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E r i c Rajah is speaking to me about his personal experiences with Syrian refugees, and about how Canadians could respond as 25,000 MARY-ANN arrive in BARR C Canada in tthe coming BARRSIDE months.

The first g group arrrived in Toronto this week.

Rajah, whose family immig grated to Canada from Sri Lank ka when he was a child, is an a award-winning local humanitariian who has been involved with iinternational aid and developm ment for almost three decades.

As the director of the Lac combe-based organization A B Better World, Rajah was in Keny ya for projects earlier this year w when he found himself with a o one-week break.

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RIGHT: Many families left their homes so quickly when ISIS overtook their cities that they were unable to bring their belongings with them. The families settled in tents in the camps, or in rented houses or unfinished buildings.

BY SUSAN ZIELINSKI ADVOCATE STAFF Lacombe Police Service are investigating a homicide after responding to a disturbance at a residence early Wednesday morning.

Shortly after midnight, police were called to a rented single family home in the 5100 block of 53rd Street and found two males with serious injuries.

Brent John Forgie, 26, of Leduc, died of his injuries at the scene.

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Directed by Danica Hoffart, the Red Deer College Chamber Choir lead off the evening at the Arts Centre Friday during their Sounds of the Season performance. Following the choir, the Red Deer College Symphonic Winds took to the main stage under the direction of Steve Sherman.

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RAJAH: ‘Welcome them, engage them, then you’ll understand them’ “I wanted to help (his friends), and I had this week off and I said: ‘What better place to go for a holiday than Iraq?’” Of course he’s joking about the holiday part but he does describe the city of Erbil, in the Kurdistan region of northern Iraq, as a “safe, interesting, modern, high-quality place.”

It also happens to have more than 100,000 Syrian refugees in camps. Northern Iraq has common borders with Turkey and Syria. Since the civil war in Syria began four years ago, more than 4.3 million people have fled to neighbouring countries, including Iraq, Turkey, Lebanon and Jordan.

Rajah said he wanted to get a firsthand look at the refugee situation, but he was mainly there to help his friends set up their office.

“It’s unbelievable, the generosity of these countries that have millions of Syrian refugees. We’re talking about 25,000 people (coming to Canada) as being generous, but these people are putting up with 10 camps, 20,000 people or more each.”

On his first day there, Rajah tells the story of trying to buy some fruit from a small food market vendor across the street from his hotel.

He tried to pay the man but he wouldn’t take Rajah’s money. “He put the food in the bag, gave it to me and said goodbye.”

“I thought what in the world is going on. Maybe I offended him. Maybe I didn’t give him enough money.”

Rajah went back in the evening with a translator.

As it it turned out, the man was a Syrian refugee who had come to Iraq with nothing. Owners of a larger

store next door gave him some space for the fruit market and money to get started.

The refugee doesn’t like to charge foreigners because he knows that every one that comes, comes to help, said Rajah. They were eventually able to convince him to take the money.

“This is the real human side of working with people. They’re not terrorists. They’re desperate.

They’re trying to leave (Syria).

“My point is when you see these people face to face, and see the desperation, how grateful they are.

We need to understand that terrorists are usually not in camps.

“These are people who ISIS said: ‘Get out or else you are going to be killed. Give us your cars, give us your houses, give us your money and get out.’”

The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria is a brutal, militant group devoted to establishing an independent Islamic state.

nity, and peace, they will come looking elsewhere.”

Canada’s efforts to accept Syrian refugees is a good start, Rajah said. “I see this as a small solution.

I don’t see this as a permanent or a long-term solution.”

“We should be moving toward permanent solutions for them so we can help them where they are nearest. We have to be part of the world community.”

Canadians are nervous about the Syrian refugees coming because there are fewer jobs due to the economy, Rajah said.

“Always there’s this human fear — Is there enough to go around? There is enough for everybody in this world, it’s how we want to allocate the resources.”

“These people will take any job they can because they are coming here for peace, not for the best jobs that are here.”

“Their children will be the future. We need people. We need the economy to grow and people are the ones who make it grow.”

Rajah was in the camps every day. He took pictures of things like big warehouses with tents inside, with five to six people living in each tent.

But one of the things that bothered him the most was that the children are not in school.

“So right there they’re already behind in their lives. I asked one guy, he was about 13, ‘What do you want to be when you grow up?’ You know what his answer was? He said ‘I want to live.’”

“We see all this terrorism on TV. These kids are seeing it in real life. They have seen their brothers and sisters get killed, uncles’ and aunts’ heads chopped off. You can imagine the trauma that they are already facing.”

“There’s no easy answer. My main message to people is they’re here now, don’t incite hatred and things like that. They’re already hated. … They shouldn’t come to a new country and feel nobody wants them.

“That’s my main worry, when they come here, that they feel accepted, appreciated and wanted. They’re not wanted anywhere.

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As Syrian refugees arrive in Canada, Rajah is hoping people choose “engagement over isolation.”

“Welcome them, engage them, then you’ll understand them. … Refugees are not terrorists and refugees are not poor uneducated people.

“They lived normal lives and were very educated. … I was dealing with engineers and medical people in the camp.”

“This is a perfect time to understand cultures and the desperation that happens around the world. …

And remember that these other countries who are neighbouring are taking millions of people,” Rajah said.

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BY THE CANADIAN PRESS CALGARY — An expert on journalistic ethics testified Friday that he doesn’t believe a one-time Postmedia columnist did anything wrong when he wrote a contentious article about former journalist Arthur Kent.

Dean Jobb, an associate professor of the School of Journalism at the University of Kings College in Halifax, was hired by Postmedia to write a rebuttal of an earlier report by Jeffrey Dvorkin, director of the University of Toronto’s journalism program.

Kent, 61, alleges in a lawsuit against Postmedia, the National Post and Don Martin that he was defamed during his unsuccessful campaign to ARTHUR KENT win a seat for the Progressive Conservatives in the 2008 Alberta election.

Kent became known as the “Scud Stud” for his reporting on Iraqi missile strikes for NBC during the Gulf War. The column at issue said he was a “dud” on the campaign trail.

It used unnamed sources to portray Kent as a loose cannon who was difficult for the party to deal with. It also said a number of his key campaign members were threatening to quit.

Dvorkin, a former managing editor and chief journalist at CBC radio, testified earlier that the article didn’t “meet the standards of journalism at any level.” He also criticized the use of anonymous sources and suggested it was based on spurious information.

Jobb, who has written a number of commentaries and feature articles for Postmedia, said he is satisfied that Martin was following solid journalist practices.

“He’s researching a campaign. He’s talking to two key insiders. He’s able to obtain an internal email that backs up and corroborates what he’s hearing,” Jobb said.

“This is extensive research, and while columnists do comment on the news, they often do and should do their own investigation or research to follow up,” he added.

“He’s done what an experienced columnist would do in this situation. He’s followed the leads he’s been given and done more research to back up his opinion.”

Jobb said he is satisfied that Martin, who sent an email to the campaign website seeking comment from Kent and said no one answered when he called the office, made a sufficient effort to reach the candidate.

He also defended the use of anonymous sources, which he said remain recognized by leading news organization, especially in matters of public interest.

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Two males were taken into custody.

Police said the suspects and victim were known to each other and no other suspects were being sought.

Jesse VanKroonenburgh, 23, of Calgary, was charged with assault causing bodily harm in connection with the victim who was sent to Red Deer hospital.

VanKroonenburgh was scheduled for a bail hearing in Red Deer provincial court Friday. No update was available on his court appearance.

Lacombe police continue to investigate with the assistance of Red Deer RCMP Forensic Identification Services and the Medical Examiners office.

Charges relating to the homicide are pending.

In a press release, Lacombe police chief Steven Murray said “this senseless loss of life is tragic.”

“No community is immune from violence, but this sort of criminal behaviour is so out of character for Lacombe, the impact on the neighbourhood and entire community is significant,” Murray said.

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EDMONTON — The leader of Alberta’s Opposition Wildrose party is calling on people to stop making violent and hateful threats against its political opponents.

Brian Jean’s statement refers to messages posted on social media against Premier Rachel Notley and members of her NDP government following the passage of new farm safety legislation.

Jean says on Facebook that these kinds of comments cross all bounds of respect and decency and have absolutely no place in our political discourse.

He says he won’t hesitate to forward criminal threats to the authorities.

RCMP say they have not received any request to investigate the threats.

The government declined comment Friday, but on Thursday Notley said the threats are from a very small group of people who have taken their opposition too far.

CALGARY — A man who argued he was fending off an attempted sex assault when he stabbed his new neighbour 37 times in what the judge called “crazy, excessive force” has been sentenced to seven years in prison.

Nicholas Rasberry was found guilty of manslaughter in October in the death of school teacher Craig Kelloway.

Rasberry admitted stabbing Kelloway after the two men and their wives had spent time drinking and visiting at a barbecue in May 2013. But he said he acted in self-defence.

Rasberry said Kelloway, who was originally from Glace Bay, N.S., had threatened to sexually assault him and then his wife.

Calgary Queen’s Bench Justice Robert Hall said he did not view the stabbing as “mere self-defence.”

“Rasberry stabbed Kelloway 37 times. In doing so he broke one knife and had access to another. He broke a second knife and bent a third,” said Hall.

“It is important that the sentence denounces the crazy, excessive force used by Rasberry in killing Kelloway. The number of stabbings and slashings with the use of three weapons is a substantial, aggravating factor in this case.

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Another male was transported by ambulance to Red Deer Regional Hospital Centre.

Lacombe Insp. Lorne Blumhagen said the call for police came from the house where police found several people when they arrived.

“We’re limited to the amount of information we can release at this time specific to the scene or individuals,” Blumhagen said on Friday.

An autopsy by Calgary’s Medical Examiner’s office confirmed Forgie’s death was a homicide.

Blumhagen said it was Lacombe’s first homicide since 1986.

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‘Bless this country’ TEARS AND SMILES AS SYRIAN REFUGEES UNITE WITH THEIR CANADIAN SPONSORS

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TORONTO — There were tears, tight embraces and beaming smiles as newly arrived Syrian refugees united Friday with the Canadians who helped bring them to the country some called the best in the world.

Most of the 163 refugees who arrived late Thursday on the first of several government flights are Christians who fled the war and have spent the last few years in Lebanon.

The first stop for most of the refugees was the St. Mary Armenian Apostolic Church, where they attended a mass before meeting with community members who sponsored them.

“Bless this country,” said Hagop Karageouzian, as he waited for the service to start in the crowded church.

Karageouzian and his wife, Ello, were sponsored by his cousin, Anie Kazandjian, who lives north of the city in Stoufville, Ont. The couple broke down earlier Friday when they met Kazandjian — the last time they saw each other was more than two decades ago.

“Thank you, thank you, thank you,” Karageouzian said to his cousin repeatedly.

He said his family fled the northern Syrian city of Aleppo because they feared death at the hands of hardline Islamist rebels and jihadist militants.

The Karageouzians, who will live with their cousin, expect the rest of their family to arrive in Canada within the next few weeks — one son and his family coming from Lebanon and another son coming from Dubai.

In all, Kazandjian said, there will be about 20 people stuffed into her house.

“It’s incredible, really,” she said, getting emotional. “It will be a busy house, but it will be a happy house.”

Reunions abounded throughout the day.

“Welcome, welcome to Canada,” said Hannah Bytion, as she repeatedly embraced her sister, who she last saw five years ago.

“We’re going to party, dance, eat and talk too much,” she said of the family’s plan for their first day in Canada. “I don’t let her go, that’s it, she’s stuck.”

Bytion’s sister, speaking through a translator, called Canada “the best country in the world.”

A similar scene played out as Jessica Farhat reunited with her uncle and aunt, who she last saw in 2013.

“They’ve been having a very hard time there so we wanted them to have a good start here in Canada since all dreams come true here,” she said.

“We’re so happy to see them.”

Farhat said her aunt and uncle had been living in Damascus but were forced to leave after life in the city got too dangerous.

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Judge strikes down Nova Scotia cyberbullying law inspired by Rehtaeh Parsons HALIFAX — A judge struck down a Nova Scotia law inspired by the death of Rehtaeh Parsons on constitutional grounds Friday, ruling it violates Charter rights to freedom of expression and liberty.

Justice Glen McDougall of the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia also declined a Crown request to suspend his decision for 12 months to allow the legislature time to amend the law.

In his decision, McDougall said striking down “offending provisions” of the law wasn’t practical either because they are “inextricably connected” to the act’s definition of cyberbullying.

“The act must be struck down in its entirety,” McDougall said.

The provincial government expressed its disappointment in the decision but it didn’t say whether it will appeal.

Trudeau Liberals poised to restore refugee health benefits cut by Harper OTTAWA — The federal Liberals say they are poised to restore refugee health benefits slashed by the previous Conservative government.

Health Minister Jane Philpott said Friday the needs of Syrian newcomers would be covered as they arrive and word will come soon about reversing the overall cuts to refugee health care.

A few “logistical details” are being sorted out to make sure that “we can make a full announcement in the very near future,” Philpott said.

Prior to 2012, anyone awaiting a refugee status decision had their health costs — including dental, eye care and medications — paid for by the federal government until their application was decided and provincial health coverage kicked in.

But in June that year, the Conservative government drastically scaled back the available coverage.

At the time, the government said costs from the program were spiralling out of control because people were coming to Canada to make false refugee claims specifically to get free care.

The Conservatives launched a challenge to a Federal Court ruling that found the changes they had made to the health-care system for refugee claimants were unconstitutional.

They also reinstated some of the benefits, though not all, to comply with the court ruling.

Philpott suggested the government would drop the legal appeal in keeping with the Liberal position.

The health minister, who was at Toronto’s international airport Thursday night as more than 160 Syrian refugees arrived, said Friday that overseas medical screening is going well. “We are not seeing significant health concerns.”

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Hagop Manushian, centre left, holds his granddaughter Rita Mahserjian as his wife Elo Manushian and daughter Maria Karageozian, right, watch as Syrian refugees arrive at the Armenian Community Centre, in Toronto, on Friday. The refugees arrived in the early hours of the morning on the first governmentarranged flight to land at Toronto’s Pearson Airport.

Trudeau happily greeting refugees draws contrast to angry politics in US WASHINGTON — A flood of international news coverage of Canada’s prime minister happily greeting Syrian refugees prompted commentators in the U.S. to draw comparisons Friday with the angry anti-refugee politics in their own country.

The story of Justin Trudeau greeting refugees at the airport was covered in numerous countries and was the top story around midday on the New York Times website, along with a video and similar items on Newsweek, the BBC, NBC, Paris Match, and the UK Guardian, Independent and Daily Mail.

A Washington Post piece suggested public attitudes in Canada and the U.S. aren’t actually all that different on refugees. It cited polls

that show a majority in both countries support resettling Syrians.

One big difference, pointed out by several outlets, is the political tone — this on a week where the U.S. election debate was dominated by one candidate’s plan to bar all Muslim visitors.

“Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau Just Gave U.S. Politicians a Refreshing Lesson in Compassion,” was the headline on the GQ website, which set the tone for some such commentary.

“U.S. politics right now feel like a clown show of ventriloquized garbage bags yelling dangerous nonsense about Muslims and the Second Amendment,” the piece began.

“But just north of the border…

Trudeau is showing just how far leadership traits like compassion and open-mindedness can go toward endearing yourself to your countrymen. Who would have thought?”

Contrast that with the conversation in the U.S. on Friday.

“It’s like a Christmas gift to us,” she said of their arrival.

Farhat’s uncle, Sahak Nakazian, held a bouquet of red and white flowers as he and his wife prepared to leave for their niece’s home in Mississauga, Ont. “I feel great,” he said. “The most important thing is that Canada is a very safe country and we are very happy

that we are here.”

Some refugees were headed further afield.

Sarkis Jenanian was meeting his uncle, who was his sponsor, in Toronto before heading to St. Catharines, Ont., where he looked forward to beginning a new chapter.

“It’s like a miracle,” the 29-year-old said. “It’s my dream and the dream has

Lawyer David Fraser challenged the Cyber-safety Act on constitutional grounds as part of a case involving client Robert Snell, who was placed under a cyber safety protection order sought by his former business partner last December.

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Jenanian, who fled Aleppo with his mother, said he had to leave the country because life had simply become far too dangerous.

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BY THE CANADIAN PRESS WINNIPEG — A man has been charged with second-degree murder in the death of a Manitoba teenager whose fate galvanized calls for an inquiry into missing and murdered aboriginal girls and women.

Tina Fontaine was just 15 years old when her body, wrapped in a bag, was found in the Red River in August 2014. She was supposed to have been in a group or foster home in Winnipeg, but she had run away.

Her family expressed relief after learning of Raymond Joseph Cormier’s arrest.

“I thought I was going to be like some of the other women I know that are still waiting for answers,” said Thelma TINA FONTAINE Favel, a great-aunt who took care of Tina for much of her short life.

“The pain of her never coming home will never leave.”

Winnipeg police called a news conference Friday to announce that Cormier, 53, was arrested in Vancouver earlier this week and remained in custody there while arrangements were made to return him to Winnipeg. They said Cormier, originally from New Brunswick, is unemployed and has lived for several years in Winnipeg.

Deputy police chief Danny Smyth said Cormier has a long criminal history with convictions across the country that include violent offences.

Court documents related to a recent robbery conviction indicate that since 1978, Cormier has spent more than 23 years in prison for various offences including assault and theft.

Fontaine had run away from Favel’s home on the Sagkeeng First Nation, about 70 kilometres northeast of Winnipeg, following the death of the girl’s father. She headed to Winnipeg, where her mother was living a marginalized life.

Police said Tina became an exploited youth in the Manitoba capital and met Cormier at a residence they both frequented.

“It’s believed that Tina and Cormier were acquainted.”

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BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — Newly released documents show the federal government concluded the CBC didn’t break any labour laws months before a critical report detailed how the broadcaster failed to address troubling behaviour by former radio host Jian Ghomeshi.

Federal labour investigators quietly reviewed the CBC for possible labour code violations in November 2014, about one month after the CBC parted ways with the radio host amid allegations of sexually harassment and misconduct in the workplace.

The review itself was short: two questions via email to the CBC about its sexual harassment policies.

An April briefing note to then-labour minister Kellie Leitch said investigators found the answers to the questions showed the CBC was in compliance with the requirements in the Canada Labour Code for employers to protect their workers from sexual harassment of any kind, including inappropriate comments, gestures or contact.

In April, the results of an external review ordered by the CBC found the broadcaster knew about misconduct allegations against Ghomeshi, but did little to stop it.

The report made nine recommendations to prevent similar problems in the future.

CBC spokesman Chuck Thompson said the broadcaster is focused on training, surveys, spot audits, and workplace investigations, among other measures, in response to the Ghomeshi report.

Ghomeshi faces five charges of sexual assault and one charge of overcoming resistance by choking. He has pleaded not guilty to all charges. Ghomeshi has said he has engaged in rough sex but that it was consensual.

Ghomeshi’s case returns to court in Toronto on Feb. 1, 2016.

The April briefing note obtained by The Canadian Press under the Access to Information Act suggests the Ghomeshi affair could have implications for the federal government. Those portions that would explain the source of federal concerns have been blacked out in the document.

The Canadian Press first asked Employment and Social Development Canada about the briefing note and investigation on Tuesday. The department has yet to respond.

The labour wing of Employment and Social Development Canada doesn’t investigate individual cases of sexual harassment in the workplace, but can reach into federally-regulated businesses to make sure they are following the labour code.

Those who don’t can face sanctions or even prosecution.

TIMELINE Winnipeg police announced Friday that they have charged a man with second-degree murder in the death of teenager Tina Fontaine. Here are some of the main developments in the case: July 31, 2014: Tina Fontaine, 15, is reported missing in Winnipeg. She was in the care of Manitoba Child and Family Services.

Aug. 8, 2014: Winnipeg police come into contact with Fontaine when she is in a vehicle that two officers pull over, but do not take her into custody.

Aug. 9, 2014: Fontaine reported missing for a second time. Her great-aunt will later say social workers told her that a few hours after police came across Tina, she was found passed out in an alley downtown and taken to hospital. She says social workers picked her up after she sobered up, but she ran away again.

Aug. 19, 2014: Manitoba Aboriginal Affairs Minister Eric Robinson calls Fontaine’s death a tragedy and says a national inquiry into missing and murdered aboriginal women is the only way many families will get the answers they deserve.

Sept. 30, 2014: Assembly of First Nations calls for an independent probe of how police handled Fontaine’s disappearance.

March 24, 2015: One of the two police officers who had contact with Fontaine is suspended without pay. An internal police investigation into the officers’ actions is subsequently forwarded to Manitoba Justice. No charges are laid.

Dec. 12, 2015: Winnipeg police announce that Raymond Joseph Cormier, 53, is charged with second-degree murder after being arrested in Vancouver.

Aug. 17, 2014: Fontaine’s body, wrapped in a bag, is pulled from the Red River. digenous women intensified after Fontaine’s death, but the Harper Conservatives refused to hold one.

The new federal Liberal government announced this week that it will go ahead.

“The murder of this child — and let’s not forget she was a child — has shocked and outraged our community. And I think that outrage has resonated across the nation,” Smyth said.

Tina was in the care of Child and Family Services.

The girl was being housed in a hotel — a practice the Manitoba government says it has since stopped.

She ran away from the hotel and the social workers tasked with monitoring her.

The girl was in a vehicle pulled over by two officers more than a week after she was first reported missing July 31, 2014, but she was not taken into custody. Her body was found nine days later.

Police said an investigation did not determined whether the officers knew Tina’s identity at the time, or whether they were aware she had been reported missing.

Favel has said the officers did know the girl had been reported missing. She said that social workers told her that on that night — a few hours after police came across Tina — the girl was found passed out in an alley downtown. Paramedics took her to a nearby hospital.

Favel said Tina was kept for a few hours until she sobered up, then social workers picked her up at the hospital. She ran away again, was reported missing again, and her body was found wrapped in a bag in the river on Aug. 17.

Friday’s arrest was welcomed by aboriginal leaders and government representatives.

“My heart goes out to the family and friends of Tina and I pray they feel a sense of relief,” Sheila North-Wilson, grand chief of northern Manitoba First Nations, said in a written statement.

“This has been an incredibly difficult and emotional time for Tina’s family, and for the entire communities of Sagkeeng First Nation and Winnipeg,” said Mayor Brian Bowman.

Duffy floods court with details in his defence

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — A word to the wise: Don’t go up against Sen. Mike Duffy in a game of Trivial Pursuit … or Balderdash, just to be sure.

As the week, and his fourth day of testimony, wound to a close, the senator managed to nearly drown the courtroom in a flood of small details, recollections and historical observations.

On Friday alone, the court heard: — How a Canadian intelligence agent from Prince Edward Island might have partly inspired the character of James Bond — How sewage problems in the Charlottetown harbour affected local fishermen — That a musician from Prince Edward Island was in songstress Anne Murray’s band and also sold Yamaha music equipment around Atlantic Canada — That just getting considered as a Canadian supplier for aerospace giant Boeing could cost millions of dollars.

Duffy has pleaded not guilty to 31 counts of fraud, breach of trust and bribery.

A number of the charges reflect travel expenses and the detailed testimony, recounted in the former broadcaster’s conversational style, was designed to rebut the Crown’s case on a number of trips Duffy billed to the Senate, including attendance at a series of P.E.I. funerals.

Duffy’s defence is that the deceased should be considered VIPs and their funerals, therefore, worthy of the attendance of the local senator.

Moreover, Duffy says he met other individuals on public business during those same trips to Charlottetown.

While attending a funeral in 2012, he said he also met someone with whom he had been discussing potential spinoff contracts linked to the aerospace industry. That elicited approximately a half-hour of testimony.

Of all the witnesses who have taken the stand, Duffy appears to have the most vivid memory of events that took place between 2008 and 2012. He recorded in his daily diaries details of who he met, who he spoke to on the phone and other specifics about what was going on in his life and in politics in general.

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A6 Bill 6: a lesson in what’s possible

My grandfather died in a farming accident. A great aunt lost an arm in an auger. A boy I rode the school bus with stopped a country church service one autumn to cry that his brother had just been crushed to death in a combine.

In the last few months, four children have died in farming mishaps in the region around Red Deer alone.

In no other industry would such a poor safety record be allowed to stand unchallenged.

But in Alberta, it’s just statistics — and poorly reported at that.

Alberta’s non-profit Farm Safety Centre lists agriculture as Canada’s third most dangerous industry. Other GREG stats-gathering NEIMAN groups like FinancesOnline INSIGHT rank agriculture at nine in the top 10 most dangerous ways to earn a living, behind logging, fishing, flying, roofing, steel work, garbage collecting, power line work and truck driving. Police and firefighting didn’t even make the list.

The difference between all these other dangerous careers and farming is that only in farming do we think it’s normal to make our children do it. In Alberta, the farming community and the opposition in our legislature don’t think labour laws regarding safety or mandatory insurance should apply to farm work. And that’s unique in all of Canada — farms everywhere else operate just fine with those laws.

Extending occupational health and safety laws to the farming industry has been part of the Alberta NDP platform for years. Actually, it’s been part of the Progressive Conservative platform for some time as well — former premiers Jim Prentice and Alison Redford both said they would consider such laws, according to Farmworkers Union of Alberta president Eric Musekamp.

And the NDP advocated this for so long that nobody thought bringing Alberta up to speed on farm safety should be so difficult. But that’s the problem: nobody thought.

So the introduction of Bill 6 became the first lesson to a rookie provincial government about the art of the possible. It had to happen sooner or later to this government, and sooner is probably better.

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It’s not that Prentice, Redford and other premiers before them didn’t care about the safety of farmers or their children (not quite one in five farm deaths in Canada involve children 14 and younger). It’s that a veteran government with a complex agenda didn’t want to face the wrath of people who don’t want change, even if their families would benefit most from change.

So the Conservatives let things slide, ignored the deaths and injuries, and allowed reporting of incidents to be incomplete.

Alberta’s Office of the Chief Medical Examiner reported that there were 25 farm deaths in Alberta in 2014. The report and breakdown of all the grisly ways there are to die young on the farm included a note that due to poor reporting, the numbers are likely low.

On Monday, labour activists plan to gather in Edmonton to lay down 112

pairs of work gloves representing the lives lost on Alberta farms since 2009.

Those gloves only represent the deaths we know of.

Will they lay down fingers of gloves for all those who have lost limbs or been otherwise seriously injured? It’s unlikely, since those stats aren’t kept.

How many of those lives could have been saved if safety regulations were in place? If farm workers with few rights had not worked overlong hours, had been properly trained regarding heavy equipment and dangerous chemicals, or been allowed to refuse work that just isn’t safe?

After learning a hard lesson in the art of governance, the NDP introduced amendments to Bill 6, exempting family members from these safety regulations. Jobs Minister Lori Sigurdson said this was the plan all along, that farms kids were always to be allowed to drive without a licence, operate

heavy equipment, handle large animals and work whatever hours would be required to keep the farm going — without labour protection.

I wish she hadn’t said that, but I’m not the one taking all the angry calls, standing in front of enraged crowds and being called all sorts of names.

I also wish the Opposition Wildrose didn’t see fit to make such political hay over the broken bodies and shattered families on Alberta farms. There are better ways to oppose and present alternatives.

But in our province, the government and the opposition are both very new to their roles. One side is still learning how far ahead of the crowd you can be and still lead — the other is discovering how far behind you can be of what would be the right thing to do, if one had the courage.

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Dreaming of a Ringo Starr Christmas December 1, 2015 that Ringo was selling his drums. Yes, THAT RinDear Santa, go. You know how much I like The Beatles, and I’m This is your old pal Harley here, wishing you a sure you recall how the Better Half and I saw him in terrifically wonderful Christmas time this year. I concert a couple of years ago and how it was one of know I’m a bit, well, “long in the tooth” to be writing those “peak experiences” in life. Kind of like Christyou like this – I mean you and I haven’t really corre- mas. I have written about The Beatles and Ringo and sponded for over half a century or so. But Ringo’s drums before (several times) but I do remember the last note you left on I’m not sure if the North Pole Advocate our kitchen table that Christmas morning gets my column, so I thought I’d better way back in the big old white house in explain.

Parkvale where you said you really liked I saw in the paper that Ringo Starr (aka the milk and shortbread cookies I left for Richard Starkey) and his wife Barbara you and that you knew that Rudolf would (aka Barbara Bach, former supermodreally appreciate the carrot that I left el) are selling a bunch of their stuff. It’s especially for him, and it looked so good an auction for Ringo’s drums and Beatle that you might have a little nibble on it suits, and his guitars and album collecyourself before you gave it to him. tions, and her jewelry and dresses and Anyway, Mr. C., I thought I’d drop you used makeup (probably). I’m not totally a quick note. I know you must have, like, sure why they are selling a bunch of their 10 million emails about this time of year, stuff; I don’t think they are planning to so I’m addressing copies to santa.com, HARLEY tip over any time soon — except to say santaclaus.net, mrclaus.org, sclaus.ca, and Ringo is all about “peace and love” and HAY jollyoldelf.northpole with the hopes that not “material things.” That’s what he told HAY’S DAZE at least one of my emails will bypass your me — and everybody else in the audience junk mail filter and make it to your inbox.

— when we saw him play. And we all beYou see, it’s kind of important this year lieved him, because that’s who he is. I’m that I ask you something. I do feel a little embar- pretty sure about that. rassed being no spring chicken and all and still makThing is, it’s Ringo’s 1963 Ludwig Oyster Black ing a little list for you, and honest, I’m not kidding, I Pearl drum set that I would dearly love to have this really do believe it’s better to give than receive, and Christmas, Santa. The one Ringo played on the Ed I certainly don’t want to appear selfish or anything, Sullivan Show and on most of the early Beatle songs but there is one small item that I really, really, really like “Can’t Buy Me Love,” “She Loves You,” “All My would like you to bring me this Christmas.

Loving” and “I Want to Hold Your Hand.” I’ve alDon’t get me wrong S-Man, I always appreciate ways really, really loved that drum set. Nobody else the socks and the non-chaffing underwear, and the I know of ever played a kit with that black striped chocolate coins, and the nice sweaters and power design, except for my friend Richard. He bought a tools that you have given me over many, many happy full size “Ringo set” back in the 60s and he still has Christmases, I really do. it and still plays the kit and he’s kept it in pristine So thanks a million for all the goodies over the de- condition and I’m always very jealous over that drum cades, but I was wondering if you might hit one out set. of the park this year, gift-wise.

But now I finally have the chance to get the real Maybe I should explain. I heard a little while ago thing! So dear Santa Claus, I’ve been a pretty good

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boy this year and even though I’m sort of “over the hill” I figured you’d still read my letter. So if you could somehow make the magic happen one more time this Christmas, I’ve made some room right beside the Christmas tree. Just enough room for a drum set.

Sincerely, and yours very truly, H.H. December 8/15 Dear Santa, It’s me again, S.C. Sorry to bug you (again) but please disregard my letter of Dec. 1, 2015. It turns out Ringo’s 1963 Ludwig Oyster Black Pearl drum kit is gone. That auction I told you about is over already, and the rich guy who owns the Indianapolis Colts football team bought my — I mean Ringo’s — drums.

Get this Santa, he paid $2.2 million (!) for the four piece drum set with two cymbals and a hihat! So with that kind of dough involved, I’m officially withdrawing my Christmas wish.

Apparently Ringo and his better half Barbara netted $9.2 million from more than 1,300 pieces of their “memorabilia” they auctioned off. Thing is, I found out they have a super nice charity called Lotus Foundation that helps the world be a better place.

So how’s that for a Christmas wish instead? This Christmas I would like the money from Ringo’s famous drum kit make the world a better place with what he likes to call “peace and love.” Ringo and his drums have already been doing that for the past 50 years or more.

I’ll settle for my miniature replica 1963 Ludwig Oyster Black Pearl drum kit. It’s sitting on my desk right now, and it makes me feel like it’s Christmas every time I look at it.

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Beating addiction means tough choices “I’m so nervous; I can hardly stand is too much.” Even after four years it.” This statement came from a fully clean, the temptations still rear their recovered alcoholic and former drug ugly head, so it requires taking a stand addict while we were preagainst the temptation. paring for a supper at the So our friend suggested kitchen. that they go for a coffee inWhen asked why, she restead, which they did. sponded by telling us that An hour later my phone one of her sisters was comrang; “We’re at a café, but ing to Red Deer to visit her. my sister keeps wanting to By the tone in her voice, we go for a drink,” the pain in could tell that she was nerher voice told me that she vous but very eager to redid not want to hurt her sisunite with her at the same ter but she did not want to time. succumb to the pressure of A short while later I was “Just one little drink won’t introduced to this sister and hurt!” So I just told her to CHRIS her husband and the physstand strong and if an exSALOMONS ical similarities were strikplanation did not work, STREET TALES ing to say the least. We chatthen walk away. With a ted for a while and then the quick thank you, she said, subject of a quieter venue “I needed that!” and hung for visiting came up. What caught me up. totally off guard was that the sister inA very short while later she walked sisted that they go to a club or a bar for into the kitchen. A quick glance was a drink. all I needed to see the triumph on her Of course our friend refused saying face; it was obvious that she had made “no bar; I don’t drink; the temptation a very difficult choice and came out of

the situation victorious. I was really proud of her at that point.

The first time I wrote about this young woman that I called Cinderella, she had revealed her past life in a way that I could hardly believe at that time, but having heard many similar stories since that time, I am starting to see just how great is the challenge to stand strong against the “cures” offered on the street; cures which include drugs and alcohol.

I don’t know if you have the stomach for it but this whole scenario is portrayed in the movie Precious. When I watched it I was tempted to shut it off because of what I thought was gratuitous violence and foul language, but this is exactly the type of behaviour that causes so many to seek refuge on the street. Thankfully, Precious made a stand that turned her life around.

I just found that although this movie turned my stomach, it also gave me a better understanding of the horrors of abuse, forced ignorance and the incredibly powerful urge to seek comfort somewhere other than in ones’ home.

In March of 2016, I will be able to claim six years of standing strong against smoking, but I begin to realize that it in no way compares with the ‘standing strong’ that so many of these folks go through to avoid the return to an addictive lifestyle, but every once in a while I find myself reaching for and desiring a cigarette; I know that if I take even one drag, I’m done for.

When ‘Cinderella’ left that visit with her sister, her sister’s last words (even after an explanation), were, “I still don’t see how one little drink could hurt; come on, let’s go have one!”

These are the times when a decision has to be made, however painful, to divorce oneself from a previous life and lifestyle in order to claim a new life.

It really is so bittersweet, yet heartwarming, to witness someone who had everything taken away because of addiction; make a decision to change and then to be able to stand strong to maintain that decision.

Good on you, Cinderella!

Chris Salomons is kitchen co-ordinator for Potter’s Hands ministry in Red Deer.

Hard budgetary decisions for Liberals The Liberal government faces hard choices in planning its fiscal priorities for the next four years. It is looking increasingly difficult for it to deliver on all of its platform promises while also achieving a promised balanced budget by 2019-2020, when it will have to face voters again. There could be problems on both the spending and revenue sides.

The budget struggles that lie ahead could well be a source of tension within the new government as different Ministers compete for funds. They will, of course, also provide meat for the Opposition parties as they attempt to exploit these struggles and begin their own rebuilding efforts.

To be sure, budget deficits don’t matter as much if the ratio of federal debt to the GDP continues to decline, as DAVID the Liberals say it would CRANE under their fisINSIGHT cal plan, and so long as deficit spending is used for productive investment rather than to fund everyday consumption.

Deficit spending on critical infrastructure or support research and development or other forms of productive investment will deliver future returns whereas deficit spending for consumption only builds up future debt servicing obligations.

Finance Canada, in its recent Update of Economic and Fiscal Projections finds that the economy is on course for a continued decline in the debt/GDP ratio despite budget deficits for the next several years, with a budget surplus in 2019-20, as promised by the Liberals. In its review of the Update, the Office of the Parliamentary Budget Officer finds finance’s outlook “optimistic,” forecasting deficits running through until at least 2020-2021. It did not examine the Finance forecast for the debt/GDP ratio for these future years.

While these reports provide an assessment of the base from which Finance Minister Bill Morneau will prepare his budget, the finance document, and the PBO response to it, they do not take into account the spending and revenue plans set out in the Liberal platform. This is where the really hard work begins.

The Liberal platform had projected, for the fiscal year beginning next April 1, new spending of $35.2 billion and new revenues of $24.7 billion, and a budget deficit, after bookkeeping ad-

justments, of $9.9 billion, followed by a deficit of $9.5 billion in the following year, but a surplus of $1 billion by 2019-2020.

The growth of the economy will be critical. A key factor in Liberal planning is the assumption that the stimulative impact from the budget deficits will strengthen growth and deliver a big increase in federal tax revenues.

But this potential revenue increase, which the Liberals say would “translate into additional billions per year for the fiscal bottom line” is not included in the fiscal plan. Presumably some indication will be provided in Morneau’s first budget.

But there are other issues the Liberals have to consider. One is the potential for a less than hoped for tax revenues from a tax increase on the wealthiest Canadians. As Alexandre Laurin of the C.D. Howe Institute ar-

gues, the Liberal plan to pay for the middle class tax cut by taxing the wealthiest more may not happen. He argues that the wealthy have ways to avoid higher taxes and, pointing to past examples, argues that next year the middle-income tax cut will cost $3.5 billion, more than the $2.9 billion the Liberals have projected, while the tax increase on high incomes will only generate $1 billion, not the $2.8 billion the Liberals have forecast.

There are also some big gaps in the Liberal platform. Most noticeable is the lack of planned new investment in policies to improve Canada’s mediocre record on innovation and productivity.

Yet boosting Canadian competitiveness is a critical challenge for Canada’s future prosperity and job-creation.

Aside from clean energy, Canada’s huge innovation challenge, especially

in manufacturing, was largely ignored.

Yet there will be a need for serious new measures, particularly if Canada faces big new challenges — and opportunities — from the European Union and Trans Pacific Partnership trade deals. Canada faces huge structural adjustment challenges from major technological change and intensifying competition from globalization.

In the final analysis, Morneau’s first budget should focus much more on Canada’s future needs than keeping all of the promises in the Liberal platform. Given what is at stake, he should be striving for an early budget that will show Canadians where the new government is headed, and allow businesses and consumers to make important decisions for the future.

Economist David Crane is a syndicated Toronto Star columnist. He can be reached at crane@interlog.com.

The end of the Venezuelan Revolution The Venezuelan opposition’s vic- uro and those around him will contory in Sunday’s election exceeded sent to leave power the same way. even their own hopes: they won more His vague rhetoric — “We have lost than two-thirds of the seats a battle today but now is in the National Assembly. when the fight for socialIt may be the beginning of ism begins” — is designed the end for the “Bolivarito leave that in some doubt. an revolution” launched by And it may be a real fight, the late hero-leader Hugo perhaps including violence Chavez 17 years ago — but it in the streets, because mawill also plunge the country ny Chavistas will feel duinto a prolonged period of ty-bound not to let this hisconflict and crisis. toric experiment fail.

Credit where credit is Excuse the deliberate due: the election was conlapse into antique Marxducted in an exemplary ist-speak, but that’s how fashion although the govthey talk, and it illustrates GWYNNE ernment knew it was going how misleading the revoluDYER to lose. And even when the tionary rhetoric is. Because scale of the opposition’s the Chavista era in VeneINSIGHT victory became clear, Preszuelan history was not a ident Nicolas Maduro took historic experiment at all the high road: “I call on all of our peo- — not, at least, unless you think that ple to recognize these results peace- building a welfare state with oil revefully, and to re-evaluate many political nues is a revolutionary idea (in which aspects of the revolution.” case Saudi Arabia also has a revoluHowever Maduro, who took over tionary ideology). when Chavez died in March 2013, does True, the Chavistas are rather bignot intend to preside over the funeral ger on the notion of equality than the of Venezuelan socialism. When he said Saudi royal family, but what they were “our people,” he meant the Chavistas actually doing was not controversial in who still support the “revolution,” and principle. They sought and won power the fact that they were now obviously through democratic means. Like lefta minority of the Venezuelan people wing politicians in early 20th-century went unmentioned.

European states, they then set about As did the fact that it was not actu- improving the income, health, housing ally a revolution at all: Chavez came and educational level of the bottom to power legally and peacefully in the half of society, as they had promised 1998 election. they would.

The real question is whether MadThe work of social uplift went a lot

faster in Venezuela because of the oil money (it has the world’s biggest oil reserves, and only 30 million people).

Chavez accomplished in a decade what took countries like Britain, France and Germany two generations. But by the end of that time the European countries had diversified industrial economies that could pay for a welfare state.

All Chavez left his successors was oil.

So long as the oil income held up, Chavismo was invincible. Mismanagement and corruption grew, as they often do when money is plentiful. Arrogance grew too, as it usually does in governments long in power, and protests were increasingly met with physical or legal violence. Still Chavez and his successor Maduro won elections — until the oil price collapsed.

In the past 18 months the world price for oil has fallen from $140 a barrel to only $40.

Venezuela was already facing serious unemployment and very high inflation. Government-imposed price controls were already creating predictable shortages of staple goods like milk, rice, coffee, sugar, corn flour and cooking oil. But when the government’s income collapsed, all those problems went ballistic.

Of course Maduro lost the election.

In these circumstances, Chavez himself couldn’t have won it. Even Simon Bolivar couldn’t have won it. So now the challenge that both the Chavistas and the opposition face is how to manage an orderly transition that respects democracy, avoids violence, and pref-

erably also preserves some of the social and educational gains of the past 17 years.

The sheer scale of the opposition victory makes this tricky, since it has a “super-majority”: more than two-thirds of the seats in the National Assembly.

In theory, that lets it do radical things like rewrite the constitution. In practice, however, the temptation to do that may not be very great. The opposition’s super-majority is vulnerable as it depends on a single seat (it holds 112 out of 167 seats).

The first order of business of the new National Assembly will be to pass an amnesty law freeing some 70 leading lights of the coalition’s various parties who were jailed on highly questionable grounds — but once freed they will try to reassert their leadership of those parties, which will probably undermine the fragile unity of the coalition.

Nothing the new opposition-dominated legislature does in the short term can change the dire economic situation. Maduro will still control the executive branch, with a presidential mandate that extends into 2019 — unless the opposition forces a recall referendum on his presidency, which it can legally do by next April.

The “experiment” is over, but the crisis isn’t.

Gwynne Dyer is a freelance Canadian journalist living in London. His latest book, Crawling from the Wreckage, was published recently in Canada by Random House.

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Climate talks enter OT RIFT EMERGES BETWEEN RICH NATIONS AND CHINA AND ITS ALLIES

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS LE BOURGET, France — With only hours left to produce a global climate accord, rifts emerged Friday between Western countries and China and its allies over how to share the burdens of reducing carbon pollution and helping vulnerable nations cope with the rising seas and extreme weather that comes with global warming.

The issue has dogged climate negotiations for years and diplomats at the talks now underway outside Paris are hoping it won’t threaten a long-awaited deal. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and other top officials shuttled among high-stakes meetings all day Friday in hopes of coming to a final agreement on Saturday.

China’s deputy chief negotiator stood firm Friday on his nation’s demand that rich countries should assume most responsibility for the costs and argued against an agreement that sets too-tough goals for weaning the world off using oil, gas and coal — the biggest source of carbon emissions.

The talks, originally scheduled to end Friday, dragged into an extra day as the French hosts said they needed more time to overcome disputes.

Negotiators from more than 190 countries are aiming to create something that’s never been done before: an agreement for all countries to reduce man-made emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases and helping the poorest adapt to rising seas, fiercer weather and other impacts of global warming.

The U.S. and European countries want to move away from so-called “differentiation” among economies and want big emerging countries like China and India to pitch in more in a final climate deal.

But Liu Zhenmin, deputy chief of the Chinese delegation, told reporters Friday that issue is “at the core of our concern for the Paris agreement.” He said he wants different rules for different countries “clearly stipulated” in the global warming pact, and insisted the demand is “quite legitimate.”

China is among the more than 180 countries that have submitted emissions targets for the new pact but is resisting Western proposals for robust transparency rules that would require each country to show whether it’s on track to meet its target.

Liu also argued against sharply limiting the number of degrees the planet warms this century, because that would involve huge lifestyle and economic changes.

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Fifteen killed in Burundi amid tensions over president’s tenure

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Climate activists carry a red banner during a demonstration at the COP21, United Nations Climate Change Conference, in Le Bourget, north of Paris, Friday. Hundreds of climate activists have stretched a block-long red banner through the Paris climate talks to symbolize “the red lines” that they don’t want negotiators to cross in trying to reach an international accord to fight global warming. Reproduction of the Eiffel tower in the background.

“We need heating. We need air conditioning. You need to drive your car,” he said.

Indian Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar also said differentiation was the biggest dispute and accused developed countries of not showing enough flexibility in the talks.

However, signs of divisions among major developing countries surfaced Friday as Brazil joined an

informal coalition of Western countries and some developing ones in a “high-ambition coalition” that is calling for a strong deal.

Liu dismissed the coalition as a “performance.”

Kerry, on his fifth straight day in France trying to iron out differences with developing countries, said he’s “hopeful” for an accord and has been working behind the scenes to reach compromises.

Fired Oklahoma officer convicted of rape

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS OKLAHOMA CITY — The rape convictions that could put a fired Oklahoma City police officer behind bars for life are vindication for some of the women he targeted, and also a reminder of how difficult it is to achieve justice in such cases.

Most victims never report sexual assaults, and those who accused ex-officer Daniel Holtzclaw were even more vulnerable as poor black women, many with checkered histories of crime and addiction.

A grandmother’s bravery in telling her story made all the difference this time. After Holtzclaw pulled her over, forced her to expose herself and perform oral sex, she filed a complaint that triggered a search for other victims.

In this case at least, it changed a narrative all too common in sex crimes: The jury found him guilty of rape.

“I didn’t do anything wrong,” the grandmother

said Friday, showing her face on camera and revealing her name as Jannie Ligons. “So all I can say is, I was innocent and he just picked the wrong lady to stop that night.”

Holtzclaw was found guilty of sex crimes against eight women, and acquitted of charges involving five others he encountered on night patrol. Jurors recommended 263 years, including 30-year sentences for each of four first-degree rape convictions.

Holtzclaw trembled and sobbed as his verdict was read Thursday night, on his 29th birthday. His emotional outburst prompted jail authorities to keep him on a 24-hour watch.

Though prosecutors assembled a damning case with GPS pinpoints, records of computer background checks and other evidence, some worried the allwhite jury might doubt the testimony of his victims, all of whom are black. Holtzclaw is half-white, half-Japanese.

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LESS THAN AN HOUR FROM THE BUSTLING LAS VEGAS STRIP, RED ROCK NATIONAL CONSERVATION AREA BECKONS THOSE WITH AN ADVENTUROUS SPIRIT

Photos by GREG OLSEN/Freelance

ABOVE: Red Rock Canyon is less than an hour outside Las Vegas, but it’s a world away from the glitz and glamour of the strip.

BELOW: Guided moped tours are one of the newest adventures in Red Rock Canyon.

As I stood on a rocky ledge overlooking the Colorado River inside the towering red walls of the Grand Canyon, it was hard to believe that less than an hour earlier I had been standing on the bustling Las Vegas strip.

When you think of visiting Sin City, you’re more likely to imagine neon lights, casinos and high end shows than natural escapes, but just outside the city’s bright lights are two incredible canyon natural areas that can be explored in a morning or afternoon – if you do it right.

Red Rock Canyon

DEBBIE OLSEN

In the eastern corTRAVEL ner of the Mojave Desert, crimson hills rise up from the flat sandy desert in massive red mounds swirled with cream coloured sandstone. Perhaps it was the solitude of this spot that originally attracted Howard Hughes, famous for his reclusive tendencies, to purchase the land that now makes up the Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area. Hughes eventually traded his land holdings with the state, so that he could build the community of Summerlin and so that they could establish a conservation area and have a significant buffer between it and development.

Today the Red Rock National Conservation Area is an outdoor playground for those with an adventurous spirit and there are many different ways to explore it. If you have a rental car, you can enjoy a scenic drive just outside the city and explore some of the conservation area’s 93 km of trails and check out the visitor centre. If you don’t have a vehicle, you can take a guided tour. There are scooter tours, horseback riding tours, rock climbing expeditions, cycling excursions and bus tours that will pick you up on the strip and take you into the heart of the conservation area for a few hours of outdoor fun.

On a recent trip, we took a pink jeep tour into Red Rock for a morning of exploration.

Our first stop was the visitor centre near the entrance of the conservation area where our driver and guide Robert explained the geology behind the colourful rock formations. “Hundreds of millions of years ago, active fault lines pushed land masses together and created wet sand dunes that fossilized,” said Robert. “Minerals from the water lodged in the fossilized rocks causing the striking red colour. Iron oxide gives the rocks their rusty red colour and manganese imparts the black colour you see in some of the rocks.”

After living in Las Vegas for many years and offering guided tours into Red Rock regularly, Robert was very knowledgeable about the flora and fauna of the conservation area. He also knew a great deal about the history of the conservation area and took us to all of its key spots.

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RIGHT: Guided hiking tours take you deeper into the landscape of the Red Rock Canyon area.

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Photos by GREG OLSEN/Freelance

ABOVE: Lake Mead is the largest reservoir in the United States by volume.

BELOW: Hoover Dam sits on the border between Arizona and Nevada and provides water for a huge population. Water levels are way down.

RED ROCK: A world apart Visiting Red Rock was like stepping into a place that was a world apart from the Las Vegas strip and sometimes a complete departure from civilization can be a good thing.

Costs: A pink jeep tour of Red Rock Canyon takes about 4 hours and costs $75 USD per person. If you take your own vehicle to the conservation area, the fee to get in is $7 USD per vehicle.

Websites: For more information on Red Rock Canyon National Conservation area, visit: www.redrockcanyonlv. org. For more information on Pink Jeep Tours of the conservation area, visit: www.pinkjeeptourslasvegas.com/ red-rock-canyon-tour/.

Grand Canyon in a Half Day No matter how many photographs or television shows you see depicting the Grand Canyon, you are never really prepared for the wonder of being there. This is particularly true when you get a bird’s eye view of it. Travelling by helicopter is also the only way to see the Grand Canyon in a short amount of time from Las Vegas. Most bus tours from the strip to the south rim take 15 hours, but a helicopter tour takes less than 4 hours including the transfer time to and from your hotel.

The sheer size of the Grand Canyon is awe-inspiring. The canyon is 446 km long, up to 29 km wide and 1.6 km deep. Some estimates put the canyon at about 2 billion years of age and scientists say that the layer of exposed rock at the bottom is some of the oldest on the planet. Carved by the mighty Colorado River, the canyon is one of the true wonders of this world.

Nothing can match the thrill of seeing the Grand Canyon by helicopter.

Along the way, you get to see hoover dam, Lake Mead and other sites. When

you get to the canyon, you get a close up view of the canyon walls and have the opportunity to make a stop inside the Canyon itself.

As we were landing inside the Grand Canyon, our pilot-guide explained that this area is the only place in the canyon where helicopters can land. “This area of the canyon is part of the Hualapai Indian Reservation and we have an agreement with them that allows us to land here,� explained Fred. “You can’t land a helicopter inside a national park under normal circumstances, so you have to hike or ride a mule for hours if you want to get a view like this.�

We disembarked the helicopter and got out to take walk around, snap some pictures and enjoy the picnic breakfast Fred had set up for our group on the canyon floor. Before long we were boarding again and making the journey back to the Las Vegas airport and to our hotel on the strip.

As we were leaving our picnic spot, I couldn’t help thinking that somehow even the best photographs were no substitute for the thrill of actually being inside the Grand Canyon and seeing nature’s incredible handiwork up close.

Costs: Grand Canyon Helicopter tours take 3.5 hours in total – including pick up and return to your hotel. There are several companies that offer these tours. We travelled with Sundance Helicopters. Their 3.5 hour tour starts at $435 per person and includes a stop inside the Grand Canyon. If you add a picnic inside the Grand Canyon to the tour, the total cost will be $484 USD per person.

Websites: For more information on the Grand Canyon National Park, visit: www.nps.gov/grca/index.htm. For more information on Sundance Helicopter Tours, visit: www.sundancehelicopters.com/grand-canyon.

Debbie Olsen is a Lacombe-based freelance writer. If you have a travel story you would like to share or know someone with an interesting travel story that we might interview, please email: DOGO@ telusplanet.net or write to: Debbie Olsen, c/o Red Deer Advocate, 2950 Bremner Ave., Red Deer, Alta., T4R 1M9.

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B3 Nogier lifts Rebels over Tigers

SATURDAY, DEC. 12, 2015

BY GREG MEACHEM ADVOCATE SPORTS EDITOR Rebels 2 Tigers 1 Nelson Nogier could not have picked a more opportune time to notch his first goal of the season.

“Isn’t that the truth,” quipped the veteran defenceman, who ripped a rising shot past Medicine Hat Tigers netminder Nick Schneider with 51 seconds remaining to give the Red Deer Rebels a 2-1 WHL win Friday before 5,525 fans at the Enmax Centrium.

“It’s good to get that weight off my back. The big thing at the end of the night is that the team got the two points and we have to keep this ball rolling and bring some momentum into Sunday (versus the visiting Calgary Hitmen).”

The Winnipeg Jets prospect stepped into a slapshot from 40 feet out, but admitted he didn’t recall any other details.

“With those opportunities with me, I don’t really remember stuff like that,” he chuckled. “The puck went in and I was kind of stunned. I just remember Bleacks (teammate Conner Bleackley, who drew an assist) cheering louder than I was. It was a good feeling to get the goal.”

That Nogier’s marker was needed to nail down the victory was in large part due to a pair of back-to-back penalties the Rebels were assessed late in the contest. Evan Polei was assessed an instigator infraction following a fight with Tigers defenceman Nick Heid at 14:04 of the third period and Colton Bobyk picked up a slashing penalty a mere seven seconds later.

With an extended two-man advantage the Tigers scored the equalizer, as Max Gerlach, from low in the faceoff circle, roofed a shot past Red Deer goaltender Rylan Toth.

The lack of self-control exhibited by the two Red Deer players was the lone negative for the home team, which otherwise dominated for lengthy stretches of the fast-paced contest.

“For 55 minutes we nailed it,” said Rebels GM/head coach Brent Sutter.

“We did a lot of good things and we had some good goaltending.

“But the last five minutes made it what it was … just two undisciplined penalties by two 19-year-olds that they can’t take. We can’t let that happen.

Like I told the kids after, it takes more courage to not retaliate than it does to retaliate. You have to put the team in front of yourself. You become an individual when you take penalties like

Photo by JEFF STOKOE/Advocate staff

Medicine Hat Tiger Nick Schneider comes up with a big save against Red Deer Rebel Lane Pederson during first period action at the Centrium Friday. that in a one-goal game.

“It’s like playoff hockey and you have to do what’s right for the team.

That’s probably the disappointing part of the game, the fact we took two undisciplined penalties, but other than that I thought the kids played hard and played well.”

Schneider kept the Tigers in the game, particularly in the opening period when he stopped 18 of the 19 shots directed his way. The Medicine Hat stopper never saw the lone shot that beat him, as Ivan Nikolishin circled in the high slot and caught the top of the net with a wrist shot with a crowd of bodies in front.

Nikolishin’s goal, his 18th of the season, brought a flurry of toques and

mittens from the stands. The winter wear will be donated to the Red Deer Christmas Bureau.

Schneider continued with his heroics throughout the game and finished with 41 saves. Toth wasn’t as busy, but came up big with a handful of stellar stops early in the third period and turned aside 28 shots in total.

“We did a lot of the things we talked about the last two days, about how we wanted to play tonight, and I thought their goalie played extremely well for them,” said Sutter, whose squad won its second straight game — both over Medicine Hat — after losing twice last weekend.

“It was a big effort by the kids, they played hard. Again, we did a lot of

good things except for two bad penalties that made it like it was.”

Nogier was just OK with the Rebels’ performance.

“It wasn’t bad, but we didn’t play our best,” he said. “We had a few too many lapses in my opinion. Long shifts and turnovers came back to catch us and it’s just a mater of correcting those things tomorrow in practice.”

Sunday’s game, set for a 5 p.m., start, will be an Eastern Conference firstplace showdown. The Rebels and Hitmen, who lost 4-3 Friday at Moose Jaw, are tied for top spot with Red Deer holding three games in hand. gmeachem@reddeeradvocate.com

Hall, Korpikoski lead Oilers to fifthstraight victory

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS

Photo by THE CANADIAN PRESS

Former Edmonton Oilers coach Glen Sather is honored with a banner raising prior to the NHL hockey game between the Edmonton Oilers and the New York Rangers, in Edmonton on Friday.

Edmonton 7 New York 5 EDMONTON — Taylor Hall had two goals and two assists and Lauri Korpikoski added his first career hat trick as the Edmonton Oilers extended their winning streak to five games with a 7-5 victory over the New York Rangers in a wild contest on Friday.

Teddy Purcell and Darnell Nurse also scored for the Oilers (13-15-2), who have won their last six contests at home dating back to Nov. 20.

Derick Brassard scored twice and Mats Zuccarello, Rick Nash and Chris Kreider also had goals for the Rangers (18-9-3), who have lost two in a row and four of their last five.

Edmonton kicked off the scoring on the power play six-and-a-half minutes into the first period as Korpikoski made a strong second effort to poke a rebound under Rangers goalie Henrik Lundqvist.

The Rangers tied the game with eight minutes left in the first when Edmonton couldn’t clear the puck, allowing Kreider to make a long pass to

Zuccarello, who put his 12th of the season past Oilers goalie Anders Nilsson.

The Oilers restored their lead and then some with goals 1:10 apart later in the opening frame as Korpikoski got another goal in tight off a rebound.

Then Hall dropped a pass back to Purcell in the slot and he picked the top corner to make it 3-1.

New York got one back 53 seconds into the second period as Kreider split the defence and slid the puck between Nilsson’s legs.

The Rangers tied the game up nine minutes into the second on a long shot from Brassard.

Edmonton pulled back in front on a goal on a backhand shot from Hall that came just 18 seconds into the third.

The Oilers restored their two-goal lead three minutes into the third on a goal from Nurse that chased Lundqvist from the net — leading to Antti Raanta coming in.

New York made it 5-4 six-and-a-half minutes into the third as Brassard was able to cash in on a rebound after a Nash shot went off the post.

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Point, Hawryluk continue to heal at selection camp

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — Brayden Point and Jayce Hawryluk are trying to work the rust off.

The two injured Western Hockey League stars practised in yellow no-contact jerseys on Friday at Canada’s world junior selection camp as they continue to rehab upper-body injuries.

“It’s feeling good,” said Point, who injured his shoulder on Nov. 17 while playing for the Moose Jaw Warriors.

“Obviously, getting back in to shape a little bit. It’s my first practices in a little while, but feels good.”

Point likely won’t play on Satur-

day or Sunday as Canada scrimmages against a team of all-star players from Canadian universities.

As one of three players returning from last year’s gold-medal winning team, Point has some security at the selection camp and is working toward playing for Canadian pre-competition games in Europe before the world junior hockey championships begin in Helsinki, Finland, on Dec. 26.

Despite the injury, Point is third in the WHL’s points race with 18 goals and 25 assists in 19 games.

Hawryluk, who is nursing an undisclosed upper body injury, sat out Canada’s first practice on Thursday night but joined his teammates Friday morning.

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“Every day I’ve felt better since my injury,” said Hawryluk, who was injured on Dec. 4 when his Brandon Wheat Kings lost to the Regina Pats 2-1 in overtime. “Hopefully I’ll be able to play this weekend.”

Hawryluk is 16th in the WHL’s points race with 17 goals and 16 assists through 26 games for Brandon. He missed three Wheat Kings games since the injury.

“I want to give my best shot at making this team and obviously having an injury doesn’t help that,” said Hawryluk. “Just got to push through. Things are coming together and I’m starting to feel better.”

Head coach Dave Lowry has Canada practising on the larger international

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ice to prepare for the tournament in Helsinki, which is helping both Point and Hawryluk get their cardio back up.

“It felt good today,” said Hawryluk on Friday morning. “I hadn’t been on the ice in maybe or a week or so, so maybe a little bit rusty and my legs weren’t all there.

“But it’s nice to get my legs back under me and it felt good.”

“These practices are going to be good just to get my hands back, my cardio back,” added Point. “I’m just trying to make the most of these practices.”

Defenceman Vince Dunn left Canada’s selection camp on Friday with a pre-existing medical condition.

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Oilpatch finding alternatives to layoffs WAGE REDUCTIONS, SALARY FREEZES, UNPAID SABBATICALS

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS CALGARY — Companies in the ailing oilpatch are looking at ways to avoid layoffs — or at the very least to delay or minimize them.

Canadian Natural Resources Ltd. (TSX:CNQ) has not had to trim its workforce of more than 7,600 as a result of the crude price collapse.

“In lieu of layoffs, we went to our staff and said ‘we will do wage reductions.’ And every employee who made more than $50,000 had a wage reduction,” chairman Murray Edwards said to applause at a recent business forum in Lake Louise, Alta.

“The majority of employees said they would rather … keep the team together than to have people laid off.”

The Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers has estimated at least 40,000 jobs have been shed in Canada’s oil and gas industry this year, with the bulk in Alberta.

With oil prices hovering below US$50 a barrel for much of this year — and dropping below US$40 in recent days — it’s been tough for oil producers to

justify investing in new projects.

About 1,500 job losses have been announced at oilsands giant Cenovus Energy (TSX:CVE) this year.

But in addition to that, the company has taken a hard look at benefits and discretionary spending, said CEO Brian Ferguson.

“We did put in a salary freeze in 2015 as did, I think, most of industry. We have reassessed all of our time off practices.”

Debby Carreau, CEO of human resources consulting firm Inspired HR, encourages employers to look at all options before they resort to letting staff go.

That could include reducing or delaying contributions to Registered Retirement Savings Plans, suspending health spending accounts, freezing salaries or slashing bonuses.

Some companies that have cut salaries are rewarding employees with stock. Others have instituted shortened work weeks or given employees “unpaid sabbaticals” until things look up.

And some have encouraged employees to go back to school or brush up on their training, with a promise that they’ll have a job to return to.

Instead of catered lunches in the office every day,

maybe it’s sandwiches from Subway once every two weeks now, said Carreau.

“Those peripheral fringe benefits can actually add up, especially in Calgary where we’ve had such lucrative compensation plans,” she said.

“Some of those things that people don’t automatically look at can actually save on costs and send the right message to the organization — that you care, but you’re doing everything you can to keep the jobs.”

Integra Partners Ltd., a company with fewer than 30 employees that helps oil and gas companies manage their documents, has done everything possible to avoid layoffs, said partner Chris Blender.

Blender and the firm’s other partners have taken a pay cut. Integra also found a new benefits provider that offers the same services as the old one, but at a lower cost.

“Because we’re in the service industry, people are our business and we spend a lot of time to attract and train our people,” he said. “The last thing we want to do is let anybody go during this time.”

Retailers hit hard by low dollar EMPLOYEES NOT TAKING ADVANTAGE OF DISCOUNTS

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS

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Minister of Finance Bill Morneau makes an announcement in foyer of the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Friday.

Feds increase minimum down payment for some homes

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — Canadians looking to buy homes valued over $500,000 will soon be required to come up with larger down payments in a move the federal finance minister says is designed to ensure stability in Canada’s biggest real estate markets.

Market watchers and home sellers predict the move — in concert with other regulatory changes — will have little impact on house sales and prices that continue to rise despite a fragile overall economy.

“Rather than a blunt instrument to cool the market, this is a targeted measure designed to deter a very small segment of buyers from stretching into the market with a very low equity position,” said Robert Kavcic, senior economist at BMO Capital Markets.

Under changes announced Friday by Finance Minister Bill Morneau, homebuyers will have to put a 10 per cent down payment on the portion of the price of a home over $500,000.

Anything under $500,000 will still only require a five-per-cent down payment. The changes are to take effect Feb. 15, 2016.

“This will impact one per cent or less of the market,” Morneau told a news conference.

For buyers in Toronto, where the cost of an average home has reached $625,000, the change will mean they’ll have to come up with an extra $12,000 in order to qualify for mortgage insurance through the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation.

The new measure is aimed at expensive homes while still encouraging first-time homebuyers to get into the market, said the minister.

“We recognize that, specifically in the Toronto and Vancouver market, we’ve seen house prices that have been elevated,” Morneau said.

“And we want to make sure that we create an environment that protects the people that are buying homes so they have sufficient equity in their home.”

The stiffer down payment requirement is one of three new measures targeting the stability of the housing market. Financial institutions will face new capital requirements to keep pace with the growing risk of the real estate markets they bankroll.

And Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. will change the fees it charges issuers of mortgage-backed securities.

While the intent of the government may be to tame Canada’s real estate market, the market itself has been stabilizing over the past few months and is expected to cool in 2016, making Ottawa’s moves redundant, said Gurinder Sandhu, the Ontario-Atlantic Canada vice president of Re/Max Integra.

“We’re seeing the markets kind of take care of that on their own,” he said.

“So, this type of regulation at this point in time wasn’t really required.

Re/Max predicted this week that price increases in the country’s hottest markets will be muted in the year ahead.

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TORONTO — Cross-border shopping in the United States isn’t so hot anymore, even when you’ve got an employee discount.

Hudson’s Bay Co. chief executive Jerry Storch told analysts on Friday the buying habits of the company’s Canadian staff have noticeably shifted.

“Even our own people with discounts don’t shop in the U.S. anymore,” he said in a conference call for the company’s latest quarterly results.

Hudson’s Bay, which operates Saks and Lord and Taylor stores in the U.S., is facing a significant challenge from the rise of the greenback, which has knocked the wind out of the U.S. tourism industry.

Vacationers often spend big amounts of money on luxury goods at its U.S. stores, but without them a void has been left behind.

Storch said currency exchange rates have become “one of the biggest issues” for the department store chain.

But the tourism slowdown isn’t only from fewer Canadians.

“We’ve also seen essentially the disappearance of the Russians altogether,” Storch said before pointing to the troubled economy in Brazil and problems in Europe with the weakened euro.

“It’s been pretty much across the board.”

Late Thursday, Hudson’s Bay (TSX:HBC) cut its sales outlook for 2015 and 2016 based partly on exchange rates and the aftermath of terrorism in Europe that has left a dent in the performance of its newly-acquired Kaufhof department stores, a deal that finalized in late September.

Just over a month later, Hudson’s Bay was facing the ripple effects of the terrorist attacks in Paris on Nov. 13.

“Our stores in Belgium, which of course were the epicentre of the following investigations, were closed for many days,” Storch said.

“It has taken a long time for traffic to return.”

In Germany, where most of its Kaufhof stores operate, customer traffic was impacted by a bomb threat at a soccer stadium in Hannover, Storch said.

Considering those factors, Hudson’s Bay reduced its 2015 sales forecast to a range of US$10.7 billion to $11.2 billion from its previous expectation of $11 billion to $11.5 billion.

Sales guidance for 2016 has been pulled back to $14.2 billion to $15.2 billion from $14.5 billion to $15.5 billion. Despite the headwinds in the current period, Hudson’s Bay delivered a 34 per cent increase in sales for the third quarter.

Important steps to landing the job you want to have Dear Working Wise: I read your Employer Job Search Tips article. I’ve done all those things and I still haven’t found a job. Do you have any tips that go beyond the basics? Signed Eager to Work Dear Eager: The Alberta Government just released a new version of its Advanced Techniques for Work Search booklet. It’s available on the Alberta Learning Information Service (ALIS) web site at http://alis.alberta.ca.

The work book covers how to: 1. Prepare for your work search 2. Market yourself 3. Prepare for job interviews 4. Handle job offers Many job seekers make the mistake of skipping the first step. In a strong labour market, it might not matter as much. You can just look for another job doing the same thing you were doing before.

But in a more competitive job market, identifying your skills and employers in need of those skills may open up new opportunities that you never considered before.

Step one can help you take an inventory of your skills and accomplishments and walk you through the process of turning your attributes into powerful stories that illustrate your value to employers.

Step two, marketing yourself, stresses the value of networking. More than 70 per cent of jobs are filled by people who heard about the opportunity from someone they knew.

One surprising tip from the booklet is that ac-

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quaintances may be more helpful in your job search than people you know well, because they know about opportunities that you don’t.

The booklet offers tips on how to network with people you know as well as using social media to expand your reach. It also covers how to cold call employers and use employment placement agencies.

If you’re already familiar CHARLES with networking, you may find STRACHEY the section on understanding WORKING WISE the selection process helpful.

It tells you how employers screen applications and what employers are looking for in job applicants.

Marketing yourself has a comprehensive section on writing winning resumés, including: • Cover letters • Resumé types • Using keywords • Resumé tips and best practices • What to include in your resumé • Tailoring your resumé to specific jobs • Formatting and submitting your resumé Marketing yourself also explains how to use other marketing tools, including:

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• Proposals • Portfolios • References • Business cards • Thank you notes • Letters of inquiry Step three: Preparing for the interview, will help you understand the process, anticipate the employer’s questions, provide compelling responses, build your confidence, and project a professional image.

If you are nervous, or just want do your best, attend a job interview workshop. Contact your local Alberta Works Centres (humanservices.alberta.ca/ offices). Many centres offer free job interview workshops and other job hunting resources.

I asked two career counsellors if they had any other advice for you.

An Alberta Government career counsellor said that a good resume and cover letter get you the job interview. A good interview gets you the job. Focus on improving wherever you are getting stuck in the hiring process.

Good luck!

Do you have a work-related question? Send your questions to Working Wise at charles.strachey@gov. ab.ca.

Working Wise is compiled by Charles Strachey, a manager with Alberta Human Services, for general information. He can be contacted at charles.strachey@gov. ab.ca.

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Diversified and Industrials Agrium Inc. . . . . . . . . . . 129.27 ATCO Ltd.. . . . . . . . . . . . 33.82 BCE Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53.99 BlackBerry . . . . . . . . . . . 10.54 Bombardier . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.19 Brookfield . . . . . . . . . . . . 43.42 Cdn. National Railway . . 72.47 Cdn. Pacific Railway. . . 169.77 Cdn. Utilities . . . . . . . . . . 30.14 Capital Power Corp . . . . 16.40 Cervus Equipment Corp 14.26 Dow Chemical . . . . . . . . 53.37 Enbridge Inc. . . . . . . . . . 41.52 Finning Intl. Inc. . . . . . . . 17.73 Fortis Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . 36.37 General Motors Co. . . . . 34.55 Parkland Fuel Corp. . . . . 22.21 Sirius XM . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.63 SNC Lavalin Group. . . . . 40.74 Stantec Inc. . . . . . . . . . . 34.19 Telus Corp. . . . . . . . . . . . 39.09 Transalta Corp.. . . . . . . . . 4.21 Transcanada. . . . . . . . . . 44.10 Consumer Canadian Tire . . . . . . . . . 12.59 Gamehost . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.44 Leon’s Furniture . . . . . . . 14.20 Loblaw Ltd. . . . . . . . . . . . 64.64 MARKETS CLOSE TORONTO — Another big drop in the price of oil sent Canada’s largest stock market into sharp retreat Friday in a sell-off that also drove the commodity-sensitive loonie below 73 cents U.S. for the first time since mid-2004.

Traders headed for the exits as oil fell below US$36 a barrel following a report by the International Energy Agency that said the global oversupply of crude would continue until late next year while demand would weaken.

The Canadian dollar, which has hit several new 11-year lows since it closed last week at 74.76 cents U.S., was down another 0.59 of a cent at 72.77 cents U.S. “I still think the trajectory (of the loonie) is probably going to be lower but not materially lower,” said Kevin Headland, director of capital markets and strategy at Manulife Asset Management.

“We’re not calling for it to break through 70 cents but there is … very little going in its favour to move the Canadian dollar predominantly upwards versus the U.S. dollar.”

In addition to weak commodity prices, the loonie has been under pressure from a number of other factors, including the Bank of Canada suggesting this week that its trend-setting interest rate could go negative in the event of another financial crisis.

There are concerns that the dollar could fall further next week if the U.S. Federal Reserve raises interest rates at its two-day policy rate meeting, as it’s widely expected to. It would be the first time the Fed increases interest rates since 2008.

In Toronto, the S&P/TSX composite index lost 1.74 per cent of its value, closing down 226.64 points to settle at 12,789.95.

Things were even worse

Maple Leaf Foods. . . . . . 21.74 Rona Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.43 Wal-Mart . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59.36 WestJet Airlines . . . . . . . 19.93 Mining Barrick Gold . . . . . . . . . . 10.64 Cameco Corp. . . . . . . . . 15.97 First Quantum Minerals . . 4.44 Goldcorp Inc. . . . . . . . . . 16.51 Hudbay Minerals. . . . . . . . 5.24 Kinross Gold Corp. . . . . . . 2.78 Labrador. . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.55 Potash Corp.. . . . . . . . . . 23.87 Sherritt Intl. . . . . . . . . . . . 0.690 Teck Resources . . . . . . . . 4.86 Energy Arc Resources . . . . . . . . 15.95 Badger Daylighting Ltd. . 23.19 Baker Hughes. . . . . . . . . 47.80 Bonavista . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.70 Bonterra Energy . . . . . . . 18.03 Cdn. Nat. Res. . . . . . . . . 28.99 Cdn. Oil Sands Ltd. . . . . . 8.15 Canyon Services Group. . 4.00 Cenovous Energy Inc. . . 17.43 CWC Well Services . . . 0.1150 Encana Corp. . . . . . . . . . . 8.31 Essential Energy. . . . . . . 0.520 in New York, where indexes have been strongly negative most of the week. The Dow Jones plunged 309.54 points or 1.76 per cent to 17,265.21, while the broader S&P 500 fell 39.86 points or 1.94 per cent to 2,012.37 and the Nasdaq shed 111.70 points or 2.21 per cent to 4,933.47.

In economic news, the Commerce Department reported that U.S. retail sales rose 0.2 per cent in November, indicating that holiday shopping south of the border is off to a solid if unspectacular start.

But that failed to impress investors, even though consumer spending is a big part of the U.S. economy.

Traders are also anxiously awaiting weekend reports on retail sales and industrial production in China, the world second-largest economy, which has faltered in recent months.

“Sometimes when you’re uncertain of the reaction of the market to the news that comes out, you’d rather be on the sidelines,” Headland said of the heavy selling.

In commodities, the January contract for benchmark U.S. crude oil was down $1.14 at US$35.62 a barrel, while January natural gas shed 2.5 cents to US$1.99 per mmBtu. The capped energy sector was the biggest decliner on the TSX, down 3.33 per cent.

The February gold contract rose $3.70 to US$1,075.70 an ounce, while battered copper prices rebounded four cents, with the March contract settling at US$2.12 a pound.

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

Stocks: S&P/TSX Composite Index — 12,789.95, down 226.64 points Dow — 17,265.21, down 309.54 points

Exxon Mobil . . . . . . . . . . 74.34 Halliburton Co. . . . . . . . . 36.96 High Arctic . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.35 Husky Energy . . . . . . . . . 14.60 Imperial Oil . . . . . . . . . . . 39.75 Pengrowth Energy . . . . . . 1.15 Penn West Energy . . . . . 1.270 Precision Drilling Corp . . . 4.98 Suncor Energy . . . . . . . . 35.22 Trican Ltd.. . . . . . . . . . . . 0.630 Trinidad Energy . . . . . . . . 1.94 Vermilion Energy . . . . . . 34.29 Virginia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34.29 Financials Bank of Montreal . . . . . . 77.23 Bank of N.S. . . . . . . . . . . 56.08 CIBC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92.12 Cdn. Western . . . . . . . . . 22.38 Great West Life. . . . . . . . 34.57 IGM Financial . . . . . . . . . 35.31 Intact Financial Corp. . . . 88.65 Manulife Corp. . . . . . . . . 20.47 National Bank . . . . . . . . . 40.36 Rifco Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.59 Royal Bank . . . . . . . . . . . 72.99 Sun Life Fin. Inc.. . . . . . . 42.78 TD Bank . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53.30

S&P 500 — 2,012.37, down 39.86 points Nasdaq — 4,933.47, down 111.70 points Currencies: Cdn — 72.77 cents US, down 0.59 of a cent Pound — C$2.0924, up 2.57 cents Euro — C$1.5102, up 1.81 cents Euro — US$1.0990, up 0.44 of a cent Oil futures: US$35.62 per barrel, down $1.14 (January contract) Gold futures: US$1,075.70 per oz., up $3.70 (February contract) Canadian Fine Silver Handy and Harman: $19.771 oz., down 19.4 cents $635.64 kg., down $6.23 ICE FUTURES WINNIPEG — ICE Futures Canada closing prices: Canola: Jan. ‘16 $2.40 higher $476.40 March ‘16 $2.20 higher $485.80 May ‘16 $1.80 higher $493.30 July ‘16 $1.80 higher $498.60 Nov. ‘16 $0.70 higher $494.50 Jan. ‘17 $0.90 higher $497.70 March ‘17 $0.40 higher $496.70 May ‘17 $0.40 higher $496.70 July ‘17 $0.40 higher $496.70 Nov. ‘17 $0.40 higher $496.70 Jan. ‘18 $0.40 higher $496.70.

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.

Friday’s estimated volume of trade: 486,460 tonnes of canola 0 tonnes of barley (Western Barley). Total: 486,460.

Judge rules against OT for checking work emails

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS CHICAGO — A federal judge ruled against a group of Chicago police officers who argued that unwritten department policies kept them from being paid millions of dollars in overtime for responding to work-related calls and emails on their smartphones while off duty.

U.S. Magistrate Judge Sidney Schenkier issued a 38-page opinion late Thursday in a case where a central question was whether there was an unwritten rule requiring officers to stay engaged on their phones and respond to inquiries from superiors 24 hours a day.

Schenkier wrote that the city has established practices for filing overtime and didn’t do anything to prevent officers from using it. While the officers showed they performed off-duty work on their smartphones, they “fell far short of showing a uniform culture or well-grounded understanding” that they wouldn’t be compensated, the judge wrote. Schenkier noted that officers who submitted time-due slips for work done off-duty were paid and weren’t reprimanded.

Sgt. Jeffrey Allen brought the class-action lawsuit five years ago. He and about 50 other members of an organized crime unit claimed the city owed them millions of dollars in back

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HOMES: Aimed at slowing down hot Toronto, Vancouver markets Vancouver prices have increased, on average, by around 17 per cent so far in 2015, according to Re/Max, and

pay and that they should be paid for off-duty work on department-requisitioned BlackBerry phones. The case was being watched for its potential to help answer what it means for employees to be off the clock in the age of smartphone technology.

Attorneys argued officers were often browbeaten into not filing for overtime for phone work, and that the Fair Labor Standards Act put the responsibility on bosses, not subordinates, for making sure overtime work was fairly compensated.

The judge also wrote that simply “monitoring” Blackberries doesn’t equal a substantial job duty compensable under labour law, though Schenkier added that the department could have offered a clearer policy saying that the time-due slips filed would be accepted.

The department had two general orders on the issue, though they were considered guidelines and didn’t influence officers’ behaviours, Schenkier said.

“We consider it unfortunate that this ambiguity, or confusion, was allowed to linger,” Schenkier wrote.

“But, the existence of ambiguity or confusion does not constitute a policy forbidding submission of time due slips for off-duty BlackBerry work.”

An attorney for the officers, Paul Geiger, told the Chicago Tribune he planned to appeal. by roughly 10 per cent in Toronto.

In 2016, the firm projects housing costs could rise in Vancouver by 7 per cent and by 5 per cent in Toronto while the rest of the country sees low single digit increases.

Even in Calgary, where an oil price shock has cost jobs and rocked the economy, home prices have been resilient, said Sandhu.

The Finance Department has tightened mortgage rules on several occasions in recent years — along with requiring stricter enforcement and management of loans — in an effort to weed out marginal buyers and excessive speculation in the housing market.

CHCH cuts back on local news to save costs

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — Hamilton’s CHCH channel is cutting back on local news in an attempt to right its troubled finances and 129 full-time employees have been let go.

The broadcaster broke into its regular news programming on Friday to announce the changes.

Romen Podzyhun, chief executive of CHCH’s parent company Channel Zero, told viewers the channel would not be airing its 6 p.m. and 11 p.m. news broadcasts on Friday.

He did not give a reason for the brief stoppage, but said the station would resume reduced local news coverage on Monday.

Chris Fuoco, Channel Zero’s vice president of sales and marketing, said 58 of the full-time employees have been given new offers of employment.

Under the new plan, CHCH will air fewer overall hours of news programming, but will be able to continue to deliver local stories to the community, he said.

“This decision will allow us to continue to deliver local stories that matter most to this community,” he said.

“Many of the faces you have grown to love over the years will remain.”

Podzyhun highlighted that CHCH been operating with “greatly reduced funding in national ad revenue.”

Channel Zero said Friday night that programming would be reduced to 17.5 hours per week.

As part of the changes, Channel Zero said that Channel 11, the holding

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New US $10 bill announcement delayed WASHINGTON — The country will have to wait a bit longer to find out who will become the first woman on U.S. paper currency in more than a century.

Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew had said he would announce a decision by the end of this year naming the woman who will replace Alexander Hamilton’s portrait on the $10 bill.

But late Friday, Treasury issued a statement saying the announcement was being delayed until sometime in 2016. Treasury says the delay will give the government time to “carefully review and consider a range of options” for the currency redesign.

Lew set off a furor in June when he announced he was replacing Hamilton’s portrait on the $10 bill with that of a woman.

Oil train disaster fund taking shape, cheques to be mailed next month PORTLAND, Maine — The U.S. bankruptcy trustee says a settlement fund for victims of an oil train disaster in Canada remains on track, and payments will be made next month.

Bob Keach says participants in the settlement fund are providing payments, and he expects it to be fully funded by Dec. 21.

He says money will be transferred to a Canadian monitor and a trustee for wrongful death claims by year’s end.

The trust then will begin mailing checks to individuals next month.

The derailment of the runaway Montreal, Maine & Atlantic oil train claimed 47 lives and wiped out much of downtown Lac Megantic.

The settlement fund, worth $457 million in Canadian dollars, came about following negotiations with about two dozen companies. About $113 million will go to settle wrongful death claims.

Poland gets first shipment of LNG from Qatar WARSAW, Poland — Poland has received its first delivery of liquefied natural gas, or LNG, from Qatar as it tries to diversify its energy sources and cut the price of imports from Russia.

One of the changes saw the federal government reduce the maximum amortization period for government-insured mortgages to 25 years from 30 years.

But Friday’s move will likely have less of an impact on the market because those previous changes forced a shift by homebuyers toward making larger down payments and taking on more conventional mortgages, said Derek Burleton, deputy chief economist at TD Economics.

“Hot markets in Ontario and B.C. are being driven by purchasers with larger down payments, whether it be millennials getting help from their

company for CHCH, has also filed for bankruptcy.

CHCH first hit the airwaves in 1954, covering the Hamilton, Halton and Niagara region, but the station has faced financial turbulence over the past decade.

In 2009, Channel Zero snapped up CHCH-TV from struggling media giant Canwest Global Communications Corp. and began a foray into local television, despite assertions from its former owner that over-the-air television model was broken.

With experience running only a few small specialty channels, Channel Zero tapped into cheaply-acquired content to pad the hours between its local coverage.

Breaking news aired in the day while second-run Hollywood movies were shown in prime time. Overnight it was mostly content in the public domain.

Eventually that business model shifted to airing more popular TV shows alongside news programming.

Channel Zero hit a snag last year when the CRTC discontinued the Local Program Improvement Fund, a subsidy created to help smaller TV channels survive the economic downturn and declining advertising market.

“There is a crisis in local broadcasting in smaller centres around the country — Hamilton would be the largest of those centres,” said Ian Morrison, a spokesman for the advocacy group Friends of Canadian Broadcasting.

“It’s a warning of things to come.”

The giant LNG ship Al Nuaman, which carries some 200,000 cubic meters of liquefied gas, arrived in the port of Swinoujscie on Friday, after 21 days of travel from Qatar.

The gas will be used to start operations at the Swinoujscie gas terminal, which should be fully operational in mid-2016 following months of delay.

It is the biggest LNG terminal on the Baltic Sea and one of the largest in Europe.

Maritime Affairs Minister Marek Grobarczyk said the port is important for diversifying Poland’s energy sources and will help in negotiating gas prices with Russia.

US Producer prices rise on higher retail profit margins, shipping costs WASHINGTON — U.S. producer prices rose in November for the first time in four months, driven up by higher profit margins for retailers and wholesalers and a jump in shipping costs.

The Labor Department says the producer price index, which measures prices before they reach the consumer, increased 0.3 per cent in November.

Excluding the volatile food and energy categories, core prices also rose 0.3 per cent.

Even with last month’s increases there are few signs of inflation pressures. In the past year, wholesale prices have fallen 1.1 per cent and core prices have increased just 0.5 per cent. Services, such as retailers’ profit margins, make up nearly two-thirds of the producer price index, which also measures the wholesale cost of goods.

Trucking costs jumped 1 per cent, the biggest gain in more than three years.

NDP says BC Hydro misled utilities commission VANCOUVER — British Columbia’s New Democrat opposition says the provincial hydro utility intentionally mislead a regulatory agency over the spending of hundreds of millions of dollars on information technology.

New Democrat critic for BC Hydro Adrian Dix says the B.C. Utilities Commission must review any information-technology project over $20 million proposed by the Crown corporation.

Dix says BC Hydro told the utility commission in February 2008 that it had rejected using software made by a company called SAP in favour of a less-expensive product.

Hydro needed the software for six areas of its business, and Dix says the SAP upgrades to the financial area alone would cost up to $40 million. parents, move up buyers, and/or domestic or foreign investors,” said Burleton.

Between 2008 and 2012 insured mortgages accounted for roughly 60 per cent of the increase in new mortgages taken out at chartered banks.

That ratio has been flipped in 2015, with conventional, uninsured mortgages now accounting for 60 per cent, according to TD. Still, the Bank of Canada has expressed concerns that too many Canadians risk becoming over-extended, especially once interest rates begin to rise.

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Woman not recognizing bad relationship Dear Annie: I am a 51-year-old at- real and this makes me uncomfortable. tractive professional, divorced twice But he gets angry if I say so. (He also and currently engaged doesn’t like when I mention the to a 58-year-old man who money issues between us.) also is twice divorced.

I have been through a lot We met online and hit over the past few years, includit off pretty quickly. He ing getting out of an abusive has a magnetic personmarriage. I also have a young ality, and sex is great bedaughter at home. tween us.

Am I being unreasonable He moved in, and I about a threesome or should I am supporting him firethink this situation? — Connancially until he gets fused his businesses in order.

Dear Confused: This guy He has had four DUIs is unreliable financially and and recently spent some emotionally.

MITCHELL time in jail. I have stood He wants you to support him & SUGAR by him through this. while he indulges himself. His He has always been sexual interests do not coinANNIE upfront that he likes cide with yours. He is manipto view porn a lot and ulating and pushing you to do wants to experiment sexually. This something you don’t want to do. doesn’t bother me. But he posted an ad Worse, when you express yourself, online asking another woman to join he becomes angry. us for sex.

Based on your history, you might not While we may fantasize about this recognize an unhealthy relationship, in the bedroom, he wants to make it so please allow us to point it out: This

guy is not partner material.

He is not going to be a helpful influence on you or your daughter and there is great potential for abuse. The sex may be great, but it’s not enough to make up for his shortcomings.

We urge you to get away from this guy altogether.

Dear Annie: I am writing in response to “Lonely for Life,” the teenager who had few friends and was concerned about being “antisocial.”

I, too, had social anxiety for most of my life. In my 30s, I decided I just couldn’t continue that way. I started off simply by walking down the hall at work, looking people in the eyes and saying, “Good morning.” It was very difficult in the beginning, but became easier.

Then I took further small steps in making social contact with others.

It took a number of years to reach an acceptable (to me) level of comfort in social situations. I am in my 60s now and have been teaching for a nonprofit for the past 20 years. Who would have

thought I would ever be comfortable standing up in front of others and teaching? I have even spoken at a national conference.

“Lonely for Life” should take slow steps and try to get outside her comfort zone a little each day.

It doesn’t happen overnight, but if it can happen for me, then I think “Lonely” can do it, too. — No Longer a Wallflower Dear No Longer: Thank you for your words of encouragement. We cannot remake the world so it suits us. Each of us must make the incremental adjustments to ourselves that will make our lives better.

Annie’s Mailbox is written by Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar, longtime editors of the Ann Landers column. Please email your questions to anniesmailbox@ creators.com, or write to: Annie’s Mailbox, c/o Creators Syndicate, 737 3rd Street, Hermosa Beach, CA 90254. You can also find Annie on Facebook at Facebook.com/AskAnnies.

Scalp-cooling system for chemotherapy approved in U.S. TO REDUCE HAIR LOSS DURING CHEMOTHERAPY FOR BREAST CANCER WASHINGTON — Hair loss is one of the most despised side effects of chemotherapy, and now breast cancer patients are getting a new way to try to save their locks.

The Food and Drug Administration said Tuesday it would allow marketing of the DigniCap, a cooling system that chills patients’ scalps to reduce the hair loss that is so common during breast cancer treatment.

A doctor who led research with the hair-preserving strategy welcomed the FDA’s move, saying hair loss has a traumatic effect on patients, and survivors, by revealing an illness that many would prefer to keep private.

“It’s such a marker for women — for work, for their families, for their children — that something’s wrong with them,” said Dr. Hope Rugo of the University of California, San Francisco.

“You get just a few months of chemotherapy, and it takes more than a year for your hair to recover.”

Scalp cooling is an idea that’s been around for decades. The near-freezing temperatures are supposed to make

it harder for cancer-fighting drugs to reach and harm hair follicles by temporarily reducing blood flow and cell metabolism in the scalp.

Several versions of cold caps are sold around the world. In the U.S., breast cancer patients sometimes bring collections of gel-filled caps to chemo sessions in ice chests, or store them in hospital-provided freezers, so that when one cap thaws they can don another. But the DigniCap, made

by Sweden’s Dignitana AB, is the first version officially cleared by the FDA. The company will lease the device to cancer centres to use as their patients come in for chemotherapy.

How it works: A half-hour before starting a chemo session, patients strap on a tight-fitting cap that’s connected to the cooling machine. It gradually chills the scalp, being careful to stay above freezing, until it’s numb as the chemo infusion begins. Patients stay hooked to the cooling system during the treatment, and for about an hour and a half later as blood levels of the cancer-fighting drugs drop.

Rugo and oncologists at four other medical centres studied the DigniCap system in 122 women undergoing stan-

answer many questions that logic can’t.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Have the courage to follow your intuition; it will point you in the right direction. But don’t be slapSaturday, Dec. 12 CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DATE: dash and take short-cuts — especially when Bill Nighy, 65, Dionne Warwick, 74; Jennifer it comes to personal matters and shared finances.

Connelly, 44 SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Don’t THOUGHT OF THE DAY: Today’s stars favour business, commerce, education and pay attention to criticism that comes your way. Keep your mind focused on travel. the future. Your motto for the moHAPPY BIRTHDAY: Your ment is from birthday great Frank confident persona draws othSinatra “The best revenge is masers into your world. 2016 is the sive success.” year to be less compulsive, CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. and much more relaxed.

19): Have you been over-workARIES (March 21-April ing? The Sun, Moon and Saturn 19): Restless Rams are in the are passing through your soul mood to travel and explore tosector so some quiet contempladay, as the stars activate your tion is required, as you slow down adventure zone. You could aland think about where you are so go journeying in your mind heading. via books, movies and music.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. TAURUS (April 20-May JOANNE MADELINE 18): Today’s stars stimulate your 20): Love, marriage, friendship, MOORE hopes and wishes zone. So now’s foreign places and fun are all the time to share your goals and SUN SIGNS highlighted today. Aim to be dreams with others — and then extra generous and supportive start putting them into practice in as you help loved ones achieve the outside world. their dreams, both at home and away.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): If you’re GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Hey Gemini — the more you converse with loved ones, facing a challenge, don’t soldier on alone. It’s the better the day will be. So make sure you time to swallow your Piscean pride and ask keep the lines of communication wide open. others for assistance. They will appreciate the opportunity to offer a helping hand.

Study and travel are also favoured.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): You’re in Sunday, Dec. 13 the mood to overindulge your senses today CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DATE: whether itís eating, drinking, loving, shopping or just lazing around. If you get carried away, Taylor Swift, 25; Jamie Foxx, 47; Dick Van Dyke, 89 you may pay the price later on!

THOUGHT OF THE DAY: It’s a suitable LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Today’s stars give you a welcome confidence boost, as Sunday to catch up on paperwork and doworries and pressures slide off you like water mestic chores.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY: You are a perceptive off a duck’s back. Whatever comes your way, perfectionist — but remember there is a fine you’ll handle it with lots of Leo style.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Is it time to line between being thorough and just plain give fickle fair-weather friends the flick? Sur- fussy. Learn to relax.

ARIES (March 21-April 19): Try not to round yourself with people who boost your become too obsessed about a current work Virgo confidence, promote your talents, and project or professional problem. It’s time for support you when life gets tough.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Do you have wise Rams to relax, wind down and rejuvea problem? You have much to learn from nate as you have a busy week ahead.

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“Looking healthy made me feel healthier,” said Deanna King of San Francisco, who participated in the trial and retained 80 per cent of her hair.

She’d been between jobs when she was diagnosed with breast cancer, and keeping her hair made it easier to restart interviews with potential employers as soon as she felt well enough.

“People are frightened of people that look sick,” King said. “It made the experience a little less traumatic.”

munication, as you enjoy the company of to influence others in positive ways, espefamily and friends. Take the time to under- cially at home. The more you praise and stand what a loved one is going through. encourage loved ones, the more positive and GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Curiosity, productive youíll all feel. Lead by example. restlessness and nervous energy are high CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Expect today Twins. Don’t skim the surface — there some disruption to your usual Sunday rouis a lot more going on than you realize. Take tine, with sudden surprises or unexpected the time to investigate properly. guests dropping in. Single Capricorns — look CANCER (June 21-July 22): If you have for love with a tender Taurus or a caring Canconcerns about an issue at work, make sure cer. you look into it deeply and thoroughly. With AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): CommuniVenus visiting your romance and friendship cation and travel are the current buzz words, zone, charm and confidence will take you far. as your restless Aquarian side kicks into top LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Stop running gear. A weekend away would be perfect around in a fluster and focus on family today sometime soon, so start planning now.

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Above: The event was officially opened by pipers Buck Buchanan (left) and Neil Shortt, both of whom are members of the Calgary Policy Service Pipe Band.

Inset right: Premium bottles for sale at the silent auction. Thanks to this line-

up of local business and individual sponsors, the Scotch Classic raised over $25,000 for United Way’s 2015 Community Investment Fund.

Golden drams, great support for United Way United Way’s Annual Scotch Classic keeps getting better!

For the past five years, United Way Central Alberta has organized the Scotch Classic tasting event as a fundraiser for its Community Campaign. While the majority of support for United Way comes through workplace campaigns, the Scotch Classic adds a sizable contribution – and this was the best year yet!

Inspired and driven by a group of passionate United Way volunteers who just happen to love Scotch, the event has added over $25,000 to the 2015 Community Impact Investment Fund. This success is only possible because of the many dedicated volunteers as well as local business and individual sponsors who invest their time and money in order to generate the surplus revenue for United Way. “Although we organize hundreds of details for the event,” explained Lars Rogers, Chairperson of the Organizing Committee, “the Scotch Classic is made possible by our distributors and sponsors who share a passion for Scotch and want to encourage more people to develop a taste for it. The volunteer time we contribute is worth the sweet and satisfying finish!”

The 5th Annual Scotch Classic was once more presented by the premium sponsor, MNP. Thanks to the Scotch distributors, over 45 bottles were offered for

tasting, most of them Scotch, but also a few Irish, bourbon, rye selections… and surprise!… two bottles of exceptional rum.

Thanks to many other sponsors, participants also had the opportunity to bid on eight premium bottles plus a Scotch Advent Calendar during the live auction, and another 18 bottles at the silent auction. A raffle with some great prizes rounded out the fundraising.

To celebrate United Way’s 50th Anniversary, this year a VIP Tasting was sponsored by Alberta Private Client (a division of ATB Financial) prior to the main event so that a small group of major Scotch fans could enjoy five premium drams of Scotch, including the star bottle –the Glenfarclas 54, which retails for over $3,000.

Souvenir tasting glasses were provided by Liquor Crossing, and TD Canada Trust made sure everyone had a safe drive home. And our gold sponsors – CIBC, Altalaw, RBC Royal Bank, Bilton and GCS Energy Services went the extra mile to ensure the Scotch Classic was a first class event.

Of course there were pipers, a highland dancer and some great appetizers to round out the evening’s festivities. The 5th Annual Scotch Classic was presented by MNP on November 19, 2015 at the Pidherney Centre.

Participants in the VIP Scotch Tasting are educated by Scotch expert David Michiels of Willow Part Wines & Spirits on how to savour each golden dram!

Lars Rogers, Chairperson of the Organizing Committee introduces highland dancer Chloe Sherwood.

Altogether there were about 150 people at the 5th Annual Scotch Classic in the upper lounge at the Pidherney Centre.

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RCMP request more manpower ASKING FOR FIVE MORE CONSTABLES, ONE SERGEANT AND THREE MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES

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BY CRYSTAL RHYNO ADVOCATE STAFF Red Deer RCMP wants to boost its ranks by six in 2016.

Supt. Scott Tod said they landed on a number that they thought was both fiscally responsible and would realistically support the operational needs.

Five would work as constables on the front-line while the sixth would be hired as a sergeant.

It would bring the tally of police officers to 159 from 153, if council approves the request during the operating budget talks in January.

Tod said the city is very supportive of policing and public safety.

“Red Deer is enjoying a regular increase in population,” he said. “Obviously if policing stays the same, there is a demand to increase the number of officers.”

RCMP are asking for three municipal employees in this budget.

Tod said when the department hires

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City RCMP Superintendent Scott Tod speaks with RCMP Const. Rebecca Daly in the Red Deer City detachment Friday afternoon. more officers, they require more support staff.

Police are also asking for three additional staff in order to extend the hours of the non-emergency complaint phone line. The police line was implemented in May operating between 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. The police want to ex-

tend the hours until 10 p.m. to cover all the peak periods seven days a week.

The majority of the calls come during the lunch hour or in the evening after 4:30 pm.

“It’s been such a success in terms of the call volume that we have handled more effectively in order to give better

service and better information to the public,” said Tod. It has also diverted the non-priority files like asking for information from the police officers, said Tod. There are currently four staff working out of the centre.

The increased staffing would allow officers to reduce caseloads, improve response to calls for service, reduce the percentage of calls not attended and improve follow up responses to serious investigations. Officers in Red Deer typically handle 130 cases per officer compared to the provincial average of 90 cases per officer.

During the week of Nov. 29 to Dec. 6, Red Deer RCMP generated about 920 files. That number includes phone calls, walk-ins, police-initiated files such as finding stolen vehicles, 911 hang-ups and unfounded reports.

There were an estimated 50,000 calls for service in 2014.

The proposed police budget for 2016 is $33.8 million, a boost from $32.1 million in 2015; $30.5 million in 2014 and $27.7 million in 2013.

Council will begin debating the $341.9 million administration-recommended budget on Jan.6. crhyno@reddeeradvocate.com

Fentanyl related deaths continue to climb

BY SUSAN ZIELINSKI ADVOCATE STAFF

DRUGS

Fentanyl-related deaths have continued to climb in Red Deer and Central Alberta.

From January to September, the region had 29 deaths, including 13 in Red Deer, according to statistics from Alberta’s medical examiner’s office.

As of June 30, Central Alberta had 19 deaths and 10 of those were in Red Deer.

Fentanyl-related deaths across the province stood at 213 as of the end of September, up from 145 at the end of June.

On Friday, Health Minister Sarah Hoffman issued a ministerial order to expand the province’s program to further prescribe, administer and distribute naloxone which is a drug that can be used to reverse fentanyl overdoses.

The program will now allow registered nurses to prescribe, administer

and distribute naloxone. Nurses could not prescribe the drug before.

Paramedics will now be allowed to distribute naloxone. Previously, they could only administer.

Emergency medical technicians (EMT) and emergency medical responders (EMR) will now be able to administer and distribute naloxone.

Training will start as soon as possible for emergency workers who attend incidents without paramedics.

Naloxone is injected intramuscularly and keeps people breathing until paramedics arrive. It’s possible for a person to lapse into an overdose again once naloxone wears off so medical attention is required.

Since early July, Central Alberta AIDS Network Society (CAANS) has been distributing take-home naloxone kits and teaching people how to inject

naloxone that temporarily reverses the symptoms of fentanyl and other opioid poisonings.

Kits were made available for a oneyear pilot program funded by Alberta Health in response to the rise in fentanyl overdoses. CAANS was one of eight agencies across Alberta distributing kits.

As of the end of November, CAANS had distributed 108 of the free kits, each containing two doses of naloxone, that were used to save 28 lives in Red Deer.

Fentanyl is about 100 times more toxic than morphine, heroin, or oxycodone. Only a very small amount can be deadly and fentanyl has been showing up unexpectedly in other street drugs.

Dr. Ifeoma Achebe, medical officer of health for Alberta Health Services Central Zone, said there continues to be a high number of opiate-related visits to the emergency department at Red Deer Regional Hospital Centre.

It’s not just frequent street drug us-

ers who are overdosing due to fentanyl. Recreational users, including young people, are also affected. Expanding the naloxone program is welcome news, she said.

“Every zone is different. In Central Zone, we’re making sure we have distribution points in areas that we feel are of high need, so Red Deer, Wetaskiwin, Rocky Mountain House and some other communities,” Achebe said.

“We’re hoping early in the new year we’ll have kits in all these places.”

Details are just being worked out, but naloxone kits or naloxone prescriptions will soon be available to patients being discharged from hospital who were admitted for opiate overdose.

Expanded roles for nurses and emergency workers will improve access to naloxone in smaller communities, Achebe said.

“A lot of communities in the rural areas are serviced by EMTs only.” szielinski@reddeeradvocate.com

SAFETY ON THE FARM

Demand at Food Bank still increasing

BY CRYSTAL RHYNO ADVOCATE STAFF Things are going to get worse before they get better, says the deputy director of the Red Deer Food Bank.

Alice Kolisnyk said the economic climate has hit everybody hard but we have seen a significant increase in the number of families and the kids that are coming to the food bank.

“The demand has jumped significantly in the last few months,” said Kolisnyk. “Our numbers are up 30 per cent across the board.”

In November, 1,300 individuals walked through the doors looking for help compared to 1,000 in November 2014. This year the food bank handed out 501 hampers which included 701 adults, 446 children and 229 families in the count.

Last year, 401 hampers went to 527 adults, 355 children and 176 families during the same time period.

Kolisnyk said the warehouse is filling up with donations and the monetary donations are also coming in.

“We are doing pretty good,” said Kolisnyk. “But we are always looking for more because it is a really hard time of the year.”

The non-perishable wishlist includes canned meat, dry pasta, canned vegetables, peanut butter, cereal, oatmeal, beans, dry rice, dry soups, juice boxes, nut-free granola bars and snacks.

The CBC Eye Opener will be on location at Dose Coffee (4912 Gaetz Ave.) from 6 a.m. to 9 a.m. on Monday. Angela Knight and crew will accept donations for the food bank through its One Gray Night program. Coffee cups and coffee will be sold with the profits going to support the food bank. Later Alberta@noon and food bank staff will be on location accepting food donations.

“Red Deer has always been great whenever we put out a call, they answer it tenfold,” said Kolisnyk. “We just want to say thank you to Red Deer and everybody that helps out.” crhyno@reddeeradvocate.com

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Mell Roth of Alberta Off-Highways Vehicle Association shows a Grade 3 class from Rimbey Elementary School how to be safe on a four-wheel ATV and how you should ride it safely on the farm during Safety Day Program at the Rimbey Agrium Centre on Friday.

LOCAL BRIEFS

Warrant issued for man wanted in armed robbery RCMP are looking for a man believed to have driven a getaway truck following an armed robbery at a Red Deer bar last month.

Police have issued an Alberta-wide warrant for the arrest of Lyndon William Grant Olsen, 33, of Red Deer.

It is alleged he was driving the truck that was used by two armed robbery suspects to flee after the Bell Fever Lounge, at 4620 Ross Street, was robbed about 11 p.m. on Nov. 23.

Police said at the time that two suspects carrying long-barrelled firearms went into the lounge and demanded cash. Two suspects were arrested several hours later during a traffic stop.

Olsen was not with them at the time.

Olsen is also believed to have been involved in an attempted robbery, also on Nov. 23, at the Post Time Lounge, at 3731 Gaetz Avenue. Two armed men were caught on surveillance cameras unsuccessfully trying to enter the building, which was closed at the time.

Police said Olsen should be considered armed and dangerous and should

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not be approached.

Devyn Michael Hendrikson, 19, of Red Deer, and Danny Ivan Bergeson, 26, are facing weapons and stolen property charges in connection with the Bell Fever Lounge robbery.

Villa Marie strike called off after agreement reached A strike set to begin Sunday at Villa Marie seniors care facility was averted after a tentative agreement was announced on Friday.

Alberta Union of Provincial Employees said the agreement was reached for workers at both Red Deer’s Villa Marie and Holy Cross Manor in Calgary.

Both facilities are operated by the Covenant Care.

AUPE said the strike is now on hold until workers have the opportunity to vote to accept or reject the tentative agreement. The union represents about 80 employees at Villa Marie, and includes mostly health care aides and licensed practical nurses.

In October, mediation between AUPE and Covenant broke down.

AUPE served strike notice to Covenant on Thursday.

Villa Marie opened in early 2014

and has 100 supportive living Level 4 care beds, or beds that are one level below long-term care which is the highest care level for seniors.

Innisfail RCMP looking for armed robber Innisfail RCMP are looking for a suspect in an armed robbery at the Super 8 Motel early Friday morning.

Police say shortly after 1 a.m. police responded to a call of an armed robbery which occurred at the motel in Innisfail.

A man dressed in black wearing a ski mask entered the lobby of the hotel and brandished a handgun while demanding money from the employee.

The suspect fled with a bag of cash in an unknown direction.

The suspect was described as a Caucasian man, approximately 1.88 metres (six feet) tall, dressed completely in black, and carrying a maroon coloured handbag.

The Innisfail RCMP are encouraging anyone with information regarding this incident to contact police at 403-227-3342. To remain anonymous, call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 or report it online at www.tipsubmit.com.

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‘Mercy trumps moralizing’ POPE OPENS VATICAN HOLY DOOR, LAUNCHES JUBILEE OF MERCY

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis pushed open the great bronze doors of St. Peter’s Basilica on Tuesday to launch his Holy Year of Mercy, declaring that mercy trumps moralizing in his Catholic Church.

Francis stood in prayer on the threshold of the basilica’s Holy Door then walked through it, the first of an estimated 10 million faithful who will pass through over the course of the next year in a rite of pilgrimage dating back centuries.

A thin and frail Emeritus Pope Benedict XVI walked through the doorway right after Francis, gingerly negotiating the two steps with the help of a cane and his longtime assistant. It was a rare outing for the 88-year-old Benedict, whose historic resignation led to Francis’ election and a papacy dedicated to showing the merciful side of the church.

Some 5,000 extra police, carabinieri and soldiers have been deployed around Rome, and a no-fly zone imposed on its skies, to protect the pilgrims who are flocking to Rome on foot, by car, train and plane to participate in the yearlong celebration.

Security was heightened after the Vatican was listed as a possible target following the Paris attacks, but the extra police patrols and traffic stops extended far beyond the immediate vicinity of the Vatican or even the other main pilgrimage sites in Rome.

Francis launched the 12-month jubilee to emphasize what has become the leitmotif of his papacy: showing the merciful and welcoming side of a Catholic Church more often known for moralizing and casting judgment.

“How much wrong we do to God and his grace when we speak of sins being punished by his judgment before we speak of their being forgiven by his mercy,” Francis told an estimated 50,000 people gathered under rainy skies for his Mass opening the jubilee. “We have to put mercy before judgment, and in any event God’s judgment will always be in the light of his mercy.”

The Vatican’s Holy Door, located to the right of the basilica’s main entrance, is decorated with 16 bronze panels depicting the redemption of man’s sin through mercy. Passing through it is meant to symbolize the pilgrimage of life’s journey and the sacrifices endured.

“We have to absorb the message that God always forgives us, which is the message that the pope gives to us,” said Maria Sila, a pilgrim from Buenos Aires as she waited for the Mass to begin.

After Francis and Benedict walked through the doorway, the first throngs of pilgrims followed suit, led off by the Italian president and other dignitaries.

In a sign that Francis himself was taken aback by Benedict’s frailty when he saw him at the Holy Door, he asked the throngs of pilgrims in the piazza to send their prayers for his “good health.” The crowd responded with cheers and applause.

Holy Years are generally celebrated every 25-50 years, and over the centuries they have been used to encourage the faithful to make pilgrimages to Rome to obtain an “indulgence” — the ancient church tradition related to the forgiveness of sins that roughly amounts to a “get out of Purgatory free” card.

Unlike in Martin Luther’s time, these Holy Year indulgences are free and available to those who pass through the Holy Door.

The last jubilee was in 2000, when St. John Paul II ushered in the church’s third millennium and some 25 million pilgrims flocked to a Rome that had undergone a multimillion-dollar facelift for the occasion.

In typical Francis fashion, the pope made clear from the start that he wanted this Holy Year to be a more sober occasion. For the first time, the pope instructed all cathedrals around the world to open their Holy Doors to pilgrims to encourage the faithful to mark the jubilee at home rather than coming to Rome.

Nevertheless, Italian officials seized on the excuse of the jubilee to allocate millions of euros for dozens of public works projects around the capital, practically none of which has been completed.

Francis announced his Holy Year on the second anniversary of his papacy, saying his aim was “to give comfort to every man and every woman of our time.” It was in keeping with his priority to make the church a “field hospital” for injured souls, where the wounded are welcomed and loved, not judged.

The jubilee year will feature a host of special Masses and extra general audiences to accommodate the throngs of pilgrims, while Francis himself has set aside one Friday each month to slip out of the Vatican to perform an act of mercy himself, in private.

For all the pomp of Tuesday’s ceremony, Francis technically launched the Holy Year of Mercy last week in Central African Republic, when he pushed

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Pope Francis, third from left, watches Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI entering St. Peter’s Basilica accompanied

by Monsignor Georg Gaenswein, at the Vatican, Tuesday. Pope Francis pushed open the great bronze doors of St. Peter’s Basilica to launch his Holy Year of Mercy, declaring that mercy trumps moralizing in his Catholic Church. open the Holy Door of the Bangui cathedral. His aim was to give the conflict-weary Christians there a spiritual boost, and show the universality of his message of mercy.

Elsewhere around the world, Holy Doors will be opening at cathedrals starting this Sunday.

On Tuesday night, the Vatican will lend itself to another one of Francis’ preoccupations — environmental protection. A coalition of humanitarian groups has banded together to screen images of nature by well-known photographers and filmmakers on the facade of St. Peter’s.

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The Vatican has confirmed that some “irregularities” were discovered in its doctrine office after a German newspaper reported that investigators found about 20,000 euros in cash in a desk drawer.

Bild newspaper said the money was discovered during a search of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith office that followed a February request for information about its assets. The Vatican’s new economy secretariat has been trying to gather information about the holdings of various departments.

Vatican spokesman the Rev. Federico Lombardi said Wednesday that “some irregularities” were discovered, corrective measures were taken and the congregation is now “vigorously” following the Vatican’s new administrative rules.

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December 12 2003 — Paul Martin sworn in as 21st Prime Minister of Canada and vows to make drastic changes in the way the country is run. During the ceremony, he held the flag that flew at half-mast on Parliament Hill the day his father died.

1985 — Arrow Air Flight 1285, a chartered DC-8 jet transport, crashes on take-

off at Gander, Newfoundland killing 248 American soldiers on leave and eight crew members. It is the worst airplane accident in Canadian history and was possibly due to a bomb planted by terrorists.

1981 — Edmonton Oilers Wayne Gretzky notches another record, reaching the 50 goal mark in only 39 games. It is the quickest 50th goal in NHL history.

1946 — The Canadian Army, Royal Canadian Navy and Royal Canadian Air Force are reintegrated into one central command.

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Israeli electronica duo Infected Mushroom is set to play on Friday, Dec. 18, at the Lotus club in Red Deer.

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BY LANA MICHELIN ADVOCATE STAFF From Red Deer to Hollywood — all in one weekend.

Israeli electronica duo Infected Mushroom is set to play on Friday, Dec. 18, to a few hundred people at the Lotus club in Red Deer.

The next night, on Dec. 19, the group will entertain at a sold-out 2,000 people show at the historic Avalon nightclub in Hollywood.

Musician Amit Duvdevani (known as Duvdev) said he and his musical partner Erez Eisen aim to get people dancing wherever they play.

“We’ve never been to Red Deer, so we’re excited to come,” said Duvdev, who noted this city is the only Alberta stop this time out because Infected Mushroom has already played in Ed-

monton and Calgary.

The group that’s been based in Los Angeles for the past dozen years, has been touring the globe since being formed in 1996 by two former classical music students.

Duvdev started playing piano at age seven. Although his father hoped he would become a classical musician, his teenage interests were more aligned with punk and heavy metal.

Duvdev eventually became a keyboardist for the Haifa punk rock band Enzyme.

But the musician, who lived for a time in India after serving a mandatory stint in the Israeli army, began experimenting with electronica after attending his first trance party in 1991.

Eisen also started as a classically trained piano and organ player. But his interest in computerized music took hold by age 11. By the time Eisen

was 18 he was already collaborating with DJ Jorg and other known trance artists.

The two met through mutual friends and began playing together as Infected Mushroom. Their first album, The Gathering, was a darkly rhythmic sonic experience that brought Israeli psytrance to mainstream audiences.

Nine CDs later, the group has released Converting Vegetarians II, a departure from the usual dance sound.

Duvdev describes this album as more mellow and “free-style,” continuing on the same exploratory path as the band’s Converting Vegetarians album of 2003.

Taking an occasional break from hardcore dance music, Duvdev said is freeing. “You can record acoustic stuff,” and experiment without constrictions. Duvdev feels tunes on the new album aren’t bound by the rep-

etitions and rhythmic rules of dance music.

He hopes listeners will “chill out” and enjoy the tunes.

While a couple of lower key songs could be performed in Red Deer, Duvdev said mostly high-energy dance tracks will be played — including hits, such as Becoming Insane and Cities of the Future.

His three kids — ranging between two and five years of age — like bouncing around to this music too. By the time they’re surly teenagers, Duvdev joked, they probably won’t think their dad’s output is very cool — “which is fine. It’s normal. I have no problem with that!”

Tickets to the show are $29.95 from Ticketfly.com or the Bell Fever Lounge. For more information, please call (403) 342-4027. lmichelin@reddeeradvocate.com

Ceramicists push each other in new creative directions in #ClayChallenge

BY LANA MICHELIN ADVOCATE STAFF

Musicians jam together, why can’t artists?

With this collaborative idea in mind, two ceramicists from different parts of the country decided to push each other in new creative directions by sharing their inspirations.

Each artist created their own clay wallhangings, platters and vessels through a cross-pollination of ideas.

Their 1-½ years project involved “experimenting, challenging, sharing, critiquing, (and) encouraging” each other.

The resulting whimsical and functional works by Tara Lynne Franco of Toronto or KJ MacAlister of Edmonton can be seen in the #ClayChallenge exhibit at the Harris-Warke Gallery, upstairs at Sunworks in downtown Red Deer.

Viewers can pick out common elements in these artworks, but many of the pieces by either Franco and MacAlister veer off in unique and surprising directions.

Franco got the ball rolling on the #ClayChallenge project when she stated, “inspiration can come from almost

anything,” while visiting her friend MacAlister’s Edmonton studio. Pointing to a RealLemon drink , Franco suggested creating art that’s inspired by the concentrated juice bottle. And this became their first #RealLemonChallenge.

The two artists worked separately but shared their progress through emails and Facebook photos, and came up with wide-ranging designs.

Franco, who trained at Sheridan College and formerly worked as a ceramics technician at Red Deer College, sculpted life-sized textural lemons as wall hangings.

Noticing how the oval shapes resembles seeds, she went on to create an intricately detailed series depicting seed pods in various stages of development.

“It was a jumping off point… This was something completely different for me,” said the 43-year-old, who now wants to keep exploring organic sculptures.

MacAlister, 40, initially took a more “literal” approach, creating a vase decorated with an embossed depictions of lemons.

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Photo by JEFF STOKOE/Advocate Staff

FROM TOP TO BOTTOM: A Cut Above Stoneware, Soda Fired by KJ MacAlister and Seed Pods. Porcelain, Cone 6 Oxidation by Tara Lynne Franco. Both are on exhibit as part of the #CLAYCHALLENGE at the Harris-Warke Gallery in Sunworks through Dec. 31.

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Exhibit celebrates Year of the Craft

BY LANA MICHELIN ADVOCATE STAFF A treasure box full of “life,” a starry night sculpture and other creations are part of the Conversations in Craft art show at the Red Deer Public Library.

The juried art exhibit in the Kiwanis Gallery, downstairs at the downtown library, contains 22 mostly three-dimensional artworks by a dozen members of the Red Deer Arts Council.

As the show celebrates the Year of the Craft, the pieces are all artisan-based. A wide variety are featured — from a hand-painted silk jacket by Darcy Gusse Edinga, to a soft-sculpture doll by Sheila Wright and a tole-painted door harp by Julie McCrae.

A quilted wall hanging of a trout by Shirley Flinn is included, as is an art doll piece titled Teddy Protect Me by Charity Beasley and Kristin Guttridge, a multi-media box of eclectica called Life by Carol Lynn Gilchrist, and many other works.

The Red Deer Arts Council was formed in the spring of 2010 from the merger of three organizations: the Red Deer and District Allied Arts Council, Cultural Charter Partners of Red Deer and District, and the Cultural Development Association of Red Deer (Culture Link).

The non-profit’s purpose is to bring arts and culture to the community, to help literary, performing and visual artists and cultural organizations connect with each other, and to help members gain development and presentation opportunities.

Executive-director Diana Anderson said this exhibit is “to show off our members,” who range from professional artists to talented amateurs. She is pleased by the diversity of submissions.

Pat Matheson, who holds a Masters in Fine Arts Degree and works as public art co-ordinator for the City of Red Deer, created a ceramic landscape that’s pricked with small openings that

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BRIEF Notable actors join cast of dramatic thriller Some notable actors have joined the cast of the locally-made film She Has a Name.

Eugenia Yuan (Memoirs of a Geisha), Will Yun Lee (TNT, Witchblade, Die Another Day), and Gil Bellows, (The Agency, The Shawshank Redemption), have taken roles in the movie about sex trafficking, being made by Red Deer’s Unveil Studios.

They join Vancouver actors Teresa Ting and Giovanni Mocibob, who play the trafficked woman, known as Number 18, and Jason, a human rights advocate trying to help her. Yuan will portray brothel operator, Mamma.

The North American cast is also joined by Thai-based actors Charlie Ruedpokanon, Pongsanart Vinsiri and Singapore’s Vanessa Toh. The dramatic thriller is based on a

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CERAMICS: Riff off each other But she later had a more figurative take on the #TeabowlChallenge — which involved making art inspired by a poster showing various forms of traditional Japanese tea bowls. Her Teabowl Tree features ceramic tea bowls suspended like foliage on a two-metre tall cut-out tree.

While some artists don’t like being influenced by others, both Franco and MacAlister, who trained at Clayworks Studio Link and various workshops, feel more creative when riffing off each other than when labouring alone “in a vacuum.”

The idea is turning an inspirational idea into something that’s uniquely your own, said Franco. “It’s about con-

Photo by JEFF STOKOE/Advocate staff

Rainbow Trout mixed fabric by Shirley Flinn. On display at the Kiwanis Gallery Exhibit entitled Conversations in Craft: Works by Red Deer Arts Council Visual Arts Members. The exhibit runs until Dec. 27, 2015. create a starry night-like effect when a light within the sculpture is turned on.

The ceramicist has been a member of the Council and its predecessors “off and on” since the 1980s. He finds it “a valuable resource,” connecting artists to their peers and the rest of the community. “They’re always on the go, finding opportunities for artists.”

Red Deer artist Issy Covey has three clay pieces in the show, including Slices of Autumn, a raku-fired bowl. Covey, a retired Advocate graphic artist who went to art school in Aberdeen, Scotland, has been an arts council member for about six years.

“I like to support the arts in Red Deer through my membership,” she

said, as well as her participation in various council events, such as the First Friday gallery openings. Covey has sold her artwork in pop-up galleries as well as a solo show held at the Kiwanis Gallery in 2011.

The Conversations in Craft show runs until Dec. 27. lmichelin@reddeeradvocate.com

play by Red Deer playwright Andrew Kooman that toured across Canada and into the U.S.. The movie version is being shot with a budget of $2.6 million in Canada and Thailand, and is co-directed by Andrew’s brothers, Matthew and Daniel Kooman.

“We’re thrilled to be working with such an incredible cast, who will bring this very real and gripping adaptation of a much-loved story to life through powerful performances,” said Matthew Kooman.

The film She Has a Name is expected to be ready for screening in 2016.

and novice birdwatchers.

Pearman will sign copies of her book from 1-3 p.m. at Peavey Mart.

Proceeds from book sales will go towards education, conservation and research projects at the Ellis Bird Farm.

Due to wrong information about a previous Pearman book signing, the author wasn’t able to meet fans of her work in Red Deer on Dec. 6. Pearman has, therefore, arranged this upcoming book signing event at Peavey Mart to make up for last weekend’s mix up.

auction.

Sotheby’s is holding the online-only sale on Friday, with estimates running from $100 to $35,000.

The 175 lots include over 600 action figures from the collection of Japanese fashion designer and entrepreneur NIGO. They’re available at Sothebys. com/starwarsauction and eBay.com/ Sothebys.

Two Power of the Force coin sets that were only available on special request from the manufacturer have a $25,000 to $35,000 estimate.

Star Wars: The Force Awakens opens next week.

Myrna Pearman holding book signing on Dec. 20 Naturalist Myrna Pearman will be signing copies of her new book, Backyard Bird Feeding: An Alberta Guide in Red Deer on Sunday, Dec. 20.

Pearman, manager and biologist of the Ellis Bird Farm, has written a year-round guide to bird feeding in the province. The book is described as “an important resource in the conservation and birding world,” and an educational tool for both expert tinuing to try new things.”

Their #VintageBootChallenge, for instance, invited each artist to draw inspiration from an ornate Victorian women’s boot, on display at the Bata Shoe Museum in Toronto.

At first, Franco struggled to come up with an idea. But after seeing MacAlister’s Following the Lines, decorative fruit bowl with cutouts inspired by boot appliques, she thought of putting some curvy relief designs on her Golden Offerings platters.

Gold lustre was also used by both artists — and Franco credits MacAlister with this idea, while MacAlister feels it was Franco’s.

“It’s gotten to the point that we’ve forgotten who started a certain thing,” added MacAlister, who noted virtually nothing in ceramics hasn’t been tried before by somebody. “I’m constantly looking around, trying to bring something new in, different stimuluses.”

The artists, who met at a 2010 ceramics workshop in Medicine Hat, feel the collaborative process has pushed them in directions they wouldn’t nec-

Sotheby’s offering Star Wars collectibles in oneday online auction NEW YORK — Just in time for the latest installment of the Star Wars movie, fans can bid on hundreds of rare and original collectibles associated with the space odyssey series at a New York City essarily have followed on their own.

“One of the things I most enjoyed about this project is that it really cemented for me the idea that you can pull inspiration out of anywhere,” said MacAlister.

“We’re celebrating inspiration.”

The #ClayChallenge exhibit is on until Dec. 31. lmichelin@reddeeradvocate.com-

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A generational plan FROM GRANNY SUITES TO ROOMS OVER A GARAGE , MULTIGENERATION HOMES ARE IN DEMAND

BY MICHELE LERNER SPECIAL TO THE ADVOCATE Michael Cox and Aimee Norwood, married baby boomers, had sold their home and were about to sign a contract for a new house when their lives took an unexpected turn.

“My stepfather’s health declined quickly, and he passed away while we were deciding on a home,” Cox says. “We realized that my mother would be ready to downsize and that we wanted her to be closer to us.”

Cox and Norwood opted to upsize rather than downsize. They bought a house that includes an optional suite of rooms designed for multigenerational families. The couple estimates that the addition cost about $60,000, including design upgrades chosen by Cox’s mother, Janice Charlip.

“My mom came to the design center to pick out the finishes she wanted because we all see this as her own space to live in the way she wants to live,” Cox says. “It just happens to be attached to our house.”

Cox, Norwood and Charlip share the home with the couple’s two daughters, ages 11 and 12, and the family dog, who Cox says is the only dog his mother has ever liked.

Although extended families living under one roof is common in various cultures, the inability of many people to get on their feet after the recession and the increasing longevity of baby boomers have boosted demand for homes that can accommodate several generations.

“We came up with the idea of the NextGen home in Arizona, which was among the hardest-hit markets during the downturn,” says Kim Ashbaugh, director of NextGen brand management for Lennar. “We would see multiple cars in every driveway because Photos by THE WASHINGTON POST there were so many recent grads from local colleges who couldn’t get a job, plus a lot of retirees who Janice Charlip, seen here with her daughter-in-law Aimee Norwood, top, granddaughters, Alexia, 12, left, chose to move there and were facing higher expens- Cassidy, 11, and dog Buddy, lives in a suite attached to the main house. es than they anticipated.”

According to a report from the National AssociaAnderson says that flexibility is essential for peoMiller and Smith’s architect found that with tion of Realtors, the biggest reasons for a multigenthe rear garage configuration of the homes at One erational purchase were cost savings (24 per cent) ple who plan to age in place.

“While the adults are upstairs now with their Loudoun, it was relatively easy to design a bedroom and adult children moving back into the house (23 extended family in the addition, eventually the suite above the garage. per cent). Younger adults can move to the first floor and not Finances are not the only reason some families boomers representhave to leave home as they age,” Anderson choose to live together, but the arrangement can be ABOUT HALF OF BUYERS HAVE ed the largest share says. “People like the flexibility and the fact mutually beneficial, says Shelly Church, senior vice of multigenerationFOUND THAT THEY ARE SAVING that they aren’t relegated to the basement or president of investments at Raymond James finanal buyers, at 21 per MONEY WITH THEIR NEW LIVING cramped into a small space that was original- cial services in Naples, Fla. cent, with 37 per ly designed to be a study.” cent of those saying “Many older people ARRANGEMENT BECAUSE OF “One challenge is that we the primary reason find that the cost of liv“MY MOTHER VOLUNTEERED TO for their purchase REDUCED CHILD-CARE, ELDER-CARE normally need a lot that’s ing in senior housing was because of is more than they can AND TRANSPORTATION COSTS, AS 70-feet wide to accommodate PAY THE EXTRA MONEY THAT THE this home, which makes it adult children movand Medicaid is WELL AS SHARED UTILITY COSTS. MULTIGENERATIONAL CONFIGURATION afford, particularly hard to build and ing back home. very difficult to qualify expensive in areas closer to Although NAR’s COST, AND SHE ALSO CALCULATED THE for because you have cities where land prices are survey indicates to have no assets at MONTHLY COST FOR HER UTILITIES,” that multigenerational homes are primarily for adult higher,” Hart says. all,” Church says. “In Lennar’s Orchard model has 2,748 children moving in with their parents, Lennar’s COX SAYS. “THE IMPORTANT THING IS most cases, the main research shows that 55 per cent of its buyers nation- square feet, with 500 square feet alpay for a mulTHAT THERE’S NO FEELING OF FINANCIAL buyers wide are purchasing a NextGen home with the intent located to the NextGen suite. tigenerational home “Lennar’s philosophy is to inof bringing an aging parent into the residence, AshBURDEN ON EITHER SIDE. IT’S JUST A and then their parents clude everything, so in our NextGen baugh says. pay a little rent out of CONVENIENT WAY TO BE CO-LOCATED.” “We were surprised that only about 7 per cent of homes, we include a kitchenette with their Social Security families were buying these homes to make it easier a full-size refrigerator and a dishbenefits to help with washer so you can fully live in this for their adult children to move in,” she says. expenses.”

Two key elements of every home designed for space as your home,” Hart says.

Lennar anticipated that families would buy NextDesign for multigenerational living has evolved multiple generations are privacy and flexibility.

Gen homes together, but Ashbaugh says the majority “The NextGen home is designed so that you can over time — from a suite converted from living space of sales are to one generation of buyers. use the extra space any way you want, not just for on the main level to an almost separate apartment.

Church says co-ownership of the property could The Toll Brothers’ addition, like the one Cox and family members,” run into legal and says Rod Hart, tax complications Maryland division and recommends president for Lenhiring a lawyer to nar. “We’ve had protect everyone’s buyers turn it into interests. She says a cool bar, a yoga parents who opt to studio and a sound contribute a down studio.” payment should These new mulequalize the investtigenerational dement with their othsigns, while varying er children in some from one builder way so that the esand one location to tate is evenly dividanother, all have a ed. separate exterior Mark Ralston’s entrance as well parents made the as an interior door down payment on to the rest of the their multigenerahouse to allow for tional home rather privacy and indethan pay utilities or pendence. rent.

Bruce and Susan “My parents Gatti, who bought a were paying $4,300 single-family house a month in their rei this year, added tirement complex an optional studio in Chicago, so this apartment above the garage. is great for their re“Our son Tratirement cash flow,” vis, who’s 26, is Ralston says. a special-needs Lennar’s surveys adult, and we alof NextGen buyers ways hoped to find have found that at a place where he least half say they could have some inare saving money dependence yet be with their new livclose to us,” Bruce ing arrangement Gatti says. “We like because of reduced the neighborhood A mini refrigerator, microwave and sink are all that Charlip needed in her kitchenette. child-care, elbecause he can der-care and transwalk to work and to portation costs, as other places. He has his own bedroom and bathroom Norwood chose, includes a bedroom, a full bath- well as shared utility costs. and a kitchenette, and we added a separate washer room, a sitting area, a large walk-in closet and a “My mother volunteered to pay the extra money kitchenette. The configuration even allows for an that the multigenerational configuration cost, and and dryer so he can be more independent.” optional private outdoor living space for the apartAbout 25 per cent of buyers from home buildshe also calculated the monthly cost for her utilier One Loudoun have added the studio apartment ment. ties,” Cox says. “The important thing is that there’s “Buyers can convert the kitchenette to a full above the garage, says Kim Ambrose, vice president no feeling of financial burden on either side. It’s just kitchen or to a bar, and they can add a bay window of marketing. a convenient way to be co-located.”

“Many have family members who visit for six or a bathtub instead of the walk-in shower,” AnHart says multigenerational homes can be ecomonths or longer, and we kept getting requests for derson says. “Plus, the buyers can choose between nomical and functional through various life stages first-floor bedroom suites. We also knew that there hundreds of designs for the tile, the flooring and the and family dynamics. was a segment of the market looking for accommo- fixtures.”

Says Anderson: “Multigenerational homes change The next challenge for multigenerational home dations for grown children who were moving back the way a family lives and changes a community. in with their parents for financial reasons or other architects is to design a smaller version of these They’re building a lifestyle of shared experiences in houses. reasons.” communities with amenities for every age.”

D2 RED DEER ADVOCATE Saturday, Dec. 12, 2015

Making a living room out of an awkward space Q — We have struggled to find a reasonable arrangement for our living room and to date have shoved the furniture around a dozen times.

Frankly, I think the room is simply not big enough to do what we need it to.

We would like to have some seating near or around the fireplace where I can read and sew, and the opposite part of the room can be dedicated to the TV. DAVID One problem is, by the fireFERGUSON place there is a door leading CREATIVE SPACE to the porch and nothing can really be put in the way.

We currently have a monstrosity of a TV but that will be replaced with a new wall-mounted version.

We are willing to replace our current furniture if there is an arrangement that will work with new pieces.

Incidentally, the fireplace was decommissioned many years ago when it was deemed unsafe, but it’s still an attractive feature and I fill it with candles, which has a nice effect.

We have recently built a new mantel, made from old oak wood from out cottage, and that gives it a softer look We have looked into relocating the porch door, perhaps integrating it into the windowed area.

The price was well-beyond what we can afford right now, so we will have to work around it.

We are hoping that you can see the solution that eludes us.

A — There are several elements of the design that make this room a tricky space to plan.

A long, narrow shape is never easy to plan because inevitably the space will be severed into two or more smaller spaces.

This room is almost twice as long as it is at its widest, and foot traffic abounds at various points in the room Although I’m sure it’s a handsome piece, the fireplace is oddly located directly in the path of a foot traffic that typically would run from the stairs to the porch.

Each of these reduce the number of options for any single furniture arrangement.

Any arrangements around the fireplace using major pieces would obviously obstruct access to the porch or staircase.

From the perspective of creating a more floor plan, moving the door from the corner to a more central location on the exterior wall is probably going to be the best option in the long run.

Of course, doing that can create its own issues by adding foot traffic through the centre of the room.

One further idea that could be considered is relocating or eliminating the fireplace.

Since it is a non-operating feature, it seems to me it could be located anywhere in the room that is more conducive to the way you want the space to work.

The logical area for the new fireplace would be on the south wall where it might be integrated to a book shelf and electronics centre where the television will hang.

Having said all that, the plan that I have drawn offers a solution to the dilemma with the existing obstructions in place.

Admittedly, it does little to resolve the problem of cutting the fireplace off from the rest of the space, but I think it does make the fireplace area a bit more cosy.

That area is shown with two comfortable chairs and an ottoman, a place where one can recline comfortably to work, read and for casual conversation.

Locating the sofa in front of the window rather than cutting the room in half, will make the overall space appear more open, and the two seating areas more “tied together”.

Unusual and asymmetrical architectural elements make this a tricky space to plan, but by relocating the sofa and visually opening the space, the room can appear more unified.

David Ferguson is a regular contributor to CBC Radio’s Ontario Today. Write to David at: david.ferguson@ hotmail.ca.

A modern metal mix

DEBBIE TRAVIS

Dear Debbie; We live in the country, but love all things modern rather than the folksy rural style that most of our neighbours have.

We’re looking to upgrade our kitchen in the new year. What would you suggest that would suit an up to date farmhouse? Thank you for any ideas. — Francie Dear Francie; Think about what draws you to contemporary styling.

Is it the minimalist effect, straight, unadorned lines, and lack of ornamentation?

Is it the choice of materials — steel grays rather than the more vintage wrought iron?

Colour also helps to determine a particular mood.

For your kitchen, start by checking out your options for sinks and faucets. Copper has a warm hue and mixes well with other metals.

The Copper/Stainless Farmhouse Sink

by Stone Forest, www. stoneforest.com, has a fresh update here, with hammered copper or plain front apron, and is lined with stainless steel. The double-wall construction has insulation in between the layers, which reduces noise. This sink can be undermounted, sit flush or above counter.

You could choose copper faucets, or stainless as shown. White painted cabinetry and a honed black granite countertop show crisp lines that match up with the sink.

The brick tile pattern on the wall has a rosy hue that connects with the copper. This is a stunning example of fresh farmhouse style that you will love.

Copper is a warm shade, like bronze and gold, and is appearing in areas throughout the home. Lighting shades and shapes fashioned in these glowing metals create an inviting mood, particularly in the winter months when we lose much of nature’s colour.

On the floor, shades of copper are incorporated into rug designs.

Tile floors have metals interspersed to demarcate an exquisite pattern. Paint and wallpaper are also coppery options. If you plan on a basically white background for your rooms, add copper or one of the warm metals to your décor to balance, and keep the present day home fires burning.

Stone Forest’s copper and stainless steel farmhouse sink mixes old world charm with modern style appeal.

Dear Debbie; I love the ambiance and mystery of candle light and would be quite happy to have every room filled with them, especially in the dark days of winter.

However, we have young children and I know fire is a safety hazard.

How can I get the same look without putting my family and home at risk? — Holly Dear Holly; I understand your dilemma; it is a challenge to create that flickering candlelight glow. It is the same with fireplaces. How do you replace the crackle and smell of wood burning? But it is wise to look for products that can imitate the look and there are good options available.

Wall sconces with flicker bulbs are lovely in a living and dining room. And there are a good variety of LED candles that run by batteries, never get hot, and you can even set them on timers. Make up a combination of safe candles with some real candles that are protected by glass.

This can work particularly well on the dining room table, where candlelight is safe as long as you are watching it.

The children will love switching on the imitation candles, and you have control over the real fire. (And you don’t have to give up the scented candles in the bath.)

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Caulking success can be simple Caulking in Canada is way worse er versions of silicone have actually than it should be. It’s easy to find bath- declined in quality over the last 10 rooms, kitchens, windows and doors years because of an attempt to reoutlined with rough, ineffective beads duce that characteristic vinegar smell of ill-applied goop, usually in plain that silicone has always had. I’m all view. for air quality and keeping Who wants to shower things pure, but do we really or prepare food next to a need to launch an offensive rough, discoloured, ugly against the good, old-fashmess? As far as I can tell, ioned smell of vinegar? I ignorance and laziness are rather like it, and this past the reason for bad caulkfall I tried a new brand of siling, and even professionicone caulking that I hoped als often fail to choose would mark a return to the caulking properly or apgood old days of traditional ply it as neatly as they silicone with traditional silshould. All this is strange icone performance. I wasn’t because caulking success disappointed. is not complicated when PPG was a caulking brand STEVE you take the time to unthat was new to me, so I was MAXWELL derstand the basics. And interested to see if their Top when it comes to caulking Gun silicone was helping or HOUSEWORKS choice, I like to keep it hindering the quality of this simple. favourite old formulation. As Silicone for bathrooms, polyure- soon as I sliced open the tube, I susthane outdoors, latex for decorative pected it was good news. This stuff indoor work. These are my three fa- smelled like vinegar and it worked vourite caulking choices. I rarely use exceptionally well — probably the anything else because each of these best I’ve ever seen silicone caulking formulations has qualities that work perform. You’ll find it at Dulux paint well in different situations. stores.

Silicone tools beautifully and is ofWant to know the secret of a ten available in formulations meant to long-lasting outdoor caulking joint? resist mold. Polyurethane sticks better It’s all in the gap. If every caulkable than anything else, stays flexible forev- joint were completely stable all the er and is completely paintable. Latex time, then successful exterior caulkis easy to use neatly indoors where ing would be as simple as it seems. filling before paint is all that really But caulkable exterior joints almost matters. always expand and contract seasonally Generally speaking, caulking qual- with changes in temperature and huity is trending up, but not necessari- midity. ly in a smooth line. Some of the newBy intentionally leaving a gap be-

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A piece of masking tape on each side of a joint makes for the neatest possible caulking job. tween, say, an aluminum window frame and wood siding, you’ll allow seasonal movement to happen over a wider area of caulking than if the joint was tight. Spreading out the movement with a gap like this can be the difference between a two year caulking life and 20 years.

You can choose the right kind of caulking and apply it over the right kind of gap, but it needs to be applied neatly for full marks. And though you’ll find all kinds of tools for applying caulking well, it’s hard to beat the cheapest and simplest tools of all: a roll of masking tape and a plastic spoon.

Lay down a strip of tape on each

side of the joint, inject a bead of caulking into the gap, then tool the bead within 5 minutes. Peel the tape off (taking excess caulking with it) and everyone will think you’re a pro. Maybe even an exceptional pro.

Tooling like this makes the joint look neater, but it also improves adhesion by forcing caulking into the surrounding surfaces. If a spoon proves too wide for the particular joint you’re sealing, try a short length of dowel or the end of a round pencil with no eraser.

Steve Maxwell is obsessive about neat caulking jobs. He obsesses about a lot of other home improvement topics, too. See for yourself at SteveMaxwell.ca

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ALLEN J.S. (Bill) May 17, 1933 - Nov. 21, 2015 It is with sadness that the family of Chief Warrant Officer (retired) J.S. Allen (Bill) CD, announces his passing in Calgary, at the Peter Lougheed Centre at the age of 82 years. Bill was born in Bonnyville, Ab and was predeceased by his parents, Rose and Nels and his sister Lila. He was also predeceased by is first wife, Margaret (Fiske) and second wife, Gloria (Burnett). Left to cherish his memory are his two daughters; Sharon (Doug) Squires of Red Deer and Shelly (Todd) Posey of Leduc, granddaughters; Julie (Kevin) Windebank and Lisa (Chris) Duke, both of Penhold and their children and also, granddaughter, Angela Brown of Leduc. He is also survived by his brotherin-law, Jack Fiske of Willowdale. He is also survived by his stepchildren, Linda (Jim) Clayton of Bawlf, Pauline (Russ) Holmes of Victoria, Patricia Wheatley of Calgary, Tom (Lorraine) Wheatley of Edmonton, Darlene Wheatley of Bawlf, and their children and great grandchildren. Bill was a credit to himself, his country, and his family serving 25 years in The Canadian Armed Forces and 16 years as a civil servant on the base in Calgary where he had retired as Chief Warrant Officer. Bill grew up in Victoria, B.C. and joined th Royal Canadian Air Force at the age of nineteen in 1952 and was stationed at many bases in Canada and overseas, which included Penhold, Goose Bay, Labrador, Winnipeg, MB, Clinton, Ont., two bases in France, Holberg, B.C., Dana, SK., Halifax, N.S. and Calgary, Ab. In following with Bill’s wishes, no service was held.

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DOEPEL (Devaux) Sandra Mary June 28,1944 - Dec 7, 2015 It is with great sadness the family of Sandra announces her passing at the age of 71.

She will missed by her loving sons Michael, Todd (Sheri) her family and many friends.

A celebration of life will be held at a later date. In Lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Red Deer hospice www.reddeerhospice.com TUTTY Mary Elizabeth 1945 - 2015 Mary Tutty, of Red Deer, passed away peacefully in her sleep, on December 8, 2015. She was born in Nanaimo, B.C. on December 6, 1945, formally resided in Victoria, B.C., but moved to Red Deer five years ago to be closer to her family. Mary is survived by her two children: son, Charles MacDonald, and daughter, Glesnie Tutty; 3 grandchildren: Colin Tutty, Hayden Tutty, Crystal Pell and her family, as well as many extended family and friends. Although Mom finally succumbed to her endless health struggles, she was still the strongest woman we knew.

Her strength and will to live was incredible. As per Mary’s wishes, cremation has taken place and a Memorial Service will take place in the spring, at which time Mary will be interred with her grandparents on Vancouver Island. If desired, Memorial Donations in Mary’s honor may be made directly to the Canadian Liver Foundation at www.liver.ca. Condolences may be sent or viewed at www.parklandfuneralhome.com Arrangements in care of PARKLAND FUNERAL HOME AND CREMATORIUM, 6287 - 67 A Street (Taylor Drive), Red Deer.

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FOWLER Reta Miriam Fowler (nee Austin) died on December 9th, 2015 in her home among her family in Victoria, BC. Reta was born in Toronto, Ontario on July 20,1928 to Estelle and Robert Austin.

She grew up there and attended secretarial school.

She was very active in music and was a soprano in a professional young women’s chorale group. She continued to sing solos throughout most of her life. Reta and her family moved to California for a short time and returned to Toronto where she met Paul Fowler. They were married on September 10th, 1948, settled in Red Deer, Alberta, and raised four children.

Working for the Alberta government for over 38 years as a medical and executive secretary, Reta excelled in her organizational skills by managing a busy life with work, home, and an active church life. Reta and her husband Paul retired from Edmonton to Victoria, BC. in 1990. Reta was predeceased by her husband Paul Fowler, both her siblings Robert Austin and Donald Austin, and her grandson, Kieran Bruce. She is survived by her four children: Leah Fowler (Wendy Donawa), Timothy (Kathy) Fowler , Peter (Jody) Fowler, and Neva (Rob) Bruce; her grandchildren: Matthew (Celeste) Fowler, Joshua (Cherise) Fowler, Jeremy Fowler, Caleb Fowler, Connor Bruce, and two great grand children, Kyla Ann Fowler, and Luke Fowler.

Reta enjoyed fashion, singing, entertaining, skating, alpine skiing, and bible study groups. She has always been a regular participant in her church, but most of all, she was a consummate and generous friend to many. Friends are invited to join in a celebration of life on December 15, 2015 at 2:00 p.m. at The Victoria Church of the Nazarene, 4277 Quadra Street, Victoria, BC. In lieu of flowers, please donate to The Compassionate Resource Warehouse.

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LYNCH Tracey 1981 - 2015 Our beautiful daughter, Tracey Lee Lynch, passed away peacefully with her family and her favorite pet, Peanut by her side, at the Red Deer Regional Hospital Centre on Thursday, December 10, 2015 at the age of 34 years. Tracey was born on January 6, 1981 at Drumheller, Alberta, and was raised and received her schooling at Red Deer.

Tracey loved and embraced each moment of life with all her heart. She was very passionate; and always had a special connection with animals of every kind. She loved her chosen line of work as a ‘Dog Sitter’. Despite her struggle with severe illness, she had many years of happiness and adventures with her beloved Peanut.

Tracey loved to travel and experience new adventures.

A particular highlight was a vacation with her family in Hawaii; a very special time for her and a cherished memory for her family.

Tracey’s faith in God enabled her to leave this world with dignity, grace and a sense of serenity and peace. Tracey’s beautiful heart and kind spirit will be deeply missed but she will be forever remembered by all who loved and knew her. Tracey will be lovingly remembered by her parents, Jim and Barb Lynch, her brother, Cory (Max) and her friend and partner, Judd Senicki. She will also be sadly missed by her two grandmothers, Willie Lynch and Helen Yost; as well as numerous aunts, uncles, cousins and dear friends.

Tracey was predeceased by her grandfathers, Fred Yost and Tom Lynch, and uncles, Tim Lynch and Bob Yost. A Celebration of Tracey’s Life will take place in the Spring of 2016. In honour of Tracey’s life and memory, we reflect on one of her favourite quotes, “He who has a why to live for can bear almost any how” (Nietzsche).

Tracey was a passionate advocate for Juvenile Diabetes.

If desired, memorial donations in Tracey’s honor may be made directly to the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation at www.jdrf.ca/ or to the Kidney Foundation of Canada at www.kidney.ca.

Condolences may be sent or viewed at www.parklandfuneralhome.com.

Arrangements in care of PARKLAND FUNERAL HOME AND CREMATORIUM 6287 - 67 A Street (Taylor Drive), Red Deer.

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FRIZZELL Mildred Dorothy Aug. 5, 1925 - Dec. 6, 2015 Millie is survived by her sister, Sherill (Nick) Ignatov, children; Patty (Carl Larsen) Gorety, Penny Buckler, and Marilee Irwin, grandchildren; Chelsey (Logan) Tannahill and Kailey (Stephen Hansen) Irwin, and many nieces and nephews. Millie was very active in the community for many years. She and Spud were members of the Red Deer Golf and Country Club, living on the course` as that is where you would always find them. Millie was a member of the Allied Arts Council and had paintings and murals all over town.

She sang with the Waskasoos. Singing and playing the piano and all things musical were a great pleasure for her. Her garden and backyard were a great source of happiness for her.

You could find her most mornings in the summer, coffee cup in hand, out there admiring nature. After Spud retired, they travelled. First on a cruise through the Panama Canal up to Florida, then in their motorhome, the West Country, the Oregon coast, and the wintering in Arizona a few years. They then got a little more exotic, travelling to Australia, New Zealand, Belize, Mexico, Hawaii and Cuba. We, the family, would like to thank Community Care Cottages and the staff at Red Deer Regional Hospital Unit 32, for taking such great care of our mother. Memorial time and place to be announced at a later date. (Spring of 2016).

In lieu of flowers, please give to the charity of your choice.

Condolences may be forwarded to the family by visiting www.eventidefuneralchapels.com.

Arrangements entrusted to EVENTIDE FUNERAL CHAPEL 4820 - 45 Street, Red Deer.

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OLSEN Donna 1932 - 2015 It is with heavy hearts the family of Donna Olsen announce her passing on Saturday, November 28th, 2015 at the Red Deer Hospice. Donna was born on July 18, 1932 in Drumheller, Alberta. Donna is survived by her sons; Milton (Debby) Olsen and Brent Olsen, daughter, Maureen (Ken) Funk, eight grandchildren; Michelle, Amanda (Justin), Jaclyn, Curtis, Christopher (Lisa), Matthew (Lindsey), Danielle (Brandon), and Brittany (Steve), and four great-grandchildren; Danica, Kasey, Maggie, and Nash.

Donna is also survived by her sisters; Ardene Sadler, Edna (Cliff) White, and Nola Gaskell, brother, Ed (Sharon) Bremer, and numerous nieces, nephews and friends.

Donna was predeceased by her husband, Gordon, and her son, David. A Memorial Tea will be held at the Royal Canadian Legion Branch #35, 2810 Bremner Avenue, Red Deer, on Monday, December 14th, 2015 from 12:00 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. In lieu of flowers, donations in Donna’s honour can be made directly to the Red Deer Hospice Society, 99 Arnot Avenue, Red Deer, Alberta, T4R 3S6. Condolences may be forwarded to the family by visiting ww.eventidefuneralchapels.com Arrangements entrusted to EVENTIDE FUNERAL CHAPEL 4820 - 45 Street, Red Deer.

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REID Jim Jim Reid husband, father, friend, and loved by all, lost his battle with cancer at the Red Deer Regional Hospital on Saturday, December 5th, 2015 at the age of 55 years.

He is survived by his wife, Dawn Reid, father, Dennis (Henny), sisters; Val (Dave), Margie Whalley and Bobbi, children; Angie (Ian), Tyler (Deidre) and Dani (Jayson), Jamie (Taryle) and six grandchildren.

He was predeceased by his mother, Verna and brother, Tony. Jim was born in Revelstoke, B.C. on September 17th 1960. He spent thirty-five years working as an industrial insulator where he influenced many people’s lives and made many friends. Jim met Dawn in 2008 and spent the last eight years working, traveling and living with the love of his life; whom he married on December 3rd in an intimate ceremony of family. He enjoyed teasing everyone and anyone he cared about or came across; it has been said his picture should be in the dictionary beside the word “inappropriate.”

He spent his life surrounded by many creatures, loved or unloved; particularly his dogs, cats, pigeons and turkeys. A celebration of Jims life will be held at Gaetz Memorial United Church, 4758 Ross Street, Red Deer, on Wednesday, December 16th, 2015 at 11:00 a.m. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations in Jim’s honour may be made directly to the Canadian Cancer Society, 101, 6751 52 Avenue, Red Deer, AB T4N 4K8.

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RISER HOMES New Blackfalds Condo. 2 CHRISTMAS SPECIAL Bdrm/2 Bath. Main floor & 1 ONLY! This is a three 2nd floor options avail. 2 bdrm. two bath modified bi powered parking stalls. level walk out, backing Rent $1,400. Pets nego- onto green area and alley, tiable. Ask about rent great for trailer. Many upincentives. 403-396-1688. grades. $417,000 includes legal fee, front sod. Tree.

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3110-47 Avenue, 2 & 3 bdrm. townhouses, Start at $219,900. Call 403-396-1688. generously sized, 1 1/2 baths, fenced yards, full bsmts. 403-347-7473, Sorry no pets. www.greatapartments.ca

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2015 DODGE Durango RT black top pkg, was $62,900 now $53,500; Suites 2013 Chrysler 200S under 200 kms, was $36,300 2 DRAWER metal filing ADULT 2 BDRM. spacious now $21,900. Call Brandon cabinet $10 403-885-5020 Northwest Motors suites 3 appls., heat/water at 587-679-1721 incld., ADULT ONLY BLDG, no pets, Oriole Sporting Park. 403-986-6889

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PROFORM 400S treadmill, never been out of box $800 587-447-3641 Classifieds...costs so little Saves you so much!

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AVAIL. IMMED. large 2 bdrm. in clean quiet adult building, near downtown Co-Op, no pets, 403-348-7445

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Clean, quiet, newly reno’d adult building. Rent $925 S.D. $800. Avail. immed. and Jan. 1. Near hospital.

No pets.403-318-3679

ARCHIE Digest Comics, 1988, 5 in total. $10. for all. GLENDALE reno’d 2 bdrm. apartments, avail. immed, 403-314-9603 rent $875 403-596-6000 BATTLESTAR Galactica LARGE, 1 & 2 BDRM. cyclone raider vehicle.

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2003 OLDS Alero, good cond., 240,000 kms. $1000. ***SOLD***

SUV's

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2013 Winter Chill Grand Cherokee Laredo was $29,900 now $27,450 payments $234 bi-weekly; 2013 Mineral Grey Dodge Durango RT was $58,270 now $46,400 payments $390 bi-weekly. Call Ken Northwest Motors 403-877-0629 for details.

2014 CHEROKEE North 4x4 V6 auto, heated front seats, remote start, sunroof, backup camera, was $38,765 Len’s price 1 & 2 bdrm. adult building, $34,300 + GST/fees; 2014 N/S. No pets.

Ram 1500 Laramie crew 403-596-2444 cab 4x4, full load w/air suspension, sunroof, black gold exterior w/rare light Warehouse tan interior, was $64,490 Space Len’s price $45,800 + GST/fees. Both vehicles BAY for lease. Burnt Lake under 500 kms. Call Len Industrial Park. Shop area, Sisco at Northwest Motors 4,381 sq. ft.; office area, 403-304-2066.

2,372 sq. ft. Call 2002 DURANGO, RT, 403-588-7120.

Central Alberta’s Largest AWD, Hi + low range 4x4.

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VARIETY SHOP SPACES ~ offices ~ fenced yards ~ Big or small, different Trucks locations. 403-343-6615 2014 SPORT Crew Cab white under 500 kms, was Garage $60,340 now $43,190; Space 2014 Black Laramie two tone under 500 kms., was HEATED garage, 20x26, $64,500 now $46,700 West Park, avail. Jan. 1 Butch at North West $250/mo., 403-845-0203 Motors 403-392-1606

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If you are looking for a challenging and rewarding career as a Journeyman Plumber, please submit your resume including cover letter and salary expectation to: reddeerjobs@ trail-appliances.com or by fax at (403) 342-7168.

Security clearances will be conducted on successful applicants.

We thank all interested applicants, however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

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Contractors

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You possess excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with an aptitude for time management.

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INDIVIDUAL & BUSINESS Accounting, 30 yrs. of exp. with oilfield service companies, other small businesses and individuals RW Smith, 346-9351

TRAILERS for sale or rent Job site, office, well site or storage. Skidded or wheeled. Call 347-7721.

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Medical & Dental benefit Program Firewood • Flex days • Stat holidays off • Paid vacation time AFFORDABLE • Employee & Family Homestead Firewood Assistance Program Spruce, Pine, Aspen - Split.

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CALKINS CONSULTING o/a Tim Hortons req’s.

FOOD SERVICE SUPERVISORS 1-2 yrs. exp. an asset. $13.75/hr., 40 hrs./week, 4 positions, F/T and P/T. Permanent shift, weekend, day, night, and evening.

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D6 RED DEER ADVOCATE Saturday, Dec. 12, 2015

He’s not breaking Esprit set up, he just wants to re-enter to stop dating Canadian

Harlan is author of “Getting Naked: Five Steps to Finding the Love of Your Life (While Fully Clothed and Totally Sober)” (St. Martin’s Press). Write Harlan at harlan(at)helpmeharlan.com or visit online: www.helpmeharlan.com. All letters submitted become property of the author. Send paper to Help Me, Harlan!, 3501 N. Southport Ave., Suite 226, Chicago, IL 60657.

CHILDREN RESIDENTIAL AIDES NEEDED!

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Apply now to provide value in the Human Services Industry We are seeking part time and full time creative and high energy Residential Aides to support 2 high energy young males to live as independently as possible within the community. This includes; developing relationships, working towards achieving their goals, assisting with personal care, participating in community outings, administering medications, preparing meals, household chores, medical support and following behavior support plans.

The ideal candidate will have a minimum of 1yr. experience working with children or adults with physical and mental disabilities. Experience with Inuit culture and seizures are an asset. The candidate needs to be able to calmly manage behaviours of concern, demonstrate conflict resolution, effectively communicate, and plan activities suited for an 18-24 month cognitive level. We are also looking for someone who can be a team player, flexible, open, patient, and willing to get dirty and play.

High school diploma, driver`s license, vehicle to transport the Individuals, police information check, and child intervention check is required.

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS MONTREAL — Esprit is set to return to the Canadian retail market.

The international fashion brand is teaming up with Montreal-based distributor Freemark Apparel Brands to open stand-alone stores in Canada next spring. The exact locations have yet to be announced.

In September 2011, Esprit announced that it planned a major overhaul, including exiting its money-losing U.S. and Canadian operations in favour of concentrating on its business in Asia and Europe.

The company was founded in San Francisco in 1968 by Douglas Tompkins — who died Tuesday in a kayaking accident in Chile — and his wife Susie, who sold their first line of clothes out of the back of a station wagon.

Its range of women’s and teen clothes gained popularity in the 1980s.

The casual fashion label also makes clothes for babies, children and men.

Headquartered in Germany and Hong Kong, Esprit is carried in more than 40 countries with 900 retail stores and 7,500 wholesale points of sales..

“With the North American continent being the birthplace of our brand, we are convinced that we can revive the Canadian consumer’s strong relationship with Esprit as it has been missed in the market place for several years,” Dieter Messner, Esprit’s general manager for Europe, Americas & Middle East, said in a statement.

We look forward in hearing from you. Please send a cover letter & resume quoting competition #5406WES to: HR Fax: (403) 986-2404 or e-mail: hr@pclass.org Competition will remain open until suitable candidates found. www.parklandclass.org

Associate Director for Métis Education Edmonton, AB To enhance outcomes in Métis education, we are seeking M.Ed/Ph.D designation or closely related discipline working with policy under the Alberta K-12 system.

Strong background in historical/contemporary Métis Nation is required along with minimum 5 yrs. experience in admin./ negotiation/community relations/exceptional research and policy development.

Please apply to:

employment@rupertsland.org Visit:

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for details.

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Dear Harlan; I’ve been dating a really great girl - it hasn’t been exclusive, but we’ve been on enough dates to know each other fairly well.

How do I go on dates with a girl, but then stop going on dates without burning bridges?

I wouldn’t say this is a breakup. I’m just not interested in continuing to date her. Can I still be friends or friends with benefits afterHARLAN ward? — The Dating Game COHEN Dear Dating Game; You HELP ME HARLAN don’t get to decide how she feels after you dump her. It’s not part of the dating deal.

She gets to decide how she feels. Your only job is to share your feelings honestly and see what happens next.

Decide what you want. Be honest, decisive and respectful. Express it. If you want to be her friend, tell her you want a friendship. If you want a physical relationship without a commitment, tell her. If you’re unclear, you will burn bridges.

If you tell her one thing and do something else, you will burn bridges. If you don’t respect her reaction and blame her for it, you will burn bridges.

Dear Harlan; I read your column regularly and generally find your advice to be on target. That said, I have concerns about the daughter who wrote to you about her racist parents restricting her dating.

It seemed somewhat odd. Most racist parents raise racist kids. With all the issues a young woman might find going into today’s world, dating a Muslim or a black man will add some extra daily stress.

This may be incorrect, but it’s still true. I think the young woman may be having RCS - Rebellious Child Syndrome.

Obviously, the parents lack communication skills.

But I’m not sure you should call her parents racist.

— Not Sure Dear Not Sure; Whether her parents are racist or bigots doesn’t matter.

Here’s what we know: They are controlling, suffocating and a big problem. Parents who withhold love and threaten a child because of whom a child chooses to love are wrong. Her parents are telling her that she can’t be trusted, that what she wants matters less than what her parents want.

Yes, this adult child’s parents are scared. Yes, her parents are clinging to traditions they want to pass down. Yes, the daughter will have to deal with potential backlash from other small-minded, scared people who don’t approve of interracial dating. But none of these are good reasons for a parent to threaten, control and decide whom a child gets to love.

There are ways to handle their feelings without making threats and power-grabbing. It’s called talking and trusting. In fact, threats and control just make it harder for the parents’ thoughts to be heard.

We live in a country and a world that is more diverse than ever before. There is less room and tolerance for this kind of thinking. Her parents might be scared, concerned or upset, but that’s being short-sighted. A child who finds a loving, respectful, kindhearted, supportive and caring partner is a gift, regardless of race, religion or country of origin.

Dear Harlan; What do you think about the saying “A relationship will happen when you least expect it”? It happens when you’re not looking for it and when it’s the least convenient. When I look for it I can’t seem to find it, but when I’m not looking, it finds me. Why does this happen? — Fortunate Accident Dear Fortunate Accident; My theory - relationships happen when people least expect it because most people don’t expect it to happen.

A lot of people stop expecting love to happen. It’s common. Looking for love can be emotionally draining. Expecting love means going on lots of bad dates.

It means getting set up with losers. It means having to say “no” to people who just want sex.

It’s hard to invest the time and energy needed to find love. So we set the bar low and stop looking for it. We tell ourselves it will happen when we least expect it, but really, we’re secretly expecting it (which isn’t really not expecting it). Then, POOF! It happens! We magically find it.

It happens at work, the gym, church, temple, weddings, in lines, at gatherings and at the cleaners. It looks like it’s just a random meeting, but it’s not so random. If you’re in a room long enough, you’ll hook up. If you’re in a room with alcohol, it happens faster (not recommended).

You just have to talk to people in these rooms.

This is how it was for me. I found love at the UPS Store. It might have been unplanned, but it wasn’t unexplainable. I approached her. She wasn’t expecting to be approached.

If you try to meet people, it will happen. If you’re open to meeting people, it will happen. It happens online, at work, at the cleaners and in places in between. The biggest difference between looking and not looking is when you’re not actively looking, you are more focused on what you want, rather than what other people want.

This makes it easier for people to approach you … when you least expect it.

Parkland C.L.A.S.S. has grown over five decades to become one of the largest disability based service providers in Alberta. Parkland C.L.A.S.S. exists to improve the quality of life of children & adults with developmental disabilities through individual choice, dignity and rights. We strive to empower the people we serve, measuring our success against the goals they set for themselves.

2019 Canada Winter Games - Red Deer, Alberta

Executive Manager Roles (3 Positions) The Executive Managers are senior leaders in the organization and are responsible to work closely with the CEO and the Senior Volunteer Leader of their Functional Areas, to effectively plan and deliver the 2019 Canada Games at the highest levels.

Are you interested in pursuing an exciting four year career opportunity?

Marketing & Revenue Posting 2015-001

You will oversee the delivery of marketing, communications and revenue generation plans, and ensure that the Games have the highest most professional pro¿le locally, provincially and nationally.

Planning & Human Resources Posting 2015-002

You will oversee the Games Functional planning as well as the Venue and Transfer of Knowledge planning responsibilities. You will lead the development of a talented and engaged workforce of both volunteer and staff. Your role will also support the development of the Games sustainability framework.

Sport & Venue Posting 2015-003

You will oversee the delivery of 19 sports through the planning and leadership of up to 15 different Venue Teams and ensure the best possible athletes and games services are in place to deliver on the vision, mission and values of the Games.

Quali¿cations:

• University degree in related discipline, or comparable education and experience. Leadership experience at a senior executive level.

• Bilingual in Canada’s of¿cial languages, with pro¿ciency in both verbal and written form would be an asset For more detailed information on this opportunity go to Canadagames.ca – About Us - Job Opportunities and also check out our 2019 Canada Winter Games LinkedIn & Facebook Sites.

You can also call us at 403-309-8419. Email your resume indicating Posting number by January 5, 2016 to jobs@2019canadagames.ca

Jeux d’hiver du Canada 2019 – Red Deer (Alberta) Cadres de direction (3 postes)

Les cadres de direction font partie des hauts dirigeants de l’organisation.

Ils travaillent en étroite collaboration avec le directeur général et les leaders bénévoles des différents domaines fonctionnels a¿n de plani¿er et d’organiser des Jeux du Canada 2019 de très haut niveau.

Aimeriez-vous occuper un poste intéressant durant les quatre prochaines années?

Marketing et recettes Poste 2015-001 Powered by

Vous superviserez les activités reliées au marketing et aux communications ainsi que les plans de production de recettes. Vous veillerez également à ce que les Jeux maintiennent une image des plus professionnelles à l’échelle locale, provinciale et nationale.

Central Alberta’s career site of choice.

Plani¿cation et ressources humaines Poste 2015-002

Vous superviserez la plani¿cation fonctionnelle des Jeux, la plani¿cation des sites et de l’application des connaissances, en plus de favoriser la formation d’une main-d’œuvre (employés et bénévoles) talentueuse et engagée. Vous devrez également contribuer à l’élaboration du cadre de durabilité des Jeux.

Sports et sites Poste 2015-003

Vous superviserez la tenue de 19 évènements sportifs grâce à la création et la gestion d’un maximum de 15 équipes des sites. Vous devrez également faire en sorte que les meilleurs services possible soient offerts aux athlètes et à tous les participants a¿n de réaliser la vision, la mission et les valeurs des Jeux.

Heavy Equipment Operator Program

For information on this or other employment opportunities, please visit our website at www.oldscollege.ca/employment

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The Continuing Education Department is seeking instructors to add to a roster for contract opportunities to instruct in the Heavy Equipment Operator (HEO) Program as well as the Experienced Operator Safety Certification.

The anticipated terms of employment for these contract opportunities run September-December and March-June. Additional training opportunities may become available. Instructors will be contracted as opportunities arise.

Please forward a resume quoting competition #15132C. Preference will be given to applications received by January 6, 2016 however; this competition will remain open until a suitable candidate has been selected.

Quali¿cations requises

• Diplôme universitaire dans une discipline connexe ou l’équivalent en éducation et expérience.

• Expérience de la gestion au niveau de la haute direction.

Pour plus de détails sur cette offre, visitez la section « Opportunités d’emploi » sous l’onglet « À propos de nous » du site Web Canadagames.ca et consultez aussi le pro¿l LinkedIn et la page Facebook des Jeux d’hiver du Canada.

Vous pouvez nous joindre au 403 309-8419. Soumettez votre curriculum vitae, avec le numéro du poste, à jobs@2019canadagames.ca avant le 5 Janvier 2015.

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ROSTER INSTRUCTOR