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Two people were killed in a motor vehicle incident on Hwy 2 Thursday morning. A southbound vehicle left the highway overpass bridge south of Ponoka at Gee Road about 11 a.m., according to a police officer from the Ponoka Integrated Traffic Unit who attended the scene. Two other people were seriously injured. STARS Air Ambulance picked up at least one patient at Ponoka Hospital and Care Centre.

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Three men accused of being part of a drug trafficking operation were in Red Deer provincial court on Thursday.

RCMP allege the three are part of a criminal organization going by the name of Bobby and the Kids. They are accused of trafficking drugs throughout Central Alberta, including Sylvan Lake, Blackfalds and Innisfail.

Numerous drug, property and weapons charges were laid by police after the RCMP’s Priority Crimes Task Force descended simultaneously on two Red Deer homes and a Penhold address last Friday morning.

Police seized 55 ounces of cocaine, nine ounces of methamphetamine, marijuana, a stolen pistol, drug paraphernalia, and $30,600 in cash.

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How do you show love and support for someone facing a very serious illness?

Well, if you are part of the Lindsay Thurber Comprehensive High School family, you secretly plan an entire-school rally to help give that special person strength to do battle with — in this case — MARY-ANN breast cancer.

BARR Teacher Tawnya Wasilenko BARRSIDE is at home today recovering from mastectomy surgery she had a month ago, soon to begin chemotherapy, and then perhaps radiation.

Wasilenko, 40, married to Tyler, and the mother of Brayden, 13, and Isabella, 10, learned in August she had cancer. She has taught at the school for the past 12 years.

On Oct. 9, she was busy teaching the last class of the day, and her last class before being off work for surgery.

Suddenly, in the middle of the class, over the intercom, Rachel Platten’s Fight Song started to play. She was bewildered but paused to listen to the song, which is about being strong, and using one’s power to fight.

And then someone knocked on her classroom door — principal Dan Lower.

“He walked me into that magnificent rally of support.”

Lower led her out the door and down the hallways, all lined with hundreds students and staff wearing pink, holding signs of support, and then in-

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ing to pause, bend down, and gather herself a few times as Lower leads her to the gym and then to her family, it is indeed one of those unforgettable moments showing all the good and kindness that people are capable of.

The video started making its way around social media this week.

Red Deer’s City Hall could be in store for a $1.2 million internal facelift in 2016.

Council will be asked to foot the bill to modernize the elevators ($998,000) and improve the technology in council chambers and committee meeting rooms ($230,000) on the second floor next week.

The projects are the latest in a long list of recommendations in the 2004 assessment report on the 52-year-old building.

Between 2005 and 2015, the city has spent roughly $1.3 million on upgrades and renovations.

Last year council approved $390,000 to replace the roof, carpeting, second floor lighting and boilers. Another $260,000 was spent on floor changes related to moving departments to the Professional Building and security system upgrades.

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Lindsay Thurber Comprehensive High School principal Dan Lower introduces teacher Tawnya Wasilenko, her son, Brayden, and husband, Tyler, at a pep rally in her honour during her final day at the school in October before taking a leave to battle breast cancer. to the packed gymnasium where hundreds more greeted her, as well as her husband and son.

“It was a complete surprise. I don’t know how 1,700 kids kept it quiet, let alone my own son who attended.” Her daughter, who knew about the secret plan, didn’t attend because she knew it would be too emotional.

And when you watch the video as the event unfolds, with Wasilenko hav-

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Trudeau closes first act on international stage

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS MANILA, Philippines — Justin Trudeau has left the building.

Canada’s new prime minister departed Thursday from the Asia-Pacific Economic Co-operation summit in Manila, closing his first act on the international stage — trailed by a squealing mob of young Filipino journalists and volunteers and questions about whether any of it might be good for his broader foreign policy goals.

Dozens deep, the group shrieked and wailed as they followed Trudeau out of the summit’s international media centre in a cocoon of adulation. Television cameras, microphones, a sea of cellphone cameras and some stone-faced RCMP protection officers rounded it out.

For the man at the centre of it all, the hope is that it will mean a better understanding of the contribution Canada intends to make on the world stage.

“I’m pleased that Canada’s getting a little more attention right now, because it gives us an opportunity to highlight the issues that are important to us,” Trudeau said when asked about the culture of celebrity that enveloped him during the APEC summit.

“We’ll take some interest right now and convert that into the substance of what we’re talking about.”

One of the things Trudeau talked about a lot at this summit was the need to put Canada on the front lines of the fight against climate change.

Earlier in the day, that won him plaudits from U.S. President Barack Obama.

“This is going to be a messy, bumpy process worldwide but I am confident that we can get it done,” Obama said.

“The fact that we now have a very strong partner in Canada to help set up some global rules around how we approach this I think will be extraordinarily helpful.”

But Obama put the squeeze on Trudeau on a key

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GANG: Appeared by closed-circuit TV All three appeared together by a closed-circuit television link from the Red Deer Remand Centre.

Randy Julius Larson, 25, of Red Deer, and Stephen Michael Temple, 27, of Penhold, remain in custody and return to court on Dec. 10.

Dustin John Greuel, 22, of Red Deer, was released on $5,000 cash bail on a number of conditions, including that he live at a Saskatoon address. Greuel’s case will also return to court on Dec. 10.

Larson is charged with two counts of possession of a controlled substance for the purpose of trafficking, one count of possession of a controlled substance, possession of stolen property under $5,000 and possession of stolen property over $5,000, careless use of a firearm, unauthorized possession of a firearm, possession of a firearm from which the serial number was removed, and two counts of failure to comply with a probation order.

Temple is charged with two counts of possession of a controlled substance for the purpose of trafficking and possession of stolen property over $5,000.

Greuel is charged with two counts of possession of a controlled substance for the purpose of trafficking and possession of stolen property under $5,000.

WASILENKO: It’s an emotional ride “Isn’t it amazing. I can’t even talk about it without crying,” she said Thursday. And yes, she’s crying.

“My amazing support rally at the best school in the world. That one.” And now she laughs.

“I have to watch the video to really take it in because if I’m being totally honest there was so much that I didn’t take in that day.

“Thurber is a great school. We refer to it as the Thurber family. … Not until something like this happens do you really understand what that entails.”

Lower tells his side of the story.

“We just have a super special staff member that we wanted to make sure she knew we were all be-

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Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, left, takes part in a bi-lateral meeting with U.S. President Barack Obama at the APEC Summit in Manila, Philippines on Thursday. trade issue. The president said that the U.S. and Canada are “both soon to be signatories” to the Trans-Pacific Partnership.

Trudeau has repeatedly said he wants to consult with Canadians and Parliament before moving forward on the massive 12-country Pacific Rim trade pact. But Obama told this summit he wants countries to move swiftly towards ratification.

“It is clear from the president’s remarks that he is already guiding the prime minister through the TPP door,” said Fen Hampson, head of the global security and politics program at the Centre for International Governance Innovation.

Obama made the remark after his first formal bilateral meeting with Trudeau on the final day of the summit.

hind her.”

With his staff, they began to formulate a plan.

“We have a lot of really good teachers … unfortunately staff members pass away, but no one has faced a serious illness like this in my time. I’ve been here for 15 years. And so how do we help somebody through this, and just be part of a big family.

“She’s just a super compassionate caring teacher. … You know that from talking to kids here how much she cares about them.”

So they cooked up the plan, with the nod of course from Wasilenko’s husband. Secret emails were sent out to staff. Students had to be careful Wasilenko didn’t notice them preparing signs.

Lower admits conning her a bit. He suggested that since it was Breast Cancer Awareness Month and her last day was coming, maybe people could show support for Breast Cancer Awareness by wearing pink on that day.

As Lower tells it, she had told her students she had the disease by doing a lesson about breast cancer awareness and asking them if they knew anyone who had it. “Well you all know someone now,” she told them.

“It was really really cool,” Lower said when Wasilenko realized what was happening.

The school has 1,650 students and 83 teachers and they all had to keep things a secret. Somehow they managed. About 1,200 were able to participate in the event that day.

The school raised funds and presented Wasilenko with a pink robe, with “Lindsay Thurber” embroidered on it. The family also received gift cards, including ones for restaurants so they don’t need to cook when Mom is doing chemo. They gave Isabella a teddy bear.

On Wasilenko’s last day at school she was a bit surprised to see so many wearing pink.

“I had thought we were raising breast cancer awareness, which will be my life mission I think from now on. And I thought it odd that so many people dressed in pink, but I thought, ‘Oh that’s just great!’”

“I’ve never been a part of anything like that.”

The video, which was shot by LTCHS students as part of a class project, was uploaded to YouTube on Thursday. Search “LTCHS Support Wasilenko” or go to the link www.youtube.com/watch?v=hwtxvNWosZE&feature=youtu.be It’s an emotional ride so keep the tissue close by.

A special longer video was given to Wasilenko’s daughter to watch since she wasn’t at the event.

As well, students took photos as an assignment, which were provided to The Advocate by the school.

“I’m recovering well. I haven’t had a down day

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about this yet,” said Wasilenko. She admits she’s anxious about chemo and thinks that surgery was the “easy part.”

Of the 13 lymph nodes removed during surgery, only two tested positive for cancer.

“I’m very optimistic and statistics are high, and I have two children I need to survive for. We’re very optimistic in our house.”

And now she has that incredible day at school to remember.

“You know what I took from that? I took from that, that in my darkest days, that particular instance I think is what’s going to get me through those days.

“The love and support from the staff and students was incomprehensible. I could have never,” she pauses, “it’s unfathomable. Like I still can’t even talk about it without crying,” she says, crying. barr@reddeeradvocate.com

CITY HALL: Talk of replacing building Years ago there was talk about replacing the City Hall building because of the space crunch but the chatter died down in light of the changing grant structure for municipalities.

The city leases space to accommodate staff at three sites including the Professional Building, 543947th St. and 3827-39th St. It has been leasing space in the Professional Building since late-2005 and the other two since mid-2007.

Currently there are 1,546 part-time, full-time and temporary city employees in all departments, of which 228 work out of the City Hall building.

The city paid $939,932 to lease the space in 2015 and will spend $860,000 in 2016.

Over the next nine years, the city will likely tackle an estimated $1.3 million on projects to keep the building up to code.

Projects include resurfacing the wheelchair ramp on the northwest side of City Hall, replacing the stair tile, the AC chiller and boiler.

Built in 1963, Red Deer’s City Hall was once an award-winner from an architectural design perspective.

The funding request is in the administration-recommended 2016 capital budget and will be debated by council on Tuesday. crhyno@reddeeradvocate.com

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Their 23-minute meeting covered a range of topics, including the fight against Islamic extremism, the refugee crisis and the economy.

Trudeau held to his plan to withdraw Canada’s CF-18 fighter jets from the U.S.-led coalition bombing Islamic militants in Syria and Iraq.

But Trudeau said Canada will keep doing “more than its part” to defend against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant — also known as ISIL or ISIS — by augmenting its contingent of ground troops currently training in Iraq.

The two leaders appeared at ease and amicable, as Obama invited Trudeau to pay his maiden visit to Washington early in the new year, saying his wife, Michelle, would enjoy meeting “Canada’s new first lady.”

Obama said the 43-year-old prime minister will provide “energy and reform” to the Canadian political landscape.

There was no animosity in sight over Obama’s decision earlier this month to reject the Keystone XL pipeline project. At the time, Obama had environmental concerns about approving the transport of dirty oil from Alberta across the United States.

“Canada hasn’t been doing enough on the environmental front,” said Trudeau. “We understand as a government that there is no longer a choice to be made between what’s good for the environment or what’s good for the economy.”

Obama avoided the bait in a Canadian reporter’s question to level more criticism at the Alberta oilsands, saying all countries have to transition away from carbon-based energy — including Canada and the U.S., both of which are big oil and gas producers.

“We make no apologies for that, but I also think we have to recognize if we want to preserve this planet for our kids and grandkids, we’re going to have to shift increasingly away from carbon emitting energy sources,” the president said.

“My expectation is that Canada will be going through these same debates just as we do.”

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Enshrining human rights ALBERTA MOVES TO PROTECT GENDER IDENTITY, EXPRESSION EDMONTON — Alberta has put forward legislation to prohibit discrimination based on gender identity and gender expression.

The changes are part of a bill introduced Thursday that, if passed, will become part of the Alberta Human Rights Act. “No Albertan should be denied basic services for being true to themselves,” Justice Minister Kathleen Ganley told reporters.

“This change will increase access to justice and make it clear that discrimination on the basis of gender identity and gender expression is against the law.”

Once the bill passes, Alberta will join Saskatchewan, Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia, Newfoundland and Labrador, Ontario, Manitoba, and the Northwest Territories, which have similar bans in place.

Gender identity refers to a how a person views him or herself. Gender expression is the way people express their gender, such as through dress, demeanour and behaviour.

Ganley said consultation on the bill reinforced concerns that transgender Albertans face discrimination and threats to their well-being. “(They) continue to be a highly marginalized group within society,” said Ganley. “I heard several stories of discrimination: difficulties finding a job, difficulties maintaining employment,

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Source behind Scud Stud article admits she considered quitting the campaign CALGARY — Lawyers for one of Canada’s largest media companies are suggesting that a former television reporter was a loose cannon with his “own agenda” when he ran for a seat in the Alberta legislature.

Arthur Kent’s lawsuit against Postmedia, the National Post and columnist Don Martin alleges they defamed him when he was campaigning to win the Calgary Currie seat for the Progressive Conservatives in the 2008 provincial election.

A Martin column which ran during the campaign included details from unnamed sources that described Kent as a “lone ranger” who failed to toe the party line and was difficult to deal with. They said Kent was not co-operating with the party and that a number of key campaign members were threatening to quit.

The piece ran under the headline Alberta’s ‘Scud Stud’ a ‘Dud’ on Campaign Trail.

Kent was known as the “Scud Stud” from his days reporting on the Gulf War for NBC. Lawyer Kristine Robidoux, who has since been identified as one of the sources Martin used, admitted under cross-examination Thursday that she was angry at Kent during the campaign and was considering quitting because he seemed to be at odds with the PC party and leader Ed Stelmach.

She noted they had a disagreement over whether Kent would appear at a public event with the other Calgary candidates and Stelmach.

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LAKE LOUISE — Alberta Health Services has issued a public alert after a lounge worker at the Lake Louise ski resort was confirmed to have hepatitis A. The liver infection is highly contagious and can be spread through food and water.

Health officials say customers who ate or drank hot beverages at the Powderkeg Lounge in Lake Louise between Nov. 6 and Nov. 8 may have been exposed.

Alberta Health Services is offering a vaccine to those people.

The health agency says patrons who consumed cold beverages are not at risk of exposure and do not need a vaccine.

Clinics are being held in Calgary and Banff in the next couple of days — the vaccine is only effective if administered within two weeks of exposure.

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for support and for justice are rarely any better informed or mannered. This must improve.”

Angela Reid with the Trans-Equality Society of Alberta said they are now ready to take the next step. “(The society) remains committed to working with community members, legislators, and other stakeholders to make these rights effective in practice and not just on paper, lest we remain in the current environment of rights without remedy,” said Reid.

Opposition Wildrose Leader Brian Jean said the bill has support from both sides of the house.

“Bill 7 clarifies in writing what is already recognized by the courts concerning gender identity and expression,” Jean said in a statement.

Don’t punish economy with carbon tax: Wildrose

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS EDMONTON — Alberta’s Opposition leader is accusing Premier Rachel Notley’s New Democrats of letting Ottawa push the province around on its climate- change strategy.

Wildrose Leader Brian Jean noted in question period that federal Environment Minister Catherine McKenna is promising that a new national target for greenhouse-gas reductions will soon be set in consultation with the provinces.

“Why should Ottawa be allowed to interfere with how we run our industries?” Jean asked Notley.

“A Trudeau government interfering in Alberta’s oilpatch. Now where have I heard that story before?” added Jean, who was referring to former prime minister Pierre Trudeau’s national energy program in the 1980s.

Other provinces seem to have more clout with Ottawa, suggested Jean, who noted that Montreal was allowed to dump raw sewage into the St. Lawrence River, but Alberta is pilloried for its environmental record.

“Why does the premier continue to stand by and let Alberta be pushed around by Ottawa?”

Notley hotly disagreed. She said that while the federal government has a say on environmental rules, “if we do our homework, they’ll stay out of it.”

“We’re doing our homework (by preparing a new climate-change strategy) after those folks over there stuck their head in the sand and tried to pretend there was no problem,” said Notley of the Progressive Conservatives who were defeated in last spring’s election.

“Alberta’s energy products won’t see new markets if we continue to follow (the Wildrose) denial-dinosaur approach on climate change.”

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EDMONTON — An investigation by Alberta’s privacy commissioner found that the former Conservative government made some mistakes when gathering information for the sunshine list released last year.

Commissioner Jill Clayton says the government’s collection, use, and disclosure of the personal information was not in compliance with the Freedom of Information and Privacy Act. Spokesman Scott Sibbald says the newly introduced Bill 5 will change how that information is collected as those employees will be surrendering their own information, and will be given more time to do so.

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“We heard stories of safety concerns in shelters and difficulty obtaining proper medical assistance.”

Aria Ehren, a transgender rights activist from Calgary, characterized it as a milestone day for the province.

“I know I’m far from the only trans person in this province feeling a little more optimistic about the world today,” said Ehren. “There’s an overwhelming feeling at times that our existence is an inconvenient fact that the world would rather not face.

“We have been discriminated against, mistreated, shut out, denied, ostracized, fired (and) threatened.

There’s been little to no recourse because the institutions we would go to

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Honeymoon already ending for Trudeau In January 1994, two months after In any event, by the time of the 1995 his government was sworn in, Jean vote, Mitterrand was no longer in ofChrétien folded himself in a small fice. charter plane to go on his maiden forIn Brussels, the issue of the frateign voyage as prime minister. ricidal war in the former Yugoslavia As leader of the Oppodominated the NATO sumsition, Chrétien had demit but while Canada had scribed the jet Brian Mulpeacekeeping boots on the roney had outfitted for his ground, there is no public official foreign travels as a record of a significant Chréneedless luxury. tien contribution to the disFor his first trip, the incussion. coming Liberal prime minOver his visit, the new ister opted for the flying Canadian prime minister equivalent of a sardine can, granted the European mea practice he would abandia no interviews; nor was don at the first decent politthere a chat on the trip ical opportunity. home with those of us who Chrétien hit three Eurocovered his tour, for jourCHANTAL pean capitals in less than nalists flew on commercial HÉBERT a week, with a pit stop in planes.

OPINION London, an overnight stay In a review of the Libin Paris and a NATO sumeral prime minister’s first mit in Brussels. appearance on the internaHe might as well have been a tourist tional circuit, the correspondent for on a whirlwind budget tour. the Belgian daily Le Soir wrote that At a joint news conference with Chrétien had essentially travelled inprime minister John Major in London, cognito. a British cabinet sex scandal stole the By those standards, Justin Trudeau show. should have passed his first test on The highlight of Chrétien’s Paris the international scene with flying costop was a Quebec play he attended lours. with François Mitterrand. He may or He raised matters of substance at may not have mentioned a possible every stop.

Quebec referendum to the French In Manila, he served notice on Canpresident. ada’s Asia-Pacific partners that they

should not take for granted a swift ratification by Parliament of the just-negotiated Trans-Pacific Partnership.

At the G20 meeting in Turkey, his infrastructure-spending plan was praised by Barack Obama.

In preparation for the upcoming climate change summit, Foreign Affairs Minister Stéphane Dion started to articulate a more activist Canadian tone in the international environment talks.

But while Trudeau probably made a positive impression on other government leaders, the domestic reviews have been decisively mixed. As media coverage goes, this has been his worst week since before the election campaign.

It is not just that Canadians saw more of French President François Hollande or that the Paris attacks pushed non-security issues off to the sidelines or even that the latest terrorist developments made some Liberal policies a harder sell.

From a Canadian perspective, it was on tone that an unscripted Trudeau most came up short.

He may have denounced the Paris attacks in strong terms in private but, in his public communications, he did not rise to the occasion.

There was a glaring disconnect between Trudeau’s quasi-dogmatic insistence that it was business as usual on the refugee and the war on the Islamic

State fronts and the public’s sense that the attacks were a watershed event that deserved a fuller airing.

He seemed to shrug off the well-intentioned concern of many of his provincial and municipal allies as to his refugee timetable.

When federal reassurance was needed, it was offered on a piecemeal basis and usually short on specifics.

Against the backdrop of the carnage in Paris, some otherwise endearing features of Trudeau’s political persona, starting with his willingness to pose for selfies on demand, turned into liabilities.

There are times when glamour is the opposite of gravitas.

Media reviews of Trudeau’s post-Paris week were particularly scathing in Quebec, the province whose links with France are the strongest. Cartoonists had a field day at his expense.

The feeling that the rookie prime minister was not at the top of his game as he handled the first unscripted challenge of his tenure was not limited to his home province.

The premature beginning of the end of Trudeau’s post-election honeymoon is part of the collateral damage of the Paris attacks. That part of the damage is largely self-inflicted.

Chantal Hébert is a national affairs writer syndicated by the Toronto Star

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Put public safety and security in hands of the public World-wide, the Politicians and Police seem helpless to stop terrorists from killing innocent citizens like the 100 or so people who were just murdered in France. Here is a viable solution: Every adult citizen should be legally required by law to take a course in firearm safety and be required to carry a firearm and know how to use it safely.

Whenever any person or group begins to murder and kill people — those armed law abiding citizens could protect the weak and innocent by quickly neutralizing those savages. This would protect life and stop them from killing the whole crowd. This would keep the human carnage and chaos to a minimum.

It would radically reduce the crime rate because a dead criminal does not repeat his or her criminal act. It’s cheap and permanent as there is no one to imprison and feed. Its humane because people are not locked up like animals only to later be released to kill again.

It even furthers the religious teaching on self-defence, because it is biblical as Greg Hopkins points out in his book on The Myth of Christian Pacifism. It agrees with the teaching of the National Firearms Association who believe in self-defence and protecting oneself and family from dictatorial tyrannical governments. It would protect our nation from co-ordinated internal terrorist attack. It even stimulates the economy by increasing sales of minerals like lead and brass. It sustains and creates more jobs in the firearm and transportation of goods sectors.

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In conclusion, it means that not just criminals have guns. They would think twice before killing, raping or robbing an armed woman. It is the ultimate successful crime education program.

This is a common sense approach that would stop the killing of innocent people, assist our overworked police officers and protect our citizens and political leaders from untimely death.

It reduces or stops terrorist killing immediately.

John Alexander Vernon, B.C.

Concerns over the use of tax payer dollars in hard times This letter is in response to a couple of items I have read in the Advocate recently.

The first concern I have was raised by the headline “Ice ice baby.” The article went on to report that our tax and spend council had approved the spending of $75,000, approximately the annual taxes from 30 houses, to develop a strategic plan that would guide future development of indoor and outdoor ice rinks in the city. Mayor Veer states that this is a way to look at the whole picture and base decisions on facts and figures as to a more political basis, whatever the heck that means.

What I find amazing is the statement that the city doesn’t have any concrete statistics on it’s recreational facilities usage. I have to wonder, if this is really the case, how the recreation department has justified their considerable budget demands to council in the past. Did the civil servants just say we

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My second concern came on Saturday when I read about the cost of preserving the CPR pedestrian bridge. It seems that a budget of $255,000 for repairs may be reasonable, depending on the repairs required, but the $3,472,000 for the removal of lead paint and re-coating the structure is mind blowing.

That’s probably way more than it cost to build the bridge in the first place.

To begin with, why does the lead paint have to be removed? Don’t we have the technology to paint over it? I know in this politically correct world, it would never do for Red Deer to have a bridge with lead paint on it. Somebody might come along and try to take a bite out of the bridge, maybe ingesting some deadly lead paint. Or maybe some kid will try the old trick of licking the paint in winter, swallowing some of that deadly paint as they come unstuck. Come on city councillors, give your collective heads a shake.

Yes, the bridge is a landmark in the city with a lot of history in its’ life and should be saved, but not at any cost. Surely the brains in this city bureaucracy can come up with a better plan than this.

I am sure with so many people struggling to pay their tax bills next year with the economic down turn, the tax revenue from about 1,400 homes, could be better spent.

George Croome Red Deer

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Communities gear up for refugees

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — Within days, the federal Liberal government is expected to publicly unveil its plan to resettle 25,000 Syrian refugees by the end of the year.

And a lack of confirmed details hasn’t prevented authorities and stakeholders, from the Canadian Forces to ordinary Canadians, from getting ready to welcome a massive influx of people throughout the country.

In a recent conference call, government officials told resettlement agencies that the first refugees will begin arriving in early December. Here’s a look at the efforts to receive them.

British Columbia

The province is expecting to receive around 3,000 refugees and has established a $1-million readiness fund to cover some of those costs.

Meanwhile, the Immigration Services Society has asked the federal government for increased funding and staff to deal with the expected expanded workload.

Alberta

The province’s premier says Calgary and Edmonton are expected to take in the bulk of between 2,500 and 3,000 Syrian refugees coming to Alberta, with the remainder spread out over three other cities — Medicine Hat, Lethbridge and Red Deer.

In Red Deer, the Catholic Services Society is reaching out to the public to see if anyone is interested in providing a home for refugees, seeking such information as whether the space is wheelchair accessible or child-friendly.

Alberta-based rental agency Boardwalk says it will offer discounts on apartments in several Alberta cities, as well as Saskatoon, Regina, London, Ont., and Montreal to help provide housing.

For its part, the military is warning people who were scheduled to stay at barracks in Edmonton early in the new

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Saskatchewan The province will establish a refugee settlement centre to co-ordinate the arrival of Syrian refugees into the province, which could number as high as 2,000.

Manitoba Premier Greg Selinger has said the province could accept as many as 3,000 Syrians by the end of the year. It has already committed an additional $1.2 million to resettlement services.

Among the projects being funded are mental health support for refugee youth the potential for many Syrians to arrive with elements of post traumatic stress disorder is something health officials from across the country are preparing for.

Ontario The province has pledged to accept 10,000 Syrian refugees by the end of 2016 and spend $10.5 million on those efforts.

To house them, the province is looking at using decommissioned hospitals, while the military is looking at which of its bases will need to be adapted to house people in the cold.

Quebec The province originally pledged to take in 3,600 Syrian refugees, but the federal plan could boost that number to closer to 5,700. The Quebec government also committed $29 million to resettlement efforts.

Some Montreal school boards have been asked to make room for up to 2,400 Syrian children between the ages of four to 17.

The military is planning on providing interim lodging for refugees — largely at bases in Quebec and in Ontario as a priority, but other locations could also be used.

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Mahalia Meeuwseni holds Hannah, Rileigh and Isabelle, rare identical triplets, in Royal Inland Hospital in Salmon Arm, B.C. The girls were born by C-section on Nov. 3, at about eight weeks premature. Doctors say the odds of having identical triplets, who were conceived without the use of fertility treatments, are one in 50 million births. Meeuwsen said her daughters’ intravenous lines have been removed and they no longer need equipment that was helping with their breathing. “The girls are doing amazing, gaining weight and doing great,” she said.

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BRIEF Hijab Day aims to address misconceptions HALIFAX — Members of Halifax’s Muslim community are confronting misconceptions about their faith by holding an information session about the hijab this weekend.

Anyone who stops by the Halifax Central Library for “Hijab Day” on Saturday will be invited to try one on.

Dr. Abdelkader Tayebi, imam for the Ummah Mosque in Halifax, says he hopes the first-person experience will help people better understand those who wear the hijab, which covers the head and neck but not the face.

“It’s no longer something that is re-

lated to a minority or a couple people, so it has surfaced as a matter of concern to Canadians,” he said. “It’s being seen as something imported from outside, from the Middle East, whereas it is now a Canadian thing.”

Tayebi says there are many mistaken ideas surrounding the hijab, including the notion that men are forcing women to wear them.

One event organizer hopes the simple act of trying on the hijab will help to forge a path to a larger understanding of Islam that could dispel anti-immigrant sentiment, focused on Muslims, that have been fanned by the recent attacks in Paris and Beirut.

“We figured that it would be a good time for Canadians everywhere, from different backgrounds, to come together and acknowledge our differences,” said Maram Saidi.

In the wake of the attacks in Paris, mosques in Canada have been vandalized and torched, and a Muslim woman was attacked and beaten Monday in Toronto.

Don’t let refugees become scapegoats, anti-racism groups say

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — As more news emerged Thursday of anti-Muslim incidents across the country, a coalition of anti-racism groups called on all Canadians to ensure Syrian refugees heading here soon don’t become scapegoats following the Paris terrorist attacks.

The coalition, comprised of groups that include the Canadian Arab Federation and the African-Canadian Legal Clinic, held a news conference at the Ontario legislature to decry what it described as an alarming increase in hate crimes.

“We cannot use these new Syrian refugees that we commit to bring here

to Canada as a scapegoat for these crimes against other innocent civilians,” said Mohamed Boudjenane, the acting president of the Canadian Arab Federation.

“These same people we’re bringing into Canada … are the main victims of these terrorist groups.”

The news conference was held as the Toronto Transit Commission reported that two women wearing hijabs were harassed and assaulted on the subway during the evening rush hour on Wednesday.

Two men and a woman made abusive comments, suggested the women were terrorists and pushed one of the women, a TTC spokesman said.

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Publisher ‘proud’ to work with suspended novelist VANCOUVER — Penguin Random House Canada says it’s proud to publish Steven Galloway, the acclaimed author who has been suspended from his job as chairman of the creative writing department at the University of British Columbia.

The publisher has issued a statement supporting the “award-winning, best-selling and acclaimed author” of novels including The Cellist of Sarajevo, The Confabulist and Ascension.

The statement says Galloway is a friend to many at Penguin Random House and the company looks forward to publishing more books with him in the future.

UBC announced on Wednesday that the creative writing chairman had been temporarily suspended with pay after undisclosed “serious allegations” but that an investigation had not yet begun.

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Government liquor stores best place to sell marijuana: Selinger WINNIPEG — Manitoba Premier Greg Selinger says government liquor stores are the best place to sell marijuana if and when the federal government legalizes the drug.

Selinger says Manitoba Liquor Mart outlets have staff that are welltrained on the potential risks of alcohol, and he suggests they would be in the same position to provide advice about marijuana.

He says there would be no requirement for workers to consume the drug.

Selinger adds there would probably be some private involvement too.

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Coroner confirms body as missing whale-watcher VANCOUVER — The BC Coroners Service says a body recovered northwest of Tofino, B.C., is that of missing whale-watcher Raveshan Morgan Pillay.

The 27-year-old from Australia was listed missing after the Leviathan II boat was hit by a wave and capsized on Oct. 25 off Vancouver Island.

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Pillay has been confirmed as the sixth person killed in the accident.

Two Canadian men killed after SUV crashes into golf cart VANCOUVER — Two British Columbia men have died after an SUV crashed into their golf cart at a mobile home park in Thousand Palms, Calif.

Jenny Karran said from Kelowna, B.C., that her 77-year-old husband Neil Karran and his 76-year-old friend Ron Little were killed instantly, along with Little’s two dogs.

Karran says her husband left for California on Saturday to help his friend fix up a vacation home before it could be sold.

She says she’s in shock, as are her two sons — one in Calgary, and the other in Anaheim Lake, B.C.

Defence rips into credibility of expert

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — The lawyer for a Toronto officer on trial for killing a teen on an empty streetcar ripped into the credibility of a use-of-force expert on Wednesday, suggesting the key prosecution witness had a problematic “lack of practical experience.”

Peter Brauti’s barbs were hurled at Robert Warshaw, who testified this week at Const.

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“I’m going to suggest you’re way, way in over your head,” Brauti said during a spirited cross-examination session. “I’m going to suggest your lack of practical expe-

rience is a problem in this case.”

Warshaw — a former U.S. police chief who has helped several forces reform their operations — has testified that Forcillo had multiple alternatives to lethal force before he shot Sammy Yatim in July 2013, but didn’t use them.

Forcillo has pleaded not guilty to second-degree murder and attempted murder in the death of the 18-year-old.

The jury has heard that Yatim had taken the drug ecstasy at some point before boarding a streetcar on which he eventually pulled out a small knife, causing panicked passengers to rush off.

Surveillance videos have shown Forcillo arriving at the scene, yelling at Yatim to “drop the knife” in a confrontation that lasts 50 seconds, after which the officer fires nine bullets in two volleys.

Warshaw has testified that Yatim appeared to pose “zero to negligible risk” and has suggested Forcillo could have taken more time to deal with the situation in a way that wouldn’t have resulted in the teen’s death.

Brauti suggested, however, that Warshaw was engaging in “Monday morning quarterbacking.”

“We don’t want people at the watercooler, unqualified people, giving opinions about what could have been done, what should have been done,” Brauti said.

“You haven’t been involved yourself in having to make a use-of-force decision in over a decade or longer.”

Brauti noted that Warshaw received his own basic police use-of-force training decades ago and isn’t a certified use-of-force instructor.

He also said that while Warshaw reviewed the training Forcillo received at the Toronto Police Service, he did not review the basic instruction the officer received at the Ontario Police College.

Crown prosecutors have said they plan to prove that Forcillo’s actions during the incident weren’t necessary or reasonable.

Forcillo’s lawyer has said his client’s actions were justified and carried out in self-defence.

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‘Loving father’ Turcotte doesn’t fit portrait of a killer, lawyer argues SAINT JEROME, Que. — It is inconceivable that a loving and attentive father like Guy Turcotte could have killed his children unless he was suffering from mental illness, his lawyer argued Thursday.

Lead defence lawyer Pierre Poupart reminded the 11-person jury that Turcotte’s close associates had consistently described him throughout the trial as an affectionate and doting father.

Turcotte, 43, is charged with two counts of first-degree murder in the 2009 slayings of his son Olivier, 5, and daughter Anne-Sophie, 3.

The ex-doctor has admitted to causing the children’s deaths, but his lawyers argue he should be found not criminally responsible by way of mental disorder. “Remind yourselves that this loving father caused the deaths of his children in circumstances we all know,� Poupart said on the third day of his closing arguments. “Something must have happened.�

MP denies calling candidate whore in video posted by reporter MOOSE JAW, Sask. — A Conservative MP from Saskatchewan says he denies calling a provincial NDP candidate a whore.

A reporter from Moose Jaw posted a month-old video online Thursday that shows Tom Lukiwski urging his supporters to help Saskatchewan Party legislature member Greg Lawrence in April’s provincial election.

Lukiwski is heard to say: “We’ve got to get Greg back elected. He’s too important of an MLA to let go down to an NDP whore just because of a bad boundary.�

A debate immediately emerged on Twitter as to whether he said “whore� or “horde,� meaning a large group or gang.

Lukiwski said it was the latter. “At no point did I use any sort of profanity to describe the NDP,� he said in a statement. Lukiwski added that he had reached out to the NDP candidate, Karen Purdy, to assure her of that.

The reporter, Mickey Djuric, said on her personal blog that she heard “whore� and quit her job at the Moose Jaw Times Herald because the paper refused to run her story. “I’ve always upheld the belief that the public is the jury in such matters,� Djuric wrote.

The paper’s managing editor, Craig Slater, said the Times Herald didn’t run the story because, when they sought comment, Lukiwski said he used horde. “Without 100 per cent confidence, knowing what exactly was said in the video, we erred on the side of caution,� he said.

Tory changes to veterans benefits to cost $231.6 million, says report OTTAWA — Canada’s budget watchdog says a series of improvements to benefits for veterans, introduced in the waning days of the Harper government, will likely cost the federal treasury $231.6 million over the next decade.

The parliamentary budget office has crunched the numbers on the new retirement income security benefit for veterans over 65 and the higher earnings loss benefit for part-time reservists.

The Conservative government introduced four major changes last spring aimed at the most seriously wounded, hoping to rebuild bridges with veterans upset about gaps in the system.

In its report, the budget office says the improvements will push the overall cost of providing benefits to the country’s ex-soldiers to $3.3 billion over the next 10 years.

But budget officer Jean-Denis Frechette put a big asterisk next to the figure, saying it could be higher in part because it doesn’t take into account promises the new Liberal government made to build on recent enhancements.

During the election campaign, Justin Trudeau’s government estimated its promises to veterans would total an additional $300 million per year, but Frechette said there’s no way to know if that’s accurate until the PBO sees the actual legislation.

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Maurice (Mom) Boucher, imprisoned for life in the killings of two prison guards, was arrested and faces a charge of conspiracy to commit murder in an alleged plot to kill Raynald Desjardins, himself incarcerated for the slaying of a rival Mob boss.

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Maurice (Mom) Boucher arrested in jail as Mob, bikers and street gangs targeted MONTREAL — A jailed Hells Angels kingpin, a prominent criminal lawyer and the son of a deceased Mafia boss were among some 45 people arrested Thursday as police targeted the triumvirate of biker gangs, the Mob

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Raiders, Cougars complete zones sweep

BY GREG MEACHEM ADVOCATE SPORTS EDITOR Raiders 3 Cougars 0 The Lindsay Thurber Raiders are peaking at the right time. Now they have one more peak to conquer.

The Raiders downed the host Notre Dame Cougars 3-0 Thursday to complete a sweep of the best-of-three zone 4A senior girls volleyball final, in the process earning a berth to the provincials next week in Edmonton.

Later, the Notre Dame boys battled back from a two-set deficit to defeat Lindsay Thurber 3-2 and take the bestof-three senior boys zone final 2-0.

Despite prevailing 25-15, 25-16, 25-18 over the Cougars, Raiders girls outside hitter Kelsey Lalor said the two teams are closer in calibre than the sweep would indicate.

“We’ve had close games with them all year,” she said. “We’ve come out on top, but we’ve had some really close matches … we went to five sets twice with them and we had a couple of close tournament matches.

“But right now we’re playing our best volleyball at the best time.”

After taking the first set, the Raiders were able to maintain a five-point lead in the second set before recording five of the last six points. Set No. 3 was more of the same and ended on a Notre Dame service fault.

“To be honest, I believe this team has a special chemistry and they believe in each other,” said Raiders head coach Kirsten DeZutter. “We’ve been working hard all season and have never, ever lost sight of what our goal is.

“We’ve wanted to compete provincially and we’ve wanted to be the No. 1 team in Central Alberta. That was always our goal and we just tried to stay focused and on track to achieve that goal.”

Lalor is confident that the Raiders will show well at the provincial 4A girls/boys championship tournament Nov. 26-28 at Edmonton Jasper Place.

As a Grade 12 student, she relishes the

thought of capping her high school career as an Alberta champion.

“That would be absolutely fantastic and this team has been waiting to do it,” she said. “We’ve done well in the province, we’ve won our last two tournaments and winning next week would be awesome.

“We’ve been able to compete with the best teams in the province this season so we’re really excited to be going up to Jasper Place next week.”

Cougars 3 Raiders 2 The boys contest was a marathon affair, coming in a little under two hours and culminating with a service ace by the Cougars’ Pascal Smith.

“I was expecting a big battle, I wasn’t expecting it to be that kind of battle,” said Cougars head coach AJ Mahoney of the lengthy affair that ended in Notre Dame’s favour by scores of 21-25, 16-25, 25-21, 25-22, 15-10. ”I mean, all credit to Terence (Raiders head coach McMullen). He had his guys ready and they came after us hard at the start. It was a great come-frombehind victory for us but definitely not what I expected.”

The Cougars trailed 6-2 in the third set before drawing even at 8-8 and controlling the pace from there.

Notre Dame led basically from wire to wire in the fourth set and were up by as many as seven points before the Raiders made a late charge to get to 22-24. The Cougars led 10-4 in the deciding set, but the Raiders got back to within a single point before the eventual zone champs gradually pulled away and closed it out by recording the final three.

“This is probably one of the most together teams that we’ve had here,” said Mahoney. “It was a big team effort from our bench to the guys on the court. Everybody was just believing the whole time and it was just that never-give-up attitude that made the difference for us.”

Cougars left side Griffin Moline said his team never once took the Raiders for granted, even after taking Tuesday’s opening match 3-1 at Lindsay

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Notre Dame Cougar Ben Cromie blasts a shot over the net but Lindsay Thurber Raider Reece Lehman successfully blocks during high school volleyball action at Notre Dame Thursday.

Thurber.

“We knew it would be a tough game.

They battled hard and we just answered them,” he said.

Moline said he’ll go into the provincials with one particular goal in mind

for the Cougars, who are ranked sixth among Alberta 4A teams.

“Just have fun,” he insisted. “We’re not expecting a whole lot from it, but for sure it will be fun to play.” gmeachem@reddeeradvocate.com

Jays fans get wish as Donaldson named MVP

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS Josh Donaldson heard the MVP chants rain down on him from the Rogers Centre crowd for much of the 2015 season.

While Toronto fans got their wish Thursday night as the Blue Jays third baseman was named the American League MVP, Donaldson said he never let the crowd noise effect his play.

“I remember the first time I heard it and it was kind of like, ‘OK these guys are starting to get pretty serious about what’s going on here,”’ Donaldson said on a conference call. “I recognized that I was having a pretty good sea-

son at the moment … but I understood too that there was a lot of season left and my goals aren’t necessarily to win MVP’s but to help my team win.

“When I was in Oakland (the fans) started (chanting) for me as well and sometimes I would almost let it become a distraction — not to the point where I was nervous about them chanting that, but I wanted to come through so much for them … I would almost put more pressure on myself,” he added.

“This year I understood … I stayed focused on the task at hand, which was winning games, and I was able to accomplish that.”

Donaldson hit .297 with a leaguebest 123 runs batted in to help the Blue

Jays to their first AL East title — and first playoff appearance — since 1993.

The 29-year-old beat Los Angeles Angels outfielder Mike Trout for the honours.

What was characterized as a close race leading up to Thursday’s announcement turned out to be an easy win for Donaldson, who took 23 firstplace votes and seven second-place votes.

Trout had seven first-place and 22 second-place votes, as well as one third-place vote.

“I have a lot of respect for Mike Trout and what he’s able to do out there on a day-to-day basis,” Donaldson said. “It’s hard for me to sit here

and think I beat him. We’re not playing basketball or anything like that, not necessarily competing in that way but in a numbers game. … You know going into the season if you’re going to ultimately win an MVP award you’re going to have to put up better numbers than Mike.”

Outfielder Lorenzo Cain of the Kansas City Royals was third with 20 thirdplace votes.

Washington Nationals outfielder Bryce Harper was a unanimous choice as National League MVP. Harper became the youngest unanimous MVP winner in baseball history, capturing the NL award despite his Washington Nationals missing the playoffs.

Tarswell has all the tools to succeed in major junior When Western Hockey League teams were putting together a check list of players they would be interested in drafting in the 2015 WHL’s Bantam Draft it should have been no surprise to see Josh Tarswell’s name on it.

The Red Deer native has all the ingredients to be a solid WHL performer with talent, size, skating ability and a great mental outlook toward the game.

DANNY The Lethbridge Hurricanes RODE thought so as they selected LOCAL SPORT Tarswell second overall in the second round.

Tarswell, who was the top prospect out of Red Deer last season, attended the Hurricanes training camp this season, signed a education contract and played in an exhibition game.

“It was a great time,” said the six-foot, 190-pound 15-year old.

“My goal now is to make Lethbridge next season, but if I don’t then returning here would be awesome as well … it’s important to get playing time,” said Tarswell, who is one of three 15-year-olds on the Red Deer Optimist Chiefs midget AAA squad.

Tarswell saw a big difference between bantam and junior.

“I really noticed the size,” he said. “I was used to being one of the bigger guys, but there were a lot of guys bigger, but I got used to it as we went along.

“The big thing was I took it day-to-day and tried to get better as we went along.”

While Tarswell has an excellent shot, it’s also one area he needs to work on … mainly getting the shot away quicker and with accuracy.

“We’re working in practice to get him to shoot more,” said Chiefs head coach Brandin Cote. “He communicated with us he realizes he has to learn to get his shot off quicker. There isn’t as much time and space here as there was in bantam and there’s even less with Lethbridge. We work with him to get the shot away quicker and finding the spots on the ice to shoot.”

Tarswell grew up in Red Deer. He played some early hockey in Delburne before moving full time to Red Deer in novice.

He was drafted out of the bantam AAA program and skipped the minor midget AAA 15-year-old level jumping right to the midget AAA Chiefs.

“I was a bit nervous coming in as there were so many good players and Red Deer has such a good program,” he said.

“But it seemed to work out. We Josh Tarswell have a great group of guys, who helped me reach the next level.

They have the maturity on and off the ice.”

It was all the ingredients that the WHL teams saw in him that earned him a berth with the Chiefs.

“Josh has been really good for us,” said Cote. “To be 15 and playing at this level you have to be special.

He competes and contributes. He has the size, talent, skating to play here and has smarts and the shot. He wants to learn and every practice and game he works

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to be better and improve.”

He got an opportunity to work on his game earlier this year when he helped Team Alberta win the Western Canadian U16 championship, downing Manitoba 3-0 in the gold medal game.

“I had one goal and one assist … I thought I had a good tournament. It was certainly a lot of fun and great experience. I got a taste of what it’s like outside of Alberta.”

Tarswell has always looked at himself as someone who can play a physical game and a play maker.

He played centre coming into this season where Cote moved him to left wing. But he doesn’t mind.

“I played some defence in pee wee and some right wing as well. It’s good to know and feel comfortable in all the positions.”

Tarswell will spend the season with the Chiefs , who are the top team in the Alberta Midget Hockey League. He will also get a chance to play in the Calgary Mac’s Christmas tournament. He also hopes to get a call from the Hurricanes this season.

“When I last talked with them they indicated they may call me up during the season, but I haven’t heard from them yet. Hopefully I get the call … it would be a great experience.”

Tarswell admits he thinks about making the Hurricanes.

“Almost every day,” he said. “But all I can do is push myself to be better.”

Outside of the Hurricanes he would also like to get an opportunity to tryout for the Canadian U17 team.

“Hopefully this summer,” he concluded.

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

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WHL ON

THE ICE This week in Rebels history Justin Mapletoft assisted on all four of the Red Deer Rebels’ Justin goals in a Mapletoft 4-1 homeice victory over the Portland Winterhawks on Nov. 20, 1999. Following the game, he was more interested in talking about the Rebels’ new players — defenceman Ross Lupaschuk and rugged forward Craig Brunel — acquired the day previous from the Prince Albert Raiders, than his own performance.

“The new guys made an impact. That’s a good trade Brent (GM/head coach Sutter) made,” said Mapletoft. “Brunel was a real presence out there, he played aggressive and mean. And Lupaschuk helped us a lot on the power play. He’s a good transition defenceman.”

Who’s hot Portland Winterhawks C Keegan Iverson is the author of an eight-game Keegan point streak Iverson dating back to Oct. 28.

During that stretch, the 19-year-old St. Louis native had collected nine points (5g,4a) to give him a total of 15 (7-8) in 19 games this season.

Who’s not Prince George Cougars C Jansen Harkins enjoyed Jansen a solid Harkins sophomore season in 2014-15, sniping 20 goals and adding 59 assists for 79 points and being selected by the Winnipeg Jets in the second round of the NHL entry draft. This season, he has a total of three goals and 10 points in 17 games and is a minus-8 player, as opposed to plus-7 last winter.

He said it “They are probably the toughest team that we have played so far this year. Red Deer’s a good all-around team.

They can score and they have a great defence that can shut you down. I guess it’s a good starting point for us to play them early on and have a chance to be better against them when we play them again as the year rolls on.” — Moose Jaw Warriors forward Noah Gregor, to the Moose Jaw Times-Herald, following a 4-1 home-ice loss to the Red Deer Rebels Saturday.

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Pratt progressing nicely for Rebels

BY GREG MEACHEM ADVOCATE SPORTS EDITOR At six-foot-two and 212 pounds, he’s a man among fellow Western Hockey League rookies, but like his peers Austin Pratt is still adjusting to the major junior game.

“It took a bit to get into the (pace of) the league,” the Red Deer Rebels right winger, who last season played midget hockey at Shattuck-St. Mary’s School in Faribault, Minn., said Thursday. “The players are a lot bigger, faster and stronger and there’s a lot more hitting.

“So far, I feel like I’ve done pretty well, although everyone can always do better. But it’s been a good adjustment to a difficult league.”

Pratt has recorded three goals and two assists through the first 17 games of his rookie WHL season. Respectable, for sure, but numbers he feels could be better, particularly after scoring 20 goals and collecting 52 points in 55 games last winter.

However, as Rebels GM/head coach Brent Sutter noted …

“He’s developed at the (pace) we thought he would,” said the Rebels bench boss.

“It’s a big jump from triple A midget in our country to major junior, and when you come from playing where he did last year, at Shattuck’s and on their under-16 team … it’s a big jump for him. But his size has allowed him to do it and his shot has allowed him to do it.”

Sutter, though, would like to see the Lakeville, Minn., native — selected in the fourth round, 75th overall, of the 2014 WHL bantam draft — utilize his size on a more consistent basis.

“Obviously there are things he has to work on,” said Sutter.

“With him being a big guy, we certainly want him to continue to work on becoming more of an engaged player, as well as continue to work on his skating.

“But he’s kind of right where we expected him to be in the middle of November.”

Pratt knows he can use his bulk to his advantage as the season progresses. That was, he suggested, part of his game while coming up through the minor ranks.

“That’s something I definitely have to start doing more of,” he said. “We’re quite a few games into the season now and I can start getting back to my game and getting really into it.”

The 16-year-old, regarded as a top prospect for the 2017 NHL entry draft, got his first glimpse

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Medicine Hat Tiger Ty Stanton checks Red Deer Rebel Austin Pratt action at the Centrium in October.

At six-foot-two and 212 pounds, Pratt is looking to use his size more as the season rolls on which he hopes translates into better results on the scoresheet. of the Rocky Mountains and the Pacific Ocean during the Rebels’ four-game B.C. Division road trip in mid-October.

“That was really cool, I’d never been out there,” he said.

“It was my first time being on a ferry and all the sights were awesome. We had two bad games but we came back to win the last two, so that part went OK. All around, it was just a great experience.”

As he noted, Pratt will focus on improving from game to game while becoming more and more accustomed to the calibre and the speed of the major junior game.

“I just have to keep my feet moving and get faster and stronger. I have to work down low in the corners and play my game,” he said.

“I knew this was going to be a big, strong and hard league.

Everything I expected has come true and now it’s time to get going.”

The Rebels host the Saskatoon Blades tonight, the game being their first in six days. Red Deer will be more active next week, with road games in Cranbrook and Medicine Hat and a

pair of home-ice contests versus the Regina Pats.

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Saskatoon Blades Tonight, 7 p.m., Centrium The Blades are riding a two-game win streak, are 5-5-0-0 in their last 10 games and with a 9-7-30 record sit fifth in the East Division and eighth in the Eastern Conference … C Cameron Hebig leads all Blades scorers with 10 goals and 23 points. D Brycen Martin is next with 19 points (3g,16a) and former Rebel RW Connor Gay (5-1217), LW Nick Zajac (7-815) and LW Ryan Graham (9-5-14) round out the club’s top five.

Graham recorded a hat trick in the Blades’ most recent outing, a 4-3 overtime conquest of the host Prince Albert Raiders one week ago … Former Rebel RW Mason McCarty has three goals and six points this season.

Injuries — Saskatoon: D Anthony Bishop (upper body, day-today). Red Deer: D Kayle Doetzel (lower body, week-to-week), D Josh Mahura (lower body, indefinite), D Braden Purtill (upper body, week-to-week).

Special teams — Saskatoon: Power play 14.8 per cent, 20th overall; penalty kill 82.0 per cent, seventh. Red Deer: Power play 24.7 per cent, fourth overall; penalty kill 77.8 per cent, 17th.

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Future uncertain for former Rebel Bartosak It was nearly four and a half years ago “This morning our club suspended Patrthat the Red Deer Rebels filled a void on ik Bartosak for his actions resulting in his their roster by selecting netminder Patrik arrest in Manchester, N.H., on November Bartosak in the first round of the Canadian 16. We take this matter very seriously,” the Hockey League import draft.

Kings stated in a press release WednesWhile Bartosak, drafted 59th overall, day. “Our response in this matter reflects came advertised as a gifted our extreme disappointment, parpuck-stopper, then Rebels ticularly given the programs we GM/head coach Jesse Wallin have instituted internally and the had no idea the Czech Repubcommitment our organization has lic product would emerge as a made to educating our players on game-stealer for his club. the prevention of domestic vioWhile his rookie season lence. This is the first step in an was cut short due to injury, ongoing process as we continue to Bartosak had already estabgather information related to this lished himself as one of the incident and monitor the legal proWHL’s premier rubber receedings.” pellers. His game continued According to the New Hampto evolve over the next two shire Union Leader, the charges years in Red Deer and in May being faced by Bartosak include: GREG of 2013, following his first full a felony charge of second degree MEACHEM season with the Rebels, he assault which alleges an attempted was honoured as the top goalstrangling by Bartosak, seven doINSIDER tender in the entire CHL. mestic simple assault charges alSelected by the Los Angeleging more physical violence, and les Kings in the fifth round of the 2013 NHL three criminal threatening charges. entry draft, Bartosak started his pro career He is currently free on $10,000 bond and a year later, posting a 2.23 goals-against av- facing an uncertain future, including the erage and .919 save percentage in 28 games possibility that he might have played his with the Kings’ AHL affiliate, the Manches- final game in North America. ter Monarchs.

A sorry turn of events, if in fact he is The 22-year-old was on a conditioning found guilty of the charges. assignment with the Monarchs, now in the • The 2015-16 season hasn’t been kind to ECHL, when he was charged early this the rebuilding Kootenay Ice, who stumbled week following an alleged altercation with out of the starting gate, never recovered his girlfriend. and currently sit last overall in the WHL Two days later, the promising Kings with a 4-16-2 record. prospect had his contract suspended by the The team was the recipient of some posbig club. itive news when dynamic forward Jaedon

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Descheneau was returned by the St. Louis Blues in early October, but in just his second game back with the Ice he was knocked out of action with a shoulder injury.

Descheneau was placed on the long-term injury list and this week it was disclosed that his season — and his WHL career — is over. At the end of this month he will undergo surgery to repair damage sustained in a collision Oct. 6 at Prince Albert.

• At the other end of the spectrum are the Brandon Wheat Kings, who boast an already potent offensive lineup that will, likely in short order, get a major boost with the return of overage forward Tim McGauley, the club’s top scorer — and third in the league — last season with 42 goals and 105 points.

McGauley, out since injuring his shoulder in the team’s home-opener Sept. 25, skated in practice this week and will be back in the Wheaties’ lineup sooner than later.

“It’s getting a lot better and a lot stronger so we’re just taking it step by step here,” McGauley told the Brandon Sun. “First thing first, we want to make sure the mobility is there and make sure it’s strong before you go on the ice.

“Now I’m doing just a little bit of contact out here so it’s getting close.”

Meanwhile, 17-year-old forward Tak Anholt has left the Wheat Kings less than a week after signing with the club. Anholt, who cited ‘personal reasons’ for returning home, has struggled to regain his conditioning following a bout of mononucleosis and hasn’t seen any game action with Brandon. gmeachem@reddeeradvocate.com

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West holds off Griffins in Queens win Queens 2 Griffins 1 Jennifer West always had an idea she would like to play hockey for the Red Deer College Queens. It just took a little longer than the 20-year-old netminder anticipated.

West left Red Deer in 2012 to play her final year of midget with the Pacific Steelers in Vancouver. Following that year she thought she would return to RDC, but received an offer to play with the University of Lethbridge. “RDC was on my radar but I received the U of L offer and it seemed to be a chance to play in the CIS,� explained West, who joined the Queens this season “It didn’t work out in Lethbridge as I never dressed for a game, so I didn’t use any eligibility,� added West following a 25 save performance in a 2-1 win over the Grant MacEwan University Griffins at the Arena Thursday.

The following year she stayed in Lethbridge, but played junior A hockey. “I wanted to just concentrate on my education, but I missed playing competitive hockey. The junior league is good for players who don’t play college or CIS, or just want to have some fun.

It’s certainly fun, but it’s not really competitive and I missed that.�

It took some time for her to get back into the swing of things this season, but feels more comfortable. “It was hard to start as I didn’t play the year at the U of L and then last year wasn’t that competitive so it was like being away for two years,� she said. “But I’m getting there and I have such a strong team and a veteran defence around me which helps.�

West and Alex Frisk have shared goaltending duties so far this season and possess the top goals-against average in the league at 1.09. West low-

ered her goals-against-average to 1.26 Thursday with a .947 save percentage.

Frisk is a 0.99 and .954 respectively. “We work well together and support each other,� said West, who was a little unfortunate on the lone goal against her Thursday when Shanya Schwetz knocked the puck in off a RDC defender who tried to take the puck out in front of the net.

Other than that West was solid. “The huge thing was our defence did a great job of moving players out from in front and I saw every shot,� she said.

Queens head coach Kelly Coulter said they’ve been working on that part of their game. “We’ve been working in practice on taking away a team’s time and space and boxing out in front of our net,� he said. “We did a good job of that tonight.�

Emily Swier opened the scoring for the Queens at 8:47 of the first period when she was left alone in front and lifted a backhand shot high to the glove side of Sandy Heim. Schwetz tied it at 8:49 of the second period with Nikki Connor scoring the winning goal on a two-man advantage when she came in off the point, took a perfect pass from Ashley Graf and beat Heim to the glove side.

Overall the game was a bit sloppy and the Queens didn’t look as sharp as they have been most of the first half of the season. “We were a little rusty after a week off and our puck management could improve,� said Coulter. “We didn’t want to get into then north-south style of game they like playing, but you have to win some of those games as well.�

The win moved the 7-1-1 Queens into first place, one point up on the Griffins, 7-4-0, who they face again tonight in Edmonton. RDC does have two games in hand.

The Queens finished with 24 shots

Harvick plays nice out of respect to Jeff Gordon ahead of showdown NASCAR

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Harvick needled Joey Logano ahead of last year’s finale, but said the stories of each of contender this time around made it difficult to play any mind games. “I think there’s a lot of respect for where everybody is at,� Harvick said. “You look at Martin and everything that those guys have done with what they’ve got in Colorado and here they are, and you look at Kyle breaking his leg and fighting back, and Jeff who’s going to retire and run the last race, there’s really no reason to create a story.�

ALL SMOOTHED OVER Joe Gibbs said NASCAR chairman Brian France came to the race shop on Monday to meet with both suspended driver Matt Kenseth and then the team owner. The meetings were separate and done in advance of Kenseth’s return to the track this weekend.

Kenseth was suspended two races for intentionally wrecking Joey Logano in retaliation. The payback ultimately cost Logano a spot in Sunday’s finale. “We had good meetings, I think we’re all in a good place right now,�

Gibbs said. “I think Matt is, too. I appreciated getting the chance to meet with Brian and I think Matt did, too.�

Gibbs also said he and Roger Penske had a pair of phone conversations as the feud between Kenseth and Logano brewed. He said Penske called him after Logano spun Kenseth at Kansas, and Gibbs called Penske after Kenseth wrecked Logano at Martinsville.

HOLLYWOOD, Fla. — Kevin Harvick has made a predictable habit of trying to rattle his opposition when the stakes are at their highest.

With Jeff Gordon sitting to his left, the reigning NASCAR champion didn’t dare play any mind games.

NASCAR’s annual title contenders news conference was a feel-good affair Thursday as all four drivers played nice and lauded each other with platitudes. It was a bit surreal when Harvick, the driver who is always good to stir the pot, said he didn’t want to make anyone angry in advance of Sunday’s season finale.

Since when does Harvick care what others think? Apparently, when it includes Gordon. “You don’t want to be the guy that was disrespectful at Jeff Gordon’s last press conference or say something that’s just a total jackass move,� Harvick said.

Gordon will race for his long-overdue fifth championship on Sunday at Homestead-Miami Speedway. Win or lose, he’s retiring at the end of the race and will cap one of the most storied careers in NASCAR history.

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Red Deer College Queen Ashley Graf breaks across the blue line in front of Grant MacEwan Griffin Dominique Scheurer during a game at the Arena, Thursday. on Heim and took three of six minor penalties. The Queens host SAIT next Thursday in their final home game before the Christmas break.

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

Jan Hudec’s helmet for season-opener a special one SKIING

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS CALGARY — Jan Hudec’s helmet will reflect his nickname when he plummets down the mountain face in the upcoming World Cup downhill races in Lake Louise.

Dylan Kwan, 10, came up with the design featuring a panda bear’s face for artist Miss Anna Hall to paint on Hudec’s helmet, which the skier saw for the first time Wednesday.

It will be auctioned off after the races to raise money for pediatric liver research in Alberta. Kwan has a condition called biliary atresia, which is bile duct inflammation that can lead to scarring of the liver. “Dylan did some research and knew my nickname was the ‘Panda,�’ Hudec said. “Dylan was the creative director and they went on-line and found a bunch of pictures he really liked, what he thought represented fighting Panda — a panda you think would win something. This makes Lake Louise a special event this year.�

The 34-year-old Calgarian was the first Canadian man to win an Olympic alpine medal in 20 years when he took super-G bronze in 2014.

Hudec underwent the eighth knee surgery of his career in January, but

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Hudec earned silver in men’s downhill at the 2007 world alpine ski championships. He won the downhill in Lake Louise that same year and has finished on the World Cup podium four other times in his career.

Designing and auctioning off helmets for causes is the brainchild of Hudec’s former Canadian teammate Brad Spence, a two-time Olympian who started the Helmets For Heroes program after retiring last year.

Spence raced in the 2014 Winter Games wearing a helmet designed by Gillian O’Blenes-Kaufman. Spence met the teenager when she was hospitalized with osteosarcoma, which is bone cancer.

O’Blenes-Kaufman died last year at the age of 18, just when Spence was starting the Helmets For Heroes foundation.

Canadian luger Sam Edney wore a helmet designed by 19-year-old Richard Flamenco in Calgary’s World Cup races last December. Flamenco has a rare skin disease and the helmet was auctioned off to raise money for Alberta Children’s Hospital.

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SCOREBOARD Local Sports • Senior high volleyball: 4A zone finals — Notre Dame girls at Lindsay Thurber, third match of best-of-three, if necessary, 6 p.m.; Lindsay Thurber boys at Notre Dame, third match of best-of-three, if necessary, 6 p.m.

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

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

• AJHL: Drumheller at Olds, 7 p.m.

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

• Chinook senior AAA hockey: Fort Saskatchewan at Bentley, 8 p.m.; Stony Plain at Innisfail, 8 p.m.

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

• Bantam AA hockey: Olds at West Central, 8 p.m., Sylvan Lake.

Saturday • Midget AA hockey: Calgary Blue at Red Deer Elks, 11:30 a.m., Arena; Olds at West Central, 5:30 p.m., Eckville.

• Peewee AA hockey: Olds at Red Deer Parkland, 12:30 p.m., Kinsmen A; Wheatland at Central Alberta, 4 p.m., Big Valley; Medicine Hat at West Central, 5:30 p.m., Rocky Mountain House.

• High school football: South regional tier 2 final — Foothills at Hunting Hills, 1 p.m., Great Chief Park.

• Major bantam hockey: Lethbridge at

Red Deer, 2 p.m., Arena.

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

• Midget AAA hockey: Edmonton Southside at Red Deer, 4:45 p.m., Arena.

• Chinook senior AAA hockey: Innisfail at Bentley, 7 p.m.

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

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

Sunday • Major bantam hockey: Calgary Northstars at Red Deer, noon, Arena.

• Peewee AA hockey: Wheatland at Red Deer TBS, 12:45 p.m., Kinsmen A; Central Alberta at West Central, 2:45 p.m., Sylvan Lake.

• Bantam AA hockey: Bow Valley at Red Deer Ramada, 1:45 p.m., Kinsmen A; Taber at Olds, 2:45 p.m.

• Major bantam girls hockey: Rocky Mountain at Red Deer, 2:15 p.m., Collicutt Centre.

• Midget AAA hockey: St. Albert at Red Deer, 3 p.m., Arena.

• Midget AA hockey: West Central at Central Alberta, 3:15 p.m., Blackfalds; Wheatland at Red Deer Indy Graphics, 4 p.m., Kinex; Lethbridge at Olds, 5:30 p.m.

• Minor midget AAA hockey: Calgary Blazers at Red Deer Strata Energy, 5:30 p.m., Arena.

Basketball National Basketball Association EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct GB Boston 6 5 .545 — Toronto 7 6 .538 — New York 6 6 .500 1/2 Brooklyn 2 10 .167 4 1/2 Philadelphia 0 12 .000 6 1/2

Cleveland Chicago Indiana Detroit Milwaukee

Southeast Division W L Pct 9 5 .643 7 4 .636 5 4 .556 6 6 .500 6 6 .500

GB — 1/2 1 1/2 2 2

Central Division W L Pct 9 3 .750 8 3 .727 7 5 .583 6 5 .545 5 7 .417

GB — 1/2 2 2 1/2 4

WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division W L Pct GB San Antonio 9 2 .818 — Dallas 8 4 .667 1 1/2 Memphis 6 6 .500 3 1/2 Houston 5 7 .417 4 1/2 New Orleans 1 11 .083 8 1/2 Northwest Division W L Pct Oklahoma City 7 5 .583 Utah 6 5 .545 Denver 6 6 .500 Minnesota 5 7 .417 Portland 4 9 .308 Pacific Division W L Pct

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Atlanta Miami Washington Orlando Charlotte

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GB — 1/2 1 2 3 1/2

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

12 6 6 4 2

0 4 5 9 9

1.000 .600 .545 .308 .182

— 5 5 1/2 8 1/2 9 1/2

Wednesday’s Games Indiana 112, Philadelphia 85 Orlando 104, Minnesota 101, OT Charlotte 116, Brooklyn 111 Dallas 106, Boston 102 Houston 108, Portland 103, OT Oklahoma City 110, New Orleans 103 Atlanta 103, Sacramento 97 San Antonio 109, Denver 98 Utah 93, Toronto 89 Chicago 103, Phoenix 97

Pt 31 28 25 21 21 18

CENTRAL DIVISION GP W L OTLSOLGF 22 15 7 0 0 85 21 13 8 0 0 82 23 12 10 0 1 66 23 8 12 3 0 62 19 6 10 2 1 66 22 4 16 2 0 47

GA 63 68 74 79 79 91

Pt 30 26 25 19 15 10

WESTERN CONFERENCE B.C. DIVISION GP W L OTLSOLGF Kelowna 21 15 5 1 0 84 Victoria 23 15 7 0 1 77 Prince George 20 10 9 1 0 54 Kamloops 19 9 8 2 0 68 Vancouver 21 5 12 2 2 56

GA 66 48 59 62 84

Pt 31 31 21 20 14

Seattle Everett Spokane Portland Tri-City

U.S. DIVISION GP W L OTLSOLGF 20 13 6 1 0 73 18 11 6 0 1 43 21 10 8 2 1 65 19 10 9 0 0 66 21 8 12 1 0 61

GA 53 37 72 56 78

Pt 27 23 23 20 17

Wednesday’s results Brandon 6 Medicine Hat 2 Calgary 3 Prince George 1 Lethbridge 4 Everett 3 Kelowna 4 Kamloops 3 (OT) Tri-City 2 Swift Current 1 Victoria 6 Edmonton 3 Tuesday’s results Regina 4 Medicine Hat 2 Prince Albert 4 Moose Jaw 1 Everett 2 Kootenay 0 Edmonton 6 Vancouver 2 Seattle 5 Swift Current 4 Friday’s games Regina at Brandon, 6:30 p.m.

Prince George at Lethbridge, 7 p.m.

Moose Jaw at Kootenay, 7 p.m.

Saskatoon at Red Deer, 7 p.m.

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

Seattle at Kamloops, 8 p.m.

Tri-City at Portland, 8 p.m.

Edmonton at Kelowna, 8:05 p.m.

Sunday, Nov. 29 103rd Grey Cup At Winnipeg Ottawa-Hamilton winner vs. Edmonton-Calgary winner, 4 p.m.

National Football League AMERICAN CONFERENCE East W L T Pct PF New England 9 0 0 1.000 303 Buffalo 5 4 0 .556 231 N.Y. Jets 5 4 0 .556 217 Miami 4 5 0 .444 191

Saturday’s Games Sacramento at Orlando, 3 p.m.

Milwaukee at Indiana, 5 p.m.

Atlanta at Cleveland, 5:30 p.m.

Washington at Detroit, 5:30 p.m.

New York at Houston, 6 p.m.

Philadelphia at Miami, 6 p.m.

Memphis at San Antonio, 6:30 p.m.

NY Rangers Washington Pittsburgh

7 9 7 9 11 12 12

1 2 6 4 1 1 1

GA 45 57 50

Pt 30 23 21

Metropolitan Division GP W L OL GF 19 14 3 2 58 18 12 5 1 54 19 12 7 0 44

GA 34 41 43

Pt 30 25 24

Friday’s games Nashville at Columbus, 5 p.m.

Toronto at Carolina, 5 p.m.

Los Angeles at Detroit, 5:30 p.m.

Montreal at NY Islanders, 5:30 p.m.

New Jersey at Edmonton, 7 p.m.

Chicago at Calgary, 7 p.m.

WILD CARD W L OL 10 6 3 10 7 1 9 8 2 9 8 1 8 8 3 8 9 2 6 8 5 6 9 4 6 10 2 7 13 0

GA 44 43 47 56 48 52 54 55 53 66

Pt 23 21 20 19 19 18 17 16 14 14

Saturday’s games Colorado at Washington, 5 p.m.

Anaheim at Tampa Bay, 5 p.m.

San Jose at Pittsburgh, 5 p.m.

NY Rangers at Florida, 5 p.m.

Philadelphia at Ottawa, 5 p.m.

Arizona at Winnipeg, 5 p.m.

Toronto at Boston, 5 p.m.

Detroit at St. Louis, 6 p.m.

Buffalo at Dallas, 6 p.m.

Nashville at Minnesota, 6 p.m.

Chicago at Vancouver, 8 p.m.

GF 54 46 42 60 50 43 35 46 35 48

53 54 56 38 53 48 50

47 63 54 50 54 74 62

23 20 20 18 15 15 13

Thursday’s results Dallas 3 Washington 2 Boston 4 Minnesota 2 San Jose 1 Philadelphia 0 (OT) Pittsburgh 4 Colorado 3 Arizona 3 Montreal 2 Anaheim 3 Florida 1 Ottawa 3 Columbus 0 Tampa Bay 2 NY Rangers 1 St. Louis 3 Buffalo 2 (SO)

GF 69 57 48

NY Islanders New Jersey Detroit Boston Florida Buffalo Philadelphia Toronto Carolina Columbus

GP 19 18 19 18 19 19 19 19 18 20

Dallas St. Louis Nashville

Western Conference Central Division GP W L OL GF 20 16 4 0 71 20 13 6 1 54 17 11 3 3 53

GA 50 48 40

Pt 32 27 25

Los Angeles San Jose Arizona

Pacific Division GP W L OL 18 12 6 0 19 11 8 0 19 10 8 1

GF 46 51 53

GA 38 47 56

Pt 24 22 21

Minnesota

GP 18

WILD CARD W L OL 10 5 3

GF 53

GA 51

Pt 23

Indianapolis

W 4

South L T 5 0

4 4 2

5 6 8

0 0 0

.444 .400 .189

184 211 182

211 268 233

Cincinnati Pittsburgh Baltimore Cleveland

W 8 6 2 2

L 1 4 7 8

T 0 0 0 0

Pct .889 .600 .222 .200

PF 235 236 210 186

PA 152 191 236 277

Denver Kansas City Oakland San Diego

W 7 4 4 2

West L T 2 0 5 0 5 0 7 0

Pct .778 .444 .444 .222

PF 205 224 227 210

PA 168 195 241 249

PF 273 205 212 166

PA 253 209 184 214

PF 255 229 191 255

PA 175 190 237 315

North

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

West Division Calgary at Edmonton, 2:30 p.m.

Friday’s Games Philadelphia at Charlotte, 5 p.m.

Brooklyn at Boston, 5:30 p.m.

Detroit at Minnesota, 6 p.m.

San Antonio at New Orleans, 6 p.m.

Houston at Memphis, 6 p.m.

New York at Oklahoma City, 6 p.m.

Utah at Dallas, 6:30 p.m.

Phoenix at Denver, 7 p.m.

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

Chicago at Golden State, 8:30 p.m.

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

Montreal Ottawa Tampa Bay

NHL Eastern Conference Atlantic Division GP W L OL 20 14 4 2 19 9 5 5 21 9 9 3

11 9 7 7 7 7 6

Wednesday’s results Winnipeg 4 Vancouver 1 Washington 2 Detroit 1 (OT) Chicago 4 Edmonton 3 (OT)

Sunday, November 22 Saskatoon at Calgary, 4 p.m.

Houston Jacksonville Tennessee

CFL PLAYOFFS

Thursday’s Games Miami 116, Sacramento 109 Cleveland 115, Milwaukee 100 Golden State at L.A. Clippers, late

Saturday’s games Regina at Prince Albert, 6 p.m.

Everett at Calgary, 7 p.m.

Swift Current at Kootenay, 7 p.m.

Saskatoon at Lethbridge, 7 p.m.

Prince George at Medicine Hat, 7:30 p.m.

Edmonton at Kamloops, 8 p.m.

Moose Jaw at Spokane, 8:05 p.m.

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

Vancouver at Kelowna, 8:05 p.m.

Portland at Seattle, 8:05 p.m.

19 20 20 20 19 20 19

Sunday’s games Los Angeles at Carolina, 11 a.m.

San Jose at Columbus, 3 p.m.

NY Islanders at Montreal, 5 p.m.

New Jersey at Vancouver, 8 p.m.

Monday, November 23 Edmonton at Washington, 5 p.m.

Nashville at NY Rangers, 5 p.m.

St. Louis at Buffalo, 5 p.m.

Carolina at Philadelphia, 5 p.m.

Los Angeles at Florida, 5:30 p.m.

Boston at Toronto, 5:30 p.m.

Colorado at Winnipeg, 6 p.m.

Football Sunday’s results Division Semifinals East Division Hamilton 25 Toronto 22 West Division Calgary 35 B.C. 9

GB

Pct .444

PF 200

PA 169 207 184 225 PA 227

NATIONAL CONFERENCE East W L T Pct N.Y. Giants 5 5 0 .500 Washington 4 5 0 .444 Philadelphia 4 5 0 .444 Dallas 2 7 0 .222

Carolina Atlanta Tampa Bay New Orleans

W 9 6 4 4

South L T 0 0 3 0 5 0 6 0

Pct 1.000 .667 .444 .400

North

Minnesota Green Bay Chicago Detroit

W 7 6 4 2

L 2 3 5 7

T 0 0 0 0

Pct .778 .667 .444 .222

PF 198 219 199 167

PA 154 185 234 261

Arizona St. Louis Seattle San Francisco

W 7 4 4 3

West L T 2 0 5 0 5 0 6 0

Pct .778 .444 .444 .333

PF 302 166 199 126

PA 185 183 179 223

Thursday, Nov. 19 Tennessee 13, Jacksonville 19 Sunday, Nov. 22 N.Y. Jets at Houston, 11 a.m.

Denver at Chicago, 11 a.m.

Oakland at Detroit, 11 a.m.

Indianapolis at Atlanta, 11 a.m.

Tampa Bay at Philadelphia, 11 a.m.

St. Louis at Baltimore, 11 a.m.

Dallas at Miami, 11 a.m.

Washington at Carolina, 11 a.m.

Kansas City at San Diego, 2:05 p.m.

San Francisco at Seattle, 2:25 p.m.

Green Bay at Minnesota, 2:25 p.m.

Cincinnati at Arizona, 6:30 p.m.

Open: Cleveland, N.Y. Giants, New Orleans, Pittsburgh Monday, Nov. 23 Buffalo at New England, 6:30 p.m.

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Golf RSM Classic Thursday At St. Simons Island, Ga. s-Sea Island Resort (Seaside): 7,005 yards, par70 (35-35) p-Sea Island Resort (Plantation): 7,058 yards, par-72 (36-36) Purse: $5.7 million First Round a-amateur Kevin Kisner 32-33—65p -7 David Hearn 33-31—64s -6 Jeff Overton 33-31—64s -6 Jim Herman 36-30—66p -6 Tom Hoge 33-31—64s -6 Kyle Stanley 34-32—66p -6 Kevin Chappell 32-34—66p -6 Scott Stallings 34-32—66p -6 Si Woo Kim 33-33—66p -6 Brendon de Jonge 33-34—67p -5 Jonathan Byrd 30-37—67p -5 Johnson Wagner 32-33—65s -5 Stewart Cink 33-34—67p -5 Rob Oppenheim 32-33—65s -5 Freddie Jacobson 34-31—65s -5 Jason Gore 33-32—65s -5 Jason Dufner 33-34—67p -5 Camilo Villegas 33-34—67p -5 Hiroshi Iwata 34-33—67p -5 Bobby Wyatt 32-35—67p -5 Trey Mullinax 31-34—65s -5 Derek Fathauer 33-34—67p -5 Brian Stuard 33-35—68p -4 Ricky Barnes 33-35—68p -4 Zac Blair 32-34—66s -4 Chez Reavie 33-35—68p -4 Jhonattan Vegas 35-33—68p -4 Russell Henley 34-32—66s -4 Brendon Todd 36-32—68p -4 Harris English 33-35—68p -4 Mark Hubbard 32-36—68p -4 Harold Varner III 32-34—66s -4 Lucas Glover 32-34—66s -4 Steve Marino 33-35—68p -4 Chad Campbell 33-33—66s -4 David Lingmerth 32-34—66s -4 Chris Kirk 32-36—68p -4 Brett Stegmaier 34-34—68p -4 Sam Saunders 34-32—66s -4 Thomas Aiken 34-32—66s -4 Robert Karlsson 36-32—68p -4 Charles Howell III 33-34—67s -3 D.A. Points 34-35—69p -3 Chris Stroud 35-34—69p -3 Eric Axley 33-36—69p -3 Peter Malnati 33-36—69p -3 Jon Curran 33-34—67s -3 Matt Kuchar 35-34—69p -3 Cameron Percy 34-33—67s -3 Jamie Lovemark 35-34—69p -3 Dawie van der Walt 33-36—69p -3 Scott Brown 32-35—67s -3 Tim Herron 34-35—69p -3 Justin Thomas 34-33—67s -3 Aaron Baddeley 35-34—69p -3 Graeme McDowell 33-34—67s -3 Bill Haas 34-33—67s -3 Alex Cejka 32-35—67s -3 Kevin Streelman 33-36—69p -3 Tim Petrovic 32-35—67s -3 Martin Piller 35-32—67s -3 Michael Kim 34-33—67s -3 Nicholas Thompson 37-33—70p -2 Vijay Singh 36-32—68s -2 Fabian Gomez 34-34—68s -2 Chesson Hadley 34-34—68s -2 Zach Johnson 34-36—70p -2 Heath Slocum 35-35—70p -2 Blayne Barber 35-35—70p -2 Robert Streb 37-33—70p -2

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European PGA-World Tour Championship DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Leading scores Thursday in the World Tour Championship, the European Tour season finale at 7,675-yard, par72 (36-36) Jumeirah Golf Estates: First Round Martin Kaymer 34-32—66 Andy Sullivan 33-33—66 Marcus Fraser 32-34—66 Ian Poulter 33-33—66 Francesco Molinari 34-33—67 Rory McIlroy 34-34—68 Branden Grace 32-36—68 Danny Willett 34-34—68 Chris Wood 32-36—68 Matthew Fitzpatrick 33-35—68 Fabrizio Zanotti 35-33—68 MiguelAngel Jimenez 33-35—68 Alejandro Canizares 37-31—68 Thongchai Jaidee 34-35—69 Patrick Reed 36-34—70 Justin Rose 35-36—71 Lee Westwood 37-34—71 Louis Oosthuizen 36-37—73 Shane Lowry 39-36—75 Henrik Stenson 36-41—77 CME Group Tour Championship Thursday At Tiburon Golf Club Naples, Fla. Purse: $2 million Yardage: 6,540 Par: 72 (36-36) First Round Austin Ernst 34-32—66 Mi Hyang Lee 32-35—67 Sei Young Kim 33-35—68 Jennifer Song 33-35—68 Cristie Kerr 36-32—68 Brittany Lincicome 34-34—68 Jaye Marie Green 33-35—68 Gerina Piller 35-33—68 Lydia Ko 36-33—69 I.K. Kim 35-34—69 Ha Na Jang 33-36—69 Alison Lee 35-34—69 Lexi Thompson 36-34—70 Catriona Matthew 37-33—70 Karrie Webb 35-35—70 Paula Creamer 37-33—70 Jessica Korda 33-37—70 Julieta Granada 34-36—70 Kim Kaufman 35-35—70 Pornanong Phatlum 36-34—70 Ariya Jutanugarn 35-35—70 Min Lee 36-35—71 Inbee Park 37-34—71 Anna Nordqvist 37-34—71 Hyo Joo Kim 38-33—71 Suzann Pettersen 35-36—71 Jenny Shin 36-35—71 Hee Young Park 35-36—71

Hall of Fame golfer Dan Halldorson dead at 63 Dan Halldorson, a Canadian Golf Hall of Famer who enjoyed a long career on the PGA Tour and helped mentor many of this country’s top golfers, has died. He was 63.

Halldorson suffered a massive stroke Monday at his home in Cambridge, Ill., and died Wednesday in hospital, a Golf Canada spokesman said.

“I think he’ll be remembered as one of the great icons in Canadian golf,” longtime friend Richard Zokol said from Vernon, B.C. A Winnipeg native who grew up in nearby Brandon, Man., Halldorson picked up his lone PGA Tour win at the 1980 Pensacola Open and earned close to US$1.2 million on the Tour from 1975 to 2004. He won World Cup titles for Canada in 1980 with Jim Nelford and in 1985 with Dave Barr.

BASEBALL American League DETROIT TIGERS — Named Murray Cook senior major league scouting adviser, Steve Hinton national crosschecker, Jim Bretz Northeast scout, R.J. Burgess North Florida scout, Dave Dangler Northwest scout, Oneri Fleita international crosschecker and Mid-Atlantic scout, Justin Henry Southeast scout, Jeff Kunkle upper Midwest scout, Jesus Garces Venezuela scout, Alan Avila assistant counsel for baseball operations, Jay Sartori senior director of baseball operations and analytics, Andrew Koo baseball operations analyst, Chris Long analytics consultant and Ray Crone, Joe Ferrone, Randy Johnson and Jimmy Rough major league scouts.

HOUSTON ASTROS — Traded INF Jonathan Villar to Milwaukee for RHP Cy Sneed. Released LHP Luis Cruz and OF Robbie Grossman unconditionally.

TORONTO BLUE JAYS — Selected the contracts of RHPs Blake McFarland from New Hampshire (EL) and Blake Dragmire from Dunedin (FSL).

National League CHICAGO CUBS — Agreed to terms with RHP Andury Acevedo on a one-year contract. Claimed LHP Jack Leathersich off waivers from the N.Y. Mets.

ST. LOUIS CARDINALS — Selected the contracts of SS Aledmys Diaz and LHP Dean Kiekhefer from Memphis (PCL) and OF Charlie Tilson from Springfield (TL).

WASHINGTON NATIONALS — Selected the contracts of INF Chris Bostick and LHP Nick Lee from Harrisburg and C Spencer Keiboom from Potomac (Carolina).

American Association LINCOLN SALTDOGS — Signed RHP Randy Hamrick.

WICHITA WINGNUTS — Signed RHPs Seth Harvey and Richard Ruff.

Can-Am League SUSSEX COUNTY MINERS — Released RHP

Matt Sommo, OF Brady Wilson, 1B Vince Guglietti and INF Andrew Dundon.

BASKETBALL National Basketball Association NBA — Suspended Sacramento F DeMarcus Cousins one game for hitting Atlanta F Al Horford in the head with a forearm.

FOOTBALL National Football League BALTIMORE RAVENS — Placed DB Asa Jackson on injured reserve. Signed RB Terrance West from the practice squad.

DENVER BRONCOS — Waived G Shelley Smith.

Claimed C Sam Brenner off waivers from Miami.

DETROIT LIONS — Named Rod Wood president.

HOUSTON TEXANS — Waived CB Jumal Rolle.

Claimed QB Brandon Weeden off waivers from Dallas.

KANSAS CITY CHIEFS — Released DT Hebron Fangupo from the practice squad. Signed TE Ross Travis to the practice squad.

MIAMI DOLPHINS — Signed LB James-Michael Johnson. Signed DT Deandre Coleman and OT Chris Martin to the practice squad.

NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS — Released OL Blaine Clausell from the practice squad. Signed OL Chris Barker to the practice squad.

NEW YORK JETS — Released LB Quanterus Smith from the practice squad. Signed CB Kevin Short to the practice squad.

OAKLAND RAIDERS — Signed DE Shelby Harris from the practice squad and WR Jeremy Ross to the practice squad.

SAN DIEGO CHARGERS — Signed WR Donte Foster to the practice squad.

SEATTLE SEAHAWKS — Released DE Julius Warmsley from the practice squad. Signed WR Douglas McNeil to the practice squad.

WASHINGTON REDSKINS — Released RB Mack Brown from the practice squad. Signed RB Christine Michael to the practice squad.

HOCKEY

National Hockey League ARIZONA COYOTES — Called up F Michael Bunting and D Dakota Mermis from Rapid City (ECHL) to Springfield (AHL).

BALTIMORE RAVENS — Signed WR Kaelin Clay from Detroit’s practice squad.

DETROIT RED WINGS — Assigned C Andreas Athanasiou to Grand Rapids (AHL). Placed RHP Johan Franzen on long-term injury reserve.

NASHVILLE PREDATORS — Recalled D Garrett Noonan from Cincinnati (ECHL) to Milwaukee (AHL).

PHILADELPHIA FLYERS — Called up F Brandon Alderson from Reading (ECHL) to Lehigh Valley (AHL).

American Hockey League AHL — Suspended Bakersfield RW Matthew Ford two games.

HAMILTON BULLDOGS — Acquired D Connor Walters from Owen Sound (OHL) for their 2016 eight-round pick in the OHL Priority Selection and Barrie’s (OHL) 2019 fifth-round pick.

LEHIGH VALLEY PHANTOMS — Assigned G Connor Knapp to Reading (ECHL).

PORTLAND PIRATES — Returned F Darik Angeli to Manchester (ECHL).

ECHL BRAMPTON BEAST — Signed G Kevin Kapalka and F Thomas Stajan.

ELMIRA JACKALS — Released G Matt Cooper as emergency backup.

EVANSVILLE ICEMEN — Signed G Dustin Carlson.

GREENVILLE SWAMP RABBITS — Loaned F Vinny Saponari to Lake Erie (AHL).

QUAD CITY MALLARDS — Signed D/F Kyle Follmer.

TULSA OILERS — Claimed F Alex Grieve off waivers from Alaska.

SOCCER National Women’s Soccer League WASHINGTON SPIRIT — Traded M Angela Salem to Boston for two 2016 second-round draft picks.

Rashad Greene’s late punt return helps Jaguars down Titans NFL

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Jaguars 19 Titans 13 JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — The Jacksonville Jaguars have their first winning streak in more than two years.

Rashad Greene returned a punt 63 yards, setting up Blake Bortles’ 5-yard touchdown pass to Julius Thomas with 3:30 remaining, and the Jaguars beat the Tennessee Titans 19-13 on Thursday night.

The Jaguars (4-6) won consecutive games for the first time since December 2013 and gained ground in the muddled AFC South.

The Titans (2-8) lost for the eighth time in nine games and spoiled interim coach Mike Mularkey’s return to Jacksonville. Mularkey was fired after one season with the Jaguars, a 2-14 campaign in 2012.

For much of the night it looked as if Mularkey would celebrate a rare win in Jacksonville.

But Greene, a rookie who missed the last seven games

while recovering from a torn ligament in his left thumb, weaved his way down the near sideline before finally getting tackled at the 5. Bortles hooked up with Thomas on the next play, putting Jacksonville ahead 16-13. It was an easy call for Bortles, who noticed linebacker Derrick Morgan lined up across from Thomas before the snap.

Phillip Supernaw fumbled on the ensuing possession, leading to Jason Myers’ fourth field goal of the night and a six-point lead with 2:19 remaining.

The Titans had one final chance and advanced to the 23 with 5 seconds remaining. But Andre Branch sacked Marcus Mariota on the final play.

Branch did his usual windmill dance as he was mobbed by teammates.

Bortles, who left the sideline briefly to be treated for dehydration, completed 21 of 30 passes for 242 yards. He extended his touchdown streak to 10 games.

He also had two turnovers that kept Jacksonville from getting ahead earlier in the game.

The Jaguars failed to score on three trips inside the 20.

Bortles threw an interception at the 12, adding to the team’s woes in and near the red zone.

Myers made kicks from 31, 32, 20 and 36 yards.

The biggest head-scratcher for Jacksonville was running backup Denard Robinson three times, beginning with a first-and-goal play from the 7 early in the third quarter.

Robinson was stopped for no gain on the final two carries.

Allen Robinson caught five passes for 113 yards. Thomas finished with five receptions for 28 yards and his second touchdown of the season. Allen Hurns saw his seven-game touchdown streak come to an end. He caught three passes for 19 yards.

Mariota completed 22 of 35 passes for 231 yards. He also ran for a 23-yard score that put the Titans ahead 13-9 late in the third quarter. His top target once again was tight end Delanie Walker, who finished with 109 yards on eight receptions.

Both teams needed a win to stay in the mix in the division race.

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Feeling the pain like no other GEORGES ST-PIERRE FEELS FOR RONDA ROUSEY AS HE ALSO LOST A BELT IN SHOCKING FASHION

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — Georges St-Pierre feels (Rowdy) Ronda Rousey’s pain like perhaps no other.

Eight years before Rousey was dethroned by Holly Holm at UFC 193, St-Pierre lost his welterweight crown to Matt (The Terror) Serra at UFC 69 in a shocking upset of his own.

Serra was an inflated lightweight, albeit one with a big right hand and a black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu. A happy-go-lucky sort, Serra (8-4) had to win a season of “The Ultimate Fighter” reality TV show devoted to veterans making a comeback just to earn a title shot.

St-Pierre, then 13-1 as a pro, was a 10-1 favourite to dispatch Serra. The Montreal MMA star was seen as younger, bigger and faster, with more weapons at his disposal. And he had just avenged a 2004 loss to Matt Hughes, widely viewed as the greatest welterweight champion ever, to claim the 170-pound crown at UFC 65 in November 2006.

Serra needed just three minutes 25 seconds in April 2007 to dethrone St-Pierre in his first title defence.

“This is my worst nightmare,” St-Pierre said that night in Houston.

The previously unbeaten Rousey, who went into last weekend’s fight as MMA’s reigning rock star, is living her own nightmare now — a 20-1 favourite left unconscious and bleeding.

“It’s unfortunate for Ronda but I’m happy for Holly in the same time,” St-Pierre, who like Holm had coach Greg Jackson in his corner, said in an interview Thursday.

“In this game, no one’s invincible,” he added.

“Sometimes you zig when you should zag.”

St-Pierre lost his confidence along with his championship belt, but eventually remade both his game and the people around him.

“I needed to beat a lot of my own demons, a lot of

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Georges St-Pierre holds up his book at a launch in 2013. St-Pierre feels Ronda Rousey’s pain like perhaps no other. Both former champions were dethroned in massive upsets, some eight years apart.

St-Pierre remade his game after his 2007 loss and won his title back. my fear,” he said. “And I came back stronger.

“So in a way for Ronda it’s sad that she lost, but maybe it could be the best thing that ever happened to her, in that she will come back much stronger.”

St-Pierre did. He won 12 fights in a row after losing his title, thumping Serra at UFC 83 in April 2008 to regain his crown. He stepped away from the sport in late 2013 and, now 34, says he has yet to decide whether he will come back.

While both St-Pierre and Rousey fell victim to huge upsets, their cases are different.

The Canadian was a newly crowned champion.

Rousey had made five successful title defences and had been demolishing all comers.

Holm was a different story, however — a former world-class boxer with some of MMA’s best coaches behind her.

While Rousey looked in trouble from the getgo against Holm’s movement and slick striking, StPierre had been doing well against Serra until the unthinkable happened.

After Serra caught him a right to the back of his head, St-Pierre lost his equilibrium and fell backwards.

Former champion Hughes was ringside at the Toyota Center to witness the massive upset.

“He’s hurt,” Hughes, writing in his book “Made in America,” recalled thinking. “Wait a minute. He can’t be hurt. He’s fighting Matt Serra.”

The end quickly followed.

The defeat rocked St-Pierre, who said he used to feel no fear preparing for fights.

“The fact that I lost made me realize that I was a human being,” he said. “It was very hard to come back from a loss. I needed (the help of) a sports psychologist. Because what is very important to a fighter is the confidence and sometimes with a loss like this, you can lose your confidence.”

On the advice of sports psychologist Brian Cain, St-Pierre looked to rid himself of the mental albatross of his title defeat by scrawling Serra’s name onto a brick and hurling it into the icy waters off the South Shore.

“Actually I thought it was kind of weird but I felt better after,” StPierre said.

GSP still unsure about return to octagon

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — Former UFC welterweight champion Georges St-Pierre is considering going through a fight camp to see if he still has an appetite to get back into the cage.

The 34-year-old from Montreal has not fought since a split-decision win over Johny Hendricks in November 2013, saying he needed time away from the sport.

St-Pierre (25-2) said only that the fight camp is a possibility.

“Maybe, but I’m not sure when I’m going to do it,” he said in an interview Thursday.

“I have a lot of contractual things to do, a lot of things happening.”

The idea for a fight camp without a bout scheduled at the end of it came through discussions with veteran boxing trainer Freddie Roach.

“We came to the conclusion that if — IF

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— I want to come back, I should not come back right away,” St-Pierre said. “Because if you come back and your fight is already scheduled and you don’t feel hungry any more in the middle of the camp, it’s kind of too late to cancel.”

The camp would help determine “if you still have fun, if you’re still hungry and you still have the fire.

“Because in this game if you’re not hungry, you should not fight again. And at the end when I stopped and kind of took a break, I was not happy about a lot of situations and I was not hungry any more. I did it (fighting) because I had to, not because I wanted to.”

St-Pierre says he doesn’t know about his fighting future. But his present seems filled with fun.

Social media posts show recent visits to London, New York, Miami, Los Angeles and San Jose.

“I love my life,” he said happily.

A planned visit to Paris was sadly called off due to the terrorist attacks.

Known for his intense workout regimen, St-Pierre continues to train. Videos show him tumbling like a gymnast.

“I’m having a great time. Actually it’s funny, I’m in better shape than I was when I was competing,” he said. “I’m doing better in the gym. I feel better, stronger, more powerful, hungrier because I’m having fun again training.

“It lights a lot of fire in me and it’s great.”

Any decision to come back will be his, he emphasized.

“One thing for sure, I don’t want to make a comeback and look like a fool like a lot of athletes have done in the past. I don’t want to be that kind of guy. So if I come back, I’ll make sure I’m the best I’ve ever been.”

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Hearn just behind lead at RSM Classic

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ST. SIMONS ISLAND, Ga. — Davis Love III and Davis Love IV did everything together Thursday at Sea Island.

They have the same pre-shot routine, a full practice swing before setting up over the ball. Both hit 3-wood off the tee and made birdie on the opening hole. Both wound up with an even-par 70 on the Seaside Course. And both have a lot of work to make up ground on Kevin Kisner.

Kisner hit 3-wood to about 25 feet on the fringe and made eagle on his penultimate hole on the Plantation Course for a 7-under 65, giving him a one-shot lead based on par after the first round of the RSM Classic.

Jeff Overton, David Hearn and Tom Hoge each had a 6-under 64 on the Seaside Course.

The biggest crowd — which wasn’t much on a day when storms threatened but never arrived — filled the bleachers behind the first tee to see some familiar faces.

Love, the 21-time winner on the PGA Tour, has lived at Sea Island since he was 4. They saw his son, known as Dru, go from a toddler with a plastic club to a 6-foot-5 junior at Alabama who earned a spot in the RSM Classic through a qualifier for the final exemption.

Nerves?

Those belonged mainly to dad.

“I was a little flustered,” Love said. “I was running late and nervous for him, and then he hit it right down the middle and hit it stiff and made birdie.

And I stopped worrying about him and started worrying about me a little more.”

Neither made many birdies on a soft, calm and cloudy day that was ideal for low scoring — 110 players in the 156-man field broke par. Love’s round went the wrong direction with a poor tee shot that led to double bogey on the 13th hole. Dru Love caught his dad with a big tee shot and a two-putt birdie on the par-5 15th. On the final hole, Love had a 10-foot birdie putt to finish 1 under and just missed it.

This wasn’t a father-and-son competition — at least not to the father.

Asked his goal for Friday, Dru Love smiled and said, “Beat my dad.”

“I didn’t beat him today,” the son said. “Obviously, my goal is to make the cut. I’ve got that in the back of my head. I’ll try to be more patient. After I birdied the first hole, my expectations were a little high. I’ve played this course a lot and I’ve played it well. So I think I thought I could play better than I did.”

Making it easier for Dru Love was having Justin Thomas along for the ride. Thomas, who missed two short birdie putts at the end and had to settle for a 67, played two years with him at Alabama, and he made it feel like an old college match, even telling

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Kevin Kisner hits out of the bunker on the ninth green of the Plantation Course at the Sea Island Golf Club during the first round at the RSM Classic golf tournament, Thursday, in St. Simons Island, Ga. Dru Love, “Nice save, Bigfoot,” after a nifty up-anddown on the 16th.

Dru Love has a size 13 shoe and has been called that since his freshman year at Alabama.

Kisner had done everything but win this year. He has lost in a playoff three times — to Jim Furyk at Hilton Head, to Rickie Fowler at The Players Championship and in a four-man playoff at The Greenbrier Classic — and he was runner-up at the HSBC Champions in Shanghai two weeks ago.

“I haven’t been disappointed in any stretch of golf coming down the stretch to have a chance. I always rate myself on that,” Kisner said. “I’ve just gotten beaten a few times, so hopefully I’ll have a chance coming down with a couple-shot lead on Sunday.”

It is rare for fathers and sons to play together on the PGA Tour. Craig Stadler and son Kevin played in the 2014 Masters. Jay Haas has played numerous times with son Bill, a six-time tour winner. Jack Nicklaus played his final full season in 2000 when son Gary earned his tour card.

Love is curious to see if his son can develop into a

PGA Tour player.

“I hope that he’s another one of these kids that come out here and is chasing me off,” Love said. “I hit a really good drive at 15 and I think Dru was 20 (yards) by me and Justin was 40 by me. I was like, ‘Oh, they’re going to run me off eventually.’ It’s fun to watch Dru play. … I was proud of him. Heck of a first day.

“With everything going on around our family and him getting in this tournament and all the attention, I thought he handled it really well and played a good round of golf.”

Dru Love conceded to having a few nerves, too, though it helped to be with Thomas, and to know “just about everyone in the stands behind us everyone in fairway.”

And it helped to have his father along for the ride.

“We talked about normal stuff, mostly about what we’re going to have for lunch and dinner,” Dru Love said. “He’s good at leaving me alone when I need to be left alone. He tried to treat me like he would anyone else out there.”

LPGA championship McIlroy and Willett pace off to hectic start Race to Dubai trophy chase ERNST TAKES 1ST-ROUND LEAD WHILE KIM GRABS UPPER HAND IN $1 MILLION BONUS RACE NAPLES, Fla. — Austin Ernst leads the tournament, Sei Young Kim leads the race for $1 million and Lydia Ko has edged closer to everything else that’s at stake this weekend.

So as expected, the LPGA’s finale for 2015 is off to a hectic start.

Ernst shot a 6-under 66 Thursday to take a one-shot lead over South Korea’s Mi Hyang Lee after the opening round of the CME Group Tour Championship. Kim, part of a group two shots off Ernst’s pace, would win the season-ending $1 million bonus if the tournament ended in its current order.

Ko shot a 69 to move closer to earning player of the year honours, plus the scoring and money titles.

“I’ve just got to think of it as another tournament,” said Ko, the 18-year-old from New Zealand who holds the No. 1 ranking. “That’s what I said for all the majors. I’ve got to focus on one shot at a time and not think like it’s a major so it’s more special and all that. Obviously, it is, at the end of the day. But it’s another tournament. We’ve got the world’s best golfers here, the top players are here, it’s a great field, it does feel like a major.

“And with everything that might come along on Sunday, it might be more than that.”

She would know, after sweeping the tournament and the bonus a year ago. Ko opened with a 71 at Tiburon last year and was five back after the first round she was two shots better, and two shots closer to the lead, after Thursday.

Meanwhile, Ernst — who has strug-

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gled mightily in her past trips to Tiburon — took a new and simple approach to the course this time. All she tried to do was stay out of trouble, and she made it look easy.

“I drove it pretty well today,” said Ernst, an American who hit 17 greens.

“I’ve been hitting it well this year. It’s really just a matter of I needed to get myself in better positions. I didn’t really put too much stock in how I’ve played here the last two years.”

Lee was alone in second. At 68, Kim was in a six-way tie for third with five Americans — Jennifer Song, Cristie Kerr, Brittany Lincicome, Jaye Marie Green and Gerina Piller.

“It’s great to come in and have a good round on the first day,” Lincicome said. “My dad always told me, you can’t win it on the first day but you can definitely lose it. So I put myself in contention a little bit.”

Kim, a three-time winner this year, already has wrapped up rookie of the year honours and entered the week as one of the nine players with a shot at winning the “Race to CME Globe” and the accompanying $1 million bonus.

Ko, Inbee Park and Stacy Lewis would all capture that bonus by winning the season finale Park struggled with the Bermuda greens and shot 71, while Lewis opened her last chance at winning a tournament this year with a 72.

“Just wasn’t very good,” Lewis said.

“Didn’t really hit the ball very solid and never gave myself a lot of good birdie chances. Just didn’t play very well.”

Ko and Park will decide the world’s No. 1 ranking this week, along with the scoring title, player of the year and the money crown.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Rory McIlroy birdied his last hole to pace Danny Willett in their chase for the Race to Dubai trophy on the opening day of the World Tour Championship on Thursday.

McIlroy chipped in from a greenside bunker on the 18th hole to card a 4-under 68, tied with Englishman Willett, two shots behind the four leaders.

The pair are the main contenders to finish No. 1 for the season in the European Tour finale, McIlroy for the third time in four years, and Willett for the first time. Five others are in contention, but whoever finishes higher between McIlroy and Willett is expected to claim the trophy.

Martin Kaymer, English pair Ian Poulter and Andy Sullivan, and Australian Marcus Fraser topped the leaderboard with 6-under 66s at Jumeirah Golf Estates.

Two-time defending champion Henrik Stenson dropped five shots in his last four holes to finish on 77.

McIlroy made the turn at 2 under, bogeyed the 10th, recovered with consecutive birdies, and capped his round with an accurate chip off his fourth shot.

“Nice way to finish,” he said. “It was a bit scrappy before that. In between those birdies (on 11-12) and the birdie

at the last, there was a bit of ugly golf in there.”

Willett had a similar round: He went 2 under going out, bogeyed one soon after the turn, and birdied the last hole.

“It’s what everyone wanted, it’s very close,” Willett said. “It’s going to be a great tussle all week.”

Poulter made just one birdie on the four par-5 holes, but the Englishman didn’t do much wrong in a bogey-free round.

“Took care of the par 4s and the par 3s, just didn’t really take care of the par 5s.” he said. “There were other birdie opportunities that I would expect to hole. Most of those putts are inside 10 feet. I hit 17 greens in regulation and just two missed fairways . that’s pretty solid.”

Kaymer, winless this season like Poulter, made a couple of bogeys, including one on the par-3 sixth, where he went into the water. But he made up for that with eight birdies.

Sullivan eagled the par-5 7th, and Fraser was 7 under through 14 holes but bogeyed the 16th to fall into the tie for the lead.

Francesco Molinari, on 67, was between the leaders and McIlroy, Willett and six others on 68.

Justin Rose, who was third in the Race to Dubai, made successive bogeys in his last two holes in a 1-under 71.

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Pure Fitness Crossfit instructor Kelly MacDonald, left, and Crystal Rhyno lift plates while training. McDonld tells Rhyno in this week’s column that having a full range of motion in our joints and limbs is essential for running and in everyday life. listen to her sage words, not grimace at the camera, keep my legs out, head neutral and back straight in my version of low squat. (It didn’t help that my co-worker Jeff Stokoe was continuously snapping pics while claiming he needed one more shot.)

Call me the poster runner for tight hips, quads and hamstrings.

Sure I … ahem … stretch after running but I clearly need to loosen up in a big way. I think most runners will agree with me that the last thing I want to do is stretch after pounding the pavement or navigating the trail for two or three hours.

My body has paid the price in inju-

ries because I have not listened to it.

Kelly says if a runner could sit in a squat for two minutes after a run, it could go a long way in their running journey. It should be the part of every runner’s routine.

But that’s just one piece of the fitness puzzle.

I know runners should look at the whole picture – strength, endurance, flexibilty and mobility. Then there’s the whole nutrition side of it.

My head aches when I think about all the things I could be doing to ex-

tend my recreational running career.

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Send your column ideas, photos and stories to crhyno@reddeeradvocate.com. Find Running with Rhyno on Facebook and @CrystalRhyno on Twitter.

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It’s as comfortable as it sounds.

Beside me is Kelly MacDonald, a Crossfit CRYSTAL Level 1 coach RHYNO and co-owner RUNNING WITH of Pure Fitness Red Deer, who RHYNO is chatting with ease about the importance of a good squat.

Runners, she tells me, are notorious for being inflexible. Kelly can easily spot the runner across the crowded gym floor.

Tight hamstrings. Tight quads. Tight ankles. You name it. She has seen it all.

“I think running is great but only running can be hard on your body,” said Kelly.

“If you are putting in 50 km or more a week, your body will start to wear down. You need all the proper hydration and proper nutrition but also ensure you are strong enough to maintain those miles.”

I expected Kelly to champion the benefits of lifting crazy amounts of weights when I asked about strength training and running. (After all, she owns a gym.)

But she steered me in the direction of mobility. Kelly explained having a full range of motion in our joints and limbs is essential for running and in everyday life.

There’s no such thing as a day off when it comes to mobility, she said.

As we get older, our bodies need a little more TLC. Ideally, Kelly said, people should aim for at least 10 minutes doing a form of mobility every single day.

It all begins with the basic squat.

“We squat every day,” she said.

“You squat to sit on the couch. You squat to get on the toilet. You need to be able to squat below parallel. Many runners do tend to lose that ability to squat properly. Squats not only strengthen you, they work on your flexibility and range of motion.”

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25 years of supporting victims UNIT DRIVEN BY VOLUNTEERS, HELPING THOSE IN THEIR DARKEST HOURS

BY SUSAN ZIELINSKI ADVOCATE STAFF Volunteers with Red Deer Victim Services were saluted for 25 years of community service at a special anniversary celebration on Thursday.

“Since the first 19 recruits, 378 men and women have given their hearts to serve the victims of crime and tragedy in this community. This celebration is all about you,” said retired RCMP Const. Irving Kurz, who was the first co-ordinator of Red Deer Victim Services.

Kurz said at one time, families had no one to turn to after police gave them the shattering news of a loved one’s death.

Assault victims had no one to talk to in hospital. Witnesses lived in fear waiting to give evidence in court. Victims of residential break-ins were left all alone “in what had been their sanctuary.”

“This wasn’t a community a long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away. This was Red Deer in the 1980s.”

All that changed on Nov. 22, 1990, the first day Red Deer Victim Services volunteers were on the job, he said at the afternoon celebration held at downtown detachment of Red Deer RCMP. Kathy Collins, executive director of Policy and Program Development with Alberta Justice and Solicitor General, called Red Deer Victim Services one of the pioneers in formalizing services for victims.

“I know that 25 years ago, the province was just starting to implement legislation and the supporting framework for victim serving organizations,” Collins said.

She said in 1998, victim services

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Retired RCMP Const. Irving Kurz addresses a group gathered at the City RCMP detachment Thursday during a 25th anniversary celebration of the Red Deer City Victim Services Unit. units and community organizations in Alberta assisted about 30,000 victims and as of this year, the number of victims has doubled.

Retired RCMP Insp. Larry Pearson, who was in charge of Red Deer City RCMP in 1989 when the Red Deer program was first drafted, said victim services in the city now has about 800 files so that’s a lot of help coming from volunteers.

RCMP “The stars of the program are the volunteers. You make it happen,” Pearson said about the unpaid volunteers who gathered for the event.

Mayor Tara Veer said thank you hardly seems sufficient to convey the appreciation due volunteers and staff

of victim services.

“Because of the people in this room, the victims believe that they are worth a future that is better than their tragic circumstances might otherwise tell them. And because of the people in this room, victims can dare to hope that they will one day again have a future beyond their victimization,” Veer said. szielinski@reddeeradvocate.com

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Charges laid in fatal dirt biking incident A Sylvan Lake man faces three serious charges, including drunk driving, following a fatal collision between two dirt bikes that occurred over a year ago in town.

After a lengthy criminal investigation, Sylvan Lake RCMP have charged Nathan Corey Scott, 28, with operating a motor vehicle with blood alcohol over .08 mg per cent causing death, impaired operation of a motor vehicle causing death and dangerous driving causing death.

The victim is a 26-year-old man, also from Sylvan Lake, who police have not identified publicly. Both men knew each other.

On Aug. 30, 2014, at the beginning of a long weekend, Sylvan RCMP and other emergency responders were called at about 6 a.m. to the scene of a motor vehicle collision that had occurred in the gravelled back lane behind Lodge Place in town.

Police found two heavily damaged dirt bikes along with two seriously injured men. EMS treated both men at the scene until two STARS Air Ambulance helicopters arrived.

One man was transported to a hospital in Edmonton with critical injuries. The second male was pronounced deceased on scene.

Neither man was wearing any protective gear such as helmets or gloves. The dirt bikes weren’t registered nor were they street legal.

Scott has been released from custody and is scheduled to appear in court on Dec. 22 in Red Deer.

RCMP looking for witnesses to stabbing death Police are looking for witnesses to a stabbing that left a 31-year-old man dead at a north Red Deer pub on Wednesday night.

RCMP Cpl. Sharon Franks said Red Deer RCMP were called to a disturbance at a pub in Village Mall after 9 p.m.

Police arrived to find a man suffering from stab wounds. Alan Beach of Red Deer was transported to the hospital where he later died.

Franks said police were unable to speak to the victim.

‘That’s why we are putting out a plea for anyone who may have witnessed it or anyone knows what was happening prior to that as well,” said Franks. “We are still trying to work those details out.”

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Salvation Army volunteer Don Rosichuk takes care of the kettle at Bower Place Thursday afternoon. The Salvation Army kicked off their 2015 Christmas Kettle Campaign at the shopping centre and will continue to collect donations until Dec. 23. All proceeds from the annual fundraiser go towards funding the local chapter of the Salvation Army Community and Family Services unit and support year-round services and programs. is now assisting with the continuing investigation. An autopsy has been scheduled for later today.

Red Deer RCMP would like anyone who may have witnessed this altercation, or may have information concerning what led to the incident, to contact the RCMP Red Deer City Detachment at 403-406- 2300. To remain anonymous you may contact Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477.

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Robert Pountney and his wife Connie Boettcher won $100,000 on the EXTRA draw.

Pountney could not believe his luck when he checked his Sept. 9 LOTTO 6/49 ticket.

“I looked at the ticket and thought, ‘Is this for real?’” he said. “I couldn’t believe it was real!”

“We’re going to share most of it with our family,” he said. “We’re also going to look into going on a trip, and I might buy a new fridge.”

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BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS PARIS — French investigators tracked down the alleged ringleader of last week’s Paris bloodshed after receiving a startling tipoff: The Islamic militant wasn’t in Syria but in Europe, plotting yet another attack. A discarded cellphone found near a bloodied concert hall led them to his cousin, and then to a suburban Paris apartment where both died in a hail of bullets and explosions.

As a manhunt intensified Thursday for ‘IT WAS A BIG SURa fugitive connected to the carnage, details PRISE WHEN THE emerged about the intelligence operation INTELLIGENCE CAME that allowed authorities IN. THERE WERE to zero in on AbdelhaMANY PEOPLE WHO mid Abaaoud, the Belgian-Moroccan extrem- DIDN’T TAKE IT SERIist they say orchestrated OUSLY, BUT EFFECthe attacks in Paris and four plots thwarted earTIVELY IT WAS CONlier this year.

FIRMED.’ The narrative provided by French officials — POLICE OFFICIAL raised questions about how a wanted militant suspected of involvement in multiple plots could slip into Europe undetected.

Investigators quickly identified Abaaoud as the architect of the deadly attacks in Paris, but they believed he had co-ordinated the assaults against a soccer stadium, cafes and a rock concert from the battlefields of Syria.

That situation changed profoundly on Monday, when France received a tip from a non-European country that Abaaoud had slipped into Europe through Greece, Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve said.

“It was a big surprise when the intelligence came in,” said a police official, speaking on condition of anonymity because the information was sensitive.

“There were many people who didn’t take it seriously, but effectively it was confirmed.”

As it turned out, not only was Abaaoud in Europe, but right in front of the noses of French investigators, a 15-minute walk from the Stade de France stadium where three suicide bombers had blown themselves up during the Nov. 13 attacks that killed 129 people and wounded hundreds.

“We have strong reason to believe that this cell was about to commit massive terror attacks in France,” Prime Minister Manuel Valls said Thursday, speaking on public broadcaster France 2.

Paris prosecutor Francois Molins said Abaaoud was traced to the apartment in Saint-Denis through phone taps and surveillance.

Two police officials briefed on the investigation told The Associated Press that a cellphone dumped in a trash can outside the Bataclan concert hall — where 89 people were killed — proved crucial. It contained a text message sent about 20 minutes after the massacre began that read: “We’re off, it’s started.”

The phone had contact information for Abaaoud’s 26-year-old cousin, Hasna Aitboulahcen.

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People work inside the damaged building of Wednesday’s raid on an apartment in the Paris suburb of SaintDenis, Thursday. Abdelhamid Abaaoud, the Belgian extremist suspected of masterminding the deadly attacks in Paris died a day ago along with his female cousin in a police raid on a suburban apartment building.

Belgium vows crackdown on extremists BRUSSELS — Belgium’s prime minister on Thursday called for changes to the country’s constitution to combat extremists, and promised hundreds of millions of euros to boost the security forces.

Addressing the federal parliament as security forces were conducting raids around the capital Brussels, Charles Michel pledged to use changes to the constitution to extend preventive detention times for suspects from 24 hours to 72 hours.

He also affirmed that Belgium would move forward alone on a system of airline passenger information sharing that European Union nations have been incapable of agreeing in four years.

“The risk before us is the collapse of the entire European project if we don’t take our responsibilities,” he told the lawmakers.

“All democratic forces have to work together to strengthen our security,” he said.

Michel said 400 million euros ($427 million) would be earmarked to boost the security forces, and said special attention would be paid to

Islamic State group pursuing chemical weapons: officials

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS BAGHDAD — The Islamic State group is aggressively pursuing development of chemical weapons, setting up a branch dedicated to research and experiments with the help of scientists from Iraq, Syria and elsewhere in the region, according to Iraqi and U.S. intelligence officials.

Their quest raises an alarming scenario for the West, given the determination to strike major cities that the group showed with its bloody attack last week in Paris. U.S. intelligence officials don’t believe IS has the capability to develop sophisticated weapons like nerve gas that are most suited for a terrorist attack on a civilian target. So far the group has used mustard gas on the battlefield in Iraq and Syria.

Still, French Prime Minister Manuel Valls on Thursday warned that Islamic extremists might at some point use chemical or biological weapons.

“Terrorism hit France not because of what it is doing in Iraq and Syria … but for what it is,” Valls told the lower house of Parliament. “We know that there could also be a risk of chemical or biological weapons,” he added, though he did not talk of a specific threat.

Iraqi officials expressed concern that the large safe haven the extremists control since overrunning parts of Iraq and Syria last year has left Iraqi authorities largely in the dark over the IS program.

“They now have complete freedom to select locations for their labs and production sites and have a wide range of experts, both civilians and military, to aid them,” a senior Iraqi intelligence official told The Associated Press.

The official spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss the sensitive information.

eradicating messages of hate inspiring young people to fight in places like Syria and Iraq, or back at home later in Europe.

“For jihadis who return, their place is in prison,” said Michel.

Russian strategic bombers strike IS targets in Syria MOSCOW — Russian strategic bombers struck targets in Syria Thursday in a third straight day of a heavy bombing blitz, military officials said.

Russia, which has conducted air campaign in Syria since Sept. 30, sharply raised its intensity this week on President Vladimir Putin’s orders.

Putin told the military to step up the bombing after the confirmation that the Russian plane crash in Egypt that killed all 224 people on board was downed by a bomb, which the Islamic State group said it had planted.

Col. Gen. Andrei Kartapolov of the Russian military General Staff said that long-range Tu-95, Tu-160 and Tu-22M3 bombers operating from Russian bases on Thursday took part in raids against IS targets in Syria.

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Back to the future IS THIS OIL DOWNTURN A REPEAT OF THE 1985 CRASH?

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS CALGARY — Thirty years ago, shoulder pads were all the rage, Molly Ringwald was a rising teen movie star and low oil prices were wreaking economic havoc.

At least one of those will feel familiar to those working in the oil and gas industry these days.

There’s been talk of the current oil rout being a repeat of the price crash that began in 1985 and lasted about a decade, but a report released Thursday suggests there’s reason to hope the doldrums won’t last as long this time around.

“This is not the worst price crash,” said the paper’s author, Robert Skinner, executive fellow at the University of Calgary’s School of Public Policy.

“It is not the deepest, nor the fastest nor yet the worst.”

According to the study, today’s price

collapse and the one from 30 years ago have one major thing in common: they were mostly driven by oversupply in the market rather than weak demand.

Outside of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, the big factor nowadays is U.S. shale oil, whereas back then the focus was on rising supplies from Alaska, Mexico and the North Sea. But a big difference between the two crashes is that there was a lot more spare production capacity globally in the 1980s than there is today, meaning balance may be restored more quickly this time.

“If any silver lining can be found in the roiling storm clouds of the current rout, it is that the pendulum could swing sharply back by decade’s end,” Skinner wrote in the report.

“Natural production declines in old fields and investment cutbacks and cancellations around the world will eventually register in market balanc-

“THIS IS NOT THE WORST PRICE CRASH. IT IS NOT THE DEEPEST, NOR THE FASTEST NOR YET THE WORST.” — ROBERT SKINNER, EXECUTIVE FELLOW AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY’S SCHOOL OF PUBLIC POLICY. es once record inventories are drawn down.”

However, the report said the recovery will likely be “bumpy,” unlike the steady rise in oil prices following the more recent 2008-2009 crash that was driven largely by the global financial crisis.

Crude prices fell 65 per cent between June 2014 and August of this year. This week, the U.S. benchmark dipped below US$40 a barrel in intra-

day trading and settled at US$40.54 on Thursday.

Oil declined 67 per cent between November 1985 and March 1986.

In 2015, gross revenues in the Canadian oil and gas industry are expected to drop by $50 billion to $60 billion compared with 2014 and cash flow will fall to levels below those of 2000. That leads to layoffs, lower government revenues and reduced investment.

And the oilsands industry is much more ingrained in the overall Canadian economy now than it was three decades ago, meaning the impact of the crash is much more widespread this time, said Skinner.

Earlier this week, the Canadian Association of Oilwell Drilling Contractors said economic conditions are the worst they’ve been in a generation, with the number of active rigs in Western Canada at the same level they were in 1983.

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One former manager of famed jeweller De Beers described the decision to cut the stone into “the greatest tragedy of modern times in the history of famous diamonds.”

4. Star of Sierra Leone: Iconic jeweler Harry Winston paid hansomely for this diamond, which was discovered in 1972. The stone, weighing 969 carats or 194 grams, fetched just under US$2.5 million in the currency of the day. Six of the 17 smaller gems cut from the diamond were later arranged into the famous Star of Sierra Leone Brooch.

5. Incomparable Diamond: This stone, measuring 890 carats or 178 grams, was reportedly discovered in 1984 by a young girl playing near a mine in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

She discovered the massive brown diamond among a pile of rubble that had been discarded from the mine.

It was ultimately cut into 15 smaller gems.

MONTREAL — A swift change between Bell’s parent company and Corus Entertainment will see the elimination of pay TV channel Movie Central in Western and Northern Canada as The Movie Network goes national.

The move comes as Corus Entertainment announced plans Thursday to back out of the pay TV business for movies, which has been pressured by recent entrants like Netflix, Shomi and Crave.

As part of the changes, BCE Inc. (TSX:BCE) will expand The Movie Network across the country before the end of March.

Corus is also waiving its HBO content licensing rights in Canada to allow Bell Media to become the sole operator of HBO Canada nationally across all platforms.

Bell says its new partnership with HBO gives it right to the exclusive right to deliver all current and past HBO programming on streaming platforms like CraveTV in English and French across Canada.

The Movie Network, formerly available only in Eastern Canada, will launch as a national pay TV platform in the first quarter of 2016, increasing its customer base to a total of about two million subscribers.

The companies said Bell and Corus are working to provide a seamless transition of Movie Central and Encore Avenue subscribers to TMN. BCE will pay Corus $211 million, $195 million net of tax benefits, to support the national expansion of TMN and HBO Canada.

Corus will also do away with classic movie channel Encore Avenue, while Bell plans to roll out its The Movie Network Encore channel nationwide.

“Bell Media now has the national scale required to create, negotiate and deliver more premium TV programming to Canadian consumers across more platforms and more quickly than ever before,” Mary Ann Turcke, president of Bell Media, said in a statement announcing the deal.

“Our extensive new content agree-

suppliers and the community of Boyle, whose support over the years has been greatly appreciated,” Millar Western president Craig Armstrong said Thursday.

The company purchased the Boyle operation in 1993 and reopened it the following year after extensive upgrading, including installing a new sawmill.

include local channels in each service area, as well as channels currently on the CRTC’s mandatory distribution list.

TV viewers will then be able to supplement this with either individual channels or small bundled channel packages.

The changes also include a $25 cap on the most basic television service.

New CRTC pick-and-pay rules for television services to take effect next year

Bank of Canada surveying Canadians’ expectations for inflation, job market

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An 1,111-carat diamond is shown in this photo. A Vancouver mining company says it has found one of the world’s largest diamonds at its Karowe Mine in Botswana.

Diamond discovered by Canadian company among the world’s biggest

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS A diamond believed to be one of the largest in the world has been discovered in a mine in Botswana by Vancouver-based Lucara Diamond Corp.

The 1,111-carat gem measures 65 millimetres by 56 mm by 40 mm — a rock weighing half a pound that’s nearly the size of a tennis ball.

It joins some fairly weighty company in the record books. Here were the Top Five largest rough diamonds to date prior to its discovery: 1. Sergio: This black diamond, discovered in a Brazilian mine in 1895, weighs in at a whopping 3,167 carats, or 633 grams — bigger than a pound of butter, which is 453 grams.

2. Cullinan Diamond: The rough diamond discovered in 1905 clocked in at 3,107 carats or 621 grams, but the gem earned more notoriety once it had been cut.

Some of the pieces from the original have now found their way into the crown jewels of the United Kingdom.

3. Excelsior Diamond: This 971-carat diamond — or 192 grams, about the

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BRIEF Millar Western closes its lumber mill in Boyle BOYLE — Millar Western says it is closing its Boyle lumber mill in northern Alberta indefinitely.

The Edmonton-based company says softwood market conditions make it uneconomical to continue operating.

The plant is to begin a phased shutdown starting next month be completed in February.

Millar Western says the 91 workers who are to lose their jobs will be offered severance and other support.

The family-owned company says its Whitecourt and Fox Creek operations will continue to operate at full capacity.

Boyle is a village about 160 kilometres north of Edmonton.

“We recognize the impact this closure will have on our people, whose dedicated service has been very highly valued, as well as on our contractors,

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OTTAWA — Canada’s broadcast regulator is moving to implement changes it promised earlier this year to give Canadians more options when subscribing to cable and satellite television service.

It says all Canadian will have access to either pick-and-pay or small television packages as of March 1 and have access to both options by Dec. 1 next year.

The CRTC moved Thursday to update the regulations to implement the changes that resulted from hearings last year.

The new basic packages must

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OTTAWA — The Bank of Canada is using a recently launched survey to measure household expectations in several key economic areas.

The central bank says it introduced a quarterly questionnaire in late 2014 to collect data on consumer expectations for inflation, the job market and household finance.

It says the web-based “Canadian Survey of Consumer Expectations” also explores household uncertainty linked to those issues.

The bank says consumer outlooks influence how the economy evolves and must be considered when setting

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“BELL MEDIA NOW HAS THE NATIONAL SCALE REQUIRED TO CREATE, NEGOTIATE AND DELIVER MORE PREMIUM TV PROGRAMMING TO CANADIAN CONSUMERS ACROSS MORE PLATFORMS AND MORE QUICKLY THAN EVER BEFORE.” — MARY ANN TURCKE, PRESIDENT OF BELL MEDIA ment with HBO also announced today, for both traditional TV and next-generation platforms like CraveTV and with significant original co-production opportunities, is a great example of the benefits for Canadian viewers nationwide.”

For its part, Corus said has decided to focus on its biggest growth opportunities — national media brands targeted to kids, women and families — after a strategic review.

“Therefore, we have decided to exit our regional pay TV business concurrent with Bell Media’s plans to expand their premium offering nationally,” said Doug Murphy, president and chief executive officer of Corus Entertainment.

“We have always believed that the best way to serve pay TV subscribers is through a national operator and brand.”

To ensure continuity for subscribers, Corus said it will continue to operate Movie Central, Encore Avenue and HBO Canada until Bell Media’s national pay TV service is available in Western Canada. monetary policy.

The survey is expected to fill a gap in the bank’s existing information sources and help it analyze issues such as the health of the labour market.

The banks says the questionnaire was inspired by a similar survey used by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.

Statistics Canada says wholesale sales down 0.1 per cent in September OTTAWA — Statistics Canada says wholesale sales edged down 0.1 per cent to $55.2 billion in September.

The agency says the drop came due to lower sales in the motor vehicle and parts and the building material and supplies subsectors. The drop was partially offset by higher sales in the machinery, equipment and supplies, and food, beverage and tobacco subsectors.

Excluding the motor vehicle and parts subsector, wholesale sales rose 0.5 per cent. In volume terms, wholesale sales fell 0.4 per cent in September. Wholesale sales were down in five provinces with Alberta and British Columbia the largest contributors to the decline.

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COMPANIES OF LOCAL INTEREST Thursday’s stock prices supplied by RBC Dominion Securities of Red Deer. For information call 341-8883.

Diversified and Industrials Agrium Inc. . . . . . . . . . . 126.14 ATCO Ltd.. . . . . . . . . . . . 37.54 BCE Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58.40 BlackBerry . . . . . . . . . . . 10.26 Bombardier . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.28 Brookfield . . . . . . . . . . . . 45.56 Cdn. National Railway . . 79.85 Cdn. Pacific Railway. . . 197.19 Cdn. Utilities . . . . . . . . . . 34.42 Capital Power Corp . . . . 18.61 Cervus Equipment Corp 13.96 Dow Chemical . . . . . . . . 53.32 Enbridge Inc. . . . . . . . . . 49.61 Finning Intl. Inc. . . . . . . . 19.51 Fortis Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . 38.10 General Motors Co. . . . . 36.14 Parkland Fuel Corp. . . . . 22.30 Sirius XM . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.23 SNC Lavalin Group. . . . . 42.36 Stantec Inc. . . . . . . . . . . 33.40 Telus Corp. . . . . . . . . . . . 41.85 Transalta Corp.. . . . . . . . . 5.34 Transcanada. . . . . . . . . . 43.54 Consumer Canadian Tire . . . . . . . . 124.20 Gamehost . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.64 Leon’s Furniture . . . . . . . 15.18 Loblaw Ltd. . . . . . . . . . . . 68.49 Maple Leaf Foods. . . . . . 20.83 MARKETS CLOSE TORONTO — The Toronto stock market finished with a solid advance, helped by a jump in gold prices.

The S&P/TSX composite index was up 73.86 points at 13,473.83.

On commodity markets, December crude oil fell 21 cents to US$40.54 a barrel — after slipping below the $40-mark a day earlier.

Gold prices made their biggest gain since Oct. 28, with the December contract ahead $9.20 at US$1,077.90 an ounce.

In New York, the Dow Jones industrials was down 4.41 points at 17,732.75, while the broader S&P 500 shed 2.34 points to 2,081.24 and the Nasdaq backed off 1.56 points to 5,073.64.

The Canadian dollar gained 0.11 of a U.S. cent to 75.20 cents U.S. FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS Highlights at the close Thursday at world financial market trading.

Rona Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.70 Wal-Mart . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60.70 WestJet Airlines . . . . . . . 22.57 Mining Barrick Gold . . . . . . . . . . 10.04 Cameco Corp. . . . . . . . . 16.48 First Quantum Minerals . . 5.27 Goldcorp Inc. . . . . . . . . . 16.18 Hudbay Minerals. . . . . . . . 5.51 Kinross Gold Corp. . . . . . . 2.49 Labrador. . . . . . . . . . . . . 14.64 Potash Corp.. . . . . . . . . . 27.43 Sherritt Intl. . . . . . . . . . . . 0.770 Teck Resources . . . . . . . . 6.06 Energy Arc Resources . . . . . . . . 18.52 Badger Daylighting Ltd. . 25.20 Baker Hughes. . . . . . . . . 50.87 Bonavista . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.41 Bonterra Energy . . . . . . . 21.54 Cdn. Nat. Res. . . . . . . . . 33.06 Cdn. Oil Sands Ltd. . . . . . 8.79 Canyon Services Group. . 4.03 Cenovous Energy Inc. . . 20.07 CWC Well Services . . . 0.1550 Encana Corp. . . . . . . . . . 10.73 Essential Energy. . . . . . . 0.540 Exxon Mobil . . . . . . . . . . 80.30 Halliburton Co. . . . . . . . . 38.04 Stocks: S&P/TSX Composite Index — 13,473.83, up 73.86 points Dow — 17,732.75, down 4.41 points S&P 500 — 2,081.24, down 2.34 points Nasdaq — 5,073.64, down 1.56 points Currencies: Cdn — 75.20 cents US, up 0.11 of a cent Pound — C$2.0330, up 0.39 of a cent Euro — C$1.4272, up 0.86 of a cent Euro — US$1.0733, up 0.81 of a cent Oil futures: US$40.54 per barrel, down 21 cents (December contract) Gold futures: US$1,077.90 per oz., up $9.20 (December contract) Canadian Fine Silver Handy and Harman: $19.889 oz., up 35.6 cents $639.43 kg., up $11.44 ICE FUTURES CANADA

High Arctic . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.67 Husky Energy . . . . . . . . . 18.71 Imperial Oil . . . . . . . . . . . 42.35 Pengrowth Energy . . . . . . 1.16 Penn West Energy . . . . . 1.350 Precision Drilling Corp . . . 5.13 Suncor Energy . . . . . . . . 37.11 Trican Ltd.. . . . . . . . . . . . 0.800 Trinidad Energy . . . . . . . . 1.99 Vermilion Energy . . . . . . 39.28 Virginia . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.1500 Financials Bank of Montreal . . . . . . 76.55 Bank of N.S. . . . . . . . . . . 60.78 CIBC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.46 Cdn. Western . . . . . . . . . 25.69 Great West Life. . . . . . . . 35.72 IGM Financial . . . . . . . . . 38.60 Intact Financial Corp. . . . 88.65 Manulife Corp. . . . . . . . . 22.17 National Bank . . . . . . . . . 43.35 Rifco Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.70 Royal Bank . . . . . . . . . . . 76.16 Sun Life Fin. Inc.. . . . . . . 44.71 TD Bank . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54.62 WINNIPEG — ICE Futures Canada closing prices: Canola: Jan. ‘16 $1.80 lower $465.30 March ‘16 $2.30 lower $472.00 May ‘16 $1.70 lower $476.60 July ‘16 $0.90 lower $481.00 Nov. ‘16 $0.70 lower $475.10 Jan. ‘17 $0.70 lower $475.20 March ‘17 $0.70 lower $475.20 May ‘17 $0.70 lower $475.20 July ‘17 $0.70 lower $475.20 Nov. ‘17 $0.70 lower $475.20 Jan. ‘18 $0.70 lower $475.20.

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.

Thursday’s estimated volume of trade: 580,860 tonnes of canola 0 tonnes of barley (Western Barley). Total: 580,860.

Caisse to invest US$1.5B in Bombardier for minority stake in rail business

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS MONTREAL — Weeks after receiving a cash infusion from the Quebec government, Bombardier has signed a deal that would see the province’s pension fund manager invest US$1.5 billion for a minority stake in the company’s rail business.

Under the agreement announced Thursday, the Caisse de depot et placement du Quebec would receive shares that would be convertible into a 30 per cent stake in a newly created holding company for Bombardier Transportation.

Bombardier (TSX:BBD.B) said the deal concludes its review of options for the division, which sells subway cars and other mass transit systems.

The company had considered spinning off the stake in a public offering and was rumoured to have been approached by Chinese railways.

“Today we are gaining an ideal partner for the sustainable growth of our business,” Bombardier chief executive Alain Bellemare said during a conference call.

He said the transaction increases the company’s financial and operational flexibility while allowing it to maintain a majority stake in the railway division. Its total liquidity or cash reserve would increase to about US$6.5 billion as of year-end.

The cash would allow Bombardier to put its two CSeries planes into service, develop the Global 7000/8000 business jets and provide a safety net if economic conditions put additional pressure on the business, Bellemare added.

Bombardier has been struggling to complete development of its CSeries passenger jet, which is over budget and behind schedule.

Last month, the Quebec government agreed to give Bombardier US$1 billion to help complete development of the CSeries in exchange for a 49.5 per cent stake in that project. The federal government is also considering a proposal to provide financial assistance.

The deal with the Caisse does not change that proposal, Bellemare said.

Caisse chief executive Michael Sabia said the institutional investor never considered participating in Quebec’s investment in the CSeries because it views rail as a better way of taking advantage of changing global demand and urbanization in emerging markets.

“We think it’s a business filled with potential,” he said. “We’re convinced that Bombardier Transportation is a good business. Our goal in working with Alain and his team is to make this good business into a really great business.”

The Caisse has historically been a big backer of Quebec’s largest companies, ensuring that Quebecor acquired the Videotron cable company and helping firms like SNC-Lavalin and Rona. According to terms of the deal, the Caisse’s stake can decrease to a minimum of 25 per cent if Bombardier Transportation does better than its business plan, and increase to a maximum of 42.5 per cent if it underperforms. The Caisse can trigger a public offering or sale of the holding company’s shares after five years while Bombardier can purchase the Caisse’s interest after three years — both netting the Caisse a premium return.

It also has veto on the nomination of new independent directors of Bombardier Inc. The deal values the rail business at US$5 billion, which is at the low end of analyst expectations, said analyst Benoit Poirier of Desjardins Capital Markets.

Women occupy 19.5 per cent of seats on corporate boards is too slow.

Jeffery says securities regulators should force publicly traded companies to have written board TORONTO — A new report says women hold diversity policies rather than merely requiring the 19.5 per cent of the seats on the boards of Canada’s companies to disclose whether or not they have such biggest companies, up from 17.1 per cent in 2014. a policy in place.

The report by the Canadian Board Diversity “It’s disappointing to me that companies did a lot Council says it’s the largest one-year increase in more explaining instead of complying,” Jeffery said female representation in an interview. on the boards of FP500 In the United companies, which are Kingdom, there are Canada’s largest firms by no all-male boards in revenue, since 2001. the FTSE100 — the The rise follows 100 largest London the introduction of Stock Exchange-listed a new “comply or companies based on explain” policy that market capitalization. forces publicly traded In the FTSE250, companies to disclose — PAMELA JEFFERY, THE FOUNDER OF THE CANADIAN BOARD DIVERSITY COUNCIL the next 250 largest certain statistics on the companies on the London representation of women Stock Exchange, that are on their boards and in executive officer positions. only 15 companies that have no women on their Securities regulators in every province and boards. territory except for Prince Edward Island, Alberta In comparison, 109 of the companies in Canada’s and British Columbia implemented the “comply or FP500 have boards comprised entirely of men, said explain” rules at the end of last year.

Jeffery.

Pamela Jeffery, the founder of the Canadian “In the context of board diversity at a global level, Board Diversity Council, says that although Canada Canada is falling behind,” said Jeffery. is heading in the right direction, the pace of change Jeffery says one of the reasons commonly cited

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“DON’T TELL ME THERE ARE NO WOMEN WITH THE SKILLS TO BE ON EXECUTIVE TEAMS AND BOARDS OF DIRECTORS IN 2015, BECAUSE THE REST OF THE WORLD IS PROVING US WRONG.”

Union asks feds to pull Pattison Group’s commercial fishing licences PRINCE RUPERT, B.C. — One of Canada’s largest private-sector unions wants the federal government to revoke the Jim Pattison Group’s commercial salmon-fishing licences over the

closure of its cannery in Prince Rupert, B.C. Unifor western director Joie Warnock says in a news release that the decision by the Pattison-owned Canadian Fishing Company will cost up to 500 jobs and virtually close the community’s largest employer.

Warnock says fish caught in northern B.C. waters are a Canadian resource and should be processed locally.

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However, Jeffery points to the Diversity 50 — a list of 50 diverse, board-ready candidates published annually by the Canada Board Diversity Council — as proof that qualified candidates do exist.

“Don’t tell me there are no women with the skills to be on executive teams and boards of directors in 2015, because the rest of the world is proving us wrong,” Jeffery said.

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C5 Changing our look at infrastructure

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NATURAL INFRASTRUCTURE IS GOOD FOR THE CLIMATE AND COMMUNITIES Across Canada, towns and cities face a one-two punch: aging infrastructure and the extreme weather climate change brings. Unless we do something, many of our roads, railways, transit lines, bridges, stormwater pipes and other built structures could become obsolete.

Our newly elected federal government took up the challenge with a campaign pledge to double infrastructure inDAVID vestments from $65 billion to SUZUKI nearly $125 billion over the next 10 years. Ontario has SCIENCE MATTERS committed to spending $130 billion over the same time period, and Alberta Premier Rachel Notley has also promised a hefty infrastructure stimulus package.

While these political commitments are long overdue, we shouldn’t lose sight of less-expensive and longer-lasting solutions to many of our infrastructure needs, like planting trees in urban areas for stormwater management and other services.

Many municipalities and non-profit organizations are exploring ways to improve how we plan for, plant, maintain and protect urban trees as key infrastructure assets in our built environments. But higher levels of government must also fund and participate in urban forest strategies to ensure that trees are promoted in our ever-densifying urban centres.

We often take trees and green spaces for granted, but we shouldn’t. They clean and cool air, filter and regulate water, reduce energy use and protect homes and businesses during storms. Recognizing urban trees as infrastructure assets opens up new ways to assess their value and justify investment in their maintenance. Living, green infrastructure increases in value over time, unlike grey infrastructure, such as stormwater pipes, which depreciate. As trees mature they provide exponentially more benefits to residents.

Healthy street trees can lengthen the lifespan of built infrastructure like roads and sidewalks by shading them and reducing effects of weathering, and they provide significant human health benefits.

This summer, using data from Toronto, David Suzuki Foundation Ontario director Faisal Moola and his academic colleagues found that adding 10 trees to a block can produce health benefits equivalent to a $10,000 salary raise or being seven years younger.

Despite their enormous value to society, urban forest canopies are stressed and in decline in many parts of the country. Hot, dry summers and increasingly frequent and extreme storms are wreaking havoc on city trees. Urban development, invasive species like the emerald ash borer and other threats have also reduced growing space and killed millions of trees.

Unfortunately, urban forest stewardship varies widely across the country. Few municipalities have the necessary financial resources to manage and protect their urban forests in the face of growing and diverse threats. Too often, municipalities scramble to handle damage caused by unpredictable storms, invasive species and urban development using a triage approach, when a proactive and comprehensive strategy is critically needed.

To help resolve this, provincial and federal governments need to update the definition of infrastructure to include green infrastructure such as trees, rain gardens and permeable surfaces, and allow municipalities to spend money to develop and maintain these assets.

Higher levels of government must also update the standards by which municipalities report and manage their government assets to include trees, parks, wetlands, woodlots and public aquifers. That would facilitate setting minimum provincial standards for maintenance of critical green infrastructure and would improve management practices. We have provincial standards for grey infrastructure such as roads, so why not for green infrastructure? With the help of the David Suzuki Foundation, the tiny town of Gibsons, B.C., has already started on this path.

It’s also important to make living, green infrastructure a crucial component of provincial and federal climate change strategies. Urban forests contribute greatly to reducing greenhouse gas emissions

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Road Closure Announcement Red Deer Lights the Night Saturday, November 21, 2015 The following roads will be closed this Saturday, November 21st to accommodate the staging of the Red Deer Lights the Night event.

8:30am-9:00pm: Ross Street from 48 to 49 Avenue 5:30pm-6:45pm: 48 Avenue from 49 Street to 52 Street Ross Street from 47-48 Avenue Watch for signage stating “No Parking” as there will be parking bans that will remain in effect until after the event.

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by absorbing and storing carbon dioxide in tree biomass, understory vegetation and soils. Urban trees also help us adapt to and cope with climate change impacts by shading communities during periods of extreme heat. The unique, multi-purpose benefits of living, green infrastructure make it an incredibly valuable tool for cities and towns to improve resiliency in the face of climate change.

If we’re going to build, let’s build green. Green infrastructure complements and reduces costs associated with traditional grey concrete, steel and asphalt infrastructure. It also provides a multitude of co-benefits that improve the health and well-being of residents and makes our communities more beautiful and pleasant.

David Suzuki is a scientist, broadcaster, author and co-founder of the David Suzuki Foundation. Written with contributions from David Suzuki Foundation Ontario and Northern Canada Director Faisal Moola and the Green Infrastructure Ontario Coalition. Learn more at www.davidsuzuki.org.

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Development Officer Approvals On November 17, 2015, the Development Officer issued approvals for the following applications: Permitted Use Downtown 1. Cheema Management & Contracting Ltd. - an approval of use for merchandise sales (liquor, beer, wine), to be located at 4617 50 Avenue.

Glendale 2. K. Bullock – a 1.2 m variance to the minimum side yard to existing steps, a 0.82 m variance to the doors of an existing detached garage, and 0.19 m variance to the minimum side yard to an existing detached garage, located at 28 George Crescent.

Timberlands 3. Laebon Development Ltd. – an 11.43 m2 variance to the minimum floor area, for a proposed semi-detached dwelling unit, to be located at 3 Thomlison Avenue.

4. Laebon Development Ltd. – an 11.43 m2 variance to the minimum floor area, for a proposed semi-detached dwelling unit, to be located at 5 Thomlison Avenue.

5. Laebon Development Ltd. – an 11.43 m2 variance to the minimum floor area, for a proposed semi-detached dwelling unit, to be located at 7 Thomlison Avenue.

Space station suffers short circuit, NASA mulls repair options

6. Laebon Development Ltd. – an 11.43 m2 variance to the minimum floor area, for a proposed semi-detached dwelling unit, to be located at 9 Thomlison Avenue.

The International Space Station has taken a power hit, and spacewalking repairs may be needed.

First, though, a replacement part must be delivered via rocket.

NASA said Monday the six astronauts were left with one less power channel Friday. A short circuit in equipment on the station’s framework is to blame.

The short apparently tripped a current-switching device, resulting in the loss of one of eight channels used to power the orbiting lab. The affected systems were switched to alternate lines.

NASA spokesman Dan Huot said the crew has been operating normally and is in no danger.

7. Laebon Development Ltd. – an 11.43 m2 variance to the minimum floor area, for a proposed semi-detached dwelling unit, to be located at 11 Thomlison Avenue.

8. Laebon Development Ltd. – an 11.43 m2 variance to the minimum floor area, for a proposed semi-detached dwelling unit, to be located at 13 Thomlison Avenue.

9. Laebon Development Ltd. – an 11.43 m2 variance to the minimum floor area, for a proposed semi-detached dwelling unit, to be located at 79 Thomlison Avenue.

10. Laebon Development Ltd. – an 11.43 m2 variance to the minimum floor area, for a proposed semi-detached dwelling unit, to be located at 81 Thomlison Avenue.

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14. Laebon Development Ltd. – an 11.43 m2 variance to the minimum floor area, for a proposed semi-detached dwelling unit, to be located at 89 Thomlison Avenue.

Discretionary Use Deer Park Village 15. M. Matson – an approval of use for therapy home-based business, to be located at 38 Duncan Crescent.

Michener Hill 16. D. & I. Michael – a secondary suite within an existing single-detached dwelling, with two bedrooms, to be located at 3912 50A Street.

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Why do some stores allow pets? cause so many folks claim they are “comfort animals” with legal protection.

This is often not the case, but stores are reluctant to challenge their patrons.

Instead of expecting others to be more considerate (good luck with that), those with allergies must take their own precautions.

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Dear Annie: I am tired of you saying “try harder” to women who, like me, are past the age of 50 and tired of the sexual demands of our partners.

I like sex, provided it is satisfying to both partners.

The “slam bam thank you mam” type doesn’t count.

I would like a little foreplay. I would like to be touched at other times. I would like to be respected and appreciated.

I would like to be given some attention during the hour it takes for the Viagra to take effect and not jumped on when he’s ready.

Oh, sorry, I didn’t intend to make this about me.

Because it’s all about him. It was all about him when he was 20 and had the sex drive of a rabbit. It was all about him when he was 30 and trying to prove he was adequate.

And it is still all about him.

There are things I refuse to do because I find

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Your husband seems selfish, and your reluctance to please him has nothing to do with sex and everything to do with feeling unappreciated. Counseling is for you, not him. Try it on your own.

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announcements Obituaries FRISKEN Royden Grant 1927-2015 Roy passed away peacefully at the Red Deer Regional Hospital on Thursday, November 12 at the age of 88. Roy is survived by his two sons; Ross (Lois) of Grande Prairie and Ron (Tara) of Red Deer; grandchildren Matthew (Jenelle), Erin (Ian), Nick and Shaun; great grandchildren Colin, Tessa, Gabby and Will; and sister Kay (Ernest Lindholm).

He was predeceased by the love of his life Pearl (Boyko); sister Fay (Boyd Lindberg) and parents Ross and Greta Frisken. Roy grew up in the New Norway/Camrose area and moved to Red Deer in 1960 where he worked as a Watchmaker, Gemologist and Goldsmith. Roy was very active in the community with the Jaycee’s, Tom Thumb Hockey, Oldtimers Hockey, the Red Deer Legion and the Cadets, to name a few. He had a passion for the outdoors and enjoyed flyfishing and hunting. He also enjoyed the many social events where he could spend time with family and friends over a great meal and a bottle of wine. Roy was a loving man with an amazing spirit we will not forget - he will be missed! Stories and condolences can be sent to: friskenmemories@gmail.com In lieu of flowers, memorial donations can be made to the Central Region of the Multiple Sclerosis Society in Red Deer. At Roy’s request, a private family memorial will be held.

SODERBURG 1924 - 2015 Eleanor Dorothy Bettina “Betty” Soderburg of Lacombe, formerly of Red Deer, passed away peacefully at the Lacombe Continuing Care Centre on Monday, November 9, 2015 at the age of 91 years. Betty was born in Innisfail in 1924. She married Frank Soderburg and together they farmed in the Poplar Ridge and Penhold areas until moving to the Satinwood Community where they resided until retiring to Red Deer. Betty is survived by her daughter Myrtle Logan (Lance Dichrow) of Caroline; sons Dan (Kevin) Soderburg, Stephen (Deb) Soderburg all of Clive; grandchildren Stan (Dallas) Logan of Cleardale AB, Curtis Logan (Tammy), Shauna Logan all of Caroline and Kyla Logan of Regina SK, Shane (Amy) Soderburg of Lacombe, Kristy (David) Kozuska of Blackfalds, Tamara (Wayd) Burk, Tracy Soderburg of Red Deer and Stephanie Soderburg of Blackfalds; seven great grandchildren; four great great grandchildren and brother Lloyd (Sharon) Stephenson of Lacombe.

Betty was predeceased by her husband Frank; daughter Dorothy; parents Myrtle and John; step-father Einar Stephenson; brother Bill; sister Margaret and brotherin-law Frank. A Memorial Service to celebrate Betty’s life will be held at the New Life Fellowship Church, 20 Kelloway Cres, Red Deer, AB on Monday, November 23, 2015 at 11:00 a.m. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made directly to the Lacombe Health Trust, (Lacombe Continuing Care), Box 5663, Lacombe, AB T4L 1X3. Condolences to Betty’s family may be emailed to meaningfulmemorials@yahoo.ca.

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Obituaries GREENLEE Harold 1923 - 2015 Mr. H.H. Harold Henry Greenlee of Red Deer, passed away at the Red Deer Regional Hospital Centre on Saturday, November 14, 2015 at the age of 92 years. Harold was born on February 12, 1923 at Stettler, Alberta and raised on a farm at Botha, Alberta. He married Lois Larson in 1943; and together they had four children. Harold was a Lifetime Member of the B.P.O. of Elks of Canada for over sixty years, and also a member of A.C.T. for a number of years. Harold was a music lover, as well as a accomplished vocalist. Harold will be lovingly remembered by his daughter, Karen Ellenwood of Sherwood Park, Alberta; his sons, Trevor Greenlee and Ron (Barb) Greenlee, both of Red Deer; seven grandchildren; four great grandchildren; and two great great grandchildren. Harold was predeceased by his wife, Lois of fifty-nine years, a son, Roy, a grandson, Rodney, and a granddaughter, Michelle. A Celebration of Harold’s Life will be held at Parkland Funeral Home and Crematorium, 6287 - 67 A Street (Taylor Drive), Red Deer, Alberta on Monday, November 23, 2015 at 1:00 p.m. If desired, Memorial Donations in Harold’s honor may be made directly to the Alzheimer Society of Alberta and Northwest Territories at w w w. a l z h e i m e r. c a / a b .

Condolences may be sent or viewed at www.parklandfuneralhome.com.

Arrangements in care of PARKLAND FUNERAL HOME AND CREMATORIUM, 6287 - 67 A Street (Taylor Drive), Red Deer.

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OLSON Vernen 1934 - 2015 It is with great sadness we announce the loss of our beloved father Vernen Olson.

He passed away peacefully at the age of 80 on Sunday, November 15, 2015 surrounded by family. He is lovingly remembered by daughters Debbie Olson, Valerie Clark (Ken), Sharon Olson, Kim Olson-Mayert (Mike), son Geoffrey, brother Mitch and sisters Elva and Merle. He will be missed by grandchildren Mathea (John), Marney, Tamara, Jacqueline, Jordan, Aaron, Samantha, and Sara; great-grandchildren Liam, Jaden and Sienna.

Vernen is predeceased by wife Yvette (Lavallee), partner Shirley (Morris) and sisters Alene and Jean.

Thanks to the staff at Unit 31 & 32 of the Red Deer Regional Hospital for their kindness and care. Condolences may be sent or viewed at www.parklandfuneralhome.com.

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LANDRY MCPHEDRAN Marie Esther Elizabeth 1928 - 2015 May 5, 1932 - Nov. 17, 2015 Mrs. Marie Louise Blanche Esther Elizabeth McPhedran Landry passed away at the passed away at the West Lacombe Hospital and Care Park Lodge in Red Deer on Centre, Lacombe, Alberta on Tuesday, November 17, Wednesday, November 11, 2015 at the age of 83 years.

2015 at the age of 87 years. Esther (Howell) was born on Marie was born on May 7, May 5, 1932 on the family 1928 at Red Deer, Alberta farm near Huxley, AB. She the eldest girl of fourteen was one of a family of seven brothers and sisters. Marie born to William and Esther left school early to work at Howell. Esther married Ralph the Red Deer Bakery in order (Red) McPhedran on August to help support her siblings. 30, 1957 and she is survived She married her sweetheart, by three sons; Evan (Penny), Henry, after he returned from Keith (Matt), and Neal (Ann), World War II. Marie and two grandsons; Brett (Dena) Henry lived on the Landry and Spencer, two family farm until moving to granddaughters; Jenna and Red Deer in 1980. She was a Kennedy, and a greatvery active member of the granddaughter, Zahra. She Sacred Heart Catholic is also survived by two Church in Red Deer, and a brothers; Dennis and member of the CWL for sixty- Lawrence (Shirley), and a four years. She will be sister, Jean Kelly. Esther was forever remembered for her predeceased by her baking, her welcoming smile husband, Ralph in 2008, and her overflowing will and brothers; George, Edward generosity to help others. and Wayne, brother-in-law, Marie will be lovingly Jim Kelly, and sister-in-law, remembered by her sons, Ruth Howell. Mom enjoyed Chuck (Jan) Landry and Paul gardening, camping, and (Karen) Landry; her golfing. She was a great daughters, Annette Mymko cook who hosted many and Jan (Tom) Blunden; family dinners. She was a eight grandchildren and true hockey wife, mom and fourteen great grandchildren. grandma and was always Marie was predeceased by proud of her family. The her husband, Henry; her family wishes to express their parents, a grandson, Aarin, a deepest appreciation to the daughter-in-law, Edie Sr., a staff of West Park Lodge for son-in-law, Walter, as well as their devoted care and many of her siblings. Funeral attention to Mom for over six Mass will be celebrated at years. A Memorial Service Sacred Heart Catholic will be held at Gaetz United Church, 5508 - 48A Avenue, Memorial Church, 4758 Ross Red Deer, Alberta on St., Red Deer, on Wednesday, Saturday, November 21, November 25, 2015 at 1:00 2015 at 11:00 a.m. with The p.m. In lieu of flowers, Reverend Father Jozef memorial contributions may Wroblewski celebrant. be made to the Red Deer Interment will take place at Regional Health Foundation, Mount Calvary Cemetery, 3942-50A Avenue, Red Deer, Red Deer, Alberta on AB, T4N 4E7 or The Lending Saturday, November 21, Cupboard Society, 5406C-43 2015 at 2:45 p.m. If desired, Street, Red Deer, AB, T4N Memorial Donations in 1C9. Condolences may be Marie’s honor may be made forwarded to the family by directly to Lacombe visiting Continuing Care, c/o www.eventidefuneralchapels.com Lacombe Hospital and Care Arrangements entrusted to Centre, 5430 - 47 Avenue, EVENTIDE FUNERAL Lacombe, Alberta, T4L 1G8.

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Obituaries CLAYTON, Robert “Bob” 1934 - 2015 Bob Clayton passed away quietly at home in the company of his wife Betty on Thursday morning November 12, 2015 at the age of 81 years. They had been married for over 60 years and raised three children; Gordon Clayton of Cochrane, Alberta, and sisters MaryAnn Clayton and Rene’ (BettyAnn) Clayton both of Red Deer. He is also survived by five grandchildren, seven greatgrandchildren, and his sister Sadie (Sherrie) Jones of Calgary. He was predeceased by his parents Gordon and Margaret Clayton of Vulcan, Alberta.

Bob was a long-time resident of Red Deer and seasonal tenant at Spruce Bay on the shores of Pine Lake. Bob will be remembered for his congeniality, storytelling, and love for family and friends. As a young man Bob was known throughout southern Alberta for his athletic skills as a goaltender in hockey and catcher in baseball, playing on many highly competitive junior and senior men’s teams in the 1950’s. He left his home town of Vulcan, Alberta to join the Royal Canadian Air Force as a mission flight controller and spent a number of years assigned to NORAD (Northern Air Defense) in various postings such as Quebec City, Comox, B.C., Montreal, Duluth, Minnesota, and Schefferville, Quebec. Upon completion of his military career Bob became a process operator and was one of the original crew which started up the Great Canadian Oil Sands facility (now Suncor Energy) in Fort McMurray in 1967. In 1969 Bob moved his family to Red Deer to operate a Chevron gas plant west of Sylvan Lake from which he retired in 1992. He spent much of his retirement enjoying his love for sports, attending numerous tournaments, his love for travel, accompanied by family and friends on numerous trips to Hawaii, Mexico, and Southeast Asia, and his love of cooking, regularly trying new recipes. A formal memorial service for Bob will not be held at his request but a celebration of his life will be planned for the spring at Pine Lake. He will be sorely missed by family and friends but long remembered. Condolences may be sent or viewed at www.parklandfuneralhome.com.

Arrangements in care of PARKLAND FUNERAL HOME AND CREMATORIUM, 6287 - 67 A Street (Taylor Drive), Red Deer. 403.340.4040.

HALLGREN Norman Arthur Jan 7, 1932 - Oct 30, 2015 Norman was born on the family farm 2 miles south of Sylvan Lake. He worked hard at everything he did. Norman did some trucking, carpenter work and finally finished his working career putting in 23 years with the School Board.

Norman is survived by his loving wife, Marleen; brothers, Alex (Joyce) and Eric (Hazel); sister-in-law, Verna Hallgren; as well as numerous nieces, nephews, and many good friends. He is predeceased by his parents; sisters, Elizabeth, Lillian, Helen and Bessie; and by his brothers, John, Gordon and Victor. A Memorial Service will be held on Wednesday, November 25, 2015 at 2:00 p.m. at Red Deer Funeral Home, 6150 - 67 Street, Red Deer. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made directly to the Canadian Diabetes Association or to a charity of the donors choice. Condolences may be forwarded to the family by visiting www.reddeerfuneralhome.com Arrangements entrusted to RED DEER FUNERAL HOME 6150 - 67 Street, Red Deer.

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KALAN Linda 1942 - 2015 Linda Joyce Kalan passed away from cancer, at the Red Deer Regional Hospital Centre on Tuesday, November 17, 2015 at the age of 73 years. As requested, no service will be held. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Canadian Cancer Society at www.cancer.ca. Cremation has already taken place.

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It’s been 10 years and I still miss you.

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JOHNSTON AND WESTERA Barry and Candace Johnston and Jack and Theresa Westera are pleased to announce the engagement of their children, Kelsey Johnston to Jordan Westera. Wedding to take place September 2016.

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Truckers/ Drivers

860

1520

1760

Misc. for Sale

SEQUINED material, green, 4 3/4 yds. plus lining $15, NEW Precious Moments Angel of Mercy collectible, ideal gift for nurse $40; Morrisroe area 403-347-3741 TRIPOD camera stand, CARSWELL’S Soligor. Never used. $20; 25th Annual Red Deer HUMIDIFIER, Bionaire, Christmas really good cond. $20.

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403-986-1720

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CENTRAL AB based trucking company requires

CONTRACT DRIVERS in AB.Super B exp. req’d.

Home the odd night. Weekends off. 403-586-4558 You can sell your guitar for a song... or put it in CLASSIFIEDS and we’ll sell it for you!

1530

880

Misc.

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ACADEMIC Express ADULT EDUCATION AND TRAINING

NEW hand knit childrens socks and mitts $5/ea.

403-347-3741 Morrisroe area.

Clothing

Electronics

Would you like to take the GED in your community?

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Red Deer Rocky Mtn. House Rimbey Caroline Sylvan Lake Innisfail Stettler Ponoka Lacombe

1605

1630

TRAILERS for sale or rent Job site, office, well site or storage. Skidded or wheeled. Call 347-7721.

1660

3 BDRM. newly renovated townhouse, n/s, no pets, $1,350/mo. plus util.

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3030

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1590

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LADIES dresses and coats, size 10-12, like new, $1.00 - $10.00 each; plus assorted baby clothes for sale. 403-309-3045

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1580

3 bdrm, 3 bath, 3 finished flrs, 3 parking at 7316-59 Ave. avail. to family with over 30 year old adults. 5 appls., deck through patio doors and small fenced yard for critters. Rent/Sec. $1575/mon. 403-341-4627

1830

Cats ADVANCE NOTICE BUD HAYNES & WARD’S Firearms Auction FREE CUTE Sat. Dec 12 @ 10 A.M. 403-749-2171 11802-145 St. Edmonton Featuring Estate of John V. Abrey from Coaldale Ab. Sporting Collection of Firearms Goods Rare RCMP items: 12 Saddles, Uniforms, Modern, PING PONG table New Used Firearms (converts to benches) Memorabilia. Also Estate c/w paddles, balls and net. of Elmer (TOM) Stehr of $75; Swift Current, SK. Over TRAMPOLINE, 39”, $40.

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3020

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This beautiful main flr. legal suite has 9’ ceilings, 3 bdrms., 2 full baths, large 1/2 covered deck, 1300 ft. of living space, incld’s blinds, 6 appls., concrete parking pad, paved back KITTENS alley, outside shed, Avail.

Jan. 1. Rent./dd $1150.

Call or text 587-876-7977

1860

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rentals CLASSIFICATIONS

3050

4 Plexes/ 6 Plexes

3 BDRM., no pets, $1000 mo. 403-343-6609 ACROSS from park, 2 bdrm. 4-plex, 1 1/2 bath, 4 appls. Rent $925/mo. d.d. $650. Now or Nov. 1.

403-304-5337

3020

3060

2 BDRM. N/S, no pets. $875 rent/d.d.

403-346-1458 ADULT 2 BDRM. spacious suites 3 appls., heat/water incld., ADULT ONLY BLDG, no pets, Oriole Park. 403-986-6889

3060

1 BDRM., 3 appls., close to mall, seniors only, no pets, $860. rent, $600. SD balcony. 403-318-0751

Firewood

900

wegot

SAFETY

services

(across from Totem) (across from Rona North)

Red Deer’s most modern 5 pin bowling center req’s Bartenders/servers for eves and wknds. Please send resume to: htglanes@ telus.net or apply in person

Health & Beauty

1010

Accounting

Handyman Services

stuff CLASSIFICATIONS

1070

1500-1990

830

Stereos TV's, VCRs

1730

SONY Trinitron tv 26” w/remote, used little $60 403-352-8811

Your Name Here

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Advertising Consultant 2950 Bremner Avenue, Red Deer, AB T4R 1M9

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7308612L3

Send resume to Wendy Moore: wmoore@reddeeradvocate.com

1760

100 VHS movies, $75.

For All 403-885-5020 ELECTROLUX, 3 brush floor polisher, extra brushes plus vacuum cleaner, new bags, $150.

403-309-3045 HOSPITAL style overhead lift, new; 2 electric wheelchairs; numerous healthrelated appliances.

403-348-5518 or 1-780-812-5033 WATER cooler $50.

403-885-5020

Contractors

1100

BRIDGER CONST. LTD. We do it all! 403-302-8550 DALE’S Home Reno’s Free estimates for all your reno needs. 403-506-4301

1280

FANTASY SPA

Services

1290

5* JUNK REMOVAL Property clean up 505-4777 GARAGE Doors Serviced 50% off. 403-358-1614

Snow shoveling/dump JG PAINTING, 25 yrs. exp. runs/odd jobs 403-885-5333 Free Est. 403-872-8888

1160

Seniors’ Services

Entertainment

DANCE DJ SERVICES 587-679-8606

Flooring

1180

NEED FLOORING DONE? Don’t pay the shops more.

Over 20 yrs. exp.

Call Jon 403-848-0393

1372

CLASSIFICATIONS

LIMITED TIME OFFER: First month’s rent FREE! 1 & 2 Bedroom suites available. Renovated suites in central location.

Cat friendly. leasing@ rentmidwest.com 1(888)679-8031

MORRISROE MANOR 1 & 2 bdrm., Adult bldg. only, N/S, No pets. 403-596-2444

NOW RENTING 1 & 2 BDRM. APT’S. 2936 50th AVE. Red Deer Newer bldg. secure entry w/onsite manager, 3 appls., incl. heat & hot water, washer/dryer hookup, infloor heating, a/c., car plug ins & balconies.

Call 403-343-7955 RENO’D adult 2 BDRM. w/insuite laundry, balcony, storage room, no pets, n/s, avail. immed. rent single $900, dbl. $950 SD same 403-340-0097 877-6430

THE NORDIC

1 & 2 bdrm. adult building, N/S. No pets.

403-596-2444

Rooms For Rent

3090

5000-5300

Cars

5030

2010 FORD FUSION SEL, 2.5L, IV engine, 6 spd., loaded. 81,000 kms. $11,800. 403-350-1608 2007 FORD Focus SE, sunroof, 59,000 kms, $6750 obo 587-377-3072

2003 NISSAN Maxima SE Titanium 143,000 km V6 6 spd. manual, loaded $5900. 403 358 1713 1994 OLDS 88 $1500 obo 403-347-5316, 304-4390

Vans Buses

5070

HANDICAP VAN, 2005 Dodge Caravan, side entrance, power lift, rotating driver’s seat, removable passenger seat, 180,000 km, well-maintained, 2 sets of tires and wheels. $15,000 obo.

403-348-5518 or 1-780-812-5033

2 ROOMS $550/ea., seperate entrance 403-596-8929

Warehouse Space

3140

FOR LEASE

Riverside Light Industrial 4614-61 St. (directly behind Windsor Plywood) 2400 sq. ft. large 55 x 85 compound 403-350-1777

Mobile

3190

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homes

2004 FREESTAR Limited $5600. 587-377-3547

Tires, Parts Acces.

5180

GOOD Year Wrangler, set of 4, P235-75R16. $100. 403-350-1562

ADULT or YOUTH CARRIERS NEEDED For delivery of Flyers, Wednesday and Friday ONLY 2 DAYS A WEEK ANDERS BOWER HIGHLAND GREEN INGLEWOOD JOHNSTONE KENTWOOD RIVERSIDE MEADOWS PINES SUNNYBROOK SOUTHBROOKE WEST LAKE WEST PARK Call Sandra at 403-314-4306

HERE TO HELP & HERE TO SERVE Call GORD ING at RE/MAX real estate central alberta 403-341-9995 gord.ing@remax.net

Houses For Sale

4020

ADULT CARRIERS NEEDED For early morning delivery by 6:30 am Mon. - Sat. VANIER CLEARVIEW Call Joanne at 403- 314-4308

RISER HOMES CHRISTMAS SPECIAL 1 ONLY! This is a three bdrm. two bath modified bi level walk out, backing onto green area and alley, great for trailer. Many upgrades. $419,000 includes GST, legal fee, front sod. Tree.

LLOYD FIDDLER 403-391-9294

SERGE’S HOMES “OPENING”

1430

TREE / JUNK / SNOW removal. Contracts welcome. 403-358-1614

wegot

LARGE, 1 & 2 BDRM. SUITES. 25+, adults only n/s, no pets 403-346-7111

HELPING HANDS Home Supports for Seniors.

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

Yard Care

Lots Available in Lacombe, Blackfalds, Springbrook Custom build your dream home on your lot or ours.

For more info. call Office - 403-343-6360 Bob - 403-505-8050

wheels

1200

1720

SERGE’S HOMES

GLENDALE reno’d 2 bdrm. apartments, avail. immed, rent $875 403-596-6000

4010

HUGO WALKER, like new BOOK NOW! INDIVIDUAL & BUSINESS $50. 403-986-1720 For help on your home Accounting, 30 yrs. of exp. projects such as bathroom, with oilfield service Household main floor, and bsmt. renocompanies, other small vations. Also painting and businesses and individuals Furnishings flooring.

RW Smith, 346-9351 Call James 403-341-0617 2 END tables, dark, Something for Everyone 2 lamps $100 obo Everyday in Classifieds Massage 403-342-4949 or 780-717-6206 Therapy CHESTERFIELD & chair, Cleaning French Provincial, beige satin brocade, $300.

403-309-3045 EXP’D. lady will do house cleaning in town or counCHINA cabinet/hutch, 5 try. Call 403-309-4640 upholstered chairs, rectanElite Retreat, Finest gle table like new. reduced HOUSE CLEANING in VIP Treatment. to $500. 403-341-6204 Provided for Seniors. Many 10 - 2am Private back entry yrs. exp.

403-782-4312 WANTED 403-341-4445 Antiques, furniture and estates. 342-2514 Misc.

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1700

4160

CITY VIEW APTS.

Call Classifieds 403-309-3300

R Ground Disturbance R (ENFORM) D&C B.O.P. R D&C (LEL) #204, 7819 - 50 Ave.

Lots For Sale

Clean, quiet, newly reno’d adult building. Rent $925 S.D. $800. Avail. immed.

Near hospital. No pets.

403-318-3679

ACROSS from park, Oriole Park, 3 bdrm.

COLD storage garage, 4-plex, 1 1/2 bath, 4 appls.

Rent $1025/mo. d.d. $650. 14’ x 24’, $200/mo.; heated big truck space, $775/mo.

Avail. Dec. 1 403-304-5337 VARIETY SHOP SPACES NORMANDEAU ~ offices ~ fenced yards ~ 2 Bdrm. 4-plex. 1.5 bath, 4 Big or small, different appls. $1100. No pets, N/S locations. 403-343-6615 Quiet adults. 403-350-1717

FOR RENT • 3000-3200 WANTED • 3250-3390 Suites

Houses/ Duplexes

Suites

2 BDRM. upper level of Lot 2 BDRM. bsmt suite. house 127 Ibbotson Close 403-348-1304 $850/mo. $1300 rent, 403-596-8929 F/T DISPATCHER REQ’D. PADS $450/mo.

AFFORDABLE Knowledge of Red Deer 4 BDRMS, 2 1/2 baths, 2 BDRM. lrg. suite adult Brand new park in Lacombe.

Homestead Firewood single car garage, 5 appls, bldg, free laundry, very Spec Mobiles. 3 Bdrm., and area is essential.

Spruce, Pine, Aspen - Split.

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Avail. 7 days/wk. 403-304-6472 communication skills are 403-782-7156 $900/mo., S.D. $650. Down payment $4000. Call req’d. Send resume by fax at anytime. 403-588-8820 403-357-7465 403-304-5337 B.C. Birch, Aspen, to 403-346-0295 Spruce/Pine. Delivery avail.

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PH. Lyle 403-783-2275 See Help Wanted Employment FIREWOOD. Pine, Spruce, Can deliver Training 1-4 cords. 403-844-0227 FIREWOOD: Spruce & Pine - Split 403-346-7178 TRAINING CENTRE LOGS OILFIELD TICKETS Semi loads of pine, spruce, Industries #1 Choice! tamarack, poplar, birch.

“Low Cost” Quality Training CLASSIFICATIONS 1000-1430 Price depends on location CLASSIFICATIONS of delivery. Lil Mule 403.341.4544 4000-4190 Logging 403-318-4346 24 Hours To Advertise Your Business Toll Free 1.888.533.4544 SEASONED Firewood. or Service Here Poplar, Pine/Spruce mix, Realtors R H2S Alive (ENFORM) Birch. Delivery avail. and R First Aid/CPR & Services mobile processing avail R Confined Space Brian (403)845-8989 or R WHMIS & TDG Lawrence 403-844-1078 classifieds@reddeeradvocate.com

HERITAGE LANES BOWLING

NANNY needed for elderly with disability. Must assist personal care, accompany to doctors appointments.

Red Deer $15.56/hr. Email amal.hamdan0@yahoo. com

Sales & Distributors

800

Bearspaw Petroleum Ltd is seeking a FLOORHAND

FUJI film digital camera with memory card, lost downtown 403-755-7423

820

755

FEEDLOT in Central Alberta seeking F/T employee for feed truck operator and machinery maintenance. Send resume to fax: 403-638-3908 or e-mail to: dthengs@hotmail.com

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Nov. 26 & 27, 2 - 5 pm Nov. 28 & 29, 1 - 5 pm 6325 61 Ave. Red Deer Call Bob 403-505-8050

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Battle of the giant robots CALIFORNIA STARTUP MEGABOTS CHALLENGES JAPAN FIRM TO GIANT ROBOT BATTLE, AIMS TO CREATE SPORT OAKLAND, Calif. — They’ve been popularized in movies, television and video games, but giant fighting robots still haven’t left the realm of science fiction. That will soon change.

Megabots Inc., an Oakland, California-based startup, has built a 15-foot (4.5-meter) mechanical gladiator called the Mark II and challenged a Japanese firm to an international battle for robot supremacy.

Tokyo-based Suidobashi Heavy Industries, maker of the 13-foot (4-meter) Kuratas, accepted the challenge, setting the stage for the first giant robot battle of its kind next year. The exact date and location are yet to be determined.

Win or lose, it’s all part of Megabots’ plan by to make gladiator-style robot combat into big-time entertainment — a mix between Ultimate Fighting Championship and Formula One auto racing — while developing new industrial technologies and inspiring a new generation of engineers.

The Megabots founders envision a sports league where teams from around the world build huge humanoid robots that throw each other down in stadiums filled with screaming fans.

“Everyone wins as long as there is robot carnage,” said Megabots co-founder Matt Oehrlein, an electrical engineer. “People want to see these things fight. They want to see them punch each other, they want to see them ripped apart and they want to be entertained.”

Megabots was launched in 2014 by Oehrlein, Gui Cavalcanti and Brinkley Warren, who grew up playing video games like “MechWarrior” and “BattleTech,” and wanted to fulfil their dreams of watching massive machines fight.

“We want to bring the giant robots from science fiction and movies and video games to life because now we have the technology,” said Cavalcanti, a robotics engineer. “It’s really about: How do we put on the best show? How do we make the coolest fight?”

Inside a cavernous Oakland work-

RENEWABLE ENERGY

Wall says 50 per cent of Saskatchewan power to come from renewables by 2030

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS REGINA — Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall says 50 per cent of the province’s power will come from renewable sources by 2030.

The announcement is officially scheduled for Monday, but Wall slipped in the details while answering questions in the legislature about the province’s position on climate change.

Wall said he believes the goal is achievable.

“The conveyance for that will be solar and wind and some geothermal and we’ll get into some specifics around that. I think there’s a lot hope around all of those,” Wall said Wednesday.

“What will be relatively new is the emphasis and the focus on solar pow-

shop, the Megabots founders built the Mark II — a 12,000-pound (5,443 kilograms) behemoth with tank treads, two-pilot cockpit and missile launcher that fires canon ball-sized paintballs.

Then Oehrlein called out Suidobashi in a YouTube video: “We have a giant robot. You have a giant robot.

You know what needs to happen. We challenge you to a duel.”

Suidobashi’s founder Kogoro Kurata accepted in his own video: “We can’t let another country win this. Giant robots are Japanese culture. Yeah, I’ll fight. Absolutely.”

Kurata also taunted the Megabots team: “Come on guys, make it cooler. Just building something huge and sticking guns on it, it’s super American.”

The Megabots robot isn’t quite ready to take on Kuratas, a more polished fighting machine with a big, agile hand that mimics the movements of the pilot’s hand.

“Our current robot, the Mark II, looks pretty intimidating,” Oehrlein said. “The truth is, it’s pretty slow. It’s top-heavy. It’s rusty, and it needs a set of armour upgrades to be able to compete in hand-to-hand combat,” That’s why Megabots launched an online Kickstarter campaign and raised more than $550,000 from robot fans to turn the Mark II into a real fighting machine — faster, tougher, more balanced and equipped with detachable weapons such as a giant chain saw or punching fist.

The startup has enlisted the help of engineers from NASA, software maker Autodesk, the TV shows “Mythbusters” and “BattleBots.”

“We’re absolutely confident that Team USA can beat Japan. We’ve assembled the best of the best of this country. We’re not going to let our country down,” Calvalcanti said.

Robot enthusiasts like Gordon Kirkwood are eagerly anticipating the fight.

“I think it’s going to be a smash hit,” said Kirkwood, a robotics engineer in San Francisco. “This has the potential to be a fantastic spectator sport that people would really pay good money to see.” er. In the last number of years, I think there’s been pretty good advancements in technology.”

Wall noted that solar panels are being installed on many homes in the southwestern United States. That also allows homeowners to feed power back onto the grid if they generate more than they need. It’s called net metering.

Ontario’s Hydro One has a net-metering program that allows customers who generate electricity for their own use from a renewable energy source such as wind, solar or biomass to send electricity to the distribution system.

According to the Ministry of the Environment, Saskatchewan with three per cent of Canada’s population accounts for 10 per cent of national greenhouse gas emissions. Most come from the oil and gas sector and electricity generation.

Just three per cent of Saskatchewan’s power came from wind last year, according to SaskPower. Forty-four per cent of Saskatchewan’s power came from coal.

“We just think because of the advancements in renewable technologies, the mix towards renewables

Hawaii Supreme Court grants temporary suspension of permit for giant telescope THE ASSOCIATED PRESS HONOLULU — The Hawaii Supreme Court on Tuesday temporarily suspended a permit that allows a giant telescope to be built on a mountain many Native Hawaiians consider sacred.

The court granted telescope opponents’ request for an emergency stay of the effectiveness of the permit until Dec. 2, or until another court order.

The ruling was issued as protesters were gathering on Mauna Kea in anticipation of blocking telescope work from resuming. Work has been stalled since April amid protests.

“Mahalo ke akua,” Kealoha Pisciotta, a longtime telescope opponent and one of the plaintiffs challenging the permit, repeated several times after hearing about the ruling. “Thank God.” Telescope officials announced last week a crew would return to the site this month to do vehicle maintenance work but they wouldn’t specify a date.

A representative for the project said that TMT will respect the court’s decision and stand down until Dec. 2.

“The Supreme Court’s decision will give all parties involved in the appeal sufficient time to respond to the motion,” TMT spokesman Scott Ishikawa said in a statement late Tuesday night.

Gov. David Ige said he will be conferring with the attorney general and the Department of Land and Natural Resources to determine the state’s next steps.

“They cannot legally do any work on Mauna Kea,” said Richard Naiwieha Wurdeman, the plaintiffs’ attorney who filed the emergency request late Monday after hearing news reports that telescope crews would be going to the mountain on Wednesday.

In 2013, the state Board of Land and Natural Resources issued a conservation district use permit for the Thirty Meter Telescope.

The permit allowed the non-profit company building the telescope to proceed with construc-

tion on lands that are within the Mauna Kea conservation district.

A group of opponents appealed, but a circuit court affirmed the land board’s decision. While the permit appeal was before the Intermediate Court of Appeals, the opponents asked to bypass the court and have the case go directly to the Supreme Court.

Photo by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

MegaBots founders from left, Brinkley Warren, Matt Oehrlein and Gui Cavalcanti stand below their 15-foot tall, piloted Mk.II robot at the Pioneer Summit in Redwood City, Calif. Let the giant robot wars begin. A team of American engineers challenged a group in Japan to a battle for robot supremacy, and the Japanese said bring it on. So Oakland-based MegaBots has launched a Kickstarter campaign to raise money to turn the Mk.II, into a real fighting machine, ready for hand-to-hand combat. can be much greater. We want it to be greater. We need it to be greater because, as you know, we have high emissions per capita in this province,” said Wall.

The premiers meet with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau next week to discuss Canada’s climate-change plans ahead of an international climate summit in Paris.

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Tech gifts for kids include List of circuit-building sets, dangerous intelligent dinosaurs toys released

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

NEW YORK — What to get a tech-savvy kid who’s tired of the same old tablets and video games? New toys this year range from easy-to-use sets for building circuits to a talking dinosaur powered by IBM’s Watson artificial-intelligence system.

Most of these come from startup companies, yet they can be found at major retailers or ordered online. All are designed to foster learning and creativity.

LITTLEBITS (Gadgets & Gizmos set, ages 8 and up) Although circuit-building sets have long been around, LittleBits takes inventing and building electrical-powered devices to a new level. The brightly colored components connect together easily with magnets, then attach to mounting boards like Legos.

It took me about 45 minutes to build a remote-controlled car. The instructions include colour pictures of everything I needed to see. I found them easy to follow, and older children should, too. Although I didn’t get everything right the first time, I had fun checking my circuits and solving problems. Kids will as well.

Other projects in my set include a wireless doorbell, motorized fan and rotating lamp.

One drawback: There aren’t enough parts to make multiple projects.

The kit has two mounting boards, and I needed both to build my car and remote control. Because the boards are needed for most of the projects, you have to take apart what you built to make something else.

To get around that, you’d need to buy expansion packs with extra boards and parts.

STIKBOT (Technically for ages 13 and up because of social-media restrictions) What makes this toy fun is its marriage of apps and social media with old-school stop-motion animation, which stitches together still pictures into a video. It harkens back to the “Gumby” cartoons of days gone by.

The starter kit comes with two StikBots — small, flexible plastic figures with suction cups for hands and feet — along with a basic tripod for your smartphone.

You download a free app and use the StikBots and whatever else you have around the house to create your own stop-motion movie. The movies can then be shared through social media such as Facebook, Twitter and YouTube. Zing Global Ltd., the company behind StikBot, posts its favourites on YouTube through “The StikBot Show” and gives out cash prizes for the most creative. You can see some of the best at http://www.stikbot.toys/ videos/ .

The creativity of StikBot fans is truly amazing.

My 6-year-old daughter can’t stop watching and has been begging to make her own movie.

COGNITOYS DINO (ages 5 and up) This small, plastic dinosaur from New Yorkbased startup Elemental Path has a voice reminiscent of Yoda from “Star Wars.” The toy uses Watson’s speech-recognition and cognitive abilities to create an interactive experience. The Dino will engage in conservations with your child and remember personal details such as his or her name and favouritecolour. With Watson’s help, the toy will also answer complicated questions such as “Why is the sky blue?” and “Where do babies come from?” in a kid-appropriate way. It’s not meant for sharing with siblings, though, as Dino will keep track of just one child’s favourites. The toy connects directly to your WiFi home network, so no phone or tablet is needed.

The Dino, which comes in three colours, is sold only online and should ship by the holidays.

THE INCREDIBLE INTERGALACTIC JOURNEY HOME (all ages) Lost My Name, a London-based startup, uses satellite maps and other data to create customized books that go well beyond similar products on the market. The beautifully illustrated book tells the story of your child’s journey home from outer space. As your child gets closer to home, the book’s pages display nearby landmarks and eventually a satellite map showing

your child’s neighbourhood and home.

Although my daughter already has books personalized with her name and friends, she got a kick out of seeing our home and neighbourhood from space.

The books, available in seven languages, are sold only online.

TIGGLY Tiggly aims to make learning fun by combining toy shapes and letters with apps for iPads or Android tablets.

For example, little sea creatures in the Submarine app ask kids to complete words by placing the required vowel letter on the tablet. Use the wrong letter, and a little crab character gives a disapproving look, while the tablet makes a “boing!” sound.

Words completed correctly are sucked up by a little submarine.

The shapes and letters are soft and easy for little hands to pick up and manipulate.

The set for the youngest kids, ages 2 to 5, focuses on shapes, while another teaches basic math to kids ages 3 to 7.

The most advanced teaches early reading skills to 4 to 8-year-olds.

WORLD AGAINST TOYS CAUSING HARM

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS BOSTON — Dinosaur claws inspired by the movie Jurassic World and a quick-folding trampoline are among the items on a consumer watchdog group’s annual list of hazardous toys released Wednesday.

The Massachusetts-based World Against Toys Causing Harm says the toys singled out as the 10 most dangerous for Christmas this year represent common problems and aren’t the only potentially dangerous products on the market.

The Toy Industry Association says all toys for sale on U.S. shelves go through some of the strictest safety requirements in the world, including more than 100 safety tests and standards and certification by an independent, federally approved testing lab.

The trade group says WATCH doesn’t even test the toys it names.

WATCH doesn’t dispute this, saying it’s simply providing easy ways for parents to identify toy risks.

“Their allegations are based on pure conjecture and opinion,” the toy association said in a statement. “When examined and reviewed, year after year these lists have repeatedly shown to be full of false claims and needlessly frighten parents and caregivers.”

WATCH President Joan Siff said 3 million units of toys have been recalled just in the past year for defects that could injure children. Many of the toys were still on store shelves when recalls were issued, she said.

“The $22 billion-a-year toy industry should be asking what they can do better to protect children instead of making blanket statements that ‘toys sold on U.S. toy shelves are safe,”’ she said.

Many of the toys on this year’s list can be found at major retailers such as Toys R Us, Wal-Mart and Kmart.

They also can be bought from online sites such as Amazon and ebay.

The velociraptor claws are child-sized dinosaur gloves made of foam and can cause eye and facial injuries, WATCH said.

And the trampoline can lead to injuries during use and assembly, the advocacy group said.

A Play-Doh-like substance that looks like poop also made this year’s list. WATCH says the “Poo-Dough” contains wheat and could cause allergy-related injuries such as hives, headaches and difficulty breathing.

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Here’s WATCH’s list of the 10 worst toys for 2015: — “Bud” Skipit’s Wheely Cute Pull Along.

Potential for choking injuries made by Bunnies By The Bay — Foam dart gun. Realistic toy weapon made by GD.Jiefeng Toys $13.99.

B Each chid receives toys, dolls, mitts and toques, cars, stocking stuffers, puzzles, games and books.

— Stats’ 38” quick-folding trampoline. Potential for head, neck and other injuries by Toys R Us, Inc.

B All of our funds come from donations and fundraising that we do in the community

— Poo-Dough. Potential for allergy-related injuries (warning label says it contains wheat) by Skyrocket Toys.

— Splat X Smack Shot.

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— Kick Flipper. Potential for head and other bodily injuries by Playsmart.

— Leonardo’s Electronic Stealth Sword. Potential for blunt force injuries by Playmates International Company — Kid Connection doctor play set. Potential for ingestion and choking injuries by Wal-Mart Stores Inc. — Pull Along Zebra: Potential for strangulation and entanglement injuries by Early Learning Centre $20.99.

— Jurassic World velociraptor claws. Potential for eye and facial injuries

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D6 RED DEER ADVOCATE Friday, Nov. 20, 2015

Gifts for travellers: Inspiration from road warriors

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

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SHEILA JOHNSON: BEST GIFT IS VERSATILE LUGGAGE Johnson, co-founder of Black Entertainment Television, also founded Salamander Hotels & Resorts and lives 10 minutes from Salamander’s flagship property in Middleburg, Virginia.

MUST-HAVES: I pack things that are easy to carry and fashionable at the same time — items that make me feel good and look good, without complication or stress. A cozy black sweater. Elegant flats. And a wrap from my scarf collection (SheilaJohnsonCollection.com), which is great for staying warm on the plane and can accessorize any outfit.

COULD USE: I’d love a warm, over-

Seeking the perfect gift for a traveller? Here’s some inspiration from road warriors and travel professionals: author Paul Theroux Salamander Hotels CEO Sheila Johnson Irhal app creator Irfan Ahmad and Young Travel Professionals founder Karen Magee.

PAUL THEROUX: NEVER TRAVEL WITHOUT BOOKS Theroux’s most recent travelogue is Deep South: Four Seasons on Back Roads.

MUST-HAVES: I never travel without at least three books, usually novels, not current ones but classics — nearly always paperbacks that I will give away after I’ve read them. Always a notebook with a good binding. Always two or three pens — specifically Lamy ballpoints. Driving in the deep South for my book, I always had bottles of wine in the back of my car and often food, for those late stops in remote motels where they have microwaves.

COULD USE: Probably a new hat, called the Voyager — made by Lock & Co. Hatters in London.

Mine is very battered. You can roll them up and pack them.

TO GIVE: It all depends on the person. For a new friend, perhaps a book of mine related to a distant place, my novel The Lower River (set in Africa), or The Elephanta Suite (set in India). For an GREAT old friend, a classic book, Madame Bovary. For someone I loved, I would buy a

sized bathrobe. It’s like wrapping yourself in comfort, wherever you are. To me, when I’m travelling, there’s nothing better to come back to than a soft, cozy bathrobe you can just sink into and relax in — especially after a long day out hiking or sightseeing. One of my favourite bathrobe brands and styles is UGG’s Duffield.

TO GIVE: A great, versatile piece of luggage is the best gift I can imagine.

TUMI luggage is my personal preference. I like the weight, expansiveness and style (like the Tegra-Lite extended trip packing case). Walt Whitman once wrote, “every cubic inch of space is a miracle” — and when you’re travelling, that’s certainly the case!

IRFAN AHMAD: MY TRAVEL PARTNER IS MY PHONE

Ahmad created the Irhal app for Muslim travellers, which includes 90-plus city guides with halal restaurants, mosques and prayer timings for each city.

MUST-HAVES: My No. 1 travel partner is now my phone. In the past, not unlike the 108 million fellow Muslims who travel every year, I needed a compass to find the direction of Mecca to say my prayers in a new city. Today, my phone with the Irhal app has a built-in compass.

COULD USE: I need to replace my pull-along bag which I use to protect my laptop while travelling. … I am looking for that perfect saddle-leather antique-looking, weather-beaten bag with modern spinner wheels that glide across the aisle with ease.

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