electronics systems. Diesel engines that have the filter removed freely emit particles into the air, “something that degrades the atmosphere considerably,” the statement said. The police statement, issued by the Interior Ministry, said the software that reprogrammed the cars’ computers was so effective it was able to make the pollution produced undetectable to machines supplied to government testing centres and even to the specialized equipment developed by the vehicles’ manufacturers.

RDSPs are gaining in popularity In August more than 1,600 disabled athletes descended on Toronto for the 2015 Para Pan Am Games. Their skill and competitive spirit brought to light the enormous challenges they face in their pursuit of athletic excellence and in their daily lives.

Many disabled person are not able to work full-time, a reality that can have a big impact on their financial security. In 2008 the Canadian government put in place the Registered Disability Saving Plan (RDSP) which has provided a venue for persons with disabilities, regardless TALBOT of whether they ever compete BOGGS in athletic games, to build a MONEYWISE financial nest egg and save for their future.

As of December 2014 some 110,000 Canadians with disabilities had socked away $3 billion in assets in RDSP accounts. RDSPs are available through banks, credit unions, trust companies and other financial institutions.

“RDSPs are a long-term savings vehicle for people with disabilities that have been dramatically gaining in popularity since they were introduced,” says Carol Bezaire, vice present of tax, estate and strategic philanthropy for Mackenzie Investments.

“It provided a whole new opportunity for people with disabilities who often had been living in pover-

ty for most of their lives to build cash flow and funds for the future.”

The RDSP works in much the same way as the Registered Education Savings Program (RESP) in that the government gives matching grants (Canada Disability Savings Grant) and pays into your RDSP to help you save – in this case giving matching grants of up to 300 per cent a year subject to family income thresholds.

Also like an RESP an RDSP is converted to a Retirement Income Fund when the account holder turns 60 years of age.

By simply opening an RDSP account the government will give low-income individuals up to $1,000 a year in the form of a Canada Disability Savings Bond to a maximum of 20 years.

RDSPs have further advantages into that they do not affect other disability benefits. Provincial disability benefits are not affected when people save in an RDSP and federal government benefits such as the Canada Pension Plan, Old Age Security and Guaranteed Income Supplement also are not affected.

There are no restrictions on what you can spend your RDSP savings on, although the primary intent is to have the money put away to fund retirement. But it can be accessed sooner if necessary and the money can be invested in a variety of investment products such as mutual funds, terms deposits and equities.

Sixty eight per cent of RDSP assets are invested in mutual funds for long-term growth.

Anyone can make contributions to an RDSP – you,

your parents, grandparents, siblings, aunts, uncles and even friends. Contributions can be made to a maximum of $200,000 in a lifetime. Unused grants and contributions can be carried forward and used in the future.

RDSPs also are tax effective. If you receive a lump sum such as an insurance claim it can be put into the account without tax consequences, and if the account holder is the beneficiary of a supporting parent or grandparent’s RRSP, RRIF or Registered Pension Plan the money may be able to be transferred to the RDSP up to the maximum $200,000 upon their death on a tax-deferred basis.

Since the RDSP is designed as a long-term savings vehicle money should remain in it for at least 10 years. When money is withdrawn all of part of the grants and bonds that have been in the plan for fewer than 10 years must be repaid to the government — $3 for every $1 that is taken out up to the total amount of grants and bonds paid into the account in the last 10 years.

RDSP rules are complex and keep changing, so Bezaire recommends people consult and work with a professional financial adviser.

It takes some planning but this is a great program that has given thousands of Canadians a chance to save for their future and improve their quality of life,” Bezaire says. “I love it.”

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

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RBC brings in voice recognition technology

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — Phone passwords and security questions could soon become obsolete as financial institutions race to implement technology that can verify a client’s identity based on the characteristics of their voice.

After a successful pilot project last summer, Royal Bank (TSX:RBC) is rolling out “voice biometrics” technology that can identify clients who phone the bank’s call centres in a matter of seconds.

Customers will have to opt in to the service, which is being phased in over a three-month period and has been created by tech firm Nuance Communications.

RBC says it is the first Canadian company to implement technology that can create and identify a client’s “voiceprint,” which consists of more than 100 different characteristics such as the client’s pitch and accent, in the course of a regular conversation.

Manulife implemented similar technology for its banking clients and its retail advisers back in September, although users have to say a predetermined phrase — “At Manulife, my voice is my password” — in order for their voices to be verified.

In addition to speeding up the customer service process — agents can immediately begin addressing a client’s needs rather than peppering them with a series of security questions — proponents of the

“THIS IS ALL ABOUT THE CLIENT. WE NEED TO PUT OUT THINGS THAT MAKE BANKING BETTER FOR THEM … IF THEY THINK IT’S CREEPY, THEY WON’T ADOPT.” DAVID WILLIAMSON, HEAD OF CIBC’S RETAIL AND BUSINESS BANKING technology say it will also boost security.

“It’s easy to pick up a piece of mail and look at someone’s confidential information, but you can’t steal a voice,” said Joanna Lohrenz, vice president of contact centres and customer experience at Manulife.

Financial institutions have been striving to innovate lately in response to changing customer expectations and pressure from more agile, tech-savvy startups that threaten to snatch some of their market share.

Earlier this year CIBC (TSX:CM) opened up an innovation lab in the financial tech cluster at Toronto’s Mars Discovery District, a space dedicated to housing early-stage startups and other tech innovators including Airbnb, Etsy and Facebook.

The banks have been criticized for being slow to implement new technologies. CIBC hopes to improve its agility by allowing select employees to work outside of the constraints of the traditional banking environment, says David Williamson, the head of CIBC’s retail and business banking division.

At CIBC’s Mars lab, co-op students and other staff

undertake sprints — “fuelled by pizza and Xbox” — that produce completed concepts in just a few weeks, Williamson said. For example, the concept for CIBC’s Apple Watch app was developed in around six weeks, Williamson said.

The bank has been using the space to experiment with a variety of new technologies, including voice authentication similar to Apple’s Siri, that would allow customers to use their voices not only to access their accounts but also to perform a variety of tasks such as pay bills, transfer money and even seek advice about budgeting.

However, Williamson said it’s important to determine whether customers are ready for the technology before the bank moves forward. CIBC is currently conducting research to determine how much appetite clients have for voice-authenticated banking.

“This is all about the client,” said Williamson. “ We need to put out things that make banking better for them … if they think it’s creepy, they won’t adopt.”

Five things to watch for in business this week

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS

Executive extradition

The extradition hearing of a Canadian former mining company CEO, detained in Bulgaria on corruption charges, is being held Monday in Vidic. The government of Kyrgyzstan wants Leonard Homeniuk, one-time CEO of Toronto-based Centerra Gold, to face charges there involving alleged revenue-splitting. Centerra Gold runs the country’s massive Kumtor gold mine.

Pipeline perils

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Pegs for rock-climbing have been attached to the side of one of the grain elevators that tower along the Buffalo River in Buffalo, N.Y. Built in the mid-19th century to temporarily store grain that was being shipped via the Erie Canal, most have sat abandoned for years. Now developers are re-imagining them as backdrops for concerts and movies and venues for weddings, restaurants and recreation.

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Buffalo’s grain silos become hot spots for culture, play today, with three in use, comprising what is believed to be the largest collection of the structures in the world, authorities say.

“Just the sheer kind of grandness of the architecture and where it’s situated on the Buffalo waterways makes it a really terrific site,” said Dan Shanahan, artistic director of Buffalo’s Torn Space Theater. The company has staged four site-specific productions at the grain elevators, at times using exteriors as projection screens while taking audiences through the echoing, often eerie interiors.

Next month, New York state’s Erie Canal Harbor Development Corp. plans to turn the switch on a light show that will use the Connecting Terminal grain elevator as a year-round, ever-changing projection screen.

It’s all part of a renaissance of sorts in upstate New York’s largest city, driven by the most significant commercial building boom in 50 years. Along with waterfront improvements, there have been major additions to the city’s medical campus and the opening of a new hockey and hotel complex downtown built by the owner of the Buffalo Bills and Sabres, Terry Pegula. Construction of what will be one of the world’s largest solar panel production plants also is well underway, a project landed with the help of a $1 billion pledge by Gov. Andrew Cuomo intended to leverage additional investment.

Tielman, who has advocated for the grain elevators’ preservation for more than 20 years, sees the public coming around and appreciating their place in the city’s cultural landscape. He compares them to the Colosseum in Rome or ruins in Ireland, all “achievements of great civilizations.”

Smith, too, said he hears fewer calls for their demolition from old-timers who’d seen them as reminders of “our failed present.”

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Statistics Canada releases Canada’s international merchandise trade figures for August on Tuesday, another gauge of the vigour of the Canadian economy which spent the first half of the year in recession.

And on Friday, the federal agency is out with the labour force survey for September, the last such job-creation data until after the federal election on Oct. 19.

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There’s also some data next week on the country’s housing market, which has shown few signs of being affected by the economic slowdown of earlier this year beyond the hard-hit oilpatch. StatCan releases its new housing price index for August on Thursday, while Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. releases September housing starts. Housing markets in Toronto and Vancouver, in particular, have been on fire as interest rates remain at historic lows.

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The Ontario Securities Commission holds OSC Dialogue 2015 on Thursday, an annual event that brings together hundreds of market participants, including prominent figures from the securities world, to discuss issues and trends facing capital markets.

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BUFFALO, N.Y. — A worn-looking collection of grain silos left over from Buffalo’s heyday as a shipping hub tower like enormous cement pipe organs along the Buffalo River.

Too historic to tear down, too far gone to re-open, these “industrial cathedrals,” as preservationist Tim Tielman describes them, have stood frozen in time as Buffalo’s waterfront has transformed around them.

But lately, these sleeping giants are being re-awakened, not as off-limits industrial workhorses but places to eat, drink and play for a public eager to literally touch the city’s past.

“It’s all about a re-appreciation of what makes us unique as a region,” said Rick Smith, who bought a collection of the grain elevators near his Rigidized Metals business with plans for an ethanol plant that were later scrapped as too costly. Since then, he has come to view the structures as “found art,” its potential revealing itself with the help of creative types whose perspective he values.

His “Silo City” and the grounds around them have become the setting for theatre productions, outdoor concerts, foot races, literary readings and art installations, with plans for snowshoeing through a maze of trails to keep people coming year-round.

Nearby, the sprawling RiverWorks complex is the site of roller derby and 500-seat restaurant. One former grain silo has been covered with vinyl decals to resemble a giant Labatt Blue six-pack, making clear the sponsor of an annual pond hockey tournament held each winter in its shadow. The “six-pack” will soon house a craft brewery, developer Doug Swift said.

He envisions a climbing gym, ropes course and zip-lining next.

“What we have here is really unique, historical, industrial architecture that speaks to Buffalo,” Swift said, “and we wanted to incorporate that history and that architecture into the space.”

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The Federal Court of Appeal challenge against the government’s approval of Enbridge’s Northern Gateway pipeline continues next week in Vancouver. Eighteen First Nation and environmental groups are fighting the pipeline. Monday is also the deadline for Kinder Morgan to file written arguments to the National Energy Board on its proposed Trans Mountain pipeline expansion.

HEALTH The new wisdom on nut allergies and infants PEDIATRICIANS ENDORSE EARLY EXPOSURE

BY MEERI KIM SPECIAL TO THE ADVOCATE For decades, new parents have been told to baby-proof their home for common allergens like peanuts and pet dander. But what if you should be allergy-proofing your baby instead?

There’s growing evidence to support the idea that exposing babies to allergens early on may be a legitimate way to prevent allergies later in life.

Multiple studies have shown that kids who grew up on farms or with dogs in the house are less likely to develop asthma or allergies compared with those who didn’t. Earlier this year, the Learning Early about Peanut Allergy (LEAP) randomized trial found that the early introduction of peanuts into the diet of high-risk infants lowered their likelihood of being allergic to them. Other observational studies suggest the same could be possible for egg and milk, two of the most common pediatric food allergies, although no clinical trials have been done yet.

These latest results sharply contradict earlier recommendations by the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) to avoid feeding peanuts to highrisk children until 3 years old or later, released in 2000. Since 1997, the number of school-age children with a peanut allergy has more than quadrupled in the United States, and peanut is now the country’s leading cause of food allergy-related anaphylaxis and death. After the LEAP trial, the AAP now endorses early peanut introduction as safe and effective in infants at high risk. So how should new parents proceed? Pediatric allergy expert Hugh Sampson, dean for translational biomedical sciences at Mount Sinai Hospital, answers these questions Q: Based on the results of the LEAP trial, how should parents proceed to prevent a peanut allergy from developing in their children?

A: The idea behind the LEAP trial came from the observation that the

rate of peanut allergy in Israel was much lower than it was in Jewish kids in London. One of the big differences is the use of the Israeli snack food Bamba, which looks like a cheese doodle but contains peanut and is used as a weaning food in Israel. So these Israeli babies were getting early oral feeding of peanuts - typically when you get something orally, you become tolerant to it.

The London babies weren’t getting the oral exposure which would drive tolerance, but were likely being exposed to peanut protein in the environment (e.g. house dust, hands of siblings) through their skin and therefore were more often developing peanut allergies. The LEAP trial showed that if you introduce peanut orally earlier in high-risk children, you can prevent the development of peanut allergy.

If your child represents a high-risk infant — an infant with severe eczema or atopic dermatitis in the first few months of life, or has egg allergy in the first several months of life - he/she should be evaluated with skin-prick tests between 4 and 8 months of age to see whether or not they’re already sensitized to peanuts. If they are not, they should be started on regular peanut consumption, or if only minimally sensitized, they should be given peanuts under physician supervision and then continued on regular peanut consumption because it can dramatically decrease the possibility of peanut allergy.

Q: After a negative skin-prick test and a doctor’s approval, what is the best way of introducing peanut into a baby’s diet?

A: Well, it depends on the age of the child. Consensus is coming around that it’s better to start earlier than later - so at 4 to 6 months of age, you might be putting a teaspoon of peanut butter into rice cereal or formula. As done in the LEAP trial and noted in our NEJM editorial: “The child should then be started on a diet that includes 2 grams of peanut protein three times a week for at least 3 years.”

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UN changes HIV recommendations LONDON — The World Health Organization has revised its HIV guidelines to recommend that anyone who tests positive for the virus that causes AIDS should be treated immediately.

That guidance fits with what is already recommended in many developed nations, including the United States.

The U.N. health agency had previously said doctors should wait to treat some people with HIV until their immune systems suggested they were getting sick. But in a statement Wednesday, WHO said the new recommendations are based on recent trials that have found early treatment “keeps people with HIV alive, healthier and reduces the risk of transmitting the virus.”

The new guidance means that all 37 million people with HIV globally should be offered immediate treatment, a prospect that may be unrealistic in poor countries, where many patients are still unable to get medicines. Last year, only about 15 million people with HIV were being treated.

WHO says the sickest patients should be prioritized and that people who are at high risk of being infected should also be offered preventive therapy. While other experts commended the new guidelines, they warned that fulfilling them would require a substantial cash injection and an overhaul of current strategies.

“To work as a tool to control the epidemic, (these guidelines) will require drastic changes and increased investment,” said Dr. Tom Ellman, director of the Southern Africa Medical Unit for Doctors Without Borders. “Nobody’s going to end AIDS with business as usual.”

He said HIV treatment had to move out of the clinics into the communities where patients live.

WHO and the U.N. AIDS agency estimated that implementing the new guidelines could avert 21 million AIDS deaths and prevent 28 million new infections by 2030.

Medical marijuana helps chronic pain patients, appears to be safe: study TORONTO — A benchmark study has found that patients who use medical marijuana to treat chronic pain don’t have more serious side-

effects than sufferers who don’t use the herb.

Dr. Mark Ware, the Montreal pain specialist who led the national study, says medical cannabis appears to have a reasonable safety profile when taken by patients who are experienced users.

The four-year study followed 215 adults with chronic non-cancer pain who used medical cannabis and compared them to a control group of 216 chronic pain sufferers who were not marijuana users.

The cannabis group was given access to herbal cannabis containing 12.5 per cent of the active ingredient THC from a licensed cannabis producer. Researchers found significant improvement in pain levels, mood and quality of life among pot users compared to the control group, and no evidence of harmful effects on cognitive function.

However, cannabis users had an increased risk of non-serious sideeffects such as headache, nausea, dizziness and respiratory problems associated with smoking.

“It is important to note the limitations of the study,” said Ware. “Patients were self-selected, not randomized, and most were experienced users. So what we are seeing is that it appears to be a relatively safe drug when used by people who have already determined that it helps them.

“We cannot draw conclusions about safety issues of new cannabis users.”

Ware said the study, published online in The Journal of Pain, should help doctors counsel chronic-pain patients about medical marijuana’s effectiveness and its potential sideeffects.

U.S. FDA approves new cancer drug WASHINGTON — Federal health officials on Friday expanded approval of an innovative Merck drug to treat patients with an advanced form of the most common lung cancer.

The Food and Drug Administration approved Keytruda for advanced nonsmall cell lung cancer patients who have seen their tumors spread after taking other therapies. The disease accounts for roughly seven out of eight cases of lung cancer in the U.S. Regulators previously approved Keytruda in 2014 to treat melanoma, the deadliest form of skin cancer.

Keytruda is part of a promising new class of drugs called immunotherapies, which harness the body’s immune system to help fight cancer.

Merck’s injectable biotech drug works by blocking a protein found in certain tumors called PD-1, which inhibits the body’s natural response to cancer cells.

Two Manitobans win Manning innovation award LASER DEVICE ALLOWS SURGEONS TO BETTER TREAT PATIENTS WITH BRAIN LESIONS

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS SASKATOON — Two Manitoba researchers have won $100,000 for developing a laser device to allow surgeons to better treat patients with brain lesions.

The minimally invasive robotic laser that Dr. Mark Torchia and engineer Richard Tyc created is now used in more than 30 hospitals in Canada and the U.S. Other winners of the Ernest C. Manning Awards are Matthew Sheridan, of Hamilton, Ont., for a handheld device that accurately measures the colour of any object instantly, making colour management easier and more cost-effective for textiles, cosmetics, commercial paints, graphic design and other industries.

Dr. Vito Forte, of Toronto won for a simulated silicone ear teaching tool that is helping medical students worldwide learn how to more accurately diagnose ear conditions before they practice on patients.

Fabrizio Chiacchia and Iwain Lam of Calgary commercialized an adhesive material to repair tears in hospital beds, preventing the spread of

infection while saving health-care facilities money to replace damaged equipment.

Four young people were named 2015 Young Canadian Innovators by the foundation and received $7,500.

They are Dan Alferov, 18, of London, Ont., developed an image-based test for determining how the brain reads facial expressions to help health professionals diagnose mood disorders and other mental illnesses, especially in young people.

Sandrine Bayard, 17, of Quebec City created a bandage bacteria monitor that can detect infection in chronic wounds without being removed.

Gayashan Tennakoon, 18, of Ottawa came up with a simple, cost-effective way to test drinking water by “drying” it on-site to detect trace elements that cause kidney disease and other health problems, especially in remote populations.

Samna Aziz, 17, of Hamilton, Ont., developed a non-toxic, biodegradable bone cement that has potential to replace the current generation of cements used to repair bone fractures.

The foundation was established in 1980 by Alberta Energy Company CEO

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Working with former Alberta premier Ernest C. Manning and others, he

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Documentary an insider view of Afghan war

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — A Canadian photographer’s quest to come to grips with the long war in Afghanistan is the subject of a new documentary that takes viewers along for a harrowing ride with seemingly no destination.

It’s perhaps that very lack of resolution — even more than the ugly in-your-face realities of the effort to defeat a shadowy enemy — that makes Louie Palu’s self-narrated journey so disturbing.

“The experience is beyond the photos,” Palu says as he prepares to leave the blighted country. “The more I see, the less I understand.”

Palu, 47, shot hours of video and countless photographs over close to two years he spent on the ground between 2006 and 2010 in Kandahar, the hotbed of a determined effort to push out western forces from the country and overthrow the government they backed.

He ventured out on numerous patrols and combat operations with Canadian, American and Afghan forces in their efforts to find and neutralize the elusive enemy.

Through his lens, he says, he hoped to capture what it was coalition soldiers were doing, so folk back home could really understand. It was a near-impossible task, he concedes.

“After five years of working in Kandahar, I’m not sure any of my work connects to anyone,” he ponders.

“How can I possibly convey the reality of war?”

His efforts to enlighten folk back home is at the core of his 75-minute Kandahar Journals, slated to air nationally on the CBC and the Documentary Channel on Oct. 6. It’s no Hollywood production.

Instead, his often shaky, small-cam video interspersed with photographs covers a war from the mundane and banal to the beyond brutal, with little gloss or fanfare.

Palu and his cameras tag along behind the soldiers, never knowing whether their next steps will be their last, never knowing the whereabouts of an enemy dissolved in the population until the sporadic gunfire erupts.

During one mission break, Canadian Sgt. Matt Snoddon sums up the paradox for the camera: “There’s no easy way to define when trouble’s coming, or when trouble’s not there at all,” Snoddon says.

“In almost a year here, I haven’t seen a single Taliban but I’m pretty sure I’ve talked to a lot of them. There’s probably a lot more rubbing elbows with the enemy than we even think.”

Despite his terror at losing his legs to a makeshift landmine, Palu pushes to find what war correspondents refer to as the “bang bang” — as if reaching the sharpest end of the pointy military stick would reveal the real war and that in turn would yield some hidden truth about its purpose.

The problem, given the hit-and-run nature of the insurgency, was that the “bang bang” of Kandahar was wholly unpredictable: days of uneventful patrols or missions punctuated by moments of all too real terror, of maiming, of death and destruction in the dust.

Documenting such fleeting moments — few and far between — is monstrously difficult, even for the skilled photographer, so Palu spent time with American medevac teams — the flying paramedics

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Canadian photographer Louie Palu is seen in southern Afghanistan in October 2010. Palu has turned his experience covering the war into a documentary called Kandahar Journals. of the war zone — in an effort to capture the “full cycle of what war really is.”

The reality, he quickly discovers, is soaked red.

“Blood and carnage,” he narrates. “The war has finally fully found me.”

While the larger meaning remains veiled by the dust of Kandahar, the documentary does convey the toll exacted on Palu for getting too close to the violence, starting when he photographed the bits and

pieces of a suicide bomber in 2006. Another unsettling scene shows someone mopping up blood, leaving a gleaming floor. The psychological stains are not so easily erased.

“It will take so much time to move on,” Palu says.

Co-written by Murray Brewster, who covered the war extensively for The Canadian Press national news agency, the documentary premiered at the Canadian War Museum in Ottawa on Sept. 24.

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Cassidy charged with leaving scene of car crash FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Former teen idol David Cassidy has been charged with leaving the scene of an accident and driving with an expired tag after a crash in Florida last month.

The Sun Sentinel quotes police as saying that the 65-year-old Cassidy sideswiped a truck and then tried to cover his license plate before driving away with a flat tire.

The charges were filed Wednesday. Authorities said witnesses identified Cassidy as the driver in a photo lineup.

Cassidy’s lawyer, Jason Forman, says the police report is riddled with inconsistencies.

He says Cassidy gave police his driver’s license and registration before leaving the scene.

A hearing has been scheduled for Oct. 27.

Cassidy, who starred in “The Partridge Family” television show, lives in Fort Lauderdale.

He filed for bankruptcy earlier this year.

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The Martian lands with $55M debut

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK — Opening just days after NASA announced findings showing water on Mars, The Martian soaked up moviegoers at the box office.

Ridley Scott’s 3-D space epic touched down in theatres with a robust $55 million over the weekend, according to studio estimates Sunday. The results again proved moviegoers’ abiding thirst for space adventures, particularly ones that rely more on mathematics than monsters.

The 20th Century Fox release, starring Matt Damon as an astronaut left for dead on Mars, exceeded expectations to nearly rank as the top October debut ever. The estimated North American opening of The Martian surpassed that of Christopher Nolan’s Interstellar ($47.5 million) and virtually equaled the debut of Alfonso Cuaron’s Gravity ($55.8 million).

It’s Scott’s second best opening behind 2001’s Hannibal and Damon’s second best after 2007’s Bourne Ultimatum.

Made for $108 million, The Martian received a publicity boost earlier in the week when NASA announced it had found evidence of water on the surface of Mars — a cosmically fortuitous tie-in for a movie that celebrates NASA ingenuity. Adapted from the Andy Weir novel, The Martian — more “science-fact” than science fiction — relishes pragmatic scientific problem solving and NASA’s spirit of exploration.

“What separates this movie — it has the backdrop of science — but all of the science is presented in a way that’s very approachable for all,” said Chris Aronson, head of distribution for Fox. Aronson noted that the shift in release date from Nov. 25 to early October gave the film a more open path at the box office, where it could play well through the month. The film added $45.2 million internationally.

“Solid performances by recent space-related films like Interstellar and Gravity show that ‘geeking-out’ on all things outer space and science related in the movie theatre is not only a popular pastime, but has now made science actually ‘cool,”’ said Paul Dergarabedian, senior media analyst for box-office firm Rentrak.

Yet October is proving especially

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This photo released by 20th Century Fox shows Matt Damon in a scene from the film, The Martian. busy with well-reviewed studio releases seeking broad audiences. Another acclaimed 3-D spectacle, Sony’s The Walk, took a back seat to The Martian.

Ahead of a wider opening next week, Robert Zemeckis’ dramatization of Philippe Petit’s World Trade Center stunt took in just $1.6 million on 448 Imax screens.

“You need word of mouth for this type of film and that’s what this weekend was all about,” said Sony distribution head Rory Bruer, who granted it’s a “crowded field.” The film will look to parlay strong reviews out of its New York Film Festival debut and buzz from its vertigo-inducing 3-D next week.

Last week’s box-office champ, Hotel

Transylvania 2, slid to second with an estimated $33 million. Sony’s animated sequel has made $90.5 million in two weeks.

Denis Villeneuve’s drug war thriller Sicario, starring Emily Blunt, shot up to third with $12.1 million for the acclaimed Lionsgate release.

The gay-rights drama Freeheld, starring Julianne Moore and Ellen Page, opened in limited release with a $40,000-per-screen average in New York and Los Angeles.

Estimated ticket sales for Friday through Sunday at U.S. and Canadian theatres, according to Rentrak. Where available, the latest international numbers for Friday through Sunday are also included. Final domestic fig-

ures will be released Monday: 1.The Martian, $55 million ($45.2 million international).

2. Hotel Transylvania 2, $33 million ($20.4 million international).

3. Sicario, $12.1 million ($3.3 million international).

4.The Intern, $11.6 million ($15.7 million international).

5. Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials, $7.7 million ($13.7 million international).

6. Black Mass, $5.9 million.

7. Everest, $5.5 million ($16.4 million international).

8. The Visit, $3.9 million ($3.3 million international).

9. War Room, $2.8 million.

10. The Perfect Guy, $2.4 million.

This Life celebrates life in Robin Williams’ widow, face of terminal cancer kids settle estate fight

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — A TV show about cancer can be a hard sell, acknowledges showrunner Joseph Kay. It’s the reason he stresses the lighter aspects of his new CBC series This Life, about a single mother blindsided by news that she has stage four cancer.

“It very quickly widens to include her siblings and their lives, her parents and their lives, and very importantly, her children and their lives,” Kay said earlier this year when CBCTV detailed its fall plans.

“We do make you cry, but we really make you laugh.”

The serialized drama is an adaptation of the French-language Radio-Canada hit Nouvelle Adresse and comes from the same producers.

Torri Higginson stars as Natalie, a lifestyle columnist who is told she has mere months to live.

She dedicates what time she has left to preparing her children — aged 19, 15 and 13 — for life without her.

The show treads on sensitive topics rarely discussed openly, even in the face of terminal illness, Higginson said in a recent phone interview from Montreal after shooting wrapped.

“We have a youth culture and we are terrified to talk about death and mortality,” said Higginson, largely known for her role on Stargate: Atlantis.

“And yet the irony is, if you do, as soon as you are faced with how finite time is, life gets so much bolder. Life gets so much more beautiful.”

Higginson said she knows this first hand, recounting a health scare involving a lung infection four years ago.

“It was completely random and I had about two months where I was se-

riously having to meditate on mortality and embrace that as a closer step than I had expected,” she said.

“Everything was fine in the end but it came on suddenly…. At the time I remember being grateful in a weird way for it, because it did make me ask the big questions and it made me move forward from certain things that we get stuck in — how we define ourselves, or how we define our life.”

Kay said he expects many people would be able to relate to the various characters, which include Natalie’s sister, played by Lauren Lee Smith her brothers, played by Rick Roberts and Kristopher Turner and parents, played

by Peter MacNeill and Janet Laine Green.

In Kay’s case, his mother survived cancer and he recalled coping with her battle in much the same way his characters do.

“When it’s happening to you, you don’t sit around talking about your disease all the time. In fact, you never talk about it, you almost never talk about it,” he said.

“You talk about life and the things that you’re doing in life and try to find things that are still funny and interesting and all the other challenges of your life.”

Which is to say there will be plenty of drama, added Higginson, who called the series “a full-on soap opera.”

“A lot of the first season is her trying to hold on to being normal. She wants life to be normal for as long as it can be before she is just a sick person,” she said, noting the first season spans about 18 days. “(And) actually it is normal — everyone is going to die.”

This Life premieres Monday on CBCTV.

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BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS SAN FRANCISCO — Robin Williams’ widow and his three children from previous marriages reached a settlement in their legal fight over the late actor’s estate, ending a public dispute following the beloved comedian’s suicide last year. Terms of the out-ofcourt settlement were not disclosed but James Wagstaffe, who is representing Susan Williams, said his client will remain in the San Francisco Bay Area home she shared with Williams and receive living expenses to maintain the home for the rest of her life.

Wagstaffe said she also will receive a watch Robin Williams often wore, a bike bought on their honeymoon, and their wedding gifts. Both sides expressed satisfaction over the settlement, which remains subject to court approval. Wagstaffe and Meredith Bushnell, who represents three adult children from previous marriages — Zachary, Zelda and Cody— said they expect the judge’s approval.

“Susan gets to enforce Robin’s wishes. She gets to stay in the house as Robin wanted, with the trust being created to pay the expenses,” Wagstaffe said.

Meredith Bushnell, who represents the three children said, “I think they’re just very happy to have this behind them.”

Susan Williams filed a court petition in December, saying the contents of the Tiburon home she shared with Robin Williams should be excluded from the items the actor left to his children. She also claimed some of her husband’s personal items were taken without her permission.

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Attorneys for Robin Williams’ widow and his children have reached a settlement in their legal fight over his to a terrible injury” by trying to change the trust agreement and deprive them of items that their father clearly intended to leave to them. Among the items in dispute were watches, memorabilia, the tuxedo he was married in and photographs taken on his 60th birthday, according to court documents and previous statements by attorney Wagstaffe.

The dispute resulted in several court appearances before a San Francisco judge and mediation. Trustees for Williams’ estate filed a petition Friday with San Francisco County Superior Court stating the parties had reached a settlement on Sept. 25 and asking to dismiss Susan Williams’ petition to have the court provide guidance in the dispute. The judge had encouraged both sides to settle out of court.

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You have been home with God 1 year now, how beautiful and peaceful Heaven must be.

We love and miss you more than words can express.

A part of you lives on here, in each of our lives.

Forever your Arrison Family.

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ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS 403-347-8650 You can sell your guitar for a song... or put it in CLASSIFIEDS and we’ll sell it for you!

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Caregivers/ Aides

710

CHILD caregiver needed for 2 children in Red Deer.$11/hr. willing to do split shifts,days and nights rotation 44 hrs/wk. high school graduate,1-2 yrs exp. in child care. apply at frh1951@outlook.com

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FULL time office position for data entry in Alix, AB. Require knowledge of Simply Accounting, and working knowledge of rural Alberta maps. See canpak@xplornet.ca

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Restaurant/ Hotel

820

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. Manager/Food Services Permanent P/T, F/T shift.

Wknd, day, night & eves.

Start date ASAP $19.23/hr.

40 hrs/week, + benefits , 8 Vacancies, 3-5 yrs. exp., criminal record check req’d.

Req’d education some secondary. Apply in person or fax resume to: 403-314-1303 For full job description visit www. timhortons.com

Trades

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Galaxy Plumbing & Heating is currently hiring plumbers who have exp. in residential plumbing.

Competitive wages, benefits after 3 months.

Please send resume to galaxyadmin@telus.net or fax to 403-347-4539.

STRONG Insulation Inc. Looking for exp. residential insulators w/drivers licence (Batt And Poly, Blow-in).

Call Curtis 403-307-7295 W.R. SCOTT Equipment, Red Deer, requires a driver yard person for small compact equipment yard. e-mail resume to: dbevan@ wrscottequipment.com or call Dan cell 1-780-717-8586

Is now accepting applications for the following full time position: Truckers/ ACCOUNTING TECHNICIAN Drivers RECEIVABLES in our Rocky Mountain BUSY Central Alberta House location Grain Trucking Company Accounting Technician looking for Class 1 Drivers Responsibilities & and/or Lease Operators.

Qualifications: We offer lots of home time, Duties include but not benefits and a bonus limited to: program. Grain and super Process and maintain A/R B exp. an asset but not Sap Business One necessary. If you have a experience mandatory clean commercial drivers Working knowledge of MS abstract and would like to Office & Simply Accounting start making good money.

(2013) program is essential fax or email resume and Able to work with minimal comm. abstract to supervision 403-337-3758 or Must have an accounting dtl@telus.net designation NOW HIRING Min of 3+ years accounting TRUCK DRIVER $25/HR related experience Full Time , 44hrs/wk Preference will be given to candidates who are highly min 2 years experience req Please email resume organized, able to multi tankmasterrd@gmail.com task, complete tasks in a or drop off at timely fashion & Tankmaster Rentals are team players (2012) LTD Please email resumes and 117 Poplar St Red Deer a minimum of 3 references to: resumes@ Something for Everyone newcartcontracting.com Everyday in Classifieds or fax resume to: 1-403-729-2396 *NO PHONE CALL INQUIRIES PLEASE

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Red Deer Advocate Publication Dates: SATURDAY October 9, 2015 TUESDAY October 13, 2015 Deadline is: FRIDAY October 9 @ 5 p.m.

Central Alberta Life Publication Date: THURSDAY October 15 Deadline is: THURSDAY October 8 @NOON CALL CLASSIFIEDS 403-309-3300 classifieds@reddeeradvocate.com

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Available www.ads-pipe.com Advanced Drainage Professionals Systems, Inc., the world’s largest and most innovative manufacturer of HDPE drainage products is expanding and we are currently accepting applications for a certified Senior Accounting Class 1 Driver, with a Technician - Full Time minimum of two (2) years We make this offer to experience.

Public Practice Accounting ADS Drivers are required staff with 3 to 5 years to safely operate company experience in a public equipment and provide a practice setting and at high level of customer least a Business service, delivering our Administration diploma or products within Alberta. equivalent.

ADS Drivers are required Cornish Harder Niederle to be drug free and LLP offers a competitive maintain legal transportabase salary and benefits tion paperwork and driving program. We take pride in practices. This position the successes of our requires a valid Class 1 clients and staff.

License; with previous off Please respond with a road forklift and shipping detailed resume to the /receiving experience a attention of: definite asset. We offer Dave Niederle, CA, Partner quarterly safety bonuses e-mail: as well as a comprehensive dniederle@chnllp.com medical plan.

Benefits include: Something for Everyone * Company provided Everyday in Classifieds Canadian Benefits Package * Voluntary Dental Plan * Life Insurance Option Plan Restaurant/ * Short-term/Long-term Hotel Disability Policy * Retirement Savings Plan JJAM Management (1987) (RSP) and Deferred Profit Sharing Plan (DPSP) Ltd., o/a Tim Horton’s Requires to work at these * Paid Vacation * Quarterly Safety Bonus Red Deer, AB locations: 5111 22 St. All applicants are subject 37444 HWY 2 S to a pre-employment 37543 HWY 2N physical and MVR check.

700 3020 22 St. Interested Applicants may Food Service Supervisor submit a resume, along Req’d permanent shift with a current drivers weekend day and evening abstract to: both full and part time.

Advanced Drainage 4 Vacancies, $13.75 /hr. + Systems Of Canada Inc. medical, dental, life and vi4316 Gerdts Ave. sion benefits. Start ASAP. Blindman Ind. Park Job description Red Deer County, AB. www.timhortons.com T4S-2A8 Experience 1 yr. to less Fax: (403) 346-5806 than 2 yrs.

E-mail ken.mccutcheon Apply in person or fax @ads-pipe.com or resume to: 403-314-1303 jeremy.bunker@ JJAM Management (1987) ads-pipe.com Ltd., o/a Tim Horton’s Position closing date: Requires to work at these Oct.9, 2015 Red Deer, AB locations: 5111 22 St. Misc.

37444 HWY 2 S 37543 HWY 2N Help 700 3020 22 St. FOOD ATTENDANT F/T DISPATCHER REQ’D. Req’d permanent shift Knowledge of Red Deer weekend day and evening and area is essential. both full and part time.

Verbal and written 16 Vacancies, $10.25/hr. + communication skills are benefits. Start ASAP. req’d. Send resume by fax Job description to 403-346-0295 www.timhortons.com Looking for a place Education and experience to live? not req’d.

Take a tour through the Apply in person or fax CLASSIFIEDS resume to: 403-314-1303

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Firewood

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ACADEMIC Express FIREWOOD. Pine, Spruce, ADULT EDUCATION AND TRAINING

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Can deliver 1-4 cords. 403-844-0227 FREE BLACK POPLAR logs. You pick up.

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403-340-1930 www.academicexpress.ca Needed highly motivated, energetic person to help in busy shop in Sylvan Lake.

Must have a class 5 license, a class 1 would be a asset but not required. Jobs would include sweeping shop, cleaning office, organizing shelves and travelling to get parts for mechanic and helping them with jobs. For more info call Debbie 780-706-5121 between 8:00 and 5:00

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Children's Items

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1710

10 cu. ft. upright deep freeze, $200.

403-346-4155

Household Furnishings

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2 BROWN wooden end tables $45/ea.

403-346-7825 DINING ROOM SET with 4 chairs & leaf, exc. shape. nice top with light wood around side, brass legs on chairs. $150 403-346-4155 DOUBLE/queen size heavy duty steel bed frame 72”L, adjust to 54-60-78” wide, 6 casters (2 locks) $40 403-346-6539 TABLE, 45” round, glass top bistro with 4 chairs. $70. 403-877-0825 TEAK wood coffee table 36” round, one of a kind, $40 403-347-3741 Morrisroe

WANTED Antiques, furniture and estates. 342-2514

Stereos TV's, VCRs

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16 STORYBOOK classic DVD’s over 100 stories, 14” Citizen Tube tv w/DVD player $50; 27” Tube tv very good cond. w/entertainment stand $35 403-314-9603 $50 403-782-3847

Clothing

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COAT, MINK, Ladies gold, size Tall. $50.

403-346-6539 LADIES chocolate brown coat w/fleece lining and hood, size M, very good cond., $15; UGG slippers size 5, new cond. $30 403-314-9603 MOTORCYCLE Jacket, black leather, size M. in good cond. $40.

403-346-6539 NURSES’ uniforms, pants & tops. med. to large size. $5 each. (approx. 25) good shape.

403-347-2526

Electronics

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Wii w/10 games and dance mat $140; DS Lite w/4 games $60 403-782-3847

PROFESSIONAL EquipmentTruck Driver Position

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Office & Phones CLOSED MONDAY October 12, 2015

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TRAILERS for sale or rent Job site, office, well site or storage. Skidded or wheeled. Call 347-7721.

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Tools

VARIETY of miscellaneous tools, $20. For ALL. 403-885-5020

Firewood

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AFFORDABLE

Homestead Firewood Spruce, Pine, Aspen - Split.

Avail. 7 days/wk. 403-304-6472 B.C. Birch, Aspen, Spruce/Pine. Delivery avail.

PH. Lyle 403-783-2275

Misc. for Sale

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100 VHS movies, $75.

For All 403-885-5020 ELECTRIC skillet new in box $32; .7 microwave oven, new in box $35; oak top dining table w/leaf, 6 chairs $30; misc. end tables w/lamps $10/ea, accent table w/drawers, shelf, lamp $65 403-346-2192 ESTATE SALE - misc. items. 587-377-6988 LOPI wood burning fireplace insert, glass doors, c/w elec. blower, $175 403-347-2452 leave msg. or email bambam11@shaw.ca WATER cooler $50.

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Sporting Goods

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Travel Packages

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Manufactured Homes

2 BDRM. mobile, 5 appls., lrg. fenced yard, $1050/mo. incl water. 403-872-2532

FOR RENT • 3000-3200 4 Plexes/ WANTED • 3250-3390 6 Plexes

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Houses/ Duplexes

2 BDRM. lower floor, approx 1000 sq.ft. Shared Laundry. $650 + utils. 403-660-7094 2 BDRM. main flr. Close to RDC & Hospital. $1100/mo./DD. utils. incl.

N/S, no pets. Avail. Oct. 1.

403-341-0156 885-2287 GULL LAKE HOUSE WITH LAKE VIEW 3 bdrm., 2 bth., fully furn. with dbl. att. garage and games room, hot tub, n/s, no pets, ref. req., $2,800/mo. plus util.

780-514-0129

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Condos/ Townhouses

SEIBEL PROPERTY 6 locations in Red Deer, 3 bdrms, 1 1/2 bath, appls, starting at $1100. For more info 403-347-7545 or 403-304-7576 SOUTHWOOD PARK 3110-47TH Avenue, 2 & 3 bdrm. townhouses, generously sized, 1 1/2 baths, fenced yards, full bsmts. 403-347-7473, Sorry no pets. www.greatapartments.ca Classifieds...costs so little Saves you so much!

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ACROSS from park, 2 bdrm. 4-plex, 1 1/2 bath, 4 appls. Rent $975/mo. d.d. $650. Avail. Nov. 1.

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2 BDRM. N/S, no pets. $875 rent/d.d.

403-346-1458 ADULT 2 BDRM. spacious suites 3 appls., heat/water incld., ADULT ONLY BLDG, no pets, Oriole Park. 403-986-6889 AVAIL. IMMED. large 2 bdrm. in clean quiet adult building, near downtown Co-Op, no pets, 403-348-7445 BACH. suite n/s, pet allowed, 403-391-4181 or 403-347-1206

CITY VIEW APTS. Clean, quiet, newly reno’d adult building. Rent $900 S.D. $800. Avail. Oct. 15.

Near hospital. No pets.

403-318-3679 GLENDALE reno’d 2 bdrm. apartments, avail. immed, rent $875 403-596-6000 LARGE, 1 & 2 BDRM. SUITES. 25+, adults only n/s, no pets 403-346-7111

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FOLD-AWAY cot/table for exercising. Must be clean and in good condition.

403-346-5360 WANTED TO BUY 4 WHEELED ELECTRIC SCOOTER. 403-350-6589 WANTED TO BUY: old lead batteries for recycling 403-396-8629

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INDIVIDUAL & BUSINESS Accounting, 30 yrs. of exp. with oilfield service companies, other small businesses and individuals RW Smith, 346-9351

The ideal candidate will have an outgoing personality, the ability to multi-task and good written and verbal communication skills.

Basic computer skills, a valid driver’s license, and use of a car and are required. Candidate must pass a vulnerable sector criminal records check.

Contractors

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BLACK CAT CONCRETE Garage/Patios/RV pads Sidewalks/Driveways Dean 403-505-2542 BRIDGER CONST. LTD. We do it all! 403-302-8550

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This is a full-time position, five days per week.

Please forward your resume to: Red Deer Express Attention: Debbie Reitmeier 2950 Bremner Avenue Red Deer, AB T4R 1M9 dreitmeier@reddeeradvocate.com

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Accounting

The successful candidate will be responsible for the recruitment of carriers and the successful delivery of the Red Deer Express in Red Deer.

We’ll do it all...Free est.

Call E.J. Construction Jim 403-358-8197

Handyman Services

1200

BEAT THE RUSH! Book now for your home projects.

Reno’s, flooring, painting, small concrete/rock work, landscaping, small tree cutting, fencing & decking.

Call James 403-341-0617

Massage Therapy

1280

FANTASY SPA

Elite Retreat, Finest in VIP Treatment.

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DALE’S Home Reno’s Free estimates for all your 5* JUNK REMOVAL reno needs. 403-506-4301 Property clean up 505-4777 DUMP RUNS, ODD JOBS, METAL P/U 403 550 2502 7179466IJ14

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Entertainment

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Window Cleaning

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ROBUST CLEANING SERVICES - Windows, eavestroughs, vinyl siding.

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MORRISROE MANOR 1 & 2 bdrm., Adult bldg. only, N/S, No pets. 403-596-2444

NOW RENTING 1 & 2 BDRM. APT’S. 2936 50th AVE. Red Deer Newer bldg. secure entry w/onsite manager, 3 appls., incl. heat & hot water, washer/dryer hookup, inÁoor heating, a/c., car plug ins & balconies.

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Opposite Hospital 2 bdrm. apt. w/balcony, adults only, no pets heat/water incld. $875.

403-346-5885

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OREGON SHOOTINGS

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Warehouse Space

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FOR LEASE Riverside Light Industrial 4614-61 St. (directly behind Windsor Plywood) 2400 sq. ft. large 55 x 85 compound 403-350-1777 OFFICE 2372 sq ft. plus 4381 sq. ft. warehouse Burnt Lake Industrial Park 403-588-7120

Storage Space

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ROSEBURG, Ore. — A pastor whose daughter survived last week’s deadly rampage in a college classroom told his congregation on Sunday that “violence will not have the last word” in this southern Oregon timber town.

More than 100 people gathered to hear pastor Randy Scroggins speak at New Beginnings Church of God, including his daughter 18-year-old Lacey, who cried while sitting in the front row with her mother.

Scroggins said he’s been asked whether he can forgive Christopher Sean Harper-Mercer, who killed nine when he opened fire Thursday at Umpqua Community College.

“Can I be honest? I don’t know.

That’s the worst part of my job. I don’t know” said Scroggins, his voice cracking with emotion. “I don’t focus on the man. I focus on the evil that was in the man.”

Harper-Mercer killed himself after a shootout with police.

At services across Roseburg on Sunday, pastors talked about the tragedy as the community tries to heal.

A couple hundred people crowded into Garden Valley Church, where pastor Craig Schlesinger said living the faith means countering the rampage “with acts of kindness.”“ Schlesinger also spoke about trying to make sense of survivor reports that the gunman asked who was Christian and then shot them.

“As those brave men and women were willing to stand and take a bullet for their faith… so let us bravely stand this day and live our faith in Roseburg,” he said, wiping away tears.

There have been conflicting accounts of Harper-Mercer’s words inside the classroom, and what he may have meant by them. Some witness accounts have said that after killing people who said they were Christian he continued to execute others, doing so randomly.

Scroggins told those gathered at his church that his daughter survived because she was lying on the floor and partially covered by the body of a fellow student. The gunman thought his daughter was dead.

Scroggins said the community has “come together with strength and

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NEW SMYRNA BEACH, Fla. — Authorities say a teenage surfer has been hospitalized after being bitten on the left hand by a shark off Florida’s coast.

The Volusia County Beach Patrol says the 14-year-old boy from Vero Beach was with four other surfers in Atlantic waters off New Smyrna Beach when he was bitten Sunday morning.

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Sunlight filtered through a red stained glass window illuminates seven-year-old Noah Cunnington as he prays with his mother, Ashley Cunnington, at the Hucrest Community Church of God Sunday, in Roseburg, Ore. The church held a special service to address the shooting at Umpqua Community College. courage and compassion. As if to say, ‘we will not be defined by violence’ …

Violence will not have the last word in Roseburg.”

Religious faith is an important part of many people’s lives in this rural part of Oregon, called by some “the Bible Belt of Oregon.” In Roseburg alone, there are dozens of churches, and Christian billboards and crosses dot area highways and roads.

Pastors have been at the forefront of helping victims’ families cope with a grief that can seem unbearable.

When pastor Jon Nutter got a text message last Thursday about the shooting and realized how many had been killed or injured, he immediately formed a prayer circle at Starbucks where he was sitting.

He then rushed to open his church in Roseburg to anyone in need of counselling, and drove to the Douglas County Fairgrounds, where officials were reuniting students with family members.

As bus after bus rolled into the

fairgrounds on Thursday carrying students, faculty and staff, Nutter and about two dozen other local pastors held uncontrollably crying students, formed prayer circles, listened to eyewitnesses recount the rampage that killed nine and watched tearful reunions with parents and spouses.

The pastors also comforted parents and spouses who waited for the last bus of students. Five hours after the shooting rampage, a dozen remaining family members were ushered into a room at the fairgrounds, said Nutter, who was in the room. Officials notified them there would be no more buses coming.

“They had been waiting for a long time, hoping, praying,” said Nutter, pastor of Hucrest Community Church of God. “People were crying, yelling, some families were angry, others going into denial and shock.”

Over the past four days, Nutter and the other pastors have organized a web of support for victims’ families and the wider community.

al authorities.

The superintendent said police this year have seized about 6,500 kilograms of drugs, mostly cocaine, more than what was seized in 2013 and 2014 combined.

The U.S. Coast Guard is also having a record year. Last month, it seized $41 million worth of cocaine and marijuana during Caribbean interventions.

first time in 12 years Sunday amid efforts to cut spending and appease citizens who have been protesting for basic public services.

Al-Abadi referred to the opening of the Green Zone as part of the “measures promised to our citizens and this opening that we are witnessing points to continued plans to reform — actions which we will not back down from,” a statement from his office said, adding that al-Abadi was the first to pass through the newly-opened Green Zone, or the International Zone as it is officially known.

The 10 square kilometre compound, on the west bank of the Tigris River, was declared off-limits to the public in the wake of the 2003 U.S.-led occupation. The complex, with its high concrete walls lined with barbed wire, and heavily guarded checkpoints, is home to several palaces once belonging to former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein, and was turned into the administrative headquarters for the U.S.led coalition following the 2003 invasion. Today, it contains a number of residential apartment buildings and homes, including those of many senior Iraqi government officials. A number of foreign embassies are also there, including the U.S. embassy, which, at 104 acres, is the largest and most expensive embassy in the world.

The zone has continued to be a target for bombings and rockets over the years, despite the concrete walls that surround it.

Libyan Red Crescent spokesman says bodies of 95 migrants found washed ashore in past 5 days BENGHAZI, Libya — The bodies of at least 95 migrants have been found washed ashore in Libya over the past five days, a spokesman for Libya’s Red Crescent said Sunday.

Mohamed al-Masrati said Red Crescent scouts found 85 of the corpses near Libya’s capital Tripoli and 10 near Sabartha, a Libyan coastal city that is a main launching point for smugglers’ boats headed to Europe.

He says most of the deceased are migrants from other African countries and search efforts continue.

Thousands of migrants seeking a better life in Europe cast off from Libya on rickety boats, hoping to reach Italy. The International Organization for Migration says that more than 2,600 migrants have died in 2015 so far on the Central Mediterranean route that includes Libya.

Smugglers have exploited Libya’s internal turmoil to ship thousands of desperate migrants into the Mediterranean. At the same time, the number of Libyans displaced by the fighting continues to rise.

“Up to today there are more than 550,000 internally displaced people in Libya due to the current conflict in Benghazi and other places, and we believe this number will increase to at least 600,000,” said al-Masrati.

Iraqi PM opens the heavily fortified Green Zone to public BAGHDAD — Iraq’s Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi declared the heavily fortified Green Zone in central Baghdad open to all of his citizens for the

French Riviera hit by flash floods: 16 dead ANTIBES, France — In a matter of minutes, torrential rains transformed the postcard-perfect French Riviera into a terrifying flood zone, leaving at least 16 dead, trapping hundreds of ailing pilgrims and halting car and train traffic Sunday along the muddrenched Mediterranean coast.

Victims were found dead in a retirement home, campsites, and cars submerged in a tunnel. Residents, stunned by the ferocity of the brief downpour Saturday night, described it as the worst flooding they’d ever seen — so dramatic that President Francois Hollande paid an emergency visit Sunday to promise government aid for victims.

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BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS HAMILTON, Bermuda â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Bermuda was lashed Sunday by gusting winds and pelting rains from a weakening Hurricane Joaquin as its spinning centre tracked just west of the wealthy financial haven and tourist destination after plowing through the Bahamas as a major storm.

Residents of the mid-Atlantic British dependency mostly hunkered down at home after securing patio furniture and stocking up on gas and batteries as the Category 2 hurricane whipped the mid-Atlantic British territory. All flights to L.F. Wade International Airport were cancelled and ferry service was closed due to rough seas. Emergency service agencies were placed on alert and there were scattered power outages by early evening. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s going to be bad, and last year I lost a lot of stuff to the storms,â&#x20AC;? said retiree Susan DeSilva, whose son-in-law helped her secure her windows and doors as the storm approached.

Others were far less worried in the tiny territory accustomed to rough weather. At least one bar in the capital of Hamilton was packed with people riding out the hurricane with drinks and friends. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I can think of worse places to be,â&#x20AC;? said Derrick Tucker in the crowded Robin Hood Pub and Restaurant as the wind whistled outside.

After roaring across parts of the Bahamas as a major Category 4 hurricane, Joaquin lost steam as it headed north. By early Sunday evening, U.S. forecasters said sustained winds had dropped to 155 kph and described the stormâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s eye as â&#x20AC;&#x153;ragged.â&#x20AC;? Still, it was expected to bring hurricane conditions and life-threatening storm surge to Bermuda Sunday night when the stormâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s eye passes closest to the island. The U.S. National Hurricane Center said isolated tornadoes were also possible.

As the hurricaneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s eye moves past Bermuda, swells kicked up by the storm will continue to affect the Bahamas and the eastern coast of the U.S. about 965 kilometres away.

The U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami said that elevated water levels and big waves from Joaquin will affect the U.S. mid-Atlantic region, â&#x20AC;&#x153;causing significant beach and dune erosion with moderate coastal flooding likely.â&#x20AC;?

Joaquin lashed the lightly populated southeastern Bahamas earlier in the week, damaging hundreds of homes and causing severe flooding on sev-

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Waves batter the shoreline in Buxton on North Carolinaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Hatteras Island during high tide on Sunday. The Eastern Seaboard appeared to dodge the full fury of Hurricane Joaquin, which is veering out to sea. eral small islands in the sprawling archipelago off Floridaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s east coast. The government said it was still working to calculate the extent of the damage to infrastructure and private property.

Prime Minister Perry Christie said southern Long Island, in particular, experienced â&#x20AC;&#x153;major devastationâ&#x20AC;? and authorities were working to bring immediate assistance to impacted families. An elderly man died on Long Island during the hurricane but it has not yet been determined if the storm caused his death, said Capt. Stephen Russell, the director of the Bahamas National Emergency Management Agency, and police say they have no confirmed loss of life from Joaquin.

Aircraft and ships returned to the southeastern Bahamas early Sunday to resume searching for a

U.S. cargo ship with 33 people on board. The craft lost power and communications when it was caught in the strengthening hurricane and has not been heard from since Thursday.

U.S. Coast Guard, Navy and Air Force planes and helicopters were looking for the ship across a broad expanse of the Atlantic Ocean around Crooked Island, which it was passing when it was battered by fierce winds and waves by what was then a Category 4 hurricane.

Joaquinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s centre was located some 110 kilometres west-northwest of Bermuda, with hurricane-force winds extending outward up to 75 kilometres. It is tracking north-northeast at 22 kph. After it passes Bermuda, more weakening of the storm was forecast as it travels north-northeast.

Doctors Without Borders leaves Afghan city after airstrike were that the international coalition was responsible for the early Saturday morning bombing.

While NATO maintains a significant military role in Afghanistan, airstrikes are conducted by U.S. forces.

Christopher Stokes, the charityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s general director, said the organization is demanding an independent investigation and may not be satisfied with an inquiry conducted by the U.S. and Afghan governments. Using the organizationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s French acronym, Stokes said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;MSF demands that a full and trans-

KABUL â&#x20AC;&#x201D; The U.S. and Afghan governments vowed Sunday to jointly investigate the attack on a hospital in Kunduz that killed 22 people, as street-by street battles continued between government forces and Taliban fighters and officials warned of a looming humanitarian crisis for civilians trapped in the city Amid accusations that U.S. jet fighters were responsible for what Doctors Without Borders said was a â&#x20AC;&#x153;sustained bombingâ&#x20AC;? of their trauma centre in Kunduz, President Barack Obama and Afghanistanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s President Ashraf Ghani promised investigations.

Obama said he expected a full accounting of the circumstances surrounding the bombing, and that he would wait for those results before making a judgment. He said the U.S. would continue working with Afghanistanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s government and its overseas partners to promote security in Afghanistan.

Some top U.S. officials said the circumstances surrounding the incident remain murky, but others indicated the U.S. may have been responsible.

Army Col. Brian Tribus, a spokesman for American forces in Afghanistan, said Saturday that a U.S. airstrike â&#x20AC;&#x153;in the Kunduz vicinityâ&#x20AC;? around 2:15 a.m.

Saturday morning â&#x20AC;&#x153;may have resulted in collateral damage to a nearby medical facility.â&#x20AC;?

U.S. officials speaking on condition of anonymity said American special operations forces advising Afghan commandos in the vicinity of the hospital requested the air support when they came under fire in Kunduz. The officials said the AC-130 gunship responded and fired on the area, but U.S. Secretary of Defence Ash Carter said itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not certain yet whether that was what destroyed the hospital.

The officials were not authorized to discuss the incident publicly. They also said the senior U.S. military investigator is in Kunduz but hasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t yet been able to get to the site because it continues to be a contested area between the Afghans and the Taliban militants.

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parent investigation into the event be conducted by an independent international body. Relying only on an internal investigation by a party to the conflict would be wholly insufficient.â&#x20AC;?

The charity said that the main hospital building in the sprawling compound, â&#x20AC;&#x153;where medical personnel were caring for patients, was repeatedly and very precisely hit during each aerial raid, while the rest of the compound was left mostly untouched.â&#x20AC;? It earlier said that bombing had lasted an hour, and repeated calls to NATO

and the U.S. military to call off the strikes had failed.

On Sunday, the organization announced that three injured hospital patients had died, bringing the total death toll to 22, including 12 hospital staffers. It earlier said that three of the dead were children in the intensive care unit. The charity also announced it was withdrawing from Kunduz.

Afghan officials said earlier that helicopter gunships had returned fire from Taliban fighters who were hiding in the hospital.

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Stampede pork chops with caramelized apples COOKING ON A DEADLINE

Sometimes restaurant meals really stun you. You experience a dish so amazing you find yourself saying, “Oh, I could never make that at home.”

But then you pause for a moment and think, “Or could I?” This happened to me recently. I went to Stephan Pyles’ amazing Dallas restaurant Stampede 66, where even for Texas things are done seriously big and bold. Think Dallas meets Spinal Tap, and the dial goes up to 11. There was a pork chop on the menu, aptly named the “Stampede 66 pork chop,” and after I ate it I couldn’t stop thinking about it. I knew I had to try to recreate it in my kitchen.

In my home version, a super simple and immensely flavourful blend of seasonings is rubbed all over the chops, which then are seared in a skillet while you make a colorful and easy black-eyed pea salad. The finishing touch is a couple of apples sauteed with a bit of butter, brown sugar and brandy. Everything comes together on one beautiful plate and the result is pretty amazing.

Does it look complicated? I promise it’s not. In fact, this whole meal comes together in less than 30 minutes (Really! Truly!).

STAMPEDE PORK CHOPS WITH BLACK-EYED PEAS AND CARAMELIZED APPLES Start to finish: 30 minutes Servings: 4

For the pork chops: 1 tablespoon chili powder 1 teaspoon paprika ½ teaspoon cayenne pepper 1 teaspoon brown sugar 1 teaspoon kosher salt Four 1-inch-thick pork chops (about 3 pounds total) 1 tablespoon olive oil For the black-eyed pea salad: 1 cup diced tomatoes ½ cup minced red onion 15 ½ -ounce can black-eyed peas, drained and rinsed 2 tablespoons red wine vinegar 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil Kosher salt and ground black pepper, to taste For the caramelized apples: 2 tablespoons butter 2 Granny Smith apples 2 tablespoons brown sugar 2 tablespoons brandy To prepare the chops, in a small bowl combine the chili powder, paprika, cayenne, brown sugar and salt. Rub the mixture on both sides of the pork chops.

Heat a grill pan or heavy cast-iron skillet over medium-high. Add the olive oil. Sear the pork chops on both sides until nicely browned and cooked through, about 4 to 5 minutes per side.

The middles should still be very slightly pink, with an internal temperature of 145 F. Transfer the chops to a plate and cover with foil to keep warm. Reserve the pan.

While the chops are cooking, make the black-eyed pea salad. In a medium

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This photo shows stampede pork chops with black eyed peas and caramelized apples. This dish is from a recipe by Katie Workman bowl, toss together the tomatoes, onion, black-eyed peas, red wine vinegar and olive oil. Season with salt and pepper, then set aside.

To make the apples, add the butter to the pan you cooked the pork chops in and set over medium heat to melt.

Add the apples and cook for 2 minutes, or until they just start to soften.

Sprinkle the brown sugar over the apples and cook, stirring often, for another minute or two, or until you can smell the sugar caramelizing. Add the

brandy and bring to a simmer, using a spoon or tongs to scrape the bits off the bottom of the pan.

Serve each chop on a plate with a generous scoop of the black-eyed peas salad. Heap some of the apples on top of the chops.

Nutrition information per serving: 1,030 calories 550 calories from fat (53 per cent of total calories) 61 g fat (20 g saturated 0.5 g trans fats) 215 mg cholesterol 1270 mg sodium 38 g carbohydrate 7 g fiber 18 g sugar 78 g protein.

Cereal cafe causes controversy

of anti-gentrification protesters, who surrounded the business with flaming torches and scrawled “scum” on its windows as customers sheltered in the basement.

“It is a bit weird,” said Gary Keery, who runs the cafe with his brother, Alan. “I don’t see us as hateful people — but a lot of people seem to.”

Fashionably bearded 33-year-old twins from Belfast, Northern Ireland, the Keery brothers are among the latest wave of migrants to this diverse part of east London. Over the decades European Jews, Bangladeshi Muslims and hipsters from around the world have brought bagel shops and curry restaurants, espresso bars and independent fashion boutiques to Brick Lane and nearby Shoreditch.

LONDON — One of London’s fastest-changing neighbourhoods is echoing to the snap, crackle and pop of conflict.

An East End cafe that serves 120 varieties of breakfast cereal — along with 30 kinds of milk — has become a surprising flashpoint for protest in a city increasingly polarized between rich and poor.

The Cereal Killer Cafe has drawn both derision and big crowds since it opened nine months ago, offering a cornucopia of flakes, pops and puffs from about 3 pounds ($4.50) a bowl.

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Dried beans cooked from scratch have a more uniform texture than most canned beans.

Master recipe for cooking dried beans

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Until I went off to college and became a vegetarian out of financial necessity, beans really weren’t a part of my life.

But once I found myself pinching pennies while sharing a house with three other women, beans became a great and affordable source of bulk and protein. And though the initial motivation was saving money, we eventually grew to love the unique flavours and textures of beans, and I have continued to cook with them ever since.

And the best way to make beans?

Starting with dried beans. Why take the time to cook dried beans when you can find a wide variety of canned available? There are several reasons.

Dried beans cooked from scratch have a more uniform texture than most canned beans (some of which tend to get mushed in the can). Also, you can control what gets added to the beans (particularly salt). And they cost much less than canned beans. A 16-ounce bag of dried beans yields roughly 5 or 6 cups of cooked beans, while a 15-ounce can of cooked beans yields roughly 1 ½ cups. Finally, homemade beans freeze beautifully, so why not make a big batch on the weekend and use it in recipes later in the week?

But there are a few things to keep in mind regarding dried beans.

Dried beans seem to last forever on the shelf, but beware: The older the bean, the longer it will take to cook. So try to buy your beans from a store that has plenty of turnover.

There has been a long debate about whether to soak beans before cooking them.

The main reason for the pre-soak is to speed up the cooking time. And a pre-soak does indeed do that, by about 30 minutes. But Cook’s Illustrated magazine has uncovered an even better reason. If you soak beans in salted water overnight, they not only absorb some of the salt (which seasons them), they also come out more tender. For years we were all told that salt made beans tough, but it’s quite the contrary.

So I recommend a pre-soak in salted water.

Acid of any kind, however — tomatoes, citrus, vinegar, wine, etc. — is the enemy. It will prevent the beans from cooking properly. If you want to add a touch of acid to your beans, add it only when the cooking is nearly done.

The basics for cooking almost all dried beans (except dried lentils and split peas, which cook so quickly you can make them from start to finish in about 20 minutes) are below. I won’t offer exact cooking times because the timing can vary widely depending on the variety and size of the beans, as well as how fresh they are. I have offered cooking methods using both stovetop and a slow cooker. Whichever you choose, save the cooking liquid. It is delicious added to soups and stews.

MASTER RECIPE FOR COOKING DRIED BEANS Start to finish: 13 to 15 hours (15 minutes active) Servings: 10 1 pound dried beans 3 tablespoons plus 2 teaspoons kosher salt, divided 1 medium yellow onion, quartered 1 medium carrot, cut crosswise into 4 pieces 1 celery stalk, cut crosswise into 4 pieces 2 cloves garlic, crushed 2 sprigs fresh thyme Sort through the beans to pick out any random stones or sticks among them, then rinse and drain the beans.

In a large bowl or pot, dissolve 3 tablespoons of the salt in 4 quarts of water. Add the beans, stir, then cover and soak overnight at room temperature.

The next day, drain the beans and rinse them. In a large saucepan or stockpot, combine the beans with 7 cups of cold water. Stir in the remaining 2 teaspoons salt. Bring the mixture to a boil, skimming the scum that rises to the surface with a skimmer or slotted spoon (that scum is protein solids).

Reduce the heat to a simmer and simmer the beans, regularly skimming the scum, until no more scum rises to the surface.

Add the onion, carrot, celery, garlic and thyme, then simmer for 30 to 60 minutes, or until the beans are just tender. Drain the beans, reserving the cooking liquid (if desired) and discard the onion, carrot, celery and thyme stalks. Use the beans in recipes or freeze them in 1- or 2-cup portions.

SLOW COOKER METHOD Soak the beans as described above, then drain and rinse them. In a slow cooker, combine the beans with the 2 teaspoons of salt, onion, carrot, celery, garlic and thyme. Add enough water to cover the beans by 1 inch, then cover and cook on high for 4 to 6 hours, or until completely tender.

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JUST A LITTLE JOEY

Bombastic friend fraying nerves UNINVITING NEIGHBOURS FROM VISITING feels toward his mother for her failure to protect him. When one parent is an active abuser and the other one fails to protect, the children are left in painful circumstances. They often excuse the “passive” parent and project them as another victim of the abuser because they cannot KATHY MITCHELL bear to see the & MARCY SUGAR truth. Sis, too, may be directANNIE’S MAILBOX ing her anger at John instead of her mother.

Whenever abuse is present, it creates a toxic situation for the family.

I hope that Sis will seek therapy because she was also a victim.

It can help her feel empathy for herself as well as John, and lessen her anger.

It is important for Sis to know she can accept Mom’s failure to provide a safe home for her children and still continue to love and be loved by Mom. I sincerely pray that she may be the catalyst to help this family heal while Mom is still alive. — S. Dear S.: Many readers weighed in on this letter, saying that Sis did not quite comprehend the level of John’s own trauma and possible anger after having been abused as a child, especially when Mom went to court to protect his half-brother, but didn’t do the same for him.

We, too, hope she can help the family heal.

Annie’s Mailbox is written by Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar, longtime editors of the Ann Landers column. Please email your questions to anniesmailbox@ creators.com, or write to: Annie’s Mailbox, c/o Creators Syndicate, 737 3rd Street, Hermosa Beach, CA 90254.

HOROSCOPES Monday, October 5

CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DATE: Bob Geldof, 63; Guy Pearce, 47; Kate Winslet, 39 THOUGHT OF THE DAY: Emotional exhaustion is a danger today so pace yourself.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY: You have the power to influence others, so make sure you do so in positive ways. Over the coming year, make regular relaxation an integral part of your daily routine.

ARIES (March 21-April 19): You’ve got big ideas but talk is cheap today Rams. You’re keen to help loved ones but if you promise too much and then don’t deliver — then you’ll just end up disappointing everyone.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): The stars highlight socializing in person, or communicating with others via the phone or internet. You’re tuned into those around you, but think twice before passing on unsubstantiated gossip.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Buying something extravagant appeals as long as you can afford it. But getting yourself further into debt is a recipe for disaster.

By all means have fun but don’t break the bank.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): If you are supportive and compassionate towards others, you’ll reap the benefits in all sorts of unlikely ways. You’re keen to help, but don’t promise more than you can practically handle.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Be careful with money, as you’re inclined to make hasty purchases for purely emotional reasons. And don’t let a friend talk

you into buying something that you really cant afford.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): You’re in the mood to research and investigate, as you don your Virgo detective cap or grab your magniJOANNE MADELINE fying glass. The spotlight’s on MOORE you in a group SUN SIGNS situation so make sure you perform well.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Mercury is reversing through your sign, which can increase overindulgence and laziness.

Relaxing and having fun is fine as long as you’ve completed urgent jobs and important tasks first.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Compulsive thinking or behaviour is a danger today, as you obsess over a work situation or close relationship. Avoid making a decision, as you don’ have all the relevant information yet.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): You’ll feel like breaking free from restrictions so don’t make firm plans. You may feel compelled to buy something extravagant that appeals today and then loses its gloss in a few weeks.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Leave your perfectionist side at home today Capricorn. Praising others is much

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In this photo made available by Ron Magill at Zoo Miami, shows a newborn Matchie tree kangaroo poking out of his mother’s pouch at Zoo Miami last week. The endangered Matchie tree kangaroo is native of New Guinea. The kangaroo is on loan from Gladys Porter Zoo in Texas.

more productive than criticism. If you’re feeling sluggish, you’ll find invigorating physical exercise lifts your mood.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Self-control is needed today Aquarius, as others challenge your point of view, especially at work. By all means defend yourself, but do so as professionally and politely as possible.

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Dear Annie: My husband and I are friends with another couple in our neighborhood. The majority of the time, we get along well. We have even traveled together.

The problem is, “Susie” is very loud and an extremely poor conversationalist. She dominates the get-togethers by talking about nonsense, and she constantly repeats herself. She interrupts everyone’s conversations with, “Oh, I’ve done that,” and off she goes about herself. Susie’s husband doesn’t seem bothered by this, but it drives me nuts.

My husband also doesn’t like it.

We have out-of-town family visiting soon and these neighbors have invited themselves over.

How do I tell them they aren’t welcome because we don’t want them to have to tolerate Susie’s bad behavior?

I see my family infrequently and we don’t want to be uncomfortable with the relatives in our own home. —Frustrated Friendship Dear Frustrated: There is nothing wrong with telling Susie and her husband that you want to spend some private time with your family. Should they drop by uninvited, you can introduce them and let them say hello, but then nicely usher them out, telling Susie that you will visit with them when you are less occupied with family members.

But please don’t assume that your relatives will find Susie as annoying as you do. For a brief visit, she could be perfectly tolerable. The trick is to keep it extremely short.

Dear Annie: I was saddened and upset by the letter from “Angry Sis,” whose brother “John” stopped speaking to his 83-year-old mother after she asked him to testify against his abusive stepfather. “Sis” asked whether she had to invite John to Mom’s funeral when she died.

Her letter showed a lack of empathy and understanding for victims of childhood sexual abuse.

Mom brought the pedophile stepfather into the family. John’s attitude may stem from the anger he rightfully

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