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A FARM KID FROM BENTLEY WAS ON THE BOSTON BRUINS’ RADAR IN 1949

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t was 1949 when Glen Nelson, a farm kid from Bentley, got the letter of his young hockey-playing life.

At the time, he couldn’t have known the historic sig-

nificance it would have decades later.

Pearl Nelson, 83, always knew about the time her high school sweetheart had been invited to preliminary training camp by Art Ross. Yes, that Art Ross — the one who donated the coveted trophy that is given each year to

the National Hockey League player with the most points.

A Hockey Hall of Famer, he coached his Boston Bruins to a Stanley Cup win over the Maple Leafs in the 1938-39 season.

It was only recently, when Pearl was going through her husband Glen’s papers, that

she came across the letter that had been tucked away, inviting the 18-year-old to camp in Sudbury, Ont. Glen had been scouted

by Eddie Wiseman, a hockey scout who had played with the Bruins.

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Pearl Nelson holds the framed original letter dated Aug. 11, 1949, from hockey legend Art Ross inviting her late husband, Glen Nelson, pictured at right, to attend a training camp.

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SOCIAL SECURITY — A COMEDY BY ANDREW BERGMAN Innisfail Town Theatre presents Social Security at Ol’ Moose Hall in Innisfail. General performance on Nov. 23. Doors open at 6 p.m., with the show at 7 p.m. for a cost of $25. Dinner theatre performances Nov. 24 to 26, Dec. 1 to 3, and Dec. 8 to 10. Doors open at 6, with the shows at 8 p.m. for a cost of $45. Tickets available at The Leg Man, 403-227-5966.

SENIORS LUNCHEON Living Stones Church seniors luncheon will be offered on Nov. 23, 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., featuring His Song Ministries. The cost is $10 per person at the door. Phone 403-347-7311.

RED DEER BRANCH OF ALBERTA GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY The Red Deer Branch of the Alberta Genealogical Society is holding its monthly meeting Nov. 23, 7 to 9 p.m. The program will be sharing individual genealogy information or sharing an interesting or favorite ancestor in your genealogy. Contact Betty at 403-347-6351.

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NOVEMBER 22 1869 — Louis Riel and his advisers decide to form a Provisional Government to prevent William McDougall from assuming his duties as lieutenant-governor.

1906 — Labour Minister Rodolphe Lemieux introduces the Industrial Disputes Act in the House of Commons; written by deputy minister Mackenzie King, the intention of the act is to prevent serious strikes and lockouts, such as the current one in the Lethbridge coal mines, until disputes had been sent to a government arbitration board.

The Lemieux Act becomes law on March 22, 1907.

1971 — FLQ terrorist Bernard Lortie sentenced to 20 years in prison for the murder of Québec Labour Minister Pierre Laporte during the October Crisis, 1970.

1986 — Edmonton Oiler star Wayne Gretzky scores his 500th career goal in 5-2 victory over the Vancouver Canucks; reaches mark in record-setting 575 games, becomes the 13th NHLer to score 500 goals.

1993 — Justice Horace Krever starts his public hearings into Canada’s blood supply system, and how more than 1,000 hemophiliacs and blood transfusion patients contracted AIDS from tainted blood and blood products between 1980 and 1985, before the Canadian Red Cross began testing for the HIV. New Canadian Blood Services will take over the system in September 1998.

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Rocky Mountain House man’s appeal denied A Rocky Mountain House man’s appeal of his 22-month prison sentence has been denied.

Tyler James Shaw was convicted in Red Deer provincial court in September 2015 of unauthorized possession of a firearm, break and enter to steal a firearm, possession of a firearm contrary to a previous prohibition order, and theft under $5,000.

Shaw, who had 43 prior criminal convictions, was sentenced to prison and given a 20-year firearms prohibition by Judge Darrell Riemer. He was also required to provide a sample of his DNA to a national database.

He was arrested in September 2014 by RCMP responding to a report of a break-in at a rural home in Red Deer Country. A quad and a shotgun

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An RCMP member investigates the scene of a plane crash in the Town of Blackfalds as firefighters stand by. The Steen Skybolt aerobatic biplane came down in a field just east of the Boston Pizza Restaurant on Cottonwood Drive and Hwy 2A.

BLACKFALDS

Probe into stunt plane crash continues

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nvestigators hope GPS and instrument data will shed more light on the cause of a biplane crash in Blackfalds last month.

Transportation Safety Board of Canada’s Fred Burow said plane components were sent to Ottawa for further analysis and results have not yet come back.

The single-seat kit-built aerobatic Steen Skybolt biplane went down around 2:30 p.m. on Oct. 6 in Blackfalds, narrowly missing nearby homes and businesses. Mark Werner, 57, a skilled aerobatic pilot from Lacombe, died at the scene.

Burow said the plane does not carry the so-called “black box” flight data recorders, but other data recorded by instruments and a GPS unit that was on board may provide important information. The GPS unit was damaged, and the memory chip has been taken out to see if it will provide some clues.

“If the electronics that were on board captured the data that will be our best source. It will tell us a lot of information,” said Burow, senior investigator operations for the safety

board at its regional office in Edmonton.

GPS units can provide snapshots every two to 10 seconds of heading, altitude, air speed and location.

“You can actually plot those on Google Earth and you can recreate a flight path, just from one of those GPSs, depending on the model.”

The aircraft was also equipped with an electronic engine monitoring system that could provide valuable information.

If the hoped-for data isn’t available, investigators will take the wreckage part piece-by-piece in its Edmonton warehouse.

Investigators know the plane came in at a very steep angle because of the small debris field. The initial investigation confirmed that the wreckage was intact and nothing had fallen off the plane before it crashed. There was also enough fuel in the plane, which had left Lacombe airport shortly before the crash.

There were many witnesses to the crash, and its immediate aftermath.

The safety board was still getting calls a month after, he said.

At the time of the crash, RCMP said witnesses reported the plane appeared to be having engine trouble. pcowley@reddeeradvocate.com

LETTER: Coached minor hockey Ross, who was vice-president and general manager of the Boston Bruins at the time, wrote the short letter on Aug. 11, 1949, asking the aspiring right-winger to bring his skates and be there by Sept. 5.

“You will receive transportation and expense money in good time in order that you will reach Sudbury on the 4th.” The letter was signed “Yours very truly, Art Ross”.

Pearl had the letter framed recently after Glen passed away earlier this year at age 84.

The letterhead on the letter reads “Boston Professional Hockey Association” and lists the six original and only teams in the NHL then — the Bruins, Blackhawks, Red Wings, Canadiens, Rangers and Maple Leafs.

As well, there’s a picture on it of a

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An RCMP officer came across Shaw almost by accident. He was sitting on a quad with two long-barrelled firearms under his legs. The officer drew his gun and ordered Shaw off the quad and onto the ground, and he was arrested.

Shaw’s conviction was appealed on three grounds, all of which were dismissed by the three-judge appeal court panel last week.

A lawyer for Shaw argued that the Crown prosecutor did not prove that a break and enter had occurred, that the possession of the firearm was by theft, or that the reasons for the conviction were unclear.

“Based on the reasons and record, Mr. Shaw would not be left in any doubt why a conviction had been entered, the decision is more than reasonably intelligible to the parties and it has provided the basis for meaningful appellate review,” writes the panel in its decision. giant growling, ears-back bruin with its front paws on top of an arena.

Glen did go to Sudbury, but never made it to the NHL. He signed and played two years with the Junior A Western Canadian Bellevue Lions, which later became the Crow’s Nest Pass Lions.

He then came back to Central Alberta and played for the Red Deer Monarchs for three years, travelling back and forth to Red Deer from the farm near Bentley. He also played hockey with the local Bentley senior team and with a Bentley-Rimbey team called the Bent Rims, a name that Pearl still chuckles about.

An Oilers and Red Deer Rebels fan, Glen coached minor hockey for years.

Pearl has now given the framed letter to a grandson in Calgary who has a keen interest in hockey. barr@reddeeradvocate.com

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FAIRVIEW ELEMENTARY

Provincial pilot project feeding hungry students

BY SUSAN ZIELINSKI ADVOCATE STAFF

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reakfast and lunch at Fairview Elementary School now resemble really big family meals with all 225 students taking part in the new provincial pilot program to feed hungry students.

The program kicked off on Monday at the pre-kindergarten to Grade 5 school. Breakfast was a half a bagel with cream cheese, fruit slices and milk. Lunch was a chicken, vegetable and cheese wrap, with vegetables on the side.

Nicola Golby, associate superintendent with learning services at Red Deer Public Schools, said she anticipated many families would opt into the free program that provides universal support to students at Fairview.

“We want this to be open to everyone and for everyone to feel welcome to join in,” Golby said on Monday.

On Nov. 15, the province announced the school nutrition pilot program.

Red Deer Public and 13 other school jurisdictions received $250,000 for one of its schools to participate in the pilot for the rest of the 2016-17 school year.

Jurisdictions were chosen based on greatest need determined by socio-economic status data from Statistics Canada. Results from the pilot will help guide nutrition programs for schools across the province in 2017-18.

Golby said she knew of at least one

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Suspect who evaded RCMP in stolen vehicle charged A 31-year-old man who allegedly evaded RCMP in a stolen vehicle that collided with a police vehicle is facing a number of charges.

Red Deer RCMP said earlier that an SUV was stolen from a West Park residence on Thursday after the owner left it unlocked and idling briefly.

RCMP located the stolen vehicle later that day being driven by a male suspect. Police initiated a traffic stop, but the driver refused to stop, and collided with the police vehicle causing minor damage to it before fleeing.

RCMP did not pursue the vehicle

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Chelsea Smith, Yazen Smaisen and Laura Wagstaff were among many Fairview Elementary School students enjoying a nutritious lunch on Monday funded by a new provincial pilot program. other jurisdiction that started its pilot last week, but Red Deer Public is likely among the earliest to get its program off the ground.

“We didn’t want kids sitting hungry when we had money sitting in an account.”

The meal program meets cultural and religious diversity, as well as special dietary needs of students. Parents do have the ability to opt out of the program.

Two week menus in English and Arabic have gone out to parents in

case students would rather bring a meal from home or add something to their school meal. Other languages are being added to the menu.

“We’re looking forward to gathering feedback from the school community so that we can improve the program and make it better as we go through the year,” Golby said.

Yolanda Infante, who is contracted to run the cafeteria at Lindsay Thurber Comprehensive High School, was hired to provide the Fairview meals. szielinski@reddeeradvocate.com

due to public safety concerns, but located it again abandoned in the Riverlands neighbourhood. The area was contained, and the driver was apprehended with the help of Police Dog Services. A female passenger was arrested soon afterward in West Park.

The man is charged with dangerous operation of a motor vehicle, fail to stop a vehicle in order to evade police, resist/obstruct peace officer, and fail to comply with probation order.

At the time of his arrest, the man was wanted on 10 outstanding warrants for trafficking a controlled substance , fail to attend court, breach of probation, fail to comply, possession of controlled substance , and possession of stolen property under $5,000.

He was to appear in Red Deer provincial court on Monday.

Murder suspect arrested A murder suspect was arrested on Friday in connection with the death of a 27-year-old Maskwacis man.

Allan Joseph Soosay, 26, faces charges of second-degree murder, assault with a weapon, and assault causing bodily harm.

Early in morning on Nov. 11, Maskwacis RCMP responded to a report of two men attacked with edged weapons. A 22-year-old man, of Maskwacis, had non-life-threatening injuries and the other died of his injuries later that morning at Ponoka Hospital and Care Centre.

Soosay was denied bail and remanded into custody. He is scheduled to appear in Wetaskiwin provincial court on Dec. 1.

Tuesday, November 22, 2016

FESTIVAL OF TREES

Technology raising profile of fundraiser

BY MURRAY CRAWFORD ADVOCATE STAFF

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mbracing technology has added a new dimension to the Festival of Trees, including auction bidding wars by phone.

An organized, year-round social media campaign, and the return of text bidding, are two ways the Festival of Trees organizers want to raise the profile of the highly-anticipated four-day event.

Cynthia de Boer, Red Deer Regional Health Foundation marketing director, highlighted the volunteer social media team that has come on board this year.

“We knew it was important to getting our message out,” said de Boer.

“We put together a team of people who are going to post and hashtag their way through the festival to not only promote the fun of festival, but that it is ultimately for a cause.”

While the event is already immensely popular in Red Deer, the social media team will only enhance it by attending events and sharing experiences on social media channels.

The team is comprised of a diverse group of eight volunteers ranging from a teenager to parents.

This year the cause is enhancing client care and medical services at the Red Deer Regional Hospital Centre’s Medical Specialty Clinic. Last year’s festival raised about $1 million for the first phase of the clinic.

Organizers hope the festive event will be given a boost with the re-introduction of the Text 2 Bidding model adopted this year.

Rather than writing bids on pieces of paper at each tree, then returning later to find out a higher bid has been replaced, this year the bidding will be done by phone.

“I played with it before hand and it’s great,” said de Boer. “You can put your bids in, you can donate to the cause from home.

“It tells you when you’ve been outbid, too.”

Text 2 Bid allows people to bid from their bed if they need to, in order to secure the tree or item they covet at this year’s event.

Debbie Coleman, Festival of Trees board member, said the ability to bid throughout festival may help fuel some competition.

“I hope that’s the case because competition drives up the price,” said Coleman.

They had employed Text 2 Bid two years ago at the 2014 Festival of Trees.

After returning to the old pen and paper method last year, the committee decided to press forward and adopt the new technology.

The festival starts on Wednesday with the preview dinner and runs until Sunday at the Westerner Park. mcrawford@reddeeradvocate.com

Tuesday, November 22, 2016

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CHRISTMAS WISH BREAKFAST

DAY OF REMEMBRANCE

Fundraiser gets off to hot start with hundreds of donated toys

BY MURRAY CRAWFORD ADVOCATE STAFF

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Firefighter Carlos Casado and his wife, Bobbe Casado, enjoy the sounds of Hearts of Harmony at the Christmas Wish Breakfast at the Black Knight Inn Sunday morning. at the Black Knight Inn and walked into Ken Mandrusiak’s office to pitch the idea.

Mandrusiak, the president of the Black Knight Inn was receptive.

“It just took a life of its own,” said Iviney as sponsors including Stantec, the Advocate and Kraze radio station all joined in to support the event.

“Everyone I approached for this, nobody said no.”

For Iviney it also has some personal resonance. She remembers being

told her family didn’t have money for Christmas, especially after her father died when she was a child.

“That feeling doesn’t leave you,” she said. “I wanted to make sure that never happens, and it happens all the time. I made a pledge to (Red Deer city) Coun. Buck Buchanan that every child in Red Deer will have a gift this Christmas.” mcrawford@reddeeradvocate.com

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Youth charged after threat sent to students

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ed Deer RCMP have charged a 16-year-old male after he took a photo of a friend holding an airsoft rifle and posted it to social media Sunday evening with a warning that students shouldn’t attend school the next day.

Police said in a release that the hoax threat was disseminated to approximately 300 students via social media shortly before 8:30 p.m., and further shared from there. The threat, which focused on Hunting Hills High School, was immediately reported to RCMP, who identified the individuals

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hough breakfast wasn’t served until 8 a.m., the first people showed up to the Christmas Wish Breakfast 45 minutes early.

By 9 a.m. Sunday, the line was out the door of the Black Knight Inn with scores of Red Deer residents, gifts in hand, ready to donate a toy and grab some bacon and eggs.

The first, and hopefully annual, if committee chair Lynn Iviney gets her way, Christmas Wish Breakfast got off to a hot start with hundreds of donated toys greeting hungry people as they entered the building.

“Look at this room,” said Iviney, pointing out how packed and busy it was Sunday morning. “People have left already.”

The toys, as well as gift cards and cash, will be given to children in Red Deer to ensure they have something to unwrap on Christmas morning.

Organizers didn’t quite know what to expect for a turnout because it was their first attempt.

Iviney and committee member Kelly Makinson said they had anticipated a rush at 10 a.m., but had not expected it to be as busy as it was.

“This is insane,” said Makinson.

“We had no idea in the first hour we would get this many toys and this many people.”

Iviney said they had received close to 1,000 gifts this season, this included ones already donated to fire stations and the ones brought Sunday morning in exchange for breakfast.

The breakfast is similar to one in Vancouver where Iviney used to live.

She wanted to bring the event to Red Deer and one Sunday in April she was

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involved and began an investigation right away.

Police determined that the individual in the photo wasn’t aware his photo had been shared accompanied by a threatening message, and that the weapon displayed in the photo was an airsoft rifle.

Red Deer RCMP worked closely with the Red Deer Public School District to determine that there was no real threat, and contacted Red Deer Catholic Regional Schools board as well.

Police officers are visiting Hunting Hills High School on Monday morning in order to reassure students and staff that the threat was a hoax.

“Perhaps the suspect thought he was playing a joke, but RCMP take public safety threats very seriously,” says Red Deer RCMP Cpl. Karyn Kay. “Actions such as this can spread incredibly fast through social media and cause panic and trauma to hundreds of people. We’re glad we were able to determine very quickly there was no actual threat, but there are consequences under the Criminal Code for disseminating threats, whether they are real or not.”

The youth is facing a Criminal Code charge of False Information (Intent to Alarm). His name will cannot be released in accordance with the Youth Criminal Justice Act.

very day transgender and non-binary individuals face adversity, bullying, and even the threat of death, and for one afternoon those who died were remembered in a somber ceremony.

The Transgender Day of Remembrance was solemnly marked by an event at Red Deer College on Sunday afternoon. People shared their experiences of being transgender and facing bullying and adversity.

Lucas Gagnon, Red Deer’s Trans and Non-binary Aid Society spokesperson, called it a global memorial service. It started in 1999 in Massachusetts and was observed by hundreds of cities around the world. The day is to memorialize the people who have been murdered as a result of transphobia. In 2016, about 295 transgender individuals died as a result of violence and transphobia.

Speeches and introductions from transgender people in Red Deer, including Gagnon, started the event followed by a slideshow of those killed this year, and a question and answer session.

“It builds that sense of community,” said Gagnon. “In all our speeches, there were four of them, we talked about our own experiences, how we perceive the community, what we can do to help and end with a message of hope.

“If anybody who listened was a transgender person or non-binary individual, they would take away a message of hope. These are hard facts, but people are always going to have your back.”

Despite the somber speeches and slideshow, Gagnon described the question and answer as “upbeat.”

“It gave the audience not only an opportunity to ask questions to us, but to see we’re people,” said Gagnon.

“They got to see us as people and not just statistics.”

With the recent election of Donald Trump in the U.S. in mind, the slideshow focused on the transgender or non-binary Americans who were killed this year.

But closer to home, Gagnon said there is still a lot of work to do in Red Deer to make it more tolerant for everyone.

The event at the college was put on in partnership with the Trans and Non-binary Aid Society and the Red Deer College Pride on Campus organizations. mcrawford@reddeeradvocate.com

MADD CANDLELIGHT VIGIL

BY JONATHAN GUIGNARD ADVOCATE STAFF

Photo by JONATHAN GUIGNARD/Advocate staff

Marilyn Rinas (left) and Darlene Gabrielson light their candles honouring those they lost to impaired driving. The 24th annual Candlelight Vigil in Remembrance & Hope took place Saturday night at St. Luke’s Anglican Church.

Each province is different, some are higher, some are lower, but one life is always too many,” said Hynes-Coates.

Impaired driving impact lives throughout the year, but Hynes-Coates said she likes to remind people to be extra careful heading into the holidays.

“We’re trying to bring awareness, especially this time of year because we know there is an increase (in impaired driving). We’re hoping people stop and think. We’re not telling you

to not go out and enjoy yourself. We are asking you to plan ahead, have a designated driver, call a cab or a friend,” said Hynes-Coates.

MADD launched its annual campaign, Project Red Ribbon, on Nov. 1, giving drivers the opportunity to display a red ribbon on their vehicles in support of sober driving. The campaign runs until Jan. 3. jonathan.guignard@reddeeradvocate.com

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‘I’m living proof that it can happen to any of us’ atricia Hynes-Coates will never forget the morning when she received a phone call learning that her stepson had been killed by an impaired driver.

Now the national president of MADD Canada, Hynes-Coates, and other community members, attended the 24th annual candlelight vigil at St. Luke’s Anglican Church on Saturday night.

“We need to make sure that people are aware that impaired driving, whether it’s drugs, alcohol or a combination, has to stop. It’s 100 per cent preventable, and a lot of people think it’s not going to happen to them,” said Hynes-Coates.

“I’ll tell you, I’m living proof that it can happen to any of us.”

There wasn’t a dry eye in the church. Through all the pain, HynesCoates said the message was clear.

“Our hope is that eventually we can combat it and stop it completely. This type of vigil is a good way to bring awareness to people of what’s happening and hopefully stop them from driving while impaired by drugs or alcohol,” said Hynes-Coates.

She said it needs to stop because people don’t realize how often people are injured and killed by impaired drivers.

“Five people a day are killed on average due to impaired drivers in Canada and 175 (people) are injured per day. Those statistics are alarming.

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CANADA WINTER GAMES

Council to create lasting cultural legacy

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historic Red Deer school is on the way to becoming a preserved heritage building and cultural hub after first being used as downtown headquarters for the 2019 Canada Winter Games.

Red Deer City Council voted unanimously on Monday to buy the red brick Central Elementary School for a dollar from the Red Deer Public School District. The idea is to upgrade the aging 1939 structure to code — first for use as a Canada Games Celebration Plaza, then as a lasting cultural legacy for the community.

Council heard the post-Games space would be available for broad purposes, including “celebrations” in the heart of the city. The City of Red Deer’s Cultural Services department would also relocate to the building from 39 Street.

However, these plans still hang on $7.5 million being approved for building upgrades during this week’s city capital budget deliberations.

Although some city councillors expressed concern about lacking public parking near the school and the possibility costs will escalate during renovations, most felt this was the perfect chance to preserve a cultural landmark, beloved by many people.

Paul Harris saw the transformation — to include repairing cracked masonry and upgrading electric and mechanical systems — as spurring downtown development. He believes the rejuvenated schoolturned-hub will bring new people and businesses to the area, enhance local culture, and fit with the 2019 Canada Winter Games’ mandate of being the “greenest games” ever.

Lawrence Lee called it a “priceless” opportunity to create another downtown gathering place, while Ken Johnston felt Red Deer residents will get a great building at less than half the cost of con-

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Public school chair Bev Manning also praised the renovation, saying “Our schools really do belong to the community.”

Central Elementary was most recently occupied

by Gateway Christian School, but has been leased out as office space since 2013. (Central Middle School, which is located directly east of this building, will continue operating as a school and will be unaffected by this proposal).

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The charity’s Legacy Circle includes 62 donors, mostly from Central Alberta, who have contributed at least $50,000. Altogether, the legacy donors have given more than $12 million.

A well-known Red Deer home builder has donated $500,000 to A Better World Canada.

Gord Bontje, founding partner with 40-yearold Laebon Homes, made the donation to the Lacombe-based charitable organization as an early celebration of his 60th birthday next year.

“I am blessed, and I wanted to share that blessing, locally and globally,” said Bontje, at A Better World’s Evening of Gratitude donor recognition event last Thursday.

Some of Bontje’s donation has already been used for school projects in Kenya and Rwanda.

Bontje and his wife, Karen, have sponsored dozens of projects through A Better World over the years, donating more than $1 million in all.

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Mayor Tara Veer considered this possibly the last chance to save a heritage building from falling into disrepair.

Lyn Radford, chair of the 2019 Canada Winter Games, is thrilled the sporting events can also leave a lasting cultural and community legacy. She promised $1 million towards external building improvements.

Bontje donates $500,000 to A Better World Canada

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Meanwhile, the first phase of development of the area south of Red Deer College was to move

Infant nearly shot in gang-related violence A 15-month-old infant narrowly escaped being shot during gang-related shootings at Samson Cree Nation, say RCMP. One person was shot on Saturday and another person was shot on Sunday after a gun was fired indiscriminately towards a residence.

Both victims received treatment for non-life-threatening injuries.

Police believed that both shootings were the result of increased tension between rival gangs.

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Ongoing development related to the 2019 Canada Winter Games also continues like the Gary W. Harris Canada Games Centre at RDC, the QEII and Gaetz Avenue interchange, and others.

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According to Mothers Against Drunk Driving, every 51 minutes someone is killed in a drunk driving crash and every 90 seconds someone is injured. Drunk driving injuries and fatalities are entirely preventable. When social occasions include alcoholic beverages, party hosts are responsible for the well-being of their guests.

Hosts must monitor guests’ alcohol consumption and make any transportation or lodging arrangements for guests who overindulge. Party hosts should have the phone number of various cab companies at the ready or act as designated drivers to ensure guests get home safely.

Safe surroundings Ensuring guests’ safety requires more than just monitoring their alcohol consumption. Party hosts also should strive to provide a safe party environment. Entertaining areas should be clean and in good repair. If entertaining on a deck, be sure the structure is in good condition and that there are no protruding nails or loose railings.

Clean up entertaining areas so that there are no tripping hazards, such as errant toys or garden hoses, and promptly wipe up indoor spills so no one will slip and fall.

Host should inspect their homes for any additional potential hazards. If young children are attending the party, secure any breakable items, employ safety locks to keep cabinets and doors closed and use outlet covers to make sure outlets are safe.

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Cold, hard reality to hit Liberals on three fronts

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f you have been enjoying Canada’s comparatively cool political climate since Justin Trudeau became prime minister, make the most of what may be the last days of the season.

By all indications, Chantal the political temperaHébert ture is about to rise as deadlines loom on three potentially troublesome fronts for the Liberal government.

Between now and the end of the year, the prime minister’s capacity to forge a consensus in Parliament, on the federal-provincial front and, possibly, within his own caucus will be tested as the rubber meets the road on some key campaign commitments.

On or before Dec. 1, the special committee that has been exploring a reform of Canada’s voting system will report its findings to the government.

If the Liberals have a principled position on this issue, they have been doing a great job of keeping it under wraps.

The committee report should signal the beginning of the end of the Liberal game of hide-and-seek.

The opposition parties hold the majority at the electoral reform table and, in any event, no government is bound to implement the prescription of a committee.

If such an obligation existed, Canada’s new law on medically assisted suicide would be a lot less restrictive. But if Trudeau is presented with an opposition consensus as to the way

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forward on the voting system he will, at a minimum, have to come up with the kind of coherent response that has been sorely lacking to date.

This week, Democratic Reform Minister Maryam Monsef reported, on the basis of her own consultations, that there was no consensus within the public as to a preferred voting system. The representations made to the committee on the other hand have tended to favour a more proportional system. Consensus, in this instance, is very much in the opportunistic eye of the beholder. But more on that later in this column. The odds of a majority committee report increased this week when the NDP signalled that it could support the Conservative call for any new voting system to be put to a national referendum. If there is solid majority within the electorate to be found for anything pertaining to electoral reform, it revolves around the notion that a change should be approved through a national plebiscite.

One way or another, it does seem that at least one part of Trudeau’s promise will not be fulfilled. In the still unlikely scenario that the Liberals sign off on a national plebiscite, the debate would shift to the rewriting of the federal referendum law and then to the actual holding of a national vote. Getting all that done within the time frame Elections Canada says it needs to put a different voting system in place for 2019 would be extremely difficult. And that is, of course, assuming a reform proposal wins the day.

On Dec. 9, Trudeau is tentatively scheduled to meet with the premiers to put the finishing touches on the

country’s climate change strategy.

The first ministers have not gathered since the prime minister signalled his intention to set a floor price on carbon. In the interval, Donald Trump’s victory and the expectation that his administration will not follow up on the Paris climate accord have added grist to the mill of opponents of a Canadian carbon tax.

Trudeau does not lack for provincial allies on carbon pricing, but the same is not true of his plan to cut the annual increase of the health transfer to three per cent. The prime minister wants to avoid a linkage between the files. Absent some conciliatory federal move on health-care funding, that linkage may be hard to avoid next month and not just on carbon pricing.

Dec. 19 is the deadline for the federal cabinet to decide the fate of Kinder Morgan’s plan to increase the capacity of the TransMountain pipeline. It links Alberta to the coast off Vancouver. In the wake of the American election, Energy Minister Jim Carr has argued that Trump’s victory and the prospect of a revival of the Keystone XL project did not diminish the need for more pipeline capacity in Canada.

Trudeau has long said he would not proceed with a pipeline absent a so-called social licence for the project. If his government applied to the quest of a pro-pipeline consensus in British Columbia the same loose criteria it is using to declare that there is no consensus in sight on electoral reform, the TransMountain pipeline would be dead on arrival.

Chantal Hébert is a national affairs writer.

Letter of The Day ARE THIRTYSOMETHINGS FALLING OUT OF LOVE WITH RED DEER? The 30s are the new 20s. Young people are waiting longer to get married and start families. At one time being 30 and single was not cool, but now it is the accepted norm. Has the city of Red Deer changed with the times?

Red Deer has several areas of the dreaded “rush hour” disease, like bigger more metropolitan cities – 32 Street at 7:45 a.m. is horrible, Gaetz Avenue, at 5 p.m. is nightmarish, but if these thirtysomethings were looking for the big city metropolitan lifestyle, they would move to Calgary and Edmonton. One thirtysomething mother from Calgary, mentioned her love of Red Deer while in her 20s, and early 30s starting a family, but now in her mid-30s, she loves her neighbourhood, but has fallen out of love with the city.

Another thirtysomething parent, has found it distressing, having to be

commuting all the time. There is seldom enough time to pick up and drop off her school age, sports playing children. It no longer takes only five minutes to go to the school, go home and have supper and then another five minutes to drive to a sports facility. Collicutt Center is off 32 Street, one of the worst streets for rush hour traffic, downtown is notorious for traffic after school and games.

These thirtysomething parents live on the southside of the river, and on paper it looks like short distances and easy commutes, but in reality it has the issues of the big city traffic.

When the city completes all five high schools along 30 Avenue, expands Collicutt Centre, especially after finding the Dawe Centre too old to twin, and after all the shopping centres along 30 Avenue are completed the residents living in the southeast will think they are living along the Deerfoot in Calgary.

What every young family wants to look forward to.

Garfield Marks, Red Deer

Tuesday, November 22, 2016

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OPINION

World will battle climate change sans Donald Trump

BY THOMAS WALKOM ADVOCATE NEWS SERVICES

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f U.S. president-elect Donald Trump keeps his word, America will soon pull out of the fight against global warming.

Canada and other signatories to last year’s climate-change accord say they will carry on. Without the U.S., do they have a chance?

Certainly, Trump has shown that he has no time for global warming. He has called it a “hoax.” He has said it is “based on faulty science and manipulated data.”

He has been particularly scornful whenever the weather turns cold.

In one oft-quoted tweet, he said (incorrectly) that “the concept of global warming was created by and for the Chinese in order to make U.S. manufacturing non-competitive.”

He has vowed to terminate President Barack Obama’s executive actions aimed at reducing carbon emissions from power plants. And he has said he will walk away from the 2015 Paris climate accord.

In short, he’s been pretty clear.

Given that the U.S. is the world’s second-biggest emitter of greenhouse gases, this appears to pose a real problem for those trying to fight climate change.

Still, the world carries on. At an international climate-change summit in Marrakech, Morocco, last week, delegates issued a proclamation confirming the Paris accord and pledging that the battle against global warming would continue to be a matter of “urgent priority.”

Canadian Environment Minister Catherine McKenna said Ottawa will forge ahead with its plans to reduce carbon emissions by, in one way or an-

other, taxing them.

China’s delegate to the conference said tackling climate change is “a global trend that is irreversible.” His remarks were echoed by delegates from all the big emitters, including India, the European Union, Japan, the Middle Eastern oil states and Brazil.

In part, the world’s decision to carry on with the Paris accord is made easier by the fact that the agreement itself is so weak. It allows countries to set their own emission targets and provides no penalties for those that fail to meet them.

A recent report from the United Nations Environment Program calculates that the commitments made to date under the Paris agreement are well below what is needed to stave off global catastrophe. Some, like Canada, are not even on track to meet the modest carbon reduction commitments they have made.

But the other factor at play is that fighting climate change has finally become a profitable business activity.

China in particular is cashing in. The Chinese invested $103 billion in renewable energy last year, more than one-third of the world’s total.

The UN reports that, as solar and wind technology evolve, the price of renewable energy is coming down around the world.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau describes his climate-change strategy as good economics. Indeed, at times it seems to be more about economics than climate. How else to explain the government’s recent decision authorizing a Pacific coast liquefied natural gas project that is destined to massively increase carbon emissions?

Still, the Liberal government seems intent on pursuing its somewhat inconsistent climate-change policy with or without the U.S. That is

new.

When U.S. president George W. Bush withdrew from the Kyoto accord on climate change in 2001, he effectively killed the treaty. There was no country able to take America’s place.

On top of this, Canada was reluctant to take any action that might put its businesses at a competitive disadvantage vis-à-vis the U.S. Optimists say matters have changed since then. York University climate-change expert Mark Winfield argues Trump will find it more difficult than he thinks to undo everything Obama has put in place.

More to the point, there is China.

It wants to be recognized as a world

leader. It is willing to spend money to achieve that goal.

It is attracted to renewable energy in part to deal with its own coal-based smog pollution. But it also sees renewable energy as part of a long-run industrial strategy.

Will all of this be enough to prevent the coastal flooding and extreme weather associated with climate change? I’d be reluctant to buy any properties on the Florida seaboard.

But in spite of Trump, there is still a chance the world will survive without climate-induced mayhem.

A chance.

Thomas Walkom is a national affairs columnist.

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Tuesday, November 22, 2016

City council sets new goals for water consumption

RED DEER LIGHTS THE NIGHT

The city has set higher water conservation targets after Red Deer residents already met and are exceeding previous ones.

On Monday, city council unanimously passed new goals for water consumption, as advised by the Environmental Advisory Committee. The new potable water conservation target has now been adjusted to a 22 per cent decline by 2020 from the previous 15 per cent target, which was already met.

An adjustment was also made to targets for 2035. The city now aims to reducing water consumption by 30 per cent, from the previous 25 per cent target over the next 20 years.

As well, new targets were set for reducing water loss due to problems, such as leaking pipes. These align with the newly adopted Water Conservation and Efficiency and Productivity Plan.

Tom Marstaller, the city’s environmental planning supervisor, said there’s no cost-effective method currently available to municipalities for treating waste water to prevent pharmaceutical waste from ending up in the river.

City staff will also begin exploring how pharmaceutical waste in Red Deer River could be affecting the watershed.

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Hundreds came out to City Hall Park in Red Deer on Saturday for the annual lighting of the festive lights in the park. The event was presented by Stantec and hosted by the City of Red Deer, Red Deer Public Library, and the Downtown Business Association. “This event has become a family favourite in Red Deer and we’re looking forward to its return,” said Annette Scheper, community and program facilitator. “There’s something about those twinkling lights that sparks a joyful holiday spirit in kids and adults alike.” Several vendors lined Ross Street, there was live entertainment in the warming tent, Santa made a visit, and there were games, free popcorn and hot chocolate.

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IN SHORT Six Red Deer teenagers honoured for dedication to Scouts Canada Six Red Deer teenagers were honoured for their dedication to Scouts Canada last week.

Colin Davenport, 15, was one of the recipients.

“It means a lot to me. It’s a lot of hard work and it can help you later on in life when it comes to finding a job,” said Davenport.

Patrick Meinders, 14, and Malcolm Law, 15, were presented with the Chief Scout Award and Jocelyn Mosset, 17, Brayden Pack, 18, and Hunter Van Hecke, 17, were presented with the Queen’s Venturer Award at the annual Northern Lights Council Youth Award ceremony in Edmonton last week.

The Chief Scout Award is the highest award that can be achieved at the Scout level in Scouts Canada.

Some of the requirements include earning 10 challenge badges, at least one in each of the seven categories: athletics, outdoors, home and family, personal development, science and technology, culture and society, and environment, according to Scouts Canada.

Davenport said he’s met a lot of great people in his time as a scout and has learned some useful skills.

“I’ve learned how to tie knots, how to build survival shelters and how to start fires. I got my first aid, I’ve learned about light-weight back packing, leadership and environmental issues,” said Davenport.

“Over the years I’ve made some great relationships with the leaders.”

The Queen’s Venturer Award is the highest proficiency award for youth members in Scouts Canada and is presented to Venturers who have acquired competence and skills that will be of considerable use to themselves, their company and their community.

The Honourable Lois E. Mitchell, Lieutenant Governor of Alberta, and Terry Grant, Scouts Canada’s Chief Scout and former star of OLN’s Mantracker, were on hand to present the Scouts with the awards.

Canada Blood Services launches Give campaign Canadian Blood Services is working hard to attract new blood donors in Red Deer.

Recruitment teams will be out on the streets of Red Deer to sign up potential blood donors and book appointments to help launch the holiday Give campaign that runs from Nov. 21-Dec 31.

During the holiday Give campaign, Alberta needs 2,800 new donors and more than 17,800 appointments must be filled.

Canadian Blood Services recruiters in Give Life t-shirts will encourage people to donate blood and give a gift that can’t be bought.

Give recruiters, along with Jhoanna DelRosario, territory manager for Canadian Blood Services, will be at Red Deer College on Nov. 21 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Noise reduction pilot project fails to resonate with target audience While called “fun” and educational, a pilot project intended to reduce vehicular noise on Red Deer roads — didn’t.

Community Services director Sarah Cockerill told City Council on Monday that a two-year-noise reduction pilot project wasn’t reaching its actual target audience.

While a decibel reader was taken to several collector car shows in the city, where about 200 motorists testing it out on their vehicles, Cockerill admitted these weren’t the targets of the program.

While there were some loud classic cruisers, they generally aren’t the ones that create the noise and speed hazard on Red Deer roads, she added.

Since the real offenders are heard one moment and gone the next, Cockerill added they are a hard group to reach. “Every municipality is struggling with it.”

The City of Red Deer will therefore wait and see what position the AUMA (Alberta Urban Municipalities Association) is going to take on the issue.

Kenney fined for breaking campaign rules EDMONTON — Alberta’s Progressive Conservatives have fined leadership candidate Jason Kenney $5,000 for breaking the rules by showing up and running a hospitality suite near a meeting where voting delegates were being selected.

“I hope that this is a clear message not just to (Kenney) but to all candidates that they need to raise the bar higher,” PC party president Katherine O’Neill said Monday.

“The party expects more (and) the province expects more.”

She also announced a new investigation into recent actions of a Kenney supporter alleged to have handed out lists of Kenney delegate slates to vote for at a selection meeting in the Spruce Grove-St. Albert constituency. “(If found to be a violation) that would be considered a minor breach,” said O’Neill.

She declined to speculate what would be done if a candidate racked up multiple violations.

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Liberals seek to snuff out, clean up coal-fired power

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TTAWA — The federal Liberal government once again earned the scorn of Saskatchewan’s premier Monday with the next phase of its clean-energy strategy: pushing provinces to either phase out or clean up their coal-fired power plants.

The goal of the Trudeau government is to ensure 90 per cent of Canada’s electricity comes from sustainable sources by 2030, up from 80 per cent now, Environment Minister Catherine McKenna said Monday.

Coal-fired units are among the largest sources of air pollution in the country, including sulphur dioxides, nitrogen oxides and mercury pollutants.

In addition, coal power in Alberta, Saskatchewan, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia accounts for more than eight per cent of Canada’s total greenhouse gas emissions.

Under the new federal plan, provinces can choose to phase out coal entirely and replace it with lower-emitting sources — as Alberta is doing — or they can use carbon capture and storage technology, McKenna said.

At least in the case of Nova Scotia, however, the federal push seems like more of a gentle nudge.

The government is also permitting “equivalency arrangements” to support the transition from coal towards cleaner electricity sources. Nova Scotia will be allowed to use coal-fired plants beyond 2030 in recognition of the work the province has done to reduce greenhouse gases.

McKenna characterized it as working on tailor-made approaches to phasing out coal with the four affected provinces.

“Different provinces have different solutions,” she told a news conference in Ottawa. “We are making sure that the solutions make sense for ratepayers, for workers and for the residents of the province.”

Later in the day in Halifax, McKenna was alongside Nova Scotia Premier Stephen McNeil as he announced plans to adopt a cap and trade system

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Federal Environment Minister Catherine McKenna is flanked by Premier Stephen McNeil, left, and Treasury Board President Scott Brison at a news conference at the Nova Scotia Community College in Dartmouth, N.S. on Monday. The federal government is speeding up the plan to phase out coal-fired electricity by 2030. Alberta, Saskatchewan, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick still burn coal to generate power. for industry, with the details to be worked out by 2018.

The province opted for cap and trade after McNeil had made it clear that he wanted no part of a proposed carbon tax, saying it would be too expensive for his province’s mainly rural economy.

Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall, another provincial leader who’s no fan of the carbon-tax idea, said his province would evaluate the environmental and economic impact of the federal announcement.

But he accused the Liberals of violating — for a second time — a commitment to work with the provinces on a pan-Canadian approach to climate change that would be discussed and finalized at a first ministers’ meeting next month.

“These actions have severely undermined the December meeting and

have exposed the prime minister’s disingenuous commitment to federal-provincial collaboration,” Wall said in a statement.

The federal plan is expected to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by more than five megatonnes by 2030 — the equivalent of taking 1.3 million cars off the road. That’s in addition to the 10 megatonnes that Alberta’s early phase-out of coal represents.

“This opportunity will attract the investments required to build the clean-energy economy that will position Canada for great success in generations to come,” McKenna said.

Monday’s announcement came as the Pembina Institute released a report saying the phase-out of all coalfired power facilities by 2030 would cut 10 years from a previously established federal timeline, which would have allowed some facilities to con-

tinue operating well past 2040.

Accelerating the national phaseout of coal-fired power to 2030 would avoid 1,008 premature deaths, 871 emergency room visits and nearly $5 billion in health and lower productivity costs between 2015 and 2035, the report said.

Canada is blessed with an abundance of hydro, wind and solar opportunities, McKenna said. “This has already positioned us as a global leader.

We can always do better, though.”

Ottawa’s position stands in marked contrast to the signals from the incoming U.S. administration, which has indicated strong support for the coal sector.

McKenna said it is important to let the market know that Canada is moving to a low-carbon future. She noted France, Britain, the Netherlands, Austria and Denmark have all announced accelerated coal phase-outs.

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Alberta is moving toward phasing out coal-fired electricity by 2030 and replacing it with renewable energy such as wind, solar and hydro.

That transition is already underway and Phillips says that will ensure Alberta’s best interests are served. Alberta is also implementing a broadbased consumer carbon tax starting Jan. 1.

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Tuesday, November 22, 2016

APEC

Trudeau, APEC leaders look to put softer face on globalization to battle Trump

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IMA, Peru — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and leaders from 20 other Asia and Pacific nations are

looking to put a softer face on trade in

an effort to counter rising anti-globalization sentiments.

Today’s closed-door meetings at the APEC leaders’ summit in Peru are a direct response to the anti-trade rhetoric coming out of the United States in the wake of Donald Trump’s election victory, and from Britain after its

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vote to leave the European Union.

The executive director of the APEC secretariat says the leaders will try to figure out how to implement what he calls “soft globalization” — another way of saying inclusive and sustainable growth that is the theme of this year’s summit.

Alan Bollard says it’s easy to speak the words, but putting the idea into practice is quite complex.

That leaves Trudeau and the other leaders at the Lima summit with the difficult task of convincing Trump and his followers that trade can be good for domestic and global economies.

Trudeau isn’t scheduled to speak with reporters about his time at the summit until it officially wraps up this evening.

Trudeau has had closed-door meetings with other world leaders involved in trade deals with Canada during the APEC summit in the Peruvian capital. Foreign Affairs Minister Stephane Dion and Trade Minister Chrystia Freeland have also met with their counterparts, U.S. congressional staffers and business leaders to tout Canada as a pro-trade government.

The focus of the summit has been on the future of the Trans-Pacific Partnership, a trade deal that would open up trade among 12 Pacific Rim

nations encompassing nearly 40 per cent of the world’s GDP, including Canada, Mexico, Japan and the United States.

Trump has vowed to pull the U.S. out of the deal, a move that would effectively kill the agreement that U.S. President Barack Obama touted as a counterbalance to China’s growing economic sway in the Asia-Pacific region.

Bollard says nations are also keeping a close eye on the future of the North American free trade deal because Trump has also taken aim at the pact, saying he wants a better deal from Canada and Mexico or else he’ll move to kill NAFTA. Trudeau met with Mexican president Enrique Pena Nieto Saturday night where NAFTA and the TPP were to be on the agenda.

Earlier Saturday at the summit, Pena Nieto said that NAFTA could be modernized to benefit Mexico and the United States.

“Let’s modernize NAFTA so that it becomes a more powerful vehicle and a more modern vehicle that will truly allow us to consolidate our countries in this strategic partnership of Mexico and the United States and Canada,” Pena Nieto said.

“A more productive region and more competitive region.”

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RINCE ALBERT, Sask. — The mayor of a city affected by an oil spill in the North Saskatchewan River says a report by the company responsible hasn’t answered all his questions.

Prince Albert had to shut down its intake from the river and find other water sources for almost two months after the July spill.

A Husky Energy (TSX:HSE) report last week said shifting ground caused a pipeline to break and leak 225,000 litres of heavy crude oil and diluent.

About 40 per cent ended up in the river.

Mayor Greg Dionne said he wants to know exactly when the leak happened and how it was able to float the 380 kilometres between the spill site and his city.

Dionne said he isn’t educated in the science of ground movement and now has questions about the safety of pipelines which cross rivers.

“Where don’t we have a problem with sloping in the river?” Dionne asked Monday. “I have a concern … wherever there is an oil line going along the river bank. Has that been compromised or weakened?”

Husky’s report said the break happened about 160 metres from the riverbank. It said major rainfall, poor

drainage and a weak clay foundation were likely to be behind the ground movement.

Dionne called for tight monitoring.

“We’re not just worried about what happened in the past, we want to make sure it doesn’t happen again.”

The city is still waiting for its own independent results, he said.

“We just didn’t count on the province or Husky. We had engaged our own independent consultant’s review and to work with our technical people.”

He expects the city’s internal report to be ready shortly.

Dionne said the city was left on its own by Husky in the days after the spill, which led to challenges getting information.

He also said the city will be issuing more bills to Husky.

“We’ll have some future bills because of some of the repairs.”

A few stretches of river bank along a temporary pipeline that carried water from the regional park to the city need to be fixed, Dionne said. The repairs cannot be done over the winter, so the bills cannot be issued to Husky yet.

“So far, they’ve been very co-operative in paying the bills. The president did give my city manager and myself the assurance that they will make us whole.

Dionne called the spill a learning experience which improved the water treatment plant.

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WORLD CURLING TOUR

Kevin Koe flashes his world champion abilities TAKEN TO AN EXTRA END BY TED APPLEMEN; NADINE CHYZ OF CALGARY CLAIMS WOMEN’S TITLE

BY DANNY RODE SPECIAL TO THE ADVOCATE

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efending Canadian and World champion Kevin Koe knows a thing or two about handling tough situations.

So when he was taken to an extra end by Ted Appelman in the men’s final of the Red Deer Curling Classic Monday at the Pidherney Centre, it wasn’t going to bother him.

‘IT’S BEEN PRETTY GOOD. WE DID STRUGGLE A BIT THE LAST TWO EVENTS … JUST LOST A COUPLE OF GAMES WHEN WE WEREN’T SHARP. A COUPLE OF BAD BREAKS BUT THAT’S ALL IT TAKES. THIS IS OUR SECOND WIN OF THE YEAR AND IT SETS US UP GOOD FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF EVENTS.’ — ALBERTA SKIP KEVIN KOE

In fact, he made a perfect draw to freeze to an Appelman stone on the button with his first shot on the extra end, which all but ended the game. In fact Appelman had to make a spectacular chip in an effort to just stay alive and when he took his own rock it gave Koe the 6-5 victory.

Meanwhile on the women’s side, Nadine Chyz of Calgary downed Scotland’s Hannah Fleming 8-4.

Koe admitted it was a tough battle, but he expected it.

“They didn’t get to the final by a fluke,” he said.

‘They beat some good teams like (David) Murdoch and (Brandon Bottcher) along the way and were playing well coming in.”

The teams exchanged points along the way with Koe looking to take control in the sixth when he made a brilliant angle raise takeout for two and a 5-3 lead.

However, Appelman counted one on the seventh, then stole one on the eighth when Koe’s draw to the button hung out.

It was a an up and down start to the weekend for Koe, who lost in the second round of the A event and in the B event qualifier semifinal.

“We had a few struggles early, but made some shots when we needed them to beat some good teams yesterday and today,” he said.

Overall the year has been solid for Koe, third Marc Kennedy, second Brent Laing and lead Ben Hebert.

“It’s been pretty good. We did struggle a bit the last two events … just lost a couple of games when we weren’t sharp,” said Koe. “A couple of bad breaks but that’s all it takes. This is our second win of the year and it sets us up good for the next couple of events.”

One of those is the Canada Cup in Brandon, Nov. 30-Dec. 3. The winner earns a berth in the Olympic Trials.

“We won that last year and are already in the Trials which makes it nice, but we’re looking forward to this as it will be a good measuring stick as to where we’re at. The other teams there will be geared up as they want to earn a spot.”

This is the third season for the team to be together.

“The first year we had some ups and downs while

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When you’re a Brier and world champion curling rink, you get to use to winning a lot of hardware. The Kevin Koe rink claimed the World Curling Tour Red Deer stop, which wrapped up Monday. last year we won all the bigs ones and a few others,” said Koe. “Still there’s room for improvement before the (Olympic) Trials next year, which is our big goal, and of course the Brier this season.”

Koe came out of the C event into the eight-team playoffs. The rink downed Sean Geall of Kelowna 7-2, and counted a deuce on the eighth end to edge Kyle Smith of Scotland, 5-4.

Appelman who came out of the B event, stopped Murdoch, 6-3, and Bottcher, 5-4.

Other quarter-final games saw Bottcher stop defending Red Deer champion Mick Lizmore of Edmonton, 5-4, and Smith edge Jamie Koe of Yellowknife, who had Red Deer’s Chris Schille at third, 6-5.

Chyz started a bit slow, losing her first game, 5-3, to Geri-Lynn Ramsay of Calgary, who had Red Deer’s Brittany Tran at second, but then didn’t lose again.

She won the B event, then stopped Robyn Silvernagle of North Battleford, 6-3, and Ursi Hegner of Switzerland, 7-3.

“We had some struggles in that first game, but we used it as a learning experience as we went forward,” said Chyz.

“We were happy to get to know the ice and because of it were more comfortable.”

It’s been a solid year for the Calgary crew, having won three Alberta ’spiels.

“We’ve done well on the schedule and, as it wraps up, we’re where we want to be heading toward the playdowns.”

The foursome, which includes third Heather Jensen, second Rebecca Konschuh and lead Heather Rogers.

Konschuh, who is new to the team this year, has ties to Red Deer as she played with Jocelyn Peterman’s junior team, which also included Tran.

“Heather my third and Heather my lead and myself have been together for three years while our second was having a baby, and we added Becca this year, and we’ve been coming together as a team,” said Chyz, who made a pair of outstanding draws with her two stones on the seventh end to put an end to the final.

“Give credit to the rest of my team. They made the shots and made it easy for me,” she said. “As for the draws, I should have that draw weight as a skip, and I was glad to have it.”

Chyz won’t be attending the Canada Cup. “We don’t have the points built up yet, so that’s why events like this mean a lot for us going forward,” she said.

Fleming came out of the A event and reached the final by downing Shannon Kleibrink of Okotoks, 6-4, and Kelsey Rocque of Edmonton, 5-3. Other quarter-finals saw Hegner defeat Chelsea Carey, with Peterman at second, 5-4, and Rocque stop Stephanie Lawton, 7-2.

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HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL

Gridiron dreams dashed for the season

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he two Red Deer teams saw their provincial high school football playoff runs come to an end Saturday.

The Notre Dame Cougars were eliminated in a 32-13 loss to the top-ranked Bev Facey Falcons of Sherwood Park in the Tier I North Division final, while the Hunting Hills Lightning lost 35-14 to the No. 2 seeded Foothills Falcons in the Tier II South final.

The Cougars came out of the gate and scored first to take a 7-0 lead, and controlled play most of the first half.

“We played well and had a third down gamble which we came up short on or we had a chance to be up 14-2,” said Cougars head coach Gino Castellan. “But we had a tough break late in the period and they scored on a about a 90 yard special teams play, which seemed to take some of the wind out of our sails.”

Still the Cougars weren’t embarrassed and can be proud of the fact they’re the first team from Central Alberta to advance beyond the first round of the provincials in 21 years.

“We didn’t get blown away and did a good job

Lindsay Thurber Raiders boys and girls sweep past Notre Dame Cougars The Lindsay Thurber Raiders boys’ team made it a complete sweep for LTCHS in the Central Alberta High School 4A zone volleyball championships.

The Raiders dumped the Notre Dame Cougars 25-17, 25-11, 25-22 Saturday afternoon to win the best-ofthree 2-1 and advance to the provin-

THE NOTRE DAME COUGARS WERE ELIMINATED IN A 3213 LOSS TO THE TOP-RANKED BEV FACEY FALCONS OF SHERWOOD PARK IN THE TIER I NORTH DIVISION FINAL, WHILE THE HUNTING HILLS LIGHTNING LOST 35-14 TO THE NO. 2 SEEDED FOOTHILLS FALCONS IN THE TIER II SOUTH FINAL. against their top running back, who is going to the States next year,” said Castellan. “They’re a very talented team with tremendous team speed. I knew we would be in tough and the guys may have been a bit intimidated, but they plugged away.”

The Falcons take on the third-ranked St. Francis Browns of Calgary, who downed the Raymond Comets 29-18.

The Lightning also controlled the majority of the play in the first half, but were down 7-0.

“We put together some good drives, but missed two field goals and just couldn’t find a way to score against a veteran defence, which had 9 or 10 Grade 12s,” said Lightning head coach Kyle Sedgwick.

“We do have a younger team and if we could have scored early it would have helped our confidence.

I know we can play better and we match-up better than we have in the past against them, which makes

cials as the higher seed.

The LTCHS girls defeated the Cougars 2-0 in their best-of-three final on Friday. LTCHS is playing host to the provincials, beginning Thursday at LTCHS, Gateway School and RDC.

St. Francis claims junior high volleyball title St. Francis captured the Central West Alberta Junior High AA boys’ volleyball championship with an 2519, 25-20 victory over Hunting Hills

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it a bit frustrating.”

It’s the fifth time the two teams have met in the last three years and three of those have been in the provincial playoffs.

“Last year we lost to them 49-0 and they went on to easily win the provincial title,” said Sedgwick.

The Lightning got touchdowns from Austin Schneider and Eric Thomson and were within 10 points until the Falcons scored twice late.

“We had to open up and try a few different things and they took advantage,” said Sedgwick.

Foothills will meet the top-ranked St. Josephs Celtics, who defeated the Lloydminster Barons 20-3.

Meanwhile, the Stettler Wildcats remained alive in the Tier IV playoffs, downing the Sexsmith Sabres 27-14 in the North final.

The ‘Cats take on the Bow Valley Bobcats, who stopped W.R. Myers of Taber 41-14.

The final is set for Saturday at 11 a.m. at Calgary’s Hellard Park.

All the finals will be played at Hellard Park.

In the six-man playoffs, the Rimbey Spartans downed the Buck Mountain Mustangs 54-44 to advance to the final against top-ranked St. Joseph’s Crusaders, who stopped the Millwoods Christian Royals 64-18. The final is Friday at 4 p.m.

Saturday at Lindsay Thurber.

St. Francis reached the final with a 25-14, 16-25, 15-8 win over Lacombe while Hunting Hills downed Lindsay Thurber 17-25, 25-18, 15-6.

Lacombe took third place with a 25-21, 25-23 win over LTCHS. Fifth place went to Stettler, who downed St. Thomas 10-25, 25-15, 16-14.

Olds Grizzlys bring down the Drumheller Dragons The Olds Grizzlys downed the Drumheller Dragons 6-2 in Alberta Junior Hockey League play in Drumheller Saturday.

The Grizzlys led 3-1 after the opening period and 4-2 after 40 minutes.

Tyr Thomson, Jeremy Klessens and Braydon Barker scored in the opening 20 minutes with Chase Olsen scoring in the middle stanza. Jared Power and Quentin Greenwood connected in the final frame.

Markus Bogusklavsky and Evan Tschumi scored for the Dragons against Olds netminder Ben Giesbrecht, who made 24 saves.

Hunter Virostek had 13 saves for Drumheller.

On Thursday the Grizzlys lost 2-1 to Drayton Valley.

Red Deer Vipers take down the Cochrane Generals The Red Deer Vipers won a pair of Heritage Junior B Hockey League contests on the road during the weekend, defeating the Cochrane Generals 6-4 Saturday and the Banff Acade-

my Bears 4-3 Sunday.

Kale Lapointe led the Vipers against the Generals, scoring four times with Declan Johnston adding a pair of goals. The Vipers trailed 1-0 after the first period and led 4-2 after 40 minutes.

Branden Bilodeau made 34 saves.

On Sunday, Mack Differenz scored at 12:50 of the third period to tie the game and Justin Van Tetring connected while shorthanded at 13:26 for the winning goal.

Johnston and Logan Linnell had the other Red Deer markers.

Cole Sears made 28 saves. ● The Blackfalds Wranglers downed the Coaldale Copperheads 6-1 at home Sunday.

Garrett Glasman scored three times with Ryan Chambers, Makenzie Russell and Curtis Rangen once each. Lane Brann made 25 saves. ● The Stettler Lightning split a pair of games, losing 9-1 to the Copperheads Saturday and downing the High River Flyers 7-5 Sunday.

Quade Cassidy scored against the Copperheads while Ethan Rost, Dylan Houston and Matt Sylvester had two goals each Sunday and Justin Golby one. Lane Congdon made 30 saves in the win. ● The Ponoka Stampeders stopped the Okotoks Bisons 7-4 Friday.

Toran Corbier and Nate Higgins had two goals each with singles added by Taite Opdendries, Jordan Sears and Dakota Sullivan.

Robert Michetti made 45 saves. ● The Three Hills Thrashers lost a pair of games — 4-0 to the Cochrane Generals Friday and 10-3 to the Bisons Saturday. Cody Keith, Tyler Newsham and Carter Conway scored against the Bisons

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RDC WOMEN’S HOCKEY

Queens captain leads by example in shut out of Griffins

BY DANNY RODE SPECIAL TO THE ADVOCATE

Queens 3 Griffins 0 s captain Julia Murrell will do everything she can to lead the RDC Queens.

On Sunday she not only played a key role on the penalty kill, but scored twice to lead the Queens to a 3-2 Alberta Colleges Women’s Hockey League win over the MacEwan University Griffins at the Centrium.

“It’s a good feeling, I felt I was in a little scoring slump,” said Murrell, who notched her second and third goals in 11 games. “I have to give credit to my teammates. They did a great job of getting the pucks on the goal and I was there.”

The RDC coaching staff has been on Murrell to shoot more.

“My instinct is to pass first, but they’ve been telling me to take more shots and go to the net, and I’m trying to do that.”

Murrell should have had a third goal when it appeared as if the puck hit the inside bar and bounced quickly out.

“Everyone on the ice stopped as they thought it was in, but the referee didn’t see it that way,” said Murrell. “I don’t know for sure … probably won’t know until we look at the tape.”

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But while the hat trick would have been nice, she was more concerned with the win.

“Getting the W was the main thing, especially after last night.”

The Queens dropped a 2-1 decision to the Griffins in Edmonton Saturday, allowing a pair of third period power play markers.

“We started off strong, but allowed them to stay around.

“They’re a skilled team and they made a push.

Tonight it was important for us to get on them and not let them get back in it,” said Murrell, an Edmonton native who played two years with the Griffins before taking two years off. She joined the Queens last season.

Queens head coach Kelly Coulter, was pleased to see the team bounce back after the loss. However, neither team was sharp in the first period.

“It was like the puck was square,” he said. “I looked like we had a few jitters getting back on home ice … I’m not sure why, but thankfully we got the nerves calmed down.”

Murrell scored twice in the second period, at 17:46 and on the power play at 19:39. Kaely McMurtry gave the Queens some more breathing room, scoring during a scramble at 10:59 of the third period.

Alex Frisk faced only 21 shots in goal, but made

several solid saves and stopped defending league scoring champion Michelle Pochapsky on a breakaway in the third period.

“She played well and stepped up when we needed her to,” said Coulter. “We had a few breakdowns and she was there.”

The Queens had 23 shots on Sandy Helm. RDC also killed off six penalties and were one-for-four on the power play, On Saturday the Queens held a 1-0 lead after 40 minutes on a first-period goal by Breanna Martin.

The Griffins pulled even at 7:07 of the third period when Morgan Casson scored with the Queens two-players short. Pochapsky got the winning goal at 18:55.

Overall the Queens were assessed nine minors and a major while the Griffins took six minors.

Frisk made 23 saves while Helm made 22.

The Queens return to action Thursday when they host Olds at 7 p.m. at the Centrium. They visit Olds on Saturday and then host NAIT Nov. 29 to finish their first half of the season.

“It’s busy … a bit challenging (with five games in 11 days) but it’s not something we can’t handle,” said Murrell. “We’ve been working on our cardo.”

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.

MINOR HOCKEY

Three-point weekend for midget AAA Red Deer Optimist Chiefs

BY DANNY RODE SPECIAL TO THE ADVOCATE

Midget AAA he Red Deer Optimist Chiefs earned three of four points in Alberta Midget Hockey League play at the Kinex during the weekend.

The Chiefs downed the St. Albert Raiders 4-2 Saturday and tied the Edmonton Gregg Distributors 4-4 Sunday.

Hayden Clayton, Graysen Cameron, Justin Paarup and Luke Bast scored against the Raiders with Justin Travis making 29 saves. His teammates had 34 shots.

On Sunday, the Chiefs trailed 4-1 in the third period, but got goals from Cameron at 3:50, Levi Glasman at 7:02 and Bast at 19:52 to earn the tie. Clayton had the other Red Deer goal while Levi Mitchell made 39 saves.

The Chiefs sit fourth in the South Division with a 7-3-6 record.

Midget AAA Girls The Red Deer Sutter Fund Chiefs split a pair of games, losing 2-0 to the Rocky Mountain Raiders Saturday and downing the Calgary Fire 2-1 on

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Sunday.

Camille Scherger turned in an outstanding performance on Saturday, making 39 saves and had her shutout ruined at 19:24 of the third period.

Emma Thomas and Skylar Colonna scored against the Fire with Chantelle Sandquist making 18 saves.

Minor Midget The Red Deer Northstar Chiefs managed one point out of a pair of weekend games, losing 11-0 to the Calgary Rangers Friday and tying the Rocky Raiders 1-1 Sunday.

Jackson Rider scored against the Raiders with Jared Lee making 41 saves.

Meanwhile, the Red Deer TBS Chiefs lost 6-2 to the Calgary Bruins Saturday and 5-3 to the Calgary Canucks Sunday.

Cole Muir and Payton Wright connected against the Bruins while Trevor Simpson, Colby Phillips and Matias Letwin scored against the Canucks.

Bretton Park made 29 saves.

Midget Elite Girls The Red Deer Sutter Fund Chiefs dropped a 2-1 decision to the Peace Country Sunday.

Nelson Tony Lugela was charged with second-degree murder in September after Mylan Hicks from the Calgary Stampeders died in a shooting outside a nightclub.

The 19-year-old appeared via video link in a brief appearance.

The court set a five-day preliminary hearing that is scheduled to begin May 29, 2017.

Kelli-Rai Sieben scored the lone Red Deer goal while Rebecca Bridge made 24 saves.

Bantam AAA The Red Deer Rebels won a pair of games, downing the homestanding Rocky Mountain Raiders 5-4 Saturday and stopping the visiting Calgary Flames 10-1 Sunday.

Wyatt Fluet, Kyle Wallace, Kayde Budgell, Brady Carruth and Noah Danielson scored against the Raiders with Caleb Trotter making 27 saves.

Danielson scored four times against the Flames with Wallace and Konnor Green adding two goals each and Brett Meerman and Fluet one apiece. Carter Vooys made 22 saves.

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RDC ATHLETICS

Slow out of the gate, Kings keep it close with top rank Rattlers QUEENS UNABLE TO COME BACK FROM DISAPPOINTING SECOND QUARTER

BY DANNY RODE SPECIAL TO THE ADVOCATE

Rattlers 87 Kings 77 he RDC Kings can look at Saturday’s 87-77 loss to the Medicine Hat Rattlers and take solace from the fact they were right with the top-ranked team in the Alberta Colleges Men’s Basketball League.

What the Kings didn’t do was come out of the gate with any fire, especially on the offensive side as they trailed 22-4 after the first quarter.

“We then basically win the remainder of the game,” said Kings head coach Clayton Pottinger. “That was a reminder we have to be more prepared. There were some good signs, especially in the second and third quarters.”

The Kings outscored the Rattlers 27-25 in the second quarter and 21-14 in the third. They narrowed the gap to eight points in the fourth quarter be-

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fore the Medicine Hat crew, which includes five fifth-year players, hit four three-point shots in a row.

“That kind of took the wind out of our sails,” said Pottinger. “That’s also a lesson for us in that we have to play every possession. Even when we turn the ball over we need to hustle back and get a stop. We stop even one of those threes, and it could be a difference maker.”

Even in losing for the first time in six starts this season, Pottinger wasn’t overly upset.

“I don’t even know if I’m 100 per

cent disappointed. We will learn that some of the things we get away with against other teams we can’t get away with against the best team in the league. It’s early in the year, and it’s a learning experience for everyone.”

Shayne Stumpf had another solid game, finishing with 24 points and five rebounds, while Ian Tevis added 18 points, five rebounds and three assist.

Matt Matear had eight points and five boards. Michael Farion had 21 points, three rebounds and five assists for MHC. Pottinger added the team has things to work on at practice.

“We need consistency on the defensive end from top to bottom as well as keeping our composure, and not to get rattled.”

Rattlers 79 Queens 71 The Queens continue to shoot themselves in the foot with one bad quarter. This game it was the second when they were outscored 22-9 and didn’t score the final five minutes.

They trailed 47-28 at the break then

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Kings, Queens sweep Lions in both matchups

BY DANNY RODE SPECIAL TO THE ADVOCATE

Queens 3 Lions 0 fter breaking her finger in the preseason McKenna Barthel wasn’t expected back in the RDC volleyball Queens lineup until the second half of the season.

But the third-year right side is a quick healer and returned this weekend against the Ambrose University Lions.

She played Friday in Calgary and started at home Saturday as the Queens downed the Lions 25-21, 2523, 25-12 in Alberta Colleges Women’s Volleyball League play.

“It was nice to be back,” she said.

“The doctor told me when it happened I’d likely be out eight to 10 weeks, but this is week five.

“It’s good I don’t feel any pain.”

She broke the right middle finger when she dropped a bottle of water under a car and while reaching for it had the tire run over her hand. She uses a splint and a wrap while playing.

“The scariest thing is blocking, but I do use a splint and try not to think about it.”

The Lindsay Thurber grad indicated she’s a bit behind in terms of preparation after sitting out, but it’s “not bad.”

“I’ve been practising a bit and was out for the full week this past week.

That helps. Even before I was working out and passing the ball at practice, so it wasn’t as long of a break as

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it could have been. The nice thing is I got a chance to return before the Christmas break. That would have been a long time away if I was out another five weeks.”

Queens head coach Chris Wandler was pleased to have Barthel back.

“She gives us more depth and more physicality on the right side,” he said. “Brittney (Davis) did an admirable job filling in but the setters are more comfortable with our regulars out there. Once McKenna gets up to speed, and back in game shape, she’ll be that much better. Even now she helps solidify us.”

Barthel finished with seven kills and six digs.

Davis can now move back to her more familiar spot on the left side and Saturday she came in off the bench in the second set, and added a spark to the lineup, with four kills, a block and eight digs.

“We ran out of time outs in the second set and we were able to bring Britt and Hanna (Delemont) in, and they added a spark and helped us pull out the win,” said Wandler.

The Queens ran into a tough Ambrose squad the first two sets.

“They are a good serving and defending team, and tonight they were a good passing team as well. They put the ball in the system more than we would have liked. They pushed us to the limits at times and in that first set we got caught running around and lost our composure a bit. But we finally found it and found a way to win, the same in the second set. The third set I think we had knocked the wind out of

their sails.”

Miranda Dawe had another solid performance with 13 kills, three aces, a block and five digs. Setter Ashley Fehr was the player of the match with 26 assists, six aces and four digs.

Madyson Kerr had nine kills and eight digs for Ambrose.

The Queens finished the first half of the season with a 9-3 record, back of Briercrest, 9-1. Ambrose is 4-6.

Kings 3 Lions 0 The Kings wrapped up first place at the break, running their record to 10-2 with a 25-13, 25-22, 25-19 victory.

“It’s been a long first half, especially with no bye until the last week,” said Kings head coach Aaron Schulha. “It was tough sledding the past six weeks, but we’re 10-2, which is OK. We could have had two more wins, but we’ve been grinding through matches, which is good. We’re learning how to win when not at our best. There’s a lot of room to grow in the second half which excites me.”

As for Saturday, the Kings were solid, although they looked like they were a bit anxious to get the match over with in the third set.

“The first half we played well, then let them in it a bit in the second set and the third was sloppy,” said Schulha, whose squad will now be off until they train with the University of Calgary Dinos, Dec. 29-30.

Regan Fathers had 12 kills, an ace, three blocks and two digs for the Kings while Luke Brisbane had 28 assists, two blocks and two digs. Ty Moorman and Matt Lofgren had seven kills each.

turned in a solid second half only to come up short, losing 79-71.

Queens head coach Ken King did change the way he used star forward Emily White in the second half and she controlled the game.

“We definitely tried to emphasize moving the ball inside as we noticed there were some openings,” he said.

But overall he nothing to add only that he’ll know more after watching the game tape.

White was the RDC player of the game with 21 points, seven rebounds, three assists and three steals. Dedra Janvier added 13 points and impressive rookie Brooke Kirkpatrick 10.

Megan Getz had 30 points for MHC. RDC is finished their home portion of the first half as they play at Ambrose Friday and Lethbridge Saturday.

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.

Sting sweep weekend games The Central Alberta Sting U16AA squad downed the Spruce Grove U19A team, 11-3, and the Calgary U16AA Impact, 6-3, in weekend ringette play.

Carly Cherniak had hat trick against Spruce Grove with Kianna Doyle, Hanna Gill and Hannah Morrison adding two goals each and Megan Grubb and Hannah Murray singles.

Gracie Setters was in goal for the win. Doyle had two goals against Calgary with singles added by Cherniak, Morrison, Rachel Vandervlis and Colby Wagar. McKenna Smalley was in net and faced 53 shots. ● The U19AA Sting downed the Edmonton Elite Open A team 6-4.

Shae-Lyn Baxter had two goals and Sara Kelly, Emily LeMasurier, MacKenzie Lindholm and Brenna Parent one a piece.

The three Central Alberta Sting teams will be competing in the Edmonton Wood tournament this coming weekend featuring some of the top AA teams in Western Canada.

Kings split weekend series Thunder 2 Kings 0 EDMONTON — The RDC Kings couldn’t stand prosperity.

After downing the Concordia University of Edmonton Thunder 4-1 at home Friday, the Kings turned around and dropped a 2-0 decision to the Thunder Saturday.

The teams were scoreless after 40 minutes with Nick Tupper scoring at 3:16 of the third period and Ian McLellan at eight minutes. Mike Salmon made 27 saves for the Kings who had 30 shots on Tanner McCorriston.

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Clockwise from top left: Medicine Hat Rattler Salissou Abdoulkader fouls Red Deer College King Shayne Stumpf during second quarter action at Red Deer College Saturday.

RDC Queen Maya Parker drives under the basket during second half action.

RDC Queen Brooke Kirkpatrick works the ball around Medicine Hat Rattler Karly Larson.

Rufus the Red Deer College mascot shoots some hoops with young basketball fans Saturday afternoon during the RDC Queens basketball intermission.

Red Deer College King Ian Tevis reaches in on Medicine Hat Rattler Collin Ralko during second quarter action at Red Deer College Saturday afternoon.

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Organizers predicting the Grey Cup will be sold out

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ORONTO — Grey Cup organizers are reporting a recent uptick in ticket sales for Sunday’s CFL championship game and are confident a sellout crowd will be on hand to watch the Calgary Stampeders play the Ottawa Redblacks at BMO Field.

The Toronto Argonauts reduced ticket prices for the game last month to an $89 starting price with thousands more available for less than $150. That was down from a previous pricing plan where tickets were no cheaper than $169 apiece.

The CFL club would not reveal Monday how many tickets had been sold, but a mid-afternoon check of the Ticketmaster website showed about 1,700 tickets were still available. Unsold tickets ranged from a base price of $134.10 on the low end to $899 for a field-level seat.

“We are not disclosing how many tickets are left, but I can tell you that overnight and into today we have seen a big spike in ticket sales,” Argonauts communications manager Anton Bennett said in an email.

“It’s natural to see a bump like this after the Eastern and Western Finals. But with the proximity of Ottawa to Toronto, it’s been especially strong. And we expect those strong sales to continue throughout Grey Cup week and anticipate a full house on Sunday.”

BMO Field’s seating capacity has been expanded from 27,000 to about 35,000 for the Grey Cup game.

In mid-October, the team said about half of the tickets had been sold.

In announcing the ticket pricing change last month, the Argonauts said they were listening to fans who told them they needed prices to reflect the fact that Toronto has been a very busy sports market this year.

The limited interest may also have been an indicator that the Toronto market has grown increasingly apathetic to the CFL in recent years.

The Raptors and Blue Jays both went on deep playoff runs this year and Toronto also hosted the World Cup of Hockey.

In addition, Toronto FC reached the Eastern Conference final for the first time and will play at home on Nov. 30.

The Ontario capital will also serve as co-host of the world junior hockey championship next month

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Saskatchewan Roughriders’ fans, decked out in the team’s colours, await the start of the 2015 Grey Cup. Following the East and West Division finals last Sunday, Grey Cup organizers have announced a spike in ticket sales for the big event. and the NHL’s outdoor Centennial Classic on New Year’s Day. Having fans spread out their sporting dollar hasn’t helped the Argonauts.

But their last-place finish at 5-13 also did little to generate football buzz in the city.

The Argonauts’ move from Rogers Centre to BMO Field this season also did not energize the fanbase.

The home opener at the outdoor stadium on a warm, sunny evening last June against the rival Hamilton Tiger-Cats was still a few thousand short of a sellout.

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well below half the regular capacity — for their second home game of the season. The team was just 2-7 at BMO Field, where they averaged 16,380 fans over the year.

While football interest has been lagging in the city, Grey Cup organizers did catch a break when the Redblacks defeated the Edmonton Eskimos in the East final. Ottawa is only about a five-hour drive from Toronto.

More than 53,000 fans took in the 2012 Grey Cup indoors at Rogers Centre on the 100th anniversary of the championship game.

The Argonauts defeated the Stampeders 35-22.

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Controversy swirls around final play in Raptors’ game

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Kings 102 Raptors 99 ACRAMENTO, Calif. — The Toronto Raptors are leaving Sacramento fuming after losing on an overturned

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Rudy Gay had 23 points and nine rebounds, and the Kings beat Toronto 102-99 on Sunday night after waiting out a video review to see if the Raptors had forced overtime on Terrence Ross’s three-pointer at the buzzer.

Following a timeout with 2.4 seconds left, Ross grabbed a deflected pass, took two dribbles and made a 33-footer — but the officials ruled time had expired.

Official Mike Callahan said a replay review showed the clock didn’t start when DeMarcus Cousins deflected the ball. The actual elapsed time was 2.5 seconds, resulting in no basket and a celebration at Golden 1 Arena.

“I’ve got to hear another explanation better than that because we reviewed it about 10 times in there,” Raptors coach Dwane Casey said.

“Even if the clock started once DeMarcus Cousins deflected it, T-Ross caught it, shot it, and still had shot it at .5 (seconds) with plenty of time.”

Kyle Lowry decided to avoid fines from the NBA by passing on questions from reporters on the play three different times.

“I’m going to save my money and say no comment,” said Lowry.

Forward Patrick Patterson was less circumspect, posting a series of tweets to his Twitter account.

“Please explain to me how T Ross shot doesn’t count.. NBA,” read Patterson’s first tweet. He then added: “27.2 - 24 WHAT? .shotclock” “Looking forward to the apology from the NBA even though it won’t do (anything) for the outcome,” said another tweet from Patterson, adding the hashtags .haha .raptors.

The only explanation the Kings cared about was the disputed shot didn’t count.

“We never get these kinds of breaks,” Gay said. “It felt good to get off the court and celebrate this win.”

The NBA’s scoring leader, DeMar DeRozan was defended tightly by Gay for much of the game and missed 12 of 15 shots while finishing with a season-low 12 points for Toronto.

The Kings snapped a four-game losing streak and beat the Raptors for the second time this season. DeRozan, who entered averaging 33 points per game, missed all eight shots and had three second-half points as Toronto was outscored 44-36.

“We gave up 36 in the second half.

That’s fantastic, because the first half wasn’t so nice defensively,” Kings coach Dave Joerger said.

Sacramento defeated Toronto for the second time this season. In the first meeting, DeRozan shot 7 of 20 and had 23 points. He has reached 30 points in 10 of 13 games this season.

“I can say it was a bad shooting night or I could be humble and say that I played good defence,” said Gay, an ex-teammate of DeRozan’s. “He’s a friend of mine.”

Lowry had nine of his 25 points in

the fourth quarter and finished with eight assists and seven turnovers. Jonas Valanciunas added 23 points and 14 rebounds, DeMarre Carroll scored 17 points, and Patterson 11.

Cousins had 19 points and 10 rebounds for the Kings. Darren Collison added 15 points and nine assists, and Aaron Afflalo scored 14. Sacramento had dropped eight of 10.

Lowry made two free throws to cut the Kings’ lead to 102-99. A shot-clock violation gave the ball back to Toronto for one more possession.

Collison converted a three-point play to break a 97-all tie with just more than 3 minutes remaining. He found Gay for a dunk off a fast break, giving the Kings a 102-97 lead with 1:37 left.

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Raptors: Reserve centre Lucas Nogueira was back with the team after missing Thursday’s game to be with his wife, who gave birth to a baby girl. … Valanciunas had 19 points in the opening half and benefited from Cousins being in foul trouble.

Kings: The struggling Kings went to a smaller lineup, moving Matt Barnes and Collison into the starting lineup. The results were mixed, and Toronto led 36-28 after one quarter. … The Kings are 17-3 at home against the Raptors.

UP NEXT Raptors: Face the Clippers on Monday in Los Angeles.

Kings: Host star guard Russell Westbrook and Oklahoma City on Wednesday.

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Canadian rookie Mackenzie Hughes wins Sea Island playoff

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T. SIMONS ISLAND, Ga. — Mackenzie Hughes figured he was down to his last chance to stay alive in a four-man playoff Monday morning in the RSM Classic.

The Canadian rookie with pluck and a pure putting stroke poured in an 18-foot par putt from off the 17th green at Sea Island, and that last chance turned into his first PGA Tour victory when the other three players all missed from 10 feet or closer.

“I made the putt of my life right there,” Hughes said.

Hughes, from Dundas, Ont., calmed his nerves and came up clutch in the morning chill, becoming the first PGA Tour rookie in 20 years to go wireto-wire for his first victory. The final day of a long year on the PGA Tour brought a most unlikely finish.

Hughes had a chance to end it Sunday night until his 10-foot birdie putt in the dark on the 18th hole turned away.

The next morning, he was the only

‘BEFORE I HIT IT, THE THOUGHT WAS, ‘JUST MAKE THEM THINK ABOUT IT.’ PUT THIS PUTT IN FIRST, AND IF YOU CAN BE THE FIRST GUY IN, PUT THE PRESSURE BACK ON THEM. AND THAT’S WHAT HAPPENED.’ — MACKENZIE HUGHES, CANADIAN ROOKIE GOLF PHENOM

player who was never on the green at the par-3 17th until his ball was in the cup.

Blayne Barber, Henrik Norlander and Camilo Villegas narrowly missed their par putts to extend the playoff.

Hughes was watching from off the green, and the prospect of winning became more real with each putt that missed — first Barber, then Norlander.

And when Villegas missed his 7-footer, Hughes dropped his putter, turned his back on the green and knocked off his cap as he rubbed his head in disbelief.

“If I didn’t make, I thought I was probably out,” Hughes said. “Before I hit it, the thought was, ‘Just make them think about it.’ Put this putt in first, and if you can be the first guy in,

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put the pressure back on them. And that’s what happened.”

The victory sends the 25-year-old Canadian to the Masters. One of his most vivid golf memories as a kid in Ontario was watching Mike Weir win the green jacket in 2003.

“He was texting me last night a little bit,” Hughes said. “It’s pretty cool to have a guy like that to lean on for advice.”

Billy Horschel was eliminated from the five-man playoff on the first extra hole Sunday night when he narrowly missed a birdie putt, then shockingly missed a 2-foot putt. Hughes putts so well it was mildly surprising when he missed his 10-foot putt on the second playoff hole.

“It ate at me a little bit knowing that I had 10 feet to win it,” he said.

“But I came out here to try to clear my mind, tell myself that I have a one-infour chance.”

The odds looked worse when his 4-iron bounded over the green and down a steep slope. Making the pitch shot even more difficult is that the pin was 15 feet from the back edge, and the green ran quickly away from him.

His pitch was a few feet from being perfect, but instead it stopped short of being on the green.

Norlander was in the front bunker, while Barber was left of the green and Villegas was just over the back. Barber and Villegas used putter for their second shots.

The last rookie to go wire-to-wire for his first win was Tim Herron at the 1996 Honda Classic. Hughes started this week with a 61, and he led after every round until he was posing with

tournament host Davis Love III with the trophy.

Hughes, who closed with a 69 and finished at 17-under 265, capped a memorable fall season.

He began his rookie season by playing the final two rounds with Phil Mickelson and tying for 13th at the Safeway Open. Mickelson’s caddie, Jim Mackay, said in a text message Saturday night, “I really like his moxie, he’s got guts.”

In his only week off this fall, Hughes and his longtime girlfriend from Kent State, Jenna, were married. They plan a honeymoon in the off-season, and now he gets to plan a schedule that includes Kapalua, Augusta National and the PGA Championship in Charlotte, North Carolina, where he lives.

Hughes earned US$1.08 million.

Villegas and Norlander do not have full PGA Tour cards, and a victory would have changed that. Villegas got into the field as a past champion, while Norlander has no PGA Tour status and received a sponsor’s exemption.

Villegas had made every big putt, from his birdies on the 16th and 17th in regulation to his 6-foot par putt on the 72nd hole to join the playoff, and another tough 4-foot putt in the dark Sunday night to stay alive. He missed from 7 feet Monday.

“I just pushed it a tiny bit,” Villegas. “But once again, I’m proud of myself. We want to win a golf tournament, so you go with a little bittersweet, but you’ve got to look at the positive and keep moving forward.”

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LOCAL SPORTS Avalanche, 3 p.m., Kinsmen.

Today ● Midget AAA hockey: Red

● Senior men’s basketball: Vikings vs. Wolf Pack, 7:15 p.m., Bulldog Scrap Metal vs. Silver Spurs, 8:30 p.m., LTCHS Gym 11.

Wednesday

● Junior B hockey: Heritage League, Mountainview at Ponoka, 7:45 p.m.

Thursday

● High school volleyball: Provincial 4A Championship, 1 p.m. - 7:15 p.m., LTCHS, Gateway School, RDC. ● College hockey: RDC Queens vs. Olds, 7 p.m., Centrium.

Friday

● High school volleyball: Provincial 4A Championship, 9 a.m. - 7 p.m., LTCHS, Gateway School, RDC. ● WHL: Red Deer Rebels vs. Kootenay Ice, 7 p.m., Centrium. ● College men’s hockey: RDC Kings at Briercrest. ● Minor midget hockey: Red Deer TBS Chiefs vs.

Calgary Blackhawks, 7 p.m., Kinsmen. ● AJHL: Olds Grizzlys vs.

Camrose Kodiaks, 7 p.m., Sportsplex. ● Junior B hockey: Heritage League, Three Hills at Stettler, 7:30 p.m. ● Chinook Hockey League: Stony Plain at Innisfail, 8 p.m.

Saturday

● High school volleyball: Provincial 4A Championship, 9 a.m. - 7:30 p.m., LTCHS, Gateway School. Semifinals, 10:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m., LTCHS; girls; final and bronze game, 5:30 p.m., boys; final and bronze game, 7:30 p.m., LTCHS. ● Minor midget hockey: Red Deer Northstar Chiefs vs.

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Sabres score three power play goals to snuff Flames Sabres 4 Flames 2 The Buffalo Sabres knew they had a prime opportunity to bust out of their goal-scoring slump and did just that in a 4-2 win over the Calgary Flames on Monday night.

With the Flames playing their second game in two days, the Sabres reached three goals in a game for the first time in 11 chances, since a 3-1 win at Winnipeg on Oct. 30. Kyle Okposo, Johan Larsson, Matt Moulson and

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Deer Optimist Chiefs vs. Edmonton Optimists, 4:30 p.m., Kinex. ● WHL: Red Deer Rebels vs. Moose Jaw Warriors, 7 p.m., Centrium. ● College hockey: RDC Queens at Olds, 7 p.m. ● College men’s hockey: RDC Kings at Briercrest. ● Junior B hockey: Heritage League, Stettler at Red Deer Vipers, 8 p.m.

Sunday ● Midget AAA hockey: Red Deer Optimist Chiefs vs. Calgary Flames, 1:30 p.m., Kinex. ● Chinook Hockey League: Fort Saskatchewan at Innisfail, time TBA ● Minor midget hockey: Red Deer TBS Chiefs vs. Calgary Rangers, 1:45 p.m., Kin City. ● Bantam elite girls hockey: Olds Grizzlys at Red Deer Sutter Fund Chiefs, 4:15 p.m., Kinsmen. ● Senior men’s basketball: Grandview All-Stars vs.

Carstar, Henry’s Eavestroughing vs. Kingsmen, Triple A Batteries vs. Btown Maple Jordans, 4:15 p.m.; Monstars vs. NWS Axemen, Johns MAnville vs. D Leaguers, Silver Spurs vs. Drystone Ballers, 5:30 p.m.; LTCHS.

Monday ● Senior women’s basketball: Average Joe’s vs. Dynamo, 7:15 p.m., Big Ballers vs. Xpress, 8:30 p.m., LTCHS Gym 11; Hoosier Daddy vs.

Spartans, 7:15 p.m., Storm vs.

Rampage, 8:30 p.m., CACHS; Shooting Stars & Age Gap vs. Raptors, 7:15 p.m., Triple Threat vs. Pink Panthers, 8:30 p.m., LTCHS North; Funk vs.

Quarter-Pro, 7:15 p.m., LTCHS South.

Marcus Foligno scored for Buffalo, which has won consecutive games for just the second time this season.

“I just think it’s huge getting four goals,” Okposo said.

“That’s a team that’s coming off a back-to-back and if we played well we thought that we could get those two points and we did that. We executed our game plan and were able to get two big points. So hopefully we can take that confidence into Wednesday and roll with it.”

The Flames took a 1-0 lead into the second period, but the Sabres answered with three goals in a span of 101 seconds in the second.

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HOCKEY WHL Eastern Conference East Division GP W L OTLSOL GF Regina 20 16 1 3 0 115 Moose Jaw 21 13 4 4 0 77 Swift Current 24 11 7 2 4 78 Brandon 22 12 7 3 0 84 Saskatoon 24 9 14 1 0 60 Prince Albert 22 5 16 1 0 50 Central Division GP W L OTLSOL GF Medicine Hat 22 16 5 1 0 108 Red Deer 23 10 10 2 1 76 Edmonton 22 10 10 2 0 62 Lethbridge 23 9 11 1 2 71 Calgary 19 8 9 2 0 44 Kootenay 23 4 13 5 1 53

GA Pts 65 35 70 30 77 28 70 27 94 19 76 11 GA Pts 69 33 95 23 75 22 91 21 68 18 93 14

Western Conference U.S. Division GP W L OTLSOL GF GA Pts Everett 22 15 3 4 0 70 43 34 Tri-City 24 14 8 2 0 92 85 30 Seattle 20 10 8 1 1 60 63 22 Spokane 21 8 8 4 1 64 77 21 Portland 23 10 12 1 0 89 83 21 B.C. Division GP W L OTLSOL GF GA Pts Prince George 23 17 4 2 0 85 58 36 Kamloops 25 14 10 1 0 85 68 29 Victoria 24 13 9 2 0 79 70 28 Kelowna 23 13 10 0 0 74 75 26 Vancouver 24 10 14 0 0 76 87 20 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 Brandon 6 Saskatoon 3 Calgary 4 Kootenay 2 Medicine Hat 5 Swift Current 4 (SO) Portland 5 Seattle 4 (OT) Lethbridge 2 Everett 1 Victoria 5 Regina 3 Edmonton 5 Tri-City 4 (OT) Kamloops 6 Spokane 4 Sunday’s Games Regina 8 Vancouver 3 Lethbridge 6 Portland 5 (OT) Kelowna 5 Victoria 1 Today’s Games Saskatoon at Swift Current, 7 p.m.

Medicine Hat at Moose Jaw, 7 p.m.

Red Deer at Calgary, 7 p.m.

Regina at Prince George, 7 p.m.

Kelowna at Victoria, 7:05 p.m.

Edmonton at Seattle, 7:05 p.m.

Wednesday’s Games Medicine Hat at Brandon, 7 p.m.

Swift Current at Prince Albert, 7 p.m.

Red Deer at Kootenay, 7 p.m.

Edmonton at Portland, 7 p.m.

Spokane at Kamloops, 7 p.m.

Seattle at Everett, 7:05 p.m.

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

NHL EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division GP W L OT Pts GF Montreal 19 14 3 2 30 60 Tampa Bay 20 12 7 1 25 62 Boston 18 11 7 0 22 45 Ottawa 18 10 7 1 21 40 Florida 19 10 8 1 21 52 Toronto 18 8 7 3 19 57 Buffalo 19 7 8 4 18 37 Detroit 19 8 10 1 17 46 Metropolitan Division GP W L OT Pts GF N.Y. Rangers 20 14 5 1 29 81 Pittsburgh 19 11 5 3 25 54 Washington 18 11 5 2 24 48 Columbus 17 10 4 3 23 56 New Jersey 17 9 5 3 21 41 Philadelphia 19 8 8 3 19 62 Carolina 17 7 6 4 18 45 N.Y. Islanders 17 5 8 4 14 42

GA 42 49 40 46 51 60 48 51 GA 47 55 40 40 38 67 49 54

WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Chicago 20 13 5 2 28 61 53 St. Louis 19 10 6 3 23 47 51 Dallas 20 8 7 5 21 53 66 Minnesota 18 9 7 2 20 46 35 Winnipeg 21 9 10 2 20 58 62 Nashville 18 8 7 3 19 50 48 Colorado 18 9 9 0 18 39 49 Pacific Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Edmonton 20 11 8 1 23 59 51 Anaheim 19 9 7 3 21 50 46 Los Angeles 20 10 9 1 21 51 51 San Jose 18 9 8 1 19 41 42 Calgary 21 8 12 1 17 49 69 Vancouver 19 7 10 2 16 41 61 Arizona 17 6 9 2 14 44 56 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss.

Sunday’s Games Columbus 3, Washington 2 Carolina 3, Winnipeg 1 Florida 3, N.Y. Rangers 2, SO Calgary 3, Detroit 2 Los Angeles 3, Anaheim 2 Monday’s Games Colorado 3, Columbus 2, OT N.Y. Rangers 5, Pittsburgh 2 Buffalo 4, Calgary 2 Nashville 3, Tampa Bay 1 Dallas 3, Minnesota 2, OT Edmonton 5, Chicago 0 New Jersey at San Jose, 8:30 p.m.

Tuesday’s Games St. Louis at Boston, 5 p.m.

Carolina at Toronto, 5 p.m.

Ottawa at Montreal, 5:30 p.m.

Philadelphia at Florida, 5:30 p.m.

N.Y. Islanders at Anaheim, 8 p.m.

Wednesday’s Games Toronto at New Jersey, 5 p.m.

Calgary at Columbus, 5 p.m.

Winnipeg at Minnesota, 5 p.m.

Pittsburgh at N.Y. Rangers, 5 p.m.

Detroit at Buffalo, 5 p.m.

St. Louis at Washington, 5 p.m.

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

Dallas at Nashville, 6 p.m.

Chicago at San Jose, 8 p.m.

Vancouver at Arizona, 8 p.m.

Edmonton at Colorado, 8 p.m.

N.Y. Islanders at Los Angeles, 8:30 p.m.

MONDAY’S SUMMARIES Chicago 0, Edmonton 5 First Period 1. Edmonton, Klefbom 3 (McDavid, Benning) 2:39.

2. Edmonton, Draisaitl 5 (Klefbom, McDavid) 19:26 (pp).

Penalties — Kempny Chi (delay of game) 9:43 Toews Chi (hooking) 17:40.

Second Period 3. Edmonton, Sekera 2 (Nugent-Hopkins, Caggiula) 19:52.

Penalties — Hendricks Edm (slashing) 2:39 Kruger Chi (tripping) 17:52.

Third Period 4. Edmonton, Slepyshev 2 (Puljujarvi, Draisaitl) 7:17.

5. Edmonton, Draisaitl 6 (Lucic, Eberle) 18:35 (pp).

Penalties — Hinostroza Chi (hooking) 16:45 Larsson Edm (cross-checking) 18:57.

Shots on goal by Chicago 10 18 3 — 31 Edmonton 13 8 6 — 27 Goal — Chicago: Crawford (L, 9-5-2). Edmonton: Talbot (W, 10-7-1).

Minnesota 2, Dallas 3 (OT) First Period No Scoring.

Penalties — Stewart Minn, Oleksiak Dal (fighting) 6:34 Roussel Dal (roughing) 15:30.

Second Period 1. Dallas, Oleksiak 1 (Eaves, Spezza) 7:19.

2. Minnesota, Niederreiter 5 (Granlund, Koivu) 17:22 (pp).

Penalties — Nemeth Dal (holding) 2:21 Jo.Benn Dal (cross-checking) 16:27.

Third Period 3. Dallas, Ritchie 5 (Honka, Faksa) 1:01.

4. Minnesota, Haula 2 (Niederreiter, Pominville) 4:01.

Penalties — Brodin Minn (tripping) 8:28 Parise Minn (holding) 11:14.

Overtime 5. Dallas, Ja.Benn 6 (Seguin, Jo.Benn) 1:23.

Penalties — None.

Shots on goal by Minnesota 11 9 9 0 — 29 Dallas 10 14 7 1 — 32 Goal — Minnesota: Kuemper (L, 2-1-1). Dallas: Niemi (W, 4-2-2).

Tampa Bay 1, Nashville 3 First Period 1. Nashville, Arvidsson 6 (Josi, Ellis) 4:25.

Penalties — None.

Second Period 2. Nashville, Subban 4 (Ellis, Ribeiro) 9:55 (pp).

3. Nashville, Subban 5 (Forsberg, Ellis) 12:35.

Penalties — Point TB (tripping) 8:19 Killorn TB (hooking) 10:23 Namestnikov TB, Subban Nash (roughing) 14:45.

Third Period 4. Tampa Bay, Johnson 7 (Kucherov, Hedman) 19:10.

Penalties — Arvidsson Nash (cross-checking) 7:54 Hedman TB (interference) 8:23 Fisher Nash (roughing) 14:19 Paquette TB (interference) 17:23 Ellis Nash (interference - major) 18:27 Brown TB (roughing) 18:27 Brown TB (misconduct) 18:27 Ellis Nash (game misconduct) 18:27.

Shots on goal by Tampa Bay 8 7 10 — 25 Nashville 10 13 7 — 30 Goal — Tampa Bay: Bishop (L, 7-6-0). Nashville: Rinne (W, 7-5-3).

Colorado 3, Columbus 2 (OT) First Period 1. Columbus, Atkinson 6 (Dubinsky, Saad) 9:00.

Penalties — None.

Second Period 2. Colorado, Barrie 2 (Rantanen, Soderberg) 3:05.

3. Colorado, Johnson 1 (MacKinnon, Tyutin) 9:00.

Penalties — Wennberg Clb (hooking) 1:00 Barrie Col (slashing) 14:28.

Third Period 4. Columbus, Atkinson 7 (Gagner, Werenski) 19:53.

Penalties — None.

Overtime 5. Colorado, Duchene 7 (Johnson) 1:49.

Penalties — None.

Shots on goal by Colorado 8 13 5 1 — 27 Columbus 14 9 16 3 — 42 Goal — Colorado: Varlamov (W, 5-8-0). Columbus: McElhinney (L, 0-0-2).

Calgary 2, Buffalo 4 First Period 1. Calgary, Backlund 3 (Frolik, Tkachuk) 5:21.

Penalties — Brodie Cgy (tripping) 6:19.

Second Period 2. Buffalo, Okposo 6 (Reinhart, Ristolainen) 11:27 (pp).

3. Buffalo, Larsson 3 (Kane, Fedun) 12:03 (pp).

4. Buffalo, Moulson 7 (Okposo, Fedun) 13:08 (pp).

Penalties — Tkachuk Cgy (illegal check to head minor) 2:23 Shinkaruk Cgy (roughing) 8:42 Larsson Buf (slashing) 8:42 Hamilton Cgy (slashing) 10:02 Brouwer Cgy (tripping) 10:02 Brouwer Cgy (interference) 12:56 Hamilton Cgy (interference) 13:33 Carrier Buf (roughing) 16:57 Gorges Buf (cross-checking) 18:20.

Third Period 5. Calgary, Tkachuk 5 (Hamilton, Giordano) :22.

6. Buffalo, Foligno 4 (Reinhart) 2:13.

Penalties — None.

Shots on goal by Calgary 9 9 13 — 31 Buffalo 13 13 6 — 32 Goal — Calgary: Elliott (L, 3-9-0). Buffalo: Lehner (W, 5-7-2).

Colorado 3, Columbus 2 (OT) First Period 1. Columbus, Atkinson 6 (Dubinsky, Saad) 9:00.

Penalties — None.

Second Period 2. Colorado, Barrie 2 (Rantanen, Soderberg) 3:05.

3. Colorado, Johnson 1 (MacKinnon, Tyutin) 9:00.

Penalties — Wennberg Clb (hooking) 1:00 Barrie Col (slashing) 14:28.

Third Period 4. Columbus, Atkinson 7 (Gagner, Werenski) 19:53.

Penalties — None.

Overtime 5. Colorado, Duchene 7 (Johnson) 1:49.

Penalties — None.

Shots on goal by Colorado 8 13 5 1 — 27 Columbus 14 9 16 3 — 42 Goal — Colorado: Varlamov (W, 5-8-0). Columbus: McElhinney (L, 0-0-2).

SUNDAY’S SUMMARIES Los Angeles 3, Anaheim 2 First Period No Scoring.

Penalties — Doughty LA (tripping) :41 Carter LA (slashing) 10:38 Nolan LA, Boll Ana (fighting) 13:10 Martinez LA (tripping) 18:09.

Second Period 1. Los Angeles, Doughty 3 (Carter) 2:15.

2. Los Angeles, Carter 8 (Pearson, Toffoli) 12:21 (pp).

3. Los Angeles, Carter 9 (Doughty, Martinez) 13:35 (pp).

Penalties — Getzlaf Ana (holding) 11:45 Bieksa Ana (holding) 13:24 Greene LA (hooking) 18:42.

Third Period 4. Anaheim, Vermette 4 (Lindholm) 3:34.

5. Anaheim, Rakell 6 (Silfverberg, Lindholm) 8:36 (pp).

Penalties — Manson Ana (tripping) 2:04 Clifford LA (roughing) 3:30 Nolan LA (slashing) 6:37 Forbort LA (tripping) 18:07.

Shots on goal by Los Angeles 9 17 3 — 29 Anaheim 5 8 17 — 30 Goal — Los Angeles: Budaj (W, 10-6-1). Anaheim: Gibson (L, 6-6-3).

Winnipeg 1, Carolina 3 First Period 1. Carolina, Lindholm 1 (Hainsey) 6:45.

Penalties — Thorburn Wpg (slashing) 2:11 Nordstrom Car (interference) 9:26 Trouba Wpg (slashing) 19:06.

Second Period No Scoring.

Penalties — Hanifin Car (tripping) :08 Copp Wpg (interference) 7:00 Thorburn Wpg, Stempniak Car (roughing) 12:56 Byfuglien Wpg (high-sticking) 19:20 Scheifele Wpg (cross-checking) 19:20 Teravainen Car (roughing) 19:20.

Third Period 2. Carolina, Rask 8 (Stempniak, Skinner) 2:39 (pp).

3. Winnipeg, Scheifele 11 (Ehlers, Morrissey) 9:33.

4. Carolina, Hanifin 1 (Faulk, Teravainen) 18:17 (pp).

Penalties — Stuart Wpg (cross-checking) 1:50 Petan Wpg (hooking) 10:39 Stalberg Car (hooking) 13:10 Laine Wpg (high-sticking) 17:39.

Shots on goal by Winnipeg 11 8 10 — 29 Carolina 18 7 15 — 40 Goal — Winnipeg: Hellebuyck (L, 7-6-0). Carolina: Ward (W, 6-4-3).

Florida 3, NY Rangers 2 (SO) First Period 1. NY Rangers, Kreider 4 (Stepan, M.Staal) 13:15.

Penalties — Sceviour Fla (high-sticking) 15:31 Matheson Fla (delay of game) 17:08.

Second Period 2. Florida, Yandle 1 (Trocheck, Barkov) 14:43 (pp).

Penalties — Marchessault Fla (tripping) 11:24 Skjei NYR (concealing puck) 13:17 Hayes NYR (goaltender interference) 15:49.

Third Period 3. NY Rangers, Zibanejad 5 (Zuccarello, Vesey) 1:45.

4. Florida, Ekblad 5 (Kindl, Trocheck) 7:54.

Penalties — Skjei NYR (interference) 2:20 Pirri NYR (delay of game) 13:28.

Overtime No Scoring.

Penalties — None.

Shootout — Florida wins 2-0 Florida: Trocheck goal, Barkov goal.

NY Rangers: Zuccarello miss, Pirri miss.

Shots on goal by Florida 5 9 15 1 — 30 New York 14 9 10 2 — 35 Goal — Florida: Reimer (W, 3-3-1). NY Rangers: Lundqvist (SOL, 9-5-1).

Calgary 3, Detroit 2 First Period 1. Detroit, Tatar 3 (Abdelkader, Marchenko) 8:06.

Penalties — Kulak Cgy (delay of game) 2:40 Bennett Cgy (high-sticking) 11:35.

Second Period 2. Calgary, Hathaway 1 (Hamilton, Ferland) 3:40.

Penalties — Kronwall Det (hooking) 9:33.

Third Period 3. Calgary, Stajan 1 (Hamilton, Shinkaruk) 2:31.

4. Detroit, Mantha 1 (Zetterberg, Nyquist) 7:59.

5. Calgary, Backlund 2 (Frolik, Hamilton) 12:14.

Penalties — Howard Det (delay of game) 18:13.

Shots on goal by Calgary 10 10 6 — 26 Detroit 10 6 7 — 23 Goal — Calgary: Johnson (W, 5-3-1). Detroit: Howard (L, 4-5-0).

Columbus 3, Washington 2 First Period 1. Washington, Backstrom 5 (unassisted) 3:11.

Penalties — Connolly Wash, Hartnell Clb (roughing) 16:59.

Second Period 2. Columbus, Foligno 7 (Wennberg, Werenski) 6:07 (pp).

3. Washington, Ovechkin 9 (Backstrom, Niskanen) 10:31 (pp).

Penalties — Connolly Wash (interference) 5:54 Kuznetsov Wash (holding) 7:15 Saad Clb (interference) 8:47 Foligno Clb, Backstrom Wash (roughing) 12:21.

Third Period 4. Columbus, Dubinsky 2 (Atkinson, Saad) :14.

5. Columbus, Wennberg 3 (Foligno, Gagner) 19:06 (pp).

Penalties — Backstrom Wash (high-sticking) 18:26.

Shots on goal by Columbus 12 4 7 — 23 Washington 9 4 8 — 21 Goal — Columbus: Bobrovsky (W, 10-4-1). Washington: Holtby (L, 9-4-1).

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FOOTBALL CFL PLAYOFFS Sunday’s results Division Finals East Division Ottawa (E1) 35 Edmonton (W4) 23 West Division Calgary (W1) 42 B.C. (W2) 15 Sunday, Nov. 13 Division Semifinals East Division Edmonton (W4) 24 Hamilton (E1) 21 West Division B.C. (W2) 32 Winnipeg (W3) 31 Sunday, Nov. 27 104th Grey Cup At Toronto Ottawa (E1) vs. Calgary (W1), 4:30 p.m.

Stampeders 42, Lions 15 First Quarter Cgy — TD Durant 3 run (Two-point convert: Jordan 3 pass from Mitchell) 2:11 Second Quarter Cgy — TD McDaniel 32 pass from Mitchell (Paredes convert) 5:15 Cgy — TD Daniels 76 pass from Mitchell (Paredes convert) 9:49 Cgy — FG Paredes 26 14:27 Cgy — TD Wall 42 interception return (Paredes convert) 14:42 Third Quarter BC — TD Arceneaux 4 pass from Lulay (Two-point convert: failed) 4:54 BC — Single Leone 81 5:43 Fourth Quarter Cgy — TD Durant 5 pass from Mitchell (Paredes convert) 6:31 Cgy — FG Paredes 34 11:38 BC — TD Rainey 13 pass from Jennings (Two-point convert: failed) BC — Safety Maver concedes 14:32 B.C. 0 0 7 8 — 15 Calgary 8 24 0 10 — 42 Attendance — 32,115 at Calgary.

TEAM STATISTICS BC Cgy First downs 18 25 Yards rushing 81 166 Yards passing 292 365 Total offence 373 531 Team losses 14 7 Net offence 359 524 Passes made-tried 23-33 21-28 Total return yards 113 115 Interceptions 1 2 Fumbles-lost 0-0 2-1 Sacks by 2 0 Punts-average 9-49.9 4-47 Penalties-yards 6-95 2-59 Time of possession 25:53 34:07 Net offence is yards passing, plus yards rushing, minus team losses such as yards lost on broken plays.

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS Rushing — B.C.: Johnson 8-54, Lulay 1-11, Rainey 2-8, Jennings 1-8 Cgy: Messam 14-84, Finch 5-49, Cote 5-27, Durant 1-3, Mitchell 1-2, Buckley 2-1.

Receiving — B.C.: Sinkfield 3-86, Arceneaux 6-68, Burnham 1-34, Gore 1-30, Lumbala 2-21, Johnson 3-20, Rainey 5-18, Iannuzzi 2-15 Cgy: McDaniel 4-131, Daniels 4-107, Jorden 5-52, Parker 2-19, Grant 1-18, Cote 1-13, Durant 2-13, Messam 2-12.

Passing — B.C.: Jennings 17-24, 206 yards, 1 TDs, 1 ints Lulay 6-9-86-1-1 Cgy: Mitchell 21-28-365-3-1.

Redblacks 35, Eskimos 23

First Quarter Ott — FG Early 36 3:59 Ott — TD Ellingson 26 pass from Burris (convert failed) 10:47 Second Quarter Ott — TD Paden 24 pass from Burris (two-point convert: LaFrance 3 run) 3:42 Edm — FG Whyte 33 6:36 Third Quarter Ott — TD T.Jackson 76 punt return (two-point convert: Lavoie 3 pass from Burris) 11:50 Edm — TD Bowman 6 pass from Reilly (Whyte convert) 14:47 Fourth Quarter Edm — TD Getzlaf 18 pass from Reilly (Whyte convert) 3:11 Ott — FG Early 23 10:23 Edm — TD Bowman 57 pass from Reilly (two-point convert failed) 12:03 Ott — TD LaFrance 20 run (Early convert) 14:15 Edmonton 0 3 7 13 — 23 Ottawa 9 8 8 10 — 35 Attendance — 24,248 at Ottawa.

TEAM STATISTICS Edm Ott First downs 15 22 Yards rushing 66 179 Yards passing 340 246 Total offence 406 425 Team losses 9 15 Net offence 397 410 Passes made-tried 20-41 15-26 Total return yards 132 199 Interceptions 1 0 Fumbles-lost 1-0 5-2 Sacks by 1 1 Punts-average 9-36.7 6-32.3 Penalties-yards 10-102 10-86 Time of possession 28:55 31:05 Net offence is yards passing, plus yards rushing, minus team losses such as yards lost on broken plays.

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS Rushing — Edm: White 12-66 Ott: LaFrance 25-157, Madu 2-14, Burris 3-8.

Receiving — Edm: Walker 6-96, Zylstra 3-83, Bowman 3-70, Watson 3-45, Getzlaf 3-44, White 2-2 Ott: Criner 4-88, E.Jackson 4-71, Ellingson 1-26, Paden 1-24, Lavoie 3-22, Sinopoli 2-15.

Passing — Edm: Reilly 20-41, 340 yards, 3 TDs, 0 ints Ott: Burris 15-26-246-2-1.

NFL AMERICAN CONFERENCE East W L T Pct PF New England 8 2 0 .800 271 Miami 6 4 0 .600 218 Buffalo 5 5 0 .500 253 N.Y. Jets 3 7 0 .300 179 South W L T Pct PF Houston 6 4 0 .600 181 Indianapolis 5 5 0 .500 263 Tennessee 5 6 0 .455 281 Jacksonville 2 8 0 .200 193 North W L T Pct PF Baltimore 5 5 0 .500 199 Pittsburgh 5 5 0 .500 238 Cincinnati 3 6 1 .350 199 Cleveland 0 11 0 .000 184 West W L T Pct PF Oakland 8 2 0 .800 272 Kansas City 7 3 0 .700 222

PA 180 216 215 244 PA 215 273 275 265 PA 187 215 226 325 PA 243 187

GOLF Denver San Diego

7 4

3 6

0 .700 239 0 .400 292

NATIONAL CONFERENCE East W L T Pct PF Dallas 9 1 0 .900 285 N.Y. Giants 7 3 0 .700 204 Washington 6 3 1 .650 254 Philadelphia 5 5 0 .500 241 South W L T Pct PF Atlanta 6 4 0 .600 320 Tampa Bay 5 5 0 .500 235 New Orleans 4 6 0 .400 285 Carolina 4 6 0 .400 244 North W L T Pct PF Detroit 6 4 0 .600 231 Minnesota 6 4 0 .600 205 Green Bay 4 6 0 .400 247 Chicago 2 8 0 .200 157 West W L T Pct PF Seattle 7 2 1 .750 219 Arizona 4 5 1 .450 226 Los Angeles 4 6 0 .400 149 San Francisco 1 9 0 .100 204

189 278

PA 187 200 233 186 PA 283 259 286 246 PA 225 176 276 237 PA 173 190 187 313

Thursday’s Games Carolina 23, New Orleans 20 Sunday’s Games Tampa Bay 19, Kansas City 17 Dallas 27, Baltimore 17 Pittsburgh 24, Cleveland 9 Buffalo 16, Cincinnati 12 N.Y. Giants 22, Chicago 16 Indianapolis 24, Tennessee 17 Detroit 26, Jacksonville 19 Minnesota 30, Arizona 24 Miami 14, Los Angeles 10 New England 30, San Francisco 17 Seattle 26, Philadelphia 15 Washington 42, Green Bay 24 Open: San Diego, Atlanta, Denver, N.Y. Jets Monday’s Games Oakland 27, Houston 20 Thursday, Nov. 24 Minnesota at Detroit, 10:30 a.m.

Washington at Dallas, 12:30 p.m.

Pittsburgh at Indianapolis, 6:30 p.m.

Sunday, Nov. 27 San Diego at Houston, 11 a.m.

Arizona at Atlanta, 11 a.m.

Cincinnati at Baltimore, 11 a.m.

San Francisco at Miami, 11 a.m.

Jacksonville at Buffalo, 11 a.m.

Tennessee at Chicago, 11 a.m.

Los Angeles at New Orleans, 11 a.m.

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

Seattle at Tampa Bay, 2:05 p.m.

Carolina at Oakland, 2:25 p.m.

New England at N.Y. Jets, 2:25 p.m.

Kansas City at Denver, 6:30 p.m.

Monday, Nov. 28 Green Bay at Philadelphia, 8:30 p.m.

SOCCER MLS Knockout Round (Single-game elimination) Eastern Conference Wednesday, Oct. 26 Toronto FC 3, Philadelphia 1, Toronto advances Thursday, Oct. 27 Montreal 4, D.C. United 2, Montreal advances Western Conference Wednesday, Oct. 26 LA Galaxy 3, Real Salt Lake 1, LA Galaxy advances Thursday, Oct. 27 Seattle 1, Sporting Kansas City 0, Seattle advances

Sunday, Oct. 30 Montreal 1, NY Red Bulls 0 LA Galaxy 1, Colorado 0 Toronto FC 2, NYCFC 0 Seattle 3, FC Dallas 0 Conference Semifinals (Second Leg) Sunday, Nov. 6 Colorado 1, LA Galaxy 0, 1-1 aggregate, Colorado advances 3-1 on penalty kicks Montreal 2, NY Red Bulls 1, Montreal advances 3-1 on aggregate Toronto FC 5, NYCFC 0, Toronto FC advances 7-0 on aggregate FC Dallas 2, Seattle 1, Seattle advances 4-2 on aggregate

Conference Semifinals (First Leg)

Conference Championships Eastern Conference Tuesday, Nov. 22 Toronto FC at Montreal, 6 p.m.

Wednesday, Nov. 30 Montreal at Toronto FC, 5 p.m.

Western Conference Tuesday, Nov. 22 Colorado vs. Seattle, 8 p.m.

Sunday, Nov. 27 Seattle vs. Colorado, 2 p.m.

MLS Cup Saturday, Dec. 10 Eastern champion vs. Western champion, 6 p.m.

TRANSACTIONS HOCKEY National Hockey League NEW YORK RANGERS — Claimed F Matt Puempel off waivers from Ottawa.

SAN JOSE SHARKS — Recalled F Danny O’Regan from San Jose (AHL).

WASHINGTON CAPITALS — Reassigned F Paul Carey to Hershey (AHL).

American Hockey League MANCHESTER MONARCHS — Named Steve Mastalerz goaltending coach.

STOCKTON HEAT — Recalled D Keegan Kanzig from Adirondack (AHL).

ECHL ELMIRA JACKALS — Announced D Brycen Martin was recalled by Rochester (AHL).

BASEBALL American League TEXAS RANGERS — Promoted Josh Boyd, Mike Daly and Jayce Tingler to assistant general managers Mike Anderson and Scot Engler to special assistants to the general manager Todd Walther to director, pitching research & development and Curtis Jung to special assignment scout. Named Josh Bonifay major league field co-ordinator.

National League ST. LOUIS CARDINALS — Agreed to terms with LHP Brett Cecil on a four-year contract. Designated

C Brayan Pena for assignment.

American Association LINCOLN SALTDOGS — Signed OF Chris Garia.

SIOUX CITY EXPLORERS — Sold the contract of RHP Lindsey Caughel to Seattle (AL).

Can-Am League SUSSEX COUNTY MINERS — Signed C Alex DeBellis.

BASKETBALL National Basketball Association GOLDEN STATE WARRIORS — Assigned C Damian Jones to Santa Cruz (NBADL).

HOUSTON ROCKETS — Recalled C Chinanu Onuaku and F Kyle Wiltjer from Rio Grande Valley (NBADL).

NEW ORLEANS PELICANS — Signed G Anthony Brown from Erie (NBADL).

PHILADELPHIA 76ERS — Assigned G-F Timothe Luwawu-Cabarrot to Delaware (NBADL).

WASHINGTON WIZARDS — Recalled F Danuel House from Delaware (NBADL).

FOOTBALL National Football League NFL — Suspended Chicago LB Jerrell Freeman four weeks for violating the league’s performance-enhancing drug policy.

ATLANTA FALCONS — Agreed to terms with OT Ryan Schraeder on a five-year contract extension.

DENVER BRONCOS — Signed WR Marlon Brown. Waived CB Taurean Nixon.

MINNESOTA VIKINGS — Waived RB Ronnie Hillman. Signed DE Stephen Weatherly from the practice squad.

SOCCER U.S. Soccer Federation USSF — Fired U.S. men’s national coach and technical director Jurgen Klinsmann.

Major League Soccer COLUMBUS CREW SC — Exercised the 2017 contract options on Ms Federico Higuain, Justin Meram and Wil Trapp.

FC DALLAS — Exercised the 2017 contract options on D Matt Hedges, F-M Tesho Akindele, M-F Michael Barrios, D Maynor Figueroa, F Maxi Urruti, M-F Timo Pitter, F Colin Bonner, D Aaron Guillen, G Jesse Gonzalez and G Chris Seitz.

United Soccer League NEW YORK RED BULLS II — Exercised the 2017 contract options for M Vincent Bezecourt, F Junior Flemmings, M David Najem, D Aaron Long, D Tim Schmoll and M Florian Valot.

COLLEGE TENNESSEE — Named Alison Ojeda women’s tennis coach.

CME GROUP TOUR CHAMPIONSHIP At Tiburon Golf Club Naples, Fla. Purse: $2 million Yardage: 6,551; Par: 72 Final Charley Hull, $500,000 67-70-66-66—269 So Yeon Ryu, $164,299 67-68-69-67—271 Jennifer Song, $119,187 72-67-66-68—273 Mo Martin, $75,710 68-70-68-68—274 Beatriz Recari, $75,710 68-68-70-68—274 Ariya Jutanugarn, $75,710 72-68-65-69—274 In Gee Chun, $50,823 68-69-68-70—275 Shanshan Feng, $42,278 66-73-69-68—276 Amy Yang, $42,278 68-72-66-70—276 Lydia Ko, $35,081 70-62-73-72—277 Brittany Lincicome, $35,081 69-69-66-73—277 Lizette Salas, $31,482 68-70-67-73—278 Karine Icher, $27,764 72-72-66-69—279 Suzann Pettersen, $27,764 71-67-71-70—279 Haru Nomura, $27,764 69-69-70-71—279 Chella Choi, $22,068 72-72-69-67—280 Hyo Joo Kim, $22,068 72-70-69-69—280 Mi Hyang Lee, $22,068 70-72-69-69—280 Minjee Lee, $22,068 74-68-67-71—280 Brittany Lang, $22,068 74-69-65-72—280 Mariajo Uribe, $22,068 71-66-71-72—280 Ryann O’Toole, $18,890 68-67-75-71—281 Cristie Kerr, $18,890 71-67-71-72—281 Carlota Ciganda, $16,236 75-72-66-69—282 Brooke Henderson, $16,236 72-72-69-69—282 Jacqui Concolino, $16,236 71-73-68-70—282 Danielle Kang, $16,236 71-71-69-71—282 Megan Khang, $16,236 74-68-67-73—282 Sei Young Kim, $16,236 68-68-72-74—282 Kim Kaufman, $14,122 72-70-69-72—283

Morgan Pressel, $12,521 75-69-70-70—284 Alison Lee, $12,521 73-70-69-72—284 Hee Young Park, $12,521 72-71-69-72—284 Anna Nordqvist, $12,521 72-70-68-74—284 Jessica Korda, $12,521 71-66-71-76—284 Alena Sharp, $10,390 69-76-72-68—285 Austin Ernst, $10,390 71-73-72-69—285 Karrie Webb, $10,390 75-69-70-71—285 Jodi Ewart Shadoff, $10,390 73-67-69-76—285 Sandra Gal, $9,175 72-73-72-69—286 Lexi Thompson, $9,175 71-73-71-71—286 Xi Yu Lin, $8,118 74-72-70-71—287 Pernilla Lindberg, $8,118 72-69-74-72—287 Gerina Piller, $8,118 73-73-67-74—287 Stacy Lewis, $8,118 71-70-70-76—287 Azahara Munoz, $6,836 76-70-74-68—288 Sarah Jane Smith, $6,836 77-69-71-71—288 Paula Creamer, $6,836 71-71-75-71—288 Sakura Yokomine, $6,836 72-69-76-71—288 Catriona Matthew, $6,836 71-71-74-72—288 Gaby Lopez, $5,847 78-69-72-70—289 Mirim Lee, $5,847 73-72-74-70—289 Kris Tamulis, $5,847 77-69-69-74—289 Moriya Jutanugarn, $5,847 71-68-76-74—289 Candie Kung, $5,306 72-75-71-72—290 Ha Na Jang, $5,306 68-79-70-73—290 Angela Stanford, $5,038 75-70-74-72—291 Marina Alex, $4,857 72-72-74-74—292 Su Oh, $4,528 76-71-75-71—293 Mika Miyazato, $4,528 71-74-77-71—293 Eun-Hee Ji, $4,528 70-74-77-72—293 Paula Reto, $4,317 69-77-72-76—294 Christina Kim, $4,228 72-71-76-76—295 Ai Miyazato, $4,138 76-74-74-73—297 Pornanong Phatlum, $4,002 75-76-73-74—298 Caroline Masson, $4,002 72-77-74-75—298

NHL

Draisaitl, Talbot lead Oilers to win over Blackhawks

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS

Oilers 5 Blackhawks 0 DMONTON — Leon Draisaitl had a pair of goals and Cam Talbot made 31 saves for his third shutout of the season as the Edmonton Oilers came away with a 5-0 victory over the Western Conference-leading Chicago Blackhawks on Monday.

Oscar Klefbom, Andrej Sekera and Anton Slepyshev also scored for the Oilers (118-1), who have won two in a row.

Corey Crawford made 22 saves in the loss as the Blackhawks (13-5-2) had a two-game winning streak snapped.

Edmonton started the scoring 2:39 into the opening period as Connor McDavid skated the length of the ice before centering the puck, which ended up coming off the sideboards to Klefbom, who blasted a shot past Crawford.

It was the third goal in as many games for Klefbom, who had been scoreless this season before that streak.

Draisaitl tipped in Klefbom’s blast from the point on the power play to give the Oilers a 2-0 lead with 34 seconds left in the first period.

Talbot kept Chicago from getting on the board four minutes into the second when he stopped Duncan Keith on a point blank power play shot.

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Sekera scored on a long wrist shot with just 7.6 seconds left in the second period shortly after a power play expired to make it 3-0.

Edmonton took a 4-0 lead seven minutes into the third period as a deceptive Slepyshev shot from a bad angle handcuffed Crawford.

Draisaitl scored his second of the game late in the third on the power play to put the game away.

Both teams return to the ice on Wednesday, as the Blackhawks play the fifth game of a season-high seven-game road trip in San Jose, while the Oilers start a two game trip in Colorado.

Notes: It was the first of three games between the two teams this season. Chicago swept the season series last year, with McDavid missing all three contests for the Oilers due to injury… Despite their record this season, the Blackhawks are dead last in the NHL on the penalty kill, at just 69.5 per cent coming into the game… Veterans Benoit Pouliot, Mark Letestu and Eric Gryba remained healthy scratches for the Oilers … The lone injury listed for Chicago is Trevor van Riemsdyk (upper body), while Edmonton is still without Iiro Pakarinen (knee), Brandon Davidson (upper body) and Mark Fayne (lower body).

Tuesday, November 22, 2016

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Backlund breaks tie in 3rd period, Flames beat Wings

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Flames 3 Red Wings 2 ETROIT — Mikael Backlund and the Calgary Flames got their six-game road trip started in the best way possible.

Backlund scored the tiebreaking goal with 7:46 left in the third period to give Calgary a 3-2 victory over the slumping Detroit Red Wings on Sunday night.

“This is huge, because we’re looking at these six games almost like a playoff series,” said Flames defenceman Dougie Hamilton, who had three assists. “We know we have to pick up some wins on this trip, and this is a good start.”

Garnet Hathaway got his first career goal and Matt Stajan also scored for Calgary. Chad Johnson stopped 21 shots.

“I thought this was a very even game, but we did a nice job of capitalizing on our chances,” Flames coach Glen Gulutzan said. “We didn’t lose any momentum coming out of the Chicago game, where we played very well in a loss.”

Tomas Tatar and Anthony Mantha scored for Detroit, which lost its fourth straight game. Jimmy Howard made 23 saves.

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es. I think from the start, a few turnovers in our own end, all of a sudden they end up spending a minute, minute and a half in our end instead of making a simple play and move the play out to the neutral zone,” Red Wings captain Henrik Zetterberg said.

Backlund broke a 2-all tie when he slammed Michael Frolik’s pass from the left circle past Howard and into the open side of the net for his second goal.

“We better pick ourselves up and we better come to work tomorrow to get better,” Detroit coach Jeff Blashill said. “And we better put the work in that it takes to earn confidence come Wednesday (at Buffalo). That’s the bottom line. We better pick ourselves up in a hurry and focus on coming to win a hockey game on Wednesday.”

Mantha tied it 2-all 7:59 into the third with his first of the season. He put a snap shot under the crossbar on the short side after bringing the puck out from behind the net.

Stajan gave the Flames a 2-1 lead at 2:31 of the third with his first goal of the season. He tipped in Hamilton’s slap shot from the right point.

Hathaway tied it 1-all at 3:40 of the second. Hathaway, who was beside the net and battling with a Red Wings player, got the shaft of his stick on a high shot by Hamilton from the top of

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Calgary Flames centre Mikael Backlund of Sweden scores on Detroit Red Wings goalie Jimmy Howard during the third period of an NHL hockey game in Detroit, Sunday. The Flames defeated the Red Wings, 3-2. the right circle and deflected it into the empty side of the net.

“That’s an amazing feeling. I saw Fer (Micheal Ferland) get the puck to Dougie, so I went to the net,” Hathaway said. “It was an odd play, because Howard was still flailing around, so I wasn’t sure if he had the puck or if it had gone in. I’ll probably tell people

that I sniped it — that sounds a lot better. We’ve still got five more road games, so it is big to get this one and get some momentum.”

Tatar gave Detroit a 1-0 lead 8:06 into the game. He blindly slid a puck toward the net from the high slot that beat Johnson. It was Tatar’s third goal and only his second in 14 games.

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Oilers 5 Stars 2 ALLAS — Connor McDavid, among the league’s most electrifying young stars, got his first career hat trick behind a few fortunate breaks Saturday night.

McDavid scored once off a defender’s stick and put back two other juicy rebounds, and his three goals helped the Edmonton Oilers beat the Dallas Stars 5-2 to end a five-game skid.

McDavid, the first overall pick in the 2015 draft, ended a 10-game stretch without a goal.

On the first, Dallas defenceman John Klingberg knocked the puck into his own net with his stick. The second came on a rebound from short range with goalie Kari Lehtonen out of the play, and the third was on a rebound with a wide-open net.

“Three pretty lucky goals,” the 19-year-old McDavid said. “It’s a funny league that way. You get grade-A chances and they’re not going in, then you start putting it there, and they are going in. It’s weird that way. Definitely happy to get off that slump.”

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McDavid is now tied for the NHL scoring lead at 22 points with Winnipeg’s Mark Scheifele and Tampa Bay’s Nikita Kucherov. Dallas coach Lindy Ruff didn’t like having him break out against his team.

“The shot that went in got him going early,” Ruff said. “That’s not the type of guy that you want to get going.”

Tyler Pitlick got his sixth goal of the season for Edmonton, and Oscar Klefbom also scored. Cam Talbot made 31 saves. The Oilers led 4-0 early in the second period when Ruff swapped out Lehtonen for Antti Niemi.

Patrick Eaves and Jamie Benn scored for Dallas during a four-minute power play late in the second. Eaves scored in his fifth straight game, the longest streak of his 12-year career.

McDavid, named the NHL’s youngest ever captain prior to this season, has eight goals after getting one in each period of this one. It’s his second multigoal game this season and fifth in 64 career games.

He finished the hat trick midway through the third period by scooping up a rebound in the left circle and flicking it past a sprawled Niemi.

Anton Slepyshev and Jesse Puljujarvi each had two assists for Edmonton.

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Eskimos won’t defend Grey Cup title after loss to Redblacks

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Redblacks 35 Eskimos 23 TTAWA — For two years the Edmonton Eskimos could do no wrong against the Ottawa Redblacks, winning all five meetings between the teams including last year’s Grey Cup in Winnipeg.

This year, the tide turned. The Redblacks won all three games, capped by what turned into a nailbiting 35-23 victory in the East Final on Sunday.

The Redblacks held a 25-3 lead late in the third quarter before allowing the Eskimos some life. A 20-yard touchdown run from Kienan Lafrance with less than a minute to play, however, sealed the win for the Redblacks.

“They returned the favour. Last year, Edmonton did that to Ottawa,” said Eskimos coach Jason Maas, who was the Redblacks’ offensive co-ordinator last season. “It’s hard to beat a team three times in a season and they did it, so hats off to them.

“In all three games they made more plays than we did and they made the plays when it mattered most.

They ran the clock out on us with three minutes to go, which is hard to do, and score a touchdown.”

The Eskimos trailed 28-23 following a Mike Reilly touchdown pass to Adarius Bowman, but the defence was unable to hold back the Redblacks and Lafrance, who ran for 157 yards on 25 carries and that key touchdown.

“Their coaches had them ready coming off the bye, and had them ready to go, but I still thought we were in a good situation. We just didn’t make enough plays,” Maas said.

The game was played in driving snow and windy conditions but the Eskimos didn’t use the poor weather as an excuse.

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Stampeders gallop into the Grey Cup

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Stampeders 42 Lions 15 ALGARY — The Calgary Stampeders silenced speculation about game rust by thumping the B.C. Lions 42-15 in Sunday’s West Division final.

The Stampeders are the heavy favourite in next Sunday’s Grey Cup in Toronto, where they’ll face the Ottawa Redblacks in the CFL’s championship game.

The Stampeders (15-2-1) and Lions (12-6) posted the CFL’s best regular-season records, but Calgary controlled the division final right from kickoff.

Calgary hadn’t played a game in three weeks because of back-to-back byes. Quarterback Bo Levi Mitchell hadn’t thrown a game ball in almost a month.

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But the Stampeders scored on their opening drive and raced to a 32-0 lead by halftime in front of an announced 32,115 crowd at McMahon Stadium.

“I knew from moment I woke up that we were going to walk out here and look like this,” said Mitchell, who threw for 365 yards, and three touchdowns.

“I know we made it look easy. It wasn’t. It was two tough weeks of game planning and preparation and guys coming in and executing at a very high level.”

Ottawa, who went 8-9 in the regular season, downed the visiting Edmonton Eskimos 35-23 in a snowy, slippery East final Sunday.

Stampeders head coach Dave Dickenson was thankful the West final had dry, mostly sunny conditions for his players to execute to their potential.

“I watched the East final and that weather was just crazy,” Dickenson said.

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Cattle producers say they need financial help

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ancher Brad Osadczuk says having his cattle quarantined for the last two months due to a bovine tuberculosis outbreak is hurting his business and his family — and he wants the federal government to step in with financial help.

Osadczuk’s learned on Sept. 22 that one of his cows had the contagious bacterial disease. Five other cattle linked to his herd have since tested positive for TB. The case has led the Canadian Food Inspection Agency to quarantine 34 ranches in southeastern Alberta and two in Saskatchewan as it tries to determine the source of the TB and how far it has spread.

The problem for Osadczuk and other producers whose herds are under quarantine is they can’t sell or move any of their livestock and must continue feeding their cattle until the investigation is complete, something that could take months.

Osadczuk said he plans to deliver a message to Parliament’s Standing Committee on Agriculture in Ottawa on Tuesday.

“We need some help here. Having these cattle quarantined and not selling them is costing me literally thousands of dollars per day,” he said from his ranch near Jenner, Alta., just north of Canadian Forces Base Suffield.

“There is a lot of turmoil and it is hard on the family and the whole neighbourhood.”

Osadczuk said the CFIA plans to destroy 385 of his cows, 385 calves and 51 bulls as part of the investigation, but he has other cattle to feed.

The CFIA pays for animals that it kills, but there is no compensation for other costs. About 18,000 cattle are under quarantine in the region.

The agency is doing a risk assessment to determine whether other herds need to be declared infected. It has said the TB is linked to a strain first discovered in Mexico in 1997.

Tom Herman, president of the Suffield Grazing Co-op, said some ranchers wonder if the disease is from wild elk.

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A rancher who learned one of his cows had contracted bovine tuberculosis two months ago, and has been under quarantine ever since, says the outbreak is hurting his business and family financially.

Some elk were shipped to CFB Suffield in 1997 and 1998 from a national park. Over the years, those elk have multiplied into a herd now estimated at about 5,000.

Herman said one of the pastures ranchers in the area use to graze cattle in the summer is in the northern part of CFB Suffield.

“It is definitely a potential source,” he said.

Joel Nicholson, a senior Alberta wildlife biologist, said there is no evidence the TB is from wild elk.

The province, which has jurisdiction over wildlife, has been trying to reduce the size of the elk herd through hunting. It requires anyone who kills an elk on the base to submit the head for disease

tests.

Nicholson said about 1,500 elk heads have been tested over the years and hundreds more are expected over the next few months.

“We know that the elk were TB-free when they were brought in and, at this point, there is no evidence to suggest that the disease came from the elk.”

The CFIA has said the TB outbreak has no effect on food safety or trade.

Bovine TB can be transmitted from infected animals to people, causing a condition similar to human tuberculosis, but the CFIA says the risk to the general population is very low.

STATISTICS CANADA

Wholesale sale fell 1.2% in September

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TTAWA — Statistics Canada said Monday the value of wholesale sales fell 1.2 per cent in September to $56.0 billion.

Economists had expected a gain of 0.4 per cent from the previous month, according to Thomson Reuters.

CIBC economist Nick Exarhos noted that the softness was reflected in the volume of wholesale sales, which fell 1.5 per cent.

“We’re hopeful that strong retail figures tomorrow make up for some of the lost ground, but it looks like September will be a lacklustre month for output,” Exarhos wrote in a note to clients.

“After some strong months, today’s release won’t change our third-quarter forecast much. But it will mean that the fourth quarter, which is like-

ly the decisive quarter for the Bank of Canada on whether to ease (rates) or not, will get a weak hand-off.”

The drop in wholesale sales follows increases in four of the previous five months.

Statistics Canada said wholesale sales fell in five of the seven subsectors it tracks, led by the machinery, equipment and supplies and the miscellaneous subsectors.

The machinery, equipment and supplies subsector posted the largest drop in dollar terms for the month as it fell 4.0 per cent to $10.9 billion, its lowest level since April. The miscellaneous subsector fell 3.1 per cent to $7.0 billion.

Wholesale sales in volume terms fell 1.5 per cent in September.

The results come ahead of retail sales data for September on Tuesday morning and third-quarter growth figures on Nov. 30.

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Diversified and Industrials Agrium Inc. . . . . . . . . . . 135.09 ATCO Ltd.. . . . . . . . . . . . 43.14

BCE Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57.98 BlackBerry . . . . . . . . . . . 10.19 Bombardier . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.87

MARKETS CLOSE TORONTO — Canada’s biggest stock market closed above the 15,000-mark for the first time in more than five months on Monday, as oil prices rallied amid hopes that OPEC will strike an output deal.

The Toronto Stock Exchange’s S&P/TSX composite index climbed 175.84 points, or 1.18 per cent, to 15,039.87, with energy,

metals and materials stocks racking up the most gains.

Most of the lift was provided by crude prices as the January crude contract jumped $1.88 at US$48.24 per barrel. The gain helped the Canadian dollar advance more than half a cent, with the loonie ahead 0.55 of a U.S. cent to 74.55 cents US. The 14-members of the Organization of the Petro-

Brookfield . . . . . . . . . . . . 45.07 Cdn. National Railway . . 88.49 Cdn. Pacific Railway. . . 199.50 Cdn. Utilities . . . . . . . . . . 36.69 Capital Power Corp . . . . 20.88 Cervus Equipment Corp 15.84 Dow Chemical . . . . . . . . 54.00 Enbridge Inc. . . . . . . . . . 58.25 Finning Intl. Inc. . . . . . . . 26.75 Fortis Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . 40.44 General Motors Co. . . . . 33.01 Parkland Fuel Corp. . . . . 28.14 Sirius XM . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.20 SNC Lavalin Group. . . . . 55.60 Stantec Inc. . . . . . . . . . . 34.57 Telus Corp. . . . . . . . . . . . 41.98 Transalta Corp.. . . . . . . . . 5.57 Transcanada. . . . . . . . . . 61.09

leum Exporting Countries are set to meet in Vienna on Nov. 30 to agree to details for a deal that will reduce global oil production, and hopefully, drive up prices. The cartel had settled on preliminary terms at a gathering at the end of September.

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Canadian markets strategist Craig Fehr believes it’s more likely the group will agree to a freeze as opposed to a cut.

“The prospects of higher prices are enticing to Middle Eastern producers, however the prospects of cutting production are far less enticing given the need to continue to increase supply as a way to support government budgets,” said Fehr, who is from Edward Jones in St. Louis.

“We’re seeing exactly that. We’re seeing record high production levels from many oil producers at the same time that we’re advancing discussions around a freeze or a cut. I just think the two are opposed enough that it will be much more difficult to strike a co-ordinated agreement than the headlines might suggest.”

Even if a deal is reached, it may be unlikely that oil prices will reach the levels seen in 2014, when a barrel was just over US$100.

Over the weekend, state media reported that Iran’s oil minister said US$55 a barrel is achievable if both OPEC and non-OPEC members work together, and make more of an effort to bring about a better price.

However, Iran has been increasing its production after its international sanctions lifted in January. It has said it wants to get back up to pre-sanction levels of four million barrels a day.

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major U.S. stock markets finished at record levels.

The Dow Jones industrial average added 88.76 points to 18,956.69, the Nasdaq composite rose 47.35 points to 5,368.86, and the S&P 500 advanced 16.28 points to 2,198.18.

Other commodities were also positive as December gold rose $1.10 to US$1,209.80 an ounce, December natural gas advanced 11 cents to US$2.95 per mmBTU, and December copper contracts went up five cents at US$2.52 a pound.

US$1,209.80 per oz., up $1.10 (December contract) Canadian Fine Silver Handy and Harman: $23.166 oz., down 19.7 cents $744.79 kg., down $6.33

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

Stocks: S&P/TSX Composite Index — 15,039.87, up 175.84 points Dow — 18,956.69, up 88.76 points (record high) S&P 500 — 2,198.18, up 16.28 points (record high) Nasdaq — 5,368.86, up 47.35 points (record high) Currencies: Cdn — 74.55 cents US, up 0.55 of a cent Pound — C$1.6758, up 0.63 of a cent Euro — C$1.4252, down 0.62 of a cent Euro — US$1.0626, up 0.33 of a cent Oil futures: US$48.24 per barrel, up $1.88 (January contract) Gold futures:

Financials Bank of Montreal . . . . . . 88.34 Bank of N.S. . . . . . . . . . . 72.62 CIBC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104.87 Cdn. Western . . . . . . . . . 27.85 Great West Life. . . . . . . . 35.25 IGM Financial . . . . . . . . . 37.48 Intact Financial Corp. . . . 94.10 Manulife Corp. . . . . . . . . 23.14 National Bank . . . . . . . . . 49.60 Rifco Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.630 Royal Bank . . . . . . . . . . . 88.95 Sun Life Fin. Inc.. . . . . . . 52.73 TD Bank . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63.32

ICE FUTURES CANADA WINNIPEG — ICE Futures Canada closing prices: Canola: Jan. ‘17 $6.70 higher $521.20 March ‘17 $6.70 higher $527.30 May ‘17 $5.80 higher $529.80 July ‘17 $5.20 higher $529.80 Nov. ‘17 $1.10 higher $505.30 Jan. ‘18 $0.50 higher $506.60 March ‘18 $0.50 higher $509.10 May ‘18 $0.50 higher $511.40 July ‘18 $0.50 higher $513.40 Nov. ‘18 $0.50 higher $513.40 Jan. ‘19 $0.50 higher $513.40.

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

Monday’s estimated volume of trade: 447,160 tonnes of canola 0 tonnes of barley (Western Barley).

Total: 447,160.

AIRLINE

McD’s coffee flying with WestJet

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ALGARY — WestJet Airlines Ltd. (TSX:WJA) has signed a deal to serve McDonald’s coffee aboard its

flights.

The airline says it will start serving the coffee on a flight from Toronto to Calgary today and expand service across its fleet.

WestJet says it also plans to offer

McDonald’s coffee on its regional airline, WestJet Encore.

McDonald’s has been working to improve its coffee in recent years with its McCafe brand.

The deal is similar to other arrangements airlines have struck with coffee companies.

Air Canada (TSX:AC) serves Second Cup coffee on its flights, while Porter Airlines serves Starbucks coffee in its lounges and on its aircraft.

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RCMP officer found Stabbing suspect Klein guilty of abusing son breaks silence in court

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TTAWA — An Ottawa judge found a suspended RCMP counter-terrorism officer guilty in a “gut-wrenching” case Monday after hearing how the accused chained up his 11-year-old son in the basement and tormented him with a barbecue lighter.

WARNING: Contents may disturb some readers.

The evidence presented at trial — illustrating how the adolescent boy was abused, confined, burned, beaten, assaulted and starved — was “unequivocal and overwhelming,” Justice Robert Maranger said in his written ruling.

But ultimately, Maranger said, it was the video evidence created by the boy’s own father that proved the most damning.

Three separate recordings, described by Maranger as “difficult to watch,” were found on the man’s cellphone. They depicted a quivering boy, naked and wet with his hands tied behind a post, as his father insisted that he renounce Satan.

“The viewer is left with images that are forever etched in the darkest, saddest recesses of that person’s memory,” Maranger wrote in describing the video footage, recorded in January 2013.

In the final video, the boy looked emaciated, a crucifix was drawn in felt-tip marker on his chest and a portion of one of his front teeth appeared to be missing.

During the sensational trial earlier this year, the father took the stand in his own defence. He testified he believed he was “living with the dev-

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TTAWA — Industry sources expect the Liberal government to decide as early as Tuesday whether to purchase a new fighter jet without a competition.

Federal cabinet ministers are reportedly considering three options for replacing Canada’s CF-18s, one of which they are expected to pick during their weekly closed-door meeting on Parliament Hill.

The options include holding a com-

petition, buying a new warplane without a competition, or purchasing an “interim” aircraft as a stop-gap measure until a future competition.

The government was eyeing the third option in the spring, with the intention of buying Boeing Super Hornets, until an outcry from industry and the opposition forced them back to the drawing board.

But while Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan held consultations with different industry players in the summer, industry sources say the interim option is back as the preferred choice.

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HILLIWACK, B.C. — A man accused in a deadly stabbing at a British Columbia high school has broken his courtroom silence after rebuffing earlier attempts by court officials and lawyers to engage with him.

Gabriel Klein, 21, spoke on several occasions with B.C. Supreme Court Justice James Williams in Chilliwack on Monday when asked whether he understood the next steps in his case.

“I don’t know what that means,” Gabriel said, when told he was being sent back to B.C. Provincial Court to confirm that he had secured a lawyer to represent him.

“I want you to have a lawyer,” Williams said to him. “I’m told there’s a lawyer who’s been to meet with you and that lawyer is prepared to take your case.”

“Makes sense,” Klein replied.

“Yeah, I think I understand.”

Klein faces one charge each of second-degree murder and aggravated assault.

He is accused of entering Abbots-

ford Senior Secondary School on Nov. 1 and attacking two female Grade 9 students in the building’s front entrance.

Thirteen-year-old Letisha Reimer was killed. A publication ban was placed on the name of the student who was injured.

Students elsewhere in the school reported hearing screaming then spent hours in lockdown, huddled in darkened classrooms around the school.

Little is known about the accused, other than he attended high school in Red Deer, Alta.

Klein appeared in person in court wearing an oversized, red correctional outfit. He sat in the prisoner’s box chewing his fingernails throughout the brief proceeding and turned behind him on several occasions to look around the public gallery.

Klein was far more animated than he was two weeks ago during a video appearance when a sheriff used a wheelchair to push him into a video conference room at the facility where he was being held. Once there, he remained mute and motionless when addressed by officials, including a judge.

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il,” and said he was afraid his son was planning to stab him in the heart in his sleep.

He also admitted to chaining his son in the family’s basement, torturing him, burning him with a barbecue lighter and rationing his food.

The Crown’s case involved incidents spanning a six-month period that ended when the boy escaped to a neighbour’s home in February 2013 in search of water. The judge, however, said he believed the abuse began well prior to when the 11-year-old began being home-schooled in the fall of 2012.

The 44-year-old man, who cannot be identified, was convicted of two counts of aggravated assault, one each of sexual assault causing bodily harm, unlawful confinement, assault and failing to provide the necessaries of life, and a range of firearms offences.

The boy’s stepmother was also found guilty of assault with a weapon and failing to provide the necessaries of life. She faces a sentencing hearing on Dec. 2, but no such date was immediately set for the father, who may end up having to undergo a further psychiatric assessment.

The two accused sat expressionless in the courtroom as the judgment was read. Later, after bail was revoked for both, they were led away in handcuffs, the father with his head bowed, the mother with tears in her eyes.

“This was a very difficult trial,” said Maranger, who described the abuse as “disturbing.”

“That a parent could do the things that were done to (this boy) was gut-wrenching.”

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Health of Vancouver Aquarium’s lone beluga whale deteriorates VANCOUVER — An ailing beluga whale at the Vancouver Aquarium appears to have taken another turn for the worse.

The facility says in a news release that Aurora showed signs of improvement over the weekend, but it appears her abdominal discomfort increased Sunday night.

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The whale’s 21-year-old calf Qila had the same symptoms and died last week, leave Aurora as the aquarium’s lone beluga.

The aquarium’s head veterinarian Dr. Martin Haulena has adjusted Aurora’s treatment, but is increasingly concerned about her health.

Lab tests have been sent to veterinary experts around the world, and a marine mammal team is monitoring the animal around the clock.

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Newfoundland driver’s alleged failure to signal reveals $55,000 in fines ST. JOHN’S, N.L. — A Newfoundland man facing $55,000 in outstanding fines may be adding to that whopping tally after police pulled him over for making an unsafe turn and failing to signal.

Patrol officers in St. John’s say they noticed a car driving erratically with no licence plate just before noon on Sunday and tried to pull the driver over.

But they say the car took off, cross-

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They discovered the 44-year-old driver already had about $55,000 in fines owing.

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The answer to ‘why’ can just lead to more questions

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arly deadlines, a surprise birthday party and out-of-town guests were on my to do list last week.

It’s no wonder I almost forgot to play.

Luckily, as fate Treena would have it, a teacher, in the shape of a Mielke four-year-old boy, came along to teach me that valuable life lesson.

Remember to smell the roses or at least take a few minutes to jump over some mud puddles.

They say when the student is ready, the teacher will appear.

I must have been ready.

He arrived at my house Friday night and even after a long, long car ride he managed an endearing smile for his hosts, grandpa Peter and me.

His biological grandpa and his mom had told him, not once, but several times, that he had to be good, even

better than good. He had to be on his very best behaviour, because he was, after all, a guest in someone’s home.

He listened, shook his head and then proceeded to be not good, not bad, but simply his very own fouryear-old self.

And he was delightful.

Being four-years-old in an adult world is not easy. And it is confusing.

No doubt, that is why the little guy kept asking, “why?”

“Why is the sky blue? Why do you have too much to do to play with me?

Why can’t I call grandpa cute? Why do you call me darlin’? My name is Taren.”

I took him with me shopping. I was busy. My mind cluttered with about a million and one adult tasks that I needed to accomplish yesterday.

“Why?” he asked.

His question made me stop and think. “Why did it matter, anyway?

What if I forgot something? What if I couldn’t find matching napkins and my guests had to use milk instead of creamer for their coffee? What if the

ham wasn’t big enough? What if nobody came and the ham was too big?”

I looked at my little companion perched on the seat beside me and I said, “why, indeed?”

I held his little hand and together we jumped over all the mud puddles in the parking lot on the way to the grocery store. Then we did it again backwards.

On the way home he sang Pop Goes the Weasel to me and I clapped and said, “‘wow’, you are not even off key.”

“Why?” he said.

I let him push a miniature cart all around the grocery store, which he did with great finesse, until he rounded a corner just a little too sharply and everything spilled out.

“Whoops,” I said and we giggled.

As predicted, the party was not perfect, but the fun and laughter and visiting just kind of bounced off the walls in a good way, and I was pleased.

Twenty-nine people showed up, including the guest of honour.

As usual, when I throw a party there is standing room only in my

basement.

And as usual, there was a party after the party, and the remaining guests laughed, and sang together until the wee hours of the morning.

As for me, I disappeared for awhile while everyone was singing and laughing and went downstairs with my new little friend. Together we curled up with a huge storybook.

“Grandma Treena is going to read you three stories and then you have to go to sleep,” I said sternly.

“Why?” he said.

“Because I’m very tired,” I replied.

“Why?” he said.

But I didn’t answer. It was too late.

One of us was already asleep.

And I’m sure no one will even have to ask why!

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

RELIGION

Pope allows priests to absolve ‘grave sin’ of abortion

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ATICAN CITY — Saying nothing is beyond the reach of God’s mercy, Pope Francis told Catholics worldwide he is allowing all priests to absolve the faithful of abortion — women and health workers alike — even while stressing that it is a grave sin in the eyes of the church to “end an innocent life.”

In an Apostolic Letter made public Monday, Francis said he was extending indefinitely the special permission he had granted to all rank-andfile priests during the just ended Holy Year of Mercy.

“There is no sin that God’s mercy cannot reach and wipe away when it finds a repentant heart seeking to be reconciled” with God, the pope wrote in the 10-page letter, signed Sunday, the day the Holy Year ended.

But, he added: “I wish to restate as firmly as I can that abortion is a grave sin, since it puts an end to an innocent life.”

Because the Roman Catholic Church holds abortion to be such a serious sin, absolution had long been a matter for a bishop, who could either hear the woman’s confession himself or delegate it to a priest considered an expert in such situations, a potentially intimidating scenario for many of the faithful.

In his letter, the pope appeared to acknowledge that. “Lest any obstacle arise between the request for reconciliation and God’s forgiveness,”

he wrote, “I henceforth grant to all priests, in virtue of their ministry, the faculty to absolve those who have committed the sin of procured abortion.”

A top Vatican official, Monsignor Rino Fisichella, told a news conference at the Vatican on Monday that the pope’s words applied to all those who were involved in an abortion — “from the women to the nurse to the doctor and whoever supports this procedure.”

“The sin of abortion is inclusive.

Thus forgiveness for the sin of abortion is all-inclusive and extends to all those who are participants in this sin,” Fisichella said.

The pope is “absolutely not” lessening the gravity of the sin of abortion, Fisichella added in comments to Sky TG24.

Still, the head of an Italian anti-abortion group expressed concern that some priests might trivialize the sin of abortion.

Gian Luigi Gigli, president of the Movement for Life, said women or health care workers who confess to abortion should be given penance in the form of volunteer work at the group’s centres that work to prevent abortion.

By permitting all priests to absolve the sin of abortion, Francis was further applying his vision of a merciful church called to minister to the problems of its flock, reflecting concerns he became familiar with while archbishop of Buenos Aires in his native Argentina.

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Monsignor Rino Fisichella reads an Apostolic Letter by Pope Francis during a press conference at the Vatican, Monday. Declaring no sin beyond the reach of God’s mercy, Pope Francis is allowing all priests to absolve women of the “grave sin” of abortion, extending indefinitely special permission he had granted for the duration of the just-ended, special Holy Year of Mercy.

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Get rid of it and just let it go!

Get rid of it and let it go!

“The truth is, unless you let go, unless you forgive yourself, unless you forgive the situation, unless you realize that the situation is over, you cannot move forward.”

– Steve Maraboli, Internet radio commentator, motivational speaker and author

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usan rested her elbows on the cubical wall, leaned over and smiled.

“Did I hear you say that you’re moving a bunch of stuff out of storage?”

My colleague Linda and I had been sharing stories of the torment of moving. I explained that my wife and I had put some items in storage a couple of years ago, and were finally going to clean out the storage bay. We were not looking forward to the task.

“I’ve moved more than a dozen times,” Susan declared. “And I’ve learned something.”

Susan explained that the secret to a relatively stress-free move is a willingness to purge.

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Objects often have no intrinsic value, but the memory or the “emotional charge” that we associate with the object provides the sense of value. Consider the extreme end of the scale: hoarders. Some individuals who hoard do so because each item has a story and to lose the item is to lose the story and part of themselves in the process. I think many of us might acknowledge ourselves as emotional hoarders if all the “stuff” we hold onto were laid out before us.

I’m sure it sounds like I’m slamming sentimentality here, but I’m not. There are items I cherish that hold great sentimental value: an antique mantle clock, old letters and rare books. However, the number of items that I now cherish and possess amount to about 10 per cent of what I once held dear. I have become selective about the things I now keep and, for the sake of my self-esteem and awareness (and my marriage), the memories that I choose to revisit.

How can you tell it’s time to let it go? When you think back to the past are you are filled with regret, longing, fear or anger? That could indicate that you’re hanging onto old ways of perceiving and

thinking. It may be represented through hoarding of things, attachment to memories of perceived failures, the constant stirring up and re-experiencing of old hurts or an “if only” mindset. The key to permanent change is to acknowledge that the past is over and gone.

Why does this matter? It matters because you cannot move forward safely and efficiently if you’re always metaphorically anchored to the past. A constant focus on the past can prompt you to dredge up and activate negative attitudes that you’ve been working to release. Learn the lessons from the past, of course, and take them to heart – then release yourself from its grip.

American pop singer, Tina Turner expressed it well. “Sometimes you’ve got to let everything go – purge yourself. If you are unhappy with anything, whatever is bringing you down, get rid of it. You’ll find that when you’re free, your true creativity, your true self comes out.”

If you truly desire to change your life, then you are saying that you are ready to let go of the old understanding and relationship you had with life. You want to experience life at a higher and freer level. You want to see greater possibilities and reach your highest potential.

Murray Fuhrer is a self-esteem expert and facilitator. His most recent book is entitled Extreme Esteem: The Four Factors. For more information on self-esteem, check the Extreme Esteem website at www.extremeesteem.ca

Spokesman for switched-at-birth families says they’ll meet with health minister

will meet Monday with families involved in two cases where babies were switched at birth at a northern Manitoba hospital in the 1970s, a spokesman for the families says.

Former Manitoba aboriginal affairs minister Eric Robinson, who has worked with the men and their families, said Philpott has agreed to meet with the men as well as their parents and siblings, for three to four hours at a yet-to-be determined location in Winnipeg.

Robinson has called for the meeting with Philpott for months and said he believes the men and their families will be seeking a comprehensive counselling program.

“This is an opportunity for the minister to hear a first-hand account some of the issues that they’re having to deal with — the pain and the anguish,” Robinson said in an interview on Saturday.

The two cases involve four men who went home with different parents from the federally run Norway House Indian Hospital in 1975. They went public with the mix-ups in the past year after getting DNA tests.

The first case, involving Luke Monias and Norman Barkman, came to light in November 2015.

The second case was revealed in August and involves Leon Swanson and David Tait Jr. Philpott called the circumstances appalling after the case of Swanson and Tait became public, and said Ottawa is taking steps to set up a third-party investigation. Health Canada also announced it would offer free DNA tests to anyone born at the hospital before 1980.

Last month, the RCMP said it, too, would investigate the cases.

Robinson said one of the men won’t be able to attend Monday’s meeting due to personal reasons.

He said learning about the switches has been difficult for the men and their families. Some people have told them they shouldn’t be complaining because they received good upbringings, he said.

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Drake, Bieber win big, Gomez gets emotional at American Music Awards

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he 2016 American Music Awards featured a number of pop stars strumming their guitars, Drake making a rare awards show appearance, an emotional speech from Selena Gomez and political moments about President-elect Donald Trump.

Drake, who has skipped his fair share of awards shows in recent years, was the big winner with four awards and debuted a new commercial for Apple Music.

“For our genre, I just like to keep things excited and keep making music. Shout out to everybody that’s trying to do the same thing,” said Drake, who broke Michael Jackson’s record for most AMA nominations after scoring 13 nominations.

Bieber, who performed from his tour in Zurich, Switzerland, also won four awards.

Gomez, who lost artist of the year to Ariana Grande but won favourite female artist — pop/rock, gave a heartfelt speech onstage that earned a loud applause from the audience at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles.

“I think it’s safe to say that most of you know a lot of my life whether I liked it or not, and I had to stop, ’cause I had everything, and I was absolutely broken inside. And I kept it all together to where I never let you down. But I kept it too much together where I let myself down,” said 24-year-old Gomez, who recently took time off to treat depression and anxiety.

“I don’t want to see your bodies on Instagram. I want to see what’s in here,” she added, pointing to her heart. “And I have to say thank you so much to my fans because you guys are so damn loyal, and I don’t know what I did to deserve you. If you are broken, you don’t have to stay broken.”

Grande was shaking onstage as she collected artist of the year at the fan-voted show that aired live on ABC, beating Rihanna, Carrie Underwood and Bieber. “With or without this, I love you from the bottom of my heart,” she said to her fans.

Green Day was one of many big-named acts promoting new albums at the AMAs, including Bruno Mars, the Weeknd, Lady Gaga, Sting, John Legend and The Chainsmokers.

But Green Day got political during their performance of Bang Bang as band leader Billie Joe Armstrong sang “No KKK, no fascist USA, no Trump” during the show.

The show’s hosts — former Saturday Night Live comic Jay Pharaoh and model Gigi Hadid — also mentioned the Trump family when telling jokes: After Pharaoh impersonated Jay Z, Hadid acted like Melania Trump.

“I love my husband, President Barack Obama, and our children, Sasha and Malia,” she said, scrunching up her face.

CRTC renewing most TV provider licences for one year TORONTO — Canada’s broadcast regulator renewed the licences of most TV service providers for one year, rather than the usual seven-year term, as it keeps a close eye on whether their basic cable offerings are keeping customers’ interests and wallets in mind.

“We have the one-year licence renewal to have a watchful eye on the deployment of this next phase of the Let’s Talk TV policy,” said Scott Hutton, the CRTC’s executive director of broadcasting.

The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission’s so-called skinny basic TV

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Drake accepts the award for favorite artist – rap/hip-hop – at the American Music Awards at the Microsoft Theater on Sunday, in Los Angeles.

Strumming guitars while singing was one of the night’s themes: One Direction’s Niall Horan slowed things down for his acoustic-folk solo single, This Town: James Bay sang his smoky single, Let It Go and Shawn Mendes performed his hit Treat You Better and switched to piano for the aching Mercy.

But the best singer-guitarist was Gaga, who beautifully belted the lyrics to her latest single, Million Reasons. She earned a rousing applause from the audience.

Sting also impressed, who performed Message In a Bottle, Every Breathe You Take and his new single, I Can’t Stop Thinking About You. He received the American Music Award of Merit, which was presented to him by Robert Downey Jr. “American music lit the musical spark in my young mind,” the English singer said after his performance. “My musical soul is all American!”

Other highlights included double winners twenty one pilots and Mars, who kicked off the AMAs with his groovy hit, 24K Magic, backed by his band who matched his slick, upbeat dance moves.

Grande and Nicki Minaj got steamy during their performance of the reggae-tinged Side to Side: Grande’s background dancers danced closely on her, and one male dancer even pulled up her skirt, while Minaj, who rapped from a chair, spread her legs widely. policy goes into full effect on Dec. 1.

Since March 1, TV service providers have had to offer customers basic cable packages at no more than $25 monthly, and allow them to add on extra channels individually or through pre-packaged bundles of up to 10 channels.

Starting in December, companies must offer both individual and small packages of channels to customers.

The changes came after the CRTC asked Canadians how their TV services could be improved.

As the companies implemented the first phase, the CRTC noted that some employed practices that weren’t in line with the spirit of the policy, which in part was intended to give Canadians more choice and more affordable options.

Other performers included Maroon 5 with Kendrick Lamar DJ Khaled with Minaj, Future, Rick Ross and August Alsina and Fifth Harmony, who won collaboration of the year for Work from Home with Ty Dolla $ign.

Prince’s 1984 Purple Rain album, which gained new attention after his death in April, won top soundtrack. His sister, Tyka Nelson, collected his trophy onstage and cried as she spoke to the audience.

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RUSSELL (Nee DesRochers), Helena Elizabeth July 5, 1951- Nov. 15, 2016

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Erdman Neufeld of Lacombe, Alberta went to be with Jesus, his loving savior, on November 17, 2016. He was born August 14, 1927 to Cornelius and Margaretha Neufeld of Didsbury, Alberta. He was united in marriage to Ellen Moon of Woodstock, ON on May 24, 1958. Together they enjoyed 55 years of marriage until she predeceased him in 2013.

He is survived by their children; Phil and wife Sue, Steve and wife Myra, Susan and husband David Wester, Sharon Wilson and Lois Neufeld, 13 grandchildren and 14 great grandchildren. He will be lovingly remembered and missed by family and friends.

Celebration of Life and Faith will be held at the Lacombe Evangelical Free Church (4619 C & E TRAIL, Lacombe, AB) at 1:00pm on Wednesday, November 23, 2016.

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SOMERS, David F. On November 13, 2016 David F. Somers passed away at the age of 73 years young. Born in Stettler January 10, 1943, he lived on a small homestead with his family in Botha Alberta. David was predeceased by both parents, Herman and Martha Somer; brother, Herman; sisters, Margret, Clara and Marie. David leaves behind his wife Jami Somers, and his six children, Diana, Frank, Rebekah, Micheal, Christopher and Mark, along with eight grandchildren and three great grandchildren. He will be missed by all his family and friends.

KLATT, Stanley Walter Stan Klatt was born December 11, 1936 in Innisfail and passed away in Ponoka on November 17, 2016 at the age of 79 years. Stan was the second youngest of seven children born to Henry and Gladys Klatt. Stan will be lovingly remembered by his wife Norma; his children Brenda and her daughter Samantha (Austin), Rhonda (Jim) Garrett and their daughter Makenzie, and Curtis (Lorie) and their children Daylin (Garth) and Hayden; Norma’s children Valerie (Ken) Walker and their children Laura and Nathan, Karen (Claudio) Bustamante and their sons Vicente and Cris (Karmen), and Barb Jones; his brother Clarence (Irene); sisters Isabel MacKay and Iris (Don) Clarke; sisters-in-law Darlene and Joan; as well as numerous nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends. Stan was predeceased by his parents and siblings Roy, Jim, and Amy (Bob) Dial; and brothers-in-law, Bob Sharp and Ray Garrett. A Funeral Service will be held at the Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church in Ponoka at 1:00 p.m. on Thursday, November 24, 2016. Memorial donations are gratefully accepted to the Ponoka and District Health Foundation, or Ponoka Home Care. To express condolences to Stan’s family, please visit www.womboldfuneralhomes.com.

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Our beloved Helena passed away peacefully surrounded by loving family in the ICU unit of the RDRH. She was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, great grandmother, sister, sister-in-law, and aunt.

After her youngest Ryan started kindergarten, Helena went back to school to become an RN, with several scholarships accrediting her academic achievements. Her entire career was enjoyed in the technically, mentally and physically demanding ICU unit at RDRH. In 1997 a crippling back injury was sustained in the ICU, that eventually ended her dream vocation. A devout catholic, Helena will be fondly remembered for her strong and protective dedication to family and community.

Survived by her loving husband, Ron Russell; sons, Tony (Cathy), Ryan (Lacey); seven grandsons; one granddaughter; two great grandsons; three sisters, Janine (Tom), Johnnie, Susan (Jack); brother in-law, Tom; sister in-law, Linda; two sister in-laws Norma (Nick), Debbie (Carl) and many nieces and nephews.

Predeceased by her son, Robert; parents, Armand and Rose DesRochers; brothers, Francis and Albert; sisters, Margaret and Cathy; her in-laws, Roy and Gwen Russell; sister in-law, Linda and brother in-law, Bob. The family would like to thank all of the doctors and nurses in the ICU unit for the extraordinary care given to Helena during her final journey there. Words cannot express our gratitude.

A Funeral Mass for Helena will be celebrated at St. Mary’s Catholic Church, 6 McMillan Avenue, Red Deer, AB on Thursday, November 24, 2016 at 11:00 a.m. with Father Len Cadieux as celebrant.

Memorial contributions may be made in Helena’s honor to the ICU unit of the RDRH Red Deer Regional Health Foundation, 3942 50A Avenue, Red Deer, AB T4N 4Z5 , or the Red Deer Hospice Society 99 Arnot Avenue, Red Deer, AB, T4R 3S6.

Condolences may be forwarded to the family by visiting www.reddeerfuneralhome.com.

Arrangements entrusted to RED DEER FUNERAL HOME 6150 - 67 Street, Red Deer.

Phone (403) 347-3319.

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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

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F/T in-home caregiver for employer B. Tamang at Red Deer for 2 children: 2 and 4 yrs. old. Duties: bathe, dress, feed, meal prep., and some light housekeeping. $12.50/hr., 44 hrs. per wk., benefit pkg. Compl. of high school, 1 to 2 yrs. exp. Call 403-896-7768 or e-mail kathytamang@yahoo.ca.

F/T In-Home Caregiver in R.D. @ Ballesteros Res. Children 13, 8 & 5 year olds. Cert. & High School Grad. Duties; bathe, dress, feed & maintain safe, clean environment, Opt. accomm. avail. at no extra charge on a live-in basis -This is not a condition of employment.

40 hrs./wk @$12.20/hr.

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FT in-home caregiver for 9 hrs/OT. Household chores & care for 2 children.

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CARRIERS NEEDED For delivery of Flyers, Wednesday and Friday ONLY 2 DAYS A WEEK

1 OPENED 50lb bag of Explore the career Diatomaceous earth, $25.; possibilities with PepsiCo, (10) 5’ steel T Posts, $3. one of the world’s largest each or all for $25.; (30) food and beverage wooden stakes, 3/4”x1.5”, company. Our main 4’ long, $1. each of all for businesses make $25. 403-309-3475 hundreds of enjoyable foods and beverages that 100 VHS movies, $75 are loved throughout the for all. 403-885-5020 world. We’re offering competitive compensation and a team oriented BREADMAKER, $55; environment.

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All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, protected veteran status, or disability status. PepsiCo is an equal opportunity employer Minorities/ Females/Disability/Veteran

309-3300

GUYS !! Buy your ladies Christmas presents here QUALITY ITEMS! Porcelain Unicorns (2) $25. ea.

Plates, (2) $25. ea. figurines (2) 25 ea., music boxes (2) $25. ea.

Asst’d cool, tea light holders. $15. ea.

403-342-6880 NEW 8 oz. wine glasses for sale, $10/ dozen or $1 each. Call 403-728-3485 PILLOWS (2) with sham covers, toss cushions, sheet, fry pans, cook books. All for $25.

403-314-9603

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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1500-1990

EquipmentHeavy

1630

TRAILERS for sale or rent Job site, office, well site or storage. Skidded or wheeled. Call 347-7721.

ADULT CARRIERS NEEDED 5 DAYS A WEEK BY 6:30 AM TUESDAY - SATURDAY 7848008

Firewood

1660

B.C. Birch, Aspen, Spruce/Pine. Delivery avail.

PH. Lyle 403-783-2275

TO ORDER HOME DELIVERY OF THE ADVOCATE Household Appliances CALL OUR CIRCULATION WANTED: Dead or alive DEPARTMENT major appliances. Cash for 403-314-4300 some. 403-342-1055

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Piano & Organs

1790

ARE you a family interested in taking piano lessons? I have a lovely piano that I would like to see going to a serious, sincere family. My piano needs a loving home. $200 obo. 403-347-8697 or 403-396-8832.

Office Supplies

1800

OFFICE chair, swivel, fully adjustable, $25.

403-347-2797

Collectors' Items

1870

FISCHER Price Alpha Probe with figure, lights work, 1979, $35; 403-314-9603 VINTAGE small vehicles, 48 in total, includes Corgy hot wheels, matchbox, Lesney, Ertl. All for $100.

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Travel Packages

1900

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Make your travel plans now.

Wanted To Buy

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OMNICHORD, with case & foot pedal, exc. cond. $199. 403-346-4555

Houses/ Duplexes

3020

2 BDRM. Blackfalds, duplex, 4 appl., $1000/mo. + utils., 403-318-3284 SYLVAN LAKE fully furn. w/bedding; incld’s all utils. & cable. $1200 - 1500./mo.

NEG. Call 403-880-0210

Condos/ Townhouses

3030

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FOR RENT • 3000-3200 WANTED • 3250-3390

3 BDRM. TOWNHOUSE Belvedeer Estates S. close to shopping mall, schools & park. $1350/mo. $1000 s.d. Avail. Immed.

No pets, N/S 403-846-6902

ATTRACTIVE Townhouse Right on the Green Belt AVAILABLE IMMEDIATELY 3 bedrooms, 1.5 bathrooms $1075/mo with a SD as low as $200 1 month absolutely free (1 year lease)

Please contact Katie at 403-318-1250

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 $1000. SD $500. For more info, phone 403-304-7576 or 403-347-7545

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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 RAY’S Handyman Service, int/ext. reno’s & painting, home repair & maintenance. 403-596-5740

FANTASY SPA

Elite Retreat, Finest in VIP Treatment.

10 - 2am Private back entry

403-341-4445

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Services

1290

A-1 GARBAGE PICK-UP & Recycling avail. weekly or occasional basis.

(403) 505-4777.

Painters/ Decorators

1310

JG PAINTING, 25 yrs. exp.

Free Est. 403-872-8888

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

GLENDALE 3 Bdrm. 4-plex, 4 appls., $975. incl. sewer, water & garbage. D.D. $650, Avail.

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 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

Suites

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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 ADULT 2 BDRM. spacious suites 3 appls., heat/water incl’d., ADULT ONLY BLDG, no pets, Oriole Park. 403-986-6889 BSMT. suite, full kitchen, 2 bdrms., large living rm., laundry rm. 71 Newcombe Cres. Cheap! **RENTED

Seniors’ Services

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HELPING HANDS Home Supports for Seniors.

Cooking, cleaning, companionship. At home or facility. 403-346-7777

Snow Removal

1380

SNOW REMOVAL Call Ryan @ 403-348-1459

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Suites

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

MORRISROE MANOR Rental incentives avail.

1 & 2 bdrm. adult bldg. only, N/S, No pets.

403-596-2444

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

403-596-6000

THE NORDIC

Rental incentives avail.

1 & 2 bdrm. adult building, N/S, No pets.

403-596-2444

Roommates Wanted

3080

M/F to share townhouse, private bath/shower,. $700 + 1/2 utils. N/S 403-318-8487

Rooms For Rent

3090

$450./MO. Cable & utils. included. 403-505-2319 BLACKFALDS, $500, all inclusive. 403-358-1614 ROOM ALL FACILITIES. $450. 403-350-4712 ROOM to Rent. $500 very Large, all facilities, prefer F. 403-350-4712

Warehouse Space

3140

WAREHOUSE or SHOP SPACE for lease Riverside Light Industrial, 4614 - 61 St., Red Deer (directly south of Windsor Plywood), 2400 sq. ft. warehouse space with 1,200 sq. ft. mezzanine 55’ x 85’ fenced compound.

Chuck 403-350-1777

Mobile Lot

3190

PADS $450/mo.

Brand new park in Lacombe.

Spec Mobiles. 3 Bdrm., ELNORA, 3 bdrm., main fl., 2 bath. As Low as $75,000. $775/mo. Incld’s all util. Down payment $4000. Call Avail. immed. 403-348-6594 at anytime. 403-588-8820

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DALE’S HOME RENO’S Free estimates for all your reno needs. 403-506-4301

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2 bdrm in Clean, quiet, newly reno’d adult building.

Rent $900 S.D. $700.

Avail. immed. Near hospital. No pets. 403-318-3679

CLASSIFICATIONS 1000-1430

Massage Therapy

Manufactured Homes

4 Plexes/ 6 Plexes

services 1100

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

3 + 4 BDRM. townhouse, close to school & all amenities. 6 appls., small pets welcome.

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WELL-MAINT. 2 bdrm. mobile home close to Joffre $750 inclds. water, 5 appl.

403-348-6594

LAKEFRONT 2 bdrm.

WANTED TO BUY: old Condo, Million dollar view, lead batteries for recycling Sylvan Lake, only $875/mo. heat & water incl’d. Avail.

403-396-8629 imm. 780-278-0784 WANTED ~ Trip hammer.

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Condos/ Townhouses

1BDRM., 1 bath condo for rent in Legacy Estates.

This condo is for 60+.

Phone: 403-356-9776

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WOODEN shelving, $75.

403-885-5020

Musical Instruments

Call Prodie at 403-314-4301

Call Joanne at 403- 314-4308

WANTED Antiques, furniture and estates. 342-2514

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Household Furnishings

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SNOW/junk/tree removal, and garage door services.

403-358-1614

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Daily the Advocate publishes advertisements from companies, corporations and associations from across Canada seeking personnel for long term placements.

Red Deer ADVOCATE CLASSIFIEDS 403-309-3300

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Tuesday, November 22, 2016

FIRST NATIONS

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Realtors & Services

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5000-5300

Tires, Parts Acces.

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15” STEEL wheel rim, $25.

403-885-5020 4 NOKIAN studded tires w/4 18”-5 Spoke Maverick Wheels w/centering rings & sensors. Exc. cond. $1,200. 403-782-3852

HERE TO HELP & HERE TO SERVE

Call GORD ING at RE/MAX real estate central alberta 403-341-9995

Income Property

5200

FREE Removal of unwanted vehicles.

403-396-8629

4100

TWO 4 plex’s, Clearview Meadows. $599.000 each.

403-391-1780

Public Notices

Vehicles Wanted To Buy

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NOTICE

To Creditors of the Meeting of Creditors in the Matter of the Bankruptcy of Iska Marina Helen Hollman Estate # 24-2189940 NOTICE is hereby given that the bankruptcy of Iska Marina Helen Hollman of Red Deer, Alberta occurred on the 17th day of November, 2016 and that the First Meeting of Creditors will be held on the 6th day of December, 2016 at 12:00 P.M. at the: OFFICE OF THE TRUSTEE 4922 - 53 Street Red Deer, Alberta Dated at Red Deer, Alberta this 18th day of November, 2016.

MNP LTD. Licensed Insolvency Trustee 4922 - 53rd Street Red Deer AB T4N 2E9 Phone (403) 342-5380

PUBLIC NOTICES Public Notices

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NOTICE

To Creditors of the Meeting of Creditors in the Matter of the Bankruptcy of David Jason Hollman Estate # 24-2189936 NOTICE is hereby given that the bankruptcy of David Jason Hollman of Red Deer, Alberta occurred on the 17th day of November, 2016 and that the First Meeting of Creditors will be held on the 6th day of December, 2016 at 11:30 A.M. at the: OFFICE OF THE TRUSTEE 4922 - 53 Street Red Deer, Alberta Dated at Red Deer, Alberta this 18th day of November, 2016.

MNP LTD. Licensed Insolvency Trustee 4922 - 53rd Street Red Deer AB T4N 2E9 Phone (403) 342-5380

SENTINEL SELF-STORAGE

NOTICE of SALE

Goods will be sold by online Auction at ibid4storage.com on Tuesday December 6, 2016 for Sentinel Self-Storage, 543347 Street, Red Deer, Alberta to satisfy outstanding charges for storage rental incurred by the following:

Sheldon L. Bower Judy Ducharme Shona Lee Bellemare Trevor C. Gough Aaron McClaskin Bids will be accepted from Tuesday, December 6, 2016 to Thursday, December 8, 2016.

If interested in bidding, for more info and to view units, register at www. ibid4storage.com.

Dated in the City of Edmonton, in the Province of Alberta this 14th day of November 2016, Sentinel Self-Storage Corp., #1970, 10123 – 99 Street, Edmonton, Alberta, T5J 3H1

B.C. commits to indigenous control of child welfare

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS

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ANCOUVER — British Columbia is committed to First Nations taking over child-welfare decisions in their communities, the province’s Children’s Minister said Monday after receiving a report about how the current system has failed aboriginal children.

The report by a special adviser to the ministry issued 85 recommendations to reduce the staggering number of aboriginal kids in care of the B.C. government. A major focus is the need to return control to indigenous communities.

Premier Christy Clark accepted the report and said the province had already begun work on 40 recommendations and would implement all those that apply to B.C. Other recommendations are directed at the federal government.

“Separating a child from his or her family must always be a last resort for government. We must ask ourselves why it is that First Nations children are so much more likely to be separated from their home than others,” Clark said.

She did not offer a timeline or an estimated cost, other than to say it would be a “long journey” involving a “significant investment.”

The 40 recommendations the province is already working on include regular meetings with Métis and First Nations leaders, recruiting indigenous people to work in the ministry and working to better inform indigenous people about the child-welfare system.

Children’s Minister Stephanie Cadieux said her ministry has begun

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British Columbia Premier Christy Clark arrives with Grand Chief Edward John prior to delivering his final report on indigenous children in care during a ceremony in Vancouver, B.C., Monday. discussions with some aboriginal communities on transferring jurisdiction for child welfare, either under current provincial legislation or legislation they write themselves.

“We agree that indigenous families and communities should be the ones deciding their futures,” she said.

Grand Chief Ed John was appointed a special adviser on indigenous child-welfare in September 2015.

Since then, John has had discussions with First Nations leaders, delegated aboriginal agencies and the provincial and federal governments.

Called Indigenous Resilience, Connectedness and Reunification — From Root Causes to Root Solutions, the document is John’s final report.

“The report is entitled Indigenous Resilience. Well, hope is the source of that resilience,” John said.

The report’s detailed recommendations are divided into 10 key categories, including ensuring direct support for indigenous children and families and enabling greater access to legal services.

It also urges a more equitable funding formula between the province and federal government, an increase in early intervention services, better reunification and permanency planning, and nurturing a sense of belonging and prioritizing culture.

Finally, the report calls for a national strategy for indigenous child welfare.

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Suspected overdose deaths mount from ‘epidemic’

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INNIPEG — Police in Winnipeg say fentanyl is an epidemic that is responsible for a growing number of deaths that now include two more suspected fatal overdoses.

Const. Jason Michalyshen said officers were called on Sunday to a downtown hotel, where staff discovered the body of a 30-year-old man who had been staying there. Drugs and drug paraphernalia were found at the scene.

About nine hours later, police and

paramedics were called to a southend home where two men, who were 21 and 22 years old, were in medical distress. Investigators say illegal drugs were in the home.

The 22-year-old died and the 21-year-old remained in critical condition on Monday, Michalyshen said.

Tests were being done to determine whether fentanyl — an opioid used as a painkiller for terminally ill cancer patients and 100 times more powerful than heroin — played a role in both cases.

“It’s quite clear what we’re dealing with, the epidemic that we’re seeing in our community,” Michalyshen

said. “We’re not going to shy away from it.”

The bodies of a man and two women were found in a northwest Winnipeg home last week. A white powder was discovered in the residence .

Last month, a nine-month-old boy was rushed to hospital after being exposed to carfentanil, a drug so powerful that just a few grains can be fatal.

“Each and every one of these instances should raise the eyebrows of every single Winnipegger and every single Manitoban,” Michalyshen said. “This is a problem that we need to deal with.”

Tuesday, November 22, 2016

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ear Annie: My husband has been talking to other women online.

He’s been on numerous dating sites, and every time I catch him, he changes his account name or goes on a difAnnie ferent one. I think it’s cheating. He says it’s not Lane — that he’s just talking to them. But he says very inappropriate things to them and sends explicit photos of himself. They send him pictures, too. I think he’s going to go meet them eventually if he hasn’t already, though he swears he hasn’t ever cheated.

I’m so confused. It feels as if I’m not enough for him. He doesn’t ever want to be intimate with me anymore.

We’ve been married for only four months, so I really think he’s cheating

on me. There are just too many signs that point to it.

I love him more than I’ve ever loved anyone, and he swears he loves me, too, and has never cheated on me.

But he won’t stay off those sites, and it’s very disrespectful. I’m getting so depressed, and I don’t feel that he loves me anymore. What can I do to get him to stop? I’ve tried everything to spice up our love life. He swears he only wants to be with me, not another woman. Help. — Depressed and Lonely Dear Depressed: This is supposed to be the honeymoon phase, not the honey-nightmare. If he’s acting like this four months into your marriage, I shudder to think how he would act in 40 years — and I hope you never have to find out. Although I normally encourage couples to put in the work to save a marriage, I think you’d be better off cutting and running now, before your lives are further intertwined or children enter the picture.

You deserve better.

Dear Annie: My brother and I used to be very close. He’s 54, and I’m 52.

He has been married five times and has one son from his second marriage. Rarely has he been in his son’s life. I’m closer to his son than he is.

He dates different women all the time and always cheats on them. He lied to a former co-worker who was 19 and got her pregnant. He told her it was physically impossible for him to have kids, and she believed him. She is now seven months pregnant and lives three houses from me. My wife and I feel bad for her and are trying to help her out. My dad said to stay out of my brother’s business, and my mom is on the fence. I believe that my brother has a sexual addiction and needs help through counseling. What’s the best way to deal with this mess my brother has created? — Younger Brother Dear Younger: If you and your wife want to help out the young woman, by

all means, please do, and encourage your mom to get off the fence and help out, too. The child will be your niece or nephew and her grandchild, after all. Just because your brother has turned his back on his own doesn’t mean you all must turn yours with him.

Clearly, your brother is not stable, and his compulsive sexual behaviour is unhealthy and destroying lives.

The American Psychiatric Association does not recognize “sex addiction” in itself as a disorder, but such behaviour does frequently occur alongside other mental health issues.

Encourage him to seek the help of a licensed therapist, but ultimately, he must want to help himself. Changing him is not a burden you could bear, even if you wanted to.

Send your questions for Annie Lane to dearannie@creators.com.

Two moose found frozen mid-fight near remote Alaska village

He had taken a friend who recently moved to the village for a walk on Nov. 2 near a frozen slough at Covenant Bible Camp, where Webster volunteers as a camp steward.

“That’s when we saw it,” he said in a phone interview Friday. He initially thought it was just one moose that had been shot but when he got a closer look, he saw the second moose.

It took him a moment to realize what he was seeing, he said.

It was the end of moose rutting season, and the animals likely were fighting over a female moose. Webster speculates that one of the animals was wounded by the other animal’s antlers, and perhaps died as their

antlers were caught together, dragging the rival down with it.

“It was a very interesting experience,” Webster said of the discovery.

On the way back to Unalakleet, he and his friend kept thinking about it and saying, “We really saw that,” in amazement, Webster recalled.

Jeff Erickson, student activities director of Bering Strait School District in Unalakleet, also captured the images when he went to check out the scene a couple days later with Webster.

Erickson grew up in the area and has hunted for 50 years but has never seen anything like this, “frozen in time,” he said in an email to The As-

sociated Press.

“It was such a surreal sight — so serene and quiet, but a stark vision of how brutally harsh life can be,” he wrote.

Webster, Erickson and a few others went back later and removed the animals from about eight inches of ice covering open water, recovering some of the spoiled meat for dog food and trapping bait. Webster said the meat was left at the site for anyone wanting it.

They took the heads, which are still frozen and being kept for now in Webster’s yard. The plan is to clean them out for mounting as bleached skulls at the Bible camp.

routine and be more spontaneous.

Then you’ll be busy and active, and you certainly won’t have time to be bored!

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): All types of relationships are favoured today, as Mercury and Jupiter encourage lively conversation and robust debate. You’ll find the more you communicate, the more you’ll have to say.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): It’s all about friendships and social networking as you fraternize with local mates, and catch up with international connections. But be careful you don’t — unintentionally — blurt out a special secret.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): There could be some shenanigans with a child, teenager or friend today. Local community connections are favoured — as long as you are prepared to accept a wide range of differing viewpoints.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): You can achieve a lot today but don’t expect it to be done in an organized, logi-

cal manner. There’ll be last minute changes, accompanied by spontaneous surprises and exciting flashes of inspiration.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): You’re in chatterbox mode, as Mercury and Jupiter stir up your communication gene. You’re keen to hear the latest neighbourhood news but don’t get carried away and spread salacious gossip.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Today favours being less stubborn, and a lot more spontaneous Scorpio. You’ll find an ounce of action will get you a lot further than a pound of pondering.

Especially when it comes to money matters.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): It’s your kind of day Sagittarius — busy and boisterous with plenty of variety. Your generosity and multitasking skills are on fire. But make sure you’re not just big talk and no actual action!

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): The

more spontaneous and straight-forward you are — both at work and at home — the better the day will be.

Plus make sure you spend some quality quiet time with a very special person — you!

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Soak up overseas influences via friends and the Internet. Your thoughts also turn to your aspirations for the future.

Plus make sure you plan more ways to bring fun and entertainment into your world.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Avoid procrastinating Pisces! With the Sun shifting into your career zone, it’s time to assume a leadership role at work, as you communicate and shine in increasingly creative and proactive ways.

Joanne Madeline Moore is an internationally syndicated astrologer and columnist. Her column appears daily in the Advocate.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Two moose were recently discovered frozen in battle and encased in ice near a remote village on Alaska’s unforgiving western coast.

Brad Webster, a middle school social studies and science teacher in Unalakleet, captured images of the massive animals poking through the ice as they lay on their sides with antlers apparently locked together.

Horoscopes Tuesday, Nov. 22 CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DATE: Mark Ruffalo, 49; Scarlett Johansson, 32; Mads Mikkelson, 51 THOUGHT OF THE DAY: Avoid the tendency to overlook important details today.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY: Joanne You have an energetic Madeline and freedom-loving naMoore ture. 2017 is the year to be more personally disciplined and more professionally ambitious.

ARIES (March 21-April 19): Are you trying to get a project off the ground?

You’d better get your skates on! With Mercury and Jupiter giving you a confidence boost, it’s time to bite the bullet and make things happen.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): You’re in the mood to play and have fun today so strive to shake up your usual

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Tuesday, November 22, 2016

A GIFT

FROM FRO OM OUR OUR ATCO ATCO FAMILY FAMILY TO TO YOURS YOURS

FREE ENERGY FOR YOUR HOME THIS JANUARY

In recognition of the courage shown by Albertans in the face of difficult times, ATCO is delivering a special gift this holiday season – free electricity and natural gas for your home in January. This gift will be given to all our current valued ATCOenergy customers and any new customers that sign up by December 31, 2016.

MAKE THE SWITCH TODAY! 1.844.OUR.ATCO (687.2826) | ATCOenergy.com OFFER EXPIRES DECEMBER 31, 2016

s Merry Christma from

Offer available to existing and new ATCOenergy residential customers who have signed up with ATCOenergy by December 31, 2016 at 11:59 PM. Customers will receive an energy credit for their January electricity and/or natural gas consumption, for the services switched, as applicable. Customers will see this credit applied as a “Gift from ATCOenergy” in the Energy Charges section of their monthly statement. The energy credit does not apply towards: Delivery Charges, Local Access or Municipal Franchise Fees, Administration Fees, Taxes, Levies or other charges beyond the commodity. This credit has no cash value. ATCOenergy will not be offering substitutions, exchanges, or refunds. All customers are free to purchase natural gas services from the default supply provider or from a retailer of their choice and to purchase electricity services from the regulated rate provider or from a retailer of their choice. The delivery of natural gas and electricity to you is not affected by your choice. If you change who you purchase natural gas services or electricity services from, you will continue receiving natural gas and electricity from the distribution company in your service area. For a current list of retailers you may choose from, visit www.ucahelps.gov.ab.ca or call 310-4822 (toll free in Alberta). Some offers, in whole or in part, may not be available in gas co-ops, municipally-owned utilities, and some Rural Electrification Associations.