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Evan Wright, 2, holds up a spoonful of chili for his mother, Katie, to blow on as they attended the GrammaLinkAfrica Chili For a Cause Wednesday at the Gaetz United Church. The lunch, which included a handmade bowl by a number of local potters, is a fundraiser for the Stephen Lewis Foundation to help turn the tide of HIV/AIDS in Africa.

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Red Deer Public and Catholic school jurisdictions say pronouns like he or she are not banned at their schools as part of efforts to provide inclusive environments when it comes sexual orientation and gender identity. Some parents made the claim and spoke out against it at a meeting led by Education Minister David Eggen at Father Henri Voisin School on Tuesday night, a meeting meant to gather input on curriculum redesign.

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EDMONTON — Premier Rachel Notley says Alberta will roll out specifics this fall of its plan to phase out coal-fired electricity and promote renewable energy. Notley, in a state-of-the-province speech Wednesday, said the plan will include financial help to coal emitters closing their plants and transitioning to cleaner forms of power. There will also be details on how proponents will be able to bid to replace coal generation in the Alberta market. “And we will set out more detail on how we will promote the construction of clean, renewable energy — wind, solar, thermal and hydropower — efficiently, economically and without undue subsidy,” Notley said. Notley’s government has promised to end coal-fired electricity generation by 2030.

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A jury has convicted a Pine Lake man of attempted murder. Cory Lavallee was convicted of shooting and wounding Donald Bernie Brown, then 31, at a rural residence in the Pine Lake area on June 2, 2014. Brown was hit in the face by a round from a .22-calibre rifle that dropped him to the ground. Lavallee shot him again in the face as he lay on the ground. Despite his wounds, Brown fled to a neighbouring residence for help. Red Deer Court of Queen’s Bench Justice Terrance Clackson will sentence Lavallee on Jan. 30. The maximum sentence for attempted murder is life in prison. The four-woman, eight-man jury deliberated for about four hours before reaching a verdict on Wednesday.

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Pediatrics fundraiser surpasses goal BY MARY-ANN BARR ADVOCATE STAFF One day recently Jasmine Baldry was thinking about gratitude, community, and her little brother Darwin’s upcoming birthday. It dawned on her that a good way to celebrate his 11th birthday would be to do a fundraiser for the pediatric unit at Red Deer Regional Hospital Centre. As a young child, Darwin had spent many days in and out of the hospital. Jasmine wanted to recognize all the help he received there. Jasmine, 26, said her mom, Sharman Baldry, had started fostering children about 12 years ago. One day she was contacted to take in nine-month old Darwin Young who had been in the Stollery Children’s Hospital in Edmonton since birth because he was medically fragile. He was determined to be “globally mentally delayed.” Jasmine said her mom wasn’t looking to foster infants, but the family was convinced to just go to Edmonton and meet Darwin. “He had the biggest eyes and we just loved him. We’re like, we’re taking him home, he’s ours,” Jasmine said. They brought him home to Red Deer. Three years ago the family was able to officially adopt Darwin. Jasmine said that Darwin’s biological mother lived in an isolated northern area and wanted him to be close to medical facilities. As an young child, he needed to be within 20 minutes of a hospital. Doctors didn’t think he would live very long, nor did they think he would develop very much. He had a feeding tube up until about age six. Today, Darwin is healthy, happy, and communi-

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TRIAL: Jury heard from 11 witnesses During the trial, which began on Oct. 11, the jury heard from 11 witnesses. They also saw segments of a videotaped police interview with Lavallee taken about three weeks after the shooting in which he confessed to shooting Brown. Police questioned Lavallee for almost 20 hours over two days after he was arrested near Bashaw. “I feel bad for shooting Donny. I really do. I wish it hadn’t f**king happened,” he told police. However, when testifying in his trial, Lavallee said he was not the shooter. He said that he took the blame because he feared for his and his family’s safety from higher ups in the drug trade. He could not identify the real shooter for fear of repercussion. Lavallee testified that another man had shot Brown in retaliation for some missing drugs and money. In his instructions to the jury on Wednesday morning, Clackson told jurors they must be convinced beyond a reasonable doubt that Lavallee shot Brown at least once and that his intention was to kill Brown. The jury must consider the context of Lavallee’s confession and whether they believed it was the truth. If the jury does not know whose story to believe they must acquit, he said. pcowley@reddeeradvocate.com

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Jasmine Baldry and her younger brother, Darwin. cates by sign language. He is also a top student in his class. He’s good in Math, said Jasmine. “He’s exceeded doctors’ expectations.” He takes regular classes at Grandview School in Bowden where the family moved to in 2008. He hasn’t been in the hospital for about three years now. Jasmine’s family and the school hopped on board to help raise funds, said Jasmine. She began the onemonth campaign in September for the pediatrics unit, with a goal of $3,000. Money was raised online and by a birthday carnival for Darwin at the Bowden Friendship Centre. The carnival raised $1,800. The total funds raised

surpassed the goal, with the final tally of $3,455, said a very grateful Jasmine. Staff at the pediatrics unit, including recreation therapist Melissa Adkins, were delighted with the donation, given to them this week and which will be used to purchase toys, presents, crafting supplies and other similar items. Jasmine said when they visited Darwin in hospital during long stays, the family spent a lot of time with him playing games, drawing and colouring. “It was those moments that kind of brought a little bit of normalcy into a rather unideal situation.” barr@reddeeradvocate.com

Guidelines were released last year to help school boards meet the needs of LGBTQ students. Pelletier said the guidelines were suggestions, not requirements, when it came to aligning division policies with amendments to the Alberta Human Rights Act. “I’ve never heard it discussed at any level that we should avoid using he or she, or ladies and gentlemen, or anything like that,” Pelletier said on Wednesday. He said Red Deer Catholic did not specifically address the use of pronouns while amending its safe and caring policy. Only minor changes were required. “Divisions across the province take their responsibility to create a safe and caring environment for all students very seriously. We’ve always done that and we always will. So I’m not sure we needed the minister to tell us how to do that because we already did it,” Pelletier said. Bruce Buruma, director of community relations with Red Deer Public, said his district recognizes that people have different views on sexual orientation and gender identity, but pronoun use was not a major issue discussed within the district. He said pronoun use in the guidelines was basically about respecting an individual’s right about how they want to be identified so it was a non-issue for the district. “We’ve adopted a policy in regards to sexual orientation and gender identity and within that policy there is a line that the district shall use respectful and inclusive language in its communication to students, staff, families and community,” Buruma said. “Really at the end of the day, we just have to use what is common sense. If a student is identifying as a particular gender, it’s a matter of being respectful of that. It’s the individual’s right.” szielinski@reddeeradvocate.com

an energy efficiency program and a methane-reduction program. In her speech, Notley stressed that while the government won’t inflict deep cuts to get out of the current recession, public-sector budgets are at their limit. “We are very unlikely to have a lot of headroom for major new spending proposals until recovery occurs,” she said. “People providing public services or other services funded by the provincial government need to find innovative ways to do more with the funding that they have now.” Municipal leaders may have to make choices, she said. “The exciting new proposals that they have will probably need to be paid for by reallocations. “Starting a new project might mean moving money from an old (one).” A protracted slide in the price of oil has cuts billions of dollars from Alberta’s bottom line. The province is projected to run a $10.9-billion deficit this fiscal year, some of that just to pay for daily operating and program expenses. Notley’s speech took a swipe at former Progressive Conservative governments, although not by name. She said former governments should have done more to diversify the economy. And, she said, by refusing to bring in a credible climate-change program, the Tories gave ammunition to opponents of Alberta’s attempts to get a pipeline to tidewater to take advantage of the global market. She criticized the Tories’ flat tax on personal income, since replaced by the NDP with a graduated tax which increases taxes for those in higher brackets. “Socialism for the rich and austerity for everyone else is a completely discredited approach,” Notley said. Wildrose energy critic Leela Aheer said promises and plans are of little comfort to thousands of Albertans losing their jobs due to low oil prices. “There are families that are suffering right now — right now — that can’t put food on their tables,” Aheer told reporters. “Let’s actually do something for these families.” Alberta Party Leader Greg Clark said the tone of the speech was inappropriate. “She spent an awfully long time running down the opposition,” said Clark. “What she is doing is creating division in Alberta at a time when a premier, when a leader, ought to be bringing our province together.”

PRONOUNS: Not a major NOTLEY: Part of larger climate-change plan issue discussed Guy Pelletier, school board chair at Red Deer Catholic, who was at the meeting, said some parents focused on the issue of pronouns because it was included in the province’s Guidelines for Best Practices: Creating Learning Environments that Respect Diverse Sexual Orientations, Gender Identities and Gender Expressions.

It’s part of a larger climate-change plan outlined last year that includes a broad-based carbon tax beginning in January. The tax will increase gas prices at the pump and home heating bills, although lower- and middle-income earners will receive partial or full rebates. Other plans call for a cap on oilsands emissions,

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Safe Harbour preparing to open warming centre BY SUSAN ZIELINSKI ADVOCATE STAFF

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The city’s homeless count was held Wednesday as preparations were underway to expand services for the homeless this winter. The warming centre, operated by Central Alberta’s Safe Harbour Society for Health and Housing, opens Nov. 1 in conjunction with extended hours for Safe Harbour’s day support program. The daytime warming centre is run out of three connected trailers outside Safe Harbour and will be open seven days a week, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Day support gives up to 15 people who are ill, intoxicated, drug sick, or even homeless night workers, a place to sleep during the day at the Mat shelter program. Hours for the season will be extended to seven days a week, from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Tricia Haggarty-Roberts, Safe Harbour director of operations, said day support assists those who are most vul-

nerable. “That makes it much more manageable on the warming centre side. The two go hand-in-hand,” Haggarty-Roberts said. She said last winter Safe Harbour had speakers in to talk to clients about issues like harm reduction and brought in computers through Alberta Works so the warming centre wasn’t just a place to hang out. The move towards more structure will continue. Safe Harbour’s co-ordinated entry team will also work with people at the warming centre to connect them to housing. Last winter the centre saw an average of 80 people a day. On Nov. 1, the People’s Place shelter will also open 11 more beds for the winter to provide 46 people with a place to sleep. Please see COUNT on Page A7

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Braggart killer deserves no sympathy no big deal’.” The then-cocky Smith now sits on death row in Montana’s State Prison, which he personally requested back then, but has since changed his mind. Today, Smith is back in the media spotlight yet again, attention he relished after his arrest, and years that followed. But this time he’s not so smug. He’s begging for clemency to avoid execution by lethal injection, saying he’s now remorseful. He wants the Trudeau government to intervene, something the Harper government refused to do. Is Smith truly remorseful? Only he knows deep down. “He’s not the monster he used to be,” a family member argues. But tell that to the immediate families of the victims, most of whom Smith has outlived. “The decisions he made he has to pay for,” Running Rabbit’s son said at a clemency hearing in 2012. “He had no mercy for my father — a person I have never met.” Smith was very upbeat in a recent interview with Canadian Press, hoping he will be allowed to return “home … if you’re willing to take me back.” He’s looking forward to becoming a great-grandfather next year. The Liberal government has hinted it may become involved in his bid for clemency. Foreign Affairs Minister Stephan Dion says Canada has an obligation to intervene in the cases of any Canadians facing a death sentence beyond our border. Does that

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here’s no looking at the Ronald Allen Smith case through rose-coloured glasses. Simply put, one of Red Deer’s most famous criminals is a cold-blooded killer in the eyes of Montana’s Blackfoot Nation for executing two of its young men more than 30 years ago. Blitzed out of his skull on a cocktail of LSD and booze in the summer of 1982, the then 24-year-old career criminal, and two of his pals embarked on a mission from hell — literally — to escape their criminal history in Canada. The hitchhiking trio was picked up on Aug. 4, 1982, in Montana’s Glacier County by Harvey Mad Man, 23, and Thomas Running Rabbit, 20. Shortly after, Smith pulled out a sawed off 22.-calibre rifle, marched the Good Samaritans into the woods where he first shot one in the head, then the other in the temple. So why the execution? “ … I wanted to know what it felt like to kill somebody,” an arrogant, remorseless Smith told a Montana court. The then-Montana Flathead County Attorney Ted O. Lympus asked Smith: “Well, what did it feel like. How did it feel?” “He looked at me straight in the face,” said Lympus, “and said ‘It was

then mean the Liberals are now willing to intervene in every case when Canadians are abducted by terrorists in other countries demanding ransoms and using threats of death by crude execution as bait? In all likelihood, Smith, now 59, will not be executed. Montana appears to be on the verge of abolishing the death penalty. All executions have been on hold since 2008 in that state as legal debates continue, questioning capital punishment on moral grounds. Smith’s case gives rise to the question “Is Canada justified meddling in the U.S. legal system?” The answer is “No.” Our justice system is based on what Canadian legislators deem appropriate punishment that fits the crime on our soil. U.S. legislators have their own agenda that addresses their concerns and circumstances where hatred is brewing big time today. Multiple killings by unstable people are becoming the norm. Yes, the Canadian government can ask for “favours,” but in no way are U.S. authorities obligated to entertain the request. Should Smith be allowed back into Canada if granted clemency? Absolutely not. Montana State Prison is home now. He boasted after the double murder he had spent most of his adult years in Canada in jail. So, by his own admission, jails are his home. Scrolling back to Aug. 4, 1982, immediately after Smith executed the two young men, Canada’s stoned and drunk “.22-calibre-barrel gang” sped off in the stolen car to Eureka, Calif., where

they held up a motel using the same rifle. Bonnie and Clyde they were not. Police stopped them near the city limits and Smith bolted, but was eventually nabbed in Wyoming. Forty-four days after Mad Man and Running Rabbit were murdered, their decomposed bodies were found. Lympus later said the memory of that day haunted him for years. “Here Thomas and Harvey were helping these guys - they were giving them a ride. Yet what did they get in return? Cold-blooded execution.” In the meantime, the families of the victims are unmoved by Smith’s claims he has now seen the light, and continue to push for his execution. “Ronald Smith made a choice — he made a decision,” said Jessica Crawford, Running Rabbit’s daughter. “Whether it was because of drugs or alcohol, he still made a decision. And with that decision, my dad didn’t get to see my wedding. He didn’t get to see his grandchildren or great-grandchildren.” Lympus shared the family’s perspective on the death sentence, pointing out it was imposed on Smith’s actions in 1982, not on personal growth he may have achieved over the last 30-plus years. “What’s relevant is what took place then and what he did then. He still deserves the consequences of his behaviour.” Rick Zemanek is a former Advocate editor.

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Canadians have a duty to understand energy issues BY BILL WHITELAW ADVOCATE NEWS SERVICES

his nation needs a thoughtful dialogue on energy civics, because Canadians must become far more involved in the way energy policy is shaped and grounded in everyday life. Wikipedia says: “Civics is the study of the theoretical and practical aspects of citizenship, its rights and duties; the duties of citizens to each other as members of a political body and to the government.” That would ring true for those Canadians who take more than a passing interest in the affairs of government and politics, and what it means to their lives. They take it as their civic duty. Two words stand out: rights and duties. But too many Canadians are prone to squawk loudly about the first and remain curiously silent about the second. RED DEER

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Yet rights and duties are inextricably bound together. In many respects, one requires the other to function. Take this puzzling energy paradox as an example: Canadians will argue that they have a right to clean, abundant and low-cost energy. But rarely will they be curious about the duties required to support that right. Put bluntly, Canadians tend to be energy entitled. They often have no clue about the real costs — social, political, economic and even moral — of a sustainable energy economy. It’s downright confounding. And it’s landed Canada in what is a decidedly uncivil energy discourse. Energy should be one of those collective interests. But it’s not. Canadians generally don’t understand they have a duty to be informed about energy dynamics. Politicians, media, industry, non-government organizations — all the actors in our energy drama — have failed abysmally in making Canadians more energy literate and therefore more legitimately involved in the process. 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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The consequence of that ignorance? A polarization in important discussions that should bind Canadians together, but in fact are tearing the nation apart. Take the carbon dynamic. If there ever was a conversation Canadians should have based on knowledge and rational thought, it is about how best to work through the challenges (and opportunities) of creating a sustainable low-carbon economic model. Canadians clearly think we have a right to a healthy environment. But turn to talk about the duties required to make that happen and things become a little murkier. The dynamics of duty are complex, to be sure, and there is no one-size-fits-all model for Canadians. But there is one common foundational plank. At its most basic level, the baseline duty is to be informed, certainly above what most Canadians could now legitimately claim to be in regard to energy. But here we are, embroiled in carbon conflicts, and a great portion of

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the population appears functionally illiterate on the topic. The result is political polarization and an under-informed populace whose views ought to be shaping the discussions. So politicians move forward on assumptions of what voters ought to want, rather than knowing. It all flows from a general failure of Canadians to do their duty: to be informed and participate in civil society. That failure creates a civics vacuum. And we all know politicians and activists abhor such vacuums. At the same time, the energy industry rarely recognizes such vacuums proactively. It typically shows up late to the party. The result is an industry proclivity to lecture Canadians on how a robust energy sector facilitates and enables high-quality standards of living. And that hardly constitutes the kind of thoughtful dialogue on energy civics that is so badly needed in this country. Troy Media columnist Bill Whitelaw is president and CEO at JuneWarren-Nickle’s Energy Group.

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Central Alberta mayors focused on work a year from vote BY MARY-ANN BARR ADVOCATE STAFF With the next municipal election just a year away, Central Alberta mayors have varying thoughts on whether they will seek re-election on Oct 16, 2017. Red Deer Mayor Tara Veer said that right now her mind is on the current work of city council. “I am focusing on governing. We’ve been given a four-year mandate and we still have a lot of work to do and the election is a long ways away.” “At some point you make a declaration one way or the other, but really the focus of our council is, and needs to be, on fulfilling the mandate we’ve already been given.” Veer previously served three terms as a Red Deer city councillor and is in her first term as mayor. For the first time, municipal council terms were increased as of the 2013 election from three to four years. Under the old three-year term, often a council’s first year is spent identifying priorities and building a team, the second year is highly productive, and in the third year the shift is toward an election, she said. With the four-year term, council has gained a full year to fulfil a work plan, Veer said. For the sake of the public, a person needs to identify their choice one way or the other in terms of candidacy but for now it’s imperative that council stays focused on its work plan, she said. Sylvan Lake Mayor Sean McIntyre is in the same boat. He said that council has so much work to do in the next year that he hasn’t thought a lot about whether he will run again. McIntyre who served as a councillor for one term before running for mayor and winning in 2013, said “We’ve got so much work over the next year, that’s where my focus is.” Please see MAYORS on Page A8

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RCMP release image of suspect in Stettler United Church theft A surveillance video image is now available of a suspect connected to Stettler United Church theft last month. On Sept. 8 at about 1 p.m., an unknown male entered the church and stole a number of items, including two headset microphones, worth $1,350.00, Stettler RCMP report. Video surveillance captured the suspect arriving and leaving the scene. If anyone has information about this crime or others, they are asked to call the RCMP or Crimestoppers.

Man who stole motorcycle jailed for 19 months A man who stole and crashed a motorcycle was sentenced to 19 months in prison on Wednesday. Last June 16, police were called by a homeowner in Red Deer’s west end who said someone was trying to steal his motorcycle. When police arrived, thief and motorcycle were gone. He was soon spotted nearby but veered off the road to elude police. He eventually crashed near the Collicutt Centre and was arrested. His blood alcohol level was measured at .15, nearly double the legal limit. Justin Duperron, 29, pleaded guilty to a number of charges in Red Deer provincial court on Wednesday, including breaking and entering, flight from police, driving while disqualified, driving with a blood alcohol level over .08 and failing to comply with bail conditions. He also pleaded guilty to the April theft of a pickup truck in Rocky Mountain House and causing $19,000 in damage. In sentencing, Judge Jim Mitchell

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‘Cutting-edge’ program to have transformative effect on former inmates, others BY LANA MICHELIN ADVOCATE STAFF If music — or art — can soothe the savage beast, some Red Deer social services advocates believe it can also heal the wounded spirit. A new arts-focused support group is being started in Red Deer to have a transformative effect on former inmates and others struggling with various difficulties. The Circle of Support and Arts will provide regular opportunities for par-

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COUNT: Visit homeless campsites said the helmet-less Duperron was lucky to survive the motorcycle crash. “There are very few minor motorcycle accidents,” he said. Mitchell said Duperron was well known to police who are “watching you like a hawk. “Get a job. Get your own stuff. Stop ripping off the community,” Mitchell told him. Defence lawyer Greg Gordon said Duperron has struggled with alcoholism that has led to mental health issues. Duperron was given credit for six months in custody, leaving him 13 months left to serve. On release, he will be on probation for two years and prohibited from driving for three years.

ticipants to create visual art, music and theatre. These kind of activities are therapeutic “really for everyone,” says Steve Woolrich, a principal in the group ReThink Urban — but particularly for those with addictions, mental illness, fetal alcohol disorder and other disabilities. As a former corrections officer, Woolrich has seen the calming effect of artistic activities on prisoners. Art “kindles something in your spirit,” says Woolrich, who calls the new arts circle “a cutting-edge program for

Red Deer,” and predicts it will have “dramatic effects” on participants. The pilot project will be started in November between partners ReThink Urban, Central Alberta FASD Network, and the John Howard Society. The new Circle of Support and Arts will run for a year at the John Howard Society building, with $10,000 received from the Red Deer and District Community Foundation.

Haggarty-Roberts said People’s Place has been close to capacity since the beginning of October, while the mat program averages about 20 when it could accommodate 26. Agencies working with the city’s homeless are trying figure out why so many mats are empty, she said. “Our sense is not that they are

housed. Our sense is they are either continuing to sleep rough even though the temperature is dropping, or there are a whole lot of extra couch surfers.” She said Safe Harbour staff were among the volunteers in specialized teams visiting known homeless campsites during the homeless count. szielinski@reddeeradvocate.com

Those interested can fill out an application at www.centrefest.ca, or email info@centrefest.ca for more information. A variety of skilled individuals are needed. Nominations will stand at the annual general meeting on Tuesday, Oct. 25 at 5:30 p.m. at 4101-54th Ave.

ter-sized envelope with about $5,000 inside it. It was lost a month ago, on Sept. 19 around noon near the corner of 50th Street and 50th Avenue in Castor. The owner of the envelope is believed to have lost it while on foot in that area, Coronation RCMP said in a statement on Wednesday. Castor is about 140 km east of Red Deer. Anyone with information about this incident is asked to call Coronation RCMP at 403-578-3666 or call their local police. To remain anonymous, can contact Crime Stoppers by phone at 1-800-222-8477 (TIPS), by Internet at www.tipsubmit.com, or by SMS (check your local Crime Stoppers www. crimestoppers.ab.ca for instructions).

Police need help to track down envelope full of cash RCMP are trying to track down whoever found an envelope full of cash in Castor. Police are seeking the public’s assistance in locating the white let-

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H.J. Cody School locked down due to potential threat Outside doors were locked and students were locked in classrooms at H.J. Cody School in Sylvan Lake on Wednesday after RCMP were notified of a potential threat directed at the school via social media. RCMP said the person responsible for the threat was located. With that person’s co-operation, police determined there were no safety concerns for the high school, students or staff. Names of individuals involved will not be released in accordance to the Youth Criminal Justice Act. Secure our School protocol was put into action at 10:55 a.m. and continued until shortly after 3 p.m. before classes were finished for the day. Secure Our School safety response includes keeping a watchful eye on the situation which represents a low-level of risk to student or staff safety. Karyn Barber, associate superintendent with Chinook’s Edge Schools, said students are allowed to return to school on Thursday. “The police are continuing to update us on the resolution of the situation,” Barber said on Wednesday. Parents were informed that the high school was secured at 1:30 p.m. and that police were at the school. Police are continuing their investigation. Anyone with information about the event is asked to contact Sylvan Lake RCMP at 403-858-7200. To remain anonymous, contact Crime Stoppers by phone at 1-800-222-8477 (TIPS), or by online at www.tipsubmit.com.

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Premier lauds Prentice for role in public life STATE MEMORIAL PLANNED BY THE CANADIAN PRESS CALGARY — Alberta Premier Rachel Notley remembered Jim Prentice on Wednesday as gracious, statesman-like and visionary as her office announced plans to honour him at a state memorial. The public service for the former premier, who was killed in a plane crash last week in British Columbia, is to be held Oct. 28 at the Southern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium in Calgary. Details of the service, including speakers and those expected to attend, are still being worked out. Prentice and three other men were killed when a twin-engine Cessna Citation crashed shortly after takeoff from the Kelowna airport on Thursday. Notley began her annual state-ofthe-province address by lauding Prentice’s contributions to public life. Notley, whose father Grant Notley was Alberta’s NDP leader when he died in a plane crash in 1984, said she understands the pain the families of the victims are going through. “Words are not really adequate to describe that kind of loss, but there are words to remember the many, many contributions that Jim Prentice made to Alberta and to Canada,” she said. “Online, through social media and in print, people everywhere are sharing those words and heartfelt outpouring of grief and remembrance — words like generous, compassionate, caring, genuine,” she said. “From personal experience, I can add the words gracious and statesmanlike as he provided me with valuable

‘WORDS ARE NOT REALLY ADEQUATE TO DESCRIBE THAT KIND OF LOSS, BUT THERE ARE WORDS TO REMEMBER THE MANY, MANY CONTRIBUTIONS THAT JIM PRENTICE MADE TO ALBERTA AND TO CANADA.’ — PREMIER RACHEL NOTLEY

advice during the post-election transition.” Prentice left politics after the Alberta Tories lost a more than four-decade lock on power to Notley’s NDP in May 2015. She said Prentice was a friend to indigenous people and an advocate for balancing responsible resource development with protecting the environment. Also killed in the crash were optometrist Ken Gellatly, the father-in-law of one of Prentice’s daughters, and former RCMP officer Jim Kruk, who was the pilot on the aircraft. The family of Calgary businessman Sheldon Reid, another victim of the crash, said in a statement Wednesday that he enjoyed telling stories about his travels around the world and was most proud of his son Dylan. “Sheldon was a man of incredible generosity — generosity for his family, his loved ones, and the community of Calgary,” the family wrote.

Provincial government extends tuition freeze for post-secondary students BY THE CANADIAN PRESS EDMONTON — The Alberta government is extending a tuition freeze for post-secondary students by another year. The province announced last fall that there would be no increase in tuition or fees at universities, colleges and technical schools for two years. The extension means the freeze will continue through the 2017-18 academic year. The government says it will use the extra year to continue its overall review of post-secondary funding. The NDP last fall also reversed a cut that had been announced by the previous Tory government and instead increased base funding by $40 million. Post-secondary schools and student organizations welcomed the measures and praised the new tuition announcement as well. “We agree that predictable and sustainable funding is critical to the longterm success of Alberta’s post-secondary institutions and students,” David Turpin, president of the University of Alberta, said in a release. “We look forward to continuing our

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MAYORS: See projects through Sylvan council is working on strategic planning and its budget, and “trying to keep a firm vision on our future and make sure that we are both planning and investing in a way that will benefit us both now and 30 years from now.” McIntyre said the four-year term is great because council gets to see more projects through from start to finish and it benefits administration as well. Blackfalds Mayor Melody Stol is in her third term as mayor. “I’ve thought about it, and I’ll be making my decision in the spring.” She previously served three terms as a councillor so at the end of the current term she will have been on council for 19 years. “We’re working on lots of projects here in Blackfalds as always, and growing, and I do have to decide with my family what direction we’re going to take.” “I really do enjoy being the mayor of Blackfalds. … and I hope the people see that I do have a strong commitment to our community.” She said the four-year term has changed the decision-making process when it comes to seeking re-election. “Four years is a long term, and you ask anyone they’ll say: ‘Four. It was kind of easy with three. Yeah I could do three more years but do I want to do four more years?’ ” “You want to be able to give your best for all four years,” Stol said. Red Deer County Mayor Jim Wood said he really likes the job. “My time as mayor will be up to the folks that want to put me there, and as long as I’m hearing people want me to be here, I intend on running again.” “I truly enjoy being the mayor of Red Deer County. I have probably one of the most interesting things to do that anyone ever could.” Wood is in his second term as mayor

work with government and students in developing a funding model that will ensure the high-quality education that Albertans expect and deserve,” he said. “CAUS is encouraged to see tuition frozen for another year while consultation on changes to the post-secondary system is carried out,” added Dexter Bruneau, chairman of the Council of Alberta University Students. The government says an estimated 250,000 full- and part-time students and apprentices will save about $16 million a year through the freeze. Wes Taylor, education critic for the Opposition Wildrose, said students will end up paying more as universities look to make up their shortfalls once the freeze is lifted. “The NDP is taking a short-sighted approach to an issue that needs a longterm, fiscally sustainable solution,” Taylor said in a release. “Indexing post-secondary tuition and fee increases to the rate of inflation is the very best way to ensure tuition remains affordable for students and to protect the viability of Alberta’s world-class education institutions.” and before that he served two terms as a councillor for 12 years so far. barr@reddeeradvocate.com

PROGRAM: Create a lifeline for former inmates Woolrich, along with Betty Lou Benson, executive-director of the Central Alberta FASD (Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder) Network, feel the free new program will create another lifeline to keep former inmates from reoffending. “It could start them on a positive journey of belonging,” says Benson, who hopes participation in the group will eventually be mandated by the courts for prisoners going out on parole. Since the root cause of many addictions and criminal activity is trauma, “you have to heal the trauma” before you solving the social problems, says Woolrich. Benson feels “circles create incredible connections” in the community, and a sense of belonging that helps people heal. The democratic circle format, borrowed from traditional First Nations cultures, allows all participants to have an equal voice as they take turns expressing themselves while holding a talking stick. It’s passed from one participant to the next in a clockwise motion when each person is finished speaking. Woolrich sees the new arts circle as an extension of another successful drop-in support circle that runs every second Thursday at The Hub on Ross Street. While the existing circle provides support and bonding through conversation, the new circle will offer a chance for creativity and creation. Both will provide safe and relaxing places for people to gather, said Benson. No start date has yet been decided. For more information, please visit www.centralfasd.org. lmichelin@reddeeradvocate.com

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Bains teeming with confidence LEFT WINGER HAS TWO GOALS AND FOUR ASSISTS IN 10 GAMES THIS SEASON BY DANNY RODE SPECIAL TO THE ADVOCATE Akash Bains knew what to expect when he arrived at the Red Deer Rebels training camp this season. Not only had he been through the camp the previous two seasons, but spent close to three months with the Western Hockey League team at the end of last season. “I was pretty confident coming in this year after spending three months here last year and getting to play some and going through the Memorial Cup,” he said. “The confidence and experience, being with the guys last year, was a benefit.” The six-foot, 185-pound left winger played three regular season games and two in the playoffs last season. He didn’t hit the scoresheet, but this year has two goals and four assists in 10 games. “You feel good about yourself and your game when you get a few goals and points ,” said Bains, who was a ninth round draft pick (185th overall) in the 2014 WHL bantam draft. “I think I’ve been playing well.” Rebels GM./head coach Brent Sutter likes what he sees from Bains. “He’s a solid player … a smart player, who is dependable,” he said. “He has the size and can skate, but like any 17-year-old he’s still learning … learning to make a commitment to compete and to learn to compete every shift, every game.”

Sutter believes he’s like most young players, who in this league,” said the veteran coach. “It will catch have to get better and better every game and prac- up with you quickly. It’s always a learning experience and Bains is no different. tice. “He has a lot to learn, but the encouraging sign “He has to have that work ethic every shift and to is he’s coachable … like a sponge and make sure his practice habits are good.” wants to learn and get better. And for the The Delta, B.C., native comes from a most part has a good work ethic.” solid minor hockey background, playSutter feels Bains understands the ing two years with the Okanagan Hockey game and realizes where his game needs Academy and last season with the Delta to be at. Hockey Academy midget AAA program. “He knows he has to be moving his “We had a good team and won the feet and competing. He has to do that league (last year),” he said. “It was good consistently to be at the level we want experience and we were playing against him to be at.” good competition.” Bains will be in action this weekend Bains had 10 goals and 28 assists in 29 as the Rebels host the Calgary Hitmen games last season. Friday and the Prince Albert Raiders Bains is close to the same size he was Saturday. Both games are at 7 p.m. at the a year ago, but did add some muscle AKASH BAINS Centrium. during the off season. ● Sutter made another move in goal “I worked out to gain some strength Wednesday as it was announced 20-yearand I think I have the size to play in this league,” he said. “The biggest thing is to have confi- old netminder, Trevor Martin, has cleared waivers and has been released. dence and that comes with experience.” Martin, who came to the Rebels in a trade from He sees himself as a 200-foot player. “Offence and defence … a little bit of everything. the Saskatoon Blades in the 2014-15 season, played You need to be able to help your defencemen. We 42 games with the team, going 19-9-1-2. He had a 6-2 record in nine playoff games. have a good group, but it all helps.” With Martin’s departure newly acquired Lasse PePlaying a two-way game is something Sutter stresses from the time a player arrives in camp until tersen will join Riley Lamb in goal. Danny Rode is a retired Advocate reporter who can he leaves. “There is stuff you can get away with in minor be reached at drode@reddeeradvocate.com. His work can hockey or midget AAA that you can’t get away with also be seen at Danny’s blog at rdcathletics.ca

Blue Jays tripped up in playoffs for second season BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — The Toronto Blue Jays exit the playoffs tipping their hats to the Cleveland Indians. Ravaged by injuries to their starting rotation, the Indians still managed to shut down the free-swinging Blue Jays, tripping up Toronto for the second season one step short of the World Series. Unheralded rookie Ryan Merritt, in only his second major league start, gave Cleveland the early pitching it needed Wednesday and the Indians bullpen did the rest, dispatching the Jays with a 3-0 victory in Game 5 of the American League Championship Series. Carlos Santana and Coco Crisp homered for Cleveland, which won the series 4-1. “It was a battle,” said Toronto manager John Gibbons. “It was a battle all series. And they shut us down. And now they move on.” Wednesday’s game was like all the other Cleveland wins. The Indians pitching was slightly better, the Cleveland hitting came at the right times and the defence was rock-solid. The Jays managed zero, one, two, five and zero runs against the Indians, who never trailed in Games 1, 2, 3 and 5. “I know that I’m capable of doing a lot more,” said Jays slugger Jose Bautista. “They pitched great. It was tough. They seemed to make the right pitches at the right time and got us out and they never let us string base hits together and when we had men in scoring position they seemed to turn it up a notch and go to another level of execution. My hat’s off to them.” “To get us out you have to pitch well. You have to and they did,” added catcher Russell Martin. The Jays left 31 men on base and hit 3-for-25 with men in scoring position. The Indians weren’t much better, stranding 20 while hitting 3-for-21 with runners in scoring position. Toronto hit .201 (32-for-159) in the series. Amazingly the Indians hit .168 (25-for-149) and still won — helped by six homers to Toronto’s two. Seven of the Cleveland hits came from star shortstop Francisco Lindor, who hit .368 in the series. Josh Donaldson and Michael Saunders were two bright sparks for the Toronto offence, combining for 12 of the Jays’ 32 hits. Toronto, which hit 10 homers between the wildcard game and ALDS, managed just two against the Indians although it came close to adding to that to-

Blue Jays BRIEFS Sombre Blue Jays fans hold out hope for next year TORONTO — Sombre Blue Jays fans are in mourning, but still holding out hope for next season after watching their team fall short of the World Series for the second consecutive year. Some fans are questioning the coach’s role after the Blue Jays lost to the Cleveland Indians 3-0 in today’s Game 5 of the American League Championship Series. Despite the loss, Michele Grenier believes her team had a successful campaign, saying it’s always a success to make it to the last four teams. Others are worried about the fates of sluggers Jose Bautista and Edwin Encarnacion, who are both unrestricted free agents this off-season and can sign elsewhere. Jason Peck says he hopes the team adds players who aren’t just power hitters, believing the current squad has too many players who are focused on home runs. He says he’ll be sad if Bautista leaves, but it could be for the best.

Miller’s Moment: Cleveland reliever chosen MVP of ALCS TORONTO — MVP: Most Versatile Pitcher. The humble workhorse in a wipeout bullpen, Andrew Miller was selected AL Championship Series MVP after his latest splendid performance in relief helped the Cleveland Indians win their first pennant since 1997.

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Toronto Blue Jays second baseman Darwin Barney (18) looks on during ninth-inning, game-five AmericanLeague Championship Series baseball action against the Cleveland Indians in Toronto on Wednesday. tal several times Wednesday. The Jays outhomered Cleveland 221-185 in the regular season. Cleveland manager Terry Francona shuffled his pitchers like a Vegas card shark throughout the series, making all the right moves with the bullpen. Asked how he made it all work, the folksy Francona pointed to depth. “I also think our bullpen did some phenomenal things,” he added. “They answered the bell time after time after time. And they’re going to have to continue to do that.” Reliever Andrew Miller was named series MVP after dispatching 23 of the 25 batters he faced with 14 strikeouts. “It’s been special,” said the six-foot-seven lefthander. “It’s been a lot of fun. I feel like I’ve said the

word ‘special’ a million times in the last 20 or 30 minutes. But it’s the truth. It’s a blast to be a part of. We have one more big step, but we’re going to the World Series and that’s what you dream of.” Cleveland will face either the Los Angeles Dodgers or Chicago Cubs next, looking to erase memories of championship losses in 1954, 1995 and 1997. The Indians won in 1920 and 1948. Only the Cubs (1908) have gone longer without winning the championship. “World Series here we come!! Congrats Boyz!!,” tweeted LeBron James, whose NBA champion Cavaliers derailed the Toronto Raptors in the Eastern Conference final last season. Please see BLUE JAYS on Page B2

Miller tossed 2 2/3 scoreless innings in a 3-0 victory Wednesday over Toronto, capping a fivegame series in which the lanky left-hander overpowered the Blue Jays. He had one strikeout in Game 5 and finished the series with 14 — an ALCS record for a reliever. Miller gave up three hits in 7 2/3 shutout innings against the Blue Jays and earned a save in Game 3. Now, he and the Indians are on to the World Series for the sixth time — looking for their first championship since 1948.

Indians joke about Bautista’s comment

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Young Toronto Blue Jays fans look on after the Cleveland Indians defeated the Blue Jays in game-five American League Championship Series baseball action in Toronto on Wednesday.

TORONTO — As the Cleveland Indians stripped off their valuables and donned goggles ahead of champagne celebrations, the call went up. “Get the boots!” A pair of brown leather cowboy boots were pulled out from under the clear plastic tarps protecting the Indians’ lockers and held aloft to cheers and laughter. “Someone sign them and send them to Bautista!” The boots were safely tucked away again before the bottles were popped and Cleveland players were reluctant to speak about the comments Blue Jays right-fielder Jose Bautista had made ahead of Wednesday’s 3-0 win over Toronto to win the Ameri-

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can League Championship Series. Bautista, hearing that pitcher Ryan Merritt would be making the start in Game 5 of the ALCS had suggested that the rookie — making only his second Major League start — would be shaking in his boots facing the Blue Jays’ formidable lineup in Toronto. “I heard it. But I didn’t let it affect me or get to me,” said Merritt, who retired the first 10 batters he faced in 4 1/3 innings of work. “I mean, that’s a good lineup. I guess he’s got a right to say it. It’s my first start (in the post-season).” Bautista, who accounted for two of Toronto’s six hits in the loss, said after that the game that he didn’t mean to slight Merritt or give the Indians any kind of motivation.

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Bautista-Encarnacion era in Toronto over? IT’S A POSSIBILITY AFTER BLUE JAYS BOW OUT OF THE ALCS BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — The Toronto Blue Jays’ season is over after a five-game loss to Cleveland in the American League Championship Series. The era of Jose Bautista and Edwin Encarnacion anchoring the team’s offence may have come to an end along with it. The veteran sluggers have been mainstays in the heart of the Blue Jays’ lineup for years. However, both are slated to become free agents in the off-season and it’s unclear whether they will re-sign or test the open market. Neither Bautista nor Encarnacion wanted to address their future plans after the game. “I don’t want to make this about myself,” Bautista said. “I don’t really feel that I’m in the proper state of mind to be talking about that. Obviously I know it’s a possibility but we’ll see what happens.” Encarnacion, 33, is coming off another big season with 42 homers, 127 RBIs and a .263 batting average. Bautista, 36, battled some injuries this year and finished with 22 homers, 69 RBIs and a .234 average. Bautista doubled in the ninth inning of Toronto’s 3-0 loss to the Indians on Wednesday while Encarnacion struck out later in the frame. Fans were on their feet chanting their names during the at-bats. Both players were big parts of the franchise’s return to prominence last year. “I think they really helped put this team back on the map again, what they’ve accomplished,” said Blue Jays manager John Gibbons. “And really both of them made their name here in Toronto. But baseball is still a business. “It’s a game we play, but it’s still a big business and guys earn the right to try free agency, what have you. They both love it here, but it’s still a business.” The Blue Jays won the East Division title in 2015 for the first time in 22 years and Bautista delivered a critical homer — complete with an epic bat flip — to power Toronto past Texas in the first round. The Blue Jays went on to lose to the Kansas City Royals in the ALCS. Toronto returned to the final four again this year, dispatching Baltimore in the wild-card game — thanks to an Encarnacion walkoff homer — and then a three-game sweep of the Rangers. But a well-balanced Cleveland team proved to be too much for the 2016 squad. The upcoming free-agent crop is considered weaker than normal so chances are good that both players will receive lucrative multi-year deals. Whether team president Mark Shapiro and gen-

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Toronto Blue Jays’ Jose Bautista, left, listens as Edwin Encarnacion, center, and home plate umpire Laz Diaz exchange words after Encarnacion was called out on strikes during the eighth inning in Game 1 of baseball’s American League Championship Series against the Cleveland Indians in Cleveland. The question on whether the duo will be Blue Jays’ uniforms has been raised. eral manager Ross Atkins are interested in bringing them back at the price they will command is unclear. “If I’m not around them again, I have great memories, regardless of what they did on the field — two good guys,” Gibbons said. “And we spent a lot of time together, me and of course the coaching staff and everybody else. “I’m proud of those guys and you hope they’re back.” Bautista signed a US$65-million, five-year deal in 2011 and the team picked up a $14-million option for this season. Encarnacion, who signed a three-year extension in 2012 worth $29 million, is coming off a team option at $10 million. Encarnacion, in particular, will be in line for a big raise. “To be honest, I’m really sad because I don’t know what’s going to happen next,” Encarnacion said through a translator. “But overall I feel really proud for what the fans and what this organization have done for me.”

Other notable Blue Jays set to enter free agency include Canadian Michael Saunders, knuckleballer R.A. Dickey and southpaw reliever Brett Cecil. Bautista entered the major leagues in 2004 with Baltimore. He joined the Blue Jays in 2008 and broke out in the 2010 season, hitting 54 homers and driving in 124 runs. He has been one of the sport’s top sluggers ever since. “This is a great team with a great core,” Bautista said. “A lot of potential and I think a great future.” Encarnacion, meanwhile, made his big-league debut in 2005 with the Cincinnati Reds and joined the Blue Jays in 2009. He has at least 30 homers in each of the last five seasons. “We would love to have everybody back,” said Blue Jays third baseman Josh Donaldson. “We would love to have Bats back. We would love to have Eddie back. “These guys have been the faces of this franchise for many years now.”

Mitchell McKinnon tied for 64th at 82. Colton Craner came in with an 84 and is tied for 69th while Cody Clipperton shot an 86 and is 73rd.

Anders Hedberg and Ulf Nilsson for the ceremony because of “personal reasons.” It was an absence felt by the pair of Swedes, who made up the trio known as the ‘Hot Line’ for their scoring prowess in the World Hockey Association in the 1970s. Prior to the on-ice ceremony before Wednesday’s game between the Jets and Toronto Maple Leafs, Nilsson said he talked to Hull about why he wasn’t joining them. “He’s upset about some things that have been brought up from the past,” Nilsson, 66, said of Hull. After the Jets announced Hull was going into the Hall of Fame, some in Winnipeg questioned whether he was a suitable candidate given previous allegations of domestic abuse. The pair were asked what role off-ice issues should have in someone going into a Hall of Fame. In Hull’s case, it should have “no bearing whatsoever,” Hedberg said. “I think personalities and dedication and all those type of things will play in, should play in,” Hedberg, 65, said. “But in this case, Bobby Hull is such an important, important figure in bringing hockey to Winnipeg… “Bobby Hull should be in the hockey Hall of Fame of the Winnipeg Jets.”

Matt Thomas leads Sheraton Red Deer past KJ Concrete in men’s hoop action

BRIEFS RDC’s Leidenius tied for sixth place at college national championship STRATFORD, P.E.I. — RDC’s Shaye Leidenius is tied for sixth following the opening round of the 54-hole Canadian Colleges golf championship Wednesday. Leidenhius shot a six-over par 78 to sit four strokes back of Becky Martin of Medicine Hat College and two strokes out of second place. Hayley Phillips shot a 105 and is 29th. On the men’s side, Cole Morrison leads the RDC Kings, sitting in a seven-way tie for 22nd at 74, seven strokes back of Josiah Dixon of Niagara College of Ontario. Ryan Skoreyko shot a 79 and is tied for 54th with

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Superstar Bobby Hull missing as Jets induct three players into Hall of Fame WINNIPEG — The Winnipeg Jets inducted the first three players into their Hall of Fame Wednesday, but superstar Bobby Hull was missing. The 77-year-old Hull had told the NHL club last month that he wouldn’t be joining former linemates He then struck out Donaldson and Encarnacion and induced Troy Tulowitzki to foul out for his fifth save of the post-season. The Indians rushed out of the dugout to celebrate in a moving ball of humanity by second base. The fans responded with chants of “Let’s Go Blue Jays.” Toronto starter Marco Estrada pitched well but the Indians took advantage of his mistakes. He retired 10 of 11 before exiting, with the Crisp home run the only blot on his copy book during that stretch. Estrada (0-2) gave up three runs (two earned) on five hits with no walks and seven strikeouts in six innings. Toronto’s Brett Cecil, Joe Biagini and Roberto Osuna delivered three innings of one-hit relief. Merritt, a 16th-round pick taken 488th overall in the 2011 draft, becomes only the second player in MLB history to make his post-season debut with only one regular season start, according to Elias Sports. Matt Moore did it for Tampa in the 2011 ALDS. He gave up two singles with two strikeouts and no walks in a 49-pitch performance that featured 33 strikes. The free-swinging Jays did not excel against slow fastballs this season. They batted .249 against fastballs less than 90 m.p.h., according to MLB.com. That was the fourth-lowest such average in the majors. Merritt, whose last appearance was a win against Kansas City on Sept. 30, wasn’t even on the Indians ALDS roster. “He threw strikes,” said Francona. “He worked ahead, even with an 85-, 86-mile-an-hour fastball, you saw him beat their barrel a number of times. He didn’t let the noise get to him. He was phenomenal. And I’m sure when all is said and done a game like this will go light years in his development, in his maturity.”

After winning the first two games at home, the Indians ignored distractions like a human rights complaint over their name and Chief Wahoo logo to take two of three in Toronto. Toronto was denied its first trip to the World Series since 1993, when it won for the second year in a row. “I’m sure there will be some disappointment and some grumbling and complaining about how you fell short again, but that’s not coming from me,” Gibbons said. “I know what these guys did and I think it’s a pretty good accomplishment. But the key is we want to take that next step.” They may have to do that without Bautista and Edwin Encarnacion, who have combined for 608 home runs and 1,804 RBIs. The two sluggers — Bautista turned 36 Wednesday and Encarnacion is 33 — are eligible for free agency and a jackpot payoff. The 2016 Indians have proved to be a bargain, in major league baseball terms. Their 25-man opening day roster carried a combined payroll of US$96.3 million this season compared to $136.8 million for the Blue Jays. Toronto’s eight highest-paid players made more than the entire Cleveland 25-man roster. The Indians’ depleted starting rotation meant that Francona had to hand the ball to Merritt, whose major league career consisted of one start, four appearances and 11 innings. You wouldn’t have known it. The 24-year-old left-hander retired the first 10 Jays he faced before leaving with one out in the fifth after giving up just his second hit. “It wasn’t an easy assignment for anybody, let alone a guy trying to make it in the game,” Gibbons said admiringly. “Tip your hat to that guy.” With Merritt looking cool on the mound in the 4 1/3 innings needed to get to Cleveland’s excellent bullpen, the Indians picked up solo runs in the first, third and fourth to pull ahead before a sellout crowd of 48,800 under the Rogers Centre roof. Bryan Shaw (2-0), Miller and closer Cody Allen followed Merritt. GREAT THINGS Allen gave up a leadoff double to Bautista that got the crowd on its feet.

Bautista had tried to pile on the pressure ahead of the game. “Not having seen him is something that could go either way,” he said after Game 4. “But with our experience and our lineup I’m pretty sure he’s going to be shaking in his boots more than we are. So I like where we’re at.” Merritt, his feet firmly planted, induced a groundout and flyout from Bautista. The Indians produced a pair of cowboy boots in their clubhouse celebration, suggesting they sign them and send them over to Bautista. Cleveland, which had the second-best record in the American League this season at 94-67, swept the Boston Red Sox in the AL Division Series. The Jays delivered a roller-coaster ride this season, drawing 3.92 million to the Rogers Centre in the process. Toronto slumped to a 3-9 start in September before rallying to finish the month at 11-16. The team had to claw its way into post-season and things looked bright after it dispatched the Orioles in the wild-card game and swept the Texas Rangers in the ALDS. “It was a crazy year. Some ups and downs,” said Gibbons. “It’s a special group,” he added. “They come to play. They had another great year. We got to this point. We weren’t able to get over the hump again. But you know what, a damn good job of getting to this point. “I’m proud of those guys as well as the coaching staff. I know the organization is proud of them, too. Hopefully the fans are just as proud of them, because it’s an entertaining group. They put on a good show. We just got beat in this series. Plain and simple. “

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Ticats’ top special-teams threat gone CFL HAS SUSPENDED RECEIVER/KICK-RETURNER BRANDON BANKS FOR POSITIVE DRUG TEST BY THE CANADIAN PRESS They’re already minus their starting quarterback, and now the Hamilton Tiger-Cats won’t have their top special-teams threat for their rematch with the Ottawa Redblacks. The CFL suspended receiver/kick-returner Brandon Banks for two games Wednesday after he tested positive for methylenedioxyamphetamine. It’s a stimulant known as MDA that’s closely related to ecstasy. That means the the five-foot-seven, 157-pound Banks won’t play Friday night when Hamilton (6-9) visits Ottawa (7-7-1) to complete their crucial homeand-home series. The Redblacks won last Friday’s game 30-29 to move three points ahead of the Ticats atop the East Division. Banks will also miss Hamilton’s Oct. 28 home game versus the Edmonton Eskimos (8-7). He’ll be eligible to return Nov. 5 when the Ticats host the Montreal Alouettes (4-11) in their regular-season finale. Banks has 29 catches for 355 yards and four TDs this season. Last year, the two-time CFL all-star had four punt-return TDs, one shy of the single-season mark. Jeremiah Masoli will make his second straight start for Hamilton in place of incumbent Zach Collaros (concussion). Masoli was 25-of-32 passing for 278 yards and three TDs in last week’s game but also had two interceptions in the Ticats’ third straight loss. But the game’s most controversial play as a ruling from the command centre the CFL said later was a mistake. Hamilton led 28-27 in the fourth quarter when Ottawa receiver Greg Ellingson appeared to make a catch over the middle before losing the ball as he went down. The Ticats challenged the play, feeling Ellingson had fumbled but the command centre ruled an incomplete pass, allowing the Redblacks to kick a field goal to go ahead 30-28 with less than six minutes to play. On Saturday, Glen Johnson, the CFL’s vice-president of football, said replay official Jeff Harbin made a mistake and should’ve ruled that Ellingson made the catch. With the win, Ottawa clinched a playoff berth. Hamilton would’ve secured a post-season spot with a victory and assumed first in the East Division. So not only must Hamilton win the rematch to clinch a playoff berth — second place in the East and home field for the conference semifinal — but also to keep its hopes for first alive. The miscue overshadowed a stellar performance by Ottawa’s Henry Burris. The CFL’s outstanding player last year was 27-of-39 passing for 393 yards

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Hamilton Tiger Cats’ Brandon Banks sits on the bench during the final minutes of their CFL football game against the BC Lions in Hamilton on July 1. Banks has been suspended for two crucial games following a positive drug test. and a TD while running for two touchdowns. Pick —Ottawa. Toronto Argonauts versus Calgary Stampeders (Friday night) Toronto (5-11) should know by halftime if it’s playing for a post-season berth or next year. A Hamilton win in Ottawa would eliminate the Argos from playoff contention. Ricky Ray returns under centre for the Double Blue after missing six games with a fractured rib and deflated lung. The club has lost five straight and nine of its last 10 overall. Not only does Calgary (14-1-1) have the CFL’s best record but is 8-0 at McMahon Stadium. The Stampeders have clinched first in the West but winning out would give them the best regular-season record in league history. Pick — Calgary. Montreal Alouettes versus Saskatchewan Roughriders (Saturday afternoon) It was a rather tumultuous week for Montreal (411) with receivers Duron Carter and Kenny Stafford being released and starter Rakeem Cato benched for rookie Vernon Adams. Carter was Montreal’s leading receiver (61 catches, 938 yards, five TDs) but had no catches in last weekend’s 22-8 loss to Calgary.

Interestingly enough, Stafford is Carter’s cousin. Cato was 13-of-29 passing versus the Stamps for just 124 yards. Joe McKnight ran for 150 yards in leading Saskatchewan (5-10) to a 29-11 road win in Toronto last week. It was the Riders’ fourth straight victory and there’s no reason to think they won’t keep it going on home soil. Pick — Saskatchewan. Edmonton Eskimos versus B.C. Lions (Saturday night) An interesting game featuring teams heading in opposite directions. B.C. (9-6) has dropped two straight — both to Winnipeg — to stand third in the West, just two points ahead of Edmonton (8-7), which has registered three consecutive wins. The Eskimos won the previous meeting 27-23 at Commonwealth Stadium. The Lions can’t afford to finish in a threeway tie with the Esks and Winnipeg as those teams hold the advantage over the Leos. Edmonton is 5-4 within the West Division while B.C. is 2-5. The Lions have the CFL’s second-best home record (4-3) but road teams are also 36-32-1 this season. Pick — Edmonton. Last week: 2-2. Overall: 40-28-1.

‘It’s my mistake,’ says Hamilton Ticats star BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — The Hamilton Tiger-Cats will be without star receiver/kick-returner Brandon Banks for their crucial rematch Friday night with the Ottawa Redblacks. Banks was suspended for two games Wednesday for violating the CFL’s drug policy. According to the league, Banks tested positive for methylenedioxyamphetamine, a psychedelic hallucinogenic drug also known as MDA that’s closely related to ecstasy. “I’m disappointed, but at the end of the day it is what it is,” Banks told reporters in Hamilton. “It’s my mistake. “I just have to think positive and move on forward.” Banks said he’s known for a couple of weeks that he had tested positive and Tuesday spoke to his teammates about it. “It was tough because I knew this day would come,” Banks said. “I was just really living in the moment trying to help my team get to the playoffs. “I just apologized to the team and let everybody know that I know I let everybody down and that I own up to the mistake that I made. Hopefully they accept my apology, I’m pretty sure most of them did, but, if they didn’t, I’m pretty sure I can win them over.” Kent Austin, Hamilton’s head coach/vice-president of football operations, said the franchise continues to support Banks, in his third season with the Ticats.

‘IT WAS TOUGH BECAUSE I KNEW THIS DAY WOULD COME.’ — TICATS STAR BRANDON BANKS “To say I’m not disappointed is probably not the truth,” Austin said. “But I know he’s been disappointed in me to so that’s the way relationships are. “Brandon knows that I love him and we’re supportive. He made a mistake. We need to get better, make better decisions in the future. It impacts himself personally, it impacts the football team and it impacts everybody around him. You can say no as easily as you can say yes and we trust that we’ll be better decision-makers in the future.” The loss of Banks is big for Hamilton (6-9), which trails first-place Ottawa (7-7-1) in the East Division standings. As a result of the suspension, Banks will also miss the Ticats’ home game versus Edmonton (8-7) on Oct. 28. “We fully support the drug-testing policy and Brandon has taken full ownership,” Austin said. “We’ll continue to keep him involved and he’ll serve his suspension and rightfully so. “Then he’ll come back, hopefully as a better human being, better person, better teammate, better football player as a result.” Hamilton can clinch a playoff berth — and home field for the East semifinal — with a win Friday. The Ticats would also garner second in the conference with a tie and losses this week by both Toronto and Montreal.

Ottawa can also clinch first in the East and home field for the division final with a win over Hamilton. Banks will be eligible to return to Hamilton’s lineup Nov. 5 for its regular-season finale against Montreal at Tim Hortons Field. Austin said veteran Kendial Lawrence will come off the practice roster to returns kicks in Banks’ absence. “We’re confident in Kendial … he’s a proven player, a proven returner and so we feel like we’re going to be OK.” The five-foot-seven, 157-pound Banks has 29 catches for 355 yards and four TDs this season. He has 59 punt returns for 569 yards and a touchdown and has also returned two missed field goals for touchdowns. Banks was the CFL’s top special-teams player last year after returning four punts for TDs, one short of the single-season record. Under the CFL and CFL Players’ Association policy, a suspended player can’t participate in games but the club decides if he can participate in other team activities such as practices and meetings. Banks is the third player suspended this season for a positive drug test. Defensive tackle Quinn Smith of the Calgary Stampeders was slapped with a three-game ban after testing positive for the anabolic steroid methandienone. It marked the second time Smith had tested positive in his football career. Bruce Johnson, a defensive back with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers, received a two-game suspension for after also testing positive for methylenedioxyamphetamine.

Raiders owner Mark Davis make presentation to NFL owners BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS HOUSTON (AP) — His eyes on Las Vegas, Raiders owner Mark Davis says he hasn’t shut the door on anything. Oakland, though, might have shut the door on itself as home for his team. “Oakland was in the driver’s seat if they could’ve put together anything,” Davis said Wednesday at the NFL’s fall meetings, after updating his fellow owners on his desire to relocate to the gambling capital. “They came up with nothing. “Las Vegas has already done what it is supposed to do and we have to bring it up to the National Football League and get permission to move to Las Vegas.” Nevada lawmakers approved a deal last week that increases hotel taxes in the Las Vegas area to raise $750 million for a stadium and more than $400 million to expand and upgrade the Las Vegas Convention Center. Billionaire casino owner Sheldon Adelson is putting $650 million toward the project, while the Raiders and the NFL will kick in $500 million. Commissioner Roger Goodell also said the NFL is looking into establishing a developmental league; re-examining the rules for on-field player celebrations; and reopening the labor agreement. He said the league is monitoring declining TV ratings, too. Several owners insisted it’s far too early to reach any conclusions in the Raiders’ relocation issue, and none of them wanted to touch the relationship an NFL team might have with a casino mogul. Goodell supported Davis’ assertion there has been no movement toward keeping the franchise in the Bay Area, saying “we have been working to see if there are alternatives and we don’t have one” in Oakland. “If Oakland is going to be successful in offering the Raiders and the NFL a viable alternative to moving to Las Vegas, I have to stay clearheaded,” said

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Nash wants clubs to stop using his name GONE TO COURT REGARDING B.C. FITNESS FACILITIES BY THE CANADIAN PRESS

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Two-time NBA MVP Steve Nash is introduced into the Suns Ring of Fire at halftime of an NBA basketball game between the Phoenix Suns and the Portland Trail Blazers in Phoenix. Nash is in the midst of a lawsuit with two former partners over a string of B.C. fitness facilities that used his named.

VANCOUVER — Former basketball superstar Steve Nash is seeking a court order banning the use of his name or image on nearly two dozen fitness clubs in British Columbia. A civil lawsuit filed in B.C. Supreme Court says SNFW fitness has continued operating facilities since October 2014 under the name Steve Nash Fitness World after Nash’s relationship with two business partners fell apart. Nash’s Arizona-based company, B & L Holdings, agreed in November 2006 to allow unlimited use of his name and image to a firm that was operating two facilities called Steve Nash Fitness Clubs, the court document says. The statement of claim says the licensing agreement between Vancouver Bay Clubs and B & L Holdings was to run through March 2022 and there were provisions for the Vancouver company to extend the deal for another five years. Besides SNFW Fitness, defendants in the claim include Nash’s former business partners — Mark Mastrov, the owner of the NBA Sacramento Kings, and Quebec businessman Leonard Schlemm. None of the allegations have been proven in court and statements of defence have not been filed. A statement issued on behalf of Steven Nash Fitness World and Sports Club, Schlemm and Mastrov on Wednesday said they hadn’t been served with the lawsuit. “We are saddened that Mr. Nash proceeded to litigation without first raising any of these issues with us directly,” it said. “While we have nothing but respect for Mr. Nash and what he has accomplished as a Canadian athlete, we are confident with our legal position and intend to aggressively defend our rights.” It says the company will establish before the courts that it has the lawful and exclusive right by Nash to use his name, voice, signature, likeness and image within British Columbia. The statement concludes that media reports of the legal dispute don’t tell the complete story. The statement of claim filed in court says in November 2009, a company called FWG Acquisition was

‘WE ARE SADDENED THAT MR. NASH PROCEEDED TO LITIGATION WITHOUT FIRST RAISING ANY OF THESE ISSUES WITH US DIRECTLY.’ — STATEMENT ISSUED ON BEHALF OF STEVEN NASH FITNESS WORLD AND SPORTS CLUB incorporated in B.C., with Mastrov and Schlemm as its directors. Nash and his partners announced in the same year that they bought the Fitness World Gyms chain, which now includes 21 clubs in the Vancouver area, Victoria, and Kelowna. However, after Mastrov bought an ownership interest in the Kings in May 2013, NBA bylaws prevented him from doing business with players including Nash, who at the time played for the Los Angeles Lakers, the court document says. “On or about July 1, 2014, Mastrov, without notice to Nash, resigned as an officer of FWG Acquisition Ltd. and transferred all of his shares to Schlemm. Within days thereafter the defendant SNFW was incorporated.” Months later, Nash’s company received a notice saying it was required to sell all its securities to SNFW, the document says. Instead, the document says that B & L Holdings sold half of its shares to each of Schlemm and Mastrov. Nash says in the document that his name is still being used by the fitness firm to promote its facilities but he is not involved in operating them and isn’t being compensated. “He has not been a member of the board of directors of SNFW Fitness BC Ltd. He has not signed an affidavit certifying that he endorses the fitness facilities in any way.” Nash is seeking unspecified damages and costs as part of the lawsuit. The Canadian athlete retired last year while playing for the Lakers after a career that included twice being named the NBA’s most valuable player. Nash also played with the Phoenix Suns and the Dallas Mavericks, and was awarded the Order of Canada in 2007.

Derrick Rose cleared in rape lawsuit, poses with jury BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS LOS ANGELES — NBA star Derrick Rose and two friends were cleared Wednesday in a $21.5 million lawsuit that accused them of gang raping his ex-girlfriend when she was incapacitated from drugs or alcohol. Jurors in Los Angeles federal court reached the verdict in less than four hours after concluding there was a lack of evidence to support the woman’s claims and dismissing her account as unbelievable. “It felt like she was playing us,” said a juror who would only give his first name as Jared. “The second her lawyer started questioning her, she would start crying. I mean, granted, that could be realistic, but I feel l’m pretty good at reading people, and I felt as if it was false.” Jared was among several jurors who spoke to reporters outside the courthouse, none of whom gave their full names. Rose remained stoic as the verdict was read and later thanked jurors and posed for photos with them in the lobby, draping his left arm around each one who wanted a souvenir of the Knicks point guard as one of his lawyers snapped photos on their phones. “I am thankful that the jury understood and agreed with me,” Rose said in a statement. “This experience and my sensitivity to it was deep. I am ready to put this behind me and focus on my family and career.” The case was X-rated at times with testimony from the men about poolside group sex at a mansion Rose rented in Beverly Hills in the summer of 2013 and multiple sexual encounters throughout the night and into the next morning. The woman denied having sex at Rose’s place, saying she had a few tequila shots and felt drugged before going home. Her lawyer said the defence invented the story to make it look like she had willingly had sex with the men. The incident in question happened hours later in the early morning of Aug. 27 when she said the three men came to her Los Angeles apartment and had sex with her after she had passed out. The issue for the jury was whether she consented to sex or was too intoxicated to do so. The men all said it was clear she was willing when she stopped the three outside her bedroom door and said, “One at a time.” Defence lawyers tarred her as a gold-digging liar who tried to sway jurors through emotions to get a

piece of Rose’s fortune. They claimed she was angry he had dumped her, so she set him up and brought the lawsuit in hopes of a big payoff. “All three men were innocent from Day 1,” Rose’s attorney, Mark Baute, said after the verdict. “We’re very happy that the system worked.” The woman’s lawyer called the men “sexual deviants” who conspired to gang rape her after she was drunk and incapable of consenting to sex. Attorney Waukeen McCoy said he will explore appeal options. “It’s a shame for women, for this country, that a celebrity can come into court and slut-shame a woman like my client,” McCoy said. The accuser, who had become emotional and trembled at times while testifying, buried her head in her hands as the verdict was read, with her long hair covering her face. McCoy said the woman was devastated and did not understand how jurors could reach their conclusion. She left the courthouse without commenting. Rose’s lawyer said in closing arguments Tuesday that the suit was a “hoax and a joke” and jurors should not even award $20 because it would doom the future of the onetime MVP and the family and friends he was supporting by violating a morals clause in his player contract and a lucrative deal with Adidas. The woman’s lawyer said during closings that the 30-year-old college student was not in it for the money, but was seeking accountability for what was morally and legally wrong. He said the men had never apologized or shown any remorse. “The three men laughed their way home,” McCoy said. The defence portrayed Rose and his childhood pals, Ryan Allen and Randall Hampton, who both work for him, as victims in the case and the lawyers mocked the woman’s lies and demeanour on the witness stand. The juror named Jared said the panel of six women and two men had found the three defendants genuine and honest. Jared and the jury forewoman, who wouldn’t give her name, said they went through each piece of evidence provided to support the woman’s case and found nothing added up. “I don’t want to call her a liar,” the forewoman said. “I just didn’t feel like there was enough evidence.” Los Angeles police have an open investigation into the woman’s claims. The Associated Press does not generally name

Football protest blows up BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS BEAUMONT, Texas (AP) — A Southeast Texas youth football team that received publicity and threatening messages after player protests during the national anthem ended its season early amid strife among coaches and parents. The president of the team’s predominantly black executive board, Seterria Anderson, told the Beaumont Enterprise (http://bit.ly/2dAsPBk ) that the Beaumont Bulls disbanded because the team of 11 and 12-year-olds no longer had enough members after several players quit. Three weeks ago, the team’s board removed the head coach amid fallout over the protests, and some players then stopped coming to games. The Bulls were among players across the U.S. who followed the lead of San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick, who has cited racial injustice and police brutality among the reasons for his protest. Strife among the Bulls’ leadership, coaches and parents started after players first decided to kneel during the anthem at a Sept. 10 game to protest social injustice. Anderson said coach Rah-Rah Barber was removed after creating “a hostile mood” at a team meeting and trying to divide the team by singling out

and pressuring players who decided not to kneel at the Sept. 17 game. Fourteen of the 19 players took a knee during the anthem before that game, according to the Beaumont Enterprise. Three of the coaches and five players stood, linking arms in solidarity. But parent April Parkerson disagreed with how Anderson characterized what has happened with the team. Parkerson — who was banned from practices because of what Anderson called “out of line” behaviour — said that the board ended the season because of the protests. Parkerson said that after Barber’s removal, some of the team’s players stopped attending practices or games. “We are not practicing anymore, nor did we quit,” Parkerson said. Barber did not reply to a Facebook message from The Associated Press, nor did he reply to the Beaumont Enterprise for its story. In a statement after the first protest, the team’s board said it supported the players’ “silent and peaceful” action. Since the season’s early ending was publicized, “people from all over the world” have called and sent Anderson hate mail. “They don’t know we’re predominantly an all-black organization,” she said.

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NBA star Derrick Rose leaves federal court in Los Angeles Wednesday. Jurors cleared Rose and two friends in a lawsuit that accused them of gang raping his ex-girlfriend when she was incapacitated from drugs or alcohol. people who say they are victims of sex crimes. Rose, 28, was traded to New York this year after spending seven seasons in his native Chicago, where he won Rookie of the Year honours with the Bulls and was the youngest player to be awarded MVP in 2011. He has been plagued with knee injuries and is in the final year of a five-year deal that will pay him $21.3 million.

L.A. Kings goalie Quick out for three months BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS LOS ANGELES — After weighing his options, injured Los Angeles Kings goalie Jonathan Quick underwent a procedure on Tuesday that did not involve surgery, according to Kings hockey operations. Kings General Manager Dean Lombardi on Wednesday said that he expects Quick to be out for about three months. Quick was injured in the Kings’ season opener at San Jose a week ago. The injury is said to be in the same area as where Quick sustained a strained groin in 2013 and missed almost two months. Quick is on injured reserve right now. Asked if he would be going on long-term injured reserve, a Kings executive told the Los Angeles Times, “not now.”

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Los Angeles Kings goalie Jonathan Quick has undergone a non-surgical procedure, which will sideline him for three months.

THE ADVOCATE B5

SCOREBOARD THURSDAY, OCT. 20, 2016

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

Saturday

Hockey

● 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 Association GARY SOUTHSHORE RAILCATS — Released LHP Lars Liguori, LHP Moises Melendez, RHP Taylor Black and RHP Carlos Pinales. KANSAS CITY T-BONES — Sold the contract of OF Dalton Wheat to Miami (NL). LAREDO LEMURS — Sold the contract of RHP Ryan Beckman to Miami (NL). LINCOLN SALTDOGS — Released RHP Freddy Flores, INF Austin Gallagher and RHP Kou-Hua Lo. Can-Am League TROIS-RIVIERES AIGLES — Acquired RHP Ryan O’Sullivan from Lincoln (AA) to complete an earlier trade. FOOTBALL National Football League NFL — Fined Cincinnati LB Vontaze Burfict $75,000 for unnecessary roughness against New England RB LeGarrette Blount during an Oct. 16 game. ATLANTA FALCONS — Released S Dashon Goldson. Signed DL Cliff Matthews. Signed LB Josh Keyes to the practice squad. HOUSTON TEXANS — Signed S Don Jones. Signed DE Brandon Dunn and CB Denxel Rice to the practice squad. Placed S Lonnie Ballentine on the PUP list. Placed S K.J. Dillon and LB Brennan Scarlett on injured reserve. INDIANAPOLIS COLTS — Claimed LB Lavar Edwards off waivers. Waived CB Darryl Morris. MIAMI DOLPHINS — Claimed DE Nick Williams off waivers from Kansas City. Placed S Reshad Jones on injured reserve. WASHINGTON REDSKINS — Signed LB Carlos Fields to the practice squad. Released DL Bobby Richardson from the practice squad. Canadian Football League CFL — Suspended Hamilton WR Brandon Banks two games after testing positive for a banned substance (methylenedioxyamphetamine). Fined Calgary’s Spencer Wilson an undisclosed amount for a dangerous block on Montreal DL Jesse Joseph. Fined Toronto’s Tracy Robertson an undisclosed amount for a low hit to Saskatchewan QB Darian Durant. Fined Winnipeg’s Christophe Normand an undisclosed amount for an illegal peelback block on BC DL Craig Roh. HOCKEY National Hockey League ARIZONA COYOTES — Recalled G Justin Peters from Tucson (AHL). Placed forward Jamie McGinn on injured reserve, retroactive to Oct. 5.

WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division W L Pct Houston 4 1 .800 Memphis 4 2 .667 San Antonio 3 2 .600 Dallas 2 4 .333 New Orleans 1 4 .200 Northwest Division W L Pct Portland 4 2 .667 Minnesota 4 2 .667 Oklahoma City 2 2 .500 Utah 3 3 .500 Denver 3 4 .429

GB — 1 1 3 3½ GB — — 1 1½ 3 GB — — — — 1

GB — ½ 1 2½ 3 GB — — 1 1 1½

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

Jets 5, Maple Leafs 4, OT WINNIPEG, Manitoba (AP) — Rookie Patrik Laine got the last laugh in his anticipated showdown with Auston Matthews, then cracked a joke or two after. Laine completed a hat trick 2:40 into overtime, helping the Winnipeg Jets overcome a four-goal deficit to beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 5-4 on Wednesday night. Laine got the better of his first head-to-head matchup against fellow rookie Matthews, tying the game with 55 seconds left in the third before winning it in overtime. The confident Finn went

GA Pts 29 17 30 17 36 14 29 11 31 8 31 7

GF 40 34 40 22 15 25

GA Pts 30 13 37 12 49 12 35 8 24 7 36 6

Western Conference U.S. Division W L OTLSOL GF GA Pts Everett 8 2 1 0 37 23 17 Portland 8 4 0 0 53 41 16 Tri-City 6 4 0 0 37 36 12 Spokane 3 4 1 1 23 34 8 Seattle 2 4 0 1 16 25 5 B.C. Division GP W L OTLSOL GF GA Pts Prince George 13 10 2 1 0 49 35 21 Victoria 11 6 5 0 0 35 29 12 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 11 12 10 9 7

Sunday’s Games Moose Jaw 4 Calgary 3 (OT) Monday’s Games Moose Jaw 5 Edmonton 4 (OT) Tuesday’s Games Victoria 9 Saskatoon 3 Spokane 2 Everett 1 Regina 6 Lethbridge 1 Swift Current 5 Prince George 4 (OT) Tri-City 4 Portland 3 Wednesday’s Games Swift Current at Kamloops, 7 p.m. Saskatoon 3 Vancouver 1 Moose Jaw 3 Lethbridge 1 Medicine Hat 10 Kootenay 3 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. Sunday’s Games Tri-City at Vancouver, 4 p.m. Prince Albert at Calgary, 4 p.m.

Blades 3, Giants 1 First Period No Scoring. Penalties — Semchuk Van (hooking) 9:41 Sayers Sas (interference) 15:04. Second Period 1. Saskatoon, McCarty 6 (Sloboshan) 13:10 (pp). 2. Vancouver, Foster 2 (Benson, Ronning) 14:23. 3. Saskatoon, Shynkaruk 6 (MacKenzie, Paterson) 18:20. Penalties — Semchuk Van (hooking) 5:22 Brown Van (hooking) 11:32 Osipov Van (cross checking) 19:29. Third Period 4. Saskatoon, McCarty 7 (Paterson) 0:28 (pp). Penalties — Olynek Sas (tripping) 3:20 Brown Van (tripping) 12:26. Shots on goal by Saskatoon 7 13 12 — 32 Vancouver 10 14 8 — 32 Goal — Saskatoon: Flodell (W, 5-1-0-0). Vancouver: Kubic (L, 5-6-0-0). Power plays (goals-chances) — Saskatoon: 2-5 Vancouver: 0-2.

Tigers 10, Ice 3 First Period 1. Medicine Hat, Hamblin 3 (Gerlach) 18:02. 2. Medicine Hat, Kirichenko 1 (Shaw, Dahlstrom) 18:28. Penalties — None. Second Period 3. Medicine Hat, Dahlstrom 2 (Rubins, Bradley) 0:26. 4. Medicine Hat, Chyzowski 2 (Rassell, Schultz) 1:21. 5. Medicine Hat, Dahlstrom 3 (Bradley, Shaw) 6:56. 6. Medicine Hat, Jevne 3 (Shaw, Quenneville) 10:30 (pp). Penalties — Sheen Ktn (cross checking) 9:09 Fischer Mh (major-fighting) 19:27 Sheen Ktn (major-fighting) 19:27. Third Period 7. Medicine Hat, Rassell 6 (Kirichenko, Hamblin) 0:41. 8. Medicine Hat, Bradley 5 (Shaw) 2:02. 9. Medicine Hat, Haden 1 (Jevne, MacPherson) 3:45. 10. Kootenay, Zborosky 10 (unassisted) 5:43. 11. Medicine Hat, Dahlstrom 4 (Shaw, Bradley) 14:46. 12. Kootenay, Hines 2 (Loschiavo, Stewart) 16:20. 13. Kootenay, Patterson 1 (Zborosky, Hines) 17:14. Penalties — None. Shots on goal by Kootenay 10 11 16 — 37 Medicine Hat 18 18 15 — 51 Goal — Kootenay: Hobbs (L, 0-3-0-0), Walter (2:02 third, 13 shots, 11 saves). Medicine Hat: Schneider (W, 6-1-1-0). Power plays (goals-chances) — Kootenay: 0-0 Medicine Hat: 1-1. Warriors 3, Hurricanes 1 First Period 1. Moose Jaw, Thrower 1 (Howden, Halbgewachs) 0:50. 2. Lethbridge, Wong 6 (unassisted) 17:55. Penalties — None. Second Period 3. Moose Jaw, Gregor 3 (Langan) 8:25. Penalties — Jeannot Mj (roughing) 19:51. Third Period 4. Moose Jaw, Popugaev 8 (unassisted) 18:51 (en). Penalties — Merezhko Let (tripping) 9:28 Lindgren Let (tripping) 16:20. Shots on goal by Lethbridge 6 6 10 — 22 Moose Jaw 8 13 11 — 32 Goal — Lethbridge: Skinner (L, 5-5-0-0). Moose Jaw: Sawchenko (W, 4-0-2-0). Power plays (goals-chances) — Lethbridge: 0-1 Moose Jaw: 0-2. NHL EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division GP W L OT Pts GF Tampa Bay 3 3 0 0 6 13 Ottawa 4 3 1 0 6 17 Montreal 3 2 0 1 5 11 Florida 3 2 0 1 5 9 Boston 3 2 1 0 4 11 Toronto 3 1 0 2 4 12 Detroit 4 2 2 0 4 12 Buffalo 3 1 1 1 3 10 Metropolitan Division GP W L OT Pts GF Washington 3 2 0 1 5 7 Pittsburgh 4 2 1 1 5 9 N.Y. Rangers 4 2 2 0 4 15 New Jersey 3 1 1 1 3 5 Philadelphia 3 1 1 1 3 11 Carolina 3 0 1 2 2 9 N.Y. Islanders 4 1 3 0 2 9 Columbus 2 0 2 0 0 5

GA 9 16 5 6 8 11 12 10 GA 4 12 12 6 13 12 12 9

WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA St. Louis 4 3 0 1 7 12 8 Colorado 3 2 1 0 4 10 11 Minnesota 3 2 1 0 4 12 9 Dallas 3 2 1 0 4 11 9 Chicago 4 2 2 0 4 16 15 Winnipeg 4 2 2 0 4 14 16 Nashville 3 1 2 0 2 7 9 Pacific Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Vancouver 3 3 0 0 6 8 5 Edmonton 4 3 1 0 6 17 15 San Jose 4 3 1 0 6 12 12 Calgary 4 1 2 1 3 12 17 Arizona 2 1 1 0 2 8 10 Anaheim 4 0 3 1 1 7 12 Los Angeles 3 0 3 0 0 6 12 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss.

Tuesday’s Games San Jose 3, N.Y. Islanders 2 Washington 3, Colorado 0 New Jersey 2, Anaheim 1 Ottawa 7, Arizona 4 Montreal 4, Pittsburgh 0 Tampa Bay 4, Florida 3, SO Minnesota 6, Los Angeles 3 Dallas 2, Nashville 1 Chicago 7, Philadelphia 4 Calgary 4, Buffalo 3, OT Edmonton 3, Carolina 2 Vancouver 2, St. Louis 1, OT Wednesday’s Games Winnipeg 5, Toronto 4, OT Detroit 2, N.Y. Rangers 1 Today’s Games San Jose at Pittsburgh, 5 p.m. Anaheim at Philadelphia, 5 p.m. New Jersey at Boston, 5 p.m. Washington at Florida, 5:30 p.m. Arizona at Montreal, 5:30 p.m. Colorado at Tampa Bay, 5:30 p.m. Toronto at Minnesota, 6 p.m. Los Angeles at Dallas, 6:30 p.m. St. Louis at Edmonton, 7 p.m. Carolina at Calgary, 7 p.m. Buffalo at Vancouver, 8 p.m. Friday’s Games Chicago at Columbus, 5 p.m. Arizona at N.Y. Islanders, 5 p.m. Nashville at Detroit, 5:30 p.m. Saturday’s Games San Jose at Detroit, 5 p.m. N.Y. Rangers at Washington, 5 p.m. Minnesota at New Jersey, 5 p.m. Tampa Bay at Ottawa, 5 p.m. Colorado at Florida, 5 p.m. Toronto at Chicago, 5 p.m. Montreal at Boston, 5 p.m. Carolina at Philadelphia, 5 p.m. Pittsburgh at Nashville, 6 p.m. Columbus at Dallas, 6 p.m. St. Louis at Calgary, 8 p.m. Vancouver at Los Angeles, 8 p.m. WEDNESDAY’S SUMMARIES Jets 5, Maple Leafs 4 (OT) First Period 1. Toronto, Carrick 1 (van Riemsdyk, Marner) 6:46. 2. Toronto, Kadri 1 (Rielly, Michalek) 16:12. Penalties — Marner Tor (tripping) 1:41. Second Period 3. Toronto, Nylander 1 (Matthews, Zaitsev) 6:47 (pp). 4. Toronto, Kadri 2 (Nylander, Komarov) 6:55 (pp). 5. Winnipeg, Myers 1 (Scheifele, Matthias) 13:04. Penalties — Byfuglien Wpg (roughing) 4:49 Matthias Wpg (stick holding) 5:45 Hyman Tor (hooking) 10:05. Third Period 6. Winnipeg, Laine 2 (Byfuglien, Scheifele) 1:00. 7. Winnipeg, Scheifele 3 (Morrissey, Stafford) 6:05. 8. Winnipeg, Laine 3 (Ehlers) 19:05 (pp). Penalties — Rielly Tor (cross-checking) 19:00. Overtime 9. Winnipeg, Laine 4 (Byfuglien) 2:40. Penalties — None. Shots on goal by Toronto 8 15 13 4 — 40 Winnipeg 10 11 12 1 — 34 Goal — Toronto: Andersen (L, 1-0-2). Winnipeg: Hutchinson (W, 1-1-0). Power plays (goals-chances) — Toronto: 2-2 Winnipeg: 1-3. Red Wings 2, Rangers 1 First Period 1. NY Rangers, Zibanejad 2 (McDonagh, Kreider) 1:09. Penalties — None. Second Period 2. Detroit, Vanek 3 (Nielsen, Green) 6:15 (pp). Penalties — Zuccarello NYR (tripping) :49 Clendening NYR (boarding) 4:29 Detroit bench (too many men, served by Larkin) 10:55 Glendening Det (hooking) 12:01 Smith Det (holding) 13:54. Third Period 3. Detroit, Miller 1 (Glendening) :59. Penalties — Marchenko Det (hooking) 5:15 Kreider NYR (roughing) 9:24 Miller NYR (high-sticking) 10:02. Shots on goal by Detroit 7 7 4 — 18 New York 14 13 6 — 33 Goal — Detroit: Howard (W, 1-0-0). NY Rangers: Lundqvist (L, 1-2-0). Power plays (goals-chances) — Detroit: 1-4 NY Rangers: 0-4.

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 Cleveland 4, Toronto 1 Friday, Oct. 14: Cleveland 2, Toronto 0 Saturday, Oct. 15: Cleveland 2, Toronto 1 Monday, Oct. 17: Cleveland 4, Toronto 2 Tuesday, Oct. 18: Toronto 5, Cleveland 1 Wednesday, Oct. 19: Cleveland 3, Toronto 0 National League Los Angeles 2, Chicago 2

Saturday, Oct. 15: Chicago 8, Los Angeles 4 Sunday, Oct. 16: Los Angeles 1, Chicago 0 Tuesday, Oct. 18: Los Angeles 6, Chicago 0 Wednesday, Oct. 19: Chicago 10, at Los Angeles 2 Thursday, Oct. 20: Chicago (Lester 19-5) at Los Angeles (Maeda 16-11), (FS1), 6:08 p.m. 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 Cleveland Wednesday, Oct. 26: NL at Cleveland Friday, Oct. 28: Cleveland at NL Saturday, Oct. 29: Cleveland at NL x-Sunday, Oct. 30: Cleveland at NL x-Tuesday, Nov. 1: NL at Cleveland x-Wednesday, Nov. 2: NL at Cleveland

L T PF PA Pt y-Calgary 16 14 1 1 547 339 29 x-Winnipeg 16 10 6 0 454 411 20 x-B.C. 15 9 6 0 448 405 18 x-Edmonton 15 8 7 0 454 421 16 Saskatchewan15 5 10 0 312 446 10 x — clinched playoff berth y — clinched division. 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.

Kansas City San Diego

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

GB — 1 1½ 2 2½

Tuesday’s Games Washington 96, Cleveland 91 Atlanta 96, New Orleans 89 Miami 107, Orlando 77 Oklahoma City 97, Denver 87 L.A. Clippers 92, Sacramento 89 Wednesday’s Games New York 121, Boston 96 Toronto 103, Detroit 92 Milwaukee 111, Indiana 103 Minnesota 101, Memphis 94 Houston 106, Dallas 91 Portland 88, Utah 84 Golden State at L.A. Lakers, 8 p.m. Today’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. Friday’s Games Toronto at Washington, 5 p.m. Philadelphia at Miami, 5:30 p.m. Charlotte at Minnesota, 6 p.m. Houston at San Antonio, 6:30 p.m. Dallas at Denver, 7 p.m. Phoenix at L.A. Lakers, 8 p.m. Portland at Golden State, 8:30 p.m. Tuesday’s Games New York at Cleveland, 6 p.m. Utah at Portland, 8 p.m. San Antonio at Golden State, 8:30 p.m.

Laine derails the Leafs BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

GF 50 44 39 23 28 25

WEDNESDAY’S SUMMARIES

NEW JERSEY DEVILS — Signed F Nathan Bastian to a three-year, entry-level contract. NEW YORK ISLANDERS — Recalled D Ryan Pulock from Bridgeport (AHL). American Hockey League SAN ANTONIO RAMPAGE — Reassigned F Shawn Ouellette-St. Amant to Colorado (ECHL). ECHL ELMIRA JACKALS — Announced F Tyson Fawcett and D Brycen Martin were assigned to the team by Rochester (AHL). READING ROYALS — Acquired D Greg Amlong from Wichita for future considerations. LACROSSE National Lacrosse League COLORADO MAMMOTH — Acquired M Nick Ossello from Georgia for a 2018 fifth-round draft pick. SOCCER Major League Soccer PORTLAND TIMBERS — Signed F Victor Arboleda to a short-term agreement. National Women’s Soccer League CHICAGO RED STARS — Exercised the 2017 contract options for M Danielle Colaprico, M Taylor Comeau, M Amanda Da Costa, M Vanessa DiBernardo, D Arin Gilliland, D Sarah Gorden, F Sofia Huerta, D Samantha Johnson, M Alyssa Mautz, F Stephanie McCaffrey, D Katie Naughton, M Courtney Raetzman and D Casey Short. Re-signed G Michele Dalton, F Jen Hoy, M Mary Luba and F Cara Walls to one-year contracts. Announced D Julie Johnston, G Alyssa Naeher and F Christen Press remain on the roster as Federation Players. SKY BLUE FC — Exercised the 2017 contract options for G Caroline Casey and Caroline Stanley Ds Kristin Grubka, Erin Simon and Erica Skroski Ms Kelly Conheeney, Sarah Killion, Taylor Lytle, Raquel Rodriguez and Nikki Stanton and Fs Kim DeCesare, Leah Galton, Maya Hayes, Tasha Kai, Danielle Schulmann and Catherine Zimmerman. Agreed to terms with F Sam Kerr. Announced Ds Kelley O’Hara and Christie Rampone remain on the roster as Federation Players. Announced the retirements of D CoCo Goodson and M Shawna Gordon. WASHINGTON SPIRIT — Exercised the 2017 contract options for G Kelsey Wys Fs Cali Farquharson, Cheyna Williams, and Katie Stengel Ms Line Sigvardsen Jensen and Joanna Lohman and D Alyssa Kleiner, Megan Oyster, and Estelle Johnson. Placed F Laura del Rio on the re-entry wire. Announced G Stephanie Labbe, D Shelina Zadorsky, D Ali Krieger, M Diana Matheson and F Crystal Dunn remain on the roster as Federation Players.

Basketball NBA EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct Boston 5 2 .714 New York 3 2 .600 Toronto 3 2 .600 Brooklyn 1 4 .200 Philadelphia 1 5 .167 Southeast Division W L Pct Miami 4 2 .667 Atlanta 4 2 .667 Washington 3 3 .500 Charlotte 2 3 .400 Orlando 1 5 .167 Central Division W L Pct Chicago 3 3 .500 Indiana 3 3 .500 Milwaukee 3 3 .500 Detroit 3 3 .500 Cleveland 2 4 .333

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BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — Is Justin Trudeau laying the groundwork for reneging on his promise to make the 2015 federal election the last to be conducted under the first-past-the-post voting system? Or is the prime minister trying to drive a hard bargain with the NDP and Greens to abandon their own ambitious preference for a proportional voting system and settle for a more modest change to a ranked ballot system? Those questions were touched off Wednesday by an interview Trudeau gave to Montreal’s Le Devoir newspaper. In it, Trudeau said major electoral reforms would require “substantial” support. But he simultaneously argued that the public clamour for change seems to have diminished since the Liberals defeated Stephen Harper’s Conservatives one year ago. “Under the current system, (Canadians) now have a government they’re more satisfied with and the motivation to change the electoral system is less compelling,” he said. NDP Leader Tom Mulcair took that as clear evidence that Trudeau is preparing to break his promise on electoral reform. “I do believe that Mr. Trudeau is showing the type of cynicism that he used to always decry when he was in opposition,” Mulcair said. “What could be more cynical that to say, ‘You know what? This is a totally unfair system because it allowed Stephen Harper to get a massive majority with only 39 per cent of the vote,’ and then, exactly one year later, say, “Oh, but by the way, it’s a darn good system because it allowed Justin Trudeau to get a massive majority with just 39 per cent of the vote.’ ” But the prime minister also told Le Devoir that the same high level of support wouldn’t be necessary for less dramatic changes to the voting system — which could arguably apply to ranked balloting, a system Trudeau at one time openly preferred. “Less support and a small change could be acceptable. A bigger change would take greater support,” he said, adding that what constitutes a big or small change is a matter that requires reflection after “rigorous and intelligent conversations” with Canadians. Unlike complicated proportional voting systems favoured by the NDP and Green party, a ranked ballot system would be relatively simple to introduce, requiring no change to riding boundaries or the number of MPs. It would not, however, ensure a more proportional distribution of seats. The only change would be that voters would rank their first, second and subsequent choices on the ballot. The candidate with the fewest votes would be dropped and his or her supporters’ second choices would be counted and so on until one candidate emerged with more than 50 per cent. Opposition parties fear a ranked ballot would favour the centrist Liberals. But some electoral reform experts say that’s not necessarily the case it would end the need for strategic voting and thus actually benefit small parties like the NDP and Greens. An all-party committee that has been studying alternatives to first-past-the-post wrapped up its cross-country hearings last week. It has until Dec. 1 to report back to Parliament with its recommendations but, with each party looking out for its own partisan interests, it may be impossible to find a consensus.

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the recent rash of suicides in northern Saskatchewan is a tragedy. Speaking to reporters in Ottawa on Wednesday, Trudeau said it’s all too common for young indigenous people to take their own lives. “It’s obviously a tremendous tragedy in Saskatchewan that happens all too often, too many young people losing their lives,” Trudeau said. “We continue to be committed to working with indigenous communities across the country to deal with this ever-occurring tragedy.” His comments came after a 10-year-old child committed suicide in Deschambault Lake, about 500 kilometres northeast of Saskatoon. Two girls from Stanley Mission and one from La Ronge — all between the ages of 12 and 14 — also committed suicide earlier this month. First Nations officials said last week that there had been numerous suicide attempts this month and that more than 20 youths were considered at risk. “4th girl takes own life in northern Saskatchewan. 10 years old,” Health Minister Jane Philpott wrote on Twitter. “Nothing in my job more important than this issue.” Grand Chief Ron Michel of the Prince Albert Grand Council said he wants dozens of northern communities involved in the council to talk to their young residents and create a plan to stop suicides. Peter Beatty, chief of the Peter Ballantyne Cree Nation, is from Deschambault Lake and said it’s hard dealing with suicides of people so young. “They have so much life to live and so much to look forward to,” he said. “I think we have to come to terms with what’s happening in our First Nations

communities because a lot of things lead to that.” Beatty also said word about suicides travels fast through social media, which makes it important for crisis teams to immediately deploy to work with the friends of young people who take their own lives. He said the grand council has those resources available. Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall said the issue of suicides in the North has been a top concern for local leaders and the provincial government for some years. “We have moved through the health region and through the ministries proper to provide better support, improved support,” he told the legislature. “Clearly more needs to be done.” “Mr. Speaker, we’ll continue to respond to these suicides and work very, very hard with local leadership to ensure that they stop.” Wall said there will be meeting with the Lac La Ronge band through the Northern Lights School District later this month. The provincial government has said some youth considered at risk of killing themselves were sent to Prince Albert to be assessed by a psychiatrist, while others were sent home with a safety plan and appropriate supports. Health Canada issued a statement last week saying it will help fund costs for three mental-health therapists to provide counselling to at-risk youth on Fridays and Saturdays until the end of December. Assembly of First Nations Chief Perry Bellegarde, who is from Saskatchewan, has said suicides are happening far too often in northern communities. He said the aboriginal youth suicide rate is five times the national average. Earlier this year, a string of suicide attempts in Attawapiskat in northern Ontario garnered international media attention.

Immigration spike proposed by advisory council a ‘huge figure,’ says McCallum BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — A high-powered group of external advisers is calling for a dramatic increase in Canada’s immigration levels, but Immigration Minister John McCallum says that might be too ambitious. McCallum said Wednesday he’s read the report by the Advisory Council on Economic Growth that calls for a 50-per-cent increase in targets to 450,000 people a year. The measure would target skilled, entrepreneurial newcomers in an attempt to stimulate economic growth. The 14-member panel, chaired by Dominic Barton of the firm McKinsey and Co., is to deliver a set of recommendations to Finance Minister Bill Morneau on Thursday. McCallum said meeting the target suggested by Barton’s group would be costly and might not find broad national support. “The figure he gives is a huge figure,” McCallum said. “But this is not a universal view across the country.” Discussions are continuing and the government will announce immigration targets for 2017 next month, McCallum added. McCallum’s cabinet colleague, Economic Devel-

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Trump drops debate stunner CANDIDATE WON’T SAY HE’LL ACCEPT ELECTION RESULT BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS LAS VEGAS — Threatening to upend a fundamental pillar of American democracy, Donald Trump refused to say Wednesday night that he will accept the results of next month’s election if he loses to Hillary Clinton. The Democratic nominee declared Trump’s resistance “horrifying.” Trump had spent the days leading up to the third and final presidential debate warning voters that the election would be “rigged.” Asked whether he would accept the outcome if Clinton emerges victorious, he said, “I will tell you at the time. I’ll keep you in suspense.” Trump’s assertions raise the prospect that millions of his supporters may not accept the results on Nov. 8 if he loses, thrusting the nation into uncharted territory. Free and fair elections, with the vanquished peacefully stepping aside for the victor, have been the underpinning of America’s democratic tradition since the country’s founding 240 years ago. The Republican National Committee immediately disavowed Trump’s statement. There is no evidence of widespread voter fraud, and election officials across the country have denied and denounced Trump’s charges. Wednesday’s contest quickly shifted from a calm, policy-focused faceoff into a bitter and deeply personal confrontation. Trump called Clinton a “nasty woman,” while the Democrat panned him as “unfit” to be commander in chief. Clinton, who began the debate with a lead in nearly all battleground states, forcefully accused Trump of favouring Russia’s leader over American military and intelligence experts after the Republican nominee pointedly refused to accept the U.S. government’s assertion that Moscow has sought to meddle in the U.S. election. She charged that Russian President Vladimir Putin was backing Trump because “he’d rather have a puppet as president of the United States.” Trump denied any relationship with Putin and said he would condemn any foreign interference in the election. But he notably declined to back the

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The candidates clashed repeatedly over their drastically different visions for the nation’s future. Trump backed Supreme Court justices who would overturn the landmark Roe vs. Wade ruling, while Clinton vowed to appoint justices that would uphold the decision legalizing abortion, saying, “We have come too far to have that turned back now.” The businessman entered the final debate facing a string of sexual assault accusations from women who came forward after he denied in the previous contest that he had kissed or

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A Syrian girl sitting on her belongings prepares to leave with other families and gunmen the government-besieged Damascus suburb of Moadamiyeh, Syria, Wednesday. A Syrian negotiator says 38 buses carrying nearly 2,000 people, including 700 gunmen, have been evacuated from a government-besieged Damascus suburb following a deal to empty it of rebels.

Syrian forces prepare corridors out of Aleppo BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS BEIRUT — Hundreds of residents left a formerly rebel-controlled suburb of the Syrian capital of Damascus Wednesday, as government and Russian forces prepared to open corridors out of the contested city of Aleppo in the hopes of facilitating an exodus from its rebel-held quarters. Aleppo’s besieged eastern quarters experienced relative peace for the second consecutive day in the run-up to the hoped-for evacuation Thursday, after weeks of bombardment left the area in ruins. Russia’s military has promised two corridors will be opened for militants to flee to the neighbouring rebel-held province of Idlib, between 8 a.m. and 7 p.m, while other corridors will allow civilians to move to government-held areas. The government’s overture to rebels and civilians trapped in Aleppo’s east follows a pattern of evacuations around the country that the U.N. has likened to “forced displacement.” On Wednesday, some 2,000 residents of the once autonomous Moadamiyeh suburb of Damascus were carried by government buses to Idlib as part of an arrangement to restore government control after three years of siege at the hands of the military. Hassan Ghandour, a former Moadamiyeh resident who liaised between the suburb and besieging forces, said Wednesday the evacuees included 700 gunmen. He said the government is to release all detainees from the suburb in exchange for the evacuation. Several activists also left with the

convoy. Wassim al-Ahmad told The Associated Press it would be “impossible” to live again under government authority, saying he didn’t trust official promises for amnesty. Some of those remaining in Moadamiyeh struck a defiant tone. “I’m not going to settle anything with the government,” said local resident Mahmoud, who declined to give his family name out of safety concerns. “I’m going to stay in my home.” “I’ve spent five years of my life besieged here. I’ve been through war, siege, starvation … bombardment, and poison gas — I’ve survived with all this so I can stay here.” The suburb and two other areas around the capital were gassed with sarin poison in 2013, according to a U.N. investigation. A Human Rights Watch report concluded the government was the most likely culprit. Some 28,000 people remain in Moadamiyeh, down from a pre-war population of 105,000, according to the government. In Aleppo, government buses queued at checkpoints leading to the besieged east prepared to take evacuees to Idlib on Thursday, according to the media arm of the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah, which is fighting alongside the government in Syria. The government’s foreign ministry said soldiers were withdrawing from the designated corridors to reassure evacuees. It is unclear how many people will take up the government’s offer after weeks of siege and bombardment pulverized the east and shattered its medical network.

YOLA, Nigeria — Nigeria’s Boko Haram Islamic extremists have overrun a remote military camp in the northeast, leaving 13 soldiers wounded and an unknown number missing, the army said Wednesday. Monday’s attack comes a week after one faction of Boko Haram released 21 of more than 200 schoolgirls kidnapped from northeastern Chibok town, and as Nigeria’s government is negotiating for the release of another 83 of the girls abducted 2 ½ years ago. The attack on Gashigar, on the border with Niger, is the third reported attack on the military after months of a lull during which the Islamic extremists hit soft civilian targets. Army spokesman Col. Sani Kukasheka Usman called the attack a “temporary setback” committed by “remnants of Boko Haram” that forced the soldiers to retreat. An operation is in progress to find the missing troopers and “clear the Boko Haram terrorists at the general area,” his statement said. It is believed the attack is by a splinter from Boko Haram that calls itself the West Africa Province of the Islamic State. The IS named a new caliph of its only franchise in subSaharan Africa in August, provoking

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Suspected IS bomber killed in raid in Turkey, official says ANKARA, Turkey — Turkish police on Wednesday fatally shot a suspected Islamic State group militant who was believed to be planning a suicide bomb attack in the capital. The man was killed in a raid on a ninth-floor apartment on the outskirts of Ankara after he ignored warnings to surrender and opened fire on police, Ankara Gov. Ercan Topaca said. The state-run Anadolu Agency quoted Topaca as saying the man was believed to be planning a suicide attack in the city — either targeting large gatherings or to coincide with two national ceremonies in the coming weeks. Topaca said police seized explosive materials from the apartment. The Ankara governor’s office named the suspect as Ahmet Balik, a 24-yearold Turkish citizen born in the southern city of Adana, in a written press statement. Turkey has been rocked by a series of deadly suicide bombings over the past 18 months that were carried out by IS or Kurdish militants. Officials banned demonstrations or large gatherings in Ankara until the end of November citing intelligence over possible attacks. Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu told reporters that the man was spotted scouting Turkey’s old parliament building as well as the mausoleum of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk where ceremonies are scheduled to take place.

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MYRNA PEARMAN OUTDOORS Over the past few years, I’ve spent many a pleasant hour watching and photographing American pikas. One has to travel to the mountains to see these busy little mammals, which are often first detected by their plaintive bleating call. They can be usually found on stable talus slopes or rock slides located adjacent to open mountain meadows. Pikas are members of the Order Lagomorpha, the same family as hares and rabbits. Like all lagomorphs, they have two pairs of upper incisors as well as an ingeniously efficient digestive system, which involves the reingestion of cecotropes (soft moist pellets of partially digested plant material). Pikas spend a lot of their time in the late summer collecting mouthfuls of vegetation and piling it into “haystacks.” The haystacks dry out and are used as a food source when required during the winter. The animals remain active beneath the snow all winter long, sometimes travelling considerable distances under the snowpack to feed. These cold-loving little “rock rabbits” have been in the news lately, because biologists are raising the alarm that the widespread reduction in their range, especially in southern regions, may be linked to climate change. Individuals will die if exposed to temperatures greater than 25.5 C, so the species is especially vulnerable to a warming climate. The photos here are just a few of the many I’ve taken while sitting quietly amid the rocky rubble of the pikas’ high mountain homes. I’ve tried to include images that represent a day in the life of a pika. In addition to eating, reinjesting cetoropes, yawning, washing, scratching, sipping snow melt, visiting their latrines, calling, chasing intruders and hauling hay, it seems that pikas spend a fair amount of time sitting atop their favourite sentinel rocks gazing out over the landscape. I wonder if (and what) they might be pondering. And, after spending time in their company, I suggest that we should all ponder the importance of ensuring that the high shrill call of the tiny pika be never silenced. Myrna Pearman is the biologist/site services manager at Ellis Bird Farm. She can be reached at mpearman@ ellisbirdfarm.ca.

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Pikas, in the same family as hares and rabbits, spend most of the late summer collecting mouthfuls of vegetation and piling it into ‘haystacks’, which are used as a food source during the winter.

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HERITAGE RECOGNITION AWARDS Share your passion about local history and heritage by taking in the 2016 Heritage Recognition Awards on Oct. 21, 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at Red Deer County council chambers. Outstanding efforts in heritage preservation, education, and awareness in the city of Red Deer and Red Deer County will be recognized. Free to attend and the venue is wheelchair accessible. Light refreshments will be provided. Contact janet.pennington@reddeer.ca or 403-309-4091 or see reddeer.ca/heritage

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Google’s Pixel phone: Not much new BUT STILL A STANDOUT BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK — Google’s ambitious new smartphone, the Pixel, doesn’t offer a lot that’s new. Yet it’s still one of the best out there. Google achieves that by pulling together the best features from Apple, Samsung and other phone makers and offering them at prices comparable to iPhones — starting at about $650 for the regular, 5-inch model and $770 for the 5.5-inch “XL” edition. Both versions go on sale Thursday through Verizon, Best Buy and Google’s online store. I tested the Pixel XL model the regular version has identical features except for its smaller display and battery — still enough for 13 hours of Internet use, according to Google. With either, you get an excellent camera and a strong voice assistant that promises to get smarter — all without the bloat common with other Android phones. The Pixel isn’t quite an iPhone replacement, as Google wants you to believe hardware is just part of what makes an iPhone an iPhone. But it might serve up a strong challenge to Samsung, especially as people look for alternatives to the fire-prone Galaxy Note 7 .

THE CAMERA

The Pixel’s image quality is superb — though purists may quibble. Colors in some shots look too strong and clean to me, thanks to software processing intended to reduce distortion and improve detail (something all phones do to some extent). But automation pays off in another way: The Pixel will automatically combine successive shots into an animated “GIF” file, offering a fun way to share a toddler’s steps or a dog jumping. For video, the Pixel’s stabilization technology compensates for shaky hands and other movement, matching what the iPhone and Galaxy phones can do. The Pixel borrows a quick-launch feature from Samsung phones. Just double tap the power button to start the camera, even if the phone is locked. To switch between the front and rear cameras, just double twist the phone like a door knob — a feature Motorola, which Google once owned, has long offered. Low-light images taken with the Pixel in three museums aren’t as crisp as those from the iPhone 7 and Samsung’s Galaxy S7 (which has the same camera as the Note 7). But differences are small, and the Pixel does better than typical smartphones. Where the Pixel falls short is in extreme close-ups, such as shooting a flower petal or a small bug photos were typically blurry. The Pixel’s selfie camera is also inferior, with no front flash or control over

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Two men look at a LePro 3 phone displayed at a LeEco event in San Francisco, Wednesday. Most U.S. consumers haven’t heard of LeEco, but the Chinese technology company is setting out to become a household name with a lineup of smartphones and flat-screen TVs undercutting the prices of Apple, Google, Samsung and other industry stalwarts. the focus. But it’s fine in good light and at typical distances for selfies.

THE ASSISTANT

Google’s voice assistant, simply known as Google Assistant, will seem familiar to those who have used Apple’s Siri or Amazon’s Alexa features. Google’s version goes further in offering daily updates such as weather and news, though plenty of apps already offer similar capabilities through notifications. Google is also better at remembering preferences — say, if you prefer temperatures in Celsius — and at integrating with its own services, such as Translate and Photos. But Assistant doesn’t yet sync with a similar Assistant in Google’s Allo chat app and upcoming Home speaker. And it isn’t as proactive as the Google Now assistant already built into Android phones. Google Now, for instance, will look through your Gmail account for flight reservations and remind you when to head to the airport. It will analyze your daily commute and warn of delays. Assistant waits for you to ask. Assistant holds up well compared with Siri and Alexa, but for more, swipe from left to right to get the old

Google Now back. Google says Assistant will eventually get the Google Now functionality.

OTHER FEATURES

If you need help, you can reach Google’s customer support and enable screen sharing reminiscent of Amazon’s Mayday help feature. And the Pixel will work with Google’s upcoming Daydream View virtual-reality headset, much as Samsung phones have Samsung’s Gear VR. Long-pressing an app icon brings up a menu of shortcuts, such as getting directions to home or launching the selfie camera. It’s similar to the iPhone’s 3D Touch. The Pixel also offers “Night Light,” a feature that tints your screen amber by filtering out blue light that might keep you up at night. Apple calls it Night Shift. Pixel owners get unlimited storage of photos at original resolution, though that’s a little like offering Google search for free. Google Photos already offers unlimited storage at up to 16 megapixels the Pixel’s camera is 12 megapixels. The free offer will make a difference for those who take video in ultra-sharp “4k” resolution, but the de-

fault setting is lower, at 1080p, which is already free at Google Photos.

WHAT’S MISSING

The Pixel will be OK if you spray it with water, but don’t drop it in the pool. You also can’t expand its storage with a memory card, as you can with the S7 and Note 7 — though for $100 more, the Pixel’s 32 gigabytes of storage quadruples to 128 gigabytes, and the free online storage should take care of your photos and videos. The battery isn’t removable, though that’s true for most phones these days. Those looking for a Note 7 replacement will find the Pixel missing a stylus. If you’re an iPhone user, you’ll have to brace yourself for the switch to Android, which would entail buying new apps and learning new ways to navigate.

MAKING THE SWITCH

Google tries to make it easy to switch. The phone comes with a transfer cable, and the set-up process walks you through transferring photos, music and video, as long as it’s not encrypted (so scratch iTunes video). But apps won’t switch over from iPhones you need to buy them again.

What was fake on the Internet in this election POSTAL WORKERS AND #REPEALTHE19TH mation hole, and unwittingly end up amplifying it.” Hire more fact-checkers!” Binkowski argued. Here’s a roundup of the misinformation and fakery on the Internet over the past several days: 1. This random person is not a Postal Service worker “ripping up absentee ballots that vote for Trump.” @Randygdub is a person on Weird Twitter, an often-misunderstood place where jokes exist only for themselves. When they made a joke about “ripping up absentee ballots that vote for Trump” a bunch of people thought the tweet was for real and became furious about it. People fail to “get” Weird Twitter all the time, but the thing that makes this particular case remarkable is how far up the chain it was misunderstood. After Jim Hoft, who blogs at Gateway Pundit, wrote a very serious blog post about it – again, with no evidence that @randygdub, whose bio says the user lives in California, was even a postal worker based in Columbus, Ohio – the story ended up on the Drudge Report. And then, Rush Limbaugh talked about it on his show on Monday, at length. For what it’s worth, the USPS ended up investigating this Twitter joke and said in a tweeted statement that it “does not believe these tweets were made by a postal employee.” And although @randygdub did not respond to a request for comment from the The Washington Post,

“Forget the press, read the Internet,” Donald Trump told supporters at a Tuesday afternoon rally. On the very same Internet the day before, a joke tweet from Weird Twitter about ripping up Trump ballots was a major conservative media story, presented as actual evidence of voter fraud. It … wasn’t. Sure, the Internet has always been full of fake news, hoaxes and outrage trolling. But as we creep even closer to Election Day, Internet misinformation is clearly growing more powerful. And that’s why we’re temporarily bringing back “What was fake on the Internet,” a debunking roundup of the hoaxes, memes and other fakery circulating online, just for the election. We asked Snopes managing editor Brooke Binkowski to characterize the effect of the 2016 election on Internet misinformation. Her answer began, “Oh, my God.” “It is ridiculous,” Binkowski said, “in all the possible connotations of that word. It’s interesting and engaging in a way, but it’s also really depressing.” Elections have a tendency to bring out the worst of the Internet misinformation cycle, but there are a couple things, Binkowski said, that make 2016 special. First, she said, people just want to be angry about something. And that’s having an effect on how they scrutinize information. “They’re willing to believe without any proof that some random statement from a random person is true,” she said, as long as it confirms their pre-existing worldview. Second, there are more people at this point getting their news from, say, Facebook, particularly older users who might not be as experienced at examining information online. Or, as Binkowski characterized it, “there were fewer racist uncles on the Internet in 2012.” Last, everyone’s hungry for more news, and the journalists responsible for meeting that appetite do not always have the support they need LLocated Lo occaate ted aatt tthe he B he Black llaaack cckk KKnight nniigghht Inn Inn In to sort through it. That’s when they might stumble into a hoax, or disinfor-

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Rock-smashing monkeys make tools BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK — Call them knockoffs. Rock-smashing monkeys in Brazil make stone flakes that look a lot like tools made by our ancient ancestors. Scientists watched as Capuchin monkeys in a national park pounded stones against each other, splitting off sharp-edged flakes that resemble cutting tools used by the forerunners of humans. The monkeys ignored the flakes, focusing on the damaged stones instead. So they clearly weren’t deliberately making them as tools. But if ancient monkeys did the same thing, their unintentional handiwork could be mistaken for deliberate tool-making by human ancestors, researchers said. The scientists are not suggesting that any stone tools attributed so far to human forerunners were instead made by monkeys, said Tomos Proffitt of Oxford University in England. Those tools, which date back as far as 3.3 million years ago, are more complex than what the Brazilian monkeys make, he said in a telephone interview. But as scientists look for earlier and earlier tools, their findings may begin to resemble the monkey flakes more strongly, said Proffitt, lead author of a study released Wednesday by the journal Nature. And the new work shows that such flakes are not exclusively the calling card of our ancient ancestors, called hominins, he said. If somebody finds very old simple

flakes, “you can’t assume it is hominin. You have to say it might be produced by an extinct monkey or ape,” Proffitt said. Our African ancestors used sharpedged stone flakes for butchering and skinning animal carcasses, as well as cutting up tough plant material. To show such flakes were human-made tools, scientists seek evidence like wear marks on the edges or nearby animal bones with marks from butchering. Proffitt and his co-authors studied capuchin monkeys in the Serra da Capivara National Park. They examined the flakes and damaged rocks and compared them to artifacts from human ancestors. It’s not clear why the monkeys smash rocks together, he said. Scientists long thought tool-making was confined to our branch of the evolutionary family tree, the Homo group. But last year, scientists reported finding 3.3-millon-year-old tools much older than any known member of Homo. Maybe they were made by some smaller-brained forerunner hominin, like the creature best known for the skeleton nicknamed “Lucy.” Capuchin monkeys are not hominins, but “the first hominin tools could have looked like the ones produced by capuchins or even great apes,” said Sonia Harmand, an anthropologist at Stony Brook University in New York, one of the scientists who reported the 3.3-million-year-old tools. Harmand, who didn’t participate in the capuchin study, said flakes

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A young bearded capuchin monkey strikes a stone against another in the Serra da Capivara National Park in Brazil. In a report released Wednesday, researchers say wild capuchin monkeys in Brazil deliberately break stones, unintentionally producing flakes similar to the ancient sharp-edged tools made by human ancestors. could have been produced by accident during rock-pounding in ancient times, but that only hominins realized their usefulness and went on to make them deliberately. Alison Brooks, an anthropology professor at George Washington Uni-

versity in St. Louis, said the finding underlines the idea that to identify ancient simple flakes as deliberately made tools, “we need to show that this was more than just a byproduct of pounding.”

San Francisco-area faults found to be connected BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS LOS ANGELES — The most dangerous earthquake fault in the San Francisco Bay Area is connected to another, which means both could rupture simultaneously and unleash major devastation, a new study finds. The Hayward Fault has long been considered a threat because it runs under densely populated neighbourhoods east of San Francisco. The new work found that beneath San Pablo Bay, it joins with a second, less active underground fracture to the north. Scientists had already considered the possibility of both faults rupturing at once, whether they are connected or not. So the discovery doesn’t change the estimated earthquake hazard much, although it confirms suspicions that the stage is set for what could be a massive quake. If the Hayward and Rodgers Creek faults broke simultaneously along their combined 118 miles, they could

EARTHQUAKES produce a magnitude 7.4 quake, said scientists from the U.S. Geological Survey. Such shaking would be more than five times stronger than the 1989 Loma Prieta quake on the San Andreas Fault that killed more than 60 people and collapsed part of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge. There hasn’t been a major quake on the Hayward Fault in more than 140 years. Quakes are caused by a sudden movement in the Earth’s crust, releasing stored energy that people feel as shaking. “This should be a reminder that folks in the Bay Area need to be prepared for a major earthquake,” USGS geophysicist Janet Watt said in an email. Watt and her team probed the geology beneath San Pablo Bay, a tidal estuary that extends north from the San

Food security is important for humans and other animals DAVID SUZUKI SCIENCE MATTERS As leaves change colour and drop from trees, and a chill in the air signals the approach of winter, many of us are thinking of the fall harvest and hearty soups and dishes that will soon warm our bellies. Not everyone is lucky enough to enjoy such thoughts. About four million Canadians — including more than a million children — lack food security, defined as reliable access to a sufficient quantity of affordable, nutritious food. In Canada, people from low-income households and indigenous communities are the most likely to suffer from food insecurity. Fruit, vegetables and other fresh food must often be flown into remote indigenous communities, leading to alarmingly high sticker prices that make healthy diet choices unaffordable. A 2016 report by Food Secure Canada found the average monthly cost to feed a family of four in three remote northern reserve communities of Fort Albany, Attawapiskat and Moose Factory is $1,793.40, based on 67 standard food items (the Revised Northern Food Basket), and that on-reserve households in Fort Albany must spend at least half their median monthly income on a basic nutritious diet. Food insecurity takes on an even starker meaning in the community of Grassy Narrows, Ont. In the 1960s, the provincial government allowed a pulp and paper company to dump more than 10 tonnes of mercury into the Wabigoon River system. Despite recent science showing it can be cleaned up, the government has refused calls to remedy the situation. Toxic mercury levels still exist in the watershed. It travels up the food chain, bioaccumulating in fish that Grassy Narrows community members rely on for subsistence. Consumption of toxic fish has resulted in high rates of mercury poisoning, affecting not only community members’ food choices but also their rights to carry out traditional livelihoods. Sadly, it’s not just humans who are affected by mismanagement of food systems and the ecosystems of which they are a part. Wildlife feel the impacts as well. The primary threats of habitat loss and degradation faced by some of Canada’s at-risk species are

compounded by food insecurity. Take the monarch butterfly. Its caterpillars’ sole food source is milkweed, yet milkweed has long been eradicated in Canada as a noxious weed. (It was only removed from the noxious weed list in Ontario, its main migration thoroughfare in Canada, in 2013.) Milkweed scarcity is even worse in the American Midwest’s corn belt, where herbicide-tolerant corn and soy crops treated with glyphosate (Roundup), have all but eliminated the plants from vast swaths of land that once provided an essential food source for monarchs. According to Monarch Watch, since 1996, 29.5 million acres of land not previously used for agricultural purposes were put into corn and soybean production. In 2007, the U.S. Congress passed the Clean Energy Act, creating a market for ethanol. The demand for corn spiked to an all-time high. Farmers pulled land out of conservation and planted corn wherever they could. Corn is also used to feed livestock, especially hogs and poultry, which is then eaten by us. The impacts of our harvesting and consumption patterns on land are mirrored in the ocean. This year’s sockeye salmon run in B.C. was the lowest in recorded history. Salmon, enjoyed by many of us and an essential food source for many Indigenous communities, are also a staple for numerous wildlife species, including bears, eagles and whales. This year’s low salmon numbers led to the closure of commercial and First Nations fisheries on the important Fraser River sockeye run. South Coast chinook had similarly poor returns. Beyond what this means for salmon fishers and indigenous communities, 82 endangered southern resident killer whales depend on chinook salmon to survive. Globally, social justice organizations such as Oxfam note that human hunger is not and need never be inevitable. It’s caused by poverty and inequality, not scarcity. We produce more than enough to feed all people on the planet. Surely it’s one of the fundamental challenges of our time to focus our considerable intelligence on altering our consumption and harvesting patterns so that all who share this small blue Earth — twolegged, four-legged, winged and finned — can enjoy food security. David Suzuki is a scientist, broadcaster, author and co-founder of the David Suzuki Foundation. Written with contributions from David Suzuki Foundation Science Projects Manager Rachel Plotkin.

Francisco Bay, using a special acoustic instrument that bounced sound waves through the water and into the rocks below. The Hayward Fault extends for 62 miles from San Jose to San Pablo Bay, passing through Berkeley and Oakland. The last time it broke was in 1868 when a magnitude 6.8 struck, killing 30 people. The Rodgers Creek fracture runs 56 miles north of the bay through the heart of wine country. The underwater surveys revealed a previously unknown strand of the Hayward Fault that connects to the western section of the Rodgers Creek Fault. One reason why it has taken so long to determine the relationship between the two faults is because the bay is very shallow, which makes it hard to use a boat. Researchers floated instru-

ments on pontoons. Results were published Wednesday in the journal Science Advances. The evidence is “really quite convincing,” said Roland Burgmann, a geophysicist at the University of California, Berkeley who had no role in the research. “Having a continuous fault does certainly make it easier for an earthquake rupture coming from either the north or the south to continue straight through,” he said in an email. The study was published before an annual earthquake preparedness drill Thursday in which more than 10 million people in California will practice the “drop, cover, and hold” procedure. The drill began in 2008 in Southern California and has grown to include other states and countries.

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Weber finds inspiration from trip to Mexico BY LANA MICHELIN ADVOCATE STAFF A poverty-stricken Mexican woman and an out-ofcontrol girl-band member are some of the personalities that populate Sam Weber’s new album, Valentina Nevada. The Victoria-based singer/songwriter, who performs with his band on Sunday, Nov. 6, at Bo’s Bar and Grill in Red Deer, has been putting himself inside the heads of various characters who now have title roles on his second CD. The track Valentina was composed while Weber was in Mexico last year for a cousin’s wedding. While driving from the resort where he was staying to some Mayan ruins, Weber was struck by the poor living conditions of many Mexicans, compared to his luxurious tourist accommodations. “I was thinking of traits like ‘struggle’ and ‘injustice,’” he recalled, and soon an image of a woman began forming in his mind. This figment, Valentina, appeared to be “a good person, but in spite of doing all the right things, the odds keep piling up against her.” Although Weber isn’t normally a speedy songwriter, he said, “I had all the verses done on the way back.” And Valentina stayed in his thoughts; Weber wrote a companion song Faith No More, which is told from an alternate perspective on the album. Another song, Charlotte, was inspired by a real-life female musician he will not name. He explained that he’s crossed paths with this performer on the road, and views her as something of a cautionary tale: “She tends to indulge, and it catches up with her.”

Members of the Victoria all-women band Fox Glove, whom Weber describes as very professional, in-control and “powerhouse” performers, are featured in the music video — acting like they’re going off the rails to illustrate the song. Weber understands the temptations faced by every musician who travels away from home and plays for strangers. “You’re out there every night and you can be whoever you want to be.” If a stage persona is an over-confident, over-indulgent one, Weber feels a performer’s real personality can get lost in this fiction. He aims to walk the line, saying “I’ve seen people who have not checked their behaviour, and their work suffers. They tend to lose sight of what’s good.” The 23-year-old, who previously released the album Shadows in the Road, has been a professional musician since he was 18 — which is ironic, considering he originally hated practising and even quit playing the piano for a period because he wasn’t great at reading music. But Weber eventually followed in the footsteps of his dad, who played in a number of bands when he was young, and started learning the guitar and writing songs. While he’s been across the country several times, Weber said shows at Bo’s are among the ones he most looks forward to. “Honestly, I tell everybody this, although I don’t know if anyone believes me, but it’s one of the best venues in Canada.” He will be performing with drummer Marshall Wildman, keyboardist Hugh Mackie and bassist Esme John. For more information, please call the venue. lmichelin@reddeeradvocate.com

VANCOUVER — A collection of rare comics has been stolen in a Vancouver break-in. The Vancouver Police Department says a 45-kilogram safe was stolen from a home, with the stack of valuable comics inside. The theft happened in east Vancouver at around noon on Monday. One of the comics is “Fantastic Four: Issue No.1” from 1961, and investigators are confident the unique item will be quickly spotted if it is offered for sale. Patrick Shaughnessy, the owner of Golden Age Collectibles in Vancouver, says that depending on the condition of the edition it could sell from $4,300 to as much as $400,000. He said very few copies exist in the highest grades and there are only a few of those remaining. “‘Fantastic Four: No. 1’ was the very first Marvel superhero comic,” said Shaughnessy. “That’s the beginning of the whole Marvel universe. Fantastic Four came first and then it was Hulk and then Spiderman and then Ironman and then all the others came from there.” Police say in a news release that someone must know where the comics are and they are urging anyone with information to contact them or Crime Stoppers.

Schumer issues sarcastic apology to Trump over comments NEW YORK — Amy Schumer has issued a sarcastic apology days after some people walked out of a Tampa, Florida, show in which she criticized Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump. The comedian read a “Dear Tampa” letter during her show Tuesday night at Madison Square Garden in New York. She questioned how she could think it was “OK to spend five minutes having a peaceful conversation with someone with different views.” She also said she’s sending herself “to a rehab facility” that will teach her “how to make all people happy.” A Tampa Bay Times reporter who saw Schumer’s show Sunday estimated about 200 people walked out after she criticized Trump and questioned one of his supporters on stage. Schumer also discussed her support for Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton.

Moore debuts film on Trump weeks before vote NEW YORK — Michael Moore has premiered a surprise film discussing the presidential election just three weeks before Americans head to the polls. Moore debuted Michael Moore in TrumpLand in New York on Tuesday night in front of an audience of his fans. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the film features Moore speaking about both Republican nominee Donald Trump and Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton on stage earlier this month in Wilmington, Ohio, a hotbed of Trump support. The liberal documentarian urged the crowd at Tuesday’s premiere to vote for Clinton next month.

Downie bring reconciliation message to We Day crowd BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — A boisterous celebration of youth empowerment took on a solemn tone as Gord Downie appeared at We Day to continue championing the cause of reconciliation with Canada’s indigenous peoples. Less than 24 hours after his concert at the National Arts Centre in Ottawa, Downie stood before thousands of students gathered at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto on Tuesday for a multimedia performance of The Stranger from his new album Secret Path.

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Gord Downie performs on stage at WE Day on Wednesday in Toronto. started mimicking the motions of a robot, slowly walking towards the front of the stage and sinking to the ground before springing back up. He acknowledged the cheering audience with a brief salute before heading off stage. Downie’s older brother, Mike, then followed to speak of the plight still faced by indigenous children in remote communities. He spoke to the We Day audience about how many youngsters must leave home to attend high schools, and are put into boarding houses or billeted with families they don’t know. “These teenagers, like you, need to be home with their families. Their communities need high schools and they need them now,” said Mike Downie. “The kids that go away to high school, some of them do OK. But many others fall through the cracks. They end up on the streets. They enter into cycles of addiction, and many never make it home.” While there is “no single solution for reconciliation,” Mike Downie said the fund will help “launch many boats” to help improve the lives of “our indigenous brothers and sisters.” MTV will broadcast a one-hour We Day special on Nov. 28.

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The new collection of tunes by the Tragically Hip frontman was inspired by the story of 12-year-old Chanie Wenjack, who died while fleeing the Cecilia Jeffrey Indian Residential School near Kenora, Ont. This weekend will mark the 50th anniversary of Chanie’s death. Proceeds from Secret Path will be donated to The Gord Downie Secret Path Fund for Truth and Reconciliation through The National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation at the University of Manitoba. His latest solo project comes on the heels of the Hip’s recent summer concert tour following the announcement that Downie is battling terminal cancer. Prior to his performance, a hush fell over the audience as they watched a short film excerpt documenting his visit to Ogoki Post, Ont., to meet Chanie’s family and share his Secret Path”project. “This is the best thing I’ve ever done. And by ‘best,’ I just mean it helps my heart a little bit,” Downie is heard saying in the voice-over narration. “This is what I want to do. Nothing else really matters to me.” Sporting a fedora and clad in denim with a poppy affixed to his jacket, Downie’s vocals sounded strong and clear. Similar to the Ottawa show, an animated film was screened as a visual component of the performance. At the conclusion of the song, Downie stepped away from the mic and

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Escaping North Korea was just the first step WOMEN HAVE CHALLENGING JOURNEY AFTER LEAVING TOTALITARIAN REGIME BY ANNA FIFIELD ADVOCATE NEWS SERVICES

‘ALL THE SUFFERING IS WORTH IT. OUR DESTINY HAS CHANGED.’ SUH 30-YEAR-OLD NORTH KOREAN ESCAPEE Safely out of China, the other two women, both called Kim, wanted to get to South Korea, but Suh had her heart set on a more ambitious destination: the United States, “the strongest country on Earth.” “I think my daughter is one lucky baby,” Suh said, sitting on the bed in a grimy room in Vientiane and looking at Ji-yeon as she slept, snoring lightly. Their few possessions were in plastic shopping bags, save for the clothes drying on coat hangers dangling from the light fittings. The baby had not even one toy. “All the suffering is worth it. Our destiny has changed,” Suh said. Defections such as that of Thae Yong Ho, North Korea’s deputy ambassador to the United Kingdom who fled to South Korea over the summer, make headlines because they are so rare. But less sensationally, a steady if diminishing stream of North Koreans is making their way out, down through China, across to Laos, then into Thailand and eventually to South Korea. Most are women from the northern provinces, considered down-and-out even by North Korean standards, and face an extremely precarious life in northeastern China. Many had been sold – some knowingly, thinking life couldn’t get any worse. But other women had been tricked into thinking they were heading to jobs in China, only to find that the man who offered to help them escape, paying bribes to border soldiers and arranging passage, turned out to be a trafficker, selling the women and pocketing the profits. The buyers are men in the countryside who are too poor or unappealing to get a wife any other way, and the women are stuck in remote villages where they cannot communicate with the locals – if they are permitted to

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North Koreans are seen in silhouette as they make their way across an intersection at the end of a work day Tuesday, in Pyongyang, North Korea. leave the house, that is. Since Kim Jong Un took control of North Korea at the end of 2011, security has been tightened, and it has become increasingly difficult to escape. That has driven up prices. Women ages 15 to 25 are the most prized, fetching between $10,000 and $12,000, brokers and humanitarian workers say, while women in their 30s can be acquired for half that.

‘THESE NORTH KOREAN WOMEN IN CHINA FACED A DIRE DILEMMA, EITHER HAVING TO REMAIN HIDDEN AND SUBMIT TO THIS KIND OF SEXUAL EXPLOITATION, OR RISK WORKING OUTSIDE OF THEIR RESIDENCE WITH THE VERY REAL POSSIBILITY THAT CHINESE AUTHORITIES COULD ARREST THEM AT ANY TIME AND FORCE THEM BACK TO NORTH KOREA.’ PHIL ROBERTSON HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH Increased prices mean that some Chinese families are spending their entire life savings to buy a North Korean woman, and as a result the women are sometimes shackled inside the house. But even if the women are allowed out and even after they learn some Chinese, venturing into the open is a risky business. If they’re caught by the Chinese police, they face repatriation to North Korea and, at a minimum, time in a labor camp. “These North Korean women in China faced a dire dilemma, either having to remain hidden and submit to this kind of sexual exploitation, or risk working outside of their residence with the very real possibility that Chinese authorities could arrest them at any time and force them back to North Korea,” said Phil Robertson of Human Rights Watch. The State Department’s 2016 Trafficking in Persons Report noted that North Korean women and girls “are subjected to sexual slavery by Chinese or Korean-Chinese men, forced prostitution in brothels or through Internet sex sites, or compelled service as hostesses in nightclubs or karaoke bars.” The State Department reported that the Chinese government “does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking; however, it is making significant efforts to do so.” Although some women take the risk of working outside the home, shuttling between cleaning and babysitting jobs or working behind the scenes in restaurants, an increasing number feel they have no choice but to try to make money behind closed doors. That is where video chatting comes in. About one-fifth of the North Korean women living in hiding in China are involved in this kind of online sex work, said Park, a broker who works to get women out. The Post agreed to withhold Park’s full name to avoid jeopardizing this highly sensitive work. The newspaper also agreed to use the women’s family names only, partly to protect relatives in North Korea. “If you’re working in a restaurant or outside, you run the risk of being asked for your papers by the police. So doing this work is safer and the money is better,” Park said. “In the village where they lived, every North Korean woman does this. It’s so normal to be doing this.” Some North Korean women in China are forced into this work, essentially held prisoner by pimps. The women The Post met were not forced, as such. But they had few other opportunities.

Suh was sold eight years ago to a man in northern China who, she said, treated her well – he beat her “only a few times.” But the arrival of their second child made a tough financial situation untenable. She heard about video chatting through a friend of a friend and began chatting with South Korean men at night when everyone in her house was asleep. On her first day she earned $3. In her best week, she netted $120. A few months ago, Suh decided she couldn’t take it. “I wondered why I had to do this. I’m a human being, the same as everyone else,” Suh said, breaking down into heaving sobs. “I wanted to be a good mother, a strong mother for my daughters.” She decided to try to leave, along with the two others. They found out about Park and Kim Sung-eun, a pastor from the Caleb Mission, a church in South Korea that helps bring defectors to safety, and asked to be helped out. For the second time in their lives, they escaped, this time to a safe house in northern China, and from there they made the journey to the border, then walked to Laos. “I was so scared, but I kept on going, I just kept on going,” Suh said. “I kept walking toward Pastor Kim and Park.” Laos was safer but still somewhat of a gray area; they may be sent back. Once they got to Thailand, the fear of repatriation to North Korea would be gone. While waiting to cross the Mekong River, the women talked about the difficult decisions they had to make. Suh’s five-year-old is listed on her Chinese father’s family register, which gives her legal status in China and enables her to go to school. But by the time Ji-yeon was born, the back channel for registration – involving bribes to willing officials – had closed. The baby doesn’t legally exist. So when Suh decided to flee and realized she could only manage to take one child with her, she knew it had to be Ji-yeon. “She thinks I’ve abandoned her,” Suh said, breaking down into an-

other torrent of tears as she recalled telling her older daughter she would be back soon. The day they were to cross into Thailand, the women were full of nervous excitement. But things soon went wrong. Heavy rain had swollen the Mekong, and their boat missed the drop point.

‘I HAVE NO PASSPORT, NO PAPERS, NOTHING. WHY ARE OUR LIVES SO DIFFERENT, JUST BECAUSE OF WHERE WE WERE BORN’ SUH They were discovered by local police and taken to a prison. They were terrified and sent an endless stream of messages to Park, asking if they would be sent back to North Korea. One photo they sent showed Ji-yeon standing in a cell, looking out through the bars. Instead, they were taken to Bangkok, where they are now being held at a detention centre, the pastor said. Suh has applied for asylum in the United States, even though she speaks no English and knows she will receive little support, unlike in South Korea. Officials from the American Embassy in Bangkok have met with Suh and her daughter, the pastor said. He estimated that it would take about four months for their asylum claims to be processed. An embassy spokeswoman in Bangkok declined to comment. The United States has accepted 74 refugees from North Korea since Kim took power, according to State Department data. During the pause in Vientiane, the relief of being out of China had washed over the women, and the challenges ahead loomed. The women had begun to dwell on the handicaps that North Koreans face. “I have no passport, no papers, nothing,” Suh said. “Why are our lives so different, just because of where we are born?”

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VIENTIANE, Laos — Sometimes the men just wanted to talk with the North Korean women. “Face cam,” it’s called. But most of the time, they wanted the other option: “body cam.” Watching through a smartphone app, the men would ask the women, some of the unknown thousands of North Koreans sold to Chinese husbands and living secretly in northern China, to show their breasts or their backsides, to touch themselves or perform sex acts on one another. Most of the time, the women did as requested. They needed the money – even if it amounted to only a few dollars a day. “In the beginning, I didn’t think it was going to be a big deal. I thought it would be OK because I wasn’t actually sleeping with anyone,” said Suh, who, until dreams of escape brought her to this dingy room in Laos, had been one of the legions of North Korean women performing online sex work in back rooms in China. “But then I found out how many perverts there are out there.” Suh, a 30-year-old who escaped from North Korea in 2008, resorted to doing “video chatting” after her second child was born and her husband’s meager construction earnings wouldn’t stretch any further. “There are some people who just want to look at your face, but the majority of them are there for their sexual desires,” Suh said, putting her head down so her long hair covered her cherubic face. “I felt so disgusting.” Together with two women from her village in northeastern China who were also doing chatting work, Suh fled over the summer. She made the heart-wrenching decision to leave her 5-year-old daughter with her Chinese husband. The women traveled by bus and car down through China to the border with Laos, which they crossed illegally in the black of night, Suh carrying her 18-month-old daughter, Ji-yeon, on her back. The women made it to Vientiane, the Laotian capital, where a Washington Post reporter spent two days with them as they paused on their journey to what they hoped would be a better life. The women talked for hours about their lives in North Korea and in China but, unlike some defectors who exaggerate their stories to make them more sensational, they appeared to play down their experiences, apparently out of shame. Most of their stories could be verified with the pastor and broker who were helping them escape, and it was clear that the women, faced with no other options, had resorted to performing on camera for men. The women had a friend film them at work before they left, so they could prove what they had been doing. The videos showed the women – sometimes in brightly colored underwear, sometimes naked – sitting against a low bed covered with a purple Hello Kitty quilt in front of two computers on a low table. Men, sometimes visible, sometimes not, gave them instructions. Most of the men they “chatted” with online were in South Korea, but a few were in America and even Africa.

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Bank of Canada drops growth outlook CITES HOUSING, ‘STRUCTURAL’ EXPORT DECLINES BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — The Bank of Canada has downgraded the country’s growth outlook yet again with fresh projections Wednesday that see an impending drop in housing activity tied to new government rules and, more importantly, signs of a permanent decline in exports. The gloomier economic picture weighed heavily enough on the central bank’s governing council for them to actively discuss lowering the trendsetting interest rate from its already-low perch of 0.5 per cent, governor Stephen Poloz said. But the bank ultimately kept the rate where it’s been since July 2015, as analysts had widely expected. The bank’s latest monetary policy report was released as the economy continues to struggle to emerge from a prolonged period of slow growth and recover from the negative effects of the plunge in oil prices that began two years ago. On exports, Poloz said the bank’s latest projections incorporated a “structural” shortfall to help

account for the long-running disappointment in the numbers. The change was made despite some encouraging export data in the last couple of months. “If we get lucky, then we’d get some of it back,” Poloz told a news conference in Ottawa. “But at this stage we can’t really predict that.” The downward revision for exports trimmed the bank’s forecast three months ago for real gross domestic product by 0.6 per cent between now and the end of 2018. Overall, the bank is now projecting real GDP to expand by just 1.1 per cent this year, down from its July projection of 1.3 per cent. For next year, the bank is forecasting growth of two per cent, down from its previous call of 2.2 per cent. The report also predicted growth to take a hit from a decline in real estate sales activity that’s expected to follow recent federal measures intended to stabilize the housing market and curb the vulnerability associated with the accumulation of household debt. The bank predicted the impact of those changes could lower real GDP by 0.3 per cent by the end of 2018, though Poloz insisted that number remains

“highly uncertain.” He said there are many moving parts, such as how potential homebuyers will react to Ottawa’s new rules. The measures include a stress test for all insured mortgage applications to ensure would-be borrowers would still be able to make payments if interest rates rose or their personal financial situations changed. Asked about the potential cost of the measures to the economy, Poloz compared it to buying insurance against the possibility of economic shock or recession. “By paying a bit of a price there you help avoid, at least, something that could be much worse for the economy and therefore it’s a good deal,” he said. The bank added that the economy isn’t expected to return to full capacity until mid-2018, which it called “materially later” than the late-2017 time frame it had anticipated three months ago. Despite the downgrades, the bank also offered reassurances that it sees promise ahead. Please see OUTLOOK on Page D2

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BY SUSAN ZIELINSKI ADVOCATE STAFF Red Deer & District Chamber of Commerce recognized local businesses at the 35th annual Business Awards gala on Wednesday. About 300 business leaders celebrated the success of four award recipients: ● Jo(e) Social Media was named Business of the Year with one to 10 employees. ● Red Deer Rebels was Business of the Year with 11 to 20 employees. ● Paul Davis Red Deer was Business of the Year with 21 or more employees. ● Empringham Disposal Corp. received the Young Entrepreneur Award. Business of the Year Awards are organized by the Chamber of Commerce and held annually in conjunction with BDC’s Small Business Week. All companies, Chamber members and non-Chamber members are eligible to be nominated for an award. Finalists in each of the four categories are selected by an independent judging panel. Red Deer & District Chamber of Commerce has more than 900 members and promotes business growth and prosperity through leadership and innovation in the Red Deer area.

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From the left, Ken McCurdie, Ricky Oliver, Tammy Oliver-McCurdie and Devon Bradshaw of Lockdown Escape Rooms Inc. were all smiles Wednesday night as they attended the Red Deer and District Chamber of Commerce annual Business Awards Gala at the Red Deer College Arts Centre. Lockdown Escape Rooms was nominated in the 11-20 employee category along with Sophear’s Restaurant and the Red Deer Rebels.

Enbridge lays off Canadian Pacific said discussion of grain should be based on facts, not rhetoric hundreds of staff BY THE CANADIAN PRESS

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Calgary-based Enbridge Inc. (TSX:ENB) has cut hundreds of jobs across its operations following a company-wide organizational review. Canada’s largest pipeline operator said Wednesday it has eliminated about 370 positions in Canada and about 160 in the U.S., making up roughly five per cent of its more than 11,000 staff. The company said the cuts stemmed from an organizational review launched in the first quarter of the year, well before it announced the $37-billion takeover of fellow pipeline operator Spectra Energy Corp last month. The Spectra deal isn’t expected to close until 2017, but the company is hoping to achieve about half a billion dollars in annual efficiencies, which could include job cuts, if the deal goes through. Enbridge spokeswoman Suzanne Wilton said the review focused on what the firm needed to do to achieve growth and diversification and allow it to capitalize on opportunities.

MONTREAL — Faced with new pressures to move what is expected to be a bumper grain crop, Canadian Pacific Railway says any discussion of the challenges of moving the key Western Canadian commodity should be based on facts. Railway president Keith Creel said Wednesday the company is working with its grain partners to “optimize the supply chain.” “I think all players will work together to improve on these efficiencies and if things do go south on us, at least the farmers and at least the government clearly understand what can and can’t be controlled,” he said, a day before farmers are to meet with federal Transport Minister Marc Garneau. “And if it is things that we can’t control, our opinion is that they will do the prudent thing and act on fact, not on rhetoric and speculation.” CP Rail is entangled in a dispute with some farmers who are worried that not enough of their harvest this year will be shipped because of a rail bottleneck.

Last week, the firm said it was ready to move what’s expected to be close to a record crop, but the grain wasn’t ready because wet weather is contributing to a late harvest. The railway said it had moved less Canadian grain than at this time last year or on average over the past three years but noted that it’s only part of the supply chain and suggested a “score card” to track how the whole system is performing. Creel said CP Rail has increased its grain train lengths about 11 per cent in the past quarter and aims to add another 10 cars to reach 134 cars to boost efficiency and move more grain. However, he said moisture is forcing more blending of grain which slows down the process of loading railcars. The railway (TSX:CP) reported Wednesday a third-quarter profit of $347 million or $2.34 per diluted share for the quarter ended Sept. 30, topping its result a year ago, but falling short of investors’ expectations Please see CP RAIL on Page D2

Appeal court sides with Canada Post in community mailbox dispute BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — Ontario’s highest court has ruled in favour of Canada Post in a dispute which saw the City of Hamilton go up against the Crown corporation over the placement of community mailboxes. The legal battle was closely watched by municipalities across the country as the case dealt with just how much of a say local governments could have over where the controversial mailboxes could be installed. Hamilton brought in a bylaw last year after city

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MARKETS CLOSE TORONTO — The price of oil and Toronto’s main stock index both settled Wednesday at highs not seen in more than 15 months, buoyed by signs that Saudi Arabia foresees an end to the downturn in crude prices. December contracts for crude, which are the most heavily traded, soared $1.20 to US$51.82 per barrel. The last time oil futures contracts hit such levels was on July 14, 2015, when they settled at US$53.04 per barrel. The settlement price Wednesday was nearly double the lows seen earlier this year, when a barrel of crude settled at US$26.21 in mid-February. “Definitely we’ve got a commodity-driven market today,” said Peggy Bowie, a senior equity trader at Manulife Asset Management. Saudi Arabia’s oil minister, Khalid Al-Falih, spoke at a conference Wednesday in London, where he said the balance between supply and demand is improving. He said that situation is further strengthened by an OPEC agreement made several weeks ago in Algiers, Algeria, to trim production. The 14 OPEC members, including Saudi Arabia, agreed to cut production to between 32.5 million and 33 million barrels per day — down from current levels of about 33.2 million barrels daily. Details of the deal will be finalized during an OPEC meeting next month. Al-Falih said at the conference that many of his colleagues have been discussing production cut targets behind the scenes and some non-OPEC nations are showing a willingness to join those efforts. That meeting will be closely watched, said Bowie,

Loblaw Ltd. . . . . . . . . . . . 67.08 Maple Leaf Foods. . . . . . 30.73 Wal-Mart . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68.89 WestJet Airlines . . . . . . . 22.81 Mining Barrick Gold . . . . . . . . . . 22.69 Cameco Corp. . . . . . . . . 10.54 First Quantum Minerals . 11.62 Goldcorp Inc. . . . . . . . . . 20.11 Hudbay Minerals. . . . . . . . 5.39 Kinross Gold Corp. . . . . . . 5.03 Labrador. . . . . . . . . . . . . 13.96 Potash Corp.. . . . . . . . . . 21.37 Sherritt Intl. . . . . . . . . . . . 0.850 Teck Resources . . . . . . . 26.59 Energy Arc Resources . . . . . . . . 24.46 Badger Daylighting Ltd. . 28.77 Baker Hughes. . . . . . . . . 52.83 Bonavista . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.73 Bonterra Energy . . . . . . . 27.34 Cdn. Nat. Res. . . . . . . . . 43.44 Canyon Services Group. . 5.88 Cenovous Energy Inc. . . 20.49 CWC Well Services . . . 0.1800 Encana Corp. . . . . . . . . . 15.06 Essential Energy. . . . . . . 0.590

adding that often announced production targets are ignored. The U.S. Energy Information Administration also released its weekly petroleum status report, showing a drop in production. In the week ending last Friday, U.S. commercial crude inventories fell by 5.2 million barrels from the week before, according to the report. The price of gold also received a lift with December gold contracts rising $7 to US$1,269.90 an ounce. The energy and gold sectors both helped boost the Toronto Stock Exchange’s S&P/TSX composite index by 88.24 points to 14,840.49 — its highest close since June 25, 2015, when it reached 14,897.50. In New York, the Dow Jones industrial average advanced 40.68 points at 18,202.62, the S&P 500 index was up 4.69 points at 2,144.29, and the Nasdaq composite gained 2.57 points at 5,246.41. The rise in oil prices wasn’t enough to lift the loonie, as the Canadian dollar fell 0.05 of a U.S. cent to 76.18 cents US. Elsewhere in commodities, December copper contracts were relatively unchanged at US$2.10 a pound and November natural gas contracts fell 9.3 cents at US$3.17 per mmBTU. — With files from the Associated Press FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS Highlights at the close Wednesday at world financial market trading. Stocks: S&P/TSX Composite Index — 14,840.49, up 88.24 points Dow — 18,202.62, up 40.68 points S&P 500 — 2,144.29, up

Exxon Mobil . . . . . . . . . . 87.17 Halliburton Co. . . . . . . . . 49.07 High Arctic . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.70 Husky Energy . . . . . . . . . 15.89 Imperial Oil . . . . . . . . . . . 43.09 Pengrowth Energy . . . . . . 2.28 Penn West Energy . . . . . . 2.39 Precision Drilling Corp . . . 6.05 Suncor Energy . . . . . . . . 38.38 Trican Ltd.. . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.31 Trinidad Energy . . . . . . . . 2.62 Vermilion Energy . . . . . . 54.57 Virginia . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.0850 Financials Bank of Montreal . . . . . . 85.27 Bank of N.S. . . . . . . . . . . 70.87 CIBC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101.00 Cdn. Western . . . . . . . . . 25.39 Great West Life. . . . . . . . 33.21 IGM Financial . . . . . . . . . 35.88 Intact Financial Corp. . . . 92.43 Manulife Corp. . . . . . . . . 19.35 National Bank . . . . . . . . . 46.26 Rifco Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.750 Royal Bank . . . . . . . . . . . 83.67 Sun Life Fin. Inc.. . . . . . . 43.90 TD Bank . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59.09

4.69 points Nasdaq — 5,246.41, up 2.57 points Currencies: Cdn — 76.18 cents US, down 0.05 of a cent Pound — C$1.6113, down 0.15 of a cent Euro — C$1.4401, down 0.04 of a cent Euro — US$1.0971, down 0.09 of a cent Oil futures: US$51.82 per barrel, up $1.20 (December contract) Gold futures: US$1,269.90 per oz., up $7.00 (December contract) Canadian Fine Silver Handy and Harman: $24.079, unchanged $774.14 kg., unchanged ICE FUTURES CANADA WINNIPEG — ICE Futures Canada closing prices: Canola: Nov. ‘16 $6.70 higher $504.40 Jan. ‘17 $7.30 higher $511.40 March ‘17 $7.50 higher $515.50 May ‘17 $6.20 higher $516.90 July ‘17 $6.60 higher $514.20 Nov. ‘17 $2.60 higher $500.90 Jan. ‘18 $2.50 higher $502.50 March ‘18 $2.50 higher $503.80 May ‘18 $2.50 higher $504.90 July ‘18 $2.50 higher $504.90 Nov. ‘18 $2.50 higher $504.90. 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 Dec. ‘18 unchanged $135.50. Wednesday’s estimated volume of trade: 776,740 tonnes of canola 0 tonnes of barley (Western Barley). Total: 776,740.

Fed trade minister meets with Wallonia leader in effort to save CETA deal FRIDAY DEADLINE FOR EU NATIONS TO BE ON BOARD OTTAWA — Federal Trade Minister Chrystia Freeland met Wednesday with the head of Wallonia in an effort to save a trade deal with the European Union that could collapse if the small Belgium region does not support it by Friday. A spokeswoman for Freeland says she met with Wallonia President Paul Magnette, who earlier Wednesday said his region could not sign on to the deal by Friday, which has been set as a deadline to get the last of the 28 EU nations on board. Anne-Louise Chauvette says the Comprehensive Economic and Trade

Agreement, also known as CETA, is a priority for the federal government and it is working hard with its European partners so that it can be approved and implemented next year. The Wallonia vote has created headaches for Belgium’s national government because its constitution gives its three regional governments — Wallonia being one of them — a potential veto over CETA, which has been seven years in the making. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is scheduled to fly to Brussels next week to sign the agreement should it be unanimously approved by the EU. — With files from The Associated Press

ST. JOHN’S, N.L. — The Newfoundland and Labrador government says more forest cover will be removed from the land in Labrador that will be flooded as part of the Muskrat Falls hydroelectric project. The province issued a statement today saying the additional cutting is aimed at addressing concerns of critics who say the water will be contaminated with methylmercury if the trees are left to rot at the bottom of the planned 41-square-kilometre reservoir. Earlier this week, plans to start the flooding at the site west of Happy Valley-Goose Bay sparked protests and a number of arrests. Provincial Environment Minister Perry Trimper says the province is working with aboriginal governments

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OUTLOOK: Economic prediction Thanks to momentum in the global and U.S. economies, the bank still predicts the Canadian economy to rebound over the final half of this year from a second-quarter contraction. The hoped-for bounce back, however, is expected to come at a slower pace, with an average real GDP growth of about 2.5 per cent over the last two quarters of 2016. The bank predicts third-quarter growth of 3.2 per cent, a decline from the July forecast of 3.5 per cent, and fourth-quarter growth of just 1.5 per cent, down from 2.8 per cent. The government’s enhanced child-benefit program, which started mailing cheques to families in the summer, is also expected to deliver a boost in the second half of 2016. Ottawa’s commitment to invest billions in infrastructure will also begin having an impact moving forward, the bank said. Still, the future appeared grim enough for the bank’s governing council to consider a rate cut. Poloz offered a peek into the decision-making process, saying they held off because they wanted to allow more time for some important yet fluid conditions to play themselves out. He said the factors include the recent run of positive export numbers and apprehension around investment decisions in the U.S. and Canada as businesses await the American presidential election process to unfold. “It’s worth having a little more time to examine some of these things,” he said. BMO chief economist Douglas Porter was skeptical about Poloz’s remarks that lowering the rate was a possibility. Porter predicted the bank to stand pat until 2018, even if its report delivered commentary that was generally on the “downbeat side.” In the July edition of its quarterly report, the bank also reduced its growth projections for 2016 and 2017. It dropped July’s 2016 forecast to 1.3 per cent, below its April estimate of 1.7 per cent. The bank’s July prediction for 2017 also fell to 2.2 per cent, down from 2.3 per cent in April.

CP RAIL: Weather to blame for shortfall On an adjusted basis, CP Rail said it earned $2.73 per diluted share as revenues fell nine per cent to $1.55 billion. Chief executive Hunter Harrison blamed most of the shortfall affecting grain on weather, but told analysts

in Labrador to improve oversight for the project. He says the province is committed to setting up a new water-quality monitoring program and an independent expert advisory committee. As well, Trimper says the province has told Crown-owned Nalcor Energy that it must pay for a study to be conducted by Dr. Elsie Sunderland at Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass. “The provincial government has taken the concerns expressed by the Innu Nation, the Nunatsiavut Government, and the NunatuKavut Community Council very seriously,” Trimper said in a statement. “We are taking action that clearly demonstrates our commitment to enhance measures which ensure we are best positioned to protect human health.” that some was caused by market softness. “Most of the conventional wisdom is that if the grain doesn’t move fourth quarter it will carry over into first quarter of 2017 and give us even a stronger start there,” he said during a conference call. The railway trimmed its earnings forecast for 2016 “mid single digit” growth because of the delayed grain harvest, smaller volumes of crude oil and the impact of a stronger Canadian dollar. Still, the country’s second-largest railway said controlling costs, including a large reduction in the number of employees, will allow it to end the year with a mid-50s operating ratio, excluding land sales. In the third quarter, the ratio which measures the percentage of revenue required to operate the company was 57.7 per cent.

CANADA POST: Welcomed appeal “The power of the Postmaster General (and its successor, Canada Post) to locate mail receptacles in its national network, free of interference, has existed from Confederation and has been continuously exercised. Canada Post is not displacing any pre-existing local initiatives.” Canada Post welcomed the appeal court’s decision. “We respect the unanimous ruling and remain committed to working with municipalities as the postal system evolves to meet the changing needs of Canadians,” it said in a statement. The City of Hamilton, however, said it was “disappointed” and would be considering its options moving forward. “The City of Hamilton’s objective, shared by many other municipalities, was to have Canada Post meaningfully consult and co-operate with municipalities so that community mailbox locations could meet the needs of their communities,” the city said in a statement. The appeal court ruling comes as Canada Post’s community mailbox plan is currently uncertain. In the face of declining traditional mail volumes, the corporation had announced a plan in December 2013 to end door-to-door delivery and gave itself five years to implement the move to community mailboxes. About 100,000 made the transition in 2014, and another 900,000 households were expected to switch to community mailboxes in 2015. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau made a verbal promise, however, to “restore” door-to-door home mail delivery. But so far, the Liberal government, which came into power a year ago, has committed only to stopping any further reduction in home delivery while it conducts a review of Canada Post’s operations.

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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 21, at 1 pm.

LINKLATER, W. Ben Ben passed away on October 18, 2016 at the age of 84, with his family by his side. Mourning his loss are his wife Marg; sons, Les and Allan (Michael); granddaughters, Hilary (Donald), Courtney (Adam) and Carla (Troy) and their father Leslie Flaig; great grandchildren, Lahnae, McKayla and Jaxon; sisters, Irene Crawford and Betty McRobbie (Edward); sisters-inlaw, Jenny Linklater and Ruby Linklater; the Linklater and Randall clans; and the Munce and DeFreitas families. He was predeceased by his children Keith and Bernice, four brothers and two sisters. Celebration of life will be held at 7 p.m. on Friday, October 21 at St. Andrew’s United Church, 5226-51 Ave, Lacombe, Alberta. If friends desire, memorial donations may be made to the charity of the donor’s choice. Condolences may be made by visiting www.wilsonsfuneralchapel.ca. Special thanks to the staff and nurses on Unit B of the Lacombe Community Health Care Centre for their loving care for Ben and his family. WILSON’S FUNERAL CHAPEL & CREMATORIUM, of Lacombe and Rimbey in charge of the arrangements. 403-782-3366, 403-843-3388 “A Caring Family, Caring For Families” For 40 years

MacSWEEN, Scott Bertram The family of Scott Bertram MacSween sadly announce his sudden passing on Thursday, October 13, 2016 at the age of 27. He leaves to mourn his passing his father, James MacSween; mother, Trish MacSween; sister, Shannon MacSween as well as many extended family members and friends. Scott was predeceased by his four grandparents, Ian and Billie MacSween as well as Lloyd and Betty Bertram. Family and close friends are welcome to celebrate Scott’s life at Knox Presbyterian Church, 4718 Ross St., Red Deer AB on Saturday, October 22, 2016 at 1:00 p.m. If friends desire in lieu of flowers memorial donations in Scott’s honour may be made directly to the Red Deer Hospice, 99 Arnot Avenue, Red Deer, AB T4R 3S6. Condolences may be forwarded to the family by visiting www.eventidefuneralchapels.com Arrangements entrusted to EVENTIDE FUNERAL CHAPEL 4820 - 45 Street, Red Deer. Phone (403) 347-2222.

JUUTI, Richard Carl Richard Carl (Dick) Juuti passed away in the Red Deer Hospital, on Wednesday, October, 12, 2016, after a short battle with pneumonia at the age of 77 years. He was born December, 3, 1938 to Carl and Martha Juuti at Bentley, AB. He leaves to mourn his beloved family: wife of 51 years, Carmen Staudinger Juuti; his children, Shane (Patti) of Gimlet, AB, Shelley (Merle) Olin of Fort Fraser, BC, Karen (Curtis) Lampinen of Laurium, Michigan, Kimberly (Mike) Hilman of Sylvan Lake, AB, and Timothy (Shaunna) of Bentley, AB; 22 grandchildren, 5 great grandchildren; his brothers, Robert (Jill), Ralph (Linda) and William (Janet); his sister, Rita (Ken) Duckering; and youngest brother, Leroy (Sharron) and families; Carmen’s siblings, Russ (Susie), Harv (Lois), Dick (Karina), Louise (Wilfred) Butterfly, George (Beth), and Sue Ann (Ken) Brzak and families; numerous cousins and valued friends. Dick was predeceased by infant son, Kenneth in 1968; his father, Carl in 1997; and his mother, Martha in 2015. Dick wore several hats in his working life. As a journeyman carpenter, he worked 30+ years for the County of Lacombe as crew and Maintenance Supervisor. Simultaneously, he served the Apostolic Lutheran Church of Sylvan Lake as Minister. After retirement, he did Mission work in Guatemala and India. He loved the outdoors and was a hunting guide in his early years, and hunted and fished as long as his health allowed him, about mid-2009. Those wishing to pay their respects may do so at the Sylvan Lake Apostolic Lutheran Church, Twp Rd 382, Sylvan Lake, AB on Friday, October 21, 2016 at 7:00 pm. A Funeral Service will be held at the Eckville Community Centre on Saturday, October 22, 2016 at 2:00 pm. Interment to follow at the Vig Cemetery, west of Bentley. Messages of condolence may be left for the family at www.myalternatives.ca.

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Iraqi town outside Mosul rises up against militants BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS AL-HUD, Iraq — The mutilated bodies of Islamic State group fighters were still strewn on the ground of this northern Iraqi town on Wednesday. One was burned. Another’s face was flattened by abuse. Iraqi troops on the march toward Mosul moved into al-Hud a day earlier and declared it liberated. But they found residents had already risen up and killed many of the militants in the town themselves. With the offensive to recapture Mosul in its third day, Iraqi forces advancing from the south and east are fighting to retake the towns and villages the dot the plains and line the Tigris River leading to the city. At times, they’ve met fierce resistance, with the militants sending explosives-packed vehicles careening toward the troops’ positions. This area has been under control of the militants ever since the summer of 2014, when IS fighters captured Mosul and much of the north in a lightning advance. In al-Hud, a Sunni Arab town on the Tigris, residents saw their chance to get rid of them. On Monday, a man paraded through town with an Iraqi flag in a show of defiance, residents told The Associated Press. IS fighters shot and killed him. A group of residents gathered in a shop, news spread among the hundreds of people living in the town, and soon a crowd turned on the militants. One resident, Ahmed Mohammed, said he and others shot a militant who was hiding by an outhouse behind a shop. “That didn’t work. Then one of our guys came and threw a grenade on him from the top,” he said. Gasim Mohammed said his father was killed in the uprising against the militants. He kicked the head of one of the bodies. “This one smells like a dog,” he said. “I hate them. Anyone I catch, I’ll drink his blood. Even if it’s a child,” he said. It was not clear how many militants had been in the village or how many were killed. The Associated Press saw at least five bodies. The head of the Iraqi military’s operations command for Nineveh province where the offensive its taking place confirmed the residents’ account. “Before we reached the village they fought them and killed many of them,” Maj. Gen. Najim al-Jobori

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CRIB TO GIVE AWAY. Good cond. 10 yrs old, but hardly used. 403-309-5013 HAND KNIT children’s socks and mitts, (5) pair. $20. for all 5. 403-347-3741

EquipmentHeavy

1630

Firewood

1660

B.C. Birch, Aspen, Spruce/Pine. Delivery avail. PH. Lyle 403-783-2275

278950A5

(across from Totem) (across from Rona North)

1580

Children's Items

“Low Cost” Quality Training

403.341.4544

Central Alberta LIFE & Red Deer ADVOCATE CLASSIFIEDS 403-309-3300

1720

TWO armed chairs, one ~ dark green leatherette, $10; and one ~ gray upholstery chair, exc. cond., $15. 403-346-5423

WANTED

Antiques, furniture and estates. 342-2514

1760

Misc. for Sale

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 SMALL CEILING FAN for bedroom, football/hockey design. Exc. cond. $15. 403-346-5423 WOODEN shelving, $75. 403-885-5020

TO ADVERTISE YOUR SALE HERE — CALL 309-3300

Bower Massive Indoor Sale Sat. Oct 22 - 9 am - 5 pm Sun. Oct 23 - 9 am - 3 pm Bower Community Hall 85 Boyce Street, Red Deer *sporting goods, kids clothes/toys, electronics, housewares, hardware, books/cd’s/movies, games and more!

A Star Makes Your Ad A Winner! CALL:

309-3300

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1100

BLACK CAT CONCRETE Garage/Patios/RV pads Sidewalks/Driveways Dean 403-505-2542 DALE’S HOME RENO’S Free estimates for all your reno needs. 403-506-4301 PHILCAN CONST. Int. - Ext. Free est. Ken 403-340-8213 or 403-391-8044

1160

Entertainment

DANCE DJ SERVICES 587-679-8606

Handyman Services

1200

BOOK NOW! For your small jobs around the house such as painting, laminate Áooring, bathroom reno. Call James 403-341-0617 Start your career! See Help Wanted

1280

FANTASY SPA

Elite Retreat, Finest in VIP Treatment.

10 - 2am Private back entry

403-341-4445

Misc. Services

1290

1372

HELPING HANDS Home Supports for Seniors. Cooking, cleaning, companionship. At home or facility. 403-346-7777

Snow Removal

1380

RESIDENTIAL snow removal w/ ice-melt. $130/mo. Call Jon 587-937-4968.

A-1 GARBAGE PICK-UP & SNOW REMOVAL Recycling avail. weekly Call Ryan @ 403-348-1459 or occasional basis. (403) 505-4777. SNOW removal. Contracts Painters/ welcome. Blackfalds, Lacombe only. 403-358-1614 Decorators

Roofing

1370

PRECISE ROOFING LTD. 15 Yrs. Exp., Ref’s Avail. WCB covered, fully Licensed & Insured. 403-896-4869

SEQUINED Material, 4 3/4 yards, lining included. $10. 403-347-3741 SKI-DOO BOOTS, like new, sz. 10-12. $10. 403-347-3741

Sporting Goods

1860

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. 403-352-8811

Travel Packages

1900

TRAVEL ALBERTA Alberta offers SOMETHING for everyone. Make your travel plans now.

Items To Give Away

1940

3050

2 BDRM. 4 plex, Àreplace, incld’s water, sewer, garbage. $925. rent, $650. sd. Avail. now or Nov. 1. 403-304-5337 ACROSS from park, 2 bdrm. 4-plex, 1 1/2 bath, 4 appls. Rent $875./mo. d.d. $650. Avail. now or Nov. 1. 403-304-5337

GLENDALE

2 Bdrm. 4-plex, 4 appls., $925. incl. sewer, water & garbage. D.D. $650, Available now or Nov. 1. 403-304-5337

ORIOLE PARK

3 bdrm., 1-1/2 bath, $975. rent, s.d. $650, incl water sewer and garbage. Available now or Nov. 1. 403-304-5337 WESTPARK 2 bdrm. 4-plex, 4 appls. Rent $1075/mo. d.d. $650. Incld’s all utils. Avail. now or Nov. 1 403-304-5337

Suites

3060

2 BDRM. lrg. suite adult bldg, free laundry, very clean, quiet, Avail. now or Nov. 1 $850/mo., S.D. $650. 403-304-5337 ADULT 2 BDRM. spacious suites 3 appls., heat/water incl’d., ADULT ONLY BLDG, no pets, Oriole Park. 403-986-6889

CITY VIEW APTS.

2 bdrm in Clean, quiet, newly reno’d adult building. Rent $900 S.D. $700. Avail. immed. Near hospital. No pets. 403-318-3679

3060

Suites

THE NORDIC

Rental incentives avail. 1 & 2 bdrm. adult building, N/S, No pets. 403-596-2444

3090

Rooms For Rent

BLACKFALDS, $600, all inclusive. 403-358-1614 ROOM TO RENT, very large, $450. 403-350-4712 TWO fully furn. rooms, all util. incl., Deer Park, AND Rosedale, 403-877-1294

3190

Mobile Lot

CLASSIFICATIONS

3020

DUPLEX, near hospital, 3 bdrm, 1 1/2 bath, 2 parking stalls, NS, newly reno’d, $1100/mo + utils, 403-348-9124 LACOMBE, 2 bdrm., house, 1 car garage, huge yard, avail. Nov. 1, $815 + utils. 403-352-1865

Condos/ Townhouses

3030

3 BDRM. townhouse in Red Deer, 1.5 bath, 4 appl. 403-887-4670 or 403-350-6194 AVAIL., 3 bdrm. townhouse close to schools and all amenities, 4 appls., rent $1100 + utils. + DD. 403-506-0054

LARGE, 1 & 2 BDRM. SUITES. 25+, adults only n/s, no pets 403-346-7111

MORRISROE MANOR Rental incentives avail. 1 & 2 bdrm. adult bldg. only, N/S, No pets. 403-596-2444 TOO MUCH STUFF? Let Classifieds help you sell it.

NEW Glendale reno’d 1 & 2 bdrm. apartments, rent $750, last month of lease free, immed. occupancy. 403-596-6000

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homes CLASSIFICATIONS 4000-4190

Realtors & Services

4010

SECOND 2 NONE Fall Clean-up ~ Trim brush, clean eavestroughs, snow removal. 403-302-7778

Call GORD ING at RE/MAX real estate central alberta 403-341-9995 Tired of Standing? Find something to sit on in Classifieds

Condos/ Townhouses

4040

LEGACY Estates Seniors Complex, $189,900, 2 bdrm, 2 bath, all appliances. For sale by owner, (403) 318-1839.

#43, 26553 Highway 11 E (Herder Subdivision.) Sat. Oct. 22, 2-4 PM. Private acreage close to Red Deer city limits in Herder Subdivision. Totally renovated 5 bedroom 4 level split on 1.83 Acres. Spacious kitchen with all new cupboards, appliances and Áooring. A must see. Call Carol Clark 403-350-4919 for more information.

Central Alberta’s Largest Car Lot in Classifieds

PUBLIC NOTICES

Public Notices

6010

NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND CLAIMANTS Estate of

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wheels CLASSIFICATIONS 5000-5300

Tires, Parts Acces.

5180

Public Notices

Bernard Michael PAPP

who died on August 27, 2016 If you have a claim against this estate, you must Àle your claim by November 26, 2016 with Robert J. Warrender at

ALTALAW LLP

5233 49 Avenue Red Deer, Alberta T4N6G5 and provide details of your claim. If you do not Àle by the date above, the estate property can lawfully be distributed without regard to any claim you may have.

6010 PUBLIC NOTICE

NORTH RED DEER REGIONAL WASTEWATER SERVICES COMMISSION ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND ENHANCEMENT ACT

NOTICE OF APPLICATION In accordance with the Environmental Protection and Enhancement Act, the North Red Deer Regional Wastewater Services Commission has applied to Alberta Environment and Parks for Approval of a wastewater transmission line between the City of Lacombe and the City of Red Deer. The alignment starts in the City of Lacombe at the regional lift station located in the NE 29-040-26 W4 and connects to the City of Red Deer Wastewater Treatment Plant in the NW 33-038-27 W4. Approximately 25 km of line is force main and 2 km is gravity pipeline, with two wastewater pumping stations. Construction methods proposed are standard open cut except for trenchless crossings of wetlands, watercourses, and pipeline and road crossings. A permanent 15 m right of way will be established, and most of the alignment is located adjacent to existing rural roadways to minimize environmental impacts and occasionally crosses through undeveloped road allowance. A directly affected person may provide input into certain regulatory decisions, as allowed by the Environmental Protection and Enhancement Act (Section 73). Specifically, any person who is directly affected by this application may submit a written statement of concern within 30 days of the date of this notice to: Environment and Parks Regulatory Approvals Center 5th Floor, 9915-108 Street, Edmonton, AB T5K 2G8 Fax: (780) 422-0154 E-mail: esrd.epeaapplications@gov.ab.ca The written statement of concern should include the following: The application number 001-385582; describe concerns that are relevant to matters regulated by the Environmental Protection and Enhancement Act; explain how the filer of the concern will be directly affected by the activities proposed in the application; provide the legal land location of the land owned or used by the filer where the concerns described are believed to be applicable; state the distance between the land owned or used by the filer and the site in the application; and contact information including the full name and mailing address of the filer. Please provide a telephone number and/or email address for ease of contact.

Statements of concern submitted regarding this application are public records which are accessible by the public and the applicant. Failure to file a statement of concern may affect the right to file a Notice of Appeal with the Environmental Appeals Board.

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Environment and Parks will review each written statement of concern, seek more information if needed, and notify each filer by letter of the decision to accept or reject their written submission as a valid statement of concern.