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Red Deer 911 operator stole the glory from paramedics Oct. 13 when she helped a couple during the unexpected deliv-

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Rachel Stearns was eight days overdue so she went with her husband, Jason, to Red Deer Regional Hospital Centre to be induced. About an hour after the couple returned home to wait, Rachel had a couple of contractions

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He was crying, and we were ready to get the umbilical cord cut,” Jason said Thursday when his family met the 911 operator, who answered his call that day.

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WHAT’S HAPPENING Grinch Christmas Market Join us Sunday, Dec. 3, 1:30 -5 p.m., at the second annual Grinch Christmas Market. Children will be able to meet the Grinch himself and have a chance for a photo. Come early to score the best deals from vendors, with the first 100 through the door receiving a free mini-candy cane. This event is at the Red Deer Public Library.

Nine Lessons & Carols The Red Deer Symphony Orchestra, in partnership with Downtown Sounds @ Gaetz and Servus Credit Union, is bring-

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ing Nine Lessons & Carols to life in Red Deer. A Festival of Nine Lessons & Carols is the Christmas Eve service held every year at the King’s College Chapel in Cambridge, U.K. This event is Monday, Dec. 11, 7-8:30 p.m. at Gaetz Memorial United Church.

Tattered Teddies Suicidal behaviour in children age 12 or younger is a subject of growing concern for those who work with children. Tattered Teddies is an interactive half-day workshop, which examines warning signs. This event is Thursday, Dec. 14, 12:30-4:30 p.m., at the CMHA Learning Annex.

NOVEMBER 24 1892 — Nov. 24 – John Abbott resigns as Prime Minister of Canada due to ill health; Canada’s third Prime Minister after John A. Macdonald’s death.

1905 — Alberta Lt.-Gov. George Bulyea drives Last Spike of Canadian Northern Railway.

1922 — Edmonton City Council approves bylaw outlawing swearing in public; after complaints from golfers on public courses.

1944 — Canadian soldiers take over their base in Terrace, B.C., to protest King’s announcement that 16,000 conscripts would be sent to England; mutiny brought under control by officers five days later; most serious breach of discipline in Canadian military history.

1956 — First 20 Canadian peace-keeping troops arrive in Egypt during the Suez Crisis.

1968 — FLQ terrorists let off two bombs in the Eaton store in downtown Montréal.

1981 — Metric Commission of Canada orders scales in 35,000 food stores in 21 regions across Canada altered from Imperial units to metric by January 1982; advertising allowed only in metric after December 31, 1983.

2005 — Opposition leader Stephen Harper moves a motion of no confidence in the government of Paul Martin; expected to topple the government and force a parliamentary election; passes November 28.

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TRIPLE-MURDER TRIAL

Accused murderer’s story questioned

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n hours of interviews with police officers following his arrest, Jason Klaus never told them about a scheme to steal a pickup from his family farm.

Klaus, 41, testified earlier this week that he and Joshua Frank, 32, had planned to steal a truck in an insurance scam. But Frank went into the house to steal a prized deer head as well, saw someone and panicked, shooting Gordon and Sandra Klaus and their daughter Monica.

That is not the story Klaus told police the day after he was arrested and charged with three counts of first-degree murder on Aug. 16, 2014.

Klaus said he and Frank planned the murders. Frank, who is also facing three counts of first-degree murder, did the shooting, Klaus told police, while he waited in his vehicle on the road nearby.

Frank’s defence lawyer Tonii Roulston pointed out Klaus had testified about five days after his parents were killed, Frank told him how the murders happened. Up until then, he did not know, Klaus testified earlier in his trial at Red Deer Court of Queen’s Bench.

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Lawyers Tonii Roulston, Andrea Urquhart (not shown) and Allan Fay are defending Jason Klaus and Joshua Frank, who have been charged with first-degree murder in the deaths of three Castor family members.

Klaus later secretly recorded Frank repeating his involvement twice. He still had one of the confessions on a digital audio recorder

somewhere in his house or in a vehicle he was driving around the time of his arrest. Another confession was apparently on a pair of cellphones he gave an aunt for safekeeping So why not tell police he had a recording of Frank confessing? Roulston asked.

Klaus said he feared Frank would follow through on threats to kill him or a family member if he said anything about the murders.

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He said while he delivered the baby, Holly Shrader, communications lieutenant with Red Deer Emergency Services, was on speaker phone providing guidance.

“I got down there and delivered him. His cord was around his neck twice. Got him untangled. Got him breathing, and handed him off to (Rachel).”

He said Shrader was helpful and walked them through what to do.

“It was just nice to have that reassurance on the phone. I don’t know anything about delivering babies. It can go many different ways, so it was just nice to have her on the phone there and be by your side almost.”

They didn’t know they were having a boy, they named Daxton Duke Stearns, so it was an incredible moment for them, he said.

“One day we’ll be able to share this story with Daxton. It was definitely a Friday the 13th to remember in a good way.”

He said their son Cooper, 2, was also induced and they waited at home for three hours before going back to the hospital.

“We thought we were going

But at the end of a long day of police interviewing Klaus did tell police that Frank was the killer.

“You’re not too scared to tell them that? Correct?” Roulston said to Klaus.

Roulston suggested to him the confessions do not exist, that Frank never confessed.

“No, you’re wrong there,” Klaus said.

Klaus was also questioned closely about his contention that he only confessed to planning the murders with Frank to tell the police what they wanted to hear.

One of the police officers at the Red Deer RCMP detachment told him to do that, he said.

The conversation happened on a break from his interviewing, he said.

Nothing along those lines was recorded that day even though the officers were all wearing audio recorders.

Roulston suggested to Klaus he only made up the story about being told to confess to explain it away “as an excuse to why you would say that.”

“No, I disagree with you,” said Klaus.

The court also heard evidence of bad blood between Frank and Klaus.

Klaus had heard rumours that Frank was involved with his girlfriend, which she denied.

“When I see Josh, it’s not going to be f**kin pretty,” Klaus told his girlfriend in a recording of a phone call played in court.

The trial continues Friday. through the same routine, but I guess every story is a little bit different,” Jason said.

Rachel said she couldn’t believe what was happening. It was scary but Shrader and the paramedics were awesome.

“We had no idea what to do, and they were calm and supportive. They stayed in touch with us since then.

We just can’t thank them enough for the happy outcome,” Rachel said.

Shrader said it was the second time she has helped a woman giving birth.

“Normally it doesn’t happen that fast, even close to that fast, so usually we start off giving directions on what to do and then paramedics swoop in and take all the glory before the baby is born,” Shrader joked.

“The paramedics could have been parked right in front of their house and they still wouldn’t have made it in time I don’t think.”

She said 911 calls do not always have a happy ending, but everything went well with the Stearns.

“It was an awesome day. It makes your day, your week, your year,” Shrader said while rocking Daxton in her arms.

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REMEMBRANCE DAY

Man allegedly posed as veteran

BY MURRAY CRAWFORD ADVOCATE STAFF

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eterans are crying foul after an alleged faker posed as a former U.S. Marine at two Red Deer schools during their Remembrance Day services.

The Legion typically provides the local school districts with veterans to be part of the ceremony.

On Nov. 8, Peter Toth attended ceremonies at St. Francis of Assisi Middle School and G.W. Smith Elementary School dressed in a U.S. Marine Corps uniform.

Bev Hanes, president of the Red Deer Legion, said an investigation into the incident is ongoing, and an update may come later as it verifies his credentials.

“We do ask them for certain documentation,” said Hanes. “What we got, what looked to us, looked legitimate enough. If people are making forgeries, it’s very difficult for us to check them out.”

The credentials and claims of service are now being investigated.

Stolen Valour Canada, an organization that aims to expose unlawful use of military uniforms or certificates, posted a conversation they had with Toth about his service record.

They point out several inconsistencies between what he said, his service record, his medals and dates and timelines.

In an email, John Lilyea, a retired U.S. Army Sgt. First Class and founder of the website This Ain’t Hell (which works to expose people posing as veterans), said there were a number of

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On Nov. 8, Peter Toth (left) allegedly attended ceremonies at St. Francis of Assisi Middle School and G.W. Smith Elementary School dressed in a U.S. Marine Corps uniform. this wrong with Toth’s claim of serving with the U.S. Marine Corps.

In a posted Facebook conversation with Toth, he says he served in two tours of duty in Iraq and two tours of duty in Afghanistan. He said he was shot in Afghanistan in 2005 where he earned a Purple Heart, an American military decoration for anyone wounded or killed while serving.

On his uniform, he wears a sniper tab on his left sleeve, however Lilyea said there’s no such thing in the Marine Corps or any other branch of the U.S. Military.

He also said he served in Kandahar province and “Hazbollah.” Hez-

bollah is an Islamist political party and militant group based in Lebanon.

The discharge papers he provided say he retired from the Marine Corps in 1985, 20 years before he was allegedly shot. The discharge papers have a number of inconsistencies, including a serial number, which the U.S. Marine Corps did away with in 1972, replacing it with a social security number. The year on the paper is misspelled as “ninteen hundren and eighty five.” The signatory to the discharge papers is the Commandant of the Marine Corps appears at M.W. Hagee, which could be Michael Hagee who held the role from 2003 to 2006.

However in 1985, the Commandant was Paul Kelly.

“Toth claims that he was recalled to active duty for the war against terror after a 20-year absence from the military,” Lilyea wrote. “That only happens in the movies.

“Who needs an overweight 50-yearold to do the job a 20-year-old can do much better. I volunteered to back on active duty after I’d been out 12 years and the only job they offered me was that of a recruiter.”

Wearing a military uniform without lawful authority to do so is an offence under the Criminal Code of Canada.

DENTISTRY

Local dentists weigh whether to follow fee guidelines

BY MAMTA LULLA ADVOCATE STAFF

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t least one Red Deer dentist will follow through on lower fees for common dental procedures being recommended by the provincial government.

Chad Aitken, a dentist at Vista Dental Care, said his clinic would follow the guidelines because it could encourage more visits to the dentist.

“It’s not cheap — it’s expensive to run a practice, but it’s also expensive to get dental work done,” said Aitken.

On Wednesday, the provincial government, with the Alberta Dental Association and College, released

a non-mandatory fee guide, which recommends a 8.5 per cent price decrease in dental fees for cleanings, fillings and other procedures starting New Year’s Day. The reduction in fee applies to some 60 common dental procedures.

Aitken said teeth cleaning and preventative service fee reduction would have an impact on his practice but not an alarming one.

“It’s not a huge decrease but when you add that up to every patient, everyday, all year long, it’s a decent amount,” he said.

But there’s an upside.

“If it would mean more people are coming in then it makes up for it. You can charge more or do more,” said Aitken.

Dentist Jas Sandhu from Saby Dental in Red Deer would not say whether his office will lower its fees according to the guide.

“But it’s good to have the guideline to give us an idea as to where those fees should be around,” said Sandhu.

Albertans pay more for certain dental procedures than most provinces, according to a provincial review in 2016. The fee guidelines would empower them to strike a conversation with their dentists about the costs of services.

Aitken couldn’t agree more. He said families often struggle with fees, and it’s definitely a huge expense for them.

However, he would like to point out

a bigger problem. He said insurance maximums — the amount insurance companies pay annually — hasn’t changed.

He said most plans he comes across are $1,500 to $2,000 and some are as low as $600.

“Dental fees have gone up keeping in line with inflation, but insurance maximums haven’t,” he said.

Sarah Hoffman, Minister of Health said the provincial government is making sure dental health is affordable and transparent in Alberta.

“I’ve heard from seniors and parents worried about creeping costs and the affordability of dental care,” said Hoffman.

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Friday, November 24, 2017

MARCHING BAND

County rejects Royals fundraising request

BY LANA MICHELIN ADVOCATE STAFF

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he Red Deer Royals are going back to the drawing board for fundraising ideas after their latest request for $200,000 was rejected by Red Deer County.

Ray McBeth, fundraising chair for the Red Deer Royals Alumni Association, said he’s disappointed to receive a letter stating that county council regrets turning down the funding request for the new field house at St. Joseph’s High School, but there are many good causes to support within the county.

McBeth doesn’t understand this position, since the field house is the Red Deer Royals’ permanent home and 25 to 30 per cent of young musicians in the concert and marching band reside in Red Deer County.

The County also has a precedent for recognizing, through funding contributions, county residents’ use of other facilities within the City of Red Deer — including recreation centres and Red Deer College. “They’re going to do what they’re going to do, but it doesn’t mean we have to agree with it,� added McBeth, who admitted it’s been a tough slog to raise the final $600,000 towards the Royals’ portion of field house costs in this rough economy.

The group came up with $2.1 million of its $2.7 million field house contribution through a decade of bottle drives, golf tournaments and other charity events. Fundraising for the project was expected to wrap up by Dec. 30, but the Royals had to request

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The Red Deer Royals are going back to the drawing board for fundraising ideas after their latest request for $200,000 was rejected by Red Deer County. an extension from its partner in the project, the Red Deer Catholic School Division.

McBeth praised Red Deer North MLA Kim Schreiner for helping the group attain $125,000 in matching grants from the provincial Community Enhancement Fund, and Red Deer Mayor Tara Veer for assisting the

group in receiving a $250,000 from the City of Red Deer.

He’s still hoping to get some funding help from Red Deer South MLA Barb Miller.

Meanwhile, Red Deer MP Blaine Calkins has hauled 1,100 letters from area residents who support the Red Deer Royals and its field house proj-

ect back to Ottawa with him. There’s no word yet on when Calkins plans to present the letters to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.

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Victims Services seeking volunteers If you’re looking to give back in meaningful ways by volunteering, Red Deer RCMP Victim Services Unit (VSU) might just be what you’re looking for.

“It takes a special person to work with victims of crime or of tragic events,” says Const. Holly Erb, Victim Services co-ordinator for Red Deer RCMP. “It’s a great fit for those who have a knack for caring and want to make a difference in the lives of their fellow Red Deerians.”

VSU staff and volunteers are hosting a volunteer information session to learn more about the volunteer positions Monday. The event starts at 6 p.m. in the community room at the Red Deer RCMP downtown detachment.

The event would be one hour and include a presentation on the role of victim services advocates followed by an opportunity to ask questions and talk with staff and volunteers.

The hope is for potential volunteers to find out if the volunteer roles would be the right fit for them.

Victim Services advocates are screened for suitability, and they are required to go through enhanced RCMP security clearance. They receive specialized training to help victims of crime or trauma. Their jobs would include assisting with next-of-kin notifications and providing information on government forms. They would help with financial benefits and offer guidance and support and community referrals as the victims navigate through the criminal justice system.

“If you volunteer with Victim Services, you’ll be trained to offer professional, compassionate and confidential services to victims of crime and trauma,” said Erb. “Advocates work closely with RCMP and provide an essential service to the community.”

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Youth shelter to expand by three beds The 49th Street Youth Shelter will expand by three beds in January to become a 12-bed shelter to help more youth in crisis.

Youth HQ executive director Jacquie Boyd said the shelter is becoming a no-barrier program that will welcome all youth, age 12 to 17, who need a safe place to go.

“By having no barriers, we allow more individuals to access more services. Now we can provide shelter for any and all youth in need,” Boyd said Thursday.

Most of the funding to operate the shelter comes from the province through Children’s Services and the department has been a big supporter of the expansion and no-barrier service model, she said.

“This has been in the works for a little while. We’ve been able to bring up all of our standards to get the permit required for 12 beds.”

She said a fire alarm system throughout the Youth HQ building was required for the expansion and has been installed. Space at the shelter will be utilized in a different way to make room for the additional beds.

The shelter opened in 1992 and increased to nine beds in 1998.

So far this year there have been more admissions to the shelter compared to 2016. This year, admissions have reached 223 and 83 youth have been served. In 2016, there were 142 admissions and 81 youth served.

Boyd expects even more youth will use the shelter when it expands.

“We are going to make a concerted effort to communicate with our target population, these youth in crisis, to let them know there is a safe option for them.”

Man injured during Innisfail home invasion A man received a head injury when he was attacked in his Innisfail home by two suspects early Thursday morning.

Innisfail RCMP say the injury was non-life-threatening.

Police were called to an Innisfail home on 37A Street for a reported home invasion around 1 a.m.

Police say two unknown men with covered faces entered the home through an unlocked basement window and assaulted the man.

The victim’s mother interrupted the attack, and the two men fled the scene in a white truck.

Police describe the first suspect as a short man with a thin build and pale white skin. He wore a balaclava and all black clothing.

The second suspect is a short man with a thin build and pale white skin.

He has short dirty blond hair, wore a black rag over his face and a ball cap.

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Andre Lemus, owner of Las Palmeras in Red Deer, pours some salsa on a taco at the Taste of Red Deer Thursday night at Westerner Park. The event is a part of the Festival of Trees, which runs until Sunday.

Police continue to investigate.

They say it does not appear to be a random attack, and there is no safety concern for the general public at this time.

Anyone with information about this incident is asked to contact the Innisfail RCMP at 403-227-3342, or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477, or online at www.tipsubmit.com.

Administration completes overhaul of sign bylaw A half-kilometre buffer zone could separate billboards in Red Deer under proposed changes to the land use bylaw.

In the works for months, the city administration has completed its suggested overhaul of Red Deer’s sign bylaw and council will give first reading to the amendments.

Included in the proposed changes is a new 500-metre radius between billboards in the city. If approved, the amendment will be open to public consultation up until the public hearing, which would take place at the Dec. 11 council meeting.

According to a release from the city, the sign part of the city’s land use bylaw is the first to be reviewed as part of a multi-year review of the bylaw.

Other proposed changes would regulate where signs and billboards can be placed, create a minimum distance from residential areas and the size of billboards. It will also limit the number of signs in the city.

According to the city, the proposal would “reduce distraction and clutter, especially near residential areas.

“It also suggests clarity around rules and process to make things easier for businesses, as well as more flexibility for new sign trends.”

Since April, input has come from the sign industry, business community and general public to shape the amendment through public events, one-on-one meetings, surveys and opportunities on the city’s website.

Anyone wanting to read the draft bylaw and submit their input can do so by visiting www.reddeer.ca/lub.

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Copies may also be picked up after Dec. 1 at City Hall, 4914 48th Ave.; the Collicutt Centre, 3031 30th Ave.; Culture Services Centre, 3827 39th St.; G.H. Dawe Community Centre, 56 Holt St., and the Recreation Centre, 4501 47A Ave. The guide will also be available on the city’s website starting Nov. 27 at 8 a.m.

Registration for all city programs in the guide starts at 8 a.m. Dec. 5. It can be done online at www.reddeer. ca/looknbook, by calling 403-309-8411, or in person at the Collicutt Centre, G.H. Dawe Community Centre or the Recreation Centre.

Winter Activity Guide available soon

International Day of Persons with Disabilities will be celebrated Dec. 3 at the Collicutt Centre.

Capabilities Connection of Central Alberta Association will host the fourhour event, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., and provide information on available resources, along with three prize draws.

Everyone is invited to sign a banner in recognition of the day that will be displayed at The Hub on Ross.

To help Red Deerians keep moving in winter, the city has released its guide with activities and programs.

The 2018 Winter Activity Guide will be delivered to Red Deer County homes Nov. 30 and Red Deer homes

International Day of Persons with Disabilities celebrated Dec. 3

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UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE

Professor accused of anti-Semitic views reinstated

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ETHBRIDGE — A professor accused of espousing anti-Semitic views has been reinstated at the University of Lethbridge in Alberta.

The university confirmed in an email Thursday that Anthony Hall is no longer suspended, but wouldn’t comment further.

The board of governors and the faculty association also ANTHONY HALL said in a brief, joint statement that issues around Anthony Hall’s activities will be addressed in the context of the faculty handbook, but they didn’t explain how that would be done.

Hall, a tenured professor who has taught Native American studies, liberal education and globalization over his 26 years at the university, was suspended in October 2016 following comments he made in online articles and videos suggesting there was a Zionist connection to the 9/11 attacks

and that the events of the Holocaust should be up for debate.

He maintains the issue is academic freedom and that he should be allowed to promote his work as he sees fit.

B’nai Brith Canada says it’s outraged by the decision and blames the Alberta NDP government, saying it passed bills that strengthened the faculty association’s position in the matter.

“Premier Notley and her government bear direct responsibility for placing a discredited conspiracy theorist back in a university classroom,” Michael Mostyn, CEO of B’nai Brith Canada, said in a news release.

“We repeatedly warned the government of the likely outcome of its actions, but they sadly chose to ignore our warnings and expose Alberta university students to anti-Semitism and discrimination instead.

“Despite this setback, we expect the University of Lethbridge to continue fighting anti-Semitism on campus, and to do whatever it takes to ensure that Hall has no podium for his unhinged anti-Semitic nonsense.”

In May, a law came into effect bringing post-secondary academic staff under the Labour Relations Code instead of the Post-Secondary Learning Act.

CALGARY

BeaverTails apologizes to food writer over trademark flap

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ALGARY — A trademark flap over a popular deepfried Canadian treat has reached a conclusion.

BeaverTails Pastry in Montreal has apologized to a Calgary food writer who renamed her homemade version — twice — when the company complained.

Julie Van Rosendaal posted her recipe on her blog Dinner with Julie” around Canada Day last year.

She knew the confection — an oval slab of deep-fried dough often sprinkled with cinnamon sugar or slathered in chocolate hazelnut spread — has been trademarked since BeaverTails was founded in Ottawa in 1978. She thought she would avoid any trouble by giving credit to the company in her

post and linking to its website.

“I kind of thought it was good publicity,” she said.

Shortly after, however, lawyers for BeaverTails contacted her and complained, so Van Rosendaal changed the name of her recipe to Beaver Doughnuts.

But earlier this week, she heard again from the lawyers, who said that having the word “beaver” in the name for her doughy recipe was still confusing to consumers.

“That, I thought, was silly. I can see that they have, obviously, a trademark on BeaverTails, but the word beaver?”

She was asked to change the name to something more generic. The best she could come up with was Canadian Semiaquatic Rodent Posterior Doughnuts.

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Leadership candidate walks back abortion comment

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EGINA — A candidate for premier of Saskatchewan is walking back his anti-abortion comments while some female politicians and women’s groups say abortion should no longer be up for political debate.

Saskatchewan Party legislature member Ken Cheveldayoff told The Canadian Press on Wednesday that he believes life begins at conception and that abortions should be restricted only to women whose lives are in jeopardy. He was then asked about victims of sexual assault.

“No,” he said. ”I think it’s when the life of the mother is in jeopardy —that’s where I would draw the line.”

On Thursday, he released a statement saying he wanted to clarify his comments. He said “in jeopardy” reflects factors other than health.

“Let me be very clear — I believe that any victim of sexual assault has the right to make the choice to have an abortion or not,” he said. “I have the utmost respect for women … I understand there are circumstances where abortion is necessary.”

Cheveldayoff, a former minister of parks, culture and sport, is one of the leading candidates to replace Brad

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Ken Cheveldayoff, former minister of parks, culture and sport.

Wall, who is retiring after a decade as premier. A new leader for the Sask.

Party is to be chosen Jan. 27.

Cheveldayoff and two other male candidates — former environment minister Scott Moe and former Conservative MP Rob Clarke — recently talked about their anti-abortion views with the Ottawa-based group Right Now, which is dedicated to electing anti-abortion politicians. The interviews were posted online.

Moe talked about supporting a caucus discussion on parental noti-

fication for youth seeking abortions.

Clarke, who is Indigenous, said his culture doesn’t support abortion.

In question period Thursday, Wall said the province’s stance on abortion hasn’t changed and it is largely a federal issue.

“There’s no contemplation of a change,” he said.

NDP Opposition Leader Nicole Sarauer said she was happy to hear Wall’s response but is worried that the men who want his job seem to be living in the 1950s.

“I worry about what the future looks like when (Wall) is gone,” she said.

The two women running to replace the premier didn’t respond to Right Now’s interview requests.

“I declined because this is not an issue in 2017,” said former social services minister Tina Beaudry-Mellor. Women she talks to are most concerned about jobs, education and domestic violence, she said.

“This is not a conversation that women in Saskatchewan want to go back to. We’ve moved on and frankly most men have also moved on.”

Alanna Koch, the premier’s former deputy minister, said in a statement that she supports a woman’s right to choose and, if she becomes premier, she won’t put abortion up for discussion.

Joyce Arthur, executive director of Abortion Rights Coalition of Canada, said she almost laughed when she heard that the male candidates had made anti-abortion comments.

“We’ve got three men talking as if their personal opinions should be a factor in whether women should have access to abortion. This issue was decided in 1988 by the Supreme Court,” she said. “It’s almost rather insulting.”

AFFORDABLE HOUSING

Housing plan designed to improve affordability, Duclos says

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TTAWA — The Liberal government’s vision for tackling homelessness and easing the crunch in affordable housing deliberately focuses spending on building and finding homes for low-income Canadians, rather than putting cash into more shelter space, says the minister in charge of the file.

The idea behind the government’s plan — spending billions first to build up Canada’s stock of affordable housing, and later to provide direct benefits to tenants, rather than spending on shelters — is to ensure fewer Canadians remain or become homeless over time, Social Development Minister Jean-Yves Duclos said in an interview.

Such an approach will also help make private homes more affordable in markets like Vancouver by giving young Canadians, for example, more affordable rental options where few currently exist, Duclos added.

All of which is why the federal government sees the private sector as a key player in the housing strategy the Liberals unveiled Wednesday: governments and housing providers, Du-

clos said, can’t solve Canada’s affordable housing crisis by themselves.

“It’s through all of these measures that we think we’ll avoid having to depend so much on shelters and instead be able to provide homes for Canadians.”

The strategy’s focus on social, community and rental housing raised concerns from a youth advocacy group, Generation Squeeze, and two think tanks — the C.D. Howe Institute and the Macdonald-Laurier Institute — that the plan won’t ease affordability concerns in the hottest housing markets in the country.

Even though the plan makes reference to the study of further options, Duclos said he’s convinced the planned spending will cause a ripple effect in the price of housing across the country.

In places like Vancouver and Toronto, a lack of affordable rental options forces many to think their only option is home ownership, fuelling high and rising home prices, he said.

“When social housing is maintained, is grown and is modernized, it also means that pressures on the other segments of the housing continuum are decreased.”

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Monsef still waiting on citizenship paperwork

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TTAWA — More than a year after Maryam Monsef revealed she was not actually born in Afghanistan, as she had previously believed, the Liberal cabinet minister is still waiting for the government to update her documents.

“Just like everybody else, I’m waiting my turn,” the status of women minister said in an interview with The Canadian Press last week.

In September 2016, the Globe and Mail reported that Monsef, hailed by the Liberals as Canada’s first Afghan-born MP, was actually born in Mashhad, Iran, a city about 200 kilometres away from the border with Afghanistan.

At the time, Monsef said her parents fled Afghanistan as the security situation there deteriorated and that after her father was killed, her mother never discussed what the minister described as the unspeakable pain of those early years — until media inquiries prompted Monsef to press her for details.

“She told us she did not think it mattered,” Monsef said in a September 2016 statement. “We were Afghan citizens, as we were born to Afghan parents, and under Iranian law, we would not be considered Iranian citizens despite being born in that country.”

Monsef, who had listed her birthplace as Herat, Afghanistan, when she applied for a Canadian passport, promised she would take steps to fix the error. Since then, she has submitted documentation to Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada, but is still waiting for a resolution.

“There’s just nothing to tell,” said Monsef, who made it clear she did not wish to be questioned about it further. “I’m as Canadian as you are. The paperwork is done and when there is news, I will be sure to share it with you.”

Celia Canon, a spokeswoman for Monsef, did not answer follow-up questions about the matter, including whether Monsef was still travelling on a passport containing erroneous personal information.

The Immigration Department would not comment specifically on her

case, citing privacy reasons, but did outline the potential steps involved should someone need to correct their birthplace on their passport.

“The passport applicant must indicate the same place of birth that is on their birth certificate or citizenship document,” departmental spokesman Remi Lariviere wrote in a emailed statement.

“If there is an error in these documents, they must be corrected before submitting a passport application,” said Lariviere, noting the applicant would not be eligible to use the renewal process, and would instead have to make a general application.

As for what to do in the meantime, Lariviere said: “If individuals travel on a passport where information has changed, they may experience delays.”

Immigration lawyers say lengthy waits for new documents would not be surprising for such a complex situation.

Jamie Liew, an assistant law professor at the University of Ottawa, said given the high-profile nature of the case, government officials might be going above and beyond the usual

due diligence, or it could be simply be bureaucratic delay.

“It’s all speculation, but it isn’t uncommon for cases to take a long time to come to resolution,” said Liew, who specializes in immigration and refugee law.

Monsef’s mysterious origin story raised eyebrows when it first emerged, in part because at the time, the Liberal government was still aggressively enforcing a Conservative law that could strip naturalized Canadian citizens of their status without a hearing, despite having campaigned against it.

Immigration lawyers have pointed out that if her place of birth was also misrepresented on her refugee claim, and subsequently on her applications for permanent residency and citizenship, it could be grounds for revocation of citizenship — even if it was the result of an innocent mistake.

“There is discretion and it’s hard to imagine that would happen in her case, but clients of ours that are maybe less advantageously positioned, they would be vulnerable to that,” said Daniel Kingwell, an immigration lawyer based in Toronto.

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Trump’s ideas on autos are not so ridiculous

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hen it comes to the North American Free Trade Agreement, much of what Donald Trump says makes sense.

I know it’s unpopular in Canada to say this. Trump is usually portrayed here as a dangerous loon, whose protectionist views risk throwing the world back into recession – or worse.

During the latest round of NAFTA talks this week, Mexican and Canadian negotiators treated core U.S. proposals as so stupid that they refused to discuss them.

Instead, as The Canadian Press reported, they insisted that the American side explain in detail how its plans would work.

One Canadian industry figure mocked as absurd U.S. suggestions to toughen up so-called rules of origin in auto manufacturing, noting that in the case of plastic parts, this would require knowing where the petroleum feedstock came from, which in turn would require knowing when and where the dinosaurs died.

In fact, I suspect skilled trade negotiators could draft regulations as to which auto parts are deemed North American without knowing anything about dinosaurs.

The essential point is that Trump’s negotiators in these three-way talks between Canada, the U.S. and Mexico want autos that have been accorded the privilege of moving duty-free throughout North America to be substantially manufactured in this continent.

To that end, they would raise the

minimum North American content in autos from 62.5 to 85 per cent.

The big car companies say this is far too high. But then they would.

They would prefer to buy as many of their parts as possible from low-wage suppliers in China and South-East Asia.

For North American auto and steel workers, however, higher content rules could be a benefit.

The point here is not that Trump’s 85 per cent is the right number. It is that his insistence on more North American content is not ridiculous.

Nor is his insistence that auto production be tied somehow to auto sales. That was the theory behind the 1965 auto pact between Canada and the U.S. Trump’s version would require 50 per cent of all NAFTA-qualifying autos to be manufactured in the U.S. It’s a way to staunch the flood of auto manufacturing jobs to low-wage Mexico.

Again, the 50 per cent number might be wrong. But the idea is not.

On it goes. Canadians, particularly those on the left, have long denounced NAFTA’s Chapter 11, which gives foreign businesses the right to challenge sovereign governments before so-called investor-state dispute settlement panels.

It has been used successfully numerous times by U.S. firms unhappy with Canadian law.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau would keep some version of Chapter 11. Trump would allow governments to opt out.

For critics of NAFTA, Trump’s is obviously the better option. Yet I don’t see him getting much praise.

The U.S. and Canada are also at loggerheads over Chapter 19, which allows NAFTA countries to challenge one another’s trade practices before an independent panel.

It’s not a strong chapter. The panels are authorized only to determine whether countries are following their own laws.

But Trump wants to axe Chapter 19 anyway, calling it an affront to U.S. sovereignty. Canada, meanwhile, has chosen to treat this part of NAFTA as a deal breaker and has threatened to walk away if it is killed.

I am not sure who is more irrational here: Trudeau for his insistence on keeping a provision that doesn’t mean that much or Trump for his insistence on removing it.

Finally, Trump would introduce a sunset clause whereby the treaty would automatically expire after five years.

I can see why he wants this. It would keep Canada and Mexico on their best behaviour.

Similarly, I can see why Canada and Mexico are desperately opposed.

Canada has called this, too, a deal breaker.

Maybe NAFTA will founder on the sunset clause. Maybe Canada and the U.S. will eventually hammer out far less ambitious trade arrangements in, say, agricultural products and autos.

That shouldn’t bother too much those Canadians who never wanted NAFTA in the first place. And it certainly won’t bother the left’s most unlikely ally in this matter: Donald Trump.

Thomas Walkom is a national affairs writer.

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Girl Scouts of the USA are spot on about hugs

BY EMMA TEITEL ADVOCATE NEWS SERVICES

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f you Googled “Girl Scouts USA” recently, you may be under the impression that the youth organization is staunchly opposed to hugs. This is what happens when online backlash to an idea grows so big it dwarfs and obscures the idea itself, until news outlets publish tweets like this: “No more hugs: Girl Scouts give unexpected warning to parents amid growing sex assault scandals.”

Well no, not exactly. In reality, Girl Scouts USA has not issued a warning against hugs, nor has it prohibited hugs in any way shape or form. On the contrary, the youth organization has issued a statement discouraging the practice of forced hugs, in other words, discouraging parents from forcing their daughters into hugs with relatives or family friends when it’s obvious their kids are uncomfortable.

There’s a very good reason Girl Scouts USA is doing this and it’s not

because they want to validate the popular complaint among children that “old people smell funny.” It’s because forcing kids to hug people they don’t want to hug may give them a warped perception of consent.

In the organization’s own words, from a statement published to its website earlier this month: “Telling your child that she owes someone a hug either just because she hasn’t seen this person in a while or because they gave her a gift can set the stage for her questioning whether she ‘owes’ another person any type of physical affection when they’ve bought her dinner or done something else seemingly nice for her later in life. Give your girl the space to decide when and how she wants to show affection. Of course, many children may naturally want to hug and kiss family members, friends and neighbours, and that’s lovely - but if your daughter is reticent, don’t force her. Of course, this doesn’t give her licence to be rude!”

As an alternative to forced hugs, Girl Scouts USA suggests hug-wary

kids smile at, high-five or “air kiss” their relatives. I’d recommend a firm handshake instead. It’s respectful, it’s dignified and it’s good practice if they decide to go into business one day.

However, not all parents are keen on these alternatives. In fact, thousands of them have taken to social media recently to express their frustration with what they believe is just another example of PC culture run amok, not to mention an overreaction to the avalanche of sexual assault and harassment stories in the news.

And I sympathize with them.

This isn’t cause to suspect everyone in your extended family circle of being a child predator. Rather, it’s a good reason to practice what we preach when it comes to consent.

If we tell kids to speak up if someone makes them feel uncomfortable we should be consistent with this message. To make an exception for a family member or a family friend muddies the message that kids have dominion over their own bodies. And this isn’t a message we want to muddy.

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find a child psychologist willing to be quoted in the media who opposes Girl Scouts USA’s position on hugs; most are strongly in favour of consensual affection no matter the context.

But there’s another reason a noforced-hugs policy is a healthy one.

Forced hugs aren’t just bad for kids.

They’re crappy for adults, too. A forced hug is like a forced apology.

It’s empty. It’s given begrudgingly and both parties involved know that there is no feeling there. This isn’t just an unpleasant experience for the kid in question – it’s awkward (or it should be) for the adult too.

The alternatives to forced hugs suggested above by Girl Scouts USA are a good way to help reserved kids be social without asking them to give too much of themselves too soon.

These alternatives are also a good way for adults to form bonds with the kids in their lives that are actually meaningful.

Better a heartfelt high five than a stiff and hollow, mandated hug.

Emma Teitel is a national affairs writer.

Letters to editor BOWER MALL EXPANSION I oppose any expansion to the Bower Place Mall. The mall’s last redevelopment has created traffic hazards and parking problems. Commercial development in the Bower area must stop.

There is no need for further commercial footage with much commercial development within blocks.

Council should also look after the interests of residents.

There is already an empty two-storey retail space in the mall. Use it. The mall has been economical for years as is. The area in question was originally two storeys. It was changed to one storey during a redevelopment and to meet the required number of parking spots. How can adding a second storey fit the parking rules now. Making two storeys with the same floor area/ number of parking spots area does not make sense economically. Last time the parking lot was “realigned” to get the required number of spots.

“Realigned” meant smaller, difficult parking spots. If the number of spots were not available then, how are they

magically available now? Would new “realignment” mean smaller parking spots?

Planning this proposed development took time. The announcement was just after the election of a new council. Was it thought that a new council may be more receptive to this change? New councillors must follow the same rules and have concerns for residential areas. They need knowledge of the history of the area and stand up for what is right.

The drawings are dated Nov. 1. The letter is dated Nov. 6. Comments to be in by Friday. Months to plan this redevelopment, but residents are only given two weeks to assemble information and reply, on an issue which will affect their property values and standard of life forever. This is unrealistic.

Council has already imposed enough massive changes surrounding the Bower community.

Wayne Rumohr, Red Deer

OPERATING BUDGET We understand that (council) will be soon deliberating our city’s 2018 operating budget. These are challenging economic times for many businesses, individuals and families in our community.

The Red Deer Taxpayers’ Association would be grateful if we could be granted an opportunity, in open chambers, to make a 20 minute power point presentation (with perhaps 10 minutes for questions thereafter) in respect of challenges and trends in respect of our city’s operating expenditures impacting our city’s taxpayers.

This presentation will be respectful and fact focused.

Last year, we also made this request, and council was unable to do so because there was no formal time being set aside for public budget presentations. This year, we are sending this request early to provide adequate time for this time to be set aside.

Having attended the city’s “open houses” on the budget and participated in private meetings with a minority

of council members, it does not provide the opportunity to raise fiscal accountability concerns in an accountable venue, as a matter of the public record, otherwise availed by an open chambers presentation and frank discussion respecting the efficient use of taxpayer monies.

This council has the authority to enable our city’s Taxpayers’ Association to make this short presentation, and it would reflect well on this council if it was open to hearing a diversity of views on the facts, even if those views challenge the views of some members of city council and city administration.

Diverse viewpoints can lead to better decisions for our city, an objective surely we all share.

Being mindful of council’s busy schedules, please let us know of a 30 minute time that would work, and we will strive to accommodate.

Jason Stephan, president of Red Deer Taxpayers’ Association

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‘We need to get our stories straight’ MILLARD TOLD GIRLFRIEND IN LETTER: WITNESS

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ORONTO — Dellen Millard advised his girlfriend in letters later seized by police on what to say if she was ever called to testify about a young Toronto woman who disappeared five years ago, court heard Thursday.

Retired Hamilton police officer Richard Floriani told the first-degree murder trial of Millard and Mark Smich that he seized dozens of letters on April 10, 2014 at Christina Noudga’s house written by her boyfriend, Millard.

Millard and Smich are accused of killing Laura Babcock, 23, and burning her remains in a massive animal incinerator in the summer of 2012.

The Crown alleges that Babcock was killed because she became the odd woman out in a love triangle with Millard and Noudga.

“Whatever it is you believe it needs to be put aside, this is what happened,” Millard wrote in one of the letters shown in court.

“I told you Laura was over doing coke with Mark in the basement. We went to say hi to them. You saw her alive with Mark. There was coke on

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Marlena Meneses poses beside a Cadillac owned by Dellen Millard with a device known as ‘The Eliminator’ in the background in a court exhibit photo released at the Laura Babcock murder trial in Toronto. the bar.”

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“Later when she was reported missing, you asked me if I knew anything,” Millard wrote. “I told you that Mark had told me that she had OD’d, probably from mixing her prescriptions with Mark’s coke.”

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In another letter, Millard appeared to reverse course.

“That stuff I wrote before about seeing Mark and someone partying in the basement, that was just brainstorming, forget it,” he wrote.

“Destroy this letter — to protect me.”

He compared the Toronto police investigation to a coming storm.

“The investigations of the Toronto police are that north front approaching. It may seem like I’ll be blown against the jagged rocks of an unkind jury,” Millard wrote.

In another letter Millard wanted Noudga to become his “secret agent.”

“To get out of this bind I need help.

I won’t ask you to give testimony that can be disproved. We need to get our stories straight, I need to know what you’re willing to do…You said you wanted to be a secret agent, be mine? …here’s your chance to be a covert operative. Help could be testimony or other things, like secretly delivering a message. Just staying quiet has been an immense help already.”

He signed off that letter by saying: “I love you. I am not afraid.”

Millard and Smich have pleaded not guilty in Babcock’s murder. Her body has not been found.

With the submission of the letters, the Crown finished its case against the pair.

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tudents at Red Deer College will now enjoy a five-day fall reading break after requesting the change.

The college agreed to extend the break to five days from three days starting in October 2019.

More than 86 per cent of RDC students voted yes to extend the break when the Students’ Association of Red Deer College conducted a plebiscite during the spring executive elections this year.

After the vote, the students’ association made a formal request to the college.

“The students’ association is pleased Red Deer College recognizes the value of a fall semester break as a way for students to rest and regroup for the final part of the term,” said Kass Scholze, association president.

Paulette Hanna, vice-president academic at RDC, said the college considered the results from the plebiscite and conducted its own research.

“Research was indicating what students were asking for was really something we needed to consider, and we were happy to be able to fit it in,” said Hanna.

Research also showed the best time for a break was Thanksgiving or the third week in October.

She said research shows the first six weeks when school starts are “really difficult” and students need a way to destress.

Because the academic schedules are set two years in advance, the fiveday reading break will start in 2019 for the 2019-2020 school year.

The fall break will allow students to cope with stress and maintain their mental well-being while not being burdened by the pressures of post-secondary studies. It is believed this will lead to improved mental health, higher retention and a healthier student experience, states a students’ association release.

Hanna said the break would help students reconnect and destress.

Those who live far from home would be able to reconnect with their families.

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MURDER TRIAL

Jury shown video of compost bin allegedly used to dispose of body

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ALIFAX — A Halifax murder trial was shown a video Thursday of a man rolling a compost bin that was allegedly used to dump an off-duty police officer’s body after she was strangled.

The Crown has alleged Christopher Garnier killed Truro police Const.

Catherine Campbell at an apartment on McCully Street in the early hours of Sept. 11, 2015, and used a green bin to dispose of her body near Halifax’s Macdonald Bridge.

RCMP Sgt. Charla Keddy told the jury Thursday that she reviewed surveillance footage from a business near the apartment, where the jury has heard Garnier was staying with a friend.

She said the video from the parking lot of Soma Vein and Laser on Agricola Street shows a man leaving from the area of the backyard of the apartment shortly before 5 a.m.

“You see him returning, dragging a green bin, walking towards the back of the (McCully Street apartment),” said Keddy.

Keddy said the blurry figure in shorts and a T-shirt is then seen pulling the compost bin away from the same area a few minutes later, rolling it down a driveway and across Agricola Street towards North Street.

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Christopher Calvin Garnier, right, charged with second-degree murder in the death of Truro police officer Const. Catherine Campbell, arrives at Nova Supreme Court with family members in Halifax Tuesday. pears to bend down in the driveway, pick something up and throw it onto the roof of a building next door. A previous witness testified to finding a silver jewelry chain on the roof of a business on Agricola Street.

She also described seeing what she believed to be a mattress in the area of the McCully Street backyard in the video.

Members of Campbell’s family wiped away tears as the jury was

TORONTO

Activists applaud vote to remove cops from schools

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ORONTO — A group of activists called on the Ontario government to ban the practice of stationing uniformed police officers at high schools across the province after the Toronto District School Board voted to permanently end the program.

The decision by the country’s largest school board to scrap the controversial School Resource Officer program was met with loud applause Wednesday night. The vote came a little more than a week after TDSB staff released a report recommending the elimination of the program because it left some students feeling intimidated or uncomfortable.

Phillip Morgan, a member of Education Not Incarceration, called the decision “a huge victory” that has been 10 years in the making.

“It has been years of writing to trustees, teach-ins, public deputations and various other strategies to get the TDSB to listen to folks who

have found themselves most harmed by the SRO program,” Morgan said Thursday at a news conference with several other community organizations.

“We know that with the TDSB there has been a history of racism and discrimination, we know that with policing in Toronto there is also a history of racism and discrimination, so the folks who find themselves at the intersection of these two institutions through the SRO program have been particularly affected.”

Morgan said there is still work left to do because the program is in place at the Toronto Catholic District School Board and other school boards in the province.

“This is an important first step, but not the last step,” he said.

In an email Thursday, Toronto Catholic District School Board spokeswoman Emmy Szekeres Milne said the SRO program will continue to operate in its 21 schools across the city.

shown the video.

Keddy never identified the person in the video as Garnier.

The 29-year-old man has pleaded not guilty to second-degree murder and interfering with a dead body.

Earlier Thursday, a detective testified he saw what he suspected to be blood droplets in the McCully Street apartment.

Halifax Regional Police Det. Const. Marshall Hewitt said he photo-

graphed apparent blood droplets on surfaces including the floor, wall and baseboard.

The Nova Scotia Supreme Court jury was shown more than 150 photographs of various angles of the flat, which police had obtained a warrant to search.

Previous witnesses have testified Garnier and Campbell met at the downtown Halifax Alehouse early that morning before leaving at around 3:30 a.m.

A cab driver testified Thursday he sensed “tension” between a man and a woman he picked up in downtown Halifax early that morning and drove to McCully Street.

Cab driver Simon Zakarias told the jury the pair — it was never established during his testimony that they were specifically Garnier and Campbell — flagged him down.

“I felt a tension,” said Zakarias, adding that he deducted this based on his experience driving cabs.

Under cross examination by defence lawyer Joel Pink, Zakarias conceded he could not hear what the two were saying to each other, so could not say for sure whether there was tension between them.

The jury also heard from Shaun Kenney, who worked as a warehouse manager at K & D Pratt Group Inc., an equipment distribution company.

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ROHINGYA

Time to restrict travel of Myanmar military: Axworthy

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TTAWA — Myanmar’s military elite need to have their wings clipped by targeted United Nations travel sanctions in order to discourage the continued ethnic cleansing of Rohingya Muslims, says former foreign affairs minister Lloyd Axworthy.

“We’re talking about targeting specific people, particularly in the military,” said Axworthy, the chair of the Canadian-based World Refugee Council, which is working with the UN to reform the global refugee system.

“A lot of these guys like to fly off to Bangkok and get a new suit or something. I’m not being facetious,” Axworthy said in an interview. “A restricted-travel sanction would be very effective for a lot of the elites in Myanmar.”

Axworthy, a former Liberal foreign affairs minister under Jean Chretien, called on Canada to lead a diplomatic push for sanctions through its diplomats at the UN and in missions across Asia.

The current Liberal government, which has dispatched special envoy Bob Rae and International Development Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau to the region, suggested Thursday it

OTTAWA — Canada will spend $35 million over five years to help Bangladesh address the needs of women and girls as the country deals with a massive influx of Rohingya Muslims from Myanmar.

International Development Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau announced the new spending — to be directed through United Nations agencies — from Bangladesh, where she was getting a first-hand look at the crisis that has seen more than 620,000 Rohingya flee Myanmar since August.

The new Canadian spending comes as Myanmar and Bangladesh signed an agreement earlier today was open to the idea.

“We continue to consider all options at our disposal to press Myanmar on this issue, including potential sanctions,” said Adam Austen, a spokesman for Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland.

“The responsibility for ending the ethnic cleansing in Myanmar falls squarely on that country’s military leadership and its civilian government — these are crimes against humanity.”

Axworthy also poured cold water

that would allow for the return of the Rohingya.

However, the government of Myanmar announced no details of the plan, which was immediately criticized by Amnesty International.

Bibeau visited women and children in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, currently the epicentre of the world’s most pressing humanitarian crisis.

It started when the Myanmar army began what it calls clearance operations in response an attack by a group of Rohingya insurgents, an offensive that many have said amounts to ethnic cleansing. on an agreement announced Thursday between Myanmar and Bangladesh to return the hundreds of thousands of Rohingya who fled a military purge of their northern Rakhine state.

The government of Myanmar announced no details of the plan, which was immediately criticized by Amnesty International. Refugees in Bangladesh have said their homes were set on fire by soldiers and Buddhist mobs; some reported being shot at by security forces.

“It sounds to me like they’re

talking about camps, and concentration camps and things of that kind,” Axworthy said.

Austen said Thursday that Canada is trying to learn more about the proposal “to ensure that it is in good faith, feasible, and, most importantly, that refugees will not face further persecution upon their return.”

Canada will spend $35 million over five years to help Bangladesh address the needs of women and girls as the country deals with a massive influx of Rohingya Muslims from Myanmar.

Bibeau announced the new spending — to be directed through United Nations agencies — on Thursday from Bangladesh, where she was getting a first-hand look at the crisis that has seen more than 620,000 Rohingya flee Myanmar since August.

Bibeau visited women and children in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, currently the epicentre of the world’s most pressing humanitarian crisis.

It started when the Myanmar army began what it calls clearance operations in response an attack by a group of Rohingya insurgents, an offensive that many have since characterized as ethnic cleansing.

On Wednesday, the United States did just that, threatening penalties for Myanmar military officers involved in the crackdown.

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Trudeau targets income inequality, tax evasion in speech

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HARLOTTETOWN — Justin Trudeau took on the role of critic of Canada’s wealthiest citizens on Thursday, putting income inequality and tax evasion at the centre of a speech that reflected on the prospects for the Canadian Confederation.

The prime minister was speaking at Charlottetown’s Confederation Centre, near the site where Canadian politicians hammered out the outlines of a future nation in 1867.

Trudeau said that on the country’s 150th anniversary, the promise of progress has become increasingly elusive.

Despite a strong economy, he said “not everyone is getting a share of that success” as Canadians struggle to find jobs that pay a living wage.

Over the past three decades, he said most Canadians saw their incomes grow by less than one per cent a year in real terms while the wealthiest — “less than one tenth of a per cent of the population” — saw their incomes nearly triple.

“We have to tell the truth about income inequality and what it means

for Canadians,” he said.

“We’re Canadian and we’re polite and we don’t like to talk too much about money because it might make someone uncomfortable.”

He added: “As uncomfortable as it might be to talk about it, it’s a lot more uncomfortable to live it.”

Trudeau said top earners bear some responsibility for rising income disparity and called on business leaders to look beyond the shortterm interests of shareholders to the long-term responsibility they have to workers to provide long-term contracts, decent incomes and training.

It’s unfair parents are forced to decide whether they can afford winter boots for their children while the CEO at their company gets a million-dollar bonus, he said.

Simple values of sharing and caring for neighbours are needed to continue the country’s success, said the prime minister.

He pointed to a Prince Edward Island couple that help clear the snow for their neighbours every winter, and says being there for each other and helping neighbours is the Canadian way.

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SEARS CANADA

Regulator investigating liquidation sale prices: monitor

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ORONTO — The Competition Bureau is investigating allegations that prices on some merchandise were marked up ahead of the liquidation sales at Sears Canada that began last month, the court-appointed monitor overseeing the retailer says.

The monitor’s seventh report to Ontario Superior Court says the federal competition watchdog sent letters on Nov. 8 to the liquidators inquiring about the allegations that certain merchandise was marked up.

A Competition Bureau spokeswoman said Thursday that the agency can’t comment or confirm any ongoing investigation.

But under federal law, she wrote in an email, consumers should not be misled by references to inflated regular prices and “doesn’t make any distinctions between retailers and liquidators or the nature of the promotional event.”

For example, Amazon.com.ca Inc. agreed in January to pay a $1 million penalty and $100,000 towards costs after the bureau determined the online retailer hadn’t verified the accuracy of “list price” information provided by its suppliers.

The bureau also works to achieve “voluntary” compliance with the act “through various types of communication to businesses or individuals in specific matters before, during and/or following an investigation.”

A spokesman for Sears Canada told The Canadian Press that the company didn’t have a comment about a CBC News report on Thursday that said it had spoken with a Sears Canada employee who said he was ordered to mark up prices shortly after liquidation sales began on Oct. 19.

A call and emails to one of the Sears Canada liquidators were not answered Thursday.

Sears Canada has been under court protection

Uber hack latest example of why vigilance required to keep your wallet safe OTTAWA — When Doug Hoyes had his credit card information stolen, fraudsters used it to pay for three taxi rides in Toronto.

He wasn’t in that city, but discovered the charges while routinely checking his card transactions online and notified his bank, which cancelled the card.

Hoyes, a licensed insolvency trustee, says the incident illustrates the importance for individuals to keep a watchful eye on their statements in a world where financial information can be stolen in a myriad of ways.

“I realize that the bank will probably cover you anyways, so you’re not going to lose any money, but do you really want to wait until they’ve used up your credit limit and you’re trying to put gas in your car and you can’t because you’re over your limit?”

Earlier this week, ride-hailing company Uber came clean about a year-old hack that compromised the data of 57 million Uber riders. The information stolen included names, email addresses and mobile phone numbers. The number of Canadians affected was not immediately known.

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A store closing sign is shown on a Sears store at the Oakville Place mall in Oakville, Ont., west of Toronto, Thursday. The Competition Bureau is investigating allegations that prices on some merchandise was marked up ahead of the liquidation sales at Sears Canada that began last month, the court-appointed monitor overseeing the retailer says. since June and began the process of liquidating its remaining stores in October after failing to find a buyer.

After the sales began, several customers posted pictures to social media suggesting prices had been

raised.

News of the security breach comes just two months after Equifax Inc. said some 145 million consumers —including roughly 8,000 Canadians — had personal data, and in some cases credit card details, stolen by hackers in a massive data breach earlier this year.

The thefts were the latest in what has become a regular occurrence of hackers breaking into systems and stealing customer information.

While individual pieces of information like the email addresses and mobile phone numbers that were taken in the Uber theft may seem innocuous on their own, when thieves combine it with other information that may be available elsewhere, it can spell trouble.

But even if you weren’t affected by the Uber or Equifax data breaches —or any others so far — you need to be vigilant because hacks are going to happen, he added.

“If you weren’t impacted by this one, you probably will be impacted by the next one.”

If your information is hacked, you need to change your passwords and your PINs to something that is not easily guessed, advises Lynne Santerre, a spokeswoman for the Financial Consumer Agency of Canada.

Santerre added that if you’ve been compromised you should also contact the major credit bureaus and ask for a fraud alert to be placed on

your file.

“That tells lenders to contact you before approving any application for credit in your name,” she said.

“So if anyone is trying to take out credit in your name, you’ll get a phone call and you’ll be able to confirm whether that application was yours.”

Hoyes noted that much of the job of securing your information online isn’t up to you, but rather the companies storing it. But, he added, there are still things you can do such as reviewing credit card transactions and cancelling any credit you don’t need.

Both Hoyes and Santerre recommend regularly checking your credit report with the two major agencies in Canada — Equifax and TransUnion.

Checking your credit report can tip you off if your information was stolen because you will see if there are any accounts you don’t know about that may have been opened fraudulently.

Hoyes also advised against giving out your social insurance number unless required because the more information that is out there, the more at risk you become.

If your card issuer offers you an alert service that sends you a message when your card is used, it can be a great way to keep an eye on charges.

But, Hoyes added, it’s not enough to rely on the fraud protection systems at your bank.

The joint-venture group running the liquidation includes Hilco Global, Gordon Brothers, Tiger Capital Group and Great American Group.

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Potent greenhouse gas methane could be cut for ‘near-zero’ cost: study

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TTAWA — Canada’s oilpatch could get a big head start on reducing emissions of a powerful greenhouse gas for a “near zero” cost, says an academic study on the price of methane reduction.

“Industry, as a whole, doesn’t suffer,” said David Tyner, a Carleton University professor whose analysis was presented recently at a conference in Ottawa on the issue.

The federal government and Alberta, with industry support, have announced plans to reduce methane emissions by up to 45 per cent by 2025. But the industry disagrees with government estimates of how much that would cost.

Methane is a greenhouse gas considered about 30 times more potent than carbon dioxide. Reducing emissions by sealing off leaks and other releases during energy extraction is considered to be one of the easiest and most cost-effective ways.

Alberta is still considering its approach, but Ottawa released draft regulations in the spring.

The Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers, which supports the reduction goal, has already

said the federal plan would cost many times more than Ottawa’s estimate of $1.7 billion over 18 years.

It says thousands of jobs are at risk if the regulations are poorly drafted.

The issue became murkier recently when new research suggested that Canada’s actual methane emissions are twice what has been reported.

Tyner, who did the cost analysis with Carleton colleague Matthew Johnson, said reported emissions could be significantly brought down at a minimal cost and, in turn, reduce the overall cost of tackling unreported releases.

“The costs are potentially significant,” Johnson said. “But if we’re getting more than our share from … reported (emissions) — and it’s really not costing much of anything — then maybe that takes some of the overall cost burden away.”

Release of about 250,000 tonnes of methane is reported every year in Alberta. That’s equivalent to emissions from more than one million passenger cars.

Johnson and Tyner considered about 9,400 oil sites in their study, including individual heavy oil wells pumping away in farmers’ fields to large oil batteries.

They looked at the cost for a range of mitigation

methods such as capturing methane and directing it into a pipeline or burning it in a flare.

They concluded those methods could reduce Alberta’s total methane releases from conventional oil and gas by about nine per cent for almost no cost, calculated over 10 years.

Including larger emissions improve the economics. Johnson and Tyner found methane releases could be cut by as much as one-third for an average cost to industry of roughly one dollar a tonne.

No site would have to pay more than $30 a tonne.

That’s in line with the eventual cost of carbon under Alberta’s carbon tax framework. A small number of sites actually would earn extra profit if their flared and vented gas were captured and sold.

Environment Canada says its proposed rules would cost about $3.3 billion over 18 years, offset by $1.6 billion in recovered and saleable gas.

Industry pegs the tab at $4.1 billion over eight years and says it needs greater flexibility on the rules to make methane reduction goals feasible.

Both estimates are based on reductions of reported and unreported emissions. Unreported releases — such as leaky valves — come during production and, until recently, have only been estimated.

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mma Holmes wouldn’t mind following in her brother’s footsteps.

Ben Holmes starred for the Lindsay Thurber Raiders boys’ volleyball team before joining the RDC Kings last season.

Emma is one of the premier players on the Raiders girls’ team and playing for the RDC Queens next seaDanny son is a strong possibility.

Although Queens head coach Chris Rode Wandler feels he has an excellent chance to get the five-foot-10 right side, Holmes said she’s not completely sure where she’ll end up, although RDC is high on her list.

“RDC would be good and it would be fun playing there while my brother is still there … and, of course, playing at home,” said the 17-year-old.

But first Emma and her LTCHS teammates are concentrating on the provincial 4A championships this weekend in Medicine Hat. Then there’s club volleyball and possibly beach volleyball.

Holmes is one of the top beach volleyball players in the province, playing last season for Team Alberta, finishing in the top 15 at the national U18 championships.

She got involved in the sport in Grade 6 at Central Middle School, playing with its JV program.

The following season, she was on its senior team and progressed from there.

She played indoor and beach in Grade 9 at LTCHS, and joined the LTCHS senior team in Grade 10.

While she indicated she likes the indoor game a bit more than beach, her time playing in the sand outdoors has helped develop her game.

“It helps my defensive game for sure as there’s only two on the court so have to be quick and read the play. You have to be ready for anything to happen.”

The Raiders are one of the top defensive teams in the province. The fact they have a number of players, who shine in the beach game, aides their quickness and agility.

“It helps for sure,” said Holmes, who believes the beach game has helped the offensive side of her game as well.

“You have to be able to score with a number of different shots,” she said.

Holmes not only helps the Raiders with her defence and ability to score, but blocks well and can play a number of different positions.

“I started in Grade 10 as a setter, played some left side in club and now right side,” she said. “I can play a lot of positions if they need me to.”

Emma prefers to play the right side, rather than setter and indicated if she attends RDC she would likely be used as an outside hitter.

But Holmes said she’ll continue to work on all aspects of her game.

“I’ll work on serve receive and passing … setting as well. Work on it all as it will make me a better player overall,” she said.

The Raiders went into the provincials, which opened Thursday, ranked second, back of Western Canada. They’ve defeated third ranked Jasper Place, and won the prestigious TVT Edmonton tournament.

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Queens win but need improvement: coach

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Queens 3 Trojans 1 f they hope to crowned champions this season, the RDC Queens will have to find another gear in the new year.

Head coach Kelly Coulter was not happy with his team’s preparedness and effort in a tight 3-1 victory over the SAIT Trojans Thursday night in Alberta College Athletic Conference women’s hockey action.

“Disappointed in the effort. I thought we didn’t look like we could execute and definitely didn’t look like we could skate. Thankfully Tracie (Kikuchi) was there to backstop us and we got some goals put in the net,” Coulter said.

“We need to be prepared to play and that has to start at the puck drop and unfortunately tonight I thought it was a poor effort. Happy with the W, but I expect more from our team.”

Coulter added that the sloppy effort was simply not a mark of where his team should be at this point in the season.

“Not skating, not hustling, not battling on pucks.

Second effort just wasn’t there. Just kind of a nonchalant attitude tonight and fortunately we were able to put some goals in the net,” he said.

“Going forward, if you’re going to win a championship. You have to be prepared to give it your all for 6o minutes and tonight in my opinion we got lucky.”

RDC opened the scoring midway through the first on a weird play that ended in a Catherine Longchamps power play goal. The play was initially blown dead, but after the officials dug the puck out from inside the SAIT goal, Longchamps was awarded her third of the season.

When SAIT tied the game with 2:09 left in the opening frame, it broke an incredible shutout streak for RDC goalie Tracie Kikuchi. The streak totalled 235 minutes and 47 seconds before it was broken, a span of more than three games for the third year Queens goalie. Kikuchi finished the night with 19 saves.

RDC took back the lead on another power play goal from Emily Lougheed. The fifth-year forward from Spruce View fired a wrist shot past Trojans netminder Emma Greenwood for her second goal of the year.

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High school volleyball provincials underway High schools from across the province have gathered this weekend for the Alberta Schools Athletic Association volleyball championships.

In 4A action, both the Lindsay Thurber Raiders boys and girls made the trip down to Medicine Hat. The girls were ranked second heading into the tournament, but opened with a tight two-set loss to Jasper Place (21-25, 22-25). The Raiders bounced back with some strong play, winning their second match in two sets over Memorial Composite (2515, 25-19). In their third match of the day, Lindsay Thurber topped the number one ranked team in the tournament, Western Canada in two sets (2523, 25-10). After day 1 in pool A, Lindsay Thurber, Jasper Place and Western Canada are all tied with

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The RDC Queens won their fourth-straight game with a 3-1 victory over the SAIT Trojans Thursday at the Centrium.

The Queens appeared to take a 3-1 lead late in the third on a Longchamps point shot, but after a brief discussion the referees determined that the play was offside and the goal was called back.

“I’m not quite sure I understood the explanation. If it was offside, it should have been a delayed offside. It wasn’t quite clear because I thought we had puck possession for quite some time,” Coulter said.

Keinyn Nordell added an empty-net goal for RDC with 40 seconds left in the game.

The Queens are set to head into the Christmas break after their game with SAIT Friday and Coulter said he’s happy with what they’ve accomplished so far, but the team must have higher hopes heading into the second half.

“I think we have a very coachable group, I think we have a very smart group. When we play well and manage the puck, I think in this league on any given night you can win,” Coulter said.

“It comes down to the teams that can consistently execute and play a full, hard game. So far I’m happy with what I see in the development of our young players and we’re seeing some leadership from our older players.”

With a win in their final game before the break, RDC (8-3-2) could move into first in the ACAC standings. two match victories and four sets won.

On the boys side, the Raiders beat Foothills to start the tournament in three sets (20-25, 25-14 and 15-10). On Friday morning, they’ll play Charles Spencer High in the playoff round.

In the 3A girls tournament in Sylvan Lake at H.J Cody, the host won its only match of the day in three sets over Bowness (20-25, 25-19, 25-10). Camrose Composite lost to Cochrane High School in two sets (19-25, 10-25).

In the 3A boys event in Strathmore, H.J Cody lost its only match in two straight sets to Barrhead Composite (23-25, 13-25).

Central Alberta Christian High School opened the 1A boys tournament in Eckville with a pair of victories. They beat Living Waters Christian Academy (2519, 25-14) and Glendon school (25-14, 25-13). Eckville also won both matches – over Ecole Beausejour (25-23, 25-9), and Clear Water Academy (25-14, 25-16).

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Sylvan Lake’s Tyler Steenbergen torching the WHL

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t’s almost impossible to talk about the WHL these days without mentioning the name Tyler Steenbergen.

The Sylvan Lake native and Swift Current Broncos forward is absolutely blowing away the competition in the league, with 31 goals in 22 games, seven more than Ty Ronning of the Vancouver Giants.

In case your wondering, if the Byron 19-year-old fifth round draft pick of Hackett the Arizona Coyotes was able to keep up this pace, he would eclipse the 100-goal plateau this year. That would leave him in line to target the WHL goals record of 108, set by Ray Ferraro with the Brandon Wheat Kings in 198384.

Steenbergen has three four-goal games this year and 10 multi-goal games. Only seven of the 31 goals have come on the power play.

If Steenbergen keeps up his 2.45 points-per-game pace, he’ll hit 176 points this season.

His line this year is another feat out of fantasy, combining for 156 points in 22 games.

Alexi Heponiemi has 54 points to lead the WHL and winger Glenn Gawdin has 43 points on the season.

Steenbergen is already past the halfway mark of the 51 goals he put up last season, that tied him with Tyler Wong for the league lead.

In 22 games, Steenbergen also has 104 shots, an average of 4.7 a game.

The forward wasn’t even invited to the Team Canada World Junior summer evaluation camp, but if he continues his current pace he should be a lock for the roster next month.

The five-foot-10, 182-pound centre played much of his minor hockey career in Red Deer with the Rebels Bantam AAA team as well as the Red Deer Optimist Chiefs.

Where are they now?

Brett Sutter played his final two seasons in the WHL with the Red Deer Rebels after being drafted by Calgary in the sixth round of the 2005 NHL Entry Draft. Sutter recorded 37 goals and 45 assists in two seasons in Red Deer through 124 games. He was the captain in his final seaBRETT SUTTER son where he put up a career high 28 goals. After two years in the AHL with Quad City, he made the jump to the NHL with the Flames. The 30-year-old made his NHL debut on Dec. 23, 2008 and scored a goal while also being named third star. He spent 15 games through the next two seasons with the big club, and was traded to Carolina during the 20102011 year. Since then, Sutter has bounced between the AHL and NHL, totalling 60 games and tallying two goals and eight assists in the NHL. He’s now in his third season with the Ontario Reign, this year he has three goals in 14 games.

Spacek scores in AHL Former Red Deer Rebel forward Michael Spacek got MICHAEL SPACEK his for career professional hockey goal on Sunday with the Manitoba Moose in the AHL. It may have been

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Sylvan Lake product Tyler Steenbergen, who is a forward with the Swift Current Broncos, is getting plenty of recognition in the WHL as of late.

He was drafted by the Broncos in the first round

The Broncos will travel to Red Deer for the first

of the WHL Bantam Draft back in 2013.

time this season on Dec. 9.

a tap-in after the Laval Rocket netminder Michael McNiven mis-played the puck, but a memorable moment for the Rebels CHL Import Draft pick from 2015. Spacek added a point in his next contest on Tuesday and has five in 13 games with Manitoba this year. He played four games with the Moose last year and recorded his first pro hockey assist on April 7, 2017.

fourth in league scoring.

WHL Player of the Week Moose Jaw Warriors forward Jayden Halbgewachs was named WHL On the Run Player of the Week for the week ending Nov. 19. Halbgewachs led his club to three wins last week, recording 11 points (6G-5A) in the process as the Warriors continued to lead the East Division. Last Tuesday, Halbgewachs recorded a hat trick as part of a fiveJAYDEN HALBGEWACHS point night as the Warriors downed their divisional rivals from Swift Current. In a 5-4 loss to the Saskatoon Blades the next night, Halbgewachs recorded a pair of even-strength assists. Friday at home against the Calgary Hitmen, Halbgewachs helped his team return to the win column with a pair of goals in a 5-2 win. Saturday, Halbgewachs wrapped up his productive week with a goal and an assist as the Warriors returned the favour to the Blades, winning a 6-3 result at Mosaic Place. Halbgewachs sits fourth in the league with 20 goals, which also leads the Warriors. His 38 points have him tied for

WHL Goaltender of the Week Everett Silvertips goalie Carter Hart was WHL Goaltender of the Week for the week ending Nov. 19. Hart, who is a second-round selection, 48th overall, of the Philadelphia Flyers in 2016, picked up a pair of wins as the Silvertips continued to make up ground in the standings, moving into a three-way tie for the Western Conference wild card spots.

Wednesday at home, Hart stopped all 25 shots he faced in a 2-0 shutout of the Prince CARTER HART Albert Raiders. Hart stood tall Friday at home against the Seattle Thunderbirds, stopping 31 of 33 shots in a 3-2 victory for the Silvertips. Sunday, Hart took a 2-1 loss against the Regina Pats, but delivered another incredible performance, making 48 saves on 50 shots. The 48 saves were a career-high figure for the 6-foot-2, 185-pound goaltender from Sherwood Park, Alta. Since his return from injury in November, Hart has been at top form, accumulating a record of 5-3-0-1 with a 1.84 goals against average and .944 SV percentage along with two shutouts. Those figures have Hart ranked first in both goals against average and SV% throughout the league while he sits second in the WHL in shutouts. This past week saw Hart collect his 90th career WHL victory.

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Pouliot hopes to keep contributing for Rebels

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am Pouliot got into the goal column early on in his WHL career.

Just six games in the rookie defender notched his first marker, a lucky bounce perhaps, but a memorable one none the less.

“I was on the blue line and I think Pratter was trying to get it to our guy in the slot, it just popped out and I tried to get it past the forward and it went in,” Pouliot recalled.

The 16-year-old scored against the Kootenay Ice last Friday, the same team his older brother Ryan mans the blue line for. Ryan overshadowed his little brothers big night with a game-winner.

“It was cool, I’ve never played against him in my life so playing in the WHL against him was pretty cool,” Sam, a North Vancouver, B.C., native said.

Just seven games into his first year in the WHL, Rebels associate coach Jeff Truitt said their Pouliot has made tremendous strides to start the year.

“He’s a quiet type of defenceman that takes the body and makes simple plays. He’s not a dynamic guy but he does all the good little things. Good first passes, his coverage has been fine. He likes to be physical. He’s really progressed over the last little while,” Truitt said.

Cast in the same mould of his brother, who also played 16 games for the Rebels as a 17-year-old and is a veteran of 128 games in the WHL? “There’s a lot of similarities between the two, I like what we’ve seen in Sam since he’s been injected in the lineup,” Truitt added.

Sam, for all his effort this year knows he still has a lot to learn about playing in the WHL. He learned a bit from his brother, but he said mostly it’s been trial by fire and every game he gets into he’s becoming more comfortable with the pace and speed of the game.

“I thought it was going to be a lot harder to do, but I think with our team and the coaching it’s been really easy to transition,” he said. “(Ryan) said just work hard every practice and stick with it because you’ll get an opportunity and make sure you use it.”

Truitt also noted there are still big improvements Sam will need to make if he hopes to earn more time on the blue line this year.

“Obviously strength and quickness and awareness, with and without the puck positionally,” Truitt said.

“I don’t think he’s going to turn into an offensive juggernaut.

“He’s a guy that’s just a safe defenceman right

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Sam Pouliot (left) has played in seven games so far this season for the Red Deer Rebels on defence and hopes to keep improving and getting in the lineup as often as possible. now and we want to continue to progress him in a defensive role. He’s got that structure in his game right now. Anything we can get offensively on top of that is a bonus.”

At six-foot and a slight 165 pounds the defenceman also hopes to see some growth in the upcoming campaign, but regardless will keep up the physical style he likes to play.

“It’s just a mindset. He knows what he is and he knows he has to be physical. We’re not asking him

to rush the puck up ice, he’s just aware of what’s around him and makes the simple first play, gets the momentum up from our back end to our front end,” Truitt said.

The young d-man from North Vancouver is just hoping to embrace the experience and get better as the year goes on.

“I’m excited just to get into the lineup and make a name for myself in the league, pretty excited for that,” he said.

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CFL AWARDS

Esks’ QB Mike Reilly captures CFL outstanding player honour

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TTAWA — Mike Reilly would gladly change places with Ricky Ray. The Edmonton Eskimos quarterback was named the CFL’s outstanding player by the Football Reporters of Canada and eight league coaches (77 votes) on Thursday night. Ray was the runner-up but will lead the Toronto Argonauts into the Grey Cup against the Calgary Stampeders on Sunday.

“I pictured this with 80 players who were responsible for me being on this stage,” Reilly said.

“In 2015, I wasn’t on this stage but I was standing on the stage that mattered (receiving Grey Cup trophy).

“To the Calgary Stampeders and Toronto Argonauts, you guys have the chance to be on the stage together and that’s what we play for. My biggest regret is not having my guys here with me.”

Reilly, 32, started all 18 regular-season games and led Edmonton (12-6) to five straight wins to end the regular season and clinch third in the West Division despite numerous injuries. The six-foot-three, 230-pound Reilly received 64 votes after leading the CFL in passing (5,830 yards) and finishing tied with Ottawa’s Trevor Harris for most TDs (30).

Reilly also ran for 12 TDs and had 39 completions of 30-plus yards, both league-best marks. Edmonton led the CFL in net offence (406.8 yards), offensive points (27.2 per game) and offensive touchdowns (52) while allowing a league-low 29 sacks.

Ray, 38, started 17 regular-season games after appearing in just 12 the past two seasons due to various injuries. Ray led the CFL in pass attempts (668) and completions (442), finished tied with Reilly for most 300-yard games (12) and second in passing yards (5,546).

It was Ray’s first 5,000-yard season since ‘08 and fourth of his career. He joins Hall of Famers Anthony Calvillo and Doug Flutie as the only players to reach that plateau four or more times.

Other winners included running back Andrew Harris (Canadian) and Stanley Bryant (lineman) of the Winnipeg Blue Bombers, linebacker Alex Singleton and kick-returner Roy Finch (special-teams) of the Stampeders as well as running back James Wilder Jr. (rookie) and Marc Trestman (coach) of the Argos.

Montreal centre Luc Brodeur-Jourdan received the Jake Gaudaur Veteran’s Award (possessing positive qualities of Canada’s veterans), Edmonton receiver Adarius Bowman claimed the Tom Pate Award (outstanding

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community service) while TSN’s Paul Graham captured the Hugh Campbell Leadership Award. And Randy Ambrosie presented the Commissioner’s Award posthumously to former CFL player Rick Sowieta.

Harris received 74 votes after posting a CFLbest 105 catches, the most ever by a running back.

He also led the league in rushing (1,035 yards) as Winnipeg (12-6) earned its first home playoff game since 2011.

“I’ve always been told I was too slow, too Canadian,” Harris said. “To be standing here is something to be proud of.

“Those negative things keep you inspired to keep moving forward.”

Ottawa Redblacks receiver Brad Sinopoli, the ‘15 winner, was the finalist. The Peterborough, Ont., native had 91 catches for 1,009 yards with three TDs before suffering a season-ending shoulder injury.

The six-foot-five, 308-pound Bryant garnered 60 votes for anchoring a Winnipeg offensive line that created holes for Harris and protected quarterback Matt Nichols (4,472 yards, 28 TDs).

The Bombers led the CFL in rushing (101.3 yards per game) and were second in offensive points (26.7 per game).

“It’s a great honour,” Bryant said. “It’s one of the goals I set for myself at the start of the season.

“But I couldn’t have done it without (Bombers offensive linemen). This award is also for those guys.”

Toronto centre Sean McEwen, a Calgary native, was the finalist. The Argos lead the CFL in pass attempts (713) and completions (502) while finishing second in passing yards and net offence.

Singleton received 74 votes after recording 123 tackles — most ever by a Canadian — in his first full season as a starter. Calgary’s defence allowed a league-low 349 points (19.4 per game) while recording 50 sacks and 45 turnovers.

“It’s kind of for the whole defence,” Singleton said. “The guys around me are incredible.

“This is awesome but winning Sunday and getting that team award is always first.”

Montreal linebacker Kyries Hebert was the finalist. The 37-year-old was third overall in tackles (108), becoming the first player in CFL history over the age of 35 to surpass 100 tackles.

The five-foot-seven, 165-pound Finch had 61 votes after registering a club record-tying three punt return TDs and amassing a league-high 1,200 yards. But like Singleton, Finch said his focus remains on Sunday’s game.

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Edmonton Eskimos quarterback Mike Reilly, recipient of the Most Outstanding Player award, poses backstage at the CFL awards in Ottawa Thursday. mates,” Finch said. “But this is over with.

“I can’t wait for practice (Friday) to prepare for the Grey Cup.” Ottawa’s Diontae Spencer was the finalist. Spencer accumulated a CFL-record 496 all-purpose yards in a 41-36 win over Hamilton on Oct. 27.

Spencer was fourth in punt returns (70, 929 yards, one TD) and kickoff returns (25 for 607 yards) but first in missed field goal returns (five, 260 yards, one touchdown).

The six-foot-three, 232-pound Wilder Jr. received 72 votes after running for 872 yards (7.2-yard average) and five TDs in 17 games — 10 starts — while adding 51 catches for 533 yards. Wilder Jr. recognized his offensive line by having every lineman join him on the podium.

“These guys keep me going,” he said. “The offensive line is behind the scenes all the time and never gets credit.

“These (awards) are great but I’m a team-first guy. We have something way bigger to bring back to the city of Toronto.”

Calgary receiver Marken Michel was the finalist, registering 41 catches for 780 yards (19-yard average) and three TDs. Trestman, 61, earned his second honour (first was in ‘09 with Montreal) with 54 votes. In his first year with Toronto, Trestman guided the Argos (9-9) to a Grey Cup berth following last year’s 5-13 mark.

After thanking his family, Argos GM Jim Popp, Toronto players and coaches as well as all CFL players and coaches, Trestman was especially appreciative of Wilder Jr.’s actions.

“I think that was great, James is a real guy,” Trestman said. “It was unexpected but I was proud of him.”

Calgary’s Dave Dickenson, last year’s winner, was the finalist. The Stampeders had a CFL-best 13-4-1 record and are making their second straight Grey Cup appearance.

the 3A girls finals and Eckville hosting the 1A boys.

H.J. Cody and Camrose are in the 3A girls while Eckville and Central Alberta Christian High School of Lacombe are in the 1A boys.

H.J. Cody is also in the 3A boys in Strathmore with David Thompson repre-

senting Central Alberta in the 2A girls in Fairview. Pigeon Lake is at the 2A boys finals in Taber and Delburne and Bawlf in the 1A girls in Bonnyville.

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The Stampeders can give the ball to a bulldozer like Jerome Messam to take up the middle or, as they used to great effect in the CFL West Division final, pitch it to speedy Roy Finch on the outside.

If Toronto can slow down the Calgary ground game, it greatly improves their chances of limiting veteran quarterback Bo Levi Mitchell and his array of top receiving targets.

“It’s extremely difficult to game plan against two completely different but still dynamic running backs,” Argonauts defensive end Victor Butler said Thursday. “The guys are explosive, they make all the reads.

“Messam’s got such great patience in the hole.

The Calgary team has so many weapons, so many ways of hurting you, it’s hard to focus on just one.

Our job is to execute and stay sound in our approach. If we can be physically, mentally and emotionally strong I think we can come away at the end of the day with a W.” Finch, the league leader in kickoff and punt returns and the West Division nominee for special teams player of the year, is not always used in the Calgary ground attack. He had only 21 carries this season for 114 yards, although he missed two games early in the season due to a suspension for a positive test for an amphetamine, which he said was part of his medication to treat attention deficit disorder.

Against Edmonton last week, Finch turned on the burners for a 50-yard touchdown run in the second quarter that put the Stamps ahead to stay in an eventual 32-28 victory.

He had four carries for 81 yards, while the sixfoot-three 255-pound Messam picked up 71 on 13 rushes.

“It’s definitely a change of pace, to say the least,” Argos linebacker Bear Woods said of the two Calgary backs. “You see a lot of teams doing that.

“We played (Saskatchewan’s) Marcus Thigpen last week. He’s a speed guy just like Finch. You just have to be ready and know during the game what to expect. It’ll take continuity football, whether it takes three guys to bring down Messam or three guys to corral Finch.”

Coming up with a game plan to stop Calgary falls to defensive co-ordinator Corey Chamblin, who was lured back after a season and half out of football when Marc Trestman took over as coach in late February.

He’s aware of what Calgary can do on the ground and in the air. They are a team of veterans who are in their fourth Grey Cup game in six years, although they are coming off an upset loss to Ottawa in last year’s championship game.

Chamblin said the Argonauts have a “carbon copy” of Finch and Messam to practise against on their own team in running back James Wilder Jr. and kick returner Martese Jackson, but that won’t make it easier in the game.

“We know they have power and speed,” said Chamblin. “You have to be gap-sound and you have to be fundamentally sound in terms of your tackling.

“On Messam, you have to bring more than one to the ball. You’ve got to gang tackle him because he’s a linebacker in a running back’s number.”

He hopes the offence will help out by keeping the Calgary attack off the field.

He called his own quarterback Ricky Ray “the best defensive player on the field for us.”

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Dreaded D: Argos defensive players say they draw strength from dreadlocks OTTAWA — Bear Woods was still in elementary school when his best friend’s mom was diagnosed with breast cancer.

Hoping to help in some way, Woods asked his parents for permission to grow his sandy red hair long to donate it to charity.

More than two decades and several donations later, the veteran linebacker with the Toronto Argonauts wears his long dreadlocks like a coat of armour, a virtual source of strength on the football field and in life.

“Hairstyle is part of who you are,” Woods said. ”And in football, we’re still playing a game, we’re grown men playing a kids game. So there’s a swag to it about your personality, and your confidence, and I think that’s what any hairstyle shows. Especially dreads.”

The 30-year-old Woods is one of at least a half a dozen members of the Argonauts’ defence that will be recognizable in Sunday’s Grey Cup for the long, coiled hair that hangs halfway down their numbers — earning them the nickname “Dreaded D.” “It just ended up being a thing,” said defensive back Rico Murray, wearing Malcolm X glasses with his dreads piled on top of his head in a giant bun. ”We looked around and maybe all but two or three of us on the starting lineup had dreads. That was kind of cool.”

The trend toward long hair has forced football officials to lay down rules. Essentially long hair is fair game because it’s deemed part of the player’s equipment, thus the ball-carrier can be pulled down by a tug on his hair.

And just like a player without the ball can’t be held by the jersey, they can’t be held by the hair.

But it happens, said Williams.

“I actually cut my hair this year, it was much longer than this,” Woods said, holding up one of his tangled strands. “It was getting pulled so much this year I cut about four inches off.”

The CFL basically adopted the NFL’s hair rule, which was written in 2003 and is affectionately known as the “Ricky Rule” after Ricky Williams.

The longtime NFLer, who played the 2006 season with Toronto, has worn dreads since his college days with the Texas Longhorns.

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TTAWA — Ricky Ray’s laid-back personality has helped him deal with Grey Cup week’s hot-button topic: His football future.

The 15-year veteran quarterback leads the Toronto Argonauts into the CFL title game Sunday against Calgary. Many have drawn parallels this week between Ray’s situation and that of Henry Burris, who retired shortly after leading the Ottawa Redblacks to their 39-33 overtime win over the heavily favoured Stampeders in last year’s Grey Cup. Ray, 38, has been a model of calm throughout his CFL career.

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It’s been a resurgent ‘17 campaign for Ray, chasing a fourth career Grey Cup title and second with Toronto. After appearing in 12 games the previous two seasons because of injuries, Ray made 17 starts this year, finishing second overall in CFL passing (5,546 yards), his first 5,000-yard season since ‘08 and fourth of his illustrious career.

The Argos, completing their first season under head coach Marc Trestman, posted a 9-9 record to finish atop the East Division. Last weekend, Ray rallied Toronto to an exciting 25-21 East Division final win over Saskatchewan to earn the Argos their first Grey Cup appearance since beating Calgary in the historic 100th CFL title game at Rogers Centre in 2012.

“I haven’t made a decision,” Ray said. “For me, the last few years personally with injuries and some of the stuff I’ve gone through I don’t know if I am playing next year.

“I really didn’t know what to expect coming into this year. I just wanted to give it everything I could and just re-evaluate at the end of the season.”

The day he was hired, Trestman went out on a limb and endorsed Ray as his starter. It was a bold move considering Ray’s injury history but the quarterback said Trestman’s clarity has played a big role in Toronto’s turnaround.

“There’s never anything not talked about that you wish was talked about,” Ray said. “You’re not wondering through the week, ‘What if this happens?’

“He’s always addressing everything and there’s no elephants in the room. It just clears your mind as a player, there’s nothing to worry about because you know coach is thinking about that for you … as a player is you know exactly what to expect.”

Once again, Calgary heads into the Grey Cup a solid favourite after posting a league-best 13-4-1 and sweeping both games this season against Toronto. But Ray remains undeterred.

“We’re preparing to play our best game and go out there and get it done Sunday.”

GOLF AUSTRALIAN OPEN SYDNEY (AP) — Scores Thursday at the Australian Open on the par-71, 6,619-meter (7,239-yard) The Australian Golf Club (a-denotes amateur): First Round Cameron Davis, Australia 30-33—63 Taylor Macdonald, Australia 32-33—65 Jason Day, Australia 33-33—66 Nick Cullen, Australia 31-35—66 Alex Edge, Australia 33-33—66 Stephen Leaney, Australia 34-33—67 Ben Campbell, New Zealand34-33—67 Anthony Quayle, Australia 37-30—67 Lucas Herbert, Australia 35-32—67 Steven Jeffress, Australia 33-35—68 Jason Norris, Australia 36-32—68 Jonas Blixt, Sweden 35-33—68 Jamie Arnold, Australia 33-35—68 Rod Pampling, Australia 35-33—68 a-Dylan Perry, Australia 35-33—68 Andrew Martin, Australia 34-34—68 Matthew Guyatt, Australia 34-34—68 Austin Bautista, Australia 34-34—68 Jason Scrivener, Australia 34-35—69 Adam Bland, Australia 33-36—69 Geoff Ogilvy, Australia 36-33—69 Kramer Hickok, United States36-33—69 a-Shae Wools-Cobb, Australia34-35—69 Brett Coletta, Australia 36-33—69 Tim Hart, Australia 33-36—69 Stephen Dartnall, Australia 35-34—69 Cameron Smith, Australia 35-34—69 Benjamin Clementson, Australia35-34—69 Richard Green, Australia 34-36—70 James Nitties, Australia 35-35—70 Michael Wright, Australia 37-33—70 Ruben Sondjaja, Australia 34-36—70 Peter Wilson, Australia 34-36—70 Stephen Allan, Australia 35-35—70 Jordan Spieth, United States35-35—70 Nick O’Hern, Australia 35-35—70 Brett Rumford, Australia 35-35—70 Brody Martin, Australia 34-36—70 Ryan Lynch, Australia 36-35—71 Nathan Green, Australia 34-37—71 a-Cameron John, Australia 33-38—71 a-Yuxin Lin, China 36-35—71 a-Takumi Kanaya, Japan 35-36—71 a-Matias Sanchez, Australia 35-36—71 Deyen Lawson, Australia 37-34—71 Travis Smyth, Australia 37-34—71 Brett Rankin, Australia 34-37—71 Daniel Valente, Australia 35-36—71 Matt Jones, Australia 33-38—71 Jarryd Felton, Australia 36-35—71 Rory Bourke, Australia 33-38—71 Brad Moules, Australia 35-36—71 Jack Munro, Australia 36-35—71 Lindsay Wilson, Australia 35-36—71 Daniel Fox, Australia 36-36—72 Ashley Hall, Australia 34-38—72 Sepp Straka, United States 36-36—72 a-Karl Vilips, Australia 36-36—72 Max McCardle, Australia 37-35—72 Callan O’Reilly, Australia 36-36—72 Troy Moses, Australia 36-36—72 Peter Cooke, Australia 37-35—72 a-Konrad Ciupek, Australia 37-35—72 Luke Toomey, New Zealand 34-38—72 Fraser Wilkin, New Zealand 37-35—72 Mark Brown, New Zealand 34-38—72 a-Min Woo Lee, Australia 36-36—72 Jake Higginbottom, Australia38-34—72 Rhein Gibson, Australia 36-36—72 Michael Long, New Zealand 37-35—72 Lincoln Tighe, Australia 38-34—72 Matthew Stieger, Australia 35-37—72 Matt Jager, Australia 37-35—72 a-John Lyras, Australia 34-38—72 Matthew Griffin, Australia 36-37—73 Curtis Luck, Australia 37-36—73 Adam Blyth, Australia 35-38—73 Matthew Giles, Australia 36-37—73 Cory Crawford, Australia 36-37—73 James Marchesani, Australia36-37—73 Damien Jordan, Australia 36-37—73 Rick Kulacz, Australia 38-35—73 a-Zach Murray, Australia 37-36—73 a-Kiran Day, Australia 34-39—73 a-Nathan Barbieri, Australia 37-36—73 Jack Wilson, Australia 36-37—73 Neven Basic, Australia 36-37—73 Craig Parry, Australia 38-35—73 Brett Jones, United States 37-36—73 Mikko Ilonen, Finland 35-38—73 Oliver Goss, Australia 35-38—73 Andrew Evans, Australia 36-37—73 Peter Lonard, Australia 38-35—73 Jake McLeod, Australia 33-40—73 Christopher Wood, Australia 37-36—73 Dale Brandt-Richards, Australia38-35—73 Paul Spargo, Australia 39-34—73 Rohan Blizard, Australia 38-35—73 Robert Allenby, Australia 38-36—74 Ben Eccles, Australia 39-35—74 Tom Power Horan, Australia 40-34—74 a-Michael Lambert, Australia39-35—74 Leigh McKechnie, Australia 37-37—74 Michael Hendry, New Zealand38-36—74 Josh Geary, New Zealand 34-40—74 Aaron Townsend, Australia 36-38—74 David McKenzie, Australia 39-35—74 Darren Beck, Australia 37-37—74 Gareth Paddison, New Zealand37-37—74 Harry Bateman, New Zealand38-36—74 Antonio Murdaca, Australia 40-34—74 Michael Choi, Australia 38-36—74 Edward Stedman, Australia 37-37—74 Greg Chalmers, Australia 37-38—75 Blake Proverbs, Australia 38-37—75 Mitchell A. Brown, Australia 38-37—75 Peter Martin, Australia 38-37—75 Andrew Schonewille, Australia37-38—75 Scott Arnold, Australia 37-38—75 Kyong-Jun Moon, South Korea35-40—75 Mathew Goggin, Australia 34-41—75 Mike Miller, United States 36-39—75 Daniel Nisbet, Australia 37-38—75 Daniel Popovic, Australia 38-37—75 Zac Blair, United States 38-37—75 Aron Price, Australia 37-38—75 a-Charles Reiter, United States35-40—75 Aaron Wilkin, Australia 35-40—75 Josh Cabban, Australia 40-35—75 Josh Younger, Australia 37-38—75 Patrick Joseph, Australia 38-37—75 Young Hyun Kim, Korea 38-37—75

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Friday, November 24, 2017

LOCAL SPORTS Friday

● Football: Alberta Bowl six-man provincial final: Rimbey Spartans vs. Breton Cougars, 4 p.m., Lacombe. ● Football: High School Tier III Provincial Final: Holy Rosary Raiders vs. Cochrane Cobras, 7 p.m., Lacombe. ● WHL: Red Deer Rebels vs. Portland Winterhawks, 7 p.m., Centrium. ● Hockey: Allan Cup Hockey West: Lacombe Generals vs. Fort Saskatchewan Chiefs, 8 p.m., Lacombe. ● Hockey: Midget AAA Fe-

male: Red Deer Sutter Fund Chiefs vs. Edmonton Pandas, 8:15 p.m., Collicutt.

Saturday

● Football: High School Tier II Provincial Final: Lloydminster Barons vs.

Foothills Falcons, 11 a.m., Lacombe. ● Football: High School Tier IV Provincial Final: Cold Lake Royals vs. Willow Creek Cobras, 2:30 p.m., Lacombe. ● Hockey: Midget AAA Female: Red Deer Sutter Fund Chiefs vs. St. Albert Slash,

2:45 p.m., Collicutt. ● Football: High School Tier I Provincial Final: Harry Ainlay Titans vs. St. Francis Browns, 6 p.m., Lacombe. ● Volleyball: College: RDC Queens vs. SAIT Trojans, 6 p.m., RDC; RDC Kings vs.

SAIT Trojans, 8 p.m., RDC. ● AJHL: Olds Grizzlys vs.

Canmore Eagles, 7 p.m., Olds. ● Hockey: College: RDC Kings vs. NAIT Ooks, 7 p.m., Penhold. ● Hockey: Midget AAA: Red Deer Optimist Chiefs vs.

Canadian Women’s Olympic

Team, 7 p.m., Centrium. ● Hockey: Heritage Junior B: Red Deer Vipers vs. Three Hills Lightning, 8 p.m., Collicutt.

Sunday

● Hockey Midget AAA: Red Deer Optimist Chiefs vs.

MLAC Beverly Optimists, 4 p.m. Kinex. ● Hockey: Midget AAA Female: Red Deer Sutter Fund Chiefs vs. Calgary Fire, 5 p.m., Collicutt. ● AJHL: Olds Grizzlys vs.

Okotoks Oilers, 7 p.m., Olds.

FOOTBALL CFL PLAYOFFS Sunday’s results Division Finals East Division Toronto 25 Saskatchewan 21 West Division Calgary 32 Edmonton 28 ___ Sunday, Nov. 12 Division Semifinals East Division Saskatchewan 31 Ottawa 20 West Division Edmonton 39 Winnipeg 32 Sunday, Nov. 26 105th Grey Cup At Ottawa Toronto vs. Calgary, 6 p.m.

SUNDAY’S SUMMARIES Calgary 32, Edmonton 28 First Quarter Edm _ TD Gable 8 run (Whyte convert) 6:05 Edm _ TD D.Walker 69 pass from Reilly (Whyte convert) 8:44 Second Quarter Cgy _ TD McDaniel 10 pass from Mitchell (Paredes convert) 1:01 Cgy _ TD Michel 13 run (Paredes convert) 11:20 Edm _ Single Whyte 55 13:54 Cgy _ TD Finch 50 run (two-point convert: Messam 3 run) 14:38 Third Quarter Cgy _ Single Paredes 95 0:01 Cgy _ TD Messam 14 run (Paredes convert) 9:07 Edm _ FG Whyte 34 10:44 Cgy _ Single Paredes 52 12:57 Fourth Quarter Edm _ TD Reilly 1 run (Whyte convert) 7:25 Cgy _ Single Maver 53 9:59 Edm _ FG Whyte 20 13:17 Edmonton 14 1 3 10 _ 28 Calgary 0 22 9 1 _ 32 Attendance _ 30,116 at Calgary.

Toronto 25, Saskatchewan 21 First Quarter Sask _ FG Crapigna 16 6:21 Tor _ TD Plummer 39 interception return (Hajrullahu convert) 9:57 Second Quarter Tor _ TD Posey 17 pass from Ray (Hajrullahu convert) 13:47 Tor _ FG Hajrullahu 35 14:31 Third Quarter Tor _ Single Hajrullahu 42 2:52 Fourth Quarter

Sask _ TD Du.Carter 11 pass from Bridge (Crapigna convert) 5:57 Sask _ FG Crapigna 28 10:16 Sask _ TD Ch.Jones 79 punt return (two-point convert: Roosevelt 3 pass from Bridge) 12:16 Tor _ TD Fajardo 1 run (Hajrullahu convert) 14:37 Saskatchewan 3 0 0 18 _ 21 Toronto 7 10 1 7 _ 25 Attendance _ 24,929 at Toronto.

UNOFFICIAL 2017 CFL PLAYOFF SCORING LEADERS Unofficial 2017 CFL playoff scoring leaders following Sunday’s divisional final games (x _ scored two-point convert): TD C FG S Pt Gable, Edm 3 0 0 0 18 Whyte, Edm 0 8 3 1 18 x-Dressler, Wpg 2 2 0 0 14 Crapigna, Sask 0 5 3 0 14 Bowman, Edm 2 0 0 0 12 Medlock, Wpg 0 1 3 0 10 x-Criner, Ott 1 2 0 0 8 x-Messam, Cgy 1 2 0 0 8 Adams, Sask 1 0 0 0 6 Du.Carter, Sask 1 0 0 0 6 Fajardo, Tor 1 0 0 0 6 Finch, Cgy 1 0 0 0 6 Glenn, Sask 1 0 0 0 6 B.Grant, Sask 1 0 0 0 6 Ch.Jones, Sask 1 0 0 0 6 McDaniel, Cgy 1 0 0 0 6 Michel, Cgy 1 0 0 0 6 Plummer, Tor 1 0 0 0 6 Posey, Tor 1 0 0 0 6 Reilly, Edm 1 0 0 0 6 Spencer, Ott 1 0 0 0 6 Thigpen, Sask 1 0 0 0 6 Walker, Edm 1 0 0 0 6 Washington, Wpg 1 0 0 0 6 Zylstra, Edm 1 0 0 0 6 Maher, Ott 0 0 2 0 6 Paredes, Cgy 0 3 0 2 5 Hajrullahu, Tor 0 1 1 1 5 x-Coates, Wpg 0 2 0 0 2 x-Roosevelt, Sask 0 2 0 0 2 Maver, Cgy 0 0 0 1 1 O’Neill, Edm 0 0 0 1 CFL AWARDS OTTAWA — Winners of the 2017 Canadian Football League end-of-year awards, as announced Thursday night in Ottawa: Most Outstanding Player Mike Reilly, QB, Edmonton Eskimos Most Outstanding Defensive Player Alex Singleton, LB, Calgary Stampeders Most Outstanding Canadian

Andrew Harris, RB, Winnipeg Blue Bombers Most Outstanding Offensive Lineman Stanley Bryant, Winnipeg Blue Bombers Most Outstanding Special Teams Player Roy Finch, RB/KR, Calgary Stampeders Most Outstanding Rookie James Wilder, Jr., RB, Toronto Argonauts Coach of the Year Marc Trestman, Toronto Argonauts Commissioner’s Award (outstanding contribution to development of football in Canada) Rick Sowieta, CFL player, past director, Football Canada Tom Pate Memorial Award (outstanding sportsmanship and contribution to his team, community and the Association) Adarius Bowman, SB, Edmonton Jake Gaudaur Veterans’ Award (possessing and demonstrating commendable attributes of Canada’s Veterans) Luc Brodeur-Jourdain, C, Montreal Alouettes Hugh Campbell Distinguished Leadership Award Paul Graham, TSN NFL AMERICAN CONFERENCE East W L T Pct PF New England 8 2 0 .800 290 Buffalo 5 5 0 .500 208 Miami 4 6 0 .400 157 N.Y. Jets 4 6 0 .400 201 South W L T Pct PF Jacksonville 7 3 0 .700 245 Tennessee 6 4 0 .600 222 Houston 4 6 0 .400 267 Indianapolis 3 7 0 .300 179 North W L T Pct PF Pittsburgh 8 2 0 .800 227 Baltimore 5 5 0 .500 213 Cincinnati 4 6 0 .400 169 Cleveland 0 10 0 .000 150 West W L T Pct PF Kansas City 6 4 0 .600 262 L.A. Chargers 5 6 0 .455 249 Oakland 4 6 0 .400 204 Denver 3 7 0 .300 183 NATIONAL CONFERENCE East W L T Pct PF Philadelphia 9 1 0 .900 320 Dallas 5 6 0 .455 248 Washington 4 6 0 .400 238

PA 203 250 254 222 PA 141 253 262 280 PA 165 171 199 259 PA 220 202 247 259

PA 188 270 266

N.Y. Giants

2

8

W New Orleans 8 Carolina 7 Atlanta 6 Tampa Bay 4

L 2 3 4 6

Minnesota Detroit Green Bay Chicago

W 9 6 5 3

L 2 5 5 7

L.A. Rams Seattle Arizona San Francisco

W 7 6 4 1

L 3 4 6 9

0 .200 South T Pct 0 .800 0 .700 0 .600 0 .400 North T Pct 0 .818 0 .545 0 .500 0 .300 West T Pct 0 .700 0 .600 0 .400 0 .100

162

247

PF 302 213 231 203

PA 196 180 210 228

PF 271 294 204 174

PA 195 264 230 221

PF 303 242 176 174

PA 186 199 254 260

Thursday’s Games Minnesota 30, Detroit 23 L.A. Chargers 28, Dallas 6 N.Y. Giants at Washington, 6:30 p.m.

Sunday’s Games Tennessee at Indianapolis, 11 a.m.

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

Cleveland at Cincinnati, 11 a.m.

Tampa Bay at Atlanta, 11 a.m.

Miami at New England, 11 a.m.

Buffalo at Kansas City, 11 a.m.

Chicago at Philadelphia, 11 a.m.

Seattle at San Francisco, 2:05 p.m.

Jacksonville at Arizona, 2:25 p.m.

Denver at Oakland, 2:25 p.m.

New Orleans at L.A. Rams, 2:25 p.m.

Green Bay at Pittsburgh, 6:30 p.m.

Monday’s Games Houston at Baltimore, 6:30 p.m.

Thursday, Nov. 30 Washington at Dallas, 6:25 p.m.

Sunday, Dec. 3 Tampa Bay at Green Bay, 11 a.m.

Minnesota at Atlanta, 11 a.m.

San Francisco at Chicago, 11 a.m.

Detroit at Baltimore, 11 a.m.

Denver at Miami, 11 a.m..

Indianapolis at Jacksonville, 11 a.m.

Houston at Tennessee, 11 a.m.

Kansas City at N.Y. Jets, 11 a.m.

New England at Buffalo, 11 a.m.

Cleveland at L.A. Chargers, 2:05 p.m.

Carolina at New Orleans, 2:25 p.m.

L.A. Rams at Arizona, 2:25 p.m.

N.Y. Giants at Oakland, 2:25 p.m.

Philadelphia at Seattle, 6:30 p.m.

Monday, Dec. 4 Pittsburgh at Cincinnati, 6:30 p.m.

SOCCER MLS Knockout Round Eastern Conference Wednesday, Oct. 25: New York 4, Chicago 0 Thursday, Oct. 26: Columbus 0, Atlanta 0, Columbus advanced on 3-1 penalty kicks Western Conference Wednesday, Oct. 25: Vancouver 5, San Jose 0 Thursday, Oct. 26: Houston 1, Sporting Kansas City 0, OT Conference Semifinals Home-and-home First leg Eastern Conference Monday, Oct. 30: Toronto 2, New York 1 Tuesday, Oct. 31: Columbus 4, New York City FC 1 Western Conference Sunday, Oct. 29: Vancouver 0, Seattle 0, tie Monday, Oct. 30: Houston 0, Portland 0, tie Second leg Eastern Conference Sunday, Nov. 5: New York 1, Toronto 0; 2-2 aggregate; Toronto advanced on 1-0 away goals Sunday, Nov. 5: New York City FC 2, Columbus 0, Columbus advanced on 4-3 aggregate Western Conference Thursday, Nov. 2: Seattle 2, Vancouver 0, Seattle advanced on 2-0 aggregate Sunday, Nov. 5: Portland 1, Houston 2, Houston advanced on 2-1 aggregate Conference Championships Home-and-home Eastern Conference First leg Tuesday, Nov. 21: Toronto 0, Columbus 0, tie

Second leg Wednesday, Nov. 29: Columbus at Toronto, 5:30 p.m.

Western Conference First leg Tuesday, Nov. 21: Seattle 2, Houston 0 Second leg Thursday, Nov. 30: Houston at Seattle, 8:30 p.m.

MLS Cup Saturday, Dec. 9: at higher seed, 2 p.m.

English Football Standings English Premier League GP W D L GF GA Pts Man City 12 11 1 0 40 7 34 Man United 12 8 2 2 27 6 26 Chelsea 12 8 1 3 23 10 25 Tottenham 12 7 2 3 20 9 23 Liverpool 12 6 4 2 24 17 22 Arsenal 12 7 1 4 22 16 22 Burnley 12 6 4 2 12 9 22 Watford 12 5 3 4 19 21 18 Brighton 12 4 4 4 13 13 16 Huddersfield 12 4 3 5 8 17 15 Newcastle 12 4 2 6 11 14 14 Leicester 12 3 4 5 16 18 13 Bournemouth 12 4 1 7 11 14 13 Southampton 12 3 4 5 9 14 13 Stoke 12 3 4 5 15 24 13 Everton 12 3 3 6 12 24 12 West Brom 12 2 4 6 9 18 10 West Ham 12 2 3 7 11 25 9 Swansea 12 2 2 8 7 15 8 Crystal Palace 12 1 2 9 6 24 5 Friday, Nov. 24 West Ham vs. Leicester 2000 GMT

Saturday, Nov. 25 Crystal Palace vs. Stoke 1500 GMT Man United vs. Brighton 1500 GMT Tottenham vs. West Brom 1500 GMT Swansea vs. Bournemouth 1500 GMT Newcastle vs. Watford 1500 GMT Liverpool vs. Chelsea 1730 GMT Sunday, Nov. 26 Southampton vs. Everton 1330 GMT Burnley vs. Arsenal 1400 GMT Huddersfield vs. Man City 1600 GMT Tuesday, Nov. 28 Brighton vs. Crystal Palace 1945 GMT Leicester vs. Tottenham 1945 GMT Watford vs. Man United 2000 GMT West Brom vs. Newcastle 2000 GMT Wednesday, Nov. 29 Chelsea vs. Swansea 1945 GMT Bournemouth vs. Burnley 1945 GMT Arsenal vs. Huddersfield 1945 GMT Stoke vs. Liverpool 2000 GMT Everton vs. West Ham 2000 GMT Man City vs. Southampton 2000 GMT England Championship GP W D L GF GA Pts Wolverhampton18 13 2 3 35 16 41 Cardiff 18 11 4 3 25 13 37 Sheffield United18 12 0 6 31 20 36 Aston Villa 18 9 5 4 26 17 32 Bristol City 18 8 7 3 27 18 31 Middlesbrough 18 8 5 5 24 15 29 Derby 17 8 5 4 26 20 29 Nottingham Forest 18 9 0 9 26 27 27 Ipswich 17 8 2 7 30 26 26

Leeds 18 8 2 8 27 24 26 Sheffield Wednesday18 6 7 5 23 21 25 Preston 18 6 7 5 21 20 25 Brentford 18 5 8 5 26 24 23 Fulham 18 5 8 5 24 24 23 Norwich 18 6 5 7 16 22 23 QPR 18 5 6 7 20 26 21 Barnsley 17 5 5 7 23 23 20 Millwall 18 4 7 7 19 19 19 Reading 17 5 4 8 20 23 19 Hull 18 4 6 8 30 32 18 Birmingham 18 4 3 11 9 27 15 Burton Albion 18 3 5 10 12 35 14 Bolton 18 2 7 9 15 31 13 Sunderland 18 1 8 9 23 35 11 Wednesday, Nov. 22 Ipswich 2, Sheffield Wednesday 2 Wolverhampton 4, Leeds 1 Middlesbrough 2, Birmingham 0 Saturday, Nov. 25 Barnsley vs. Leeds 1230 GMT Wolverhampton vs. Bolton 1500 GMT Reading vs. Sheffield Wednesday 1500 GMT Fulham vs. Millwall 1500 GMT Burton Albion vs. Sunderland 1500 GMT Norwich vs. Preston 1500 GMT Aston Villa vs. Ipswich 1500 GMT Hull vs. Bristol City 1500 GMT Middlesbrough vs. Derby 1500 GMT Sheffield United vs. Birmingham 1730 GMT Sunday, Nov. 26 Nottingham Forest vs. Cardiff 1300 GMT Monday, Nov. 27 QPR vs. Brentford 1945 GMT

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Friday, November 24, 2017

AUSTRALIAN OPEN

Spieth struggles, Day OK after first round

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

S

YDNEY, Australia — Defending champion Jordan Spieth struggled in gusty afternoon winds Thursday at the Australian Open, while Jason Day took advantage of more calm morning conditions.

The result was that the tournament’s marquee players were overshadowed by

first-round leader Cameron Davis, who shot an 8-under 63 at The Australian Golf Club.

That left Day, making his first competitive appearance in his home country since 2013, three strokes behind after a 66. Spieth was seven strokes behind after shooting 70.

Spieth, who bogeyed his first two holes and appeared to be out of sorts for most of his round, is trying to win the Australian Open for the third

time in four years.

Taylor MacDonald was two strokes behind fellow Australian Davis and alone in second place, while two other Australians, Nick Cullen and Alex Edge, were level with Day at 5-under, tied for third.

All but two of the leading 18 players had morning tee times.

Spieth said he was rusty after a lengthy break.

“It was a bit inconsistent,” Spieth said. “But I had five

bogeys, and to still shoot under par is really good. There was a bit of good there after a rough start.”

An indication of the state of Spieth’s play came on the par-5 14th hole when his approach went wide and under a large advertising sign.

Spieth and a course worker moved the sign, then Spieth hit his short wedge into a bunker. After blasting out to about seven feet, he missed the putt and made bogey.

Matt Jones, the 2015 champion playing in Spieth’s group, picked up some of the American’s bad luck. He bogeyed three holes in a row and then got chased by a duck coming up the 16th fairway before finishing with a 71.

Spieth missed an eightfoot birdie putt on the 16th, hit into the fairway bunker on the 17th and put his approach through the green, but scrambled to make par.

Monday, November 27 Florida at New Jersey, 5 p.m.

Philadelphia at Pittsburgh, 5 p.m.

Columbus at Montreal, 5:30 p.m.

Minnesota at Winnipeg, 6 p.m.

Anaheim at Chicago, 6:30 p.m.

Tuesday, November 28 Tampa Bay at Buffalo, 5 p.m.

Vancouver at NY Islanders, 5 p.m.

Florida at NY Rangers, 5 p.m.

San Jose at Philadelphia, 5 p.m.

Carolina at Columbus, 5 p.m.

Los Angeles at Detroit, 5:30 p.m.

Chicago at Nashville, 6 p.m.

Toronto at Calgary, 7 p.m.

Arizona at Edmonton, 7 p.m.

Dallas at Vegas, 8 p.m.

Wednesday, November 29 Tampa Bay at Boston, 5:30 p.m.

Ottawa at Montreal, 5:30 p.m.

Anaheim at St. Louis, 7 p.m.

Winnipeg at Colorado, 7:30 p.m.

Texas 18 9 8 0 1 49 63 19 San Jose 15 7 7 0 1 42 44 15 San Diego 16 7 8 1 0 52 61 15 Ontario 14 6 7 0 1 29 33 13 Bakersfield 15 5 8 2 0 35 49 12 Note: Teams ranked by winning percentage; 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.

Thursday’s results No Games Scheduled.

Wednesday’s results Toronto 5 Utica 2 Syracuse 6 Rochester 5 (OT) Springfield 2 Hershey 1 Belleville 5 Charlotte 2 W-B/Scranton 4 Lehigh Valley 2 Providence 2 Binghamton 1 (OT) Rockford 3 Iowa 1 Milwaukee 3 Cleveland 2 (SO) Tucson 5 San Diego 0 San Jose 5 San Antonio 3 Ontario 3 Stockton 1 Friday’s games Texas at Cleveland, 11 a.m.

Manitoba at Grand Rapids, 5 p.m.

Hartford at Bridgeport, 5 p.m.

W-B/Scranton at Syracuse, 5 p.m.

Binghamton at Rochester, 5:05 p.m.

Lehigh Valley at Springfield, 5:05 p.m.

Utica at Laval, 5:30 p.m.

Chicago at Milwaukee, 6 p.m.

Iowa at Rockford, 6 p.m.

Stockton at Tucson, 7:05 p.m.

San Jose at Ontario, 8 p.m.

Bakersfield at San Diego, 8 p.m.

Saturday’s games Belleville at Toronto, 11:30 a.m.

Utica at Laval, 1 p.m.

Providence at Charlotte, 4 p.m.

Manitoba at Milwaukee, 5 p.m.

Hershey at Hartford, 5 p.m.

Texas at Cleveland, 5 p.m.

Syracuse at W-B/Scranton, 5:05 p.m.

Bridgeport at Lehigh Valley, 5:05 p.m.

Rochester at Binghamton, 5:05 p.m.

Rockford at Chicago, 6 p.m.

Stockton at Tucson, 7:05 p.m.

San Antonio at Bakersfield, 8 p.m.

Sunday’s games Providence at Charlotte, 11 a.m.

Hartford at Springfield, 1:05 p.m.

Belleville at Toronto, 2 p.m.

Iowa at Chicago, 2 p.m.

Bridgeport at Hershey, 3 p.m.

San Diego at San Jose, 4 p.m.

San Antonio at Ontario, 4 p.m.

Tuesday’s games Manitoba at Rockford, 6 p.m.

Milwaukee at Iowa, 6 p.m.

HOCKEY WHL Eastern Conference East Division GP W L OTLSOL GF GA Pts Moose Jaw 24 19 5 0 0 108 68 38 Swift Current 22 16 5 1 0 94 66 33 Brandon 21 14 6 0 1 87 66 29 Regina 25 13 10 2 0 81 82 28 Prince Albert 22 9 10 3 0 67 82 21 Saskatoon 23 8 12 2 1 73 104 19 Central Division GP W L OTLSOL GF GA Pts Medicine Hat 22 15 7 0 0 95 74 30 Kootenay 24 10 13 1 0 69 94 21 Lethbridge 22 9 12 1 0 80 89 19 Red Deer 24 9 14 1 0 73 90 19 Calgary 24 6 14 3 1 73 94 16 Edmonton 22 5 15 2 0 64 97 12 Western Conference U.S. Division GP W L OTLSOL GF GA Pts Portland 21 17 4 0 0 98 52 34 Tri-City 22 13 7 2 0 75 75 28 Spokane 23 12 8 1 2 84 77 27 Seattle 22 11 9 1 1 70 78 24 Everett 25 11 12 1 1 68 73 24 B.C. Division GP W L OTLSOL GF GA Pts Victoria 25 16 8 1 0 112 83 33 Kelowna 23 12 8 2 1 88 87 27 Vancouver 24 10 10 2 2 91 94 24 Prince George 24 9 11 2 2 71 83 22 Kamloops 22 9 13 0 0 69 82 18 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.

Thursday’s results No Games Scheduled.

Wednesday’s results Swift Current 5 Saskatoon 4 (SO) Portland 7 Calgary 3 Lethbridge 5 Vancouver 2 Medicine Hat 7 Prince George 3 Everett 3 Tri-City 0 Spokane 6 Kelowna 2 Seattle 6 Regina 3 Friday’s games Swift Current at Prince Albert, 7 p.m.

Brandon at Saskatoon, 7:05 p.m.

Portland at Red Deer, 7 p.m.

Kootenay at Edmonton, 7 p.m.

Medicine Hat at Kamloops, 7 p.m.

Seattle at Victoria, 7:05 p.m.

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

Kelowna at Vancouver, 7:30 p.m.

Spokane at Everett, 7:35 p.m.

Saturday’s games Red Deer at Calgary, 1:30 p.m.

Brandon at Swift Current, 7 p.m.

Prince Albert at Moose Jaw, 7 p.m.

Portland at Edmonton, 7 p.m.

Lethbridge at Kootenay, 7 p.m.

Prince George at Kamloops, 7 p.m.

Vancouver at Everett, 7:05 p.m.

Seattle at Victoria, 7:05 p.m.

Regina at Spokane, 7:05 p.m.

Medicine Hat at Kelowna, 7:05 p.m.

Sunday’s games No Games Scheduled.

Tuesday’s games Victoria at Moose Jaw, 7 p.m.

Portland at Lethbridge, 7 p.m.

Brandon at Red Deer, 7 p.m.

Seattle at Vancouver, 7 p.m.

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

NHL Eastern Conference Atlantic Division GP W L OTL SL GF Tampa Bay 21 16 3 1 1 83 Toronto 23 14 8 0 1 81 Detroit 22 10 9 2 1 65 Metropolitan Division GP W L OTL SL GF Columbus 22 14 7 0 1 63 New Jersey 21 12 5 2 2 69 NY Islanders 21 12 7 1 1 77 Wild Card GP W L OTL SL GF Washington 23 12 10 1 0 67 Pittsburgh 23 11 9 2 1 61 NY Rangers 22 11 9 1 1 72 Boston 20 9 7 3 1 54 Carolina 20 9 7 2 2 58 Ottawa 20 8 6 2 4 64 Philadelphia 22 8 9 3 2 61 Montreal 23 8 12 2 1 54 Florida 21 8 11 1 1 63 Buffalo 22 5 13 3 1 52 Western Conference Central Division W L OTL SL GF St. Louis 16 5 1 0 78 Winnipeg 13 5 3 0 69 Nashville 13 6 1 1 68 Pacific Division GP W L OTL SL GF Vegas 20 13 6 0 1 72 Los Angeles 22 12 8 2 0 65 Calgary 21 12 8 1 0 62 Wild Card GP W L OTL SL GF Vancouver 22 11 8 2 1 61 San Jose 20 11 8 0 1 50 Colorado 20 11 8 1 0 69 Chicago 21 10 8 3 0 63 GP 22 21 21

GA Pts 54 34 69 29 64 23 GA Pts 53 29 66 28 69 26 GA Pts 72 25 80 25 68 24 59 22 59 22 67 22 65 21 80 19 73 18 79 14

GA Pts 58 33 57 29 62 28 GA Pts 60 27 52 26 64 25 GA Pts 61 25 45 23 65 23 56 23

Anaheim 21 10 8 2 1 60 60 23 Minnesota 21 10 8 2 1 64 59 23 Dallas 22 11 10 0 1 61 65 23 Edmonton 22 8 12 1 1 59 74 18 Arizona 24 5 16 2 1 59 89 13 Note: the top three teams per division and the two next-best records in the conference qualify for the playoffs; a winning team is credited with two points and a victory in the W column; a team losing in overtime or shootout receives one point, which is registered in the respective OTL or SOL column.

Thursday’s results No Games Scheduled.

Wednesday’s results Boston 3 New Jersey 2 (SO) Florida 2 Toronto 1 (SO) NY Islanders 4 Philadelphia 3 (OT) Vancouver 5 Pittsburgh 2 Washington 5 Ottawa 2 Minnesota 5 Buffalo 4 Edmonton 6 Detroit 2 NY Rangers 6 Carolina 1 Columbus 1 Calgary 0 (OT) Tampa Bay 3 Chicago 2 (OT) Nashville 3 Montreal 2 (SO) Colorado 3 Dallas 0 San Jose 3 Arizona 1 Vegas 4 Anaheim 2 Winnipeg 2 Los Angeles 1 Friday’s games Pittsburgh at Boston, 11 a.m.

Winnipeg at Anaheim, 2 p.m.

Colorado at Minnesota, 2 p.m.

NY Islanders at Philadelphia, 2 p.m.

Tampa Bay at Washington, 3 p.m.

San Jose at Vegas, 4 p.m.

Edmonton at Buffalo, 5 p.m.

Vancouver at New Jersey, 5 p.m.

Detroit at NY Rangers, 5 p.m.

Ottawa at Columbus, 5 p.m.

Toronto at Carolina, 5:30 p.m.

Nashville at St. Louis, 6 p.m.

Los Angeles at Arizona, 7 p.m.

Calgary at Dallas, 7 p.m.

Saturday’s games Washington at Toronto, 5 p.m.

Buffalo at Montreal, 5 p.m.

NY Islanders at Ottawa,5 p.m.

New Jersey at Detroit, 5 p.m.

Chicago at Florida, 5 p.m.

Tampa Bay at Pittsburgh, 5 p.m.

Vegas at Arizona, 6 p.m.

Minnesota at St. Louis, 6 p.m.

Winnipeg at San Jose, 8 p.m.

Calgary at Colorado, 8 p.m.

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

Sunday’s games Nashville at Carolina, 11 a.m.

Vancouver at NY Rangers, 12 p.m.

Edmonton at Boston, 3 p.m.

AHL Eastern Conference Atlantic Division GP W L OTLSOL W-B/Scranton 15 12 2 0 1 Providence 16 9 5 2 0 Lehigh Valley 18 10 6 0 2 Charlotte 19 11 8 0 0 Bridgeport 16 9 7 0 0 Hershey 19 8 9 0 2 Hartford 18 7 8 2 1 Springfield 20 7 12 1 0 North Division GP W L OTLSOL Toronto 18 14 4 0 0 Rochester 17 9 5 2 1 Laval 19 9 7 2 1 Belleville 19 9 9 0 1 Binghamton 16 6 8 2 0 Utica 16 6 9 0 1 Syracuse 17 5 9 1 2

GF 61 46 62 67 48 51 48 55

GA Pts 39 25 37 20 64 22 62 22 40 18 64 18 61 17 63 15

GF 60 53 67 58 44 46 46

GA Pts 35 28 55 21 73 21 68 19 49 14 51 13 59 13

Western Conference Central Division W L OTLSOL GF 12 5 1 1 65 11 7 0 0 58 7 4 2 2 37 9 7 0 0 49 8 7 2 0 50 8 8 0 2 58 4 9 2 1 41 Pacific Division GP W L OTLSOL GF Tucson 14 9 2 2 1 51 Stockton 16 10 5 0 1 54 San Antonio 18 11 6 1 0 62 GP Manitoba 19 Rockford 18 Cleveland 15 Milwaukee 16 Iowa 17 Grand Rapids 18 Chicago 16

GA Pts 49 26 49 22 41 18 46 18 52 18 56 18 51 11 GA Pts 37 21 42 21 51 23

BASKETBALL NBA EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct Boston 16 3 .842 Toronto 11 6 .647 New York 10 7 .588 Philadelphia 10 7 .588 Brooklyn 6 11 .353 Southeast Division W L Pct Washington 10 8 .556 Charlotte 8 9 .471 Miami 8 9 .471 Orlando 8 10 .444 Atlanta 3 15 .167 Central Division W L Pct Detroit 11 6 .647

GB — 4 5 5 9 GB — 1 1/2 1 1/2 2 7 GB —

Cleveland Indiana Milwaukee Chicago

11 7 .611 10 8 .556 8 8 .500 3 13 .188 WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division W L Pct Houston 14 4 .778 San Antonio 11 7 .611 New Orleans 10 8 .556 Memphis 7 10 .412 Dallas 4 15 .211 Northwest Division W L Pct Minnesota 11 7 .611 Portland 10 8 .556 Denver 10 8 .556 Oklahoma City 8 9 .471 Utah 8 11 .421

1/2 1 1/2 2 1/2 7 1/2 GB — 3 4 6 1/2 10 1/2 GB — 1 1 2 1/2 3 1/2

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

Pacific Division W L Pct 13 5 .722 8 10 .444 7 11 .389 6 11 .353 4 13 .235

GB — 5 6 6 1/2 8 1/2

Tuesday’s Games L.A. Lakers 103, Chicago 94 Wednesday’s Games Charlotte 129, Washington 124, OT Cleveland 119, Brooklyn 109 Philadelphia 101, Portland 81 L.A. Clippers 116, Atlanta 103 Miami 104, Boston 98 New York 108, Toronto 100 Dallas 95, Memphis 94 Houston 125, Denver 95

Minnesota 124, Orlando 118 New Orleans 107, San Antonio 90 Oklahoma City 108, Golden State 91 Milwaukee at Phoenix, 9 p.m.

Utah 110, Chicago 80 L.A. Lakers at Sacramento, 8:30 p.m.

Thursday’s Games No games scheduled.

Friday’s Games Portland at Brooklyn, 10 a.m.

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

Orlando at Boston, 5:30 p.m.

Charlotte at Cleveland, 6 p.m.

Detroit at Oklahoma City, 6 p.m.

Miami at Minnesota, 6 p.m.

Toronto at Indiana, 6 p.m.

Memphis at Denver, 7 p.m.

New Orleans at Phoenix, 7 p.m.

Chicago at Golden State, 8:30 p.m.

Saturday’s Games Orlando at Philadelphia, 5 p.m.

Portland at Washington, 5 p.m.

San Antonio at Charlotte, 5 p.m.

Toronto at Atlanta, 5:30 p.m.

Boston at Indiana, 6 p.m.

New York at Houston, 6 p.m.

New Orleans at Golden State, 6:30 p.m.

Oklahoma City at Dallas, 6:30 p.m.

Milwaukee at Utah, 7 p.m.

L.A. Clippers at Sacramento, 8 p.m.

Sunday’s Games Miami at Chicago, 1:30 p.m.

Phoenix at Minnesota, 1:30 p.m.

Brooklyn at Memphis, 4 p.m.

ell to the Los Angeles Kings for a 2018 fifth-round conditional draft pick.

ST. LOUIS BLUES — Recalled F Sammy Blais from San Antonio (AHL).

American Hockey League

SAN ANTONIO RAMPAGE — Recalled F J.C. Beaudin from Colorado (ECHL).

TRANSACTIONS FOOTBALL National Football League CHICAGO BEARS — Placed LB Leonard Floyd on injured reserve. Signed WR Demarcus Ayers to the practice squad.

SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS — Claimed DL Cassius Marsh off waivers from New England.

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hamer from Tucson (AHL).

DALLAS STARS — Reassigned G Mike McKenna and LW Curtis McKenzie to Texas (AHL). Recalled D Julius Honka from Texas.

MONTREAL CANADIENS — Traded F Torrey Mitch-

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ast-growing Aurora Cannabis Inc. struck twice Thursday, announcing the purchase of greenhouse design firm Larssen Ltd. in the morning and medical marijuana applicant H2 Biopharma Inc. of Lachute, Que., for up to $25 million in stock after markets closed.

The Alberta-based cannabis producer said in the later news release that Larssen’s expertise will “play an instrumental role” in the final design of H2’s 4,300-square-metre cannabis production facility in the Montreal area, which it said is 80 per cent construction complete.

Aurora said it intends to use its ownership of Larssen to pressure other cannabis producers to enter partnerships.

Larssen is involved with more than 15 cannabis industry clients globally, including five Canadian licensed producers, but its Canadian deals will be reassessed once the buyout announced Thursday is completed, it said.

“We’re going to certainly encourage those to proceed but we’re going to require some level of partnership, whether that be an equity stake or a supply agreement or other things,” said Aurora (TSX:ACB) executive vice-president Cam Battley.

“We’re open to various formulae.”

He wouldn’t name the five Canadian companies but said they don’t include CanniMed Therapeutics Inc., against which it is pursuing an all-stock hostile takeover bid, or Newstrike Resources Ltd., a company CanniMed is attempting to buy.

According to its website, cannabis producer The Green Organic Dutchman Holdings Ltd. is working with Larssen to build a large greenhouse in Quebec. It did not return a request for comment Thursday.

Analyst Russell Stanley of Echelon Wealth Partners, who covers CanniMed but not Aurora, said he doesn’t know which Canadian companies Aurora is referring to in its release.

He said it’s highly unusual for the buyer of a service company to so publicly declare that it will revise its deals with competitors.

“I think in the context of also announcing plans to launch a hostile (bid) for CanniMed, clearly Aurora is being very aggressive in its growth strategy,” he said.

He said the rapid rise in share price for Aurora and other cannabis companies means they can

Record October for new condo sales in Greater Toronto as single-family inventory remains low TORONTO — The Building Industry and Land Development Association says the Greater Toronto Area’s supply of newly constructed condos last month hit its highest level since it began tracking that data about 15 years ago.

The group says that of the 5,377 new homes sold in the GTA in October, about 91 per cent of the units were multi-family homes, condo apartments in high-rise and mid-rise buildings and stacked townhomes, while the remaining nine per cent were low-rise, single-family homes.

Condo sales for October were 81 per cent above the 10-year average of 2,697, and the highest October yet recorded, while low-rise sales were 64 per

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Cam Battley, executive vice-president of Aurora is pictured, at his companies penthouse office in downtown Vancouver, B.C., earlier this year. afford to make acquisitions very cheaply through stock offers.

“You’re going to see M&A activity pick up, scale is going to become increasingly important,” he said.

Aurora shares gained 32 cents or about five per cent to close at $6.74 on Thursday.

Financial terms of the Larssen deal were not disclosed, but Aurora said they include performance-based milestone payments.

Larssen, which has offices in Denmark and Burlington, Ont., is designing, engineering and overseeing construction of the half-built Aurora Sky cannabis greenhouse near the Edmonton International Airport which will have capacity to produce 100,000 kilograms of cannabis per year.

Battley said the facility will be a closed system hybrid greenhouse capable of precise control of light, heat, humidity and nutrients to produce “ultra low cost” cannabis. cent below the 10 year average of 1,388.

As of the end of October, 39,476 new homes have been sold in the GTA this year, 82 per cent of them condo apartments in high-rise and mid-rise buildings and stacked townhomes.

In addition to high demand with limited supply, price growth in Toronto housing has been fuelled by appreciation in townhomes and condos, according to the Toronto Real Estate Board.

That’s supported by the association’s report that the average price of available new condo apartments in high-rise and mid-rise buildings and stacked townhomes was $677,456 in October, up about 2.4 per cent from September.

The group says the average price of available new single-family homes in the GTA was about $1.22 million, up about one per cent from September.

To ensure no contaminants enter the system, the air system is designed to be overpressured and overhead robotic cranes will help to replace humans in the growing areas.

Thomas Larssen, principal owner of Larssen Ltd., is to head up a new subsidiary called Aurora Larssen Projects Ltd. Aurora said Larssen is on pace to generate about $6 million in revenue in the next 12 months.

H2 Biopharma is a late-stage medical marijuana licence applicant, Aurora said.

Its facility is to produce up to 4,500 kilograms of cannabis per year and is situated on property that will allow expansion.

Aurora said it will make an initial payment of $10 million in shares, with further payments dependent on completion of the facility, granting of cultivation and sales licences by Health Canada and municipal approval for expansion of the facility.

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

Cdn. National Railway . 101.45 Cdn. Pacific Railway. . . 220.86 Cdn. Utilities . . . . . . . . . . 38.56 Capital Power Corp . . . . 23.89 Cervus Equipment Corp 15.15 Enbridge Inc. . . . . . . . . . 47.53 Finning Intl. Inc. . . . . . . . 30.92 Fortis Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . 47.89 General Motors Co. . . . . 44.29 Parkland Fuel Corp. . . . . 25.25 SNC Lavalin Group. . . . . 56.00 Stantec Inc. . . . . . . . . . . 35.05 Telus Corp. . . . . . . . . . . . 48.50 Transalta Corp.. . . . . . . . . 7.51 Transcanada. . . . . . . . . . 62.91

Loblaw Ltd. . . . . . . . . . . . 68.23 Maple Leaf Foods. . . . . . 33.95 Wal-Mart . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96.41 WestJet Airlines . . . . . . . 26.43

Energy Arc Resources . . . . . . . . 15.75 Badger Daylighting Ltd. . 28.31 Baker Hughes. . . . . . . . . 30.71

about five per cent to close at $6.74 on Thursday.

In economic news, Statistics Canada reported retail sales in September were up 0.1 per cent to $49.1 billion for the month, boosted by sales at gasoline stations as prices climbed due to disruptions caused by hurricane Harvey.

Economists however said it appears consumer spending has cooled after a hot start to the year.

Diversified and Industrials Agrium Inc. . . . . . . . . . . 137.77 ATCO Ltd.. . . . . . . . . . . . 45.70

BCE Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61.51 BlackBerry . . . . . . . . . . . 13.54 Bombardier . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.08

Consumer Canadian Tire . . . . . . . . 160.37 Gamehost . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.00 Leon’s Furniture . . . . . . . 18.79

MARKETS CLOSE TORONTO — Canada’s main stock index finished on a near flat note Thursday, as U.S. stock markets were closed for their Thanksgiving holiday.

The S&P/TSX composite index scraped out 0.72 of a point to advance to 16,074.30.

Earlier in the day, the materials and energy sectors had helped push the Toronto market up modestly, as the health-care and consumer staples groups lost ground.

“The positive performance this morning was the result of the resource sector.

Both energy and materials were stronger on the day,” said Candice Bangsund, vice-president and portfolio manager at Fiera Capital.

“In energy markets we’re seeing encouraging signs toward the rebalancing of the crude market. So we saw energy prices soar to a two-year high this week after a report that indicated a decline in U.S. stockpiles, while there’s also been a disruption in the Keystone pipeline that has helped to sort of boost that optimism that the market is going to find a better balance.”

In currency markets, the Canadian dollar was trading at an average price of 78.65 cents US, up 0.09 of a U.S. cent. That marked the loonie’s third straight day of gains.

Key drivers of the currency’s recent upswing are the weakening U.S. dollar and bullishness around the price of oil, which rose $1.19

at the closing of markets Wednesday.

Commodities markets were also closed for the U.S. Thanksgiving holiday on Thursday.

On the Canadian marijuana front, Aurora Cannabis Inc.’s (TSX:ACB) stock was up about five per cent amid news that the Vancouver-headquartered pot producer intends to use its ownership of greenhouse design firm Larssen Ltd. to pressure other cannabis producers to enter partnerships that will further its aggressive growth plans.

In a news release, Aurora said Larssen is involved with more than 15 cannabis industry clients globally, including five Canadian licensed producers. Shares of Aurora gained 32 cents or

Internet activist says Trudeau government should enshrine ‘net neutrality’ in law TORONTO — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s support of “net neutrality” is encouraging but the concept should be enshrined in federal law to protect it from being dismantled, an open-internet activist said Thursday.

The comments came as it appears likely that the U.S. Federal Communications Commission will overturn an Obama-era policy that prevents internet service providers from using

pricing or other barriers to block or favour content.

“I think one of the good things right now is that we do have net neutrality in Canada,” said OpenMedia executive director Laura Tribe in an interview from Ottawa.

But, she added, Canadian net neutrality is protected in multiple decisions by a federal regulator rather than in specific sections of either the Broadcast or Telecommunications acts, which govern the internet and communications services.

“What OpenMedia is asking for is: for net neutrality to be enshrined in principle in the Telecommunications Act itself, to make sure this is no longer interpreted in multiple (CRTC) decisions … and really clear-

Mining Barrick Gold . . . . . . . . . . 18.34 Cameco Corp. . . . . . . . . 12.70 First Quantum Minerals . 15.79 Goldcorp Inc. . . . . . . . . . 16.97 Hudbay Minerals. . . . . . . 10.22 Kinross Gold Corp. . . . . . . 5.46 Labrador. . . . . . . . . . . . . 22.51 Potash Corp.. . . . . . . . . . 24.58 Sherritt Intl. . . . . . . . . . . . 1.290

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

Stocks: S&P/TSX Composite Index — 16,074.30, up 0.72 of a point American markets closed for the Thanksgiving

Friday, November 24, 2017 Bonavista . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.33 Bonterra Energy . . . . . . . 14.25 Cdn. Nat. Res. . . . . . . . . 44.00 Cenovous Energy Inc. . . 12.45 CWC Well Services . . . 0.2000 Encana Corp. . . . . . . . . . 14.99 Essential Energy. . . . . . . 0.760 Exxon Mobil . . . . . . . . . . 81.10 Halliburton Co. . . . . . . . . 42.43 High Arctic . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.92 Husky Energy . . . . . . . . . 15.46 Imperial Oil . . . . . . . . . . . 39.62 Pengrowth Energy . . . . . 1.130 Obsidian Energy . . . . . . . . 1.81 Precision Drilling Corp . . . 3.45 Suncor Energy . . . . . . . . 44.82 Trican Ltd.. . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.60 Trinidad Energy . . . . . . . . 1.59 Vermilion Energy . . . . . . 45.08

Bank of Montreal . . . . . . 99.28 Bank of N.S. . . . . . . . . . . 83.81 CIBC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114.56 Cdn. Western . . . . . . . . . 36.34 Great West Life. . . . . . . . 35.35 IGM Financial . . . . . . . . . 45.02 Intact Financial Corp. . . 108.41 Manulife Corp. . . . . . . . . 26.76 National Bank . . . . . . . . . 63.26 Rifco Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.250 Royal Bank . . . . . . . . . . 101.02 Sun Life Fin. Inc.. . . . . . . 50.38 TD Bank . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74.11

holiday Currencies: Cdn — 78.65 cents US, up 0.09 of a cent Pound — C$1.6919, up 0.05 of a cent Euro — C$1.5066, up 0.58 of a cent Euro — US$1.1849, up 0.59 of a cent Oil futures: Closed today.

Previous close: US$58.02, up $1.19 (January contract) Gold futures: Closed today.

Previous close: US$1,292.20 per oz., up $10.50 (December contract) Canadian Fine Silver Handy and Harman: Closed today.

Previous close: $22.772 oz., up 6.7 cents. $732.12

ly spelled out,” Tribe said.

Tribe acknowledged that the Trudeau government’s previously announced review of the two acts may pose a risk as well as an opportunity but added that said she’s encouraged by the prime minister’s remarks this week.

The prime minister told reporters at a housing announcement in Toronto late Wednesday, that “we need to continue to defend net neutrality.

And I will.”

Trudeau didn’t specify what his government would do if, as expected, the FCC votes in December to remove restrictions to how U.S. internet service providers manage their networks.

The deciding vote will likely be cast by FCC chair Ajit Pai, an appointee of U.S. President Donald Trump.

Both have been critics of restrictions on internet service providers.

Alyssa Moore, a policy and strategy analyst for Calgary-based Cybera. ca, said that a change in U.S. regulatory policy wouldn’t have direct impact to Canadian internet users but

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ICE FUTURES CANADA WINNIPEG — ICE Futures Canada closing prices: Canola: Jan. ‘18 $2.60 lower $512.70 March ‘18 $2.80 lower $520.50 May ‘18 $2.70 lower $525.30 July ‘18 $2.80 lower $528.00 Nov. ‘18 $1.30 lower $504.90 Jan. ‘19 $1.10 lower $507.30 March ‘19 $1.10 lower $510.00 May 19 $1.10 lower $510.00 July ‘19 $1.10 lower $510.00 Nov. ‘19 $1.10 lower $510.00 Jan. ‘20 $1.10 lower $510.00.

Thursday’s estimated volume of trade: 122,860 tonnes of canola.

could affect Canadian competitiveness in the United States.

“This could take the form of American ISPs (internet service providers) prioritizing their own content traffic in the form of zero-rating it, or delivering it at better speeds,” Moore said in an email.

Moore also said that submissions to a 2016 consultation by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission showed that several Canadian ISPs support the ability to zero-rate content.

University of Ottawa law professor Michael Geist agreed that some of the major Canadian telecom providers have opposed net neutrality in the past and probably still do.

“That said, it is now viewed by the government as an integral part of Canadian policy, so there is little likelihood of Canada following the U.S. path,” Geist said in an email.

He also said that internet and related issues could become part of the North American Free Trade Agreement, currently being renegotiated by Canada, Mexico and the United States.

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Pines and cedars, their branches and needles densely arrayed leaning to the windward side, sheltered the path.

The trail was wide enough to

walk two abreast and level enough I could stride across the gravel surface without hiking sticks.

As I consulted my trail map a pacific wren chattered from a nearby bush, perhaps chiding me to pick a direction. On parts of the trail, there are artist’s loops — short trails that detour along the ocean with benches and wooden stands where you can break out a paint box or sketchpad.

The first stop on the artist’s loop seemed like a better place to break out a merlot than a brush but when I carried on to dramatic cliff faces and the ocean rushing to kiss the rock faces I felt inspired.

I pulled out my journal and

sketched rocks poking into the ocean, the sunshine bathing century-old cedar. A couple of dogs pulling their owners hustled by while the fresh air tickled my nose and I felt negative ions boosting my mood. If this was what the Japanese call forest bathing, my soul was feeling squeaky clean and I wasn’t getting out of the tub anytime soon.

Trail manager Jim Martin calls himself an ordinary guy but convincing private landholders to allow a public trail across their land and raising funds for the trail would disprove this. The first trail section was built around Amphitrite lighthouse in 1999 providing over two kilometers of sheltered hiking along rocky headlands. In 2002 the trail was expanded six kilometers along the west shore of Vancouver Island. Viewpoints and the artist loops were added in subsequent years. Martin hopes the trail eventually extends all the way to Pacific Rim National Park Reserve.

After putting away my sketchbook I carried on although making time was tough as I stopped to look at viewpoint after viewpoint. I could have hiked faster if I had chosen the stroller bypasses — wide paths devoid of stairs or steep sections deep in the forest — but the ocean waves crashing across black rock were too beautiful to leave.

At the seven-kilometer mark I found the ancient cedars loop with

trees that had stood in this region long before modern Ucluelet was established. Behemoth cedars poked out of the forest canopy, their tops too high to be visible from the trail. I hugged one and started back towards the trailhead.

The sun dropped towards the ocean as I reached the parking lot.

Even after hours exploring I was reluctant to leave. I will never do the West Coast Trail but I will do the Wild Pacific trail again. Maybe next time I’ll bring the merlot.

If you go: Get there by flying to Comox (Westjet has direct flights from Calgary or Edmonton) and driving three hours west.

Download the trail map at http:// www.wildpacifictrail.com/pdf/brochure.pdf Hiking times are without stopping so add extra. No bikes are allowed on the trail.

Stay steps away from the trail at Terrace Beach Resort http://www. terracebeachresort.ca Take time to visit Ucluelet’s catch and release aquarium where specimens are gathered each spring and released in the fall https://uclueletaquarium.org Carol Patterson is a travel and nature writer inspiring people to step outside and see the best of North American’s wildlife. www.carolpatterson.ca

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t’s a pity Hollywood has no Oscar for best supporting architecture, because Columbus would have been a contender.

The quirky indie film was shot in the small Indiana city of 45,000 people, known to modernist design geeks the world over.

The monumental (if mute) second cast was cherry-picked from more than 90 buildings, bridges, parks and sculptures from the mid 20th century to early in this century, plus an 1864 ancestral mansion turned fancy bedand-breakfast with splendid formal gardens.

The debut feature by one-name visual essayist Kogonada tenderly explores whether architecture can heal the pain of two strangers. Jon Cho plays Jin, a translator who has come from Seoul to see his estranged father, an architecture scholar who fell gravely ill here. Haley Lu Richardson is Casey, a homegrown modernist obsessive who delays college to watch over her mother, a recovering meth addict.

Jin and Casey smoke a lot and talk a lot outside and inside 15 of the city’s most recognizable edifices. An hour after the credits rolled, I was plotting a trip.

Happily, my midcentury ramble coincided with Exhibit Columbus, a three-month celebration of architecture, design, art and community mounted by Legacy Columbus and the Heritage Fund, two cultural nonprofit organizations.

From late August through late November, a new wave of thinkers and makers exhibited projects aimed at sparking conversations about design.

Five of the 10 invited competitors won a prestigious J. Irwin and Xenia S. Miller Prize and a chunk of cash each to create large-scale installations; another dozen projects came from innovative designers, fabricators and students.

For me, Columbus the movie (now on iTunes) and Columbus, the city, delivered an architourism trifecta: a cinematic valentine to great design, a bumper crop of iconic originals and a preview of the next new things.

First stop was the Columbus Area Visitors Center for a $3 detailed map with 97 site photos and pithy captions; the companion mobile guide for smartphones is free with purchase. I also utilized a third option — using the center’s one-page list of Kagonado film locations. During two leisurely days on foot or by car, I ogled the unconnected halves of City Hall’s red brick arch; a brutalist observation tower in Mill Race Park; the soaring and somber limestone pillars of the veterans’ memorial; a mental-health center straddling burbling Haw Creek, and a glass rectangle of a bank

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The famous ‘conversation pit’ in J. Irwin Miller’s 1957 modernist home, designed by his go-to troika: architect Eero Saarinen, landscape architect Dan Kiley and interior designer Alexander Girard. cantilevered over three drive-through lanes in a strip mall.

I headed straightaway for Fifth Street, long ago dubbed the “Avenue of the Architects.” From the second floor of the Bartholomew County library, designed in 1959 by I.M. Pei, I peered down at browsers meandering through rows of bookshelves, and gazed up at a vast concrete coffered ceiling that made the interior feel like a hushed literary hive. Pei wanted to anchor Library Plaza with a Henry Moore piece. “Large Arch,” all 12-by-20 heroic feet of weathered green bronze, succeeds magnificently.

During Exhibit Columbus, the arch was partly surrounded by “Conversation Plinth,” by the firm IKD. The multilevel 2017 installation, made of steel and experimental cross-laminated Indiana hardwood (which didn’t weather so well), became an instant gathering place. Day and night, people sat, dozed, texted, did homework, jumped, climbed or just hung out. The Plinth was also a hot venue for cool events, including a yoga class, concerts, bridal party photo ops and a doggy Halloween costume competition.

Directly across Fifth Street stands the city’s original modernist building — Eliel Saarinen’s First Christian Church, with its subtly asymmetrical grid on the facade. Charles Eames designed the pews. Loja Saarinen, a

weaver and the first of the few women involved in seven decades of Columbus design, worked with her husband on the Sermon on the Mount tapestry.

First Baptist’s free-standing, 166-foothigh bell tower provided dramatic contrast to “Wiikiaami,” a 2017 wigwam of weathered metal panels and rebar, an homage to Indiana’s Maayami people by studio:indigenous.

None of this would have happened without J. Irwin Miller. The scion of the diesel engine dynasty Cummins was mad for modernism, hiring the best architects not only for his many corporate buildings but also for

schools, libraries, fire stations, hospitals and municipal offices.

By the 1950s, the Cummins Foundation was paying design fees to ensure clean-lined public buildings in the city and county. Miller, however, would only underwrite his five favorite architects. How better, he thought, to lure a sophisticated, international workforce to soybean country 45 miles south of Indianapolis than with an avant-garde oasis?

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Director Kogonada, left, and co-star Haley Lu Richardson on the set of ‘Columbus.’

CONTINUED FROM PAGE 31 For his own 1957 modernist family home on 10 choice acres, Miller used his go-to troika: architect Eero Saarinen (Eliel’s son), landscape architect Dan Kiley and interior designer Alexander Girard, whose legendary sunken conversation pit inspired the Conversation Plinth 64 years later. Largely glass, white marble and limestone, the house seamlessly marries the indoors and outdoors, working as well for the Miller kids’ sleepover pillow fights and pool parties as for the parents’ elegant VIP gatherings.

The $25 docent-led tour of what has rightly been called “America’s most significant modernist house” was worth the whole trip because most of the Millers’ original furnishings and collections remain. The most important Impressionist and modern artworks, consigned to Christie’s by their heirs, brought $132 million. They gave their parents’ home to the Indianapolis Museum of Art, which opened it to the public.

My second-favorite building was the six-sided North Christian Church, a Saarinen/Kiley/Girard encore. Topped by a gold-leaf cross, the 192-foot spire rises heavenward from a low, hexagonal roof.

The sanctuary, with pews around the perimeter, is partially lit by a geometric oculus in the ceiling.

The church was Saarinen’s last project. He died in 1964 at 51, three years before its completion.

Kogonada discovered Columbus, a four-hour drive from his Nashville, Tenn., home, on a family outing. He started shooting in 2016, using locals to play tourists and townspeople opposite Cho, Richardson and the rest of the cast.

Not everyone who lives here likes “Columbus.”

Too slow, they say, too much swearing and way too much cigarette smoking in an area ravaged by addiction.

Others are thrilled that Kogonada shone his discerning light on the city where, it happens, Vice President Mike Pence grew up, and where millennials are discovering good jobs, affordable housing and a rich cultural history.

Those involved with Columbus, the movie, hope its many raves yield such indie accolades as the upcoming Gotham and Independent Spirit awards.

Those involved with Columbus, the city, want to keep the current tourist boomlet going. Next year, Exhibit Columbus will host a high-wattage design symposium; in 2019, a new set of outdoor installations will appear.

On a recent Sunday, New York architect Aaron

Schiller, a grandson of J. Irwin Miller, went to see the First Christian Church.

“Are you here for Jesus or are you here for the architecture?” he was asked.

A fair question, to be sure, and one likely to be repeated often in the future.

Groer is a writer based in Washington. Find her on Twitter: @anniegroer.

IF YOU GO Where to stay Hotel Indigo Columbus Architectural Center 400 Brown St. 812-375-9100 ihg.com This 85-room hotel is colorful, contemporary and proudly design-oriented, with a lively lobby and bar. Rooms start at $150 for a double, $280 for a suite.

The Inn at Irwin Gardens 608 Fifth St. 812-376-3663 irwingardens.com This circa-1864 mansion was J. Irwin Miller’s ancestral home until his family moved to Saarinen’s masterpiece, leaving behind a house full of antiques. Breakfast is in the formal dining room, tea can be taken on the veranda and the gardens are open to the public on a limited basis.

Rooms start at $175, suites at $225.

Where to eat Henry Social Bar 423 Washington St. 812-799-1371 henrysocialclub.com A local favorite for its buzzy cocktail scene and modern American menu that hits all the right foodie notes: artisinal, home-baked and handmade. Starters from $8, entrees from $15.

Zaharakos Ice Cream Parlor and Museum 329 Washington St. zaharakos.com A family-owned establishment, located at the same address since 1900. You could eat a burger, salad or mac and cheese, but I’d skip right to dessert: shakes, cones and malteds, sundaes, sodas and splits.

Development Officer Approvals On November 21, 2017, the Development Officer issued approvals for the following applications: Permitted Use Aspen Ridge 1. Sawyer, D. – a 1.02 m variance to the Minimum Rear Yard, for an existing Accessory Building (detached garage), located at 31 Agnew Close.

Vanier Woods 2. Klooster, P. – a 0.66 m variance to the Minimum Rear Yard, for an existing Accessory Building (detached garage), located at 19 Visser Street.

Discretionary Use 19th Street East 3. Bouchard, R. – 55.18 m2 attached garage addition, to an existing Detached Dwelling, to be located at 27064 Township Road 380.

Morrisroe 4. Zubot, D. – a Secondary Suite, with two bedrooms, to be located at 124 Martin Close.

Timber Ridge 5. Laebon Developments Ltd. – a Show Home, to be located at 3 Traynor Close.

A Discretionary Use decision may be appealed to the Red Deer Subdivision & Development Appeal Board, Legislative Services, City Hall, prior to 4:30 p.m. on December 15, 2017. A Permitted Use decision may not be appealed unless it involves a variation or misinterpretation of the Land Use Bylaw.

Appeal forms (outlining appeal fees) are available at Legislative Services. For further information, please phone 403-342-8190.

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resident of a long-term care facility sits in front of her dinner absent-mindedly, lost in thought. Noticing that she has not touched the food in front of her for some time, a voice asks her “Do you not like your soup? Your soup smells great! Please pick up your spoon and have some soup”. The resident obediPadmaja ently picks up her spoon, transfers a spoonful of soup into her mouth and Genesh smiles. The voice belongs to Brian 2.0, a socially assistive robot.

This is not a scene from a science-fiction movie such as ‘Robot and Frank’. This is real and happened at a long-term care centre at Baycrest in Toronto. Brian is not a movie character; he is a human-like robot created by scientists, led

by Goldie Nejat, the director of Autonomous Systems and Biomechatronics Laboratory (ASB Lab) at University of Toronto.

With the aging of baby boomers, and lack of trained healthcare staff to care for all of those who would need assistance, our publicly-funded healthcare system is poised to burst at the seams.

Scientists hope that socially assistive robots such as Brian could extend a helping hand to the elderly in assisted-living facilities and eventually even in their own homes.

Until now, robots have mostly been used for what roboticists call the “three Ds” — jobs that are dirty, dangerous and dull. But advances in computer vision, speech recognition and artificial intelligence, among other things, has helped develop social robots that can interact in a natural way with humans.

Brian looks like a humanoid robot from a Star Wars movie. His voice is computer- generated and

his face is made of silicone rubber. His torso is mounted on a platform, and his arms are clearly mechanical. Since robots that look too human can be confusing to the elderly, the artificial look is maintained.

Despite all that, Brian does manage to create a human-like presence. When he speaks people look at his face, not at the laptop that serves as his brain.

As mentioned earlier, Brian was piloted at a longterm care center at Baycrest in Toronto in fall 2011.

While Brian encourages people to eat, Brian 2.1 can also help people play a card-matching memory game, giving encouragement and even hints to the player. Eventually Brian will be able to roll around a room, looking for people to interact with.

He might even be an in-home assistant, chatting, keeping track of medication, and generally engaging with and helping the person he lives with.

Nejat says that the biggest challenge was teaching Brian to recognize people’s behaviours. By monitoring a person’s word use, body language and gestures, gaze and even heart rate, Brian will be able to tell if someone is upset, engaged, happy or sad, and change his own behaviour accordingly. If he recognizes a person is sad, for instance, he might try hard to cheer them up.

Other creations of ASB lab (http://asblab.mie. utoronto.ca/) are Casper, Tangy, and Leia. Casper is a friendly robot capable of assisting in the kitchen, and encouraging even a cognitively impaired person to cook simple meals with him.

Tangy, introduced in June 2015, is capable of facilitating a Bingo game for a group of people, including assisting someone with their card and celebrating when someone wins.

Leia is a small desktop robot developed by ASB lab, capable of helping a person choose appropriate outfit and footwear for different tasks. If the person

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disapproves of Leia’s choice of outfit or shoes, Leia is able to incorporate the person’s preferences, and suggest other alternatives.

If you are wondering how older people would respond to robots and whether they would accept them, you are not alone. In fact, one-third of all assistive technologies are abandoned within a year.

This is because time and money constraints often deprive technology developers of the opportunities of testing them with the intended users.

Nejat and her team from ASB lab designed a study to determine if Brian 2.1’s human-like assistive and social characteristics would promote the use of the robot as a cognitive and social interaction tool to aid with activities of daily living.

A robot acceptance questionnaire administered during a robot demonstration session with a group of 46 elderly adults showed that the majority of the individuals had positive attitudes toward the socially assistive robot and its intended applications.

Recent studies have shown that cognitive and social interventions are crucial to the overall health of older adults including their psychological, cognitive, and physical well-being. However, due to the rapidly growing elderly population of the world, the resources and people to provide these interventions is lacking. So the prospect of using human-like socially assistive robots to encourage older adults to be physically and cognitive active is very exciting. Yes, robots are coming very soon.

Padmaja Genesh, who holds a bachelor degree in medicine and surgery as well as a bachelor degree in Gerontology, has spent several years teaching and working with health care agencies. A past resident of Red Deer, and a past board member of Red Deer Golden Circle, she is now a Learning Specialist at the Alzheimer Society of Calgary. Please send your comments to padmajaganeshy@yahoo.ca

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ORONTO — A Toronto hospital says it plans to create the world’s leading treatment and research centre for multiple sclerosis.

St. Michael’s Hospital says the BARLO MS Centre will occupy the entire top two floors — about 2,300 square metres — of a 17-storey tower under construction at the downtown Toronto facility.

The hospital says it already has the largest multiple sclerosis clinic in Canada, with about 7,000 patients, and is home to some of the world’s leading MS clinicians and researchers.

The $30-million BARLO MS Centre is expected to open in 2020 and focus on patient-centred, personalized care and applying and generating leading-edge research.

MS is an autoimmune disease of the central nervous system that can cause symptoms such as extreme fatigue, lack of co-ordination, weakness, tingling, impaired sensation, vision problems, bladder problems, cogni-

tive impairment and mood changes.

It is known as “Canada’s disease” because the country has the highest prevalence of the neurological disease in the world, with one in every 340 Canadians living with MS. It affects three times as many women as men.

“Our goal in creating the world’s premier multiple sclerosis centre is to stop the disease and provide the best clinical care and outstanding research,” Dr. Xavier Montalban, a Spanish clinician and researcher recruited to lead the centre, said Wednesday in a release.

“Every day, three more Canadians are diagnosed with multiple sclerosis,” Montalban said.

“Early diagnosis means we can start people on promising new treatments and give them hope they can live fulfilling and productive lives.”

Montalban said the centre will offer “one-stop care” for patients who will be diagnosed, treated and offered the opportunity to participate in research, all in the same location.

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ANCOUVER — Seeing children suffering with cancer when he was being treated himself broke Terry Fox’s heart and inspired his Marathon of Hope.

Now, those efforts have fuelled a unique initiative to give kids and young adults across the country a chance to live when there are few, if any, treatment options left.

Eight-year-old Marlow Ploughman of Shannonville, Ont., has relapsed four times and is on a new drug thanks to genetic testing involving a project that brings together collaborators from over 30 pediatric cancer research and funding organizations.

The girl was diagnosed at age 2 1/2 with latestage rhabdomyosarcoma, or cancer of the soft tissue, such as muscle, after a vine-like tumour was found in her calf, said her mother Tanya Boehm.

After three rounds of radiation, chemotherapy protocols and at least four clinical trials, there were no therapies left to try as the cancer spread to the girl’s neck and lungs.

A program called Terry Fox PROFYLE, short for Precision Oncology for Young People, seemed to be the only hope for Marlow, Boehm said.

PROFYLE provides precision treatment by sequencing tumour samples on a molecular level and analyzing the vast amount of information at any of three labs in Vancouver, Toronto and Montreal for patients up to age 29, regardless of where in Canada they live.

Until now, young cancer patients in rural or remote areas did not always get the testing available, let alone the collaboration of scientists and researchers from across the country to guide treatment.

“It presents options and time,” Boehm said. “We were told with Marlow when the cancer came back the first time that she was going to die. … I think it’s fantastic that finally, families like ours have hope.”

Marlow’s oncologist and project leader, Dr. David Malkin of the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, said the focus of the five-year project is the approximately 20 per cent of pediatric cancer patients whose disease is considered hard to treat.

“Every pediatric centre across the country is part of PROFYLE and several of the adult centres will also be able to enrol their patients into the study. Even in the pilot phase we have had patients from all provinces now enrolled,” Malkin said.

About 40 people are participating in the study and about half of them have had their tumours sequenced because of the partnership that has so far provided $16.4 million, including $5 million from the Terry Fox Research Institute.

“One of the reasons that PROFYLE is so important is that the cancers that occur in young people are inherently different than they are in adults,” said Malkin.

“We need to be collecting much, much more information on the sequences of childhood and young adult tumours and personalize it and make it more precise so we can work with industry and pharma and develop ways that we can get these drugs for

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Eight-year-old Marlow Ploughman of Shannonville, Ont., is shown in a handout photo. Marlow was diagnosed with a muscle cancer at age two-and-a-half. She has relapsed four times and is one of the kids who now has hope because top scientists and research centres have joined forces to sequence and analyze her tumour and provide new treatment kids,” he said.

About 1,900 youth under age 18 are diagnosed with cancer every year in Canada, and about a third of them would be eligible for PROFYLE, he said, adding that only two other programs in the world come close to what PROFYLE offers.

“What is unique about PROFYLE is that it’s truly national.”

Patrick Sullivan, whose three-year-old son Finn died of rhabdomyosarcoma in 2008, has raised over $2 million for the BC Cancer Foundation and is on the executive committee of PROFYLE, for which he has committed another $250,000.

He said Finn, who was “introverted with a heavy streak of silly,” would have qualified for PROFYLE but the cost of molecular sequencing and analysis was far too high in 2008.

“It not only offers hope for families, which would have been enough for me, it offers a way to integrate this type of approach for kids, adolescents

and young adults and for all Canadians,” he said.

Dr. Victor Ling, scientific director of the Terry Fox Research Institute in Vancouver, said Fox, who was diagnosed at age 18 and died four years later, would have qualified for PROFYLE. “We did not know how to do DNA sequencing in those days, we did not have the drugs that we have now.”

Darryl Fox, Terry’s brother and a senior adviser at the Terry Fox Research Institute, said Terry was passionate about meeting young cancer patients, especially during the Marathon of Hope.

“We’re bringing not only children’s hospitals and fundraisers together but in 1980 he united a country. He brought Canadians together for a common cause and we continue to do that and this program is an example of that.”

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Actors socialize in the green room in RDC’s Retro Radio Christmas Review.

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radio station also has large screens upon which images are flashed to complement the story lines.

Although the actors speak into standing mics as old-school radio plays are performed live in two alternating evenings of entertainment— there’s nary a dull moment in this production, directed by Tom Bradshaw.

For when the actors aren’t ‘live-onair,’ they can be seen celebrating the season in the on-stage green room.

Two different sets of plays are being rotated on alternate nights for the first half of the Review. The constant is a comic, bizarre version of A Christmas Carol, (Jughead as the Ghost of Christmas Past?), which will be presented in the second half of each performance.

Thursday’s dress rehearsal began with a goofy story line about Archie Andrews (Brett Nixon), Jughead (Jared Baker) and the Riverdale gang going last-minute Christmas shopping and meeting a snooty, meddlesome floorwalker (Christian Goodchild) at Stacy’s Department Store.

Then, the gee-whiz family from Father Knows Best went on an ill-fated tree-chopping expedition after son Bud (Jayden Baldry), daughters Betty and Katy (Kai Hall and Alex Creedon) and Mother Margaret (Aimbree Sweetgrass) gave Father Jim (James Walker) reason to think they’d forgotten the meaning of Christmas. (Warn-

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ing: This story can still make parents cry).

The second-year student actors did an amazing job of bringing familiar characters to life — from Caleb Harrison channelling Lionel Barrymore as Scrooge, to Ethan Olsvik narrating as Orson Welles.

This is one of the uniformly best-acted RDC plays in a while. All 17 cast members created dynamic portrayals by focusing on vocal characterizations. (Nixon’s portrayal of the nerdy, freckle-faced Archie includes a voice that’s as high as we imagine it to be.)

On-stage sound effects and live music are other reasons to see Retro Radio Christmas Review. Bottom line?

It’s an entertaining throw-back to Christmases Past.

Whether you lived through the era or not, you will leave with a fuzzy, warm feeling.

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An exhibit of singer Johnny Cash’s memorabilia is displayed in the restored Dyess Colony Administration Building in Dyess, Ark. Money and memorabilia from Johnny Cash’s family and friends have helped historians restore a significant part of the Historic Dyess Colony, a government collective built to pull Depression-era families out of poverty. Cash’s boyhood home, along with the colony’s former headquarters, will open Saturday to reflect everyday life in a northeast Arkansas community built on once-sunken land.

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ITTLE ROCK, Ark. — The boyhood home of country music icon Johnny Cash is being considered as a nominee for inclusion on the National Register of Historic Places.

The Arkansas Historic Preservation Program’s review board is to meet Wednesday to consider 14 state properties for nomination to the list of the nation’s historic places, including the Cash home that was built in 1934 in Dyess in northeastern Arkansas, about 30 miles (48 kilometres) northwest of Memphis, Tenn.

The house and 40 acres (16 hectares) were provided to the Cash family as part of a federal government economic recovery program during the Great Depression.

Preservation Program spokesman Mark Christ told the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette that a final decision on whether the property is included on the list will be made by the National Park Service.

“They go through a rigorous internal determination of eligibility before going to the (Arkansas) board, so if a nomination makes it through both of those processes, it’s definitely

a property that should be listed,” he said in an email to the newspaper.

The home, which is under the control of Arkansas State University, would not have qualified for nomination without the completion in 2014 of a restoration project that brought it back to its 1934 appearance, said Ruth Hawkins, director of ASU’s Heritage Sites.

The home was sold by the Cash family in 1954, and subsequent owners installed paneling, wallpaper and modern tile flooring, which had to be torn out, Hawkins said. She added that most of the original material was still there.

“The house retains much of its original 1930s vernacular/Colonial Revival design,” the nomination form says. “The property retains the feeling of a farmhouse from the 1930s-era Dyess Colony.”

Cash was born in 1932 in Kingsland, Arkansas, according to the official website devoted to the musician.

His family later moved to Dyess.

He began his music career as a rockabilly singer in Memphis on the same Sun Records label as Elvis Presley and is a member of both the Country Music Hall of Fame and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

ORONTO — Comedian Stacey McGunnigle says it’s hard to be confident when you’re a teenage girl.

“You’re so concerned about what people think,” she says, recalling how self-conscious and awkward she felt as a teenager. “And I didn’t even have the internet then,” she adds. ”I can only imagine what it’s like now.”

McGunnigle’s desire to arm teenage girls with boldness and self-confidence is what led her to develop Empower-Prov, a new improv comedy class at Toronto’s Second City aimed specifically at girls between grades 9 and 12.

“I think it’s just putting that tool in the toolbox young and early, about being confident, stepping forward, trusting your instincts, trusting your gut,” she says.

McGunnigle, a Second City alumna, says the skills she learned improvising — being quick, resourceful, self-assured — have helped her outside of the comedy world.

“Knowing who you are and knowing your voice is so crucial, especially with women,” she says. “Walking into a room and knowing your value, and knowing your boundaries, and knowing what’s appropriate and what’s not appropriate.”

She says she expects an all-female space will allow students to be more open and collaborative than they might be in a coed class, where in her experience, male voices are often the loudest.

“Even in teen classes I’ve taught before, it’s the guys who will say stuff first,” she says.

“The girls are … in the back, taking it all in, before saying anything. This course is like, no, be bold. Be brave.

And feel like that’s OK.” It’s not just teenagers who are benefiting from classes designed specifically for a female experience.

Vancouver comedian Amy Shostak

ran a one-day improv workshop for women last year that was so successful it’s coming back as a four-part class at Blind Tiger Comedy. She says there are several reasons why many women are seeking out classes designed specifically for them. In addition to the benefits of building new skills in a comfortable environment, a women-only class also provides an opportunity to talk about tactics for dealing with uncomfortable situations onstage.

“The thing about improv is, it’s in the moment,” Shostak says. ”When I was kind of coming up, there were lots of moments onstage where I would get offstage and feel like: I really wish I could have done something in that moment.”

She remembers one instance early in her career when a male improv performer called for a doctor, and when she walked onstage, he said, “Nurse, could you go get the doctor?” She was shocked, and didn’t know what else to do but to go get someone else.

“That moment, I always reflect on it and think, what could I have said?”

Shostak says. ”I could have said, ‘You don’t know me, I am the doctor.’ Or I could have said, ‘You don’t need a doctor, I’m a nurse, it’s a routine flu shot.’ There are ways that I could have probably held on to that space, but I just didn’t know how.”

One of the core principles in improv is agreeing with someone else’s premise, which can make it hard to set boundaries. But “there are some ways to say yes to an offer and still maintain your dignity,” she says.

But she also teaches her students that it’s OK to sometimes just say no.

Once, during an improv game where someone from the audience comes onstage and moves the performers around like puppets, an audience member repeatedly tried to push Shostak onto her knees in front of a male performer.

“In that moment, I just had to physically resist,” she says. ”I was like: I’m not doing that.”

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REID, Josephine 1920 - 2017 On Friday, November 17, 2017 we lost our matriarch; our mom, our Grandma Jo, our GG, who passed away peacefully at Timberstone Mews, Red Deer, Alberta.

Josephine was born August 28, 1920 in Wetaskiwin, the only daughter to Carl and Sarah Jevne. She and her 4 brothers, Clarence, Freeman, Tustan and Pat enjoyed playing many sports, including fastball, where Jo pitched for the boys team.

They participated in the community bands and choirs, and kicked up their heels at country dances. Jo left home for the big city, taking her nurses training at the Grey Nuns. She met Stan Reid in Edmonton and the two were married in 1948. They soon moved to Red Deer with their young family. Jo had her hands full with three rambunctious boys, but despite their best efforts, she survived those years with sanity and sense of humour intact! She worked in Public Health known as the “needle nurse,” terrifying children all over, but none more than her eldest son! In 1975, Jo gently nudged her boys to invest in some land out west. That decision would bring “The Land” into fruition, grandma’s favourite place in the world and a sanctuary for the family and so very many friends. Jo was pre-deceased by her husband, Stan in 1993 and well, “pretty much everybody else”, according to her. She leaves to mourn her sons, Jim (Maggie) Reid, Bill (Juanie) Reid, Pat Reid; her grandchildren, Sarah (Scott) Martin, Nicki (Ryan) Engler, Jamie (Dusty) Mcgillicky, Whitney (Scott) Klaus, Shelby Reid, Courtney Reid and James Reid; her great grandchildren, Loranna and Alandra Martin, Vayda and James Engler, Louis and Miles Mcgillicky, Ayla Klaus and Easton Reid; and countless extended family and friends she loved like family. Please join us in celebrating Jo’s life at a memorial tea; December 12, 2017 at the Red Deer Legion, 2810 Bremner Avenue, Red Deer, Alberta from 1-4pm. In lieu of flowers, please donate to the SPCA at www.albertaspca.org or the Red Deer Hospice at www.reddeerhospice.com. Condolences may be sent or viewed at www.parklandfuneralhome.com.

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BUXTON, Rita 1946 - 2017 Mrs. Rita Rose Buxton (nee Schaufele), beloved wife of Mr. Roger Buxton of Red Deer, Alberta, passed from this life into the next, after a well-fought battle with cancer, at the Red Deer Hospice on Monday, November 20, 2017 at the age of 71 years. A lifelong learner and teacher by profession, Rita passionately pursued many hobbies and interests throughout her life with 100% effort and enthusiasm.

Rita loved spending time with her grandsons and provided unfailing support for her family, friends and community, who knew that they could call on her for help and guidance without any fear of criticism or judgment. Rita will be lovingly remembered by her devoted husband of fifty-one years, Roger Buxton, her sons, Blaise (Kelly) Buxton and Curtis (Angela Grace) Buxton and her grandsons, Logan Buxton and Callum Buxton. She will also be fondly remembered by her sister, Karen (David) Garland, aunts, Isabel Stripling and Naomi McCracken, sisters-in-law, Hazel (Chuck) Banush and Lera Buxton; brother-in-law, Adrian (Tina) Mohl; nieces, Kathleen (Neil) Jesske, Sheila (Joseph) Daraio, Kellie Garland (Kelly Dickie), Kelly Banush, Darcy (Lloyd) Banush Schulthies and Madison Elliott; nephews, Scott (Charisse) Garland, Michael Eadie, Mark Eadie (Helen), Brent (Jessica) Eadie and William Mohl; as well as several great nieces and nephews. Rita was preceded in death by her parents, Emanuel and Edna Schaufele, a sister-in-law, Shirley Mohl, a niece, Natasha Garland, and nephews, Ernie Mulenga and Derek Head. Rita’s family appreciates the professionalism, dedication and compassion of the doctors, nurses and staff at the Cross Cancer Institute, Central Alberta Cancer Centre, Units 21 and 32 of the Red Deer Regional Hospital Centre and the Red Deer Hospice.

A Celebration of Rita’s Life will be held at Parkland Funeral Home and Crematorium, 6287 - 67 A Street (Taylor Drive), Red Deer, Alberta on Saturday, December 2, 2017 at 11:00 a.m. with The Reverend Mary Ellen Moore officiating. If desired, Memorial Donations in Rita’s honor may be made directly to the Canadian Cancer Society at www.cancer.ca; to the Red Deer Hospice at www.reddeerhospice.com; or to The Lending Cupboard at www.lendingcupboard.ca/.

Condolences may be sent or viewed at www.parklandfuneralhome.com.

Arrangements in care of PARKLAND FUNERAL HOME AND CREMATORIUM, 6287 - 67 A Street (Taylor Drive), Red Deer.

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SIROIS, Garvin Rock 1954 - 2017 On Sunday, November 19, 2017, our beloved dad, grandad, brother, uncle and friend, Garvin Rock Sirois, passed away peacefully at Agapé Hospice, Calgary, Alberta at the age of 63 years. Garvin’s stories of guitars, motorcycles, speed skating and his endless tinkering will live on in the hearts of daughters, Catherine (Brent) Sawatzky and Corrine (Kevin) Davis; son, Eric Sirois; sister, Rochelle (Jim) Cruther; brother, Neil Sirois; six grandchildren and former wife, Louella Ray. A Memorial Service will be held at Parkland Funeral Home, 6287 - 67A Street (Taylor Drive), Red Deer, Alberta on Monday, November 27, 2017 at 3:30 p.m. If desired, Memorial Donations in Garvin’s honor may be made directly to Agapé Hospice, Calgary, Alberta at www.agapehospice.ca; or to the Alberta Sports Hall of Fame, Red Deer, Alberta at www.ashfm.ca. Condolences may be sent or viewed at www.parklandfuneralhome.com.

Arrangements in care of PARKLAND FUNERAL HOME AND CREMATORIUM, 6287 - 67 A Street (Taylor Drive), Red Deer. 403.340.4040.

WILTZEN, Braden Matthew 1982 - 2017 Our sweet darling boy, Braden Wiltzen, was taken from us tragically on Saturday, November 18, 2017 in Calgary AB at the age of 35 years. Braden was raised and completed his schooling in Red Deer, first at Koinonia Christian and then Hunting Hills. He worked in the Financial Industry, his last six years at Canoe Financial where he made so many good friends. Braden was a gentle soul with a great and tender heart.

There was nothing he would not do for those he met, and it is shown in the amazing outpouring of grief from around the world since his passing. Braden was tall and handsome with an incredible smile and laugh that shielded a fiercely competitive drive where he strove to be the best at all he did and where coming up short just meant you had to be better next time. He excelled in sports, be it hockey, golf, badminton, or even ping pong. Braden was the type of man that people gravitated to and wanted to be with, from little kids, to seniors, and everyone in between. Braden leaves to mourn his mom and dad, Wendy and Tim; his loving sister and best friend, Lori and very special brother in law, Chad Frank and their children, Avari, Lyric, and Petra who he absolutely doted on, and they him; his gramma, Mollie Gyori, as well as many uncles and aunts and cousins. He was predeceased by his brother Matthew Timothy; uncle Bill Gyori and three of his grandparents. He gave his heart to the Lord as a young boy, and it is in this knowledge that we know he is in the arms of Jesus Christ. A Funeral Service will be held in the main auditorium of CrossRoads Church, (SW corner of 32 St and highway 2), 38105 Range Road 275, Red Deer County, AB on Monday, November 27, 2017 at 1:00 p.m. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations in Braden’s honor may be made directly to Suicide Information and Education Services, 4101 - 54 Avenue, Red Deer, AB T4N 7G3. Condolences to Braden’s family may be emailed to meaningful@telus.net.

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WILD, Seth Jordan 1981 - 2017 It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Mr. Seth Jordan Wild on Tuesday, November 21, 2017 at the age of 35 years.

Seth was born in Edmonton, Alberta, on December 4, 1981. Seth was happy and a joy to be around. He had a great sense of humour and loved to watch movies and laugh. He spent the last seventeen years of his life living at Parkland C.L.A.S.S. Seth will be lovingly remembered by his father, Jack Wild; a brother, Brent Wild; sisters, Dawn (Mike) Burvill and Jaqueline (Dion) Podgurny; as well as three nieces and three nephews. Seth will also be sadly missed by his roommates and care team.

The family would like to give their heartfelt thanks to the care team at Kendrew House for giving Seth such loving and amazing care for so many years. With their love and support, he was able to live a good life with dignity. A Celebration of Seth’s Life will be held at Relax Crew, 6332 Orr Drive, Red Deer, Alberta on Monday, November 27, 2017 from 2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. In lieu of flowers, Memorial Donations in Seth’s honor may be made directly to services such as the RELAX Crew Clubhouse, a not-for-profit program through Parkland C.L.A.S.S. that offers community supports to those with disabilities at www.parklandclass.org/. Condolences may be sent or viewed at www.parklandfuneralhome.com.

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MORAN, Michael Victor July 11, 1918 - November 16, 2017 Michael Victor Moran passed away peacefully with family by his side on Thursday, November 16, 2017 at the age of 99 years.

Victor was born in Trochu, the third of 6 children born to William and Clara Moran. He attended the Hogadone “one room” School and the Trochu School. At the age of 9, Victor contracted Polio requiring him to stay in Edmonton for several months receiving care. This never affected his desire to achieve his goals. Following school he pursued his passion for farming. He also spent some time working near Sundre at the saw mill and trucking up north. He told many stories about his adventures encountered along the Mackenzie Highway.

In 1953 he married Irene Ruth Schwartzenberger and celebrated 51 years of marriage before Irene’s passing in 2004. They settled on the Moran homestead where they raised seven children: Joseph, Marlene, William, Michael, Theresa, Carol and Dannel.

Being an innovative farmer, Victor was self-taught and eager to learn the skills necessary to achieve a successful farming business. His natural understanding of mechanics and his ability to apply this knowledge was an asset to the farm. For Victor there was only the correct way to accomplish a job, no matter the effort required. He continued to operate farm equipment until the age of 91, still contributing to his farm’s success. To many he will be remembered as “The Beef Jerky Man”.

He travelled countless miles taking his children to hockey, baseball, gymkhana and 4-H. Victor also spent time managing hockey and coaching baseball teams. He was a very big supporter of minor sports. Victor enjoyed watching sports, square dancing, attending rodeos, fishing and family gatherings.

Victor was a man who lived by his faith. This faith was the foundation of his strength of character and his compassion for humanity. His generosity in helping others was ever present throughout his life, whether helping family, friends, neighbors or others in need.

Victor is lovingly remembered by his children, grandchildren, and great grandchildren: Joe (Laura) Moran - Andrea Moran-Hale (Kurt Parker), Lucas Parker, Owen Parker; Anthony Moran (Dawn Villeneuve), Reagan Villeneuve, Jakob Bielskis, Jaxon Bielskis; Tiffany (Jason) Nixon, Marcus, Chyanne, Austin; Josh Ross, Ethan, Izabella; Marlene Moran - Brad (Thalia) Hibbs, Kiana, Harrison, Thomas; Chastan (Shanda) Hibbs, Carter, Wynne; Brandon (Tanya) Hibbs, James, Emmett; Willie (Joanne) Moran - Lance (Jessica) Moran, Will, Harris, George; Kelsey Moran; Michael (Fay) Moran - Brock Moran (Heidi Cowan), Eden Cowan, Marlie Cowan, Jax Moran, Draven Moran; Nicole Moran (John Hillson); Theresa Clermont - Derek Clermont; Cody (Nicole) Clermont, Ethan, Ava; Shaynen Clermont; Mitchell Clermont; Carol (Bill) Havell - Jared Havell, Aislyn Havell; Dannel (Marion) Moran; his sister Irene Maguire; his sister-in-law Loretta Moran and numerous inlaws, nieces and nephews.

Victor was predeceased by his loving wife Irene; his parents William & Clara; his sister Mary McComb, his brothers John, Lawrence and Eugene; his brother-in-laws Allan McComb and Mickey Maguire; his sister-in-law June Moran and his daughter-in-law Kris Moran.

Donations may be made to the following: The Red Deer Hospice Society or St Mary’s Foundation in Trochu.

Edith Hazel Murray passed away peacefully at Villa Marie Covenant Care on November 21, 2017 at the age of 93. Hazel was born in Didsbury, Alberta, but also spent time living in Olds and Rocky Mountain House, later moving to Red Deer, where she trained and worked as a Mental Deficiency Nurse at the Provincial Training School.

During this time, she met the love of her life, Danny Murray, and they were married in September of 1945, after Danny returned from his last tour in the Air Force. Family and friends were at the center of their lives with many memorable camping trips, vacations, and curling bonspiels.

Many years of golf and card games led to lifelong friendships for Dan and Hazel. The Murray home was often a gathering place for both family and friends, where Hazel was the ultimate cook and hostess, and on birthdays always contributing her famous chocolate chip cake. Over the years, they spent a lot of time travelling throughout the USA, Europe and Australia, finally settling on Cayucos, California as a winter golf destination, where family and friends from near and far got together over the years. The light of Hazel’s life were her children, grandchildren, and great grandchildren.

She was a loving, caring and generous “Grammie” and treasured the time surrounded by her family. There were always cookies and tea to compliment those visits. In her younger “Grammie” years, she could be found playing broom hockey in the basement with Jeff, baking in the kitchen with Kristin, making soap bubbles in the kitchen sink, teaching many different card games and sharing her love of golf.

Hazel was predeceased by her parents, Ivan and Cassie Wilson; husband, Danny; and brothers, Arnold and Spencer.

She will be lovingly remembered by her son Rod (Carol) Murray; daughter Arlene (Murray) Murray; grandchildren Jeff (Jill) Murray and Kristen (Logan) Soppit; great grandchildren Brendan, Emma and Rhyan Murray; and Ryder and Nixon Soppit. She is survived by her sisters Vera O’Keefe and Clara Hamilton Scrimgeour; as well as, nieces and nephews. She will be dearly missed by many bridge and golf companions.

Hazel’s family would like to sincerely thank Dr. C. Holmes, Ruby, Lynn, and all the staff at Villa Marie Care Centre for their compassionate care, especially over the past few weeks.

As per Hazel’s request, there will be no funeral service. If desired, memorial donations in Hazel’s honor may be made to the charity of your choice.

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An immediate full-time position is available for an accounting technician at Chapman & Associates Chartered Accountants.

Responsibilities would include preparation of financial statements, as well as personal and corporate tax returns for our valued clients.

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Familiarity with Caseware and Profile software would be considered an asset.

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The family of Tanner Schmuland would like to publicly acknowledge the valiant efforts of Richard Tilbe, Kris Locking and Kyla Florent with Compass Geomatics Ltd. Tanner was the victim of a boating accident on McGregor Lake, September 30, 2017.

The expert knowledge and equipment Compass Geomatics Ltd. provided was instrumental in the recovery of our treasured son and brother when all other search efforts had been halted as they seemed to be at a loss in providing a location. After seven agonizing days, Compass Geomatics Ltd. was privately contacted and came immediately to help aid in the search.

Within one hour of being on the lake, these amazing people were able to pinpoint Tanners location which enabled the rescue divers to finally recover Tanner and help bring much needed closure to his family and friends.

We thank you from the bottom of our hearts Craig & Debbie Schmuland Tanya & Joel Long Brittany Schmuland and Josh Colvin

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ear Annie: I’ve been dating “Tim” for about a year.

When we first started dating, I was intimidated by how pretty some of his female friends were, but that feeling faded when I got to know them. They’ve all been warm and welcoming — that is, except for one girl. I’ve always gotten a weird feeling from “Meg.” She hasn’t Annie been mean exactly, but she’s always just been a bit standoffish. I can’t put Lane my finger on what it is. She’s been perfectly polite and not obviously cold.

But something makes me wonder whether she and Tim used to have a thing or she likes him now. Oddly, this didn’t start really bugging me until about a month ago, and I’m thinking that may be because Tim and I have been spending a little less time together. I’ve been really busy with work, and so has he, and our schedules don’t line up great.

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him. I don’t want to drive him away by acting jealous. Plus, he’s given me no reason to worry. He is very trusting of me and doesn’t mind that some of my best friends are guys. He proudly introduces me to everyone as his girlfriend. And perhaps the ultimate sign of trust in this day and age: He never hesitates to let me use his laptop.

Yet I still keep thinking about Meg and wondering whether the two of them text, and when he leaves the room, I’m tempted to look at his phone. I know; it’s bad! I haven’t given in to the temptation, but if this feeling keeps up, I’ll probably cave eventually. Am I being paranoid? How can I tell? — A Little Green Dear A Little Green: When you find yourself acting like a private investigator with your partner, redirect that magnifying glass to examine yourself and your relationship instead. I don’t think Meg is the problem. I think that you were having some anxiety about the relationship and that she’s what your mind latched on to. Still, because it’s been bothering you this much, it’s worth gently raising

the topic with Tim. Tell him you’ve always felt a little intimidated by Meg, and ask whether there was ever anything between them. He won’t get defensive if you present it as an earnest question and not as an accusation. Communication and trust go hand in hand, and if you can learn to speak openly and listen carefully to your partner, deeper trust will follow.

Dear Annie: When you divorce your spouse, are you supposed to refer to your in-laws as “ex-inlaws,” as in “my ex-brother-in-law”? My neighbor says yes, but I thought my in-laws would always be my in-laws, even after a divorce. — Just Curious Dear Just Curious: In conversation, you can refer to them however you’d like. But your neighbor is correct: Legally speaking, your in-laws are no longer your in-laws after a divorce. It might feel less awkward to say “my ex-husband’s brother” than “my ex-brother-in-law.”

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Learning to ski: How do you know when your child is ready?

But he added that “kids learn a lot from their peers.” Children sometimes have more fun and get more out of a group lesson where they can interact with kids their age.

Or do a bit of both: “Maybe a two-hour introduction when we first arrive, then the next lesson is this full day group where they’re getting to hang out with other kids.”

PIZZA, FRENCH FRIES You may hear and see ski instructors exhorting kids with the words: “Pizza! French fries!”

Gardner says it’s a creative way to help students configure their skis right: angle the tips inward to slow down, like a pizza slice, or straighten them like French fries to go a little faster.

“One thing almost all kids know is what a slice of pizza looks like,” he said. “It’s a triangle! It gets a little closer at one end and a little bit wider at the other end.”

LEARNING STYLES How long does it take for kids to learn to ski?

“It has to do entirely with the kids themselves, their age, their developmental level, their emotional readiness, their willingness to learn from a stranger,” he said. “Parents need to gauge their expectations based on what they know of their child’s previous experiences.”

A child’s learning style matters too. “Everybody

learns a different way,” he said. Instructors are trained to assess the kids and get the ones who are “doers” into the activity as soon as possible, while talking through the process with kids who are “thinkers and listeners and want some more of the information.”

And always make things fun and positive. “If each time is a fun experience, you’re going to have a lot more success than you are dragging them to the hill kicking and screaming.”

RENT OR BUY? Gardner says when it comes to equipment — skis, boots, bindings, helmets — you’re better off renting. It takes the burden out of lugging gear from where you live to the mountain. It also ensures that you’re getting the latest, high-quality gear and that it fits your fast-growing child every time. If you end up doing a lot of skiing, consider a lease program where you can trade gear in at the end of the season.

BE PREPARED Dress kids in layers so they can peel off midday when the sun is out and bundle up early morning and late afternoon when it’s chillier. Don’t forget goggles and sunscreen. The snow reflects ultraviolet light with greater intensity than even the beach, Gardner said.

“Goggles are key to keeping that brightness off the eyes and keeping the wind out of the face,” he said.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Are you keen to explore new frontiers with your partner or a close friend? Why not organize a camping trip for some time soon? Or investigate a subject together that intrigues both of you?

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Expect an emotional roller-coaster. The planets energize you, plus stir up excitement and unpredictable moods. So avoid making an important decision until you’re feeling more sensible and settled.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): A loved one may surprise you by doing something unexpected today. In this case, your first reaction is probably the best one. As long as you honestly express what’s really on your mind.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): When it comes to a close friendship or a financial partnership, the current situation is in a state of flux. So don’t waste time worrying about where things are going because they are constantly changing.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Have you been too busy to catch up with old friends? It’s time to re-connect with like-minded people within your local community. But expect a loved one to be rather restless or rebellious today.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): A financial issue or a fam-

ily matter could turn out surprisingly well today Scorpio. But you must be flexible enough to relax and go with the flow. A positive attitude also brings benefits.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Look for creative and lasting ways you can help out in your local community.

But avoid trying to impose your ideas on others. You’ll have more success if you lead by example, in a subtle way.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): With Venus and Jupiter visiting your hope and wishes zone, you need to be creatively proactive about your goals for the future. Don’t just dream about it Capricorn. Get out there and do it!

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): You’ll require plenty of personal freedom and emotional space. You certainly don’t want to feel hemmed in! So it’s a good day to get out of the house or workplace and explore the neighbourhood.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Assisting others won’t feel like a chore today. Remember, as you help those in need, you’ll also be helping yourself. If you do your best, then you’ll end the day feeling surprisingly satisfied.

Joanne Madeline Moore is an internationally syndicated astrologer and columnist.

Ski season is starting. For parents, that may mean getting kids on the slopes for the first time.

But is there a perfect age to learn to ski?

Nate Gardner, ski and snowboard school training manager at Stowe Mountain Resort in Vermont, says that what’s more important than a child’s age is his or her readiness. How well does the child handle other physical activities? Does the child separate well from parents so that she or he is comfortable spending a few hours with a ski instructor and other kids on the slopes, away from mom and dad?

“Every child develops at their own rate both physically and emotionally,” Gardner said in an interview for the AP Travel podcast series “Get Outta Here.” “That’s going to be a big factor in whether the child is ready to learn to ski.”

Here’s some other advice from Gardner on everything from planning a family ski trip to tailoring ski instruction to a child’s learning style.

PRIVATE VERSUS GROUP LESSONS “Private lessons are great for one-on-one attention,” Gardner said. “The experience gets tailored to you.”

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Joanne Madeline Moore

Friday November 24, 2017 CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DAY: Sarah Hyland, 27; Katherine Heigl, 39; Billy Connolly, 75 THOUGHT OF THE DAY: The stars favour being emotionally positive and proactive.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY: Are you being a bit unrealistic about something or someone?

Make sure you listen to what your inner voice is telling you – especially next year.

ARIES (March 21-April 19): Group activities, team sports and social networking are highlighted, as you connect with others in a variety of stimulating ways. But you may feel emotionally unsettled so try not to

overreact.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): When it comes to work, expect a busy and slightly unsettling day. If you are extra patient and understanding, then you’ll work through any problems in a productive and positive way.

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