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RCMP officer Jim Seward is fighting a pair of photo radar tickets.

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retired cop who received two photo radar tickets in Red Deer well past provincial time guidelines is going to call on the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms when he heads to court next month.

The main issues for Red Deer County resident Jim Seward is the

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length of time it took to serve him the tickets, one of the tickets was in an area of construction when big trucks parked were by the 30-km signs, and the other was in a “fishing hole” or “cash cow” area.

Seward said Thursday that he received the tickets in the mail on Aug. 15 with the offence dates of June 8 and June 15. He said his experience as a police officer was that it takes no more than a couple of hours to prepare a ticket for service in the mail.

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His investigation ran into an “endless list of excuses” including staff shortages, vacation time, sending film to Eastern Canada and back for processing, delays in it being viewed locally, the information then being sent to a contractor to prepare a ticket, and then putting it in the mail.

He asked for the tickets to be withdrawn soon after he received them. That didn’t happen. Now he will go to court and ask for them to be dismissed.

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Playing zombies from the dark side, Jessica Achtemichuk, Cordell Makarenko and an unidentified friend can be found locked in a cage at the Zed Haunted House until Halloween.

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BY LANA MICHELIN ADVOCATE STAFF Oh-oh. Low oil prices are devouring Alberta’s economy — and by the way, is that a brain-sucking zombie at your door?

Every time the economy falters, our preoccupation with the supernatural intensifies. This fact is acknowledged by psychologists, economists — and even the Hollywood writers who help decide what new shows we will be watching.

It’s not a coincidence that The Walking Dead premiered on TV on Oct. 31, 2010, a year after the global economy took a tumble in 2009. Roger Davis draws

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this parallel and many others in the English class he teaches at Red Deer College about zombies in literature. Yes, Pride and Prejudice and Zombies is on his reading list. But so are books with less literal ties to the moaning, shuffling undead — for example, Cormac McCarthy’s apocalyptic novel, The Road, and Canadian author Margaret Laurence’s short story The Loons, about the discrimination a Métis girl faces in a small town.

Despite the upcoming Halloween festivities that will bring legions of trick-or-treating ghouls and goblins into the streets of Central Alberta, zombies are never just zombies in Davis’s classroom. They are allegories for what we fear most: Death, aging, poverty,

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Zombies can mirror our soulless consumerism — as they did in the Dawn of the Dead movies filmed in a shopping mall, said Davis, or they can stand in for our unwashed masses — the drug addicts and homeless derelicts that society cares least about.

Zombies can also represent all the horrible things we try putting out of our minds — such as the plight of those suffering from malnutrition, war and disease in the Third World.

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New mortgage rules could chill market

BY PAUL COWLEY ADVOCATE STAFF The chill of new mortgage rules aimed at cooling off Canada’s hottest housing markets has been felt in Central Alberta.

Fortunately, it’s an impact more nip in the air than icy blast, say local real estate experts.

Dale Russell, broker and owner with Re/Max Real Estate Central Alberta, said the measures have already had an impact for some home buyers caught midstream by the new rules, which were introduced with little warning.

Those planning to upgrade may be most affected by the rule changes, which narrow their price-range options.

He’s heard of one family that had sold their home with plans to upgrade only to find that under the new mortgage tests they no longer qualified for their intended new home mortgage.

As of Oct. 17, all insured mortgages will have to undergo a stress test to determine if the borrower will still be able to make their mortgage payments if interest rates rise. Other measures are aimed at reducing foreign buyer home flipping.

Previously, these stress tests weren’t required for fixed-rate mortgages longer than five years.

How big an impact the mortgage measures will have is difficult to determine. Certainly, many buyers won’t have any problems meeting the new financing thresholds but Russell expects some will have to rethink their future housing plans.

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FROM LEFT TO RIGHT: Tara McPeherson of Campbell River, B.C., and her sister Tania Johansen of Granum, Alta., get a little crazy as they take care of business in their Brainchild Designs booth at the Our Best To You Art and Craft Sale on Friday afternoon. The 25th annual craft show and sale runs through the weekend with hundreds of artists, artisans and designers from across Canada selling their hand made products. Today the show runs from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., and Sunday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

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ZOMBIES: Tell us about ourselves He noted the title The Walking Dead, ironically, refers to the inhumane humans in the graphic novel that sparked the TV series. The instructor explained that people “do things to zombies that we don’t do to other monsters.” Stupid, decomposing hordes are dispatched more brutally than vampires or werewolves. They get shovel-blows to the head instead of a stake to the heart or silver bullet.

In The Walking Dead, the atrocities committed to zombies eventually spill over to the way people treat other humans as survivors of an apocalypse gradually lose their morality in a bid to save their own skins.

With this in mind, David suggested, “We should perhaps care for (zombies) specifically because we have no reason to care for them.” This would show a “residue of humanity that we have not forsaken.”

Granted, these are deeper thoughts than most people would connect with zombies. But as a kid of the ’80s who grew up with the silly/serious, sometimes “terrible” horror movies of the period, the RDC instructor said he always liked the foot-dragging creatures because of the stories the imaginary “monsters” tell us about ourselves.

“Because we invent monsters, they are projections of (us),” he said.

It follows, then, that young people who secretly fear being put out of work by advancing technology, or dread being unable to afford homes, can project their real-life anxieties onto something like movie zombies for an hour or two. “When people fear poverty, they make up monsters,” said Davis.

Similarly, when the price of oil dips and there’s no easy-to-identify cause, he believes, “we invent reasons — such as blaming the NDP (government), which holds no sway over world oil prices.”

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Zombies are never just zombies in Roger Davis’s classroom. They are allegories for what we fear most: Death, aging, poverty, disease, terrorism — or even an influx of people who are not like us.

There’s an “illogical,” imaginary element there, he said, which aligns nicely with the unreality of the supernatural.

Zombies, with their rotted faces and grisly appetite for brains, are not an easy bunch to love.

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After all, there’s nothing like watching folks being terrorized by the restless undead to put everyday problems into perspective. lmichelin@reddeeradvocate.com

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Bucking the downturn DEVELOPMENT CONTINUES ON TIMBLERANDS SQUARE, CLEARVIEW MARKET

BY PAUL COWLEY ADVOCATE STAFF Southeast Red Deer continues to be a hot spot for new development despite the economic climate.

Calgary-based Developments 2 is busy on its Timberlands Square project, which will be anchored by a 40,000-square-foot Co-op grocery store along with a liquor store and gas bar. They will open next year.

A representative could not be reached for comment but the latest site map shows a number of tenants including: Elephant and Castle Pub and Restaurant, Papa Johns, Motion Fitness, Pet Valu Rush Nutrition, as well as dentist and orthodontist offices.

On the other side of 30th Avenue, Melcor Developments will soon have almost 10 more acres of developable land, freed up by the creation of the nearby roundabout.

“We’re built out on the existing Clearview Market Square,” said Guy Pelletier, regional vice-president.

“We will be expanding into that area that is freed up now that the road is closed.

“There’s about an additional 10 acres there that we’re working on plan right now. We would be more active on that site next year.”

Envisioned is a continuation of the “main street” feel of the existing development that is pedestrian-friendly and a departure from big box power centres.

“It’s worked out well for us,” said Pelletier. “So far, the tenants seem to be doing just fine up there.

There’s lot of activity there.”

There is also about four acres to the west of the Your Independent Grocer that is earmarked for a multi-family development. It was sold to Covenant Hill, which operates the nearby seniors project on 30th Avenue and Carrington Drive.

The area will also be seeing a lot of residential growth. St. Joseph’s High School is expected to be ready next September and Melcor expects to have homes going up in its Evergreen community to the north.

Laebon is also building in the Timber Ridge and Timberstone Park neighbourhoods east of 30th Avenue. The city is developing neighbouring Timberlands.

Pelletier said many are predicting a “stable or improving” market for next year. “We’re down quite a bit from what a typical year would be in Red Deer for building permits, but we’re still building.”

Melcor is also building in Laredo and Vanier Woods in the southeast corner of the city. Once that is built out, most new home development will switch a few blocks further north. pcowley@reddeeradvocate.com

Social media volunteers to promote health foundation’s cause

BY MARY-ANN BARR ADVOCATE STAFF A small army of social media aficionados will be taking to the Internet in support of the Red Deer Regional Health Foundation.

Cynthia de Boer, marketing manager with the foundation, said Friday that while it knew that social media was important to help get its message out into the community, the charity has limited resources.

So they put out a call for volunteers to be on a committee to promote the foundation’s cause and had an overwhelming response from people in the communications industry. Now they have 10 people who will start with the Festival of Trees to use social

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RULES: Triggered a flurry of home buying He questions whether measures seemingly aimed at red-hot housing markets in Toronto and Vancouver needed to be applied on a national level.

“In Alberta, we have our own challenges. We don’t need anything to cool our housing markets.”

Larry Westergard, executive officer for the Central Alberta Realtors Association, polled some of its members to get a sense of what was happening since the mortgage announcement.

General consensus was that it triggered a flurry of home buying as those ready to move tried to seal the

media to promote awareness of the foundation and the work it does.

The 23rd annual Festival of Trees runs Nov. 23 to 27 at Westerner Park. The festival is the foundation’s biggest fundraiser, and draws thousands of people and hundreds of volunteers to a variety of events, not the least of which is viewing the dozens of artistically decorated Christmas trees.

The festival funds go toward various needs at Red Deer Regional Hospital Centre. This year the money will go toward the Medical Specialty Unit, which helps people with acute and chronic illnesses such as multiple sclerosis and heart failure. The funds are Phase two, as last year the $1,060,00 also went to the unit.

Over previous years, the Festival of Trees has

raised about $13 million to help the hospital and the patients it serves.

De Boer said the new social media team will be there any time the foundation wants to let the community know they’ve done something, such as purchase new equipment.

They will use hashtags like #reddeertreefest2016 for the festival and #rdrhfoundation throughout the year.

At the Festival of Trees there will be a social media booth, and fun ways for the public to connect such as getting their photo taken with their favourite tree.

The volunteers are very engaged, they support the cause and they have the skills, said de Boer. barr@reddeeradvocate.com

deal before new rules applied. Multiple offers, mainly in the starter home range, resulted.

However, that urgency was felt mostly by those on the “razor’s edge” of qualifying under the new rules.

“It appears that the balance of the market was more concerned with finding the right home for their needs,” said Westergard.

There has been some anecdotal evidence that high-ratio mortgage qualifiers were seeing their purchasing power drop, but it is too soon to tell how many buyers will be affected.

“We’re only a few weeks into it. So trying to figure out what the impact on that is going to be tough for at least the next couple of months until we start to see people adjust to it.

“It’s probably going to impact a small margin of people who are in the market.”

As real estate is heading into its slowest period of the year, “really the litmus test for it is going to be when we come into the spring market next year.”

Westergard said while it’s understood what the new rules were trying to achieve, and association

members always advocate that their clients buy within their means.

He agrees that it appears the measures were a national reaction to overheated markets that may have “unintended consequences” for other markets not in the same situation.

Chad Jensen, owner and broker with Red Deer’s Royal LePage Network Realty Corp., doesn’t believe the rule changes will have a large effect on the housing market.

In the long run, the changes may create a more stable market, here and elsewhere.

“Personally, I think people are kind of addicted to these low interest rates, which I don’t think is a good thing in the long run.

“I agree that (the mortgage changes) are bad timing for Central Alberta right now because of the market conditions, but I do feel it’s going to make us stronger in the long run, especially in Alberta, where we have that boom-bust cycle.” pcowley@reddeeradvocate.com

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Lottery tweaks prize structure WINNER CAN TAKE HOME OR $500,000

BY SUSAN ZIELINSKI ADVOCATE STAFF The winner of the 2016 Kinsmen Dream Home Lottery will have an enviable dilemma — take the house or $500,000 cash.

Kinsmen will offer the grand prize winner the option of walking away with the cash or taking the home worth $741,930.

Craig Smallwood, dream home chair, said Kinsmen want the winner to get a prize they’re really excited about and sometimes people don’t want to move, especially if they live in another community.

“We just want to appeal to as many people as we can and we want to make it easy for them as well. We don’t want someone to win a house and feel like

KINSMEN DREAM HOME it’s a burden to sell,” said Smallwood on Friday.

He said the last time cash was offered was in 2008 and the winners, who were dealing with serious medical issues, took the money which helped them a great deal given their situation.

It’s extra work for the club when someone takes the cash, but it’s worth it, he said.

Proceeds from the lottery fund local projects and programs run by different agencies and community groups.

Money from the 50-50 draw will go to Red Deer Food Bank and Habitat for Humanity Red Deer Region.

This year 19,500 dream home tickets are available, up from 14,100 last

year. The winner of the 50/50 ticket draw will take home $125,000, up from $75,000 last year.

Smallwood said so far 50/50 ticket sales have reached about $50,000, and about dream home tickets are at about $300,000.

“We will hopefully set a record for the most sales in October which is really positive when some of the other lotteries are struggling.”

He said supporting the Dream Home Lottery is what many people choose to do to assist those in need.

“That’s probably why our sales are so strong right now.”

This year Kinsmen Clubs in Innisfail, Ponoka, Lacombe, Rimbey and

Camrose are also participating in lottery sales and will benefit by getting a portion of money raised.

Dream home tickets are available one for $100, three for $250 and five for $375. Winning tickets go back into the drum for more chances to win.

The loyalty draw cutoff is Nov. 1 and draw will be held Nov. 4.

The early bird cutoff is Nov. 29 with the draw on Dec. 2. The grand prize draw cutoff is Dec. 31 with the draw held that night.

Tickets for the 50/50 draw are one for $10, five for $25 and 15 for $50.

Tickets can be purchased at the dream home, at 45 Larratt Close, open Saturday and Sunday from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m., or by calling 403-356-3900, or online at https://reddeerkinsmen.com/ dream-home-lottery. szielinski@reddeeradvocate.com

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Stettler man killed in collision near Elnora A young Stettler man was killed in a collision on Thursday evening near Elnora.

Three Hills RCMP said that the crash occurred at about 7 p.m. when a car travelling westbound on Hwy 590 failed to stop at the intersection of Hwy 21. It was struck by a one-ton truck heading northbound on Hwy 21.

The lone occupant of the car, a 22-year-old man, was pronounced dead at the scene by EMS. The 32-year-old driver of the truck was treated for minor injuries.

Both drivers were wearing seatbelts at the time of the collision. Alcohol and weather are not believed to be factors in the collision. The name of the deceased will not be released.

Three Hills RCMP along with Elnora Fire and Rescue, Three Hills EMS and an RCMP collision analyst responded to the scene.

Elnora is about 70 km southeast of Red Deer.

Sockey Night collected more than 1,700 pairs of socks Many Central Albertans will have warm feet thanks to a successful Sockey Night.

United Way of Central Alberta collected more than 1,700 pairs of socks at the Red Deer Rebels game at Enmax Centrium held on Oct. 22.

Last year 1,200 pairs of socks were distributed through the annual campaign.

United Way sold the socks at the Centrium that were then thrown onto the ice during second intermission.

Many people also brought socks to the game to donate.

Proceeds from sock sales will go towards more than 40 community programs and socks were delivered to six agencies to give out to those in need.

School looking for used iPods Red Deer’s Annie L. Gaetz School is looking for old iPods and/or iPod Nanos to use in its classrooms.

The devices will be used to play music in support of their zones of regulation program, a program designed to recognize when students are dealing with high levels of emotion.

“Some of our students get really agitated so we are trying to get them to recognize when their emotions are high. We will be using the iPods as a tool for calming and centring the students before they get to the point where all heck breaks loose,” said Karen Kenny, Grade 5 teacher for Annie L. Gaetz School.

The iPods and iPod Nanos will be used for both Grade 4 and 5 classrooms.

Kenny said if changes are seen in the students, the school will consider applying the method to every grade throughout the school.

The iPods can be dropped off at the school’s main office any time during school hours.

Lacombe Council 2017 Budget Workshops begin Monday Lacombe residents can watch their councillors crunch next year’s budget numbers at upcoming workshops at city hall.

Council 2017 Budget Workshops kick off on Monday. They give residents an opportunity to learn about the municipal financial planning process and the factors affecting the capital and operating budgets.

The first workshop takes place on Monday from 5 to 8:30 p.m.

Tuesday’s workshop runs all day

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Connie Lavoie and Sheila Wright mark some items on a table in the Gaetz Memorial United Church basement on Friday. The church annual fall rummage sale continues today, 9 a.m. to noon, with hundreds of books and household items for sale. Money raised will go towards providing community support to a variety of organizations in the city. and, if needed, another 5 to 8:30 p.m. sessions runs Wednesday.

A budget open house is planned for Nov. 21 from 4 to 8 p.m. in the Lacombe Memorial Centre, North County Room.

Council is expected to begin budget deliberations at the Nov. 28 regular council meeting. Council is scheduled to adopt the budgets on Dec. 12, 2016, at the regular council meeting.

Pedestrian bridge opens in Waskasoo The new Galbraith pedestrian bridge opened Friday in Waskasoo.

The old bridge across Waskasoo Creek was removed in September to improve safety for pedestrians.

The bridge takes path users across Waskasoo Creek near where the creek enters the Red Deer River and connects to the pathway from Kerry Wood Nature Centre.

Galbraith Park is one of three small parks along Waskasoo Creek located south east of downtown, off Waskasoo Crescent.

All Galbraith Park pathways are now open and the detours are no longer in effect.

Career fair scheduled for Nov. 22 If you’ve had trouble finding a job lately, Hire 10 may have the answer to your problems.

Hire 10 is hosting a career fair at the Quality Inn and Conference Center on Nov. 22 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

It’s gathering as many employers as it can in the community and it’s committed to bringing job opportunities to the forefront.

Hire 10 is an initiative that moves the focus away from the doom and gloom surrounding Alberta’s challenging economy and focus on the organizations that are doing positive things right now and hiring locals.

Admission is free and the list of employers can be found at www. hire10.ca.

Motion on carbon tax on agenda as Wildrose party holds AGM RED DEER — Alberta’s carbon tax is high on the agenda as members of Alberta’s Wildrose party gather today in Red Deer for its annual general meeting.

Party leader Brian Jean delivered the keynote address Friday, and on Saturday, delegates will debate a number of policy resolutions.

Among the resolutions is a motion to repeal the carbon tax.

Premier Rachel Notley’s NDP government is set to begin collecting the tax on Jan. 1.

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‘Our bedrock’ JIM PRENTICE REMEMBERED AT MEMORIAL AS DEVOTED FAMILY MAN

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS CALGARY — Former Alberta premier Jim Prentice was remembered Friday as a principled public servant, a humble leader and a champion of indigenous and environmental causes.

But much of a public state memorial focused on his devotion to family.

“My father was so much to so many and he was absolutely everything to our family,” daughter Cassia Prentice told 1,500 politicians, business colleagues, friends and members of the public gathered at Calgary’s Jubilee Auditorium.

Prentice, 60, was killed in a plane crash in British Columbia earlier this month with optometrist Ken Gellatly, businessman Sheldon Reid and retired RCMP officer Jim Kruk. Gellatly was Cassia Prentice’s father-in-law.

She said her mother Karen, Prentice’s wife of 33 years, was his “true partner and best friend.”

“We should all be so lucky to be as loved as my mother was by my father.”

She said she idolized her father growing up and that admiration only strengthened with time.

“I am still not ready to say goodbye to my father, to our bedrock. But because my father cared so deeply about this country, this province and the people in it, we know that we do not grieve alone,” she said.

“Broken and shattered, we must all today stand tall on the foundations he laid … most importantly the love of family.”

Former and current politicians from all levels of government and various political stripes attended the memorial, along with several prominent business leaders.

Speakers included Lt.-Gov. Lois Mitchell, Alberta Premier Rachel Notley and former prime minister Stephen Harper. Prentice served in Harper’s cabinet, handling the indigenous, environment and industry portfolios.

Harper remembered him as gracious, capable and never unpleasant to his colleagues.

“We gave the hardest assignments to the people who could best handle them, and Jim was always one of those people,” said Harper.

“He always gave Canada and Alberta his very best. That is how is deserves to be remembered.”

A table at the front of the auditorium displayed a hockey jersey with the Alberta crest on it, a buckskin jacket, a cowboy hat and boots and several books.

The memorial began with a pipedin processional and members of the Black Otter Singers of the Siksika First Nation offered an aboriginal honour song. Later, singer Laura Brandt sang the moving Puccini aria O mio babbino caro (O My Beloved Father) and country star George Canyon performed “Amazing Grace (My Chains Are Gone).”

The service ended with a photo slideshow showing Prentice beaming with his wife on their wedding day, being sworn into cabinet at Rideau Hall, speaking in the House of Commons, playing hockey, fishing, skiing and walking his daughter down the aisle at her wedding.

The images flicked by as The Rodeo’s Over by Corb Lund and Alberta Bound

by Paul Brandt played.

After the service, Phil Fontaine, a former national chief of the Assembly of First Nations, recalled talking to Harper, before he was prime minister, about who would be the ideal person to handle the indigenous file.

Fontaine’s answer was Prentice, whom he knew through their work on land claims.

“It was our good fortune that he was appointed minister of Indian Affairs.

He was able to shepherd through a very, very difficult file,” Fontaine said, referring to the government’s settle-

QUOTES CALGARY — About 1,500 politicians, business colleagues, friends and members of the public gathered Friday at the Jubilee Auditorium in Calgary to remember former Alberta premier Jim Prentice, who died in a plane crash earlier this month.

Here is some of what was said about him: “We are not here to remember a politician but rather a great person, a great Albertan and a great Canadian.

Jim Prentice was more than premier of Alberta, more than a chief operating officer of the country. Jim was a husband, a father, a grandfather, a brother, an uncle, a friend and a mentor.” — Friend Jason Hatcher “Friendship was something that came easy for Jim. He always had that ability to see the very best in people around him. He moved through life with sincere gratitude for the many blessings he had been given and with a very deep appreciation for the gifts and contributions of others. Jim was at home in every setting and had the rare ability to talk to anyone about any topic. He truly liked and enjoyed people.” — Lt.-Gov. Lois Mitchell

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ABOVE: Cassia Prentice speaks about her father at a memorial service for former Alberta premier Jim Prentice in Calgary on Friday. Prentice was killed in a plane crash Oct. 13.

BELOW: Personal items belonging to former Alberta Premier Jim Prentice are displayed on stage before the beginning of his memorial service.

July 20, 1956: Born in South Porcupine, Ont. March 30, 2002: Steps aside as the federal Progressive Conservative candidate in Calgary Southwest so that then-Canadian Alliance leader Stephen Harper can run unopposed to represent the centre-right.

May 31, 2003: Places fourth in bid to lead the federal Progressive Conservative party.

June 28, 2004: Wins election in

“My father was so much to so many and he was absolutely everything to our family … His life was lived as a pledge to his parents — one of integrity, kindness, hard work and community. Those principles and the man who embodied them were bedrock to our family.” — Daughter Cassia Prentice “We gave the hardest assignments to the people who could best handle them and Jim was always one of those people … He always gave Canada and Alberta his very best. That is how he deserves to be remembered.” — Former prime minister Stephen Harper “He would have had 20 more years at least to contribute in the way he has contributed in the past.” — Friend Dick Haskayne “He loved to joke that, in his lifetime, he’d had three occupations — a lawyer, a politician and a banker — one of which was actually honourable. As much as that made us laugh, there was no doubt that Jim made all three honourable.” — Former Conservative chief whip Jay Hill

ment with residential school survivors.

“He was the right person at the right time and we owe Jim a whole lot of gratitude for his outstanding work.”

Former prime minister Joe Clark said Prentice was not afraid to tackle tough issues.

“He took on issues that governments had ignored for a long time, with regard to particularly indigenous issues,” Clark said after the memorial. “And he was also … a quite courageous defender of environmental issues when he had that portfolio in cabinet.”

Prentice had stepped away from

federal politics before entering the provincial sphere to take over as leader of the PC party in Alberta.

His final foray in the public arena as premier lasted about eight months and ended when the NDP toppled the Tories after more than four decades in power.

Prentice, Gellatly, Reid and Kruk were killed when a twin-engine Cessna Citation crashed shortly after takeoff from the Kelowna airport on Oct. 13.

The cause of the crash is still under investigation

Key events in the political life of former Alberta premier Jim Prentice CALGARY — Jim Prentice, the former federal cabinet minister and former Alberta premier, died earlier this month in a plane crash outside Kelowna, B.C. Here are some key events in his political career:

“Of this tragedy, all of us are still struggling to find words that can possibly speak to it — the airplane that doesn’t land when it was expected to, the phone call at night, the terrible truth of what happened slowly becoming clear the following day. No family should have to live through this but we are here today because sometimes they do.” — Alberta Premier Rachel Notley

the federal riding of Calgary Centre-North for the newly merged Conservative Party.

Nov. 4, 2010: Announces he is resigning as environment minister, effective immediately, and that he would be resigning as member of Parliament for Calgary Centre-North by the end of the year to take a job as vice-chairman of the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce. Prentice had also served as minister for Indian Affairs and Northern Development in the Conservative government.

May 21, 2014: Officially launches his Alberta Progressive Conservative leadership bid.

Sept. 6, 2014: Wins Alberta Progressive Conservative leadership.

Sept. 15, 2014: Sworn in as Alberta premier.

Oct. 27, 2014: Wins seat in the Alberta legislature in Calgary Foothills.

May 5, 2015: Resigns as leader of the Alberta Progressive Conservatives and gives up his seat in Calgary Foothills after losing a general election to Rachel Notley and the NDP. Oct. 13, 2016: Killed in plane crash in Kelowna, B.C. Oct. 28, 2016: Around 1,500 politicians, business colleagues, friends and members of the public gather at the Jubilee Auditorium in Calgary for a state memorial.

“I’ve been in politics now since 1999 and you meet precious few politicians who are statesmen or stateswomen in the truest sense of the those words. He was that.” — Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall “Every single tribute referenced the fact that his No. 1 priority, notwithstanding all of his achievements and all his activities … was his family. That’s the greatest legacy that any of us can leave.” — Wall “I’m always amazed and excited when I meet someone whose heart is really all about public service, who is driven by a deep love of community and of people in the community.” — Calgary Mayor Naheed Nenshi “He saw indigenous people as integral to the country and indeed Canada’s future. It was something that he held very close to his heart and that was demonstrated on many, many occasions.” — former Assembly of First Nations national chief Phil Fontaine “He was one of the few leaders that actually sat down and listened to you first.” — Jason Goodstriker, former Alberta regional chief for the Assembly of First Nations “I think the greatest thing that I saw during the time that I knew Jim was his unquenchable thirst to bring people together for a common good.” — interim Alberta Progressive Conservative Leader Ric McIver “It makes me very, very proud that no matter what party people belong to, that they came here to honour and celebrate the memory of our really good friend Jim Prentice.” — interim federal Conservative Leader Rona Ambrose

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Moving immigration office to Edmonton more efficient: minister

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — Immigration Minister John McCallum says the plan to relocate an immigration processing centre from Vegreville, Alta., to Edmonton will be more efficient and result in a net increase of jobs in Alberta.

Vegreville Mayor Myron Hayduk says the move, scheduled to take place in 2018, will be devastating to his community of 6,000 about 100 kilometres east of Edmonton, as well as surrounding towns.

Shannon Stubbs, the Conservative MP for the area, says the town has been blindsided by the move and she wants McCallum to reconsider.

The centre, which opened in 1994, has been a major employer in Vegreville, processing temporary and permanent residency applications, work permits, visitor records and study permits, while also backing up other centres across the country.

McCallum says there is a strong business case for the decision — an argument Stubbs angrily dismissed Friday during question period. “That’s the jobs of 280 people gone, 250 spousal jobs impacted, three local businesses owned by worker families — a quarter of the students in the town’s schools are kids of workers,� Stubbs thundered. “No consulting, no consideration of costs or spin-off consequences. Will the minister stop this out-of-touch, deliberate attack?�

McCallum insisted there are good reasons for the decision. “It is a responsibility of the government to spend taxpayers’ money wisely, to improve the efficiency of immigration, to reduce processing times and that is what this move will do,� he said.

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As images of poppies are projected on the Centre Block of the Parliament buildings, Garry Beaupre with the Canadian Legion waits for donations for poppies on Parliament Hill, Friday.

From Oct. 28th to Nov. 11th inclusive, between 6 p.m. and 9 p.m., a virtual Poppy Drop of 117,000 Poppies, one for each of Canada’s fallen soldiers, will be projected each night on the Peace Tower and Centre Block on Parliament Hill.

Province launching energy efficiency programs for business, residential

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS EDMONTON — A group that supports energy efficiency in Alberta is applauding three new programs to save money and cut greenhouse gases.

Energy Efficiency Alberta, an agency established by the province, has announced three projects for homes, business and communities.

The direct install residential program will offer direct, no-charge installation of low-cost energy efficiency products to residences, such as lighting, water and heating components.

The residential consumer products program will offer point-of-sale rebates to residential customers at retail outlets with products such as lighting, insulation and appliances.

The business, non-profit and institutional rebate program will offer incentives for high-efficiency products and installation of electric and gas-based products such as lighting, heating and cooling systems and hot water systems.

Jess Row, executive director of Alberta Energy Efficiency Alliance, says Alberta families and businesses can expect to save over $2 billion through the

Veteran Calgary Police Service officer charged with assaulting former spouse CALGARY — A veteran Calgary Police Service sergeant has been charged with assaulting his former spouse.

Police say a woman reported that she was assaulted and that the man also threatened her boyfriend and tried to force his way into her home.

Investigators say the sergeant was in uniform and on duty at the time and was under a court order to stay away from the woman.

The woman also reported that she received two emails from the officer and had an argument with him in a public location.

The man has been charged with assault, uttering

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first five years of Alberta’s new energy efficiency programs while reducing emissions equivalent to taking nearly 1 million cars off the road. “Every province in Canada has energy efficiency programs for consumers. This is standard practice when it comes to saving money on utility bills,� Row said in a news release.� “Energy efficiency programs have a long history of reducing utility bills and saving consumers more money than they cost.�

As well, the Alberta government also announced the chair and board of directors of Energy Efficiency Alberta. Chairman David Dodge is from Green Energy futures and has worked as a producer, researcher and communicator about Alberta’s environment.

Vittoria Bellissimo, a professional engineer who has worked with Alberta’s large industrial electricity consumers, is vice chair.

Directors are Joseph Albert Jobin, chief operating officer of Treaty 8 First Nations of Alberta Peter Love, former chief conservation officer for Ontario Helen Rice, former president of the Alberta Urban Municipalities Association and Kyla Sandwith, who has a background in law and management consulting as well as experience in Calgary’s non-profit sector.

Edmonton police are commending a homeless man for restoring a senior’s faith in humanity.

Police say two constables were driving in the city’s northeast when they were flagged down by a street person.

The man told them he had been waiting for police to drive by, so that he could turn in a wallet he found earlier in an alley.

The wallet — with cash, credit cards and prescription medication — belonged to a 96-year-old man.

Police say the man was thrilled and relieved to have his wallet returned.

The senior asked police to give the cash from his wallet to the homeless man as a gesture of thanks. “The homeless man is very police friendly and his actions demonstrate his true character,� said Const.

Mark Rosenow.

Police declined to identify either of the men.

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RED DEER — A man convicted of killing a 31-year-old woman has been ordered to spend at least 16 years in prison before he’s eligible for parole.

Mark Lindsay, 29, was sentenced Thursday in a Red Deer, Alta., courtroom following his conviction in May on charges of second-degree murder and obstructing justice in the death of Dana Turner.

Court had heard that Turner, who was from Fort Saskatchewan, Alta., was killed in Edmonton in August 2011 and that her body was found dumped near Innisfail almost two months later.

Lindsay, the son of former Edmonton police chief John Lindsay, wiped away tears as victim impact statements were read prior to sentencing, but he opted not to address the court.

The defence argued during a three-week trial before a judge alone that the accused should not be held criminally responsible due to schizophrenia.

A second-degree murder conviction comes with an automatic life sentence with no chance of parole for at least 10 years.

Lindsay admitted to killing Turner, but said he did so because he believed she was part of a group of supernatural serial killers.

His lawyer had argued that Lindsay suffered a decade of escalating mental illness before the crime, but Court of Queen’s Bench Justice Eldon Simpson determined Lindsay could be held criminally responsible for the slaying.

The Crown maintained that there was nothing to indicate Lindsay showed any fear of Turner in the days leading up to her murder.

Turner was Lindsay’s girlfriend at the time of her death and the trial heard she was stabbed in the eye with a pencil before she was strangled with a shoelace.

Simpson ruled in May that Lindsay’s conduct “shows purposeful and logical steps to cover up what he had done.� He also said that Lindsay “understood what he did was wrong.�

Turner would have turned 37 on Friday. In their victim impact statements, the woman’s mother, father and siblings referred to her as an “angel� who was “free-spirited, loving, caring and forgiving.�

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Two-pronged sales pitch FEDS HOPE TO SELL GLOBAL INVESTORS, CANADIANS ON CANADA’S ECONOMIC POTENTIAL

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — Next week’s fall economic statement from Finance Minister Bill Morneau will be heftier than a typical fiscal update — the result, sources say, of its two major goals: convincing the public the Liberal economic plan is working and promoting Canada abroad as an enticing investment destination.

Those objectives have pushed the document, which Morneau will deliver Tuesday afternoon in the House of Commons, beyond its traditional role as a laundry list of refreshed predictions for growth BILL MORNEAU and the federal bottom line.

At its core, the document will be a two-pronged sales pitch.

For institutional investors, it will help to promote Canada as a safe investment haven in an uncertain world for their firms, which together hold trillions of dollars of capital — money that could fuel the country’s economic engines.

Taxpayers will hear Morneau try to ease their fears about a growing deficit, arguing that Liberal measures like infrastructure spending and richer child benefits have already begun to help at a time of deteriorating economic conditions.

Tuesday’s statement comes with the economy stuck in a slow-growth ditch following months of disappointing data and downgraded forecasts, and the Trudeau government engaged in a long-term effort to pull it out, with the help of Morneau’s external council of

economic experts.

“Our fall fiscal update will give people a sense of where the economy is right now, (and) it will give them a sense of what we see as the growth rate over time,” Morneau said Friday in Toronto.

“It will also give them a sense of the way that we’re going to work to improve our situation.”

The government has made attracting more private investment to Canada a central part of its strategy to lift the economy — which makes the timing of this year’s update of particular importance.

Morneau will deliver the document two weeks before BlackRock, the globe’s largest asset manager, assembles a group of some of the biggest international financiers in Toronto for a key conference. It’s the first time BlackRock has hosted one of its major gatherings in Canada.

One government official, who wasn’t authorized to speak publicly about the matter, acknowledged that bit of fortunate timing for the government, but insisted it was a coincidence.

The update will highlight for investors what Canada has to offer: a skilled workforce, openness and the possibility of attractive infrastructure investment opportunities, the official said.

Ottawa has promised to create an infrastructure bank to help Canada leverage some of the trillions of dollars in available private capital. In return, investors would get stable, reliable returns on projects through user fees, such as on toll highways.

The government has already committed $120 billion of public money to infrastructure over the next decade.

Last week, Morneau’s influential advisory council stuffed the minister’s suggestion box with ideas that included an infrastructure bank, a dramatic spike in skilled immigrants and an agency to expand foreign direct investment in Canada.

Ottawa will continue to monitor housing market

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — Ottawa will continue to monitor the real estate market and take the necessary actions to ensure that an uptick in interest rates or a decline in home prices don’t threaten the country’s financial stability, Federal Finance Minister Bill Morneau said Friday.

“I will continue to act to ensure that household debt levels are sustainable, that lenders are acting prudently and that increases in interest rates or a housing market downturn don’t risk the economic growth we are working so hard to accelerate,” Morneau said in a speech to the Toronto Region Board of Trade.

“These are not easy decisions, but I know they are the right thing to do.”

Morneau said he’s “ultimately responsible” for maintaining the stability of the country’s financial system and highlighted mortgage rules as a “key tool” to help him do that.

Since taking office, Morneau has twice moved to stabilize the housing market.

Last December he increased the minimum down payment on the portion of a home worth more than $500,000 — a measure he said was aimed at tackling “pockets of risk” in the Toronto and Vancouver housing markets, where prices have been soaring.

And on Oct. 17 he rolled out a myriad of housing-related measures, including new rules requiring all insured mortgages to undergo stress tests to make sure borrowers will still be able to make their payments if interest rates go up.

Previously the stress tests were not required for fixed-rate mortgages longer than five years.

“We will continue to be vigilant in monitoring the market,” Morneau told reporters following his remarks.

But he added that the government does not have any specific housing-related measures that it’s waiting to announce.

One policy decision that’s currently under consideration is whether Ottawa should shift more of the responsibility for mortgage defaults onto the banks.

Currently, banks and other mortgage lenders are able to transfer all of the risk from insured mortgages onto insurers such as Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp., which means taxpayers are ultimately on the hook.

The federal government launched formal consultations last week regarding “lender risk sharing,” a policy that could see lenders shoulder more of that risk, for instance via a deductible on mortgage insurance claims.

Morneau says he has followed all federal rules governing fundraising

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — Federal Finance Minister Bill Morneau says he has abided by all the rules to ensure he has not violated any regulations governing lobbying and conflict of interest.

Morneau’s comments are his first public response to allegations that lobbyists have been involved in Liberal fundraisers featuring cabinet minis-

Canada BRIEFS Rowe formally appointed to Supreme Court of Canada OTTAWA — Justice Malcolm Rowe has been formally appointed to the Supreme Court of Canada.

Rowe, a former justice of the Newfoundland and Labrador Court of Appeal, was nominated to the court last week by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.

He is the first justice appointed

ters, including himself.

“Let me start by saying I have the greatest respect for the ethics commissioner and the lobbying commissioner,” Morneau told reporters following his remarks to the Toronto Region Board of Trade.

Morneau emphasized that the Liberal party adheres to the “stringent federal rules” in its fundraising efforts.

“All political parties do so,” he said.

“I know that we have very closely followed all of those federal rules to ensure that we do things that uphold the highest standards.”

Lobbying commissioner Karen Shepherd said Thursday she has launched an investigation after receiving a complaint from advocacy group Democracy Watch.

That complaint was about Barry Sherman, chairman of generic drug giant Apotex, selling tickets to

a $500-a-head fundraiser early next month in Toronto featuring Morneau.

When lobbyists participate in fundraising efforts that could potentially create a conflict of interest for ministers that can make them feel a “sense of obligation,” which would make it a violation of the Lobbying Code of Conduct, Shepherd said.

Shepherd will also look at media reports of other fundraisers that involved ministers.

under a new process brought in by the Trudeau government in which people were asked to apply for the job and be vetted by an independent advisory board.

He was questioned by senators and MPs following his nomination.

The new justice was appointed a trial judge in 1999 and moved to the appeal court in 2001.

During his career, he worked in private practice and for both the federal government and the Newfoundland government, where he handled both constitutional and international matters.

Trudeau praised Rowe’s accomplishments and the new selection process in announcing his appointment.

“The appointment of this remarkable legal expert is the culmination of a new more open, non-partisan selection process which is yet another example of democracy in action,” Trudeau said in a statement.

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Expand supervised sites beyond injection: advocates

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS VANCOUVER — Harm reduction advocates are calling on the government of British Columbia to expand the scope of its safe-injection facilities beyond supervising only intravenous drug use, but medical officials say the focus should remain on needles because they pose the biggest health risk.

B.C. has been wracked by an overdose crisis that has claimed more than 550 lives since the beginning of 2016. About 60 per cent of those deaths have been linked to the opioid fentanyl, which has been detected in virtually every type of street drug, regardless of how the substance is consumed.

Ann Livingston, a harm-reduction worker in Vancouver, said people with addictions should have a place to go where they can feel safe using, whether they snort, smoke or inject their drugs.

“Anyone who’s doing anything needs to do it safely,” she said.

Livingston helped create what has become known as a pop-up supervised consumption facility, located in an alley in the city’s Downtown Eastside and around the corner from Insite, Canada’s first supervised-injection facility.

The rudimentary station, which consists of little more than a white tarp set up over several fold-out tables, welcomes drug users regardless of how they use.

Sarah Blyth, who collaborated with Livingston on the pop-up facility, said the situation on the streets has become far more dangerous since the arrival of fentanyl.

“If anybody is overlooked and at risk of an overdose then we will do what we can to make sure … that person is safe and doesn’t lose their life,” Blyth said.

“We’re there to make sure that people don’t die in the alley, in the streets if they don’t need to.”

In Alberta, where opioids have also taken a lethal toll, the government announced last Thursday it would invest $230,000 to explore opening a safe-consumption site.

Nova Scotia’s top doctor sounded the alarm earlier this month after learning 70 people died of opioid overdoses in the first eight months of this year.

Dr. Patricia Daly, chief medical health officer with the Vancouver Coastal Health authority, said injection drugs remain her primary concern.

“It’s not just about monitoring for overdose and overdose deaths,” Daly said. “It’s because we know injection poses a risk of severe infections like HIV and hepatitis C.” Injection drugs have “far and away” caused the most severe overdoses and deaths in Vancouver, she added.

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Crown prosecutor Lloyd Stang speaks to media in Meadow Lake, Sask., on Friday. A teen has admitted to killing four people in a mass shooting at a high school and in a home in northern Saskatchewan. The teen, who can’t be named under the Youth Criminal Justice Act, sat quietly in Meadow Lake court Friday as his lawyer entered guilty pleas to first-degree murder in the shooting deaths of two teachers at the school in La Loche on Jan. 22.

‘I want justice:’ Victims call for adult sentence in school shooting

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS MEADOW LAKE, Sask. — People who say their lives changed forever the day a teen took a gun and went to a high school and a home in northern Saskatchewan — killing four and wounding seven — want him punished as a grown man.

A hearing is to be held over two weeks in May and June to determine if the killer, who is now 18 but was 17 at the time of the shooting in the remote Dene community of La Loche, should be sentenced as a youth or an adult.

The young man, wearing a black T-shirt, sat quietly in Meadow Lake court Friday as his lawyer entered guilty pleas to first-degree murder in the deaths of two teachers at the school on Jan. 22.

He pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in the deaths of two teenage brothers at a nearby house.

He also pleaded guilty to attempted murder for wounding seven others at the school.

“I want justice to be done for me and my daughter,” said Jackie Janvier, after watching the court

Convicted killer Millard is broke, court hears

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — A convicted killer who is heir to an aviation empire told court on Friday that has no money to pay for his defence in two upcoming murder trials.

Dellen Millard, who was convicted of first-degree murder along with Mark Smich in the death of Tim Bosma in June, told court he has filed for legal aid.

Millard was in court as a DELLEN MILLARD judge tries to expedite the process for his legal aid application to ensure the two scheduled trials aren’t delayed.

Smich and Millard are scheduled to go to trial next September on first-degree murder charges in the death of Toronto woman Laura Babcock.

Canada BRIEFS Canada heralds nuclear material treaty but critics call for full ban OTTAWA — Two recent votes at the United Nations show Canada’s preferred path towards ridding the world of nuclear weapons — saying no to a push for full-scale nuclear disarmament in favour of a treaty to ban bomb-making material.

However, a coalition of Canadian anti-nuclear activists criticizes the government for not backing a broader effort to work towards an outright ban on nuclear weapons.

Millard is also charged with first-degree murder in the death of his father, Wayne Millard — CEO of Millardair until his death in 2012 — with that trial scheduled for March 2018.

Justice John McMahon held Friday’s court hearing to seek clarity on Millard’s finances because the convicted killer has yet to hire a lawyer for both upcoming trials.

Court heard Millard has a 50-percent stake in Millardair and Millard Properties, with his father’s estate owning the balance.

Those companies are now in court-appointed receivership, which means their assets are effectively frozen.

The Bosma family has filed a $14-million lawsuit against Millard and Smich, but court heard that process remains at a standstill because of the receivership proceedings.

Bosma vanished in May 2013 after he took two strangers for a test drive in a truck he was trying to sell online.

His remains were found in an animal incinerator — dubbed The Eliminator — that police located on Millard’s farm in southwestern Ontario.

The government favours the creation of the creation of a Fissile Material Cut-off Treaty as a more realistic approach.

Canada is a member of the NATO military alliance, which has a policy of supporting nuclear weapons as a deterrent.

Foreign Affairs Minister Stephane Dion heralds the overwhelming adoption of Canadian-sponsored resolution at the United Nations General Assembly calling for the creation of a fissile material treaty.

More than 170 countries favour the creation of such a treaty, which would rid the world of the key ingredients needed for nuclear weapons.

Dion called the treaty “concrete progress on nuclear disarmament,” as the vote approved the creation of a high-level group that would work on the elements of the pact.

However, the president of the Ottawa-based Rideau Institute criticized Canada for its decision to vote against another UN resolution on Thursday that would have started a process towards negotiations for a legally binding treaty to prohibit nuclear weapons.

appearance via video from the courthouse in La Loche.

She lost her only child, 21-yearold Marie Janvier, a teacher’s aide who had recently started working at the school.

The mother said she’s glad there won’t be a trial, but that the only fit sentence for the shooter is life in prison.

The maximum youth term for first-degree murder is 10 years in custody. An adult receives an automatic life sentence and, under a new provision for multiple murders, can receive consecutive periods of parole ineligibility of up to 25 years for each victim.

“Losing my beautiful daughter — my whole body went with her the day that happened,” said Janvier.

“My life will never be the same.

Never.”

No agreed facts about what happened — including a motive — were submitted to the court.

At the time of the shooting, the teen’s friends described him as the black sheep of his family and a victim of bullying at school. One person said the teen was often teased about his large ears.

Another student kept a screenshot of a chilling exchange that

took place on social media just before the shooting.

“Just killed 2 ppl,” said the message. “Bout to shoot ip the school.”

Mounties, who responded to panicked calls from staff and students, said the shooter was inside the school for about eight minutes. The building’s main doors had been blasted with holes.

Some students fled others hid in fear.

Substitute teacher Charlene Klyne said she was sitting at a desk when a student she recognized came to the window of her classroom door.

He then raised a gun and fired.

She saw red.

“Everything burned like I was on fire,” said the 56-year-old, who lost her sight and needed surgeries to remove pellets lodged in her upper body.

Klyne remembered the lovely teacher’s aide assigned to her that day, Janvier, who ran to her side in tears. Janvier was gunned down when she went to get help, said Klyne.

She never saw the shooter bullied at school, and Klyne said she can’t fathom why he pulled the trigger on her and others.

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Another girl commits suicide on reserve

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS LOON LAKE, Sask. — Another indigenous girl has committed suicide in northern Saskatchewan — the fifth this month.

Barry Chalifoux, a grief counsellor for a school on the Makwa Sahgaiehcan reserve, said the 13-year-old killed herself on Tuesday.

Her funeral was held Friday in the remote community about 300 kilometres northwest of Prince Albert.

“We are still having a difficult time, especially those of us from the school and the family has been taking it really hard,” Chalifoux said. “We have supports in place for the family and for our students.”

A team of grief counsellors were brought in to help students cope and a letter has been sent to par-

Gang shootings prompt reassurance from minister

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS VANCOUVER — A “barbaric” crime scene found on the side of a road, shots fired into vehicles in targeted attacks, and murder investigations into the deaths of known gang members have prompted reassurances from British Columbia’s public safety minister.

Police have linked two murders and several shootings this month in Metro Vancouver to gang involvement.

Public Safety Minister Mike Morris said Friday that B.C.’s anti-gang units have their targets set on known gang members and their associates and he’s confident they are working hard on the investigations.

“I understand and share the public’s concern regarding the risk to innocent bystanders in gang violence. This is why police are working tirelessly to disrupt and stop these individuals,” Morris said in a statement.

Police launched an investigation Wednesday in Langley when a body was found on the side of a rural road.

Aerial photos from a media helicopter showed a dismembered body in a ditch.

On Friday, RCMP said the victim was 27-year-old Shaun Clary, who was believed to have gang associations.

“While investigators are aware of the heightened tension between particular gang associates, it would be premature to assume this conflict to be the direct motive for his homicide,” police said in a news release.

Police said it was too early in their investigation to determine if Clary’s death was linked to other homicides and recent cases of violence around Metro Vancouver.

“The targeted and barbaric nature of this homicide is not lost on investigators or the public, and we are working tirelessly to gather evidence to move forward,” Cpl. Meghan Foster of the Integrated Homicide Investigation Team said in the statement.

Also on Friday, RCMP in Burnaby held a news conference to reveal details in the latest shooting in that jurisdiction.

Police said they were called to an underground parking lot on Thursday night after gunshots were heard and a vehicle was seen leaving the scene.

Mounties said a lone occupant in a vehicle was unhurt in what was a targeted incident.

“The intended victim is known to police and is affiliated with an organized crime group,” police said.

“The Burnaby RCMP investigative support team is continuing the investigation.

ents encouraging them to watch for signs of suicide in their children.

“Due to the circumstances of this loss, our school and education team has mobilized an immediate crisis response team that has been actively working with our students both directly and indirectly connected to the loss,” reads the letter dated Oct. 25 and sent out by the First Nation’s school.

“Parents are encouraged to speak to our counselling department in the event that students show unusual signs during this time.”

Four other girls between 10 and 14 have taken their own lives this month in northern communities, including Stanley Mission, Deschambault Lake and La Ronge The Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations is calling the suicides a crisis that requires more action from the federal and provincial governments.

Canada BRIEFS Judge rules against having camera in court for Vader mistrial hearing EDMONTON — The judge in the Travis Vader murder case has decided against allowing a camera in the courtroom for a mistrial hearing.

Justice Denny Thomas says he made his decision because he might not render a ruling on the mistrial application on Monday.

In September, cameras were in court in Edmonton when Thomas found Vader guilty of second-degree murder in the 2010 deaths of seniors Lyle and Marie McCann of St. Albert.

But Thomas used a section of the Criminal Code that had been ruled unconstitutional to find Vader guilty, prompting the defence to call for a mistrial.

The defence and Crown have already filed written submissions in the mistrial application, but they plan to make oral arguments on Monday.

The McCanns, in their late 70s, disappeared after setting out on a camping trip from their Edmontonarea home to British Columbia.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau called the earlier suicides in northern Saskatchewan a tragedy and said the federal government is committed to working with indigenous communities to deal with the problem.

Last week, Health Canada said more mental-health workers and other health-care professionals have been sent to communities that have requested them.

Chalifoux said it is challenging to get young people to seek help.

“A lot of these kids are writing to their friends — ‘I’m going to hurt myself’ — but the kids, they offer words of comfort, but they don’t actually seek help for their friends out of fear that they will lose their friends, because they will say ‘don’t tell anyone.”’

Thomas said in his verdict that Vader was a desperate drug addict who came across the couple in their motorhome and shot them during a robbery.

Winnipeg daycare home closed after toddler’s hands injured WINNIPEG — A Winnipeg daycare has been shut down as part of a police investigation.

Chris and Julie Phippard brought their 13-monthold daughter to the unlicensed home daycare in St. Vital on Oct. 13.

Chris says they got a call saying Chantal needed to be picked up because something happened to her hands.

Chantal’s hands and wrists were bright red, inflamed, with the skin in serious distress.

Doctors treated her injuries for two weeks as chemical burns and the Phippards say they still don’t know what happened to their toddler.

Chantal had been going to the daycare for just two weeks when she was hurt.

Winnipeg police and Manitoba Child and Family Services are investigating.

“Sometimes, I feel that I’m kind of numbed by the whole thing, like maybe I haven’t had time to fully process it,” said Phippard.

For now, Chantal’s parents are off work while their daughter recovers.

Her right hand is not wrapped up in bandages anymore and is healing better than the left. Doctors say she may still need skin grafts to help the healing.

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FBI probe Clinton emails

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS MANCHESTER, N.H. — The FBI says it will investigate whether there is classified information in newly discovered emails that appear to be related to its probe of Hillary Clinton’s email practices, reinjecting one of the most toxic political issues into the presidential campaign less than two weeks before Election Day. The new emails came from a sexting investigation of Anthony Weiner, a U.S. official said, speaking only on condition of anonymity because the person was not authorized to comment publicly. Weiner is the estranged husband of Huma Abedin, a longtime Clinton aide who now is a top official on her campaign team.

Donald Trump immediately pounced on the turn of events, seeing an opportunity to press the argument he’s long tried to make against Clinton: That she thinks she’s above the law and that she put U.S. security at risk by using her personal email.

The GOP nominee told cheering supporters at his first campaign rally of the day that he has “great respect” for the fact that the FBI and the Department of Justice are now “willing to have the courage to right the horrible mistake that they made” in concluding the investigation earlier.

Trump said of Clinton, “We must not let her take her criminal scheme into the Oval Office. … This is bigger than Watergate.”

The Friday afternoon disclosure raises the possibility of the FBI reopening the criminal investigation involving the Democratic presidential nominee, which the agency said was complete in July.

In a letter sent Friday to congressional leaders, FBI Director James Comey said that new emails have emerged, prompting the agency to “take appropriate investigative steps” to review information that flowed through the private email sever Clinton used while serving as secretary of state.

Clinton’s email use has been one of the biggest vulnerabilities in her campaign for the White House. Even if she wins, Republicans have vowed the issue will follow her, promising continuing investigations.

She made no mention of the FBI development at a rally in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, on Friday, though she warned her supporters, “Anything can happen” in the campaign’s closing days.

She told the crowd that Trump is particularly trying to get women, young people and minorities to stay home — “part of his scorched earth

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Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally, Friday, in Lisbon, Maine. campaign, the last refuge of a bankrupt candidate.”

But her campaign was fending off other political problems as well, still trying dismiss the revelations in thousands of messages stolen from the private account of a top Clinton aide, part of a hack the Democratic campaign has blamed on the Russians.

Correspondence made public on Wednesday showed longtime Bill Clinton aide Doug Band describing overlapping relationships of the Clintons’ global philanthropy and the family’s private enrichment.

“These are illegally stolen documents,” Clinton campaign manager Robby Mook told reporters on her campaign plane. “We’re not going to spend our campaign fighting back what the Russians want this to be about.”

So far, the email-related controversies haven’t seemed to hurt her campaign in the final weeks.

Recent surveys show Clinton retain-

ing her lead in national polls and making gains in some swing states. Her campaign announced plans to hold a rally in Arizona next Wednesday, a traditionally red state put in play by Trump’s deep unpopularity among minority voters, Mormons and business leaders.

Feeling confident, she’s begun focusing on helping Democrats win control of the Senate, expand their margin in the House and lay the groundwork for future victories in demographically-shifting states like Arizona.

Her campaign will also get a boost from President Barack Obama, who will hold an evening rally in Orlando, a key battleground area of the crucial swing state of Florida.

White House officials say Obama will be travelling to boost Clinton nearly every day until Election Day, reflecting his rising popularity ratings.

Trump, meanwhile, was holding Friday events in New Hampshire, Iowa and Maine, one of two states that split

their electoral voters by congressional district. Facing an increasingly narrow path to the 270 electoral votes needed to win the White House, his campaign is shooting for one of the traditionally Democratic state’s four electoral votes in the more rural, conservative 2nd District.

His campaign said the billionaire businessman is plowing an additional $10 million of his personal fortune into his presidential bid, after new federal filings that show Clinton with an $85 million cash advantage in the final stretch.

The latest fundraising records, which cover the first 19 days of the month, show Trump had given only about $33,000 this month — far less than the $2 million he typically gives and still $44 million short of the $100 million he’s repeatedly promised to contribute over the course of the campaign.

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Thousands of Iraqis being used as human shields

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

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A soldier with Iraq’s elite counterterrorism force walks through a tunnel made

by Islamic State militants in Bartella, Iraq, Thursday. The town of Bartella in northern Iraq lays about 20 kilometres east of Mosul.

QAYARA, Iraq — For three months, as Islamic State militants ranged across farms and villages south of Mosul, they took Sayid Naheer, his wife and eight children with them. The family was among tens of thousands of people that the UN says have been rounded up to be used as human shields.

Their forced march covered more than 20 kilometres, stopping in villages for days or weeks. When Naheer’s family finally escaped this week after an air raid and made it to a government checkpoint near the front lines, the children’s faces were caked with dust and their feet had been rubbed raw by their plastic sandals.

The UN human rights office said Friday that the tens of thousands of civilians were in the town of Hamam al-Alil, south of Mosul, doubling its population to an estimated 60,000.

The Associated Press reported earlier this week that IS militants had gone door-to-door in villages south of Mosul, ordering hundreds of people at gunpoint to march north into the city, the largest under their control. Mosul is the focus of a massive Iraqi military offensive launched Oct. 17 against the extremists.

“They said, ‘the army is coming, and they will kill you and rape your women, so you must come with us,”’ Naheer said of the IS militants. He and his family were held in abandoned homes, and were allowed to bring their sheep

along for food.

Then, on Thursday, a volley of airstrikes by the U.S.-led coalition pounded the fighters’ positions. “They all just fled, ran away and left us,” he said.

There was no way to independently confirm the account, but it tracks with those given by other witnesses to the forced displacement who have spoken to the AP in the past week.

A U.S. general said thousands have been rounded up, and that the coalition airstrikes are trying to disrupt the militants without harming civilians.

In Hamam al-Alil, the militants separated former members of the security forces from women and children, and took both groups onward to Mosul, the U.N. said.

The fighters killed 190 former security forces Wednesday at the Ghazlani military base on the southern edge of Mosul, while 42 civilians were killed at another base for refusing to join IS. Another 24 people were reportedly shot to death Tuesday, the UN added.

The extremist group has massacred perceived opponents on several occasions since it swept across northern and central Iraq in 2014, often circulating photos and video of the killings and boasting about them online.

As Iraqi forces approach Mosul, the IS extremists are widely believed to be rooting out anyone who could rise up against the militant group, focusing on those with military training or links to security forces.

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Syrian rebels launch Aleppo offensive to break siege

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS BEIRUT — Syrian rebels launched a broad offensive for Aleppo Friday as the Russian, Syrian, and Iranian foreign ministers vowed to intensify their fight against terrorism in the country.

The battlefield allies met in Moscow as the Syrian government is looking to cement its authority over the divided northern city and the contested suburbs of the capital, Damascus.

Fighting for Aleppo appeared to have calmed by the afternoon after rebels assaulted the city’s government-controlled western side with three vehicle bombs and at least 150 rockets in the morning. The Syrian military said the rockets were Russian-made Grad missiles.

At least 15 civilians were killed in the volley, according to pro-government TV stations. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitoring group also said that 15 civilians were killed, and more than 100 injured.

A reporter inside the city for the Lebanon-based Al-Mayadeen TV channel had reported attacks on “all sides” of the city, “from the furthest points north to the furthest south.”

Sounds of heavy gunfire, mortar fire, and explosions were heard in the background of his broadcast, as dark smoke was seen rising above the city on the overcast morning. Presumed government or Russian jets were also heard flying overhead.

An afternoon broadcast from the city on Lebanon-based Al-Manar TV

depicted a quieter scene, though sporadic gunfire and missile attacks were heard in the background.

Rebels said they seized a factory and pushed into government-held neighbourhoods in southwestern Aleppo, but the Syrian military said through SANA that it had repelled the offensive from all fronts, with support from allied militias.

“The Syrian army and its allies are in control on the ground and armed groups were not able to change the map,” the military statement said.

“Fighting is still ongoing but the intensity has dropped.”

This is the second attempt by rebels to break the government’s siege of Aleppo’s opposition-held eastern districts, where the U.N. estimates 275,000 people are trapped. U.N. Special En-

voy Staffan De Mistura has estimated 8,000 of them are rebel fighters, and no more than 900 of them affiliated with the al-Qaida-linked Fatah al-Sham Front.

The area has been subjected to a ferocious campaign of aerial attacks by Russian and Syrian government warplanes, and hundreds of people have been killed in recent weeks, according to opposition activists and trapped residents.

Rebels opened a corridor to the east for the month of August after pro-government forces first applied a blockade in July, but they were not able to hold it as the government and its Russian ally pounded the gap with artillery and airstrikes.

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Standoff in pipeline protest ebbs

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS CANNON BALL, N.D. — A standoff between Dakota Access pipeline opponents and law enforcement over a highway roadblock diminished Friday without incident, a marked contrast to the forced removal a day earlier of protesters occupying private property.

As many as 50 protesters gathered early in the day behind heavy plywood sheets and burned-out vehicles, facing a line of concrete barriers, military vehicles and police in riot gear. But only a handful of people, some of them observers from Amnesty International, remained on the bridge by late afternoon after protest representatives told people to return to the main encampment.

Morton County Sheriff Kyle Kirchmeier described the protesters as “non-confrontational but unco-operative” and credited Standing Rock Sioux tribal members for helping to ease tensions on the bridge.

Kirchmeier said tribal representatives were allowed onto the private property to remove teepees.

Officers arrested one person on Friday, but no details were released.

Standing Rock has waged a protest for months against the four-state, thousand-mile pipeline being developed by Texas-based Energy Transfer Partners to carry North Dakota crude to a shipping point in Patoka, Illinois.

The tribe argues it’s a threat to water and cultural sites, and encampments have grown to thousands at times as its cause has drawn support from Native Americans and others from around the country, including environmentalists and some celebrities.

The protest escalated on Sunday when demonstrators set up camp on private land along the pipeline’s path that had recently been acquired by Energy Transfer Partners. More than 140 people were arrested Thursday as law enforcement, bolstered by reinforcements from several states, moved in slowly to envelop the protesters.

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CLINTON: Postelection thinking Clinton’s campaign and joint accounts with Democrats had $153 million in the bank as of last week.

That’s more than double the $68 million the Republican’s campaign and partnership committees had on hand.

There are signs that Clinton’s team is at least partly turning to postelection thinking. Vice-President Joe Biden has emerged as a surprise name on a list of possible contenders for secretary of state, according to a person familiar with Clinton’s transition planning.

It’s unclear how many people are under consideration or whether Clinton herself has asked for Biden to be vetted for a job she once held. A person familiar with Biden’s post-White House plans says the vice-president has not been contacted by the Clinton campaign.

IRAQ: Civilian hostages near strategic locations It is placing “civilian hostages” near strategic locations and fighters, “effectively using tens of thousands of women, men and children as human shields,” UN spokeswoman Ravina Shamdasani said in Geneva.

The strategy doesn’t seem to have succeeded fully. Naheer’s family and others who spoke to the AP after reaching government-held areas said they were able to escape amid the airstrikes.

The coalition used “precision strikes” on vehicles that were unoccupied and far away from civilians to try to disrupt the forced relocations, said U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. Matthew C. Isler.

“We were able to do that without harming any civilians, and we verified we were able to degrade their planned use of those vehicles,” he told the AP. The military later said it had targeted 50 such vehicles, hitting 40-45 of them.

The UN and human rights groups fear that more than 200,000 civilians could be displaced in the opening weeks of the offensive. Mosul, Iraq’s second-largest city, is still home to more than one million people.

IS has built elaborate defences on the outskirts, including an extensive tunnel network, and has planted large numbers of booby traps to slow the troops’ progress. The battle is expected to get even tougher when Iraqi forces enter Mosul.

Troops have retaken 40 villages near Mosul since the operation began, Isler said. But most of the fighting has been in a belt of sparsely populated farming communities outside the city.

Isler said Iraqi troops were consolidating gains made east and south of the city earlier this week, but he insisted that “momentum” was still on their side.

The coalition has stepped up its airstrikes, carrying out three times as many as it did during previous campaigns against other IS-held cities, he added.

Iraqi forces are six kilometres from the edge of Mosul on the eastern front, where the elite special forces are leading the charge.

Progress has been slower in the south, where the civilians were rounded up, with Iraqi forces still 35 kilometres from the city.

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The burned hulks of heavy trucks sit on Highway 1806 near Cannon Ball, N.D., on Friday near the spot where protesters of the Dakota Access pipeline were evicted from private property a day earlier. Authorities say protesters burned several pieces of construction equipment Thursday during a chaotic confrontation with law enforcement.

Following Thursday’s eviction, some protesters worked overnight to create the two roadblocks.

Jolene White Eagle, 56, a lifelong Cannon Ball resident, watched as law enforcement officers massed near Friday’s new blockade and called the police response “nonsense.”

“It reminds me of something like a foreign country, what’s happened here with all the destruction,” she said.

The camp cleared on Thursday was located just to

the north of a more permanent, larger encampment on federally owned land that has been the main staging area for hundreds of protesters. Many returned to that site Friday to regroup and reunite with others who had been arrested the day before.

There were no immediate plans to try to reoccupy the private land or to build a new camp elsewhere in the pipeline’s path, protest camp spokesman Cody Hall.

fighter” drove a tank laden with explosives and parked it, before it was detonated and the fighter “returned to his brothers.”

The Islamic Front rebel coalition also announced on Twitter that the ultraconservative Ahrar al-Sham group targeted a military airport to the east of the city with Grad rockets and destroyed a government position to the west of the city.

Sakkar, said “all the revolutionary factions, without exception, are participating in the battle.” He said hundreds of fighters were participating in the attack, adding that the total number of participants was “much higher.”

“What the rebels did today, it was very much a technical thing to try to tell the regime … we can get more weapons and get to Aleppo,” said Bassam Barabandi, political adviser to the Syrian opposition’s High Negotiations Committee, in an interview in Washington.

The Syrian army depends on battlefield assistance from Lebanese and Iraqi militias, as well as Russian air power and Iran’s elite Revolutionary Guard forces.

The Russian military says it has asked President Vladimir Putin to allow the resumption of airstrikes in Syria on the rebel-held eastern part of Aleppo due to the fresh rebel offensive there.

Lt. Gen. Sergei Rudskoi said the opposition fighters took advantage of a 10-day moratorium on military flights over the city to attempt to break the siege of the eastern rebel-held part of the city. He says all attacks have been repelled, but 43 civilians have been killed and 96 wounded in the rebel shelling.

Putin rejected the military’s request for the re-

sumption of airstrikes on the rebel-held eastern part of Aleppo. The president’s spokesman, Dmitry Peskov, said that Putin considers it “inadvisable to resume airstrikes on Aleppo,” and wants to have humanitarian corridors out of Aleppo’s rebel-held districts stay open both for rebels and civilians to leave the city.

The Syrian government has labeled the country’s armed opposition “terrorists.” Syria has sunk ever deeper into a costly civil war since security forces cracked down brutally on popular demonstrations in 2011.

Near the capital Damascus, meanwhile, the Syrian army captured an army missile base that was held by rebels, as well as a castle. Syrian troops have been on the offensive near Damascus for weeks.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said in a news conference with his Syrian and Iranian counterparts the intensified fight would come in parallel with efforts to improve humanitarian aid access.

But UN official Jan Egeland said Thursday it was the Syrian government that had denied humanitarian access to eastern Aleppo as part of a monthly UN plan to access 25 besieged and remote areas in Syria.

Western nations accuse Russia of deliberately attacking a UN-backed aid convoy in September in rebel-held territory, killing over a dozen humanitarian workers and destroying hundreds of tons of cargo.

Aleppo is the focal point of the war. President Bashar Assad has said he is determined to retake the country’s largest city and former commercial capital.

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Pro-government forces reapplied the siege in early September.

The setback caused the rebels to pursue a different tack, and they are trying to draw government forces into street fighting in the densely-inhabited western part of the city, according to rebel spokesman Ammar Sakkar. They are hoping this will dissuade the government and Russian air force from using heavy weapons and aerial munitions.

“We want to force the regime into street battles, in addition to opening several fronts,” said Fastaqim spokesman Ammar Sakkar. “It may go beyond lifting the siege to liberating the whole city.”

Friday’s attack began with rebels detonating three vehicle-borne explosives against government positions to the city’s southwest and attacking with hundreds of rockets, the Observatory said. It said at least one of the vehicles was driven by a suicide bomber for Fatah al-Sham, which also announced the offensive.

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Countries OK world’s largest marine reserve in Antarctica

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WELLINGTON, New Zealand — The countries that decide the fate of Antarctica’s waters reached an historic agreement on Friday to create the world’s largest marine protected area in the ocean next to the frozen continent.

The agreement comes after years of diplomatic wrangling and high-level talks between the U.S. and Russia, which has rejected the idea in the past.

Proponents of the reserve say it sets a precedent for multiple countries working together to protect a large swath of ocean, which falls outside any single nation’s jurisdiction.

The agreement covers an area about twice the size of Texas in the Ross Sea. The deal was clinched after 24 countries and the European Union met in Hobart, Australia, this week.

Decisions on Antarctic fishing require a consensus among the 25 members, a hurdle which has confounded past efforts.

The U.S. and New Zealand have been pushing for a marine reserve for years. They first submitted a joint proposal in 2012, but it was rejected five times before Friday’s agreement. Ukraine, China and Russia had expressed concerns in the past, with Russia becoming the final holdout before the deal was made.

The marine protected area covers 1.6 million square kilometres (617,000 square miles). There will be a blanket ban on commercial fishing across about

three-quarters of that area. In the remaining ocean zones, some commercial fishing will be allowed.

A small amount of fishing for research purposes will be allowed throughout the protected area.

Several countries fish in the waters surrounding Antarctica for lucrative toothfish, which are often marketed in North America as Chilean sea bass.

Evan Bloom, who led the U.S. delegation in Hobart, said that U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry has been a passionate advocate for the reserve and has been pushing for it in high-level talks with Russian leaders, including President Vladimir Putin.

Bloom said he was “thrilled” with the result.

“We’ve been working on this for so many years and had so many disappointments trying to get here,” he said. “This is a real win for marine conservation.”

In a statement, Kerry said the agreement “will safeguard one of the last unspoiled ocean wilderness areas on the planet — home to unparalleled marine biodiversity and thriving communities of penguins, seals, whales, seabirds, and fish.”

New Zealand’s Foreign Minister Murray McCully said the final agreement included some concessions to Russia, including adjusting the reserve’s boundaries and allowing a little more commercial fishing outside the no-take zone.

Nevertheless, he said, he was pleasantly surprised that Russia and the U.S. had managed to reach any kind of agreement, given the current tensions over Syria.

North Korea nuke threat awaits next president

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON — If North Korea has been a foreign policy headache for Barack Obama’s presidency, it threatens to be a migraine for his successor.

The next president will likely contend with an adversary able to strike the continental U.S. with a nuclear weapon.

Whoever wins the White House in the Nov. 8 election is expected to conduct a review of North Korea policy. It’s too early to predict what that portends, but the North will grab more attention of the next president than it did for Obama, who adopted strategic patience: ramping up sanctions in a so-far fruitless effort to force the North to negotiate on denuclearization.

With surprising candour this week, National Intelligence director James Clapper said that persuading North Korea to give up its nuclear weapons is probably a “lost cause.” That appeared to challenge to a key tenet of U.S. policy shared by U.S. allies and adversaries alike that agree on the goal of the denuclearization of the divided Korean Peninsula, however distant it may be.

But Clapper was also channeling what many experts are thinking. Leader Kim Jong Un appears to see nuclear weapons as a guarantee of his own survival. Six-nation aid-for-disarmament talks have not convened since Obama took office in 2009, during which time the North’s capabilities have leapt ahead.

“Without a shift in U.S. strategy toward North Korea, the next U.S. president will likely be sitting in the Oval Office when the regime finally acquires the ability to strike the continental United States with a nuclear weapon,” said a recent Council on Foreign Relations report.

Speaking at the council in New York on Tuesday, Clapper said that North Korea has yet to test its KN08 intercontinental ballistic missile, so it is unclear if it works, but the U.S. operates on the “worst-case” assumption that Pyongyang is potentially capable of launching a missile with a weapon on it that could reach Alaska and Hawaii.

Experts have estimated the missile, which can be moved by road, making it harder to target in a pre-emptive strike, could be operational by around 2020.

With five nuclear tests now under its belt, the North may already be able to miniaturize a warhead for use on a short-range missile, if not on an intercontinental missile. It has also launched two rockets into space, and has begun testing submarine-launched missiles. U.S. experts estimate that it now has 13 to 21 nuclear weapons, and could have as many as 100 by 2020 — approaching what India likely has today.

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World BRIEFS National Geographic’s famed ‘girl’ denies getting fake ID PESHAWAR, Pakistan — A Pakistani prosecutor says National Geographic’s famed green-eyed ‘Afghan Girl’ has made her first appearance before a court, insisting she did not fraudulently obtain Pakistani nationality.

Manzoor Aalam said Sharbat Gulla, during Friday’s court hearing, essentially retracted the confession that investigators say she made after her arrest. She was detained on Wednesday in the northwestern city of Peshawar on charges of holding a fake Pakistani identity card.

Gulla was an Afghan refugee when she gained worldwide fame in 1984 after war photographer Steve McCurry’s photograph of her, with piercing green eyes, was published on the cover of National Geographic.

McCurry found her again in Afghanistan in 2002.

She surfaced in Pakistan in 2014, but went into hiding when Pakistani authorities accused her of buying a fake Pakistani identity card.

Eight injured after plane catches fire at Chicago airport CHICAGO — Flames and heavy black smoke poured from the side of an American Airlines jet that aborted takeoff and caught fire on the runway at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport on Friday, forcing 170 crew and passengers to evacuate and resulting in eight injuries, authorities said.

Pilots on American Airlines Flight 383 bound for Miami reported an engine-related mechanical issue, according to airline spokeswoman Leslie Scott. She said seven passengers and a flight attendant with minor injuries were taken to a hospital to be evaluated.

Passenger Sarah Ahmed told WLS-TV the plane was speeding down the runway when she heard an explosion and saw flames and black smoke. She said everyone on the right side of the aircraft jumped from their seats and moved to the left side.

“People are yelling, ‘Open the door! Open the door!’ Everyone’s screaming and jumping on top of each other to open the door,” Ahmed said.

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Rebels six-game winning streak is over

BY JONATHAN GUIGNARD ADVOCATE STAFF Tigers 5 Rebels 2 The Medicine Hat Tigers took an early lead and never looked back as they snapped the Red Deer Rebels six-game winning streak.

After scoring three goals in the first period, the Tigers went on to beat the Rebels 5-2 in Western Hockey League Action on Friday night at the Centrium.

With their first loss in nearly three weeks, the Rebels drop to second place in the WHL Central Division, one point behind the first place Tigers.

“Mentally, we weren’t where we needed to be and we didn’t play like we wanted to be first in our division. They (Tigers) came in here and played well.

They have some top end skill and if you’re going to be turning pucks over and not playing straight lines, you’re going to get nailed,” said Rebels GM/head coach Brent Sutter.

In just his third start as a Rebel, goalie Lasse Petersen let in three goals on just 12 shots, opening the door for rookie net minder and fan favourite Riley Lamb to enter the game.

“We just weren’t sharp. Our defence didn’t have good gaps, we weren’t transitioning the game quick like we normally do and we were soft on pucks. Our overall game wasn’t good, as individuals and as a team,” said Sutter.

Heading into Friday’s game, the Tigers held the second best power play in the WHL and had only gone two games without scoring on the man advantage.

The trend continued early in the first period when Tigers forward Max Gerlach opened the scoring after Rebels forward Brandon Hagel was issued the game’s first penalty on a high stick.

“It’s important to stay out of the box in this league against all teams. There’s a lot of skill in this league and that was a bad penalty to take early in the game and you can’t do that. It’s a 185 feet from your net and a selfish play. You can’t play that way,” said Sutter.

The Tigers added two more in the frame on goals by forward’s Mark Rassell and David Quenneville, before Rebels forward Michael Spacek scored his eighth goal of the season, extending his point streak to 10 games (8 goals, 8 assists) and cutting their deficit to 3-1.

Early in the second period the Rebels had a chance to get back in the game with a couple of

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Red Deer Rebel Michael Spacek is congratulated by teammates after scoring a first period goal against the Medicine Hat Tigers at the Centrium in Red Deer Friday. power play chances, but the Tigers were the team to capitalize when forward Mason Shaw scored a shorthanded goal padding their lead to 4-1.

Rebels defenceman Josh Mahura scored his fifth goal of the season in the third period to make it 4-2 before Gerlach added his second goal of game with a minute left to put the game out of reach.

Rebels went 0-for-7 on the power play and out shot the Tigers 40-39.

The Rebels look to start a new winning streak tonight as they begin an eight-game road trip in Lethbridge against the division rival Hurricanes.

Note: Attendance was 4,581.

Cleveland Indians take lead in World Series

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Cleveland 1 Chicago 0 CHICAGO — When Josh Tomlin’s night was done and he made the walk to Cleveland’s dugout, his eyes scanned the Wrigley Field crowd searching for his dad.

Jerry Tomlin was there — at the World Series — just like they both had dreamed.

With his dad watching from a wheelchair, Tomlin pitched 4 2/3 scoreless innings Friday night as the Indians spoiled a game Chicago fans had waited 71 years to see by blanking the Cubs 1-0 in Game 3 to take a 2-1 lead in the Series.

On a historic night in one of baseball’s grandest ballparks, the Tomlins’ story was as sweet as it gets.

Jerry Tomlin nearly died two months ago from a circulatory malformation that has left him paralyzed from the chest down.

He spent two months in the Baylor Rehab Institute in Dallas before being released on Josh’s birthday, which happened to be the day the Indians clinched the AL Pennant.

And although he can’t walk, and faces a daunting future, Jerry wasn’t going to miss seeing Josh pitch in the Series.

He made it all right, and as he sat in Section 122 swallowed by an ocean of Cubs fans, the elder Tomlin couldn’t stop smiling.

“It’s hard to put into words,” he said about 30 minutes before Josh threw his first pitch.

“I didn’t know what I was going to say when I got here and I still don’t.

The way everything planned out and the way people helped me to get here, man, it’s definitely a dream come true.

“There was no way I was going to miss this.”

Tomlin was accompanied by his wife, Elena, who stood in the aisle as game time approached.

“We both have butterflies,” she

said. “This is a day (Josh) has been waiting for since he was 4 years old.

He’s been playing baseball his whole life. What more can you ask for than when your kid gets to live his dream?”

Tomlin came through once again for the Indians, holding the Cubs without a run on two hits before he was lifted by manager Terry Francona, who gave him a hug before taking the ball.

The Indians entered the post-season down two starters as both Carlos Carrasco and Danny Salazar were injured in September, and then when Trevor Bauer cut his pinkie open while repairing one of his drones, Cleveland’s chances to go very deep in the post-season seemed remote at best.

But Tomlin has delivered, entering Friday’s game with a 2-0 record and 2.53 ERA. He’s been a rock, just like his dad always has been for him.

Jerry Tomlin coached Josh until he was in high school and the 31-year-old, who is the longest tenured player on Cleveland’s roster, said he has friends who tell him to this day that his dad was the best coach they ever played for.

Tomlin knew nothing would stop his dad, who fell ill at work in August and initially thought he was having stomach problems.

However, doctors were examining him when he lost all the feeling in his lower body from a condition that affects blood vessels on his spine. Surgery saved his life, and Josh left the Indians to be with his dad following the operation.

As his dad recovered, Josh kept pitching but his mind was never far from thinking about family.

“He’s called me a couple times.

Never complaining,” Jerry said. “I told him just go back to work and do what you do. Quit worrying about your dad and go get ‘em.”

Josh did just that.

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Chicago Cubs’ Anthony Rizzo hits a single against the Cleveland Indians during the ninth inning of Game 3 of the Major League Baseball World Series Friday, in Chicago.

Benched Kings’ players knocked team off stride

BY DANNY RODE SPECIAL TO THE ADVOCATE Rattlers 3 Kings 0 RDC Kings volleyball head coach Aaron Schulha felt his team had enough depth to overcome a few adversities.

That wasn’t the case Friday as they Kings sat out three starters, for team discipline, and it wasn’t pretty as they lost 19-25, 29-25, 22-25 to the Medicine Hat Rattlers in Alberta Colleges Men’s Volleyball League play before a near full house at RDC. “It’s a team issue and we’ll keep it in house,” said Schulha when asked about having setter Luke Brisbane, middle Adam Turlejski and left side Matt Lofgren on the bench.

“I the grand scheme of things I thought we were deeper than we showed tonight. I thought we’d be more competitive without those guys. Obviously Luke is a big presence. He puts up a big block and they’re very skilled on the outside.

“Still we ultimately shot ourselves in the foot.

When we put service pressure on them we were able to build some rhythm, but it wasn’t often enough.

We have to piece it together and put together a new

game plan for tomorrow.”

The teams meet again today following the women’s match which gets underway at 1 p.m.

The RDC Queens struggled early but quickly found their game and rolled to a 25-22, 25-21, 25-16 victory.

The Kings didn’t pass with consistency and Schulha felt their offence was too predictable.

“Without Matt we had some passing issues today, but we’ll talk about that and try to fix it.”

Schulha had Ryan Beatson starting at setter and also used a number of players on the left side. Firstyear Parker Biletsky came in off the bench and played well for his first extended playing time.

He finished with six kills, four blocks and two digs. Beatson was the player of the game for the Kings, finishing with 34 assists. Middle Ty Moorman had a solid game with nine kills while Regan Fathers had 13 kills and five digs.

The Kings had problems with the Rattlers outside hitters with Joel Kotyk finishing with 11 kills and Alfred Dalevik 10.

Queens 3 Rattlers 0 The Queens trailed 18-11 in the first set, but charged back to tie it at 19 and never looked back.

“We should expect teams to come our gunning for us,” said Queens head coach Chris Wandler. “They

were serving well, which we didn’t seem prepared for, and we weren’t serving tough at all. Just lollipop serves which they easily turned around.”

But once the Queens picked up the pace they began to pass better, which led to a better attack. As well the Queens didn’t have any big letdowns after the beginning of the first set.

“We’ve been working on making sure we’re consistent, so that the last play doesn’t affect the next play,” said Wandler. “We’re cutting down the roller coaster ride and not allowing the other teams to get on big runs.

“We also talked about picking up their service speed and depth and when we were consistent with that, and at ease, you saw the result.”

Rookie Jade Van Dyke, who started in place of Jessica Jones,who is out with a touch of the flu, had 13 kills, two blocks and four digs for the Queens while Miranda Dawe had 12 kills, four aces, five digs and two blocks. Chanelle Kayser had 25 assists and Ashley Fehr had nine.

Amber Stigter had 11 kills for the Rattlers and Kaila Gavel 24 assists.

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

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Notre Dame Cougars off to finals

BY DANNY RODE SPECIAL TO THE ADVOCATE Notre Dame 35 Lacombe 7 LACOMBE — The Notre Dame Cougars advanced to the final of the Central Alberta High School Football League City Division with a 35-7 win over the Lindsay Thurber Raiders Friday.

Johannes Smith led the Cougars with there touchdowns while Payton LaGrange and Jacob Plamondon added one each. Isaac Colosimo kicked five converts.

Smith finished with 112 yards rushing on 14 carries while Justin Fedun had 93 yards on six carries.

Devin Desormeau connected on seven of nine passes for 156 yards.

The Cougars held the Raiders to minus 27 yards rushing. Sean Vandervlis did pass for 195 yards, connecting on 16 of 25 passes. Kade Best caught six for 77 yards and Quinn Snider hauled in four passes for 25 yards and a touchdown. Vandervlis had the convert.

The Cougars will face the winner of the Hunting Hills and Lacombe game next Saturday.

Meanwhile, the Sylvan Lake Lakers advanced to the Rural Division final with a 38-7 victory over the Camrose Trojans Thursday.

Ty Hamilton led the Lakers with three touchdowns while Tristen Koller and Caleb Johnson had one each. Jonny Payne kicked five converts and a 38-yard field goal.

Aiden Brown scored on a 27-yard pass for the Trojans while Griffon Lorenz added the convert.

Koller led the Lakers with 79 yards rushing on seven carries while Josh Howse had 66 yards on six carries.

Koller also had three catches for 84 yards, Johnson three for 44 and Hamilton two for 101.

Patrick Bennett completed five of 13 passes for 174 yards and Michael Smyth three of five for 55.

Lorenz led the Trojans with 58 yards rushing on eight carries while Nick Ioanidis had 41 yards on nine tries. Lorenz also completed five of 14 passes for 75 with Brown catching two for 30 yards.

The Lakers will face the Stettler Wildcats in the league final next Saturday.

The ‘Cats downed the Wetaskiwin Sabres 42-20 Friday.

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Notre Dame Cougar Payton LaGrange gets under a pass as Lindsay Thurber Raider Sean Vandervlis covers him during second-quarter high school football action in Lacombe Friday. LaGrange made the catch and ran for a touchdown on the play.

Avalanche’s Shawn Matthias lights up old team for win over Jets

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Sports BRIEFS RDC Kings, Queens unbeatable on ice It was a good night for the RDC hockey teams.

The RDC Kings strolled into the new MacEwan University Griffins rink and came away with a 5-4 victory over the Alberta Colleges Men’s Hockey League-leaders Friday.

Meanwhile, the RDC Queens downed the homestanding SAIT Trojans 3-2 to complete a two-game sweep over their Calgary rivals.

All the scoring in the men’s game came in a wild third period.

Stefan Danielson and Cameron Gotaas gave the Griffins 2-0 lead with goals at 8:43 and 9:06. Scott Ferguson scored for the Queens at 9:29 with Danielson connecting again at 12:53.

Ferguson, at 13:32, Dylan Baer at 17:15 and Dylan Thudium at 18:32 gave the Kings a 5-3 lead. Blake Grainger scored at 19:06 to complete the scoring.

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Mike Salmon finished with 39 saves for the Kings, who had 32 shots on Christopher Wray.

The teams meet again tonight at 7 p.m. at the Penhold Regional Multiplex.

Keinyn Nordell scored the winning goal for the Queens at 14:59 of the third period. SAIT’s Madison Colbow and RDC’s Jade Petrie scored in the first period and Julie Murrell gave the Queens a 2-1 lead after 40 minutes.

Tessa Wilson tied the game at 8:26 of the third period.

Tracie Kikuchi finished with 26 saves for RDC, who had 16 shots on Elisha Oswald.

The Queens return to action Wednesday when they host MacEwan at 7 p.m. at the Centrium.

Matt Johnson leads Sheraton Red Deer to victory Matt Johnson pumped in 31 points to lead Sheraton Red Deer to an 83-55 victory over Bulldog Scrap Metal in Central Alberta Senior Men’s Basketball Association play Thursday.

James Johanson added 14 points for the winners while Travis Rasmussen had 17 points and Justin Van Tetering 11 in a losing cause.

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Jets 1, Avalanche 0 DENVER (AP) — Shawn Matthias scored in the second period against his former team, Michael Hutchinson stopped 37 shots for his third career NHL shutout and the Winnipeg Jets beat the Colorado Avalanche 1-0 on Friday night.

The Jets were more energetic despite playing their third game in four days, including a 4-1 win over Dallas the night before. Colorado looked a bit rusty after a week off and couldn’t to solve Hutchinson. It was Hutchinson’s first shutout since Jan. 15, 2015, against Columbus.

The Avalanche pulled Semyon Varlamov with around 1:22 remaining, but couldn’t capitalize.

Varlamov stopped 20 shots, his only mistake not sliding over in time to stop Matthias’ wrist shot.

Colorado, which had a 20-4 advantage on shots in the third, went on the power play late in the period and had a golden chance with Hutchinson down on the ice. But Rene Bourque’s shot from out front appeared to hit forward Brandon Tanev and sail wide of the net.

Hutchinson also came up big midway through the third period by stopping Joe Colborne, who coasted in all alone and tried to thread the puck between Hutchinson’s legs.

Colorado’s alternate blue sweater hasn’t exactly been lucky. The team is 5-9-1 since the jersey’s debut last season.

Jarome Iginla remains in a goal-scoring funk. He had a point-blank shot moments into the third period and was thwarted by Hutchinson. Iginla has just one goal so far this season. He’s 16th on the league’s alltime goal-scoring list.

Matthias gave the Jets 1-0 lead at 8:29 of the second period when he guided in a perfect cross-ice pass from Joel Armia. Matthias played for the Avalanche last season after being acquired in a February deal with Toronto. He had six goals in 20 games for Colorado.

The Jets nearly had a power-play goal midway through the first period when Mark Scheifele poked in a shot between the pads of Varlamov. But the officials blew the whistle just before the puck rolled into the net.

Scheifele pleaded to no avail.

Patrik Laine, the No. 2 overall pick in June who already has six goals, unleashed a few quality shots only to be turned back by Varlamov. Laine is good friends with Avalanche forward Mikko Rantanen, who was making his season debut after being called up from San Antonio of the American Hockey League.

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Reilly-Walker TDs lift Esks past Ti-Cats

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS Eskimos 29 Tiger-Cats 26 HAMILTON — Edmonton quarterback Mike Reilly threw two touchdown passes to Derel Walker and ran in another as the Eskimos held off the Hamilton Tiger-Cats 29-26 in front of 24,031 at Tim Hortons Field on Friday.

Reilly hit Walker with TD strikes from 21 and seven yards TD and ran one in himself from one yard out. CJ Gable, Terrence Toliver and Jeremiah Masoli scored for Hamilton.

Edmonton (9-8) has a guaranteed a crossover playoff spot in the East Division, but still needs to win its final game against Toronto and have Winnipeg (10-6) lose both its games against Ottawa to stay in the West playoff picture.

Hamilton (7-10) remains second in the CFL East with a guaranteed playoff spot. With the loss, however, Ottawa (7-8-1) now needs to beat Winnipeg just once in its final two games to secure top spot in the division and a bye into the East Final.

Edmonton kicker Sean Whyte hit all three field goal attempts, from 17, 18 and 43 yards, but missed a convert.

Hamilton kicker Brett Maher was one-for-two in field-goal attempts, making a 40-yarder but missing from 28.

Hamilton quarterback Zach Collaros, back after missing two games with a concussion, threw one TD pass.

After falling behind 10-0 early, Edmonton slowly began to take control by the second quarter and was up 12-11 at halftime.

Edmonton’s drive stalled to open the second half, but Whyte hit a 43-yarder to extend Edmonton’s lead to 15-11. When Hamilton next went two-and-out, Troy Stoudermire returned Maher’s 38-yard punt 33 yards and a 15-yard roughness penalty was tacked to give the Eskimos a short field to work with.

Edmonton marched the remaining 32 yards on four plays, ending with Reilly’s one-yard TD plunge and the 22-11 lead.

Hamilton Defensive back Derrius Brooks was taken off by stretcher with a suspected head-and-neck injury and transported to hospital for observation after colliding with teammate Dominique Ellis one play before Reilly’s touchdown.

Reilly then capped a 76-yard, seven-play drive with the seven-yard TD strike to Walker and the 2911 lead late in the third.

But midway through the fourth, Hamilton showed life, driving 79 yards on eight plays, including a pass interference call that set up a first-and-goal at the one-yard line. It took three attempts, but Collaros found Toliver for the TD and then Kevin Elliott for the two-point convert and Hamilton pulled to 29-19 with 7:42 left.

With under two minutes to play, Hamilton’s Junior Collins caught Edmonton’s Grant Shaw’s punt and immediately threw a lateral to Mike Jones, who ran it up the left side 48 yards to the Edmonton 31.

A pass interference call in the end zone made it

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Edmonton Eskimos running back John White (30) runs for some yards during the second-half of CFL football action against the Hamilton Tiger-Cats in Hamilton on Friday. first-and-goal from the one for Hamilton and Masoli ran it in to pull to 29-26 with 1:09 left in the game. But the onside kick didn’t work and Edmonton got the ball at the Hamilton 40 and held on for the win.

There was more bad news for Hamilton. Already without top receiver Chad Owens and Luke Tasker due to injury, the Ticats also lost Andy Fantuz midway through the second quarter when his left knee buckled as he made a move. And starting corner Johnny Adams left earlier in the quarter to an apparent ankle injury.

Hamilton struck first in the game when Collaros led a touchdown drive 69 yards on seven plays highlighted by a 28-yard catch by Kevin Elliott and a 19-yard run by Gable. It was Gable who then ran it in from six yards out for the score. On Hamilton’s next

possession, a 31-yard drive stalled but led to Maher’s 40-yard field goal and a 10-0 lead.

Edmonton answered with its next possession, driving 75 yards on four plays with Reilly hitting Adarius Bowman for a 33-yard reception and then Walker for the 21-yard TD catch. Whyte missed the convert. Hamilton opened the second quarter with Maher missing a 28-yarder for a single. Whyte hit field goals from 17 and 18 yards to give Edmonton the lead.

Notes: The two-year-old Tim Hortons Field was reportedly running partly on generator power for the game after one of the stadium’s two transformers blew during the week. A generator truck was parked and plugged in outside the back entrance for backup as the crowd filed in.

Rookie QB Buckley contributes to Calgary Stampeder success

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS CALGARY — Andrew Buckley took on the role of Calgary Stampeders short-yardage cannon fodder and ran with it, football in hand.

The 23-year-old quarterback from Calgary has rushed for eight touchdowns all from within the fiveyard-line in his rookie CFL season.

It’s punishing grunt work. Opposing defensive lines crave the momentum that comes from denying his plunges for a first down or a major.

But Calgary’s third-stringer behind starter Bo Levi Mitchell and backup Drew Tate is ecstatic to get on the field, contribute and learn.

“It’s been wild,” Buckley said Friday at McMahon Stadium. “I’m pumped just to have a role in short yardage situations and it’s going real well. I’m glad the coaches trust me down at the goal-line with the ball.

“Especially my first year, it’s a great way to keep me involved in the game and kind of get me up to game speed.

“You’re on the field and getting used to how things are moving and how fast it is. It’s a cool way

to learn to be thrown in, not completely up to your head, but in a limited role.”

Buckley capped a five-year university career with the Calgary Dinos in May by winning the award that goes to the top male athlete in Canadian Interuniversity Sport.

The CFL notoriously difficult for a Canadian university quarterback to gain a foothold, the two-time Hec Crighton Trophy winner has ridden his steep learning curve with a smile on is face.

“The stage hasn’t been too big for him,” Calgary quarterbacks coach Ryan Dinwiddie said. “We’ve been using him as a short-yardage back. He’s been pretty productive with it.

“You don’t want to overload him, but I thought everything we gave him, he’s handled well.”

Buckley’s eight rushing majors rank second on the Stampeders behind teammate and league leader Jerome Messam with 11.

Buckley, six feet and 203 pounds, has scored one in each of his last three games heading into Sunday’s clash with the host Montreal Alouettes (5-11).

The Stampeders (15-1-1) will set a league record for the most points and highest winning percentage in the CFL’s modern era if they win their regu-

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lar-season finale.

Calgary ends the regular season with a bye week before playing the West Division final Nov. 20 at McMahon.

Head coach Dave Dickenson said earlier this week he wants to get Tate some reps Sunday. Mitchell is this season’s dominant quarterback with a league-leading 5,385 passing yards and 32 passing touchdowns.

Buckley’s one recorded passing attempt this season came from a broken play in last week’s win over the Toronto Argonauts. He grabbed the ball off the turf after a botched snap and threw it away.

Spending his first season as a pro on a successful, possibly historic, team plus watching and learning daily from Mitchell feels like the ideal situation to Buckley.

“It’s a unique position for me to be in as a firstyear guy out of the CIS,” he said. “I’ve got such a big gap to cover, but I’ve got him to look at every day in practice.”

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The Bombers are getting more top talent back this week in wide receiver Darvin Adams, the team’s leader when he went down with an arm injury late in July.

Winnipeg will have all three of its top receivers on the field for Saturday’s game with Weston Dressler in the other slotback position opposite Denmark.

Defensive tackle Keith Shologan will be lining up for the Bombers against the team he helped send to last year’s Grey Cup, although Ottawa lost to Edmonton in Winnipeg.

“It’s always fun to play against old teammates,” said the Alberta native. “Right now, Blue suits my eyes so it’s all good.”

Like Denmark, he knows what it’s like to make the playoffs.

“I know it’s the first time we’ve made the playoffs here in five years so it’s really nice to be a part of it.”

WINNIPEG — The Winnipeg Blue Bombers have locked down their first playoff spot since 2011. Now they’re looking to bring their first playoff game ever to Investors Group field.

Winnipeg’s home since 2013, Investors Group Field hosted the 2015 Grey Cup, but the Bombers (106) didn’t play.

A win against the Ottawa Redblacks (7-8-1) on Saturday would help secure home-field advantage in the CFL West semifinal against the B.C. Lions (10-6).

B.C. has to do its part by losing to Saskatchewan later Sunday.

Clarence Denmark, the Bombers’ touchdown leader since his return to a team that didn’t want him at the end of 2015, is the last man standing from Winnipeg’s last winning season in 2011. The Bombers lost the Grey Cup that year in Vancouver to the Lions.

“Feels good, it dates me a little bit, but it’s good,” he said with a grin after the team’s foggy pregame walkthrough Friday.

“Just like I said, winning is everything and I’m just happy we’re winning again.”

The Bombers plucked Denmark off his couch to fill a gap left by injuries after he was released by Saskatchewan following training camp.

The unassuming former CFL all-star, a huge part of Winnipeg’s comeback since they dumped quarterback Drew Willy for Matt Nichols, is second with 647 receiving yards in just nine games and a team-leading eight GREAT THINGS HAPPEN touchdowns.

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● 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 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,

Hockey

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.

Soccer MLS PLAYOFFS FIRST ROUND (single-game eliminations) Thursday’s results Montreal 4 D.C. 2 Kansas City at Seattle, late Wednesday’s results Toronto 3 Philadelphia 1 Los Angeles 3 Salt Lake 1 SECOND ROUND Conference Semifinals (two-leg, total goals series) EASTERN CONFERENCE New York (1) vs. Montreal (5) First Leg Sunday’s game New York at Montreal, TBA Second Leg Sunday, Nov. 6 Montreal at New York, TBA New York City (2) vs. Toronto (3)

First Leg Sunday’s game New York City at Toronto, TBA Second Leg Sunday, Nov. 6 Toronto at New York City, TBA WESTERN CONFERENCE Dallas (1) vs. Kansas City/Seattle Winner First Leg Sunday’s game Dallas at Kansas City/Seattle, TBA Second Leg Sunday, Nov. 6 Kansas City/Seattle at Dallas, TBA Colorado (2) vs. Los Angeles (3) First Leg Sunday’s game Colorado at Los Angeles, TBA Second Leg Sunday, Nov. 6 Los Angeles at Colorado, TBA

Basketball NBA EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct Boston 1 1 .500 Toronto 1 1 .500 Brooklyn 1 1 .500 Philadelphia 0 1 .000 New York 0 1 .000 Southeast Division W L Pct Charlotte 2 0 1.000 Atlanta 1 0 1.000 Miami 1 1 .500 Washington 0 1 .000 Orlando 0 2 .000 Central Division W L Pct Cleveland 2 0 1.000 Chicago 1 0 1.000 Detroit 1 1 .500 Indiana 1 1 .500 Milwaukee 0 1 .000 WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division W L Pct San Antonio 2 0 1.000 Memphis 1 0 1.000 Houston 1 1 .500 New Orleans 0 1 .000 Dallas 0 2 .000 Northwest Division W L Pct Oklahoma City 2 0 1.000 Denver 1 0 1.000 Portland 1 1 .500 Minnesota 0 1 .000 Utah 0 1 .000 Pacific Division W L Pct L.A. Clippers 1 0 1.000 L.A. Lakers 1 0 1.000

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Thursday’s Games Atlanta 114, Washington 99 Chicago 105, Boston 99 L.A. Clippers 114, Portland 106 San Antonio 102, Sacramento 94 Friday’s Games Cleveland 94, Toronto 91 Brooklyn 103, Indiana 94 Detroit 108, Orlando 82 Charlotte 97, Miami 91 Oklahoma City 113, Phoenix 110, OT Houston 106, Dallas 98 L.A. Lakers at Utah, 7 p.m.

Golden State at New Orleans, 7:30 p.m.

Today’s Games Atlanta at Philadelphia, 10:30 a.m.

Boston at Charlotte, 5 p.m.

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

Orlando at Cleveland, 5:30 p.m.

Brooklyn at Milwaukee, 6 p.m.

Indiana at Chicago, 6 p.m.

New Orleans at San Antonio, 6 p.m.

Portland at Denver, 7 p.m.

Minnesota at Sacramento, 8:30 p.m.

Sunday’s Games Utah at L.A. Clippers, 2:30 p.m.

Golden State at Phoenix, 4 p.m.

Milwaukee at Detroit, 4 p.m.

San Antonio at Miami, 4 p.m.

L.A. Lakers at Oklahoma City, 5 p.m.

Dallas at Houston, 6 p.m.

Washington at Memphis, 6 p.m.

Monday’s Games Chicago at Brooklyn, 5:30 p.m.

Denver at Toronto, 5:30 p.m.

Sacramento at Atlanta, 5:30 p.m.

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

Transactions BASEBALL American League CHICAGO WHITE SOX — Claimed OF Rymer Liriano off waivers from Milwaukee.

LOS ANGELES ANGELS — Designated LHP Brett Oberholtzer for assignment. Claimed RHP Abel De Los Santos off waivers from Cincinnati.

National League CINCINNATI REDS — Assigned RHP Caleb Cotham, INF/OF Hernan Iribarren and OF Yorman Rodriguez outright to Louisville (IL).

American Association WICHITA WINGNUTS — Sold the contract of RHP Chad Nading to the Milwaukee Brewers.

BASKETBALL National Basketball Association CHICAGO BULLS — Exercised fourth-year options on F Doug McDermott and third-year options on G Jerian Grant and F Bobby Portis.

MEMPHIS GRIZZLIES — Exercised their thirdyear option on F Jarell Martin.

FOOTBALL National Football League NFL — Fined Jacksonville DT Malik Jackson $24,309 Baltimore LB Za’Darius Smith $18,231 Jacksonville WR Marqise Lee, N.Y. Giants DE Owa Odighizuwa and Minnesota G Alex Boone $12,154 and San Francisco DE DeForest Buckner, Miami CB Byron Maxwell and Buffalo G Richie Incognito $9,115 for their actions during last week’s games.

BUFFALO BILLS — Released WR Ed Eagan and TE Manasseh Garner. Signed TE Gerald Christian from the practice squad.

WASHINGTON REDSKINS — Waived S Josh

Evans. Signed RB Mack Brown from the practice squad.

HOCKEY National Hockey League NHL — Suspended Boston F David Pastrnak two games for an illegal check to the head.

ANAHEIM DUCKS — Recalled D Shea Theodore from San Diego (AHL).

MINNESOTA WILD — Recalled G Adam Vay from Quad City (ECHL) to Iowa (AHL).

NEW JERSEY DEVILS — Recalled F Nick Lappin from Albany (AHL).

NEW YORK RANGERS — Assigned D Dylan McIlrath to Hartford (AHL).

WINNIPEG JETS — Assigned F Axel Blomqvist from Manitoba (ECHL) to Tulsa (ECHL).

American Hockey League BINGHAMTON SENATORS — Recalled G Scott Greenham from Wichita (ECHL).

SAN DIEGO GULLS — Recalled LW Zac Larraza from Utah (ECHL).

STOCKTON HEAT — Assigned F Matt Bailey to Adirondack (ECHL).

ECHL ADIRONDACK THUNDER — Released F Terrance Wallin.

COLORADO EAGLES — Added G Tate Maris as emergency backup goalie.

QUAD CITY MALLARDS — Added G Jake Reed as emergency backup goalie.

SOCCER National Women’s Soccer League WASHINGTON SPIRIT — Signed D Whitney Church to a one-year contract.

Golf HSBC CHAMPIONS At Sheshan International Golf Club Shanghai Purse: $9.5 million Yardage: 7,261; Par: 72 Second Round Hideki Matsuyama 66-65—131 Bill Haas 67-67—134 Russell Knox 66-68—134 Francesco Molinari 67-69—136 Richard Bland 68-68—136 Daniel Berger 66-70—136 Ross Fisher 69-68—137 Rory McIlroy 71-66—137 Xinjun Zhang 68-69—137 Paul Casey 67-70—137 Dean Burmester 68-70—138 Rickie Fowler 65-73—138 Rikard Karlberg 64-75—139 Lee Westwood 69-70—139 Emiliano Grillo 72-67—139 Chris Wood 69-70—139 Matt Kuchar 73-66—139 Sergio Garcia 68-72—140 Martin Kaymer 72-68—140 Alex Noren 68-72—140 Joost Luiten 72-68—140 Henrik Stenson 69-71—140 Justin Thomas 71-70—141 Kevin Chappell 70-71—141 Thomas Pieters 71-70—141 Ashun Wu 73-69—142 Shane Lowry 74-68—142 Ryan Moore 71-72—143 Charl Schwartzel 72-71—143 Brooks Koepka 73-70—143 Thongchai Jaidee 70-73—143 Bernd Wiesberger 71-72—143 Jason Kokrak 70-73—143 Scott Hend 72-72—144 Bubba Watson 71-73—144 Gregory Bourdy 74-70—144 Andrew Johnston 75-69—144 Haotong Li 73-72—145 Rafa Cabrera Bello 71-74—145 J.B. Holmes 71-74—145 Bradley Dredge 72-73—145 Gary Woodland 71-74—145 Hideto Tanihara 73-73—146 Sean O’Hair 73-73—146 Louis Oosthuizen 71-75—146 Kevin Na 75-71—146 Tyrrell Hatton 70-76—146

Matthew Fitzpatrick Zecheng Dou Matthew Millar Alexander Levy Roberto Castro Jordan Zunic Wenchong Liang George Coetzee Branden Grace Soren Kjeldsen K.T. Kim Miguel Tabuena Dustin Johnson Jacques Blaauw Adam Scott Byeong Hun an Younghan Song Hui-Lin Zhang Jhonattan Vegas Richard Sterne Scott Piercy Marcus Fraser Kevin Kisner Soomin Lee Danny Willett Shih-Chang Chan Patrick Reed Nathan Holman Si Woo Kim Jimmy Walker Jeunghun Wang

72-74—146 77-70—147 72-75—147 72-75—147 73-74—147 72-75—147 72-75—147 69-79—148 73-75—148 73-75—148 74-74—148 72-76—148 74-74—148 76-73—149 69-80—149 74-75—149 75-74—149 72-78—150 79-71—150 77-74—151 79-72—151 78-73—151 72-80—152 76-76—152 74-78—152 79-74—153 78-75—153 75-79—154 74-81—155 78-79—157 82-76—158

SIME DARBY LPGA MALAYSIA At TPC Kuala Lumpur (East Course) Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Purse: $1.8 million Yardage: 6,246; Par: 71 Second Round a-amateur Amy Yang 63-69—132 Mi Jung Hur 70-65—135 Candie Kung 70-65—135 Anna Nordqvist 67-68—135 Ha Na Jang 69-67—136 Michelle Wie 66-70—136 Azahara Munoz 66-70—136 Jenny Shin 66-70—136 Shanshan Feng 66-70—136 Brittany Lincicome 68-69—137 Danielle Kang 67-70—137 Marina Alex 65-72—137 Chella Choi 73-65—138 Carlota Ciganda 71-67—138

WHL Eastern Conference East Division GP W L OTLSOL Regina 12 9 0 3 0 Swift Current 14 8 4 1 1 Moose Jaw 12 7 3 2 0 Brandon 12 6 4 2 0 Saskatoon 13 6 6 1 0 Prince Albert 12 4 7 1 0 Central Division GP W L OTLSOL Red Deer 13 8 3 1 1 Medicine Hat 13 8 4 1 0 Lethbridge 13 5 6 1 1 Edmonton 12 4 6 2 0 Calgary 9 3 5 1 0 Kootenay 13 1 8 3 1

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GA Pts 36 21 48 18 44 16 42 14 46 13 42 9

GF 47 63 43 29 21 33

GA Pts 45 18 43 17 60 12 44 10 32 7 56 6

Western Conference U.S. Division W L OTLSOL GF GA Pts Everett 10 2 2 0 47 30 22 Tri-City 8 6 1 0 53 55 17 Portland 8 6 0 0 57 48 16 Spokane 5 6 1 1 40 48 12 Seattle 3 5 0 1 22 32 7 B.C. Division GP W L OTLSOL GF GA Pts Prince George 15 12 2 1 0 58 39 25 Victoria 15 8 7 0 0 51 41 16 Kamloops 14 7 7 0 0 50 36 14 Kelowna 14 7 7 0 0 38 46 14 Vancouver 15 6 9 0 0 43 52 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.

GP 14 15 14 13 9

Friday’s Game’s Seattle at Swift Current, 7 p.m.

Medicine Hat at Red Deer, 7 p.m.

Spokane at Prince Albert, 7 p.m.

Saskatoon at Moose Jaw, 7 p.m.

Prince George at Lethbridge, 7 p.m.

Brandon at Kootenay, 7 p.m.

Calgary at Edmonton, 7 p.m.

Vancouver at Kamloops, 7 p.m.

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

Saturday’s Games Red Deer at Lethbridge, 7 p.m.

Medicine Hat at Edmonton, 7 p.m.

Prince George at Calgary, 7 p.m.

Spokane at Swift Current, 7 p.m.

Saskatoon at Prince Albert, 7 p.m.

Kamloops at Vancouver, 7 p.m.

Kelowna at Portland, 7 p.m.

Victoria at Everett, 7:05 p.m.

Sunday’s Games Brandon at Kootenay, 2 p.m.

Seattle at Regina, 4 p.m.

Kelowna at Portland, 5 p.m.

Tuesday’s Games Prince Albert at Moose Jaw, 7 p.m.

Seattle at Saskatoon, 7:05 p.m.

Red Deer at Victoria, 7:05 p.m.

Kamloops at Kelowna, 7:05 p.m.

Third Period 4. Prince Albert, Leth 1 (Budik, Warkentine) 11:08 (pp).

5. Spokane, Elynuik 4 (unassisted) 11:22.

6. Prince Albert, Guhle 1 (Montgomery, Stransky) 19:46 (pp).

Penalties — Wishnowski Spo (tripping) 9:29 Holowko Pa (hooking) 15:02 Leduc Spo (tripping) 18:52.

Goal — Spokane: Sittler (W, 3-3-1-0). Prince Albert: Scott (L, 3-6-1-0), Sanders (10:34 second, 11 shots, 10 saves).

Hitmen 5, Oil Kings 2 First Period 1. Calgary, Cullen 1 (Malenstyn) 1:47 (pp).

2. Calgary, Stallard 2 (Grishakov, Gennaro) 8:53 (pp).

Penalties — Roach Edm (tripping) 0:28 Grishakov Cgy (inter. on goaltender) 4:37 Klatt Edm (boarding) 8:08 Twarynski Cgy (hooking) 11:38 Mohr Edm (tripping) 19:19 Irving Edm (slashing) 20:00.

Second Period 3. Edmonton, Bauer 6 (Koch) 9:30.

4. Calgary, Twarynski 3 (Zipp) 12:33.

Penalties — Irving Edm (delay of game) 3:49 Elizarov Edm (cross checking) 7:23 Klatt Edm, Sanheim Cgy (major, major-fighting) 14:09 Cullen Cgy, Fix-Wolansky Edm (roughing) 14:44.

Third Period 5. Edmonton, Bowman 1 (Irving, McLeod) 6:24.

6. Calgary, Sanheim 2 (Grishakov, Zipp) 6:50.

7. Calgary, Twarynski 4 (Sanheim, Gennaro) 19:31 (en).

Penalties — Elizarov Edm (cross checking) 9:00.

Goal — Calgary: Porter (W, 3-3-0-0). Edmonton: Dea (L, 3-4-0-0).

Ice 2, Wheat Kings 1 First Period No Scoring.

Penalties — None.

Second Period 1. Brandon, Mattheos 6 (Duke, Clague) 6:02 (pp).

Penalties — Hines Ktn (cross checking) 5:08 Kootenay bench (too many men, served by Loschiavo) 10:18 Sheen Ktn (slashing) 17:21.

Third Period 2. Kootenay, Loschiavo 2 (Hines, Zborosky) 5:51 (pp).

3. Kootenay, Zborosky 11 (Alfaro) 10:07.

Penalties — Duke Bdn (delay of game) 4:19 Kaspick Bdn (checking to the head) 12:55.

Goal — Brandon: Papirny (L, 4-3-1-0). Kootenay: Lee (W, 2-1-3-1).

FRIDAY’S SUMMARIES Tigers 5, Rebels 2 First Period 1. Medicine Hat, Gerlach 7 (Dahlstrom, Kirichenko) 5:57 (pp).

2. Medicine Hat, Rassell 10 (Gally) 8:32.

3. Medicine Hat, Quenneville 7 (Preziuso, Jevne) 8:52.

4. Red Deer, Spacek 8 (Mahura) 12:55.

Penalties — Hagel Rd (high sticking) 4:03 Haden Mh (delay of game) 15:06 Bradley Mh (closing hand on puck) 18:55.

Second Period 5. Medicine Hat, Shaw 5 (unassisted) 7:49 (sh).

Penalties — Butcher Mh (slashing) 1:48 Haden Mh (hooking) 6:12 Bradley Mh (slashing) 16:31 Bradley Mh (slashing) 19:17.

Third Period 6. Red Deer, Mahura 5 (Spacek, Alexeyev) 8:07.

7. Medicine Hat, Gerlach 8 (Owre, Bradley) 18:33 (pp).

Penalties — Bobyk Rd (hooking) 0:29 Martin Rd (interference) 9:20 Bobyk Rd (elbowing) 18:25 Bobyk Rd (10-minute misconduct) 18:33 Gally Mh (roughing) 19:05.

Shots on goal by Medicine Hat 17 9 13 — 39 Red Deer 10 19 11 — 40 Goal — Medicine Hat: Schneider (W, 8-2-1-0). Red Deer: Petersen (L, 2-1-0-0), Lamb (8:52 first, 27 shots, 25 saves).

Power plays (goals-chances) — Medicine Hat: 2-4 Red Deer: 0-7.

Chiefs 4, Raiders 2 First Period No Scoring.

Penalties — Wishnowski Spo (holding) 4:26 Hamaliuk Spo, Warkentine Pa (major, major-fighting) 12:45 Warkentine Pa (cross checking) 12:45 Miske Spo (kneeing) 14:39 Morrison Pa (boarding) 15:40.

Second Period 1. Spokane, McIndoe 3 (Ostir) 3:06.

2. Spokane, Faith 2 (Najman) 5:25.

3. Spokane, Anderson-Dolan 5 (Wishnowski, Henderson) 10:34.

Penalties — Yamamoto Spo, Hayes Pa (roughing) 7:14 Vanstone Pa (kneeing) 15:43 Helgesen Spo

Warriors 4, Blades 2 First Period 1. Moose Jaw, Odgers 1 (Zaitsev, Thrower) 6:35.

2. Moose Jaw, Gregor 4 (Popugaev, Langan) 13:46.

Penalties — Brook Mj (hooking) 6:53.

Second Period 3. Saskatoon, McCarty 9 (Hajek, Farren) 6:50 (pp).

Penalties — Farren Sas (slashing) 3:01 Sozanski Mj (hooking) 5:10 Leslie Sas (interference) 14:54.

Third Period 4. Moose Jaw, Gregor 5 (Brook, Popugaev) 4:46.

5. Saskatoon, Gingras 2 (Paterson, Hausinger) 14:21.

6. Moose Jaw, Jeannot 3 (Sozanski, Odgers) 19:58.

Penalties — Rubinchik Sas (interference) 0:40 Hausinger Sas (roughing) 9:59.

Goal — Saskatoon: Flodell (L, 5-3-0-0). Moose Jaw: Willms (W, 4-2-0-0).

NHL EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division GP W L OT Pts GF Montreal 8 7 0 1 15 29 Detroit 8 6 2 0 12 26 Tampa Bay 7 5 2 0 10 25 Ottawa 7 4 3 0 8 23 Florida 7 3 3 1 7 20 Toronto 7 2 2 3 7 24 Boston 7 3 4 0 6 17 Buffalo 6 1 3 2 4 14 Metropolitan Division GP W L OT Pts GF Pittsburgh 8 5 2 1 11 20 N.Y. Rangers 8 5 3 0 10 29 New Jersey 7 3 2 2 8 15 Washington 6 3 2 1 7 14 Philadelphia 8 3 4 1 7 28 Carolina 7 2 3 2 6 21 N.Y. Islanders 8 3 5 0 6 22 Columbus 6 2 3 1 5 14 WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division GP W L OT Pts GF Minnesota 8 5 2 1 11 28 St. Louis 8 4 2 2 10 21 Chicago 8 4 3 1 9 28 Winnipeg 8 4 4 0 8 21 Dallas 7 3 3 1 7 18 Colorado 6 3 3 0 6 16 Nashville 7 2 4 1 5 18 Pacific Division GP W L OT Pts GF Edmonton 7 6 1 0 12 27 San Jose 8 5 3 0 10 19 Vancouver 7 4 2 1 9 15 Calgary 9 4 4 1 9 30 Los Angeles 7 4 3 0 8 20

GA 13 18 20 25 18 28 23 20 GA 23 21 15 14 30 26 24 17

GA 19 21 27 23 22 17 24 GA 17 20 17 32 22

Anaheim 8 3 3 2 8 21 19 Arizona 7 2 5 0 4 22 30 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime Friday’s Games Chicago 3, New Jersey 2, OT Carolina 3, N.Y. Rangers 2 Calgary 5, Ottawa 2 Winnipeg 1, Colorado 0 Edmonton at Vancouver, 8 p.m.

Columbus at Anaheim, 8 p.m.

Today’s Games Florida at Buffalo, 11 a.m.

Boston at Detroit, 5 p.m.

Toronto at Montreal, 5 p.m.

Pittsburgh at Philadelphia, 5 p.m.

Tampa Bay at New Jersey, 5 p.m.

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

Dallas at Minnesota, 6 p.m.

Colorado at Arizona, 7 p.m.

Washington at Vancouver, 8 p.m.

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

Sunday’s Games Buffalo at Winnipeg, 1 p.m.

Philadelphia at Carolina, 3 p.m.

Florida at Detroit, 3 p.m.

Toronto at N.Y. Islanders, 4 p.m.

Tampa Bay at N.Y. Rangers, 5 p.m.

Los Angeles at Chicago, 5 p.m.

Ottawa at Edmonton, 7 p.m.

Washington at Calgary, 7:30 p.m.

FRIDAY’S SUMMARIES Flames 5, Senators 2 First Period 1. Calgary, Hamilton 1 (Gaudreau, Jokipakka) 5:24.

2. Ottawa, Karlsson 3 (Hoffman, Brassard) 11:31 (pp).

3. Ottawa, Turris 4 (Phaneuf, Dzingel) 14:51 (pp).

Penalties — Tkachuk Cgy (stick holding) 11:27 Bennett Cgy (tripping) 13:34 Smith Ott (cross-checking) 19:23.

Second Period 4. Calgary, Bennett 3 (Chiasson, Hamilton) 1:25.

5. Calgary, Hamilton 2 (Ferland, Brodie) 10:26.

Penalties — Versteeg Cgy (stick holding) 4:19 Wideman Ott (tripping) 8:22 Bennett Cgy (holding) 12:35.

Third Period 6. Calgary, Monahan 4 (Gaudreau, Chiasson) 9:33.

7. Calgary, Frolik 4 (Backlund, Tkachuk) 12:19.

Penalties — None.

Goal — Ottawa: Driedger (L, 0-1-0), Hammond (4 shots, 3 saves). Calgary: Elliott (W, 3-3-0).

Jets 1, Avalanche 0 First Period No Scoring.

Penalties — Beauchemin Col (tripping) 9:40.

Second Period 1. Winnipeg, Matthias 2 (Armia, Morrissey) 8:29.

Penalties — Byfuglien Wpg (tripping) 3:36 Ehlers Wpg (holding) 11:10 Comeau Col (tripping) 15:02.

Third Period No Scoring.

Penalties — Comeau Col (high-sticking) 4:51 Morrissey Wpg (high-sticking) 14:50 Byfuglien Wpg (kneeing) 19:56.

Goal — Winnipeg: Hutchinson (W, 2-2-0). Colorado: Varlamov (L, 2-3-0).

Blackhawks 3, Devils 2 (OT) First Period 1. New Jersey, Parenteau 3 (Smith-Pelly, Auvitu) 15:32 (pp).

Penalties — Zacha NJ (boarding) 2:45 Quincey NJ (holding) 10:28 Kruger Chi (stick holding) 13:43 Kempny Chi (interference) 16:04.

Second Period 2. Chicago, Panarin 3 (Kane, Seabrook) 6:48 (pp).

Penalties — Tootoo Chi (cross-checking) 2:59 Severson NJ (hooking) 6:35.

Third Period 3. New Jersey, Moore 1 (Palmieri, Hall) 4:06.

4. Chicago, Hossa 2 (Panik, Toews) 17:49 (pp).

Penalties — Kane Chi (slashing) 11:47 Fiddler NJ (double high-sticking) 14:18.

Overtime 5. Chicago, Anisimov 5 (Panarin, Keith) 1:15.

Penalties — None.

Goal — Chicago: Crawford (W, 2-3-1). New Jersey: Kinkaid (L, 0-0-1).

Hurricanes 3, Rangers 2 First Period 1. NY Rangers, Zuccarello 3 (Zibanejad, Buchnevich) 8:31 (pp).

2. Carolina, Skinner 3 (Hanifin, Rask) 12:34.

Penalties — Faulk Car (delay of game) 7:28.

Second Period 3. Carolina, Skinner 4 (Pesce, Slavin) :33.

4. NY Rangers, Zuccarello 4 (McDonagh, Lundqvist) 12:17.

5. Carolina, Bickell 1 (Skinner, Rask) 19:59 (pp).

Penalties — Bickell Car (hooking) 9:20 McDonagh NYR (tripping) 18:26.

Third Period No Scoring.

Penalties — None.

Goal — NY Rangers: Lundqvist (L, 4-3-0). Carolina: Ward (W, 1-2-1).

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) American League Toronto 3, Texas 0 Thursday, Oct. 6: Toronto 10, Texas 1 Friday, Oct. 7: Toronto 5, Texas 3 Sunday, Oct. 9: Toronto 7, Texas 6, 10 innings Cleveland 3, Boston 0 Thursday, Oct. 6: Cleveland 5, Boston 4 Friday, Oct. 7: Cleveland 6, Boston 0 Sunday, Oct. 9: Cleveland at Boston, ppd., rain Monday, Oct. 10: Cleveland 4, Boston 3 National League Chicago 3, San Francisco 1 Friday, Oct. 7: Chicago 1, San Francisco 0 Saturday, Oct. 8: Chicago 5, San Francisco 2 Monday, Oct. 10: San Francisco 6, Chicago 5, 13 innings Tuesday, Oct. 11: Chicago 6, San Francisco 5 Los Angeles 3, Washington 2 Friday, Oct. 7: Los Angeles 4, Washington 3 Saturday, Oct. 8: Los Angeles at Washington, ppd., rain Sunday, Oct. 9: Washington 5, Los Angeles 2

Monday, Oct. 10: Washington 8, 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) 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, 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 Cleveland 2, Chicago 1 Tuesday, Oct. 25: Cleveland 6, Chicago 0 Wednesday, Oct. 26: Chicago 5, Cleveland 1 Friday, Oct. 28: Cleveland 1 at Chicago 0

Saturday, Oct. 29: Cleveland (Kluber 18-9) at Chicago (Lackey 11-8), 6:08 p.m.

Sunday, Oct. 30: Cleveland at Chicago, 6:15 p.m. x-Tuesday, Nov. 1: Chicago at Cleveland, 6:08 p.m. x-Wednesday, Nov. 2: Chicago at Cleveland, 6:08 p.m.

MAJOR LEAGUE LEADERS BATTING—Panik, San Francisco, .462; Murphy, Washington, .438; Gillaspie, San Francisco, .421; Donaldson, Toronto, .417; Holt, Boston, .400 RUNS—Fowler, Chicago, 8; Baez, Chicago, 7; Turner, Los Angeles, 6; Rizzo, Chicago, 6; Donaldson, Toronto, 6 RBI—Encarnacion, Toronto, 9; Turner, Los Angeles, 8; Baez, Chicago, 7; Murphy, Washington, 6; Gonzalez, Los Angeles, 6 HITS—Donaldson, Toronto, 15; Baez, Chicago, 15; Bryant, Chicago, 14; Lindor, Cleveland, 13; Fowler, Chicago, 12 PITCHING—Kluber, Cleveland, 3-1; Shaw, Cleveland, 2-0; Kershaw, Los Angeles, 2-1; Lester, Chicago, 2-1; Tomlin, Cleveland, 2-0 ERA—Brach, Baltimore, 0.00; Osuna, Toronto, 0.00; Syndergaard, New York, 0.00; Barnette, Texas, 0.00; Kelly, Boston, 0.00

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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 17 9 8 0 508 479 18 Saskatchewan 16 5 11 0 326 465 10 x — clinched playoff berth y — clinched division.

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

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WEEK 19 Bye: Toronto Friday’s result Edmonton 29 Hamilton 26 Saturday’s Games Ottawa at Winnipeg, 2 p.m.

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

Sunday’s Game 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 FRIDAY’S SUMMARIES Eskimos 29, Tiger-Cats 26 First Quarter Ham — TD Gable 6 run (Maher convert) 3:50 Ham — FG Maher 40 10:46 Edm — TD Walker 21 pass from Reilly (convert failed) 12:20 Second Quarter Ham — Single Maher 28 0:39 Edm — FG Whyte 16 3:51 Edm — FG Whyte 18 10:07 Third Quarter Edm — FG Whyte 43 4:15 Edm — TD Reilly 1 run (Whyte convert) 7:11 Fourth Quarter Edm — TD Walker 7 pass from Reilly (Whyte convert) 2:29 Ham — TD Toliver 1 pass from Collaros (two-point convert: Elliott 3 pass from Collaros) 6:54 Ham — TD Masoli 1 run (Maher convert) 13:51 Edmonton 6 6 10 7 — 29 Hamilton 10 1 0 15 — 26 Attendance — 24,031 at Hamilton, Ont.

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NFL AMERICAN CONFERENCE East W L T Pct PF PA New England 6 1 0.857 176 107 Buffalo 4 3 0.571 187 131 Miami 3 4 0.429 146 159 N.Y. Jets 2 5 0.286 119 180

South T Pct PF PA 0.571 117 154 0.500 182 183 0.429 194 200 0.286 139 196 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 0.500 128 159 195 New Orleans 2 4 0.333 176 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 W L T Pct PF PA Seattle 4 1 1.750 111 84 Arizona 3 3 1.500 159 110 Los Angeles 3 4 0.429 120 154 San Francisco1 6 0.143 144 219 Thursday’s Games Tennessee 36, Jacksonville 22 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, 1 p.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: Los Angeles, San Francisco, N.Y. Giants, Miami, Baltimore, Pittsburgh Monday’s Games Minnesota at Chicago, 6:30 p.m.

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Last minute 3-pointer sinks Raptors CLEVELAND GETS BY TORONTO WITH SOME LAST-MINUTE THEATRICS

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Cavaliers 94 Raptors 91 TORONTO — Kyrie Irving is getting pretty good at these last-minute 3-pointers.

His 3 from the top of the arc Friday lifted the Cavaliers to a 94-91 victory over the Toronto Raptors at Air Canada Centre.

Irving’s basket with 44 seconds left was the last one of the game. It was reminiscent of his 3-pointer in the final minute of Game 7 against the Golden State Warriors — although this time the stakes weren’t nearly as high.

It’s easy to understand why the games between these two teams mean a little more to the Raptors than they do the Cavs, who already have their cham-

‘FINISHING FIRST SHOULD BE A LIFE PRIORITY. YOU SHOULD WANT TO FINISH FIRST IN EVERYTHING.’ — LEBRON JAMES pionship and have advanced to the Finals each of the last two years. They went through Toronto last season to do it.

Even when the Eastern Conference finals were tied 2-2 last season, the Cavs never seemed worried.

After they finished off Toronto in six games en route to the first championship in team history, Kyle Lowry told NBA.com prior to the start of this season that it might be time for the Raptors to make a charge at the top seed in the East their No. 1 priority. It’s not a bad idea since they lost the three games in Cleveland by an average of 29.3 points.

LeBron James has never put much of an emphasis on claiming the top seed; the Cavs won the East two years ago as the second seed. He’s also not ready to start worrying about seeding so early in the season.

“Finishing first should be a life priority. You should want to finish first in everything,” James said.

“We would love to have an extra game on our floor for our fans. … We don’t put goals on ourselves.

“We know our ultimate goal is to win a championship, but it’s too far away to even think about it. You know, it’s, is it even November yet? See, I don’t even know what month it is. It’s almost Halloween. It’s too far away to be contemplating the end-of-the-season goals for our team.”

The Cavs led by as many as 12 in the first half and maintained a 50-40 lead at the break before they got a bit sloppy with the ball Friday. The Raptors tied the game at 86 before taking their first lead of the night, 89-88, when Kyle Lowry split a pair of free throws with 2:37 left.

DeMar DeRozan’s 32 points kept the Raptors close. It also gave him the record (72) for most points scored through the first two games of a Raptors season. Lowry added 17 points, but shot just 5-of-16.

Irving had 26 points, James finished with 21 points, eight rebounds and seven assists and Kevin Love had 18 points and 10 rebounds.

James had five of the Cavs’ 18 turnovers. They

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Toronto Raptors’ Kyle Lowry reacts after getting called for a foul during first-half NBA basketball action against the Cleveland Cavaliers in Toronto on Friday. were forced to play small much of the night because of Channing Frye’s absence. Frye’s mother, Karen, died Thursday night following a lengthy battle with cancer. Frye kept her illness relatively quiet — coach Tyronn Lue only learned about it within the last few days. Frye will also miss Saturday’s home game against the Orlando Magic and has been ex-

cused from the team indefinitely.

His absence forced Love to play a fair amount of minutes at center and forced the Cavs into an array of small-ball lineups. They started the second quarter with Irving, James, Iman Shumpert, Mike Dunleavy and Richard Jefferson.

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TODAY IN HISTORY OCTOBER 29 1831 — David Willson’s Children of Peace sect celebrate the opening of the Sharon Temple.

1864 — Québec Conference delegates leave after passage of The 72 Resolutions.

1923 — United Farmers of Alberta start up the Alberta Wheat Pool.

1924 — Doukhobor leader Peter Verigin and eight other passengers killed by a bomb on the Kootenay Express.

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1932 — Governor General Bessborough and Lady Bessborough welcome 60 theatre representatives to Rideau Hall to announce the creation of his brainchild, the Dominion Drama Festival of amateur and semi-professional theatre groups.

1958 — Rescue workers in Springhill find 12 more coal miners alive after underground coal gas explosion and rock surge in the Number Two Cumberland mine.

1988 — Isabelle Brasseur & Lloyd Eisler win the gold medal in Pairs at the Canadian Figure Skating Championships in Thunder Bay.

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Finally, it’s a done (trade) deal TRUDEAU TO TRAVEL TO BRUSSELS ON SUNDAY TO SIGN OFF ON CANADA-EU PACT

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will finally travel to Brussels this weekend to sign the Canada-EU free trade deal known as the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement, or CETA. The Prime Minister’s Office, which confirmed Trudeau’s off-again, on-again travel plans, says Trudeau will depart Saturday night in order to attend the summit, now scheduled to take place on Sunday.

Trudeau spoke Friday with European Council president Donald Tusk, who confirmed that the texts of the deal, along with a side agreement known as the Strategic Partnership Agreement, have been approved and are ready to be signed.

“President Tusk invited Prime Minister Trudeau to sign the CETA and the SPA on October 30, 2016, at the Canada-European Union (EU) Summit in Brussels,” the PMO said in a statement.

“The prime minister accepted the president’s invitation. This summit will mark a historic step in Canada-EU relations.”

Trudeau had initially expected to sign the deal in Brussels earlier this week, but the restive Belgian region of Wallonia put the brakes on that plan by standing in opposition to the controversial deal.

In recent weeks, the tiny French-speaking region of 3.5 million people opposed the deal’s investor-state dispute settlement mechanism, with the support of other European politicians and anti-trade activists.

An agreement Thursday give national and regional parliaments throughout Europe new powers over those controversial investor protection provisions, prompting warnings from some observers that the pact remains a fragile one.

A final obstacle was removed Friday when Wallonia officially voted to withdraw their opposition to the deal.

Wallonia held a veto over Belgium’s ability to support the deal, which requires the support of all 28 EU countries. But its parliament voted overwhelmingly to allow the Belgian national government to support the pact.

The Council of the European Union adopted a package of decisions on matters such as signing the agreement, its provisional application and requiring the European Parliament’s consent to conclude the deal.

They also agreed to a joint text with Canada that provides a “binding interpretation” of the terms of

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Minister-President of Wallonia Paul Magnette attends a session in the Walloon Parliament in Namur, Belgium on Friday. The European Union and Canada are closing in on a landmark free trade deal after Belgium cleared internal political opposition. the pact on certain issues, according to a statement on the council’s website.

The Walloons dropped their opposition following an agreement Thursday with the Belgian government that gave national and regional parliaments throughout Europe new powers over controversial investor protection provisions.

That deal prompted warnings from some observers that the pact remains a fragile one.

Green party Leader Elizabeth May, long an opponent of the Canada-EU deal, urged Trudeau to stay home and host a debate on the agreement “so that Canadians understand the stakes of CETA, including

its use of risky foreign investor provisions.”

“This agreement undermines environmental regulations and will favour multinational companies at the expense of Canadian sovereignty,” May said in a statement. “In the current form, we must continue to oppose the adoption of CETA.” Politicians in Wallonia had argued that the proposed deal would undermine labour, environment and consumer standards and allow multinationals to crush local companies. Supporters said it would yield billions in added trade through customs and tariff cut.

Madoff fraud recovery effort pays off CALIFORNIA RECEIVES $15M RELATED TO THE MASSIVE PONZI SCHEME

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California will recover $15 million related to the massive Ponzi scheme engineered by Bernard Madoff as part of a larger agreement liquefying the $277 million estate of a Beverly Hills investment adviser, officials said Friday.

The settlement ends a 7-year-old lawsuit filed by the state attorney general against Stanley Chais, who charged what officials called astronomical fees to invest hundreds of millions of dollars from more than 460 often-elderly victims.

Chais, who died in 2010, collected nearly $270 million in fees between 1995 and 2008 while presenting himself as an “investment wizard,” according to the lawsuit filed in Los Angeles Superior Court.

In fact, he simply funneled investors’ life savings to Madoff, the one-time Nasdaq chairman whose $20 billion financial pyramid collapsed in 2008, the lawsuit said.

The agreement filed in federal bankruptcy court in New York settles separate lawsuits against Chais that trustees said will essentially turn over his estate to his victims.

That includes nearly $263 million in cash and other assets to the Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities customer fund, and another $15 million that will be administered by the California attorney general’s office to pay claims by investors in companies operated by Chais.

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Bernie Madoff is now serving a 150-year prison sentence after pleading guilty to fraud charges. that share will go to those who invested directly with Madoff, not through so-called “feeder funds,” said Kristin Ford, a spokeswoman for California Attorney General Kamala Harris.

The lawsuit estimates there are more than 460 defrauded investors in three Chais-related companies, which would work out to reimbursements of about

$32,600 each. Ford said the actual awards will be decided by an administrator and depend in part on how many former clients file claims. The state can also use up to $750,000 of the settlement money for its administrative costs.

Chais’ investors had no idea the money that they had invested since the 1970s was being sent to Madoff, who now is serving a 150-year prison sentence after pleading guilty to fraud charges. The state’s lawsuit says some lost their homes and had to move in with their adult children.

“For over 30 years, Stanley Chais unscrupulously defrauded Californians, many of them elderly, by taking their life savings, charging steep fees, and funneling their money to Bernie Madoff’s elaborate Ponzi scheme,” Harris said in a statement.

The settlement with Chais’ widow and other family members brings total recoveries related to Madoff to more than $11.4 billion, Stephen Harbeck, president and chief executive officer of the Securities Investor Protection Corporation, said in a statement.

Nearly $9.5 billion of that money has already been distributed. Distributing all of it is expected to return more than 65 per cent of the principal estimated to have been lost by Madoff customers whose claims have been allowed by trustees.

Officials did not say how much of Chais’ estate would be left for his widow and other survivors.

The California lawsuit accusing Chais of securities and investment fraud was filed by Harris’ predecessor, now-Gov. Jerry Brown. But the settlement was negotiated over the last four years under the tenure of Harris, who is running for the U.S. Senate against a fellow Democrat.

Plenty to consider when going to job interviews CHARLES STRACHEY WORKING WISE Dear Working Wise: I have had several job interviews over the past two months, but I haven’t received any job offers or even second interviews. Am I doing something wrong? Feeling Overlooked Dear Overlooked: Extended job searches can be disheartening, but don’t give up. The good news is that you are getting interviews — that means employers are interested in you.

I have covered tips for preparing for job interviews in the past. Similar tips are available on the ALIS website at alis.alberta.ca.

You might also want to focus on making the right impression on the day of the interview. Some of these tips may seem like “no brainers,” but interviewers I talk to say they are still surprised by job seekers making these simple, but costly mistakes.

Make a good first impression: ● Be punctual: arrive 10 minutes early (factor in time for travel and to find parking).

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● Dress appropriately: wear clean clothes and polished shoes. ● Come prepared: bring a pen, paper, and copies of your resumé and references. ● Don’t wear perfume or cologne. ● Don’t check your cell phone during the meeting, chew gum, or bring your own drink.

Relax: Arrive early enough to use the washroom, calm your nerves and remind yourself that you are interviewing them as much as they are interviewing you.

In fact, the interviewers may be nervous as well if they are inexperienced. Be ready to smile or laugh — they need to like your personality too.

Engage the interviewers: ● Smile, greet the panel, shake hands with each interviewer and learn their name. ● Use their names during the interview. ● Sit up straight with your feet flat on the floor and lean in slightly to show interest. ● Make eye contact and listen closely to the questions so you can answer them accurately. ● When you finish the interview, shake hands and thank each person by name.

Answer with confidence: ● Take a few seconds to collect your thoughts before you answer a question. ● Come prepared with examples of when you

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have successfully used your key skills. ● Bring proof of your skills — numbers, examples, photos, samples, etc. ● Be positive – show your excitement and enthusiasm for the position and your work. ● Don’t talk negatively about past employers, supervisors or coworkers. ● Don’t talk to too much, use short answers and don’t interrupt the interviewer.

Ask questions: Prepare a list of questions, including what you want to know about the position or company plus when the hiring decision will be made and the expected start date. Questions demonstrate your interest in the position. Don’t ask about salary, benefits or flexible work arrangements at this time. This is not the time to start the negotiation process — it might raise flags with the employer.

Seal the deal: Send a thank you note that emphasizes two or three reasons why you’re the ideal candidate for the position.

Good luck!

Do you have a work-related question? Send your questions to Working Wise, at charles.strachey@gov.ab. ca. Charles Strachey is a manager with Alberta Human Services. This column is provided for general information.

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Diversified and Industrials Agrium Inc. . . . . . . . . . . 124.50 ATCO Ltd.. . . . . . . . . . . . 47.30 BCE Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60.53 BlackBerry . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.51 Bombardier . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.86 Brookfield . . . . . . . . . . . . 46.79 Cdn. National Railway . . 84.45 Cdn. Pacific Railway. . . 192.96 Cdn. Utilities . . . . . . . . . . 38.78 Capital Power Corp . . . . 20.95 Cervus Equipment Corp 13.25 Dow Chemical . . . . . . . . 53.92 Enbridge Inc. . . . . . . . . . 58.37 Finning Intl. Inc. . . . . . . . 24.58 Fortis Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . 43.73 General Motors Co. . . . . 31.32 Parkland Fuel Corp. . . . . 31.17 SNC Lavalin Group. . . . . 54.29 Stantec Inc. . . . . . . . . . . 29.54 Telus Corp. . . . . . . . . . . . 43.27 Transalta Corp.. . . . . . . . . 5.99 Transcanada. . . . . . . . . . 60.82 Consumer Canadian Tire . . . . . . . . 130.79 Gamehost . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.72 Leon’s Furniture . . . . . . . 16.58 Loblaw Ltd. . . . . . . . . . . . 66.68

MARKETS CLOSE TORONTO — North American stock markets fell and the price of oil dropped Friday after the FBI announced it will investigate new emails connected to Democratic U.S. presidential candidate Hillary Clinton’s private server.

FBI Director James B. Comey revealed the emails’ existence in a letter to Congress, saying the agency will review them to determine if they contain classified information. The FBI said in July its criminal investigation had been completed.

“It has been the single biggest driver of the market today,” said Scott Vali, vice-president of equities at CIBC Asset Management. “(The) market doesn’t like uncertainty and this creates more uncertainty.”

He said the markets started to drop shortly after the news emerged, leading to speculation about the outcome of the U.S. presidential election that takes place on Nov. 8.

People had started to become comfortable with the idea that Clinton would win the presidency, said Vali.

Her opponent, Republican candidate Donald Trump, is viewed as negative for several reasons, including trade and the economy, he said.

In Toronto, the S&P/TSX composite index fell 48.46 points to 14,785.29.

South of the border, the Dow Jones industrial average shed 8.49 points to 18,161.19, while the S&P 500 dropped by 6.63 points to 2,126.41. The Nasdaq composite lost 25.87 points to 5,190.10.

Vali said the price of gold jumped as the markets sold off, with the December gold contract gaining $7.30 to

Maple Leaf Foods. . . . . . 30.54 Wal-Mart . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69.99 WestJet Airlines . . . . . . . 22.24 Mining Barrick Gold . . . . . . . . . . 22.89 Cameco Corp. . . . . . . . . 10.62 First Quantum Minerals . 12.24 Goldcorp Inc. . . . . . . . . . 19.89 Hudbay Minerals. . . . . . . . 5.47 Kinross Gold Corp. . . . . . . 5.03 Labrador. . . . . . . . . . . . . 14.58 Potash Corp.. . . . . . . . . . 22.06 Sherritt Intl. . . . . . . . . . . . 0.850 Teck Resources . . . . . . . 28.21 Energy Arc Resources . . . . . . . . 23.05 Badger Daylighting Ltd. . 29.80 Baker Hughes. . . . . . . . . 59.12 Bonavista . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.36 Bonterra Energy . . . . . . . 25.50 Cdn. Nat. Res. . . . . . . . . 43.33 Canyon Services Group. . 5.47 Cenovous Energy Inc. . . 20.03 CWC Well Services . . . 0.1800 Encana Corp. . . . . . . . . . 13.41 Essential Energy. . . . . . . 0.590 Exxon Mobil . . . . . . . . . . 84.78

US$1,276.80 an ounce.

The FBI report about new emails tied to Clinton also dragged down the price of oil as the December crude oil contract plummeted by $1.02 to US$48.70 per barrel.

That added to a five-day drop of US$2.15 — the biggest weekly decrease in the price of oil in six weeks. In the week ending Sept. 16, oil prices fell US$2.85.

Friday’s decline in the price of oil came mostly from the renewed possibility of a Trump victory, but an ongoing OPEC meeting had “limited” impact as well, said Vali.

The representatives from the 14 member nations of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries met in Vienna Friday to continue discussions regarding a preliminary agreement to cut oil production reached last month in Algiers. The group plans to meet with some non-OPEC members to discuss these matters Saturday.

Full details of the deal will be released after the group meets again in Vienna at the end of November.

The commodity-sensitive loonie inched up 0.02 of a U.S. cent to 74.72 cents US. Elsewhere in commodities, December natural gas rose 3.7 cents to about US$3.11 per mmBTU and December copper contracts were up three cents at US$2.19 a pound.

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

Stocks: S&P/TSX Composite Index — 14,785.29, down 48.46 points Dow — 18,161.19, down 8.49 points S&P 500 — 2,126.41, down 6.63 points Nasdaq — 5,190.10,

Halliburton Co. . . . . . . . . 46.58 High Arctic . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.73 Husky Energy . . . . . . . . . 14.70 Imperial Oil . . . . . . . . . . . 43.38 Pengrowth Energy . . . . . . 2.21 Penn West Energy . . . . . . 2.18 Precision Drilling Corp . . . 6.02 Suncor Energy . . . . . . . . 41.29 Trican Ltd.. . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.98 Trinidad Energy . . . . . . . . 2.65 Vermilion Energy . . . . . . 52.92 Virginia . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.0700 Financials Bank of Montreal . . . . . . 85.35 Bank of N.S. . . . . . . . . . . 72.09 CIBC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.97 Cdn. Western . . . . . . . . . 25.36 Great West Life. . . . . . . . 33.64 IGM Financial . . . . . . . . . 36.46 Intact Financial Corp. . . . 91.19 Manulife Corp. . . . . . . . . 19.36 National Bank . . . . . . . . . 47.68 Rifco Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.750 Royal Bank . . . . . . . . . . . 83.72 Sun Life Fin. Inc.. . . . . . . 44.71 TD Bank . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60.52

down 25.87 points Currencies: Cdn — 74.72 cents US, up 0.02 of a cent Pound — C$1.6317, up 0.28 of a cent Euro — C$1.4700, up 1.12 cents Euro — US$1.0983, up 0.86 of a cent Oil futures: US$48.70 per barrel, down $1.02 (December contract) Gold futures: US$1,276.80 per oz., up $7.30 (December contract) Canadian Fine Silver Handy and Harman: $24.626, up 12.5 cents $791.73 kg., up $4.02 ICE FUTURES CANADA WINNIPEG — ICE Futures Canada closing prices: Canola: Nov. ‘16 $4.90 higher $515.10 Jan. ‘17 $3.50 higher $523.00 March ‘17 $3.00 higher $527.70 May ‘17 $2.50 higher $529.80 July ‘17 $1.70 higher $528.60 Nov. ‘17 $1.40 lower $502.60 Jan. ‘18 $1.40 lower $505.70 March ‘18 $1.40 lower $507.00 May ‘18 $1.40 lower $508.10 July ‘18 $1.40 lower $508.10 Nov. ‘18 $1.40 lower $508.10.

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.

Friday’s estimated volume of trade: 608,400 tonnes of canola 0 tonnes of barley (Western Barley). Total: 608,400.

CIBC to repay $73 million after overcharging clients for 14 years

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It also says CIBC has implemented additional controls and supervision to prevent a recurrence.

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CALGARY — Lower production due in part to unexpected repair work at Canada’s newest oilsands mine was offset by near-record high production at one of its oldest in the third quarter, Imperial Oil (TSX:IMO) reported Friday.

The Calgary-based company said its Kearl mine project averaged 159,000 barrels per day of bitumen in the three months ended Sept. 30, down 12 per cent from 181,000 bpd in the same period last year.

Two financial analysts said in notes to investors that Imperial detected cracks in a component of its ore crusher unit during planned maintenance and had to extend downtime to make repairs. Imperial spokeswoman Killeen Kelly initially refused comment but later confirmed that cracks were found in a crusher chain and it had to be replaced.

Kearl was built in two 110,000-bpd phases with the second phase starting production in mid-2015. The first phase, which began ramping up in 2013, was shut down for several weeks in late 2014 due to what Imperial said were mechanical issues that caused vibrations in its ore crusher unit. It’s unclear whether the latest issues were in the first or second phase of the project.

Meanwhile, production at 38-yearold Syncrude Canada, in which Imperial holds a 25 per cent stake, delivered 85,000 bpd, up from 59,000 barrels in the year-earlier period, due to improved reliability.

Imperial warned Friday that if low average prices for bitumen through the first nine months of 2016 persist until year-end, it could be forced to temporarily remove 2.6 billion barrels from proved reserves at Kearl under U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission rules. That’s more than half of the project’s total proved reserves of 4.6 billion barrels.

It said it doesn’t expect a reserve writedown to affect operations or the outlook for future production volumes.

A $716-million gain on the sale of its 497 service stations in the third quarter helped Imperial achieve a $1-billion quarterly profit for the first time since the second quarter of 2014, the company said. It sold the stations for a total of $2.8 billion to five fuel distributors.

Net income more than doubled to $1.003 billion, or $1.18 per diluted share, for the third quarter — up from $479 million, or 56 cents per diluted share, in the same quarter last year.

Revenue for the three months ended Sept. 30 was $7.44 billion, up from $7.16 billion in the third quarter of 2015.

Foreign buyers 1.3 per cent of Metro Vancouver real estate sales since tax

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS VANCOUVER — The rate of foreign investment in Metro Vancouver housing has fallen to 1.3 per cent since the introduction of a new tax targeting international buyers, according to new data from the British Columbia government.

The drop is dramatic compared with the seven-week period before the tax was introduced when foreign buyers accounted for 13.2 per cent of the residential purchases in the region.

The province brought in the 15-percent property transfer tax on foreign buyers in Metro Vancouver on Aug. 2 in an effort to cool one of the hottest housing markets in North America.

“The number of offshore purchasers has dropped dramatically, and that means the pressure on local purchasers, often first-time purchasers, is much reduced,” said cabinet minister Andrew Wilkinson, speaking on behalf of the finance minister on Friday.

“That’s exactly what our goal was and we’re glad to see the market is calming down.”

Between Aug. 2 and Sept. 30, there were 152 home purchases involving foreign buyers in Metro Vancouver, or 1.3 per cent of all residential transactions. That is slightly less than the provincial average of 1.7 per cent during the same period.

The province received an additional $10.1 million from the new tax.

Wilkinson said the goal of the levy was not to collect more taxes from offshore investors, but to get them to reconsider buying into Metro Vancouver’s market.

“It was never our goal to get to a certain revenue amount with the tax.

The goal was to calm down the real estate market.”

But the province cautioned that it’s unclear how many transactions that would have occurred in August or September were rushed through completion in July in order to avoid the tax.

Data from the coming months will provide a more accurate picture of how the market is changing, it said.

Wilkinson added that real estate markets are seasonal and more transactions are typically recorded in the spring, so more data is needed before reaching long-term conclusions.

The total value of purchases involving foreign buyers was $318 million, or 1.8 per cent of the overall value of purchases in Metro Vancouver.

The province said auditors have sent 150 letters to buyers to verify their citizenship or permanent residency status. Of the 150 letters, 85 audit files have been opened to investigate if the additional tax should have been paid.

The composite benchmark price, or the representation of a typical residential property, in Metro Vancouver was $931,900 last month, a 28.9 per cent increase from September 2015 but a 0.1 per cent decline from August 2016.

The new data released by the province suggests Victoria has not seen a flood of foreign buyers since the tax was introduced in Metro Vancouver.

In the Capital Regional District, encompassing southern Vancouver Island and the Gulf Islands, foreign buyers represented 3.5 per cent of the residential real estate market between Aug. 2 and Sept. 30. In the period before the tax, they represented 3.9 per cent.

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The bank will also pay $3 million to the Ontario Securities Commission toward its mandate of protecting investors, while a further payment of $50,000 will go to cover the costs of the investigation.

Looking for The OSC approved the no-contest settlement Friday with CIBC World Markets Inc., CIBC Investor Services Inc., and CIBC Securities Inc. after the bank agreed to the deal without admitting or deEmployers: nying the conclusions of 1. Primerica the OSC staff.

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Artist Michael Huyzer in his A+ Art Gallery and Unique Collections store located at 203 4919 49 St. in Red Deer.

Red Deer artist’s dream a reality MICHAEL HUYZER OPENS HIS OWN GALLERY

BY LANA MICHELIN ADVOCATE STAFF Red Deer artist Michael Huyzer is following his dreams by opening a gallery.

Skeptics might think launching a commercial art gallery during an economic down-turn is a risky plan.

But Huyzer feels the decision was really made for him, since he promised his mother on her deathbed that he would be true to his own aspirations.

His mom, Antonia Dorcas, was told a year ago that she had pancreatic cancer and only a few months to live. “That was quite a journey,” said Huyzer. “It was hard, but it gave my mom and myself time to really talk.”

The Edmonton daycare worker had supported her son’s artistic pursuits since his childhood. She never wanted to admit to anyone she was dying last winter.

“But we all knew,” said Huyzer, who recalled how thin and pale she was near the end. “It took every once of her effort to talk.”

Before Dorcas passed away on Feb, 15, she told him: “You have the opportunity to shine. If you pass up doing something you are passionate about, you will always regret it,” he recalled.

His new A+ Art Gallery, upstairs at 203, 4919 49th St., sprang out of that last conversation — as well as Huyzer’s conviction that Red Deer needs more exhibition opportunities for local artists.

The new gallery “has my mom all over it,” said Huyzer, glancing at a photo of Dorcas that sits on a fireplace mantle in the cozy space.

His own graphic, detailed abstract artworks — including landscapes, animal and figure paintings — now hang on the walls. But Huyzer said he plans to rotate the art every month, highlighting other upand-coming local artists.

As someone who’s shown and sold his works in

Red Deer and Edmonton, he would like to help mentor artists who have questions about getting started.

“This will not be a typical art gallery with white walls and little stickers on the walls,” he added. The walls in A+ Art Gallery are painted in warm colours and a seating bench with pillows line one side of the space.

Besides selling original art, there are blown glass items and wall clocks that Huyzer’s partner and gallery manager, Randy Jackson, has collected. The two plan to hold family painting classes on Saturday afternoons and adult classes on Saturday evenings.

Huyzer, who teaches art to the community at The Hub on Ross on Wednesdays, is a mostly self-taught artist who’s benefited from various classes and workshops over the years.

He said he loves the idea of bringing more creative “quirkiness” to downtown Red Deer.

For more information, please call 403-896-8882. lmichelin@reddeeradvocate.com

Whodunnit keeps you guessing ’til the end

BY LANA MICHELIN ADVOCATE STAFF With the title The Butler Did It, you’d think the solution to Cow Patti’s season-opening murder mystery would be super obvious.

But nothing is straight-forward about this whodunnit by brothers Peter and Walter Marks, which opens on Thursday, Nov. 10, at the Lacombe Golf and Country Club.

For one thing, virtually all the characters on stage are called butler: There’s Mr. Butler, Mrs. Butler and their daughter, Miss Butler. There’s also the Butler’s butler (who happens to be called Aldo).

Cow Patti’s artistic director, AnnaMarie Lea, said Cow Patti’s 20th anniversary dinner theatre production begins with Raymond and Angela Butler sitting down for an after-dinner coffee on Christmas Eve. Shortly after the arrival of daughter, Victoria Butler, the doorbell rings and a gift arrives for Angela.

“She opens the present, and all hell breaks loose!” added Lea, with a gleeful chuckle.

To say any more would spoil the plot, which Lea hints messes with the audience’s perception of stage ‘reality.’

Suffice it to say the play is very physical, she added. There are pratfalls, eccentric characters and, of course, one or more theatrical deaths.

For this production, the entire cast is made up of professional actors Lea is bringing in from Ontario.

Five of the six actors will be performing dual roles.

Several will be familiar faces from past Cow Patti productions, including Patric Masurkevitch, who plays Detective Mumford. (He was memorable as Italian investor Fuferelli in Who’s Under Where?)

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The cast of Cow Patti’s season-opening dinner theatre, ‘The Butler Did It,’ ham it up at the Lacombe Golf and Country Club. seen in The Cemetery Club. And Garfield Andrews (Mr. Butler) appeared in Boeing Boeing and The Long Weekend.

Lea, who’s directing, hasn’t stopped giggling during rehearsals. “There are so many twists and turns … and, with some of the lines, we’re just killing ourselves laughing …”

She said The Butler Did It breaks a streak of comedies and farces because Cow Patti wanted to do something a little different to kick-start it’s 20th season, and provide some heightened escapist fun during an economically tough time.

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“This is a perfect fit. It offers fun and laughs, and also keeps people guessing.”

A portion of tickets sales will go to support nine local charities. Cow Patti has, so far, raised more than $460,000 for non-profits, and Lea is hoping to break the half-million mark this season (which will also include the play Wally’s Cafe in February).

For more information, as well as tickets to the show that runs to Dec. 10, please visit theatre@cowpatti.com or call 403-304-6329. lmichelin@reddeeradvocate.com

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Living with a relative not always easy HARLAN COHEN HELP ME HARLAN Dear Harlan: I recently moved back to my home state to help a relative in dire straits. I gave up a comfortable rental condo, job and social life to help him out. I enjoy evening cocktails and often play music. However, this relative seems to have issues with this, and it always creates an argument. I’m not some heavy-metal headbanger who has rowdy friends over. I listen to soft classical, and the spirits are in my room. I’m paying the bulk of our living expenses and resent the juvenile attitude my relative has about this. He claims “his house, his rules.” What’s your take on the situation?

Hardly Fair Dear Hardly Fair: Someone who’s in dire straits isn’t thinking very clearly. He might want his space.

He might not want anyone around. There’s no reason to resent him. You willingly entered this situation.

Even though you’re paying for living expenses, it’s his house. While you have every right to relax and have friends over for wine-and-cheese classical music parties, it might be too much for this relative. If you’re going to be there short-term, go to other people’s homes and wear headphones. If this is a longterm situation, approach this from a place of understanding and compassion. It’s his house and his rules. See if the rules can change to accommodate you having friends over occasionally. If the rules are inflexible, consider moving out. Don’t threaten him.

Explain that you need rules that will allow you to be comfortable, too. This is not ideal for everyone. The simple gesture of giving him control when he seems to lack it might tilt the rules on your favor. ✭✭✭ Dear Harlan: I’m 19 and got engaged to my boyfriend of two years. We are waiting until we graduate from college to get married. We started talking about Thanksgiving, and my parents want me to come visit, but his parents want him to spend it with them. We feel we should spend it together. They seem to think that until we’re married, we should split up and spend it apart. We don’t agree. We discussed taking turns, but my family wants the first turn. He wants his family to have the first turn. I’m thinking about skipping it altogether. Any suggestions?

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Dear Engaged: I smell turkey, stuffing and a lot of trouble. You still have Christmas, Easter, Mother’s Day, Father’s Day, birthdays and religious rites of passages waiting for you to manage. If you can’t pass the first Thanksgiving hurdle, this engagement isn’t going to make it to your wedding date. Question: Do you think they don’t want you to get married? Families who want couples to stay together don’t put a wedge in the relationship. Ask them how they feel about the marriage. Be prepared for the truth. Make sure there isn’t something else complicating the situation. Listen to what they’re feeling. Given that you’re this young and getting married so far into the future, they might not be ready to accept you as a couple. Once you can gauge their support, you can put together a strategy that will create the least amount of hurt and stress. You can switch holidays, divide and conquer during some holidays, and stay together for other ones. If they are supportive and encouraging, then you can figure out a way to make this work. Once you can listen to their feelings, it will be easier to figure out where to go and how to manage bigger family issues in the future. ✭✭✭ Dear Harlan: My girlfriend of six months thinks I’m cheating. I’m not. It’s always been that way from day one. She’s never trusted me. Whenever I try to surprise her, she is questioning me. I can’t show her how I feel because she never gives me enough room to surprise her. She goes through my cellphone whenever we are together. She trolls my Facebook and Snapchat. She constantly asks my friends if there is something going on. Her questioning is beginning to make me question our relationship. She was hurt in the past and has a fear of it happening again. I reassure her, but it’s never good enough. What else can I do to make her feel secure? I’m out of answers.

Reassuring Boyfriend Dear Reassuring: You can wear a GoPro on your forehead so she could see where and what you are doing. However, she’ll also see that there are other women in your field of vision, and that will send her into a jealous tirade. Trust is simple. Either she has it or she doesn’t. You never had it. She can’t trust men, and you’re a man. She might not want to trust men. That’s where you might be able to gain her trust. Make it clear that you appreciate how much she’s been hurt. Give her permission to never fully trust a man. Explain that you’re a loving man who has a history of trust and communication (assuming this is true). Ask her if she wants to trust you. She has to want to trust you. Ask her one thing you can specifically do to make it easier for her to trust you. Put

together a plan. If she can’t trust you, suggest she get help to work on her trust issues. If it’s too much for you, then move on. The trauma of her past is haunting her future. You aren’t responsible for fixing her past, but you can help her identify it and decide if she wants to change the future. If she can’t learn to trust you, you can’t date her. ✭✭✭ Dear Harlan: What are the best tips you have for not getting jealous when your boyfriend or girlfriend attends another college?

Making It Work Dear Making It Work: Be incredibly happy apart and even happier when together. The biggest mistake long-distance partners make is being miserable while apart. It just makes you miserable. Limit your texting, calling and live streaming. If you’re always online, you’ll never be on campus. Then you’ll never create a life that makes you happy apart. Do things you love to do. Don’t feel guilty if you find yourself forgetting to be sad. Encourage your partner to do things, too. Happiness isn’t a threat. It brings you closer. Don’t visit each other more than once or twice a semester. If you’re not on campus, you’re not creating a life on campus. Read “The Five Love Languages” by Gary Chapman. This book will help you know how to love and be loved, especially if you have a partner who is jealous or needs more time with you. Know that no matter what happens next, you and your partner will be OK. If you stay together, you’ll be OK. If you grow apart, you will be OK. If you know you will always be OK, you can express yourself, be a better listener and create a life that fills you up. Ultimately, this will be what keeps you together for a very long time. ✭✭✭ Harlan is author of Getting Naked: Five Steps to Finding the Love of Your Life (While Fully Clothed and Totally Sober) (St. Martin’s Press). Write Harlan at harlan(at)helpmeharlan.com or visit online: www.helpmeharlan.com. All letters submitted become property of the author. Send paper to Help Me, Harlan!, 3501 N. Southport Ave., Suite 226, Chicago, IL 60657.

Some kids are being priced out of sports, but waiving fees can change that

BY ADVOCATE NEWS SERVICES As some children around the country get priced out of expensive youth sports leagues, a volunteer baseball coach in suburban Maryland has devised a novel solution to one of many financial barriers.

It’s a small square checkbox.

Marc Berk, a health policy researcher, got the checkbox idea on vacation in New York. He noticed that museum-goers who couldn’t pay the requested donation fee had to explain why — a demeaning procedure. He wondered if something similar kept lower income families away from youth sports.

Berk persuaded officials in Gaithersburg, Md., to amend their fee waiver process. Instead of making families fill out forms proving they are poor, a checkbox was added to the sign-up form. It said: “I am a resident of the City, and I am requesting a waiver of all fees.”

Waiver requests soared by 1,200 per cent. Participation jumped 31 per cent, and, for children who attend high-poverty schools, it shot up almost 80 per cent.

“Just doing this one small thing had an incredible impact for a lot of families,” said Berk, who published his findings this summer in the Journal of Park and Recreation Administration.

The fee — $50 today, but $40 during the study period in 2009 — was covered by a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation grant, so the effort cost the city nothing. Now, having read the results of the study, Gaithersburg officials are considering making the waiver process permanent, which could increase costs for youth sports by at least several thousand dollars. There is also a risk of waiver fraud.

But city officials say they are weighing those downsides against a growing body of research showing that participation in youth sports improves physical and mental health, lowers crime and teen pregnancy rates, and increases college enrollment.

“Is this a service that you now provide like police or other nonrevenue generating departments?” asked city

manager Tony Tomasello. “They don’t make any money, but they benefit the public. Are we trying to fund a public benefit or are we trying to fund health and fitness? Obviously it’s both, but I think it’s really gravitating toward more of a social benefit.”

Tomasello, Berk and youth sports experts also acknowledge that waiving fees at the city level only addresses one barrier to poor children signing up to play soccer or baseball.

Transportation is a critical issue, with many single parents juggling multiple jobs and multiple children who need to be in multiple places. Also, Gaithersburg is somewhat unique in organizing leagues. Many cities and counties have exited youth sports, which is now largely controlled by independent leagues that charge hundreds of dollars in fees, either for recreational programs or more expensive travel teams.

How does that look on the field?

Last year, nearly 70 per cent of children from families making more than $100,000 played team sports, according to Project Play, an Aspen Institute initiative on youth sports. That figure is nearly cut in half for families making less than $25,000.

And the greatest irony, experts say, is this: A youth sports culture that places an immense emphasis on winning — mostly by parents is leaving some of the best athletes and potential teammates behind.

They can’t afford to swing $300 bats or lace up $250 hockey skates, and fewer are able to compete for college scholarships. In 1993, 12.6 per cent of scholarship athletes came from families making $100,000 or more, according to an analysis of NCAA statistics.

By 2008, that number doubled.

“It’s extremely frustrating, and it’s also extremely unfair,” said Diego Uriburu, executive director of Identity Inc., a Gaithersburg non-profit that helps Latino youth and their families in high poverty areas. “These young people have natural athletic talent, and they are not getting to work on it. They don’t have the best coaches. They are excluded because they can’t afford it.”

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Carlos Amaya, 10, left, participates in an after school soccer program at South Lake Elementary School in Gaithersburg, Md., in October.

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Exploring the tomb of Jesus GROUND PENETRATING RADAR TESTS CONDUCTED DETERMINED CAVE WALLS ARE, IN FACT, STANDING

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS JERUSALEM (AP) — In the innermost chamber of the site said to be the tomb of Jesus, a restoration team has peeled away a marble layer for the first time in centuries in an effort to reach what it believes is the original rock surface where Jesus’ body was laid.

Many historians have long believed that the original cave, identified a few centuries after Jesus’ death as his tomb, was obliterated ages ago.

But an archaeologist accompanying the restoration team said ground penetrating radar tests determined that cave walls are, in fact, standing — at a height of six feet and connected to bedrock — behind the marbled panels of the chamber at the center of Jerusalem’s Church of the Holy Sepulchre.

“What was found,” said National Geographic archaeologist Fredrik Hiebert, “is astonishing.”

The work is part of a historic renovation project to reinforce and preserve the Edicule, the chamber housing the cave where Jesus is said to have been entombed and resurrected. It is the centerpiece of one of Christianity’s oldest churches and one of its most important shrines.

“I usually spend my time in Tut’s tomb,” said Hiebert about the Egyptian pharaoh Tutankhamun’s burial site, “but this is more important.”

National Geographic is partnering with Greek restoration experts to document the work.

A 12th-century building sitting on 4th-century remains, the Church of the Holy Sepulchre is the only place where six Christian denominations practise their faith at the same site.

The Edicule was last restored in 1810 following a fire, and is in need of reinforcement after years of exposure to humidity and candle smoke. A hulking iron cage built around the Edicule by British authorities in 1947 for support still stands, but is not enough.

Renovations at this holiest of spots require mutual agreement by the church’s various custodians, and that is notoriously hard to secure. The denominations jealously guard different parts of the site and often object to even the slightest of changes.

Last year, Israeli police briefly shut down the building after Israel’s Antiquities Authority deemed it unsafe. It prompted the Christian denominations to green light the repairs, which began in June.

Pilgrims line up throughout the day for the chance to crouch in the Edicule’s tiny room. They kneel before a white marble encasing, said to cover a surface hewn from the side of the limestone cave where Jesus’ body was laid before his resurrection.

Church officials closed the Edicule to pilgrims beginning Wednesday evening, and workers used a pulley to slide open the marble slab, in hopes of reaching the burial surface. Hiebert said the slab hadn’t been removed since the year 1550.

Underneath the marble was a layer of debris. By Thursday afternoon, workers had finished removing the debris, revealing something unexpected: another marble slab.

Hiebert said he thinks the second slab, which is grey and features a small etching of a cross, dates to the 12th century. It is cracked down the middle, and underneath it is a whitish layer.

“I don’t believe … that is the original rock,” Hiebert said. “We still have more to go.”

The main Christian communities that govern the church have allowed the work crew only 60 hours to excavate the inner sanctum, Hiebert said. Experts are working day and night to reach the tomb’s core and to analyze it.

“We will close the tomb after we document it,” said Antonia Moropoulou, an architect at the National Technical University of Athens, which is supervising the renovation.

The restoration team wants to tightly seal the core of the tomb before injecting parts of the shrine with mortar for reinforcement, so the material doesn’t seep inside what is considered to be the holy rock.

One part of the tomb will remain exposed. Experts on Thursday cut a rectangular window in one of the Edicule’s marble walls, so pilgrims will be able to glimpse, for the first time, a part of the limestone wall thought to be the tomb of Jesus.

David Grenier, secretary of a group that oversees Roman Catholic church properties in the Holy Land, stood with a few other Franciscan friars, watching the work crew in awe.

“What happened here 2,000 years ago completely changed the history of the world,” he said. “To be able to dig, let’s say, to the rock where the body of Jesus was laid … it’s overwhelming joy.”

At one point, a National Geographic film crew documented the site as clergy burned incense around them in a daily church rite.

After the film crew cleared out, a pair of clergymen in brown frocks, and an Israeli policeman stationed at the church to help keep the peace, clambered over a pile of work tools, electrical wires and a yellow hard hat on the Edicule floor to lean into the inner chamber and snap cell phone photos of the exposed tomb.

“It’s a historic moment, huh?” the policeman said.

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The moment workers remove the top marble layer of the tomb said to be of Jesus Christ, in the Church of Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem. A restoration team has peeled away a marble layer for the first time in centuries in an effort to reach what it believes is the original rock surface where Jesus’ body was laid.

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Ban creepy clowns this close to Halloween? No way!

HARLEY HAY HAY’S DAZE It would be funny if it wasn’t so creepy. Or, maybe it would be creepy if it wasn’t so funny. And I’m not talking about the U.S. election debacle, although at least one of the presidential candidates down there is certainly a clown.

No, I’m talking about the latest sociological phenomenon that has recently reared its ugly white head from the United Kingdom to Canada to the United States of Obama. Creepy clowns. Ugly creepy clowns. And they are popping up all over the blinkin’ place like 12 circus characters falling out of a cartoon clown car big enough for one.

Now, we’re not talking about those happy Kinsmen clowns who used to stop traffic downtown and sell Macintosh apples, or those cheerful clowns at parades that throw candy and merrily twiddle around with big floppy feet and neon wigs and honkin’ red noses and have names like Sprinkle or Sparkle or Spanky. Oh, no. Not even close.

We’re talking stark white-faced creatures with

blood red menacing evil grins and horrible scary expressions that would make Boris Karloff positively spin in his grave. Like the infamous King of Creepy Clowns named “Pennywise” from the seriously wonderfully demented mind of Stephen King in his novel It. And in fact, production is currently underway in Toronto on a major movie remake of the creepy clown story staring Pennywise. Coincidence? Marketing stunt? Mr. King denies that global clown sightings are somehow related to advertising his movie. In fact, the lucratively deranged author, just two weeks ago tweeted: “Hey, guys, time to cool the clown hysteria — most of ‘em are good, cheer up the kiddies, make people laugh.” Of course he’s the one who is always scaring the pants off people in the first place.

Milo T. Clown is certainly scared. He’s from Nova Scotia and he’s 62 years old and his real name is Miles Leahy. And he’s been a professional clown for over half his life. In fact he’s a vice-president of Clowns Canada, which is the official association of the Canadian clown business. Who knew? He’s “heartbroken” that all these creepy clowns are ruining the business of making children of all ages happy. And he may be right.

In case you need to win a little trivia contest sometime, according to American psychologist Jason Seacat fear of clowns is called “caulrophobia” and

it’s “nothing new”. He blames the quickly spreading mass hysteria on “a combination of sensational headlines and social media.” In fact, at a couple of U.S. universities recently, large crowds have formed because somebody Tweeted or Twittered or Twiddled an unconfirmed creepy clown sighting. Thing is, these crowds armed themselves with shovels and golf clubs and took off into the night clown hunting.

What’s next, burning torches and pitchforks?

And we thought the impending zombie apocalypse was a bummer.

The obvious question here though, is: ‘What about Halloween’? I wonder how many creepy clowns we’ll get at our doorstep Trick or Treating this week? And I wonder if manic hordes of college students will be chasing them with home-made weapons.

Ban creepy clowns? Hold on just a tick. Isn’t getting a little pee-in-your-pants scared what Halloween is all about? At least for one night? Send in the clowns indeed. Then, after Halloween — not so much. I for one certainly don’t want to meet Pennywise anywhere, anytime, thank you very much. And I don’t even want to think about what HIS clown car looks like.

Harley Hay is a local freelance writer, award-winning author, filmmaker and musician. His column appears on Saturdays in the Advocate.

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HPV vaccine is a modern medical miracle, say experts

BY JULIET GUICHON AND GILLA SHAPIRO ADVOCATE NEWS SERVICES The evidence of the need to administer the HPV vaccine to all Canadian boys and girls is irrefutable.

For 30 years, the Canadian Cancer Society has partnered with Statistics Canada and the Public Health Agency of Canada to publish annual data about cancer in Canada. This year’s report warns of an alarming increase in mouth and throat cancers caused by the human papillomavirus (HPV), especially among men.

Most people’s immune systems effectively fight and clear HPV from their bodies. People with HPV mouth and throat cancer aren’t so lucky. Those affected include former federal environment minister Peter Kent; Nova Scotia MLA Gordon Gosse; and American actor Michael Douglas. These men are certainly not alone. Mouth and throat cancer was the most frequently diagnosed HPV-related cancer in Canada in 2012.

Treatment of mouth and throat cancers can be extremely painful. Treatment includes invasive surgery down the throat or through the nose or neck, sometimes supplemented by a tracheotomy to help with breathing.

Survivors say that radiation burns their mouth and throat, and chemotherapy makes them sick.

They share tips about using pain-relieving mouthwash, keeping weight on by taking anti-nausea pills, and having a feeding tube inserted directly into their stomachs.

Some lose their teeth, saliva glands, lips, tongue or nose.

Most HPV mouth and throat cancer patients are men — the Canadian Cancer Society reports that the number of cases is four times higher in men than in women.

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by HPV types 16 and 18, which cause mouth and throat cancer. If boys and girls are vaccinated before they are infected, then they are unlikely to develop HPV-related mouth and throat cancer. Surely that’s a desirable outcome.

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The HPV vaccine is a modern medical miracle to be welcomed with open arms.

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Never taught to be anything but poor CHRIS SALOMONS STREET TALES On Thanksgiving Monday morning we opened the kitchen at the normal 6 a.m. It was a bit slower because of the holiday, but it was not too long before the clients started rolling in.

Among the first group that entered was a young man I’ll call Jeff. At about 20 years old, he is well known to us because his whole family has been coming to the kitchen ever since I have been there and Jeff and his sister were babies.

Although all of them are very healthy and fully capable of working, not one of them has worked a day in their life.

They might help out once in a while, but sadly they have never held a job. They have always been on the government payroll in one form or another, and this tradition has been passed down from one generation to the next.

Now before you judge them, you have to understand where they came from. This is not an excuse, rather it is a likely reason. Stay with me as I try to explain how I see and understand it. Some of Jeff’s ancestors may have come through the residential school system which was not so much a training centre as it was a lifestyle eradication system.

Any time you want to undertake the raising of a child you have to — over a long period of time, and with great persistence and perseverance — teach

them everything, including how to work, how to manage money, and how to live productive lives within a community. That they did not receive in a school of that nature.

The lack of any of these forms of teaching will produce children who will emulate their parents and live lives devoid of responsibility and productivity.

It is not only relegated to the indigenous community.

On the Caucasian side, the kids will sometimes be over diagnosed with health issues such as ADD, bi-polar, and there are many more related illnesses for which they are given drugs to dumb them down so they can function within a society that will demand nothing from them nor give them responsibilities to exercise their minds.

Children who grow up to be responsible and find the work that is available are usually children born into families that have an understanding of the need for that responsibility.

Their children are the ones involved in many extra-curricular activities and duties that help to shape their lives.

This costs a great deal of money which many parents are willing to sacrifice for their children. In the majority of these efforts, very little allowance is made for those of limited means; those in the poverty section or the minimum wage poor.

For young Jeff, his education and extracurricular activities involved tagging along with his older siblings and their friends on the street, none of whom were ever taught the responsibility of working for their money.

If they had an ounce of entrepreneurship in them, there were many ways to earn a bit of money on the street, selling drugs, shoplifting to order and so on;

just nothing that involved labour.

If and when Jeff has children or at least fathers some, he will have nothing in the way of character building to offer them.

The mother of his children who was raised under similar standards, will be the same; so the children that come out of that environment will just carry on that tradition. Believe me, it is a tradition.

So, where do we go from here? Do we just ignore what hits us in the face every day or do we undertake some sort of system by which we can help? Do we gain by having child-welfare take these kids and stick them in foster homes, (just another residential school system)?

Maybe we could try this on for size? Even though there are hundreds of agencies both state and private that are willing to help, we fight against a system that is more willing to throw cash at these people rather than to take the initiative to train and support them in an effort to integrate them into the mainstream.

Stop the handing out of cash without accountability! It’s ironic that we pay to keep folks that do no work from starving, while at the same time we pay others to clean streets, shovel snow etc. etc. Would it cost to change that scene? For sure it would, way more, but at least it could be counted as an investment into a much more productive and acceptable community.

You see, in my mind, Jeff is poor and will remain that way if changes are not made. The reason he is poor is because he was never taught to be anything different.

Chris Salomons is kitchen co-ordinator for Potter’s Hands ministry in Red Deer.

Senate’s new independence may be contagious NINE NEW SENATORS APPOINTED BY JUSTIN TRUDEAU PAUL WELLS OPINION Justin Trudeau named nine new senators on Thursday. It’s said he’ll name 12 more within days.

Live in Ontario or Quebec? Check the mail. You may already be a winner!

This is especially likely if you’re one of 2,700 people who applied for a seat in Parliament’s plush red upper chamber.

This is the first time applications have been accepted. Well, the first time there’s been a formal process. It’s not as though Canadians in decades past were strictly forbidden from asking for a seat in the great beyond. It’s just that their method used to be looser and more improvised, often over an umpteenth round of libations at the National Press Club or in a corner booth at Hy’s.

The latest nine seem a worthy bunch. Party bagmen and famous broadcasters are conspicuously under-represented among their number.

One new senator, Winnipeg psychiatrist Harvey Chochinov, is particularly hard to square with the notion that a Liberal-designed process will pick conspicuously Liberal senators. His previous government appointment, to a panel examining options for physician-assisted dying, came from Stephen Harper’s Conservative government. Chochinov had argued earlier that the legislated ban on assisted suicide should remain in place.

The background of these senators is less important than their number, because they bring the Senate closer to the day when senators with no formal allegiance to a party will form a plurality in the red chamber. Already this non-aligned faction is feeling its oats.

Senator André Pratte, who was a newspaper editorialist before Trudeau appointed him a few months ago, welcomed the newcomers by sending out a news release to complain that the non-aligned bloc has only half as many seats on Senate committees as its numbers would indicate. Time to change the rules, Pratte said.

Indeed there will be many changes to the rules.

Divorced from allegiance to party whips, the newly frisky Senate could cause all sorts of trouble, indefinitely stalling legislation by sending bills back to the Commons heavily amended. The Commons can, of course, ignore the amendments and send back the version MPs passed first. But what if the Senate sends the bill back down, amended again?

Now, up to a point, this is precisely what Trudeau had in mind when he booted Senate Liberals from the party’s national caucus nearly three years ago, and again when he campaigned on a promise to appoint new senators at arm’s length. Let ‘em judge bills by their own lights, he said. Caucus discipline isn’t the world’s only virtue.

But even some of the new senators think there should be reasonable limits on their exercise of their independence.

They came up with a decent compromise in June when they considered the Trudeau government’s assisted-dying legislation. Many senators thought the bill, as sent up from the Commons, restricted access to assisted dying too narrowly. They sent it down with amendments.

But when the Commons passed the bill again without the amendments, Senator Peter Harder, the

Trudeau appointee who acts as the government’s representative in the Senate, called on his colleagues to approve it this time, to “accept the message passed by the House of Commons.” And enough of them did that the bill passed that way.

Let’s be clear here: here was a triumph of the party line, handed down by Prime Minister’s Office and obeyed in these days by nearly 100 per cent of MPs nearly 100 per cent of the time, over the right of senators to think independently.

And that’s the way it should be. Prime ministers and their caucuses are elected and can be unelected. Even when they’re annoying they should win these confrontations.

The Senate would do well to codify the rule it improvised for the assisted-dying bill: Senators can send a bill back with amendments once, but not

twice, or at least not forever. MPs may even choose to accept the odd Senate amendment, but it must be their choice.

But if that becomes the rule, strange things may start happening.

An upper chamber where members could be thoughtful, entrepreneurial, free from groupthink but responsible in their exercise of modest power, would present a tempting contrast to the whipped and disciplined life most MPs live during office hours in Ottawa.

Surely the Senate can’t have all the fun forever before MPs start to want some of what their colleagues down the hall enjoy.

The Senate’s new-found independence may turn out to be contagious.

Paul Wells is a national affairs writer.

Notley crossing her fingers isn’t helping economic troubles

BY STEVE LAFLEUR AND BEN EISEN ADVOCATE NEWS SERVICES It’s no secret Alberta’s public finances are deteriorating rapidly. The province is hemorrhaging $10 billion per year and poised to rack up debt at record speed. The provincial government urgently needs to repair the province’s battered finances. Unfortunately, despite paying lip-service to the idea that governments should avoid budgeting based on oil price fluctuations, Premier Rachel Notley seems to be crossing her fingers and hoping for oil prices to recover.

It’s first important to understand how we got into this mess. The province is running large deficits today primarily because successive provincial governments have spent imprudently. For more than a decade, spending growth consistently outstripped the combined rate of inflation plus population, increasing pressure on the budget.

Because of this rapid spending growth, Alberta ran deficit after deficit in recent years. In fact, this year’s will be its eighth in nine fiscal years. Many of those deficits bloomed during a period of historical-

ly high oil prices and resource revenues.

When oil prices eventually collapsed, the unsustainability of Alberta’s spending became even more obvious as the deficit grew much larger. But here’s the critical point. Alberta’s finances were already deteriorating when oil prices were high. If the province had constrained spending increases more prudently (at the rate of inflation plus population growth) over the past decade, today’s deficits would be approximately one-tenth their current size. In short, spending created Alberta’s fiscal crunch — not low oil prices.

Given that the province’s spending levels have been proven unsustainable, even during periods of high energy prices, it’s clear that Alberta must reform and reduce provincial spending. But that’s not what the government is doing. Instead, it’s focused entirely on the revenue side of the ledger, introducing a slew of tax hikes over the past 18 months and hoping for a rebound in oil prices.

Interestingly, Notley recently acknowledged that “changing government policy on the basis of a two or three day rally would be a fool’s game,” in response to the price of West Texas Intermediate rising above $50.

While the premier was right to note the potential

folly of changing government policy on fluctuations in oil prices, similar logic should apply to the province’s longer-term fiscal trajectory. Building a fiscal and deficit-reduction plan utterly reliant on oil prices rising places the province’s financial position at unnecessary risk.

But again, that’s exactly what the government is doing. Its long-term deficit reduction plan involves no spending cuts and is based largely on the hope oil prices will recover strongly, driving revenue increases that will finally balance the budget around 2024.

In reality, another oil price rebound alone likely won’t be enough to pay for current unsustainable spending levels. Remember, Alberta was running deficits even before prices fell, and consider that one recent estimate suggests even if oil prices rebounded to $100/barrel this year, it still wouldn’t be enough to balance the budget.

Alberta’s finances are in trouble, and the province needs a plan to bring spending down to sustainable levels. Instead, Notley is crossing her fingers, but hope alone is not a plan. Albertans deserve better.

Troy Media’s Steve Lafleur and Ben Eisen are analysts with the Fraser Institute’s Alberta Prosperity Initiative.

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Mother-in-law, pregnancy issues DEAR ANNIE ANNIE LANE Dear Annie: I’m 28 weeks pregnant with my first child. While I’m extremely excited about her arrival, I’m also very conscious about the changes taking place with my body.

For whatever reason, family members, co-workers and acquaintances find it acceptable to comment on my size now that I’m pregnant. Comments that would be unacceptable if said to a non-pregnant woman are commonplace these days.

The worst offender is my mother-in-law, who thinks I’m too small. She’ll ask me whether I’m sure I’m pregnant, whether there’s really a baby there.

And she asks whether I am taking care of myself. I’ve put on at least 25 pounds so far, and my doctors have had nothing negative to say about my weight gain or size. In fact, I’ve been told I have a perfectly average pregnancy.

After encounters with my mother-in-law, I leave feeling disheartened and slightly ashamed of how I’m progressing (or, as she puts it, not progressing). I have yet to say anything to her about her comments

because I know she doesn’t mean to come across the way she does.

Why do people feel it is acceptable to make comments on a woman’s body once she becomes pregnant? This should be a joyous time, not something that causes stress whenever social situations arise.

What is the best way to deal with inappropriate or rude comments made about a woman’s body during pregnancy? Is it best to simply smile and shrug it off as I’ve been doing, or should I speak up? — Mommyto-Be Dear Mommy: I completely agree with you. People shouldn’t feel entitled to comment on your size just because you’re pregnant. But unfortunately, they’re going to, and if you try to fight each one of these battles, you’ll end up exhausted and demoralized.

Instead, take this as an opportunity to grow a thicker skin for you and your baby. That said, it’s worth asking your husband to let his mom know that you’re sensitive about her comments, as I’m sure she thinks she’s just helping.

This is indeed a joyous time, and no one can take that from you.

Dear Annie: Yesterday in the store, I saw a pregnant woman who looked about ready to deliver. Her belly was gigantic and had dropped somewhat so that the skin-tight shirt she had on did not quite cover all, and honestly, she looked just gross.

Whatever happened to the pretty maternity

smocks I remember from days past? Whatever happened to modesty or being a bit discreet? I know pregnancy is a “natural” thing, but some of us really don’t want to have these huge bellies in our faces.

Hollywood’s “baby bump” fixation probably has something to do with it, but still, in the third trimester, I feel that maternity clothes should be worn in public. I know a lot of other women who feel the same way. I have even heard men making comments, as well. It seems that women no longer have any aura of “mystery” about them. It’s just “let it all hang out.”

A woman in our church who has six kids always wore a pretty smock when she was in the last few months. I admired how she always dressed like a lady. But I suppose some people will say this point of view is old-fashioned and outdated and possibly even sexist. What is your opinion? — An Oregon Reader Dear Oregon: Though I tend to agree with you that smock dresses look prettier than crop tops, I think that what you’re describing is part of a larger trend toward celebrating pregnancy rather than trying to hide it. That’s something I wouldn’t discourage.

And at the end of the day, it’s really none of our business. If the sight offends you, either change your viewpoint or just change your view.

Send your questions for Annie Lane to dearannie@ creators.com.

A linebacker aims to be a role model for her kids

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Photo by ADVOCATE news services

Tia Watkins, right, with family and friends after the Women’s Football Alliance championship game or W Bowl against the Dallas Elite at West Allegheny High School in July in Imperial, Pa.

Under the warm glow of lamplight, Tia Watkins and her children, Jori, 9, and Shawn Jr., 6, curl up on a bed, taking turns reading from a book. On a nearby shelf sits mementos, including a sports card showing a football player in full pads and helmet. Long black hair protrudes from the helmet as the player crouches in position for the next play. Even though the athlete’s face is not clearly visible, this player is well known to Jori and Shawn. The player in the photograph is their mother.

Besides being a single mother of two and working a full-time job as a market specialist for an insurance company, Watkins, 35, also plays full-contact women’s football for the D.C. Divas.

The Women’s Football Alliance team just finished another successful season, culminating in its second championship in as many years. Watkins’ journey into the male-dominated world of football began while she attended Centennial High School in Ellicott City, Md. With her parents’ support, Tia tried out and made the football team - the only girl to do so. She played a starting role on defense and a backup position on offense.

Football became just a memory when Watkins went to Longwood University in

‘… JUST SHOWING HER THAT I CAN BE WHATEVER I WANT TO BE, EVEN IF IT’S NOT PLAYING FOOTBALL,” SHE SAYS. “IF I WANT TO BE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OR THE CEO OF A COMPANY, THERE’S NO LIMITS.’ — TIA WATKINS, FOOTBALL PLAYER Farmville, Virginia. It wasn’t until a few years ago when she was in her early 30s that she was re-introduced to the game, discovering local full-contact semi-pro women’s teams in Baltimore and Washington.

Among the factors motivating the Severn, Md., resident to play a sport not associated with women is being a role model for her children. “Having a son, I’m showing him to respect women and that women can do anything you can do,” she says.

As for her daughter, Watkins believes she’s giving Jori a greater “sense of self” as well as “increasing her confidence and just showing her that I can be whatever I want to be, even if it’s not playing football,” she says. “If I want to be president of the United States or the CEO of a company, there’s no limits.”

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JOANNE MADELINE MOORE HOROSCOPES Saturday, Oct. 29 CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DATE: Kate Jackson, 68; Richard Dreyfuss, 69; Winona Ryder, 45 THOUGHT OF THE DAY: Slow down. If you are too hasty it could lead to an argument or accident.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY: Born on the zodiac’s Day of New Ideas, you love to study and learn. 2017 is the year to be less secretive and more open, as you draw others into your world.

ARIES (March 21-April 19): Your intuition and imagination are both stimulated, as you tune into others and connect with your inner muse. But avoid getting carried away and jumping to hasty conclusions.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Have you got big dreams for the future but don’t know where to start? Stop procrastinating and just begin! Once you get the ball rolling Bulls, things will fall into place.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Even though it’s Saturday, the spotlight’s on work issues so make sure you’re up to speed with current developments. But, if you neglect your home life, a family member won’t be happy!

CANCER (June 21-July 22): You’ll be more emotional than usual, and may blurt out what’s really on your mind.

Avoid making important decisions today Crabs, as your thoughts and feelings are in a state of flux.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Lively, loud Leos — try to approach the day in a subtle, low-key way. The Moon’s in reflective Libra, which favours using kindness and compassion when communicating with others.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Focus your full attention on your partner today Virgo. But expect some fireworks — and maybe an argument – along the way. If you’re looking for love, you need to be proactive.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Many people will feel irritable today, so it will take all your Libran diplomacy to keep relationships humming along in a harmonious way. Don’t let others set the agenda all the time.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): It’s the ideal time to pursue creative or sporting activities — especially if you do so with a child, teenager or friend. Don’t expect them to agree with everything you say though.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Speedy Sagittarius — there may be some conflict between professional and domestic responsibilities today. Keep in mind that — when it comes to the crunch — family comes first.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Communication will be tricky today, as someone objects to something you say. If you tackle the issue with a combined head/heart approach, then you’ll win them over — eventually.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Major financial transactions aren’t favoured today, as your emotions are likely to get in the way of sound business sense. Be patient and wait. Listen to what a loved one is trying to tell you.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): If you’re having problems in a relationship, don’t sit around waiting for the other person to fix them. Under the current planetary patterns, you are the one who’ll have to initiate changes.

Sunday, Oct. 30 CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DATE: Henry Winkler, 71; Ivanka Trump, 35; Diego Maradona, 56 THOUGHT OF THE DAY: The New Moon is the perfect time to wipe the slate clean and start again.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY: You love to organize everyone around you but don’t neglect yourself in the process. In 2017 pace yourself, learn to relax, and keep your mind firmly focused on the future.

ARIES (March 21-April 19): The New Moon indicates a

turnaround to do with joint financial matters or an intimate reSHOWTIMES FOR FRIDAY OCTOBER 28, 2016 lationship. So it’s time to consider initiating positive changes, TO THURSDAY NOVEMBER 3, 2016 and inspire others to do the same.

MISS PEREGRINE’S HOME FOR PECULIAR STORKS (G) CLOSED CAPTION & DESCRIPTIVE TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Are you stuck in a romantic CHILDREN (PG) (NOT REC. FOR YOUNG CHIL- VIDEO FRI,SUN 5:30; SAT 11:45, 5:30 slump? Or have your platonic partnerships become boring?

DREN,FRIGHTENING SCENES,VIOLENCE) CLOSED STORKS 3D (G) CC/DVS FRI 8:00; SATCAPTION & DESCRIPTIVE VIDEO FRI-SUN 3:35 SUN 12:35, 3:00, 8:00; MON-THURS 7:35 The New Moon and Saturn urge you to work on making your MISS PEREGRINE’S HOME FOR PECULIAR CHILDREN 3D (PG) (VIOLENCE,NOT REC. FOR DOCTOR STRANGE 3D () ULTRAAVX, NO PASSES relationships more stable and exciting.

YOUNG CHILDREN,FRIGHTENING SCENES) CC/DVS THURS 7:20, 10:15 GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Take a close look at your FRI 6:30, 9:35; SAT-SUN 12:40, 6:30, 9:35; MON- THE ACCOUNTANT (14A) (VIOLENCE) CLOSED WED 6:35, 9:30; THURS 6:30, 9:25 CAPTION & DESCRIPTIVE VIDEO FRI 3:50, 7:10, health and fitness, as the New Moon activates your well being INFERNO (14A) (VIOLENCE) ULTRAAVX, NO PASS- 10:10; SAT-SUN 12:50, 3:50, 7:10, 10:10; MONES FRI 4:40, 7:30, 10:30; ULTRAAVX, NO PASSES WED 7:00, 10:00; THURS 6:50, 9:50 zone. It’s time to make healthy eating and regular exercise an SAT-SUN 1:40, 4:40, 7:30, 10:30; ULTRAAVX, NO essential part of your daily routine.

PASSES MON-WED 7:20, 10:15; CLOSED CAP- THE ACCOUNTANT (14A) (VIOLENCE) STAR & STROLLERS SCREENING WED 1:30 TION & DESCRIPTIVE VIDEO, NO PASSES CANCER (June 21-July 22): The stars promise a period JACK REACHER: NEVER GO BACK (14A) (VITHURS 7:00, 9:55 of nurturing old friendships and establishing new ones. AtOUIJA: ORIGIN OF EVIL (14A) (FRIGHTENING OLENCE) CLOSED CAPTION & DESCRIPTIVE SCENES) CLOSED CAPTION & DESCRIPTIVE VIDEO VIDEO FRI 4:30, 7:20, 10:10; SAT-SUN 1:30, 4:30, tached Crabs — plan something romantic with your partner.

FRI 5:20, 7:50, 10:20; SAT-SUN 2:50, 5:20, 7:50, 7:20, 10:10; MON-WED 7:10, 10:10; THURS 7:00, 10:20; MON-THURS 7:40, 10:10 Singles — love and work are linked but you must be patient.

10:00 DEEPWATER HORIZON (PG) (COARSE LANLEO (July 23-Aug. 22): It’s your time to shine! Family life GUAGE,NOT REC. FOR YOUNG CHILDREN) THE GIRL ON THE TRAIN () CLOSED CAPTION & DESCRIPTIVE VIDEO FRI 4:00, 7:00, CLOSED CAPTION & DESCRIPTIVE VIDEO also looks fabulous, as the New Moon and Mercury visit your FRI 4:10, 6:50, 9:30; SAT-SUN 1:10, 4:10, 6:50, 9:45; SAT-SUN 1:00, 4:00, 7:00, 9:45; MON-WED domestic zone and signal fun, learning and fresh new begin9:30; MON-WED 6:40, 9:15; THURS 6:35, 9:10 6:55, 9:40 KEEPING UP WITH THE JONESES (PG) (SEXU- SULLY (PG) CLOSED CAPTION & DESCRIPTIVE nings in your Lion’s den.

ALLY SUGGESTIVE SCENES) CLOSED CAPTION & VIDEO FRI-SUN 10:25; MON-THURS 10:00 DESCRIPTIVE VIDEO FRI 5:00, 7:40, VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Is your busy mind suffering 10:15; SAT-SUN 2:25, 5:00, 7:40, 10:15; MON- I’M NOT ASHAMED (PG) (MATURE SUBJECT MATTER) FRI 4:20, 7:00, 9:40; SAT-SUN 1:20, from information overload? Aim for a mental spring-clean THURS 7:30, 10:05 KEEPING UP WITH THE JONESES (PG) (SEXU- 4:20, 7:00, 9:40; MON-WED 6:50, 9:30; THURS today, as you adapt to new ways of thinking and find fresh ALLY SUGGESTIVE SCENES) STAR & STROLLERS 6:40, 9:20 SCREENING WED 1:30 solutions to stubborn old problems.

KUNG FU PANDA 3 () SAT 11:00 THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN (14A) (VIOLENCE) HACKSAW RIDGE (14A) (GORY BRUTAL VIOLIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Keep an open mind, as you CLOSED CAPTION & DESCRIPTIVE VIDEO FRI 3:35, 6:40, 9:50; SAT-SUN 12:30, 3:35, 6:40, LENCE) THURS 7:00, 10:05 absorb new financial information. The New Moon promises an 9:50; MON-WED 6:30, 9:35 increase in cash flow. But try not to cancel that out by indulging in a Libran shopping spree!

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): You’re at your compassionate and charismatic best today Scorpio, as the New Moon and Mercury light up your sign. If you communicate creatively with others, then you’ll make real progress.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22Dec. 21): Sagittarians are gregarious souls who love to party. But the New Moon falls in your privacy zone, so aim for some splendid solitude today, as you relax and regenerate from within.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22Jan. 19): With the New Moon and Mercury visiting your hopes and wishes zone, strive to be more creative with your Capricorn dreams and aspirations. And resist the urge to indulge in negative self-talk.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): It’s time to create work opportunities and maximize your professional potential, as the New Moon stimulates your career zone. But if you rush things, you’ll have to ditch a project and start from scratch.

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E1 THE ADVOCATE SATURDAY, Oct. 29, 2016

Step right inside the iHome APPLE HELPS BUILDERS PITCH GIZMO-PACKED HOUSES

BY ADVOCATE NEWS SERVICES In a darkened master bedroom, David Kaiserman stood in shirtsleeves next to a turned-down king bed.

“Good morning, Siri,” he said to the iPad in his hand, and the lights went on while the blackout shades retracted.

“Your home is ready to rise and shine,” the virtual assistant replied.

Inside this four-bedroom stucco house in Alameda, California, Kaiserman, president of the technology division at construction company Lennar Corp., was pitching a vision of a home controlled via iPhone or iPad. Tap your phone, and AC/DC’s Back in Black blasts.

Tap again, and the bath runs at a blissful 101 degrees. Sweet, right? Of course, your dad might view it as a bit over the top. All told, $30,000 worth of gadgets and gizmos were on display here, many run with Apple’s free HomeKit app.

As iPhone sales growth slows, Apple is teaming up with a handful of builders and using these kinds of test beds to inch its way into the market for Internet-connected home furnishings, a nascent field that has attracted rivals like Alphabet Inc.’s Google and Amazon.com.

The gamble is that pricey wireless home devices will be an easier sell when bundled into the home itself. Builders market granite countertops and brushed-nickel fixtures at thousands of models homes across the U.S. Why not video doorbells?

Unlike Google and Amazon, however, Apple isn’t hawking hardware meant to connect the home. Instead, the HomeKit app could increase the value of its iOS ecosystem — and make it tougher for users to switch to Android phones and tablets.

“We want to bring home automation to the mainstream,” said Greg Joswiak, Apple’s vice president of product marketing.

“The best place to start is at the beginning, when a house is just being created.”

The convenience on display in the Alameda stucco doesn’t come cheap. A single motorized, battery-operated Lutron shade starts at $349. Or consider the Schlage “touchscreen deadbolt,” which can be controlled remotely, so you can text an unexpected visitor a code. It can retail for $200. A regular deadbolt fetches $32 at Home Depot — and there’s always hiding a key under the flower pot.

In Fremont, California, about 15 minutes from Facebook’s headquarters, Los Angeles-based KB Home is also getting its own Apple house ready.

Along with the automated thermostat, lights, security system, locks, fans and shades, it lets you, on voice command, change the color of the light underneath a vanity.

With the words “good night,” the light turns purple. With a “good morning,” it switches to white.

KB offers wireless devices as upgrades. A basic package runs about $2,000, “which once rolled into a mortgage is pennies a month,” according to spokesman Craig LeMessurier. Lennar builds the cost into the price of homes. The Alameda house sells for $1.2 million, though it was a beta model and an actual dwelling wouldn’t include $30,000 worth of gadgets.

Apple is also working with Brookfield Residential Properties . and other builders. The companies declined to say when the homes would go on sale.

Consumers will buy about $24 billion worth of connected home devices in 2016, according to Strategy Analytics Inc. Though that’s a drop in the bucket compared with smartphones, the research and con-

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A model home at the Lennar Corp. Marina Shores development stands in California. sulting firm expects those sales to nearly double by 2020.

For most people, connected homes remain a ways off, said Jonathan Gaw, an analyst with research firm IDC. The proliferating devices remain difficult to install in older homes and, in some cases, seem useless. Gaw cites the wireless candle he saw the other day.

“Give me a break,” he said. “That only hurts the message. It tells people that we have gone too far.

There’s too much crap out there, it’s only diluting stuff that’s really cool.”

Even some who sell such gadgets say the hype may be getting ahead of the reality. The discount retailer Target opened its own Target Open House showroom a year ago in San Francisco. Shoppers walk through a futuristic home, watching prerecorded displays projected onto its transparent acrylic walls and furniture.

In the nursery, a baby wears a Wi-Fi onesie — made by a company called Mimo, founded by whizzes from MIT. It tracks the infant’s breathing, skin temperature, sleep and body position. When she stirs, it triggers the home’s lights, turns on soothing music on the Sonos wireless speakers and even tells the coffee maker downstairs to start brewing java for red-eyed parents.

You can pick one up for $199. Many parents brew the coffee themselves and let their babies wail — or

buy a traditional baby monitor for as little as $19.99.

Connected home devices can cost five times the price of the old-fashioned version, according to Target spokeswoman Jenna Reck.

“The smart home will get there but it’s not there yet,” Reck said. “Adoption is happening even slower than people predicted.”

As with all things tech, there is the matter of glitches, frustration and complexity. Markus Giesler, 40, equipped his 1924 house with an Apple home system so he could be a subject for his own academic research at the Schulich School of Business at York University in Canada.

When the associate professor of marketing pulls up to the house in his BMW, the GPS on his phone alerts the garage door to open and turns on lights in various colors and brightness throughout his home, depending on his preferences and the time of day. At least, in theory, they do.

“Certain devices obey, and some do not,” Giesler said.

Homebuilders started offering smart devices such as automatic locks and thermostats more than five years ago. In its current model homes, Miami-based Lennar works with a company called Nexia, a unit of Ingersoll-Rand Plc. Lennar’s Kaiserman hopes working with Apple will have a “halo effect,” helping convince customers that a new home in a subdivision can be a “cool” alternative to an existing one.

Made in the shade designer ideas DEBBIE TRAVIS HOUSE TO HOME Dear Debbie: I am redecorating, and all my lamp shades are boring. Have you got any tips or sources for shades or lamps that have some character? Looking forward to any ideas.

Valerie Dear Valerie: There are lamp shade kits that you can buy and make your own unique versions. Fabrics come in any and all colours and designs, and depending on your skill level, you can add pleats and trims to produce an eye-catching display. Another option is to shop antique stores for old lamps or vessels that can be turned into lamps, so you can create a one of a kind light fixture that has a captivating history attached to it. You’ll find lamp wiring kits in hardware stores.

At a recent Interior Design show in Toronto, I discovered a fascinating option for lampshades that are anything but boring.

The company is called Urban Lampscapes, www. urbanlampscapes.com. They take photographic images of street art and transform them into lamp shades.

These shades are whimsical, theatrical, startling, strange, beautiful pieces of art. Charlie Ezerzer and partner Joe Ponciano (lead photographer) have a

passion for travel and art. They found the culture captivated by street art to be fascinating. Charlie says, “in contrast to what you find in galleries, it’s uncontrolled, often disagreeable, but mostly urban, interesting and fresh.” They have trekked all over the world, wandering through city streets and alleyways, subways and buses, searching for thought-provoking pieces, and capturing them on film. They talk to locals to get background stories that the art represents, but this is not always possible. The street artists are usually anonymous.

Charlie and Joe wanted to share their finds. They recognized a connection between seeing the street art in real life, and showing it at home was not only possible, but magical. “During the day you can enjoy the lamp as a piece of art as you would see it on the street,” they said, “and it takes on a whole new life with vivid colours and functional beauty when turned on at night.”

Street art by its very nature is ephemeral. “The Lady with the Sax” was photographed in Williamsburg, New York in 2008. Charlie explains, “the rules of street art dictate that other artists may add to or change the work that is in place.”

Also buildings change, are demolished or painted over. They returned in 2016 and the painting now has tags obstructing it. This is a wonderful lamp, adding spontaneous fun and colour to any room Swirlfriends was shot in Athens, painted by a Greek street artist who has painted a series of these swirling girls. Charming and intimate, this suits a bedroom, small for a bedside table, or large as a floor lamp.

It is exciting to be able to create your own custom

Photo by DEBBIE TRAVIS

Living room: A lampshade created with a photo of street art makes an eye-catching conversation piece. light fixtures. Their team is very versatile, and invite a challenge.

There are hundreds of street art images posted on their website, along with different styles and sizes of lamps and shades.

You select your lamp and shade and see it previewed on the site. Also, if you have an image that you have taken, they can work from that.

Debbie Travis’ House to Home column is produced by Debbie Travis and Barbara Dingle. Please email your questions to house2home@debbietravis.com. You can follow Debbie on Twitter at www.twitter.com/debbie_travis, and visit Debbie’s new website, www.debbietravis.com.

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In defence of the basement habit STEVE MAXWELL HOUSEWORKS Q: Why do you tell people how to fix basement issues instead of telling them not to build a basement in the first place? I built my own home in 1997 and decided basements are a stupid idea.

A: Yes, basements can be a pain sometimes. And while some homes are better built without basements because of moisture issues, there are still millions of existing basements that need help. The reason we have basements at all is because years ago people needed to frost-free spaces before the days that heating systems kept home above freezing all the time. Here where I live, in rural Canada, there are still plenty of people who remember growing up in old farmhouses with an inch of ice on the water bucket every winter morning. Folks like these needed a basement to keep vegetables from freezing and spoiling.

Of course, things today are different. Winter never enters our homes because we have powerful heating systems, but we’re certainly still in the basement habit as far as house design goes. All this said, while basements can be damp and moldy, they don’t have to be. And while basement-free homes certainly

Photo by Steve Maxwell

This synthetic mesh geogrid goes down after every 12’ to 16’ of soil is added to a bank or behind a retaining wall during construction. It keeps soil stabilized and prevents it from applying sideways pressure.

make sense on one level, it’s very hard for me to pass up the added space they offer. If you’ve already got above-ground walls and a roof, having a basement underneath greatly increases the amount of space at very little added cost. My own basement is a case in point.

It’s 1,200 square feet, and I have it outfitted with shelves that store tools and supplies for my business.

I built my basement with an outside entrance, so it’s easy to carry things in and out without walking through the house. My basement also houses electrical and plumbing systems, and there’s room for exercise equipment. Two of my sons use the space as a private gym. One of them earned a U.S. university scholarship in no small part because of the muscle he built in our basement.

To match the level of utility that my basement provides I would have to build another structure 30-feet x 40-feet. That would be a lot more costly than just digging out the area between my foundation walls back when I was building the house. ✭✭✭

Tilted retaining wall repair

Q: What can I do to fix a tilting retaining wall?

I had a 50-foot wall built behind my townhouse in 2000, and now I’m afraid it will collapse. I really don’t know where to turn for advice.

A: Unfortunately, there’s no easy way to fix a failing retaining wall. I see this kind of problem often. In fact, most of the retaining walls I see are in some stages of tilting outwards. It can take years for collapse to happen, if that’s any consolation. The only way to fix this problem is to have all the soil removed from the wall, rebuild the wall so its sloping inwards a little, then replace the soil so it can’t create outward pressure any more. Something called geogrid is the solution, though it’s hardly ever used when building retaining walls.

Imagine a mesh made of rot-proof, synthetic fibers. This is geogrid. Layers go down every 12’ to

16’ as the soil is replaced next to the wall. Geogrid adds tensile strength to the soil mass, preventing it from the downhill pull of gravity. It’s so effective that I’ve even seen 30-foot tall “retaining walls” built with no walls at all.

Just soil going upwards, held in place by layers of geogrid and covered in vegetation.

Fixing your retaining wall should not be as expensive as building originally, but it won’t be cheap or neat. I wish I had a chance to advice you before the wall was build in the first place.

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WASHINGTON — Before he moved to Washington a few years ago, to a new apartment building in a gentrifying hotspot just north of Logan Circle, Eric Rosecrants owned a house in Florida that was huge compared with his current digs.

Yet the house, near Orlando, Florida, was only 1,200 square feet.

His boyfriend, Jonathan Pinkerton, with whom he lives in the District of Columbia, also gave up relatively spacious quarters in Florida — 890 square feet — when the two relocated to the nation’s capital, to a “micro-unit” in a high-end building called the Harper.

Their $2,250-a-month “junior one-bedroom,” overlooking the bustling bar and restaurant scene along 14th Street NW, is “massive” at 500 square feet, says manager Jason Tremblay, grinning. That’s because the smallest of the Harper’s 144 units are practically shoe boxes at 350 square feet.

“It’s a blessing and it’s a curse,” says Pinkerton, 32, offering a micro-tour of the place: A kitchenette, a bathroom, a 12-by-15-foot living area and a narrow hallway with a nook just big enough for their bed. “It doesn’t allow us to be hoarders, that’s for sure,” he says. And when company is coming, it cleans up in minutes.

A fixture in New York City, micro-units — tiny luxury apartments for people willing to forfeit roominess for lower rents in desirable neighbourhoods — are relatively new in Washington, an outgrowth of the enormous influx of young professionals over the past decade that has sent housing prices into the stratosphere.

So far, only a handful of micro-unit buildings have opened, and it remains to be seen whether tiny apartments and condos become a growing part of the D.C. landscape. But Pinkerton and Rosecrants, echoing residents of other micro-units, say that sacrificing square footage for affordability and a prime location has turned out to be a good bargain.

“When we were doing this, when it was happening, I started thinking, ‘This is kind of risky,’ ” Rosecrants, 32, says. “But it ended up being surprisingly not hard. There’s actually something fun about it.”

Storing their belongings becomes a puzzle to solve, a Rubik’s cube of apartment living.

Pinkerton steps to a bookcase filled with knickknacks and lifts the lid off a small wicker basket.

“This looks decorative, doesn’t it? In here, we have toiletries, medicines.” Removing the cover from another little basket, he says, “And these are Eric’s grooming things, like his nail clippers, stuff like that.”

A mile away Meaghan Wolff, 37, bought a condo in July in the new Moda 17 building — $304,000 for about 400 square feet, which she shares with her dog, a whippet named Eddie.

HOMES Blend old, elegant furniture into a casual space

BY ADVOCATE NEWS SERVICES Richmond, Virginia artist and entrepreneur Dana Gibson joined Post staff writer Jura Koncius on a recent Home Front online chat. Here is an edited excerpt: Q: I recently inherited a sideboard and desk from my aunt. Both belonged to my great-grandmother. She lived a much more formal (and, frankly, wealthier) lifestyle, so the pieces are grander than anything I’ve acquired.

However, I want to keep them. How do I incorporate them into my more relaxed, small home?

A: I love this question because saving family pieces is a value I share.

Have you thought of painting or stripping them? This can be shocking to some, but the dark, formal stains of yesteryear simply don’t work these days.

Lightening and brightening is the new rule. I like pickled wood because it’s a lighter tone.

I would also suggest you get a professional to strip or paint, if you can.

If not, chalk paint is really easy and a quick fix. Google “painted furniture” for some inspiration. You can also search online for pickled tables.

Q: Five kids later, our house is in need of a makeover. Where do I start?

I’m not sure what my style is, which is part of the problem. I love vintage and antiques, but that’s just not the type of house we have. We have four kids in college, so we’re on a budget, too.

A: If professional help is not in the budget, start from scratch. My best advice is to paint everything white, offwhite or gray and use furnishings that are in neutrals: white, cream, gray.

Slipcovers purchased online are a great and cheap investment. With a basic white, spare canvas, add pops of color in pillows, a feature wall and accessories.

The point now is to edit all that you’ve accumulated over the years and spruce it up for you and your spouse.

Throw items that are not working in the attic.

Start pinning your favorite rooms, and you will quickly see what your

taste in home decor is.

Q: My house is very neutral, with creamy walls and a deeper cream in the kitchen.

We are putting our house up for sale in the spring, and it looks as though wallpaper borders are out.

I have a wide one above the white cabinets in the kitchen and one in a bedroom. Do I strip them off and repaint the rooms?

A: I always say it is pretty much impossible to “inherit” someone else’s wallpaper.

The choices are just too personal.

I’d pull the border down and repaint.

And the rest of your house seems in shipshape.

Q: I have a long, narrow front porch, about two feet wide and 25 feet long, on my cottage-style house. I’d love to come up with some decorations for it.

It does have a pretty, white front railing, but I haven’t been able to come up with anything else because of how narrow it is. Any ideas?

A: Bistro-type chairs may give you a chance to sit down and enjoy the porch.

The other thought is window-type planters for the railing. Wave petunias in the summer, or red geraniums if you have the right exposure, would add a ton of charm.

Smith & Hawken used to offer a great assortment, but a local plant nursery should give you good options.

These planters would draw you out of the house, and down the road you might find yourself using the porch more.

Q: I have a very small cottage with an unfortunately low ceiling (below eight feet), yet I need a ceiling fixture in the living space. Could I even have a ceiling fan? What suggestions do you have?

A: Ceiling fans can definitely work in low-ceiling houses. I have been cursed with several low-ceiling houses and have used ceiling fans in many of the rooms.

If anyone in your family is over 6-foot-10, I’d advise against it. But fans can be charming. I like white or a light wood so it doesn’t call a lot of attention to the fixture.

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TINY: No space is wasted in this home Wolff has a bedroom and a living room of roughly equal size, plus a bathroom. No space is wasted.

There are cabinets inside cabinets, drawers within drawers. Even her bed frame, which came with the unit, is a warren of storage compartments.

“The trade-off is, do you want to live in the city?” says Wolff, who works on Capitol Hill for the International Brotherhood of Teamsters. Referring to new one-bedroom condos in the downtown area, she says, “Oh my God, the kinds of things I saw would have cost me at least $100,000, maybe $200,000, more.”

With the sweep of an arm, she says: “All of these things you adjust to… . I mean, I’m a super-minimalist now. I have a lot of books. I love books. But I keep them at work. This is not a library.”

As for Rosecrants and Pinkerton, adapting to micro-living hasn’t been hard, they say, partly because they had a flexible lifestyle to begin with.

In Florida, where they met, Pinkerton, a product manager for a digital advertising company, worked in his Orlando apartment. Rosecrants, a communications specialist for Teach for America, worked in his house in a nearby town.

They moved north in 2014, having heard from friends in the District that the city had become a lively locale for people their age. And neither had to change his job.

Looking online at new rental buildings in high-demand neighborhoods, the two experienced “a little bit” of sticker-shock, Pinkerton says. “But we knew about that going in. Orlando’s a cheap city, and we knew D.C. was a lot more expensive.”

Then a friend in the District told them about the Harper, which was about to open. While still in Florida, the couple took a FaceTime tour of the building.

One selling point was the apartment’s high-end features, typical of the city’s new micro-units. They include top-quality stainless-steel appliances, hardwood floors, marble countertops and floor-to-ceiling windows that are almost soundproof. A front-loading Bosch washer-dryer is tucked into a closet.

Micro-unit apartments have been part of the New York City rental landscape for decades, sprinkled in buildings with larger units. The first new Manhattan building made up strictly of luxury micro-units opened last year, but Jonathan Miller, a Manhattan-based real estate analyst, said it is a “long shot” that such developments will become “prolific.”

In many areas of the country, he says, a growing number of millennials are forgoing pricey city neighbourhoods in favour of more spacious, less expensive apartments and condos in outlying, quasi-urban communities. Think Clarendon or downtown Bethesda, Maryland.

Indeed, even for those with a preference for city living, the tiny spaces can feel confining for some young renters accustomed to bigger places.

Janelle Wylie, 23, a George Washington University graduate student, moved to the District from Bellingham, Washington, last month and started hunting for apartments. “I wanted a place where I could step outside and have bars and restaurants right below me.” And she “totally” suffered sticker-shock.

“I had a full one-bedroom in Bellingham, brand new,” she says. “I think it was 800 square feet. I was paying $800 a month.”

In the District, she got less than half the space for more than twice the price.

On her move-in day at the Harper, standing in her 375-square-foot, $1,950-a-month studio, with her pared-down belongings piled on luggage carts, Wylie surveys her 12-by-15-foot living area and says: “I’ll have to choose between a couch and a table. I think I’ll pick a coffee table with a chair, so I can eat like that.”

Pinkerton and Rosecrants chose a “junior” one-bedroom, so named because their queen-size mattress fits in the hallway nook, which doesn’t have a door.

The couple embraced the challenge of downsizing. Pinkerton donated his Florida furniture to charity, Rosecrants sold his house furnished, and the two shopped at Ikea after they got to Washington. As for

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Splurge: Carlo marble-and-brass wall clock (cb2.com), left. Save: Faux-marble wall clock in white (target.com).

It’s white marble’s time to shine

BY ADVOCATE NEWS SERVICES It’s official — the Internet is mad for marble. On Pinterest, Instagram and lifestyle blogs, design buffs are drawn to the minimalist material like moths to a flame, using it as a crisp, clean and chic backdrop for nearly everything, whether it be their early-morning cup of coffee or their latest kicks.

And Ontario-based designer and blogger Jacquelyn Clark says the trend

isn’t going anywhere. “I love finding ways to incorporate it one way or another into every home I design,” she said. Here are a few marble-inspired pieces she’s coveting: SPLURGE: Rubik round coffee table in Arabescato marble, $1,000 (dwr. com). SAVE: Smart round marble-top coffee table, $349 (cb2.com).

SPLURGE: Carlo marble-and-brass wall clock, $70 (cb2.com), left. SAVE:Faux-marble wall clock in white, $15 (target.com).

Splurge: Rubik round coffee table in Arabescato marble (dwr.com), left. Save: Smart round marble-top coffee table

their jobs, there’s not enough room for both to work in the apartment, so Rosecrants goes to Teach for America’s offices in the District.

“See this?” Pinkerton says, pointing to a shelf. He reaches for what looks like a book the size of a dictionary, but it’s really a box, and he opens it. “All our Blue-rays and DVDs!” At Moda 17, Wolff enjoys the rooftop, which is divided into fenced-off lounging areas, one for each condo-owner, each with a planter. Wolff put down patio blocks in her 12-by-9-foot space, bought porch chairs and a table, and is growing peppers.

John Guggenmos, a vice-president of the company that markets Moda 17, says the building “is geared toward the first-time home buyer, the person who’s maybe just out of college, trying to make it. They

work at a law firm, for instance, but they definitely haven’t made partner. They’re still putting in the hours, working their way up.”

One unit in the building is 630 square feet and priced at $549,000, he says. Of the other 44 condos, the smallest, costing $229,000, is 275 square feet.

After paying $2,500 a month for a normal-size one-bedroom apartment a half-mile away, Wolff moved to Moda 17 after it opened this year because she wanted to accumulate equity.

“Sometimes I have a hard time with it,” she says.

“Because I’m 37, and I think, ‘Why am I this old and still living in such a small space?’ That’s not supposed to happen.

“But, look, this is D.C.! It’s not like I paid nothing for it.”

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FORHAN Carole Forhan, after a brief intense battle with cancer, left us Monday October 24th to begin production on a new show. It was an offer she wasn’t able to refuse, and sadly for those of us left behind, she will not be returning. However the show comes with many perks, a reunion with family, friends and pets that she has not seen in a long time. There will be many cast parties that include, music, laughter, love and food that taste so amazing yet she will never gain an ounce. We must now celebrate the completed performance that she put on here while with us, one she wrote, directed and starred in.

Carole began this production September 6th 1942 in Lytham St Annes England, a country that always had a place in her heart. 14 years later she moved to Canada where she stayed until closing night.

Carole will not be alone on her way to her new destination as Bette, her mother, chose to make this journey with her the following day. Carole left behind many co-stars and cast members who will miss her dearly. She is survived by her husband Barry; daughters Rochelle and Andrea and their husbands Raymond and Jason; her son, Michael and two grandchildren, Brianne and Jesse; Her sister, Nicola and husband Chuck; Brother Phil and partner Sue and sister Dorothy; nieces and nephews, Aaron, Aidan, Julia, Melanie, Sarah and Sean along with their children. As well as aunts, uncles and cousins scattered around the globe.

Friends were also abundant as she left behind many, many broken hearts.

Volunteering and leaving her mark wherever she went will make it hard to forget her.

Please come and join us in celebrating her life on Tuesday November 1st at 2pm in the Memorial Center, 216 4214 58th Street Red Deer. In Lieu of flowers we ask that a donation be made to either the Carole Forhan Theater Arts Scholarship being administered by Red Deer Players Society in care of Nigel or Lori Lane at nlolane@shaw.ca 403-347-9203 or to Klassic Kennels 403-340-0128

MCPHEE, Norman Hugh Apr. 16, 1936 - Oct. 26, 2016 It’s with great sadness that the family announces the passing of our beloved husband, father, grandfather, great-grandfather and friend. Norm was born in Red Deer, Alberta, and raised on the family farm in the Edwell District.

As a young man he attended Olds College for agriculture where he also excelled in athletics. In 1957, he married his wife of 59 years, Margaret (Gillespie). Together they became the 3rd generation to run the McPhee family farm and raised their two daughters and two sons: Cindy, Norma, Russ and Grant. Norm led a very full life; he was an active member of the Westerner Exposition Chuckwagon committee, the Lions Club and the Elks Club.

He also enjoyed curling, wood working, fishing trips with his buddies, and spending time with his grandchildren and greatgrand children. His sense of humor and fun resulted in many laughs around the kitchen table. He was passionate about his family, friends, farm and community. His values and strength of character provided inspiration to his children, grandchildren, great- grandchildren and the many others whose lives he touched. His door was always open and he was respected and loved by all. He is survived by his wife of 59 years, Margaret, his loving companion, Charlotte Bonella, brother, William McPhee and sisters; Gail Johnston, Carol Lundgren (Garry Prior) and Barbie Blanchette, children; Cindy Last (Tom), Norma Espersen (Greg Rees), Russ McPhee (Colleen), Grant McPhee; 12 grandchildren; Katie (Jade), Pamela (Stephen), Annette, Krista (Karl), Graham (Sarah), Brett (Rawnie), Brandon (Megan), Tyler (Louise), Brody (Katelyn), Victoria (Chris), Rebecca and Lauren, as well as 16 great-grandchildren. Service will be held in Red Deer at Knox Presbytrian Church (4718 Ross Street) on Tuesday, November 1, 2016 at 2 pm.

Memorial Contributions may be made to the Alzhiemer’s Society of Red Deer Unit 1, 5550 45 Street, Red Deer, Ab T4N 1L1.

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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Card Of Thanks KELLY The Hugh Kelly families would like to express our deepest gratitude to all who brought food, flowers, cards, calls, emails and kind words.

Also for the amazing turnout at the Ponoka Legion for his memorial. Your care and thoughts help us to heal.

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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.

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JJAM Management (1987) Ltd., o/a Tim Horton’s Requires to work at these Red Deer, AB locations: #3, 5111 22 St. 37444 HWY 2 S 37543 HWY 2N 700 3020 22 St. Food Service Supervisor Req’d F/T & P/T permanent shift, early morning, morning, day, eves. shift weekend day night. 40 - 44 hrs/wk 8 Vacancies, $13.75 /hr. + medical, dental, life and vision benefits. Start ASAP. Job description www.timhortons.com Experience 1 yr. to less than 2 yrs. Education not req’d. Apply in person or fax 403-314-1303 Start your career!

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GREENHOUSE WORKERS wanted at Meadowbrook Greenhouses, Penhold. 40 Full Time Seasonal Positions.

No experience necessary, training provided. Starting Feb. 2017. $12.20/hr, 44 hrs, 5 days per week, 3 month period. Fax resume to 403-886-2252 or email to sales@mbrook.ca GREENHOUSE Laborers are req’d for our greenhouse operation located near Blackfalds, AB. Resp. incl’d. transplanting, watering, handling & caring for plant material & preparation of customer orders. This position is labor intensive & entails working in both hot & cold environments. Laborers are required to work a min. of 40 hours/wk. Laborers must be avail. to work different shifts, 7 days/wk. positions are avail. starting mid Jan. & last til late June. No previous work exp. or qualifications are req’d. Starting wage is $12.20/hr. Please email l resumes to Kevin@ cagreenhouses.ca or fax resume to 403-885-4147 (Attn. Human Resources.)

Resumes may also be mailed to Box 100, Blackfalds, Alberta, T0M 0J0

TO ADVERTISE YOUR SALE HERE — CALL 309-3300

College Park ~ MOVING ~ EVERYTHING MUST GO ~ 58 COLLEGE PARK DRIVE ~ Sat., Nov. 29, 10:30 a.m. 5 p.m., antiques, household items, large amount of shop equipment, tools, truck tires, furniture, appliances, and free stuff.

ALL MUST GO!

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The easy way to find a buyer for items you want to sell is with a Red Deer Advocate want ad. Phone 309-3300.

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From Mary (Marie) Westera

In Memoriam MACDONALD, Don Angus Don passed away at the Red Deer Regional Hospital on October 25, 2016 at the age of 89. Angus is survived by his wife Gladys and step-son Bob; three children, Bonnie, Bill and John and their families as well as many other relatives and friends.

He was predeceased by his parents and sister and brother-in-law. Cremation, no service by request. The MacDonald family would like to thank all the medical teams at the hospital for all his care while in hospital the past three weeks.

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Special Day

NORMAN HALLGREN Jan. 7, 1932 - Oct. 30, 2015 Gone are the times We used to share, But in my heart you are always there.

The gates of memories never close.

Miss you more than anyone knows.

But life goes on.

Celebrations Come Help us Celebrate SAM VANGUNST 80th Birthday Clearview Community Hall Oct. 30, 2 - 4 pm

Office & Phones CLOSED Friday November 11, 2016 Publishing Day

RED DEER ADVOCATE

~Sadly missed, Love Marleen

Publishing Dates Friday November 11, Saturday November 12 Deadline: Thursday November 10, Noon PLEASE NOTE:

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Classifieds 309-3300

CLASSIFIEDS Remembrance Day Hours & Deadlines

LEE SCOTT HAPPY 90th BIRTHDAY DAD Love ALL your family.

our NEW Classified’s phone hours are now Monday - Friday 9 am - 5 pm Regular Deadline 4:30 pm

CALL CLASSIFIEDS 403-309-3300 classifieds@reddeeradvocate.com

Greenhouse workers wanted for Blue Grass Nursery & Garden Center in Red Deer, Alberta We are looking for 10 full time seasonal employees.

No experience needed, training will be provided Starting in February 2016.

Duration is for 4 months Wage is $12.20 per hour at maximum 44 hrs./week.

Please fax resume to 403-342-7488 Or by email: edgar.rosales@bg-rd.com

TO ORDER HOME DELIVERY OF THE ADVOCATE CALL OUR CIRCULATION DEPARTMENT 403-314-4300 For delivery of Flyers, Wednesday and Friday ONLY 2 DAYS A WEEK CLEARVIEW RIDGE CLEARVIEW TIMBERSTONE LANCASTER VANIER WOODLEA/ WASKASOO DEER PARK GRANDVIEW EASTVIEW MICHENER MOUNTVIEW ROSEDALE GARDEN HEIGHTS MORRISROE

Call Prodie at 403-314-4301 ADULT or YOUTH CARRIERS NEEDED For delivery of Flyers, Wednesday and Friday ONLY 2 DAYS A WEEK ANDERS BOWER HIGHLAND GREEN INGLEWOOD JOHNSTONE KENTWOOD RIVERSIDE MEADOWS PINES SUNNYBROOK SOUTHBROOKE WEST LAKE WEST PARK

Call Tammy at 403-314-4306 CARRIERS NEEDED For CENTRAL ALBERTA LIFE 1 day a week

INNISFAIL PENHOLD LACOMBE SYLVAN LAKE OLDS BLACKFALDS PONOKA ECKVILLE SPRINGBROOK

Call Sandra at 403- 314-4303 ADULT CARRIERS NEEDED HIGHLAND GREEN PINES ALIX

5 DAYS A WEEK BY 6:30 AM

Call Joanne at 403- 314-4308

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RESIDENTIAL manager, 24 suite bldg., Red Deer.

Job description: general maintenance of common areas, rent roll, move-ins/move-outs.

Wage to be negotiated.

Phone 1-403-556-3123.

Employment Training

Household Furnishings

1720

FUTON for sale, good condition. Price reduced to $125. Call Viki @ 403-346-4263

WANTED

Antiques, furniture and estates. 342-2514

900

Misc. for Sale

1760

100 VHS movies, $75 for all. 403-885-5020 2 ELECTRIC LAMPS, $20.

TRAINING CENTRE 403-885-5020 OILFIELD TICKETS Industries #1 Choice!

BOOKCASE with sliding “Low Cost” Quality Training doors, wood with adjustable shelf $15; table 403.341.4544 stand, $15; white metal 24 Hours table stand, $10; recorder Toll Free 1.888.533.4544 with lesson book and R H2S Alive (ENFORM) music stand, $5; stove top R First Aid/CPR popcorn popper, $10; R Confined Space toaster oven, $10; I love tea, teapot, $10; personal R WHMIS & TDG room humidiÀer, $10; R Ground Disturbance set of 4 seat cushions, R (ENFORM) D&C B.O.P. $10; jewelry craft material R D&C (LEL) for making your own #204, 7819 - 50 Ave. creations, $10; 45” Oval (across from Totem) (across from Rona North) braided rug, green, $10; Box of Christmas candles, $10; white toy box w/moving bear, plays is a small world, original box, $20; babies surround by animals, music box, plays, playmates, $20. frosted base table lamp with beige shade, $20. 403-343-1266 CLASSIFICATIONS BOX Spring, twin $80; 1500-1990 Twin size bed sheet set, (2) $10 each; Christmas teapot, china, glass ware, dished, lots of ribbon bows, buttons, craft Clothing items gift wrap and bags and pieces for making GOLDEN Ranch Faux Christmas gifts $40 for all.

Mink, long length, new, $100. Knitting yarn odd and ends Sz. large. 403-309-6653 for making crafts, hats, mittens, scarves, toys, $10 for all. Pocket concordance Equipmentand prayer books, $50.

Heavy for all. 403-343-1266 DESK, Solid pine roll top, TRAILERS for sale or rent Job site, ofÀce, well site or $100; power rider, exercise bike $100; never used. storage. Skidded or 403-342-6880 wheeled. Call 347-7721.

GAS LEAF blower $20; 2 lawn mowers, 1 gas, 1 electric, $10 each; H.D. Tools Truck Jack, in the case, $40. propane garage MITRE SAW, King, 10” heater, $30;403-342-6880 new with stand; $100; GOLF CLUBS, ladies, SANDER, Ridged belt & brand new $200; spool. $100. 403-341-3812 403-342-6880 LADIES CHRISTMAS PRESENTS - Unicorns: Plates Àgurines & music Firewood boxes, Asst’d tea light holders & much more!

B.C. Birch, Aspen, 403-342-6880 Spruce/Pine. Delivery avail.

PROPANE barbecue with PH. Lyle 403-783-2275 side burner, $50.

403-309-4518 Household WEDDING dress, size 10, Àts small, $200. NEW Appliances 403-309-4518 WANTED: Dead or alive WOODEN shelving, $75. major appliances. Cash for 403-885-5020 some. 403-342-1055 278950A5

SAFETY

MARTIAL Arts protection gear, helmet, Àst pads, kick pads. All equip. in little used excellent condition. $50. 403-314-0003 SKIS, 184 cm Rossingnol downhill, with boots & bag.$100; 153 cm Rossingnol downhill, with boots. $100.

403-314-0003

1590 1630 1640 1660 1710

Household Furnishings

1720

COFFEE table and 2 matching end tables, $90.

403-309-4518

Sporting Goods

1860

REMINGTON Classic 700, 338 Win Mag. 6 to 24 custom muzzle break, $800. obo. 403-348-9606

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OPEN HOUSE SERGE’S HOMES Oct. 29 & 30, 1 - 5 6323 61 AVE RED DEER

1930

Wanted To Buy

WANTED TO BUY, HIGHCHAIR in good, clean condition reasonably priced.

403-346-6058 WANTED ~ Trip hammer.

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CLASSIFICATIONS

FOR RENT • 3000-3200 WANTED • 3250-3390

3010

Acreages/ Farms

GULL LAKE VIEW ACREAGE. Newly reno’d, 2 bdrm. + den, 1 bath.

1550 sq.ft. all on 1 level.

Approx. 15 miles NW Lacombe on E side of lake.

Barn, no inside pets. Lrg. yard, lots of trees. Carol, 403-273-0775

3020

Houses/ Duplexes

CALL CLASSIFIEDS

309-3300

TO ADVERTISE YOUR PROPERTY HERE!

Condos/ Townhouses

3030

1 YR old 3 bdrm. house with garage, in Laredo. 6 appls. $1550. no pets. N/S 403-350-7421 2 BDRM. Blackfalds, duplex, 4 appl., $1000/mo. + utils., 403-318-3284 3 BDRM., 1.5 bath, Kentwood duplex, 5 appl., fenced yard, shed, deck, new paint. $1150/mo. + util., $900/s.d. No pets. n/s. 403-986-0077 or 403-350-5404 3 BDRM./1 Bath House.

Westpark. Small pets. N/S. 6 Appliances. $1375/mo. + utils. (403) 302-2502.

BOWER 1/2 DUPLEX, Nov. 1. 403-347-0163 HOUSE in Woodlea area, 3 bdrms., 2 baths, 4 appl., no pets, $1000 rent/d.d.+ util. 5302 42A Ave. 403-729-2984 NEWER 4 bdrm., 2 bath, house in Vanier, pet friendly, $1500./mo.

Christmas bonus, Dec. 1/2 price. 403-341-5005 SYLVAN LAKE fully furn. rentals, incld’s all utils. & cable. $1200 - $1600./mo.

NEG. Call 403-880-0210

3030

3 BDRM. townhouse in Red Deer, 1.5 bath, 4 appl.

403-887-4670 or 403-350-6194 AVAIL. NOW, 3 bdrm. townhouse close to schools and all amenities, 4 appls., rent $1100 + utils. + DD. 403-506-0054 SOUTHWOOD PARK 3110-47TH Avenue, 2 & 3 bdrm. townhouses, generously sized, 1 1/2 baths, fenced yards, full bsmts. 403-347-7473, Sorry no pets. www.greatapartments.ca

FREE RENT

6 locations in Red Deer, well-maintained townhouses, lrg, 3 bdrm, 11/2 bath, 4 + 5 appls.

Westpark, Kentwood, Highland Green, Riverside Meadows. Rent starting at $1095. SD $500. For more info, phone 403-304-7576 or 403-347-7545

4 Plexes/ 6 Plexes

3050

2 BDRM. 4 plex, Àreplace, incld’s water, sewer, garbage. $925. rent, $650. sd. Avail. now or Nov. 1.

403-304-5337 ACROSS from park, 2 bdrm. 4-plex, 1 1/2 bath, 4 appls. Rent $875./mo. d.d. $650. Avail. now or Nov. 1. 403-304-5337 3 bdrm., 1-1/2 bath, $975. rent, s.d. $650, incl water sewer and garbage.

Available now or Nov. 1.

403-304-5337 WESTPARK 2 bdrm. 4-plex, 4 appls.

Rent $1075/mo. d.d. $650.

Incld’s all utils. Avail. now or Nov. 1 403-304-5337

Suites

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

WAREHOUSE or SHOP SPACE

for lease Riverside Light Industrial, 4614 - 61 St., Red Deer (directly south of Windsor Plywood), 2400 sq. ft. warehouse space with 1,200 sq. ft. mezzanine 55’ x 85’ fenced compound.

Chuck 403-350-1777

SINGLE CAR, RED DEER $150/mo. 403-348-6594

PADS $450/mo.

Brand new park in Lacombe.

Spec Mobiles. 3 Bdrm., 2 bath. As Low as $75,000.

Down payment $4000. Call at anytime. 403-588-8820

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Realtors & Services

COMPLETELY reno’d sunny 2 bdrm. suite in HERE TO HELP adult bldg. at Parkview & HERE TO SERVE Place in Innisfail. New kitchen incl. appl., and new Call GORD ING at bathroom. Well-maintained RE/MAX real estate bldg. with on-site manager. central alberta 403-341-9995 Extra storage, free parking, heat incl. in rent. $950/mo.

Houses Call Jac @ 403-227-1049.

ELNORA, 3 bdrm., main Á., $775/mo. Incld’s all util.

Avail. Dec. 1. 403-348-6594

For Sale

MORRISROE MANOR

REDUCED

Rental incentives avail.

1 & 2 bdrm. adult bldg. only, N/S, No pets.

403-596-2444

3 bdrm. bungalow, 2 baths, newly painted, single att. garage & double detached garage, facing park, mint NEW Glendale reno’d 1 & 2 cond., Reduced to $175,000.

Call Margaret Comeau, bdrm. apartments, rent Coldwell Banker On Track $750, last month of lease Realty, 403-391-3399 / free, immed. occupancy. margaret@coldwellbanker.ca 403-596-6000

Opposite Hospital 2 bdrm. apt. w/balcony, adults only, no pets heat/water incld. $875.

403-728-2331

THE NORDIC

Rental incentives avail.

1 & 2 bdrm. adult building, N/S, No pets.

403-596-2444

Rooms For Rent

3090

BLACKFALDS, $600, all inclusive. 403-358-1614

REDUCED

4 bdrm., 2 bath, 11/2 storey, bsmt. summer kitchen, lot ~ 50’ x 148’, heated dbl. detached garage. Reduced to $325,000. Call Margaret Comeau, Coldwell Banker On Track Realty, 403-391-3399 / margaret@coldwellbanker.ca

Condos/ Townhouses

CELEBRATIONS HAPPEN EVERY DAY IN CLASSIFIEDS

Contractors

1100

DALE’S HOME RENO’S Free estimates for all your reno needs. 403-506-4301 PHILCAN CONST. basement devel., painting, laminate/ceramic, decks, T-Bar ceiling, etc.

Ken 403-340-8213

1160

Entertainment

DANCE DJ SERVICES 587-679-8606

BOOK NOW! For your small jobs around the house such as painting, laminate Áooring, bathroom reno.

Call James 403-341-0617

Massage Therapy

1280

FANTASY SPA

Elite Retreat, Finest in VIP Treatment.

10 - 2am Private back entry

403-341-4445

Misc.

Services

1290

A-1 GARBAGE PICK-UP & Recycling avail. weekly or occasional basis.

(403) 505-4777.

STORAGE for RV, Boat, Cargo Trailer etc.?

Call (403) 506-7383 or (403) 340-9483

Security Camera’s/Fence, Graveled Site, Intrusion Alarms and Sani Dump Rates start as LOW as $30.00/mo. Spacious yard for ease of parking Back in or Drive through Stalls with sizes to Àt your needs.

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1310

JG PAINTING, 25 yrs. exp.

Free Est. 403-872-8888 LAUREL TRUDGEON Residential Painting and Colour Consultations.

403-342-7801.

Something for Everyone Everyday in Classifieds

Seniors’ Services

1372

HELPING HANDS Home Supports for Seniors.

Cooking, cleaning, companionship. At home or facility. 403-346-7777

Snow Removal

4160

FOR sale or lease, prime real estate in Ponoka, 11/2 acres off of Hwy. 2A. Phone 403-963-0204

wheels CLASSIFICATIONS

PRECISE ROOFING LTD. 15 Yrs. Exp., Ref’s Avail.

WCB covered, fully Licensed & Insured.

403-896-4869

SUNHAVEN RV & BOAT STORAGE

Painters/ Decorators

Roofing

4040

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

Lots For Sale

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4020

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

classifieds@reddeeradvocate.com

HOUSE CLEANING and HOUSE SITTING. $15./hr.

403-343-1266

4010

CITY VIEW APTS.

Call Classifieds 403-309-3300 1200

3190

Mobile Lot

To Advertise Your Business or Service Here

1070

3150

Garage Space

2 bdrm in Clean, quiet, newly reno’d adult building.

Rent $900 S.D. $700.

Avail. immed. Near hospital. No pets. 403-318-3679

1000-1430

Cleaning

3140

Warehouse Space

3060

CLASSIFICATIONS

Moving & Storage

World

3110

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Handyman Services

3090

Rooms For Rent

FORMER SHOWHOME, TWO fully furn. rooms, all Clearview townhouse, util. incl., Deer Park, AND 2 bdrm./2 1/2 bath, 2 yrs.

Rosedale, 403-877-1294 old, fully dev. bsmt., could be 3 bdrm., 2 parking pads, no pets, n/s, Offices $1295/mo. + $1295 security/DD. David @ 403-350-5950 Downtown Office Large waiting room, SEIBEL PROPERTY 2 ofÀ ces & storage room, ONE MONTH 403-728-2331

ORIOLE PARK

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Directory North Red Deer

1900

Travel Packages

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1860

Sporting Goods

5000-5300

Motorhomes

5100

2014 FOUR Winds, model 28Z, full paint, large kitchen & living pull-out. 17,000 mi. Remainder of 5 yr. warranty, Ford chassis, heated tanks, loaded. $72,500. 403-396-3203

Tires, Parts Acces.

1380

SNOW REMOVAL Call Ryan @ 403-348-1459

5180

WINTER Tires, (4) Bridgestone Blizzaks, 225R60-16. Exc. cond. $125. ~SOLD~

YOUR old don’t wants could SNOW removal. Contracts become someone else’s treasure. Sell if fast with an welcome. Blackfalds, Lacombe only. 403-358-1614 Advocate Want Ad. Phone 309-3300.

BRIEFS Jury acquits leaders of Oregon standoff of federal charges PORTLAND, Ore. — A jury delivered an extraordinary blow to the government Thursday in a long-running battle over the use of public lands when it acquitted all seven defendants involved in the armed occupation of a national wildlife refuge in rural southeastern Oregon.

Tumult erupted in the courtroom after the verdicts were read when an attorney for group leader Ammon Bundy demanded his client be immediately released, repeatedly yelling at the judge. U.S. marshals tackled attorney Marcus Mumford to the ground, used a stun gun on him several times and arrested him.

U.S. District Judge Anna Brown said she could not release Bundy because he still faces charges in Nevada stemming from an armed standoff at his father Cliven Bundy’s ranch two years ago.

The Portland jury acquitted Bundy, his brother Ryan Bundy and five others of conspiring to impede federal workers from their jobs at the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge, 482 km southeast of Portland.

Even attorneys for the defendants were surprised by the acquittals.

“It’s stunning. It’s a stunning victory for the defence,” said Robert Salisbury, attorney for defendant Jeff Banta.

“I’m speechless.”

Said defendant Neil Wampler: “This is a tremendous victory for rural America and it is a well-deserved, overwhelming defeat for a corrupt and predatory federal government.”

Minnesota sect leader gets 30 years in teen sex assault PINE CITY, Minn. — The leader of an isolated religious sect in Minnesota was sentenced Friday to 30 years in prison, weeks after he pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting two teenage girls who were members of his community.

Victor Barnard, 55, agreed to the 30-year sentence as part of his plea deal earlier this month in Pine County.

Barnard was the longtime leader of the River Road Fellowship near Finlayson, about 90 miles north of Minneapolis.

In 2012, two women came forward and told authorities that Barnard began assaulting them when they were as young as 12 and 13. The women said they were among about 10 girls and young women who were chosen to live in a camp apart from their families as part of Barnard’s “Maidens Group.”

Barnard kept the girls secluded, using religious coercion and intimidation to maintain his control over them, authorities said. He allegedly told one victim she would remain a virgin because he was a “man of God.” Barnard was a fugitive when he was charged in April 2014 with 59 counts of criminal sexual conduct. He was placed on the U.S. Marshals Service most-wanted list and was arrested in Brazil last year after an international manhunt.

Anti-violence group says Brazil’s killings drop slightly SAO PAULO — The number of homicides in Brazil dipped slightly last year, according to a report Friday from an anti-violence watchdog group.

The Brazilian Forum on Public Security said in its 10th annual report that 58,383 people were slain in Brazil in 2015, down 1.2 per cent from the year before.

The total was roughly equal to the at least 55,000 people estimated by the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights as being killed in that war-torn Middle Eastern country in 2015. Brazil, however, has about nine times the population of Syria.

The report says the number of people killed by Brazilian police rose 6.3 per cent to 3,345 — about nine a day — while the number of police officers slain dropped to 393 from 409.

The group’s executive director, Samira Bueno, told the newspaper O Estado de S.Paulo that the rise in the number of people killed by police “shows us that the Brazilian government encourages the excessive use of lethal force.”

“Police kill a lot, as if they have been given the right to decide who dies and who lives,” she said.

The Justice Ministry did not respond to an emailed request for comment.

The states of Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro accounted for almost half of the number of people killed by police across Brazil.

Less than a month ago, Rio de Janeiro security chief Jose Mariano Beltrame resigned amid a spike in violence that has seen police clashing with drug traffickers in the city’s shantytowns and stray bullets often killing and wounding bystanders.

UN panel tells Argentina to release activist Milagro Sala BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — A United Nations panel says Argentina has arbitrarily detained activist Milagro Sala and is calling for the government to release her immediately.

Sala is the head of Argentina’s Tupac Amaru social movement and won a seat last year in the regional parliament of the Mercosur group of South American nations.

She was arrested Jan. 16 and accused of “inciting criminal acts” connected to a protest she led against authorities. The Jujuy provincial government in northern Argentina then broadened the claims, saying her movement “embezzled in public funds.”

The UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention said that over time, there was a scheme of “consecutive accusations” and the start of judicial cases to indefinitely deprive Sala of her freedom. It also said the state blocked her right to a proper defence because of a lack of specificity and clarity about the accusations.

The panel concluded that there are no legal elements to justify Sala’s pre-trial detention and that the principle of judicial independence in the case is being violated. It said she is not a risk to flee or to block the investigation.

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