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Council pegs tax hike at 2.9% LOWEST INCREASE IN 15 YEARS

BY CRYSTAL RHYNO ADVOCATE STAFF Red Deer property owners will pay their lowest tax increase in 15 years.

Council approved a $349.2-million operating budget on Thursday with a 2.9 per cent property tax hike for 2016.

On a $325,000 home, the owner would pay $1,985.97 on its annual bill, up $55.97 from the 2015 bill.

It took council six-and-a-half days to land on the number after the proposed tax rate fluctuated between 3.78 and 2.9 per cent.

Mayor Tara Veer said this was one of the most rigorous debates in her time on council. The last time the city delivered a capital and operating budget that resulted in a tax increase under three per cent was in 2001.

Veer said this budget fulfills council’s responsibility to move the community forward and to be responsive to the current economic times.

She said council is very mindful of the current economic reality.

“Generally economists will agree a government’s mandate in a recession is to bring stability,” said Veer. “This budget is a methodical, sustainable effort to bring stability and to continue to stabilize our local economy.”

The reduction in provincial grants or downloading was front and centre every day in the debate.

A total of $455,000 or 0.37 per cent of the 2.9 per cent tax increase was a result of reduced provincial grants for housing.

Please see BUDGET on Page A2

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STARS former patient Carla Schneider and her service dog, Benjamin, visited the 2016 STARS Lottery grand prize home in Sylvan Lake.

STARS waiting to see affect of economy on lottery ticket sales

BY SUSAN ZIELINSKI ADVOCATE STAFF Luxury living in Sylvan Lake is just a ticket away with the 2016 STARS Lottery.

Four furnished grand prize homes, including one in Sylvan Lake worth over $945,000, will be given away in the annual lottery that raises money for the non-profit air ambulance service.

A total of 3,200 prizes valued at more than $5.6 million will be awarded

and the winner of a Lucky STARS 50/50 draw will walk away with up to $1.55 million.

Jeffery Quick, chief financial officer and executive vice president of STARS Foundation, said 34 per cent of the main lottery tickets have been sold and the 50/50 draw is already 50 per cent sold.

It’s the second year STARS has held a 50/50 draw.

Both tickets were available to prior ticket buyers earlier this month and they have also been available online.

As of Thursday, tickets could be pur-

chased at the grand prize homes.

“We always sell out. We’ve sold out for 22 years. We expect to sell out again this year. It’s all due to the support of Albertans,” said Quick on Thursday at the grand opening of the Sylvan Lake grand prize home to the public.

He said the last ticket is usually sold by early to mid March for the April 14 draw. The 50/50 draw is made on April 11.

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Kelowna woman searching for sister believed to be in Central Alberta

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py, had a good family life and never felt the need.

When she decided to look into her past, she discovered that her biological mother had a daughter 14 months before Wilkinson was born, with the same biological father. The two parents never married and

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went on to live separate lives with separate families.

Wilkinson has learned that her biological mother was Betty (Beatrice) Mason, who grew up in the Provost area.

As an adult, Betty had moved to Edmonton, following an older sister there to work.

It was in Edmonton that Betty would become pregnant and give up a baby daughter for adoption 14 months before she then gave birth to Wilkinson.

Both children had the same biological father. The parents knew each other for at least three years.

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to her beginnings in 2009.

Lorraine Hirning, a friend of hers who is also from Kelowna, is trying to help Wilkinson find her biological sister. “We’re convinced if this individual is living between Edmonton and Red Deer, that they may see it (the information in this column).”

Wilkinson didn’t know she had a biological sister until she was stirred to look at her own adoption papers.

The information was always there if she wanted to look at it, but she was hap-

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Baby Mason, wherever you are, your sister — also Baby Mason — is looking for you.

A woman from Kelowna, B.C., who was adopted as a child and who has traced her biological roots back to the Central Alberta community of Provost, is looking for her sister, who was also adopted by another family.

“I just cannot wait to see her or even get a picture of her or just to be near her.

Just can’t imagine that,” says Jane Wilkinson, 68, who began the journey back

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SISTER: Search continues While Wilkinson now knows the identity of her biological father, she does not want to reveal it to save possible embarrassment to his family.

Wilkinson was born on June 28, 1947, at Royal Alexander Hospital in Edmonton. Her sister was born in Edmonton in April, 1946.

Wilkinson has learned, through the Alberta Adoption Registry, that her sister, who would be 69 now, was adopted to a family in “rural Alberta”.

The only information the registry will provide is that which is considered “non-identifying.”

Her sister’s adoptive family religion was Baptist, Anglican, and in 1946 the parents had a 17-yearold adopted son, 15-year-old son and a 14-year-old daughter. The adoptive mother was 39, her origins were Scottish and English, her occupation was clerk and teacher prior to staying home for her family. The adoptive father was 50, of English and Irish heritage, and he was a farmer and “plasterer.”

“That’s all I got. I do not know if she went north, south, east or west,” said Wilkinson who was aware at an early age that she herself was adopted.

During a course she was taking in 2009 about the inner child, there was an exercise as she sat in a circle to imagine she was her own mother, and what would she say to her as a child.

“And of course I started to cry because what would she have said to me.” That’s when she began to look at her adoption information, something her adoptive mother was always open to.

Her investigation eventually led Wilkinson to call someone in Provost who turned out to be her cousin.

That woman listened to Wilkinson for an hour and then said, “Your birth mother’s sister lives right across the street from us. She’s the only one that’s still alive of the four sisters.”

That woman was “Aunt Mary.” No one in Betty Mason’s family had ever known about the two girls.

Wilkinson, a retired teacher, and her husband Warren then drove from Kelowna to meet Mary who would also dearly like to meet her niece, the unidentified sister. Time is running out. Mary will turn 100 this year.

The Masons were from Hayter originally, about 10 km east of Provost, before moving to Provost where Betty grew up. Wilkinson learned her biological mother had passed away in 1985 at the age 0f 62. She gave birth to Jane when she was 23.

As it would turn out, Betty Mason never had any other children, even after she married later to someone who was not Wilkinson’s biological father.

Wilkinson said her biological sister may not know she was adopted. She may never want to look even if she did know. Or maybe she’s not even alive.

If her sister ever looked at her adoption papers, she would also be Baby Mason, because they used the birth mother’s name to identify the child.

“She doesn’t know I exist. It’s just something I have to do. I want to find her. That would finish off my roots and really she’s the closest person that is related to me.”

“We’re all getting so old, I just hope I find her.”

Wilkinson never had her own biological children, which to her makes the search for her sister even more important.

As a child, Wilkinson lived northeast of Edmonton, in Whitford with her adopted family. They moved to Edmonton when she was in Grade 2 and then in 1961 to Kelowna where she has resided ever since.

Her friend Hirning was also adopted, and born in Alberta. They happened to meet in Kelowna.

Hirning, 59, found her biological parents when she was 19 and has connected to her Alberta siblings. In the 70s, she also worked for a volunteer organization called Parent Finders and has helped reunite 32 adoptees with their biological families.

While she is not involved in that work anymore, she said she has been spending time every day trying to help Wilkinson find her sister.

“It’s my dream because I know how much it means to someone else.”

The searching continues.

Wilkinson can be reached by email at cjanewilkinson@shaw.ca or by phone at 250-860-6474. barr@reddeeradvocate.com

BUDGET: Provincial downloading an issue LOTTERIES

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● The Red Deer Public Library was zero for three for requests in the 2016 operating budget.

The library requested $108,019 to increase the hours at the Timberlands branch; add a library information technology specialist ($89,635) and fund a publicity campaign ($50,000).

While the Timberlands branch wants to expand its collection, it is essentially a children’s library based inside an elementary school.

The library said the funding would allow them to expand programming to reach the under-served groups such as seniors, teenagers and new Canadians at that branch.

Council reasoned the timing is not right because the demand is not there at Timberlands but suggested revisiting the request once it is there. Others encouraged the library to seek partnerships in the community. Coun. Paul Harris said this is the wrong way to look at it and the audience will never build because the patrons will simply go to other branches. ● Completion dates on the new fire stations (Station 3 and 4) will be delayed a few months because the designs were not completed as expected. The city saved $133, 500 in projected costs in this budget. Both stations will be finished in 2017. ● City Hall security will be reduced on evenings, weekends and holidays for a savings of $25,000. There will be security personnel in place when the building is in use. An overall security plan is currently underway for the entire city operations. The building does have an existing system in place. ● Council approved $108,000 for a bylaw enforcement alignment and record management software system. It will essentially amalgamate the enforcement efforts of bylaw officers, parks enforcement officers and transit protective services officers in efforts to streamline the system and improve customer service. ● Council gave the green light on a $150,000 future growth

amenity study. The city must notify the County of Red Deer its options by June 2017. Annexation would not occur until 2020. ● The city will look into consolidating emergency service and police dispatch after a motion by Coun. Buck Buchanan. A 2008 study that identified barriers to the move. Buchanan is hopeful the change could eliminate inefficiencies in the systems. The report is expected to be completed by June 30. ● Councillors will now have $27,477, up $16,000, to spend on professional development and other expenses. ● A report to bring the wheelchair access on the west side of City Hall up to current building codes is expected in six weeks. It would cost $180,000 to replace the ramp.

Other items: ● River Bend Golf and Recreation – $30,000 for the revenue it will lose when Discovery Canyon closes for extensive renovations for the 2016 season this spring. ● The city will develop a plan to get a handle on the piping infrastructure with a $150,000 allocation to develop a Stormwater Drainage Master Plan. ● Public Works will hire 4.99 full-time equivalent staff (FTE) to work on roads maintenance and growth. ● New neighbourhood parks landscaping including one staff (1.34 FTE) – $229,087. ● Garden Heights, Clearview Ridge and Timberlands will soon have Sunday and holiday conventional and Action bus service – $85,568. ● A new mass notification system for emergencies – $70,000. ● Red Deer Lights the Night – $30,000. ● Expanded Action Bus service to include Sundays and holidays (includes 1.0 FTE) – $110,200. ● Policing – six RCMP officers and six municipal employees.

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Red Deer Transit customers board a bus at the transit terminal in downtown Red Deer Thursday. Transit issues were a hot topic among city councillors during budget talks this week.

“Let’s invoice the province,” became one of the most common-used phrases.

“Look, we recognize the provincial government is obviously in a financially challenging circumstance much like the private sector and not-for-private sector and other orders of government,” said Veer. “I think you heard very strongly council … took exception to the fact that they are endeavoring to balance their books on the backs of municipalities.”

Veer said the city would have been in a much lower tax rate position had the provincial government not reduced the grants. She said there are areas throughout the budget that have been abdicated from the province on the policing and social housing front.

Heading into Thursday’s deliberations, the proposed tax rate was sitting at 3.11 per cent but administration sharpened its pencils and found nearly $250,000 in savings in fuel charges for fleet and corporate insurance overnight.

Coun. Ken Johnston was poised to bring a motion to use reserves, if necessary, to drop the tax rate even lower. He was successful in his motion to ask the city to develop a policy with guidelines for dipping into operating reserves. In absence of a policy, there would be subjective reasoning for withdrawing funds, said Johnston.

Johnston said now, more than ever, these guidelines are needed in light of the economy, carbon tax

and provincial and federal budgets.

He hopes the guidelines will be in place before the 2017 budgets.

City manager Craig Curtis called it a relatively sustainable budget given the times with investments that are needed.

“I have no doubt next year will be tougher,” said Curtis. “But council and administration will work together to find a good spot.”

Next year administration will begin working with a 2.54 per cent tax hike as a result of the 2016 capital and operating budgets. There is a 0.11 per cent tax carry over into 2018.

Chief financial officer Dean Krejci said the tax increase includes the one per cent allocation to the capital savings plan, a 1.53 operational increase and a 0.37 per cent direct download from the province.

Krejci said he was happy the city was able to avoid any consideration of using the reserves to reduce the tax rate.

“Council has gone down that avenue in previous years and it takes a long time to wean them off of it afterwards,” said Krejci. “We generally consider it not to be sustainable.”

The actual tax rate will be set later this spring and combined with the education tax rate and Piper Creek Foundation requisition. crhyno@reddeeradvocate.com

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EDMONTON — Alberta’s Crownowned bank is predicting the first six months of this year will be the roughest yet in the current economic downturn.

ATB Financial is forecasting the petroleum industry will continue to shed jobs due to the unrelenting drop in the price of oil, with Fort McMurray and Calgary taking the hardest hit.

“We do see the first half of 2016 probably being the toughest months of this recession for Albertans,” ATB chief economist Todd Hirsch said Thursday.

“We will see more contractions in the economy, we will see more layoffs and that will add to a heightened un-

employment rate.”

Hirsch said the provincial unemployment rate could climb to eight per cent from seven per cent by the middle of the year.

Alberta’s unemployment rate in January 2015 was 4.7 per cent.

The ATB report forecasts weaker consumer demand for housing and retail products. It also says it is possible that more people will leave Alberta than move to the province.

Hirsch said the economy is expected to start turning around by the end of the year.

“By the end of 2016 we do see some of these heavy clouds of pessimism

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Monkman was sentenced to twoand-a-half years in prison on May 22, 2015. The sentence came from his guilty pleas for a minor role in a June 3, 2013 attempted murder near Benalto.

He was surrendered into custody and was to start serving his sentence that day. However, guards at the Remand Centre found the drugs and started the investigation. The charges were laid on Nov. 19, 2015.

On Thursday in Red Deer provincial court, defence counsel Greg Gordon asked for a two week adjournment as a plea arrangement is being worked out between the Crown and Monkman’s counsel.

Monkman is currently a serving prisoner at the Drumheller Institute.

Monkman was first arrested with Danny Huddlestone, 37, and charged in relation to the Benalto attempted murder.

Huddlestone is serving a seven-year

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Plea deal in the works for man caught with drugs A man facing charges for trying to walk into prison with drugs, is nearing a plea deal.

Cameron Glen Monkman, 31, started serving a prison sentence with prison guards allegedly finding drugs on him.

He faces three charges of possession of a controlled substance including crystal meth and cocaine. The charges were laid by Red Deer RCMP after Red Deer Remand Centre staff found the drugs while being processed.

Police said they found 8.5 grams of crystal meth and 5.6 grams of cocaine.

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LOTTERY: Sales slower than 2015 Only 1,132,950 main lottery tickets are printed and 665,000 of the 50/50 tickets. Lottery tickets are $25 each, three for $60, six for $100, and 18 for $250. Lucky STARS 50/50 tickets are $10 each, five for $25 and 15 for $50.

He said so far ticket sales are a little slower than last year, but ahead of 2014 lottery sales.

STARS is waiting to see if the current economic climate impacts ticket sales.

He said oil and gas industry has always been a STARS supporter due to the nature of their work in remote areas. Support has dropped a little recently, but the main companies are sticking with STARS. “We’re actually very honoured that as they prioritize things in this economy they still prioritize STARS,” Quick said.

The lottery raises $11 million for the air ambulance service that has bases in Calgary, Edmonton and Grande Prairie.

In 2014-15, STARS flew 1,839 missions that included 68 missions to Red Deer, 36 to Rocky Mountain House, 19 to Olds, 18 to Stettler, 17 to Ponoka, six to Sylvan Lake, and others throughout Central Alberta.

Carla Schneider, of Bentley, called STARS a life-saving organization.

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start to lift off the province, but the first half of the year will be tough for a lot of people.”

The ATB report comes a day after Alberta’s NDP government announced a freeze on the salaries 7,000 public sector managers for two years in the face of dropping oil and natural gas revenues.

The salary freeze is expected to save the province $57 million.

Opposition critics have called the measure a drop in the bucket when Alberta is forecasting this year’s budget deficit to be $6.1 billion.

Hirsch declined to answer questions about the government’s handling of the economy.

He said any jurisdiction that depends on petroleum revenues right now is suffering, including Saskatche-

wan and Newfoundland and Labrador.

Despite the gloomy forecast there are some pockets of optimism in ATB’s economic outlook.

The report says other sectors of Alberta’s economy, such as agriculture, forestry and tourism, are doing well, due in part to the weak Canadian dollar.

But Hirsch said even when measured together, their effect on the economy will not offset the steep drop in the price of oil.

“It is important to remind ourselves that there is more to Alberta’s economy than petroleum, but we do have to bear in mind that the petroleum sector is the dog that wags an awful lot of tails in this province.”

sentence for his role in the incident.

A car stolen from a garage earlier this week has been recovered by Red Deer RCMP, and one man wanted on other warrants was arrested.

Aaron James Campbell was arrested by police on Wednesday in Clearview at about 2 p.m. Police were called to the area after receiving a report of a stolen vehicle.

Police also said the licence plate on the vehicle they recovered had been stolen on a different occasion.

According to police, he was found in a vehicle reported stolen. The charge as read in Red Deer provincial court said the vehicle belonged to Amanda Melnychuk.

The Red Deer Advocate previously re-

ported that Melnychuk had her vehicle stolen from her closed garage in the early morning hours of Tuesday.

Campbell is charged with possession of stolen property over $5,000 and failing to comply with a court order.

He was also wanted on three outstanding warrants for assault, incidents police said occurred on Dec. 7 and 28, 2015 and Jan. 2.

He appeared in court on Thursday.

He is being held in custody and appeared in person from the prisoner’s box. He was tall and skinny with long, greasy hair.

Crown Prosecutor Blair Brandon chose to proceed by indictment on the possession of stolen property charge.

If convicted he would face a greater penalty.

Campbell will next appear in Red Deer provincial court on Jan. 21.

A female was arrested with Campbell, but she has been released and was not charged.

She was flown by STARS to Edmonton after a horrific vehicle collision in 2004. The vehicle she was driving was t-boned at an intersection and rolled two and a half times before landing upside down. It took emergency workers over an hour and a half to cut her free from the wreckage.

She suffered a brain injury and damage to her neck, back and shoulders, lost the use of her right eye, and inhaled two and a half litres of automotive paint.

Schneider said she would not be here today if STARS did not exist.

“Lottery tickets are $25. How often

can you say your $25 dollars saved a life? Your donations and support of STARS really does save lives,” said Schneider choking back tears.

“Thank you for the second chance.

Appreciate it.”

The Sylvan Lake grand prize house, built by Falcon Homes, is located at 4293 Ryders Ridge Blvd. and is now open Saturday to Thursday, 1 to 5 p.m.

Other grand prize homes are located in Edmonton, Calgary and Lethbridge.

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Bettman’s push for new arena insulting Sports moguls and politicians make from a former wood preserving plant. strange bedfellows. When they get toIn a perfect world, it would be a gether they often seem to ignore eco- wonderful project. Set near major nomic realities, and that makes a liai- transportation arteries, on under-used son between them potentially danger- land near the city centre, it could be a ous. Think a lustful teenage great gathering place. couple with no concept of But Alberta in 2016 is birth control. nowhere close to a perfect So it’s always a relief world. Bettman seems comfor hard-pressed taxpayers pletely clueless about the when a politician isn’t willdepth of Alberta’s economing to dance cheek to cheek ic despair. with sports.

“Over time, we’ve seen National Hockey League the dollar rise and fall, commissioner Gary Betwe’ve seen the price of oil tman arrived in Calgary rise and fall, just to name recently to try to stir up two factors,” Bettman support for the proposed blithely said this week.

CalgaryNEXT project, an “You don’t do this based on JOHN $890-million extravagance what’s happening in 2016.

STEWART that would house the NHL’s There has to be a vision for Calgary Flames and Canathe future.”

OPINION dian Football League’s CalHe then added: gary Stampeders, as well as “If this project is going to offer a variety of community facilities. happen, the mayor needs to embrace The project was introduced last it, the city needs to embrace it… . If year by Calgary Sports and Entertain- he’s not prepared to embrace it, then ment Corp. (owners of the Flames, the the people will have to deal with it,” Stampeders and other sports proper- Bettman told the Calgary Chamber of ties). Based on initial numbers, about Commerce. $700 million of the total cost would But Bettman is apparently unaware come out of taxpayers’ pockets. And that Calgary Mayor Naheed Nenshi is who knows how much more it would no light-weight. cost to upgrade local services, plus “Perhaps in other cities he has clean up a decades-old creosote mess come to, the city councils have just

written cheques based on back-of-napkin proposals without any consultation to the public or without any analysis,” Nenshi said, unintimidated. “That’s not how we operate here.”

Although it does seem to be how Edmonton operates.

After years of negotiations that bordered on bullying, a new complex is under construction in downtown Edmonton. Rogers Place will cost in the neighbourhood of $500 million by the time it is done this fall, much of that coming from public sources.

While that project has given a significant — and much-needed — boost to Edmonton’s gritty downtown (other projects are popping up around it, bringing overdue revitalization), it was initiated before oil prices fell off a cliff, and Edmonton’s existing rink did not measure up in any way to Calgary’s Saddledome.

Nor did Edmonton’s downtown measure up to Calgary’s.

Nevertheless, Bettman tried to push as many buttons as possible in Calgary.

Edmonton’s new rink, he said, will mean that Calgary is falling behind (nothing bothers Calgarians more than being compared unfavourably to Edmontonians, and vice versa). Calgary will be denied any opportunity to host the league’s all-star game, the World Cup of Hockey or the annual amateur

draft, he threatened.

In fact, the future of the city may rest on this project, Bettman said.

“It is not an overstatement to say the future stability, viability and continuity of the Calgary Flames, and perhaps the city of Calgary, rests on the achievement of CalgaryNEXT,” Bettman said. Overstatement is too tame a term, in fact, for that nonsense.

Bettman also wants Albertans to think of stadium projects as infrastructure.

Frankly, they are not. Pumping tax money into stadiums for professional sports is not creating a public resource.

True infrastructure — roads, schools, hospitals — are for the common good. They serve and better society as a whole. And we have a long list of overdue priorities in this province, with no mammoth sports entertainment complex on that list.

Stadiums and arenas built for privately-owned sports franchises don’t exist for the common good. They exist primarily as means to an end - profit for those franchises.

And no sports ringmaster who comes courting with threats and bluster should be able to convince us otherwise.

Troy Media columnist John Stewart is a journalist based in Red Deer.

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Kevin O’Leary needs to keep his Eastern opinions to himself So Kevin O’Leary thinks that our democratically elected Premier should resign because “she is not fit for the job.” The question begs to be asked; “what makes him an expert on fitness to govern?”

Kevin O’Leary simply believes that our provincial government is not making decision based solely on the all mighty dollar, a philosophy he often espouses. He is a rich easterner that knows what is best for Alberta and for that matter the rest of Canada. O’Leary always bases his opinions and ideals on “MONEY!” as he quite often stated on Dragon’s Den and on Shark Tank. Some may choose to believe that the all mighty dollar is paramount to everything else but that cannot and should not be the philosophy of any government.

During an interview on CBC, he stated that he was not making his offer because his financial group is hurting from the oil price drop because he is not heavily invested in Alberta oil. So he did not choose to invest in the province during the good times but is now willing to offer a meager investment of $1 million if he gets his way.

Something smells with this whole topic. Here we have a rich easterner telling Albertans how and

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what to do once again. He can keep his narrowminded, selfish attitude and try to affect change elsewhere because, thinking Albertans, will not allow his opinions to dictate our future.

I think Donald Trump is looking for help!

Barry Johns Sylvan Lake

Transit fare hike unjustified in comparison to larger centres City transit rates go up, just because it’s lower that larger city rates. What?

Transit riders will pass $71 over for monthly passes. Lethbridge riders pay $77, Edmonton riders pay $89, Calgary riders pay $99.00.

Comparing Calgary transit service to Red Deer service is comparing watermelon to kiwis. Calgary is huge. Transit routes are huge. On one fare a person can ride for a few hours, transferring several times if need be to reach their destination, even from bus to train. I rode Calgary transit for over 40 years. The service is vast, with some routes starting at 5:30 a.m., running every 15 minutes, until after midnight. If I planned a trip right, sometimes I could make an appointment and return home before my 90 minute transfer ticket expired.

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Red Deer transit doesn’t compare. Less service operation time, no train system or subsidized rates for seniors and low or fixed income passengers. I have experienced excellent professional, courteous service every time I ride the bus in Red Deer.

Bus drivers earn their wage. This isn’t about raise increases; this is about matching the other guy, ridiculous.

To compare with Calgary service, Red Deer would have to expand service region south to Innisfail, north to Ponoka, west to Sylvan Lake, east to Delburne; increase ridership 50 per cent; subsidize fares, increase operation times to 15 minutes from the current 30; build a train system; and run buses seven days a week, 5:20 a.m. to midnight.

Most riders are low-to-medium wage earners going to work to pay a 3 per cent increase on taxes; seniors going to medical appointments and meeting with social services to get living necessities; kids going to school and college.

Is this really the time to hike rider fares? The dollar is low, unemployment up, food prices have sticker shock, oil and gas is rocky.

Transit systems compared to Calgary is liking watermelons to kiwis. The present fare is fair for the region the service covers during the current region.

Lawrence Lee wants to raise it, just for a nice hike.

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Bishop condemns ‘totalitarian’ plan

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EDMONTON — A Catholic clergyman is both condemning and calling for the outright rejection of Alberta’s plan to draw up rules to assist LGBTQ students, particularly transgender ones, in schools.

“Totalitarianism is alive and well in Alberta,” Bishop Fred Henry of Calgary wrote in a public letter issued Thursday to his faithful.

“This approach and directive smack of the madness of relativism and the forceful imposition of a particular, narrow-minded, anti-Catholic ideology … and must be rejected.”

Henry’s remarks come as the province moves forward with creating individually tailored policies in 61 school districts, including Catholic ones, to ensure that LGBTQ students are respected and can thrive.

Education Minister David Eggen delivered guidelines to the boards on Wednesday and they must deliver draft versions of their policies to the province

by March 31 for review.

The 12 guidelines specify that transgender students be allowed to use their washroom of choice depending on their sex or on whether they perceive themselves to be a girl or a boy.

It also states students be allowed to dress based on the same principle and play on sports teams they feel align with their sexuality.

The students should be addressed by the name and pronoun that makes them comfortable, and can say how they want to be named and be recognized in official school records.

Henry assails the province’s stated goal of changing the rules to make everyone feel comfortable as a disguise for imposing rules that some must find intolerable.

He suggested that approach “does not allow for any differing opinion. In no way does it differ from an attitude of ‘Shut up’ or ‘Don’t get involved.”’

As for transgender individuals, Henry said: “In (God’s) plan, men and women should respect and accept their sexual identity.”

Eggen said discussions with school boards will continue and there will soon be meetings with Catholic church leaders as well.

“Certainly I knew this wasn’t going to be easy, but important things are never necessarily easy to achieve,” Eggen said in a phone interview from Win-

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BY THE CANADIAN PRESS VANCOUVER — A bitter dispute between British Columbia teachers and the provincial government over the right to negotiate class size and composition is headed to the Supreme Court of Canada.

The top court announced Thursday it would hear the teachers’ appeal of a lower-court decision, which said provincial legislation that took away certain bargaining powers did not violate the Charter of Rights and Freedoms.

“We never give up,” said B.C. Teachers’ Federation president Jim Iker at a news conference shortly after the decision.

“It’s another important step in this long journey through the court system for us,” he said. “By unconstitutionally stripping our collective agreement 14 years ago, this government did so much harm to our public education system.”

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Regina police used excessive force: watchdog

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Canadian man charged with bringing 82 kilograms of pills to U.S. on a sled BURLINGTON, Vt. — Authorities say a Canadian man was arrested while pulling a sled carrying more than 82 kilograms of prescription pills across the border into the United States.

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Simon Ash-Moccasin lodged a complaint in December 2014 after police incorrectly approached him as a suspect in relation to a theft.

He said officers handcuffed him before shoving him in the back of a police cruiser and arrested him because the suspect police were looking for was aboriginal.

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Commission chairman Brent Cotter said Justice Ministry prosecutors found no criminal charges were warranted against the officers.

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Angelil dies at the age of 73

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS Rene Angelil, the entertainment maestro who guided Celine Dion to superstardom and then married her, has died, according to Francine Chaloult, a spokeswoman for Dion.

He was 73.

Chaloult said Angelil died Thursday morning at his home in Las Vegas. Coroner John Fudenberg said in a statement that Angelil died of throat cancer and no further investigation into his death was expected.

Angelil had been battling a recurrence of throat cancer since initially undergoing surgery for the condition in April 1999. He had to undergo another operation in December 2013.

While Dion and Angelil’s entourage insisted he was doing well, Angelil stepped back from the dayto-day management of his megastar wife’s career in June 2014. He turned it over to longtime friend Aldo Giampaolo, a noted impresario himself in Quebec, but remained involved in key decisions.

A month after that announcement, Dion said Angelil was focusing on his sons and “working really hard on his health.”

“He’s being a dad at the house, which I’m really happy about,” she told a news conference in Montreal.

By August, Dion also decided to put her career on hold, citing a “very difficult and stressful time for the couple” and inflammation in her throat muscles.

“I want to devote every ounce of my strength and energy to my husband’s healing, and to do so, it’s important for me to dedicate this time to him and to our children,” she said.

In March 2015, Dion announced she would return to the stage with a residency at the Colosseum in Las Vegas. She said at the time that Angelil had a feeding tube and that she was helping him to eat three times a day. Despite his illness, it was Angelil who encouraged her to return to the stage.

“He wants me back, he wants me strong, he wants to see me again because I’m his favourite singer,” Dion said at the Billboard Music Awards in May 2015.

“So he wants me out there, and I have to say that I’m ready. It’s hard, but we’re ready.”

Dion returned to Vegas in August 2015 and said doctors weren’t able to say how long Angelil had, but that he’d already planned his funeral and told his wife he wanted to die in her arms.

“Rene says to me, ‘I want to die in your arms.’ (I say) ‘OK, fine, I’ll be there, you’ll die in my arms,”’ Dion told USA Today in an interview.

The couple, who were 26 years apart in age, married in an elaborate ceremony in 1994 at Notre Dame Basilica in Montreal that drew throngs. Former prime minister Brian Mulroney was among the guests at the ceremony where Dion wore a glittering crystal headpiece. The nuptials were compared to the royal wedding of Prince Charles and Diana.

Angelil and Dion have always been one of entertainment’s power couples, owning lavish homes in the United States and Canada, but the shrewd entertainment czar sprang from more humble roots.

Angelil was born in Montreal on Jan. 16, 1942, to a Syrian father and a Quebecois mother.

The raspy-voiced Angelil was also an avid poker player, having learned the game from his parents.

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Celine Dion, right, stands with a wax figure of herself and her husband Rene Angelil before her 500th performance at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas on Sunday, May 7, 2006. The figure was prepared by the Grevin waxworks company of Paris. Angelil, the entertainment maestro who guided Dion to superstardom and then married her, has died, according to Francine Chaloult, a spokeswoman for Dion.

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Tima Kurdi said she was brought to tears when she saw the depiction of her two-year-old nephew Alan Kurdi’s lifeless body in the controversial French satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo.

The cartoon asks in French what would have become of the boy had he grown up. It shows two men running after screaming women with their tongues hanging out and hands outstretched above a caption that reads, also in French, bum grabbers in Germany.

The drawing refers to a series of sex attacks allegedly committed by a large group of migrants in Cologne, Germany, on New Year’s Eve. The toddler drowned, along with his mother and older brother, while crossing the Mediterranean en route to Europe last September.

A photo of the boy’s body lying face down on a Turkish beach made the front page of newspapers across the world and stoked global outrage over the Syrian refugee crisis.

“This is really painful, to use that innocent boy’s picture. It went too far,” Kurdi said. “We’re trying to move on. Why do they want to bring the pain back to us?”

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Virginia Smith said the chamber in Barriere believed the domain name was automatically renewed, but it had expired.

“Their website domain was expected to roll over and it didn’t and by the time they discovered it, it had been captured.”

The new owners of the domain name are demanding the chamber pay $9,700 before the porn site is taken down, Smith said, calling that extortion.

“It’s just one of those horrible tragedies.”

Smith said she was stunned to learn about the new site after her staff logged in as usual, only to find the “horrible” content.

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BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — The Canadian military has been asked on three occasions since 2012 to provide a light armoured vehicle and crew in order to help the Canadian manufacturer market its wares to two of Saudi Arabia’s Persian Gulf neighbours.

The LAV demonstrations in Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates, by General Dynamics Land Systems Canada, were sanctioned at the highest levels of the former Conservative government, part of a determined effort to capitalize on a controversial $14.8-billion arms sale to the oil-rich kingdom.

A series of reports and documents obtained by The Canadian Press under the Access to Information Act show the tests took place in 2012, 2013 and 2014, with the cost to taxpayers repaid by the manufacturer, based in London, Ont. The depth of co-operation between the company and National Defence worries some human rights groups, who say there should be more transparency in how Canadian arms deals are brokered.

The tests involving Kuwait took place before the company was added to the foreign affairs registry of countries eligible for Canadian arms exports. The UAE has yet to be added to the list, but the idea is being studied by Global Affairs, despite concerns some groups have about alleged human rights violations in the emirates.

The Liberal government has been criticized for allowing the Saudi deal — brokered under the Conservative government — to proceed in light of kingdom’s recent execution of 47 people, including a prominent Shiite cleric.

National Defence says its total cost to support all three demonstrations was about $3.39 million.

Asking to rent one of the 26-tonne armoured fighting vehicles is not as unusual as it may sound, said General Dynamics spokesman Doug Wilson-Hodge.

“From time to time, General Dynamics Land Systems Canada seeks the support of the government of Canada through provision-of-services agreements, through which the government of Canada fully recovers all its incurred costs from General Dynamics,” Wilson-Hodge said.

Neither country has yet said what they intend to do. In the case of the UAE, which had cool relations with the Harper government for a few years, the purchase is meant to build on the acquisition in 2013 of lightly armoured patrol vehicles, a deal worth $816 million US. The LAV, equipped with a 25-mm chain gun, was the Canadian Army’s principal fighting vehicle in Afghanistan.

“Due to competitive sensitivities General Dynamics Land Systems Canada’s policy is not to provide comment or status on our business pursuits,” said Wilson-Hodges.

Police investigate a Greyhound bus crash south of Prince George, B.C. on Thursday. A Greyhound bus with nine people on board has flipped on its side in icy road conditions on Hwy 97.

Bus crash in central B.C. sends 9 to hospital

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS PRINCE GEORGE, B.C. — Nine people aboard a Greyhound bus were transported to hospital Thursday after the vehicle flipped on its side beside an icy highway south of Prince George, B.C. RCMP Cpl. Dave Tyreman said the bus lost control on Highway 97 just before 8 a.m., crossed the centre line and ended up in a ditch.

The bus, which was towing a trailer, was northbound on its way to the central B.C. city of Prince George from Kamloops in the Interior.

“There were nine people onboard,” said Tyreman. “That was the driver of the bus and eight passengers. All of them were taken to the hospital.”

He said three had serious but non-life-threatening

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injuries and the other six had minor injuries.

B.C. Emergency Health Services spokeswoman Preet Grewal said five ambulances rushed to the scene.

Greyhound Canada spokeswoman Lanesha Gipson said the company was trying to gather information about the crash.

Tyreman said a RCMP traffic service analyst, an accident reconstruction expert and a commercial-vehicle safety inspector are investigating the cause of the crash.

He said it was snowing moderately when he arrived at the scene. He said some sections of the highway, while decent, were a little bit icy, adding the temperature had dipped to -1C overnight.

“A lot of times in the wintertime you do find black ice,” he said.

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BY GREG MEACHEM ADVOCATE SPORTS EDITOR Lightning 62 Sabres 50 As last season came to a close, Hunting Hills senior girls Lightning basketball head coach Jill de Jonge was looking ahead to the current campaign as one in which her team’s potential would come to fruition.

So far, so good.

“It’s nice to have that veteran presence that’s back to set the tone for work ethic in practice,” de Jonge, who has seven returning players on her roster, said Thursday following a 62-50 win over the visiting Wetaskiwin Sabres.

The Lightning sideline boss also some impressive first-year talent at her disposal.

“Our JVs won a championship last year, so it’s been nice having that (winning) experience as well,” said the coach. “Some of them got into our starting lineup during the first week or so. It’s been really great having that strong JV presence.

“They’re not intimidated. They have that mentality that they’re here to play.”

The Lightning returnees are forwards Madi Nimmo and Gabby Spenst, shooting guards Kelsey Kolesnik and Kaylee Lukawiecki, point guard Sarah Stewart and posts Brooke Vanhantsaeme and Kristen Loney, who sat out Thursday’s outing due to injury.

“We missed her,” said de Jonge, in reference to Loney. “She’s good for at least 10 points and about 15 rebounds a game, and we were lacking in rebounds tonight.”

New to the team this season are point guard Jessie Handley, guard/forward Sarah Stahl and posts Leah Hagel and Paige Hagel.

Blessed with a number of taller players, the Lightning game plan to date this season has revolved around working the ball inside.

“Lately, we’ve been focusing on transition,” said de Jonge. “It wasn’t something that we really brought into our game until recently, but our strength is our inside game. We have some nice height, so we’ve tried to promote at least getting the ball to our posts and getting that look.

“That being said, our shooting is starting to come, so its a nice balance.”

Vanhantsaeme led the Lightning with 13 points

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Hunting Hills Lightning Kaylee Lukawiecki, left, and Wetaskiwin Sabres Ethel Estorninos during high school basketball action at Hunting Hills on Thursday.

Thursday. Spenst scored nine points and Handley and Leah Hagel each netted eight.

Hunting Hill improved to 4-1 in league play and have a 3-3 record in tournaments, including a 2-1 slate at the Lethbridge Chinook event last weekend.

“The team is starting to come, we’re not peaking yet and we don’t want to be at this time,” said de Jonge. “I see the progress — the girls are working to-

wards the vision for the end of the season.”

Hunting Hills and fellow Red Deer schools Notre Dame and Lindsay Thurber will host the provincial 4A girls and boys championships in March.

“There’s a lot on the line this year,” said de Jonge, in regards to winning a zone title or earning the second spot as the provincial host team. gmeachem@reddeeradvocate.com

Hancox headed in the right direction Dallas Hancox has his priorities straight.

Coming out of high school at Hunting Hills Hancox was one of the top men’s basketball players in Central Alberta and was heavily recruited

by RDC Kings head coach Clayton Pottinger. Hancox joined the Kings for the 201314 season and while basketball was a major part of his life, so was education.

“When you come out of DANNY high school you have dreams RODE of grandeur and want to play LOCAL SPORT professional and such, but things happen and you have to prepare to hunker down and get into your career. If not you’re back where you started coming out of high school.”

Education was always important, even in high school. What he did do was use basketball to help in that area.

Hancox attended school in Sylvan Lake from Grade 7 to Grade 10, then made a decision to transfer to Hunting Hills.

“I needed to go somewhere to be challenged in basketball, plus they had an academic program I was interested in,” he said. “They had a health and wellness program that suited my needs.”

He played for the Hunting Hills Lightning for two years, before joining the Kings.

He had a solid rookie season with the Kings. He played in 18 games and while he had limited playing time he still had 27 rebounds and a team-high 14 blocked shots.

Despite a solid season he felt he needed to take a year off.

“I was questioning what direction my life was taking and decided to take a year off to sort through things in terms of academics and just to take care of my body and mind. I have a tendency to go, go, go with no recovery time. I needed some time off for a break and to get my mind set.”

But what he also decided was that he would re-

turn to the Kings this year.

“I played for a couple of months with an elite pro“That was always in my mind,” said Hancox, who gram and the coach told me I had to do things I was turned 21 on Wednesday. “I talked with Clayton in never expected to do before, like dribbling the ball the summer following my first year and he asked and making the passes. It was a great learning expeme to at least come out to camp. I attended the first rience.” camp in September, but told him I needed the time He returned to Hunting Hills and helped them off, but I also wanted to return this year and be part win the Central Alberta title and compete at the proof the team. I told Clayton I would be committed to vincials. staying in shape. There was unfinished business.”

Hancox was born in Montreal, but moved to LangThe year was perfect for the six-footley, B.C., at an early age. He moved to Syleight Hancox, who played some threevan Lake in Grade 7. on-three basketball, but mainly concen“I played some Steve Nash League in trated on staying in shape and working Langley, but really got into basketball in on his degree in kinesiology. He did both.

Sylvan Lake,” he explained.

He made the president’s honour role He continued to grow and is now one (3.5 PGA and higher) and also came into of the most feared defenders, at least camp this season in great shape. He’s had when it comes to blocked shots, in the Ala strong first half, averaging seven points berta Colleges Athletic Conference. per game, 6.88 rebounds and has a team “It’s a matter of reading the play,” he and league high 12 blocks. said. “I obviously get beat once in a while The Kings have one of the premier because I take some risks, but I try to teams in the country — ranked third — make the offensive player feel comfortand more depth up front than in Hanable with the ball, then go for the block cox’s first year. Despite battling for playwhen he doesn’t expect it.” ing time Hancox is enjoying his time.

Hancox isn’t sure where he will be Dallas Hancox “I have a different perspective. It next year. helped to take a step back and have a “I want to stay involved in athletics break. Coming back I can see the growth as a player and would love to coach and be a mentor,” he said. and a person.

“But as for my education. I will get my kinesiology “I really like the dynamic of our team. It’s great to diploma and I’m now leaning toward getting into compete against and with the guys. The competition business and online business. So who knows where in practice is outstanding and being with the guys on I’ll be next year.” the floor and seeing everyone producing is great.”

Hancox will be counted on this weekend as RDC The Kings have one of the premier inside men in hosts the Medicine Hat Rattlers today and Saturday. the province in Matt Matear, who leads the South in The Kings defeated the Rattlers 95-71 earlier this rebounds per game at 11.68, and added six-foot-eight season in Medicine Hat. Shayne Stumpf during the break. As well forward TyThe RDC squad has a 9-0 record and is first in the ler Wise is healthy.

South Division with MHC tied for second at 6-3.

Hancox said he played one game against Stumpf The Queens, 4-5, have even a tougher test as they — a Lacombe native — when he was in Grade 10. sit two points back of the third-place Rattlers, 5-4.

“He was intimidating. He was developed as a forThe Queens lost 77-65 at MHC. ward … He was someone I aspired to be. It’s great to The Kings lost their leading scorer Ian Tevis play with him, we seem to function well together.” during the break while adding Stumpf.

Hancox looks back at a brief time in 2012, when he Danny Rode is a retired Advocate reporter who can was with his father in Okotoks, that played a major be reached at drode@reddeeradvocate.com. His work can role in his development. also be seen at www.rdc.ab.ca/athleticsblog.

Sharks hand Oilers seventh straight road loss

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Sharks 2 Oilers 1 (SO) SAN JOSE, Calif. — Joe Pavelski and Joonas Donskoi each scored during the shootout and Martin Jones stopped both Edmonton shooters to give the San Jose Sharks a 2-1 victory over the Oilers on Thursday night.

Marc-Edouard Vlasic scored in the first period and the Sharks won their fourth straight.

Nail Yakupov scored, but the Oilers fell to 0-4-3 in their last seven road games. Edmonton coach Todd McLellan returned to San Jose for the first time since leaving the team after the end of last season.

Jones stopped 24 of 25 shots for the Sharks while Cam Talbot saved 36 of 37 shots.

Brent Burns took a shot near the end of the overtime that went into the net but did so just after the buzzer.

Vlasic took a pass from Melker Karlsson, skated into an open area and fired the puck over Talbot’s right shoulder to put the Sharks ahead midway through the first.

The Oilers tied it midway through the second period on a counter attack.

Lauri Korpikoski sent a leading pass to Yakupov, who beat Jones under his right arm.

Yakupov returned to the lineup for the first time since Nov. 25, missing 22 games to an ankle injury. He scored his third goal, all on the road, and the first since netting goals in back-to-back games Oct. 17-18.

Yakupov nearly had another goal in the third, firing one off the left post that bounced to a Sharks defender.

NOTES: McLellan spent the past seven years leading the Sharks and received an enthusiastic welcome when he was shown on the video board for the first time.

F Zack Kassian made his Oilers debut after completing a substance abuse program and spending a few days in the AHL. Sharks C Joe Thornton has points in 12 of his last 13 games and has 57 points in 52 games against Edmonton.

Oilers D Justin Schultz recorded an assist and has four points in his last four games.

The Sharks host the Dallas Stars on Saturday.

The Oilers return home Saturday to face the Calgary Flames.

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

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San Jose Sharks center Tomas Hertl shoots against Edmonton Oilers defenseman Brandon Davidson (88) and goalie Cam Talbot (33) during the first period of an NHL game in San Jose, Calif., Thursday. The Sharks downed the Oilers 2-1 in a shootout.

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Dion Phaneuf The Red Deer Rebels bounced back from a bad loss the previous evening at Medicine Hat to edge the visiting Prince George Cougars 4-3 on Jan. 10 of 2004. “We played hard, a lot harder than last night,” said GM/head coach Brent Sutter, who was totally disgusted with his team’s performance at Medicine Hat. “We stood around a bit in the third period, but that being said, we were much better than last night. At least we competed and battled hard and created some scoring opportunities.” Newlyacquired defenceman Colbi Zavishi scored his first-ever WHL marker for the Rebels, who got a pair of goals from rearguard Dion Phaneuf. “It was a huge win. It’s no secret we struggled (in Medicine Hat) and wanted to come home and regroup,” said Phaneuf. “We did a great job and everyone is pretty happy right now.”

Who’s hot

Adam Brooks Regina Pats 19-yearold C Adam Brooks has fashioned a league-best 15-game points streak dating back to Dec. 11. During that span, the five-foot-10, 175pound Winnipeg native has recorded 32 points (12g,20a) and is the WHL’s top scorer with 69 points (26-43) in 44 games.

He said it

Ty Ronning “What advice do I get from dad? He gives me advice every day but he’s not a crazy hockey dad.

He’s a dad who cares a lot for his son. He really likes to watch me play. I do hear from time to time, ‘I would have put that in the net there, kid.’ I’m like, ‘Alright, thanks.’” — Vancouver Giants winger Ty Ronning, the son of former NHL player Cliff Ronning, to Steve Ewen of the Vancouver Province.

FRIDAY, JAN. 15, 2016

BY GREG MEACHEM ADVOCATE SPORTS EDITOR It’s an age-old debate, an ongoing tussle between junior A hockey supporters and promoters of the major junior game.

The numbers don’t lie — Western Hockey League players advance to the pro ranks at a quicker rate than those at the lower level, and, as the argument goes, are therefore beneficiaries of a superior product. At the same time, there are junior A fans who insist that the product they watch is not inferior to the major junior game, at least in entertainment value.

Regardless, the fact remains there are numerous junior A skaters who are capable of playing at the next level, and WHL teams are only too happy to latch on to those who are willing to make the jump.

The Red Deer Rebels have been willing participants in the raid of junior A players over the years, with one such example being current roster player Brandon Hagel, a Morinville native who this season played three games with the Whitecourt Wolverines of the AJHL — scoring once and adding two assists — before joining the WHL squad.

The six-foot, 165-pound winger had already attracted the attention of U.S. college scouts, but decided that he could fast-track his pro aspirations by suiting up with the 2016 Memorial Cup tournament host Rebels.

“It was tough because I’ve talked to a few (U.S.) colleges this year,” Hagel said after signing with the Rebels in September.

“I wasn’t sure which route to take, so it was a tough decision. But I think I made the right one for myself.

“We’re going to have a good team this year and obviously, for myself, it’s going to be good as well with all the exposure and the Memorial Cup … everything should be good.”

Hagel, of course, hasn’t missed a beat while skating at the higher level. Through 43 games, the 17-year-old is the Rebels sixth-leading scorer with eight goals and 31 points in 43 games.

And yet, he’s not the lone example of the junior A skater who has jumped to the Rebels without any previous major junior experience.

The prime specimen in this particular scenario came aboard in 2002 after leading the BCHL in scoring the season previous and being selected by the Chicago Blackhawks in the fourth round of the NHL entry draft.

Matt Ellison was not only an instant hit with the Rebels, he led the team in scoring during his lone winter in Red Deer, firing 40 goals and recording 96 points in 72 regular-season games, then collecting 20 points (7g,13a) in 22 playoff contests.

He went on to appear in 43 NHL games — during which he put up 14 points, including three goals — before taking his act overseas. Ellison currently plays with Minsk Dynamo of the Kontinental League and helped the Canadian team win the recent Spengler Cup tournament.

The Rebels have welcomed other junior A players who previously competed in the WHL, with the likes of Rhyse Dieno, Carter

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Brandon Hagel of the Red Deer Rebels beats Dmitry Osipov of the Vancouver Giants to the puck during WHL action, Jan. 9, at the Enmax Centrium. Hagel is a success story for the players that make thye jump from Junior A to the WHL. The Morinville product has picked up 39 points in 43 games this season.

Smith, Kraymer Barnstable, Justin Taylor — all of whom contributed to various degrees — and Scott Feser coming to mind.

The list of former seasoned junior A players who jumped to the Rebels without experiencing the major junior game includes: • Dustin Moore — The Red Deer product was a 24-goal scorer with the Olds Grizzlys in 2004-05 and collected 35 points (16-19) in 46 games with the AJHL squad the following season before joining the Rebels in October of 2006.

The rugged winger contributed 20 goals and 28 assists in 64 regular-season games and another six points (4-2) during the club’s brief playoff run.

Nick Charif — Edmonton native Charif jumped from the Victoria Grizzlies of the BCHL to the Rebels in 2013 and helped solidify the club’s blueline.

A rearguard with an offensive touch, Charif scored three goals and added 10 helpers in 57 games during the 2013-14 WHL season and produced a goal and seven assists in eight games the following campaign before being dealt to the Spokane

Chiefs.

Shaden Moore — Another Edmonton product, Moore played two winters with the AJHL St. Albert Saints prior to joining the Rebels in 2004.

Moore played 46 regular-season and playoff games with Red Deer in the ‘04-05 season and another eight the next season before moving on to appear in a handful of contests with the Lethbridge Hurricanes and Calgary Hitmen. From there, he was a three-year member of the University of Alberta Golden Bears.

Nick Bell — The Innisfail product starred with the Okotoks Oilers of the AJHL for one season before being lured to the Rebels in 2009.

Bell suffered a severe ankle injury in October and missed 34 games after undergoing surgery. The defenceman’s WHL career consisted of 36 regular- and post-season games, during which he scored one goal and recorded 13 points.

He was back with Okotoks the following season and went on to play college and university hockey at Mount Royal in Calgary. gmeachem@reddeeradvocate.com

Right deal for Point never materialized There were those who felt that Moose “Could the right deal have set this team Jaw Warriors general manager Alan Millar up for two years down the road? It could simply could not afford to keep forward have, but the right deal never materialBrayden Point at last Sunday’s trade dead- ized.” line.

Obviously, there was interest in The observers taking that Point, a legitimate game-breaker. stance were convinced that But the tire-kickers clearly saw Milthe Warriors could qualify lar’s demands as too expensive, as for post-season play without in the sun, the moon and the stars …

Point’s services and that the perhaps the entire solar system. Not rewards reaped in a deal for a single interested team was willing the outstanding 19-year-old to meet the price Millar had set, a would set the club up as a scenario that many will see as an serious contender in the notopportunity lost. too-distant future.

“It’s only a missed opportunity if Then there were those we turned down the right deal. We who were adamant that Milnever came close to what we would lar could not afford to move have considered the right deal for GREG his best player, their theory us to trade Brayden Point,” Millar MEACHEM based around the fact that said.

Point could help the club adThe Warriors GM made it clear INSIDER vance past the first round of he was asking for a combination of the playoffs, which in effect players and draft picks, with the would provide the younger players with skaters being able to contribute two seavaluable post-season experience. sons down the road.

As it turned out, of course, the Warriors “It was going to take the right one or two declined to trade their offensive whiz, al- players — players that were going to work though not due to a lack of effort on Millar’s into our plan and set us up around (the 17part. The GM admitted to Matthew Gourlie 18 season),” Millar told Gourlie. “There’s of the Moose Jaw Times-Herald earlier this some balance in terms of the quality of the week that he simply couldn’t find a trade players and the quality or quantity of the partner willing to pay the price for the Cal- picks. gary native.

“We never got close.”

“It wasn’t about making a decision if we And so the Warriors have Point’s serwere going to trade Brayden Point or not,” vices for the remainder of the season, but Millar said. “It was a case where we would that will be it. He’ll almost certainly be consider the right deal. The right deal nev- playing pro hockey in 2016-17. er came our way.

Millar, who acquired 19-year-old de-

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fenceman Josh Thrower and Patrik Maier at the deadline, is convinced Point’s presence will aid his team not only now but down the road.

“He has a big impact on the development of our young players,” Millar said.

“He plays the game the right way. He’s our best player, he’s our captain, he’s our leading scorer, he’s all of those things and he’s our hardest worker. Our guys learn from it and get better because of it every day.”

• The one big name that did move at the deadline, Cole Sanford, had his wish granted when he was dealt to the Regina Pats.

Despite being one of the Tigers’ premier players since 2013 and a 50-goal scorer last season, Sanford decided it was time for a change, although he told Regina Leader-Post sports editor Rob Vanstone that the decision had little to do with the fact Medicine Hat was looking more and more like a team that might miss the playoffs.

“I felt like I needed a fresh start and with that comes renewed energy, I think,” he said. “I don’t think there’s specifics of why I felt I had to move on. It was a group decision with my family and my agent that maybe this would be the right move for me.”

Sanford insisted he left the Tigers with no hard feelings.

“I owe a lot to Medicine Hat,” he said. “I spent 3 ½ really good years there and got better every year. I got a good opportunity there and I’m grateful for that, but I’m really excited about having a new start and playing for the Pats.” gmeachem@reddeeradvocate.com

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Raptors edge Magic in London

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS Raptors 106 Magic 103 (OT) LONDON — The Toronto Raptors are becoming accustomed to putting in extra effort on their trans-Atlantic trips.

Kyle Lowry scored 24 points, Cory Joseph had 19 and the Raptors won their fourth straight game Thursday, holding off the Orlando Magic 106-103 before a sold-out crowd at London’s O2 Arena.

“We’ve been in situations like this before,” Lowry said of the tense finish. “We’re not going to panic.”

The last time the Raptors (25-15) visited London, back in March, 2011, they lost in triple overtime to the Nets, a see-saw game that saw DeMar DeRozan and former Raptors centre Andrea Bargnani both miss last-second shots.

This time, DeRozan had 13 points and 11 rebounds as the Raptors avenged a Nov. 6 loss in Orlando that spoiled Toronto’s franchise-best 5-0 start.

“That’s a well-coached team,” Lowry said of the Magic. “They play so hard. We feel good to beat a team that’s that good, that talented and that wellcoached.”

Seven Raptors reached double figures, with Jonas Valanciunas scoring 13, and Bismack Biyombo, Patrick Patterson and Luis Scola each getting 11.

Asked whether he’d suffered from jet-lag and fatigue, Lowry looked at the stat sheet and noted that he and DeRozan had combined to shoot 9 for 39, then crumpled the page and tossed it in a nearby trash can.

“No excuses,” he said with a chuckle.

Joseph had no such issues, connecting on nine of 11 attempts.

“Cory came off the bench with some juice,” coach Dwane Casey said.

Joseph said he enjoyed playing in front of the loud London fans.

“It was definitely a little bit different,” Joseph said. “The atmosphere was great. It felt like a playoff game.”

Victor Oladipo scored 27 points and Evan Fournier had 21 as Orlando (20-19) lost for the sixth time in seven games.

Nikola Vucevic had 17 points and 11 rebounds for the Magic, while Tobias Harris had 16 points and 11 boards. Canadian Andrew Nicholson came off the bench for the Magic, scoring six points in three minutes.

Two free throws by Lowry put Toronto up 105100 with 43 seconds left in overtime, but Oladipo answered with a three-pointer. After a missed shot

by Lowry, he redeemed himself by stealing the ball from Oladipo and drawing a foul from Harris. Lowry

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Orlando Magic’s Victor Oladipo, right, attempts to block Toronto Raptors guard Kyle Lowry during the second half of an NBA game, at the O2 arena in London, Thursday. Raptors won the game in overtime, 106103. made one of two, making it a three-point game.

“I gave up (Oladipo’s) three so I had to do something to get it back,” Lowry said.

“It was a big play by a big player,” Joseph said of Lowry’s vital steal.

Vucevic saw his last-second shot from near the halfway line bounce off the rim, giving Toronto a hard-earned win.

The wild finish came after the Raptors gave up an 11-point lead in the final 7:34 of the fourth quarter, with Oladipo’s jumper tying it at 96-96 with 32 seconds to go.

After a missed shot by Lowry, Oladipo had a chance to win it for Orlando, but missed a 21-foot jumper with seven tenths of a second remaining.

After a replay review to determine possession,

the Magic got the ball under Toronto’s basket. Harris inbounded the ball to Jason Smith, but his shot bounced off the rim, sending the game to overtime.

Following a trio of pre-game anthems, Lowry and Vucevic stood side by side at centre court and thanked the London crowd for coming out to the game.

One of four European-born players, Lithuania’s Valanciunas received the loudest cheer during introductions. The others were Fournier, from France, Vucevic, representing Montenegro, and Magic forward Mario Hezonja, from Croatia.

The game attracted a large number of celebrities, including retired heavyweight boxer Lennox Lewis, Montreal Impact striker Didier Drogba, actor Michael B. Jordan and chef Gordon Ramsey.

Singh tied for early lead at Waialae

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PGA TOUR

HONOLULU — Vijay Singh had his best opening round in more than three years, good enough for a five-way share of the lead Thursday in the Sony Open.

And it was just enough to beat players in his own age group.

Singh, who turns 53 next month and could be the oldest PGA Tour winner in history with a victory at Waialae, narrowly missed an 8-foot eagle putt on his final hole and still posted his best score in 19 years playing the Sony Open.

Brandt Snedeker and Kevin Kisner caught him in the afternoon. Snedeker holed out a long chip for eagle on the short par-4 10th and made two birdies late on the back nine. Kisner got upand-down from a bunker for a birdie on the par-5 18th.

Ricky Barnes, winless in 205 starts on the PGA Tour as a pro, and Morgan Hoffmann also shot 63 in the morning.

Zach Johnson, Charles Howell III and Si Woo Kim were one shot out of the lead.

Even so, it was difficult to ignore the performance of the seniors in the opening round.

Fred Funk, who turns 60 this summer, made a late bid for the lead until

a bogey on the 16th hole. He wound up with a 65. Davis Love III, who won the Wyndham Champion last August at age 51, birdied the last hole for a 66.

Singh, Funk and Love are sticking around next week for the Champions Tour season opener on the Big Island.

It will be three straight weeks in paradise for Love, who opened his new year on Kapalua in the Hyundai Tournament of Champions.

Jerry Kelly is nearly in that group at age 49. He shot 65 in the morning and saw Funk headed to the first tee in the afternoon.

“He says, ‘Hey, for the old guys, play good.’ I go, ‘What did you shoot?’ He said 5 (under),” Funk said.

Kelly told him that was two shots behind Singh.

“Yeah, the old guys are showing they can do it,” Funk said.

So can the younger set.

Snedeker started his year at Kapalua with a new golf ball and a new driver, found something in his setup over the weekend and closed with 6567 to tie for third. Kisner played in the final group on Saturday, found a slight glitch in his swing caused by wind and figured it out over the last two days.

CURLING

lone men’s game at the Orleans Arena.

Alina Paetz of Switzerland dumped Erika Brown of the United States 8-2 and Eve Muirhead of Scotland played Rachel Homan of Ottawa to an 8-8 tie.

Each team picked up 1 ½ points.

The first team to reach 30 ½ points in the four-day competition will win.

Mixed doubles is set for later Thursday, followed by another round of team competition.

A similar format will be used on Friday and Saturday ahead of skins game play Sunday.

Teams split early matches at Continental Cup LAS VEGAS — Team World and Team North America split their opening games Thursday in the team competition at the Continental Cup. Kevin Koe of Calgary defeated Thomas Ulsrud of Norway 9-5 in the

CFL

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monton Eskimos on Thursday as part of first-year head coach Jason Maas’ staff. Benevides has spent 15 years coaching in the CFL, including three as the B.C. Lions head coach (2012-14).

Benevides began his CFL career as a defensive assistant with the Calgary Stampeders in 2000 before joining the Lions as their special-teams co-ordinator and linebackers coach. He became B.C.’s defensive co-ordinator in 2011 while continuing to coach the club’s linebackers.

Benevides spent last season as a football analyst with TSN.

Kisner won the final PGA Tour event of 2015 and finished ninth at Kapalua despite his 71-71 weekend.

And he’s right back in the mix.

“I really didn’t work on much on off-season,” Kisner said. “We stayed with our plan, and the game has been great. I was striping it today, and that’s what you need to do at this place.”

Snedeker wouldn’t know. He hasn’t been to Waialae in eight years and left with a bad taste in his mouth. That was in 2008, when the PGA Tour started a policy that when more than 78 players made the cut, the cut would be closest number of players to 70. It later was changed to a Saturday cut to help trim the field.

“I’m glad I came back,” he said. “It’s a good golf course for me.”

Singh won the Sony Open in 2005 when he was No. 1 in the world, a year after the former Masters and PGA champion turned in a nine-win season on the PGA Tour. But he hasn’t won since the Deutsche Bank Championship in 2008, which effectively wrapped up the FedEx Cup. The big Fijian has been around long enough to realize that a good start is nothing more than that.

“I’ve been playing really well,” he said.

“I just haven’t produced the scores.

I feel I’m playing well, and see what the next three days bring.”

It helped to hole some long putts, and Singh knocked in a 50-footer for birdie on his third hole. He added a pair of 20-foot birdie putts and a 30-foot birdie putt. More than a good day on the greens, and some solid scrambling at the start, was a book.

He said his body feels better than it has in years, which certainly helps.

But he found a book that he has carried with him for the last 20 years that he began reading.

“I haven’t read it for the last 10 years,” he said.

“So I picked it up yesterday and started reading a few things that I’ve been doing, and it’s just a different mindset. Golf swing has been the same (so) become a lot more aggressive this year. That’s the plan, to attack the golf course instead of just trying to put it in the fairway and trying to make a good swing.”

The name of the book?

“I can’t tell you,” he said. “I’d have to kill you.”

Yes, he laughed.

Jimmy Walker opened with a 69 in his bid to win the Sony Open for the third straight year.

SCOREBOARD Local Sports • College basketball: Medicine Hat at RDC, women at 6 p.m., men to follow.

Peewee AA hockey: Red Deer Parkland at Red Deer TBS, 6 p.m., Collicutt Centre.

• WHL: Red Deer at Brandon, 6:30 p.m.

(The Drive).

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

• Midget AA hockey: West Central at Red Deer Elks, 8 p.m., Arena.

• Chinook senior AAA hockey: Fort Saskatchewan at Innisfail, 8:30 p.m.

• Heritage junior B hockey: Blackfalds at Three Hills, 8:30 p.m.

Saturday • College basketball: Medicine Hat at RDC, women at 1 p.m., men to follow.

• Minor midget AAA hockey: Calgary Blackhawks at Red Deer Strata Energy, 2 p.m., Arena.

• Peewee AA hockey: Okotoks Black at Central Alberta, 2:45 p.m., Clive.

• Major midget girls hockey: Spruce Grove at Red Deer, 4:45 p.m., Collicutt Centre.

• Bantam AA hockey: Red Deer Steel Kings at West Central, 5:30 p.m., Sylvan Lake.

• WHL: Red Deer at Swift Current, 6 p.m.

(The Drive).

• College women’s hockey: Olds College at RDC, 8 p.m., Arena.

Sunday • Major bantam hockey: Airdrie at Red Deer, 11:30 a.m., Arena.

• Minor midget AAA hockey: Calgary Blue at Red Deer Strata Energy, noon, Arena.

• Peewee AA hockey: West Central at Red Deer TBS, 1:30 p.m., Kinex; Airdrie at Central Alberta, 3 p.m., Lacombe.

• Bantam AA hockey: West Central at Red Deer Steel Kings, 1:45 p.m., Kinsmen A. • Major midge girls hockey: Lloydminster at Red Deer, 2:15 p.m., Collicutt Centre.

• Heritage junior B hockey: Cochrane at Ponoka, 2:30 p.m.; Airdrie at Three Hills, 3 p.m.; Stettler at Blackfalds, 3:30 p.m.

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

• Men’s basketball: Grandview vs. NWS, Washed up Warriors vs. Chillibongs, Alken Basin vs. Triple A Batteries, 4:15 p.m.; Carstar vs. Monstars, Wells Furniture vs.

Subaru, Henry’s Eavestroughing vs. The D Leaguers, 5:30 p.m.; all games at Lindsay Thurber.

• Midget AA hockey: Red Deer Indy Graphics at Red Deer Elks, 5:30 p.m., Arena.

Pittsburgh at Denver, 2:30 p.m.

NFL Playoffs

Conference Championships Sunday, Jan. 24 AFC, 2:05 p.m.

NFC, 4:40 p.m.

Wild-card Playoffs Saturday, Jan. 9 Kansas City 30, Houston 0 Pittsburgh 18, Cincinnati 16 Sunday, Jan. 10 Seattle 10, Minnesota 9 Green Bay 35, Washington 18

Super Bowl Sunday, Feb. 7 At Santa Clara, Calif.

TBD, 4:30 p.m.

West Division W L Pct. GF GA GB 2 0 1.000 32 29 — 1 0 1.000 10 8 .5 0 1 .000 7 17 1.5

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WEEK THREE Thursday’s game Rochester 12, Toronto 7 Friday’s games Calgary at New England, 5 p.m.

Vancouver at Saskatchewan, 6:30 p.m.

Saturday, Jan. 16 Toronto at Rochester, 5:30 p.m.

Buffalo at Colorado, 7 p.m.

Sunday, Jan. 17 New England at Georgia, 12:05 p.m.

Soccer English Premier League GP W D L GF Arsenal 21 13 4 4 37 Leicester City 21 12 7 2 38 Manchester City 21 12 4 5 39 Tottenham 21 9 9 3 34 West Ham 21 9 8 4 33 Man. United 21 9 7 5 27 Stoke 21 9 5 7 24 Crystal Palace 21 9 4 8 23 Liverpool 21 8 7 6 25 Watford 21 8 5 8 25 Everton 21 6 10 5 36 Southampton 21 7 6 8 28 West Brom 21 7 6 8 22 Chelsea 21 6 6 9 28 Norwich 21 6 5 10 24 Bournemouth 21 5 6 10 23 Swansea 21 4 7 10 19 Sunderland 21 5 3 13 26 Newcastle 21 4 6 11 22 Aston Villa 21 2 5 14 17

GA Pts 21 43 25 43 21 40 17 36 24 35 20 34 22 32 20 31 27 31 24 29 29 28 24 27 27 27 31 24 35 23 37 21 30 19 41 18 38 18 37 11

Tuesday, Jan. 12 Aston Villa 1, Crystal Palace 0 Bournemouth 1, West Ham 3 Newcastle 3, Manchester United 3 Wednesday, Jan. 13 Chelsea 2, West Brom 2 Manchester City 0, Everton 0 Southampton 2, Watford 0 Stoke 3, Norwich 1 Swansea 2, Sunderland 4 Liverpool 3, Arsenal 3 Tottenham 0, Leicester City 1 Saturday, Jan. 16 Tottenham vs. Sunderland, 1245 GMT Bournemouth vs. Norwich, 1500 GMT Chelsea vs. Everton, 1500 GMT Manchester City vs. Crystal Palace, 1500 GMT Newcastle vs. West Ham, 1500 GMT Southampton vs. West Brom, 1500 GMT Aston Villa vs. Leicester City, 1730 GMT

Sunday, Jan. 17 Liverpool vs. Manchester United, 1405 GMT Stoke vs. Arsenal, 1615 GMT Monday, Jan. 18 Swansea vs. Watford, 2000 GMT England League Cup SEMIFINAL First Leg Tuesday, Jan. 5 Stoke 0, Liverpool 1 Wednesday, Jan. 6 Everton 2, Manchester City 1 Second Leg Tuesday, Jan. 26 Liverpool vs. Stoke, 1945 GMT Wednesday, Jan. 27 Manchester City vs. Everton, 1945 GMT England FA Cup THIRD ROUND Sunday, Jan. 10 Oxford United 3, Swansea City 2 Chelsea 2, Scunthorpe 0 Tottenham 2, Leicester 2 Cardiff 0, Shrewsbury Town 1 Carlisle United 2, Yeovil Town 2 in Blackpool Monday, Jan. 18 Newport County vs. Blackburn, 1915 GMT Tuesday, Jan. 19 Aston Villa vs. Wycombe Wanderers, 1945 GMT Bradford City vs. Bury, 1945 GMT Bristol City vs. West Bromwich Albion, 1945 GMT MK Dons vs. Northampton Town, 1945 GMT Portsmouth vs. Ipswich, 1945 GMT Yeovil Town vs. Carlisle United, 1945 GMT Bolton vs. Eastleigh, 2000 GMT Reading vs. Huddersfield Town, 2000 GMT Wednesday, Jan. 20 Leicester vs. Tottenham, 1945 GMT Liverpool vs. Exeter City, 2000 GMT

Transactions Thursday’s Sports Transactions BASEBALL Major League Baseball LEAGUE — Named Josh Alkin vice-president, government relations.

National League SAN DIEGO — Agreed to terms with RHP Carlos Villanueva on a one-year contract. Selected the contract of LHP Ryan Buchter to the 40-man roster.

Granted RHP Marcos Mateo his release so he can play in Japan next season. Named Rod Barajas manager of El Paso (PCL), Phil Wellman manager, Johnny Washington hitting coach and Dan Byrne strength coach of San Antonio (TL), Francisco Morales manager and Mike McCoy coach of Lake Elsinore (Cal), Anthony Contreras manager, Raul Padron coach, Mitch Mattoon trainer and Drew Heithoff strength coach of Fort Wayne (MWL), Brandon Wood manager, Oscar Bernard hitting coach and Vinny Lopez coach of Tri-City (NWL), Michael Collins manager, Doug Banks hitting coach and Pete Zamora pitching coach of the AZL Padres and Nelson Cruz pitching coach and Dan Hayes strength coach of the DSL Padres.

FOOTBALL National Football League INDIANAPOLIS — Named Jim Herrmann linebackers coach and Darren Krein strength and conditioning coach. Announced offensive line coach Hal Hunter will not be retained.

MINNESOTA — Named Tony Sparano offensive line coach.

N.Y. GIANTS — Named Ben McAdoo coach.

SAN FRANCISCO — Named Chip Kelly coach.

WASHINGTON — Signed LB Willie Jefferson to a reserve/future contract.

Canadian Football League EDMONTON — Named Mike Benevides assistant head coach/defensive co-ordinator.

HOCKEY National Hockey League LEAGUE — Fined New Jersey F Jordin Tootoo $2,000 for diving/embellishment.

BUFFALO — Assigned G Linus Ullmark to Rochester (AHL). Recalled G Robin Lehner from a conditioning assignment at Rochester.

DETROIT — Reassigned D Richard Nedomlel from

GA 126 136 136 154 172 144

Pt 56 54 50 44 35 29

Sunday, January 17 Kamloops at Edmonton, 6 p.m.

Monday, January 18 Saskatoon at Everett, 3:05 p.m.

Vancouver at Portland, 4 p.m.

Dallas Chicago St. Louis

GP 44 46 47

Los Angeles Arizona San Jose

GP 42 43 41

Minnesota Colorado Nashville Vancouver Anaheim Winnipeg Calgary Edmonton

GP 43 45 44 44 42 44 42 44

W 29 29 25

L OL 11 4 13 4 15 7

GF 149 131 117

GA 116 107 118

Pt 62 62 57

Pacific Division W L OL GF 27 12 3 112 22 16 5 122 21 18 2 118

GA 92 131 113

Pt 57 49 44

GA 102 127 123 124 100 129 129 131

Pt 52 47 46 44 43 43 42 38

WHL Scoring Leaders CENTRAL DIVISION GP W L OTLSOL GF Lethbridge 43 31 12 0 0 187 Red Deer 44 29 13 1 1 167 Calgary 44 26 16 1 1 146 Edmonton 43 17 21 5 0 119 Medicine Hat 42 16 22 3 1 138 Kootenay 44 8 33 3 0 89

GA 128 128 137 140 166 187

Pt 62 60 54 39 36 19

WESTERN CONFERENCE B.C. DIVISION GP W L OTLSOL GF Kelowna 42 29 10 3 0 154 Prince George 43 26 15 1 1 147 Victoria 44 25 15 1 3 146 Kamloops 42 21 14 4 3 147 Vancouver 43 17 21 3 2 130

GA 121 124 111 129 149

Pt 61 54 54 49 39

U.S. DIVISION GP W L OTLSOL GF 40 24 12 2 2 111 40 22 15 3 0 126 41 19 17 3 2 132 41 20 19 2 0 138 42 17 23 2 0 133

GA 89 120 142 134 162

Pt 52 47 43 42 36

Everett Seattle Spokane Portland Tri-City

Wednesday’s results Lethbridge 5 Swift Current 2 Red Deer 1 Moose Jaw 0 (OT) Medicine Hat 6 Kamloops 5 (SO) Prince Albert 3 Edmonton 1 Regina at Portland, late Seattle at Prince George, late Saskatoon at Spokane, late

Adam Brooks, Reg Tyson Baillie, Kel Brayden Burke, Let Ivan Nikolishin, RD Reid Gardiner, P.A. Dryden Hunt, MJ Parker Bowles, TC Devante Stephens, Spo Alex Forsberg, Vic Giorgio Estephan, Let Egor Babenko, Let Collin Shirley, Kam Tyler Wong, Let Justin Gutierrez, Let Nolan Patrick, Bra Cameron Hebig, Sas Brayden Point, MJ Andrew Nielsen, Let Brett Pollock, Edm Mathew Barzal, Sea Jesse Gabrielle, PG Chase Witala, PG Jonathon Martin, SC Matthew Phillips, Vic

G 26 26 14 26 27 27 24 17 17 23 22 26 26 22 15 20 19 10 17 12 27 26 24 22

A 43 40 50 36 33 33 32 37 37 30 29 24 24 27 34 27 28 37 29 34 18 19 21 23

Pts 69 66 64 62 60 60 56 54 54 53 51 50 50 49 49 47 47 47 46 46 45 45 45 45

NHL Eastern Conference Atlantic Division GP W L OL GF 44 26 13 5 118 44 23 14 7 110 44 23 18 3 123

GA 98 114 109

Pt 57 53 49

Metropolitan Division GP W L OL GF Washington 43 33 7 3 143 NY Islanders 44 24 15 5 122 NY Rangers 43 23 15 5 124

GA 91 110 113

Pt 69 53 51

GA 102 113 121 110 103 135 110 115 117 145

Pt 48 47 47 47 46 46 45 39 38 36

Florida Detroit Montreal

Tampa Bay Boston Carolina New Jersey Pittsburgh Ottawa Philadelphia Toronto Buffalo Columbus

GP 43 42 45 45 42 44 41 41 43 45

WILD CARD W L OL 22 17 4 21 16 5 20 18 7 21 19 5 20 16 6 20 18 6 19 15 7 16 18 7 17 22 4 16 25 4

GF 111 126 109 99 99 120 94 105 100 114

Western Conference Central Division

WILD CARD W L OL 22 13 8 22 20 3 19 17 8 17 17 10 18 17 7 20 21 3 20 20 2 17 23 4

GF 113 128 113 106 82 117 115 108

Wednesday’s results Columbus 3 Toronto 1 Philadelphia 3 Boston 2 Calgary 6 Florida 0 Anaheim 4 Ottawa 1 Thursday’s results Washington 4 Vancouver 1 NY Islanders 3 NY Rangers 1 Chicago 2 Montreal 1 Carolina 4 St. Louis 1 Winnipeg 5 Nashville 4 (OT) Detroit 3 Arizona 2 (OT) Colorado 3 New Jersey 0 Edmonton at San Jose, late Friday’s games Chicago at Toronto, 5 p.m.

Vancouver at Carolina, 5 p.m.

Boston at Buffalo, 5 p.m.

Pittsburgh at Tampa Bay, 5:30 p.m.

Winnipeg at Minnesota, 6 p.m.

Dallas at Anaheim, 8 p.m.

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

New Jersey at Arizona, 12 p.m.

Ottawa at Los Angeles, 2 p.m.

Colorado at Columbus, 5 p.m.

Montreal at St. Louis, 5 p.m.

Washington at Buffalo, 5 p.m.

Toronto at Boston, 5 p.m.

Minnesota at Nashville, 6 p.m.

Calgary at Edmonton, 8 p.m.

Dallas at San Jose, 8:30 p.m.

Sunday’s games Carolina at Pittsburgh, 1 p.m.

Vancouver at NY Islanders, 2 p.m.

Florida at Tampa Bay, 3 p.m.

NY Rangers at Washington, 3 p.m.

Montreal at Chicago, 4 p.m.

Philadelphia at Detroit, 4:30 p.m.

Los Angeles at Anaheim, 7 p.m.

Basketball

Lacrosse National Lacrosse League East Division GP W L Pct. GF GA GB New England 1 1 0 1.000 17 7 — Buffalo 1 1 0 1.000 10 9 — Georgia 2 1 1 .500 27 23 .5 Rochester 2 1 1 .500 26 23 .5 Toronto 2 0 2 .000 14 24 1.5

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

Kelowna at Victoria, 8:05 p.m.

Seattle at Everett, 8:05 p.m.

Saturday’s games Red Deer at Swift Current, 6 p.m.

Edmonton at Calgary, 6 p.m.

Prince George at Vancouver, 6 p.m.

Moose Jaw at Brandon, 6:30 p.m.

Prince Albert at Lethbridge, 7 p.m.

Medicine Hat at Kootenay, 7 p.m.

Saskatoon at Portland, 8 p.m.

Pro Bowl Sunday, Jan. 31 At Honolulu Team Rice vs. Team Irvin, 5 p.m.

Divisional Playoffs Saturday, Jan. 16 Kansas City at New England, 2:35 p.m.

Green Bay at Arizona, 6:15 p.m.

Sunday, Jan. 17 Seattle at Carolina, 11:05 a.m.

WHL EASTERN CONFERENCE EAST DIVISION GP W L OTLSOL GF Brandon 42 26 12 2 2 162 Prince Albert 43 25 14 3 1 145 Moose Jaw 43 22 15 5 1 149 Regina 43 19 18 3 3 139 Saskatoon 42 16 23 3 0 129 Swift Current 43 12 26 4 1 101

Friday’s games Calgary at Swift Current, 6 p.m.

Red Deer at Brandon, 6:30 p.m.

Kamloops at Lethbridge, 7 p.m.

Prince Albert at Kootenay, 7 p.m.

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

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

Kelowna at Victoria, 8:05 p.m.

Portland at Spokane, 8:05 p.m.

Everett at Vancouver, 8:30 p.m.

Regina at Seattle, 8:35 p.m.

Football

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Hockey

Today

Colorado Saskatchewan Vancouver

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Grand Rapids (AHL) to Toledo (ECHL).

NASHVILLE — Assigned F Cody Hodgson to Milwaukee (AHL). Acquired D Patrick Mullen from Ottawa for D Conor Allen.

NEW JERSEY — Activated F Tuomo Ruutu off injured reserve.

PHILADELPHIA — Assigned D Jesper Pettersson from Lehigh Valley (AHL) to Reading (ECHL).

American Hockey League HARTFORD WOLF PACK — Returned F Alex Krushelnyski to Utah (ECHL).

ECHL READING ROYALS — Released G Nick Niedert as emergency backup.

Southern Professional Hockey League PEORIA RIVERMEN — Announced the resignation of assistant general manager for corporate partnerships Mickey Gray to become the vice-president for business and hockey operations with Roanoke.

SOCCER Major League Soccer CHICAGO FIRE — Traded the rights to M Jack Harrison to New York City FC for their 2016 firstround (No. 4) draft pick. Acquired a 2016 first- (No. 12), second- (No. 22) picks and No. 2 ranking in allocation order from Colorado for a 2016 first (No. 15), second- (No. 33) and No. 1 ranking in allocation order. Traded their 2016 first-round (No. 15) and general allocation money to Seattle for D Joevin Jones.

COLORADO RAPIDS — Traded their 2016 firstround (No. 2) draft pick to Philadelphia for allocation money and a player to be named.

FC DALLAS — Acquired a 2016 second-round (No. 33) draft pick from Colorado for 2016 second- (No. 37) and third-round (No. 58) draft picks.

D.C. United — Acquired a 2016 first-round (No. 11) draft pick from Sporting Kansas City for targeted allocation money.

LA GALAXY — Signed Fs Mike Magee and Jose Villareal, D Robbie Rogers and M Rafael Garcia.

Traded their 2016 first-round (No. 12) draft pick to Colorado for targeted allocation money. Acquired F Emmanuel Boateng from Helsingsborg IF (Sweden).

ORLANDO CITY — Acquired a 2016 first-round (No. 13) draft pick from D.C. United for targeted allocation money and a 2016 second-round (No. 32) draft pick.

National Basketball Association EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct GB Toronto 25 15 .625 — Boston 20 19 .513 4 New York 20 21 .488 5 Brooklyn 11 28 .282 13 Philadelphia 4 37 .098 21

Memphis Houston New Orleans 1/2 1/2 1/2 1/2

Atlanta Miami Orlando Washington Charlotte

Southeast Division W L Pct 23 16 .590 22 17 .564 20 19 .513 18 19 .486 18 20 .474

GB — 1 3 4 4 1/2

Cleveland Chicago Indiana Detroit Milwaukee

Central Division W L Pct 27 10 .730 23 15 .605 22 17 .564 21 18 .538 16 25 .390

GB — 4 1/2 6 7 13

WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division W L Pct GB San Antonio 35 6 .854 — Dallas 22 18 .550 12 1/2

Oklahoma City Utah Portland Denver Minnesota

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

22 21 12

19 .537 19 .525 26 .316

13 13 1/2 21 1/2

Northwest Division W L Pct 28 12 .700 17 22 .436 17 24 .415 15 24 .385 12 28 .300

GB — 10 1/2 11 1/2 12 1/2 16

Pacific Division W L Pct 36 3 .923 26 13 .667 16 23 .410 13 27 .325 9 31 .225

GB — 10 20 23 1/2 27 1/2

Thursday’s Games Toronto 106, Orlando 103, OT Chicago 115, Philadelphia 111, OT San Antonio 99, Cleveland 95 Memphis 103, Detroit 101 Sacramento 103, Utah 101 L.A. Lakers at Golden State, late Friday’s Games Minnesota at Oklahoma City, 5 p.m.

Washington at Indiana, 5 p.m.

Portland at Brooklyn, 5:30 p.m.

Phoenix at Boston, 5:30 p.m.

Dallas at Chicago, 6 p.m.

Charlotte at New Orleans, 6 p.m.

Atlanta at Milwaukee, 6 p.m.

Miami at Denver, 7 p.m.

Cleveland at Houston, 7:30 p.m.

Wednesday’s Games Washington 106, Milwaukee 101 Charlotte 107, Atlanta 84 Brooklyn 110, New York 104 Houston 107, Minnesota 104 Oklahoma City 108, Dallas 89 Boston 103, Indiana 94 Denver 112, Golden State 110 New Orleans 109, Sacramento 97 Portland 99, Utah 85 L.A. Clippers 104, Miami 90

Saturday’s Games Milwaukee at Charlotte, 5 p.m.

Portland at Philadelphia, 5:30 p.m.

Golden State at Detroit, 5:30 p.m.

Boston at Washington, 5:30 p.m.

Brooklyn at Atlanta, 5:30 p.m.

New York at Memphis, 6 p.m.

L.A. Lakers at Utah, 7 p.m.

Sacramento at L.A. Clippers, 8:30 p.m.

Lucas Glover John Senden Davis Love III Robert Garrigus Tim Wilkinson Johnson Wagner Seung-Yul Noh Emiliano Grillo Chez Reavie Boo Weekley Bronson Burgoon Jamie Lovemark Shawn Stefani Michael Thompson Ryo Ishikawa Daniel Berger Brendon de Jonge Daniel Summerhays Spencer Levin James Hahn Jason Dufner K.J. Choi Webb Simpson D.H. Lee Brian Harman Adam Scott Kyle Stanley Satoshi Kodaira Whee Kim Chad Campbell Francesco Molinari Marc Leishman Rory Sabbatini Harris English Jim Herman Tyrone Van Aswegen

Patton Kizzire Sung Kang Nick Mason Steve Wheatcroft Roberto Castro Brian Gay Peter Malnati Camilo Villegas Steve Stricker Fabian Gomez William McGirt Yusaku Miyazato Cameron Smith Greg Owen J.J. Henry Ben Crane Russell Henley Stewart Cink Nick Taylor Jimmy Walker Erik Compton Kyle Reifers Dawie van der Walt Hao Tong Li Derek Fathauer Harold Varner III John Huh Justin Thomas Ben Martin Graeme McDowell Jason Gore Jeff Overton Mark Hubbard Brett Stegmaier Scott Stallings Kevin Na

Golf PGA Tour-Sony Open Thursday At Waialae Country Club Honolulu Purse: $5.8 million Yardage: 7,044 Par 70 (35-35) First Round a-denotes amateur Ricky Barnes 31-32—63 Vijay Singh 31-32—63 Morgan Hoffmann 30-33—63 Kevin Kisner 31-32—63 Brandt Snedeker 32-31—63 Si Woo Kim 32-32—64 Zach Johnson 31-33—64 Charles Howell III 32-32—64 Shane Bertsch 31-34—65 Sean O’Hair 32-33—65 Luke Donald 31-34—65 Jerry Kelly 33-32—65 David Hearn 32-33—65 Zac Blair 31-34—65 Scott Piercy 33-32—65 David Lingmerth 33-32—65 Fred Funk 32-33—65 Colt Knost 31-34—65 Tony Finau 34-31—65 Hudson Swafford 32-34—66 Steven Bowditch 34-32—66 Ryan Palmer 31-35—66 Padraig Harrington 34-32—66 Danny Lee 34-32—66 Tim Clark 34-32—66 Gary Woodland 33-33—66 Daisuke Kataoka 31-35—66 Hideto Tanihara 33-33—66

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Sakiewicz looks to grow lacrosse as new NLL commissioner

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — Nick Sakiewicz is determined to grow the sport of lacrosse.

The newly named commissioner of the National Lacrosse League is still learning the sport, but he’s ready to apply the lessons he’s learned in more than 20 years as an executive in Major League Soccer, most recently as a founder of the Philadelphia Union franchise.

Sakiewicz, who’s in Toronto on Thursday to watch the Rock’s home opener against the Rochester Knighthawks, knows what his mandate is as NLL commissioner.

“Big picture: we have nine teams, we want to grow the league,” said Sakiewicz in a phone interview with The Canadian Press on Wednesday. “We want to make it a bigger footprint, spread the game into more markets so that can help us drive a better television footprint for broadcast partners. We want to enhance our broadcast partnerships with FOX, ESPN and TSN. We want to take those to another level and enhance those and be more relevant on linear TV.” Sakiewicz, who was announced as commis-

sioner on Jan. 9, also pointed to a need for an improved website, create a mobile app and make better use of online videos to better market the NLL to young fans.

Although the nine-team league, which has Canadian franchises in Toronto, Saskatchewan, Calgary and Vancouver, hopes to expand, Sakiewicz doesn’t want the NLL to make hasty decisions.

“We’re not going to expand for the sake of expanding,” he said. “We’re not just going to put notches in our belt like we’ve got another team in another city. We’re going to be very careful, very strategic, we’re going to bring in owners that are every bit as committed as the nine that we have now and make it a real exclusive club of good owners, great markets and venues that we can play the game in.”

Franchise relocation has been common in the NLL. In the off-season, the champion Edmonton Rush moved to Saskatchewan, playing in Saskatoon, while the Minnesota Swarm moved to Georgia.

In the 2014 off-season the Philadelphia Wings one of the league’s original teams moved to Uncasville, Conn., and became the New England Black Wolves.

MAJOR BANTAM HOCKEY Jace Paarup erupted for four goals Wednesday to help the visiting Red Deer Rebels earn a 6-6 Alberta Major Bantam Hockey League draw with the Calgary Northstar Sabres.

Cade Mason and Griffen Ryder also scored for Red Deer,

while Deegan Moffard, Kyle Gerrits and Ronan Seeley each picked up three assists.

Bretton Park made 26 saves for the Rebels, who were outshot 34-32 and were assessed five of 12 minor penalties.

JV BASKETBALL

RINGETTE

Jonrick Tubungbanua netted 18 points to lead 5-0 Lacombe past Notre Dame 82-52 in JV boys basketball play Wednesday.

Carter McLenahan added 12 points for the winners, while the host Cougars, who fell to 4-1, got 11 from Leigh Pico.

Lacombe beat Notre Dame 39-38 in the girls contest.

The Central Alberta U14AA Sting, with Tory Towers turning in a hat-trick performance, downed the previously undefeated Leduc U16A squad 7-6 in ringette action Wednesday.

Carly Cherniak, Hanna Gill, Megan Grubb and Sydney Schnoor each scored once for the winners, who had Gracie Setters in goal.

RED DEER ADVOCATE Friday, Jan. 15, 2016 B5

Patriots-Chiefs a showcase for tight ends

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Travis Kelce has always been competitive, whether it was on the playground as a kid, the Cleveland Heights football field in high school, or inside Nippert Stadium at the University of Cincinnati.

It didn’t change when he was drafted by the Kansas City Chiefs, either.

If anything, the tight end became even more competitive, setting a goal to be the best player at his position in the NFL. And on Saturday, he’ll have his biggest platform yet to state his case when the Chiefs visit the New England Patriots in the divisional round of the playoffs.

On the other sideline? Rob Gronkowski, considered to be the best tight end in the game.

“I have no control over what that guy does. He has no control over what I do,” Kelce said.

“Rob’s been an outstanding tight end, needless to say — all the stuff he’s been able to do in the league. But we’re in a single elimination game. I have no focus or care for what that offence does.”

Nor does Gronkowski care what the Kansas City offence does. Both tight ends are focused on beating the opposing defence, not beating each other in catches or yards or touchdowns.

It sure is an interesting game within the game, though.

Gronkowski was the Patriots’ leading receiver with 1,176 yards this season, while Kelce was the Chiefs’ second-leading receiver with 875. That put both of them in the top four in the AFC among tight ends, with Gronkowski at the peak of the ladder and Kelce just a few rungs below.

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The Patriots’ Rob Gronkowski (right) and Chiefs’ Travis Kelce (left) won’t face each other on Saturday. Not exactly. But the two tight ends will have some bragging rights on the line as the best tight end in the game.

They are also first and fourth, respectively, in yards receiving over the past two years. But it’s Kelce who has the most yards-after-catch among tight ends over that time with 1,045. Gronkowski is next at 1,022, another example of just how closely they mirror each other.

“We see a very good tight end in practice every day, so that’s great.

Very challenging for us,” Patriots defensive co-ordinator Matt Patricia said.

“But there’s a lot of good tight ends in the league. (Kelce) is certainly one of the better ones and one of the guys that’s most productive.”

His performance in last weekend’s wild-card win over Houston proved it.

Kelce had eight catches for 128 yards, the third-most productive performance in a playoff game in franchise history.

“Kelce’s good. He’s explosive,” Patriots cornerback Patrick Chung said.

“He’s explosive, good hands, good runafter-the-catch. That’s key with him.

He’s good. He wouldn’t be in the playoffs — that team wouldn’t be in the playoffs — if he wasn’t good.”

All of those descriptors of Kelce just as accurately apply to Gronkowski, and for good reason: The Patriots tight end has become the mould for all tight ends that have followed him.

He’s big and rangy and physical, but he also has enough speed to stretch defences. He is a matchup nightmare

for a safety, and virtually impossible to defend for a cornerback. Yet when asked to put his hand in the dirt and block in the run game, he is capable of plowing over a linebacker.

“He’s a competitor,” Chiefs safety Eric Berry said. “That along with his size and just his ability as well. But I feel like he’s a big-time competitor.

He’s going to compete.”

Chiefs offensive co-ordinator Doug Pederson was asked to consider the differences between the two tight ends. After a couple of minutes of rumination, he came away stumped.

“We use Kelce like they use Gronk.

He’s a big factor in the red zone for them,” Pederson said.

“We try to do the same things with Kelce. Thinking about both, we move our guy around, they move their guy around. It’s harder to find the cons than the pros, because we use our guy like they use theirs.”

There are subtle differences. The Chiefs use Kelce in stack and bunch formations, splitting him out with wide receivers in an attempt to disguise his routes.

Gronkowski often lines up all along in the Patriots scheme, taking advantage of the physical mismatch he presents in one-on-one coverage.

“That would be about the only difference,” Pederson said.

Both tight ends figure to factor prominently in their team’s game plans Saturday, and that should give both the perfect opportunity to prove they are the best at their position.

Notes: WR Jeremy Maclin (sprained ankle) went through warmups Thursday. So did LB Justin Houston (hyperextended knee). C Mitch Morse and RG Laurent Duvernay-Tardif still have not passed through the NFL’s concussion protocol.

Cruz set to face bantamweight champ Dillashaw

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS BOSTON — Injuries cost Dominick Cruz his UFC bantamweight title.

He’ll have a chance to regain it Sunday when he faces TJ Dillashaw in the main event of a UFC Fight Night event at the TD Garden.

“I’ve been away for a year and the UFC called me up and asked if I wanted a title shot,” Cruz said Thursday. “I said yes.”

Cruz (20-1) last fought in September 2014 when he stopped Takeya Mizugaki in the first round.

The first UFC bantamweight champion, Cruz last defended the title in October 2011 with a unanimous decision over Demetrious Johnson. After that fight, Cruz sustained a series of knee injuries and the UFC stripped him of the title.

Dillashaw (13-2) beat Renan Barao for the vacant title May 24, 2014, and

has defended it twice.

“I’ve had three ACL recoveries, where the muscle was stripped off the bone,” Cruz said. “I was down to nothing and I had to rebuild it three separate times. I also tore my quad off the bone.”

Cruz said he has completely recovered and is confident they won’t be a factor on Sunday.

“I’m going two hours at a time, nonstop,” the 30-year-old Cruz said.

“That’s a lot of time to be on your knees. In the gym, there’s a bounty for anyone who can finish me. There are a lot of hungry guys in my gym. That’s the way I want it. I don’t want anyone to go soft on me.”

The 29-year-old Dillashaw said Cruz’s injuries are not necessarily a focus of his game plan.

“If it’s there, I’ll take advantage of it,” Dillashaw said. “I’m not afraid to.

If he wants to live his legs out there I’ll take them out, I’ll kick them. It’s not something I’ll be looking for, you know.”

The fighters have engaged in a war

Chan ups the ante with second triple Axel on long program FIGURE SKATING

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS Patrick Chan is upping the ante.

On the heels of a humbling fourthplace finish at last month’s Grand Prix Final, the 25-year-old from Toronto is adding a second triple Axel to his long program, cranking up the technical difficulty for the first time in several years.

“I’m constantly trying to challenge myself to keep myself on my toes, and know that I can still do those difficult elements, because if I can’t, that’s maybe a sign that I shouldn’t be competing,” Chan said on a conference call Thursday.

“The level of difficulty of technical elements now is so much higher, so I have to stay on top of it.”

Chan, who will be gunning for his eighth title at the Canadian championships next week in Halifax, now has two quad jumps and two triple Axels in his long program — the first major increase in difficulty, he said, in three or four seasons.

Chan is making a competitive comeback after a 20-month hiatus, having walked away from the sport after his silver-medal performance at the Sochi Olympics. He opened this season with a victory at Skate Canada International, but at last month’s Grand Prix Final, a disappointing short program left him in sixth — and last — place.

It was an unfamiliar spot for the three-time world champion. He man-

aged to climb to fourth with a solid long program, and said the event was a big lesson learned.

“It was definitely a very frustrating experience… going through practices where things weren’t going right, I really felt like I’d never skated before,” he said.

“But you know what, I learned so much after the long program, being in last place going into the long program, and still being able to keep myself together, and go for it.

“I never thought I could do it, I never thought I could put myself in that situation and still succeed. So I really gained a lot of experience, and reminded myself again that this is my first year back after a while.”

Japan’s Yuzuru Hanyu, who beat Chan for gold in Sochi, was spectacular at the Final, setting world records for both the short and long programs, and overall score. Spain’s Javier Fernandez won the silver.

The natural reaction would have been to panic, Chan said. But he’s taking a patient approach, pacing himself with the 2018 Pyeongchang Olympics in mind.

“I really need to be intelligent and really understand what kind of situation I’m in and how different it is,” he said.

Chan said he’ll do some number-crunching after the world championships in Boston in March, to help determine what he needs to stay in the competitive mix with Hanyu.

“From what the numbers show, adding the second triple Axel, it closes that gap quite a bit,” Chan said.

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Bantamweight champion Holly Holm also will make her first title defence against Miesha Tate on the blockbuster show from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.

McGregor will get the chance to become just the third mixed martial artist in UFC history to win titles in two weight classes.

The Irish star won the undisputed 145-pound belt by knocking out Jose Aldo last month. One week later, Dos Anjos defended his 155-pound belt with a first-round stoppage of Donald Cerrone.

Holm stopped Ronda Rousey in November to claim her belt, and she didn’t want to wait until summer for the rematch. Instead, she will take on Tate, a veteran title contender.

of words.

“We’ve always been easygoing with each other then when the fight was announced, he turned into something else, a little trash-talker,” Dillashaw said. “He’s selling the fight, just trying his best to be relevant. He has three more days to do that. Then I’m going to retire him.”

Said Cruz, “You see how it’s changed. It went from ‘Dominick’s ter-

rible. I’m a better version of him. I’m going to knock him out in two rounds,’ to ‘I’m a martial artist. I don’t task trash.’ Well, which one is it? I never started talking trash. You did. I just finished it” In the co-main event, Anthony Pettis will face Eddie Alvarez in a non-title lightweight bout. In a heavyweight contest, Travis Brown will fight Matthew Mitrione.

Bouchard’s comeback off to strong start advancing to semis at Aussie Open tuneup

Bouchard has won both of the matchups between the players.

Bouchard, from Westmount, Que., will face third seed Dominika Cibulkova in the semifinal round of the Australian Open tune-up tournament.

Cibulkova beat Kiki Bertens of the Netherlands 7-5, 6-3 to advance.

Bouchard is looking to bounce back from a disappointing 2015 season marred by poor performances and bad luck.

Just as she was turning her season around with a string of solid performances at the U.S. Open, including a third-round win over Cibulkova, she suffered a concussion when she fell in a treatment room and had to withdraw from the Grand Slam tournament.

Once sitting as high as fifth in the world, Bouchard is currently 47th in the WTA Tour rankings.

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS HOBART, Australia — Canada’s Eugenie Bouchard advanced to the semifinals of the Hobart International tennis tournament Wednesday with a 6-3, 6-2 win over second seed Camila Giorgi.

After the start of the match was delayed by inclement weather, Bouchard came out strong and took an early 3-0 lead. Giorgi was unable to fight back from the early deficit and Bouchard cruised to victory in one hour and eight minutes.

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CIRCUS-INSPIRED FITNESS A MODERN TWIST IN EVOLVING MOVEMENT

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS VANCOUVER — Just ahead of circus artist Andralyn Zayn’s debut on the bungee trapeze, she miscommunicated with a technician in dress rehearsal and did a double-front flip straight into the bar.

Emergency room doctors didn’t diagnose a concussion, so she hauled her headache back to the venue and slathered on enough makeup to hide the cylinder-shaped bump on her forehead.

“There are no breaks, and your body isn’t your own,” said Marissa Gough, 33, one of Zayn’s circus partners.

“I have done shows where I’ve gone, vomited my guts out, got up, put my costume on, went on to stage — ‘Lahhh!’ And then went back out to vomit more.”

Both performers follow the mantra that “the show must go on,” but their athletic art form and its practical application has evolved since elephants and sparkling outfits were king under the Big Top. Gough, Zayn, and her husband, Duane Steel, run a troop called Deflying Fitness and travel across Canada and internationally training participants in circus-inspired physical feats for exercise and to improve acrobatic skills.

The team is in Vancouver until the end of February holding workshops and certification courses ranging from basic handstands and flexibility to aerial strength and acrobatic conditioning.

Zayn, 32, describes their stylized fitness classes as “the next yoga,” noting parallels with popular training methods such as CrossFit, parkour, pole dancing and bellydancing.

“It’s finding new ways that you can stay physically fit without having to do the same old regular gym stuff,” said Zayn, while stretching on the floor of a Vancouver gym.

“And once you have eaten your vegetables, then you get your dessert and you get to play with your speciality.”

Gough said training can be adapted to anyone’s abilities, but it is founded on rigour and discipline. All certification courses are recognized as continuing education credits.

“We’re fixing what the Internet has ruined in people’s handstands, or the people who learned from people who shouldn’t be teaching,” she said.

Circus-inspired fitness may appear niche, but its practitioners belong to a larger, next-level movement with established roots in Canada that has generated spinoffs.

A trend including hundreds of circus schools, troops and offshoot ventures emerged from the rising popularity of Cirque du Soleil, a world-famous entertainment company that originated in Montreal, said a spokesman for Canada’s largest circus school.

“I’d think that within the last 10 years we saw that growing slowly but surely,” said Christophe Rousseau, communications director for Ecole nationale de cirque.

“As much as the circus act and the activity of circus is popular, we are all very happy.”

It was nearly two weeks ago when Linda Ethier died after being struck by pickup truck while running home after a group run in Lacombe.

I didn’t know Linda but I was rattled by her death. Then I got pissed.

Now I don’t know CRYSTAL the circumstances RHYNO but I do know the driver was charged RUNNING WITH with careless drivRHYNO ing.

This tells me he did not see or noticed Linda too late.

It is a sad reality that runners have to face every time they step on the pavement.

We take our lives into our own hands when we choose to share the road with motorists. I know it seems a dramatic statement but it is the cold hard truth. Ask any pedestrian.

I can’t count how many times I have been forced to jump into the ditch or nearly had a heart attack because some driver did not see me or wanted to play the jerk.

It seems lately I can’t even walk on a crosswalk with confidence knowing I will make it to the other side safely.

Chances are you or someone you know has similar stories.

As it is the month for resolutions, I want to remind new runners and experienced

runners to take control of their own safety.

The one piece of advice I would give is to assume the driver does not see you or is messing around on his phone.

Be alert and engaged in your surroundings. I always err on the side of caution.

Even though the the little white man signals walk, I will wait to make damn sure the driver knows I am crossing and I will take my bloody time too.

But out of this senseless tragedy, I was reminded once again of the strength of the running community.

The Lacombe Running Club ran in Linda’s memory while others in Red Deer dedicated their kilometres to Linda last weekend. It’s something runners do to mourn and to honour the runner.

Sadly this is becoming all too common.

Be safe out there.

Ditch the headphones, they are a safety hazard. – Peter Mitchelmore 5. Show courtesy.

If you can safely and reasonably stay out of the way of cars and other vehicles, consider making the effort; otherwise, express some appreciation when traffic offers you a decently wide berth. This can go a long way in terms of encouraging thoughtful driving behaviour and could benefit your fellow runners. – Patrick Voo 6. Lots of reflection and different type of lights.

Before I was a runner, I was once driving my car on a back road at night and saw this lone bobbing white light on the side of the road. I had no idea what it was, thought it might have been an animal’s eye reflecting.

I turned on my high beams to see. Turned out to be a runner with a headlamp. He gave me the finger for blinding him. – Kristen Bobbitt 7. Wear a light especially at night, and on bike paths.

We’ve seen a number of runners almost taken out by a bike in the dark. I also try to run on bike paths or sidewalks, never on roads, if possible, much safer. – Terry Toffelmire 8. Tell someone where you are going, when you’re likely to be back. Use Road ID (the bracelet and the App) – Rachel Crocker

Reader Road Safety Tips 1. Constant vigilance.

When crossing the road, look around corners. Make eye contact and wave to drivers, making sure they acknowledge you.

You can still do everything right: no headphones, bright clothes, reflective gear, and inattentive drivers still won’t see you. – Elizabeth Koleyak 2. No music, no distraction – Anna Sherwood 3. Run facing traffic. Be seen – Paula Chisholm 4. Consciously look for visual confirmation that a driver has seen you and is reacting (waiting for you, slowing down, etc.).

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In this 2012 photo, Matthew Hirschland, communications director for the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research, stands at the end of two rows of processors that make up a small part of the new National Center for Atmospheric Research NCAR-Wyoming Supercomputing Center (NWSC) Yellowstone supercomputer on the outskirts of Cheyenne, Wyo. One of the most powerful computers in the world dedicated to climate change, weather and other earth science research will be replaced in 2017 by an even faster machine, officials announced Monday. The Yellowstone supercomputer currently ranks among the 60 fastest. The new supercomputer, to be named Cheyenne, will be at least 2 1/2 times more powerful, the NCAR said. Capable of 5.3 quadrillion calculations, or Petaflops, per second, Cheyenne will be some 100,000 times faster than a typical home computer.

Powerful replacement in works for climate-modeling computer

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS CHEYENNE, Wyo. — One of the most powerful computers in the world dedicated to climate change, weather and other earth science research will be replaced in 2017 by an even faster machine, officials announced Monday.

The Yellowstone supercomputer in Wyoming currently ranks among the 60 fastest in the world. The new supercomputer, to be named Cheyenne, will be at least 2 ½ times more powerful, the National Center for Atmospheric Research said.

Capable of 5.3 quadrillion calculations, or petaflops, per second, Cheyenne will be some 100,000 times faster than a typical home computer. The speed provides unprecedented detail in climate-change predictions, including regional modeling of effects, the centre said.

A more powerful computer will allow researchers to see results in higher resolution, like a higher density of pixels sharpens images on a television or a stronger telescope brings a greater number of far-off galaxies into focus, explained Rich Loft, the centre’s director of technology.

Scientists since 2012 have been using the Yellowstone supercomputer near Cheyenne for a range of research that also includes modeling air pollution and ocean currents.

The atmospheric research centre

plans to install Cheyenne later this year and put it to work early next year.

Questions it might help answer include: • Is the California drought a fluke or due to global climate change?

• Can scientists predict the intensity of solar flares — streams of radiation released by the sun that can endanger satellites and astronauts — during an upcoming solar cycle?

• How might climate change increase the likelihood of drought and change the extent of arctic sea ice from decade to decade?

The Yellowstone computer, located in a business park west of Cheyenne, put Wyoming’s capital on the map as a potential technology hub. Facilities including a huge Microsoft data centre have set up nearby since the centre opened.

The Cheyenne supercomputer will be about three times as efficient as Yellowstone, using 90 per cent as much electricity but taking up to a third as much space.

The machine will be built by Milpitas, California-based Silicon Graphics International Corp.

The University Corp. for Atmospheric Research, a consortium of more than 100 North American universities and colleges, oversees the National Center for Atmospheric Research. Both organizations are based in Boulder, Colorado.

The coming year looks bright with perceived equal need to protect jobs the promise of change after a difficult and to consider the economic costs of decade for environmentalists and our aiding vulnerable nations and even issues. ways to continue exploiting fossil fuBut even with a new government els, the very agents of the crisis. that quickly moved to gender equity in We can’t just look at the world as cabinet, expanded the Ministry of the a source of resources to exploit with Environment to include little or no regard for the climate change, and ofconsequences. When mafered a bravura perforny indigenous people refer mance at the climate to the planet as “Mother talks in Paris, can CanEarth”, they are not speakada’s environmentalists ing romantically, poetically close up shop and stop or metaphorically. worrying?

They mean it literally.

Of course not. The naWe are of the Earth, every ture of politics includes cell in our bodies formed constant trade-offs, comby molecules derived from promises and disagreeplants and animals, inflated ments. by water, energized by sunEven with a governlight captured through phoment sympathetic to tosynthesis and ignited by environmental issues, DAVID atmospheric oxygen. we won’t act deeply SUZUKI Years ago, I visited a viland quickly enough or lage perched on the side of prevent new problems SCIE3NCE MATTERS an Andean mountain in Pebecause we haven’t adru. People there are taught dressed the root of our from childhood that the environmental devastamountain is an apu, a god, and that as tion.

The ultimate cause isn’t economic, long as that apu casts its shadow on the technological, scientific or even social. village, it will determine the destiny of its inhabitants.

It’s psychological.

Compare the way those people will We see and interact with the world through perceptual lenses, shaped treat that mountain with the way somefrom the moment of conception. Our one in Trail, B.C., will after being told notions of gender, ethnicity, religion, for years the surrounding mountains socio-economic status and the envi- are rich in gold and silver.

Is a forest a sacred grove or mereronment we grow up in all limit and ly lumber and pulp? Are rivers the create our priorities.

If we were to examine the anato- veins of the land or sources of power my of human brains, the circuitry and and irrigation? Is soil a community chemistry of neurons or the structure of organisms or simply dirt? Is anothof our sense organs, nothing would er species our biological relative or a permit us to distinguish gender, eth- resource? Is our house a home or just nicity or religion because we all be- real estate?

Once we learn that our very being, long to a single species. But if you were to ask a man and a woman about essence, health and happiness depend love, sex or family, answers could be on Mother Earth, we have no choice but to radically shift the way we treat quite disparate.

A Jew and Muslim living in Israel her.

When we spew our toxic wastes and might respond differently to questions about Gaza, the West Bank or Jerusa- pesticides into the air, water and soil, we poison our mother and ourselves. lem.

A Catholic and Protestant living in When we frack our wells, we conNorthern Ireland might hold radically taminate the air and water on which different outlooks about their coun- we depend. try’s history.

When we clear-cut forests, dump We learn how to see the world. That, mine tailings into rivers and lakes and in turn, determines our priorities and convert wilderness into farms or subactions. The world has been over- urbs, we undermine the ability of the whelmed by the belief that our species biosphere to provide the necessities stands at the pinnacle of evolution, of life. endowed with impressive intelligence Is this how we treat our source of and able to exploit our surroundings survival? as we see fit.

Until all of society understands this We feel fundamentally disconnect- and then acts on that understanding, ed from nature and therefore not re- we will not be able to act fully to prosponsible for the ecological conse- tect a future for ourselves. quences of our actions.

David Suzuki is a scientist, broadcastEven at the 2015 Paris climate con- er, author and co-founder of the David ference, the sense of urgency about Suzuki Foundation. Learn more at www. climate change was dampened by the davidsuzuki.org.

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Warning goes out with first flu deaths THREE CONFIRMED FATALITIES IN EDMONTON, CALGARY; NOT TOO LATE TO BE IMMUNIZED

BY SUSAN ZIELINSKI ADVOCATE STAFF

HEALTH CARE

What a difference a week can make during flu season.

On Thursday, Alberta Health Services reported three influenza deaths in Edmonton and two in Calgary, and the number of confirmed influenza cases for the province jumped 70 per cent to 283 from 166.

Albertans hospitalized with the flu also soared 180 per cent to 84 this week from 30.

The weekly report contains data as of Jan. 9.

Confirmed flu cases in AHS Central Zone climbed to 58 from 46, with no deaths so far in the zone. Hospitalizations increased to 13 from seven.

Those at risk for serious health problems from influenza are children younger than two and adults 65 and older; people with weakened immune systems; those with chronic illnesses

such as heart, lung or kidney disease, diabetes and cancer; and severely overweight individuals.

Health officials reminded Albertans who have not yet been immunized against influenza to do so promptly.

“It’s still not too late. Sooner is better than later,” said Dr. Digby Horne, AHS Central Zone medical officer, on Thursday.

More than two million doses of influenza vaccine were purchased for use in Alberta this influenza season.

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Influenza immunization continues to be offered to all Albertans, six months of age and older, free of charge.

Albertans can find their local AHS influenza immunization clinic schedules online at www.ahs.ca/influenza, or by calling Health Link at 811.

Many pharmacists and physician offices are also still offering influenza immunization, but children less than nine years of age must be immunized at an AHS immunization clinic. szielinski@reddeeradvocate.com

Lacombe County rezones former camp

BY PAUL COWLEY ADVOCATE STAFF

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Work continues on a new school in east Red Deer. The new Catholic High School named St. Joseph High School is being built alongside the new Kinsmen Fieldhouse just off 67th street and east of 30th avenue. The project opening date is scheduled for Sept. of 2017.

Olds College requests funds for upgrades

BY PAUL COWLEY ADVOCATE STAFF

LACOMBE COUNTY

Olds College is embarking on a $30-million fundraising campaign and stopped in Lacombe County on Thursday to ask for money.

A contribution of $400,000 spread over three years was proposed to county council, roughly matching the $466,000 donated by Lacombe County residents since the early 2000s.

The major upgrading project is all about positioning the college for the future and addressing a demand that has left hundreds of students on waiting lists.

Modernizations are planned for three parts of the college to keep the facility in the forefront of agricultural colleges.

A complete overhaul of the Animal Sciences building is the biggest part of the project and is expected

to cost about $20 million. Renovating the bays, labs and classrooms in the Agricultural Mechanics and Industry Training Centre is priced at $6-8 million, while upgrades to the Hub-Integrated Student Health Services and Learning Commons is a projected $2-4-million project.

A five-year capital fundraising program will be officially kicked off this spring. Renovations must be done in stages because students will continue to take their classes even as their departments are renovated.

Tanya McDonald, the college’s vice-president of advancement, said the modernizing is necessary to meet the needs of the students and will allow it to expand its world-class animal program.

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unrelated offences and was sentenced to time served when he pleaded guilty on Dec. 9. At the time he was not charged with attempted murder.

A release from the Sylvan Lake RCMP on Dec. 18 said he was wanted for attempted murder.

Snow makes first appearance for attempted murder charge Warrant issued for break and enter, weapons charge A man captured by Mounties earlier this week now has a court date for a charge of attempted murder.

Andrew Joseph Snow, 29, of Sylvan Lake was arrested Tuesday evening by Blackfalds RCMP with the assistance of the RCMP Emergency Response Team. Snow was wanted on warrants, including one for attempted murder.

Snow is scheduled to make his first court appearance this morning in Red Deer provincial court.

He was arrested without incident after police had surrounded a residence near the East Point Drive and Parkway Drive area of Blackfalds.

A warrant was issued for his arrest before Christmas by Sylvan Lake RCMP, calling him armed and dangerous.

Snow was previously arrested on Oct. 17, 2015 by Red Deer RCMP. At the time of his arrest, police believed he had information about two shootings in September, one in Sylvan Lake and one in Eckville.

He pleaded guilty to several

A warrant has been issued for one of the three men accused of a break and enter and firearm discharge incident east of Red Deer.

Alberta Justice said Billyjack Williams, 43, of Red Deer did not attend court on Wednesday as he was scheduled to. Judge Bert Skinner then issued a warrant for his arrest.

Williams is one of three men arrested on Nov. 22, 2015 after Blackfalds RCMP were called to a reported break and enter near Hwy 11 and Range Road 265. Williams is charged with possession of stolen property and several firearms offences.

Steven Jones, 36, of no fixed address faces the same charges as Williams.

Danny Bergeson, 26, of no fixed address is charged with possession of stolen property, break and enter and several firearms offences. Both Jones and Bergeson will next appear in Red Deer provincial court on Jan. 20.

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months of graduation. With that kind of track record, the college doesn’t want to see students on waiting lists, who could be trained for the workforce.

“We want to get more students working,” McDonald told council.

In the buildings devoted to agricultural mechanics and industry, space is being squeezed because of the size of modern farm machinery.

“Simply put, our bays and labs are growing smaller and smaller as our equipment grows bigger and bigger.”

Council did not make a decision on the funding request. As is its usual practice, the issue was referred to staff to prepare a report with recommendations for a future meeting.

The request will likely come back in February or March.

Last year, Lacombe County donated $1 million for Red Deer College’s $88-million health and sport centre. pcowley@reddeeradvocate.com

Man accused in drunk driving fatality looks to deal on lesser charges A man accused of three different drunk driving incidents, one that left a Penhold man dead, is looking to resolve some of the charges.

Chad Ryan Connatty, 31, of Kelowna was to stand trial on Jan. 18 on impaired driving charges. He is also accused in the fatal crash that killed Kevin Lee Pearson, 44, on May 20, 2015.

In Red Deer provincial court on Thursday, defence counsel Maurice Collard acting for Connatty’s counsel Jordan Stuffco said the charges are working towards a resolution.

Collard asked for the trial to be cancelled and have them adjourned to Feb. 12 instead. Judge Jim Hunter granted the request.

Connatty is charged with impaired driving offences from incidents in November 2014 in Fort McMurray and April 2015 in Red Deer.

The May 20, 2015 charges laid against Connatty include impaired driving causing death and driving while having a blood alcohol level above 0.08 causing death.

Connatty was denied bail in June 2015 and has been held in custody ever since.

An unusual request to rezone six acres in Lacombe County will move ahead.

Council wrestled on Thursday with the request from prospective landowner Steve Wuori to rezone 6.3 acres to agriculture from recreational use. He wants to rezone the land because he plans to buy it off the Association of Ukrainian Canadians, which had run a children’s camp for many years before closing it a few years ago.

The problem is under recreational zoning, he can’t build a house on the site. Rezoning it to residential is not allowed under the county’s plans for the area.

The conundrum for councillors was made deeper by a concern that rezoning to agriculture is not a good fit in the area close to nearby homes.

Neighbouring property owners were concerned that nothing would stop the new owner, or some future owner if the property changed hands again, from raising animals on the site, creating noise and smell problems.

Wuori has told the county he plans to build a home on the property and does not plan to farm or raise animals on the lakeshore site.

Coun. Dana Kreil admitted she “struggled with the incompatibility here.”

Coun. Rod McDermand was in favour of exploring whether a house would be allowed under the existing recreational zoning, which does allow for a caretaker suite.

Planners cautioned that would require the new owner to use the site for some sort of recreational use, which is not his intention.

Terry Hager, the county commissioner, acknowledged that returning land to agriculture use is rare.

“This is an extremely unusual circumstance,” he said.

Typically, property owners are looking to convert farmland for residential or business use.

After much debate council decided to approve second reading. Kreil and McDermand remained opposed.

Third reading will happen after a development agreement has been signed with the new owner. pcowley@reddeeradvocate.com

Nominations open for farm awards

BY ADVOCATE STAFF Nominations are now being accepted for individuals or groups who made contributions in the field of livestock welfare.

The Alberta Farm Animal Care Awards of Distinction started in 2001 to recognize such individuals. The awards look for farmers who apply new, innovative ideas and management practices aimed at improving and ensuring high standards of animal wellbeing. The awards include categories for communication, industry leadership and innovation.

Nominations are due by Feb. 15.

For more information contact Kristen McDonald at kristen@afac.ab.ca, call the AFAC office at 403-652-5111 or visit the website at www.afac.ab.ca.

The award recipients will be notified of their win by Feb. 28 and they will be invited tot he Livestock Care Conference in Olds on March 23.

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BY THE CANADIAN PRESS A Canadian man was killed in Indonesia’s capital Thursday when gunmen launched a series of co-ordinated attacks which police said were linked to the Islamic State group.

Jakarta police chief Maj.-Gen. Tito Karnavian told a news conference that the first attack — a suicide bombing — happened at a Starbucks, causing customers to run outside, where two gunmen opened fire, killing the Canadian and wounding an Indonesian bystander.

At about the same time two other suicide bombers attacked a nearby traffic police booth, killing themselves and an Indonesian man.

Moments later, Karnavian said, a group of policemen was attacked by two remaining gunmen, using homemade bombs. This led to a 15-minute gunfight, he said.

All five gunmen were killed and twenty people were wounded in the attacks, police said.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Ottawa was working with Indonesian authorities to confirm the reports of a Canadian killed in the attacks.

“The hearts of Canada and Canadians go out to the people of Indonesia and all the families and victims of these terrible attacks,” Trudeau said at an appearance in Kitchener, Ont. “We’re of course going to be supporting the government in anything it needs from Canada through this difficult time.”

The federal government updated its travel advisory for Jakarta in the aftermath of the attacks, advising Canadians to remain vigilant, follow the advice of local authorities and avoid the city’s downtown area.

Islamic State group backers have circulated a claim of responsibility on Twitter for attack and Indonesian police said the attackers were affiliated with the Islamic State group.

A Canadian man working with the United Nations was in Jakarta for a meeting on Thursday and witnessed the panic triggered by the late-morning explosions.

Jeremy Douglas, of Port Perry, Ont., was in a car when he first got a call from a UN security officer advising him there had been a blast very close

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People carry an injured police officer near the site where an explosion went off at a police post, rear, in Jakarta, Indonesia Thursday. Attackers set off explosions at a Starbucks cafe in a bustling shopping area in Indonesia’s capital and waged gun battles with police Thursday, leaving bodies in the streets as office workers watched in terror from high-rise windows. to the office he was heading to.

In minutes, he had arrived at the building and was getting out of his vehicle when a second explosion occurred.

“I hadn’t even closed the car door and you heard the explosion. It was right across the street, kitty-corner to the office, about 100 metres,” the 44-year-old told The Canadian Press.

“It was a big sizable explosion, definitely could hear it, you could feel it.”

At first, it was unclear what had occurred and confusion abounded, Douglas said, but subsequent small blasts sent people scurrying for cover.

Douglas and his colleagues rushed into the UN office building to a secure floor where they could see police and other security forces responding to the

attack.

While inside, he said he heard the sound of gunfire as assailants and police faced off.

“They started a shootout in the street,” he said. “We were witnessing the tactical team sweeping … some armoured personnel carrier moved up the street. It was pretty crazy.”

The entire episode lasted about half an hour, Douglas said, and took place

in a busy part of Jakarta’s downtown that is populated with many offices, hotels and embassies.

“There were a lot of people in the Starbucks,” he said, noting that UN staff had been injured at the cafe. “This is right in the centre of it, it’s pretty amazing that it was so few killed”

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Economists predicting interest rate cut

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — The odds that the Bank of Canada will lower its key interest rate next week are rising as some of the country’s big banks join the growing chorus predicting a cut.

The Bank of Montreal updated its forecast Thursday to predict the central bank will cut its key interest rate next Wednesday when it releases its updated forecast for the economy.

The bank cited low oil prices and weakness in the Bank of Canada’s recent business outlook survey among its reasons for its new forecast.

Bank of Montreal chief economist Doug Porter said the “relentless” decline in commodity prices has hurt the economy.

“We are far below where we were when the bank cut rates in July and associated with that decline in oil and other commodity prices we’ve had some disappointment in the growth numbers in Canada,” he said.

Porter said he expects the fourth-quarter growth numbers to be “well below” what he and the Bank of Canada expected.

“Frankly, it is tough to look for a big snap back in the opening months of this year either, especially given what is probably happening to consumer and business confidence in recent weeks,” he said.

The central bank’s key overnight rate sits at 0.5 per cent, and expectations that the Bank of Canada will cut its rate target have been gaining momentum with the low price of oil.

CIBC chief economist Avery Shenfeld said Thursday the odds have tilted in recent days and “are now ever so slightly on the side of seeing a rate cut in January, or April at the latest.”

TD Bank on Wednesday said it was an “exceptionally close call” but also predicted a rate cut.

The economy has been struggling in recent months and growth is expected to come in below the forecast made by the Bank of Canada last year.

A cut of a quarter of a percentage point would reduce the overnight rate target to a level not seen since 2010, when the economy was emerging from the financial crisis. It would also stand in contrast to a move by the U.S. Federal Reserve to raise interest rates late last year and put further pressure on the Canadian dollar.

The loonie, which has been dropping as the price of oil has fallen, broke through the 70-cent U.S. mark this week and has been trading at levels not seen since 2003.

However, despite the growing number of predictions of a rate cut, the opinion is far from unanimous.

The C.D. Howe Institute’s monetary policy council recommended Thursday that the Bank of Canada keep its target

“WHAT IS SHAPING UP IS A SCENARIO WHERE THE GOVERNMENT PICKS UP THE BATON FROM THE CENTRAL BANK. THIS ADDS TO THE CURRENT STIMULATION OFFERED BY THE CURRENCY, MAKING A SUFFICIENTLY STRONG CASE FOR THE BANK OF CANADA TO REMAIN ON THE SIDELINES NEXT WEEK” — DESJARDINS SENIOR ECONOMIST JIMMY JEAN for the overnight rate on hold at 0.5 per cent and maintain it there for the rest of the year.

Seven of the 11 members of the think tank’s council recommended the central bank hold, while four recommended cutting the rate to 0.25 per cent.

The C.D. Howe Institute said its council members generally agreed that indicators of recent economic activity in Canada and expectations of future activity have been disappointingly subdued.

In a separate report, Desjardins senior economist Jimmy Jean noted Ottawa may be speeding up infrastructure spending plans in an effort to boost the ailing economy.

“What is shaping up is a scenario where the government picks up the baton from the central bank,” Jean wrote in a note to clients.

“This adds to the current stimulation offered by the currency, making a sufficiently strong case for the Bank of Canada to remain on the sidelines next week.”

The Bank of Canada cut its key interest rate twice last year in an effort to cushion the impact of falling oil prices on the economy.

By cutting its target for the overnight rate, the central bank is trying to push down the interest rates charged

by Canada’s big banks, making it cheaper for companies to borrow money to grow their businesses.

A cut also likely means lower interest rates for variable rate mortgages, lines of credit and other loans based on the prime rate, likely to boost consumer spending.

But the banks have not passed on the full savings of the Bank of Canada’s most recent rate cuts to consumers.

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Cenovus Energy (TSX:CVE) and Suncor Energy (TSX:SU) have each pledged up to $50 million over the next 10 years to support a cleantech fund launched Thursday called Evok Innovations.

With the oil and gas industry facing increasing pressure over ecological issues, the new fund will look for ways to improve the sector’s environmental performance.

Evok says it will look to promote early-stage innovations focused on the energy industry and to bring them to market faster.

Areas of focus will include reducing greenhouse gas emissions and water use and the impact of oil spills.

Cenovus and Suncor have partnered with the BC Cleantech CEO Alliance to launch the Vancouver-based fund, which will be led by Silicon Valley veteran Marty Reed.

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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, back right, and Jennifer Flanagan, centre, President and CEO of Actua, pose with children after taking part in a virtual reality tour at the new Google Canada Development headquarters in Kitchener, Ont., on Thursday.

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Nova gets approval to build new retention pond at Joffre

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS

Nova has been given the go-ahead on a project to build a new retention pond on its Joffre site.

On Thursday, Lacombe County council approved second and third readings to a bylaw rezoning almost 20 acres for the 14-acre stormwater pond that can hold up to 200 million litres of uncontaminated runoff.

It will cost about $11 million to build and replaces an existing pond about one-fifth the size.

Nova intends to reuse the water for cooling at its site, which is home to ethylene and polyethylene plants and other industrial operations.

The existing retention pond that has gradually filled with sediments will be restored and later re-used as a backup.

Some historic hydrocarbon contaminants, dating back to the 1970s, will also be cleaned up.

Nova will locate the new pond within its existing fence line.

Groundwater monitoring wells are in place to ensure there is no off-site contamination.

Alberta Environment and Parks approvals is also required.

KITCHENER, Ont. — Shifting away from reliance on oil and other commodities is key to Canada’s economic recovery and future growth, an upbeat Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Thursday.

Speaking at the opening of Google’s new Canadian headquarters, Trudeau acknowledged the pain many people are feeling amid an unprecedented slump in oil prices.

“The recent troublesome news coming out of Alberta and elsewhere is, unfortunately, not a surprise — we saw the trend lines coming,” Trudeau said.

“That is why we put forward an ambitious agenda to invest in Canada, to count on Canadians to be able to bounce back from low commodity prices by diversifying.”

Despite the “difficult times,” Trudeau said he was optimistic about the country’s prospects, saying the opening of Google’s 17,000-square-metre facility was an example of the “positive news” in the economy.

Canadians, he added, have much to offer the world in terms of innovation and forward thinking.

“There are tremendous bright spots,” he said.

“THE RECENT TROUBLESOME NEWS COMING OUT OF ALBERTA AND ELSEWHERE IS, UNFORTUNATELY, NOT A SURPRISE — WE SAW THE TREND LINES COMING.” —JUSTIN TRUDEAU Trudeau spoke of the increasing importance of the high-tech sector to the country’s economic future, with computers and how to program them critical to the sector’s success in a world undergoing “extraordinary changes.”

During his tour of Google, Trudeau chatted with children taking part in a computer coding workshop. Education that includes such training, he said, is vital.

“Not only am I a former teacher but I also, when I was studying engineering, got half-way decent as a coder in C++,” he said later.

“We need to do a lot better job of understanding what coding is and how it’s important, how to program, how to problem solve.”

Google first located to the Kitchener-Waterloo region of southwestern Ontario — which also sports BlackBerry’s headquarters — in 2005. Over the past decade, the region has become an IT hub, with hundreds of tech start-ups calling the area home.

The new headquarters, which will house Google’s national development team, features themed floors, a barista bar, food no more than 50 metres from any employee, a huddle space and rock-climbing wall.

Trudeau, who made optimism a central tenet of his election campaign last fall, recalled visiting Google’s offices in Montreal a few years ago, where he said he played on a climbing wall and unicycle.

That kind of photo-op activity is out of the question now, Trudeau said.

“There are limits as to how much people are happy with a geek prime minister and I know I’m pushing those limits.”

Earlier in the day, the Liberal prime minister visited BlackBerry’s HQ, and stopped by at the University of Waterloo — which supplies many of Google’s engineers — to announce $12 million for research into clean-water technologies.

WestJet vows to compete with new rival NewLeaf on fares

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS MONTREAL — WestJet Airlines says it will use low fares to compete with new discount rival NewLeaf but its “ancillary revenue” will come only from extra fees that it thinks will “add value” for its guests.

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Its website clearly courted the budget traveller when its launch was announced Jan. 6, saying: “Your fare gets you the two essentials: a seat and a seatbelt. The rest is up to you.”

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WestJet began charging a $25 baggage fee for economy flights to Europe after Jan. 6, and has raised fees for some reserved seating, in order to generate between $15 million and $25 million in additional revenue this year.

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The Canadian dollar was locked below 70 cents U.S. all day despite a small bump in the price of oil, losing .08 of a cent to settle at 69.63 cents U.S. In recent weeks, the commodity-sensitive loonie has plunged as has oil, both of which have dropped to levels not seen since 2003 on concerns about a supply glut and a slowing Chinese economy.

Oil rose 72 cents to US$31.20 a barrel, but thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s still marks an 18 per cent slide since Christmas Eve. Craig Jerusalim, portfolio manager at CIBC Asset Management, said that while the declining oil price has dragged down the loonie, the currencyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s weakness over the past month is due more to the widening gap in monetary policy between Canada and the United States.

The Bank of Canada has cut interest rates twice over the past year, and some market watchers are anticipating another cut next Wednesday.

At the same time, the U.S. Federal Reserve has made positive statements about the recovering American economy and raised its own benchmark interest rates in December from the near-zero levels they had held since the financial crisis. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We had a long period of time where the Canadian dollar overshot on the upside when it was trading well above par, and now we are likely trading well below a fair fundamental value,â&#x20AC;? he said.

Predictions of a loonie below 65 cents U.S. or oil at US$20 a barrel are overstating the case, he said, but market sentiment will remain negative until oil prices stabilize and the Bank of Can-

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The S&P/TSX composite index ended the day up 165.62 points at 12,336.03, though it remains beaten down from heavy losses suffered over the last two weeks, including a 200-point loss on Wednesday.

Even with Thursdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s triple-digit gain, the Toronto market has lost more than 900 points, or 7.1 per cent, since the Christmas break. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been a tough start to the year for equity markets, with what feels like one step forward and two steps back,â&#x20AC;? Jerusalim said.

New York markets posted gains on the day, although both the S&P 500 index and the Dow Jones average have fallen by about 7.8 per cent since the first day of trading after Christmas.

The Dow Jones rose 227.64 points to close at 16,379.05, the S&P 500 added 31.56 points to 1,921.84 and the Nasdaq gained 88.94 points to close at 4,615.00.

In other commodities, February natural gas declined 13 cents to US$2.139 per mmBtu and February gold lost $13.50 to US$1,073.60 an ounce.

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

Stocks: S&P/TSX Composite Index â&#x20AC;&#x201D; 12,336.03, up 165.62 points Dow â&#x20AC;&#x201D; 16,379.05, up 227.64 points S&P 500 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; 1,921.84, up 31.56 points Nasdaq â&#x20AC;&#x201D; 4,615.00, up 88.94 points Currencies: Cdn â&#x20AC;&#x201D; 69.63 cents US, down 0.08 of a cent Pound â&#x20AC;&#x201D; C$2.0698, down

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Netflix cracks down on proxy services used by customers to access foreign content TORONTO â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Netflix says itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s planning on cracking down on users who use virtual private networks and proxy services to view content not available in their countries. Many of the companyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s distribution deals with major studios and content providers are negotiated on a regional basis, meaning certain titles are only available to users in certain countries.

Some Canadians use VPN services to stream Netflix movies and TV shows available in the United States, which according to the website Netflixable has around twice as many available

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Barley (Western): March â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;16 unchanged $182.00 May â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;16 unchanged $188.00 July â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;16 unchanged $190.00 Oct. â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;16 unchanged $190.00 Dec. â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;16 unchanged $190.00 March â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;17 unchanged $190.00 May â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;17 unchanged $190.00 July â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;17 unchanged $190.00 Oct. â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;17 unchanged $190.00 Dec. â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;17 unchanged $190.00 March â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;18 unchanged $190.00.

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titles. The U.S. version of Netflix also features more Hollywood blockbusters and recent seasons of popular network shows than its Canadian counterpart.

In a blog post, David Fullagar, Netflixâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s vice-president of content delivery, said the company is making progress in licensing content across borders but is now implementing new measures to end the use of so-called unblockers and other proxy services.

The company has always been against the use of such services and has said it takes measure to shut them down, but Fullagar said the company is â&#x20AC;&#x153;evolvingâ&#x20AC;? its approach to the problem and the new strategy will be in place in the coming weeks. According to a April 2015 report by Media Technology Monitor, roughly two in five English-speaking Canadians has a subscription to the video-streaming service, with nearly one-third saying they had accessed the American version of the service.

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A cellphone tower in Kingston, Ont.,

Police breached cellphone customersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; charter rights: ruling ROGERS AND TELUS make up â&#x20AC;&#x153;99.9 per cent of the records sought.â&#x20AC;?

The Ontario Ministry of the Attorney General, which served as the prosecution, is reviewing the decision, said Brendan Crawley, a ministry spokesman.

The ministry wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t comment further during the appeal period, he said, which lasts 30 days.

Peel Regional Police couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t immediately be reached for comment.

Sproat also issued seven guidelines for police forces to follow when considering requests for cellphone records and for judges to consider when granting orders.

Police, for example, must be able to explain why all the data requested is relevant to their investigation and have the capacity to meaningfully review it all, according to the guidelines. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Production orders must be tailored to respect the privacy interests of subscribers and conform with constitutional requirements,â&#x20AC;? Sproat said.

The guidelines will help determine what the acceptable scope of orders, said Telusâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; chief data and trust officer, Pam Snively. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We think the court has struck an appropriate balance between the need to protect individualsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; privacy and the need for police to obtain information that will assist in their investigation of criminal activity.â&#x20AC;?

Peel Regional Police later withdrew the original requests, but Sproat still agreed to hear the Charter of Rights challenge, saying in July 2014 that the privacy rights of tens of thousands of cellphone users was of â&#x20AC;&#x153;obvious importance.â&#x20AC;?

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TORONTO â&#x20AC;&#x201D; An Ontario court has ruled that Peel Regional Police violated cellphone customersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; charter rights when requesting a broad swath of personal information from about 40,000 Telus and Rogers subscribers to help them with an investigation.

Telus and Rogers brought the Charter of Rights challenge before the court in 2014 after police asked the companies for customer cellphone information as part of an investigation into the robberies of several jewellery stores.

Officers wanted to identify people using cellphones near the stores around the time of the robberies.

Police asked for customer information for all calls routed through 37 cellphone towers during specific time periods under whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s known as a tower dump production order, according to court records.

In his decision Thursday, Judge John Sproat of the Ontario Superior Court said the information the police sought was â&#x20AC;&#x153;particularly broad and onerous,â&#x20AC;? adding that they breached the charter rights of customers, specifically their â&#x20AC;&#x153;right to be secure against unreasonable search and seizure.â&#x20AC;?

Telus said that had it complied with the tower dump production order, it would have had to turn over the information of at least 9,000 customers. Rogers estimated 34,000 of its customers would have been affected.

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Future of drones showcased at gadget show DRONES THAT CARRY PACKAGES — AND EVEN HUMANS — ARE ON THEIR WAY

Last month, the FAA began requiring registration for drones weighing between about half a pound and 55 pounds.

Even as they come up with new rules, regulators don’t know exactly where the technology is headed, FAA Administrator Michael Huerta acknowledged

in a speech to CES attendees.

“This is not going to be a finite process, where one day we sit back and say OK, we’re done,” Huerta said in a speech Wednesday. “Maintaining the highest levels of safety requires us to constantly evolve in our approach.”

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS LAS VEGAS — If you’re used to thinking of drones as a passing fad, last week’s CES gadget show should give you second thoughts.

Tiny, self-piloted copters promise to buzzily follow you around like something out of a Neal Stephenson cyberpunk novel. New drones that could find lost wilderness adventurers or help them see out above treetops others purport to carry a human passenger at the touch of a button.

None of this, of course, will be happening overnight. Limited battery life means that many commercial models can’t fly for more than about 20 minutes at best.

Manufacturers haven’t yet figured out the best way to keep many tiny drones where they ought to be, given that GPS positioning sucks too much power for their minuscule batteries. Obstacle avoidance systems that would let small drones pilot themselves are still under development. And looming over the entire field are new government rules intended to keep people safe, but which may also slow innovation.

So far, none of those obstacles are slowing down an industry that appears to be in full lift-off. The Consumer Technology Association estimates that U.S. consumer drone spending will more than double to $953 million next year. ABI Research believes the global market for drones will hit $8.4 billion in 2018, with users ranging from the military and oil companies to farmers, journalists, and backyard tinkerers.

As drone capabilities continue to grow, drones may become a mass-market product for average consumers in about three years, says Patrick Moorhead, principal analyst of research firm Moor Insights & Strategy.

“You should be able to get a drone that can effectively follow you, not run into things, and find things on its own,” he says.

“That’s pretty cool.”

That’s assuming, of course, that you’re not commuting to work in one.

At CES, Chinese manufacturer Ehang Inc. unveiled a large drone that it said can carry a human passenger at speeds of up to 60 miles an hour. The four-armed quadcopter has been on more than 100 flights, mostly in wooded areas of Guangzhou, according to Chief Marketing Officer Derrick Xiong.

Some — he didn’t say how many — have carried a human passenger.

Federal aviation regulators declined to comment on Ehang’s human-carrying drone, saying the company hasn’t submitted any proposal to authorities. The Federal Aviation Administration advised an Ehang representative at the show to contact its unmanned aircraft system office.

In contrast with the bigger drones, smaller ones were also on display. On the small drone front, Kickstarter-funded Fleye envisions its camera-bearing flying sphere as a kind of personal videographer that follows you around street corners you’ll be able to switch between settings such as “selfie,” “panorama” and “virtual tripod.” And because it’s encased in what looks like a lightweight football helmet, its propellers pose less risk to bystanders.

“Instead of doing collision detection and avoidance, we just make sure if it collides, it won’t hurt,” says CEO Laurent Eschenauer.

Toy drone maker Spin Master Inc. showed off an augmented-reality game in which kids use a real-life drone to rescue tiny virtual people, put out fires and fight aliens. In essence, they’re interacting with a virtual world overlaid on the real world they can see the virtual elements on a tablet they’re using to control the drone.

Robolink Inc. wants you to learn how to program using its “CoDrone,” a flying electronics kit you can instruct to jump off a table into someone’s hand with a simple line of code. CEO Hansol Hong describes the educational product as “where Khan Academy meets drone.”

But the reach of some small drones still exceeds their grasp. Companies like San Jose-based UNorth Inc., maker of the Mota Newark, Delaware-based Onagofly and South Korean ByRobot Co. all said they’re still tweaking the system needed to make tiny drones weighing less than half a pound follow their owners.

For instance, ByRobot co-founder James Hong said its engineers still need several months to modify the way its drone uses wireless Bluetooth and WiFi signals. The changes should help maintain a reliable connection to the user’s smartphone, making possible the “follow me” function in the absence of GPS, which the company considers too power-hungry for smaller drones.

With the potential for millions of new flying objects buzzing around the country in coming years, the FAA is working on new drone-safety rules. By this spring, the agency plans to unveil regulations to allow streamlined approval of commercial drone uses, instead of the case-by-case system it uses now.

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Disposition of Municipal Reserve Part of Lot 1MR, Block 6, Plan 902 1272 3031-30 Av. A fire hall is planned for this location on a +-0.372 hectare parcel. As part of the development process Red Deer City Council is considering disposal of a portion of Municipal Reserve containing approximately 0.32 hectares of Lot 1MR, Block 6, Plan 902 1272 located at 3031 – 30 Avenue to facilitate a subdivision within Lot1MR, Block 6, Plan 902 1272.

The ball diamonds will be relocated.

Development Officer Approvals On January 12, 2016, the Development Officer issued approvals for the following applications: Permitted Use None Discretionary Use Deer Park Estates 1. K. Belich – a 3.0 m2 portable sign, until March 14, 2016, to be located at 69 Dunlop Street.

Gaetz Avenue South Commercial 2. K. Belich – a 3.0 m2 portable sign, until April 3, 2016, to be located at 5250 22 Street.

Lancaster Meadows 3. Red Deer Pickleball Supplies – a home-based merchandise sales business, to be located at 46 Logan Close.

Westlake 4. The City of Red Deer – an all-season viewing and outdoor rink deck, to be located at 99 Walker Boulevard.

City Council will hear from any person claiming to be affected by the proposed disposal of the Municipal Reserve at the Public Hearing on Monday, February 1, 2016 at 6:00 p.m. in Council Chambers, 2nd Floor of City Hall. If you want your letter included in the Council agenda you must submit it to the Manager, Legislative Services by Friday, January 29, 2016.

You may also submit your letter at the Public Hearing, or you can simply tell Council your views at the Public Hearing. Council’s Procedure Bylaw indicates that each presentation is limited to 10 minutes. Any submission will be public information. If you have any questions regarding the use of this information please contact the Manager, Legislative Services at 403-342-8132.

Waskasoo Neighbourhood Plan Bylaw 3567/2016 Land Use Bylaw Amendment 3357/A-2015 Red Deer City Council proposes to pass the Waskasoo Area Redevelopment Plan Bylaw 3567/2016.

Red Deer City Council is considering amending the Land Use Bylaw to ensure proper implementation of the Character Statements created within the Waskasoo Neighbourhood Plan.

You may appeal Discretionary approvals to the Red Deer Subdivision & Development Appeal Board, Legislative Services, City Hall, prior to 4:30 p.m. on February 5, 2016. You may not appeal a Permitted Use unless it involves a relaxation, variation or misinterpretation of the Land Use Bylaw.

Appeal forms (outlining appeal fees) are available at Legislative Services. For further information, please phone 403-342-8190.

REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL Sealed Proposals clearly marked “67 Street Corridor Improvements, February 18, 2016”, delivered or mailed to: The City of Red Deer, Engineering Services Department City Hall, 3rd Floor 4914 48th Avenue Red Deer, AB T4N 3T4 Attention: Engineering Services Reception Desk and received before 4:00:59 p.m. (Alberta Time) on February 18, 2016. For practical reasons, proposals received after the submission deadline will be returned unopened and will not be considered.

The City will not accept proposals by fax or email.

The Work is comprised of approximately: • 67 Street / Johnstone Drive – Construction of a 3X2 lane roundabout and 600 meters of approaches. Three lanes east-west and two lanes north-south.

• 66 Street / Orr Drive – Construction of a single lane roundabout and 100 meters of approaches.

• Construction of 925 meters of separate 3.0 meter wide trail Work will generally include, but be not limited to; - Road way construction: approximately 17,500m2; - Asphalt concrete placement 150mm to 200mm depth): approximately 16,000m2; - 50mm asphalt overlay: approximately 13,350m2 - Concrete curb and gutter (various size and type): approximately 2,900 l.m.; - Supply and install six (6) standard catch basin and five (5) manholes and piping; - Temporary traffic control.

Manitoba government calculates more upgrades for high school, university labs

Details for the proposal are available on Alberta Purchasing Connection, APC, on January 21, 2016, including the List of Drawings (00 01 15), Available Project Information (00 30 00), and the Unit Price Schedule (00 41 43.02).

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS WINNIPEG — Manitoba Education and Advanced Learning Minister James Allum was expected to announce this week that more than 40 science laboratories in high schools and universities across the province will be upgraded.

The announcement marks the latest phase of a program launched in 2011 that included funding for science classroom renewal, teacher training and new strategic partnerships to promote the province’s science programming.

There will be $20 million for new and renovated high school labs, as well as $5 million to ensure that students pursuing science and technology programs at university train on industry-standard equipment and in world class facilities.

Allum said in a release that under the Action Plan for Science Education, the province has invested $25 million to upgrade 66 biology, chemistry and physics labs in high schools throughout the province.

With the announcement, more $45 million will have been committed to upgrade over 110 science labs in Manitoba high schools, along with the new supports for university science labs.

The money is dependent on a budget in late May by whichever party wins the April 19 election.

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The proposed bylaws may be inspected at Legislative Services, 2nd Floor City Hall during regular office hours or for more details, contact City of Red Deer Planning Services at 403-406-8700.

City Council will hear from any person claiming to be affected by the proposed bylaws at the Public Hearing on Monday, February 1, 2016 at 6:00 p.m. in Council Chambers, 2nd Floor of City Hall. If you want your letter included in the Council agenda you must submit it to the Manager, Legislative Services by Friday, January 29, 2016.You may also submit your letter at the Public Hearing, or you can simply tell Council your views at the Public Hearing. Council’s Procedure Bylaw indicates that each presentation is limited to 10 minutes. Any submission will be public information. If you have any questions regarding the use of this information please contact the Manager, Legislative Services at 403-342-8132.

Digital Drawings can be obtained from The City’s website at http://www.reddeer.ca/city-services/ engineering/engineering-request-for-proposals-rfps/ or hard copies can be obtained at office’s of WSP Red Deer for a fee. The City of Red Deer Contract Specifications 2015 Edition may be obtained from the Engineering Services Department for a $40 plus GST, non-refundable fee, or may be viewed on The City of Red Deer Website @ www.reddeer.ca.

Subcontractors may view the Proposal Documents at the Edmonton, Calgary, and Red Deer Construction Association offices.

Inquiries regarding this Proposal may be directed to: Cory Edinga, P.Eng. The City of Red Deer Engineering Services Department Court 4914-48 Avenue Red Deer, AB T4N 3T3 cory.edinga@reddeer.ca

Frank Colosimo, P.Eng. WSP Canada Inc. 7710 Edgar Industrial Red Deer, AB T4P 4E2 frank.colosimo@ wspgroup.com

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LYLE Gladys Mae (nee Dye) July 9, 1921 - Jan. 8, 2016 In the early hours of a cold winter morning, Mom released her tenacious hold on life. Surrounded by her loving family at the Red Deer Regional Hospital passing peacefully with dignity and was ever so beautiful to her end.

Gladys was born in Langdon, Alberta, the fourth child born to parents Roger and Viola Dye into a family of 6 girls and twin boys.

She was raised on the farm and took her schooling at Ripley school which only taught to grade nine. She started working in 1937 as a chore girl, babysitter and whatever was needed. She joined the Women’s Army Corps (WAC) in 1942, spending 3 1/2 years in Skinner Barracks, Calgary, Vermillion and Currie Barracks, Calgary. She was discharged in 1945 and married Leonard Lyle in 1946. They resided in Alix where they raised 1 son and 4 daughters. Gladys was a member of Sincerity Rebekah Lodge #38 for many years and also a member of the Alix United Church, their choir and the handbell choir. She was civic minded and actively participated in the community. She loved sports, playing basketball in the army and later on baseball for the Alix Ladies team. She was our biggest cheerleader no matter what her kids or the grandkids played. Her many likes included hockey, curling, bingo, movies (with popcorn), casino trips, family reunions, her grandchildren, oh yes, and ice cream! Gladys was predeceased by her mother and her father, her stepfather, her husband Len, her daughter Delena, her sisters Edna, Winnie, Ruby and a brother Robert. She was predeceased by many other very close family members, inlaws and friends. Surviving Gladys is her son Wayne (Silvia) of Thunder Bay; daughters Wendy (Gerald) of Red Deer, Debbie (Jim) of Tsawwassen, and Dixie (Doug) of Alix; her grandchildren Nick, Bonnie, Dr. Patricia, Ryan, Derek, Demi and Christopher; and her great grandchildren Destiny, Josie, Olivia and Emmerson. Also surviving her are sisters Dorothy, Betty and brother, Roger plus too many others to mention. Mom lived a simple life, never learning to drive but rather walking everywhere. She never acquired a taste for even coffee or tea but loved a hot cocoa with marshmallows. As many of our friends will attest, weekend mornings at our house always started special with pancakes and homemade whipped cream. Our house seemed to be the go-to place for all our friends and she has remained special to all of them throughout the years.

Keeping with mom’s wishes that there be No Funeral, we are choosing instead to have a celebration of her life on July 9 this summer in Alix, on what would have been her 95th birthday. A reminder will be posted at that time. Donations in Gladys’ memory may be made to the charity of one’s choice. Condolences may be made by visiting www.wilsonsfuneralchapel.ca WILSON’S FUNERAL CHAPEL & CREMATORIUM serving Central Alberta with locations in Lacombe and Rimbey in charge of arrangements.

Phone: 403.782.3366 or 403.843.3388 “A Caring Family, Caring for Families”

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DERKACH Ethel 1929 - 2016 Mrs. Ethel Louise Derkach of Red Deer, Alberta, passed away at Extendicare Michener Hill, Red Deer on Tuesday, January 5, 2016 at the age of 86 years. Ethel was born on May 5, 1929 at Prince Rupert, British Columbia. She loved to travel and one of her most memorable trips was six years ago; when she took her daughter to Australia for a month. She loved it! Ethel had the most beautiful smile and sparkling personality, and anyone that met her loved her. She was kind, considerate and compassionate.

Ethel will be lovingly remembered by her daughter, Debra Appleby and granddaughter, Stacey Appleby.

She will also be sadly missed by her brothers, Ron (Phyllis) Hemmons, Jim (Verna) Hemmons, Glen (Betty) Hemmons, her sisters-in-law, Tillie (Al) Chisholm and Elizabeth Hemmons; as well as numerous nieces and nephews throughout Canada and the United States. Ethel was predeceased by her husband, Richard Derkach in 2005 and a son, Scott Derkach in 2014. At Ethel’s request, no funeral service will be held but Deb and Ethel will be taking a road trip in the spring; and a little bit of Mom will be left in all the places that she loved. The family would like to thank the staff at Michener Extendicare Unit 3200, for their excellent care of mom; especially in the last difficult month. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations in Ethel’s memory may be directed to a charity of one’s choice. Condolences may be sent or viewed at www.parklandfuneralhome.com

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2 storey, 4912-53 St. large fenced yard, single car garage, 1 blk. from school, 3 blks. from main street, 5 DOZEN canning jars to $1000/mo. + utils. $500 give away 403-347-9357 DD avail. Feb. 1. Call Corrinne to see MEMOREX vintage look403-742-1344, call Don ing radio/CD player, good 403-742-9615 to rent. cond., $20 403-314-9603 SYLVAN LAKE house 3 bdrm. 2 bath, dbl. car garage, pets welcome, fenced yard, firepit, large deck, Piano & open concept, security system, avail. Feb. 1, Organs $1650/mo. + DD, 780-278-0784 GEM H500 rolltop organ w/Leslie speaker system SYLVAN Lake, 3 fully furn. w/learn to play cassettes rentals, garage, inclds. $500 403-309-4260 all utils., $1100-$1600.

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PROCTOR William (Bill) 1940 - 2016 Bill was born in Goderich, Ontario. He and his wife, Roberta, came to Alberta in 1975 and lived country life together with their daughter, Susan; then later with Susan, her husband, Brad, and two wonderful grandchildren, Colton and Reid. Quiet, caring, and thoughtful, he will be remembered with love and fondness by family and friends. We love you Bill. Bill wished no service.

The successful candidate will have warehouse experience, preferably with electrical and mechanical background as well as forklift exp. Strong computer skills is an asset.

Please fax resumes to 403-347-9301 or email: administration @barwpetroleum.com

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RHODES James William Dec. 22, 1949 - Jan. 10, 2016 It is with heartfelt sadness that our family announces the sudden passing of Jim Rhodes. He is survived by his siblings; Beatrice Stefanyk, Janet (Don) Lowry, Aileen Rhodes, Bob (Wendy) Rhodes, Ed Rhodes Jr.; nieces and nephews, Stacey (Scott) Hennig, Michael (Kathy) Lowry, Steve (Sabrina) Rhodes, Tim (Kim) Rhodes as well as five greatnieces and six great-nephews.

Jim was predeceased by parents, Edmund and Aileen Rhodes; brother, Alfred Rhodes; niece, Erin Lowry; nephew, Jeffrey Rhodes and brother-in-law, Don Stefanyk.

Memorial Service Saturday, February 13, 2016 at 12:00 noon. Luncheon to follow at Royal Canadian Legion #35 2810 Bremner Avenue, Red Deer, Alberta. Jim will be missed by family and friends.

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Want to join a world leader, where the pride and energy you bring to the job every day is rewarded?

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If you are a dynamic professional with at least seven years of oilfield experience, a CRSP, OHS or other recognized safety designation, and a proven track record of partnering with Operations in the proactive implementation and support of HSE best practices/systems, this role could be for you.

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Alberta Human Services is requesting proposals from interested parties to deliver part-time and full-time English as a Second Language (ESL) training for the workplace in Red Deer. The training is for Albertans who have insufficient language and employment skills to obtain sustainable employment or pursue employment related training.

For copies of the two Request for Proposals, visit the Alberta Purchasing Connection website at: www.purchasingconnection.ca Opportunity Reference Numbers: AB-2016-00068 AB-2016-00072 7400901L16

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LOS ANGELES — The utility whose leaking natural gas well has driven thousands of Los Angeles residents from their homes has publicly understated the number of times airborne levels of the cancer-causing chemical benzene have spiked over the past three months, the company’s own data suggests.

In trying to reassure the public there’s no long-term health risk from the leak, Southern California Gas Co. has said in news releases and FAQs on its website that since the crisis began, just two air samples briefly showed elevated concentrations of the substance.

But a closer look at the online data

by The Associated Press and outside experts actually shows that a dozen samples from the Porter Ranch community contained at least twice the amount of benzene that Southern California air regulators consider the normal background level.

The possible reason for the discrepancy: SoCalGas apparently uses a different background level.

The company was given repeated opportunities to explain its conclusions but couldn’t.

“I don’t know what would explain it,” spokeswoman Melissa Bailey said.

Public health officials have sided with SoCalGas in saying they do not anticipate any long-term health problems. But some outside experts say the data is too scant to say that with any certainty. For one thing, it is unclear whether the benzene persisted long enough to exceed state exposure limits.

Seth Shonkoff, executive director of the energy science and policy institute at University of California, Berkeley, said he is surprised officials were so quick to discount the health risks.

“I have not seen anything convincing that it’s been proven to be safe,” Shonkoff said. “I’m not going on record as saying this is absolutely an unsafe situation I’m saying there are a number of red flags.”

The leak at the biggest natural gas storage facility west of the Mississippi River was reported Oct. 23. The cause is unknown, but the leak has spewed huge amounts of methane, a potent greenhouse gas, and occasionally blanketed neighbourhoods about a mile away with a sickening rotten-egg odour.

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However, a more detailed look at the data shows 10 other instances over seven days in November when benzene exceeded 1 part per billion. The clean-air agency also detected a reading of 3 parts per billion on Oct. 26.

Dr. Cyrus Rangan, a medical toxicologist from the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health, said the gas company’s website was incorrect.

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GUATEMALA CITY — TV comic and political neophyte Jimmy Morales was sworn in as Guatemala’s president on Thursday amid uncertainty over how he plans to run the Central American nation beset by entrenched poverty, rampant corruption and violent criminal gangs.

Dressed in a dark suit and accompanied by wife, Morales received a hug from his mother and applause from friends and party members as he mounted the stage.

United States Vice-President Joe Biden met with Morales and the leaders of El Salvador and Honduras before the swearing in Thursday.

Biden congratulated Morales for his commitment to fight corruption.

He noted that thousands of Guatemalans had gone into the streets to demand change and elected Morales to do the job.

Morales petitioned Biden Thursday to add Guatemala to the list of countries granted temporary protected status, which provides its eligible citizens in the U.S. a degree of temporary protection from deportation and allows them to work and travel.

El Salvador and Honduras already have the status known as TPS. It is usually granted in cases in which the country is suffering from an armed conflict or natural disaster that makes it difficult to receive its citizens.

Guatemala has been beset by corruption scandals that forced President Otto Perez Molina and his vice-president from office.

Last year, the U.S. Congress approved $750 million in aid to the three countries contingent on their efforts

to reduce migration to the U.S. and the factors driving it.

Morales has yet to say who will make up his Cabinet, and he already suffered one political setback when prosecutors formally asked for the equivalent of impeachment proceedings against an allied lawmaker suspected of human rights violations dating to Guatemala’s civil war.

“He is a president who takes office without a party, without well-qualified people he trusts and with a state apparatus that’s really in financial and institutional ruin,” said Edgar Gutierrez, an analyst at San Carlos University in Guatemala.

Morales won office in a runoff Oct. 25 after huge anti-corruption demonstrations. Perez Molina and his vice-president are behind bars and facing prosecution, and the outsider’s triumph was seen as a punishment vote from an electorate that wanted a fresh break.

Two and a half months later, Morales’ most visible activities have included a tour of Central American nations and a visit to Guatemalan migrants’ advocacy groups in the United States.

Gutierrez said the president-elect would have been well-advised to spend the last two months creating alliances to construct a government, “but he didn’t do that.”

Morales spokesman Heinz Heimann vowed that the incoming team will be of the high quality necessary to respond to Guatemalans’ needs and expectations.

“There is nothing suspicious about our actions,” he told The Associated Press via text message. “The government reserves the right to give information in a pertinent manner to keep the people informed.”

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BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS MUNFORD, Tenn. — An unprecedented $1.6 billion Powerball jackpot that became a national fascination will be split three ways, by mystery winners in Florida, Tennessee and California.

The winners did not immediately identify themselves Thursday, but they bought their tickets in Munford, a town of about 6,000 in Tennessee the modest Los Angeles suburb of Chino Hills and at a supermarket in Melbourne Beach, Florida, where residents of a nearby housing development were heard partying loudly after Wednesday night’s drawing.

Spain’s massively popular Christmas lottery, known as “El Gordo,” is ranked as the world’s richest, though it doles out millions of prizes rather than one large jackpot like the Powerball.

The winners of the world-record Powerball jackpot overcame odds of 1 in 292.2 million to land on all the numbers: 4-8-19-27-34 and Powerball 10. They can let the jackpot be invested and thereby collect 30 annual payments totalling an estimated $533 million, or split $983.5 million in cash all at once.

The huge draw also produced eight $2 million Power Play winners and 73 $1 million winners nationwide who matched all five white balls but missed the red Powerball, said Sally Lunsford of the Kansas Lottery.

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Residents celebrate with 7-Eleven clerk M. Faroqui where one of the winning Powerball tickets was sold in Chino Hills, California, USA, Wednesday. Other winning tickets for the $1.6 billion jackpot were sold in Florida and Tennessee.

Faroqui sold the winning ticket and received a small prize on Thursday. None of the winners has yet to come forward to claim their share of the prize.

The California ticket was sold at a 7-Eleven the Florida ticket at a Publix grocery store. Tennessee officials did not immediately say which of the three Munford stores offering Powerball tickets produced the winner.

That store will get a $25,000 check

Florida’s store collects $100,000, and California lottery spokesman Alex Traverso told The Associated Press that a $1 million bonus will be shared between the Chino Hills store owner and the 7-Eleven company. The amounts that follow each state’s rules.

TV trucks from Memphis quickly arrived in Munford, where people marveled over the winning ticket and joked about what they would have done with the money.

Auto body shop worker Jerry Caudle said he was “freaking out” when he heard a winning ticket was sold in his town, but then saw that he matched only two numbers, for a prize of $14.

He wore a wistful smile as he left the Munford Short Stop gas station and convenience store, which offers Tipton County’s “best chicken on a stick” for $3.69.

“It’s been tough,” Caudle said.

“The hardest winter for me here in 17 years.”

The California store and its surrounding strip mall suddenly became a popular gathering spot in the rural suburb of 78,000, where cows still graze on hillsides.

Hundreds of people crowded the store and spilled into its parking lot, cheering and mugging for the television cameras and chanting “Chino Hills! Chino Hills!”

Store owner Balbir Atwal worked as an electronics salesman after emigrating from India in 1981, and bought his first 7-Eleven franchise at the age of 27. Now he owns four. He said he has sold winning tickets before, but never like this one.

“Every time we say, oh, this is time,” Atwal said. “I was just joking, I said, this is the time someone’s going to hit it.”

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Lower pay for poor is widening U.S. income gap; study finds

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON — The income gap in major U.S. cities goes beyond the trend of rising paychecks for those at the top: Pay has plummeted for those at the bottom.

Many of the poorest households still earn just a fraction of what they made before the Great Recession began in late 2007. Even as the recovery gained momentum in 2014 with otherwise robust job growth, incomes for the bottom 20 per cent slid in New York City, New Orleans, Cincinnati, Washington and St. Louis, according to an analysis of Census data released Thursday by the Brookings Institution, a Washington think-tank .

“It’s really about the poor losing ground rather than these upper-class households pulling away,” said Alan Berube, a senior fellow at Brookings and deputy director of its metropolitan policy program.

Consider Cincinnati, home to such major companies as Procter & Gamble and Macy’s that are associated with middle class prosperity. Its bottom 20 per cent earned just $10,454 in 2014.

After inflation, that’s 3 per cent less than what they earned in 2013 — and 25 per cent below their incomes when the recession started eight years ago.

Cincinnati’s top 5 per cent of earners made at least $164,410 in 2014, a figure that has increased since 2013, though it remains 7 per cent below pre-recession levels.

The consequence is a widening income gap. The top 5 per cent earned 15.7 times what the bottom 20 per cent did in Cincinnati. Nationally, this ratio was 9.3 — the same as in 2013. Before the recession, the ratio was 8.5.

The poorest have clawed back some of their earning power since the economy officially began to recover 6 ½ years ago. But the analysis suggests that strong job growth and modest pay raises have failed to pull millions of Americans back up the economic lad-

der.

The findings also complicate plans by presidential candidates to combat inequality because it’s unclear how tweaking tax rates on the wealthy — the Democrats largely favour increases, the Republicans cuts — will boost pre-tax incomes for the poorest.

Congressional Republicans have discussed increasing tax cuts for low-income workers without children as a way to address the absence of wage growth. It’s a plan, President Barack Obama said in his State of the Union address Tuesday night, that “we can all support.”

Brookings found that the income gap was highest in Boston, where the top 5 per cent made 17.8 times what the bottom 20 per cent did. But that gap appears to reflect the large population of college and graduate students in a city containing Harvard University, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and many other leading institutions of higher education.

New Orleans, where pay for the bottom 20 per cent also declined, had the second-worst ratio at 17.7. Atlanta came in third-worst at 17.5 and Cincinnati fourth.

At the other extreme, incomes for the bottom 20 per cent of earners jumped in Provo, Utah, where the ratio is a low 7.8. They also improved sharply in Denver despite above-average levels of inequality in that area.

Persistent income disparity has become increasingly visible in the housing market. Brookings found that the bottom 20 per cent of residents in the Washington, D.C., area — who earn just $21,230 — would need to spend nearly half their income on housing.

That analysis dovetails with findings released Thursday by the housing non-profit Enterprise Community Partners. Its “Make Room” campaign found that 11.4 million families — about 26.4 per cent of all renters — devoted at least half their income to rent and utilities, a share that has steadily increased over the past decade.

corruption and conspiracy that subsequently consumed the IAAF,” the report said.

Working with then-IAAF anti-doping director Gabriel Dolle, they deliberately stalled cases of suspected Russian dopers, and “their actions allowed dirty Russian athletes to com-

pete and alter the results on the playing field. This conduct has the same effect as a coverup,” the report charged.

Cisse, the lawyer, called the investigation “unfair.” He said the commission never questioned him or allowed him to contest any of its findings before publication.

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MUNICH — Track and field’s governing body was corrupted from the inside by a “powerful rogue group” led by its president, and they conspired to extort athletes and allow doping Russians to continue competing, a World Anti-Doping Agency probe reported Thursday.

Other IAAF leaders were at fault, too, the WADA panel’s damning report said. They must have known of the nepotism that allowed Lamine Diack to turn the International Association of Athletics Federations into a personal fiefdom during his 16-year reign as president, it said.

“It is increasingly clear that far more IAAF staff knew about the problems than has currently been acknowledged,” said the report, written by former WADA president Dick Pound and presented in Munich.

A key question raised by the report is whether alleged corruption under Diack went beyond extorting doped athletes and infected other areas of IAAF business. WADA’s investigators called for a detailed follow-up probe of all world championships awarded by the ruling body for 2009-19, due to evidence they found of possible wrongdoing. That included an indication that Diack, a former IOC member, was prepared to sell his vote in the 2020 Olympic hosting contest won by Tokyo in exchange for sponsorship of IAAF events.

The report made further uncomfortable reading for Sebastian Coe, the British middle-distance running great who took over from Diack in August.

Coe was in the audience as Pound sifted through the grim findings and asserted that the IAAF remains an organization in denial.

“The corruption was embedded in the organization. It cannot be ignored or dismissed as attributable to the odd renegade acting on its own,” the report said.

Coe is not accused of corrupt wrongdoing. But, as an IAAF vice-president under Diack, he was part of its Council, its oversight body, that took a hammering from the investigators’ report.

The Council “could not have been unaware of the extent of doping” and the breaking of anti-doping rules and “could not have been unaware of the level of nepotism” under Diack, it said.

“It is not credible that elected officials were unaware of the situation affecting … athletics in Russia. If, therefore, the circle of knowledge was so extensive why was nothing done? Quite obviously there was no appetite on the part of the IAAF to challenge Russia.”

With a “close inner circle” including two of his sons, Papa Massata and Khalil, and his personal legal counsel, Habib Cisse, Diack led an “informal illegitimate” government that took over the handling of Russian doping cases, opening the door for athletes to then be blackmailed, the report said.

Diack “was responsible for organizing and enabling the conspiracy and corruption that took place,” the report said. “He sanctioned and appears to have had personal knowledge of the fraud and the extortion of athletes.”

Installing Diack’s sons as IAAF consultants “helped to conceal their clandestine corruption,” it added.

Diack also “inserted” his lawyer, Cisse, “into the day-to-day operations” of the anti-doping department’s work on Russia. That gave the lawyer access to sensitive information about which Russian athletes were suspected of doping, based on their blood testing results. That information became “the fundamental building block for the

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BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — Jennifer Jeaurond had tried everything to kick her 23-year tobacco habit: hypnotherapy, the nicotine patch, a craving-reduction medication and even electronic cigarettes. Nothing worked.

That is until she signed up in 2013 for a 10-week smoking-cessation course in Ottawa, organized as a pilot study by the Canadian Cancer Society and the sporting goods retailer, the Running Room. The idea of the Run to Quit program was to gradually wean participants off cigarettes as they increased physical fitness through a tailored course of walking and running at a Running Room store, coupled with a variety of support programs provided by the cancer society.

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Dear Annie: I met my husband in college. He was outgoing, handsome and a star athlete. We now have two beautiful babies and, I thought, a perfect marriage.

A month ago, we had dinner with a couple we’ve known for years.

One of them said something KATHY MITCHELL about “bisexuAND MARCY SUGAR als,” to which I replied, “There ANNIE’S MAILBOX is no such thing.

You are either gay or straight.”

Everyone looked uncomfortable.

The next day, my husband told me that he is bisexual.

He said he’d had a relationship with another man in college before he met me.

But he reassured me that I had

nothing to worry about because he loves me and has no desire to be with anyone else of either sex.

Annie, I wish he’d never told me.

I’ve been upset ever since.

I believe my husband when he says he is not interested in anyone else, but I have to ask, is there really such a thing as “bisexual”?

My sister says that is just what people claim before they come out as gay.

And second, how can I trust my husband when he kept this secret from me for so long?

Please don’t suggest counseling.

My husband says there is nothing to “change” about him, although he says he will go if I insist.

But what if we go and then, just like my sister says, this bisexual stuff is all bogus and he decides he is gay? I don’t want to end our marriage.

I just want to turn back the clock so I can think of my husband the way I did before. — Confused Wife Dear Confused: Your sister is giving you damaging and incorrect information. Decades ago, people may have

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believed that one was either gay or straight, and that bisexuals were simply hiding their true selves, but this is no longer considered accurate.

We have come to understand that sexuality is more complicated and that some people are attracted to both sexes.

And one’s sexual orientation has nothing to do with remaining faithful to one’s partner.

Your husband is the same man you fell in love with. If you trust him, your marriage is solid.

Please look into PFLAG (pflag.org) which can offer information that will help you understand what’s going on.

But if you find that your marriage is floundering over this, consider counseling from someone who specializes in LGBT marriages and can address your specific concerns.

Dear Annie: Your response to “A.,” about kids learning to balance a checkbook was wrong.

The kids finishing school today are dumber than a box of rocks.

What exactly are they being taught

as “required” subjects if not exactly that? I shudder to think what schools are releasing into society.

Kids can barely articulate what they want, much less formulate a complete sentence.

Obviously, common sense has been put aside.

Basic math is important. We have a generation of know-nothings. — Embarrassed About the Next Generation Dear Embarrassed: We suggest you check out the classroom of the average 6th grader and see how well you do.

And don’t forget the 20 pounds of textbooks and homework in your backpack.

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

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PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): When it comes to work, make alterations that allow you to be more creative and focused.

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Ultimately, most panelists said they were swayed by an FDA analysis showing that Probuphine was at least as effective in avoiding relapse as older treatments.

Dr. Rajesh Narendran, of the University of Pittsburgh, said prescribing instructions for the device must be “crystal clear” about which patients should receive it. Braeburn only studied the drug in patients who were already stabilized on low-to-medium doses of buprenorphine. The FDA previously rejected Probuphine in April 2012, judging the drug’s dose was too low to reliably help the broad range of opioid-addicted patients.

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More than 2.5 million Americans are addicted to opioids, according to federal estimates. But less than half are receiving medication-based treatment to help control the problem.

Braeburn executives told panelists Tuesday that its implant could help reduce cases of relapse among chronic drug abusers. Many recovering addicts struggle to stick with their daily medication, putting them at risk of returning to illicit drug use and overdosing.

But panelists questioned whether Braeburn’s studies accurately predict Probuphine’s success. They cited shortcomings in the company’s research including missing urine samples from some study participants. Additionally, many patients received ad-

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WASHINGTON — U.S. federal health advisers recommended approval Tuesday for an experimental implant designed to treat patients recovering from heroin and painkiller addiction. Despite shortcomings in company studies, a majority of Food and Drug Administration advisers said the implant offers important benefits not currently available. The drug-oozing device is intended to be a safer, more reliable approach to controlling cravings and withdrawal symptoms.

“Overall the data did have some problems,” said Dr. Thomas Grieger, of the Maryland Department of Health.

“But I think clearly there was no ev-

idence of significant risk with this agent and there is evidence of significant benefit and hopefully great promise.”

The advisers voted 12-5 in favour of the device from Braeburn Pharmaceuticals. The FDA is scheduled to make its formal decision by Feb. 27.

The matchstick-size implant, dubbed Probuphine, slowly releases a low dose of buprenorphine over six months. Currently buprenorphine is available as a pill or film that dissolves under the tongue. It is considered a safer, more palatable alternative to methadone, the decades-old standard for controlling opioid addiction. Opioids are a powerful family of drugs that mimic the opium poppy, including medications like oxycodone

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