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Russia’s Maria Sharapova carries the torch during the opening ceremony of the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, Friday. surgency and routine militant violence. And the poorly paid migrant workers who helped build up the Sochi site from scratch, the disregard for local residents, the environmental abuse during construction, the pressure on activists, and the huge amounts of Sochi construction money that disappeared to corruption. For all the criticism, there was no shortage of pride at the ceremony in what Russia has achieved with these Games. The head of the Sochi organizing committee, Dmitry Chernyshenko, captured the mood of many Russians present when he said, “We’re now at the heart of that dream that became reality.” “The Games in Sochi are our chance to show the whole world the best of what Russia is proud of,” he said. “Our hospitality, our achievements, our Russia!” The ceremony presented Putin’s version of today’s Russia: a country with a rich and complex history emerging confidently from a rocky two decades and now capable of putting on a major international

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SOCHI, Russia — A Russia in search of global vindication kicked off the Sochi Olympics looking more like a Russia that likes to party, with a pulse-raising opening ceremony about fun and sports instead of terrorism, coddling despots and gay rights. And that’s just the way Vladimir Putin wants these Winter Games to be. The world’s premier athletes on ice and snow have more to worry about than geopolitics as they plunge into the biggest challenges of their lives on the mountain slopes of the Caucasus and in the wetpaint-fresh arenas on the shores of the Black Sea. But watch out for those Russians on their home turf. A raucous group of Russian athletes had a message for their nearly 3,000 rivals in Sochi, marching through Fisht Stadium singing that they’re “not gonna get us!” Superlatives abounded and the mood soared as Tchaikovsky met pseudo-lesbian pop duo Tatu. Russian TV presenter Yana Churikova shouted: “Welcome to the centre of the universe!” Yet no amount of cheering could drown out the real world. Fears of terrorism, which have dogged these Games since Putin won them amid controversy seven years ago, were stoked during the ceremony itself. A passenger aboard a flight bound for Istanbul said there was a bomb on board and tried to divert the plane to Sochi. Authorities said the plane landed safely in Turkey. The show opened with an embarrassing hiccup, as one of five snowflakes failed to unfurl as planned into the Olympic rings, forcing organizers to jettison a fireworks display and disrupting one of the most symbolic moments in an opening ceremony. Some world leaders purposely stayed away, but U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and dozens of others were in Sochi for the ceremony. He didn’t mention the very real anger over a Russian law banning gay “propaganda” aimed at minors that is being used to discriminate against gay people. But IOC President Thomas Bach won cheers for addressing it Friday, telling the crowd it’s possible to hold Olympics “with tolerance and without any form of discrimination for whatever reason.” Also missing from the show: Putin’s repression of dissent, and inconsistent security measures at the Olympics, which will take place just a few hundred kilometres away from the sites of a long-running in-

sports event. Putin himself was front and centre, declaring the Games open from his box high above the stadium floor. Canada entered midway through the march. Women’s hockey star Hayley Wickenheiser carried the Maple Leaf to lead representatives from Canada’s 220-athlete team. It’s Canada’s biggest team ever assembled for a Winter Games. “To represent the best of Canada is such an honour, it’s chilling,” Wickenheiser said. “There is so much excitement.” Canada looked sharp in outfits designed by Hudson’s Bay, featuring a red coat with toggle style buttons and a black stripe adorning the hip line. The women in the Canadian contingent wore black mock turtlenecks and wool V-neck sweaters, while the men sported a tailored white dress shirt, wool cardigan and red and white striped ties. Black bottoms rounded out the ensembles “I wish our Olympians the best of luck as they take on the world in Sochi,” Prime Minister Stephen Harper posted on his Twitter account. Canada’s target is to finish first overall in the medal count after finishing third with 26 medals at home in 2010. Not all of Canada’s athletes marched into Fisht Olympic Stadium. The men’s hockey team hasn’t arrived yet, figure skaters are in the middle of the team competition and skiers and sliders are staying too far away from the host city. The smallest teams often earned the biggest cheers from the crowd of 40,000, with an enthusiastic three-person Venezuelan team winning roars of approval as flag bearer and alpine skier Antonio Pardo danced and jumped along to the electronic music. Only neighbouring Ukraine, scene of a tense and ongoing standoff between a pro-Russian president and Western-leaning protesters, could compete with those cheers. That is, until the Russians arrived. Walking in last to a thundering bass line that struggled to overcome the ovations from the hometown crowd, the Russians reveled in all the attention. Their feeling could perhaps best be summed up by Russian singers Tatu, whose hit Not Gonna Get Us accompanied them to their seats. Russians place huge significance in the Olympics, carefully watching the medal count — their dismal performance in Vancouver four years ago is on the minds of many.

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AMBASSADOR TO U.S. GARY DOER SAYS OIL SHIPPED BY RAIL HAS SKYROCKETED BY THE CANADIAN PRESS

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Getting set for a weekend of skiing, Don Wales, along with John Dickin, hit the trails at Great Chief Park and Heritage Ranch Friday to tune up the ski trails. After a week of very cold weather the pair were out to renovate the icy conditions and set in new tracks for cross-country skiing at the two parks and along the bike path between the parks.

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10 charged in drug, weapons case BY THE CANADIAN PRESS EDMONTON — An alleged member of the Hells Angels is among 10 people facing charges after a lengthy drug and weapons investigation in the Edmonton region. The Alberta Law Enforcement Response Team, or ALERT, says three homes in Edmonton and one in nearby St. Albert were searched last Thursday. Investigators allege that in one residence, officers found a loaded handgun along with police scanners, body armour and a Hells Angels vest containing drugs. Blake Christie, who is 32, is facing a number of weapons and drugs charges.

Man charged in death of toddler DESMARAIS — An Alberta man has been charged in the death of a toddler a year ago. RCMP say police were called to a home at a residence on the Bigstone Cree Nation on Feb. 13, 2013, and found a two-and-a-half-year-old girl dead. Police say the child had signs of trauma on her body. The coroner determined that the child died from multiple injuries. Police say Noskyie’s wife had an informal arrangement with the toddler’s biological mother to care for the child and the child had been living with them for four months prior to her death. Twenty-two-year-old Travis Noskyie is set to appear in court in Desmarais on Feb. 13 on a charge of manslaughter.

Ex-Mountie sentenced on molestations CALGARY — A former Saskatchewan Mountie has been sentenced to seven years in prison for molesting three young Calgary boys. It was the second such conviction for Arnold James Somers, 72, who was jailed for two years in Saskatchewan in the 1990s for similar abuse against boys there. Court was told Somers was someone the boys and their families trusted, never suspecting he would prey on children. Doctors who worked on both cases said in an evaluation that Somers showed little empathy for his victims and didn’t seem to understand the gravity of what he had done. Somers was given nearly two years credit for time already served; six months of that was because he was beaten at the Calgary Remand Centre and suffered permanent injuries.

“Those who are found to have violated the rules of Temporary Foreign Worker Program will be added to a blacklist and denied the ability to hire temporary foreign workers in the future. Canadians must be first in line for available jobs.� Ottawa brought in new regulations in December to calm fears that foreigners were taking jobs from Canadians. McGowan said what happened to the workers is not isolated case. He has received complaints about other Canadians losing their jobs to foreign workers. He wants the federal government to revamp its foreign worker program. And he wants a royal commission to examine the whole issue. “It’s simply not good enough for the employer to say, ‘Sorry, we’re going to hire the workers back,�’ said McGowan. “What’s happened here is that they got caught with their hand in the cookie jar. And the bigger concern is that if the rules don’t change, and the federal government doesn’t get really serious about enforcing new and more aggressive rules, then we’re going to see this kind of situation repeated

H1N1 cause of cat’s death CALGARY— Veterinary experts say the H1N1 virus has killed at least one cat in Calgary and may be to blame for the death of another. The pets were brought in to the University of Calgary’s veterinary facilities for a post-mortem, and tests confirmed H1N1 was the cause of death in one of the cats. Officials presume the other also died from the virus, but that has still not been confirmed. Dr. Alastair Cribb, dean of the faculty of veterinary medicine, says it could be the first such case in Canada. Veterinarians are now being notified about the case, and are being asked to consider the virus when treating animals experiencing respiratory distress. While there is no vaccine available for felines, most do recover if they contract the virus. H1N1 can be passed between humans and passed between animals, but there are no known cases of cat to human transmission.

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writing a traffic ticket outside the Studio 54 nightclub when Girard, 21, approached the police cruiser and demanded in an aggressive tone that the officer turn off his overhead emergency lights because they were bothering his eyes. A subsequent confrontation on the sidewalk, during which Easter told Girard he could be arrested for public intoxication, became physical. Easter testified Girard pulled away, balled his right hand into a fist and appeared ready to strike. Easter said he reacted to the threat and struck first. Girard was never charged with public intoxication, but he was charged with obstructing and resisting a peace officer. Those charges have yet to be resolved. Easter, who was relieved of duties with pay following the assault charge, did not comment after the decision. But Tom Kramer, president of the Lethbridge Police Association, said Easter is expected to return to work Monday. An internal disciplinary review is not yet complete.

LETHBRIDGE — A judge has ruled that a southern Alberta police officer’s actions were justified when he punched a drunken man in the face during an arrest outside a nightclub. Court of Queen’s Bench Justice Kim Nixon said she put herself in Const. David Easter’s shoes and concluded that the Lethbridge police officer acted in self-defence in May 2012. She said Easter believed Donovan Girard was about to strike him. “I cannot find Const. Easter acted unreasonably,� Nixon said moments before finding him not guilty of assault causing bodily harm. Easter, 38, testified during his trial that he was

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FORT MCMURRAY — The federal government says dozens of workers laid off in Alberta’s oilpatch have jobs again, but a labour group says that’s not the case and it points to a broken temporary foreign worker system. Earlier this week, the government announced it was investigating whether the 65 workers at Imperial Oil’s (TSX:IMO) Kearl project had been replaced with workers from Croatia at half the pay. An official with the Employment and Social Development Department said Friday all of the laid-off workers have received job offers on “other projects in the area.� However, Alberta Federation of Labour president Gil McGowan said not all have received offers. The company at the centre of the controversy, Pacer Promec Joint Venture, also issued a news release saying it would rehire Canadians to positions that had been filled by temporary foreign workers. The statement was vague and

didn’t say if the company would rehire the people they laid off or what would happen with the Croatian employees. McGowan said the company had not contacted the Edmonton Iron Workers Union about rehiring the laid-off Canadians. The company’s managing partner, Paolo Cattelan, said in the release that a subcontractor brought in the foreign workers, and thought it had followed the rules of Canada’s Temporary Foreign Worker Program. “I regret that our actions, which we believe are consistent with the legislation, led to the current controversy,� Cattelan said. “These temporary workers should have been assigned to other projects where there is an existing labour shortage. Going forward, PPJV will use its best efforts to ensure temporary foreign workers fill positions where there is a shortage.� The federal Employment minister’s office said an investigation into the case will continue. “Our government will not tolerate any abuse of the Temporary Foreign Worker Program,� said spokesman Nick Koolsbergen.

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EDMONTON — Stopping the Keystone XL pipeline won’t stop an increasing amount of Alberta oil from getting to the Texas Gulf Coast, Canada’s ambassador to the U.S. said Friday. Gary Doer said the amount of oil being shipped by rail south of the border has skyrocketed in the last two years with a resulting increase in greenhouse gas emissions. “Oil by rail has gone up 48 per cent in 2012 and it’s approaching 50 per cent in 2013,� Doer said in his speech to the Canadian Club of Edmonton. “If you choose not to build the pipeline and have oil by definition coming down by rail, you’re going to have higher (greenhouse gas emissions) and higher risk,� said Doer, citing last week’s U.S. State Department report on the pipeline. The $7-billion line would take crude from Alberta across the United States to refineries and ports on the Gulf Coast in Texas. While The State Department report, released last week, notes that oilsands operations generate 17 per cent more greenhouse gas emissions than crude derived the traditional way, it found Keystone XL wouldn’t appreciably worsen carbon pollution. But critics, including Hollywood celebrities such as Robert Redford and Daryl Hannah, are fiercely fighting the line. They say the risk of a spill and environmental catastrophe outweigh the benefits. They also contend that saying yes to the line further commits the U.S. to a resource that increases greenhouse gas emissions and the threat from climate change. Doer said there is broad support in the U.S. for Keystone that can’t be ignored. “Everywhere in our backyard where this pipeline goes, it’s supported,� said Doer. “North Dakota, Montana, South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas —everybody is supporting the pipeline,� he said. He reminded the crowd that a coalition of Republicans, Democrats, labour and business leaders, and veterans groups joined him at a news conference earlier this week to push U.S. President Barack Obama to approve the line, which has been proposed by Calgary-based TransCanada Corp. (TSX:TRP). “I always believe that if people support (the line) where it’s supposed to go, you shouldn’t listen to people from Hollywood when you can listen to people from Helena, Montana,� Doer said later to reporters. Later Friday, Doer met with Premier Alison Redford to discuss Keystone and other ways to get more Alberta energy exports to U.S. markets. Former Alberta premier Ed Stelmach was among those who took in Doer’s speech. He later told reporters that while moving oil by rail is crucial, it is also displacing other commodities and manufactured goods. “There’s only so much room through the pass and only so many locomotives to pull the cars,� said Stelmach. He predicted tougher times ahead for agriculture “because we just can’t get our grain to market.�

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Budget will crack down on money laundering FLAHERTY SAYS IT WILL FOCUS ON THOSE DOING SO THROUGH CHARITIES BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — Jim Flaherty says the government will outline plans to curb the link between terrorists, organized crime and charities, as part of stricter rules for charitable status that will be delivered in the new federal budget next week. “There are some terrorist organizations, there are some organized crime organizations that launder money through charities, and make donations to charities,” he said during a media conference in Toronto on Friday. “That’s not the purpose of charitable donations in Canada, so we’re becoming increasingly strict on the sub-

ject. You’ll see some more on Tuesday.” The finance minister didn’t offer specifics on what measures would be taken, but said he’s not concerned about suggestions that changing rules for charities could be seen as a way to silence critics of the government. “If the critics of the government are terrorist organizations and organized crime, I don’t care,” he said. During the past few years, Flaherty has taken a stronger stance against the finances of charities, and in the 2012 budget he dedicated $8 million to monitor the political activity of the groups. Earlier this week, several environmental charities raised concerns that the Canada Rev-

enue Agency is sifting through their books to see if they meet requirements which restrict political advocacy. A report from the CBC said if the groups exceed the limits, their charitable status could be revoked, which would effectively shut them down. The organizations include The David Suzuki Foundation and Tides Canada, the report said, and several are strong critics of the Conservative government. New Democrat House leader Nathan Cullen said Friday he believes specific charities who have clashed with Conservative leaders over pipeline projects, for example, are being targeted by auditors. “They are not imposing any of these same Draconian mea-

Election reforms help fix leadership debt conundrum BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — Proposed changes to Canada’s elections law won’t give Elections Canada new powers to address old unpaid leadership loans that the governing Conservatives have used repeatedly to bash both their political opponents and the elections watchdog. But the reforms should help eliminate the catch-22 that trapped some past leadership candidates in unrepayable debts. “The bill would keep big money from special interests out of the process by banning the use of loans — unpaid loans — to evade donation limits,” Pierre Poilievre, the Conservative minister for democratic reform, said in the Commons this week. The legislation, once passed, would allow future leadership contenders to spend up to $25,000 of their own cash on the race, while allowing candidates in general elections to spend $5,000. It would also double the repayment period for loans to three years from 18 months, while restricting lenders to accredited financial institutions and political parties themselves, using market interest rates. Most importantly, leadership contestants would be allowed to continue soliciting funds from old donors in the years after a race ends. Currently, donors to leadership

campaigns are held to a one-time lifetime limit of $1,200 — unlike contributors to parties and election candidates, who can give the limit year after year. The current rules mean that leadership candidates who find themselves in debt must continue drumming up entirely new supporters long after the race is over — a nearly impossible task, especially for losing bidders. Now, Poilievre is proposing to fix the fundraising problem — inoculating his Conservative party, while offering its opponents at least a fighting chance to clear up old loans with past supporters. While initially saying the act was not retroactive, Poilievre’s office clarified the point late Friday. “While the new rules on loans and on unpaid claims are not retroactive, the change to the contribution limits for leadership contestants (per year rather than per contest) would apply to old debts that may still be in existence when the bill comes into force,” Gabrielle Renaud-Mattey, Poilievre’s spokeswoman, said in an email. What won’t change are Elections Canada’s powers to go after past deadbeats. “Elections Canada has the power under the existing act to investigate whether Liberal leadership candidates deliberately used unpaid loans to evade donation limits,” RenaudMattey asserted.

sures on any other charitable groups that we’re aware of,” he said after question period in Ottawa. “I don’t really care what’s in David Suzuki’s email. I think he’s a Canadian citizen and should be able to correspond with who he wishes to.” Flaherty offered further insight into his budget plans during the traditional prebudget shoe fitting in Toronto. Other areas on the agenda next week include price parity between U.S. and Canadian goods, he said, as the value of the Canadian dollar continues to slide against the U.S. dollar. “We have not let that issue go away,” he said. “We had the Senate committee do some work for us and we are on top of it.”

A report Friday that showed the Canadian economy gained 29,400 jobs in January, after a downturn in December, is expected to bolster Flaherty’s position as he prepares to deliver the budget on Feb. 11. Statistics Canada reported the unemployment rate slid 0.2 percentage points to 7.0 per cent for January, as the number of full-time jobs increased. Analysts caution that the employment trend is still sluggish. The event was held at Mellow Walk Footwear, a factory in Toronto that makes industrial safety shoes, and is one of the last shoe manufacturers in the country. The family-run business has about 50 employees, said president Andrew Violi.

Hang-glider pilot pleads guilty WOMAN FELL 300 METRES TO HER DEATH BY THE CANADIAN PRESS CHILLIWACK, B.C. — A British Columbia hang-glider pilot whose failure to hook in his passenger caused a dramatic mid-air struggle, which ended with the woman falling 300 metres to her death, pleaded guilty Friday to criminal negligence. William Jon Orders pleaded guilty to criminal negligence causing the death of 28-year-old Lenami GodinezAvila, who fell from Orders’ hang-glider shortly after takeoff above B.C.’s Fraser Valley on April 28, 2012. Orders, 51, was also charged with obstruction of justice after he swallowed a memory card containing video of the incident. The Crown did not address the obstruction charge as Orders entered his guilty plea. The Crown and defence both recommended a five-month sentence. Orders is scheduled to be sentenced Tuesday. Orders appeared in a B.C. Supreme Court room packed with GodinezAvila’s friends and family. The court heard an investigation by the Hang Gliding and Paragliding Association of Canada concluded the woman’s harness was not attached to the glider during takeoff. The probe also found Orders did not perform a pre-launch safety check, even though he had taken a tandem re-

certification course just weeks earlier. “He didn’t miss just one step, he missed several,” said Crown lawyer Carolyn Kramer. “Of course, key to all of that is if any one of those steps had been conducted, this incident would not have happened. This was a complete failure to comply with industry standards and complete aberration of his duties owed to passengers.” The tandem flight was an anniversary gift from Godinez-Avila’s boyfriend, who also planned to fly with another pilot the same day. The couple drove from Vancouver to Agassiz, about 140 kilometres east of the city. Police recovered video from the memory card that Orders swallowed. While the video was not shown in court, Kramer described its contents, revealing new details about what happened in the air. The video shows Godinez-Avila initially positioned behind Orders before takeoff, said Kramer, but that changes as they take off. “Various witnesses stated something was wrong from the start,” Kramer said. “Ms. Godinez-Avila is not parallel to the hang-glider, she is hanging down in a vertical, standing position.” For 90 seconds, the video shows Godinez-Avila fighting to hold on Orders and to a horizontal bar used to control the glider, said Kramer.

Bank of Canada figuring out declining inflation — TIFF MACKLEM BANK OF CANADA SENIOR DEPUTY GOVERNOR

production, trade, prices and employment is to keep inflation low, stable and predictable. Macklem said the economic puzzle of low inflation appears to reflect a combination of bad and good disinflation, which refers to declining inflation. He said bad disinflation stems from persistent excess supply in the economy, while good disinflation results from more competition in the retail sector, with newer and bigger retailers, cross-border shopping and online purchasing. “It is difficult to predict how long increased competition will weigh on inflation, but in our base case projection we assume that it will continue to drive prices lower for about another year,” he told about 100 students at Montreal’s Concordia University.

Baird wants diplomats to use social media THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird is encouraging Canadian diplomats to experiment with social media to promote democratic freedom and trade across the globe. The plan could represent a loosening of the communications leash the Harper government has placed on foreign diplomats as part of its centralized communications strategy. Baird announced the initiative Friday in northern California as he visited the Silicon Valley headquarters of Internet search giant Google and of Twitter, where he is

seeking advice on how to better use social media tools to advance Canadian foreign policy. “Diplomacy may never live up to the Silicon Valley mantra of ’move fast and break things,’ for various reasons. But in the environment of instant communication and social media, we do have to move faster and not be afraid to try new things or to make mistakes,” Baird said. Baird encouraged diplomats to take risks on social media to reach “civic actors” who can bring about political change in their countries. “It basically is a message to all of our diplomats, a word of encour-

agement to be innovative, even if it means there are risks,” said a senior government official who was not authorized to speak on the record. After coming to power in 2006, the Conservative government imposed strict communication controls on its diplomats, including ambassadors and high commissioners, requiring them to clear major public events through the Privy Council Office in Ottawa. The Canadian Press reported this week that bureaucrats at Industry Canada must run each proposed tweet through a 12-step protocol, and seek the approval of the minister’s office.

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MONTREAL — The Bank of Canada is still trying to determine why inflation has been on the decline since 2012, but expects it to return to its ideal rate of two per cent in about two years. Senior deputy governor Tiff Macklem said Friday that the central bank is concerned about Canada’s inflation rate either going above or falling below two per cent, which has been the average for the past 20 years. “We need to do our best to determine why inflation is below target, but no matter how hard we try, there will be uncertainty about our diagnosis,” Macklem said in his last speech as the central bank’s senior deputy governor. When inflation is above two per cent, it erodes purchasing power and creates uncertainty and when it’s below two per cent it depresses demand as consumers expected prices to go down further, he said. “But sustained negative inflation — or deflation — is even more pernicious,” he said. He recalled the high and volatile inflation in the 1970s and 1980s and said the best way to mitigate fluctuations in

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Rob Ford wants rainbow flag taken down FLAG PUT UP TO SUPPORT GAY RIGHTS DURING OLYMPICS TORONTO — Toronto’s controversial mayor came under fire Friday as he firmly voiced his disapproval of a rainbow flag flown over city hall as the Sochi Winter Olympics began. The flag — a long-standing symbol of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender rights and pride — was raised in a sign of solidarity, but Rob Ford said he wanted it taken down. “This is about the Olympics.

This is about being patriotic to your country. This is not about someone’s sexual preference,” he said. When told the gesture was meant to protest anti-gay laws in Russia, Ford replied: “Let Russia do what they want. We’re Canadians here.” The flag was put up on a “courtesy” flag pole which otherwise flies the City of Toronto flag. Multiple flag poles around city hall fly the Canadian flag and the city flags at all times. A city spokeswoman said the mayor didn’t officially order the

rainbow flag to come down, but did ask how it came to be raised. “The mayor did ask to seek clarity on how this rainbow flag could be flown at city hall,” said Jackie DeSouza, explaining that a non-profit group had asked to have the rainbow flag flown for the duration of the Sochi Games. DeSouza said the group’s request met the requirements of the city’s flag flying policy, which was highlighted for the mayor. “Given that city council approved this policy it would have to be up to council as a whole to change the policy,” she said.

Feds offer new rail safety measures BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — The federal government is proposing new safety regulations for level railway crossings. The proposed rules will reduce the number of accidents at so-called grade crossings where railway tracks intersect roadways, says Transport Minister Lisa Raitt. The proposal comes just five months after a deadly collision involving a Via Rail train and a city bus in Ottawa, although Transport Canada launched its study of rail crossing safety in 2012. Six people were killed in the September crash. The regulations would require that sightlines to crossings be clear of any obstructions, including buildings or other structures, as well as trees or brush. Railway companies would also be barred from leaving railway equipment unattended if it blocks visibility at a crossing. As well, roadway authorities and railway companies would have to make improvements to safety equipment and crossing signs.

“While Canada has one of the safest rail systems in the world, we can do better,” Raitt said in a statement. “These proposed regulations will make grade crossings safer and save lives.”

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Reporting to the Executive Director, the Intake & Settlement Manager is responsible to lead a team of Settlement Practitioners in program areas of Intake and Settlement in Schools, Libraries, C.A.R.E. office, and Immigrant Youth. Required qualifications for this position are: • Understanding of the immigrant settlement challenges • Relevant post-secondary degree or equivalent training • Good team leadership skills and supervisory experience • Comprehensive knowledge of Red Deer and Central Alberta community services and collateral agencies • Strong orientation towards client service • Second language an asset

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Olds College has a challenging opportunity available for a Development Officer to manage and/or coordinate, plan and execute a number of annual fundraising programs and to secure and manage awards to assist the College in meeting fundraising objectives.

EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT TO THE PRESIDENT & THE BOARD OF GOVERNORS An opportunity is available for an individual to provide professional, confidential support to the President and to the Board of Governors of Olds College (the “Board”).

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Turn your passion into an exciting career with our Loss Prevention team using your keen detection and investigation skills to reduce shrink and keep our shelves stocked for our customers. You will have the opportunity to work in our dynamic environment where you will partner closely with the store management team to ensure product loss is minimized and Loss Prevention awareness is on the minds of everyone. Role Specifications: • To deter detect and apprehend shop thieves within our retail locations • Detect and conduct internal investigations • Detect and identify possible shrink opportunities within our operational core compliance • Utilize financial data to assist stores in obtaining budgeted shrink targets • Build and maintain store partnership through Management meetings & huddles along with teaching Loss Prevention policies with colleagues • Record daily activity, complete incident reports • Provide excellent customer service as required • Participating in Store Level Audits • Available to work a variety of shifts including days, evenings, nights and weekends Core Competencies: • Must be licensed in Loss Prevention • Diploma in Law & Security, Police Foundations, Justice Studies or Criminology • Strong knowledge of Criminal Code of Canada, Trespass to Property Act and Powers of Arrest required • Must be flexible to work multiple store locations • Proficiency in Microsoft programs, particularly Excel • Ability to walk/stand/sit/work in confined spaces for extended periods of time • Must be able to work with a high degree of honesty and integrity • Ability to work independently with minimal supervision as well as a member of a team • Highly organized, able to prioritize multiple projects effectively Here are just some of the things Loblaw Colleagues enjoy: • 10% Colleague Discount Program on eligible products sold at Loblaw stores • Ongoing career development • Sharing in the growth of Loblaw with our Employee Share Ownership Plan • Medical, dental and drug reimbursement program We have been recognized as one of Canada’s top 100 Employers, Best Diversity Employers, and Top Employers for Young People in 2013. All we need to continue our success is you. Please apply by visiting www.loblaw.ca/careers and searching for req # 45178BR. Follow us on Twitter:twitter.com/loblawcareers Like us on Facebook:facebook.com/loblawCareers

We are currently seeking the right person to fill the position of Water Treatment Plant Operator. This position is responsible for the day to day operation and control of the City's Level IV Water Treatment Plant and Level IV Distribution System. Key accountabilities are to perform work functions that ensure compliance to established policies and procedures, OH&S, and the AENV Approval to Operate. The Water Treatment Plant operators provide for the safe and efficient operation of plant equipment and treatment processes, and for the reliable production and supply of high quality water for all residential, commercial, and industrial customers.

As our preferred candidate you will have: • Completion of a four year university degree with a focus in accounting and current CGA, CMA, CA candidate (minimum final/5th level). Equivalent education and experience may be considered. • Five years’ related experience in a complex computerized accounting environment with a strong knowledge of GAAP/IFRS and systems and processes. • Experience in municipal fund accounting including the requirements of the MGA (Municipal Government Act) and PSAB (Public Sector Accounting Board)

As our preferred candidate you will have: • Unrestricted Water Treatment Level 1 Alberta Environment Operator’s Certification or equivalent with a requirement to achieve Level II within 4 years • 4 years (minimum) in a Level III or IV Provincial Water Treatment operation or equivalent. To maintain certification, they are required to achieve 3.6 CEU each 3 years. If you like what you have read, and think this is the job for you; come build your career with The City of Red Deer. We are committed to a healthy, vibrant, and sustainable community. Our employees are the cornerstone of our organization and working with us will provide you with the opportunity to work in an ever growing environment that offers a competitive salary, and to work with an awesome group of people.

If you like what you have read, and think this is the job for you; come build your career with The City of Red Deer. We are committed to a healthy, vibrant, and sustainable community. Our employees are the cornerstone of our organization and working with us will provide you with the opportunity to work in an ever growing environment that offers a competitive salary, and to work with an awesome group of people.

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We are currently seeking the right person to fill the position of Analyst within Revenue & Assessment Services. This position provides analytical, systems, financial & business process support to the Property Taxation Section of the City. It requires the ability to successfully manage multiple priorities, including analysis of existing processes, systems & procedures, development and implementation of new initiatives & business processes, the evaluation & development of internal controls and corporate policy and the ability to interpret and apply complex legislation. Experience with the development of complex financial models would be an asset. An analytical nature, exceptional communication skills, demonstrated leadership, strong problem solving and effective persuasion skills are essential in this role.

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Two seasons: 10 months of ugly, two months of windy Enough already. Been ting around in T-shirts and there, done that. What’s with hiking shorts. Come to think this deep freeze? The winter of it, -1C is about the average from hell, only a lot colder. temp of our typical summer! These are the kinds of perAs I have may have alludfectly legitimate gripes and ed to ad nauseum previously, moans I’ve been before the famous, hearing for quite a self-appointed cliwhile now, some of mate change expert them from my own Al Gore (who is acself. tually just a politiThis is all true, cian, and not a realof course, because ly good one at that) one thing is always made the weather for sure: no matall weird by someter what happens, how winning an somebody (most of Academy Award us) will complain for a film about cliabout the weather. mate change that But I would arsomeone else made HARLEY gue face to face with his money, it with Mother Nature used to be that we HAY that we, those of us had fairly predictstuck here without able things called the ways, means, seasons, which opportunity or comhappened several mon sense to make like snow- times a year and featured sigbirds and head south — we nificantly different weather here deserve a break. A spring than previous so-called seabreak would be nice. Prefer- sons. ably in, say, California. Now we have, basically, two I mean, the average temper- of these seasons. ature for this time of year, acOne is called the Ugly Seacording to a recognized unof- son, which is 10 months of unficial meteorologist (my neigh- settled, unpredictable, unacbour) is supposed to be, and I ceptable weather anomalies; quote, “Really a lot warmer.” the other is called Windy. In fact, according to WeathAs a matter of fact, I used erSpark.com, Central Alberta to say to my Rotten Kids: has a “cold season” that “lasts “Rotten Kids,” I would say, from Nov. 21 to March 4 with “when I was your age, winter an average daily high temper- was winter and summer was ature of -1C.” summer.” After you have finished And they would say right with the hysterical laughter back, “Dad, could you stop and the eye rolling, get this — talking,” they would say. it is also notes that: “the cold- “We’re playing Zelda and the est day of the year is (typically) Enchanted Sword Sky KingJan. 7, with an average low of dom of Doom right now.” -18C and high of -7C.” And I would say back, Sure, and all the unicorns “When I was your age I was have snowshoes. outside in the weather doing If I am not mistaken, and something useful like throwI usually am, for a long, long ing snowballs at someone or winter starting around Hal- raiding gardens,” and then loween and still freezing all I would add: “What on earth the way into February where is an Enchanted Sword Sky we are currently stuck in hu- Kingdom and who the heck is mongous snowbanks, the old Zelda?” mercury in the old thermomAnd one or the other little eter has been pretty much reprobates would say: “Bye, perpetually frozen well below Dad. Close the door to my anything normal, average or room on your way out.” tolerable. And then I would tell the In fact, -1C would virtually plaintiff story of how I used be like summer right about to trudge the five or six long now, prompting us snow- winter blocks all the way from shocked Albertans to be strut- Parkvale to Central School

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every day in -40F (-125C) and since I had a stunningly large and perfect hair wave made invincible by a gallon (2.5 litres) of Suave hair cream, I refused to cover my shining greasy head with a tuque. Heaven forbid! So I would arrive at school with my jughandle ears bright red and painful, terrified that if anyone brushed against them they would break right off and shatter like an icicle falling from an eaves trough. And then Mr. Mallet the principal would say “Don’t worry, your ears are only frozen when they turn white, and that’s when they fall off and shatter.” But I knew my Dumbo ears were in peril so my Mom bought me these weird ear muff thingies. Two oval-shaped soft discs that independently snapped over each ear so that you looked like a kid with a huge hairwave and two black pieces of cloth glued to each side of your head. These didn’t even work very well and lasted about one

day after my buddies and my imaginary Grade 6 girlfriends laughed at me way past first recess. I tried a wide stretchy wool headband thingie, which was quite warm I must say, but after about a week I noticed many of the girls and none of the guys wore such thingies, so that was definitely an unacceptable solution. From then on, until I decided to join a band, ditch the Suave wave and stop cutting my hair altogether (I blame it on The Beatles appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show), I decided to not bring any school books home so that I could physically hold both ears, one in each hand so that the cold winter season of long ago wouldn’t freeze them white and make them fall off. So why am I telling you all this? See, back then, we all knew that spring was coming, that soon we’d be putting the grey winter moccasin muk luks away, digging out the red and black rubber boots, mothballing the winter jacket and

having nary a care for hairwave compromising headgear. We’d soon be floating toothpicks and matchsticks and tiny branches down little gutter rivers on our way to and from school, because winter would be over! “That’s how things used to be back several centuries ago when I was a kid,” I’d say to the RKs. And they’d say: “Dad, how come everybody your age always talks about the weather?” And I’d say, “Move over you two and give me that Zelda controller thingie. I’m not going outside until summer.” And they’d say, “Dad?” as they furiously click and clack away, slaying dragons and flying Zelda around in the magical world of Nintendo. “What’s summer?” Harley Hay is a local freelance writer, award-winning author, filmmaker and musician. His column appears on Saturdays in the Advocate. His books can be found at Chapters, Coles and Sunworks in Red Deer.

Is John Kerry magnificent or self-absorbed? John Kerry has been U.S. Secretary of State for precisely one year, and he has already: 1) rescued President Barack Obama from his ill-considered promise to bomb Syria if it crossed the “red line” and used poison gas; 2) opened serious negotiations with Iran on its alleged attempt to build nuclear weapons; and 3) taken on the job of brokering an Israeli-Palestinian peace accord. Getting Obama off the hook was useful, and may yet lead to the U.S. ending its support for the insurgency in Syria, which at this point would probably be the least bad outcome. Opening negotiations with Iran was long overdue, and GWYNNE makes the nightmare prospect DYER of an American or a joint U.S.Israeli air attack on Iran daily less likely. But even King Solomon and Avicenna (Ibn Sina), sitting jointly in judgment on the Israeli-Palestinian dispute, could not broker a peace accord there. Kerry is indefatigable. He has been to Israel/Palestine 11 times in the past year, and spent as much as a hundred hours face to face with Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas or their close advisers. Unlike all the previous “brokers,” he has been astoundingly discreet: not a hint of what has been said in private has leaked into the public domain. And yet there is almost no hope of a real peace deal. If persistence in the face of all the odds were enough, Kerry would be the man who finally made

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it happen. (Israeli Defence Minister Moshe Yaalon recently complained that his approach is “obsessive and messianic.”) But Kerry has no leverage: he has to rely on the desire of the two leaders to make the “peace process” work, and it just isn’t there; not, at least, on any terms that both would find acceptable. The list of deal-breakers includes almost every topic under discussion: the borders of a Palestinian state, the future of the Jewish settlements in the occupied territories, whether Jerusalem can be the joint capital of Israel and Palestine, whether Israel can maintain a military presence in the Jordan Valley, the right of Palestinian refugees to return to their ancestral homes, and Israel’s demand that the Palestinians recognize it as an explicitly Jewish state. This last demand, which was only raised in the past couple of years, seems deliberately designed to be unacceptable to the Palestinians. Not only are they required to acknowledge the legitimacy of the Israeli state (which they have already done), but also to give their blessing to the ethnic and religious character of that state. It is not normal in diplomacy for one state to comment upon the internal arrangements of another, let alone to give them its public support. Even the United States, Israel’s closest ally and supporter, does not officially recognize it as a “Jewish state.” The Israeli demand is an attempt to rub the Palestinians’ noses in their defeat, and why would you set out to do that if you really wanted a deal? The Palestinian insistence on a “right of return,” however rooted in natural justice, is equally selfdefeating in practice. Everybody knows that a peace deal must mean compensation for the refugees of 1948 and their descendants, not a general right of return to what is

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now Israel, for that really would mean the end of the “Jewish state.” But no Palestinian leader has ever dared to say so out loud. So why, then, has Kerry embarked on his quixotic mission to make the “peace process” work? It has been effectively dead for at least a dozen years, although it remains unburied because the pretense that it is still alive allows everybody to avoid hard decisions. But Kerry, with his nine-month deadline to achieve a comprehensive “final-status agreement” (which expires in April), is taking it seriously. His own explanation is lyrical but opaque: “I believe that history is not made by cynics. It is made by realists who are not afraid to dream.” But the business about “making history” — that, perhaps, is sincere. Kerry has had a long and interesting career as a senator, and even took a shot at the presidency, but this is probably his last big job, and he wants to make his mark. As the reality of what he is up against strikes home, he has scaled back his ambitions a good deal. For some months now he has been talking about a more modest “framework” deal by April that would establish a set of basic principles for further talks. Such deals commit nobody to anything, and are therefore a popular way of pretending to make progress, but he’ll be lucky to get even that. French Gen. Pierre Bosquet, watching the suicidal charge of the British Light Brigade in the Crimean War in 1854, said: “It is magnificent, but it is not war. It’s madness.” Kerry’s foredoomed quest for a final peace settlement between Israel and the Palestinians is magnificent too, in its own peculiar way, but it’s not diplomacy. It’s hubris. Gwynne Dyer is an independent journalist whose articles are published in 45 countries.

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Define problem, then remedy Both the NDP and the Liberals have — invest more in education, skills, remade the plight of middle-class Cana- search and innovation. dians a focal point for their campaigns While these are important for longin next year’s federal election. But term growth, increasing the capacity to neither party has yet shed produce more, he said, will much light on what it sees not mean more output and as the real threats to midjobs unless there is also dle-class life, nor on what more demand for goods and can be done to make a real services. difference. The second approach, Unless they get the analythe one we have relied on sis right, they won’t get their in recent years, is to pursue remedies right. low interest rates and easy Yet there are many difmonetary policy. ferent explanations on why “But a growth strategy middle-class jobs are disapthat relies on interest rates pearing and incomes stagsignificantly below growth nating. These range from rates for long periods of DAVID offshoring, weak domestic time is one that virtually inCRANE demand and a skills gap to sures the emergence of suba relentless drive by corpostantial financial bubbles rations to drive down real and dangerous build-ups in wages to maximize shareleverage.” Think Toronto holder value and exponential tech- housing prices from ultra-cheap mortnological change, which is making it gages. increasingly easier to substitute maThe third approach, and the one chines for people. that Summers contends is the most The budget debate later this month promising, is a sustained commitment should provide the opportunity for to raising the level of demand to a each of the parties to begin fleshing situation where reasonable growth out their positions, although whether and reasonable interest rates can cothey will remains to be seen. incide. The past year’s job creation was disTo start — Finance Minister Jim mal — employment grew by just 0.6 Flaherty, take note — “this means per cent, or 102,000 jobs, and of those, ending the disastrous trends towards 82,800 were part-time jobs and only less and less government spending 17,200 were full-time jobs. and employment each year, and takManufacturing lost 41,600 jobs, ing advantage of the current period of which is where many middle-class jobs economic slack to renew and build out are found. And in the core employment our infrastructure.” group — males 25 and over — 34,200 So raising the level of demand in part-time jobs were created while 500 the economy, along with supply-side full-time jobs were lost. measures to boost skills and innovaThe participation rate and employ- tion, matters. ment rate of working-age Canadians But there’s a looming scare: The powere both lower. tential of exponential growth in techLarry Summers, the former econom- nology to displace many jobs by subic adviser to U.S. President Barack stituting machines for people. Obama and secretary of the Treasury This was a major issue at this year’s in the Clinton administration, fears we World Economic Forum in Davos, are in a period of what he calls “secu- where Google Inc.’s executive chairlar stagnation,” with economic growth man, Eric Schmidt, warned that many doomed to operate below its potential. jobs once thought to be beyond the Three approaches, he says, have reach of automation were now in dancompeted for policy attention to over- ger of being eliminated. come stagnation. “There is quite a bit of research The first is the supply side approach that middle-class jobs that are rela-

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tively highly skilled are being automated out,” Schmidt said. This, he argued, will be the defining problem that the world will face for the next 20 to 30 years. The challenge to jobs is from exponential growth in technology — Moore’s law says that computing power will double roughly every two years with no increase in price — so that five to six years from now, computing power could be eight times more powerful for the same price. Two Oxford University researchers, Carl Benedikt Frey of the Martin School and Michael Osborne of the Department of Engineering Science,

contended in a recent report that up to 47 per cent of U.S. jobs were at risk from advances in computerization. The future of the middle-class and the social cohesion of our society, then, may be very much at risk. Ultimately, how we address these challenges has to end up in the choices we make as a society and these must be determined, in a democracy, at the political level. But are our politicians up to the task? The evidence so far is not encouraging. Economist David Crane is a syndicated Toronto Star columnist. He can be reached at crane@interlog.com.

something that was “shot at and hit,” in his words. It was an expression my father would use a great deal as the ’60s wore on and Ed Sullivan brought a weekly musical act that reflected the evolution of the 1960s style, complete with shoulder-length-or-longer hair on many of the male performers. The new style started with the Beatles as they performed songs like She Loves You and I Want to Hold Your Hand before a largely teenage, female audience, who screamed loudly enough to drown out the Fab Four’s two sets that night on the Sullivan Show. The boys from Liverpool could have simply stood on the stage, done nothing and the reaction would have been exactly the same because this was Beat-

lemania in its loudest form. I had no idea of the enormous impact the Beatles would have on music while I watched them perform on The Ed Sullivan Show 50 years ago. They were just a side show in my young world and it took one more year for me to take them seriously as a musical force, which will be around forever, long after their noisy debut on Sullivan. The world of music changed because of the Beatles and even my father liked one of Paul McCartney’s solo hits, It’s Just Another Day from 1971. It is clear now that Feb. 9, 1964, was not just another day for Ed Sullivan or the world. Jim Sutherland is a local freelance writer.

It was 50 years ago today (almost) ... I was still in single digits age-wise Even I was aware of them, although when the Beatles hit North America 50 I cringed every time I saw what apyears ago on The Ed Sullivan Show. peared to be a typo in their name. It Those of us from ancient seemed a little threatening times will recall the famous to me at the time because Sunday night variety show these guys had the audachosted by Ed Sullivan. ity to misspell a word and He was a man not exactmake it their brand name. ly blessed with charisma: I worked hard to get 100 his on-air demeanour on per cent on my spelling ashis best day was blandness signments and these guys mixed with an overwhelmchanged the game on me. ing sense that he was comWorse yet, they had conpletely unsuited to his TV vinced the entire world to host job. buy into their new spelling Ed always seemed like of ‘beetle.’ a severely introverted netThe other thing that JIM work bookkeeper who was seemed strange to me was SUTHERLAND forced to take the job betheir mop-top haircuts in cause 23 other CBS guys 1964. called in sick that day and The Beatles were actuhe was their last hope — evally fairly well groomed by ery week. future, late ’60s standards. But, in ’64, I could never understand why Ed they were a radical departure from brought in acts like Topo Gigio, the buzz cuts and slicked-back DA hair world’s most irritating and non-enter- styles on guys. taining puppet mouse. Their slightly longish hair hid part In fact, Ed’s show was largely a mu- of their ears and shocked parents back seum for vaudeville acts and Borscht in the mid-60s because they had blazed Belt comics well past their shelf life. a new trail of unkempt rebellion for But Sullivan’s strong suit every kids of that era. The Beatles were bad week was a headline celebrity enter- guys in the hearts and minds of partainer and he had four of them onstage ents. on Feb. 9, 1964, when the Beatles perMy father was no exception and he formed on his show. reacted quite badly when we watched There were loud whispers of the the Beatles perform on The Ed Sullivan Beatles phenomenon over here in Show for the first time in February North America before their debut on 1964. Sullivan. He decided these guys looked like

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Deal with depression through love, kindness A good friend posted the following on a social media website and it brought to mind something I had thought about many times before:

and her mom’s boyfriend has a hard time saying no to her. She does not want to change or even acknowledge the damage that her actions have had on the people who love her. “These are four people I have met this week who have totally fell through the cracks of society. Each one’s story has broken my heart. I don’t know what to say to them, don’t know how to advocate for them, don’t even know how to talk to them sometimes. I feel empty and jaded. I have no more to give. I feel a crust of apathy rising up in me. Right now in my life CHRIS I have a hard enough time dealing with my own depresSALOMONS sion.”

“One couple sleeps in my laundry room or the lobby. She is in a wheelchair and needs dialysis three times a week. He is addicted to morphine and will shoot up whatever he can get his hands on. He is getting frightfully more yellow every time I talk to him. Regardless, their love for each other is pure. “Another guy is physically handicapped from many adventures on the street. He is also mentally handicapped due to a brain injury that happened when his cousins beat him up and put him in a coma for a month. He has no sense of smell or taste and often is unaware that he smells like urine and Listerine. His family uses him for his money and then disappears until the next payday. “Another woman is addicted to meth and works for an escort agency to fund her addiction. Her actions have caused her family to get multiple eviction notices

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Although the scenes presented are tragic, the key word that caught my eye was the last one: depression. Of all the disorders of the mind, this is probably the most prevalent and one of the most devastating in a social world, and causes many negative scenarios in our lives; such as the ones my friend described. In a brief study on the subject, I was

mildly surprised at some of the statements I read regarding the effects of depression. Although there have been many recognition reports put out by health agencies, I read only one that makes any mention of the effects manifested by someone in a depressive state. The greatest of these effects is the level of compassion toward others who are suffering. Even though depression is a totally inward reflection, that compassion is exhibited; not always in a progressive manner, because the underlying theme is still self. In females, one effect is extreme sorrow. In males, that same feeling can be manifested in anger or aggression; below the surface maybe, but it’s always there. Another effect that I have observed and no one has explained to my satisfaction is the debilitating lethargy that some experience. So intense is this emotion that unless someone else picks them up, some cannot, and I mean cannot, even get out of bed. In other words, they are unable to help themselves in any way. The ultimate extreme of this debili-

tation is for them to slip into a catatonic state. Many studies have been done and a lot of effort has produced some positive results, but the problem persists to an alarming degree. Medication alone is not the answer, of course — either through prescription or self-medicated on the street — but the need to deal with this issue is paramount. Many of the people frequenting the kitchen and health agencies unfortunately suffer from this cursed problem, and the question of what to do is always on our lips. A co-worker I once had whose wife was suffering from extreme depression made the most sense at the time. His solution, although simplistic, was nonetheless effective. He said, “I can’t do anything to help her in this state, except just be there for her; constantly assuring her of my love for her.” Until a viable solution is found to decisively and without the use of drugs deal with and eradicate this problem of the mind, just being there might be all that we can do. Chris Salomons is kitchen co-ordinator for Potter’s Hands ministry in Red Deer.

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Caregiver for grandparent seeks different solution for situation Dear Annie: I am a live-in caregiver for my grandDear Annie: Could you please inform your female mother, who is in failing health. readers that we are tired of seeing their behinds She has five children (including my father) who do because they refuse to buck a fashion trend that has absolutely nothing for her because they say Grand- been forced on them? I am talking about hideous ma is a mean, nasty person, which she is. low-cut jeans. Grandma feeds off of negativity and gosUnless you are model thin, it’s hard to sip. Nothing is ever good enough, and she look good in these jeans. And if something blames everyone else for her own failings. hangs over, they’re not for you, period. I go out of my way to do things to make Do women have no sense anymore? Grandma’s life easier, and it is either nevIt is disgusting to see someone’s behind er good enough or she just doesn’t care. It hanging out of their pants. has brought me to tears. Young women have been misled to I have threatened to move out numerthink that jeans that sit at the natural ous times, but then Grandma walks on waist and don’t show your assets are eggshells until the dust settles, and every“mom jeans,” which is supposed to make thing goes back to the way it was. them sound undesirable. I am at the end of my rope. But I also But listen up: It’s a marketing ploy to have a conscience and am afraid that if I sell more jeans. Women need to wake up MITCHELL move out, her children will rip her out of and take a good, hard look at themselves. her home and slam her into an assisted — Sick of Seeing It in Indy & SUGAR living centre, and that would be the end Dear Sick: The desperate need to look because no one else would step up to take young and hip afflicts a great many womcare of her. — Frustrated Charles en, regardless of size and age. (Men, too.) Dear Charles: You are a caring grandThe reason marketing works is because son, but please don’t let Grandma blackmail you into people believe the hype. a situation that is no longer tenable. If you are convinced you look terrific with your Does Grandma have money to pay a caregiver? rear end hanging out, you will continue to wear Would your aunts and uncles be willing to help foot jeans that achieve that. But we agree they are not the bill in order to have Grandma cared for without flattering. their direct involvement? Of course, we still can’t figure out why young men Look into the cost of hiring someone to live in the think it looks cool to have to hold up their pants with home, which Grandma may prefer. But also check one hand because otherwise they would fall to their out senior housing, including assisted living options. ankles. To each his own. Many of them are excellent places that offer activiAnnie’s Mailbox is written by Kathy Mitchell and ties and friendships. You can visit often. Marcy Sugar, longtime editors of the Ann Landers colGrandma undoubtedly will complain about the umn. Please email your questions to anniesmailbox@ change, but she will get used to it and may even come comcast.net, or write to: Annie’s Mailbox, c/o Creators to like it. You deserve to have a life, too. Syndicate, 737 3rd Street, Hermosa Beach, CA 90254.

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After years of abuse, widower jumps into dating pool again Dear Harlan; I’m a 58-yearHARLAN old widow who was married COHEN for 35 years. My husband was very abusive. I’m interested in dating again. But I’ve been told I’m tough on men and that I blame them for what happened to me in my past. I disagree. But when a guy tells me things, I think about it, and if it doesn’t add up, then I think he’s lying. Don’t tell me we are going out, and then don’t show up or let me know you can’t make it. That’s just rude. I don’t think this is tough; you have to respect one another. I’m sorry, but I’m not a side piece. — Dating Again Dear Dating Again; You hate men. You can’t trust men. Men sense it. After 35 years of being in a very abusive relationship, this is what happens. Admit it. Own it. In order to answer your question, there are some questions you need to answer: Why did you stay in an abusive relationship for 35 years? What was your role? What scared you? What made you feel powerless? What have you done to make sure this never happens again? You have to go to the dark depths of what kept you in this relationship before you can trust a man. Better yet, you need to figure out how you can trust yourself to pick the right man. These men are telling you something. Listen to them. Some of them might be treating you poorly, but others might not. In order to know the difference between rudeness and you putting up walls is going to take time, support and the help of a therapist. Write Harlan at harlan@helpmeharlan.com or visit online: www.helpmeharlan.com.

day, the celestial books are forecasting a creative project in the works for you and which has a tremendous potential to work in alignment with your personal goals. Whatever you accomplish or give birth to, so to speak, will endow you with a great personal rejuvenating spirit. ARIES (March 21-April 19): When you put your mind into something, there’s little than can stay in your way. Not only will you feel closer and appreciated by others today, but you will also gain their trust. Others will willingly want to confess to you their little, painful secrets. TAURUS (April 20-May 20): You are gaining a higher social status and the recognition for all your efforts are being rewarded accordingly. You stand high and empowered, while this is boosting your sense of self-esteem to an ultimate high. GEMINI (May 21-June 20): This day has a conflicting effect to it. You have all the necessary tools to succeed and move forward yet you find yourself stuck by the inability to make yourself understood properly. If you are uncertain about certain career choices, postpone your assessments for another day. CANCER (June 21-July 22): You’re comfortably numb for the most part of the day. Even though you are not in the spotlight right now, you prefer to deal with the unfinished business first. It’s a great day to retreat from the crowd and to work on your own self. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): One of your parents might request you to be more present at home or ask you to fulfill some duties. Even though they might restrict you in some dutiful way, your heart and soul wants to expand in grandiose manners. You can also benefit from a social gathering. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): The perception that you have towards a partner is giving

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ABOVE: Yaletown was once the heavy industrial area of Vancouver and you can still see evidence of the past in the layout of the streets, which are lined with old warehouses. Today these buildings have been repurposed to house cafes, restaurants and shops like the one pictured here. The Yaletown Distilling Co. is one of the newest distilleries in the neighbourhood. It opened in December 2013 and is distilling vodka and gin from 100 per cent B.C. ingredients. The distillery plans to offer whiskey, grappa, house liqueurs and eau de vie in the near future. BELOW: Aburi sushi is a kind of flame-seared sushi that gives the sushi a slightly different flavour and texture. It’s the specialty of Minami Restaurant in Yaletown.

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The Vancouver Opus has been getting a lot of media attention and has hosted the likes of Cher, Jennifer Lopez, Ben Affleck, Christina Aguilera and Lady Gaga â&#x20AC;&#x201D; mostly in the DeDe room, which was designed for a fictional film actress from Los Angeles. While the Pierre room has bright orange walls, the DeDe room is decorated in dramatic taupe with raised velvet wallpaper, faux-fur fabrics and a chrome four poster bed. The idea of using fictional characters as muses was not to create fantasy rooms, but rather to create rooms with true personality that cater specifically to the types of clients that the Opus attracts. A lifestyle concierge helps guests select the room that most suits their personality and design tastes. Whether they connect best with the movie star, the food critic, the busy working mom who is also a Toronto fashion executive, the gay New York City doctor or the enlightened rock star from London, thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a room for almost any taste. Envisioning the guests who would be using the hotel helped the designer to eschew the traditional feel of a hotel and create trendy spaces that feel more personalized. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Robert Bailey redefined the boutique experience by creating rooms that are stylish and individualized, so returning guests can be treated to a fresh experience with every stay,â&#x20AC;? explained Nicholas Gandossi, general manager of Opus. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The rooms are designed to feel more like a stay in the trendy apartment of a friend than a traditional hotel stay and weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve taken it a step further by adding extra services and amenities that are a step above what traditional hotels provide.â&#x20AC;? The extra amenities Gandossi mentions include complimentary transportation within the downtown core in the hotelâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Jaguar, complimentary bicycles, free Wifi, an iPad in every room and a smartphone in select rooms. The iPad and the smartphone come pre-loaded with apps to help locate the best restaurants and attractions in the city and guests are encouraged to take them with them as they explore. With unlimited free data access, free incoming calls and low-cost local and long distance calling, it overcomes the obstacle of roaming charges that many travellers face when using their cellphone while travelling. Anyone who calls the hotel looking for a specific guest is patched through to the smartphone, so guests can be reached anywhere they travel in the city â&#x20AC;&#x201D; if they want to be. Even the turndown service at the hotel is unique. Retro candies are used in lieu of chocolates on the pillow. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a different treat every night with candies like Pop Rocks and Pez Dispensers being the most popular with hotel guests. As I relax after an afternoon of exploring the trendy and eclectic Yaletown area of downtown Vancouver, I realize that Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve discovered the perfect home base for my little city escape. I will probably never be a world-renowned food critic, but itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s fun to live like one.

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Evidence of the work of Monuments Men can be glimpsed throughout Europe BY JAMIE STENGLE THE ASSOCIATED PRESS DALLAS â&#x20AC;&#x201D; From a fairy tale-inspiring castle in the Bavarian Alps to a serene sculpture of Mary and Jesus by Michelangelo tucked away in a Belgian church, sites and works of art across Europe can give travellers a glimpse of the heroic work done by the group depicted in the new movie The Monuments Men. The groupâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s mission was to save cultural treasures during the Second World War. And just like the groupâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s previously unsung accomplishments, many of the places and objects they saved have been â&#x20AC;&#x153;hidden in plain sightâ&#x20AC;? for decades, said Robert Edsel, the Dallas-based author of the book The Monuments Men, which inspired the movie starring George Clooney, Matt Damon and others. Edsel talked about a few of the many places and artworks in Europe tied to the work of the 350 men and women from Allied countries, most of them already established as architects, artists, curators and museum directors when they reported for duty. Eventually, they returned more than five million cultural items stolen by the Nazis as part of a systematic looting operation. Visitors to the canal-lined, storybook town of Bruges, Belgium, may look in awe at Michelangeloâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s marble sculpture Madonna and Child in the Church of Our Lady, but few know of its harrowing wartime journey. Taken from the church by German officers in 1944, the sculpture was eventually discovered by Monuments Men on a dirty mattress in a salt mine near Altaussee in Austria. In the town of Ghent, not far from Bruges, visitors at Saint Bavo Cathedral can gaze at another work that was discovered by Monuments Men at the Altaussee mine: the Ghent Altarpiece. Made of panels painted by Jan van Eyck in 1432, the famous work of art was taken by the Belgians to France in 1940 for safekeeping. But in 1942 it was taken by the Germans.

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From left: Sam Epstein, John Goodman, George Clooney, Matt Damon and Bob Balaban in a scene from The Monuments Men. Tourists can also visit the Altaussee salt mine where those works â&#x20AC;&#x201D; along with 6,600 paintings, 140 sculptures and other pieces â&#x20AC;&#x201D; filled more than 100 tunnels. The works stored in the Austrian mine about 45 minutes from Salzburg housed treasures Adolf Hitler wanted to one day fill his planned museum in Linz, Austria. When the Nazis took over the Jeu de Paume museum in Paris, making it the headquarters of their looting operation, French art expert Rose Valland was allowed to stay. But Valland, who unbeknownst to the Nazis spoke German, managed to keep track of where the artworks â&#x20AC;&#x201D; most stolen from Jewish families in France â&#x20AC;&#x201D; were being sent. She passed that information along to Monuments Man James Rorimer after the liberation of Paris, directing him

to Germanyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Neuschwanstein Castle. Today, a small plaque on the southwest corner of the Jeu de Paume, located near the Place de la Concorde, recognizes her bravery. To see a work of art with a history that encapsulates the Nazi looting machine, Edsel says, gaze upon Jan Vermeerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s painting The Astronomer at the Louvre. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If we could take it off the wall it would have a Nazi inventory code on the back,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;That one picture is stolen from the Rothschilds, goes to the Jeu de Paume. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s selected for (Adolf) Hitlerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s museum. ... It ends up in the salt mine at Altaussee, found by the Monuments officers, returned with all these other things to France, returned to the Rothschilds, donated to the Louvre,â&#x20AC;? he said. Visitors flock to tour â&#x20AC;&#x153;Madâ&#x20AC;? King Ludwigâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Neuschwan-

â&#x20AC;&#x153;When you go walk through the palace Residenz, in the last room that youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re in, thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a small shrine to John Skilton,â&#x20AC;? he said. In Italy, Florenceâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s bridges today offer a look at cultural treasures that didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t survive the war. Pictures from the war show people walking across the rubble that was once the bridges. Edsel says the now rebuilt bridges are â&#x20AC;&#x153;part of the altered legacy that we live with today.â&#x20AC;? Monuments Man Deane Kellerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s work to restore the heavily damaged Camposanto building in Pisa meant so much to him that he was buried there after his 1992 death. During the war, frescos in the ancient cemetery located near the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Leaning Tower were damaged from a fire during a fight for the city. Keller worked with a team to salvage and save what they could.

stein Castle, nestled in Germanyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s soaring Bavarian Alps with dramatic turrets rising into the sky. But during the war, the castle was the Naziâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hideaway for about 21,000 items stolen from French collectors and records of the looting. Monuments Man John Davis Skilton arrived in the German town of Wurzburg in hopes of saving the Giovanni Battista Tiepoloâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ceiling fresco â&#x20AC;&#x153;Allegory of the Planets and Continents.â&#x20AC;? The fresco in the Residenz palace dating back to the 1750s was in peril: The roof above the fresco ceiling burned off during Allied bombings, leaving it exposed to the elements. Edsel said Skilton set to figuring out how to get a roof built over the fresco as soon as possible. â&#x20AC;&#x153;He sees how precarious it is, so he finds lumber, which was no easy feat,â&#x20AC;? said Edsel.

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Rebels get shots, but can’t score BY ADVOCATE STAFF Cougars 5 Rebels 3 PRINCE GEORGE — The Red Deer Rebels flexed their offensive muscles Friday, directing 49 shots at Prince George Cougars netminder Adam Beukeboom. Unfortunately for the visitors, they struggled defensively and dropped a 5-3 Western Hockey League decision to the Cougars before 1,978 fans at the CN Centre. “We weren’t very good defensively, we were really soft in our own zone,” said Rebels GM/head coach Brent Sutter. “We threw pucks away and committed turnovers that cost us goals. I thought our defence really struggled tonight with soft plays.” Cougars defenceman Sam Ruopp opened the scoring 6:11 into the contest, but the Rebels battled back on goals by Presten Kopeck (power play) and Haydn Fleury to take a 2-1 lead into the first intermission. The second period was a disaster for the visitors, as Joseph Carvalho and Todd Fiddler — with his team-leading 33rd of the season — and Brad Morrison scored to give the Cougars a 4-2 lead after 40 minutes. Beukeboom stopped all 14 shots he faced in the middle frame, while the Cougars aimed 16 shots at Rebels netminder Patrik Bartosak. Scott Feser, with his seventh of the season, pulled

Red Deer to within one at 8:12 of the third period, but Fiddler sealed the deal with an empty-net marker at 19:35. The loss was the fifth in succession for the Rebels,

who opened their four-game B.C. Division trip with a 3-2 overtime loss to the Vancouver Giants Tuesday and fell 4-3 to the Kelowna Rockets 24 hours later. “We had 49 shots tonight but we also gave up too many,” said Sutter, in reference to the 42 faced by Bartosak. “We just don’t play with enough urgency and at this time of the year you better have it. That’s why we’ve lost five in a row now — because the games don’t get easier and we’re having a hard time with the urgency part of each game and the intensity and emotional level we need to have. “We have a lot of guys who have struggled with that.” The Rebels were one-for-four on the power play while the Cougars, who posted their fifth consecutive win and are four points out of a playoff berth in the Western Conference, were zero-for-three with a man advantage. The clubs meet again tonight in Prince George before the Rebels return home to prepare for a Wednesday meeting with the visiting Medicine Hat Tigers. “We have to try and get something out of this road trip because it hasn’t been a good trip,” said Sutter. • The three stars Friday were (1) Beukeboom, (2) Fiddler and (3) Fleury. gmeachem@reddeeradvocate.com

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Team Canada skip Rachel Homan takes a shot during her match against Saskatchewan at the Scotties Tournament of Hearts in Montreal on Friday.

MONTREAL — Rachel Homan’s Canada team is one win away from going through the Scotties Tournament of Heart final with a perfect record. The defending champions from Ottawa scored an early three and hung on through some difficult ends before scoring one in the 10th for a 5-4 victory over Chelsea Carey’s Manitoba rink in the first-versus-second game on Friday night. “Pretty crazy,” said Homan, whose team has won 12 straight matches. “Some really amazing shots by every one of my teammates and a few we’d like back. “The ice caught us a couple of times, but we battled and stayed in it to the end.” The Ottawa-based Homan squad, looking to defend the title won last year in Kingston, Ont., will play in the final on Sunday night at the Maurice Richard Arena. Carey will play in the semifinal against the winner of the third-versusfourth game Saturday between Saskatchewan’s Stefanie Lawton and Alberta’s Val Sweeting. “We lost, but we played really well, so you come out and try to put the same game together and hope it goes better,” said Carey. “We’ll try to win the semifinal and get back at them.” Homan started with a bang, scoring three in the second end with a daring double takeout after Carey’s first stone drifted left and nicked a guard. “We like making big shots,” said Homan. “They played amazing, but because we got up that three we could

make mistakes and still win in the end.” She threw another double in the fourth to force Carey to draw for one. But Carey responded with a clever takeout that led to a steal of one in the fifth. Then a perfect draw into a crowded house produced another steal to tie it at 3-3 in the sixth when Homan’s bid for a triple takeout couldn’t dislodge the shot stone. Homan finally drew for one in the seventh and handed the hammer back to Carey, which she used to take one in the eighth. “Their team didn’t miss,” said Homan. “We were an inch (off) here and an inch there and they kept capitalizing on our mistakes. “We had to keep hanging in tough. We knew we had a lead and had control of the game and we had to keep that and make sure the momentum didn’t shift in her favour.” After blanking the ninth, Homan watched Carey crash on a guard on her final stone to hand her the victory. Carey was trying to get a stone behind the guard, but said it “didn’t really matter, the game was over regardless.” Lead Lisa Weagle led Canada by shooting 96 per cent and was especially tough in the final two ends. The Canada team opened the Scotties with an 8-3 win over Manitoba and ended the round robin on Friday morning with an 11-0 record after a 7-3 win over New Brunswick’s Andrea Crawford. Homan’s side outscored its opponents 94-43 in round robin play and went to a 10th end only once against Saskatchewan.

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Kings control tempo en route to big win BY DANNY RODE ADVOCATE STAFF Kings 3 Griffins 1 It was billed as the match of the season. The No. 1 ranked RDC Kings against the second-ranked Grant MacEwan University Griffins. In the end the Kings showed why they have the higher ranking, taking a 25-12, 25-14, 24-26, 25-18 victory before a loud, near capacity crowd at RDC Friday. Except for the blimp in the third set, the Kings controlled the play, led by outstanding setter Sam Brisbane. “Sam was outstanding,” said Kings head coach Aaron Schulha. “He’s finally 100 per cent healthy. He did an tremendous job of spreading the ball around and added six kills, which is a high for him in his two years here, along with two blocks and five aces. He has the ability as a setter to take over a match.” Brisbane is in his final season with the Kings and will join the Cougars at Mount Royal University next year. However, his brother, Luke, who is taller than the six-foot-three native of Australia, has already committed to RDC for next year. Overall Schulha was pleased with his team’s effort, although he felt they let down in the third set. “That shouldn’t happen at this time of the year, especially against a good team,” he said. “They (Griffins) didn’t play well in the first two sets, but some of that was our doing as we put them in trouble with our serve and we blocked well. But we face that all season where we put a team with their backs to the wall then let up. We’ll have a discussion on that. But then again I do like the way we rebounded in the fourth set.” The Griffins, who suffered just their second loss of the season, showed some of their talent in the third set.

“They were able to exploit some of our weaknesses,” said Schulha. “Tim (Finnigan) didn’t pass as well as he has all season and they also ran pipe against us and we didn’t adjust until the end of the match. But those are things we’ll be ready for tomorrow.” RDC visits GMU tonight to finish their regular season. With the win the Kings, 17-0, wrapped up first place in the ACAC and will go into the conference championships, set for Feb. 21-23 at RDC, seeded No. 1 “It was nice to clinch, but as we’ve discussed at this time of the year we’re concentrating on building rhythm and being on a roll going into the championships. But all in all it was a good match. It was No. 1 vs. No. 2 and we looked after it.” Brisbane was named the RDC player of the match while Finnigan finished with 17 kills, three aces and a block, Braden O’Toole had 13 kills and two blocks, Chris Osborn 11 kills and a block and Justin Lukacs six blocks. Zach Brown had 10 kills, an ace and a block for the Griffins. Griffins 3 Queens 2 The Queens, like the Kings, had an opportunity to wrap up first place, but instead dropped a 21-25, 12-25, 25-21, 25-21, 10-15 decision to the Griffins. “I think at the start our emotions were focused on the wrong things,” said Queens head coach Talbot Walton. “We were trying to win for the graduating players, rather than making sure we were doing our jobs. Once we settled down, which I think we started to do towards the end of that second set, we changed the momentum. “We played well in the third and fourth sets then in the fifth we gave up way too many points early, which is becoming a trend for us in five-set matches.” The Queens fell behind 8-3, but narrowed the gap to 10-8. After the Griffins made it 11-8 the teams hooked up in one of the most amazing rallies ever

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Red Deer College Queen Brooke Sutter blasts a shot past two Grant MacEwan Griffin players during the opening game of a match at Red Deer College Friday. seen at RDC. Both teams exchanged power hits with the Queens making unbelievable digs after unbelievable dig until Brooke Sutter finally put the ball away. The rally brought the crowd off their seats with the coaches on both teams stranding and applauding. The Queens can still wrap up first place tonight at GMU. “They’re a good team but if we do some of the things we did in the third and fourth sets early on we should be able to control the match,” added Walton. If they lose there’s every possibility RDC, GMU and Grande Prairie will tie for first. Amber Adolf was outstanding over

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the final three sets for RDC and finished with 17 kills, 16 digs, three aces and a block. Karissa Kuhr had 10 kills, 12 digs and a block while Sutter had 10 kills, nine digs and two blocks. Maddi Quinn had 20 digs. Cassidy Kinsella had 12 kills and 15 digs for GMU. Hockey Trojans 5 Kings 3 Goaltender Kraymer Barnstable did his best to give the Kings a victory, but his 42 saves weren’t enough as they dropped a 5-3 decision to the homestanding SAIT Trojans in ACAC Men’s Hockey League play Friday.

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Best American goalies aren’t in Sochi NUMBERS SHOW SCHNEIDER AND BISHOP HAVE BEEN SIGNIFICANTLY BETTER THAN THE THREE GOALIES PICKED The Advocate is introducting a new column today, designed to give hockey fans a deeper glimpse into the game. The Department of Hockey Analytics employs advanced statistical methods and innovative approaches to better understand the game of hockey. Its three founders are Ian Cooper, a lawyer, former player agent and Wharton Business School graduate; Phil Curry, a professor of economics at the University of Waterloo; and IJay Palansky, a litigator in Washington, D.C., former high-stakes professional poker player and Harvard Law School graduate. BY IJAY PALANSKY SPECIAL TO THE ADVOCATE The Olympic hockey competition is just around the corner and there’s no shortage of prognosticating and second guessing. Pundits have argued ad nauseam. What’s the magic formula? Experience? Speed? Heart? Size? Defence? Team chemistry? Ability to play on the larger international ice? I’m not going to talk about any of those things; I’m going to talk about something near and dear to my heart from my days as a professional poker player: game theory. Before you go scrambling to turn the page, hear me out. Game theory sounds fancy, but it doesn’t need to be. If you’ve ever played Monopoly or checkers you’ve done it yourself. Basically the idea is just to figure out the approach most likely to win given the rules of the game. This matters because the rules of

the Olympic tournament are different from the rules of an NHL season in one critical respect — when it counts, the Olympics are single elimination. That one change should make a big difference in how an Olympic team is built. And that’s especially true for Team USA. Here’s why: The Americans just aren’t as good as their main rivals. Odds makers have Canada as the favourite at 2-1, followed by Russia at 9-4, Sweden at 4.5-1, and then the U.S. at 6.5-1. But how does that change which players to pick? Don’t you still want the best ones? Yes. But in this context, the best player might not be the guy you think it is. If you’re a 6.5-1 underdog and your objective is to win gold, then picking consistent players who will be the best over an 82-game season isn’t the “best” you need, because that best probably isn’t going to be good enough. What you need is at least a few players who might be wildly inconsistent and annoyingly unpredictable, but who have the ability to deliver that one huge game that will make the difference.

If you’re a 6.5-1 underdog, you want to maximize the probability of an unlikely result. You want to increase what economists and poker players call variance. Picking reliable, consistently good players isn’t the way to make that happen. Yet, according to a thorough recounting of the selection process by ESPN’s Scott Burnside, that’s precisely what the brain trust selecting the U.S. team did. The Department of Hockey Analytics set out to see if there were any players left off the U.S. team who might have been a better best. The single player likely to have the biggest impact on any game is the goaltender. So we took the three picked for the U.S. team (Jonathan Quick, Ryan Miller and Jimmy Howard) and compared them to two other top candidates (Ben Bishop and Corey Schneider). We came up with five stats that

A-Rod gives up legal fight, accepts season-long suspension BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK — Alex Rodriguez accepted his season-long suspension from Major League Baseball on Friday, the longest penalty in the sport’s history related to performanceenhancing drugs. The decision came nearly four weeks after arbitrator Fredric Horowitz issued his decision largely upholding the penalty issued to the New York Yankees third baseman last summer by baseball Commissioner Bud Selig. Rodriguez had repeatedly proclaimed his innocence and sued MLB and the Major League Baseball Players Association in federal court to overturn the penalty. But 27 days after Horowitz’s decision, the three-time AL MVP withdrew the lawsuit and a previous action filed in October claiming MLB and Selig were engaged in a “witch hunt” against him. Rodriguez became the 14th and final player to accept a suspension following baseball’s investigation of the Biogenesis of America anti-aging clinic. “I think it’s a good move for him,” former Commissioner Fay Vincent said. “A-Rod had no chance legally, and the commissioner got his authority validated.” MLB issued low-key statement calling the decision to end the litigation “prudent.” “We believe that Mr. Rodriguez’s actions show his desire to return the focus to the play of our great game on the field and to all of the positive attributes and actions of his fellow major league players,” the sport said. “We share that desire.” Rodriguez had angered many of his fellow players by suing his own union in an attempt to avoid a suspension. “Alex Rodriguez has done the right thing by withdrawing his lawsuit,” the union said in a statement. “His decision to move forward is in everyone’s best interest.” After Horowitz issued his decision on Jan. 11, Rodriguez put out a defiant statement proclaiming “no player should have to go through what I have been dealing with” and promising “I am exhausting all options to ensure not only that I get justice, but that players’ contracts and rights are

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Chiefs parted ways with veteran defensive back Dunta Robinson, who never quite lived up to expectations last season, and signed CFL wide receiver Weston Dressler on Friday. Robinson was just one year into a $13.75 million, three-year deal that the Chiefs hoped would provide a veteran presence in what became a vastly retooled defensive backfield. Instead, Robinson was slowed by a series of nagging injuries and appeared in only nine games, making 14 tackles and defending just two passes. He was also part of a defence that was torched by Indianapolis wide receivers in a loss that knocked Kansas City out of the playoffs. The move was widely expected not only because the 31-year-old Robinson struggled most of the season, gradually losing playing time to undrafted free agent Marcus Cooper, but also because the cash-strapped Chiefs would

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This Oct. 1, 2013 file photo shows New York Yankees’ Alex Rodriguez arriving at the offices of Major League Baseball in New York. Rodriguez sued Major League Baseball and its players’ union Monday, Jan. 13, 2014. protected.” But a few hours after the Arizona Diamondbacks became the first team this year to start spring training workouts, and with the Yankees a week from opening camp, Rodriguez folded quietly. “We stand by the statements issued and have no further comment,” Rodriguez spokesman Ron Berkowitz said. Rodriguez will lose most of his $25 million salary — Horowitz ruled he is entitled to 21-183rds, $2,868,852.46. He will be 39 when he is eligible to return in a year, and he has incentive to play during the final three seasons of his contract. The Yankees owe him $21 million in 2015 and $20 million in each of the final two seasons of the record $275 million, 10-year deal. But the 14-time All-Star has been hobbled by injuries in recent years and has not played a full season since 2007.

save more than $3 million. The Chiefs were bumping along the just below the salary cap at the beginning of the week, and they’re expected to make more moves — perhaps restructuring some of the long-term contracts signed by the previous regime — so that they can sign their draft class and be active in free agency. Kansas City is expected to lose Pro Bowl left tackle Branden Albert, who was franchised last season, though there are several in-house candidates to replace him. Offensive linemen Jon Asamoah and Geoff Schwartz are also hitting free agency, as are defensive tackle Tyson Jackson, safety Kendrick Lewis and Pro Bowl punt returner Dexter McCluster. The move to sign Dressler, who spent the past six years in the CFL, could be in response to McCluster likely demanding a contract far more lucrative than the Chiefs are willing to pay. Dressler, a former North Dakota standout, caught 442 passes for 6,531 yards and 43 touchdowns for the Sas-

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SCOTTIES: Homan squad gets day off After 12 matches, she has still not had to throw a last rock in a 10th end. The win gave her squad a day off to rest up for the final. Homan said they needed it after playing four times in two days. She said they would practice, relax and spend some time with family. A boisterous cheering section from Ottawa was among the crowd of 2,309. Carey was 9-2 after beating P.E.I.’s Kim Dolan 6-4. Homan’s rink, which defeated Canadian Olympic team skip Jennifer Jones in last year’s final, is look-

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Lacombe curlers in playoffs at provincials BY ADVOCATE STAFF

Dressler signs with NFL’s Chiefs BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

measure the propensity of each goalie to have that huge, difference-making game: shutout percentage, games allowing one goal or fewer and percentage of games with a save percentage of .940 and .950 or better. The results, based on all games played since Jan. 1, 2013, are displayed in the chart. In every category, both Schneider and Bishop have been significantly better than the three goalies actually picked. Quick, Miller and Howard are good. But for one game (or the three it takes to win gold), as the significant underdog, the Americans should want Bishop or Schneider between the pipes. With files from Phil Curry

katchewan Roughriders, helping them win the Grey Cup this past season. He’s also proven that he can return kicks and punts, in essence many of the things McCluster did for the Chiefs. “Ever since the first time I touched a football, that’s something I dreamed about, having an opportunity to play in the NFL, on the game’s biggest stage,” Dressler said during a recent news conference, when he was released by Saskatchewan and finalizing a deal with an NFL team. It was unclear at the time that his landing spot would be Kansas City. “To kind of get to that point now is pretty surreal,” Dressler said. The Chiefs didn’t announce Dressler’s signing until Friday, even though his name popped up on the league’s transaction report earlier in the week. Terms of his deal were not available. “Money wasn’t a factor for me in this decision,” Dressler said. “It’s a decision based on an opportunity I feel like I have a very good chance to make a football team.”

ing to become the first to go through the Scotties undefeated since Linda Moore in 1985. Lawton ended the round robin on a downer — watching her last rock hit and roll just out of the rings to give Yukon’s Sarah Koltun a steal for a 6-5 win. “We didn’t quite finish it off,” said Lawton. “Just a bad shot by myself, otherwise we would have won. “In the end it doesn’t make a difference for us. It would have been nice to finish that game off, but we’ll rest up and get ready for the playoffs.” Koltun was a crowd favourite all week and the 2,061 spectators gave her a long ovation after her upset win. The 20-year-old from Whitehorse is the first player ever to skip at the Canadian junior championships and the Scotties in the same year. “It’s been really cool,” said Koltun. “It’s so much bigger. “You feel like superstars here, where at juniors

LACOMBE — Matthew Blandford scored three in the fourth end en route to an 8-6 win over Charley Thomas in an all-Calary B-event final of the Boston Pizza Alberta men’s curling championship Friday. Blandford broke a 6-6 tie with a deuce in the 10th end to advance to today’s 6:30 p.m. A-B Page playoff game against Kevin Martin of Edmonton. Earlier in the day, Thomas, who has Lacombe natives Colin Hodgson and Matt Ng at third and second, downed Mark Johnson of Edmonton 6-3 in one B semifinal and Blandford was a 7-5 winner over Jamie King of Edmonton in the other semifinal. In C-event play Friday evening, Rob Schlender of Airdire eliminated King with an 11-6 win, Kevin Koe of Calgary ousted Johnson with a 7-3 victory and Wade White of Edmonton was punted out of the triple-knockout provincials via a 10-5 loss to Ted Appelman of Edmonton. Schlender stayed alive by ousting Greg Pasichnuk of Grande Prairie 9-3 in the morning draw, while in other Cevent contests White thumped Lloyd Hill of Calgary 9-2 and Appelman got past Brendan Bottcher of Edmonton 6-4. Schlender will face Koe and Thomas will meet Appelman in C-event qualifiers today at 1 p.m., with the winners meeting in the C versus C Page playoff at 6:30 p.m. The semifinal goes at 9 a.m. Sunday, to be followed by the championship game at 2 p.m.

Grizzlys seeking redemption OLDS — The Olds Grizzlys will look to rebound from Thursday’s 6-3 loss to the host Calgary Canucks when they visit Drayton Valley tonight for an Alberta Junior Hockey League meeting with the Thunder. Spencer Dorowicz notched two power-play goals in a losing cause Thursday, while Dustin Gorgi also scored for Olds, which trailed 2-1 after 40 minutes before being outscored 4-2 in the final frame. Logan Franz led the Canucks with a three-goal performance. Landon Welykholowa scored twice and Nicholas Herman added a single goal. Winning goaltender Colin Cooper turned aside 28 shots. Jake Tamagi made 22 saves for Olds. The Grizzlys host the Okotoks Oilers Tuesday.

you’re just another team. The crowd loved us and we loved them. It’s been incredible.”

RDC: Rematch set for tonight Barnstable gave up four goals with the Trojans final marker by Ben O’Quinn into an empty net at 19:59 of the third period. Logan Sceviour, Carter Page and Riley Point scored for the Kings, who led 1-0 after 20 minuets and trailed 4-2 after 40. Corey Tyrell had there goals for the Trojans with Brenden Forbes adding a single marker. Brayden Hopfe had 25 saves for SAIT, who visits the Kings tonight at 7:15 p.m. at the Penhold Regional Multiplex. drode@reddeeradvocate.com

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Canada, U.S. hope to brawl for Olympic women’s hockey gold BY ADVOCATE NEWS SERVICES

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New Zealand’s Beau-James Wells takes a jump during ski slopestyle training at the Rosa Khutor Extreme Park ahead of the 2014 Winter Olympics, Friday, Feb. 7, 2014, in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia.

Bobsledder’s website censored in Russia

KRIPPS UNABLE TO ACCESS SITE DUE TO BREACH OF RUSSIAN LEGISLATION BY THE CANADIAN PRESS KRASNAYA POLAYNA, Russia — A Canadian Olympic athlete says it “looks like” his website has been censored in Russia. Bobsledder Justin Kripps tweeted on Friday that he was unable to view his personal website from the Olympic mountain cluster in Krasnaya Polayna, Russia. The native of Summerland, B.C., posted a screenshot of www.justinkripps.ca from his personal computer. But instead of the usual collection of photos and blog posts, it was replaced with a simple white page with a lengthy message written in Cyrllic. “Looks like my website is censored in Russia, haha classic SochiProblems I wonder if there’s a camera in my room” posted Kripps from his verified Twitter account. The Canadian Olympic Committee did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Attempts by The Canadian Press to access the website in Sochi also brought up the message, which

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Olympic berth and fifth overall by winning its four-team pool last year. Latvia opens against Switzerland on Wednesday, and is in a bracket with the Czech Republic and Sweden.

Nolan behind Latvian bench BUFFALO, N.Y. — Three years ago, Ted Nolan needed a map to locate Latvia. Now, he’s speaking their language. Nolan has become well-acquainted with the small, proud Baltic nation since taking over Latvia’s national hockey team, which he will be coaching at the Sochi Winter Games. In picking up several words and phrases since taking over in 2011, Nolan bridged the communication gap and helped build team identity by having only the Latvian language — not Russian or English — spoken in the locker room. The Buffalo Sabres’ interim coach has gotten his message across on the ice, too. Latvia earned its fourth consecutive

says the site has been blocked because of a breach of Russian legislation. The message says the website could be blocked because it contains inappropriate material; or material that would be illegal if broadcast in Russia; or that it contains material that could be in breach of the rights of rights-holders or a third party. Kripps and his teammates on Canada’s four-man bobsled team became Internet stars when they posed for a photo in their underwear. That photo, which was posted Jan. 17, went viral after gossip blogger Perez Hilton posted it on his website, and it showed up on several gay and lesbian websites. There was no evidence the 27-year-old’s website was targeted because of Russia’s controversial antigay propaganda laws. The University of Toronto’s Munk School of Global Affairs said in a post on its Citizen Lab blog that the site is likely blocked because of “collateral filtering and not a deliberate attempt to target the bobsledder’s site.” Collateral filtering, the blog explains, is where “crudely implemented attempts to block a website inadvertently lead to the blocking of other sites hosted at the same IP address.”

Injury sidelines Mikko Koivu from Olympics ST. PAUL, Minn. — Minnesota Wild centre Mikko Koivu decided his surgically repaired right ankle has not healed enough to allow him to play for Finland in the Olympics. Koivu, who had surgery after fracturing his right ankle while blocking a shot on Jan. 4, has been out the past 15 games for Minnesota heading into the Olympic beak. Koivu, a two-time Olympian, was one of the most experienced players and a possible captain for Finland, which won the bronze medal in the 2010 Games in Vancouver. A captain for the Wild, Koivu has eight goals and 27 assists in 44 games this season.

Tretiak, Rodina light Olympic flame SOCHI, Russia — Russia gave its highest Olympic honour to two of its greatest champions. Hockey legend Vladislav Tretiak and gymnast Irina Rodnina lit the Olympic flame to close the opening ceremony of the Sochi Games. The identity of the torch lighter was the great mystery heading into the evening, as it is at many Olympics. Some even thought Russian president Vladimir Putin would do the honours himself. The tension built in the closing moments as huge skeletal figurines representing all the Winter Games competitions lit up in the arena and Tchaikovsky’s Swan Lake was sprinkled in with a frenetic soundtrack. Tennis star Maria Sharapova jogged the torch into the arena and started one last relay that ended with the torch in Tretiak’s hands. The goaltender and Rodnina ran out of the stadium, up the ramp and lit the flame together.

SOCHI, Russia — Imagine that the Washington Redskins and Dallas Cowboys were so vastly superior to every other team in the NFL that they had combined to win the past 19 Super Bowls, ultimately forcing the commissioner to change the rules to give other teams a chance. Imagine they played each other upwards of 10 times a year, allowing their disgust for each other to simmer and stew. Imagine that, on occasion, the animosity overwhelmed them and the respective players paired off in full-scale, 11-on-11 brawls. Imagine all that, then picture them all on ice skates, with ponytails hanging out the backs of their helmets, and you have a pretty good idea of what it looks like when the U.S. and Canadian women’s hockey teams face off. And if the gloves stay on during the 2014 Sochi Olympics tournament, which begins Saturday, it will be because the stakes are too high to risk the penalty minutes or suspensions — not because everybody suddenly decided to get along. “This rivalry,” said Team USA forward Meghan Duggan, “fuels our fire every day.” This may be the best rivalry you’ve never heard about — arguably the fiercest in all of international hockey and in all of women’s team sports. It was only six weeks ago that a five-on-five brawl broke out at the end of the Americans’ 4-1 victory in Grand Forks, N.D., in the fifth of a seven-game, pre-Sochi tune-up series. As the arena DJ quickly cued up the theme from Rocky, the players went at each other, some wrestling on the ice, some on their skates trading haymakers. When it was all sorted out, the referees had called 10 major penalties for fighting, as well as assorted minors. “If [Canadian] players are going to take cheap shots at our players,” U.S. coach Katey Stone said at the time, “there’s going to be an answer for that. We will not get pushed around.” It was the second time during the seven-game “friendly” series that the American and Canadian women staged an all-out brawl, the other one coming in October in Burlington, Vt., when the Canadians objected to a U.S. skater running into their goalie. “It just got pretty intense,” Canadian veteran Meaghan Mikkelson said of the brawls. “We play each other a lot. They’re not going to let off the gas pedal and neither are we.” But a good rivalry requires mutual relevance, in addition to mutual hatred, in order to take off — and the international dominance of the Americans and Canadians represents an instance of overkill. Since 1990, when the sport’s international governing body introduced the women’s version, the U.S. and Canada have won all 19 world championships — 13 by the Canadians, but four of the past six by the Americans — including the four Olympic Games (the U.S. in 1998, Canada in 2002, 2006 and 2010). It reached the point — following the Vancouver Games, when the teams drubbed their preliminaryround opponents by an aggregate score of 72-3, before Canada beat the U.S., 2-0, in the gold-medal game — that Jacques Rogge, at the time the president of the International Olympic Committee, warned that the sport could lose its Olympic standing unless it became more competitive. Partly as a result, the Sochi Games will feature a tweaked format, with the world’s four top-ranked teams — the U.S., Canada, Finland and Switzerland — grouped together in the same division. But to ensure they don’t all knock each other out of the tournament in the preliminary round, all four teams from Group A are already qualified for the medal round, with the prelims only mattering for seeding purposes. In addition to preventing — at least theoretically — a rash of 18-0 scores, the unique grouping ensures that the U.S. and Canada will face each other in the preliminary round, a matchup that comes on Feb. 12 at 4:30 p.m. Sochi time at the Shayba Arena. In the lead-up to Sochi, both the U.S. and Canadian teams have tried to lay claim to the underdog mantle, the Americans citing the Canadians’ historic dominance, the Canadians citing the Americans’ recent success — including four wins in the recent seven-game tune-up series. But when it comes to what matters most, the Olympic gold, it is the U.S. that has the added motivation, having lost three straight to the Canadians. “Obviously it stinks,” Team USA’s Duggan said of the 2010 loss in Vancouver. “It’s devastating in that moment. When you step away from the moment and move forward, you use it as training fodder.”

Sochi 2014 opens as stray dogs, empty malls greet spectators MOST EXPENSIVE WINTER OLYMPICS NOT READY FOR OPENING DAY BY ADVOCATE NEWS SERVICES SOCHI, Russia — Tourists at the most expensive Winter Olympics ever may find that $45 billion doesn’t buy completed hotels or shops at the Russian Games. The events in the Black Sea resort of Sochi start Friday night with the opening ceremony. Visitors to the Mountain Cluster hub for sports including alpine skiing could find stray dogs lazing on the sidewalk and construction work unfinished. “I came just yesterday and I don’t know when the whole place opens,” Bogdan Romanov, 23, who traveled from the Ukraine to work in the local Gorky Gorod Mall’s Lucky Strike bowling alley, said in an interview Friday. “Most shops up here are closed and I don’t know why.” Of the mall’s four stories, only one floor is fully operational. The remain-

ing three have stores that are still being fitted with stock and furnishings, while workmen carrying scaffolding jostle with cleaners. Some shops are unable to process credit-card payments, while only two of the eight lanes in the bowling alley are working. Russian President Vladimir Putin put aside more than $45 billion to host the most expensive Winter Olympics, rather than spending on schools, hospitals and infrastructure that investors say is needed to revive growth. Government forecasts show that the economy, which expanded at an average rate of 7 percent in the first eight years of Putin’s rule, will grow at a third of that pace between now and 2030. On the mall’s fourth floor, where an arcade of amusements can be found in an area known as Fun City, Maria Nikonova shrugs her shoulders at the state of facility. “It’s not ready,” the 28-year-old Sochi native, who works in the mall,

said in an interview Friday. “I don’t know why. They’ve had four years.” Russian President Vladimir Putin is using the games, the most expensive in history, to transform a Soviet-era summer resort on the Black Sea into a year-round destination. This week’s arrival of athletes and journalists left organizers scrambling to finish facilities as visitors complained about incomplete hotels, half-built sidewalks and the city’s cull of stray dogs. In Gorki Plaza, five minutes walk from the mall, one construction worker was sawing wood at midnight to try to complete the construction of a bar. It’s by the gondola to the venues for mountain sports including downhill skiing, where Mary-Sue Shannon of Vale, Colo., saw a pack of stray dogs. “Just before we got to the ski area we saw about six of them,” Shannon, a guest of the U.S. ski team, said in an interview in the gondola. “We don’t think that’s good.”

Sochi has been criticized after hiring a pest control company to remove stray dogs from the streets, sometimes killing the animals. Volnoe Delo Oleg Deripaska Foundation, one of Russia’s largest private charity funds, opened the first dog shelter in Sochi, a site called PovoDog. The foundation spent $15,000 to create the shelter. Annual operating costs are estimated at $56,000. Now there are over 100 stray dogs who have been brought to shelter by volunteers. Homeless and abandoned dogs have been given food and medical treatment. “There is no water and electricity now, we have to bring water in containers and use temporary electrical generators,” Tamara Rumyantseva, the head of Volnoe Delo Foundation, said in a statement. “But we hope to move to the new place soon, with more comfortable conditions for animals.”

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Oilers lose in OT to Devils BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS New Jersey 2 Edmonton 1 OT NEWARK, N.J. — Devils defenceman Jon Merrill scored his first NHL goal 2:34 into overtime, and New Jersey defeated the Edmonton Oilers 2-1 on Friday night. Cory Schneider made 19 saves and Andrei Loktionov scored in regulation as the Devils snapped a two-game skid. Taylor Hall had the goal for the Oilers, who lost for only the second time in seven games (5-1-1). Ilya Bryzgalov made 22 saves for Edmonton, which was playing its final game before the Olympic break. New Jersey had blown leads late in the third period of its last three games. In the past two, Nashville and Colorado tied the score after pulling their goalies for an extra skater. This time, Adam Henrique and Michael Ryder won a battle in the corner during overtime, and Ryder found Merrill all alone for a shot from above the left circle. The Devils hit three posts in the game, with Ryder clanging a shot off the crossbar with 9:20 to play. Both teams went for the win in the final minutes of regulation. Henrique had two chances in close with just more than 4 minutes to go, and defenceman Andrew Ference and Matt

Hendricks had chances for Edmonton a minute later. Schneider stopped a chance in close by Jordan Eberle early in overtime. With the Devils struggling to score, coach Pete DeBoer shook up his lines for the game and that led to the team’s first goal. Loktionov, who was put at centre on Jaromir Jagr’s line, opened the scoring at 11:01 with his first goal since Dec. 4. Jagr and defenceman Bryce Salvador set up the goal. Jagr carried the puck into the Oilers zone and found Salvador on the other side of the ice. He skated toward Bryzgalov and sent a cross-ice pass to a wide-open Loktionov for a shot into an open net. Jagr’s assist was the 1,039th of his career, putting him one behind Marcel Dionne for ninth in NHL history. The public address announcer had not finished giving out the assists when Edmonton tied the game 29 seconds later. Hall skated the puck into the Devils end and worked a perfect giveand-go with Nail Yakupov for his 20th goal of the season. Schneider never had a chance to stop the shot into an open net. New Jersey had plenty of opportunities to take the lead in the second period. Devils defenceman Marek Zidlicky hit the post on a power-play shot and Ryane Clowe hit a post on a breakaway

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Edmonton Oilers’ Taylor Hall (4) scores a goal past New Jersey Devils goaltender Cory Schneider during the first period of an NHL hockey game, Friday, Feb. 7, 2014, in Newark, N.J. after an Oilers turnover. Mark Fayne’s shot from the point was past Bryzgalov and heading into the net when Ference swept it away

from the crease. The Devils have a game left at Washington on Saturday night before the Olympic break.

Walker, Spieth tied for lead at Pebble BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. — The wind and the rain arrived Friday, perhaps a prelude to a nasty weekend. Leave it to a pair of Texans — Jimmy Walker and Jordan Spieth — to thrive in Crosby Clambake conditions at the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am. Walker made some tough par saves and wound up bogey-free at Spyglass Hill with a 3-under 69. Spieth was down the coast at Monterey Peninsula, where he called the birdie on his final hole the best of his life. He’s only 20, but it was a proud moment. They were tied for the lead going into the third round, one shot to par ahead of Hunter Mahan.

The slight advantage would go to Walker, who was at 9-under 135. Already a two-time winner this season, Walker next goes over to Monterey Peninsula, the easiest of the three courses in the rotation. Spieth was at 9-under 134 and headed to Pebble Beach, which can be brutal in nasty weather. And the forecast for Saturday was not particularly pleasant. Along with a three-club wind on the exposed sections of all three courses, steady rain began coming down sideways toward the end of the second round. There was about a 75 per cent chance for more rain Saturday. More than looking ahead, Spieth was looking behind. He was happy to at least get Spyglass out of the way already, having opened with a 67 on

Thursday. That didn’t make the Shore Course at Monterey Peninsula a picnic. “Today was very difficult,” Spieth said. “We started out in the rain and wind, and we finished in rainier and windier,” he said. Spieth caught Walker for a share of the lead on the 187-yard ninth hole, which typically requires a 6-iron. He watched Kevin Chappell hit first with a 3-iron, and the ball rolled back down off the front of the green. Spieth doesn’t carry a 3-iron. “I went to a hybrid,” he said. “And I just kind of hit a little stinger cut about 20 feet away. And then it was normally a straight putt and Michael (Greller) and I, my caddie, are looking at each other saying, ’Well, we’ve got to play this about a foot out to the right with

Willy will be Bombers’ starting QB BY THE CANADIAN PRESS WINNIPEG — There’s no doubt in rookie head coach Mike O’Shea’s mind who the Winnipeg Blue Bombers’ starting quarterback is. The Bombers unveiled newcomer Drew Willy on Friday, a day after acquiring the young quarterback from the Saskatchewan Roughriders. And O’Shea immediately named Willy as his starter. “You see a guy who has been tutored by some good coaches,” said O’Shea. “He’s ready for this.” Winnipeg has two other quarterbacks on its roster — Max Hall and Justin Goltz. And although Willy has made just four career CFL starts, O’Shea believes his time has come. “It’s important to this franchise to have a quarterback and a guy that everybody can believe in.,” O’Shea said. Willy, 27, played two seasons behind Darian Durant with the Roughriders. He said he prides himself on his passing accuracy and feels comfortable in all situations but also expects to learn by doing. “Being behind a guy like Darian Durant you learn a lot,” he said. “I’ve learned from George Cortez, you learn a ton. Obviously I’ve had Khari Jones in my ear the last two years as well.” Cortez is Saskatchewan’s offensive co-ordinator. Jones was the club’s quarterback coach in 2012 and 2013, before becoming the B.C. Lions offensive coordinator. “It’s something for the fans and for the coaching staff, the management, to be excited about,” O’Shea said of Willy’s signing. The Bombers are in dire need of a starter who can win games and fill seats at their new stadium. The club posted a 3-15 record last season that tied a modern franchise record for futility. The Bombers approached free agents Zach Collaros and Henry Burris. But Collaros signed with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats while Burris joined the expansion Ottawa Redblacks. Winnipeg GM Kyle Walters denied Willy was necessarily third on the Bombers list but also didn’t rule out adding another quarterback to the roster. “We’re always looking to improve our team, free agency trades . . . we’ll explore all options all the time to improve our team and promote competition at every position,” he said.

the wind.’ And so I hit it a foot out. With about 3 feet to go, the wind just blew it right, just broke perfectly right into the hole.” Walker’s best holes were his pars, particularly the par-5 14th. His 8-iron came back down into a bunker, leaving him such an awkward lie that he had to plant his feet outside the sand. With a shallow swing, he did well to blast out 12 feet away, and he made the par putt. “That was pretty big to keep it feeling like things were still in my favour,” Walker said. He made two long birdie putts, and then hit a drive of nearly 390 yards on the seventh hole — with the aid of a cart path. It left him only an 8-iron to the green, and he had an easy up-anddown for his final birdie.

Letang out at least 6 weeks after stroke BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

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Quarterback Drew Willy throws a pass as the Saskatchewan Roughriders practice. The Winnipeg Blue Bombers acquired Willy from the Grey Cupchampion Roughriders for Canadian receiver Jade Etienne. But Walters had nothing but praise for the young quarterback they’re hanging their hopes on right now. “Pocket awareness, toughness, what drew put on film showed that he’s ready to be a starting quarterback in this league,” he said. Willy started two games in 2013, going 1-1. He earned his first career CFL win as a rookie, a comefrom behind win at Winnipeg in the Banjo Bowl. He finished 17-of-23 passing for 188 yards and a touchdown while also running for another. Willy played at the University of Buffalo where he was the most prolific passer in school history, setting records for completions (849), attempts (1,322), passing yards (8,748), touchdowns (52), total offence (8,639), and completion percentage (64.2). He also spent some time in the NFL on practice squads in Indianapolis, Baltimore, San Diego, and New York and played in the UFL with Las Vegas in 2010.

PITTSBURGH — Pittsburgh Penguins defenceman Kris Letang will be out for at least six weeks because of a stroke. Penguins general manager Ray Shero announced Friday that Letang had a stroke last week. “Kris had one brief episode of dizziness and nausea last week,” Shero said. “We held him out of the Los Angeles game Thursday night, and when he continued to feel ill, tests conducted in Phoenix on Saturday gave us the first indication of his condition. “Further testing then was conducted when he returned to Pittsburgh, and he continued to undergo a battery of tests here this week.” Letang will be treated with blood thinners and the stroke is not expected to threaten his career. “I hope that by making my condition public at this time, I can help other people by encouraging them to seek medical help if they experience some of the symptoms associated with a stroke — regardless of their age or general health,” the 26-year-old Letang said. “It obviously was a shock to get the news, but I’m optimistic that I can overcome this and get back on the ice.” Letang’s most recent game was Jan. 27 against Buffalo. After being a Norris Trophy finalist last season, he has 10 goals — matching a career high — and 18 assists in 34 games this season for the Eastern Conference-leading Penguins. Letang has 54 goals and 227 points in 419 games since making his NHL debut with the Penguins during the 2006-07 season. The Montreal native signed a $58 million, eightyear contract extension last summer. “The most important thing right now, of course, is Kris’ health,” Shero said. “We’re not thinking about hockey right now. We want to make sure he gets the best possible care and gets better. After six weeks of treatment, doctors will re-evaluate Kris.”

For most NHL players, break means rest and family time BY THE CANADIAN PRESS WINNIPEG — The Sochi Olympics offer an opportunity to shine for a select few NHL players but, for the majority, it’s a chance to recharge their batteries and spend quality time with family. Oh, and especially for those on the Canadian Prairies, it’s a chance to use their 10 days off to get warm. Given the quirky weather that has hit North America it’s hard to say how far south he has to go, but Winnipeg Jets captain Andrew Ladd plans to find some sun somewhere. “I’m just going to get away with my son and my wife, try to get to some warm weather for a bit, out of the deep freeze, and just try to relax and regroup,” he said. “We’ll have to fly a little ways but I’m sure we’ll find somewhere.” The Olympic break starts Sunday and NHL action isn’t slated to resume until Feb. 25 with Carolina visiting Buffalo although players must report for practice Feb. 19. For those in Sochi, the Olympic schedule begins

Wednesday with Canada’s first game going Thursday. Montreal Canadiens defenceman Francis Bouillon plans to use his time off much like Ladd. “I’ll just be spending time with the family, heading down south,” he said. “Not Florida this time, we’re thinking the Dominican Republic.” Calgary defenceman Chris Butler knows this will be his last chance to relax for some time. “It gets tight after the break, we’ve got a 16-game month,” he says, noting the schedule was pretty packed before the break as well. “We’ve been every other day here for a while now. “You kind of feel like a newborn at a certain point — you just eat, sleep, eat, sleep, play hockey.” So Butler expects to make few plans for his down time. “I’m going home to St. Louis for a week and relax,” he said. “I literally have zero plans. I’ll hang out with my family, see some of my buddies. “It is nice to have time to just unwind. I think you’ll find a lot of guys will just get away from the game and relax and enjoy time with family and

friends. We’ve had a pretty hectic schedule and obviously going on the road before the break, guys are just going to want to hang out with their families.” For Henrik Sedin, time off came as a bit of a surprise and a disappointment. The Vancouver forward hasn’t healed enough to accept his invitation to play for Sweden at the Sochi Games. “I’m going to stay at home,” the Canucks captain said Thursday night. “I need rest and I need rehab, and then a few days of working hard, and then I’ll be back to being 100 per cent.” Rookie Flames centre Sean Monahan is just 19 and the Brampton Ont., native is looking to reconnect with his family. “The biggest thing for me is family time,” he said. “I haven’t seen my family and my grandparents for a long time. “It’s going to be special for me.” Montreal Canadiens centre Ryan White is also sticking close to home. “I’ll be heading home, getting some rest, spending some time with the family. I’ll hopefully get a little ice session in there too,” said the native of Brandon, Man.

“I’ll be watching the Olympics too. “I like to take the time to enjoy them while they’re on television.” Calgary defenceman Kris Russell says he’s just going to take it easy. And considering he’s back in his home province after stints with the Columbus Blue Jackets and St. Louis Blues, he doesn’t have far to go be with family. “I’ll go away for a little bit and then I’m going to go home to Caroline for a few days,” he says of the tiny village near Red Deer, also the childhood home of former world figure skating champion Kurt Browning. “I’ll be up there for a few days to hang out with family and stuff, it will be good. There will be chores to do.” The NHL schedule takes its toll on players and rest is a good thing but they also don’t want to lose their edge during the break. It’s a balancing act. “(I’ll) just get some rest and use the break as a chance to get the body reenergized,” says Jets forward Devin Setoguchi. “I’ll probably head home for a little bit and see the family but stay with the program as much as I can.”

SCOREBOARD Local Sports Today

Sunday

● Curling: Provincial men’s championship at Lacombe Barnett Arena, draws at 9 a.m. and 2 p.m. (final). ● Gymnastics: Exalta Cup men’s trampoline and tumbling, Collicutt Centre. ● Major bantam hockey: Calgary Flames at Red Deer White, noon, Arena. ● Major midget female hockey: Calgary Bruins at Red Deer, 12:45 p.m., Collicutt Centre. ● Heritage junior B hockey: Blackfalds at Ponoka, 2:30 p.m. ● Minor midget AAA hockey: Calgary Rangers at Red Deer Aero Equipment, 2:45 p.m., Arena. ● Men’s basketball: Grandview Allstars vs. Monstars, Sheraton Red Deer vs. Triple Threat, Woody’s RV vs. Gord Scott Nissan, 4:15 p.m.; Carstar vs. Orangemen, The Secret Runs vs. Vikings, Alken Basin Drillers vs. Rusty Chuckers, 5:30 p.m.; all games at Lindsay Thurber.

Golf AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am Scores Friday At Pebble Beach, Calif. p-Pebble Beach: 6,816 yards, par-72 (36-36) s-Spyglass Hill GC: 6,953 yards, par-72 (36-36) m-Monterey Peninsula: 6,867 yards, par-71 (34-37) Purse: $6.6 million 63m 65m 66p 65m 65m 65m 67p 67s 67s 67p 66m 66m 66m 67p 67m 68s 68p 68s 67m 67m 68p 68p 67m 67m 67m 67m 69p 69s 68m 68m 69s 69s 69p 68m 69p 68m 69p 68m 69p 69p 68m 68m 69s 69p 69s 68m 69p 69s 69s 69m 69m 70s 70p 70p 70p 69m 69m 70s 70s 69m 69m 70s 69m 70s 70s 70s 70p 70p 69m 70s 70s 70s 70m 71s 71p 70m

Ladies Australian Masters Scores At RACV Royal Pines Resort Gold Coast, Australia Purse: $337,820 Yardage: 6,647; Par: 73 Second Round a-amateur Cheyenne Woods Stacy Lee Bregman Trish Johnson Camilla Lennarth Charley Hull Katie Burnett Minsun Kim Zhang Yu Yang a-Minjee Lee Maria Hernandez Katherine Kirk Beth Allen a-So Young Lee Jessica Korda Linda Wessberg Breanna Elliott Bree Arthur Felicity Johnson Amelia Lewis Tiffany Joh Sarah Kemp Kyu-Jung Baek Alison Whitaker c-Lorie Kane Lee-Anne Pace Rebecca Artis Melissa Reid Li Jia Yun Kelly Tan Valentine Derrey Kristie Smith Caroline Hedwall Gwladys Nocera Dewi Claire Schreefel Shin-Ae Ahn Yani Tseng Mi Hyang Lee Sarah-Jane Smith Cathryn Bristow Thidapa Suwannapura Liz Young Line Vedel

WHL EASTERN CONFERENCE EAST DIVISION GP W L OTL SOL GF Brandon 54 28 20 5 1 209 Swift Current 55 26 21 2 6 181 Regina 54 27 22 3 2 181 Prince Albert 53 24 26 2 1 168 Moose Jaw 53 14 31 3 5 139 Saskatoon 57 15 38 1 3 163 CENTRAL DIVISION GP W L OTL SOL GF Edmonton 53 39 13 0 1 220 Calgary 54 33 15 3 3 202 Medicine Hat 54 32 19 3 0 185 Kootenay 54 29 21 2 2 179 Red Deer 55 27 24 1 3 169 Lethbridge 56 11 40 2 3 137

GA 195 173 193 188 204 238

Pt 62 60 59 51 36 34

GA 132 159 150 160 169 265

Pt 79 72 67 62 58 27

WESTERN CONFERENCE B.C. DIVISION GP W L OTL SOL GF GA Pt Kelowna 54 43 7 0 4 233 138 90 Victoria 56 36 16 1 3 179 137 76 Vancouver 55 27 19 6 3 188 185 63 Prince George 56 23 26 2 5 187 232 53 Kamloops 55 11 39 2 3 140 231 27 U.S. DIVISION GP W L OTL SOL GF GA Pt Portland 54 37 12 2 3 249 164 79 Seattle 55 34 16 2 3 187 185 73 Spokane 53 31 17 3 2 179 160 67 Everett 54 26 20 7 1 158 164 60 Tri-City 54 26 23 2 3 141 152 57 d-division leader; x-clinched playoff berth. Note: Division leaders ranked in top three positions per conference regardless of points; a team winning in overtime or shootout is credited with two points and a victory in the W column; the team losing in overtime or shootout receives one point which is registered in the OTL or SOL columns Friday’s results Moose Jaw 7 Prince Albert 1 Medicine Hat 5 Saskatoon 2 Brandon 8 Swift Current 1 Kootenay 8 Lethbridge 1 Prince George 5 Red Deer 3 Victoria 3 Kamloops 1 Edmonton 3 Kelowna 2 (SO) Portland 10 Tri-City 3 Calgary at Vancouver, late Spokane at Seattle, late

69-67 69-67 71-66 71-67 73-66 68-71 72-68 70-70 70-70 73-67 71-70 73-68 71-70 68-73 73-69 72-70 72-71 72-71 71-72 71-72 70-73 74-69 75-69 69-75 69-75 70-74 71-73 73-71 74-70 69-75 70-74 71-73 71-73 70-74 73-72 73-72 73-72 72-73 71-74 74-71 72-73 70-75

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136 136 137 138 139 139 140 140 140 140 141 141 141 141 142 142 143 143 143 143 143 143 144 144 144 144 144 144 144 144 144 144 144 144 145 145 145 145 145 145 145 145

Bobos PG (roughing) 20:00, Grewal PG (10-minute misconduct) 20:00, Macklin PG (10-minute misconduct) 20:00, Olson PG (fighting) 20:00. Shots on goal by Red Deer 19 14 16 — 49 Prince George 14 16 12 — 42 Goal — Red Deer: Bartosak (L, 25-19-1); Prince George: Beukeboom (W, 3-3-0). Power plays (goal-chances)Red Deer: 1-4; Prince George: 0-3. Referees — Tyler Adair, Curtis Marouelli. Linesmen — Tom Henetiuk, Michael Roberts. Attendance — 1,978 at Prince George. Warriors 7, Raiders 1 First Period 1. Moose Jaw, Sleptsov 2 (Eberle, Point) 8:37 (pp). Penalties — Chirva MJ (closing hand on puck) 2:02, Guhle P.A. (tripping) 6:17, Valcourt P.A. (tripping) 8:34. Second Period 2. Moose Jaw, White 14 (unassisted) :57. 3. Moose Jaw, Point 23 (Johnson, Chirva) 8:00. 4. Moose Jaw, Rodewald 17 (Point) 9:07. 5. Prince Albert, Morrissey 18 (Braid, Lange) 19:53. Penalties — Point MJ (hooking) 3:46, Leverton P.A. (checking from behind) 12:20, Valentine MJ (holding) 13:10. Third Period 6. Moose Jaw, Point 24 (unassisted) 5:10 (shorthanded-SH). 7. Moose Jaw, Eberle 14 (Rodewald, Point) 7:24 (pp). 8. Moose Jaw, Point 25 (unassisted) 11:57. Penalties — Jensen MJ (interference) 4:45, Andrlik P.A. (holding) 5:50, Johnson MJ (roughing) 16:04, Conroy P.A. (slashing) 16:04, Eberle MJ (unsportsmanlike cnd.) 18:07, Danyluk P.A. (unsportsmanlike cnd.) 18:07, Lange P.A. (hooking) 18:07. Shots on goal by Moose Jaw 5 11 13 — 29 Prince Albert 13 19 8 — 40 Goal — Moose Jaw: Paulic (W, 9-24-3); Prince Albert: Cheveldave (L, 19-19-2). Power plays (goal-chances)Moose Jaw: 2-5; Prince Albert: 0-4. Referees — Adam Byblow, Kyle Kowalski. Linesmen — Javan Bexson, Derek Craig. Attendance — 2,586 at Prince Albert. Wheat Kings 8, Broncos 1 First Period 1. Brandon, Lisoway 6 (Pulock) 2:53 (short-handedSH). 2. Brandon, Gabrielle 8 (Quenneville, Hawryluk) 8:32. 3. Swift Current, Black 27 (Debrusk, Merkley) 19:20 (pp). Penalties — Waltz Bra (interference) 1:54, Honka SC (holding) 9:20, Quenneville Bra (tripping) 17:53. Second Period 4. Brandon, McGauley 14 (Nejezchleb, Quenneville) 9:22 (pp). 5. Brandon, Quenneville 22 (Hawryluk, Bukarts) 15:19. 6. Brandon, Nejezchleb 27 (Quenneville) 19:49 (pp). Penalties — Martin SC (tripping) 8:58, Cave SC (tripping) 13:14, Heatherington SC (slashing) 19:24. Third Period 7. Brandon, McGauley 15 (Quenneville, Pilon) :41. 8. Brandon, Roy 9 (Hunter, Lisoway) 12:49 (pp). 9. Brandon, Hawryluk 17 (Waltz, Bukarts) 13:50 (pp). Penalties — Lernout SC (unsportsmanlike cnd.) 1:15, Nejezchleb Bra (slashing) 1:15, Green Bra (kneeing) 7:19, Heatherington SC (high-sticking) 9:50, Harris SC (slashing) 11:35, Shmoorkoff SC (tripping) 12:21, Debrusk SC (10-minute misconduct) 17:00, Johnson SC (roughing) 17:00, Johnson SC (10-minute misconduct) 17:00, Lernout SC (10-minute misconduct) 17:00, Lesann SC (10-minute misconduct) 17:00, Odgers SC (10-minute misconduct) 17:00, Zinkan SC (fighting) 17:00, Gabrielle Bra (fighting) 17:00, Hunter Bra (10-minute misconduct) 17:00, Meilleur Bra (10-minute misconduct) 17:00, Robinson Bra (10-minute misconduct) 17:00, Roy Bra (10-minute misconduct) 17:00, SC Bench (served by Cave, too many men) 17:00. Shots on goal by Swift Current 4 12 8 — 24 Brandon 7 12 21 — 40

Today’s games Medicine Hat at Prince Albert, 6 p.m. Saskatoon at Regina, 6 p.m. Swift Current at Moose Jaw, 6 p.m. Lethbridge at Kootenay, 7 p.m. Calgary at Kamloops, 8 p.m. Red Deer at Prince George, 8 p.m. Edmonton at Vancouver, 8 p.m. Everett at Portland, 8 p.m. Victoria at Kelowna, 8:05 p.m. Spokane at Tri-City, 8:05 p.m. Sunday’s games Spokane at Everett, 5:05 p.m. Brandon at Swift Current, 6 p.m. Monday’s games Portland at Prince George, 3 p.m. Tri-City at Kamloops, 3 p.m. Victoria at Vancouver, 3 p.m. Seattle at Kelowna, 3:05 p.m. Tuesday, February 11 Kootenay at Moose Jaw, 6 p.m. Prince Albert at Calgary, 7 p.m. Brandon at Medicine Hat, 7 p.m.

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SATURDAY, FEB. 8, 2014

Hockey

● Senior high basketball: Lindsay Thurber tournament. ● Grade 9 basketball: Hunting Hills tournament. ● Gymnastics: Exalta Cup men’s artistic, Collicutt Centre. ● Curling: Red Deer Farmers/Farmerettes Bonspiel, Pidherney Centre. ● Minor midget AAA hockey: Calgary Bruins at Red Deer Aero Equipment, 11:30 p.m., Arena; Calgary Stampeders at Red Deer Northstar, 2 p.m., Arena. ● Curling: Provincial men’s championship at Lacombe Barnett Arena, draws at 1 and 6:30 p.m. ● College men’s hockey: SAIT at RDC, 7:15 p.m., Penhold Regional Multiplex. ● Heritage junior B hockey: Ponoka at Red Deer, 8 p.m., Arena; Airdrie at Three Hills, 8 p.m.; Mountainview at Stettler, 8:15 p.m. ● WHL: Red Deer at Prince George, 8 p.m. ● Midget AA hockey: Medicine Hat at Sylvan Lake, 8:15 p.m.

Completed First Round Andrew Loupe 31-32 Stuart Appleby 31-34 Jimmy Walker 33-33 Jim Renner 31-34 Scott Gardiner 31-34 Richard H. Lee 32-33 Robert Streb 32-35 Jordan Spieth 34-33 Rory Sabbatini 33-34 Paul McGinley 33-34 Brian Harman 31-35 Phil Mickelson 31-35 Dicky Pride 30-36 Tim Wilkinson 32-35 John Huh 32-35 Dustin Johnson 33-35 Hunter Mahan 33-35 Will Claxton 34-34 Robert Garrigus 35-32 George McNeill 32-35 J.B. Holmes 33-35 Brian Davis 34-34 Kevin Stadler 31-36 D.A. Points 32-35 Greg Owen 31-36 Wes Roach 33-34 James Hahn 33-36 Jason Bohn 36-33 Freddie Jacobson 32-36 Jason Day 35-33 James Driscoll 35-34 Michael Putnam 35-34 Josh Teater 34-35 Matt Jones 32-36 Sang-Moon Bae 35-34 Lucas Glover 31-37 D.H. Lee 32-37 Kevin Foley 34-34 Peter Malnati 36-33 Alex Aragon 32-37 Danny Lee 32-36 Steven Bowditch 33-35 Alex Cejka 33-36 K.J. Choi 33-36 Patrick Reed 34-35 Lee Janzen 34-34 Rod Perry 34-35 Blake Adams 34-35 Kiradech Aphibarnrat 33-36 Martin Flores 34-35 Ted Potter, Jr. 35-34 Jim Furyk 35-35 Edward Loar 33-37 Bronson La’Cassie 36-34 Russell Knox 33-37 Pat Perez 34-35 Daniel Summerhays 33-36 Trevor Immelman 34-36 Brendan Steele 36-34 Aaron Baddeley 35-34 John Senden 35-34 Brian Gay 36-34 Will MacKenzie 33-36 Roberto Castro 35-35 John Peterson 34-36 Chris Williams 36-34 Cameron Tringale 36-34 Sean O’Hair 35-35 Scott Langley 32-37 William McGirt 35-35 Brendon Todd 34-36 Justin Thomas 35-35 Troy Matteson 33-37 Graeme McDowell 36-35 Retief Goosen 36-35 Mike Weir 33-37

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Wednesday, February 12 Kootenay at Regina, 6 p.m. Prince Albert at Edmonton, 7 p.m. Brandon at Lethbridge, 7 p.m. Medicine Hat at Red Deer, 7 p.m. Portland at Prince George, 8 p.m. Kelowna at Spokane, 8:05 p.m. Tri-City at Victoria, 8:05 p.m. Friday, February 14 Medicine Hat at Swift Current, 6 p.m. Regina at Prince Albert, 6 p.m. Kootenay at Brandon, 6:30 p.m. Saskatoon at Calgary, 7 p.m. Moose Jaw at Lethbridge, 7 p.m. Red Deer at Edmonton, 7 p.m. Portland at Kamloops, 8 p.m. Prince George at Kelowna, 8:05 p.m. Vancouver at Everett, 8:35 p.m. Tri-City at Seattle, 8:35 p.m.

Goal — Swift Current: Laurikainen (L, 17-16-0); Brandon: Honey (W, 10-10-2). Power plays (goal-chances)Swift Current: 1-3; Brandon: 4-9. Referees — Nathan Wieler, Chris Crich. Linesmen — Warren Birch, Bryden Hutlet. Attendance — 3,816 at Brandon.

Cougars 5, Rebels 3 First Period 1. Prince George, Ruopp 3 (Harkins, Fiddler) 6:11. 2. Red Deer, Kopeck 10 (Gaudet, Fleury) 13:33 (pp). 3. Red Deer, Fleury 7 (Dieno, Kopeck) 14:55. Penalties — Macklin PG (interference) 12:21, McNulty PG (high-sticking) 12:52. Second Period 4. Prince George, Carvalho 3 (Tkatch, Bourke) 3:44. 5. Prince George, Fiddler 33 (Harkins) 4:37. 6. Prince George, Morrison 7 (Pochiro) 8:06. Penalties — Grewal PG (roughing) 5:43, Dixon RD (roughing) 13:40, Doetzel RD (cross-checking) 14:34. Third Period 7. Red Deer, Feser 7 (Polei) 8:12. 8. Prince George, Fiddler 34 (Tkatch, McNulty) 19:35 (-EN). Penalties — Fiddler PG (interference) 8:30, Charif RD (hooking) 13:09, Fafard RD (roughing) 20:00, Nell RD (fighting) 20:00, Doetzel RD (10-minute misconduct) 20:00, Bobos PG (roughing) 20:00,

Royals 3, Blazers 1 First Period No Scoring. Penalties — Hicketts Vic (high-sticking) 13:26, Kornelsen Kam (cross-checking) 19:43. Second Period 1. Kamloops, Rehill 3 (unassisted) 3:45 (pp). 2. Victoria, Magee 20 (Brown) 19:28. Penalties — Vic Bench (served by Soy, too many men) 1:55, Reagan Kam (tripping) 17:18. Third Period 3. Victoria, Soy 11 (Kanzig) 1:29 (short-handed-SH). 4. Victoria, Crunk 6 (Fisher, Skapski) 12:51. Penalties — Brown Vic (high-sticking) 0:33, Bolduc Kam (hooking) 1:49, Walker Vic (high-sticking) 3:29. Shots on goal by Victoria 5 15 9 — 29 Kamloops 4 17 16 — 37 Goal — Victoria: Vollrath (W, 15-5-1); Kamloops: Pouliot (L, 6-18-0). Power plays (goal-chances)Victoria: 0-3; Kamloops: 1-4.

Tri-City

Referees — Mike Langin, Nick Swaine. Linesmen — Nick Bilko, Ron Dietterle. Attendance — 3,825 at Kamloops. Tigers 5, Blades 2 First Period 1. Medicine Hat, Labelle 6 (Doty, Bredo) 1:51. 2. Saskatoon, Johnston 3 (Lipon, Nemecek) 2:40 (pp). 3. Medicine Hat, Sanford 26 (Vannelli, Valk) 8:07 (pp). 4. Medicine Hat, Ast 9 (Bredo) 11:40 (short-handedSH). 5. Saskatoon, Hebig 9 (Busenius, Johnston) 16:24 (pp). Penalties — Valk MH (kneeing) 2:20, Johnston Sas (closing hand on puck) 3:17, Millette Sas (tripping) 7:21, Stanton MH (roughing) 10:41, Cox MH (roughing) 15:51, Valk MH (hooking) 15:51, Clayton Sas (roughing) 15:51, Stanton MH (interference) 19:01. Second Period No Scoring. Penalties — Labelle MH (hooking) 8:42, Johnston Sas (tripping) 10:00, Clayton Sas (tripping) 19:18. Third Period 6. Medicine Hat, Bredo 3 (unassisted) 19:26 (-EN). 7. Medicine Hat, Eisenschmid 6 (Owre, Becker) 19:59. Penalties — None. Shots on goal by Medicine Hat 8 10 20 — 38 Saskatoon 7 6 7 — 20 Goal — Medicine Hat: Schneider (W, 4-2-0); Saskatoon: Trombley (L, 8-20-0). Power plays (goal-chances)Medicine Hat: 1-4; Saskatoon: 2-5. Referees — Kevin Shmyr, Chad Williams. Linesmen — Jason Roy, Jarett Gelowitz. Attendance — 4,579 at Saskatoon. Ice 8, Hurricanes 1 First Period 1. Kootenay, Philp 21 (Bozon) 5:37. 2. Kootenay, Descheneau 35 (Reinhart, Franko) 12:33. 3. Kootenay, Reinhart 26 (Dirk, Descheneau) 13:52 (pp). 4. Lethbridge, Sheen 13 (Bell, Khenkel) 14:17. 5. Kootenay, Bozon 24 (Alfaro, Zborosky) 15:46. 6. Kootenay, Philp 22 (Cable, Murray) 18:21. Penalties — Cross Koo (charging) 9:45, Folk Let (holding) 13:20. Second Period 7. Kootenay, Bozon 25 (Philp, Valiev) 1:42. Penalties — Dirk Koo (fighting) 3:29, Alldridge Let (fighting) 3:29, Steenbergen Koo (fighting) 7:30, Erkamps Let (fighting) 7:30, Sheen Let (roughing) 13:25, Philp Koo (roughing) 20:00, Bell Let (roughing) 20:00, Bell Let (unsportsmanlike cnd.) 20:00. Third Period 8. Kootenay, Bozon 26 (Martin) 11:02. 9. Kootenay, Franko 18 (Descheneau, Reinhart) 16:22. Penalties — Vetterl Koo (instigator) 7:02, Vetterl Koo (fighting) 7:02, Vetterl Koo (10-minute misconduct) 7:02, Walters Let (fighting) 7:02, Cooper Let (hooking) 14:07, Bozon Koo (10-minute misconduct) 18:23, Cable Koo (fighting) 18:23, Cross Koo (roughing) 18:23, Ramsay Let (fighting) 18:23, Sheen Let (roughing) 18:23, Martin Koo (fighting) 18:43, Steenbergen Koo (slashing) 18:43, Steenbergen Koo (roughing) 18:43, Bell Let (roughing) 18:43, Walters Let (fighting) 18:43. Shots on goal by Kootenay 17 19 7 — 43 Lethbridge 11 7 6 — 24 Goal — Kootenay: Skapski (W, 19-13-2); Lethbridge: Hogue (L, 2-9-0). Power plays (goal-chances)Kootenay: 1-4; Lethbridge: 0-3. Referees — Jason Cramer, Colin Watt. Linesmen — Reid Anderson, Matt Schoenroth. Attendance — 3,530 at Lethbridge. Winterhawks 10, Americans 3 First Period 1. Portland, Bjorkstrand 38 (Pouliot, Petan) 4:36 (pp). 2. Portland, Petan 27 (Leipsic, Bittner) 17:51. 3. Portland, Schoenborn 12 (Turgeon, Hanson) 18:45. 4. Portland, Leier 25 (Bjorkstrand, De Leo) 19:13. Penalties — Astles TC (interference) 3:27, Leipsic Por (hooking) 12:45. Second Period 5. Portland, Petan 28 (Viveiros, Iverson) 7:24. 6. Portland, Schoenborn 13 (Turgeon, Hanson) 18:07. Penalties — Cederholm Por (holding) 4:01, Bjorkstrand Por (roughing) 11:59, De Leo Por (slashing) 11:59, McCue TC (roughing) 11:59, Wotherspoon TC (roughing) 11:59, Hamonic TC (roughing) 15:55, Cederholm Por (holding) 18:34. Third Period 7. Portland, Iverson 15 (Haar, Dumba) 2:36 (pp). 8. Tri-City, Astles 7 (Williams) 10:00 (pp). 9. Tri-City, Plutnar 2 (Astles) 10:37. 10. Tri-City, Wotherspoon 2 (McCue) 18:29 (shorthanded-SH). 11. Portland, Pouliot 14 (Bjorkstrand) 18:50 (pp). 12. Portland, Bittner 18 (Hanson) 19:04. 13. Portland, Price 4 (Rossignol, Predinchuk) 19:26. Penalties — Wotherspoon TC (roughing) 2:05, Hanson Por (tripping) 8:51, Viveiros Por (fighting) 11:47, Southam TC (fighting) 11:47, Leipsic Por (10-minute misconduct) 14:24, Petan Por (crosschecking) 14:24, Schoenborn Por (10-minute misconduct) 14:24, Hamonic TC (10-minute misconduct) 14:24, Nickles TC (10-minute misconduct) 14:24, Playfair TC (cross-checking) 17:09. Shots on goal by Portland 22 11 13 — 46

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Goal — Portland: Burke (W, 29-10-2); Tri-City: Comrie (L, 23-17-2). Power plays (goal-chances)Portland: 3-4; TriCity: 1-5. Referees — Steve Papp, Kevin Bennett. Linesmen — Trevor Shively, Jason Michelbook. Attendance — 4,278 at Tri-City.

Boston Tampa Bay Montreal Toronto Detroit Ottawa Florida Buffalo

NHL Eastern Conference Atlantic Division GP W L OT GF 56 36 16 4 169 57 32 20 5 164 58 31 21 6 144 59 31 22 6 175 57 26 19 12 149 58 26 21 11 167 58 22 29 7 139 57 15 34 8 110

GA 123 143 141 181 159 184 183 172

Pt 76 69 68 68 64 63 51 38

Pittsburgh NY Rangers Philadelphia Columbus Carolina New Jersey Washington NY Islanders

Metropolitan Division GP W L OT GF 58 40 15 3 186 59 32 24 3 155 58 29 23 6 160 57 29 23 5 168 56 26 21 9 143 58 24 21 13 135 58 26 23 9 168 59 22 29 8 162

GA 138 146 166 158 154 143 175 195

Pt 83 67 64 63 61 61 61 52

Chicago St. Louis Colorado Minnesota Dallas Winnipeg Nashville

Western Conference Central Division GP W L OT GF 60 35 11 14 207 56 38 12 6 192 57 36 16 5 169 59 31 21 7 145 57 26 21 10 162 59 28 26 5 165 58 25 23 10 144

GA 163 132 151 147 163 171 175

Pt 84 82 77 69 62 61 60

Pacific Division GP W L OT GF GA Pt Anaheim 59 40 14 5 191 145 85 San Jose 58 36 16 6 172 140 78 Los Angeles 59 31 22 6 139 128 68 Phoenix 57 27 20 10 162 167 64 Vancouver 59 27 23 9 145 157 63 Calgary 57 22 28 7 136 177 51 Edmonton 60 20 33 7 153 199 47 Note: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss. Friday’s results New Jersey 2 Edmonton 1 (OT) Carolina 5 Florida 1 NY Rangers 4 Pittsburgh 3 (SO) Phoenix 2 Chicago 0 Columbus at San Jose, late Saturday’s games Calgary at Philadelphia, 11 a.m. Winnipeg at St. Louis, 12 p.m. Ottawa at Boston, 1 p.m. Vancouver at Toronto, 4 p.m. Montreal at Carolina, 4 p.m. Colorado at NY Islanders, 5 p.m. Detroit at Tampa Bay, 5 p.m. Phoenix at Dallas, 6 p.m. Anaheim at Nashville, 6 p.m. New Jersey at Washington, 6 p.m. Devils 2, Oilers 1 (OT) First Period 1. New Jersey, Loktionov 4 (Salvador, Jagr) 11:01. 2. Edmonton, Hall 20 (Yakupov, Nugent-Hopkins) 11:30. Penalties — Zubrus NJ (tripping) 13:02. Second Period No Scoring. Penalties — Greene NJ (high-sticking) 1:23, Perron Edm (hooking) 2:20, Fraser Edm (boarding) 6:13. Third Period No Scoring. Penalties — Hemsky Edm (tripping) 9:25, Henrique NJ (hooking) 10:59. Overtime 3. New Jersey, Merrill 1 (Ryder, Henrique) 2:34. Penalties — None. Shots on goal by Edmonton 5 6 8 1 — 20 New Jersey 8 10 5 1 — 24 Goal — Edmonton: Bryzgalov (LO, 5-8-4); New Jersey: Schneider (W, 11-10-9). Power plays (goal-chances)Edmonton: 0-3; New Jersey: 0-3. Referees — Chris Rooney, Frederick L’Ecuyer. Linesmen — Steve Barton, Brad Lazarowich. Attendance — 16,592 at New Jersey. Coyotes 2, Blackhawks 0 First Period 1. Phoenix, Yandle 7 (Boedker, Vermette) 1:09 (pp). Penalties — Bollig Chi (tripping) 1:01, Bickell Chi (illegal stick) 2:25. Second Period 2. Phoenix, Vrbata 14 (Ribeiro, Yandle) 18:29 (pp). Penalties — Halpern Phx (cross-checking) 3:27, Saad Chi (goaltender interference) 17:46, Rozsival Chi (unsportsmanlike conduct) 17:46. Third Period No Scoring. Penalties — Versteeg Chi (tripping) 10:35, Doan Phx (interference) 15:07, Michalek Phx (high-sticking) 19:54, Toews Chi (cross-checking) 19:54. Shots on goal by Chicago 7 14 9 — 30 Phoenix 10 14 2 — 26

Curling 2014 Scotties Tournament of Hearts Glance MONTREAL — Standings and playoff results Friday from the 2014 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, the Canadian women’s curling championship, Feb. 1-9 at Maurice Richard Arena: Province (skip) x-Canada (Homan) x-Manitoba (Carey) x-Saskatchewan (Lawton) x-Alberta (Sweeting) N.B. (Crawford) B.C. (Van Osch) N.L. (Strong) N.S. (Smith) P.E.I. (Dolan)

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B.C. 7 Newfoundland & Labrador 3 Draw 15 Canada 7 Saskatchewan 6 Manitoba 9 Ontario 8 (extra end) New Brunswick 5 Yukon/NWT 4 P.E.I. 7 Nova Scotia 5 Draw 16 Alberta 7 Manitoba 4 Canada 9 Newfoundland & Labrador 4 Quebec 5 Ontario 3 Saskatchewan 8 B.C. 4 End of round robin

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PLAYOFFS Friday’s result Page Playoff

Ontario (Flaxey) Quebec (Ross) Yukon/NWT (Koltun) x — clinched playoff berth.

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Transactions Friday’s Sports Transactions BASEBALL American League BALTIMORE ORIOLES — Agreed to terms with 1B Matt LaPorta on a minor league contract. CHICAGO WHITE SOX — Agreed to terms with RHP Mitchell Boggs on a one-year contract. Assigned RHP Deunte Heath outright to Charlotte (IL). KANSAS CITY ROYALS — Named Mike Sweeney special assistant to baseball operations. Assigned LHP Everett Teaford outright to Omaha (PCL). OAKLAND ATHLETICS — Agreed to terms with OF Coco Crisp on a three-year contract. National League ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS — Agreed to terms with RHP Bronson Arroyo on a two-year contract. MILWAUKEE BREWERS — Agreed to terms with RHP Francisco Rodriguez on a one-year contract. PITTSBURGH PIRATES — Agreed to terms with C Omir Santos on a minor league contract. WASHINGTON NATIONALS — Agreed to terms with RHP Luis Ayala on a minor league contract. American Association FARGO-MOORHEAD REDHAWKS — Signed RHP Luis Sanz. KANSAS CITY T-BONES — Signed RHP Justin D’Alessandro. SIOUX FALLS CANARIES — Sold the contract of INF K.C. Serna to the Philadelphia Phillies. WICHITA WINGNUTS — Signed LHP James Giulietti. Traded LHP Nick Walters to Somerset for future considerations. FOOTBALL National Football League BUFFALO BILLS — Promoted defensive quality control coach Jason Rebrovich to assistant defensive line coach. DETROIT LIONS — Signed C Dominic Raiola to a one-year contract. GREEN BAY PACKERS — Named Winston Moss assistant head coach/linebackers coach, Alex Van Pelt quarterbacks coach, Scott McCurley assistant linebackers coach, Jason Simmons defensive/ special teams assistant, John Rushing defensive quality control coach, Sam Gash running backs coach, Ron Zook assistant special teams coach, Luke Getsy offensive quality control coach and Chris Gizzi strength and conditioning assistant. KANSAS CITY CHIEFS — Released CB Dunta Robinson. Signed WR Weston Dressler. MINNESOTA VIKINGS — Released LB Erin Henderson. TENNESSEE TITANS — Named Todd Toriscelli director of sports medicine. Arena Football League ORLANDO PREDATORS — Acquired WR

One vs. Two Canada (Homan) 5 Manitoba (Carey) 4 Saturday’s games Page Playoff Third vs. Fourth Saskatchewan (Lawton) vs. Alberta (Sweeting), 9 a.m. Semifinal Manitoba (Carey) vs. Saskatchewan-Alberta winner, 2 p.m. Sunday’s games Third-place game Semifinal Teams TBD, 12:30 p.m. Championship Canada (Homan) vs. Semifinal winner, 5:30 p.m.

Basketball Khalil Paden. PHILADELPHIA SOUL — Traded DL Ko Quaye to Orlando to complete an earlier trade. SAN JOSE SABERCATS — Acquired DL Paul Griffin from Tampa Bay. HOCKEY National Hockey League NHL — Fined Montreal Canadiens D Alexei Emelin $5,000 for butt-ending Vancouver Canucks F Pascal Pelletier in Montreal on Thursday, Feb. 6. BUFFALO SABRES — Waived LW Linus Omark. Assigned C Phil Varonee and D Chad Ruhwedel to Rochester (AHL). COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS — Traded D Blake Parlett to Boston for F Carter Camper, and assigned Camper to Springfield (AHL). LOS ANGELES KINGS — Assigned G Martin Jones and F Tyler Toffoli to Manchester (AHL). Recalled G J.F. Berube from Manchester. NASHVILLE PREDATORS — Reassigned F Taylor Beck to Milwaukee (AHL). TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING — Recalled F Vladislav Namestnikov and G Kristers Gudlevskis from Syracuse (AHL). American Hockey League CHARLOTTE CHECKERS — Returned F Matthew Pistilli and C A.J. Jenks to Florida (ECHL). SPRINGFIELD FALCONS — Traded D Joe Lavin to Providence for future considerations. ECHL ECHL — Suspended Gwinnett RW Maxime Legault one game and fined him an undisclosed amount. Central Hockey League DENVER CUTTHROATS — Waived G Tate Maris. QUAD CITY MALLARDS — Signed G Nick Niedert. Loaned G Eric Levine to Syracuse (AHL). SOCCER Major League Soccer PHILADELPHIA UNION — Named Mike Sorber assistant coach. COLLEGE ATLANTIC HOCKEY ASSOCIATION — Suspended Niagara D Kevin Albers one game. ARIZONA STATE — Named Keith Patterson defensive co-ordinator, linebackers and defensive special teams coach, and tight ends coach and recruiting co-ordinator Chip Long offensive special teams coach. FURMAN — Announced they are dropping men’s golf as a varsity sport after this season. LEES-MCRAE — Named Thomas Rusling men’s assistant soccer coach. N.C. STATE — Announced QB Pete Thomas will transfer at the end of the academic year. RICE — Named Larry Edmondson and Billy Lynch co-offensive co-ordinators.

NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct GB Toronto 26 23 .531 — Brooklyn 22 26 .458 31⁄2 New York 20 30 .400 61⁄2 Boston 18 33 .353 9 Philadelphia 15 36 .294 12 Southeast Division W L Pct GB Miami 35 13 .729 — Atlanta 25 23 .521 10 Washington 24 25 .490 111⁄2 Charlotte 22 28 .440 14 Orlando 15 37 .288 22 Central Division W L Pct GB Indiana 39 10 .796 — Chicago 24 25 .490 15 Detroit 20 29 .408 19 Cleveland 17 33 .340 221⁄2 Milwaukee 9 40 .184 30 WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division W L Pct San Antonio 36 14 .720 Houston 33 17 .660 Dallas 30 21 .588 Memphis 26 22 .542 New Orleans 21 27 .438 Northwest Division W L Pct Oklahoma City 40 12 .769 Portland 35 15 .700 Denver 24 24 .500 Minnesota 24 25 .490 Utah 16 33 .327

GB — 3 61⁄2 9 14 GB — 4 14 1 14 ⁄2 221⁄2

Pacific Division W L Pct 34 18 .654 30 20 .600 29 20 .592 18 32 .360 17 33 .340

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

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Friday’s Games Orlando 103, Oklahoma City 102 Indiana 118, Portland 113, OT L.A. Lakers 112, Philadelphia 98 Cleveland 115, Washington 113 Boston 99, Sacramento 89 Detroit 111, Brooklyn 95 New York 117, Denver 90 Dallas 103, Utah 81 Minnesota at New Orleans, late Toronto at L.A. Clippers, late Today’s Games San Antonio at Charlotte, 5 p.m. Denver at Detroit, 5:30 p.m. Memphis at Atlanta, 5:30 p.m. Portland at Minnesota, 6 p.m. Houston at Milwaukee, 6:30 p.m. Golden State at Phoenix, 7 p.m. Miami at Utah, 7 p.m. Sunday’s Games New York at Oklahoma City, 11 a.m. Chicago at L.A. Lakers, 1:30 p.m. Indiana at Orlando, 4 p.m. New Orleans at Brooklyn, 4 p.m. Dallas at Boston, 4 p.m. Sacramento at Washington, 4 p.m. Memphis at Cleveland, 4 p.m. Philadelphia at L.A. Clippers, 7:30 p.m.

Lacrosse Calgary Colorado Vancouver

National Lacrosse League All Times Eastern East Division GP W L Pct. GF GA Buffalo 6 5 1 .833 76 67 Rochester 5 3 2 .600 50 42 Toronto 6 3 3 .500 81 69 Philadelphia 7 3 4 .429 87 86 Minnesota 5 1 4 .200 42 55

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OF THE HORSE Photos contributed The Red Deer Chinese community and the Mandarin students of Hunting Hills High School joined together on Jan. 31 for a celebration of Chinese New Year, ushering in the year of the horse. A Chinese buffet was served and guests were treated to a range of entertainment, which included traditional Chinese folk tales, songs and kung fu demonstrations. Some of the more contemporary entertainment featured steel drumming and improvisation. Performers included individuals and groups from the Chinese community and from the Mandarin and Fine Arts Programs at Hunting Hills. Event organizers say the celebration was appreciated by those in attendance and will likely be repeated next year.

Horse people are active and energetic. They’ve got plenty of sex-appeal and know how to dress. Horses love to be in the crowd, maybe that is why they can usually be seen in such occasions as concerts, at theatres, meetings, sporting events and, of course, parties. The horse is very quick-witted and is right in there with you before you have had the chance to finish what you are saying: he’s onto the thought in your mind even before you’ve expressed it. In general, the horse is gifted.

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KITCHEN PARTY RAISES FUNDS

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FRONT An old-fashioned East Coast kitchen party migrated west and raised more than $17,000 for the Alzheimer Society. About 100 Easterners and Albertans took part in the Jan. 25 East Cost Meets West Kitchen Party fundraiser for the Alzheimer Society of Alberta and Northwest Territories — Red Deer and Central Alberta office. “We are thrilled at the success and with the support from the local and newer Central Albertans,” said Janice Fogarty, community relations manager with the Red Deer and Central Alberta office. The evening featured music from The Eclectics, a Central Alberta band, and Chris Greve and Claymore, from Calgary, and food from Ponoka’s The Raspberry Patch. “Although 65 per cent of the attendees were new to an Alzheimer Society event, we had a very warm and welcoming atmosphere,” said Fogarty. “Everyone assured me they’ll be back next year with their friends and their dancing shoes.” For more information on programming offered by the Alzheimer’s Society, contact Christine Prysunka, client services manager, at 403-342-0448.

BY MURRAY CRAWFORD ADVOCATE STAFF In one of their best years ever, the Ponoka Foodgrains project raised $120,000 towards ending world hunger last fall. Peter Doornenbal, co-ordinator of the project, said 2013 was one of the best years for crops, which helped the group’s bottom line. “It was combination of all the farmers helping and the good crops,” said Doornenbal. “We sold it on time and that helps, too.”

They are already gearing up for this year’s foodgrains project, getting chicken manure and fertilizer lined up. The Ponoka project is part of the Canadian Foodgrains Bank. The foodgrains bank is responsible for distributing food around the world, where it is needed most. In the past year, the group has provided about $43 million in aid in 37 countries. The project started 16 years ago and has been going strong ever since. “I had a passion for it,” said Doornenbal. “I’ve been to Africa myself and saw all the good all the money did there. That’s why I

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Byelection ordered after challenge BY PAUL COWLEY ADVOCATE STAFF

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Neal Boisvert, 17, of the Red Deer Central Lions Speedskating Club makes his way through a turn on the long track outdoor oval in Red Deer Friday. Boisvert and his teammates who train about six days a week and travel to the Olympic Oval in Calgary at least once a week took advantage of a day off school Friday to get in some daytime training. Boisvert and the team are preparing for the Alberta single distance championships taking place in Calgary March 7-9.

Sylvan Lake still shooting for Kraft Hockeyville 2014 BY CRYSTAL RHYNO ADVOCATE STAFF

FREE LECTURE ON ISLAND TIME Red Deer Advocate travel columnist Debbie Olsen will be giving a free lecture at the Mary C. Moore Public Library in Lacombe on Tuesday. She will be speaking on the topic of Island Time, focusing on a few lesser known island escapes, as well as a few lesser known spots on popular islands. The talk begins at 7 p.m.

CLARIFICATION A story in Wednesday’s Advocate included four photos showing street drug paraphernalia and one person sleeping in the hallways at the River Valley Apartments in downtown Red Deer. The photos were taken over a period ranging from Oct. 17, 2013, and Jan. 31, 2014.

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stay involved all the time, is you see where the money goes. I was really impressed with the Canadian Foodgrains Bank.” More than $100,000 was raised from sales of the Ponoka crop, and with the support of farmers and businesses and cash donations, the total raised was about $120,000. Some of this is matched on a four-to-one basis by the Canadian International Development Agency. “It’s a combination of the businesses and the farmers coming together every year to make this a success,” said Doornenbal. mcrawford@reddeeradvocate.com

Sylvan Lake continues to shoot for Kraft Hockeyville 2014 as the clock runs down. Nominations for the title and $100,000 in arena upgrades close on Sunday. The top 16 communities from across Canada will be announced on March 8. As of Friday afternoon, the Medican Multi-plex in Sylvan Lake was leading the west bracket with 874 nomination stories, followed closely by the Shaw Centre (Salmon Arm, B.C.) with 622 uploads and the Castlegar and District Community Complex with 443 uploads (Castlegar, B.C.) rounding out the third spot. Sylvan Lake Mayor Sean McIntyre said shooting for Kraft Hockeyville is an important step in the rebuilding process after the town lost its oldest rink when the

roof collapsed under heavy snow in January. “Sylvan Lakers are looking for a way to help with the rebuilding process right now and Hockeyville is a great way to kick that off,” said McIntyre. “It’s really encouraging and inspiring to see thousands of people getting together and putting their weight behind the Hockeyville cause, especially those who aren’t hockey players.” McIntyre said there have been nominations that start with, “I am not a hockey player but ...” and that has been the most surprising so far. “Then they will go on to say how much the arena and the facility means to the community and how they want to see it rebuilt for the sake of the entire community,” said McIntyre. That’s the stuff that really gets your heart going as a

leader, to see your own community come together for the greater good.” One of the top-rated Sylvan Lake stories comes from a person who says the arena shaped him into the person he is today. Others shared stories, photos and videos showing how the old rink was a focal point in their community. Recently Wetaskiwin MP Blaine Calkins used his floor time in the House of Commons to recite a poem about the old rink and to encourage people to vote for Sylvan Lake. The winning community will score $100,000 in arena upgrades, a visit from the CBC and the chance to host a pre-season NHL game. To share a story about Sylvan Lake, go to www. krafthockeyville.ca and search Medican Multi-plex. crhyno@reddeeradvocate. com

There’s been another election twist in Clearwater County. A Court of Queen’s Bench justice has ordered a byelection be held after the result of the Division 4 race was challenged. On election night, unofficial results had Chuck Shipley defeating incumbent John Vandermeer by a single vote — 184 to 183. A recount turned the tables, giving Vandermeer a two-vote victory, 183 to 181. However, Shipley challenged that outcome. At issue, were three ballots — all in favour of Shipley — that were determined in the recount to have been spoiled because they did not include the returning officer’s initials. Shipley disagreed and launched a legal action. A byelection is the best way to go given the questions, said Shipley, who served two terms on council from 2001 to 2007. “It would appear it’s the only reasonable and safe way to go for everybody involved,” he said. “It was the best conclusion the judge could come up with to solve the present problem. That’s his words.” Shipley, who is retired, isn’t sure what to expect for the byelection. Typically, they draw fewer voters than a regular election. Vandermeer said he and Shipley were informed of the byelection on Thursday. “Due to the uncertainty as to how to handle the three votes in question the judge ordered this byelection,” he said. “I look forward to meeting my constituents during the upcoming campaign.” Vandermeer declined to comment further on the judge’s solution. “The judge determined what the way to go is. That’s his job. I have no comment on that.” Council will pick a date and polling station locations at its Tuesday council meeting. “I am confident in the election process,” said Reeve Pat Alexander in a statement. County spokesperson Christine Heggart said a copy of the judge’s order was not available on Friday, but the municipality is expected to receive it next week. pcowley@reddeeradvocate.com

Consultations include regional sessions The province’s review of the Municipal Government Act will included regional consultation sessions in 11 communities, including Red Deer. The “provincewide conversation about how municipalities operate, grow, and develop” will take place over the next 12 weeks. It began in Edmonton this week, and will eventually conclude in Peace River on April 25. A comprehensive website with online workbook and surveys is available to the public. In each location, there will be sessions designed for specific stakeholders, including municipal elected officials and administrators, business and industry, the general public, and professionals who work closely with the legislation. The consultation will focus on three key themes: assessment and taxation; governance and administration; and planning and development. The Red Deer session is March 12 to 14 at the Harvest Centre at Westerner Park. There are seven types of consultation sessions in Red Deer, each designed for different types of stakeholders and discussions. The public open house session is on March 13 from 6 to 8 p.m. The business and industry session on

MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT CONVERSATIONS March 13 from 9 a.m. to noon is hosted for those who play a role in supporting the local economies. There are three technical sessions intended for in-depth discussions of specific goals for the Municipal Government Act: ● The assessment and taxation technical session on March 12 from 1 to 3 p.m. is for stakeholders who are knowledgeable about municipal taxation and assessment processes to provide input on business competitiveness and support for municipalities as they fund the programs and services in their communities. ● The planning and development technical session on March 12 from 4 to 6 p.m. is designed for planning and development professionals and other stakeholders with technical expertise to focus on how municipalities undertake planning and manage growth in a sustainable way. ● The governance and administration technical session on March 12 from 10 a.m. to noon is planned for municipal professionals and other stakeholders who are well versed in municipal governance to provide input on how municipalities are governed and administered. The municipal elected officials session

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on March 14 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and the municipal administrators session on March 13 from 1 to 4 p.m. are workshops for elected officials and those who play a role in supporting the operations of municipalities to provide input. Albertans who are unable to attend any of the regional consultation sessions can participate in a variety of other ways, including online surveys and workbooks. “Municipalities play a vital role in supporting safe, prosperous and vibrant communities across Alberta. As Alberta continues to grow, this is an ideal opportunity to modernize the legislation that governs municipalities to reflect the changing needs of our communities. We welcome input from all Albertans on how we can continue to build strong communities into the future,” said Municipal Affairs Minister Ken Hughes. Both the Alberta Urban Municipalities Association and the Alberta Association of Municipal Districts and Counties are involved in the consultation process. To register for sessions, get more contact information, or more information about the Municipal Government Act and the review, go to mgareview.alberta.ca.

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Leaders wrestle over growing support for marijuana BY SARAH PULLIAM BAILEY ADVOCATE NEWS SERVICES NEW YORK — Sunday’s Super Bowl was dubbed by some as the “pot bowl,” as the Denver Broncos and Seattle Seahawks hail from the two states where fans can soon get marijuana as easily as they can get pizza. As public opinion has shifted in support of legalized marijuana, religious leaders are wrestling over competing interests, including high prison rates and legislating morality. According to a 2013 survey from the Public Religion Research Institute, 58 percent of white mainline Protestants and 54 percent of black Protestants favor legalizing the use of marijuana. On the other side, nearly seven-in-10 (69 percent) white evangelical Protestants oppose it. Catholics appear to be the most divided Christian group, with 48 percent favoring legalization and 50 percent opposing it. Opinions on how states should handle those who possess or sell marijuana varies among Christian leaders. Caught in the middle of the debate are pastors, theologians and other religious leaders, torn over how to uphold traditional understandings of sin and morality amid a rapidly changing tide of public opinion. Mark DeMoss, a spokesman for several prominent evangelicals including Franklin Graham and Hobby Lobby founder Steve Green, admits he takes a view that might not be held by most Christian leaders. “When 50 percent of our prison beds are occupied by nonviolent offenders, we have prison overcrowding problems and violent offenders serving shortened sentences, I have a problem with incarceration for possession of marijuana,”

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he said. “None of that’s to say I favor free and rampant marijuana use. I don’t think it’s the most serious blight on America.” Alcohol abuse, he said, is a much more serious issue. President Obama suggested something similar to The New Yorker recently when he said that marijuana is less dangerous than alcohol. But don’t expect pastors to start preaching in line with DeMoss, who said he has not seen much comment from religious leaders on the issue. “If a pastor said some of what I said, there would be some who would feel the pastor was compromising on a moral issue,” he said. “No one wants to risk looking like they’re in favor of marijuana. I’m not in favor, but I think we should address how high of a priority it should be.” Both Colorado and Washington state approved the recreational use of marijuana by adults in the 2012 elections. Even Texas Gov. Rick Perry, who found early support among some evangelicals during the 2012 presidential race, has come out supporting the decriminalization of marijuana. Laws on marijuana have disproportionately impacted minorities, said the Rev. Samuel Rodriguez, president of the National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference. “There are community programs that can better engage young people than incarceration,” he said. “Many black and brown lives are destroyed because of incarceration.” A majority of Americans now favor legalizing the use of marijuana, according to the most recent polling from the Pew Research Center. In 2013, 52 percent said that the use of marijuana should be made legal while 45 percent said it should not. Among millennials (adults born after 1980), 65 percent favor legal-

LOCAL EVENTS FEB. 9 Ukrainian Community fundraiser for protesters of EuroMaidan will be held on Feb. 9 following the 10 a.m. divine liturgy service at St. Vladimir Ukrainian Catholic Church. At approximately 11:30 a.m. a meal of borscht with bread and desserts will be offered, followed by statements from the Ukrainian Canadian Community. Contact omcintyre@shaw.ca or 403-340-8504. Interfaith Encounter and Friendship Dinner will be held on Feb. 9, 5:30 p.m. Consider bringing a potluck vegetarian dish and a list of ingredients for dietary inclusiveness. For information and location contact 403-307-3546, or Jeffrey.t.rock@gmail.com.

izing marijuana use, up from just 36 percent in 2008. Most Christians are still reluctant to favor legalization, Rodriguez said, since the effects of marijuana aren’t much different from getting drunk, which is a biblical no-no. Some who favor legalized marijuana liken the Christians who oppose it to be like the early 20th-century evangelicals and fundamentalists who supported a federal prohibition on alcohol. Part of a move in the Republican Party toward a loosening on marijuana legislation could be coming from people who also would sympathize with the Tea Party, said Russell Moore, head of the Southern Baptist Convention’s Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission. “I definitely think there’s been a coalition of ‘leave us alone’ libertarians and Woodstock nation progressives on this issue of marijuana,” Moore said. “I do think there has been an effort to stigmatize those with concerns as Carrie Nations holding on to prohibition.” New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo has joined a growing group of states that have loosened restrictions on marijuana, planning to allow limited use of the drug by those with serious illnesses. Some leaders, including Focus on the Family’s Jim Daly, have suggested there are medical benefits but do not condone recreational use of marijuana. Nine states and the District of Columbia have introduced legislation to legalize recreational marijuana use by adults, according to the Daily Beast. Twenty states have passed legislation to allow medical marijuana since 1996, while 16 states have begun to allow the possession of small amounts of marijuana.

FEB. 12 Boomtown Trail Cowboy Church meets the second and last Wednesday of each month (Feb. 12 and 26), 7 p.m., in the Elnora Drop-in Centre. Call 403-749-2047 or 403-773-3600. UPCOMING EVENTS Shrove Tuesday pancake supper will be offered at Memorial Presbyterian Church in Sylvan Lake on March 4 from 5 to 7 p.m. Meals cost $5 for adults, $3 for children ages six to 12 years, and free for children under six years. Contact Diane at 403-887-2894. Lacombe Leadership Prayer Breakfast will be held on Feb. 20 at Lacombe Memorial Centre from 7 to 8:30 a.m. Guests of honour will be Mayor Steve Christie, Police Chief Steve Murray, and Fire Chief Ed van Delden. Special presentation by guest speaker Ian Hill on building strong communities. Tickets are $25 ordered online at www.lacombeprayerbreakfast.ca, or by phone at 403-782-2910, or 403318-6271.

Sarah Pulliam Bailey is a national correspondent for Religion News Service.

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11:00 a.m. Celebration Service Rev. Doug Craig

FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH

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43 Ave. & 39 St. • 403-346-4281 Pastor Chris Wilson Worship Pastor David Richardson

#3 - 6315 Horn Street Sunday Services Services Sunday 9:00 a.m., 11:00 a.m. 9:00a.m. & 11:00a.m. 6:00 p.m.

10:30 a.m. Worship Service

Wednesday Ministries 7:00p.m.

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Passion for God, Compassion for People. 2020 40th Ave, Red Deer www.livingstones.ab.ca 403.347.7311

CHRISTIAN SCIENCE SOCIETY SUNDAY SCHOOL & SERVICE — 11:00 A.M. Christian Science Reading Room: Wed., 10:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.; Thurs., 12 Noon-3:00 p.m.

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UNITED CHURCH OF CANADA GAETZ MEMORIAL Corner of Ross Street and 48th Avenue — Phone 403-347-2244

10:30 a.m. “Pass The Salt” www.gaetzmemorialunitedchurch.ca

SUNNYBROOK UNITED CHURCH 12 Stanton Street

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10:30 a.m. Worship Service “Being The Light Of The World” Babyfold, ToddlerToddler Room, Room SundaySunday Club Club www.sunnybrookunited.org Babyfold, www.sunnybrookunited.org

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Balmoral Bible Chapel 403-347-5450

ST. LEONARD’S ON THE HILL “A Church For All Ages” 43 Avenue & 44 Street 403-346-6769

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8:00 a.m. Holy Communion 9:00 a.m. Celebration Service 10:30 a.m. Holy Eucharist with Sunday School/Nursery 7:00 p.m. “The Gathering” Contemporary Eucharist

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SUNDAY WORSHIP 11:00 a.m.

“Old Church Blessing a New World”

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Keep the thrills coming RDC’S THREE MUSKETEERS WORKS BEST WHEN THE PACE KEEPS YOU FROM NOTICING THE FROTHY, SILLY PLOT LINE Pretty much anything goes in The Three Musketeers, which opened this week at the Red Deer College Arts Centre. A young farm boy can blunder around Paris for the day, get himself into three duels, and still live to battle for the king’s honour by joining the fabled musketeers. In an equally unlikely turn, the French king LANA can be nearMICHELIN ly undone by his indiscreet queen and the diamond necklace she gives to her English lover. The only thing that can’t happen — and unfortunately does in this RDC Theatre Studies production — is for the action to slow down enough to allow the audience time to ruminate about the frothy, silly plot line. For less thinking and more fighting is definitely better when it comes to this swashbuckling Alexandre Dumas adventure romance, as adapted for the stage by Ken Ludwig. Director Thomas Usher manages to keep the thrills coming in the first half of the play with the perpetual clanging of sword on sword. The young hero D’Artagnan, played by Tyler Johnson, gets into one fight after another, as he trips or stumbles into everyone from the captain of the cardinal’s guards to all three musketeers. As duels go, these ones — choreographed by guest fight director Laryssa Yanchak — were carried out with reasonable aplomb by the cast of secondyear students. A few actors really dove into the task, hacking and stabbing at their ‘opponents’ in a confident and entertaining fashion. Another highlight was the jovial tavern scene in which the three musketeers, D’Artagnan and his sister Sabine (a Ludwig invention) manage to get pie-eyed while bonding over beer. Lynda Adams choreographed the dance moves and Morgan McKee composed music. Regrettably, the second half of the play didn’t contain nearly enough distracting fights or humour.

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Red Deer College Theatre Studies students Chase Cownden, as Athos, and Tyler Johnson, as D’Artagnan, duel as Wayne Deatley, as Aramis, and Bret Jacobs, as Portos, look on as they run through a scene from The Three Musketeers. When the sword fights are front and centre, the production fares better. While this allowed time to admire the imaginative costumes by Lindsay Rosso-Parama, and set designed as a labyrinth of stairs by Ian Martens, it also left me wondering about certain plot inanities. For instance, what possible difference would it make to the royals if Cardinal Richelieu and his evil consort did manage to pull two diamonds out of the necklace the queen gave her lover, the Duke of Buckingham? Would this bring the king to his satin-knickerbockered knees? It didn’t help that Ludwig provided a lot of clunker lines that fell flat as a pancake. At the masked ball, the cardinal questions why his captain came dressed as a dog instead of a beaver. The captain responds “because my teeth hurt.” Excuse me. Is there a punch line missing?

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With belly laughs clearly absent from the script, actors would have had to play their roles more broadly to come up with funny characterizations. Several definitely had the right idea, including Constance Isaac as D’Artagnan’s saccharine-sweet love interest, who really shone in a scene that contrasted her innocence against malevolent Milady (Megan Einarson). Brittany Martyshuk also provided comic moments by sinking her whole heart into the part of Sabine, which might otherwise be a superfluous role. While Johnson got the bumbling farm boy side of D’Artagnan right, he needs to work on exuding the kind of charisma that would have catapulted the hero into the musketeer ranks so quickly. But the three musketeers, Athos, Porthos and Aramis, were respectively played by Chase Cownden, Bret Jacobs

and Wayne Deatley in appropriately chivalrous fashion. Also memorable was J.P. Lord as the wimpy King Louis, who’s easily manipulated by the cardinal, played by Richard Leurer. With this kind of brain trust on the throne, it’s no wonder the French monarchy was brought down a century later. The promising cast of this production will hopefully quicken the pacing with more performances. Otherwise, all the ingredients are in place. The popularity of Dumas’s story speaks for itself — its sheer silliness shouldn’t matter as long as the plot keeps chugging along. With that in mind, pick up your stage swords, good gentlemen, and rise to the challenge! The Three Musketeers continues to Feb. 15. lmichelin@reddeeradvocate.com

Folk singer David Crosby considers himself very lucky. “I’ve got a great family. I’ve got a fantastic job, and I was supposed to be dead 20 years ago,” he says. Photo by DJANGO CROSBY

You can forgive David Crosby for not remembering the venue he was playing in the summer of 1994 when his liver finally gave out after so many blurry years of dope and drink. But he does recall that it took two guys to help him off the stage and back onto the tour bus. “I know it was D.C. because I went to — what’s the fantastic hospital?” he asks, then remembers: “Johns Hopkins.” At the Baltimore hospital the day after the show, doctors delivered what he calls “very tough news.” You have hepatitis C, they told him, and you will die soon without a liver transplant. He received one in November of that year. “And now I’m a very healthy guy,” says Crosby, 72, sounding jovial and still grateful in a phone call from a stop on his latest tour. These days, the folkrock legend is promoting Croz, his first solo album since 1993, which features guests such as Mark Knopfler and Wynton Marsalis. “I am an incredibly lucky human being,” says Crosby, whose walrus moustache now invokes Wilford Brimley more than the Woodstock vibe. “I’ve got a great family, I’ve got a fantastic job, and I was supposed to dead 20 years ago.” For live music historians out there, it’s almost certain that the fateful 1994 gig was at Wolf Trap, where Crosby and bandmates Stephen Stills and Graham Nash appeared on Aug. 2 that year. Crosby will return to play three sold-out-shows in the area next week. Topics during a chat with Crosby can meander from the Byrds, the band he was fired from in 1967, to the ill-fated 2012 collaboration CSN attempted with the famed producer Rick Rubin. Except when he’s talking about serious matters — like the track on his record deploring U.S. drone strikes — Crosby dissolves into merry laughter throughout. But he assures me there are no chemical enhancements involved anymore. No way. “It’s all done with,” says the man who served time for a cocaine and guns rap in the 1980s and nearly lost his life to addiction. He is clearly pleased with the new album, and the fact that Rolling Stone’s review praised his “triumphant solo return.” He says it emerged mainly from songs he and his son, James Raymond, had been writing, both alone and together. “I had these songs,” Crosby says, “and they’re good. I don’t know what else to do except make a record. Of course we had no money. But my son James has a studio at his house; so I would go down and sleep on his couch and we would get up in the morning, he’d make me an omelet, and we would go to work. The result is this record. I know this is not very

humble, but I think it’s some of the best work I’ve ever done.” Crosby’s first solo album, 1971’s If I Could Only Remember My Name, was panned in Rolling Stone as mediocre, he recalls, but it still sells and enjoys acclaim. In 2010 it ranked No. 2 on a list of Top 10 Pop Albums of All Time published in the Vatican’s official newspaper — below the Beatles’ Revolver but above Pink Floyd’s Dark Side of the Moon. “Now is that weird or what?” Crosby asks. “We were all completely flummoxed. And I got an email from David Gilmour saying, ‘Dammit!’ ” Why would the Holy See single them out? “Neither one of us knows why we were on there at all in the first place!” Crosby says. In their heyday, CSN (and Y, when Neil Young joined in), were renowned for their exquisite vocal harmonies, picturesque lyricism and polished folk-infused sound. Some of today’s young “beardo” bands — so named for their hippie-style whiskers — cite CSNY as influences. Does Crosby have any favourites? “I really like Mumford and Sons,” he says, “but there are number of younger bands that really can do it. And if we’re any part of inspiring them to do that, good, wonderful, that makes me feel great,” he adds. “I have actually gone to a Fleet Foxes concert, and they can sing, they absolutely can. I really, really like them ... I think they will mature as songwriters and probably be a lasting band.” CSN itself just seems to go on and on — with or without Young, who has periodically rejoined the ensemble. Among rock stars, the proverbial “creative differences” with bandmates tend to be an oc-

cupational hazard. Byrds frontman Roger McGuinn and bassist Chris Hillman clashed with Crosby, later describing him as an arrogant jerk. “I think Roger probably regrets that. Maybe that’s why he won’t go out on tour with me. But I would love him to do it, because he was very good.” And why did CSN part ways with Rubin, the producer who’s famed for his ability to reinvigorate flagging careers? “It just wasn’t a good chemistry,” Crosby says. “We produced all our own records except for one that Glyn Johns produced. Now Glyn Johns produced the Beatles, the Stones, Clapton, Hendrix, just about everybody at one time or another. ... With him it did work; with this guy it didn’t work.” One track on the new solo record, Morning Falling, recounts the collateral killing of an Afghan family in a drone strike. It brings to mind the activism and protest songs Crosby and his mates have long been known for — notably Ohio. “A lot of our job is to make you fall in love, or express an emotion, or to take you on a voyage,” he says. “But part of our job is to be the troubadours, to be the night watch ... saying, ‘Hey it’s 12 o’clock and all is well,’ or ‘It’s 11:30 and we’ve got a bunch of monkeys in Congress.’ ” Crosby has been described as a man worth many millions of dollars, a notion he calls complete nonsense. “I don’t have any money at all,” he says, chortling again. “I’m not going to make any money on this tour ... I don’t mind. “One of these days Neil will call and I’ll go and make some money. In the meantime, I’m very happy to be making music.” Richard Leiby writes for The Washington Post.

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MUSIC BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — Florida-Georgia Line have a platinum-selling album and several party-tipping hit singles to their name, but to some fans — particularly those residing outside their country wheelhouse — the genre-melding duo is bestknown for rapper Nelly’s remix of their smash hit Cruise. In fact, the southern-bred pair says the revised tune has opened their music up to a new audience. “The fans, you see a lot of different ages and a lot of different colours even,” said Brian Kelley during a brief promotional stop in Toronto this week. “You’ve got tons of different people coming to our shows. That’s what it’s all about man. We want everybody. Come party with us. Seriously.” The collaboration came about, they explain, because Nelly — the St. Louis pop-rapper behind early ’00s hits Country Grammar, Hot in Herre and Dilemma — was a labelmate who showed interest in working together. His spin on the freewheeling tune has amassed nearly 29 million YouTube views — in addition to the roughly 42 million racked up by the original — as well as an American Music Award. “Nelly’s a country boy,” said the band’s Tyler Hubbard, who added that the unlikely group would be re-uniting for some concerts this summer. “He was a big fan of what we were doing and we’ve been big fans of him forever. ... We were honoured and pumped about it. “He’s become one of our really good friends and someone we really look up to,” he added. If the song was an unlikely success, it’s only the latest for a pair who didn’t expect to find themselves in the upper reaches of the chart so quickly. They met as students at Nashville’s Belmont University. Songwriters by heart, they began collaborating on a series of EPs, one of which — 2010’s Anything Like Me — featured a song that would

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Tyler Hubbard, left, and Brian Kelley of the musical group FloridaGeorgia Line perform on stage at the American Music Awards in November in Los Angeles. Florida-Georgia Line have a platinum-selling album and several hit singles, but to some fans — particularly those residing outside their country wheelhouse — the genre-melding duo is best-known for rapper Nelly’s remix of their smash hit Cruise. eventually be performed by Jason Aldean, with whom they’re now touring. Once they hooked up with Canadian producer Joey Moi, they further refined their sound for another EP and, eventually, 2011’s sudsy Here’s to the Good Times. They speak glowingly now of the influence the Tumbler Ridge, B.C., native had on their music. “He has done an amazing job of taking our dreams and visions and creating this epic sound,” Kelley said. Their sole full length release has churned out three singles that topped the Canadian country chart in addition to Cruise, which has been certified six-times platinum in the U.S. They’re launching a tour of Western Canada on April 9 in Abbotsford, B.C., with eight dates total planned. The duo has also carved out enough time to write a set of tunes for a second album that they plan to record in March — “we’re ready to let Joey Moi do his thing and bring them to life and get ’em out there,” says Hubbard.

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A comic crisis of bride-zilla proportions erupts in the next Cow Patti Theatre production, A Perfect Wedding. Lacombe’s professional theatre group is staging the wacky comedy about a bridegroom who wakes up with a strange woman in his bed on his wedding morning from Feb. 13 to March 2 at the Lacombe Golf and Country Club. Some performances of the Robin Hawdon play will benefit local charities: The Lending Cupboard on Feb. 20, The Chatelaine Club on Feb. 22, and Ponoka Victim Services on Feb. 27. Valentine’s weekend performances will include decadent chocolates, specialty drinks, and the chance to win romantic door prizes and participate in contests, including the Reality Stage Kiss Competition. The play is directed by theatre veteran Walter Learning and stars Cow Patti regulars Anna-

They might even allow a preview of the new material to those Western audiences in April, if they “have a few too many drinks one night,” Kelley jokes. Life has changed dramatically over the past couple years, a blur of touring and press obligations (though they did both manage to recently buy houses in Nashville, relying mainly on the Internet to do so). After paying their dues as songwriters, they’re not about to complain about the increased workload. “If we can make it through what we did to get here, this is easy now,” Kelley said. “It was a lot of hard work, we’re busy as hell and there’s a lot expected of us, but it’s awesome. We made it through starting this thing and making it through the toil. “There were literally nights where I didn’t know if we were going to live, with our guitar player driving us through the night. To be here, it’s a blessing. It really opens your eyes and brings you down and you see things a little more clear, in a weird way.”

LOS ANGELES — The conference room inside Big Red Button Entertainment’s offices would look unremarkable if it weren’t for the vibrant panoramas of a cartoony, tree-filled world plastered next to portraits of colorful creatures and robots on the walls. At first glance, one of the critters looks like Sonic the Hedgehog — if he donned a brown scarf and sport tape around his appendages. But it’s not a blur. Or a shadow. That’s indeed the intrepid new look of the iconic video game character who originally raced into gamers’ hearts in 1991 as the star of the fast-paced side-scroller Sonic the Hedgehog before becoming the face of game maker Sega. The latest makeover of Sonic isn’t simply about accessorizing the 22-year-old character with new gear. It’s part of a Sonic revolution. Sonic and his three pals — tinkering fox Tails, brutish echidna Knuckles and hammer-wielding hedgehog Amy — are starring together in a new Nintendo 3DS and Wii U game, as well as a Cartoon Network series set for release later this year, called “Sonic Boom.” The games and TV series will share the new style, voice actors, locales, storylines and more. The collaborative take on “Sonic” will extend to merchandising, too. “We’re looking at this more than just a video game,” said Marcella Churchill, senior marketing director of Sega of America. “Yes, Sega is primarily a video game company, but Sonic is a very viable character for us. We’re always looking for new ways to expand the franchise, and we knew we wanted to grow the appeal of Sonic.” Churchill expects innovations on both the game and TV show formats to draw new fans, not only gamers nostalgic for the ring-hording hedgehog. For example, the TV series will forgo old-school cartoon cheesiness to instead blend action and comedy together, while the game will feature more open-world exploration than in Sonic’s previous escapades. With split-screen, four-player functionality, the game — the third in Sega’s deal to exclusively release Sonic titles on Nintendo platforms — serves as a prequel to the cartoon, the first Sonic series to be computer animated. Both the game and the TV series, which is being created by OuiDO Productions, will deeper emphasize the characters’ personalities and teamwork. The focus on Sonic’s crew inspired the developers, animators and everyone else working on Sonic Boom to make each hero distinct, in both form and function. In the case of Knuckles, that meant putting the once Sonic-sized sidekick through puberty — not steroids — in an effort to make the burly red echidna stand out from the pack, as well as pack a punch.

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Canada gets a cold, hard lesson U.S. POLITICS DELIVERS MEAT-LABELLING SETBACK BY THE CANADIAN PRESS WASHINGTON — Canada got a painful lesson in American politics Friday as one of its major economic priorities was neglected on the messy floor of the legislative sausage-factory that is the U.S. Congress. Hopes that a long-awaited farm bill might address a multibillion-dollar hit to Canadian livestock producers were officially extinguished, as President Barack Obama attended a ceremony in Michigan where he signed it into law. “That’s the way you should expect Washington to work,” Obama said,

crediting both parties for putting aside their rancour to deliver a sweeping bill. “That’s the way it should continue to work.” In fact, the bill’s bumpy journey to the presidential pen is a classic case study in U.S. lawmaking — that boisterous, unpredictable feast of movable alliances so strikingly different from the routine bill-churning seen in Canada’s leader-controlled party system. In the scramble toward a farm bill, Canadian hopes were buried by a few hostile senators, some pressure on key Democrats, and the anxieties of a Republican leadership eager to tally up

some legislative accomplishments in a congressional election year. Oh, and also, there was yawning indifference. Among the reasons Canadian farmers lost out is not enough lawmakers cared about the cumbersome country-of-origin labelling requirement for meat (COOL) to turn it into a make-or-break negotiating point that threatened to undo a 959-page bill. It’s nothing personal, one of Canada’s allies explains. “To be honest with you — U.S. lawmakers don’t care what Canada thinks in this process,” said Colin Woodall, who’d pushed for changes to COOL as the vice-president for government af-

fairs of the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association. “That’s just a reality of our political process. This was never seen as a Canadian ask, or a Canadian fix. And there’s really not a scenario that would ever change that.” While American lawmakers were drafting the farm bill, Canadian Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz expressed hope it might end labelling requirements for beef, pork and poultry — a complex process blamed for reducing meat exports to the U.S. by half since 2008.

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Back door believed to be used REFRIGERATION BUSINESS SAYS IT WAS VICTIM OF CYBERATTACK BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK — The hackers who stole millions of credit and debit card numbers from Target may have used a Pittsburgh-area heating and refrigeration business as the back door to get in. Fazio Mechanical Services Inc., a contractor that does business with Target, issued a statement Thursday saying it was the victim of a “sophisticated cyberattack operation,” just like Target. It said it is co-operating with the Secret Service and Target to figure out what happened. The statement came days after Internet security bloggers identified the Sharpsburg, Pa., company as the third-party vendor through which hackers penetrated Target’s computer systems. The new details about the Target breach illustrate just how vulnerable big corporations have become as they expand and connect computer networks to offer greater convenience and increase productivity. “Companies really have to look at the risks associated with that,” said Ken Stasiak, CEO of SecureState, a Cleveland-based firm that investigates data breaches. Stasiak added that industry regulations require companies to separate corporate operations such as contracts and billing from the financial information of consumers. Target has said it believes hackers gained access to its vast computer network through one of its vendors. Once inside, the hackers moved through the network and installed malicious software in the company’s checkout system. Experts believe the thieves gained access during the busy holiday season to about 40 million debit and credit card numbers and the personal information — including names, email addresses, phone numbers and home addresses — of as many as 70 million customers. Secret Service spokesman Brian Leary confirmed that investigators are looking into the attack at Fazio Mechanical Services, but wouldn’t provide details. Molly Snyder, spokeswoman for Minneapolis-based Target, would not comment, citing the investigation. Federal prosecutors in Pittsburgh referred calls to their counterparts in Minnesota, where Assistant U.S. Attorney Steve Schleicher, acting criminal division chief, would not discuss the investigation. “Like Target, we are a victim of a sophisticated cyberattack operation,” Ross Fazio, the company’s president and owner, said in a statement. Fazio Mechanical Services denied reports on blogs and other outlets that said the company remotely monitored heating, cooling and refrigeration for Target, which has about 1,800 stores nationwide. Ross Fazio said his company has an electronic connection with Target that it uses to submit bills and contract proposals. In the weeks since Target disclosed the breach, banks, credit unions and other card companies have cancelled and reissued cards, closed accounts and refunded credit card holders for transactions made with the stolen data. Target has said its customers won’t be responsible for any losses.

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Apple CEO Tim Cook speaks on stage before a new product introduction in Cupertino, Calif. Apple has reportedly repurchased $14 billion of its stock in the two weeks after its first-quarter financials and secondquarter revenue outlook disappointed investors.

Apple repurchases $14 billion of its stock CEO WANTS COMPANY TO BE AGGRESSIVE, OPPORTUNISTIC BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK — Apple has repurchased $14 billion of its stock in the two weeks after its firstquarter financial results and second-quarter revenue outlook disappointed investors. Its shares rose in morning trading Friday. Apple bought $12 billion of the shares through an accelerated repurchase program and $2 billion on the open market, the company confirmed. Late Thursday Apple Inc. CEO Tim Cook said in an interview with The Wall Street Journal that the company was “surprised” when its stock dropped 8 per cent the day after its earnings report and revenue outlook. He told the newspaper he wanted to be “aggressive” and “opportunistic.” Apple has grown accustomed to being a leader in the technology sector. In the Steve Jobs era, consumers and investors alike eagerly awaited each new product announcement and have been rewarded as devices like the iPhone and iPad won accolades for innovation and pushing technology forward.

But with each new innovation over the years, there have been increasingly higher expectations for the future. So when Apple’s firstquarter iPad and iPhone sales were not as big as expected by investors, and its second-quarter revenue forecast fell short of Wall Street’s view, the stock got dinged. In the past year Apple’s shares have started losing some ground due to concerns about slowing growth and increasing competition. And with the smartphone market becoming inundated with options, Apple may be hard pressed to lift its stock back to where it stood at its peak price of more than $700 in September 2012. That was before investors began to fret about fiercer competition in mobile devices and Apple’s lack of a breakthrough product since the iPad came out nearly four years ago. But Apple isn’t sitting idle. Its $14 billion stock buyback signals the company remains confident in its business. This is good news for investors, including Carl Icahn. The billionaire activist investor has been pressuring Apple to boost its share repurchases. Just last month Icahn raised his stake in Apple, revealing on Twitter that he’d put

another $500 million into Apple stock. He already owned about 4.7 million Apple Inc. shares worth more than $2.5 billion. Icahn has said he wants the Cupertino, Calif., company to spend $50 billion buying back its own stock during the current fiscal year ending in September. “Keep buying Tim!” Icahn implored in a message posted Friday on his Twitter account. His tweet also noted that Apple still should have about $145 billion in cash even after the company’s recent investment spree. Apple has repurchased more than $40 billion of its shares in the last 12 months. The company’s stock added $7.24, or 1.4 per cent, to $519.75 in late afternoon trading. Apple shares are up almost 11 per cent since a year ago. Icahn contends that stock remains a bargain at that price. He also used his Twitter account to make a case that Apple’s stock would be trading at more than $1,200 now if investors valued the company’s operating profit as highly as they do the operating profit of Google Inc., the maker of the Android operating system that powers many of the devices competing against the iPhone and iPad.

U.S. Postal Service reports $354-million quarterly loss CONGRESS CONSIDERS HELP BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON — The Postal Service lost $354 million over the last three months, and officials warned that mounting losses could lead to cash flow problems

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for the rest of the year, the agency said Friday. The loss was far less than the $1.3 billion in the comparable quarter the previous fiscal year, but Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe continued to press Congress to give the agency more flexibility to manage its finances. The report for the financial quarter ending December 31 comes as Congress works toward fixing the agency’s troubled finances.

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On Thursday, the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee approved a bill that would end Saturday mail delivery and make permanent a temporary hike in the cost of a first-class stamp, which went from 46 to 49 cents on Jan. 26. The Senate measure also would restructure a congressional requirement that forces the agency to make a $5.6 billion annual payment for future retiree health benefits.

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The Postal Service has been urging Congress to reform the service’s finances as it continues to cope with steep financial losses. The Postal Service lost $5 billion in the last fiscal year, down from $15.9 billion in 2012. On the positive side, the Postal Service said revenue grew by $334 million, driven by a 14.6 per cent growth in shipping and package services that saw a boost from the holi-

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Diversified and Industrials Agrium Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . 96.26 ATCO Ltd.. . . . . . . . . . . . 50.33 BCE Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46.58 BlackBerry . . . . . . . . . . . 10.85 Bombardier . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.18 Brookfield . . . . . . . . . . . . 41.37 Cdn. National Railway . . 60.66 Cdn. Pacific Railway. . . 167.72 Cdn. Utilities . . . . . . . . . . 38.37 Capital Power Corp . . . . 23.42 Cervus Equipment Corp 24.02 Dow Chemical . . . . . . . . 45.60 Enbridge Inc. . . . . . . . . . 46.54 Finning Intl. Inc. . . . . . . . 27.98 Fortis Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . 30.99 General Motors Co. . . . . 36.11 Parkland Fuel Corp. . . . . 18.73 Sirius XM . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.65 SNC Lavalin Group. . . . . 46.97 Stantec Inc. . . . . . . . . . . 67.19 Telus Corp. . . . . . . . . . . . 37.50 Transalta Corp.. . . . . . . . 14.77 Transcanada. . . . . . . . . . 48.56 Consumer Canadian Tire . . . . . . . . . 95.17 Gamehost . . . . . . . . . . . . 14.42 Leon’s Furniture . . . . . . . 14.82 Loblaw Ltd. . . . . . . . . . . . 42.33 Maple Leaf Foods. . . . . . 16.22 MARKETS CLOSE TORONTO — The Toronto stock market closed with a solid gain Friday as traders put the best face on American jobs data that widely missed forecasts. The S&P/TSX composite index climbed 73.1 points to 13,786.5. The loonie closed up 0.26 of a cent to 90.59 cents US amid strong Canadian employment gains in January. Statistics Canada said the economy created 29,400 jobs, far higher than the 20,000 that economists had been expecting, while the unemployment rate slid to 7.0 per cent from 7.2 per cent. The showing was a big improvement from December when the economy shed 44,000 jobs. In New York, the Dow Jones industrials jumped 165.55 points to 15,794.08 as the U.S. Labor Department reported that 113,000 jobs were created in January against the approximately 180,000 that had been expected. Still, the unemployment rate moved down to 6.6 per cent from 6.7 per cent, the lowest since October 2008, even as labour force participation increased. The Nasdaq moved up 68.74 points to 4,125.86 and the S&P 500 index rose 23.59 points to 1,797.02. The weak U.S. jobs performance followed a meagre gain of 74,000 American jobs in December that was largely blamed on the weather. Some analysts suggested that markets were willing to let fierce winter weather that continued into January take some of the blame for a second weak month of job creation. Finding the bright side of the jobs data pushed the Dow industrials up 0.6 per cent this week while rising energy stocks were primarily responsible for a 0.67 per cent gain on the TSX. The January U.S. employment report has been seen as especially key as markets have seen much volatility

Rona Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.47 Shoppers . . . . . . . . . . . . 58.37 Tim Hortons . . . . . . . . . . 56.93 Wal-Mart . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73.75 WestJet Airlines . . . . . . . 25.93 Mining Barrick Gold . . . . . . . . . . 20.88 Cameco Corp. . . . . . . . . 23.43 First Quantum Minerals . 20.54 Goldcorp Inc. . . . . . . . . . 28.24 Hudbay Minerals. . . . . . . . 9.40 Kinross Gold Corp. . . . . . . 5.33 Potash Corp.. . . . . . . . . . 37.13 Sherritt Intl. . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.33 Teck Resources . . . . . . . 27.31 Energy Arc Energy . . . . . . . . . . . 30.03 Badger Daylighting Ltd. . 32.40 Baker Hughes. . . . . . . . . 59.51 Bonavista . . . . . . . . . . . . 15.14 Bonterra Energy . . . . . . . 53.90 Cdn. Nat. Res. . . . . . . . . 37.85 Cdn. Oil Sands Ltd. . . . . 20.57 Canyon Services Group. 11.43 Cenovous Energy Inc. . . 29.29 CWC Well Services . . . . 0.820 Encana Corp. . . . . . . . . . 20.31 Essential Energy. . . . . . . . 2.66 Exxon Mobil . . . . . . . . . . 90.58 in recent weeks on worries about indications of slowing manufacturing in China and the United States. Emerging economies have also been a worry because markets those countries have been hit by the Federal Reserve’s program of cutting back on its key stimulus measure of massive bond buying. The stimulus had kept long longterm rates low and encouraged a flood of cheap money into emerging markets. But the Fed has moved to cut back on asset purchases and the markets now have to deal with an outflow of funds. Mining stocks led TSX gains with the gold sector up three per cent as April bullion gained $5.70 to US$1,262.90 an ounce. The base metals component was ahead 1.87 per cent as March copper moved ahead one cent to US$3.24 a pound. The energy sector led decliners, down 0.33 per cent even as March crude on the New York Mercantile Exchange rose $2.04 to US$99.88 a barrel. Baytex Energy (TSX:BTE) was a major weight after it said Thursday that it is expanding into the lucrative Eagle Ford oil shale development in Texas through a $2.6-billion acquisition of Aurora Oil & Gas Ltd. Its shares fell $1.91, or 4.59 per cent, to $39.72. MARKET HIGHLIGHTS Highlights at close of Friday Stocks: S&P/TSX Composite Index — 13,786.50, up 73.10 points TSX Venture Exchange — 962.10, up 9.30 points TSX 60 — 790.13, up 4.04 points Dow — 15,794.08, up 165.55 points S&P 500 — 1,797.02, up 23.59 points Nasdaq — 4,125.86, up 68.74 points Currencies at close: Cdn — 90.59 cents US, up 0.26

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BILL: Canada, Mexico looking to retaliate The subsequent disappointment has Canada and Mexico now looking to retaliatory tariffs on a range of U.S. goods, with the next step in the process a scheduled hearing on Feb. 18 at the World Trade Organization. So, what happened in the meantime? For starters, seemingly all of Washington wanted a farm bill quickly. Obama had declared it one of his top priorities. And, with congressional mid-term elections looming a few months away, Republicans also saw it as a chance to dispel their reputation as obstructionists in an unproductive Congress. The Canadian government, meanwhile, saw the bill as a chance to undo onerous requirements that had been introduced in 2002 and toughened in 2008. The issue was never going to be the centrepiece of any legislation — just a late-stage tack-on. At its core, a U.S. farm bill is a contract between rural and urban lawmakers. It offers financial help for farmers and food stamps for the poor, bringing together a broad voting block to win congressional support. In this particular fight, the main battle was over food stamps. The Republican-controlled House of Representatives sought deep cuts; Democrats, who control the Senate, didn’t want any cuts at all. They wound up settling on modest cuts to food stamps, clearing the biggest hurdle to a deal. A small negotiating committee was created, comprising both parties in both house of Congress. But the talks were nearly derailed in early January by a disagreement

Halliburton Co. . . . . . . . . 51.97 High Arctic . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.50 Husky Energy . . . . . . . . . 32.92 Imperial Oil . . . . . . . . . . . 45.89 Pengrowth Energy . . . . . . 7.35 Penn West Energy . . . . . . 8.64 Pinecrest Energy Inc. . . . 0.175 Precision Drilling Corp . . 10.24 Suncor Energy . . . . . . . . 36.26 Talisman Energy . . . . . . . 11.68 Trican Ltd.. . . . . . . . . . . . 13.63 Trinidad Energy . . . . . . . . 9.92 Vermilion Energy . . . . . . 60.80 Financials Bank of Montreal . . . . . . 69.30 Bank of N.S. . . . . . . . . . . 61.70 CIBC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87.45 Cdn. Western . . . . . . . . . 36.50 Carfinco . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.52 Great West Life. . . . . . . . 31.35 IGM Financial . . . . . . . . . 55.06 Intact Financial Corp. . . . 67.60 Manulife Corp. . . . . . . . . 20.22 National Bank . . . . . . . . . 84.82 Rifco Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.01 Royal Bank . . . . . . . . . . . 70.10 Sun Life Fin. Inc.. . . . . . . 37.13 TD Bank . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48.58

of a cent Pound — C$1.8122, up 1.59 cents Euro — C$1.5056 up 0.06 of a cent Euro — US$1.3639, up 0.44 of a cent Oil futures: US$99.88 per barrel, up $2.04 (March contract) Gold futures: US$1,262.90 per oz., up $5.70 (April contract) Canadian Fine Silver Handy and Harman: $22.77 oz., down 22 cents $732.06 kg, down $7.07 TSX VENTURE EXCHANGE TORONTO — The TSX Venture Exchange closed on Friday at 962.10, up 9.30 points. The volume at 4:20 p.m. ET was 212.19 million shares. ICE FUTURES CANADA WINNIPEG — ICE Futures Canada closing prices: Canola: March ’14 $2.90 lower $425.60; May ’14 $3.10 lower $435.60; July ’14 $3.10 lower $444.80; Nov. ’14 $2.70 lower $460.20; Jan ’15 $1.70 lower $466.70; March ’15 $1.30 lower $472.10; May ’15 $0.30 lower $475.50; July ’15 $0.20 higher $478.20; Nov ’15 $0.20 higher $474.40; Jan. ’16 $0.20 higher $474.40; March ’16 $0.20 higher $474.40. Barley (Western): March ’14 unchanged $126.50; May ’14 unchanged $128.50; July ’14 unchanged $128.50; Oct. ’14 unchanged $128.50; Dec. ’14 unchanged $128.50; March ’15 unchanged $128.50; May ’15 unchanged $128.50; July ’15 unchanged $128.50; Oct. ’15 unchanged $128.50; Dec. ’15 unchanged $128.50; March ’16 unchanged $128.50. Friday’s estimated volume of trade: 634,580 tonnes of canola; 0 tonnes of barley (Western Barley) Total: 634,580.

over a price-stabilization program for dairy farmers. That delay proved fatal to Canadian aspirations, says John Masswohl of the Canadian Cattlemen’s Association. He said supporters of mandatory labelling heard it might be sacrificed in the talks, and they used the delay to organize. He said one of the key pressure groups was the more protectionist National Farmers’ Union. Montana senators also pushed the pro-labelling cause — including Max Baucus, the powerful Democrat who runs the finance committee and will be the next U.S. ambassador to China. In the end, the top Democrat in the negotiations made the key call. Michigan’s Debbie Stabenow declared the Senate wouldn’t likely pass any bill that included COOL, so it would have to be dropped. The Republicans, meanwhile, weren’t willing to sacrifice that entire omnibus bill, one that had been years in the making, to pursue some meatlabelling detail. So they went ahead without it, and the bill easily passed both chambers. At Friday’s signing ceremony, held in Stabenow’s home state, Obama lauded her and other legislators. He said they’d delivered a bill that he likened to a multi-tasking “Swissarmy knife” — for all the good things it will do, in both rural and urban communities. Masswohl was disappointed by the turn of events, but not overly surprised. Having spent a few years at the Canadian embassy in D.C., he’s well aware of the topsy-turvy trajectory of U.S. legislation. “The U.S. Congress is not a homogeneous body,” Masswohl said. “There are different people who do things for different reasons.” As for COOL supporters, their motives are diverse — ranging from principled stands, to fear of political pressure in their district, to passive indifference. Dave Warner doesn’t hide his frustration. The spokesman for the American National Pork Producers Council says the current rules mean pigs born in

Beverage makers create ways to avoid buying bottles, cans COCA-COLA WILL LET PEOPLE MAKE DRINKS AT HOME USING A BEVERAGE MACHINE ried around in a purse or pocket. The idea is that people can squirt as much or as little flavour as they want NEW YORK — It keeps getting easi- into their water. The company has since added Kooler to ditch the soda can. When Coca-Cola said this week that Aid and Crystal Light drops to its lineit would let people make its drinks up. Others including Coca-Cola and at home using a beverage machine, PepsiCo quickly jumped into the space as well. it became the “How consumlatest company ers buy products to take advanis changing these tage of a growdays. A decade ing trend: People ago, few would’ve turning to flabelieved that the voured drops or record companies at-home carbonand movie studios ation machines would’ve allowed that do away with their products the need to haul to be sold onhome bulky cans line, and Apple and bottles from changed all that,” the supermarket. — CHARLES TORREY, VICE-PRESIDENT noted John SiWhile such OF MARKETING FOR COCA-COLA’S cher, publisher of alternatives still MINUTE MAID UNIT Beverage Digest, a represent a tiny trade publication. fraction of the The demand beverage market, they’re growing at a far faster rate for greater convenience and personalthan the industry’s traditional ready- ization is being fueled by Millennials, or people in their 20s and 30s. to-drink business. Marketers say the group tends to “It’s a mega trend we’ve seen,” said Charles Torrey, vice-president shun mainstream brands, instead preof marketing for Coca-Cola’s Minute ferring options that allow for greater Maid unit, which this week introduced customization or choice. Ryan Mason, a 31-year-old data liquid drops that people make juice analyst in San Francisco, said convedrinks on the go. “Consumers want things personal- nience is the main reason that he likes his SodaStream. ized to their own tastes.” “Sparkling water in general was a Drinks that come in bottles and cans will still account for the bulk of the luxury because it was so hard to get beverage industry for years to come, of home,” said Mason, who used to carry it home on his bike. course. People like Mason are why compaAnd it’s not clear whether at-home beverage machines will catch on more nies see potential in the at-home market. broadly. Coca-Cola, which is based in AtlanStill, companies like Coke and Pepsi are looking for new ways to grow, with ta, said this week it was buying a 10 the traditional cans-and-bottles busi- per cent stake in Green Mountain for ness seeing weak growth of about 1 per $1.25 billion. The deal extends to the development of “Keurig Cold,” a macent annually. Options that do away with cans and chine that will let people make sodas, sports drinks and other beverages with bottles are faring far better. Revenue for the Americas region a press of a button. Green Mountain says it will be inat SodaStream, which makes at-home carbonation machines, surged 88 per troduced in its fiscal 2015, which becent in 2012 from the previous year, gins this fall. Pricing hasn’t been determined. the latest figures available. It’s not clear where the deal leaves And Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, which makes single-serve coffee Coca-Cola’s independent bottlers, machines and is partnering with Coca- which have the rights to sell Coke Cola to make a cold beverage machine, drinks in certain territories. But in a call with reporters, Cocasaw revenue climb 13 per cent. Flavoured drops for water are also Cola CEO Muhtar Kent stressed they becoming popular. Kraft in 2011 in- wouldn’t be left out in the cold. “This is not a zero sum game,” Kent troduced its MiO flavour drops, which come in small bottles that can be car- said. BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

‘IT’S A MEGA TREND WE’VE SEEN. CONSUMERS WANT THINGS PERSONALIZED TO THEIR OWN TASTES.’

Canada, but fattened in the U.S., need to be stored separately. Later, for the trip to the slaughterhouse, a farmer might need to send dozens of truckloads within a tiny, 10-hour window each week — so that the pigs are slaughtered separately and stamped with a “Canadian” label. He says the production line gets shut down for the transfer, costing everyone — the slaughterhouse, the American hog producer, and the Canadian farmer. He said U.S. cattle-farmers mostly oppose COOL, as does every organized group of pork producers he can think of. And he has harsh words for the supporters of mandatory labelling. He says they had better prepare to face the wrath of consumers, if the U.S. loses again at the WTO and finds itself slapped with tariffs from Canada and Mexico on goods like meat, furniture, maple syrup and orange juice. “If and when that retaliation comes, we will call out the people who are responsible for this,” Warner says. “(We’ll say), ‘the reason there’s a 20

per cent tariff on apples and the applegrowers in the northwest or in New York who are getting killed right now, is because of these groups right here — these xenophobic groups who think anything that’s not from the United States is bad.”’ There’s one particular lesson from the debate that might surprise Canadians. It has to do with the temporary nature of political alliances in the U.S. Some of the biggest and loudest supporters of the Canadian government in the Keystone pipeline debate, for instance, are its biggest opponents on meat-labelling. That includes the two Democratic senators from Montana — staunch friends on Keystone XL, and foes on meat labels. As Woodall said, it’s nothing personal. There’s a more famous adage about U.S. politics, attributed often but probably incorrectly to Harry Truman: “If you want a friend in Washington, get a dog.” Canada, it turns out, didn’t have enough paws in this one fight.

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LUANN Feb. 8 1986 — Nine-car VIA Rail passenger train collides head-on with a CN freight in Hinton, killing 29 and injuring 93. 1948 — The fifth Winter Olympic games close at St. Moritz. Switzerland. The RCAF Flyers win hockey gold, and Ottawa’s Barbara Ann Scott takes home the gold in figure skating.

1926 — Founding of the Walt Disney Studios in Hollywood, Calif. 1879 — Sanford Fleming first proposes adoption of Universal Standard Time, by dividing the world into 24 equal time zones, with standard time within each zone, during a lecture at the Canadian Institute in Toronto. The idea is adopted by North American railways four years later. 1587 — Mary, Queen of Scots, is beheaded in Edinburgh, Scotland.

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After: The kitchen, now semi-open plan to the living room, connected both zones and blurred barriers. A lighter colour scheme opened space further. Shelves either side of the fire provided valuable display storage. Choosing a sofa on legs (a studio couch that doubles as guest accommodation) allows sight lines to continue at floor level, thereby magnifying proportions. Neatening the window with a wooden blind set into the rebate provided extra streamlining.

When size is important Size, sweeties, is everything! So say Colin and Justin as they ponder the ‘is bigger better or smaller more convenient?’ conundrum… Holy moly, what a week we’ve had! We’ve seen small ones, large ones and some so strangely shaped we reeled back, disquieted. We’re referring, of course, to the countless homes we’ve viewed as part of our various professional projects. Regardless of size, however, each was somebody’s pride and joy. But each needed assistance to perform at its best. And so, suitably inspired, we decided that now might be as good a time as any to talk ‘space-management’. COLIN & ‘Cos every inch is imporJUSTIN tant, right? If your home is more cookie-cutter than McMansion, we’re here to help. Allow us, if you will, to stretch, bend, and tug you into better — and seemingly larger — shape. And, for those of you who have bigger homes — which you aspire to making more intimate — we’ve a compendium of space management tactics to tame your lairs.

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A place for everything and everything in its place — so goes the old (but perpetually relevant) home mantra. This in mind, go large on storage, especially when square footage is tight. Install floor-to-ceiling bookcases, shelves and cabinets to provide loads of usable stash zones without devouring too much floor space. If you can, try wall-mounted shelves instead of floor-standing sideboards to further enhance real estate.

Keep walkways defined When you can actually see floors, rooms appear larger so ensure you can move easily throughout space without running into obstacles. Keep taller, bulkier items on the walls and go low with sofas and case goods to keep lines clear. Don’t, however, push everything into corners and leave the centre empty otherwise your space will simply look bare and ill conceived.

Use light colours Dark colours can ‘draw’ in a room and make it feel small. Lighter shades, on the other hand, will open up space. But panic not – you don’t have to paint your entire home white. As an alternative try pastels and

naturals; these enjoy the same expansive qualities as white, but with much warmer resultant atmosphere.

worked perfectly and helped ‘elongate’ a problematically short room.

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Pare down your windows

Simplify your space by painting walls, trim and detailing in slightly different shades of the same colour. Paring down in this way softens decorative impact and helps promote a more generous feel.

A simple blind, or sheer fabric drapes, will help keep windows defined and allow the maximum amount of light to filter through. Larger drapes consume too much wall space and absorb lots of light, further reducing perceived spaciousness.

Reflect on your space Mirrors, in any form, are great for bouncing light and opening up space. On previous TV shows we’ve clad entire walls with reflective glazing, hung clusters of junk-shop mirrors across chimney breasts, and used mirrored consoles and coffee tables to help “enlarge” perceived space. Glass tables, too, and even glass accessories, will increase the overall commodious feeling thanks to their transparent qualities.

Trick your eyes Change perspective by hanging a series of landscape pictures with long narrow scenes to make you feel you’re somewhere much larger and infinitely more fabulous. During a recent show we used lateral landscapes on either side of a kitchen table; the trick

Demand double duty Choose furniture items with secondary functions, such as a headboard with rear concealed storage, or coffee tables with padded tops that double as extra seating when required. If you can get two functions for the price of one then you’ll consume less space.

Maximize light Electric light can effectively ‘increase’ space. Highlight each of the four corners of your room to expand its size, illuminate a row of art in a hallway with picture lamps to ‘elongate’ length and brighten dark nooks with spotlights to create a more expansive feel.

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Open and shut ideas Truth be told, I’m a bit messy. I If the kitchen is the hub of your move too fast to linger over what seems home, make sure it works as hard for at the time to be unnecessary neatness, you as you do in it. such as putting things away, and I do Dear Debbie: I am making a transuffer the consequences. sition from working outBut my kitchen is well side the home to having a ordered. home office. I cannot decide Here I insist on tidy where to set myself up. cabinets that show off prisIt feels strange to be tine stacks of dishes, and working at home and I need canned and dry goods and some help to get organized. spices that all have a place. Thank you. — Manuella My family kitchen has a Dear Manuella: You raise vast collection of cooking a very good question. More accessories as well, so I am and more men and women thankful for the many soluare working from home, and tions to divide and conquer yet situating the home ofevery space from the largfice is often an afterthought, est cupboard to the smalllodged anywhere there’s est drawer. some extra space. Rolling shelves take the Considering this is where DEBBIE guesswork out of what lies you earn a living, and will TRAVIS at the back of the cupboard. be spending many hours, it If you have a lower cabiis important to take the time net with an awkward inner to make this space conduspace, a lazy-Susan-style cive to busy mental activspinning shelf works wonity as well as ergonomically ders. comfortable and inviting. Drawer dividers or cutlery trays You should look forward to spending make the most of wide drawers. time in your home office. Use tall narrow spaces for cookies In her book Mind Body Home, fengsheets and broiler pans. shui consultant Tisha Morris describes Create storage under the kitchen the energy flow in a home that makes sink with small baskets that can be a serious impact on how we live and stacked around pipes. feel. Prepare designated spaces with Morris says that offices located on containers that are easily accessible the main level have more yang energy for garbage, compost and recycling. and generally feel more accessible to If space allows, consider a work ta- the public. ble. Home offices located on upper Shown here is March’s design, www. floors are more introspective and work marchsf.com, that offers hanging space better for writing, healing, or creativefor cooking tools and a storage shelf based business. beneath. Set up in the basement only as a last A work caddy on wheels gives you resort as this below ground level space freedom to move it wherever need- may lead to feelings of inadequacy and ed. difficulty moving your business forOpen or shut cabinet doors is a per- ward. sonal choice, a combination works well So look for space on your main floor — open display cabinets will spur you or higher to give your business the imon to stay neat. portance it requires to flourish.

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Choose to organize in style with a work table designed by March to make prep a breeze. Have natural light and a view to the outside if possible. Paint the walls, buy a good desk and chair, and make this room a priority. Debbie Travis’s House to Home column

Use a console table with a huge flower arrangement for a traditional look or install three sculptures on plinths in a row for minimalist, art-gallery style at home. When the eye has various places ‘to go’, larger spaces start to minimize.

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Making larger space feel more intimate Scale up sofas and artwork to fit available space – a small loveseat will look decidedly unloved in a large room, so opt instead for a pair of huge sofas or an outsized sectional. Splash out on a giant coffee table and huge decorative floor lamps and bounce around on a king-size bed.

In a large bedroom there’s no need to push your bed against the wall — pop it on a jaunty angle or bring it into the centre of the room and dress it from behind with a console table and a pair of elegant lamps. Yup, take it from us — size does matter.

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As our old Scottish grannies used to say; “It’s not what you’ve got, it’s what you do with it that makes the biggest difference.” So get your rulers out and maximize — or minimize — your every square inch. Happy measuring ... and we’ll see you lot next week! Colin and Justin are regular home and design experts on Cityline. Colin and Justin’s Cabin Pressure, a new reality show, is in production with Cottage Life TV and airs in March 2014. Find their international product range in stores like HomeSense, Winners and Marshalls. facebook.com/ColinJustin, twitter.com/colinjustin, colinandjustin.tv.

Divide and conquer Use room dividers, smart double-sided display cabinets or elegant screens to tame unruly square footage. Try bedcetera.com for some great options. Modern loft-style rooms look great with floor-toceiling frosted glass panels, while open-sided bookshelves can be used to ‘manage’ two spaces at the same time.

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Colour cohesion Use the same colour palette in different areas of your room. Does your living zone, for example, have a blue striped sofa? Provide schematic cohesion by employing the same blue as an accent wall or napery detail on the dining table at the other end of the large space.

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With commodious rooms, the most important thing to do is keep each function clearly defined. Try using furniture to delineate space and, if you can, create zones within zones. A media unit, for example, and a sectional sofa will clearly mark out your TV area, while a dining table and chairs will announce where food is served.

Use rugs To define space Treat each function as a distinct vignette by positioning separate area rugs to clearly map out where one function starts and another ends.

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How to breathe healthier with a little knowledge It’s hard to talk about indoor air quality without scaring people, but I’m going to try anyway. This is especially important for us Canadians at this time of the year. For 40 years we’ve been making our houses tighter and more energy-efficient and that’s a good thing. Nobody likes to spend more money than necessary keeping warm in winter. Trouble is, tightening up our homes is only part of the equation. We also need to figure out how to keep indoor air fresh enough to be healthy, and that’s something that’s often overlooked. I was reminded of all this before Christmas, when I visited a friend and just happened to notice mould stains on the attic access hatch in her entrance hallway. “Isn’t that terrible?” she said, as we looked up, “there is mould all over STEVE this house. I wish the landlord MAXWELL would do something.” As it turns out, the landlord had done something to prevent mould growth, something very significant when the house was built 20 years earlier. But without instructions on how to put that certain something into action, my friend just lived with the mould. She and her children also lived with unnecessary disease. Besides an unusually high incidence of coughs in the family, my friend’s 13 year-old son had always suffered from chronic asthma ever since he was a baby. “Does his asthma get worse in winter?” I asked. “Yes, it always does.” “How about your windows? Do they steam up with condensation?” “Yes, all the time. When the weather gets cold you can’t even see out of the windows.” Everything I heard pointed to a classic example of poor indoor air quality during winter. Very poor. That’s why I suggested that my friend have a heat recovery ventilator (HRV) installed. HRV’s draw fresh outside air indoors while at the same time exhausting stale indoor air outside. This sounds like a losing proposition as far as energy efficiency goes, except that the HRV is designed to extract most of the heat in the outgoing air stream, transferring it to the cold incoming airstream. You get fresh air plus you get to keep most of your heat, too. None of this technology is new and I’ve written about it before. What really surprised me was that my friend’s house did have an HRV all along. Lack of understanding was the reason why it wasn’t used. Modern homes are complicated enough that they

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have windows you can see through clearly at least part way up. Nevertheless, there are a couple of simple messages here for all of us. First, indoor air quality can decline to healththreatening levels during winter, and window condensation is a visual indicator of possible trouble. A little sweating on the bottom is normal and harmless, but once condensation gets plentiful enough to run down the glass and pool on the bottom, you need more ventilation. And finally, if your house has a little control box somewhere that you don’t understand, please promise you’ll get some help figuring it out. Steve Maxwell, syndicated home improvement and woodworking columnist, has shared his DIY tips, how-to videos and product reviews since 1988. Get home improvement and renovation advice directly from Steve at www.stevemaxwellhowto.com.

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require more than common sense knowledge to operate. The little wall-mounted control box next to the thermostat in my friend’s place had the word Venmar stamped on the bottom, with a couple of buttons and a dial nearby. All she had to do was hit the button and dial the humidity knob down to about the 30 or 40 per cent relative humidity level. A few days after doing that for the first time, chronic doctor’s visits became a thing of the past. The fact that no one ever told her how to operate the HRV led to many years of suffering, not to mention chronic medical costs that probably cost the Canadian people well into five figures over the years. Is every home bad? No, most don’t have extensive mould growing in them, and most homes

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RUTHERFORD Verna Isabelle (nee: Northey) Sept.26, 1922 - Red Deer, Feb. 5, 2014 - Calgary, AB Verna Isabelle Rutherford, passed away peacefully in Calgary on Wednesday, February 5, 2014 at the age of 91 years. She was a long term resident of Calgary residing on Scotsman Hill and a long standing member at Central United Church and has spent the last eleven years at Trinity Lodge. Verna will be lovingly remembered by her sister Lorraine Hook of Qualicum Beach, B.C., nephew Brent Hook, nieces Brenda Hook, Maureen Cherkas and Jeri Nickerson and many grand nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by her husband George, parents Bryon and Gertrude, sister Ona and brother Lewis. As per Verna’s wishes the family will Celebrate her life privately. Condolences may be forwarded through: www.mcinnisandholloway.com In lieu of flowers, memorial tributes in Verna’s name may be made directly to the Multiple Sclerosis Society of Canada, Calgary & Area Chapter, 150, 110 Quarry Park Blvd. S.E., Calgary, AB T2C 3G3 Telephone: (403) 250-7090, www.mssociety.ca. A special thank you to Dr. Lara Nixon and palliative care nurse Debbie Hoey and the staff at Southwood Hospice. In living memory of Verna Rutherford, a tree will be planted at Fish Creek Provincial Park by McINNIS & HOLLOWAY FUNERAL HOMES Park Memorial Chapel, 5008 ELBOW DRIVE S.W. Calgary, AB, T2S 2L5, Telephone: 1-800-661-1599.

STARLING Ella Louise 1925 - 2014 Ella Starling passed away peacefully at Michener Extendicare on January 27, 2014 at the age of 88. She is survived by her daughters; Peggy (Dave) Matchett, Marlene (Jim) Frame, son, Bill (Heather) Starling and one brother, Don (Margo) Weiss. She will especially be missed by her grandchildren; Michael Matchett, Brian (Tracy) Matchett, Jaimey-Lyn (Barry) Wilson, Daren (Vania) Frame and Debbie Starling. Ella will also be fondly remembered by her large extended family of great grandchildren, great-great grandchildren, one great, great-great grandson, nieces, nephews and friends. She will live in our hearts forever. Ella was predeceased by her husband, Bill (1993); daughter, Wendy (1954); her parents, Emmanuel and Emma Weiss; brothers Elmer and Ralph Weiss; and sister, Marlene Meier. The family would like to extend a thank you to Michener Extendicare staff and special friends Sandy and Elaine for being so good to our mother. To honour Ella’s request, there will be no funeral service. The family will be hosting a “Celebration of Ella Starling’s Life”, Saturday, March 1, 2014 at 1:00 pm, Royal Canadian Legion, 2810 Bremner Avenue, Red Deer. In lieu of flowers a donation to the Charity of your choice would be appreciated.

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has a full time career advancing position available as a General Legal Assistant. The successful applicant will have completed the Legal Assistant Program, and have prior experience working in a law firm. This position requires someone who displays a team player outlook, demonstrates effective communication skills, has the ability to multi-task, and work in a fast paced environment. We offer an excellent working environment, benefits, and the opportunity for personal and professional growth. Please respond in confidence with a cover letter and resume to: Attention: Human Resources Johnston Ming Manning LLP 3rd Floor, 4943 - 50 Street Red Deer, AB T4N 1Y1 Fax: (403) 342-9173 Email: hr@jmmlawrd.ca We thank all applicants for their interest, however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

Ferus Inc. specializes in the production, storage, and supply of liquid nitrogen (N2), liquid carbon dioxide (CO2), liquid natural gas (LNG), and compressed natural gas (CNG) for the energy industry in both Canada and the USA. Ferus has a great corporate culture with an excellent work/home life balance, strong team atmosphere and encourages the development of their employees for future growth. Ferus requires a CO2/LNG Field Operator to oversee the daily operations of the Ferus CO2 and LNG production facilities. The position is based out of the Joffre production office and the candidate must be willing to travel. All duties will be performed in a safe, environmentally friendly & cost effective manner.

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MACDONALD Fay Madeleine Oct. 27, 1927 - Feb. 3, 2014 Fay passed away peacefully in the comfort of her own family home on Monday, February 3, 2014. She was born in McLeod, AB to Olga and Guy Clarke. Upon hearing of Hudson’s Bay land being given away in the Peace River Country, the little family hitched their wagon and set out on their pilgrimage to the North. The Peace River Country was where Fay grew up and spent her formative years learning many of life’s challenging lessons, but nevertheless gleaning an abundance of her favorite memories. Fay and her husband Samuel MacDonald moved with their family to Red Deer in 1973. Fay was passionate about curling. She was a member of the Red Deer ladies Curling Club for over 25 years. She skipped her own rink well into her 80’s. She was also a proud member of the Norwegian Hofthaus Society. Very often when a little extra intestinal fortitude was required, Fay would invoke her “Viking heritage” to give her strength. Memories do have a way of bringing back our yesterdays. We have loved, do love and always will love our Mom, who taught us how to love. Join us in celebration of Fay’s life at Sunnybrook United Church, 12 Stanton Street, Red Deer, on Monday, February 10, 2014 at 1:00 p.m. Condolences may be forwarded to the family by visiting www.eventidefuneralchapels.com Arrangements entrusted to EVENTIDE FUNERAL CHAPEL 4820 - 45 Street, Red Deer. Phone (403) 347-2222

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Bearspaw currently has a Bearspaw Petroleum Ltd position in our Stettler field is seeking expâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d Well Testing Personnel FLOORHANDS & Experienced Supervisors operations for an intermediate DERRICK HANDS oil and gas operator. Applicants & Operators Locally based, home every Must have valid applicable must have experience as a heavy duty mechanic or night! Qualified applicants tickets journeyman instrument must have all necessary Email: lstouffer@ mechanic and possess valid tickets for the position testalta.com being applied for. strong mechanical skills, Bearspaw offers a be quick learners, motivated and hard working and live very competitive salary or be willing to relocate and benefits package along with a steady within a 20 minute commute work schedule. to workplace location. This Please submit resumes: position offers a challenging work environment, attractive Attn: Human Resources benefits with competitive Email: pay and significant room hr@bearspawpet.com Fax: (403) 258-3197 or for promotion. Please submit resumes Mail to: Suite 5309, 333-96 Ave. NE NOW HIRING! Attn: Human Resources Calgary, AB T3K 0S3 Rig Managers, Drillers, email:kwolokoff@ Celebrate your life Derrick & Floor Hands. bearspawpet.com $2 Safety Bonus and with a Classified Fax 403-252-9719 above recommended Mail: Suite 5309 333 96 ANNOUNCEMENT CAODC wages. Minimum Ave. NE Calgary, AB T3K 0S3 3 months exp. required. ZUBAR Production Local to Red Deer & area Services You can sell your guitar OR Drayton Valley preferred. is currently taking resumes for a song... Email: for experienced or put it in CLASSIFIEDS jwalsh@galleonrigs.com Production Testing and weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll sell it for you! or fax (403) 358-3326. Personnel Email resume to: rdzubaroffice@telus.net or fax to (403)346-9420. Must have all valid tickets.

810

Professionals

EYEWEAR LIQUIDATORS

Warehouse Representative

requires OPTICAL ASSISTANT Training provided. Apply in person with resume to: 4924 59 St. Red Deer, AB.

Required for Rimbey OilďŹ eld Supply Store Duties to include: Customer Service Heavy Lifting Involved Inventory Control Deliveries (with trailer) Clerical Duties Shipping & Receiving Forklift Operations 357396B7,8

Please Send Resume to: Email: rick.davies@meridianvalve.ca Fax: (403) 843 - 3775 In Person: 5618 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 44th St, Rimbey (behind the A&W)

Classifieds Your place to SELL Your place to BUY

Oilfield

800

MAPLE LEAF Environmental & Safety Ltd. is a proactive, dynamic and progressive company. We are recruiting for the positions of: EMRâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, H2S Drilling Safety Advisors, Plant Shutdown Safety Personnel. Please email or phone Luke Grayston; lgrayston@ mapleleafsafety.com Phone 780 520-1676

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Send resumes to: Fax: 403-722-3980 or Email: donna @campcaroline.ab.ca.

Professionals

810

Restaurant/ Hotel

820

CALKINS CONSULTING o/a Tim Hortons Food Service Manager 5 positions, F/T & P/ T, $9.95 - $18/hr. depending on exp. and availability. Permanent shift work, weekends, days, nights and evening shifts. 3-5 yrs. exp., completion of secondary school. Start date ASAP. Apply in person 6620 Orr Drive. Fax: 403-782-9685 Call 403-848-2356 Luau Investments Ltd. o/a Tim Hortons #100, 4217 - 50 Ave #7, 6721 - 50 Ave 62 Carleton Ave Food Service Managers Full Time/Part Time/ Shift Work Night/Overnight/ Early Morning/Weekend. High School Diploma, plus 3 years related experience $14 to $18/hr depending on experience/availability Apply in person from 9am to 5pm Or by fax at 403-341-6006

HEALTH CARE AIDE For more information visit our website at:

Purchasing Card and Accounts Payable Administrative Assistant For further information and to apply for this position, please visit the Divisionâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s website at www.rdcrs.ca

850

APPRENTICE POWER LINE TECHNICIAN EQUS, Canadaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s largest member-owned utility, has an opening for an apprentice at our Innisfail shop. You will assist journeymen in power line maintenance and construction as you learn the trade. You must be physically fit, able to work outdoors in all weather conditions and at heights, and have grade 12 including at least Math 23 in order to qualify for the Apprenticeship program. Experience in the trades or heavy equipment operation is an asset. E-mail applications to:

bbassett@equs.ca by February 21st

THE RUSTY PELICAN is now accepting resumes for experienced SERVERS Must have Refâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s & Pro-Serve. Apply within: 2079-50 Ave. 2-4 pm. Mon.-Fri. Fax 403-347-1161 Phone calls WILL NOT be accepted. TOO MUCH STUFF? Let Classifieds help you sell it.

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Ferus Inc. specializes in the production, storage, supply and transport of liquid nitrogen and liquid carbon dioxide for the energy industry.

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Well Servicing

THE RUSTY PELICAN is now accepting resumes for an experienced LINE COOK Must have References. Apply within: 2079-50 Ave. 2-4 pm. Mon.-Fri. Fax 403-347-1161 Phone calls WILL NOT be accepted.

Oilfield

800

Ferusâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Operations division requires a Journeyman Heavy Duty Mechanic to join our growing team to service Ferusâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; expanding fleet of tractor & trailer units in our Blackfalds and Grande Prairie Bases. Reporting to the Shop Foreman you will be responsible for a variety of duties in a service oriented environment. Working in the Oil and Gas Field you will be required to work effectively unsupervised, have good working knowledge of Heavy Duty Truck and Trailer repairs, combined with a great attitude. A CVIP inspection license or the ability to obtain one is required. Due to the nature and volume of work some overtime and on call work will be required.

FLUID EXPERTS LTD. Is looking for experienced TRUCKING DISPATCHER to start immed. Good Verbal, Writing, Texting and Computer skills. Company Pickup, benefits, above avg. salary and great atmosphere. Clean Class 1 drivers license and abstract. Completed Basic Training Courses. Will train the right individual. Fax Resume w/all tickets and Drivers Abstract to 403-346-3112 or email to roger@fluidexperts.com

Speak to a recruiter at 1.800.9SANJEL, e-mail careers@sanjel.com, or drop your resume off at (GJDU ,QGXVWULDO 'U 5HG 'HHU $%

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Apprentice and/or Journeyman Parts Person

for their Rimbey location. Must be reliable, highly organized and team oriented. Farming background an asset.

To: humanresources@ferus.com or fax 1-888-879-6125 Please reference: Ad #RDGP-MEC-0513 We thank you for your interest; however, only those applicants considered for the position will be contacted.

Oilfield

800

We offer a competitive pay scale, exemplary benefits package, annual work boot reimbursement, RRSP plan, sick days, monthly bonus and continuous professional training in a positive environment. Forward your resume to: Future Ag Inc. Attn: Paula Martin Box 140 Rimbey, AB T0C 2J0 Fax: 403-843-2790 Email to: paulam@futureag.ca

GOODMEN ROOFING LTD.

www.trican.ca

Requires

NOW HIRING AT ALL LOCATIONS

SLOPED ROOFERS LABOURERS & FLAT ROOFERS Valid Driverâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Licence preferred. Fax or email info@goodmenroofing.ca or (403)341-6722 NO PHONE CALLS PLEASE!

...Join our Team!

Scan to see Current Openings MILLWRIGHTS & WELDERS for work in Red Deer. Please fax resume to 1-403-229-4079

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FUTURE AG INC. your Central Alberta Case IH Agricultural Equipment dealer is looking for a full time,

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You have expertise, a passion for excellence and improvement, and a commitment to safety â&#x20AC;&#x201C; bring them to work as part of our team.

DNR Pressure Welding requires B-Pressure Welder Crew Foreman, lead hands, labourers for various projects in Alberta. Long term employment. Excellent opportunity for apprenticeship. Excellent benefit packages. Fax resume to 403-742-5759 or email: dnrwelding1 @dnrwelding.ca. Attention: Ryan. No Phone calls please. Drug and Alcohol program in effect.

Experienced Siders Needed Call 403-588-3210

Blackfalds

FRACTURING, CEMENTING & COILED TUBING SERVICES

DNR Powerline Construction requires Journeyman/ Apprentices/Labourers for various projects in Alberta. Long term employment. Excellent opportunity for apprenticeship. Excellent benefit packages. Fax resume to 403-742-5759 or email: dnrwelding1 @dnrwelding.ca Attention: Noel. No Phone calls please. Drug and Alcohol program in effect.

is currently seeking SERVICE ADVISORS. We offer competitive wages, a great working environment, and a great benefit package. Please email resume to Joey Huckabone joey@pikewheatonchev.ca

Reporting to the Shop Foreman, this individual will be responsible for a variety of duties in a serviceoriented environment. The successful candidate will be willing to work towards their Interprovincial Heavy Equipment Technician certification and have completed at a minimum their 3rd year apprenticeship requirements. This individual must be highly motivated and mechanically inclined. Ferus offers a competitive compensation package including a competitive base salary, bonus incentive plan & an excellent Benefits Package, including flex days, flexible spending account and a Group RSP Savings Plan. If you are interested in working in a positive and dynamic environment, please email your resume

EXPERIENCED OILFIELD OPERATORS, HD MECHANICS, ELECTRONIC TECHNICIANS

850

PIKE WHEATON CHEVROLET

Heavy Duty Mechanic Apprentice or Journeyman Advance your career with Sanjel â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Join Canadaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s largest privately-owned global energy service company. Our employees are the driving force behind our company and we value their contribution. Develop your career in a dynamic environment where employees are empowered to be innovators.

Trades

DUE TO A LARGE INCREASE IN BUSINESS,

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Grande Prairie

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SOAP Stories is seeking 5 F/T Beauty Treatment O/P, selling soap & bath products $14.55/hr. + bonus & comm. Beauty cert. reqâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d. Location Parkland Mall - 4747 67th St. Red Deer. email premierjobrdbto@ gmail.com

DNR Pressure Welding & Powerline Construction requires Journeyman Heavy Duty Mechanic with experience in fleet maintenance for Heavy & Light duty trucks. Excellent benefit packages. Email resumes to Harold@ dnrwelding.ca or fax (403)742-5759 No Phone calls please. Drug and alcohol program in effect.

Heavy Duty Mechanic Journeyman

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ELEMENTS is looking for 5 retail sales reps. selling season gift packages and personal care products in Parkland Mall, 4747 67 St. Red Deer. $12.10 hr. + bonus & comm. FT. No exp. req`d. Please email elementsreddeer@gmail.com

C & C COATINGS in Innisfail is seeking F/T Exp. Sandblaster. Competitive wages and benefits. Fax resume to: 403-227-1165 or email bslager@telus.net

invites applications for a

Trades

830

STORESMART Self-Storage seeking F/T Assistant Centre Manager for 40 hours per week. For job description and how to apply, go to www.StoreSmart.ca/jobs. No phone calls please.

Invites applications for the position of:

www.rdpsd.ab.ca

Sales & Distributors

SOAP Stories is seeking 5 retail sales reps. Selling soap & bath products. $12.10 hr + bonus & commission. Ft No exp. req`d. Parkland Mall 4747 67 St. Red Deer. email resume to premierjobrd@gmail.com

Looking for a place to live? Take a tour through the CLASSIFIEDS

Luau Investments Ltd. o/a Tim Hortons #100, 4217 - 50 Ave #7, 6721 - 50 Ave 7111 - 50 Ave 62 Carleton Ave Food Service Supervisors Full Time/Part Time/ Shift Work Night/Overnight/ Early Morning/Weekend Some high school education, plus 2 years related experience $10 to $13.50/hr depending on experience/availability Apply in person from 9am to 5pm Or by fax at 403-341-6006

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830

ELEMENTS is looking 5 Beauty Treatment Operators. Selling seasonal gift packages & personal care products in Parkland Mall-4747 67th St Red Deer, $14.55/Hr. Plus bonus & commission, F/T, Beauty certification reqâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d email resumes: elementsreddeerbto@ gmail.com

Kitchen Assistant

NOW HIRING

Sales & Distributors

357308B8

Oilfield

356969B3

800

365029B8

Oilfield

Restaurant/ Hotel

WORLDWIDE KNOWLEDGE - LOCAL SOLUTIONS

Now Hiring Overhead Door Tech & Helper for Ponoka overhead door company. Pay DOE to $35/hr. Contact Gerald 403-963-5000 or email doorsondemand@ hotmail.com

D6 RED DEER ADVOCATE Saturday, Feb. 8, 2014

QUICKLINE CRANE INC. in Blackfalds is looking for a

MOBILE CRANE & HOISTING OPERATOR with experience. Must be a minimum third year apprentice & have good knowledge of truck mount & all terrain cranes. Competitive salaries includes benefits. Must have a Class 1 license. Please submit all resumes by email to: kyle@quicklinecrane.com

REQUIRED: CARPENTER/DRYWALLER for restoration company. This is a F/T position. Must have a valid drivers license. Duties: Carpentry, drywall, painting & finishing work. Fax or email resume to 403-347-4037 or crr@telus.net or contact Al @ 403-347-4001 SMALL Manufacturing Company Looking for a Journeymen Framer or Equivalent with exp. Basic tools required: Steel Toed Boots and hard hats. Indoors all year round Mon-Friday work week, occasional weekend Please send resume to: inquiries@sheltersrus.ca Fax:403-348-8109

SPARTEK SYSTEMS INC In Sylvan Lake, AB is seeking qualified individuals for the following positions:

BUSY Central Alberta Grain Trucking Company looking for Class 1 Drivers and/or Lease Operators. We offer lots of home time, benefits and a bonus program. Grain and super B exp. an asset but not necessary. If you have a clean commercial drivers abstract and would like to start making good money. fax or email resume and comm.abstract to 403-337-3758 or dtl@telus.net Classifieds...costs so little Saves you so much!

CENTRAL AB based trucking company requires

Owner Operators & Company Drivers in AB. Home the odd night. Weekends off. Late model tractor pref. 403-586-4558

Looking for a place to live? Take a tour through the CLASSIFIEDS Classifieds Your place to SELL Your place to BUY

You can sell your guitar for a song... or put it in CLASSIFIEDS and we’ll sell it for you!

MECHANICAL ENGINEER ELECTRICAL ENGINEER

Central Alberta’s Largest Car Lot in Classifieds

For complete job descriptions, please refer to our website at www.sparteksystems.com Applicants please forward resume to: keri.lee@ sparteksystems.com or fax to 403-887-4050 Please state which position you are applying for in your cover letter.

Tired of Standing? Find something to sit on in Classifieds Buying or Selling your home? Check out Homes for Sale in Classifieds

F/T TRUCK drivers req’d. Minimum Class 5 with air and clean abstract. Exp. preferred. In person to Key Towing 4083-78 St. Cres. Red Deer.

860

Truckers/ Drivers

860

Truckers/ Drivers

CLASS 1 Off Road Crude Haul in Central Ab. 7 On-7 Off. Must have all tickets. Email: haulingcrude@live.ca

CELEBRATIONS HAPPEN EVERY DAY IN CLASSIFIEDS

Truckers/ Drivers

860

www.ads-pipe.com Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc., the world’s largest and most innovative manufacturer of HDPE drainage products is expanding and are currently accepting applications for a certified Class 1 Driver, with a minimum of two (2) years B-train trailer experience. ADS Drivers are required to safely operate company equipment and provide a high level of customer service, delivering our products within central Alberta. ADS Drivers are required to be drug free and maintain legal transportation paperwork and driving practices. This position requires a valid Class 1 License, with previous off road forklift experience a definite asset. We offer quarterly cash safety bonuses as well as a comprehensive medical plan. Benefits include: Company provided Group Canadian Benefits Voluntary dental Life insurance Short-term and long-term disability Retirement Savings Plan (RSP) and Deferred Profit Sharing Plan (DPSP) Paid Vacation Safety Bonus All applicants are subject to a pre-employment physical and MVR check. Interested Applicants may submit a resume, along with a current drivers abstract to: Advanced Drainage Systems Canada Inc. 4316 Gerdts Ave. Blindman Ind. Park Red Deer County, AB. T4S-2A8 Fax: (403) 346-5806 E-mail ken.mccutcheon@ ads-pipe.com Position closing date: Feb. 10, 2014

ONLY 4 DAYS A WEEK

in For the Red Deer area. Please contact memphisbluesprairies @gmail.com

ACADEMIC Express

CLEARVIEW RIDGE AREA Crossley St., Cooper Cl., Carter Cl., Connaught Cres. & Cody Pl. $190/mo.

ADULT EDUCATION AND TRAINING

DEERPARK AREA

880

Misc. Help

SPRING START •

Community Support Worker Program

•

Women in the Trades Program

•

Math and Science for the Trades Program

•

GED Preparation Gov’t of Alberta Funding may be available. 403-340-1930 www.academicexpress.ca

ADULT CARRIERS NEEDED For delivery of the morning ADVOCATE in Red Deer (Reliable vehicle needed.)

MORRISROE AREA SUNNYBROOK AREA

ONLY 4 DAYS A WEEK

in Highland Green

You will bring:

Halman Cres. & Hammond Cres. Kentwood

PROMETAL MANAGEMENT INC.

Kennings Cres. & Kirby St.

Business Opportunities

357306B8

ProMetal is a growing company that still offers the small business personal touch. If you have the experience and skills we are looking for and we would like to secure one of these opportunities... Please send your resume via fax or email to:

Email: erin@prometalscrap.com Fax: 403-782-0245

40A, 41 and 42 Ave. between 39 St. and 44 St. $111/mo. ROSEDALE AREA Rowell Cl. & Ritson Cl. $87/mo. ALSO West half of Robinson Cres, Rich Cl., & Ryan Cl. Area. $84/mo.

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TRAILERS for sale or rent Job site, office, well site or storage. Skidded or wheeled. Call 347-7721.

CLASSIFICATIONS 1500-1990

Antiques & Art

Something for Everyone Everyday in Classifieds

Currently seeking reliable newspaper carrier for the BOWER AREA WESTPARK AREA Delivery is 4 times per week, no collecting. Perfect for anyone looking to make some extra $. Please reply by email: qmacaulay @reddeeradvocate.com or phone Quitcy at 403-314-4316

1630

Heavy

stuff

1520

Firewood

1660

1720

CARPET Steamer, Hoover Used 3 times. $50.; New Home depot sells $199. 403-986-1720 DIE cast models, cars, truck, and motorcycles, fairies, dragons and biker gifts. #14 6350-67 St. east end of Cash Casino

Homestead Firewood

DISHES, 3 sets of 8 place setting, $45. each. 403-343-6218

LOGS

HISTORY painting 15 x 30 called the Chief Crowfoot signing of the Peace Treaty, $200. 403-347-7405

AFFORDABLE Spruce & Pine - Split 7 days/wk. 403-304-6472

1550

Semi loads of pine, spruce, tamarack, poplar. Price depends on location. HOLY Man’s & Medicine Concrete forming equipLil Mule Logging Man shield (Sarcee & ment Dura-Form 4’ x 2’, 403-318-4346 Cree), approx. 24” to 36” 5’x2’, 7’x2’, 8’ x 2’, lots of long. These items are genNow Offering Hotter, Cleaner inside corners and fillers, most of forms are in cages. BC Birch. All Types. P.U. / erally found in museums or Delivery. Lyle 403-783-2275 movie sets ($200 for both) To view call Randy 403-347-7405 403-843-1099 cell 587-679-2334. For pics INDOOR Antenna, RCA in Health & and detailed equipt. list Box UVF.UHF.FM. $10. emai: thepelletiers@ Beauty 403-314-9603 xplornet.ca RES-MED C.PAP Machine SET OF HEAVY DUTY used less than 3 month. MAGNETIC TRUCKERS Children's Cost $1900 ~ Sell for ROAD FLARES. $30. Items $1200 firm. 403-341-5341 403-348-6449

1700

1580

BABY BULLET, food processor. Immaculate condition. Includes accessories & instructional food prep manual. $30. Call (403) 342-7908 BABY DOLL ROOTED Hair, sleep yes, comes with some clothes. $15. 403-314-9603

Misc. Help

880 CARRIERS NEEDED

WOODEN ROCKING HORSE. $25. CHILDS ROCKING CHAIR, $20. STUFFED ROCKING HORSE, $10. WOODEN TIME OUT CHAIR, $10. NEW GRACO TRAVEL CRIB, 2-stage basinet. Converts to play pen. 32”X23”. $65. 403-755-3556

FOR FLYERS, RED DEER SUNDAY LIFE & EXPRESS ROUTES IN:

ANDERS AREA Anders St. / Armstrong Close Addinnell Close / Allan St. Abbott Close / Anders St. Anders Close INGLEWOOD AREA

880

Isherwood Close Issard Close LANCASTER AREA

Normandeau

870

Household Furnishings

1760

Building Supplies

Call Jamie 403-314-4306

Misc. Help

1590

Clothing

2 PAIR New Men’s Size 10 COUCH, black leather, like lined safety toe boots. new. $190. 403-986-1720 $30/ea. WOODEN COLONIAL 1 PAIR New Men’s fleece CRADLE. $40. lined zipper black boots, NEWSPAPER 403-342-5609 size 10. $25. CARRIERS 403-887-4981 IKEA pantry/storage unit. REQUIRED White with opaque plastic ESPRIT Collection, cotton front panel. Excellent blazer/jacket. Sandstone To deliver condition. 71”x 16”x 16”. color. Women’s Size 7. Asking $80. 403-340-3693 1 day a week in Only worn twice. $15. Evenings Call (403) 342-7908. BOWDEN Looking for a new pet? MEN’S WORK CLOTHING Check out Classifieds to Please call Debbie - SIZE XL. find the purrfect pet. New Carhartt quilted bib at 403-314-4307 over-all, $75. WANTED Wind River snow pants, $30. RENTAL STORE Antiques, furniture and Marv Holland flame looking for person to estates. 342-2514 resistant jacket, $65. pull and load orders, Heavy duty work bib assist brides. Must be overalls $55. physically fit. Full time. Misc. for Steel toe Winter boot, sales@parklandrentals.com Sale size 11. $75. or fax 403-347-7006 403-342-5609 SUPERVISOR/Administrator 12V 3000 lb. remote req’d for busy downtown PANT Suit, black, ladies, control winch $80; New in pharmacy. Flexible hours, Evan Picone. Like new. box. 403-887-4981 part/full time. Please fax Sz. 10. $20. 2 QUEEN COMFORTERS, resume to 403-347-5454 or 403-314-9603 $30/ea or 2/$50. email: sproules2@shaw.ca 2 THICK WARM BLANKETS, TREATY CARD HUNTER like new, $35/ea. needed for private land, 2 Computers ELECTRIC ROASTING bucks and 2 herds. Ph. or PAN, like new, $30. text 403-391-8246 403-348-6449 CORNER computer desk. $75. 403-343-6218 B & D 109 pc. drill/driver kit set $25; 148 pc. B & D drill piece home tool kit $30. EquipmentNew in box. 403-887-4981

LEATHER HORSE COLLAR. $30. 403-342-5609

VANIER AREA

ADULT or YOUTH CARRIERS NEEDED For delivery of Flyers, Express and Sunday Life

880

Misc. Help

1600

GRANDVIEW AREA

INGLEWOOD AREA

Call Prodie: 403-314-4301 for more info

± At least 3 years flat deck experience ± Oilfield tickets an asset ± Great attitude and strong work ethic ± At least 5 years Hoe experience (Shear or Magnet experience an asset)

74 to 129 Block of Dunning Cres., Depalm St. and approx. 3 blocks of Douglas St. $108/mo

ANDERS AREA

Start your career! See Help Wanted

ProMetal Management is a metal recycling company that over 20 years has built a great reputation servicing Central Alberta and beyond. We are in the midst of a growing curve, and are looking for experienced Class 1 drivers that can load and operate heavy equipment. The base of our operations located in Lacombe, AB.

± Local, year round work ± Sundays Off- Competitive wages ± Safety conscious work environment

880

Misc. Help

ADULT or YOUTH CARRIERS NEEDED For delivery of Flyers, Express and Sunday Life

PROFESSIONAL Truck Driver Position Available

Are you a Class 1 Driver with Heavy Equipment Operating experience that wants to be home at night?

We Offer:

870

FRANCHISE OPPORTUNITY.

860

Truckers/ Drivers

Business Opportunities

Law Close / Lewis Close

invites applications for

Nielson Cl. & Nolan St.

EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANTS

Call Joanne 403-314-4308 info Tired of Standing? Find something to sit on in Classifieds

Langford Close Lamont Close Lund Close

at various locations

MORRISROE AREA

For more information visit our website at www.rdpsd.ab.ca

Vista Village

356970B3-8

850

Trades

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DISPATCHER REQ’D. Knowledge of Red Deer and area is essential. Verbal and written communication skills are req’d. Send resume by fax to 403-346-0295

wegotservices CLASSIFICATIONS 1000-1430

Somerset Close

BEN

’S

Springfield Ave.

PARTS

Savoy Cres. / Sydney Close

PERSON or APPRENTICE DUTIES INCLUDE: ATTRIBUTES:

- Outgoing - Organized - Mechanically inclined - Computer proficient - Previous experience preferred but willing to train • Full-time position. • Must be able to work weekends. Apply by: Email: bill@unclebensrv.com Fax: 403-346-1055

- Customer Service rep - Receiving - Shipping - Inventory control

or drop off resume, Attn Bill in Service

Sherwood Cres. VANIER AREA Viscount Drive Vickers Close Volks Place / Vanier Drive Vanson Close / Visser St. Call Prodie @ 403- 314-4301 for more info **********************

357214B5-11

Representatives from these well established franchises will be in your area the week of February 13 - Februart 16th!

HOUSE CLEANERS wanted, Days, Residential. Work as a team, n/s environment. Must be bondable, weekends off. Call Pam 403-505-6111.

SUNNYBROOK AREA

TO ORDER HOME DELIVERY OF THE ADVOCATE CALL OUR CIRCULATION DEPARTMENT 403-314-4300

To Advertise Your Business or Service Here

Call Classifieds 403-309-3300 classifieds@reddeeradvocate.com

1010

INDIVIDUAL & BUSINESS Accounting, 30 yrs. of exp. with oilfield service companies, other small businesses and individuals RW Smith, 346-9351

Consulting

1090

WCB HELP If you have been cut off benefits or feel you have not received the benefits you are entitled. Call Norman Zubot consulting(29yrs WCB exp) Ph: 587-521-4691. Cell: 780-982-9822 norman.zubot@shaw.ca

Contractors

1100

Escorts

1165

EDEN 587-877-7399 10am-midnight LEXUS 392-0891 *BUSTY* INDEPENDENT w/own car

Handyman Services

1200

ALL TRADES Home Maintenance 28 yrs. exp. Retired electrician. Call Rick 403-318-4267 ATT’N: Are you looking for help on small jobs around the house or renovate your bathroom, painting or flooring, and roof snow removal? Call James 403-341-0617

Massage Therapy

1280

DALE’S Home Reno’s Free estimates for all your reno needs. 403-506-4301

BODY BALANCING, HOT STONE - 403-352-8269

RMD RENOVATIONS Bsmt’s, flooring, decks, etc. Call Roger 403-348-1060

MASSAGE ABOVE ALL WALK-INS WELCOME 4709 Gaetz Ave. 346-1161

Massage Therapy

1280

FANTASY MASSAGE International ladies

Now Open

Specials. 11 a.m.-3 a.m. Private back entry. 403-341-4445

VII MASSAGE #7,7464 Gaetz Ave. Pampering at its BEST! 403-986-6686 Come in and see why we are the talk of the town. www.viimassage.biz

Misc. Services

1290

5* JUNK REMOVAL

Property clean up 340-8666 RED’S AUTO. Free scrap vehicle & metal removal. We travel. May pay cash for vehicle. AMVIC APPROVED. 403-396-7519 UNWANTED House & Garage Items - Will haul to land fill. 403-896-2108

Painters/ Decorators

1310

LAUREL TRUDGEON Residential Painting and Colour Consultations. 403-342-7801.

Personal Services

1315

REIKO’S Finest Asian Massage

In call only. 587-377-1298 9 am - 6 pm. Mon. - Fri. 5003-50 St.

Seniors’ Services

1372

HELP FOR SENIORS:

in home or facility family business est. 1999 bondable staff, great rates, gift certificates avail. 403-346-7777 helpinghandshomesupport.com

Snow Removal

IS HIRING!

1380

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3 FLR, 3 Bdrm house w/3 bath, new paint & carpets & deck at 7316-59 Ave. Avail. to over 30 tenants. No pets. Off street parking for 3 vehicles. Rent $1500, D.D. $1500. 403-341-4627 PONOKA ~ March 1st. 3 bedroom 1/2 duplex. 4 appliances. Rent $950, d.d. $950. No pets. 403-346-3943

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1200 SQ.FT. 2 bdrm. suite, satellite TV, all utils. incl. except phone and internet, Rural location, 5 acres, pasture negot., avail. immed., ref’s req’d. N.S., no pets. 403-782-3893 CLEARVIEW bi-level. 2 bdrm., 1 bath, 5 appls, balcony. Close to park & bus. $900 +utils. 403-210-1360 GLENDALE reno’d 2 bdrm. apartments, avail. immed, rent $875 403-596-6000 LARGE, 1 & 2 BDRM. SUITES. 25+, adults only n/s, no pets 403-346-7111

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MOUNTVIEW: Avail now 1 fully furn bdrm for rent. $500/$250. Working or Student M preferred. Call 403-396-2468. ROOM FOR RENT $550./mo. 403-352-7417 SMALL BDRM. Furn. $450 rent/sd 403-342-4604

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BLACKFALDS Fully Developed. 4 bdrms. 3.5 baths, front att. garage. 2 storey. Indoor/outdoor Àreplace, hardwood, tile, house-wide deck, wet bar & many more upgrades. Please phone Lloyd at 403-391-9294 for all the details. $448,500 incl. legal fees, appls., GST. Sorry, no realtors or agents. RENO’D FULL DUPLEX in Ponoka. 3 bdrm., 1 bath per side. $257,000. 403-963-0204

2004 FORD EXPLORER Exc. shape. New tires. Fully loaded. $9800 obo. 403-340-2042

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2007 INFINITI G35X AWD, auto., loaded. Summers & snows, 106,000 km, one owner, excellent cond. Must sell. $15000. 403845-4146, 844-5698

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RED’S AUTO. Free Scrap Vehicle & Metal Removal. AMVIC APPROVED. We travel. May pay cash for vehicle. 403-396-7519

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FREE removal of scrap vehicles. Will pay cash for some. 403-304-7585

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IN the Case Between: A.R. and Sandeep Rana Before the Honourable Judge R.W. Callan on Thursday the 14th day of November, 2013 in the Provincial Court of British Columbia This matter coming on for hearing at the Courthouse at 250 George Street, Prince George, British 2006 Acura RSX premium Columbia on 14 November, auto 57,000 km $12,888 2013 before the Sport & Import 348 8788 Honourable Judge R.W. Callan, and on hearing, Ben Levine, counsel for 2000 Chrysler Neon, 2L, 4 dr., A.R. who was present: 5 spd. Clean. 403-318-3040 Interim Order; Without 1999 PONTIAC Bonneyville Prejudice This Court or4 dr., saftied. 403-352-6995 ders that: 1. Pursuant to section 183 of the Family Law Act (the “Act”), Sandeep Rana (“Sandeep”) shall not communicate or contact directly or indirectly with A.R. and P.R. 2. Pursuant to section 183 of the Act, Sandeep is restrained from attending at, nearing or entering within 25 metres from #203-1850 10th at Ave (the “Location”). 3. www.garymoe.com Pursuant to section 183 of the Act, Sandeep is restrained from possessing a weapon or Àrearm. 4. This court orders, that any police ofÀcer, including any R.C.M.P. OfÀcer having jurisdiction in the province of British Columbia, who is provided with a copy of this order is directed to remove Sandeep from the Location immediately. 5. This Order shall expire on November Locally owned and 15, 2014 at 4 p.m. 6. family operated Sandeep may apply to have this order set aside upon 7-days’ notice to A.R.

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2008 TOYOTA Tacoma 4WD, double cab. V6, 4 auto, p.windows, p.d.l., tilt steering, cruise, air, alloy wheels, 5 pass. Cloth bucket seats, s/b, Áeet side, black. 227,000 km. $16,900. 403-505-3113

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1000 sq.ft. 2 bdrm., 2 bath. $192,000. 403-588-2550

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NEW BLACKFALDS ModiÀed Bi-level walk-out. 1560 sq.ft. beautiful 3 bdrm., 2 bath w/master bath & spa. Fireplace. Backing onto green trail. Many extras. $442,700. Please phone Lloyd at 403-391-9294

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THE ASSOCIATED PRESS SEATTLE — A U.S. citizen detained in North Korea for 15 months has been returned to a labour camp, prompting worries about his health, his sister said Friday. Kenneth Bae, who led tour groups in North Korea, was arrested in late 2012 and sentenced to 15 years hard labour for unspecified hostile acts, and calls for his release on humanitarian grounds have gone unanswered. After he lost 50 pounds (22 kilograms), he was moved last year to a hospital from a prison work camp where he had been farming vegetables. His sister, Terri Chung, said her family learned from the U.S. State Department on Friday that Bae was taken back to the camp on Jan. 20 — the same day he appeared before news reporters in Pyongyang wearing a prison uniform stamped with the number 103. “He’s back to eighthours-a-day, six-days-aweek hard labour,” she said. “We can’t help but be concerned about that.” The news coincided with the release of a story in a pro-Pyongyang newspaper based in Japan, Choson Sinbo, reporting that a U.S. envoy was expected to visit Bae by the end of the month. State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki did not comment directly

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U.S. citizen in North Korea returned to labour camp on the report, but she reiterated that the U.S. has made a longstanding offer to send its envoy on North Korean human rights issues, Robert King. In its report, Choson Sinbo said a reporter had interviewed Bae at the prison, and Bae said he had been notified that King could visit as soon as Monday. Such diplomatic outreach to North Korea is unpredictable, particularly as Washington and Pyongyang do not have formal ties. The North invited King to visit in August to seek a pardon for Bae but withdrew the invite at the last minute to protest U.S. military exercises. More military drills between the U.S. and South Korea are planned this month. Analysts say North Korea has previously used detained Americans as leverage in its standoff with the U.S. over its nuclear and missile programs, although Pyongyang said last May it would not use Bae as a bargaining chip. Bae, a 45-year-old father of three, was born in South Korea and immigrated to the U.S. with his parents and sister in 1985. He had been living in China as a Christian missionary for about seven years before his arrest. In the last few years, he began leading small tour groups, mostly of American and Canadian citizens, into a “special economic zone” designed to encourage commerce in northeastern North Korea.

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program — that the NSA’s use of all Americans’ phone records are critical in preventing potential terrorist plots. National security officials have said that the collection of bulk data is essential to national security because it provides a massive pool of calling records and other metadata that NSA analysts can quickly search to pinpoint calling patterns showing evidence of potential terror threats. Congressional critics have pressed efforts to end the bulk phone data sweeps, and two panels of experts have urged President Barack Obama to end the program because they see little counter-terrorism advantages and say the program intrudes on personal liberties. Obama has committed to ending government storage of phone records but still wants the NSA to have full access to the data. Civil liberties groups said they were not reassured by the reports, saying the government still intends to gather phone records from all American users. “To accept their legal reasoning is to accept that they will eventually collect everything, even if they’re not doing so already,” said Jameel Jaffer, deputy legal director for the American Civil Liberties Union. Verizon and AT&T said last December that they would provide figures this year on data requested by the government in law enforcement and intelligence investigations. But the Journal reported last year that several major cellphone entities including Verizon Wireless and T-Mobile were not part of the NSA’s bulk metadata collection. It is not clear why cellphone providers would not be covered by the NSA legal authority. Intelligence officials are already moving to alter the structure of the phone surveillance program to conform to changes Obama ordered last month.

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