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Ice ice baby CITY APPROVES FUNDING TO REVIEW ARENAS, ICE CAPACITY BY CRYSTAL RHYNO ADVOCATE STAFF Does Red Deer need more ice? By a vote of 6-3, council approved $75,000 in onetime funding to develop an ice facilities strategic plan that will guide the future of indoor and outdoor rinks on Monday. Mayor Tara Veer said the city has been flooded with requests from potential partners and user
groups to discuss ice capacity and the possibility of twinning an arena in light of the Red Deer Arena project and Red Deer College’s indoor rink. Veer said the goal is to have the plan completed well before the Red Deer Arena’s replacement is designed so the city could gauge a sense of potential partners. The plan will look at the state and location of the existing facilities, demographics, population forecasts, trends, city and regional capacity and financial viability.
“This is essentially a fair way for us to acknowledge those requests and look at the whole picture and base our answer on needs and facts as opposed to a more political basis,” said Veer. The ice study will be positioned within the city’s capital plan and dovetail with the community amenities plan. The city currently does not have any concrete statistics on usage. It is expected to be completed early in 2016.
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REMEMBRANCE DAY
Canada’s gift to the Dutch recalled BY SUSAN ZIELINSKI ADVOCATE STAFF Canada’s participation in the liberation of the Netherlands during the Second World War was the focus of the Remembrance Day ceremony at Lindsay Thurber Comprehensive High school on Monday. Alberta’s Lt.-Gov. Lois Mitchell, who spoke at the event, said the people of the Netherlands have never forgotten what Canadian troops did 70 years ago. Mitchell had a few numbers to help hit home just how important a part Canadian troops played. During Nazi occupation, 234,000 Dutch citizens died, she said. “That’s more than twice the population of Red Deer. Can you imagine losing an entire city — twice over,” Mitchell told hundreds of students and staff who gathered for the annual ceremony. “During the long years the Netherlands suffered through occupation, people died of many causes, in concentration camps, via acts of war, and through forced labour. But they also died from hunger.” The winter of 1944-45 was particularly harsh and became known as the “Hunger Winter” among the Dutch, she said. “By then the daily ration for each citizen was 320 calories a day. The Canadian Food Guide suggests about 2,000 or more calories every day for teenagers. Imagine going for months with just 320 calories. “Now imagine the sight of Canadian bombers flying above your town, dropping parcels of food. Imagine seeing Canadian troops marching down your streets, fighting to save your lives and telling you that the nightmare is finally over. That’s the gift that Canada gave the Netherlands 70 years ago.” She said 7,600 Canadians died battling to free the Dutch.
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The Lieutenant Governor of Alberta, the Honourable Lois Mitchell addresses the students, staff and invited guests to the École Lindsay Thurber Comprehensive High School Remembrance Day event at the school Monday afternoon. “The people of the Netherlands have never forgotten the role that Canadians played in saving their country. It’s important that we remember it as well, just as you people do here today.” Since October, Mitchell has attended many events leading up to Nov. 11 and she said Lindsay Thurber was likely the only high school she will visit. While speaking to local media after the ceremony, the lieutenant-governor congratulated staff and students on their efforts to remember those who have made the ultimate sacrifice. “I think there is a groundswell of young people that care and feel that they too can make a difference,” Mitchell said. On Monday at West Park Elementary School in
Red Deer, two Grade 5 classes operated a Remembrance Day Museum for fellow students, parents and the public. About 50 students gathered information to set up displays and make posters about the wars and peacekeeping efforts involving Canadians. Some students brought in artifacts and photos of family members who have served in the military. At one of the exhibits, Grade 5 student Lillian Snowball wore white cotton gloves to pick up a gaiter, or ankle/shin guard, used in the First World War. “They would put it over their ankles and shins so they didn’t get cuts. Because if that cut got infected while on duty, you would probably die. Even if it was just a scrape,” Snowball said.
Psychiatric evaluation delays first-degree murder trial BY MURRAY CRAWFORD ADVOCATE STAFF
ation for Fleig. Faye said he had concerns about the mental state of Fleig, citing his bipolar disorder and a recent refusal to take medication while being held at the Red Deer Remand Centre ahead of the trial. Fleig, wearing blue prisoner coveralls, was handcuffed in the prisoner box where he alternated between standing and sitting regularly. Faye told Ackerl he had visited Fleig over the Thanksgiving long weekend at the Edmonton Insti-
Faye requested an adjournment so Fleig could be examined as soon as possible. The quickest method was to adjourn the trial to Friday in Calgary court where a forensic psychologist would examine Fleig. Concerns over the mental state of a man convicted From there the parties would reconvene on Nov. 16 of first-degree murder delayed the start of his secin Red Deer Court of Queen’s Bench. If Fleig was deond trial for the gangland style killing of Brandon termined to be fit for trial, the trial would proceed. Neil Prevey. If he was not, then a two to three week assessment Christopher Martin Fleig, 31, was convicted in could be ordered, further delaying the trial. 2012 of the April 2009 Crown Prosecutor drive-by shooting Raj Dhillon agreed DEFENCE COUNSEL ALLAN FAY BEGAN THE TRIAL BY REQUESTING AN ADJOURNMENT FOR A death of Prevey, 29, with Fay’s recommenin Inglewood in Red MENTAL FITNESS EVALUATION FOR FLEIG. FAYE SAID HE HAD CONCERNS ABOUT THE MENTAL dation and request for Deer. Though Fleig a psychiatric evaluadid not actually shoot STATE OF FLEIG, CITING HIS BIPOLAR DISORDER AND A RECENT REFUSAL TO TAKE MEDICATION tion. Dhillon provided Prevey, the Crown beWHILE BEING HELD AT THE RED DEER REMAND CENTRE AHEAD OF THE TRIAL. the court with a schedlieved he had orchesule of witnesses and trated the killing. tution maximum security facility, and said he was how they expect the trial to proceed. The trial was The Alberta Court of Appeal ordered a new trial lucid. But an attempt to visit Fleig at the prison this scheduled to run from Monday to Dec. 22. on March 10, 2014, but did not overturn the convic- past weekend before the start of trial was thwarted However, Dhillon said due to conversations betion. by a lockdown. He later learned that Fleig was not tween Crown and defence they expect the trial to Fleig’s second trial started Monday in Red Deer taking his medication. take much less time than was allotted. Court of Queen’s bench before Justice Larry Ackerl Faye said he had concerns about Fleig’s mental Ackerl granted the adjournment. of Edmonton. fitness and was worried about his client’s ability to Defence counsel Allan Fay began the trial by re- instruct counsel during the trial. questing an adjournment for a mental fitness evaluPlease see FLEIG on Page A2
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