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FROM LEFT TO RIGHT: Marie Janvier, 21, and Adam Wood, 35, who began teaching at the school in September, died on Friday after they were shot at La Loche Community School. The bodies of Dayne Fontaine, 17, and Drayden Fontaine, 13, and were discovered by the RCMP in a home not far away.

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BY THE CANADIAN PRESS LA LOCHE, Sask. — The family of a teacher who was among four people killed in shootings in northern Saskatchewan says the country must listen to the community, act on change that is needed and ask how to prevent anyone from experiencing similar loss.

The family of Adam Wood said what happened in the tiny community of La Loche gives the country an “opportunity to examine ourselves and hopefully, come out better and stronger as a community and a nation. We feel sadness and remorse but rarely do we use that to fuel change.�

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A look at the community and the victims A5 In a statement, the family says the leaders of the village need to be heard to prevent similar losses in the future. “Rather than looking for someone to blame, or coming up with outsider opinions of reasons why this occurred, we must stop and listen to the voices of La Loche. The leaders and members of the community know what types of support and changes are needed. Our responsibility as a nation is to listen

and respond to create lasting systemic change.�

La Loche is an isolated community connected by one road from the south and can be reached by an ice road from Fort McMurray, Alta., in winter.

A report from the area’s health region in 2007-08 noted that the sprawling geographic region in the province’s northwest had a suicide rate that was three times the Saskatchewan average.

The archbishop of Keewatin-Le Pas also made an appeal on Sunday for the community to find hope for its young people. Archbishop Murray Chatlain estimated about 250 people attended the service at the Church of Our Lady of the Visitation.

On Saturday night, Chatlain met with the family of a 17-year-old boy charged in the shootings to offer support in this “nightmare experience that they’re going through and (try) to offer them the support of the community.�

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City urged to change its tune on Royals MARCHING AND CONCERT BAND REPRESENTS RED DEER AT 450 PUBLIC PERFORMANCES AROUND THE GLOBE

BY LANA MICHELIN RED DEER ADVOCATE When it comes to supporting culture, the City of Red Deer needs to put more money where its mouth is, says councillor Buck Buchanan. “We have a department called Recreation, Parks and Culture, and while we don’t have a problem spending money on the rest of the stuff, culture tends to get treated like the ugly stepsister sometimes,� said Buchanan.

The retired police officer, who’s a

bagpiper with the Calgary Police Service Pipe Band, put forward a motion at a city council meeting earlier this month to have the Red Deer Royals marching and concert band recognized as an official ambassador for the City.

Although Buchanan didn’t consult with the Royals before making this motion on his own initiative, he suggested the city also make an annual budget contribution of $30,000 to the group.

Council was told that the 100 local teenagers in the band and colour guard have well represented Red Deer at about 450 public performances

across the nation and the globe. This includes at two Grey Cups, the Olympic Torch Rally, the World Masters, Scott Tournament of Hearts as well Edmonton Oilers and Stampeders Games.

Buchanan later stated that the Red Deer Royals received six Mayor’s Recognition Awards and “have marched Red Deer’s colours all over the province and countryside, but we don’t really have any skin in the game.�

He was referring to a lack of committed, ongoing financial support from the city.

While the Royals apply for fee-for-

service grants (receiving a total of $146,500 since 2003), he said the organization gets no regular municipal funding it can rely on.

If a “small� annual stipend was provided — like his pipe band gets from the Calgary policing budget — Buchanan feels membership in the Royals could be made more accessible to youths who now can’t afford the monthly fees, travel and uniform costs. “I don’t want any kids to be left behind.�

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Shoebox campaign aims to give refugee children a chance to be children

BY LANA MICHELIN ADVOCATE STAFF Fourteen-year-old Kaitlyn Borchers wants to help Syrian child refugees reclaim their childhoods in Red Deer.

The Grade 9 student at St. Francis of Assisi School has launched a campaign to fill shoe boxes with toys and personal effects for the Syrian children being resettled here.

Given the televised images she’s seen of serious-looking kids in refugee camps, Borchers is hoping to lighten their outlook with a fun welcome-toRed Deer gift. “I want them to have an opportunity to just be children,� she explained.

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OPERATION WELCOME Several shoe companies are turning over empty boxes to her Operation Welcome to Canada campaign. And these are being filled by Borchers, her classmates, as well as students at four other Red Deer Catholic schools, with small items, including toys, scarves, tuques, and arts and craft supplies.

Borchers, whose mother works with English as a Second Language students, had helped fill charitable shoe boxes for African children in need, and thought “this would be a good idea to do here.�

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Kaitlyn Borchers of Red Deer is on a mission to help Syrian refugees coming to Central Alberta and will be filling shoeboxes with items for them when they arrive.

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CAWES saluting James Bond at gala and benefit Central Alberta Women’s Emergency Shelter is saluting secret agent James Bond with its CAWESino Royale Gala & Benefit at Sheraton Red Deer on March 11.

Black tie is encouraged for the spy-inspired event, but not required.

Ladies are urged to make an entrance in a glamorous gown if they desire.

Tickets include a shaken martini upon arrival at the cocktail reception, a five-course gourmet dinner, live music for listening and dancing, a Las Vegas-themed casino with fun money and more.

Master of ceremonies Greg Shannon will lead the festivities and internationally recognized ihana Youth Choir will give a special performance.

Doors to the Tuscany Ballroom open at 6 p.m. and the event runs until around 11:30 p.m.

Tickets are $200 each and $1,600 for a table of eight. A charitable receipt is available for a portion of the ticket fee.

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Budding cartoonists invited to Cartoon Jam Budding cartoonists itching to express their creativity through drawing are invited to attend a Cartoon Jam for adults on Feb. 10.

The Red Deer Public Library event will be held at the Timberlands Branch, at 300 Timothy Dr., at 7 p.m.

Adults of all skill levels are encouraged to attend to practise and socialize.

Participants can try a collaborative approach where they work together to make a cartoon strip, frame by frame.

Admission is free and so are supplies. Library books on cartoons and drawing will be on hand.

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Ketan Rakheja (left), Mark Linski, and other members of the Penhold Fire Department prepare and serve brunch Saturday morning for 12 families at Red Deer’s Ronald McDonald House. All other fire and police departments and local businesses are being challenged to do the same for a very worthwhile cause. Penhold firefighter Angela Davis, who stayed at the facility with her sick son recently, said different volunteer groups can sign up to prepare a meal at Ronald McDonald House — and this is greatly appreciated by the families staying there.

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She ran her idea by a couple of workers for Catholic Social Services, the agency that’s resettling Syrian families in Red Deer, and was told it was a worthwhile venture.

“It’s always nice to have toys for the children,” said Remza Mujezinovic, program supervisor for Catholic Social Services. “We feel it’s a great idea, if there’s a little something for the kids…”

So far, 13 Syrian families have arrived in Red Deer and more are expected. Their children range from babies to 18-year-olds.

There’s been an outpouring of calls from people asking what they can do to assist Syrian newcomers. Mujezinovic’s agency has been accepting donations of household items — but not clothing — in a limited storage space.

Donated bedding, dishes, pots, pans and cleaning supplies are being distributed to Red Deer’s newest citizens.

Although toys are not among the items the agency is accepting directly, Mujezinovic said she’s glad that young people in Red Deer are thinking of others and taking on the shoebox project to help welcome incoming Syrian children and youths.

Borchers’ Operation Welcome to Canada charity is also accepting cheques from donors. For more information, or to donate, please visit www. rdcrs.ca/schools/our-schools. Borchers can be emailed at opwelcome2can@ gmail.com. lmichelin@reddeeradvocate.com

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ROYALS: Motion went nowhere Buchanan’s motion didn’t go anywhere after concerns were raised it might set a precedent. Mayor Tara Veer suggested tabling the discussion until after a meeting is held with Red Deer Royals organizers, who had asked to speak with the city about other issues.

Buchanan was disappointed but not surprised by this reaction. “We have a bit of a problem with the arts and culture thing,” he later explained.

“If we need to build another ice surface, then what the heck,” but when money is requested for an arts-related cause, objections are made, he added.

Band director Michael Mann said although Buchanan’s motion was unsolicited by the Royals, “it’s very generous of him to be thinking of us.”

Having a consistent, reliable funding source might indeed help the band find new ways to make membership more affordable for lower-income families, he added.

The Red Deer Royals will celebrate a 50th anniversary in 2019 — the same year Red Deer hosts the Canada Winter Games. Mann hopes the band will be involved in the opening ceremonies, and this is among the topics to be discussed with the mayor.

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Joshu Wong plays the bass drum as he rehearses with the rest of the Red Deer Royals drum line at Gateway Christian School last week.

The group is also getting a permanent practice space in a new $5.7 million fieldhouse being built in partnership with the Red Deer Catholic School Division. It will be attached to St. Joseph High School at 67th Street and 30th Avenue and is expected to be completed by the fall of 2017.

The Royals are responsible for about $3 million of its costs, and about half of this amount has already been raised, said Ray McBeth, fundraising

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director for the band’s alumni association. He expects the fieldhouse will be needed for some of the Canada Winter Games events. lmichelin@reddeeradvocate.com

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‘They’re not coming back’ EDMONTON AIRPORT FACED WITH MORE THAN 100 ABANDONED VEHICLES

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS EDMONTON — Telltale signs are flat tires, expired licence plates and heaps of snow.

Parking staff at the Edmonton International Airport regularly patrol its vast lots and keep a list of vehicles that have been sitting in the same spot for too long.

Last year, they counted roughly 120 abandoned cars and trucks.

Airport parking manager Brett Bain circles an older-model, white Oldsmobile Cutlass Ciera and points out a 2009 sticker on its licence plate. He guesses the car hasn’t been there for seven years, but long enough.

He strolls down the row to a dark-coloured Chevrolet Cavalier. It has no plate at all.

“They’re not coming back,” he says.

Bain believes there are many reasons why people have dumped or forgotten vehicles at the airport. Some are oilpatch workers from the Maritimes or Ireland who have lost their jobs in the Fort McMurray area or had family problems back home and weren’t able to return Alberta.

But he doesn’t believe recent job layoffs in the oil industry have resulted in more abandoned cars.

Sometimes, the vehicles aren’t worth the effort or parking fees to get them out, he adds.

Other times, people go on vacation and die.

“Their family may or may not be aware that they had a vehicle here at the airport. There are many, many different reasons.”

Airport spokeswoman Heather Hamilton says it can be a bit of a mystery. Some vehicles look well-maintained and have personal items such as family photos and mail sitting inside.

“It looks like the person could be back in an hour,” she says. “You sort of

CALGARY — A Calgary woman has been sentenced to eight years for human trafficking after extorting a young woman to become a sex-trade worker.

Amanda Kathleen McGee pleaded guilty Friday to human trafficking, extortion, sexual assault with a weapon, forcible confinement and various prostitution charges.

Court was told police found the 18-year-old victim at the Calgary bus station in January 2014 after relatives asked RCMP to check on her welfare.

The young woman told officers she had been held against her will for several months.

wish the car could talk.”

Several other airports — from Whitehorse in Yukon to Perth, Australia — have experienced the same problem. In 2012, it was reported that loads of luxury cars were left at airports in the United Arab Emirates, where it was believed the owners were foreigners fleeing to avoid the country’s tough debt laws.

Other big parking lots in Edmonton don’t seem to have the same problem.

Spokespeople with West Edmonton Mall, the University of Alberta and parking-lot company Impark say they don’t deal with many abandoned cars.

And an official at Calgary’s airport says it only gets a few each year.

Edmonton’s airport still gets a couple each month, says Hamilton. What makes the airport unique is the high number of passengers who are mobile workers — about 900,000 went through last year — and that must be a factor, she says.

Hamilton suggests the high count of 120 abandoned vehicles last year can also be attributed to a backlog from recent years as RCMP took over tracking down owners.

If airport staff spy a vehicle that looks abandoned, they typically wait 45 days before notifying RCMP, Hamilton explains. If no one has come forward by then, Mounties attempt to find the owner and, if they do, there’s a 90day period to claim it.

After that, if a car or truck still isn’t claimed, it’s seized and handed over to the provincial government to auction or sell in pieces. Service Alberta says

9,716 abandoned and seized vehicles were disposed of in 2014-15 and, after paying towing and storage costs, the department made $582,000.

Bain says about 20 vehicles on the list of 120 remain at the airport, but will soon be towed away like the others. One was a newer pickup truck worth about $30,000.

Hamilton adds that as months go by, parking fees can add up to hundreds and thousands of dollars. The airport has waived fees for some owners who want their vehicles back and can explain their story.

“We’re trying to be reasonable,” she says.

“We just want the car gone.”

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A4 Resources still crucial to Canada

If Justin Trudeau could lift the Ca- ity. nadian economy based on optimism, He skated away from the optimism “positivity,” confidence and smiles, gap when it became evident that a tarhe would be presiding over get of 25,000 Syrian refugees much more than a country arriving in this country by declared hip by some latethe end of 2015 was unworkto-the party arrivals. able, but it is was importHe would be presiding ant to hold fast to that tarover a global juggernaut. get because it made us feel Canadians will generally good, we were doing the applaud a leader who goes right thing, the country was abroad and talks up our “back.” country, celebrates our diThe optimism gap is versity, speaks confidently sometimes the reason his about our future and cuts a words on embracing the leswath through a blue-chip vers of soft power and the global gathering. greater good in people is TIM No one wants to disapinterpreted by some as a HARPER pear down the rabbit hole tepid reaction to the evil of of darkness, and if Trudeau terror. Now he is optimistiOPINIONS is glad-handing with Leoncally trying to rebrand the ardo DiCaprio, Kevin Spaccountry in the eyes of global ey and the ubiquitous Bono while we investors. are being broadsided at home with “My predecessor wanted you to glum economic news, well, this is the know Canada for its resources, I upbeat style that seduced us on the want you to know Canadians for our campaign trail mere months ago. resourcefulness,” Trudeau told the But Trudeau is also risking some- World Economic Forum this week. thing else with his relentlessly upbeat The line is a bit cheesy but that sloganeering and celebrity status. He should not detract from its importance. is close to being defined by a self-creIf you are already hurting in the oilated optimism gap. patch, the line must have hurt.

He has already fallen into the trap When Trudeau touts this country’s at home, where optimistic predictions high-tech, biotech, knowledge indusof modest $10-billion budget deficits try and entrepreneurial class, he is and revenue-neutral tax changes have not kicking our resource sector to been swallowed up by economic real- the curb, but he is signalling a major

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overhaul of economic emphasis in this country and he is right to do so.

Yes, the resource sector lives and dies in cycles, but there is a different feel to the plunge in commodity prices this time. Most of the pain is being felt in Alberta, Saskatchewan and Newfoundland and Labrador but it is hurting everyone in this country.

There is no light at the end of this cycle and Bank of Canada governor Stephen Poloz acknowledged this week that we have a two-track economy in which other sectors will step up to compensate for the battered resource sector.

According to Natural Resources Canada, the energy sector directly or indirectly accounted for 5.2 per cent of the Canadian workforce in 2014 and directly or indirectly contributed 13.7 per cent of the country’s gross domestic product. Resources as a whole, at the end of 2014, were directly or indirectly responsible for 1.8 million jobs and almost 20 per cent of our gross domestic product.

But the Canadian delegation to Davos illustrated this change of emphasis

by Trudeau and the repudiation of the hewers of wood era of Stephen Harper.

Those travelling with Trudeau included his finance minister, Bill Morneau, his international trade minister, Chrystia Freeland, his economic development minister, Navdeep Bains, his environment minister, Catherine

McKenna, and his Treasury Board president, Scott Brison. The natural resources minister, Jim Carr, was not there.

This rebranding already sparked a gentle rejoinder from Calgary Mayor Naheed Nenshi and raised fears it will heighten tensions in Alberta where there is already wariness about Trudeau’s attitude toward resources.

There is, after all, history when it comes to energy policy and the Trudeau name in Alberta, something the current prime minister acknowledged head on in a Calgary speech last year.

He sounded optimistic that won’t happen again.

A bigger source of tension will come from Thursday’s stated opposition to the Energy East pipeline from an amalgamation of 82 Montreal metropolitan jurisdictions. Montreal Mayor Denis Coderre said the potential costs of a cleanup far outstripped any economic benefits from a pipeline that would take Alberta crude to a New Brunswick refinery. The reaction from Alberta was fast and loud.

Resourcefulness may eventually trump resources, but a resource collision still looms in this country.

Here’s hoping Trudeau isn’t overly optimistic about the ease with which this can be handled.

Tim Harper is a national affairs writer syndicated by Torstar.

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Scientists cherry picking numbers to prove their point When it comes to cherry picking nobody can match the audacity of the Global Historical Climate Network (GHCN) and the International Panel on Climate Control (IPCC) database. Without their cherry picking actual recorded temperatures and then adding 2 degrees to them, it would be next to impossible to have global warming.

I came to this conclusion based on circumstance.

The first circumstance was that I worked in Iceland. There I learned about the Hafis Ar (the sea ice years). It was an extremely cold period that was particularly bad from 1965 to 1971 and was finally over by about 1980. According to the locals, this resulted in massive crop failures, near starvation in some outlying areas, high unemployment, devaluation of the Krona by 50 per cent, the Northern, Eastern and Western coasts being iced in, the collapse of the herring fishery and almost a war with Britain.

According to the applied scientists I was working with (mainly engineers), the IPCC / GHCN database had added 2 to 5 degrees centigrade to the Iceland government’s actual recorded temperatures and disappeared the Hafis Ar into a warming period that fit their global warming model.

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My second circumstance was meeting an irate professional engineer from Uruguay. She was irate because the IPCC database had increased the actual recorded temperatures by about 2 degrees for Paraguay, Uruguay, Argentina and Chile. As far as she was concerned, by doing this, the IPCC were calling the professionals in these countries incompetent. My story about the disappearing little ice age in Iceland mollified her.

The third circumstance was my sending an email to my Viking buddies about this encounter. About six months ago one of them got back to me about a retired British accountant who, as a hobby, had started an investigative Internet site based on his analysis of global temperatures. His name is Paul Homewood. I spent the last few days checking out Mr. Homewood and his site.

He compared actual recorded temperatures with the IPCC database (it’s Grade 3 math — which is larger and what’s the difference between the two numbers). His comparison confirmed what I had been told by my Viking buddies and the irate Uruguayan.

He also found that the five years before the Hafis Ar, temperatures in Iceland had been downward adjusted by a couple of degrees and that official recorded temperatures for Canada, Greenland and Russia had been adjusted upwards in the IPCC and GHCN databases.

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There were many personal attacks against him.

But, I could not find any article refuting his methodology, analysis or conclusions. The old scientific saying of “If you attack the man and not the idea, it’s because you can’t attack the idea” probably applies here.

I am amazed that the people at the IPCC had the audacity to inflate the temperatures for so many countries and flabbergasted that they appear to be getting away with it.

In his letter, Mr. Gough raises the issue of what could be gained by a conspiracy to justify global warming. The answer is money and lots of it. Al Gore has become a billionaire based on his carbon credits. Without large government subsidies there would be very few electric cars, solar panels or wind turbines and all of the multimillionaires that this green industrial complex has created. As to why so many are defending global warming and attacking people who disagree with them, my answer comes from Upton Sinclair. He wrote “You cannot expect a man to understand something when his salary depends on him not understanding it.”

Sorry Mr. Gough, you can’t put me down as a denier. Based on the flagrant manipulation of data that there is, I have to call myself a denouncer!

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A community in conflict

TIMELINE LA LOCHE, Sask. — Four people were killed and seven others were injured in a mass shooting Friday at a school and home in the northern Saskatchewan community of La Loche.

A 17-year-old has been charged with murder and attempted murder. Here is a timeline of events: ● Before 1 p.m. — Two teen brothers are gunned down in a home on in the 300 block of Dene Crescent. There is a chilling exchange between friends chatting online. “Just killed 2 ppl,” a young man wrote to his friends. “Bout to shoot up the school.” ● Shortly after 1 p.m. — Police begin receiving calls from frantic students and teachers saying there is a shooter in the school. Students, just returning from lunch, flee for their lives.

Some run for the doors, others hide in gym dressing rooms for several hours. ● Between 1:08 p.m. and 1:10 p.m. — Police begin arriving at the school. Officers see the outside door has been shot. They see a shooter inside and chase him deeper into the school. ● 1:15 p.m. — Police challenge the shooter and he surrenders without negotiation or incident. Officers find nine people shot. Teacher’s aide Maria Janvier, 21, is dead at the scene. Teacher Adam Wood, 35, is rushed to hospital, but cannot be saved. ● After 1:15 p.m. — Police receive a call about a body in a house. They rush to the Dene Crescent home and find Drayden Fontaine, 13, and Dayne Fontaine, 17, dead.

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS LA LOCHE, Sask. — La Loche is a community with roots that date back before the fur trade, but in recent years its mostly aboriginal population has faced conflict between the traditional lives of trappers and modern industries like mining.

Aboriginal peoples had traversed the area near the Saskatchewan-Alberta border for generations, according to the Encyclopedia of Saskatchewan, but it says the origins of La Loche began with the arrival of fur traders and, later, missionaries.

La Loche, which is French for burbot, a variety of freshwater cod, has struggled with unemployment since the fur trade has waned.

And now the community of about 3,000 is in the headlines for the most tragic of events — a mass shooting at a school and home that has left four dead and seven injured.

Over 90 per cent of the region’s population self-identify as aboriginal, the Keewatin Yatthe Regional Health Authority said in its 2014-15 annual report.

The report also noted population in the region remained young, with 27 per cent less than 15 years of age and only seven per cent over 65.

There’s one road from the south and most of the year, it’s a six-hour drive to Prince Albert. A second road leads to Fort McMurray, Alta., but it crosses ice

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Members of the community come out to watch Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall speak in La Loche, Sask., on Sunday. and is only available in winter.

A report from the area’s health region in 2007-08 noted that the sprawling geographic region in the province’s northwest had a suicide rate that was three times the Saskatchewan average.

Premier Brad Wall told a news conference on Saturday that suicide prevention programs were started for affected communities by the previous government and continued by his own.

“There’s a suicide prevention initiative specifically that government has moved on since we have been witness to some very terrible numbers with respect especially youth suicides,” Wall said.

“It’s an ongoing effort on the part of government and the communities themselves.”

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Teacher’s aid, adventurer, brothers mourned LA LOCHE, Sask. — Four people were killed and seven wounded in a mass shooting at a school and a home in the northern Saskatchewan community of La Loche on Friday. A 17-yearold, who can’t be named, has been charged with murder and attempted murder. Here’s a look at those who died:

Marie Jaqueline Janvier STORY FROM PAGE A1

LA LOCHE: It takes time to heal “We’re not blaming them. … It’s just, this has happened and now how do we bring healing and support and try find ways for our young people to have more hope?”

The 17-year-old boy, who can’t be named under the Youth Criminal Justice Act, is charged with four counts of first-degree murder, seven counts of attempted murder and unauthorized possession of a firearm. He is scheduled to make his first appearance Monday in Meadow Lake provincial court.

Saskatchewan RCMP say during an eight-minute period in the La Loche Community school on Friday afternoon, nine people were shot.

Wood, 35, who began teaching at the school in September, and teacher’s

The 21-year-old began working at the school in La Loche this school year as a teacher’s aid. Friend Ashton Lemaigre says she loved her new job. She was kind and patient with children and talked about getting her teaching degree someday.

Deegan Park, her boyfriend of three years, said he would have given up the rest of his life just to spend another year with her.

“I grew up not a good guy, but she turned me right,” Park said. “She was that much of a great person to turn me

right from all the wrongdoings I used to do. … She was a fantastic person.”

aide Marie Janvier, 21, died after they were shot at the school.

Brothers Drayden Fontaine, 13, and Dayne Fontaine, 17, were discovered by the RCMP in a home not far away.

Premier Brad Wall and federal Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale, who is a Saskatchewan MP, met with community leaders in La Loche on Sunday afternoon after their flight was initially delayed because of weather.

After the meeting, Wall said the community will get the support it needs from the province to help people who are struggling after Friday’s tragedy, as well as in the longer term on its infrastructure, education and health-care needs.

“The link is hope. Every community needs that,” he said. “Certainly young people need a sense of hope and I think a lot of mental-health issues flow from a lack of hope for people, not all of them but some, and so those are quality of life issues with respect to the education system and the healthcare system.”

Goodale said the federal govern-

ment wants to listen and learn lessons from what has happened, telling reporters that he expects Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to visit La Loche.

“This community is the epicentre of the most recent tragedy, but it’s a set of issues that this country has to come to grips with and Mr. Trudeau is determined to make that happen and he is also looking forward to an early opportunity when he can visit La Loche personally,” he said.

Outside the church, some people hugged and paused to talk on a cold day under a grey sky.

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The 35-year-old started his teaching career in September in La Loche.

“Adam was quite an adventurer, had a passion for life, and would often make you laugh until your stomach hurt. He was always up for a good challenge and lived each day joyously,” his family, which lives in Uxbridge, Ont., said in a statement. Wood had previously worked with youth at an urban farm

in Thunder Bay, Ont. “There are some people out there that hold a light. Adam was one of them,” the group member said on its Facebook page. “I think about the darkness that came over the school in the moments before his death. And then I think about his light … how he would have offered that to everyone around him, and how, maybe, that would have made that horrible situation somehow a little bit easier for the people near him who survived.”

Please see VICTIMS on Page A7 Andrew Lemaigre, 65, reflected on the emotions that will be felt in the community, adding that the archbishop spoke about forgiveness.

“He knows we’re in shock and he knows the people in La Loche are good,” said Lemaigre, whose daughterin-law saw the shooting at the school his grandchildren attend.

“There’s going to be some anger coming out of it, some hatred and forgiveness. It takes time to heal.

You know, we can’t heal in one day, a month, sometimes it takes years.”

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Speed and Ice Speedskaters line up at the starting line for one of their final heats of the Long-Track Meet Sunday morning at the Golden Circle skating oval.

Allan Hawkins of the Red Deer Central Lions Speed Skating Club leads his competitors down the stretch during the final day of the Long-Track Meet Sunday morning at the Golden Circle skating oval.

Story and photos by ASHLI BARRETT The weather was good, the ice was decent, and speedskaters from across the province came prepared for competition.

The Red Deer Central Lions Speed Skating Club hosted their annual long track speedskating meet this past weekend at the Golden Circle Skating Oval. Over 50 skaters of all ages and skill levels took to the ice over the course of the two day event, testing their power, speed and endurance in a variety of different distances, including 100, 200, 300, 500 metre races, and 1000, 1500, 3000 metre races.

Clubs from Calgary, Edmonton, Peace Wapiti, Banff/Canmore, Rocky Mountain House were all represented, in addition to Red Deer, which accounted for roughly half of all participants.

With temperatures hovering just under the 0 degree mark — -2 degrees on Sunday — parents, coaches, family members and fans crowded the sidelines of the outdoor rink to cheer on the skaters as they rounded corners, weaved around their opponents, and raced for first place in their division.

For final results, check www. reddeerspeedskating.com.

Upcoming speedskating events in the province include a short-track meet in Canmore Jan. 30.

The scenery blurs together as James Wigelsworth of the Red Deer Central Lions Speed Skating Club skates past during a 300-metre heat Sunday morning.

ABOVE LEFT: Nicolas Guerrero of the Calgary Speed Skating Association puts space between him and his competitors as he rounds the final corner of the 500-m final at the Long-Track Speed skating Meet Sunday morning at the Golden Circle skating oval.

ABOVE RIGHT: Parents, coaches and fans of speedskating crowd the sidelines as speedskaters race past during the final day of the Long-Track Meet Sunday morning at the Golden Circle skating oval. The meet attracted speedskaters from across the province.

LEFT: Vincent Laanstra’s competitors are reflected in his goggles prior to a Sunday morning race at the Golden Circle skating oval.

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Ottawa back to business LIBERALS LOOK TO SPEED UP SPENDING OLD CONSERVATIVE FUND AS PARLIAMENT RETURNS

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — As it turns out, one of the first orders of parliamentary business of the new Liberal government might be spending an old Conservative fund.

Justin Trudeau’s majority Liberal government returns to the House of Commons on Monday morning bursting with ambitious priorities following a post-election whirlwind of international travel.

Three heady months after Canadian voters ended a decade of Conservative rule, pollsters say the Liberal Zeppelin still hasn’t returned to Earth.

The looming slog of a long, cold Ot-

tawa winter and being under daily fire in Parliament has done nothing to deflate Liberal effervescence.

“No, not at all, the luxury of having won the election is to have an ambitious agenda that captured the imagination of Canadians, that we believe is responsible and transformative,” Dominic LeBlanc, the Liberal House leader, said Sunday outside a caucus meeting on Parliament Hill.

It’s an agenda that includes fixing the Crown’s ever-troubled relationship with Canada’s indigenous people, getting provincial agreement on a national carbon price, reforming the electoral system, addressing the health care funding model, legislating physician-assisted death, dealing with

Seven hospitalized as jet diverted

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS ST. JOHN’S, N.L. — Seven people were taken to hospital after an American Airlines passenger jet made an emergency landing in St. John’s, NL, Sunday night following severe turbulence.

“I thought we were going down,” said passenger Jordan Case of Plano, Texas.

American flight 206 left Miami at 3:03 p.m. local time bound for Milan, but was diverted and landed at St. John’s International Airport at 9:45 p.m. NT. About four hours into the flight, the plane suddenly dropped and rolled toward one side, Case said.

He said people were screaming and crying as flight attendants scrambled to help other injured flight attendants and passengers at the back of the plane.

“It was like a movie,” he said.

American Airlines spokesman Kent Powell said the flight “briefly encountered severe turbulence” at a time the seat belt light was on.

“Three flight attendants and four passengers were transported to a local hospital for further evaluation,” he said in a statement.

“We are taking care of our passen-

gers and crew, and we are working on next steps to get them safely to their destination.”

The plane had 192 passengers and 11 crew on board.

Capt. Bertrand Lecocq, the pilot, said the rough air was likely from the remnants of the massive storm that just hit the northeastern U.S. Gustavo Canga of Miami, who was en route to his job in Abu Dhabi, said flight attendants and some passengers who were standing toward the back of the plane slammed upwards as the aircraft dropped.

He said there appeared to be some serious back injuries.

“I was very scared,” he said.

Kristoo Prakash of Lake Como, Italy said he is a frequent flyer but had never seen anything like it.

“I said: ‘God, help me.”’

“It was horrible.”

He and other passengers said it was mostly flight crew and passengers at the back of the aircraft who were the worst hurt.

Prakash also described a sudden, steep dive that caught those standing up off guard.

Karen Case said passengers were told they’d be diverting to St. John’s, about a 55-minute flight from the time of the frightening incident, due to “severe” injuries.

Senate appointments and ending the bombing mission in Iraq and Syria — just to name a few. Those daunting election platform priorities are in addition to a Canadian economy being pummelled by $30-per-barrel oil and a diving loonie.

LeBlanc, like the prime minister at the World Economic Forum last week in Davos, Switzerland, is sticking to the script of stubborn, steadfast optimism.

“That is a great position to be in and Canadians should have, in my view, every confidence that their government will be diligent and meticulous in implementing the commitments we made in the election,” he said.

Increased infrastructure spending is one of the first priorities, given

the state of the economy. Infrastructure Minister Amarjeet Sohi says he’s talking to the provinces about how to allocate existing cash from the $10 billion New Building Canada fund set up under the previous government.

As part of a 10-year, $60-billion election pledge, the Liberals promised to spend $20 billion over the next two years on infrastructure, half of which had already been budgeted by the Conservatives. Sohi says he’s not looking at speeding up the timetable of the new Liberal spending — which can’t be doled out until after the Liberals bring down a budget, likely in early March — but he’s signalling he’ll immediately loosen the purse strings on the existing fund.

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says one woman and two men appeared to be drunk when they entered the restaurant late Friday afternoon.

He says they left before placing an order, started arguing noisily outside and one of the men was stabbed.

Zhang says the victim and the sobbing woman took refuge inside the restaurant, where employees tried to stop the bleeding.

RCMP Cpl. Cheryl Bush says the 30-year-old victim was taken to hospital with serious injuries and later died.

She says the suspect fled on foot and has not been located but the investigation is ongoing.

Bush says the victim and the suspect were known to each other and the attack was not random. She has refused to release the suspect’s name.

“We’re not releasing any further details,” she says. “We have identified a suspect.”

BRIEF Snowmobiler dies in B.C. mountains PRINCE GEORGE, B.C. — British Columbia’s coroners’ service is investigating after a deadly avalanche struck the province’s Interior over the weekend.

RCMP in Prince George say a group of five snowmobilers was riding in the remote Torpy Mountain range, northeast of the city, when one of the riders was swept away in an avalanche and killed.

The Mounties say they first received a report of the incident shortly before 11 a.m. on Jan. 23.

The other snowmobilers weren’t injured.

Police say the group was experienced and properly equipped.

Avalanche Canada had issued a special public warning to be extra cautious in the backcountry this weekend, though its advisory didn’t apply to the region where the death occurred.

Mounties seeking suspect in murder outside restaurant KAMLOOPS, B.C. — The owner of a Kamloops sushi restaurant says a fatal stabbing on his doorstep was a “nightmare.”

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NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. — Two people have died in an apparent industrial accident at a lumber yard in the Metro Vancouver area.

Spokeswoman Barb McLintock says British Columbia’s Coroners Service was called on Saturday afternoon to the lumber yard in New Westminster.

She says there were two workers who were dead in what appeared to be an industrial accident.

McLintock didn’t provide the names of the workers, nor did she have the name of the lumber yard.

Fellow worker Stafford Clarke joined Wood and another friend several years ago for a gruelling adventure race in Manitoba’s backcountry, describing Wood as a leader and morale booster. “That to me just speaks so much to who he was — always there and willing to help out and give you a helping hand.” Clarke also remarked on how involved Wood was in the community, whether through church, school or work. “Everybody thinks their lives are busy but he always found the time to help out.”

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COMMUNITY: Remoteness brings challenges Companies drilling for minerals, oil or uranium represent hope for some in the community. But others, such as the Northern Trappers Alliance, feel industrial activities have degraded the land and water and animal populations are decreasing.

In late 2014, the group blockaded a gravel road near La Loche to stop vehicles from exploration companies from passing. Tensions rose between those who supported development and those who don’t.

Candyce Paul, a spokeswoman for the trappers, said they “don’t want any more toxic development.”

But Georgina Jolibois, who was mayor of La Loche at the time and is now the area’s MP, reacted to the blockade by saying that companies tried to accommodate trappers. She noted that she, herself, grew up on the trap lines and didn’t think there was much support for the group’s actions.

The remoteness brings challenges.

But it can also bring people closer together, and the school that was the scene of two of the four shooting deaths on Friday was a centre of La Loche activity.

The school’s Facebook page includes posts about the Grade 1 ski club, a student-made, Star Warsthemed bulletin board for a family reading picnic, and a graduate who’s been featured on the Saskatchewan Polytechnic website.

Two people dead after accident at lumber yard

Dayne Fontaine

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La Loche Mayor Kevin Janvier, left to right, Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall, federal Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale and MLA Georgina Jolibois lay flowers at a makeshift memorial at La Loche, Sask., on Sunday.

“Our entire school and school division community are in shock and in mourning after the tragic events in La Loche,” the Northern Lights School Division posted on the Facebook page following Friday’s tragedy.

“Our hearts are broken for each of the victims and their families and for all the students and staff at the La Loche Community School.”

VICTIMS: Touched so many

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“He was such a natural, genuine person,” said Jon Wynn, co-owner of a Thunder Bay outdoor gear store where Wood worked for six years while studying outdoor recreation and education at Lakehead University. Former employees and even merchandise business representatives, such as North Face, reached out to the store, Wynn said. “He touched so many,” said Wynn. “It’s so nice to know that people care.” Former colleague Andreanne Bolduc remembered Wood immediately befriending her two rescue dogs, despite their skittishness around men.

“I feel truly blessed to say that he was my friend.”

Police say the 17-year-old was killed at a home before the shooting at the school. His friend Brittney Lemaigre remembered him as a caring person.

“I just started to know Dayne a couple weeks ago, I felt like I’ve known him a lifetime.” Lemaigre wrote in a Facebook conversation with The Canadian Press. “He was such a caring person, so thoughtful. … He had a heart of gold. Made anyone around him laugh.

His time on Earth is cut too short.”

Drayden Fontaine Police say the 13-year-old was found dead in the same home as Dayne.

The mother to both boys, Alicia Fontaine, posted about her grief on Facebook. “My heart shattered into a million pieces,” she wrote. “So sad I don’t have no more babies.”

Loren Lemaigre, calling himself a family friend, posted on Facebook: “So young and for nothing.”

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Asbestos-related illnesses on the rise CASES OF MESOTHELIOMA, DEADLY CANCER CAUSED BY ASBESTOS EXPOSURE SHOW NO SIGNS OF ABATING: STATSCAN

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — The numbers of cases and deaths from mesothelioma, a deadly cancer caused primarily by workplace asbestos exposure, have continued to rise and show no signs of abating, recently updated figures from Statistics Canada show.

Described as a “cruel” disease, mesothelioma is an aggressive cancer that develops in the lining of the lungs as a result of inhaling asbestos dust and fibres.

Like asbestos-related lung cancer, mesothelioma can take 20 to 40 years to develop and begin causing symptoms, among them painful coughing, shortness of breath and severe weight loss. About 60 per cent of those affected die within a year of diagnosis. The five-year relative survival rate is seven per cent.

There have been thousands of cases and deaths related to occupational asbestos exposure in Canada, the world’s largest producer and exporter of chrysotile asbestos during the last century.

In 2012, there were 560 new cases of mesothelioma, up from 276 cases recorded in 1992, the StatsCan website shows. Between 2000 and 2012, the most recent year for which statistics are available, deaths from the asbestos-related malignancy jumped 60 per cent — to 467 from 292.

“What they show is shocking because they show that in the past 20 years, the number of cases have doubled and the numbers just keep going up,” said Kathleen Ruff, a B.C. human rights advocate and anti-asbestos campaigner.

“And that only represents part of the picture. It’s well recognized by the scientists and health experts who study asbestos-related diseases that there are at least twice as many cases of lung cancers caused by exposure to asbestos.

“So you’re seeing only part of the harm and suffering and deaths,” she said from her home in Smithers, B.C. In a Nov. 9 letter to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Ruff and a lengthy list of international signatories called on his government to ban the import of asbestos-containing products and urged that Canada support the listing of chrysotile asbestos as a hazardous substance under the UN’s Rotterdam Convention.

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A ‘No Trespassing’ sign is shown at an abandoned asbestos mine in Thetford Mines, Que. The numbers of cases and deaths from mesothelioma, a deadly cancer caused primarily by workplace asbestos exposure, have continued to rise and show no signs of abating, recently updated figures from Statistics Canada show. Described as a ‘cruel’ disease, mesothelioma is an aggressive cancer that develops in the lining of the lungs as a result of inhaling asbestos dust and fibres. not available for an interview Wednesday to say whether the government plans to ban asbestos.

However, a department spokesperson said by email: “Health Canada advises that breathing in asbestos fibres is dangerous and can cause cancer and other diseases … Health Canada will continue to review the science around the exposure of Canadians to hazardous materials.”

Some of the highest case counts of mesothelioma have occurred in Quebec, where the largest and longest-operating asbestos mines in Canada were located. The last of them, in Thetford Mines, Que., closed in 2011 after the then-Parti Quebecois government refused to guarantee a loan that would have kept it operating.

In 2012, Quebec recorded 180 new cases of mesothelioma, StatsCan figures show. Twenty years earlier, there

were 90 cases, with incremental jumps in the numbers each year. Ontario recorded 175 new cases in 2012, up from 85 in 1992, while B.C.’s case count was 85, rising from 40 two decades ago.

Jim Brophy, who headed an occupational health clinic in Sarnia, Ont., from 1993 to 2008, said the region was a hotbed of mesothelioma and other asbestos-linked cancers among workers and their families.

Most worked in the petrochemical industry, where asbestos was widely used as insulation for pipelines, as well as in other industrial applications in the so-called “Chemical Valley” of southwestern Ontario.

“We documented what I think is the largest cohort of asbestos disease in workers in Canadian history,” said Brophy. “We had over 1,000 workers with asbestos-related cancer or respiratory disease.”

During that period, there were also another 1,200 people with pleural plaques, a fibrotic condition of the lungs that is a marker of asbestos exposure, he said.

But it wasn’t just workers who breathed in asbestos while on the job: women who washed their husbands’ contaminated clothes and children who hugged their fathers on their arrival home from work were also at risk — and many got sick, sometimes decades later.

“You end up with this mass engulfing your lungs and causing them to collapse,” Brophy said. “You literally die of asphyxiation. It’s a horrible disease.”

From 1980 to 2002, there were 1,487 men diagnosed with mesothelioma in Ontario, but the figure is considered an underestimation because the disease was often mistaken as lung cancer by doctors unfamiliar with its clinical hallmarks, he said.

Of those cases, less than half registered for compensation with the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board, often because victims and their families were so devastated by the diagnosis, and death often occurred within months.

“There was barely a blue-collar family in Sarnia, I’m not exaggerating here, who didn’t lose a family member or someone they knew — an uncle, a grandfather, a next-door neighbour, a best friend — who had developed this disease,” Brophy said.

Mesothelioma and other asbestos-induced cancers and diseases have already cost the country’s health-care system hundreds of millions of dollars, he said, and the financial toll will continue to mount as more cases arise.

“So there’s still consequences from the decades of asbestos use being felt in Canadian society, and most of it is falling on the families and on the public health-care system, when the law requires that their employers be held responsible.”

Paul Demers, director of the Occupational Cancer Research Centre at Cancer Care Ontario, said products containing asbestos, such as replacement brake pads, cement pipes and cement board for buildings, continue to be imported into Canada.

As well, exposure to the non-burning, insulating substance known as “white magic” is present in older residential homes and such public structures as schools and hospitals, and was even in the Parliament buildings.

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TORONTO — There can be a downside to living on the upper floors of highrise apartments and condominiums for residents who suffer a cardiac arrest and need emergency treatment, a study suggests. Residents on higher floors who have a cardiac arrest have a far lower survival rate than those on lower floors, the study found, likely in part because it takes longer for paramedics to reach them and begin resuscitation efforts. A cardiac arrest occurs when the heart suddenly stops beating. It is different than a heart attack, which is typically caused by a blockage in a coronary artery. Paramedic Ian Drennan, who led the St. Michael’s Hospital study, said time is critical for treating a cardiac arrest with CPR and often a defibrillator to shock the heart back into a normal rhythm.

“The biggest factor is the time that people can initiate treatment for cardiac arrest,” said Drennan of York Region Paramedic Services, who is also a first responder with Rescu, a group based at the Toronto hospital.

Researchers found that having a cardiac arrest above the second floor of a highrise added an extra two minutes to response time for paramedics.

That may not sound like much, but for each minute of delay, there’s a seven to 10 per cent drop in the odds the patient will live.

“Building access issues, elevator delays and extended distance from the emergency vehicle to the patient can all contribute to longer times for 911-initiated first responders to reach the patient and start time-sensitive, potentially life-saving resuscitation,” he said.

The study, published Monday in the Canadian Medical Association Journal, examined survival rates for more than 8,200 cardiac arrests that occurred in private residences in Toronto and nearby Peel Region between 2007 and 2012. Private residences included houses, apartments, condos and townhouses. Overall, researchers found that 4.2 per cent of cardiac arrest patients living below the third floor survived, compared to 2.6 per cent of those on or above the third floor. Of almost 6,000 cardiac arrest patients living below the third floor, 252 were successfully resuscitated and discharged from hospital.

But for highrise residents who lived above the 16th floor and suffered a cardiac arrest, less than one per cent — or two out of 216 — survived. The results were even worse for the 30 residents captured in the study who lived above the 25th floor — none could be resuscitated.

“Often in most highrises, there can be a delay to get into the building, depending who’s at the front door there may be nobody,” explained Drennan.

“The other big delay is often the elevator.

“Sometimes you’ll walk in and the elevator’s up on the 16th floor already or it’s bringing people down and it’s stopping on every other floor … Our only option as paramedics is to press the up button like everybody else and wait until it makes its way to the ground floor.”

Those sorts of delays could be avoided if highrise residential buildings had a plan in place that could alert staff that 911 responders are on their way and to be prepared.

“Then maybe they can make sure the door is open and the elevator is waiting.”

Dr. Christian Vaillancourt, an emergency medicine physician at the Ottawa Hospital who was not involved in the study, said although the findings may seem intuitive, it’s “nice to see someone putting this on paper.”

And while a lot of attention has been paid to equipping public venues like airports and sports arenas with automated external defibrillators (AEDs), about 85 per cent of the estimated 40,000 cardiac arrests suffered

by Canadians each year occur within the home, he said.

“We have yet to really address people arresting in their own homes and that’s the majority of people,” Vaillancourt said Monday from Ottawa. “And the interventions there have less to do with what the paramedics can do and more with training the community at large with knowing and being willing to perform CPR. “And access to a defibrillator in private locations has always been a challenge.”

Survival rates among cardiac arrest patients can be increased when a bystander employs CPR and has access to an AED, as well as training in their use, he said, adding that many people are reticent to use the shock machines, fearing they will do the collapsed person more harm than good.

LONDON — The global vaccine alliance GAVI says it will donate $5 million toward developing the leading Ebola vaccine, hoping that it will be approved by a regulator by the end of 2017.

If the vaccine is given the green light, GAVI says it will then create a stockpile to help stamp out future outbreaks of the lethal disease.

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The vaccine’s producer, Merck & Co. Inc., says it will ensure that 300,000 doses are available from May for use in advanced trials and emergency use.

In a statement on Wednesday, GAVI CEO Dr. Seth Berkley said “the world is still worryingly underprepared for potential future health threats.”

In 2014 — during the biggest-ever outbreak of Ebola — GAVI pledged to spend $300 million to buy Ebola vaccines for poor countries.

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Friend needs diet help went back to eating the “banned” food items. She tests herself and thinks that levels in the 190s are OK. I have been trying to work with her on her diet. I have introduced her to better food choices. I listen to her and give advice when the opportunity comes up. I have made the decision to keep the lines of communication open by not criticizing her choices. Is there anything I ought to be doing? — The Listener Dear Listener: Not really. You are being supportive without enabling.

You might ask her to join you in an exercise class or a morning walk.

Physical activity can help enormously.

And you can suggest that she contact a dietician for help with her nutrition, and the American Diabetes Association (diabetes.org) for information, resources and support. The rest is up to her.

Dear Annie: My wife and I have been married for 46 years and have

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been happy for most of it.

We recently traveled to North Carolina to celebrate the holidays with family and friends. It was also my 71st birthday, so it was especially lovely, and I received some nice gifts. My wife gave me a $50 debit card, which I greatly appreciated.

However, when we were driving home after the turkey dinners, golf, shopping, visiting, etc., it was time to fill up the car. My wife insisted that I pay for the $29 in gas with my birthday debit card.

Do you think that was a reasonable thing for her to do? My wife earns twice what I do. I always buy her beautiful and expensive gifts for her special occasions. — Still in Love Dear Still: Your wife made the unilateral decision that the gift card was for both of you and should be spent on joint needs.

This makes it less of a gift than you anticipated, and we agree that it was unfair. It has nothing to do with who

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.

Drink better wine by drinking it better

— LEARN BY DEGREES Aim for a middle ground when it comes to temperature. Good reds taste better with a little chill on them and good whites taste better when they’re not ice cold, says Joe Campanale, co-owner and beverage director for Epicurean Group, which includes the NYC neighbourhood restaurants dell’anima, Anfora and L’Artusi. So if a red wine isn’t being pulled from a temperature controlled cellar or wine refrigerator, put the bottle in a refriger-

ator for 15 to 20 minutes (or until slightly cool to the touch) before serving, says Jessica Pinzon, wine director of the Napa Valley’s Miminashi restaurant. Wine shows more acidity and minerality at a cooler temperature, and more fruit and alcohol at a warmer temperature.

— ADD A TOUCH OF GLASS Use clean, clear glasses with a good stem, says Campanale, who hosts the weekly “In the Drink” program on Heritage Radio Network. He uses Bordeaux-shaped glasses (your basic red wine glass) for “pretty much all wine, including Champagne.” The stem plays an important role — keeping your fingers from warming the warm.

— AGE WISELY Drink most white wines young, says Gordana Kostovski, sommelier/beverage director of the Volver restaurant in Philadelphia. And these days many red wines are made ready to drink on purchase, too. Big red wines, on the other hand may need a little more time.

you. Feeling secure is the key to attracting abundance, so nurture yourself in comforting ways.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): You’re keen to communicate your ideas to the world but be careful that — in your haste — you don’t mix-up the intended meaning. Take special care when posting messages on social media.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Many Sagittarians will be thrust into the public spotlight, so make sure you’re prepared. Your secret weapon is confidence. If you don’t believe in yourself, why should anyone else?

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): When it comes to your ambitions for the future,

don’t think small. With Jupiter in your aspirations zone, make your professional goals and dreams as big and beautiful as possible.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Relations with family and friends should run smoothly today. And make sure you are communicating well with yourself. Don’t let negative selftalk and criticism dent your confidence.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Strive to balance daily reality with your vividly rich fantasy life. Your motto for the moment is from birthday great, the writer Virginia Woolf: “You cannot find peace by avoiding life.”

Joanne Madeline Moore is an internationally syndicated astrologer and columnist. Her column appears daily in the Advocate.

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HOROSCOPE Monday, Jan. 25 and socialize. If you have an issue that’s CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DATE: concerning you, talk things over with a friend.

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THOUGHT OF THE DAY: Today’s stars CANCER (June 21-July 22): Business encourage being innovative and matters are favoured, as you proactive. extend your professional netHAPPY BIRTHDAY: 2016 is work to include positive people the year to sort out your priorities who are going places. When it and do what feels right for you. comes to diet and exercise, aim July and August are the perfect to be more disciplined. months for love and lashings of LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): It’s romance. a good day to be with friends ARIES (March 21-April 19): and participate in group activiHobbies, creativity and self-exties as you socialize, circulate pression should all flourish today and network up a storm. Singles as Rams get moving, motivated — you may hook up with someand inspired to make some necone who is connected with work. essary changes. Nurturing friendVIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): JOANNE MADELINE ships is also favoured.

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The doctor spoke to her about the consequences of her diet, and after the visit, she spoke to his nurse.

She was told KATHY MITCHELL that if she keeps AND MARCY SUGAR her blood sugar under 200, she ANNIE’S MAILBOX doesn’t need to worry and the doctor won’t be mad at her.

She came away from the visit with a determination to do a better job with her diet. But within a week, she

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Dark, surreal comedy Big Short the revels in weirdness PRODUCERS GUILD OF AMERICA

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There’s always some stiff competition for Weirdest Movie of Sundance, and 2016 has some solid contenders. It could have been The Lobster, a satire that takes place in a universe where singletons who fail to couple up are hunted down, tranquilized, then turned into an animal of their choosing. (Hey, at least they get to pick!)

But that movie has nothing on Swiss Army Man. The dark, surreal comedy stars Paul Dano as Hank, a man stranded on a desert island, who discovers a corpse washed up on the beach. The body is played

by Daniel Radcliffe, and if his mostly nude performance in the play Equus didn’t distance the actor from his decade-plus stretch playing Harry Potter, this certainly will.

Hank quickly learns that this isn’t your typical dead body. It has special powers, one of which is gas so powerful that it can transport the marooned man back to civilization. That’s right, Hank rides the dead body like a jetski using the corpse’s gas like a motor.

Eventually, the body partially comes back to life.

He can’t move really, but he can speak and his name is Manny. He remembers nothing of his past or human existence in general, leaving Hank to explain what life is all about. It’s all very Michel Gondry-esque (think Be Kind Rewind and The Science of Sleep) as Hank uses shadow puppets and rudimentary dolls made of sticks and leaves to explain everything from commuting by bus to sadness and the glory of Jurassic Park to sex.

This educational period supplies plenty of laughs as Manny grapples with the bizarre truths of humanity and social constructs. Why on earth would people hide their farts from one another, the corpse wonders. Why are humans so afraid of appearing weird?

And who would want to live in such a world?

All the while, Hank continues to explore Manny’s many talents. He can be used as a gun because he can shoot objects out of his mouth; he can chop a log in half with his spring-powered limbs; his body collects water, so Hank can use him as a well (and watching Hank drink water that was stored inside of a corpse isn’t for the squeamish); and, when Manny gets … well … excited, he can point Hank back to civilization with a phallic compass.

The feature debut from writer-director duo Dan Kwan and Daniel Scheinert only gets more unpredictable from there, as Manny and Hank’s relation-

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Daniel Radcliffe plays an inquisitive, flatulent corpse in the film ‘Swiss Army Man.’ ship deepens. Giving away much more would be too spoilery, but let’s just say that the movie marks a funny accomplishment for Radcliffe, who has now locked lips on screen with both Dano and his real-life girlfriend, Zoe Kazan. Radcliffe and Kazan played love interests in another festival-circuit movie, the romantic comedy What If. That’s an odd factoid, but hardly the weirdest footnote in the story of Swiss Army Man. Sometimes fiction really is stranger.

LOS ANGELES — Star-studded financial crisis comedy The Big Short gained some much-need Oscar equity Saturday night, receiving the Producers Guild of America’s highest film award that also reflected on Hollywood’s diversity crisis.

After gaining some early momentum in Hollywood’s award season, The Big Short starring Christian Bale, Steve Carell, Ryan Gosling and Brad Pitt lost some traction this month when it failed to win the top prizes at the Golden Globes and Critics Choice awards.

Many of the PGA’s 7,000 members are also Oscar voters and for the past eight years, the guild’s choices for its top trophy went on to win the best-picture prize at the Academy Awards.

Other films that were up for the PGA’s top honour this year included Bridge of Spies, Brooklyn, Ex Machina, Mad Max: Fury Road, The Martian, The Revenant, Sicario, Spotlight and Straight Outta Compton.

The PGA ceremony followed a momentous week in Hollywood when outrage about the Academy Awards’ second straight year of all-white acting nominees, as well as some glaring omissions in the best picture nods, led to calls for a boycott of the Oscar show and then on Friday, sweeping reforms announced by the motion picture academy.

The crisis dominated talk on the PGA red carpet and The Big Short co-producer Dede Gardner made reference to the issue in his acceptance speech.

“And then also to just kill the elephant in the room,” he told the black-tie audience. “Yes, we have a real problem. We do. We do. We have privilege in our hands. We are storytellers. We need to tell stories that reflect our world and our country and all streets and roads and corners.”

Other PGA trophies presented Saturday night included Inside Out for animated feature, Amy for documentary feature, Fargo for television movie or miniseries, Game of Thrones for TV drama series, Transparent for TV comedy series and Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee for digital series.

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The Revenant braves the blizzard with $16M at box office NEW YORK — The snowy frontier saga The Revenant fared best out of the movies that tried to survive a blizzard-ravaged box office.

Weekend moviegoing was affected up and down the East Coast by a winter storm, which forced theatre closures in Washington D.C. and New York, and caused hundreds of theatres to suspend showings.

Studio executives said the storm had a major effect on business.

“It had a huge effect on the entire marketplace,” said Kevin Grayson, head of domestic distribution for STX Entertainment, which debuted the horror thriller The Boy. “Anywhere from 300 to 400 theatres were affected.”

Fittingly, the film that triumphed in the frigid winter weather was 20th Century Fox’s Oscar-nominated Revenant, which took in an estimated $16 million in its third week of wide release. The Alejandro

Inarritu-directed thriller, set in the 1820s, is proving to be one of Leonardo DiCaprio’s biggest hits with $119.2 million thus far.

Disney’s Star Wars: The Force Awakens, came in second with $14.3 million in its sixth week of release.

The Force Awakens, with $1.94 billion globally to date, will likely cross $2 billion in the next week.

Last week’s No. 1 movie, the Kevin Hart-Ice Cube comedy Ride Along 2, dropped steeply in its second week, sliding to third with $13 million for Universal.

Those holdovers were trailed by a trio of new releases: Dirty Grandpa, The Boy and The 5th Wave, which all earned $10 million to $12 million over the weekend.

Paul Dergarabedian, senior media analyst for Rentrak, said the storm had an effect, but cautioned against overestimating its impact.

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Rebels roll past Silvertips

BY GREG MEACHEM ADVOCATE SPORTS EDITOR Rebels 4 Silvertips 1 The Everett Silvertips looked like they had awoken from hibernation through the first period of Saturday’s WHL outing at the Centrium.

From there, though, the Red Deer Rebels were loaded for bear and took it to the ‘Tips, prevailing 4-1 before a noisy gathering of 7,005.

Aided by three Red Deer penalties — at least one of the questionable variety — the ‘Tips outshot their hosts 15-8 in the opening frame and took a 1-0 lead into the intermission on a power-play tally by Graham Millar, who tipped Noah Juulsen’s point shot through the pads of goalie Trevor Martin.

“It wasn’t that we were bad either, it’s just that they really came at us,” said Rebels GM/head coach Brent Sutter.”They forechecked hard.”

The Rebels were clearly the better team the rest of the way, firing three goals in the middle frame and sealing the deal with a third-period marker.

“We made some adjustments between periods and then a few more during a timeout, and I thought that helped us,” said Sutter. “We were really solid the last two periods.

I thought that second period was as good a period as we’ve played all year.”

The Rebels lost veteran scorer Conner Bleackley to an apparent leg injury during the contest but the team’s supporting cast came through in a big way, with bottom-six forwards Brandon Hagel and Grayson Pawlenchuk both connecting and Hagel and Jeff de Wit each picking up two assists.

“The guys stepped up and we needed that,” said Sutter. “Bleacks went down and we had to change our lines. I thought the guys all respond-

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Forward Michael Spacek of the Red Deer Rebels looks to get past Everett Silvertips defenceman Lucas Skrumenda during Saturday night WHL action at the Centrium. The Rebels defeated the Silvertips 4-1. ed. To a man, everyone did a great job.

“Our defence got pucks up the ice quickly. Our transition game was good and Marty (Martin) was solid.”

Adam Helewka got the Rebels on the board 5:15 into the second period on a redirection of a tape-to-tape feed from Michael Spacek, and Colton Bobyk scored the eventual winner at 9:59 with a power-play bullet from the point.

Pawlenchuk upped the count to 3-1 three minutes later by burying a rebound and

Hagel rounded out the scoring at 4:55 of the final frame.

The Rebels directed 25 shots at Everett netminder Carter Hart, while Martin, who got the start after replacing Rylan Toth for the third period, overtime session and shootout in Friday’s 5-4 loss to the visiting Swift Current Broncos, faced 29.

“Marty played a heck of a game here tonight,” said Sutter. “He made some big saves at key times.”

One such stop was on Jake Christiansen, who broke in

alone with the ‘Tips already up 1-0.

“If he (Martin) hadn’t stopped that breakaway we would have been down 2-0 quickly,” said Sutter. “He kept us close and give us a chance to get going. I was happy with his game, but overall our effort was very good this weekend. I was very happy with the way the kids played.”

Martin’s starts have been few and far between this season, but he’s kept himself focused in the event he gets the call.

“I think it’s been a long time coming. I’ve been working really hard with Taylor (Rebels goaltending coach Dakers) on and off the ice,” said the 19-year-old. “I think it was just a really good group effort tonight, too. Everyone just zoned in and we put a full 60 (minutes) together.

“It was tough that they got that first-period goal, but as soon as it went in we just settled down and we took the game over from there. The guys did a great job of blocking shots, as they always do, and when the puck got out to the point they made sure they boxed out the other guys.

“Everett has a big team and we handled them very well.”

Sutter suggested that Martin is the ultimate team player.

“He knows his role and yet I love his attitude,” said the Rebels boss.

“He knows there’s a chance he may not play as many games as he would like, but at the same time he’s got that mindset and attitude that he wants to push to be our No. 1 guy.

“That’s what I love to have from a player in that position.

At the same time it keeps Tother on his toes and we need Tother to stay sharp too.”

After replacing a shaky Toth in Friday’s loss to the Broncos in a game the Rebels dominated, handing the reins to Martin 24 hours later was a no-brainer for Sutter.

“Tother fought it in the first two periods (Friday) and Marty went in and battled and played well, so I thought we’d give him a start tonight and he responded really well,” said Sutter.

The Rebels are idle until the weekend when they close out a five-game homestand by hosting the Kootenay Ice and Brandon Wheat Kings Friday and Saturday. gmeachem@reddeeradvocate. com

Hurricanes blow through Flames

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Hurricanes 5 Flames 2 RALEIGH, N.C. — Kris Versteeg seems to be settling in well with the Carolina Hurricanes.

Versteeg scored twice and Carolina beat the Calgary Flames 5-2 on Sunday night.

Acquired from Chicago in September, Versteeg said he’s had to learn new habits with the Hurricanes. It’s been a common refrain for the forward, who has had two stints with the Blackhawks and also spent time with Toronto, Florida and Boston.

“He’s what we needed,” Carolina coach Bill Peters said. “He’s got skill, he’s got patience and poise with the puck. We knew that coming into the season.”

Versteeg scored his ninth and 10th goals of the season, and Victor Rask, Elias Lindholm and Joakim Nordstrom also scored for Carolina. The Hurricanes led 3-0 early in the second period and chased Calgary goalie Karri Ramo. Eddie Lack made 33 saves for Carolina.

Calgary got goals from Jiri Hudler and Joe Colborne. It fell to 0-15 when trailing after one period.

Versteeg scored his first on a pass from Eric Staal to put Carolina ahead 3-0 at 3:50 of the second. He scored again on a power play with 8:47 left in the third for a 4-2 advantage.

“When you get to new teams, some-

times people think it’s going to (click) right away,” Versteeg said. “It’s new things every day. Over the last month and a half, I’ve started to adjust, and I feel a little more comfortable each day.”

Lack also seems more comfortable in net for Carolina after being pressed into the starter’s role when Cam Ward was put on injured reserve Wednesday with a concussion. Lack was particularly sharp after Calgary cut the lead to 3-2.

“The more I play, the more comfortable I feel,” Lack said. “Sometimes, it’s tough to get in a bit of a rhythm. You’re always afraid if you make one mistake, you can be out. But I feel pretty comfortable now.”

Rask and Lindholm scored first-period goals. Lindholm’s came on a penalty shot with 2:33 left.

Hudler scored his sixth of the season and first in 15 games midway through the second, knocking in a pass from Mark Giordano.

Colborne scored for Calgary 5:01 into the third to make it 3-2. The Flames pushed hard out of the final intermission and had the first 10 shots of the last period.

Carolina held on thanks to its penalty killing. The Hurricanes killed off five penalties and have stalled 55 of 63 power plays this season at home.

“We did some good things 5-on-5, but, again, special teams let us down,” Colborne said.

Nordstrom scored 32 seconds after

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Versteeg to seal it, giving Carolina five goals for the first time in 20 games.

NOTES: This was the first of two meetings in 10 days for the teams.

Carolina visits Calgary on Feb. 3. …

Calgary entered 8-2-0-1 against Carolina in the past 11 meetings, with four

shutouts. … Hudler’s goal was his first since Dec. 4 in a 5-4 victory over Boston. … Giordano’s assist was his 20th of the season. … The Flames were playing the fourth of five consecutive games on the road.

Pair of Ekholm goals pushes Preds past Oilers

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS Predators 4 Oilers 1 EDMONTON — The Nashville Predators have taken a couple steps back in the right direction.

Mattias Ekholm had a pair of goals as the Predators made it two wins in a row with a 4-1 victory over the Edmonton Oilers on Saturday.

Mike Fisher and Filip Forsberg also scored for the Predators, who had lost six of their last seven before their latest victories.

It was a really good road win for us,” said Nashville head coach Peter Laviolette. “I thought our guys played hard. They played hard, they played smart and we were able to chip in some timely goals.”

The goals came at opportune times, but weren’t of the highlight-reel variety.

“It wasn’t pretty, both my goals

weren’t really how we drew it up,” Ekholm said.

“But we’ll take it in the position we’re in. When you shoot, sometimes you create some stuff and that’s what happened tonight. It was a greasy road win for us, a good road win for us, and we deserved the two points.”

Leon Draisaitl replied for the Oilers, who have lost three in a row heading into a nine-day break.

“We actually played a solid game, but it is frustrating to lose a game like that before this break,” Draisaitl said.

“It would have been nice to go into the break on a win and feeling good about ourselves.”

Oilers head coach Todd McLellan said not everybody was ready to go come game time, and that upset him.

“We had some guys who really came and participated and we had some passengers tonight,” he said. “When you are as thin as we are right now, you can’t have that.”

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Edmonton (19-26-5) got on the board first with a goal 12 minutes into the first as Draisaitl made a great individual effort to cut back on defender Shea Weber and send a backhand shot past Predators goalie Pekka Rinne.

Nashville (22-18-8) got that goal right back, however, as Ekholm was finally able to chip a puck past Oilers starter Cam Talbot after a scramble in front.

The Predators took a 2-1 lead on the power play 1:48 into the second with a highly unusual goal. An Ekholm shot hit defender Andrej Sekera and ended up in Talbot’s equipment and was lost from view for a few seconds without the play being blown down before falling out and ending up in the net as Talbot was backing up looking for the puck.

Nashville took a two-goal lead 52 seconds into the third when Weber made a bullet pass from the corner to give Fisher a tap-in goal.

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seal the victory.

Rinne made 23 saves for the win as Talbot kicked out 21-of-24 shots in defeat.

The Predators travel to Vancouver to face the Canucks on Tuesday, while the Oilers don’t return to action until Feb. 2 against Columbus.

Notes: It was the second of three games between the two teams this season, with the Preds winning the first match 2-0 on Oct. 10 in Nashville…

Out for the Oilers were Connor McDavid (clavicle), Ryan Nugent-Hopkins (hand), Oscar Klefbom (lower body), Brandon Davidson (undisclosed) and Andrew Ference (hip)… Griffin Reinhart was called up from Bakersfield of the AHL to fill Davidson’s spot on the Oilers defence… Injured for the Predators were Colin Wilson (lower body) and Gabriel Bourque (upper body)…

Rinne made his 40th start of the season for Nashville.

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Broncos scramble into Super Bowl

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Broncos 20 Patriots 18 DENVER — No, you’re not seeing things.

That really was Peyton Manning lumbering his way down the field for a 12-yard gain and a first down Sunday.

And thanks to his defence, that will be Manning — the 39-year-old quarterback who was supposed to be on his way to a retirement party — and the Denver Broncos, not Tom Brady and the champion New England Patriots, playing in the Super Bowl two weeks from now.

Ol’ No. 18 engineered Denver’s 2018 victory — not settled until Broncos cornerback Bradley Roby picked off Brady’s pass on a 2-point attempt that would have tied it with 12 seconds left.

Brady hit a double-covered Rob Gronkowski in the back of the end zone on fourth down to set up the potential tie. The Patriots had to go for 2 because Stephen Gostkowski missed an first extra point in the first quarter, his first miss in 524 tries.

Aqib Talib stepped in front of Brady’s pass and deflected it skyward.

Roby, who forced the game-changing fumble in last week’s victory over Pittsburgh, made the pick. The Broncos (14-4) recovered the onside kick and the celebration began. Manning is now 6-11 in his vaunted series against Brady, but 3-1 with the AFC title on the line.

“He’s going to do what he has to do to win,” Broncos coach Gary Kubiak said.

“He’s one of the greatest competitors ever in this league.”

Manning surpassed his boss, John Elway, as the oldest quarterback to take his team to the Super Bowl. The

Broncos will play Arizona or Carolina, who met later in the NFC title game.

New England (13-5) came up short and won’t get a chance to defend its title. The Patriots lost their last two regular season games to squander homefield advantage. In a game that came down to one play, that may have made a difference.

“A couple of plays here and there, where they made better plays, really were the deciding factors of the game,” Patriots safety Devin McCourty said.

Whether it’s been Manning lining up under centre this season, or Brock Osweiler, who took snaps while Manning was injured for six weeks toward the end of the season, the Broncos have depended on a defence that gave up the fewest yards and came up with game-saving plays time and again.

Von Miller finished with 2 ½ sacks and an interception. The Broncos harassed Brady all day. He finished 27 for 56 for 310 yards and two picks. After giving it up twice on downs inside the Denver 20 late in the fourth quarter, Brady lobbed a 40-yard pass to a double-covered Gronkowski to keep a desperation drive going on fourthand-10.

Then, on fourth-and-goal from the 4 with 12 seconds left, Brady found Gronkowski again. The tight end stepped in front of Chris Harris Jr. for the catch, and the game came down to one play.

The Broncos defence made it once again, and the franchise is now headed to its eighth Super Bowl. This marks No. 4 for Manning, who could become the first quarterback to lead two different franchises to titles. His last appearance was ugly. A 43-8 loss to Seattle two years ago.

Was this Vintage Manning against the Patriots? Not by a longshot.

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Denver Broncos running back C.J. Anderson (22) evades New England Patriots strong safety Patrick Chung for a 30-yard gain during the second half of the NFL football AFC Championship game between the Broncos and the Patriots, Sunday, in Denver.

Panthers to play in Super Bowl after rout of Cardinals Panthers 49 Cardinals 15 CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Superman is bringing his cape and his pen to Super Bowl 50. He’s leaving behind his camera.

“Yeah, we are going to the Super Bowl. We are not going just to take pictures,” Cam Newton said Sunday after leading the Carolina Panthers into the big game with a 49-15 rout of Arizona for the NFC championship. “We are trying to finish this thing off.”

That would be against Peyton Manning and the Denver Broncos in two weeks.

“Playing the sheriff,” Newton said of Manning. “We’re going to live in the moment right now. We’re going to be excited.”

Newton threw for two touchdowns and ran for two others, and Carolina’s big-play defence stifled Arizona’s topranked offence. The 49 points were the most for an NFC title game winner.

The NFL’s new top man at quarterback — Newton is an All-Pro this season — goes against five-time MVP Manning. Carolina is favoured by four points.

“We’ve been dreaming about this moment since Day 1,” Newton said.

“Our pen has a lot more ink left.”

It will be Newton’s first trip to the Super Bowl and the second for the Panthers (17-1), who lost to New England 12 years ago. Denver, of course, has made a habit of going to Super Bowls, reaching it for a record-tying eighth time.

And while the Broncos’ defence carried it past New England 20-18 for the AFC crown, Carolina’s D was just as destructive. It picked off Carson Palmer four times, forced two fumbles by him, and never let up the assault.

Special teams also had a takeaway, and when Carolina grabbed a 24-7 halftime lead this time, it didn’t back off,

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Carolina Panthers linebacker Thomas Davis (L) and Carolina Panthers linebacker Luke Kuechly (R) stop Arizona Cardinals tight end Darren Fells (C) during the first half of their NFL NFC championship playoff game at Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte, North Carolina, Sunday. The Panthers defeated the Cardinals and will face the Denver Broncos in Super Bowl 50. as it did in nearly blowing a 31-point margin a week ago vs. Seattle.

When Newton flew into the end zone for a 12-yard third-quarter touchdown — no, he didn’t have the cape on — he posed like a superhero, dabbed a bit, and pointed the Panthers toward the Bay Area.

Newton finished with 335 yards passing and 47 rushing as Carolina won its 13th straight home game, including three in the playoffs.

One of his biggest helpers was Ted Ginn Jr., who was dumped by the Cardinals after last season. Ginn had a 32-yard punt return to set up his weaving 22-yard TD run, and chased down

Major midget female Chiefs edge Fury in a shootout MINOR HOCKEY ROUNDUP Maddison Toppe’s shootout goal was the difference as the visiting Red Deer Sutter Fund Chiefs downed the Sherwood Park Fury 6-5 Saturday in Alberta Major Midget Female Hockey League action.

Shae Demale’s second goal of the game — with Red Deer netminder Bailey Knapp on the bench in favour of an extra attacker — tied the game with 51 seconds remaining.

Toppe, Erika Marshall and Kristen Baumgardt also scored regulation-time goals for the Chiefs. Knapp made 19 saves for Sutter Fund.

Minor midget AAA Angus Macleod, Griffen Hall and Ryan McBeath supplied the goals and Duncan Hughes made 33 saves as the Red Deer Strata Energy Chiefs edged the Southeast Tigers 3-2 Sunday at Medicine Hat. The Tigers held a 35-31 advantage in shots.

Meanwhile, the host Red Deer North Star Chiefs outshot the Calgary Stampeders 35-27 but had to settle for a 3-3 tie. Scoring for the Chiefs were Keaton Sawicki, Kale Seelen and Zachary Zaparniuk, while Justin Verveda blocked 24 shots.

On Saturday, visiting Strata Energy directed 45 shots at the opposition net but fell 4-1 to the Lethbridge Hurricanes. McBeath notched the lone Chiefs goal and Steven Arthur made 29 saves.

The North Star Chiefs also came up

empty, getting goals from Zaparniuk and Hayden Clayton in a 5-2 loss to the visiting Rockyview Raiders. Verveda made 31 saves, two more than Raiders netminder Hunter Young.

Major bantam The Red Deer Rebels were 1-1 in weekend play, their 3-2 loss to the host Rocky Mountain Raiders Sunday following a 4-2 win at home Saturday over the Grande Prairie Storm.

Caileb Berge and Payton Wright scored for the Rebels Sunday, while Griffen Ryden assisted on each goal and Bretton Park made 27 saves in a losing cause.

Outshot 30-22, Red Deer was assessed nine of 13 minor penalties, with the Raiders taking two misconducts.

Berge, Keaton Sorensen, Cole Muir and Jace Paarup were the Rebels marksmen Saturday. Jason Very made 19 saves for the hosts, who held a 32-21 advantage in shots and took three of six minor infractions.

Major bantam girls Madison Rutz sniped the lone goal for the Red Deer Sutter Fund Chiefs Sunday in a 2-1 loss to the host Calgary Outlaws.

Madison McLaren made 26 saves in a losing cause as the Chiefs held a 2722 edge in shots.

Sutter Fund suffered a 2-1 loss to the host Calgary Rangers Saturday.

Sage Sansregret scored a second-period goal for the Chiefs and Chantelle Sandquist made 28 saves.

All-Pro cornerback Patrick Peterson to prevent a second-quarter touchdown.

He also had 52 yards on two receptions.

“Yes, it was personal,” Ginn said.

“My team knew it was personal.”

Carolina’s defence did the rest, most notably making Palmer uncomfortable in the pocket and turning Larry Fitzgerald, the star of last week’s overtime victory against Green Bay, into a virtual non-entity. It led the league with 39 takeaways, and at times it made an Arizona team that gained more yards than anyone look amateurish.

“We wanted to come out and play a

CHINOOK LEAGUE Former Edmonton Oilers forward Ryan Smyth made his debut with the Stony Plain Eagles a successful one Saturday night.

Smyth notched a goal and drew an assist as the hosts doubled the Innisfail Eagles 4-2 in a Chinook Hockey League contest. Further details were unavailable.

It was the second loss in as many nights for Innisfail, who dropped a 4-3 decision to the visiting Bentley Gener-

OLDS GRIZZLYS OLDS — Netminder Ben Giesbrecht did his part but his Olds Grizzlys teammates could muster just a single goal in a 2-1 Alberta Junior Hockey League loss to the Calgary Canucks Saturday.

The Grizzlys scored first in front of 782 fans at the Sportsplex — with Tyr Thompson connecting 39 seconds into

complete game and I think the guys up front played exceptional,” linebacker Luke Kuechly said. “There was pressure all day.”

Capping the barrage was Kuechly, who returned an interception 22 yards for a score. The 49 points were the most this season for Carolina, which led the NFL with 500. The last time a team scored as many in a conference title game was 1990: Buffalo 51, the Raiders 3 in the AFC. The scoring started quickly, as it did for the Panthers against the Seahawks.

Newton hit four passes for 35 yards on their opening drive and Graham Gano hit from 45 yards for a 3-0 lead.

Criticized for being too conservative against Green Bay, Palmer let it fly from the outset. He just connected too many times with the Panthers.

“I kept digging us in a hole and we just couldn’t come out of it,” Palmer said.

Ginn’s 32-yard punt return set up the Panthers at the Arizona 49. Six plays later, he took a pitch from Newton, headed left and broke a tackle by Justin Bethel. Just as quickly as he was surrounded by red shirts, the swift Ginn emerged to cut across the field into the end zone for a 10-0 lead.

Nearly as swiftly, it was 17-0. Newton fired a dart to Philly Brown. Another botched tackle, this one at the Carolina 47 by Rashad Johnson, left Brown with nothing but unprotected turf.

Arizona finally moved into Carolina territory, only to see Kawann Short sack Palmer and strip the ball.

The Cardinals kept trying, and put together a 79-yard scoring drive on which David Johnson starred after an ignominious start. He was plastered by All-Pro linebacker Thomas Davis for a 6-yard loss on the first play of the series, then came back to gain 25 yards, including a 1-yard TD dive.

Davis, who already had six tackles, left with a broken right forearm during that drive. als Friday. Bentley forward Mike Bayrack scored the winner with 1.6 seconds remaining on the clock, just 66 seconds after Keaton Lackton drew the hosts even. Todd Fiddler potted a pair of first-period goals for the Generals and Tyler Brenner connected in the second period. Dustin Wallin and Ty Clay also scored for the Eagles.

Bentley was two-for-nine on the power play and Innisfail was one-fornine with a man advantage.

Winning netminder Thomas Heemskerk made 26 saves. Dan Dunn stopped 25 shots for the Eagles. the middle frame — but Austin Ehret pulled the Canucks even 10 minutes later and Kyler Magus notched the winner at 3:49 of the third period.

Giesbrecht turned aside 36 shots, while Caiden Kreitz made 25 saves for the visitors. Both teams were zero-forfour on the power play.

Olds returns to action Tuesday at 7 p.m. against the visiting Camrose Kodiaks.

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Huskies gain some ground on Kings

BY GREG MEACHEM ADVOCATE SPORTS EDITOR Kings 3 Huskies 3 PENHOLD — The parity that exists in the Alberta Colleges Men’s Hockey League was apparent during the weekend at the Penhold Regional Multiplex.

The RDC Kings went into a twogame set with the Keyano Huskies of Fort McMurray with a six-point lead over their northern foes, but that cushion was reduced to three when the visitors claimed three of the four points up for grabs.

The Huskies staged a third-period comeback to edge their hosts 5-4 Friday and on Saturday came away with a 3-3 draw. Keyano has played two fewer games than the Kings, who are going into a bye week and don’t play again until Feb. 5 in Calgary versus the SAIT Trojans.

“It’s tight. It’s tough,” RDC head coach Trevor Keeper said following Saturday’s saw-off, in reference to the competitive nature of the league. “Everybody plays hard and everybody’s prepared. We know each other really well, we play each other often.”

Keeper had no issue with his club’s work ethic in the two-game series, with errors and a handful of players who didn’t bring their A-game being the major culprits in RDC earning just a single point.

“This weekend we had some lapses that cost us and we had a few guys who weren’t sharp and on their game,” said Keeper. “That cost us as well.

“We played hard. An example was

the third period today in which we got close to half our shots in the whole game. We were pushing, but a few mistakes early cost us getting the full two points.”

The Kings outshot their guests 19-10 in the third period Saturday and 40-27 overall. They trailed 3-2 when Dylan Rota connected at 6:30 of the period, but got a tying goal from Blair Mulder — on a rising slapshot from the point — a mere 30 seconds later.

From there, RDC netminder Devon Fordyce and Keyano stopper Logan Stebner held the fort through the final 13 minutes of regulation time and the five-minute four-on-four overtime frame.

Connor Hartley and Jordan McTaggart notched first- and second-period goals for the Kings, while Kyle Campbell and Richard Dartnall accounted for the other Keyano markers.

The end result snapped a threegame RDC losing streak.

“We just reminded the guys that as you go through a season you’re going to hit speed bumps and there are going to be times when things don’t go your way,” said Keeper. “But good teams never lose multiple games in a row and we have to get positive and focus on what we have to do to keep getting better next week in practice.

“We can’t be pointing fingers or anything like that. Just take accountability and keep continuing to get better as we go into this last stretch. We have four days of practice and hopefully we’ll get re-energized.”

The Kings bench boss said he expects two players — winger Regan Wilson (upper body) and defenceman

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Forward Jody Sick of the Red Deer College Kings slips past Keyano Huskies defencmen Donnie Churchill, left, and Kyle Paat during the first period of a Saturday afternoon ACAC game at the Penhold Multiplex.

Mike Statchuk (lower body) — who missed the Keyano series to be back in the RDC lineup in two weeks.

Kings get win but Queens fall to Clippers RDC VOLLEYBALL

digs and Samantha Zacharias 10 kills, four aces and 10 digs for BBC.

BY DANNY RODE SPECIAL TO THE ADVOCATE

Kings 3 Clippers 1 Despite the 25-23, 21-25, 25-16, 25-20 victory Kings head coach Aaron Schulha wasn’t overly pleased.

“Too many errors,” he said. “We missed too many serves and were inconsistent. I was telling the (assistant) coaches at the end of the game we survived the weekend knowing how banged up we are and had limited options coming in off the bench.

“It was nice to get through the weekend. If we were playing Medicine Hat we could have lost one of the matches, maybe both.

“It was a rude awakening and it was good to have that and get the Ws.” Still the Clippers, who have a 6-12 record with RDC at 15-1, played much better than they did in a 3-1 loss Friday.

“We had to expect them to come out today like they played late yesterday and they did that,” said Schulha. “They’re fighting for their playoff lives and every win is important for them. Every win is important for us as well, but for a different reason.”

Schulha liked the way the Kings played when they were on a run, but not when they let down.

“When we were clean we went on a significant run and when we made errors they went on a significant run. We can see what we’re capable of when we play clean and how ugly it looks when we make errors.”

Schulha did get a chance to use backup setter Ryan Beatson in the second set and Kashtin De Souza came in off the bench for starter Regan Fathers and was solid.

“Ryan is an energy guy,” said Schulha. “He gives up a bit of height but provides something different (than Luke Brisbane) and is a good defender. Kash and Matt (Lofgren) are our passing left sides and Kash came in for Regan and did what we wanted.”

De Souza had five kills, an ace, a block and six digs. Beatson had 11 assists. Riley Friesen was the player of the match for the Kings with 19 kills, two aces, three blocks and seven digs while Lofgren had seven kills and seven digs and middle Tom Lyon six kills, an ace, four digs and two blocks. Ty Moorman had four kills, four digs and four blocks. Brisbane finished with 31 assists, two kills and seven digs.

Mitch Erickson had 14 kills and setter Carter Reimer three kills, nine digs and 30 assists for BBC. The RDC teams face Ambrose University College in a home-and-home series next weekend – Friday at Ambrose and Saturday at RDC. Danny Rode is a retired Advocate reporter who can be reached at drode@reddeeradvocate.com. His work can also be seen at www.rdc.ab.ca/athleticsblog.

Clippers 3 Queens 1 The RDC Queens still have some work to do to be consistently at the level they need to be come playoff time.

The Queens showed Friday just how good they can be with a 3-1 victory over the Briercrest Bible College Clippers.

On Saturday afternoon they showed they still need some fine tuning as they dropped a 20-25, 25-15, 18-25, 12-25 decision to the Clippers in Alberta Colleges Women’s Volleyball League action at RDC. “We didn’t have a grasp of the controllable skills,” said Queens head coach Talbot Walton shaking his head. “We didn’t serve exceptionally well … we served soft. Didn’t set well and didn’t make good choices on hitting. Those are the three skills we can control and we didn’t do a good enough job of that.

We tried to rely solely on our defence and Briercrest hits the ball too well to rely strictly on defence to beat them.”

In the second set the Queens looked as if they were going to return to Friday’s form, but despite the lopsided win it was only an illusion.

The Queens managed to record only seven kills in each of the third and fourth sets.

While the Clippers looked like the team ranked fourth in Canada, Walton felt they gave them too many free chances.

“They were running their offence off free balls and anyone can get a lot of momentum off free balls,” he said.

The weekend split didn’t help the Queens goal of moving up in the standings as they sit at 10-6 with BBC at 14-4.

Despite a disappointing performance Saturday, Walton will use both Friday and Saturday as a positive.

“Friday was like we should be. We can’t take much out of today but it was one of those games the girls will remember and will give them motivation and help them in the future.”

Miranda Dawe was player of the match for RDC with 10 kills, three aces, a block and 22 digs. Kelsey Tymkow had five kills, libero Olivia Barnes 10 digs.

Ashley Fehr, who came in late in the first set and played all of the second and some of the third, had 15 assists, two kills and five digs. Starting setter Meagan Kuzyk had 10 assists, an ace and four digs.

Mikayla Reinhardt had 17 kills, two aces and 13

The Kings’ next home game is Feb. 6 at the Multiplex versus SAIT. gmeachem@reddeeradvocate.com

RDC BASKETBALL

Kings get back on right track with win over Kodiaks Kings 94 Kodiaks 88 LETHBRIDGE — The RDC Kings appear to be out of their slump.

The Kings came up with a huge 94-88 victory over the Lethbridge College Kodiaks after dropping their first three games of the second half of the Alberta Colleges Men’s Basketball League.

“We definitely look to be coming together with our new look,” said Kings head coach Clayton Pottinger.

“The first three games this half we were working out the kinks after making a couple of changes over the break.”

The Kings lost team scoring leader Ian Tevis and backup guard Henry Bankazo at Christmas and also had a string of injuries which left them with only eight players on the bench.

But with Shayne Stumpf now in the fold the Kings looked more like themselves Saturday, although Stumpf is still getting used to his new teammates.

Anthony Ottley led the RDC squad with 18 points and 12 rebounds while Matt Matear had 20 points and eight boards, JP LeBlanc 17 points and Matt Johnson an outstanding 13 points, 12 assists and eight rebounds.

The Kings stormed out of the gate, grabbing a 3320 lead after the first quarter and were ahead 56-42 at the half.

‘We lost the second half by eight, but did enough early,” said Pottinger. “This was a big win for us. Lethbridge played well and even if we would have lost I would have been pleased. It was nice to be rewarded for our hard work.”

Kodiaks 70 Queens 39 After a solid effort in a 68-59 loss to the No. 1 ranked team in the country Friday, the Queens stumbled out of the gate Saturday and trailed 31-8 after 10 minutes. They trailed 51-19 at the half and 56-30 after three quarters.

“Our coaching staff didn’t use our personal correctly today,” said Queens head coach Ken King.

“We’ll need to make adjustments for next weekend.”

Dadra Janvier led RDC with 12 points and five rebounds.

RDC faces Ambrose University College next weekend — Friday at RDC and Saturday in Calgary.

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SCOREBOARD Local Sports • Women’s basketball: Big Ballers vs. Age Gap, Hoosier Daddy vs. Triple Threat, 7:15 and 8:30 p.m., Central Alberta Christian.

Tuesday • AJHL: Camrose at Olds, 7 p.m.

Heritage junior B hockey: Red Deer at Blackfalds, 7:30 p.m.

Thursday • College women’s hockey: Grant MacEwan at RDC, 7 p.m., Arena.

Friday • Senior men’s curling: Southern Alberta playdowns, Red Deer Pidherney Centre.

• JV basketball: Lindsay Thurber boys/ girls tournament.

• College basketball: Ambrose University College at RDC, women at 6 p.m., men to follow.

• Bantam AA hockey: West Central at Central Alberta, 6 p.m., Big Valley.

• WHL: Kootenay at Red Deer, 7 p.m., Centrium.

• Midget AA hockey: Calgary Stampeders at Olds, 7:30 p.m.; Okotoks Black at Red Deer Elks, 8 p.m., Arena.

• Heritage junior B hockey: Red Deer at Three Hills 8 p.m.; Medicine Hat at Stettler, 8 p.m., Castor.

• Chinook senior AAA hockey: Fort Saskatchewan at Innisfail, 8:30 p.m.; Stony Plain at Bentley, 8:30 p.m., Lacombe.

Saturday • Senior men’s curling: Southern Alberta playdowns, Red Deer Pidherney Centre.

• JV basketball: Lindsay Thurber boys/ girls tournament.

• Minor midget AAA hockey: Calgary Blazers at Red Deer North Star, 11:30

a.m., Arena.

• Major bantam hockey: Lethbridge at Red Deer, 2 p.m., Arena.

• Major bantam girls hockey: Spruce Grove at Red Deer, 2:15 p.m., Collicutt Centre.

• Bantam AA hockey: Lethbridge at Red Deer Steel Kings, 2:30 p.m., Kinex; Cranbrook at Olds, 3:45 p.m.

• Peewee AA hockey: Lethbridge White at Central Alberta, 2:45 p.m., Clive.

• Midget AAA hockey: Calgary Northstars at Red Deer, 4:45 p.m., Arena.

• College volleyball: Ambrose University College at RDC, women at 6 p.m., men to follow.

• WHL: Brandon at Red Deer, 7 p.m., Centrium.

• Heritage junior B hockey: Mountainview at Red Deer, 8 p.m., Arena; Airdrie at Three Hills, 8 p.m.; Strathmore at Ponoka, 8 p.m.; Medicine Hat at Blackfalds, 8 p.m.

Sunday • Senior men’s curling: Southern Alberta playdowns, Red Deer Pidherney Centre.

• Minor midget AAA hockey: Airdire/ Cochrane at Red Deer North Star, noon, Arena.

• Bantam AA hockey: Red Deer Steel Kings at Red Deer Ramada, 1:45 p.m., Kinsmen A; Lethbridge at Central Alberta, 2 p.m., Lacombe; Bow Valley at Olds, 2:45 p.m.

• Major midget girls hockey: Rocky Mountain at Red Deer, 2:15 p.m., Collicutt Centre.

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

• Peewee AA hockey: Bow Valley at West Central, 3:15 p.m., Rocky Mountain House.

• Heritage junior B hockey: Okotoks at Blackfalds, 3:30 p.m.

• Midget AA hockey: Okotoks Black at Olds, 5:30 p.m.

Basketball National Basketball Association EASTERN CONFERENCE W L Pct GB Cleveland 30 12 .714 — Toronto 29 15 .659 2 Chicago 25 18 .581 5 1/2 Atlanta 26 19 .578 5 1/2 Boston 24 21 .533 7 1/2 Indiana 23 21 .523 8 Detroit 23 21 .523 8 Miami 23 21 .523 8 Washington 20 21 .488 9 1/2 New York 22 24 .478 10 Charlotte 21 23 .477 10 Orlando 20 22 .476 10 Milwaukee 19 27 .413 13 Brooklyn 12 33 .267 19 1/2 Philadelphia 6 39 .133 25 1/2 WESTERN CONFERENCE W L Pct GB Golden State 40 4 .909 — San Antonio 38 6 .864 2 Oklahoma City 33 13 .717 8 L.A. Clippers 28 16 .636 12 Memphis 25 20 .556 15 1/2 Dallas 25 21 .543 16 Houston 24 22 .522 17 Sacramento 20 23 .465 19 1/2 Utah 19 24 .442 20 1/2 Portland 20 26 .435 21 Denver 17 27 .386 23 New Orleans 16 27 .372 23 1/2 Phoenix 14 31 .311 26 1/2 Minnesota 14 31 .311 26 1/2 L.A. Lakers 9 37 .196 32

Utah at Washington, ppd.

New Orleans 116, Milwaukee 99 Charlotte 97, New York 84 Boston at Philadelphia, ppd.

Minnesota 106, Memphis 101 Chicago 96, Cleveland 83 Phoenix 98, Atlanta 95 Denver 104, Detroit 101 Sacramento 108, Indiana 97 Portland 121, L.A. Lakers 103 Sunday’s Games Houston 115, Dallas 104 Toronto 112, L.A. Clippers 94 Boston 112, Philadelphia 92 Brooklyn 116, Oklahoma City 106 Monday’s Games Minnesota at Cleveland, 5 p.m.

Boston at Washington, 5 p.m.

Miami at Chicago, 6 p.m.

Houston at New Orleans, 6 p.m.

Orlando at Memphis, 6 p.m.

Detroit at Utah, 7 p.m.

Atlanta at Denver, 7 p.m.

Charlotte at Sacramento, 8 p.m.

San Antonio at Golden State, 8:30 p.m.

Tuesday’s Games L.A. Clippers at Indiana, 5 p.m.

Phoenix at Philadelphia, 5 p.m.

Washington at Toronto, 5:30 p.m.

Miami at Brooklyn, 5:30 p.m.

Oklahoma City at New York, 5:30 p.m.

Orlando at Milwaukee, 6 p.m.

Sacramento at Portland, 8 p.m.

Dallas at L.A. Lakers, 8:30 p.m.

Saturday’s Games

Football NFL Playoffs Conference Championships Sunday, Jan. 24 AFC Denver 20, New England 18 NFC Carolina 49, Arizona 15

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

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

Divisional Playoffs Saturday, Jan. 16 New England 27, Kansas City 20 Arizona 26, Green Bay 20, OT Sunday, Jan. 17 Carolina 31, Seattle 24 Denver 23, Pittsburgh 16

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

Denver vs. Carolina, 4:30 p.m.

PGA-CareerBuilder Challenge Sunday La Quinta, Calif.

Purse: $5.8 million Par 72 (x-won on second playoff hole) Final x-Jason Dufner, $1,044,000 64-65-64-70—263 David Lingmerth, $626,400 68-68-62-65—263 Andrew Loupe, $301,600 66-66-67-68—267 Phil Mickelson, $301,600 68-65-66-68—267 Kevin Na, $301,600 71-66-62-68—267 Luke List, $194,300 68-68-66-66—268 Jamie Lovemark, $194,300 65-65-65-73—268 Adam Hadwin, $194,300 66-66-64-72—268 Si Woo Kim, $162,400 67-71-64-67—269 Bill Haas, $162,400 66-66-69-68—269 Brian Harman, $133,400 67-66-72-65—270 Kevin Streelman, $133,400 68-69-66-67—270 Charles Howell III, $133,400 68-67-66-69—270 Smylie Kaufman, $104,400 68-69-67-67—271 Cameron Tringale, $104,400 69-68-67-67—271 Bud Cauley, $104,400 72-65-66-68—271 Scott Pinckney, $75,897 69-67-67-69—272 Jason Gore, $75,897 68-64-72-68—272 Chez Reavie, $75,897 70-71-65-66—272 Webb Simpson, $75,897 70-65-68-69—272 Lucas Glover, $75,897 66-71-65-70—272 Seung-Yul Noh, $75,897 68-69-65-70—272 Ryan Palmer, $75,897 67-66-66-73—272 Martin Piller, $49,445 68-72-65-68—273 Ben Crane, $49,445 66-69-67-71—273 Colt Knost, $49,445 65-69-68-71—273 John Huh, $49,445 69-64-66-74—273 Sean O’Hair, $38,570 70-67-68-69—274 Bryce Molder, $38,570 66-71-67-70—274 Jonas Blixt, $38,570 69-69-68-68—274 Michael Thompson, $38,570 66-67-73-68—274 Anirban Lahiri, $38,570 64-68-71-71—274 Mark Hubbard, $38,570 71-69-66-68—274 Ben Martin, $28,058 66-70-69-70—275 Matt Jones, $28,058 70-67-67-71—275 Ricky Barnes, $28,058 66-70-68-71—275 Brett Stegmaier, $28,058 67-71-68-69—275 Blayne Barber, $28,058 66-70-67-72—275 Brendan Steele, $28,058 68-65-68-74—275 Bronson Burgoon, $28,058 73-68-66-68—275 Wes Roach, $28,058 67-71-69-68—275 Graham DeLaet, $19,173 67-69-69-71—276 Angel Cabrera, $19,173 67-66-72-71—276 Aaron Baddeley, $19,173 67-69-70-70—276 Daniel Summerhays, $19,173 71-67-65-73—276 Jerry Kelly, $19,173 64-70-69-73—276

Alex Cejka, $19,173 Patton Kizzire, $19,173 Robert Garrigus, $14,053 Matt Kuchar, $14,053 Rod Pampling, $14,053 Russell Henley, $14,053 Jim Herman, $14,053 Martin Laird, $14,053 Kyle Reifers, $14,053 Jeff Overton, $12,934 Mark Wilson, $12,934 Hudson Swafford, $12,934 Patrick Reed, $12,934 Dawie van der Walt, $12,934 Roberto Castro, $12,934 Tim Wilkinson, $12,354 Dicky Pride, $12,354 Chris Stroud, $12,354 Francesco Molinari, $12,354 Kevin Chappell, $12,006 D.A. Points, $12,006 Derek Ernst, $11,832 Freddie Jacobson, $11,716 Michael Kim, $11,600

67-73-66-70—276 71-67-69-69—276 71-66-68-72—277 67-67-72-71—277 69-66-68-74—277 70-71-65-71—277 70-67-66-74—277 70-67-69-71—277 74-66-67-70—277 64-71-70-73—278 72-66-67-73—278 71-69-66-72—278 69-69-68-72—278 69-69-68-72—278 69-70-68-71—278 69-67-69-74—279 69-68-68-74—279 71-65-69-74—279 67-67-72-73—279 73-66-66-76—281 67-72-67-75—281 74-67-66-75—282 69-67-71-77—284 70-68-69-78—285

Abu Dhabi Championship ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Scores Sunday after the final round at the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship, a European Tour event at the 7,583-yard, par-72 Abu Dhabi Golf Club: Final Round Rickie Fowler 70-68-65-69—272 Thomas Pieters 69-73-64-67—273 Rory McIlroy 66-70-70-68—274 Henrik Stenson 65-72-70-67—274 Byeong-Hun An 69-68-69-71—277 Alejandro Canizares 71-71-66-69—277 Branden Grace 66-74-66-71—277 Joost Luiten 69-68-68-72—277 Marcel Siem 72-68-70-67—277 Jordan Spieth 68-73-68-68—277 Thomas Bjorn 68-69-71-70—278 Peter Hanson 69-69-69-71—278 Shiv Kapur 74-69-65-70—278 Rafa Cabrera-Bello 70-67-70-72—279 Ian Poulter 70-69-68-72—279 Johan Carlsson 69-71-71-69—280 Trevor Fisher Jr. 69-70-70-71—280 Martin Kaymer 69-69-71-71—280 Max Kieffer 71-71-68-70—280 Richie Ramsey 73-66-72-69—280 Ashun Wu 69-72-69-70—280

Lacrosse

GP 4 2 3 3

West Division W L Pct. 4 0 1.000 1 1 .500 1 2 .333 1 2 .333

GF 61 21 26 25

GA 22 28 30 34 48

GB — — — 1 2.5

GA 48 21 28 42

GB — 2 2.5 2.5

WHL EASTERN CONFERENCE EAST DIVISION GP W L OTLSOLGF Brandon 47 30 13 2 2 180 Prince Albert 47 26 16 4 1 153 Moose Jaw 48 24 17 6 1 163 Regina 48 20 21 3 4 150 Saskatoon 48 17 27 4 0 140 Swift Current 47 15 27 4 1 117

GA 132 148 151 173 198 159

Pt 64 57 55 47 38 35

CENTRAL DIVISION GP W L OTLSOLGF 48 36 12 0 0 207 49 31 15 1 2 182 48 28 18 1 1 160 49 19 23 6 1 129 47 18 25 3 1 149 48 8 36 4 0 100

GA 135 141 153 153 187 205

Pt 72 65 58 45 40 20

WESTERN CONFERENCE B.C. DIVISION GP W L OTLSOLGF Kelowna 47 33 11 3 0 174 Victoria 49 29 15 2 3 172 Prince George 48 29 17 1 1 172 Kamloops 47 22 18 4 3 157 Vancouver 50 18 27 3 2 144

GA 132 119 144 153 180

Pt 69 63 60 51 41

U.S. DIVISION GP W L OTLSOLGF 46 28 14 2 2 124 46 26 17 3 0 144 48 25 21 2 0 158 46 22 19 3 2 153 47 20 25 2 0 152

GA 99 132 150 158 178

Pt 60 55 52 49 42

Lethbridge Red Deer Calgary Edmonton Medicine Hat Kootenay

Everett Seattle Portland Spokane Tri-City

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

Sunday’s results Brandon 4 Regina 0 Victoria 5 Vancouver 1 Lethbridge 3 Edmonton 0 Portland 4 Tri-City 3

Metropolitan Division GP W L OL GF Washington 46 35 8 3 155 NY Rangers 48 26 17 5 136 NY Islanders 46 25 15 6 128

GA 100 126 114

Pt 73 57 56

GF 142 114 119 132 137 118 103 113 108 123

GA 123 116 120 124 152 135 121 128 128 159

Pt 55 55 53 52 52 52 48 43 42 39

Western Conference Central Division GP W L OL GF 52 33 15 4 147 49 30 14 5 160 52 28 16 8 129

GA 117 132 128

Pt 70 65 64

WHL Scoring Leaders Brayden Burke, Let Adam Brooks, Reg

G 18 27

A 56 44

Pts 74 71

GP 47 49 47 48 49 50 45 46 48 49

WILD CARD W L OL 25 17 5 25 19 5 23 17 7 24 20 4 23 20 6 22 20 8 20 17 8 17 20 9 19 25 4 17 27 5

Los Angeles San Jose Arizona

Pacific Division GP W L OL 47 29 15 3 46 25 18 3 47 23 19 5

GF 123 134 127

GA 107 125 140

Pt 61 53 51

Colorado Minnesota Nashville Vancouver Anaheim Calgary Winnipeg Edmonton

GP 50 48 48 49 46 46 48 50

WILD CARD W L OL 26 21 3 23 17 8 22 18 8 20 18 11 21 18 7 21 22 3 21 24 3 19 26 5

GF 138 120 125 121 95 124 121 122

GA 133 113 129 137 109 142 138 149

Pt 55 54 52 51 49 45 45 43

Monday’s games Medicine Hat at Prince George, 8 p.m.

Saturday’s summary Rebels 4, Silvertips 1 First Period 1. Everett, Millar 11 (Juulsen, Bajkov) 1:48 (pp).

Penalties — Hagel RD (tripping) 0:40, Helewka RD (tripping) 13:44, Helewka RD (high-sticking) 17:29.

Second Period 2. Red Deer, Helewka 26 (Spacek, Nikolishin) 5:15.

3. Red Deer, Bobyk 13 (De Wit, Hagel) 8:59 (pp).

4. Red Deer, Pawlenchuk 17 (De Wit, Hagel) 13:00.

Penalties — Fonteyne Eve (high-sticking) 8:15, Leedahl Eve (hooking) 18:37.

Third Period 5. Red Deer, Hagel 9 (Pawlenchuk, Strand) 4:55.

Penalties — Martin Eve (fighting) 7:34, Bobyk RD (fighting) 7:34, Helewka RD (slashing) 10:48.

Shots on goal Everett 15 9 5 — 29 Red Deer 8 11 6 — 25 Goal — Everett: Hart (L, 27-13-1) Red Deer: Martin (W, 7-3-1).

Power plays (goal-chances) — Everett: 1-4 Red Deer: 1-2.

WEEK FOUR Saturday’s results Buffalo 12 Toronto 6 Colorado 14 Vancouver 5 WEEK FIVE Friday, Jan. 29 Georgia at Toronto, 6 p.m.

Colorado at Saskatchewan, 6:30 p.m.

Saturday, Jan. 30 Buffalo at New England, 5 p.m.

Georgia at Rochester, 5:30 p.m.

Vancouver at Calgary, 7 p.m.

69 69 66 65 63 63 60 60 57 56 54 54 54 54 53 52 51 50 50 50

Pt 61 56 56

Chicago Dallas St. Louis

Friday, January 29 Prince George at Swift Current, 6 p.m.

Saskatoon at Regina, 6 p.m.

Prince Albert at Calgary, 7 p.m.

Brandon at Edmonton, 7 p.m.

Kootenay at Red Deer, 7 p.m.

Moose Jaw at Medicine Hat, 7:30 p.m.

Vancouver at Kamloops, 8 p.m.

Lethbridge at Victoria, 8:05 p.m.

Portland at Kelowna, 8:05 p.m.

Seattle at Spokane, 8:05 p.m.

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

39 41 39 36 36 36 41 42 32 29 23 27 36 41 32 26 39 21 22 32

GA 107 117 122

Florida Tampa Bay Detroit

Boston New Jersey Pittsburgh Montreal Ottawa Carolina Philadelphia Toronto Buffalo Columbus

Saturday’s results Regina 4 Prince Albert 2 Brandon 6 Saskatoon 2 Red Deer 4 Everett 1 Calgary 6 Swift Current 2 Lethbridge 4 Moose Jaw 3 (OT) Prince George 6 Kamloops 1 Kelowna 4 Medicine Hat 0 Spokane 3 Kootenay 1 Victoria 8 Vancouver 0 Portland 5 Seattle 2

30 28 27 29 27 27 19 18 25 27 31 27 18 13 21 26 12 29 28 18

NHL Eastern Conference Atlantic Division GP W L OL GF 48 28 15 5 130 48 26 18 4 129 48 24 16 8 118

Saturday’s results Pittsburgh 5 Vancouver 4 San Jose 4 Minnesota 3 Anaheim 4 Detroit 3 New Jersey 3 Winnipeg 1 Boston 3 Columbus 2 (SO) Montreal 3 Toronto 2 (SO) Florida 5 Tampa Bay 2 NY Islanders 0 Philadelphia 0 postponed Colorado 3 Dallas 1 Arizona 3 Los Angeles 2 Nashville 4 Edmonton 1

Tuesday’s games Chicago at Carolina, 5 p.m.

Anaheim at Boston, 5 p.m.

New Jersey at Pittsburgh, 5 p.m.

Columbus at Montreal, 5:30 p.m.

Toronto at Florida, 5:30 p.m.

Buffalo at Ottawa, 5:30 p.m.

Arizona at Winnipeg, 6 p.m.

Nashville at Vancouver, 8 p.m.

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

Wednesday’s games Toronto at Tampa Bay, 5 p.m.

Philadelphia at Washington, 6 p.m.

Nashville at Calgary, 7:30 p.m.

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

Saturday’s summary Predators 4, Oilers 1 First Period 1. Edmonton, Draisaitl 12 (Hall, Reinhart) 11:54.

2. Nashville, Ekholm 6 (unassisted) 13:36.

Penalties — Neal Nash (slashing) 9:22, Pakarinen Edm (hooking) 19:53.

Second Period 3. Nashville, Ekholm 7 (Ellis, Forsberg) 1:47 (pp).

Penalties — Johansen Nash (roughing) 13:35, Gryba Edm (unsportsmanlike conduct) 19:43, Neal Nash (unsportsmanlike conduct) 19:43.

Third Period 4. Nashville, Fisher 6 (Weber, Josi) :52.

5. Nashville, Forsberg 14 (unassisted) 19:24 (en).

Penalties — Nystrom Nash (slashing) 3:49, Kassian Edm (misconduct) 15:10, Kassian Edm (elbowing) 15:10.

Shots on goal Nashville 9 6 10 — 25 Edmonton 9 9 6 — 24 Goal — Nashville: Rinne (W, 18-15-7) Edmonton: Talbot (L, 9-15-3).

Power plays (goal-chances) — Nashville: 1-2 Edmonton: 0-3.

Sunday’s summary Hurricanes 5, Flames 2 First Period 1. Carolina, Rask 12 (unassisted) 2:26.

2. Carolina, Lindholm 7 (unassisted) 17:27 (even-penalty-shot).

Penalties — Malone Car (cross-checking) 3:17, Malone Car (hooking) 8:56, Hudler Cgy (holding) 19:16.

Second Period 3. Carolina, Versteeg 9 (E. Staal, Hainsey) 3:50.

4. Calgary, Hudler 6 (Giordano, Colborne) 11:15.

Penalties — Jordan Car (hooking) 7:30, Versteeg Car (high-sticking) 15:50, Frolik Cgy (slashing) 17:39.

Third Period 5. Calgary, Colborne 6 (Granlund, Brodie) 5:01.

6. Carolina, Versteeg 10 (Skinner, Jo. Staal) 11:13 (pp).

7. Carolina, Nordstrom 4 (Jo. Staal, Nestrasil) 11:45.

Penalties — Jordan Car (interference) 1:48, Jones Cgy (interference) 9:35, Wideman Cgy (hooking) 14:51, Stajan Cgy (holding) 17:07.

Shots on goal Calgary 8 12 15 — 35 Carolina 14 12 10 — 36 Goal — Calgary: Ramo (L, 16-15-1) Carolina: Lack (W, 8-9-3).

Power plays (goal-chances) — Calgary: 0-5 Carolina: 1-5.

NHL Scoring Leaders Patrick Kane, Chi JamieBenn, Dal Tyler Seguin, Dal Erik Karlsson, Ott Taylor Hall, Edm Evgeny Kuznetsov, Wash Joe Pavelski, SJ Evgeni Malkin, Pgh Vladimir Tarasenko, StL Johnny Gaudreau, Cgy Artemi Panarin, Chi Blake Wheeler, Wpg Nicklas Backstrom, Wash Daniel Sedin, Vcr Patrice Bergeron, Bos Alex Ovechkin, Wash Alex Steen, StL Nikita Kucherov, TB Brent Burns, SJ Bobby Ryan, Ott Matt Duchene, Col Ryan O’Reilly, Buf

Sunday’s results Washington 0 Pittsburgh 0 postponed Ottawa 3 NY Rangers 0 Carolina 5 Calgary 2 Chicago 2 St. Louis 0 Los Angeles at San Jose, late Monday’s games Montreal at Columbus, 5 p.m.

Detroit at NY Islanders, 5 p.m.

Buffalo at NY Rangers, 5 p.m.

Boston at Philadelphia, 5 p.m.

Arizona at Minnesota, 6:30 p.m.

Calgary at Dallas, 6:30 p.m.

G 30 27 25 10 18 15 23 23 25 20 16 13 15 21 18 28 15 20 18 16 22 17

A 42 30 28 41 30 33 24 24 21 26 29 32 29 22 25 14 27 21 23 25 18 23

Pts 72 57 53 51 48 48 47 47 46 46 45 45 44 43 43 42 42 41 41 41 40 40

Transactions Sunday’s Sports Transactions FOOTBALL National Football League TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS — Named Todd Monken offensive co-ordinator and wide receivers coach.

HOCKEY National Hockey League NHL — Suspended Los Angeles F Milan Lucic for one game, without pay, for punching unsuspecting Arizona D Kevin Connauton during their game on Saturday.

ARIZONA COYOTES — Recalled F Christian Thomas from Springfield (AHL).

DETROIT RED WINGS — Recalled LW Eric Tangradi and D Nick Jensen from Grand Rapids (AHL).

Assigned C Joakim Andersson to Grand Rapids.

EDMONTON OILERS — Assigned D Brad Hunt and Griffin Reinhart and F Zack Kassian to Bakersfield (AHL).

American Hockey League CHICAGO WOLVES — Returned D Drew Daniels to Fort Wayne (ECHL).

LAKE ERIE MONSTERS — Returned G Mark Owuya to Utah (ECHL).

MILWAUKEE ADMIRALS — Recalled F Matt Leit-

ner from Manchester (ECHL).

TORONTO MARLIES — Signed D David Kolomatis.

Recalled F Eric Faille from Orlando (ECHL).

ECHL FORT WAYNE KOMETS — Signed D Gentry Zollars.

MISSOURI MAVERICKS — Released F Quinn Smith.

QUAD CITY MALLARDS — Released G Jamie Morris as emergency backup.

Saturday’s Sports Transactions BASKETBALL National Basketball Association HOUSTON ROCKETS — Assigned F Montrezl Harrell and G/F K.J. McDaniels to Rio Grande Valley (NBADL).

FOOTBALL National Football League MIAMI DOLPHINS — Named Danny Barrett running backs coach.

MINNESOTA VIKINGS — Signed WR Terrell Sinkfield to a reserve/future contract.

NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS — Signed LB Kevin Snyder from the practice squad.

HOCKEY

JUNIOR B HOCKEY

Golf

Colorado Saskatchewan Calgary Vancouver

MONDAY, JAN. 25, 2016

Hockey

Today

National Lacrosse League East Division GP W L Pct. GF New England 3 2 1 .667 36 Rochester 3 2 1 .667 38 Buffalo 3 2 1 .667 36 Georgia 3 1 2 .333 33 Toronto 4 0 4 .000 25

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Matt Krusky scored in overtime to push the Red Deer Vipers past the visiting Cochrane Generals 4-3 in a Heritage Junior Hockey League contest Saturday.

Nick Glackin tallied twice in regulation time and Kale Lapointe accounted for the other Red Deer goal. Cole Sears made 26 saves for the Vipers, who trailed 3-1 heading into the third period.

Red Deer was two-for-five on the power play; Cochrane was three-for-seven.

In other weekend Heritage League games: • The Blackfalds Wranglers were two-time winners, defeating the host Banff Academy Bears 4-2 Sunday and doubling the Thunder 6-3 Friday at Airdrie.

Wally Samson tallied twice at Banff, where Jaye Sutherland and Layne McLean scored the winning and insurance goals in the third period.

The Wranglers dominated the contest, outshooting the Bears 64-21 while getting a 19-save outing from Nicolas Herrebrugh.

On Saturday, Samson and McLean each sniped two goals and Spencer Otto and Mark

National Hockey League COLORADO AVALANCHE — Reassigned D Nikita Zadorov to San Antonio (AHL).

DALLAS STARS — Assigned F Branden Troock from Texas (AHL) to Idaho (ECHL).

MINNESOTA WILD — Recalled G Steve Michalek from Quad City (ECHL) to Iowa (AHL).

American Hockey League BAKERSFIELD CONDORS — Signed C Josh Currie.

MILWAUKEE ADMIRALS — Signed F Matt Leitner to a professional tryout agreement.

ROCKFORD ICEHOGS — Recalled G Mac Carruth from Indy (ECHL).

ECHL ECHL — Suspended Colorado LW Jesse Mychan one game.

INDY FUEL — Added G Brent Hollerud as emergency backup.

UTAH GRIZZLIES — Released G Jack Kauffman as emergency backup.

SOCCER Major League Soccer NEW YORK RED BULLS — Named Eric Giacometti communications specialist.

SEATTLE SOUNDERS — Re-signed D Zach Scott.

Simpson also connected for Blackfalds.

Klay Munro was stellar in the Wranglers net, making 33 saves. Kade Tappin stopped 20 shots for Airdrie.

• The Three Hills Thrashers split a pair of contests, winning 5-1 Saturday at home against the Stettler Lightning and falling 9-4 to the host Okotoks Bisons 24 hours earlier.

Cody Keith tallied twice in the Thrashers’ victory, with other Three Hills goals coming off the sticks of Tom Vanderlinde, Ryan Spiller and Dru Hickie. Matt Johannson scored the lone Stettler goal.

Greg Pols made 30 saves as the winning netminder. Travis Green blocked 41 shots for the Lightning.

Keith, with two goals, Vanderlinde and Hickie accounted for the goals in Three Hills’ loss at Okotoks, where the visitors were outshot 43-31 and got a combined 34-save performance from Pols and Aiden Doel.

• Nate Higgins sniped two goals and Jesse Fischer also scored for the host Ponoka Stampeders in a 7-3 loss to Airdrie Sunday. Carter Gendreau and Zeke Leuck combined to make saves for Ponoka, outshot 40-33.

• Stettler suffered a 9-3 loss to the visiting Coaldale Copperheads Sunday. Details were unavailable.

RINGETTE The Central Alberta U19AA Sting posted a pair of weekend wins, including an 8-4 decision over the Zone 5 Grit in which Shae-Lyn Baxter and MacKenzie Lindholm each netted two goals.

McKenna Causey, Sydney Cherniak, Gillian Dreger and Ashlyn Morrison had the other goals for the winners.

The Sting also downed the Riviere Qui Barre open squad 6-2, getting two goals from Cherniak and singles from Baxter, Causey, Morrison and Kristen Demale.

Grace Romansky minded the Central Alberta net both games.

• The U14AA Sting came up empty in games versus the St. Albert U16A team, the Zone 5 Edge and the Red Deer U16A Rysk.

Hanna Gill, Shaelynn Law and Tory Towers scored in a 10-3 loss to St. Albert. Gracie Setters was in goal for the Sting.

Carly Cherniak recorded a hat trick, Shaelynn Law and Sydney Schnoor each tallied twice and Madison Kohut took the loss in goal in a 10-7 setback to the Edge.

Cherniak, Gill and Kate Roscoe, each with two goals, and Megan Grubb scored against the Rysk, who were 10-7 winners.

Fowler wins in Abu Dhabi, another near miss for McIlroy ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates — Rickie Fowler puffed his cheeks and shook his head. What looked like being a procession to the Abu Dhabi Championship title ended up being a squeeze for the American on Sunday.

Fowler, who held a two-stroke lead after a third-round 65, shot a 3-under 69 for 16-under 272 overall. Thomas Pieters (67) was runner-up, with fast-finishing Rory McIlroy (68) and Henrik Stenson (67) tied for third.

There was satisfaction for Fowler with claiming his fourth win worldwide in nine months, after victories at The Players Championship, the Scottish Open, and the Deutsche Bank Championship in 2015. This win will move him from No. 6 to No. 4 in the rankings, for a first-ever spot in the world’s top five.

RED DEER ADVOCATE Monday, Jan. 25, 2016 B5

Duffner wins CareerBuilder in playoff PGA TOUR

CANADIAN HADWIN FINISHES SIXTH

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS LA QUINTA, Calif. -- Jason Dufner made two great escapes. The first, from Alcatraz, no less.

David Lingmerth got no such reprieve at PGA West’s punishing TPC Stadium Course.

Dufner won the CareerBuilder Challenge with a par on the second hole of a playoff Sunday, taking advantage of Lingmerth’s shot that bounced off the jagged rocks and into the water.

In regulation on the island-green 17th called Alcatraz, Dufner -- tied with Lingmerth for the lead -- pulled his 8-iron tee shot and thought it bounced into the water. Instead, it settled into a small sandy area between some of the tangled rocks that circle the green.

“I was like, ‘Man, this is a great break I’m going to take advantage of it,”’ Dufner said. “’This is what I need. I need this right now. I need this break to happen. I’m confident with what I can do with this shot and I need to make this happen and get a par.”’

He hooked a chip that struck the flagstick and stopped inches away.

“It’s a shot that I’ve hit some, not in the hazard, but something similar,” Dufner said. “You kind of hit

that low little spinning one with some check on it.”

On the first extra hole on the par-4 18th with a rock wall and water running the length of the left side, Dufner hit his 3-wood drive near the front lip in a right-side bunker. He blasted out 100 yards to set up a 110-yard third shot that he hit to 11 feet.

“I wanted to hit 6-iron -- about 180 to the front there,” Dufner said.

“But it was probably a shot I pull off maybe two out of 10 times or three out of 10 times. The other seven or eight times it probably hits the lip or goes in the water.

“I felt like, ‘My wedges have been good, I’m going to play the percentages. If he makes birdie, then he deserves to win. I’ll try and get it up-and-down and extend it.”’

Lingmerth missed his 23-foot birdie try, giving Dufner a chance to extend the playoff.

He did, sending the two back to the 18th tee.

“I like those situation putts,” Dufner said. “It’s kind of like what we see in the Presidents Cup in match play. Because if I miss it, there’s no next putt, it doesn’t really matter.”

Dufner switched to a driver and followed Lingmerth into a grass bunker on the right side. Lingmerth’s approach from 184 yards crashed into the rocks and shot left into the water.

“The rough is a little heavy in some spots and it grabbed my club a little bit more,” Lingmerth said.

“It really wasn’t a bad swing. I should have probably choked up a little bit more on the grip. ... A small mistake that was very costly.”

Dufner hit the front of the green with his second

shot and two-putted for par, holing a 5-footer after Lingmerth missed his par try from 22 feet.

Dufner finished with a 2-under 70 to tie Lingmerth at 25-under 263.

Lingmerth shot a bogey-free 65, matching the best score of the day on the difficult course that was used in the tournament for the first time since being dropped after its 1987 debut.

The 38-year-old Dufner won for the fourth time on the PGA Tour and first since the 2013 PGA Championship.

“I’m excited for this year,” Dufner said. “I’m excited to accomplish one of my goals this early in the year. I’m excited to keep playing well. I feel like I’m doing some really good stuff.”

Lingmerth had a 62 on Saturday on the Nicklaus Tournament Course to pull within five shots of Dufner.

“I was just trying to focus on keeping my play the way I had been playing and, if Jason, for some reason didn’t keep scoring the way he did, I was hoping to have a chance,” Lingmerth said.

Lingmerth also lost a playoff in the 2013 tournament on PGA West’s Palmer Private Course. That year, the Swede dropped out on first extra hole after hitting into the water and making a bogey. Brian Gay went on to beat Charles Howell III with a birdie on the second hole.

Canadian Adam Hadwin started the day in third place but finished in sixth after an even 72. The Abbotsford, B.C., native was 20 under for the tournament. Graham DeLaet, of Weyburn, Sask., shot a 1-under 71 to finish 12 under.

OILEMEN’S BONSPIEL

TENNIS

Azarenka into Aussie Open quarters

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS MELBOURNE, Australia — Victoria Azarenka couldn’t get off court quickly enough to check the score after reaching the Australian Open quarterfinals.

To her elation, it was a Broncos win.

The two-time Australian Open champion had just beaten Barbaro Strycova 6-2, 6-4 in the fourth round on Monday — continuing a three-year sequence of wins against the Czech player that started in the second round in 2014 and included the third round last year — when she wanted to know the result of the AFC title game.

“Can somebody please tell me, did Broncos win?” she said, taking over her on-court TV interview.

When she heard the Denver Broncos had beaten the New England Patriots 20-18, she shouted “Yesss!!” — stepping back and raising both arms, “I’m so happy now.”

“I was so nervous the whole morning, I didn’t watch. I didn’t want to know the result,” she said.

“As you can see I’m a crazy sports fanatic, so I understand you guys when you get all nervous and stuff, because I felt that.”

Peyton Manning’s Broncos will face Cam Newton’s Carolina Panthers in the 50th Super Bowl. Azarenka has already shown some allegiance to Newton and the Panthers, doing her version of the “dab” in her victory celebrations.

Told the Panthers were well ahead of the Cardinals in the NFC decider, Azarenka said “Well then, it’s going to be my dream final, I can’t wait to see that.”

Azarenka is coming off two injury-interrupted seasons, but is returning to the kind of form that took her to the No. 1-ranked and back-to-back Australian Open titles in 2012 and ‘13.

She won the Brisbane International leading into the first major of the season, and dropped only five games in her first three rounds at Melbourne Park.

Strycova, who beat third-ranked Garbine Muguruza in the third round, took six games off Azarenka.

“She’s such a tough opponent. I’m just so happy I went through,” she said. “I played smart, I played aggressive, I took my opportunities and I really kept my composure.”

Next up she faces No. 7 Angelique Kerber, who beat fellow German Annika Beck 6-4, 6-0 in the preceding match on Rod Laver Arena.

Kerber, who saved a match point in her firstround win over Misaki Doi, is into the quarterfinals for the first time in Australia.

“Maybe it’s a good omen. But yeah I was in the first match, match point down. I was with one foot in the plane back to Germany,” she said.

Gael Monfils had a 7-5, 3-6, 6-3, 7-6 (4) win over Andrei Kuznetsov to reach the quarterfinals for the first time in 11 trips to Melbourne Park, thrilling the Margaret Court Arena crowd with his acrobatic tumbles and dives.

He will play the winner of the later match between fourth-seeded Stan Wawrinka, the French Open and 2014 Australian Open champion, and No. 13 Milos Raonic.

In the night match, No. 2 Andy Murray, a four-time finalist at Melbourne Park, was set to face No. 16 Bernard Tomic.

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Glenn Mayglod, left, and Mark Lizee of the King’s Energy team guide a stone thrown by John Vannieuwkerk down the ice during a match against Electrogas, Saturday afternoon, at the 34th Annual Red Deer Oilmen’s Bonspiel at the Pidherney. A total of 36 teams participated, representing various oilfield companies in the community. Final results were unavailable.

Red Deer’s Peterman helps Carey advance to Scotties after provincials win CALGARY — Jocelyn Peterman of Red Deer is once again a provincial curling champion.

A former Alberta and Canadian junior women’s champ, Peterman, at second, helped Chelsea Carey’s Calgary-based foursome capture the women’s provincial title Sunday at the North Hill Club.

The Carey crew, which also includes third Amy Nixon and lead Laine Peters, downed defending champion Val Sweeting’s Edmonton foursome 8-5 in the final.

It was sweet revenge for Carey, who, while skipping a different team out of Edmonton, lost to Sweeting in last year’s final and dropped two games to Sweeting in this year’s provincials.

Included in the two losses at the North Hill Club was Saturday’s 5-4 setback in the one-two game. Carey bounced back with a 9-3 semifinal beating of Jesse Kaufman of Edmonton.

Kaufman got to the semifinal by downing Nadine Chyz of Calgary 7-5 in a playoff game earlier Saturday. Whitney Eckstrand of Red Deer delivered second stones for the Chyz rink.

Carey and her teammates will represent Alberta in the Scotties Tournament of Hearts Feb. 20-28 at Grande Prairie.

In other action from around Canada, Rachel Homan won’t represent Ontario at the Canadian women’s curling championship after suffering a stunning 10-8 upset by Jenn Hanna in the Ontario Scotties Tournament of Hearts final Sunday.

Hanna, who last represented Ontario at the Cana-

dian women’s curling championship in 2005, scored three in the second end to take an early 3-1 lead over the heavily favoured Homan.

Homan chipped at the lead and went up 5-4 after laying two in the fifth end. Hanna responded with one in the sixth to tie, then a steal of two followed by a steal of three to take a commanding 10-5 lead into the eighth end.

Homan, the 2013 national champion, scored two in the ninth and one in the 10th but couldn’t dig out of the five-point hole.

It was only the second time Hanna has won in 10 meetings between the Ottawa skips.

Hanna advanced to the final of the 2005 Scotties, her only appearance at the national final, before ultimately losing 8-6 to Jennifer Jones’s Manitoba rink.

The field for the 2016 Scotties Tournament of Hearts in Grande Prairie, next month, began to fill out as several provincial women’s champions were decided Sunday.

Quebec’s Marie-France Larouche, Northern Ontario’s Krista McCarville, Nova Scotia’s Jill Brothers, Manitoba’s Kerri Einarson and Karla Thompson of B.C. secured their berths.

They will join defending champion Jones, Suzanne Birt of Prince Edward Island and Yukon’s Nicole Baldwin in the hunt for a Canadian title Feb. 20-28.

Women’s provincial playdowns in Newfoundland and Labrador, Saskatchewan, New Brunswick and Northwest Territories get underway this week.

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BY THE CANADIAN PRESS HALIFAX — It took Patrick Chan all of four minutes and 40 seconds to remind Canada just what it’s been missing in men’s figure skating.

The 25-year-old from Toronto, who walked away from competing after the Sochi Olympics, roared to his eighth Canadian figure skating title Saturday night.

As if he’d never left.

“I feel happy, it’s been a great week, such a good learning week, it’s what I needed going forward for the rest of the season,” Chan said.

The three-time world champion landed two massive quadruple jumps in his classical program to music by Chopin, scoring 295.67 points overall.

When a reporter compared his quad to a “freight train,” Chan laughed and said “I need that speed, I need to haul ass into it.”

He’s only the third person in Canadian history to win eight titles. Brian Orser also won eight, while Montgomery Wilson won nine. Chan surpassed Elvis Stojko, who has seven.

Liam Firus of North Vancouver, B.C., won the silver with 237.20, while Kevin Reynolds of Coquitlam, B.C., won the bronze (236.18).

Alaine Chartrand captured her first Canadian women’s crown. Reigning world champions Meagan Duhamel and Eric Radford won their fifth Canadian pairs title, and Kaitlyn Weaver and Andrew Poje won their second consecutive ice dance title.

Chan’s victory marked the first time this season he had landed both quads in his long program. He’s planned to add a second triple Axel to up the technical difficulty, but said he was “gassed” by that point in his program, and downgraded it to a double.

“Legs just had that tingling feeling of tiredness, just a little rushed,” he said. “But great steps forward, great short program, great second quad in the long. These are little steps, I can’t rush this kind of thing. Got to remember, it’s only seven or eight months since I’ve come back so I have to keep reminding myself of that.”

Chan, who was hampered by a sore knee and sore left glute, said his focus over the next few weeks will be to heal up before the Four Continents in Taiwan and the world championships in Boston.

His goal for worlds, he said, will be to land the two quads and two triple Axels in his long program.

“I don’t even want to think about the medals. Winning worlds again, that would be awesome,” he said. “But in order to get to that point, I have to achieve my little goals, which is to do the second Axel. It’s sweet when I land it in practice. If I can do that on game day, that would be a pretty great feeling.”

Chartrand, meanwhile, laid down the skate of her life, but had to wait several insufferable minutes to hear her scores. When the 19-year-old was shown on the big screen, she impatiently held up a wrist and tapped an imaginary watch.

(She later learned the delay was due to a commercial break.)

“I’m not feeling like Canadian champion yet. I’m pretty shocked,”

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Patrick Chan performs his free program during the Canadian Figure Skating Championships in Halifax on Saturday.

Future of Canadian women’s figure skating looks bright HALIFAX — Canada will send what could be its deepest women’s team in more than two decades to the world figure skating championships.

While Patrick Chan created much of the buzz in his return to the Canadian championships this week, it was the women’s event that had Skate Canada’s high performance director Mike Slipchuk excited.

Alaine Chartrand, a 19-year-old from Prescott, Ont., won gold in an event that saw the medallists separated by just four points.

“It’s going to be a good two years leading into the Olympics, they’re going to push each other,” Slipchuk

said. “That’s what’s going to make us stronger, when you have to score close to 200 (Chartrand scored 201.99) to win a Canadian championships and the other two are nipping at your heels, we’re going in the right direction.”

Chartrand, who is already landing triple Axels in practice — a rare feat for female skaters — and silver medallist Gabrielle Daleman of Newmarket, Ont., were named to the team for the world championships March 28-April 3 in Boston.

While Canada regularly marches to the medal podium in men’s, pairs and ice dance, Joannie Rochette’s silver in 2009 was the team’s only world medal in women’s singles since Elizabeth Manley finished second in 1988.

And Canada hasn’t had two female skaters in the top 10 since 1992.

“If they skate the way they did here, to me they’re top 10,” Slipchuk said. “They definitely have the skills and the product to be competitive with the top 10.”

Chan and Liam Firus of North Vancouver were named to the team for men’s singles.

Pairs has defending champions Meagan Duhamel of Lively, Ont., and

Eric Radford of Balmertown, Ont., Julianne Seguin of Longueuil, Que., and Charlie Bilodeau of Trois-Pistoles, Que., and Lubov Ilyushechkina and Dylan Moscovitch of Toronto.

World silver and bronze medallists Kaitlyn Weaver and Andrew Poje of Waterloo, Ont., lead a trio of ice dance teams that includes Piper Gilles of Toronto and Paul Poirier of Unionville, Ont., and Elisabeth Paradis of Loretteville, Que., and Francois-Xavier Ouellette of Laval, Que. Slipchuk was also excited Stephen Gogolev, an 11-year-old from Toronto, who could be Canada’s next big men’s star. Gogolev won the novice men’s title on Tuesday by 22 points, and the youngster, who trains with coach Brian Orser, landed what Slipchuk called one of the biggest triple Axels of the week — including the senior men’s event.

“He’s fun to watch, and he’s skating above what his age is,” Slipchuk said.

“You watch him out on the ice, and he’s skating like a 17, 18-year-old.”

The national championships, held at the Scotiabank Centre, also determined the team for the Four Continents, Feb. 16-21 in Taiwan.

Chartrand said.

Chartrand was second behind Kaetlyn Osmond after Friday’s short program. But she unleashed a spectacular long program to music from “Gone with the Wind” that included seven triple jumps and had the Scotiabank Centre crowd on its feet well before she’d taken her final pose.

“Oh my god,” she said. “I wasn’t even into the second spin yet and people were screaming.

“And just dealing with the music, like ‘Okay, don’t fall on your spin.

Make it to the end.”’

She scored 201.99 points. Gabrielle Daleman, from Newmarket, Ont., third after the short program, moved up to second with 197.99. Two-time Canadian champion Osmond, who’s coming back from a broken leg that knocked her out

of last season, finished just 0.12 points back of Daleman in third.

In pairs, Duhamel, from Lively, Ont., and Radford, from Balmertown, Ont., scored 221.75 points to win gold with a significantly stronger performance than Friday’s short program.

“That was hard,” Duhamel said.

“The teams before us skated really well and they put up big numbers, we had to do our job, we couldn’t melt down, we couldn’t have a performance like (Friday), and we knew that getting into our starting position.”

Added Radford: “I think we needed that type of skate on two different levels — in this moment and in the longterm timeframe, leading into worlds.

We felt a lot more in control and in the right mindset.”

Julianne Seguin of Longueuil,

Que., and Charlie Bilodeau of Montreal claimed the silver (211.40), while Lubov Ilyushechkina and Dylan Moscovitch of Toronto finished third (204.22).

Weaver and Poje scored 191.73 points to win ice dance gold, entertaining the crowd with their elegant skate to “This Bitter Earth.”

The two competed for years in the shadow of Olympic champions Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir — who are doing television commentary in Halifax — before winning their first Canadian title last season.

“I’m happy to say we’re not a blip on the champions’ record list,” Weaver said. “Two times means you’re not just 15 minutes of fame, so I’m happy about that.

“This means so much to us.”

Canadians slide to World Cup gold in Whistler Lowry leads

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BY THE CANADIAN PRESS WHISTLER, B.C. — Chris Spring doesn’t have a problem talking about the day his life changed forever.

The Canadian bobsled driver was involved in a serious accident during a race on Jan. 5, 2012, that put him in the hospital with serious injuries and left him questioning his future in the sport.

Just over four years later, he climbed atop a World Cup podium for the first time.

The Calgary duo of Spring and Lascelles Brown won gold in men’s twoman bobsled Saturday with a two-run time of one minute 42.76 seconds to kick off a raucous celebration with teammates and fans at the Whistler Sliding Centre. Amid the cheering and backslapping, Spring took a moment to reflect on how far he’s come since his horrific crash on the track in Altenberg, Germany.

“It was something that I don’t wish upon anyone and it’s been a real struggle, something that I struggle with every day of my career,” said the 31-yearold. “I never hide that.”

Earlier Saturday, Kaillie Humphries and Melissa Lotholz also won gold for Canada in the women’s bobsled event.

Spring and Brown were second at the midway point of their race, but grabbed top spot when Russia’s Alexander Kasjanov and Aleksei Pushkarev made a mistake early in their second run.

“I knew coming into this race I’m one of the best drivers in the world,” said the Australian-born Spring. “If we have the start that we did it’s pretty easy to have the confidence going into a race and knowing I can win a race.

We showed that today.”

Latvia’s Ugis Zalims and Intars Dambis won the silver in 1:42.96, while Kasjanov and Pushkarev took bronze in 1:43.00. The Russians, who also finished third in Friday’s two-man

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Chris Spring and Lascelles Brown of Canada race during the first run of 2-man bobsled at the IBSF World Cup in Whistler, B.C., Saturday. bobsled race, set a new track record during Saturday’s first run with a time of 51.31 seconds.

Justin Kripps of Summerland, B.C., and Alexander Kopacz of London, Ont., were fifth in 1:43.09.

Spring’s best finish in two-man this season coming into the weekend was 12th, but he and Brown tied for fifth on Friday and knew there was more left in the tank.

“I love this kid,” said the 41-year-old Brown, who only recently rejoined the Canadian squad to push for Spring. “I always believed in him.”

Spring also owns a World Cup bronze in two-man and another in four-man, but Saturday was far and away the highlight of his career, adding: “There’s no better feeling than being a winner on your own track.”

Humphries, meanwhile, didn’t like what she saw halfway through her race.

The good news was the two-time

Olympic champion topped the leaderboard after breaking her own track record. The trouble was three other sleds had also surpassed the old mark, with Jamie Greubel Poser of the United States just 0.06 seconds back.

“It was a lot closer than I wanted it to be,” Humphries said with a smile afterwards. “I was expecting a way bigger lead in my head, but this is the sport. They really applied the pressure.”

And Humphries responded. The Calgary pilot and Melissa Lotholz of Barrhead, Alta., stepped up with their second track record of the day, racing to a two-run time of one minute 45.37 seconds for their fourth victory of the season and second in as many weeks.

“I’m no stranger to pressure,” said Humphries, who set a new fastest time of 52.66 seconds. “I don’t like it, but it’s one of those things that comes along with the sport when you’re pushing the highest levels.”

Raptors 112 Clippers 94 TORONTO — All-star guard Kyle Lowry had 21 points to lead the Raptors to a 112-94 victory over the Los Angeles Clippers on Sunday night, for Toronto’s eighth win in a row.

DeMar DeRozan, who hopes to join Lowry at the all-star game, scored 18 points as the Raptors (29-15) shook off a slow start in the first quarter. Lowry added six assists, while Jonas Valanciunas had 20 points and eight rebounds despite early foul trouble.

It is Toronto’s longest winning streak under head coach Dwane Casey and the franchise’s longest run of victories since a nine-game streak in 2002.

Chris Paul led the Clippers (2816) with 23 points and 11 assists. J.J. Redick had 17 points, while DeAndre Jordan had 15 points and pulled down 13 rebounds.

Lowry was voted by fans to be one of the Eastern Conference’s starters for the All-Star Game on Feb. 14 at Toronto’s Air Canada Centre. DeRozan can still be selected as an all-star. The NBA’s 30 head coaches will select the reserves for the All-Star Game in a vote that will be revealed on Thursday.

Bismack Biyombo brought the crowd to its feet and tied the game 3434 with an emphatic put-back dunk. It punctuated a 7-0 Raptors run to open the second quarter.

Patrick Patterson drained a 23-foot three-pointer to cap a 17-1 run by Toronto to start the second quarter and give the Raptors a 44-34 lead. L.A. called a 20-second timeout to regroup after Patterson’s field goal.

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Davos soothes jitters GLOBAL POLICYMAKERS SEEK TO REASSURE AFTER MARKET TURBULENCE

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS DAVOS, Switzerland — At the end of another turbulent week in financial markets, leading global policymakers sought Saturday to ease concerns over the economic outlook for 2016 and insisted that the slowdown in China is a natural turn for an economy in transition.

A high-level panel of finance officials held on the last day of the World Economic Forum in the Swiss resort of Davos, Switzerland, attempted to look through the markets’ harrowing start to the year and identify the big risks facing the global economy.

Many stock indexes this week fell into bear market territory — down 20 per cent from recent highs — and oil prices hit near 13-year lows below $27 a barrel. By the end of the week, the mood had stabilized and markets recovered.

But unease continues to pervade markets and hung over the four-day gathering of high-powered business and world leaders here.

“What on earth is going on?” asked Tidjane Thiam, chief executive of Swiss bank Credit Suisse.

“Simply the worst start of any year in financial markets, ever.”

CHINA CLOUD

China has been the main trigger for the recent market drop as investors take fright over the implications of a decline in economic growth. Figures last week showed that China grew by 6.9 per cent in 2015, its lowest growth rate in a quarter of a century.

“I do not share the pessimistic view about the global economy suggested by these developments in financial markets,” said Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda. “For example, I don’t think the Chinese economy will sharply slow down or will be faced with hard landing risk in the future.”

Kuroda said the slowdown is a natural offshoot of what the Chinese authorities are trying to do: transform the economy from one based on investment and manufacturing into one that is more focused on consumption and services. He suggested China should impose some controls on how much money can leave the country as a means to keep the currency from falling too sharply.

Christine Lagarde, the International Monetary Fund’s managing director, said China’s economic transition is a “massive undertaking.”

Lagarde conceded that global growth in 2016 is set to be “modest” and “uneven” and faces risks, including problems in emerging markets such as Brazil.

The dramatic drop in oil prices is putting a stress on many companies and countries.

She stressed, however, that the IMF still expects growth to improve this year 3.4 per cent from 3.1 per cent in 2015.

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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, left, meets with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg in Davos, Switzerland on Saturday. Trudeau attended the World Economic Forum.

EUROPE ON CUSP

For years, the future of what is now the 19-country eurozone has been a central concern at this Davos-ending panel but it barely got a mention now that worries over Greece have eased.

A modest pick-up in economic growth has also bolstered confidence that the single currency zone will not break up but there are new worries this year — fears of a British exit from the wider 28-country European Union and a botched response to the refugee crisis. With at least another 46 people drowning in the waters of the Aegean Sea on Friday, Europe is

Major East Coast airports slowly resume service

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Airports in New York City, Philadelphia and Baltimore were resuming very limited service Sunday, a day after a punishing blizzard dumped two feet or more of snow and brought transportation to a standstill along the East Coast.

Other airports along the track of Winter Storm Jonas were doing better, with near-normal service. The major airlines intended to resume service at all airports throughout the region by Monday, though more than 800 flights have been cancelled for then.

Along with clearing snow and ice from their own facilities and equipment, airlines and train operators were dealing with how to get all their snowbound employees to work.

Amtrak was operating Sunday on all its routes, but with a reduced number of trains. Spokesman Marc Magliari said Sunday afternoon that the number of passengers was down from usual, but appeared to include many travellers who couldn’t get around on other transportation modes.

“We’re seeing a pretty solid increase in ridership as the day has gone on,” he said.

Amtrak had not yet determined whether it would be back to normal operations on Monday, as it is still co-ordinating with commuter rail and bus lines to see how many Amtrak employees would be able to get to train stations and other work locations.

More than 12,000 flights were cancelled from Friday through Tuesday as states from New England to North Carolina wrestled with the massive snow dump.

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A traveler speaks on the phone as he views the arrival and departure board at San Francisco International airport in San Francisco. Dozens of flights have been canceled and delayed at San Francisco International Airport because of a historic blizzard that ripped across the East Coast.

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under huge pressure to find a proper response to the crisis.

European policymakers have said that a strategy on how to handle, process and relocate migrants has to be agreed upon within the next six to eight weeks — before spring arrives and many more people escaping conflicts attempt the hazardous crossings, mainly into Greece and Italy. Failure to come up with a comprehensive strategy by then could spawn further problems, such as the end of the Schengen agreement, a pact that allows borderless travel between 26 European countries.

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Wynne prepares for India trade trip

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne leaves this week for a 10-day trade mission to India, saying now is the time for Canada to foster more relationships with the burgeoning country.

In addition to Wynne’s trip — which includes nine Liberal MPPs, 50 business leaders, 19 representatives of post-secondary institutions and three municipal leaders — she said Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is planning to travel there, as is Toronto Mayor John Tory.

“While we’re about to take a big step forward in India and start a new chapter in our partnership, it’s the evolution of a long-standing friendship KATHLEEN WYNNE that goes back generations,” she said at a recent pre-mission luncheon. “This can really be the year of Canada and India.”

Wynne’s trip coincidentally comes on the heels of another Canadian delegation to India — the Opposition Progressive Conservatives. Patrick Brown, who is friends with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and had visited the country 15 times before becoming Tory leader last year, returned there earlier this month along with several Tory MPPs. “Relationships matter. Relationships open doors,” Brown said over the phone Thursday as he was about to head for home.

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Re-examine financial plan in divorce, separation For long-time married or common-law couples, parting ways can present some very real financial challenges from the splitting of assets and liabilities to establishing separate financial planning and retirement strategies.

Statistics show that about one in four first-time marriages in Canada ultimately end up in divorce.

While the parties involved in a separation or divorce may feel emotionally liberated, financially they may be worse off, particularly for those for whom retirement is around the corner.

“The most important thing to do when you know this is TALBOT going to take place is to sit BOGGS down with a financial adviser MONEYWISE and re-examine your financial plan,” says Christine Van Cauwenberghe, vice-president of tax and estate planning with Investors Group.

“In a split-up situation it can often take the parties

some time to realize they no longer are on the same team working together and they may not have their partner there to help support them. You need a new plan to reflect your new circumstances.”

Inform your bank of the change in your situation.

One of the first priorities is to make sure that you protect yourself from possible financial liabilities.

This could include cancelling joint bank accounts and credit cards where your spouse of partner is a secondary card holder and getting new ones where you are the sole registered owner and user.

You may want to open up your own line of credit as a source of cash and stop everyday liabilities and expenses such as car payments if applicable. “The key is to separate things and stop liabilities and the flow of funds on day-to-day things,” says Van Cauwenberghe “See a lawyer early on about what you can and cannot do. You want to start planning and operating as an individual, and the sooner you do it the better.”

Determine what insurance policies and medical and other benefits you have. If you rely on your spouse or partner for these you may want to set up your own to ensure you are protected, because a divorce can take time to come to a conclusion.

Divorce and/or separation can take a toll on retirement plans. An Investors Group study has found that about 80 per cent of grey divorcees say they will probably delay their retirement because they need to work longer than planned and 62 per cent said their post-divorce savings and investments will no longer be adequate to fund their retirement.

Some partners will opt to keep the house while others may opt to keep the pensions. The house may be a great asset but the person who gets it then has to pay to maintain it and may not have any money left to save for retirement.

In case of separation or divorce, either you or your spouse can transfer existing RRSPs to the other without being subject to tax provided you are living apart when property and assets are settled and provided you have a written separation agreement or a court order. RRSPs often are split between partners during a divorce, but a lot of what happens will depend on the terms of the settlement.

One of the big problems with divorce is that it is often a bitter experience, which can affect your judgement.

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CRTC Channel Zero, owner of Hamilton’s CHCH-TV whose new operation was gutted late last year, will make a presentation Monday at the opening of hearings being held by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission on local and community television programming. Nearly 130 fulltime and almost 40 part-time on-air news personalities, producers and camera operators at CHCH lost their jobs in December.

Valeant in D.C. Howard Schiller, the interim CEO of Valeant Pharmaceuticals, testifies before the U.S. Congress on Tuesday. Congress wants Valeant and some other drug companies to explain how they bought the rights to a number of long-standing prescription drugs and then hiked their prices.

Energy Peter Watson, chairman and CEO of the National Energy Board, talks to the Toronto board of trade Wednesday, where he’ll release a report on the country’s energy future. On Thursday, the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission holds a public meeting in Ottawa on a recent uranium spill in Saskatchewan.

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An Iraqi oil worker checks a pipeline valve at the Rumaila oil field in Basra, some 550 kilometers from the capital Bagdad, in southern Iraq, Saturday. The Rumaila oil field is located about 32 kilometers from the southern Iraqi border with Kuwait. Media reported on Friday that the oil price had fallen to its lowest level since 2003, where the price reached US$29.84 per barrel.

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Nanaimo Daily News shuttered after 141 years of publishing NANAIMO, B.C. — The Nanaimo Daily News will stop publishing this week, ending 141 years in business.

The newspaper on Vancouver Island made the announcement Friday on Facebook and Twitter, thanking its advertisers and readers for their support.

The paper, which publishes five times a week, will close on Jan. 29. Its website lists 10 staff members on its news team, including three reporters and a photographer.

Black Press bought the paper from Glacier Media in December 2014. The media company also owns the Nanaimo News Bulletin, which publishes twice a week.

Layoff notices suspended for newsroom workers: union president HALIFAX — The union representing striking newsroom employees at Canada’s largest independent daily newspaper says the company has suspended 18 layoff notices that were sent out hours after the workers walked off the job.

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Lagarde said that from a personal point of view, this is “a bit of a make-or-break” moment for the Schengen agreement.

But if Europe can find a good way to manage the flow of refugees and migrants, the region can actually benefit economically from the new pool of labour.

The IMF has said eurozone economic growth could rise by 0.2 percentage points, as much as 0.5 per cent in countries like Germany and Sweden.

BREXIT FEAR

Another concern vexing leaders in Davos all week has been Britain’s future in the EU. Britain is the EU’s second-largest economy but has, as British finance minister George Osborne said, a “different relationship” to the bloc than the others.

It’s not part of the Schengen agreement and doesn’t use the euro.

The Conservative government has promised a referendum on whether Britain should leave the EU by the end of 2017. But it has shown a willingness to hold it earlier, possibly this summer, if a deal reforming its relationship with the EU is agreed upon at a summit in February.

Osborne said there is “goodwill” to get a deal.

Britain is seeking four reforms: changes to rules governing migration and benefits, confirmation that Britain is not part of the drive for an ever-closer union, rules to make sure that the nine non-euro EU countries don’t get dominated by the euro bloc and measures to boost economic competitiveness.

Osborne pointed to the EU’s history of securing deals at the last minute, as it has many times on Greece’s crisis.

“Europe sometimes makes its decisions at the 11th hour in a crisis because the Greek banks have to open on the Monday morning or the bond has to be repaid,” said Osborne. “I think in a mature and measured way we can get that agreement potentially at the February European Council.”

All told, 3,505 flights scheduled for Sunday, 865 flights for Monday and 50 flights for Tuesday have been cancelled according to flight tracking service FlightAware. With 3,100 flights failing to take off Friday and 4,511 being grounded on Saturday, the total of flights grounded was 12,031 for the five-day period.

Around 1,000 flights were delayed Sunday, FlightAware said.

Passengers were being urged to check with their airline before heading to Eastern airports.

Officials at Philadelphia International Airport, which got hit with an entire season’s worth of snowfall over two days, said they planned to “gradually” resume operations Sunday.

Delta expected to begin accepting its first arrivals Sunday afternoon at its New York hubs, John F. Kennedy International Airport and LaGuardia, both of which got 30 inches of snow. By mid-afternoon, Delta anticipated near-full operation at both airports, though its Delta Connection regional operation has been cancelled through the rest of Sunday.

Delta said its teams began working before daybreak at both airports to de-ice aircraft and ground equipment and clear snow from ramp and terminal areas.

“We had a number of employees stay at nearby hotels so they could be on hand first thing in the morning to begin the painstaking task of digging out,” Dan O’Brien, duty director in Delta’s Operations and Customer Center, said in a statement.

On Monday, Delta expects to operate a full schedule throughout the mid-Atlantic and Northeast, with a few exceptions. It expects to fly its first inbound aircraft to Washington around 9 a.m. EST Monday.

American Airlines reported Sunday that operations at 46 airports it serves had been affected by the snow dump.

Early Sunday afternoon, a company spokesman said it planned to resume flights Monday at the three New York-area airports, as well as the three serving Washington, D.C. American said operations had resumed in Charlotte, North Carolina, and a limit number of flights in and out of Philadelphia would resume Sunday afternoon. However, it cautioned that resumption of airport operations in Philadelphia and the Washington and New York areas would

The telecommunications giant releases its fourth-quarter results on Wednesday prior to the markets opening. Rogers, along with Bell and Telus, have raised or plan to raise the prices of their wireless packages and have warned of increases to home phone and Internet prices in February.

GDP: Statistics Canada releases the gross domestic product by industry for November on Friday. The eagerly anticipated GDP figures are a key indicator of the country’s economic well-being.

Ingrid Bulmer, president of the Halifax Typographical Union, says a lawyer for the Halifax Chronicle Herald sent them a text message saying layoff notices that were delivered Saturday morning have been suspended.

Bulmer says the union, which represents 61 editorial staff, has requested written confirmation from the company.

Nancy Cook, the Herald’s vice-president of administration, confirmed in an email Sunday that the layoff notices have been suspended.

The union and company met Sunday afternoon and the Herald issued a statement saying the two sides would continue discussions on Monday.

The work stoppage began at 12:01 a.m. Saturday after talks broke down earlier last week.

The Herald has said it wants to reduce wages, lengthen working hours, alter future pension benefits and lay off up to 18 workers. depend on weather conditions at those airports and on public transit and roadways.

Southwest Airlines said it was back to normal or near-normal service Sunday in most cities it serves, but wasn’t operating in Philadelphia, the New York area, Baltimore and Washington, D.C., and Richmond, Virginia. It tentatively planned to start up service there on Monday, when only 40 of its 3,600 flights systemwide were cancelled.

A United Airlines spokesman said it was starting “very limited operations” at its Newark, New Jersey, hub and other New York City metro airports Sunday afternoon. Operations were to resume gradually Monday afternoon at Dulles International Airport in Washington, as well as Baltimore and Philadelphia.

All major airlines issued waivers for travel over the weekend, allowing passengers to rebook onto earlier or later flights to avoid the storms, without having to pay an extra charge.

Passengers looking to cancel trips should wait until the airline officially calls off the flight. Airlines have been much more proactive in recent years about cancelling flights, often doing so up to a day in advance. More travellers are affected, but they aren’t stuck waiting in airports. It also lets airlines restart the system quicker because they have planes and crews in place.

PLANNING: Talk to a professional The Investors Group study found that people who characterized their divorce as bitter experienced greater financial difficulties than those whose divorce was more cordial, such as managing living expenses after the divorce or separation, stress from the division of assets, the cost of divorce proceedings and no longer having enough retirement savings.

People tend to make shorter-term decisions during divorce or separation, so it’s important to try and be realistic and talk to a professional planner who can help you assess your financial situation, clarify your goals as a new single person and advise you on what you can do to meet those goals.

Talbot Boggs is a Toronto-based business communications professional who has worked with national news organizations, magazines and corporations in the finance, retail, manufacturing and other industrial sectors.

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