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NDP ramps up meetings on Bill 6

BY MARY-ANN BARR ADVOCATE NEWS SERVICES With opposition to new farm legislation taking root, the Alberta government has decided to almost double the number of sessions it is holding across the province about its new farm safety legislation.

But at least one Red Deer area farmer is not impressed that consultation is coming after first reading was given to Bill 6, instead of before.

Alberta Jobs, Skills, Training And Labour held the first of nine meetings on Thursday in Grande Prairie for people to learn more or provide input into the Enhanced Protection for Farm and Ranch Workers Act. Essentially the act will no longer exclude farm workers from health, safety and labour legislation.

Last week the province had only five meetings scheduled.

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Wong side of town VETERAN COUNCILLOR SAYS RED DEER NORTH IS GETTING A RAW DEAL FROM THE CITY

BY CRYSTAL RHYNO ADVOCATE NEWS SERVICES A veteran Red Deer city councillor may be throwing in the towel on the twinning of the G.H. Dawe Community Centre arena.

Coun. Frank Wong said he is dis-

appointed that his colleagues did not back his motion to move the project into 2016.

“I just thought I would give it a last kick at the cat,” said Wong. “What I think they are going to do is waste that $75,000.”

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Carbon tax could result in significant tax hike, says city manager

BY CRYSTAL RHYNO ADVOCATE NEWS SERVICES Red Deer will no doubt feel the pinch of a carbon tax.

City manager Craig Curtis estimated the city’s bill could be in the order of $2.8 million in 2017 and $4.2 million in 2018 based on its GHG emissions per capita (1.4 tonnes GHG per capita) calculations.

The province released its plans to introduce the carbon tax as part of its recently-released plan to tackle climate change.

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It is estimated the $20 a tonne carbon tax in 2017 will cost the average household $320. The following year, when the tax increases to $30 a tonne, households will fork out $470 more in extra fuel and heating costs and other expenses.

It would mean a significant tax increase to residents if there is no offset for municipalities.

Curtis said the city is expected to face challenges from all directions in both the operating and capital budgets.

And it also means the city may be forced to step up some of its green-

house gas mitigation measures.

The city has already conducted a GHG study and are currently greening the fleet by changing over to natural gas and working on initiatives at the landfill.

“All those would help our picture,” said Curtis. “The difficulty … is when a tax is brought forward like this with short notice we are only looking two years down the road. Some of the mitigation measures would take years to implement. Some of them relate to new technologies.”

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BY SUSAN ZIELINSKI ADVOCATE STAFF Red Deer RCMP are preparing for the holidays by stepping up the search for impaired drivers.

“RCMP will be out throughout the holiday season, operating CheckStops and actively patrolling for impaired drivers in marked and unmarked vehicles,” said RCMP Sgt. Al Nickolson in a press release.

Local RCMP test drivers for alcohol impairment and also use certified drug recognition experts trained to identify and charge drivers impaired by other intoxicating substances.

The legal consequences of drug impairment are the same as for drivers impaired by alcohol.

Nickolson asked Red Deerians to work together with police to keep streets safe for everyone.

“If you’re on the roads, drive defensively and report suspected impaired drivers by calling 911 with a license plate and description of the vehicle, the driver, and the direction of travel.”

He also said people need to be responsible hosts by ensuring guests have safe alternatives to driving after drinking, and not over-serving alcohol.

“Drivers who choose to drive impaired face not only the possibility of killing themselves, their friends or someone else — they also face serious legal, financial and social consequences.”

Penalties for driving impaired include: ● A driver who tests positive for 50 to 80 mg of alcohol in their body will lose their licence for a minimum of 72 hours and the vehicle they were driving will be seized for a minimum of three days. ● A driver charged with impaired driving, or driving while over .08, will immediately lose their licence until the court proceedings are completed. ● Drivers with a graduated drivers licence cannot consume any alcohol. If a roadside tests indicates one mg or more of alcohol, they lose their licence for one month, face a $310 ticket, and the vehicle they were driving will be seized for a minimum of seven days.

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BILL 6: Second meeting added in Central Alberta A second meeting has now been added in Central Alberta. Besides the one set for Tuesday at Red Deer College, there will now also be one in Olds on Dec. 9 at Olds College. Both meetings are 1 to 4 p.m. and registration is already full.

The only meeting in Alberta where seats were still available as of Thursday afternoon is one in Athabasca on Dec. 14. People can register online at work.alberta.ca An online survey can also be filled out at the same website.

The other meetings scheduled are in Okotoks, Lethbridge, Medicine Hat, Leduc and Vegreville.

Jay Fisher, a spokesman with the department, said even more meetings could be held depending on demand.

The proposed legislation is drawing a lot of interest. A Facebook page entitled Farmers against NDP Bill 6 that was launched earlier this week already had over 25,000 members by Thursday.

A protest against the bill being organized through the Facebook page has been slated for this afternoon at the Alberta legislature grounds.

As well, an online petition against the bill was launched. It had over 10,000 signatures of its 15,000 goal by Thursday afternoon. Located online at change.org it’s titled NDP Bill 6, Enhanced Protection for Farm and Ranch Workers Act. Sherry Brock, who farms with her husband on their fourth generation family farm east of Red Deer, is registered to attend the meeting in Red Deer.

Brock, 53, said the government isn’t really consulting because it has already presented the legislation.

She also believes the act, which will allow inspectors to go on farms, “infringes on our property rights, our cultural rights, our social rights because they can come on our land, our home” at any time.

She said the government is compelling them to buy Workers Compensation insurance but they al-

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Lacombe City employee Jennifer Kirchner high-fives a young Lacombian along the parade route of the Santa Claus Parade at Light Up the Night in front of the Lacombe Memorial Centre in Lacombe on Thursday. The annual event features more than 50,000 Christmas lights.

State memorial service Sunday for Calgary MLA killed on Hwy 2

Alberta Jubilee Auditorium, and is open to the public. A viewing will be held from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. at the same location.

CALGARY — A state memorial service for a Calgary MLA killed while helping a motorist in a snowstorm will be held on Sunday.

Manmeet Bhullar, who represented the riding of Calgary-Greenway, was on his way to Edmonton from Calgary on Monday afternoon.

The 35-year-old stopped to help after a vehicle rolled on an icy, snowy stretch of the QE2 Highway north of Red Deer.

As he got out of his vehicle he was struck in the median by a semi that had lost control.

He later died in hospital.

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ready have private insurance.

It’s an “endorsed monopoly” she said, and will cost her about $7,000 to 10,000 a year. As well a new carbon tax being introduced by the government will cost them between $4,000 to 6,000.

Brock said she’s not against farm safety but why isn’t the government asking farmers how to make things safer. “They don’t want to listen to us.”

She said she thinks farmers do pretty good when it comes to safety, considering the many long hours spent on heavy machinery and around unpredictable animals.

Farm and ranch workers will be covered under the Occupational Health and Safety Act, Workers’ Compensation, Labour Relations and Employment Standards.

They will fall under the Occupational Health and Safety Act and Workers’ Compensation Act effective Jan. 1. About 60,000 workers and 43,000 farming and ranching operations will be affected.

Changes to Employment Standards and Labour Relations legislation would come into effect next spring, after consultations with industry.

The government has said it intends to work with industry over the next year to develop occupational health and safety technical rules for farms and ranches, expected to be in place in 2017. barr@reddeeradvocate.com

WONG: North versus south division Wong had asked his council colleagues to honour what he says is a commitment in the 2008 and 2010 capital plans on Wednesday.

But council reasoned it did not make sense in light of an ice study currently underway.

The $75,000 study will be completed in early 2016 and will determine where there is a need for more ice rinks.

Coun. Ken Johnston said he looks forward to the report which will “objectively flush” out the issue.

Mayor Tara Veer said those previous capital plans were never adopted formally rather they were

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“placeholder” items for the future.

She said there has been key changes since 2010 including scaled back MSI funding, the securing of the 2019 Canada Winter Games and a partnership with Red Deer College for the ice surface. There was also the unexpected rebuild of the Red Deer Arena and the changing ice capacity in the region.

Inking the Dawe arena project into the budget would have come with a $21.4 million price tag.

Wong said if the arena isn’t on the books before 2026 then the city should simply decommission the nearly 50-year-old building.

The debate skimmed the surface of a north versus south Red Deer division with councillors commending Wong for his strong advocacy for the north.

“Our public has indicated to us they expect us to govern in the interests of the whole community,” said Veer. “We need to be very clear in that we are one community and we serve the whole community.”

Wong said he did not argue it as a “north versus south” issue rather the north is “under serviced.”

“It’s not where I live,” said Wong. “There is a need for the amount of people who live there.”

Coun. Buck Buchanan voted with Wong saying the $75,000 study will tell the city what they already know — there is an ice shortage.

The G.H. Dawe Community Centre was revitalized to the tune of $30 million in 2008. crhyno@reddeeradvocate.com

CARBON: Potential spike in electricity costs He said the city will likely face challenges getting the new technologies off the ground.

As well, the city replaces its buses, for example, on a cycle and changing them over to natural gas before the scheduled time would mean there would be additional costs for the replacement vehicles.

There is also the potential spike in electricity costs, said Curtis.

“There are a number of impacts as a result of the carbon tax that we do not know,” said Curtis. crhyno@reddeeradvocate.com

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Searching for greener pastures It is not just Canada’s environAs recently as last winter both rementalists who have cause to hope sults seemed improbable. This unAlberta’s decision to embrace the precedented political combination has fight against global warming will be a thrown the industry out of its comfort game-changer. So does the zone, but one could argue oilsands industry. that zone had become a The adoption by NDP deep rut.

Premier Rachel Notley’s In its dying days, the Alof an aggressive plan — by berta Conservative dynasty past Alberta standards — to lacked the intellectual enreduce the province’s carergy to think out of the box bon emissions comes at a and reset the province’s time when the industry has energy-environment agenrun out of options other da. On Parliament Hill, the than a major rebranding to ruling Conservatives had advance its pipeline agenbecome too entrenched in da. their anti-carbon-pricing While some of Canada’s rhetoric to recast their posiCHANTAL leading energy corporations tion along more productive HÉBERT had already come around lines.

OPINION to the necessity of a recast, From a marketing perit is an objective they had spective, the early returns little chance of attaining on from the Alberta announcetheir own. ment have been promising, with forWithout a change in the climate mer U.S. vice-president Al Gore, probchange mindset and tone of both the ably the best-known climate champion federal and Alberta governments, on the planet, tweeting his approval. efforts on the part of the industry to Canada has been singled out for the showcase itself as a constructive par- wrong reasons at just about every inticipant in the environment conversa- ternational climate conference since tion came across as self-serving spin. the arrival in 2006 of a Conservative The election in quick succession of federal government. Next week’s gaththe NDP in Edmonton and the Liber- ering in Paris is lining up to be differals in Ottawa has provided an unex- ent. pected opportunity for a realignment.

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the international scene that Canada’s oil industry stands to benefit from a greener Alberta profile and a more activist federal approach to climate change.

This new approach may amount to the last best chance to lift a variety of domestic pipeline projects off the drawing board.

In the best-case scenario for the industry, it will shore up the hand of some of Notley’s fellow premiers as they try to bring a reluctant public opinion around to the necessity of expanding Canada’s pipeline network through their territories.

There is stiff resistance to the building of new pipelines in every region of the country outside of the Prairies.

That includes Atlantic Canada, where provincial efforts to tout the economic benefits of the Energy East pipeline have so far failed to bring a majority on side with TransCanada’s project.

Under Notley’s plan, some of Alberta’s oil might end up staying in the ground. But then, so will it if none of the pipeline projects get off the drawing board, When Stephen Harper first came to power the assumption was that Alberta and its energy industry could not dream of a better champion on Parliament Hill.

In the name of protecting the indus-

try, the former prime minister actively resisted pressures to play a more proactive role in mitigating climate change.

Even as some of the country’s larger provinces led the way on carbon pricing, the Conservatives continued to mock such efforts as a “job-killing” tax grab.

And yet, according to an Angus Reid poll published this week, almost two-thirds would back an international accord to curb emissions even if it resulted in a 10-per-cent increase in their energy bills.

The former prime minister did not manage to convince a majority of Canadians that they were on the right side of the issue, but he did end up painting a big target on the back of the oilsands industry.

One can only speculate as to what could have been accomplished if Harper — who led a government with deep roots in the energy-rich provinces of Alberta and Saskatchewan — had mustered his impressive credentials and the support of a majority of Canadians to lead the transition to a greener economy rather than actively presiding over a lost decade on both the climate change and the pipeline fronts.

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

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City council should be tightening their belt instead of spending big

Hospital needs a different mode of paying for parking

Kudos to Tanya Handley for being the voice of reality in City Council when she says that the city should defer funding the projects that are not necessary to complete now.

She understands that people are hurting already from losing their jobs (and probably their health insurance) and the rise in the cost of food, utilities, and other commodities. It’s not just the people involved in the oil industry that are hurting, but any business that will be laying off workers (such as restaurants, clothing stores, car dealerships, entertainment, etc.) that rely on customers.

Why should these same workers also be facing a tax increase of four per cent to fulfill council member’s dreams? To top things off, it also appears that provincial taxes will increase. Many Red Deerians will have difficulties providing the necessities for themselves and their families, let alone the fluff that everyone would love to have. So why should they pay for the fluff that Council wants?

Red Deer has been capitalizing on the money coming in from the oil industry, from workers who are well paid and from large donations from the companies themselves. That is no longer happening.

Council must “tighten their belts” like scores of residents have to do. You don’t have to do everything now, nor does it have to be “beautified” right now.

Plan so the finer touches can be completed in the future. Complete the “necessities” and leave the fluff for better times.

Bobbie Baker Red Deer

I have a concern.

We, the taxpayer, have paid for a brand new parking facility at our local hospital. The project was long winded, and there are obvious questions about some of the spending that took place, but my concern is with a new procedure recently put in place when parking at the regular stalls.

The hospital administration has added the need to now manually enter your license plate number when parking at the outside stalls. This raises two questions, for me at least.

Firstly, as I am rushing to the hospital, in a panic, to see my daughter who fell off her bicycle and cracked her head and is in ICU, I would choose to park outside as opposed to in the parkade where it would feasibly take longer to get inside. The last thing on my mind would be my license plate.

Secondly, as we go through life and raise our children we try to teach them manners, respect, and kindness to strangers. If I am now picking my daughter up from the hospital, and I have overpaid for parking and there remains three hours on my parking ticket, what lesson am I teaching my daughter as I toss the ticket into the trash instead of being a good Samaritan and giving it to the elderly woman who has just showed up, and is using pension money that ought to be spent on food for paying for parking, so that she can visit her dying husband? I would prefer to give the woman my ticket and save her the money but by requiring me to enter my license plate I can not do this.

I do understand the need to pay for future improvements, but this is Red Deer, not Toronto or Montreal or Winnipeg. We are small town people

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and we need to hold onto those small town values for as long as we can.

Gabe Dichard Red Deer

Ice study is a waste of tax payer dollars Thank goodness for Frank Wong’s voice of reason once again - this time with regards to voting against council spending $75,000 to determine if Red Deer needs more ice.

As Frank was quoted, “we already have the stats.”

Kudos to him for trying to have twinned Dawe. It’s obvious we are lacking indoor ice facilities. Compare Red Deer with various other municipalities, for FREE/online, that have half the population or less (e.g. Airdrie has approximately 45,000 people yet has five indoor rinks). Red Deer has only added one more indoor ice surface (Collicutt Centre’s in 2001 and it should have been twinned then) since its population was closer to half.

Another conundrum for decades is how Red Deer’s never managed to facilitate a 50 metre pool while Grande Prairie (population of 55,000) and other smaller cities have one. Leisure Centres in Red Deer are also limited if one is to compare, cost free, there again. It makes for a nice visit to Cochrane, Spruce Grove, Sherwood Park etc., that have managed to build centres that are more than Collicutt and Dawe combined, especially with their more ergonomically designed running tracks.

As a runner, Mayor Tara Veer should be interested in that and apply the $75,000 towards actually building facilities rather than discussing whether there’s a need for them for several more decades.

Brenda Campbell Red Deer

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BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — The Liberal government’s long-awaited $100 million contribution to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees to help fleeing Syrians is destined for a half-empty international aid bucket.

The UN refugee agency has only raised 45 per cent of the $4.5 billion it sought for 2015 to assist the 4.3 million refugees who have fled Syria for Lebanon, Turkey, Jordan and Iraq, according to its latest statistics.

Canada’s contribution, announced Thursday, fulfils a Liberal campaign promise from the federal election, a contribution that includes $10 million for the UN refugee agency to help it select eligible Syrians for settlement in Canada over the next few months. “Canada is coming out very strongly, not only with this exceptional program of resettling the 25,000 Syrian refugees, but the financial support to UNHCR is absolutely crucial,� Furio de Angelis, the UN agency’s Ottawa representative, told The Canadian Press. “Unfortunately our programs are underfunded and not only UNHCR programs but in general humanitarian programs (are) underfunded. This is another sign that Canada is on the side of refugees, it is on the side of humanitarian assistance.�

Government officials in the newly re-named Global Affairs Department acknowledged the vast international funding shortcoming, but said Canada was doing its part because it was still among the top 10 international donors. “That’s why this money is so important,� said one official, who briefed journalists on the condition of anonymity.

International Development Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau said the government will move quickly to disburse the funds that it has already announced, but was noncommittal about whether more might be pledged in the future. “Our officials are in constant dis-

Doctors gearing up to provide refugees with health care TORONTO — When Syrian refugees begin arriving in Canada in the coming weeks, one of the top priorities will be getting them basic health care — something most migrants will have gone without while living in makeshift camps far from home, sometimes for years. “I think this group — and I think it’s true of all refugees, but perhaps more so for the Syrians — what they need is really good primary care,� said Dr. Meb Rashid, medical director of the Crossroads clinic at Women’s College Hospital in Toronto, which specializes in immigrant health.

Crossroads is one of several clinics that will provide health services to Syrian refugees who come to Toronto, which could take in thousands of migrants over the next few months. “We’re anticipating a fairly significant surge for our clinics starting relatively quickly after arrival,� said Rashid.

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Women and children stand on a road after their arrival on a dinghy with other refugees and migrants from the Turkish coast to the Greek island of Lesbos, on Wednesday. cussions with UNHCR and we will make sure that they will get the money as soon as they need it,� she said. “It will be a quick release.�

The government also said it is honouring a commitment made by the previous Conservative government to match donations by Canadians to the international relief efforts. People have until Dec. 31 to make donations, which will be matched to a ceiling of $100 million, officials said. “Those funds will be matched to where those needs are greatest. If an organization raises a dollar, it might not be that organization that needs another dollar to respond based on their position in the field and the services they deliver,� said a department official.

UN staff in Jordan, Lebanon and Turkey are working tirelessly to help select the 15,000 Syrians who will be

brought to Canada by the end of February directly by the government.

Foreign Affairs Minister Stephane Dion said Canada has received a positive reaction from most of those countries, as well as requests to take more refugees. “If you add up all the requests, it will be much more than 25,000,� Dion said after arriving in Malta for the Commonwealth summit.

Dion noted the strain on Lebanon, which has a population of 4.5 million and has absorbed more than a million refugees. “For Canada it would be about 11 million refugees — 11 million refugees! That’s what Canada would have to absorb,� said Dion. “So we are certainly able to welcome 25,000 human beings in the coming weeks and to welcome them well.�

Single men not shut out of refugee stream HAMILTON — The federal government has not slammed the refugee door shut on single men who might want to come to Canada as part of its large Syrian resettlement program, the bureaucrat in charge of the effort said Thursday.

Instead, the government has made its priority helping the most vulnerable Syrians and its primary aim is to help complete families make the move, Deborah Tunis said.

Tunis disputed reports that single men would be excluded, citing a technical briefing from David Manicom, the assistant deputy minister with Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada.

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The national chief also said First Nations understand the need to strike the right balance between development and environmental protection.

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OTTAWA â&#x20AC;&#x201D; The Canadian delegation headed to Paris for climate change talks will include Assembly of First Nations National Chief Perry Bellegarde â&#x20AC;&#x201D; a move the aboriginal leader sees as significant. â&#x20AC;&#x153;When did that happen historically?

Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s never happened,â&#x20AC;? Bellegarde said in an interview with The Canadian Press. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re going to build upon that openness.â&#x20AC;?

Bellegarde, who was invited to the conference by Environment Minister Catherine McKenna, said the new Liberal government is working to build a more respectful relationship with First Nations. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a whole new shift,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We want to build upon the positive energy that exists so that indigenous peoples are involved in every shape and form when any policy and-or legislation is being developed that impacts on our people and impacts on our rights.â&#x20AC;?

It is critical for indigenous people to be part of the conversation on climate change, Bellegarde added. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We pretty much have to be there â&#x20AC;Ś we are really the first to experience the impacts of climate change,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Our people still are of the land and of the water â&#x20AC;Ś we still hunt, we

still fish, we still trap, we still gather medicines â&#x20AC;Ś the indigenous peoples, we say we have rights â&#x20AC;Ś but we also have responsibilities as protectors and stewards of the land and water.â&#x20AC;?

In a statement Thursday, McKenna said climate change is a collective responsibility and that the federal government is committed to reaching an ambitious global agreement. â&#x20AC;&#x153;At home, we will ensure national leadership, join with the provinces and territories to take action on climate change, put a price on carbon and reduce carbon pollution,â&#x20AC;? McKenna said.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, who will also attend the Paris conference, has promised to work out a national climate change strategy with the premiers 90 days after the summit.

Bellegarde said he has not received an invitation to the followup meeting with the premiers but he plans on asking for one. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think that would send a strong message to the world, to other nation states, when they see Canada fully involving indigenous peoples, jointly developing strategies and plans and programs going forward, jointly working on the appropriate target,â&#x20AC;? he said.

On Monday, Trudeau said he was pleased to see a united commitment to fight climate change following a meeting with provincial and territorial leaders.

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Former soldier found guilty of firstdegree murder in the death of his wife OTTAWA — A former Canadian soldier has been convicted of first-degree murder in the death of his wife.

Media reports say the jury handed down the guilty verdict on Thursday after deliberating for more than a week.

Lawyers for Howard Richmond, 53, had told an Ottawa jury that their client should be found not criminally responsible.

Richmond admitted to killing his wife with a knife and a screwdriver, but his lawyers argued he suffered from posttraumatic stress disorder.

He was diagnosed with the condition in 2011. He had served with the military in both Afghanistan and Bosnia.

Melissa Richmond, 28, was found dead near a ravine during the summer of 2013 after her husband contacted police about her disappearance.

Prosecutors contended that Richmond was upset because his wife was having an affair.

A first-degree murder conviction carries an automatic life sentence with no chance of parole for 25 years.

HALIFAX — An amateur scuba diver has recovered a bottle from the bottom of Halifax harbour that could contain beer that is more than a century old.

After Jon Crouse pulled the green, glass bottle from the silt under three metres of water, he discovered that its cork was still intact and it was half full of a cloudy, sudsy liquid.

Crouse later spotted a logo on the side of the cork that says, A. Keith & Son Brewery, the previous name of the now famous Halifax-based Alexander

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‘Black Widow’ denied early release from by Parole Board of Canada MONCTON, N.B. — The Parole Board of Canada says an elderly woman known as the “Black Widow” who was convicted of spiking her newlywed husband’s coffee with tranquilizers has been denied an early release.

Melissa Ann Shepard, now in her early 80s, was sentenced in Sydney, N.S., in June 2013 to two years, nine months and 10 days for administering a noxious substance and failing to provide the necessities of life to 76-year-old Fred Weeks.

The board says in a recently released decision that Shepard was found to be in possession of six bottles of eye drops and although she has a diagnosis requiring the medication, the amount that was found was excessive and could have been used to cause harm.

The agency says Shepard has a tendency to fabricate and deny events to correctional staff, and is unable to link consequences to actions.

The board has determined her risk of reoffending in a violent way was unchanged and ordered that she remain in custody.

Shepard acquired the moniker of the “Black Widow” after being convicted of manslaughter in 1992 in the death of her second husband, Gordon Stewart, whom she drugged and ran over twice with a car.

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CAMPBELLTON, N.B. — The lawyer for a man accused in the deaths of two boys killed by a python in New Brunswick says his client has been ordered to stand trial.

Jean-Claude Savoie was charged with criminal negligence causing death after the two young brothers were asphyxiated by an African rock python in Campbellton.

Defence lawyer Leslie Matchim says trial dates will likely be set in January.

Four-year-old Noah Barthe and his six-yearold brother Connor were found dead on Aug. 5, 2013, after the snake escaped its enclosure inside Savoie’s apartment in Campbellton, where they were staying for a sleepover.

The RCMP alleged at the time that the 45-kilogram snake escaped a glass tank through a vent and slithered through a ventilation pipe, but its weight caused the pipe to collapse and it fell into the living room where the boys were sleeping.

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Markings on the bottom of the well-preserved bottle indicate it was made in England in the late 1800s

by Nutall & Co., which routinely exported its products for use in Canada.

Crouse says he’s not interested in drinking the bottle’s contents, but the owner of a local beer bar says if sea water hasn’t made it past the cork, the beer inside would be drinkable.

Chris Reynolds, a self-described beer nerd, says the alcohol in the beer would protect it from poisonous pathogens — but in all likelihood, the beer itself would taste terrible.

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BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — A Toronto officer on trial for killing a teen on an empty streetcar believed the youth was ready to “fight till the end” when confronted by police on a summer night two years ago.

Const. James Forcillo testified Thursday that his concerns about Sammy Yatim appeared founded when he saw the knife-carrying teen jerk his switchblade towards him.

“In my mind things just crystallize — he’s coming off that streetcar to attack me,” Forcillo said, noting that at no point did he believe the teen was surrendering. “Mr. Yatim was in it to fight till the end.”

Forcillo has pleaded not guilty to second-degree mur- CONST. JAMES der and attempted murder in FORCILLO the July 2013 death of 18-yearold Yatim.

The officer’s testimony marks the first time the public has heard an explanation for his actions, which triggered outrage across the city.

At the crux of the trial is whether Forcillo was justified in shooting Yatim.

Crown prosecutors argue Forcillo’s actions during the incident weren’t necessary or reasonable. Forcillo’s lawyer contends his client’s actions were justified and carried out in self-defence.

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

On Thursday, under questioning from his defence lawyer, Forcillo took the jury back to the night where he came face to face with Yatim.

When he saw Yatim holding a knife, Forcillo said he pulled out his gun — as he was trained to — because knives are considered a “deadly threat.”

Forcillo also explained that he believed his gun was his best option because hand-to-hand combat would have been too dangerous, using his baton would have brought him too close to Yatim and pepper spray, in those circumstances, would have been ineffective.

Forcillo yelled “drop the knife” repeatedly, but Yatim didn’t comply, court heard.

“This is a person who doesn’t want to talk, this is a person who wants to fight,” Forcillo said of his interpretation of the situation. “His jaw was tense, his face was flushed, his eyes wide, his body tense.”

Forcillo also said he noticed Yatim seemed “not at all fearful.” in the face of a gun.

While he considered the possibility that Yatim was impaired by drugs, Forcillo said the teen was nonetheless “in the moment.”

“Mr. Yatim knows what’s going on and he’s making decisions,” he said. “They’re bad decisions but he’s making them.”

Forcillo didn’t consider closing the streetcar doors to contain Yatim because he wasn’t sure if there was anyone else on the vehicle, court heard, nor did he want to give Yatim the option of hijacking the vehicle.

The standoff between Forcillo and Yatim — which lasted some 50 seconds — escalated after Yatim took a few steps back from where he had been standing at the top of the vehicle’s front steps.

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Derek Saretzky, 22, is charged with first-degree murder in the September deaths of Hailey Dunbar-Blanchette and her father Terry Blanchette.

He is also charged with committing indignity to a body in the girl’s case.

RCMP say the Alberta Crown informed police of the ruling on Wednesday.

Saretzky appeared via closed-circuit television from the Calgary Remand Centre in a Lethbridge courtroom on Thursday. He said little during the brief appearance.

Saretzky was initially sent for a 30-day review of his mental health, but last month a judge was told that doctors at the Southern Alberta Forensic Psychiatric Centre in Calgary needed more time for their analysis.

Lawyer Wade Hlady, acting as agent for Edmonton lawyer Peter Northcott, said the fitness assessment had only been received Wednesday.

As a result, he requested the case be adjourned until Feb. 26 to give Northcott sufficient time to review what the Crown referred to as a “voluminous” amount of material.

“The Crown indicated that the initial disclosure package would be available some time in December and it is quite extensive.”

SAINT JOHN, N.B. — The person who killed Richard Oland would have had a significant amount of blood on their hands and clothes, a blood spatter expert testified Thursday as defence lawyers for Dennis Oland began making their case in the lengthy murder trial.

Dennis Oland has pleaded not guilty to a charge of second-degree murder in the July 6, 2011 death of his father, a well-known New Brunswick businessman, whose family operates Moosehead Breweries.

Oland’s badly beaten body was found in a pool of blood on the floor of his Saint John office the next day.

He had suffered 40 blunt and sharp force blows to his head and neck, and another six sharp force blows to his hands.

Patrick Laturnus, a retired forensic specialist for the RCMP and now a consultant, said he examined all the forensic evidence from the case including the hundreds of blood spatter stains that radiated 360 degrees around the victim’s body.

Ottawa settles wrongful-conviction lawsuit with Ivan Henry VANCOUVER — A second defendant has settled a wrongful-conviction lawsuit with a British Columbia man who spent almost three decades behind bars before being acquitted of 10 sexual assaults.

Ivan Henry’s lawyer told a B.C. Supreme Court trial on Thursday that the federal government had settled with his client for an undisclosed amount.

John Laxton read a statement to the judge saying the federal government never made allegations that Henry was guilty.

“The federal government now states that no inference should be drawn that the federal government ever agreed with these (guilty) allegations,” said the statement.

“Or, that the federal government ever condoned the making of these allegations — and the federal government absolutely disavows them now.”

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BY THE CANADIAN PRESS SASKATOON — A feast of remembrance and the launch of a new book on the case both marked the 25th anniversary of the death of an aboriginal teenager found frozen to death on the outskirts of Saskatoon.

Neil Stonechild’s body was discovered five days after some in the community believe he was taken on a so-called “starlight tour”— the name given to a quick and dirty way for police to handle troublemakers by leaving them on the outskirts of the city.

A judicial inquiry found that Saskatoon police constable Larry Hartwig and his partner Brad Senger had the 17-year-old in custody the night he was last seen alive in 1990.

No charges were ever laid, and Hartwig and Senger maintained that Stonechild was gone by the time they arrived at an apartment building to investigate a disturbance complaint.

Jason Roy, the friend who testified he saw Stonechild screaming in the back of a police car, took part in a special feast of remembrance on Wednesday night at St. Thomas Wesley Church.

Across the city at the same time, author Candis McLean launched her new book “When Police Become Prey.”

Hartwig said he believes the book provides a case for his innocence.

He told reporters the inquiry excluded and manipulated evidence in order to pin Stonechild’s death on him and his partner.

“The fact is I did not encounter Neil Stonechild that night, I did not arrest him, I did not beat him up or drop him off somewhere,” Hartwig said. “I believe this public inquiry was used to validate claims and perceptions that police were killing aboriginal people in order to appease certain groups.”

Hartwig has been pushing the Saskatchewan Department of Justice to reopen the inquiry and have an out-of-province team look at the evidence again.

The department confirmed by email that it has received requests over the past few years to reopen the matter, but said it respects the findings of Justice David Wright and the 2004 commission.

Wright, who is now retired, declined to comment on Wright’s accusation, saying: “The facts speak for themselves.”

Hartwig said being fired from the police force after the inquiry crippled his spirit and damaged relationships in his family.

“It’s destroyed my life, my hopes and dreams, the hopes and dreams of my children,” Hartwig said. “I lost a relationship with one of my children over this.

It’s destroyed my soul.”

Hartwig accused Roy of lying about what he saw, but Roy said he remembers the night clearly.

“I’ll always stand behind my story,” Roy said. “I’m up for the challenge and my perspective is never going to change. I know what happened — I was there.”

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the City of Vancouver in its opening statement at the compensation hearing.

But the city settled with Henry last week, and “unequivocally” withdrew its accusations. The deal also resolved claims against the Vancouver Police Department.

After Thursday’s hearing, another lawyer for Henry said the terms of the agreement are confidential.

The decisions by two levels of government to settle with Henry have expedited his trial, which had been expected to last 100 days.

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BY THE CANADIAN PRESS WINNIPEG — Henry Burris and the Ottawa Redblacks dominated the CFL awards banquet Thursday night.

The 40-year-old quarterback was named the CFL’s outstanding player for the second time and also received the Tom Pate award for community service. Burris shared the spotlight at the Club Regent Casino with Ottawa coach Rick Campbell (coach of the year), receiver Brad Sinopoli (top Canadian) and tackle SirVincent Rogers (top lineman).

Hugh Campbell was the ‘79 coach of the year with Edmonton, making the Campbells the first father-son winners in CFL history.

With his parents, wife and two young sons looking on, Burris immediately paid tribute to family.

“To go through the tough first season trying to build a new product in the capital city, we went through a lot of heartache,” he said. “That’s stuff that can be hard on a family at home.

“For my wife, Nicole, to be able to handle all the stresses of raising two knucklehead sons by herself, I mean, wow. She’s my rock, she makes me the man I am today and when I was being a knucklehead myself she stood by my side throughout this entire journey.”

On Sunday, Burris and Co. face the Edmonton Eskimos in the Grey Cup. Awards voting was conducted by 75 members of the Football Reporters of Canada.

Other winners included B.C. Lions linebacker Adam Bighill (defensive player), Hamilton Tiger-Cats’ kick-re-

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Ottawa Redblacks quarterback Henry Burris poses for photographs after winning the CFL’s most outstanding player award and Tom Pate memorial award during the Canadian Football League awards in Winnipeg on Thursday. turner Brandon Banks (special-teams player) and Edmonton receiver Derel Walker (rookie). Bernie Custis, 87, who in 1951 became pro football’s first black starting quarterback with Hamilton, received the Commissioner’s award while Montreal Alouettes tackle Jeff Perrett claimed the Jack Gaudaur Veterans’ trophy.

Burris had a CFL-record 481 completions and led the league in passing with 5,703 yards. He won his first out-

standing player honour in 2010 with Calgary.

Burris also helped Ottawa (12-6) engineer an amazing turnaround, finishing atop the East Division standings after winning just two games in its inaugural 2-14 campaign. Burris had twice as many TD passes (26) as interceptions after throwing more picks (14) than touchdowns (11) last year.

“The bottom line I couldn’t do this without my teammates, I can’t do this

Eskimos QB Mike Reilly brings intelligence into Grey Cup prep

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS WINNIPEG — Mike Reilly focused as much on his grades as he did on football while growing up.

The Edmonton Eskimos quarterback graduated from Central Washington University with a 3.6 grade-point average and a mechanical engineering degree.

“I just always really liked math and numbers and puzzles and things like that and trying to figure things out,” Reilly said Thursday. “My favourite course in college, honestly, was probably physics. And it was calculus for a while until I got into 300-level calculus and then I was like, ‘Ah, this stuff is crazy. I don’t like this anymore.”’

He even used his degree between being released by the NFL’s Pittsburgh Steelers in September 2009 and being signed by the Green Bay Packers two months later.

“I worked designing H-VAC (heating, ventilation and air conditioning) and plumbing systems for a processing plant,” Reilly said of the job near his hometown of Kennewick, Wash. “It was an experience. I like football a lot better, for sure. That’s why they tell you to get your degree, so that when you fall on hard times you’ve got something to fall back on.”

Reilly, 30, has held down a job he loves since signing with the B.C. Lions in 2010 before being traded to Edmonton in 2013.

As his Eskimos prepare to take on the Ottawa Redblacks in Sunday’s Grey Cup, coaches and teammates praise Reilly for his brains, leadership and toughness.

“Just putting things together, understanding how it works, he’s very cerebral,” Edmonton offensive co-ordinator Stephen McAdoo said.

“He probably doesn’t get enough credit for his mind and how he handles things out on the field. If you’re looking at his grades and what he did back in college, it probably coincides with what he does now.”

McAdoo, a former offensive lineman who’s been around a lot of quarterbacks, put Reilly up there with Toronto’s Ricky Ray and former Montreal pivot Anthony Calvillo.

without the coaching staff, I can’t do this without the personnel staff, our owners, fans,” Burris said. “To bring in a guy like (offensive co-ordinator) Jason Maas, a guy who was my adversary, my foe for so many years … whoever thought he was the best thing in disguise for me waiting to happen in the future.

“It’s been an amazing journey for me this year on probably one of the best teams I’ve ever played for and one of the best group of guys I’ve ever played with. That’s what the power of team can be all about because a quarterback can’t do it all by himself.”

Calgary Stampeders quaterback Bo Levi Mitchell, the 2014 Grey Cup MVP, was the finalist.

Sinopoli, a native of Peterborough, Ont., won the Hec Crighton Trophy as a quarterback at the University of Ottawa. Sinopoli was the CFL’s top Canadian receiver with 1,035 yards on 86 receptions with a league-high 471 yards after the catch in his first season with the Redblacks.

“I’ve been a CFL fan ever since I can remember,” Sinopoli said. “To be in this league, I am so thankful about it.”

Jamaal Westerman of the Winnipeg Blue Bombers, a New York native who grew up in Brampton, Ont., was the finalist.

The six-foot-four, 319-pound Rogers was a key off-season pickup for Ottawa, starting all 18 games at left tackle protecting Burris’s blind side. B.C.’s Jovan Olafioye, the 2012 award winner, was the finalist.

Please see AWARDS on Page B3

Eskimo defence may get the headlines but Redblacks have also got game

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Edmonton Eskimos quarterback Mike Reilly, right, passes the ball to Akeem Shavers during a team practice session in Winnipeg on Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2015. The Eskimos will play the Ottawa Redblacks in the 103rd Grey Cup Sunday.

‘HE PROBABLY DOESN’T GET ENOUGH CREDIT FOR HIS MIND AND HOW HE HANDLES THINGS OUT ON THE FIELD. IF YOU’RE LOOKING AT HIS GRADES AND WHAT HE DID BACK IN COLLEGE, IT PROBABLY COINCIDES WITH WHAT HE DOES NOW.’ ESKIMOS OFFENSIVE CO-ORDINATOR STEPHEN MCADOO “Probably the biggest thing that I get from Mike, and you can probably ask anybody around this league that knows him or has played against him, is he’s one of the toughest competitors around,” he said.

“He’s very tough. I love him for that, but I try to get him to understand I don’t need him to be tough all the time,” he added.

“There’s smart times to be tough. Don’t take unnecessary hits.”

Reilly tore ligaments in his left knee after being hit low in this year’s season opener and didn’t return to the field until early September.

He came back and sparked the Eskimos to the nine-game winning streak they’re taking into the championship game.

He completed 214 of 329 passes for 2,449 yards, 15 touchdowns and 10 interceptions in the regular season. He also ran 66 times for

324 yards, two TDs and notched one tackle.

In last week’s 45-31 West Division final win over Calgary, Reilly was 31-of-39 for 370 yards and three TDs and ran seven times for 30 yards and two TDs. Reilly’s father Pat, an assistant coach at a high school in Montana who’s retiring this year after more than 40 years coaching, coached his son from ages 7 to 14.

Reilly said his father wanted him to be more of a pocket passer, but not out of nervousness.

“It was kind of him teaching me that there’s a time to run and there’s a time to stand in there and make the play,” Reilly said.

“Because if you take that extra second in the pocket and you take the hit, it gives you the opportunity to get the ball to a guy 20 yards down field and that’s a much better play for our team than you running out and getting two yards and getting tackled.”

Greg Meachem, Sports Editor, 403-314-4363 E-mail gmeachem@reddeeradvocate.com

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WINNIPEG — The fledgling Redblacks have wasted little time branding their defence.

Ottawa’s defensive linemen and linebackers are dubbed Capital Punishment. The defensive secondary is known as D Block.

“There is definitely the same swagger but we go about things a little bit differently than D Block does,” explained six-foot-two 251-pound defensive lineman Shawn Lemon.

“Capital Punishment is a little more hands on,” he added with a menacing smile.

While the Edmonton Eskimos and head coach Chris Jones, a defensive guru, have occupied most of the defensive spotlight going into Sunday’s Grey Cup, the Redblacks have their own defensive chops.

Overseeing the Ottawa defence on the sidelines — with help from head coach Rick Campbell — is veteran co-ordinator Mark Nelson.

Nelson, a Nick Nolte lookalike complete with gravelly voice, is old-school football through and through.

“An old, tough ball coach type of guy,” said linebacker Damaso Munoz. “He’s a great coach, man, and I’m happy to play for him.”

His late father, offensive tackle Roger Nelson, is on the Eskimos Wall of Honour. He played 13 seasons for Edmonton between 1954 and 1967, was named the league’s Most Outstanding Lineman in 1959 and was inducted into the Canadian Football Hall of Fame in 1985.

Mark Nelson made his CFL debut in 1980 with Calgary, playing six seasons as linebacker and fullback before retiring in 1987 with the Saskatchewan Roughriders.

His oldest son Kyle Nelson, one of his kids, is a long snapper for the San Francisco 49ers.

Campbell brought Mark Nelson to Ottawa. They met in 2006 and worked together in Winnipeg and Edmonton.

“The players believe in him,” said Campbell. “He was a player and gets what it’s like being a player, interacts well with them.”

Nelson, who manages to come across as a craggy but youthful 59 year-old, is equally complimentary about his 44-year-old boss.

“Not very often have I heard a coach just talking to his players and at the end the players start clapping,” he said.

Campbell’s forte as an assistant coach was defence and special teams although he has worked with the offence.

“Football is his speciality … he has an unbelievable football mind,” said Nelson.

“I don’t like to compare him to his father but Hugh Campbell was always ahead of people and Rick Campbell is the same way,” he added. “He’s ahead of everybody.”

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THE ICE This week in Rebels history Red Deer Rebels rookie forward Blair Jones scored twice in a 6-0 win over the visiting Blair Jones Lethbridge Hurricanes on Nov. 22 of 2002. “It definitely does feel good to contribute,” said the 16-year-old, who skated on the Rebels’ fourth line with Jason Ertl and Jared Walker. “As a line, we’re all working hard and getting more ice time. The cycle is working out for us. That’s our biggest key — just get the puck in deep and cycle, tire them out and get it out into the slot for a shot.” With the outcome already decided, Jones and his linemates saw extra action down the stretch.

“It was a nice feeling to get a lot of ice time at the end,” said Jones. “You kind of feel like you deserve it when you work that hard.”

Matt Keith, Matt Ellison, Ladislav Kouba and Jeff Woywitka also scored, while Cam Ward stopped 21 shots for his third shutout of the season.

Who’s hot Medicine Hat Tigers RW Chad Butcher is riding a seven-game point streak, Chad having recorded Butcher three goals and seven assists during the stretch dating back to Nov. 7. The 19-year-old Kamloops native is the Tigers’ leading scorer with 25 points (8g,17a) in 21 games.

Who’s a closer Calgary Hitmen C Radel Fazleev has scored a leagueleading four Radel insurance goals. The Fazleey 19-year-old Russian is eighth in WHL scoring with 33 points (13g,20a).

He said it “We’re a younger team without Point in the lineup and we’re a lot less Tim skilled and Hunter we’re a lot less gritty. It’s amazing that you take a guy who is five-foot-nine and 170 pounds out of your lineup and you’re a lot less gritty.” — Moose Jaw Warriors head coach Tim Hunter, to the Moose Jaw TimesHerald, following 5-2 loss to the host Spokane Chiefs last weekend; the Warriors are 3-103-0 the last two seasons without star forward Brayden Point in their lineup.

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FRIDAY, NOV. 27, 2015

Diamonds in the rough REBELS HAVE HAD SUCCESS FROM LATE WHL DRAFT PICKS

BY GREG MEACHEM ADVOCATE SPORTS EDITOR Once the annual NHL entry draft extends beyond the third and perhaps fourth round, it becomes somewhat of a crap shoot.

But at least NHL teams are selecting 18- to 20-year-olds, players who have shown they are adept at playing a younger man’s game, be it at the major junior, college or even — to a lesser degree — junior A level.

Western Hockey Leagues teams face a much larger challenge while selecting in the later rounds, considering the available talent is harboured by 14- and 15-year-olds. It takes a keen eye and more than a little luck for a team to dip into the second half of the WHL bantam draft and emerge with a future roster player.

The Red Deer Rebels have had their share of success in the later rounds, their bounty of players drafted from the sixth round on even including a few stars.

A top-10 list of Red Deer Rebels picked after the fifth round of various bantam drafts: (1) Colby Armstrong (sixth round, 1997) The Saskatoon product emerged as a front-line skater with the Rebels, scoring 42 goals and collecting 90 points in 93 regular-season and playoff games during Red Deer’s 2000-01 Memorial Cup season.

A chippy and carefree winger with good skills, Armstrong was the Rebels’ captain during part of his final season and finished his three-year WHL career (from 1999 to 2002) with 88 goals and 214 points in a total of 251 games.

(2) Matt Ellison (ninth round, 1998) The native of Duncan, B.C., spent just one season in Rebels silks, but what a season it was.

Drafted by Chicago in 2002 after winning the BCHL scoring race with 117 points, Ellison, who played three years of junior A hockey while pursuing a U.S. college scholarship, decided to join the Rebels for the 200203 season and finished his one and only WHL campaign with 47 goals and 116 points in 94 total games.

(3) Bryce Thoma (sixth round, 1997) Thoma, from Saskatoon, was the definition of steady on the Red Deer blueline from 1999 to 2003. Not an overly large player at six-foot, 190 pounds, he nevertheless was able to play a physical game while keeping

his errors to a bare minimum.

Thoma was hardly an offensive defenceman, but he did rack up 76 points, including 19 goals, in 312 regular-season and post-season outings.

(4) Blair Jones ( sixth round, 2001) Another Saskatchewan product, from Central Butte, Jones never hit his full stride with the Rebels but did contribute 21 goals and 49 assists in 177 regular- and post-season contests with Red Deer from 2002 until early in 2005, when he was dealt to the Moose Jaw Warriors. It was in Moose Jaw that he blossomed, garnering 85 points (35g,50a) during the ‘05-06 regular season and another nine goals and 21 points in the Warriors’ extended playoff run.

(5) Shay Stephenson (10th round, 1998) The six-foot-four winger holds the Rebels franchise record for post-season games played with 87 over four seasons from 2000 to 2004. He was a the member of a large and physical fourth line — that also included Devin Francon and Diarmuid Kelly — during the Rebels’ Memorial Cup season.

The native of Outlook, Sask., contributed 112 points (49-63) in a total of 317 games played.

(6) Andrew Bergen (sixth round, 1996) An intelligent player who never fulfilled his expected offensive potential in the WHL, Bergen played five years with the Rebels (1997-2002). He appeared in 297 regular-season games, producing 56 goals and 134 points, and recorded 10 goals and 26 points in another 63 playoff outings. Bergen, from Luseland, Sask., was a defensively responsible player and a valued member of the Rebels’ Memorial Cup team.

(7) Adam Kambeitz (seventh round, 2007) The Coaldale product earned a spot on the Red Deer roster as a 16-year-old and over the next four seasons earned a reputation as a leader and all-out labourer that eventually resulted in him being named team captain. Kambeitz wasn’t an offensive whiz, but he did score 19 goals in 45 games during an injury-shortened 2011-12 season, The left winger, who was dealt to Saskatoon as a 20-year-old, appeared in a total of 279 games with the Rebels, scoring 47 goals and collecting 103 points.

(8) Brooks Maxwell (eighth round, 2009) The Raymond native earned

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Colby Armstrong played three years with the Rebels and carved out a solid WHL and NHL career after being picked in the sixth round of the WHL Draft in 1997. a roster spot at the age of 17 and played four full seasons with the Rebels. Blessed with fast feet, the soft-spoken Maxwell emerged as a leader-by-example and scored 27 goals and garnered 59 points in his overage season. The Rebels qualified for the playoffs just once during his time in Red Deer and he sniped sniped four goals and added four assists during a nine-game run in the spring of 2013. In total, he recorded 160 points (61-99) in 265 WHL games.

(9) Jared Walker (eighth round, 2001) The six-foot-three winger from Winnipeg joined the Rebels in 2002 but was eventually reassigned to the junior A St. James Canadians for the remainder of the season. Walker never blossomed into a legitimate top-six WHL forward but did appear in 171 regular-sea-

son games with Red Deer before being dealt to Prince George 19 games into the ‘05-06 campaign. He had 29 goals and 58 points in regular-season play and another four goals and seven points in 26 playoff games.

(10) Scott Feser (eighth round, 2010) A graduate of the Red Deer minor hockey system, Feser bounced back and forth between the WHL and AJHL before spending the entire 72 regular-season game 2014-15 season with the Rebels. Adept in the faceoff circle and a solid two-way player, Feser was in a Rebels jersey for a total of 166 games, during which he scored 33 goals and contributed 44 assists for 77 points. He was dealt to the Swift Current Broncos in June. gmeachem@reddeeradvocate. com

Colin Fraser carved out solid career as role player Colin Fraser was a much-appreciated major championships on Fraser’s resume, member of the Red Deer Rebels during his the others just happening to be Stanley four-year WHL career, serving as team cap- Cup conquests in 2010 with the Chicago tain while gaining recognition as a solid, Blackhawks and 2012 and 2014 with the Los Angeles Kings. two-way player.

Fraser retired from pro hockFraser was never a bigey for personal reasons last week time scorer with the Rebels — after playing 17 games with the his best offensive season was Thomas Sabo Ice Tigers in Germa2004-05, when he scored 24 ny. Once his former Kings teamgoals and collected 67 points mates and head coach Darryl Sutin 63 regular-season outings ter heard the news, the tributes and added two goals and sevcame pouring in. en points in a seven-game “He was awesome. He was alplayoff loss to Medicine Hat ways keeping the room loose and — but his grit, leadership telling jokes,” said Trevor Lewis skills and ability to perform on the Kings website. at a high level in all three “He was a great team guy. He zones made him invaluable to knew his role, he did his role and the team.

GREG he was great at it.”

Those traits that were well MEACHEM Added Sutter: “Probably the known to Rebels GM/head one that everybody should rememcoach Brent Sutter, who, INSIDER ber would be he was on the ice above objections from those for the last shift when we won the who felt he had more talented skaters to choose from, decided that Fraser Stanley Cup (in 2012) and he was the first would be a perfect fourth-liner with Team guy, I think, who jumped (goalie) Jonathan Canada for the 2005 world junior champi- Quick. He scored a big goal in that series, too.” onship.

Fraser played 398 games in the NHL. He With Sutter at the helm and Fraser playing his role to a tee, the star-studded Cana- was never a star but he was clearly much dian squad romped to a world junior title appreciated.

On the move: The Brandon Wheat Kings at Grand Forks, N.D. It was the first of four

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completed a pair of trades Wednesday, acquiring defenceman Jordan Thomson, 19, from the Swift Current Broncos for 18-yearold defenceman Mark Taraschuk and sending overage forward Luke Harrison to the Prince George Cougars and getting a ninthround pick in the 2016 WHL bantam draft in return. Thomson is a former first-round bantam draft pick (fourth overall in 2011) of the Kamloops Blazers … On Thursday, the Kootenay Ice acquired 18-year-old forward Johnny Wesley from the Lethbridge Hurricanes in exchange for a seventh-round pick in the 2018 WHL bantam draft. “With the number of players currently sidelined with injuries, it was crucial that we add some healthy bodies to our lineup. Johnny adds WHL experience and potential to our lineup and will get an opportunity to make an impact right away,” said Ice GM Jeff Chynoweth in a press release. Wesley has been with the Surrey Eagles of the BCHL this season. He was their leading scorer with 20 points, including 11 goals, in 18 games played … The Ice recalled 17-yearold forward Connor Barley from the Selkirk Steelers of the MJHL earlier this week.

Barley, who has seven goals and 10 points in 20 games with the Steelers, was in Kootenay’s lineup for Wednesday’s 5-2 home-ice loss to the Red Deer Rebels. gmeachem@reddeeradvocate.com

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Queens slip away with shootout win

BY DANNY RODE SPECIAL TO THE ADVOCATE Queens 4 Trojans 3 (SO) There are times when you simply take the victory and slink away.

The Queens did just that as they were far from their best, but came away with a 4-3 shootout victory over the SAIT Trojans in Alberta Colleges Women’s Hockey League play at the Arena Thursday.

“I don’t think we were mentally prepared like we need to be,” said Queens veteran defenceman Rikki Leonard, who scored the winning goal in the shootout. “We weren’t communicating and passing like we need to do.

“They worked hard, but we weren’t ready to compete. I think we let them look at good.

“But we battled through it and won … That’s great but we have a lot of work to do.

Queens head coach Kelly Coulter indicated he came into the game a bit worried.

“We were lackadaisical and it started in practice,” he said. “We weren’t prepared to compete … we weren’t sharp from the net on out.

“We need to be more focused to start the game and execute the game plan. That’s something the girls can control and hopefully they come out better Saturday.”

The Queens complete the 2015 portion of their schedule Saturday at SAIT. Three times the Queens took the lead only to see the Trojans battle back. The Trojans, who trailed 3-2 after 40 minutes tied the game with their second power play goal of the game at 4:04 of the third period when Tessa Hare was left alone at the side of RDC

netminder Alex Frisk.

The five minutes four-on-four overtime was scoreless despite the fact the Queens had a two-minute power play.

The shootout saw the Trojans take a 1-0 lead as Madison Fjellstrom picked the top corner on Frisk and Jade Petrie was stopped by SAIT netminder Latica Castillo.

However, Frisk got her shoulder on a high shot by Erin McLean that deflected off the crossbar and Morgan Fraser tied it with a nice backhand-to-forehand move. Frisk then stopped Sarah Botter and Leonard pulled the puck to her backhand and lifted it high into the net for the winner.

“I shot the first time we had a shootout and did the same move but shot it over the net,” she explained.

“This time I learned my lesson.”

She knew she had to go high on Castillo.

“She’s very good down low, so you have to get it up,” she said.

“It’s nice to win a shootout,” said Coulter. “We got a couple of big saves from Alex and while it’s exciting I would rather see the NHL format.

Three-on-three looks exciting to me.”

Leonard opened the scoring for the Queens with a partially screened blast from the point at 3:55 of the first period. Karmen Mooeny tied it for the Trojans at 10:58 on a sharp-angled shot Frisk would like to have back.

Jena Holden made it 2-1 for RDC at 1:50 of the second period when she was left alone and whipped home a Jayna Kitchen pass. McLean tied it on a deflection at 10:35 and Petrie put the Queens ahead at 17:35 when she grabbed a loose puck and fired a backhand past Castillo.

The win gave the first-place Queens a 9-1-1 record while SAIT is third at

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Red Deer College Queen Casey Nicholson chases down SAIT Trojan player Tashel Scantlebury during first period hockey action at the Arena in Red Deer on Thursday.

6-6-1. RDC has wrapped up first place at Christmas, but that’s not what matters says Coulter.

“It’s where we finish at the end that matters the most,” he said.

“The girls have played well for most of the first half, but it’s important for us to continue to train like we are the underdogs and play with humility and train hard. It’s their hard work that has them on top, not lucky bounces.

You get those bounces when you work hard.”

Leonard, a fourth-year nursing student, likes the fact the team will be in

first at Christmas, but realizes it’s only the midpoint of the season.

“Still it feels great,” she said.

Frisk finished with 15 saves while Castillo had 25. SAIT took four of seven minor penalties in the physical contest.

The Queens were playing without fourth-year centre Ashley Graf, who suffered a concussion in a 3-0 win at Grant MacEwan last weekend.

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

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AWARDS: Proud Rogers thanked each of his offensive line teammates by name and also paid tribute to his mother, Alfrieda, who died in 2011.

“I know she would be proud,” Rogers said. “Thank you mom, I’m still trying to go hard.”

Chris Jones was the coach-of-theyear finalist after Edmonton finished tied with Calgary for the league’s best mark of 14-4 but secured top spot in the West after winning the season series.

“Chris, congratulations on your great year, I hope it ends badly,” Campbell said with a smile. “Wow, this is wild.

“This isn’t my award. We all know football is the ultimate team game.”

Bighill becomes the second straight

Lion to be named top defensive player after teammate Solomon Elimimian won it last year as well as the CFL’s outstanding player award. Bighill recorded a CFL- and career-high 121 tackles this season while adding four sacks, an interception and fumble recovery.

“The last five years I’ve been living my dream and I have to thank the B.C. Lions for that. For all young people, don’t let anyone determine what you can do, don’t let anyone tell you that you can’t do something,” Bighill said.

Hamilton linebacker Simoni Lawrence was the finalist.

Banks had four punt-return TDs, one shy of the league mark. The fivefoot-seven 153-pound dynamo was third overall in all-purpose yards (2,073) and punt return yards (930) and became the first CFL player to return a missed convert for a score.

“I just want to thank the CFL and my team and coaching staff for putting me in a great position to be successful,” he said.

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“We’re slowly getting better,” he said.“We may not be the best in everything but as a unit we really play hard — and play for each other, as corny as that sounds.”

Nelson’s resume reads like a bus route. He estimates there have been 16 stops. Home is now Ottawa although the family has a base in Tulsa, Okla.

“I’ve moved a little bit,” he acknowledged with a chuckle. “I was always told when they chase you out of town, make it look like you’re leading like a parade.”

He says some of his defence’s statistical pluses are simply due to the good play of the offence or special teams.

Nelson plays down his own contribution.

“I always tell people I’ve never really worked. I played and then when I couldn’t fool them any more that I could play good, I thought, ‘Well shoot I’ll coach.’ I’ve been fooling them since.”

Nelson, a native of Edmonton who won Grey Cups as an assistant coach in 1993 with the Eskimos and 1996 with the Argonauts, says the Ottawa de-

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Janelle Kakakaway is the only returnee backing up White.

“Janelle is a big part of giving me time to rest,” said White.

“We’re both faster players and a good combination. As for the other girls I enjoy working with them. I know Anna (Houtman) is getting a lot better and the more she works on stuff she will be good.”

White also spends time with Shaylee Farren, red shirt Maria Penner, who is coming off a knee injury, and Kassi Taylor.

The Queens have two games remaining on the 2015 portion of their schedule as they face SAIT in a homeand-home series — tonight at 6 p.m. at RDC and Saturday in Calgary.

White has loved her time in Red Deer, but is looking forward to returning home for Christmas.

“The people here are great, they make it easy to adjust, but I know my mom misses me,” she said with a smile.

White and Bonde will make the trip home together, which “makes travelling that much easier”.

The Kings take a 7-0 record into the weekend with SAIT at 1-7. The SAIT women are 3-5.

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

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“I also learned not to talk to the officials,” the 23-year-old said with a laugh.

White, who was born in Florida and moved to Denmark when she was six, is one of the new Emily White players to join a handful of veterans as the Queens look to turn their program around. Although they have a 3-4 record, they have already shown they can play with the league’s best teams.

“One of the reasons I wanted to come here was because the team was struggling … I wanted to see if I could help change that.”

The Queens have a legitimate shot at a playoff berth, especially once they learn to close out games.

“We have a lot of good players, but we’re still not a team yet,” she said.

“You could see that against Lethbridge. They’ve been together for some time and they know how to finish a game. The more we’re together the more we will learn that.”

White is obviously the team’s No. 1 post player, but she’s not against helping the other forwards on the team.

“One of the best things about her is that she’s willing to help our other

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“Once I talked to her I realized she Growing up in Denmark, Emily White was more interested in team would not only be good on the court, but a leader off the court,” he said. handball than basketball.

He’s glad he made the contact. The It wasn’t until she was 18 that she six-foot-two White can shoot decided to follow her sisfrom the outside if needed ter into basketball. but is one of the premier in“I played handball for side players in the Alberta eight years before my sisColleges Athletic Conferter talked me into trying ence. basketball and I fell in She is averaging 12 points, love with it,” said the RDC 9.43 rebounds and 2,.14 Queens first-year post blocks per game. She leads player. the Queens with 2.86 steals It’s been a steady rise and 2.43 assists per start. Her since. In fact she made an totals would be higher eximpression with the Dancept she only played briefly ish senior national team in a win over Briercrest last and was invited to camp DANNY weekend. this year, although she RODE Over the last five years couldn’t attend as she was LOCAL SPORT White had to make a pair of on her way to RDC. adjustments, first from handShe played four years ball to basketball and then in the Danish League before being contacted by RDC Queens from Denmark to Canada.

“The biggest adjustment I had when head coach Ken King.

“I wanted to play in the Danish it came to basketball was in handball League to see how far I could go with you can take three steps with the ball it,” she said. “I was going to play again while in basketball you can take two,” this year, but Ken contacted me about she said. “As for basketball there and joining the Queens and Eva (Bonde, here the difference I found was the officiating. who is also from Denmark).

“In Danish League there’s a lot of “I didn’t know Eva was coming until he told me. I did have offers from other bigger girls and they allow you to play schools, but I’m glad I came here. It’s a more physical game,” she said. “I don’t mind the physical play, but it’s a worked out well.”

King didn’t know much about White little different here and I had to adjust … but I’m getting used to it. until he watched some video.

SCOREBOARD Local Sports • 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.

Saturday • College curling: ACAC fall bonspiel at Pidherney Centre.

• Bantam AA hockey: West Central at Red 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.

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.

Basketball National Basketball Association EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct GB Toronto 10 6 .625 — Boston 8 7 .533 1 1/2 New York 8 8 .500 2 Brooklyn 3 12 .200 6 1/2 Philadelphia 0 16 .000 10

Miami Charlotte Atlanta Washington Orlando

Cleveland Chicago Indiana Detroit Milwaukee

Central Division W L Pct 11 4 .733 9 4 .692 9 5 .643 8 7 .533 6 9 .400

GB — 1/2 1/2 2 2 1/2 GB — 1 1 1/2 3 5

WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division W L Pct GB San Antonio 12 3 .800 — Dallas 9 7 .563 3 1/2 Memphis 9 7 .563 3 1/2 Houston 5 10 .333 7 New Orleans 4 11 .267 8

Oklahoma City Utah Minnesota Denver Portland

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

FRIDAY, NOV. 27, 2015

Hockey

Today

Southeast Division W L Pct 9 5 .643 9 6 .600 10 7 .588 6 6 .500 7 8 .467

B4

Northwest Division W L Pct 10 6 .625 7 7 .500 7 8 .467 6 9 .400 6 10 .375

GB — 2 2 1/2 3 1/2 4

Pacific Division W L Pct 16 0 1.000 7 8 .467 7 8 .467 6 10 .375 2 12 .143

GB — 8 1/2 8 1/2 10 13

NBA Leaders Scoring FT PTS 90 514 149 431 112 449 81 363 75 385 66 381 77 402 68 282 73 320 86 365 52 329 34 305 83 305 72 318 74 274 120 333 89 329 66 302 19 180 45 319

AVG 32.1 28.7 28.1 25.9 25.7 25.4 25.1 23.5 22.9 22.8 21.9 21.8 21.8 21.2 21.1 20.8 20.6 20.1 20.0 19.9

FG Percentage Jordan, LAC Whiteside, MIA Faried, DEN Kanter, OKC Plumlee, POR Parker, SAN Valanciunas, TOR Griffin, LAC Koufos, SAC Favours, UTA

FG 59 86 70 81 64 83 69 156 61 95

FGA 86 139 119 140 113 148 124 283 112 175

Drummond, DET Jordan, LAC Love, CLE Whiteside, MIA Davis, NOR Gobert, UTA Thompson, CLE Gasol, CHI Monroe, MIL Aldridge, SAN

G OFF 15 89 15 48 15 44 14 41 12 23 12 44 15 39 13 24 15 48 13 39

DEF 178 143 133 116 107 83 113 106 101 87

Rondo, SAC Westbrook, OKC Rubio, MIN Paul, LAC Smith, NOR Wall, WAS Lillard, POR James, CLE Jack, Bro Green, GOL

Friday’s Games Milwaukee at Orlando, 5 p.m.

Cleveland at Charlotte, 5 p.m.

Washington at Boston, 5:30 p.m.

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

Atlanta at Memphis, 6 p.m.

Detroit at Oklahoma City, 6 p.m.

Philadelphia at Houston, 6 p.m.

Chicago at Indiana, 6 p.m.

G 16 16 11 12 15 12 16 15 14 16

TOT 267 191 177 157 130 127 152 130 149 126

Wednesday’s results Calgary 4 Saskatoon 2 Edmonton 6 Regina 4 Red Deer 5 Kootenay 2 Portland 6 Moose Jaw 5 (OT) Kelowna 5 Seattle 2 Spokane 3 Vancouver 2 Everett 5 Tri-City 0

AST 175 165 93 101 122 95 115 102 95 106

Saturday’s games Vancouver at Portland, 4 p.m.

Prince Albert at Swift Current, 6 p.m.

Edmonton at Saskatoon, 6:05 p.m.

Regina at Red Deer, 7 p.m.

Lethbridge at Kootenay, 7 p.m.

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

Kamloops at Prince George, 8 p.m.

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

Kelowna at Victoria, 8:05 p.m.

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

Sunday’s games Everett at Spokane, 6:05 p.m.

Tuesday, December 1 Kootenay at Kamloops, 8 p.m.

Portland at Prince George, 8 p.m.

Medicine Hat at Victoria, 8:05 p.m.

NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS — Placed WR Aaron Dobson on injured reserve. Signed DB Dewey McDonald.

NEW ORLEANS SAINTS — Placed CB Keenan Lewis on injured reserve. Signed CB Chris Owens.

PHILADELPHIA EAGLES — Waived LB Emmanuel Acho. Signed WR Jonathan Krause from the practice squad.

HOCKEY National Hockey League CALGARY FLAMES — Recalled C Markus Granlund from Stockton (AHL).

CAROLINA HURRICANES — Assigned D Ryan Murphy to Charlotte (AHL).

DALLAS STARS — Placed G Kari Lehtonen on injured reserve, retroactive to Nov. 24. Recalled D Patrik Nemeth and G Jack Campbell from Texas (AHL).

NASHVILLE PREDATORS — Recalled F Colton Sissons from Milwaukee (AHL).

WASHINGTON CAPITALS — Recalled RW Chris Brown from Hershey (AHL).

Soehn brothers fall short of medal in team event at trampoline worlds

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS ODENSE, Denmark — Olympic champion Rosie MacLennan of Toronto placed fourth Thursday on the first day of qualifications to advance to the women’s semifinal of the trampoline gymnastics world championships.

Li Dan led a Chinese sweep of the top three spots in a field of 79 competitors with 103.130 points. MacLennan scored 101.905 points for her compulsory and optional routines to grab her spot among the top-24 headed to the semifinal.

Four-time Olympian Karen Cockburn of Toronto also advanced to the semifinal after placing 23rd with 97.975 points.

“My optional routine was a rough one today, so I’ll be looking to step that up a lot if I want to have a chance of getting into the final,” said Cockburn.

Samantha Sendel of Aurora, Ont., and Samantha Smith of Richmond Hill, Ont., also competed for Canada, combining with MacLennan and Cockburn to qualify fifth for the team final.

In men’s individual trampoline, veteran Jason Burnett of Toronto was the lone Canadian to qualify for the semifinal, placing 16th in a field of 123 competitors with a score of 105.010 points.

Hancharou Uladzislau of Belarus topped the field with 110.975 points.

In the team event, Burnett, brothers Keegan and Kyle Soehn of Red Deer, and Trevor Stirling of Kelowna, B.C. placed 23rd.

In women’s tumbling, Jordan Sugrim of Mississauga, Ont., won the last spot in the women’s final after placing 10th with a score of 64.900 points. Sugrim moved up two spots to qualify eighth due to the rule limiting finals to just two athletes per country.

Raphaelle Villotte of Saint-Lambert, Que., placed 24th.

Brayden Point, MJ Tyson Baillie, Kel Dryden Hunt, MJ Ivan Nikolishin, RD Reid Gardiner, P.A. Brayden Burke, Let Mathew Barzal, Sea Jonathon Martin, SC Radel Fazleev, CAL Keegan Kolesar, Sea Adam Brooks, Reg Devante Stephens, Spo Alex Forsberg, Vic Tyler Wong, Let Lane Bauer, Edm Luke Philp, Koo Parker Bowles, TC Simon Stransky, P.A. Noah Gregor, MJ Michael Spacek, RD Giorgio Estephan, Let Collin Shirley, Kam Brett Pollock, Edm Jayce Hawryluk, Bra Cameron Hebig, Sas Austin Glover, P.A. Joe Hicketts, Vic Dominic Turgeon, Por Brett Howden, MJ Chad Butcher, MH Andrew Nielsen, Let Nolan Patrick, Bra

Montreal Ottawa Boston

G 18 16 19 17 17 6 6 19 13 15 12 8 7 17 14 13 12 10 11 10 9 16 10 12 10 7 1 12 11 8 7 7

NHL Eastern Conference Atlantic Division GP W L OL 23 17 4 2 22 12 5 5 21 12 8 1

A 25 26 20 20 20 29 28 14 20 16 19 23 24 12 15 16 17 19 17 18 19 11 17 14 16 19 25 13 14 17 18 18

Pts 43 42 39 37 37 35 34 33 33 31 31 31 31 29 29 29 29 29 28 28 28 27 27 26 26 26 26 25 25 25 25 25

GF 83 73 69

GA 51 64 61

Pt 36 29 25

Metropolitan Division GP W L OL GF 22 16 4 2 67 21 15 5 1 67 21 13 8 0 49

GA 43 47 49

Pt 34 31 26

WILD CARD GP W L OL 22 11 8 3 22 11 8 3 23 11 9 3 21 11 9 1 21 8 9 4 22 8 10 4 22 7 10 5 22 7 10 5 22 8 12 2 23 9 14 0

GF 51 62 55 51 55 46 39 51 46 57

GA 55 54 51 52 56 62 63 62 60 72

Pt 25 25 25 23 20 20 19 19 18 18

Western Conference Central Division GP W L OL 22 17 5 0 23 14 6 3 21 12 6 3

GF 78 62 56

GA 57 57 53

Pt 34 31 27

Los Angeles San Jose Vancouver

Pacific Division GP W L OL 22 13 8 1 22 13 9 0 23 9 8 6

GF 55 61 67

GA 48 56 62

Pt 27 26 24

Chicago Minnesota Arizona

WILD CARD GP W L OL 22 12 8 2 20 11 6 3 21 11 9 1

GF 62 59 59

GA 57 54 61

Pt 26 25 23

Detroit NY Islanders Tampa Bay New Jersey Florida Carolina Philadelphia Toronto Buffalo Columbus

Dallas St. Louis Nashville

Winnipeg Anaheim Colorado Calgary Edmonton

23 23 22 22 22

10 8 8 8 7

11 11 13 13 14

2 4 1 1 1

61 45 63 53 56

74 62 67 80 68

22 20 17 17 15

Wednesday’s results Washington 5 Winnipeg 3 Carolina 4 Edmonton 1 Nashville 3 Buffalo 2 Pittsburgh 4 St. Louis 3 (OT) Montreal 5 NY Rangers 1 Vancouver 3 Minnesota 2 Columbus 2 New Jersey 1 Tampa Bay 2 Los Angeles 1 (SO) Boston 3 Detroit 2 (OT) NY Islanders 3 Philadelphia 1 Arizona 4 Anaheim 2 Ottawa 5 Colorado 3 Chicago 5 San Jose 2 Friday’s games NY Rangers at Boston, 11 a.m.

Nashville at Philadelphia, 1:30 p.m.

Winnipeg at Minnesota, 2 p.m.

Tampa Bay at Washington, 3 p.m.

Chicago at Anaheim, 3 p.m.

Montreal at New Jersey, 5 p.m.

Carolina at Buffalo, 5 p.m.

Pittsburgh at Columbus, 5 p.m.

Edmonton at Detroit, 5:30 p.m.

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

Vancouver at Dallas, 6:30 p.m.

Calgary at Arizona, 7 p.m.

Saturday’s games Philadelphia at NY Rangers, 11:30 a.m.

Edmonton at Pittsburgh, 5 p.m.

New Jersey at Montreal, 5 p.m.

Washington at Toronto, 5 p.m.

NY Islanders at Tampa Bay, 5 p.m.

Buffalo at Nashville, 6 p.m.

Columbus at St. Louis, 6 p.m.

Dallas at Minnesota, 6 p.m.

Ottawa at Arizona, 8 p.m.

Winnipeg at Colorado, 8 p.m.

Calgary at San Jose, 8 p.m.

Chicago at Los Angeles, 8:30 p.m.

Sunday’s games Florida at Detroit, noon Monday, November 30 Colorado at NY Islanders, 5 p.m.

Carolina at NY Rangers, 5 p.m.

Edmonton at Toronto, 5:30 p.m.

Vancouver at Anaheim, 8 p.m.

NHL Scoring Leaders Patrick Kane, Chi Jamie Benn, Dal Tyler Seguin, Dal Daniel Sedin, Vcr Taylor Hall, Edm Evgeny Kuznetsov, Wash Erik Karlsson, Ott John Klingberg, Dal Nathan MacKinnon, Col Blake Wheeler, Wpg David Krejci, Bos Tomas Plekanec, Mtl Artemi Panarin, Chi Vladimir Tarasenko, StL Max Pacioretty, Mtl Henrik Sedin, Vcr Michael Cammalleri, NJ Joe Pavelski, SJ Mats Zuccarello, NYR Jeff Carter, LA

G 13 16 12 10 9 8 5 4 10 8 8 7 7 13 12 7 7 12 10 9

A 21 16 19 15 15 16 19 20 13 15 15 16 16 9 10 15 15 9 11 12

Pts 34 32 31 25 24 24 24 24 23 23 23 23 23 22 22 22 22 21 21 21

Football

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

AVG 10.9 10.3 8.5 8.4 8.1 7.9 7.2 6.8 6.8 6.6

WHL Scoring Leaders

NY Rangers Washington Pittsburgh

AVG 17.8 12.7 11.8 11.2 10.8 10.6 10.1 10.0 9.9 9.7

Transactions Thursday’s Sports Transactions BASEBALL American League OAKLAND ATHLETICS — Released RHP A.J. Griffin. Designated LHP Daniel Coulombe for assignment.

National League COLORADO ROCKIES — RHP John Axford refused outright assignment and elected free agency.

FOOTBALL National Football League ARIZONA CARDINALS — Placed LB Lamarr Woodley on injured reserve. Signed DT Red Bryant.

ATLANTA FALCONS — Waived LB Joplo Bartu.

Signed PK Shayne Graham.

CAROLINA PANTHERS — Placed G Amini Silatolu on injured reserve. Signed LS Danny Aiken.

DENVER BRONCOS — Placed DE Kenny Anunike on injured reserve. Signed QB Christian Ponder.

MIAMI DOLPHINS — Released DT Deandre Coleman from the practice squad. Signed DB Dax Swanson to the practice squad.

Seattle Spokane Everett Portland Tri-City

U.S. DIVISION GP W L OTLSOL GF GA Pt 23 15 7 1 0 84 63 31 24 13 8 2 1 77 77 29 21 12 7 0 2 52 43 26 22 12 10 0 0 79 68 24 25 9 15 1 0 71 97 19

Sunday’s results Division Finals East Division Ottawa 35 Hamilton 28 West Division Edmonton 45 Calgary 31

Assists Thursday’s Games No games scheduled

WESTERN CONFERENCE B.C. DIVISION GP W L OTLSOL GF GA Pt Kelowna 24 18 5 1 0 100 71 37 Victoria 25 16 7 1 1 87 58 34 Prince George 22 12 9 1 0 63 63 25 Kamloops 21 10 8 3 0 76 69 23 Vancouver 24 5 15 2 2 64 97 14

PCT .686 .619 .588 .579 .566 .561 .556 .551 .545 .543

Rebounds

Wednesday’s Games Orlando 100, New York 91 Charlotte 101, Washington 87 Toronto 103, Cleveland 99 Detroit 104, Miami 81 Boston 84, Philadelphia 80 Minnesota 99, Atlanta 95 Sacramento 129, Milwaukee 118 Memphis 102, Houston 93 Oklahoma City 110, Brooklyn 99 San Antonio 88, Dallas 83 New Orleans 120, Phoenix 114 Utah 102, L.A. Clippers 91

CENTRAL DIVISION GP W L OTLSOL GF GA Pt 25 17 8 0 0 98 69 34 27 16 10 0 1 83 83 33 24 15 9 0 0 98 74 30 26 9 14 3 0 72 94 21 21 7 11 2 1 70 85 17 26 6 18 2 0 53 107 14

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.

Saturday’s Games Toronto at Washington, 5 p.m.

Brooklyn at Cleveland, 5:30 p.m.

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

Denver at Dallas, 6:30 p.m.

New Orleans at Utah, 7 p.m.

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

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

FG 173 121 155 120 146 156 140 103 111 126 118 122 106 106 90 104 99 118 70 121

Red\ Deer Calgary Lethbridge Edmonton Medicine Hat Kootenay

Thursday’s results Lethbridge 9 Kootenay 0

San Antonio at Denver, 7 p.m.

Golden State at Phoenix, 7:30 p.m.

Minnesota at Sacramento, 8 p.m.

New Orleans at L.A. Clippers, 8:30 p.m.

G Curry, GOL 16 Harden, HOU 15 Westbrook, OKC 16 George, IND 14 James, CLE 15 Griffin, LAC 15 Lillard, POR 16 Davis, NOR 12 Bledsoe, PHX 14 Anthony, NYK 16 Knight, PHX 15 Leonard, SAN 14 Wiggins, MIN 14 Thomas, BOS 15 Butler, CHI 13 DeRozan, TOR 16 Lowry, TOR 16 Lopez, Bro 15 Beal, WAS 9 McCollum, POR 16

WHL EASTERN CONFERENCE EAST DIVISION GP W L OTLSOL GF GA Pt Prince Albert 24 15 6 2 1 84 74 33 Brandon 23 14 7 0 2 82 61 30 Moose Jaw 25 12 8 4 1 90 81 29 Regina 23 11 10 2 0 69 82 24 Saskatoon 23 9 11 3 0 73 94 21 Swift Current 24 8 14 2 0 59 74 18

CFL PLAYOFFS

Sunday, Nov. 15 Division Semifinals East Division Hamilton 25 Toronto 22 West Division Calgary 35 B.C. 9

2015 Canadian Football League Awards Winners TORONTO — The winners of the 2015 Canadian Football League awards as chosen Thursday by members of the Football Reporters of Canada and CFL head coaches.

Most Outstanding Player Henry Burris, QB, Ottawa Coach of the year Rick Campbell, Ottawa Most Outstanding Defensive Player Adam Bighill, LB, B.C. Most Outstanding Canadian Brad Sinopoli, WR, Ottawa.

Most Outstanding Offensive Lineman SirVincent Rogers, OL, Ottawa Most Outstanding Special Teams Player Brandon Banks, WR/KR, Hamilton Most Outstanding Rookie Derel Walker, WR, Edmonton Jake Gaudaur Veterans’ Trophy Jeff Perrett, OT, Montreal Tom Pate Memorial Award Henry Burris, QB, Ottawa Hugh Campbell Distinguished Leadership Award Bob Irving The Commisioner’s Award Bernie Custis CFL Most Outstanding Player Award Winners 2015 — Henry Burris, QB, Ottawa 2014 — Solomon Elimimian, LB, B.C. 2013 — Jon Cornish, RB, Calgary 2012 — Chad Owens, SB/KR, Toronto 2011 — Travis Lulay, QB, B.C. 2010 — Henry Burris, QB, Calgary 2009 — Anthony Calvillo, QB, Montreal 2008 — Anthony Calvillo, QB, Montreal 2007 — Kerry Joseph, QB, Saskatchewan 2006 — Geroy Simon, SB, B.C. 2005 — Damon Allen, QB, Toronto 2004 — Casey Printers, QB, B.C. 2003 — Anthony Calvillo, QB, Montreal 2002 — Milt Stegall, SB, Winnipeg 2001 — Khari Jones, QB, Winnipeg 2000 — Dave Dickenson, QB, Calgary 1999 — Danny McManus, QB, Hamilton 1998 — Mike Pringle, RB, Montreal 1997 — Doug Flutie, QB, Toronto 1996 — Doug Flutie, QB, Toronto 1995 — Mike Pringle, RB, Baltimore 1994 — Doug Flutie, QB, Calgary 1993 — Doug Flutie, QB, Calgary 1992 — Doug Flutie, QB, Calgary 1991 — Doug Flutie, QB, B.C. 1990 — Michael Clemons, RB, Toronto 1989 — Tracy Ham, QB, Edmonton 1988 — David Williams, WR, B.C. 1987 — Tom Clements, QB, Winnipeg 1986 — James Murphy, WR, Winnipeg 1985 — Mervyn Fernandez, WR, B.C. 1984 — Willard Reaves, RB, Winnipeg 1983 — Warren Moon, QB, Edmonton 1982 — Condredge Holloway, QB, Toronto 1981 — Dieter Brock, QB, Winnipeg 1980 — Dieter Brock, QB, Winnipeg CFL Grey Cup Champions 2014 — Calgary Stampeders 2013 — Saskatchewan Roughriders 2012 — Toronto Argonauts 2011 — British Columbia Lions 2010 — Montreal Alouettes 2009 — Montreal Alouettes 2008 — Calgary Stampeders 2007 — Saskatchewan Roughriders 2006 — British Columbia Lions 2005 — Edmonton Eskimos

2004 — Toronto Argonauts 2003 — Edmonton Eskimos 2002 — Montreal Alouettes 2001 — Calgary Stampeders 2000 — British Columbia Lions 1999 — Hamilton Tiger-Cats 1998 — Calgary Stampeders 1997 — Toronto Argonauts 1996 — Toronto Argonauts 1995 — Baltimore Stallions 1994 — British Columbia Lions 1993 — Edmonton Eskimos 1992 — Calgary Stampeders 1991 — Toronto Argonauts 1990 — Winnipeg Blue Bombers 1989 — Saskatchewan Roughriders 1988 — Winnipeg Blue Bombers 1987 — Edmonton Eskimos 1986 — Hamilton Tiger-Cats 1985 — British Columbia Lions 1984 — Winnipeg Blue Bombers 1983 — Toronto Argonauts 1982 — Edmonton Eskimos 1981 — Edmonton Eskimos 1980 — Edmonton Eskimos 1979 — Edmonton Eskimos 1978 — Edmonton Eskimos CFL Grey Cup Most Valuable Players 2014 — MVP: Bo Levi Mitchell, QB, Calgary Canadian MVP: Andy Fantuz, SB, Hamilton.

2013 — MVP: Kory Sheets, RB, Saskatchewan Canadian MVP: Chris Getzlaf, SB, Saskatchewan.

2012 — MVP: Chad Kackert, RB, Toronto Canadian MVP: Ricky Foley, DE, Toronto.

2011 — MVP: Travis Lulay, QB, B.C. Canadian MVP: Andrew Harris, RB, B.C. 2010 — MVP: Jamel Richardson, WR, Montreal Canadian MVP: Keith Shologan, DT, Saskatchewan.

2009 — MVP: Avon Cobourne, RB, Montreal Canadian MVP: Ben Cahoon, SB, Montreal.

2008 — MVP: Henry Burris, QB, Calgary Canadian MVP: Sandro DeAngelis, K, Calgary.

2007 — MVP: James Johnson, CB, Saskatchewan Canadian MVP: Andy Fantuz, SB, Saskatchewan.

2006 — MVP: Dave Dickenson, QB, B.C. Canadian MVP: Paul McCallum, K, B.C. 2005 — MVP: Ricky Ray, QB, Edmonton Canadian MVP: Mike Maurer, FB, Edmonton.

2004 — MVP: Damon Allen, QB, Toronto Canadian MVP: Jason Clermont, SB, B.C. 2003 — MVP: Jason Tucker, WR, Edmonton Canadian MVP: Ben Cahoon, SB, Montreal.

2002 — MVP: Anthony Calvillo, QB, Montreal Canadian MVP: Pat Woodcock, WR, Montreal.

2001 — MVP: Marcus Crandell, QB, Calgary Canadian MVP: Aldi Henry, DB, Calgary.

2000 — MVP: Robert Drummond, RB, B.C. Canadian MVP: Sean Millington, RB, B.C. 1999 — MVP: Danny McManus, QB, Hamilton Canadian MVP: Mike Morreale, SB, Hamilton.

1998 — MVP: Jeff Garcia, QB, Calgary Canadian MVP: Vince Danielsen, WR, Calgary.

1997 — MVP: Doug Flutie, QB, Toronto Canadian MVP: Paul Masotti, WR, Toronto.

1996 — MVP: Doug Flutie, QB, Toronto Canadian MVP: Mike Vanderjagt, K, Toronto.

1995 — MVP: Tracy Ham, QB, Baltimore Canadian MVP: Dave Sapunjis, SB, Calgary.

1994 — MVP: Karl Anthony, DB, Baltimore Canadian MVP: Lui Passaglia, K, B.C. 1993 — MVP: Damon Allen, QB, Edmonton Canadian MVP: Sean Fleming, K, Edmonton.

1992 — MVP: Doug Flutie, QB, Calgary Canadian MVP: Dave Sapunjis, SB, Calgary.

1991 — MVP: Raghib Ismail, WR, Toronto Canadian MVP: Dave Sapunjis, SB, Calgary.

1990 — Offence: Tom Burgess, QB, Winnipeg Defence: Greg Battle, LB, Winnipeg Canadian: Warren Hudson, FB, Winnipeg.

1989 — Offence: Kent Austin, QB, Saskatchewan Defence: Chuck Klingbeil, DT, Saskatchewan Canadian: Dave Ridgway, K, Saskatchewan.

1988 — Offence: James Murphy, WR, Winnipeg Defence: Michael Gray, DT, Winnipeg Canadian: Bob Cameron, P, Winnipeg.

1987 — Offence: Damon Allen, QB, Edmonton Defence: Stewart Hill, DE, Edmonton Canadian: Milson Jones, RB, Edmonton.

1986 — Offence: Mike Kerrigan, QB, Hamilton Defence: Grover Covington, DE, Hamilton Canadian: Paul Osbaldiston, K/P, Hamilton.

1985 — Offence: Roy Dewalt, QB, B.C. Defence: James Parker, DE, B.C. Canadian: Lui Passaglia, K, B.C. 1984 — Offence: Tom Clements, QB, Winnipeg Defence: Tyrone Jones, LB, Winnipeg Canadian: Sean Kehoe, RB, Winnipeg.

1983 — Offence: Joe Barnes, QB, Toronto Defence: Carl Brazley, DB, Toronto Canadian: Rick Klassen, DT, B.C. 1982 — Offence: Warren Moon, QB, Edmonton Defence: Dave Fennell, DT, Edmonton Canadian: Dave Fennell, DT, Edmonton.

1981 — Offence: J.C. Watts, QB, Ottawa Defence: John Glassford, LB, Ottawa Canadian: Neil Lumsden, RB, Edmonton.

1980 — Offence: Warren Moon, QB, Edmonton Defence: Dale Potter, LB, Edmonton Canadian: Dale Potter, LB, Edmonton.

1979 — Offence: David Green, RB, Montreal Defence: Tom Cousineau, LB, Montreal Canadian: Don Sweet, K, Montreal.

1978 — Offence: Tom Wilkinson, QB, Edmonton Defence: Dave Fennell, DT, Edmonton Canadian: Angelo Santucci, RB, Edmonton.

National Football League AMERICAN CONFERENCE East W L T Pct New England 10 0 0 1.000 Buffalo 5 5 0 .500 N.Y. Jets 5 5 0 .500 Miami 4 6 0 .400 South W L T Pct Indianapolis 5 5 0 .500 Houston 5 5 0 .500 Jacksonville 4 6 0 .400 Tennessee 2 8 0 .200 North W L T Pct Cincinnati 8 2 0 .800 Pittsburgh 6 4 0 .600 Baltimore 3 7 0 .300 Cleveland 2 8 0 .200 West W L T Pct Denver 8 2 0 .800 Kansas City 5 5 0 .500 Oakland 4 6 0 .400 San Diego 2 8 0 .200 NATIONAL CONFERENCE East W L T Pct N.Y. Giants 5 5 0 .500 Washington 4 6 0 .400 Philadelphia 4 7 0 .364 Dallas 3 8 0 .273 South W L T Pct Carolina 11 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 Minnesota 7 3 0 .700 Green Bay 7 4 0 .636 Chicago 5 6 0 .455 Detroit 4 7 0 .364 West W L T Pct Arizona 8 2 0 .800 Seattle 5 5 0 .500 St. Louis 4 6 0 .400 San Francisco 3 7 0 .300

PF 323 244 234 205

PA 182 227 208 249

PF 224 208 211 182

PA 248 228 268 233

PF 266 236 226 186

PA 186 191 249 277

PF 222 257 240 213

PA 183 198 259 282

PF 273 221 243 204

PA 253 253 274 261

PF 332 250 236 255

PA 205 214 254 315

PF 211 262 231 230

PA 184 215 264 288

PF 336 228 179 139

PA 216 192 199 252

Thursday’s Games Detroit 45, Philadelphia 14 Carolina 33, Dallas 14 Chicago 17, Green Bay 13 Sunday’s Games 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.

Monday’s Game Baltimore at Cleveland, 6:30 p.m.

Thursday, Dec. 3 Green Bay at Detroit, 6:25 p.m.

HIGH SCHOOL VOLLEYBALL PROVINCIALS The Notre Dame Cougars were 2-1 during preliminary play of the provincial 4A boys high school volleyball championship Thursday at Edmonton Jasper Place.

Meanwhile, the Lindsay Thurber Raiders never recovered from an opening 21-26, 24-26 loss to Calgary William Aberhart and were o-3 in girls 4A provincial action, also at Jasper Place.

The Cougars fell 23-25, 21-25 to Lethbridge Chinook, then defeated Edmonton Strathcona 25-23, 25-22 and downed Grande Prairie Charles Spencer 25-16, 27-25.

The Raiders also lost 20-25, 20-25 to Dr. E.P. Scarlett of Calgary and 17-25, 21-25 to host Jasper Place.

Notre Dame received a first-round playoff bye and will meet either E.P. Scarlett or Lloydminster today at 6 p.m., while the Raiders will

need a win over Lloydminster today at 2 p.m. to stay alive.

• In the 3A girls provincials at Bonnyville, the Sylvan Lake H.J. Cody Lakers dropped a 26-24, 20-25, 12-15 decision to Peace Wapiti of Grande Prairie and the Ponoka Broncs were 11-25, 23-25 losers to Grande Prairie St. Joseph’s.

Meanwhile, H.J. Cody suffered a 9-25, 21-25 loss to Edmonton Louis St. Laurent in the 3A boys championship at Grande Prairie.

• Central Alberta Christian rallied to defeat Taber 20-25, 25-12, 17-15 in the 2A boys provincials at Okotoks and Rimbey was a 25-18, 25-19 winner over Calgary Rundle College in the girls 2A provincial tournament at Vauxhall.

The provincial championships — at all levels — conclude Saturday.

RED DEER ADVOCATE Friday, Nov. 27, 2015 B5

‘Battle of Alberta’ a labour of love

BY GREG MEACHEM ADVOCATE SPORTS EDITOR Penning his book outlining the stories of Alberta’s great hockey wars was a labour of love for Mark Spector.

The Edmonton native was a fan and then a journalist during the torrid rivalry between his hometown Oilers and the Calgary Flames in the ‘80 and early ‘90s. Now, roughly 25 years following the conclusion of the icy conflict, Spector has come forward with his take on the not-so-civil wars— a 300-page chronicle aptly titled ‘The Battle of Alberta’.

“I don’t know that all the stories and all the tales about the spears, the fights, the goals and the wins ever got pulled together into one. I thought to myself ‘well, why don’t I do that,’” Spector said Wednesday.

The former Edmonton Journal and National Post sports writer and current Sportsnet columnist and TV analyst, interviewed various players, coaches, team officials and fellow media members while gathering information for his project.

“I spent a lot of time at the library looking at editions of the Calgary Herald and Edmonton Journal from back in the day,” he said. “In total, I would say it took me inside of a year to compile the data, get the interviews and then write the book. You can only interview so many people before you eventually have to sit down and write the darn thing.”

The Battle of Alberta is about the intensity and passion of the rivalry and includes interviews with many of the combatants who were involved in the various antics, such as the infamous Marty McSorley spear on the Flames’ Mike Bullard and the numerous scraps between the team’s enforcers. And then there was the Doug Risebrough incident, when the Calgary forward, with his skates, shredded McSorley’s jersey in the penalty box.

Spector found that the players he interviewed were more open with their feelings than was the case two and a half to three decades ago.

“Hopefully what people will enjoy — because I did when I was writing them — are the different stories in the book, like what happened when McSorley speared Bullard, what happened when Risebrough tore up McSorley’s jersey and when Steve Smith scored that (own) goal.

“There’s a sort of statute of limitations on this stuff, but I found that when you’re interviewing these people 30 years later they’ll tell you a few things

they didn’t tell you back then.

You kind of do know when the story begins what you’re going to read, but we’re hoping that people are going to read some things and go ‘whoa, I didn’t know that it went quite that way.’”

Many of the tales have humorous overtones, a telling sign, according to Spector, that most of the players involved Mark Spector during the height of the Highway 2 battle were perhaps a little more buoyant than today’s NHL skaters. It was, indeed, a different time.

“Everybody had a few more laughs back then,” said the author. “They didn’t have charter planes, guys went out for a beer after the game and the average yearly salary wasn’t US $1.8 million.

“There was a little more hucksterism back then, someone always had a black hat or a white hat on.

I’m not sure if we have that as much in the game now, if that’s fair to say.”

While the rivalry played out in many colourful scenarios, the calibre of the hockey was second to none, Spector noted. From 1983 to 1991, either the Oilers or Flames appeared in the Stanley Cup final, with the Oilers winning five Cups and coming up short in one final, and the Flames winning one and losing one.

In addition, the Flames/Oilers warfare featured the talented likes of Wayne Gretzky, Jari Kurri, Theo Fleury, Mike Vernon, Al MacInnis, Grant Fuhr, etc., etc.

“It’s funny, you and I and everybody in Central Alberta and all over the province watched that — the greatest hockey ever,” said Spector.

“We didn’t know it at the time, but it was the greatest hockey we’re likely ever going to see. I wish we would have known it at the time, we would have appreciated it more.”

Spector, who will sign copies of his book from 2-4 p.m. Saturday at the Red Deer Chapters store, is convinced the NHL hasn’t produced a greater brand of competition since the heyday of … The Battle of Alberta.

“Especially hockey played at that level,” he said.

“You talk about rivalries and you think about Montreal-Boston, you think about Montreal-Quebec City, the Rangers and Philadelphia … those are what we

call the great rivalries.

“There are some great ones, but of a two-team rivalry no series sent a team to the Stanley Cup eight years in a row except for this one. With the level of hockey being played in that rivalry I would challenge anyone to come up with a statistic that tells me they watched a higher pedigree of hockey in another rivalry than Albertans watched in that day.”

Fleury wrote a foreword for the book and sums up his feelings about the project with his final sentence.

“This book should have been written a long time ago. Enjoy.” gmeachem@reddeeradvocate.com

Calgary QB Buckley wins second straight Crighton Trophy

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Andrew Buckley, a fifth-year quarterback from the University of Calgary holds the Hec Crighton Trophy as outstanding player in CIS football, during CIS Awards gala, Thursday, in Quebec City.

His coach, Wayne Harrais Jr., walked off with the Frank Tindall Trophy as coach of the year.

“Andrew is a special young man,” said Harris.

“He’s committed himself to excellence in everything he does, if you look at what he’s accomplished, not just in football and academics, but in the community as well.”

Last season, Buckley became the first player to win both the Hec Crighton and the Russ Jackson Trophy as top scholastic player, but his two-year run as Jackson winner was ended by Queen’s wide receiver

Perfect Panthers and Newton gets boost from defence to take down Cowboys NFL ROUNDUP

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS PANTHERS 33 COWBOYS 14 ARLINGTON, Texas — Cam Newton is still perfect this season. Tony Romo might be out for good with the same injury that sidelined him for seven games.

Newton got a big boost from a defence that returned two of Romo’s three interceptions for touchdowns, and the Panthers ran their NFL-best winning streak to 15 regular-season games with a 33-14 victory over the Dallas Cowboys on Thursday.

Romo injured the same left collarbone that sidelined him for all seven games of a losing streak that damaged the playoff hopes for the defending NFC East champion Cowboys (3-8).

Carolina linebacker Luke Kuechly intercepted two straight passes by Romo, returning the first 32 yards for a touchdown.

Safety Kurt Coleman picked off Romo’s second pass of the game and took it back 36 yards for a score to help the Panthers become the 16th NFL team to start a season 11-0.

BEARS 17, PACKERS 13 GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — Jay Cutler threw for 200 yards and a score and Chicago held off Green Bay on fourth-and-goal from the 8 with 22 seconds left.

Aaron Rodgers’ throw to the end zone deflected off receiver Davante Adams’ hands on the rain.

James Jones couldn’t hang on to a potential touchdown catch on third down. Cornerback Tracy Porter intercepted Rodgers’ pass with 3:19 left at the Bears 45 on the Packers’ previous drive.

The highlight of the night for Green Bay turned out to be the return of Brett Favre, whose name and No. 4 was unveiled at halftime next to the team’s other retired numbers.

Chicago (5-6) has won three of its last four. The Packers (7-4) lost a second straight home game.

Jeremy Langford ran for a touchdown for Chicago.

LIONS 45, EAGLES 14 DETROIT (AP) — Matthew Stafford tied a career high with five touchdown passes, three to Calvin Johnson, and Detroit routed Philadelphia for its third straight victory.

Stafford threw for more than 200 yards and three touchdowns without a turnover in the first half to help the Lions (4-7) take a 24-7 lead. He finished 27 of 38 for 337 yards.

The Eagles (4-7) have lost three straight. They have allowed at least 45 points in two straight games in one season for the first time in team history.

Mark Sanchez started for Philadelphia with Sam Bradford inactive because of a shoulder injury.

Sanchez was 19 of 27 for 199 yards and two touchdowns.

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QUEBEC — Calgary Dinos quarterback Andrew Buckley ended his university football career in style, taking a second straight Hec Crighton Trophy as the outstanding player in Canadian Interuniversity Sport football on Thursday night.

Buckley set a CIS record with 3,162 passing yards in conference play, with 19 touchdowns and only one interception. He also rushed for 256 yards and three touchdowns while leading the Dinos to an 8-0 season.

The fifth-year kinesiology student led a Calgary squad that set Canada West conference records in points (471), touchdowns (53), total yards (5,606) and field goals (26).

However, the Dinos were ousted as Canada West champions by the UBC Thunderbirds, who will face the Montreal Carabins in the Vanier Cup game Saturday at Laval University.

“It’s bittersweet,” said Buckley. “We had such a talented team and we had a great season.

“To come up short is frustrating. It hurts to go out on that note.”

Buckley, a Calgary Stampeders draft pick who hopes to make it in the pros and earn a medical degree, joined Saint Mary’s quarterback Chris Flynn (1988, 1989, 1990), Western fullback Tim Tindale (1991, 1993), Mount Allison running back Eric Lapointe (1996, 1998), Queen’s quarterback Tommy Denison (2002, 2003), and Glavic, who claimed the honour with Saint Mary’s (2007) and Calgary (2009), as a multiple Hec Crighton winner.

“This is a rare class to be involved in,” said Buckley. “I’m humbled to even be in the same sentence as those guys who have repeated. I couldn’t be more proud.”

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Other major awards saw Guelph linebacker John Rush take the Presidents Trophy as defensive player of the year, Manitoba defensive tackle David Onyemata win the J.P. Metras Trophy as outstanding down lineman, and Laval defensive end Mathieu Betts take the Peter Gorman Trophy as top rookie.

Former Dinos to have won the Hec Crighton include Erik Glavic (2009), Don Blair (1995) and Greg Vavra (1983).

Other nominees were St.FX running back Ashton Dickson, Condordia quarterback Trenton Miller and Western pivot Will Finch.

Buckley was also named a first-team all-Canadian along with running backs Mercer Timmis of Calgary and Dillon Campbell of Wilfrid Laurier, receivers Mitch Hillis of Saskatchewan, Ian Stewart of Ottawa, Rashaun Simonise of Calgary and Danny Vandervoort of McMaster and linemen Sean McEwen and Braden Schram of Calgary, Jason Lauzon-Seguin and Charles Vaillancourt, both of Laval, and Sean Jamieson of Western.

On defence are linemen Betts, Onyemata, Samuel Narkaj of Concordia and Jesse St. James of Acadia, linebackers Rush, Drew Morris of Acadia and Doctor Cassama of Calgary, safety Jesse McNair of Western, defensive backs Robert Woodson of Calgary and Maiko Zepeda of Montreal, as well as corners Adam Laurensse of Calgary and Godrey Onyeka of Laurier.

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Knee knocks Hudec out of home race LAKE LOUISE WORLD CUP

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS LAKE LOUISE — After eight knee surgeries, Jan Hudec is accustomed to skiing in pain. It takes a certain kind of pain to force him out of a race, especially on home snow in Lake Louise.

But Hudec will not race in the season-opening World Cup men’s downhill Saturday. The Calgarian withdrew from a second straight training run Thursday. Stepping into the start hut for Sunday’s shorter super-G is a “maybe” at best.

“Will it be worth it to take a major risk on Sunday just because it’s Lake Louise and it’s at home and I like the hill?” Hudec said Thursday. “Probably not, but that’s a bridge I’ll cross when I get there.”

Norway’s Kjetil Jansrud, who swept the downhill and super-G a year ago, was fastest in Thursday’s training after posting the second-fastest time the previous day. Erik Guay of Mont-Tremblant, Que., was the top Canadian in sixth.

A third and final training run is scheduled for Friday at the Alberta ski resort west of Calgary.

Hudec, 34, has minimal cartilage in his right knee after a seventh surgery on it in January. He’s had one surgery on his left knee. While training with the Canadian men at Nakiska Ski Resort last week, Hudec says the bones in his right knee “squished” together.

The Olympic bronze medallist in super-G in 2014 rode the chairlift up the mountain Thursday intending to get a training run in, but pulled the plug.

“I’ve skied with pain before so I

thought better living through pharmaceuticals would make it all better and it just didn’t today,” Hudec said. “Not enough to give me the confidence to go down the course.

“I don’t care about pain. More than the pain, it needs to feel safe for me to go down the mountain at 110 per cent.

There’s so much pain that it would basically put me in a defensive position.”

Hudec won the downhill in Lake Louise in 2007. Canada’s lone home stop on the World Cup downhill circuit is special to him because of the support the host team gets.

“All the hoopla around it, all the media, it’s such a great place to start the season,” Hudec said. “It’s a totally different vibe here.

“In Beaver Creek, no one would notice if I don’t start except for a few people. Here it’s like, insert sad carnival music, wha, wha, wha.”

In addition to the usual motivations racing at home, Hudec’s plan this weekend was to race with a helmet designed for him by 10-year-old Dylan Kwan.

The helmet, featuring a fierce panda bear, fetched a bid of $15,000 for pediatric liver research at a fundraiser.

Kwan, who has a liver condition called biliary atresia, will travel to Lake Louise.

“I think I can make it up to Dylan in other ways,” Hudec said. “It’ll give me time to hang out with him and actually spend time with him in the finish and critique all the racers together.

“Maybe get the athletes as they come through to sign the helmet and make it a little more special for him.”

Travis Gangong of the U.S. was second in training and Austrian Max

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Manuel Osborne-Paradis skis during a training run in the men’s World Cup downhill in Lake Louise, on Thursday.

Franz was third. Guay was three-quarters of a second back of Jansrud, the defending overall World Cup champion in downhill and super-G. “I just wanted to have a good run, challenge the line a little bit more,” Guay said. “I think I did a good job, but I did make some mistakes in some areas.”

Manny Osborne-Paradis of Invermere, B.C., was second in last year’s downhill. He had problems out of the

start gate Thursday and was way back in 50th.

“The first turn, I caught six edges.

I couldn’t keep from catching edges,” Osborne-Paradis said. “The whole way down I didn’t trust the skis. That’s OK. That’s why we get three training runs in.”

Calgary’s Tyler Werry was 34th, Ben Thomsen of Invermere finished 46th and Jeffrey Frisch of Mont-Tremblant, Que., placed 52nd.

Biyambo playing strong in place of Valanciunas

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — When Jonas Valanciunas bent his big body in pain Friday night in Los Angeles while cradling his broken left hand, it could have spelled disaster for the Toronto Raptors.

But two games into what could be a six-week absence for Toronto’s starting centre, the Raptors are faring well. Bismack Biyombo is a big reason why.

Biyombo started in place of the injured Valanciunas on Wednesday and filled in admirably, recording a double-double — 11 points and 12 rebounds — in Toronto’s 103-99 win over the Eastern Conference-leading Cleveland Cavaliers.

“He set the tone for us defensively,” said Raptors coach Dwane Casey. “Protecting the paint, talking, being physical, being a deterrent at the rim and that was big for us. That’s a good team. That team right there has got so many weapons.”

The Raptors signed the Congolese player to a US$6-million, two-year deal in the off-season after Charlotte cut him loose, and he instantly made his presence felt as the most vocal player in training camp.

“Vocalness. Athleticism. Understanding where to be. Timing, he has great timing,” Kyle Lowry said, when asked what Biyombo brings to the team. “And just being able to affect shots without fouling, and clean up the defensive rebounds.”

Biyombo is known for his rim protecting — Casey has said it’s “off the charts.” Critics have claimed he can do little else. But the six-foot-nine centre came up big on the offensive end Wednesday when Lowry fed him for back-to-back uncontested dunks in the dying minutes to put the game out of reach.

“Those last couple of buckets were big for us. We needed them,” Lowry said. “And a guy like Bis, he doesn’t really worry about scoring …”

Biyombo arrived in Toronto looking for a fresh start after an inauspicious four years with Charlotte.

After leaving his home in Labumbashi for Yemen at the age of 16, he was spotted at a youth tournament there and invited to play in Spain, where he spent the better part of three years.

Biyombo caught the eye of Raptors coach Masai Ujiri, among other NBA general managers, at the 2011 Nike Hoop Summit — a game that pits the best American high schoolers against a team of international players. Biyombo recorded the Summit’s first-ever triple-double, with 12 points, 11 boards and 10 blocks.

He was drafted seventh overall by Sacramento in 2012 and then traded to Charlotte. His first two seasons were solid, but his numbers trailed off over the last two campaigns.

The Raptors also acquired DeMarre Carroll in the off-season to shore up their defence. Carroll, who hounded LeBron James all night, said he and Biyombo have “similar mindsets.”

“Bis just focuses on defence, he understands what got him in the league, he understands what his strong point is and that’s being defensive, blocking shots and grabbing rebounds,” Carroll said. “When you do those things offence will fall right in your lap and I feel like that’s what happened (Wednesday night).”

“Me and him have similar mindsets,” Carroll said. “Bis just focuses on defence, he understands what got him in the league, he understands what his strong point is and that’s being defensive, blocking shots and grabbing rebounds. When you do those things offence will fall right in your lap and I feel like that’s what happened tonight.”

Casey gave his players Thursday off to celebrate

NHL

BRIEFS Edmonton Oilers forward Nail Yakupov is expected to miss two to four weeks after spraining his left ankle in a 4-1 loss to the Carolina Hurricanes on Wednesday night.

He was knocked down when linesman Matt MacPherson lost his balance and fell backwards after a faceoff early in the second period. Yakupov had to be helped off the ice.

“It could’ve been significantly worse based on what happened,” Oilers coach Todd McLellan said Thursday.

“Hopefully he heals quickly.”

Yakupov had picked up his 100th career point earlier in the game. He has 12 points (two goals, 10 assists) in 22 games this season.

Also Thursday, the Oilers recalled forward Jujhar Khaira from Bakersfield of the American Hockey League.

Canadiens goaltender Carey Price out at least a week with injury Montreal Canadiens goaltender Carey Price will miss at least a week due to a nagging low-

er-body injury.

Price played the first 40 minutes in a 5-1 victory over the New York Rangers on Wednesday night but did not return for the third period.

Head coach Michel Therrien said Thursday that Price has been put on the injured list.

On Wednesday night, the coach said the lower-body injury was the same one that kept Price out for nine games earlier this season.

Price won the Ted Lindsay, Jennings, Vezina and Hart trophies last season. He was the first goaltender in NHL history to win all four awards in the same campaign.

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Saskatchewan seniors homes under fire LACK OF STAFF AND BATHS A CONCERN IN LONG-TERM CARE HOMES

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REPORT

REGINA — Residents of long-term One of the most critical reports was care homes in Saskatchewan and their from St. Mary’s Villa in Humboldt, families have concerns about staffing which is part of the Saskatoon Health levels and a lack of baths in the facil- Region. ities.

The report said “staff and manThe comments are in reports comagement of this home are frustrated, piled after health authority CEOs that there are no concrete plans to adtoured seniors homes dress long-standacross the province ‘IN TERMS OF FIXING THE ing infrastructure to see what’s working It noted well and what can be PROBLEMS IN LONG-TERM issues.” that one wing of improved.

CARE, THE WORK IS GOING TO the home has been “I think that this report indicates … CONTINUE. WE’RE NOT GOING closed due to structural problems for we’re seeing progress, but not all of the TO ARRIVE AT THAT BY A PAR- more than three problems have been TICULAR DATE. THIS IS GOING years.

The St. Mary’s rectified,” Health Minister Dustin Dun- TO BE AN ONGOING PROCESS.’ report also said “an increased can acknowledged SASKATCHEWAN HEALTH MINISTER DUSTIN DUNCAN number of resiWednesday. dent falls has been In many of the renoted and is beports, residents said ing investigated to determine the root they would like to have baths more cause.” than once a week.

St. Mary’s is the same seniors home Residents and staff also said that aging nurse call systems often break where a gas leak from a boiler contribdown and there aren’t enough staff, es- uted to the deaths of three residents and made dozens of others sick in Depecially in the evenings or overnight.

One resident and family council cember 2010.

Duncan said St. Mary’s is “an ongoin Saskatoon said residents “believe their care is being compromised due ing concern.”

“That’s a little bit more of a lonto low staffing levels.”

Sask. gets failing grade on reducing tobacco use

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REGINA — The Opposition NDP is calling on the government of Premier Brad Wall to take more steps to reduce tobacco consumption in Saskatchewan.

The call comes the same day that a coalition of health groups released a report card giving the province a grade of D+ or “unacceptable” when it comes to protecting people from the harms of tobacco.

Donna Pasiechnik of the Canadian Cancer Society says Saskatchewan has the highest youth smoking rate in Canada, which is nearly double the national average.

Lorie Langenfurth of the Heart and Stroke Foundation says that’s because the province is not keeping up with new evidence and continually says it needs to monitor the situation before taking action.

Health Minister Dustin Duncan says the government has already banned smoking on school grounds and in vehicles with children but says he is prepared to look at other recommendations from health agencies.

He also wants to see what new programs will be introduced by the federal government.

NDP health critic Danielle Chartier says tobacco is the leading preventable cause of disease and death in the province.

She says the province should take more steps, such as banning smoking in outdoor eating places and banning candy-flavoured tobacco products.

“Unless we begin to seriously address this issue now, smoking-related illnesses will overwhelm our society and the health care system,” says Pasiechnik.

The report card looks at 10 recommendations that have been made by the three health groups since 2009.

Saskatchewan is far behind the rest of the country in following up with those recommendations, though it got an A for increasing tobacco taxes and controlling the sale of tax-exempt tobacco.

ger-term issue that we’re going to have to address, because of the significant problems that we’ve had in that facility.”

The Saskatchewan government put up $10 million in October 2013 to address urgent issues in care homes and boosted that a further $3.8 million in December 2013 to address ongoing pressures.

Duncan said more than 700 pieces of equipment, such as lifts, bathtubs and mattresses, have been installed in homes across the province over the last couple of years.

“It’s been a big undertaking by the system. It shows the needs that were out there and continue to be out there,” said Duncan.

“In terms of fixing the problems in long-term care, the work is going to continue. We’re not going to arrive at that by a particular date. This is going to be an ongoing process.”

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Sylvan Lake pushes for Urgent Care Centre TOWN PHYSICIANS HANDLE 2,000 AFTER HOURS PATIENTS A YEAR

BY PAUL COWLEY ADVOCATE STAFF Sylvan Lake’s doctors have warned that the current on-call system is being stretched thin.

The town’s 15 doctors have voluntarily worked out a system to provide after-hours medical attention to local residents. But it’s hardly an ideal situation and those lobbying for an Urgent Care Centre have been told it needs to be changed in the next year or so.

Four members of the Sylvan Lake Urgent Care Committee came before Lacombe County council on Thursday to enlist its support in lobbying the province to approve a centre offering seven-day-a-week, non-life-threatening medical care with extended hours

LACOMBE COUNTY along with laboratory and x-ray services.

Laurie Norris, a committee member and a registered nurse with 41 years experience, said the after-hours system sometimes leaves doctors alone tending to intoxicated patients brought in by police, which raises safety issues.

The prospect of being on-call alone has made it harder to attract female physicians to the community, said Norris.

Committee chairperson Susan Samson said town physicians are handling 2,000 after-hours patients a year, taking pressure of hospital emergency rooms.

The committee believes as much money will be saved in unnecessary emergency room visits as will be required to establish an urgent care centre, which could be based out of existing health facilities.

“It is more effective. It is the right health care, at the right time for the right money,” she said.

Sylvan Lake, Beaverlodge and Airdrie were promised urgent care centres by the last Progressive Conservative government. But those promises are in limbo now.

Committee members are lobbying hard to get a face-to face meeting with new Health Minister Sarah Hoffman.

Sylvan Lake Mayor Sean McIntyre planned to press that request to the minister in person at an NDP fundraiser on Thursday night.

“We need to make some headway on this issue,” said Samson.

Several Lacombe County councillors expressed their support for the committee’s efforts. Similar presentations have been made in recent weeks to the five summer villages on Sylvan Lake, Town of Sylvan Lake, Eckville, and Bentley. Red Deer County will be visited soon and support from service groups and churches is also being sought. pcowley@reddeeradvocate.com

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Good Earth Coffeehouse employee Kayla Charchun holds a basket of gingerbread cookie packages in the Collicutt Centre location in Red Deer on Wednesday. From the sale of each package of cookies Good Earth Coffeehouse will donate $1 to Habitat for Humanity. Last year the business sold 7,600 cookie packages and hopes to sell 10,000 packages this year before the end of December.

RCMP arrest man wanted in crime spree

BY ADVOCATE STAFF

POLICE

Three days, three armed robberies of gas stations and one gas and dash have led to 14 charges for an 18-yearold Rimbey man.

The crime spree started on Nov. 17 with an armed robbery of the Lacombe Husky Gas bar. Lacombe Police Services said at 9 p.m. that night the suspect carried a baseball bat into the store and demanded cash from the attendant after smashing the store debit machine with the bat.

The suspect fled in an older model two-tone brown van after grabbing scratch lottery tickets and cigarettes.

Lacombe police responded and distributed surveillance photos to area RCMP detachments.

A day later, Stony Plain RCMP responded to a reported armed robbery at the Fas Gas in downtown Stony Plain. It was reported that a male and female suspect entered the store with a brown baseball bat and demanded money and lotto tickets from employees. The suspect again left with money and scratch lottery tickets, fleeing with the female suspect in an older model two-tone brown van.

Later that evening, a report of an armed robbery north east of Stony Plain in the community of Onoway shared similar circumstances. Police said a male and female entered the Shell station at about 7:10 p.m. The male, carrying a brown baseball bat, demanded money and scratch lottery tickets. The two suspects left in a van with a similar description, making off with money and lottery tickets.

At 5:45 p.m. on Nov. 19, now into the third day of the crime spree, Evansburg RCMP were called to a theft of fuel from a gas station in Entwistle.

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Passing grade for McIntyre and council

BY PAUL COWLEY ADVOCATE STAFF A community satisfaction survey showed council is on the right track, says Sylvan Lake Mayor Sean McIntyre.

The poll of residents’ happiness being a Sylvan Laker showed 92 per cent felt their quality of life was good or very good. Eighty-four per cent were satisfied with town services and 69 per cent said they received fairly or very good value for their tax dollars.

McIntyre said ensuring a good quality of life has been a stated priority of council and it’s good to see more than nine out of 10 residents rank it SEAN MCINTYRE highly.

“That’s definitely a positive indication to council that for the most part we are meeting the needs of our residents.”

Issues most pressing for those polled were urgent care/care for seniors, which was chosen by 53 per cent; and construction of recreation and cultural facilities, chosen by 24 per cent.

Those numbers are, perhaps, not surprising considering the town is in the midst of building a $33.5-million multiplex, and has been lobbying hard for the past five years for an urgent care centre.

Survey results were drawn from 404 phone interviews and is considered accurate to within +/- 4.8 per cent.

The least amount of satisfaction, with 38 per cent dissatisfied or very dissatisfied, was with the town’s snow removal. Thirty-one per cent were also dissatisfied or very dissatisfied with road design and traffic flow.

McIntyre was not too surprised to see snow removal drawing some ire.

“Snow removal in Central Alberta is always an issue of interesting contention for people.

“We have to mind our budgets as they relate to service levels to make sure we’re providing a value for dollar,” he said.

Sylvan has outlined priority routes and expanded its snow clearing in the last couple of years, which he believes residents are noticing.

There were areas where some more communication work could be done.

The town’s Family and Community Support Services (FCSS) department offers a wide range of services, including individual, family, seniors and youth programs. However, the survey showed nearly half of residents were unfamiliar with its work; although those who were aware of its role gave it very positive reviews.

Many don’t realize that a service they are receiving is from FCSS, he said.

“That’s something we have taken internally to say let’s ensure that when we’re providing those services through FCSS that residents understand who is providing that service.”

To see the full survey go to www. sylvanlake.ca and click on What’s Happening? pcowley@reddeeradvocate.com

Red Deer getting NorthernStar Mothers Milk Bank depot THIS YEAR 130,000 OUNCES OF DONOR MILK WILL BE GIVEN TO INFANTS ACROSS CANADA

BY SUSAN ZIELINSKI ADVOCATE STAFF The local milk run for NorthernStar Mothers Milk Bank is switching from roadside collection near Red Deer to a drop-off depot at Johnstone Crossing Community Health Centre.

Jannette Festival, milk bank executive director, said Red Deer will have one of six new drop-off depots in Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba to collect milk donated by mothers with excess breast milk.

She said the milk bank’s courier has been meeting up with moms at Gasoline Alley to collect containers of milk to be pasteurized for babies in need.

“The courier we used had an Edmonton run so they would stop on the highway, I think at the Petro Canada station, and there would be an exchange,” Festival said on Wednesday.

“This will make it a lot more convenient, and safer.”

“WHAT WE’RE SEEING NOW IN OUR HOSPITALS HERE IS THAT THESE BABIES ARE GETTING HEALTHIER QUICKER. WE HAVE THE SCIENCE TO BACK THAT, BUT NOW THEY’RE ACTUALLY SEEING THAT HAPPEN. BABIES ARE TOLERATING THEIR FEEDS.” JANNETTE FESTIVAL, MILK BANK EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR She said the drop-off depot at Johnstone Crossing Community Health Centre could be operating in January.

NorthernStar Mothers Milk Bank, that until recently was called Calgary Mothers’ Milk Bank, is one of only three milk banks in Canada. Others

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operate out of hospitals in Vancouver and Toronto. NorthernStar is the only community-based bank.

“When the community finds out they have a milk drop in the area, it typically promotes the use of donor milk and actually promotes people donating. The Red Deer hospital actually does use our milk and will refer moms to us if they know they have excess production.”

For a premature baby, breast milk can be the difference between life and death.

“What we’re seeing now in our hospitals here is that these babies are getting healthier quicker. We have the science to back that, but now they’re actually seeing that happen. Babies are tolerating their feeds.”

She said breast milk can reduce necrotizing enterocolitis, a frequent and often fatal disease for premature babies, by 70 per cent.

“They’re so tiny, it’s just as much medicine for them as it is food. It helps

them heal. It gives them immunities that a formula can’t give.

“Hospitals are getting pretty excited about using it.”

Festival said there are about four mothers in the Red Deer area currently donating milk, and 550 are signed up across Canada.

Milk from NorthernStar is distributed to many hospitals across the country. About 75 to 80 per cent is used in hospital.

“The milk is triaged so it always goes to the sickest baby first. Moms and dads need a prescription for the milk once they are outside of the hospital.”

When the milk bank opened three years ago, it dispensed 30,000 ounces of donor milk. This year more than 130,000 ounces will be given to infants.

For more information visit northernstarmilkbank.ca or call 1-403-4756455. szielinski@reddeeradvocate.com

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Melissa Morin, Katherine Meadows and Cheryl Lowalsky have started the Once Upon a Princess Project in an effort to help women who need a dress but cannot afford one.

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Guilty pleas were entered by a woman for stealing a cart full of groceries and then assaulting a clerk who was trying to stop her from leaving.

Karla Lynn Pittman, 30, of Red Deer entered the pleas through her counsel Kevin Schollie on Wednesday in Red Deer provincial court.

She was charged with five offences for the March 9, 2014 incident that caused quite a ruckus in front of the Safeway at Parkland Mall, which has since closed.

Pittman was scheduled to stand trial in Red Deer Court of Queen’s Bench in June of next year, but changed her plea in provincial court.

She is also charged with assault on another person, possession of morphine and carrying a weapon (a syringe) dangerous to the public.

Red Deer RCMP said witnesses reported her threatening people with a syringe she said was infected with

HIV. Pleas were reserved on those three charges and they were adjourned to her sentencing date.

Judge Gordon Yake ordered a pre-sentence report be developed before her sentencing. Facts of the case were not read onto the record as Yake said he did not want to seize himself with the matter.

Sentencing was adjourned to March 25 in Red Deer provincial court for the development of the pre-sentence report.

Pittman was arrested by Mounties outside of Parkland Mall following a confrontation with store employees.

Police said she had attempted to walk out of the store with a cart full of groceries.

She was released on $2,000 cash bail on March 18, 2014 and has been out of custody ever since. mcrawford@reddeeradvocate.com

Mounties search for stabbing suspect

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Police are looking for a suspect who stabbed a 23-year-old woman in the chest before grabbing her purse on Thursday night.

Red Deer RCMP said the woman was approached by a man after she was leaving her job near 34 Street and 50 Ave. around 9:45 p.m.

The suspect wielded a large kitchen knife and demanded her purse, stabbing her on the left side of her chest before fleeing on foot.

The victim called 911 and drove herself to the hospital, where she was treated for non-life-threatening injuries.

RCMP searched the area with help from Police Dog Services but were not able to locate the suspect.

RCMP continue to investigate and are asking for public assistance to locate the suspect in this robbery and assault.

The suspect is described as Caucasian, 1.8 metres (six-foot) tall and wearing a black balaclava ski mask, large black winter coat and no gloves.

Contact the Red Deer RCMP at 403343-5575 if you have information on this incident. To remain anonymous, call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 or report it online at www.tipsubmit. com.

Charges have been laid against three people for a break and enter and possible shots fired incident east of Red Deer.

Blackfalds RCMP announced the charges late Thursday, but said the investigation is ongoing and information relating to the possible shots fired has not yet been confirmed.

Police were called to a single-vehicle collision a short distance away from a rural property, that was the subject of a break and enter on Nov. 22 at about 4:20 p.m.

The suspects fled from the vehicle, near the intersection of Hwy 11 and Range Road 265. Police contained the

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SPREE: Two taken into custody Edson RCMP members noticed a two-tone brown van matching the description of the suspect vehicle and attempted to initiate a traffic stop, but the van did not stop. Police initially pursued the vehicle, but due to concern for public safety the pursuit was terminated. Edson RCMP advised Mayerthorpe RCMP of the vehicle approaching their area.

area and Red Deer RCMP, Police Dog Services and Air Services assisted the Blackfalds RCMP detachment.

Danny Bergeson, 26, of no fixed address has been charged with possession of stolen property, break and enter and several firearms offences.

Billyjack Williams, 43, of Red Deer and Steven Jones, 36, of no fixed address have both been charged with possession of stolen property and several firearms offences.

Williams and Jones will appear in Red Deer provincial court on Dec. 8 while Bergeson is scheduled to appear on Nov. 27 in Red Deer provincial court.

Williams and Bergeson have been released from custody, Jones has been remanded into custody.

Mayerthorpe RCMP located the vehicle in a rural location and succeeded in stopping the vehicle.

Wesley Hassleburger-Wright is charged with robbery with a weapon, wearing a disguise with intent to commit an indictable offence, possession of a controlled substance, possession of a weapon for a dangerous purpose, dangerous operation of a motor vehicle, flight from a peace officer and failing to comply with an undertaking.

He has been remanded into custody and made his first court appearance on Wednesday.

A female youth was also in the vehicle and has been charged with possession of a weapon for a dangerous purpose and possession of a methamphetamine.-

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Once Upon A Princess Project came away with about 100 fancy frocks from its first major donation event held over the weekend at Parkland Mall.

The project collects gently used and clean evening wear, formal and semi-formal dresses, grad dresses and wedding dresses to help girls and women feel and look their best regardless of their financial circumstance.

Melissa Morin, who created the project with Katherine Meadows and Cheryl Kowalsky, said they hope to start giving out some dresses during the holiday season.

“We’re surprised by the response and how so many women have all these dresses they never wear. Their grad dress (for example), they wear it once, and hope to sell it and then they don’t,” Morin said on Tuesday.

The trio totally understands.

“We’re girly girls. We all have lots of dresses and clothes we don’t wear.”

She said dresses are something people can more easily donate despite the ailing economy and costly holiday season.

“Every woman has at least one dress they could part with I’m sure.”

Once Upon A Princess Project was

started in October. The next event will be held in the spring to collect dresses, shoes, accessories, jewelry and gift cards to clothing stores, hair salons and makeup services.

The aim is to collect dresses in a variety of styles for different shapes, sizes, and ages so there is something available for everyone.

The project has connected with the local Cinderella Project that focuses on grad dresses, Dress for Success for working women and Central Alberta Women’s Outreach Society to share dresses. She said Once Upon A Princess is not in competition with other clothing fundraisers. The goal is to work together.

“Personally, I grew up with a single mom. We had our basic needs covered, food, transportation and shelter. But we didn’t have the money to splurge on fancy dresses,” Morin said.

She said the plan is to operate Once Upon A Princess Project year-round so it’s important to spread the word.

“The more people who know about it, the more people we can help.”

To donate a dress, or to make an appointment to view dresses, call 403318-5665 or 403-598-1684, or leave a message at www.facebook/com/princessdonations, or e-mail onceuponaprincessproject@gmail.com. szielinski@reddeeradvocate.com

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Clash of ambitions TURKEY-RUSSIA SPAT OVER DOWNED RUSSIAN PLANE DEEPENS

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ANKARA, Turkey — A tug-of-war over a Russian warplane downed by a Turkish fighter jet at the border with Syria escalated Thursday, with Moscow drafting a slew of economic sanctions against Turkey and the Turkish president defiantly declaring that his military will shoot down any new intruder.

The spat reflected a clash of ambitions of two strongman leaders, neither of whom appeared willing to back down and search for a compromise.

Turkey shot down the Russian Su24 military jet on Tuesday, insisting it had violated its airspace despite repeated warnings. The incident marked the first time in half a century that a NATO member shot down a Russian plane, raising the threat of a military confrontation between the alliance and Moscow.

Russian President Vladimir Putin denounced the Turkish action as a “treacherous stab in the back,” and insisted that the plane was downed over Syrian territory in violation of international law.

“Until that moment, we haven’t heard a clear apology from Turkey’s top political leadership, or an offer to compensate for the damage or a promise to punish the criminals,” he said at the Kremlin while receiving cre-

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Photos of Lt.Col. Oleg Peshkov, left, and sailor Alexander Pozynich are placed at a monument to Soviet Officers with flowers and paper jet outside Russian Army General Staff headquarters in Moscow, Russia. Peshkov was a pilot of Russian Su-24, which was shot down by Turkish air forces and Pozynick took part in a rescue operation, both were killed. dentials from several ambassadors. “It gives an impression that the Turkish leadership is deliberately driving Russian-Turkish relations into a deadlock, and we regret that.”

But Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan was in no mood to apologize, and warned that Ankara would

act in the same way in the event of another intrusion.

“Faced with the same violation today, Turkey would give the same response,” Erdogan said. “It’s the country that carried out the violation which should question itself and take measures to prevent it from happening

again, not the country that was subjected to a violation.”

Erdogan said Turkey had not specifically targeted Russia when it shot down the plane, saying it was “an automatic response” in line with its rules of engagement.

He spoke on a more conciliatory note in separate comments on France 24. Asked if Turkey would still have targeted the plane if it positively knew it was Russian, he said: “If we had determined it, the warnings would have been different.”

Speaking later in the Kremlin after the talks with French President Francois Hollande, Putin said he was sorry to hear that Erdogan sees no need to apologize.

“For us, Turkey was not just a neighbour, but a friendly state, almost an ally,” he said. “It’s very sad to see all of it being destroyed so thoughtlessly and brutally.”

The Russian and Turkish leaders are often compared to each other. Both are populist, frequently crack down on critics and often revert to anti-Western rhetoric. They had enjoyed close relations until recently, despite differences over Syria, and regularly exchanged visits. In September, Erdogan travelled to Moscow where he and Putin attended the opening of a new mosque, and they also met separately at the sidelines of the Group of 20 summit hosted by Turkey.

Britain must expand anti-IS airstrikes to Syria: U.K. vote in Parliament if “there is a clear majority for action,” so as not to hand IS “a publicity coup.”

The main opposition Labour Party is divided on airstrikes. Leader Jeremy Corbyn said military action could

have “unintended consequences” — as it did in Iraq, Libya and Afghanistan.

Labour’s leadership in Parliament met Thursday, but didn’t decide whether to allow the party’s lawmakers a free vote.

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LONDON — British Prime Minister David Cameron tried to persuade reluctant lawmakers to back airstrikes on the Islamic State group in Syria, saying Thursday that the Paris attacks have given the fight new urgency and Britain owes it to key allies to act.

Cameron told the House of Commons that President Barack Obama and French President Francois Hollande had urged Britain to join the military campaign in Syria.

“These are our closest allies and they want our help,” he said. “We have to hit these terrorists in their heartlands. We have not and we must not shirk our responsibility for security or hand it to others.”

The Royal Air Force is part of a U.S.-led coalition attacking IS militants in Iraq, but not in Syria. Cameron has been reluctant to seek backing for strikes in Syria since lawmakers voted down his 2013 plan to launch RAF strikes against the forces of Syrian President Bashar Assad.

Many Britons are wary of getting drawn in to another Middle Eastern conflict after messy, bloody wars in Iraq and Libya.

Earlier this month, Parliament’s Foreign Affairs Select Committee said British airstrikes would be “incoherent” and ineffective without a plan to

end Syria’s four-year civil war.

Cameron replied Thursday with a 36-page letter, arguing that Britain should act to deny the Islamic State group a “safe haven” from which to plot mass-casualty attacks like the Nov. 13 rampage that left 130 dead and hundreds wounded in Paris.

He said airstrikes should be part of a “comprehensive overall strategy” to destroy IS, end the Syrian war and help rebuild the country.

Attempting to allay legislators’ concerns, Cameron answered questions for more than two hours in the House of Commons.

He argued that military action was legal under the U.N. charter’s right to self-defence. And he said while ground forces would also be needed, they would not be British.

Cameron said airstrikes would not increase the already-high risk of an attack in Britain. He said British authorities have foiled seven attacks in the past year.

Cameron said he would only seek a

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Canada’s oceans matter AT THE PARIS CLIMATE TALKS AND BEYOND It’s encouraging that our newly ment and protection) and inaction on elected federal government has agreed species at risk. to improve efforts to safeguard CanWeak ocean protection hinders our ada’s oceans. Ocean protection here coasts’ ability to remain resilient in is shamefully deficient, currently at the face of many challenges. A recent around one per cent. The report in Science estimated new government has rethat globally in 2010, five to stated our country’s com13 million tonnes of plastics mitment to protect 10 per ended up in the oceans. Plascent of our oceans by 2020, tics often break down into tias part of a global agreeny, toxic pieces called “nurment Canada signed in dles”, which are turning up 2010 at the 10th meeting of in the stomachs of many mathe Convention on Biologirine birds, fish and turtles. cal Diversity.

Agricultural runoff, unIncreased ocean protectreated sewage and coastal tion was one change called development have added to for in a recent peer-rethe ocean sludge and creatviewed paper written by ed hundreds of wastelands DAVID 19 scientists from across devoid of oxygen, or “dead SUZUKI the country (including my zones”, which can change daughter, Sarika). “Can- SCIE3NCE MATTERS fishes’ sex organs and leave ada at a Crossroads: The animals gasping for air. imperative for realigning Over the past two years we ocean policy with ocean science” of- were also hit by the “the blob”, a large fers recommendations for government patch of water in the Pacific Northto step up its game when it comes to west that is 3 C warmer than average. ocean health.

It’s a product of unseasonably hot, dry The report highlights recent fed- weather and is the highest water temeral conduct that has increased the perature ever recorded in this area. vulnerability of our coasts, including When I heard triggerfish were showing changes to the Fisheries Act (most no- up in the North Pacific, I was shocked. tably, decreasing habitat protection), They’re tropical fish! The blob brings disregard for the Oceans Act (an im- some warm-water hitchhikers. portant framework that emerged in Carbon dioxide is perhaps the most the late 1990s outlining ocean manage- dangerous human waste found in our

oceans. CO2 from the atmosphere is absorbed at the water’s surface, where it reacts with seawater and turns into carbonic acid before breaking down further into acid and bicarbonate ions.

We know changing the pH of seawater is dangerous for marine life.

On the West Coast we’ve recently seen scallops struggling to make shells, a chilling portent of what might come as oceans become more acidic.

A study published earlier this year in Nature Climate Change found that many shellfish are extremely vulnerable to ocean acidification and that some areas most at risk are also least prepared to respond and adapt to the crisis.

Still, there are signs that Canada is ready to take ocean health seriously.

“Canada at a Crossroads” ends by offering a constructive to-do list to help this country get back on track, and our newly elected government has made a number of commitments that align with its recommendations. They include reassessing the recent Fisheries Act amendments, reversing funding cuts to Fisheries and Oceans Canada, increasing marine and coastal protected areas and allowing government scientists to speak freely about their work.

The government has also moved to formalize the moratorium on crude oil tankers on B.C.’s North Coast, which

will help ensure coastal biodiversity is protected from spills.

The government should also ensure that oceans are an integral part of the upcoming UN climate summit in Paris November 30 to December 12. Because they absorb carbon dioxide, oceans are critical in the fight against climate change, and they are vulnerable to its effects. I hope Canada plays a constructive role in Paris and at home to ensure that oceans and all the life they support are protected and cared for.

It’s refreshing to see studies with constructive recommendations for these serious issues, and to see the federal government respond positively. Let’s hope we’ve entered a new era in maintaining and enhancing the health of our oceans.

Oceans supply half our oxygen, absorb a quarter of our emissions, produce food, regulate climate and weather, give us medicine, culture, renewable energy and jobs, and support a diversity of life. We can’t live without them.

David Suzuki is a scientist, broadcaster, author and co-founder of the David Suzuki Foundation. Written with contributions from Sarika Cullis-Suzuki, PhD, marine biologist, visiting scientist at the University of Victoria’s Ocean Networks Canada and David Suzuki Foundation board member. Learn more at www.davidsuzuki.org.

UN says it’s a record hot year, even before the year ends

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON — Because of manmade global warming and a strong El Nino, Earth’s wild weather this year is bursting the annual heat record, the World Meteorological Organization announced on Wednesday.

The United Nations weather agency’s early report on 2015 says it is the hottest year on record, surpassing last year’s record heat. It made the proclamation without waiting for the end of the year because it has been so extraordinarily hot and is forecast to stay that way.

The report comes the week before more than 100 world leaders assemble

in Paris to try to negotiate an agreement to fight climate change.

“We have really broken records almost everywhere,” the agency’s secretary-general, Michel Jarraud, said in Geneva. “Remember climate change is not only about temperature … but a significant impact of climate change is on extreme events.”

The report is not surprising: Scientists at the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and elsewhere already were saying that 2015 likely would be the hottest. The U.N. agency, NOAA, NASA and Japan’s weather agency all say 2014 is the current record hot year with a global temperature of 14.57 degrees Celsius.

Jarraud also said it is likely that

the world has now warmed by 1 degree Celsius over pre-industrial times.

That’s a symbolic milestone: International leaders have set a goal of keeping global warming within 2 degrees C, or 3.6 F, of pre-industrial times.

“There is urgency because we already have 1 degree behind us and at the rate that the emissions are increasing, there is not much flexibility,” Jarraud said.

“But it is still possible to do it, provided there is a strong decision in Paris.”

Gavin Schmidt, head of NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies called the U.N. report a fair summary, adding: “2015 is going to be exceptional in many ways.”

The world is warming because of heat-trapping gases that come from the burning of coal, oil and gas. On top of that, El Nino, a naturally occurring climate event that starts with warm water in the central and eastern equatorial Pacific, makes the world even warmer, scientists say.

The report is an atlas of extreme weather, from heat waves in Pakistan and India, where high temperatures broke 45 degrees Celsius to a record strong Hurricane Patricia in Mexico.

It included heavy rains and flooding in the southern United States, Mexico, Bolivia, Malawi, Zimbabwe and Mozambique, and droughts in the western United States, central Europe, Russia and Southeast Asia.

Solar power getting more focus in Alberta Other than Ontario, the rest of Canada is slow to chicken operation as well as their “one of a kind” subsidize photovoltaic installations. plastics recycling plant. To their credit, they see Although the current Alberta regime has prom- the benefit of providing for all of their own energy ised interest free loans on solar projects, needs, a line of thought that is ingrained to this point no links have been found at into their agrarian culture. any government website or financial inThe installation at the colony is alstitutions. True the new premier has a lot most 25% of the SESA reported 8.8 MW on her plate, and governments are known of installed generating capacity in Alto move with the expediency of a monkey berta. When compared to Ontario with with cement shoes; a lot of noise but no 2171 megawatts of installed photovoltaic actual movement. arrays and another 939 MW in the conHowever the “get it done” spirit of Alstruction phase, this is a small drop in the berta entrepreneurs continues to thrive, bucket. and despite political hesitations, continue However even with petroleum energy to install as they can afford. as our mainstay, Albertans are making inRecently Albertans have taken the roads into solar power, and are starting to lead from British Columbia with the largrecognize it embodies a viable transition LORNE est photovoltaic solar facility west of Onfrom coal powered generation.

OJA tario. Rated at two megawatts it is double True power output is dictated by the size of the “Sunmine” installation in weather conditions, and is seasonally ENERGY Kelowna. Notably it was installed without biased; accurate calculations take into corporate donation or government incenaccount the increased sunlight during tive as it was deemed to be a project with long term normal seasonal changes, and the increase in output “economic benefit”. of the array at colder temperatures. For example, a The Green Acres Hutterite colony near Bassano polycrystalline panel has a temperature co-efficient has installed 7600 + solar panels to run their hog and of 0.12 V/C°. If a panel is rated at 48 volts at 25 C°

then at 0 C° it would produce 48 + (25 C° X 0.12 V/C°) or 51 volts. As well distribution and delivery charges need to be factored into the calculations to determine if the arrays return on investment becomes practical.

Return on investment for their system is calculated at 10-15 years. This is dependent on whether the cost of a kWhr of electricity goes up or down. With the cost economically feasible, it has the additional benefit of “not” using carbon based generation. This non-carbon emitting production for the life of the array is considerably longer than the payback period, and is what adds the proverbial sticky, sweet topping on the pastry.

If one sector of our community can see the financial and environmental feasibility, others will follow. Perhaps down the road our oil sector will see the advantage to producing a fuel for the world, using alternate systems for the energy input of processing.

Lorne Oja is an energy consultant, power engineer and a partner in a company that installs solar panels, wind turbines and energy control products in Central Alberta. He built his first off-grid home in 2003. His column appears every second Friday in the Advocate. Contact him at: lorne@solartechnical.ca.

Experts amped up about battery tech helping limit global warming

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON — One of the key technologies that could help wean the globe off fossil fuel is probably at your fingertips or in your pocket right now: the battery.

If batteries can get better, cheaper and store more power safely, then electric cars and solar- or wind- powered homes become more viable — even on cloudy days or when the wind isn’t blowing. These types of technological solutions will be one of the more hopeful aspects of United Nations climate talks that begin next week in Paris.

“If you are serious about eliminating combustion of fossil fuels to power anything — a house, a city, a state — you can’t do it without (energy) storage,” which usually means batteries, said Carnegie Mellon University battery expert and inventor Jay Whitacre.

Former Vice-President Al Gore, former U.S. Geological Survey chief (and current editor-in-chief of the journal Science) Marcia McNutt and others point to better batteries as one of the bright spots in the fight against climate change.

While batteries have been around for more than 200 years, this year the technology has amped up.

In October, an international team of scientists announced a breakthrough in overcoming major obstacles in next generation energy storage and creating a battery that has five to 10 times the energy density of the best batteries on the market now. In September,

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President Barack Obama awards the National Medal of Science to Dr. John Goodenough of the University of Texas, who invented the lithium ion battery we use in our phones and laptops, during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington. One of the key technologies that could help wean the globe off fossil fuel is probably at your fingertips or in your pocket right now: the battery. If batteries can get better, cheaper and store more power safely, then electric cars and solar- or wind- powered homes become more viable, even on cloudy days or when the wind isn’t blowing. These types of technological solutions will be one of the more hopeful aspects of United Nations climate talks that begin this week in Paris.

Whitacre won a $500,000 invention prize for his eco-friendly water-oriented battery. And in April, Elon Musk announced plans for his Tesla Motors to sell high-tech batteries for homes with solar panels to store electricity for night time and cloudy day use, weaning the homes off dirtier power from the burning of coal, oil and gas.

“The pace of innovation does seem to be accelerating,” said JB Straubel, chief technical officer and co-founder of Tesla with Musk. “We’re kind of right at the tipping point where the current performance and lifetime of batteries roughly equal that of fossil fuels. If you are able to double that, the prospects are huge.”

At its massive Nevada Gigafactory, Tesla has started producing powerwalls to store energy in homes. They can’t make them fast enough for customers worldwide.

In November, a Texas utility announced it was giving wind-generated electricity free to customers at night because it couldn’t be stored. That’s where Tesla hopes to come in — not just in cars, but in homes. Within 10 years, Straubel figures it will be considerably cheaper (and cleaner) to get energy through wind and solar power and store it with batteries than to use coal, oil or gas.

“What has changed is the Gigafactory,” said Venkat Srinivasan, deputy director of the Joint Center for Energy Storage Research at the Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. “Two years ago I didn’t think anyone would have thought you’d invest $5 billion in a big (battery) factory.”’

Tesla is using existing technology, just mass producing and marketing it.

That’s one of two key changes in the field. The other is work to make the battery itself much more efficient.

Start with that lithium ion battery in your pocket. It was invented by John Goodenough, a professor at the University of Texas. His next task is a safer battery that uses sodium, a more plentiful element that can produce a faster charge.

“Now I hope to help free yourself from your dependence on fossil fuels,” he said on the same October day he was awarded part of a $1 million innovation-in-alternative-fuels prize from Israel.

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THOUGH NOT WITHOUT SHORTCOMINGS

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK — Samsung makes history of a sort Friday by launching the first major consumer-oriented virtual-reality headset. (It comes with an asterisk prototypes and other notquite-mass-market versions have been available for a while.) And its Gear VR headset is pretty impressive as first-generation devices go.

The biggest surprise after using the new Gear VR for a few days: There’s a lot of stuff to watch and play in the virtual worlds the headset opens up.

Granted, some of that material is gimmicky or amateurish. But the best of it hints at some of the mind-expanding experiences VR can make possible.

The Gear VR is relatively cheap, too, at just $100. You do need your own headphones, preferably wireless, plus a recent Samsung phone — the Galaxy S6, S6 Edge, S6 Edge Plus or Note 5. If you don’t already have one, the package could set you back nearly $1,000.

(Other VR systems will also need companion devices, such as high-end personal computers.)

Samsung developed the Gear VR with the virtual-reality startup Oculus (now part of Facebook). It supplants the $200 “innovator edition” Samsung has sold for a year. That earlier prototype was mainly intended to build enthusiasm for VR and to help developers start producing games and apps for it. Samsung bills the new model as its first consumer VR product, although it still requires some savvy on the consumer’s part to use.

ABOUT THE DEVICE Your phone attaches to the front of the Gear VR headset, just in front of the lens for your eyes. Put the headset on, and your surroundings disappear as the phone screen opens a window into an unreal, three-dimensional world. As you turn your head, the image shifts accordingly to give the sense of being there in real life. You can even turn all the way around to see what’s behind you. The screen projects slightly different perspectives to your left and right eyes to give the virtual world depth.

The Gear VR wasn’t easy to set up.

I had trouble figuring out where all the Velcro straps and hooks were supposed to go. I couldn’t get the phone to snap into place. I needed the manual to find a lever I had to switch because I had a larger phone, the Note 5. Many consumers might need help from a tech-savvy friend or kid.

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An attendee tries out the Samsung Gear VR while e waiting in line to attend BlizzCon at the Anaheim m Convention Center, Nov. 6, in Anaheim, Calif. There e are the promises of virtual reality in the form off headsets that drop you into another world and d offer 360-degree views that shift as you turn yourr head. Samsung’s Gear VR headset came out Nov..

20, 2015, while Sony, HTC and Facebook’s Oculuss business have other sets planned in the coming g months.

I also got frustrated having to wait for apps and video to download — a few minutes in some cases. The Gear VR can stream relatively few videos for instant playback.

WHAT TO DO WITH IT Fortunately, it was worth the wait most of the time, even if many of the videos seemed like concepts intended to demonstrate the Future of Virtual Reality or are merely promotions for regular movies and TV shows. A lot of it is free, though some videos or apps will set you back $2 to $10.

And some apps were surprisingly absorbing. The notion of the Netflix app, which streams video to a virtual TV in front of you, initially seemed silly. Why not watch a real TV? Well, the virtual TV is huge, much larger than what I could afford in real life.

And VR also removes the distractions surrounding you — such as Facebook.

Repeat viewings sometimes turned up unexpected detail. Not until a second viewing of a Cirque du Soleil video did I notice performers to my left and right. In a horror video, I initially

kept my eyes on a woman in n distress only later did I see scary creatures crawling out of a playground. You’re no longer stuck with whatever the director chooses for you.

But one video of the Oct. 13 Democratic presidential debate was disappointing. There were four VR cameras around the room, but you couldn’t pick the one to watch. And in 3-D, candidates looked like dolls on stage. It was a novel idea, but it’ll take time to figure out what works and what doesn’t.

This one was also long, while the best ones were typically a few minutes each.

A few apps also have interactive elements. One lets you walk around a cafe depicted in the Vincent Van Gogh painting “The Night Cafe.” Another lets you explore an island and solve puzzles to open doors. It made me nauseous, though.

It’ll be great to see interactive storytelling, with plot lines that change depending on which rooms you choose to explore. And eventually filmmakers

U.S. utilities see potential in drones to inspect power lines, towers BLENHEIM, N.Y. — U.S. utilities see great potential in the use of remote-controlled drones to do the often-dangerous work of inspecting power lines and transmission towers but strict regulations have so far slowed adoption of the technology.

The remote-controlled devices make the work of linemen safer, more efficient and less expensive, according to the Electric Power Research Institute, which last month put on a three-day workshop to help a dozen utilities choose the best machines for the job. Miniature helicopter-like drones, some equipped with cameras and other sensors, conducted demonstration inspections of transmission lines at a hydroelectric plant in the Catskill Mountains.

“We want to start using drones next spring when the inspection season begins,” said Alan Ettlinger, research and technology director for the New York Power Authority, who attended the workshop.

Utilities spend millions of dollars inspecting power lines, which are often in hard-to-reach places. The industry has been interested in the potential use of drones for years, but has been slower than European companies to adopt the technology because of U.S. regulatory restrictions.

While hobbyists can fly drones without certification, the Federal Aviation Administration requires special certification for commercial users. There are numerous conditions and limitations: The drone operator needs a pilot’s license, the aircraft must weigh less than 55 pounds, flights can go no more than 200 feet above the ground, and the drone must be operated in the pilot’s line of sight.

The FAA treats the operation of drones like any other aircraft for safety reasons and commercial operators face strict rules for getting permission to use them, according to the agency.

Seven U.S. utilities have been granted FAA approval for testing drone technology in 2015. Consumers Energy in Michigan conducted a series of tests over the summer using its own eight-rotor drone and unmanned aerial vehicles operated by outside vendors to inspect wind turbines, utility poles and transformers. The utility is part of a UAV task force under the Edison Electric Institute, the association representing U.S. investor-owned electric companies.

“When you look at the amount of information we can gain to make accurate decisions about our systems, and look at the cost and time savings, this is a huge opportunity for us,” said Andrew Bordine, a Consumers Energy executive.

The UAV system Consumers Energy uses starts at about $10,000, Bordine said. Sensor attachments range from a few thousand dollars to upward of $100,000, he said. But the cost savings are far greater

than the investment.

Consumers Energy spends several hundred thousand dollars a year to send people out in the field to do mapping and measuring of its electrical system, Bordine said.

COMPARISONS The Gear VR is meant for use while sitting down, ideally in a swivel chair.

You can’t walk around and explore your virtual environment. (You might trip over the ottoman or break things if you tried.)

The upcoming HTC Vive does offer that kind of walkabout experience, though you’ll also need an uncluttered room. That offers the possibility of brand-new VR experiences, such as walking around Mars or a building you just designed.

The Vive, along with the Sony PlayStation VR and the Oculus Rift, will do much more than Gear VR, but will likely cost many times the $100 the Gear VR will set you back. Samsung’s gadget is impressive for the price.

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Bisexual daughter upset by comment Dear Annie: My 12-year-old daughter confessed to me this evening that she believes she is bisexual. She was quite upset about a comment made by another girl today.

I immediately comforted her and explained that I love her, no holds barred. She will always be my baby.

I know your column has recommended some websites for parents and personal support, but I am unable to recall them. I want to become more KATHY MITCHELL educated in order to help AND MARCY SUGAR guide my child on how to be ANNIE’S MAILBOX happy with who she is.

This information will also help when she decides to tell her father and stepmother. Thank you. — Love My Child Dear Love: We commend you for being a supportive, loving parent. Please keep in mind that sexuality can be more fluid than we sometimes realize, especially for teenagers, so we hope you will continue to be supportive while your daughter sorts it out.

A great website for parents is PFLAG (pflag.org).

And if your daughter is being bullied because of her sexual orientation, contact the school immediately.

This should not be tolerated.

Dear Annie: I saw the letter from “Frustrated,” the nearly 90-year-old man whose wife is now in a nursing home after a stroke.

He said his oldest son won’t visit and becomes angry when asked. It’s truly sad how dynamics between parents and children can get completely off track when well-meaning parents, either through a lack of knowledge or mindfulness, do not understand the pain they cause to their children by the underlying critical messages they convey.

At first glance, a son who won’t visit his elderly mother in a nursing home would seem to lack compassion.

But the frustrated father who wrote the letter conveyed an unspoken tone of disapproval by implying that the older son should feel guilty for not measuring up to the example of his supportive younger brother.

Based on the son’s reported outburst and his stated feelings of never being heard, this has likely been the pattern of a lifetime, however unintentional the father’s comparisons may have been.

If the father truly wants to maximize success in having his older son visit, I suggest that a sincere, unqualified apology for not understanding how he

previously failed to acknowledge his son’s perspective, along with your advice to extend an unpressured invitation, would go a long way toward achieving that. — Been There Dear Been There: It is a common problem between parents and children that they see the same events through very different lenses.

What’s worse is when one of them tries to convince the other that their perspective is wrong. This is a recipe for resentment and defensiveness. Parents want their children to love them, and children want to be loved.

But a lifetime of misunderstandings and skewed perspectives can get in the way. In order to move past these issues, you sometimes have to be the bigger person and apologize, whether you believe it’s warranted or not.

The objective is not to be “right.” It’s to have a close, loving relationship.

That often takes both forgiveness and generosity of spirit.

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.

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Online brain games: Do they really work?

There are lots of them out there, a few are free, and the rest have a fee. They all make big claims about keeping you sharp as ever. I am talking about the online brain training games or brain games. I have met several seniors and individuals in the 55 plus group who regularly play these games.

The big question is do they really work?

With yearly subscriptions running as much as $120 or more, an expanding array of commercial brain games promises to improve memoPADMAJA ry, processing speed, and GENESH problem-solving, and even, in SENIORS some cases, to stave off Alzheimer’s disease. Lumosity, Cogmed, NeuroNation, and brainHQ, are some of the popular, and widely used paid brain games and some of the free ones are Mind Games and Brain Games. Many companies describe their games as backed by solid scientific evidence and claim that neuroscientists at top universities and research centers helped design the programs.

But till recently, the cited research was only tangentially related to the scientific claims of the company, and to the games they sell, according to the statement released in October 2014 by the Stanford Center on Longevity in Palo Alto, California, and the Max Planck Institute for Human Development in Berlin.

However, a bunch of researchers recently declared having ample proof to support that an online

brain training package can not only improve memory and reasoning skills, but also enhance the ability of older adults in performing everyday tasks such as navigating public transport, shopping, cooking, and managing personal finances.

This new study was undertaken by researchers at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience at King’s College London, and was funded by the Alzheimer’s Society. It is the largest randomized controlled trial to date of an online brain training package, involving almost 7000 adults aged 50 and above.

The brain training package used comprised three reasoning tasks, such as balancing weights on a seesaw, and three problem-solving tasks such as putting numbered tiles in numerical order. T he study participants had to play the game for 10 minutes at a time, as often as they wished, for a period of six months.

The participants were required to complete a series of cognitive tests, including measures of grammatical reasoning and memory, before starting the study, and again after six weeks, three months, and six months. Those over 60 were also assessed on a test of daily living skills such as using the telephone, navigating public transport, and shopping.

After six months, participants over 60 showed significant improvements in scores on the test of daily living, an those over 50 showed significant improvement in reasoning and verbal learning, compared to those who did not play the reasoning and problem-solving game. It was seen that those who played the brain training games five times per week had the most significant improvement.

We know from previous research that building a high cognitive reserve through long years of school-

HOROSCOPE Friday, Nov. 27 CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DATE: Samantha Bond, 53; Aubrey Peeples, 21; Caroline Kennedy, 57 THOUGHT OF THE DAY: Communication, creativity and conversation are emphasized today.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY: You have a reckless, rebellious side and love to jump in and get things done.

2016 is the year to strive to be more sensitive to the feelings of others.

ARIES (March 21-April 19): Today’s positive stars favour creativity, companionship, entertainment and social functions.

JOANNE MADELINE Plus take the opportunity to MOORE spoil yourself with some soothing SUN SIGNS personal pampering.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): It’s time to improve your relationships with work colleagues — and compromise more than you usually do.

Avoid being a stubborn Bull — you’ll get a lot further with a fun and flexible approach.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): When it comes to a child, teenager or friend, communication will be easier than usual as Venus helps calm troubled waters. Mighty Mars also gives you a welcome confidence boost.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Crabs are in the mood to indulge via fine dining, personal pampering or buying something special for your home.

But make sure your current bank balance can afford life’s little luxuries.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): It’s time for Cats to get cracking!

When it comes to friends, relatives, neighbours, social media and travel, the more proactive and positive you are, the better the outcomes will be.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Money matters look more positive, as Venus helps boost your income and nurture your nest egg. And a family member or friend may be able to assist with some timely financial advice.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): All forms of study and communication are emphasized, and you’re keen to learn something new and share it with others. Travel or study are also likely, as your curiosity is stimulated.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Your motto for the moment is from birthday great, Bruce Lee “Do not go out and look for a successful personality and duplicate it. Always be yourself, express yourself, have faith in yourself.”

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): With the Moon moving through your relationship zones, it’s time to put others first.

If you direct your fiery energy into helping family and friends, then you’ll have a fabulous day.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Is your home/life balance out of whack at the moment?

And is all the effort you’re putting in really necessary?

Use the power of your clever Capricorn mind to work smarter, rather than harder.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): A cherished goal or dream may require much more planning than you originally thought.

That’s OK. Concentrate on enjoying the process, rather than just focusing on the destination.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): The more creative and organized you are at work, the better the day will be. Are you

ing or engaging in cognitively stimulating occupations or activities such as learning a new language or skill offers significant protection against dementia.

We have observed that those with high cognitive reserve can delay the onset of dementia or ward off symptoms of dementia for several years compared to someone with a low cognitive reserve.

This new study could have important implications for preserving cognitive function and might offer an effective, easily accessible intervention to reduce cognitive decline in our later years, according to researchers. It is definitely a shot in the arm for a million dollar online gaming industry.

While this study was not long enough to test whether the brain training package can prevent cognitive decline or dementia, it does show a beneficial effect in enhancing the ability of older adults to carry out essential tasks.

If you are already leading an active healthy lifestyle, and doing all you can to increase your cognitive reserve, and wondering what else is available out there, this is a new territory worth exploring. If you are already into the problem-solving and reasoning games, this research news will be a reassurance for you. If you are still thinking of switching to an active healthy lifestyle and stimulating your brain, this is the moment to act.

Padmaja Genesh, who holds a bachelor degree in medicine and surgery as well as a bachelor degree in Gerontology, has spent several years teaching and working with health care agencies. A past resident of Red Deer, and a past board member of Red Deer Golden Circle, she is now a Learning Specialist at the Alzheimer Society of Calgary. Please send your comments to padmajaganeshy@yahoo.ca looking for employment?

Don’t dismiss the numerous contacts you have within your circle of family and friends.

Joanne Madeline Moore is an internationally syndicated astrologer and columnist. Her column appears daily in the Advocate.

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Segways could soon be legal on Nova Scotia’s roads COULD SET PRECEDENT FOR OTHER PROVINCES “The results of the pilot project on Segways were positive, with no negative impact on the safety of all road users,” he said.

MacLellan said the evaluation included surveys of Segway riders and other road users, incident reporting forms and feedback from police and municipalities.

The department released preliminary results of 850 road user surveys that indicated 93 per cent of the pedestrians who were asked reported that they did not have a negative experience when encountering Segways.

Another 420 rider surveys indicated 94 per cent felt safe driving Segways, while two per cent — seven respondents — reported collisions, primarily with the Segway in front of them.

Under the regulations, drivers would be required to wear helmets and there would be a minimum age of 16 for a driver to operate a Segway or similar vehicle on their own.

The vehicles would not be allowed on roads with a speed limit higher than 60 kilometres per hour and wouldn’t be allowed to travel faster than 20 km/h on

HALIFAX — After passing a test run, Segways could soon be legal on roads and sidewalks in Nova Scotia, something a supporter of the stand-up motorized scooters hopes will lead to similar breakthroughs across the country.

Nova Scotia’s transportation minister is among those who have taken the scooters for a spin, and he believes they can safely share the road.

“Once you get the hang of it they are pretty safe and they are certainly a lot of fun,” Geoff MacLellan said Thursday before introducing legislation that would make the province the first to include self-balanced electric scooters in its Motor Vehicle Act. Max Rastelli, owner of Segway Nova Scotia in Halifax, said he believes other provinces and jurisdictions in Canada will take notice.

“It just takes that one to show the leadership and take that initiative,” said Rastelli.

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Rastelli said the apparent breakthrough for Segway users in Nova ScoEGGS BENEDICT tia comes because of the data and public feedback Two eggs on a grilled English Muffin with that was gathered from your choice of one of the following: ham, a pilot program that was bacon, sausage or tomato; topped with hollandaise sauce plus your choices launched by the province of hashbrowns, pancakes in 2014. or fruit cup.

“That feedback was Available All Day just critical in what resulted here,” he said.

MacLellan said the pilot program allowed companies in Halifax, Truro and Chester to test and evaluate the use of the vehicles on the province’s streets and sidewalks.

“IT JUST TAKES THAT ONE TO SHOW THE LEADERSHIP AND TAKE THAT INITIATIVE. I HOPE PROVINCES LIKE ONTARIO AND ALBERTA THAT HAVE BEEN TRYING FOR YEARS TO GET THIS THROUGH, HOPEFULLY THINGS CAN MOVE A LITTLE QUICKER FOR THEM.” — MAX RASTELLI, OWNER OF SEGWAY NOVA SCOTIA a road, or seven km/h on a sidewalk.

They would also have to be driven on the extreme right-hand side of the road and municipalities would also be allowed to determine which streets could be used.

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PETERSON Doreen Joyce 1926 - 2015 Doreen Joyce Peterson passed away peacefully at the Red Deer Regional Hospital on Thursday, November 26, 2015 at the age of 89 years. Doreen was born in Edmonton on August 26, 1926 and grew up in the Mellowdale and Barrhead areas. Doreen, lovingly known as Oma, was an adventurous cook who delighted her family with her detailed meals and desserts. Her warm bread fresh from the oven, cookies and cabbage rolls were anticipated favorites.

Always ready for adventure, Doreen and Vern loved travelling the world, her favorite destination being Hawaii. Doreen was a talented seamstress and crafter, always creating special gifts for her family. Doreen will be lovingly remembered by her husband of 58 years, Vernon; her four children: Brian (Sharon), Brenda, Carole (Ron) Villeneuve, and Gordon (Shannon); six grandchildren; ten great-grandchildren; as well as her sister, Shirley (Tom) Roddick; and her brother, Howard (Carmen) Bender. She was predeceased by her first husband, Thomas Richmond (1955); brother George; grandson Ben; and parents: Matthew and Grace Bender. The family would like to thank the staff of the Red Deer Regional Hospital for the care and comfort they provided Doreen in her last days. A Memorial Service will be announced at a later date.

Memorial donations may be made directly to the Heart & Stroke Foundation, 202, 5913 - 50 Avenue, Red Deer, AB, T4N 4C4. Condolences may be forwarded to the family by visiting www.eventidefuneralchapels.com.

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HACCP/QA/HIP experience/education is a definite asset. For more info. call Trish at 403-442-4202. Please send resume via e-mail to trish.hyshka@sunterra.ca or fax to: (403) 442-2771

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GRANT Clarence C. (Bud) passed away November 5, 2015 in Edmonton. A luncheon will be held at 5140-62 St. Apt. 165, (buzz 296), Red Deer, Saturday Nov. 28, 2015 from 2-4 for friends who couldn’t make it to his funeral.

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CECCATO Mario 1933-2015 On November 21 2015, Mario Ceccato went to be with his lord and savior, surrounded by his family.

Mario was born in Italy December 23 1933, the youngest of eight brothers and sisters. He became a carpenter and when he turned 21 he made the enormous decision to venter to Canada where he would have more opportunity.

Choosing to reside in Calgary he continued to work as a carpenter, where he met Vivian, the mother of his children, Renny and Rodney and they married in 1960. He worked in many interesting places from the Arctic Circle (Cambridge Bay and Inuvik), and all over Alberta in construction, belonging to the carpenters union for sixty years. In 1972 he moved to the Evergreen district, helping to farm with his family making some great friends in the community. In the later part of his life he lived in Red Deer where he met and enjoyed an expanded set of friends who became a large part of his life. Mario enjoyed spending time with his family especially his grandchildren, Joshua and Danielle and anyone who would listen to his stories about places and experiences he had over his life. He was a member of the Sacred Hearts church in Red Deer. Mario loved to travel making many trips overseas to Italy, also going to many other countries including China, Cuba and Panama.

Left to remember him fondly Renny (Shannan) Ceccato of Eckville, Rodney Ceccato of Eckville, his grandchildren Danielle and Joshua Ceccato, Vivian Ceccato and all his many friends and family. Funeral Mass will be celebrated at Sacred Heart Catholic Church, 5508 - 48A Avenue, Red Deer, Alberta on Monday, November 30, 2015 at 11:00 a.m. with The Reverend Father Jozef Wroblewski celebrant. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations in Mario’s honour may be made directly to the Canadian Cancer Society, 101, 6751 52 Avenue, Red Deer, AB, T4N 4K8, or to a charity of your choice.

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Palestinian women cry during the funeral of Yahya Taha, 21, in the West Bank village of Qattana on Thursday.

Taha was killed in clashes with Israeli troops that erupted during a military raid. It was the latest bloodshed in a two-month wave of fighting between Israelis and Palestinians.

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JERUSALEM — Three Palestinians were shot and killed in separate clashes with Israeli security forces in the West Bank on Thursday as Israel announced plans to strengthen a fence near the flashpoint city of Hebron in an effort to contain a two-month spate of violence.

In the first incident, the Israeli military said a clash erupted after troops raided the village of Qattana overnight to search for ammunition and arrest suspected assailants. The Palestinians hurled firebombs and stones at troops, according to the army.

Yehya Taha, 21, was shot in the head and later died, according to Palestinian Health Ministry spokesman Mohammed Awawdeh.

Later in the day, Israeli border guards shot and killed a Palestinian attacker wielding a knife near the West Bank city of Nablus.

Police spokeswoman Luba Samri said the man got out of a taxi near a military post and began running toward officers, brandishing a knife. No Israelis were hurt in that attack, Samri added. She did not say how close the man got to the Israeli forces.

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Ministry identified the assailant as 51-year-old Samir Seresi.

Late Thursday, it said a 21-year-old Palestinian was killed in clashes with soldiers near Hebron in the West Bank. The Israeli military said the Palestinian was about to throw a firebomb at passing traffic when soldiers opened fire.

The deaths were the latest in a two-month wave of violence. Since mid-September, 19 Israelis have died in Palestinian attacks, mostly stabbings and shootings. At least 94 Palestinians have also died, including 58 said by Israel to be attackers. The others died in clashes with Israeli forces.

In an effort to quell the violence, Defence Minister Moshe Yaalon announced Wednesday that Israel will fortify an existing fence west of Hebron, a southern West Bank city that has been a flashpoint in the current unrest. Yaalon said attackers have managed to get through the structure in recent weeks.

“We intend to bring a far more massive barrier there…in light of the bitter experience with the physical damage to this barrier,” Yaalon said. “I definitely identify this area as a weak point, from both a security and criminal perspective.”

Teen killed by Chicago police officer had troubled past

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS CHICAGO — A black teenager shot 16 times by a white Chicago police officer was a ward of the state when he died, having spent years being shuttled between different relatives’ homes and foster care from the time he was 3.

Laquan McDonald, whose name demonstrators have shouted for two days and will shout again during a planned rally to disrupt the city’s famed Magnificent Mile shopping corridor Friday, lived a troubled, disadvantaged life and had at least one previous brush with the law.

School officials and the McDonald family lawyer say there were signs Laquan was trying to get his life in order, though prosecutors say he had drugs in his system and was burglarizing cars on Oct. 20, 2014 — the night a squadcar video captured officer Jason Van Dyke shooting him.

“It takes a while to get a life back on track,” said Thomas Gattuso, the principal at the alternative high school that McDonald was

attending. “With Laquan, we unfortunately never got to finish his story.”

Protesters and civil rights activists are demanding more investigations and police reform after Van Dyke was charged with first-degree murder this week. There have been two nights of small, peaceful demonstrations, and the Rev. Jesse Jackson and others have called for a “massive” march on Black Friday along Michigan Avenue. The swank downtown boulevard is normally packed on Black Friday, which is the day after the Thanksgiving holiday and one of the busiest shopping days of the year as U.S. retailers offer discounts.

McDonald’s family has appealed for calm, and his mother at least initially opposed the public release of the graphic dashcam video showing his death, attorney Michael Robbins said.

“Don’t resort to violence in Laquan’s name,” a family statement said Monday.

The family, who received a $5 million settlement from the city months before Van Dyke was charged has declined to speak with the media.

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Canada’s Miss World contestant Anastasia Lin speaks to media after she was denied entry to mainland China, at Hong Kong International Airport in Hong Kong, Thursday. Miss World Canada was barred from entering China on Thursday to take part in this year’s pageant in the southern island province of Hainan, a friend of the outspoken Chinese-Canadian contestant said. able to obtain a Chinese visa, she said she decided to travel to China anyway in hopes of obtaining a visa on arrival.

After landing in Hong Kong early Thursday on a flight from Toronto, Lin was told by airline staff at check-in that she needed to speak to an official in Hainan’s provincial capital of Sanya. She said the official, who identified

Queen attends summit amid questions about Commonwealth’s purpose

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS LONDON — It is a bittersweet moment for Queen Elizabeth II. She is visiting a country she loves, on what may be her final visit to an organization she cherishes — one that might struggle without her.

The 89-year-old British monarch was flying Thursday to the Mediterranean island of Malta, where she once lived as a young princess, for a summit of the Commonwealth, the post-colonial international alliance she has helped for decades to unite.

Between 1949 and 1951, Elizabeth’s husband Prince Philip was stationed on the island as a Royal Navy officer, and she lived the relatively ordinary life of a military wife, rather than a duty-burdened heir to the throne.

“She was able to drive her own car around, go to the cinema, go to polo matches, go to dances at the Phoenicia Hotel,” said royal biographer Hugo Vickers. “She has been known to say Malta is the only place in the Commonwealth, other than Britain,” that she can call home.

Many people in Malta retain a deep affection for the queen. She will be welcomed Thursday with ceremonial honours in the walled capital, Valletta, at the start of the three-day state visit.

On Friday, she will open the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, a biennial summit of leaders from Britain and — mostly — its former colonies.

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Tunisian authorities detain 30, identify bomber in presidential guard attack TUNIS, Tunisia — Tunisian authorities have detained 30 people suspected of having extremism links after a suicide bombing targeting presidential guards, and identified the bomber as a local street vendor.

The Interior Ministry said in a statement Thursday that forensic police identified the attacker as 27-year-old Houssam ben Hedi ben Miled Abdelli by his DNA. It said he was from a working class neighbourhood on the edge of Tunis.

The Islamic State group claimed responsibility for Tuesday’s attack on a bus in central Tunis, which left 12 dead plus the attacker.

In a later statement, the ministry said it detained 30 people suspected of links to extremist groups and seized several weapons in 526 raids around the country over the past 24 hours. It didn’t say whether any of the suspects had ties to the attack.

The blast shook Tunisia and its fragile young democracy after two attacks on tourist sites this year by Islamic radicals that killed 60 people.

haul travel and is unlikely to attend the 2017 Commonwealth conference, whose location has not been decided. Her absence would be a blow to a 53-nation organization that is close to her heart — but it seen by some as a vestige of empire with an uncertain mission in the 21st century.

The Commonwealth links more than 2 billion people on five continents, in countries from vast India and wealthy Australia to small island states like Tonga and Vanuatu. It espouses an impressive set of values — democracy, good governance, human rights, free trade, racial equality and the rule of law — and says membership brings cheaper trading costs and other economic benefits.

It has had modest success expanding its membership beyond former British colonies, with Mozambique and Rwanda joining in recent years.

But Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe pulled his country out of the group in 2003 after it was suspended for widespread human rights abuses.

And Gambia quit in 2013, calling the Commonwealth a “neo-colonial institution.”

New Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, however, says the Commonwealth still has a place in the world. He said President Barack Obama and German Chancellor Angela Merkel “were very pleased that I was going to the Commonwealth, because they wanted me to make a real effort to talk about climate change” ahead of a major UN climate conference that begins in Paris next week.

Catholic Church suspends bishop, saying he admitted sexually abusing child SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador — El Salvador’s Roman Catholic Church has suspended one of its bishops, saying he acknowledged sexually abusing a young girl.

Bishop Jesus Delgado was the vicar general of the Archdiocese of San Salvador and was considered a close associate of assassinated Archbishop Oscar Romero The 77-year old-Delgado is known affectionately as “Father Chus,” the familiar form of the name Jesus. He has written two books about Romero, who was gunned down by a right-wing death squad on March 24, 1980.

Former Iranian president says he will run in election TEHRAN, Iran — Iran’s former influential president says he will run in elections for a clerical body that is in charge of choosing the country’s supreme leader.

The pro-reform Shargh daily on Thursday quoted Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani as saying, “God willing , I will come,” to run in elections for the Assembly of Experts.

The 81-year-old Rafsanjani has close ties with moderate President Hassan Rouhani. His nomination will be a challenge to hardliners.

himself only by his surname, Chen, seemed to be attempting to verify her identify. After telling her she wasn’t eligible for a visa, the man refused to give a reason then abruptly hung up the phone, she said.

“To prevent me from even stepping into Chinese territory, I think this is what they’re trying to do. I really

don’t see where this insecurity comes from,” Lin told The Associated Press.

“I think that’s the real harm when people watch this and learn a negative lesson. I hope people see courage and hope in the story, not simply just being denied.”

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HONG KONG — Canada’s outspoken Miss World contestant said she was barred Thursday from entering China to take part in this year’s pageant and accused Beijing of overreach in extending its campaign of censorship even to beauty contests.

Chinese-born Anastasia Lin said she was unable to board her connecting flight from Hong Kong to the southern island province of Hainan after a Chinese official told her by telephone that she would not be granted a visa on arrival.

Lin is an outspoken critic of Chinese religious policy and a follower of the Falun Gong meditation practice, which was outlawed by China’s ruling Communist Party in 1999.

“If they start to censor beauty pageants — how pathetic is that?” Lin said in Hong Kong.

Dressed in black leggings and a belted tan trench coat, Lin was approached by several fellow travellers in the Hong Kong airport arrival hall who wanted to take her photo.

Lin, who moved to Canada from China when she was 13, told a U.S. congressional hearing in July that tens of thousands of Falun Gong practitioners have been killed so their organs could be harvested and sold for transplants.

The 25-year-old actress also plays an imprisoned Falun Gong practitioner in an upcoming Canadian movie, “The Bleeding Edge.”

Lin said that after she won the Canadian title, Chinese security agents visited her father who still lives in China in an apparent attempt to intimidate her into silence. Although she hadn’t received an invitation letter from organizers, and therefore was un-

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Industry wants province to rethink coal plan SAYS MINERS, TOWNS WILL SUFFER

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS EDMONTON — The president of the Coal Association of Canada says Alberta’s plan to phase out coal-fired power plants by 2030 will throw people out of work, hurt rural communities and undermine industries by boosting electricity costs.

Robin Campbell said the NDP government should instead invest in new technologies to help retrofit the plants so they can continue to burn coal, but with less pollution.

“We think the government should be investing in new technology and research to do a better job of reducing emissions,” Campbell said.

“Making sure that we don’t lose our competitive advantage when it comes to our other industries in the province that depend on electricity.”

Campbell said the government could use money from Alberta’s Climate Change and Emissions Management Fund, which large industrial companies pay into when they can’t meet their greenhouse gas reduction targets.

Along with the coal companies, about 3,000 miners as well as rural communities such as Hanna, Forestburg, Battle River, Wainwright, Wabamun and Keephills would be affected by the plant shutdowns, he warned.

“There is a lot of uncertainty out there and people are definitely concerned about their livelihoods and their families and their homes,” said Campbell, a former Alberta Progressive Conservative finance and environment minister.

Before he got into politics Campbell worked for the United Mine Workers of America union.

Alberta’s climate change strategy includes introducing a broad-based carbon tax that would apply across the economy and phasing out coal-fired power generation.

These plants produce more than half of Alberta’s power.

But environmental experts note that they also produce about one-third of all the sulphur dioxide released in the province.

Campbell said the industry is willing to do its part.

But he said it doesn’t make sense

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Luscar Ltd.’s surface mining of low sulphur thermal coal to fuel the nearby Sheerness Generating Station, owned by ATCO Power and TransAlta, at Sheerness. for the government to turn its back on a power source that helps provide an affordable, stable electricity supply to the province.

He pointed to Ontario, where electricity prices spiked after the government moved to retire coal generation.

The NDP government has said it has appointed a negotiator to help broker the orderly phase out of the plants that

will be fair to the workers, the communities and the companies.

Details of the plan have not been released.

Campbell said everyone that is to be affected by the phase out plan is eager for more information.

“People are concerned about this.

They haven’t seen a plan.”

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A taxi driver protests Uber in Toronto in June. The Competition Bureau says local regulations on the taxi industry need to be overhauled to deal with new competition from alternatives like the ride-hailing service Uber. New competitors have gained market share by undercutting the fixed prices of existing cabs and skirting regulations for the industry.

Competition Bureau calls for relaxing of taxi rules in face of Uber competition

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — The federal Competition Bureau wants to let taxi companies be more like Uber.

In a report released Thursday, competition commissioner John Pecman said local and provincial governments should remove restrictions on the number of taxi licences they grant to drivers, allow people anywhere to hail rides from the curb and offer surge pricing, which Uber now uses to charge more at times when there is greater demand.

Canadians spent almost $1.2 billion on taxis last year. A report prepared

by Ottawa’s local authorities in October found Uber prices average around 36 per cent less than a comparable cab fare.

The bureau says that has created an uneven playing field, and that cities and provinces should balance the scales by easing rules on taxis rather than looking to increase regulations.

Kristine Hubbard, operations man-

ager of Toronto-based Beck Taxi, said governments shouldn’t throw out all of the existing regulations because of one company.

“If regulation is what we’re talking about in the future, whether relaxed or not, if the city isn’t capable of enforcing its own regulations then we have bigger problems than what is outlined in this report,” she said.

Hubbard said Beck is open to new ideas, such as demand-based payment models. She said that no matter what the new rules were, Beck Taxi and Uber should be treated the same.

“The level playing field is something that’s a requirement,” she said.

Last month, Toronto Mayor John Tory said that while Uber is operating outside legislation, it would be impractical to devote the police and bylaw attention necessary to shut it down entirely.

Still, Toronto has joined other cities including Ottawa in issuing fines against Uber drivers. Montreal has done the same and in some cases gone further, seizing vehicles.

In Calgary, Uber has suspended its service after a judge approved a temporary injunction against it last week.

Cities control taxi licensing and the number of taxi permits, and in some areas the value of a so-called taxi plate has reached six digits.

The Competition Bureau report found that the cost of a single taxi plate in Toronto in 2012 was as high as $360,000.

The bureau also recommended that, among other changes, regulators let additional qualified drivers work for hire and provide incentives for drivers to operate accessible vehicles in areas where consumers are underserved.

The report’s recommendations aren’t binding.

City of Toronto spokesman Mark Sraga said in an email that the city will include the Competition Bureau’s report in its ongoing review of its taxi and transportation policies, which is expected to produce an initial report in the spring.

SASKATOON — The CEO of the Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan Inc., says the company will deal with struggling world markets by becoming more efficient, but that won’t include job cuts. Jochen Tilk told the Saskatoon Chamber of Commerce that crop prices have experienced double-digit percentage declines over the past year.

He also notes that exchange rates to major potash markets such as Brazil and Indonesia have also dropped.

Tilk says to stay competitive PotashCorp. (TSX:POT) will reduce costs and increase production.

In its last budget the Saskatchewan government began a review of the royalties it charges companies to mine potash.

Tilk says PotashCorp. can live with potential changes to the royalty regime as long as they are fair and ensure companies can stay competitive.

National Energy Board to publish pipeline inspection reports online CALGARY — The National Energy Board is making more information about the safety of pipelines it regulates available to the public.

Starting immediately, inspection reports are going to be posted on the regulator’s website.

Chris Loewen, vice-president of operations at the board, says the watchdog does about 150 of those inspections a year. At one time, the NEB was a low-profile agency but it’s been registering much higher on the public’s radar in recent years amid controversy over new energy developments.

Loewen says a big consideration has been making sure the reports aren’t too dense and technical for the general public, so it’s been training inspectors in the field to write them in an accessible manner. He says the companies regulated by the NEB have been brought up to speed with the plans, but it’s hard to say how enthusiastic they are about it.

Suncor Energy raises stakes, won’t extend deadline beyond Dec. 4

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PROPOSED CANADIAN OIL SANDS TAKEOVER

CALGARY — Suncor Energy raised the stakes Thursday in its proposed hostile takeover of Canadian Oil Sands, saying it is willing to walk away if the Alberta Securities Commission upholds an extension to its deadline of Dec. 4 on whether to accept the deal.

Steve Reynish, Suncor’s executive vice-president of strategy and corporate development, testified that his company would not let its $4.5-billion all-stock offer stand if the regulator extends the 60-day deadline it set out when it made its bid.

The commission heard arguments into whether COS should be allowed to keep its defence against hostile takeovers, which establishes that a bid

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must be open for 120 days.

Suncor Energy took the offer directly to shareholders on Oct. 5 after attempts at inking a friendly deal were rebuffed by COS leadership in the spring.

In response, COS enacted a new shareholder rights plan — also known as a poison pill defence — designed to buy it more time to find alternatives to Suncor’s offer.

Suncor argues the shareholder rights plan should be struck down and that COS shareholders should have the opportunity to decide for themselves whether to take the deal.

But an affidavit filed on behalf of COS says 25 other parties have looked

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into possibly investing in COS, with four “highly credible” ones having signed confidentiality agreements.

COS director Arthur Korpach said Thursday the matter boils down to giving his company’s shareholders the time needed to assess all options.

“The real issue is: What is the time that’s appropriate and needed to complete the process with our third parties so that we can bring forward choice for our shareholders, as opposed to no choice?” Korpach testified.

COS has derided the Suncor offer as too low, opportunistic and exploitive.

But Suncor has warned COS shareholders that failing to accept its offer

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is a risky proposition, given the likelihood of a prolonged downturn in oil prices. Suncor has also described its offer as “full and fair” and has signalled it won’t be sweetening the deal.

In its filings with the Alberta regulator, Suncor called the creation of a new shareholder rights plan in the face of the offer was “an improper defensive tactic” that the regulator should not allow to remain.

Both companies are partners in the Syncrude oilsands project north of Fort McMurray COS has a 37 per cent stake, which is its main asset. Suncor has a 12 per cent share of Syncrude and has vast oilsands operations in northeastern Alberta.

The hearing continues Friday.

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Diversified and Industrials Agrium Inc. . . . . . . . . . . 129.69 ATCO Ltd.. . . . . . . . . . . . 36.22 BCE Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57.06 BlackBerry . . . . . . . . . . . 10.55 Bombardier . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.33 Brookfield . . . . . . . . . . . . 45.45 Cdn. National Railway . . 79.28 Cdn. Pacific Railway. . . 196.39 Cdn. Utilities . . . . . . . . . . 32.45 Capital Power Corp . . . . 16.45 Cervus Equipment Corp 14.30 Dow Chemical . . . . . . . . 51.92 Enbridge Inc. . . . . . . . . . 47.01 Finning Intl. Inc. . . . . . . . 19.34 Fortis Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . 36.49 General Motors Co. . . . . 36.34 Parkland Fuel Corp. . . . . 22.99 Sirius XM . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.90 SNC Lavalin Group. . . . . 41.74 Stantec Inc. . . . . . . . . . . 34.33 Telus Corp. . . . . . . . . . . . 41.79 Transalta Corp.. . . . . . . . . 5.82 Transcanada. . . . . . . . . . 42.82 Consumer Canadian Tire . . . . . . . . 124.51 Gamehost . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.65 Leon’s Furniture . . . . . . . 15.61 Loblaw Ltd. . . . . . . . . . . . 69.33 Maple Leaf Foods. . . . . . 21.95 MARKETS CLOSE TORONTO — The Toronto stock market closed modestly higher Thursday, with mining issues leading the way even as an early rally in copper prices faded.

The S&P/TSX composite index ended the day up 21.77 points at 13,425.19, with metals and mining the leading sector, gaining 3.5 per cent on the day.

U.S. markets were closed for that country’s Thanksgiving holiday and will reopen for an abbreviated session on Friday.

In commodity markets, the January contract for benchmark U.S. crude rose 17 cents to settle at US$43.04 a barrel in electronic trading, while January natural gas fell 2.5 cents to US$2.299 per mmBtu and December gold fell $3.80 to US$1,070 an ounce.

After a big gain earlier in the day, copper settled down 0.85 of a cent at US$2.046 a pound.

Industrial metals, including copper, had jumped earlier in the day on reports that Chinese authorities are considering measures to boost prices, including cracking down on short-selling and cutting domestic output, but fell back in afternoon trading.

Prices for many commodities, including oil and copper, have fallen dramatically over the past year.

Oil is down from a peak above $110 in July 2014, while copper was trading above $3 a little more than 12 months ago.

The advance on the TSX followed bigger gains on European bourses, where London’s FTSE 100 index added nearly 0.9 per cent on the day, while France’s CAC 40 rose 1.08 per cent and Germany’s DAX rose 1.35 per cent.

Norman Raschkowan, senior partner at Sage Road Advisors,

Rona Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . 13.17 Wal-Mart . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60.24 WestJet Airlines . . . . . . . 21.47 Mining Barrick Gold . . . . . . . . . . . 9.90 Cameco Corp. . . . . . . . . 16.09 First Quantum Minerals . . 5.12 Goldcorp Inc. . . . . . . . . . 15.88 Hudbay Minerals. . . . . . . . 5.89 Kinross Gold Corp. . . . . . . 2.62 Labrador. . . . . . . . . . . . . 13.30 Potash Corp.. . . . . . . . . . 26.71 Sherritt Intl. . . . . . . . . . . . 0.850 Teck Resources . . . . . . . . 5.70 Energy Arc Resources . . . . . . . . 18.23 Badger Daylighting Ltd. . 24.42 Baker Hughes. . . . . . . . . 52.50 Bonavista . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.41 Bonterra Energy . . . . . . . 21.88 Cdn. Nat. Res. . . . . . . . . 32.70 Cdn. Oil Sands Ltd. . . . . . 8.82 Canyon Services Group. . 4.01 Cenovous Energy Inc. . . 19.79 CWC Well Services . . . 0.1200 Encana Corp. . . . . . . . . . 11.16 Essential Energy. . . . . . . 0.520 Exxon Mobil . . . . . . . . . . 81.25 Halliburton Co. . . . . . . . . 39.31 said the slide in commodities has been positive for Europe because it is a net importer of raw materials.

“Europe generally benefits from lower commodity prices, while Canada unfortunately is on the other end of that trade,” he said.

Raschkowan said traders expect the European Central Bank to continue its monetary stimulus program when it meets next week and that faith has helped the market shake off the after-effects of the Nov. 13 terrorist attack in Paris.

The Canadian dollar rose 0.01 of a U.S. cent to end the day at 75.22 cents U.S. Despite the slight uptick in the loonie on Thursday, Raschkowan said the continued strength of the American dollar benefits Canada, especially when it comes to companies that export to the country’s largest trading partner.

“The reality is that the weaker Canadian dollar can cover up a lot of sins,” he said, adding that it will provide support for the economy while Western Canada deals with the oil price bust.

“It will help, and it’s one of the reasons I don’t think you’ll see that weakness in the West pull the Canadian economy into a recession,” he said.

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

Stocks: S&P/TSX Composite Index — 13,425.19, up 21.77 points The U.S. markets were closed for the American Thanksgiving holiday.

Currencies: Cdn — 75.22 cents US, up 0.01 of a cent

High Arctic . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.67 Husky Energy . . . . . . . . . 18.04 Imperial Oil . . . . . . . . . . . 42.59 Pengrowth Energy . . . . . . 1.12 Penn West Energy . . . . . 1.490 Precision Drilling Corp . . . 5.82 Suncor Energy . . . . . . . . 36.42 Trican Ltd.. . . . . . . . . . . . 0.720 Trinidad Energy . . . . . . . . 2.09 Vermilion Energy . . . . . . 39.25 Virginia . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.1500 Financials Bank of Montreal . . . . . . 77.05 Bank of N.S. . . . . . . . . . . 60.59 CIBC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99.60 Cdn. Western . . . . . . . . . 25.72 Great West Life. . . . . . . . 35.88 IGM Financial . . . . . . . . . 37.92 Intact Financial Corp. . . . 87.84 Manulife Corp. . . . . . . . . 21.85 National Bank . . . . . . . . . 43.42 Rifco Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.70 Royal Bank . . . . . . . . . . . 75.27 Sun Life Fin. Inc.. . . . . . . 43.80 TD Bank . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54.45 Pound — C$2.0074, down 0.31 of a cent Euro — C$1.4100, down 0.15 of a cent Euro — US$1.0606, down 0.10 of a cent Oil futures: The commodity markets were closed for the American Thanksgiving holiday.

Gold futures: The commodity markets were closed for the American Thanksgiving holiday.

Canadian Fine Silver Handy and Harman: The commodity markets were closed for the American Thanksgiving holiday.

ICE FUTURES CANADA WINNIPEG — ICE Futures Canada closing prices: Canola: Jan. ‘16 $4.40 lower $463.20 March ‘16 $4.40 lower $470.00 May ‘16 $4.40 lower $475.30 July ‘16 $4.60 lower $479.60 Nov. ‘16 $4.30 lower $472.80 Jan. ‘17 $4.20 lower $472.90 March ‘17 $4.20 lower $472.90 May ‘17 $4.20 lower $472.90 July ‘17 $4.20 lower $472.90 Nov. ‘17 $4.20 lower $472.90 Jan. ‘18 $4.20 lower $472.90.

Barley (Western): Dec. ‘15 unchanged $189.00 March ‘16 unchanged $191.00 May ‘16 unchanged $197.00 July ‘16 unchanged $197.00 Oct. ‘16 unchanged $197.00 Dec. ‘16 unchanged $197.00 March ‘17 unchanged $197.00 May ‘17 unchanged $197.00 July ‘17 unchanged $197.00 Oct. ‘17 unchanged $197.00 Dec. ‘17 unchanged $197.00.

Thursday’s estimated volume of trade: 144,620 tonnes of canola 0 tonnes of barley (Western Barley). Total: 144,620.

Courier delivery model could speed up recreational access to marijuana: CEO

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — The CEO of one of Canada’s licensed medical cannabis producers says a delivery-by-courier model would be a good first step as the new Liberal government looks to allow recreational access to the drug.

“I think there may be an interim opportunity for distribution to happen quickly, to show a milestone of achieving things, because milestones in politics seem to be important,” Bruce Linton, CEO and chairman of Canopy Growth Corp. (TSXV:CGC) said during the company’s second-quarter earnings call Thursday.

“If the feds wish to have limited recreational access by way of direct courier, and then evolve it into presentation into LCBOs or SAQs or wherever, that could be something that could happen, and certainly we are actively, actively advocating that kind of first step.”

Linton made his comments as Canopy Growth Corp. — a combined company formed by Tweed Marijuana Inc. and Bedrocan Cannabis Corp. — reported net income of $3.9 million, or five cents per share on a diluted basis, for the three months ended Sept. 30, 2015.

That’s compared with a net loss of $2.4 million, or six cents per share, in the corresponding quarter last year.

Revenue for the quarter was $2.4 million, up from $316,117 in the previous year’s comparable quarter.

Linton said the company has already begun engaging in high-level talks with Health Canada and other senior government officials about how the current medical program could be improved, as well as how a recreational program might best be implemented.

It is widely anticipated within the medical cannabis industry that the medical program will continue to exist alongside any recreational program to be rolled out. Recreational access to the drug is expected to be tightly regulated, for example by selling the product through provincially licensed liquor stores.

Linton said Canopy plans to enlist the help of lobbyists at both the provincial and federal levels to ensure that the strength of the medical cannabis program is preserved and that the rollout of the recreational program is as smooth as possible.

“What we don’t want to do is have a misstep that turns into a public reaction to rescind,” Linton said. “So we’re giving as much guidance as we can on what a great and safe system we have and maybe they should stay close to this and evolve slowly.”

Canopy has also begun producing cannabis extracts and is waiting for approval from Health Canada to be able to begin selling those products.

Linton said Thursday that he expects that licence to come by the end of the year.

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4 out of 10 people have struggled to pay bills in past year: poll

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — A new survey from Manulife Bank suggests that nearly 40 per cent of Canadians have struggled to cover their household expenses at least once in the past year.

Sixty-two per cent of those polled said they were never “caught short” without enough money in their bank account to cover expenses in the past 12 months. Meanwhile, 24 per cent found themselves in that position once or twice in the past 12 months, 10 per cent were short on cash a few times a year and four per cent said they were caught short almost every month.

Lines of credit were the most popular solution for those who came up short, with 33 per cent reporting that they accessed one the last time they were short on funds.

The online survey conducted by Environics Research between July 22

and August 7 polled 2,372 homeowners across the country. Respondents were between the ages of 20 to 59 and had a household income of at least $50,000. The Marketing Research and Intelligence Association, the polling industry’s professional body, says online surveys cannot be assigned a margin of error due to their lack of random sampling.

“The challenge faced by many Canadians is that their income is relatively stable from month-to-month, but their expenses can vary significantly,” Rick Lunny, president and CEO of Manulife Bank of Canada, said in a statement. “Access to rainy day savings or a low-cost line of credit are good options to safeguard against these fluctuations. However, if your backup plan is to carry high-interest credit card debt or borrow from a family member — you could be putting undue stress on your finances or relationships.”

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Resolute suspends forestry operations in Quebec region, affecting 180 jobs MONTREAL — Resolute Forest Products (TSX:RFP) is suspending indefinitely its wood-cutting operations in Quebec’s Mauricie region near Trois-Rivieres.

The suspension, which starts Friday, will affect at least 180 jobs.

The Montreal-based company at-

tributed the decision mainly to high fibre costs, but also low market selling prices. Spokesman Karl Blackburn says the decision won’t have an immediate impact on an area sawmill that employs 135. However, that situation could change in the coming weeks once stockpiles are used up.

Resolute said it has had discussions with the provincial government about fibre costs and won’t restart operations if the situation doesn’t change.

Last summer, the company and two competitors temporarily suspended activities in Quebec’s North Shore because wood was damaged by an infestation of spruce budworm.

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Delicious and simple stuffed mushrooms When I was a kid and my mom was throwing dinner parties, I noticed that one of her go-to appetizers was stuffed mushrooms. The fungi in the spotlight were plain old white cultivated mushrooms stuffed with a mixture of buttery chopped mushrooms stems, onions, breadcrumbs and a little dried thyme or cheese. Those button mushrooms seem pretty ho-hum to us today, but back then they were downright exotic, if only because they were the only mushrooms in the store and they fetched a correspondingly serious rice. Today, it’s nothing but pastures of plenty. Go the supermarket and you’ll find mushrooms for miles. Even so, as I started developing this recipe, I began with white mushrooms partly as a sentimental nod to “auld lang syne” and partly because those particular mushrooms happen to be the cheapest in the store. Alas, the old standby didn’t have anywhere near the depth of flavour of its more darkly-colored cousins, namely cremini mushrooms, also known as baby bella or baby portabella mushrooms. So I went with the cremini. Technique-wise, I was able to apply some of the moves I’ve learned since I cooked with my mom. The first is the proper way to wash mushrooms.

During the ’60s, the prescribed solution was to wipe each one separately with a damp cloth. The theory was that mushrooms, being the little sponges that they are, would get soggy if you washed them. As you might imagine, this practice becomes tedious pretty quickly.

Happily, I learned a much speedier way in my restaurant days. It’s similar to washing lettuce.

You fill up a bowl with cold water and toss in a handful of mushrooms.

Then, working fast, you swish them all around, lift them out, and transfer them to paper towels to dry. They emerge from this quick communal bath clean and without having absorbed any water.

ITALIAN-STYLE STUFFED MUSHROOMS Start to finish: 1 hour (40 minutes active) Makes 30 stuffed mushrooms 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil, plus extra 30 large (1 ½ inches in diameter) cremini mushrooms ½ cup finely chopped yellow onion 2 teaspoons minced garlic 1 tablespoon finely chopped fresh sage 2 ounces thinly sliced prosciutto, finely chopped 1 ounce Parmesan cheese, coarsely grated 1 slice firm white sandwich bread, cut into ¼-inch cubes (about ½ cup) ¼ teaspoon red pepper flakes (optional) Kosher salt and ground black pepper Heat the oven to 400 F. Use a bit of olive oil to lightly coat a rimmed bak-

ing sheet.

Trim and discard the dry ends of the mushroom stems. Remove the stems from the mushroom caps and finely chop them. Arrange the mushroom caps, open sides down, on the oiled pan and bake on the ovens middle shelf for 10 minutes. Meanwhile, in a large skillet over medium, heat the oil. Add the onion and cook, stirring occasionally, until softened, about 5 minutes. Add the garlic and cook, stirring, for 1 minute. Add the chopped mushroom stems and cook, stirring occasionally, until the liquid the mushrooms release is almost all

reduced. Add the sage and prosciutto and cook, stirring, for 1 minute. Stir in the cheese, bread cubes and red pepper flakes, if using.

After the mushrooms have baked for 10 minutes, remove the pan from the oven. C arefully turn the mushroom caps over and divide the stuffing mixture among them, mounding it slightly.

Bake the stuffed caps on the oven’s middle shelf for about 15 minutes, or until the mushrooms are tender and the stuffing is golden brown. If the stuffing browns too quickly, cover the mushrooms loosely with foil.

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SPANISH-STYLE STUFFED MUSHROOMS This recipe uses Spanish chorizo. If all you can find is Mexican chorizo (which is fresh, not smoked and cured like the Spanish, and needs to be cooked more thoroughly), remove the meat from the casing, cook it in the oil in the skillet, stirring until it is just cooked through.

Transfer the cooked chorizo to a medium bowl with a slotted spoon and proceed with the recipe as written.

Start to finish: 1 hour (45 minutes active) Makes 30 stuffed mushrooms 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil, plus extra ¼ pound Spanish chorizo sausage 30 large (1 ½ inches in diameter) cremini mushrooms ½ cup finely chopped yellow onion ¼ cup dry sherry 1 slice firm white sandwich bread, cut into ¼-inch cubes (about ½ cup) 1 ounce Manchego cheese, coarsely grated ¼ cup fresh flat-leaf parsley leaves Kosher salt and ground black pepper Heat the oven to 400 F. Use a bit of olive oil to lightly coat a rimmed baking sheet.

Remove the casing from the sausage and cut it into small dice. Trim and discard the dry ends of the mushroom stems.

Remove the stems from the mushroom caps and finely chop them. Arrange the mushroom caps, open sides down, on the oiled pan and bake on the ovens middle shelf for 10 minutes.

Meanwhile, in a medium skillet over medium, cook the chorizo, stirring occasionally, until it begins to brown, about 3 minutes. Transfer the chorizo to a medium bowl with a slotted spoon.

Discard all but 2 tablespoons of fat from the skillet. Add the onion and cook until softened, about 5 minutes. Add the chopped mushroom stems and cook until the liquid the mushrooms release is almost all reduced. Add the sherry and simmer until almost all the liquid is reduced. Transfer the vegetable mixture to the bowl with the chorizo and set aside to cool slightly. Stir in the bread, cheese and parsley, then season with

salt and pepper.

After the mushrooms have baked for 10 minutes, remove the pan from the oven. Carefully turn the mushroom caps over and divide the chorizo mixture among them, mounding it slightly.

Bake the stuffed caps on the oven’s middle shelf for about 15 minutes, or until the mushrooms are tender and the stuffing is golden brown. If the stuffing browns too quickly, cover the mushrooms loosely with foil.

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DIY Vegan offers easy to make recipes EASY CHEESE, RANCH DRESSING AND NO-BAKE ALMOND PIE CRUST

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS Toronto-based Nicole Axworthy and Lisa Pitman are behind DIY Vegan (St. Martin’s Griffin), which features tips for making plant-based meals at home.

Here is a selection of sweet and savoury recipes from the cookbook:

EASY CHEESE Soak the cashews when you get up and you’ll have slices of creamy, garlicky cheesy goodness by 6 p.m.

Slice the cheese over salads, spread on bread for sandwiches, or stir in chopped basil and thyme and pipe into shells to serve with tomato sauce.

250 ml (1 cup) raw cashews, soaked in water for six hours 45 ml (3 tbsp) fresh lemon juice 15 ml (1 tbsp) nutritional yeast flakes 2 ml (½ tsp) sea salt 1 ml (¼ tsp) garlic powder 1 ml (¼ tsp) white miso Drain and rinse soaked cashews.

In a food processor, combine all of the ingredients until smooth.

Transfer to a container and refrigerate for at least one hour to firm up the cheese.

Once firm, spoon the cheese onto a rectangular piece of plastic wrap.

Wrap the cheese tightly in the plastic wrap, twisting the ends to form a log shape.

Store in the fridge from five to seven days.

Makes 300 ml (1 ¼ cups).

RANCH DRESSING The secret to this salad dressing is to use fresh herbs to get full flavour.

This recipe can easily be made into a thick ranch dip for serving with chips and crudites.

Simply reduce the almond milk to 125 ml (½ cup) and increase the cashews to 150 ml (2/3 cup).

Once blended, chill in the fridge for a few hours before serving.

250 ml (1 cup) unsweetened almond or cashew milk 75 ml (1/3 cup) raw cashews 1 clove garlic 30 ml (2 tbsp) fresh lemon juice 15 ml (1 tbsp) chia seeds 15 ml (1 tbsp) fresh chives, chopped 15 ml (1 tbsp) fresh flatleaf parsley, chopped 10 ml (2 tsp) apple cider vinegar 5 ml (1 tsp) onion powder 5 ml (1 tsp) pure maple syrup 1 ml (¼ tsp) sea salt 0.5 ml (1/8 tsp) freshly ground black pepper In a blender, combine all the ingredients and blend until very smooth.

The dressing can be stores in a mason jar in the fridge for up to two weeks.

It will thicken slightly once chilled.

Makes 375 ml (1 ½ cups).

ALMOND PRESSIN PIE CRUST (NO-BAKE OPTION) Once you’ve whipped up this simple raw crust, you can make anything from a large pie or mini tarts to a decadent raw cheesecake.

It’s best to use soft dates as they help ingredients hold together.

If yours have hardened somewhat, just soak them in a bowl of warm water for 10 minutes and drain well before using.

375 ml (1 ½ cups) raw almonds 125 ml (½ cup) unsweetened shredded coconut 175 ml (¾ cup) pitted Medjool dates

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22 ml (1 ½ tbsp) coconut oil, melted 2 ml (½ tsp) pure vanilla extract Pinch of sea salt In a food processor, combine the almonds and shredded coconut and process to a fine meal.

Take care not to overprocess or it will turn into a paste. Add the dates and process to fully combine.

Add the coconut oil, vanilla and salt and process until a dough comes together.

The dough should stick together when pressed between your thumb and forefinger. If it seems dry, add water 5 ml (1 tsp) at a time, and process again.

Press the dough into a 23-cm (9-inch) pie plate, springform pan or tart pan with a removable bottom.

Use your fingers to evenly distribute and press the dough around the base and up the sides of the plate or pan. If using a springform pan to make a raw cheesecake, you can just press it evenly over the bottom.

Place in the freezer to firm up before filling. The crust can be frozen up to one month if wrapped tightly in plastic wrap, and then aluminum foil.

Makes one single pie or tart crust.

CLASSIC VANILLA CHEESECAKE This classic raw cheesecake is easy to pull together and doesn’t require the water bath or oven time that a more traditional pie would.

However, it is a bit temperamental in warm temperatures, so keep it cool and firm in the freezer until you’re ready to serve.

250 ml (1 cup) raw cashews, soaked in water for 6 hours 300 ml (1 ¼ cups) unsweetened almond milk 250 ml (1 cup) pure maple syrup 50 ml (¼ cup) fresh lemon juice 2 vanilla bean pods, halved lengthwise and seeds scraped 2 ml (½ tsp) sea salt 125 ml (½ cup) coconut oil, melted 50 ml (¼ cup) cacao butter, melted 1 recipe Almond PressIn Pie Crust (see above) In a blender, combine the cashews, almond milk, maple syrup, lemon juice, vanilla bean seeds and salt. Blend until completely smooth.

Add the coconut oil and cacao butter and pulse until well incorporated.

Be careful not to overmix at this point, as the fat can separate if exposed to the heat from the blender motor for too long.

Pour the mixture into the prepared crust and freeze until firm.

Full prepared cheesecake can be wrapped and frozen for one month.

Serve directly from the freezer, letting the cheesecake soften just enough, 10 to 15 minutes, depending on the season.

Makes one 25 cm (10-inch) cheesecake.