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WEEKEND EDITION SATURDAY, NOV. 21, 2015
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Father of two murdered FIRST HOMICIDE IN TWO YEARS BY CRYSTAL RHYNO ADVOCATE STAFF The death of a 31-year-old man in the Village Mall parking lot is believed to be Red Deer’s first homicide in two years. Alan Beach is believed to have been stabbed in the parking near the Blarney Stone Pub & Restaurant and other businesses late Wednesday night around 9 p.m. He died later of his wounds in hospital. A Blarney Stone Pub and Restaurant manager,
who did not wish to be named, said the man was not stabbed inside the pub, but people had brought the man inside for help after the incident. A bartender called an ambulance for the man. “Somebody just carried him inside because it was cold that day,” she said. “They just brought him inside to get treatment.” She said the bar was closed down while people tried to help the victim. The RCMP’s Serious
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Crimes branch is now assisting with the continuing investigation. Police are seeking witnesses that may have seen something that night. A Gofundme.com fundraising page has been set up in the name of Beach. According to the page, Beach, who is originally from Creston, B.C. was a father of two young boys. “Alan Beach was a hard worker, loving father, wonderful son and a great brother, he was friends to countless and would always be there to lend a hand or to listen,” according to the page. Last year there were no reported murders but in 2013 and 2012 there were four in Red Deer.
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Blackfalds Wranglers goalie Thomas Isama dives for a shot that rings off his post against the Red Deer Vipers in Heritage Junior B Hockey League action. The Vipers are among the teams that will be looking for ice time when the Red Deer Arena is torn down next year. BY GREG MEACHEM ADVOCATE SPORTS EDITOR A duffel bag full of hockey teams will be out in the cold next year due to the demolition of the Red Deer Arena. Finding ice for the teams won’t be a short-term problem, since construction of the facility that will replace the Arena will not be completed until 2018.
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“It’s a work in progress. There’s a lot of things we’re looking at,” said Red Deer Minor Hockey Association general manager Dallas Gaume. “Maybe we’ll have younger teams share ice more often, and we’ve asked the city to possibly keep the other rinks open a bit later at night and maybe open them a little earlier in the morning.” There are other options being explored, said Gaume, such as acquiring more ice time at the Centrium and reducing the time of practice sessions.
“We’re meeting with the Westerner folks soon to inquire about the Centrium,” he said. “We’re looking at other things, too. Maybe practices will be cut down, made a little shorter. We’re just going to have to squeeze as much as we can. “It’s probably going to be a two-year deal where we’re in a major ice crunch and it’s going to be difficult. There’s definitely going to be some challenges.”
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Refugee plan coming on Tuesday How the Liberal government intends to bring thousands of Syrian refugees to Canada will become clear Tuesday. Story on PAGE A4
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