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Docs demand cardiac cath lab

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Benefits of flu shot outweigh risks

BY ADVOCATE STAFF A well-established life-saving treatment for heart attack victims that also reduces health care and other costs is not available in Red Deer.

Local doctors say they are fed up with Red Deer Regional Hospital Centre continually being overlooked for a cardiac catheterization lab. They are becoming activists for their patients over the issue and they want Central Albertans to join them in pushing for the service sooner rather than later.

On Sunday, the Facebook page, Central Alberta Needs Cardiac Catheterization, was launched and an online petition is also in the works, Dr. Kym Jim, head of Internal Medicine at Red Deer Regional Hospital Centre, said Monday.

Dr. Gustavo Nogareda, head of Cardiology at RDRHC who has done thousands of the procedures at other hospitals, said a local research project showed it could save about 30 lives each year, shorten hospital stays by two days, result in less heart damage therefore less medical care further on, and allow people to continue on with their lives and be productive.

Nogareda said having a “cardiac cath lab” in Red Deer would save health care costs of $3.5 million annually.

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BY LANA MICHELIN ADVOCATE STAFF

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Scott Bere gets an anti-influenza vaccination on Monday at the first Alberta Health Services flu clinic of the season held in Red Deer at the Westerner’s Harvest Centre.

Dozens of people rolled up their sleeves to fight the flu bug at the first Alberta Health Services clinic of the season in Red Deer.

Among those being immunized at Monday’s free flu clinic at the Westerner’s Harvest Centre were the Bere family. Alison and Scott Bere brought in their toddlers Emerson, 2, and Ethan, 15 months, because they know influenza can be a tough battle for children.

“For them to get the flu can be more serious than for my husband and I, because they’re so young,” said Alison.

Little Ethan cried briefly after getting a needle, but his big sister, Emerson, didn’t have to shed tears. She qualified for sniffing the vaccine — the immunization can be administered as a nasal mist for children 2 to 17 years, without lessened efficacy.

According to Dr. Digby Horne, medical officer of health for the Central Zone of Alberta Health Services, seniors and children are at higher risk of developing grave complications from the flu — as are people with chronic health problems.

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City council delays approval of redevelopment plan

BY SUSAN ZIELINSKI ADVOCATE STAFF

RIVERLANDS PUBLIC HEARING

City council continues to refine the future of Riverlands.

Council decided to table consideration of Riverlands Area Redevelopment Plan and the land-use bylaw amendment required to carry out the vision of the plan for up to three months to allow administration to meet with property owners regarding issues identified at the public hearing for Riverlands ARP held on Monday.

The issues included clarifying future uses within commercial areas, adequacy of green space, reviewing the pedestrian link as it pertains to existing businesses, parking availability of Riverwalk and Alexander Way, and clarity around processes and timing of Riverlands development.

Council heard from 10 residents or business owners at the public hearing.

Residents from West Park wanted the council to reduce the building height for any building that would be developed at the former Electric, Light and Power site. In September, council passed an amendment that maximum height would be eight storeys.

Prior to tabling, council passed the following amendments to the Riverlands plan:

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Local BRIEFS College honoured for marketing excellence Red Deer College brought home eight awards for marketing excellence this month.

On Oct. 13, the college received six gold medals, one silver and one bronze at the National Council for Marketing & Public Relations (NCMPR) District 7 Medallion Awards held in Walla Walla, Wash.

The annual Medallion Awards recognize outstanding achievement in communications at community and technical colleges in district 7, which includes Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, Alberta, British Columbia, Saskatchewan and Yukon Territory.

A total of 129 entries were submitted for awards from educational institutions this year.

College received gold medals for We’ve Got Your Back recruitment campaign wall decal placed in Red Deer High Schools; We’ve Got Your Back recruitment campaign video: RDC custom online viewbook; Shaping Our Future case for support; School of Creative Arts season plays poster series; and the 2016 convocation program.

The college took home a silver medal for the entire recruitment campaign for We’ve Got Your Back, and a bronze medal for School of Creative Arts welcome video.

NCMPR the only regional competition of its kind that honours excellence exclusively among marketing and PR professionals at community and technical colleges. NCMPR has more than 1,550 members from nearly 650 colleges across Canada, the United States and other countries.

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Phil Currie, right, and some of the Mongolian crew working on the site in Mongolia. An ancient bone bed in a remote Mongolian desert presents tantalizing clues that dinosaurs of a feather may flocked together for the same reasons modern birds do.

Feathered dinosaurs may have ‘flocked’ together like modern birds: study

Woman jailed four months on drug, other charges A Whitecourt woman found with drugs during an RCMP bust at Sylvan Lake hotel was sentenced to a little over four months in prison on Monday.

Danielle Erin Morrell, 26, pleaded guilty to possession of marijuana and meth and several charges of failing to comply with probation and other court orders.

Morrell had originally been charged with much more serious possession of drugs for the purpose of trafficking, but federal Crown prosecutor Donna Derie-Gillespie agreed to amend one charge to simple possession and others were withdrawn in Red Deer Court of Queen’s Bench.

The federal Crown prosecutor and Morrell’s defence lawyer agreed on a joint submission for a 131-day sentence to be satisfied by her time already spent in prison.

Defence lawyer Michael Scrase said Morrell got caught up in the local drug scene after moving from Whitecourt. An ongoing investigation led police with a search warrant to her hotel room on Jan. 4, 2015.

Morrell has five- and seven-year-old sons, who have lived with relatives since she has been in prison. On release, she plans to seek addictions treatment before taking custody of her children again.

Scrase said Morrell’s parents have been battling health problems and she wants to be with them.

Residents urged to move trailers, motorhomes Red Deer residents are reminded to relocate their holiday trailers and motorhomes for fall and winter.

Holiday trailers and recreation vehicles are allowed on a front-yard parking pad starting Apr. 1, but must be moved to an alternate location by Nov. 1. in accordance with the city’s Land Use Bylaw.

Fines for not complying start at $250 for the first offence.

For more information, residents can view the Land Use Bylaw online at www.reddeer.ca.

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS EDMONTON — An ancient bone bed in a remote Mongolian desert presents tantalizing clues that dinosaurs of a feather may have flocked together for the same reasons modern birds do.

“We’re starting to realize how much birds have inherited from their dinosaur ancestors,” said Gregory Funston, a paleontologist at the University of Alberta and lead author of a paper published Monday in the journal Nature.

Funston and his co-authors have drawn their conclusions from an extensive bone bed of Avimimus fossils discovered a decade ago. The bed is likely to contain the remains of dozens of individuals of the feathered, warm-blooded, beaked dinosaur.

Scientists have long known that some dinosaurs lived together in groups but the Avimimus deposit is unique for two reasons.

The first is that remains from this type of dinosaur have only been found in a group fewer than six times anywhere in the world.

The second reason is even more interesting. Normal flocks would include both adults and juveniles, but almost all the individuals found in the Mongolian bone bed were adults.

“It suggests to us this is the result of behaviour, in which the adults group to exclude young individuals,” said Funston.

It could be mating behaviour, such as when sage grouse gather in large groups of adults. It could be foraging behaviour, as seen in ostriches, which change their diet as they age. Or it could be some other reason, still unknown.

Because the fossils were disturbed by a flood some time after the original bones were deposited, scientists can’t yet surmise exactly what the Avimimus flock was up to when it was wiped out.

Bird behaviour likely provides the best explanation, suggested Funston.

“Once you get to this group of dinosaurs, birds are probably the best comparison. They’re (dinos) probably warm-blooded. They’re all feathered.”

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By this time, about 70 million years ago, the earliest birds had already evolved from an ancestor they shared with Avimimus. But scientists have yet to discover a fossil bed of those first birds which holds as many individuals as the dinosaur site in Funston’s paper.

That makes that site one of the oldest examples of the sort of behaviour that modern bird-watchers still witness on a regular basis.

“It’s the furthest down the bird tree we’ve found this kind of behaviour,” Funston said.

“That’s part of why we study these dinosaurs, because they have a common ancestor with birds.

“If we can understand the better fossil record of the dinosaurs, we can better understand that common ancestor. It is really important for understanding how birds started to group together into these flocks and how all these behavioural systems evolved.”

The site, a two-day drive from the Mongolian capital of Ulaan Baatar where everything researchers need to live and work had to be trucked in, still has much to teach. Funston said only about 12 square metres of a 100-square-metre dig have been excavated.

Further research on the bones could be productive as well. If it turns out males are prevalent, that suggests the fossil bed could be a former site for mating behaviour.

“There’s a lot left to learn, a lot more work to be done.”

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Gender identity central to custody case JUDGES ORDERED BOY NOT TO WEAR GIRLS CLOTHES IN PUBLIC

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS MEDICINE HAT — A sexual minorities expert says judges need to be better educated about gender identity after two Alberta family court judges ruled that a child born a boy couldn’t wear girls clothes in public.

The case involves a couple in Medicine Hat fighting over custody of the five-year-old.

The mother supports what she says is the child’s wish to identify and dress as a girl, but the father does not and blames the mother for the child’s gender confusion.

Last year, a judge ruled the child

could only wear girls clothes in private. A second judge later upheld the decision.

A third judge recently removed the restriction and said the child can choose what clothes to wear.

“These kinds of decisions shouldn’t be happening, particularly when our human rights legislation has changed,” Kris Wells with the Institute for Sexual Minority Studies and Services at the University of Alberta said Monday.

“Some of these attitudes need to be challenged and corrected.”

Wells has been helping the mother and said she doesn’t want the family identified.

He said the case makes it clear that

the “next frontier” of awareness and education for the courts is gender identity, particularly involving young children.

Wells said he hopes Alberta Justice will look at the case and support the judiciary in becoming more knowledgeable and inclusive about gender issues.

Justice Minister Kathleen Ganley said in an emailed statement that while she can’t comment on the specifics of the case, the government added gender identity and expression as prohibited grounds of discrimination to the province’s human rights act last fall.

“This step was a strong signal to let

Power plant delayed over coal-phase out uncertainty

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS CALGARY — Capital Power has once again delayed a final go-ahead on its new natural gas-fired power plant because of continued uncertainty about Alberta’s coal phase-out and power market.

The proposed $1.4-billion Genesee 4 and 5 power plant, half-owned by utility Enmax Corp., has had all its regulatory approvals in place since early 2015.

Edmonton-based Capital Power said it is now targeting the first quarter of 2017 to approve the project, after

Local BRIEFS One man stabbed, others assaulted with bear spray A Maskwacis man was stabbed in the arm and others were bear sprayed in Ponoka on Sunday night.

RCMP were called to the downtown area at about 11:40 p.m. Witnesses told police a man was stabbed and several other people were assaulted with bear spray.

The wounded man had already been taken to hospital with a knife wound in his arm. He was listed in stable condition.

A suspect was identified and arrested shortly after the incident.

A 24-year-old has been charged with aggravated assault and possession of a weapon for a dangerous purpose. He is scheduled to appear in Ponoka provincial court on Nov. 4.

Police continue to investigate this incident and are asking anyone with information to contact Ponoka RCMP at 403-783-4472 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 (TIPS), or online at www. tipsubmit.com.

Job fair scheduled for next month A company that connects hiring employers with qualified workers is holding a Red Deer job fair next month.

It will be one of five similar events hosted by Hire10 next month. Medicine

a previous delay in April that it said brought modestly higher cost and risk.

The company said the Genesee project is contingent on fair compensation for the early closure of its coal facilities, which it expects to get clarity on by the end of the year, as well as favourable conditions in the Alberta electricity market.

Last week Premier Rachel Notley confirmed in her state of the province address that the government will provide coal emitters with some of the capital needed to close their plants, and to invest in cleaner power production.

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This is now law, and we expect all Albertans to follow the law,” Ganley said.

Although Wells has never before heard of a case like this in the courts, there have recently been others in Alberta that highlight a lack of judicial awareness.

Three Alberta judges faced scrutiny for remarks they made during sexual assault trials. The most high-profile case centred on federal Judge Robin Camp, who was a provincial court judge in Calgary when he asked a rape complainant why she didn’t keep her knees together. He has since apologized and had counselling and training.

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A wide range of employers have already signed up to participate in Red Deer’s show including representatives from oilfield services, fast food, marketing and hair dressing among others.

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The event gives job hunters a chance to meet hiring managers and recruiters from companies that have pledged to hire 10 local people within the next 3 months.

The event runs from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and tickets for sessions starting at 10 a.m., 11 a.m., noon and 1 p.m. can be found by registering at www.hire10.ca.

Central Alberta Co-op proposes partnership with Eckville Co-op Central Alberta Co-op is looking to expand.

A partnership with Eckville Co-op has been proposed, a move that Central Alberta Co-op believes will make both organizations stronger.

“This partnership only helps to strengthen the total value that we offer our members, employees, customers and communities,” said Lori Piper, Central Alberta Co-op member relations and marketing manager in a statement announcing the proposed merger.

The name Central Alberta Co-op would be retained following a partnership. If approved by members, They will be able to use a single Co-op number in 10 communities and 42 locations.

Co-op members and owners can vote on the proposal at Red Deer’s Baymont Inn and Suites (formerly Red Deer Lodge) at 4311 49th Ave. on Nov. 17 at a meeting beginning at 7 p.m.

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Alberta byelection focused on energy CHANTAL HÉBERT OPINION

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n past Parliaments, the choice of a new MP for the Alberta riding of Medicine Hat-Cardston-Warner on Monday would have been a bit of a non-event.

The seat is a Conservative stronghold. MP Jim Hillyer, who died suddenly earlier this year, won with 69 per cent of the vote in last year’s election.

One has to go back to 1968 and Pierre Trudeau’s first campaign for the last time a Liberal held the seat.

The experiment ended four years later and was never repeated.

This seat is definitely not a bellwether riding. But it is located at ground zero of the Conservative war against carbon pricing, in a province that has been road-testing its first-ever NDP government.

The byelection is taking place just as Justin Trudeau has declared his intention to set a national floor price on carbon.

While the result Monday night will not change the dynamics in the House of Commons, each of the main parties has a dog of sorts in this fight.

The New Democrats are not bracing for bad news Monday. That’s because they already know they are going to have a bad night.

As of Friday, there was no heads-up about an imminent byelection vote on the federal party’s website. Beverly Waege, the party’s candidate, came relatively late to the campaign and, by all appearances, whatever national support she is getting is either minimal or extraordinarily discreet.

Waege ran provincially in 2015, but if Premier Rachel Notley has put boots on the ground to support her former candidate, her foot soldiers are treading softly.

More than anything, this byelection has illustrated the dysfunctional nature of the relationship between the federal NDP opposition and Alberta’s New Democrat government.

While Thomas Mulcair and his caucus have been pushing in the Commons for more stringent carbon reduction measures, Notley has made her support for Trudeau’s climate change agenda contingent on the approval of

more pipelines to take Alberta’s oil to tidewater.

As a lame duck leader, Mulcair is not in a position to campaign effectively on his party’s behalf. This week, B.C. MP Peter Julian took the first step toward running to succeed him.

He withdrew from his role as the party’s House leader. But Julian is not the best ambassador the federal NDP would want to send to Medicine Hat, for he is no friend of pipelines.

One of the most prominent items on his website is a call to arms against Enbridge’s Northern Gateway project.

The Liberals finished second in Medicine Hat last year, almost doubling their 2011 score. To put that in perspective, they were still 50 points behind the Conservatives. In theory, they are campaigning in the face of an even stronger headwind this fall.

Polls report that two thirds of Albertans are against Trudeau’s carbon pricing plan and, at the provincial level, the Conservatives are enjoying a revival in voting intentions. The Prairies is the only region in the country where the federal Liberals do not hold a lead on the competition.

But that did not stop Trudeau from drawing a big crowd on a stop to the

riding last week. His visit was the highlight of the campaign.

Depending on who you ask, at least 1,000 people and as many as double that number showed up to see the first prime minister to set foot in the riding since Kim Campbell in the mid-1990s.

Only a handful of them were there to protest the carbon tax.

The upside of having a political rock star as leader is that a party never needs to fear failing to fill a hall. The downside is that it is not a given that curiosity translates into votes.

If only by proxy, carbon pricing is on Monday’s byelection ballot.

The Liberals will take any uptick in support as a gift. This is a riding populated by some of the harshest critics of their climate-change approach. By comparison, the Conservatives, who declared an all-out war on carbon pricing at both the Alberta and the federal level, are essentially preaching to the converted.

They can only hope for a big victory since, to continue to win ridings like Medicine Hat on those terms in the future, they may have to sacrifice candidates in a lot of other ridings.

Chantal Hébert is a syndicated Torstar national affairs writer.

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All too familiar

Re: Mr. George Croome’s letter to the editor Oct 21.

I hear what you’re saying, and as a 33-year-old born and raised Canadian I am sickened by what our democracy has become. I totally agree you should be able to phone up and talk to your elected representative. You didn’t vote for the staff that runs the office.

Whether you voted for (Red Deer South MLA Barb Miller) or not, her duty is to listen to you and help you out if she can. I recently moved here from Vancouver, and this is typical in B.C. as well. I suspect it is quite typical across the country, which is quite sad.

There is one way to get access to the MP, or MLA. What I find even more frustrating is when you email them and they have their staff respond, two weeks later if they do at all. Again you didn’t vote for the staff but that’s who is responding. I guess what has to be asked is and I will ask it Donald Trumpish to raise some eyebrows.

We seem to have the same issues that are constantly being talked about, health care, jobs, the economy, crime and yet the elected officials are never around to talk to Joe public, or in this case George public. So what are they doing? Planning their RED DEER

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next fundraiser? Having lunch meetings with other staff about their golf games? Barb, I hope to see a letter from George saying that you finally responded and helped him out.

Grant Crossley, Red Deer

Tax on living

I read Greg Neiman’s Oct. 18 (column I like the carbon tax because it makes me money. I believe the carbon tax is nothing short of a tax on living since we must heat our homes and we cannot exist without some form of carbon taxable transportation, or in Greg’s case, at least municipal services so he can ride his bike. I never rode a bike as transportation but now I really can’t.

I made my living in an energy conservation industry and sure we can always sharpen efficiency and must continually strive to minimize our environmental impact but Greg, you and your family members from infants to seniors will pay more for food, clothing and every other good and service once the carbon tax has settled in.

You have immense faith in government intent and ability to properly direct the taxes collected without misdirection, waste and administration losses. I hope you enjoy the ride but News News tips 403-314-4333 Sports line 403-343-2244 News fax 403-341-6560 Sports reporter 403-314-4338 editorial@reddeeradvocate.com

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Carbon tax to drive prices

Neiman, a strong NDP supporter is towing the company line to pop a few buttons on the NDP carbon chest. His first statement says he can’t wait to get his $300 carbon cheque in January.

Not sure how that is going to happen because they have no money in that fund yet, and also they haven’t said how these payments are going to be made.

Congratulations on making your house more efficient with modern efficient furnaces and LED light bulbs.

Every one I know has invested in this (costly renovations) because we were trying to ease our costs by being more efficient, and then Rachel comes in and takes that cost efficiency away with a carbon tax, because of the carbon tax the prices on absolutely everything will go up. Everything.

Also I remember a $1,000,000 boondoggle of the painting and then removal of painted bicycle lanes. So I hope you will forgive me if I find your $1,000 a year savings for biking a little bit hypocritical. Your bicycle group cost us a million so you can save a $1,000. I am still angry about that.

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I also want you know that I believe in climate change because it has been happening since the dawn of time. Fifteen-thousand years ago had we been alive you and I would be having this conversation sitting under a few thousand feet of glacier ice — part of the glaciers still depleting high up in the mountains. My little car had no hand in that.

L.C. (Loyal) Smith, Red Deer

Polluters to pay

Thank you for sharing your personal costs on our upcoming carbon tax.

Brilliant — well argued and cogent!

Who can argue with your personal calculations? You also avoided sidetracking your argument by delving side issues, like the merits of the cause. So let me.

Pricing carbon calculates the environmental cost of using carbon based fuels to produce useful products. Pollution is a byproduct. You can argue that the price mechanism is wrong but nearly everyone wants polluters to pay. Why wouldn’t we reduce pollution where we can? The market will find solutions just as it did when we saw that lead based fuels were harming the environment.

Dale Boddy, Red Deer

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NEWS

Tuesday, Oct. 25, 2016

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Protesters pack Parliament Hill POLICE ISSUE 99 TRESPASS CITATIONS DURING PIPELINE PROTEST ‘IF TRUDEAU WANTS US ON HIS TEAM IN 2019, HE CANNOT APPROVE THIS (TRANS MOUNTAIN) PIPELINE.’

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — The Liberal government’s conflicting climate and pipeline policies were thrown into sharp relief Monday as more than 200 protesters marched on Parliament Hill demanding Prime Minister Justin Trudeau reject any new oilsands infrastructure.

The protest resulted in the brief detention of 99 individuals, all of them issued citations by the RCMP for trespassing after climbing over police barricades near the foot of the Peace Tower.

The immediate focus of the demonstration was the proposed expansion of Kinder Morgan’s Trans Mountain pipeline from Alberta to Burnaby, B.C., which the Liberals have said they’ll decide upon by mid-December.

But the larger theme was keeping fossil fuels in the ground, as many signs proclaimed, and urging Trudeau to keep his word on Canada’s international emissions-cutting promises.

On Monday, the World Meteorological Organization released its 2015 inventory of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere and found that, on average, there were 400 parts per million of carbon dioxide in earth’s atmosphere.

That compares to about 278 parts per million before the industrial revolution.

The report predicts that “2016 will be the first year in which CO2 at the Mauna Loa Observatory remains above 400 ppm all year, and hence for many generations.”

It is that cumulative increase that pipeline protesters insist doesn’t allow for more expansion of fossil fuels such as Alberta’s oilsands.

“Climate Leaders Don’t Build Pipelines,” said a giant banner carried at the front of the protest group, which

— AMANDA HARVEY-SANCHEZ PROTEST SPOKESWOMAN

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A protester is detained by Parliamentary Security and the RCMP after she attempted to go through a barrier during a demonstration on Parliament Hill, Monday in Ottawa. was dominated by university students from Toronto, Montreal and Ottawa.

Protest organizers called it the largest act of student climate civil disobedience in Canadian history, but the boisterous rally was a polite affair.

After some initial pushing and shoving at the police barricades, the protesters began individually climbing over the gates, often with police assistance, where they were then charged.

The first dozen or so were handcuffed before being led away, but most of the detained protesters were not.

Andrew Stein, a McGill University environmental sciences student, said forcing the police to arrest them was the point of the exercise.

“It gets attention and it gets the word out there that climate leaders do not build pipelines,” Stein said in an interview shortly before climbing the

barricade himself.

Protest spokeswoman Amanda Harvey-Sanchez, a third-year University of Toronto student, said pipeline approvals are a deal-breaker for many younger voters who helped propel the Trudeau Liberals to a majority government in last October’s general election.

“If Trudeau wants us on his team in 2019, he cannot approve this (Trans Mountain) pipeline,” said Harvey-Sanchez.

“We’re coming here to the capital to call on Trudeau to reject Kinder Morgan.”

Protest organizers said the 99 detained individuals, including Stein and Harvey-Sanchez, were issued citations that bar them from Parliament Hill for three months, but they were not fined.

Natural Resources Minister Jim Carr shrugged off the protest, saying “dissent is the hallmark of democracy.”

“We’ve been saying all along that environmental stewardship and economic growth go hand-in-hand in Canada,” he said.

“We have already announced — and we will continue to announce — very aggressive measures to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, always mindful of job opportunities for Canadians in the clean technology sector and in the energy sector overall.”

Green companies demand firm targets for renewable power

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS EDMONTON — Green energy groups have joined an environmental think tank in calling on the Alberta government to legislate firm targets for renewable power.

The Pembina Institute and a number of green energy firms say in a letter to Premier Rachel Notley and oth-

ers in her government that the province has shown strong leadership in its Climate Leadership Plan.

But the letter says there are questions about how the targets will be enforced and what considerations would lead to a deviation from the targets.

The government is moving to phase out coal-fired power by 2030 and simultaneously triple renewable energy’s share of the power supply to 30 per

cent.

The groups that signed the letter are asking the Alberta government to turn that target into law.

The letter says more companies will enter the market if there’s certainty, meaning bids for green energy projects will be lower.

Alberta Environment Minister Shannon Phillips has said an auction-style call for renewable genera-

tion proposals will be announced in November.

She has also said support could come in the form of government purchases of renewable energy credits from the projects on long-term contracts, or through “contract-for-differences” agreements that would top-up developer revenue when prices fall.

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Tuesday, Oct. 25, 2016

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Ottawa to revamp food guide

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — A Conservative senator who helped craft a report on the country’s obesity crisis is cheering the federal government’s plan to overhaul the Canada Food Guide, but wants Health Canada taken to task for what he considers flawed dietary advice.

Sen. Kelvin Ogilvie, chair of a Senate committee that spent more than a year examining the obesity issue, said the review needs to address what he considers obvious problems, such as characterizing fruit juice as a healthy food choice.

“When you take a glass of squeezed orange juice as the equivalent of roughly the sugar of five oranges in a single glass, that is obscene,” Ogilvie said Monday after Health Minister Jane Philpott unveiled the proposed changes.

“Using an example like fruit juices as an example of a healthy diet is simply wrong.”

Philpott used a key policy speech in Montreal to announce that Health Canada is launching consultations on revamping the venerable food guide — an exercise whose success needs to be measured in actions, not words, Ogilvie said.

Part of the revision process will include looking at all dietary guidance on beverages, Health Canada officials said Monday, adding the department is very aware of the “debate” around juice and will take it into consider-

File photo by THE CANADIAN PRESS

Various vegetables are on display at the Jean Talon Market in Montreal. The federal government is moving to replace the outdated Canada Food Guide in an attempt to stem an obesity crisis plaguing the country. Health Minister Jane Philpott announced a consultation process Monday to update the ineffective nutrition guide with better recommendations and the latest scientific evidence. ation while reviewing the guide.

The guide, which was last updated in 2007, will be the subject of public consultations until Dec. 8, the government said.

Ogilvie cheered the decision to update the guide, but said he has a hard time understanding how Health Can-

ada can continue to defend it in its current form.

“The statement by Health Canada that its food guide is fairly good, that it is based on science … is absolute nonsense,” he said. Scientific evidence contradicts the guide in a number of areas, including carbohydrates, he

Justice minister, former PM defend top court selection process

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — Justice Minister Jody Wilson-Raybould says the Liberal government is going to stick with the selection process that led to the nomination of Newfoundland and Labrador justice Malcolm Rowe to the Supreme Court of Canada.

“A modern, dynamic, 21st-century court needed a modern, dynamic, 21st-century selection process,” Wilson-Raybould said Monday as she defended the new selection process during an appearance before the House of Commons justice committee.

The Liberal government revealed changes to the way it would appoint Supreme Court justices in August, saying it wanted to bring more openness and transparency to the process, while also encouraging more diversity and requiring functional bilingualism among judges on the high court.

It was also the first time that Canadians were invited to apply for the job.

Wilson-Raybould and former prime minister Kim Campbell, who led the non-partisan advisory board tasked with coming up with a shortlist of candidates, appeared before the committee to explain the process and defend the choice of Rowe as one of the contenders.

On Tuesday, MPs, senators and even law students will get the chance to put their questions directly to Rowe when he sits down for a question-and-answer session at the University of Ottawa.

“This is historic and it provides an opportunity to invite Canadians into a process wherein they will have the opportunity to get to know the next Supreme Court of Canada justice,” Wilson-Raybould said of the session, which will be moderated by McGill University law professor Daniel Jutras.

However, Conservative and New Democrat MPs on the committee pointed out they would have liked to be involved in the actual creation of a shortlist.

added.

“The minister needs to take Health Canada in this area and shake them by the neck,” he said. “How can they, today, make that statement that their food guide is based on science?”

Philpott, speaking at the Cardiovascular Congress in Montreal, acknowledged that the long-overdue changes are likely to have an impact on the food industry.

“We need to make choices that are good for Canadians, that will support them in making healthy choices, and we will obviously make sure that we will do that in a way that allows industry time to catch up.”

The revision is part of a multi-year, healthy eating strategy that will also include regulations to eliminate trans fats and cut the amount of salt in processed foods.

Health Canada says four out of five Canadians are at risk of developing cancer, heart disease or Type-2 diabetes.

Statistics show that six out of 10 adults are considered overweight and nearly one-third of young people also fall into the overweight or obese category.

The Health Department said it plans to updated dietary guidelines by the end of 2018 that will reflect the most up-to-date scientific evidence on diet and health.

Other initiatives include updated nutrition labels on pre-packaged foods and restricting marketing to children.

Canada BRIEFS Tory leadership hopeful Blaney aims to stem ‘erosion’ of Canadian values

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Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada Jody Wilson-Raybould (left) and former prime minister Kim Campbell wait to appear before the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights Monday in Ottawa.

“It has no legal standing,” NDP MP Murray Rankin said of the Tuesday event.

Wilson-Raybould said she would take any and all feedback from the justice committee into consideration, but stressed that having an independent, non-partisan advisory board be the one to come up with a shortlist is a central part of the new selection process.

There will be much fodder for questions Tuesday.

The government published the questionnaire Rowe completed as part of the application process, detailing his views on issues such as diversity, the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, aboriginal treaty rights and the role of the court in a constitutional democracy.

“I don’t think we’ve ever had such a

document about anyone who’s gone to the Supreme Court of Canada,” Campbell told the committee.

The fact that Rowe is a judge from the Newfoundland and Labrador Court of Appeal is also likely to be a topic of discussion.

The Liberals had been coming under fire from the opposition for saying their selection process would not necessarily follow the custom of regional representation, which would have ordinarily meant the successor to retired Justice Thomas Cromwell, from Nova Scotia, would be from Atlantic Canada.

Campbell, who said she understood the terms of reference to mean the advisory board needed to come up with at least two candidates from the region, said they had no trouble finding them.

OTTAWA — Conservative leadership candidate Steven Blaney says he would introduce a bill calling for Canadians to have to show their face when they vote or take the oath of citizenship.

In his first policy announcement since revealing his leadership bid on the weekend, Blaney said Monday it’s time for a discussion on Canadian identity.

The former public safety minister says he would bring back a new face-covering law as a way of stemming what he calls the “slow and steady erosion” of Canadian values.

Under the proposed rules, all federal officials — regardless of whether they offer services on the front lines — would be forbidden from having their face covered when dealing with the public.

“The entire public service, whether in direct contact (or not) with the population, must reflect Canadian society,” he said.

A Blaney-led government wouldn’t hesitate to use the notwithstanding clause to stop the Supreme Court of Canada from striking down the measure.

“We must ensure that these new Canadians we welcome understand how we live,” Blaney said. “We do not want our country to become like the country they left.”

He says the discussion has been going on for years in Quebec, which he lauded for playing a leading role in dealing with the challenge.

Public hearings are underway in the province on Bill 62, the Liberal government’s attempt to legislate on religious accommodation.

Gasps, tears as court quashes Oland murder conviction

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS FREDERICTON — New Brunswick’s Court of Appeal has overturned Dennis Oland’s conviction for the second-degree murder of his millionaire father, and ordered a new trial.

Oland showed no immediate reaction, but his wife Lisa Oland gasped as she held hands with Dennis’s mother Connie. Both women were in tears.

The appeal court rejected Oland’s claim that the verdict was unreasonable, but found the trial judge did not properly instruct the jury on evidence around the jacket Oland was wearing the day of the murder.

“His instructions on a key piece of the evidentiary puzzle are fundamentally flawed,” said Chief Justice Ernest Drapeau.

Oland told police he was wearing a navy blazer, but later admitted he was wearing a brown Hugo Boss jacket.

The Crown portrayed the statement as an intentional lie, while the defence and Oland himself said it was an honest mistake.

The brown jacket was later found to have minuscule blood stains and DNA matching the profile of Oland’s 69-year-old father, Richard, who was found bludgeoned to death in his Saint John office on July 7, 2011.

“Significantly, the trial judge did not instruct the jurors that even if they found the appellant’s erroneous state-

ment was a lie, it had no probative value unless they concluded on the basis of other evidence independent of that finding, that the lie was fabricated or concocted to conceal his involvement in the murder of his father,” Drapeau said.

“The jurors might well have found the appellant lied about the jacket he was wearing and, in the closing moments of their deliberations, distilled from that their finding the clinching element for their verdict,” he said.

“We are therefore compelled to quash the conviction and order a new trial.”

The court’s decision came in a packed courtroom Monday, with the public seating full more than an hour ahead of the ruling. Many of Oland’s family were in attendance, including Derek Oland, Richard’s brother.

“I am very pleased,” Derek Oland, the executive chairman of Moosehead Breweries Ltd., said in a statement after the ruling. “We continue to believe Dennis is innocent.”

Outside court, Oland’s wife grinned broadly when asked how she felt. Larry Cain, a family friend, said the ruling was good news. “We’re very happy,” he added.

Dennis sat at the back of the courtroom, wearing a black pin-striped suit and flanked by two sheriff’s deputies.

The financial planner and scion of one of the Maritimes’ most prominent families — the Olands founded

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Dennis Oland heads from court in Fredericton on Monday. The New Brunswick Court of Appeal has ordered a new trial in the second-degree murder conviction of Oland in the 2011 bludgeoning death of his father, Richard Oland.

Moosehead in 1867 — had been convicted by a jury in December and sentenced to life in prison with no eligibility for parole for at least 10 years.

Drapeau said the three-judge panel

was unable to come up with “a comprehensive set of reasons for our decision” during deliberations over the weekend, and instead delivered only a summary.

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Tuesday, Oct. 25, 2016

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Tug disaster prompts rethink

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS

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The submerged tugboat Nathan E. Stewart is shown in an Oct.23, 2016 handout photo. A report says two tanks containing oil or contaminants from a submerged tug west of Bella Bella, off British Columbia’s central coast, were either torn open or severely damaged when the vessel ran aground. porting petroleum cargo products.

The American-owned tug had been granted a waiver by the authority that allowed it to transit in Canadian waters without a Canadian marine pilot.

New rules tighten restrictions on waiver holders, specify that ships have two people on the bridge at all times, and subject every ship to random checks.

“The lesson learned from the Nathan E. Stewart incident and the measures introduced today will help us increase the safe, reliable and efficient marine pilotage of B.C.’s coast waters for certain

RCMP shut key Labrador road as protest grows

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS MUSKRAT FALLS, N.L. — Protesters who broke into the sprawling Muskrat Falls construction site are risking serious injury, the CEO of the Crown corporation in charge of the megaproject said Monday as RCMP shut a key road out of safety concerns.

“We are extremely concerned with the presence of the outside groups on our site, as it puts them and members of our team and contractors at risk,” Stan Marshall said in a statement Monday.

About 50 protesters entered the central Labrador site on Saturday and occupied an accommodation complex, prompting the company to remove about 700 workers from the grounds.

About two dozen protesters have since moved toward the actual construction zone, which poses a major risk to those without proper training and safety equipment, Marshall said.

“This is a large-scale construction site with heavy equipment,” Marshall said. “We continue to work with the RCMP and seek their guidance to ensure the safety of everyone involved.”

Nalcor has asked the protesters to leave the site and proceed to a designated safety zone outside the

MUSKRAT FALLS main gate, where they can continue their protest.

The RCMP later cited safety reasons for closing Route 510, which extends from Happy Valley-Goose Bay in central Labrador to the region’s southeast coast. The Mounties also said drivers can also expects delays on Route 500, which stretches across western Labrador.

“Emergency vehicles are in the area and drivers are asked to proceed with caution,” the RCMP said.

The protesters have drawn support from across the province and country in recent days over concerns about methylmercury contamination that will occur when a 41-square-kilometre area is flooded behind the hydroelectric dam.

Last week, Nalcor agreed to remove more forest cover from the area to alleviate those concerns. But the protesters say they also want all soil removed before the reservoir is created, citing research from a Harvard University research team.

Nalcor officials have said such a move would be unprecedented for a hydro project.

Hate crimes officers probe man linked to racist invective

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS ABBOTSFORD, B.C. — Officers with the Abbotsford Police Department have contacted the hate crimes unit and Crown counsel as they investigate a hate-filled rant caught on video.

Sgt. Judy Bird says the disturbing incident on Friday has been posted online.

She says a man who unleashed an angry tirade was mad about a ticket issued for parking in a reserved space.

The video shows a man getting out of a truck and walking aggressively toward the person who issued

the ticket and someone else who was recording the incident.

The passenger hurls a torrent of racial slurs, raising his arm and declaring a “white power” sentiment as he keeps swearing.

“When did you come to Canada?” he yells as he continues his expletive-laden tirade.

“I was born in Canada,” a man replies as the passenger gets back into the truck that is slowly driven out of a parking lot as the man carries on swearing.

Bird says police are not yet certain if the initial target of the slurs was an Abbotsford bylaw officer or an employee of a private parking firm.

Rafferty appeal swiftly dismissed

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — Ontario’s highest court swiftly dismissed an appeal Monday by the man convicted of killing eight-year-old Victoria Stafford.

Michael Rafferty was sentenced to life in prison in 2012 with no chance of parole for 25 years for kidnapping, sexual assault causing bodily harm and first-degree murder in the 2009 death of the Woodstock, Ont., girl.

Rafferty’s accomplice, Terri-Lynne McClintic, pleaded guilty in 2010 to first-degree murder.

McClintic was the key witness at Rafferty’s trial, telling a horrifying story of a drug-addled couple abducting a young girl at random for the man’s sexual pleasure, then killing her with inconceivable brutality.

Rafferty’s lawyer, Paul Calarco, argued that the judge made several errors, including failing to warn the jury against relying on the testimony of the “unsavoury” McClintic.

“I have not suggested…Mr. Rafferty had no involvement in this situation, but every person in our society is entitled to a legally correct trial and that, Mr. Rafferty did not receive and only a new trial can correct these errors,” Calarco argued.

But the appeal court judges dismissed Rafferty’s case before hearing the Crown’s oral submissions.

“You argued an extremely difficult appeal very well, but I simply don’t agree with you,” Appeal Court Justice John Laskin told Calarco.

Among those on hand to hear the appeal were Victoria’s mother, father, uncle, family friends and Woodstock Police Chief Bill Renton, who used to

Illustration by THE CANADIAN PRESS

In this artist’s sketch, Michael Rafferty’s lawyer Paul Calarco addresses Justices Sharp, Laskin and Huscroft in a London, Ont. courtroom, Monday as family and friends of victim Victoria Stafford look on. be with the Ontario Provincial Police and was the lead investigator on Victoria’s murder. Family and supporters cheered when the judges dismissed the appeal.

“We were here wasting taxpayers’ money, to be quite honest,” said Victoria’s father, Rodney Stafford. “We really had no reason to be here. All the information that was put forward in 2012 landed him where he was and that’s exactly where he deserves to be.”

vessels,” said Kevin Obermeyer, CEO of the pilotage authority, in a news release.

A situation report issued Monday said two tanks containing oil or contaminants from the submerged tug off the coast of the Great Bear Rainforest were either torn open or severely damaged when the vessel ran aground.

Despite bad weather that has complicated salvage efforts, divers were able to check the bottom of the tug that sits in nine metres of water in a channel about 500 kilometres north of Vancouver.

Expat voting ban legit, Liberals argue

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — Allowing long-term Canadian expats to vote in federal elections is not a Constitutional requirement but a policy decision that Parliament has the right to make, the government plans to tell the country’s top court.

Elected officials implemented the voting ban for those out of the country for more than five years as a matter of fairness, and the decades-old law is perfectly legitimate, the Liberal government argues in new filings with the Supreme Court of Canada.

At the same time, the Liberal government indicates in the documents — as it has done several times during and since last year’s election — that it plans changes to the law.

“Parliament’s 1993 choice…had the pressing purpose of maintaining the fairness of the democratic system and was a proportional limit,” the government says in its factum.

“If a new Parliament makes the judgment that the maintenance of this limit is not required any longer to ensure the fairness of the electoral system, that is a judgment that should be made by elected officials and Parliament. It is not required by the Charter.”

The law, the Liberal government argues in its factum, recognizes that long-term non-residents have “different and less onerous responsibilities” under Canadian law and the ban was not intended as a value judgment on any individual voter.

In February, the Supreme Court is set to take up a challenge to the ban by two Canadians living in the U.S. The pair initially won a declaration in 2014 that the law infringed their constitutional rights, but Ontario’s top court — in a split decision — restored the legislation on the basis of preserving the “social contract” between Canadians and their government.

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BELLA BELLA, B.C. — A sunken tug and the subsequent diesel spill on British Columbia’s central coast is prompting a rethink to emergency response that could allow those closest to the disaster to take the lead, says the federal indigenous affairs minister.

Carolyn Bennett told the Assembly of First Nations gathering in Victoria that her government has promised to work should-to-shoulder with the Heiltsuk First Nation in the waters and on the shoreline off Bella Bella that have been soiled by the fuel spill.

But she said sometimes helping may mean stepping back.

“This is about respect and not swooping in and doing something that we think is right. It is about listening to the nation and working with them,” the minister told First Nation leaders.

The Nathan E. Stewart tug was pushing a barge on Oct. 13 when it ran aground and later sank. It was carrying over 200,000 litres of diesel, 2,400 litres lube oil and nearly 3,700 litres of water, oil, sludge and other engine-room contaminants called dirty bilge.

Bennett said that in the future, being ready for such events will mean having locals prepared.

“To have First Nations as first responders is going to be hugely important and they’re ready, willing and able, we’ve just got to get on with it,” she told reporters after her speech.

She said sometimes helpers show up who end up distracting the process when the community could just get on with the work.

Heiltsuk Chief Marilyn Slett said Monday that the spill is certainly a cautionary tale for preparation for coastal First Nations.

She said they are just now assessing the impact in the area.

“It’s an area rich with resources and ultimately a lifeline for our community,” she said, adding that she watched a humpback whale swim through a fuel slick on her most recent fly-over of the spill.

Also on Monday, the Pacific Pilotage Authority announced new measures for pilots on boats trans-

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Tuesday, Oct. 25, 2016

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Trump rejects ‘phoney’ polls

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. — A defiant Donald Trump blamed his campaign struggles on “phoney polls” from the “disgusting” media on Monday, fighting to energize his most loyal supporters as his path to the presidency shrinks.

With just 14 days until the election, the Republican nominee campaigned in battleground Florida as his team conceded publicly as well as privately that crucial Pennsylvania may be slipping away to Democrat Hillary Clinton. That would leave him only a razor-thin pathway to the 270 electoral votes needed to win the White House on Nov. 8.

Despite continued difficulties with women and minorities, Trump refuses to soften his message in the campaign’s final days to broaden his co-

alition. Yet he offered an optimistic front in the midst of a three-day tour through Florida as thousands began voting there in person.

“I believe we’re actually winning,” Trump declared during a round table discussion with farmers gathered next to a local pumpkin patch.

A day after suggesting the First Amendment to the Constitution may give journalists too much freedom, he insisted that the media are promoting biased polls to discourage his supporters from voting.

“The media isn’t just against me.

They’re against all of you,” Trump told cheering supporters later in St. Augustine. “They’re against what we represent.”

In more bad news for Trump, a new poll shows young voters turning to Clinton now that the race has settled down to two main candidates. Clinton now leads among likely voters 18 to 30

years in age by 60 per cent to 19 per cent, according to a new GenForward survey.

Young black voters already were solidly in her corner, and now young whites are moving her way, according to the survey by the Black Youth Project at the University of Chicago with the Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research.

With Trump on the defensive, Democrat Clinton worked to slam the door on his candidacy in swing state New Hampshire while eyeing a possible Democratic majority in the Senate.

The former secretary of state campaigned alongside New Hampshire Gov. Maggie Hassan, who is running for the Senate, and Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren, who was merciless as she seized on recent revelations of Trump’s predatory sexual language and several allegations of sexual assault.

“He thinks that because he has a mouth full of Tic Tacs, he can force himself on any woman within groping distance,” Warren charged. “I’ve got news for you Donald: Women have had it with guys like you.”

Trump has denied all the recent allegations, and he addressed a new one Monday in an interview with WGIR radio in New Hampshire.

He called the accusations “total fiction” and lashed out at former adult film performer Jessica Drake, who said Saturday that he had grabbed and kissed her without permission and offered her money to visit his hotel room a decade ago.

“One said, ‘He grabbed me on the arm.’ And she’s a porn star,” Trump said. He added, “Oh, I’m sure she’s never been grabbed before.”

With Election Day two weeks away, Trump’s electoral map looks bleak.

Iraqis press toward Mosul, face questions about airstrike

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

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Dr. Kym Jim, left, and Dr. Gustavo Nogareda at Red Deer Regional Hospital Centre.

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LAB: Region getting short changed On top of this, Robert Bilton, chair of the Red Deer Regional Hospital Foundation, said the foundation can provide $10 million toward the lab’s capital cost. Local philanthropists Joan and Jack Donald have already offered a $5-million donation and the hospital foundation can provide another $5 million.

“I don’t know how much people in Central Alberta and Red Deer realize how much they’re getting shortchanged with their services,” Jim said.

While the focus now is on a cardiac catheterization lab issue, what it comes down to is that Central Alberta and Red Deer need a tertiary care hospital that offers advanced services locally. “They need it in cardiology because more people are dying. … They need it in surgery because our surgical wait times are longer and people have to travel outside of this area to get services where they should be available locally.

“The services that we don’t have here are appalling in terms of what we should have,” Jim said.

“People’s tax dollars are leaving this community to support services in Edmonton or Calgary that could be supporting the local community.”

Red Deer hospital has the fourth highest amount of acute care cases in Alberta but it is not funded as such, Jim said.

Nogareda said that the mortality rates of heart attack victims in Red Deer that don’t have quick access to cardiac catheterization is 100 per cent higher the past couple of months compared with Edmonton and Calgary.

Treatment of a heart attack victim is very time sensitive, he said. When an artery can be opened in the first couple of hours by way of catheterization, damage can be minimal or negligible.

More than three hours before the treatment results in significant damage to the heart and sometimes death.

Central Alberta heart attack victims are currently given medications that break down clots before they are transferred to Calgary or Edmonton by ground or air ambulance — considered an inferior treatment.

Cardiac catheterization involves inserting a catheter into the heart and opening up blockages with a balloon.

Then in most cases a stent is inserted to keep the valve open, Nogareda said.

A catheterization lab at RDRHC would save lives and money, but also he argues the capital budget is already available because it is being spent on Central Alberta patients being sent to Calgary and Edmonton for treatment.

Because of the time involved in transferring patients, the outcomes are poorer.

“We are going to spend less to achieve better outcome,” he said, adding it is “deeply” frustrating especially when facing people who are dying.

Medical staff at RDRHC have the expertise to perform the procedure, he said.

Three years ago, 1,800 local cases were treated in Edmonton or Calgary but the number now is probably closer to 2,000, Nogareda said.

Dr. Ted Braun, Alberta Health Services vice president and medical director for Central and Southern Alberta zones, said a recently released feasibility study on establishing advanced cardiac services at RDRCH determined it was feasible but also outlined a considerable amount of work needed to be done.

He said it would be premature to

provide any time-lines or costs since the planning is just getting started, but he expects by spring they would have better understanding of what they would be.

The cardiac catheterization lab needs to be considered within the context of other components such as the appropriate number of beds, intensive care and recovery areas, and cardiac rehabilitation programs, Braun said.

A cardiac science director has been recruited and will be working with a local cardiologist to do the planning, which will take place in the context of larger, broader service planning for Red Deer and Central Alberta, he said.

Bilton, Jim and other local representatives will meet with Alberta Health Minister Sarah Hoffman next week about the need for a catheterization lab.

“People are dying because of this,” Bilton said. A long-time employee of his, in his 40s with a wife and two young children, died three years ago in Red Deer after a heart attack. Transferring him to Calgary or Edmonton for treatment would have taken too long and he would not have survived.

“People in Edmonton and Calgary seem to get the ear of the government before we do, regardless of what government it is,” Bilton said.

FLU: Research speaks for itself Flu vaccinations are recommended for everyone six months and older — especially health workers, who are at higher risk of contracting influenza.

While the annual shot isn’t 100 per cent effective against the fast-morphing virus, Horne said it’s considered the best protection available for individuals, their families, co-workers, and patients (some of whom are at risk of developing serious flu-related complications).

“It benefits everyone who does get immunized.”

Alison Bere, a dental hygienist who comes in close contact with many people, has got the shot for years to improve her chances of staying healthy through the winter. Scott Bere also believes it’s beneficial.

Having read about the vaccination, the Nova Chemicals pipefitter has no concerns about ill health effects, saying the scientific research “speaks for itself.”

Horne said the advantages of the flu shot outweigh the risks. While headaches, swelling and muscle soreness are among the more common mild side-effects, there’s also a one-in-a-million risk of getting Guillain-Barre Syndrome, in which the immune system attacks the nerves.

However, Horne said people who get the flu can also develop this syndrome at a higher rate. “You shouldn’t use this as an excuse to not get immunized.”

While there are no early indications of how close a match this year’s vaccine is to the type of flu bug that will spread throughout the population, “in general, the vaccine works most of the time and it works on most people,” added Horne.

Clinics will also be held at the Harvest Centre today (12:30 to 7:30 p.m.), and Saturday, Oct. 29 (9:30 to 4 p.m.)

Various other times and location are available throughout this month and November. For more information, please visit www.albertahealthservices.ca. (All clinics are drop-in, but prebooked times are also available by calling 403-356-6429.)

Flu shots are also available at many pharmacies. Those interested should call ahead to make an appointment. lmichelin@reddeeradvocate.com

BARTELLA, Iraq — U.S.-backed Iraqi forces fought their way inside two villages Monday as they crept closer to Mosul a week into an offensive to retake the Islamic State-held city, but they also faced questions over a suspected airstrike on a mosque that killed 13 people.

Iraqi special forces shelled militant positions before dawn near Bartella, a historically Christian town east of Mosul that they had retaken last week.

With patriotic music blaring from loudspeakers on their Humvees, they then pushed into the village of Tob Zawa, about 9 kilometres from Mosul, amid heavy clashes.

Until now, most of the fighting has been in largely uninhabited towns and villages, but the special forces found more than 70 civilians sheltering in Tob Zawa. They will encounter many more civilians as they get closer to Mosul, still home to more than 1 million people.

Abdeljabar Antar, who had remained in Tob Zawa with his wife and four children, said the IS militants had included foreign fighters “who spoke languages I don’t know — Russians, Pakistanis.” They had forced children to go to religious school and military training, and everyone had to attend prayers five times a day, he added.

In the days before the offensive, Antar said the village ran low on food and supplies, and that residents had to get permission from IS to leave.

“I hope life will return to the way it was before 2014,” he said, referring to the summer when IS militants swept across northern and central Iraq, capturing Mosul and surrounding towns.

The Iraqi Federal Police, a military-style force, pushed into a second village in the Shura district south of Mosul, where they fired a large anti-aircraft gun and rocket-propelled grenades. They later appeared to have secured the village, a cluster of squat homes on a desert plain, and handed

Alberta BRIEFS Federal Conservatives win stronghold in byelection MEDICINE HAT — A large turnout for Justin Trudeau during an Alberta byelection campaign wasn’t enough of a push for the Liberals in the federal constituency of Medicine Hat-Cardston-Warner.

out water and other aid to civilians.

The U.S.-led coalition said it had carried out six airstrikes Sunday near Mosul, destroying 19 fighting positions and 17 vehicles, as well as rocket and mortar launchers, artillery and tunnels.

Human Rights Watch called for an investigation into last week’s purported airstrike in northern Iraq that hit the women’s section of a Shiite mosque in the town of Daquq.

The strike happened amid a large Islamic State assault on nearby Kirkuk that appeared aimed at diverting attention from the fight for Mosul, Iraq’s second-largest city.

The IS attack on Kirkuk, 170 kilometres (100 miles) southeast of Mosul, lasted for two days and killed at least 80 people, mainly members of the Kurdish security forces that took control of the city in 2014 as Iraqi forces crumbled amid an IS advance.

Human Rights Watch said Daquq’s residents believe Friday’s attack was an airstrike because of the extent of the destruction and because planes could be heard overhead. The New York-based group said at least 13 people were reported killed.

The coalition and the Iraqi military, which are waging the offensive, are the only parties known to be flying military aircraft over Iraq.

Col. John Dorrian, a U.S. military spokesman, said the coalition had “definitively determined” it did not conduct the airstrike that killed civilians in Daquq and had shared its findings with the Iraqi government, which is doing its own investigation.

“The Coalition uses precision munitions and an exhaustive process to reduce the possibility of civilian casualties and collateral damage because the preservation of civilian life is (of) paramount importance to us,” Dorrian said.

Iraqi Brig. Gen. Yahya Rasool, spokesman for the Joint Military Command, confirmed the Iraqi government was investigating the attack.

Conservative Glen Motz, a retired Medicine Hat police officer, appeared to cruise to an easy victory as votes were counted Monday night.

The byelection was called after MP Jim Hillyer died of a heart attack earlier this year in his Parliament Hill office.

The last MP Medicine Hat voters elected who wasn’t from a right-ofcentre party was Bud Olson, who was originally voted in as a member of the Social Credit and crossed to the Liberals. He was re-elected when the party swept to power under Pierre Trudeau in 1968, but Olson lost in 1972.

The prime minister attracted about 2,500 people when he visited the riding earlier this month in an effort to boost the chances of Liberal candidate Stan Sakamoto, who was far behind as results came in.

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Ball in Europe’s court FREELAND ‘STILL HOPEFUL’ ON CANADA-EU TRADE

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — International Trade Minister Chrystia Freeland came out swinging against her domestic political opponents Monday as she ratcheted up pressure on European lawmakers to twist the arm of the lone Belgian holdout blocking their free trade deal.

Freeland held firm to the government’s political deadline of Thursday, when Canada and the European Union are scheduled to attend a summit in Brussels and formally sign the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement, or CETA. Freeland repeatedly brushed aside the question when asked whether the government would be willing to sign the deal after Thursday.

“Canada’s job is done,” she said.

“Canada is ready to sign CETA, but the ball is in Europe’s court.”

Opposition from the Belgian region of Wallonia, with a population of just 3.5 million, could kill a deal between more than 500 million EU citizens and 35 million Canadians. Belgium’s constitution gives each of its regions a veto over the actions of its national government.

Freeland shrugged off the Conservatives, who assailed her for walking out Friday on the talks taking place in Brussels, and for pointedly criticizing the EU’s ability to land a trade deal during an emotional and personal scrum with reporters afterward.

“This was a tough move by Canada, but it was a decision taken carefully, and upon reflection, it was the right and necessary thing to do,” she said.

“To the Conservatives who’ve criticized walking away, they know it was the right move.”

Freeland later brushed back more Conservative attacks in the House of Commons, including from trade critic Gerry Ritz who said the deal was “giftwrapped and left on the doorstep for the Liberals.” He accused Freeland of having a “meltdown” last week in Belgium and even suggested she was in need of “adult supervision.”

But Freeland made no apologies.

“As for my visible emotion, I do take this deal very personally. I am all in for Canada when I am at the negotiating table,” she said. “I was disappointed and sad but also tough and strong. I think those are the qualities that Canadians expect in their minister.”

The EU said Monday that it hasn’t yet given up on the Thursday summit in Brussels. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau spoke by telephone earlier in the day with EU President Donald Tusk, who said “there’s yet time” to find a way to convince the Belgian re-

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Protesters hold an Anti-CETA banner during a demonstration against international trade agreements in Brussels. The European Union’s executive on Monday called for patience in an attempt to save a free trade deal with Canada and dismissed a Monday night deadline for a small Belgian region to provide its vital signature to the deal.

OTTAWA — The 3.5-million French-speaking Walloons of Belgium are standing in the way of the seven years of negotiations that led to the wide-ranging free trade deal between the 35 million people of Canada and the 500 million living in the European Union. The Wallonia region has an effective veto over the deal because Belgium’s constitution gives them that power over the country’s national government.

Here are five things at the heart of Wallonia’s discontent over the deal, known as CETA: 1. While the Walloons are worried their agriculture sector will suffer under the deal, they are increasingly concerned about the investor-state dispute settlement system as well. The region’s socialist government has gion to back the deal.

“We think Thursday’s summit still possible,” Tusk said in a Twitter message. “We encourage all parties to find a solution.”

Trudeau’s office had no comment as of Monday evening about future travel plans.

Freeland said she was encouraged by Tusk’s optimism. “CETA isn’t dead,” she said. “We wish them well, and we hope that they can get there.”

closed that they say would allow U.S. multinationals with offices in Canada to use the treaty to sue governments in Europe, says Osgoode Hall law professor Gus Van Harten.

4. Van Harten also says the Walloons want stronger language in the treaty that would preserve the jurisdiction of domestic courts in individual countries to hear disputes, instead of turning them over to the new tribunal system envisioned by the treaty.

5. In a parliamentary debate last week, Wallonian President Paul Magnette used an interesting metaphor to describe what he says is the opaque nature of the tribunals. He said it was like buying “a cat in a bag.”

FIVE THINGS adopted many of the concerns of the civil society groups that oppose the free trade deal: they say it gives multinational corporations too much power to sue governments if they make regulations that affect their ability to turn a profit.

2. The Walloons want changes to the ISDS provisions of the treaty, specifically the tribunals that would settle disputes.

They want them to be more transparent to eliminate the possibility of bias or conflict of interests by the people appointed to adjudicate disputes.

3. The Walloons want to see loopholes The EU’s executive commission called for patience in an attempt to save the free trade deal and had already dismissed a Monday night deadline as counterproductive.

Wallonian President Paul Magnette insisted he would agree to nothing under the threat of an ultimatum but remained open to further talks.

“Each time they put forward such an ultimatum it makes a serene discussion and a democratic debate impos-

sible,” he said. “I indicated that other parallel political contacts are still going on and that we could give counter proposals.”

The EU Commission, which has negotiated the deal on behalf of the 28 nations, insisted that this week’s summit was not the final deadline.

“The Commission traditionally does not set deadlines or ultimatums,” said EU Commission spokesman Margaritis Schinas.

Lawyer files constitutional challenge against trade deal

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — The Toronto lawyer who successfully challenged the previous Conservative government over one of its Supreme Court judge nominees is setting his sights on a new target: Canada’s free trade deal with the European Union.

Rocco Galati has filed a statement

of claim in Federal Court arguing that the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement, as the deal is known, is unconstitutional.

The complaint focuses on controversial provisions in the agreement, similar to those in the North American Free Trade Agreement, that would let companies sue the government under certain circumstances.

The statement of claim also takes

issue with the federal government’s tradition of signing and ratifying free trade deals and other international agreements without prior approval from Parliament or the provinces.

Galati, who filed the complaint of behalf of former Liberal cabinet minister Paul Hellyer, has a history of successfully challenging Ottawa.

The Supreme Court of Canada sided with him three years ago when he

Bank of Canada, Ottawa renew inflation target deal at 2%

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — The Bank of Canada and the federal government said Monday they have renewed their inflation target agreement for another five years in an effort to foster price stability and sustainable economic growth.

The target will continue to be two per cent — the midpoint of a range of one per cent to three per cent that the central bank deems acceptable.

The central bank and the government said low and stable inflation has helped underpin the Canadian economy and preserve confidence in the value of money.

“Controlling the pace of inflation at a steady and low level protects the purchasing power of all Canadians and helps sustain growth and job creation,” Finance Minister Bill Morneau said in a statement.

Later Monday, Bank of Canada governor Stephen Poloz said the agreement shows that Ottawa supports “low, stable and predictable inflation,” while also giving the bank the space it needs to independently pursue this goal as it sees fit.

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‘IT’S A FRAMEWORK THAT HAS WORKED EXTRAORDINARILY WELL FOR 25 YEARS AND, AFTER LOOKING AT ALL THE EVIDENCE, WE COULD FIND NO COMPELLING REASON TO CHANGE IT.’ — STEPHEN POLOZ GOVERNOR, BANK OF CANADA

extraordinarily well for 25 years and, after looking at all the evidence, we could find no compelling reason to change it,” Poloz said during an appearance before the House of Commons finance committee.

The Bank of Canada uses the inflation target when determining monetary policy and setting its key overnight interest rate.

Canada started using an inflation target to guide monetary policy in 1991 and has kept the target set at two per cent since 1995.

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by the consumer price index, has averaged close to two per cent and only stepped outside the one to three per cent range for short periods. The bank and government said inflation has also been less volatile during that time.

CIBC economist Royce Mendes suggested that there had been some speculation that the Bank of Canada would increase the inflation target.

“However, the costs of such a change, and the uncertainties associated with being the first major central bank to do so, appear to have outweighed the benefits of such,” Mendes wrote in a report.

“That said, the bank will continue to research potential improvements to the monetary policy framework in the years ahead given the constraints central banks are currently facing.”

While the Bank of Canada and the government agreed to keep the inflation target unchanged, the central bank said it would stop using its current preferred measure of core inflation.

The bank’s measure of core inflation excludes eight of the most volatile components of the consumer price index and the effect of indirect tax changes on the remaining components.

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challenged the Harper government’s attempt to appoint Justice Marc Nadon to the top court.

University of Ottawa constitutional law expert Errol Mendes says to expect a different result this time around, since the Constitution gives the federal government clear powers to sign and ratify free trade deals.

Business BRIEFS Walmart, Visa dispute heats up TORONTO — The dispute between Walmart Canada and Visa over merchant fees escalated Monday as the retail giant stopped accepting the credit card at its 16 stores in Manitoba.

Walmart first refused Visa credit cards at its three stores in Thunder Bay, Ont., in mid-July, arguing that the financial services firm charges high fees to merchants.

Alex Roberton, a spokesman for Walmart, said the company pays more than $100 million a year in credit card fees and is focused on reducing Visa transaction costs.

Roberton said the impact of its policy on customers in Thunder Bay has been minimal, adding that the stores have seen an increase in cash and debit payments.

Walmart announced in June that it would expand its phase-out of Visa at all of its Canadian stores — more than 400 — though Roberton said it hasn’t determined which stores will be next.

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MARKETS COMPANIES OF LOCAL INTEREST

Monday’s stock prices supplied by RBC Dominion Securities of Red Deer. For information call 341-8883.

Diversified and Industrials Agrium Inc. . . . . . . . . . . 124.28 ATCO Ltd.. . . . . . . . . . . . 46.37 BCE Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61.13 BlackBerry . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.82 Bombardier . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.79 Brookfield . . . . . . . . . . . . 47.80 Cdn. National Railway . . 87.81 Cdn. Pacific Railway. . . 194.93 Cdn. Utilities . . . . . . . . . . 37.33 Capital Power Corp . . . . 21.33 Cervus Equipment Corp 12.89 Dow Chemical . . . . . . . . 54.24 Enbridge Inc. . . . . . . . . . 58.22 Finning Intl. Inc. . . . . . . . 24.90 Fortis Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . 43.35 General Motors Co. . . . . 32.98 Parkland Fuel Corp. . . . . 30.95 Sirius XM . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.84 SNC Lavalin Group. . . . . 53.56 Stantec Inc. . . . . . . . . . . 30.09 Telus Corp. . . . . . . . . . . . 43.13 Transalta Corp.. . . . . . . . . 6.05 Transcanada. . . . . . . . . . 61.94 Consumer Canadian Tire . . . . . . . . 131.18 Gamehost . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.35 Leon’s Furniture . . . . . . . 16.41

Loblaw Ltd. . . . . . . . . . . . 66.30 Maple Leaf Foods. . . . . . 30.48 Wal-Mart . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69.19 WestJet Airlines . . . . . . . 22.78 Mining Barrick Gold . . . . . . . . . . 22.09 Cameco Corp. . . . . . . . . 10.56 First Quantum Minerals . 11.79 Goldcorp Inc. . . . . . . . . . 20.44 Hudbay Minerals. . . . . . . . 5.35 Kinross Gold Corp. . . . . . . 5.02 Labrador. . . . . . . . . . . . . 13.50 Potash Corp.. . . . . . . . . . 22.37 Sherritt Intl. . . . . . . . . . . . 0.890 Teck Resources . . . . . . . 27.46 Energy Arc Resources . . . . . . . . 24.53 Badger Daylighting Ltd. . 29.51 Baker Hughes. . . . . . . . . 52.15 Bonavista . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.79 Bonterra Energy . . . . . . . 27.28 Cdn. Nat. Res. . . . . . . . . 44.27 Canyon Services Group. . 5.79 Cenovous Energy Inc. . . 20.70 CWC Well Services . . . 0.1750 Encana Corp. . . . . . . . . . 14.45 Essential Energy. . . . . . . 0.600

MARKETS CLOSE TORONTO — Iraq’s desire to be exempted from an OPEC production cut caused oil prices to dip Monday, pushing the Toronto stock market and the loonie to a lower close.

The oil-sensitive Canadian dollar dropped 0.34 of a U.S. cent to 74.70 cents US. It’s lost 1.48 cents US since last Wednesday’s close.

Meanwhile, the Toronto Stock Exchange’s S&P/TSX composite index fell 16.03 points to 14,923.01.

That’s as the December contract for crude oil shed 33 cents at US$50.52 a barrel.

Craig Fehr, a Canadian markets strategist at Edward Jones in St. Louis, said the slide in crude was driven by comments

by Iraq’s oil minister that the country wants to be exempt from an agreement by the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries.

OPEC announced last month that it plans to cut output in an effort to boost prices.

“What we’re seeing is the flip side in the rally in crude prices that has been driven in recent weeks by the potential for an agreement amongst OPEC members to reduce production,” said Fehr.

“Today we’re seeing the opposite … we’re starting to see some cracks in this potential agreement, particularly where Iraq has suggested that they might not want to participate in a production freeze. We’re seeing oil come off of recent highs as a result of that.”

The global gold sector of the TSX was the lead decliner, down 1.9 per cent, while health-care stocks slipped 1.1 per cent and energy was off 0.57 per cent.

South of the border, the Dow Jones industrial average gained 77.32 points at 18,223.03, the

Nasdaq composite added 52.43 points at 5,309.83, and the S&P 500 nudged up 10.17 points to 2,151.33.

In economic news, Canadian wholesale trade figures came in ahead of expectations.

Statistics Canada reported that wholesale sales gained 0.8 per cent to $56.8 billion in August, thanks to the miscellaneous and machinery, equipment and supplies subsectors.

Fehr said exports are going to become a “key area” for future growth in the Canadian economy, as debt-laden consumers have begun to tap out.

“For the past several years, growth has really been propped up by consumer spending,” he said.

“The benefits have come from not only a fairly solid housing market but consumer confidence that’s led them to spend, and I think we’re starting to see some slowdown in that, partly because consumer debt is quite high … so to see wholesale trade figures come in today at a reasonably healthy clip is a good sign.”

In commodities, December gold contracts were fetching US$1,263.70 an ounce at the close, down $4.00, while the November natural gas contract lost 16 cents to US$2.83 per mmBTU and December copper was unchanged at US$2.09 a pound.

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

Stocks: S&P/TSX Composite Index — 14,923.01, down 16.03 points Dow — 18,223.03, up 77.32 points S&P 500 — 2,151.33, up 10.17 points Nasdaq — 5,309.83, up 52.43 points

Exxon Mobil . . . . . . . . . . 86.91 Halliburton Co. . . . . . . . . 48.24 High Arctic . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.74 Husky Energy . . . . . . . . . 15.89 Imperial Oil . . . . . . . . . . . 44.28 Pengrowth Energy . . . . . . 2.26 Penn West Energy . . . . . . 2.33 Precision Drilling Corp . . . 6.39 Suncor Energy . . . . . . . . 39.33 Trican Ltd.. . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.13 Trinidad Energy . . . . . . . . 2.77 Vermilion Energy . . . . . . 54.37 Virginia . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.0700 Financials Bank of Montreal . . . . . . 86.26 Bank of N.S. . . . . . . . . . . 71.79 CIBC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.76 Cdn. Western . . . . . . . . . 25.56 Great West Life. . . . . . . . 33.52 IGM Financial . . . . . . . . . 35.91 Intact Financial Corp. . . . 91.50 Manulife Corp. . . . . . . . . 19.62 National Bank . . . . . . . . . 46.95 Rifco Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.750 Royal Bank . . . . . . . . . . . 83.79 Sun Life Fin. Inc.. . . . . . . 44.53 TD Bank . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60.16 Currencies: Cdn — 74.70 cents US, down 0.34 of a cent Pound — C$1.6359, up 0.69 of a cent Euro — C$1.4555, up 0.54 of a cent Euro — US$1.0873, down 0.08 of a cent Oil futures: US$50.52 per barrel, down 33 cents (December contract) Gold futures: US$1,263.70 per oz., down $4.00 (December contract) Canadian Fine Silver Handy and Harman: $24.425, up 19.5 cents $785.26 kg., up $6.27 ICE FUTURES CANADA WINNIPEG — ICE Futures Canada closing prices: Canola: Nov. ‘16 $6.00 higher $508.10 Jan. ‘17 $6.70 higher $514.10 March ‘17 $7.60 higher $519.20 May ‘17 $6.90 higher $520.90 July ‘17 $5.50 higher $518.90 Nov. ‘17 $2.60 higher $502.00 Jan. ‘18 $2.10 higher $504.00 March ‘18 $2.10 higher $505.30 May ‘18 $2.10 higher $506.40 July ‘18 $2.10 higher $506.40 Nov. ‘18 $2.10 higher $506.40.

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.

Monday’s estimated volume of trade: 1,072,300 tonnes of canola 0 tonnes of barley (Western Barley). Total: 1,072,300.

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Grant Bone, Department Manager for Loblaw’s ‘Click and Collect’ gathers a customer’s order at one of the grocery chain’s outlets in Toronto. More Canadians are clicking their way to their grocery order, but retailers are challenged by how to deliver perishables.

Canadians cool to buying food online

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — Canadians are happy buying their books and music on the web, but aren’t yet embracing online grocery shopping, suggests a recently released report.

According to the results of an online survey of 1,000 Canadians in August, 92 per cent of respondents said they shopped online but only 15 per cent said they had bought groceries on the web. While almost 40 per cent of online-shopping spending was linked to entertainment purchases, just four per cent was tied to food and groceries.

“With online shopping in general, even in the past with other categories, there had to be an incentive for customers to try it out, to get away from their usual habits, give it a try.

And then if there was some benefit they would try it again,” said Suthamie Poologasingham of J.C. Williams Group Ltd., which looked at the online grocery market in its Canadian E-tail Report. “I think we’re at that stage with grocery and online.”

Canada lags behind the U.S. and U.K. when it comes to online grocery shopping, added Poologasingham.

“Once they understand there is some convenience behind it — if retailers are able to provide those conveniences and the same products they would provide in store — I think we will see more Canadians getting on board.”

Some companies without physical grocery stores — like Grocery Gateway, which partners with Longo’s in the Toronto area — deliver boxes of groceries, including fresh produce, to the doorsteps of their customers, while IGA, Thrifty Foods and Costco offer some delivery services as well.

‘ONCE THEY UNDERSTAND THERE IS SOME CONVENIENCE BEHIND IT . . . I THINK WE WILL SEE MORE CANADIANS GETTING ON BOARD.’ — SUTHAMIE POOLOGASINGHAM J.C. WILLIAMS GROUP LTD

Summerhill Market in Toronto teamed up with the delivery service InstaBuggy about six months ago and has seen 30 per cent to 40 per cent growth each month in its online service, said co-owner Christy McMullen.

“I don’t know if everyone will do all of their shopping online. I think they still like the experience of coming in the store, but when you have these big bulky items and you’re in a rush or you don’t have time, then I think online is a really great alternative,” McMullen said.

While books and clothes ordered online can linger on a porch, in an apartment lobby or a mailbox, food has to be packaged carefully.

To get around that, some retailers including Loblaw and Walmart Canada have adopted a click-and-collect program. The customer orders online and then swings by the store to fetch the order.

Jeremy Pee, Loblaw senior vice-president of e-commerce, claims about 80 per cent of customers who try it once return for a second visit.

“We are expecting to see online grocery shopping grow,” said Poologasingham. “We are seeing from other studies that it is growing, so people are looking at it and trying it out at least once.”

Plans to expand Tim Hortons abroad unfazed by geopolitics

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TORONTO — The CEO of the parent company of Tim Hortons said Monday he plans to keep pushing with an international expansion of the coffee-and-doughnut chain despite softness in the quick-service restaurant industry as well as political unrest and economic uncertainty abroad.

Daniel Schwartz, head of Restaurant Brands International Inc. (TSX-

:QSR), said he wasn’t fazed by geopolitical storms such as Britain’s vote to leave the European Union or the recent election in the Philippines of President Rodrigo Duterte, who has come under criticism for his approach to human rights.

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those markets next year,” Schwartz said, adding that it takes time to establish the brand’s supply chain and infrastructure in new regions.

This summer, RBI announced plans to push the Philippines, which would be the company’s first foray into Southeast Asia, and Britain but had not set out any timelines.

His comments came as RBI, which also owns Burger King, reported a bump in profits for the third quarter ended Sept. 30.

RBI, which keeps its books in U.S. dollars, earned US$86.3 million, up from US$49.6 million in the same quarter last year. The company said the profit amounted to 36 cents per diluted share compared with 24 cents per diluted share a year ago.

On an adjusted basis, RBI said it earned $201.4 million or 43 cents per diluted share. That was up from an adjusted profit of $151.6 million or 32 cents per diluted share a year ago.

Revenue grew to nearly $1.08 billion, up from nearly $1.02 billion in the same period last year.

Sales at Tim Hortons stores that have been open for 13 months or longer grew two per cent — not accounting for the effect of foreign currency fluctuations — while Burger King’s comparable sales increased 1.7 per cent.

All of Burger King’s comparable sales growth came from markets overseas, while such sales dropped 0.5 per cent in Canada and the U.S. Industry observers have pointed to lower grocery costs and higher restaurant prices as a reason why people may be dining at home more frequently in North America, said RBI chief financial officer Joshua Kobza.

Tim Hortons added 28 new restaurants in the quarter to end the period with 4,492 locations. Burger King added 143 new restaurants to finish with 15,243.

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Atkins talks offseason plans EXTEND QUALIFYING OFFERS TO BAUTISTA, ENCARNACION

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Calgary Flames’ Kris Versteeg scores the winning goal past Chicago Blackhawks goalie Corey Crawford during the sudden-death shootout period of an NHL hockey game, Monday, in Chicago. The Flames won 3-2.

Versteeg scores shootout winner ELLIOTT MAKES 31 SAVES, INCLUDING SEVEN IN OT

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Flames 3 Blackhawks 2 (SO) CHICAGO — Kris Versteeg got a big shootout goal against his old team. Brian Elliott finally got his first win with his new one.

Versteeg scored the lone goal in the tiebreaker in the seventh round to give the Calgary Flames a 3-2 win over the Chicago Blackhawks on Monday night and just their second victory this season.

Versteeg, who won Stanley Cups with the Blackhawks in 2010 and 2015, faked Corey Crawford, pulled to a stop while dragging the puck and then fired a wrist shot into a wide-open net.

“It was definitely a little nerve-wracking when everyone kept missing,” said Versteeg, who took part in a shootout for the first time since the 2014-15 season. “To go in and score is a nice feeling.

“I’ve probably taken two shots (in the shootout) in the last three years. It doesn’t happen too frequently anymore, so when I do, I just kind of black out.”

Elliott made 31 saves through overtime and blocked all seven in the shootout to win for the first time with Calgary after three losses. Acquired from St. Louis in June, Elliott had allowed 14 goals in his first three starts for the Flames.

“I definitely wanted that one,” Elliott said. “We haven’t been playing like we wanted to and the guys came out and had a heck of an effort.”

Elliott was at his best with the game tied at 2 late in the third and in overtime, when Chicago had a power play and outshot Calgary 6-1. He made two point-blank saves on Richard Panik in the final three minutes of regulation, including a toe save from the edge of the crease as time ran out.

“It was a rebound right to him in the slot, and I just tried to throw the furniture at it,” Elliott said.

“Got a piece of it with my skate. It was good but I was on my butt and swimming to get back up.”

Sam Bennett and Sean Monahan scored in regulation for Calgary, which snapped a two-game losing streak.

Patrick Kane and Brian Campbell connected in regulation for Chicago.

Campbell’s goal, his first with the Blackhawks since rejoining them as a free agent in the off-season, tied it 2-all at 4:12 of the third. Campbell’s feed from the right circle, intended for Artem Anisimov, deflected in off Calgary defenceman T.J. Brodie.

Crawford blocked 29 shots through overtime and made several close in saves early to keep it close.

The Blackhawks’ sputtering penalty killers permitted two power-play goals in five chances to the Flames, who entered the game having scored just once in 25 opportunities with the man advantage.

Chicago has allowed 14 goals in 26 short-handed situations this season and at least one power-play goal in each of its seven games.

“It seems like it (penalty-killing) finds a different way each time,” coach Joel Quenneville said.

The Flames connected on their first two power-play chances before the Blackhawks killed the final three.

“I think we got more involved as the game progressed as far as having bodies and pucks to the net,” Quenneville said. “But not enough initially and it took us a while to get into that department.”

Bennett knocked in Calgary’s second power-play goal of the season at 4:51 of the first period. He converted a rebound of Dougie Hamilton’s shot from the right circle after outmuscling Chicago defenders to the loose puck.

Kane tied it at 1 at 1:32 of the second period with a rising shot from the right circle over Elliott’s glove.

Monahan converted the Flames’ second power-play chance at 6:52 of the second to put Calgary ahead 2-1.

NOTES: Chicago rookie D Gustav Forsling suffered an undisclosed injury in the second period and didn’t return. … Veteran Blackhawks D Michal Rozsival made his season debut after sitting out Chicago’s first six games as a healthy scratch. First-year D Michal Kempny was a scratch for the first time.

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TORONTO — At the very least, sluggers Jose Bautista and Edwin Encarnacion are expected to receive qualifying offers from the Blue Jays.

Whether they’ll be back in Toronto still remains as uncertain as it did when the club was eliminated from the playoffs last week.

The first step for the front office is finalizing an off-season plan that will be taken to the team owners, general manager Ross Atkins said Monday during a season-ending media availability.

From there, they’ll have a better idea on payroll flexibility and can really focus on addressing roster needs for the 2017 season.

“What I can tell you is that we’re trying to win and we’re going to continue to try to win,” Atkins said. “I think that’s what drives us, that’s what motivates us and that’s what we’re looking to do in any way possible.

“I can’t see a scenario where that changes, really.”

Extending a qualifying offer — worth US$17.2 million — ensures that the Blue Jays would receive compensation if a player signs with another team as a free agent.

The five-day window opens the day after the World Series ends. After that, a player has a week to accept the offer to come back for another year or explore free agency.

“What I can tell you is what we’re planning for is a couple of different alternatives,” Atkins said. “I feel confident in saying that we’ll have enough information to work towards something with both individuals.”

The GM did not want to get too deep into specifics, but did say both Encarnacion and Bautista will “be priorities.”

The Blue Jays had an active team payroll of about $137 million this season.

With several heavy salaries already on the books for next year, a payroll increase would essentially be required to bring back either Bautista or Encarnacion and fill out the rest of the roster with quality players.

“Everything has an opportunity cost and we’ll have to weigh that if we’re facing the decision to have both of them back and what that would mean,” Atkins said. “Ultimately those guys have had very good careers, have always hit right-handed and left-handed pitchers, have been a huge part of this organization’s success, especially in the last couple of years.

“So we’ll have to weigh that against our alternatives and what the opportunity cost would be.”

A weaker crop of free agents could drive up the price even more.

Encarnacion is coming off a team option of $10 million — a huge bargain for the Blue Jays — while Bautista is coming off a $14-million option year.

Encarnacion, who turns 34 in January, is expected to really cash in. The first baseman/designated hitter belted 42 homers — the fifth straight year he has cleared the 30-homer mark — and drove in 127 runs.

Bautista’s numbers were down (22 homers, 69 RBIs) in an injury-plagued campaign. He just turned 36 and his arm and defensive range aren’t what they used to be.

Both players have become so-called faces of the franchise in recent years and both played big roles in helping the Blue Jays end their 22-year playoff drought in 2015.

The Cleveland Indians eliminated Toronto from the playoffs last week.

Lowry’s contract status among things to watch

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS TORONTO — The Toronto Raptors are coming off an historic season that saw them win 56 games and play in the Eastern Conference final. Here are five things to watch for the 2016-17 season: LAST CHANCE WITH LOWRY? Like DeMar DeRozan did this year, all-star guard Kyle Lowry is expected to opt out of the final year of his contract next summer, joining a potentially star-studded group of free agents.

Until then, however, Lowry isn’t interested in talking about his future. “I’m really focused on helping my team be the best team they can be, getting to the point where we can take the next step,” he said.

THE NEW GUY Toronto’s only newcomer with NBA experience, Jared Sullinger, left Boston to a sign a one-year deal with the Raptors. He was expected to start in the front court alongside Jonas Valanciunas until suffering a foot injury that required surgery. He could miss as much as a quarter of the season. Coach Dwane Casey had envisioned Sullinger as a rebounding asset who can also spread the floor and connect from long range. “I trust his three-point shooting,” Casey said. “We want him to take it, we encourage him to take it.”

TWO MORE YEARS Two years after being drafted, Brazilian prospect Bruno Caboclo isn’t

close to making regular contributions to the Raptors. Caboclo spent the bulk of last season with Toronto’s D-League team, averaging 14.7 points and 6.5 rebounds in 37 games. Famously described by commentator Fran Franschilla as being “two years away from being two years away” when he was drafted in 2014, Caboclo figures to be back in the D-League this season, honing his game with help from new coach Jerry Stackhouse.

PASSPORT CONTROL With a roster that already featured two Brazilians (Caboclo and Lucas Nogueira), a Lithuanian (Valanciunas), and a Canadian (Cory Joseph), the Raptors added more international assets on draft night. Toronto’s two first round picks were seven-foot centre Jakob Poeltl, the first Austrian in NBA history, and forward Pascal Siakam, one of three NBA players from Cameroon.

CALMER TIMES Last season was a whirlwind for the Raptors. Besides their deep playoff run, they launched a D-League team, moved into a new practice facility, travelled to London for a January game against Orlando, and hosted the All-Star game for the first time in February. “Incredible year, it was go, go, go, go, go,” said Masai Ujiri, the team’s president. “You name it, we did it. It’s tough on our players and everybody.”

Having a little less on the agenda this season could be a blessing for Toronto.

Murray Crawford, Sports Reporter, 403-314-4338 E-mail mcrawford@reddeeradvocate.com

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Toronto Raptors centre Jonas Valanciunas Raptors, forward Patrick Patterson, second left, and Toronto Raptors forward DeMarre Carroll, centre, look on in the final seconds as the Cleveland Cavaliers defeat the Raptors during second-half Eastern Conference final NBA playoff basketball action in Toronto. The Raptors walked off the Air Canada Centre floor last season to a standing ovation and rousing cheers.

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Jets, Oilers honour indigenous people

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS WINNIPEG — As Winnipeg Jets fans make their way to their seats and players prepare to stand on home ice for the national anthem, an announcement fills the downtown arena.

The message — believed to be a first for an NHL team — says the Jets play on Treaty 1 land which consists of “original territories of Anishinaabeg, Cree, Oji-Cree, Dakota, and Dene peoples, and the homeland of the Métis Nation.”

It adds that True North Sports and Entertainment, which owns the team and its home arena MTS Centre, is committed to “a spirit of reconciliation.”

Acknowledging Canada’s colonial history is starting to trickle down to the hockey rink eight years after former prime minister Stephen Harper stood in Parliament to apologize to residential school survivors and almost a year after the release of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s final report.

Niigaan Sinclair, an assistant professor and head of the native studies department at the University of Manitoba, raised the idea. It’s also based on a commission recommendation that organizers of international sporting events involve and respect local indigenous communities.

Reminding crowds of 15,000 or more about indigenous lands is a way to raise public awareness of Canada’s past and of the treaty-based relationships between First Nations and others, Sinclair said.

“Every venue where people congre-

gate, every single government in North America, should acknowledge the history of the land they are on, which doesn’t begin with the arrival of Europeans or newcomers or immigrants or whatever you want to call them.

“This is a responsibility that every single North American person inherits.”

Sinclair approached Jets co-owner Mark Chipman earlier this year about having a pre-game statement about treaty land.

“Mark Chipman just turned to me and said, ‘Well, this is the right thing to do’, and … next thing you know, they did it on the opening night of their season.”

Rob Wozny, spokesman for True North, said the team acknowledges Treaty 1 land with a pre-game announcement before every home game.

“Recognizing, respecting and supporting indigenous peoples is important,” Wozny wrote in an email.

True North already runs several charitable programs, some of which are focused on First Nations. The Jets had earlier banned spectators from wearing headdresses and other mascot-type gear.

Pressure is mounting for some professional sports teams — such as the Cleveland Indians, the Chicago Blackhawks and the Edmonton Eskimos —to change their names and mascots.

The Edmonton Oilers made sure to include First Nations communities from Alberta when they opened their new arena this fall. Indigenous leaders were consulted and involved in the ceremonies. The building includes a large mosaic in the floor near the main entrance — 14 metres in diameter and

A few examples of organizations recognizing First Nations in public gatherings WINNIPEG — Following Canada’s apology for residential schools and the release of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission report on that chapter in the country’s history, many organizations, including the Winnipeg Jets, are acknowledging indigenous lands during public gatherings. Here are a few examples: ● Organizers of the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics formally recognized the Games as being held on the traditional territory of four First Nations, who were partners in planning the event. ● Vancouver city council has passed a motion to acknowledge that the city sits on unceded territory of made of almost one million small tiles — by indigenous artist Alex Janvier.

“There is a growing awareness and conversation across Canada about reconciliation and moving forward to a positive future,” said Tim Shipton, spokesman for the Oilers Entertainment Group, which owns the team and operates the new arena.

“We know that as a pro sports organization, we can be a force of good in the community and we know this is something that a lot of people are talking about.”

Governments have been recognizing

three First Nations and developed protocols to respect the territory in city business. ● Winnipeg city hall begins meetings with an acknowledgment of Treaty 1 and Métis territory. ● The 2015 Pan American Games open in Toronto under an agreement with the Mississaugas of the New Credit First Nation, which is recognized as the host First Nation. ● The Canadian Association of University Teachers has a guide to be used at conferences and meetings to acknowledge traditional territories across Canada. ● The Manitoba Teachers’ Society unveiled a plaque this month at its headquarters that acknowledges the traditional territory of several indigenous groups. ● Minister of Democratic Institutions Maryam Monsef repeatedly prefaces answers in the House of Commons by acknowledging the privilege of being on “traditional Algonquin territory.” treaty lands in official ceremonies for years now. The trend is also catching on in the corporate sector.

Bob Joseph, who runs the Vancouver-based Indigenous Corporate Training Inc., says more companies are seeking advice on how to include and recognize indigenous communities in events. His company’s website offers tips on how to thank host First Nations.

“The corporate sector guys, academia, they’re all acknowledging territory and we just encourage it as much as we can.”

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BRIEFS Axeman fall short against Orangemen

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS CLEVELAND — The last time the Cleveland Indians won the World Series, Dewey led Truman in the polls.

The Chicago Cubs’ last title was 13 days after the first Ford Model T car was completed.

Lovable losers known for decades of defeat meet in this year’s championship, a combined 174 seasons of futility facing off starting Tuesday night at Progressive Field.

Cleveland’s last title was in 1948, when 16 teams from the East Coast to St. Louis competed in a just-integrated sport. The Cubs are trying to win for the first time since 1908, a dead ballera matchup at a time home runs were rarities along with telephones.

No player is alive from the last championship Cubs or even the last to make a Series appearance — Tuesday marks the 25,948th day since the Cubs’ Game 7 loss to Detroit in 1945. One player remains from the 1948 Indians, 95-year-old Eddie Robinson.

“It seems like it’s just forever,” Robinson said Monday from his home in Fort Worth, Texas. “When we got home from Boston, there was a monumental parade. It just looked like everybody in Cleveland came out on Euclid Avenue.”

One team’s fans will let loose with the celebration of a lifetime. But while history weighs on the supporters, Cubs manager Joe Maddon focuses his players with a now-centred battle cry of “Win the Inning!”

“Air conditioning is popular right now. So is colour TV,” he said. “You’ve just got to change with the times.”

Both teams worked out under cloudy skies as the new 59-by-221-foot scoreboard behind the left-field seats — the largest in the major leagues — trumpeted the Sisyphean matchup.

While the Cubs play in Wrigley Field, the 102-year-old brick-and-ivy jewel on Chicago’s North Side, the Indians are in a 22-year-old throwback-style ballpark originally called Jacobs Field.

Led by Kris Bryant and Anthony Rizzo, the Cubs led the major leagues with 103 wins during the regular season, then beat San Francisco and Los Angeles in the playoffs. But since the playoffs expanded in 1995, only four teams with the best regular-season record won the title: the 1998 and 2009 New York Yankees, and the 2007 and 2013 Boston Red Sox. “I promise you, our guys are going to be in the present tense,” Maddon said. “I think we all have a tremendous amount of respect for history and what’s happened before us or not happened before us. But, you know, you go in that room right now, they’re very young. Really not impacted by a lot of

Lars Plaetner dropped in 27 points and Eddie Ellis added 25 as the Chillabongs Orangemen downed the Axemen 90-81 in Central Alberta Senior Men’s Basketball Association play Sunday.

Zaki Boule had 21 points and Dan Christian 16 for the Axemen.

In other action, the Alkin Basin Drillers stopped Henry’s Eavestroughing 66-57.

Owen Saari had 12 points and Nick Duske and Wyatt Saari 10 each for the Drillers. Cody Pratte had 15 points and David Misener 14 in a losing cause.

Szabados released by Rivermen

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Chicago Cubs catcher Willson Contreras warms up during a team practice for baseball’s upcoming World Series against the Chicago Cubs on Monday, in Cleveland. the lore.”

Jon Lester, 7-1 in his career against Cleveland, starts for the Cubs and Corey Kluber opens for the Indians.

Lester is 2-0 with a 0.86 ERA in three post-season starts this year and 3-0 with a 0.43 ERA in a trio of Series outings. He learned to prepare from watching Curt Schilling and Josh Beckett in Boston.

“They prepared the same way for this start as they would for a regular start during the season,” he said.

Kluber pitched shutout ball twice in the playoffs before allowing two runs in five innings in Game 4 at Toronto.

His father, Jim, was born in Cleveland and rooted for the Indians growing up in suburban Highland Heights.

“I think every parent is excited if their kid has a chance to play in the World Series,” said the 30-yearold right-hander, who could win his second AL Cy Young Award in three years.

Both teams were dealing with injuries that caused changes in planning.

Indians manager Terry Francona, juggling all year because of health mishaps, said right-hander Danny Salazar will be on the World Series roster, which must be submitted Tuesday morning. Salazar has not pitched since Sept. 9 because of forearm tightness but threw a simulated game Sunday.

“Nothing’s official, so if we have another drone incident or anything with model airplanes or anything, we reserve the right” to change, he said, a reference to the injury that limited pitcher Trevor Bauer to two-thirds of an inning in the AL Championship Series.

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Chicago appeared likely to include outfielder Kyle Schwarber, out since tearing knee ligaments on April 8, and start him at designated hitter. He returned to action last weekend in the Arizona Fall League.

“Reports are good,” Maddon said.

“He’s swinging the bat well. He’s running really well.”

Indians second baseman Jason Kipnis was dealing with a sprained left ankle, hurt when he jumped and shortstop Francisco Lindor accidentally stepped on his foot while celebrating the last out of the ALCS. “He might not be 100 per cent, but I don’t think it’s going to get in the way,” Francona said.

Cleveland fell three outs short of the 1997 title when Jose Mesa blew a one-run lead in the ninth inning of Game 7 at Florida and an error by second baseman Tony Fernandez led to the Marlins’ winning run in the 11th.

The Series starts just after a ceremony across the street when LeBron James and the Cavaliers receive championship rings before their opener celebrating this year’s NBA title, the first for Cleveland’s big league teams since the NFL’s Browns in 1964.

“It’s a pretty neat set of circumstances,” said Indians reliever Andrew Miller, the ALCS MVP. “Obviously the fans wish they had won quite a bit previously, but I think the Cubs are even going to overshadow us in that history.”

While Chicago has many famous fans, among them actor Bill Murray and Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, Cleveland is rooted on by Tom Hanks and Drew Carey.

PEORIA, Ill. — Goaltender Shannon Szabados has been released by the Peoria Rivermen after two games with the Southern Professional Hockey League team.

The team announced that Szabados, who helped Canada win gold in Olympic women’s hockey in 2010 and 2014, was cut along with fellow goaltender Storm Phaneuf following the Rivermen’s opening weekend losses to the Huntsville Havoc. Peoria was outscored 11-2 over those games, and Szabados, who played in parts of both games, had a goals-against average of 6.10 and a save percentage of .792.

“After our first two games, I thought our goaltending wasn’t good enough to compete, and changes had to be made,” Rivermen head coach JeanGuy Trudel said in a statement.

Szabados, a 30-year-old from Edmonton, spent the last two seasons in goal for the SPHL’s Columbus Cottonmouths. Her overall record was 20-20-6 and she carried a save percentage over .900 each year.

Canucks recall defenceman Stecher, Megna VANCOUVER — The Vancouver Canucks have recalled defenceman Troy Stecher and forward Jason Megna from the American Hockey League’s Utica Comets.

Stecher, a 22-year-old from Richmond, B.C., has registered an assist along with four penalty minutes in four games with the Comets this season.

Last season, the five-foot-11, 195-pound defenceman helped the University of North Dakota Fighting Hawks to their eighth NCAA Championship while being named to the All-Tournament Team.

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Osweiler gets rude welcome from Broncos

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Broncos 27 Texans 9 DENVER — The Denver Broncos ruined Brock Osweiler’s homecoming Monday night, incessantly hurrying, hitting and harassing their former teammate in a 27-9 win over his Houston Texans.

Coach Gary Kubiak returned to the sideline following his second health scare in three years, and he had to like what he saw as the Broncos (5-2) snapped a two-game skid in sending the overwhelmed Texans home at 4-3.

C.J. Anderson and Devontae Booker energized Denver’s sputtering ground game, both running for a touchdown. Anderson gained 107 yards on 16 carries and Booker had 83 on 17 hand-offs.

But the big story was Trevor Siemian, Peyton Manning’s surprise successor, outplaying Osweiler, who was groomed to be Denver’s next QB but instead bolted to Houston in free agency.

Osweiler left for bigger numbers in Texas — both in his bank account and his stat sheet — but he spent this night quickly getting rid of the ball, constantly overthrowing DeAndre Hopkins in double coverage and otherwise running for his life from Von Miller & Co. Although he avoided sacks, Osweiler was just 22 for 41 for 131 yards with no TDs and no interceptions. Siemian was 14 of 25 for 157 yards, a TD and no interceptions.

Osweiler’s fumble at his own 25-yard line was scooped up by Chris Harris Jr. on the first play of the fourth quarter.

That led to Brandon McManus’ chip-shot field goal that made it 24-9 and snuffed out Houston’s hopes of a comeback.

Anderson scored on a 7-yard run and Siemian hit Demaryius Thomas from 4 yards out as the Broncos took a 14-6 halftime lead.

Osweiler took a couple of big shots from safeties Darian Stewart and T.J. Ward in the first quarter but the Texans led 6-0 on a pair of 43-yard field goals by

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Denver Broncos wide receiver Emmanuel Sanders signals first down after the catch during the second half of an NFL football game against the Houston Texans, in Denver.

Nick Novak.

Novak’s 29-yarder made it 14-9, but Stewart punched the ball from running back Alfred Blue’s grasp and linebacker Todd Davis plucked it out of the air. That led to Booker’s 1-yard TD run.

Kubiak missed Denver’s last game when doctors ordered him to take a week off after he was transported via ambulance to the hospital following Denver’s last home game, on Oct. 9, with a complex migraine condition, which can mimic a stroke. Kubiak

had a mini-stroke in 2013 while coaching the Texans.

Like Osweiler, this was his first game against his former team.

STREAK BREAKER: Denver’s dazzling defence is a real dawdler , having allowed scores on five of six opening drives coming into the game. That didn’t stop them from deferring when they won the toss.

The Texans went three and out on their first two possessions, the first time all season the Broncos hadn’t allowed points on their first two defensive series.

Toronto FC looks to leave playoff mark, starting with Philly

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — On the second floor of Toronto’s FC practice facility, three glass cases are built into the wall of a lounge next to the dining room.

One contains the Voyageurs Cup, surrounded by photos documenting the five times Toronto has won the Canadian championship. Two nearby cases — for the MLS Cup and CONCACAF Champions Cup — sit empty.

In years gone by, it might be akin to Joe Public having a blank wall at home titled “Supermodels I Have Dated.”

But this big-ticket version of Toronto FC, full of star power and deep in talent, has high hopes.

There are playoff games to be won.

Cabinets to be filled.

“We come in here, we all glance at it. You want to see something in there, ” striker Jozy Altidore said Monday of the empty MLS Cup case. “Look, it’s not going to happen overnight. The

MLS club has come a long way. In two, three years we’re now full of ambition, full of hunger to do more. And that’s how you become better. We want to fill those two cases up with trophies, definitely.”

The first step comes Wednesday night as Toronto hosts the Philadelphia Union in its first ever home playoff game.

It’s a chance to erase memories of the franchise’s first foray into the playoffs, a humiliating 3-0 loss in Montreal at the same stage last season.

“That game we just didn’t show up,” Altidore said of the Montreal debacle.

“Wednesday night, the one thing we have to do is show up — show up for our fans, show up for the city and the chips will fall where they may.”

Toronto (14-9-11) finished third in

BRIEFS Leafs waive Michalek, claim Smith off of waivers TORONTO — The Toronto Maple Leafs placed Milan Michalek on waivers Monday and picked up veteran centre Ben Smith.

Michalek was acquired by Toronto last February in the trade which sent Dion Phaneuf to the Ottawa Senators. The 31-year-old had a goal and an assist in five games as a member of the Leafs checking unit.

Smith returns to the club after a brief stint with the Colorado Avalanche this fall. The 28-year-old joined the Leafs for 16 games last season, a spare part in the trade which sent James Reimer to San Jose.

Leafs coach Mike Babcock said he thought Smith

the Eastern Conference this season while Philadelphia (11-14-9) was sixth.

D.C. United hosts the Montreal Impact in the other Eastern knockout game Thursday.

Team president Bill Manning says while it has been a good season to date, now is the time for TFC to step up and demonstrate its worth with a run deep into the playoffs.

“This is not a team that’s going to have a lot of turnover in the off-season.

We have a good nucleus of players. We think this is a team that can be good, for many years. We’d all be disappointed if we were one and-out.”

“At our home place I like our chances and I think this is a team that can make a real run,” he added.

Altidore also believes this squad can do some damage in the post-season.

“We’re not by any means a finished product but I think we’re on the right track and we have a chance to do something special this year,” he said.

could be of help to the penalty kill as well as the faceoff circle.

The real beneficiary of the Michalek move though in the short-term is 22-year-old Connor Brown, who replaced Michalek on a line with Nazem Kadri and Leo Komarov at practice on Monday morning. Brown has earned a fan in Babcock with his speed, tenacity, intelligence and ability with the puck.

He was the OHL’s scoring leader for Erie in the 2013-14 season, chipping in with a goal in five games for the Leafs this fall. A former sixth-round pick of Toronto (2012), he’s spent the early part of the season on the fourth line, also killing penalties.

“We can think he can score at this level and be a real good support player,” Babcock said.

Bruins backup goalie dealing with injury BOSTON — Anton Khudobin became the latest Boston Bruins goaltender to get injured Monday.

Khudobin skated over to the Bruins bench at Warrior Ice Arena just before practice and had his right arm or wrist attended to by the training staff. The goaltender then left the ice and didn’t return.

The Bruins were already without Tuukka Rask, who has been out since Oct. 20 against the New Jer-

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Captain Michael Bradley, whose desire to lead the team to the promised land burns like a propane torch, says his team is ready for the post-season.

“Ultimately what happens from here on in is what people are going to remember for the next few months …

I think we have a group of guys that hopefully have another level, have another gear to still hit.”

Italian star striker Sebastian Giovinco is keen to do his part for his adopted home, knowing Toronto is hungry for soccer success.

“Yes it is my city and I want it to be my city,” he said through an interpreter.

There is little time to prepare. So coach Greg Vanney didn’t mind that his family was watching a rerun of Toronto’s 3-2 win over Chicago on Sunday when he returned home after the game. When the replay ended, he turned to his laptop to watch Philadelphia’s 2-0 loss to the New York Red Bulls.

sey Devils because of an undisclosed injury.

Heading into their home game against the Minnesota Wild on Tuesday, the Bruins (3-2-0) don’t know who will be their starting goaltender.

With ill Lehner, Nilsson gets start BUFFALO, N.Y. — Buffalo Sabres starting goalie Robin Lehner is sidelined with an illness, which means backup goalie Anders Nilsson will make his season debut at Philadelphia on Tuesday night.

Coach Dan Bylsma provided the update after Lehner missed practice Monday. Bylsma said Lehner was “feeling under the weather,” and not scheduled to travel with the team.

Buffalo filled the backup spot by promoting Linus Ullmark from Rochester, the team’s American Hockey League affiliate.

Lehner has 1-2-1 record in playing all four games this season.

Buffalo gave up a fifth-round pick in the 2017 draft to acquire Nilsson in a trade with St. Louis in July.

He has a 19-22-4 record over three NHL seasons split between three teams, including the New York Islanders and Edmonton Oilers.

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Local Sports Wednesday

● WHL: Red Deer Rebels vs. Brandon Wheat Kings, 7 p.m., Centrium

Thursday

● High school football: Semifinals — City Division: Notre Dame vs. Lindsay Thurber, 4:30 p.m.; Hunting Hills vs. Lacombe, 7:30p.m., Lacombe M.E. Global Athletic Park. Rural Division: Sylvan Lake vs. Rocky, 4 p.m., Sylvan Lake; Stettler vs. Wetaskiwin, 4 p.m., Stettler. ● College women’s hockey: ACAC, RDC Queens vs. SAIT, 7 p.m., Centrium. ● Sr. men’s basketball: CASMBA, Vikings vs. K.J. Concrete, 7:15 p.m.; Bulldog Scrap Metal vs. Sheraton Red Deer, 8:30 p.m., LTCHS.

Friday

● College volleyball: RDC vs.

Medicine Hat, women at 6 p.m., men to follow. ● WHL: Red Deer Rebels vs. Medicine Hat Tigers, 7 p.m., Centrium. ● Major midget: Red Deer Optimist Chiefs vs. Foothills Bisons, 7 p.m., Kinex. ● College men’s hockey: RDC Kings at MacEwan University Griffins. ● College women’s hockey: RDC Queens at SAIT. ● Heritage Jr B hockey: Blackfalds at Three Hills, 8:30 p.m. ● Chinook League: Lacombe Generals at Innisfail Eagles, 8:30 p.m.

Saturday

● Cross-country running: ACAC finals in Grande Prairie. ● College volleyball: RDC vs.

Medicine Hat, women at 1 p.m., men to follow, RDC ● Bantam hockey: Red Deer

Hockey

Chiefs vs. Airdrie, 2:15 p.m., Collicutt Centre. ● Bantam elite girls: Red Deer Sutter Fund Chiefs vs. Lethbridge, 12:30 p.m., Penhold Regional Multiplex. ● Girls midget AAA hockey: Red Deer Sutter Fund Chiefs vs. Lloydminster Steelers, 5 p.m., Collicutt Centre. ● College basketball: RDC vs. St. Mary’s University, women at 6 p.m., men to follow, RDC ● WHL: Red Deer Rebels at Lethbridge Hurricanes, 7 p.m. ● College men’s hockey: RDC Kings vs. MacEwan University Griffins, 7 p.m., Penhold Regional Multiplex. ● Midget elite girls: Red Deer Sutter Fund Chiefs vs. Calgary Fire White, 7:45 p.m., Kin City ● Heritage Jr. B hockey: Medicine Hat at Stettler, 7:30 p.m., Strathmore at Red Deer Vipers, 8 p.m., Collicutt Centre.

Sunday

● Minor midget hockey: Red Deer TBS Chiefs vs. Red Deer Northstar Chiefs, 2:15 p.m., Collicutt Centre. ● Heritage Jr. B hockey: Cochrane at Ponoka, 2:30 p.m.; Okotoks at Blackfalds, 3:30 p.m. ● Bantam elite girls: Red Deer Sutter Fund Chiefs vs. Lethbridge, 4:15 p.m., Kin City. ● Sr men’s basketball: CASMBA, Grandview All-stars vs,. Orangemen, Henry;’s Eavestroughing vs. K.J. Concrete, Silver Spurs vs. Johns Mansville, 4:15 p.m.; Carstar vs. Monstars, NWS Axemen vs. Kingsmen, Triple A Batteries vs. Drystone Interiors, 5:30 p.m., LTCHS. ● Girls midget AAA hockey: Red Deer Sutter Fund Chiefs vs. Rocky Mountain Raiders, 5 p.m., Collicutt Centre.

Basketball Denver Minnesota Oklahoma City Portland Utah

0 0 .000 — 0 0 .000 — 0 0 .000 — 0 0 .000 — 0 0 .000 — Pacific Division W L Pct GB Golden State 0 0 .000 — L.A. Clippers 0 0 .000 — L.A. Lakers 0 0 .000 — Phoenix 0 0 .000 — Sacramento 0 0 .000 — Today’s Games New York at Cleveland, 5:30 p.m.

Utah at Portland, 8 p.m.

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

Wednesday’s Games Miami at Orlando, 5 p.m.

Dallas at Indiana, 5 p.m.

Brooklyn at Boston, 5:30 p.m.

Detroit at Toronto, 5:30 p.m.

Charlotte at Milwaukee, 6 p.m.

Minnesota at Memphis, 6 p.m.

Denver at New Orleans, 6 p.m.

Oklahoma City at Philadelphia, 6 p.m.

Sacramento at Phoenix, 8 p.m.

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

Thursday’s Games Washington at Atlanta, 5:30 p.m.

Boston at Chicago, 6 p.m.

San Antonio at Sacramento, 8:30 p.m.

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

National Basketball Association EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct GB Boston 0 0 .000 — Brooklyn 0 0 .000 — New York 0 0 .000 — Philadelphia 0 0 .000 — Toronto 0 0 .000 — Southeast Division W L Pct GB Atlanta 0 0 .000 — Charlotte 0 0 .000 — Miami 0 0 .000 — Orlando 0 0 .000 — Washington 0 0 .000 — Central Division W L Pct GB Chicago 0 0 .000 — Cleveland 0 0 .000 — Detroit 0 0 .000 — Indiana 0 0 .000 — Milwaukee 0 0 .000 — WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division W L Pct GB Dallas 0 0 .000 — Houston 0 0 .000 — Memphis 0 0 .000 — New Orleans 0 0 .000 — San Antonio 0 0 .000 — Northwest Division W L Pct GB

Soccer MLS EASTERN CONFERENCE GP W L T GF GA y-New York 34 16 9 9 61 44 y-N.Y.C. 34 15 10 9 62 57 x-Toronto 34 14 9 11 51 39 x-D.C. 34 11 10 13 53 47 x-Montreal 34 11 11 12 49 53 x-Philadelphia 34 11 14 9 52 55 New England 34 11 14 9 44 54 Orlando 34 9 11 14 55 60 Columbus 34 8 14 12 50 58 Chicago 34 7 17 10 42 58 WESTERN CONFERENCE GP W L T GF GA y-Dallas 34 17 8 9 50 40 y-Colorado 34 15 6 13 39 32 x-Los Angeles 34 12 6 16 54 39 x-Seattle 34 14 14 6 44 43 x-Kansas City 34 13 13 8 42 41 x-Salt Lake 34 12 12 10 44 46 Portland 34 12 14 8 48 53 Vancouver 34 10 15 9 45 52 San Jose 34 8 12 14 32 40 Houston 34 7 14 13 39 45

Pt 57 54 53 46 45 42 42 41 36 31 Pt 60 58 52 48 47 46 44 39 38 34

x — clinched playoff berth y — earned first-round bye in playoffs. Note: Three points awarded for a win one for a tie.

Sunday’s results Dallas 0 Los Angeles 0 Houston 1 Colorado 1 New England 3 Montreal 0 New York 2 Philadelphia 0 New York City FC 4 Columbus 1 Orlando 4 D.C. 2 Seattle 2 Salt Lake 1 Kansas City 2 San Jose 0 Toronto 3 Chicago 2 Vancouver 4 Portland 1 End of MLS Regular Season PLAYOFFS First Round (single-game eliminations) Wednesday’s games Philadelphia at Toronto, 5:30 p.m.

Salt Lake at Los Angeles, 8:30 p.m.

Thursday’s games Montreal at D.C., 5:30 p.m.

Kansas City at Seattle, 8 p.m.

Transactions HOCKEY National Hockey League COLORADO AVALANCHE — Recalled F Mikko Rantanen from San Antonio (AHL).

DALLAS STARS — Recalled F Justin Dowling from Texas (AHL). Placed F Ales Hemsky on injured reserve, retroactive to Oct. 22.

NASHVILLE PREDATORS — Recalled D Matt Irwin from Milwaukee (AHL).

NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS — Released DL Anthony Johnson. Released DB Vinnie Sunseri from the practice squad.

NEW JERSEY DEVILS — Sent F Blake Speers to Sault Ste. Marie (OHL).

NEW YORK ISLANDERS — Agreed to terms F Steve Bernier on a one-year contract.

American Hockey League AHL — Suspended Cleveland F Brett Gallant three games for an illegal check to the head of an opponent in an Oct. 22 game at Grand Rapids. Suspended Utica F Joseph LaBate three games for an illegal check to the head of an opponent during an Oct. 22 game at Albany.

MILWAUKEE ADMIRALS — Acquired D Adam Pardy from Springfield for F Eric Robinson, D Teddy Doherty and G Brandon Whitney.

SAN ANTONIO RAMPAGE — Recalled F Shawn Ouellette-St. Amant from the Colorado Eagles (ECHL).

ECHL ELMIRA JACKALS — Acquired F Sebastien Sylvestre from Orlando for the rights to LW Taylor Stefishen.

BASEBALL American League SEATTLE MARINERS — Named Lisa Winsby vice-president of human resources.

American Association ST. PAUL SAINTS — Exercised the 2017 contract options on RHP Robert Coe, RHP Ryan Rodebaugh, LHP Kramer Sneed, RHP Benji Waite, LHP Cody Wheeler, LHP Corey Williams, INF David Bergin, INF Ryan Cavan, INF Nate Hanson, INF Angelo Songco, INF Jon Kristofferson, INF Tony Thomas, INF Tanner Vavra, OF Breland Almadova, OF Brady Burzynski, OF Alonzo Harris, C Tony Caldwell and LHP Caleb Thielbar.

SIOUX FALLS CANARIES — Exercised the 2017 contract option on C Aaron Gretz and OF Willie Argo.

Can-Am League NEW JERSEY JACKALS — Sold the contract of 1B Art Charles to Cincinnati (NL).

BASKETBALL National Basketball Association DETROIT PISTONS — Claimed G Beno Udrih off waivers from Miami. Waived G Ray McCallum.

INDIANA PACERS — Signed F Ben Bentil.

LOS ANGELES LAKERS — Waived Fs Yi Jianlian and Anthony Brown.

MEMPHIS GRIZZLIES — Waived G Jordan Adams and C Matt Costello.

NEW ORLEANS PELICANS — Waived F Alonzo Gee. OKLAHOMA CITY THUNDER — Waived F Mitch McGary, G Ronnie Price, F Chris Wright and C Kaleb Tarczewski.

PHILADELPHIA 76ERS — Waived G Anthony Barber, G Dionte Christmas, C Shawn Long, G Brandon Paul and F James Webb III. SACRAMENTO KINGS — Waived G Jordan Farmar and Isaiah Cousins.

UTAH JAZZ — Exercised the contract options for G Rodney Hood, G Dante Exum and F-C Trey Lyles.

FOOTBALL National Football League CLEVELAND BROWNS — Claimed QB Joe Callahan off waivers from New Orleans and OL Gabe Ikard off waivers from Buffalo. Waived DB Darius Hillary and FB Malcolm Johnson.

GREEN BAY PACKERS — Signed WR Geronimo Allison and S Jermaine Whitehead from the practice squad. Placed WR Jared Abbrederis and S Chris Banjo on injured reserve. Signed WR Dez Stewart to the practice squad.

NEW YORK JETS — Signed DL Brandin Bryant to the practice squad.

COLLEGE NORTHWESTERN — Announced the retirement of senior DB Matthew Harris.

SAN DIEGO STATE — Named John David Wicker athletic director.

Foster announces retirement

injuries. He announced his retirement Monday on the website Uninterrupted as the Dolphins began their bye week.

The team confirmed the decision, effective immediately.

“There comes a time in every athlete’s career when their ambition and their body are no longer on the same page,” Foster wrote. “I’ve reached that point. It’s hard to write those words because this game has been everything to me.”

MIAMI — Four-time Pro Bowler Arian Foster says he can no longer take the punishment an NFL running back endures, so he is retiring midway through an injury-plagued season with the Miami Dolphins.

Foster, 30, tried to come back from a torn Achilles tendon, but was slowed this season by groin and hamstring

WHL Eastern Conference East Division GP W LOTLSOL GF GA Pts Regina 12 9 0 3 0 62 36 21 Swift Current 14 8 4 1 1 51 46 18 Moose Jaw 11 7 2 2 0 42 37 16 Saskatoon 12 6 5 1 0 28 37 13 Brandon 10 5 3 2 0 40 32 12 Prince Albert 12 4 7 1 0 30 39 9 Central Division GP W LOTLSOL GF GA Pts Medicine Hat 13 8 4 1 0 59 42 17 Red Deer 12 7 3 1 1 41 39 16 Lethbridge 13 5 6 1 1 42 58 12 Edmonton 11 4 5 2 0 25 36 10 Calgary 9 3 5 1 0 18 31 7 Kootenay 12 1 7 3 1 29 50 6 Western Conference U.S. Division GP W LOTLSOL GF GA Pts Everett 13 9 2 2 0 43 28 20 Portland 13 8 5 0 0 54 44 16 Tri-City 13 7 5 1 0 47 48 15 Spokane 11 3 6 1 1 25 44 8 Seattle 9 3 5 0 1 20 31 7 B.C. Division GP W LOTLSOL GF GA Pts Prince George 14 11 2 1 0 51 36 23 Kamloops 13 7 6 0 0 48 34 14 Victoria 13 7 6 0 0 45 34 14 Kelowna 13 6 7 0 0 32 42 12 Vancouver 15 6 9 0 0 43 51 12 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.

Sunday’s Games Prince Albert 3 Calgary 2 Tri-City 5 Vancouver 4 Saturday’s results Brandon 6 Spokane 0 Red Deer 3 Prince Albert 1 Regina 8 Medicine Hat 5 Everett 3 Victoria 1 Vancouver 2 Swift Current 1 (OT) Kelowna 5 Seattle 1 Prince George 2 Saskatoon 1 Kamloops 4 Tri-City 3 (OT) Friday’s Games Brandon 6 Lethbridge 1 Regina 4 Spokane 2 Red Deer 4 Calgary 1 Medicine Hat 4 Kootenay 1 Edmonton 3 Prince Albert 1 Kelowna 4 Tri-City 2 Kamloops 5 Saskatoon 1 Victoria 9 Swift Current 2 Seattle 3 Portland 1 Today’s Games Brandon at Edmonton, 7 p.m.

Victoria at Kamloops, 8 p.m.

Spokane at Moose Jaw, 7 p.m.

Tri-City at Portland, 8 p.m.

Wednesday’s Games Victoria at Kelowna, 8:05 p.m.

Prince George at Kootenay, 7 p.m.

Brandon at Red Deer, 7 p.m.

Spokane at Saskatoon, 7:05 p.m.

Thursday’s Game Tri-City at Everett, 8:05 p.m.

NHL Eastern Conference

Atlantic Division GP W L OTL SL GF GA Pts 6 5 0 0 1 23 10 11 5 4 1 0 0 17 14 8 6 4 2 0 0 20 15 8 Metropolitan Division GP W L OTL SL GF GA Pts NY Rangers 6 4 2 0 0 22 16 8 Washington 5 3 1 0 1 13 10 7 Pittsburgh 6 3 2 1 0 13 19 7 WILD CARD GP W L OTL SL GF GA Pts Florida 5 3 1 0 1 16 12 7 Boston 5 3 2 0 0 15 13 6 Ottawa 5 3 2 0 0 18 20 6 NY Islanders 6 3 3 0 0 18 17 6 New Jersey 5 2 2 1 0 8 9 5 Toronto 5 1 1 2 1 18 19 5 Philadelphia 6 2 3 1 0 20 22 5 Columbus 4 2 2 0 0 11 11 4 Carolina 5 1 2 2 0 16 20 4 Buffalo 4 1 2 1 0 11 12 3 Western Conference Central Division GP W L OTL SL GF GA Pts St. Louis 6 4 1 1 0 19 15 9 Minnesota 6 3 2 1 0 19 19 7 Chicago 7 3 3 0 1 25 25 7 Pacific Division GP W L OTL SL GF GA Pts Edmonton 6 5 1 0 0 23 16 10 Vancouver 6 4 1 0 1 15 14 9 San Jose 6 3 3 0 0 14 18 6 WILD CARD GP W L OTL SL GF GA Pts Colorado 5 3 2 0 0 16 16 6 Dallas 5 2 2 1 0 14 16 5 Anaheim 6 2 3 1 0 14 16 5 Calgary 7 2 4 0 1 21 29 5 Los Angeles 5 2 3 0 0 14 18 4 Nashville 5 2 3 0 0 15 15 4 Winnipeg 5 2 3 0 0 14 19 4 Arizona 5 1 4 0 0 14 21 2 Note: the top three teams per division and the two next-best records in the conference qualify for the playoffs a winning team is credited with two points and a victory in the W column a team losing in overtime or shootout receives one point, which is registered in the respective OTL or SOL column.

Monday’s results Montreal 3 Philadelphia 1 Calgary 3 Chicago 2 (SO) Sunday’s Games Edmonton 3 Winnipeg 0 NY Islanders 6 Minnesota 3 NY Rangers 3 Arizona 2 Anaheim 4 Vancouver 2 Today’s Games Minnesota at Boston, 5 p.m.

Arizona at New Jersey, 5 p.m.

Florida at Pittsburgh, 5 p.m.

Buffalo at Philadelphia, 5:30 p.m.

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

Carolina at Detroit, 5:30 p.m.

Calgary at St. Louis, 6 p.m.

Winnipeg at Dallas, 6:30 p.m.

Ottawa at Vancouver, 8 p.m.

Anaheim at San Jose, 8 p.m.

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

Wednesday’s Games Montreal at NY Islanders, 5 p.m.

Boston at NY Rangers, 6 p.m.

Washington at Edmonton, 7:30 p.m.

Nashville at Anaheim, 8:30 p.m.

Montreal Tampa Bay Detroit

Thursday’s Games Minnesota at Buffalo, 5 p.m.

Arizona at Philadelphia, 5 p.m.

NY Islanders at Pittsburgh, 5 p.m.

Florida at Toronto, 5:30 p.m.

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

Detroit at St. Louis, 6 p.m.

Dallas at Winnipeg, 6 p.m.

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

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

Flames 3, Blackhawks 2 (SO) First Period 1. Calgary, Bennett 1 (Hamilton, Ferland) 4:51 (pp).

Penalties — Motte Chi (tripping) 4:12 Chiasson Cgy (interference) 7:49.

Second Period 2. Chicago, Kane 2 (Anisimov) 1:32.

3. Calgary, Monahan 3 (Brouwer, Giordano) 6:52 (pp).

Penalties — Panik Chi (roughing) 6:13 Panarin Chi (high-sticking) 7:07 Motte Chi (double high-sticking) 14:16.

Third Period 4. Chicago, Campbell 1 (unassisted) 4:12.

Penalties — None.

Overtime No Scoring.

Penalties — Frolik Cgy (holding) :46.

Shootout — Calgary wins 1-0 Calgary: Gaudreau miss, Brouwer miss, Monahan miss, Bennett miss, Backlund miss, Giordano miss, Versteeg goal.

Chicago: Toews miss, Kane miss, Panarin miss, Anisimov miss, Panik miss, Hossa miss, Schmaltz miss.

Shots on goal by Calgary 14 11 5 1 — 31 Chicago 8 8 11 6 — 33 Goal — Calgary: Elliott (W, 1-3-0). Chicago: Crawford (SOL, 1-3-1).

Power plays (goals-chances) — Calgary: 2-5 Chicago: 0-2.

Referees — Marc Joannette, Wes McCauley. Linesmen — Kiel Murchison, Pierre Racicot.

Attendance — 21,348 at Chicago.

Canadiens 3, Flyers 1 First Period No Scoring.

Penalties — Simmonds Pha (holding) 5:59 Radulov Mtl (interference) 14:37.

Second Period 1. Montreal, Weber 2 (Radulov, Lehkonen) 5:28.

2. Philadelphia, Voracek 3 (Giroux, Manning) 11:47.

Penalties — Simmonds Pha (slashing) 8:52 Schenn Pha (holding) 12:33.

Third Period 3. Montreal, Gallagher 4 (Radulov, Weber) 13:08 (pp).

4. Montreal, Radulov 2 (Emelin) 18:57 (en).

Penalties — Couturier Pha (tripping) 13:04.

Shots on goal by Philadelphia 6 12 14 — 32 Montreal 9 13 11 — 33 Goal — Philadelphia: Mason (L, 1-3-1). Montreal: Price (W, 3-0-0).

Power plays (goals-chances) — Philadelphia: 0-1 Montreal: 1-4.

Referees — Chris Schlenker, Brad Meier. Linesmen — Trent Knorr, Steve Miller.

Attendance — 21,288 at Montreal.

Football CFL East Division W L T PF PA Pt 7 8 1 443 455 15 7 9 0 456 441 14 5 11 0 334 382 10 5 12 0 366 527 10 West Division GP W L T PF PA Pt y-Calgary 17 15 1 1 578 352 31 x-Winnipeg 16 10 6 0 454 411 20 x-B.C. 16 10 6 0 480 430 20 x-Edmonton 16 8 8 0 479 453 16 Saskatchewan16 5 11 0 326 465 10 x — clinched playoff berth y — clinched division.

WEEK 18 Bye: Winnipeg Saturday’s results Montreal 19 Saskatchewan 14 B.C. 32 Edmonton 25 Friday’s results Hamilton 39 Ottawa 36 (OT) Calgary 31 Toronto 13 WEEK 19 Bye: Toronto Friday, Oct. 28 Edmonton at Hamilton, 5 p.m.

Saturday, Oct. 29 Ottawa at Winnipeg, 2 p.m.

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

Sunday, Oct. 30 Calgary at Montreal, 11 a.m.

WEEK 20 Bye: Calgary Friday, Nov. 4 Winnipeg at Ottawa, 5 p.m.

Saturday, Nov. 5 Montreal at Hamilton, 11 a.m.

Toronto at Edmonton, 2 p.m.

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

End of Regular Season GP x-Ottawa 16 x-Hamilton 16 Montreal 16 Toronto 17

NFL AMERICAN CONFERENCE

East T Pct PF PA 0.857 176 107 0.571 187 131 0.429 146 159 0.286 119 180 South W L T Pct PF PA Houston 4 3 0.571 117 154 Indianapolis 3 4 0.429 194 200 Tennessee 3 4 0.429 146 161 Jacksonville 2 4 0.333 117 160 North W L T Pct PF PA Pittsburgh 4 3 0.571 170 150 Baltimore 3 4 0.429 133 139 Cincinnati 3 4 0.429 140 162 Cleveland 0 7 0.000 130 207 West W L T Pct PF PA Oakland 5 2 0.714 185 179 Denver 5 2 0.714 167 117 Kansas City 4 2 0.667 136 123 San Diego 3 4 0.429 206 185 NATIONAL CONFERENCE East W L T Pct PF PA Dallas 5 1 0.833 159 107 Philadelphia 4 2 0.667 156 88 Washington 4 3 0.571 159 162 N.Y. Giants 4 3 0.571 133 141 South W L T Pct PF PA Atlanta 4 3 0.571 229 199 Tampa Bay 3 3 0.500 128 159 New Orleans 2 4 0.333 176 195 Carolina 1 5 0.167 161 176 North W L T Pct PF PA Minnesota 5 1 0.833 129 84 Green Bay 4 2 0.667 140 123 Detroit 4 3 0.571 170 170 Chicago 1 6 0.143 111 169 West

L T Pct PF PA 1 1.750 111 84 3 1.500 159 110 4 0.429 120 154 6 0.143 144 219 Thursday, Oct. 20 Green Bay 26, Chicago 10 Sunday, Oct. 23 N.Y. Giants 17, Los Angeles 10 Cincinnati 31, Cleveland 17 N.Y. Jets 24, Baltimore 16 Detroit 20, Washington 17 Kansas City 27, New Orleans 21 Philadelphia 21, Minnesota 10 Miami 28, Buffalo 25 Indianapolis 34, Tennessee 26 Oakland 33, Jacksonville 16 Tampa Bay 34, San Francisco 17 New England 27, Pittsburgh 16 San Diego 33, Atlanta 30, OT Arizona 6, Seattle 6, OT Open: Los Angeles, San Francisco, N.Y. Giants, Miami, Baltimore, Pittsburgh Monday, Oct. 24 Denver 27, Houston 9 Thursday’s Games Jacksonville at Tennessee, 6:25 p.m.

Sunday’s Games Washington at Cincinnati, 7:30 a.m.

Detroit at Houston, 11 a.m.

Arizona at Carolina, 11 a.m.

Kansas City at Indianapolis, 11 a.m.

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

New England at Buffalo, 11 a.m.

Seattle at New Orleans, 11 a.m.

Oakland at Tampa Bay, 11 a.m.

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

Green Bay at Atlanta, 2:25 p.m.

Philadelphia at Dallas, 6:30 p.m.

Open: Dallas, Carolina Monday’s Games Minnesota at Chicago, 6:30 p.m.

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

Chicago 4, Los Angeles 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 8, Los Angeles 4 Saturday, Oct. 22: Chicago 5, Los Angeles 0 WORLD SERIES (Best-of-7 x-if necessary) All games televised by Fox Chicago vs. Cleveland Tuesday, Oct. 25: Chicago at Cleveland, 8:08 p.m.

Wednesday, Oct. 26: Chicago at Cleveland, 8:08 p.m.

Friday, Oct. 28: Cleveland at Chicago, 8:08 p.m.

Saturday, Oct. 29: Cleveland at Chicago, 8:08 p.m. x-Sunday, Oct. 30: Cleveland at Chicago, 8:15 p.m. x-Tuesday, Nov. 1: Chicago at Cleveland, 8:08 p.m. x-Wednesday, Nov. 2: Chicago at Cleveland, 8:08 p.m.

New England Buffalo Miami N.Y. Jets

W 6 4 3 2

L 1 3 4 5

W Seattle 4 Arizona 3 Los Angeles 3 San Francisco1

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

Leafs still learning how to win

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — Maple Leafs defenceman Roman Polak tried but ultimately failed to wrap up Chicago Blackhawks winger Richard Panik on the play that capped off another third-period unravelling for Toronto this season.

“It’s a tough situation,” Polak said of the incident in question. “We need to handle that though.”

Toronto gave up two goals in the final 2 ½ minutes over the weekend in Chicago, falling 5-4 in a shootout. It was the fourth time in five games that the club entered the third period with a lead only to see it slip away. All three games on last week’s road trip ended with third-period collapses.

“It’s frustrating,” veteran centre Tyler Bozak said. “You still should win every time you have the lead in the third.”

NHL clubs rarely lose when they enter the final period with a lead. Toronto, for that matter, was the league’s worst team last season and still went 17-1-4 when they had a lead after two periods. So far this year that mark stands at an unsavoury 1-1-3, the Leafs have actually led after 40 minutes in all five games this season, winning only once.

“Of course it needs to change a little bit because we’re losing the games because of that,” Polak said.

The Leafs had a 4-2 lead and looked fine for the first 17 minutes of Saturday’s third period before it came quickly undone.

Brian Campbell got things going for Chicago, speeding wide left into the Toronto zone before firing a shot (more of a pass really) at the pads of goaltender Frederik Andersen. Artem Anisimov outmanoeuvred Morgan Rielly, the Leafs 22-year-old No. 1 defenceman, for control of the puck, cutting the Leafs lead to one. Babcock was bothered that Anisimov escaped the grasps of not only Rielly but Nazem Kadri, the other Leaf in the area.

“That makes no sense to me,” he said. “If the puck goes through (the) goalies that’s their responsibility, but if (the opposition is) shooting it into empty six-by-fours that’s your responsibility as a team.”

It was exactly one minute later that Panik, a former Leaf, grabbed a point shot rebound and beat Andersen for the game-tying goal. Toronto was outnumbered around the net, with Jonathan Toews and Marian Hossa also looming, a mistake Babcock felt led to

the regrettable end result.

“There’s no excuse for that,” Polak said, “for the puck just to hang in there in the middle. We need to clear it, but it happens.”

The Leafs were overzealous, too, well before the goal, Bozak and rookie Mitch Marner both trying to escape the zone early for a potential empty-net marker. The Blackhawks instead kept the puck in and eventually tied the score. Bozak said the Leafs, among the NHL’s youngest teams, needed to “learn how to win”, by which meant learning to play confidently with the lead.

“When we’re up we can’t sit back, we’ve got to act like it’s tied and keep playing the same way we have,” Bozak said. “It seems like late in the game we’re playing in our end the whole time and the rest of the game we’re playing in theirs. It’s just weird how it happens.”

It’s easy to pin the Leafs third-period woes entirely on the roster’s youth, but as Babcock pointed out it was actually the mistakes of veterans that led to the latest defeat.

The disappearance of a 4-1 lead in Winnipeg, however, can rightly be chalked up to the team’s youthful composition.

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Every dog has his day ABUSED FRENCH MASTIFF IS HERO DOG OF THE YEAR

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Performing as High Valley, the Rempel Brothers play on Nov. 10 at Red Deer’s Memorial Centre.

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BY LANA MICHELIN ADVOCATE STAFF From a farm in Northern Alberta to Music City, Nashville.

From being a single guy in a band to becoming a married parent of two kids.

High Valley’s Brad Rempel knows how big a difference a few years can make.

So when his wife commented on how tall their seven- and five-year-old children are growing, then wistfully added, “I feel we’re just hanging on for dear life,” he immediately understood her sentiment.

That sense of time passing too quickly, and needing to hang on to all the little moments before they’re gone is captured in High Valley’s upcoming album, Dear Life.

Rempel, who performs with his brother Curtis and their band on Thursday, Nov. 10, at Red Deer’s Memorial Centre, said he tried to write each song — including I Ain’t Changing, Memory Makin’ and Roads We’ve Never Taken — as if he was journaling.

“I was writing about my hopes, my wishes, what we should be thankful for, what we should be scared of… This album is like a letter to life,” said Rempel, who believes a sense of nostalgia permeates the record, as well as “a hopefulness that’s very upbeat.”

Many of the new tunes are toe-tappingly danceable, a happy mixture of twangy, old-style country and modern radio-friendly production. “Some people are calling it pop-grass,” in the vein of Mumford & Sons or The Lumineers, admitted Rempel, the group’s lead singer, who takes this as a huge compliment.

Melding pop with bluegrass is no big deal to brothers who grew up without TV and with very little

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Screaming fans prompt Bieber to walk off stage MANCHESTER, England — It seems even Justin Bieber finds his screaming fans irritating.

The pop star walked off the stage during his show in Manchester, England, on Sunday after some fans ignored his request to stop screaming as he was trying to talk to the crowd between songs.

Bieber told the crowd that he wanted to be able to say something and the screaming had to stop.

When the screaming continued, a frustrated Bieber dropped the microphone as he left the stage.

The singer returned several moments later and told the crowd he’d stop talking and just do his musical set, because, he said, “Manchester just can’t handle it.”

Drake dishes four new tracks, reveals upcoming album TORONTO — Drake is marking his 30th birthday with a batch of gifts for his fans.

The Toronto-raised rapper unleashed four new tracks on Sunday, a day before his milestone celebration. He also revealed plans for More Life, an album of new material due in December.

“I want to give you a collection of songs that become the soundtrack to your life,” Drake told listeners of his OVO Sound radio show on Sunday.

“All original music from me.”

He then played three songs — Two Birds One Stone, Sneakin, and Fake Love — and a previously

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radio influence in a Mennonite farming community near La Crete. Rempel recalled the only radio station transmitted a lot of static and farm reports from 300 miles away during his childhood. If you were lucky and the weather was cold enough, a traditional country song could occasionally be heard.

Growing up in this insular environment left the Rempel brothers with a love for “old-school country music,” but also a willingness to be open to fresh ideas.

Lead guitarist Curtis has stated, “You could say it’s weird that we come from the upbringing we do and make this kind of music, but if you analyze Dear Life and the messages on it, you can almost tell that we were brought up the way we were.”

The first single from the album, Every Week’s Got a Friday is climbing Canadian radio charts — while the first cut from the U.S. version of the Dear Life album (the song Make You Mine from High Valley’s previous album that was not released in America) is doing very well in the U.S. Brad feels the opportunity to cross between countries and musical genres is an amazing situation to be in for a band from Northern Alberta.

His family has now lived in Nashville for six years and loves it, spending beach days on the Gulf Coast and weekends in the stands, watching his kids play football.

But Brad and Curtis Rempel always look forward to touring in Alberta. “We played in London, England, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Halifax and Phoenix — all in the same week.” But no crowds ever cheer louder or longer than those in Alberta, said Brad.

“They’ve supported us right from the beginning.”

Tickets for the show are available from the Black Knight Ticket Centre. lmichelin@reddeeradvocate.com unreleased remix of Santan Dave’s Wanna Know on the program he hosts on the Apple Music streaming service.

Some fans had expected Drake would deliver something fresh by the end of the year, encouraged by hints that something was in the works.

Drake’s album Views, which dominated radio over the summer with hits like One Dance, remains in the Top 5 of the Billboard 200 charts for its 24th week.

A few of the album’s tracks are still among the most streamed on Spotify.

Sidelined by an ankle injury earlier this month, which forced him to scrap the final three dates of his North American tour, Drake will embark on a 26-show European jaunt in January.

CraveTV to premiere Showtime shows alongside U.S. broadcasts TORONTO — Showtime series including The Affair, Ray Donovan and the upcoming Twin Peaks sequel will now premiere on CraveTV on the same day they air in the United States.

The Canadian streaming service says all of its Showtime programming will air day-and-date with Showtime in the U.S., beginning in November with The Affair.

Also on the way are new seasons of Billions, Dice, and Episodes, along with Jim Carrey’s new dramedy I’m Dying Up Here and the limited series Guerilla, starring Idris Elba.

Then there are new seasons of Homeland and Masters of Sex. The announcement comes as Shomi — the rival streaming service from Rogers and Shaw — shuts down at the end of November.

The BCE Inc.-owned CraveTV says it is also bolstering its library in 2017 with the complete series of Californication, Dexter and House of Lies.

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NEW YORK — The human nearly lost his life to drug and alcohol addiction. The dog, well, he nearly lost his life to humans.

A French mastiff named Hooch, rescued by Zach Skow in Tehachapi, California, is the 2016 American Humane organization’s Hero Dog of the Year, bestowed in a Beverly Hills ceremony taped in September for broadcast at 8 p.m. EDT Friday on the Hallmark Channel.

Hooch, among eight canine finalists, wore his best tuxedo collar, though he was reluctant to join Skow on stage.

Hosted by James Denton and Beth Stern, and featuring Dave Foley, Kym Johnson, Robert Herjavec, Marilu Henner and Greg Louganis, among other celebrities, this is the sixth year for the awards.

The finalists come in all shapes and sizes — and all were honoured for the work they do. Some protect the vulnerable and comfort the sick. Others assist police, military veterans and rescue the lost.

Hooch, on the other hand, was nominated for surviving — and he was No. 1.

He was the “emerging hero dog,” having been rescued about three years ago with the help of Skow, founder and operator of Marley’s Mutts Dog Rescue in Tehachapi. Skow said the rescue goes the other way around as well.

Skow, from age 16 to 28, when he nearly died of liver failure, is a recovering addict, about eight years sober. As part of his rehabilitation, he went into dog rescue.

“Hooch has helped me stay in the moment — not only in the moment, but out of my head,” Skow explained in a recent interview. “I need to be thinking about something other than me.”

He calls the dogs he rescues his “hope.” As for Hooch, he received a call one day from a local animal control officer about an ailing French mastiff who was emaciated, had a broken tail and had recently had his ears badly cropped. The dog refused to eat, instead batting his bowls around wildly.

Skow thought something was wrong with Hooch’s jaw. When the dog was checked by a veterinarian, they discovered that his tongue had been maliciously cut off at the base, possibly to stop excessive barking or use him as “bait” to train fighting dogs.

The copper-coloured Hooch can’t chew and drools profusely. Skow had to figure out how to feed him.

Hooch pulled out a feeding tube. Skow then found that softening dry food with hot water and putting it straight down Hooch’s mouth worked, and the dog slowly regained his health.

Now, Hooch spends some of his time with non-verbal autistic kids, calming them as they learn social skills. Remarkably, Hooch trusts people, though loud noises like the cheering he received on the night of his big win tend to shut him down.

“He has every reason to mistrust every person he comes across and that has never crossed his mind,” Skow said. “He exudes happiness.”

The first spoken word for some of the autistic kids the two meet is “Hooch,” added Skow, who is now 37.

Hooch does other work as well, as a companion to women in shelters who have been victims of domestic abuse, for instance.

“Everyone called for us to euthanize him,” Skow said. “No one could fathom that he would have a good quality of life. He’s a testament to all of those dogs that don’t have a chance, that don’t have hope.

That’s exactly what I was.”

Showtime series will continue to also air on The Movie Network, but CraveTV subscribers don’t need a TV package to access the online programming.

Schilling joins conservative Breitbart news NEW YORK — Former Major League pitcher Curt Schilling is joining the Breitbart News Network as host of the conservative organization’s first online radio show.

The former Boston Red Sox star, who has said he’s considering a challenge to Democratic U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts, will start his two-hour call-in show on Tuesday at 9 a.m. ET. Schilling called Breitbart “the last bastion of actual journalism.”

Alda asks scientists to explain energy to kids STONY BROOK, N.Y. — Alan Alda wants scientists to answer a question for 11-year-old children: What is energy?

The actor is a visiting professor at the Alan Alda Center for Communicating Science at Stony Brook University on eastern Long Island. He has been posing similar vexing questions to scientists since 2011.

He says it’s important for scientists to be able to communicate complex concepts in simple terms.

He previously has sought simple definitions of time, colour and sound. His first question sought a definition of a flame? His annual contest continues to be called the “Flame Challenge.”

The judges are 11-year-olds around the world who access the contest online.

Winning scientists receive $1,000.

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In Memoriam IN LOVING MEMORY OF CAMERON SWAINSON July 31, 1989 - Oct. 25, 2009

MACLEOD, Ken The MacLeod family are saddened to announce the passing of our father Kenneth Arthur Frederick MacLeod, October 20, 2016. He leaves to mourn his wife Sharon MacLeod, four daughters: Penny Prevost (Dave), Tracey MacLeod (Kent), Patty MacLeod, and Shelley Larson.

Ken also leaves his cherished and grandchildren Jarret Joshua; Michael (Alishia), Cody (Belle), Kayla, Katy, Alicia; Joey (Breanna), Jessica (Ben), Jamie (Cody), Lacie, and Hunter; Kyle and Kole. He also leaves five precious great grandchildren: Tyson, Jaxson, Aubree, Pheonix and Ivy-Rose, as well as numerous nieces and nephews. Ken also leaves one sister Gladys Harrison.

He was predeceased by his father Nathaniel, mother Iris, brother Melvin, sister Connie.

Also his first wife Betty MacLeod, daughter Lori MacLeod and grand baby Tessa Mae. Ken also leaves his treasured fur baby Tia and cattle dog Brody. Sharon and the three girls would love to have anyone whose lives were touched by Ken come and say your goodbyes at his Memorial Service which will be held at the Harvest Centre Westerner Park, 4847A 19th Street, Red Deer Alberta on Wednesday, October 26, 2016 at 2:00 p.m. After, we will then gather at Doyle Simoneau’s to spend time reminiscing about the good times we had with Ken. Condolences may be forwarded to the family by visiting: www.eventidefuneralchapels.com Arrangements entrusted to EVENTIDE FUNERAL CHAPEL 4820 - 45 Street, Red Deer.

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SCHMIDT, Helen 1933 - 2016 “A Real Lady” Helen passed away on October 24, 2016. She leaves Harold, her husband of 61 years, one son, Darcy; two grandsons, Casey and Cody; two sisters, Cheryl and Betty Pardue; two brothers, Jack and Jerry (Diane) Pardue, and many friends and relatives. Helen spent many years with Girl Guides and sold Avon.

WHITECOTTON, Roy Nov. 6, 1924 - Oct. 3, 2016 It is with great sadness we announce the passing of our beloved husband, father and grandpa, on Monday, October 3, 2016, at the age of 91.

Roy will be lovingly remembered by his wife Joyce of 68 years; daughters, Linda (Conrad) Hueppelsheuser, Jane (Howard) Thesen and son Don (Debra) Whitecotton, eight grandchildren, seven great grandchildren and one great great granddaughter.

Also his siblings; May Smith, June Monro, Smoke (Alice) Whitecotton, Evelyn Frizzell and Lorne (Connie) Whitecotton, as well as numerous nieces and nephews.

Roy was predeceased by his parents Jessie and Walter Whitecotton, foster son Robert Manning, grandson Brian Thesen, and his brother in laws Howard Smith, Jim Munro and Ralph Frizzell. Roy grew up and also raised his family in the Iowalta district, where his love for farming and family was first priority. Roy enjoyed most sports but was an avid curler, ball player and golfer.

He will be greatly missed by all who had the pleasure of knowing him. Roy will be laid to rest on Thursday October 27, 2016 at 11:00AM by his family at the Fairview Cemetery.

The funeral service will be held at St. Andrews United Church (5226 51 Avenue, Lacombe, AB) at 1:00PM with a luncheon to follow. In lieu of flowers donations may be made to STARS (1441 Aviation Park NE, Box 570 Calgary, AB T2E 8M7).

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PYETT, Elnora 1930-2016 It is with saddened and heavy hearts that we, the family of Elnora Pyett, announce her passing Saturday October 22, 2016, at the age of 86. Mom touched so many lives with her loving and caring soul.

Elnora will live on in each and every one of us. Elnora leaves to forever mourn her children: Ronald (Barb), Kathleen, Lorraine (Brian).

Her grandchildren: Gaylene and Amanda. Her great grandchildren: Birgit, Jenny, Scott and Damon. Also her sisters Freda (Anton) and Doreen (Gene). Plus a very huge extended family that will forever smile when thoughts of Elnora pass through their memories.

Elnora was predeceased by her husband of 60 years Russell in 2013. Her precious son Stan in 2009 and her adored granddaughter Jolene in 2004. Her parents Emil and Maria, sisters Emma, Rosie, Olga and brother Emil. A celebration of the wonderful life Elnora shared with of us will take place October 26, 2016 at 1p.m.

First Baptist Church 4310 39 St. Red Deer, Alberta. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Children Wish Foundation, 270-2323 32 Ave NE, Calgary AB T2E 6Z3 or Salvation Army, 4837 54 St, Red Deer AB T4N 2G5. Condolences may be forwarded to the family by visiting: www.eventidefuneralchapels.com Arrangements entrusted to

READ, John Bruce Trenholme July 29, 1941 - Oct. 21, 2016 John Read died peacefully at the Red Deer Hospice on Friday, October 21, 2016 at the age of 75 years. John was born in Drumheller and spent his adult life in Red Deer. He will be sadly missed by his loving wife, Norma, and children; Jason (Carmen) Read, Curtis Read, Marcie Januska, Matthew (Jacquie) Januska, Michael (Robin) Januska, and Catie Januska, eight beloved grandchildren, and his brother, Richard (Lorna) and their family. John was predeceased by his first wife, Phyllis. John was a devoted teacher at Lindsey Thurber High School and Normandeau Elementary.

It was a career he loved and was passionate about.

Farewell and God Speed from all your family and friends. A Memorial Service will be held at Gaetz United Church, 4758 Ross Street, Red Deer, on Friday, October 28, 2016 at 11:00 a.m. Memorial donations in John’s honor may be made directly to the Red Deer Hospice Society, 99 Arnot Avenue, Red Deer, Alberta, 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.

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Tuesday, Oct. 25, 2016 In another search, federal police in the state of Jalisco used sniffer dogs to ferret out 15.4 kg of heroin hidden in another package at an express-delivery service. Depending on how much it was cut, the heroin could have supplied between 150,000 and 1.5 million one-gram doses.

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Tom Hayden, ’60s activist and liberal statesman, dead at 76

BRIEFS Suspect in killings, carjackings, cop shootings on the run

LOS ANGELES — In one of the most dramatic personal transformations in American political history, Tom Hayden went from being a famed 1960s and 1970s student radical to a mainstream elected official and elder statesman of the country’s left. He died Sunday at age 76 following a lengthy illness.

Hayden will be forever linked to riots at the 1968 Democratic National Convention, Vietnam War protests of the 1970s and his onetime marriage to actress Jane Fonda.

Those events, however, ultimately represented just a small slice of a life dedicated to, as he put it, trying to change the world.

Elected to the California Assembly in 1982, Hayden served 10 years, followed by eight more in the state Senate.

During that time he put his name on some 100 pieces of legislation — including laws aimed at holding down college tuition costs, preventing discrimination in hiring and modest safety controls on guns.

Former President Bill Clinton praised Hayden, saying “his eventful life in pursuit of peace and justice ran the gamut from protesting to legislating, with lots of writing and teaching along the way.”

OKLAHOMA CITY — Authorities are hunting for a man suspected of killing his aunt and uncle, shooting two police officers, stealing a patrol car and carjacking other vehicles in a violent rampage in the Oklahoma City area, all while apparently taunting law enforcement via social media.

The officers were shot Sunday night as they responded to a report of shots fired in the town of Wellston, 56 km northeast of Oklahoma City, according to the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office. The officers’ injuries weren’t life-threatening, and both are expected to recover, said Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation spokeswoman Jessica Brown.

The sheriff’s department said one person was arrested after the shooting but that a second suspect, 38-year-old Michael Vance, fled in a patrol car.

Mexican police finds meth hidden in cheese

Police in Rio seek 10 suspects in gang rape of woman

MEXICO CITY — Police in Mexico say they have found 1.9 kg of methamphetamine hidden in a block of cheese at a package-delivery facility in Mexico City.

Federal police said Monday that an X-ray inspection of the cheese revealed a hidden package.

When the block was cut open, police found the drugs wrapped in a sheet of lead and carbon paper.

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crime took place a week ago and asked that the victim be put into a protection program.

Investigators are now analyzing footage taken by security cameras. The police statement was released Sunday.

In June, seven men in Rio were charged in the gang rape of a 16-year-old in a case that shocked Brazil and became a symbol of that nation’s problem of violence against women. That case made international headlines because videos showing men posing with the unconscious victim were shared on social media.

The attacks are part of a series of brutal sexual assaults that have sparked marches against gender violence across Latin America. Last week, tens of thousands marched in Argentina, Mexico, Bolivia, Chile, Paraguay and Uruguay to protest violence against women, often under the slogan the NiUnaMenos, meaning “Not one less.”

The march in Argentina followed the brutal killing of a 16-year-old girl who was drugged, raped and tortured.

Kenyan president commutes all death sentences NAIROBI, Kenya — Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta has commuted all the death sentences handed out in the East African country.

The president’s press office said Monday that some 2,747 convicts on death row will now serve life sentences. These include 2,655 male convicts and 92 female convicts.

Kenyatta also signed pardons for 102 long-term serving convicts.

Muthoni Wanyeki, Amnesty International’s regional director for East Africa, the Horn and the Great Lakes says the decision to commute all death sentences brings Kenya closer to the growing community of nations which have abolished the death penalty, calling it a cruel and inhuman form of punishment.

The death penalty — by hanging — has not been carried out in Kenya since 1987. Many African countries maintain the death penalty in their constitutions as a carryover from colonial rule.

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cleod of the University of Toronto jointly win the Nobel Prize for Medicine for their discovery of the hormone insulin, which was to save the lives of millions of diabetics. Banting, whose idea launched the research, shares the prize money with Charles Best. Macleod, who supervised the research, shares with J. B. Collip.

They are the First Canadians to win a Nobel Prize.

1945 — Negro League baseball star Jackie Robinson signs contract with the Montreal AAA Royals, a Brooklyn Dodgers farm team.

1985 — Grande Cache natives protest order to apply for hunting licenses.

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Yoga pants critic gets earful THE SKIN-TIGHT SURPRISE 300 WOMEN DELIVERED TO MAN WHO DISPARAGED THE ATHLETIC WEAR

BY KATIE METTLER ADVOCATE NEWS SERVICES

Photo by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Dorothy’s Ruby Slippers, from the ‘The Wizard of Oz’ are on display as part of a new exhibit, ‘American Stories,’ at the Smithsonian National Museum of American History in Washington. The Smithsonian launched a Kickstarter campaign to raise $300,000 to help preserve the slippers that whisked Dorothy back to Kansas at the end of the movie. Officials said they reached their goal late Sunday.

Slippers saved, Smithsonian turns to fundraising for Scarecrow costume

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON (AP) — Now that the Smithsonian has reached its crowd-funding goal to preserve the ruby slippers from The Wizard of Oz, the museum is asking for more money to conserve another relic from the beloved movie.

The National Museum of American History announced Monday that it has extended the Kickstarter campaign that brought in $300,000 in one week to maintain the ruby slippers. The museum will seek another $85,000 to care for and display a Scarecrow costume worn by actor Ray Bolger and donated to the museum by his widow, Gwendolyn Bolger, in 1987.

If the campaign is successful, the museum will place the Scarecrow’s hat alongside the slippers in a new pop-culture exhibit that’s scheduled to open in 2018. The entire costume would be shown temporarily but is too delicate to go on permanent display.

The slippers, one of four pairs made for the 1939 movie that are known to exist, are among the most popular items in the museum’s collection. They were sold at auction in 1970, donated to the museum in 1979 and have been on near-permanent display ever since. Not built to last, the sequin-covered shoes have deteriorated from exposure to light and moisture, and most of the $300,000 will go toward scien-

tific research on how best to construct a new display case that will better protect them.

The efforts involving the Scarecrow costume will be similar: Museum staff will assess what needs to be done to preserve and treat the costume and prepare it for display.

News of the efforts to preserve the slippers and costume was bittersweet to at least one super-fan of the movie: Michael Shaw, a Los Angeles-based drama coach who owned another pair of slippers. His pair was stolen in 2005 while on loan to the Judy Garland Museum in Grand Rapids, Minnesota, and has never been found.

“Every time I hear anything about the ruby slippers, I get nauseous because I keep thinking about mine,” Shaw, 80, said on Monday.

Shaw used to take his slippers around the country and display them, and he also used them to raise money for charity. When not on display, they were kept in a safety-deposit box, and he believes they were in better shape than the Smithsonian’s pair.

Shaw’s trove of movie memorabilia also includes a hat and trench coat worn by Humphrey Bogart in Casablanca.

“I’m very happy that the Smithsonian is going to be doing this preservation, because that was my goal for years — to save, preserve and to put a lot of these things on display,” Shaw said.

Gruesome court cases can take toll on lawyers, jurors

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS By the time Shayne Lund’s court case wrapped up this week, his lawyer had spent three years dealing with evidence relating to sex crimes against children and animals, wading through reams of graphic text messages and photos and hearing heart-wrenching testimony from victims.

As he left the Barrie, Ont., courthouse after his client’s sentencing, Eginhart Ehlers said the experience had taken its toll.

“Police officers will stay on these types of cases for determined periods of time at the end of which it’s recognized in the meantime by the medical community that the effect on the individual is profound,” he said.

“Based on my experience with Mr. Lund and others, I have now turned down a number of these cases,” Ehlers said. “It has a profound effect on us, there’s no doubt about that.”

While Ehlers said he did not need counselling at this time, he stressed that he would not hesitate to seek help if it became necessary, adding that he has known court clerks to do the same in the past.

A rash of suicides among first responders has shone a spotlight on post-traumatic stress disorder in police and other public safety officers exposed to often disturbing situations in recent years.

Now several high-profile court cases are bringing growing recognition of the possible toll on the mental health of those in the legal system.

The Ontario Court of Appeal is set to hear a case next month of a woman who claims she developed post-traumatic stress disorder as a result of being a juror at the trial of Michael Rafferty, who was convicted in May 2012 of kidnapping, sexual assault and first-degree murder in the death of eight-year-old Victoria Stafford.

The juror, who cannot be named, says she was brought face-to-face with Rafferty’s horrific crimes, suffered psychological injury as a result and is seeking compensation as a victim of crime.

A juror in the trial of the two men convicted of killing Tim Bosma told the Hamilton Spectator she struggled to return to normal life once the case ended in June, and suggested courts should provide on-site counsellors for jurors tasked with making sense of troubling evidence.

Meanwhile, Dr. John Bradford, the internationally renowned forensic psychiatrist who assessed notorious sex killer Russell Williams has openly discussed his PTSD in the wake of the

‘IT HAS A PROFOUND EFFECT ON US, THERE’S NO DOUBT ABOUT THAT.’ — EGINHART EHLERS DEFENCE LAWYER case.

Shortly after watching video footage of Williams sexually assaulting two women, Bradford found himself breaking down emotionally, feelings that persisted for months, Bradford has said. He sought treatment and was officially diagnosed with PTSD. Post-traumatic stress is typically brought on by exposure to death, serious injury or sexual violence, but it can also stem from repeated or extreme exposure to details of a traumatic event, said Dr. Katy Kamkar, a clinical psychologist with the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health’s psychological trauma program.

Jurors, lawyers and judges involved in particularly horrific cases could certainly be at risk, she said, and each person’s threshold is different.

“There are significant individual differences because some people, they can do it for longer periods of time, and for some people it could be one time,” she said.

It’s important for people to watch for signs of trauma, such as flashbacks, nightmares, persistent negative beliefs and emotional detachment, and seek help if needed, she said.

In Ontario, jurors are only provided counselling if ordered by the presiding judge, but the province’s attorney general said last week he would look into developing a better support system.

The Law Society of Upper Canada’s member assistance program also offers counselling to lawyers, paralegals, law and paralegal students as well as judges and their family members. The organization recently approved a longterm mental-health strategy and a task force has been appointed to help implement it.

Prominent defence lawyer John Rosen, who represented Paul Bernardo, said while law schools do little to prepare students for the often shocking evidence they will handle, many in the profession grow desensitized with experience and are able to distance themselves from what they see at work.

“I have not had any difficulties…I tend to compartmentalize my cases away from my personal life,” he said.

That may not be the case with jurors, who are thrust in that position with little warning, he said, adding that jury members in the Bernardo case were offered psychological assistance. “They see it from a totally different perspective.”

The same day Donald Trump called Hillary Clinton a “nasty woman” on national television, a different man in a different city uttered words that generated equal offense.

“To all yoga pant wearers,” wrote Alan Sorrentino, of Rhode Island, in a letter to the editor, “I struggle with my own physicality as I age. I don’t want to struggle with yours.”

Then Sorrentino, 63, boldly declared yoga pants the “absolute worst thing” to happen to women’s fashion since the mini skirt.

He said that, like the mini skirt, yoga pants are “adorable” on children and fit young women, but that the exercise ensemble is both “disturbing” and “bizarre” when stretched over the thighs of “mature, adult” ladies.

He insisted that a woman flaunting yoga pants in public is no better than a man wearing a Speedo to the supermarket.

He suggested more sensible alternatives, like blue jeans, or “a nice pair of tailored slacks.”

He told these women to do themselves a favour.

“Grow up,” he wrote in the letter, published in the Barrington Times, “and stop wearing them in public.”

As swiftly as the Etsy shop flooded with coffee mugs reading “nasty women vote” following last week’s presidential debate, the Internet seized upon Sorrentino’s words with ferocity.

Critics called them misogynistic and sexist and degrading. They criticized the newspaper for giving him a platform. And they penned impassioned odes to their beloved stretchy pants.

“He can kiss my yoga pant wearing @$$,” wrote one woman.

“Yoga pants for days!!!!!!!” declared another.

“I dread my next birthday when I will be forced to cast my yoga pants into the fire and watch them burn away along with my ‘blessings of youth’ as I join the ranks of ‘mature, adult women’ at the ripe old age of 21,” a different woman confessed.

On Facebook, another reader informed Sorrentino that, as a matter of fact, her “47 year old butt” looks pretty great in yoga pants.

“You lift brah?” she asked.

In the face of widespread denunciation and even death threats, Sorrentino told radio station WPRO days later that his letter was intended as a piece of satire, as a comical respite from the hateful political climate.

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Keep political discussions out of friend group DEAR ANNIE ANNIE LANE Dear Annie: I live in a town where the majority of people share one political viewpoint. I am in the minority on the other side. I have lived here for 50 years, have built my life here and love it here most of the time. Usually, I am able to avoid the topic of politics, as I know that it will only lead to arguments or conflict among my friends and family.

I’m also part of a close knitting circle that meets about every week. Most of us have known one another since our kids were young, and we have a lot in common otherwise. Though I usually find the knitting relaxing and the company kind, lately it seems as though every week features a political discussion.

Feeling alone in my views, I can become stressed out and angry, and frankly, I don’t feel like going

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Rolling Stone writer: ‘Startled’ when woman backed off story CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — The author of the discredited Rolling Stone magazine article about a woman’s claim of being gang-raped at a University of Virginia fraternity says she was “startled” when the woman seemed to back off her story following its publication.

The writer, Sabrina Rubin Erdely, continued her testimony Saturday in a court case over the article.

University administrator Nicole Eramo has sued the

JOANNE MADELINE MOORE HOROSCOPE Tuesday, Oct. 25 CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DATE: Helen Reddy, 75; Katy Perry, 32; Gale Anne Hurd, 61 THOUGHT OF THE DAY: Mercury is now in Scorpio which favours intense concentration.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY: You are capable and dependable, but you can become too self-absorbed.

The next 12 months is the time to share your talents with others, as you become more involved with your local community.

ARIES (March 21-April 19): Channelling your fiery energy into a financial matter or a research project brings benefits today Rams. But don’t upset others by being bossy and thinking you have all the answers.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Mercury is now moving through your relationship zone. So it’s time to get talking — really talking — with your nearest and dearest. Plus work on keeping the lines of communi-

anymore. I’ve tried politely changing the topic of conversation or laughing off just how crazy things have become, but the topic always seems to rear its ugly head. Annie, how do I deal with politics ruining something I love? — Tangled Dear Tangled: If only we all shared politicians’ skill at deftly changing the subject!

You have three options when the conversation starts roaming into dangerously partisan territory: 1) Tell your fellow knitters that you’re not comfortable discussing politics in polite company. 2) Change the subject as forcefully as you can without being rude.

3) Put on some noise-canceling headphones.

There is no harm in No. 1, and if your friends take offense to it, then that is their problem. Whatever happens, take a deep breath and remember that election season is, mercifully, almost over. After that point, conversations will (one hopes) turn less to politics and more to topics fit for civilized dialogue.

Knitting is a scientifically proven therapeutic activity, and it would be a shame to leave the circle feeling like a ball of knots.

Dear Annie: I just wanted to reply to “Halfsies”

regarding her questions about dating etiquette. I’m a man, and as far as I’m concerned, the man should certainly pay for the first date. Chivalry is something worthwhile! From my side, the problem I encounter all too often is women who aren’t willing to accept that chivalry.

I am not unaware of another person’s ability to pay, but I want to give of myself anyway. If I’m not permitted to do this, then how can I truly enter into a relationship with someone, which demands self-giving?

As for going Dutch: When it comes down to it, I don’t mind if the woman pays on the occasional date, but I strictly do not believe in going Dutch if you are dating someone. Whoever pays fully is offering a gift to the other person; going Dutch makes it about “me” and “my part,” and I can only interpret this as a selfish uncommitment. I want to be committed and to give — and to receive generously, as well — not to be in just one more “relationship” that is no more than friendship with benefits. — Knight Send your questions for Annie Lane to dearannie@ creators.com.

magazine for $7.8 million, claiming the article made her its “chief villain” and was defamatory.

The story, A Rape on Campus, was published on Nov. 19, 2014 and tells the story of a woman identified only as “Jackie,” who claimed she was gangraped by seven men. A police investigation later found no evidence to back up Jackie’s claims. Rolling Stone ultimately retracted its story.

The Washington Post reports Erdely testified that she reached out to Jackie on the morning of Dec. 5, 2014, and asked her if she had gone to the police to report the crime following the story’s publication.

Jackie told her it wasn’t the right time, she said.

“I was a little surprised,” Erdely testified. “A couple of other things struck me as odd. … I was getting a little hinky feeling.”

Erdely testified that for the first time, Jackie ex-

pressed doubt about whether her alleged assailant was in Phi Psi, the fraternity she had said he belonged to.

“I was just so startled. … Here she was saying in such a casual way, ‘Oh yeah, maybe he wasn’t in Phi Psi.”’ Erdely said that together they tried to look up additional information about her alleged attacker online but were unable to find anything.

“When I got off the phone, I felt like the ground had shifted from under my feet,” Erdely testified.

She added: “I felt that she didn’t have credibility anymore, which meant that we couldn’t stand behind anything that she had given me.”

Erdely then composed an email to her editors telling them she believed the story should be retracted.

The subject line: “Our worst nightmare.”

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GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Your power planet Mercury is now transiting through your daily routine zone. So the pace of day-to-day life is about to pick up, as you multi-task and juggle a wide range of interesting activities.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): The current focus is on nurturing platonic relationships, as communication planet Mercury encourages you to re-connect with friends from far and wide. Creative projects are also favoured.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): The Sun and Mercury are both moving through your domestic zone. So home is where the heart is, as you socialize and communicate with family members in a variety of enjoyable ways.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Mercury joins the Sun in your communication and local community zone.

So it’s a wonderful time to socialize with friends and neighbours, as you participate in some stimulating conversations.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Mercury is now visiting your cash zone, until Nov. 12. So it’s a terrific time to improve your financial literacy through study or via the mentorship of someone who is super smart with money.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): With Mercury in your

sign until Nov. 12, you’ll feel more rational and less subjective than usual. So it’s a fantastic period to enrol in an educational course or complete a study project.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): The planets boost your intuition and imagination today Sagittarius. So do your best to connect with the creative muse within. Plus tune into the thoughts and feelings of those around you.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): You love to push yourself and often plough through projects on your own. Today Mercury encourages you to link up with like-minded people, as the power of the group is on your side.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): You’re in the mood to converse with family, friends or work colleagues about a wide range of topics. If you can keep your mental restlessness under control, then youíll have a delightful day.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Have you been neglecting your foreign friends? The world really is a global village so there are no excuses for being out of touch.

So it’s time to re-connect and keep the conversation going.

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

COURAGE R E M E M B E R E D

On Thursday, November 10, The Advocate, with the generous support of the local business community, will pay tribute to those who have answered Canada’s call in time of need by publishing a very special pictorial section honouring our veterans.

In Search of Pictures and Stories . . . of yourself, your family, loved ones or friends who have served in the Canadian Armed Forces during World War I, World War II, the Korean Conflict, Desert Storm, Afghanistan or any of Canada’s Peacekeeping Missions.

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Please ensure your photos are clearly marked with your name and address so we can return them to you.

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We cannot reproduce photocopies of pictures.

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