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A champion cross-country runner teamed up with a police officer for a 30-minute chase to bring down a bike thief last Thursday.

Red Deer resident Devin Woodland said he recog-

nized his wife’s distinct mountain bike while he was out for a run Thursday morning. A man who was likely homeless had it outside the downtown McDonald’s and rode off on it after Woodland asked him to give it back.

That’s when Woodland, the 2012 Alberta Colllege

Athletic Conference provincial champion, gave chase on foot and called the RCMP. “He started off really fast and was going through a bunch of back alleys. Then he thought he lost me, but that didn’t last too long,” said Woodland, 25, on Tuesday.

The chase took him mostly down walking trails and through parks around the downtown. All the while, Woodland was on the phone with RCMP Const. Trevor Naldrett who was tracking the chase in a police vehicle.

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Devin Woodland chased down and caught up with someone who had his wife’s bicycle. Although the bike had been repainted, he recognized his Raleigh mountain bike and got it back.

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RED DEER COLLEGE MUSIC Two musical performances will be presented on Thursday, Nov. 3, both at Mainstage, Arts Centre. Enjoy the Student Showcase at 1 p.m. for a cost of $2 with proceeds going to charity. Then take in the Symphonic Winds at 7 p.m. featuring band music over the past century. Tickets from Black Knight Inn Tickets are required for the evening event.

NOVEMBER 2 1887 — First long distance telephone call made on the Prairies, from Battleford to Edmonton, Alberta, 500 km away.

1936 — Parliament passes the Canadian Broadcasting Act creating the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation as a crown corporation along the same lines as the British one (BBC), with a mandate to regulate broadcasting in Canada, transmit its own programming and purchase and construct stations for dissemination; the new CBC replaces the Canadian Radio Broadcasting Commission (CRBC), which had taken over over CNR Radio, the radio network of government owned Canadian National Railways used to broadcast to train passengers. The CBC was Canada’s first network, since there were already private radio stations, and scores of US stations beamed into Canada.

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1982 — Peter Lougheed wins increased majority in provincial election; 4th consecutive win; Conservatives take 75 of 79 seats.

1999 — Alberta government says it will compensate 247 people who had been sterilized against their will; it was provincial policy to sterilize mentally handicapped children from 1929-72.

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CENTRAL ALBERTA GIVES CAMPAIGN RAISES AWARENESS ABOUT LOCAL CHARITIES

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ed Deer-area residents are invited to take an “unselfie” to raise awareness about helping Central Alberta charities this Christmas.

Facing a tougher climate for raising donations, about 60 local non-profits are supporting a Central Alberta Gives Campaign, which turns the spotlight in November on philanthropy.

Red Deer Mayor Tara Veer officially proclaimed Nov. 29 as Giving Tuesday.

In a short ceremony at the Welikoklad Event Centre, Veer encouraged all citizens to step up “and give back to the community” though volunteerism or donations.

Giving Tuesday is a global movement started to balance out the spending focus of Black Friday and Cyber Monday.

In the lead-up to Nov. 29, city residents are encouraged to snap #UNselfies and then post the pictures on Twitter and Facebook. People doing acts of service should be the focus, instead of the usual selfie, said Judy Scott, executive-director of Family Services of Central Alberta.

“We want to promote the unselfies” through the social media challenge, she added.

Many local charities are struggling as donations drop during the economic downturn.

David Bouchard, president of the board for Magdalene House, said his group could be helping four victims of human trafficking reintegrate into the community over 12 months, but had to reduce this to two women at a time because of budgetary constraints.

“Staffing is expensive… and donations have not been adequate,” said Bouchard, who doesn’t want Central Albertans to forget about good causes during a bad economy.

Waskasoo Environmental Education Society would love to get more volunteers and funding, “I think everyone’s feeling the pinch,” said program leader Kathryn Huedepohl. Among the other groups looking for support is the nokill Red Deer & District SPCA, which supports the same number of pets with lower donations, the Heart and Stroke

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CHASE: Felt good to get bike back “The guy wasn’t staying on roadways so the police couldn’t actually ever see him. That was frustrating.”

The chase ended in Coronation Park where both the officer and Woodland cornered the thief.

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After signing proclamation for Central Alberta Gives, City of Red Deer Mayor Tara Veer joins Judy Scott of Family Services of Central Alberta for an “Unselfie.”

Helping a struggling student can be as easy as texting a donation through your cellphone.

Red Deer College has been running a Student Emergency Bursary Fund that assists when unforeseen circumstances strike, making it hard for students to complete their programs.

For instance, if a car is stolen containing all their textbooks, the fund can help pay for replacements, said Bre Fitzpatrick, RDC’s major gifts officer.

Or if domestic abuse necessitates a

change of living arrangement, the fund can help provide first and last month’s rent. “When students are in a jam, we’d like to help,” Fitzpatrick added.

The RDC program has joined other area non-profit groups supporting the Central Alberta Gives Campaign. It raises public awareness of the need to support good causes through volunteerism and/ or financial contributions in the lead-up to Giving Tuesday on Nov. 29.

But the Student Emergency Bursary Fund is also launching its own fundraiser

this week — a text-to-give campaign. Fitzpatrick said anyone who can text can contribute. All you have to do is send a text to the number 20222 with the word ‘student’ typed in the message space.

You will automatically be billed an additional $5 by your cellphone provider, and this money will be turned over to the bursary fund.

For more information, please call 403342-3140, or email breanna.fitzpatrick@ rdc.ab.ca.

Foundation, Volunteer Central, Red Deer College, Red Deer Hospice Society, and Red Deer and District Community Foundation.

“People are hurting. Our files have

been growing, but donations have been down,” said Gloria Derksen, of Central Alberta Witness and Support Society, which supports victims of rural crimes.

She’s hoping for a reversal this Christ-

mas.

More information about the nation-wide campaign can be found at givingtuesday.ca. lmichelin@reddeeradvocate.com

“I think when he saw the police there he sort of gave up.”

The former Red Deer College athlete said he was tempted to give up the chase a few times but his determination to retrieve the bike was stronger. And it felt good to get it back.

The blue bike was spray painted white, but blue paint was still visible.

Distinct handlebars and other features also made it easy to identify.

Woodland suspected he first saw the bike while out on a run a few days after it was stolen on Sept. 24,

but didn’t stop to examine it.

His wife Anna was happy to get her bike back that had been locked up outside their apartment when it was stolen.

“It was the only time we ever left it out. We obviously won’t be doing that again,” Anna said.

It was their fourth bike to be stolen in about two years.

She said bike theft is a big problem in Red Deer and most of the time police don’t offer much assistance.

“It’s important to note that this officer took my husband seriously and

was willing to stay on the phone with him for half an hour until he was able to meet up with him and catch the guy. I was really impressed by the officer’s determination,” Anna said.

In the end, her husband decided not to press charges.

“I’m a Christian and believe God gave me grace. He needed a bike for a while so I wasn’t going to make his day more miserable than it already was,” Devin Woodland said. szielinski@reddeeradvocate.com

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Contest aims to Central Albertans join trade mission to China boost survival rates

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osing next to a heart defibrillator is a different kind of selfie.

But workers at St. John Ambulance are encouraging Central Albertans to take a picture of themselves with a Automatic External Defibrillation unit (AED) and post it on social media in order to enter a contest to win one.

November is Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) Month, and St. John Ambulance is holding the contest to raise public awareness of stroke and heart attack signs, symptoms and intervention techniques.

The aim is to improve survival rates and quality of life, since 10 per cent of Albertans suffer cardiac-related emergencies every year. About 1.3 million Canadians are living with heart disease and are at potential risk of a cardiac emergency.

Statistics show that one Canadian dies from heart disease or stroke every seven minutes. But with early use of a defibrillator, the potential for survival can increase by up to 75 per cent.

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This month, the non-profit organization that teaches first aid courses is

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St. John Ambulance is holding a contest to win an Automatic External Defibrillation unit. also launching a free app called Save A Life. The app, to be used in conjunction with calling 911, can assist in locating the closest available registered defibrillator when someone goes into cardiac arrest.

Anyone wanting a chance to win their own defibrillator for work, school, community organization, or home can take a picture of themselves with an AED, and post it on social media (#savealifeselfie). Two defibrillators donated by Zoll and Philips can be won. For contest rules, please visit www.stjohn.ab.ca/savealifeselfie.

All CPR courses and first aid kits will also be offered at a 10 per cent discount this month from St. John Ambulance.

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nvestment wish list in hand, Sylvan Lake economic development officer Vicki Kurz is taking her pitch to China.

Kurz will be among about 10 Central Albertan representatives, including Central Alberta Access Prosperity, the region’s economic development organization, who will join the 10-day provincial trade mission organized by provincial representatives and the economic development organizations for Calgary and Edmonton.

Trade missions have gone before but this mission is also branching out more into the investment side of economic development. Some are pursuing leads in agriculture and agri-food and information communication technology.

Kurz is among six representatives who will be pursuing investments connected with tourism during the trade and investment mission that will take place Nov. 15-28.

She is taking background information, already translated into Mandarin, for three investment opportunities.

“We’re looking for a themed

Red Deer Airport hires CEO A new Red Deer Airport CEO, who bring 25 years of aviation and business experience with him, has been hired.

Graham Ingham replaces RJ Steenstra who took on a position with the Fort McMurray Airport Authority.

The Red Deer Regional Airport Authority board of directors said in a statement that Ingham was selected as the new chief executive officer after an executive search, and officially started on Monday.

Ingham has flown a variety of aircraft. He has held a number of senior management positions including director of flight operations, manager flight training and company emergency response director. Most recently he held a senior product management and sales position with FLYHT Aerospace Solutions.

“We are certainly pleased to bring

amusement park,” she said. With the removal of the waterpark, the town would like to see an amusement park built to attract tourists from May to October.

The town is also looking for interest in a lodge and conference facility. One was proposed years ago at the corner of Lakeshore Drive and Centennial Street, but the project got no further than the construction of an underground garage.

“We’re also looking at investors interested in assembling (commercial) properties that are a little older and redeveloping them in the downtown.”

Kurz said there are not a lot of investment dollars floating around Alberta given the downturn.

“So, the idea is to go and see if there are investors in other countries who are interested,” she said.

The trip is not meant only to promote the town. Kurz will also be talking about area companies and she wants to hear from others interested in having their businesses promoted before she heads overseas.

Airfare and accommodations will cost the town less than $5,000, she estimates. As part of a provincial trade mission many costs, such as transportation, meeting spaces and translation services are covered.

Graham on board at such a critical time in the airport’s continued development,” says Dave Minhas, Red Deer Regional Airport board chair. “Graham brings a wealth of knowledge and experience in both the aviation and business sector and we are confident he will lead us into the future development of the airport and region.”

“I look forward to working with the local community to ensure the airport grows as an economic driver that will bring both increased economic activity and pride to the Central Alberta region,” Ingham said.

Penhold to grow by 1,200 acres Penhold is preparing for future growth.

The town has been working with Red Deer County on an annexation proposal that would add about 1,200 acres to the east and northeast.

An intermunicipal development plan steering committee has been formed to hammer out the details of an agreement. Town staff have also been meeting with area landowners affected by annexation.

County council approved the annexation in principle on Tuesday.

A joint public open house has been scheduled for Nov. 23.

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Pumpkins destined for abandoned, unwanted animals

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uicy Jack-o’-lanterns will soon be snacks for abandoned and unwanted animals at a farm rescue in Central Alberta.

4 Paws Dog Daycare, located at 5 4646 Riverside Dr., is collecting pumpkins until Sunday night for the sanctuary F.A.R.R.M., near Wetaskiwin.

Dog Daycare owner Tara Palardy said she is a fan of the many pigs at F.A.R.R.M. who devour pumpkins. The squash will also benefit the sanctuary’s goats, sheep and other animals.

“I called (F.A.R.R.M.) and asked if I could bring them some pumpkins. They can take everything we bring,” Palardy said on Tuesday.

It’s the first year 4 Paws has collected pumpkins, but is already planning to do it again next year.

“It gets pumpkins off of people’s porches so they’re not going bad, and you might as well recycle them. They’re just going to go into the landfill.”

She said people should make sure the pumpkins are not painted and to remove any accessories.

4 Paws Dog Daycare is open Monday to Friday from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m., and Saturday and Sunday from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.

Last year Red Deer & District SPCA collected pumpkins for animal rescues, but it was not accepting pumpkins this year.

Photo by JEFF STOKOE/Advocate staff

Tara Palardy picked up a van full of pumpkins with her dog, Rommel, Tuesday. She will continue to collect pumpkins for the Farm Animal Rescue and Re-home Movement (FARRM). Anyone wishing to help in the cause can drop off their pumpkins at Palardy’s business, 4 Paws, located at 5 4646 Riverside Dr. in Red Deer.

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Pregnant women urged to get whooping cough vaccine

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City of Red Deer employee Brock Smethhurst strings some festive lights on a tree in City Hall Park Tuesday afternoon. Thousands of colourful lights will illuminate the park again this winter when the city turns on the display Nov. 19.

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he holiday season will get off to a twinkling start on Saturday, Nov. 19, with the Red Deer Lights the Night celebration.

The annual lighting spectacular will be held from 4 to 7 p.m. in City Hall Park, on Ross Street and in the downtown public library.

Red Deerians are invited to stroll through the colourful light display in City Hall Park, visit vendors in the winter market, and “cozy up in the warming tent, while enjoying some free popcorn and hot chocolate.”

There will be crafts and games for kids and a visit from Santa.

The celebration, presented by

Stantec, and hosted by the City of Red Deer, Red Deer Public Library and the Downtown Business Association, has become an annual family favourite.

“We’re looking forward to its return,” said Annette Scheper, the city’s community and facilities co-ordinator. “There’s something about those twinkling lights that sparks a joyful holiday spirit in kids and adults.”

Guests are reminded that pets are not permitted in the park or the event site. Parking is available at the Sorenson Station parkade, behind Gaetz Memorial United Church, and beside the Welikoklad Event Centre.

For more information, please visit www.reddeer.ca/reddeerlights.

he rate of whooping cough cases in Central Alberta has sparked a call for pregnant women to be vaccinated regardless of previous immunization.

So far this year 86 cases, including eight infants under a year old, were reported in Alberta Health Services Central Zone.

Infants are at greatest risk for serious complications from whooping cough, also known as pertussis, and include pneumonia, convulsions, brain damage and death.

On Tuesday, AHS Central Zone began offering pertussis immunization to women in their third trimester with each pregnancy as part the zone’s routine immunization program. “(Women) can pass antibodies across the placenta to the unborn baby which protects the baby for the first few months of life until they can get three doses of pertussis vaccine into them by six months at which time they start having their own protection,” said Dr. Digby Horne, medical officer of health with AHS Central Zone.

No deaths, and only one hospitalization, have been reported so far in 2016 in the zone.

Whooping cough is highly transmittable and spread by respiratory droplets from coughing or sneezing. It’s hard to distinguish from the common cold before the noticeable cough appears a week or two after infection.

Horne said the disease can last a

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IN SHORT County landowner receives tax relief A resident facing a large tax bill was given some relief by Red Deer County.

Council voted on Tuesday to apply a C&E Trail offsite levy to only a portion of a landowner’s property.

The levy was put in place to cover the

month in some people and can make it difficult to breathe. Coughing fits can cause them to throw up or gag.

Earlier this year, a 14-month pertussis outbreak was declared over in the zone.

Horne said the number of cases has since exploded as of late summer/ early September.

“There’s been events where kids across the zone have been present and subsequent to that you get cases all over the zone so it’s in many parts of the zone right now,” Horne said on Tuesday.

Immunization for pregnant women was offered as part of the response to the outbreak declared in December 2014.

Currently there are no active pertussis outbreaks in Alberta.

He said one reason for the sustained high rate of pertussis in the zone could be lower immunization rates in children. About 60 per cent of cases involve people who were not immunized or under-immunized for their age.

Women in the zone who are 26 or more weeks pregnant are encouraged to call their local public health centre to book an appointment for immunization. Some physician and obstetrician offices may also offer pertussis vaccine, but patients should call ahead to confirm availability.

Pertussis vaccine will not be offered through influenza immunization clinics currently underway.

For more information on pertussis visit www.albertahealthservices.ca. szielinski@reddeeradvocate.com cost of road upgrades as the area is developed.

However, when one landowner applied for a development permit to locate a mobile home on their nearly nine-acre site they faced potentially a $16,872 levy bill.

The resident suggested a compromise that would see them initially pay the offsite levy on only the three-acre residential portion of the land, which works out to $5,700.

The levy on the remaining six acres will be deferred.

Council agreed with the compromise.

“It’s important that we collect levies but we don’t want to stifle development,” said Mayor Jim Wood.

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Controversial housing project moves ahead A

controversial Red Deer County housing development was narrowly approved for subdivision.

The county’s municipal planning commission voted 4-3 in favour on Tuesday of subdivision for Poplar Pointe Estates, a 39-lot housing project to be built near Poplar Ridge several km west of Red Deer.

‘IF NOTHING HAS Many residents in nearby subdi- CHANGED, WHY ARE visions, including WE HERE TODAY? Harvey Heights and . . . . WE KNOW Mountain View Estates, have fought WATER IS LIFE against the project, AND A PROPERTY fearing there isn’t WITHOUT WATER IS enough water to WORTHLESS’ support it. A 267name petition op— COUN. CHRISTINE MOORE, posing the project was submitted at an earlier planning stage.

Those concerns were also expressed again during the planning commission’s debate on the project.

Coun. Christine Moore said the project was turned down in 2007 because of water concerns.

“If nothing has changed, why are we here today?”

Moore said she wanted to see another water study done to ensure supplies were adequate.

“We know water is life and a property without water is worthless,” she said.

Mayor Jim Wood and Coun. Jean Bota also expressed concern that a new development could affect water supplies for existing subdivisions.

County resident Hudson Hunt also raised questions about the report prepared for the developer that shows there is enough water. He was accompanied by a landowner whose well data was included in the report even though he insists his well was never tested.

Hunt said that leads to questions about the accuracy of the report.

Developer Reg Whyte said two separate water studies have been done — the most recent submitted to the county in the summer — confirming enough water is available.

Moore, Wood and Bota voted to defer subdivision approval until water report issues could be discussed with Alberta Environment and further confirmation received that there is enough water available. The vote was lost 4-3.

Alberta Environment, not the county, is responsible for issuing the water licence for the development after determining how much water is available.

A motion to approve subdivision was passed by the same 4-3 margin with Councillors Richard Lorenz, Don Church, Philip Massier and Connie Huelsman in favour. Later in the morning, council passed a bylaw rezoning the 133-site to country residential from agriculture. pcowley@reddeeradvocate.com

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University of Manitoba Faculty Association (UMFA) went on strike and hit the picket lines at the entrance to the university in Winnipeg, Tuesday. UMFA say they want “a greater say over ever-increasing workloads, appropriate use of metrics in evaluation, and job security.”

ALBERTA

Economic downturn tied to increasing domestic abuse in Calgary, say police

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ALGARY — Police say domestic violence in Calgary is on the rise at least partially as a result of a severe economic downturn that has cost thousands of jobs in the oil and gas industry.

Figures released by the Calgary Police Service Tuesday show officers have responded to 2,796 domestic violence calls in 2016 and the number has been increasing for the past three years.

“This is a 36 per cent increase over the average and we have not seen domestic violence rates this high since 2004,” said Staff Sgt. Rob Davidson of the Calgary police domestic conflict unit.

“What is important to remember is that these numbers represent families — victims and children — who are impacted and experiencing domestic violence.”

Alberta’s economy has been decimated by low oil prices, which industry groups estimate have led to the loss of more than 40,000 jobs in the province’s energy sector alone.

Davidson said the downturn can’t be entirely blamed for the increase in violence, but it does play a major factor. He said the increase in reports of violence are not confined to Calgary but involve other jurisdictions in Alberta as well.

“If most of us think of a healthy family who is experiencing unemployment and economic troubles and the stress that would bring, that’s pretty substantive,” he said.

“If you’re already in an unhealthy relationship and you’re already experiencing other issues — when you add that layer of unemployment and economic issues, we believe the financial strain makes

it more likely to experience domestic violence.”

Karen Lee, who wrote about the abuse she suffered in two marriages in the book The Full Catastrophe: A Memoir, said the numbers are upsetting.

“Obviously it’s very tragic and there’s extra pressures right now. I don’t think economic pressure creates domestic abuse, but I certainly think that those extra pressures increase the chance that this might happen … people taking their frustrations out on the nearest people to them,” she said.

Lee, now a clinical psychologist, was attending a conference for professionals who work with families experiencing violence. She said she used to be the type of person who didn’t call police to report abuse, but fortunately times have changed.

“I want women to know that they don’t have to put up with it and they need to tell somebody and they need to keep telling people this is happening.

They need to tell anyone who will listen.”

Andrea Silverstone, the co-chair of the Calgary Domestic Violence Collective, said many victims have never experienced the bust of an oil boom in Alberta.

“Individuals who have never experienced that boom-bust cycle before or domestic violence — or have been experiencing it and hiding it — are finally now being able to access services. Because things have gotten so bad they can’t tolerate the situation that they’re in any more,” she said.

A spokesman for Alberta Human Services said the government will continue to fund safety programs that support awareness and prevention of family violence.

“No one should have to live in fear of violence, nor suffer silently as a survivor,” said Aaron Manton, press secretary for the ministry.

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ECONOMY

Tough economic hurdles ahead FEDS TURN TO INFRASTRUCTURE BANK FOR HELP AMID DEEPER DEFICIT OUTLOOK

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TTAWA — The Trudeau government’s latest update on federal finances shows that slow growth is taking a toll on the books — but they say they have a cure: a long-term plan to attract billions in new private-sector investment.

Finance Minister Bill Morneau laid out plans Tuesday to lift the sluggish economy with help from a new infrastructure bank. He pledged to prime the bank’s pump with $35 billion worth of public money as a way to bring in foreign capital.

But at the same time, he warned Canadians that tougher-than-expected economic hurdles still lie ahead.

Morneau tabled fresh projections that included an additional $31.8 billion of red ink over the next five years.

The deficit for 2016-17 is expected to be about $25 billion, and the statement foresees shortfalls every year across the outlook.

Tuesday’s document contained no projection for a return to balance.

The infrastructure bank was the headline item among several new measures Morneau is counting on to help Canada overcome what the

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Finance Minister Bill Morneau gives a copy of the government’s fall economic update to a page in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Tuesday.

Finance Department described as a “new norm” of slower economic growth.

Morneau also announced changes aimed at drawing more talented immigrants to Canada and the creation of a hub with a mandate to lure more

foreign investment. The new initiatives echo some of the advice Morneau received from his council of external experts, who were hand-picked to help the government boost economic growth.

They come on top of existing com-

mitments to help the economy, such as investing billions in infrastructure and enhanced child-benefit cheques.

Together, the measures will help Canada succeed over the long term, Morneau insisted during a news conference prior to delivering his statement in the House of Commons.

“We are moving forward on the investments that we outlined in Budget 2016,” he said. “What we’re announcing today is how we can amplify those investments.”

Looking at the latest economic and fiscal projections, which are based on the forecasts of private-sector economists, the Liberal government is staring at a significant challenge.

The Finance Department is now predicting the treasury to run a total of $114.9 billion in deficits between 2016-17 and 2020-21. In comparison, last spring’s federal budget predicted the government would run $83.2 billion worth of shortfalls over the same period.

The fall update also added another deficit year to the end of its outlook — a $14.6-billion shortfall in 2021-22.

When asked about the outlook’s lack of a timeline to eliminate the deficit, Morneau insisted the government would run shortfalls in a “fiscally responsible” way.

BANK OF CANADA

Housing, debt risks best addressed by government: Poloz

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ANCOUVER — Bank of Canada governor Stephen Poloz says risks from household debt and the housing market will be better addressed by the government’s recent policy moves, not by adjusting interest rates.

In a speech in Vancouver, the head of Canada’s central bank said adjusting interest rates is a “very blunt tool,” which has widespread effects.

“Our view is that these so-called macroprudential

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policies are best placed to deal with threats to financial stability because they can be designed to target specific financial vulnerabilities,” Poloz said Tuesday.

“Given all the work done to strengthen the global financial system over the past few years, it makes even more sense to separate monetary policy from efforts to stabilize the financial system.”

Household debt levels have hit record levels in recent years and housing markets have boomed, helped by low interest rates that have allowed consumers to borrow cheaply.

Poloz said the bank does not ignore financial stability issues but suggested it has flexibility to deal with uncertainty.

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First Nation seeks to thwart suicide crisis

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A RONGE, Sask. — The leader of a Saskatchewan First Nation says people are struggling to understand why so many young indigenous girls are killing them-

selves.

Since the middle of October, six girls between the ages of 10 and 14 have taken their own lives in northern Saskatchewan, including four from the Lac La Ronge Indian band.

Chief Tammy Cook-Searson says the community is working through the pain to reach out to young people in the hope of preventing more deaths.

“We want to hear from the youth. We want them to tell us how we can help them,” she said Tuesday.

“Because right now we don’t know why they are so sad, why they are feeling depressed.”

Cook-Searson said the First Nation is working with social agencies and the provincial and federal governments to stabilize the situation.

Emergency operations centres have been set up to co-ordinate programs, there are grief and parenting workshops and more mental- health workers are available to provide counselling.

The band is also working with the Red Cross to develop a community safety plan.

The chief said the key to stopping the suicides will be letting girls know that people want to help them, their friends or family if they are hurting.

There is a plan to send counsellors into schools in the hope the message gets through to students in grades 7 through 9. The goal is to identify youth who are at risk of harming themselves.

“The strongest message that we have to the young people is they are loved — there is support for them.”

The two other girls who have taken their own lives were from Deschambault Lake and the Makwa Sahgaiehcan reserve near Loon Lake.

Dr. James Irvine, northern Saskatchewan’s medical health officer, said that the rate of suicides in the past has been higher in young aboriginal men.

Young women attempt suicide more often, but usually end up in hospital.

He said a pattern of suicides within communities can lead to an increase in people acting in a similar way.

“I think this situation may be the result of a pattern occurring,” Irvine said. “I think this is where the band and the chief are trying to gain more of an awareness of what may have sparked this situation.”

New Democrats and First Nations groups have responded to the suicides by pointing to the need to improve social services in northern communities: better schools, housing, recreation, health and addictions and mental-health services.

The Lac La Ronge band is pitching a proposal to the federal and Saskatchewan governments for a $17-million holistic wellness treatment recovery centre, including a fitness facility.

Cook-Searson said that’s part of a long-term solution.

CRIME

Python ‘growled,’ lunged after killing two boys, says Mountie

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AMPBELLTON, N.B. — A 45-kilogram python lunged, snapped its jaws, and made “growling noises” when it was forced back into its pen after killing two sleeping boys, an RCMP officer told a New Brunswick jury Tuesday.

Const. Stephane Dugas described the scene on the morning of Aug. 5, 2013, shortly after JeanClaude Savoie, who is facing trial for criminal negligence in the boys’ deaths, called 911.

Dugas testified that he found Savoie wearing a bloody shirt, two boys who were beyond medical help, and a 4.7-metre snake in the laundry room.

Savoie followed Dugas’ instructions to return the snake to its enclosure, where it made noises, rose up almost 1.8 metres and lunged at the glass, Dugas said.

The two boys — four-year-old Noah Barthe and his six-year-old brother, Connor — were covered in red marks, and one had a lot of wounds.

“I knew at the time not much could be done,” said Dugas. “There was lots of blood.”

He said a paramedic examined the boys, but just shook her head.

Savoie, who now lives near Montreal, owned the Reptile Ocean pet store below his Campbellton apartment. The boys were having a sleepover with his son.

Crown attorney Pierre Roussel told the jury the python likely used an air duct to escape its enclosure in the apartment — and had tried to escape before.

“Mr. Savoie committed a breach of duty to take care of those children when they were left with him by their mother,” Roussel told the jury. “He didn’t kill them himself but he failed to take precautions.”

Roussel said in his opening statement they will

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TOP: Jean-Claude Savoie heads from court in Campbellton, N.B., on Tuesday. Savoie is charged with criminal negligence causing death after two young brothers, Connor and Noah Barthe, were asphyxiated by an African rock python (above) in August 2013. hear the snake had gotten into the duct before, and that an employee had warned Savoie the vent cover needed to be repaired.

“Mr. Savoie neglected to cover said vent and left an opening in his snake pen and that through that the snake was able to escape and cross through the vent and drop into the living room.”

He said the vent cover was found on the floor of the snake enclosure.

“Mr. Savoie was aware of the behaviour and nature of this African rock python that he was keeping. You will hear evidence that this snake was pretty aggressive. That there were special measures that had to be taken in order to care for it,” he said.

Roussel called the deaths of the boys “a sad story, a tragic story.” Savoie was a family friend who had taken the boys shopping and to a farm before the sleepover with his son.

Some people in the public gallery became emotional as the audio of Savoie’s 911 call was played for the jury Tuesday.

“Two kids are dead,” Savoie told the dispatcher.

“There’s a python that got out and killed the two kids.”

He told the dispatcher that the snake was still loose, and he had to go back upstairs because he had another child up there.

“Can you just send someone here please?”

Savoie said to the dispatcher.

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PEACEKEEPING

Defence minister to visit Mali as Liberals debate mission

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TTAWA — Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan will travel to Mali and Senegal later this week as the Liberal government considers where to send hundreds of Canadian peacekeepers.

The stop in Mali is noteworthy as the West African country has long HARJIT been seen as among the top candi- SAJJAN dates for a Canadian mission.

The United Nations established an operation there called MINUSMA in April 2013 after French and African Union forces pushed back rebel and Islamic militant forces that had taken control in the north of the country.

The current UN force numbers about 13,000 troops and 2,000 police and while it includes contributions from Germany, the Netherlands and Sweden, most of the contingents are from countries in Africa and South Asia.

The mission is extremely complex and includes everything from training local forces to protecting civilians, to counter-insurgency operations.

It is also extremely dangerous: More than 100 blue helmets have been killed in Mali over the past four years, including 32 this year.

Sajjan’s office says his four-day, two-country tour is simply intended to collect information and should not be seen an indication Canada is about to join the Mali mission.

The defence minister previously visited the Democratic Republic of Congo, which is also home to a large UN peacekeeping mission, as part of a five-country tour in August.

LAWSUIT

LGBTQ ‘purged’ from military, public service jobs file class-action lawsuit

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TTAWA — Todd Ross, 47, came out as gay to a stranger.

It was no ordinary stranger, either, but a military interrogator grilling him about his sexual orientation, with Ross strapped to a polygraph machine, seated in a chair facing a two-way mirror, a recording device capturing his confession.

“I had not even come out to myself,” Ross, who became suicidal as a result of the 1990 incident,

said Tuesday as he began to cry.

The story of how Ross was given an honourable discharge — the result of an ultimatum — from the Canadian Armed Forces, where he had served as a naval officer aboard HMCS Saskatchewan in the late 1980s, is contained in the statement of claim for one of two class-action lawsuits being brought against the Liberal government on behalf of LGBTQ people who say they were persecuted and forced out of their military and civil servant jobs.

IN SHORT Pressure mounts on Liberals to invest in First Nations child welfare OTTAWA — An indigenous member of Finance Minister Bill Morneau’s economic advisory council is taking issue with the federal government’s claims that First Nations agencies lack the capacity to improve services for children and families on reserve.

The federal Liberals, who took part in a unanimous House of Commons vote Tuesday to support an NDP motion on First Nations child welfare, have repeatedly argued that a phasedin approach is necessary for spending while the government works to overhaul a broken system.

Last week, Indigenous Affairs Minister Carolyn Bennett said a special ministerial representative — a Lakehead university professor and 2011 Liberal candidate —would lead that work along with the provinces, territories and child welfare agencies.

In the last budget, the government pledged $71 million in immediate relief.

Carol Anne Hilton, an entrepreneur tapped to help a group of prominent business leaders give fiscal advice to the government, said she finds the incremental approach alarming.

“I think the concerning piece is government officials pointing to … agencies not having capacity to spend more than what they were given,” Hilton said in an interview.

“I think that particular piece is a little bit alarming and speaks to a type of thinking that is not beneficial to support First Nations children or families.”

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Opinion

Me and my (carbon) shadow

BY BILL WHITELAW ADVOCATE NEWS SERVICES

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ll Canadians have a carbon shadow. It follows us everywhere.

It’s with us when we stick our keys into the ignition, when we turn up our thermostats and when the fridge light comes on. It’s in the clothes we wear and the food we eat.

It’s there whenever we do what we do in our lives.

This carbon companion makes it clear we’re energy-gorging citizens.

It’s a constant reminder that the cost of our lifestyles is paid in hard carbon currency.

The carbon shadow concept is perhaps more useful than that of a carbon footprint when it comes to contemplating individual energy accountability.

A carbon footprint has a notional beginning and end. But a carbon shadow is fluid and dynamic.

It accounts for the fact we’re in a constant process of often-mindless energy consumption. We can’t shake it. Only one thing ends it and by then, we are inert carbon.

Our carbon shadow remind us that virtually everything we do, asleep and awake, is a variable in the carbon consumption-and-production equation.

Two things are certain in Canada today.

First, the current climate change/ greenhouse gas emissions/carbon debate is one of the most important socio-economic and political conversations Canadians will ever face.

Second, and paradoxically, too few Canadians participate in how these dialogues are shaped and driven by the various vested interest groups that have already defined their carbon positions. Part of the problem is that we have allowed carbon to be demonized as almost exclusively an environmental problem. That permits everyday Canadians, who often believe they’re good stewards of the environment, more or less, to define carbon as someone else’s problem: say an oilsands producer or a coalfired power generator.

The reality is that there are producers and generators because there are consumers. Us. And the reality is that carbon is as much a social problem, and an economic challenge, as it is an environmental quandary.

Recasting carbon into societal and economic contexts encourages average Canadians to understand they are both problem and solution.

Just as we are constantly shadowed, we are in a perpetual mode of energy consumption. There are peaks and valleys, to be sure, but

there is never really a moment when we are not sipping or gulping energy.

Our political leaders provincially and federally should shift their focus from pandering to the loudest carbon voices (who are a significant minority) and pay more attention to what the average Canadian might think.

The belief that Canadians want carbon taxes shouldn’t be predicated on election results that had to more to do with parties being voted out than ringing endorsements of vague and euphemistically-framed climate ambitions.

But the onus isn’t just on politicians to be more attentive; it’s incumbent on everyday folk to be far more engaged and, perhaps more important, far more responsible when it comes to understanding the true costs of energy abundance.

Our failure as voters to deal with our carbon shadow means we have only one messy means to vent: at politicians. Those same elected officials need to comprehend they have misread their mandates and need to spend more effort building carbon connections with ordinary Canadians.

We all cast a carbon shadow. Give yours a voice.

Troy Media’s Bill Whitelaw is president and CEO at JuneWarrenNickle’s Energy Group.

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Feds decide to hold steady on immigration levels, for now

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hat’s this! A difference of opinion? Among Trudeau Liberals?

Governments are usually so intent on describing their choices as though they were handed down on stone tablets that it is refreshing to see one admit, even by accident, that some of these questions are hard. Enter John McCallum, the minister of immigration, who has decided after long consideration that Canada’s immigration levels are — well, pretty good, actually.

This flies in the face of advice McCallum’s colleague, Finance Minister Bill Morneau, has only just received from some of Morneau’s favourite smart people, the Advisory Council on Economic Growth. Led by globe-trotting consultant Dominic Barton, the panel’s interim report suggests a 50-per-cent increase in immigration over five years — led by a doubling in economic-class immigrants over the same period.

This is not merely a matter of national pride or a vague sense that the more people who can call themselves Canadian the better, Barton argues.

It’s a necessary remedy to the slow aging of Canada’s population and the difficulty Canadian firms have attracting “senior and specialized talent.” Boosting immigration is part of Barton’s plan to give every Canadian family a $15,000 pay raise by 2030.

On Monday, McCallum said he’ll hold total immigration levels steady next year, and boost economic immigration just a touch.

Did he just cancel part of Barton’s raise?

A great big hint to McCallum’s motives came when he tabled a summary report on Paul Wells Canada-wide consultations into immigration.

“Overall, stakeholders support a measured increase in immigration levels over multiple years,” the report says. “Some online submissions from the general public called for reductions in immigration levels.”

Huh. And in what could be read as a direct rebuttal to Barton’s argument, the report continues: “Stakeholders and the general public acknowledged that while immigration can help to fill demographic and economic gaps, it is only one component of a larger strategy to meet labour-market needs and that it should be balanced with fostering talent within Canada.”

I don’t want to overstate the extent of the disagreement here. Let’s save the Liberals At Daggers Drawn headline for a little later in the mandate. The Barton report came

out after most of the work that went into setting next year’s targets was already done. McCallum could yet start ramping up immigration levels in future years.

It’s also possible for several assertions to be true at the same time.

That every person is an economic actor, so that a larger population could be expected to entail a larger economy. That younger immigrants could tilt Canada’s demographic balance in helpful ways. But also that immigration levels are already higher than they were quite recently. And that the general widespread acceptance of immigration isn’t something a responsible government should want to jostle for kicks.

One of the people who has thought hardest about the balancing act that’s implied here is John McCallum. The former bank economist turned, I think a little bit to his amazement, wise elder veteran of the Trudeau cabinet often talks about how lucky he is to have widespread support for the work he does. And to add, in the same breath, that he is not particularly in a mood to screw it up. He is an incrementalist by temperament.

He also has enough challenges on his plate even without substantial increases in the numbers. Targets are one thing, reality another.

Canada admitted fewer economic immigrants in 2015 than it planned

to. One of McCallum’s predecessors, Elinor Caplan, used to announce immigration levels that didn’t materialize.

The fascination with economic immigrants seems based on two contestable notions.

First, that there are armies of MBAs in Manila or Madrid who would pack their bags and come fix Canada’s productivity problems if only we would simplify the paperwork.

Second, that office managers in their 40s are the surest route to prosperity. I’m not sure that’s what the real record of immigration in North America shows. I think the record shows that people without fantastic jobs waiting for them have less motivation, and show less ingenuity, than newcomers who land here without a plan.

Huddled masses yearning to breathe free, our neighbours to the south used to call them, though lately that notion has fallen out of style there. Dominic Barton was born in Uganda, where his father was a teacher and his mother a nurse.

Carefully selecting immigrants, rather than letting them select themselves, may be one of those ideas that sounds smarter than it is.

Paul Wells is a national affairs writer.

Letters to the editor FAMILY CAREGIVER MONTH November is Caregivers Month.

Caregivers are the unsung heroes in our society who selflessly take on the many challenges of helping and supporting a loved one who may be declining due to old age or sickness.

Often, their important work remains hidden as caregivers don’t often choose to share their own situation, respect the privacy of an aging family member, or simply find it difficult to talk about this personal matter or don’t know who to talk to during these difficult times.

November 2016 is a time to change this — it is a time to recognize, help, educate, listen to, and advocate for caregivers across our country. With some 28 per cent of Canadians currently working as caregivers, you may well be a caregiver yourself, may become one, or may know one. Don’t know how to help? Even the simplest act can be greatly appreciated — send a caregiver flowers; share the information about Family Caregiver Month, 2016 through social media (Facebook, Twitter, etc.); treat a caregiver to coffee and let him/her vent; or offer a few hours of respite care so that a caregiver can enjoy some personal time away.

November, 2016 should not, how-

ever, be the only time to recognize Canadian caregivers. With having cared for my own aging parents, I quickly learned that they are constantly “on the job” and often work without pay and/or holidays. Caregiving is hard work — caregivers can be tested physically, mentally, emotionally, and even financially — and they are often stretched to their breaking points. Extend that offer to help (then insist and carry through) throughout the year – it can be very rewarding to assist someone in need and caregivers can – and will – benefit from your actions.

Rick Lauber, Edmonton

GOOD SAMARITANS To the guys who rescued my husband and towed his little truck home from 32 St. and 30 Ave. on Thursday, Oct. 27, a huge thank you. You took off while he was still in the truck so he didn’t get to thank you. He certainly appreciated your help.

D.J. Simpson, Red Deer

WILDROSE HALF-TRUTHS I feel inspired to write after reading highlights of Brian Jean’s speech at the Wildrose convention in Red Deer on Oct. 28. It is always challenging to follow the logic and

lack of truths or half-truths that are brought forward by Mr. Jean and his Wildrose colleagues. He suggests that the province has gone, and continues to go “to hell in a hand cart” since the election of the NDP government. He suggested that the NDP is responsible for “escalating poverty, sky-rocketing crime and young people being trafficked into the sex trade.” I am not sure what Alberta he lives in but I find these Trumpish claims to be ridiculous. I am sure there is a shred of truth is these facts but I do not believe the Wildrose would have done anything but inflame these issues with their view of cuts and destruction of social services. These are challenging times for any government in power. His suggestion that the NDP government is working against the citizens of Alberta makes me think of the days of Premier Ralph Klein. If you want to talk about working against the people of Alberta, you should look back to those days. Mr. Jean would love to bring back that era of destruction with little regard for the people that need supports of government during these difficult times. MLA Derek Fildebrandt, wants to “Make Alberta Great Again.” The Alberta I live in, is great and continues to be great! The

Wildrose needs to focus on solutions and not Trumpish rhetoric! Beware of the false prophets.

Barry Johns, Sylvan Lake

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IN SHORT Police probe several incidents involving trick or treaters on Halloween A number of police forces across Ontario are investigating incidents which dampened the fun for certain trick or treaters on Halloween.

Police laid charges against one man for allegedly throwing firecrackers at kids and are searching for other people who allegedly gave a child loose prescription pills with their candy and, in another incident, small bottles of what might be alcohol.

The only incident to involve criminal charges so far took place in central Ontario on Monday night.

Provincial police with the Peterborough, Ont., detachment say they were called around 7:30 p.m. after receiving a report that a trick or treater had been struck by a firework thrown by an intoxicated man.

Police searched the area and found a man who matched the

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description of the suspect allegedly carrying fireworks and marijuana in his pockets.

Cory Sanbach of Havelock, Ont., is facing four charges including assault with a weapon and common nuisance. Police did not indicate whether the child sustained any injuries.

Bernardo’s day-parole hearing scheduled TORONTO — The families of two school girls brutally raped and killed

by Paul Bernardo say the notorious killer’s application for day parole is “gut wrenching.”

Bernardo is scheduled for a day-parole hearing next March.

Tim Danson, the lawyer for the families of Bernardo’s murder victims, 14-year-old Leslie Mahaffy and 15-year-old Kristen French, is confident Bernardo will never be granted parole.

“I believe he will die in prison,” Danson said. “But we take nothing for granted and will be vigilant responding to Bernardo every step of the way.”

Bernardo was sentenced in 1995 to life in prison with no chance of parole for 25 years for raping and murdering Mahaffy and French. He was also given dangerous offender status — and received an indeterminate sentence — after admitting to raping 14 other women.

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Montreal Chief of Police Philippe Pichet speaks to the media about the tapping of a newspaper reporter’s smartphone at a news conference, Monday.

PRIVACY

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UEBEC — Revelations that Montreal police kept tabs on a reporter’s iPhone prompted Premier Philippe Couillard to announce Tuesday he is forming a committee of experts to look into the surveillance of journalists.

“People have died for freedom of the press,” he told a news conference.

“It is a basic freedom.”

The group, which will include a judge, a police official and a member of the media, is expected to present its report to the Quebec justice minister by next spring.

Couillard also announced it will be harder for police to obtain a court-issued warrant to monitor journalists.

“An order will be given this week by the public security minister that will elevate the threshold of difficulty in order to obtain a warrant for members of the media to the same level as what we have now for judges, lawyers and members of the national assembly,” he said.

The announcements come a day after it emerged Montreal police had obtained at least 24 surveillance warrants for the iPhone belonging to La Presse columnist Patrick Lagace at the request of the special investigations unit that looks into crime within the police force.

Three of those warrants reportedly authorized police to get the phone numbers for all Lagace’s incoming and outgoing texts and calls, while another allowed them to track the phone’s location via its GPS chip.

OTTAWA — Police surveillance of a Montreal journalist’s smartphone suggests a need for clearer federal guidance to the courts, Canada’s privacy czar says.

Parliament has a role to play in instructing the courts on when to grant police a warrant to obtain sensitive data, privacy commissioner Daniel Therrien told a House of Commons committee on Tuesday.

“This is a very worrisome issue,” Therrien said under questioning at a meeting of the Commons information, ethics and privacy committee, which is conducting a review of the federal Privacy Act. Montreal-based La Presse newspaper said this week it had learned at least 24 surveillance warrants were issued for columnist Patrick Lagace’s iPhone this year at the request of city’s police service.

The surveillance was ordered as part of an internal probe into allegations police anti-gang investigators fabricated evidence.

Five police officers were arrested this summer and two were charged as a result.

Lagace said police told him they obtained the court-authorized warrants because they believed the target of one of their investigations was feeding him information.

Couillard also said the Public Security Department will investigate procedures at the three major police forces in Quebec — the provincial police and the Montreal and Quebec City forces.

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IN SHORT China state media say all 33 miners found dead

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Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton speaks at a rally at Reverend Samuel Delevoe Memorial Park in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., Tuesday.

U.S. ELECTION

Race tightening, Clinton revives Trump-women issue

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ING OF PRUSSIA, Pa. — With just a week to go and the race for the White House tightening, Hillary Clinton — with help from President Barack Obama — unleashed a fresh offensive Tuesday against Donald Trump and his vulgar comments about women. Trump strove to blend a quieter, presidential tone with his usual tough rhetoric, warning that a Clinton victory would “destroy American health care forever.”

The White House contenders clashed from afar — Clinton in battleground Florida and Trump in Pennsylvania and Wisconsin — with the sprint to next Tuesday’s finish well underway.

“For my entire life, I’ve been a woman,” Clinton, who would be the nation’s first female president, declared in critical Florida. “And when I think about what we now know about Donald Trump and what he’s been doing for 30 years, he sure has spent a lot of time demeaning, degrading, insulting and assaulting women.”

Trump has faced multiple allegations of sexual misconduct in recent weeks, complicating his efforts to win over women in both parties. He has denied every accusation, but Obama said there was a pattern at work to which voters needed to pay heed.

“This is a lifetime of calling women pigs and dogs and slobs,” Obama said at a rally in Ohio. “The part we’re concerned about is if we start acting like this is normal.”

For Trump, he spent the day relentlessly on message, eschewing wild tangents and political fights in favour of carefully scripted remarks fo-

cused on health care and attacks on his opponent.

He cautioned that Clinton’s plan to strengthen “Obamacare” would lead to dire consequences, although he offered few specifics about his own plan.

“If we don’t repeal and replace Obamacare, we will destroy American health care forever,” Trump charged in a speech outside Philadelphia.

He also promised, if elected, to call a special session of Congress to replace the law. However, Congress would already be in session when the next president takes office, raising the question of just what he meant.

Clinton worked to ensure voters would not forget Trump’s most damaging moments six days before the election.

Alicia Machado, a former beauty queen who Trump previously described as “Miss Piggy,” introduced the Democratic nominee before her appearance in central Florida.

“He was cruel,” Machado said of Trump’s criticism of her weight. “For years afterward I was sick, fighting back eating disorders.”

Trump spent several days in late September assailing the winner of his 1996 Miss Universe pageant and encouraging his Twitter followers to view her “sex tape,” although none exists. The Machado appearance was in line with Clinton’s broader closing argument against Trump.

“He thinks belittling women makes him a bigger man,” Clinton said. “He doesn’t see us as full human beings.”

Clinton also unveiled a television ad set to run in eight battleground states, including his remark caught in a 2005 video that he kissed women and grabbed their genitals without permission.

Chinese state media say all 33 coal miners trapped underground in a gas explosion earlier this week have been found dead.

Two miners survived Monday’s explosion but rescuers working around the clock found no others alive. All bodies have been recovered and rescuers were shown bowing their heads in memorial for the dead.

Gas explosions inside mines are often caused when a flame or electrical spark ignites gas leaking from the coal seam. Ventilation systems are supposed to prevent gas from becoming trapped.

The State Administration of Work Safety ordered an investigation, saying those responsible must be strictly punished. Local officials in Chongqing also ordered smaller mines to shut down temporarily.

China’s mining industry has long been among the world’s deadliest.

Toddler killed at mom’s LA workplace co-worker arrested LOS ANGELES — A man has been arrested on suspicion of fatally stabbing his co-worker’s 3-yearold daughter at their workplace in downtown Los Angeles.

The woman picked her daughter up from daycare and brought her to work at a garment factory on Monday.

When the woman stepped away from her work station, the Los Angeles Police Department says a co-worker began stabbing the girl without warning.

The girl, known as “Baby Ruby,” died at a hospital.

Thirty-four-year-old Ricardo Augusto Utuy was arrested and booked on a murder charge. It’s unclear if he has an attorney.

The motive is unclear.

Police Capt. Jorge Rodriguez tells the Los Angeles Times that witnesses reported the man would laugh and talk to himself. Witnesses tell KNBC-TV that the man was newly hired.

Ex-Marine admits in court to killing other Marine’s wife SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. — A former Marine shocked the courtroom during his own murder trial, admitting to strangling the wife of another Marine and pushing her head-first down an abandoned mine shaft in the remote California desert.

Christopher Brandon Lee, 27, made those statements after taking the stand Thursday in testimony that continued into Tuesday, The Desert Sun reported.

Lee had pleaded not guilty to killing 19-year-old Erin Corwin, with whom Lee’s suspected of having an affair.

“I’m no longer scared to tell the truth. People have to know what I did,” Lee testified in San Bernardino County Superior Court.

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Blast shutters vital pipeline

ALABAMA

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ELENA, Ala. — A deadly explosion that sparked a geyser of fire has shut down a vital pipeline supplying gasoline to millions of people across the Southeast, raising fears of another round of gas shortages and price increases after the pipeline’s second accident and shutdown in two months.

Continuing fires in the drought-stricken area of central Alabama hampered officials’ efforts to fully assess the damage Tuesday afternoon, and firefighters built an earthen berm to contain the burning fuel.

The accident happened when a dirt-moving track hoe struck the pipeline, ignited gasoline and sparked a blast Monday, killing one worker and injuring five others, Georgia-based Colonial Pipeline said.

Four of the injured remained hospitalized, Colonial spokesman Bill Berry said Tuesday afternoon in nearby Helena, Alabama. UAB Hospital, where the injured were treated, declined to release information on them, citing requests by their families for privacy.

Another worker was treated for less-severe injuries and released from a hospital, Berry said.

The company said it hoped to restart the pipeline as early as the weekend. As much as 168,000 gallons of gasoline could have burned, spilled, evaporated or remained in the pipeline, the company said.

The explosion happened a few miles from where the Colonial pipeline sprung a leak and spilled 252,000 to 336,000 gallons of gasoline in September.

After the leak, the company used one of Colonial’s two main lines to move gasoline as it made repairs, but it still led to days of dry pumps and higher gas prices in Alabama, Georgia, Tennessee and the Carolinas while repairs were made.

Contractors were working on repairs related to the September leak when gasoline ignited and spread fire to the pipeline, the U.S. Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration said

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An Alabaster firefighter walks near the scene of an explosion of a Colonial Pipeline, Monday in Helena, Ala. Colonial Pipeline said in a statement that it has shut down its main pipeline in Alabama after the explosion in a rural part of the state outside Birmingham.

Tuesday.

The nine-member crew was using the track hoe to excavate the pipeline so that permanent repairs from the September leak could be made, Colonial Pipeline executive Gerald Beck said.

The pipeline provides nearly 40 per cent of the region’s gasoline and usually runs at or near full capacity. Together Colonial’s two lines carry more than 2 million barrels of fuel a day.

By mid-day Tuesday, Colonial Pipeline said it was able to restart the second of its two main lines, which carries diesel fuel and jet fuel.

The severity of the gasoline shortage will depend on how long the gasoline pipeline remains closed, AAA spokesman Mark Jenkins said.

“We would encourage drivers not to panic, so don’t run to the gas station and start filling up every gas can you can,” said AAA spokeswoman Tamra Johnson.

After the September leak, Colonial said it made up some of the gasoline shortfall by sending gas through the line that usually carries diesel and jet fuel. The company has not said whether it will do so again.

SOUTH KOREA

President replaces premier, others amid scandal

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EOUL, Korea, Republic Of — South Korea’s embattled president replaced her prime minister and two other top officials on Wednesday in a bid to restore public confidence amid a political scandal involving her longtime friend.

The reshuffles came as prosecutors are investigating whether a personal friend of Park’s with no government job used her ties with the president to pull government strings from the shadows and pushed businesses to donate money to foundations she controlled. Prosecutors are expected to seek an arrest warrant for the friend, Choi Soon-sil, later Wednesday.

Park acknowledged last week Choi had edited some of her speeches and provided public relations help. South Korean media speculate Choi likely played a much larger role in government affairs.

Park’s office said Wednesday she nominated Kim Byong-joon, a former top policy adviser for late liberal President Roh Moo-hyun, as her new prime minister.

The nomination, which requires parliamentary approval, is seen as an effort by the conservative Park to reach out to liberals for bipartisan support amid the scandal that has already forced her to fire eight presidential aides. The two other Cabinet jobs that Park reshuffled were the finance minister and safety minister, and their nominations aren’t subject to parliamentary endorsement though they must undergo hearings at the National Assembly.

South Korea’s main opposition Democratic Party immediately criticized Park’s reshuffles, saying it’s an attempt to divert attention from the scandal.

It said Park must reveal the whole truth about her ties with Choi and the scandal.

Latest public surveys put Park’s approval rating at about 10 per cent, the lowest since her inaugura-

tion in February 2013. The surveys showed about half of respondents think Park should resign or be impeached by lawmakers. Thousands of people rallied in Seoul over the weekend, demanding Park’s resignation.

South Korea’s executive power is concentrated in the president, but the prime minister, the No. 2 government post, leads the country if the president becomes incapacitated.

Choi has been close to Park since Choi’s father, the leader of a religious cult, gained Park’s trust by reportedly convincing her that he could communicate with her assassinated mother. Choi’s father denied that in a 1990 media interview.

Park has already long been criticized for an aloof manner and for relying on only a few longtime confidantes. That she may have been outsourcing sensitive decisions to someone outside of government, and someone connected with a murky, lurid backstory, has incensed many.

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Sharing indigenous culture and community

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love being Canadian. I’m proud to be a Blackfeet Métis woman. I’m proud to wear a flag patch when I travel to other countries. I like being accused of being too polite. I recognize the virtues attributed to Canadians Tanya come from the original teachings of First Peo- Wardple who lived on this Schur land a long time ago. I believe that the seven sacred teachings of respect, honesty, humility, love, wisdom, truth, and courage are the reason that the indig-

enous people have survived the impact of colonization, treaty making, the residential school era (1886-1996) and the 60s scoop that separated our children from their land, their families and their culture. It is these teachings that enable us to heal and to be willing to sit in circles of truth and reconciliation. We’ve survived, but I also see signs that we are beginning to thrive again. I hope that together we can explore these topics more, build a deeper understanding of Canada’s history, and gain a new awareness about the indigenous people and their contributions that make Canada the great place we call home.

Through this column, it is the

intention of Red Deer Native Friendship Society to share its indigenous culture with you. One of our main teachers is Coyote, sometimes called the Trickster. I think I’m a little like a coyote in that I can be like an irritating pup “nipping at the heels” of bureaucratic white tape until it brings some sort of action. I’ll try to share some of my experiences in a way that will make you laugh out loud, and maybe make you angry enough to stand with the indigenous community to right past wrongs. Unlike Wile E. Coyote (from Road Runner) our coyote stories provide messages about how to learn from our mistakes and always have an underlying moral

message that enables us to live in greater harmony as members of our community.

There are so many wonderful stories that took place on this land, and I am grateful for the opportunity to share the rich indigenous culture and stories with the citizens of Red Deer through this column. You are to submit questions to me and I’ll do my best to find the answers and introduce you some of the amazing indigenous people that are making Red Deer home. Thank you for making time to join this circle of sharing.

Tanya Ward-Schur is the executive director of the Red Deer Native Friendship Society.

SYLVAN LAKE

Wood Shed brings axe throwing craze to Central Alberta

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any of us have heard the stereotype that every Canadian is a lumberjack, but the truth is the majority of us have never seen one.

I got the opportunity to become a little more familiar on what it means to be a lumberjack, when I visited the Wood Shed in Sylvan Lake on Saturday to take aim at axe throwing.

Until that point, I wasn’t aware that a place like this existed but let me say it “axceeded” my expectation.

“It’s been more popular in Eastern Canada, but it’s been slowly making its way over here,” said Cole Smith, Wood Shed manager.

“There’s one in Calgary and Edmonton, but we’re the only one in Central Alberta. We have a lot of people from Red Deer coming out to try it, not just Sylvan Lake.”

Essentially, it’s a lot like playing darts. However, instead of firing darts, you’re firing axes. Sounds fun, right?

The target has three rings including a bull’s-eye and each ring is worth points. The outside ring is worth one point, the inner ring is worth three points and the bull’s-eye is worth five points.

There are also two small green circles above the target worth seven points that can only be thrown at on a person’s final throw of the game.

The Wood Shed has been open since Sept. 24 and like any other new business, the company has had its ups and downs.

“We’ve had busy days where we have every lane full, and we’ve had days that aren’t as good, but we’re in that moment of trying to get the word out,” said Smith.

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Cole Smith fires axes at the Wood Shed in Sylvan Lake on Saturday. The Wood Shed has been open to the public since late September.

There’s no question the idea of throwing axes is pretty exciting and what’s really nice about it is that the sport doesn’t discriminate.

Smith said for the most part, everybody seems to be able to do it.

“We had one person who had a really hard time with it, but even then we finally got her to stick a few, and she was really happy about it,” he said.

The Wood Shed also plans on

beginning league play sometime in January.

To learn more about axe throwing visit www.woodshedaxe.ca. jonathan.guignard@reddeeradvocate.com

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eed, ganga, pot — whatever you call marijuana, facts about its risks and benefits seem harder to come by than a sober fan at a Willie Nelson concert.

But facts we need! More than 31 million U.S. adults smoke marijuana, and alDrs. Roizen & Oz most 8.5 million use pot a lot, according to a recent study published in The Lancet Psychiatry. Somewhere around 1,246,170 folks in 24 states have authorized prescriptions for medical marijuana (that number includes estimates from states that don’t require registration, and New Hampshire and Maryland, where no numbers are available yet). Plus, the National Institute on Drug Abuse estimates that almost 45 per cent of 12th graders and 16 per cent of 8th graders have smoked marijuana at least once.

Ironically, the more folks smoke pot (the increase since 2002 is about 30 per cent), the less people believe it delivers real physical and psychological

IN SHORT HEALTH

Have a kid with migranes? Sugar pills work as well as drugs CHICAGO — Sugar pills worked as well at preventing kids’ migraines as two commonly used headache medicines, but had fewer side effects, in a study that may lead doctors to rethink how they treat a common ailment in children and teens.

It’s the first rigorous head-to-head test in kids of two generic prescription drugs also used for adults’ migraines: topiramate, an anti-seizure medicine, and amitriptyline, an anti-depressant.

The idea was to see if either drug could reduce by half the number of days kids had migraines over a month’s time. Both drugs worked that well — but so did placebo sugar pills.

The results “really challenge what is typical practice today by headache specialists,” said study author Scott Powers, a psychologist at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital’s headache centre.

The study was released online Thursday in the New England Journal of Medicine. The National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke and National Institute of Child Health and Human Development paid for the research.

“The fact that it shows that two of the most commonly used medications are no more effective than a placebo and have adverse effects makes a very clear statement,” said Dr. Leon Epstein, neurology chief at Ann & Robert Lurie H. Children’s Hospital of Chicago. Epstein said it should lead neurologists to rely on other prevention strategies he advises lifestyle changes including getting more sleep and reducing stress, which he said can help prevent migraines in teen patients.

Up to 10 per cent of U.S. school-aged kids have migraines the debilitating headaches tend to persist into the teen years and adulthood.

risks. True, for folks who use it for medical benefits such as end-stage-cancer pain relief, to stimulate appetite in the face of chemotherapy or to ease Parkinson’s symptoms, the risks may be less significant than the benefits, but for purely recreational users, especially heavy users, well, some think it can send your health up in smoke.

One study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences showed frequent marijuana smokers LOST eight IQ points between the ages of 13 and 38! And even if they quit as adults, the researchers found the youthful indulgers’ mental ability did not fully recover. Fortunately, folks who start smoking pot as an adult do not show such a decline in IQ.

Your lungs on pot

There are potential benefits

Any smoke, be it from a wood fire, a cigarette or a joint, delivers toxins to the lungs. Inhaling deeply and holding your breath when smoking marijuana increases exposure. Additionally, researchers from Health Canada found ammonia in pot smoke at levels up to 20 times that of tobacco; hydrogen cyanide and aromatic amines at concentrations three to five times that of tobacco smoke; and sidestream (secondhand) marijuana smoke with more carcinogenic polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) than secondhand tobacco smoke. Frequent users risk developing chronic cough, phlegm production, wheezing and acute bronchitis. Those hydrocarbons also contribute to inflammation throughout your body, including in your joints, your back, your arteries and your brain. So while you may feel less back or joint pain while smoking, you may actually increase the pain from which you’re seeking relief.

These same inflammatory molecules don’t seem to accumulate when marijuana is eaten. But if you’re going to eat pot brownies, gummies or hard candies, beware of kids’ access to them. Overdoses are dangerous — and increasingly common — among children who pick up pot-laced foods left lying around.

When used in a well-regulated program to address specific medical issues, marijuana can convey some benefits. For example, one study found that users had 16 per cent lower fasting insulin levels and smaller waist sizes than non-users, so marijuana may be helpful in controlling Type 2 diabetes. Medical marijuana does seem to ease multiple sclerosis spasms and reduce vomiting from cancer medications, according to the NIDA. And some studies find that marijuana extracts ease neuropathic diabetes pain, while others do not.

Your brain on ganga The most serious cognitive risks from marijuana are to teens (especially girls) and guys up to age 24.

Don’t go one toke over the line Whatever you think about smoking marijuana recreationally or taking it for medicinal purposes, clearly it is increasingly accepted by many people and state legislatures. So what’s needed is a realistic understanding of its risks. If you smoke or munch it, be aware of pot’s ever-increasing potency and avoid heavy use. Discourage kids from using it at all. And treat it with the same understanding of its inherent risks and benefits as you do — or should — alcohol, which can be used in a recipe for a tasty fish stew or be a toxic substance that kills.

Mehmet Oz, M.D. is host of “The Dr. Oz Show,” and Mike Roizen, M.D. is Chief Wellness Officer and Chair of Wellness Institute at Cleveland Clinic. To live your healthiest, tune into “The Dr. Oz Show” or visit www. sharecare.com.

HEALTH

Study: skin patch could help kids with peanut allergies

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ASHINGTON — A wearable skin patch may help children who are allergic to peanuts by delivering small doses of peanut protein, according to a new study that calls for the therapy to be further explored.

The study, published in the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, found that nearly half of those treated with the Viaskin Peanut patch for one year were able to consume at least 10 times more peanut protein than they were able to prior to treatment.

The biggest benefit came for those from 4 years old to 11 years old. Participants older than 12 didn’t see as much of an effect, the study found.

The therapy works by training the immune system to tolerate small amounts of peanuts, said Dr. Daniel Rotrosen, of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, part of the National Institutes of Health, which is funding the ongoing clinical trial.

‘OTHER RECENT ADVANCES HAVE RELIED ON AN ORAL ROUTE THAT APPEARS DIFFICULT FOR APPROXIMATELY 10 TO 15 PER CENT OF CHILDREN AND ADULTS TO TOLERATE.’ — DR. DANIEL ROTROSEN NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES

“Other recent advances have relied on an oral route that appears difficult for approximately 10 to 15 per cent of children and adults to tolerate,” Rotrosen said.

While the trial found the immunotherapy treatment to be “potentially effective,” it cautioned that the study is limited. Further investigation is needed to find out if “the modest clinical changes noted will be enhanced after a longer duration of therapy,” the study said.

Those long-term results should be available in the future because the trial is continuing.

The Viaskin Peanut patch hasn’t been approved by the Food and Drug Administration.

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Zika ravages fertility of mice: study raises concern about men

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ika virus ravages the testes of male mice, sharply reducing sperm counts and fertility, says a study that raises a new spectre about its threat to people.

Experiments found testes of infected mice shrank about 90 per cent by weight, while their output of useful sperm fell by three-quarters on average, and often more. Now it’s time to find out if Zika causes similar damage in men, experts said.

“We just don’t know that yet,” said Michael Diamond of the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, a senior author of the study.

The virus is known to infect a man’s reproductive system and persist in sperm and semen, “so it’s in the right place,” he said.

Diamond said he suspects that in mice, the damage is permanent.

But mice are not men, and experts unconnected with the study agreed that it can’t be assumed that the mouse results apply to people.

Shannan Rossi, who studies Zika in mice at the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston, noted that the researchers had suppressed the animals’ immune system defence

against the virus. That’s a standard step in such experiments but it adds another level of difference from humans, she said.

Zika, which is transmitted by the bite of a tropical mosquito, is such a mild disease in people that most who get it don’t even know they are sick. But it can cause serious birth defects if women are infected while pregnant, so health officials have been concerned mostly with helping women who are pregnant or about to become pregnant avoid the disease.

Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases in Bethesda, Maryland, said the study alerts researchers to look for effects in men.

“Don’t jump to the conclusion right off that this is definitely what is happening to the human,” he said.

But the mouse finding is a “red flag you need to pursue.”

The mouse results appear in a paper released Monday by the journal Nature. They show the virus attacks the anatomical structure where sperm are made and reach maturity.

Testosterone levels also fell. The infected mice were able to impregnate females at only about one-fourth the normal rate. And in females that got pregnant, the number of fetuses was less than half of normal.

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An Aedes aegypti mosquito known to carry the Zika virus, is photographed through a microscope at the Fiocruz institute in Recife, Pernambuco state, Brazil.

Zika virus ravages the testes of male mice, sharply reducing sperm counts and fertility, said a study that raises a new specter about its threat to people. The mouse results appear in a paper released Monday, Oct. 31, by the journal Nature.

HEALTH

Electronic gadgets could be keeping kids up at night TWICE AS LIKELY TO SLEEP LESS THAN NINE HOURS

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f you shrugged off the new screentime guidelines issued by the American Academy of Pediatrics earlier this month, you may want to grab your kid’s tablet back for a second and re-evaluate your position.

An analysis published Monday in JAMA Pediatrics of data from 26,000 children provides the strongest evidence yet of a link between bedtime use of electronic devices and poor sleep, inadequate sleep and excessive daytime sleepiness.

While the popular characterization of America’s sleep-deprived children walking around like little zombies is a bit of an exaggeration, the problem is a serious one. Researchers say that our overscheduled and mediaaddicted kids, especially teens, are experiencing an epidemic of sleep disorders and that this is contributing to all sorts of health issues, including obesity,

depression, anxiety, hyperactivity, enhanced appetite, mood issues, slower reaction times and degraded memory. In recent years, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has been pushing for later start times for middle schools and high schools as a way to increase the odds that teens can get in the eight-hour minimum. That idea is supported by science but has been controversial for all kinds of financial, logistical and political reasons.

The new JAMA Pediatrics paper, led by researcher Ben Carter at King’s College London, involved analyzing past studies of school-age children between the ages of 6 and 19 in North America, Europe, Asia and Australia. Carter and his colleagues found that children who have mobile media devices at bedtime are more than twice as likely to sleep less than nine hours a night. Those who keep phones or other gadgets in their rooms are 50 percent more likely to get poor sleep and 200 percent more likely to be excessively sleepy during the day.

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As marijuana legalization spreads, more pets getting high

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tar, a petite six-year-old sheltie who competes in dog agility shows, almost missed a contest this month. She had spent the previous night at the vet, totally stoned on pot.

Her drug trip was an accident.

Star lives in Oregon, where recreational use of marijuana became legal last year. Her owner’s husband had left some loose-leaf pot on the dining room table, and Star got curious. That was days after her sister, Kicker, gobbled up a pot-infused hard candy she found in the car, leaving her wobbling and incontinent. A veterinarian gave both dogs activated charcoal to absorb the toxin, which contributed to nearly $3,000 in medical bills and caused Star to poop in the ring during her competition.

“It was a bad week,” said the dogs’ owner, Susan Fry, of South Lebanon, Ore. But it was probably a fairly routine week for the clinic that treated the dogs. As more jurisdictions legalize marijuana, veterinarians across the country say they are seeing a sharp increase in cases of pets accidentally getting high. Tasty “edibles” such as muffins and cookies that people consume for a buzz are also appealing to animals, who can’t read warning labels, and, in the case of dogs, rarely stop at just one pot brownie.

“Dogs used to kind of chew on the stash growing in the basement. Now they’re finding a big bag of gummy bears,” said Heidi Houchen, a veterinarian at VCA Northwest Veterinary Specialists in a suburb of Portland, which treats a few marijuana cases a week. “Dogs are Hoovers. Dogs are the rock eaters.”

These incidents, which are rarely fatal, have driven a 330 percent increase over the past five years in calls about pets on pot to the Pet Poison Helpline, said Ahna Brutlag, a veterinary toxicologist who is associate director of the Minnesota-based animal poison control center. Two-

thirds of the calls involve marijuana edibles, and nearly all involve dogs, she said. Veterinarians also cited examples of chihuahuas lapping up bong water, cats being exposed to vaping, and even rabbits, ferrets and birds getting accidentally stoned.

In the year after pot became legal for recreational use in Oregon, DoveLewis, a large emergency veterinary clinic in Portland, saw a 63 per cent increase in marijuana toxicity cases despite a client base growth of just seven per cent, said Alaina Buller, a clinic spokeswoman. Those findings echoed the results of a 2012 study that found such cases quadrupled at two Colorado veterinary clinics in the five years after medical marijuana was legalized in that state.

As several YouTube videos illustrate, baked pets look a lot like really high people: Glassy-eyed, teetering, lethargic and pretty pathetic. In the case of Nigel, a 1-year-old pet teacup pig who was vacationing with his family in Nantucket this summer, it led to a serious case of the munchies.

One member of the family - none of whom would agree to be identified in this article - had recently been in Colorado, where he had acquired pot peanut butter cookies that were in his backpack. Nigel, who was described as having a voracious appetite when sober, rooted them out and left the empty package as evidence.

“Very soon, we had a very stoned pig on our hands,” said one witness, a 54-year-old writer who lives in New York City. “He’s just wandering around the kitchen desperate for food, doing a lot of whining and oinking. Then eventually, he just passed out.”

Animals can sleep off a marijuana high in many cases, according to veterinarians interviewed, all of whom said they immediately suspect the substance when an incontinent pet shows up. Other common toxins, such as caffeine or pesticides, can be far more dangerous. But veterinarians say there’s growing concern about the increased potency of today’s marijuana edibles, many of which are made with butters or oils infused

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Nigel, a teacup pig with a big appetite, got even hungrier after eating peanut butter cookies that contained marijuana. with highly concentrated tetrahydrocannabinol, or THC. Many also contain chocolate, which can be fatal to dogs.

Marijuana ingestion by animals can lead to vomiting, racing or slowed heart rates, tremors or even seizures. Veterinarians said it is usually treated by inducing vomiting or administering intravenous fluids or anti-nausea medications. In some cases, medications to control heart rates or tremors are necessary.

“Most of them just need a night of detox,” said veterinarian Shawn Thomas, who owns Tanasbourne Veterinary Emergency near Portland. The worst cases, Thomas said, involve owners who have also partaken. He recalled one standard poodle that was hospitalized for more than two days after devouring THC-infused butter. Its owner, Thomas said, didn’t quickly realize the dog was suffering because “he was blitzed out of his mind, too.”

“Ten years ago, we would have told you there’s no chance your dog is going to die of this,” he said. “But now, I tell people, it’s so much stronger, and you have a four-pound Chihuahua and it could die.”

Anson Graves, whose three-pound Chihuahua mix ate most of a pot brownie in August, said he really started to worry when the dog still could not walk 12 hours later. Rusty had fallen under the influence - accidentally, according to Graves, a 25-year-old waiter — amid the revelry of Bourbon Street in New Orleans, which recently decriminalized marijuana possession. Graves and his friends had stopped for beers and cocktails known as Hand Grenades when, he said, he looked down to see Rusty inhaling a packaged brownie

lying on the curb. The label indicated it contained 60 milligrams of THC, he said.

“I’ve had my experiences,” said Graves, who lives in Patterson, La. “That’s quite a bit for a dog.”

Half an hour later, Rusty was so lethargic that Graves headed home.

The next morning, he was “like a slinky,” said Graves, who posted a video of the stoned dog on his Facebook page. He called his vet, who advised rehydrating Rusty by offering him Pedialyte. That helped, but the dog wasn’t fully recovered until the fourth day, Graves said.

“He was trying to run and jump on the bed. But he’d just hit the bed,” said Graves, who added that Rusty’s New Orleans visits are over. “That was too much hassle.”

The upshot to widening legalization and tolerance of marijuana, veterinarians say, is that pet owners now readily admit when they know their animals have consumed it. In some cases, they even acknowledge having given their pets pot for medical purposes, said Lisa Parshley, a veterinary oncologist in Olympia, Wash.

Veterinarians are not allowed to prescribe medical marijuana, but Parshley said she had a client who used her own topical cannabis balm on her dog, which had end-stage cancer.

“The dog got a little drunk on the THC,” said Parshley. “I convinced her to reduce the dose, and darn if the dog didn’t do well for almost another month.”

Veterinarians say the biggest lesson from the increase in stoned pet patients is an obvious one: Pot, like any potentially dangerous substance, needs to be kept out of a pet’s reach.

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Search continues for a perfect late-night host

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merica’s garish presidential election has been a late-night host’s dream come true. The jobs are plentiful, and the jokes write themselves - so much so that everything started to look and sound the same.

Even the audiences sound the same, their laughter and applause forming prolonged Beatlemania-like squeals of agreement, a noise usually heard at actual political rallies. It’s not news to anyone that late-night, over the past four elections, became a way to excite the left and encourage the youth vote through sarcasm and satire.

Late-night audiences have been whooping and barking since the Arsenio Hall days, but this is noise is different, louder, approving of the rant, the tirade, the cutting quip.

While watching a recent taping of Late Night With Seth Meyers in Washington, D.C.’s Warner Theatre, I was struck by how willing the audience was to over-effuse, whether producers gestured for them to do so or not, ensuring that every single punchline in Meyers’ (certainly sharp) Weekend Update-style opening monologue sounded as if Hillary Clinton had secured another electoral-college vote. Laughter has been replaced by shrieking assent.

The jokes also meet one another coming around the corner, unable to avoid duplication. Take Trump’s resentment over an Emmy snub, which came up during his last debate with Clinton on Oct. 19. CBS’ Late Show host, Stephen Colbert, made a taunting joke that night with two of his own Emmy statuettes (“You know Donald, you really should get one - they’re fantastic”) and then, four nights later on HBO, Last Week Tonight host John Oliver went for what is essentially the same laugh, offering to hand his own recently won Emmy statuette over to Trump in exchange for the candidate’s acceptance of the election’s results. (“That way if you lose, you still win.”)

Oliver isn’t ripping off Colbert, per se. It’s just that there are so many flies buzzing around the same piles of elephant dung, on multiple platforms, all across the overpopulated late-night comedy landscape. What a great ride it’s been for wise-asses everywhere, giving new spark to the predictable shows (HBO’s Real Time With Bill Maher for example) and an easy boost to stragglers (such as Chelsea Handler’s halfhearted attempt to bring the after-hours talk format to Netflix). And what a godsend for the geeks in charge of tallying unique visitors and digital hits, as well as network executives still obsessed with claiming victory in late-night.

But the fun’s all going to end — or at least shift considerably — in a few days, and then what?

Perhaps no group becomes more vulnerable Nov. 9 than the crowd of men (Colbert and Oliver, plus Trevor Noah, Meyers, Maher, Chris Hardwick, Jimmy Fallon, Jimmy Kimmel, Conan O’Brien and - sigh - James Corden, if I absolutely must type his name) and two women (Samantha Bee and Handler) known as latenight hosts, some of them still vying to replace the void left by Jon Stewart, who retired from Comedy Central’s Daily Show last year. Nowhere is that burden more acutely felt than on the Daily Show itself, where Noah does capable work but has nevertheless drifted off the radar.

Each of these shows and their hosts are utterly dependent on viral online sharing of their political bits, sketches and diatribes to draw that still-profitable demographic known as TV viewers. For months now they have luxuriated in political humor, 90 per cent of it courtesy of Trump’s campaign.

Not so long ago, a late-night host’s job was to merely lubricate the release valves on the news-cycle machine. Today’s late-night hosts pursue a more hybrid role - part investigative reporter and part op-ed firebrand. They also played an intimate role in viewers’ lives, as the people we chose to fall asleep with each night. Then the anxiety of politics stepped in with an onslaught of newly appointed hosts and new shows.

Enough time has passed to ask: Which one of them is doing the best job?

In some ways that can’t be answered, because we’re still trying to answer a different question: What do we want them to be? Hosts? Pundits?

Should they be exclusively male and dress only in a suit and tie? Given the tenor of the times, would it be better if a black host rose to the top? Should they be true-blue American? (Noah is South African; Oliver is British, married to an American; Bee has dual Canadian-American citizenship.)

Do we want someone who is exactly like Stewart, whose die-hard fans still bemoan his departure just as Trump’s campaign took off? Or more like David Letterman, who, if he could have summoned the energy to do so, would certainly have given both candidates a sardonic vetting?

The truth is they are all talented, yet they each fall short in a different way. It’s not that we need Stewart or Letterman to come back; it’s just that we’re still mentally assembling a super-host from the options we now have. Isn’t that what the social networks do to them each morning slice them into choice cuts?

Thirteen months into his “Late Show” run (and after a change in

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Stephen Colbert, host of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, is one of many late night hosts in a crowded landscape. showrunners last spring), Colbert has made a clear case for his seasoned wit, but forget everything else — the gorgeous Ed Sullivan Theater makeover, the blue suits that match the set, the band (it’s probably great fun to catch Jon Batiste and friends in a French Quarter jazz club, but the groove never quite materializes on TV). All that effort simply dragged the show down.

Although still short of Fallon’s Tonight Show ratings, Colbert’s Late Show numbers have improved, thanks to a doubling-down on all things Trump. During the Republicans’ convention, Colbert revived the fictionally right-wing character that made

him famous, delighting fans. Presumably they’ll be even more thrilled when he takes his act to Showtime for a live Election Night special that will take advantage of premium cable’s uncensored playground. But if we keep encouraging Colbert to deviate from his job description, then at some point CBS will have to revisit the task of replacing Letterman.

Colbert, who isn’t afraid of the prurient, routinely delivers some halfway funny skits and sight gags one recent vintage example had him dragging a chalkboard out for the purposes of making “One Diagram (that) Explains Every Conspiracy Against Trump.”

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Cosby lawyers press judge to exclude deposition from trial

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NORRISTOWN, Pa. — Bill Cosby’s lawyers pressed a judge Tuesday to keep the comedian’s damaging deposition in a decade-old lawsuit out of his sexual assault trial, saying Cosby agreed to answer questions under oath after being assured he wouldn’t be charged with a crime.

The defence has insisted Cosby had an oral promise from the district attorney at the time that he wouldn’t be prosecuted over a 2005 sexual encounter with Andrea Constand, a former Temple University basketball manager.

The judge previously refused to dismiss the charges on those grounds, but is now being asked to disallow the deposition when the case goes to trial in June.

A new district attorney had Cosby arrested last year, after the deposition was unsealed and dozens of new accusers came forward.

Cosby, now 79 and blind, has said his encounter with Constand was consensual. He could get 10 years in prison if convicted. He is free on $1 million bail.

The “Cosby Show” star once known as America’s Dad smiled as he arrived at the suburban Philadelphia courthouse with his entourage.

Judge Steven O’Neill, who is hearing pretrial arguments, suggested that Cosby’s decision to testify could have been strategic. He found no evidence that Cosby’s lawyers tried to get the promise in writing before letting him testify.

They might have thought it was better for him to testify than plead the Fifth Amendment and have a civil jury think he had something to hide, the judge said.

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Bell media announces Hip doc will roll out next year TORONTO — The Tragically Hip’s recent smash cross-country tour is getting the documentary treatment.

Bell Media says the doc, which has the working title “Man Machine Poem,” will roll out on several of its channels and platforms next year.

The media company is working on the project with Banger Films, which was behind the documentary “Rush: Beyond the Lighted Stage,” and directors Jennifer Baichwal and Nicholas de Pencier.

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Comedian and actor Bill Cosby (right) arrives at the Montgomery County courthouse, Tuesday, Nov. 1, 2016, in Norristown, Pa. Cosby’s lawyers pressed a judge Tuesday to keep his potentially damaging testimony from a lawsuit out of his sexual assault trial, saying it would be fundamentally unfair since Cosby thought he had a promise from the government that he would never be charged.

Defence attorney Brian McMonagle said the judge would set a bad precedent if he let the testimony in.

“I don’t want DAs making promises that they don’t later keep,” McMonagle said. “That strikes at the heart of fundamental unfairness.”

Cosby was questioned a decade ago as part of a lawsuit brought against him by Constand. The long-married comedian testified about a series of affairs with young women and said he sometimes gave

them pills or alcohol before sex. Constand eventually settled in 2006 for an undisclosed sum.

The pretrial hearing is expected to last two days, with another hearing on the evidence set for December.

The judge ordered a break Tuesday afternoon while the two sides tried to agree to some of the facts underlying their arguments.

O’Neill must also decide if 13 other accusers can testify against Cosby at the trial to show they were

drugged and molested in similar fashion.

Cosby’s lawyers want the judge to disallow such testimony about “prior bad acts,” saying prosecutors are reaching back to the “casting couch” era to round up accusers and build a “stale” case.

The defence contends the women’s memories have been compromised by time, age and widespread news coverage of the case.

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The tour, which ended with a nationally broadcast concert in the band’s hometown of Kingston, Ont., came after lead singer Gord Downie announced he has incurable brain cancer.

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The episode is set to air on CBS on Nov. 7.

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Ron Howard set for ‘Odd Couple’ tribute LOS ANGELES — Ron Howard is among those set to guest star in a tribute to late TV sitcom king Garry Marshall in an episode of “The Odd Couple” next week.

Marshall died in July at 81. He developed the original “Odd Couple” TV series from the 1970s and acted in the current CBS version in an April episode, playing the father of Matthew Perry’s character.

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Swift posted several pictures of herself on Instagram as Marvel’s Deadpool alongside some friends on Halloween night. She thanked Reynolds in one caption , calling him “the

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Beyonce, Jay Z dress as Barbie and Ken Beyonce and Jay Z boxed themselves up to pose as Barbie and Ken this Halloween.

The couple shared an Instagram photo early Tuesday showing them striking doll like poses inside oversized boxes describing them as “Black Barbie” and “Black Ken.” Their 5-year-old daughter Blue Ivy joined them, wearing a leather Barbie jacket.

The family has been busy dressing up this Halloween. Beyonce posted a montage of pictures of the family dressed in the style of 1990s female rap group, Salt-n-Pepa.

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As Iger’s exit nears, Disney quiet on succession

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s Walt Disney Co. Chief Executive Officer Bob Iger’s scheduled retirement date looms closer, the entertainment giant’s search for his replacement remains low-profile, a departure from the open process it previously employed.

It’s been seven months since heir apparent Tom Staggs’ abrupt departure left Iger without a clear-cut successor. The top executive recruiting firms say they haven’t been hired by Disney, and Iger hasn’t moved members of his executive team into newer or more prominent roles to audition them for the top spot. The company has said only that there is a process in place that the board is following which will include evaluating internal and external candidates.

While there’s still time to conduct a search before Iger’s contract ends in June 2018, the quiet nature of the current succession planning stands in sharp contrast to the widely watched, five-year bake-off from which Staggs emerged as the leading contender for the job. That’s fueling speculation that the board could request that Iger, 65, stay on longer than his scheduled retirement date, something it has already asked of him twice before.

“I don’t think anyone — employee, investor or director — would be hesitant in granting him a new contract,” said Anthony DiClemente, an analyst at Nomura Securities in New York.

“That could happen quickly and easily. Why hasn’t it happened already?

That’s a fair question.”

Iger said on a May conference call with investors that he didn’t have any plans to stick around past the current date.

“The board is very actively engaged in a succession process, as it has been actually for some time,” he said. “It believes that it has ample time to identify a successor under timing circumstances that will be just fine for the company.”

A spokeswoman for Disney declined to comment further. Disney board members on the governance and nominating committee, including former Starbucks Corp. CEO Orin Smith, Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey, Facebook Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg and former Clorox Chairman Robert Matschullat, didn’t respond or declined to comment.

Typically it takes a big public company six to seven months to complete a search once the board begins to contact and interview prospective candidates, though additional time is required before that, said Peter Crist, chairman of Crist Kolder Associates, a boutique search firm outside Chicago. “We do lots of mapping projects with the company that take

months” about the qualities it wants and needs in a new CEO, Crist said.

At Wal-Mart Stores, executive recruiter Spencer Stuart began consulting with directors about what the company needed in a new leader and who they should consider about a year before Doug McMillon was named the retailer’s CEO in November 2013, according to people familiar with the situation who asked not to be identified because they aren’t authorized to talk publicly. The board narrowed its search to two internal candidates, McMillon and former head of U.S. operations Bill Simon, about six months before making its final decision.

At Procter & Gamble, directors first started talking about replacing then-CEO Bob MacDonald in July 2012 and then asked A.G. Lafley to return as CEO and chairman in May 2013. Lafley, who’d already served as CEO at P&G from 2000 until 2009, immediately reorganized the company into four businesses, each headed by a president who was considered a contender for the CEO post. One of the four, David Taylor, was named global president of home care and subsequently also took charge of P&G’s beauty business.

In July 2015, Lafley and P&G’s other directors named Taylor the consumer giant’s new CEO, concluding the two-year process.

Iger himself was promoted in 2005 after a six-month search by the board. The executive, who had led Disney’s TV operations and international business and had served as president for five years, was evaluated against external candidates with help from Heidrick & Struggles, directors said at the time.

He got the top job only after a high-profile campaign by some shareholders to oust then-CEO Michael Eisner. Former directors in a long-running feud with the company still criticized Iger’s selection as hasty, but the board said it had been thorough and careful.

Until this year, it looked as if Disney’s choice for Iger’s successor would be more orderly, with a seasoned executive waiting in the wings in the COO position. Staggs had risen to the No. 2 spot at the company after a five-year period in which he and another senior manager, Jay Rasulo, competed with each other to become Iger’s successor, even switching jobs to give Staggs more experience operating a business and Rasulo exposure to the executive suite. Rasulo, then serving as chief financial officer, left the company last year after Staggs’s promotion to COO. Staggs’s exit, after failing to gain the full backing of Iger and the board, left no other internal candidate with both operational experience and a corporate role.

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Disney CEO Robert Iger speaks during a Bloomberg Television interview at the Shanghai Disneyland theme park in Shanghai, China. founding in 1923, only Eisner came from the outside. Eisner, who served from 1984 to 2005, joined the company from Paramount Pictures, where he was president.

While the board contemplates who will lead the company after June 2018, Iger remains active in planning how to shape Disney’s future. In recent weeks, he considered buying Twitter, but decided to pass, partly because of price and partly because of concern about bullying on the social-media site, people familiar with the matter said last month.

At an October event in Boston, Iger said it wasn’t enough for the company to own key brands like ABC, ESPN and Pixar. Disney needs to have a direct connection to consum-

ers through mobile devices, he said.

“What we’re thinking about a lot is what role does technology have in distributing from us to the consumer?” he said. “How must we invest in that?”

In its search for Iger’s replacement, Disney’s board should be casting a wide net, looking for candidates inside and outside the company, particularly ones with high-tech chops, said Paul Winum, a senior partner at the management consulting firm RHR International and co-author of “Inside CEO Succession.”

“The landscape is changing so rapidly, technology is opening up new distribution platforms, overseas markets will be a huge opportunities,” he said.

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DIY pet beds should be cozy, safe

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A dog next to a DIY pet bed project created by crafter Kelly Mindell of StudioDIY. com. Mindell transformed a large, plain yellow pillow into the emoji face with the help of iron-on fabric pieces cut into the shapes to make up the emoji expression.

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here are as many ideas for do-it-yourself pet beds as there are kinds of pets.

Projects range from simple sewing patterns to complex woodwork.

But the goal is a safe, customized bed that suits the pet, so that “your furry family members have a cozy place to curl up,” says Camille Smith, website managing editor for the home design channel HGTV. On the fancier side, some old vintage items lend themselves to eye-catching pet beds. Search your attic for a bulky old television from the pre-flat-screen era, for instance, or a boxy computer monitor once used for accessing MySpace. Remove the screen and gut the inside. Line the box with fabric and add a pillow so your cat or small dog can snuggle up inside.

Most pet-bed projects, however, don’t require you to track down hardto-get items. Many online tutorials suggest reclaiming a vintage dresser drawer and filling it with a cushion.

Woodworker Scott Lavigne came up with a plan to build a custom drawer from scratch for his dog.

“I’m a builder just by nature,” says Lavigne, founder of the blog sawsonskates.com. Creating a sleep space for his lhasa apso was a labour of love.

“It’s essentially just building a simple box,” he says even those inexperienced at woodworking could likely accomplish it in a weekend.

By changing the size of the pieces of wood used, his drawer project can easily be adapted for large dogs. Detailed instructions are on his blog.

Design blogger Kelly Mindell, creator of StudioDIY.com, customized and revitalized an old dog bed by ironing on emoji shapes that she cut out of iron-on fabric.

“A huge part of the DIY movement is the ability to adapt and customize an idea to reflect your own personality or needs,” Mindell says.

“Since emojis are all made of simple shapes like circles, half-moons and hearts, it’s easy to take the concept and change it as desired.”

Homemade pet beds can be practical alternatives to store-bought ones.

“Dog beds are not inexpensive,” says Lavigne, who designed his project to fit a standard bed pillow, which can be tossed in the washing machine when necessary.

A DIY pet bed also can be made to match the style of your home.

“For small dogs and cats, you can even upcycle an existing piece of furniture to create a side table that does double duty as a snug spot for curling up,” says Smith.

Lavigne’s project can be adapted by using different paint or stain colours, or choosing to distress the wood for a “shabby chic” look.

Safety, of course, is more important than how the bed looks.

“Be sure to make your pet’s comfort and safety the top priority,” Smith says. “Ensure your finished bed is extra cozy with no protruding nails or splintered wood.”

Also, make sure before you begin a project that it’s right for your particular pet, keeping the animal’s health in mind.

“For instance, an arthritic older dog may benefit from a memory foam mattress while a padded window perch may be the best cat-nap spot for a curious kitten,” says Smith.

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UCHAREST, Romania — All night long, a cold wind howled around the gothic castle that inspired the Dracula legend, as a Canadian brother and sister became the first people to pass the night there in 70 years.

But it wasn’t the wind that kept Robin Varma, a PhD student in political science, awake at Bran Castle in Transylvania. Rather it was the incessant chattering of his sister.

“He put the lid on his coffin so he could sleep. … He was sick of hearing me talk,” Tami Varma, an events manager from Ottawa, told The Associated Press Tuesday.

The pair outdid 88,000 people who entered a competition hosted

by Airbnb to get the chance to dine and sleep at the castle in Romania, by describing how their grandfather

— Devendra P. Varma, a scholar of English gothic tales and an expert in vampire lore — had visited the medieval fortress in 1971.

They arrived at dusk Monday in a stagecoach, and were welcomed by Dacre Stoker the great-nephew of Bram Stoker who wrote the 1897 horror novel. They later dined on chicken paprikash and red wine, serenaded by a string quartet, before curling up for the night in red-velvet-lined coffins — but sleep eluded them.

It wasn’t just the talking, or the wind howling, though. Another mysterious sound spooked the pair.

“We have a strong feeling there were invisible guests walking along the castle corridors last night, ” Tami Varma said, hinting that Count Dracula may have paid a fleeting visit.

“But we did live to see sunrise.”

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Nonprofit provides children with access to fresh produce

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ASHINGTON - Sarah Holway awoke one morning to a surprise: The art teacher’s D.C. school had been selected to help first lady Michelle Obama break ground later that day on a vegetable garden on the South Lawn of the White House.

Holway was running an elementary school garden, and she spent much of her time convincing co-workers how good such a program could be for the school. She made sure she was on that school bus to the White House on March 20, 2009, and she listened to the first lady tell the fifth-graders about the benefits of fresh and organic food - a concept then associated with elites and far from the mainstream.

“I knew school gardens were important, and I knew it felt like the right thing to do,” Holway said. “But that experience of the first lady doing it and highlighting its importance validated my instincts.”

Holway later told a friend, Lauren Shweder Biel about the experience.

Biel had been trying to start a neighborhood farmers market in northwest D.C. Together, they decided to start an organization that would propel the nascent school garden movement in the nation’s capital to reach more children.

DC Greens, which they founded in 2009, now has a multimillion-dollar annual budget and 12 full-time employees who are involved in many of the city’s healthful-food access programs, including a training program for school garden coordinators.

As Michelle Obama prepares to leave the White House, DC Greens wants to ensure that the legacy of her “Let’s Move” campaign - which aims to address the nation’s obesity problem - resonates in the District long after the Obama presidency’s end.

“With Michelle Obama, it became a sexy thing to put gardens in schools, but people weren’t thinking how best they can be used, how they can be incorporated into the curriculum,” Holway said.

Soon after they started DC Greens, Biel and Holway testified before the Washington, D.C., City Council in favor of a school gardens component in the 2010 D.C. Healthy Schools Act. The act passed and funded a fulltime school garden specialist at the Office of the State Superintendent of Education. That coordinator doles out grants for D.C. public and charter schools to have gardening programs, even allocating money so some schools can hire coordinators of their own. DC Greens has had a contract with OSSE to train the coordinators in gardening techniques, how to incorporate the garden into vari-

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Lauren Shweder Biel, left, the executive director of DC Greens, and Sarah Holway, the group’s education director, at the group’s farm in Washington, D.C. ous class subjects and how to teach children the importance of healthful food. The number of schools with gardens in the District has grown from 82 in 2011 to 127 in 2016, according to OSSE data.

“When I spoke to teachers and administrators, it used to be really hard to convince them to build a school garden. I don’t see a whole lot of that anymore, and that’s in large part because of what’s happening at the White House,” said Sam Ullery, OSSE’s school garden specialist.

“We’ve been working with DC Greens to ensure that school gardens are woven into the school and are an important part of the day for students.”

DC Greens now has distinct education, access and policy components.

It started “School Garden Markets,” where children sell the produce grown on school grounds and other produce that DC Greens grows on its own farm.

DC Greens has a nearly one-acre farm in the District. The land serves as Walker-Jones’s school garden, and DC Greens also uses it as a space to train educators and community residents. The farm grows kale, okra, asparagus, blueberries and more.

To help offset costs, some of the produce and flowers are sold to high-end restaurants in D.C. such as Rose’s Luxury. The Dabney uses borage flowers - sometimes called starflowers - from the farm to adorn its desserts.

DC Greens also operates the city’s “Fruit and Vegetable Prescription Program,” through which Unity

Health Care prescribes fruits and vegetables to low-income patients.

Those patients can take the prescriptions to designated places where they can collect their produce.

Council member Mary Cheh, who crafted the D.C. Healthy Schools Act, said the school garden portion of the legislation has been one of its most successful components. She said the legislation was prepared before the Obamas moved into the White House

but that the first lady’s work amplified the message of the bill. And DC Greens has helped ensure that the local schools most effectively leverage the resources made available through the legislation.

“It’s just been a wonderful experience for everyone. I’ve been amazed by how successful it’s been,” Cheh said. “With any kind of legislation, you really want to have people out there who push it.”

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Environment Minister Shannon Phillips introduced Bill 25 in the legislature Tuesday that, if passed and enacted, will forbid oilsands industries from collectively emitting more than 100 megatonnes of greenhouse gases a year.

OIL INDUSTRY

OILSANDS EMISSIONS CAPPED AT 100 MEGATONNES A YEAR

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DMONTON — The legal rubber has hit the road on Alberta’s promise to cap greenhouse gas emissions from the oilsands — the engine of the province’s

economy.

Environment Minister Shannon Phillips introduced Bill 25 in the legislature Tuesday that, if passed and enacted, will forbid oilsands industries from collectively emitting more than 100 megatonnes of greenhouse gases a year.

Phillips said the legislation would help green the industry while spurring innovation and growth.

“Alberta got the oil out of the sand. We can now get the carbon out of the barrel,” Phillips said at a legislature news conference.

“Alberta can be an energy producer and a world leader on climate action, and Alberta must get the most value for our resources and find new markets for our products.

“But we cannot do it unless we are taking credible action. This bill is a critical element of that story.”

The bill is part of a multi-faceted plan being introduced in stages by Premier Rachel Notley’s NDP government to reduce the effects of climate change and to remake Alberta’s energy infrastructure into one that relies more on renewables such as wind, solar and hydro power.

Alberta oilsands operators emit about 66 megatonnes of greenhouse gases a year. Government officials say that, without changes, those emissions will reach 100 megatonnes by 2030.

Phillips said the province is investing in new emissions-reducing technologies and “we have

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CALGARY — The Alberta government introduced legislation Tuesday that would cap annual emissions from the oilsands industry to 100 megatonnes. Here’s a look at how emissions from the oilsands have grown since 1990 and when they are forecast to hit the 100-megatonne limit: 1990: 15.3 megatonnes 1995: 21.5 megatonnes 2000: 24.5 megatonnes 2005: 34.2 megatonnes 2010: 53.5 megatonnes 2014: 67.8 megatonnes 2030: 100 megatonnes (estimate from Alberta government) Sources: Environment and Climate Change Canada, Alberta government faith in Alberta industries to deliver.”

Under the proposed legislation, cabinet would be responsible for making sure that the 100-megatonne cap is not breached. It would do so by regulations and mechanisms such as financial penalties for companies that fail to bring emissions within reasonable limits. Large industrial emitters currently pay $30 a tonne above certain emissions intensity thresholds.

There would be exceptions to the limit.

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operational as of this year would be subject to a separate 10-megatonne limit to recognize their role in creating new jobs and attracting investment.

Cabinet could also create exemptions for lowlevel producers, experimental operations and enhanced recovery projects if deemed worthwhile.

The rules are to take effect once the bill is passed and proclaimed, which is expected to happen in the current legislature sitting.

They are to be crafted with help from the Oilsands Advisory Group, an 18-member panel struck in July.

The advisory group is expected to report to the province early next year on the best ways to keep industry within the 100-megatonne limit, as well as suggest ways to innovate and advise on what the greenhouse gas landscape may look like after 2030.

The province has also promised to end coalfired electricity by 2030 and introduce incentives to expand wind, solar and hydro energy. Legislation in those areas is expected this sitting.

Progressive Conservative Leader Ric McIver called the bill and Alberta’s climate plan illconceived and shortsighted.

“The government has already made a decision to strand billions of dollars worth of coal in the ground, and now they’re looking at stranding billions of dollars of petroleum products in the ground,” said McIver.

On Jan. 1, a new carbon tax kicks in, which will increase prices at the gas pumps and on heating bills. There will be full or partial rebates for lowand middle-income Albertans.

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LEGALIZED MARIJUANA

Federal gov’t projected pot profits go up in smoke?

PBO SAYS TAX REVENUES ON LEGAL MARIJUANA TO BE LESS THAN $1 BILLION AT OUTSET

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TTAWA — The parliamentary budget watchdog is being a bit of a buzz kill when it comes to forecasting government revenue windfalls from legalized marijuana.

“We’re talking millions and millions — not billions and billions — of dollars of revenues,” Jean-Denis Frechette, the parliamentary budget officer, said Tuesday after releasing a study entitled, “Legalized Cannabis: Fiscal Considerations.”

The 77-page report finds that the federal government may have little fiscal space to heavily tax cannabis the way it does tobacco without pushing the legal price well beyond that of currently illicit pot.

What’s more, the Liberal government’s stated aims of decreasing marijuana use and accessibility for young Canadians while choking off pot revenues from organized crime will require a delicate balancing act, the study found.

Price legal pot too high and the black market will continue to flourish. Too low and governments could be seen to be encouraging its use.

The report projects sales tax revenue in 2018 could be as low as $356 million and as high as $959 million, with a likely take of about $618 million based on legalized retail cannabis selling for $9 per gram — in line with current street prices.

Those government revenues will increase in future years for a variety of reasons, says the report, including more consumption and price competition among increasing numbers of licensed producers, which will provide more room for higher marijuana taxation.

But overall, said assistant PBO Mostafa Askari, “the message is that

there really isn’t very much room for revenue over time.” He said U.S. states that have legalized have found that revenue streams can’t be tapped too aggressively without pushing the market back underground.

Predictions of a government pot bonanza in the billions of dollars annually have become commonplace since the Liberal government of Justin Trudeau came to office last year promising full legalization.

CIBC World Markets issued a report last January suggesting federal and provincial taxes could pull in as much as $5 billion a year from legal marijuana. A B.C. Liberal party report in 2013 suggested $4 billion annually in taxes from legalized pot.

A recent report from Deloitte posited that recreational marijuana as an industry could generate as much as $22.6 billion in economic activity, including $5 billion to $8.7 billion in retail market sales annually. But the government has consistently played down any revenue windfall.

“It was never about a moneymaker,” Prime Minister Justin Trudeau told The Canadian Press last December shortly after assuming office. “It was always about public health, public safety.”

Pot proceeds, he said, would not go into general revenues but would be earmarked for addiction treatment, mental health support and education programs.

Health Minister Jane Philpott reiterated that goal Tuesday.

“It’s not about the revenue,” Philpott said. “This is the right thing to do from a public health and public safety (standpoint).”

Provinces and territories will also have a significant say in how pot revenues are spent. The PBO study says about 60 per cent of marijuana taxation will flow to the provinces.

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Parliamentary Budget Officer Jean-Denis Frechette is seen before speaking with the media, in Ottawa on Tuesday.

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A legalized recreational marijuana market

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TTAWA — A look at some of the numbers associated with a legalized recreational marijuana market in Canada as compiled by the parliamentary budget officer: 655 — The number of metric tonnes of marijuana expected to be consumed by Canadians in 2018, rising to 734 metric tonnes in 2021.

98 per cent — That’s how much of Canada’s current yearly marijuana consumption is estimated to be consumed by the 41 per cent of pot

users who report daily or weekly use.

12.2 per cent — Proportion of Canada’s non-territorial population aged 15 and over that reported using cannabis at least once in 2011.

1.8 per cent — Proportion of population that reported using marijuana daily in 2011.

4.6 million — The midpoint of the PBO’s estimated number of Canadian cannabis consumers in 2018, rising to 5.2 million by 2021.

1.7 million — The midpoint estimate of 2018 cannabis users aged 15-24, more than a third of the total marijuana-using population.

“In contrast, only 18.6 per cent would be

in the age group 45 to 64, while seniors aged 65 and over would account for just 1.1 per cent,” says the PBO study.

36 — The number of licences issued to produce and sell medical cannabis as of Oct. 28, 2016. “Hundreds of other applications are ‘in progress’,” says the report.

4,000 — The number of kilograms of dried medical cannabis produced by licensed producers in the fourth quarter of 2015-16, representing only 2.5 per cent of estimated total quarterly demand in 2018.

5 — The number of North American jurisdictions that have legalized the production, distribution and sale of

recreational cannabis. Canada would join Alaska, Colorado, the District of Columbia, Oregon and Washington as recreational pot markets, while five other U.S. states have ballot measures this month on legalizing recreational pot. Uruguay has also legalized, while the Netherlands allows retail sales, but has not legalized cultivation and distribution.

Source: Legalized Cannabis: Fiscal Considerations by the parliamentary budget office.

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AIRLINE TRAVEL

WestJet posts near-record quarterly profit BASED ON EXPANDED ROUTES, CHEAPER FUEL

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ALGARY — WestJet Airlines Ltd. reported its best ever third-quarter profit Tuesday as expanded routes and lower fuel prices helped offset a continuing downturn in its home province.

The Calgary-based airline (TSX:WJA) said it had $116 million in net income, or 97 cents per share, in the three months ended Sept. 30 — up from $102 million, or 82 cents per share, in the same quarter last year for what it said was its second best quarter ever.

The increase comes as the company continues to expand its international offerings, adding a direct flight to Belize in the quarter, while its service to London’s Gatwick Airport moves to full-year service for the first time.

Overall, the company says it expects capacity growth of about nine per cent this year, with 1.5 per cent of that from domestic growth, while for 2017 it expects overall capacity growth of between 3.5 per cent and 5.5 per cent year over year.

The company said on an analyst conference call that it’s still looking for more positive indicators out of Alberta but is happy with performance in the province after cutting back capacity.

WestJet chief executive Gregg Saretsky said the Alberta carbon tax set to go into effect next year will have a limited effect on operations, but that future increases provincially and federally are a much bigger concern.

“We’re paying currently $60 million a year in fuel tax across the various provincial and federal jurisdictions in which we operate. Alberta starting January 1 will have a carbon tax that’ll add another couple or three million dollars in 2017,” said Saretsky.

“As that goes up, and as the federal government gets their hands on carbon taxes, the number could be very significant, upwards of $60 to $70 million, incremental, all of which we would work to pass through ticket prices.”

The Alberta government says the $20 a tonne carbon tax going in place in 2017 will add 5.17 cents

Business BRIEFS TD Bank raises prime rate for variable-rate mortgages to 2.85% TORONTO — TD Bank (TSX:TD) is raising the interest rate it charges customers with variable-rate mortgages.

The bank is increasing its TD Mortgage Prime rate to 2.85 per cent from 2.7 per cent, effective Tuesday.

Customers with fixed-rate mortgages are unaffected by the change.

TD’s prime rate for other products with a variable interest rate, such as lines of credit, are not affected as that rate remains at 2.7 per cent.

Borrowers with variable-rate mortgages often negotiate a discount to the prime rate, but the rate

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A Westjet pilot steers a jet into a terminal. WestJet Airlines Ltd. is reporting its best ever third-quarter profit Tuesday. per litre of jet fuel, rising to 7.75 cents per litre when the tax rises to $30 a tonne in 2018.

WestJet benefited from an almost 10 per cent drop in fuel costs per litre in the quarter compared with last year, with the company paying 57 cents per litre compared with 63 cents per litre in the third quarter of 2015.

Revenue was up 7.6 per cent to $1.12 billion from $1.05 billion and revenue passenger-miles, an industry measure of passenger traffic, was up 13.6 per cent to 6.4 billion thanks largely to the addition of the London route.

The London flights have been hit with numerous delays because of mechanical issues with the used

Boeing 767s the company took on for the route, resulting in significant compensation payouts to customers, but WestJet said reliability improved significantly in the quarter.

The company said it continues to consider further expansion across Canada, the U.S., and internationally and is actively negotiating with pilots on a new agreement that would cover an expanded wide-bodied fleet.

Saretsky said WestJet reached a tentative agreement with pilots over the past weekend that will now go to ratification with the WestJet Pilots’ Association.

they pay still goes up and down as the prime rate changes. The increase means borrowers with variable-rate mortgages at TD will see a larger portion of their mortgage payment go toward paying interest instead of repaying principal if their payment remains the same.

TD’s prime rate had been at 2.7 per cent since July 2015 when it was cut in the wake of a decision by the Bank of Canada to reduce its overnight rate target by a quarter of a percentage point to 0.5 per cent.

TD initially lowered its rate to 2.75 per cent from 2.85 per cent following the July 2015 central bank decision, but later cut it to 2.7 per cent to match the moves by the other big Canadian banks.

The report on August’s growth came as the July figure was revised lower to show an increase of 0.4 per cent compared with an initial reading of 0.5 per cent for the month.

Goods-producing industries grew 0.7 per cent in August, boosted by the mining, quarrying and oil and gas extraction sector which gained 1.4 per cent. The utilities sector rose 2.4 per cent driven by demand for electricity, particularly in Ontario, due to August heatwaves. Service-producing industries were essentially unchanged for the month.

StatsCan says economy grew 0.2% in August, helped by resources OTTAWA — Statistics Canada says the economy grew by 0.2 per cent in August, helped by the resource sector. The result matched the expectations of economists, according to Thomson Reuters.

Angie’s List may seek outside help, possible sale Angie’s List may be seeking a partner or a buyer after watching its sales slide for more than a year. Though third-quarter results released Tuesday were disappointing, shares surged 7 per cent in early trading on the possibility of a sale.

The stock closed Tuesday down 13 cents at $7.57, putting it down 19 per cent in the year to date.

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ATCO Ltd.. . . . . . . . . . . . 46.88 BCE Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60.28

BlackBerry . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.48 Bombardier . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.84 Brookfield . . . . . . . . . . . . 46.61 Cdn. National Railway . . 83.21 Cdn. Pacific Railway. . . 188.90 Cdn. Utilities . . . . . . . . . . 38.57 Capital Power Corp . . . . 20.66 Cervus Equipment Corp 13.45 Dow Chemical . . . . . . . . 53.78 Enbridge Inc. . . . . . . . . . 57.46 Finning Intl. Inc. . . . . . . . 24.00 Fortis Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . 43.52 General Motors Co. . . . . 31.48 Parkland Fuel Corp. . . . . 31.25 Sirius XM . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.84 SNC Lavalin Group. . . . . 53.86 Stantec Inc. . . . . . . . . . . 30.22 Telus Corp. . . . . . . . . . . . 43.30 Transalta Corp.. . . . . . . . . 5.88 Transcanada. . . . . . . . . . 60.59

MARKETS CLOSE TORONTO — Stock markets in Toronto and New York racked up losses Tuesday as the U.S. Federal Reserve kicked off a two-day policy meeting and uncertainty continued to dominate investors’ minds a week before Americans head to the polls.

In Canada, the S&P/TSX composite index lost 8.95 points at 14,778.32, as losses were kept in check by a rally in gold, health care and materials stocks.

The December gold contract rose $14.90 to US$1,288 an ounce, as investors bought the precious metal, which is viewed as a safe haven in turbulent times.

“This is a time that people really want the comfort of moving into something that they consider a little more stable,” said John Stephenson, president and CEO at Stephenson & Co. Capital Management.

“Given that we are in such uncertain times, it is likely that you could see gold move higher in the next week at least and possibly longer depending on what the (election) outcome is.”

The TSX was also helped as shares in Valeant Pharmaceuticals (TSX:VRX) soared more than 30 per cent, or $7.24, to $31.18 after a media report that it was in advanced talks to sell its stomach-drug business.

Valeant has seen its stock plunge about 90 per cent since its record high in August 2015 amid controversy about the company’s steep drug price increases and allegedly unorthodox business practices. It is being investigated by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and the U.S. Attorney’s offices in two states.

On Wall Street, the Dow Jones industrial average fell 105.32 points to 18,037.10 and

the S&P 500 faded 14.43 points to 2,111.72. The Nasdaq composite dropped 35.56 points to 5,153.58.

The U.S. Federal Reserve started a two-day meeting to decide on whether it will move on interest rates. It is widely expected that policy makers will keep interest rates stable, with the possibility of a hike to come next month.

Stock markets have seen increased volatility in recent days as voters prepare to head to polls for the U.S. presidential election on Nov. 8.

Stephenson said markets have not priced in the possibility of a win by Republican Donald Trump, who has seen his odds increase since the FBI announced last week it was reviewing more emails related to Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton’s private email server.

“Now, all of a sudden, you

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IN SHORT Microsoft: Windows flaw used by hackers linked to Russians SAN FRANCISCO — Microsoft says a newly discovered flaw in its Windows software was used by a hacking group that other researchers have linked to Russia’s government and computer intrusions at the Democratic National Committee.

The flaw was detected by researchers at Google, who recently alerted software makers Microsoft and Adobe Systems about vulnerabilities in their programs. Adobe issued

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a fix for its software last week. Microsoft says it’s testing a patch and will release it next week.

Microsoft acknowledged the problem Tuesday, saying only that it affected older versions of Windows and was used by a group called Strontium to target “a specific set of customers.”

The security firm Crowdstrike and others have linked Strontium, also known as “Fancy Bear,” to recent attacks on government, media and political targets in several countries.

Consumer Canadian Tire . . . . . . . . 128.26 Gamehost . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.66 Leon’s Furniture . . . . . . . 16.85 Loblaw Ltd. . . . . . . . . . . . 65.85 Maple Leaf Foods. . . . . . 30.99 Wal-Mart . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69.30 WestJet Airlines . . . . . . . 22.90

got what looks like a bit more of a coin toss for election day,” he said.

The Canadian dollar was ahead 0.10 of a cent at 74.67 cents US, as the December crude contract faded 19 cents to US$46.67 per barrel.

The December natural gas contract fell 12 cents to US$2.90 mmBtu and December copper contracts were up two cents at US$2.22 a pound.

Mining Barrick Gold . . . . . . . . . . 24.66 Cameco Corp. . . . . . . . . . 9.95 First Quantum Minerals . 12.43 Goldcorp Inc. . . . . . . . . . 20.80 Hudbay Minerals. . . . . . . . 5.78 Kinross Gold Corp. . . . . . . 5.31 Labrador. . . . . . . . . . . . . 14.50 Potash Corp.. . . . . . . . . . 21.44 Sherritt Intl. . . . . . . . . . . . 0.880 Teck Resources . . . . . . . 28.98

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

Stocks: S&P/TSX Composite Index — 14,778.32, down 8.95 points Dow — 18,037.10, down 105.32 points S&P 500 — 2,111.72, down 14.43 points Nasdaq — 5,153.58, down 35.56 points

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Trican Ltd.. . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.87 Trinidad Energy . . . . . . . . 2.49 Vermilion Energy . . . . . . 54.35 Virginia . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.0700

Currencies: Cdn — 74.67 cents US, up 0.10 of a cent Pound — C$1.6383, down 0.29 of a cent Euro — C$1.4801, up 0.80 of a cent Euro — US$1.1051, up 0.74 of a cent Oil futures: US$46.67 per barrel, down 19 cents (December contract) Gold futures: US$1,288.00 per oz., up $14.90 (December contract) Canadian Fine Silver Handy and Harman: $25.531, up 68 cents $820.82 kg., up $21.86

$513.40 March ‘17 $8.30 lower $518.10 May ‘17 $7.60 lower $519.90 July ‘17 $7.10 lower $518.90 Nov. ‘17 $6.00 lower $493.90 Jan. ‘18 $6.00 lower $496.40 March ‘18 $6.00 lower $497.70 May ‘18 $6.00 lower $498.80 July ‘18 $6.00 lower $498.80 Nov. ‘18 $6.00 lower $498.80.

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.

Tuesday’s estimated volume of trade: 606,660 tonnes of canola 0 tonnes of barley (Western Barley). Total: 606,660.

ICE FUTURES CANADA WINNIPEG — ICE Futures Canada closing prices: Canola: Nov. ‘16 $13.70 lower $503.90 Jan. ‘17 $8.90 lower

“We are currently in discussions with third parties for various divestitures including but not limited to Salix,” Valeant said in a release. “The discussions may or may not lead to a definitive agreement.”

The Wall Street Journal said Tuesday, citing people familiar with the matter, that the Quebec-based company is looking to unload Salix to Japan’s Takeda Pharmaceutical Co.

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for about US$10 billion.

The purchase price includes about US$8.5 billion in cash and future royalty payments to Valeant, the paper said, adding another unnamed potential bidder is also interested.

Valeant bought Salix in 2015 for US$11.11 billion. It makes gastrointestinal products like Pepcid for ulcers and Zegerid for heartburn.

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It’s seventh heaven time at the World Series

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Chicago 9 Cleveland 3 LEVELAND (AP) — After 108 years, what’s one more day?

The Chicago Cubs are far from finished. They’re frothing.

Addison Russell hit a grand slam and tied a World Series record with six RBIs, and Chicago took advantage of a huge early misplay in Cleveland’s outfield as the Cubs throttled the Indians 9-3 on Tuesday night in Game 6 to push this tense tugof-war between baseball’s two longest title drought holders to the limit.

Game 7, it is. The biggest, most nerve-wracking day yet.

For one city, hysteria.

For the other, heartbreak.

Kris Bryant homered to spark a three-run first inning, Russell hit the first slam in the Series in 11 years and Jake Arrieta worked into the sixth as the Cubs, who came to Progressive Field one win from elimination, are now one victory from their first championship since 1908.

Indians ace Corey Kluber, dominant while winning Games 1 and 4, starts again on short rest Wednesday night at home against big league ERA leader Kyle Hendricks.

The NL champions, who also got a two-run homer from Anthony Rizzo, are trying to become the seventh team to rally from 3-1 deficit and first to do in on the road since Willie Stargell and the Pittsburgh Pirates came back against Baltimore in 1979.

Cubs manager Joe Maddon didn’t take any chances despite a comfortable late lead, using atomic-armed Aroldis Chapman for one out in the seventh, the eighth and one batter in the ninth. The lefty will be on call for Game 7.

The Cubbies, shut out twice earlier in this Series, brought their clubbies to Cleveland.

They hammered Josh Tomlin, who couldn’t get out of the third inning and didn’t get any help from

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his outfield in the first. The right-hander, who was so effective in Game 3 at Wrigley Field, pitched on short rest for the second time in his career but wasn’t the problem as much as his location.

Everything seemed to be lined up for a massive downtown street party in Cleveland, which has waited 68 years between World Series titles.

On an unseasonably warm November day, fans came hoping to witness the first championship win at home by a Cleveland team since the Browns took the NFL title in 1964 by shutting out the Baltimore Colts.

With Eddie Robinson, the last living member from the ‘48 title team in attendance, and LeBron James and the NBA champion Cavaliers coming over from Quicken Loans Arena after they beat Houston, Cleveland was poised to have a night to remember like the one just 134 days ago in June when the Cavs ended the city’s 52-year championship dry spell.

The Cubs blew through those plans like a wicked wind off Lake Michigan.

Arrieta wasn’t dominant, but he didn’t have to be. Staked to the early lead, he held the Indians without a hit until the fourth when Jason Kipnis doubled leading off and scored on Mike Napoli’s single.

Arrieta worked out of a bases-loaded jam in the fourth, and gave up a homer to Kipnis in the fifth but struck out nine.

Maddon came to get him in the sixth, the righthander got several pats on the back from Chicago’s infielders and Cubs fans saluted him with a standing ovation.

Tomlin was one strike from getting out of the first unscathed when everything fell apart.

He had Bryant down 0-2 when he hung a waisthigh curveball that Chicago’s third baseman, who came in just 2 for 17 in the Series but had homered in Game 5, cracked nearly halfway up the bleachers in left field, a 433-foot shot that sent a shockwave through standing-room-only Progressive Field.

There was a bigger one to come.

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Chicago Cubs’ Addison Russell watches his grand slam against the Cleveland Indians during the third inning of Game 6 of the Major League Baseball World Series Tuesday, in Cleveland. fore Tomlin got Russell to hit what appeared to be a routine out. However, right fielder Lonnie Chisenhall and rookie center fielder Tyler Naquin, perhaps unable to hear each other over the roaring crowd, looked at each other and let the ball drop onto the grass for a double.

While they scrambled to recover it, Rizzo scored easily and Zobrist beat a relay throw to the plate, bowling over Indians catcher Roberto Perez as a sizeable contingent of Cubs screamed with delight.

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RDC Queens enter cross-country nationals ranked No. 1

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he RDC Queens will go into the Canadian Colleges Athletic Association cross-country championships, Nov. 12 in Sault Ste. Marie., Ont, ranked No. 1.

The Queens moved up one place in the national rankings after winning the ACAC championship in impressive fashion last weekend.

The Queens placed four runners in the top eight, led by Jordanna Cota, who placed second, back of Rachel McKenzie of Lethbridge.

Cota, a native of Red Deer, who is in her fourth year in the nursing program, was named the Boston Pizza RDC female athlete of the week after her strong performance.

Cota and six of her teammates will compete in the national finals.

Meanwhile, despite a weekend loss to the Medicine Hat Rattlers, the RDC Kings are ranked No. 1 in Canada in the first CCAA men’s volleyball rankings.

The Kings were shorthanded in the 3-0 loss to the Rattlers Friday with three players out on a

team suspension. The suspension latest just one game and the Kings beat the Rattlers 3-2 Saturday.

Medicine Hat is ranked 12th with Keyano College Huskies of Fort McMurray ranked fifth.

The RDC Queens, who have a 5-1 record, are ninth in the women’s volleyball rankings. The Kings University of Edmonton lead the conference, sitting in fourth place with Briercrest sixth and Grande Prairie 13th.

The NAIT Ooks are ranked No. 1 in the men’s basketball standings with Medicine Hat sixth and Lethbridge ninth. Lethbridge leads the way on the women’s side, sitting fourth with St. Mary’s University ninth and NAIT 14th.

St. Mary’s Lightning will be in Red Deer again on Saturday. RDC hosted the Lightning last Saturday with St. Mary’s beating the Queens 78-51 and the Kings downing the Lightning 118-87.

The RDC hoop teams will also be at home Friday as they face the Olds Broncos.

The women tip off both days at 6 p.m., followed by the men.

The hockey Queens face MacEwan University Griffins in a home-and-home series this week — today at 7 p.m. at the Centrium and Saturday at 6 p.m.

in Edmonton. The teams are tied for second in the league with 4-2-0-0 record, back of 7-1-0-0 NAIT. The hockey Kings meet Portage College Voyageurs Friday in Lac LA Biche and Saturday at 7 p.m. at the Penhold Regional Multiplex.

Kings second-year forward Ben Williams of Souris, Man., received the Boston Pizza male athlete of the week award.

Williams was recently moved up from a checking line and a penalty killing role to the team’s top line.

He was one of the Kings top players in a 5-4 win over top-ranked MacEwan on Friday and scored both RDC goals in a 3-2 double overtime loss to the Griffins on Saturday.

The RDC volleyball teams are on the road in Caronport, Sask., facing Briercrest Friday and Saturday afternoon.

The weekend will be a battle between the top two teams in both the men’s and women’s South Division. The Queens and Clippers are tied for first at 5-1 with the Kings first at 5-1 and the Clippers second at 4-2.

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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YOUNG GUNS MATCHUP DOESN’T LIVE UP TO THE HYPE NEITHER OILERS MCDAVID OR MAPLES LEAFS’ AUSTON MATTHEWS FOUND THE SCORESHEET

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS

Toronto 3 Edmonton 2 (OT) ORONTO — The first ever NHL meeting between Connor McDavid and Auston Matthews failed to live up to its considerable hype.

Neither McDavid nor Matthews found the scoresheet Tuesday night, Matthews’s Toronto Maple Leafs prevailing 3-2 in overtime behind 44 saves from Frederik Andersen and two goals from Nazem Kadri, including the winner.

It was the third win in four games at home this season for the Leafs (3-4-3), who also saw Ben Smith find the scoresheet.

Edmonton, meanwhile, has dropped two in a row for the first time this year (7-2-1). Anton Lander and Darnell Nurse both scored for the club, Cam Talbot stopped 28-of-31 shots.

Tuesday marked not only the first NHL matchup between the last two No. 1 overall picks, but the first ever NHL game in Toronto for McDavid, who grew up just north of the city in Newmarket.

His line was burned for the first goal of the game 89 seconds into the first frame, Kadri striking for the early Leafs lead.

Though Oilers centre Mark Letestu won the defensive zone faceoff, Leafs winger Connor Brown eventually picked the puck free and found Kadri, who tapped in a shot past Talbot.

The opening frame between two hopeful Canadian franchises was hectic with 19 shots for the Oilers, the most Toronto has allowed in any period thus far.

After hitting a pair of posts, the Oilers got on the board with 31 seconds left in the period, Lander scoring for the first time this season.

The action was driven by 25-year-old fourth line fireplug Tyler Pitlick, who stole the puck behind the Toronto goal and found his linemate open in front.

McDavid played more than eight minutes in the first and the Leafs made sure to get their licks in as often as possible.

Kadri shoved the Oilers captain onto the ice on the very first shift of the game and later drove him into the endboards after a whistle, which McDavid casually laughed off.

It was enough to cause a brief ruckus though with Milan Lucic trading words and shoves with his Toronto opponents.

All throughout the night Oilers coach Todd McLellan worked to get extra opportunities for McDavid, shuffling him onto three of the four Edmonton lines.

That forced his counterpart, Mike Babcock, to work extra hard at ensuring that his top defensive pairing of Morgan Rielly and Nikita Zaitsev (as well as a Kadri-led matchup line) got on the ice to match up against McDavid.

The 19 year old got his chances though, rushing down the right side at one point and then flipping a backhand attempt on Andersen. McDavid had four shots on goal in nearly 23 minutes.

Matthews, meanwhile, had chances of his own after a quiet first period, including a few good opportunities on set-ups from fellow rookie and the NHL’s rookie of the month for October, William Nylander.

The American centre, who finished with six shots, has been held without a point in four consecutive games.

The game itself though never quite materialized into a showdown between the two.

The hype, which saw even Wayne Gretzky and Bobby Orr fly in to attend, exceeded the reality. Mc-

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Toronto Maple Leafs centre Nazem Kadri (43) scores the game-winning goal on Edmonton Oilers goalie Cam Talbot (33) as Oilers centre Connor McDavid (97) defends during overtime of NHL hockey action in Toronto on Tuesday.

David and Matthews saw the ice against one anoth- Nurse, a goal near the midway point of the third peer only sparingly over two periods, though more so riod that tied the game at two. in the final frame.

Kadri scored his second of the game and winner Matthews, the first overall pick one year after on the first shift of overtime, eluding McDavid’s purMcDavid, described the meeting as “just another suits before beating Talbot for the 3-2 winner. The game” on Tuesday morning.

Leafs 26-year-old top line centre now has five goals “We’ve got 82 of them this year and we’re going to play a lot of good teams, a lot of good players in 10 games this season. He needed 27 games and so it’s not like a head-to-head matchup every time almost two months (Dec. 5) to get there last season.

His line also managed to hold McDavid off the you play somebody,” he said. “It’s the Maple Leafs against the Oilers tonight so you don’t really make scoreboard. too much of it.”

Smith put the Leafs in front 2-1 early into the second frame, fed on the play

by Nikita Soshinikov, who was recalled from the team’s American Hockey League affiliate earlier in the day for his first NHL game this season. Oilers defenceman Darnell Nurse lost sight of Smith as he crashed the net.

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From left, Bryan Trottier, Annie Perreault, Dr. Frank Hayden, Sue Holloway, Stephanie Dixon, Colleen Jones and Michael “Pinball” Clemons gather for a group photo, after being formally inducted into Canada’s Sports Hall of Fame during an event, in Toronto on Tuesday.

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It’s a Hall of a good time for Canadian sports CANADA’S SPORTS HALL OF FAME WELCOMES SIX ATHLETES AND A BUILDER

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ORONTO — Colleen Jones has fond memories of the many curling titles she won over her long career. The victories that came after being told she couldn’t repeat her early success have always stuck with her.

“That leap and excitement of winning again, it stays with you. It just is forever in your body,” Jones said Tuesday after receiving her jacket as an honoured member of Canada’s Sports Hall of Fame.

“You can almost call it up whenever you need a lift.

You say, ‘Remember that moment you did what people thought you couldn’t do?”’

Jones was only 22 when she won her first national women’s title in 1982. Her competitive curling career slowed in the following years as she focused on her career, marriage and family.

There were naysayers who didn’t think her Nova Scotia rink could win a second championship.

Jones recalled people telling her, ‘You’ll never win again,’ but her team persevered to take the 1999 Canadian crown and four straight titles from 2001 to 2004.

“There are so many moments that sport has given me,” Jones said. “My life is better for it. Part of it is the friendships, part of it is the discipline, part of it is that joy of winning. Part of it is that hatred of

failing that you went through. “All of that has combined to make you who you are.”

Jones, a two-time world champion from Halifax, was rewarded for her accomplishments Tuesday at the Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts.

Canada’s Sports Hall of Fame also welcomed former CFL star Mike (Pinball) Clemons, Paralympian Stephanie Dixon, cross-country skier/kayaker Sue Holloway, former NHL star Bryan Trottier and speedskater Annie Perreault.

Dr. Frank Hayden, who created the Special Olympics, enters in the builder category. The formal induction ceremony was scheduled for Tuesday night.

Clemons, a resident of Oakville, Ont., won three Grey Cups over 12 seasons in Toronto and later added another title as Argonauts head coach. He was the league’s outstanding player in 1990 and was the CFL’s all-time leader in combined yards (25,438) when he retired in 2000.

“They say I ran for more yards than anybody in pro football but not one was by myself,” he said. “So this for me is a chance to thank those who worked so diligently for me, who blocked, who toiled, and who did everything — sometimes hurt — and sometimes had injuries that lingered and carried on.

“To all of those people, I want to say thank you.”

Trottier won four Stanley Cups with a New York

Islanders team that dominated the NHL in the early 1980s.

The Val Marie, Sask., native added two more Cups with the Pittsburgh Penguins and was an assistant coach with the Cup-winning Colorado Avalanche in 2001.

Dixon, from Brampton, Ont., captured 19 swimming medals over three Paralympic Games. She also won seven medals at the Parapan Am Games over her career.

Perreault, a three-time Olympian from Rock Forest, Que., won four world titles with the Canadian women’s 3,000-metre short-track relay team.

She captured Olympic gold at the 1992 Albertville Games and the 1998 Games in Nagano.

Holloway, from Halifax, became the first woman to compete in two Olympics in the same year when she appeared in the 1976 Summer Games (canoe) and Winter Games (cross-country skiing).

Hayden, a Windsor, Ont., native, founded the Special Olympics and later created Special Olympics International. Today, over 4.4 million athletes from more than 170 countries compete in the Special Olympics.

The Class of 2016 will be featured in a new exhibit at the Hall’s facility at Canada Olympic Park in Calgary.

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Ray Allen, the top 3-point shooter in NBA history, retires

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

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IAMI — Ray Allen won championships in Boston and Miami, made one of the most memorable shots in NBA Finals history and has more 3-pointers than anyone who ever played in the league.

More than two years after his last game, he’s decided that was enough.

Allen announced his retirement on Tuesday in a post on The Players’ Tribune website. Allen spent 18 seasons in the league with Milwaukee, Seattle, the Celtics and the Heat, averaging 18.9 points in 1,300 regular-season games and appearing in 10 All-Star Games.

“I write this to you today as a 41-year-old man who is retiring from the game,” Allen said in his post, which was in the form of a letter to his younger self. “I write to you as a man who is completely at peace with himself.”

NBA Commissioner Adam Silver called Allen “an extraordinary player.”

“On behalf of the NBA family, I want to thank him for being a wonderful ambassador for the game,” Silver said.

Allen entertained thoughts about a comeback over the last two years and had plenty of opportunities from title-contending teams. But nothing ever lured him back, although the door always remained a tiny bit open — until now.

“Basketball will take you far away from that school yard,” Allen wrote.

“You will become far more than just a basketball player. You’ll get to act in movies. You’ll travel the world. You will become a husband, and the father of five amazing children.”

Allen starred in the 1998 Spike Lee film “He Got Game.” He portrayed Jesus Shuttlesworth, a top-ranked basketball prospect, whose father (played by Denzel Washington) is in prison for killing his wife.

“We have had many great players through the years, but Ray is probably the No. 1 name brand we’ve had,”

said Jim Calhoun, who coached Allen at UConn from 1993-96. “We, at UConn, can all be proud of what he accomplished here and the greatness that he achieved when he went on to the NBA.” On the court, teammates and coaches raved about Allen’s famed work ethic and commitment to fitness — which now takes a different form, after he and his wife, Shannon, recently opened an organic fast-casual restaurant in Miami. Allen was almost always on the floor for a workout three hours before games, shooting on some occasions before the arena lights were even turned on.

Allen had the record for 3-pointers in a season for seven years, his mark of 269 standing until Stephen Curry of Golden State made 272 in 2012-13 — a record Curry has topped twice.

“The greatest shooter to play the game,” Curry wrote in a tweet Tuesday, congratulating Allen on his career.

In all, Allen made 2,973 3-pointers in regular-season games, which doesn’t even count the one that was his most unforgettable.

His 3-pointer from the right corner with 5.2 seconds left in Game 6 of the 2013 NBA Finals for Miami sent the Heat to overtime against the Spurs in a win-or-else game, and helped them go on to win the title in seven games.

Chris Bosh got an offensive rebound and passed to Allen, who was backtracking toward the corner.

Allen, without even needing to look down to ensure that he was behind the line, elevated over Tony Parker and connected to tie the game — even as arena workers kneeled around the court, holding the rope that they presumed they would soon be called upon to cordon things off for the Spurs’ championship celebration.

On his way back to the bench to prepare for overtime, Allen gestured to those workers, shouting to put the rope away.

“It’s going to be a shot that I’m going to remember for a long time,” Allen said that night. “There’s a lot of shots that I’ve made in my career, but this will go high up in the ranks.”

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Top scorer in World Cup history retires

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

BERLIN (AP) — The German soccer federation says striker Miroslav Klose, the top scorer in World Cup history, is ending his playing career and will train as a coach.

The 38-year-old Klose retired from international soccer after winning the World Cup with Germany in 2014, scoring twice to bring his total goal tally from four tournaments to 16.

With a career total of 71 goals, Klose

is also the highest-scoring player for Germany.

Klose’s contract with Lazio expired after last season. The German federation says that, in consultation with coach Joachim Loew and technical director Hansi Flick, Klose will now undergo an individual training program “with the clear aim of embarking on a coaching career.”

Klose, who played 137 games for Germany, will now become part of the national team setup.

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Miami Heat guard Ray Allen announced his retirement from the NBA on Tuesday, ending a career that saw him make more 3-pointers than any player in league history and win championships with Boston and Miami.

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Kyle Turris scores overtime winner for Senators

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS

Senators 2 Hurricanes 1 (OT) TTAWA — Kyle Turris scored the overtime winner as the Ottawa Senators defeated the Carolina Hurricanes 2-1 on Tuesday night.

Dion Phaneuf also scored for the Senators (6-30), who were playing their first of ten home games this month. Craig Anderson made 32 saves.

Jaccob Slavin scored the lone goal for the Hurricanes (2-4-3) as Cam Ward stopped 30 shots.

Ottawa was coming off a nine-day, three-game road trip that culminated with an emotional 2-0 win in Edmonton on Sunday night after learning Anderson’s wife, Nicholle, had been diagnosed with cancer.

To no surprise, the Senators lacked energy and had a slow start, but managed to regroup and thanks to Anderson hung in the game despite some sloppy stretches.

Tied 1-1 to start the third both teams had a couple of good chances, but Ward and Anderson could see most of the shots and made the stops.

A scoreless second period left little for the 13,049 on hand to get excited about.

The Senators struggled mightily in the first period, but thankfully Anderson was solid considering the Hurricanes outshot Ottawa 16-5 and controlled much of the action.

Carolina set the tone for the period scoring on its first shot of the game after some poor defensive coverage from the Senators allowed Slavin easy entry from centre ice.

Despite being outplayed Ottawa tied the game at the 13-minute mark of the first period as Phaneuf’s shot from the point beat Ward low glove side.

The Senators were without Mark Stone for the third period as the winger suffered an upper body injury.

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Ottawa Senators’ Mark Stone, right, blocks a shot from Carolina Hurricanes’ Justin Faulk during the first period of NHL hockey action in Ottawa on Tuesday.

Carolina’s Victor Rask’s eight-game point streak (four goals, six assists) came to an end, as did Jeff Skinner’s five-game point streak (four goals, five assists).

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were a healthy scratch for the Senators. Carolina’s Ryan Murphy played his first game after suffering a lower body injury in early October that kept him out of the lineup.

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Beagle, Holtby vital in Capitals’ win over the Jets

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Capitals 3 Jets 2 INNIPEG — Jay Beagle scored with 30 seconds left in the third period and Braden Holtby made 43 saves as the Washington Capitals extended their win streak to three games with a 3-2 victory over the Winnipeg Jets on Tuesday.

Marcus Johansson had a goal and an assist and Karl Alzner also scored for Washington (6-2-1). Evgeny Kuznetsov picked up a pair of assists in the team’s last stop of a four-game road trip.

Washington had a 2-0 lead heading into the third period when Mark Scheifele netted his fifth goal for Winnipeg (4-6-0) at 13:04.

Jets centre Adam Lowry tied it up at 17:35 with his first goal of the season on a patient shot.

Winnipeg winger Joel Armia fought for the puck off the boards and passed it to Lowry, who went in front of Holtby and waited until he was sprawled on the ice to fire the puck in the net.

But with 30 seconds left, Washington won the faceoff in Winnipeg’s end and Beagle scored his first goal of the season.

Connor Hellebuyck stopped 24-of-27 shots he faced for Winnipeg.

Johansson’s sixth goal of the season was his fifth

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Washington Capitals’ John Carlson (74), Brooks Orpik (44), Jay Beagle (83), Marcus Johansson (90) and Evgeny Kuznetsov (92) celebrate Beagle’s game-winning goal against the Winnipeg Jets Tuesday. in three games and gave him a team-leading 11 points.

Winnipeg outshot the Capitals 14-8 in the first

period and 15-9 in the second.

Alzner scored his second goal of the season with 44 seconds left in the first period. His shot from the point appeared to change direction through traffic and went over Hellebuyck’s glove.

The Caps have scored first in eight of their nine games this season, and won six of those games.

Winnipeg forward Shawn Matthias suffered a lower-body injury in the first period and didn’t return.

Johansson’s goal came after a Jets’ turnover in the neutral zone midway through the second period.

Kuznetsov got the puck and went behind the net before feeding a pass to Johansson, whose shot from close in front went under Hellebuyck at 8:15 for the 2-0 lead.

Holtby was challenged with two minutes left in the second when about six players were in and around his crease as the Jets tried to bang the puck into the net. A review showed it didn’t go in.

Scheifele scored while the teams were playing four-on-four late in the third. He took a rebound and fired a shot through a narrow opening between Holtby and the post at 13:04 for his team-leading ninth point of the season.

Winnipeg was without injured veteran defenceman Tyler Myers and forward Drew Stafford.

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Paul McCallum comes out of retirement to kick for the B.C. Lions

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URREY, B.C. — Paul McCallum hadn’t touched a football since retiring when he answered his phone on Sunday.

By Tuesday morning, he was back kicking with the B.C. Lions.

The 46-year-old has rejoined the playoff-bound CFL club with a game left in the regular season after Richie Leone’s troubles with field goals and converts reached its breaking point over the weekend.

“I had come to terms with my football career (being) over,” said McCallum, who spent last season with the Saskatchewan Roughriders before retiring as a Lion in March. “Mentally I had moved on from it.”

‘THE TEAM’S PLAYING WELL. HOPEFULLY I CAN HELP THEM GET TO THE GREY CUP.’ — KICKER PAUL MCCALLUM WHO HAS RETURNED TO THE B.C. LIONS AFTER RETIRING FROM THE CFL HAVING PLAYED 23 SEASON.

The Vancouver native played 23 CFL seasons, including 11 with B.C. from 1993-1994 and then again from 2006-2014. He has also suited up for 11 playoff games and two Grey Cups, winning in both 2006 and 2011 with the Lions.

And while he hadn’t booted a football in ages, McCallum said he has stayed active.

“Kicking soccer balls with my daughter,” he said. “I feel pretty good. We’ll see what happens.

“It’s a ball. I’ve been kicking since I was four, so I figure I’ll be OK.” What hasn’t been OK in 2016 for the Lions is Leone’s ability to hit field goals and converts.

An excellent punter with an average of 49.3 yards, the 24-year-old has struggled with place kicking. He missed two converts, as well as field goal attempts of 30 and 45 yards, in B.C.’s 24-6 road win over Saskatchewan on Saturday. He has hit on just 35-of-51 of his field goal attempts (68.6 per cent) this season.

Lions head coach and general manager Wally Buono said that Leone will still handle punts and kickoffs, while McCallum will line up for field goals inside the 50-yard line.

“I don’t see it as desperation,” said Buono, who added Leone could still be called on for longer kicks. “At certain points you’ve got to move forward. We’re moving forward. We were fortunate to have Paul here.”

Coincidentally, it was Leone’s presence that ended McCallum’s last stint with the Lions at training camp in 2015.

Former head coach Jeff Tedford wanted one player to handle all three facets of the kicking game, and McCallum found himself on the outside looking in.

Despite that potentially awkward situation, McCallum and Leone became friends during their brief time as teammates and remained close afterwards, with the former offering the player who took his job tips on their craft.

“We’ve talked if he had any issues or if there were things he needed help with,” said McCallum, who sells real estate in the Vancouver area is also in the process of opening a yoga studio in Kamloops, B.C. “He’s a punter. He’s learning how to kick and it’s not an easy thing to do.”

For his part, Leone seemed upbeat about seeing his role reduced.

“We’re lucky that (McCallum) is down the street and we can go get one of the best ones to do it alltime,” he said. “As a competitor you want to be the

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B.C. Lions’ Paul McCallum, right, kicks a field goal as Thomas DeMarco holds during the second half of a CFL football game against the Winnipeg Blue Bombers in Vancouver, B.C. Veteran kicker McCallum has come out of retirement to rejoin the B.C. Lions. The Lions made the announcement Tuesday. guy, but at the end of the day … Wally knows what he’s doing.”

Buono said the impact that missing field goals — especially chips shots — can have on team morale went into the decision to go out an get a player who has kicked in numerous pressure-packed situations.

“Whether you bring somebody in or you cut somebody or you demote somebody … there’s always messages being sent,” said Buono. “It’s clear that we needed to be as competitive in that area (as possible), and we weren’t.”

McCallum made all 36 of his previous playoff field-goal attempts for the Lions, including a team-record 6-for-6 in the club’s 2006 Grey Cup win. “(Misses) can get disheartening at times, especially as many times as it happened this past game, but I still have confidence in Richie,” said veteran defensive back Ryan Phillips. “Richie is still definitely a guy that’s helped us win ball games this year.

“For us to bring in somebody like Paul just makes us even stronger.”

B.C. (11-6) hosts Saskatchewan (5-12) on Saturday and can cement second in the West Division with a win or tie.

That game could also be meaningless in the standings if the Winnipeg Blue Bombers (10-7) fail to beat the Ottawa Redblacks (8-8-1), who have clinched first in the East Division.

“The team’s playing well,” said McCallum.

“Hopefully I can help them get to the Grey Cup.”

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Berdych beats Sousa to reach Paris Masters 3rd round CZECH PLAYER SAVED TWO BREAK POINTS

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ARIS — Tomas Berdych avoided another early exit by beating Joao Sousa 6-3, 3-6, 7-5 on Tuesday to reach the third round of the Paris Masters.

At 4-4 in the deciding set, Berdych trailed 15-40 and saved two break points.

Although Berdych won the Shenzhen Open in China last month, the Czech player’s form dropped sharply with first-round exits at the Japan Open and the Erste Bank Open in Vienna.

In between, there was a second-round loss at the Shanghai Masters. Losing so many ranking points forced Berdych out of the top 10 for the first time since reaching the 2010 Wimbledon final.

It also leaves him needing to reach the semifinals in Paris to have a chance of qualifying for the season-ending ATP finals in London — a difficult task considering he could face Andy Murray in the quarterfinals.

Berdych, the 2005 champion, had 14 aces against Sousa. He will next face either 10th-seeded Roberto Bautista Agut or Gilles Simon.

LOSING SO MANY RANKING POINTS FORCED BERDYCH OUT OF THE TOP 10 FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE REACHING THE 2010 WIMBLEDON FINAL. Seven players vying for the two remaining spots in London.

Dominic Thiem and Marin Cilic, who won the Swiss Indoors on Sunday, held the last two places before this week. David Goffin, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, Lucas Pouille and Bautista Agut are the other contenders playing in Paris.

John Isner had 14 aces as he reached the second round by beating Mischa Zverev 7-6 (8), 6-4. Isner saved the only break point he faced in the first set and broke Zverev’s serve early in the second.

Isner will next play 15th-seeded David Ferrer, who has beaten the big-serving American seven times in eight meetings.

Isner’s only win, however, was in the quarterfinals in Paris five years ago.

Also in the first round, French veteran Nicolas Mahut beat Martin Klizan 4-6, 6-4, 6-3, while Viktor Troicki saved two match points before defeating Adrian Mannarino 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 (5).

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Bryant has made a solid imBryant has not been a startpression in his brief stint with er for the Lions, but he did the Detroit Lions. have a sack in each of the last That’s now on hold after two games. He’ll be eligible the defensive end was susto return after Detroit’s game pended again. against Minnesota on ThanksThe team announced Tuesgiving. day that Bryant was suspendDetroit also announced ed three games for violating Tuesday that it has signed the NFL’s policy on substanctight end Matthew Mulligan es of abuse. Detroit signed and acquired cornerback Bryant last month. He was Johnthan Banks in a trade cut by Cleveland at the end Armonty with Tampa Bay. The Lions of a four-game suspension for Bryant sent a 2018 conditional sevviolating the league’s policy enth-round draft pick to the on performance-enhancing drugs. The Lions indicated that this Buccaneers.

Detroit also placed tight end Cole suspension was not related to anything that happened since Bryant Wick (knee) on injured reserve.

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REDSKINS’ WILLIAMS SUSPENDED FOUR GAMES FOR SUBSTANCE ABUSE

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he Washington Redskins will be without four-time Pro Bowl left tackle Trent Williams for their next four games after the NFL suspended the seven-year veteran for violating its substance-abuse policy.

It’s the second time in Williams’s Redskins tenure that he’ll miss games after running afoul of the NFL substance-abuse policy. And the penalty comes at a crucial juncture in the season, with the Redskins’ chances of defending their 2015 NFC East championship slipping away as they enter the most difficult stretch of the schedule.

The NFL did not specify Williams’s infraction in announcing the punishment on Tuesday evening.

Its statement read simply: “Trent Williams of the Washington Redskins has been suspended without pay for the team’s next four games for violating the NFL Policy and Program for Substances of Abuse.”

Williams, a co-captain of the offense and arguably the unit’s best player, could not be reached to comment.

But two people with knowledge of the situation said that Williams’s violation in this case was not that he failed a drug test but rather that he missed one. Both spoke on condition of anonymity because they weren’t authorized to speak on behalf of the Redskins. Under the NFL’s substance-abuse policy, a missed drug test is regarded in the same light as a failed drug test. Earlier this year, Pittsburgh Steelers running back Le’Veon Bell drew a four-game suspension (later reduced to three) for missing a drug test as well.

Redskins officials met with Williams on Tuesday to deliver news of his suspension. Coach Jay Gruden could not be reached for comment. The Redskins released the following statement: ✭✭✭ “Today, Trent Williams was suspended by the NFL under the terms of the Policy and Program on Substances of Abuse for the next four games. We met with Trent today to discuss this unfortunate news.

Per the terms of the Policy, Trent will be permitted to participate in team meetings and workout at the Redskins’ facilities throughout this time. The Redskins are counting on Trent to help our team when he returns from suspension. Our focus will now turn to the Minnesota Vikings after our bye this upcoming weekend. Any questions related to this matter should be directed to the NFL or NFLPA.” ✭✭✭ The significance of losing Williams for such a crucial stretch of the season can’t be overstated. If the Redskins have consistently done one thing well during this up-and-down season, it is move the ball on offense. As the team’s left tackle, Williams has been the linchpin of that effort, protecting quarterback Kirk Cousins’s blind side when he drops back to throw and punching running lanes for Redskins ballcarriers. Williams also commands tremendous respect among his teammates for the physicality he brings to his position and the toughness he brings on game day, insisting on playing despite a history of nagging knee, ankle and shoulder injuries. This season, he has played at a high level despite battling a right knee injury early on, then spraining his left knee two weeks ago.

Williams has also been a voice of unanimity in recent years in a locker room prone to finger-pointing and dissention amid hard times.

The Redskins opened the 2016 season vowing to prove that last season’s NFC East championship was no fluke. With a high-power corps of wide receivers and a defensive star in cornerback Josh Norman, whom the Redskins signed to a five-year $75 million contract in the offseason, the team had

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Washington Redskins tackle Trent Williams walks in the bench area during the team’s NFL football game against the Detroit Lions in Detroit. Williams has been suspended for four games for violating the NFL’s substance abuse policy. It’s his second four-game suspension and first since 2011. hoped to assert itself as a force to be reckoned with injury without the addictive properties of prescripin the division - not this just year but for years to tion pain pills that many teams doctors prescribe, come. such as Vicodin and Percocet.

After an 0-2 start, the Redskins reeled off four Under the NFL substance-abuse policy, a playconsecutive victories only to backslide the past two er who has failed a drug test can have his record weeks, squandering winnable games against De- wiped clean — thereby canceling out further escatroit and Cincinnati to enter their bye week on a lation of penalties — if he goes several years withdecidedly low note. out failing a drug test.

Losing Williams, who won’t be eligible to return The Redskins last season rewarded Williams until Dec. 5, the day after the Dec. 4 game at Arizowith a five-year, $68 million contract extension, na, is a profound blow. In his absence, the team is with $41.25 million guaranteed, which made him expected to start Ty Nsekhe.

A first-round pick in the 2010 NFL draft, Wil- the highest-paid left tackle in the NFL. Williams liams was suspended four games by the NFL at this season is earning a $6.75 million base salary, so the suspension will cost him roughly $1.68 million. the end of the 2011 season violating the league’s substance-abuse policy.

Under the policy, a first infraction does not result in a suspension. Williams’s four-game ban at that time was for failing multiple tests for marijuana use.

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Development of China Tour ahead of schedule

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HANGHAI — The PGA Tour China Series began in 2014 and by all accounts is ahead of schedule in developing local talent.

Last year, Li Haotong was one shot out of the lead going into the final round of the HSBC Champions and played in the penultimate group with reigning Masters and U.S. Open champion Jordan Spieth. After a rough start with a nation watching, he shot 72 and tied for seventh.

This year, the honour went to Zhang Xinjun, who opened with rounds of 68-69. He received a larger gallery than he would have expected because he was in the same group as Rory McIlroy. Zhang matched McIlroy with a 70, and then he faded to a 76 on the final and tied for 21st.

“It’s great for the tournament,” McIlroy said. “I knew the atmosphere of the day was going to be a bit bigger than it has been, especially playing with Zhang. It’s nice they have a local. They came out to watch him and support, and I was along. So it was a bonus that we both played together.

“All the kids watching, it can only inspire them to try to emulate the local hero, as well as guys like us.”

Li won four times in China in the inaugural year to advance to the Web.com Tour, where he was 49th on the money list. He was playing the Web.com Tour again this year until he won the Volvo China Open to secure his European Tour card. He now is at the Turkish Airlines Open this week as part of the Final Series on the Race to Dubai.

Zhang is No. 5 on the China money list, hopeful of staying there for the second half of the season so he can advance to the Web.com Tour.

“This is what we hoped would happen,” said Paul Johnson, head of international affairs for the PGA Tour. “It just happened sooner than we thought. When we built the platform, we thought it would take five years. Some of these guys have shot through more quickly.”

Next in line is Zecheng Dou. He already has won four times on the PGA Tour China Series to easily lead the money list. Zecheng is virtually a lock to be on the Web.com Tour next year, and he should have status all year.

For Zecheng, coming to America won’t be too great of a shock to the system. He once lived in Canada, and he played several junior events in America growing up. He saw the PGA Tour China Series as his best route to the PGA Tour.

“It’s developing fast,” he said of the 3-year-old circuit. “It seems like every winning score was 20 under. It’s getting harder, and there’s more foreign guys coming to play. A lot better players are coming over.”

The second half of the season resumes this week with the Clearwater Bay Open. ✭✭✭ WALK-UP MUSIC: Expect the Abu Dhabi HSBC Golf Championship to be a little bit louder next January.

At least before the first shot is struck.

Giles Morgan, the global head of sponsorship for HSBC, plans to have music on the practice range at Abu Dhabi. Players would choose the playlist.

Music also was blaring on the range at Hazeltine during the Ryder Cup. Morgan also wants to create a little more atmosphere as players approach the first tee.

“We want to celebrate the moment,” he said.

“We’re looking at them coming from the putting green with the soundtrack they choose, and that sound feeds up from the hill when it’s their time to go up. They’ve chosen their walk-up music. It happens in other sports, and it seems to work. It allows

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The PGA Tour China series, which began in 2014, seems to be ahead of schedule when developing top-notch golfers like Zhang Xinjun. This year in the HSBC Championships, Xinjun was in the same group as Rory McIlroy.

He matched McIlroy’s 70, but soon faded and finished tied 21st. them through their choice of music to connect with the fans, and it humanizes them.” ✭✭✭ TRAVEL PROBLEMS: Tyrrell Hatton of England nearly parlayed a pair of strong finishes in the majors to a PGA Tour card.

Some of the blame can be attributed to a bad day of travel.

Hatton tied for fifth in the British Open. He tied for 10th in the PGA Championship, which got him into the Travelers Championship the following week.

He closed with a 66 and tied for 17th. All he needed was one good tournament to finish in the equivalent of the top 125 on the money list and earn his PGA Tour card.

The Wyndham Championship helped out by giving him an exemption. It was getting there that proved to be the problem. “A shocker of a journey,” Hatton said.

He flew from Hartford, Connecticut, to Greensboro, North Carolina, via Philadelphia. But when he reached Philadelphia, his flight to Greensboro was cancelled and he was routed through Washington, where that flight was nearly cancelled.

“It should have taken me 14 hours from leaving the hotel, and it took 34,” Hatton said. “I managed eight holes of a practice round. I was just a zombie.”

He missed the cut and headed back to England.

He’s not sure the travel issues cost him a chance in the tournament, though it didn’t help.

“Just one of those weeks,” Hatton said. “But I’m looking forward to playing more events out there.” ✭✭✭ RYO’S BACK: Hideki Matsuyama has been on such a tear that it’s easy to overlook the return of longtime friend Ryo Ishikawa.

Ishikawa sat out most of the PGA Tour season with a back injury. He returned to the Japan PGA

Championship and missed the cut, took an additional six weeks off and now is starting to roll. Ishikawa has posted five straight top 10s in Asia. The streak began with the 14th victory of his career. He followed with a runner-up finish, third at the ANA Open, a tie for seventh at the Japan Open and a tie for 10th at the CIMB Classic in Malaysia.

Next up for Ishikawa is Las Vegas.

Later this month, he will join Matsuyama in Melbourne to represent Japan in the World Cup at Kingston Heath. ✭✭✭ DIVOTS: One of the highlights at the HSBC Champions is a party to celebrate the “HSBC Caddie of the Year.” This year’s winner? Austin Johnson, the brother of U.S. Open champion Dustin Johnson. It was a vote of the other caddies at the HSBC Champions. … Gary Woodland married Gabby Granado before playing the Asia swing. … Three left-handers have won on the PGA Tour this year, none of them with the nickname “Lefty.” Bubba Watson won at Riviera, Greg Chalmers won in Reno and Cody Gribble won in Mississippi. … The John Deere Classic raised a record $10.5 million for 491 local and regional Quad Cities charities, ranking it among the top three in charitable giving on the PGA Tour. …

The FedEx Cup playoff event at the TPC Boston will be called Dell Technologies Championship. ✭✭✭ STAT OF THE WEEK: Chesson Hadley (No. 92) at the 2014 Puerto Rico Open was the last player in the top 100 to win an opposite-field event on the PGA Tour. ✭✭✭ FINAL WORD: “When I got to six ahead I was thinking, ‘If I blow this, it’s not going to be good.’ I felt a bit of pressure with that thought.” — Hideki Matsuyama, on his seven-shot victory in the HSBC Champions.

● WHL: Red Deer Rebels at Everett. ● College women’s hockey: RDC Queens vs. MacEwan Griffins, 7 p.m., Centrium. ● Basketball: CASMBA, Vikings vs. Sheraton Red Deer, 7:15 p.m., Bulldog Scrap Metal vs. Wells Furniture, 8:30 p.m., LTCHS. ● Junior B hockey: Heritrage League, Three Hills at Ponoka, 7:45 p.m.

Friday

● College basketball: RDC vs. Olds, women 6 p.,m., men to follow, RDC. ● CHL: Chinook League, Lacombe at Innisfail, 8:30 p.m. ● WHL: Red Deer Rebels at Spokane. ● Junior B hockey: Heritage League, Mountainview at Three Hills, 8 p.m.

Okotoks Oilers, 7 p.m., Olds. ● AFHL: Midget elite, Red Deer Sutter Fund vs. Lethbridge, 7:45 p.m., Kin City. ● Junior B hockey: Heritage League, Three Hills at Red Deer, 8 p.m., Collicutt.

Sunday ● AMBHL: Major bantam, Red Deer Rebels vs. Calgary Royals, 2:15 p.m., Collicutt Centre. ● CHL: Chinook League, Fort Saskatchewan at Innisfail, 2:45 p.m. ● Junior B hockey: Heritage League, Stettler at Blackfalds, 3:30 p.m. ● AMHL: Midget AAA, Red Deer Chiefs vs. Rocky Mountain Raiders, 5 p.m., Kinex. ● AFHL: Midget AAA, Red Deer Sutter Fund vs.

Rocky Mountain Raiders, 5 p.m., Collicutt Centre.

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Saturday

● Football: Central Alberta High School Football League City Division final, 2:30m p.m., Lacombe. Rural Division final, Sylvan Lake, 2 p.m. ● College basketball: RDC vs. St. Mary’s University, women 6 p.m., men to follow, RDC. ● College men’s hockey: RDC Kings vs. Portage, 7 p.m., Penhold. ● AJHL: Olds Grizzlys vs.

● Basketball: Red Deer Women’s League, Storm vs.

Big Ballers, 7:15 p.m., Shooting Stars & Age Gap vs. Average Joe’s, 8:30 p.m., LTCHS Gym 11; Hoosier Daddy vs.

Funk, 7:15 p.m., Spartans vs, Dynamo, 8:30 p.m., CACHS; Triple Threat vs. Quarter-Pro, 7:15 p.m., Rampage vs. Pink Panthers, 8:30 p.m.; LTCHS North; Xpress vs.

Raptors, 7:15 p.m., LTCHS South.

BASKETBALL NBA EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct Boston 2 1 .667 Toronto 2 1 .667 New York 1 2 .333 Brooklyn 1 3 .250 Philadelphia 0 3 .000 Southeast Division W L Pct Atlanta 3 0 1.000 Charlotte 2 1 .667 Miami 2 2 .500 Orlando 1 3 .250 Washington 0 2 .000 Central Division W L Pct Cleveland 4 0 1.000 Chicago 3 0 1.000 Detroit 3 1 .750 Milwaukee 2 2 .500 Indiana 2 2 .500 WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division W L Pct San Antonio 4 1 .800 Houston 2 2 .500 Memphis 2 2 .500 Dallas 0 3 .000 New Orleans 0 4 .000 Northwest Division W L Pct Oklahoma City 3 0 1.000 Portland 2 1 .667 Utah 2 2 .500 Denver 1 2 .333 Minnesota 1 2 .333 Pacific Division W L Pct L.A. Clippers 3 0 1.000 Golden State 2 1 .667 Sacramento 2 3 .400 L.A. Lakers 1 3 .250 Phoenix 0 4 .000 Monday’s Games Atlanta 106, Sacramento 95 Chicago 118, Brooklyn 88 Toronto 105, Denver 102 L.A. Clippers 116, Phoenix 98 Tuesday’s Games Cleveland 128, Houston 120 Indiana 115, L.A. Lakers 108 Orlando 103, Philadelphia 101

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GB — 1½ 1½ 3 3½ GB — 1 1½ 2 2 GB — 1 2 2½ 3½

Detroit 102, New York 89 Miami 108, Sacramento 96, OT Milwaukee 117, New Orleans 113 Minnesota 116, Memphis 80 Utah 106, San Antonio 91 Golden State at Portland, 8 p.m.

Today’s Games Philadelphia at Charlotte, 5 p.m.

Toronto at Washington, 5 p.m.

Detroit at Brooklyn, 5:30 p.m.

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

L.A. Lakers at Atlanta, 5:30 p.m.

Chicago at Boston, 6 p.m.

New Orleans at Memphis, 6 p.m.

Dallas at Utah, 7 p.m.

Portland at Phoenix, 8 p.m.

Oklahoma City at L.A. Clippers, 8:30 p.m.

Thursday’s Games Sacramento at Orlando, 5 p.m.

Boston at Cleveland, 6 p.m.

Denver at Minnesota, 6 p.m.

Indiana at Milwaukee, 6 p.m.

Oklahoma City at Golden State, 8:30 p.m.

Friday’s Games Atlanta at Washington, 5 p.m.

Charlotte at Brooklyn, 5:30 p.m.

Miami at Toronto, 5:30 p.m.

L.A. Clippers at Memphis, 6 p.m.

New York at Chicago, 6 p.m.

Phoenix at New Orleans, 6 p.m.

Portland at Dallas, 6:30 p.m.

San Antonio at Utah, 7 p.m.

Golden State at L.A. Lakers, 8:30 p.m.

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Pts 341 334 444 440 329

Avg 113.7 111.3 111.0 110.0 109.7

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Pts 266 363 279 381 478

Avg 88.7 90.8 93.0 95.2 95.6

WHL Eastern Conference East Division GP W L OTLSOL Regina 13 10 0 3 0 Moose Jaw 14 9 3 2 0 Swift Current 16 9 5 1 1 Saskatoon 16 7 8 1 0 Brandon 14 6 6 2 0 Prince Albert 15 4 10 1 0 Central Division GP W L OTLSOL Medicine Hat 15 10 4 1 0 Red Deer 15 8 5 1 1 Lethbridge 15 6 7 1 1 Calgary 11 5 5 1 0 Edmonton 14 4 8 2 0 Kootenay 15 3 8 3 1

GF 68 51 55 36 50 33

GA Pts 39 23 46 20 50 20 51 15 48 14 47 9

GF 71 51 49 26 33 39

GA Pts 47 21 55 18 61 14 35 11 53 10 58 10

Western Conference U.S. Division GP W L OTLSOL GF GA Pts Everett 15 11 2 2 0 49 31 24 Tri-City 16 9 6 1 0 58 59 19 Portland 16 8 8 0 0 62 56 16 Spokane 15 6 6 2 1 43 53 15 Seattle 12 5 6 0 1 29 41 11 B.C. Division GP W L OTLSOL GF GA Pts Prince George 17 13 2 2 0 60 42 28 Kelowna 16 9 7 0 0 47 54 18 Victoria 17 8 7 2 0 59 50 18 Kamloops 16 8 8 0 0 56 41 16 Vancouver 17 7 10 0 0 47 55 14 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.

Saturday’s Games Lethbridge 6 Red Deer 1 Medicine Hat 7 Edmonton 3 Calgary 3 Prince George 2 (OT) Swift Current 3 Spokane 2 (OT) Saskatoon 1 Prince Albert 0 Vancouver 4 Kamloops 1 Kelowna 5 Portland 3 Everett 2 Victoria 1 (OT) Sunday’s Games Kootenay 6 Brandon 2 Regina 6 Seattle 3 Kelowna 3 Portland 2 Tuesday’s results Moose Jaw 3 Prince Albert 1 Seattle 4 Saskatoon 3 Red Deer at Victoria, 7:05 p.m.

Kamloops at Kelowna, 7:05 p.m.

Today’s Games Moose Jaw at Brandon, 7 p.m.

Kootenay at Regina, 7 p.m.

Seattle at Prince Albert, 7 p.m.

Edmonton at Swift Current, 7 p.m.

Medicine Hat at Prince George, 7 p.m.

Lethbridge at Kamloops, 7 p.m.

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

Friday’s Games Seattle at Brandon, 7:30 p.m.

Calgary at Swift Current, 7 p.m.

Saskatoon at Regina, 7 p.m.

Kootenay at Prince Albert, 7 p.m.

Edmonton at Moose Jaw, 7 p.m.

Medicine Hat at Kamloops, 7 p.m.

Lethbridge at Victoria, 7:05 p.m.

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

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

Kelowna at Vancouver, 7:30 p.m.

Saturday’s Games Edmonton at Brandon, 7:30 p.m.

Seattle at Moose Jaw, 7 p.m.

Swift Current at Calgary, 7 p.m.

Kootenay at Saskatoon, 7:05 p.m.

Kamloops at Prince George, 7 p.m.

Lethbridge at Vancouver, 7 p.m.

Medicine Hat at Kelowna, 7:05 p.m.

Portland at Everett, 7:05 p.m.

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

Sunday’s Games Tri-City at Portland, 5 p.m.

TUESDAY’S SUMMARIES Thunderbirds 4, Blades 3 First Period 1. Seattle, Tyszka 1 (Bear, Volcan) 2:51 (pp).

Penalties — McCarty Sas (double minor, high sticking) 19:42 Caller Sas (holding) 2:45 Hajek Sas (tripping) 7:00.

Second Period 2. Seattle, True 5 (Ottenbreit, Gropp) 0:56 (pp).

3. Seattle, Neuls 3 (Eansor, Volcan) 1:51 (pp).

4. Saskatoon, Farren 1 (unassisted) 6:04.

5. Seattle, Eansor 2 (unassisted) 9:32 (sh).

Penalties — Eansor Sea (cross checking) 6:49 Schuldhaus Sea (interference) 8:39 Eansor Sea (slashing) 14:33 Caller Sas (holding) 19:03.

Third Period 6. Saskatoon, Paterson 5 (Sayers, MacKenzie) 1:39.

7. Saskatoon, McCarty 10 (Paterson) 18:44.

Penalties — McCarty Sas (slashing) 11:03 Neuls Sea (hooking) 19:33.

Shots on goal by Seattle 15 11 7 — 33 Saskatoon 4 10 10 — 24 Goal — Seattle: Toth (W, 4-6-0-0). Saskatoon: Hamm (L, 1-5-1-0).

Power plays (goals-chances) — Seattle: 3-6 Saskatoon: 0-4.

Warriors 3, Raiders 1 First Period No Scoring.

Penalties — Gregor Mj (high sticking) 6:18 Morrison Pa (tripping) 13:31 Holowko Pa (elbowing) 15:35 Kaluski Mj (high sticking) 18:21.

Second Period 1. Moose Jaw, Halbgewachs 10 (unassisted) 2:21.

2. Prince Albert, Coleman 4 (Montgomery, Vanstone) 6:06.

Missed penalty shot — Halbgewachs Mj, 16:05.

Penalties — Kaluski Mj (hooking) 6:26 Glover Pa (slashing) 9:10 Vanstone Pa (high sticking) 15:39.

Third Period 3. Moose Jaw, Halbgewachs 11 (Thrower) 4:22.

4. Moose Jaw, Jeannot 4 (unassisted) 19:58 (en).

Penalties — Halbgewachs Mj (cross checking) 9:23 Kelly Pa (tripping) 14:14.

Shots on goal by Prince Albert 14 6 22 — 42 Moose Jaw 7 14 8 — 29

Goal — Prince Albert: Sanders (L, 2-3-0-0). Moose Jaw: Sawchenko (W, 5-1-2-0).

Power plays (goals-chances) — Prince Albert: 0-4 Moose Jaw: 0-5.

NHL EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division GP W L OT Pts GF Montreal 9 8 0 1 17 31 Ottawa 9 6 3 0 12 27 Tampa Bay 10 6 4 0 12 33 Detroit 10 6 4 0 12 28 Boston 9 5 4 0 10 20 Buffalo 9 4 3 2 10 22 Florida 10 4 5 1 9 26 Toronto 10 3 4 3 9 29 Metropolitan Division GP W L OT Pts GF N.Y. Rangers 10 7 3 0 14 40 Washington 9 6 2 1 13 25 Pittsburgh 9 6 2 1 13 25 New Jersey 8 4 2 2 10 18 Columbus 8 4 3 1 9 21 Philadelphia 10 4 5 1 9 36 N.Y. Islanders 10 4 6 0 8 28 Carolina 9 2 4 3 7 25

GA 14 26 30 24 24 22 25 37 GA 22 19 27 16 19 38 31 32

WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Chicago 10 6 3 1 13 36 28 Minnesota 10 6 3 1 13 33 21 St. Louis 10 5 3 2 12 22 26 Colorado 8 4 4 0 8 20 24 Dallas 9 3 4 2 8 20 29 Winnipeg 10 4 6 0 8 24 29 Nashville 9 3 5 1 7 24 29 Pacific Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Edmonton 10 7 2 1 15 31 22 San Jose 9 6 3 0 12 23 21 Vancouver 9 4 4 1 9 17 24 Calgary 11 4 6 1 9 32 40 Los Angeles 9 4 5 0 8 20 26 Anaheim 9 3 4 2 8 21 23 Arizona 8 2 6 0 4 24 33 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss.

Monday’s Games No games scheduled Tuesday’s Games Columbus 3, Dallas 2, OT N.Y. Rangers 5, St. Louis 0 Toronto 3, Edmonton 2, OT Ottawa 2, Carolina 1, OT Tampa Bay 6, N.Y. Islanders 1 Boston 2, Florida 1 Washington 3, Winnipeg 2 Buffalo 2, Minnesota 1 Chicago 5, Calgary 1 Nashville 5, Colorado 1 San Jose at Arizona, 8 p.m.

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

Today’s Games Vancouver at Montreal, 5:30 p.m.

Detroit at Philadelphia, 6 p.m.

Pittsburgh at Anaheim, 8:30 p.m.

Thursday’s Games Philadelphia at N.Y. Islanders, 5 p.m.

Edmonton at N.Y. Rangers, 5 p.m.

Toronto at Buffalo, 5 p.m.

Winnipeg at Washington, 5 p.m.

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

Vancouver at Ottawa, 5:30 p.m.

New Jersey at Florida, 5:30 p.m.

St. Louis at Dallas, 6:30 p.m.

Colorado at Chicago, 6:30 p.m.

Nashville at Arizona, 8 p.m.

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

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

Friday’s Games Montreal at Columbus, 5 p.m.

Winnipeg at Detroit, 5:30 p.m.

Arizona at Anaheim, 8 p.m.

TUESDAY’S SUMMARIES Predators 5, Avalanche 1 First Period 1. Nashville, Smith 3 (Ribeiro, Wilson) 1:33.

2. Colorado, Iginla 2 (Duchene, Landeskog) 5:35.

3. Nashville, Irwin 1 (Neal, Forsberg) 17:47.

Penalties — Colborne Col (hooking) 9:33 Watson Nash (slashing) 15:00.

Second Period 4. Nashville, Johansen 1 (Fisher, Neal) 11:47 (pp).

Penalties — Gelinas Col (delay of game) 1:37 Soderberg Col (tripping) 10:53 Mitchell Col (face-off violation) 11:51 Smith Nash (holding) 14:30.

Third Period 5. Nashville, Josi 2 (Johansen, Forsberg) 12:09.

6. Nashville, Smith 4 (unassisted) 13:18.

Penalties — Watson Nash, Landeskog Col (fighting) 1:08 Ekholm Nash (tripping) 4:28 Comeau Col (boarding) 7:13 Neal Nash (high-sticking) 15:44.

Shots on goal by Nashville 10 19 7 — 36 Colorado 16 7 6 — 29 Goal — Nashville: Rinne (W, 2-4-1). Colorado: Varlamov (L, 2-4-0).

Power plays (goals-chances) — Nashville: 1-5 Colorado: 0-4.

Blackhawks 5, Flames 1 First Period 1. Chicago, Kane 3 (Rozsival) 18:58.

Penalties — Hossa Chi (hooking) 7:38 Hamilton Cgy (holding) 10:58 Kruger Chi (tripping) 13:30.

Second Period 2. Calgary, Frolik 5 (Backlund) 7:06 (sh).

Penalties — Chicago bench (too many men, served

by Schmaltz) 4:04 Calgary bench (too many men, served by Ferland) 6:35 Campbell Chi (delay of game) 9:12 Monahan Cgy (tripping) 11:57.

Third Period 3. Chicago, Anisimov 7 (Kane, Panarin) 7:44 (pp).

4. Chicago, Motte 3 (Schmaltz, Seabrook) 12:34.

5. Chicago, Panarin 4 (Kane) 16:59 (en).

6. Chicago, Hjalmarsson 2 (Panik, Anisimov) 18:16.

Penalties — Bennett Cgy (tripping) 7:13 Rasmussen Chi, Bouma Cgy (roughing) 16:15.

Shots on goal by Calgary 13 13 8 — 34 Chicago 6 9 7 — 22 Goal — Calgary: Elliott (L, 3-5-0). Chicago: Crawford (W, 4-3-1).

Power plays (goals-chances) — Calgary: 0-4

Chicago: 1-4.

Capitals 3, Jets 2 First Period 1. Washington, Alzner 2 (Johansson, Kuznetsov) 19:16.

Penalties — Ovechkin Wash (slashing) 9:17 Lowry Wpg (tripping) 10:40 Orlov Wash (holding) 15:52.

Second Period 2. Washington, Johansson 6 (Kuznetsov) 8:15.

Penalties — Orlov Wash (slashing) 11:26.

Third Period 3. Winnipeg, Scheifele 5 (Wheeler, Chiarot) 13:04.

4. Winnipeg, Lowry 1 (Armia, Connor) 17:35.

5. Washington, Beagle 1 (Carlson) 19:30.

Penalties — Connor Wpg (hooking) 1:14 Williams Wash (hooking) 11:17 Enstrom Wpg (tripping) 11:55 Scheifele Wpg (slashing) 20:00.

Shots on goal by Washington 8 9 10 — 27 Winnipeg 14 15 16 — 45 Goal — Washington: Holtby (W, 4-2-1). Winnipeg: Hellebuyck (L, 2-3-0).

Power plays (goals-chances) — Washington: 0-3 Winnipeg: 0-4.

Senators 2, Hurricanes 1 (OT) First Period 1. Carolina, Slavin 1 (unassisted) :34.

2. Ottawa, Phaneuf 1 (Ceci, Pyatt) 13:18.

Penalties — Di Giuseppe Car, Puempel Ott (fighting) 4:32 Wideman Ott (delay of game) 7:02 Hainsey Car, Smith Ott (roughing) 11:27 Staal Car, Phaneuf Ott (roughing) 14:58 Di Giuseppe Car (hooking) 17:40 Brassard Ott (slashing) 18:23.

Second Period No Scoring.

Penalties — Carolina bench (too many men, served

by Nestrasil) 13:35 Ottawa bench (too many men, served by Puempel) 19:35.

Third Period No Scoring.

Penalties — None.

Overtime 3. Ottawa, Turris 5 (Karlsson) 3:09.

Penalties — None.

Shots on goal by Carolina 16 6 8 3 — 33 Ottawa 5 15 8 4 — 32 Goal — Carolina: Ward (L, 1-3-2). Ottawa: Anderson (W, 6-1-0).

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

Bruins 2, Panthers 1 First Period 1. Boston, Marchand 4 (unassisted) 3:53.

Penalties — Schaller Bos (hooking) 4:39 Chara Bos (holding) 11:06 Malgin Fla (tripping) 15:13.

Second Period 2. Boston, Moore 3 (unassisted) 6:16.

Penalties — Schaller Bos (holding) 5:35 Chara Bos (hooking) 8:32 Hayes Bos (roughing) 12:28 MacKenzie Fla (slashing) 12:28 Hayes Bos, MacKenzie Fla (fighting) 14:32 Marchand Bos (interference) 14:54.

Third Period 3. Florida, Malgin 1 (Yandle, Pysyk) 15:25.

Penalties — Krug Bos (interference) 2:18 Rau Fla (double high-sticking) 6:23 McQuaid Bos (roughing, served by Hayes) 16:40 McQuaid Bos, Harper Fla (fighting) 16:40 Ekblad Fla (slashing) 20:00.

Shots on goal by Boston 3 14 9 — 26 Florida 13 7 14 — 34 Goal — Boston: Rask (W, 5-0-0). Florida: Luongo (L, 3-4-0).

Power plays (goals-chances) — Boston: 0-4 Florida: 0-7.

Sabres 2, Wild 1 First Period 1. Buffalo, O’Reilly 4 (unassisted) 3:16.

Penalties — None.

Second Period 2. Minnesota, Granlund 2 (E.Staal, Pominville) 17:31 (pp).

Penalties — Gorges Buf (slashing) 16:24.

Third Period 3. Buffalo, Larsson 2 (Gionta) 13:34.

Penalties — Bertschy Minn (hooking) 4:43.

Shots on goal by Buffalo 9 7 8 — 24 Minnesota 6 15 7 — 28 Goal — Buffalo: Lehner (W, 3-2-1). Minnesota: Dubnyk (L, 5-2-1).

Power plays (goals-chances) — Buffalo: 0-1 Minnesota: 1-1.

Lightning 6, Islanders 1 First Period 1. Tampa Bay, Kucherov 2 (Stamkos, Hedman) 3:21 (pp).

2. Tampa Bay, Kucherov 3 (Hedman, Killorn) 12:18 (pp).

3. Tampa Bay, Stamkos 7 (Koekkoek, Kucherov) 13:34.

Penalties — Callahan TB, de Haan NYI (fighting) 1:42 de Haan NYI (interference - major, served by Lee) 1:42 Callahan TB (misconduct) 1:42 Callahan TB (instigator, served by Point) 1:42 Strome NYI (delay of game) 2:09 Kulemin NYI (hooking) 11:16.

Second Period 4. Tampa Bay, Boyle 2 (Callahan, Filppula) 6:17.

5. Tampa Bay, Brown 1 (unassisted) 9:30.

6. Tampa Bay, Filppula 4 (Kucherov, Koekkoek) 11:19.

7. NY Islanders, Seidenberg 3 (de Haan, Tavares) 19:30.

Penalties — Boyle TB, Hamonic NYI (fighting) 6:25 Kucherov TB (hooking) 8:20 Prince NYI (slashing) 13:05 Boychuk NYI (elbowing) 13:53 Boyle TB (tripping) 16:06.

Third Period No Scoring.

Penalties — Hedman TB, Chimera NYI, Hamonic NYI (roughing) 2:46 Killorn TB (hooking) 7:50 Koekkoek TB (hooking) 10:39 Cizikas NYI (hooking) 18:33.

Shots on goal by Tampa Bay 14 16 6 — 36 New York 4 8 15 — 27 Goal — Tampa Bay: Bishop (W, 4-3-0). NY Islanders: Greiss (L, 2-3-0), Halak (25 shots, 22 saves).

Power plays (goals-chances) — Tampa Bay: 2-7 NY Islanders: 0-4.

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FOOTBALL x-Hamilton Montreal Toronto

7 10 0 482 470 14 6 11 0 351 390 12 5 12 0 366 527 10 West Division GP W L T PF PA Pt y-Calgary 18 15 2 1 586 369 31 x-B.C. 17 11 6 0 504 436 22 x-Winnipeg 17 10 7 0 464 434 20 x-Edmonton 17 9 8 0 508 479 18 Saskatchewan 17 5 12 0 332 489 10 x — clinched playoff berth y — clinched division.

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

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GP 17

CFL East Division W L T PF PA 8 8 1 466 465

17 17 17

WEEK 19 Bye: Toronto Sunday’s Games Montreal 17 Calgary 8 Saturday’s Games Ottawa 23 Winnipeg 10 B.C. 24 Saskatchewan 6 Friday’s Games Edmonton 29 Hamilton 26 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 NFL AMERICAN CONFERENCE East W L T Pct PF New England 7 1 0 .875 217 Buffalo 4 4 0 .500 212 Miami 3 4 0 .429 146 N.Y. Jets 3 5 0 .375 150 South W L T Pct PF Houston 5 3 0 .625 137 Tennessee 4 4 0 .500 182 Indianapolis 3 5 0 .375 208 Jacksonville 2 5 0 .286 139 North W L T Pct PF Pittsburgh 4 3 0 .571 170 Cincinnati 3 4 1 .438 167 Baltimore 3 4 0 .429 133 Cleveland 0 8 0 .000 158 West W L T Pct PF Denver 6 2 0 .750 194 Oakland 6 2 0 .750 215 Kansas City 5 2 0 .714 166 San Diego 3 5 0 .375 225 Pt 17

PA 132 172 159 208 PA 167 183 230 196 PA 150 189 139 238 PA 136 203 137 212

NATIONAL CONFERENCE East

HOCKEY Dallas N.Y. Giants Philadelphia Washington

W 6 4 4 4

L 1 3 3 3

Atlanta Tampa Bay New Orleans Carolina

W 5 3 3 2

L 3 4 4 5

Minnesota Green Bay Detroit Chicago

W 5 4 4 2

L 2 3 4 6

Seattle Arizona Los Angeles San Francisco

W 4 3 3 1

L 2 4 4 6

T Pct 0 .857 0 .571 0 .571 1 .563 South T Pct 0 .625 0 .429 0 .429 0 .286 North T Pct 0 .714 0 .571 0 .500 0 .250 West T Pct 1 .643 1 .438 0 .429 0 .143

PF 188 133 179 186

PA 130 141 117 189

PF 262 152 201 191

PA 231 189 215 196

PF 139 172 183 131

PA 104 156 190 179

PF 131 179 120 144

PA 109 140 154 219

Thursday, Oct. 27 Tennessee 36, Jacksonville 22 Sunday, Oct. 30 Cincinnati 27, Washington 27, OT Houston 20, Detroit 13 New Orleans 25, Seattle 20 N.Y. Jets 31, Cleveland 28 New England 41, Buffalo 25 Carolina 30, Arizona 20 Kansas City 30, Indianapolis 14 Oakland 30, Tampa Bay 24, OT Atlanta 33, Green Bay 32 Denver 27, San Diego 19 Dallas 29, Philadelphia 23, OT Open: Washington, Arizona, Chicago, New England, Houston, Cincinnati Monday’s Games Chicago 20, Minnesota 10 Thursday’s Games Atlanta at Tampa Bay, 6:25 p.m.

Sunday’s Games Dallas at Cleveland, 11 a.m.

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

Philadelphia at N.Y. Giants, 11 a.m.

Jacksonville at Kansas City, 11 a.m.

Detroit at Minnesota, 11 a.m.

Pittsburgh at Baltimore, 11 a.m.

New Orleans at San Francisco, 2:05 p.m.

Carolina at Los Angeles, 2:05 p.m.

Tennessee at San Diego, 2:25 p.m.

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

Denver at Oakland, 6:30 p.m.

Open: Los Angeles, San Francisco, N.Y. Giants, Miami, Baltimore, Pittsburgh Monday’s Games Buffalo at Seattle, 6:30 p.m.

TRANSACTIONS HOCKEY National Hockey League ANAHEIM DUCKS — Recalled G Dustin Tokarski from San Diego (AHL). Reassigned C Michael Sgarbossa to San Diego.

CAROLINA HURRICANES — Activated D Ryan Murphy from injured reserve.

DETROIT RED WINGS — Claimed RW Martin Frk off waivers from Carolina and assigned him to Grand Rapids (AHL).

LOS ANGELES KINGS — Assigned D Rob Scuderi to Ontario (AHL).

MINNESOTA WILD — Recalled Fs Christoph Bertschy, Tyler Graovac and Jordan Schroeder from Iowa (AHL).

NEW JERSEY DEVILS — Recalled D Vojtech Mozik from Albany (AHL).

American Hockey League AHL — Suspended Binghamton D Guillaume Lepine three games and Binghamton F Vincent Dunn one game.

SAN DIEGO GULLS — Assigned D Brian Cooper and Keaton Thompson to Utah (ECHL).

ECHL SOUTH CAROLINA STINGRAYS — Signed D Steven Delisle.

BASEBALL American League SEATTLE MARINERS — Reinstated C Steve Clevenger from the 60-day DL. American Association LINCOLN SALTDOGS — Signed C Dashenko Ricardo and OF Randolph Oduber.

Can-Am League NEW JERSEY JACKALS — Exercised the 2017 options on INFs Jerome Pena and Dustin Lawley.

OTTAWA CHAMPIONS — Traded LHP Miles Moeller to Quebec to complete an earlier trade.

ROCKLAND BOULDERS — Traded RHP Daniel Carela to York for future considerations.

SUSSEX COUNTY MINERS — Traded RHP Joe Donino to Gary SouthShore (AA) for INF Jarred Mederos.

BASKETBALL National Basketball Association NBA — G Ray Allen announced his retirement.

CHARLOTTE HORNETS — Signed C Cody Zeller to a four-year contract.

OKLAHOMA CITY THUNDER — Signed C Steven Adams and G Victor Oladipo to multi-year contract extensions.l PHILADELPHIA 76ERS — Traded F Jerami

Grant to Oklahoma City for F Ersan Ilyasova and a conditional first-round draft pick.

FOOTBALL National Football League ARIZONA CARDINALS — Placed TE Ifeanyi Momah and OT Jared Valdheer on injured reserve.

Re-signed G Taylor Boggs. Signed S Christian Bryant from the practice squad.

BUFFALO BILLS — Placed S Aaron Williams on injured reserve. Signed WR Percy Harvin.

TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS — Traded CB Johnthan Banks to Detroit for a conditional 2018 seventh-round draft pick. Signed RB Mike James.

COLLEGE MINNESOTA — Dismissed WR Brian Smith from the football program.

SOUTH CAROLINA — Announced freshman TE Robert Tucker III is giving up football for medical reasons.

SYRACUSE — Announced C Jason Emerich will not return to the team because of a shoulder injury.

UCONN — Demoted offensive co-ordinator Frank Verducci to tackles and tight ends coach. Promoted running backs coach David Corley to offensive co-ordinator.

SOCCER MLS PLAYOFFS FIRST ROUND (single-game eliminations) Thursday’s results Montreal 4 D.C. 2 Seattle 1 Kansas City 0 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) (Montreal leads 1-0) First Leg Sunday’s result Montreal 1 New York 0 Second Leg Sunday, Nov. 6 Montreal at New York, 2 p.m.

New York City (2) vs. Toronto (3) (Toronto leads 2-0)

First Leg Sunday’s result Toronto 2 New York City 0 Second Leg Sunday, Nov. 6 Toronto at New York City, 4:30 p.m.

WESTERN CONFERENCE Dallas (1) vs. Seattle (4) (Seattle leads 3-0) First Leg Sunday’s result Seattle 3 Dallas 0 Second Leg Sunday, Nov. 6 Seattle at Dallas, 7 p.m.

Colorado (2) vs. Los Angeles (3) (Los Angeles leads 1-0) First Leg Sunday’s result Los Angeles 1 Colorado 0 Second Leg Sunday, Nov. 6 Los Angeles at Colorado, 12 p.m.

THIRD ROUND Conference Championships (two-leg, total goals series) EASTERN CONFERENCE First Leg Tuesday, Nov. 22 Teams and Site TBD, 6 p.m.

Second Leg Wednesday, Nov. 30 Teams and Site TBD, 5 p.m.

WESTERN CONFERENCE First Leg Sunday, Nov. 20 Teams and Site, 6 p.m.

Second Leg Sunday, Nov. 27 Teams and Site, 2 p.m.

MLS CUP Saturday, Dec. 10 Eastern Champion vs. Western Champion, 8 p.m.

Maple Leafs 3, Oilers 2 (OT) First Period 1. Toronto, Kadri 4 (Brown, Polak) 1:29.

2. Edmonton, Lander 1 (Pitlick, Letestu) 19:29.

Penalties — Martin Tor (interference) 8:24.

Second Period 3. Toronto, Smith 1 (Soshnikov, Martin) 3:14.

Penalties — Soshnikov Tor (illegal check to head minor) 9:11 Lander Edm (roughing) 16:36 Kassian Edm (hooking) 17:27 Kadri Tor (embellishment) 17:27.

Third Period 4. Edmonton, Nurse 2 (Nugent-Hopkins) 8:38.

Penalties — None.

Overtime 5. Toronto, Kadri 5 (Rielly) :12.

Penalties — None.

Shots on goal by Edmonton 19 14 13 0 — 46 Toronto 8 14 8 1 — 31 Goal — Edmonton: Talbot (L, 7-2-1). Toronto: Andersen (W, 3-2-3).

Power plays (goals-chances) — Edmonton: 0-2 Toronto: 0-1.

Blue Jackets 3, Stars 2 (OT) First Period No Scoring.

Penalties — Roussel Dal, Foligno Clb (fighting) 7:09 Anderson Clb (slashing) 8:30 Smith Dal (holding) 14:05.

Second Period 1. Columbus, Foligno 2 (Werenski, Saad) 3:50.

2. Dallas, Spezza 3 (Oduya, Johns) 10:13.

Penalties — Jenner Clb (slashing) 8:12 Karlsson Clb (stick holding) 16:08.

Third Period 3. Dallas, Seguin 5 (Ja.Benn, Klingberg) 1:13.

4. Columbus, Gagner 3 (Atkinson, Werenski) 19:44 (pp).

Penalties — Dubinsky Clb (hooking) 13:42 Oduya Dal (slashing) 19:00.

Overtime 5. Columbus, Jones 2 (Saad, Wennberg) :46.

Penalties — None.

Shots on goal by Dallas 18 10 10 0 — 38 Columbus 9 11 7 1 — 28 Goal — Dallas: Niemi (L, 2-1-1). Columbus: Bobrovsky (W, 4-3-1).

Power plays (goals-chances) — Dallas: 0-4 Columbus: 1-2.

Rangers 5, Blues 0 First Period 1. NY Rangers, Girardi 2 (Kreider, McDonagh) 9:37.

2. NY Rangers, Vesey 6 (Stepan, Skjei) 11:11 (pp).

Penalties — Lehtera StL (hooking) 3:52 Buchnevich NYR (hooking) 8:39 Berglund StL (high-sticking) 9:17 Lehtera StL (goaltender interference) 11:45 Nash NYR (slashing) 15:33.

Second Period 3. NY Rangers, Nash 5 (Vesey) 6:18.

4. NY Rangers, Zuccarello 5 (Kreider, Zibanejad) 12:55 (pp).

5. NY Rangers, Hayes 3 (Miller, Vesey) 18:17.

Penalties — Schwartz StL (interference) 12:06 Edmundson StL (roughing) 20:00.

Third Period No Scoring.

Penalties — Steen StL, Holden NYR (roughing) 10:41 Yakupov StL (high-sticking) 18:52.

Shots on goal by St. Louis 9 16 10 — 35 New York 8 14 7 — 29 Goal — St. Louis: Allen (L, 4-2-2), Hutton (9 shots, 8 saves). NY Rangers: Lundqvist (W, 5-3-0).

Power plays (goals-chances) — St. Louis: 0-2 NY Rangers: 2-6.

BOWLING Heritage Lanes Weekly Results Monday Club plus 55: High single: Chris Carey, 257. High triple: Ray Clark.

Monday Mixed: High single: Lonnie Staples, 275.

High triple: Nicole Clossen, 735.

Monday Scratch: High single: Mike Tweedy, 395.

High quad: Shelby Chrest, 1,075.

Tuesday Mixed: High single: Terra Nystrom, 334.

High triple: Nystrom, 773.

Wednesday Club plus 55: High single: Don

Knowler, 281. High triple: Knowler, 708.

Wednesday Mixed: High single: Josh Bota, 313.

Andrew High triple: Gallaher, 825.

Thursday AM Ladies: High single: Chris Palm, 264. High triple: Palm, 687.

Thursday Special Olympics: High single: Anthony Kubasek, 273. High double: Kubasek, 481.

Thursday Mixed: High single: Amy Reid, 293.

High triple: Reid, 703.

WHL HOCKEY

Rebel’s losing skid hits 3 games

Cougars 6 Rebels 4 ICTORIA — The Red Deer Rebels saw their losing streak extended to three games with a 6-4 loss to the Victoria Cougars in Western Hockey League play before 3,032 fans Tuesday.

The Rebels didn’t go down without a fight.

Trailing 4-2 midway through the third period Josh Mahura scored at 13:39 and 15:17 to pull the Rebels even.

However, Ryan Peckford beat Red Deer netminder Riley Lamb at 17:39 for what proved to be the winning goal. Ethan Price scored into an empty net at 19:28.

The Rebels led 2-1 after the first period. Jared Dymtriw opened the scoring for the Cougars at 8:07, but Grayson Pawlenchuk connected at 14:35 and Dawson Martin at 17:24.

Matthew Phillips and Tyler Soy scored for Victoria in the second period and Dante Hannoun in the third.

The Rebels fired 44 shots on Griffen Outhouse, while Lamb faced 36. Red Deer was one-for-six on the power play and killed off all four shorthanded situations.

The Rebels don’t have time to worry about the loss as they visit Everett tonight and are in Spokane Friday.

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Canada kicks off Four Nations Cup with a win VIERUMAKI, Finland — Canadian goaltender Emerance Maschmeyer’s starts in international women’s hockey are few and far between, so she wants to make the most of them.

The 22-year-old from Bruderheim, Alta., turned away all 18 shots she faced in Canada’s 3-0 win over host Finland to kick off the Four Nations Cup on Tuesday.

It was Maschmeyer’s fourth career shutout in 10 starts (6-

4) with the national team.

“The shutout feels great.

It always does,” she told The Canadian Press from Vierumaki.

“There’s two tournaments a year and that’s the only opportunity to show our play at the international level, so any chance I have to start, it’s a huge opportunity and I take it very seriously.

“It’s very special every single time I put on that jersey and I’m starting in goal.”

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announcements Obituaries RUMBLES, Janet Christine Date of Passing: Oct. 27, 2016 Janet Christine Rumbles of Lacombe, Alberta, passed away peacefully on October 27, 2016 with her family at her side. Janet was intensely proud of being a registered nurse. She worked in several hospitals in Saskatchewan, British Columbia, and Alberta and was employed for over 23 years in the Lacombe Community Health Centre. She was predeceased by her parents, Harry and Marjorie Hamilton and two brothers, Jim and Angus. She is survived by her husband Ross, her son Steve (Tracey) Rumbles, her daughter Dianne (Glen) McMurray, her grandchildren Melissa, Allex, Sydney and Anika, her sister Margaret (John) Smythe, her sisters-in-law Laura Hamilton and Sandra Hamilton, nephews, nieces, as well as extended family and an abundance of friends. Funeral services for Janet will be held Friday, November 4, 2016 at 1:00 p.m. at Wilson’s Funeral Chapel (6120 Hwy 2A, Lacombe). Condolences may be made by visiting www.wilsonsfuneralchapel.ca WILSON’S FUNERAL CHAPEL & CREMATORIUM Serving Central Alberta with locations in Lacombe and Rimbey in charge of arrangements.

Phone: 403.782.3366 or 403.843.3388 “A Caring Family, Caring for Families”

CARTER, Flora The family of Flora Carter is sad to announce her passing on Tuesday, November 1, 2016.

Flora was born on December 4, 1920 on her parent’s farm at Delburne. In 1940 she married Dell Carter and after Dell returned from the war, raised two daughters Colleen Butler and Marlene Bysterveld. Flora remained in her own home on the farm until March of this year where she enjoyed gardening, baking bread and gathering her family around her. She was very proud of her family and her home and was very active in her community. She was predeceased by her husband Dell (1989); her parents Sam and Jessie MacDonald; her brothers Dave, Ike, and John, and her sister May Auvigne; and son-in-law Rod Butler. She is survived by her daughters Colleen Butler and Marlene (Keith) Bysterveld and their families Stephen (Charity) Butler and children Kennedy and Kassidy; Kathy (Kevin) Guard and their children Kaden and Katana; Jennifer (Sonja) Bysterveld; Jessica (Shane) Powers and their children Jorja and Josie; and Jocelyn (Bryce) Pennock and their children Carter, Clancy, and Porter. She has been a role model to all of us with her quiet strength and her zest for life. She lived every moment to the fullest even water sliding and tobogganing at age 93, and zip-lining just 3 short months ago. We “count our blessings” that we had her in our lives for so many years. A celebration of life will be held on Friday, November 4 at 11am at the Delburne Community Hall. In lieu of flowers donations can be made to St. Mary’s Health Care Centre (Trochu) in Flora’s name.

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FOLKERTS, Frederick Ernest 1950 - 2016 Fred Folkerts passed on to glory October 26, 2016 in Calgary, AB surrounded by his loved ones. Fred was born June 6, 1950 in Brooks, AB. He was predeceased by his father, Johannes Folkerts, and his mother, Mary Folkerts.

He will be dearly missed by his dearest friend, Marion Wearmouth, and her family; his siblings, Emmy (Arnold) Meetsma, Agnes (Jim) Wolstenholme, Betty Reiter, MaryJoan (John) Pyper, Thea (Mike) Farlinger, John (Caroline) Folkerts, Rita Haynes (Randy), and 26 nieces and nephews. A Celebration of Life will be held at First CRC, 14 McVicar Street, Red Deer, AB Nov. 4, 2016, at 1:00 P.M. We want to acknowledge the wonderful care provided by Cochrane Big Hill Lodge, Cochrane Home Care and Sarcee Hospice. If friends so desire donations can be made to the Mustard Seed (previously Loaves and Fishes) at http://theseed.ca. Messages of condolence may be left for the family at www.myalternatives.ca ALTERNATIVES® FUNERAL AND CREMATION SERVICES Serving Red Deer and Surrounding Areas since 1997 403-341-5181

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JONES, Donald Evan 1956 - 2016 The family of Donald Evan ‘Don’ Jones sadly announce his passing on Saturday, October 29, 2016 at the age of 60 years. Don will be lovingly remembered by his wife, Audrey; son, Emmett; two sisters, Marilyn Romanyk (Dennis), and Donna Kafara (Harvey Montpetit); as well as nieces, nephews, extended family and friends.

A Memorial Service for Don will be held at Gaetz Memorial United Church, 4758 - 50 Street, Red Deer, Alberta on Friday, November 4, 2016 at 2:00 p.m. If desired, Memorial Donations in Don’s honor may be made directly to a Trust Fund for Don’s son Emmett, at any ATB Branch in Alberta.

Condolences may be sent or viewed at www.parklandfuneralhome.com Arrangements in care of PARKLAND FUNERAL HOME AND CREMATORIUM 6287 - 67 A Street (Taylor Drive), Red Deer.

403.340.4040.

Obituaries HOUSMAN, James (Jim) Richard Sept. 4, 1955 to Oct. 28, 2016 Born and raised in Innisfail, Alberta, Jim and his buddies wreaked havoc on the central Alberta region for 30 years before Jim settled down with Sharon and their two kids, Kyle and Kristyn. He received his Petroleum Engineering Degree from the University of Alberta in 1991 and pursued a career in the oil and gas industry. In 1993 Jim took the big step of accepting a job in Raduzhny, Russia. He spent 15 years working out of Russia, spending his time off with family in Innisfail and at the beloved Sylvan Lake cabin. The cabin was a gathering place for friends, and many of the fond memories of sailing, skiing, campfires that we all share originate from here. In 2000 Jim and his family moved to Cyprus, which became his permanent home. Jim started his own company, FracSure Diagnostics LLC, and eventually started working out of Muscat, Oman. Jim was an adventurer and his spirit and stories will be forever missed by his loved ones. Jim was predeceased by his parents, Harvey and Inez.

He will be remembered by his partner Olga, his two children, Kyle and Kristyn, his granddaughters, Hudson and Nova, his brothers Larry and Tom, his sister Linda and the many dear friends he has made across the world. Relatives and friends are invited to come share memories and stories of Jim at a public memorial at the Innisfail Public Library on Saturday, November 5th at 11:00 a.m.

HEARTLAND FUNERAL SERVICES LTD., INNISFAIL entrusted with arrangements. 403-227-0006. www.heartlandfuneralservices.com

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WENTWORTH, Margaret (nee Runnalls) Margaret Wentworth of Lacombe died on October 16, 2016 at the Red Deer hospice at the age of 94. She was predeceased by her husband Willis (2006), her son-in-law, Jim Sanford (2010) and her daughter-inlaw, Johanne (nee Desjardins) (2015). Margaret is survived by her daughter Arleen Sanford of Sylvan Lake and her son Cliff of Lethbridge.

She has six grandchildren, three great grandchilren, and two great-great grandchildren.

No funeral by her request. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the Red Deer Hospice Society.

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LOST a Kia fob with key inside on a key chain with a pewter silver cat. Possibly lost at Memorial Centre by Lindsay Thurber High School If found, please call 403-346-0170.

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ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS 403-347-8650 COCAINE ANONYMOUS 403-396-8298

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F/T IN-HOME Child Caregiver in Red Deer @ Baza Res. for an infant. Cert. & High School Grad. Duties; bathe, dress, feed & maintain safe & clean environment, 40 hrs./wk @$11.25/hr. email resume to: apply@ elmerbaza3@shaw.ca FT in-home caregiver for 9 hrs/OT. Household chores & care for 2 children.

Wage $12.20/hr. Caregiver course, CPR, police clearance. Send resume w/ref. to louieandpamie @yahoo.com.

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MEDICAL Receptionist required for a 2 month term. This position could lead to full-time. Exceptional customer service skills are essential as this position deals with the public.

Hours are 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. and occasional Saturdays.

Starting wage is $15/hr.

Please send your resume with avail. dates to Box 1124, c/o RED DEER ADVOCATE, 2950 Bremner Ave., Red Deer, AB T4R 1M9

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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

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PFEIFFER, Tina Marie Johanna 1966 - Oct. 27, 2016 It is with distraught hearts that the family of Tina Pfeiffer announces her sudden passing. Tina is survived by her beloved son, Richard James Pfeiffer of Toronto, ON; her parents Hans and Joycelynn Pfeiffer of Redcliff, AB; and six siblings, Eva Reister, Elizabeth Lobert, Margaret Darkow, and Alex, Steven, and Joseph Pfeiffer, all of Alberta. She is greatly missed by many others.

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GREENHOUSE Laborers are req’d for our greenhouse operation located near Blackfalds, AB. Resp. incl’d. transplanting, watering, handling & caring for plant material & preparation of customer orders. This position is labor intensive & entails working in both hot & cold environments. Laborers are required to work a min. of 40 hours/wk. Laborers must be avail. to work different shifts, 7 days/wk. positions are avail. starting mid Jan. & last til late June. No previous work exp. or qualifications are req’d. Starting wage is $12.20/hr. Please email l resumes to Kevin@ cagreenhouses.ca or fax resume to 403-885-4147 (Attn. Human Resources.)

Resumes may also be mailed to Box 100, Blackfalds, Alberta, T0M 0J0

HERITAGE LANES BOWLING Red Deer’s most modern 5 pin bowling center req’s a SPECIAL EVENTS CO-ORDINATOR Please send resume to: htglanes@ telus.net or apply in person

BOOKCASE with sliding doors, wood with adjustable shelf $15; table X BOX, older, with 14 stand, $15; white metal games. $80. 403-782-3847 table stand, $10; recorder with lesson book and music stand, $5; stove top Equipmentpopcorn popper, $10; Heavy toaster oven, $10; I love tea, teapot, $10; personal TRAILERS for sale or rent room humidifier, $10; Job site, office, well site or set of 4 seat cushions, storage. Skidded or $10; jewelry craft material wheeled. Call 347-7721. for making your own creations, $10; 45” Oval braided rug, green, $10; Box of Christmas candles, Tools $10; white toy box w/moving bear, plays is a small MITRE SAW, King, 10” world, original box, $20; new with stand; $100; babies surround by SANDER, Ridged belt & animals, music box, plays, spool. $100. 403-341-3812 playmates, $20. frosted base table lamp with beige shade, $20. 403-343-1266 GOLF CLUBS, ladies, Firewood brand new $200; 403-342-6880 B.C. Birch, Aspen, Spruce/Pine. Delivery avail. PROPANE barbecue with side burner, $50.

PH. Lyle 403-783-2275 403-309-4518 SMALL CEILING FAN for Household bedroom, football/hockey Appliances design. Exc. cond. $15.

403-346-5423 WANTED: Dead or alive major appliances. Cash for WEDDING dress, size 10, fits small, $200. NEW some. 403-342-1055 403-309-4518 WOODEN shelving, $75.

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COFFEE table and 2 matching end tables, $90.

403-309-4518 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 2017.

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

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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. HERITAGE LANES Food Service Supervisor Req’d F/T & P/T BOWLING permanent shift, early Red Deer’s most modern 5 morning, morning, day, pin bowling center req’s eves. shift weekend day permanent F/T & P/T front night. 40 - 44 hrs/wk counter staff for (eves. and 8 Vacancies, $13.75 /hr. + wknds). Must be 18+ yrs. medical, dental, life and Please send resume to: vision benefits. Start htglanes@ ASAP. Job description telus.net or apply in person www.timhortons.com Experience 1 yr. to less than 2 yrs. Education not req’d. Apply in person or fax 403-314-1303

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GOLDEN Ranch Faux Mink, long length, new, $100.

Sz. large. 403-309-6653

Wednesday, November 2, 2016

FUTON for sale, good condition. Price reduced to $125. Call Viki @ 403-346-4263 TWO armed chairs, one ~ dark green leatherette with Chrome arms, $10; and one ~ gray upholstery office chair w/black metal sides. exc. cond., $15.

403-346-5423

WANTED Antiques, furniture and estates. 342-2514

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100 VHS movies, $75 for all. 403-885-5020 2 ELECTRIC LAMPS, $20.

403-885-5020 BOX Spring, twin $80; China, glassware, dishes; lots of Christmas ribbon bows, buttons, craft items, gift wrap and bags and pieces for making Christmas gifts, $20 for all.

403-343-1266 GAS LEAF blower $20; 2 lawn mowers, 1 gas, 1 electric, $10 each; H.D. Truck Jack, in the case, $40. propane garage heater, $30;403-342-6880 DESK, Solid pine roll top, $100; power rider, exercise bike $100; never used.

403-342-6880

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KITTEN TO GIVE AWAY, adorable F. Apprx. 12 wks old. Litter box trained.

403-343-8727

Sporting Goods

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TRAVEL ALBERTA Alberta offers SOMETHING for everyone.

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WANTED TO BUY, HIGHCHAIR in good, clean condition reasonably priced.

403-346-6058

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Out of Town HUGE garage sale rain or shine or snow located east of Blackfalds 10 miles or 16 km to Range Road 25-5 also known as freedom Road go north 1 mile first place on the left several items to choose from tools to truck toppers too clothes to child children stuff too many items to mention inferred sauna,antique filing cabinets,furniture . starting November 3rd, 4th & 5th: 8 am - 5 pm

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WANTED ~ Trip hammer.

403-728-3454 WANTED: Old Tonka toys or parts. 403-318-5310

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Red Deer Job Fair

Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2016 9:30 a.m. - Noon Alberta Works Centre 2nd Floor, First Red Deer Place 4911 - 51 Street, Red Deer Bring your resumé

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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

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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

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MARTIAL Arts protection gear, helmet, fist pads, kick pads. All equip. in little used excellent condition. $50. 403-314-0003 REMINGTON Classic 700, 338 Win Mag. 6 to 24 custom muzzle break, $800. obo. 403-348-9606 SKIS, 184 cm Rossingnol downhill, with boots & bag.$100; 153 cm Rossingnol downhill, with boots. $100.

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Houses/ Duplexes

3 BDRM./1 Bath House.

Westpark. Small pets. N/S. 6 Appliances. $1375/mo. + utils. (403) 302-2502.

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

Condos/ Townhouses

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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, 6 appls., rent $1050. + utils. + DD. 403-506-0054 FORMER SHOWHOME, Clearview townhouse, 2 bdrm./2 1/2 bath, 2 yrs. old, fully dev. bsmt., could be 3 bdrm., 2 parking pads, no pets, n/s, $1295/mo. + $1295 security/DD. David @ 403-350-5950

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Contractors

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DALE’S HOME RENO’S Free estimates for all your reno needs. 403-506-4301

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Entertainment

DANCE DJ SERVICES 587-679-8606

Handyman Services

1200

BOOK NOW! For your small jobs around the house such as painting, laminate flooring, bathroom reno.

Call James 403-341-0617

Massage Therapy

1280

FANTASY SPA

Elite Retreat, Finest in VIP Treatment.

Painters/ Decorators

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JG PAINTING, 25 yrs. exp.

Free Est. 403-872-8888

Roofing

1370

PRECISE ROOFING LTD. 15 Yrs. Exp., Ref’s Avail.

WCB covered, fully Licensed & Insured.

403-896-4869

Seniors’ Services

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HELPING HANDS Home Supports for Seniors.

Cooking, cleaning, companionship. At home or facility. 403-346-7777

Snow Removal

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SNOW REMOVAL Call Ryan @ 403-348-1459

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The easy way to find a buyer for items you want to 10 - 2am Private back entry sell is with a Red Deer 403-341-4445 Advocate want ad. Phone 309-3300.

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A-1 GARBAGE PICK-UP & Recycling avail. weekly or occasional basis.

(403) 505-4777.

Yard Care

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SNOW/junk/tree removal, and garage door services.

403-358-1614

Condos/ Townhouses

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SEIBEL PROPERTY ONE MONTH 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 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

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2 BDRM. 4 plex, fireplace, incld’s water, sewer, garbage. $925. rent, $650. sd. Avail. now or Dec. 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 Dec. 1. 403-304-5337

ORIOLE PARK 3 bdrm., 1-1/2 bath, $975. rent, s.d. $650, incl water sewer and garbage.

Available now or Dec. 1.

403-304-5337

4 Plexes/ 6 Plexes

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WESTPARK 2 bdrm. 4-plex, 4 appls.

Rent $1075/mo. d.d. $650.

Incld’s all utils. Avail. now or Dec. 1. 403-304-5337

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2 BDRM. lrg. suite adult bldg, free laundry, very clean, quiet, Avail. now or Dec. 1. $850/mo., S.D. $650. 403-304-5337

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ADULT 2 BDRM. spacious suites 3 appls., heat/water incl’d., ADULT ONLY BLDG, no pets, Oriole Park. 403-986-6889

COMPLETELY reno’d sunny 2 bdrm. suite in adult bldg. at Parkview Place in Innisfail. New kitchen incl. appl., and new bathroom. Well-maintained with on-site manager.

CITY VIEW APTS. bldg.

Extra storage, free parking, 2 bdrm in Clean, quiet, heat incl. in rent. $950/mo. newly reno’d adult building. Call Jac @ 403-227-1049.

Rent $900 S.D. $700.

Avail. immed. Near hospital. No pets. 403-318-3679

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NEW Glendale reno’d 1 & 2 bdrm. apartments, rent LARGE, 1 & 2 BDRM. $750, last month of lease SUITES. 25+, adults only free, immed. occupancy.

403-596-6000 n/s, no pets 403-346-7111

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OPEN HOUSE SERGE’S HOMES Nov. 3 & 4, 2 - 5 6323 61 AVE RED DEER

Rental incentives avail.

1 & 2 bdrm. adult building, N/S, No pets.

403-596-2444

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2 bdrm. apt. w/balcony, adults only, no pets heat/water incld. $875.

403-728-2331 SYLVAN LAKE, 2 bdrm. bsmt., fridge, stove, all util. incl. except power and cable, n/s, no pets, $850/mo. + $850/DD. Avail. immed. Contact 403-754-5693

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FOR sale or lease, prime real estate in Ponoka, 11/2 acres off of Hwy. 2A. Phone 403-963-0204

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Tires, Parts Acces.

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(2) 6 PLY M+Snow Steel Belted Radials, 235-55R17 As new. Paid $525. Asking $300. 403-885-4203

WAREHOUSE or SHOP SPACE

(4) STUDDED Firestone Radials, 225-60R16 M & S on Subaru Rims. $750.

403-782-6746

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WINTER Tires, (4) Bridgestone Blizzaks, 225R60-16. Exc. cond. $125. ~SOLD~

Call GORD ING at MORE sellers find buyers in RE/MAX real estate central alberta 403-341-9995 the classifieds. 309-3300.

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To Creditors of the Meeting of Creditors in the Matter of the Bankruptcy of Kenneth Paul Jasper Estate # 24-2181390 NOTICE is hereby given that the bankruptcy of Kenneth Paul Jasper of Red Deer, Alberta occurred on the 26th day of October, 2016 and that the First Meeting of Creditors will be held on the 8th day of November, 2016 at 11:30 A.M. at the: OFFICE OF THE TRUSTEE 4922 - 53 Street Red Deer, Alberta Dated at Red Deer, Alberta this 27th day of October, 2016.

MNP LTD. Licensed Insolvency Trustee 4922 - 53rd Street Red Deer AB T4N 2E9 Phone (403) 342-5380

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1976 DODGE motor home, new tires and brakes, sleeps 6, good cond., 85,000 kms, safety inspected, $2500 obo.

403-782-4504

good cond., 4 new tires. $1,200.

2003 MAZDA MX5, exc. cond. 78,000 kms., hardtop & roll bar incl’d. loaded. $11,400.

1978 Uniflite 28 ft. cabin cruiser live aboard, comes with new trailer.

Will sell or trade for value.

Ph. only. 403-304-3612

DO YOU HAVE A TENT TRAILER TO SELL? ADVERTISE IT IN THE FAST TRACK, Call 309-3300.

2004 MAZDA 6, black, 240,000 kms., new performance tires & rims, 1 yr. old winter tires. $2500.

587-377-5275

DO YOU HAVE A BOAT TO SELL? ADVERTISE IT IN THE FAST TRACK, Call 309-3300.

2002 PATHFINDER 4x4, Chilkoot Edition, auto., 251,000 kms. $3000. obo 403-729-3247, 844-6939

2005 CROWN Vic LX, full load, leather, 96,000 kms. $5700.

403-358-3721

2006 FORD Crown Victoria LX Sedan, leather, 70,000 km, $12,000 obo.

403-573-3298

1997 OLDS 88 LS,

1981 CANADIAN BLUEBIRD Ex, Forestry camperized, bus, propane, 445ci., auto. $4000. obo 403-729-3247

2006 Buick Lucerne, 4 dr. full load, blue tooth, remote start, Harold @ 403-350-6800

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

wheels

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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

Condos/ Townhouses

homes 4000-4190

Downtown Office

Warehouse Space

3190

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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Large waiting room, 2 offices & storage room, 403-728-2331

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SINGLE CAR, RED DEER $150/mo. 403-348-6594

ROOM TO RENT, very large, $450. 403-350-4712

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BLACKFALDS, $500, all inclusive. 403-358-1614

Rental incentives avail.

1 & 2 bdrm. adult bldg. only, N/S, No pets.

403-596-2444

NOW RENTING SELECT 1 BDRM. APT’S. starting at $795/mo.

2936 50th AVE. Red Deer Newer bldg. secure entry w/onsite manager, 3 appls., incl. heat & hot water, washer/dryer hookup, infloor heating, a/c., car plug ins & balconies.

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MIDDLE EAST

Iraqi forces edge into Mosul, major urban warfare lies ahead

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AZWAYA, Iraq — Iraq’s special forces fought their way into the outskirts of Mosul on Tuesday, taking its state television building despite resistance by Islamic State group fighters that is only likely to stiffen when combat reaches the inner city.

It was the first time Iraqi troops have set foot in the city, Iraq’s second-largest, in more than two years. The advance was the start of what is likely to be a grueling and slow operation for the forces as they fend off booby traps and ambushes in difficult, house-to-house fighting expected to take weeks, if not months.

Troops entered Gogjali, a neighbourhood inside Mosul’s city limits, and later the outskirts of the more built-up Karama district, according to Maj. Gen. Sami al-Aridi of the Iraqi special forces. As the sun went down, a sandstorm blew in, reducing visibility to only 100 metres (yards) and bringing the day’s combat to an end.

“Daesh is fighting back and have set up concrete blast walls to block off the Karama neighbourhood and our troops’ advance,” al-Aridi said, using the Arabic acronym for the Islamic State group. He said bombs have been laid along the road into the city.

Later, al-Aridi said the troops had taken the state television building, the only one in the province, and that heavy fighting broke out when they tried to continue further into built-up areas. An official casualty report was not given, but officers mentioned one dead and one wounded.

Mosul is the last major IS stronghold in Iraq, the city from which it drove out a larger but demoralized Iraqi army in 2014 and declared a “caliphate” that stretched into Syria. Its loss would be a major defeat for the jihadis, but with the closest Iraqi troops still some 10 kilometres (six miles) from the city centre, much ground remains to be covered.

Tuesday’s battle opened with Iraqi artillery, tank

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People fleeing Islamic State-held territory walk on a road near the last government controlled checkpoint south of Mosul, Iraq, Tuesday. and machine-gun fire on IS positions on the edge of Gogjali, with the extremists responding with guided anti-tank missiles and small arms in an attempt to block the advance. Airstrikes by the U.S.-led coalition supporting the operation added to the fire hitting the district.

Col. John Dorrian, spokesman for the U.S.-led coalition, said that aerial observations of the bat-

tlefield showed that IS forces can no longer move in large numbers.

“If Daesh stand and fight, they’re going to be killed. There’s no question about that. If they run, they will either be captured or killed. They are not going to be allowed to escape,” he said in a televised news conference with Iraqi forces in Qayara, south of Mosul.

PIPELINE PROTEST

North Dakota officials borrow $4M, slam feds on protest cost

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ISMARCK, N.D. — North Dakota leaders agreed Tuesday to borrow an additional $4 million to cover the escalating costs of policing protests at the Dakota Access pipeline and slammed the federal government for not chipping in part of the funding.

The state has now run up a $10 million line of credit for law enforcement costs after an emergency spending panel headed by Gov. Jack Dalrymple voted to borrow the additional funds from the stateowned Bank of North Dakota.

Dalrymple said officials have asked for contributions from the federal government, the pipeline company, an American Indian tribe, “and any entity we can think of.” So far, North Dakota and the local governments it backs have shouldered most of the law enforcement expenses — even paying for officers from other states that have assisted North Dakota during the protests.

More than 400 people have been arrested since August at the North Dakota portion of the pipeline, which also crosses through South Dakota, Iowa and Illinois.

American Indians and others who oppose the construction of Dallas-based Energy Transfer Partners’ $3.8 billion pipeline have set up an encampment on U.S. Army Corp of Engineers land without a permit

federal officials have said they wouldn’t evict them due to free speech reasons. Opponents worry about potential effects on drinking water on the Standing Rock Sioux tribe’s reservation and farther downstream on the Missouri River, as well as destruction of cultural artifacts, including burial sites.

House Majority Leader Al Carlson called the lack of federal support “very disturbing” but said the state “will always step up for safety.”

“I can’t tell you how disappointed I am at the lack of support from the Obama administration on an issue that’s clearly a federal issue,” Carlson said.

The U.S. Justice Department and the pipeline firm did not immediately respond to email questions from The Associated Press about the state’s request for additional money. A call to the Standing Rock Sioux tribe was not immediately returned.

Energy Transfer Partners has not given the state any money for the protest response. However, Emergency Services spokeswoman Cecily Fong said the pipeline developer has provided a security helicopter that has aided law enforcement and has agreed to use it for medivac services if any officers or protesters sustain serious injuries.

Dalrymple issued an emergency declaration in August to cover law enforcement expenses related to protests. The state’s Emergency Commission borrowed $6 million from the state-owned Bank of North Dakota in September.

Maj. Gen. Alan Dohrmann, the leader of the

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Protesters demonstrate at the Gallivan Center in Salt Lake City in support of the Standing Rock Sioux against the Dakota Access Pipeline, Monday. state’s National Guard, said about $8 million has been spent to date on law enforcement and other costs related to the protests, centred in south-central North Dakota.

Morton County said it has spent an additional $3 million in extra costs. The county may apply for reimbursement from the state.

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FASHION

Those nasty chemicals in blue jeans aren’t easy to replace

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hat’s in your jeans? A rogue’s gallery of unpronounceable chemicals whose effects on humans are suspect.

Perfluorochemicals, phthalates and azo dyes are among the substances that are widespread in making clothes. Under pressure from consumers demanding safer alternatives to harmful chemicals, American companies including Levi Strauss & Co. are taking a more European approach.

The European Union has banned or restricted more than 1,000 chemicals; in the U.S., fewer than 50.

Consumer demand for safe products has global companies scrambling for greener ingredients, but obstacles are daunting. Suppliers are often reluctant to share their formulations, buyers balk at higher costs, and in some cases cost-effective safer substitutes simply aren’t available.

Levi’s has prohibited certain chemicals since 2000, but this is different.

The jeans maker and other companies are asking suppliers to use materials generated from bacteria, fungus, yeast and methane gas to replace the petroleum-based substances that make up more than 95 percent of U.S. products’ inventory of chemicals.

There are plenty of incentives to change. A Pike Research report estimates that the global market for green chemistry will increase to almost $100 billion by 2020, from $11 billion last year. Millennials are overwhelmingly interested in sustainable investing, according to Morgan Stanley. And innovating can give companies a competitive advantage, said Monica Becker, co-director of the Green Chemistry and Commerce Council, which works with companies including Wal-Mart Stores Inc. Companies can make false promises that a product is consistent with green-chemistry practices, Becker said, but guarding against that are assessment methods used by the Environmental Protection Agency’s Safer Choice program.

Rules can also confound the efforts of U.S. companies. To approve chemicals and processes, the European Union uses a so-called hazard-based approach that the Chinese government is also considering. Manufacturers need to prove their products meet safety standards before they bring them to market. The U.S. method is risk-based. It involves weighing metrics, such as quantity and duration of exposure, to assess the danger in an existing product — if data exist.

Proponents of a hazard-based approach argue that exposure to even tiny amounts of some chemicals correlate with learning disabilities, asthma, allergies and cancer.

“Shouldn’t it be that chemicals are guilty until research proves them innocent?” said Amy Ziff, founder and

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Workers make jeans in Parras, Mexico. executive director of Made Safe, a new hazard-based certification program. Levi’s said its goal is to use only chemicals that pass hazard-based screens by 2020.

Even as some suppliers push back, “we wouldn’t give up on hazard-based,” said Bart Sights, Levi’s director of global development.

Levi’s already uses some green methods to make its signature blue jeans. To give them a worn look, Levi’s uses an enzyme derived from fungus and tumbles the jeans in ozone gas instead of bleach — a process that Sights estimated has had the added benefit of saving the company a billion gallons of water in the past three years.

“Some companies are spending the same amount on environmental compliance as they are on research and development,” said John Warner, president and chief technology officer of Warner Babcock Institute for Green Chemistry, who created the first green-chemistry Ph.D. program in the U.S., at the University of Massachusetts at Boston.

Companies can be roiled by the use of non-green chemicals. Lumber Liquidators Holdings Inc. was beset by lawsuits last year after a “60 Minutes” investigation said it used unsafe levels of formaldehyde. Shares plunged before a government probe ended without a product recall. The company no longer sells the flooring.

Such problems have investors taking notice, said Mark Rossi, whose company, Clean Production Action, created the Chemical Footprint, mod-

eled on the carbon footprint, that investors can use to measure risk and costs. It also developed and licenses a chemical-screening method used by Levi’s and others.

Rossi has signed on firms including BNP Paribas, Calvert Investments and Trillium Asset Management, while companies like Johnson & Johnson and Clorox Co. participated in the first survey to assess their footprint.

Gojo Industries Inc., maker of Purell hand sanitizer, has pledged to cut its chemical footprint in half by 2020.

In the five years since it launched a campaign to spur clothing makers and sellers to get rid of toxic substances, Greenpeace International has signed on 78 brands, said Kirsten Brodde, head of the organization’s Detox My Fashion campaign.

At the Berkeley Center for Green Chemistry, across the Bay Bridge from Levi’s San Francisco headquarters, students have worked with the jeans maker and companies such as outfitter Patagonia Inc., office-furniture maker Steelcase Inc. and Mango Materials Inc., which manufactures plastics out of methane gas, to develop safer materials, including a non-toxic resin for Autodesk’s 3D printers.

But an overnight change for the greener just isn’t possible.

“When it comes to materials, we’re at the very initial step, which is figuring out what the heck is actually in our products,” said Marty Mulvihill, a founder of the Berkeley Center and its former executive director. “A lot of companies are just completing that first step.”

A comprehensive replacement for formaldehyde, for example, hasn’t been developed, Mulvihill said.

Mulvihill is now a partner at Safer Made, a new venture-capital firm he co-founded that’s seeking investments in companies that use green chemistry. It’s looked at more than 100 companies, with plans to invest in 10 to 15 firms in the next five years, he said.

Patagonia has also invested in green chemical companies. A Levi’s supplier, Beyond Surface Technologies, is one of a dozen the Ventura, California-based clothing maker has seeded out of 1,400 prospects it’s looked at since 2013.

“Ultimately, some of these companies that we fund could be able to help us clean up our own supply chain,” said Phil Graves, Patagonia’s director of corporate development.

There are 20 environmentally friendly chemicals available for the company’s textile finishes, compared with 200 to 300 that contain non-green chemicals, said Matthias Foessel, Beyond Surface’s founder and chief executive officer.

Developing safer alternatives can take years, while acceptable green substitutes for some substances used in waterproofing and stain protectants, such as perfluorocarbons, don’t exist, Foessel said.

New chemicals often behave differently than expected. Beyond Surface had been trying to create a water repellent when it developed a fabric that absorbs sweat instead.

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TODAY’S CROSSWORD PUZZLE

GARFIELD

PEANUTS

BETTY

HAGAR

SUDOKU Complete the grid so that every row, every column and 3x3 box contains every digit from 1 through 9.

Solution

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Loud snacking creating workplace resentment

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ear Annie: I am a 25-yearold woman working at a small company with an open floor plan in a nice, spacious office.

I sit near “Sarah,” who seems irritable about a lot of things, including the sound of eating or drinking.

Because of my fast metabolism and active lifestyle, I need to snack every hour or two.

At first, Sarah would put on her headphones, start blasting music and sigh loudly when I started eating — even if it was something quiet, such as a banana. She does the same when another co-worker drinks soda. When it became an obvious pattern, I privately asked a few co-workers (without mentioning Sarah) whether my frequent eating bothers them. They all told me it doesn’t bother them.

After all, we all snack at our desks, including Sarah.

IN SHORT OFFBEAT

Flush with victory!

Outhouse vote favours Clinton ASHLAND, N.H. — A week before Election Day, a New Hampshire farm stand owner has decided to tally customers’ votes for president from an outhouse-turned-fake-voting booth. The winner: Hillary Clinton.

Chris Owens, of Ashland, built the

Today Sarah got closer to being openly hostile, giving me a death stare every time I bit a carrot stick. I didn’t react, but I’m starting to get uncomfortable. I would eat only on break and lunch if that were enough time, but it Annie isn’t.

Lane Should I just ignore Sarah’s hostile attitude toward me? Should I carefully ask her about what’s bothering her or go through a supervisor? We don’t have human resources. — Girl Who’s Gotta Eat Dear Girl: The more time I spend writing about this sort of topic and hearing from readers the more I realize there are two types of people in the world: those who can usually

tune out background noise and those whose blood pressure starts rising the minute they hear someone opening a bag of chips. I’m guessing Sarah is in the latter camp.

The next time you start snacking and Sarah starts glaring, be direct.

Ask her whether your eating is bothering her. Then explain what you told me — that you have a high metabolism and need to eat snacks throughout the day — and say you’d like to compromise and figure out a way for you to work near each other in harmony.

It’s always better to clear the air — especially when you consider how much carbon dioxide Sarah’s letting out with all those exaggerated sighs.

Dear Annie: This is in response to the couple who have been married for one year and have the “too hot/too cold” problem when sleeping.

My husband and I have been mar-

ried for 32 years. We had the problem that he likes it hot and I like it cold.

Many years ago, I bought a mattress pad that has dual heating elements.

My husband sleeps with it on high every night. When we had a king-size mattress, I could feel some of the heat. About 10 years ago, we needed a new mattress. We were living in a two-story condo, and they couldn’t get a king-size up the stairs because there was a turn in the stairway. So we got two twin beds and pushed them together. The only difference I have noticed is that I no longer can feel the heat from his side of the bed.

Hurray! We have a heavier comforter, and if I feel warm, I just throw it off me. My husband sleeps with it almost covering his head. — Sleeping Like Babies Send your questions for Annie Lane to dearannie@creators.com.

device with mannequins of Democrat Clinton and Republican nominee Donald Trump, and toilets to cast ballots.

New Hampshire Public Radio reports with 721 ballots cast in the last month or so, the results of the 2016 Outhouse Vote are 413 votes for Clinton and 165 for Trump.

There were 101 votes combined for Libertarian candidate Gary Johnson and Green Party candidate Jill Stein, 40 write-in votes for Democrat Bernie Sanders, and 2 vote for Pinocchio.

Regarding the Pinocchio votes, Owens said, “At least we know when they’re lying.”

OFFBEAT

BOSTON — A father determined to help his 3-year-old daughter enjoy Halloween even though they were on a Boston-to-San Francisco flight decided to take her trick-or-treating on the plane.

Stephanie Kahan told The Boston Globe via email that she was on the flight with the man and his daughter

on Monday when he passed out notes and candy to passengers. The note explained that Molly, dressed as a doughnut, was “bummed that she wouldn’t be able to go trick-ortreating” and asked for help from fellow passengers.

The girl then walked up and down the aisle collecting the candy.

Kahan called it a “heart-warming moment” and said every passenger was excited to participate.

Kahan said the father wanted to remain anonymous. Her tweet had been shared nearly 70,000 times Tuesday morning.

expect projects to proceed at a cracking pace then you’ll be sadly disappointed today Twins.

Everything will take longer than expected.

With plenty of distracting detours along the way.

CANCER (June 21July 22): It’s time to be Joanne a creative Crab, as you look to foreign friends Madeline and faraway places for Moore extra inspiration today.

But avoid making important work decisions until you’re thinking more clearly.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Spending time with children, colleagues or friends is highlighted today. But expect some confusing misunderstandings and mix-ups along the way.

So focus on the things you have in common.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Virgos are such perfectionists but things

won’t run smoothly today. If you adapt to changing circumstances — and accept misunderstandings with good grace — then you’ll manage just fine.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): When it comes to current work issues, the more creative your approach, the better the outcome. But communicating with others will be confusing today, so try to speak clearly and concisely.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Increase your financial literacy via reading or learning some new skills from an expert. The more focused you are, the better your fiscal future will be. But keep friends and finances separate.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Amped-up Archers are ready for action but that doesn’t mean your first thought or idea is the best one. Look within and listen to your intuition Sagittarius. It will point you in the right direction.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): A

spontaneous and direct approach works well with a family member.

But, if you’re involved with a neighbour or local community issue, then the situation may not be as straight-forward as it appears.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Avoid making important money moves, as Neptune is scrambling your financial antennae. Before you commit money to a group, club, charity or community project, do all the relevant checks first.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): All is not as it appears today, and you may feel vague or confused. If someone tells you something that doesn’t sound quite right, then make sure you do all the checks required before you respond.

Joanne Madeline Moore is an internationally syndicated astrologer and columnist. Her column appears daily in the Advocate.

Dad takes daughter trickor-treating on crosscountry flight

Horoscopes Wednesday, Nov. 2 CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DATE: Stefanie Powers, 74; k. d. lang, 55; David Schwimmer, 50 THOUGHT OF THE DAY: Today’s Sagittarian Moon favours being creative in bold and beautiful ways.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY: When you’re in the mood you can be extremely charming. Watch your stress levels in 2017, and make sure you don’t smother family and friends.

ARIES (March 21-April 19): It’s important to have delicious dreams and fabulous ambitions for the future.

But make sure they are grounded in reality. Otherwise you’ll heed off in a confusing and unproductive direction.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): It’s a fabulous day for creative pursuits.

But it’s not so good for dealing with cold hard facts in a sensible way. So indulge your imaginative side and leave practical projects for another time.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): If you

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