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“I thought I had to kill her” POLICE INTERVIEW HEARD ON DAY TWO OF MARK LINDSAY TRIAL

BY MURRAY CRAWFORD ADVOCATE STAFF Believing she was part of a group of serial killers and sent to kill him, Mark Damien Lindsay said he had no choice but to kill her.

“I thought I had to kill her,” said

Lindsay, 29, in his police statement.

He reached this conclusion from his belief that Dana Jane Turner, 31, was part of a group of serial killers called “Healers.”

Court heard the remainder of a fiveplus hour interview of Lindsay conducted at the Red Deer RCMP detachment.

Wednesday was day two of Lindsay’s second-degree murder trial.

Facts of the case have been admitted by the defence, leaving criminal responsibility as the main trial issue.

Lindsay told Cpl. James Morton during his police interview on March 16, 2012 that he believed Turner was a member of the Healers and was sent to

kill him.

Turner and Lindsay met while they were both at Edmonton’s Alberta Hospital.

“I actually had to kill her to protect myself, my family and my brother,” Lindsay said.

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BY ADVOCATE STAFF RCMP continue to be tight-lipped about an investigation involving the suspicious death of a middle-aged man dropped off at Red Deer Regional Hospital on Saturday night.

On Tuesday, police made a public appeal as they were trying to locate a 1998 grey Jeep Grand Cherokee with Alberta licence BNW 1124.

On Wednesday, RCMP announced that they had located the vehicle but they have not said where it was found or why the death is suspicious.

Police have also not said where the deceased man was from and they have not publicly identified him.

The man was dropped off at the hospital at about 9:30 p.m. by unknown persons and pronounced deceased soon after.

Police were also looking to identify who was driving the Jeep Grand Cherokee vehicle on Saturday and any passengers in the vehicle.

K Division media relations spokesperson Cpl. Laurel Scott said Wednesday that to provide any further information at this time might hinder the investigation.

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Tugging for all they are worth Nevaeh Rawlins and Sage Cave and their classmates pull hard as they take on the boys in their class during a game of Tug-Of-War at Mountview School. Students at École Mountview Elementary spent the afternoon taking part in a winter Carnival which included a variety of activities celebrating French culture.

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Alberta government won’t exclude The Rebel NDP SAYS NO MEDIA TO BE EXCLUDED FOR NOW ALBERTA MEDIA POLICY

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS EDMONTON — The Alberta government says it made a mistake and no reporters will be excluded from government news events while a review of the province’s media policies is done.

“We’ve heard a lot of feedback from Albertans and media over the course of the last two days and it’s clear we made a mistake,” said a statement to the legislature press gallery on Wednesday.

The statement from Cheryl Oates, the premier’s communications director, came a day after a battle with an online news outlet became public over access to the legislature.

Contributors to a highly conservative website founded by political commentator Ezra Levant have said that they were barred from two government new conferences earlier this month.

The statement said the government will wait for the review to be completed before making any decisions.

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It has asked Heather Boyd, recently retired Western Canada bureau chief for The Canadian Press, to come up with recommendations on media accreditation. She is expected to report back in two to three weeks.

“In the meantime, no one will be excluded from government media events,” the statement said.

Premier Rachel Notley was to appear at a photo op in Calgary on Wednesday with a cabinet minister who had a baby a few days ago, but the event was cancelled.

Sheila Gunn Reid and Holly Nicholas have said the premier’s staff denied them access to an oil royalties news conference in Calgary two weeks ago because they were with The Rebel website.

Three days later, Reid tried to enter the legislature to cover a joint news conference with Premier Rachel Notley and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Reid said security staff denied her entrance because the premier’s office had directed that The Rebel was on a “no-go” list.

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Ezra Levant turns after addressing a partially filled auditorium at a canceled event at the University of Ottawa. The Alberta government is battling an online news outlet founded by the former Sun News pundit over access to the legislature and has asked a recently retired journalist to review its media policy.

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Keira Hofer, center, and Hana Kalac and in the background Cohen Gardiner, take to the ice at Bower Ponds Wednesday. The Oriole Park Elementary School students joined about 220 other students from the school for the school’s 25th Annual Bower Ponds Skate Day. During the event each year grade 3-4-5 students walk from their school down to the ponds for an afternoon of fun on the ice.

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Winnipeg winter festival sued over 12-year-old girl’s injury on snow slide WINNIPEG — A family is suing Festival du Voyageur, a 10-day annual winter festival in Winnipeg, after their daughter was seriously injured on a snow slide in 2014.

The lawsuit alleges the 12-year-old girl was ejected from her sled and propelled into the air, hitting

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TRIAL: Knocked him off balance Lindsay served 50 days at the Fort Saskatchewan Corrections Centre for stabbing Turner with a paring knife in June 2011.

Lindsay told Morton he was playing with the knife when Turner knocked him off balance. As Lindsay staggered back up, the knife he held hit Turner in the cheek.

After he got out of the Fort Saskatchewan Corrections Centre, he met up with Turner to talk. They got a hotel together. Lindsay said he heard voices of the Healers in the room below them and had to leave.

He left in a cab and went to his brother’s home.

Turner wanted to meet up with Lindsay later that evening and the two met up and went to McDonalds.

Lindsay said he was scared and wanted to bring some kind of protection with him. He searched his brother’s room and had thought about grabbing a knife. He decided against taking the knife, but had a pencil in his pocket.

After McDonalds they drove for a bit and parked the car on a residential street.

That’s when Lindsay took out the pencil and stuck it into Turner’s eye socket. The pencil broke off and Lindsay said he had to strangle her.

“She was screaming and I wanted to stop and help her out, but she was going to kill me. I remember thinking about stopping and going to the hospital and fixing her. I wanted to fix her eye,” he said.

“I couldn’t stop. I apologize for that.”

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her head and tailbone on an ice path.

The suit alleges she sustained a brain injury that left her with misaligned eyes, depression and anxiety.

Her parents, Lynne and Raymond Comeault, are accusing the festival of negligence for failing to require safety equipment failing to adequately supervise patrons and for failing to maintain the slide in a safe condition.

The lawsuit says the girl missed the remainder of her grade seven year at school, and had minimal participation in her grade eight and nine years.

Officials at Festival du Voyageur said they are unable to comment on the incident as court proceedings are currently pending.

The allegations made in the lawsuit have not been proven in court.

He then put Turner’s body into a sleeping bag and drove around. He told Morton that he was afraid Turner would come back to life, saying she practiced witchcraft.

He drove around the area north of Edmonton and said he came to stop at a lake near St. Albert. Lindsay took Turner’s body out of the vehicle and ran over her head.

Lindsay drove to the Leduc Rona where he purchased a shovel, rake and work gloves.

He then drove south to an oilfield lease road west of Innisfail, where he left Turner’s body. The body wasn’t discovered until October 2011. Lindsay said he was too scared to bury the body and just left it behind.

DNA matching both Turner and Lindsay was recovered from the work gloves on the lease road.

Though he believed Turner was sent to kill him, he also acknowledged how close they were. He said he thought he could talk to her and talk her down from killing him, after she saw who he really was.

Mixed with the closeness of the two, Lindsay described his fear of her. Saying she would just show up to his apartment and even saying Turner would come and go at night to visit Lindsay and other inmates while Lindsay was at the Fort Saskatchewan Corrections Centre.

Lindsay is on trial for the August 2011 murder of Turner, who’s body was found in October 2011 west of Innisfail. Lindsay is the adopted son of former Edmonton Police Chief John Lindsay.

He is charged with second-degree murder, obstruction of justice and interfering with human remains.

The Crown is expected to close their case today and defence will open, calling a psychiatrist. mcrawford@reddeeradvocate.com

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A Red Deer woman who declared herself a “natural person” therefore she didn’t have to pay taxes, has had her day of reckoning with the Canada Revenue Agency.

Denise Eddy, 51, was fined $33,320 and given a 24-month conditional jail sentence recently for tax evasion and filing false returns.

She pleaded guilty on Feb. 4 to evading, and assisting others to evade, federal income taxes of $22,306 for the 2005 to 2008 tax years. As well, she failed to collect and remit goods and services tax of $11,014 for the 2006 to 2008 tax years.

She was also found guilty of counselling others to commit fraud, the CRA said in a release.

Eddy adopted beliefs that as a “natural person” she was not subject to the Income Tax Act. Court heard that she knowingly evaded taxes and was also aiding, abetting and counselling others to commit tax evasion. She was charged by the CRA in 2012 following a 25-month criminal investigation.

Natural persons, or tax protesters, view themselves as two persons, one being an individual working to earn income, not subject to income tax, whereas the legal person is the entity the federal government created with a social insurance number.

The CRA states that Canadian courts have repeatedly and consistently rejected all arguments made in these “tax protester schemes”.

Saskatchewan SPCA working with other groups on certification for rescue groups REGINA — The Saskatchewan SPCA is leading a project to certify rescue groups.

It has begun working with animal groups, the Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Protective Services and the Saskatchewan Veterinary Medical Association to come up with guidelines.

Frances Wach, executive director of Saskatchewan SPCA, says there are more than 50 rescue groups in the province.

She says people don’t realize what is required to provide proper care for the animals. The groups will meet in March to discuss plans and a timeline for the project.

JEEP: No arrests made They are working to having more information out perhaps in the next day or so, she said.

Police are still seeking public information on the case and no arrrests have been made, Scott said.

Red Deer RCMP and the Calgary Major Crimes Unit are investigating.

The RCMP are asking anyone who has any information about this case to contact Red Deer RCMP at 403-406-2589 or their local police detachment. If they wish to remain anonymous, they can call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 or report it online at www. tipsubmit.com.-

REBEL: No-go list Oates said Tuesday that the pair had not signed up ahead of time for the royalty review news conference — as required from all media — and therefore couldn’t attend.

As for the Trudeau visit, the legislature was under tight security and only mainstream media organizations and accredited legislature press gallery members were allowed, she said.

She also said the premier’s office does not have a no-go list.

Levant, a former Sun media columnist, started The Rebel with some former colleagues about a year ago. The site has been sharply critical of Notley’s NDP government.

Darcy Henton, president of the legislature press gallery, said Tuesday that it “supports the right of journalists to provide vigorous and diverse coverage of the Alberta legislature.”

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16 people sick with E. coli in Calgary recently

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS CALGARY — Health officials say 16 people in the greater Calgary area have become sick from E. coli in recent weeks and investigators are working to nail down the source of the bacteria.

Alberta Health Services said Wednesday that four of the 16 people have or were hospitalized, but are recovering.

“In this particular outbreak that we are still investigating there have been 16 lab-confirmed cases of E. coli 0157:H7,” said Dr. Judy MacDonald, the region’s medical health officer.

“This type of E. coli can be very serious.”

The sick range in age from less than one year to 74 and became ill between Nov. 25 and Feb. 2.

Details of the illnesses came after the Canadian Food Inspection Agency announced a recall of some raw pork products in the region due to possible E. coli contamination.

The agency said the recall was triggered by an investigation into people getting sick, but no illnesses have been definitively linked to the products.

The recall involves pork produced

by Hillview Meat Processor that was distributed to seven stores in Calgary.

The products include raw fresh or frozen meat cuts, ground pork, sausages and ready-to-eat products.

The agency said consumers should not eat the products and restaurants, retailers, distributors and manufacturers should not serve or use them.

E. coli O157:H7 can cause symptoms including nausea, vomiting, abdominal cramps and bloody diarrhea. In severe cases people may have seizures or strokes, suffer permanent kidney damage or die.

MacDonald said none of the patients has developed hemolytic uremic syndrome, which is a severe complication that can happen in some E. coli infections.

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The lawsuit was against XL Foods Inc., which operated a meat-packing plant in southern Alberta during the tainted beef recall in the fall of 2012.

Lawyer Clint Docken said hundreds of people in Canada and the United States could apply for a share of the award by the Aug. 17 deadline.

“Now it is all settled and there is the consumer component and the injury component,” he said Wednesday.

“People who threw out the product can apply to get their money back and people who ate the product and got sick can apply for compensation for their injury.”

Under the agreement, which refers to possible E. coli contamination, XL Foods does not accept any wrongdoing or liability.

Company officials could not immediately be reached for comment.

During the outbreak, health officials confirmed that 18 people in Canada tested positive for a specific strain of E. coli bacteria linked to meat from the company’s plant in Brooks, Alta.

XL Foods recalled more than 1.8 million kilograms of beef in Canada and the United States.

The plant in Brooks was later sold to JBS Canada.

Under the distribution rules of the settlement, provincial health insurers can file claims to recover health-care costs.

Lawyers involved in the lawsuit said the class action highlights the importance of food safety and holding companies accountable.

“Food safety is of significant concern. Every week it seems there is a recall,” Docken said.

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Biologist urges better communication to protect species across the Prairies

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS SASKATOON — A leading biologist says there were communication failures about efforts to protect one of Canada’s most endangered birds and he’s cautioning against making such mistakes in the future. There was controversy in late 2013 when the federal government put special rules in place to restrict development on 1,700 square kilometres of Crown land in southern Alberta and Saskatchewan.

It was to protect habitat for the greater sage grouse. But the order received widespread criticism from ranchers.

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The sage grouse population has dropped by 98 per cent over the last 25 to 45 years there are fewer than 140 birds remaining in Canada. Barry Adams spent 38 years with Alberta Environment and Sustainable Resource

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Air rage a growing concern at 35,000 feet If the Merriam-Webster Dictionary was to publish On Dec. 28 the couples were to fly from Halifax the meaning of “trip from hell,” it might refer you to to Toronto, then onto Vegas. Simple enough. But the 1987 blockbuster comedy-hit movie Planes, Trains over the course of a couple of days there were deand Automobiles. lays, missed connections, being shuttled to Calgary Comic geniuses John Candy and Steve and back to Toronto. It carved one day Martin brilliantly illustrated a worst-case off their holiday — including missing a scenario on the pitfalls of travel.

Celine Dion concert for which they had Today, when it comes to air travel, that purchased advanced tickets. movie is not far off the mark, judging by All was fine when they eventually the frequent high-flying horror stories of landed in Vegas, at least until their bagair rage. gage didn’t arrive until Jan. 1, the day beIt’s growing at an alarming rate. Pasfore they returned home. While in Vegas sengers going berserk, flight attendants they had no choice but to purchase clothpunching each other out, crying babies ing. To ad insult to injury, the company slapped, and those who’s dream vacations provided the frustrated customers with have been shattered due to the incompevery generous $250 flight vouchers. Sevtence of certain airlines are just a sameral readers on social media had creative pling. suggestions what to do with those vouchRICK “Air rage,” according to an in-depth seers, but not fit for publication.

ZEMANEK ries on the Internet by Yahoo Travel, “is We normally link air rage to drunken the new road rage,” but at a higher scale. passengers, but Delta Airlines recently OPINION At least in road rage motorists can pull chalked up a first: Two female flight atover and attempt to kill each other using tendants engaged in a fist fight over work fists or tire irons. But when rage explodes 35,000 feet issues on a flight from Los Angeles to Minneapolis. in the air aboard a passenger jet, the situation can The pilot made an unscheduled landing in Salt Lake turn egg-shell fragile.

City after a female passenger tried to break up the Most recently, Air Canada takes the cake in the scrap, but was also punched during the brouhaha. “vacation from hell” category, following an incident As we become more and more dependent on air that had readers on the Internet stampeding to post travel, the more the incidents of air rage. Yahoo disparaging remarks over social media on question- Travel reports fights over reclining seats, a passenable services by the airline. ger punching a sleeping passenger over snoring, a “What was supposed to be a dream holiday to Las traveller wails on a United Airlines employee when Vegas booked through Air Canada was marred for asked to see his baggage-claim ticket, and a crying two Nova Scotia couples by flight delays, lost luggage baby is slapped by a passenger who’s reached the and a battle over unexpected expenses,” CBC report- end of his rope in cramped quarters. ed. The incident eventually involved Gabor Lukacs, The strict protocol now in place for air travellers a passenger rights advocate based in Halifax, who is ripe for air rage — starting from the moment you alleges AC blatantly violated the rules of the air by set foot in an airport. “Places that limit people’s denying certain services. Yes, airline passengers do personal freedoms — like an airport or plane with indeed have rights. a lot of security, for example — make people feel

vulnerable,” said Dr. Jonathan Bricker, a University of Washington psychological professor and expert on air travel anxieties.

“It’s a paradox,” says Bricker. “The airport and the airlines are trying to make you feel safe, but they’re doing it with all these restrictions — you have to take off your shoes to go through security, you have to stay in your seat with your seatbelt fastened. People can become very sensitive to being controlled.” He says “It’s a toxic combination, and the more you tighten the noose on people, the more they react.”

Canadian journalist Amber Nasrulla says her luggage has been searched upwards of 40 times during her 10 years of air travel. She concludes she fit’s the profile of a terrorist — “a dark-skinned Muslim with a Middle Eastern-sounding-name.”

Stress in general courts air rage — too many responsibilities to deal with at once. “That’s exactly what happens at airports,” explains Dr. Frank Farley, a psychologist and professor at Temple University in Philadelphia. “You go to the airport, and there are too many things to worry about: what to do with your luggage, are you going to pay extra money for a better seat, do you need to get food to bring on the plane, are they going to stop you while you go through security?”

To figure out why some people suddenly lose it on planes, Yahoo Travel conducted a survey. Nearly a quarter of respondents said they don’t get angry on planes. The airlines thank them. But others weren’t as congenial. Twenty-one per cent blamed their frustrations on other passengers, and 17 per cent blamed cramped space. Eleven per cent said a crying baby lit their short fuse and seven per cent blamed a rude flight attendant.

The best rule of thumb when travelling by air is be patient, keeping in mind the airlines control your destiny.

Rick Zemanek is a former Advocate editor.

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Why we don’t need Internet price controls

BY DEREK JAMES FROM SPECIAL TO THE ADVOCATE Sign me up! I want $10-a-month high-speed Internet, too.

The Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN) is telling us that Canadian prices are out of whack and too high. The group is asking the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) to mandate that $10-per-month high-speed Internet be made available to low-income families.

Yes, the group is asking for Internet price controls.

In a January report titled Internet for All, ACORN reported that 83.5 per cent of respondents to its survey considered high-speed Internet “extremely expensive” and that 59 per cent paid for Internet access by forgoing other household necessities. Some 64 per cent had to cut into their entertainment budget, while 13 per cent even dipped into their rent payment money for Internet service.

What does ACORN make of the data it collected? The report says, “ACORN Canada members feel strongly that access to home Internet is essential and a right.” And it says, “The United Nations now considers access to Internet to be a human right, comparable with

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freedom of speech.” In the Toronto Star on Feb. 2, ACORN spokeswoman Alejandra Ruiz Vargas said that a lack of affordable Internet service “excludes low-income Canadians from equal opportunities to education, employment, government services and modern civic participation.”

ACORN wants us to believe that, without Internet access, low-income Canadians cannot make satisfying social connections and will be unable to better themselves economically. How else could someone satisfy their basic human right to Facebook?

Now, these claims are terribly confused and chock-full of hyperbole. I certainly hope ACORN sees them as such, because it wasn’t that long ago that Canadians were perfectly capable of making meaningful friendships and finding employment outside of the virtual world. Many still do. Were the human rights of previous generations that lacked affordable high-speed Internet service being violated?

What this reveals is that ACORN’s respondents didn’t distinguish between their wants and needs.

But ACORN is correct about the price of Internet service. Netflix executive Ted Sarandos said in 2013 that Canadians have “Third World access to the Internet,” and that it is “grossly overpriced.” There’s little doubt that

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Canada suffers from poor Internet service and that access is expensive. This was confirmed by a Harvard University study in 2009 and by an Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) study in 2013.

But are these quality and cost problems best solved by mandating $10-permonth high-speed Internet?

A 2011 report by the C.D. Howe Institute argued that the high price of Internet service is directly related to a lack of competition in the Canadian marketplace. And as Jesse Kline pointed out in a National Post article two years ago, removing the regulatory and bureaucratic impediments to competition — like our anachronistic foreign ownership rules and the barriers to new infrastructure investment — would go a long way toward helping to solve this problem.

ACORN has a history of diagnosing a real problem yet proposing precisely the wrong solution. In 2010, ACORN was part of a coalition of groups that sued the federal and Ontario governments alleging a failure to develop an effective housing strategy. The coalition’s legal documents were high on platitudes but low on concrete ideas.

Yet they had no qualms about asking that more taxpayer money go to subsidize or purchase housing for low-income earners — effectively expand-

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ing the governments’ interference in the housing market. As it turned out, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice found little merit to their claim, so the case was tossed out in 2013.

Unlike Internet access, a lack of affordable housing is not a trivial matter. But what is the most effective solution in terms of costs and results? The Demographia International Housing Affordability Surveys have repeatedly confirmed that the affordability of housing is overwhelming linked to the amount of government interference in the housing market — the greater the interference, the less affordable housing becomes. And yet ACORN advocated for more government interference, which would only exacerbate the problem.

The same problem presents itself whether it’s Internet access or affordable housing. Government interference drives up prices while constraining the problem-solving power of a free market. If ACORN wants to effectively advocate for those in poverty, it’s doing it wrong. It should be advocating for less interference, fewer regulations and a less powerful bureaucracy.

The solution is never more government. It’s less.

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House squares off over ISIL mission LIBERALS, OPPOSITION SQUABBLE OVER RETOOLED MISSION AS AIRSTRIKES END

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — As MPs in the House of Commons thrashed out their conflicting views of how to prosecute the war against militants of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, the Canadian military quietly acknowledged Wednesday its bombing campaign has come to a conclusion.

The end to combat missions comes just days ahead of the Feb. 22 deadline set by the Liberal government when it announced the re-tooled mission last week.

Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan told MPs the campaign ended Monday. The Defence Department’s website listed two strikes the day before — both in Iraq.

Two CF-18s bombed an Islamic State fighting position in the vicinity of Fallujah using smart bombs.

Four days before that, two CF-18s attacked an ISIL weapons cache near Al Habbaniyah, in central Iraq. Additionally, on the same day, two CF-18s attacked an ISIL fighting position near Ramadi.

Statistics released late Wednesday

by National Defence show the jets con-

ducted 251 raids — 246 in Iraq and five in Syria.

Under the terms of the revised mission, Canada will leave an aerial refuelling tanker and two CP-140 surveillance aircraft behind to help the U.S.led coalition continue the bombing mission.

National Defence says the fighters will soon make their way home, but did not give a specific timeline.

The news came as debate about the Liberal government’s proposed new anti-ISIL mission began with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau touting his plan to replace CF-18 fighter jets with a bigger contingent of soldiers to train local forces.

The Conservatives, who under Stephen Harper drafted the original mission to send Canadian fighter-bombers into battle, condemned the changes as a step back from the fight.

The NDP is asking for a clearer definition of the new effort, seeking to know if Canadian trainers will be in harm’s way and urging the government to spell out an exit strategy.

The government is stressing a broader approach, including more humanitarian aid and help for refugees.

Trudeau says the training mission

is the right role for Canada in the right place.

“Our goal is to allow local forces to take the fight directly to ISIL, to reclaim their homes, land and future,” he told the Commons.

“We will be more significantly involved in counter-terrorism measures, improving chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear security in the region.”

Trudeau rejected the notion that Canada is backing away from the fight.

“We believe there is an important role for Canada to plan in the fight against ISIL, a role that we can play, a role that we must play.”

Trudeau characterized the fight against ISIL as defending peace and democracy against “terrorism and barbarism.”

“ISIL stands against everything that we value as Canadians and poses a direct threat to our people and our friends.”

He said the government’s revamped mission will be robust, comprehensive and effective and will deliver results on the ground.

Interim Conservative leader Rona Ambrose begged to differ.

“OUR GOAL IS TO ALLOW LOCAL FORCES TO TAKE THE FIGHT DIRECTLY TO ISIL, TO RECLAIM THEIR HOMES, LAND AND FUTURE.” —JUSTIN TRUDEAU “There are times in the life of a Parliament, and in the history of this House, when providence calls upon us to lead,” Ambrose said.

“Lead by conviction, lead by a responsibility we collectively have to the Canadian people and lead by fighting evil — and, sadly, today is not a day of leadership.”

Withdrawing from the bombing campaign means pulling a vital component out of the U.S.-led coalition effort against ISIL, she added.

“To blunt the sharp end of our spear is not in keeping with the contributions of our allies,” she said.

“We know, too, thanks to poll after poll, that it’s not what most Canadians want us to do.”

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Ontario teen cancer survivor gets a taste of leading Canada, wants real thing

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tics. After watching question period from the visitor’s gallery in the House of Commons, Lakhanpal experienced the real deal Wednesday, meeting with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in his Parliament Hill office. He also had an impromptu chat in the Commons foyer with Tom Mulcair just before the NDP leader joined the Commons debate about Canada’s retooled contribution to the fight against Islamic State militants. Mulcair wished Lakhanpal well, no matter what he pursues in life.

“I’m hoping that he uses his strength, first of all, to take good care of himself,” said Mulcair. “It’s obvious that he’s got lots of inner strength as well. I’m looking forward to seeing him play an important role in our society, whatever he decides that’s going to be.”

OTTAWA — Watch out, Justin Trudeau — Prabjote (PJ) Lakhanpal is gunning for your job.

The 19-year-old cancer survivor from Brampton, Ont., says he wants to be prime minister — a job he had the chance to try on for size for a few days as part of an elaborate wish granted

by Make-A-Wish Canada. He can even talk the talk. When asked if he’s serious about seeking the top job someday, Lakhanpal replied, “Just watch me” — former prime minister Pierre Trudeau’s famous retort to a question about invoking the War Measures Act in 1970. Being prime minister “seems like a tough life,” but Lakhanpal is confident he’s up to the task.

“You know, I’ve battled cancer. There’s nothing worse than that,” he said.

“So, I’m ready to take this on in the future.”

Lakhanpal, who prefers to go by his nickname, PJ, is currently in remission following a battle in 2012 with Hodgkin lymphoma, a form of cancer that affects the body’s immune system. The disease made him a candidate for Make-A-Wish, the famous foundation that grants wishes to children with life-threatening medical conditions.

Activities Make-A-Wish had in store this week included a full-day visit to the Supreme Court, a special security briefing, a meeting with Governor General David Johnston and taking the prime minister’s seat on a Challenger jet.

He also enjoyed the trappings of the presidential suite at Ottawa’s Chateau Laurier hotel.

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Flames falter against new look Wild

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS Wild 5 Flames 3 CALGARY — Jason Pominville snapped out of a slump with a goal and an assist Wednesday night to lead the Minnesota Wild to a 5-3 win over the Calgary Flames.

In year two of a five-year, US$26.5 million deal, Pominville entered the game with just one goal and one helper in his last 23 outings.

He matched that output by setting up Erik Haula for the game’s first goal 10:22 into the contest, then was set-up by Haula for a one-timer at 18:16 of the second that made it 4-2. It was just the seventh goal and 23rd point this season for Pominville.

Jason Zucker, Mikko Koivu and Charlie Coyle, into an empty net, also scored for Minnesota (25-22-10) and Nino Neiderreiter had two assists.

After a 1-11-2 record culminated in the firing of coach Mike Yeo, the Wild have won their first two games under interim coach John Torchetti and are within two points of Nashville and the second wildcard spot in the Western Conference.

Deryk Engelland, with his first of the season, David Jones and Mikeal Backlund scored for Calgary (25-28-3), which has lost three straight.

The loss capped off a bad day for the organization.

First it was learned that starting goaltender Karri Ramo was lost for the season with a torn ACL. Then, the NHL announced it was upholding the 20-game suspension for defenceman Dennis Wideman.

The Wild surged in front 2-0 with a short-handed goal with 26 seconds left in the first when Zucker ripped a shot over the shoulder of Jonas Hiller.

Minnesota went up by three at 3:09 of the second on Koivu’s 12th goal. It was the 10th power-play goal allowed in the last four games for the Flames, who are the NHL’s 30th ranked penalty kill.

Calgary got on the scoreboard at 11:28 of the second on Engelland’s first goal in 56 games.

Jones made it 3-2 at 16:38 on a weird one, his shot deflecting into the air off the stick of Wild defenceman Mike Reilly, hitting his defence partner Matt Dumba in the face, and fluttering over goalie Devan Dubnyk.

Backlund scored on the power play with 4:11 left but Calgary’s couldn’t get it back to even.

Dubnyk had 25 stops for Minnesota. Hiller had 19 saves for Calgary. The veteran has lost all three starts since Ramo’s injury, giving up 12 goals.

Notes: Minnesota’s Zach Parise had an assist for his 600th NHL point… Calgary D Ladislav Smid (upper body) did not return after exiting in the first period… Flames were without D Kris Russell (lower body), who missed his second straight… Minnesota D Martin Scandella (upper body) did not play.

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Minnesota Wild’s Mikko Koivu is checked by Calgary Flames’ Markus Granlund during first period NHL action in Calgary, Wednesday. The Flames fell to the Wild 5-3.

Pair of third period goals Hanna, Jones Scotties reunion sparks lifts Blazers over Rebels memories of 2005

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Blazers 5 Rebels 3 Kamloops, B.C. — The good news is Luke Philp scored his first goals in a Red Deer Rebels uniform, but the bad news is it was in a losing cause.

The Rebels lost their fourth game in a row with a 5-3 defeat to the Kamloops Blazers, Wednesday in Kamloops. It was the second game in as many nights on a four-game road trip for the Rebels who lost to the Kelowna Rockets on Tuesday.

The Rebels started the scoring with a goal by Ivan Nikolishin early in the first period. The Blazers responded later in the frame with Ryan Rehill’s first of two goals on the night.

Rehill’s second goal put the Blazers in the lead in the second period but a pair of Philp goals put he Rebels in the lead late in the frame. The Blazers were able to tie the game on a Quinn Benjafield goal with under 30 seconds left in the frame.

The Blazers got the winning goal from Jake Kryski three minutes into the third and Collin Shirley added a

late goal to seal the deal.

The Rebels were 1-for-2 on the powerplay while the Blazers capitalized on two of their five powerplay chances.

Connor Ingram stopped 43 shots to get the win for the Blazers while Trevor Martin stopped 35 of the 40 shots he faced in taking the loss.

The Rebels will try and halt their skid when they visit the Prince George Cougars in back-to-back nights Friday and Saturday.

Commissioner Bettman upholds Wideman’s 20-game suspension

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK — NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman upheld Calgary Flames defenceman Dennis Wideman’s 20-game suspension for cross-checking a linesman.

The NHL announced the appeal decision Wednesday.

Wideman met with Bettman at a hearing in New York last week after the player appealed the suspension handed down Feb. 3 by NHL Senior Executive Vice-President of Hockey Operations Colin Campbell. The NHL Players’ Association later said in a statement that it plans to further appeal to neutral arbitrator James Oldham.

Wideman knocked down linesman Don Henderson during the second period of the Flames’ game against Nashville on Jan. 27. Wideman was checked hard into the boards by Predators winger Miikka Salomaki. Wideman banged his stick on the ice, then knocked down Henderson in front of the Nashville bench. Wideman said he was in pain and was just trying to get off the ice, adding that he couldn’t avoid Henderson.

“I do not see a basis for a lesser penalty, particularly given the severity of the conduct involved,” Bettman

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The winner of the Feb. 28 final represents Canada at the women’s world Jenn Hanna knows what’s coming. championship March 19-27 in Swift The Ontario skip is prepared for Current, Sask. the reminders of Jennifer Jones’s final Jones, third Kaitlyn Lawes, second stone the last time they met at a Cana- Jill Officer and lead Dawn McEwen dian women’s curling championship. are chasing a second straight CanadiUp two points coming home with- an title. The Winnipeg foursome went out hammer, Hanna’s team from Ot- undefeated to win Olympic gold in Sotawa was on the verge of a national chi, Russia, in 2014. title at the 2005 Scotties Tournament of Jones and Officer have won five CaHearts in St. John’s, N.L. nadian titles together with McEwen But Jones made a shot that became in on four of them. But back in 2005, part of curling lore.

McEwen was Hanna’s The Manitoba skip ‘WE HAD A REALLY GREAT GAME second in St. John’s deflected the game’s AND SHE WAS MEANT TO MAKE and on the losing end final stone off a corof her future skip’s ner guard outside the THAT SHOT AND WIN THAT WAY. historic shot. rings and rolled to the WE DID EVERYTHING WE COULD McEwen, named button to bump out Dawn Askin at that IN THAT WEEK. WE DIDN’T Ontario’s shot stone time, didn’t move buried behind guards. LEAVE ANYTHING OUT THERE.’ a guard far enough Jones scored four for to the side on an at— JENN HANNA tempted peel. It was the victory and her first Scotties win. ultimately the corner “It’s probably the highest I’ve ever guard that Jones exploited with her jumped,” Jones says now. final shot.

That walk-off, “in-off” shot has al“I remember being so nervous that most two million views on YouTube. It I probably didn’t throw it as hard as was a shot that altered the futures of I could have and it didn’t roll out of both teams. play,” McEwen remembers. “I left it The television replay of the shot for her. will be back in heavy rotation during “I tell people life would have been the 2016 Canadian championship start- completely altered for me if we had ing Thursday in Grande Prairie, Alta., won that game.” as Hanna returns to the Scotties for Success keeps curling teams togeththe first time since 2005. er longer. Had Hanna prevailed, her Ontario and defending champion team would have returned as Team Jennifer Jones meet in the round rob- Canada the following year and likely in Feb. 25 at Revolution Place. would have remained intact for a few “Maybe I’ll guard the in-off if it gets more years. to that. Just kidding,” Hanna said.

But McEwen moved to Winnipeg in As deflating as the title slipping 2006 and joined the Jones team at lead. away was to a 26-year-old rookie skip, “If Jenn Hanna had won that game, Hanna looks back at St. John’s with no maybe Dawn wouldn’t have moved,” regrets 11 years later.

Jones said. “Us winning that game Her team won two sudden-death kind of put our team on a certain path. tiebreakers just to get into the play- It was our first win and kind of the offs. They forced Jones to execute a start of our journey towards where we low-percentage shot perfectly for the are now.” win.

Hanna competed in the Ontario “Any time people bring that up to women’s championships another five me, I get the ‘oh, you probably don’t years, but didn’t gain a return trip to want to talk about it,”’ Hanna said. the Scotties. Now a 36-year-old mother “Really, there’s nothing about having of three, the Public Safety Canada emlost that way that bothers me. ployee took three years off from curl“We had a really great game and ing recently to raise her children. she was meant to make that shot and She, third Brit O’Neill, sister Stephwin that way. We did everything we anie at second and lead Karen Sagle could in that week. We didn’t leave pulled off a major upset to win Ontaranything out there.” io as they toppled two-time Canadian The national championship starts champion Rachel Homan in the proThursday with British Columbia, Yu- vincial final. kon, Northwest Territories and Nun“Rachel’s team was head and shoulavut in a pre-qualifying tournament to ders the favourite above anybody else gain entry into the 12-team main draw there,” Hanna said. “But sport is about starting Saturday. just that. Any team can beat any team The top four teams after the pre- on any given day.”

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wrote in the decision. “On the other hand, I have the authority to impose a more substantial suspension, and I am troubled by Mr. Wideman’s total failure to accept any responsibility for his actions.

“Indeed, although he made much at the hearing about the apologies he had already made to Mr. Henderson, the sincerity of those apologies rings somewhat hollow given the text message he sent to a teammate on Feb. 2 — after the conclusion of the hearing before Mr. Campbell — that ‘the only problem and the only reason I’m here is cause the stupid refs and stupid media.’

“Nevertheless, in light of Mr. Wideman’s prior exemplary disciplinary record, I decline to increase the suspension imposed by Mr. Campbell.”

The suspension is the second-longest in NHL history for abusing an official.

The NHLPA said it was “extremely disappointed but not surprised” that Bettman upheld the suspension.

“This decision completely ignores the effects of the concussion that Dennis sustained when he was driven into the boards eight seconds before colliding with the linesman,” the NHLPA said. “We will appeal to the neutral discipline arbitrator in order to have this decision overturned.”

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Pillar primed to take over lead off role

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — The Toronto Blue Jays head into spring training next week without a clear lead-off hitter on their roster.

Centre-fielder Kevin Pillar believes he can fill that void.

The Blue Jays, who traded prototypical lead-off man Ben Revere to the Washington Nationals for reliever Drew Storen this off-season, open camp Sunday when pitchers and catchers report to Toronto’s spring facility in Dunedin, Fla. The first full-squad workout isn’t until Feb. 26 but Pillar has been at camp for weeks getting an early start on his pre-season training.

He’s already put some thought into his place in the big-league lineup.

“I definitely can see myself batting lead off,” Pillar said in Toronto recently. “It’s a role I’ve been in in the minor leagues. … My mindset doesn’t change whether I’m hitting first or eighth or ninth. Wherever they put me in the lineup my job’s to get on base and score runs, allow the big boys to drive me in.

“But I definitely think I’d make a great lead-off hitter. I had success doing it in the minor leagues.”

Pillar batted .278 with a .314 on-base percentage through 159 games with the Blue Jays last year, his first full season at the major league level. He also had 25 stolen bases and was only caught stealing four times.

While his on-base numbers aren’t striking — he walked just 28 times all season — Pillar isn’t too concerned about what his 2015 OBP says about him as a potential lead-off man, especially if the team has reigning American League MVP Josh Donaldson batting second again this year.

“I promise you with Josh hitting behind me, if he’s in the two-hole I’ll get some better pitches to hit,” Pillar said. “The walks will come … We always talk about walks, and yeah walks are going to happen.

But I’m out there to hit. If I get a good pitch I’m not going to sit around and try to walk.

“But I promise you if Josh is hitting behind me I’ll get on base more.”

Pillar spent the majority of last season hitting seventh or eighth, with 519 plate appearances between those spots.

But he also led off an inning 120 times in 2015, batting .327 (37 hits, including seven doubles and one triple), with six walks and 15 strikeouts.

The Blue Jays used Silver Slugger shortstop Troy Tulowitzki in the lead-off spot 26 times last season after acquiring him in a deadline deal that sent Jose

Five storylines to watch as the season approaches GREAT EXPECTATIONS The Blue Jays snapped a 22-year-long playoff drought last year by winning the AL East title for the first time since 1993. And while few expected that kind of performance out of spring training — especially after Marcus Stroman tore his ACL — expectations mounted once then-GM Alex Anthopoulos bolstered his offence and defence with Troy Tulowitzki and his rotation with David Price at the trade deadline.

Price is gone now, having signed a whopping free-agent deal with rival Boston, but the expectations remain high for Toronto to at least repeat last year’s success. Manager John Gibbons knows that.

“We still want to take one more step, that’s for sure,” Gibbons said.

“We want to be able to come out and say ‘hey we won this thing.”’

Along with Price, back-up catcher Dioner Navarro, outfielder Ben Revere, starter Mark Buehrle and bullpen arms Mark Lowe, LaTroy Hawkins and Liam Hendriks have left the team either via trades, retirement or free agency but the bulk of last year’s monstrous offence remains. And now they have post-season experience.

“We had a number of players on the team who hadn’t been through it and they stepped up,” Gibbons said.

“What’s great about it is (Jose) Bautista and Eddie (Edwin Encarnacion), some of the best players in baseball, finally got their true recognition in the spotlight. A lot of good things happened last year but we want to take one more step.”

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Toronto Blue Jays’ Kevin Pillar, left, dives for home plate as he scores in front of Kansas City Royals catcher Salvador Perez during American League Championship Series baseball action, in Toronto on October 19, 2015. The first full-squad workout at the Jays’ training facility in Dunedin, Florida, isn’t until Feb. 26 but Pillar has been at camp for weeks getting an early start on his pre-season training.

Reyes to the Colorado Rockies. Tulowitzki’s bat, however, never truly sparked in that role, where he hit a measly .087 with a .192 OBP before Revere took over.

Manager John Gibbons says the team will “experiment a little” in spring training to find the right fit for the top of the lineup. He’d rather that hitter not be Tulowitzki.

“I kind of like him a little further down, to be honest,” Gibbons said of his all-star shortstop. “He had

THE FIFTH STARTER Right-hander Aaron Sanchez has made it clear where he wants to be when the season starts this April: the starting rotation. Sanchez, who opened last year as a starter but moved to the bullpen after an injury, gained 25 pounds of muscle working out with teammate Marcus Stroman this off-season.

Toronto made moves to bolster the rotation over the last few months — signing right-hander Marco Estrada, lefty J.A. Happ and trading for righty Jesse Chavez — but they also added veteran reliever Drew Storen, which offers flexibility in dealing with Sanchez.

“I think everybody would love to see (Sanchez start),” Gibbons said. “We’ll take him down to spring training, stretch him out and as spring goes on we’ll decide what’s best or the team. That’s what it’s going to come down to.”

New GM Ross Atkins says Sanchez’s chances in a rotation fronted by Stroman and including Estrada, Happ, and R.A. Dickey (with Chavez and Drew Hutchison also in the mix), will depend on a number of factors.

“We’ve spent a lot of time thinking about it and talking about it and we really need to include him in the process,” Atkins said.

THE FREE AGENTS Jose Bautista and Edwin Encarnacion are set to become free agents at the end of the 2016 season. A decision to sign one, or both, to long-term deals will determine how the team is set up for years to come.

Both sluggers were instrumental in the Jays’ post-season push last year — Bautista’s infamous bat flip in Game 5 of the ALDS instantly became an iconic image for the franchise — and neither show signs of slowing down despite their ages (Bautista is 35 and Encarnacion is 33).

“It’s a no-brainer we want to keep them,” new

St-Gelais, Hamelin still on top as Canada has banner short-track season

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS MONTREAL — They were the stars of short-track speed skating at the 2010 Winter Games in Vancouver and, six years later, Marianne St-Gelais and Charles Hamelin are still leading the way.

St-Gelais won medals in 11 of the 12 events she entered in six World Cup meets this season, plus another three with the women’s relay team, while Hamelin took 10 medals in a banner campaign for Canada’s short-track squad.

The team piled up 44 medals for its best showing since it won 47 in 2003.

“The big thing was team spirit,” Hamelin said Wednesday. “Since the beginning of the summer, with the veterans and the young skaters, the chemistry was really good.

“When we support each other it makes us all better.”

Charle Cournoyer, Valerie Maltais and Charles Hamelin’s brother Francois, with his first career World Cup gold medal in Japan, were among those who also chipped in strong showings.

But the leaders remain St-Gelais, who was celebrating her 26th birthday, and Charles Hamelin, who turns 32 on April 14 and shows no sign of fading with age.

“I motivate myself with the results I’ve had and what I need to be better,” said Hamelin. “The young guys’ goal is to beat me and I just want to keep my spot at the top of the Canadian rankings.”

That St-Gelais and Hamelin are a couple off the ice makes their performances more intriguing.

Canada may have won more medals had Hamelin, who had a gold medal in each of his five meets this season, not skipped the final World Cup in the Netherlands last week.

He wanted to avoid the effects of too much travel in order to be in top shape for the world championships March 11-13 in Seoul.

His goal is a first career overall title.

“I had a chance a few years ago and missed it by not much,” he said. “I’m going there with a better mindset as well.

“If I execute, there’s no reason why I won’t come back as world champion.”

St. Gelais won a pair of silver medals at the 2010 Games, but was kept off the podium in individual events in Sochi, Russia four years later. Since then, she has been in top form.

Long a master of the go-for-broke 500-metre event, she claimed a gold medal in a 1,500-metre race last week. St-Gelais credited working with a sports psychologist to keep her focused on skating.

“I was paying to much attention to things around me,” she said. “Like Charles is a world champion so I want him to be good and maybe I was not thinking about me.

“This year it’s working really good. I’m trying things on the ice, being more active.

That’s a big step for me.”

Her goal is to earn a world championship title in any event.

“I want a gold medal at the (2018) Olympics, but that’s two years away,” she said. “I also have to do well at the world championship, so that’s my target.”

Many remember the couple for the long kiss they exchanged at rinkside after Hamelin won gold in Vancouver. Their romance may also have helped keep them among the world’s elite in their sport.

“We have a rule that we try not to bring short-track home,” said St-Gelais. “We skate together, we’re always together, but we know how the other feels about everything.

“When I have a bad race and he has a good race, he knows how proud I am and how angry I am. I need someone like that who I can share my emotions with. He’s perfect because I’m a very high person and he’s really calm. Every time I’m jumping and screaming too much he says, ‘It’s OK. Focus on your next race.”’

no problems with (batting lead off) last year and he was up front about that. … He told us he’s a team guy and showed every bit of that.”

The Blue Jays manager doesn’t have a specific player in mind for the lead-off spot heading into camp. He’ll have the next six weeks to figure that out.

“We’ll come up with a good one. We’ve got the guys who can do it,” Gibbons said. “We just don’t know exactly who that is yet.” team president Mark Shapiro said. “The sentiment is there. We’ve expresses that to both guys. We’re not going to get into the specific negotiations until we get to spring training.”

Bautista recently told The Canadian Press he’d like to be a Blue Jay for life. At the Winter Meetings, Encarnacion’s agent set an Opening Day expiration date on contract talks.

THE CLOSER Young Roberto Osuna emerged as Toronto’s closer halfway through the 2015 season, saving 20 of 23 chances with a 2.58 ERA. But the back end of the Blue Jays bullpen got a little crowded when the team acquired Storen in a January trade.

Storen had 43 saves for Washington in 2011, started 2012 on the disabled list and had to share the closer’s role for parts of the last three seasons.

Gibbons says the’ll have to battle for the high-leverage job over the course of training camp.

“Storen’s done that and has been very good at it, but Osuna did a great job for us. So we’ll see,” Gibbons said. “We’ll let that one play out in spring training.”

THE LEAD-OFF MAN Toronto lost speedy outfielder Ben Revere in the trade for Drew Storen, but centre-fielder Kevin Pillar is confident he could fill that void.

Pillar, who was successful on 25 of his 29 stolen-base attempts last year, batted .278 with a .314 on-base percentage through 159 games in his first full major-league season.

While his on-base numbers aren’t striking — he walked just 28 times all season — Pillar isn’t too concerned, especially if reigning American League MVP Josh Donaldson is batting second.

“I promise you with Josh hitting behind me I’ll get some better pitches to hit,” Pillar said.

RDC ATHLETES OF THE WEEK

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16 points and 16 reTymkow had a triple double bounds on Friday and followed weekend as she was named the that up Saturday with nine player of the match in both wins points, 17 rebounds, six assists over the Olds Broncos while ac- and two blocks. cumulating double figures in His 33 rebounds were the kills and digs. most accumulated by anyone The fourth-year Kinesiolo- on the men’s side in ACAC play gy major finished Friday’s 3-0 during the weekend. victory at Olds with 14 kills, 19 Basketball Queens first-year digs and a block while in the 3-1 forward Emily White was an win at RDC Saturday she had 13 honourable mention for the RDC kills, 23 digs, three aces and a award after finishing the weekblock. end with 28 points, 33 rebounds, She shared the RDC weekly 10 assists, six blocks and five honours with basketball Kings steals in a pair of losses to SMU.

BANTAM HOCKEY The Red Deer Rebels dropped the opening game of their Alberta Major Bantam Hockey League playoff series 5-1 to the Rocky Mountain Raiders on the road Tuesday.

Caleb Berge gave the Rebels a 1-0 lead in the first period, but they trailed 3-1 after 40 minutes.

Bretton Park finished with 37 saves in goal for the Rebels, who had 15 shots on goal.

The second game of the bestof-three series goes Friday at 7:15 p.m. at the Red Deer Arena.

If a third game is necessary it goes Saturday.

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

Kamloops at Victoria, 8:05 p.m.

GA 163 178 188 194 183 241

Pt 76 68 66 59 47 44

CENTRAL DIVISION GP W LOTLSOL GF 58 40 17 1 0 237 58 35 20 1 2 214 57 33 21 1 2 190 57 24 26 6 1 156 57 20 33 3 1 171 57 10 42 5 0 118

GA 166 171 176 176 234 249

Pt 81 73 69 55 44 25

WESTERN CONFERENCE B.C. DIVISION GP W LOTLSOL GF Kelowna 58 40 15 3 0 208 Victoria 60 38 16 3 3 216 Prince George 57 31 22 3 1 206 Kamloops 57 27 22 5 3 191 Vancouver 58 21 30 5 2 162

GA 168 141 182 186 208

Pt 83 82 66 62 49

U.S. DIVISION GP W LOTLSOL GF 56 33 19 2 2 148 56 31 22 3 0 176 56 27 22 4 3 188 57 29 25 3 0 181 56 27 26 2 1 187

GA 126 160 191 177 199

Pt 70 65 61 61 57

Everett Seattle Spokane Portland Tri-City

Tuesday’s result Kelowna 3 Red Deer 1 Wednesday’s results Brandon 11 Kootenay 1 Calgary 6 Lethbridge 2 Kamloops 5 Red Deer 3 Regina 4 Prince Albert 2 Saskatoon 4 Swift Current 3 Victoria 5 Vancouver 2 Thursday’s games No Games Scheduled.

Friday’s games Moose Jaw at Prince Albert, 6 p.m.

Kootenay at Regina, 6 p.m.

Saskatoon at Swift Current, 6 p.m.

Edmonton at Brandon, 6:30 p.m.

Portland at Lethbridge, 7 p.m.

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

Red Deer at Prince George, 8 p.m.

Vancouver at Kelowna, 8:05 p.m.

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

Kamloops at Victoria, 8:05 p.m.

Spokane at Seattle, 8:35 p.m.

Saturday’s games Edmonton at Moose Jaw, 6 p.m.

Kootenay at Swift Current, 6 p.m.

Prince Albert at Saskatoon, 6:05 p.m.

Lethbridge at Calgary, 7 p.m.

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

Red Deer at Prince George, 8 p.m.

Kelowna at Vancouver, 8 p.m.

Seattle at Everett, 8:05 p.m.

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WHL EASTERN CONFERENCE EAST DIVISION GP W LOTLSOL GF Brandon 57 36 17 2 2 231 Prince Albert 57 31 20 5 1 179 Moose Jaw 58 29 21 7 1 203 Regina 56 26 23 3 4 182 Swift Current 56 20 29 4 3 145 Saskatoon 57 20 33 4 0 168

Lethbridge Red Deer Calgary Edmonton Medicine Hat Kootenay

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Wednesday’s summary Blazers 5, Rebels 3 First Period 1, Red Deer, Nikolishin 29 (Spacek, Fleury), 3:26 (pp). 2, Kamloops, Rehill 8 13:52.

Penalties — Davidson Kam (slashing), 2:26 Smejkal Kam (tripping), 18:46.

Second Period 3, Kamloops, Rehill 9 (Quinney, Revel), 6:16 (pp). 4, Red Deer, Philp 14 (Helewka, Doetzel), 7:08. 5, Red Deer, Philp 15 (Helewka, Nikolishin), 18:39. 6, Kamloops, Benjafield 7 (Kryski, Quinney), 19:34.

Penalties — Bobyk RD (interference), 1:21 Doetzel RD (tripping), 4:36 Strand RD (roughing), 4:36 Loewen Kam (roughing), 4:36 Bobyk RD (roughing), 12:13.

Third Period 7, Kamloops, Kryski 11 (Benjafield, Pilon), 3:39 (pp).

8, Kamloops, Shirley 32 (Needham), 18:58 (en).

Penalties — Spacek RD (face off violation), 1:48 Polei RD (holding), 15:36 Rattie RD (high-sticking), 19:17 Quinney Kam (cross-checking), 19:17.

Shots on Goal Red Deer 14-19-13-46 Kamloops 8-18-14-40 Goal — Red Deer, Martin 9-5-1-1 (39 shots-35 saves). Kamloops, Ingram 24-13-5-3 (46 shots-43 saves).

Power Play Opportunities — Red Deer 1-2 Kamloops 2-5.

National Hockey League EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division GP W L OT Pts Florida 57 33 18 6 72 Boston 57 31 20 6 68 Detroit 57 29 19 9 67 Tampa Bay 56 30 22 4 64 Montreal 58 27 27 4 58 Ottawa 58 26 26 6 58 Buffalo 58 23 28 7 53 Toronto 55 20 26 9 49

GF 160 174 146 149 159 165 137 134

GA 134 158 147 139 161 182 162 163

Metropolitan Division GP W L OT Pts Washington 55 41 10 4 86 N.Y. Rangers 57 32 19 6 70 N.Y. Islanders 55 30 19 6 66 New Jersey 58 29 22 7 65 Pittsburgh 55 28 19 8 64 Carolina 57 26 21 10 62 Philadelphia 56 25 21 10 60 Columbus 58 23 28 7 53

GF 184 166 161 130 142 139 137 149

GA 126 148 141 136 141 150 151 180

WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division GP W L OT Pts Chicago 61 38 18 5 81 Dallas 58 37 15 6 80 St. Louis 59 33 17 9 75 Colorado 60 30 26 4 64 Nashville 57 26 21 10 62 Minnesota 57 25 22 10 60 Winnipeg 56 25 28 3 53

GF 175 188 145 161 151 145 143

GA 142 156 139 166 152 145 162

Los Angeles Anaheim

Pacific Division GP W L OT Pts 56 33 20 3 69 56 29 19 8 66

GF GA 154 134 136 137

San Jose 55 30 20 5 65 164 148 Arizona 56 26 24 6 58 151 171 Vancouver 56 22 22 12 56 133 157 Calgary 56 25 28 3 53 153 173 Edmonton 58 22 30 6 50 146 176 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss.

Tuesday’s Games Ottawa 2, Buffalo 1, SO Philadelphia 6, New Jersey 3 Washington 3, Los Angeles 1 Carolina 2, Winnipeg 1 Boston 2, Columbus 1, OT San Jose 4, Tampa Bay 2 St. Louis 2, Dallas 1, OT Anaheim 5, Edmonton 3 Wednesday’s Games Chicago 5, N.Y. Rangers 3 Colorado 3, Montreal 2 Minnesota 5, Calgary 3 Thursday’s Games Washington at N.Y. Islanders, 5 p.m.

Detroit at Pittsburgh, 5 p.m.

N.Y. Rangers at Toronto, 5:30 p.m.

Carolina at Ottawa, 5:30 p.m.

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

San Jose at Florida, 5:30 p.m.

Los Angeles at St. Louis, 6 p.m.

Boston at Nashville, 6 p.m.

Minnesota at Edmonton, 7 p.m.

Dallas at Arizona, 7 p.m.

Anaheim at Vancouver, 8 p.m.

Friday’s Games N.Y. Islanders at New Jersey, 5 p.m.

San Jose at Carolina, 5 p.m.

Buffalo at Columbus, 5 p.m.

Philadelphia at Montreal, 5:30 p.m.

Vancouver at Calgary, 7 p.m.

Wednesday’s summary Wild 5, Flames 3 First Period 1, Minnesota, Haula 6 (Pominville, Niederreiter), 10:22. 2, Minnesota, Zucker 12 (Prosser), 19:34 (sh).

Penalty — Parise, Min (tripping), 18:01.

Second Period 3, Minnesota, Koivu 12 (Suter, Parise), 3:09 (pp). 4, Calgary, Engelland 1 (Gaudreau, Brodie), 11:28. 5, Calgary, Jones 9 (Stajan, Ferland), 16:38. 6, Minnesota, Pominville 7 (Haula, Niederreiter), 18:16.

Penalties — Stajan, Cal (tripping), 2:08 Frolik, Cal (high-sticking), 2:58 Ma.Granlund, Cal (delay of game), 4:38 Haula, Min (hooking), 13:33 Prosser, Min (high-sticking), 20:00.

Third Period 7, Calgary, Backlund 9 (Brodie, Bennett), 15:49 (pp). 8, Minnesota, Coyle 17 (Parise, Koivu), 19:17 (en).

Penalties — Suter, Min (high-sticking), 3:39 Pominville, Min (hooking), 13:54.

Shots on Goal Minnesota 9-11-4—24 Calgary 10-11-7—28 Goal — Minnesota, Dubnyk 20-19-5 (28 shots-25 saves) Calgary, Hiller 8-7-1 (23-19).

Power-play opportunities — Minnesota 1-3 Calgary 1-5.

Today • College basketball: Olds at RDC, women at 6 p.m., men to follow.

• College women’s hockey: Olds at RDC, 7 p.m., Arena.

• Men’s basketball: Alken Basin vs. Triple A Batteries, Bulldog Scrap Metal vs.

Henry’s Eavestroughing, 7:15 and 8:30 p.m., Lindsay Thurber.

Friday • Senior high basketball: Hunting Hills senior girls/boys tournament.

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

• Midget AA hockey: Red Deer Indy Graphics at Central Alberta, 6 p.m., Lacombe.

• Bantam AA hockey: Bow Valley at West Central, 8 p.m., Sylvan Lake.

• WHL: Red Deer at Prince George, 8 p.m.

(The Drive).

• Heritage junior B hockey: Red Deer at Airdrie, third game of best-of-five Northern Division semifinal, 8 p.m.

• Senior hockey: Innisfail at Bentley, third game of best-of-seven Chinook League and provincial AAA semifinal, 8:30 p.m., Lacombe.

Saturday • Senior high basketball: Hunting Hills senior girls/boys tournament.

• Minor midget AAA hockey: Calgary Blackhawks at Red Deer North Star, 11:30 a.m., Arena.

• Peewee AA hockey: Taber at Red Deer Parkland, 12:30 p.m., Kinsmen A; Red Deer TBS at Olds, 2:15 p.m.

• Major bantam girls hockey: Calgary

Outlaws at Red Deer, 2:15 p.m., Collicutt Centre.

• Bantam AA hockey: Wheatland at Red Deer Steel Kings, 2:30 p.m., Kinex; Central Alberta at Olds, 4:45 p.m.

• Midget AA hockey: Central Alberta at West Central, 5:30 p.m., Eckville; Red Deer Indy Graphics at Olds, 7:30 p.m.

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

• Heritage junior B hockey: Airdrie at Red Deer, fourth game of best-of-five Northern Division semifinal, if necessary, 8 p.m., Arena.

• WHL: Red Deer at Prince George, 8 p.m.

(The Drive).

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

• Bantam AA hockey: Airdrie at Red Deer Steel Kings, 1:45 p.m., Kinsmen A; Okotoks at West Central, 3:15 p.m., Rocky Mountain House; Medicine Hat at Olds, 5:30 p.m.

• Peewee AA hockey: Airdrie at Olds, 3 p.m.

• Men’s basketball: Grandview vs.

Washed Up Warriors, Lacombe All Sports Cresting vs. Sheraton Red Deer, Silver Spurs vs. Alken Basin, 4:15 p.m.; Carstar vs. Chillibongs, The D Leaguers vs. Wells Furniture, Triple A Batteries vs. Rusty Chuckers, 5:30 p.m.; all games at Lindsay Thurber.

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

• Senior hockey: Bentley at Innisfail, fourth game of best-of-seven Chinook League and provincial AAA semifinal, 5 p.m.

Basketball National Basketball Association EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct GB Toronto 35 17 .673 — Boston 32 23 .582 4 1/2 New York 23 32 .418 13 1/2 Brooklyn 14 40 .259 22 Philadelphia 8 45 .151 27 1/2

Atlanta Miami Charlotte Washington Orlando

Cleveland Indiana Chicago Detroit Milwaukee

Southeast Division W L Pct 31 24 .564 29 24 .547 27 26 .509 23 28 .451 23 29 .442

GB — 1 3 6 6 1/2

Central Division W L Pct 38 14 .731 28 25 .528 27 25 .519 27 27 .500 22 32 .407

GB — 10 1/2 11 12 17

WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division W L Pct GB San Antonio 45 8 .849 — Memphis 31 22 .585 14 Dallas 29 26 .527 17 Houston 27 28 .491 19 New Orleans 20 33 .377 25 Northwest Division W L Pct

GB

Oklahoma City Portland Utah Denver Minnesota

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

40 27 26 22 17

14 27 26 32 37

.741 .500 .500 .407 .315

Pacific Division W L Pct 48 4 .923 35 18 .660 22 31 .415 14 40 .259 11 44 .200

— 13 13 18 23 GB — 13 1/2 26 1/2 35 38 1/2

Wednesday’s Games No games scheduled Thursday’s Games Utah at Washington, 5 p.m.

Chicago at Cleveland, 6 p.m.

San Antonio at L.A. Clippers, 8:30 p.m.

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

Detroit at Washington, 5 p.m.

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

Toronto at Chicago, 6 p.m.

Philadelphia at New Orleans, 6 p.m.

Charlotte at Milwaukee, 6 p.m.

Minnesota at Memphis, 6 p.m.

Indiana at Oklahoma City, 6 p.m.

Miami at Atlanta, 6 p.m.

Houston at Phoenix, 7:30 p.m.

Denver at Sacramento, 8 p.m.

Golden State at Portland, 8 p.m.

San Antonio at L.A. Lakers, 8:30 p.m.

Boston at Utah, 8:30 p.m.

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Luongo earning redemption, wins and records in second stint with Panthers

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS Roberto Luongo was awakened in his Arizona hotel room by the buzzing of his phone. Odd, since it typically was set to silent when he took his pre-game nap.

The caller was former Vancouver Canucks general manager Mike Gillis, who informed the veteran goaltender that he had been dealt to the Florida Panthers a day before the 2014 NHL trade deadline.

“I didn’t expect that the trade was done,” Luongo said recently from South Florida. “It kind of took me by surprise.”

It’s been almost two years since the Canucks traded Luongo back to the Panthers, but he has not quietly faded away since moving south as some may have predicted.

The soon-to-be 37-year-old is backstopping the Atlantic Division-leading Florida Panthers and is ranked in the top-10 in wins, save percentage and shutouts.

“If anything that’s one of the things that upset me the most is when people were talking about me just coming here and as they say ‘ride into the sunset,”’ Luongo said. “That’s not me.

That’s not the type of person I am. I’m a competitor. I want to win at anything I do. That’s just the way I am, the way I’m built.”

He continues to race up the all-time ranks, too, recently passing Tony Esposito for seventh with 425 career wins. He’s just 12 wins shy of matching Jacques Plante for the sixth spot.

His career has rebounded triumphantly from a Vancouver experience that seemed to sink lower and lower, capped by frustrations with a long-term contract that made him difficult to trade (“My contract sucks,” he once told reporters) and an apparent snub in the 2014 Heritage Classic at B.C. Place Stadium when he was benched in favour of Eddie Lack.

“Obviously the main thing is I just felt that mentally I needed a fresh start somewhere else, I think, when all that happened,” Luongo said.

Luongo sees a different culture around the Panthers dressing room in his second goaround with the club. A Panther for five seasons in the early 2000s, Luongo believes the

FLINT FIREBIRDS The Ontario Hockey League is reviewing the Flint Firebirds’ decision to fire their coaching staff for the second time this season.

The Firebirds announced Wednesday that head coach and general manager John Gruden and assistant coach Dave Karpa had been fired “effective immediately,” with director of hockey operations Sergei Kharin named interim head coach.

Flint fired Gruden, Karpa and assistant coach Petr Jonak — who kept his position with

group now expects to win, following up those expectations with a successful on-ice product this season.

Florida leads the Atlantic division with 72 points, on track to make the post-season for just the fourth time since 1996, when the club lost to Colorado in the Stanley Cup final.

Luongo brings valuable playoff experience to Florida, having backstopped Vancouver to the 2011 Cup final. The Canucks lost to Boston in seven games, and Luongo is eager for another chance at a title.

“I just want to win to be honest with you. I want to have another crack at it,” Luongo said.

“I think I obviously still have a sour taste in my mouth with the way things ended in the playoffs the year I went to the final and I just want to have another chance at it. The fact that we’re in the mix this year is exciting for me and for the guys in the locker room. It’s just something we’re looking forward to.”

He holds no “grudges” for any ill-will he suffered in Vancouver.

“I don’t want any distractions to be in my mind, I just want to play the game because I love it and because I want to win,” Luongo said.

Dale Tallon, the Panthers general manager, wanted a rock in goal to support his growing mix of talent when he traded for Luongo and the remnants of his 12-year contract in the spring of 2014. The former No. 1 overall pick has delivered this season with a .939 evenstrength save percentage, tied with Henrik Lundqvist for the third-best in the league.

Tallon describes the process of acquiring Luongo as long. He thought he had a deal more than a year earlier, only to see it fall apart.

Luongo was then passed over the Heritage Classic, which put the prospect of a trade “back on our plate in a hurry”.

Tallon has been especially impressed by Luongo’s drive to win. He credits him with energizing a young Panthers group.

“For years, a lot of guys have come to Florida just to retire and really not put the effort in,” Tallon said from Florida. “But here’s a guy that really wanted to be back here and wanted to play here and that kind of made it easy down the road for us to say ‘Hey, they mean business down here.”’ the team this time around — on Nov. 8 before reinstating them the next day.

“It has come to the league’s attention that the Flint Firebirds ownership has once again made significant changes to their coaching staff,” OHL Commissioner David Branch said in a statement Wednesday. “This change, the manner in which it occurred and the way it was communicated to the players and to the league is of great concern.”

Branch said the league had been in contact with Firebirds captain Alex Peters and intends to meet with the rest of the players and their families soon.

Wednesday’s Sports Transactions BASEBALL National League CHICAGO CUBS — Assigned LHP Edgar Olmos outright to Iowa (PCL).

COLORADO ROCKIES — Agreed to terms with 2B DJ LeMahieu on a two-year contract.

NEW YORK METS — Named Billy Byrk Jr. pitching coach, Sean Ratliff hitting coach and Gavin Grosh trainer of Brooklyn (NY-P).

SAN DIEGO PADRES — Agreed to terms with OF Nick Noonan and P Evan Powell on minor league contracts.

American Association JOPLIN BLASTERS — Released INF Matt Padgett.

LINCOLN SALTDOGS — Signed LHP Jeff McKenzie.

Can-Am League NEW JERSEY JACKALS — Signed RHP Raul Rivera.

Frontier League NORMAL CORNBELTERS — Traded OF Cameron Monger to Sioux Falls (AA) for INF R.J. Perucki.

SCHAUMBURG BOOMERS — Signed INF Kory Britton.

BASKETBALL National Basketball Association MEMPHIS GRIZZLIES — Recalled F James Ennis from Iowa (NBADL).

SACRAMENTO KINGS — Fired assistant coach Vance Walberg.

UTAH JAZZ — Announced president Randy Rigby will retire at the end of the season and will be replaced by Steve Starks.

FOOTBALL National Football League CAROLINA PANTHERS — Signed LS J.J. Jansen to a five-year contract extension.

GREEN BAY PACKERS — Namd Brian Angelichio tight ends coach, Ejiro Evero defensive quality control coach, Luke Getsy wide receivers coach, David Raih assistant offensive line coach and Ben Sirmans running backs coach.

INDIANAPOLIS COLTS — Signed TE Cameron Clear.

MINNESOTA VIKINGS — Named Brent Salazar strength and conditioning coach.

NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS — Released DB Leonard Johnson.

NEW YORK GIANTS — Re-signed LS Zak DeOssie.

WASHINGTON REDSKINS — Named Kevin Carberry assistant offensive line coach and Shane

Waldron offensive quality control coach.

Canadian Football League EDMONTON ESKIMOS — Signed DB Neil King.

WINNIPEG BLUE BOMBERS — Signed OL Jermarcus Hardrick.

HOCKEY National Hockey League CAROLINA HURRICANES — Reassigned G Daniel Altshuller from Charlotte (AHL) to Florida (ECHL).

CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS — Assigned D Rob Scuderi to Rockford (AHL).

EDMONTON OILERS — Assigned G Laurent Brossoit to Bakersfield (AHL). Recalled G Anders Nilsson from Bakersfield.

NASHVILLE PREDATORS — Assigned F Gabriel Bourque to Milwaukee (AHL) on a long-term injury loan.

NEW JERSEY DEVILS — Reassigned LW Ben Johnson from Adirondack (ECHL) to Albany (AHL).

NEW YORK ISLANDERS — Recalled D Jesse Graham from Missouri (ECHL) to Bridgeport (AHL).

American Hockey League ALBANY DEVILS — Recalled D Joe Faust from Adirondack (ECHL).

BAKERSFIELD CONDORS — Recalled D Martin Gernat from Norfolk (ECHL). Returned F Kellen Jones to Missouri (ECHL).

CHARLOTTE CHECKERS — Reassigned F Carter Sandlak to Florida (ECHL).

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

LEHIGH VALLEY PHANTOMS — Assigned F Pavel Padakin to Reading (ECHL).

ROCKFORD ICEHOGS — Assigned D Sam Jardine to Indy (ECHL).

SPRINGFIELD FALCONS — Returned G Alex Vazzano to Elmira (ECHL).

WILKES-BARRE/SCRANTON PENGUINS — Assigned F Ty Loney and D Clark Seymour to Wheeling (ECHL).

ECHL BRAMPTON BEAST — Signed G Kenny Reiter.

EVANSVILLE ICEMEN — Loaned D Jonathan Carlsson to Rockford (AHL).

MANCHESTER MONARCHS — Released G Zac Guercia as emergency backup. Signed G Nick Niedert.

MISSOURI MAVERICKS — Loaned F Tanner Fritz to Bridgeport (AHL) and G Josh Robinson to Springfield (AHL).

SOUTH CAROLINA STINGRAYS — Signed F Kelly Zajac.

WHEELING NAILERS — Released F Massimo Lamacchia.

EDMONTON ESKIMOS The Eskimos have signed free-agent defensive end Don Oramasionwu, bringing him back to Edmonton for a sixth season.

Oramasionwu has amassed 104 defensive tackles, eight quarterback sacks and three forced fumbles in 101 career CFL games. He was originally selected by his hometown Winnipeg Blue Bombers in the 2008 CFL draft. The six-foot-two, 290-pound lineman spent three seasons with the Bombers before signing with Edmonton as a free agent on Feb. 15, 2012. He later resigned on Jan. 28, 2015.

Earlier Wednesday, the Eskimos came to terms with defensive back Neil King.

King, an Edmonton native, played the last three seasons with Hamilton, recording 15 tackles and one quarterback sack.

HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL The Notre Dame Cougars hit the road Tuesday and pulled out an 80-70 victory over the Wetaskiwin Sabres in Central Alberta High School Boy’s Basketball League play Tuesday.

The Cougars started slowly, but built up a 16-point lead in the second half. However, the Sabres narrowed it down to four point before the Cougars pulled away late.

Cody White, who was the focus of the Sabres defensive systems, still led the Cougars with 31 points, six rebounds and six assists. Josh Ballantyne had 19 points, 10 rebounds and five assists while Jeb Maribojoc and Griffin Moline had nine points and nine rebounds each.

The Cougars next action is Friday when they meet Archbishop MacDonald of Edmonton at 4:45 p.m. at the Hunting Hills tournament.

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McIlroy begins his road to the Masters

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS LOS ANGELES — The road to the Masters starts on the other side of the country for Rory McIlroy.

McIlroy has heard enough of Riviera that he decided to play the Northern Trust Open for the first time, and 27 holes over the last two days have left him convinced that it was a smart move and that it was worth it to add one more event to a busy schedule.

He is playing five of the next six weeks, and every field will be among the strongest in golf for this time of the year.

“I think the Masters at this point of the year is on pretty much everyone’s mind,” McIlroy said Wednesday.

“You’re building up to it. You’ve got some great events between now and then, but obviously I’d love my game to be in peak shape for Augusta in April.”

McIlroy has played twice this year, a tie for third in Abu Dhabi and a tie for sixth in Dubai, and typically waits until the Florida swing to get into gear.

Instead, he tees it up Thursday off Sunset Boulevard with a field that has five of the top eight in the world, starting with Jordan Spieth at No. 1. The Honda Classic next week in Florida is expected to have a strong field, and then Doral will bring together the top three — Spieth, Jason Day and McIlroy — for the first time since September.

McIlroy also is scheduled to play at Bay Hill and then the Match Play for the top 64 in the world.

“It’s going to be a great stretch of golf,” he said.

“I think the guys that are up at the top of the world rankings now, we like to play quite a bit. … It’s great to be able to play week in and week out against some of the best fields in the world. You want to challenge yourself, and you want to test yourself against the best that’s out here.

“I think we’ll see that happen here, and then obviously as we move into Florida.”

Even so, Augusta is on his mind.

McIlroy had all the attention on him last year during the weeks leading to the Masters as the undisputed No. 1 player in the world going after a third straight major and a chance to complete the career Grand Slam.

Now he’s one of three battling for No. 1 in the world.

McIlroy slipped back to No. 3 this week behind Day. When he won the Match Play last year, he told about a ritual of going to the Official World Golf Ranking website to see the size of his lead at No. 1. Now, he doesn’t look at the ranking as much. He knows he’s not No. 1.

“I will check them. I saw that Jason overtook me last week,” he said. “Need a cup of coffee to perk me up after it.”

Given the strength of fields over the coming weeks, McIlroy has a chance to change that.

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Rory McIlroy follows his ball on the 11th hole during the Omega Dubai Desert Classic golf tournament in Dubai, United Arab Emirates in February. The road to the Masters starts on the other side of the country for Rory McIlroy. McIlroy has heard enough of Riviera that he decided to play the Northern Trust Open for the first time, and 27 holes over the last two days have left him convinced that it was a smart move and that it was worth it to add one more event to a busy schedule.

“It’s still a big deal,” McIlroy said. “Look, even if you’re a player or a fan, anyone wants to know who the best golf is in the world. It’s important to me. I’m not really competitive in much other things, but this I’m very competitive and want to try and get back there as fast I can.”

So is Spieth, who has his own love affair with Riviera.

Spieth said he was torn between going to college at Texas or USC when he was in high school (he eventually chose Texas), and one of the perks of the Trojans was having a playing membership at Riviera while he was in college.

He played on an exemption as an amateur in 2012 and missed the cut when he missed a 10-foot par putt on the 18th hole. He was three shots behind going into the final round in 2014 until closing with a 71. And a year ago, he made bogey trying to make birdie, and it wound up keeping him out of a playoff.

Throw in the NCAA title that Texas won at Riv-

iera in 2012, and Spieth figures he has played Riviera as much as any PGA Tour course outside the state of Texas.

“It’s one of my favourites in the entire world,” he said.

McIlroy sounded as though he was ready to join the fan club. James Hahn won last year in a playoff after he, Dustin Johnson and Paul Casey finished at 6-under 278. Only the U.S. Open last year (5 under) had a higher winning score to par.

“It’s a real treat when you come to a golf course like this where it’s not overly long, you don’t have to really bomb it off the tee, but it’s real strategic,” McIlroy said. “You’ve got to place your ball on the right sides of the fairways. You have to make sure you hit it to the right side of the greens. You can’t really get it above the pin. It’s a real thinker’s golf course, and it’s a real treat to play something like this because we don’t get to play them that often anymore.”

NASCAR’S new charters create puzzling payouts for drivers

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

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Clint Bowyer, left, Chris Buescher, center, and Trevor Bayne chat in the garage during practice for the NASCAR Daytona 500 auto race at Daytona International Speedway, Wednesday, in Daytona Beach, Fla. had touted transparency in the charter agreement, but now the public — and some drivers — won’t know how prize money was distributed.

Drivers said that when the final charter deal was signed by NASCAR and team owners, the language surrounding their method of pay differed from what they had been led to believe. Most are now scrambling to renegotiate the driver compensation part of their contracts.

“I think that everyone will have to have something redone within their contract,” Denny Hamlin said.

“There’s verbiage in stuff that has changed how drivers get paid from the purse. There’s not one common standard that one driver or team offers that’s going to be the same. It’s up to the individual driver and

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The franchise-type model introduced days before teams arrived at Daytona International Speedway has been celebrated for a series wracked with instability because of an independent-contractor model that forced competitors to heavily rely on sponsorship.

Now the owners are guaranteed a bigger chunk of the pot and 36 slots in the field every week.

The drivers? Well, most aren’t so certain how good of a deal this is for their bottom line.

“I think anyone would like to know before the terms of their employment change, but that is not the situation,” Brad Keselowski said. “I am aware of the fact that I am a race car driver, and no matter what happens, I am still going to be OK. I am not looking for anyone to feel bad for me. On the other side, it is not ideal.

“It would be like if your employer just said, ‘Hey, don’t worry about it, you will get paid.’ That is kind of where most every driver is.”

The charter system has completely overhauled how drivers will be paid. Drivers typically negotiated individual contracts with team owners in which they were promised specific salaries and percentages of each week’s purse.

The new system has set aside a fixed portion of the purse for the 36 charter teams, and an additional portion that goes to charter teams based on a performance scale. Starting with last weekend’s exhibition race at Daytona, the race winnings and total purse were not publicized as had been the norm. NASCAR

owner to work out those details.”

Many weren’t concerned about ultimately finding a fair solution with their respective owners.

Some weren’t pleased with the timing.

“Everybody knew there was going to be some contractual stuff that we had to work through,” Kevin Harvick said. “For me, I wanted it to happen as openly and as quick as possible because I didn’t want it to linger and have things be brought up that really didn’t need to be brought up and cause tension between teams.

“That was my ultimate goal. I’m not going to sit around and pinch pennies just because of the fact I think I’m being treated unfairly. I want to just be treated fairly. That was really all that I was looking for. I felt like our team did that.”

Two years ago, drivers wanting a larger voice in industry issues created a text chain that allowed them to vent and debate solutions. At the time, their biggest concern was the direction of the on-track product.

Over time, their confidence grew and they asked to be heard on competition matters. They also wanted to know what was going on behind the scenes with their bosses and the NASCAR brass. It led to a creation of an elected driver council.

Last year’s inaugural 10-member council included Hamlin, Harvick, Dale Earnhardt Jr., Tony Stewart, Kyle Larson, Joey Logano, Clint Bowyer, Greg Biffle, Jamie McMurray and Jeff Gordon.

Because NASCAR trimmed the field by three cars to 40, the driver council was cut to nine this season.

Gone are Bowyer, Biffle, McMurray and Gordon, replaced by Keselowski, Jimmie Johnson and current NASCAR champion Kyle Busch.

The council is taking some credit for the creation of a new overtime rule instituted this year, and the drivers hope their collective voice will ensure all of them get proper compensation under the new charter system.

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JAZZ IT UP

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Red Deer clarinetist and band leader Eric Allison of the H.O.T. Dixieland Jazz Band plays a solo as his bandmates look on. The Calgary based band performed at the Sylvan Lake Seniors Centre to open their weekend at the Jazz at the Lake in Sylvan Lake in 2014. Jazz at the Lake presents a concert and dance with The Alberta Big Rocks Band on Feb. 20 at the Sylvan Lake Community Centre. Tickets are $25 and can be purchased at www.jazzatthelake.com

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FRIDAY, FEB. 19

songbirds. Cost is $7 for members, and $8 for non-members per child. Adult must accompany child. Pre-registration is required at 403-346-2010. ● Play or listen at Lacombe Seniors music jams at Kozy Korner from 1:30 to 4 p.m. Entertainers are free. Lunch will be offered. Phone 403-885-4493. ● Living Faith Lutheran Church invites everyone to Sunday Worship at Bethany CollegeSide at 10 a.m. Contact Ralph at 403-347-9852. Coffee and fellowship follow service. Living Faith is a North American Lutheran Church Congregation. See www. livingfaithlcrd.org, contact Ralph at 403-3479852 or John at 403-341-4022. ● Discovery Sundays are offered at Kerry Wood Nature Centre from 1 to 4 p.m. to learn something new about the natural world around us. Drop in, or phone 403-3462010 to find out more.

SATURDAY, FEB. 20

● Innisfail & District Garden Club meets Feb. 22 at Innisfail Seniors Drop In Centre at 7 p.m. Phone Carolyn at 403-2274818. ● A Postmodern Expression of Christianity meeting will take place Feb. 22 from 6:45 to 8:30 p.m. at the Red Deer Public Library in the Snell Auditorium. Meeting will explore our spiritual journeys. To register, visit meetup.com.

● Sylvan Lake Legion has a meat draw on Feb. 19 starting at 6:30 p.m. Phone 403887-2601. ● Red Deer Legion Branch #35 year round events: Singles Bridge on Thursdays at 1 p.m. (all levels welcome, including beginners) and Texas Hold ‘Em on Thursdays at 6:30 p.m.; meat draws on Fridays at 5 p.m., and Saturdays at 4 p.m. Phone 403342-0035. ● Senior Citizens Downtown House , chicken supper, at 5:30 p.m. Admission $12. Also, earlier in the day, there is a Whist Tournament at 1:30 p.m. Entry fee $6. Call 403-346-4043. ● Red Deer Legion presents Run Away Train on Feb. 19 and 20 from 8 p.m. to midnight for their weekend dance. Phone 403342-0035. Legion members are required to show their valid membership card. Non-members cover charge is $5.

MONDAY, FEB. 22

● Earth Play Saturday will take place Feb. 20 at Kerry Wood Nature Centre from 10:30 a.m. to 12 noon. Tots 5 and under and their caregivers can learn about nature through songs, hands-on exploration, and interactive walks in this fun, family-friendly program. Admission is by suggested donation of $5 per couple or $10 per family. Older siblings also welcome. Call 403-346-2010 for more information. ● Whisker Rescue will have kittens or cats for adoption at Petsmart on Feb. 20 from noon to 3 p.m. ● Jazz at the Lake presents a concert and dance with The Alberta Big Rocks Band on Feb. 20 at the Sylvan Lake Community Centre. Tickets are $25 and can be purchased at www.jazzatthelake.com

SUNDAY, FEB. 21

● Lacombe Legion Community Breakfast will be held upstairs in the Byron Greff Memorial Hall Feb. 21 from 9 to noon.

Cost is $6 for adults, and $3 for children under 12 years. ● Birdhouses with Bob will take place Feb. 21 at Kerry Wood Nature Centre at 2 p.m. Kids aged 6 to 13 can build a birdhouse and learn about

TUESDAY, FEB. 23

● Red Deer Pottery Club meets on Tuesdays from 7 to 10 p.m. at the Contour Studio in the Recreation Centre, downstairs.

New members always welcome. For more information call Karen at 403-347-0600. ● Bower Place Community Association seniors’ coffee and card parties are held on the last Tuesday of each month at Bower Kin Place from 1:30 to 3 p.m. Join the fun on Jan. 26. Call Marlene at 403-343-0632. ● The Tony Connelly Singers choral group invites singers to join them on Tuesdays, 9:30 to 11 a.m. at the Senior Citizens Downtown House. The group shares the gift of music and friendship at various seniors’ functions from Sept. to June.

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● Operation Welcome to Canada is a local group putting together shoe boxes for Syrian immigrant children.

To contribute, cheques may be deposited to Servus Credit Union account 12942710, or contributing shoe boxes filled with items for children or donating items for children at Red Deer Catholic Regional Schools. Contact opwelcome2can@gmail.com. ● Big — The Musical — will be presented by Hunting Hills High School on March 11, 12, 17 to 19, 7 p.m. nightly at Red Deer Memorial Centre.

Cost is $15 for students, children and seniors, $20 for adults, and $40 for dinner theatre optional event on March 11 and 12, or $12 on March 17 — Cheap Night.

Tickets on sale at huntinghills.rdpsd.ab. ca. Tickets will be available at the door only if not sold out. Based on Tom Hanks motion picture. Contact trevor. pikkert@ rdpsd.ab.ca, or 403-342-6655, ext. 1115. ● GrammaLink-Africa Fabric Sale in support of the Stephen Lewis Foundation’s Grandmother to Grandmother Campaign will be held on April 23 at Gaetz Memorial United Church. Donations of fabric, one metre or more, wool, yarns, notions and patterns are all accepted for this sale until April 15. For pick-up of donations or more information, call Mary Ellen at 403340-1365 or Shirley at 403-347-5958. ● Alberta Invasive Species Council Annual Conference and Annual General Meeting will be held at Lacombe Memorial Centre on March 10, 9 a.m. to 4 a.m. Register in advance at abinvasives.ca prior to March 4. ● Duane Steele Concert at Golden Circle Senior Resource Centre will be featured on March 5. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. with the concert starting at 7 p.m. Advance tickets cost $20 from the senior centre front desk. See goldencircle.ca, or phone 403-343-6074. ● Special Olympics Red Deer is looking for volunteers interested in coaching individuals with an intellectual disability for its upcoming programs. Coaches are required in track

and field, soccer and other programs.

Commitment is one to two hours one day a week. Contact Jerry Tennant, 587-2734672, jerry@specialolympicsreddeer.ca. ● Child Safety Seat Information Sessions are available the third Wednesday of each month from 7 to 9 p.m. at St. John Ambulance, next Feb. 17. Volunteers and participants sought.

Call 1-800-665-7114, ext. 3103. ● Canadian Diabetes Association fundraising event — Igloos to Insulin — on March 18 from 1 to 6 p.m. Volunteers are needed for event set up and take down, registration, judging, serving refreshments and planning. Contact Jackie.Morrison@diabetes.ca.. ● The Cemetery Club — a comedy

by Ivan Menchell — will be presented

by Cow Patti Theatre Company running Feb. 11 to March 6 at Lacombe Golf and Country Club. Dinner and Brunch Theatre shows available. Many shows are benefit shows for local charities. See www.cowpatti.com, of contact 403-782-3956, after hours and weekends 403-304-6329, or theatre@cowpatti.com. ● After Hymn musical production fundraising event for Central Alberta Pregnancy Care Centre Special Housing Project will be offered on March 11 and March 12 at CrossRoads Church.

Volunteer opportunities available. For drama information, contact Laura at 403596-3041, music and general information, contact Annette at 403-346-0065, or for other volunteer opportunities, contact Colleen at 403-358-4938. Production by playwright Andrew Kooman under the direction of Annette Bradley and Laura Geelen. ● Heart and Stroke Foundation volunteers will be canvassing neighbourhoods in February for Heart Month.

Phone 587-951-7104.

Listings open to cultural/non-profit groups. Fax: 341-6560; phone: 314-4325; e-mail: editorial@reddeeradvocate.com by noon Tuesday for insertion following Thursday.

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CJ the German shorthaired pointer is top dog WESTMINSTER DOG SHOW

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK — Now appointed America’s top dog — CJ, the German shorthaired pointer.

CJ won best in show at the 140th Westminster Kennel Club on Tuesday night, beating a couple of top favourites at a nearly packed Madison Square Garden.

There was a moment of drama, too.

As judge Dr. Richard Meen from Canada began to announce his choice, German shepherd handler Kent Boyles took a step toward the prized silver bowl. He heard “German” and the “sh” to start the second word, but that was as far as he got.

The 3-year-old CJ bested 2,751 other entries in 199 breeds and varieties to win the nation’s most prestigious dog competition.

“It’s exactly like what I imagined,” co-owner, breeder, and handler Valerie Nunes-Atkinson said.

CJ certainly came from championship stock. His grandmother, Carlee, was one of two previous German shorthaired pointers to win Westminster, taking the title in 2005.

“He’s never done anything wrong,” Nunes-Atkinson said.

A borzoi called Lucy finished second.

CJ also topped a Skye terrier, German shepherd, bulldog, shih tzu and Samoyed. There is no prize money for the win, but there are valuable breeding rights in the near future and a legacy in dogdom forever.

Charlie the Skye terrier finished second at Westminster last year to Miss P the beagle. Rumor the German shepherd was ranked as the No. 1 show dog in the country last year and had won 101 times.

“Vegas odds were not with us,” Nunes-Atkinson said.

As Meen studied each of the final seven dogs, he held up his hands like a picture frame to focus on their expression.

CJ “took me back into the past for what they were bred to do,” Meen said.

“He floated around the ring beautifully.”

The fan favourite earlier in the night was a large Leonberger, who wanted a treat and kept gnawing at his handler’s suit pocket all the way around the ring.

This was the 18th overall best in show win for CJ, whose initials stand for his path from the West Coast — quite a California Journey, it was, from the city of Temecula.

Earlier in the day, Nunes-Atkinson explained what made CJ so special.

“He has that extra sparkle,” she said. “He’s an old soul.”

Nunes-Atkinson became the first owner, breeder and handler to win Westminster since 1983.

CJ definitely has his rituals. Before romping around the ring, he usually bows down and sneezes.

After the victory, Nunes-Atkinson

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Valerie Nunes-Atkinson and CJ, a German shorthaired pointer, pose for photographers after CJ won best in show at the 140th Westminster Kennel Club dog show, Tuesday. kept kissing the dog she calls “the Prince” while looking into his golden, winning eyes.

CJ won best of breed earlier in the day, then took the sporting group.

Meen, a psychiatrist, was asked whether he had ever treated dogs.

“No, they’re perfect,” he said. “People are a mess.”

Also on display: CATWALK TO DOGS WALK: This is Fashion Week in Manhattan, and the models are strutting less than a block from the Garden. But don’t expect to see any of them venturing from the runway over to the ring.

Even though designer Valentino famously brings his pugs everywhere, most of the fashionistas are pretty busy. Instead, watch what the top handlers wear on the green carpet.

As a rule, the pooches are supposed to be the stars, so no glitzy couture or loosey-goosey garments.

Michelle Scott is among the very best she’s twice won best in show at Westminster.

“It has to be comfortable. It has to be professional. And I like bright colours,” she said.

As for the models on the catwalk, would they be dressed for success with the dogs?

“Oh, they’re all so beautiful,” Scott said. “But those high heels and short, little outfits. I don’t think that would work.”

Most dog owners brought their own lucky clothes. From hats to sweaters to jewelry, there were many breeds and varieties of pooch apparel on parade around the rings.

Erik Schimmelfing of Raleigh, North Carolina, came to town with a T-shirt featuring a picture of a basset hound that covered his torso.

“This was the first article of clothing in my suitcase,” he said.

UNO FLAP: Try to imagine Derek Jeter being ejected from Yankee Stadium on Old-Timers’ Day. That’s sort of what happened Monday night to Uno the beagle, widely acclaimed as the most popular winner in Westminster history.

CNBC wanted to show Uno in the opening segment of its telecast, and quietly brought the dog to the TV tower in the ring.

But Uno wasn’t registered to be in the building and Westminster officials didn’t know he was there until they heard him barking.

Maple syrup producers question foods labeled maple RICHMOND, Vt. — In the maple-rich areas of New England and the upper Midwest, producers don’t approve of fakers.

Last week, industry groups from Vermont to Michigan sent a letter to the Food and Drug Administration protesting food labeled as maple that they say doesn’t contain the real thing.

They say products such as Quaker Oats Maple & Brown Sugar Instant Oatmeal and Hood maple walnut ice cream are misbranded in violation of FDA regulations because maple syrup is not listed on their labels. Quaker Oats said it did not have a comment, and a Hood spokeswoman said she was seeking more information but could not confirm if the ice cream’s flavour was derived from real maple syrup.

Roger Brown, chairman of the Maple Industry Committee of the Vermont Maple Sugar Makers Associa-

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● Red Deer Legion Old-Time Dance with Allsorts on Feb. 24 at 7 p.m. Cost is $7, or $13.95 with buffet starting at 5 p.m. Phone 403-342-0035. ● Habitat for Humanity Red Deer Region Society is hosting a public information session in Bowden at the Bowden Friendship Centre, 2133 - 18 Avenue, on Feb. 24 at 6:30 p.m. Discussion will include

tion, said maple syrup — derived from heating sap from maple trees — is a premium product and sweetener and for that reason a number of companies imply that a product contains maple without the ingredient being present.

He said the association has asked the FDA to investigate so that consumers get what they’re looking for, and maple producers get compensated for their hard work.

“My main beef is put syrup in it if you’re going to call it syrup,” said Brown, an owner of Slopeside Syrup.

“My secondary beef is if you’re going to call it a maple thing, put enough maple in it that it’s a maple product and that it’s not a corn syrup product that has some minuscule amount of syrup in it.”

U.S. Sen. Patrick Leahy said there’s no comparison between real and artificially flavoured syrup.

The letter from maple syrup producer groups in Connecticut, Indiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, Vermont and Wisthe Habitat for Humanity homeownership program and the town’s need for low-income housing. Interested families are required to attend a session before being considered for the program. Families intererested in attending, please contact janice.sibbeston@habitatreddeer.ca or 403-309-6080 ext. 2. ● Enjoy a Senior’s Luncheon at Living Stones Church on Feb. 24 from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Cost is $10, which includes entertainment from guest singers. ● Narnia, a production by the students of St. Martin de Porres School will be presented at the Memorial Centre on Feb. 24 and 25 at 6:30 p.m. Tickets are $12 per person or $40 for a family of four and are available at the school office. For more information call Cathy at 403-347-5650.

consin, as well as the International Maple Syrup Institute and the North American Maple Syrup Council, said the misbranding deceives consumers and hurts those producing real maple syrup.

“This unchecked misbranding has an adverse impact on manufacturers of products containing real maple syrup, as it allows cheaper products not containing premium ingredients to compete with those actually containing maple syrup,” the letter said.

“Further, it deceives consumers into believing they are purchasing a premium product when, in fact, they have a product of substantially lower quality.”

They gave nine examples of products that they say are mislabeled and say there are many others.

The FDA said it is reviewing the letter and will respond directly to the petitioners.

Producers are fiercely protective of maple syrup, which in Vermont goes

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Admission is $7. Call 403-341-4672 or 403347-6165 or 403-342-2875. ● Red Deer Art Club has ongoing sessions every Thursday from 1 to 4 p.m. at

for an average retail price of about $49 a gallon.

In 2010, they raised concerns about Log Cabin All Natural Syrup, an imitation maple syrup being sold in the same beige plastic jugs used by many producers in Vermont — the country’s largest producer of maple syrup.

U.S. Rep. Peter Welch of Vermont and the state’s agricultural secretary asked the FDA to investigate whether the brand violated federal guidelines by marketing itself as a “natural” product, noting that it contained a caramel colour, xanthan gum — a natural thickener — and 4 per cent maple.

In response, the makers of the product, Pinnacle Foods, agreed to take the caramel coloring out of the product, although it said its product was in full compliance with FDA regulations.

That wasn’t enough for Vermont officials who said the jug and the “all-natural” labeling were deceiving. the Golden Circle Senior Resource Centre.

These afternoons are open to all who are interested in learning techniques and sharing ideas using water based mediums. Open to beginner or advanced artists. For more information email reddeerartclub@gmail.com or see www.reddeerartclub.com, or search out the club on Facebook. ● Meet Dr. Corey Scobie, a conservation biologist turned museum curator, on Feb. 25 at 7:30 p.m. at Kerry Wood Nature Centre, Red Deer. Dr. Scobie will discuss topics like the extinct Passenger Pigeon, and give a sneak peak at some upcoming displays at the new Royal Albert Museum in Edmonton. Admission is free.

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Ski season on the brink MEDICINE LODGE HILL MAY NOT OPEN AT ALL FOR FIRST TIME SINCE LATE 90’S

BY PAUL COWLEY ADVOCATE STAFF Medicine Lodge Ski Area added a new run last fall but still hasn’t had a chance to break it in.

For the first season in many years, the nine-run ski hill 11 km west of Bentley has not had enough snow to open.

Bud Offet, volunteer general manager at the hill, said without snow-making equipment they must rely on Mother Nature. This year, she has proved fickle.

While areas not far from the hill

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Operators at Medicine Lodge Ski Club near Bentley say that any skiing at the hill is unlikely this season due to a lack of snow.

have seen a reasonable share of snow, the snow clouds keep passing Bentley by. Red Deer’s most recent snowfall, which dumped a good 10 cm in many places, had only a little dusting for the ski hill.

“We got a little but not near, apparently, what Red Deer got,” he said.

Innisfail Ski Hill got the snow it needed at Christmas and the first skiers hit Canyon Ski Area east of Red Deer in November.

Offet and other local skiers haven’t officially called it a lost year yet.

“We’re still hoping we might get open — but more than likely, not.”

In a good year, the runs are kept open as late as the second week of April. So there are still a few weeks left of potential ski season.

Given the cost of getting everything up and running it only makes sense to open if the hill can get at least two or three weekends in, he said.

It’s not the first time the hill has missed out on a season. Offet remembers back-to-back years in 1979 and 1980 when the snow didn’t come.

The most recent snowless year was in the late ’90s.

“It has happened, but not very often. I still think the weather goes in 10-year cycles.”

This year was also an El Nino year, which typically means warmer temperatures on the Prairies.

To check on ski conditions go to Medicine Lodge Ski Club on Facebook. pcowley @reddeeradvocate.com

Olympians Bowden gets County funds for hall headline Freeze the House

BY ADVOCATE STAFF Having trouble slipping around your opponents’ guard? Does your draw to the button run a little rough?

A couple of the world’s top curlers will be on hand to help out during the fifth-annual Freeze the House charity bonspiel at the Pidherney Curling Centre in Red Deer this weekend.

A fundraiser for Ronald McDonald House, the ’spiel runs Friday through Sunday, with Olympic medallists John Morris and Carter Rycroft offering their skills on Saturday — for a price — in a Pay-the-Pro option available that day. All the money they raise will be directed to the fundraiser.

Other events include a $25,000 draw to the button contest (no, curlers cannot pay the pro for this one) and the There’s No Place Like Home dinner and dance on Saturday night, says Michelle Caplan, marketJOHN MORRIS ing and communications director for Ronald McDonald Charities in Southern and Central Alberta. Tickets are $100 each, available on the charity’s Red Deer website.

Freeze the House is a major fundraiser for the Ronald McDonald House in Red Deer, which runs on a budget of about $1.2 million per year, raised through grants, donations and fundraisers, says Caplan.

Ronald McDonald Charities opened the house in 2012 to accommodate families who need a place to stay while their children are taking treatment in Red Deer.

Last year, 493 Central Alberta families were offered a home away from home at $12 per night, representing a fraction of the $184 cost to operate each unit for one day.

Trisha Bolton, who lives more than an hour away from Red Deer, says she and her family stayed in one of the units while her daughter was given emergency treatment for Type 1 diabetes.

“It would have been tedious under normal conditions to drive to the hospital back-and-forth daily, but in light of everyone’s frame of mind at this time in dealing with the sudden shock of my daughter’s illness, driving backand-forth was perhaps even inadvisable,” she says in a press statement issued by the charity.

Curlers hit the ice from 3:30 to 11 p.m. on Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday and 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Sunday. The dinner and dance are at the Sheraton Hotel, from 6 p.m. to midnight.

Information and tickets are available online at the charity’s Central Alberta website: www.ahomeawayfromhome.org/central.html

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Red Deer County has given $300,000 to a Bowden group fundraising for a new community hall.

The Bowden Lion Hall is well past its prime and the town has been told it’s not worth sinking more money into the facility.

A Community Centre Feasibility Study was done in 2014 and after review town council decided it would be too costly for local residents and busi-

nesses to foot the bill for a new hall through their taxes.

Instead, Bowden Expanding Horizons — Cultural Enhancement Society has stepped in to pursue the $1.2-million project with local fundraising.

A 6,500-square-foot banquet hall has been proposed with seating for 500, a commercial kitchen, meeting room, stage, storage space and dividers to break the facility into smaller spaces.

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The society plans to operate the facility, which will be located at the north end of town.

Bowden has committed $167,137 towards the cost of buying the land. If the facility isn’t built in five years, the land goes back to the town.

On Tuesday, Red Deer County council approved $300,000 to come out of a $4.5-million county community services reserve. The funding will go to the Town of Bowden to administer when construction begins. pcowley@reddeeradvocate.com

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Eating disorder help groups still open There is still a bit of time left to join a series of meetings aimed at helping create a better understanding of eating disorders.

Hands Up for Eating Disorder Understanding is hosting two series of six meetings — one on Tuesdays and the other on Wednesdays — at Red Deer College. While the first meetings in each series have already taken place, there is still some benefit to be had for those who would like to join in, says Sue Huff, executive director of the Eating Disorder Support Network of Alberta.

There is a fee of $60, which can be waived in special circumstances, says Huff. Information and registration details are available online at edsna. ca or via email to sue@edsna.ca.

Red Deer homes, businesses told to boil water Seventeen homes along 44 Street and two businesses on Gaetz Avenue are under boil water advisories until further notice following two recent water leaks.

Crews have repaired the leaks at 44 Street and 50 Avenue and 30 Street and the water has been turned back on.

The homes and the Red Deer Chamber of Commerce and the Servus Credit Union on 5oth Avenue are now under boil water advisories for about three days.

Any affected residents are advised to bring water to a rolling boil for at least one minute before drinking it, cooking, brushing teeth and washing food.

All affected areas will be notified by city staff going door-to-door. In the case that no one answers, a notice and information package will be left at the front door.

Boil water advisories are issued as a precautionary measure following water leaks as the water supply may be contaminated from soil during the repair process.

Once the line is repaired, the city sends water samples to Alberta Health Services to ensure the water is safe to use.

The city is currently working on a strategy to maintain and replace the stormwater drainage infrastructure.

It is focusing on areas such as Oriole

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G.W. Smith Elementary School Grade 5 student Lizzie Clay gives it her all she has as she punches hard into the bag held by Heather Draude of Cheney’s Zen Karate on Tuesday. Students in Grades 1 to 5 got the opportunity to participate in a variety of multigrade, small group activities during the school’s Pride Clubs day. Other activities included slime fun, baking, The Amazing Race, zentangle, chess, and creative art sessions. For two days this week students choose from two activities each afternoon.

Park which still have cast iron pipes in the ground as part of its capital improvement plans.

For questions about the boil water advisory, call Environmental Services at 403-342-8750.

Rocky man dies in rollover near Caroline A 21-year-old Rocky man is dead following a single vehicle rollover north of Caroline early Wednesday morning.

Rocky Mountain House RCMP, Clearwater Fire Department and Emergency Medical Services responded to the rollover north of Caroline, on the Arbutus Road around 2 a.m.

Police say a Ford F250 pickup truck had abruptly swerved off the road and flipped several times. Two men were ejected from the truck.

The driver was pronounced deceased at the scene. A 22-year-old male passenger was taken to the Rocky Mountain House Hospital where he was treated for non-life threatening injuries and later released.

Both occupants were not wearing their seat belts. Alcohol is believed to be a contributing factor.

The next of kin has been notified and the name of the victim will not be released.

Charges are pending.

To Canada With Love documentary screening Friday A short documentary film about a photographer from Red Deer who has taken thousands of pictures of Canadians will be released in the city next weekend.

To Canada With Love documents Tim Van Horn for a short time as he works toward creating a giant flag mosaic, made up of photos of Canadians, for the country’s 150th birthday next year.

CACHE Productions made the film, which will be screened for the public at The Coconut Room in Red Deer on Friday at 7 p.m.

A trailer for the film can be viewed on the CACHE ProductionsFacebook page, The CACHE Project, which tells human interest stories from Central Alberta.

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Experts meet in Iqaluit to standardize language

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS Two Inuit go hunting. One hands the other his rifle and the recipient says “ma’na.”

His partner, though, has no idea what he’s just heard. The word for thanks in his dialect is “qujannamiik.”

There are only 60,000 Inuit in Canada, but they are divided between nine different writing forms and at least that many dialects. On Friday, language experts are to meet in Ottawa to help bridge that gulf.

“People can generally understand each other, but there are serious limitations for that understanding,” said Natan Obed, head of Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami, Canada’s national Inuit group.

“If we had one unified writing system, we could maximize the ability for us to read in our language and also educate our children and provide them with learning resources.”

Inuktitut fractured because it was spoken by widely dispersed groups who rarely interacted. The language splintered further when missionaries developed writing for it.

Syllabics, originally based on characters from Pitman shorthand, are most common in the Eastern Arctic.

Roman orthography, the letters of the alphabet most of us recognize, is mostly used in the west.

The dialects have diverged so widely that some use sounds that speakers from other parts of the North can’t even pronounce. Obed’s group produces a magazine called Inuktitut that native speakers in the far west and the far east just can’t read.

The drive to establish a standard writing form dates back to a recom-

mendation in a 2011 report on Inuit education. Last September, experts from the four major Inuit regions began that task and continue their work on Friday.

Controversy is expected.

Many argue orthography is the way to go. It’s in common use everywhere — especially on social media and the Internet, both widely used by Inuit.

Last week, Inuktitut interpreters and translators voted at a conference in Iqaluit in favour of moving to orthography.

But many don’t want to say goodbye to the triangles, circles and squiggles of syllabics. The debate gets more heated because the areas where Inuktitut is strongest — almost all Quebec Inuit say they’re fluent — are the same areas that use syllabics.

“There are more Inuit talking seriously about transitioning out of syllabics into orthography,” Obed said. “(But) it is very contentious because it gets to the heart of who people are and how they’ve learned and express themselves.

“People have equated linguistic preservation and use to syllabics,” Obed said. “Syllabics attachment is based on the overarching history and the fact that syllabics allowed people to retain their language and their culture at a time of colonization and great upheaval.”

There is no central language authority across all four Inuit regions.

Implementing any recommendations from the standardization report will be up to the regional land-claim groups.

Coming together would have economic and cultural benefits, said Obed. It would draw Inuit together and

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A stop sign in English, French and Inuit is seen in Iqaluit, Nunavut. Experts are meeting in Iqaluit to try to get Inuit people speaking the same language. make developing curriculum materials for schools easier and cheaper.

“The Roman orthography side says, ‘Look at the practicality of what orthography could do to unlock the learning potential, to reduce costs, to

ensure in this digital age that we don’t have to get through another set of barriers to express ourselves.”

The experts meeting this weekend have until early next year to complete their work.

‘Unauthorized’ pants kill Calgary zoo otter CALGARY — A Calgary Zoo investigation has pinpointed what caused the death of an otter named Logan last week: a pair of pants that were not meant to be in his enclosure.

The 12-year-old North American river otter was found struggling in a pool last week at the zoo’s Canadian Wilds exhibit. A keeper jumped in to save him, but the animal did not survive.

A necropsy revealed Logan drowned after becoming tangled in the clothing.

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behaviours that they would display in the wild, zoo general curator Colleen Baird said Wednesday.

She said the zoo has rules about which items are appropriate for specific animals. In the otter’s case, the pants were not authorized.

“Each species is different. An enrichment item that might be OK for one species would not be OK for another,” she said.

Two staff members have been disciplined, but Baird cited privacy reasons in declining to say what exact measures are being taken.

“When an animal dies, we take this very seriously and it’s very tragic,” she said.

“The zoo is heartbroken over this.”

Enrichment items that would be allowed in the otter’s pool include clams and mussels, pipes and tubes for rafts and hoses to create bubbles to mimic a flowing river.

Some types of clothing and fabric are allowed for certain animals — ferrets and gorillas, for example, said Baird.

The zoo has three remaining otters — a one-year-old male named Finnegan, a 16-year-old male called Callebaut and a 12-year-old female that staff call Charlotte.

So far, they appear to be doing fine following Logan’s death.

“We’re monitoring closely to make

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Property assessment review deadline approaching

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The City of Red Deer is reminding residents to review their 2016 property assessment notices.

Property owners who did not receive their 2016 Property Assessment Notice should contact the City of Red Deer.

Tax bills are not disputable so it is important to carefully review the assessment value of your property before the appeal deadline on March 21.

Property owners who did not receive their Property Assessment Notice can call Revenue & Assessment Services at 403-342-8126 or visit the Revenue & Assessment Services office on the fourth floor of City Hall (4914 48 Ave.). For more information about property assessments and taxes visit www.reddeer.ca/assessment.

Author, host to speak at hospital fundraiser

Fire destroys Olds farm workshop A fire destroyed a large farm workshop in the Olds area on Wednesday.

The Olds Fire Department was called out to the fire in Mountain View County at about 12:13 a.m.

Upon arrival at 32510 RR 27.4, the fire crews found a large farm shop with additions that had extensive heavy smoke escaping from openings in the walls and roof.

Due to the degree and intensity of the fire, a defensive strategy was employed to extinguish the fire.

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Jyris Thomas, 10, and his twin brother Jayven play a little keep-away on the snowbank rink at Grandview Elementary School Wednesday afternoon. Although daytime temperatures rose above freezing, local rinks are still holding up well. High temperatures are expected to be above the freezing mark for the next week while overnight lows will be in the single digits below zero. departments were called in for mutual aid and manpower. In total, eight apparatus and 22 firefighters were at the scene into the early morning hours.

The farm shop was a complete loss. There were no reported injuries.

The value of the loss is yet to be determined.

The cause of the fire is under investigation.

New neighbourhood open house starts Tuesday A new neighbourhood is in the works in an area east of Rosedale and Davenport and south of Hwy 11 and north of 39 Street.

The city will host an open house to allow residents to review the plans and provide feedback on a draft Neighbourhood Area Structure Plan

for Benceley (NW/SW Section 13) at Deer Park Church (2960 39 St.) on Feb. 23.

The future land use, roads, parks and trails, utility infrastructure, storm water management, and residential density will be available for viewing and input.

A copy of the NASP is available at www.reddeer.ca The open house runs from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m.

Comments can be made until March 3 at the open house, by mail to City of Red Deer Planning Department, Box 5008, Red Deer, AB, T4N 3T4 and by dropping off comments at the Planning Department on the 3rd floor of City Hall. Fax comments to 403-342-8200 and email david.girardin@reddeer.ca with subject line Benceley NASP.

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Mayor’s Awards nomination date pushed back It’s not too late to nominate an area resident for a Mayor’s Recognition Award.

The city has extended the deadline to March 14 for residents to nominate a person, group or team for the 2016 Mayor’s Recognition Awards, which will be presented at the annual awards ceremony in June.

The awards recognize those who make significant contributions to our community and help to enhance the image of Red Deer.

Nominations are being accepted in Athletics, Distinguished Voluntary Service, Fine & Performing Arts, Community Builder Award and Mayor’s Special Award.

Award recipients are selected by the awards’ committee save for the Mayor’s Special Award recipient, who is chosen by the mayor.

Nominations will be accepted up until 9 a.m. For more information, award guidelines and nomination forms, visit www.reddeer.ca/mra.

Forms can also be picked up at City Hall (4914-48 Ave.).

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C o l e t t e Baron-Reid, an intuition expert and best-selling inspirational author, is in Red Deer on April 9, delivering her COLETTE BARON-REID m e s s a g e a t the Memorial Centre at 7 p.m. Her books have been published in 27 languages. She is a keynote speaker, recording artist and entrepreneur.

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sure that we can see if there are any changes or effects due to this loss and we’re just keeping a close eye on what they’re up to.”

Baird said the zoo’s animal protocols are among the most detailed in Canada.

It plans to reinforce its rules with staff to ensure nothing like this happens again.

The zoo has made headlines in the past over the deaths of its animals.

They include about 40 stingrays in an interactive exhibit in May 2008, a giant capybara crushed by a hydraulic door in 2009 and a caribou calf from complications related to sudden severe neck trauma in 2014.

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The book that every Albertan should read

Photos by BOB SCAMMELL

Most of Alberta’s five million acres of public land grazing leases are in the south.

A Legal Guide to Non-Private Lands For example, she outlines the known in Alberta, by Arlene J. Kwasniak, B.Sc., sordid facts of the Potatogate affair, M.A., L.L.B., L.L.M., Canadian Institute where the Stelmach government tried of Resources Law, Faculty of Law, Uni- secretly to sell thousands of acres of versity of Calgary, Oct., 2015, soft cover, prime prairie grassland to a PC party supporter, then wryly comments that 200 pages, $40.00.

This important new book should be the only restrictions on the sale of public land in Alberta’s “Pubsub - titled “Alberta – An lic Land Act,” is that the sale Owners’ – Users’ Guide,” cannot be to a non – Canadiand it should be required an, and the price must be fair reading for every Albervalue. tan, if only because of the Another box deals with many important things it CFB Suffield’s burgeoning teaches that most people elk herd and who owns them, don’t know about their concluding the Feds do when home and native land. they are on base land, and For example, the book the province does when they startled me, a lawyer with are marauding neighbouring a long – time interest in farmers and ranchers, all Alberta’s public land, by raising in this wag’s mind the stating at the outset that BOB hindquarters being Alberta’s only 30 per cent of the SCAMMELL meat and the fore Federal province is privately– when the critters are half owned. The book is conOUTDOORS way over the fence, and vice cerned with the 70 per versa. cent that is non–privately– Ms. Kwasniak gets deadly owned and may be public serious and expresses a viewpoint I in a maze of different ways.

I first became acquainted with the have long held when she writes: “The author in the late eighties and early offence and penalty provisions of the nineties when I was writing frequently Public Lands Act and regulations are on the right of access of Albertans for so potentially powerful that they lead lawful recreational purposes to public one commentator to call them “The lands held under grazing lease. Ms. Sleeping Giant of Watershed P:rotecKwasniak was then working on what tion.” She then quote sections 54 and eventually became “Alberta Public 56 in their entirety and explains at Rangeland Law and Policy,” a 1992 length how private prosecutions are publication of the Environmental commenced when the Crown will not Law Centre, Edmonton, in which she enforce its own good laws.

Alberta’s conservation organizaargued, among other things, that an Alberta public land “grazing lease” tions should take note, and consider is not legally an interest in land, but prosecuting some of the really serious merely a profit a prendre, a licence to industrial public land watershed abuses when the province will not, which use the grass.

She sticks with that view in this new is usually the Alberta case, Alberta book, but does not weigh in on how, judges have frequently been known legally, it affects the current contro- to direct that the huge fines some of versies over Cowboy Welfare and other these convictions bring should go to policy perks showered on Alberta pub- conservation groups to fund their on – going work. lic land grazing leaseholders.

Very early in the book, Ms. KwasFascinating “reads” in what is essentially a legal textbook are the “Ex- niak writes “There would be someample/Issue Policy” Boxes in which thing incongruous about a sign saying the authour deals with the law in re- ‘Public Land, No Public Access,’” by lation to recent, or current issues. way of introduction to the last section

Just a mule deer, but half Federal and half Provincial of her book ”Public Access to Alberta Public Lands,” etc. Those incongruous signs are now everywhere out there on the five million acres of Alberta public land under grazing lease. I call the procedure to get permission a sick joke and too many of the civil servants appointed to help are prejudiced “policy” wonks.” Ms. Kwasniak is more measured, and helps readers to understand and perhaps negotiate what she agrees are overly complex regulations and procedures.

My only mild criticisms of this fine work are that it fails, as I have, in arriving at a definitive answer to the vexing question of ownership of, and the right of access to abandoned rail line rights of way in Alberta. Understand-

ably, the book also does not deal with, as an example, the simple and civilized ways large private landowners and managers such as the Eastern Irrigation District and the Alberta Fish and Game Association, have allowed public recreational access to their vast holdings, the EID’s 550,000 acres of grasslands, and the AFGA’s 40,000 acres of Wildlife Trust lands located all over the province.

Readers who have already heard of this book have told me about difficulties and delays in getting it. Check out the website www.cirl.ca, or phone (403) 220 - 3200, or email bcirl@ucalgary.ca.

Bob Scammell is an award-winning columnist who lives in Red Deer. He can be reached at bscam@telusplanet.net.

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TOMLINSON short of nutrients as it is It is impossible to tell where bound in the soil. Applythe soil came from or if perGARDENING ing chemical fertilizer vious crops were sprayed will be of some benefit but with residual chemicals. not as much as when organic matter is When purchasing soil examine it at present. its original location. Dig into the pile Soil with too much organic matter looking for foreign objects such as will be still decaying which ties up the rocks, plastics and other garbage. nitrogen as opposed to having it readAsk questions. Has the soil been ily available for the plants. The result analyzed? How was the compost or mais stunted plants. If the organic matter nure composted? What was the origis fresh, it will burn the plants result- inal organic matter? Did the animals ing in brown leaves or dead plants. eat feed that was treated with broadIn nature soil nutrients are re- leaf chemicals? newed each year through decomposing Weeds on the piles or in the vicinity top growth. Gardeners could leave top indicate that weed seeds will come as growth to decompose but it would not part of the package. Broadleaf weeds be pleasing to the eye. An alternative on the pile shows that residual broadis to add decomposed organic mater, leaf herbicides are not present in compost or manure to the soil on a reg- large quantities. ular basis.

Cost of top soil varies with qualiComposting garden and kitchen ty, quantity and location. The price waste is a good start but it often does increases in areas where top soil is not produce enough to feed a large thin while in other areas where it is

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The importance of having good soil for your garden cannot be understated and a good mix of mineral soil and organic matter will benefit the plants the most. abundant it is often free for the taking.

Look for inexpensive or free soil in new subdivisions. Developers remove the top soil and place it in a pile while the roads and houses are built. Some of the soil will be returned but often there is a large amount left over. A phone call to the town or city should supply information where excess soil

is located and who owns it.

Money spent on soil and its additives will benefit the garden. It is best to add new organic matter yearly.

Linda Tomlinson is a horticulturalist that lives near Rocky Mountain House.

You can contact her at your_garden@ hotmail.com.

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C4 Bombardier to eliminate 7,000 jobs

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BY THE CANADIAN PRESS MONTREAL — Bombardier is implementing one of the deepest job cuts in its history by eliminating 7,000 positions — including more than a third in Canada — though it took pains Wednesday to instead train the public spotlight on a large CSeries plane order with Air Canada.

The layoffs represent close to 10 per cent of Bombardier’s global workforce and are expected to take place over the next two years, the Montreal aerospace giant said.

CEO Alain Bellemare said he believes the efforts to cut costs will help revive Bombardier, which has appealed for federal aid as it struggles to sell its signature CSeries passenger jet.

“Today I feel we have done our homework,” Bellemare said in an interview. “We are at the right place and I feel good about our ability to turn Bombardier around given these actions.”

About 3,200 of the 7,000 jobs to be eliminated will be at Bombardier Transportation, the company’s rail division. The losses will include 2,830 positions in Canada, including 2,400 mainly in Montreal, with the rest in Ontario.

The layoffs will be partly offset by hiring in certain areas, particularly as production of the CSeries ramps up, Bombardier said. Layoff notices are expected to be issued in the coming weeks and completed by next year.

Amid the bad news, Bombardier ended its nearly 18-month sales drought for the CSeries with a letter of intent with Air Canada for the purchase of 45 CSeries 300 planes, with an option to buy up to 30 more.

Air Canada CEO Calin Rovinescu said the airline signed the letter of intent after months of evaluation and heated negotiations with Bombardier.

“This was 100 per cent a commercial deal,” Rovinescu said.

Bellemare said the agreement with Air Canada will be a catalyst in convincing other large global carriers to

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A photographer takes a photo of a Bombardier Series jet in a hangar Wednesday, in Montreal. Bombardier has a deal to sell Air Canada 45 CSeries jets, with an option to buy up to 30 more. Bombardier also announced Wednesday it will eliminate 7,000 positions over two years. place orders for the CSeries.

“It would be a big endorsement from any large airline carrier but having it from your own base … is a big deal. I cannot underestimate the positive impact that this will have on the program.”

In a separate but related development Wednesday, Air Canada announced that Quebec has agreed to drop its lawsuit against the airline in exchange for a commitment to have heavy maintenance work on its planned fleet of CSeries planes carried out in the province for at least 20

years.

The CSeries is Bombardier’s new generation of aircraft for commercial airlines, in development for more than a decade as an alternative to smaller models of passenger jets built by rivals Boeing and Airbus. The aircraft is about two years behind schedule and at least US$2 billion over budget.

Bombardier said it hopes Ottawa will come through on its request for financial assistance for the CSeries, just as the Quebec government has done in providing US$1 billion in support.

The federal government said

Wednesday it was still reviewing the request.

Bombardier also announced Wednesday that it lost US$5.34 billion for 2015, including a US$677 million loss in the fourth quarter.

The company said it is also planning to reduce the number of shares it has outstanding. It plans a special shareholder meeting to get approval for a reverse stock split that would aim to exchange outstanding shares for a smaller number of consolidated shares, with a price in the range of C$10 to $20 each.

Clamour for federal help grows amid layoffs

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — The pressure on the federal government to pull Bombardier Inc. out of its latest nosedive mounted Wednesday as the struggling Montreal aerospace giant slashed more than 10 per cent of its Canadian workforce.

The gloomy layoff news came with a silver lining, however: Air Canada’s agreement to buy 45 planes from Bombardier’s struggling CSeries aircraft line, with an option to purchase up to 30 more.

Nonetheless, the CSeries — behind schedule, about US$2 billion over budget and with fewer-than-expected buyers — is the primary reason for Bombardier’s request for financial aid from the federal government.

The appeal to Ottawa came as the Quebec government pledged about US$1 billion in October to help complete the CSeries and reassure wouldbe buyers. Quebec Economy Minister

Jacques Daoust said last fall he would ask Ottawa to match that amount.

The Ontario government could also find itself chipping in for Bombardier.

Sources say the Ontario, Quebec and federal governments have been discussing possible financial help from the province, but stressed that nothing had been finalized.

They say Bombardier has not yet asked for any assistance from Ontario, where company documents say it employs more than 5,000 people.

Meanwhile, since coming to office, the new Liberal government in Ottawa has been mulling the Bombardier request, which has significant political ramifications in Quebec where most of the company’s 24,000 Canadian workers are based.

The job-cut announcement Wednesday included 2,830 layoffs in Canada — 2,400 of which were in Quebec — and 7,000 overall.

“It’s always a sad moment when jobs are lost in this country,” said federal Transport Minister Marc Garneau.

“These are people, these are families and this is an unfortunate moment.”

Garneau, however, did not provide any updates on the status of Bombardier’s request. He repeated the message that the government was still doing its due diligence by examining the manufacturer’s business case.

The federal government’s plan is widely expected to be in its first budget, due late next month.

“It is, after all, a great deal of money … that we are entrusted with from the taxpayer, and we will make a decision in due course,” Garneau said.

On the Air Canada deal, Garneau said he was encouraged by the progress and that Ottawa wants Canada to carry on its tradition of being a global leader in aviation and aerospace.

He insisted the government had nothing to do with Air Canada’s decision to buy Bombardier’s planes.

The federal government considers Bombardier an “anchor firm” to Canada’s aerospace industry because it

supports a supply hub that employs tens of thousands more workers, according to internal documents prepared for Economic Development Minister Navdeep Bains.

The briefing material was obtained

by The Canadian Press through the Access to Information Act. Ottawa has lent money to Bombardier in the past.

Last fall, Industry Canada said Bombardier had received $1.3 billion in repayable contributions since 1966 and had repaid $543 million as of Dec. 31, 2014.

That amount includes $350 million in loans Ottawa gave to Bombardier in 2008 for CSeries-related research and development.

Bombardier CEO Alain Bellemare continued to press Ottawa on Wednesday to come through once again.

Bellemare said that Bombardier may have borrowed about $1 billion since the mid-1980s, but it generated more than $15 billion in government tax revenue over that period.

CRTC reminds telecoms they must promote basic TV packages to customers

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TORONTO — In less than two weeks, Canada’s TV-service providers must all start offering so-called pick and pay cable service. But, so far, most have been mum on what those new packages will look like, much to the disappointment of the country’s broadcast regulator.

The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission issued an information bulletin Wednesday to remind the telecoms that they must promote this service in some way to consumers by March 1, said CRTC chairman Jean-Pierre Blais. “(It) was a shot across the bow,” he said in an interview.

Under the deadline set by the CRTC, all Canadian TV providers must offer a basic package of channels — priced $25 or less a month — and either a la carte channel selection or small bundles of channels. By December, these companies must offer all three options.

The new CRTC regulations arose from consultations with Canadians about TV choice and affordability.

But so far few of the telecoms have announced what their basic packages will include.

VMedia announced its skinny package in June with 28 channels for less than $18 a month. Shaw (TSX:SJR.B) now offers a $25 limited-TV package with 40 channels.

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providers — Bell (TSX:BCE), Telus (TSX:T) or Rogers (TSX:RCI.B) — have listed basic cable plans priced at $25 or less online.

Blais said he doesn’t want to presume bad faith. The companies are likely lining up their offers or watching to see what moves their competitors make, he said.

The companies are not required to announce their packages until March 1st.

Bell’s online offerings will be updated by Feb 21, an online customer service representative said.

A Rogers customer service representative said the company will advertise its lineup shortly before the deadline, while representatives of Telus did not immediately respond to a query on the issue.

Blais said the spirit of the CRTC decision ought to be respected with the new offerings.

“Cable and satellite companies should not view this change as an opportunity to replace business practices designed to maximize profits from captive customers with newer forms of anti-consumer behaviour,” he said in a speech to the Canadian Club of Toronto on Thursday.

“Instead, I urge them to make the products they sell even better for Canadians.”

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customers who wanted better choice and affordability, he said.

If the CRTC deems some companies to be disregarding the spirit of the decision as they implement their new offerings, the regulator will take action against them, he added.

The TV providers were not the only part of the telecommunications industry scolded by the CRTC on Thursday.

In his speech, Blais cast corporate executives of news organizations as greedy.

During the CRTC’s recent hearings on local and community television, Blais said he listened to Canadians discuss the problems facing the country’s news organizations and the need for strong reporting.

Meanwhile “corporate executives who own luxury yachts and private helicopters came looking for subsidies.”

When these executives want the CRTC to grant a license or approve a large transaction, he said, they make promises about how much they will invest in programming.

“But, the minute we initiate a policy hearing, we are told the cupboards are bare.”

Instead of offering government subsidies to struggling news organizations, Blais suggested Canadians ought to help finance local news through an arm’s length organization to avoid government interference in reporting.

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Barrick Gold reports US$2.6 billion loss in Q4 after major writedown Barrick Gold Corp. (TSX:ABX) says it plans more debt reduction and cost cutting this year after reporting another quarter of billion-dollar losses.

The company, among the world’s largest gold miners, said after markets closed Wednesday that it had a net loss of US$2.6 billion in the fourth quarter, down from a loss of US$2.85 billion for the fourth quarter of 2014.

The company, which reports in U.S. dollars, said the quarterly loss was driven by a US$2.6-billion after tax impairment charge against some of its assets in the quarter, part of a US$3.1-billion charge announced in January after the company revised its gold price outlook.

Barrick said adjusted net earnings came to US$344 million for the year and US$91 million for the fourth quarter, leading to adjusted per share earnings of 30 cents for the year and eight cents for the quarter. The company says it reduced its debt by US$3.1 billion last year and is targeting an additional US$2 billion in debt reduction this year and US$5 billion in reductions in the midterm. It is also targeting all-in sustaining costs of between US$775 and US$825 per ounce this year after costs came in at US$831 per ounce in 2015, $29 under the low end of its cost target.

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Diversified and Industrials Agrium Inc. . . . . . . . . . . 115.96 ATCO Ltd.. . . . . . . . . . . . 39.03 BCE Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58.10 BlackBerry . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.84 Bombardier . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.09 Brookfield . . . . . . . . . . . . 42.67 Cdn. National Railway . . 78.21 Cdn. Pacific Railway. . . 177.67 Cdn. Utilities . . . . . . . . . . 35.13 Capital Power Corp . . . . 17.94 Cervus Equipment Corp `12.10 Dow Chemical . . . . . . . . 47.99 Enbridge Inc. . . . . . . . . . 45.51 Finning Intl. Inc. . . . . . . . 18.67 Fortis Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . 37.60 General Motors Co. . . . . 29.27 Parkland Fuel Corp. . . . . 20.90 Sirius XM . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.28 SNC Lavalin Group. . . . . 41.62 Stantec Inc. . . . . . . . . . . 32.04 Telus Corp. . . . . . . . . . . . 38.44 Transalta Corp.. . . . . . . . . 5.81 Transcanada. . . . . . . . . . 49.96 Consumer Canadian Tire . . . . . . . . 116.55 Gamehost . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.87 Leon’s Furniture . . . . . . . 13.69 MARKETS CLOSE TORONTO — Rising oil and other commodity prices helped push the Toronto stock market higher Wednesday for the third straight day as investors warmed to signs of an improving economy on the horizon.

The S&P/TSX composite index advanced 312.18 points at 12,867.16, more than making up the ground lost in a string of downturns last week.

The resource-heavy market benefited greatly from positive sentiment across all sectors, especially from metals and mining stocks, which jumped more than 13 per cent. Shares in First Quantum Minerals was the highest gainer in the sector, rising by more than 25 per cent.

“We’re starting to see a recovery and today is one of the first days that people are starting to actually believe in this recovery,” said Colin Cieszynski, chief market strategist at CMC Markets Canada.

The TSX was also boosted from a surge in Bombardier (TSX:BBD.B) shares, which shot up 19 cents or 21.1 per cent to close at $1.09. The embattled plane and train builder announced it was shedding 7,000 jobs worldwide, but also said it has a letter of intent from Air Canada (TSX:AC) for a sale of up to 75 of its new CSeries passenger jets.

The Montreal-based company, which reports in U.S. currency, had a net loss of US$5.34 billion for 2015, including a US$677 million loss in the fourth quarter.

“Normally missing on earnings, lowering sales guidance and laying off people is usually not very good for your stock price,” said Cieszynski.

“So we could be pretty certain that (rise in stock) is being driven by the Air Canada deal.

We’re still trying to debate whether it’s a shot in the arm or too little too late, but it’s certainly an improvement and every little bit helps at this point for them.”

The Canadian dollar soared, up 0.93 of a U.S. cent to 72.97

Loblaw Ltd. . . . . . . . . . . . 64.99 Maple Leaf Foods. . . . . . 23.76 Rona Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . 23.49 Wal-Mart . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66.11 WestJet Airlines . . . . . . . 15.18 Mining Barrick Gold . . . . . . . . . . 16.26 Cameco Corp. . . . . . . . . 16.64 First Quantum Minerals . . 4.91 Goldcorp Inc. . . . . . . . . . 20.43 Hudbay Minerals. . . . . . . . 3.51 Kinross Gold Corp. . . . . . . 3.85 Labrador. . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.32 Potash Corp.. . . . . . . . . . 23.31 Sherritt Intl. . . . . . . . . . . . 0.690 Teck Resources . . . . . . . . 8.42 Energy Arc Resources . . . . . . . . 19.04 Badger Daylighting Ltd. . 24.50 Baker Hughes. . . . . . . . . 42.49 Bonavista . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.87 Bonterra Energy . . . . . . . 19.10 Cdn. Nat. Res. . . . . . . . . 29.80 Cdn. Oil Sands Ltd. . . . . . 9.23 Canyon Services Group. . 4.02 Cenovus Energy Inc. . . . 15.05 CWC Well Services . . . 0.1100 cents US, on higher copper prices. March copper gained two cents to US$2.08 a pound.

In New York, major indexes were also up strongly for a third consecutive day, with the Dow Jones industrial average adding 257.42 points or 1.59 per cent to 16,453.83. The broader S&P 500 climbed 31.24 points or 1.65 per cent to 1,926.82, while the Nasdaq composite index was 98.10 points or 2.21 per cent higher at 4,534.06.

On commodity markets, the March crude contract for benchmark U.S. oil added $1.62 to close at US$30.66 a barrel following a conditional plan by four influential oil producers — Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Russia and Venezuela —to freeze output levels as part of an effort to put a bottom on falling oil prices. Iran has yet to agree to the deal. “(Investors) are encouraged that at least they’re talking to each other,” said Cieszynski, adding that the markets will likely remain optimistic even if Iran refuses to agree.

In other commodities, March natural gas was up four cents at US$1.94 per mmbtu, while April gold added $3.20 to finish the day at US$1,211.40 an ounce.

Besides the resurgence in oil, traders also took heart from the latest report from the U.S. Federal Reserve, which said U.S. factory output rose 0.5 per cent in January, the biggest increase since July, after contracting for four consecutive months.

In its latest minutes released Wednesday, the Fed expressed concerns over volatile stock markets, dropping oil prices and slowing growth in China and overseas.

The minutes from last month’s meeting also showed that the Fed will likely only hike interest rates again if the economic data supports it. The central bank raised rates for the first time in nearly a decade last December.

FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS Highlights at the close Wednesday at world financial

Encana Corp. . . . . . . . . . . 5.33 Essential Energy. . . . . . . 0.600 Exxon Mobil . . . . . . . . . . 82.00 Halliburton Co. . . . . . . . . 31.40 High Arctic . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.01 Husky Energy . . . . . . . . . 13.24 Imperial Oil . . . . . . . . . . . 42.36 Pengrowth Energy . . . . . 1.050 Penn West Energy . . . . . 1.320 Precision Drilling Corp . . . 4.59 Suncor Energy . . . . . . . . 32.89 Trican Ltd.. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.58 Trinidad Energy . . . . . . . . 1.70 Vermilion Energy . . . . . . 34.92 Financials Bank of Montreal . . . . . . 74.64 Bank of N.S. . . . . . . . . . . 56.23 CIBC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90.90 Cdn. Western . . . . . . . . . 22.33 Great West Life. . . . . . . . 35.10 IGM Financial . . . . . . . . . 34.85 Intact Financial Corp. . . . 84.98 Manulife Corp. . . . . . . . . 17.88 National Bank . . . . . . . . . 38.37 Rifco Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.210 Royal Bank . . . . . . . . . . . 70.95 Sun Life Fin. Inc.. . . . . . . 41.05 TD Bank . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52.60 market trading.

Stocks: S&P/TSX Composite Index — 12,867.16, up 312.18 points Dow — 16,453.83, up 257.42 points S&P 500 — 1,926.82, up 31.24 points Nasdaq — 4,534.06, up 98.10 points Currencies: Cdn — 72.97 cents US, up 0.93 of a cent Pound — C$1.9582, down 2.60 cents Euro — C$1.5252, down 2.14 cents Euro — US$1.1129, down 0.13 of a cent Oil futures: US$30.66 per barrel, up $1.62 (March contract) Gold futures: US$1,211.40 per oz., up $3.20 (April contract) Canadian Fine Silver Handy and Harman: $22.123 oz., up 1.6 cents $711.25 kg., up 51 cents ICE FUTURES CANADA WINNIPEG — ICE Futures Canada closing prices: Canola: March ‘16 $3.80 lower $464.70 May ‘16 $4.40 lower $472.50 July ‘16 $3.90 lower $477.30 Nov. ‘16 $2.80 lower $480.70 Jan. ‘17 $2.00 lower $484.80 March ‘17 $2.00 lower $485.40 May ‘17 $2.00 lower $484.10 July ‘17 $2.00 lower $483.60 Nov. ‘17 $2.00 lower $483.60 Jan. ‘18 $2.00 lower $483.60 March ‘18 $2.00 lower $483.60.

Barley (Western): March ‘16 $2.00 lower $186.00 May ‘16 $2.00 lower $190.00 July ‘16 $2.00 lower $192.00 Oct. ‘16 $2.00 lower $192.00 Dec. ‘16 $2.00 lower $192.00 March ‘17$ 2.00 lower $192.00 May ‘17 $2.00 lower $192.00 July ‘17 $2.00 lower $192.00 Oct. ‘17 $2.00 lower $192.00 Dec. ‘17 $2.00 lower $192.00 March ‘18 $2.00 lower $192.00.

Wednesday’s estimated volume of trade: 722,780 tonnes of canola 0 tonnes of barley (Western Barley). Total: 722,780.

Air Canada plans more international expansion

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS Air Canada expects about 90 per cent of capacity growth to come from international markets this year, about a third from new routes, as the country’s largest airline repositions assets from Western Canada as a result of the downturn in the oilpatch.

“Air Canada is specifically focused on seeking new international growth opportunities to generate increased profit,” chief executive Calin Rovinescu said during an investor call Wednesday.

Already about two-thirds of the airline’s revenue comes from outside Canada, which Rovinescu said has provided a buffer from the slowdown in markets that rely on the oil industry like Edmonton, Fort McMurray, and Calgary.

“We are better immunized from weaknesses in Canada than ever before, including weakness in Alberta,” said Rovinescu.

He said the company moved fast to respond to the drop in activity caused by low oil prices.

“We reacted very quickly, as you know, to weaknesses that we saw in Western Canada and Alberta. We did it before our other domestic competitors had done likewise, and we moved some capacity out of Alberta last year,” said Rovinescu.

Meanwhile, the low oil prices helped boost the company’s financial results, pushing adjusted annual profit

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Shopify stock revives Q4 revenue above estimates TORONTO — Shopify Inc.’s stock soared almost eight per cent Wednesday after the e-commerce company posted higher revenue and a smaller loss than analysts expected.

Ottawa-based Shopify (TSX:SH) announced before markets opened that revenue in its fourth quarter was US$70.2 million, 99 per cent higher

to a record high for the second year in a row.

The airline’s adjusted net income for 2015 was $1.2 billion — more than double the previous record of $531 million in 2014.

Adjusted net income for the full year equalled $4.18 per diluted share.

For the fourth quarter, earnings were 40 cents a share, in line with analyst expectations according to Thomson Reuters data.

Without adjustments, Air Canada’s net income for 2015 as a whole was $308 million — up from $105 million in 2014. In the fourth quarter, it had a net loss of $116 million, up from a $100-million loss a year earlier.

Traffic growth of 8.6 per cent in the fourth quarter reflected increases in all of Air Canada’s five geographic markets.

Rovinescu said the low Canadian dollar reduced the number of Canadians flying abroad, but that it had also led to a boost in tourists flying to Canada.

Air Canada also announced Wednesday that it intends to buy up to 75 Bombardier CSeries 300 aircraft, with 45 firm orders and the option to buy 30 more.

The Quebec government has also agreed to drop a lawsuit related to maintenance commitments against the company after Air Canada agreed to have heavy maintenance work for the CSeries planes carried out in the province. than a year ago and US$10 million above analyst estimates.

On the Toronto Stock Exchange, its shares went as high as C$34.26 in early trading before settling at C$30.70 at the close, up $2.22 or 7.79 per cent. In New York, the stock (NYSE:SHOP) closed up $1.87 or 9.12 per cent at US$22.37.

Shopify stock remains below its first trading price last spring when it was one of the hottest new public stocks in Canada.

It began trading May 21 at C$35.03, soaring to a peak of C$53.50 on Aug. 4 before slumping to a low of C$25.85 on Feb. 12.

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VANCOUVER — Trans Mountain says some interveners broke the National Energy Board’s rules when they presented oral arguments at recent hearings on the proposed pipeline expansion.

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contracts will be extended accordingly. Interest charges will not accrue during the first 60 days of the contract. After 60 days, interest starts to accrue and the purchaser will repay principal and interest over the term of the contract but not until 90 days after the contract date. Customers will be responsible for any required down payment, license, registration and insurance costs at time of contract. Some conditions apply. See your dealer for complete details. †0% purchase financing available on select new 2016 models to qualified customers on approved credit through

Discounts are offered on select 2016 vehicles and are deducted from the negotiated price before taxes. ★The Make No Financing Payments for 90 Days offer is available from February 1-29, 2016 and applies to retail customers who finance a new 2015/2016 Chrysler, Jeep, Dodge, Ram or FIAT vehicle (excludes 2015/2016 Dodge Viper and Alfa Romeo) at a special fixed rate on approved credit up to 96 months through Royal Bank of Canada and TD Auto Finance or up to 90 months through Scotiabank. Monthly/bi-weekly payments will be deferred for 60 days and

Wise customers read the fine print: *, ★, †, *, §, 5 The Cold Days Hot Deals Sales Event offers are limited time offers which apply to retail deliveries of selected new and unused models purchased from participating dealers on or after February 2, 2016. Offers subject to change and may be extended without notice. All pricing includes freight ($1,745) and excludes licence, insurance, registration, any dealer administration fees, other dealer charges and other applicable fees and taxes. Dealer order/trade may be necessary. Dealer may sell for less. *Consumer Cash

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ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS 403-347-8650 COCAINE ANONYMOUS 403-396-8298

LEIPER Ernest Alexander It is with a heavy heart the family of Ernest Alexander Leiper announces his passing at the Red Deer Regional Hospital on Saturday, February 13th, 2016 at the age of 84 years.

Ernest was born on November 21st, 1931 in Winnipeg, Manitoba. He is survived by his daughter Tracy (Michael Kambeitz) and their children, Bryce, Lexi and Tucker; and his daughter Barbara (Shawn).

He will be deeply missed by the many family and friends he met during his long and adventurous life. Ernie was a hardworking, honest man that lived every day to the fullest. He spent his youth sailing the Great Lakes with the Merchant Marines and his working career with CN Railway, retiring after 40 years of service. Ernie spent his summers with many of his friends on the greens of Elmhurst Golf and Country Club near Winnipeg and his winters at a hockey rink.

Ernie loved to tell stories and hear the stories of others. He was never afraid to speak his mind, tell the truth that you needed to hear and when you needed to hear it. He was a passionate man that was always the life of any party and believed that age was only a number not something to slow you down.

A Memorial Service will be held at the Eventide Funeral Chapel, 4820-45 Street, Red Deer, on Friday, February 19th, 2016 at 2:00 p.m. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made directly to the Heart & Stroke Foundation, 202, 5913 50 Avenue, Red Deer, AB, T4N 4C4.

Condolences may be forwarded to the family by visiting www.eventidefuneralchapels.com Arrangements entrusted to EVENTIDE FUNERAL CHAPEL 4820 - 45 Street, Red Deer.

Phone (403) 347-2222

McCARTHY, Kathryn (Kip) Elizabeth (nee Jarvis) Aug. 22, 1929 - Feb. 4, 2016 With the heaviest of hearts we announce the passing of our beloved wife, mother, grandmother and greatgrandmother. Born in Brantford, Ontario, Kathryn received her degree in Nursing from Toronto’s Wellesley Hospital in 1951. After graduation she relocated to Edmonton where she met her future husband Hugh McCarthy. Kathryn and Hugh married in June of 1953 and after stays in Edmonton and Calgary, settled permanently in Calgary in 1960 where they raised their two daughters. Kathryn later decided to return to the workforce and chose Real Estate as her profession.

She was a trailblazer for women, becoming the first female manager of a major Real Estate company, in all of Canada. Besides her loving husband of sixty-two years, Kathryn is survived by daughters; Anne Isbister (Robert Maxim) and Peggy (Frank) Lyall; grandchildren; Ashley (Matthew), Michael, Courtney and Ben; greatgrandchildren; Keira, Sydney, Colbie and Quinn; sisters Eleanor Calder and Jean Connor in addition to numerous nieces and nephews.

She was predeceased by her son-in-law Ken Isbister and brother Gordon Jarvis. A Celebration of Kathryn’s Life will be held at McINNIS & HOLLOWAY (Fish Creek, 14441 Bannister Road S.E., Calgary, AB) on Saturday, February 20, 2016 at 2:00 p.m.

Forward condolences through ww.mcinnisandholloway.com If friends so desire, memorial tributes may be made directly to the Alberta Cancer Foundation, c/o Tom Baker Cancer Centre, 1331 - 29 Street N.W., Calgary, AB T2N 4N2 Telephone:1 (866) 412-4222. www.albertacancer.ca/memorial In living memory of Kathryn McCarthy, a tree will be planted at Fish Creek Provincial Park by McINNIS & HOLLOWAY FUNERAL HOMES, Fish Creek, 14441 BANNISTER ROAD S.E. Telephone: 1-800-661-1599.

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EXECUTIVE ESTATE POLICE AUCTION Sunday February 21 10 am * Viewing 9 am LOCATION: Ridgewood Community Hall Partial List only 2007 Chevy Silverado, 2008 Pacific Coach Tango, Spurs, Collector Books, Mossberg Mod 146B 22 cal. (Valid PAL Required), Victorian Sofa, Antiques, Furniture, Driveway Gates, Tents, Misc., AND MUCH MORE.

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TRAILERS for sale or rent Job site, office, well site or storage. Skidded or wheeled. Call 347-7721.

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PH. Lyle 403-783-2275 LOGS Semi loads of pine, spruce, tamarack, poplar, birch.

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For All 403-885-5020 32” SONY TV $20, Addi Children's water cooler $15, 2 table Items lamps $5/ea., to give away, older fridge, works BABY DOLL, large, rooted well 403-346-6303 hair, sleep eyes, jointed DELUXE-size jewellery arms & legs. $15. box, made of cherry wood.

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CENTER 403-314-9603 403-885-5020 req’s a full time Registered Dental Assistant who is a motivated, committed and Restaurant/ passionate individual. We run a high paced practice Hotel where experience is an asset, but new grads are welcome. Must be avail. on evenings and one Sat. per month. Very rewarding position. Please send resume to: ebakleh@yahoo.com or apply within office.

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FEEDLOT in Central Alberta seeking F/T employee for feed truck operator and machinery maintenance. Send resume to fax: 403-638-3908 or e-mail to: dthengs@hotmail.com

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WOLF Patricia Nellie Patricia Nellie Wolf born on February 8th, 1936 passed away in Red Deer, Alberta on Thursday, February 11, 2016 at the age of 80 years. In Pat’s early years, she was a switchboard operator, a piano player in a local dance hall and a meteorologist for a local radio station in her hometown area before marrying Joe Wolf. After she and Joe divorced, she worked as a secretary while raising her three children and attended real estate school, with her goal of becoming a realtor.

She was very successful at this endeavor and was able to open her own real estate company, Patrician Realty in Red Deer.

Besides Pat’s many accomplishments in the real estate business, she was also known as a talented musician, able to play most instruments by ear. She was also an accomplished seamstress, a great cook and was known for her deep love of animals. Pat was a wonderful mother and grandmother, she will be greatly missed. She is survived by her loving children; Marty (wife Kathy), Jeff and Julie, and her grandson Ryan, who she was very proud of. Also surviving Pat are her two brothers; Bruce and Bud, sister-in-law, Margaret, and many nieces and nephews.

Her family would also like to extend a heartfelt thank you to her dear friend and business partner, Doug Wagar, who helped her in any way possible over the years of their friendship. A Memorial Service will be held at Eventide Funeral Chapel, 4820 45 Street, Red Deer on Saturday, February 20th, 2016 from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.

The family has requested that in lieu of flowers donations may be made directly to the Canadian Cancer Society, 101 6751 52 Avenue, Red Deer, Alberta, T4N 4K8.

Condolences may be forwarded to the family by visiting www.eventidefuneralchapels.com Arrangements entrusted to EVENTIDE FUNERAL CHAPEL 4820 - 45 Street, Red Deer.

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Explosion in Ankara kills at least 28

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ANKARA, Turkey — A car bomb went off in the Turkish capital Wednesday near vehicles carrying military personnel, killing at least 28 people and wounding 61 others, officials said.

The explosion occurred during evening rush hour in the heart of Ankara, in an area close to parliament and armed forces headquarters and lodgings. Buses carrying military personnel were targeted while waiting at traffic lights at an intersection, the Turkish military said while condemning the “contemptible and dastardly” attack.

“We believe that those who lost their lives included our military brothers as well as civilians,” Deputy Prime Minister Numan Kurtulmus said.

At least two military vehicles caught fire and dozens of ambulances were sent to the scene. Dark smoke could be seen billowing from a distance.

There was no immediate claim of responsibility, but Kurtulmus pledged that authorities would find those behind the bombing. He said the government had appointed seven prosecutors to investigate the attack, which he described as being “well-planned.”

Kurdish rebels, the Islamic State group and a leftist extremist group have carried out attacks in the country recently.

In October, suicide bombings blamed on IS targeted a peace rally outside the main train station in Ankara, killing 102 people in Turkey’s deadliest attack in years.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan condemned the bombing saying it exceeds all “moral and humane boundaries.”

Turkey is determined to fight those who carried out the attack as well as the “forces” behind the assailants, he said.

Photo by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Firefighters try to extinguish the flames at the scene of a car bomb detonation close to buildings of the Turkish military, in Ankara, capital of Turkey, Wednesday. At least five people were killed and another 10 were injured in the attack, Ankara governor Mehmet Kiliclar was cited as saying.

“Our determination to retaliate to attacks that aim against our unity and future grows stronger with every action,” Erdogan said.

“It must be known that Turkey will not refrain from using its right to self-defence at all times.”

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Kimoon also condemned the explosion and “hopes the perpetrators of this terrorist attack will be swiftly brought to justice,” U.N. spokesman Stephane Dujarric said.

Wednesday’s attack comes at a tense time when the Turkish govern-

ment is facing an array of challenges.

A fragile peace process with Kurdish rebels collapsed in the summer and renewed fighting has displaced tens of thousands of civilians.

Turkey has also been helping efforts led by the United States to combat the Islamic State group in neighbouring Syria, and has faced several deadly bombings in the last year that were blamed on IS. The Syrian war is raging along Turkey’s southern border. Recent airstrikes by Russian and Syrian forces have prompted tens of thousands of

Syrian refugees to flee to Turkey’s border. Turkey so far has refused to let them in, despite being urged to do so by the United Nations and European nations, but is sending aid to Syrian refugee camps right across the border.

Turkey, which is already home to 2.5 million Syrian refugees, has also been a key focus of European Union efforts to halt the biggest flow of refugees to the continent since World War II. Hundreds, sometimes thousands, of refugees leave every night from Turkey to cross the sea to Greece in smugglers’ boats.

U.S. accuses China amid signs of missiles on disputed island

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON — The United States warned Wednesday of rising tensions in the South China Sea after China appeared to have placed a surface-to-air missile system on a disputed island.

Taiwan’s defence ministry said that China had positioned anti-aircraft missiles on Woody Island in the Paracel chain, which is occupied by China but also claimed by Taiwan and Vietnam.

State Department spokesman Mark Toner said commercial satellite imagery appeared to indicate China has deployed a surface-to-air missile system. Another U.S. official gave a more direct confirmation of the deployment on Woody Island. The official, who was

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LATERAL Àling cabinet, wood grain, exc. cond. $60. ****SOLD**** SMALL Curio cabinet w/approx. 22 assorted small Holland brass $65. o.b.o; 50 peacock feathers, some white, for home decor or Áy Àshing hooks $1/ea, large Currier & Ives cookie cans $1.50/ea. o.b.o. 403-346-2231

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SOFA bed, Brand new, dark brown. $130.

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not authorized to discuss the information publicly and spoke on condition of anonymity, said it is unclear whether the deployment is intended for the long-term.

The deployment follows China’s building of new islands by piling sand atop reefs and then adding airstrips and military installations. The buildup is seen as part of Beijing’s efforts to claim virtually the entire disputed sea and its resources, which has prompted some of its wary neighbours to draw closer to the U.S. In Beijing, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi accused the media of hyping the issue and saying more attention should be paid to the “public goods and services” provided by China’s development of its maritime claims.

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3 BDRM. main level house, Johnstone Park. $1200 + d.d., 70% utils., avail. now, no pets.

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would have a “very serious conversation” with China on the issue in the next few days.

U.S. network Fox News reported that China had moved two batteries of the HQ-9 surface-to-air missile system, along with radar targeting arrays on Woody island.

HIS Jane’s Intelligence Review agreed with that conclusion in its assessment of commercial satellite imagery of the island. The review’s deputy editor Neil Ashdown said that depending on the version of the HQ-9 deployed, the system has a range of between 125 kilometres and 230 kilometres and would be the most advanced surface-to-air missile system currently deployed on land in the South China Sea. He described that as a significant military escalation.

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BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS HAMMERFEST, Norway — After hiding below the horizon for two long months, the sun has finally risen in Hammerfest, casting a pale pink hue over the Arctic landscape surrounding the world’s northernmost refugee shelter.

From her modest room, Huda al-Haggar admires the wonderland of snow and ice, a sight so different from her native Yemen, where a Saudi airstrike destroyed her home, forcing her to flee with her young son.

“It’s wonderful when I wake up in the morning and see this picture, the sea and the mountains. It’s a wonderful place,” the young woman says as 5-year-old Omar plays with Lego on her lap.

The wooden barracks where al-Haggar and her son live used to house oil workers until Europe’s migrant crisis reached the jagged shores of northern Norway, where the continent drops dramatically into the Arctic Ocean.

Waiting for their asylum claims to be processed, hundreds of people in emergency shelters in Hammerfest and neighbouring towns are slowly getting used to the extreme climate and unfamiliar customs of the High North.

They say they have adapted to the cold — the temperature rarely drops below minus 10 degrees C (14 F) along the coast, though it gets much colder further inland. It’s the darkness that throws them off.

Rami Saad, a 23-year-old Syrian from Damascus with a neatly groomed beard and tight slacks, says workers at the Hammerfest centre warned him about the polar night but he didn’t believe them until late November, when “suddenly there was no sun.”

The lack of daylight messed up his body clock, like the day when he rolled out of bed at 11 and ambled to the cafeteria to have lunch.

“But there was nobody there,” Saad

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In this photo taken Feb. 2, asylum seekers gather round a fire as they cook a meal overlooking the temporary Altnes camp refugee camp on the island of Seiland, northern Norway. Waiting for their asylum claims to be processed, hundreds of people in emergency shelters in Hammerfest and neighboring towns are slowly getting used to the extreme climate and unfamiliar customs of the High North. They say they have adapted to the cold — the temperature rarely drops below minus 10 degrees C along the coast, though it gets much colder further inland. It’s the darkness that throws them off. says, giggling. “It was 11 p.m.”

Few of the asylum-seekers expected to end up here, 280 miles (460 kilometres) north of the Arctic Circle, when they left their homelands in the Middle East, Africa and Asia to escape violence, poverty, forced marriages or armies they didn’t want to join.

Some were relocated by Norwegian authorities after entering the country from Sweden in the south. Others blazed a new trail into Western Europe by first entering Russia and then crossing its Arctic border with Norway.

More than 5,000 people, mostly Syrians and Afghans, used that route last year before the government tightened

the border in November and started deporting those who were not deemed to be in need of protection in Norway.

Though that’s just a trickle compared to the 1 million people who entered Europe last year from the south across the Mediterranean Sea, it forced Norwegian authorities to quickly set up migrant shelters in small towns separated by mile upon mile of untouched wilderness.

In Alta, a scenic two-hour drive to the south, the Northern Lights Hotel was converted into a shelter for unaccompanied minors. On Seiland island, a nature reserve west of Hammerfest, Stig Erland Hansen was asked to temporarily house dozens of asylum-seek-

ers in a remote lodge where he hosts adventure tourists during the summer.

“At first I thought it was crazy,” Hansen says, clasping a cup of black coffee inside the main cabin. “Is it possible to have people in darkness on an island?”

Not only was it possible, it was a big success, according to Hansen and Paal Mannsverk, who manages the camp, a cluster of wooden houses facing a pristine fjord. Reachable only by boat, the isolated location gives you a sense of being at the end of the world — or as Mannsverk put it: “north of the middle of nowhere.”

Yet the 36 asylum-seekers staying here, all but one from Afghanistan, seem surprisingly at ease. Hansen and Mannsverk say it’s because they try to keep them active: fishing, chopping wood, sledding, skiing, and hiking instead of just sitting around waiting for a decision by the Norwegian Immigration Directorate, which can take more than a year.

The camp on Seiland is a far cry from the crowded and jail-like migrant centres in some parts of Europe. Afghan children laugh and holler as they sled down the slope from the camp to the rocky shoreline, where men speaking Dari rinse fish caught in the icy fjord.

Later, as the sun drops behind the mountains, they will cook them over an open fire with onion, tomatoes, eggs and spices brought in from the mainland.

To some the contrast with the life they left behind is almost surreal.

“I was in Afghanistan, a country far away from here and now I’m in the north of Norway. I could never have imagined this,” says 20-year-old Zakria Sedequi.

He says he fled Afghanistan’s Maidan Wardak province after the Taliban tried to recruit him. An ugly scar over his left eyebrow suggests they didn’t ask nicely. Sedequi says they rammed the butt of a Kalashnikov rifle into his forehead. He documented the bloody mess with his cellphone camera.

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Pope Francis looks at his watch as he arrives for an outdoor Mass in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, Wednesday. Pope Francis is scheduled to wrap up his trip to Mexico on Wednesday with some of his most anticipated events: a visit in a Ciudad Juarez prison just days after a riot in another lockup killed 49 inmates and a stop at the Texas border when immigration is a hot issue for the U.S. presidential campaign.

Pope Francis urges governments to ‘open hearts’ to migrants

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico — In a moment filled with powerful political symbolism, Pope Francis prayed Wednesday at Mexico’s dusty northern border for the thousands of migrants who have died trying to reach the United States and appealed for governments to open their hearts, if not their borders, to the “human tragedy that is forced migration.”

“No more death! No more exploitation!” he implored.

It was the most poignant moment of Francis’ five-day trip to Mexico and one of the most powerful images in recent times: History’s first Latin American pope, who has demanded countries welcome people fleeing persecution, war and poverty, praying at the border between Mexico and El Paso, Texas, at a time of soaring anti-immigrant rhetoric in the U.S. presidential campaign.

Francis stopped short of calling for the U.S. to open its borders during a Mass celebrated just yards (meters) from the frontier. But in his homily, beamed live into the Sun Bowl stadium on the El Paso side, Francis called for “open hearts” and recognition that those fleeing gangland executions and extortion in their homelands are victims of the worst forms of exploitation.

“We cannot deny the humanitarian crisis which in recent years has meant the migration of thousands of people, whether by train or highway or on foot, crossing hundreds of kilometres through mountains, deserts and inhospitable zones,” he said. “They are our brothers and sisters, who are being expelled by poverty and violence, drug trafficking and organized crime.”

Francis also praised the work of activists who “are on the front lines, often risking their own lives” to help those caught up in the migration crisis.

“By their very lives, they are prophets of mercy,” he said.

And then, in a pointed message, Francis added a politically charged greeting to the 30,000 people gathered in the Sun Bowl to watch the simulcast on giant TV screens.

“Thanks to the help of technology, we can pray, sing and celebrate together this merciful love which the Lord

gives us, and which no frontier can prevent us from sharing,” Francis said.

“Thank you, brothers and sisters of El Paso, for making us feel like one family and the same Christian community.”

Immigrants gathered in El Paso said they were greatly moved by the pontiff’s words.

Angelica Ortiz, who was among some 500 people who were invited to be on the U.S. side, could barely speak after the pope’s prayer. “I’m overcome by emotion,” she said, “a lot of emotion.”

People at the Mass also expressed happiness with the pope’s message.

Wiping away tears, Angeles Arevalo said the pontiff’s call for compassion toward migrants would be heard on both sides of the border. “They are watching us from there as well,” she said, alluding to the simulcast in El Paso. Marielena Torres also felt Francis’ words could bring changes in attitudes about immigration: “He is the Holy Father, and he can help a lot.”

Francis, the son of Italian immigrants to Argentina, had wanted to cross the border in solidarity with other migrants when he visited the U.S. last fall. That wasn’t possible for logistical reasons, so he did the next best thing on Wednesday by coming within a stone’s throw of the fence to pray and lay a bouquet of flowers next to a large crucifix that is to remain at the site as a monument to his visit.

While migrant activists on both sides of the border cheered the gesture, Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump criticized it as a politicized and ill-informed move.

“I don’t think he understands the danger of the open border that we have with Mexico,” Trump said in an interview last week with Fox television. “I think Mexico got him to do it because they want to keep the border just the way it is. They’re making a fortune, and we’re losing.”

He and fellow GOP hopeful Sen. Ted Cruz have vowed to expel all the estimated 11 million immigrants in the U.S. illegally and build a wall along the border from Texas to California.

Asked to comment on the criticism, the Vatican spokesman, the Rev. Federico Lombardi, said the pope is concerned about the plight of migrants everywhere, not just in the United States.

CHAPIN, S.C. — A three-way feud among the Republicans’ leading White House contenders escalated Wednesday, with Republican Ted Cruz daring Donald Trump to sue him and dismissing Marco Rubio’s charges of dishonesty just days before South Carolina’s high-stakes primary.

Yet it was Rubio who may have scored the day’s biggest win as he secured the coveted endorsement of South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley. The popular governor said she was tasked with identifying the best candidate as she surveyed the crowded Republican field.

“If we elect Marco Rubio, every day will be a great day in America,” she said alongside the Florida senator during an evening rally in suburban Columbia. Haley’s endorsement did little to quiet the intensifying clash between Cruz, Trump and Rubio over alleged ethical violations in the days leading up to Saturday’s South Carolina contest.

On the Democratic side, Hillary Clinton, the former secretary of state, and Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders face off during the Nevada caucuses on Saturday. The South Carolina primary for them is on Feb. 27.

Cruz has been trying to beat back charges of dishonesty from Trump and Rubio for weeks. He shifted his defence to the next level during an afternoon news conference that highlighted his extensive legal training.

“You have been threatening frivolous lawsuits for your entire adult life,” said Cruz, a Harvard Law School graduate who served as Texas’ top lawyer, speaking directly to Trump. “Even in the annals of frivolous lawsuits, this takes the cake.”

Trump threatened earlier in the week to bring a defamation lawsuit against Cruz over a television ad that attacks the Republican front-runner’s conservative bona fides. Specifically, the ad features footage of the billionaire businessman in a 1999 interview supporting abortion rights. Trump now says he opposes abortion.

Trump’s attorney sent Cruz a letter Tuesday charging the ad was “replete with outright lies, false, defamatory and destructive statements” and saying Cruz could be held liable for damages if it’s not taken down.

Cruz on Wednesday said a lawsuit against the ad has no chance, and said he would like to take Trump’s deposition himself. He also announced plans to run the contested ad more frequently. The prospective legal battle marks another extraordinary step in the turbulent 2016 Republican primary season.

Polls suggest Trump continues to hold a big lead in South Carolina and in upcoming states, as Cruz works to rally the Republican Party’s most conservative wing and Rubio tries to consolidate mainstream Republicans behind his candidacy. Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush and Ohio Gov. John Kasich continue to battle for a spot at the table, while retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson struggles for relevancy.

Haley’s endorsement was a major setback for Bush in particular, who told NBC News on Monday that “she is the probably the most meaningful endorsement if there is” one in the state.

Suddenly backed by Haley, Rubio continued his assault against Cruz’s campaign tactics. He accused Cruz supporters of using “push polls” and creating a fake Facebook page wrongly claiming that South Carolina Rep. Trey Gowdy had switched his endorsement from the Florida senator to Cruz.

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From Kosovo to Kanye YOUNG REFUGEE GOES FROM FLEEING KOSOVO TO MODELLING THE CLOTHES OF KANYE WEST

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS HALIFAX — When she was eight, Hafiia Mira didn’t know what some mornings would bring as her family sought safety underground as bombs fell around them in Kosovo.

Now more than 15 years later, the 24-year-old model and aspiring fashion designer is revelling in newfound fame that has landed her centre stage in Kanye West’s orbit.

Mira just returned to her adopted home of Halifax from New York Fashion Week, where the former bartender modelled the wares of the musician and clothing designer.

She spoke to Alison Auld of The Canadian Press: CP: How did you end up on a stage at Madison Square Garden, modelling the clothes of Kanye West?

MIRA: I’ve grown up creating my own creations and one of my friends had gone to L.A. and had met up with Kanye and mentioned that I sew my own clothing. So it wasn’t even about the modelling to begin with. So he went on my Instagram and saw everything, and his representative sent me a bunch of emails.

CP: What did the emails say?

MIRA: It was just, ‘Hey, on behalf of Kanye West, we would like to invite you to New York and possibly work with us.’ That was last February and they flew me out that week. I got there and did castings and fittings and afterwards we did a photo shoot.

CP: What was it like to meet Kanye West?

MIRA: He was very, very friendly.

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Hafiia Mira is shown in a photo from her Instagram feed. The 24-year-old model and aspiring fashion designer is revelling in newfound fame that has landed her centre stage in Kanye West’s orbit.

He’s a great guy, very inspiring. I respect anyone that works hard and follows their passion. I was quite surprised that he already knew who I was before I had even talked to him.

CP: So you’ve worked for him three

times and recently attended the launch of a magazine of his clothing in New York?

MIRA: I went to the party and I walked in and to my surprise, I learned that I had been chosen to be on the cover of the magazine. It was really cool. They were like huge wall canvasses in this huge warehouse and a bunch of different photographers and artists were there.

CP: You must have seen some other high-profile people at these events.

MIRA: Yes, I’ve met all of the Kardashians, Justin Bieber, Kendrick Lamar, Drake, I’ve met a lot of musicians and the list goes on. They’re usually at the afterparties.

CP: What’s that world like?

MIRA: To be honest, it’s so hectic. I never thought I would be on the modelling side of it. I thought I would be the one creating the clothing and that is my ultimate plan. I just got very fortunate, so I’ve just been going along with everything.

CP: What’s it like to step off the plane in Halifax after all of that?

MIRA: Halifax is always my peace and my calm. I get to come back and relax and unwind and see my family and friends. Whether I go back home to Europe or to New York, anywhere I go I’m always glad to come back to Halifax.

CP: You were very young when you left Kosovo. What are your recollections of living there?

MIRA: I can tell you every single day that I lived there. It was extremely hard. My family lost everything. The one thing I wish I could tell people is, I wish they could appreciate everything they have here. They’re so fortunate

Claude Jutra’s name to be pulled from Quebec film awards

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS MONTREAL — Claude Jutra, the late filmmaker who epitomized Canadian cinematic excellence, had his name stripped from Quebec’s film awards Wednesday amid allegations he abused a boy for 10 years.

A day after the release of a Jutra biography that said he slept with boys believed to be 14 or 15, Montreal La Presse published a bombshell interview with a man who said Jutra’s abuse of him began at age six and included kissing, sexual touching, masturbation and oral sex.

The contents of the article proved too much for Culture Minister Helene David, who made it clear she wanted the group that oversees the province’s movie industry to yank Jutra’s name from the annual awards that honour the best in Quebec cinema.

Cinema Quebec’s verdict came down a few hours later.

“The testimony we read in La Presse was definitely a trigger in our decision,” Patrick Roy, head of the organization’s board of directors, told a news conference.

“I don’t feel like questioning the veracity of the account. It strikes me as very credible and it really shook me.”

David called Cinema Quebec’s move a “wise decision.”

She also requested a list of all the places in Quebec that bear Jutra’s name so municipalities can decide whether to keep them as is.

Some jurisdictions didn’t wait long before announcing their intention to erase all references to him.

Montreal Mayor Denis Coderre said the city would move to withdraw Jutra’s name from a downtown park as well as from a street in an east-end borough.

“In light of what we’ve seen this morning, I’ve always said you can’t defend the indefensible,” Coderre said after the decision by the city’s executive committee.

Quebec City and Levis, which is across the St. Lawrence River from the provincial capital, also intend to rename the Claude-Jutra Street in their respective cities.

Later on Wednesday, the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television, which hands out the Claude Jutra Award for the year’s best feature film by a first-time director, announced it was dropping his name.

“In light of recent developments, the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television will rename its Claude Jutra award to the Canadian Screen Award for Best First Feature,” Academy chair Martin Katz said in a statement.

That award, which began in 1993, is separate from the Quebec ones.

The controversy surrounding the filmmaker erupted ahead of a Jutra biography released on Tuesday. Author Yves Lever, a longtime cinema critic and professor, said the director “especially liked boys of 14 or 15 and even younger.”

The man interviewed by La Presse said Jutra was a friend of his parents when he was a boy.

“He would always bring me presents,” he said. “I was happy to see him.

I was a kid. I would jump on his back and he would make me roll over. Everyone had the impression it was good fun.”

The alleged victim said Jutra would lie beside him in his bed and ask for long hugs before he began touching the boy’s genitals.

He said the abuse then heightened over the years and involved masturbation and oral sex.

No new name has yet been set for the next gala, which is scheduled for March 20.

The film director, whose films included “Mon oncle Antoine” and “Kamouraska,” committed suicide in 1986 after battling Alzheimer’s disease. The film awards have been named after him for nearly 20 years.

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“HE’S A GREAT GUY, VERY INSPIRING. I RESPECT ANYONE THAT WORKS HARD AND FOLLOWS THEIR PASSION. I WAS QUITE SURPRISED THAT HE ALREADY KNEW WHO I WAS BEFORE I HAD EVEN TALKED TO HIM.” — HAFIIA MIRA here.

CP: Was there fighting taking place near your home?

MIRA: Yes, we hid, we left our home, we were underground with hundreds of other refugees. We could hear bombs all around us. It was absolutely crazy. My mom would prepare us every night. She would prepare us every night and we would have jackets on and food nearby that she would prepare the night before just in case we had to leave right away. My mom is the most incredible woman in the world.

CP: You have gone through a lot to get to this point.

What do think when you reflect on where you came from and where you are now?

MIRA: There was a moment when I was doing the first fashion show, it was pitch black, surrounded by a couple hundred people and I actually teared up and started to cry because I just could not believe where I had come from and all of the things that went into me just standing there alone and it was just quite overwhelming. sicians and artists who died in the previous year. Timolin Cole told The Associated Press on Wednesday that the producer of the award show, Ken Ehrlich, told the family of their plans to memorialize the singer who died on New Year’s Eve at the age of 65.

“We envisioned some kind of a tribute that isolated her that had some sort of significant time allotted for it,” Timolin Cole said. “It was just not reflective of her stature.”

Representatives for the Recording Academy did not immediately responded to email and phone messages requesting comment. Ehrlich told Billboard that he was taken aback by the family’s complaints and said he believed the tribute was appropriate.

Cole said she doesn’t want to take away from the other musicians who were given tributes that night, including B.B. King, Glenn Frey and David Bowie.

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Husband has turned into disgusting human Dear Annie: After more than 30 any suggestions? — Frat Boy’s Wife years, my husband has turned into one Dear Wife: We have a few. disgusting human being. He retired If you don’t communicate clearly on disability some time ago, with your husband, he will and has slowly gone from not know how you feel. Tell a very intelligent man to a him you have lost all rehuman cesspool. spect for him. Insist he see He burps loudly and his doctor to find out why thinks his flatulence is he cannot control his bodily amusing, and he believes functions, since this change that I should just put up in his previous behavwith both. ior could indicate a small After years of trying to stroke or dementia. (That be a supportive spouse, might get his attention.) this is the thanks I get. It’s Tell him you are ready to not funny to me any longer, walk out the door, because but I don’t have the nerve that is an easy way not to MITCHELL to tell him that I’ve lost all have him in your life. And & SUGAR respect for him. I cannot if you truly mean it, you bring friends to the house ought to do it. Otherwise, ANNIE because of his boorish beabsent yourself as much as havior, which I suspect is possible. Go out to dinner just what he wants. with friends and leave him I used to admire my husband. Now at home.

I wouldn’t care if something happened Find a hobby that gets you out of to him, if you know what I mean. If I the house. Take long vacations to see had one wish, it would be not to have the relatives. Book a trip with a tour him in my life any longer. Do you have group.

Thursday Feb. 18 go — don’t work yourself into a lather being CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DAY: Yo- practical and disciplined today. Attend to urko Ono, 82; John Travolta, 61; Matt Dillon, 51 gent business first, then enjoy some relaxing THOUGHT OF THE DAY: The stars fa- quality time with family and friends. vour spirituality, creativity and compassion.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Don’t get stuck HAPPY BIRTHDAY: Sometimes others in a comfy Libran rut! It’s time to ditch your mistake your shyness for aloofness. 2016 usual routine and do something different. If is the year to feel more conyou’ve got the day off, getting outnected to those around you ñ side will lift your spirits and boost mentally, emotionally and spiryour creativity. itually.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): ARIES (March 21-April It’s a great day to catch up social19): You’re full of enthusiasm ly with friends and workmates. and are keen to help others, Creativity is also highlighted, but but don’t make promises you you need to be adaptable to keep know you won’t keep. Your up with surprises and last minute fertile imagination and creativchanges. ity are firing, so put them to SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. good use.

21): You’ll find there is plenty you TAURUS (April 20-May can do to help a family member 20): Fabulous work opportuwho’s going through a rough patch.

JOANNE MADELINE nities are all around, but you Put judgment to one side - the MOORE must reach out and grab them main thing you need is an open or they will pass you by. Work and compassionate heart.

HOROSCOPE hard to turn a short-term opCAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. portunity into a lucrative long19): You’re keen to communicate, term success. as you bounce ideas off others and GEMINI (May 21-June 20): When it enjoy stimulating conversations and compacomes to stalled projects and delayed ny. dreams, you need to be patient and take a You’ll also favour deep personal conneclong-term view. Interacting with work col- tions over superficial chit-chat. leagues - in creative and fun ways - brings AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): With Vebenefits today. nus in your sign, be a passionate Aquarian, CANCER (June 21-July 22): Many Crabs and pamper your partner with extra TLC. Sinwill get deep and meaningful with loved ones gles — you’re at your flirtatious best as you today — plus uncover a secret or two! The attract admirers like bees to a honey-pot. more time, energy and work you put into relaPISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): You’re at tionships, the more they will blossom. your compassionate and creative best today, LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): When the Moon’s as you express yourself artistically, or help in Cancer it boosts your Cat creativity, as you someone in need. If you have unanswered tap into inspiration from your unconscious questions, let your intuition be your guide. mind and dreams. Make sure you share your Joanne Madeline Moore is an internationinsights and ideas with others. ally syndicated astrologer and columnist. Her VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Virtuous Vir- column appears daily in the Advocate.

Many couples find a modicum of contentment living independent lives when too much closeness becomes suffocating.

Dear Annie: I’m writing about “Crying Mother,” who wondered why her once loving daughter-in-law now seems cold and distant. I could be that daughter-in-law. It’s possible that it’s not a personal issue at all. It may be a life-stage issue.

When my children were young, I regularly saw my mother, as she provided care for them when I was at work part time. We regularly had dinners with my in-laws and visits with my parents as the kids enjoyed it and I had plenty of time.

In the past few years, I’ve gone back to work full time. My children are older and are involved with music, sports, church, scouts and other activities. I see my family twice a month and on holidays. I see my in-laws roughly the same amount.

This is not distance or estrangement. It’s time management. There are only so many hours to go around.

We still make time for family, but it is definitely different than when the kids were little and had no activities.

My parents, in-laws and I communicate well most of the time, but with less communication, there may be less understanding. — Juggling It All Dear Juggling: You have made some excellent points. Grandparents often don’t understand (and can resent) the time kids spend in various activities and with their friends.

Kids tend to become increasingly busy the older they get, and although they love their grandparents, they prefer to be with their classmates. Divorced parents often have similar issues.

Open communication is important so that there are fewer negative assumptions.

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.

A DIFFERENT WOODPECKER

Photo by RICK TALLAS/Freelance

The larger of two look alikes, the Hairy Woodpecker is a small but powerful bird that forages along trunks and main branches of large trees. It wields a much longer bill than the Downy Woodpecker’s almost thornlike bill. Hairy Woodpeckers have a somewhat soldierly look, with their erect, straight-backed posture on tree trunks and their cleanly striped heads. Look for them at backyard suet. This one was viewed along Mckenzie Trails.

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Alberta study suggests fluoridation of water cuts cavities

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS CALGARY — A published report suggests a decision by the City of Calgary in 2011 to stop adding fluoride to its water supply has had a negative impact on children’s dental health in Alberta’s largest city.

The report — published Wednesday in the journal Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology — shows Calgary children have more than twice as many cavities as their counterparts in Edmonton, where fluoridation continues.

Researchers have also found that Calgary kids have more health issues with their baby teeth than those in the provincial capital.

While there was a general increase in tooth decay in both cities between 2004 and 2005, and again between 2013 and 2014, the increase was greater in Calgary. Children in Calgary have an average of nine cavities and those in Edmonton have just over four.

The study’s lead author, Dr. Lindsay McLaren at the University of Calgary, says the findings suggest there are public health benefits to fluoridation.

“This study points to the conclusion that tooth decay has worsened following removal of fluoride from drinking water, especially in primary teeth, and it will be important to continue monitoring these trends,” said McLaren.

Researchers compared the dental health of Grade 2 children in Edmonton and Calgary and looked for an increase in tooth decay on the surfaces of their teeth.

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They found there was a worsening in the decay of baby teeth in Calgary children since fluoridation was stopped. The number of tooth surfaces with decay per child increased by 3.8 surfaces in Calgary, compared to an increase of 2.1 surfaces per child in Edmonton.

Scientists say the average child of this age has about 20 teeth, with four or five surfaces per tooth.

The report said several different factors could be behind the rise in tooth decay in both cities, including shifting economic conditions in Alberta, an increase in the ethnic diversity in both cities and an uptick in the consumption of unfluoridated bottled water. Many dentists said they have seen an increase in the number of cavities in Calgary children since fluoride was removed.

“We’re seeing much more extensive dental decay in a much younger population than we had seen when fluoride was in our water,” said Dr. Leonard Smith. “The fact that our city had chosen to remove the fluoride has been one of the most anti-public health measures ever in Calgary.”

Adding fluoride to public drinking water started in the mid-1940s and is seen as a way of improving dental health at the population level. Edmonton introduced the practice in 1967, while Calgary started it in 1991.

Removing fluoride from drinking water is a debate facing many communities in North America and according to the study, more than 30 communities have decided to discontinue the practice since 2005.

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