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ABOVE: Members of the Honour Guard stand at the cenotaph.

LEFT: Treena Mielke, left, and Shirley Reaman joined their brother Horace Warden during the ceremony.

BELOW: Don Holloway is escorted to the cenotaph to lay a wreath.

‘YOU’RE TERRIFIED ALL THE TIME. YOU DON’T KNOW WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN. IT’S A WAR ZONE. BUT I AM VERY PROUD OF HIM, HE’S A FANTASTIC PERSON WHO’S DONE WONDERFUL THINGS FOR OUR COUNTRY.’

BY MURRAY CRAWFORD ADVOCATE STAFF Every time her son went off to serve, Fern Lenihan worried. But she was always proud of him and his now 15 years in the Canadian military.

Lenihan was recognized on A symbol of peace and Remembrance remembrance A4 Day as the SilMemories of war never ver Cross Mother. She laid a far away A5 wreath on be- We will remember C1 half of all mothers who have had lost children in the service of the country.

“It’s a very special moment. My son is in the military, he has received many awards and commendations, and today is a special day,” said Lenihan. “He is back in Canada, but training again and I’m not sure if he’s going overseas or not.”

Her son has served four tours of duty including Kabul, Afghanistan and the Golan Heights in the Middle East.

“You’re terrified all the time,” said Lenihan, describing how she felt when he went overseas. “You don’t know what is going to happen. It’s a war zone. But I am very proud of him, he’s a fantastic person who’s done wonderful things for our country.”

Victor Mulhall, 97, was recognized two-fold at the ceremony as both a veteran of the Second World War and as a retired RCMP officer, the oldest living retired RCMP member in Canada.

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— FERN LENIHAN MOTHER ly served with the RCMP for three years. The Second World War cut his time as a Mountie short and in 1940 he joined the Royal Canadian Air Force. He was in England from 1940 to 1945 and flew two tours with Bomber Command, surviving 55 sorties.

Through tears he reflected on his friends who were killed along the way.

“It’s a sad day, a very sad day,” said Mulhall.

He met his wife during the war.

She was also in the air force. She died last year and for Remembrance Day, Mulhall wore a medal she was awarded in her memory.

For one last time, people packed into the Red Deer Arena to honour those who served in the military for Remembrance Day. Standing room only, as has become the norm.

Next year the arena will be torn down, moving the ceremony to another location.

Rev. Gary Sinclair told the crowd about his experiences as an American Vietnam veteran who came home

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and felt ignored. It wasn’t until he moved to Saskatchewan and a Lion’s Club recognized his service by raising an American flag across from the Canadian flag.

“It was the first time I felt at home,” he said.

Sinclair was part of a large ceremony put on by the Red Deer Legion that included the 78th Field Battery,

the RCMP in their Red Serge, Red Deer Emergency Services, Air, Navy and Army Cadets, local Cub and Scout groups and services clubs.

While the large ceremony was taking place at the arena, the Korean Veterans Association held their own ceremony at the Red Deer Cenotaph on Ross Street. mcrawford@reddeeradvocate.com

Who are the Syrian refugees?

Somewhere right now, in a refugee camp sits a Syrian hoping to be among the 25,000 people resettled to Canada.

Story on PAGE C2

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INFERNO NEAR RIMBEY

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A house fire northwest of Rimbey is under investigation after the blaze late Tuesday night. The fire at a rural home about 30 km outside of Rimbey had crews on scene into Wednesday. The cause of the fire is unknown.

Indoor market attracts variety of vendors

BY MURRAY CRAWFORD ADVOCATE STAFF

GARDEN CITY MARKET

From humble beginnings, the first attempt at a winter farmers market for a group of Central Alberta producers offered up locally made or produced goods.

Wednesday, the Garden City Market opened the doors at the Pioneer’s Lodge near downtown to a small collection of local producers.

The name comes from an historical moniker for Red Deer, which was once known as the Garden City.

Kathy Parsons, market treasurer, said they settled on the name to recognize the city’s past.

“We’re really lucky to get a good variety of ven-

dors,” said Parsons.

“I’m a foodie and wanted to see local stuff available during the winter. A bunch of us got talking and decided that instead of talking about it, let’s do it.”

A handful of vendors from across Central Alberta brought items including baked goods, soaps, poultry and fresh produce.

“It’s pretty exciting, we sort of pulled this together in about six weeks,” said Parsons. “We’re happy with how the vendors have responded.”

The group has been getting the word out about the market through word of mouth and social media.

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Still in the early stages they boast a Facebook group with more than 500 likes and have used that to let people know about the startup market.

The market will continue to run for a few more weekends this winter on Nov. 25, Dec. 10 and Dec. 23 from 4 to 7 p.m. at Pioneer’s Lodge, 4324 46A Ave. “We’re pretty determined that we will continue through at least until April,” said Parsons. “We want to talk with our vendors and find out what they’re needs are too.

“This is about building community and building a resilient food system.”

For more information on the Garden City Market visit www.gardencitymarket.wordpress.com or visit the Garden City Market on Facebook. mcrawford@reddeeradvocate.com

Body found behind Sheraton Hotel Mounties are investigating a dead body found in the wooded area behind the Sheraton Hotel found late yesterday morning.

Red Deer RCMP were called to the area north of 32nd Street and east of Taylor Drive to a report of a deceased individual on Wednesday at about 11:15 a.m.

Police secured the area and are investigating the circumstances of the death.

Police said it is premature to conclude if this death was criminal or not. The identity of the deceased individual is not yet known.

The investigation is ongoing and more information will be made public when available.

Police had taped off a section of the trail system that runs parallel to the east of Taylor Drive on Wednesday as part of their investigation.

Agri-trade runs until Saturday

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Gary Spottock of Wood-Mizer Canada demonstrates a portable sawmill in the parking lot at Westerner Park on Wednesday. Agri-trade runs 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. today and Friday, and 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday.

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Agri-trade opened its doors for the 32nd time to show off all the latest in gear, technology and equipment for producers.

More than 450 exhibitors have packed into the Westerner for the four-day event, which runs until Saturday at 3 p.m.

Admission costs $14, which includes parking and GST, per day. Multi-day passes can be purchased at the gate or at the Red Deer and District Chamber of Commerce, 3017 Gaetz Ave. Close to 20,000 people are expected to go through the doors during the show that features some of the newest farm equipment and innovations on the market. For more information visit www.agri-trade.com.

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Woman charged after police chase

BY MURRAY CRAWFORD ADVOCATE STAFF A police chase through Central Alberta came to an abrupt end when a stolen vehicle swerved around a spike belt, lost control, hit the ditch and rolled.

The driver of an SUV that police said was reported stolen has been arrested and charged with six offences from the Nov. 10 incident.

At 4 p.m. on Tuesday, a member of the Rocky Mountain House Integrated Traffic Services team attempted to stop the speeding vehicle on Hwy 11 west of Eckville. The vehicle did not stop for police and evaded the officer by turning onto gravel roads in the Benalto area.

A pursuit was not initiated by police for public safety reasons, but Sylvan Lake RCMP members were notified of the incident and set up strategically to locate and stop the vehicle. Officers used roadblocks and spike belts.

The pursued vehicle was located a short time later south of Sylvan Lake

on Twp Road 372 and Hwy 781, but it pulled a U-turn to avoid the spike belt.

A second police officer laid a spike belt down in the path of the vehicle.

The suspect vehicle attempted to avoid this second belt, but swerved and lost control. The vehicle hit the ditch and rolled.

Additional officers responded to the scene immediately and five occupants of the suspect vehicle were taken into custody. Three of the occupants sustained minor injuries and were taken to hospital.

Police investigation revealed the vehicle was stolen, but had not been reported as such at the time of the chase.

Madison Leigh Coutre, 23, of no fixed address has been charged.

She has been charged with possession of stolen property over $5,000, dangerous driving, flight from police and three counts of breaching her bail conditions.

Coutre will appear in Red Deer provincial court on Thursday for a bail hearing.

Company working to fix water discharge problem at coal mine

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS EDMONTON — A company that owns a coal mine west of Edmonton says it is working to fix environmental problems affecting one of its tailings ponds.

The Alberta Energy Regulator has said it found significant deficiencies in 2014 at the Coal Valley Resources mine near Edson that allow water to flow from a coal pit.

The regulator said erosion of the structure was the cause and the flow of water contravenes environmental rules.

Westmoreland Coal Co. says the mine was already under government enforcement orders because of water management concerns when Westmoreland purchased Coal Valley Resources last year.

President John Schadan says Westmoreland has spent more than $22 million since then to bring the mine up to standard.

Schadan says the company continues to work with the regulator to ensure that all water management structures at the mine meet regulatory requirements.

“Westmoreland is now monitoring and managing this discharge, while

keeping the AER informed of the results,” Schadan said in an email.

“We are currently designing a permanent structure that will allow for continual water discharge from this location. We will be submitting this design and an implementation plan to the AER for approval.”

The regulator said it inspected water structures at 31 coal mines in the province and only found significant deficiencies at the Edson mine.

The AER conducted the inspections after a report by the auditor general last March said the government was failing to properly regulate the province’s network of energy industry dams and tailings ponds.

The Edson mine is separate from the Obed coal mine near Hinton, where about 670 million litres of waste water spilled on Oct. 31, 2013.

At the time, Coal Valley Resources operated the Obed mine as a subsidiary of Sherritt International Corp.

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Last month, the Alberta Crown charged the two companies with offences under Alberta’s Environmental Protection Act, Public Lands Act and Water Act over the spill.

Sherritt sold Coal Valley Resources to Westmoreland in 2014.

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BRIEFS Man sentenced to jail time for possessing child pornography AIRDRIE — An Airdrie man accused of several child porn-related charges back in 2013 has been sentenced to 3 ½ years in prison.

Robert James Tyndall, 45, pleaded guilty to possessing child pornography and using a telecommunications device to lure a minor to commit a sexual offence.

Several other charges were withdrawn.

The investigation was led by the FBI after Tyndall was accused of trying to lure a nine-year-old Virginia girl over the Internet.

That led police to his home in Airdrie in August 2013, where thousands of images and videos were found on a computer and other devices.

Body of woman found on First Nation reserve WINNIPEG — A grieving mother says her 23-year-old daughter’s body has been found on God’s Lake First Nation in northern Alberta.

RCMP have not released a name but Beverley Andrews says the body of Krystal Andrews was found Monday in an isolated area of the reserve.

RCMP are treating the death as suspicious but say that based on initial steps of the investigation, officers believe there is no risk to public safety in the community.

No arrests have been made.

Beverley Andrews says her daughter was attending a social on the weekend at the reserve when she vanished.

She says she reached out to people in God’s Lake over the weekend, asking if they had seen Krystal.

“I kept phoning people to go look for her. I was on Facebook all night asking people all over God’s Lake if they’d seen her,” she says.

Relatives say they have heard rumours about what happened but Beverley Andrews says she is only interested in the truth.

“I don’t want to believe until I know exactly what happened to her,” she says.

Krystal Andrews was the mother of a five-year-old boy and a three-yearold girl.

CALGARY — The city of Calgary has applied to have one of its parks declared a national historic site.

Counc. Richard Pootmans says Battalion Park at Signal Hill is one of the most recognizable places in the city, yet many Calgarians don’t know its significance.

Pootmans says it was almost 100 years ago when the first of 40,000 troops started arriving to train for the First World War. Thousands of rocks were placed by soldiers on the side of the hill to form their battalion numbers.

He says the application to have the park designated a national historic site began in the summer.

Battalion Park already has municipal and provincial historic site designations.

“What had happened is that the federal government had opened up a training centre just north of Quebec City in Valcartier, and because the attrition rates were so high, a second camp was required,” Pootmans explained Wednesday. “I find it a very moving site.”

He said he received phone calls as recently as this week from people wondering what the big white numbers at Battalion Park represent.

“There’s work to be done in sensitizing people to the importance of this site. I think it’s the most important WW1 site in Western Canada, because … soldiers were gathered from this entire area.”

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A symbol of peace and remembrance The poppy is a curious flower.

But if they really understood the Understated by nature, abused by poppy, this is an exercise in redundansome for far more nefarious motives, cy. but here in Canada and the rest of the The First World War, or The Great Commonwealth it stands for so much War, was to be the war that ended all more. wars. This of course did not The red-petalled symbol happen as just a few degrew from its almost belligcades later the world was erence of what was going engulfed in another all-outon around it in the First battle, the likes of which World War in France. As the have not been seen since. fields were soaked in blood In the First World War or mashed down by boots, roughly 17 million soldiers trenches, mud and rain, and civilians died while the poppy still managed to another 20 million were spring up. wounded. But that was It was immortalized in overshadowed by the Secthe poem In Flanders Fields ond World War when some

by Canadian soldier John estimates put the count at JOSH McCrae and has evolved into 60 million killed or even ALDRICH an emblem of remembrance. more.

But it still represents Canada paid a high OPINION more, and many have forgotprice in both wars. ten or maybe do not quite Both times mantras of grasp this. peace emerged, “Lest we forget” and In recent years a White Poppy cam- then “Never again.” paign has been spurred on through soThe poppy has nothing to do with cial media as a symbol of peace and al- draping oneself in the Canadian flag most as a rebellion against the armed and ultra nationalism and militarism. forces implications of the standard In fact it is there to remind us that poppy. these courses should never again be

the action we take. The cost is too high.

But at the same time we need to be reminded of what was at stake, particularly the second time around.

A jingoistic power with a poisonous ideology had risen and was starting to steamroll over Europe, ensnaring other countries in a vicious, fascist tyranny.

An entire race of people was being hunted and exterminated as well as anyone who did not quite meet the vision of their leader.

The poppy reminds us what was sacrificed to maintain not just our freedom, but to beat back this evil and to bring that liberty back to places like France, Italy and the Netherlands.

That idea of freedom today is not quite as appreciated as it should be.

Pop culture almost wants to associate it with some hackneyed vision of a backwoods redneck, wrapped in the Stars and Bars warbling on about not taking his guns.

The ability to speak freely, to have a say in who governs you, to be able to follow whatever faith you desire or to stand up and say when your government has gone too far with out risk of being imprisoned or disappeared

should never be taken for granted.

It is an ideal that has allowed the country we live in to be considered one of the best places in the world to live.

Germany, the source of the Second World War, fully understands this.

When Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu recently tried to convince the world that the Holocaust was actually the brain child of Grand Mufti Haj Amin al-Husseini, German chancellor Angela Merkel was quick to step up and renounce the comments.

They understand that to know history is an important tool in avoiding its repetition. There is a value in learning from those atrocities, especially if your roots had a role in them.

Though wars have not ended — there will always been evil in the world — we have managed to avoid repeating that history.

We have strove for more peaceful outcomes even if that has meant some military action.

The poppy is our reminder of what was sacrificed, the lives that were lost and the need to find a better way.

It’s a powerful flower indeed. jaldrich@reddeeradvocate.com

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It’s ‘Christmas’ not ‘The Holidays’ OH MY GOODNESS! To most of the retail businesses of Red Deer and surrounding area, I’m so sorry!

I see that some of you did not get the memo. It’s about Christmas! It’s not called “the Holidays” (gag gag) anymore! NO, the word came down from the brass about two months ago and officially it is to be called Christmas in all future advertising and publications about the massive spending spree all businesses want to occur.

I had asked that it be sent out by Oct. 1/15 but I see some of you must have been missed. Now, I see Walmart and Canadian Tire got it but, for the rest of you, time to change all that verbage from “Holidays” back to “Christmas.”

It just sounds so much better don’t you think?

And there really is no “holiday” anymore as most of you are open 24/7 to take advantage of the cash cow Christmas has become. If you are going to exploit it, don’t you think you should at least acknowledge it for what it is. It’s CHRISTMAS! I’ll only be spending my time and money at businesses that have Christmas in their windows/ advertising. Please join me. It will be soooooo much fun!

Merry Christmas Everyone!

Lorraine Grover Red Deer

Albertans want better service but at a reasonable price It’s no surprise that 43 per cent of Albertans

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disapprove of the NDP’s spend, tax and borrow budget and 58 per cent believe that Alberta is heading in the wrong direction.

The NDP are hiring more employees and dolling out raises and borrowing to pay for it all.

It’s embarrassing but Alberta already has the most expensive government in Canada with the worst performance in many key service areas.

We want and will pay for good government programs; health, education, social services and infrastructure. But we are loath to pay 20 per cent more than other Canadians do in their provinces for worse services.

Albertans are good shoppers. We watch gasoline prices, we shop at a grocery store for this, Costco for that, Walmart for some things, when there is better value.

So, to pay $1,300 more for worse provincial programs is offensive.

The NDP have vowed to make it worse.

Ron Bell Calgary

There are better ways to get a point across than with offensive rhetoric I found the column in a recent paper “Is Trudeau a Disaster Waiting to Happen,” to be exaggerated and offensive.

The author continued with the usual apocalyptic imagery used by the right-wing media to describe the inevitable outcome of the leadership of Trudeau, comparing it to the aftermath of a tsunami tidal wave. This unjustified fear mongering is what Canadians voted against and I was hoping would end with the election.

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The author, based out of New York, also thinks very little of Canadian voters, assuming we are so shallow as to vote for our Prime Minister solely based on his looks. Charisma maybe, of which Harper had none, and which is an important trait in leadership.

I am also appalled by his reference to Barack Obama as an “equal opportunity disappointment.”

What does he mean by this? To me, it comes across as racist, as if voting in a black president was some kind of a failed experiment, affirmative action gone wrong. This is bringing race into an argument about his perceived failures as a president which I think is incredibly offensive and dangerous rhetoric.

He compares Trudeau and Obama in their use of “hope” and “change” in their campaigns as if it were a bad thing. It is justified to use these words when both had previous governments that left their countries in total messes.

Trudeau has a lot of work to do and will surely disappoint some people at some point as all politicians do. The article ends with the author questioning the intelligence of the liberal voter saying they are “unfettered by deep thinking” because they voted for the winning side. He also says we “have the right to expect that votes are cast based on serious sober reflection,” as if based on the outcome, they weren’t.

I resent these comments implying that the Liberal votes were cast lightly and without any thought. The point of the author was not lost on me, saying that he believes Justin Trudeau is an inexperienced and untested leader, which is fair. I just think he could have made his point without all the offensive dribble.

Jamie McGillicky Red Deer

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A chaplain recited a long list of battles, from Vimy Ridge to Afghanistan, saying the names of the dead must never be forgotten.

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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau also laid a tribute.

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“A lot of us reflect every day,” said Barrett who now serves with regiment’s 3rd battalion. “There are a lot of people I think about every day friends that I’ve lost over there and I’m sure that there are other guys in the same boat who’ve lost friends and every day they have a thought — or a memory — in mind for a minute or two.”

It is a tangible, personal connection to war that fewer and fewer Canadians have, especially with the accelerating generational shift that’s seen an increasing number of Second World War and Korean veterans die.

It used to be that somebody’s brother, sister, father, mother, aunt or uncle served in one of those wars. But the ranks of stooped, old soldiers, some of them in wheelchairs piled high with blankets, were painfully thin this year during the annual march past the soaring National War Memorial.

The parade was filled out by slightly younger and slightly less grey peacekeeping veterans of the 1960s and 1970s in blue berets. It’s been like that for the last few years but was far more pronounced this chilly November morning.

Many of the men who fought Hitler’s armies are in their mid-90s.

Ceremonies were also held in Montreal and Quebec City, where Premier Philippe Couillard said it might be difficult for younger generations to appreciate the importance of paying tribute to those who sacrificed their lives during the First and Second World Wars.

Couillard, whose son is Canadian Forces soldier, drew a parallel between fighting Nazism and the current fight with Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant as a way of teaching a lesson to today’s youth about defending democratic values.

“It’s known that humanity, sometimes, must acknowledge and respond to these threats, which are threats against democracy and our freedoms,” Couillard told reporters before a traditional ceremony at the Cross of Sacrifice, between the national assembly and the Plains of Abraham.

The premier, who has openly supported Canada’s military involvement against ISIL, said this was central in the struggle against Nazism’s “absolutist regime” and “organized racism” aimed at destroying an entire community.

The changing face of Remembrance Day and the shrinking personal connection doesn’t make it any less powerful, said many who attended Wednesday’s national ceremony.

Ottawa resident Frank Organ and his daughter Emily joined a procession of thousands who left their poppies on the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.

War and sacrifice mean something different to the emerging generation and the threat of terrorism, like the Oct. 22, 2014 shooting death of Cpl. Nathan Cirillo at the memorial, give the day a fresh urgency, he suggested.

“With everything that happened last year with the Cirillo thing, we thought it would be honourable to come up here and lay a wreath at the grave of the unknown soldier,” said Organ.

He said he doesn’t believe people are losing their connection to Remembrance Day, in part, “because of Afghanistan and everything that’s been going on over there.”

As the great bell in the nearby Peace Tower tolled 11, a solemn, two-minute silence enveloped the crowd around the memorial and the was only broken by the skirl of a piper and the crash of an artillery battery, which belted out a 21-gun salute.

The first guns startled a toddler in the crowd to tears, but the thundering noise stopped moments later and she stared, wide-eyed as a pair of CF-18 jets

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Rebels bring ‘A’ game to Brandon MOVE INTO TOP SPOT IN CONFERENCE WITH WIN

BY ADVOCATE STAFF Rebels 4 Wheat Kings 0 BRANDON — There’s something about the best that brings out the best in the Red Deer Rebels.

The Rebels knocked off yet another highly-ranked Western Hockey League team Wednesday, blanking the Brandon Wheat Kings 4-0 before a sold-out audience of 5,108 at Westman Place.

Red Deer has defeated the likes of Victoria, Kelowna and Seattle this season, Likewise, teams with borderline records and below have proven to be tough nuts for the Rebels to crack.

For example, Wednesday’s triumph came four days after Red Deer fell 4-2 to the 8-7-0-3 Saskatoon Blades, a result that was preceded by a 4-0 blanking of the Prince Albert Raiders, who sit second to the front-running Rebels in the Eastern Conference.

So, what gives?

“We continue to try and talk to the guys about how it doesn’t matter who our opponent is, our level of play has to be at a certain standard,” said GM/

head coach Brent Sutter, basically suggesting – without saying as much— that his players have taken some of the socalled lesser lights at least somewhat for granted this season.

“It all has to do with the mental side of the game … not getting caught up in who your opponent is and just focusing on what we have to do as a team,” he continued. “Our inconsistency has come into play at times and it’s hurt us

at certain points of the season.

“But we have to learn from all that stuff and get better. Now the key is what will be our response Friday after playing a big game here today.”

Sutter was referring to Friday’s contest against the Regina Pats, the Rebels’ fourth foe on their five-game road trip that concludes Saturday in Moose Jaw. If the Rebels turn in a similar performance to the one they showcased Wednesday, the Pats could be in major trouble.

“We played well today, it was a really good response after dropping off in Saskatoon,” said Sutter. “We got some timely goals and our goalie was really good. He played really well and made some big saves for us at key times.”

Rylan Toth was indeed solid, his 31-save showing earning him his second — and second in as many starts — shutout of the season. The 19-yearold hasn’t allowed a goal since late in the middle period of a 4-3 win over the Seattle Thunderbirds Nov. 3 at the Centrium.

“It’s huge for him, absolutely,” said

Sutter. “It’s no different for a goalie than anyone else … for a goal scorer or whoever. You get shutouts and wins and it adds to your confidence.”

Toth turned aside 15 shots in the first period as his teammates struggled out of the gate.

“He played well in the first and I thought we was really solid throughout the game,” said Sutter. “We were a little stale in the first period, we weren’t moving our feet and we had some turnovers, but Tother stood tall.

“In the second and third our team play was more like the game we played in Prince Albert.”

Grayson Pawlenchuk notched the only goal — his ninth of the season — the Rebels needed midway through the opening frame. Michael Spacek, with his ninth, made it 2-0 early in the middle period and rookies Brandon Hagel and Austin Pratt sealed the deal with third-period markers.

Brandon netminder Jordan Papirny faced 28 shots.

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Edmonton Oilers goalie Anders Nilsson makes a save against Anaheim Ducks defenseman Josh Manson during the second period of an NHL game Wednesday, in Anaheim, Calif.

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Oilers sink Ducks with Purcell OT goal

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Oilers 4 Ducks 3 (OT) ANAHEIM, Calif. — Teddy Purcell scored 1:16 into overtime, and the Edmonton Oilers twice rallied from a third-period deficit before earning a 4-3 victory over the Anaheim Ducks on Wednesday night.

Oscar Klefbom and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins scored tying goals in the third for the Oilers, who snapped a six-game skid at Honda Center with a comeback victory. Purcell ended it with a breakaway, roaring past Rickard Rakell for his third goal of the sea-

son.

Anders Nilsson made 34 saves for Edmonton. Leon Draisaitl had a goal and two assists, matching the highest-scoring game of the 20-year-old German’s career.

Corey Perry scored two goals for the Ducks, including the 300th of his career in the third period. Anaheim has earned points in six consecutive games in November, but has lost back-to-back home games.

Shawn Horcoff scored early in the third period and Frederik Andersen stopped 23 shots for Anaheim, which had won 21 of its last 25 meetings with the Oilers.

Andersen had never lost to Edmonton.

Perry got credit for a goal in the first period when Oilers defenceman Darnell Nurse accidentally kicked in his pass attempt during a power play.

Draisaitl evened it with a power-play goal early in the second after a slick cross-ice pass from Benoit Pouliot.

Horcoff scored his 500th career point off a behind-the-net pass from Cam Fowler early in the third. The 37-year-old Horcoff’s second goal for his new team came against Edmonton, where he played his first 12 NHL seasons.

Klefbom tied it moments later with

a long shot through traffic for his third goal.

Perry scored in front of Nilsson to put Anaheim back ahead, but the lead again lasted only moments, with Nugent-Hopkins getting his sixth goal.

NOTES: With his 300th, Perry pulled even with Paul Kariya for second place on the Ducks’ career goals list. … Perry also has 30 points in his last 32 games against Edmonton. … Horcoff played 796 regular-season games for Edmonton, becoming the Oilers’ captain in 2010. … Rakell returned to Anaheim’s lineup after missing three games with an upper-body injury.

Canadian Finals Rodeo off to a strong start There was no shortage of adrena- get on Dusty Walker’s horse, which is line in Rexall Place during the open- the horse of the year in steer wrestling, ing performance of the 42nd Canadian so it’s a great horse.”

Finals Rodeo. That’s just “It was the first time I the kind of atmosphere Morrode him, and boy, did he gan Grant thrives on. feel awesome,” bubbled the The Ontario cowboy, upbeat cowboy. “I just got who now makes his home a really good head catch, a in Didsbury, was happy to good start, and that steer be part of the action. Grant went flying past me.” is the defending High Point “It was awesome. I’m just Champion, but this summer on cloud nine.” was in danger of missing Most timed event conthe CFR in both his events. testants like to get a sense However, in a late season of what kind of head start surge, he managed to make to give the steers, so they it to Edmonton in both the would rather be later in the DIANNE steer wrestling and tieround.

FINSTAD down roping.

“Usually, going in, I’d say On Wednesday night, that. But I got such a great RODEO Grant was the first steer start, I might have to switch wrestler to nod his head my preference to being gunand he came out and snatched the first ner now,” laughed the 26-year-old cowplace cash of $12,160 in just 3.4 sec- boy. onds. He nearly matched his total seaGrant moves up to fifth now in the son earnings of $16,114 in just one run.

Canadian championship race, behind But Grant had to make a last minute leader Scott Guenthner. switch before his opening run.

Grant didn’t cash in during the “The good horse I was planning to tie-down roping, but it was hard for ride actually came up a little sore to- anyone to catch defending Canadian day, so we gave him the night off,” ex- champion Matt Shiozawa. The Idaho plained Grant. “I was lucky enough to cowboy sizzled through his run in sev-

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en seconds flat, to set a new arena record for the CFR. “Man, I couldn’t think of a better way to start my week than that right there,” grinned Shiozawa. “Honestly, I was a little nervous today. I haven’t been a lot of places lately. I’m trying this mare. I’m considering using her for the NFR, so I thought this would be a good place to give her a try. Looks like we’re off to something right.”

The $12,160 Shiozawa won boosted him right to the front of the pack in the Canadian tie-down standings.

Ponoka team roper Levi Simpson was back in his winning form, along with partner Jeremy Buhler. They snagged a steer in 4.9 seconds, to claim first place and $6080 in the round. But the brothers Justin and Brett McCarroll of Camrose placed third in the round, and have claimed first overall in the team roping championship race.

“To be able to come in and make as best a run as we could and put the pressure on everyone else (is great),” said Simpson. “It’s exciting to have a first round win, and start off with a bang.

Canadian season and world leader Cody DeMoss shows no signs of backing off in the saddle bronc riding. The

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Louisiana cowboy combined with Calgary’s Mad Money for 85 points to collect the top cheque and build his lead.

Taking first in bareback riding was Utah’s Caleb Bennett, with 85.25 points on Kesler’s Starburst. Jake Vold is still the overall bareback leader. The fastest time in the barrel racing was turned in by B.C. cowgirl Julie Leggett, at 14.817 seconds. That’s moved her up to second, behind leader Nancy Csabay. Jared Parsonage of Maple Creek, SK was the bull riding winner, with an 86.5 on last year’s bull of the year, Proper Ripped. It’s Parsonage’s first CFR, and he’s closing ground on season leader Dakota Buttar. Tanner Girletz of Bowden was tied for second in the round with Buttar, with their matching 85 scores.

Sundre’s Wyatt Gleason was the novice bareback winner, picking up $1200 for a 76.5 point ride. Lane Cust of Bluffton was the only novice saddle bronc rider to get a score, so his 73 point ride was worth $1200. Luke Ferber of Irricana topped the steer riding with a 78.

The Canadian Finals Rodeo continues tonight at 7:30 pm in Edmonton.

Dianne Finstad is a local freelance writer that covers rodeo for the Advocate

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Raptors roll past struggling Sixers

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Raptors 119 76ers 103 PHILADELPHIA — After a buzzer-beating 3 put the 76ers on the ropes, Kyle Lowry had fellow Philly native and boxer Danny Garcia at his side in the locker room for a postgame celebration.

They were there for the latest KO against the Sixers.

Lowry scored 23 points and Luis Scola had 21 to help the Toronto Raptors snap a three-game losing streak with a 119-103 victory over the winless Philadelphia 76ers on Wednesday night.

One year after starting 0-17, the sorry Sixers have lost their first eight games of this season.

Philadelphia has lost 18 straight games dating to March 27, 2015. That’s the fourth-longest mark in franchise history, one shy of the 19 straight dropped from March 21, 1972, to Nov. 10, 1972.

The Sixers matched an NBA record with 26 straight losses from Jan. 31, 2014, to March 27, 2014, and also lost 20 straight from Jan. 9, 1973, to Feb. 11, 1973. “You just can’t get into a pity party,� coach Brett Brown said. “You have to deal with it and try to figure out ways to try and steal a win.�

The Sixers would have to pull off some grand theft to win during a difficult upcoming stretch, with games ahead against Oklahoma City, San Antonio and Dallas.

Lowry, a Philadelphia native who played two seasons at Villanova, heard polite applause during pregame introductions and gave hometown fans plenty of reason to cheer. He scored 14 points in the first half, capped by a 27-footer with 0.9 seconds left to send the Raptors into halftime with a 63-57 lead. “I always think every time I shoot it it’s going in,� Lowry said.

Lowry left about 65 tickets for friends and family and was sleeping in his own bed Wednesday night before meeting up later with the Raptors. “It’s always good to come home,�

Lowry said. “We played our game.�

The Raptors built a 20-point lead in the third and left no doubt about the outcome.

Scola scored 17 points on 8-for10 shooting in the third quarter and helped Toronto become the latest team to punish the Sixers. “When you get easy shots, the con-

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Toronto Raptors’ Norman Powell goes up for a dunk during the first half of an NBA game against the Philadelphia 76ers, Wednesday, in Philadelphia. The Raptors won the game 119-103 fidence builds,� Scola said. “It starts with defence. You get a lot of easy shots, the defence tends to collapse and the confidence is higher.�

While the Raptors had four starters in double-digit scoring, the Sixers started marginal NBA players JaKarr Sampson, Nik Stauskas and T.J. McConnell. Stauskas, a noted 3-point shooter at Michigan, has struggled from the arc in the NBA. He missed of 5 of 7 against the Raptors and entered only shooting 29 per cent overall on 3s.

Jahlil Okafor led the Sixers with 26 points and had seven rebounds. McConnell had 13 assists and Jerami Grant had 12 points and 10 rebounds.

TIP-INS Raptors: The Raptors beat the Sixers for the ninth straight time, the longest winning streak on either side in 20 years of the series. ‌ They play their next six games against the Western Conference.

Sixers: F Nerlens Noel sat out his second straight game with sore wrists from a fall last week in Cleveland. ‌ F Richaun Holmes sat out with a strained right hamstring. ‌ They assigned injured guards Kendall Marshall and Tony Wroten to the Delaware 87ers of the NBA Development League to continue their rehab. The Sixers put Marshall on the inactive list.

SO SORRY Toronto coach Dwane Casey said he did not want to look back at a referee mistake that cost them in the final minute of a 111-109 loss to New York on Tuesday night. Crew chief Ed Malloy said postgame that Carmelo Anthony stepped out of bounds and the ball should have been awarded to Toronto.

Casey said he was an advocate of replay in a situation like that one. “We have some of the best officials in the league, in the world,� Casey said.

History not on the Lions’ side heading into West semifinal CFL PICKS

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS Jonathon Jennings and the B.C. Lions won’t have history on their side Sunday in Calgary.

Jennings and Co. visit the defending Grey Cup champions in the West Division semifinal. Calgary won the season series 2-0, including a 28-7 decision last weekend in Vancouver.

Calgary (14-4) finished tied with Edmonton for the CFL’s best regular-season record. But the Eskimos won the season series 2-1 and the right to host either the Stampeders or Lions in the West Division final Nov. 22.

B.C. (7-11) finished third in the West.

Also on Sunday, the Hamilton Tiger-Cats host the Toronto Argonauts in the East Division semifinal. The winner takes on the Ottawa Redblacks at TD Place on Nov. 22.

It’s understandable that Jennings will want to forget his first visit this season to Calgary. The rookie quarterback replaced injured starter John Beck and finished 15-of-27 passing for 252 yards but threw three interceptions, including two to Keon Raymond, in a 35-23 loss in September.

That loss tarnished a spectacular performance by B.C.’s Chris Rainey, who scored kickoff and punt-return touchdowns.

Jennings dressed for but didn’t play in last weekend’s contest.

This will mark the 12th playoff meeting between Calgary and B.C.,

with the Stampeders having won eight of them. They’re also 5-0 in the semifinal round.

Calgary has also won three straight post-season contests against B.C., including the 2008 and ‘12 West Division finals, respectively.

But it’s Jennings who holds the key for B.C. In his six games as the club’s starter, the six-foot, 195-pound former Saginaw Valley State star ranks third overall in passing yards — behind Ottawa’s Henry Burris and Edmonton’s Mike Reilly — but stands first in TD strikes (15) and quarterback efficiency (108.9).

Jennings, 23, became just the sixth quarterback in league history to exceed 1,000 yards passing in his first three starts, Only Jeff Garcia and Tobin Rote threw for more yards than Jennings’ total of 1,017 over that span.

He’ll face a Calgary defence that allowed a league-low 16.1 points per game, was ranked second against the pass (246.6 yards per game) and third versus the run (77.8 yards). A young quarterback’s best friend is often a solid ground attack but even with Andrew Harris — the league’s second-leading rusher with 1,039 yards — B.C. was eighth overall running the football (81.3 yards per game).

And there’s the matter of having to play Calgary at McMahon Stadium.

The Stampeders finished tied with Edmonton for the CFL’s best home record at 8-1, the lone loss coming against the Eskimos.

B.C. was also just 3-6 on the road this season.

Pick — Calgary.

Toronto vs.

Hamilton on Sunday Playing at Tim Hortons Field has been a nightmare for Toronto (10-8), which is 0-3 there versus Hamilton (108) and 0-5 overall (including two relocated games this year). But going on the road is nothing new for the Argos, who played 13 of their 18 regular-season games away from Rogers Centre and were a respectable 7-6. After going 7-0 at the venue last year, the Ticats won their first three home games this year but have dropped four of their last six games there since.

The Ticats were 8-3 and playing like definite Grey Cup contenders before quarterback Zach Collaros suffered a season-ending knee injury in a 25-18 home loss to Edmonton on Sept. 19.

They finished the regular season losing three straight, including a homeand-home series with Ottawa that earned the Redblacks first in the East.

Collaros was also 3-0 against the Argos, his former team, and it’s unclear if rookie backup Jeff Mathews will play Sunday after missing last weekend’s contest with a head injury. Even if Mathews does play, Hamilton’s offence is vastly different without Collaros.

The unit will have to control the ball and not leave the defence in a position of being on the field too much against Toronto starter Ricky Ray, a threetime Grey Cup champion.

Pick — Toronto.

Last week: 3-1.

“It’s honourable that the league admits it, but you take that and $3 and you won’t get a cup of coffee.�

Sixers owner Josh Harris apologized after his helicopter landed on the New Jersey field where two youth soccer teams were scheduled to play.

The helicopter was at the school Sunday night to pick up Harris after a Devils game at the Prudential Center that went into overtime. Harris, who also owns the Devils, said the mix-up won’t happen again and invited the teams and their families to be his guests at a Devils game.

RAPTOR ROOKIE Rookie G Norman Powell scored eight points and quadrupled his point total from his first four career games.

UP NEXT Raptors: Host New Orleans on Friday.

Sixers: Play Friday at Oklahoma City.

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Grizzlys fall to Saints The Olds Grizzlys got four-point efforts from Wyatt Noskey and Landon Kletke Tuesday in a 6-4 loss to the visiting and defending Alberta Junior Hockey League champion Spruce Grove Saints.

Noskey scored twice and added two assists and Kletke contributed a goal and three helpers. Chase Olsen rounded out the Olds scoring and Kurtis Chapman and Ben Giesbrecht combined to make 29 saves in a losing cause.

The Saints, who trailed 3-2 after one period but led 4-3 after 40 minutes, got two goals from Colton Leiter and singles off the sticks of Jame Mykitiuk, Riley Simpson, Josh Harris and Nicholas Correale. Spruce Grove goaltender Mattew Murray stopped 25 shots.

The visitors were one-for-seven on the power play, while Olds was two-forfive.

The schedule doesn’t get any easier for the Grizzlys, who host the Brooks Bandits Friday.

Bantam Rebels edge Camrose despite big shot advantage Noah Danielson scored twice as the Red Deer Rebels outshot the host Camrose Red Wings 61-30 en route to a 3-2 Alberta Major Bantam Hockey League win Tuesday.

Brendan McBride accounted for the other Red Deer goal, while winning netminder Bretton Park made 28 saves. The clubs split 10 minor penalties and the Red Wings took the lone misconduct.

Swimming Canada suspends coach facing sexual assault charges AJAX, Ont. — Swimming Canada suspended coach Matt Bell of Ajax, Ont., on Wednesday after being informed of several criminal charges he is facing.

Bell, the High Performance Coach and CEO of Ajax Swimming, is charged with sexual assault, sexual exploitation and four counts of luring a person under 18 years old.

Durham regional police say they launched an investigation in August after a teenage girl who was a member of the club alleged she’d been sexually assaulted in 2011. “We have been informed of the charges and are taking all appropriate actions available to us,� said Swimming Canada CEO Ahmed El-Awadi in a statement. “ We have suspended Mr. Bell from

all swimming activities and interactions under Swimming Canada’s jurisdiction pending the outcome of the of criminal proceedings.�

Bell was part of Swimming Canada’s coaching staff at the 2015 FINA World Junior Championships and the recent Mid-Eastern World Cup Tour. “Immediately upon becoming aware of the charges, we began the process of contacting athletes and parents who have had interactions with Mr. Bell in connection with Swimming Canada national teams, tours and programs, and we should have all notifications complete within the next 24 hours�

El-Awadi said.

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Bobsleigh dispute brewing HUMPHRIES IN DISPUTE WITH CANADA’S FEDERATION OVER RACING FOUR-MAN BOBSLEIGH

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS CALGARY — Tension is building between Olympic women’s bobsleigh champion Kaillie Humphries and her sport federation.

Humphries wants to pilot four-man sleds on the World Cup circuit in addition to her women’s races. The Calgarian says Bobsleigh Canada Skeleton will not let her.

“I’ve never been in a situation where my goals and dreams have not aligned with Bobsleigh Canada’s,” Humphries said Wednesday. “It’s an extremely difficult situation for me currently at the moment.”

Humphries and Elana Meyers Taylor of the United States were the first women to pilot male crews on the World Cup circuit last season.

The world governing body of the sport, the FIBT, ruled prior to the start of last season that four-man bobsleighs would be “gender neutral.”

The move opened the door for the eventual inclusion of a four-woman bobsleigh event in the world championships and Winter Olympics.

Women’s bobsleigh was introduced as an Olympic sport in 2002 as a two-person event, while the men continued to race two-man and four-man sleds.

Humphries lobbied hard for the door to open for her and other women in the four-man sled. She feels like her own federation is closing it on her again.

Canada has two international quota berths in four-man this season, and the FIBT took the unusual step of awarding a third to Canada specifically for Humphries.

But BCS has its own qualification standards that are more stringent than the FIBT’s.

Athletes must achieve a certain push time in the ice house before World Cup selection races. Humphries piloted a four-man sled that finished third in selection races behind Justin Kripps and Chris Spring.

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Driver Kaillie Humphries, centre, poses with her teammates Melissa Lotholz, left, and Genevieve Thibault, following a Bobsleigh Canada news conference announcing the national team in Calgary, Wednesday. A dispute is brewing between Olympic women’s bobsled champion Kaillie Humphries and Bobsleigh Canada. Humphries wants to start the season piloting four-man sleds on the World Cup circuit. She says Bobsleigh Canada won’t let her.

But there were not enough brakemen meeting BCS’s push standards to fill two sleds, let alone a third, according to BCS president Sarah Storey.

“Every athlete that goes on the World Cup has to meet a push standard,” Storey said. “To have a fourman crew, you need everyone on the team to have qualified.”

Another way to explain the situation is international standards to qualify for Olympic Games are low to allow more countries to participate.

But some countries such as Canada set much higher standards domestically to field more competitive teams and athletes.

“We don’t send people on the World Cup to develop, we don’t send them as tourists,” Storey said. “We send them to win medals, to contend at every race.”

Humphries finished last season ranked 18th out of 30 teams in World Cup four-man races. The women’s Olympic champion in both 2010 and 2014 finished second to Meyers Taylor in women’s racing.

Canada will start the season with a small team of 11 athletes. Kripps of Summerland, B.C., will pilot the only four-man sled. Kripps and Calgary’s Spring will both pilot two-man sleds.

Humphries was named the lone wom-

en’s pilot.

The first World Cup stop is Nov. 2130 in Altenberg, Germany. After the first three races, BCS will hold another round of selection trials in December.

Canada could add more crews for the second half of the 2015-16 season, but only if more brakemen meet BCS’s standards.

Developing four-man skills to race at the sport’s highest-level and become a better driver is vitally important to Humphries. The 30-year-old was tense and frustrated Wednesday at a team event at a Calgary pool.

After Canada’s World Cup team was introduced, her teammates frolicked with synchronized swimmers while Humphries remained clothed on deck.

“This sucks,” she said. “I don’t feel as one of the best athletes in this sport that I should be questioned as to what’s best for my personal learning curve.”

Humphries says she will pilot fourman crews in developmental North America Cup races in Calgary on Friday and Saturday. She was unsure when she’ll race four-man again.

“I’ll more than likely be going World Cup for their first three races in the women’s event,” she said. “Then I will rely on my crew members to make standard. BCS has implemented a fairly harsh push standard that everybody has to abide by in order to make World Cup.” Humphries was Canada’s lone bobsleigh medallist at the 2014 Winter Games. Canada didn’t win any bobsleigh medals at this year’s world championship.

Humphries feels funding pressure is behind her federation’s inflexibility. While skeleton’s Own The Podium funding increased for 2015-16, bobsleigh’s has dropped by about $135,000, according to OTP figures.

“I’m being forced to pick medals over development of Canada 3,” Humphries said.

“I don’t feel there needs to be a choice made here. I feel I can step up to the challenge of doing both.”

Gushue makes return for first time since head injury OSHAWA, Ont. — Still sporting a shiner and some puffiness above his right eye, veteran skip Brad Gushue returned to action Wednesday for the first time since a nasty fall left him with a seven-stitch cut and concussion-like symptoms.

He admitted he’s not in top physical form but is still eager to compete at the National this week at General Motors Centre. His return comes less than two weeks after a face-first fall to the ice during a game at The Masters in Truro, N.S. Gushue went down in the fourth end, got stitched up at a nearby hospital, and returned in the seventh end of a 5-2 quarter-final loss to Saskatoon’s Steve Laycock on Oct. 31.

The competition high carried him through the end of the game. The symptoms kicked in a short time later.

“When I got back out on the ice and back in the lights, I felt a little bit off,” Gushue said. “But it was after the game when the adrenalin went down that I knew something was off. It was my own fault. At the hospital, I was in such a rush to get back to the game.

I didn’t let them do their job. I wanted to get back, I wanted to play and I thought I was OK to play.

“I thought it was just a cut and a smack to the head. The concussion part didn’t cross my mind. As I got home and the next day, I started to feel some of it. Then I knew there was something wrong. I rested it up and everything is OK now and getting better.”

Gushue’s eye was swollen shut for a few days. He underwent a CT scan and needed massage and physiotherapy to help with lingering neck and upper back pain.

The concussion-like symptoms eventually subsided and Gushue went

back to the doctor for another round of tests Monday just to be sure. He decided to make the trip after being given the all-clear.

“I wouldn’t say I’m 100 per cent, but I’m definitely good enough to play,” he said. “The doctor said I was OK to play so I’m excited to be here and put that (fall) in the past.”

It was the first significant injury of Gushue’s long curling career.

“I’ve never hit my head falling and I’ve been curling for 20-plus years,” he said.

“I figure I’ve probably spent about 10,000 hours (curling) and never hit my head until I did it in front of half a million people (watching) on national television.

“Obviously it was embarrassing but it was scary, it really was.”

Gushue, 35, feels a buildup of frost on his shoe’s gripper was a factor. A hush immediately fell over the arena when the 2006 Olympic champion went down.

“It felt like I had no grip and I just lost it,” he said. “When I tried to get my hands underneath me, the backs of my hands hit the ice and I just couldn’t get them up in time. Then I knew that I was in trouble.

“It happened so fast but it felt like it was taking a long time. It was slow-motion going down and I couldn’t do anything about it. That’s how it felt.”

Gushue returned to the ice last weekend to throw a few practice rocks.

He practised again Tuesday night after arriving in Oshawa, Ont., and opened round-robin play with an 8-4 victory over Laycock.

The St. John’s skip had Wednesday evening off before a pair of games on Thursday. He’s expecting the mental hurdles to be challenging over the next few days.

“I’ve found that (I’m nervous) the last few days when I’m out on the ice,”

Firebirds coach felt like Billy Martin in firing fiasco

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS FLINT, Mich. — Flint Firebirds coach John Gruden packed up his office, put his belongings in his car and drove off into the night without a job.

Soon after Gruden woke up, he was back to work.

“I felt like Billy Martin,” he deadpanned. “Fired one day, and hired the next.”

One difference, though, is that the former New York Yankees owner George Steinbrenner didn’t have a son playing for his franchise when he hired Martin five times between 1975 and 1987, fired him four times and let him resign once.

Gruden and his Ontario Hockey League team were back on the ice Wednesday, trying to regain a sense of normalcy. That won’t be easy.

Suddenly, a lot more people know who the Firebirds are than did last week because of their transcendent story. Firebirds owner Rolf Nilsen fired Gruden on Sunday night following a win, triggering a firestorm.

The players, including the owner’s son, responded by marching up the

team’s front office and throwing their jerseys on the floor in a unified protest. The next day, Gruden got his job back and assistant coach, Dave Karpa, was given a two-year extension to match Gruden’s three-year contract.

Nilsen released a statement in which he said he made an “irresponsible mistake,” and added that the team was co-operating with the OHL’s investigation into the matter.

He didn’t reference his son, seldom-used defenceman, Hakon Nilsen, in the statement. And even though the team president, general manager and coach insist playing time for the owner’s son didn’t lead to the surprising moves, questions still linger about how much of a factor that was in what the owner acknowledged was an emotional decision.

“It was a number of things,” said Firebirds general manager Terry Christensen, who was told by the owner to fire Gruden. “Leave it at that.

You get emotional involved, you get emotionally attached to a situation anytime you have own blood involved.

The bottom line is this: Hakon doesn’t want preferential treatment on this team.”

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Brad Gushue is shown with a cut on his head at the Grand Slam of Curling Masters in Truro, N.S. Gushue fell and hit his head on the ice earlier in the match and returned to the ice later with stitches above his right eye. Gushue returned to action Wednesday for the first time since suffering a head injury last month.

Gushue said. “I’m not quite comfortable yet. Any time you have an injury you’re thinking about it happening again. So I’ve got to get over that and that’s part of being here this week.”

The fall brought the issue of concussions and head protection in curling into the spotlight. Helmets can be a common sight at the recreational level but are not used by elite curlers.

“There is a bigger chance of slipping and falling walking to your car

in the middle of winter then there is for elite-level curlers out on the ice,” Gushue said. “It’s such a rarity. The fact that I did it on national television and cut myself and there was blood involved and all that stuff, it kind of made it a big deal out of not a big deal.”

Curling Canada is in the process of developing a concussion protocol. It’s slated to be presented at the organization’s annual meetings next summer.

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SCOREBOARD Local Sports • Men’s basketball: Vikings vs. Wells Furniture, Bulldog Scrap Metal vs. Henry’s Eavestroughing, 7:15 and 8:30 p.m., Lindsay Thurber.

Friday • College basketball: Lethbridge at RDC, women at 6 p.m., men to follow.

• Peewee AA hockey: Airdrie at Red Deer Parkland, 6 p.m., Collicutt Centre.

• WHL: Red Deer at Regina, 6 p.m. (The Drive).

• College men’s hockey: Portage at RDC, 7 p.m., Penhold Regional Multiplex.

• AJHL: Brooks at Olds, 7 p.m.

• Heritage junior B hockey: Airdrie at Stettler, 7:30 p.m.; Banff at Three Hills, 8 p.m.

• Midget AA hockey: Airdrie at Red Deer Elks, 8 p.m., Arena.

• Chinook senior AAA hockey: Stony Plain at Bentley, 8:30 p.m.

Saturday • Peewee AA hockey: Okotoks Green at Red Deer TBS, 12:30 p.m., Kinsmen A; Taber at West Central, 5:30 p.m., Sylvan Lake.

• College volleyball: Olds at RDC, women at 1 p.m., men to follow.

• Bantam football: Calgary Mavericks at Hunting Hills, provincial tier 2 semifinal, 1 p.m., Great Chief Park.

• Midget AA hockey: Okotoks Green at Red Deer Indy Graphics, 2 p.m., Arena; Airdrie at West Central, 8 p.m., Sylvan Lake.

• Bantam AA hockey: Okotoks at Red Deer Ramada, 2:30 p.m., Kinex; West

Central at Red Deer Steel Kings, 3 p.m., Kinsmen A. • Midget AAA hockey: Edmonton K of C at Red Deer, 4:45 p.m., Arena.

• College basketball: Ambrose at RDC, women at 6 p.m., men to follow.

• WHL: Red Deer at Moose Jaw, 6 p.m.

(The Drive).

• Heritage junior B hockey: Ponoka at Red Deer, 6:45 p.m., Arena.

• Major bantam girls hockey: Peace Country at Red Deer, 7 p.m., Collicutt Centre.

• Heritage junior B hockey: Cochrane at Red Deer, 7:30 p.m.; Okotoks at Red Deer, 8 p.m., Arena; High River at Ponoka, 8 p.m.; Medicine Hat at Three Hills, 8 p.m.

Sunday • Major bantam girls hockey: Peace Country at Red Deer, 10 a.m., Collicutt Centre.

• Peewee AA hockey: Okotoks Black at Red Deer TBS, 11:30 a.m., Kinsmen A; Okotoks Green at Stettler, 2 p.m.

• Midget AAA hockey: Edmonton Maple Leafs at Red Deer, 3 p.m., Arena.

• Midget AA hockey: Medicine Hat at Red Deer Elks, noon, Arena.

• Bantam AA hockey: Okotoks at Red Deer Steel Kings, 1:45 p.m., Kinsmen A; Bow Valley at West Central, 3:30 p.m., Caroline.

• Men’s basketball: Grandview vs.

Monstars, Carstar vs. NWS, Johns Manville vs. Silver Spurs, 4:15 p.m.; Chillabongs vs. Washed Up Warriors, Sheraton Red Deer vs. Lacombe All Sports Cresting, BTown Maple Jordans vs.

Rusty Chuckers, 5:30 p.m.; all games at Lindsay Thurber.

Basketball Red Deer Women’s League Rampage 67 Shooting Stars 34 Rampage — Shelby Hauck 15 points; POG: Hauck.

SS — Cheryl Chase 15; POG: Kayla Leopold.

Xpress 44 Pink Panthers 25 Xpress — POG: Sandra Tapias. PP — POG: Laura Stephan.

Funk 44 Big Ballers 42 Funk — Kaitlin Rose 16; POG: Tess Rooyakkers.

BB — Morgan Richardson 14; POG: Shanna Maki.

Ball Hawks 72 Age Gap 25 BH — Rachelle Adrias 34; POG: Paola Viveros. AG — Lyisha Larocque 5; POG: Summer Langstraat.

National Basketball Association EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct GB Toronto 6 3 .667 — New York 4 5 .444 2 Boston 3 4 .429 2 Brooklyn 1 7 .125 4 1/2 Philadelphia 0 8 .000 5 1/2

Cleveland Detroit Chicago Indiana Milwaukee

Southeast Division W L Pct 8 2 .800 5 3 .625 4 4 .500 4 5 .444 3 4 .429

GB — 2 3 3 1/2 3 1/2

Central Division W L Pct 7 1 .875 5 3 .625 5 3 .625 5 4 .556 4 5 .444

GB — 2 2 2 1/2 3 1/2

WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division W L Pct GB San Antonio 5 2 .714 — Dallas 4 4 .500 1 1/2 Houston 4 4 .500 1 1/2 Memphis 3 6 .333 3 New Orleans 1 7 .125 4 1/2 Northwest Division W L Pct Oklahoma City 5 3 .625

THURSDAY, NOV. 12, 2015

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Atlanta Miami Charlotte Orlando Washington

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Minnesota Utah Denver Portland

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

4 4 4 4

3 3 4 4

.571 .571 .500 .500

Pacific Division W L Pct 9 0 1.000 5 3 .625 3 4 .429 2 7 .222 1 7 .125

1/2 1/2 1 1 GB — 3 1/2 5 7 7 1/2

Tuesday’s Games Cleveland 118, Utah 114 Oklahoma City 125, Washington 101 New York 111, Toronto 109 Miami 101, L.A. Lakers 88 Charlotte 104, Minnesota 95 New Orleans 120, Dallas 105 Boston 99, Milwaukee 83 Wednesday’s Games Toronto 119, Philadelphia 103 Orlando 101, L.A. Lakers 99 Charlotte 95, New York 93 Indiana 102, Boston 91 Golden State 100, Memphis 84 Brooklyn 106, Houston 98 Dallas 118, L.A. Clippers 108 Atlanta 106, New Orleans 98 Denver 103, Milwaukee 102 Sacramento 101, Detroit 92 San Antonio at Portland, late

WHL EASTERN CONFERENCE EAST DIVISION GP W LOTLSOL GF GA Pt Prince Albert 19 12 5 1 1 68 60 26 Brandon 19 11 6 0 2 68 54 24 Moose Jaw 18 10 5 2 1 72 56 23 Saskatoon 18 8 7 3 0 62 71 19 Swift Current 18 8 8 2 0 48 52 18 Regina 16 7 8 1 0 41 58 15

(roughing) 6:20.

CENTRAL DIVISION GP W L OTLSOLGF GA Pt Red Deer 20 14 6 0 0 76 54 28 Lethbridge 17 12 5 0 0 72 52 24 Calgary 20 9 10 0 1 53 70 19 Edmonton 19 7 9 3 0 50 61 17 Medicine Hat 15 5 7 2 1 53 62 13 Kootenay 19 4 13 2 0 44 77 10

Brayden Point, MJ Dryden Hunt, MJ Tyson Baillie, Kel Brayden Burke, Let Jonathon Martin, SC Reid Gardiner, P.A. Ivan Nikolishin, RD Luke Philp, Koo Devante Stephens, Spo Mathew Barzal, Sea Keegan Kolesar, Sea Dillon Dube, Kel Nolan Patrick, Bra Tyler Wong, Let Jayce Hawryluk, Bra Radel Fazleev, CAL Michael Spacek, RD Giorgio Estephan, Let Parker Bowles, TC Noah Gregor, MJ Simon Stransky, P.A. Alex Forsberg, Vic Travis Sanheim, CAL Cameron Hebig, Sas Josh Morrissey, MH Joe Hicketts, Vic

WESTERN CONFERENCE B.C. DIVISION GP W L OTLSOLGF GA Pt Victoria 20 14 5 0 1 68 38 29 Kelowna 19 14 5 0 0 77 59 28 Prince George 16 8 7 1 0 42 44 17 Kamloops 16 8 8 0 0 53 53 16 Vancouver 18 4 10 2 2 47 70 12

Seattle Spokane Everett Portland Tri-City

U.S. DIVISION GP W L OTLSOLGF GA Pt 17 10 6 1 0 61 46 21 19 9 7 2 1 59 64 21 14 8 5 0 1 29 31 17 17 8 9 0 0 56 49 16 18 6 11 1 0 52 70 13

Wednesday’s results Red Deer 4 Brandon 0 Kelowna 2 Vancouver 1 (SO) Spokane 3 Everett 0 Portland 6 Tri-City 2 Friday’s games Lethbridge at Moose Jaw, 6 p.m.

Red Deer at Regina, 6 p.m.

Saskatoon at Prince Albert, 6 p.m.

Kootenay at Calgary, 7 p.m.

Tri-City at Medicine Hat, 7:30 p.m.

Swift Current at Portland, 8 p.m.

Edmonton at Prince George, 8 p.m.

Seattle at Victoria, 8:05 p.m.

Kamloops at Vancouver, 8:30 p.m.

Spokane at Everett, 8:35 p.m.

Saturday’s games Red Deer at Moose Jaw, 6 p.m.

Lethbridge at Brandon, 6:30 p.m.

Tri-City at Calgary, 7 p.m.

Kootenay at Medicine Hat, 7:30 p.m.

Edmonton at Prince George, 8 p.m.

Portland at Vancouver, 8 p.m.

Swift Current at Everett, 8:05 p.m.

Kelowna at Spokane, 8:05 p.m.

Seattle at Victoria, 8:05 p.m.

Sunday, November 15 Lethbridge at Regina, 3 p.m.

Prince Albert at Brandon, 3 p.m.

Prince George at Kamloops, 7 p.m.

Wednesday’s summary Rebels 4, Wheat Kings 0 First Period 1. Red Deer, Pawlenchuk 9 (Nogier) 9:36.

Penalties — None.

Second Period 2. Red Deer, Spacek 9 (unassisted) 1:40.

Penalties — Hawryluk Bra (roughing) 11:06, Fleury RD (roughing) 11:06.

Third Period 3. Red Deer, Hagel 3 (Kopeck, Fleury) 9:04.

4. Red Deer, Pratt 3 (Nogier, De Wit) 15:53.

Penalties — Shearer Bra (delay of game) 2:25, Bleackley RD (slashing) 4:39, Nogier RD (roughing) 6:20, Kaspick Bra (boarding) 6:20, Waltz Bra

Shots on goal Red Deer 9 9 10 — 28 Brandon 15 9 7 — 31 Goal — Red Deer: Toth (W, 10-4-0) Brandon: Papirny (L, 6-5-0).

Power plays (goal-chances) — Red Deer: 0-2 Brandon: 0-1.

WHL Scoring Leaders G 16 15 13 5 16 12 11 11 6 4 12 10 6 14 11 11 9 7 9 8 7 6 6 10 8 1

A 23 18 20 24 12 16 16 16 19 21 12 14 18 9 12 12 14 16 13 14 15 16 16 11 13 20

Pts 39 33 33 29 28 28 27 27 25 25 24 24 24 23 23 23 23 23 22 22 22 22 22 21 21 21

National Hockey League EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division GP W L OT Pts Montreal 17 13 2 2 28 Detroit 15 8 6 1 17 Ottawa 15 7 5 3 17 Tampa Bay 17 7 8 2 16 Boston 14 7 6 1 15 Florida 15 6 6 3 15 Buffalo 15 7 8 0 14 Toronto 15 3 8 4 10

GF 62 34 47 39 47 41 36 32

GA 33 36 49 42 45 38 42 47

Metropolitan Division GP W L OT Pts N.Y. Rangers 15 11 2 2 24 Washington 14 10 4 0 20 Pittsburgh 15 10 5 0 20 N.Y. Islanders 16 8 5 3 19 New Jersey 15 8 6 1 17 Philadelphia 15 5 7 3 13 Carolina 15 6 9 0 12 Columbus 16 4 12 0 8

GF 45 43 35 44 37 28 30 38

GA 25 32 31 39 38 43 43 59

WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division GP W L OT Pts Dallas 16 12 4 0 24 St. Louis 15 11 3 1 23 Minnesota 14 9 3 2 20 Nashville 14 9 3 2 20 Winnipeg 16 8 6 2 18 Chicago 15 8 6 1 17 Colorado 15 5 9 1 11

GF 56 42 43 42 45 39 40

GA 42 31 38 36 46 38 42

Pacific Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Vancouver 16 7 4 5 19 48 39 Los Angeles 15 9 6 0 18 37 32 Arizona 15 8 6 1 17 42 43 San Jose 15 7 8 0 14 40 40 Anaheim 16 5 7 4 14 28 41 Edmonton 16 6 10 0 12 43 50 Calgary 16 5 10 1 11 40 63 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss.

Tuesday’s Games

St. Louis 2, New Jersey 0 N.Y. Rangers 3, Carolina 0 Colorado 4, Philadelphia 0 Vancouver 5, Columbus 3 Detroit 1, Washington 0 Buffalo 4, Tampa Bay 1 Florida 4, Calgary 3 Nashville 7, Ottawa 5 Minnesota 5, Winnipeg 3 Toronto 3, Dallas 2 Arizona 3, Los Angeles 2 N.Y. Islanders 4, San Jose 2 Wednesday’s Games Pittsburgh 4, Montreal 3, SO Edmonton 4, Anaheim 3, OT Thursday’s Games Colorado at Boston, 5 p.m.

St. Louis at N.Y. Rangers, 5 p.m.

Washington at Philadelphia, 5 p.m.

Minnesota at Carolina, 5 p.m.

Vancouver at Ottawa, 5:30 p.m.

Calgary at Tampa Bay, 5:30 p.m.

Buffalo at Florida, 5:30 p.m.

Toronto at Nashville, 6 p.m.

New Jersey at Chicago, 6:30 p.m.

Winnipeg at Dallas, 6:30 p.m.

Edmonton at Arizona, 7 p.m.

N.Y. Islanders at Los Angeles, 8:30 p.m.

Friday’s Games Columbus at Pittsburgh, 5 p.m.

Calgary at Washington, 5 p.m.

San Jose at Detroit, 5:30 p.m.

N.Y. Islanders at Anaheim, 8 p.m.

Wednesday’s summary Oilers 4, Ducks 3 (OT) First Period 1. Anaheim, Perry 3 (Rakell, Lindholm) 10:09 (pp).

Penalties — Gryba Edm (delay of game) 9:08.

Second Period 2. Edmonton, Draisaitl 4 (Pouliot, Nurse) 4:23 (pp).

Penalties — Lindholm Ana (interference) 2:29, Maroon Ana (fighting) 16:53, Gazdic Edm (fighting) 16:53, Maroon Ana (boarding) 16:53.

Third Period 3. Anaheim, Horcoff 2 (Fowler, Stewart) 1:56.

4. Edmonton, Klefbom 3 (Nugent-Hopkins, Draisaitl) 5:38.

5. Anaheim, Perry 4 (Rakell, Vatanen) 6:44.

6. Edmonton, Nugent-Hopkins 6 (Draisaitl, Hall) 8:19.

Penalties — Yakupov Edm (tripping) 11:57.

Overtime 7. Edmonton, Purcell 3 (Sekera, Nilsson) 1:16.

Penalties — None.

Shots on goal Edmonton 8 10 6 3 — 27 Anaheim 15 6 16 0 — 37 Goal — Edmonton: Nilsson (W, 3-3-0) Anaheim: Andersen (LO, 3-5-4).

Power plays (goal-chances) — Edmonton: 1-2 Anaheim: 1-2.

NHL Scoring Leaders Patrick Kane, Chi Tyler Seguin, Dal Jamie Benn, Dal Blake Wheeler, Wpg David Krejci, Bos Johnny Gaudreau, Cgy Alex Ovechkin, Wash Bryan Little, Wpg Nathan MacKinnon, Col Taylor Hall, Edm Jeff Carter, LA Tomas Plekanec, Mtl Daniel Sedin, Vcr Evgeny Kuznetsov, Wash Henrik Zetterberg, Det Artemi Panarin, Chi Mark Stone, Ott Martin Hanzal, Ari

G 10 9 10 7 7 4 8 8 6 6 7 7 5 5 4 4 3 2

A 13 14 11 12 10 13 8 8 10 10 8 8 10 10 11 11 12 13

Pts 23 23 21 19 17 17 16 16 16 16 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15

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CFL PLAYOFFS Sunday, Nov. 15 Division Semifinals East Division Toronto at Hamilton, 11 a.m.

West Division B.C. at Calgary, 2:30 p.m.

Thursday’s Games Utah at Miami, 5:30 p.m.

Golden State at Minnesota, 6 p.m.

L.A. Clippers at Phoenix, 8:30 p.m.

Sunday, Nov. 22 Division Finals East Division Hamilton-Toronto winner at Ottawa, 11 a.m.

West Division Calgary-B.C. winner at Edmonton, 2:30 p.m.

Friday’s Games Minnesota at Indiana, 5 p.m.

Utah at Orlando, 5 p.m.

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

Atlanta at Boston, 5:30 p.m.

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

Charlotte at Chicago, 6 p.m.

Portland at Memphis, 6 p.m.

Philadelphia at Oklahoma City, 6 p.m.

L.A. Lakers at Dallas, 6:30 p.m.

Houston at Denver, 7 p.m.

Brooklyn at Sacramento, 8 p.m.

Sunday, Nov. 29 103rd Grey Cup At Winnipeg East vs. West Champions, 4 p.m.

National Football League AMERICAN CONFERENCE East W L T Pct New England 8 0 0 1.000 N.Y. Jets 5 3 0 .625 Buffalo 4 4 0 .500 Miami 3 5 0 .375 South W L T Pct Indianapolis 4 5 0 .444 Houston 3 5 0 .375

MEN’S BASKETBALL Gerald Lamigo poured in 23 points and Riley McLean scored 14 to lead the Alken Basin Drillers to a 71-42 Central Alberta Senior Men’s Basketball Association win over the Silver Spurs Tuesday.

Mike Lee and Josh Matthig each scored eight points for the Spurs.

In another game, Cole Foster netted 20 points as the Subaru Kingsmen downed the D Leaguers 67-53.

Enrique Vizcarra added 13 points for the winners. Jesse Liske scored 11 in a losing cause.

Edmonton will host men’s volleyball Olympic qualifying Canada’s men’s volleyball team will have home-court advantage in its quest for a spot in the Rio Olympics.

Edmonton has been chosen as host of the NORCECA Continental Olympic qualifying tournament in January. The winner earns a berth in next summer’s Rio Olympics.

Canada, Cuba, Mexico and Puerto Rico have earned spots in the qualifier. Canada, No. 10 on the FIVB world rankings, won the pre-qualification event in Mexico in October. Cuba is ranked 15th, Puerto Rico is 22nd and Mexico is 24th.

PF 276 200 209 171

PA 143 162 190 206

PF 200 174

PA 227 205

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Cincinnati Pittsburgh Baltimore Cleveland

W 8 5 2 2

Denver Oakland Kansas City San Diego

W 7 4 3 2

6 0 6 0 North L T 0 0 4 0 6 0 7 0 West L T 1 0 4 0 5 0 7 0

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170 159

235 187

Pct 1.000 .556 .250 .222

PF 229 206 190 177

PA 142 182 214 247

Pct .875 .500 .375 .222

PF 192 213 195 210

PA 139 211 182 249

NATIONAL CONFERENCE East W L T Pct N.Y. Giants 5 4 0 .556 Philadelphia 4 4 0 .500 Washington 3 5 0 .375 Dallas 2 6 0 .250 South W L T Pct Carolina 8 0 0 1.000 Atlanta 6 3 0 .667 New Orleans 4 5 0 .444 Tampa Bay 3 5 0 .375 North W L T Pct Minnesota 6 2 0 .750 Green Bay 6 2 0 .750 Chicago 3 5 0 .375

PF 247 193 158 160

PA 226 164 195 204

PF 228 229 241 181

PA 165 190 268 231

PF 168 203 162

PA 140 167 221

Detroit Arizona St. Louis Seattle San Francisco

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7 0 West L T 2 0 4 0 4 0 6 0

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149

245

Pct .750 .500 .500 .333

PF 263 153 167 126

PA 153 146 140 223

Monday’s Game Chicago 22, San Diego 19 Thursday, Nov. 12 Buffalo at N.Y. Jets, 6:25 p.m.

Sunday, Nov. 15 Detroit at Green Bay, 11 a.m.

Carolina at Tennessee, 11 a.m.

Chicago at St. Louis, 11 a.m.

Dallas at Tampa Bay, 11 a.m.

New Orleans at Washington, 11 a.m.

Miami at Philadelphia, 11 a.m.

Cleveland at Pittsburgh, 11 a.m.

Jacksonville at Baltimore, 11 a.m.

Minnesota at Oakland, 2:05 p.m.

Kansas City at Denver, 2:25 p.m.

New England at N.Y. Giants, 2:25 p.m.

Arizona at Seattle, 6:30 p.m.

Open: Atlanta, Indianapolis, San Diego, San Francisco Monday, Nov. 16 Houston at Cincinnati, 6:30 p.m.

Transactions Wednesday’s Sports Transactions BASEBALL Major League Baseball OFFICE OF THE COMMISSIONER OF BASEBALL — Suspended free agent minor league LHP Chad James 100 games after a second positive test for Amphetamine, a stimulant in violation of the Minor League Drug Prevention and Treatment Program, as well as a third positive test for a drug of abuse.

American League CLEVELAND INDIANS — Announced INF Michael Martinez refused his outright assignment to Columbus (IL) and elected to become a free agent.

NEW YORK YANKEES — Acquired OF Aaron Hicks from Minnesota for C John Ryan Murphy.

SEATTLE MARINERS — Signed OF Franklin Gutierrez to a one-year contract.

National League SAN DIEGO PADRES — Acquired INF-OF Jose Pirela from the New York Yankees for RHP Ronald Herrera.

American Association LINCOLN SALTDOGS — Released INF Mike Gilmartin.

Frontier League EVANSVILLE OTTERS — Signed OF John Schultz to a contract extension.

RIVER CITY RASCALS — Signed RHP Tim Koons

to a contract extension.

BASKETBALL National Basketball Association ATLANTA HAWKS — Assigned C Walter Tavares to Austin (NBADL).

HOUSTON ROCKETS — Assigned G-F K.J. McDaniels to Rio Grande Valley (NBADL).

PHILADELPHIA 76ERS — Assigned Gs Kendall Marshall and Tony Wroten to Delaware (NBADL).

NBA Development League NBADL — Announced the Chicago Bulls was granted the right to own and operate a club that will begin play in the 2016-17 season.

FOOTBALL National Football League ARIZONA CARDINALS — Waived/injured CB Cariel Brooks. Signed CB Robert Nelson, Jr. from the practice squad.

CLEVELAND BROWNS — Signed LB Jayson DiManche and DB De’Ante Saunders to the practice squad. Released TE Brian Leonhardt from the practice squad.

MINNESOTA VIKINGS — Activated CB Josh Robinson from the PUP list. Waived TE Chase Ford.

NEW YORK JETS — Placed G Willie Colon on injured reserve. Activated CB Dee Milliner injured reserve-return.

TENNESSEE TITANS — Waived QB Charlie

Whitehurst. Activated RB David Cobb from injured reserve-return. Signed LB J.R. Tavai and TE Kevin Greene to the practice squad.

Arena Football League LA KISS — Signed OL Chad Anderson, K Kenny Spencer, DL Rodney Fritz and DL Derrick Summers.

HOCKEY National Hockey League ARIZONA COYOTES — Assigned F Dustin Jeffrey to Springfield (AHL).

CAROLINA HURRICANES — Reassigned F Brock McGinn to Charlotte (AHL).

CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS — Recalled F Brandon Mashinter from Rockford (AHL).

COLORADO AVALANCHE — Recalled G Calvin Pickard from San Antonio (ECHL).

DALLAS STARS — Reassigned F Devin Shore to Texas (AHL). Assigned D Patrik Nemeth to Texas on a conditioning assignment.

American Hockey League SAN ANTONIO RAMPAGE — Recalled G Spencer Martin from Fort Wayne (ECHL).

ECHL READING ROYALS — Announced F Derek Mathers and D Jesper Pettersson were to the team from Lehigh Valley (AHL).

MLB examining rules on force-play slides

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS BOCA RATON, Fla. — After watching Mets shortstop Ruben Tejada carried off the field with a broken leg during the playoffs when the Dodgers’ Chase Utley upended him, Major League Baseball is examining whether to adopt a rule eliminating slides not directly at bases on force plays.

The discussion comes two years after MLB banned home-plate collisions. Central baseball officials spoke with teams and the rules committee met at this week’s annual gathering of general managers.

There will be more talk at next month’s winter meetings and consultation with the players’ association.

“We don’t want to have guys carried off the field,” Joe Torre, MLB’s chief baseball officer, said. “Obviously, you can’t lose sight of what the game is about.

You don’t want somebody just not trying to get to second base and not trying to keep the inning going. It’s a thin line that you have to walk, and that’s why it’s really tough to put pen to paper.”

In Game 2 of an NL Division Series, New York led 2-1 with one out in the seventh inning and runners at the corners. Los Angeles’ Howie Kendrick hit a grounder up the middle and second baseman Daniel Murphy flipped to Tejada, who took the throw awkwardly for an apparent force as Utley slid past the bag. Utley slammed into Tejada, whose back was turned. Tejada flipped over as the tying run scored from third. Tejada fractured his right fibula, Utley was ruled safe on video review and the Dodgers

scored four runs in the inning en route to a 5-2 victory. Torre later suspended Utley for two games, ruling the slide illegal, discipline the players’ association has appealed.

Pittsburgh’s Jung Ho Kang broke his left leg and tore a knee ligament on a takeout slide in September by the Chicago Cubs’ Chris Coghlan, an injury projected to sideline the shortstop for six months.

“We had a specific example of something that happened recently, but every team has similar experiences,” Mets assistant general manager John Ricco said. “I think the industry is concerned with keeping our players healthy and on the field, so I don’t think we’re unique in that respect. We just want to find a way to have a play at second base be fair and at the same time be able to protect our players.”

MLB banned plate collisions ahead of the 2014 season following intense debate that began in May 2011, when the Marlins’ Scott Cousins crashed into Buster Posey. San Francisco’s All-Star catcher sustained a broken bone in his lower left leg and three torn ligaments in his ankle, an injury that ended his season.

“I didn’t think there could be anything that you could do when Posey went down a few years ago,” Torre said. “You sort of felt forced partly because when I was working in the office I’d get letters from parents whose kids were playing in the minor leagues who got carried off the field.” Torre said additional pressure came from former catcher and current St. Louis manager Mike Matheny, who talked “about losing 18 months of his life, where you can’t

recall.”

MLB said the number of days catchers were unavailable to play due to contact at home plate dropped 62 per cent from 2011-13 to 2014-15.

The current rule covering slides into second base says it is “deliberate, unwarranted, unsportsmanlike action by the runner in leaving the baseline for the obvious purpose of crashing the pivot man on a double play, rather than trying to reach the base.”

A new rule would be more restrictive, with the goal of emulating the results of the home plate change.

“It makes sense to extend it to second base and give the fielder the protection that they deserve when they’re trying to make a play,” said Dan Duquette, the Baltimore Orioles’ executive vice-president of baseball operations.

He suggested MLB adopt the rule used in amateur and college baseball, which also is being tested in this year’s Arizona Fall League. NCAA baseball rules state on a force play “a runner must slide on the ground before the base and in a direct line between the two bases.”

This week’s discussions were a beginning.

“We don’t move that quickly,” Ricco said. “We’re pretty methodical, maybe some people would say too methodical when it comes to making changes. So this meeting was really just trying to take the group that deals with it on a day-on-day basis from a front-office standpoint and get as many thoughts and opinions and views as they can, and then it will go up the food chain and see where it goes from there.”

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MADD CANDLELIGHT VIGIL

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Christine Waldo lights the candles as names of those killed by drunk drivers are read out during a previous Mothers Against Drunk Driving Candlelight Vigil at St. Luke’s Anglican Church. The 23rd Annual Candlelight Vigil of Remembrance and Hope will take place in Red Deer on Saturday at 7:30 p.m. at St. Luke’s Anglican Church, 4929-54 St. in Red Deer.

CALENDAR THE NEXT SEVEN DAYS

FRIDAY, NOV. 13 ● Cornerstone Youth Theatre presents Beauty and the Beast at New Life Fellowship with performances at 7 p.m. on Nov. 13 and 14, and at 3 p.m. on Nov. 14. Ticket are available at www.cornerstoneyouththeatre.org, or by phone 403-986-2981 with costs from $10 to $12 in advance, and by purchase at the door for $14. ● Family Dance will be celebrated at Festival Hall on Nov. 13, 7 p.m. featuring swing era music by Red Deer College Big Band, DJ tunes, jive lessons, homemade pie, door prizes, and more for the whole family. Tickets are available from www.countrypridedanceclub. ca, for $20 per family of four, $10 for adult, and $5 for youth, and free for three years and under. Hot dogs, pie and ice cream will be available for purchase from Red Deer Cultural Heritage Society. Other sponsors include Red Deer Arts Council, Peavey Mart, City of Red Deer Cultural Services. ● Hard of Hearing Support Group meets the second Friday of each month from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 a.m. at abc Country Restaurant. Discuss the highs and lows and laughs of living with hearing loss on Nov. 13.

No charge, but please RSVP to speakupcentralalberta@gmail.com, 403-356-1598. ● Silver Blades senior skating is offered on Fridays, 2 to 3:30 p.m., and Seniors Skating will be offered on Tuesdays from 2:30 to 3:30, both at the Red Deer Arena. Ages 50 years plus. Cost for 10 times is $38. ● Lacombe Christmas Farmers Market runs Friday mornings from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., Nov. 13 until Dec. 11 at the Lacombe Memorial Centre. Come for homemade baking, crafts, jewelry, woodwork, local honey, jams, perogies, clothing, meats, Philippine spring rolls and more. There will be a special Moonlight Madness Sale on Thursday, Nov. 26 from 5 to 10 p.m. Phone 403-782-4772. ● Opening reception for Fall Extravaganza October Show and Sale at Gallery on Main in Lacombe will be celebrated on Nov. 13 from 5 to 9 p.m. See the new exhibit Exploring Color by Sandra Bingeman, and work of many other artists. See www.thegalleryonmain.com. ● Red Deer Legion presents Dew Carver on Nov. 13, and Laugh Shop on Nov. 14 (advance tickets required), and Randy Hillman on Nov. 20 and 21 from 8 p.m. to midnight for their weekend dances and entertainment.

Phone 403-342-0035. Legion members are required to show their valid membership card.

Non-members cover charge is $5. ● Cottonwood-Gordon Agricultural Society Christmas Craft Sale runs Nov. 13 from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., and Nov. 14 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Feature artist will be Chris Hocken, card maker. Lunch will be available on Saturday from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. with donations to Christmas Bureau. A door prize draw will also be held. Directions: south of Innisfail, take exit 365, then 14 miles west on Cottonwood Road Twp Rd. 352, just past RR 30. Contact Sharon at 403-227-2489, Lucille at 403-350-1490, or Wilma at 403-227-2199. ● Red Deer Baha’i celebra-

tion of Twin Holy Birthdays will be held on Nov. 13, 4 to 5 p.m program for the Birth of Bab, followed by supper and at 7 p.m. celebration for Brith of Baha’ u’ llah. To attend, contact Mavis at 403-343-0091.

SATURDAY, NOV. 14 ● Central Alberta Victim and Witness Support Helping Hands Harvest Gala will be held Nov. 14 at Black Knight Inn. Cocktail hour at 5:30 p.m. Buffet dinner at 6:30 p.m.

Highlights include duelling pianos, live art performance by Larry Reese, live and silent auctions, raffles, prizes, RCMP members in ceremonial serge, and more. Tickets are $90 each, or $680 for a table of eight. To purchase tickets see www.victimsupport.ca, or call Shawna at 403-318-2923. ● Our Flags of Remembrance tribute campaign by Veterans Voices of Canada Closing Ceremony will be on Nov. 14 at noon, at H.J. Cody High School in Sylvan Lake.

Flags and plaques will be presented to the sponsor or hero named. Contact Jeanette at 780-920-2053, info@vetvoicecan.org. See www.vetvoicecan.org ● Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) Red Deer and District Annual Candlelight Vigil will be held on Nov. 14, 7:30 p.m. at St. Luke’s Anglican Church. ● Golden Circle Senior Resource Centre presents Bruce Jacobson in Concert, Nov. 14. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. with the concert at 7 p.m. Enjoy Jacobson’s tribute to Robert Service and artwork of Paul Boultbee. Tickets are $20 each and available from the front desk at Golden Circle. Phone 403-343-6074. ● Kids Knit (and grown-ups too!) at Red Deer Public Library Downtown Branch will be offered on Nov. 14 from 2 to 3 p.m. Children ages nine years and up, or children under nine years accompanied by an adult, are welcome to learn to knit, or work on their own project — beginner to expert. Phone 403346-4688. ● Repair Café will be offered on Nov. 14 from noon to 4 pm. at Dawe Branch of Red Deer Public Library. Bring in clothes, furniture, electrical appliances, bicycles, crockery, toys and more and have experts help repair it. ● Royal Canadian Air Force Association members meet at noon on the second Saturday of the month at the ABC Country Restaurant for a luncheon and business meeting. Guests are welcome. Next meeting is Nov. 14. The association preserves and perpetuates the traditions of the Royal Canadian Air Force and advocates a proficient and well equipped air force in Canada. The local 703 Wing provides a forum for serving former participants in military and civil aviation and a meeting of like minded people. Contact Al at 403-341-3253, or email to amlow@shaw.ca. ● Senior Citizens Downtown House musical jam session, dance, and sing-along will be featured on Nov. 14 from 1:30 to 4 p.m. Admission $2.50, includes coffee, tea and goodies. Call 403-346-4043. ● Hillcrest Community Hall Bake Sale and Craft Fair now accepting table rentals for a cost $15. Sale will be Nov. 14 from 10 a.m.

to 3 p.m. and lunch will be served at a nominal fee. Hall is located west on Hwy 587 and RR 22 turn south for 3.2 kms. Contact Bea at 403-224-3880. ● Sunnybrook United Church Bazaar and Coffee Party will be offered on Nov. 14, 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. There will be a bake table, white elephant sale, crafts and more. Contact Linda at 403-347-6073.

support, fellowship, coffee and goodies. See www.celiac.ca, or contact Clarice at 403-3414351 or Marlene at 403-346-6235. ● Lacombe and District Garden Club meets the third Tuesday of each month at 7 p.m. at Lacombe Memorial Centre. The next meeting will be on Nov. 17. Phone Pamela at 403-782-5061 or email pamela.d.neumann@ gmail.com.

SUNDAY, NOV. 15

WEDNESDAY, NOV. 18

● Fall Concert at Spruce View Hall will go Nov. 15, 7 p.m. featuring live music by The Chief and His Chieftans Band and special guests. Tickets at the door cost $15 for single, or $25 for a couple. Phone 403-8457877, or 403-846-7216. ● Central Alberta Refugee Effort — Welcoming Immigrants to Alberta for 35 Years exhibit — Official Opening will be at Red Deer Museum and Art Gallery on Nov. 15 at 2 p.m. ● Lacombe Legion Breakfast is offered on the third Sunday of each month, next Nov. 15, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Coffee hour is held every Wednesday from 9:30 to 11 a.m.

Phone 403-782-6441. ● Family Planetarium will be held at Kerry Wood Nature Centre on Nov. 15 at 1 p.m.

Join an interpreter for a tour of the autumn sky. Costs are $3 per person or $10 per family. Phone 403-346-2010. ● Craft and Bake Sale at the German-Canadian Club of Red Deer Clubhouse on Nov. 15, noon to 5 p.m. located at 38167 RR 280 in Red Deer County. Contact Donna at 403-346-0085, Henrietta at 403-342-6374.

● Red Deer Safety City Society Annual General Meeting will be held Nov. 18, 7 p.m.

Program and financial performance will be reviewed as well as elections, and information on kiosk leasing opportunities. See www. safetycity.ca, or contact 403-314-9914, safetycity@telusplanet.net. ● Art and More at Dawe Branch of Red Deer Public Library goes Nov. 18 from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. for children ages seven and up.

The theme will be sculpting. ● Homework Hangout for New English Speakers is offered on Wednesdays at Downtown Branch of Red Deer Public Library from 7 to 8:15 p.m. in the mezz on Nov. 18, 25, and Dec. 2. Program is open only to new immigrant youth registered through Central Alberta Refugee Effort, 403-346-8818 immigrantyouth@care2centre.ca ● Fireside Readers book club will meet on Nov. 18 from 6:30 to 8 p.m. at Red Deer Public Library Downtown Branch in Waskasoo Kiwanis Meeting Room. For discussion will be Go Set a Watchman or To Kill a Mockingbird both by Harper Lee. Phone 403-3429110. See the blog at http://firesidereaders. rdpl.org/. If you can’t attend meetings, read along and post your comments. ● Central Alberta Refugee Effort presents Learn the Basics of Making a Will for those new to Canada on Nov. 18, 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. in Snell Auditorium at Downtown Branch of Red Deer Public Library. ● Epilepsy Association of Central Alberta presents Epilepsy Jeopardy with host and emcee Jon Doig on Nov 18, 1:30 to 2:30 at The Hub on Ross in support on Epilepsy Month of November. See www.epilepsycalgary.com, or contact 403-358-3358 or epilepsy.nklassen@telus.net. ● Red Deer Comedians will be at The Hub on Ross on Nov. 18, 25, Dec. 2, 9, and 16 at 6:30 p.m. Join Jason Steele and other Red Deer comedians for a family night of laughs. Phone 403-340-4869. ● Red Deer Legion Old-Time Dance with Black Velvet is on Nov. 18 at 7 p.m. Cost is $7, or $13.95 with buffet starting at 5 p.m.

Phone 403-342-0035. ● Harvard Historical Aviation Society presents the documentary Silent Wings which details the history of glider pilots in WW2, Nov. 18, 7 p.m. at Red Deer Flying Club at Red Deer Airport. Admission by donation.

Popcorn and soft drinks available for purchase. tslindhout@shaw.ca. ● Central Alberta Historical Society Program on Building the Centrium media presentation with speaker Curtis Lund will be held at Red Deer Museum and Art Gallery on Nov. 18 at 7 p.m. ● Riverside Meadows Community Association Annual General Meeting will be held at the community activity centre on Nov. 18 at 7 p.m.

MONDAY, NOV. 13 ● Red Deer Fish and Game Association Special Meeting is on Nov. 16, 7 p.m. at Royal Canadian Legion Red Deer. Discussions of 2014 financial statements, membership fee increase, and hiring of an administrative assistant will be held. ● Red Deer Flying Club meets the third Wednesday of each month at 7:30 p.m. at the Terminal Building at Red Deer Airport. The next meeting will be on Nov. 16. See www. reddeerflyingclub.org. Visitors and new members welcome. Phone 403-350-5511.

TUESDAY, NOV. 17 ● Somali Education Fundraiser will include tea, talk, treats, bake sale and educational presentation on Nov. 17, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at The Hub on Ross. Phone 403-3404869. ● Schizophrenia — A Personal Story — will be presented at Red Deer Public Library Dawe Branch on Tuesdays, Nov. 17, from 6 to 7 p.m. Co-sponsored by Schizophrenia Society of Alberta to improve quality of life for those affected. ● CrossRoads Church Seniors Gems monthly luncheon is offered on Nov. 17 from noon to 2 p.m. in the Chapel. All seniors invited. The cost is $8 at the door. Phone 403-347-6425. A program on veterans will be featured. ● Red Deer Celiac Support Group meets in the coffee lounge at the south location of Sobeys Inc. on the third Tuesday of every month starting at 7 p.m., next Nov. 17. Those sensitive and allergic to gluten are invited to come out and find out more about celiac disease, gluten free diets and products,

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Cats do what they want

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

LOS ANGELES — Dogs work. Cats sleep, purr and preen. At least that is what dog people would have you believe. Author Lisa Rogak set out to discover what cats really spend their time doing. The result is her book called Cats on the Job. She found that dogs do what you want, but cats do what they want. Dogs will follow your job description, cats create their own. That’s why so many cat jobs are one-of-a-kind. Basically, with dogs, you get the help you wanted.

With cats, you get help you didn’t know you wanted.

After all, a lot of people swear the Internet was saved when memes came along, celebrating cats for being catlike — Grumpy Cat’s frown (8.1 million Facebook followers) or Nora’s piano-playing prowess.

Welcome cats greet you if they are in the mood, she said. “That’s why some people are afraid of cats. They don’t suck up to people like a lot of dogs will do.”

Rogak’s first chapter tells the story of Sable, a crossing guard cat from West Richland, Washington. Sable showed up one day in 2011, watched crossing guard Monti Franckowiak for a while, then what Franckowiak did on one side of the street, Sable did on the

other.

Sable was there twice a day, every day. The school presented him with an official orange safety vest. If it was snowing, the cat would watch from the top of a snowpile. And if a student should fall, he would be right there to lick away the tears, Franckowiak said.

Rogak said she laughed all the way through her research. “It was very therapeutic.”

She even went to a book signing with one of the cats she profiled, Boswell the Fifth, who lives in Boswell’s Books in Shelburne Falls, Massachusetts. (She’s the fifth cat named Boswell to hold court at the store over the years.)

But when it came to signing books, Boswell wanted none of it. So the store got a signature stamp in her name while she curled up in the front window or recycle bin.

When Rogak visited Rusty, CEO of Rusty’s Heirloom Tomatoes, in Dunbarton, New Hampshire, she met owner Ken Cook and got a tour from Rusty.

Then Rusty bowed out for a cat nap.

In her introduction, Rogak says a lot of cat-lovers believe the best job for a cat is CMO — Chief Mousing Officer.

Mousing was Carlow’s first job when the tabby with an orange moustache first took up residence at a New York firehouse. Firefighters on Engine 22, Ladder 13, were on a call in the spring

of 2011 when they found the kitten in a car tire, said Jessica Mikel-Bertolini, whose husband, Thomas Bertolini, is one of the cat’s buddies at the station on the Upper East Side of Manhattan.

They took him to the firehouse, named him for a nearby bar and put him to work. At first they found a lot of dead mice. Now the mice are long gone and Carlow’s got a new job as an up-and-comer on Instagram: Carlow FDNY Cat, with over 25,000 followers.

The photos show off his many sleeping perches on the firetruck and battalion chief’s SUV, said Mikel-Bertolini, but she also posts pictures of other cats sent in by fans, some of them also firehouse residents.

Carlow went missing about a month after he arrived. Signs were posted, neighbours joined the hunt, the media got involved and people called offering help. He was found on a nearby street.

Firefighters spent a few weeks then training Carlow to make sure he didn’t leave the firehouse again. When the alarm sounds now, he heads to the back of the building and waits for his crew’s return.

Rogak’s next book is about Jan Louch and the cats she cared for at the library where she works. Rogak met them while researching Cats on the Job, but they were so special, they deserved their own book. It’s due out

Photo by ADVOCATE news services

This photo provided by Lisa Rogak shows Carlow the cat perched on a fire truck in New York. next spring: The True Tails of Baker and Taylor: The Library Cats Who Left Their Pawprints on a Small Town … and the World.

“Time and time again,” said Rogak, “people said having a cat in the library or workplace softened the work environment, not only for employees, but for customers.”

REGISTRATIONS LOCAL EVENTS AND ORGANIZATIONS ● University of Alberta researchers have developed a Toolkit that can be used by communities to implement alternative transportation for seniors. A free half-day workshop will be offered on Nov. 20 to find out more. Individuals, local government, voluntary organizations, seniors organizations, and others from Central Alberta are invited to attend. Space is limited to 30 participants. For registration and information, contact Mayank Rehani at 780-492-5892, mard@ualberta. ca. Co-sponsored by Medically At-Risk Driver Centre. ● Kerry Wood Nature Centre has sev-

eral upcoming programs. In a Rut Night Out will be offered on Nov. 20, 7:30 to 10 p.m. for adults to explore nature without the kids; refreshments will be served. Soap Making Workshop will be offered on Nov. 21, 1 to 4 p.m. and offers holiday gift ideas. Kids’ Winter Bird Feeding Workshop will follow on Nov. 22 at 2 p.m. and teaches children ages six to 13 about winter bird feeding. Costs are $15 plus GST for Friends of Kerry Wood Nature Centre members or $17 for non-members for the In a Rut Night Out and Soap Making Workshop, and $7 for members or $8 for non-members per child for the Kids’ Winter

Bird Feeding Workshop. Phone 403-3462010. ● Tree House Youth Theatre will perform a collection of Robert Munch stories including Angela’s Airplane, Mud Puddle, Millicent and the Wind, The Paper Bag Princess and more on Dec. 3 to 5, 7:30 p.m., and on Dec. 5 at 2 p.m. at the Scott Block Theatre. Tickets, $10 are available through www.treehouseyouththeatre.ca or call at 403896-8983. ● Klaglahachie Fine Arts Society presents Mary Poppins running Fridays to Sundays, Nov. 27 to Dec. 12 at Ponoka Unit-

ed Church. Tickets available at kfatheatre. com or call 403-783-4087. Costs are $25 for adults or $50 including dinner, or starting at $10 for children. ● Central Alberta Singles Club is sponsoring a dance on Nov. 28 at Royal Canadian Legion Innisfail Hall. Music by Phil Wayne.

Doors open at 7:30 p.m. Music starts at 8 p.m. Non-singles and everyone welcome. For information, call Elaine at 403-341-7653 or Bob at 403-304-7440.

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at Pidherney Curling Centre from 5:30 to 8 p.m. Tickets are $100 each at caunitedway. ca under news and events link. Phone 403343-3900. ● Ponoka Festival of Trees offers several events at the Calnash Ag Event Centre, Nov. 19 to 21. The Opening Night Gala, Live and Silent Auction with Danny Hooper will be offered on Nov. 19. Tickets are $60 each or $450 for a table of eight. Seniors Tea will be held on Nov. 20 from 3 to 4:30 p.m. for $6, and from 5 to 9 p.m. for general admission $5 for ages 12 and over. Breakfast with Santa goes Nov. 21, 8 to 11 a.m. Adults admission is $20 or $10 for kids, and $125 for a table of eight. Phone 403-783-0730. ● Girls’ Hangout on the third Thursday of each month at Timberlands Branch of Red Deer Public Library from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m.

Girls in Grades 4 and 5 are invited on Nov. 19. ● Central Alberta Prostate Awareness and Support Group meets the third Thursday of each month at 7:30 p.m. at Gaetz Memorial United Church in the parlour. The next meeting is Nov. 19. This group has experience and information to share. Knowing about the prostate, symptoms of prostate cancer, and other prostate diseases can save your life. Men and spouses are welcome.

Phone 403-350-5511. ● SMART Recovery meets on Thursdays at 7:30 p.m. at Safe Harbour Detox Centre.

Learn about and get support for addictive

behaviours. See www.smartrecovery.org, or phone 403-348-3499. ● Golden Circle Senior Resource Centre dance, Nov. 19 7 to 10 p.m. at the seniors’ centre. Dance to the music of Allsorts Band. Admission is $7. Phone 403-347-6165, 403-342-2875, or 403-341-4672. ● Mostly Acoustic Recital free lunchtime concert showcase of Red Deer College music students will be held Nov. 19, 1 p.m. in Studio C at RDC Arts Centre. ● Central Alberta Community Legal Clinic will hold a photo identification clinic on Nov. 19 from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. at 301 5008 Ross St. The clinic offers free affidavits of identification that are notarized by a lawyer.

This ID does not replace government issued ID but is intended to help people access ba-

sic services while replacing their proper ID. To book an appointment, phone 430-3149129, see www.communitylegalclinic.net, or email to info@communitylegalclinic.net. ● Borscht Supper will be offered at St. Vladimir Ukrainian Catholic Church in the parish hall on Nov. 19, 5:30 to 7 p.m. in support of wounded soldiers and volunteers in Ukraine. Tickets sold at the door for a cost of $13 for adults, and $6 for children 10 years of age and under. For more information call Larry at 403-782-5828. ● Golden Circle Senior Resource Centre dance, Thursday, Nov. 19, 7 to 10 p.m. at the seniors’ centre. Dance to the music of Allsorts Band. Admission is $7. Phone 403347-6165, 403-342-2875, or 403-346-3896.

THURSDAY, NOV. 19 ● Stettler Old Tyme Dance is held on the third Thursday of every month, next Nov. 19, at The Hub upstairs at Stettler Recreation Centre with Country Gems band. Dance from 5 to 6 p.m. and 7 to 10 p.m. Hot supper from 6 to 7 p.m. Tickets at the door cost $20 per person, $10 for dance only, $14 for supper only. Phone 403-742-5640. All ages welcome. ● Red Deer and District Pro-Life Annual General Meeting will be held on Nov. 19, 7 p.m. at Liberty Christian Assembly. Hear guest speaker Denise Mountenay, founder/ president of Canada Silent No More, author of Forgiven of Murder — a True Story speak about her abortions. Free refreshments.

Phone 403-789-7787. ● Habitat for Humanity Red Deer Region Society Family Selection Information Session will be held on Nov. 19, 6:30 p.m. at St. Andrew’s United Church in Lacombe for prospective homeowners in Lacombe.

Eligible families interested in attending the information session are asked to register at janice.sibbeston@habitatreddeer.ca, or 403309-6080 ext. 2. ● Annual United Way Scotch Classic presented by MNP will take place on Nov. 19

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ABOVE; Sam Van Gunst sings the poem In Flanders Field.

LEFT; Piper Mark Strachan plays the Lament.

BELOW; Sam Vesely played the Last Post and Reveille.

BOTTOM LEFT; The ceremony was attended by young and old including this group of Brownies and their leader.

Members of the RCMP give a salute after placing a wreath on the cenotaph.

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Who are the Syrian refugees?

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — Somewhere right now, in a refugee camp in Amman or a rental apartment in Beirut or on a street in Istanbul, sits a Syrian hoping to be among the 25,000 people resettled to Canada, possibly by the end of the year.

United Nations staff working with the Canadian government to figure out who will be on the planes or ships dispatched to the region in the coming weeks say they are trying to keep expectations realistic.

“Rumours are already going in the refugee populations that there’s a large program, that Canadians are coming,” said Furio De Angelis, the Canadian representative of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees.

“We have to explain, present it as it is, an extraordinary effort but not everyone is eligible.”

The UN refugee agency, tasked with overseeing what’s been called the greatest refugee crisis since the Second World War — is actually very specific when it comes to selecting people for resettlement.

Their cases are assessed against a number of categories, including whether they’re in immediate physical danger, are survivors of violence or torture, have medical needs or are a woman, child or adolescent at risk.

Those categories are applied against a person’s current situation, not the one they left. So, for example, a female refugee from Syrian being detained in Lebanon and who is therefore at risk of being deported, could be a case that lands on a Canadian visa officer’s desk.

But unlike usual procedures, where the cases are processed individually, this program will likely involving the batching together of groups and the simplification of paperwork. For example, the Canadian government could accept that no one under 18 is likely a major security risk and lessen the requirement to conduct detailed reviews of those files.

The focus is on choosing refugees from Jordan, Lebanon and Turkey.

In Jordan, there are 629,152 registered Syrians, the majority of whom do not live in refugee camps.

The population is roughly split 50-50 between male and female and more than half are under the age of 18. About 30 per cent of the population is identified as having a specific need that would make them eli-

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Syrian refugees gather outside their embassy waiting to apply for passports or to renew their old passports, in Amman, Jordan. Somewhere right now, in a refugee camp in Amman or a rental apartment in Beirut or on a street in Istanbul, sits a Syrian hoping to be among the 25,000 people resettled to Canada, possibly by the end of the year. gible for resettlement.

In Lebanon, there are around 1.1 million registered Syrians and though the government has no official camps for them, some have crowded into camps originally set up for Palestinians. There are at least 1,500 children, nearly three-quarters of them Syrian, begging or working as street vendors, according to the UN. In Turkey, there are 2.1 million registered Syrians, again split roughly 50-50 between male and female and about a third are children. Two-thirds of the youngsters aren’t in school, according to one recent study by Human Rights Watch. Alan Kurdi, the child whose family had considered trying to reach Canada as they fled from Syria, died instead trying to reach Turkey.

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Raw sewage dump going ahead as planned

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS MONTREAL — The City of Montreal says the controversial process of dumping eight billion litres of raw sewage into the St. Lawrence River went off without a hitch as it got underway Wednesday.

Mayor Denis Coderre told reporters gathered along a shoreline in southwestern Montreal that everything was proceeding as planned and the infrastructure repair work that necessitated the discharge remains on schedule.

Certain sewers began diverting untreated sewage away from an aging interceptor and directly into the river just after midnight on Wednesday morning, work that will continue for one week.

The release of untreated waste water is necessary in order to complete repairs on an aging interceptor tunnel that feeds sewage to a treatment facility as well as to relocate a snow chute.

“Not only was there no other option, but it was necessary for the future, for the very integrity of the infrastructure,” Coderre said. “We are protecting our river and it’s better to have (the discharge) planned than just to react to a (break or rupture) where we might have even more waste water.”

Richard Fontaine, head of Montreal’s waste water management department, said residents shouldn’t expect to see the river water change colour or notice lingering strong smells, in response to questions about a white filmy substance photographed on the river.

He attributed the colour to phosphorus, normal even without a sewage dump.

Fontaine said the most important way to measure the effect on the river is to take quality samples before, during and after the work is complete.

City workers got a look at parts the aging sewer collector located about 35 metres underground and Coderre said that he will inspect the tunnel firsthand on Thursday.

“It’s not pretty,” Fontaine said of a status report workers provided.

The city took out full-page advertisements in local newspapers explaining the planned discharge is unfortunate but necessary.

Opposition Leader Luc Ferrandez of Projet Montreal accused Coderre of acting cynically and plowing ahead without having a long-term plan to deal with future events.

Coderre brushed off the criticism, saying all levels of government would sit down to address the issue.

City officials have called on people to stay out of the river, but drinking water isn’t affected.

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A signs warns to avoid contact with the water along the shores of the St. Lawrence River, Wednesday.

The city has begun its massive sewage dump Wednesday, dumping some 8 billion litres of untreated wastewater into the St. Lawrence over the space of a week in order to repair parts of its sewage system.

They’re also asking residents where the sewers are discharging directly into the river to refrain from flushing certain items such as diapers, condoms and medications.

“There’s a very simple test — before you throw it in the toilet bowl, would you put it in your pool or your bathtub? That’s the question you have to ask yourself,” Fontaine said.

In Quebec City, Municipal Affairs Minister Pierre Moreau said Quebec municipalities must reduce sewage spills but did not set specific goals.

His said his department’s data reveals Quebec cities conducted 45,000 sewage spills in 2013 alone.

tered as refugees from the Syrian conflict, and the United Nations wants to resettle about a third.

While the Liberal plan is focused on the logistics of how to get some of them here now, they are also thinking about the future.

Immigration Minister John McCallum highlighted this week that one member of the committee pulling together the plan is Minister of Democratic Institutions Maryam Monsef.

“She is a minister who is actually a refugee herself,” McCallum said. “We talked about the fact that 20 years from now we may have one of the Syrian refugees sitting around the cabinet table.

“That speaks to the kind of vision we have in this plan.”

The Liberal cabinet meets to review their approach on Thursday.

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A family member said Charles Mackenzie and his wife, Dorothy Mackenzie, both from Baddeck, N.S., were found dead on Monday.

Charles Mackenzie’s brother-in-law Douglas Hastings said family members currently in Mexico for the wedding were dealing with their deaths.

“I know that they’re more concerned about the remains and cremation and things like that. I don’t really know about the wedding,” said Hastings, whose wife was also in Mexico.

An official from the prosecutor’s office in the Mexican state of Quintana Roo said the couple’s bodies were found in a whirlpool spa and showed no signs of violence.

The official, who wouldn’t give her name as she wasn’t authorized to speak publicly about the case, said autopsies have indicated that Charles Mackenzie died of a heart attack and his wife died of asphyxia by submersion.

She said the deaths appeared to be accidental and linked, suggesting the man’s heart attack may have somehow caused the woman to drown.

A spokesman for the Playacar Palace hotel, where the couple was staying, said the deaths are still under investigation.

David Rubeo dismissed earlier media reports that suggested the couple had been electrocuted in the hot tub of their room.

“The room was perfectly fine. All the equipment was working perfectly,” he said. “What the family mentioned was a heart attack.”

Rubeo said the couple’s family was still staying at the hotel and was being assisted by hotel staff.

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Patterns of heartbreak, joy TRIO HAS GONE FROM PLAYING SCHOOL TALENT SHOWS TO GIGS AT LOCAL BARS

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dom thoughts that occur. “Sometimes they tell a story about something that happened to myself or other people I know… and sometimes they are made up of mixed stories.”

Brian Teaches Jonah is the oldest tune, written about five years ago and recently fine-tuned. There’s also Who’s Your Bernadette?, which borrows the name of the love interest on the TV show The Big Bang Theory — even though Corey doesn’t watch the series.

“It’s based on my friend and the trouble he was having romantically,” he said.

All the Time is about heartache, which the musicians are now old enough to understand. Corey added, “It’s kind of a heartbreak song, but it’s ing with White appeared on the Beatles’ debut album, Please Please Me.”

Session drummer who played on Beatles hit dead at 85 NEW YORK — Andy White, a top session drummer in England during the 1960s who played on songs by Tom Jones and Herman’s Hermits among others and stepped in for newcomer Ringo Starr as the Beatles recorded their debut single Love Me Do, has died.

White, who was 85, died Monday at his home in Caldwell, New Jersey.

He died several days after suffering a stroke, his wife, Thea, said on Wednesday.

The Scottish-born White was recruited in September 1962 to help out on Love Me Do, which became the Beatles’ first hit. Two versions of the song were released — one with White on drums and Starr on tambourine, and one with Starr on drums. The record-

Legendary stripper Carol Doda dies at 78 SAN FRANCISCO — Legendary stripper Carol Doda, who helped introduce topless entertainment more than 50 years ago, has died at age 78.

Friend Ron Minolla says she died Monday in San Francisco of complications related to kidney failure.

Doda went topless in 1964 at the Condor Club and soon changed every nightspot on busy Broadway. She left the club in 1985 and later owned a lingerie store.

Doda, known for her augmented bust, rode onto stage atop a piano on an elevator platform, debuting the same day President Lyndon B. Johnson drew half a million people in a visit to San Francisco. It wasn’t long before the big news in town was “The Girl on the Piano.”

An illuminated sign on the club in Doda’s likeness later became a landmark.

a tribute band,” said Craig, 22.

“It made us look at our own music in a different way,” said Jonah.

Corey (who like Jonah is 21) said the experience left him with a renewed respect for the complicated harmonies and infectious melodies of ’60s tunes.

“It influenced me to write more complex harmonies for the songs I write for the band.”

Figuring out how to sound like two of the world’s greatest rock bands also upped their game. Corey admitted that learning intricate Beach Boys harmonies “made it easier for us to sing anything else.”

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When Jonah Falk spotted Corey Gomez’s Stones-themed pencil container when both were students at a Red Deer middle school, he knew he’d found a like musical soul.

“I didn’t think anyone else my age knew who the Rolling Stones were. We were both 13, we weren’t supposed to know!” recalled Falk, with a chuckle.

It turned out that Corey was not only familiar with Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, he was a huge Beatles fan — as was Jonah.

Corey and his year-older brother Craig were also learning to play the guitar and other instruments at the time — as was Jonah.

With so much in common, didn’t take long for the trio to form the band Underside Pattern about seven years ago.

Group members have since come and gone, including drummer Steven Wheeler who most recently moved away to attend university. But the Gomez brothers and Falk have remained at its core: Craig has taken over playing the drums, while Corey is the group’s bassist and Jonah is the guitarist.

Their band went from playing at talent shows at Camille J. LeRouge to performing at all-ages charity events, to doing gigs at local bars. The next show is at Bo’s Bar and Grill, with Toronto band The Elwins on Nov. 17.

Underside Pattern is also recording its first six-song EP, expected to come out by early 2016. The EP will be called Brian — which is an in-joke.

Craig explained that he and Cory once saw a cardboard cutout of frizzyhaired Queen musician Brian May in a record store and immediately made the connection to curly-haired Jonah.

“Brian is the name we came up with for Jonah’s hair,” said Craig, with a chuckle.

Because it has a life of its own, joked Jonah.

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Life after Keystone XL? IN AFTERMATH OF PIPELINE REJECTION, NO EASY OPTIONS FOR TRANSCANADA

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS CALGARY — Immediately after U.S. President Barack Obama denied a permit for the Keystone XL pipeline, TransCanada Corp. (TSX:TRP) vowed to review all of its options.

Unfortunately for the Calgary-based company, none of those options are quick, simple or sure to succeed, according to a Washington, D.C., lawyer who at one time dealt with energy issues at the U.S. Department of Justice.

“There’s not much anyone can do to reverse the decision practically or legally in the short term,” said Jim Rubin, now a partner at Dorsey & Whitney.

The one possibility TransCanada raised in its statement Friday was filing for a new permit to ship oilsands crude across the border.

That’s a non-starter as long as Obama is in the White House, said Rubin. Same story if the Democrats win the 2016 election, given the front-runners for the nomination have come out against the project.

The best hope, said Rubin, is for TransCanada to bide its time and see if the Republicans take power in 2017.

The rejection came when it did because a “per-

fect storm” of factors happened to coincide, said Rubin.

Oil prices are low, so Americans weren’t grumbling about pump prices. A new Canadian prime minister came to power who, while supportive of Keystone XL, has not been as aggressive as his predecessor. And then there are the UN climate talks coming up a few weeks from now in Paris.

Rubin said there could be a congressional push to change the permit process, which gives the president ultimate say over cross-border infrastructure and the State Department oversight of the review.

But again, said Rubin, that’s unlikely to fly until after the next election — if at all.

“We would have to have a Congress capable of passing legislation and a president willing to sign it.

Right now have neither,” he said.

Going through the courts is the most complicated route, said Rubin, adding that the optics of TransCanada itself launching a lawsuit aren’t great. Other parties could argue they’ve suffered economic harm as a result of the project not going ahead, but that’s tough to prove.

A challenge under the North American Free Trade Agreement would be a protracted process and a win would be far from a sure bet. The best-case scenario for TransCanada would be recouping funds

it sunk into the project, said Rubin.

“I wouldn’t be putting a lot of effort in that because it won’t make Keystone come back.”

Afolabi Ogunnaike, a Houston-based analyst at consulting firm Wood Mackenzie, had already been expecting Keystone XL’s startup to be pushed past 2020. Now the pressure is on the other three big pipelines out of Alberta to proceed — Energy East to the Atlantic and Northern Gateway and the Trans Mountain Expansion to the Pacific. The latter seems the most likely to succeed, he said.

TransCanada may look at building pipe along the same route of its existing Keystone network, which has been delivering crude to the Midwest since 2010, Oklahoma since 2011 and the Gulf Coast since early 2014. The XL segment would have offered a more direct path from the border via Montana, South Dakota and Nebraska.

“It may be something that they will be looking to do now as they’re going back to the drawing board, to really figure out, ‘OK — do we really focus more of our energy on Energy East or do we still try and push on KXL,” said Ogunnaike.

“Maybe they will pursue all of the above. Because one thing is clear: Alberta needs more takeaway capacity.”

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Master Toys TPP’S RULES ON INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY PULLED INTO SPOTLIGHT

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — Concerns voiced by Jim Balsillie over the massive Trans-Pacific Partnership treaty have intensified scrutiny of the pact’s intellectual-property provisions — and whether they represent a bad deal for Canada. The former co-chief executive of Research in Motion fired off warnings this week about the final text of the 12-country agreement, a deal reached after years of mostly secret negotiations.

Balsillie’s TPP criticisms zeroed in on intellectual-property rules that he says would favour the more-dominant United States and its companies that already own ideas. These conditions, he added, would harm emerging entrepreneurs in the business of innovation from smaller countries like Canada.

Over time, he believes the standards could cost Canada billions of dollars in lost prosperity in the growing innovation segment of the economy — which, he argues, could make signing the deal Canada’s worst-ever policy decision. Balsillie is not alone in his concern. A week after the text’s release to the public, more and more experts have pored over its fine print — and some have found problematic elements rolled into the deal’s chapter on intellectual property. Michael Geist, a law professor who specializes in intellectual property, agrees the TPP’s copyright provisions could prove costly for Canadian companies, particularly when it comes to lost opportunities. Geist called the treaty’s intellectual-property standards a “failure” and said their impact could be significant because they would govern the increasingly important innovation share of Canada’s economy.

“What we’re fundamentally talking about is establishing the rules of the road for virtually all Canadian business, for the Canadian economy and for much of the global economy for years and decades to come,” said Geist, who holds the Canada Research Chair in Internet and E-commerce Law at the University of Ottawa.

“Those who set the rules for those industries put themselves at a competitive advantage and in this instance it’s quite clearly the United States.”

With a new federal government now in charge, Balisllie’s assessment comes at a critical time for Canada’s future in the TPP, a wide-ranging pact expected to benefit other Canadian sectors — from agriculture to auto parts.

The Trudeau government is reviewing the deal as it determines whether to support an agreement negotiated —and committed to — by their Conservative predecessors.

Copyright expert Ariel Katz said American influence in the intellectual property system would give U.S. companies an edge because net exporters of technologies would generate cash from everyone else.

In addition, Katz said those costs and the protected ideas themselves would make it more difficult for other companies, such as Canadian firms, to develop their own technologies.

Katz, an associate law professor, also warned that ratifying the TPP would lock Canada into a deal that could not be modified, even if issues surface down the road.

“Why would anyone in his right mind want to do that?” said Katz, who holds the Innovation Chair in Electronic Commerce at the University of Toronto.

On top of that, he said the investor state dispute mechanisms in the TPP would essentially give foreign companies the right to proceed with lawsuits against the federal government in foreign courts, even if the Supreme Court of Canada rules against them.But not everyone agrees that TPP would present significant problems for intellectual property in Canada.

“Generally speaking, I don’t think that the TPP requires us to do very much that we’re not already doing,” said Nathaniel Lipkus, an intellectual-property lawyer with Osler in Toronto.

“We couldn’t identify anything that was unambiguously good or bad about it.”

Lipkus said the pact would level the playing field when it comes to intellectual property, which could encourage foreign companies to do business in Canada, where the rules would become more familiar to them. He said there will be winners and losers, but he believes success will hinge more on how firms run their businesses rather than whether new intellectual-property rules were in their favour.

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But profits still weakened as the Toronto-based company booked expenses from its initial public offering on the Toronto Stock Exchange in July.

Executives at Spin Master, which manufactures a range of toys and board games, told analysts Wednesday that it spent much of the summer preparing for the unveiling of its Star Wars toys.

The company is one of numerous international toymakers with licensing rights.

Traditionally, all things Star Wars have been hot sellers with both kids and collectors.

Spin Master was part of an international product launch for the Disney-owned property that began in September and will lead up to the release of Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens next month.

“We have a great product line that generated very strong reception out of the gate,” said co-CEO Ronnen Harary in a conference call.

“Similar to other industry partners, sales paused after an initial strong surge but we expect sales to pick up again closer to the movie’s launch and as our fall media (advertising campaign) kicks in.”

Among the Star Wars toys Spin Master has on shelves is a 16-inch interactive Yoda figure with voice recognition as well as various remote-controlled versions of the Millennium Falcon and X-Wing Starfighter.

On Tuesday, Spin Master (TSX:TOY) reported net income fell 7.3 per cent to US$51.1 million from $55.1 million a year ago.

The results included a stock-based compensation expense of $43.4 million.

Adjusted earnings, which filter out the IPO costs, rose 32.3 per cent to $74.1 million from $56 million a year earlier.

Revenue grew 31.7 per cent to US$386.8 million from US$293.8 million.

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This product image provided by Spin Master Corp. shows the company’s Legendary Yoda toy. The toy is 16 inches tall and boasts lifelike movements and voice recognition. The U.S. toy industry is expected to have its strongest year in over a decade, with anything Star Wars, robotic and life-like pets expected to drive holiday sales.

The company reported that the Paw Patrol toys, based on the Nickelodeon show, helped sales in the “pre-school and girls” segment of the business soar 71.7 per cent to $131.9 million from a year ago.

Molson Coors sells Vancouver brewery

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS MONTREAL — Molson Coors is preparing to modernize its Canadian brewing capacity after finding a buyer for its Vancouver site and preparing to take action on its historic operations in Montreal.

“Overall, I think we’ve got a very strong plan for reshaping the supply chain in Canada,” Stewart Glendinning, CEO of Molson Coors Canada, said Thursday during a conference call.

Molson Coors (TSX:TPX.B, NYSE:TAP) beat expectations even though its adjusted profit decreased 4.3 per cent to US$259.9 million in the third quarter due to currency swings and the termination of distribution agreements including Miller brands in Canada.

The Denver and Montreal-based company reported Thursday that it earned US$1.40 per diluted share, compared with US$1.46 per share or US$271.5 million a year earlier.

Meanwhile, Molson said it has found a purchaser for its 55-year-old Vancouver brewery, where beer bottling was discontinued earlier this year.

It plans to use the undisclosed proceeds to build a new plant over the next two to three years somewhere in the province for its brewing and distribution operations.

Until then, it will lease the current site from the new owner.

A feasibility study expected to be completed in the new year will determine whether it upgrades the current location in Old Montreal or builds a new site. Glendinning told analysts that the new Vancouver brewery will be more cost-effective and help to drive higher earnings.

Molson Coors wouldn’t say specifically if it plans to reduce Canadian brewing capacity to meet declining consumption.

“You can rest assured that rightsizing our capacity is a key part of our plan,” Glendinning said, adding the new operations would be more flexible to accommodate small and large brew formats.

The company declined to comment during the

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Newly-filled and sealed cans of Miller Lite beer move along on a conveyor belt, at the MillerCoors Brewery, in Golden, Colo. Molson Coors will nearly double its size once it completes a US$12-billion purchase that secures full ownership of its U.S. beer business and gains worldwide control of the Miller brand name. conference call on media reports that it has entered into negotiations with SABMiller to purchase its 58 per cent stake in MillerCoors.

British-based SABMiller is expected to sell its stake in the U.S. joint venture with Molson Coors in order to complete a US$106-billion takeover of the company by Anheuser-Busch InBev. Analyst Mark Swartzberg of Stifel Nicolaus expects the joint venture partners will reach a deal by next Wednesday, the current deadline for SABMiller and InBev deal. In the quarter, Molson Coors swung to a US$16.6 million net profit including one-time costs, from a loss of US$34.4 million in the prior year.

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In the first nine months of 2015, its revenue totalled US$9 billion — more than half from its financial and risk segment.

TORONTO — The Ontario Superior Court of Justice has approved a $32.5-million settlement in a class-action lawsuit filed by investors who lost money when Sino-Forest Corp. collapsed in 2012 amid allegations of fraud.

Several Canadian banks and other financial institutions that helped the Chinese forestry company raise millions on the financial markets agreed to the settlement back in January.

The agreement does not include any admission of wrongdoing.

The case alleged that directors, officers, auditors and underwriters at Sino-Forest used misleading accounting tactics to defraud investors.

The allegations have not been proven in court.

The settlement includes Credit Suisse Securities (Canada) Inc., TD Securities Inc. (TSX:TD), Dundee Securities Corp., RBC Dominion Securities Inc. (TSX:RY), Scotia Capital Inc. (TSX:BNS), CIBC World Markets Inc. (TSX:CM), Merrill Lynch Canada Inc., Canaccord Financial Ltd. (TSX:CF) and Maison Placements Canada Inc.

Valeant Pharmaceuticals to face insider trading lawsuit A U.S. judge has refused to dismiss an insider trading lawsuit filed by two pension funds against Quebec-based Valeant Pharmaceuticals and hedge fund manager Bill Ackman over their activities before last year’s failed attempt to acquire Botox-maker Allergan.

District Judge David Carter of California ruled this week that the case filed on behalf

of investors who sold their shares prior to the US$51 billion hostile takeover bid should proceed. The plaintiffs, including Iowa Public Employees’ Retirement System and the State Teachers Retirement System of Ohio, allege that Valeant (TSX:VRX), Ackman and his Pershing Square Capital Management had non-public information and acted to “deceive, manipulate and defraud” by purchasing Allergan shares knowing they would proceed with a takeover.

But the defendants argued the case should be dismissed, in part, because they didn’t violate any securities laws.

Valeant spokeswoman Laurie Little said the company remains convinced it complied with the law.

Pershing and Ackman both declined comment.

MARKETS CLOSE TORONTO — North American markets closed in the red as commodity prices fell after more bad news about Chinese demand for energy and raw materials.

The S&P/TSX composite index posted its sixth consecutive loss, ending the day down 69.70 points to 13,341.93.

The Dow Jones average of 30 stocks closed down 55.99 points to 17,702.22, the broader S&P 500 index declined 6.72 points to 2,075.00 and the Nasdaq fell 16.22 points to 5,067.02.

The Bank of Canada, which publishes the exchange rates of the Canadian dollar, was closed for Remembrance Day. In international trading as of 4 p.m.

ET, the loonie was flat at 75.39 cents U.S. On the commodity markets, the December gold contract fell $3.60 to end trading at US$1,084.90 an ounce and the December contract for natural gas fell 5.7 cents to US$2.263 per mmBtu. The December crude oil contract dropped $1.28 to US$42.93 a barrel.

Craig Jerusalim, portfolio manager at CIBC Asset Management, said energy companies are mostly taking the right steps to protect their balance sheets but there doesn’t seem to be any short-term relief on the horizon because foreign governments are flooding the market with supply.

“The problem in the energy sector lies in the state-owned entities, which are focused on satisfying state budgets and maintaining market share as well as looking to permanently impair long-dated projects,” he said.

Countries where extracting oil is relatively cheap, such as Saudi Arabia or Russia, are looking to keep prices below levels where the more expensive extraction from North

American oilsands and other sources makes economic sense.

“They’re looking to protect their market share today and essentially stop large-scale high-cost project from ever being sanctioned,” he said.

Although a lower price for oil causes state-owned companies the same pain as private ones, Jerusalim explained, in the long term it helps them maintain their importance in the global pool of supply.

China huge growth and seemingly insatiable demand over the past decade helped keep prices for raw materials and energy high, and Jerusalim said that country’s sputtering economy is sending bearish signals for those sectors in Canada.

Chinese government figures released overnight showed annual growth in industrial output weakened to 5.6 per cent in October, matching the same figure from March of this year that was the lowest since 2008.

Fixed-asset investment also slowed.

One bright spot was retail sales growth, which increased 11 per cent in the month for the biggest gain of the year.

China’s Communist leadership has pushed for growth based on domestic consumer spending instead of international trade and heavy industry as the country’s red-hot economy has slowed.

“The stronger retail sales highlight the internal shift that’s going on in China as the emerging middle class continues to grow and demands more from the service sector and the consumer goods sector,” Jerusalim said.

FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS Highlights at the close Wednesday at world financial market trading.

Stocks:

S&P/TSX Composite Index — 13,341.93, down 69.70 points Dow — 17,702.22, down 55.99 points S&P 500 — 2,075.00, down 6.72 points Nasdaq — 5,067.02, down 16.22 points Currencies: Bank of Canada closed for Remembrance Day. Oil futures: US$42.93 per barrel, down $1.28 (December contract) Gold futures: US$1,084.90 per oz., down $3.60 (December contract) Canadian Fine Silver Handy and Harman: Closed for Remembrance Day. ICE FUTURES CANADA WINNIPEG — ICE Futures Canada closing prices (Nov.10): Canola: Nov ‘15 $9.80 lower $460.60 Jan. ‘16 $9.80 lower $468.00 March ‘16 $8.70 lower $474.20 May ‘16 $7.80 lower $477.20 July ‘16 $6.50 lower $479.80 Nov. ‘16 $5.90 lower $470.40 Jan. ‘17 $5.90 lower $470.40 March ‘17 $5.90 lower $470.40 May ‘17 $5.90 lower $470.40 July ‘17 $5.90 lower $470.40 Nov. ‘17 $7.10 lower $470.40.

Barley (Western): Dec. ‘15 unchanged $188.50 March ‘16 unchanged $190.50 May ‘16 unchanged $191.50 July ‘16 unchanged $191.50 Oct. ‘16 unchanged $191.50 Dec. ‘16 unchanged $191.50 March ‘17 unchanged $191.50 May ‘17 unchanged $191.50 July ‘17 unchanged $191.50 Oct. ‘17 unchanged $191.50 Dec. ‘17 unchanged $191.50.

Tuesday’s estimated volume of trade: 558,260 tonnes of canola 0 tonnes of barley (Western Barley). Total: 558,260.

TransCanada wins contract to build natural gas pipeline in Mexico CALGARY — TransCanada Corp. (TSX:TRP) has won a contract to build, own and operate a US$500-million natural gas pipeline for Mexico’s state-owned power company.

Calgary-based TransCanada says the Tuxpan-Tula Pipeline will help meet Mexico’s increasing demand for natural gas as the country shifts to the cleaner-burning fuel.

The company says the pipeline should be completed by late 2017 and it has a 25-year contract with the Comision Federal de Electricidad to operate the line.

The 250-kilometre pipeline will run from the state of Veracruz to natural gas power plants in central and western Mexico, supplying up to 886 million cubic feet of gas a day.

TransCanada already owns and operates the Tamazunchale and Guadalajara pipeline systems in Mexico and is working to complete the Topolobampo and Mazatlan pipelines.

By 2018, the company says it will have invested about US$3 billion in the country and continues to look for more opportunities in Mexico.

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BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS VALLETTA, Malta — The European Union pressed African leaders on Wednesday to take back thousands of people who do not qualify for asylum, as overwhelmed Slovenia began building a razor-wire border fence to keep migrants at bay, raising tensions with neighbouring Croatia.

Sweden, struggling to manage the influx too, became the latest EU nation to announce the introduction of temporary border controls, as of Thursday.

According to the International Organization for Migration, almost 800,000 people have entered Europe by sea this year. The EU predicts that three million more could arrive by 2017.

The Europeans say most Africans are coming in search of work and should be sent home, but many deliberately arrive without documents and must wait months before they are taken back.

At an EU-run summit in Malta, African leaders are set to commit “to co-operate with the EU on return and admission, notably on travel documentation,” according to the latest draft of an “Action Plan” being drawn up.

The president of Niger — a major transit route for Africans heading to lawless Libya in the hopes of crossing the Mediterranean to Europe — was cautious about opening the floodgates for people to return.

“We are open to talk about it. Everything will depend on the conditions that will be put in place for when they arrive,” President Mahamadou Issoufou told reporters in the Maltese capital Valletta, adding that the best method of solving Europe’s migration crisis is to attack the root causes forcing people to leave in the first place.

“We can put security measures in place, but the flow will remain difficult to stop as long as we don’t take measures to reduce poverty,” he said.

The EU is working closely with Niger to stem the flow of migrants toward Libya, and ultimately to Europe. It is also trying to seal deals with Morocco, Tunisia and Egypt. One was signed with Ethiopia as the two-day summit began.

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No eyes on the target U.S. TROOPS WERE HALF MILE AWAY WHEN CHARITY HOSPITAL SHELLED

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

AFGHANISTAN

WASHINGTON — Immediately after the U.S. killed at least 30 people in a devastating airstrike on a charity hospital, Afghanistan’s national security adviser told a European diplomat his country would take responsibility because “we are without doubt, 100 per cent convinced the place was occupied by Taliban,” according to notes of the meeting reviewed by The Associated Press.

More than a month later, no evidence has emerged to support that Afghan position. Eyewitnesses tell the AP they saw no gunman at the hospital.

Instead, there are mounting indications the U.S. military relied heavily on its Afghan allies who resented the internationally run hospital, which treated Afghan security forces and Taliban alike but says it refused to

admit armed men.

The new evidence includes details the AP has learned about the location of American troops during the attack. The U.S. special forces unit whose commander called in the strike was under fire in the Kunduz provincial governor’s compound a half-mile away from the hospital, according to a former intelligence official who has reviewed documents describing the incident. The commander could not see the medical facility — so couldn’t know firsthand whether the Taliban were using it as a base — and sought the attack on the recommendation of Afghan forces, the official said.

Looking ahead, the strike raises questions about whether the U.S. military should rely on intelligence from

Afghan allies in a war in which small contingent of Americans will increasingly fight with larger units of local forces. Also at issue is how American commanders, with sophisticated information technology at their disposal, could have allowed the strike to go forward despite reports in their databases that the hospital was functioning.

Even if armed Taliban fighters had been hiding inside, the U.S. acknowledges it would not have been justified in destroying a working hospital filled with wounded patients.

Jailani, a 31-year-old mechanic who uses only one name, says he was at the hospital to see his brother-in-law, Ibrahim, who was admitted two days before the air strike.

“On the day of the attack I was in the hospital from 9 a.m. until 5 a.m.

During that time, the Taliban came in without guns, as patients or accompanying their patients, or sometimes they

came to take their dead out,” he said.

“They did not have permission to enter the hospital with their guns.”

President Barack Obama has apologized for the attack on the Doctors Without Borders hospital. The Pentagon has said it was a mistake that resulted from both human and technical errors, and it is investigating, along with NATO and the Afghan government, which also are conducting their own investigations. The U.S. has declined to endorse Doctors without Borders’ call for an independent investigation.

“No other nation in the history of warfare has gone to the lengths we do to avoid civilian casualties,” Pentagon spokesman Navy Capt. Jeff Davis said in a statement. “And when we make a mistake, we will not only own up to it, we will also scrutinize all of the facts to learn from them so that it never happens again.”

MINING FOR THE MISSING

DOPING SCANDAL

Putin cancels meeting with Russian sports leader

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS MOSCOW — Vladimir Putin cancelled a meeting with the country’s sports leaders on Wednesday because of heavy rain in Sochi.

The Russian president had been due to discuss the doping allegations published Monday in the World Anti-Doping Agency commission’s report.

Because of the report, which accused Russia of operating a vast state-sponsored doping program, the country’s track and field team is facing possible exclusion from next year’s Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.

According to Russian state news agencies, Putin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said the reason for the cancellation was heavy rain that has restricted flights in and out of Sochi, the host city of last year’s Winter Olympics.

“The decision was taken by the president to continue his working timetable,” Peskov said in comments reported by the RIA Novosti agency.

Putin had been due to meet with track federation coach Yuri Borzakovsky and other Russian sports leaders in Sochi. The plane carrying the sports officials was forced to land in the city of Mineralnye Vody, where they have instead arranged a meeting with Russian Olympic Committee president Alexander Zhukov.

Peskov added that Putin would be briefed and may hold another meeting on sports and doping issues later in the day, depending on how the weather conditions develop.

On Friday, track’s governing body is scheduled to decide whether to suspend Russia, the first step toward preventing the country from competing on the track at the Olympics in Rio. IOC President Thomas Bach said in interview with New Zealand television that he believes Russia will take steps to ensure it complies with global anti-doping rules in time to avoid a ban.

In Russia, Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko said the country was ready to co-operate with WADA and asked the agency to provide a “road map” of reforms to implement.

“If we carry it out, let’s shake hands,” Mutko told the Interfax news agency.

Mutko also took a shot at Britain, criticizing the country’s anti-doping authorities for failing to catch all the supposed Russian drug cheats at the 2012 London Olympics.

The doping report implicated Mutko’s ministry in covering up failed drug tests by Russian athletes.

WORLD

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Men carry an injured dog on a makeshift stretcher after rescuing it in the small town of Bento Rodrigues, which flooded after dams burst in Minas Gerais state, Brazil. Brazilian searchers are looking for people still listed as missing following the burst of two dams at an iron ore mine in a southeastern mountainous area. The mine operator Samarco is jointly owned by the Brazilian mining company Vale and Australia’s BHP Billiton.

Israel lashes out against EU labeling measure

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS JERUSALEM — The European Union’s decision Wednesday to start labeling Israeli products made in the West Bank delivered a resounding show of international disapproval over Israel’s expansion of Jewish settlements and raised the pressure on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to renew peace efforts with the Palestinians.

Israel condemned the measure as unfair and discriminatory, but it appeared helpless to stop its growing isolation over the settlement issue and its treatment of Palestinians. Relations with the EU in particular have deteriorated in recent years due to disputes over the settlements.

“The EU decision is hypocritical and constitutes a double standard,” Netanyahu said, adding that Israel had been unfairly singled out.

Speaking from Washington, he said, “The EU should be ashamed.”

Israel captured the West Bank and east Jerusalem in the 1967 Mideast war and began settling both areas shortly

‘THE EU DECISION IS HYPOCRITICAL AND CONSTITUTES A DOUBLE STANDARD. THE EU SHOULD BE ASHAMED.’ — BENJAMIN NETANYAHU, PRIME MINISTER afterward. The Palestinians claim both areas as parts of a future state, a position that has global support.

The international community opposes settlement construction, saying their continued growth undermines establishing an independent Palestine alongside Israel. Today, nearly 600,000 Israelis live in the two areas, almost 10 per cent of the country’s Jewish population.

Israel’s centrist and dovish opposition also supports the idea of a Palestinian state, saying a separation is the only way to preserve Israel’s Jewish majority. While Netanyahu has endorsed this “two-state solution,” critics say he has done little to promote it.

The EU decision is “dramatically adverse to the idea of moving toward

FROM A CERTAIN POINT OF VIEW

in 2011.

Man arrested on suspicion of making online threats to shoot blacks

BRIEFS

Myanmar transition to democracy on track YANGON, Myanmar — Myanmar’s president has promised a peaceful transfer of power to the victorious party of opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi in general elections, ensuring that the country’s march toward greater democracy after decades of military rule will not be derailed.

Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy said Wednesday it received a message from Information Minister Ye Htut on behalf of President Thein Sein congratulating it for leading the race for parliamentary seats in the Nov. 8 election.

Ye Htut said the government will pursue a peaceful transfer of power “in accordance with the legislated timeline.” He was not immediately available for comment.

The message helps remove lingering concerns that the military, which has a large influence over the ruling party, may deny the NLD power, as it did after elections in 1990.

peace with our neighbours,” opposition leader Isaac Herzog told reporters in New York.

Another opposition lawmaker, Tzipi Livni, said Israel could thwart the Europeans’ move if it shows it is serious about pursuing peace. “We need the right policies. We don’t need public diplomacy and we definitely shouldn’t yell at them that they are anti-Semitic,” the former foreign minister said on her Facebook page.

EU officials described their decision as technical, saying it merely clarified existing policy.

Lars Faaborg-Andersen, the EU ambassador to Israel, said the 28-nation bloc does not recognize lands captured in 1967, including Israeli-annexed east Jerusalem, as Israeli territory. “This is something that also happens to be the view of 99 per cent of the international community,” he said in Jerusalem.

The EU has taken other steps to protest settlement construction. A free-trade policy with Israel does not apply to settlement goods, and a landmark technology-sharing agreement does not allow EU funds to be spent beyond Israel’s pre-1967 lines.

Photo by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

A bright yellow monumental sculpture by artist Deborah Kass dominates a hill in Brooklyn Bridge Park, Wednesday in New York. When viewed from Manhattan, the sculpture reads ‘Yo,’ but when viewed from Brooklyn it spells the popular Yiddish expression ‘Oy.’ The aluminum sculpture was commissioned by Brooklyn developer Two Trees Management Company and will remain up until August 2016.

It also means that Myanmar is likely to soon have its first government in decades that isn’t under the military’s sway. But while an NLD victory virtually assures it of being able to elect

the president as well, Suu Kyi remains barred from becoming president by a constitutional provision inserted by the military before it transferred power to a quasi-civilian government

COLUMBIA, Mo. — A white college student suspected of posting online threats to shoot black students and faculty at the University of Missouri was charged Wednesday with making a terrorist threat, adding to the racial tension at the heart of the protests that led two top administrators to resign earlier this week.

Hunter M. Park, a 19-year-old sophomore studying computer science at a sister campus in Rolla, was arrested shortly before 2 a.m. at a residence hall, authorities said. The school said no weapons were found. Boone County prosecutors announced the criminal charge later Wednesday and recommended that he be held without bond.

Park, who is enrolled at the Missouri University of Science and Technology, was jailed in Columbia, about 75 miles (120 kilometres) to the northwest.

The author of the posts, which showed up Tuesday on the anonymous location-based messaging app YikYak and other social media, threatened to “shoot every black person I see.”

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1927 — Canada admitted to the League of Nations, precursor to the UN.

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A delicious venison chili High on the list of the many things I miss about flattened, on the pavement. It contains many of missing deer seasons is the social life, particularly my favorites: Roast Duck Stuffed with Sauerkraut, the fine dining, generally featuring fish and game, Stewed Pheasant with Sage Dumplings, and “Devil’s that went on at one camp or another up and down River (Texas) Venison in Beer and Beans.” the creek.

More importantly, my battered copy In the early days, I’d have an everlastcontains the recipe for great Venison ing, season - long vat of SOB Stew! conChili as modified, altered and adapted stantly simmering on the stove. Columnist with my handwritten notes, trying to make colleague, Russell Thornberry liked that an already superb recipe even better. concept, and told us about bygone deer Here it is, with my alterations included. camps in his native Texas, where the first The recipe works well with beef sirloin deer taken was the Chili Buck which went for the venison – averse … or deprived. into the cauldron that would provide a (Has been known to serve 12) “Bowl of Red” all season any time for any6 strips thick cut bacon, cut crosswise into one who wanted one.

1/2“ pieces Gradually I became aware that the 2 lb. venison from deer, moose, or elk, very gods created chili peppers to go so well coarsely chopped, or cut into ½” dice with venison, and developed my own fa1 lb. lean ground pork BOB vorite recipe from many sources, books 4 chorizo sausages (we favour Spolumbo).

SCAMMELL and half a dozen master camp cooks. The Squeeze the meat from the casings.

OUTDOORS recent opening of the big game season 6 good - sized cooking onions, coarsely started me hankering a bowl or three of chopped my own “Red,” but I couldn’t remember, 4 – 6 medium garlic cloves, minced or find the recipe.

2 tsp. ground cumin I scoured the superb “Dressing & Cooking Wild 2 tsp. oregano (preferably Mexican) * Game” from The Hunting & Fishing Library, which 3 Tb. Fresh, pure ground chili, New Mexico, or Ancho * has several superb, quick, sausage recipes, even the 1 28 oz. can Italian diced tomatoes (We like Unico) quirky “The Great Chili Confrontation,” by H. Allen 1 cup dry red wine Smith, but neither had the recipe I sought.

Low salt beef broth, as needed It happened that I was reading a recent John 1 small can green chillies (We use Old El Paso) Sandford thriller in which the villain kept his load1 14 oz. can pinto beans ed .45 pistol on a shelf beside his copy of the “The (*Pure ground chilis (as opposed to mixed - up and muddy L.L Bean Game & Fish Cookbook.” Bingo! How could chili powder, full of filler and other additives) and Mexican I have forgotten? This is the classic which tells you oregano can sometimes be found in the McCormick spice how to cook anything that runs, swims, flies, or lies, racks in supermarkets. We get overnight service on prime,

fresh herbs and spices by ordering on - line from the website of The Silk Road Spice Merchant in Calgary, www.silkroasspices.ca.)

1. In a large Dutch oven, or pot, fry the bacon until it has rendered most of its fat and is almost crisp. Remove bacon pieces to a plate and reserve.

2. Brown venison in bacon fat just until all the red is gone.

Add some olive oil, if necessary. Remove and reserve venison to a bowl.

3. Add the ground pork and sausage meat to the Dutch oven or pot and stir and break up as it is browning until all the red is gone. Drain and pour off as much fat as possible.

4. Return the reserved bacon and venison to the pot with the drained pork and sausage, add onions, garlic and spices stir and fry until fragrant and the onions are translucent.

5. Add the wine and the can of tomatoes, stir, then simmer very slowly, partially covered for two to three hours. Check and stir occasionally. Add beef broth as needed to maintain a rather fluid (soup - like) consistency. Add salt if necessary, and a few grinds of black pepper.

6. Half an hour before serving, drain and rinse the beans and add them and the can of green chilies to the mix.

We serve this chili in soup bowls along with Herself’s corn bread. Sides for some folks can range from sour cream to Guacamole, chopped green onions, pickled jalapeno peppers, and grated cheddar or Monteray jack cheese. At my deer camps there’d be a bottle of Sriracha hot sauce on the table for those gents still in possession of boiler - plate prostates. To drink? I prefer cold beer or buttermilk with my chili, in that order.

Bob Scammell is an award-winning columnist who lives in Red Deer. He can be reached at bscam@telusplanet.net.

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Great for people and most animals Placing small straw bales over tender but not for tender plants that rely on plants can be very effective. snow for insulation. In a Tender shrubs are harder year where there is little to insulate. A structure must snow cover, tender pebe put around the plant to rennials become too cold hold the insulation in place. and die. This phenomena It can be a simple as a box occurs most years in areas filled with leaves. A circular where Chinooks keep the cage of chicken wire or burground brown. Gardeners lap filled with leaves. can compensate for lack of Stores sell zippered plant snow by insulating tender tents that just pop over plants with leaves, peat plants. The tents come in moss or clean straw. Of three sizes and protect the the three suggested, leaves plants from snow, rain and are the cheapest. They can animals. Tents provide very LINDA be bulky to move and will little insulation value but TOMLINSON need to be removed from there is usually room in the the bed again in the spring. tent to add insulating mateGARDENING In older established neighrials. Do not attempt to inborhoods, leaves are plensulate plants with air tight tiful with most people willing to give containers. Temperatures within the them away to anyone willing to take the container will fluctuate all winter formtime to remove them. The easiest way ing condensation; a perfect recipe for to move leaves is to rake them onto a mold and mildew. There has been some tarp and drag to tarp to the final desti- recent moisture but the water table nation. They are light and two people is low. Watering evergreens now will can easily load the tarp into the back help them overwinter. Soak the ground of a truck. Peat moss is easy to spread, just outside their furthest branches at and can be worked into the soil in the least once a week until the soil freezspring. Keep an eye out for sales. Straw, es. Evergreens that go into winter with

roots full of moisture are less likely to become dehydrated in the winter sun. Placing a cover over the plant, or wrapping it in a breathable, protective sheet, will help deflect the sunlight and slow respiration. Covers also stop hungry animals from using the plants as food. In areas where deer roam the streets, wrapping cedars and upright junipers can save the bottom branches.

Larger trees can also become food for wild creatures. It isn’t possible to wrap them in burlap but it is possible to wrap the outer branches in chicken wire or snow fencing. The material needs to be as high as the animals can reach. Note that they will stand on their hind legs to get tender morsels.

The screens on the outer branches will allow the animals to nibble but not get a strong enough hold to rip a branch off of the tree. Placing of a bar-

rier at the bottom of the tree will also work but it is a balancing act. The circle must be large enough to keep the long necked animals from reaching the branches but small enough that the animal does not feel comfortable jumping the fence. The third alternative is to make the fence too tall to be jumped.

Lack of snow fall is harder on small rodents. They will not be able to tunnel under the snow. Cutting back all tall grass around young trees will help protect plants. Rodents tend to stick to area where they are not exposed to their enemies. Know before using any barriers that they will be in place for five or six months. They should be blend in to the surroundings or pleasing to the eye.

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True father is the one who raises the child Dear Annie: I have a fiancee whom I love and cherish. She has a 2-year-old son from another relationship and I accept and enjoy this child. The boy’s father was physically and verbally abusive toward my fiancee, and I believe the guy is still unbalanced from drug use. He KATHY MITCHELL has no interest AND MARCY SUGAR in being with his son.

ANNIE’S MAILBOX A year ago, my fiancee and I were expecting a child, but she miscarried. We separated afterward because I needed time. The loss of the baby hurt me deeply. We eventually got back together, but then I was in-

carcerated for a short while. While I was in prison, my fiancee admitted that she had been with her ex and was pregnant again. She isn’t sure who the father is.

I love her, but if this is not my child, I don’t know what the future holds for us.

She admits it was a mistake being with her ex.

How can I save our relationship and our love if the child turns out not to be mine? — GI Dear GI: You already know that you can love a child who is not biologically yours.

We don’t think that will be a problem for you, as long as you don’t blame the child for his mother’s indiscretions. A true father is the one who raises the child.

However, we think you should put this engagement on hold.

Your concern should be less about the baby and more about your fiancee’s ability to fully commit to you. It

doesn’t mean you should give up on the relationship.

It means take your time. Let her show you that she will not go running to the ex whenever there is trouble.

You might also consider couples counseling, perhaps through your church.

It will help you both feel more secure with your future choices.

Dear Annie: I have had a best friend for 20 years. We were in the same civic group for many years, played sports together, and my wife and I traveled with him and his wife.

His wife is a domineering, opinionated woman who always has to be right. When we last traveled together, she told me how to cook, drive and where to park the car.

When my wife and I came home, I told her that I was finished going anywhere with this woman.

We usually take several trips a year with them, but last year we took none.

I am sure my friend is curious about why we don’t ask them to travel with

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HOROSCOPE Thursday, Nov. 12 CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DATE: Ryan Gosling, 34; Anne Hathaway, 32; Neil Young, 69 THOUGHT OF THE DAY: Being positive and proactive is a winning combination today.

H A P P Y BIRTHDAY: Born on the zodiac’s Day of Sensual Charisma, you are JOANNE MADELINE very magnetic.

MOORE 2016 is the year SUN SIGNS to put being kind and considerate at the top of your to-do list.

ARIES (March 21-April 19): With Venus visiting your relationship zone — until Dec. 5 — the quickest way to romantic heaven is to smoke the peace pipe with your partner. Some single Rams will fall in love-at-firstsight.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Attached Taureans — keep the communication flowing with your partner, and don’t take them for granted. Single Bulls — look for lasting love with a virile Virgo or a sensual Scorpio.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): You’re in the mood for mega fun and entertainment. But some forethought and planning are required so you can capitalize on your energy surge — and avoid making messy mistakes.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): The stars encourage you to adjust your home/work ratio so it’s much more balanced — and more family friendly.

Some Crabs are keen to decorate, renovate or cook up a storm.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Focus on boosting your finances in creative and proactive ways, doing something you love. Perhaps you could set up an online store; tutor others; or start a mini business from home?

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Mars and Jupiter boost your confidence levels, and you’re also keen to pitch in and help others. But don’t end up over committing, and promising more than you can practically deliver.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): You’re feeling generous, and your warm and friendly Venusian nature attracts positive people into your life. Keep your local connections going — who knows where they may lead?

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Have you been putting off projects that need to be attended to ASAP? The stars encourage you to balance rest and relaxation with dynamic action. Think things through — and then act.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): A lucky opportunity — of a financial or professional nature — may come your way soon Sagittarius. But you must reach out and grab it, otherwise it will pass you by. Confidence is the key.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Has life at Casa Capricorn become too predictable? It’s time to introduce an international flavour as you re-connect with overseas contacts or plan a holiday for some time soon.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): It’s time to get things off your chest, as you are more open with your feelings.

Workmates will be sympathetic, so donít be afraid to let down your defences and tell them how you feel.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Are you looking for a long-term partner?

With Mars and Jupiter in your relationship zone, you need to be proactive.

If you like someone, you’ll have to be brave and make the first move.

Joanne Madeline Moore is an internationally syndicated astrologer and columnist. Her column appears daily in the Advocate.

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us anymore. Do I dare tell him that I’m tired of butting heads with his wife? — Frustrated Dear Frustrated: We wouldn’t volunteer this information.

Your friend may already have his suspicions. Should he ask you directly, however, we recommend diplomacy. I t will do no good to criticize his wife. He isn’t going to divorce her over these trips. Simply say that you find these trips to be too exhausting, which is undoubtedly true.

We hope you can maintain the friendship in other ways, and if there is a trip you and he can take without spouses, that might be one solution.

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. You can also find Annie on Facebook at Facebook.com/AskAnnies.

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