Red Deer Advocate, November 25, 2015

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Get the lead out COUNCIL TO SPEND $3.7M TO REPAIR, REPAINT CPR BRIDGE BY CRYSTAL RHYNO ADVOCATE STAFF The CPR bridge will be getting a paint job. Calling the bridge an environmental hazard, ‘ONCE WE KNOW council approved $3.7 million in spending to THERE IS A RISK TO remove the lead paint, PUBLIC HEALTH AND give it a recoat and make repairs to the municipal SAFETY, WE HAVE A historic resource in 2016 RESPONSIBILITY TO on Tuesday’s capital budREACT.’ get debate. Council heard that — MAYOR TARA VEER lead from the paint on the supporting structure and steel trusses are flaking and falling into the river, potentially affecting the overall health of the river. But the decision was not taken lightly as council did not want the bridge to become a “Green Onion” where members of the community balked at the city spending $750,000 to re-paint the water tower. Most councillors stressed it is not about “making the bridge pretty” but out of concern for public safety and the Red Deer River. City manager Craig Curtis said there are financial and health risks in delaying the project. He said approving the project this year would be the most cost efficient. Mayor Tara Veer said the community fought to keep this heritage resource in the 1990s. “Once we know there is a risk to public health and safety, we have a responsibility to react,” said Veer. Coun. Paul Harris said the bridge has become part of the community’s identity. “To suggest that we wait is an example of borrowing from our future to pay for our present,” he said. “We have an ethical obligation now that we know there is going to be lead in the river.”

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Lee Roy Koyina and his daughter, Madyson, careen down the sledding hill in Clearview, Tuesday afternoon with their dog, Skye, going along for the ride. The snow and cold temperatures this week have created havoc on area roads, but for people who like the cold, the return to winter makes for some fun times.

No tax hike in county next year BY PAUL COWLEY ADVOCATE STAFF Red Deer County ratepayers won’t see a tax rate increase next year in the budget unveiled on Tuesday. As well, taxpayers can expect similar good financial news in 2017 and 2018 if the county’s financial projections hold up. For 2016, the county will maintain all services in its $45.6 million budget without increasing tax rates. That means those whose property value did not increase won’t see a higher tax bill. Levies for protective services, environmental initiatives and community services also remain un-

changed. Council deferred final approval of the budget until Dec. 8 to allow the public time to comment. For the first time, the county has developed a three-year operating budget — a strategy many municipalities are adopting to provide a longer-term financial plan for ratepayers. “It does help us to plan into the future,” said Mayor Jim Wood, who added provincial legislative changes are also driving multi-year budgeting. “I look at this as a very, very favourable projection into the future for our residents in Red Deer County.”

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Syrian immigrant concerned about potential for extremists among refugees

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Addy Yazigi and his wife, Areej, and daughter, Larissa, in their restaurant, Addy’s Middle Eastern Cuisine in Red Deer.

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a refugee, as an immigrant. “You come to a different culture you have to accept it. You have to respect it and fit in that culture.” Refugee arrival Yazigi, 47, a restaurant split in two . . . . . A5 owner in Red Deer, is married to Areej, 31. They have a daughter, Larissa, who will soon be three. Areej is also from Syria. She arrived five years ago, and helps run their popular restaurant, called Addy’s, which opened in 2012. The couple attended university in Syria where they became engineers. Yazigi arrived in Canada in 2003, coming at a time when Canada wanted more engineers. But he ended up “logically” deciding to not spend money going back to school to meet Canadian requirements, ultimately making his way to Alberta to work in the oil service industry until opening the restaurant.

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Addy Yazigi is a lot like many other Canadians. He’s worried about the possibility there may be some extremists among the 25,000 Syrian refugees Canada is going to accept in the coming months. He thinks there’s a possibility that some of those who arrive will not accept Canadian culture, and may turn against it. He’s also concerned some may just come for a period of time, be financially supported by Canadians, and then MARY-ANN in the end go back home to BARR Syria. BARRSIDE What sets Yazigi apart is that he himself is from Syria, but he arrived in 2003, not as

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WRAPPING IT UP Central Alberta Women’s Emergency Shelter volunteer co-ordinator Kira O’Brien wraps a package at the Christmas gift wrapping booth at Bower Place on Tuesday. The booth will be open daily until Christmas during mall hours and also features a coat check service. The annual fundraising effort is a major contributor to CAWES. Photo by JEFF STOKOE/ Advocate staff

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BUDGET: Extend life of bridge for 40 years Coun. Tanya Handley did not vote in favour but she shared the concern about “lead is falling in the river.” She said there needs to be more communication with the public about the necessity of the project before she could support it. Coun. Lawrence Lee voted in support after unsuccessfully arguing to defer the paint remediation to another budget cycle in order to get a better price on the project. Councillors Frank Wong and Buck Buchanan were also opposed. The paint job and repairs are expected to extend the life of the bridge for another 40 years. Debate on two proposed roundabouts proved to be anything but a smooth ride for city administration. Elaine Vincent, the city’s Development Services manager, was put on the hot seat as she fielded questions about the plan to put in a roundabout at 67th Street and Johnstone Drive in 2016 and another at 19th Street and 40th Avenue in 2017. The 67th Street intersection has one of the highest rates of collisions in the city. Vincent said when considering safety and operations the Federal Highway Administration of the United States said roundabouts were the preferred alternatives to signal light intersections in 2008. Council heard that Canada has about 300 roundabouts compared to more than 9,000 in Australia and 4,000 in the United States. In the end, a roundabout at 67th Street and Johnstone Drive as part of the $6.6 million 67th Street corridor improvements was given the green light. One of the larger ticket items – $12.2 million to improve the south east corridor/rebuilding 19th Street – was also given the go ahead. The proposed roundabout at 19th Street and 40th Avenue, however, is not set in stone. It was slated to be debated as part of the 2017 capital budget. But Coun. Tanya Handley successfully argued to bring the design to council before a final decision is made on the improvements to the intersection. Handley said it did not make sense to build more roundabouts before the first major roundabout in the city is fully operational. The design will come back to council by June 30, 2016 before this part of the project moves forward. Council voted 5-4 to spend $4 million to purchase land for a third snow storage site in 2016. A site has not been determined. Vincent said the two existing snow storage sites can handle a typical snow season but not unusual snow years. She said there is also the growth piece where the city adds more roads which means there will be more roads to plow and clear. Veer, Councillors Buchanan, Harris and Lee were opposed.

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Lee said he could not support sterilizing land that could be used for many other purposes. He said he would like administration to continue to explore technologies to deal with the snow at the storage sites. Harris said the timing isn’t right for the costly project. He would like the city to consider buying land further out in the city. Wong said the city has probably added another 30 roads since the last storage site was built. Wong said he has been fighting for a new site for many years. “I think we will be needing this sooner than later,” he said. “I am a little hesitant about the site. Maybe we could go a little further out in the city.” Council heard a new site would likely be needed in the next two to three years due to growth in the city. Vincent said the city is exploring the option of using the site for a fire training facility as well as a snow storage facility on the same piece of land. Coun. Dianne Wyntjes said it would be a good use of the land to use it as a fire training site in the off-season. She said it is a necessary evil that comes with the growth of the city. “We can’t have our snow and eat it too,” she said. “We are growing. If you look at this budget, there’s a large number that we are investing in roads.” The 2016 capital budget talks continue on Wednesday. It includes a debate on the 10-year capital plan. crhyno@reddeeradvocate.com

COUNTY: ‘It’s never an easy balance’ Local ramifications of a slumping economy were not lost on council and administration as it crunched budget numbers. “We’re always very, very conscious of the abilities of our residents to afford the taxes that we are levying,” said Wood. “But we also have to ensure that we levy enough taxes to provide the services that they require. “It’s never an easy balance.” Coun. Philip Massier was glad to see the county providing direction for the future while holding the line on taxes. “In this time, when some people are losing their jobs, a zero tax increase would be good news to hear.” Coun. Christine Moore said longer term financial planning “gives us security and (shows) what is to happen.” The spending restraint did not come at the cost of cutting programs or needed projects. At the top of the list are roads and bridges. The county will spend $6.5 million on paving next year and $4.2 million on bridge repairs. Bridge work alone, is expected to cost an average of $5 million over the next five years as the county whittles away at an $85-million bridge infrastructure deficit. Another key initiative is the county’s $1.75-million commitment towards a $9.5-million project to extend Red Deer Airport’s runway to take larger passenger jets.

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YAZIGI: Also worried about foreign fighters Both he and his wife, who are Christians, still have family in Syria and they communicate with them almost daily. These family members live in safe areas of the country, although they do experience some of the problems in the midst of a civil war. This includes power or water supplies being cut off for a few days, or the ever-increasing cost of food. He does worry that even though they are safe, “unfortunately bombing affects everyone, attacks everyone.” It doesn’t discern certain people from others. One of the problems in Syria is that the government of Bashar al-Assad is so busy that there’s little time to do proper security checks with other countries trying to screen refugees, he said. “If 25,000 coming and a few are bad, what do you do? Accept them?” He’s worried about those people who go to Syria to fight with Islamic extremists and then return to their own countries. Just because they have returned to their home countries doesn’t mean they will become nice people, he said. “This is what scares everyone. You don’t know.” “This is all over. Here in Canada, in U.S., in Europe, everywhere. This is a bomb just waiting for someone to ignite it.” “I am Canadian. I don’t want anyone to come and do any damage to our society.” Yazigi thinks if President Assad left the country, it could be much worse if, for example, extremists take over. “We hope everything is sorted out as soon as possible because the whole country is being destroyed.” Yazigi says “it’s weird” that for five years powerful countries have not been able to find a solution to the conflict in Syria. He believes this is what is needed so that Syrians, instead of becoming refugees, can stay in their country.

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“I believe that is going to be a game changer for this particular region, and that will bring on more economic activity,” he said. The county is projecting a $43.5 million operating budget in 2017 and $43.4 million in 2018 based on modest increases in tax assessments fueled by growth. Those numbers and potential tax increases could be recalculated depending on changing economic circumstances. Next year’s capital budget is set at $29.6 million, of which $20.6 million will be spent on infrastructure and roads. Another $7 million goes to water, wastewater and garbage projects. Other spending highlights for 2016 include: ● $1.4 million contribution to Sylvan Lake’s multiplex project ● $3 million for Range Road 245 Market Road grading (6.7 km) ● $3 million to supply water from Red Deer to Petrolia Industrial Park ● $3 million for Spruce View reservoir

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BY THE CANADIAN PRESS BY THE CANADIAN PRESS EDMONTON — An Alberta member of the legislature is being remembered by his peers as a mountain of a man, a fierce political debater and a big-hearted champion of children. White roses, a red prayer book and the provincial flag were placed Tuesday on the desk at which Manmeet Bhullar usually sat in the chamber. Politicians from both sides of the house walked past and paid silent tribute. Bhullar, 35, was killed Monday on an icy and snowy stretch of the main route between Edmonton and Calgary. He had pulled over to the side of the Queen Elizabeth II Highway to offer help in a vehicle rollover. An oncoming semi lost control and hit him. He was in his third term as the member for the Calgary Greenway constituency. Flags at all Alberta government buildings flew at half-mast on Tuesday and the Ontario legislature held a moment of silence. In Regina, Saskatchewan legislature member Greg Ottenbreit offered his condolences. Bhullar served in three cabinet portfolios — Service Alberta, Human Services and Infrastructure — under the previous Progressive Conservative government. It was as human services minister Photo by THE CANADIAN PRESS in 2014 that he took action following A flag and flowers are draped over the desk of MLA Manmeet Bhullar at the a newspaper’s investigative series revealing that 45 children had died in Alberta Legislature chambers in Edmonton on Tuesday. Bhullar, 35, was killed in government care over a 14-year period. a car accident on Monday afternoon while driving from Calgary to Edmonton. Bhullar put through changes allowing names and cases to be made public in coupled with an unyielding defence of Bhullar was also a key lieutenant the future. Tory programs and values. and friend to former premier Jim “There are a lot of changes to chil“He was a scary guy when you got Prentice. Prentice said Bhullar’s bedren in care that he brought about that him mad,” said Mason. “But he was lief in justice and compassion brought have made a big difference for many a passionate guy. He could get really him respect from all sides. vulnerable kids and their families,” emotional about things that mattered.” “You could not go to a single comsaid NDP governNDP Educa- munity event anywhere in the province ment house leadtion Minister Da- where people did not know of Man‘HE WAS A CHAMPION er Brian Mason. vid Eggen said meet Bhullar, and where people didn’t FOR CHILDREN, AND THE “I think that he remembered love him and respect him and admire was his finest a lot of cross- him.” RESPONSIBILITY OF GOVERNMENT moment in terms Rachel Notley, speaking of his contribuTO NOT ONLY PROTECT CHILDREN fwlhoeonr Bbhaut tlll ea sr on Premier a conference call from Ottawa, said tion to public was in cabinet. Bhullar “was always successful, very BUT TO MAKE PUBLIC ISSUES life.” “ W e o f t e n authentic, very committed and very Liberal LeadRELATED TO THEIR SAFETY.’ crossed swords capable.” er David Swann in there, but Proceedings at the Alberta legislaagreed. — LIBERAL LEADER DAVID SWANN a l w a y s h a d a ture were suspended for the day, but “He was a friendly word for were to resume Wednesday with tribchampion for each other afterwards.” utes to Bhullar. children, and the responsibility of govEggen said he once bumped into “It’s just horribly, horribly, horribly ernment to not only protect children Bhullar outside the gallery after one saddening to be here today and be in but to make public issues related to such heated exchange. the assembly,” said Opposition Wiltheir safety.” “He gave me a big hug, rearranged drose house leader Nathan Cooper. Colleagues also remembered Bhul- my spine a little bit, and we carried on “It’s going to be a number of tough lar as a tall, imposing man with a bar- with our work.” days.” rel chest and jet-black beard. They None of Bhullar’s eight PC caucus recalled razor-sharp debating skills colleagues was in the house Tuesday.

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attempted murder and kidnapping will be dropped. He remains in custody.

Notley vows tight rein on $3B carbon tax EDMONTON — Alberta Premier Rachel Notley says her government will keep a tight rein on a multibillion-dollar carbon tax to make sure the money goes only to green programs and incentives. Notley says none of the money is to go to broader or unrelated expenditures, such as paying down the deficit

and debt. “Every cent that is collected by the carbon tax will be recycled back into the economy immediately,” Notley told reporters Tuesday on a conference call. “This is not a situation where we’re going to apply it against the deficit, for instance, to maintain current operations, or anything like that.” Notley said the money will be used to help the province become a green economy and include rebates for lower and middle income earners, money to help small businesses, efforts to help industries such as coal adversely affected by the transition, and money to develop renewable resources.

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the woods on an Alberta reserve. People on the Paul First Nation found the girl’s partially clad body in the snow a few days before last Christmas. She was flown to hospital in Edmonton, where she remained unconscious for several days. Court heard the child suffered a brain injury and will have life-long complications. James Clifford Paul pleaded guilty this week at the beginning of a preliminary hearing to charges of sexual assault and aggravated assault. A sentencing date for the 22-yearold is to be set in the new year, when it’s expected other charges of

Ken Krawetz logs about 55,000 kilometres on roads each year driving to Regina and around Saskatchewan. In his two decades travelling as a member of the provincial legislature, he has slid across icy roads, hydroplaned on slushy highways and ended up in snowbanks and ditches. He has hit two deer and one coyote. The former finance minister, who represents Canora-Pelly in the eastern part of the province, knows that constant travel — sometimes heart-pounding, white-knuckled navigation when the weather turns nasty — comes with the job. But Krawetz has never been hurt. “You get shook up a little bit, there’s no question,” he said. “You realize just how lucky it was to actually still be safe.” A Progressive Conservative member of Alberta’s opposition, Manmeet Bhullar, was killed Monday while driving from Calgary to Edmonton as a winter storm hit much of the province. The 35-year-old was struck by a semi after he stopped to help a motorist whose car had flipped on the busy Queen Elizabeth II Highway north of Red Deer. Several politicians across the Prairies say his death is a grim reminder of a hidden danger they face as part of their jobs — spending numerous hours on the road alone, often when the weather is bad. “I take the bus partly because I don’t feel safe on the roads in conditions like this,” Alberta Liberal Leader David Swann said Tuesday as snow continued to fall in Edmonton. He travels to the capital from his riding of Calgary Mountain View on the same highway where Bhullar was killed. So does Alberta Wildrose house leader Nathan Cooper, who represents the rural riding of Olds-Didsbury-Three Hills. He said Bhullar’s death will make him more cautious. “It will certainly give me pause the next time the road conditions might not be ideal and you’re rushing up to Edmonton to get here for something that you feel is really important.”

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Slow down on snowy roads You’ll never guess what happened where even the best drivers appear to on Monday, that’s right it snowed. forget how to drive in the snow. Maybe I was as surprised as anyone. it’s arrogance, maybe it’s forgetfulness, Alberta, late November and snow. maybe it’s just a matter of getting used Never thought the three would meet. to the cold and slick conditions. Apparently, anyway, that The problem is, Alberwas the reaction of far too ta’s best drivers, well that’s many drivers with the white a pretty low bar, especially stuff falling from the skies. when venturing out onto the In a matter of minutes, corridor linking Edmonton the Queen Elizabeth II and Calgary. Highway between Innisfail My dad firmly believes and Blackfalds turned inyou take your life in your to a parking lot with as maown hands when on the ny as six collisions in that QEII in the best of weathshort stretch during the afer. I don’t necessarily disternoon. agree. In all fairness, I have As Albertans, we like lived all over this province to pride ourselves in beand never once came away JOSH ing able to cope and deal thinking, “Wow, the drivers ALDRICH with the elements, our abilhere are excellent, safe and ity to handle cold weather courteous.” Don’t believe OPINION and look down at cities like me? Just go to any parking Vancouver who go into palot in Wildrose Country and ralysis with even the slightest skiff of see how we collectively fail at even the powder. most basic of skills. But, if Monday proved anything, But it’s not just the major routes we’re not much better — at least for that are dicey, the drive home from the the first snowfall of the season. office in town on Monday was filled No idea what happens during the with vehicles drifting through the summer months, but something occurs streets in a slo-mo version of the Fast

and the Stupid. Some helpful advice for all of those slow to adapt to the changing weather: • When the temperatures drop below zero, you may want to back off the gas pedal a little bit. OK, a lot. • Give the drivers in front of you plenty of space, so that when they slam on the brakes in an emergency, you do not continue on through their back seat. • Winter tires. The smart ones started putting them on before the first snow fall, everyone else should brace for a long lineup at whatever tire shop you frequent. Really you need them for when the weather falls below plus-7. • Four-wheel drive does not mean you are invincible, it only means you will get stuck further out. It also gives you an artificially-inflated confidence that is dangerous. • Drive cautiously and be prepared for others who are slip-sliding all over the place. • Take a deep breath and try to keep that road rage under wraps. • Give yourself extra time to get to where you are going. • If the roads are bad enough, pull over and get off the road.

I know the world is a busy place and we all have places to go. And truckers, I fully appreciate that time is money and you have deadlines to meet. Believe me, I get that. This is the thing, and I may be selfish on this, but I’m not necessarily concerned about you and your safety. I’m concerned about mine, my family, my friends’. Calgary Progressive Conservative MLA Manmeet Bhullar paid the ultimate price for being a gentleman and a good Samaritan during Monday’s chaos north of Red Deer. He pulled over and got out of his car to help someone who was in need on the side of the road, only to have an out-of-control semi-trailer end his life, far too soon. No, I had never met Hon. Bhullar, but these are tragedies that are all too often avoidable and preventable. If you insist on continuing to travel at 140 km/h on the QEII in driving snow, chances are you’ll be going 0 km/h for much longer. You will also likely take out someone else in the process. Nothing is so important to risk your life and others just to get somewhere quickly.

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Let us give aid and refuge to those in need When I first heard about the attacks in France I was fearful and enraged. My first reaction was that Canada should close its borders and not allow any Syrian refugees in because some of them may be ISIS terrorists. But then I was reminded of the Sermon on the Mount and I kept thinking about the noble wisdom of those verses. Blessed are the merciful. Do not take an eye for an eye. Give to those who ask. Love your enemy. Do unto others as you would have them do to you. These wise words softened my heart but I didn’t change my mind until I looked into the eyes of my children and I thought about that little boy who washed up on the beach. What horrors must that family have witnessed to push them to take such a risk? What would I do if I had to flee with my family because war came to Red Deer? Yes, it is noble to love your enemy but those refugees aren’t even the enemy. Our fear of ISIS is their fear of ISIS. They have seen that evil first hand. They have been forced to abandon everything and flee in desperation. In the past, this great nation of ours has made many mistakes. From Japanese internment camps and turning away a boat load of Jewish refugees during WW2 to the racist federal policies that decimated generations of Native people by forcing them into residential schools. Let us take a lesson from our history and not repeat the mistakes of the past. There are many things that we Canadians should be proud of. We don’t have to help but we should be proud that we do. Let us reclaim our status as a nation of peacekeepers. Let us once again be known as the nation that gives aid and refuge to those in

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need. The maple leaf can once again be a symbol of hope to the world. I implore my fellow Canadians and my fellow Red Deerians, when the refugees fleeing ISIS come to our city let us help them in any way we can. Let us be merciful. Let us show compassion and kindness. Let us give to those in need what we can. Jonathan Wieler Red Deer

Trudeau’s response to terror has been embarrassing OK, where’s my legal marijuana? As the French bury the dead and search desperately for the terrorist. At the G20 summit, we were an embarrassment, cowardly. This is the second time I have been shamed by the Liberals response to terrorism. First when the Twin Towers were slammed and now with the French. How can we forget the indifference (then Prime Minister Jean) Chretien displayed to our southern neighbors and again Trudeau’s pledge to remove our planes from the war zone. The response is terrifying, thank God for Brad Wall, someone is trying to make sense of the craziness. I don’t deny that we should help the refugees not for one moment, what I am saying lets use our heads and do this keeping Canadians safe here and abroad. For I truly believe we need to help. There should be no deadline, we need to do this, as well let me remind you charity begins at home. We need to make sure we care for the children and woman first and insure that at home no one is hungry. When I saw Obama and Putin in high profile discussion — I shuddered for wasn’t it last year that

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Putin was ostracized by the other leaders as they told him to get out of Ukraine. Is Trudeau next — the scorn of the world, as we present our liberal response, training to the forces and no planes, was he not the one to criticize the cost, it took over a week to get them there, can someone not talk any sense into him? Another question I need to ask, why did the U.S. wait until after the election to pull the pin on the Keystone, the Americans have a good memory. Trudeau’s announcement of giving $14.5 million to Indonisia for their infrastructure. Would someone tell him that here in Alberta about the biggest increase in food bank usage in years. Tell him about the 33,000-plus unemployed oil workers and the spinoff from this and daily layoff announcements. Tell him as well that Quebec is not the only province that is considering separating. Now where is my MJ, so I don’t care about the burden of shame Canadians carry as the rest of the world rallies around France. I can only pray that we will never need to call on the world for support, this will not be forgotten. As well Obama spoke immediately as soon as the events occurred to assure France they had their back and other world leaders quickly responded as well. Did Trudeau ever respond? (Public Safety minister Ralph) Goodale gave the most convoluted gibberish I ever heard. I needed an interpreter. As a Canadian of French heritage I hang my head in shame. For I always hate this, I told you so prior to the election, as my vote was based on who would do the best job responding to ISIL. The press has sure been subdued. Had this been Harper he and he alone would of been the culprit in this whole event. It isn’t fear mongering if it’s the truth. Lucille Gaumond Red Deer

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OTTAWA — The Liberal government revealed Tuesday that its promise to resettle 25,000 Syrian refugees will take longer and cost more than originally planned. Rather than bring that many people in by year’s end, the resettlement process will now be split in two, with 10,000 to arrive by Dec. 31 and the remainder by the end of February. But specific details of how that will be accomplished are unclear, with government officials unable to say when mass arrivals of refugees will begin, where they’ll go after landing in Toronto or Montreal, whether the military will in fact be called upon to assist or the final cost. The decision to abandon original year-end deadline to resettle the entire 25,000 was due to nothing more than a need to institute the best possible program, Immigration Minister John McCallum said. “I’ve heard Canadians across the country say ‘yes, you have to do it right and if it takes a little bit longer to do it right than take the extra time’,� he said. “When we welcome our newcomer friends with a smile, a smile alone is not sufficient.� The first group will be made up largely of privately sponsored refugees, whose files, in many cases, have been in the works for months as churches and other community groups moved to assist some of the most vulnerable people fleeing the Syrian civil war. For the component to be brought in by government, Canadian officials are working with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees to select people from Jordan and Lebanon. They will work with the Turkish government to find suitable candidates from that country. Priority for government refugees will be given to complete families, women at risk, members of sexual minorities and single men only if they are identified as gay, bisexual or transgender or are travelling as part of a family. Private sponsors have no restrictions on whom they can bring over. More than 500 officials have been assigned to work on the massive resettlement program. All health and security screening will take place overseas and will involve multiple assessments and the collection of biometrics. Under regular immigration screening, a file that has some security concerns is sent for more detailed review, but in this instance, any red flags on the first pass will result in that person’s case being set aside entirely in order to speed the process, said Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale. “Right from day one, our plan was to be diligent,� Goodale said. Once screening is complete, refugees will be flown to Toronto and Montreal, largely on chartered aircraft though the military is also on call to provide airlift every 48 hours if necessary. What it would take to engage them in that role is unclear. From there, they will be spread across 36 different destination cities which already have resettlement programs in place. The government did not provide a list, although it said about one third are in Quebec. Temporary accommodation will be provided by the military if required. The program will cost the federal government an estimated $678 million over the next six years but that doesn’t include additional funding that could be necessary for provinces and territories. It does include transportation costs for the privately-sponsored refugees usually, their hosts bear that financial burden. At Tuesday’s briefing, the government also did not address whether it intends to meet the campaign promise to give $100 million to the United Nations to assist its resettlement efforts.

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Child poverty a ‘chronic nightmare’ in Manitoba BY THE CANADIAN PRESS WINNIPEG — A child poverty report card says an increasing number of children live in poverty in Canada, but no where is the problem more desperate than in Manitoba. The report released Tuesday by social justice coalition Campaign 2000 says almost one in five children across the country lives below the poverty line. That number is one in three in Manitoba. Sid Frankel, one of the report’s authors and a social work professor at the University of Manitoba, said what began as a crisis in the early 1990s has become a “chronic nightmare.” More children are slipping into poverty de-

spite a provincial strategy introduced in 2009. Their parents tend to have low-paying, precarious jobs and don’t get enough tax breaks to lift them out of poverty, he said. “Manitoba children are at a kind of double jeopardy.” The report says child poverty has increased since the House of Commons made the first of three pledges to eliminate it in 1989. The national poverty rate has jumped by 20 per cent since then, but has increased by 26 per cent in Manitoba. The report also says 40 per cent of indigenous children in Canada live in poverty and one in seven users of homeless shelters is a child. Poor kids often go hungry, live in

inadequate housing and don’t have school or sports supplies, Frankel said. Study after study has shown living in poverty affects health quality, he added. “We think this is pretty serious.” The report suggests the Manitoba and federal governments should aim to cut child poverty rates in half within five years. Campaign 2000 is also calling on governments to provide more well-paying, steady jobs while increasing affordable housing. Its report also calls for a national child-care program and an immediate boost in minimum wages across the country to $15.53 an hour. Manitoba Premier Greg Selinger said the report only looks at income and not how far that income can go.

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The bow of the Leviathan II, a whale-watching boat owned by Jamie’s Whaling Station, is seen near Vargas Island. Dwayne Mazereeuw knew lives were at risk after a giant wave hit the Leviathan II and tossed him, his wife and 25 others into the chilling, rolling waters off the west coast of Vancouver Island. “As soon as the boat went over, as soon as people started flying into the water, I knew we were in a bad situation,” he said about the tragedy that claimed six lives near Tofino on Oct. 25.

Turcotte’s defence rests after 5 days of closing arguments ST-JEROME, Que. — Guy Turcotte’s lawyer completed his closing arguments Tuesday by saying his client was sick when he stabbed his children to death in 2009. Pierre Poupart said an “ordinary” human being does not kill his kids. Poupart told the 11 jurors at the first-degree murder trial that even if they disagree with the defence’s claim that Turcotte, 43, should be found not criminally responsible due to mental illness, the Crown still had to prove he intended to murder his children. Moreover, the lawyer asked the jury why, if Turcotte was not suffering from a mental illness the night he stabbed his kids, did he stay at the scene of the crime to be arrested, accused of murder and sent to prison Poupart said the psychiatric evidence supports the defence’s claim

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that the ex-doctor is not criminally responsible by way of mental disorder in the slayings of Olivier, 5, and Anne-Sophie, 3. Defence experts testified that Turcotte was suffering from an adjustment disorder and was exhibiting signs of anxiety and depression the fateful night in February 2009. They said in their testimony that Turcotte was in an acute suicidal state and suffering from a major mental illness that prevented him from develop-

VANCOUVER — The University of British Columbia seems more concerned with handling a public relations crisis than taking meaningful action to help women feel safe after multiple allegations of sexual assault, says a complainant. Glynnis Kirchmeier, who is planning to launch a human-rights case against UBC, published an open letter to the university’s interim president on Tuesday. The former student questioned why Martha Piper issued a public apology but didn’t contact her or other affected students. “I was surprised to learn on Sunday that you had issued an apology to the women in these cases who feel they have been let down by our university,” she wrote. “Did you mean to include me? I did not receive a personal communication from you, though you could have asked associate VP Dr. Sara-Jane Finlay for my email and phone number.” Kirchmeier announced her plan to file a complaint with the B.C. Human Rights Tribunal at a news conference on Sunday. She and other former and current students said the university lacks a clear policy for handling sexual assault reports and it took a year and a half to act on six complaints about a PhD student. Kirchmeier was not assaulted but said she witnessed his behaviour and reported it in January 2014. She said UBC failed to act until last week, when it said the student was no longer at the university.

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MONTREAL — The corruption and collusion in Quebec’s construction industry that involved organized crime, bureaucrats and political parties were much more rife than originally thought, says the judge who oversaw a lengthy probe into the wrongdoing. “This investigation confirmed there was a real problem in Quebec and that it was broader and more deeply rooted than we believed,” France Charbonneau said in a prepared statement Tuesday as she delivered her long-awaited report. “This finding shouldn’t discourage society. On the contrary, the very creation of the commission and the collaboration of many people benefited it, proving that Quebec is ready to do whatever it takes to protect its values of integrity and the public interest.” Charbonneau’s report contains some 60 recommendations she called “concrete solutions” designed to help clean up the system of handing out contracts. Among them is better protection for whistle-blowers public consultations on term-limits for municipal politicians and the creation of an independent public procurement authority to oversee the awarding of public contracts. She also called for tightening rules on the acceptance of gifts by public officials identifying the employer of political party donors and establishing a single ethics and lobbying commissioner to oversee the province and municipalities. All were central to testimony heard over 263 days that touched on allegations that some construction companies had links to organized crime and that the widespread collusion benefited political parties and corrupt bureaucrats.

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“How much you pay for something in Brussels is quite different than how much you pay for something in Winnipeg,” he said. “But whatever measure we have, we want people to be living less in poverty.” The province is increasing rent-assist programs, building more affordable housing and has committed to increase its $11 minimum hourly wage every year, Selinger said. The federal Liberals have pledged to do much of what is called for in the report, including changing employment insurance rules to make it easier to qualify for support, expanding parental leave programs and providing a higher child benefit to needy families.

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BY PAUL COWEY ADVOCATE STAFF Sylvan Lake officials left Red Deer County on Tuesday with a $1.4-million commitment to a new multiplex. The county had already earmarked $1.1 million over two years in upcoming budgets for the town facility already under construction. But the scope of the $33.5-million NexSource Centre has increased and council agreed unanimously to a new request for $1.4 million. That figure is based on the estimated five per cent of county residents using Sylvan Lake’s existing facilities. Almost 13 per cent of county residents live within the “catchment area” for Sylvan Lake. Mayor Jim Wood said given those numbers the county’s contribution is a good deal. Coun. Christine Moore, who is the county’s representative on the multiplex committee, also favoured financial support.

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Sylvan Lake has secured $1.4 million in funding from the County of Red Deer for their new multi-plex. “I think it’s pretty good return.” Moore said the county’s approach of forming partnerships with other municipalities for recreation facilities rather than build its own is the way to go. Sylvan Lake Mayor Sean McIntyre said the contribution is “evi-

dence of a collaborative attitude in Red Deer County and an awareness of the regional strength that is achieved through co-operation among neighbours.” McIntyre said the town is grateful for the county’s support, a partnership that allows county residents the same

More bucks for Westlake area CONCERN OVER CONTINUED ERROSION OF RIVERBANK AND NEIGHBOURHOOD ABOVE BY CRYSTAL RHYNO ADVOCATE STAFF More money has been floated to a project designed to prevent a city neighbourhood from sinking into the Red Deer River. Director of Development Services Elaine Vincent told council an additional $1.7 million is needed for the 2015-approved rip rap toe stabilization along the riverbank in the formerly known Riverview Park residential area. Now a part of Westlake, the community was annexed into the city in 2009. She explained the scope of the project, mainly the size and volume of the

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rocks, is higher than anticipated. In 2015, council approved $6.3 million for the project to stabilize the bank. While there are no homes at immediate risk, there is concern about the rapid erosion. On any given year between 150 mm to 650 mm of slope along the riverbank in the Riverview Park residential area disappears into the river according to a 2012 geotechnical report. A couple of years ago, the city purchased and demolished two homes that were at immediate risk of sinking into the river. Council moved the project up two years in the capital plan in 2015. Vincent asked council to picture an NFL field because that’s the amount of space needed to store the large rocks. But the city must wait for approvals

from Environment Canada before it can start building an ice bridge across the river to move the rocks and put them on the bank. “We have to construct that ice bridge this winter,” said Vincent. “It depends on the weather. We’re seeing in the next 20 days it will be above zero. We need that freeze up to occur so we can begin construction.” The plan was to complete construction this year but with the delay with the weather the city is not 100 per cent it will be completed this year. The project is not contingent on outside funding but the city is trying to recover some of the costs through provincial and federal grants. The funding was approved in the 2016 capital budget.

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Red Deer waiting for clarification on carbon tax The City of Red Deer is waiting to hear what a carbon tax would mean to municipalities. Coun. Ken Johnston raised the issue during the morning portion of the 2016 capital budget debate on Tuesday. He wanted to know whether the details of the plan would be available in time for the operating budget debate in January. City manager Craig Curtis said it is too early to say. He said the city has been waiting for budget details for a long time. “The big question is, will municipalities be at all exempt?” said Curtis. “If we are not exempt then we anticipate it will have a very, very significant impact and we may have to change our capital plan to accommodate items that would reduce green house gases.” Coun. Paul Harris asked whether the federal government’s newly announced funding for green initiatives has been factored into the planning. Curtis said it certainly would and the city looks forward to hearing more from the federal government. He said the only funding announced has been for large cities. The city expects to hear more in 2016. The Alberta government released its new climate-change plan that introduces a carbon tax for individuals and industry on Sunday.

Denny pleads guilty to theft Caught in a stolen car by the vehicle’s owner, a Red Deer man drove into the vehicle that tried to block the stolen vehicle in and fled the scene. Lucas Denny, 21, pleaded guilty to three charges relating to the Feb. 7 on Tuesday in Red Deer provincial court. Represented by defence counsel Andrew Phypers, Denny pleaded guilty to mischief, failing to remain at the scene of a collision and failing to appear in court. The first two charges stem from the incident in early February when Denny was parked in the vehicle outside a bar. The owner of the vehicle recognized it as having been taken a few days earlier. The owner also recognized Denny, as the two knew each other. The vehicle’s owner attempted to block Denny in by parking perpendicularly behind Denny. The owner then exited his car and attempted to remove Denny from the vehicle. Denny instead backed into the car causing minor damage and fled the

access to town facilities as Sylvan residents. The town recently made a $2-million request to Lacombe County based on its user numbers. An answer is expected within the next few weeks. In all, town officials hope to raise about $3.5 million from Lacombe and Red Deer Counties and the Summer Villages of Norglenwold and Jarvis Bay. There was a slight hiccup in the process before council approved the funding. Councillors Philip Massier and Richard Lorenz expressed concern that since a five-sheet curling rink is part of Sylvan’s multiplex, county support could be seen as support for that component. County policy prohibits funding for curling rinks. As a compromise, the funding motion made clear the money could not be used for the curling rink portion of the project. The county also provides operational support to Sylvan Lake through a longstanding recreation agreement. Just under $100,000 will be provided next year. pcowley@reddeeradvocate.com

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Red Deer’s riverfront neighborhood of Riverlands is becoming a reality and with the opening of a new intersection on Taylor Drive at Alexander Way the district just got a lot easier to access. The new intersection connects Riverlands with downtown and provides new access to the area. scene. Crown Prosecutor Ann MacDonald said no one was hurt in the incident. In August, Denny missed a scheduled court date for this matter because he was working up north. Judge James Glass issued a fine of $2,500 for the theft and a six-month driving prohibition. No restitution for the incident was requested. Phypers said Denny, who knew the owner of the vehicle, has paid back for the damage he caused outside of court orders.

Man pleads guilty to 9 charges A Red Deer man pleaded guilty to nine offences accrued since the summer. Damien Ray Vasseur, 22, entered the pleas through his counsel Andrew Phypers on Tuesday in Red Deer provincial court. The most significant of those offences occurred on Sept. 8 when at about 3 a.m. Red Deer RCMP receive a call from a person watching their vehicle being stolen. The vehicle owner followed the stolen vehicle on Burnt Lake Trail for a few kilometres and watched as the vehicle is left on the road and the thieves flee. RCMP Police Dog Services arrived on scene and tracked down and arrested Vasseur and Gregory Loe Doyle. Police found vise grips attached to the punched out ignition of the stolen vehicle. Vasseur also pleaded guilty to other offences including being unlawfully at large for not reporting to serve his intermittent sentence, driving a car while uninsured and failing to attend court. Judge James Glass sentenced Vasseur to 140 days in custody. He was given credit of 116 days of presentence custody giving him 24 days left to serve. However, Vasseur will

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remain in custody on other charges including residential break and enter and fraud under $5,000. He pleaded not guilty to those charges and a trial date will be set on Wednesday for those offences. The trial is estimated to take two-and-a-half hours. Red Deer RCMP arrested Vasseur after they say he was caught on surveillance camera attempting to use a stolen credit card. Police also say they have surveillance of him stealing the credit card during a residential break-in. Doyle pleaded guilty for his role in the offences and was sentenced to 40 days in custody.

Top acts confirmed for 2016 City and Colour, The Trews and Jann Arden will all be performing in Red Deer in 2016. First up are the East Coast rockers The Trews, in an acoustic show on Sunday, Feb. 14 at Red Deer’s Memorial Centre. The band is showcasing its quieter side with the reissuing of 2009 live acoustic album, Friends and Total Strangers. It will feature Not Ready to Go, Every Inambition, No Time For Later and other songs. Tickets to the 7 p.m. show are on sale for $36.95 at the Black Knight Ticket Centre. Arden will appear at the Memorial Centre on Friday March 25. The Juno Award-winning Calgarian is known for Time for Mercy, I Would Die For You and other emotive hits. Tickets will go on sale Friday at the Black Knight Ticket Centre. City and Colour will perform on Monday, June 6, at Red Deer’s Centrium. This is the first national tour for the group since 2014 and is in support of the new album, If I Should Go Before You, which recently debuted at No, 1 on the charts. Tickets to the 7:30 p.m. show with special guest Shakey Graves, will go on sale Friday from Ticketmaster.

There is no shortage of those hoping to receive assistance from two groups in Red Deer who will be handing out about $30,000 in cash shortly. Cindy Jefferies, one of the organizers of 100+ Red Deer Women Who Care, said Tuesday that they have received over 20 nominations for the latest planned donation. Members of this group, as well as one called 100 Men Red Deer, commit to each donate $100 four times a year. Members nominate a charity they are passionate about, and the charity is ultimately chosen by a group vote. 100+ Women and 100 Men are separate entities, not connected to each other. What they do have in common is both were founded this year. Jefferies said included in her group are a couple of nominations connected to providing help to Syrian refugees. As many as 200 refugees could arrive in Red Deer soon. Jefferies said despite the turn-down in the Alberta economy, their membership of about 220 has held steady. 100+ Women will hold its fourth meeting of the year on Monday and decide which nominated charity will receive their donation. So far the group has been able to donate about $40,000, and the three recipients have been the Red Deer Hospice, Eastview Middle School for a playground. The meeting is at Red Deer Golf and Country Club, at 7 p.m. Doors open at 6:15 p.m. Jest Sidloski, who founded 100 Men Red Deer, said his group will select a charity on Dec. 7. One of the nominations will be different, because the recipient who is in need is not a charity so will not be able to provide a tax receipt, Sidloski said. However, the members will decide for themselves who will receive the donation. Sidloski said they have about 100 members now, having lost about 20 mainly because of economic conditions. They have donated about $29,000 so far this year to three charities. These include Red Deer Food Bank, Central Alberta Aids Network Society and the Canadian National Institute for the Blind. The three groups will attend the 7 p.m. meeting (doors open at 6:30 p.m.) and briefly update members on how the money has helped them. Due to a new position at his work, which takes him away a lot, Sidloski will be stepping down at the meeting, but remain a member and resource. barr@reddeeradvocate.com

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A ‘stab in the back’ PUTIN ANGRY AFTER TURKEY SHOOTS DOWN RUSSIAN JET IT SAYS VIOLATED ITS TERRITORY BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS MOSCOW — Turkey shot down a Russian warplane on Tuesday that it said ignored repeated warnings and crossed into its airspace from Syria, killing at least one of the two pilots in a long-feared escalation in tensions between Russia and NATO. Russian President Vladimir Putin denounced what he called a “stab in the back� and warned of “significant consequences.� The shoot down — the first time in half a century that a NATO member has downed a Russian plane — prompted an emergency meeting of the alliance. The incident highlighted the chaotic complexity of Syria’s civil war, where multiple groups with clashing alliances are fighting on the ground and the sky is crowded with aircraft bombing various targets. “As we have repeatedly made clear we stand in solidarity with Turkey and support the territorial integrity of our NATO ally, Turkey,� NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg told a news conference after the meeting of the alliance’s decision-making North Atlantic Council, called at Turkey’s request. The pilots of the downed Su-24 ejected, but one was killed by Syrian rebel fire from the ground as he parachuted to Earth, said the Russian general staff, insisting the Russian jet had been in Syrian airspace at the time. One of two helicopters sent to the crash site to search for survivors

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A Russian Su-24 takes off on a combat mission at Hemeimeem airbase in Syria. Turkey shot down a Russian warplane Tuesday, claiming it had violated Turkish airspace and ignored repeated warnings. Russia denied that the plane crossed the Syrian border into Turkish skies. was also hit by rebel fire, killing one serviceman and forcing the chopper to make an emergency landing, the military said. Stoltenberg urged “calm and de-escalation� and renewed contacts between Moscow and Ankara. Russia has long been at odds with NATO, which it accuses of encroaching on Russia’s borders, as well as with Turkey’s determination to oust Syrian President

Bashar Assad, a longtime Moscow ally. In Washington, President Barack Obama said Turkey “has a right to defend its territory and its airspace.� At a news conference with French President Francois Hollande, he said the incident underscored the “ongoing problem� with Russia’s military operations in Syria, where the Russians have been targeting groups near the Turkish border. Calling Russia an

“outlier� in the global fight against the Islamic State group, Obama said that if Moscow were to concentrate its airstrikes on IS targets, mistakes “would be less likely to occur.� On Sept. 30, Russia began a campaign of massive airstrikes in Syria, which it says are aimed at destroying fighters of the Islamic State group but which Western critics contend are bolstering Assad’s forces.

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Tunisia declares state of emergency after bus blast TUNIS, Tunisia — Tunisia’s president declared a 30-day state of emergency across the country and imposed an overnight curfew for the capital Tuesday after an explosion struck a bus carrying members of the presidential guard, killing at least 12 people and wounding 20 others. The government described it as a terrorist attack. The blast on a treelined avenue in the heart of Tunis is a new blow to a country that is seen as a model for the region but has struggled against Islamic extremist violence. Radical gunmen staged two attacks earlier this year that killed 60 people, devastated the tourism industry and rattled this young democracy. No one immediately claimed responsibility for the attack against the presidential guard, an elite security force that protects only the president. President Beji Caid Essebsi, who wasn’t in the bus at the time, declared the state of emergency and curfew on the Tunis region. He convened an emergency meeting of his security council for Wednesday morning. Speaking on national television, he said Tunisia is at “war against terrorism� and urged international co-operation against extremists who have killed hundreds around Europe and the Mideast in recent weeks, from Paris to Beirut to a Russian plane shot down over Egypt. “I want to reassure the Tunisian people that we will vanquish terrorism,� he said. Police fanned out throughout central Tunis after Tuesday’s explosion, and ambulances rushed to the scene.

PARIS — The man believed to have planned the Nov. 13 Paris attacks that killed 130 people and wounded hundreds more had likely planned to carry out another suicide bombing days later in the French capital’s business district, the Paris prosecutor said Tuesday. Abdelhamid Abaaoud and an accomplice are believed to have been planning to attack La Defence on Nov. 18 or 19, Paris prosecutor Francois Molins said. Abaaoud was among three people killed during a police raid on an apartment in a northern Paris suburb in the early hours of Nov. 18. His female cousin, Hasna Ait Boulahcen, died of asphyxia apparently from the explosive vest detonated by a third person, who hasn’t been identified, the prosecutor said. The explosion led to part of the apartment collapsing. Molins said the unidentified third person is believed to have been the accomplice with whom Abaaoud would have carried out an attack on La Defence, the high-rise district that is headquarters to major companies on the western edge of Paris. The prosecutor said he “can’t be,

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and doesn’t want to be more precise� on the details suggesting such an attack had been planned. Information obtained on Nov. 19 suggested “that the two attackers — Abaaoud and the man we found by his side in the apartment — were planning an attack consisting of blowing themselves up at La Defence either on Wednesday the 18th or Thursday the 19th,� Molins said. The Nov. 13 attacks in Paris, claimed by the Islamic State group, targeted people enjoying a Friday night out at a packed concert hall, a restaurant terrace, a cafe and a friendly soccer match between France and Germany. In the hours after the killings, Abaaoud is believed to have returned to the sites of at least some of the attacks, including the Bataclan concert hall, even while special police forces were still there. “The geolocalization of Abdelhamid Abaaoud’s alleged phone between 22:28 p.m. and 0:28 confirms a presence in the 12th, 11th, and 10th districts, and notably near the Bataclan concert hall,� Molins said. “This allows us to think that Abdelhamid Abaaoud returns to the crime scenes following the attacks on terraces of the cafes and restaurants of the 10th and 11th districts while (special police) were still taking action at the Bataclan.�

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Obama, Hollande pledge solidarity WASHINGTON — Pledging solidarity after the Paris attacks, President Barack Obama promised Tuesday to work with France and other allies to intensify the U.S.led campaign against the Islamic State, saying America would not be cowed by the scourge of terrorism. To this point, Obama said, Russia is an “outlier� in the fight. “We cannot and we will not succumb to fear,� Obama said, standing alongside French President Francois Hollande. Hollande’s trip to Washington was part of a diplomatic push to get the U.S. and other nations to bolster efforts to destroy the militant group that has claimed responsibility for the Paris attacks. Hollande emerged from his meeting with Obama saying that France and the United States had agreed to step up a “joint response,� including new efforts to target terrorists’ financial networks and take back IS-controlled territory, scale up efforts in Syria and Iraq and increase intelligence sharing.

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From playful little boy to a ‘zombie’ HEALTH MYSTERY SANDRA G. BOODMAN ADVOCATE NEWS SERVICES As she grabbed her car keys and sprinted out of her office, Kimberly Almarode struggled to control the terror that surged through her body. Her son’s preschool teacher had just called to say that Almarode’s 4-year-old son, Bentley, had fallen asleep in a classroom playhouse and teachers were having trouble rousing him. “I just panicked,” recalled Almarode, 26, who lives in Stuarts Draft, Va., a town about 40 miles west of Charlottesville. She sped to the school to pick up Bentley, who lay on a cot in the nurse’s office. He opened his eyes when he saw her and said, “Mommy, I want to go to the doctor right now.” During the previous two weeks, Almarode had grown increasingly worried about her previously healthy middle child. Bentley complained of frequent headaches that had worsened from bothersome to debilitating. “He went from a playful little boy to a zombie who couldn’t move off the floor,” she recalled. But Almarode’s insistence that something serious was wrong with Bentley was dismissed by doctors who attributed his headaches, lethargy and episodic vomiting to a virus. Three days after that March 2 call from the preschool, an optometrist had a distinctly different reaction. While examining Bentley for a possible vision problem, the eye doctor was so alarmed that he called the University of Virginia Medical Center to schedule an emergency brain scan and told Bentley’s father to take his son to Charlottesville immediately. What he saw, the optometrist told Curt Almarode, “was not normal in a child.” “We expected to find a horrendous brain tumor,” recalled U-Va. neurosurgeon Kenneth Liu, who met the family soon after Bentley was admitted. The optometrist had detected a condition called papilledema, a swelling of the optic nerve caused by an accumulation of fluid that presses on the brain. Along with lethargy and vomiting, papilledema in a child is often a sign of pediatric brain cancer. Instead, Liu and his colleagues were surprised to discover a disorder unusual in children. To treat it they used a new and potentially risky procedure, then waited anxiously to see if it would work. During a timeout in the operating room - a brief period during which the surgical team huddles to confirm important details before beginning an operation - Liu recalls feeling “scared [to death].” “I remember very clearly saying, ‘This is not only a 4-year-old, [but] we’re doing things that have never been done, so let’s try not to screw it up,” the neurosurgeon said. “It was a fairly tense room.” Liu’s gamble paid off. Six weeks after his surgery, Bentley went back to school, and he was soon playing T-ball, wearing a helmet to protect his head.

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Kimberly Almarode knew something was wrong with her son Bentley — who had been complaining of headaches — when she was called to his preschool. She gave Bentley an over-the-counter pain reliever and assumed he would get better. But over the next week, he didn’t. His teacher called to say he was falling asleep in class. One night while the family was out to dinner, Bentley told his mother his head hurt terribly, then vomited all over the table. A few nights later, she watched Bentley fall into a deep sleep, during which he began to shake and twitch uncontrollably. The next morning Saturday, Feb. 28 - she took Bentley to the pediatrician who was covering for his regular doctor. The pediatrician diagnosed Bentley with a virus. Almarode was skeptical and noted that he had no sign of a virus, such as a fever. She asked whether Bentley might be developing migraines, which she suffered from. The doctor seemed noncommittal but offered to put the child on Topomax, a potent anti-seizure drug used to prevent or treat migraines. “I don’t think so,” Almarode remembers telling him. “I was on it, and it makes you feel like a zombie.” She told the doctor she wanted to discuss the medication with her husband first. She took Bentley home and began watching him closely. The normally wiggly preschooler lay on the floor watching silently as his little brother played with his toys. That alone was a huge red flag. Bentley never let anyone - especially his brother - play with his toys. By Monday morning he seemed a little better, so his parents took him to school. A few hours later, his teacher called. •

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At first Almarode thought Bentley’s headaches might be an excuse to get out of doing something he didn’t want to do, such as putting his toys away, or a sign of routine illness. “We don’t overreact,” said Almarode, who with her husband also has a daughter, now 8, and a 3-year-old son. “If our kids get a boo-boo, we tell them to suck it up.”

At the emergency room where his mother took him straight from school, the doctor who checked him out didn’t seem concerned. He, too, told Almarode that Bentley had a virus. His recommendation: Take the little boy home and give him Tylenol and anti-nausea medicine. Almarode, who works as a scheduler in a radiology office, said she pushed for a CT scan

of Bentley’s head, worried that he might have suffered an injury from a fall. When the scan came back - it was normal - she recalled that the doctor seemed peeved, particularly when she questioned how a virus could cause such symptoms. “He told me nothing was wrong with him and advised me to take him to a pediatrician, which he was not,” she said. “He made me feel like an idiot and that I was overreacting.” Once home, Almarode wondered if Bentley’s headaches might signal a problem with his vision. She made an appointment with an optometrist, who agreed to see Bentley three days later. Almarode was at work when her husband called from the optometrist’s office. He tersely told her he was taking Bentley to Charlottesville. For the second time that week, Almarode grabbed her purse and ran out of her office. “I knew something was wrong,” she remembers telling her husband as she jumped into his car for the 45-minute drive. “I just needed someone to listen.” One of the first tests U-Va. doctors performed was an MRI scan of Bentley’s brain. Liu said that instead of finding a large cancer, as they expected given his symptoms, the scan showed a Chiari malformation in which tissue from the cerebellum protrudes into the spinal canal. But a Chiari shouldn’t cause high intracranial pressure, a life-threatening condition. A normal reading for a 4-year-old is about 10 mmHG, Liu said; Bentley’s pressure at times rose into the 50s. “Anything over 20 makes neurosurgeons really nervous,” he said. After further testing, Liu suspected that the malformation was not the cause of Bentley’s problem but the result of it. His headaches, vomiting and stupor were caused by pseudotumor cerebri - essentially, a false brain tumor. “Patients behave like they have a brain tumor,” Liu said. “But the brain looks completely normal.” Pseudotumor is most common in young obese women, but it sometimes occurs in children. If no underlying cause is found, as in Bentley’s case,

Parasitic worm appears to boost female fertility ARIANA EUNJUNG CHA ADVOCATE NEWS SERVICES The Tsimane women of Bolivia are often revered as among the most fertile in the world — on average having 10 children in their lifetimes — but some are even more fertile than others. While collecting information from nearly 1,000 women in this community over nine years, researchers from the University of California at Santa Barbara discovered that it may have to do with something pretty surprising: parasitic worm infections. Women who were chronically infected with roundworm had as many 12 children. In contrast, women who had successive hookworm infections saw births drop to seven. Writing in the journal Science this week, lead author Aaron Blackwell and his colleagues theorized that the effects “may relate to the balance of immune responses that the different worms induce.” Infection with roundworm was associated with earlier first births and shortened inter-birth intervals, but infection with the hookworm was associated with delayed first pregnancy and extended inter-birth intervals. Blackwell

the disorder is called idiopathic intracranial hypertension; it affects about 1 person in 100,000. In many patients, Bentley among them, the problem results from narrowed or obstructed veins in the transverse sinuses, areas beneath the brain critical to the drainage of blood. In Bentley’s case, said Liu, an assistant professor of neurosurgery, the Chiari appears to have developed as a result of the increased pressure on Bentley’s brain. Without treatment, he was at risk of a brain bleed or permanent blindness. There are three ways to treat pseudotumor. The first, using medications to lower the rate of spinal fluid production, is not optimal, Liu said, because it doesn’t address the underlying cause. The second involves running a shunt from the brain to the belly to relieve pressure on the brain; shunts require replacement and can become blocked. The third and newest option, devised about a decade ago, involves using a metal stent to open the blocked veins, relieving the pressure and restoring blood flow. “Stenting made the most sense to me - if it could be done safely,” said Liu, who specializes in treating blood vessel disorders. But, he noted, the procedure is new - it is not clear how long the stents will last - and the devices are designed for adults, not children. Most are threaded up the femoral vein in the groin and into the transverse sinuses. Liu had a long conversation with the Almarodes during which he presented the options and said he thought that stenting posed the best chance for a good outcome. Bentley’s parents agreed. On March 10, Liu and his colleagues tried for an hour to thread the stent from Bentley’s groin to his skull. Liu said the procedure had to be aborted when it was clear the stent could not be safely pushed into the sinus. At that point, Liu said, he wondered whether the best approach might be to access the vein by drilling a tiny hole in the back of Bentley’s skull. Liu had used such an approach to treat blood vessel disorders and cancer, but never pseudotumor. Nor was he aware, he said, of other doctors who had done so. “I wanted to make sure I wasn’t crazy,” he added, so he contacted nearly a dozen neurosurgeons in Charlottesville and around the country. Opinions were decidedly mixed. “Half of them said, ‘You’re crazy,’ and the other half said, ‘It makes sense.’ “ “I was very open with the family,” Liu recalled, when presenting the novel approach. Among the risks were a brain bleed or a blood clot. Kim Almarode said Liu sidestepped her question to him: What would you do if it was your child? She said she and her husband were supportive because they trusted the neurosurgeon who had used such an approach successfully in other cases. “It wasn’t new to him,” she said. On March 12, Liu and his colleagues performed the procedure. Within 24 hours Bentley’s intracranial pressure began dropping. Three days after his operation, Bentley was well enough to go home. Two weeks later, a follow-up MRI showed that the Chiari had begun to recede, something Liu said he has never seen. A recent MRI was normal, Almarode said, and Bentley appears to have fully recovered. Almarode said the experience convinced her of the importance of trusting her instincts when it comes to her children’s health. “One of the worst parts of this,” she said, “was hearing over and over again that I was overreacting.”

Ebola is back in Liberia, and officials are stumped about why World Health Organization officials said on Friday they had identified a new case of Ebola in Liberia in a 10-year-old boy who lives close to the country’s capital of Monrovia. The boy became sick on Nov. 14 and sought medical help. His infection with the deadly virus was confirmed over the past 24 hours, but health investigators have not been able to determine how he was exposed. He has no known history of contact with a survivor, travel to an affected area or other factors they typically look for.

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Researchers from the University of California at Santa Barbara studied the Tsimane women of Bolivia and found their strong fertility could be connected to parasitic worm infections. told the BBC that the immune changes in a woman’s body may make it “more or less friendly towards a pregnancy.” Could this be better than IVF? Fertility experts said the findings could lead to new types of treatments for women having trouble getting pregnant in the future, but that under no circumstances should women try to increase their chances of getting pregnant by actually trying to get infected

with roundworms. First of all, the results are very preliminary, they only show an association rather than a causal link, and researchers don’t know what mechanisms may be at play. While infections with roundworms are very common and most cases are asymptomatic, they can lead to shortness of breath, fever, anemia and in some cases fatal complications.

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WEDNESDAY, NOV. 25, 2015

MUSIC ICON SUPPORTS CARBON TAX, PLEASED BY LIBERAL GOVERNMENT BY THE CANADIAN PRESS

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Darth Vader in ‘Star Wars: Episode V — The Empire Strikes Back.’ BELOW: Kylo Ren.

Restoring religion to a galaxy far, far away BY ALYSSA ROSENBERG ADVOCATE NEWS SERVICES Star Wars fans are among the most obsessive cultural devotees out there. We’ve suffered through revisions to our original scriptures and the introduction of new texts that make our initial dedication seem silly. Some puckish fans have even made it a matter of official Census record that their religion is “Jedi.” And, as Chris Taylor writes in his delightful How Star Wars Conquered the Universe, “Francis Ford Coppola suggested to (Star Wars creator George) Lucas that the two of them actually start a religion using the Force as its scripture. Lucas feared for his friend’s sanity.” But for all that faith is a metaphor for the level of dedication Star Wars fans bring to the franchise, it’s worth looking beyond that idea (which contains a kernel of contempt for anyone who loves pop culture that much) to the bigger question of how Star Wars treats religion. Star Wars is a space opera and a rollicking good time, but anyone who ignores just how central religion is to the first three movie installments of the franchise can’t claim to be paying attention. From A New Hope through Return of the Jedi, the Star Wars movies are fundamentally a story about how a dead and discredited religion reasserted itself and proved the truth of at least some of its tenets to unbelievers. And while Lucas retroactively tried to introduce a scientific explanation for the Force and Jedi Knights’ abilities to manipulate it in the prequel movies, his mumbo jumbo about midi-chlorians never quite added up to the mysterious power of the Force in the original trilogy. One of the fascinating tensions in the multiple storylines of “A New Hope” is the way the people allied with both Darth Vader (voiced by James Earl Jones) and Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill) treat faith in the Force as if it’s some sort of cultural artifact. Han Solo (Harrison Ford) tells Luke that “Hokey religions and ancient weapons are no match for a good blaster at your side, kid.” His faith is in the material world and in modern weapons.

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‘. . . WHILE IT’S TOO EARLY TO TELL HOW STAR WARS: EPISODE VII — THE FORCE AWAKENS WILL HANDLE THE JEDI’S TRANSITION BACK FROM THE REALM OF MYTH INTO AN ACTIVE FORCE IN THE NEW REPUBLIC, THE TRAILERS SUGGEST WE MIGHT SEE A FEW MORE CHARACTERS COME FACE TO FACE WITH THE FULL POWER OF THE FORCE.’ Admiral Motti (Richard LeParmentier), to his ultimate disadvantage, mocks Vader’s faith, sneering at him that “Don’t try to frighten us with your sorcerer’s ways, Lord Vader. Your sad devotion to that ancient religion has not helped you conjure up the stolen data tapes, or given you clairvoyance enough to find the rebels’ hidden (fortress).” He ends up getting Forcechoked for his trouble. And while Governor Tarkin (Peter Cushing) recognizes Vader’s abilities, he’s skeptical of the larger theological apparatus behind Vader’s abilities. “The Jedi are extinct, their fire has

gone out of the universe,” he tells Vader at one point. “You, my friend, are all that’s left of their religion.” Considered from this perspective, there’s something particularly tragic about both Luke’s and Vader’s faith journeys. In the Force, Luke finds confirmation that he’s special and that he’s meant for bigger things — until he learns that his destiny means a confrontation not with a man he understood to be an easily opposed ultimate evil but his father, and a man he believes to be capable of redemption.

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VANCOUVER — Music icon Neil Young has declared that “Canada is back” now that a Liberal government has taken charge in Ottawa. “I’m very happy,” said the 70-year-old Canadian who has lived in California for years. The singer-songwriter was in Vancouver on Monday to debut his h i g h - r e s o l u - NEIL YOUNG tion audio player and online store, under the PonoMusic brand, in Canada. Young said he’s received many emails and phone calls from Canadian friends revelling in the new government of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. “Obviously people are delighted with the change that has taken place. It’s very positive news.” He wished the newly minted cabinet well on the same day provincial premiers were meeting in Ottawa to discuss a national strategy on climate change, an issue he has also championed. He said he’s hopeful officials will take different action than the former Conservative government, but then said corporations have more money and power than governments. “So really, it’s up to the people to take the situation into their own hands,” he said, explaining that consumers have buying power and can change the world through their habits. “The politicians really don’t have the power to change the world.” Young has been a long-time environmental crusader and stirred controversy last year when he used his celebrity status to amplify opposition to Alberta’s oilsands. He held a cross-country tour to get Canadians talking about First Nation treaty and environmental issues. Young later partnered with environmentalist David Suzuki and spoke out against oil pipelines. Young reflected with optimism on Alberta’s new carbon tax introduced by Premier Rachel Notley. On Sunday, Notley announced the province will also phase out coal-fired power plans and cap emissions from the oil sands. “The carbon tax is capitalism working,” Young said, heralding it as a mechanism for slowing down the release of carbon into the atmosphere. “Anything that does that is a good thing.” The tax is also a good test for the public to see if the government has enough strength and sway to overcome the corporations he believes controls them, he added. Young launched the PonoPlayer in the U.S. in March 2014. He said he doesn’t care if the product is a “gigantic, fast-moving, super-success,” instead, his goal is to generate a resurgence in high-quality music. “The whole mission of this is a labour of love, and we’ve been banging against a lot of walls with this,” he said. “But we’re persisting because we have something that is going to endure. Music deserves to be preserved.”

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Cranston relished role as blacklisted screenwriter BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — Bryan Cranston loved playing Dalton Trumbo so much he didn’t want to stop. Even in the midst of the tiring press cycle at September’s Toronto International Film Festival, the Golden Globe winner needed only the slightest provocation to hunch his body, flatten his voice into a nasally sprawl, and dive into a first-rate impression of the famed Hollywood screenwriter. But given the film’s occasionally solemn subject matter — Trumbo was jailed and blacklisted for his supposed Communist ties — Cranston was careful not to let his depiction lapse into all-out caricature. “I tell my director Jay (Roach), I said: ‘I need to go out on the limb…. I’ll keep going out on that limb until we hear it breaking, and then pull me back,”’ Cranston said during the festival. “You have to go there to say: OK, that’s too much. Bring it back and try to find the sweet spot. “So yes, he was a very flamboyant man, with affectations and the cigarette holder and the way he gesticulat-

ed,” added Cranston, cheerfully transforming into Trumbo in both voice and posture, “and he would pontificate about many, many things and he loved to hear himself talk. “So he was not a man without tremendous ego, which makes (him) an interesting character to play. I loved playing him.” Trumbo was the furiously prolific screen scribe who became the highest-paid writer in Hollywood on the strength of ’40s hits Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo, Our Vines Have Tender Grapes and Kitty Foyle, which merited his first Oscar nomination. He officially aligned himself with the Communist Party in 1943, and as that political alliance fell out of fashion, he became a target of the House Un-American Activities Committee. With his round-frame glasses, slender moustache, dangling cigarettes and dancing voice, he became perhaps the most distinct and outspoken member of the so-called Hollywood 10, who were blacklisted from Hollywood for their supposedly dangerous views.

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Helen Mirren, left, as Hedda Hopper and Bryan Cranston as Dalton Trumbo, in Jay Roach’s ‘Trumbo.’ Cranston loved playing Dalton Trumbo so much he didn’t want to stop.

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Are Hollywood’s A-listers overrated? TINSELTOWN NOBILITY HEADLINED THE YEAR’S BIGGEST FLOPS BY STEPHANIE MERRY ADVOCATE NEWS SERVICES Here’s an easy one: What do George Clooney, Johnny Depp, Reese Witherspoon, Adam Sandler, Mila Kunis, Hugh Jackman and Bradley Cooper have in common? They’re some of the highest-paid hotshots in Hollywood, of course. But they’re members of another group, too — paragons of Tinseltown nobility, who have headlined some of the biggest box office flops of the year. And they’re not the only A-listers who have failed get moviegoers to theaters. A year of high-profile bombs that kicked off with Mortdecai and Jupiter Ascending has culminated in a few more failures in the last couple weeks. By the Sea barely made a splash despite the star power of Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt; Our Brand Is Crisis tanked, even though it starred Sandra Bullock; and this past weekend, the combined wattage of Julia Roberts, Nicole Kidman and Chiwetel Ejiofor wasn’t enough to get audiences interested in Secret in Their Eyes. The movie’s $6.6 million box office failed to reach even the studio’s ultra-conservative predictions. It isn’t always an actor’s fault if his or her movie doesn’t click with audiences. After all, no one is going to blame Emma Stone for Aloha. (That was clearly Cameron Crowe’s mess.) It usually takes a village to ruin a movie. But the fact that 2015’s biggest debacles featured so many high-profile stars begs a question: why do studios put so much faith in big-name actors when they clearly aren’t reliable money-makers? The belief that a movie is only mar-

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FORCE: Religion for secular age Vader, after years of holding steadfast to his belief in the Force in the face of constant mockery, is confirmed in his conviction that he’s not alone in the universe. But his son wants nothing to do with Vader’s vision for purifying the Force by killing the Emperor so that Vader and Luke can “rule the galaxy as father and son.” In Return of the Jedi, each man sees part of his vision fulfilled. Luke does manage to redeem Anakin Skywalker, though his father dies in the process. And Vader takes on what he believed was his son’s destiny, killing the Emperor (Ian McDiarmid), removing a pollution from the Force and sparing Luke from killing a man. Return of the Jedi leaves us in a fascinating place. From the beginning of the original trilogy, we know, even if other characters do not, that the Force is real, rather than a legend. We’ve seen Obi-Wan Kenobi (Alec Guinness) change men’s minds and transcend his physical form when Darth Vader strikes him down. We’ve seen Luke push away his targeting software and score a direct hit on the Death Star with the superior GPS of the Force. We’ve witnessed the Emperor’s Force Lighting and Luke’s visions. But while we’ve been witness to these events, and a few other people like Princess Leia (Carrie Fisher) have been convinced of the power of the Force, most of these miracles have taken place when the characters were alone or when very few other people were around. If the prequels ended with the downfall of the Jedi as a moral authority and the destruction of their claims to spiritual power, the original trilogy ends with that power ascendant but as yet unacknowledged. And while it’s too early to tell how Star Wars: Episode VII — The Force Awakens will handle the Jedi’s transition back from the realm of myth into an active force in the New Republic, the trailers suggest we might see a few more characters come face to face with the full power of the Force. Even if the Force is not particularly theologically sophisticated or detailed — Taylor describes it as “a religion for the secular age that is so well suited to our times precisely because it is so bereft of detail” — one of the reasons

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The fact that 2015’s biggest debacles, such as Ridley Scott’s ‘Exodus: Gods and Kings,’ featured so many high-profile stars begs a question: why do studios put so much faith in big-name actors when they clearly aren’t reliable moneymakers? ketable if it has a major star is antiquated but also stubbornly commonplace. Look at Ridley Scott’s explanation for his casting choices in Exodus: Gods and Kings, for example. When people complained that all the Egyptians were played by white men, the director explained to Variety: “I can’t mount a film of this budget, where I have to rely on tax rebates in Spain, and say that my lead actor is Mohammad so-and-so from such-and-such. I’m just not going to get it financed. So the question doesn’t even come up.” Sure, Scott is passing the buck, but he has a point: studios are clinging to an old paradigm. Investors shy away from movies without a household

name attached, which is why Scott cast Christian Bale and Joel Edgerton to play Moses and Ramses. The punchline? The movie brought in only $65 million domestically. And while it did better abroad, ticket sales weren’t enough to recoup the $140 million budget plus marketing costs, according to Hollywood Reporter. This should be a teachable moment, but most studios aren’t learning anything from the mounting evidence. They just keep looking backwards. Not that long ago, actors were enough to sell tickets. People used to say they were heading to “the new Tom Hanks movie,” as if the star of a film trumped the subject matter. But

Star Wars is so appealing is that there’s true wonder and delight in watching someone recognize that the miraculous is possible. The Star Wars treatment of religion isn’t limited to the Force. There’s a great, silly subplot in Return of the Jedi where C-3PO (Anthony Daniels), who always had the accent and fussy demeanor of a British colonist, manages to convince the Ewoks, the fuzzy-butfierce inhabitants of Endor, that he’s divine and that they should let his human compatriots go. It’s a bit of a throwback that might prompt cries of racism today, borrowed as it is from self-serving stories about conquerors who wanted to believe that they were worshiped as gods. But it’s a moment that gently mocks C-3PO as much as the Ewoks (who prove themselves a dab hand at killing Imperial war machines). After three movies in which he’s a forlorn joke, C-3PO is just as stiff and protocol-oriented when he finally lands on top for a change. Then, the Star Wars Expanded Universe gave us the Yuuzhan Vong, an alien species from outside the Galaxy that invades in a series of books set decades after Return of the Jedi. The Yuuzhan Vong exist outside the Force, posing a tactical and theological challenge to the resurgent Jedi, and they have a highly sophisticated theology of their own, based around a worship of pain. “They killed Chewbacca, looked like Darth Maul on meth, and had sticks made out of live wooden snakes that could stop a lightsaber blade,” wrote Gus Spelman in an A.V. Club article praising them as a truly distinct creation. “They were an endlessly fascinating force of evil precisely because our heroes could never come to any easy understanding of them, a smart choice for the primary antagonists of the EU’s longest series, New Jedi Order.” Something like the Yuuzhan Vong are a reason it’s a shame Disney has so thoroughly scrapped the Expanded Universe, creating space for new movies to carry on the story begun in the original trilogy. While there was some bloated, silly storytelling in there, the Yuuzhan Vong story arc was worth keeping, not least for the way it expanded on the religious themes of the first three movies. And while the Star Wars movies have endured as a metaphor because they’re vague enough that they can be applied to almost any political or foreign policy scenario, a story about extremists like the Yuuzhan Vong

might have given The Force Awakens or subsequent movies a hook into the current struggle against the Islamic State that wouldn’t have been tied strictly to that conflict. In the meantime, we’ll probably continue telling each other “May the Force be with you” as shorthand for good wishes, and people will continue to identify themselves as Jedi on their Census forms. But among my hopes for this renewed wave of Star Wars discussion and debate is that we’ll remember at least the original movies as films about faith and the struggle to hold onto it. Reducing the Force and the Jedi to luck has a way of making that epic struggle from a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away look smaller than it actually was.

TRUMBO: Sprightly paced After a year-long prison stint — served because he refused to testify to Congress — Trumbo began issuing scripts under a series of pseudonyms. He even won an Oscar for one of his anonymous creations, “The Brave One.” (He would later write Spartacus, Papillon and Exodus.) Though the story of a wildly creative man that is jailed, humiliated and driven to near-poverty over his political beliefs might sound harrowingly dour, Trumbo is sprightly paced. It features a cast that includes Louis C.K., Helen Mirren and John Goodman, who plays the strident Frank King, who employs Trumbo when others won’t. “It’s not a topic people think neces-

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we don’t talk in those terms anymore. No one calls Jurassic World “that Chris Pratt movie.” If anything, it’s “the dinosaur movie,” and if another actor had been cast in the lead role, the blockbuster would have just as easily crushed the competition. Part of the shift is that stars don’t have the mystique they once did when our access to them was more limited. If we wanted to get our Eddie Murphy fix, we had to see his new movie, watch an old one on VHS or maybe luck out with cable. (And not so long before that, cable and VHS didn’t exist, so people who wanted to see John Wayne or Marilyn Monroe just had to buy a movie ticket.) But our relationship to celebrities has changed. We have more ways to see stars than ever — and not just because the paparazzi is supplying us with images of Robert Downey Jr. grocery shopping. Big-time actors still appear in movies, but now the ads for those movies bombard us on multiple fronts. And in case we aren’t already getting enough of our favorite actor’s mug, we could probably find his or her complete filmography streaming somewhere. In recent months, the gender pay gap has dominated the conversation in Hollywood. Actresses need to be paid more, the thinking goes, so they’re making the same salary as their male counterparts. But maybe people are coming up with the wrong solution to the problem. Men and women should be making the same amount for the same work, but what if they’re all being paid too much? Why should a studio spend tens of millions of dollars employing an actor who can’t ensure a big box office? That’s simple. It shouldn’t. sarily they’re going to come running to, over the latest Marvel movie or something,” conceded director Jay Roach. “But if they do, I don’t think they’ll be disappointed.” Even with the impressive cast, it’s Cranston’s film. Over the course of the movie, Trumbo begins to wither under the pressure of supporting his family without the benefit of his name to sell scripts. He chain-smokes in the bathtub, pops methamphetamine tablets and churns out script after script, barking angrily at whichever family member has the gall to interrupt his routine. “I pride myself on willingness to engage in conflict, in battling for getting your point across, or fighting for an element of a story that’s important to me, said the 59-year-old actor. “I’m very passionate. I love to work. I love storytelling.”

YOUNG: Wants to help the planet Zeke Young, Neil’s 43-year-old son, who also works for PonoMusic, said he sees no signs that his father is slowing down as a musician, businessman or activist. “Nope,” he chuckled. “He just doesn’t stop.” The junior Young said his father’s influence extends beyond his fans. “He has a passion for trying to do better things for the planet and for families,” he said. “That’s what keeps him going. And of course, music.”

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Growth from grads CANADA MUST TAILOR POST-SECONDARY PROGRAMS TO BOOST ECONOMIC GROWTH: CIBC HEAD BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — Canada’s post-secondary institutions are not producing enough graduates with the right skills to drive future economic growth, warns the head of one of the country’s largest banks. CIBC chief executive Victor Dodig told The Canadian Press in an interview Tuesday that much of the country’s eventual economic success will be generated by entrepreneurs who commercialize new ideas and technologies. And Dodig wasn’t just talking about innovators focused on the high-tech sector. He pointed out that technological breakthroughs also key to the success of traditional industries like manufacturing and natural resources. But while Dodig credits Canada with boasting a high overall participation rate in post-secondary education when compared to other industrialized countries, he says the system falls short in the disciplines that will really count down the road. Canada, he added, lags its international peers in training graduates in areas geared for boosting innovation. Those fields include science, engineering and mathematics. “We have gaps — we’re not producing the types of skills that industries need,” Dodig said Tuesday before raising the topic again in a speech to business leaders and policy-makers at the Canadian Club of Ottawa. “A lot of people are overeducated and underqualified for the jobs that are needed.” His comments come at a time when Canada has struggled amid an uncertain global economy and the sting of low commodity prices, particularly in

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Students cross the front campus at the University of Toronto’s downtown campus. the energy sector. Other industries, meanwhile, have been slow to pick up the slack. These factors have had consequences for Canada: the economy contracted in the first two quarters of 2015. In his speech, Dodig noted that over the last decade 10,500 manufacturing plants have shuttered their doors — or 17 per cent of Canada’s capacity. He said it’s unrealistic to expect

old-time sectors like manufacturing to fully regenerate, nor can Canada continue to rely on a low loonie to bail out the economy as a “single variable to drive growth.” Dodig described Canada’s growth as “anaemic.” “Yeah, financial services, I think, will be strong, commodity prices will come back — but in the meantime we need to innovate across all of our eco-

nomic sectors to be successful in the modern-day economy,” he said in his speech. “We need to be more than hewers of wood and drawers of water.” Dodig’s remarks also draw more attention to a branch of the economy that has been under the spotlight lately. Jim Balsillie, a former co-chief executive of Research in Motion, recently warned that Canada has likely missed out on billions of dollars because its innovation economy has shown zero growth for three decades. Balsillie is also helping guide the new Council of Canadian Innovators, a lobby group that will press for the needs of the country’s entrepreneurs. He has expressed concerns about the intellectual-property provisions in the massive Trans-Pacific Partnership treaty, which the former Harper government committed to last month. Balsillie said the TPP rules would favour the more-dominant United States and its companies that already own the rights to many ideas. Dodig said it’s important to have robust intellectual-property protection for Canadian innovators, but added it’s too early to make any definitive judgments on how deeply they could be affected by the yet-to-be ratified TPP. He also wants to connect up-andcoming innovators to networks of advisers that will help them grow. He argued that the private sector must help foster the innovation segment of the economy by providing more long-term, “patient” capital for those technology-developing firms. One goal, he said, is to help “startup” companies scale into permanent, job-creating global players before they are bought out by even bigger firms from abroad.

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Apartment development conditionally approved BY PAUL COWLEY ADVOCATE STAFF A demand for higher-end apartment living is fuelling a new development in Gasoline Alley. Father-son developers Toby and Craig Lampard plan to build a six-storey, 65-unit apartment building near Liberty Avenue and Lake Street at the south end of Gasoline Alley. Red Deer County’s municipal planning commission conditionally approved a relaxation allowing six storeys, instead of four, and a side yard setback on Tuesday. Construction is likely to begin in the spring and will be close to a 47-unit building already completed and filled, as well as four eight-plexes and some townhouses now being developed by the Lampards through Liberty Park Properties Ltd. Members of council — who also comprise the planning commission — were supportive of the project, although Mayor Jim Wood had reservations. Wood said he would have preferred that the ground floor of the project be reserved for commercial use, which would be more in keeping for the vision for the area. “I believe the commercial use is really important,” he said. County administration pointed out that commercial use is not a requirement of the zoning the building falls under and could not be added as a condition by the planning commission. Only council can change zoning requirements. Wood said he did not want to overstep the commission’s authority but suggested approval could be delayed. The commission voted 6-1 in favour with Wood against. Toby Lampard said the earlier apartment project proved a big success and is sold out. There is a demand for newer apartment and multi-plex housing stock in the area. Buyers have been drawn to the quality finishes and a location that is within easy reach of the Hwy 2 corridor. Long-term county plans for Gasoline Alley area include housing for thousands of residents to complement the nearby commercial centre.

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Bombardier expects challenging 2016 BY THE CANADIAN PRESS MONTREAL — Bombardier has warned of another challenging year in 2016 before the transformation it has launched, including cost-cutting efforts and shifts in production to lowcost centres, deliver a financial turnaround by 2020. “Despite short-term challenges, the potential for Bombardier is great and we are turning the business around,” CEO Alain Bellemare said Tuesday while unveiling the Montreal-based transportation giant’s five-year strategic plan. Armed with US$2.5 billion in public funding from the Quebec government and the province’s pension manager, Bombardier expects to have sufficient cash — about US$6.5 billion — to deliver its CSeries commercial jet and complete development of its new Global 7000 business jet. Both programs will bolster the company’s overall revenues. But 2016 will be a year of “transition” as Bombardier cuts production of its luxury Global 5000 business jet and faces costs from ramping up the CSeries, before its focus shifts to growing earnings and generating better free cash flow. “We have great fundamentals and significant runway for improvement,” Bellemare told institutional analysts during a 4 ½-hour meeting webcast

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Now is the time to hire top talent The weekly Government of Alber- sense of pride. The resources devoted to attracting ta’s Economic Review (November 20, and hiring employees can 2015) reported that the unembe substantial. Taking the ployment rate in Alberta is in time to develop a quality the range of 6.6 per cent. This screening process is critis compared to the national ical to ensure companies average of 7.0 per cent. The obtain the right appliAlberta statistic is significant cants and the best fit for compared to a year ago, repthe job. resenting the many jobs lost Creating a standardto low oil prices. ized system of questions Labour market statistics about key activities will look at how many people are reveal a candidate’s not working. knowledge and abilities. However, a look at the othJOHN Systematizing this proer side of the labour market cess means it can be depicture highlights the conMACKENZIE livered consistently and siderable number of new job accurately to be sure postings. Certain sectors are BUSINESS BASICS candidates are compared growing and hiring. equally. It’s very importThere are many qualified workers available now that oil patch ant to focus on areas that challenge jobs are limited for the foreseeable fu- potential candidates to “de-select” ture. Therefore, there are many highly themselves. And ALWAYS check refskilled people looking for work at a erences. What is equally important and esreasonable rate of pay close to home. This is an opportunity to hire in the ar- sential to a successful hire is the orientation process a new employee reeas businesses have said are needed. Through my network, I’m finding ceives in the first 90 days of employcompanies are not significantly ex- ment. Turnover can be upwards of 30 panding their workforce, but are stra- per cent in those first three months. I’ve found that many companies tegically upgrading key areas with the quality of talent available. Many are have little, or no orientation process. A looking for more capable and enthu- new employee is taken around to meet siastic employees who were invested other team members, with a quick exin the growth of their business. They planation of what they do, and little are looking for individuals that are more. Assigning a “buddy” to assist responsible, motivated and possess a with the training process and answer

any questions or concerns is a good strategy. It’s important to develop a structured orientation process specific to your business, including a comprehensive checklist to ensure nothing is overlooked. Effective training and/or procedure manuals, including photos and videos tapes, are very beneficial. A new employee needs to know the job entails, but also what the people around them do in the overall scope of the business to know what results are expected. Reviewing job descriptions and a company’s organization structure in minute detail can be very overwhelming, so should be done over a number of days. In the first month, schedule brief meetings with supervisors/managers to enable open dialogue and to flag issues early on. Regularly scheduled check-ins should continue through the second month to review progress and gather feedback. Introduce a more detailed work plan that includes outcomes that will influence both personal and company performance expectations. By the third month, begin to review objectives in terms of regular 90-day planning. Encourage individuals to develop and align their personal objectives with the business/corporate goals. Present the value of a win-win relationship. Be mindful of that all-important three-month mark. This is critical, es-

pecially if a probationary period is required, but is also significant in order to continue quarterly planning. In most cases a new hire will be someone born after 1977, namely Generation Y. This generation is looking for progressive companies that offer personal opportunities plus ongoing training. While Gen X (born between 1965 and 1977) thinks change is important, Gen Y is passionate about it. They count on consistent feedback and expect immediate recognition for jobs well done. Implementing opportunities that this generation value requires significant rethinking and retooling. In some cases this includes how employees are managed and rewarded. Don’t discount Gen Xers. They are looking for opportunities to trade their skills and creativity for some measure of job security. More important to them is the value the workplace offers when they are rewarded with learning opportunities, creative challenges and productive relationships. Careful planning and attentive management during those first 90 days assists new employees to integrate into the new environment, and will help your company avoid the turnover trap. John MacKenzie is a certified business coach and authorized partner/facilitator for Everything DiSC and Five Behaviours of a Cohesive Team, Wiley Brands. He can be reached at john@thebusinesstraininghub.com.

Keurig hangs growth on its new cold drink machine KEURIG KOLD BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — You might be hardpressed to remember the last time you cracked open a can of soda and thought to yourself: “There’s gotta be an easier way to drink this.” Yet the problem that probably doesn’t exist is now the project that Keurig is leaning its hopes on. Nearly 18 years after the company revolutionized how coffee drinkers prepare their morning cup of joe, Keurig is searching for its next stage of growth amid dwindling sales of the Keurig brewer. That’s where Keurig Kold comes in. The cheekily misspelled cold drink machine, which launched in Canada on Tuesday, promises to serve up “fresh” glasses of popular soft drinks and flavoured waters using a variation of the same K-cup technology from its coffee machines. But there are several other distinct differences with the new cold drink-maker — in particular its lack of convenience and the price. At a hulking 23.7 pounds, the Keurig Kold machine weighs almost as much as a small microwave oven and sells at more than twice the cost. Its suggested retail price is $399.99 in Canada. Each K-cup makes 8 ounces of the beverage, a convenient serving, but that amounts to about $1.30 to $1.50 per glass. Simple math says that’s more expensive than a 12-ounce can of soda. “It’s for the one that really wants to have a premium experience,” said Keurig Canada president Stephane Glorieux when asked about the hefty costs that come with buying a Keurig Kold. “Although it seems very simple, there’s a ton of technology behind this.” The Keurig Kold is more complex than its predecessor, which boils up some water and shoots it through a plastic pod and into a cup. Inside the Kold machine, an “aerospace-inspired” contraption of thermoelectric conductors and a small propeller draw water from a reservoir up into the machine and help cool it to about four degrees Celsius, meaning

ice is unnecessary. Then the machine fires the liquid into a larger version of the K-cup, which stores both the flavour syrup and — in the case of some beverages — a new carbonated bead technology that adds the fizz. The end result is a tasty and sweet treat that for a brief moment distracts from the reality that none of this process is really needed for a glass of soda or flavoured water. Keurig built its reputation as a symbol of speed and convenience with machines that tucked into the corner of kitchen counters and eliminated the need to brew an entire pot of coffee just for one or two good cups. The new machine is almost an antithesis to the company’s early appeal. Aside from its large size, the Keurig Kold takes 90 seconds to make a beverage, which is a lot longer than it takes to pry open a can of Coke. Keurig Kold is a direct play at a corner of the drinks market dominated by Sodastream, which uses CO2 cannisters to carbonate water and create flavoured sodas. Sodastream does not have partnerships with the world’s major soft drink makers, but Keurig counts Coca-Cola as its biggest outside partner, which means Coke, Coke Zero, Diet Coke and Sprite are among its 13 flavours in Canada. Keurig Kold launched in the U.S. earlier this fall, but in Canada it will only be available online through the Keurig website and a couple other retailers during the crucial holiday season. The company said it plans to be in Canadian retail stores next year. The approach suggests that even Keurig executives aren’t entirely convinced the machine is going to be a hot seller. “It’s going to be a very structured approach to make sure that we build the install base,” Glorieux said as he described the rollout. “This is not going to be a wild fire.” Last week, Keurig Green Mountain Inc. chief executive Brian Kelley told investors the new machine is still in its infancy. “We know that the first product we

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The Keurig Kold is shown in Toronto on Tuesday. put out in a new technology is never going to be perfect,” he said. “Consumers want it to be smaller. They want it to be less expensive. They want to have more sizes of drinks

available. They want a broader selection of drinks. They want all of the brands they are used to drinking, just like they have in Keurig hot.”

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Diversified and Industrials Agrium Inc. . . . . . . . . . . 129.75 ATCO Ltd.. . . . . . . . . . . . 35.84 BCE Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56.45 BlackBerry . . . . . . . . . . . 10.58 Bombardier . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.18 Brookfield . . . . . . . . . . . . 45.45 Cdn. National Railway . . 78.06 Cdn. Pacific Railway. . . 194.68 Cdn. Utilities . . . . . . . . . . 32.47 Capital Power Corp . . . . 16.47 Cervus Equipment Corp 14.05 Dow Chemical . . . . . . . . 53.38 Enbridge Inc. . . . . . . . . . 48.71 Finning Intl. Inc. . . . . . . . 19.61 Fortis Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . 36.84 General Motors Co. . . . . 36.22 Parkland Fuel Corp. . . . . 22.47 Sirius XM . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.93 SNC Lavalin Group. . . . . 42.01 Stantec Inc. . . . . . . . . . . 33.76 Telus Corp. . . . . . . . . . . . 41.33 Transalta Corp.. . . . . . . . . 5.58 Transcanada. . . . . . . . . . 43.31 Consumer Canadian Tire . . . . . . . . . 12.68 Gamehost . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.59 Leon’s Furniture . . . . . . . 15.20 Loblaw Ltd. . . . . . . . . . . . 69.58 MARKETS CLOSE TORONTO — Geopolitical turmoil boosted the prices of oil and gold on Tuesday, helping the Toronto stock market to a slightly higher close. The S&P/TSX composite index climbed 25.45 points to 13,407.83, as both oil and gold prices rose in the wake of an incident in which Turkish jets shot down a Russian warplane that entered its airspace from Syria. The January contract for benchmark crude oil rose $1.12 to US$42.87 a barrel, while December gold advanced $7 to US$1,073.80 an ounce. That boosted the global gold sector of the TSX, which gained nearly three per cent, while capped metals and mining was up 2.5 per cent and energy stocks rose nearly two per cent. Ben Jang, a portfolio manager at Vancouver-based Nicola Wealth, said the boost in oil and gold prices was unlikely to persist. “That kind of short-term event may be short-lived,” said Jang. “We’re looking at inventory levels that look like they’re continuing to build and, longer term, there is no clearcut catalyst for sustained higher oil prices, so this may be a one-off.” Elsewhere in commodities, January contract for natural gas shed two cents to US$2.32 per mmBtu, while December copper added three cents to US$2.05 a pound. Meanwhile, the Canadian dollar rose 0.36 of a U.S. cent to 75.14 cents US. In New York, markets initially turned lower following the downing of the Russian plane and a Conference Board report that showed American consumer confidence in November was at its lowest level since September 2014. However, U.S. indexes later recovered and the Dow Jones

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Nasdaq — 5,102.81, up 0.33 of a point Currencies: Cdn — 75.14 cents US, up 0.36 of a cent Pound — C$2.0069, down 1.42 cents Euro — C$1.4168, down 0.41 of a cent Euro — US$1.0645, up 0.20 of a cent Oil futures: US$42.87 per barrel, up $1.12 (January contract) Gold futures: US$1,073.80 per oz., up seven dollars (December contract) Canadian Fine Silver Handy and Harman: $19.804 oz., up 19.3 cents $636.70 kg., up $6.21 ICE FUTURES CANADA WINNIPEG — ICE Futures Canada closing prices: Canola: Jan. ‘16 $3.70 higher $464.60 March ‘16 $3.40 higher $471.10 May ‘16 $3.40 higher $476.00 July ‘16 $3.50 higher $480.60 Nov. ‘16 $2.90 higher $474.20 Jan. ‘17 $1.70 higher $475.20 March ‘17 $1.70 higher $475.20 May ‘17 $1.70 higher $475.20 July ‘17 $1.70 higher $475.20 Nov. ‘17 $1.70 higher $475.20 Jan. ‘18 $1.70 higher $475.20. Barley (Western): Dec. ‘15 $0.50 higher $189.00 March ‘16 $0.50 higher $191.00 May ‘16 $1.50 higher $197.00 July ‘16 $1.50 higher $197.00 Oct. ‘16 $1.50 higher $197.00 Dec. ‘16 $1.50 higher $197.00 March ‘17 $1.50 higher $197.00 May ‘17 $1.50 higher $197.00 July ‘17 $1.50 higher $197.00 Oct. ‘17 $1.50 higher $197.00 Dec. ‘17 $1.50 higher $197.00. Tuesday’s estimated volume of trade: 476,780 tonnes of canola 1,000 tonnes of barley (Western Barley). Total: 477,780.

U.S. economic growth upgraded to 2.1 per cent rate in summer THOUGH STILL WEAKER THAN SPRING BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON — The U.S. economy grew at a slightly faster rate in the summer than previously reported, mainly because businesses restocked their goods at a stronger pace than first thought. The overall economy, as measured by the gross domestic product, grew at an annual rate of 2.1 per cent in the July-September period, the Commerce Department reported Tuesday. It previously estimated growth of 1.5 per cent. Even with the revision, economic growth slowed sharply from a 3.9 per cent gain in the second quarter. The economy then was rebounding from a harsh winter that had sapped first quarter growth to a barely discernible 0.6 per cent pace. The latest numbers, however, should give the Federal Reserve confidence as it considers an interest rate hike at its next meeting in December. A healthy labour market and falling gas prices are expected to fuel consumer spending, pushing GDP growth in the current quarter to 2.5 per cent or better, economists forecast. “Domestic demand in the U.S. economy remains very solid, something that will surely give comfort to the Fed as it ponders its next move,” said Robert Kavcic, senior economist at BMO Capital Markets. A slowdown in stockpiling trimmed growth by 0.6 percentage point in the third quarter. But that was an improvement from the government’s first estimate a month ago that reduced inventory stockpiling had cut growth by 1.4 percentage points. The government will make one final estimate of GDP in the summer next month. While the revision in inventories helped third quarter growth, this improvement was offset somewhat by slightly slower growth in consumer spending, which grew at a 3 per cent annual rate in the summer. The revision reflected in part weaker spending on cellphones than initially estimated. The trade deficit was a bigger drag than initially estimated, trimming growth by 0.2 percentage point, as ex-

ports grew by just 0.9 per cent in the quarter, down from a 1.9 per cent initial estimate. American exports have been held back this year by weakness overseas and a rising value of the dollar, which make U.S. goods less competitive on foreign markets. Business investment slowed to 3.4 per cent growth rate in the third quarter, down from 5.2 per cent in the second quarter as the category that covers oil and gas exploration plunged at an annual rate of 47.1 per cent. This sector has been hurt by the sharp fall in energy prices which has trigged big cutbacks at energy companies. Residential investment grew at a 7.3 per cent rate in the third quarter, down slightly from the 9.2 per cent second quarter gain. Government spending grew at a 1.7 per cent rate as strength in state and local spending offset a big drop in defence spending. While overall GDP growth is expected to accelerate slightly to around 2.5 per cent for the year, economists are forecasting that 2015 will be another year of only modest economic growth. The expectation of stronger consumer spending in the fourth quarter reflects the solid job gains year. The government reported that employers created 271,000 jobs in October, and the unemployment rate fell to a seven-year low of 5 per cent. That strong jobs performance has raised expectations that the Federal Reserve will raise interest rates at its next meeting on Dec. 15-16. It has kept its benchmark rate at a record low near zero for seven years. In a letter released by the Fed on Monday, Chair Janet Yellen repeated assurances that when the Fed does begin raising rates, it is likely to do so at a gradual pace to avoid the costly mistakes other nations have made in trying to raise rates too quickly and harming economic growth. “Other countries paid a heavy price for being forced to reverse course,” Yellen said in a letter to consumer advocate Ralph Nader. “Japan, where interest rates have remained near zero for most of the past 25 years, serves as a cautionary tale.”

Kurdistan official asks for more Canadian assistance but also investment BY THE CANADIAN PRESS CALGARY — The Kurdish region of northern Iraq is open for business but it wants more help from Canada to keep it that way as it struggles to fight ISIL, says its foreign minister. Falah Mustafa Bakir, representing Iraqi Kurdistan in a short visit to Canada this week, say he’s here to thank the government for its humanitarian aid and military support, and to ask for that support to continue. “We come here…to thank the Canadian people and government for their contribution in the fight against ISIS and also in providing humanitarian assistance,” said Bakir in an interview. While addressing members of the Calgary business community, he asked that corporate entities as well pressure the Canadian government to continue supporting the Kurdish military forces known as the Peshmerga. “I would like to ask you to help us,” said Bakir. “Ask your government to continue supporting us. Peshmerga who are bravely fighting ISIS on the front lines need your support.” The semi-autonomous region of Iraq has been fighting the Islamic State and dealing with close to two million displaced people, all while grappling with the low oil prices that have affected energy producers worldwide. “We live in a difficult world, a difficult neighbourhood, but with all the challenges we face, we’ve survived,” said Bakir. Despite the challenges, Bakir says the region remains an excellent place to do business thanks to encouraging investment laws, incentive programs,

and ownership rights. “We’ve proven to all that Kurdistan is an island of stability,” said Bakir. “We can focus on the commercial, business and investment side as well, because Kurdistan is a safe and secure area.” Oil and gas has been the driver of investment in the region, with oil giants like Exxon Mobil, Total S.A. and Chevron already active in the area. Calgary-based WesternZagros Resources Ltd. was one of the of the first companies into the region after the overthrow of Saddam Hussein and has partnered with Repsol and Gazprom on projects. “Already we have got American, Canadian, European companies on the ground in Kurdistan who have played an important role. Therefore Kurdistan is on the energy map of the world,” said Bakir. Kurdistan has also been pushing for greater control over its oil production as Bakir says funding from Baghdad hasn’t lived up to promises. Since June, Kurdistan has been independently exporting roughly 600,000 barrels a day thanks to a new pipeline running into Turkey and through to the Mediterranean. But Bakir says there are investment opportunities outside of oil and gas — with potential in agriculture, industry, tourism and infrastructure that could use Canada’s help as well. “We want to diversify our economic sources, and we want to build ties between other institutions. We’re also here to ask for training and capacity building, human resources development in different areas,” said Bakir.

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In this picture UV light shows security features of the new twenty euro banknote during a press conference at a branch office of the German Federal Bank in Erfurt, central Germany,. The new 20 euro bill is going into circulation, which the European Central Bank boasts will include enhanced security features to better protect against counterfeiting. The bill, being introduced across the 19-country eurozone Wednesday is the third in a new series, with two of its security features carrying the portrait of Europa, a figure from Greek mythology.

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George Weston Ltd. reports Q3 profit up from year ago, sales increase TORONTO — George Weston Ltd. (TSX:WN) says it earned a profit attributable to shareholders of $161 million in its latest quarter, up from $53 million in the same quarter a year ago. The grocery and bakery company says the profit amounted to $1.15 per common share for the 16 weeks ended Oct. 10, up from 30 cents per share in the third quarter last year. Sales totalled $14.4 billion, up from nearly $14 billion. On an adjusted basis, Weston earned $1.66 per share, up from $1.59 per share a year ago. The company says the increase was due to an improvement at its Loblaw retail business, offset by a decline in performance at its Weston Foods bakery business. Weston also said it saw a drop in interest costs and other financing charges.

Couche-Tard second-quarter profit up from year ago, increases dividend LAVAL, Que. — Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc. (TSX:ATD.B) increased its quarterly dividend as it reported a higher second-quarter profit.

The convenience store company hiked its quarterly payment to shareholders by 1.25 cents to 6.75 cents per share. The increase came as it said it earned $415.7 million or 73 cents per diluted share in its latest quarter, up from $286.2 million or 50 cents per diluted share a year ago. Revenue slipped to $8.44 billion, down from $8.95 billion. Couche-Tard says the results for the quarter included a gain on the sale of its lubricants business as well as several other non-recurring integration costs and expenses. Excluding one-time items, the company says it earned $375.0 million or 66 cents per diluted share, up from $313.0 million or 55 cents per share a year ago. Couche-Tard has convenience stores across North America as well as the Scandinavian and Baltic and Poland.

Singapore lowers growth forecast for 2015 as manufacturing lags Singapore lowered its growth forecast for 2015 because of weakness in manufacturing and said gains will continue to be modest next year even as the global economy improves. The Ministry of Trade and Industry says Wednesday that economic growth in 2015 is forecast at “close to 2 per cent” and between 1 and 3 per cent in 2016. It previously forecast 2015 growth at between 2 and 2.5 per cent, low compared with Singapore’s average growth rate for the past decade.

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CAN’T CAPITALIZE ON PATS’ LEAGUE-WORST PENALTY KILL WITH MAJORITY OF CHANCES BY GREG MEACHEM ADVOCATE SPORTS EDITOR Pats 3 Rebels 2 The Red Deer Rebels’ power play blew a fuse Tuesday night at the Centrium. The Rebels were a mere one-for-seven with a man advantage, their only power-play goal — off the stick of Ivan Nikolishin — coming on a first-period fiveon-three. As a result, the Regina Pats, who came into the contest with the worst penalty kill in the Western Hockey League, walked away with a 3-2 win in front of 4,608 fans. “Our power play wasn’t very good tonight. We got a break on the five-on-three when (Nikolishin) shot the puck and we had a good screen in front, but five-on-four we weren’t sharp,” said Rebels GM/head coach Brent Sutter. The Pats opened the scoring when Adam Brooks swatted a loose puck past Rebels netminder Rylan Toth at the 12-minute mark, then were assessed three consecutive penalties prior to the first intermission, upping their total to four — as opposed to none for the Rebels — in the opening frame. But Red Deer cashed in just once, with Nikolishin sniping his 16th goal of the season at 18:04 with a wrist shot from the high slot. From there, the Regina penalty kill was three-for-three as the Rebels’ man-advantage units struggled to complete passes and generate much zone time. “It was one of those games you can’t lose because your power play isn’t where it needs to be,” said Sutter. “We had four power plays in the first period and an extended one late in the game (for the final 2:50) but never had a chance to get a timeout because there were no whistles.” Rykr Cole restored the Pats’ lead early in the second period, racing down the left wing and beating Toth with a rising shot to the far side of the net. Sutter replaced Toth with Trevor Martin a few seconds later and sent his starter back in after a brief spell. Conner Bleackley pulled the Rebels even at 4:59, cashing a rebound after Regina stopper Tyler Brown had turned away two shots, but Taylor Cooper replied for the visitors just 13 seconds later with another goal Toth wanted back. Cooper scored from close range, his low shot finding the far corner. And that was it for the scoring, although the Rebels mounted some serious pressure late in the middle frame, but consistently misfired or passed instead of shooting. The Pats were outshot 9-6 in the third period, but held a 36-35 edge overall and were full marks for their win. “We knew they were going to play hard, they always do. They’re a team that has good speed,” said Sutter. “But we had some good opportunities at the end of the second, we had five quality scoring chances and got nothing out of it. You have to capitalize on those opportunities. We had two-on-ones and threeon-twos. We had shots from right in the slot and put them over the net. Those types of things will kill you

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Red Deer Rebel Conner Bleackley tries to get a handle on the puck in front of Regina Pats goaltender Tyler Brown during first period action at the Centrium in Red Deer Tuesday. The Rebels lost the game 3-2. at the end of the night.” Brown also played a major role in the outcome and was selected as the game’s first star for his efforts. “He’s been good for us this season. I had to pull him in one game but otherwise he’s been very consistent, very good,” said Pats GM/head coach John Paddock. While his counterpart wasn’t impressed with his team’s showing, Paddock had nothing but kind words for his club. “I’d say that was our best game of the season,” said Paddock. “We played with a lot of energy, we had our feet moving all night.” Sutter likely wasn’t watching any game film prior to the Rebels boarding the team bus for a five-hour trip to Cranbrook, where they will take on the Kootenay Ice tonight. “It’s not hard to figure out why we lost tonight’s game. Our penalty kill was good (four-for-four) but we didn’t work hard enough on our power play,”

said the Rebels boss. “I don’t like a power play that’s going to be passive and play perimeter hockey. You have to generate chances by getting pucks to the net. “You might get the odd break like we did on that five-on-three, but you don’t score many goals like that. Five-on-four we were too cute. Again, it’s stuff we talk to the guys about. Our power play was fifthbest in the league going into this game, but it let us down tonight. “ • Red Deer has four players on the latest NHL Central Scouting list for players to watch as potential picks in the 2016 NHL entry draft. Defenceman Josh Mahura is listed as a ‘B’ prospect, projected as a second- to third-round pick, while rearguard Austin Strand and forwards Brandon Hagel and Jeff de Wit are ‘C’ prospects (fourth- to sixth-round selections). The Rebels wrap up a two-game road trip Friday at Medicine Hat, then return home to face the Pats in a rematch 24 hours later. gmeachem@reddeeradvocate.com

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Calgary Flames goalie Karri Ramo makes a save as Anaheim Ducks’ Corey Perry watches during the second period of an NHL game Tuesday, in Anaheim, Calif.

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Ducks 5 Flames 3 ANAHEIM, Calif. — Rickard Rakell and Corey Perry scored two goals apiece, and the Anaheim Ducks rallied from a third-period deficit for their 21st straight home victory over the Calgary Flames, 5-3 Tuesday night. Captain Ryan Getzlaf tied a franchise record with five assists for the Ducks, who haven’t lost a regular-season game to Calgary at Honda Center since Jan. 19, 2004. The Ducks’ home streak against the Flames is the NHL’s longest in a two-team series since Philadelphia won an NHL-record 23 straight over Pittsburgh in the 1980s. Michael Frolik scored two goals and Sam Bennett had a goal and an assist for the Flames, who couldn’t complete their first three-game winning streak of the season. Karri Ramo stopped 27 shots for Calgary.

Redblacks’ Campbell looking to make his own mark as a CFL coach BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — Many of Rick Campbell’s childhood memories include the Edmonton Eskimos. The Ottawa Redblacks head coach was a young boy when he watched his father Hugh — the Eskimos head coach at the time — lead Edmonton to five consecutive Grey Cup victories from 1978-‘82. Now Campbell is looking to make his own mark as a CFL head coach as he guides the Redblacks to their first Grey Cup appearance. Perhaps fittingly, the Redblacks will play Edmonton on Sunday in Winnipeg. Campbell, who spent almost a decade on the Eskimos’ coaching staff earlier in his career, is doing his best to downplay the connection and instead keep the focus on the big game. “I’m just really trying to live in the moment and making sure we get our football team ready to play,” Campbell said Tuesday before the team departed for Winnipeg. “I obviously do

have a history with Edmonton with me working there and my family. I also got used to it as I’ve played against Edmonton over the years when I worked in different cities.” Campbell made his CFL coaching debut with the Eskimos in 1999 as a defensive backs/special teams co-ordinator. He spent six seasons in the role before being promoted to defensive co-ordinator (2005-‘08). Campbell also worked in various coaching roles with Winnipeg (2009), Calgary (2010), Edmonton (2011) Calgary again (2012-‘13), before heading to Ottawa last year for the Redblacks’ debut season. When the 44-year-old native of Spokane, Wash., originally interviewed for the Redblacks’ coaching position, part of the appeal was his desire to build something from the ground up. “I wanted to come here to be a part of something new,” he said. “It wasn’t about me putting my name on the franchise, but it was about all of us putting our name on a new franchise in a new

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city. I had observed Ottawa from the outside and just had a really strong suspicion this could be a really great thing to be a part of. “We’re trying to make this a place where we have high expectations and we want to be a winning program over the years.” In many ways Campbell, the East nominee for the CFL coach of the year award, has already surpassed expectations by taking his team to the Grey Cup after winning just two games last year. The elder Campbell, meanwhile, will not be in Winnipeg for the Grey Cup. He’ll be cheering the Redblacks on from San Diego, but has provided some advice for his son. “He told me we’ve got to do the things that got you there,” said Campbell. “It’s a bigger stage, but as far as how you win football games doesn’t change. You’ve got to make sure you do the right things and get prepared and do all those things and keep your head

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about you. Do the things to win football games.” This will be his first Grey Cup appearance as a head coach. While his focus is on the game, he admits that he plans to enjoy the experience as well. “I think you can definitely work hard and do all the things that you need to do and at the same time be there and be a part of the experiences that go on during the Grey Cup week,” he said. Campbell is not the only one with ties to the Eskimos. Redblacks offensive co-ordinator Jason Maas had two stints with the Eskimos as quarterback and spent a total of eight seasons with the organization. “I’m not going to shy away from saying it’s special,” said Maas. “I’m just excited to be a part of this journey with Ottawa. I’ve got a lot of friends over there and a lot of people I care about are from Edmonton and they’re excited about it as well, but I just want to come out of it on the better end on Sunday.”

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RDC to see where they stand in host bonspiel COACH SAYS QUALITY OF THIS YEAR’S CURLING TEAMS ARE SOME OF BEST EVER BY DANNY RODE SPECIAL TO THE ADVOCATE RDC curling coach Brad Hamilton couldn’t help but smile when discussing his team for the 2015-16 Alberta Colleges Athletic Conference season. “This is the first year I’ve had to make so many cuts, which is not enjoyable,” said Hamilton. “This is the best quality top to bottom I’ve had since I’ve been here.” Hamilton said he had a lot of interest on the women’s side and looked back at the national championship year in 2013-14 as a reason. “A lot of girls heard about us because of that championship … I know one of the girls from Saskatchewan came here for nursing but also because she heard of us.” The women’s team should be strong again this year with three returnees including skip Marla Sherrer, third Julie Selvais and second Courtney Smith. The newcomers include lead Ashlyn Wozny of Rycroft and second-lead Sara McMann, who won the high school provincials two years ago. Last year’s women’s team reached the final four, finishing fourth. “Last year’s team had their worst weekend the weekend of the playoffs,” explained Hamilton. “But this year Marla and Julie are both in their second year and Courtney is in her third. I expect them to be strong again.” The men should also have a solid crew with skip Ryan Dahmer back for a third year. The addition of former

junior Ty Parcels of Red Deer at third Friday through Sunday at the Pidherwill be a solid addition. Jeff Ireland ney Curling Centre. returns for a fourth year at second “It’s nice to get a chance to play at with Jordan Smith of Trochu a new home. I know the teams are looking face. forward to playing on their home ice “Ryan has improved every year and and we’re looking forward to showTy had considerable experience,” said ing anyone who comes out what we’re Hamilton. “Ty does have a year of ju- like,” said Hamilton. nior remaining, but decided not to go Action gets underway at 4 p.m. Friback, although he was on one of the day and runs through to the last draw top junior teams Sunday at 12:30 in the province ‘IT’S NICE TO GET A CHANCE TO p.m. last year. He won There are six PLAY AT HOME. I KNOW THE the Alberta Winteams in both the ter Games when and mixed TEAMS ARE LOOKING FORWARD men’s he was 16. He divisions and sevbrings a high level TO PLAYING ON THEIR HOME ICE en in the womcompetitive attiTeams play a AND WE’RE LOOKING FORWARD en’s. tude in with him. round-robin. “ H e d o e s n ’ t TO SHOWING ANYONE WHO COMES The RDC men’s want to just make team faces Olds OUT WHAT WE’RE LIKE.’ the shot he wasn’t and Lakeland on to make it and roll RDC CURLING COACH BRAD HAMILTON Friday at 4 and to the right spot.” 7:30 p.m. They The mixed clash with Augusteam has Cyril tana at 10 a.m. and House back at second and Chloe Lo- Portage at 6 p.m. Saturday and finish gelin at lead. Shayne Copeland, who up against NAIT at 9 a.m. Sunday. played a year at Lakeland is skipping The mixed team also plays twice in and Brett Day of Saskatchewan is Friday clashing with NAIT at 4 p.m. third. Calvin Kashuba of B.C. is an al- and Portage at 7:30 p.m. They meet ternate at second. Concordia at 10 a.m. and Lakeland at “Shayne does have a year of experi- 6 p.m. Saturday and Olds at 9 a.m. Sunence and seems comfortable at skip,” day. said Hamitlon. “Brett is a new, but she The women’s team plays once Friskipped her junior team in Saskatche- day, facing Portage at 7:30 p.m. On Satwan. It looked like we have a good mix urday they meet Augustana at 10 a.m., there.” Olds at 2 p.m. and Lakeland at 6 p.m. The RDC teams will get an oppor- On Sunday they clash with Grant Mactunity to show where they stand in the Ewan at 9 a.m. and NAIT at 12:30 p.m. ACAC as RDC hosts the Fall Regional The Fall Regional is the first of two

qualifying bonspiels with the top four teams advancing to the finals, Feb. 2628 in Lac La Biche. Hamilton believes all three of his teams can qualify for the provincials. “That’s my goal every year, so we can only wait and see what happens,” he said. “But I do believe we have a good chance to do that this year.” NAIT and Grant MacEwan will be tough on the women’s side while NAIT, Augustana and Olds will be strong in the men’s division. “You just never know about the mixed,” said Hamilton, who does more recruiting now than when he first took over the RDC program. “When I first started I looked at the high schools here and the high school provincials, but it’s a huge jump from high school to college,” he said. “To be competitive you need to get the junior kids. Unfortunately we don’t have a high level of junior curlers in Central Alberta at this time. We have some good juvenile teams but they’re still a couple of years away.” Hamilton added that the best recruiters are his players. “They go back home and chat up our program.” Also a strong showing at the provincial and possibly the national championships also helps in the recruiting. 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.

Kershaw keeps chasing elusive Olympic medal

be a part of the team.” The 2015-16 World Cup season opens Friday in Ruka, Finland. Harvey, Kershaw, Toronto’s Len Valjas, Ivan Babikov and Jesse Cockney of Canmore, Alta., Graeme Killick of Fort McMurray, Alta., Emily Nishikawa of Whitehorse and Michael Somppi of Thunder Bay, Ont., will race for Canada. Kershaw came agonizingly close to that Olympic medal in 2010 when he finished 1.5 seconds off the podium in the gruelling men’s 50-kilometre race. He ended up fifth in a group sprint to the finish line. The Canadian men posted seven top-10 results in 2010 with Harvey and Kershaw fourth in the team sprint. When the two Canadians won world championship team sprint gold a year later, they looked to be tracking for an Olympic medal in 2014.

But Kershaw was struck with a lung infection in Sochi and, combined with waxing issues, Canada did not come close to a cross-country medal. While Harvey rebounded in 201415 winning silver and bronze at the world championship, Kershaw lost a large chunk of his racing season to the double-whammy of pneumonia and whooping cough. He flew to Quebec in May to consult a specialist, who said “‘wow, you have some serious exercise-induced asthma,”’ Kershaw said. Kershaw now has an inhaler. Harvey, a 27-year-old from StFerreol-les-Neiges, Que., is now Canada’s frontrunner to end the Olympic drought in men’s cross-country, but Kershaw feels he can contend. He is by no means an old man in his sport as men win medals deep into their 30s in endurance races.

Harvey and Kershaw have been each other’s “markers” in training as they use each other as measuring sticks for their own fitness. Canadian team coach Justin Wadsworth feels Kershaw has bounced back from his illness as the skier kept pace with Harvey at the team’s altitude camp in Park City, Utah, in September. “He’s there in the Park City camp pushing Alex to his limits. That’s good for everybody,” Wadsworth said. “The fitness is there. It’s just up to him to put together the confidence to have some good races. That’s the key for Devon at this point.” This World Cup season will end in Canada with eight races over 12 days in both Quebec and Alberta. The 2016 Ski Tour Canada opens March 1 in Gatineau, Que., and ends March 12 in Canmore, Alta., where the national cross-country team trains. “It’s probably my last chance in my career to be able to race an international race at home in Canada,” Kershaw said. “That’s not lost in me and that’s a huge motivator for me. I’ve love to have my best races of the season here at home in Canada.” Cross-Country Canada’s Own The Podium funding was more than halved from $1.55 million in 2014-15 to $750,000 in 2015-16. OTP doles out taxpayer money based on a sport federation’s medal potential. Instead of a half-dozen off-season training camps outside of Canada, the national team had one in Park City. There wasn’t enough money for what had been an annual trip to New Zealand for summer training on snow. “We lost about $250,000 off our budget last year. We managed and were still able to get two medals at the world championship,” Wadsworth said. “This year it’s another $250,000, so it’s tough.” Kershaw estimates he will pay $20,000 out of his own pocket to race this season, but he can help his wallet by winning. A World Cup cross-country ski victory is worth about $15,000. “If I ski fast, I’ll make money,” Kershaw said.

net, and not by design. James Reimer, who has started 11 of the past 12 games for Toronto, left halfway through Tuesday’s 45-minute practice with an undisclosed injury. He was able to skate to the bench on his own and after speaking to trainers, decided to leave the ice for good. The Maple Leafs are off until Saturday’s home game against Washington. “He left the ice, I didn’t check,” head coach Mike Babcock said after

practice. “We have a while to our next game, I don’t know if he over-reacted, under-reacted, I don’t know nothing about it.” If Reimer is unable to play against the Capitals, Bernier would likely get just his second start this month. His last start, after returning from an injury of his own, was on Nov. 15 — a 4-3 loss to the New York Rangers that included a goal by Derek Stepan from near centre ice. The 27-year-old native

from Laval, Que., is still in search of his first victory this season. He is 0-7-1 in eight games with a 3.17 goals-against average and .895 save percentage. Reimer, meanwhile, is 7-3-3 in 14 starts with a 2.01 GAA and .936 save percentage. Babcock said he’s been pleased with Bernier’s work ethic at practice despite his inconsistencies and that if the chance for a start against the Capitals comes his way, to maximize it.

CROSS-COUNTRY SKIING BY THE CANADIAN PRESS Devon Kershaw wants to be in on Canada’s first Olympic medal in men’s cross-country skiing, even if it’s not him who wins it. Recently married to Norwegian skier Kristin Stoermer Steira, Kershaw said he wants to be a father soon and also go to university to “get myself educated, so my mom can sleep easier at night.” But there is unfinished business that drives the 32-year-old from Sudbury, Ont., to a fourth Winter Olympic Games in 2018 despite a major health setback and deep cuts to team funding. Kershaw and teammate Alex Harvey made history over the last decade by becoming the first Canadian men to win world championship and World Cup medals in a sport dominated by Europeans. Near-misses at the 2010 Winter Games and a flop four years later in Sochi, Russia, means there is an important piece of history yet to be achieved. “I still have some — I’m not going to call them demons because I’m really proud of the things we’ve achieved as a team — but to be so close in Vancouver and be denied a few times and then just having the total fiasco in Sochi … ,” Kershaw told The Canadian Press. “The fact that no man has ever hit the Olympic podium just really irks me. That’s a huge motivation for me. I feel I can contribute a lot to our team. “I also believe on a great day I can still hit the podium at the Olympics myself. If it’s not me, say it is Alex, if I can be of help to a fellow Canadian and push them in training, push them in races, help motivate them and kind of be a mentor and they end up being the ones that get that elusive Olympic podium, it’s still important for me to

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Canada’s Devon Kershaw competes in the men’s sprint cross-country ski qualification event during the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia in 2014. Kershaw wants to be in on Canada’s first Olympic medal in men’s crosscountry skiing, even if it’s not him who wins it.

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U.S. DIVISION GP W L OTLSOL GF GA Pt 22 15 6 1 0 82 58 31 23 12 8 2 1 74 75 27 20 11 7 0 2 47 43 24 21 11 10 0 0 73 63 22 23 9 13 1 0 69 88 19

Tuesday’s results Calgary 4 Prince Albert 2 Regina 3 Red Deer 2 Moose Jaw at Tri-City, late Wednesday’s games Calgary at Saskatoon, 6:05 p.m. Regina at Edmonton, 7 p.m. Red Deer at Kootenay, 7 p.m. Moose Jaw at Portland, 8 p.m. Seattle at Kelowna, 8:05 p.m. Vancouver at Spokane, 8:05 p.m. Tri-City at Everett, 8:05 p.m. Thursday’s games Kootenay at Lethbridge, 7 p.m. Friday’s games Edmonton at Prince Albert, 6 p.m. Saskatoon at Swift Current, 6 p.m. Regina at Calgary, 7 p.m. Brandon at Lethbridge, 7 p.m. Red Deer at Medicine Hat, 7:30 p.m. Kamloops at Prince George, 8 p.m. Kelowna at Victoria, 8:05 p.m. Spokane at Tri-City, 8:05 p.m. Moose Jaw at Everett, 8:35 p.m. Vancouver at Seattle, 8:35 p.m. Tuesday’s summary Pats 3, Rebels 2 First Period 1. Regina, Brooks 11 (Berg, Wagner) 12:00. 2. Red Deer, Nikolishin 16 (Fleury, Bobyk) 18:04 (pp). Penalties — Hilsendager Reg (boarding) 9:22, Cooper Reg (holding) 12:42, Berg Reg (holding) 16:20, Wagner Reg (checking from behind) 17:14. Second Period 3. Regina, Cole 3 (Harrison) 1:18. 4. Red Deer, Bleackley 3 (Kopeck, Strand) 4:59. 5. Regina, Cooper 3 (Steel, Kroeker) 5:12. Penalties — Bobyk RD (cross-checking) 11:52, Fleury RD (holding) 14:57. Third Period No Scoring.

Penalties — Cooper Reg (delay of game) 1:31, Bleackley RD (interference) 10:16, Bleackley RD (inter. on goaltender) 12:51, Cole Reg (high-sticking) 17:10, Cole Reg (high-sticking) 17:10. Shots on goal Regina 9 21 6 — 36 Red Deer 11 15 9 — 35 Goal — Regina: Brown (W, 5-6-0) Red Deer: Toth (L, 12-6-0). Power plays (goal-chances) — Regina: 0-4 Red Deer: 1-7. WHL Scoring Leaders Brayden Point, MJ Tyson Baillie, Kel Reid Gardiner, P.A. Dryden Hunt, MJ Ivan Nikolishin, RD Mathew Barzal, Sea Jonathon Martin, SC Keegan Kolesar, Sea Radel Fazleev, CAL Alex Forsberg, Vic Brayden Burke, Let Devante Stephens, Spo Luke Philp, Koo Parker Bowles, TC Simon Stransky, P.A. Collin Shirley, Kam Noah Gregor, MJ Adam Brooks, Reg Tyler Wong, Let Lane Bauer, Edm Jayce Hawryluk, Bra Michael Spacek, RD Austin Glover, P.A. Joe Hicketts, Vic Giorgio Estephan, Let Chad Butcher, MH Nolan Patrick, Bra

G 18 16 17 16 16 6 19 15 12 7 5 8 13 12 10 16 11 11 16 12 12 10 7 1 8 8 7

A 25 25 20 19 18 28 14 16 19 24 26 22 16 17 19 11 16 16 10 14 14 16 19 25 17 17 18

Pts 43 41 37 35 34 34 33 31 31 31 31 30 29 29 29 27 27 27 26 26 26 26 26 26 25 25 25

National Hockey League EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division GP W L OT Pts Montreal 22 16 4 2 34 Ottawa 21 11 5 5 27 Detroit 21 11 8 2 24 Boston 20 11 8 1 23 Tampa Bay 22 10 9 3 23 Florida 21 8 9 4 20 Toronto 22 7 10 5 19 Buffalo 21 8 11 2 18

GF 78 68 49 66 53 55 51 44

GA 50 61 52 59 50 56 62 57

Metropolitan Division GP W L OT Pts N.Y. Rangers 21 16 3 2 34 Washington 20 14 5 1 29 Pittsburgh 20 12 8 0 24 New Jersey 20 11 8 1 23 N.Y. Islanders 21 10 8 3 23 Philadelphia 21 7 9 5 19 Carolina 21 7 10 4 18 Columbus 22 8 14 0 16

GF 66 62 45 50 59 38 42 55

GA 38 44 46 50 53 60 61 71

WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division GP W L OT Pts Dallas 22 17 5 0 34 St. Louis 22 14 6 2 30 Minnesota 19 11 5 3 25 Nashville 20 11 6 3 25 Chicago 21 11 8 2 24 Winnipeg 22 10 10 2 22 Colorado 21 8 12 1 17 Pacific Division GP W L OT Los Angeles 21 13 8 0 San Jose 21 13 8 0 Vancouver 22 8 8 6 Arizona 20 10 9 1

Pts 26 26 22 21

GF 78 59 57 53 57 58 60 GF 54 59 64 55

GA 57 53 51 51 55 69 62 GA 46 51 60 59

Anaheim 22 8 10 4 20 43 58 Calgary 22 8 13 1 17 53 80 Edmonton 21 7 13 1 15 55 64 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss. Monday’s Games Boston 4, Toronto 3, SO St. Louis 2, Buffalo 1 N.Y. Rangers 3, Nashville 0 Philadelphia 3, Carolina 2, OT Washington 1, Edmonton 0 Los Angeles 3, Florida 1 Colorado 4, Winnipeg 1 Tuesday’s Games Ottawa 7, Dallas 4 Anaheim 5, Calgary 3 Wednesday’s Games Nashville at Buffalo, 7 p.m. Columbus at New Jersey, 7 p.m. Montreal at N.Y. Rangers, 7 p.m. St. Louis at Pittsburgh, 7 p.m. Winnipeg at Washington, 7 p.m. Edmonton at Carolina, 7 p.m. Vancouver at Minnesota, 7 p.m. Philadelphia at N.Y. Islanders, 7:30 p.m. Boston at Detroit, 7:30 p.m. Los Angeles at Tampa Bay, 7:30 p.m. Anaheim at Arizona, 9 p.m. Ottawa at Colorado, 9:30 p.m. Chicago at San Jose, 10 p.m. Thursday’s Games No games scheduled

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NHL Scoring Leaders G 13 11 14 9 10 4 13 8 8 5 10 9 7 7 7 7 12 11 9 7

A 19 19 15 15 13 19 9 14 14 17 11 12 14 14 14 14 8 9 11 13

Pts 32 30 29 24 23 23 22 22 22 22 21 21 21 21 21 21 20 20 20 20

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CFL PLAYOFFS Sunday’s results Division Finals East Division Ottawa 35 Hamilton 28 West Division Edmonton 45 Calgary 31 Sunday, Nov. 15 Division Semifinals East Division Hamilton 25 Toronto 22 West Division Calgary 35 B.C. 9 Sunday, Nov. 29 103rd Grey Cup At Winnipeg Edmonton vs. Ottawa, 4 p.m.

PF 323 244 234 205

PA 182 227 208 249

PF 224 208

PA 248 228

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PA 186 191 249 277

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PA 183 198 259 282

PF 273 221 229 190

PA 253 253 229 228

NATIONAL CONFERENCE East W L T Pct N.Y. Giants 5 5 0 .500 Washington 4 6 0 .400 Philadelphia 4 6 0 .400 Dallas 3 7 0 .300 South W L T Pct Carolina 10 0 0 1.000 Atlanta 6 4 0 .600 Tampa Bay 5 5 0 .500 New Orleans 4 6 0 .400 North W L T Pct Green Bay 7 3 0 .700 Minnesota 7 3 0 .700 Chicago 4 6 0 .400

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PA 191 214 254 315

PF 249 211 214

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Monday’s Game New England 20, Buffalo 13 Thursday, Nov. 26 Philadelphia at Detroit, 10:30 a.m. Carolina at Dallas, 2:30 p.m. Chicago at Green Bay, 6:30 p.m.

Saturday • College curling: ACAC fall bonspiel at Pidherney Centre. • Bantam AA hockey: West Central at Red

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS WINNIPEG — Players gearing up for Sunday’s Grey Cup showdown arrived in Winnipeg Tuesday night, planning to enjoy the festivities — but not too much — while they prepare for the big game. “Yeah, we do curfew,” Ottawa Redblacks coach Rick Campbell told reporters shortly after the team’s plane landed. “I think there’s a balance you can strike of being able to participate and see some things without being in full party mode”. Players didn’t seem bothered by the idea of a nightly curfew — 11 p.m. in Ottawa’s case. “I don’t mind because I’m going to be in my bed,” said Redblacks fullback Patrick Lavoie. “We know what we have to do.” Ottawa quarterback Henry Burris is gunning for his third Grey Cup ring. The 40-year-old said the fact the Redblacks are in the cham-

National Basketball Association EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct GB Toronto 9 6 .600 — New York 8 7 .533 1 Boston 7 7 .500 1 1/2 Brooklyn 3 11 .214 5 1/2 Philadelphia 0 15 .000 9

Miami Atlanta Charlotte Washington Orlando

Southeast Division W L Pct 9 4 .692 10 6 .625 8 6 .571 6 5 .545 6 8 .429

GB — 1/2 1 1/2 2 3 1/2

Central Division W L Pct 11 3 .786 9 4 .692 9 5 .643 7 7 .500 6 8 .429

GB — 1 1/2 2 4 5

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Pacific Division W L Pct 15 0 1.000 7 7 .500 7 7 .500 5 10 .333 2 11 .154

GB — 7 1/2 7 1/2 10 12

Tuesday’s Games Indiana 123, Washington 106 Memphis 110, Dallas 96 Atlanta 121, Boston 97 L.A. Clippers 111, Denver 94 Chicago 93, Portland 88 L.A. Lakers at Golden State, late Wednesday’s Games New York at Orlando, 5 p.m. Washington at Charlotte, 5 p.m. Cleveland at Toronto, 5:30 p.m. Miami at Detroit, 5:30 p.m. Philadelphia at Boston, 5:30 p.m. Atlanta at Minnesota, 6 p.m. Sacramento at Milwaukee, 6 p.m. Memphis at Houston, 6 p.m. Brooklyn at Oklahoma City, 6 p.m. Dallas at San Antonio, 6:30 p.m. New Orleans at Phoenix, 7 p.m. Utah at L.A. Clippers, 8:30 p.m.

WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division W L Pct GB San Antonio 11 3 .786 — Dallas 9 6 .600 2 1/2 Memphis 8 7 .533 3 1/2 Houston 5 9 .357 6 New Orleans 3 11 .214 8 Northwest Division W L Pct 9 6 .600

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Monday’s Games Cleveland 117, Orlando 103 Charlotte 127, Sacramento 122, OT Miami 95, New York 78 Minnesota 100, Philadelphia 95 Milwaukee 109, Detroit 88 San Antonio 98, Phoenix 84 Oklahoma City 111, Utah 89

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Tuesday’s Sports Transactions

Monday, Nov. 30 Baltimore at Cleveland, 6:30 p.m.

HOCKEY National Hockey League NHL — Announced the resignation of chief operating officer John Collins. ANAHEIM DUCKS — Recalled G John Gibson and C Chris Mueller from San Diego (AHL). Assigned C Michael Sgarbossa and D Shane O’Brien to San Diego. ARIZONA COYOTES — Recalled F Dustin Jeffrey from Springfield (AHL). Assigned G Louis Domingue and D Philip Samuelsson to Springfield. SAN JOSE SHARKS — Signed F Dainius Zubrus to a one-year contract. Reassigned F Nikolay Goldobin to the Barracuda (AHL). TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING — Recalled D Luke Witkowski from Syracuse (AHL). American Hockey League AHL — Suspended Bakersfield LW Braden Christoffer one game. HARTFORD WOLF PACK — Sent F Jack Combs to Greenville (ECHL). SAN DIEGO GULLS — Recalled G Ryan Faragher from Utah (ECHL). Signed D Shayne Taker, LWs Ryan Walters and Kyle Bonis to PTO contracts. ECHL ECHL — Suspended Manchester F Danick Paquette five games and Wichita D Theo Peckham two games. MANCHESTER MONARCHS — Loaned F Derek Arnold to Ontario (AHL). SOUTH CAROLINA STINGRAYS — Signed F Paul Rodrigues. BASEBALL American League CHICAGO WHITE SOX — Traded RHP Yency Al-

monte to Colorado for RHP Tommy Kahnle. LOS ANGELS ANGELS — Agreed to terms with C Geovany Soto on a one-year contract. Promoted Bud Black to special assistant to the general manager, Mike Gallego to director of baseball development, Justin Hollander to director of player personnel, Mike LaCassa to director of minor league operations, Steve Martone to assistant general manager, Bobby Scales to special assistant to the general manager and Jonathan Strangio to assistant general manager. SEATTLE MARINERS — Designated C John Hicks for assignment. Agreed to terms with C Chris Iannetta on a one-year contract. TAMPA BAY RAYS — Released C J.P. Arencibia. National League ATLANTA BRAVES — Agreed to terms with RHPs David Carpenter, Chris Volstad and Madison Younginer Cs Willians Astudillo, Matt Kennelly, Ryan Lavarnway and Braeden Schlehuber INFs Reid Brignac and Chase d’Arnaud and OF Matt Tuiasosopo on minor league contracts. NEW YORK METS — Agreed to terms with RHP Stolmy Pimental on a minor league contract. WASHINGTON NATIONALS — Named Bobby Henley third base coach. BASKETBALL National Basketball Association OKLAHOMA CITY THUNDER — Assigned F Josh Huestis to Oklahoma City (NBADL). FOOTBALL National Football League NFL — Suspended Carolina DE Frank Alexander one year for violating the Policy and Program for Substances of Abuse for a third time. ATLANTA FALCONS — Signed TE D.J. Tialavea to the practice squad. Waived TE Marcel Jensen.

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Sunday, Nov. 29 New Orleans at Houston, 11 a.m. Buffalo at Kansas City, 11 a.m. Oakland at Tennessee, 11 a.m. St. Louis at Cincinnati, 11 a.m. Minnesota at Atlanta, 11 a.m. N.Y. Giants at Washington, 11 a.m. Tampa Bay at Indianapolis, 11 a.m. San Diego at Jacksonville, 11 a.m. Miami at N.Y. Jets, 11 a.m. Arizona at San Francisco, 2:05 p.m. Pittsburgh at Seattle, 2:25 p.m. New England at Denver, 6:30 p.m.

pionship in the franchise’s second year is a tribute to the way the players and coaches have gelled. “With all the growing pains we had to go through as an organization, as a team last year, it’s created a group of guys that never say die in that locker room.” The Eskimos won both regular-season matchups between the two teams, early in the season in July, but they are not taking anything for granted going into Sunday. “It was a dogfight,” defensive lineman Odell Willis said. “Those guys fought hard. It just so happened we were able to make more plays than they did, and we were able to get the W.” Quarterback Mike Reilly said Ottawa has come a long way.

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Sunday • College curling: ACAC fall bonspiel at Pidherney Centre. • Major bantam hockey: Lloydminster at Red Deer, noon, Arena. • AJHL: Grande Prairie at Olds, 2 p.m. • Bantam AA hockey: Red Deer Ramada at Red Deer Steel Kings, 1:45 p.m., Kinsmen A; Foothills at West Central, 2:30 p.m., Bentley • Men’s basketball: Grandview Allstars vs. Chillabongs, Monstars vs. Lacombe All Sports Cresting, Triple A Batteries vs. Silver Spurs, 4:15 p.m.; NWS vs. Washed Up Warriors, Wells Furniture vs. The D Leaguers, Subaru vs. Btown Maple Jordans, 5:30 p.m.; all games at Lindsay Thurber.

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• College curling: ACAC fall bonspiel at Pidherney Centre. • College basketball: SAIT at RDC, women at 6 p.m., men to follow. • WHL: Red Deer at Medicine Hat, 7:30 p.m. (The Drive). • Minor midget AAA hockey: Calgary Bruins at Red Deer North Star, 8 p.m., Arena. • Heritage junior B hockey: Stettler at Three Hills, 8 p.m. • Chinook senior AAA hockey: Stony Plain at Innisfail, 8:30 p.m.

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• WHL: Red Deer at Kootenay, 7 p.m. (The Drive). • Heritage junior B hockey: Stettler at Ponoka, 7:45 p.m.

• College women’s hockey: SAIT at RDC, 7 p.m., Arena. • Men’s basketball: Vikings vs. Henry’s Eavestroughing, Bulldog Scrap Metal vs. Carstar, 7:15 and 8:30 p.m., Lindsay Thurber.

Tuesday’s summary Ducks 5, Flames 3 First Period 1. Calgary, Frolik 5 (Russell, Ferland) 5:40. 2. Calgary, Bennett 5 (Backlund, Russell) 10:39. 3. Anaheim, Perry 6 (Getzlaf, Fowler) 12:07 (pp). 4. Anaheim, Rakell 4 (Vatanen, Getzlaf) 16:31. Penalties — Stewart Ana (fighting) 2:08, Bollig Cgy (fighting) 2:08, Bollig Cgy (hooking) 11:58. Second Period 5. Calgary, Frolik 6 (Bennett, Wideman) 15:46. Penalties — None. Third Period 6. Anaheim, Rakell 5 (Perry, Getzlaf) 1:52. 7. Anaheim, Perry 7 (Getzlaf, Fowler) 4:00 (pp). 8. Anaheim, Kesler 2 (Getzlaf, Vatanen) 19:59 (en). Penalties — Wideman Cgy (cross-checking) 3:36, Stewart Ana (roughing) 6:42, Hagelin Ana (hooking) 16:44. Shots on goal Calgary 10 4 11 — 25 Anaheim 9 13 10 — 32 Goal — Calgary: Ramo (L, 6-8-0) Anaheim: Gibson (W, 1-0-0). Power plays (goal-chances) — Calgary: 0-2 Anaheim: 2-2.

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Deer Ramada, 2:30 p.m., Kinex. • Minor midget AAA hockey: Calgary Blue at Red Deer North Stars, 2:45 p.m., Arena. • Junior women’s hockey: Lethbridge at Central Alberta, 3:45 p.m., Penhold Regional Multiplex. • Midget AA hockey: Calgary Stampeders at Red Deer Indy Graphics, 4:45 p.m., Arena. • WHL: Regina at Red Deer, 7 p.m., Centrium. • College men’s hockey: Concordia at RDC, 7 p.m., Penhold Regional Multiplex. • AJHL: Brooks at Olds, 7 p.m. • Heritage junior B hockey: Blackfalds at Red Deer, 8 p.m., Arena.

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LANGEVIN Alfred (Fred) Fred Langevin passed away at his home on November 21, 2015 at the age of 84 years. A Funeral Service will be held on Saturday, November 28, 2015 at 1:00 pm at the Memorial Presbyterian Church in Sylvan Lake, Alberta. Burial to follow at the Kuusamo Cemetery, Sylvan Lake, Alberta. SYLVAN LAKE AND ROCKY FUNERAL HOMES AND CREMATORIUM, your Golden Rule Funeral Homes, entrusted with the arrangements. 403-887-2151

ENGHOJ Bernard Christian Jan. 6, 1938 - Nov. 15, 2015 Bernard passed away on Saturday November 15, 2015. Bernie was born in Lloydminster, Saskatchewan. His dad (Chris) was a line foreman for the CPR so the family lived in several towns eventually settling in Killam where his parents spent the rest of their lives. Bernie had several jobs during his lifetime, beginning with delivering groceries as a young man. Upon leaving home, Bernie worked for the CPR for a short period then began a long career with Canadian Propane, starting out as a truck driver then on to manager. He worked for the City of Red Deer in the roads department, and then managed Mohawk Propane. He also managed Shaw Cable, owned BCK Enterprises, worked for Circle P, Richard’s Consulting, maintenance man for Twilight Homes Foundation, Sims Realty and finally Red Key Realty. Bernie’s attempts at retirement were short lived, as he kept returning to work as he loved to do. He was predeceased by his wife Joyce, his parents Karen and Chris, mother and father-inlaw Audrey and Kari Olsen; sisters Kay Karbonik and Karen Bruce; brothers-in-law: Andy Karbonik, John Hancar, John Olsen, Leonard Olsen and Stephen Olsen. Bernie is survived by his wife Connie; daughters Sandi (Jay) Butterworth of Langley, B.C. and Beverly (Rod) Bouchard of Red Deer; his grand-daughters Kelsie (Jordan) Butterworth, Amber (Chris) Butterworth of Vancouver, B.C, and Kristy (Brian) Short, parents of Bernie’s newest love, great grandson Hunter Nicholas Short. He is also survived by his brother Gordon of Red Deer; sister Norma Hancar of Leduc; sisters-inlaw, Karen (Bill) Champ of Innisfail, Corinne (Kirk) Graham of Sylvan Lake, Laura Olsen of Markerville; brothers-in-law, Peter (Bonnie) Olsen of Red Deer, Jim (Linda) Olsen of Olds, and Marvin Bruce of Red Deer, as well as several nieces, nephews and cousins. A Celebration of Bernie’s life will be held at The Moose Hall, 140 Petrolia Drive, Red Deer County on Friday, November 27, 2015 from 1:00 - 4:00 p.m. Cremation entrusted to the Rocky Mountain Crematorium, Rocky Mountain House, Alberta. As an expression of sympathy memorial donations can be made in Bernard’s name to the S.P.C.A, Canadian Diabetic Association or to the Killam Rec. Centre for the arena. Condolences may be forwarded towww.sylvanlakefuneralhome.ca. SYLVAN LAKE AND ROCKY FUNERAL HOMES AND CREMATORIUM, your Golden Rule Funeral Homes, entrusted with the arrangements. 403-887-2151

MOROZ Betty Anne Betty Anne Moroz passed away at the Cross Cancer Institute in Edmonton on Sunday, November 22nd, 2015 at the age of 67 years. She was born on October 31, 1948 in Preeceville, Saskatchewan and grew up on the family farm near Hazel Dell, Saskatchewan. Following high school, she trained and began her life career as a nurse which to her was more a passion than a job. She met Alvin, her husband of 32 years, in Regina and they moved to Red Deer in 1983. She continued her career at the Red Deer Regional Hospital. Since her retirement 10 years ago, she kept busy by volunteering and traveling. She is survived by her husband, Alvin, daughters; Jennifer and Ashley (Nathan), sister, Carol, and brother, Joe. For those wishing to pay their final respects to Betty, visitations will be held at Eventide Funeral Chapel, 4820-45 Street, Red Deer, on Thursday, November 26th, 2015 between the hours of 7:00 p.m. and 9:00 p.m. A Memorial Mass will be celebrated at St. Mary’s Catholic Church, 6 McMillan Avenue, Red Deer, on Friday, November 27th, 2015 at 11:00 a.m. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations in Betty’s honour may be made directly to the Alberta Cancer Foundation 710, 10123 99 Street, Edmonton, Alberta, T5J 3H1. Condolences may be forwarded to the family by visiting www.eventidefuneralchapels.com Arrangements entrusted to EVENTIDE FUNERAL CHAPEL 4820 - 45 Street, Red Deer. Phone (403) 347-2222

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Kerry makes little headway to ease tensions in Israel BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS JERUSALEM — A new spat emerged between the Israeli government and Washington over Jewish settlements on Tuesday, as U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry visited Israel and the West Bank for the first time in more than a year. As Kerry set aside his goal of a long-sought peace accord to make way for more modest hopes of an end to two months of deadly violence, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called for the recognition of some existing settlement blocs in exchange for steps to ease tensions with the Palestinians. In Washington, the State Department quickly rejected any suggestion the U.S. would alter its longstanding opposition to settlements or recognize them as legitimate outside of a peace agreement. There were no signs that Kerry made headway in easing tensions during his meetings with Netanyahu and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas. As Kerry’s plane touched down, a Palestinian motorist rammed his vehicle into a group of Israeli soldiers, wounding three, before the attacker was shot and wounded, the Israeli military said. It was the latest in a spate of violence that has sunk the chances of a renewed peace push during the Obama administration’s final year. Kerry, whose nine-month peace mediation between the parties col-

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Three held in shooting of protesters at Minneapolis police station MINNEAPOLIS — Police were holding three white men in custody as they investigated the shooting of five people who were protesting the police killing of a black man in the Midwestern city of Minneapolis. The attack on the protesters unfolded late Monday near a police precinct where dozens of protesters have been camped out since the Nov. 15 fatal shooting of Jamar Clark. None suffered life-threatening injuries. According to police, Clark was shot after he struggled with officers. But some people who said they saw the shooting said the 24-year-old was handcuffed. The protests are linked to the Black Lives Matter movement which arose in response to a number of police killings of unarmed blacks in Ferguson, Missouri, New York and Baltimore. Authorities investigating the attack on the protesters arrested a 23-year-old white man, who remained in custody Tuesday evening, and a 32-year-old Hispanic man, who was later released. Two more men — both white, ages 26 and 21 — turned themselves in Tuesday afternoon.

White Chicago police officer charged with murder CHICAGO — A white Chicago police officer who shot a black teenager 16 times last year was charged with first-degree murder Tuesday, hours before the city released a video of the killing that many people fear could spark unrest. City officials and community leaders have been bracing for the release of the dash-cam video, fearing the kind of unrest that occurred

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A Palestinian protester jumps over a burning tire during clashes with Israeli troops in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Tuesday. lapsed in April 2014, reiterated the American goal of establishing an independent Palestinian state alongside Israel. But he made no mention of reviving peace talks. Alongside Netanyahu, Kerry noted Israel’s obligation to defend itself from “attacks in the streets with knives, with scissors, with cars.” When he met Israeli President Reuven Rivlin, he said the shootings and stabbings were a “challenge to all civilized people.” None of the leaders themselves offered any encouragement that peace

might be possible right now. “There can be no peace when we have an onslaught of terror, not here, not anywhere else,” Netanyahu said. The current spike in violence erupted in mid-September over tensions surrounding a sensitive Jerusalem holy site and quickly spread across Israel and into the West Bank and Gaza Strip. Nineteen Israelis have been killed, mostly in stabbings. Israeli fire has killed 89 Palestinians. Israel says 57 of these were attackers, while the rest died in clashes with security forces.

in cities such as Baltimore and Ferguson, Missouri, after young black men were slain by police or died in police custody. A judge ordered that the recording be made public by Wednesday. Moments before the footage was released Tuesday evening, the mayor and the police chief appealed for calm. “People have a right to be angry. People have a right to protest. People have a right to free speech. But they do not have a right to … criminal acts,” Police Superintendent Garry McCarthy said. The relevant portion of the video runs for less than 40 seconds and has no audio. Laquan McDonald, 17, swings into view on a four-lane street where police vehicles are stopped in the middle of the roadway. As he jogs down the street, he appears to pull up his pants and then slows to a brisk walk, veering away from two officers who are emerging from a vehicle and drawing their guns. Almost immediately, one of the officers appears to fire from close range. McDonald spins around and crumples to the pavement. The second officer simultaneously lowers his weapon. The car with the camera continues to roll forward until the officers are out of the frame. Then McDonald can be seen lying on the pavement, moving occasionally. At least two small puffs of smoke can be seen coming off his body as the officer continues firing. In the final moments, an officer can be seen kicking something out of McDonald’s hands. Police have said the teen had a knife. Cook County State’s Attorney Anita Alvarez said Tuesday that a 3-inch knife with its blade folded into the handle was recovered from the scene.

people during a block party — and they are urging them to come forward. Police Superintendent Michael Harrison says the shootout that wounded 17 people Sunday night was probably gang-related. He said it’s “highly possible” that the shooting was related to the city’s heroin trade but authorities are still investigating. Sunday’s shooting turned an evening of fun into a nightmare for the hundreds — possibly as many as 500 — who had gathered at the Bunny Friend Playground for what police described as a block party. A music video was also being filmed there. Police said neither event had a permit.

Mass shooting in New Orleans leaves city on edge New Orleans officials are quite sure someone knows the identities of the shooters who opened fire on each other in a crowd of hundreds of

North Korean leader demotes top official, sends him to rural farm SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is believed to have demoted one of his top officials and sent him to a rural collective farm for reeducation, South Korea’s spy agency told lawmakers Tuesday. If confirmed, the banishment of Choe Ryong Hae would be the latest in a series of executions, purges and dismissals that Kim has orchestrated in what analysts say is a further strengthening of his grip on power since taking over in late 2011. The office of lawmaker Shin Kyungmin said the National Intelligence Service disclosed the information in a closed-door briefing for members of the legislature’s intelligence committee. A memo on the briefing provided by Shin’s office cited the NIS as saying it has information that Choe was sent to the farm for reeducation in early November. It quoted the NIS as saying that Choe’s demotion was related to the alleged collapse of a water tunnel at a power station. Choe was reportedly responsible for the construction of the power station in North Korea’s northeastern Ryanggang province. The NIS said Choe and Kim were also at odds over youth-related policies, according to Shin’s office.

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Facebook posts concerning COULD THIS MAN ACT ON HIS VIOLENT POSTS? Dear Annie: A couple of months ago, I met a guy at a concert and he added me as his friend on Facebook. Except for that one encounter, I don’t really know him. Tonight, I was strolling through Facebook and noticed a very disturbing post he had made. It bothered me so much that I went to his page and saw that the previous two hours had been a stream of disturbing comments alluding KATHY MITCHELL to hurting others. AND MARCY SUGAR Nobody had commented or liked any of his posts, so I ANNIE’S MAILBOX went back further on his page. It seems this guy doesn’t have any friends. His page looked like a one-way cry for help. I feel bad for him, but I’m scared to say anything. Is there a way I could get help for him anonymously? I worry that he may hurt himself or others. — Not a Friend Dear Not: We suggest you visit this guy’s Facebook page and click the link that says “Report.” It will then be checked out by Facebook

personnel who can determine how to handle it, and your name will not be mentioned. Though a great many folks post things on Facebook to give the impression that their lives are more interesting than they really are, this guy may be using Facebook simply to vent. Nonetheless, we don’t recommend that you become more involved in what he posts by responding. Dear Annie: My 20-year-old daughter recently became engaged to her 24-year-old boyfriend. My husband and I are delighted. We like her fiance very much. As soon as they set a date, we talked to the groom’s parents about the type of wedding they had in mind. Surprisingly, they told us that, as parents of the bride, we are responsible for all of the expenses, including the minister’s fee. They said that was the rule according to the etiquette books. True to their word, they haven’t offered a penny, even though they can afford it. After “the talk,” we scaled back considerably. We have kept the groom’s parents informed of our plans, so they don’t feel left out. The groom is embarrassed by his parents’ decision not to contribute, but apparently, he either won’t say anything or it hasn’t made any difference. As the deposit checks go out, my disappointment is increasing.

I am trying hard to convince myself that the wedding is a gift to my daughter, and I’m hoping the groom’s parents will give to their son in some other way to make up for this. —Mother of the Bride in Phoenix Dear Mother: While we agree that the groom’s family seems ungenerous, etiquette says that the groom (not necessarily his parents) is responsible for his share of the wedding costs, although what that entails can vary. But it includes the officiant’s fee, the rehearsal dinner and the honeymoon, among other things. These days, most couples pay for their own wedding or split the costs between the bride’s family and the groom’s, and we think this is a much more reasonable arrangement. After all, most brides and grooms hold jobs and live independently of their parents. The good news for you is, if you are covering all of the expenses, you get to make all of the decisions. A lot of brides and their parents would be happy with that arrangement. Annie’s Mailbox is written by Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar, longtime editors of the Ann Landers column. Please email your questions to anniesmailbox@ creators.com, or write to: Annie’s Mailbox, c/o Creators Syndicate, 737 3rd Street, Hermosa Beach, CA 90254. You can also find Annie on Facebook at Facebook.com/ AskAnnies

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Condo owners upset after board asks for dog DNA tests to find those not picking up poop DESTIN, Fla. — Some Florida condo owners are steaming after their homeowners association asked them to submit their dog’s DNA in order to fine owners who don’t pick up after their pets. Harbour Landing residents said they received a letter last week and some feel it’s an invasion of privacy. The letter asked residents to register their dogs and cats with the association through a DNA test, citing a significant increase in the amount of animal feces found throughout the property recently, including inside the elevators. The News Herald reports pet owners would have to pay for the DNA test, registration fee and any potential cleanup fees. Condo officials say it’s a voluntary process and that the measure is only meant to help keep the property clean.

Two NFB animated short films make Oscar short list LOS ANGELES — Two animated shorts produced by the National Film Board of Canada are advancing in the race for Oscar nominations. If I Was God… by Winnipeg’s Cordell Barker, and Carface (Autos Portraits) by Montreal’s Claude Cloutier are among 10 animated shorts chosen from a field of 60 to advance to the next stage for consideration. The next step will see Academy members select five nominees. Barker has already been nominated for two Oscars, for 1988’s The Cat Came Back and 2001’s Strange Invaders. He got his start doing animation for Sesame Street while he was still in high school. If I Was God… is described as a “darkly whimsical stop-motion animation memoir about a particularly awkward day in Grade 7.” Cloutier started out as a comic book artist and cartoonist before making animated films including Sleeping Betty, which earned him a Genie Award.

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HOROSCOPES Wednesday, Nov. 25 CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DATE: Christina Applegate, 43; Imran Khan, 62; Billy Burke, 48 THOUGHT OF THE DAY: The Full Moon’s in gregarious Gemini so expect a high-energy 24 hours. H A P P Y BIRTHDAY: February, April and June are the best JOANNE MADELINE months to join MOORE an online datSUN SIGNS ing site, fall in love, propose, get married or renew your wedding vows. ARIES (March 21-April 19): The Full Moon charges up your communication and neighbourhood zone, so you’re keen to make connections in your local community. But avoid blurting out things that put others offside. TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Avoid going on a spending spree, purchasing property or lending money to others. You’re liable to make decisions based purely on your emotions, which are

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fluctuating under the full moonbeams. GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Many Twins will feel terrific today, as the Full Moon stimulates your sign. You’re also keen to learn something new but — if you are impractical or impulsive — then you may regret it later on. CANCER (June 21-July 22): Full Moon energy prompts you to behave in mysterious or secretive ways. Issues from the past could also arise, as you reminisce about an old relationship or tackle an unresolved issue. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): The Full Moon energizes your eccentricity zone. So those around you can look forward to some entertaining antics from creative Cats. Be careful not to upset a teenager or friend. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): The Full Moon fires up your career zone. So — with extra Virgo vim and vigour — you can power through projects with passion and purpose. But don’t neglect loved ones in the process. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Librans love things to run efficiently and smoothly. But there’s unpredictable Full Moon energy about today, so drop the perfectly planned schedule and just take things as they come. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): The Full Moon focuses on the resources

that you share with others. Whether it’s money, property or intimacy; joint endeavours need to be closely examined and carefully reassessed. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): What you want and what your partner needs are two different things today. Time to get talking. Singles — look for an instant connection with a gorgeous Gemini or an adventurous Aquarian. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Get ready for some Full Moon madness, as loopy lunar energy upsets the routine of your carefully planned day. Why not drop your previous plans and be more creative and spontaneous? AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Your marvellous mind is firing today Aquarius, as the Full Moon sparks your natural curiosity and helps you come up with innovative ideas and plenty of stimulating conversation. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): The Full Moon visits your domestic zone, so nurture loved ones with some extra TLC. It’s also the ideal time to clean and de-clutter, as you tackle jobs and DIY projects around the home. Joanne Madeline Moore is an internationally syndicated astrologer and columnist. Her column appears daily in the Advocate.

NEW YORK — Chinese billionaire Liu Yiqian, who doesn’t exactly struggle to afford a plane ticket, can now likely fly free, in first class, with his whole family, anywhere in the world, for the rest of his life. All because he bought a painting. Liu was the winning bidder for Amedeo Modigliani’s “Reclining Nude” at a Christie’s auction this month — offering $170.4 million — and when the sale closes he’ll be putting it on his American Express card. Liu, a high-profile collector of Chinese antiquities and art, has used his AmEx in the past when he’s won art auctions. He put a $36 million tea cup from the Ming Dynasty on his AmEx last year, according to reports, and put other artifacts on his card this year. He and his wife said they plan on using their American Express card to pay for the Modigliani, according to news reports after the sale. American Express will not confirm Liu Yiqian’s Modigliani purchase, or say if it would be the biggest ever on their cards, citing privacy reasons. But it can be done. “In theory, it’s possible to put a ($170 million purchase) on an American Express card,” said American Express spokeswoman Elizabeth Crosta. “It is based on our relationship with that individual card member and these decisions are made on a case-bycase basis, based on our knowledge of their spending patterns.” Liu has an American Express Centurion Card, also known as the AmEx “black card,” an invitation-only card that is given only to AmEx’s biggest spending clients. The card has no official credit limit — and it earns points, just like most of the cards non-billionaires carry around. Each AmEx card issued in each country accrues points differently. But using a baseline of one point per dollar, what American Express uses for its U.S. Platinum and Centurion Cards, Liu will earn 170,400,000 Membership Reward points for his painting purchase, which doesn’t include tax or the fees Christie’s charges. He has likely earned tens of millions of points for his earlier fine art buys, like the expensive tea cup. Liu and his wife, in an interview with The New York Times, said they plan to use the points to allow their family to travel for the rest of their lives. That shouldn’t be a problem, according to Zach Honig, editor-in-chief of the travel rewards site ThePointsGuy.com. “He’s probably reached that goal with that single painting,” Honig says. Honig estimates that if Liu converted his Membership Rewards points into one of a number of airline frequent flier programs, he and his family could travel anywhere, in style. He could fly 3,000 times between the U.S. and Europe in the ultra-deluxe first class suites offered by Singapore Airlines (estimated cost: $17,800 round trip), if he converted points to Singapore’s program. Even if Liu wanted to use his AmEx points to pay for flights, a less efficient use of them, he could still redeem those points for hundreds of first class flights anywhere in the world. Lui, who is worth $1.4 billion according to Forbes, probably didn’t use his Amex for the points. China allows its citizens to transfer no more than $50,000 out of the country in any year, and using his card could help him get around this limit because he’s just paying back American Express or the bank in China who issues his card.

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are household names. So the fact that they come with a built-in audience and a built in following” is a natural fit for special events and television. Schrager said the key point is, “You trust those people.” But chefs with serious culinary training will still have a place, Johnston said. “As more celebrities enter the field as food experts, hardcore foodies will probably reject a lot of these cookbooks,” or pass on celebrity food shows. Johnston also noted that some chefs have risen to

celebrity status themselves. Tuschman said young chefs have a different view of the food business now, too. “From what I hear a lot of people go to culinary school hoping that they will have a career like a Bobby Flay, where they will end up being in food television as much as in a restaurant,” he said. But whether the host is a chef or a celebrity, viewers “want somebody who makes the kitchen feel like a very warm and welcoming place.”

The flamboyant chefs who boost their careers with TV shows and cookbooks have tough new competition, but it isn’t coming from the kitchen. A wave of sexy, friendly and instantly recognizable celebrities — with no culinary experience — is finding that a side of Hollywood, Nashville, or supermodel goes quite well with a second career in food. “People watch these shows so much because of the way they identify with the person on camera,” said Bob Tuschman, a senior vice-president for Food Network. And so Valerie Bertinelli, Trisha Yearwood and Haylie Duff have spun off first acts in music and television into successful food shows. Ditto for Patti LaBelle, Mila Kunis and Hayden Panettiere, who have appeared on cooking specials or as judges. Supermodel Chrissy Teigen and musician Questlove have cookbooks coming out next spring. Even rapper Coolio did a cookbook and series of YouTube cooking videos. “I have a chef friend who was joking with me GREAT THINGS HAPPEN WHEN YOU GO NORTH the other day, ‘Oh, you actresses, you all get your own shows now,” Bertinelli said in a recent interview. Bertinelli said she had fantasized about having a Food Network show and now “can’t believe it’s actually happing.” Friends and family make guest appearances on “Valerie’s Home Cooking,” and Bertinelli tries to capture the feeling she got from cooking with her mother or grandmother. “It was always about family, and food was about spending time with people you love. I’m hoping that comes across in my show.” Asked about the challenge of hooking viewers who can’t taste or smell what she cooks on TV, Bertinelli responded with an example of the skills actresses bring to the food business. “You explain to people the smells that you’re smelling and the tastes that you’re tasting. You can make people excited about food even if they can’t taste it,” said Bertinelli, who already had fans from the sitcoms “One Day at a Time” and “Hot in Cleveland.” Tuschman credits Rachael Ray — who had worked in food, but isn’t a chef — for making this possible. He said her success “changed the type of people we put on the air. It was a sea change for us. I think that probably opened up the way for celebrities to come in.” Now, he said, “The interesting thing is we don’t have to do the convincing these days. Celebrities come to us, in great numbers, who are interested in being associated with Food Network. We’re delighted about it.” There really has been a shift, said Josee Johnston, PLUS YOU STILL GET a professor of sociology at the University of Toronto, GET U UP P TO AS LOW AS OW AS and co-author of “Food** ** † ies: Democracy and Distinction in the Gourmet Foodscape.” APR “Cookbooks, there used PURCH RCHA HASE financing to be a significant part of IN MANUFA UFACTURE RER REBATES ON SE ELEC CT NEW 20 CT 20 0115 15 and nd 201 016 VEHICLES S TO OWARD OWAR RDS SELECT T NE EW W 2015 015 VEHIC CLES the market that was just (2015 5 F--2 25 50 gas models AMOUNT sh hown) ho written by cookbook authors. And now it’s harder to publish a cookbook without being a celebrity ELIG GIBLE C CO OSTCO C ME CO MEMBERS in some way,” Johnston A NO - EXTRA RA -C - CHA HARGE REC CEIV VE UP TO AN ADDITI TIONAL said, though that includes ≠ some trained chefs who market themselves as celebrities. 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