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Cancer society office closing

BY SUSAN ZIELINSKI ADVOCATE STAFF Another Canadian Cancer Society community office is closing — this time it’s in Red Deer.

According to a letter from Alberta executive director Dan Holinda, the Red Deer office will close

Dec. 16 due to a steady decline in walk-in traffic, but services to cancer patients will continue in the community.

More people contact the society online and money saved from closing the office will be redirected to research and patient support.

The Alberta and Northwest Territories branch of the society closed its Lethbridge and Yellowknife

offices on Sept. 30 for the same reasons.

The lease was also expiring soon for Red Deer office located at 101-6751 52nd Ave. The Advocate was unable to get a comment on the upcoming closure from Canadian Cancer Society.

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Chew On This! gets people talking about poverty

BY SUSAN ZIELINSKI ADVOCATE STAFF Central Alberta Poverty Reduction Alliance hosted a noon-hour Chew On This! event on Monday to get Red Deerians thinking and talking about poverty.

Two hundred brown paper bags containing an apple and information were distributed to people on the street near Ross Street Patio to raise awareness about the realities for those living in poverty and food insecurity.

“We just want to bring awareness. Help people understand more about it so they feel more empowered to do something, as small or big as that can be,” said Harrison Blizzard, CAPRA Food Security Action Committee Chair during Red Deer’s first Chew On This! organized by CAPRA. Please see POVERTY on Page A8

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Nana Sam along with Ian, 4, and Aaliyah, 2, were among 200 people who received apples and information from Central Alberta Poverty Reduction Alliance volunteer Dena Okhifoh during the Chew On This! event on Ross Street on Monday.

Tears, tributes pour in for Prentice in Parliament

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — Tributes to former federal cabinet minister and Alberta premier Jim Prentice are pouring in days after he and three others died in a plane crash, from tearful memories shared on Parliament Hill to quietly hand-written messages.

Interim Conservative Leader Rona Ambrose choked back tears as she spoke about Prentice in the House of Commons on Monday.

“He was a true gentleman politician — kind and possessing a love of public policy and public service,” she said. “That was true, whether he was in opposition or on the government benches in this House or, of course, working for the people of Alberta as the province’s 16th premier.

“His loss is Alberta’s loss but it’s also Canada’s loss. We hope his loved ones find strength in each other — even in their grief — and that Jim’s memory will be a blessing to them in time.”

After a moment of silence for Prentice, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said everyone on both sides of the House feels the loss.

“We will all miss his intelligence, honesty, thoughtfulness and the kindness he brought to his work. Jim was a man of deep convictions, who dedicated his life to public service, to the people of Alberta and to all Canadians,” Trudeau said.

“I cherish the time I spent working with Jim and will always remember his kind, thoughtful manner.”

In Calgary, people were stopping at the downtown provincial building to sign books of condolence set up in the foyer. Books were also filling up at the leg-

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Members of the public sign a book of condolence for former Alberta premier Jim Prentice at the MacDougall Centre in Calgary on Monday. islature in Edmonton and on the province’s website.

“I just thanked Jim for his focus and purpose and passion to serve the Canadian people, to serve Albertans and his drive to leave everything that he touched a little bit better than when he first started,” said Travel Alberta CEO Royce Chwin, after penning a message at Calgary’s McDougall Centre.

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KELOWNA, B.C. — The Transportation Safety Board renewed its call Monday for flight data or cockpit voice recorders to be carried on smaller planes after a jet crash in B.C. last week that killed four people including former Alberta premier Jim Prentice.

Without the recorders, the board says the investigation into the crash last Thursday near Kelowna of the Cessna Citation jet will be “particularly challenging.”

“As early as 1991, the board made a recommendation calling for the upgrade of flight recorder requirements,” Kathy Fox, the board’s chairwoman, said in a statement.

“This latest accident is another reminder of how important these recorders are. If we are to get to the underlying causes of these tragic accidents, Transport Canada and the aviation industry need to take immediate action to address this outstanding safety issue.”

The plane involved in the crash, owned by Norjet Inc., was not equipped with voice or data recorders. It was not required to carry the devices.

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Breakfast to support Christmas charities

BY MARY-ANN BARR ADVOCATE STAFF Local Christmas charities are hoping a new event will take off to eventually become the super success it is in Vancouver.

The new event — the Christmas ‘WE’RE ALWAYS Wish Breakfast — LOOKING FOR will support the herculean efforts SOMETHING NEW of the main agen. . . . IT MIGHT BE cies that help out Red Deer families A REALLY GOOD in need at ChristTHING.’ mas.

The breakfast, — TERESA KUTYNEC classified as a prePRESIDENT, RED DEER CHRISTMAS BUREAU mier event, will be on Sunday, Nov. 20, at the Black Knight Inn and will focus on donations that help children. The costs of the event are being covered by the Black Knight Inn, Stantec and IFR Workwear.

Anyone who brings a new unwrapped toy will sit down to a free hot breakfast buffet, and the spirit of helping those in need at Christmas time.

Cash donations for the Christmas Bureau and Salvation Army will also be accepted. A charitable receipt will be provided if requested.

The first Christmas Wish Breakfast will also feature local choirs and Santa, and runs from 8 to 11 a.m.

Last year, the Red Deer Christmas Bureau and Red Deer Salvation Army served a record number of 4,500 people in need. Given the continued sluggish Alberta economy, that number is expected to grow this year.

A similar Christmas Wish breakfast event that began about 30 years ago in Vancouver has grown into a major charitable event in that city. Last year the Pan Pacific Vancouver Christmas Wish Breakfast was attended by over 5,000 people who donated over 17,000 tonnes of toys, 1,000 bikes and $22,000 in cash.

Teresa Kutynec, Red Deer Christmas Bureau president, said Monday that the bureau is not directly involved in the breakfast but they were consulted and “we’re just lucky enough to be the recipients.”

“We’re always looking for something new. … It might be a really good thing.”

She said the breakfast is hoping to tap into those families that may not donate now but are looking to, and this is an easy way to do it.

Kutynec said it’s hoped that about 300 people will attend the Red Deer event, including perhaps the church crowd.

The Red Deer Christmas Bureau has been slowly gearing up since the beginning of October. They expect to be going all week by November, and are beginning to sort through donated Christmas trees and ornaments from summer garage sales. These are given to families in need.

Last year the bureau served an extra 350 children, 1,345 in total. “I assume we will have at least that,” Kutynec said.

They will start taking applications on Nov. 7, she said, and they are looking for volunteers. Anyone who wants to help can call the Christmas Bureau main number, which is 403-347-2210, and ask for the volunteer co-ordinator. barr@reddeeradvocate.com

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Paramedics Kalvin Jones, left, and Darryl Morin, right, stand with Saskatchewan Lieutenant Governor Vaughn Solomon at the Investiture of Bravery Awards at Government House in Regina, Sask., on Monday. The paramedics were awarded bravery medals for their response during the Jan. 22, 2016, school shooting in La Loche, Sask.

Trial delayed after accused shot

BY PAUL COWLEY ADVOCATE STAFF A man wounded in a Friday night shooting was to have gone on trial for drug trafficking on Monday.

The trial was to have started in the morning but the court was told Scott Stephen Fitzgerald was in hospital being treated for his wounds. He showed up in the afternoon, but the trial was adjourned by Red Deer provincial court Judge Gordon Yake.

Red Deer RCMP said at about 11:30 p.m. on Friday a man turned up at Red Deer Regional Hospital Centre. He had been shot in the abdomen with buckshot pellets.

Police have interviewed the victim but have not yet determined the location of the shooting and do not have descriptions of suspects at this time. RCMP continue to investigate and do not believe the incident was random.

Fitzgerald and a co-accused, Shawn Barry Steier, were scheduled to begin a two-day trial on Monday on several charges of possession of drugs for the purpose of trafficking, possessing property obtained by crime, unauthorized possession of a firearm (shotgun), and using a firearm for the commission of an offence.

The two were arrested in September 2015 at an RCMP traffic stop.

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Yake closely questioned Fitzgerald, who does not have a lawyer, whether he could sit through a trial and potentially cross-examine witnesses.

“I doubt it,” he said, adding soon after, “I feel like I’m going to pass out now.”

Later, Fitzgerald lifted his blue prison overalls to reveal to the judge a large dressing on the left side of his stomach and ribs.

Yake ruled that Fitzgerald’s ability to stand trial would be affected by his injury, for which he had been given morphine. The judge also wanted to give the accused time to find a lawyer.

Steier’s lawyer, Maurice Collard, had argued against delaying the trial for his client. While co-accused, a trial could be held for Steier without Fitzgerald, he said.

“Mr. Fitzgerald’s situation is entirely different than Mr. Steier’s situation,” Collard said at one point.

Federal Crown prosecutor Dave Inglis was concerned that splitting the trial into two separate trials for the co-accused risked an “adverse ruling” in which there can be two different judgments despite the same basic facts.

Both of the accused are expected to return to court on Friday so the judge can get an update on whether Fitzgerald is making progress in getting a lawyer through Legal Aid. pcowley@reddeeradvocate.com members of the community to help improve quality and accountability of health services.

New members are: Desiree Bauer, of Red Deer, Melanie Hassett, of Stettler, Faith Pilgrim, of Rimbey, Debra Murphy, of Bluffton, Kim Kornylo-Walton, of Sundre, Phyllis Loewen, of Rocky Mountain House, Carole Tkach, of Coronation, Robert Long, of Three Hills, and Marie Cornelson, of Drayton Valley.

They join Heather Donald, of Sylvan Lake, Sandra Doze, of Westerose, Terry Johnston, of Hanna, and Janice Lockhart of Wetaskiwin.

The council has two vacancies.

Councils convene four to six times per year in communities across the province.

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Conference bars The Rebel

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS Ezra Levant is hoping Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will go to bat for his conservative online publication The Rebel, after he says it was barred from a United Nations climate conference.

Levant says The Rebel applied for credentials for three journalists to attend the UN climate conference known as COP22 in Marrakech, Morocco, in November.

The application was made a month ago and he didn’t expect a problem, he says, because thousands of credentials are typically issued.

But when the response came about two weeks ago, it stated that the application was denied because credentials aren’t issued for advocacy media outlets, he says.

“We felt for sure we’d be accredited because almost anyone is. They had 3,000 journalists accredited last time, including bloggers, including activists, community organizers,” Levant said.

“What we have here is the United Nations, whose own Universal Declaration of (Human) Rights includes freedom of the press, banning the one journalistic group they find offensive.”

The Rebel got its lawyer to write a letter explaining that the organization has 21 full-time journalists, and also obtained letters of support from the

Local BRIEFS Nevis man facing child porn, animal cruelty charges A 25-year-old Nevis man has been charged with sexually exploiting a child and cruelty to animals.

Charges were laid after an investigation by the province’s ALERT Internet Child Exploitation team with help from Stettler RCMP. The accused came under investigation after he allegedly uploaded child sexual exploitation material via a social media account.

Nevis is about 25 km west of Stettler.

“A preliminary examination found a significant amount of child sexual exploitation material and offences involving his pet dog,” say police in a news release. The dog was seized and taken to a local veterinary clinic.

Investigators also seized three unsecured firearms and a number of electronic devices from the home.

The suspect was arrested on Oct. 12 in Byemoor, about 70 km southeast of Stettler.

The man is charged with: cruelty to animals, making bestiality, accessing child exploitation materials, making available child exploitation materials, making child pornography, possession of a prohibited weapon and three counts of unsafe storage of a firearm.

A suspect’s home in Nevis was searched.

Anyone with information about this investigation, or any child exploitation offence is encouraged to contact local police or www.cybertip.ca, a national tip line for reporting online sexual exploitation of children.

ALERT (Alberta Law Enforcement Response Teams) was established by the province to bring together enforcement resources committed to tackling serious and organized crime.

Hepburn, Fredeen honoured for work in preserving history Two Central Albertans have received outstanding achievement awards for their work in preserving Alberta’s history.

Don Hepburn of Red Deer and Howard Fredeen of Lacombe were honoured on Friday with Alberta Historical Resources Foundation Heritage

‘WHAT WE HAVE HERE IS THE UNITED NATIONS, WHOSE OWN UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF (HUMAN) RIGHTS INCLUDES FREEDOM OF THE PRESS, BANNING THE ONE JOURNALISTIC GROUP THEY FIND OFFENSIVE.’ — EZRA LEVANT

Canadian Association of Journalists and PEN Canada, Levant said.

But as of Monday — the deadline for accreditation — they said they received no other response.

Levant said he hadn’t asked for help from the Canadian government before because he was hoping the issue could be worked out quietly before the deadline. But he said he’s now seeking assistance from Trudeau and Environment Minister Catherine McKenna.

“I know Justin Trudeau doesn’t agree with The Rebel. I know that. But he should stand up for Canadian values like freedom of the press at the UN.” Nicholas Nuttall, a spokesman for the UN Framework Convention on Climate Conference, said the organization tries hard to make sure those who get accreditation are genuine media rather than advocacy groups or non-governmental organizations pre-

tending they’re media.

“We had never heard of Rebel Media before but we looked at their website and, to be honest, they seemed to be in the bracket of being something of a one person band espousing an individual’s view of the world rather than being a serious media operation,” Nuttall said in an email.

“Some of the headlines seemed to verge on extremism as well.”

Levant called Nuttall’s response outrageous and said it amounts to political censorship.

“He’s acting like he works for Saudi Arabia, Russia, China, places like that, where politicians censor journalists whose “viewpoints” they don’t like,” Levant said.

Levant said The Rebel’s three reporters still intend to travel to Morocco to report on the climate conference, and will shout questions at delegates as they enter the meeting if they have to.

Awards.

The biennial awards honour the contributions of individuals, organizations, businesses and municipalities actively engaged in heritage preservation and conservation in the categories of Outstanding Achievement, Heritage Conservation, Heritage Awareness, and Municipal Heritage Preservation.

Among Hepburn’s many achievements, he is one of the founding members of the Central Alberta Historical Society. “His knowledge and passion have helped to sustain the organization as one of the most active in the province. … His dedication is seen in numerous heritage-related efforts volunteering his time freely for projects including the Central Alberta Heritage School Fairs, Red Deer Centennial Committee and Remembering the Children, an Alberta Culture and Tourism release said.

Fredeen has been involved as writer and editor in the six volumes of local history. He is both a founder and committed member of the Lacombe and District Historical Society.

Dr. Fredeen has not only worked to preserve history, but has made some of his own, recognized with both the Genetics Society of Canada Award for Excellence and the American Board of Human Development’s National Health Development Award for his work in the human genetic fields.

“The biennial awards honour the contributions of individuals, organizations, businesses and municipalities actively engaged in heritage preservation and conservation in the categories of Outstanding Achievement, Heritage Conservation, Heritage Awareness, and Municipal Heritage Preservation.”

A total of 58 awards have been presented since the program was reintroduced in 2005.

The RDPL has been nominated for a Heritage Recognition Award for its Centennial Children’s book, More Than Cobwebs and Dust by Laural Grimes, illustrated by Lorlie Vuori. The award ceremony is 1:30 p.m., Oct. 21, at Red Deer County council chambers.

Authors, artists on tap for Canadian Library month Programs including several authors and artists are being presented by the Red Deer Public Library during October, which is Canadian Library Month.

Canadian children’s author Helaine Becker, who has written more than 70 books, will be presenting on Oct. 22 at the Downtown Branch from 11 a.m. to noon.

Local tattoo artist Lucas Ford of Classic Tattoo will be featured Oct. 27 from 7 to 8:30 p.m. at the downtown branch.

This year’s programs are based on the 2016 winning title The Outside Circle: A Graphic Novel by Pattie LaBoucane-Benson, art by Kelly Mellings. An evening with the two will be held at the Weilikoklad Centre, Oct. 28, from 6:30 to 9 p.m.

Red Deer makes pages of Harrowsmith’s Almanac 2017 Red Deer author Jon Chan Simpson has put his hometown on the map — or at least into the pages of Harrowsmith’s Almanac 2017.

The writer of the well-reviewed Chinkstar debut novel was asked to talk about the community he hails from for Harrowsmith’s annual Small Ponds feature, which celebrates smallish communities.

Simpson, who is now a Toronto resident, joins such Alberta celebrities as Ian Tyson, Tom Jackson, Beckie Scott, Tantoo Cardinal and Corb Lund who highlighted the towns where they grew up in former issues.

They’ll also ask Canadian delegates how they can participate in a conference that violates Canadian values such as free speech, he said.

Finally, they’ll ask Canadian journalists what they think.

“How do you feel about the fact that you are UN-approved and that’s why you’re let in? Do you feel independent?” Levant said.

It’s not the first time The Rebel has been denied accreditation. Attempts

by Alberta’s NDP government to deny a Rebel reporter the ability to ask questions at the legislature earlier this year prompted the province to request a review of who is a journalist and who isn’t.

That review, compiled by Heather Boyd, a former Western Canadian bureau chief for The Canadian Press who now works for the government’s public affairs bureau, determined reporters should be the ones who make the call.

In Alberta’s case, the review stated it should be the legislature’s press gallery.

Nuttall said decisions on accreditation aren’t easy to make with the explosion of new, online media. He said there’s only so much space at the conference.

“In the end, it’s a judgment,” Nuttall said.

Some of Simpson’s answers to the almanac’s questions are pretty humorous — such as when he expressed that he thinks of Red Deer the way most 17-year-olds feel about their parents: “resentful, appreciative, inextricably connected.”

Three Mile Bend was identified as his favourite nature walk. As for best date spot, Simpson, who left the city after graduating from Lindsay Thurber Comprehensive High School, noted his lack of youthful romantic opportunities. “Loveless awkward teenager (equals) zero dates. So I guess I’d say anywhere someone is willing to date you.”

Harrowsmith’s Almanac 2017 is billed as Canada’s only home-grown almanac. The 2017 edition of the annual publication, which made its national debut a decade ago, is already on newsstands.

Chinkstar, published by Coach House Books in 2015, is set in a parallel-universe kind of Red Deer, where rap battles are fought between rival Asian rappers. It’s available from most booksellers.

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THE ADVOCATE Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2016

I like the carbon tax because it makes me money to income, so families like ours will be ahead of the game.

What’s not to like?

In the past, I had calculated the economic benefit of my riding a bike to work to be worth about $1,000 a year as a tax-free increase in my disposable income. With the added cost of a carbon tax, if you decide to bike to work for the nine or 10 months of the year when it’s easily feasible in 2017, that benefit would rise.

Who doesn’t want an extra $1,000 of spending money a year, plus another $200 or $300 cash rebate from the government for the privilege of not burning so much fuel? Well, in Alberta — and Saskatchewan — a lot of people don’t.

There are yard signs in Red Deer saying Kill the Carbon Tax. Apparently, these people don’t like their money.

Saskatchewan premier Brad Wall declared the proposed federal carbon tax will siphon $2.5 billion out of his province, once it is fully implemented by 2022. That statement has been rated as Mostly Baloney by CBC’s fact-checking site, Baloney Meter.

That’s because there are two sides to the taxation coin, something most business lobbies and even the Canadian Taxpayers Federation don’t cite as often as they should. There’s the taking with one hand and the spending with the other. There’s also the social benefit of the purposes behind taxes, which

GREG NEIMAN OPINION

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hen it comes to discussions about taxes and public policy, everyone gets to grind their own axe. So why not me?

Well-funded business lobbies — and there are plenty of them — push their agendas for lowered taxes. The Canadian Taxpayers Federation claims to represent my interests as an ordinary citizen, but they’ve never asked me what my interests might be.

For my part, I support a carbon tax both in my home province of Alberta, and federally. Not just for environmental reasons, or to improve Alberta’s and Canada’s image regarding climate change. No, I want a carbon tax, because under the rules explained to me so far, I’ll make out like a bandit.

In fact, I can hardly wait for January to arrive so our household can collect its first $300 rebate cheque.

We’ve already invested in energy-saving technology in our little home, so the increase in utility and gasoline costs that we will see as a result of carbon levies ought to be much less than those of other less efficient households. Carbon taxes are linked to energy consumption but rebates are linked

viewed globally, are worth money.

The federal government has vowed that the money taken in carbon taxes from the provinces will be returned to the provinces. Brad Wall, like all premiers, can allot that money as he sees fit.

He could lower business taxes if he thinks that’s a good idea. The Alberta government will lower its own small business tax from three per cent to two, once our carbon tax comes into effect. Who doesn’t like a two-per-cent tax rate?

In fact, over the weekend, a Globe and Mail article put forward numbers suggesting that each dollar increase in business taxes produce between three and five dollars in losses to business.

If that’s so, then the $865 million the Alberta government intends to allocate toward our small business rate cut should produce a rather hefty return.

Raising the $9.6 billion Alberta says it will collect over the next five years is one thing, deciding how that money is spent is another.

Right now, what we’ve got is pretty vague: $6.2 billion to diversify the energy industry and create new jobs, plus $3.4 billion in rebates to businesses and communities (I hope that means municipalities). And to households, which means me.

And that’s the part that should be getting the scrutiny.

Years ago, Alberta put a levy on car and truck tires. It’s a tax. The spending of that levy to find innovative ways to recycle those tires has been widely hailed as a money-saving, job-producing success. The costly effort of a previous Alberta government to capture and store carbon dioxide has not been hailed as a money-saving, job-producing success. Let’s just leave it at that.

Not every government initiative succeeds. So we need vigilance to see that we get not just a revenue-neutral carbon tax, but a profitable one. Rather than griping about a tax — which is easy — we need to be able to judge the financial return.

I get a good financial return from leaving my car in the garage as much as possible, and walking or cycling on my daily commutes. With the carbon tax, I fully expect that return to increase. Multiplied throughout the province, such a small change has been studied and shown to potentially save families and municipalities many millions of dollars every year.

If business can lobby for its narrow interests in the making of tax policy, why can’t I? Bring on the carbon tax, I say. I have plans for the money.

Greg Neiman is a former Advocate editor.

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Banning HFCs: Too late and too slow GWYNNE DYER OPINION

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he chief source of new problems is solutions to old problems. The ammonia that we used in domestic fridges as a coolant in the early 20th century was poisonous if it leaked, so in the 1930s we replaced it with chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs), which you can breathe all day without harm. Problem solved.

Unfortunately, it turned out that CFCs, when they leaked, eventually rose into the stratosphere where they began destroying ozone. The ozone layer is the only thing protecting us from the Sun’s harmful ultraviolet radiation, so countries responded quickly in the 1980s when scientists discovered a spreading “ozone hole” over the Antarctic.

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tion of CFCs from all industrial processes by 1996. The deadline was met, and the latest projection is that the ozone layer will recover to 1980 levels between 2050 and 2070. Problem solved.

Unfortunately, the CFCs were replaced in most fridges and air-conditioning units by hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs). They don’t hurt the ozone, but they are very powerful warming agents – 10,000 times more powerful than the same volume of carbon dioxide – when they escape into the atmosphere.

HFC leakage from air conditioners alone will raise the global average temperature by half a degree Celsius by mid-century. When all the world’s government are pledged to stop the warming before it reaches plus 2 degrees Celsius, and we are already well past plus one degree Celsius, an extra half a degree is a lot.

So we needed another miracle like the Montreal Protocol – and now we have it. On Oct. 15, in Kigali in Rwanda, almost 200 countries signed an agreement to curb the use of HFCs being used. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry called it “the single most important step we could take at this News News tips 403-314-4333 Sports line 403-343-2244 News fax 403-341-6560 Sports reporter 403-314-4338

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moment to limit the warming of our planet.”

Well, yes it is, but you are probably noticing a pattern in all this. It’s not so much that we keep getting it wrong. It’s the time it takes to put it right: a century so far, and we’ll still be at it for at least another 30 years before all the HFCs are out of the system.

When you read the fine print of the Kigali Amendment, it turns out that the United States (the second-biggest HFC polluter), the European Union, and some other rich countries will have to achieve their first 10 per cent cut in HFC production by 2019 – but the schedule for further cuts is not clearly defined, apart from the fact that they must be down by 85 per cent by 2036. (That’s 20 years from now.)

The majority of the world’s countries – including China, the biggest polluter – will only have to freeze their production level in 2024. (At the moment, their production of HFCs is going up by an average of 16 per cent a year, which means it could almost triple by 2024.)

The first 10 per cent cut by these countries is only due in 2029, and it will be 10 per cent of whatever they

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are producing five years from now – possibly double the current amount.

They will then make further cuts in 2030-2045, getting production of HFCs down by 85 per cent by the latter date (three decades from now).

Don’t get angry. Countries don’t know how to negotiate any other way: nobody gives anything away if they don’t absolutely have to. But if you want to despair, go right ahead. The pace of the political process does not remotely match the speed with which the threat is growing.

We have to do much better than this if we are to avoid crashing through the plus-two-degree limit and tumbling into runaway warming. We are not ready to make those deals yet, but when we finally are we will have one small consolation. This deal has been far easier to make because it is an amendment to the 1987 Montreal Protocol, not a whole new treaty.

The more treaties we have on climate matters now, however imperfect they may be, the faster we will be able to move when we finally do take fright.

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Symposium looks at fentanyl JUSTICE MINISTER SAYS PUBLIC EMERGENCY DECLARATION WON’T HELP PROBLEM

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS CALGARY — Alberta’s Justice Minister says work needs to be done fast — and on all fronts — to combat the use of fentanyl.

Kathleen Ganley spoke to reporters at the start of a national conference on the deadly drug in Calgary.

The symposium, for law enforcement, health-care and community workers, heads to Edmonton later in the week.

Ganley says fentanyl is posing a significant challenge across the country and it’s critical for all agencies work together to combat the opiod.

But she says it’s not necessary for Alberta to follow the lead of British Columbia and declare a public health emergency.

B.C.’s chief health officer declared a public health emergency earlier this year, after an alarming number of fentanyl overdose deaths in the province.

Ganley says declaring a health emergency should be reserved for when there’s an outbreak of a communicable disease because police get increased powers, such as the right to enter homes without a search warrant.

“None of those powers will assist us in this,” she said.

“It’s much more helpful, I think, to continue assuring that we can address that demand side in addition to the supply side” of the fentanyl market, she said.

Calgary legislature member Mike Ellis said he has been calling for the province to declare an emergency for the past year over fentanyl.

“I do not see how more education and letting people know that we are literally in a crisis right now can do any harm,” Ellis said.

There were 159 fentanyl-related deaths in Alberta in the first six months of this year, compared with 139 over the same time period last year.

Security tightened after vandals strike Islamic facilities

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS CALGARY — Police are looking into possible hate crimes after vandalism at two Calgary Islamic facilities.

The Muslim Council of Calgary says members of the Ranchlands Mosque discovered Saturday morning that an outer glass window of the building had been broken.

Last week, an Islamic centre in the Queensland neighbourhood was vandalized and a copy of the Qur’an set on fire.

Recently, anti-Muslim posters were placed on doors throughout the University of Calgary campus, and anti-Islam pamphlets were dropped in mailboxes at homes in the northwest communities of Hillhurst and Sunnyside.

Syed Mohiuddin, a council director, says the vandalism is troubling.

In an attempt to deter future incidents, the organization has installed security cameras outside the Ranchlands facility.

“It’s like a natural reaction that the people were really, really shocked to see what has happened,” said Mohiuddin. “We never expected it because we have been very outgoing and outreaching people ever since we were here.”

“Members of our society are now feeling a bit worried that there’s been a sequence of events,” said Mansour Shouman, a council director.

On Sunday, Nov. 13, the Ranchlands Mosque will welcome Calgarians to a public open house.

The Islamic Association of Northwest Calgary will provide food from around the world to encourage dialogue and allow non-Muslims an opportunity to experience religious activities that occur within Islamic centres.

“The end game is that we all need to talk and we all need to live together,” said Shouman. “There’s no place for hate amongst anyone here.”

There is no word of arrests being made in either vandalism case.

Police probe more than 130 ATM thefts in more than 60 communities

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS EDMONTON — Police in Alberta say they are investigating more than 130 thefts from ATM machines across the province so far this year.

RCMP, Alberta Sheriffs and municipal police say two organized crime groups have been identified and some arrests have been made.

Police say the thefts took place in more than 60 communities and targeted banks, credit unions, gas stations and convenience stores.

Surveillance camera pictures released by investigators show three people, one armed with a gun, dragging two ATM machines out of a store.

Another shows people using a sledge hammer to break into a business and tying a chain to an ATM. In each case the robbers are wearing clothing that conceals their identity.

Police are to hold a new conference in Edmonton Tuesday to release more details.

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A ceremony was held at the legislature in Victoria, B.C., to unveil a memorial quilt crafted by families who have lost loved ones using 90 patches created from victims’ clothing, blankets and other possessions to honour the memory of missing and murdered indigenous women and girls. The families of missing and murdered indigenous women and girls say they are anxiously awaiting more details about the programs and services they were promised to help them navigate the justice system.

Families of missing, murdered indigenous women want answers on liaison units

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — The families of missing and murdered indigenous women and girls say they are anxiously awaiting more details about the programs and services they were promised to help them navigate the justice system.

When the Liberal government unveiled the details of the national inquiry into missing and murdered indigenous women, the Justice Department also said it would devote $11.7 million over three years for provinces and territories to establish family information liaison units within their existing victims services departments.

The units are meant to complement the work of the inquiry by supporting families seeking information about their loved ones from government institutions — including police, prosecutors, coroners and child protection services.

More than two months later, however, the provinces and territories are at various stages of setting up the units — some are still exploring whether they will have one, while all but Ontario are unable to provide any firm timelines.

That’s left advocates and the families of victims

Alberta BRIEFS Park users urged to carry bear spray after dangerous dog lost CANMORE — Trail users in a provincial park west of Calgary are being warned to carry bear spray after a large, dangerous dog was lost in the area.

waiting for answers about how they can access them and how they will work.

“I don’t think a lot of the families are aware, actually, of what that money does and I think that’s part of the problem,” said Beverley Jacobs, a lawyer and advocate for families.

Jacobs said many families have concerns about the units being set up within existing victims services programs and would prefer to see the money go to indigenous community organizations that have already been supporting families.

That is also the view of Darlene Okemaysim-Sicotte, of Iskwewuk E-wichiwitochik (Women Walking Together), a grassroots organization based in Saskatoon that provides direct support to families unavailable through mainstream victims services.

She said she would expect organizations like her to continue to have to act as a mediator between families and these new units anyway.

“Aboriginal families want to be cared for and listened to by their aboriginal peers and support systems,” said Okemaysim-Sicotte, whose cousin, Shelley Napope, was 16 years old when she was murdered by serial killer John Martin Crawford in 1992.

“It could be just another bureaucracy that people have to learn.”

Alberta Parks has posted an online notice saying that the Great Dane-Labrador cross was lost Saturday in the Yamnuska Trail and day-use area of Bow Valley Wildland Provincial Park.

The notice says the dog, weighing about 64 kilograms, was declared vicious by the City of Calgary.

RCMP Stg. Ryan Currie said the owner sent out a message on Facebook that the dog was lost, but left out some details.

“We received a call from a third party who said, ‘I know this dog and consider it to be quite vicious,’ ” Currie said.

Police investigated further, and the owner confirmed the information.

Conservation officer Murray Ingstrup said the dog’s name is Kona, although anyone who spots the animal is discouraged from calling it.

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Trudeau taps Rowe for top court preside over our courts,” Ball said in a statement.

I t w a s Trudeau’s first Supreme Court appointment.

The next scheduled vacancy on the bench comes in September 2018, when Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin reaches the mandatory retirement age of MALCOLM ROWE 75.

Rowe, who was first named a trial judge in 1999 and has been a judge of the provincial court of appeal since 2001, replaces Justice Thomas

Cromwell, previously a Nova Scotia Court of Appeal justice, who retired last month.

Trudeau caused some consternation when he cast open the appointment process this summer by inviting applications from across Canada for a vacancy that, by tradition, has been held by an Atlantic Canadian.

The goal, he said, was to find candidates “representative of the diversity of our great country” — including an emphasis on indigenous and minority group legal minds.

Justice Minister Jody Wilson-Raybould said diversity remains a goal, and pointed to McLachlin’s retirement in 2018.

“I know that across the country there are many indigenous jurists, lawyers, that could fit the criteria to be on the highest court,” Wilson Raybould said outside the Commons.

Philpott challenges provinces, territories over health transfers

RCMP tweet as slain teen to stir leads in cold case

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has used a new nomination process to appoint the first born-andbred Newfoundlander to the bench of the Supreme Court of Canada.

Justice Malcolm Rowe will join the eight other justices on the country’s top court pending a public review and interview next week by parliamentarians.

Rowe, born in St. John’s, N.L., in 1953, was plucked from a non-binding shortlist prepared from a list of applicants by an independent panel — a system Trudeau introduced in August to end what he called “a secretive backroom process.”

Rowe brings a wealth of experience working in government, private practice and as a jurist, including consti-

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — Health Minister Jane Philpott bluntly put the provinces and territories on notice Monday that the federal Liberal government isn’t willing to spend more on health care without innovative ideas and measures to ensure accountability.

Ottawa has to be sure it’s getting the most for its money when it comes to health transfer payments, a franktalking Philpott told a news conference at the same Toronto hotel where her regional counterparts were meeting separately.

Officials say federal health expenditures totalled $41.3 billion in 2015-16, with transfer payments accounting for $34 billion of that.

“My ears are open,” said Philpott, who sits down with provincial and territorial health ministers on Tuesday.

“If they have great ideas about how they want to improve systems … I am

Canada BRIEFS B.C. fires Vancouver School Board after investigation into bullying, budget VANCOUVER — All nine members of the Vancouver School Board have been fired following months of controversy over allegations of bullying in the workplace, the prospect of school closures and concern over the board’s finances.

British Columbia Education Minister Mike Bernier linked the board’s dismissal to failure on the part of trustees to balance the books, accusing board members of focusing on political tactics instead of responsible stewardship.

Trustees from the political slate Vision Vancouver said last week they would be willing to pass a balanced budget after being previously opposed, but Bernier said the move came too late.

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tutional matters, foreign relations, the arbitration of maritime boundaries, and the negotiation of conventional law through the United Nations.

He’s also bilingual — a new prerequisite for the top court that the Liberals insisted upon as part of the new selection process.

“I am greatly excited to announce the nomination of Mr. Justice Malcolm Rowe, whose remarkable depth of legal experience in criminal, constitutional, and public law will complement the extensive knowledge of the other Supreme Court justices,” Trudeau said in a release.

Dwight Ball, the premier of Newfoundland and Labrador, called Rowe’s nomination “a moment of great pride” for the province.

“This historic nomination is recognition of the quality of our judicial system and the extraordinary jurists who

open to listening to that. “ At one point, Philpott sounded exasperated as she talked about having asked the ministers way back in January for their ideas on how to improve services in areas such as mental health.

“I said to them months ago, ‘How would you like to deliver better mental health care for Canadians?”’ she said.

“I need to hear how they want to do that before I can consider where there can be further investments. If we are going to make more investments, they need to go to health.”

Philpott’s comments, combined with provincial intransigence about the idea of diminishing transfer payment increases, have set the stage for a spirited discussion when the two sides sit down to hash out their differences.

Clear battle lines have been drawn.

The provinces and territories are opposed to the government’s proposal that transfer payments increase by just three per cent a year, down from the

six-per-cent increase set out in the last health accord, established in 2004.

Ontario Health Minister Eric Hoskins, who is hosting this week’s meetings, said the issue of health transfers needs to be negotiated by the senior players on the federal-provincial file, namely the premiers and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.

“It may be that it is not (Philpott’s) decision to make,” Hoskins said during a joint news conference.

“Time is running out. I think that’s the other anxiety we have where decisions have to be made at the provincial and territorial level for next year’s budgets.”

A meeting with the premiers and Trudeau is set for later this year, though that meeting is expected to be dominated by climate change — another irritant in the often-fraught relationship between Ottawa and the provinces and territories.

confidence that a potential last-minute change of position on the district signals a fundamental change in the attitude which has so far led the board to refuse to follow the law,” Bernier said on Monday.

“Today is about bringing stability.

Today’s announcement is about the students in Vancouver.”

School districts are required under provincial legislation to pass a balanced budget by June 30 or face the possibility of dismissal.

charges of indecent assault against girls. The victims were members of a basketball team he coached in the Regina Church Basketball Association.

Hall received a pardon in 1994.

But McGee said “there’s no timeline in terms of people’s memories” for those with a public profile.

Man convicted of sex offences running for school board SASKATOON — Catholic officials in Saskatoon say they’re concerned that a candidate running for school trustee has past convictions for sex offences.

Father Kevin McGee, acting administrator of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Saskatoon, says Denis Robert Hall’s convictions raise questions about his suitability as a candidate.

“Our concern is for the community and how this would be a trigger for many people who have had profoundly painful experiences of abuse and that this would again resurface for them a tremendous pain associated with those experiences,” McGee said Monday.

Hall was convicted in 1981 of two charges of having sexual intercourse with girls aged 14 to 16 and two

Crews start taking fuel off sunken tug on B.C. coast BELLA BELLA, B.C. — Salvage crews began siphoning more than 200,000 litres of diesel Monday from a sunken tug off British Columbia’s central coast.

A situation report on the cleanup operation said divers began pumping fuel from the Nathan E. Stewart’s tanks and the operation is expected to take up to 40 hours.

The report was jointly issued by the federal and provincial governments, the local First Nation and the tug’s owner, Texas-based Kirby Corp.

The Transportation Safety Board also announced Monday it is gathering information and conducting interviews with crew members for its assessment of what went wrong with the 30-metre tug.

The tug was pushing an empty barge when it ran onto some rocks last Tuesday at the mouth of Seaforth Channel, about 20 kilometres west of Bella Bella, near the Great Bear Rainforest.

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS An unorthodox social media campaign that sees police tweeting from the perspective of a 15-year-old murder victim is serving its purpose by making the teenager seem more like a person than a statistic, her brother said Monday.

T r e v o r Brown said the RCMP’s eye-catching campaign to retackle the 1986 homicide of his sister Kerrie Ann was launched with the family’s blessing and co-operation on Sunday.

KERRIE ANN BROWN The campaign involves tweets posted to the official account of the Manitoba RCMP, all written from the point of view of Kerrie Ann Brown.

“There’s silence, but someone knows. Come forward. Stop being cowards. How are you able to keep what you did to me hidden,” asks one of the tweets. “What you did to me that night destroyed my family & friends. I didn’t do anything wrong. I was a happy 15-year-old girl.”

The tweets go on to chronicle the final hours before Kerrie Ann was raped, murdered, and dumped beside a horseback riding trail in Thompson, Man. But rather than simply describing her movements and summarizing the information common to most police recaps, the posts sent out under the hashtag .Kerrie are sprinkled with much more personal details.

The first-person narration of Kerrie Ann’s final day includes references to her collection of stuffed animals, her fondness for gym class, the amount her parents gave her as a weekly allowance, details of her final meal with her family and her fondness for playing pranks on her elder brother.

Trevor Brown said he hopes such minutiae will prompt people with knowledge of the crime to remember that his sister was more than just a name on a police file.

“Our society has been a bit desensitized to this type of thing, and it’s sad to think, especially as brutal as Kerrie’s murder was,” Brown said.

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Clinton targets ‘red’ states

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. — Hillary Clinton is advancing into states the Democrats haven’t won in decades, confidently expanding her offensive against Donald Trump and aiming to help her party win back control of Congress.

There’s a new $2 million push in Arizona, aides said Monday, including a campaign stop in Phoenix by first lady Michelle Obama, one of Clinton’s most effective surrogates. An additional $1 million is going into efforts in Missouri and Indiana, both states with competitive Senate races, a small amount of TV time is being bought in Texas and media appearances are scheduled in Utah.

At the same time Clinton is showing new signs of confidence, she faced fresh revelations about her use of a private server as secretary of state and hacked emails from a top campaign official’s personal account. FBI records released Monday show that a senior State Department official unsuccessfully sought to lower the classification level of an email found on the server, a move Trump’s campaign labeled collusion.

The new questions highlight a dual reality of the presidential race: Even as Clinton has a growing advantage, she’s been unable to put the biggest controversy of her campaign behind her.

With her lead increasing, Clinton is unlikely to need any of the normally solid-red states to win the White House. But her team believes that a wide presidential margin of victory would help end Trump’s political movement and undermine his intensifying claims that the election is rigged.

On the other side, Trump’s campaign dramatically expanded its ad buys in seven battleground states and

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Protester Teague Stroh, left and Elbert Bonner, a supporter for Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, get into an argument during an appearance by Donald Trump Jr., Trump’s son, in Boulder, Colo., Monday. announced plans to launch a $2 million advertising blitz in long-shot Virginia.

“Donald Trump is becoming more unhinged by the day, and that is increasing prospects for Democrats further down the ballot,” said Clinton campaign manager Robby Mook, who cited early voting and registration numbers to predict record voter turnout Democrats aren’t the only targets of Trump’s rhetoric about the legitimacy

of the election system.

In a Monday morning blitz of tweets, he lashed out at Republicans who have tried to tone him down, calling his own party’s leaders “so naive” and claiming without evidence that major fraud is real.

“Of course there is large-scale voter fraud happening on and before election day. Why do Republican leaders deny what is going on? So naive!” he tweeted.

There is no evidence to back up

Trump’s claims. A study by a Loyola Law School professor found that out of one billion votes cast in all American elections between 2000 and 2014, there were only 31 known cases of impersonation fraud.

Trump’s tweets show he is continuing to play a scattershot defence rather than make his case to voters, with just three weeks left and much ground to make up in opinion polls.

Iraqis push toward IS-held Mosul in long-awaited offensive

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS KHAZER, Iraq — The long-awaited offensive to retake Mosul from the Islamic State group began Monday with a volley of U.S.-led coalition airstrikes and heavy artillery bombardments on a cluster of villages along the edge of Iraq’s historic Nineveh plain east of the militant-held city.

Iraq’s Kurdish peshmerga fighters led the initial assault, advancing slowly across open fields littered with booby-trapped explosives as plumes of black and orange smoke rose overhead — the opening phase of an unprec-

World BRIEFS Russia sets brief cease-fire for Aleppo as strikes kill 36 BEIRUT — Russian and Syrian forces will halt hostilities for eight hours in the eastern districts of Aleppo, Russia’s military announced on Monday, a day on which opposition activists said their airstrikes killed at least 36 people, including several children, in and around the divided city.

The two militaries will observe a “humanitarian pause” between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. on Oct. 20 to allow civilians and militants safe passage out of the city, Lt. Gen. Sergei Rudskoi of Russia’s general staff said in Moscow. Militants, the wounded and sick would be allowed to evacuate to the neighbouring rebel-held province of Idlib.

edented campaign expected to take weeks if not months, and involve more than 25,000 troops.

By the end of the day Kurdish forces had retaken some 200 square kilometres (80 square miles), according to the president of Iraq’s Kurdistan region.

Peshmerga commanders on the ground estimated the offensive retook nine villages and pushed the frontline with IS back eight kilometres (five miles).

But the forces’ hold appeared fragile and the gains largely symbolic.

Some of the villages were so small they comprised no more than a few dozen homes, and most were abandoned.

And though some troops were less UN humanitarian officials have pleaded with combatants to observe weekly 48-hour cease-fires to allow humanitarian relief into the city’s besieged eastern districts, but Russian and Syrian forces have only escalated their aerial and ground assault on the rebel-held areas in recent weeks. The airstrikes have claimed hundreds of lives, wounded many, flattened apartment buildings and laid waste to the already crippled medical sector.

Russia’s UN Ambassador Vitaly Churkin said at UN headquarters in New York that the eight-hour pause was a unilateral halt to fighting. A 48-hour or 72-hour cease-fire “will require some sort of mutual arrangement,” he said.

Russian and Syrian leaders are now capitalizing on a proposal made by the UN’s envoy earlier this month to allow al-Qaida-linked militants to leave in exchange for peace and local administration for the eastern districts.

Rebels in the east, along with many residents, spurned the proposition, citing their distrust of the government side. And Russia vetoed a UN Security Council resolution mandating an immediate cease-fire.

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than 30 kilometres (20 miles) from Mosul’s edges, it was unclear how long it would take to reach the city itself, where more than 1 million people still live. Aid groups have warned of a mass exodus of civilians that could overwhelm refugee camps.

Iraq’s second-largest city, Mosul fell to IS in the summer of 2014 as the militants swept over much of the country’s north and central areas. Weeks later the head of the extremist group, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, announced the formation of a self-styled caliphate in Iraq and Syria from the pulpit of a Mosul mosque.

If successful, the liberation of the

city would be the biggest blow yet to the Islamic State group. After a string of victories by Iraqi ground forces over the past year, IS now controls less than half the territory it once held, and Iraqi Prime Minister Haider Al-Abadi has pledged the fight for Mosul will lead to the liberation of all Iraqi territory from the militants this year.

Al-Abadi announced the start of the operation on state television before dawn Monday, launching the country’s toughest battle since American troops withdrew from Iraq nearly five years ago.

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CLOSURE: Rides still available Rides to and from treatment in Red Deer will still be available by calling the Volunteer Driver Program toll-free at 1-855-477-8998.

Cancer Information Service is available toll-free at 1-888-939-3333.

CancerConnection telephone peer-support program is available tollfree at 1-888-939-333, or online at cancerconnection.ca.

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POVERTY: More that 30 communities across Canada Red Deer was one of more than 30 communities across Canada where 22,000 brown paper bags stamped “Chew On This!” were given out on Monday which is also International Day for the Eradication of Poverty.

“A lot of people may feel they may never experience poverty. But a lot of people are one paycheque away,” Blizzard said.

The fact is unemployment is up and more people are tightening their belts, he said.

“Most people know someone who has lost their job and seen the effects that can put on a family.”

According to CAPRA, Red Deer Food Bank helped 1,055 adults, 629 children and 331 families in September.

Blizzard said food is one of the first things to be cut out of people’s budgets during tough times and many Central Albertans don’t realize how many people have to make that difficult choice.

It was the fourth annual Chew On This! which is part of the Dignity for All campaign founded by Canada Without Poverty and Citizens for Public Justice and advocates for a national anti-poverty plan to address income security, housing and homelessness, food security, health care, jobs and employment, and early childhood education and care.

He said the Liberal government says they will develop a plan and Monday’s campaign was a way to encourage people to contact the government to offer their ideas and feedback.

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The wreckage of a Cessna Citation that crashed on October 13, 2016, is seen in the woods near Lake Country, B.C., in this Transportation Safety Board handout image. The aircraft crashed shortly after takeoff, killing the pilot and all three passengers aboard, including the former Alberta Premier Jim Prentice.

Prentice was on board a small jet that went down Thursday night after it left the airport in Kelowna, B.C. The plane was en route to the Springbank airport, outside Calgary.

Retired RCMP officer and aviation enthusiast Jim Kruk was identified as the pilot. Media reports have said the fourth victim was Calgary businessman Sheldon Reid.

The Transportation Safety Board has said the plane disappeared from radar shortly after it took off and no emergency calls or signals were made before the crash.

On Monday the board reiterated its call for Transport Canada to require flight data or cockpit voice recorders to be carried on smaller planes as part of its investigation of the crash near Kelowna. The plane was not equipped with voice or data recorders, and was not required to carry the devices.

Prentice, 60, served as a federal aboriginal affairs minister, environment minister and industry minister before he quit federal politics in 2010 to take on a post as a senior executive with CIBC. Four years later, he won the leadership race for the Alberta Progressive Conservatives and became premier.

He quit politics last May after the Alberta NDP swept the Progressive Conservatives from power.

il Aviation Organization and the United States. It did not elaborate on what those regulatory changes will be.

It said the aircraft involved in Thursday’s accident was not required to have a cockpit voice recorder because it was certified to be flown by a single pilot.

“In single pilot operations, there are no cockpit conversations to be recorded, so the decision to install a cockpit voice recorder is currently at the pilot’s discretion,” it said.

In the House of Commons, MPs paid tribute to Prentice on Monday, some sharing tearful memories of a man they worked with when he was in the federal cabinet.

“He was a true gentleman politician — kind and possessing a love of public policy and public service,” said Interim Conservative Leader Rona Ambrose, who choked back tears as she spoke of her cabinet colleague.

“That was true, whether he was in op-

position or on the government benches in this House or, of course, working for the people of Alberta as the province’s 16th premier.”

Prentice, 60, was on board the small jet that went down Thursday night shortly after it left the airport in Kelowna en route to the Springbank airport, outside of Calgary.

Optometrist Ken Gellatly, the father-in-law of one of Prentice’s three daughters, was another victim of the plane crash.

Jim Kruk, a retired RCMP officer and aviation enthusiast, was identified as the pilot. Media reports have said the fourth victim was Calgary businessman Sheldon Reid.

The Transportation Safety Board has said the plane disappeared from radar shortly after it took off. No emergency calls or signals were made before the crash.

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CRASH: Lightweight flight PRENTICE: Down- recorders available to-earth manner Paul Wong, who met Prentice a few times while volunteering for the CIBC Run for the Cure, said he also wanted to use his entry to express gratitude.

“I said, ‘How can you thank someone whose mission in life is to make the world a better place for everyone?’ ” Wong said he was struck by Prentice’s down-to-earth manner.

“I think he was a very kind-hearted person. A genuine politician who wanted to help,” said Wong.

“I think the idea is lost among some getting into politics, but I think his objectives have never wavered.”

Wong was also a patient of optometrist Ken Gellatly, the father-in-law of one of Prentice’s three daughters and another victim of the plane crash.

“He was ever so kind to me,” said Wong. “He literally opened up my eyes. It’s an unbelievable tragedy.”

Only multi-engine, turbine-powered commercial aircraft flown by two pilots and carrying six or more passengers are required to carry a cockpit voice recorder, the safety board says.

The board first called for the recorders on smaller planes after it investigated the fatal crash of an air ambulance in northern Ontario in 1988.

In its statement on Monday, the safety board says since it made the recommendation in 1991, the aviation industry has developed lightweight flight recording systems that can be installed in smaller aircraft “at a low cost.”

“These flight recording systems could be used by accident investigators to identify safety deficiencies and reduce risk in a timely manner.”

In an email on Monday, Transport Canada said it is bringing forward new regulations on cockpit voice recorders for the minister to review in coming months to bring Canada in line with standards set by the International Civ-

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Abrupt departure at Rogers CHAIRMAN FILLS IN AS CEO WHILE AWAITING ARRIVAL OF LAURENCE’S REPLACEMENT

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — In a surprise move, Rogers Communications announced Monday the immediate departure of its CEO Guy Laurence and the uncertain arrival time for his replacement, former Telus chief executive Joe Natale.

The man assigned to bridge the gap as interim CEO of the telecommunications and media giant — veteran Rogers chairman Alan Horn — said the company is working to hire Natale as soon as he is able to join.

“We can’t be more specific on timing at present,” Horn said in a conference call.

Analysts noted that Natale is bound by a non-com- GUY LAURENCE pete contract with Telus. They asked why the change of leadership was announced Monday and why Laurence departed so abruptly, without a transition period.

Horn said the timing of the change was driven by an opportunity to get Natale “who we think is a unique individual in terms of the Canadian telecom landscape.”

As for a smoother transition between Laurence

and Natale, Horn said each situation is unique and “in this case, the actual situation meant this was the way this transition had to take place.”

Natale and Laurence didn’t issue statements in the announcement and couldn’t be reached for comment.

Laurence, a former head of Vodafone UK, was brought to Canada with great fanfare in late 2013 to turn the company around following a period of lacklustre growth.

His departure came minutes before Rogers (TSX:RCI.B) announced its latest financial report, which showed the impact of a failed attempt to use Shomi to compete against Netflix but success in other parts of the business.

Horn said repeatedly that there was no change planned for the strategic direction taken by Laurence and that there’s a strong management team in place to carry on the progress.

“There was a growing perception that Rogers was getting back on track as evidenced by the strength in its stock price both this year and the second half of last year,” CanaccordGenuity analyst Aravinda Galappatthige wrote in a client note.

Chief financial officer Tony Staffieri said that the company had a solid third quarter — with its biggest division, wireless, having one of its best growth in years and the media division performing well because of its sports coverage.

“We are entering what is looking to be a good start of the NHL (season) but we also have the baseball

season that continues to do well,” Staffieri said.

“We think the right content is going to be key to media in the long term and we’ve said the right content for Canada and for us is sports and that’s what we’re focused on.”

Under Laurence’s stewardship, Rogers finalized a groundbreaking 12-year rights deal with the National Hockey League. The relationship got off to a rough start with the 2015-16 season when none of Canada’s NHL teams made it to the playoffs.

Rogers has also navigated difficult waters in the media industry as a result of an ongoing shift towards digital publication and regulatory changes and competitive challenges that are pressuring the Rogers cable, broadcasting and publishing arms.

JOE NATALE In releasing its results Monday, Rogers said its net income for the quarter was $220 million or 43 cents per share, down from $464 million or 90 cents per share, mainly because of the previously announced shutdown of video streaming service Shomi. Its adjusted profit was 83 cents per share.

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The construction site of the hydroelectric facility at Muskrat Falls, Newfoundland and Labrador is seen in July 2015. Longstanding protests over the Muskrat Falls hydro project are escalating — including eight arrests Monday, a march on the provincial legislature and a hunger strike — as flooding is set to begin for a large reservoir in Labrador.

Ottawa moves up review of drywall dumping duties after complaints of high prices

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS CALGARY — The federal government has asked for an accelerated review of anti-dumping duties on drywall imports, but the new schedule isn’t expected to immediately rollback duties blamed for higher prices for consumers.

The Finance Department says it wants to help middle-class families in Western Canada, especially those involved in the reconstruction of Fort McMurray, Alta., following last spring’s devastating wildfires.

“With this action, we are putting in place an expedited process to look into the unintended impacts that these duties may be having,” said Finance Minister Bill Morneau in a statement.

The Fort McMurray fire destroyed about 1,800 houses as well as buildings containing 600 multi-family housing units, plus two hotels and a 665-room

work camp.

The federal move was welcomed by Alberta MLA Brian Jean, whose house was one of those destroyed in the wildfire.

“I am grateful to hear the federal government is responding to our concerns and the concerns of people across Fort McMurray with the recent ruling

by Canada Border Services Agency that effectively closed Western Canada from imported drywall,” said the leader of the opposition Wildrose Party in a statement.

“We will continue to ask the federal government to suspend the tariff during its review or at the very least use its authority to exempt drywall coming into Fort McMurray from this new tariff.”

In September, the CBSA imposed preliminary tariffs of up to 276 per cent on U.S. gypsum board or drywall imported into Canada for use in British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba and the Yukon and Northwest Territories.

OTTAWA — A weekend push to persuade a small but essential pocket of Belgium to support the sweeping Canada-Europe trade agreement has yet to resolve differences ahead of a key meeting that could determine the fate of a deal coveted by Ottawa.

But Canadian officials remain hopeful a solution can be found to salvage the agreement.

EU trade ministers are scheduled to hold a vote Tuesday on a pact that has the powerful backing of Europe’s 28 member states and Canada, all of which combined represent about 535 million people.

“I remain cautiously optimistic about CETA — but at this point the ball is very much in the European court,” International Trade Minister Chrystia Freeland told reporters in Ottawa.

“We’re working hard with the Europeans … Everyone I talked to today said: ‘Hang on in there, we believe this is going to happen.’ “ The path to signing the treaty, however, remains uncertain, thanks to vociferous opposition from the comparably tiny Wallonia region of Belgium — home to just 3.5 million people.

To get it done, trade ministers from all EU nations must unanimously approve the deal, known as the Comprehensive Economic Trade Agreement, or CETA. Otherwise the deal would effectively die after seven years of sometimes controversial talks.

Canadian and EU officials have been racing to persuade the Walloons to ditch their opposition to the agreement.

Last Friday, Europe’s ability to unanimously approve the pact suffered a blow when Wallonia’s legislature voted to reject the deal.

Opponents to the pact in the French-speaking Belgian region are concerned it would leave farmers and industrial sectors too exposed to cheaper imports from Canada. Some have cautioned it could also erode local standards for food, labour and the environment.

For the Trudeau government, signing CETA remains a top priority, and Freeland said if the deal fails “it would be a real shame.”

“It would also say something quite significant about Europe’s ability to conduct trade policy if they can’t get it done,” she said. “But we’re working hard and there’s still a little bit of time.”

When asked if she thinks the central Belgian government will be able to convince the Walloons, Freeland said there were no guarantees.

“But I know that all of Europe except for Wallonia want this accord,” she added.

Last week, Freeland dispatched special trade envoy Pierre Pettigrew, a former Liberal trade and foreign minister, to meet with Paul Magnette, Wallonia’s leader.

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Federal panel set up to explore the mysteries of youth employment

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — Canada could soon find itself facing unexpected economic and social fallout without a clearer picture of where and how young people are failing in the labour market, says the chairwoman of a new federal panel on youth unemployment.

A better understanding of why some young people can’t get their foot in the door will be key to understanding whether Canadians will be able to afford a house in the future, or even afford their rent in six months’ time, Vass Bednar said in an interview.

It could also offer a better idea of whether some are holding off on starting a family for fear of the cost of child care, said Bednar, associate director of the cities research program at the University of Toronto’s Martin Prosperity Institute.

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Bednar said there are no clear answers to helping more young people find jobs — there are different issues facing urban and rural youth, as well as unique barriers for indigenous youth. All this makes the panel’s work that much more challenging.

“Our panel doesn’t come with all the answers,” said Bednar, a former senior policy adviser to the Ontario Liberals. “No one has written a paper or an op-ed (that says), ‘Hey, this is what we need to do for youth in Canada.’

“It’s going to be tough.”

The panel officially opened on Monday.

The group will sift through statistics, hold consultations and meet young people and experts to figure out what the federal government can do, with the help of provincial and territorial governments, to help millions of youth in the job market.

The job numbers for August showed the youth un-

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employment rate was little changed at 13.2 per cent.

Employment dropped by 48,000 from August 2015 as the population for the age group dropped by the same amount.

The youth unemployment rate in Canada is almost double the national average and has been that way since the 2015 election campaign when the Liberals promised to create 125,000 jobs annually for young people by spending $1.5 billion over four years on a youth employment strategy.

Federal statistics project that over the next decade there will be almost six million job openings in the labour force. The data show officials estimate there will be 5.8 million projected job-seekers, including just over five million coming out of school.

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Diversified and Industrials Agrium Inc. . . . . . . . . . . 115.53 ATCO Ltd.. . . . . . . . . . . . 46.16 BCE Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60.20 BlackBerry . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.67 Bombardier . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.74 Brookfield . . . . . . . . . . . . 46.63 Cdn. National Railway . . 87.06 Cdn. Pacific Railway. . . 197.42 Cdn. Utilities . . . . . . . . . . 37.13 Capital Power Corp . . . . 20.93 Cervus Equipment Corp 12.99 Dow Chemical . . . . . . . . 53.00 Enbridge Inc. . . . . . . . . . 57.80 Finning Intl. Inc. . . . . . . . 25.04 Fortis Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . 42.54 General Motors Co. . . . . 31.56 Parkland Fuel Corp. . . . . 30.44 Sirius XM . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.72 SNC Lavalin Group. . . . . 52.24 Stantec Inc. . . . . . . . . . . 30.75 Telus Corp. . . . . . . . . . . . 42.43 Transalta Corp.. . . . . . . . . 5.86 Transcanada. . . . . . . . . . 61.14 Consumer Canadian Tire . . . . . . . . 130.98 Gamehost . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.08 Leon’s Furniture . . . . . . . 16.79 MARKETS CLOSE TORONTO — Canada’s main stock index rose slightly Monday, as gold stocks provided some lift to offset declines in the energy sector.

The Toronto Stock Exchange’s S&P/TSX composite index was up by 11.53 points at 14,596.52, while the Canadian dollar saw an uptick of 0.09 of a cent to 76.16 cents US. Oil prices finished below US$50 a barrel for the first time in a week as the November crude contract lost 41 cents at US$49.94 per barrel.

Canadian markets strategist Craig Fehr said he expects volatility to continue in the oil market as global supply continues to sway back and forth.

“We can see oil prices bounce around the mid US$40 to US$50 range for a while longer,” said Fehr, who works at Edward Jones in St. Louis.

Prices will likely see some stabilization after the 14-member Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries meets officially in November.

Last month, OPEC informally agreed to a preliminary accord to limit oil production as a way to deal with a global supply glut.

In corporate news, telecom giant Rogers Communications unexpectedly announced the departure of its president and chief executive, Guy Laurence. He will be replaced by former Telus CEO Joe Natale after less than three years on the job. Shares in Rogers dipped slightly, down 13 cents, or 0.24 per cent, to $54.21 on the Toronto Stock Exchange.

In the U.S., investors also took in the beginning of a heavy corporate earnings week, as the Dow Jones industrial average lost 51.98 points at 18,086.40

Loblaw Ltd. . . . . . . . . . . . 66.51 Maple Leaf Foods. . . . . . 30.85 Wal-Mart . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68.22 WestJet Airlines . . . . . . . 23.00 Mining Barrick Gold . . . . . . . . . . 20.86 Cameco Corp. . . . . . . . . 10.39 First Quantum Minerals . 10.59 Goldcorp Inc. . . . . . . . . . 19.10 Hudbay Minerals. . . . . . . . 5.00 Kinross Gold Corp. . . . . . . 4.81 Labrador. . . . . . . . . . . . . 13.51 Potash Corp.. . . . . . . . . . 20.75 Sherritt Intl. . . . . . . . . . . . 0.790 Teck Resources . . . . . . . 25.56 Energy Arc Resources . . . . . . . . 23.87 Badger Daylighting Ltd. . 28.48 Baker Hughes. . . . . . . . . 51.35 Bonavista . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.50 Bonterra Energy . . . . . . . 25.26 Cdn. Nat. Res. . . . . . . . . 42.28 Canyon Services Group. . 5.79 Cenovous Energy Inc. . . 20.26 CWC Well Services . . . 0.1700 Encana Corp. . . . . . . . . . 14.38 Essential Energy. . . . . . . 0.600 and the S&P 500 faded 6.48 points to 2,126.50. The Nasdaq composite dipped 14.34 points to 5,199.82.

About 80 of the companies in the S&P 500 are due to report their quarterly earnings this week from a variety of sectors including retail and banking.

As has become the pattern in recent quarters, financial analysts have forecast earnings to be down overall from a year ago, largely due to the downbeat energy sector.

“Attention is being turned to the corporate earnings landscape,” said Fehr. “It can provide a little bit of optimism. There’s been encouraging signs with the early results from U.S. banks.”

Bank of America said its third-quarter profits rose nearly 6 per cent from a year earlier, helped by strong results in investment banking and trading.

The stock gained four cents, or 0.25 per cent, to US$16.05.

In other commodities, the December gold contract added $1.10 to US$1,256.60 an ounce, November natural gas fell four cents to US$3.24 per mmBTU and December copper contracts were unchanged at US$2.11 a pound.

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

Stocks: S&P/TSX Composite Index — 14,596.52, up 11.53 points Dow — 18,086.40, down 51.98 points S&P 500 — 2,126.50, down 6.48 points Nasdaq — 5,199.82, down 14.34 points Currencies: Cdn — 76.16 cents US, up

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ROGERS: Wireless revenue growth The Shomi writeoff accounted for $140 million of the year-over-year decline in net income. Another $102 million was due to an unusual gain recorded in the third quarter of 2015.

Analysts estimated net income would be 89 cents per share and adjusted profit would be 88 cents per share, according to Thomson Reuters.

On the other hand, Rogers said its wireless operation — the main engine for its revenue and profit — had its biggest revenue growth and post-paid customer additions since 2010 with 114,000 net additions.

Revenue for the quarter was $3.49 billion, in line with analyst estimates and up three per cent from last year’s $3.38 billion. The only major division to see a decline in revenue was cable, which slipped to $865 million from $871 million.

The release of the third-quarter results on Monday was three days ahead of schedule. They had been expected before the opening of markets on Thursday.

TRADE: Tariff cuts, lower barriers David Lametti, Freeland’s parliamentary secretary, has also met with Walloon leaders in the region for talks.

The Belgian constitution gives its three regional governments, including Wallonia, a potential veto over the deal. Without the region’s support, the country’s national government, which is in favour of the deal, would be unable to proceed.

The agreement has the support of

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Barley (Western): Dec. ‘16 unchanged $132.50 March ‘17 unchanged $134.50 May ‘17 unchanged $135.50 July ‘17 unchanged $135.50 Oct. ‘17 unchanged $135.50 Dec. ‘17 unchanged $135.50 March ‘18 unchanged $135.50 May ‘18 unchanged $135.50 July ‘18 unchanged $135.50 Oct. ‘18 unchanged $135.50.

Monday’s estimated volume of trade: 869,920 tonnes of canola 0 tonnes of barley (Western Barley). Total: 869,920.

all the other EU member states.

On Monday, its supporters remained hopeful the pact would survive. The decision could also spill into a gathering of EU leaders later in the week.

“I hope we will come through tomorrow,” Belgian Foreign Minister Didier Reynders said Monday.

“If not, at the end of the week during the summit of EU leaders.”

Next week, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is set to fly to Brussels to sign the agreement, but only if it has unanimous backing from all the EU nations.

The deal is expected to yield billions in added trade through tariff cuts and other measures to lower barriers to commerce. At the same time, the EU says it will keep in place the strong safeguards on social, environmental and labour legislation which have given Europe some of the toughest standards in the world.

Wallonia said last week that the guarantees were not good enough and called for more talks.

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A sign advertises a new home for sale in Carleton Place, Ont. The head of the federal housing agency is raising a red flag about the state of Canada’s real estate sector, saying affordability concerns have spilled over from the country’s two most expensive cities to nearby markets.

CMHC raises red flag about housing

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — The head of the federal housing agency is raising a red flag about the state of Canada’s real estate sector, saying affordability concerns have spilled over from the country’s two most expensive cities to nearby markets.

In an opinion piece published Monday in the Globe and Mail, CMHC CEO Evan Siddall says the agency will raise its overall risk rating for the national housing market to “strong” from “moderate” for the first time when it issues its housing market assessment on Oct. 26.

“Affordability pressures hurt lower-income households the most and cause real socioeconomic consequences,” Siddall wrote.

“CMHC has recently observed spillover effects from Vancouver and Toronto into nearby markets. These factors … will cause us to issue our first ‘red’ warning for the Canadian housing

Business BRIEFS Ontario puts hold on permits for bottled water operations TORONTO — Nestle will have to wait two years before it can even test a well it purchased in a fast-growing southern Ontario community which wanted the site for its drinking water supply.

market as a whole.”

Siddall said high levels of debt combined with rising house prices are often followed by contractions in the economy.

“The conditions we now observe in Canada concern us,” he wrote.

Siddall’s comments came the same day new mortgage rules introduced by Ottawa took effect. The rules require a stress test for all insured mortgage applications to ensure borrowers can still repay their loans in the event interest rates rise or their personal financial situations change.

Until now, stress tests were not required for fixed-rate mortgages longer than five years.

The federal government is making the change to try to stabilize the country’s housing markets, particularly in Toronto and Vancouver where prices have soared.

Siddall said he supports the measure, even though it will cut into the purchasing power of some first-time buyers.

The Ontario government posted a proposed regulation for public comment Monday that would impose a moratorium until 2019 on water taking permits for new or expanded operations that take groundwater to bottle and sell.

The Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change will also stop issuing permits for pump tests that determine the quality and quantity of water available for bottling until the province completes a review of its regulations.

“This really deals with the issue of water being withdrawn from aquifers and groundwater that isn’t returned, and we just came through a summer of significant water stress,” said Environment Minister Glen Murray.

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“Young people across our country feel like the deck is stacked against them. This critical situation requires national action.”

Bednar said the panel is going to look at whether graduates are leaving school with the skills they need to be employed, or whether the meme of a English literature graduate working as a Starbucks barista is true.

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Blue Jays pushed to the brink TORONTO TRAILS CLEVELAND 3-0 IN THE AMERICAN LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS

Kale Howarth signs with NMU Red Deer’s Kale Howarth has committed to attend Northern Michigan University on a hockey scholarship.

The 19-year-old forward, who is in his second season with the Trail Smoke Eaters in the BCHL, will attend NMU next season.

The six-foot-five, 205-pound Howarth has seven goals and seven assists in 13 games this season. Last year he had 12 goals and 15 assists in 53 games.

NMU competes in the NCAA’s Division I Western Collegiate Hockey Association.

Orangemen light up Sr. men’s b-ball league Chillabongs Orangemen got 20 points from Shane Austin and 16 from Lars Plaetner in downing Carstar 91-84 in Central Alberta Senior Men’s Basketball Association play Sunday.

Justin Klein had 34 points and Lloyd Strickland 15 for Carstar. ● The Kingmen stopped the D Leaguers 64-48 with Michael Gajudo hitting 13 points and Keegan Cooke 11. ● Will Cole dropped in 19 points and Vernon Johnson 18 as the Triple A Batteries defeated the Silver Spurs 72-41.

Nick Pelerine had 11 points and Brian Miller and Mike Lee nine each in a losing cause.

TORONTO — Mike Napoli homered and drove in two runs and Cleveland survived a bizarre, bloody pitching cameo by Indians starter Trevor Bauer to defeat Toronto 4-2 Monday night, burying the Blue Jays in an 0-3 hole in the American League Championship Series.

It was more of the same for the Jays, their bats rendered near useless by Cleveland pitching.

Toronto has scored just three runs in three games against the Indians, who have done just enough offensively to win.

Star reliever Andrew Miller, who had struck out 10 of the 12 Jays he faced in the first two games, came on with four outs remaining. He got a strikeout to end the eighth but gave up a single to pinch-hitter Dioner Navarro to open the ninth.

Miller struck out Kevin Pillar and Melvin Upton Jr. and Darwin Barney grounded out to extinguish the rally.

Napoli, who came in the game mired in an 0-for-25 drought against right-handers, homered and doubled. Jason Kipnis also had a solo homer for the Indians.

Michael Saunders homered for Toronto, which is now in do-or-die mode for the rest of the best-of-seven series. Both teams had seven hits.

Cleveland pulled ahead 4-2 with two runs in the sixth. The Jays have yet to lead in the series.

Bauer, playing with 10 stitches in his right pitching pinky after a freak drone repair accident last Thursday, lasted just two outs and 21 pitches. Blood was dripping from his unbandaged finger like a faucet and his uniform was stained with crimson drops when umpire Brian Gorman walked out to the mound and summoned Indians manager Terry Francona for a pitcher who wasn’t leaking red.

Even before the game, Bauer’s finger looked like someone had taken a razor-sharp ice-cream scoop to it. But the 25-year-old seemed unfazed, using his right hand to flex a whippy exercise bar outside the Indians dugout.

Bauer had a strikeout, walk, flyout and walk before making his bloody exit. He only managed nine strikes.

Dan Otero came on in relief, the first of six Cleveland relievers. Bryan Shaw (1-0) got the win.

The Indians have won nine straight dating back to the end of the regular season

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Toronto Blue Jays’ Josh Donaldson watches the action against the Cleveland Indians during ninth-inning, Game 3 American League Championship Series baseball action in Toronto on Monday. while extending their franchise-record post-season streak to six victories.

Toronto used four pitchers in relief of starter Marcus Stroman (0-1). Closer Roberto Osuna had men on first and second with one out in the ninth but pitched out of it.

Game 4 goes Tuesday with Toronto’s Aaron Sanchez against Indians ace Corey Kluber, pitching on three days rest. Francona had planned to go with rookie Ryan Merritt if Bauer had managed to pitch deep into Tuesday’s game.

Massive win but room to improve for Lacombe Rams

BY DANNY RODE SPECIAL TO THE ADVOCATE Rams 48 Raiders 20 LACOMBE — Lacombe Rams head coach Jason Petrie realizes to win Central Alberta High School Football League City Division title, or even advance to the provincial Tier II playoffs, they need to be playing at the top of their game.

Petrie wasn’t excited about what he saw Monday, despite a 48-20 victory over the Lindsay Thurber Raiders at M.E. Global Athletic Park.

“We showed flashes of where we want to be,” he said.

“We’re happy with the result and in some ways we’re happy with some of the things we did, but I don’t think we played well the whole game. There were too many mental mistakes.

“At the same time we must have done some things right.”

The Rams exploded out of the gate. On their first play from scrimmage quarterback Jonathan Ericson hooked up with wide out Lucas Wessner, who flipped the ball back to David Mueller, who went 38 yards for the touchdown. Jake Hamilton kicked the first of his six converts.

However, the score remained 7-0 until late in the second quarter when Ericson found Simon Gray on a 28-yard touchdown strike at 10:26. The Raiders came right back with quarterback Sean Vandervlis connecting with Max Abraham, on a 33-yard touchdown 31 seconds later.

The Rams completed the scoring in the half, once again 31 seconds later, on a 28-yard pass from Ericson to Logan Ellis.

The Rams added two touchdowns in the third quarter on a 30-yard pass and run play between Ericson and Richard Jans and a 20-yard run by Kyle Popp. Max Arnold scored for the Raiders on a 62-yard romp and Vandervlis kicked his second convert and the score was 34-14 after three quarters.

‘WE’RE HAPPY WITH THE RESULT AND IN SOME WAYS WE’RE HAPPY WITH SOME OF THE THINGS WE DID, BUT I DON’T THINK WE PLAYED WELL THE WHOLE GAME.’ — LACOMBE RAMS HEAD COACH JASON PETRIE Lacombe upped the score to 48-14 as Ericson found Gray on a 32-yard touchdown pass and Evan Standish went in from the nine. The Raiders completed the scoring on the final play of the game as backup quarterback Wyatt Hawkes hooked up with Alex Pennycook on a 47-yard screen play.

“I thought we played better than the first time we faced them this season for sure,” said Raiders head coach Devin Bennett. “Our Grade 10s are starting to get used to the speed and physicality, but then we’re also still not where we need to do.”

Bennett sees a weakness on the offensive and defensive lines, mainly with a lack of size.

“Some of our guys just haven’t grown into their bodies yet. It’s a work in progress, and it will take time.”

Bennett felt a lack of depth also hurt.

“We battled hard for the first half and into the second until we ran into some injuries. When that happened we crumbled a bit in the third and fourth.”

Yet on the positive side their offence still moved the ball, led by running back Arnold, who just returned from an injury. He finished with 120 yards on 12 carries. Vandervlis, who like Arnold is in Grade 11, connected on 10 of 18 passes for 123 yards.

On the other side, Popp finished with 145 yards on 16 carries and Mueller 139 on six. Ericson hit on nine of 15 passes for 171 yards.

Both teams return to action Friday as Lacombe faces Notre Dame at 4:30 p.m. and LTCHS takes on Hunting Hills at 7:30 p.m. Both games are in Lacombe.

Hunting Hills Lightning striking it hot on the gridiron Lightning 14 Cougars 9 LACOMBE — The Hunting Hills Lightning are going in the right direction.

That was obvious as they downed the Notre Dame Cougars 14-9 in Central Alberta High School Football League City Division play at M.E. Global Athletic Park Monday.

The first time the two met this season the Cougars rolled to a 40-0 victory.

“The whole point of the year is to try to get better every week,” said Lightning head coach Kyle Sedgwick. “I thought we did a good job in matching them physically, more than we did a month ago.

“Those were two good talented teams. They were missing some key players because of injury, but they’re still a good team. This was a physical battle.

It looked like a game that should be in November instead of the middle of October.”

What the Lightning did do was control the Cougars outstanding running back duo of Johannes Smith and Justin Fedun. Smith finished with 66 yards and Fedun with 75.

“Kudos to them they are certainly better than the last time we faced them,” said Cougars head coach Gino Castellan.

“But I don’t feel they’re any better than we are.

We had four starters out, which hurts. Still we were right there on defence. We allowed only 14 points and seven of those came on a defensive back missing a read.”

The missed read came at 10:41 of the second quarter when Sympho Nkuela cut off the right tackle and went 45 yards untouched to give the Lightning a 14-0 lead.

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Notre Dame Cougars courting volleyball success

BY JONATHAN GUIGNARD ADVOCATE STAFF The Notre Dame Cougars have high expectations heading into the Central Alberta High School Volleyball League season.

The senior girls finished a perfect 3-0 in the preseason after a four-set victory over the Lacombe Rams 25-18, 23-25, 25-19, 25-8 last week.

Last year, the Red Deer girls team finished second in zone championships.

With seven returning players, head coach Jeremy Batchelor has one goal in mind – to come out on top of the zone championships.

“As long as we see a little bit of improvement every practice and every game then we are headed in the right direction,” said Batchelor.

Key to the team’s success will be top veteran setters Mackenzie Huddleston and Abby Meckling along with several other strong hitters.

“Offence is definitely where our strength lies,” he said.

Batchelor said the team will focus on defence through improving the team’s positioning and anticipating what’s happening on the other side of the net.

“It’s coming around,” said Batchelor. “(In) the preseason we focused more on positioning and where we need to be on the court and I think we got that figured out. We’ve been also working on specific plays when we’re in a side-out situation or a serving situation. We got a couple of options of what we can do.”

The senior boys finished their preseason with a record of 2-1 after beating the Lacombe Rams in three straight sets 25-16, 25-15, 25-18 last Tuesday.

The boys finished first in zone championships last year and have eight returning players. Head coach AJ Mahoney expects to have another strong season.

“Ideally we want to finish at the top of the standings going into playoffs. That’s always the ultimate goal, but the team really understands that it is a process. Provincials would be a nice bonus to reward the time and effort we are putting in,” said Mahoney.

Likewise Mahoney will look to veteran players to step up to lead the team.

He will lean heavily on middle blocker Ben Cromie, left side hitter Connor Sinnamon and libero Thomas Zimmerman.

“We don’t always need to be going for the ball.

We need to know that we are able to continue rallies and put the point away later instead of always wanting to go after it right away. I think it’s about working on patience and realizing we’ll have more opportunities to win a point,” he said.

High school volleyball in Red Deer has been influenced by Red Deer College.

RDC has been a powerhouse in the Alberta Colleges Athletic Conference (ACAC) and the Canadian Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA) under Keith Hansen and now Aaron Schulha.

“Having that high level of volleyball available to us to go and watch, or to be able to speak with Aaron and his coaches and players, is such an advantage for us over some of the smaller areas in the province,” said Mahoney.

The Cougars start their regular season with away games against Lindsay Thurber today. The girls play at 6 p.m. followed by the boys.

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McDavid best 19-year-old Gretzky has ever seen

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — When watching Connor McDavid play for the Edmonton Oilers, Wayne Gretzky gets the urge to don his No. 99 again.

“I could get 60 goals playing with that guy,” the Great One said. “I’m truly amazed at how good he is.”

Admiration runs deep from the NHL’s all-time leading scorer when it comes to McDavid. Gretzky believes his fellow prodigy has all the tools for a truly special career, mentioning his name in the same breath as Mario Lemieux, Gordie Howe, Guy Lafleur, and of course, Sidney Crosby, who he said remains the best in the game today.

“But I don’t think there’s any question that Connor’s the best 19-year-old hockey player I’ve ever seen and I saw (Mark) Messier, I saw Lemieux, I saw Lafleur,” Gretzky said Monday in an interview to promote his new book, 99: Stories of the Game.

“This kid is special.”

‘I JUST CAN’T SAY ENOUGH GOOD THINGS ABOUT HIM I JUST THINK HE’S SUCH A SPECIAL PLAYER.’ — WAYNE GRETZKY ON OILERS CAPTAIN CONNOR MCDAVID Now, Gretzky continued, it’s up to McDavid, who was recently named Oilers captain, to live up to the potential. Gretzky, a former Oilers captain himself, noted how Crosby delivered on the hype by winning not only individual awards, but Stanley Cups for the Pittsburgh Penguins.

“The Lemieuxs, the LaFleurs, and the (Mike) Bossys, those guys did it, they accomplished it, they became Hall of Famers,” Gretzky said. “(Is McDavid) on the right track? Absolutely. And has he got an opportunity to do some real special things? One hundred per cent. Has he got his head screwed on properly? One hundred per cent. He’s in the right organization (and) the city will take care of him. It’s a wonderful city for him to play in. Tremendous ownership. Great coaching.

“Now, it’s going to take time. He’s still only 19,” Gretzky continued. “But he has everything in place to become the best player in the National Hockey League and go on to win some championships for the Edmonton Oilers.”

McDavid became the first Oiler since Gretzky in 1987 to record at least six points in the opening two games of a season, totalling three goals and three assists in a pair of wins over the Calgary Flames last week.

He had 48 points in 45 games as a rookie last season.

Gretzky said if he could steal one thing for his own game from McDavid it would be his speed. The Newmarket, Ont., native has “one extra gear that I don’t think I’ve ever seen on a hockey player”.

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Oilers captain Connor McDavid is being praised these days by Edmonton Oilers superstar Wayne Gretzky as being the best 19-year-old player he’s ever seen.

And though Paul Coffey, his former Oilers teammate and fellow Hall of Famer, is still the purest skater Gretzky has ever seen, McDavid is even on a “different level”.

Gretzky believes McDavid’s greatness and best-inthe-game status will ultimately come from Stanley Cups. Edmonton last won the NHL’s biggest prize in 1990, two years after Gretzky was traded to Los Angeles. What separates great players from the truly elite, he said, is championships. All the legends, from Messier to Howe and Bobby Orr, have won the Cup at least once and in some cases, several times.

The foundation in Edmonton is there for McDavid to one day join them, Gretzky said.

Though he acknowledged the difficulty in evaluating individuals on team success, Gretzky said it was fair when it comes to the all-timers, a class he sees McDavid eventually joining. Does he think Cup victories should determine Hall of Fame status? No. Nor, he said, is one player responsible for delivering the game’s top prize.

“But what I’m saying is if you want to get that elite status where they say you’re Bobby Orr or you’re Jean Beliveau to me you’ve got to win a Stanley

Cup,” Gretzky said. “Winning a Stanley Cup is important and you should never lose sight of that fact.

And with winning that Stanley Cup he’s going to win Art Rosses (for leading the league in scoring) and he’s going to win the Hart Trophy (for league MVP).

All that stuff will come with it because he’s in a good organization with good coaching. He’s got a management team that understands who he is and they’re going to be a good team for a long time.

“Now, you’ve got to go to that next level. But listen, it’s not going to happen overnight, it’s hard to win, it’s going to take time.”

Gretzky envisions McDavid following the same path Crosby set a decade ago, which included a Hart Trophy as an NHL sophomore and Stanley Cup champion two years after that.

“Now, he’s going to cross all those bridges that Sidney had to, whether it be playing for a Stanley Cup, whether it be captain of the Olympic team, all those things are going to come his way. But he’s ready for it,” Gretzky said.

“I just can’t say enough good things about him I just think he’s such a special player.”

Veteran Ricky Ray returns to Argonauts line up

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — Finally a little good fortune for Scott Milanovich and the struggling Toronto Argonauts.

Veteran quarterback Ricky Ray practised with the starting offence Monday as Toronto began preparing to face the Calgary Stampeders on Friday night. Ray comes off the six-game injured list this week just in time, as Drew Willy is ailing with an injury to his throwing shoulder that flared up in Toronto’s 29-11 loss to Saskatchewan on Saturday.

Milanovich said Willy had an injury to his throwing shoulder prior to Toronto’s 48-20 home loss to Calgary on Oct. 10, but “it didn’t affect his ability to play.”

“Unknown to me he re-injured it a little bit … so he’s going to be down this week.

“I think he’ll be on the one-game (injured list).”

That would mean a return under centre for Ray. The 36-year-old American hasn’t played since suffering a deflated lung and fractured rib in Toronto’s 4936 Labour Day loss to the Hamilton Tiger-Cats.

“I feel like physically I don’t have anything hindering me,” Ray said. “Within a couple of weeks (the lung) was pretty much back to full capacity whereas the rib just takes a little bit longer but it feels pretty good.

“I was able to get back to practise last week … and get the feel back. Being out there again this week and being able to throw with the guys I feel like, yeah, I can play.”

Toronto (5-11) has lost five straight and nine of its last 10 games to barely remain in playoff contention.

The Argos trail second-place Hamilton (6-9) in the East Division and after facing high-flying Calgary (141-1) will finish their regular season visiting Edmonton (8-7) on Nov. 5.

Ray opened the 2016 season as Toronto’s starter after missing much of last year recovering from

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off-season shoulder surgery. He led Toronto to a 3-2 record before suffering a knee injury in a 30-17 win over Montreal on July 25.

Youngster Logan Kilgore guided Toronto to a 2320 road win over Ottawa the following week but the club has won just once — 33-21 over Hamilton on Sept. 11 — since then.

Dan LeFevour led Toronto past Hamilton before giving way to Willy, who was acquired from Winnipeg on Sept. 17 for defensive back T.J. Heath, a 2017 first-round pick and 2018 third-round selection. Willy was 0-3 as the starter and replaced by LeFevour in back at you. They have the experience and they’re never out of the game until the end,” said Sedgwick.

Castellan isn’t one to accept defeat easily, but admitted it may not hurt to lose a game.

“I hope this doesn’t sit well with the guys and they come out with some urgency and pride against Lacombe,” he said.

The Cougars can wrap up first place with a win over Lacombe at 4:30 p.m. on Friday.

A loss and a Hunting Hills win over Lindsay

Thurber (at 7:30 p.m.) and the Lightning would get first place.

Nkuela rushed for 79 yards for the Lightning.

The league semifinals are set for Oct. 28.

Danny Rode is a retired Advocate reporter who can be reached at drode@reddeeradvocate.com. His work can also be seen at Danny’s blog at rdcathletics.ca.

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“Sympho missed our first game against them with a hamstring injury,” said Sedgwick.

Logan Clarkson had scored on a one-yard run at 1:48 of the second quarter and Notre Dame gave up a safety at 5:25 on a bad snap to the punter.

The Cougars got a safety back at 8:09 of the third quarter and then made a game of it when Fedun scored from the three at 2:22 of the final quarter.

Isaac Colosimo kicked the convert.

The Cougars had their chances to come back and win it, but the Lightning got an interception by Dolan Hills late in the game and then were able to almost run out the clock before punting the ball back. The Cougars managed three plays before the final whistle.

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With Drew Willy sidelines with a sore shoulder, Toronto Argonauts’ Ricky Ray is expected to start against the Calgary Stampeders Friday.

the third quarter Saturday after completing 11-of-23 passes for 87 yards.

Toronto scored all of its points in the fourth with LeFevour, who finished 11-of-16 passing for 107 yards with a TD and interception.

“Drew was been put in a difficult situation,” Milanovich said. “And probably (was) put in there too soon for him to really, truly, be comfortable with what we’re doing and then ask him to succeed and that’s on me.

“Ricky is phenomenally accurate and knows the offence so well there’s a lot of little subtle-type reads he’s just seen so many times that he’ll get it there quick and accurate. I think just his comfort level and the fact that when a guy is open … he doesn’t generally miss.”

Toronto must finish ahead of Hamilton to make the East Division playoffs after losing the season series to the Ticats. And the West Division has already clinched the crossover, meaning the fourth-place team will assume the No. 3 post-season seed in the Eastern Conference.

That means to make the playoffs Toronto must finish ahead of Hamilton. The Ticats are in Ottawa on Friday night then will play their final two regular-season games at Tim Hortons Field versus Edmonton and Montreal, respectively.

Calgary not only sports the CFL’s top record but is 8-0 at McMahon Stadium. The Stampeders are leading the league in scoring (34.2 points per game) but also boast its stingiest defence (21.2 points per game).

Ray cited execution as the biggest reason for Calgary’s defensive success.

“It’s not like they’re doing anything crazy and confusing you,” he said. “They just execute so well.

“Everybody is in the right spot, they don’t make a lot of mistakes, they’re able to play good coverage in the back end and get pressure and stop the run up front. Just as a total team, they do it all.”

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Sweeping changes — again — in curling

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS CALGARY — The start of this curling season is an attempt to stuff the sweeping genie back in the bottle.

Elite curlers now have the same fabric — an “ugly mustard yellow” as skip Brad Gushue describes it — in their broomheads.

All sweeping hell broke loose at curling’s highest levels last winter when super-coated brush fabric allowed curlers to manipulate the trajectory of a stone in ways never seen before.

Accurate shot-making took a back seat to steering stones down the ice with “Frankenbrooms.” There were fears the abrasive fabric in brooms damaged the ice.

Confusion over what should be allowed and what shouldn’t caused bad blood between teams.

“It was just no fun last year,” Canadian women’s champion skip Chelsea Carey said. “There was a lot more animosity and tension than I’ve seen in a long time.”

New rules imposed by the World Curling Federation on Sept. 10 came out of May’s sweeping summit in Kemptville, Ont. Gushue was one of the curlers involved in three days of testing overseen by the National Research Council. The new rules apply to WCF events, and by extension, competition sanctioned by Curling Canada.

The most visible change this fall on the World Curling Tour is all broomheads used for sweeping have the same colour and type of fabric produced from a single source.

“It’s just to make sure no brush has an advantage over another one,” Edmonton skip Val Sweeting said. “It’s all back to the thrower and shot management now.”

The material, produced in China, is given to manufacturers by a wholesale textile distributor in Canada.

“The fabric the athletes like the best, the one that we’re using now, had the least amount of coating and had some of the finer fibres,” said Scott Taylor, president of the curling equipment company BalancePlus.

“When we get the material in, we have to report specifics on each roll and provide a sample from each roll to the WCF, so if there is a problem down the road, it can be worked backwards.”

Other new rules include: ● Each curler on a team declares his or her WCF-approved sweeping device at the beginning of the game and must use it for sweeping. ● No changing of brushheads during a game is allowed without permission from the chief umpire ● If an alternate player comes into the game, the substitute uses the broom of the person being replaced.

A player is disqualified and that team forfeits the game on a first violation in a single competition. A

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Team Newfoundland and Labrador skip Brad Gushue reacts as his shot enters the house during the goldmedal game against Team Alberta at the Brier curling championship March 13 in Ottawa. The biggest change to this year’s curling season involves broomheads used by the curlers. second offence in the same competition suspends all players on the team from WCF events for a year.

“We wanted strict penalties,” Gushue said. “(If) you got that same sharp fabric in the same mustard colour and try to sneak it past some people … I believe that deserves a harsh punishment. To me, it’s not different than corking your bat in baseball.”

The Frankenbrooms spawned “directional sweeping” in which one sweeper at a time uses a downward stroke to either enhance the rock’s curl or make it run straight. It was a departure from the traditional tandem sweeping.

The new rules crack down on equipment, but not technique, so directional sweeping is still allowed.

“What we didn’t want was a whole bunch more officiating in our game,” Curling Canada’s high-performance director Gerry Peckham said. “We don’t have to be out there policing the angle of the brushing motion.

“The athlete group took it upon themselves, once they had identified this new fabric, to try every imaginable technique and angle to see if they could impact in a significant way how the rock behaved and they could not.”

But teams won’t give up on directional sweeping until they’re convinced it doesn’t work.

“Some people think it’s doing nothing. Some people think it still has some effect,” Carey said. “The only consensus is it has less effect. It’s negligible if it’s doing anything.

“In some cases, if it makes a quarter inch of difference, that’s enough.”

Added Gushue: “I do believe there’s still potential for directional to work. It’s going to be minimized.

You’re probably going to get 10 per cent of what you could do last year if not much less.”

Olympic champion Jennifer Jones supports technological advances in curling, but not when they make her sport unrecognizable to her.

“It was pretty stressful last year and there were so many changes and it really did impact the game we love,” she said. “What happened last year was damaging the ice, impacting the playing surface and you can’t have that. That’s impacting the integrity of the game. Technology is great as long as it doesn’t impact the fundamentals of the game.”

Penn State defamation, whistle-blower lawsuit begins

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS BELLEFONTE, Pa. (AP) — A Penn State lawyer on Monday turned claims in a civil lawsuit against a former coach who offered key testimony against Jerry Sandusky, saying it’s not the school’s fault he can’t find a coaching position, but rather a response to the man’s own failure to stop the child sexual abuse he witnessed.

Attorney Nancy Conrad cited Mike McQueary’s own words from an email as the defamation and whistle-blower lawsuit began, saying the national media and public ruined him — not Penn State.

“He should not be permitted to exploit the tragedy that was caused by Jerry Sandusky for his own personal financial gain,” she said.

MIKE MCQUEARY McQueary is seeking at least $4 million in lost wages and other damages.

Conrad said comments that flooded in to the university after Sandusky was first charged in 2011 with child molestation were deeply critical of McQueary — who she said was 28 back then, with a “strong build” — for not acting to stop an alleged child rape.

“Yet he walked away,” Conrad told jurors, saying any harm to McQueary is “a result of his own decisions and actions.”

McQueary has said he happened to go to a team shower late on a Friday night in February 2001 and saw Sandusky engaging in what he concluded was a sexual act with a boy about 10 to 12 years old. He slammed his locker shut and saw they had separated, but did not say anything to Sandusky, a retired assistant coach, nor did he report the matter to police.

Instead, he met about the incident the next day with then-head coach Joe Paterno, and more than a week later with two high-ranking school officials.

Nothing happened until nearly a decade later, when police investigating other complaints about Sandusky got a tip to contact McQueary. His testimony helped convict Sandusky of being a sexually violent predator, and Sandusky is now serving a lengthy prison sentence while appealing a 45-count conviction. His wife and staunch defender, Dottie Sandusky, was in the courtroom Monday.

McQueary says he was put on leave, and then his expired contract was not renewed as retaliation for his help in the criminal case. He also says he was defamed by a statement issued by then-university pres-

ident Graham Spanier when Sandusky was arrested, and that he was misled by two of Spanier’s lieutenants into thinking they took his report seriously and would respond appropriately.

“Their intention,” McQueary lawyer Elliot Strokoff told jurors, “was to sweep this incident under the rug.”

Other coaches who might hire him are concluding, based on how Penn State treated McQueary, that he must have done something wrong, Strokoff said.

“This is a cloud that hangs over his head today,” he said.

Witness Jonelle Harter Eshbach, a former prosecutor who had a leading role in the Sandusky investigation, described email exchanges shortly after charges were filed and McQueary’s role in the probe became public. McQueary told her he felt he had not been properly supported during a prosecution news conference, his story had not been accurately told in a grand jury report and that he felt he was being vilified.

Eshbach said despite those emails, she was not concerned for his safety and told him not to make a public statement.

Former university lawyer Wendell Courtney recounted telling one of the administrators, Gary Schultz, to report the shower incident matter to child welfare authorities.

“It was my assessment that the appropriate course of conduct would be to report it and let the Department of Public Welfare investigate it in a manner it deemed appropriate,” Courtney said.

He said Schultz described the incident as horseplay and did not mention any sexual component, as McQueary claims he related to Schultz, then the school’s vice president with supervisory authority over police, and Tim Curley, then the athletic director.

Lisa Powers told jurors that Spanier knew at least a week ahead of time that Sandusky, Curley and

Schultz were going to be charged in November 2011.

He called her into a meeting with then-general counsel Cynthia Baldwin and Steve Garbin, then the trustees’ chairman, to work on a news release — a statement the lawsuit claims made it appear McQueary had lied.

Powers said Spanier seemed to have formed a strong opinion.

“He had already indicated that he knew that the charges were groundless,” Powers testified. “He felt it was an attack on his leadership team and nothing more.”

Jurors also heard from former Paterno assistant Fran Ganter, who said McQueary was concerned about the safety of his family when the Sandusky scandal became public. He said that when players sought to keep two coaches on the staff when Paterno’s successor was hired, they did not mention McQueary.

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MONTREAL — Alouettes receivers Duron Carter and Kenny Stafford sent farewell tweets to Montreal fans this morning amid reports they have been released by the CFL club.

“Had fun Montreal! Much love!

Much will be said in the next few days… Sorry I can’t help Montreal get back to the glory days,” Carter tweeted.

He led the 4-11 Alouettes with 938 yards on 61 catches while Stafford, his cousin, caught 16 balls for 216 yards.

“Thank you to the city and fans of Montreal it was good while it lasted,” tweeted Stafford.

The two players were involved in a dispute with quarterback Rakeem Cato during practice two weeks ago, but the issues appeared to have been resolved.

There was no immediate confirmation of the moves from the Alouettes, who remained in Calgary to practise this week after losing to the Stampeders on Saturday.

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Local Sports Today

● High school volleyball: 4A league, Lacombe at Hunting Hills, Notre Dame at Lindsay Thurber, girls at 6, boys to follow. ● AJHL: Olds Grizzlys vs. Calgary Mustangs, 7 p.m., Olds Sportsplex.

Thursday

● College women’s hockey: ACAC, RDC Queens vs. Olds Broncos, 7 p.m., Centrium.

Friday

● High school football: Central Alberta City Division: Notre Dame at Lacombe, 4:30 p.m.; Hunting Hills at Lindsay Thurber, 7:30 p.m., M.E. Global Athletic Park, Lacombe. Rural Division: Sylvan LAke at Ponoka, Drayton Valley at Rocky, Wetaskiwin vs. Camrose. ● Minor midget hockey: Red Deer TBS Chiefs vs. Calgary Rangers, 4:45 p.m., Kin City A. ● WHL: Red Deer Rebels vs. Calgary Hitmen, 7:30 p.m., Centrium. ● College men’s hockey: ACAC, RDC Kings vs. SAIT Trojans, 7 p.m., Penhold Regional Multiplex.

Hockey

● CHL: Chinook League, Stony Plain at Innisfail, 8 p.m.

Saturday

● College soccer: RDC vs. SAIT, Queens at noon, Kings at 2 p.m. ● Bantam AAA hockey: Red Deer Rebels vs. Calgary Bisons, 2:15 p.m., Collicutt. ● Midget AAA: AMHL, Red Deer Chiefs vs. Calgary Royals, 4:30 p.m., Kinex. ● WHL: Red Deer Rebels vs. Prince Albert, 7 p.m., Centrium.

Sunday

● Bantam AAA hockey: Red Deer Rebels vs. Lethbridge, 1:45 p.m., Collicutt. ● Minor midget hockey: Red Deer TBS Chiefs vs. Calgary Stampeders, 1:45 p.m., Kinex. ● College soccer: RDC vs. Olds, Queens at noon, Kings at 2 p.m. ● Midget AAA: AMHL, Red Deer Chiefs vs. St. Albert Raiders, 4 p.m., Kinex. ● Female hockey: AFHL midget AAA, Red Deer Sutter Fund Chiefs vs.

S. Albert Slash, 5 p.m., Collicutt.

Soccer MLS EASTERN CONFERENCE GP W L T GF x-New York 33 15 9 9 59 x-N.Y.C. 33 14 10 9 58 x-Toronto 33 13 9 11 48 x-D.C. 33 11 9 13 51 x-Montreal 33 11 10 12 49 Philadelphia 33 11 13 9 52 N.E. 33 10 14 9 41 Orlando 33 8 11 14 51 Columbus 33 8 13 12 49 Chicago 33 7 16 10 40 WESTERN CONFERENCE GP W L T GF x-Dallas 33 17 8 8 50 x-Colorado 33 15 6 12 38 x-L.A. 33 12 6 15 54 Salt Lake 33 12 11 10 43 Seattle 33 13 14 6 42 Kansas City 33 12 13 8 40 Portland 33 12 13 8 47 San Jose 33 8 11 14 32 Vancouver 33 9 15 9 41 Houston 33 7 14 12 38

GA 44 56 37 43 50 53 54 58 54 55

Pt 54 51 50 46 45 42 39 38 36 31

GA 40 31 39 44 42 41 49 38 51 44

Pt 59 57 51 46 45 44 44 38 36 33

x — clinched playoff berth. Note: Three points awarded for a win one for a tie.

Sunday’s results Chicago 2 New England 1 D.C. 3 New York City 1 New York 3 Columbus 2 Orlando 2 Philadelphia 0 Toronto 2 Montreal 2 Dallas 2 Seattle 1 Los Angeles 1 Houston 0 Portland 1 Colorado 0 Kansas City 0 Salt Lake 0 Vancouver 0 San Jose 0 Sunday, Oct. 23 Chicago at Toronto, 2 p.m.

Columbus at New York City, 2 p.m.

D.C. at Orlando, 2 p.m.

Dallas at Los Angeles, 2 p.m.

Houston at Colorado, 2 p.m.

Montreal at New England, 2 p.m.

New York at Philadelphia, 2 p.m.

Portland at Vancouver, 2 p.m.

Salt Lake at Seattle, 2 p.m.

San Jose at Kansas City, 2 p.m.

End of MLS regular season

Transactions BASEBALL American League MINNESOTA TWINS — Assigned LHPs Andrew Albers, Tommy Milone and Pat Dean, INF James Beresford and OF Logan Schafer outright to Rochester (IL).

National League ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS — Announced chief baseball officer Tony La Russa will shift into an advisory role.

Frontier League NORMAL CORNBELTERS — Sold the contract of LHP Casey Brown to Philadelphia (NL) RIVER CITY RASCALS — Signed RHP Reese Gregory to a contract extension. Signed RHP Tanner Wilt.

SOUTHERN ILLINOIS MINERS — Signed UTL Billy Germaine and OF Julian Service.

BASKETBALL National Basketball Association CHICAGO BULLS — Traded G Tony Snell to Milwaukee for G Michael Carter-Williams.

DALLAS MAVERICKS — Signed C Jaleel Cousins.

DETROIT PISTONS — Waived F Nikola Jovanovic.

INDIANA PACERS — Waived F Alex Poythress and G Nick Zeisloft.

NEW ORLEANS PELICANS — Signed G-F Quincy Ford.

FOOTBALL National Football League DENVER BRONCOS — Claimed G Billy Turner off waivers from Baltimore. Released OL Darrion Weems.

DETROIT LIONS — Re-signed DB Charles Washington to the practice squad. Released WR Jay Lee from the practice squad.

INDIANAPOLIS COLTS — Waived CB Frankie Williams.

NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS — Signed RB Tyler Gaffney and FB Glenn Gronkowski to the practice squad.

TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS — Signed RB Antone Smith. Waived RB Russell Hansbrough.

Signed WR Donteea Dye, S Trae Elston, WR Freddie Martino and TE Tevin Westbrook to the practice squad.

HOCKEY National Hockey League ARIZONA COYOTES — Assigned D Zbynek Michalek to Tucson (AHL).

DETROIT RED WINGS — Signed RW Givani Smith to a three-year entry-level contract.

LOS ANGELES KINGS — Recalled D Erik Cernak from Ontario (AHL) and reassigned him to Erie (OHL).

SOCCER United Soccer League USL — Suspended New York’s Devon Williams and Swope Park’s Nansel Selbol one game each and fined them undisclosed amounts for their actions during last week’s conference finals. Suspended Louisville’s Sean Reynolds three 2017 games and Paco Craig one 2017 game and fined them undisclosed amounts for their actions during last week’s conference finals.

TENNIS Association of Tennis Professionals ATP — Suspended Nick Kyrgios for eight tournament weeks, through Jan. 15, 2017, and fined him $25,000 for conduct contrary to “integrity” of tennis.

COLLEGE PENN STATE — Named Kelly Knapp field hockey/women’s lacrosse director of operations.

Basketball NBA EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct Boston 5 1 .833 New York 2 2 .500 Toronto 2 2 .500 Brooklyn 1 4 .200 Philadelphia 1 5 .167 Southeast Division W L Pct Atlanta 3 2 .600 Miami 3 2 .600 Washington 2 3 .400 Charlotte 2 3 .400 Orlando 1 4 .200 Central Division W L Pct Indiana 3 2 .600 Detroit 3 2 .600 Chicago 3 3 .500 Milwaukee 2 3 .400 Cleveland 2 3 .400 WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division W L Pct Memphis 4 1 .800 Houston 3 1 .750 San Antonio 3 2 .600 Dallas 2 3 .400 New Orleans 1 3 .250 Northwest Division W L Pct Portland 3 2 .600 Minnesota 3 2 .600 Utah 3 2 .600 Denver 3 3 .500

Oklahoma City GB — 2 2 3½ 4 GB — — 1 1 2 GB — — ½ 1 1

GB — ½ 1 2 2½ GB — — — ½

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

1 2 .333 Pacific Division W L Pct 4 1 .800 3 2 .600 2 2 .500 2 3 .400 2 4 .333

1 GB — 1 1½ 2 2½

Sunday’s Games Atlanta 105, Orlando 98 Oklahoma City 112, Minnesota 94 Denver 106, Portland 97 Monday’s Games Boston 120, Brooklyn 99 Detroit 102, Milwaukee 78 Charlotte 108, Chicago 104 Utah 104, L.A. Clippers 78 Today’s Games Washington at Cleveland, 5 p.m.

New Orleans at Atlanta, 5:30 p.m.

Orlando at Miami, 5:30 p.m.

Denver at Oklahoma City, 6 p.m.

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

Wednesday’s Games New York at Boston, 5:30 p.m.

Toronto at Detroit, 5:30 p.m.

Indiana at Milwaukee, 6 p.m.

Memphis at Minnesota, 6 p.m.

Houston at Dallas, 6:30 p.m.

Portland at Utah, 7 p.m.

Golden State at L.A. Lakers, 8 p.m.

Thursday’s Games Miami at Charlotte, 5 p.m.

New Orleans at Orlando, 5 p.m.

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

Atlanta at Chicago, 6 p.m.

Price to miss season opener

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS BROSSARD, Que. — Neither Carey Price nor Sidney Crosby is expected on the ice for the Montreal Canadiens’ home opener against the Pittsburgh Penguins, but there are plenty of story lines nonetheless.

It starts in goal, where Al Montoya will make a third straight start in place of the ailing Price when the teams meet Tuesday night at the Bell Centre.

Montoya will almost certainly be up against Mike Condon, the man he beat out for the job as Price’s backup in training camp. Condon was claimed off waivers by Pittsburgh at the end of camp to fill in for the injured Matt Murray.

“We’ll see how that goes,” Montoya said with a laugh.

Penguins starter Marc-Andre Fleury was pegged to play Monday night at home against Colorado, making Condon the

likely starter in Montreal, where he had an up and down rookie campaign playing most of the games after Price blew out a knee last Nov. 25.

“I’m sure he’ll be excited,” said Canadiens forward Brendan Gallagher. “He’s got a good opportunity there in Pittsburgh and I hope he takes advantage of it. I just hope it’s not (Tuesday) night against us.”

Price is feeling better after missing Montreal’s first two games with a nasty flu, but needs to regain weight and energy before he can play.

The 2015 Hart and Vezina Trophy winner took part in off-ice training and worked for 40 minutes with goalie coach Stephane Waite before the main practice on Monday.

Coach Michel Therrien said Price wouldn’t dress against Pittsburgh and wasn’t sure if he’ll be ready to face Arizona on Thursday.

“When he’s able to play it means his energy, his weight, everything, has to be 100 per cent,” said Therrien.

WHL Eastern Conference East Division GP W L OTLSOL Regina 9 6 0 3 0 Swift Current 10 7 2 0 1 Moose Jaw 10 6 2 2 0 Saskatoon 8 5 2 1 0 Brandon 8 3 3 2 0 Prince Albert 9 3 5 1 0 Central Division GP W L OTLSOL Medicine Hat 10 6 3 1 0 Lethbridge 10 5 3 1 1 Red Deer 10 5 3 1 1 Edmonton 10 3 5 2 0 Calgary 7 3 3 1 0 Kootenay 10 1 5 3 1

GF 44 39 39 20 28 25

GA Pts 28 15 26 15 36 14 20 11 31 8 31 7

GF 40 39 34 22 15 25

GA Pts 30 13 43 12 37 12 35 8 24 7 36 6

Western Conference U.S. Division W L OTLSOL GF GA Pts Everett 8 1 1 0 36 21 17 Portland 8 3 0 0 50 37 16 Tri-City 5 4 0 0 33 33 10 Spokane 2 4 1 1 21 33 6 Seattle 2 4 0 1 16 25 5 B.C. Division GP W L OTLSOL GF GA Pts Prince George 12 10 2 0 0 45 30 20 Victoria 10 5 5 0 0 26 26 10 Vancouver 12 5 7 0 0 36 42 10 Kamloops 10 4 6 0 0 34 26 8 Kelowna 10 3 7 0 0 19 36 6 Note: Two points for a team winning in overtime or shootout the team losing in overtime or shootout receives one which is registered in the OTL or SOL columns.

GP 10 11 9 8 7

Friday’s Games Saskatoon 4 Kelowna 2 Victoria 6 Edmonton 1 Prince Albert 3 Brandon 2 (OT) Tri-City 4 Kamloops 2 Everett 4 Spokane 3 (OT) Prince George 3 Seattle 2 (SO) Red Deer 6 Moose Jaw 4 Medicine Hat 7 Calgary 2 Vancouver 4 Lethbridge 3 (OT) Regina 5 Kootenay 4 (OT) Saturday’s Games Prince George 5 Tri-City 2 Portland 3 Spokane 2 (SO) Brandon 4 Prince Albert 3 (OT) Vancouver 2 Medicine Hat 1 (OT) Regina 7 Lethbridge 2 Red Deer 2 Kootenay 1 (OT) Swift Current 5 Kelowna 1 Everett 3 Seattle 2 Sunday’s Games Moose Jaw 4 Calgary 3 (OT) Monday’s Games Moose Jaw 5 Edmonton 4 (OT) Today’s Games Saskatoon at Victoria, 7:05 p.m.

Everett at Spokane, 7:05 p.m.

Lethbridge at Regina, 7 p.m.

Swift Current at Prince George, 7 p.m.

Tri-City at Portland, 7 p.m.

Wednesday’s Games Swift Current at Kamloops, 7 p.m.

Saskatoon at Vancouver, 7 p.m.

Lethbridge at Moose Jaw, 7 p.m.

Kootenay at Medicine Hat, 7 p.m.

Everett at Kelowna, 7:05 p.m.

Friday’s Games Spokane at Regina, 7 p.m.

Calgary at Red Deer, 7 p.m.

Medicine Hat at Kootenay, 7 p.m.

Tri-City at Kelowna, 7:05 p.m.

Saskatoon at Kamloops, 7 p.m.

Prince Albert at Edmonton, 7 p.m.

Lethbridge at Brandon, 7:30 p.m.

Swift Current at Victoria, 7:05 p.m.

Portland at Seattle, 7:35 p.m.

Saturday’s Games Everett at Victoria, 7:05 p.m.

Swift Current at Vancouver, 7 p.m.

Kelowna at Seattle, 7:05 p.m.

Prince Albert at Red Deer, 7 p.m.

Saskatoon at Prince George, 7 p.m.

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

Tri-City at Kamloops, 7 p.m.

Spokane at Brandon, 7:30 p.m.

2. Edmonton, Bauer 4 (Irving, Berg) 2:59.

3. Moose Jaw, Gregor 2 (unassisted) 5:51.

Penalties — Kehler Edm (hooking) 3:14 Robertson Edm (cross checking) 7:06 Howden Mj (high sticking) 12:21 Odgers Mj (hooking) 16:22 Fix-Wolansky Edm (slashing) 20:00.

Second Period 4. Moose Jaw, Howden 7 (Gregor, Halbgewachs) 7:04 (pp).

Penalties — Irving Edm (holding) 4:28 Gorda Edm (high sticking) 5:56 Zaitsev Mj (hooking) 13:10.

Third Period 5. Edmonton, Mohr 1 (McLeod) 7:34.

6. Moose Jaw, Howden 8 (Sozanski, Halbgewachs) 9:57.

7. Edmonton, Koch 2 (unassisted) 16:43 (sh).

8. Edmonton, Fix-Wolansky 3 (Warm, Irving) 19:29.

Penalties — Woo Mj (delay of game) 3:19 Kehler Edm (kneeing) 16:22.

Overtime 9. Moose Jaw, Jeannot 2 (Popugaev, Brook) 3:10.

Penalties — None.

Shots on goal by Moose Jaw 11 8 7 4 — 30 Edmonton 12 10 15 1 — 38 Goal — Moose Jaw: Sawchenko (W, 3-0-2-0). Edmonton: Hughes (L, 1-2-2-0).

Power plays (goals-chances) — Moose Jaw: 1-6 Edmonton: 0-4.

NHL EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division GP W L OT Pts GF Florida 2 2 0 0 4 6 Tampa Bay 2 2 0 0 4 9 Ottawa 3 2 1 0 4 10 Boston 3 2 1 0 4 11 Montreal 2 1 0 1 3 7 Toronto 2 1 0 1 3 8 Buffalo 2 1 1 0 2 7 Detroit 3 1 2 0 2 10 Metropolitan Division GP W L OT Pts GF Pittsburgh 3 2 0 1 5 9 N.Y. Rangers 3 2 1 0 4 14 Philadelphia 2 1 0 1 3 7 Washington 2 1 0 1 3 4 Carolina 2 0 0 2 2 7 N.Y. Islanders 3 1 2 0 2 7 New Jersey 2 0 1 1 1 3 Columbus 2 0 2 0 0 5

GA 2 6 12 8 5 6 6 11 GA 8 10 6 4 9 9 5 9

WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA St. Louis 3 3 0 0 6 11 6 Colorado 2 2 0 0 4 10 8 Nashville 2 1 1 0 2 6 7 Dallas 2 1 1 0 2 9 8 Minnesota 2 1 1 0 2 6 6 Chicago 3 1 2 0 2 9 11 Winnipeg 3 1 2 0 2 9 12 Pacific Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Vancouver 2 2 0 0 4 6 4 San Jose 3 2 1 0 4 9 10 Edmonton 3 2 1 0 4 14 13 Arizona 1 1 0 0 2 4 3 Calgary 3 0 2 1 1 8 14 Anaheim 3 0 2 1 1 6 10 Los Angeles 2 0 2 0 0 3 6 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss.

Sunday’s Games N.Y. Islanders 3, Anaheim 2, OT Buffalo 6, Edmonton 2 Vancouver 4, Carolina 3, OT Monday’s Games Colorado 4, Pittsburgh 3, OT N.Y. Rangers 7, San Jose 4 Detroit 5, Ottawa 1 Boston 4, Winnipeg 1 Today’s Games San Jose at N.Y. Islanders, 5 p.m.

Colorado at Washington, 5 p.m.

Anaheim at New Jersey, 5 p.m.

Arizona at Ottawa, 5:30 p.m.

Pittsburgh at Montreal, 5:30 p.m.

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

Dallas at Nashville, 6 p.m.

Los Angeles at Minnesota, 6 p.m.

Philadelphia at Chicago, 6:30 p.m.

Buffalo at Calgary, 7 p.m.

Carolina at Edmonton, 7 p.m.

St. Louis at Vancouver, 8 p.m.

Wednesday’s Games Toronto at Winnipeg, 6 p.m.

Detroit at N.Y. Rangers, 6 p.m.

MONDAY’S SUMMARIES Warriors 5, Oil Kings 4 (OT) First Period 1. Moose Jaw, Bowen 4 (Zaitsev, Woo) 1:04.

Thursday’s Games New Jersey at Boston, 5 p.m.

Anaheim at Philadelphia, 5 p.m.

San Jose at Pittsburgh, 5 p.m.

Washington at Florida, 5:30 p.m.

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

Arizona at Montreal, 5:30 p.m.

Toronto at Minnesota, 6 p.m.

Los Angeles at Dallas, 6:30 p.m.

Carolina at Calgary, 7 p.m.

St. Louis at Edmonton, 7 p.m.

Buffalo at Vancouver, 8 p.m.

MONDAY’S SUMMARIES Avalanche 4, Penguins 3 (OT) First Period 1. Pittsburgh, Kessel 2 (Letang, Bonino) 8:57 (pp).

2. Pittsburgh, Cullen 1 (Kunitz, Sheary) 9:33.

3. Colorado, Iginla 1 (MacKinnon, Barrie) 16:27 (pp).

4. Colorado, Wiercioch 1 (Bourque, Tyutin) 17:50.

Penalties — Zadorov Col (cross-checking) 8:24 Maatta Pgh (hooking) 10:24 Soderberg Col (tripping) 13:20 Bonino Pgh (tripping) 14:32 Kunitz Pgh (hooking) 15:21.

Second Period No Scoring.

Penalties — Wiercioch Col (tripping) 12:24 Kunitz Pgh, Iginla Col (roughing) 17:31.

Third Period 5. Pittsburgh, Daley 1 (Cullen, Schultz) 9:12 (pp).

6. Colorado, Landeskog 1 (Grigorenko, Johnson) 13:28 (pp).

Penalties — Bourque Col (hooking) 2:59 Kessel Pgh (hooking) 3:49 Kunitz Pgh (high-sticking) 4:05 Colborne Col (high-sticking) 8:34 Malkin Pgh (tripping) 13:10.

Overtime 7. Colorado, Landeskog 2 (MacKinnon, Johnson) :22.

Penalties — None.

Shots on goal by Colorado 10 7 13 1 — 31 Pittsburgh 12 13 6 0 — 31 Goal — Colorado: Pickard (W, 1-0-0). Pittsburgh: Fleury (L, 2-0-1).

Power plays (goals-chances) — Colorado: 2-6 Pittsburgh: 2-5.

Bruins 4, Jets 1 First Period 1. Winnipeg, Wheeler 3 (Burmistrov) 10:00.

2. Boston, Moore 1 (Schaller, Acciari) 10:19.

Penalties — Krejci Bos (roughing) 4:54 Spooner Bos (interference) 7:32 Wheeler Wpg (tripping) 7:53 Carlo Bos (tripping) 17:33.

Second Period 3. Boston, Pastrnak 4 (Marchand, Rask) 19:02.

Penalties — Chara Bos (boarding) 1:53 Miller Bos (boarding) 5:59 Enstrom Wpg (tripping) 20:00.

Third Period 4. Boston, Carlo 1 (unassisted) 18:01.

5. Boston, Chara 1 (Rask) 19:10 (en).

Penalties — Myers Wpg (high-sticking) 3:39 Wheeler Wpg (hooking) 9:06.

Shots on goal by Boston 9 7 9 — 25 Winnipeg 15 12 8 — 35 Goal — Boston: Rask (W, 2-0-0). Winnipeg: Hellebuyck (L, 1-1-0).

Power plays (goals-chances) — Boston: 0-4 Winnipeg: 0-5.

Red Wings 5, Senators 1 First Period 1. Detroit, Green 1 (Vanek, Nyquist) 11:43.

2. Detroit, Helm 2 (Zetterberg, Ouellet) 14:15.

3. Detroit, Green 2 (Tatar, Vanek) 17:17 (pp).

Penalties — Green Det (hooking) 4:23 Phaneuf Ott, Ericsson Det (fighting) 5:48 Smith Ott (hooking) 15:42 Larkin Det (high-sticking) 19:23.

Second Period 4. Ottawa, Dzingel 2 (Karlsson) 8:51 (sh).

Penalties — Phaneuf Ott (roughing) 3:27 Hoffman Ott (hooking) 8:19 Green Det (interference) 19:15.

Third Period 5. Detroit, Green 3 (Glendening, Sheahan) 13:24.

6. Detroit, Helm 3 (Vanek) 17:04 (pp).

Penalties — Borowiecki Ott (interference) 7:29 Sheahan Det (roughing) 7:29 Neil Ott, Abdelkader Det (fighting) 11:27 Sheahan Det (roughing) 13:24 Phaneuf Ott (slashing) 13:24 Methot Ott (cross-checking) 16:59.

Shots on goal by Ottawa 9 14 9 — 32 Detroit 13 5 7 — 25 Goal — Ottawa: Hammond (L, 0-1-0). Detroit: Mrazek (W, 1-2-0).

Power plays (goals-chances) — Ottawa: 0-3 Detroit: 2-4.

Baseball WILD CARD Tuesday, Oct. 4: Toronto 5, Baltimore 2, 11 innings Wednesday, Oct. 5: San Francisco 3, N.Y. Mets 0 DIVISION SERIES (Best-of-5; x-if necessary) American League Toronto 3, Texas 0 Thursday, Oct. 6: Toronto 10, Texas 1 Friday, Oct. 7: Toronto 5, Texas 3 Sunday, Oct. 9: Toronto 7, Texas 6, 10 innings Cleveland 3, Boston 0 Thursday, Oct. 6: Cleveland 5, Boston 4 Friday, Oct. 7: Cleveland 6, Boston 0 Sunday, Oct. 9: Cleveland at Boston, ppd., rain Monday, Oct. 10: Cleveland 4, Boston 3 National League Chicago 3, San Francisco 1 Friday, Oct. 7: Chicago 1, San Francisco 0 Saturday, Oct. 8: Chicago 5, San Francisco 2 Monday, Oct. 10: San Francisco 6, Chicago 5, 13 innings Tuesday, Oct. 11: Chicago 6, San Francisco 5 Los Angeles 3, Washington 2

Friday, Oct. 7: Los Angeles 4, Washington 3 Saturday, Oct. 8: Los Angeles at Washington, ppd., rain Sunday, Oct. 9: Washington 5, Los Angeles 2 Monday, Oct. 10: Washington 8, at Los Angeles 3 Tuesday, Oct. 11: Los Angeles 6, Washington 5 Thursday, Oct. 13: Los Angeles 4, Washington 3 LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES (Best-of-7; x-if necessary) American League All Games on TBS Cleveland 3, Toronto 0 Friday, Oct. 14: Cleveland 2, Toronto 0 Saturday, Oct. 15: Cleveland 2, Toronto 1 Monday, Oct. 17: Cleveland 4, Toronto 2 Tuesday, Oct. 18: Cleveland (Kluber 18-9) at Toronto (Sanchez 15-2), 2:08 p.m. x-Wednesday, Oct. 19: Cleveland (Merritt 1-0) at Toronto, 2:08 p.m. x-Friday, Oct. 21: Toronto at Cleveland, 6:08 p.m. x-Saturday, Oct. 22: Toronto at Cleveland, TBA National League

Chicago 1, Los Angeles 1 Saturday, Oct. 15: Chicago 8, Los Angeles 4 Sunday, Oct. 16: Los Angeles 1, Chicago 0 Tuesday, Oct. 18: Chicago (Arrieta 18-8) at Los Angeles (Hill 3-2), (FS1), 6:08 p.m.

Wednesday, Oct. 19: Chicago (Lackey 11-8) at Los Angeles (Urias 5-2), (FS1), 6:08 p.m.

Thursday, Oct. 20: Chicago (Lester 19-5) at Los Angeles (Maeda 16-11), (FS1), 6:08 p.m. x-Saturday, Oct. 22: Los Angeles at Chicago (Fox or FS1), TBA x-Sunday, Oct. 23: Los Angeles at Chicago (Fox or FS1), TBA WORLD SERIES (Best-of-7; x-if necessary) All games televised by Fox Tuesday, Oct. 25: NL at AL Wednesday, Oct. 26: NL at AL Friday, Oct. 28: AL at NL Saturday, Oct. 29: AL at NL x-Sunday, Oct. 30: AL at NL x-Tuesday, Nov. 1: NL at AL x-Wednesday, Nov. 2: NL at AL

Football High School Football Rankings Tier I (Pop 1250 and over) 1. (1) St. Francis, Calgary (5-0) 2. (2) Bev Facey (Sher Park), (8-0) 3. (3) Notre Dame, Calgary (3-1) 4. (4) Harry Ainlay, Edm (8-0) 5. (5) LCI, Lethbridge (5-2) 6. (6) Henry Wise Wood, Calgary (4-1) 7. (7) Notre Dame, Red Deer (5-0) 8. (8) Spruce Grove (4-2) 9. (9) Centennial, Calgary (4-1) 10. (10) Raymond (3-3) Tier II (750-1,249) 1. (1) St. Joseph’s, Gr Prairie (7-1) 2. (2) Foothills, Okotoks (4-2) 3. (3) Hunting Hills, Red Deer (3-2) 4. (5) Medicine Hat (6-1) 5. (4) Springbank (4-1) 6. (6) Catholic Central, Leth (5-2) 7. (7) St. Mary’s, Calgary (3-2) 8. (8) Austin O’Brien, Edm (3-4) 9. (9) Lloydminster( 4-2) 10. (10) Lacombe (2-3) Tier III (450-749) 1. (1) Cochrane (3-0) 2. (2) Holy Rosary, Lloydminster (6-0) 3. (3) Sylvan Lake (3-0-1) 4. (6) Cardston (3-2) 5. (5) Bonnyville (4-1) 6. (64) Crescent Heights, Med Hat (4-1) 7. (7) Stettler (4-0) 8. (8) Holy Trinity, Fort Mac (2-0) 9. (9) Strathmore (3-1) 10. (NR) ST. Albert (1-3-1) Tier IV (449 and less) 1. (1) Sexsmith (6-0) 2. (2) W.R. Myers, Taber (4-0) 3. (3) Ardrossan (2-1-1) 4. (4) Willow Creek, Claresholm (3-1) 5. (5) Valleyview (6-0) 6. (6) Bow Valley, Cochrane (2-1) 7. (N7) St. Paul (3-2) 8. (8) Cold Lake (3-2) 9. (NR) Canmore (2-3) 10. (10) Drumheller (2-3) Six-Man 1. (1) St. Joseph’s, Brooks (4-0) 2. (2) Millwoods Christian, Edm (3-0) 3. (3) Rimbey (3-1) 4. (4) Buck Mountain, Buck Lake (4-0) 5. (5) JC Charyk, Hanna (2-1) 6. (6) Holy Redeemer, Edson (1-1) 7. (7) Breton (4-0) 8. (8) Sedgewick (3-1) 9. (9) Redwater (1-2) 10. (10) Oscar Romero, Edm (1-2)

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WEEK 17 Bye: Edmonton Saturday’s results Saskatchewan 29 Toronto 11 Calgary 22 Montreal 8 Friday’s results Ottawa 30 Hamilton 29 Winnipeg 35 B.C. 32 WEEK 18 Bye: Winnipeg Friday, Oct. 21 Hamilton at Ottawa, 5 p.m.

Toronto at Calgary, 8 p.m.

Saturday, Oct. 22 Montreal at Saskatchewan, 2 p.m.

Edmonton at B.C., 5 p.m.

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Thursday’s Games San Diego 21, Denver 13 Sunday’s Games Jacksonville 17, Chicago 16 New England 35, Cincinnati 17 Detroit 31, Los Angeles 28 Miami 30, Pittsburgh 15 Washington 27, Philadelphia 20 Tennessee 28, Cleveland 26 Buffalo 45, San Francisco 16 N.Y. Giants 27, Baltimore 23 New Orleans 41, Carolina 38 Kansas City 26, Oakland 10 Dallas 30, Green Bay 16 Seattle 26, Atlanta 24 Houston 26, Indianapolis 23, OT Open: Tampa Bay, Minnesota Monday’s Games N.Y. Jets at Arizona, 6:30 p.m.

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Sunday, Oct. 23 N.Y. Giants at Los Angeles, 7:30 a.m.

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New Orleans at Kansas City, 11 a.m.

Oakland at Jacksonville, 11 a.m.

Baltimore at N.Y. Jets, 11 a.m.

Washington at Detroit, 11 a.m.

Indianapolis at Tennessee, 11 a.m.

Buffalo at Miami, 11 a.m.

Cleveland at Cincinnati, 11 a.m.

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San Diego at Atlanta, 2:05 p.m.

New England at Pittsburgh, 2:25 p.m.

Seattle at Arizona, 6:30 p.m.

Open: Dallas, Carolina Monday, Oct. 24 Houston at Denver, 6:30 p.m.

Tennis player Nick Kyrgios fined, suspended for the rest of the season

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS LONDON (AP) — Australian tennis player Nick Kyrgios will miss the rest of the season after being suspended by the men’s tour and fined an additional $25,000 on Monday for “conduct contrary to the integrity of the game.”

The ATP announced the sanctions after an investigation into Kyrgios’ conduct during a second-round loss to German qualifier Mischa

Zverev at the Shanghai Masters.

Kyrgios gave little effort during the 6-3, 6-1 defeat, even patting a serve over the net and walking off court before his opponent’s serve had crossed back over.

The 21-year-old Australian had already been fined a total of $16,500 for failing to give a full effort, unsportsmanlike conduct and verbal abuse of a spectator.

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We got to enjoy one more day TREENA MIELKE FAMILY I had barely time to gather huge bouquets of my beautiful flowers of which I am quite proud when the winds came and the snow came, and the poor delicate little blossoms got buried under a huge white blanket of snow.

Why is so?

It is only October, for heaven’s sake.

I had prided myself on doing the yard work thoroughly and carefully so stuff would somehow disappear and then resurface in the spring when the snow all melted.

I unscrewed the hoses, carefully storing them in huge garbage cans where they wrapped neatly somewhat like a coiled snake, sleeping until spring.

I dug all the begonia bulbs, separating the red blossoms from the white ones.

I put away rakes and hoes and an accidental snow shovel.

It was cool outside, but not bitter, not impossible, not grim and brutal, like winter was actually here.

I decided tomorrow I would bring in the rest of my flowers and have gorgeous bouquets all over the house.

People would come from far and wide to admire my lovely arrangements.

Alas, it seemed winter and its accomplices were hiding in Saskatchewan, ready to make their way over to us poor innocent Albertans, still enjoying the

last remnants of fall.

As it turned out we got to enjoy one more day.

For me it was an extra special delightful day as I had the absolute privilege of bringing my brother home from the nursing home.

I spent the day in the kitchen, alternating between fear I would not get it all done and elation as I tasted delicious dishes I accidentally concocted.

Determinedly, I cooked, cleaned and did two million and one dishes, striving relentlessly to clean up before the clean up began.

And, luckily before someone tossed a winter blanket of white on the ground, we were able to wheel my brother up to the front steps, and with the help of those of us who are strong in my family and those of us who are not, bring up the stairs, finally sitting him at my lovely festive table.

For me, it was so comforting to see him sitting there, beside his lovely wife and stepson and surrounded by all the rest of us who love him dearly.

Of course, he seemed more interested in the Blue Jays game than the fact he was surrounded by all of us really cool people who loved him. But, eventually, he came round and realized he was indeed here, in my house, at my table, covered with the best Thanksgiving tablecloth of many colours the Dollar Store had to offer.

And so it came to be that eventually my brother, who was once a young and proud soldier with the Canadian Armed Forces took us back in time on a journey with him to places like England, Germany, the Congo and Korea.

He had been there as a young man, all slim and proud in his army uniform, a kid barely out of his teens, to act as a peacekeeper. He’s been sent along with a bunch of other kids, also barely out of their

teens to do their duty to protect those of us back home.

“We were peacekeepers, but the bullets were real,” he recalled, his eyes fixed on an unseen horizon.

And as he talked, it seemed that the elderly man, crippled from the effects of more than one stroke, was not sitting before us in the wheelchair, but had been replaced by a young man, with a twinkle in his eye, and a mischievous grin.

The evening was shaking out its blanket of darkness when out little trip down memory lane ended and I knew it was time to take our beloved guest back to the nursing home.

The guys were awesome, each helping in their own way to escort our very own veteran down the stairs and out to the waiting cab.

There were hugs and goodbyes and then the rest of us came in the house and ate up all the pie that was left had another drink and talked about ‘next time.’

Meanwhile, unbeknown to us, all snug and warm in our little house with the golden flames of the fireplace flickering happily, winter was getting ready to make a surprise attack.

And it did.

And so I’m so glad and eternally grateful that we had one more day to enjoy all things good and beautiful like flowers and sunshine and, finally, bring home our own beloved solider guy.

And now that’s over, I have to go find my snow shovel.

Apparently, it’s time!

Treena Mielke lives in Sylvan Lake and is editor of the Rimbey Review. She has been a journalist and columnist for more than 25 years. Treena is married to Peter and they have three children and six grandchildren.

Growing a family tree from a ‘vial of spit’

BY ADVOCATE NEWS SERVICES Last year, Bob Nore, a Vietnam War veteran in Huntsville, Alabama, was working on a family tree and wanted to trace his ancestors’ history and origins. So he sent a vial of saliva and $89 to a DNA registry for analysis.

The results showed British and Nordic stock — no surprises. But then Nore received a message from the registry that floored him: We have found a very high probability of a father-son relationship between you and Son Vo. “I showed it to my wife, and then I looked him up online and found out that he was born in Vietnam shortly after I left,” said Nore, 67.

He vaguely recalled a brief relationship with a Vietnamese woman in Saigon in 1970, but remembered little about her. Yet he had no doubt that Vo, a 45-year-old musician in Los Angeles, was his son. As an engineer, he said, “I have a lot of trust in DNA.” Most people who register with DNA databases are looking for information about their ethnic origins or exploring distant branches of the family tree. But the rapidly expanding databases have also had an unintended consequence: They are helping people find biological parents whose identities had long been mysteries.

The implications are wide-reaching. For adoptees, birthparents, children of single mothers with unknown fathers, and fathers unaware that they had a child, the answers to lifelong questions may now pop up in inboxes without warning. Sometimes the technology raises privacy concerns and leads to emotional complications.

“There’s complex baggage that goes with it,” said Jennifer Utley, a family historian with AncestryDNA, the registry Nore used.

The company’s database includes around two million people from 30 countries, including thousands seeking birthparents. “All we can say is, ‘You’re going to open up these results, there may be surprises there.’ “ That may be especially true for adoptees. While some have no interest in seeking out biological relatives, others, particularly older adoptees who grew up in a more secretive era, describe a nagging sense of something unresolved. DNA registries hold out the promise of closure.

It’s harder for families to find an individual adoptee because that specific person would need to sign up, whereas for an adoptee to find a match, anyone related to a birth parent can register and spark a connection.

At 23andme, which has around one million registrants, participants can opt out of relative matches

altogether, and many do so. AncestryDNA does not have the opt-out option, though both databases allow people to withhold their names and identifying details if they choose to.

Angela Trammel, a genetic genealogist who uses DNA registries to help clients locate relatives, estimates that 25 to 30 per cent of birthparents she has contacted don’t want a relationship. But many are willing to share medical information and provide some sense of closure, she said.

A year and a half ago, Vo’s wife gave him an AncestryDNA kit to help him learn about his background. Nine months later, Nore popped up — a match with over 99 per cent accuracy.

At first he was cautious. “I thought, hey, am I getting punked?” he said.

“I have no idea who he is, he could be this raging alcoholic, he could be suffering from PTSD, he could be this angry war veteran.”

But when Vo finally reached out, the two clicked.

Nore talked about his guilt about serving in the war; Vo told him about his own narrow escape. Both were musical. Nore sent a ticket for Vo and his wife to come visit. Father and son sang together.

Three weeks later, Vo broke down. “I just sobbed, the happiest dark sob on my wife’s shoulder,” he said. “I let go of years of the unknown … and it’s because of DNA, because of the age we live in.”

Stop travelling in a state of blissful ignorance MURRAY FURHER EXTREME ESTEEM “Real knowledge is to know the extent of one’s ignorance.”

— Confucius “I don’t want to stay home all weekend,” she said.

“That would be so boring!”

“You’re never going to pass your classes unless you buckle down and study!”

“I’m tired of being lectured,” she fumed. “Just stop talking to me about it!”

“Suit yourself, but this is one case when ignorance is not bliss, kiddo.”

Like most parents, I’ve had those tough discussions with my kids about the importance of doing well in school. I know that sometimes speaking from experience sounds more like a lecture than a piece of well-considered and sound advice. Admittedly, there are times when I too would like to turn it all off and live in a state of blissful ignorance — to discount the concept of choice and consequence. Nothing to worry about, nothing to dwell upon and nothing to fill my days. Isn’t that what vacations are for?

Sadly, I believe that many of us are already travelling through the day in a state of blissful ignorance: ignorant of our perceptions, deep-seated beliefs, assumptions and expectations. To expand our awareness, we must be willing to challenge each of these four pillars.

It may help to think of ignorance as the night: dark and oppressive — the type of darkness where you cannot see your hand in front of your face.

Awareness is the sunrise. Ever so slowly the darkness dissolves away until you are able, at last, to see things clearly. Everything exposed by the light becomes visible.

The natural question arises, “Where do I begin?”

That question is probably the best starting point

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because it suggests a desire on your part to wake up and become aware. My advice is to start by stopping: stop accepting the status quo, stop reacting to everything, stop putting your dreams on the back burner and stop being afraid to ask the tough questions.

First, question your perceptions to gain perspective. Perception is not a fixed state and can be altered. When someone challenges your perception, do you become immediately defensive? That should be a clue that you’ve become rigid in your thinking.

Relax a bit. Open your mind. Remember, none of us can be totally objective, but we can certainly make an effort to be less invested in our perceptions and more open to different views and new possibilities.

Second, take a serious look at your beliefs and consider whether they truly serve you or not. Challenging your beliefs can be tough, as most were formed early in life and crystallized through reinforcement over time. These deep, fundamental or core beliefs often function below the level of conscious awareness. Do a little digging.

For example, have you bought into a series of generational or cultural beliefs? Anytime you take things too personally or respond with defensiveness, anger or fear, it’s likely that a fundamental, core belief has been touched.

Third, challenge your assumptions by asking yourself, “Is it true? Can I know it’s true?” Assumptions are more pliable than beliefs but often go unexamined. Assumptions are formed when a piece of information is missing. We fill the gap in our knowledge with an untested possibility. We could be right, but we might also be dreadfully wrong. For example, if we assume everyone is out for themselves, how willing will we be to meet new people? Growing our awareness requires that we question all of our assumptions and look for facts and not for fiction.

Finally, expectations must be questioned to see if they are realistic and attainable. In my experience, most expectations are unavowed, meaning they are never expressed nor discussed. Expectations are often tied tightly to our assumptions. We assume everyone knows what we expect and we’re frustrated when our expectations go unfulfilled. Sound familiar?

Remember that awareness requires action — it is

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not a passive state. Awareness has been compared to a light being turned on in a dark room. For me, as light began to shine on what constituted healthy self-esteem, I began to notice my awareness gradually expanding. Perhaps it would be equally true to say that I began to feel comfortable in allowing myself to challenge my perceptions, beliefs, assumptions and expectations. As the light of my self-esteem began to glow more brightly, I was starting to see commonplace things in uncommon ways.

I’ll be honest with you: choosing to expand your awareness is often anything but blissful. Expanding awareness will often, in my experience, bring with it a great deal of discomfort. Something shakes your world — challenges your beliefs and wakes you up to a new way of thinking and being. Seeing the world beyond your usual vantage point brings forth a variety of responses, from surprise and delight to shock and uneasiness. As with any new experience, especially one that shines a light on our ignorance, there follows a choice to accept or resist it. It takes time and commitment to integrate new information and move into acceptance.

“In the argument over whether knowledge is power or ignorance is bliss,” wrote American best-selling author and blogger Abby Fabiaschi, “it seems I’ve always come down on the side of ignorance. And when that’s the side you fall on, you don’t realize it until it’s too late.”

Increasing awareness provides us with the opportunity to look into the deeper aspects of ourselves and the limitless possibilities and potential available to all who take the time to search for it.

Self-awareness provides us with insight and wisdom that help us succeed in every aspect of life, whether physically, financially, relationally, emotionally or spiritually. With awareness comes a growing desire to accept self-responsibility. Perhaps some people choose to limit awareness for fear that a growing awareness will prompt, nay, demand affirmative action.

Murray Fuhrer is a self-esteem expert and facilitator.

For more information on self-esteem, check the Extreme Esteem website at www.extremeesteem.ca.

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Retro Movie Wednesdays is a partnership between the Red Deer Museum and Art Gallery and Carnival Cinemas.

All films will screen at 7 p.m. on select Wednesdays at Carnival Cinemas in addition to the regular Reel Movie Mondays series lineup. The retro film series continues Oct. 19 with Edward Scissorhands.

Visit reelmoviemondays.ca. At the door tickets are $15 cash each. Seating is limited so advance tickets are recommended.

CHILI FOR A CAUSE LUNCHEON PRESENTED BY GRAMMALINK-AFRICA Chili for a Cause Luncheon will be offered on Wednesday, Oct. 19, 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., at Gaetz Memorial United Church. Enjoy homemade chili, homemade buns, pumpkin cupcakes, coffee or tea in a hand made pottery bowl — yours to keep — for $18. Tickets at the door (Visa and MasterCard accepted) with all proceeds to the Stephen Lewis Foundation to support African grandmothers raising grandchildren orphaned by HIV/AIDS. Contact Diane 403-346-2174.

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CHURA (nee: Winnicki) Rose Victoria May 5, 1924 – Oct. 6, 2016 It is with saddened hearts that we announce the peaceful passing of our mom and grandma at the age of 92 at the Westview Health Centre, Stony Plain, AB. Mom will always be dearly missed and remembered as a very strong lady who loved nature and her family.

Survived by: son, Larry Chura (Susan); Debbi and Chad Bargenda, Ashley. daughter, Doris Chura; Angela Kuffner, Travis Kuffner (Tessa), Alexandra, Jack and Gianni. Daughter, Marlene Cole (Randy); Steven Hlady (Tianna), Hannah and Sophia; Derek Hlady (Denise), Tianna, Darian, Faith and Madden; Pamela Gehlert (Jason), Kaylee, Breanna and Jessica; and many nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by all her siblings: Mary, Dorothy, Kay, Jean, John, Frank, Helen and Peter, and great- granddaughter, Emma. A Great Big Thank-You to the wonderful staff at Westview Health Centre for the incredible care you provided our mom and grandma. In lieu of flowers, a donation can be made to Autism Edmonton (www.autismedmonton.org), #101, 11720 Kingsway Ave., Edmonton AB T5G 0X5. A Celebration of Rose’s life will be held Saturday, October 22 at 11 a.m. at SERENITY FUNERAL SERVICES, 600 Calahoo Rd., Spruce Grove, AB, www.serenity.ca

FROSTAD, Joseph Reuben May 6, 1932 - Oct. 14, 2016 Our pangs of sorrow are washed with tears of joy as we announce the passing of Joe Frostad of Red Deer Alberta. After a long battle with cancer, he passed peacefully in the early morning hours of October 14, 2016, surrounded by his close family. Joe was a man of extraordinary faith and integrity. He was a beloved and devoted husband, predeceased by his infant son Brent, and is survived by his loving wife of 61 years, Claire Frostad, one son Joel (Sally Frostad) and two daughters, Karen (Mark Stevenson), Valaine (Tom MaCartney), and a legacy of eleven grandchildren and seventeen great grandchildren. We wait with great anticipation because Jesus assures us we will meet again. A Funeral service will be held at Living Stones Church, of Red Deer Alberta, Friday October 21st.

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KUEFLER, Father Mathias (Matt) Feb. 19, 1930 - Oct. 15, 2016 Father Mathias Kuefler passed away peacefully at his home in Birchcliff on Saturday October 15, 2016.

His life was filled with lots of family, many friends and many memories over his 60 plus years as a priest.

Prayers will be held at Sacred Heart Parish, 5508 48a Avenue, Red Deer, Alberta on Thursday October 20, 2016 at 7:00 PM. A Mass of the Resurrection will be held at Sacred Heart Parish, 5508 48a Avenue, Red Deer, Alberta on Friday Oct 21, 2016 at 11:00AM. A time of fellowship and memories will follow the service. Cremation will be entrusted to Rocky Mountain Crematorium, Rocky Mountain House, Alberta.

Father requested no flowers please; instead a gift to the St. Joseph Priest Foundation of Edmonton would be welcome. Condolences may be forwarded to: www.sylvanlakefuneralhome.ca SYLVAN LAKE AND ROCKY FUNERAL HOMES AND CREMATORIUM, your Golden Rule Funeral Homes, entrusted with the arrangements. 403-887-2151 PIVERT, George George Pivert passed away suddenly on October 5, 2016 at Stettler Hospital Complex at the age of 84. He was born to Robert and Annie Pivert on the family farm at Fenn on September 6, 1932.

He will be sadly missed and lovingly remembered by his children, Theresa Thiessen, Ken (Kathy) Pivert, Doug (Colleen) Pivert; grandchildren; Rob (Heather) Hutchinson, Andrew Hutchinson, Cody (Kelsey) Pivert, Kevin (Nikki) Pivert, Renee (Ryan) Miller, Toni (Troy) Wiggins, Nadine Pivert, James (Jessica) Pivert; great-grandchildren, Brooke, Julia, Adria, Tyler, Rowan, Denton, Elizabeth, Cooper, Layna, Morgan, Makenna, Jordan, Jaxson, Charlie; sisters, Cecelia Hunter, Lucy Hicks and numerous other family and friends. He was predeceased by his wife Kay in 2002 and son Donald in 1986 as well as sister Marguerite Dewald.

A funeral service was held October 11 at the Christ-King Catholic Church in Stettler.

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TENSEN, nee Middleman Francine Filipje (Frances) Sept 20, 1932 - Oct 14, 2016 Promoted to glory, beloved wife of John and mother of Charles and John. Frances was born in Amersfoort, The Netherlands as one of three daughters of Joseph C. B. Middleman and Johanna H. Middleman-Kriegsmann.

Frances immigrated to Canada in July 1961 and married John on Aug 10, 1962. She and John settle in Red Deer in 1972, where she worked at the Roland Michener Center, and later for a number of years until her retirement at the Red Deer Nursing Home. She is pre-deceased by her parents and one sister. She is survived by her husband, John Tensen, her sons and their families, Charles and Charlotte (Shelbey) Tensen of Red Deer, John and Michelle Tensen of Carstairs, one sister in The Netherlands, and one brother in law in Germany. Frances will be remembered by her sister in laws, nieces, nephews and friends. Now she is in the glorious presence of God, her creator and Jesus, her savior praising with all the redeemed to the glory of God. Memorial contributions may be made to The Canadian Cancer Society, 101 6751 52 Ave Red Deer, AB, T4N 4K8 or The Red Deer Hospice, 99 Arnot Ave Red Deer, AB, T4R 3S6.

Memorial Services will be held Wednesday Oct 19, 2016 at 2:00p.m. First Christian Reformed Church 16 McVicar St. Red Deer, AB. 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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SOLTES, Steven Joseph Sept. 25, 1949 - Oct. 14, 2016 Steven Joseph Soltes passed away at the Red Deer Hospice on October 14, 2016 at the age of 67. He was predeceased by his cherished wife and best friend, Dana; his mother, Maria and his father, Steve.

Steven is loved and remembered by his son, Darren (Einat) Soltes of Austin, TX; three grandchildren, Alexander, Anastasia and Sebastian; brother, Robert (Rhonda) Soltes of Lethbridge, AB; sister, Marion (Stan) Johnson of Lethbridge, AB; and by his mother-in-law, Louise Farrer of Calgary, AB. He will also be lovingly remembered by his close friends in Red Deer, whom he considered his adopted family and by his dog, Scotty.

Steven enjoyed a brief military career before entering the educational field as a shop teacher, vice principal and principal. He was married to his wife Dana for 22 years and had one adopted son, Darren. Steven was an avid golfer, designing and manufacturing custom clubs as well as being a marshal at the River Bend Golf Course.

He enjoyed many sports: hockey, football (especially the Calgary Stampeders), NASCAR and the Nevada Air Show. Steven and Dana travelled to many parts of the World together. He also enjoyed walks with Scotty, Bible studies with his friends and music. He had a keen interest in politics, world affairs and loved a good debate. Special thanks to the wonderful nurses and staff at Unit 32 Palliative, Red Deer Hospital and the Red Deer Hospice. A memorial service with be held at Red Deer Funeral Home, 6150 - 67 Street, Red Deer, AB on Thursday, October 20, 2016 at 11:00 a.m. with Pastor Paul Vallee officiating.

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F/T IN-HOME Child Caregiver in Red Deer @ Baza Res. for an infant. Cert. & High School Grad. Duties; bathe, dress, feed & maintain safe & clean environment, 40 hrs./wk @$11.25/hr. email resume to: apply@ elmerbaza3@shaw.ca FT caregiver for 5 & 10 yr. old. Mature & reliable. $12.20/hr. 403-986-8800.

Restaurant/ Hotel

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JJAM Management (1987) Ltd., o/a Tim Horton’s Requires to work at these Red Deer, AB locations: #3, 5111 22 St. 37444 HWY 2 S 37543 HWY 2N 700 3020 22 St. Food Service Supervisor Req’d F/T & P/T permanent shift, early morning, morning, day, eves. shift weekend day night. 40 - 44 hrs/wk 8 Vacancies, $13.75 /hr. + medical, dental, life and vision benefits. Start ASAP. Job description www.timhortons.com Experience 1 yr. to less than 2 yrs. Education not req’d. Apply in person or fax 403-314-1303

Trades

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RECCO Roofing is looking for hard working, exp. roofers and laborers. Call 403-887-8449 or e-mail: eric@reccoinc.com

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GREENHOUSE Laborers are req’d for our greenhouse operation located near Blackfalds, AB. Resp. incl’d. transplanting, watering, handling & caring for plant material & preparation of customer orders. This position is labor intensive & entails working in both hot & cold environments. Laborers are required to work a min. of 40 hours/wk. Laborers must be avail. to work different shifts, 7 days/wk. positions are avail. starting mid Jan. & last til late June. No previous work exp. or qualifications are req’d. Starting wage is $12.20/hr. Please email l resumes to Kevin@ cagreenhouses.ca or fax resume to 403-885-4147 (Attn. Human Resources.)

Resumes may also be mailed to Box 100, Blackfalds, Alberta, T0M 0J0

TO ORDER HOME DELIVERY OF THE ADVOCATE CALL OUR CIRCULATION DEPARTMENT 403-314-4300 For delivery of Flyers, Wednesday and Friday ONLY 2 DAYS A WEEK CLEARVIEW RIDGE CLEARVIEW TIMBERSTONE LANCASTER VANIER WOODLEA/ WASKASOO DEER PARK GRANDVIEW EASTVIEW MICHENER MOUNTVIEW ROSEDALE GARDEN HEIGHTS MORRISROE

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Equipment403-350-7421 Heavy Rental incentives avail.

2 BDRM. Blackfalds, HERE TO HELP 1 & 2 bdrm. adult building, duplex, 4 appl., $1000/mo. & HERE TO SERVE N/S, No pets. + utils., 403-318-3284 TRAILERS for sale or rent Call GORD ING at 403-596-2444 Job site, ofÀce, well site or RE/MAX real estate LACOMBE, 2 bdrm., storage. Skidded or central alberta 403-341-9995 house, 1 car garage, huge wheeled. Call 347-7721. yard, avail. Nov. 1, $815 + Rooms utils. 403-352-1865

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100 VHS movies, $75 for all. 403-885-5020 2 ELECTRIC LAMPS, $20.

403-885-5020 3 KITCHEN counter bar stools $65 for (all); home gym $50; girl’s bedroom curtain and rod, $20; and 2 brass lamps, $50 for both.

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8 RESTAURANT CHAIRS, sturdy brass frame with aquo seat, $20.00 each for all 8 or $15,00 each call 403-728-3485 BOOKCASE with sliding doors, wood with adjustable shelf $15; table stand, $15; white metal table stand, $10; recorder with lesson book and music stand, $5; stove top popcorn popper, $15; toaster oven, $10; I love tea, teapot, $10; personal room humidiÀer, $10; set of 4 seat cushions, $10; jewelry craft material for making your own creations, $10; 403-343-1266 BOX Spring, twin $80; Twin size bed sheet set, (2) $10 each; Christmas teapot, china, glass ware, dished, lots of ribbon bows, buttons, craft items gift wrap and bags and pieces for making Christmas gifts $40 for all.

Knitting yarn odd and ends for making crafts, hats, mittens, scarves, toys, $10 for all. Pocket concordance and prayer books, $50. for all. 403-343-1266 FUTON, like new, $50; Crosby dryer, top shape, $50; and Eureka vacuum, upright, bagless, like new, $50. Please leave message ~ 403-843-6325 or 403-887-0768 SEQUINED Material, 4 3/4 yards, lining included. $10. 403-347-3741 SKI-DOO BOOTS, like new, sz. 10-12. $10.

403-347-3741 SMALL CEILING FAN for bedroom, football/hockey design. Exc. cond. $15.

403-346-5423 WOODEN shelving, $75.

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AIR HOCKEY table, by Sportscraft air powered, was $900 new, exc. cond, $195. 403-352-8811 CANADIAN Kettle Bells, (1) 8 kg, $40; (1) 16 kg. $60. Blue Mountain Pottery, rearing horses, bookstand. $25.

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Conducted By AB Storage Take notice that miscellaneous goods and chattels belonging to the following person(s) and stored at AB Storage (NORTH) will be sold due to unpaid charges:

BRAD TOUPIN SHAWN BURT CLAUDEL DAGENAIS RAM SUPPLY C/0 RANDALL STEVEN

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The goods may be viewed commencing on TUESDAY, OCTOBER 18, 2016. All bids are for the entire contents of the storage unit. Winning bidder will be contacted via iBid4Storage.com for payment arrangement.

Conducted By AB Storage Take notice that miscellaneous goods and chattels belonging to the following person(s) and stored at AB Storage (SOUTH) will be sold due to unpaid charges:

LUC F. BERGERON

The sale will be on THURSDAY, OCTOBER 27, 2016 via an online auction thru iBid4Storage.com, http://www.ibid4storage.com.

The goods may be viewed commencing on TUESDAY, OCTOBER 18, 2016. All bids are for the entire contents of the storage unit. Winning bidder will be contacted via iBid4Storage.com for payment arrangement.

SENTINEL SELF-STORAGE NOTICE of SALE Goods will be sold by online Auction at ibid4storage.com on Tuesday November 1, 2016 for Sentinel Self-Storage, 543347 Street, Red Deer, Alberta to satisfy outstanding charges for storage rental incurred by the following:

Dale Marietta Joseph Mongrain Jason Corbeil Mahziar Peyrow Bids will be accepted from Tuesday November 1, 2016 to Thursday November 3, 2016.

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Dated in the City of Edmonton, in the Province of Alberta this 7 day of October, 2016, Sentinel Self-Storage Corp., #1970, 10123 – 99 Street, Edmonton, Alberta, T5J 3H1

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Notorious warlord killed in bombing in eastern Ukraine MOSCOW — A notorious warlord has been killed in a bombing in the rebel stronghold of Donetsk, separatist officials said.

The separatist Donetsk News Agency said that Arsen Pavlov, also known as Motorola, was killed on Sunday in Donetsk when a bomb exploded in an elevator in an apartment building where he was staying. He is one of several prominent warlords who have been killed in bombings in the past year which Ukraine watchers attribute to infighting among the separatists. Pavlov once admitted killing 15 prisoners of war.

Separatist officials have blamed previous bombings on Ukrainian

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saboteurs operating in the rebel-controlled areas.

The conflict between separatists and Ukrainian government forces has been raging since April 2014, killing more than 9,600 people.

Russian-born Pavlov, 33, worked in a car wash before he crossed the border and joined the separatists in 2014 before becoming one of the most recognizable faces of the Donetsk separatist movements.

Ukraine still has not adopted a law which under peace accords signed in 2015 will grant amnesty to Donetsk separatists. Pavlov was one of the figures that the Ukrainian government has used to back up its assertion that people implicated in war crimes should not be allowed to get away with it.

Policing leader apologizes for historical racial abuse

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A platoon commander Arsen Pavlov, also known as Motorola, centre, attends his and Elena Kolenkina’s wedding ceremony with Igor Strelkov, left, a proRussian separatist commander, in Donetsk, eastern Ukraine. The separatist mouthpiece Donetsk News Agency said on Sunday Pavlov was killed in Donetsk when a bomb went off in an elevator in the house he was staying.

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SAN DIEGO — The president of one of the largest police organizations in the United States on Monday apologized for historical mistreatment of minorities, calling it a “dark side of our shared history” that must be acknowledged and overcome.

The reaction from leaders of the Black Lives Matter movement was mixed, saying words needed to be backed by actions, while the head of an officers’ union in Minnesota said there was no need to apologize.

Terrence Cunningham, president of the International Association of Chiefs of Police, said at the group’s annual conference that police have historically been a face of oppression, enforcing laws that ensured legalized discrimination and denial of basic rights. He was not more specific.

Cunningham said today’s officers are not to blame for past injustices.

He did not speak in detail about modern policing, but said events over the past several years have undermined public trust.

His comments come as police shootings of black men have roiled communities in Ferguson, Missouri Baton Rouge, Louisiana and subur-

World BRIEFS Assange’s Internet link ‘severed’ by Ecuador PARIS — WikiLeaks has blamed Ecuador for cutting off founder Julian Assange’s Internet access while he is holed up at the Ecuadorean Embassy in London, and while his group is releasing thousands of emails from Hillary Clinton’s campaign chairman.

ban St. Paul, Minnesota and as black shooters have targeted officers in Dallas, the St. Louis suburb of Ballwin and Baton Rouge.

“While we obviously cannot change the past, it is clear that we must change the future,” Cunningham said. “We must forge a path that allows us to move beyond our history and identify common solutions to better protect our communities.

“For our part, the first step in this process is for law enforcement and the (International Association of Chiefs of Police) to acknowledge and apologize for the actions of the past and the role that our profession has played in society’s historical mistreatment of communities of colour,” he said.

Cunningham received a standing ovation for his remarks before he introduced U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch, who largely avoided the topic.

He has been police chief since 1999 in his hometown of Wellesley, Massachusetts, an affluent, overwhelmingly white, low-crime suburb near Boston.

He served three years as vice-president of the police chiefs association before becoming president in 2015 for a one-year term.

Assange has been at the embassy for more than four years after skipping bail to avoid being extradited over sex crimes allegations.

WikiLeaks initially blamed an unidentified “state actor” for cutting off Assange’s Internet access, then on Monday said in a tweet that it was Ecuador. It said access was cut off at 5 p.m. GMT Saturday.

Calls, texts and emails left with WikiLeaks weren’t immediately returned Monday. A woman who picked up the phone at the embassy said: “I cannot disclose any information.”

Ecuador’s Foreign Ministry released a brief statement that didn’t mention the Internet cut off, but reaffirmed its decision to grant Assange asylum.

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TODAY IN HISTORY OCTOBER 18 1874 — NWMP establish their first western outpost at Fort Macleod.

1912 — Thomas Wilby & Jack Haney reach Victoria after 1st cross-Canada motor trip of 52 days.

1929 — Privy Council rules that the word ‘person’ in Section 24 of the BNA Act refers to both male and female persons.

1970 — Police find body of QC Labour Minister Pierre Laporte in the trunk of a car

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1995 — NHL Winnipeg Jets sold to American investors who plan to move them to Phoenix.

2010 — Russell Williams, former airbase commander of CFB Trenton, pleads guilty to two counts of first-degree murder in the deaths of Jessica Lloyd and Cpl. Marie-France Comeau, sexually assaulting and confining two others, and 82 fetish break and enters.

2011 — Ottawa tables a bill to end the Canadian Wheat Board’s 60-year monopoly on western wheat and barley sales.

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ENTERTAINMENT TUESDAY, OCT. 18, 2016

Art exhibit is Out of This World

BY LANA MICHELIN ADVOCATE STAFF The Force is strong at The Hub on Ross, where two local artists are showing their inventive, Out Of This World drawings.

The collaborative art show by Jason Chapman and Michael Ward features different styles of art that revolve around extra-terrestrial themes.

Chapman’s representational colour pencil and pastel pieces are based on the imagined planet of Upah Syranah, which he decided exists in a second universe, not ours. “I got the idea from a computer game,” said Chapman, who came up with visions of jungles, islands and deserts.

The strange rock formations are mushroom-shaped in his artwork Tri Peak Hoodoos, while tall-stocked trees grow around the Ceana Cliffs.

His displayed images, including Rockland Desert and Early Evening in the East, are only a small portion of Chapman’s imagines landscapes, which involve plant and animal life and continental maps.

The 36-year-old, who has audited visual arts classes at Red Deer College, has been drawing since childhood and has had a few works purchased by the City of Red Deer for display in the Culture Services building.

The artist with cognitive disabilities also attends the MAG Sparks art programs once a week at the Red Deer museum, said his community inclusion co-ordinator Sherry Albrecht.

“I like expressing my ideas through art,” said Chapman, who’s held several solo shows in the Corridor Gallery downstairs in the Red Deer Recreation Centre.

Fellow exhibitor, Ward, creates geometric abstract drawings in graphite.

Ward skillfully captured the distinguishing characteristics of some Star Wars heroes in abstracts titled C-3PO, R2-D2 and The Force Be With You. Sound Waves features a fine profusion of lines that create texture, while X-Men, God’s Gift— The Baby, and several other works, radiate designs from a central shape.

Ward, who’s also 36, and has Down Syndrome, started making pictures in art class at Hunting Hills High School. He began sketching abstractions about

Photo by JEFF STOKOE/Advocate staff

Artists Jason Chapman, left, and Mike Wood, are the featured artists at the HUB On Ross where their drawings are on exhibit. five years ago — and pencil has remained his favoured medium.

His dad, Doug Ward, recalled that a set of pencil crayons he bought Michael “is still sitting on the dresser.”

Yet Ward’s designs appear all the bolder for their limited palette. This is his first show.

Bev Randers, community development officer for The Hub, said the gallery has been open since 2009

to all artists “who want to help build the community through visual and performing arts.” Work by outof-town artists is sometimes featured, but the space usually holds exhibits for area residents.

The Hub also hosts free art classes for the community on Wednesdays from 10-11 a.m. and 4-6 p.m.

The Out of this World exhibit goes to Nov. 2. lmichelin@reddeeradvocate.com

Illusionist bringing The Gift to Red Deer TO DEBUT HOUDINI-LIKE TRICK

BY LANA MICHELIN ADVOCATE STAFF Saying ‘illusionist’ or ‘magician’ is like saying tomato or toma-a-a-to.

“It’s just semantics,” admitted Derek Selinger, who plans to perform mind-bending feats on Friday, Oct. 28, at Red Deer’s Deer Park Alliance Church.

But given a choice, the Calgary-based entertainer prefers the illusionist label. “It sounds grander” and more contemporary, he explained — the same way that Cirque du Soleil brings to mind a more sophisticated style of circus performance than what was initially envisioned by Barnum and Bailey.

“Say ‘magician’ and most people think of a guy who wears a red nose and big feet,” added Selinger, who doesn’t see himself as your typical put-a girl-ina-box-and-saw-her-in-half kind of performer.

He spent the past 14 months orchestrating an elaborate touring show called The Gift. Switching to a music metaphor, Selinger described the show as having more in common with a concert of all-original tunes than a guy playing cover tunes in a bar, because “I do stuff that no one’s seen before.”

The People’s Choice winner at the International Brotherhood Of Magicians World Championships has been known to make playing cards appear, seemingly out of nowhere.

“Not just one card, but hundred and hundreds of cards,” Selinger noted.

He also plans to pull off mind-reading “magic” similar to the stuff that leaves America’s Got Talent judges with their mouths agape.

And he will debut a Houdini-like trick, called The Gallows, which will involve five nooses and the potential of putting his head into one of them. “It’s completely original — no one else on Earth has ever performed it. It will be quite interesting and intense,” promised the artist.

But if choice and chance don’t perfectly align, “it might be my demise!”

Although magic and people’s attention spans have change significantly since the days of Houdini, spectators are still interested in performances that re-

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Calgary-based illusionist Derek Selinger brings his mind-bending feats to Red Deer’s Deer Park Alliance Church Oct. 28. quire an artist to put everything on the line, said Selinger. “Ultimately, I want to challenge the limits, push the limits.”

He also wants to deliver “intimate storytelling on a grand scale,” so has woven snippets of poetry by e.e. cummings and Emily Dickinson into his act as a way of adding a contemplative dimension to a multi-media show that also showcases his film-making talents.

The Vegreville native, now in his early 40s, started practising rope tricks as a Boy Scout. Selinger gradually upped his game — especially after being mentored by Las Vegas magician Jeff McBride, whom he met at a workshop. He regularly joined McBride in Las Vegas to learn from the more experienced magician.

Another early influence was the magic of the late, great Winnipeg magician Doug Henning. “He approached the art with an attitude of wonder” which, Selinger recalled, was a refreshing change from the traditional magician-has-all-the-power approach.

More than a dozen years since quitting his “safe” job of coaching basketball at the private Christian Ambrose University, Selinger has performed on cruise ships and venues all over the world, including three shows in Vegas.

He looks forward to entertaining in his home province again, saying “This is a tip of the hat and a thank you to those communities who continue to support my work.”

Some of the proceeds from his Red Deer show will be donated to the local Boys and Girls Club. For tickets and more information, please visit www.thegiftlive.com. lmichelin@reddeeradvocate.com

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Trying to make amends with estranged daughter DEAR ANNIE ANNIE LANE Dear Annie: My daughter and I have not spoken in over 12 years. I am now getting up in age (I am 82) and I don’t know what to do to even say hello to her.

She has told me over and over again that she does not love me or want anything to do with me. She is still my daughter, and I do still love her.

My grandson got married last year, and I was not allowed to go to the wedding. My grandson and I keep in touch, but I don’t want him to get in the middle of all this, nor do I want my other two children to get involved. My two sons don’t really like their sister and do not see her that often or speak to her.

My daughters-in-law have tried to be her friends, but she will not call them, either.

We were never really that close, even though I have tried in the past to be there for her. She is a very strong-willed person and feels she doesn’t

need anybody but her husband, her son and now her daughter-in-law in her life. This is a real shame. I don’t know how many more years God has for me, and I just want to let her know that I’ve always loved her. Friends have told me to move on and know that I have done everything one can do. All these years, I have been deeply depressed because of this situation. What can I do? — Missing Her Dear Missing: I am a firm believer in trying to mend family relationships whenever you can. Your friends hate seeing you get hurt by your daughter, and there is wisdom in their advice for you to move on. It certainly isn’t your responsibility to keep trying or your fault if she never wants to reconcile.

She seems quick to burn bridges rather than repair them.

But if you’re just in this to have some contact with your daughter, I think you should continue reaching out as much as you’d like. Just make sure you’re wearing the proper emotional armour when you do — i.e., have realistic expectations and accept that she may never reciprocate.

Dear Annie: This is in response to the letter from “Crushed in California.” Shame on you for giving her

such bad advice. You should have told her to make a beeline to an attorney who specializes in family law.

After 24 years of marriage, her husband has decided he wants a divorce and ordered her to move out, as if she were a mere tenant, without making any financial arrangements. Most states apply more or less the same procedures and guidelines. What typically happens in a long-term marriage is the husband is ordered to leave the home (although in rare cases, a judge allows both of them to live in the same house but sleep in different rooms) and pay his wife about 50 per cent of his income (according to established legal guidelines) for the support of the children and her. The children are typically allowed to live with their mother in the family home, and the husband is given reasonable visitation rights.

At a later time, the support order is adjusted. The judge takes into account the earnings of the wife, outstanding financial obligations, the needs of the children, etc. No court in the world would ever allow the scenario described by Crushed in California. — Attorney Send your questions for Annie Lane to dearannie@ creators.com.

Why do autoimmune diseases affect women more often than men?

BY MARLENE CIMONS ADVOCATE NEWS SERVICES My sister-in-law, Donna Cimons, 77, a retired nurse anesthetist who lives on a farm near Cambridge, Ohio, began losing her hair as a teenager.

She woke up each morning to find tufts of hair scattered across her pillow. By age 50, she was bald. She knew this problem ran in her family — her mother had it, too – but not much else.

“It had a name, alopecia areata, but that was all,” she says, speaking of the scant knowledge 60 or more years ago. “We really didn’t know what it was.”

Today we know that it is one of more than 80 autoimmune diseases that can be life-altering, even life-threatening. These occur when the immune system goes awry and mistakenly attacks healthy parts of the body rather than infectious invaders such as bacteria and viruses. It’s often described as the body’s inability to distinguish “self” from “non-self.”

Autoimmune diseases afflict 23.5 million Americans, according to the Department of Health and Human Services, although the American Autoimmune Related Diseases Association estimates the number at more than twice that.

These disorders disproportionately strike women — who account for nearly 80 per cent of all cases — for reasons not well understood. Most often, they hit women in their reproductive years, often complicating pregnancy.

“Autoimmune diseases carry a huge burden for affected individuals and their families because of their devastating and chronic nature,” says Daniel Rotrosen, director of the division of allergy, immunology and transplantation at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. “They can require a lifetime of treatment, often with potent immunosuppressive medications that can have worrisome side effects,” such as raising the risk of osteoporosis.

The immune system produces a type of B cell that secretes autoantibodies. These substances can bind to the body’s cells and tissues. In people with healthy immune systems, several mechanisms keep these B cells in check and purge them from the body.

However, the process can malfunction. When this happens, these B cells proliferate, producing autoantibodies that go on the attack — and an autoimmune disease results.

Autoantibodies can damage joints, the digestive system, the heart, lungs, kidneys and other organs, the nerves, hair follicles and the connective tissue in the skin and blood vessels. Although each disorder is distinct, they frequently share such symptoms as fatigue, dizziness and low-grade fever. Inflammation is a hallmark of all of them, both at the target site, such as the joints, as well as in the blood.

JOANNE MADELINE MOORE HOROSCOPES CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DATE: Chuck Berry, 90; Jean-Claude Van Damme, 56; Zac Efron, 29 THOUGHT OF THE DAY: Enjoy doing something sporty or adventurous today.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY: Born on the zodiac’s Day of Personal Leadership, you set yourself very high standards. 2017 is the year to stress less, and relax much more.

ARIES (March 21-April 19): Venus moves into your adventure zone, until Nov.12. So it’s a fabulous time to plan your next holiday. Hopefully in a location where you can relax and enjoy the beautiful surroundings and fabulous food.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Bulls can be ponderous and slow-moving. But today Venus shifts into the fiery and impulsive sign of Sagittarius, until Nov. 12. So you’ll feel more sparky and spontaneous than usual.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Close relationships are set to improve, as peace planet Venus visits your partnership zone until Nov. 12. So strive to be super diplomatic as you smooth over problems with family and friends.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Under the influence of Venus, it’s time to spend more of the day doing what you love.

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Among the more common autoimmune diseases are rheumatoid arthritis, which attacks the lining of the joints; Type 1 diabetes, which destroys cells needed to make blood-sugar-controlling insulin; multiple sclerosis, which damages linings around the nerves, affecting the brain and spinal cord; Crohn’s disease and irritable bowel syndrome, which harm the gastrointestinal tract; scleroderma, which causes abnormal growth of connective tissue in the skin and blood vessels; psoriasis, in which new skin cells rise up too fast, resulting in thick red patches and scales; Hashimoto’s disease, which attacks the thyroid gland; and systemic lupus erythematosus, often just called lupus, which can hurt the joints, skin, heart, lungs and kidneys. Lupus is especially prevalent in African American women, who are two to three times as likely to develop it as are Caucasians.

Many of these diseases can be debilitating.

Researchers believe that gene mutations, the environment and even the human microbiome are involved in autoimmune diseases, citing such environmental stimuli as smoking, obesity, sun exposure

and infection with the Epstein-Barr virus. These diseases often run in families and, while rare, some people can suffer from more than one at the same time, known as polyautoimmunity.

Women typically mount a more vigorous immune response than men to infections and vaccinations, producing higher levels of antibodies. In the case of autoimmune disorders, this trait seems to backfire.

Scientists believe sex hormones also may play a role, because many autoimmune disorders occur in women soon after puberty. Some studies, in fact, suggest that the female hormones estrogen and prolactin stimulate the growth of B cell autoantibodies.

Scientists also think that sex chromosomes, specifically the X chromosome, may have an influence.

(Everyone normally has one pair of sex chromosomes in each cell; women have two X chromosomes, while men have one X and one Y chromosome.)

These are chronic diseases; there are no cures, only medications to treat the symptoms, some of them with serious side effects. But the drugs are getting better. More than 300 medicines for autoimmune diseases are in the research pipeline.

crafts or walking your favourite four-legged friend.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Friendships are set to flourish, as companionship planet Venus increases feel-good vibes and helps you focus on the interests you share. So spend some quality time with a special friend today.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Have you been having frustrating problems with a fractious family member? Negotiation planet Venus encourages you to hold out the olive branch of peace as you compromise and sympathize.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Your patron planet Venus encourages you to help others within your local community. A relationship with a relative or neighbour should also improve, as long as you are prepared to listen.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Have you been worrying about money? Sometime over the next three weeks, Venus will help improve your financial situation. But your luck will be fleeting if you choose to spend rather than save!

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22Dec. 21): Venus vamps into your sign today — until Nov. 12 — which will boost your charm and super-charge your confidence. But it also increases your inclination to be extravagant and self-indulgent.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22Jan. 19): Are you exhausted?

Have you been busy burning the midnight oil? It’s time for a major reboot as Venus encourages you to meditate, contemplate or rejuvenate in the way that best suits you.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): It’s time to network up a storm as you enjoy connecting — and re-connecting — with influential people in your life. Both in person and online. Who knows where these relationships may lead?

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): The next three weeks is the time to beautify your work or study space via the addition of fresh flowers, inspiring music or a quick coat of paint. When your surroundings are pleasant, your output will increase.

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

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Deborah Paddison stands in her Phoenix home office this summer as she recovers from her latest orthopedic surgery. She has battled rheumatoid arthritis, an autoimmune disease that attacks the joints and tissues.