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City still business friendly BY HARLEY RICHARDS ADVOCATE BUSINESS EDITOR It’s slipped a bit down the entrepreneurial pole, but Red Deer can still claim to be one of the most businessfriendly cities in the country. The Canadian Federation of Independent Business’s 2014 rankings of the best communities in which to start and grow a business has assigned the No. 8 spot to Red Deer. That’s down from last year, when the city placed fourth, and from 2012, when it was sixth. However, to be among the top 10 cities on a list of 122 is a noteworthy achievement, said Richard Truscott, the CFIB’s Alberta director. That shouldn’t be overshadowed by the loss or gain of a few positions from one year to the next. “It’s far more important that we celebrate those cities that are in the top 10,” he said, noting Alberta’s strong presence in the upper end of the list. Communities in this province hold the top eight spots, led by Lloydminster. Ranked second and third respectively are the Calgary-area conglomeration of Airdrie, Rocky View, Cochrane and Chestermere, and the collection of Edmonton bedroom communities consisting of Strathcona County, St. Albert, Parkland, Spruce Grove, Leduc and several other smaller municipalities. Fort McMurray is fourth, followed by Camrose, Grande Prairie, Brooks and Red Deer. Rounding out the top 10 are Saskatoon, Sask., and Collingwood, Ont. Alberta cities farther down the list are Medicine Hat (14th), Edmonton (17th), Lethbridge (24th), Calgary (29th) and Okotoks (36th). “It’s great to see so many of Alberta’s cities land in the top 10,” said Truscott.
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Fire investigator Joe Towers of Global Forensics Inc. photographs the scene of a house fire at 4 Falcon Close in Sylvan Lake on Monday. The cause of the blaze has yet to be determined.
Fires destroy homes in Sylvan Lake, Rimbey BY MARY-ANN BARR ADVOCATE STAFF A number of people have been left homeless after separate fires in Central Alberta destroyed two homes on Sunday. The first fire occurred at about 4:30 a.m. in Sylvan Lake at 4 Falcon Close. Sylvan fire chief Cliff Brausen said on Monday that no one was hurt in the fire, although one person next door
was transported to hospital. Three children and five adults, some whom may have been guests, were in the home at the time of the fire. While there were working smoke detectors in the home, the occupants were actually awakened by popping noises outside, said Brausen. The fire chief and deputy fire chief were among the first to arrive, and at that time the flames were “25 to 30 feet in the air,” he said. Firefighters were at the home in un-
der 10 minutes, the chief said. Brausen is confident that the fire started on the exterior of the house in the rear deck area and it is not suspicious. Part of the roof and most of the back of the house was destroyed by the fire. The house was about 12 years old. The occupants are receiving assistance from Red Cross and Victim Services.
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AHS hoping almost half of Albertans will get flu shots BY SUSAN ZIELINSKI ADVOCATE STAFF
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Jennifer Bennett of Penhold holds 20-month-old Atticus as he screams out while getting his influenza immunization at the Pidherney’s Red Deer Curling Centre on Monday.
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Alberta Health Services hopes 45 per cent of Albertans will get their free immunization shot this season to protect against influenza. Last year, 27 per cent of Albertans were immunized. In Central Alberta, the rate was in to low to mid 20 per cent range. “Influenza can be a severe disease in some people. It can kill people. Fortunately, we do have our vaccine available for everyone six months of age and older. While it’s not perfect, it certainly does reduce your chances of coming down with influenza,” said Dr.
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Drop-in shelter for homeless closing BY MARY-ANN BARR ADVOCATE STAFF
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Just as colder weather approaches, the only day drop-in shelter for the homeless and other street people in Red Deer has had to close its doors. Berachah Place, operated by a local business, shut down on Friday. When the shelter first opened, in 2005, a local church funded it. A few years ago, that ended. Justin Hubert, who was involved from the beginning with Berachah Place, said Tuesday that his family business, Heritage Family Services, stepped in to continue the operation, out of good will. The shelter operated in the basement of the Central Alberta Aids Network Society (4611 Gaetz Ave.), which rents the building from a company owned by the Hubert family. No rent was being charged for the Berachah Place program. The facility provided a place for people to get warm, do laundry, shower, store belongings and have
a snack. “I absolutely believe it’s necessary. I absolutely wish I could keep doing it. I can’t. We don’t have the funding,” Hubert said. “Our whole community needs to be on board because when one person tries to run one day shelter by themselves in Red Deer, it doesn’t work.” One of the problems was continual staff changeovers, people Hubert described as “all great people”. It also became apparent that for safety, they needed two staff. This, combined with the fact they were getting nowhere with obtaining other funding, spelled the end, he said. “Basically we just had one too many challenges,” said Hubert. The hope was that Berachah Place could become a nonprofit operation, so they could obtain funding,
and fundraise, he said. Berachah Place first ran seven days a week — in the end, this summer it was down to three days a week. He said he felt “horrible” about having to shut it down. For the next little while Hubert said he is going to figure out when to set up times for homeless people to come and get things they have stored there. There are no plans for the vacant space, he said. A lot of life for homeless people in Red Deer is spent just surviving in the elements, Hubert said, noting he’s seen the camps under bridges and in trees. In the day, like at night, it can be -40C as well, he said. “We need a group of people ... that can come around to the day shelter need that Red Deer has and engage the community of Red Deer on that. That’s what we need.”
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Rimbey Fire and Rescue Department was called to an acreage about 1.6 km northeast of the town at about 3:15 p.m. on Sunday. Horne said isolated cases of the flu are occurring now and that will typically increase significantly through the season. He encouraged people to get vaccinated as soon as possible. “Some people think they won’t get infected. That may be true for 75 per cent of people. But if you’re the unlucky 25 per cent, you’ll get it,” he said at Red Deer’s first clinic held at Pidherney Centre. The vaccine protects against two A influenza strains and one B strain. The nasal vaccine spray available for children age two to 17 protects against two A and two B strains. The influenza vaccine does not protect against enterovirus, which arrived this fall in Alberta and causes breathing problems in severe cases for children. Alberta Health Services says it is still trying to confirm if it’s the same strain that is causing paralysis-like symptoms in the United States. As of Oct. 10, Central Zone had seen 14 confirmed enterovirus cases and 93 across the province. Horne said the number of confirmed enterovirus cases is dropping in Alberta so whether enterovirus will complicate the flu season is unknown. He didn’t know of anyone with both infections at the same time. “The best you can do is make sure kids are immunized and try and avoid (influenza) infection.” He said there is enough vaccine for Albertans. Flu vaccine is also available free from family physicians and at pharmacies. Upcoming public immunization clinics in Red Deer include: ● Today and Nov. 10, from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., at Pidherney Centre (former Red Deer Curling Centre), 4725 43rd St. ● Nov. 24, from 12:30 to 7:30 p.m., at Pidherney Centre.
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FIRES: Candle may have sparked Rimbey blaze The home immediately east of the main fire also suffered some exterior damage. In the second fire, the Rimbey Fire and Rescue Department was called to an acreage about 1.6 km northeast of the town at about 3:15 p.m. on Sunday. Fire chief John Weisberger said the older doublewide home was extensively damaged from smoke and heat. One person suffered minor burns. “We’re still looking at it but it looks like a candle was involved,” he said. He was not certain of the number of people affected by the fire, but said the occupants of the home are now staying in a local hotel. The fire occurred on Range Road 22, off Township Road 424. barr@reddeeradvocate.com
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John Sennema, manager of Red Deer’s Land and Economic Development Department, was pleased to see Red Deer crack the top 10 of CFIB’s list for the fifth consecutive year — and also that other Alberta communities were also in the spotlight. “It’s amazing to just see what Alberta is doing as a whole.” Truscott thinks Alberta’s strong showing in the entrepreneurial rankings reflects more than the province’s endowment of natural resources. “One of the reasons I personally believe Alberta does so well in terms of the national rankings is that the spirit of entrepreneurship is deep within the DNA of this province. It goes all the way back to when the province was settled; everybody who came here was taking risks and starting on something new.” CFIB’s rankings are based on 14 criteria, which fall into three broad categories: presence, perspective and policy. Presence refers to the scale and growth of business ownership; perspective to optimism and plans for growth; and policy to the influence of local government through actions like taxation and regulation. Red Deer earned 8.4 points out of a possible 25 for presence, 23.1 out of 35 for perspective, and 32.9 out of 40 for policy. The final category is important, said Truscott, because it’s within the control of the municipal government. “Anything above 30 on this scale on the policy side is very respectable,” he said in praise of Red Deer’s performance. Sennema said his department, and the city, are striving to better their performance in this area — both through existing programs and through new initiatives. “Even in licensing and inspections, we are implementing different programs to become more customer-friendly.” Sennema thinks the city can influence Red Deer’s scores in the other categories as well. He pointed to its efforts to bring the 2019 Canada Winter Games to Central Alberta as an example. “The facilities that that brings to our region is going to make it a better place to live.” Red Deer’s aggressive timelines in bringing land in the city-owned Queens Business Park to market is another illustration of how public policy can encourage entrepreneurship, said Sennema. “One of our initiatives was to always have serviced, industrial land available, which helps business.” The CFIB rankings included communities with more than 25,000 people. It used data collected from Statistics Canada and from surveys of CFIB’s own 109,000 members across Canada. hrichards@reddeeradvocate.com
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Menthol ban up in the air BY THE CANADIAN PRESS EDMONTON — Health advocates fear part of Alberta’s flavoured tobacco legislation that would ban menthol may go up in smoke. Cathy Gladwin asked Health Minister Stephen Mandel and Premier Jim Prentice about the law last week when they knocked on her door while they were campaigning in Edmonton, where Mandel hopes to win a seat in a byelection. Gladwin, who is on the board of the Alberta Public Health Association, said she asked them not to exempt menthol from the legislation, which was passed last fall, but has not yet been put into effect. She said Mandel told her that banning menthol is a difficult challenge. He would not give her any assurances, she said. “It sounds like it is a no-go on menthol,” she said in an interview. “That was definitely my impression, that they were going to let menthol be exempt. “I did say to them, ‘If you don’t include menthol, it won’t prevent youth
from taking up smoking.”’ Bill 206 calls for banning flavoured tobacco, but doesn’t specifically mention menthol or any other flavour. The legislation is aimed at restricting the sale of tobacco products that are designed to attract young people. But the law gives the government the authority to apply the ban to everyone. Mandel said the government is wrestling with what to do about menthol as it develops regulations that will flesh out the law. When asked in an interview if the province remains committed to a ban on menthol, including cigarettes, Mandel said he couldn’t give a definitive answer. “I don’t want to answer yes or no to things that are still up in the air,” he told The Canadian Press. “Menthol is the one that is still up in the air.” Mandel said there is some concern the province could face a legal challenge, but there have been no threats of a lawsuit. He suggested some people in the government are worried about public support for a ban even though the legislation passed with almost unanimous
support. “There are differing opinions as to what the impact of it could be on individuals and individual rights, things like that,” he said. Is the concern because a ban would also apply to adults? “I am not at this point in time going to comment on that, but I think if you ban, you ban, don’t you?” Mandel said the government would indicate where it stands on menthol before the end of the year. Health groups across the country have been holding Alberta up as an example that other governments should follow when it comes to flavoured tobacco legislation. On Sept. 30, the Canadian Cancer Society, the Heart and Stroke Foundation and the Lung Association urged all health ministers to join Alberta in banning flavoured tobacco products. They cited surveys that suggest that menthol is the most popular flavoured tobacco product among youths and that one in three young people who smoke prefer menthol cigarettes. The cancer society said any legitimate ban on flavoured tobacco must
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include menthol. Alberta isn’t the only government that has grappled with what to do about the minty tobacco flavour. The federal government exempted menthol from its flavoured tobacco ban legislation in 2009. Ontario introduced a bill to restrict access to flavoured tobacco, but exempted menthol. The proposed legislation died in June when a provincial election was called. The Ontario Medical Association is urging Premier Kathleen Wynne’s government to reintroduce the bill and to include a ban on menthol cigarettes. The association said underage smokers who use menthol cigarettes smoke more often and are more likely to continue later in life. Alberta’s uncertainty about menthol has anti-smoking advocates fuming. Les Hagen of Action on Smoking and Health said the province has been heavily lobbied by the tobacco industry about its legislation. He said the industry will lose money if there is a menthol ban in Alberta and the idea takes hold in other provinces.
‘Ethical conflict’ delays case BY THE CANADIAN PRESS
BY PAUL COWLEY ADVOCATE STAFF Newly elected board members in Wildrose’s fractious Rimbey-Rocky Mountain House-Sundre constituency have called in a lawyer. Toronto-based Donald Bur, who has much experience in Alberta, had been hired to provide a legal opinion on whether a controversial board election last week was within party rules. The riding’s annual general meeting in Rocky Mountain House became heated last Wednesday when the names of candidates nominated for constituency association president and two other key positions did not appear on the ballot. Sitting MLA Joe Anglin submitted the names ahead of a 14-day deadline and his supporters argued they should have been included on the ballot. Jason Nixon — who was elected to represent the riding in the next election in a contentious party vote earlier this year — and his supporters disagreed. After a lively debate over the issue, they left the meeting.
Maskwacis woman charged with murder RCMP have charged a Maskwacis woman with second degree murder in the death of a woman stabbed to death in August 2013 in the townsite then
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Remaining party members elected a slate of pro-Anglin candidates. Both sides in the dispute have been asked by the party’s executive committee to present their case and party bosses plan to make a decision on the legitimacy of the election soon. Bur said he is reviewing party nomination and election rules and expects to provide his legal opinion to new board members later this week. Among the issues to be clarified is whether the nominating committee is the only one with authority to put forward candidates for the positions of president, vice-president membership and treasurer. The issue breaks down to “who is entitled to put the names forward,” Bur said. Supporters of Anglin see the refusal of the board to include their candidates on the ballot as a self-serving effort by Nixon’s camp to keep control of the board. “It all comes down to democratic principles,” said Bur. “If you control who’s actually put on the board by controlling the nominations, the votes don’t actually matter any more.
“It becomes a rubber stamping.” Edwin Erickson, who was elected the new president last week, has also questioned the fairness of Nixon serving as chair of the nominating committee. In a news release issued on Monday, the board takes issue with “several misstatements and rumours that attempt to challenge” the party and the board. Erickson said he’s heard the contested nominations were not accepted because the nomination committee couldn’t reach them before the vote, which he denies. More troubling to Erickson are rumours floating around that there was violence at the meeting. That is untrue, he said. Should they choose, the new board could appeal to the Alberta Court of Queen’s Bench to get a declaration that the election of the current board members is valid. Nixon did not return a call for comment on Monday. pcowley@reddeeradvocate.com
known as Hobbema. Charmaine Cheralee Louis-Crier will face the charge when she appears in Wetaskiwin court today. On Aug. 8, 2013, RCMP responded to a call that a female had been stabbed at a residence at the townsite of what is now called Maskwacis. A 19-year-old
woman was transported to Wetaskiwin hospital, where she was pronounced dead. On Friday, RCMP and major crime investigators arrested Louis-Crier. She remains in custody. Police did not disclose the name of the dead woman.
EDMONTON — A sentencing hearing has been postponed for an Edmonton mother who starved and abused her two-year-old twin daughters before one of them died in hospital. The woman, who can’t be named, pleaded guilty earlier this year to manslaughter, aggravated assault and failing to provide the necessities of life. Defence lawyer Chady Moustarah told court Monday that he has an “ethical conflict” and must withdraw from the case. He said his client has the option of asking a new lawyer to file an application to strike her guilty pleas but didn’t indicate if that is her plan. The 36-year-old woman has had three other lawyers since she was arrested in 2012. She was originally charged with second-degree murder. Court of Queen’s Bench Justice Eric Macklin ordered her back in court Thursday, hopefully with another lawyer, to set a new hearing date. In June, the woman admitted in a court document that she didn’t provide her daughters with adequate food and assaulted them over a prolonged period of time. The assaults led to serious head injuries. Paramedics called to the family’s home on May 25, 2012 found the tiny twins strapped in infant car seats. They were no bigger than six-month-old babies. Skin was hanging loose from their bodies, their ribs stuck out from their chests and they were covered in scabs and bruises.
Berachah Place offered lunches (provided by outside groups with the proper cooking facilities). For the most part, soup kitchens and churches are focused on providing food at breakfast and supper, she said. “The tricky part is you are out walk-
ing around all day. You can imagine how tiring that is. But also there’s a lot of people who really don’t want you to loiter around,” Vanderschaeghe said. “It’s just a matter of time until it snows.” barr@reddeeradvocate.com
There are night shelter programs in Red Deer for people in need. Jennifer Vanderschaeghe, executive director of CAANS, said since Friday they are already seeing an impact of the closure of Berachah Place, such as traffic patterns at her office.
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Taking on Internet trolls FREE SPEECH REQUIRES COURAGE AND A PUBLIC FACE; ONLINE TROLLING MERELY SPAWNS AN ONLINE REMEDY The reason we cherish the concept of free speech is the same reason we also have libel laws: people disagree. On everything. Isaac Newton’s law says that for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction. It applies as much to opinions as to physics. Where opinions clash, sometimes truth emerges. But often there is only GREG wreckage. NEIMAN I seldom read the comments that follow online news stories or opinion pieces. Not because I don’t care what people think, but because reading conversations between anonymous identities is simply not very helpful. But I do read anonymous online opinions about consumer goods that I might buy or services I’m shopping for, like hotel accommodations in places where I plan to travel. Until recently, I’d missed the connection between them and the comments sections following news stories. My bad.
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When people post anonymous opinions, it’s often more work than it’s worth to find the grains of truth behind the invective poured out by people who would silence themselves very quickly if their true identities were revealed. That’s what happened recently to Ottawa student Olivia Parsons. According to her story, she had a bad experience with a landlord. After she moved to a new address, she posted a negative review of the management company on consumer complaints websites like Yelp, Pissed Consumer and Google. Under an assumed name, of course. What surprised her (and me) is that the landlord, CLV Group, discovered her true identity and new address — and sent her a cease-and-desist letter threatening legal action if her critical posts were not taken down in five days. Disputes between landlords and tenants are pretty common. So is the clench in one’s gut when a corporation backed by a legal firm sends you the message: “We know who you are, we know where you live, stop saying bad things about us.” So the posts came down. If being named publicly is enough to stop an anonymous troll from spewing whatever it is that anonymous trolls spew, being exposed by a well-known consumer advocate like CBC’s Go Pub-
lic can also have a cease-and-desist effect. I’m not interested if Parson’s complaints as reported by Go Public would stand up in court as defence against a libel suit. I’m interested in what’s become of our notion of free speech in the age of the Internet. Our concepts of free speech and fair comment grew up in a public marketplace. If your opinions can be repeated face-to-face in a public square (assuming you have the courage to say them in the public square), they can be weighed by the legal system that also grew up in the public square. People claim the Internet is the ultimate public square. But really, it isn’t. Not when people of insufficient courage or plain bad intentions can anonymously post online judgments against people or organizations in the real world. Would you call this an erosion of free speech? I would. But the online world does not worry about such concepts. The Internet simply adapts. Imagine being the operator of a hotel and a malicious review of your establishment is posted online, for all the world to see on a giant consumer review site like TripAdvisor. What do you do? You contact an online reputation and reassurance ser-
vice, like Kwikchex. So instead of publicly determining if the hotel’s restaurant really did serve bad mussels, or if there really are bedbugs crawling the room, you pit one online giant against another, using more legal resources than anyone could possibly afford on their own. So, as Kwikchex claims, thousands of negative online reviews are taken down and large entities like TripAdvisor get challenged in court. Or an individual consumer like Olivia Parsons contacts an online advocate. How much of this even has brushing contact with free speech? In my view, not much. If you think your landlord has done you wrong, there are agencies set up to help determine the truth of the matter. If you don’t think a hotel gave good service for the money, sign your name to the complaint. If you think I — or anyone else — may be full of baloney, don’t hide behind a baloney moniker to say so. Our ideas about free speech and fair comment are not fully transferable to the Internet. Not yet, anyway. Until they are, the Internet grows its own adaptations. Greg Neiman is a retired Advocate editor. Follow his blog at readersadvocate. blogspot.ca or email greg.neiman.blog@ gmail.com.
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Get behind our war effort May I start off by saying that I was appalled last week when I heard the response of NDP Leader Thomas Mulcair and Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau to Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s plan to back the war against ISIS along with, I believe, 60 other countries. As well, I was disappointed to read the letter in Monday’s Advocate re: Are we sliding into another war? I’m not politically minded, but as I read the response of the two leaders, I sensed a lack of patriotism on their part, and it seemed to me that they were playing politics. First off, we in Canada are dealing with a real threat from a wealthy terrorist organization that considers anyone who does not agree with their ideology to be infidels and should be killed by any method possible. CSIS has been looking into a number of threats of late of this nature and agree that the threats are real, and there are people in Canada who side with ISIS as has been manifested in, I believe, some 130 “so called” Canadians who have headed to the Middle East to join this terrorist movement. Mulcair suggests it’s not a UN-sanctioned operation all these other countries are involved in, and that Canada should refrain from their support and use diplomacy. Tell me, how would Mulcair do such a thing while in a box with his head on his lap? These terrorists do not know the meaning of diplomacy, and one could never trust them in light of their ideology, an ideology that thinks nothing of beheading individuals, and from other reports, cuts children in half plus other atrocities. Trudeau is too wet behind the ears and too young to even be leading a Canadian party when we are facing such threats. I do not believe that he has the wisdom or experience to understand the dire situation that is facing the free world today by a group such as ISIS. I am in my 80s and well remember the Second World War and the war effort it took on the part of Canada. My reason for stating this is that both men mentioned the cost to Canada. Since when have we put money ahead of lives? How well I recall Winston Churchill saying along with other Allied leaders words to this effect “.... we must win at all costs.” May I suggest that if costs are a burden for the government coffers, why not do what we did during the Second World War? The government sold war bonds and stamps and used what salvage (recycling today) to assist the war effort. I’m sure many of you can still recall the songs those two precious songstresses, Sally Fields and Vera Lynn, and the words of many songs that helped us to carry on to defeat the enemy. One more thing: a poll was taken recently and reported to say that 64 per cent of Canadians said they favoured Canada backing the war against ISIS, which is Harper’s plan. When I saw the results of the debate in the House — 157 for and 134 against — I couldn’t help thinking, if those members of the opposition had been able to leave their party line and vote on behalf of their constituents and good common sense for the common good for all, I’m quite sure the results would have been much different, and the vote would have been more in favour of backing the war against ISIS. Also, we should be mindful that this plan of Harp-
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er’s in no way diminishes the humanitarian aid. Something for all of us to consider: when we stand to sing 0 Canada, do we really mean it? If we do, we should give Harper and our Canadian Forces our prayers and support to help end this conflict in the name of freedom and peace for all. ISIS terrorism defeated! Richard Duffin Red Deer
For the love of bacon, care for animals The shocking video recently released by Mercy For Animals Canada of horrific abuse to hogs by workers at a Red Deer facility brings a very old issue to the forefront. You see, Canada’s food animal treatment laws haven’t changed since the 1900s, even though the way food animals are raised, transported and killed has, along with the staggering increase in demand. Food animals are considered property, and the recent video has me wondering if what happened to those hogs is actually illegal? Aside from the obvious assertion that what happened is wrong, abusive and inhumane, the idea that this kind of thing happens all the time and we just don’t know it has begun to emerge in the conversations I’ve been having about this topic. Many of us were simply ignorant of the plight of food animals. Hogs that very likely have been turned into bacon that is eaten in Red Deer may have been the stars of that video. I’m amazed at the community spirit I see every day in Red Deer, from the fight to keep Michener Centre open to the effort to bring the Canada Winter Games here. I know people are proud to call this place home for good reason, but our city being known as the place where this horrific act took place cannot be swept under the rug.
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I’m really passionate about animal rights. I know that not everyone loves animals like I do, and that’s OK, but I know you aren’t OK with happened at Western Hog Exchange. I’m issuing a call to action: we have an opportunity to use this horrible act as a catalyst for change. If enough citizens demand action and use their buying power to speak clearly, we can force food animal producers to change their very outdated and abusive ways. There are better methods for transporting, housing and slaughtering food animals that can reduce the levels of stress and are considered more humane ways to slaughter food animals. The current methods are completely unnecessary. Recently I noticed that Save-On Foods has begun labelling their eggs: “caged,” “cage free indoors with limited movement” and what was interesting to me about this is that the shelves labeled “organic, outdoor, free range” at a price of over $7 were empty, while the others remained full. If hog producers feel they have to keep archaic practices in place to keep bacon prices down, I wonder why? Wouldn’t people rather pay a little more to ensure the pigs they are eating were treated humanely? There are sources of humanely raised, transported and slaughtered pork in Red Deer. Big Bend Market comes to mind but there are others, too. Please seek them out and purchase only from them. Please write to your MP, grocery store owner, Western Hog Producers, Olymel, Maple Leaf, the mayor and city councillors of Red Deer; tell them this kind of thing doesn’t fly in Red Deer, we simply will not stand for it. Please do it because you care about where your food comes from, do it because you’re a good person, do it because you love bacon. Tiffany Rose Red Deer
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Speed, alcohol, possible factors in death of motorcyclist WANDERING RIVER — A motorcycle rider has been killed in a collision with a recreational trailer that closed a busy northern Alberta highway for six hours while police investigated. The accident happened Sunday afternoon in the southbound lane of Highway 63, about five kilometres south of Wandering River. RCMP say the motorbike with just one rider aboard was following the trailer when the driver of the tow vehicle slowed to make a left-hand turn. They say a 49-year-old man who was driving the bike couldn’t slow down in time to avoid a collision. The victim — a resident of Onoway, Alta., — died at the scene. Mounties say speed and alcohol have not been ruled out as factors in the collision.
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Nine years for beating that left grandmother with brain damage EDMONTON — A man who was 17 when he beat and sexually assaulted an Edmonton woman so badly she has permanent brain damage has been sentenced as an adult to nine years in prison. Court heard the 62-year-old grandmother lay on a frozen sidewalk in the middle of winter for two hours before she was found. She was hypothermic and naked from the waist down. She had just finished work as a cleaner and was walking home from the bus stop when she was attacked. The man — whose identity cannot be revealed under a publication ban — is receiving some credit for time served. He still faces six years, two months and 22 days for the aggravated sexual assault in January 2012. “I’m sorry for what I’ve done to this family,” the man, who pleaded guilty, said in Edmonton youth court on Monday. “I just want to say I made a bad decision.” Court heard during the sentencing hearing that the youth had been drinking the day of the attack and had a long history of substance abuse. Court was told his mother drank and used drugs while she was pregnant and he had spent time in and out of group homes. Victim impact statements by the woman’s three sons described how the family has been devastated by the assault, which happened while their father was dying of lung cancer. The victim spent two months in a coma after the
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ACQUIRE TYLER SANDHU FROM SILVERTIPS FOR PAIR OF FOURTH ROUND PICKS BY GREG MEACHEM ADVOCATE SPORTS EDITOR While the Red Deer Rebels have given up far more goals through 11 games this season than what is deemed acceptable to the coaching staff, the club hasn’t exactly lit it up offensively, either. The Rebels have scored 33 goals to date and only six have come via a power play that is ranked 18th in the league with a 15 per cent success rate. Rebels GM/head coach Brent Sutter addressed — and is hoping he partially rectified — the situation with Monday’s acquisition of 18-year-old winger Tyler Sandhu from the Everett Silvertips. “He’s a kid we’re hoping can come in and give us some offence,” said Sutter, who gave up a fourth-round pick (originally belonging to the Regina Pats) in the 2015 bantam draft and a fourth-round selection in 2016 in return for the five-foot-10, 180-pound native of Richmond, B.C. “He’s certainly someone who has done it in the past,” Sutter continued. “He scored 19 goals as a 16-year-old in our league and last season he had a tough year with injuries and stuff and still scored 13 goals (in 47 games). “He’s a skilled player who can skate and shoot the puck. We had to add something to our power play and needed to add some offence to our top nine forwards. Like any trade, there’s always risk involved, but he’s excited about coming here and we’re excited about adding him to our group.” Sandhu, who was driving to Richmond from Everett Monday, will fly into Red Deer today and will be in the Rebels lineup Friday versus the visiting Prince George Cougars. Sandhu scored 18 goals and recorded 45 points in 38 games with the B.C. Major Midget League Greater Vancouver Canadians as a 15-year-old in 201112. A second-round pick of Portland in the 2011 bantam draft, he was part of a package Everett received from the Winterhawks in exchange for defenceman Seth Jones.
Sandhu garnered 19 goals and 33 points in 62 games during his rookie WHL season, and then contributed 13 goals and 30 points in an injury-shortened 2013-14 campaign. He was relegated to fourth-line duty this fall and scored one goal in nine games with the ‘Tips. For more on Sandhu, here are some excerpts from a blog written by Nick Patterson of the Everett Herald: “I’ve talked to both Sandhu and Tips general manager Garry Davidson, and there seems to be some discrepancy on whether Sandhu asked for a trade. Davidson said Sandhu was dissatisfied with his role and requested a trade, while Sandhu said he didn’t request a trade and that it came as a shock. “But regardless of whether a trade request was made or not, I can’t say this deal comes as a surprise to me. “From Sandhu’s perspective, he was maybe the best 16-year-old in the Western Conference two seasons ago (he won the Best 16-year-old in that season’s Best of the West poll), but now found himself on the fourth line and seeing little if any power-play time. From the Tips’ perspective, they had a player who seemed to be regressing after a promising rookie campaign. Davidson sounded like he wasn’t looking to trade Sandhu away and that he would have liked Sandhu to be patient, but that Sandhu continued to express frustration with his role and that Sandhu might need a fresh start. “I’ll say this much. If things click for Sandhu in Red Deer — and that’s still an “if” — this will be one heck of a trade for the Rebels. Sandhu will be a 19-year-old in his fourth WHL season when Red Deer hosts the Memorial Cup, and he has the potential to be an impact offensive performer for that team. “If he becomes a point-per-game player, he costs Red Deer at least a first rounder this time next year.” ● Regarding the class action lawsuit filed against the Canadian Hockey League Monday (see story on this page), Sutter refused to comment, and in fact all major junior teams have
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The Rebels will be looking to 18-year-old Tyler Sandhu to help kick start a sluggish offence after a trade with the Everett Silvertips on Monday. been told not to address the lawsuit. The commissioners of the CHL issued a statement Monday defending the CHL’s education and post-secondary scholarship programs, extensive health and safety, anti-doping and mentoring programs, a comprehensive mental health program and out-ofpocket expense coverage, equipment, billeting and travel costs.
“In terms of the class action that was filed today in Toronto late last week, the CHL, our member leagues and teams will vigorously defend ourselves against this action which will not only have a negative effect on hockey in Canada but through all sports in which amateur student athletes are involved,” the statement concluded. gmeachem@reddeeradvocate.com
More labour unrest in CHL faced with class action lawsuit players are employees within the meaning of minimum-age legislation across the country versus an indepenA class action lawsuit launched dent contractor,” said Toronto lawyer against the Canadian Hockey League Ted Charney, who is representing the alleges its players are underpaid and players. “If the judge hearing the class seeks millions in financial compensa- action decides they’re employees, in my opinion, there is a breach of legistion. The suit claims players have been lation across the country.” CHL commissioner David Branch paid less than the minimum wage required by law in their regions and asks counters the players are neither emfor $180 million in back wages, over- ployees nor independent contractors. “They’re amateur student-athletes,” time and vacation pay, as well as puniBranch said in an interview Monday. tive damages. The CHL is the umbrella organiza- “We’ll certainly vigorously defend tion for the Western Hockey League, ourselves because this could not onOntario Hockey League and Quebec ly in our view have a negative effect Major Junior Hockey League. It touts on hockey in Canada, but through all itself as the top development league sports in which amateur student-athletes are involved.” for the NHL. Charney disagrees with the Branch’s There are 60 teams in the CHL stretching from Victoria to Halifax as description of the players. “It’s hardly an amwell as eight teams ateur league,” Charbased in the United ‘THE LEAGUE IS IN THE ney said. “The league States. More than BUSINESS OF MAKING is in the business of 1,300 players ranging from age 16 to 20 play PROFITS, WHICH THEY making profits, which they do, significant in the CHL’s leagues, DO, SIGNIFICANT profits off the serwhich comprise both vices provided by the privately owned and PROFITS OFF THE players who get basicommunity-owned clubs. Teams such as SERVICES PROVIDED BY cally zilch in terms of the Calgary Hitmen THE PLAYERS WHO GET services. “Normally an amaand Edmonton Oil BASICALLY ZILCH IN teur athlete plays a Kings are owned by TERMS OF SERVICES..’ sport for a university the NHL team in their or a school and they respective cities. —LAWYER TED CHARNEY have amateur standThe lawsuit is the REPRESENTING CHL PLAYERS ing and the school latest labour shot or university doesn’t across the major jucompensate them for nior hockey’s bow. their services. Here An attempt to unionize major junior players stalled in 2012, but Canada’s they’re actually getting a fee. The problargest private sector union Unifor ex- lem with the fee is it’s not minimum pressed interest in July in represent- wage.” Branch says the CHL paid out more ing the players in the future. A statement of claim filed last Fri- than $6 million in post-secondary day in Ontario court alleges that if scholarships to 579 players last season. “We have an education program unplayers want to participate in these leagues, they must sign contracts pay- matched in amateur sport,” he said. ing them a weekly fee between $35 and “We believe it’s the best scholarship $125 per week with no set hourly wage, program in North America. We’ve invested for the player in extensive overtime, vacation or holiday pay. The lawsuit cites OHL players as health and safety programs, anti-dopexamples, saying they devote 35 to 40 ing and drug education. “We are into developing and exhours to a team and receive $50 a week ecuting a mental health program in on average. None of the allegations have been partnership with the Canadian Mental Health Association to support our proven in court. The crux of the lawsuit isn’t wheth- players. In addition to that while player the players are professional or ama- ing in our league, all their expenses teur, but whether they are employees are covered — equipment, billeting, of their teams or “independent con- travel costs and so forth.” tractors.” “The big question is whether the Please see CHL on Page B2 BY THE CANADIAN PRESS
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The Edmonton Oilers congratulate Taylor Hall (4) on his penalty shot goal against the Tampa Bay Lightning during second period NHL action in Edmonton, on Monday. Left to right on the bench is Mark Arcobello (26), Jordan Eberle (14), Ryan Nugent-Hopkins (93), David Perron (57) and Leon Draisaitl (29).
Oilers ground Lightning to get first win of season BY THE CANADIAN PRESS Oilers 3 Lightning 2 EDMONTON — The Edmonton Oilers are no longer the only team in the Western Conference without a win. Taylor Hall had a penalty-shot goal and added an assist and Ryan NugentHopkins scored the game winner in the final minutes as the Oilers finally found their way into the win column, defeating the Tampa Bay Lightning 3-2 on Monday. Justin Schultz also scored for the Oilers (1-4-1), who had tied a franchise record for their worst start to the season before gaining the victory. Edmonton allowed the Lightning to tie the game with six minutes remaining in the third, but remained composed and captured the win. “I thought tonight we really battled hard,” said Nugent-Hopkins. “They tied it late and we had a really good pushback, so it was really good to see. “We all stayed pretty positive on the bench when they tied it. We know what we can do, we know that we could beat this team if we played our best. We stuck to it and it worked out for us.” Oilers goalie Ben Scrivens made 22 saves in the Edmonton net. “Tonight was one game, another step in the right direction, but those winning habits don’t come overnight,” he said. “It takes a lot of repetition for
them to be second nature and we have a long way to go, but this was a good step.” Hall, Nugent-Hopkins and Jordan Eberle were often pitted against the Steven Stamkos line and were pleased to be able to hold one of the league’s best off of the scoresheet. “Stamkos is a world class player, he showed that the other night in Vancouver, he took that game over,” Hall said. “Guys like that, Nuge, myself and Ebs, we really take pride in going up against stars like that and trying to play well against them. Tonight was a good show of that, so hopefully we can keep going head to head against these great players and doing well.” Brian Boyle and Brett Connolly scored in response for the Lightning , who dropped to 3-2-1 on the season. “We have to be better,” said Lightning goalie Ben Bishop. “We can’t come out and play like this on the road and expect to win. We had too many breakdowns all over the ice. We showed some fight in the third, but it still wasn’t even close enough to win in this league.” Tampa Bay head coach Jon Cooper said it was hard to see which was the team that has struggled all season. “I’d say we looked like a winless club tonight,” he said.
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When a star player gets hurt, how much does his team suffer? STAT PUTS VALUE ON HOW MUCH AN INJURY IMPACTS PRODUCTION As fans we’ve all been there: Your favourite team is firing on all cylinders, and you’re certain this is the year your squad going to win it all. Then there’s that gut-wrenching moment: Sidney Crosby’s concussion. Steven Stamkos’s leg. Erik Karlsson’s ankle ... the list goes on. Few things can change a team’s fortunes as suddenly as an injury. But when that key guy goes down, how can you tell how bad it will be? Most commentators tend to focus on a player’s offensive production. So, for example, when Stamkos went down last season, we heard a lot about the loss of a former 60-goal scorer and a favourite to win the Rocket Richard trophy. When we’re talking about a guy who will get you 45 goals in an “off” year and 60 in a good one that’s probably good enough. Very few people in the league, let alone on Tampa Bay, can replace that production. But if we’re talking about Vincent Lecavalier’s current injury vs. Jordan Staal’s, who will be missed more by his team? Lecavalier had 37 points in 69 games last season, whereas Staal had 40 in 82. On a point-per-game basis, Lecavalier gets the edge, but not by enough to make you sure either way. What we do know for sure is that both guys logged significant ice time last season (Staal averaged 18:56, while Lecavalier averaged 15:11), and someone will have to carry those minutes. If you want to know what each team has available to fill that void, a handy statistic called Corsi Rel percentage will help you figure that out.
There are a couple of variations on how Corsi Rel percentage is calculated, but I prefer the simple version used by war-on-ice.com, which takes an individual player’s Corsi For percentage (measured as the number of shot attempts his team took while he was on the ice as a percentage of all shots taken by both teams) and then subtracts the rest of his team’s Corsi For percentage when he’s not on the ice. Corsi Rel percentage is really useful in figuring out how much an injury is going to cost a team because it directly compares the injured player with the teammates who are available to replace him. Take the example of elite shutdown defenceman Marc-Edouard Vlasic. Vlasic’s Corsi Rel percentage was 7.12 last season, meaning when Vlasic wasn’t on the ice during 5-on-5 play, the San Jose Sharks went from a possession juggernaut (Corsi For percentage of 58.17) to fairly mediocre (Corsi For percentage of 51.05). Vlasic may have ceded the limelight to scorers such as Joe Thornton, Patrick Marleau and Joe Pavelski, but on a team that was fifth in goals for last season (249), Vlasic’s extraordinary defensive abilities made him the one player the Sharks couldn’t afford to lose. When Vlasic went down in the first period of Game 5 of the Sharks’ series against the Los Angeles Kings, San Jose ended up dropping that contest and the next two. The Sharks minus Vlasic simply weren’t good enough to compete with a Kings team that led the league during the regular season with a Corsi For
percentage of 56.80. The graphic shows which teams are currently missing key players for what will likely be more than a few games and their Corsi Rel percentage from 2013-14. We’ve also included each player’s rank among all of his teammates at his position and average time on ice to give a more granular picture of what the loss will cost. As one would expect, the Red Wings will feel a fair bit of pain without Pavel Datsyuk in the lineup, but because Detroit enjoys some depth at forward and is generally a good possession team, life without Datsyuk won’t be quite as awful as it could be if a weaker team lost a player of Datsyuk’s abilities. Meanwhile, although Staal had fewer points per game than Lecavalier last season, his Corsi Rel percentage of 5.25 tells us he’s an important part of the Hurricanes and will be missed; whereas, Lecavalier’s horrendous Cor-
si Rel percentage of -5.15 suggests that Flyers fans probably aren’t sending him any “get well soon” cards. Corsi Rel percentage doesn’t give us the whole picture of a player’s value to his team. Other factors, such as quality of opponents, zone starts and teammates help focus the conversation further (we’ll be talking about those in future columns). But it’s an excellent starting point to figure out how much a player will be missed if he gets hurt. The Department of Hockey Analytics employs advanced statistical methods and innovative approaches to better understand the game of hockey. Its three founderfs ate Ian Cooper, a lawyer, former playeragent and WhartonBusiness School graduate; Dr. 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.
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CHL: Hesitant Former OHL player Sam Berg is the one named plaintiff in the suit. The son of former Toronto Maple Leaf Bill Berg says the OHL’s Niagara IceDogs breached the player agreement he signed in August 2013. Berg played eight games for the IceDogs. He was sent to a Junior B team in October 2013, was injured and quit hockey. Now a university student, Berg contends he is owed both back pay as well as a the post-secondary scholarship as set out in the contract. Charney encouraged current and former players to register on a website to be part of the class action, but acknowledged current players may be afraid to do so. “At the moment, current players have been very hesitant to come forward because they feel it will impact their ability to play on their team and their relationship with the league and their potential to be drafted into the professional hockey leagues,” he said. “They’ve been very reluctant to come forward as the lead plaintiffs in this class action. “We anticipate now that the case has started, some of the players will register with us and give us their information which we will keep confidential. “It’s very hard to participate in a lawsuit against your employer while you’re still working for them. That’s an element of this case that will be a challenge, but the way it works in class actions is everybody who is in the class action gets the benefit of the result unless they opt out of the class action.” Branch would not address the impact on CHL teams if they were required to pay players minimum wage. “I wouldn’t even want to comment in that area,” he said.
OILERS: Desperate “In the third I thought we played desperate. If we had played that way in the first two periods, who knows how the game turns out. In the end, we were playing a desperate team. They have had some breaks go against them this year and tonight they all went for them,” added Cooper. The Oilers came close to starting the scoring seven minutes in as a Jeff Petry point blast eluded Bishop, but clanged off the post. It was Tampa’s turn to come close four minutes later as it appeared that Connolly had scored on Scrivens, however the goal was waved off after it was determined that Boyle had interfered with Scrivens in front of the net. The Lightning took a 1-0 lead on a fluke goal 1:22 into the second period when Boyle hooked a shot out front from behind the goal line and it hit Schultz’s knee before rolling in past a surprised Scrivens. Schultz got the goal back three minutes later, however, as he took a giveand-go from the point before swooping in and beating Bishop on the backhand.
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leged victim was being treated for injuries that “alarmed” the emergencyroom staff. Police didn’t release the alleged victim’s name or her relationship to Voynov, citing her confidentiality rights. A couple must be married, in a relationship, cohabitating or have a child together for an alleged crime to fall under the statute cited by the arresting officers. Hoffman said additional charges could be filed against Voynov because a child was in the house shared by the defenceman and the alleged victim, although Voynov isn’t the child’s father. The NHL’s collective bargaining agreement allows it to suspend players during a criminal investigation “where the failure to suspend the player during this period would create a substantial risk of material harm to the legitimate interests and/or reputation of the league.” The NFL has received widespread criticism for its handling of recent domestic violence charges against several players.
NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman has said he is confident in his league’s policies, noting in a recent interview in Los Angeles that the league provides education and frequent counselling to its players. Voynov will be paid during the investigation. Voynov is the second prominent Russian NHL player to be accused of domestic violence in a year. Colorado goalie Semyon Varlamov was arrested last October after allegations were brought against him by his girlfriend, but he wasn’t suspended by the league, and the case was dropped in December. Voynov earned a spot in the Kings’ lineup as a rookie during their run to their first Stanley Cup title in 2011-12. He scored a career-best 34 points last season, and he has two assists in six games this season. The Kings signed Voynov to a sixyear, $25 million contract extension in June 2013, paying him $3 million this season with escalating salaries through 2019.
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LOS ANGELES — The NHL suspended Los Angeles Kings defenceman Slava Voynov indefinitely Monday after the two-time Stanley Cup winner’s arrest on suspicion of domestic violence. Voynov was booked and released at the Redondo Beach jail after his arrest early Monday morning at a Torrance hospital on suspicion of corporal injury to a spouse, Redondo Beach police Lt. Joe Hoffman said. The 24-year-old Russian defenceman posted US$50,000 bail. “These developments are of great concern to our organization,” the Kings said in a statement. “We support the NHL’s decision to suspend Slava Voynov indefinitely during this process, and we will continue to take appropriate action as the legal proceedings and the investigation by the NHL take their course.” Craig Renetzky, the lawyer repre-
senting Voynov, told The Associated Press that Voynov hasn’t yet been charged with a crime. His next court date is Dec. 1, Renetzky said. “We’re still investigating with the police,” Renetzky said. “It’s very early on in the proceedings. We’re just asking everybody to be patient, because arrests don’t always lead to charges and convictions.” The soft-spoken Voynov, who speaks limited English, was a key contributor to the Kings’ two championship teams in the past three seasons, playing an aggressive two-way game from the blue line. The Siberia native also played for Russia at the Sochi Olympics. “He’s not familiar with our legal system, so he had a lot of questions,” Renetzky said. Redondo Beach police responded to a neighbour’s report of a woman screaming and crying in Voynov’s neighbourhood on Sunday night, but couldn’t find anyone, Hoffman said. About 90 minutes later, Voynov was arrested after a nurse at the Torrance hospital called police to report the al-
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Steelers use TD flurry to down Texans BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Steelers 30 Texans 23 PITTSBURGH — The deluge started with a desperation third-down heave, a trickle that turned into a downpour and led to another abrupt turn in the Pittsburgh Steelers’ confounding season. Good one week and lousy the next, Pittsburgh managed to be both in a 30-23 victory over the mistake-prone Houston Texans on Monday night. Ben Roethlisberger passed for two touchdowns and wide receiver Antonio Brown added another on a gadget play during a decisive 73-second stretch late in the first half that moved the Steelers from down 10 to an 11-point lead. “You stand on the sidelines long enough, you will see explosions such as that,� Steelers coach Mike Tomlin said. “It was good to be on the good side of it.� Roethlisberger finished with 265 yards passing. Le’Veon Bell racked up 145 yards of total offence, including a 43-yard catch-and-run with less than 2 minutes to go in the first half that became the spark the Steelers desperately needed. “That provided the type of emotion the group needed,� Tomlin said. “Then we kind of fed off that. The guys really capitalized on it.� Arian Foster ran for 102 yards for Houston (3-4), but just 29 over the final three quarters. Ryan Fitzpatrick was 21 of 32 for 262 yards with
two touchdowns and an interception, but the Texans were undone by three turnovers, including consecutive offensive snaps that handed the momentum over to the Steelers. “We had a terrible second quarter,� Houston coach Bill O’Brien said. “We couldn’t come back from it. Just too many turnovers. We just had a hard time overcoming all those things.� Texans defensive end J.J. Watt recovered a fumble and picked up his third sack of the season but was neutralized for most of the second half. Pittsburgh was listless for the first 25 minutes, letting Foster and Fitzpatrick do whatever they wanted as the Texans raced to a 13-0 lead that seemed larger. A 44-yard Shaun Suisham field goal with 3:08 left in the half gave the Steelers a minor boost. A strike from Roethlisberger to Bell provided a much larger one shortly after the 2-minute warning. Roethlisberger hit the versatile back for a 43-yard gain — Pittsburgh’s longest pass play of the season — to move the ball to the Houston 35. Roethlisberger then found Martavis Bryant, who struggled staying healthy in the preseason and spent the first six weeks on the inactive list, with a beautiful rainbow that the rookie caught in the back of the end zone to make it 1310 with 1:27 left. “Everybody started clicking,� Bryant said. “Everybody woke up. It was good to make
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Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver Martavis Bryant (10) makes a touchdown catch after getting by Houston Texans defensive back Andre Hal (29) in the second quarter of the NFL game, Monday, in Pittsburgh. the play to have the team wake up, get the momentum going.� The Steelers were just getting started. Foster fumbled deep in Houston territory two plays after Bryant’s score and the Steelers recovered. Pittsburgh offensive co-ordinator Todd Haley, who has faced heavy criticism for his play-calling, went deep into his book to help the Steelers take the
lead. On first-and-goal, Roethlisberger flipped the ball to Brown, who was coming in motion. The Pro Bowl wide receiver then spun back around to his left and fired a strike to Lance Moore in the end zone. “We worked on it like two times in practice,� Brown said. “The first time was a little funny but the second time it panned out.�
Houston’s issues escalated on the next snap when Fitzpatrick’s throw over the middle was deflected into the arms of Pittsburgh defensive end Brett Keisel. The 36-year-old took the second pick of his career to the Houston 8. Roethlisberger found Brown for a 6-yard gain and then hit Bell — who was uncovered after going in motion — for a touchdown.
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DENVER — Next up for Peyton Manning: the NFL passing yardage record. It’s one of the few glamorous passing records Manning doesn’t own, now that he has broken Brett Favre’s mark for touchdown throws. Manning needs about 5,000 more yards to surpass Favre in that category, and is on track to finish his career with numbers, across the board, that might never be matched. “Peyton loves to play this game, he loves to break records and he loves to put up points,� said Broncos receiver Emmanuel Sanders, who caught the first of Manning’s four touchdown passes in a 42-17 win over San Francisco on Sunday night. Demaryius Thomas caught Manning’s record-breaking 509th career TD in the second quarter. Thomas caught another TD in the third quarter to push the number to 510. Manning said the touchdown mark might be more special than the rest because “the touchdowns that I’ve thrown have helped us win a lot of football games and we’ve put a lot of work into winning those games.� But it certainly isn’t the only record the 38-year-old Manning has set — or still might set. Here’s a look at some others in reach:
PASSING YARDS (FAVRE 71,838): Manning has 66,812, leaving him 5,026 short of Favre. Manning set the single-season record with 5,477 yards last year. This record should fall in 2015 if the Broncos remain as prolific as they are and Manning stays healthy. Where will it stop, though? Well, 75,000 looks doable if Manning sticks around and stays on this pace for a few more years. It will help, too, if the Broncos can lock in the Thomases — WR Demaryius and TE Julius — to long-term contracts. Both are going to command big raises on new deals next season. PASS ATTEMPTS (FAVRE, 10,169): After Sunday’s win, Manning has 8,669 attempts, which leaves him exactly 1,500 shy of the record. Manning averaged 621 throws over his first two seasons in the Denver offence. If he stays at that pace, he could break it toward the end of 2016. The next active player behind him is 35-year-old Drew Brees, with 7,017. PASS COMPLETIONS (FAVRE 6,300): Manning has 5,681 — 619 behind Favre. Manning averaged 425 completions over his first two seasons with the Broncos. He completes passes at a 68 per cent
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WHL EASTERN CONFERENCE EAST DIVISION GP W L OTLSOL GF Brandon 11 8 2 1 0 59 Moose Jaw 11 6 4 0 1 34 Swift Current 14 6 7 0 1 41 Regina 11 5 5 1 0 35 Prince Albert 10 4 6 0 0 27 Saskatoon 10 3 7 0 0 26
Medicine Hat Edmonton Calgary Red Deer Kootenay Lethbridge
CENTRAL DIVISION GP W L OTLSOL 11 9 1 1 0 10 7 3 0 0 11 6 4 0 1 11 3 7 1 0 10 3 7 0 0 10 1 8 0 1
GF 49 33 39 33 20 19
GA 34 35 45 34 32 47
Pt 17 13 13 11 8 6
GA 17 25 31 44 38 46
Pt 19 14 13 7 6 3
Maxwell Polei Feser Doetzel Pawlenchuk Fleury Nell Dixon de Wit Strand Fafard Chorney McCarthy Mahura Toth Burke Grman Burman
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2 3 2 0 3 1 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 2 3 5 0 2 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0
6 5 5 5 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 0
GA 34 8
SO GAA 0 3.68 0 4.69
10 18 2 12 7 14 11 18 4 9 20 0 2 4 0 0 8 0
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Goaltenders WESTERN CONFERENCE B.C. DIVISION GP W L OTLSOL GF Kelowna 11 10 1 0 0 58 Kamloops 13 7 5 1 0 44 Prince George 12 7 5 0 0 36 Victoria 13 6 6 1 0 41 Vancouver 10 6 4 0 0 42 GP 12 9 9 11 12
Tri-City Everett Spokane Seattle Portland
U.S. DIVISION W L OTLSOL 8 4 0 0 6 0 2 1 4 2 3 0 4 5 1 1 2 8 0 2
GF 40 36 22 26 33
GA 31 44 50 49 25 GA 29 23 23 32 59
Pt 20 15 14 13 12 Pt 16 15 11 10 6
Sunday’s results Calgary 5 Regina 1 Tuesday’s games Portland at Regina, 7 p.m. Kootenay at Prince Albert, 7 p.m. Lethbridge at Edmonton, 7 p.m. Wednesday’s games Portland at Swift Current, 7 p.m. Kootenay at Saskatoon, 7:05 p.m. Brandon at Prince George, 8 p.m. Vancouver at Kamloops, 8 p.m. Tri-City at Kelowna, 8:05 p.m. Spokane at Everett, 8:05 p.m. Red Deer Rebels Scoring GP 11 11 11 11 11 9
Cote Musil Charif Johnson Kopeck Bleackley
G 1 5 1 3 4 2
A 10 5 7 4 2 4
Pts 11 10 8 7 6 6
PIM 8 4 2 2 6 8
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MP 554 102
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WHL Scoring Leaders Cole Ully, Kam Cole Sanford, MH Nick Merkley, Kel Coda Gordon, SC Rihards Bukarts, Bra Jansen Harkins, PG Tyson Baillie, Kel Rourke Chartier, Kel Austin Carroll, Vic Jake Debrusk, SC Parker Bowles, TC Chad Butcher, MH Chase Witala, PG Matt Needham, Kam Madison Bowey, Kel Joe Hicketts, Vic Brayden Point, MJ Markus Eisenschmid, MH Joel Hamilton, Van Trevor Cox, MH Jayce Hawryluk, Bra Carter Popoff, Van Carson Stadnyk, Eve Jackson Houck, Van Jack Rodewald, MJ Ryan Pilon, Bra Jari Erricson, PG Chase Lang, CAL Jay Merkley, SC Jesse Gabrielle, Bra Riley Stadel, Kel Chase De Leo, Por Brian Williams, TC Thomas Foster, Van Jack Walker, Vic Mathew Barzal, Sea Glenn Gawdin, SC
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A 12 13 16 11 12 14 6 8 8 8 10 6 9 9 11 11 8 9 10 13 4 6 7 8 8 11 4 5 5 5 6 6 7 7 7 7 7
Pts 20 20 19 17 17 17 16 16 16 16 16 15 15 15 15 15 14 14 14 14 13 13 13 13 13 13 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12
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National Hockey League EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division GP W L OT Pts Montreal 6 5 1 0 10 Ottawa 5 4 1 0 8 Tampa Bay 6 3 2 1 7 Detroit 5 3 1 1 7 Boston 7 3 4 0 6 Toronto 6 2 3 1 5 Florida 5 1 2 2 4 Buffalo 6 1 5 0 2
GF 20 14 19 11 15 15 5 8
GA 20 10 13 8 17 19 11 22
Metropolitan Division GP W L OT Pts N.Y. Islanders 5 4 1 0 8 Washington 5 3 0 2 8 N.Y. Rangers 6 3 3 0 8 Pittsburgh 4 3 1 0 6 Columbus 5 3 2 0 6 New Jersey 5 3 2 0 6 Philadelphia 5 1 2 2 4 Carolina 4 0 2 2 2
GF 20 18 17 16 15 17 17 10
GA 15 11 20 10 12 16 21 15
WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division GP W L OT Pts Nashville 5 3 0 2 8 Chicago 4 3 0 1 7 Dallas 5 2 1 2 6 St. Louis 5 2 2 1 5 Minnesota 4 2 2 0 4 Colorado 6 1 4 1 3 Winnipeg 5 1 4 0 2
GF 12 12 15 12 10 9 8
GA 8 7 17 9 4 20 15
Pacific Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Anaheim 6 5 1 0 10 21 13 San Jose 6 4 1 1 9 20 15 Los Angeles 6 4 1 1 9 15 10 Calgary 7 4 3 0 8 19 17 Vancouver 4 3 1 0 6 13 10 Arizona 4 2 2 0 4 13 18 Edmonton 6 1 4 1 3 14 27 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss. Sunday’s Games Los Angeles 2, Minnesota 1 San Jose 0, N.Y. Rangers 4 Calgary 4, Winnipeg 1 St. Louis 0, Anaheim 3 Monday’s Games Tampa Bay 2, Edmonton 3 Tuesday’s Games San Jose at Boston, 5 p.m. N.Y. Rangers at New Jersey, 5 p.m.
Toronto at N.Y. Islanders, 5 p.m. Detroit at Montreal, 5:30 p.m. Arizona at Nashville, 6 p.m. Carolina at Winnipeg, 6 p.m. Philadelphia at Chicago, 6:30 p.m. Vancouver at Dallas, 6:30 p.m. Florida at Colorado, 7 p.m. Tampa Bay at Calgary, 7 p.m.
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Monday’s summary Oilers 3, Lightning 2 First Period No Scoring. Penalties — Joensuu Edm (holding) 12:41, Hall Edm (high-sticking) 15:33. Second Period 1. Tampa Bay, Boyle 1 (Morrow, Garrison) 1:21. 2. Edmonton, Schultz 1 (Yakupov, Hall) 4:36. 3. Edmonton, Hall 4 (unassisted) 14:57 (evenpenalty-shot). Penalties — Connolly TB (interference) 8:51, Brown TB (roughing) 19:20, Hendricks Edm (roughing) 19:20. Third Period 4. Tampa Bay, Connolly 2 (Johnson) 13:55. 5. Edmonton, Nugent-Hopkins 1 (Eberle) 16:35. Penalties — Namestnikov TB (high-sticking) 9:54. Shots on goal Tampa Bay 6 9 9 — 24 Edmonton 5 11 7 — 23 Goal — Tampa Bay: Bishop (L, 3-1-1); Edmonton: Scrivens (W, 1-3-0). Power plays (goal-chances) — Tampa Bay: 0-2; Edmonton: 0-2. NHL Scoring Leaders Sidney Crosby, Pgh John Tavares, NYI Rick Nash, NYR Patric Hornqvist, Pgh Tyler Seguin, Dal Brock Nelson, NYI Ryan Getzlaf, Ana Mason Raymond, Cgy Tanner Pearson, LA Michael Cammalleri, NJ Steven Stamkos, TB Wayne Simmonds, Pha Corey Perry, Ana Patrick Marleau, SJ Tomas Plekanec, Mtl Jaden Schwartz, StL Tyler Toffoli, LA T.J. Brodie, Cgy Victor Hedman, TB Ryan Johansen, Clb Kyle Okposo, NYI Nick Foligno, Clb Claude Giroux, Pha Jakub Voracek, Pha Evgeni Malkin, Pgh
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PF 305 330 387 231
PA 334 329 410 385
Pt 14 14 12 4
GP x-Calgary 15 x-Edmonton 16 x-Sask. 16 B.C. 15 Winnipeg 16
West Division W L T 13 2 0 11 5 0 9 7 0 8 7 0 6 10 0
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PA 286 313 384 272 440
Pt 26 22 18 16 12
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Pct .714 .429 .286 .143
PF 216 155 121 105
PA 136 150 172 191
Baltimore Pittsburgh Cincinnati Cleveland
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North L T 2 0 3 0 2 1 3 0
Pct .714 .571 .583 .500
PF 193 154 134 140
PA 104 162 140 139
Denver San Diego Kansas City Oakland
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West L T 1 0 2 0 3 0 6 0
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PA 121 114 121 158
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PF 158 155 171 120
PA 195 165 199 204
Detroit Green Bay Chicago Minnesota
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North L T 2 0 2 0 4 0 5 0
Pct .714 .714 .429 .286
PF 140 199 157 120
PA 105 147 171 160
W 5 4 3 2
West L T 1 0 3 0 3 0 4 0
Arizona San Francisco Seattle St. Louis
National Football League Standings AMERICAN CONFERENCE East W L T Pct PF New England 5 2 0 .714 187 Buffalo 4 3 0 .571 135 Miami 3 3 0 .500 147 N.Y. Jets 1 6 0 .143 121
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South L T 3 1 4 0 5 0 5 0
Week 17 Sunday’s results Edmonton 24 Saskatchewan 19 Week 18 Friday, October 24 Montreal at Ottawa, 4:30 p.m. Friday, October 24 Saskatchewan at Calgary, 7:30 p.m. Saturday, October 25 Hamilton at Toronto, 2 p.m. B.C. at Winnipeg, 5 p.m.
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PF 140 158 159 129
PA 119 165 141 176
Sunday’s Games St. Louis 28, Seattle 26 Miami 27, Chicago 14 Green Bay 38, Carolina 17 Baltimore 29, Atlanta 7 Washington 19, Tennessee 17 Jacksonville 24, Cleveland 6 Indianapolis 27, Cincinnati 0 Buffalo 17, Minnesota 16 Detroit 24, New Orleans 23 Kansas City 23, San Diego 20 Arizona 24, Oakland 13 Dallas 31, N.Y. Giants 21 Denver 42, San Francisco 17 Open: Philadelphia, Tampa Bay Monday’s Game Houston 23, Pittsburgh 30
BASEBALL American League DETROIT TIGERS — Named Dave Littlefield major league scout. National League CINCINNATI REDS — Fired third base coach Steve Smith. Can-Am League TROIS-RIVIERES AIGLES — Exercised the 2015 contract option on LHP Ryan Bollinger. Frontier League GATEWAY GRIZZLIES — Signed RHP Troy Barton. BASKETBALL National Basketball Association DETROIT PISTONS — Waived C Hasheem Thabeet, F Brian Cook, G Josh Bostic and G Lorenzo Brown. GOLDEN STATE WARRIORS—Signed G Sean Kilpatrick. LOS ANGELES LAKERS — Waived G Keith Appling and F Jeremy Tyler. MIAMI HEAT — Signed G Larry Drew II. MINNESOTA TIMBERWOLVES — Waived C Kyrylo Fesenko. FOOTBALL National Football League ATLANTA FALCONS — Placed C Peter Konz on injured reserve. Signed OT Jonathan Scott. CLEVELAND BROWNS — Signed FB Kiero Small from the practice squad. Waived FB Ray Agnew. DENVER BRONCOS — Signed RB Kapri Bibbs. Waived LB Shaquil Barrett. DETROIT LIONS — Signed TE Kellen Davis. Released S Jerome Couplin. Signed WR Ifeanyi Momah to the practice squad. ST. LOUIS RAMS — Released WR Austin Pettis. Released WR Emory Blake from the practice squad. TENNESSEE TITANS — Waived TE Brett
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Cleveland Detroit Chicago Milwaukee Indiana
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Central Division W L Pct 4 1 .800 4 2 .667 4 3 .571 3 3 .500 2 3 .400
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WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division W L Pct GB Houston 4 1 .800 — New Orleans 4 2 .667 1/2 Dallas 3 3 .500 1 1/2 San Antonio 1 2 .333 2 Memphis 1 4 .200 3
Utah Minnesota Denver Oklahoma City Portland
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Pacific Division W L Pct 4 2 .667 2 1 .667 2 3 .400 1 4 .200 1 4 .200
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Sunday’s Games Boston 95, Brooklyn 90 Minnesota 112, Oklahoma City 94 Chicago 101, Charlotte 96 Houston 90, Golden State 83 L.A. Lakers 98, Utah 91 Monday’s Games New Orleans 88, Washington 84 Cleveland 107, Chicago 98 Brooklyn 99, Philadelphia 88 Milwaukee 120, New York 107 Atlanta 117, Charlotte 114, OT Dallas 108, Memphis 103 San Antonio 106, Sacramento 99 Tuesday’s Games Indiana at Minnesota, 6 p.m. Utah at Oklahoma City, 6 p.m. Houston at Miami, 6 p.m. Portland vs. Denver at Boulder, CO, 7 p.m. Phoenix vs. L.A. Lakers at Anaheim, CA, 8 p.m. L.A. Clippers at Golden State, 8:30 p.m. Wednesday’s Games Houston at Orlando, 5 p.m. Brooklyn at Boston, 5:30 p.m. Washington at New York, 5:30 p.m. Cleveland at Memphis, 6 p.m. Minnesota at Milwaukee, 6 p.m. Atlanta at San Antonio, 6:30 p.m. Portland vs. L.A. Lakers at Ontario, CA, 8 p.m. Phoenix at L.A. Clippers, 8:30 p.m.
Thursday, Oct. 23 San Diego at Denver, 6:25 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 26 Detroit vs. Atlanta at London, 7:30 a.m. St. Louis at Kansas City, 11 a.m. Houston at Tennessee, 11 a.m. Minnesota at Tampa Bay, 11 a.m. Seattle at Carolina, 11 a.m. Baltimore at Cincinnati, 11 a.m. Miami at Jacksonville, 11 a.m. Chicago at New England, 11 a.m. Buffalo at N.Y. Jets, 11 a.m. Philadelphia at Arizona, 2:05 p.m. Oakland at Cleveland, 2:25 p.m. Indianapolis at Pittsburgh, 2:25 p.m. Green Bay at New Orleans, 6:30 p.m. Open: N.Y. Giants, San Francisco Monday, Oct. 27 Washington at Dallas, 6:30 p.m.
Transactions Monday’s Sports Transactions
National Basketball Association Preseason EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct GB Toronto 5 1 .833 — Brooklyn 3 1 .750 1 Boston 4 3 .571 1 1/2 New York 2 3 .400 2 1/2 Philadelphia 2 5 .286 3 1/2
Brackett. HOCKEY National Hockey League NHL — Suspended Los Angeles D Slava Voynov indefinitely from all club activities pending a formal investigation by the league of an arrest with charges of domestic violence. ANAHEIM DUCKS — Recalled G John Gibson from Norfolk (AHL). Reassigned G Jason LaBarbera to Norfolk. CALGARY FLAMES — Signed D T.J. Brodie to a five-year contract extension. COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS — Placed G Curtis McElhinney on injured reserve. Recalled G Anton Forsberg from Springfield (AHL). DETROIT RED WINGS — Assigned G Petr Mrazek to Grand Rapids (AHL). MONTREAL CANADIENS — Recalled F Michael Bournival from Hamilton (AHL). WASHINGTON CAPITALS — Reassigned RW Tom Wilson to Hershey (AHL). American Hockey League AHL — Suspended Binghamton LW David Dziurzynski three games for an illegal check to the head of an opponent in an Oct. 18 game at Syracuse. GRAND RAPIDS GRIFFINS — Reassigned G Jared Coreau to Toledo (ECHL). SAN ANTONIO RAMPAGE — Released F Byron Froese from a professional tryout contract, who will join Cincinnati (ECHL). SPRINGFIELD FALCONS — Recalled G Scott Munroe from Kalamazoo (ECHL). Southern Professional Hockey League PEORIA RIVERMEN — Released Fs Shawn Bates, Dan Cecka, Joey Holka, Corrado Mancini and Matt Viola; and Gs Paul Dorsey and Matt Mahalak. LACROSSE National Lacrosse League BUFFALO BANDITS — Agreed to terms with M Brandon Goodwin, F Cody McMahon and G Rance Vigneux on one-year contracts.
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Thomson leads Sheraton to close win over Triple A Matt Thomson dropped in 24 points to lead Sheraton Red Deer to a 58-57 win over Triple A in Central Alberta Senior Men’s Basketball Association action Sunday. Deli Middlemass added 10 points for the winners. Andre Touchette scored 12 in a losing cause. In another contest, Darren Andrews poured in 21 points as Henry’s Eavestroughing downed the Alken Basin Drillers 69-40. Meanwhile, the Silver Spurs got 19 points from Brian Miller and nine from Adam Bullock in a 64-53 win over Johns Mansville. Ivor Santiago netted 17 points and Archie Ibeas had 14 for Johns Mansville.
IOC hopes for high-quality field for 2024 Summer Olympics BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS LONDON — Rejected time and again for the 2022 Winter Olympics, the IOC will soon be seeking suitors for the 2024 Summer Olympics. It will be hoping to attract a competitive, high-profile field to show there are cities that want to host the games rather than shun them. Even before Oslo became the fourth city to drop out of the race for the 2022 Games, the International Olympic Committee had started reviewing its bidding system to make it more appealing and less expensive for future host cities. Making the process more flexible — allowing cities to tailor a bid to their own needs from the start rather than adhere to strict IOC requirements — is central to IOC President Thomas Bach’s “Olympic Agenda 2020” reform package. Recommendations are being finalized this week at an IOC executive board meeting in Montreux, Switzerland. Potential bidders for 2024 are waiting to see exactly what changes are being made. The new rules will be put to a vote at a special IOC assembly in Monaco from Dec. 8-9. Bids will need to be submitted next year. The host city will be chosen in 2017. It will be a critical test for the IOC after the 2022 debacle, which has left Beijing and Almaty, Kazakhstan, as the only contenders following the withdrawals of Stockholm; Krakow, Poland; Lviv, Ukraine; and Oslo. Proposed bids from Munich and St. Moritz-Davos were rejected in referendums in Germany and Switzerland. “There is strong interest (in 2024),” Bach said in a recent interview with The Associated Press. “We are getting more and more signals and questions about 2024 and what changes they can expect. You
can already see there is a very positive attitude.” A look at some potential 2024 candidates: RETURN TO THE USA? The U.S. hasn’t hosted the Summer Olympics since 1996 in Atlanta. New York failed in a bid for 2012, while Chicago was shot down by the IOC for 2016. Stung by those defeats, the U.S. Olympic Committee stayed out of the race for 2020. But 2024 could be the right time. The USOC is weighing bids from four cities before deciding whether to submit a candidate to the IOC next year. Vying for the U.S. nomination are Los Angeles, San Francisco, Boston and Washington. Whatever happens, the U.S. would start as the favourite if it enters a bid. PARIS CENTENNIAL? 2024 will mark 100 years since Paris hosted its last Olympics, so the timing and symbolism would be strong. France has a dubious record in recent Olympic bidding. Paris was the favourite for the 2012 Olympics but lost out to London. Annecy received only seven votes in the 2011 election for the 2018 Winter Games won by Pyeongchang, South Korea. The French capital’s commitment to the 2024 Games has been called into question by Prime Minister Manuel Valls’ recent endorsement of a Paris candidacy for the 2025 World Expo. ROMA ANCORA? The Italian capital, which hosted the 1960 Olympics, lost out to Athens for the 2004 Games. Rome was a candidate for 2020 but pulled out after the Italian government declined to provide financial backing at the height of the economic crisis. Italian Olympic Committee head Giovanni Malago is due to meet Rome Mayor Ignazio Marino in coming weeks to discuss a possible bid.
● JV volleyball; Notre Dame at Lindsay Thurber, girls at 6 p.m., boys to follow.
Thursday
● Senior high volleyball: Notre Dame at Lindsay Thurber, girls at 6 p.m., boys to follow. ● College women’s hockey: Grant MacEwan at RDC, 7 p.m., Arena. ● High school football: Tier 3/4 playoff game at 4 p.m., Sylvan Lake; teams TBA. ● High school football: Tier 1/2 semifinal — Hunting Hills vs. Notre Dame, 7 p.m., Great Chief Park.
Friday
● Senior high volleyball: Lindsay Thurber girls/boys tournament. ● College basketball: SAIT at RDC, women at 6 p.m., men to follow. ● WHL: Prince George at Red Deer, 7 p.m., Centrium. ● College men’s hockey: Keyano at RDC, 7 p.m., Penhold Regional Multiplex. ● High school football: Tier 1/2 semifinal, Lacombe at Lindsay Thurber, 7 p.m., Great Chief Park. ● Heritage junior B hockey: Cochrane at Red Deer, 8:15 p.m., Arena. ● Bantam AA hockey: Cranbrook at Sylvan Lake, 8:15 p.m.. ● Midget AA hockey: Medicine Hat at Red Deer Elks, 8:30 p.m., Collicutt Centre. ● Chinook senior hockey: Okotoks at Innisfail, 8:30 p.m.
Saturday
● Senior high volleyball: Lindsay Thurber girls/boys tournament. ● Peewee AA hockey: Lethbridge Red at Red Deer Parkland, 12:30 p.m., Kin City A; Lacombe at Sylvan Lake, 2:45 p.m., Caroline. ● College men’s hockey: Keyano at RDC, 1:30 p.m., Penhold Regional Multiplex. ● Major bantam hockey: Leduc at Red Deer Black, 2 p.m., Arena. ● Midget AA hockey: Calgary Blue at Lacombe, 3:15 p.m., Blackfalds; Medicine Hat at Sylvan Lake, 5:30 p.m., Eckville; Calgary Stampeders at Red Deer Indy Graphics, 7:30 p.m., Arena. ● Junior women’s hockey: Calgary Titans at Central Alberta, 4:15 p.m., Penhold Regional Multiplex. ● Minor midget AAA hockey: Rockyview at Red Deer Northstar, 4:45 p.m., Arena. ● WHL: Moose Jaw at Red Deer, 7 p.m., Centrium. ● AJHL: Brooks at Olds, 7 p.m. ● Chinook senior hockey: Innisfail at Bentley, 7 p.m. ● Heritage junior B hockey: Medicine Hat at Stettler, 7:30 p.m.; Okotoks at Three Hills, 8 p.m., Trochu.
Sunday
● Peewee AA hockey: Medicine Hat White at Red Deer TBS, 11:30 a.m., Kin City A; Lethbridge Red at Lacombe, 2 p.m. ● Major bantam hockey: Calgary Northstars at Red Deer Black, noon, Arena. ● Bantam AA hockey: Lacombe at Red Deer Ramada, 2 p.m/, Kin City A. ● Heritage junior B hockey: Strathmore at Ponoka, 2:30 p.m.; High River at Blackfalds, 3:30 p.m. ● Minor midget AAA hockey: Calgary Gold at Red Deer Aero Equipment, 2:45 p.m., Arena. ● Midget AA hockey: Red Deer Elks at Sylvan Lake, 3 p.m., Eckville; Medicine Hat at Lacombe, 4:30 p.m.
Bowling Heritage Lanes High scores Oct. 13-19 Monday 55+: Mike Rainone 272 high single; Don Knowler, 662 high triple. Monday Mixed: Ron Olney, 376; Nicole Clossen, 746. Tuesday Mixed: John Vanderleek, 285; Andre Grenier, 771. Wednesday 55+: Curtiss Lund, 288; Curtiss Lund, 628. Wednesday Mixed: Barry Cunningham, 280; Jill Clark, 662. Thursday Ladies: Glenda Regnier, 264; Regnier, 691. Thursday Mixed: Matt Desjardins, 334; Desjardins, 800. Youth Bowling of Canada Bumpers: Caiden Hort, 78. Bowlassaurus: Jennika Wudkevich, 103. Peewees: Rune Molander, 78; Rylee Puzey, 147 (two games). Bantams: Jenson Wudkevich, 222; Wudkevich, 529. Juniors: Alyssa Durette, 220; Landyn Brown, 654. Seniors: Brendan Innes, 316; Jaymin Wudkevich, 793.
Soccer Major League Soccer EASTERN CONFERENCE W L T Pts y-D.C. 17 9 7 58 x-New England 16 13 4 52 x-Sporting KC 14 12 7 49 x-Columbus 13 10 10 49 x-New York 12 10 11 47 Philadelphia 10 11 12 42 Toronto FC 11 14 8 41 Houston 11 16 6 39 Chicago 5 10 18 33 Montreal 6 18 9 27
GF GA 51 36 50 46 48 39 50 41 53 50 50 49 44 53 38 56 39 50 37 57
WESTERN CONFERENCE W L T Pts GF GA x-Seattle 19 10 4 61 63 50 x-Los Angeles 17 6 10 61 69 35 x-FC Dallas 16 11 6 54 55 43 x-Real Salt Lake 14 8 11 53 52 39 Vancouver 11 8 14 47 41 40 Portland 11 9 13 46 59 52 Colorado 8 17 8 32 43 61 Chivas USA 8 18 6 30 28 59 San Jose 6 15 12 30 35 49 NOTE: Three points for victory, one point for tie. x- clinched playoff berth y- clinched conference Saturday’s Games Toronto FC 1, Montreal 1, tie FC Dallas 1, Colorado 0 Philadelphia 2, Sporting Kansas City 1 D.C. United 2, Chicago 1 San Jose 0, Vancouver 0, tie Sunday’s Games Columbus 3, New York 1 Los Angeles 2, Seattle FC 2, tie Wednesday, Oct. 22 Chivas USA at Real Salt Lake, 9:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 24 Houston at Chicago, 8 p.m.
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Royals have love affair with fans REMINDS SOME OF BYGONE ERA IN PROFESSIONAL SPORTS WORLD SERIES BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The game had been over for hours. Kauffman Stadium had gone dark. The roars of a sold-out crowd, which had rooted the Kansas City Royals to a sweep of the mighty Los Angeles Angels, had drifted away into the cool night air. A few miles away, at a bar and grill called McFadden’s, the party was just beginning. Greg Holland had showed up, the All-Star closer watching with a grin as highlights of the game played on television. Salvador Perez and Jarrod Dyson, both integral parts in the Royals’ playoff push, posed with fans for more pictures than they could count. First baseman Eric Hosmer put down his credit card and for a full hour picked up the tab for hundreds of strangers. “It’s fun to get to enjoy it with the whole entire city. It’s a special time,” Hosmer said a few days later. “I think the buildup to this, it’s been so long. They’ve been hungry for a winner. What we’re doing now has just been a blast.” So much so that Hosmer didn’t mind his credit card taking a hit — he shared the $15,000 bar bill with some teammates — after beating the Angels in their AL Divisional Series. “We realize how bad the fans want it, how bad the city wants it,” Hosmer explained. “I think this team symbolizes the attitude of this city — tough, we’re not going to quit and we’re going to fight to the end. It’s a pretty special bond we’ve created.” It’s a pretty rare bond, too, in modern professional sports. As the Royals prepare to play the San Francisco Giants in the World Series on Tuesday night, capping their first post-season appearance since winning the title in 1985, the relationship they have established with their long-suffering fans harkens back to a bygone era. It’s reminiscent of a time when players lived in the same neighbourhood as working-class fans, because they too were working class. When they had to find off-season jobs just to make ends meet, long before million-dollar contracts. When you walked into the barbershop or the supermarket and would see Duke Snider or Red Schoe-
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In this Oct. 15, 2014 photo, Kansas City Royals players and fans celebrate after Alcides Escobar scores during the first inning of Game 4 of the American League baseball championship series against the Baltimore Orioles in Kansas City, Mo. Kansas City fans have come a long, long way from spring training when many hated the young team without a lot of star appeal. The city is now caught up in a love affair with the Royals, and the players are reciprocating, reminding many folks of a bygone era in professional sports. ndienst getting a trim or perusing the vegetables. Only now, players and fans are connecting over drinks at a bar in the trendy Power and Light District of Kansas City. Or they’re connecting on Twitter in 140-word bursts. Didn’t hear about that one? Well, life-long Royals fan Nicholas Knapple didn’t have the cash for playoff tickets, so he messaged a few players on Twitter with a plea. One of them was Brandon Finnegan. The rookie pitcher promptly hooked him up. Knapple found himself watching Game 3 of the AL Championship Series against the Baltimore Orioles with his girlfriend and Finnegan’s mom — and an entire section filled with friends and family of other Royals players. “After the seventh inning, his mom told us we were going downstairs for the celebration,” Knapple said in a
phone interview. “So after the game, we got to go down outside the clubhouse. We got to meet Danny Duffy, take pictures. It was unbelievable.” About as unbelievable as the Royals’ post-season run. The happy marriage between the Royals and their fans was a rocky relationship earlier this summer. Third baseman Mike Moustakas was getting booed off the field. Manager Ned Yost had gone back to using an alias when he ordered at Starbucks. Even longtime designated hitter Billy Butler was starting to feel the wrath of a fan base that had been pining for success. Then two fans popped onto the Royals’ radar, and things seemed to change. One was Tim Grimes, a 28-year-old fan battling Stage 4 cancer. Doctors gave him a 5 per cent chance of surviving the next 18 months. He is spending
it relishing every pitch and every hit. The other was SungWoo Lee, a fan from South Korea. He wakes up in the middle of the night, every night, to watch the Royals online. In August, he finally made it to Kansas City. Perhaps it was coincidence, perhaps it was fate. But at the same time their stories were told, the Royals started to win. They climbed out of a deep hole in the AL Central, made a big push for the pennant, and then qualified for the wild-card game. Then they rallied from a four-run hole to beat the Oakland Athletics in 12 dramatic innings. “I think that’s really when it all came together,” said Bob Fescoe, the host of a popular morning talk show on 610 Sports in Kansas City. “The players saw the way the fans reacted, and the way fans cheered for them and stayed through that entire game.”
Giants core of reliable relievers plays big role in team’s success BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS SAN FRANCISCO — The San Francisco Giants have their own version of the Core Four that has fueled their recent October dominance. While players with catchy nicknames like the Panda, the Freak and MadBum, and shiny trophies like former NL Rookie of the Year and MVP Buster Posey get most of the accolades, a quartet of relievers has played almost as big a role in putting the Giants in position to win a third World Series title in five years. Santiago Casilla, Jeremy Affeldt, Javier Lopez and Sergio Romo are among the seven players who have played in all three post-season runs for San Francisco since 2010, providing stability to a role that can be so hard for some teams to fill come October. “One thing that we have that’s kind of nice is we have that continuity,” Lopez said. “We’ve been around each other for, this is now our fifth year together for most of us especially in that back end of the pen. That part’s kind of nice. We know what we can do, and we complement each other.” With a win in the World Series starting Tuesday night in Kansas City, the
Giants will join the New York Yankees teams led by Mariano Rivera, Derek Jeter, Bernie Williams and Jorge Posada as the only teams in the past 40 years to win it all at least three times in five seasons. Like those great Yankees teams that won four titles from 1996-2000, the Giants have relied on stellar relief pitching. “It’s nice to have these four guys with their experience and calmness they bring to the bullpen,” Giants manager Bruce Bochy said. Lopez has had a steady role as a lefthanded specialist whose submarine delivery is lethal against lefties, and Affeldt is another tough lefty who can pitch longer because he is almost as effective against right-handed hitters. Casilla and Romo have had their roles change over the years as the Giants are looking to win their third title with a third closer. Brian Wilson handled the job in 2010 with Romo and Casilla serving as setup men. That changed in 2012 when Casilla stepped into the closer role after Wilson got hurt early in the season. Casilla didn’t last in the role as Romo proved more effective and ended up closing out the World Series by striking out Miguel Cabrera. Casilla
and Romo flopped roles again this year after Romo blew three saves in June. “We had a lot of success when he was the closer here, and it’s not easy sometimes,” Bochy said. “But he never said anything, never complained. For a manager, you appreciate that. He wanted to do everything he could to help the team. That’s the only way this works.” The four have combined for a 6-1 record with eight saves and a 1.31 ERA over 87 post-season appearances since 2010. Affeldt has gone 18 straight appearances without a run, Casilla 17 and Lopez 15. With 68 2-3 innings, they have accounted for nearly one-fifth of San Francisco’s post-season innings since 2010, and more than the more heralded starters. “Every time I’ve been in the playoffs, it seems like bullpens are used to their maximum,” Affeldt said. “’Guys have come in in different situations and thrown strikes and come in for guys when maybe we have to come in
mid-inning, guys on base, stuff like that. We’ve done a pretty good job.” The four have gotten help this postseason from journeyman Yusmeiro Petit, whose nine shutout innings of two-hit relief were big reasons for San Francisco’s wins in Game 2 of the division series against Washington and Game 4 of the NLCS against St. Louis. Petit has been let go four times in his career, including briefly last season by the Giants, making him a perfect fit in a bullpen of mostly castoffs. Of the seven relievers who have pitched this post-season, only Affeldt hasn’t been released, waived or designated for assignment in his career. Casilla was signed to a minor league deal before the 2010 season after being let go by Oakland. Lopez was designated for assignment four times in his career before being acquired in a deadline deal with Pittsburgh in 2010. Romo is a former 28th round pick who was designated for assignment by San Francisco in 2008 before earning a regular role in the majors.
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A force for years to come STRONG CHEMISTRY ALLOWS OLYMPIC MEN’S CURLING CHAMPIONS TO KEEP DREAMING BIG BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — Never mind the new quadrennial. Team Brad Jacobs wants to be a force on the men’s curling scene for at least the next eight years. The new season is underway and the reigning Olympic champions are trying to build on their strong results from the last two years. The 2018 Winter Olympics is one long-term goal and they’re even looking ahead to the 2022 Games as another. And of course they’re hoping for more success at the Tim Hortons Brier, Grand Slams and other major events along the way. “Our team is hungry,” said team third Ryan Fry. “We want to be known as one of the best teams to play the game and we want to hold on to that No. 1 spot as long as we possibly can.” Fry joined forces with Jacobs, E.J. Harnden and Ryan Harnden in 2012 and the quartet clicked immediately. The Northern Ontario rink won the Brier in 2013 and added silver at the world championship. They kept up their stellar play last season and reached their goal of an Olympic title at the Sochi Games last February. “I think what we were able to accomplish over the last two years together really shows that the work ethic has to be there in order to achieve success in the sport now,” Fry said in a recent phone interview. “The one thing that we have that a lot of teams may not have — or have to work at very hard — is our chemistry. “Right now I don’t know if it’s matchable.” That cohesion gives the Jacobs rink a distinct advantage this season considering all the recent lineup changes among top men’s teams around the country. Fry and his teammates have also worked to improve their training routines, shifting some of their focus from heavy weightlifting to aerobics. “We’re spending a little more time making sure we’re strong in all parts of our game,” Fry said. “It’s not just looking big out there but it’s actually having your body feel as good as it possibly can.” The changes have paid off with some solid results early this season. They topped a strong field to win the Shorty Jenkins Classic in Brockville, Ont., last month and reached the final of the Stu Sells Toronto Tankard last week. They will take an impressive 195 overall record into the first Grand Slam of the season, the Oct. 28-Nov. 2 Masters in Selkirk, Man. At 36, Fry is the oldest member of the team. E.J. Harnden is next at 31, two years older than Jacobs — his cousin — and three years older than brother Ryan. Fry has played for sev-
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Olympic curling gold medallists Brad Jacobs, Ryan Fry, Ryan Harnden and E. J. Harnden, left to right, display their medals as they make an appearance at the Tim Hortons Brier in Kamloops, B.C. on March 8, 2014. Never mind the new quadrennial. Team Brad Jacobs wants to be a force on the men’s curling scene for at least the next eight years. eral skips over his career while the Harndens broke through in 2008 with their first Brier appearance. Jacobs moved in as skip in 2009 and they won bronze at the national playdowns in 2010. Fry later rounded out the current lineup and last year they became the first Northern Ontario team to win the Brier since 1985. “This is the team we want to play with,” Fry said. “We’ve spent a long time looking for it,” he added. “We know we have the ability and the talent to stay at the top. It’s just going to be collectively working together to keep improving our game. As long as the four of us are committed and are able to commit the amount of time and energy it takes to stay there, we’re confident that we can stay at the top or somewhere close to the top for a long period of time. “It’s just honestly going to come down to whether or not we’re able to do it with the rest of life coming into play, i.e. families, jobs, careers, things of that nature.” Not only are they finally among the elite teams in the country — they’re now the rink to beat. And their goals are just as high now as they were two years ago. “We want to, at the end of it, say that we’ve won everything that there is to win in curling and nowadays that in-
cludes the Grand Slams and the Canada Cup,” Fry said. “There are so many major events that we’re lucky enough to be able to play in now that we have an opportunity to prove ourselves almost biweekly. We’re looking at all the majors as goals of ours to win. “But the Brier, to me it’s still one of the things I grew up watching and something that I have a huge passion for. So obviously the Brier and provincial championships are very major in our planning for what we want to accomplish this year.” Part of the challenge is to maintain the work ethic and training that helped set them apart. “We know that if we want to stay at the level that we want to stay at for the next four years, and potentially we’re even talking going forward to 2022 — so you’re talking a good seven, eight (more) years together — for us to do that as we get older, you need your bodies to stay in a 25-year-old’s shape,” Fry said. “So not necessarily lifting the heaviest weights is going to be the best way to achieve that. “So we’re just really making sure that we have the right training program in order to have longevity in the sport.” The four members of Team Brad Jacobs are known for their chiselled physiques and a focused intensity. They of-
ten use a defensive style but can make the quick switch to an offensive game as needed. They also aren’t afraid to show their emotions on the ice. Fry admits it took some time for them to learn how to use their strong personalities for the team’s greater good. “Instead of doing things that may hinder our ability to win, we started looking at it as a way to grow together as a team and individually,” Fry said. “I think that the fact that we’re all honest and able to make those changes to ourselves and to the team dynamic, it really helped elevate us at a very quick pace.” The domestic curling scene is quite different now than it was a year ago. Kevin Martin has retired and top skips like Kevin Koe, Glenn Howard, Jeff Stoughton, Brad Gushue and John Morris all made some lineup changes. Howard said he thinks the Jacobs rink has shown that it’s at the top of the class right now. “They had a great formula and they seem to really have a good team dynamic and good team cohesiveness going on,” Howard said. “They had a little bit of a temper and a little bit of an edge to them which I think they’ve learned to control. There’s nothing wrong with that as long as you can control it and I think they did that and they did that beautifully. “If they have a bad end or a bad game, they bounce back very well and that’s the sign of a true champion team.” The Jacobs rink has no plans to rest on its laurels now that it has enjoyed major victories. “We’re playing enough to give ourselves the best chance of staying at the world No. 1 (position),” Fry said of this season. “We’re honestly just chasing those 100 per cent games and trying to be as good of a team as possible. I know for a fact that when we’re playing at our ability and we don’t let anything else get in the way of it, we’re very tough to beat. “The wins and the championships and all that stuff take care of themselves if you’re able to do that.” It also helps when team camaraderie is strong. “We’re honestly four best buddies,” Fry said. “It helps that three of the members of our team are family. But we legitimately love spending time together. There’s no three other guys that any of us would rather win with than the guys that we have on our team. “That’s something that I searched for for a long time and I know the guys have searched for it for a long time. We just really enjoy competing but being able to compete together. I think it’s that chemistry that we have that really brings us up a level.”
Bouchard drops opening match at WTA Finals SINGAPORE — Romania’s Simona Halep comfortably defeated Canada’s Eugenie Bouchard 6-2, 6-3 on Monday’s opening night of the WTA Finals. In a clash of the only two players making their first appearance at the season-ending championships, Halep lost only four points when getting her first serve into play. “Maybe I can believe,” Halep said. “I have the chance to win this tournament, but I don’t want to think about this.” Bouchard, from Westmount, Que., was well below her best, racking up 30 unforced errors against 11 from Halep. “Going for it is always my game style but today there was definitely a lack of consistency,” Bouchard said. “I didn’t feel match sharp, but I feel like I can build on this and I still have another match, which is a bit of a positive.” Bouchard will next face Ana Ivanovic on Wednesday while Halep will face Serena Williams. Williams won her opening match earlier on Monday, beating Ivanovic 6-4, 6-4 for her 16th consecutive victory at the finals. The top-ranked Williams came into the season-ending tournament after
injuries forced her out of her previous two tournaments and with the off-court distraction of disparaging comments about her from Russian tennis official Shamil Tarpischev. Before the WTA Finals, Williams retired from the China Open and Wuhan Open because of illness and a left knee injury that had her in doubt for Singapore. But with the win over Ivanovic, she closed in on Martina Navratilova’s record of 21 straight wins at the tournament. “I just found out last time that I was 15 matches and I was like, ’Oh boy, not another streak,”’ Williams said. “So now I’m 16 and, gosh, here we go again.” The top-ranked Williams was shaky in her opening service game, having to save two break points, but soon settled and took a 4-1 lead. Ivanovic got back on serve at 4-4 and had a crucial break opportunity to go up 5-4 but missed a volley. “That was a huge point but it was actually quite a hard volley, the ball was dropping fast and I didn’t come in fast enough,” Ivanovic said. “I kind of got down a little bit on myself, then I rushed a little bit that (next) service game, so that was a little bit disappointing.”
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COOL breaks rules: WTO BY THE CANADIAN PRESS Canada has won a battle in an ongoing trade dispute with the United States over meat-labelling laws that have hurt the beef and pork industries. The World Trade Organization released a ruling Monday that said U.S. country-of-origin labelling (COOL) rules discriminate against exports from Canada and Mexico. The rules, which went into effect in 2008 and were updated last year, are blamed by the Canadian meat industry for reducing exports to the U.S. by half. The WTO compliance panel said COOL breaks trade rules because it treats Canadian and Mexican livestock less favourably than U.S. livestock. The panel said changes the U.S. made to the rules last year made the policy even more detrimental to livestock exporters. “The compliance panel concluded that the amended COOL measure increases the original COOL measure’s detrimental impact on the competitive opportunities of imported livestock in the U.S. market,” the panel said. “It necessitates increased segregation of meat and livestock in the U.S. market, entails a higher record-keeping burden and increases the original COOL measure’s incentive to choose domestic over imported livestock.” The federal government hailed the ruling Monday and called on the United States to comply with the WTO decision. “Today’s WTO compliance panel’s report reaffirms Canada’s long-standing view that the revised U.S. COOL measure is blatantly protectionist and fails to comply with the WTO’s original ruling against it,” Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz said in a statement. “The WTO’s clear and consistent findings in support of Canada’s position effectively supply a clear message to the U.S. — end this protectionist policy that creates economic harm on both sides of the border and comply with your international trade obligations.” Ritz has said that he expects the U.S. may appeal the ruling before the trade battle is finally resolved. “I think they will ride this right to the bottom politically,” he said. “It’s a political solution to a problem that doesn’t exist.” Ritz noted that it’s the third time the WTO has ruled against COOL. “This is their final strike. They only had three opportunities.” COOL rules require all packaged meat to identify where the animal was born, raised and slaughtered. Supporters of the law say it better informs U.S. consumers, while opponents argue that segregating animals and tracking them adds costs and violates free-trade agreements. International Trade Minister Ed Fast has said the legislation undermines North American supply chains and costs the Canadian pork and beef industries about $1 billion a year.
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Work on a building in McKenzie Industrial Park, just south of Red Deer Shooting Centre, is nearing completion. Zoned business service industrial, the building offers units ranging from 2,320 square feet to 9,136 square feet, and high enough to accommodate a second floor. Century 21 Advantage Commercial is the leasing agent, with bays available for lease or sale.
Canada at risk from household debt, house prices: Moody’s BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — Canada is maintaining its triple-A credit rating thanks to a steady economic outlook, but the country also faces potential risks amid mounting household debt and climbing house prices, Moody’s Investor Service said. The U.S. credit rating agency said in a report Monday that Canada earned the top grade through its “relatively solid economic performance,” due to its sound banking system, relatively low government debt and a projection to balance the books following a series of deficits. “After a recession at the time of the global financial crisis, the economy recovered and continues to show positive momentum, supporting improvement in government finance,” the Moody’s assessment said. However, the research also zeroed in on possible economic threats. The report said Canada suffers from high household debt and a “particularly inflated” housing market in some big-city areas. It warned how both con-
tinue to rise. “This combination presents a potential risk to the banks and to the federal government directly, as it guarantees a considerable portion of mortgages,” said the report, co-authored by Steve Hess and Dmytro Kulakovskyi. For years, both the Bank of Canada and the Finance Department have warned Canadians about amassing too much debt. But both Bank of Canada governor Stephen Poloz and Finance Minister Joe Oliver have downplayed the susceptibility of the Canadian housing market, even though Poloz still views it as the top domestic threat to the economy. Oliver and most analysts have predicted a soft landing for the real-estate market. Moody’s offered a gloomier take on the situation. “With no signs of a soft landing for the housing market in sight, we believe that this increased vulnerability presents the largest downside risk to our medium-term forecast,” the report said. In the summer, U.S. financial agen-
cies Fitch Ratings and Morningstar issued separate warnings about the Canadian housing market, saying it was overpriced and at risk of a correction. On Monday, the Moody’s report said Canada’s expected interest-rate hikes over the coming years will boost the cost of borrowing and apply pressure to housing prices. A poll released Monday suggested a large chunk of indebted Canadians, particularly younger people, didn’t know how they would manage their finances if they were suddenly forced to stop working. Thirty-nine per cent of Canadians had no idea how they would pay their expenses if they were struck by a sudden illness and couldn’t work for six months, an Ipsos Reid survey of 1,000 people commissioned by TD Insurance suggested. That figure rose to 44 per cent for respondents under the age of 35. The TD survey found those polled said they would need an average of $45,609 in savings to cover their expenses for a year, just under the average yearly income reported by Statistics Canada.
September home sales set record BY ADVOCATE STAFF The “R” word hasn’t been used much in real estate circles since the heady days preceding the 2008 recession. But it’s becoming tough to discuss Central Alberta’s residential resale market without talking about records. The Central Alberta Realtors Assocition reported on Monday that it processed 503 home sales through the Multiple Lising Service last month — the highest September tally on the
books and a healthy 12.3 per cent improvement on the number for the same period a year ago. Three-quarters of the way through 2014, local Realtors have combined for a series of record or near-record sales months. Their tally to the end of September was up to 4,432 residential deals — the highest ever for a Januaryto-September period and 12.1 per cent ahead of 2013 to the same point,. and 3.5 per cent above the figure for 2007. The average selling price of homes sold through the association last month was $313,792, up 8.9 per cent from Sep-
tember 2013. The year-to-date average price was $313,121, a 4.7 per cent improvement from a year ago. New MLS residential listings in the region last month totalled 709, bringing the inventory of active listings to 2,742. That total is down 6.5 per cent from the listing count of a year ago, and represents enough homes to carry the market for just 5 ½ months at the current rate of selling. The association pointed out in its release that MLS sales have been strong across Alberta
Servicing nearing completion at Energy Business Park BY HARLEY RICHARDS ADVOCATE BUSINESS EDITOR
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Ground work preparations are well underway in the Energy Business Park east of Gasoline Alley.
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any type of trade or energy service company.” Some of the lots are also designated for commercial use, said Milne. “Anything from hotel to retail to RV dealers.” Some development of the property occurred prior to the economic downturn, before stalling. The current owner, Vancouver-based Gasoline Alley Holdings Ltd., acquired the site in 2009, said Milne. “We feel it’s the right time to get the land out there for sale.” Located east of Petrolia Drive and south of Willow Street, Energy Business Park will have easy connections to Hwy 2. “Access is probably the most prominent feature of it, and second would be visibility,” said Milne. The listing agent for the park is Salomons Commercial, with the owner willing to lease on a build-to-suit basis or sell, said Milne. hrichards@reddeeradvocate.com
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Diversified and Industrials Agrium Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . 94.60 ATCO Ltd.. . . . . . . . . . . . 46.35 BCE Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47.89 BlackBerry . . . . . . . . . . . 11.63 Bombardier . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.64 Blackberry. . . . . . . . . . . . 51.56 Cdn. National Railway . . 73.99 Cdn. Pacific Railway. . . 221.65 Cdn. Utilities . . . . . . . . . . 39.05 Capital Power Corp . . . . 25.73 Cervus Equipment Corp 17.95 Dow Chemical . . . . . . . . 46.51 Enbridge Inc. . . . . . . . . . 51.62 Finning Intl. Inc. . . . . . . . 28.50 Fortis Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . 34.72 General Motors Co. . . . . 30.34 Parkland Fuel Corp. . . . . 20.37 Sirius XM . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.01 SNC Lavalin Group. . . . . 48.16 Stantec Inc. . . . . . . . . . . 71.54 Telus Corp. . . . . . . . . . . . 38.32 Transalta Corp.. . . . . . . . 10.87 Transcanada. . . . . . . . . . 53.54 Consumer Canadian Tire . . . . . . . . 118.70 Gamehost . . . . . . . . . . . . 16.27 Leon’s Furniture . . . . . . . 16.27 Loblaw Ltd. . . . . . . . . . . . 54.37 MARKETS CLOSE TORONTO — The Toronto stock market closed sharply higher Monday as investors snapped up oversold stocks for a third day in hopes a bottom is close in the sell-off that has plagued markets this month. The S&P/TSX composite index gained 110.09 points to 14,337.77 — its third straight triple-digit advance. “It was incredibly encouraging to see we got that late-week rebound (last week), which suggests that the market isn’t so fragile,” said Craig Fehr, Canadian markets specialist at Edward Jones in St. Louis, adding markets haven’t seen an end of volatility in the near term. The Canadian dollar slipped 0.06 of a cent to 88.62 cents US. U.S. markets were higher with the Dow industrials up 19.26 points to 16,399.67, held back by a seven per cent slide in IBM stock. The Dow heavyweight announced that its adjusted earnings were $3.68 per share while revenue totalled $22.4 billion. Analysts expected $4.32 per share on revenue of $23.39 billion. IBM also said that it will pay $1.5 billion to Globalfoundries in order to shed its costly chip division. It took a $4.7-billion charge for the third quarter as it also delivered a disappointing outlook. The Nasdaq climbed 57.63 points to 4,316.07 and the S&P 500 index rose 17.25 points to 1,904.01. The TSX found support from Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc. (TSX:VRX), which reported adjusted earnings of $718.8 million or $2.11 per share, 11 cents ahead of forecasts. Valeant also raised its fourth-quarter adjusted profit estimate and its 2015 revenue growth forecast and its shares rose $5.30 to C$140.74. The gold sector was the leading group as the December gold contract gained $5.70 to US$1,244.70 an ounce. The December copper contract was two cents lower at US$2.99 a pound.
Maple Leaf Foods. . . . . . 18.87 Rona Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . 13.64 Tim Hortons . . . . . . . . . . 86.68 Wal-Mart . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75.14 WestJet Airlines . . . . . . . 29.66 Mining Barrick Gold . . . . . . . . . . 15.43 Cameco Corp. . . . . . . . . 18.64 First Quantum Minerals . 18.75 Goldcorp Inc. . . . . . . . . . 26.33 Hudbay Minerals. . . . . . . . 8.30 Kinross Gold Corp. . . . . . . 3.32 Labrador. . . . . . . . . . . . . 20.13 Potash Corp.. . . . . . . . . . 36.67 Sherritt Intl. . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.76 Teck Resources . . . . . . . 17.52 Energy Arc Resources . . . . . . . . 28.70 Badger Daylighting Ltd. . 26.18 Baker Hughes. . . . . . . . . 52.65 Bonavista . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.27 Bonterra Energy . . . . . . . 53.23 Cdn. Nat. Res. . . . . . . . . 38.26 Cdn. Oil Sands Ltd. . . . . 17.98 Canyon Services Group. 10.95 Cenovous Energy Inc. . . 26.37 CWC Well Services . . . 0.7600 Encana Corp. . . . . . . . . . 21.12 Essential Energy. . . . . . . . 2.13 Rogers Communications (TSX:RCI.B) helped lift the telecom sector and its shares gained $1.39 to $43.67 as it announced that it was teaming with Netflix to deliver the original survivalist thriller series “Between.” It is Netflix’s first partnership with a Canadian broadcaster. The TSX is down about nine per cent from its September highs, the Dow is down five per cent and the S&P 500 is off 6.5 per cent amid worries the eurozone could slip back into recession and a global economic downgrade by the International Monetary Fund. Central banks have also figured largely in the market sentiment. The sell-off began amid concerns that have grown over the ending this month of the U.S. Federal Reserve’s key stimulus program. The Fed’s purchase of hundreds of billions of dollars of bonds has kept long-term rates low and encouraged the rally on stock markets over the last few years. The energy group was flat, with the November crude oil contract down four cents to US$82.71 a barrel. The energy sector is down 15 per cent in the last month as demand concerns and rising supplies have sent oil down 14 per cent over that time. The industrials sector was also flat as Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. (TSX:CP) confirmed it held exploratory talks about a possible combination with U.S. railway CSX Corp. but those discussions ended without a deal and no further talks are planned. CP shares dropped $3.34 to C$221.65 a day before it and rival Canadian National Railway (TSX:CNR) release earnings. FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS Highlights at the close of Monday at world financial market trading. Stocks: S&P/TSX Composite Index — 14,337.77, up 110.09 points Dow — 16,399.67, up 19.26 points S&P 500 — 1,904.01, up
Exxon Mobil . . . . . . . . . . 91.77 Halliburton Co. . . . . . . . . 52.92 High Arctic . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.99 Husky Energy . . . . . . . . . 27.81 Imperial Oil . . . . . . . . . . . 51.42 Pengrowth Energy . . . . . . 4.71 Penn West Energy . . . . . . 5.50 Pinecrest Energy Inc. . . . 0.040 Precision Drilling Corp . . . 9.72 Suncor Energy . . . . . . . . 38.10 Talisman Energy . . . . . . . . 7.52 Trican Ltd.. . . . . . . . . . . . 10.47 Trinidad Energy . . . . . . . . 7.53 Vermilion Energy . . . . . . 65.60 Financials Bank of Montreal . . . . . . 80.48 Bank of N.S. . . . . . . . . . . 67.27 CIBC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98.15 Cdn. Western . . . . . . . . . 36.94 Carfinco . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.20 Great West Life. . . . . . . . 30.35 IGM Financial . . . . . . . . . 43.65 Intact Financial Corp. . . . 72.17 Manulife Corp. . . . . . . . . 20.00 National Bank . . . . . . . . . 50.75 Rifco Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.80 Royal Bank . . . . . . . . . . . 79.20 Sun Life Fin. Inc.. . . . . . . 38.05 TD Bank . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53.67 17.25 points Nasdaq — 4,316.07, up 57.63 points Currencies at close: Cdn — 88.62 cents US, down 0.06 of a cent Pound — C$1.8246, up 1.04 cents Euro — C$1.4449, up 0.60 of a cent Euro — US$1.2805, up 0.45 of a cent Oil futures: US$82.71 per barrel, down 15 cents (November contract)
Small biz lagging in Canada, but has potential: CIBC study BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — Small business activity in Canada is lagging the economy, but it has the potential to pick up and grow in the next five years, suggests a report from CIBC World Markets. It says that currency fluctuations have less impact on small and medium-sized businesses and notes that a meaningful drop in the Canadian dollar below the U.S. greenback has helped exports. “Just as small and medium enterprises are less responsive to a rise in the value of the loonie, they are just as insensitive to Canadian dollar weakness,” said Benjamin Tall, the bank’s deputy chief economist, who co-authored the report. The Canadian dollar is currently worth about 89 cents US, down from about 97 cents US a year ago. The report identifies Alberta as the most favourable place in Canada for a small business to flourish as it has the strongest projected growth, while also possessing good demographics and immigration trends. “Those latter characteristics offer a steady stream of future entrepreneurs and workers to drive operations in tomorrow’s small and medium enterprises,” However, Alberta does lack an advantage in export orientation, “with a concentration in Alberta’s outbound
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flows in larger, energy-focused firms,” he added. British Columbia and Ontario ranked second and third, respectively, with a three-way tie for fourth between Saskatchewan, Manitoba and Quebec. B.C.’s strong growth prospects, solid urban concentration and labour dynamics suggest that smaller enterprises can exploit emerging opportunities, Tal said. While small firms in Ontario are well integrated into larger firms’ manufacturing supply chains, the province isn’t aligned to industries that are poised to see the highest growth, he notes. “It will need to work on its weaker readings on debt management to give firms the capital they need to expand toward industries with brighter prospects.” CIBC estimates small businesses activity accounts for about 40 per cent of private-sector gross domestic product. Since the 2008-09 recession, small business overall has been the little engine that could, more than pulling its weight when its comes to growth and employment, the report noted. For example, since the recession, the study found that the number of small businesses with between 20 and 49 employees has risen close to 18 per cent, while those with 10 to 19 employees is up by 12.5 per cent and those with less than 10 employees up by 10.3 per cent.
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Putting the lid on waste CITY FOCUSES ON WASTE REDUCTION WITH FUN, INFORMATION SESSIONS AT LANDFILL Red Deer residents who are haunted by the amount of garbage they produce can join the city’s second annual Waste Reduction Day Spooktacular on Saturday. The Halloween-inspired event will run from 10:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. when city staff will trumpet the 3 Rs of waste reduction: reduce, reuse and recycle. Staff will also raise awareness about environmentally appropriate disposal and recycling to divert waste from the landfill. Residents are encouraged to bring items from the following categories to earn up to five entries to win an iPad:
old batteries, used compact fluorescent light bulbs, e-waste (computers, monitors, TVs) and nail polish. An entry will also be offered to those wearing a Halloween costume. A Hearts of Women representative will talk about reducing plastic bag use and Habitat for Humanity will provide information about its ReStore centre that recycles and reuses building supplies. The Recycling Council of Alberta will discuss its work, and Waskasoo Environmental Education Society will upcycle Halloween crafts and costumes. Halloween treats for children and
other refreshments are available at the Interpretive Centre. Bus tours of the facility proved to be popular last year and they will be offered again. The events will be at the city waste management facility at 1709 40th Ave. Janet Whitesell, waste management superintendent, said the waste management facility is more than a landfill. The centre educates the public about the proper way to dispose of household hazardous waste such as nail polish and batteries. The facility also diverts electronic waste, yard waste and many other materials from the landfill.
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Matt Bourque, right, of Sable Electric in Red Deer passes carpenter Casey Wenger of Shunda Construction in a hallway at Annie L. Gaetz Elementary School in Red Deer on Monday. Work has begun on a project that will see the school gutted and rebuilt with a $5.2 million modernization project. During the upgrading of the school the students and staff have been moved to a temporary location at the Central School location at 48 Avenue and 53 Street.
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Hall of fame offers Halloween fun If you’re looking for a place to have some early Halloween fun, the Alberta Sports Hall of Fame and Museum might just be the place. For $10 per family (up to six people), Halloween Family Night will take place of Oct. 29 from 6 to 8 p.m. Spooky activities and games for all ages are planned. Costumes are welcome, as are all monsters, ghosts and superheroes.
Current photo radar sites Red Deer motorists should watch for photo radar at these locations from now until Oct. 31: School zones: 48th Avenue, 42A Avenue, 55th Avenue, Lancaster Drive, Lawford Avenue, 40th Avenue, 49th Avenue. Playground zones: Jewell Street, Kendrew Drive,
Lauren Maris, environment program specialist, says staff want “residents to understand they have options around waste reduction.” “The less they purchase disposable items, and the more they can recycle, or repurpose or donate used goods, the more we can extend the life of the landfill,” Maris said. Saturday’s event wraps up Waste Reduction Week, a national campaign to raise awareness about the environmental and social consequences of waste. For more details, go to www.reddeer.ca/waste.
50th Avenue, Boyce Street, Allan Street, Ellenwood Drive. Traffic corridors: 49th Street, 50th Avenue, 30th Avenue, 40th Avenue, Taylor Drive, 22nd Street, 50th Street, Lockwood Avenue, Riverside Drive. Police reserve the right to change locations without notice.
Youth shelter gets grant for roof The 49th Street Youth Shelter is getting a new roof thanks to a $25,000 grant from The Home Depot of Canada Foundation. The grant from the foundation’s Affordable Housing Grant Program will cover the cost of a roof and five new sets of bunk beds for the 24-hour emergency shelter for youth aged 12 to 17. The shelter is operated by Red Deer’s Youth and Volunteer Centre. Dawn Flanagan, acting executive director, said the shelter is always busy helping youth who are on the street or struggling with being at home. She said the heavy snow last winter caused the roof to leak. Work on the new roof will begin in the next few weeks.
Bamford helps local program Young people who need substance abuse counselling will benefit from a donation from JEDCO Energy Services through the Gord Bamford Charitable Foundation. Bamford, a Lacombe-based country music star; and Duane Sokalski from JEDCO Energy presented $6,200 to McMan Central on Monday. Christine Stewart, McMan Central program manager, said the money will allow needy 13-to-24-yearolds to get substance abuse counselling when they can’t afford therapy for their drug or alcohol issues. McMan hopes to provide a residential treatment program for youths who want to solve addiction issues. Stewart said McMan is grateful to the donation. McMan provides services to youth and their families. Since 2008, the Bamford Charitable Foundation has generated more than $2 million, including $503,000 raised at a recent charity golf fundraiser.
DNA researcher to speak A researcher who uses DNA to study ecology, conservation and Alberta wildlife management will speak in Red Deer on Thursday. David Coltman is the guest speaker at the Red Deer River Naturalists at 7 p.m. Coltman’s research group has used analysis of DNA, the blueprint of all living things, to address a wide range of biological questions in Alberta wildlife. He will describe how DNA fingerprinting methods are used to study issues such as mountain pine beetle, chronic wasting disease in wild deer and how it casts new light on ecology and evolution of mountain sheep and goats. Coltman is a professor in the Department of Bio-
Two men noted for their achievements in athletics and music are the latest graduates to be inducted into the Lindsay Thurber Comprehensive High School Hall of Fame. Don Kjorven, who graduated in 1974, is being celebrated for his athletic accomplishments in skiing and other contributions to his sport. Kjorven was on the Canadian Interski Team in 1983, 1987 and 1991. He was Alberta amateur freestyle ski champion in 1979. His professional highlights include 38 years on the Canadian Ski Instructors Alliance and 14 years on the CSIA National Technical Committee. He has also been ski pro in New Zealand, Marmot Basin and Canyon Ski Hill. He has also been a director of skiing, sales and/or marketing for Sunshine Village and Nakiska ski resorts. He has also been a trainer and a coach. Keith Rempel, a successful Alberta bassist who graduated in 2003, is the first legally blind graduate of the MacEwan University music program. Rempel played tuba and bass and was a vocalist in the choral program. Rempel has performed and recorded extensively with some of Canada’s finest musicians in a variety of genres, including jazz, celtic, folk, latin and country. He has played in the Edmonton Folk Music Festival, Edmonton International Jazz Festival, and toured North America with notable musicians. Playing with the Craig Moritz band, Rempel has opened for Dwight Yoakam. Rempel has recorded with fiddler Lizzy Hoyt, Kayla Hotte, Vicky Berg, Daniel Gervais, Jesse Dollimont and the Osprey’s, Justine Vandergrift, Lauren Busheikin and Ky Babyn. Kjorven and Rempel will be inducted into the school’s hall of fame on Friday.
logical Sciences at the University of Alberta who specializes in wildlife genetics. He also serves at the dean of research for the Faculty of Science. Coltman will speak at the Kerry Wood Nature Centre. The event is open to the public and there is no charge to attend.
Watershed group plans forum The Red Deer River Watershed Alliance will hold their fall forum and general meeting in Drumheller on Oct. 28. Among the presentation topics will be an overview of the Dickson Dam, the role of the forestry industry within the watershed, and ATCO Power and its role in the Red Deer River Basin. The event takes place from 2 to 7 p.m. at the Canalta Jurassic Hotel and Cretaceous Conference Centre at 1103 Hwy 9 south. It costs $25 per person. For more information or to register, go to www. rdrwa.ca or mail info@rdrwa.ca.
Vintage motorcycles on display If you’re interested in old motorcycles, the 20th annual Canadian Vintage Motorcycle Group’s Motorcycle Swap Meet will be held at Westerner Park’s Stockmans Pavilion in Red Deer on Sunday. The Central Alberta section of the non-profit organization will run the meet from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. It costs $5 per person to get in. Vendors will be on hand, as well as motorcycles on display. The Canadian Vintage Motorcycle Group promotes the use, restoration and interest in older motorcycles and those of historic interest. There are 2,100 members across Canada, and members own more than 7,000 motorcycles covering 200 different makes. For more information, contact Scott at 403-3502585.
Donation boosts sex assault centre Central Alberta Sexual Assault Support Centre now has an additional counsellor to help victims of sexual assault and sexual abuse. A $70,000 donation from the fifth annual Mavis Goss Open in September allowed the centre to increase its counsellors on staff to six. Executive director Patricia Arango said the new worker will help to reduce the wait list. “I don’t think it’s a good thing for any victim looking for help and having to wait for assistance for three or four weeks,” Arango said. Her goal is to eliminate the wait and reach more victims across Central Alberta. A counsellor is now visiting Rocky Mountain House and Maskwacis once every two weeks, she said. “To cover all of Central Alberta, we need more people working here, helping us support (victims) wherever they are.” For more information about the centre, go to www.casasc.ca.
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NATION WON’T SEND MEDICAL STAFF TO WEST AFRICA WITHOUT EVACUATION PLAN: AMBROSE BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — Canada will not send any doctors or nurses to West Africa to help contain the deadly Ebola virus without a solid evacuation plan, Health Minister Rona Ambrose said Monday. “We are looking at options to send personnel, but at this time we are not going to be sending any more medical personnel until we feel strongly that we have a guaranteed medical evacuation,” she said. “There are very limited services available when it comes to medical evacuation. We do have an arrangement with the United States, but even their medical evacuation is limited.” Canada has an arrangement with the United States, which uses private charter airline Phoenix Air to handle Ebola patients, she added. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention use Phoenix Air’s
two Gulfstream jets to transfer patients with highly contagious diseases like Ebola. The company, based near Atlanta, is now outfitting a third jet with special medical equipment and a zippered plastic room that uses HEPA filters to keep diseases from spreading throughout the aircraft. Very few aircraft are equipped to evacuate Ebola patients. A Phoenix Air spokesman said he was too busy to grant an interview. Other countries have similar arrangements with the United States. That puts a strain on the number of flights available to countries like Canada. “We are one of many other countries that also have the same arrangement,” Ambrose said. “The U.S. is obviously working with us to look at other options, but we are not the only country facing this challenge.” Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott has also said his government will
Magnotta trial hears from Harper’s deputy chief of staff BY THE CANADIAN PRESS CAUTION: GRAPHIC CONTENT MAY DISTURB SOME READERS MONTREAL — Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s deputy chief of staff testified at Luka Rocco Magnotta’s firstdegree murder trial on Monday about the day her office received a parcel containing the foot of victim Jun Lin. Jenni Byrne was the Conservatives’ director of political operations when a partially opened package arrived at party headquarters in Ottawa on May 29, 2012. Byrne told the trial that her assistant brought her the parcel and she proceeded to open it completely, removing pink tissue paper and a black garbage bag before finding a black gift bag inside. Byrne asked her assistant for scissors to open up the soft and mushy bag. “We clipped the top off and there was a very, very bad smell,” she testified. “I knew that because of the nature of the smell, it seemed something that was rotting...and I thought it should be brought to the attention of the police.” She told her aide to call 911 because “something was not right.” Byrne never saw what was in the package — a foot belonging to Lin, the 33-year-old Chinese engineering student Magnotta has admitted to killing. Magnotta, 32, is charged with firstdegree murder in Lin’s slaying and dismemberment. He has admitted the physical acts he’s accused of but has pleaded not guilty by way of mental disorder. He faces four other charges: criminally harassing Harper and other mem-
bers of Parliament; mailing obscene and indecent material; committing an indignity to a body; and publishing obscene materials. Magnotta kept his head down as graphic photos were shown Monday of the foot as well as of a severed left hand that was in a separate package that never reached its destination — federal Liberal headquarters in Ottawa. It was intercepted at a Canada Post facility in the nation’s capital. Both boxes had the same return address, listed to one Renee Bordelais. Byrne said Harper was notified of the situation at party headquarters, but could not say when he was told. She eventually spoke to his chief of staff at the time, Nigel Wright, once she was permitted to leave quarantine about 90 minutes after the package had been found. Harper was in Ottawa on the day the box was delivered, but Byrne was unsure where his wife, Laureen, was. Byrne identified the Laureen Teskey mentioned in a note found in the box as Harper’s wife. Teskey is her maiden name. Theresa Kelm, a detective-constable with the major-crimes unit of the Ottawa police, testified later and identified a second name superimposed on the pink note addressed to the Conservatives that Byrne did not recognize. Etched lightly was the name “Neil Fenton,” who was identified as Laureen Harper’s first husband. Earlier on Monday, a postal-counter employee testified about two packages mailed by Magnotta to Vancouver. The witness, Vee Foong Law, didn’t remember serving Magnotta on May 26, 2012, at a downtown Montreal souvenir shop where the counter was located.
not send doctors or nurses to West Africa until it is satisfied all risks are properly managed. Other flight options in West Africa are limited and Ambrose said commercial airlines aren’t an option if someone catches Ebola. Canadians have been in the Ebola zone for months. Some are there with the World Health Organization and others have gone with Doctors Without Borders. The Public Health Agency of Canada has two mobile laboratories in West Africa. One mobile lab team is helping local health-care workers quickly diagnose Ebola. The other is working with Doctors Without Borders to monitor how well prevention measures such as handwashing stations, face masks and disposal sites are working to stop Ebola from spreading. Ambrose held a news conference Monday with the country’s new chief public health officer, Dr. Gregory Taylor.
A joint exercise held over the weekend with Nova Scotia public health officials to ensure Canada is ready in the event of its first case of the disease was successful, the minister said. The Sunday drill followed a smaller one that took place on Friday in Ottawa to test an Ebola rapid response team’s ability to quickly assemble the proper gear and equip one of the four dedicated Transport Canada aircraft currently on standby in the capital and Winnipeg. Other provinces have asked for similar drills. The federal Liberals have tabled a motion in the Commons that would compel Ambrose, Taylor and Public Safety Minister Steven Blaney to appear at a parliamentary committee twice a month with an update on Canada’s efforts to deal with the Ebola threat.
Battle over funding for aboriginal kids enters final round BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — The First Nations advocate who has been fighting the federal government for nearly a decade over how much money it spends on child welfare says she hopes her experience serves as example. This week marks the final round of Cindy Blackstock’s long battle at the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal to get aboriginal children the same funding from the federal government as non-aboriginal kids get from the provinces. She and the Assembly of First Nations say funding levels for First Nations child welfare agencies are 22 per cent lower than provincial agencies, despite First Nations carrying a far higher case load of child welfare files. Though the government has been aware of the discrepancy, a lack of action on their part prompted Blackstock and the AFN to file a human rights complaint in 2007 alleging the federal government is discriminating against First Nations children on the basis of their race. Closing arguments are underway this week with a decision expected next year. In the course of the fight, Blackstock’s personal Facebook profile was mined by the federal government, which led the privacy commissioner to find her rights had been violated. That issue is also before the human rights tribunal which could find that
she was retaliated against for speaking out and award her damages. She said she’d donate any money. “This is not about money, this is about every Canadian having the right to speak out when they see something that’s wrong in ways that are respectful and in ways that are in keeping with our democracy,” Blackstock said at a news conference Monday. “I’m hoping that people get inspired by my story to not remain silent when they see something that’s wrong and needs to change because I’m not going to remain silent no matter what they do.” The same year the complaint was filed, the government did change its funding model, promising better outcomes. The Conservatives also say they’ve increased funding by 25 per cent. Blackstock, who is the executive director of the First Nations Child and Family Caring Society, said while there has been some improvement, there needs to be much much more. “What we’re asking for is the government to implement the solutions it’s already identified,” Blackstock said, pointing to a 2000 joint review carried out by the AFN and the federal government. “It’s about doing the right thing for the children and stop using racial discrimination against children as a fiscal restraint measure. I think that goes against everything the country stands for.”
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Monitoring program on a budget CSIS CAN’T COVER ‘ALL THE BASES’ WHEN KEEPING TABS ON RADICALS: SPY OFFICIAL BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — It would be foolish to say the Canadian Security Intelligence Service has “all the bases covered” when it comes to monitoring radicalized Canadians who have returned home, a senior CSIS official acknowledges. Jeff Yaworski, CSIS deputy director of operations, told the Senate national security and defence committee Monday that the spy service must prioritize efforts to keep its eye on dozens of returnees. CSIS says between 130 to 145 Canadians are overseas taking part in guerrilla-style battles waged by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant and other groups, as well as supporting extremists through fund-raising and propaganda. Canada and other western nations fear that radicalized young people who travel abroad could come home with intent to do harm.
“It is something that concerns us greatly and it is our No. 1 priority,” Yaworski told the senators. The RCMP recently said it has about 63 active investigations on 90 suspected extremists who intend to join fights abroad or who have returned to Canada. Yaworski says while CSIS knows where the returnees are, the spy service must undertake monitoring in line with its budget. “We have to prioritize these investigations. We have to dedicate our limited resources to those that we think are the greatest threat,” he said. “What does keep me up at nights is those who haven’t come across our radar screen.” Informants are the intelligence service’s “bread and butter” in determining which individuals “are more radical than others,” Yaworski said. The service also uses court-approved warrants to monitor people of concern. Liberal Sen. Colin Kenny expressed reservations about CSIS’s ability to
keep tabs on possible extremists in Canada, given its current personnel levels and the labour-intensive nature of monitoring a suspect. Yaworski said the service’s success rate had been “quite good,” but added: “I’d be foolhardy to say we have all the bases covered. We do what we can with the budget that we have.” The federal Conservatives are poised to introduce legislation to make it easier for CSIS to track suspected Canadian extremists abroad and add another layer to the protections that shield the identities of the service’s human sources. CSIS has not been asked to take part in Canada’s combat role in Syria intended to diminish the capability of ISIL’s forces, Yaworski said. “If we are, we certainly will be there,” he told the senators. “What we’re focused on now are areas outside of the immediate conflict zone, and we’re covering what we can through the deployment of human sources into the area.” However, Yaworski indicated it was
hard to zero in on Canadian extremists in the region. “It’s a very difficult area, and the ability to get clear visibility on Canadian targets who might be there — or any other targets from an ISIL perspective — is a very difficult one.” One of the challenges the RCMP faces at home is the burden of proving an alleged jihadi’s intention to commit a violent act or join an extremist group, Yaworski said. “These individuals, when they’re about to leave the country, will not advertise where they’re going. They will travel to other parts of the world. So they obfuscate their routes. They borrow or steal passports of other individuals to facilitate their travel. They engage in activities to hide their trails and to make it difficult to prevent their departure.” When they return, it’s one thing for CSIS to tell the RCMP a Canadian has fought overseas with a terrorist group, he said. “It’s something else for them to be able to prove that in a court of law.”
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Peter de Groot’s sister Danna de Groot, left, reads a statement as her brother Miles de Groot wipes away tears during a news conference in Vancouver, B.C., on Monday. Forty-five-year-old Peter de Groot, the subject of a police manhunt in southern British Columbia earlier this month was killed by members of the RCMP’s emergency response team.
Family condemns RCMP response during manhunt BY THE CANADIAN PRESS VANCOUVER — The sister of a British Columbia man who was shot by the RCMP after a manhunt says the force should have found a way to end the ordeal peacefully, but instead she says police wrote him off as a violent misfit and shot him in what amounted to an execution. Peter de Groot, 45, was killed last week, several days after he disappeared into the bush following a confrontation with the police in the small community of Slocan, in southeastern B.C. When the manhunt began, the RCMP alleged de Groot shot at officers before fleeing into the woods near his property. The force told the media de Groot was known to police and should be considered armed and dangerous.
But the man’s sister, Danna de Groot, whose family held a news conference Monday in Vancouver, said her brother had no history of violence or run-ins with the law. Instead, she said he was a gifted scholar who planned on pursuing a PhD before a brain aneurysm more than a decade ago left him in pain and with poor co-ordination. He eventually returned to his love of the outdoors, moving to rural British Columbia and living a homesteading life of farming. “He was, very simply, the most knowledgeable and intelligent person that I’ve ever known,” she said as she condemned what she described as an attempt by RCMP to malign her brother’s character. Danna de Groot sat next to her
siblings and her father as she read a statement that detailed her experience travelling to Slocan on Thanksgiving weekend. She also explained what she knew about how her brother’s confrontation with police began, though it wasn’t clear where that information came from. She was not in Slocan when the manhunt began and she did not witness the fatal shooting, though she and another brother did travel to the community when they heard about the manhunt. She said the RCMP overreacted and escalated the situation at every turn, and then refused the family’s repeated offers to help police find de Groot and talk him down.
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A work in progress Dealing with my a work in progress. I like the message because it acknowledges that this journey requires effort and commitment. If we think of ourselves and others as works in progress, we’re likely to be more forgiving and tolerant. Not only I once worked with a disagreeable with ourselves but with others we enfellow named Doug. Colleagues some- counter on the path. times referring to him as Many people avoid Old Thunder Head as he change and prefer to stay seemed to walk beneath a in their comfort zones, but small, dark thunder cloud. I believe that once you get We worked in a large buildthe courage and take the ing and my department first step, your life changes had little interaction with dramatically. As for me, I Doug’s. It wasn’t until the realize now that many of the company did some renovatgood things in my life are ing that I began to encounthe results of past changes I ter him in the hallways. For embraced. a couple weeks, he was kept Those of us on the path busy transporting items know the benefits of posifrom his old office to the tive change are innumernew one. able. One day I happened to Growth: We grow and be in Doug’s area of the learn new things every time MURRAY building and found him something changes. We disFUHRER carefully hanging a number cover new insights about asof plaques on the wall of pects of our life. Instead of his office. Each was small being angry or frustrated, and black with gold writwe learn valuable lessons ing — the types you see in even when past changes did gift shops. When Doug left not produce the results or the room, I walked in and had a look. lead us in the direction we expected. There must have been a dozen or more Adaptability: Change helps us adapt plaques each with an uplifting or in- more easily to new situations, environspiring message. It occurred to me that ments and people. As a result, we’re many of the messages seemed in con- less likely to lose our footing when trast to Doug’s usual demeanour at the something unexpectedly occurs. office. Improvement: We all have aspects of I was about to leave when Doug re- our lives we’d like to improve – financturned. He seemed annoyed at first to es, jobs, relationships, etc. Most of us find me there. know that few things will improve on “I’m sorry,� I said, pointing to their own. We need to do things differthe wall. “I was just admiring your ently if we want a different outcome. plaques.� Without change, there can be little imHe looked at the plaques then back provement. at me. Perspective: From time to time “I like the messages,� I said and changes prompts us to re-evaluate our smiled. live and look at events from a different He stood there for a moment then perspective. Depending on the change, walked over and pointed to one of the it may also reinforce life values. plaques. Opportunities: We never know what “My wife started giving me one each each change may bring. When we deyear on our anniversary. This is her part from our old and familiar path favourite.� He pointed to a plaque that there will be plenty of different opfeatured the quotation, “Just be pa- portunities awaiting us. Changes often tient. I’m a work in progress.� brings with it new opportunities for “And how is the work progressing?� happiness, fulfilment and awareness. I asked. Beginnings: Each change turns a “Pretty slow,� Doug said and smiled. page. It is about closing one chapter “But my wife says I’m worth the invest- and opening another one. Changes ment.� bring about new beginnings and adds For some people, change is unlikely excitement to life. if not impossible because they choose When I think about expressions such to be unchanging — locked into old as “a leopard can’t change its spots,� I ways of thinking and being. For those think of the work of Dr. Joe Dispenza of us who embrace change, being a from his book and now DVD Evolve work in progress is a life-long mission Your Brain — The Science of Changing — a journey toward a bright, new fu- your Mind. Says Dispenza, “Cells that ture. fire together, wire together.� What a great way to think of ourselves and the journey of self-esteem: Please see ESTEEM on Page C6
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daughter the drama queen There Sophie was insistently slamIt wasn’t even three minutes (three ming her hand down over and over on minutes!) later that I hear Sophie the Hideout Hut. You may be asking screaming bloody murder once again. yourself what in fact a Hideout Hut is I run towards their general direcand why was I allowing my daughter to tion to see what has happened. beat it. Have patience and read on! Once again Lars is leading Sophie We were at the park and my darling away from the group. daughter was attempting to The girl is huffing and wriggle her way into some puffing about something other children’s play. and stomping her feet in an “Hey! Hey kid! I’ll have ornery way. an ice cream sandwich. ‌ “What is wrong now!?â€? I Did you hear me kid?! An ask, throwing my hands up ice cream sandwich!â€? in a notable fashion. Yes this is what she was “Those guys were chassaying. And the tone you are ing Yarsy (Lars) and I didn’t imagining it in right now like it!â€? she screamed while ‌ exactly the tone she was alligator tears streamed using. I’m her mother and down her devastated face. even I felt it was pretty obFor a moment I even felt noxious. bad for her, then I was imLINDSAY But Sophie being the brilpressed that she could act BROWN liant little lady she is, must so well, then I was annoyed have realized how irritating ME PLUS THREE that she duped me. she was being and decided “Sophie we were playing to shift her attitude. tag, I told you that!â€? Lars She gently approached where the tried to rebut. children were playing. I am watching We all decided to go home. We from the picnic table on the outer edge didn’t need any more park shenaniof the playground. My heart is soaring gans bringing us down. with pride as I imagine her politely That night when I asked the chilasking if she can join them in their dren to brush their teeth for bed, I juvenile performances. I can see my received the same response I do every child growing before my eyes and I am night from Sophie. humbled and awed at the wonderful “Oh Mama my tummy hurts soooo little person she is becoming. bad!â€? Even though she was running Too bad this all played out in the around half naked with a Barbie in sanctity of my delirious mind. one hand and Pinky Pony in the other In reality, Sophie as I said gently claiming she had the fastest pony Barapproached the kids. But rather than bie flying team in the universe, only my imagined prospects of friendly rep- milliseconds before. artee, she instead began screaming in I responded to this by saying, “Fine their faces. Something about ice cream don’t brush. See if I care when your sandwiches and it being rude that teeth all turn mouldy and black and they didn’t take her order. I was on my fall out of your head and then you will way to defuse the situation when Lars look like a little old lady with no teeth! hopped out of nowhere and into the No big deal right!â€? midst of the kerfuffle. And yes, I partnered this with the “Sorry about my sister. Come on appropriate facial expressions, too. Soph let’s go play over here.â€? Finally, once bedtime came, a sinThen Sophie’s brother took her gle tear rolled ever so swiftly down the by the hand and led her towards the girl child’s cheek. I asked what was swings. bothering her. Whether it was the children taking She instantaneously began bawling, pity on Sophie or wanting to play with reciting all of the woes that had overLars and realizing Sophie was a nec- come her three-year-old existence this essary add-on I’m not sure, but they dreadful day. changed their minds and off the whole gang went to play tag. Please see PLUS THREE on Page C6
Instilling a sense of self-esteem in children is a critical task Question: I often hear about the im- when she doesn’t get her way) and says portance of boosting a child’s self-es- things like, “Nobody loves me!� My teem. But how can I accomplish that family has a history of depression and with my son without making him self- I wonder if my daughter’s behaviour is absorbed or self-centered? normal, or if it is a sign that Jim: Instilling a sense of she is depressed. self-esteem in children is a Juli: You are wise to be critical task for parents. And sensitive to signs of depresyou’re right -- there’s a big sion in your daughter. Howdifference between healthy ever, the behaviour you are self-esteem and destructive describing sounds like a selfishness. Like you, many normal five-year-old reacmoms and dads find themtion. selves asking how to find the Children are not as soright balance. phisticated in muting their Dr. Kevin Leman, a frefeelings as we are as adults. quent Focus on the Family That’s why they are so much broadcast guest, suggests fun to be with! JIM that parents can cultivate Within a 10-minute span, healthy self-esteem in their DALY they can experience elakids by learning “the A-Btion and devastation, feel Cs.� love and hatred, and think The letter A stands for you are both the best mom acceptance. We might not and the worst mom in the always approve of our chilworld. dren’s choices or behavior, but we alEven so, a five-year-old can be deways need to let them know that we pressed, and it’s good to know what to love and accept them unconditionally. look for. In other words, you can tell your son If your daughter were depressed, that playing video games for six hours her feelings would be less situational. a day is unacceptable. But don’t give In other words, she would be down, exhim the impression that he is therefore pressing sad feelings even when good unacceptable. things are happening around her. The letter B stands for belonging. You might also notice changes in We can give our kids a sense of belong- appetite and sleep patterns. Depressed ing by creating a sense of community children sometimes withdraw, get panwithin the family. icky and lose interest in things they It’s important that we give our sons used to enjoy. and daughters a voice in family deciIf you consistently notice these sions when appropriate, that we listen symptoms in your daughter, seek help to what they have to say, and that we from a professional counselor or her support them in their activities. pediatrician. Finally, the letter C stands for comYou also want to be careful not to petence. We can give our children the overreact when your daughter displays gift of competence by allowing them to negative emotions throughout the norexperience life firsthand. This means mal course of daily life. we need to avoid being overprotective. If you go overboard with consolation And we should fight the urge to do and comfort when she makes statefor our kids what they can do for them- ments like, “Nobody loves me!� you selves. Even when they make mistakes, may reinforce that behavior. they’ll be gaining life experience that he needs a steady supply of love and will boost their sense of self-worth in affection from you, not just when she is the long run. showing negative emotion. Acceptance, belonging, and confiJim Daly is president of Focus on the dence ... if we can instill these A-B-Cs Family, host of the Focus on the Family in our kids’ hearts and minds, we’ll radio program, and a husband and father be setting them on the road to healthy of two. Dr. Juli Slattery is a licensed psyself-esteem. chologist, co-host of Focus on the Family, Question: Every now and then, my author of several books, and a wife and five-year-old daughter cries (usually mother of three.
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Tonight French actress embraces Former host wins U.S. role as war photographer humour prize BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — Juliette Binoche is known for pouring everything into her performances. For her role as a dedicated war photographer in 1,000 Times Good Night, she met with top journalists who have captured global atrocities — not only to understand their work, but their personal lives and motivations. “It just showed me how meaningful it is and how much it costs. And how they organize themselves and how it can be also very tricky in their personal life,” the French actress said. “You have to find the right people around you to help you in this difficult journey, because it’s not that easy. You’re seeing horror and you’re alone.” Opening Friday, the film features Binoche as Rebecca, a photojournalist who returns home from Kabul after an especially close brush with death. Her husband (Nikolaj Coster-Waldau) seethes with resentment as he has been busy raising their two daughters while she risks her life in conflict zones. The rift in their marriage worsens when she takes their daughter (Lauryn Canny) on a trip to Kenya that erupts in violence. Rebecca again makes a decision that puts her as close to the danger as possible — the kind of snap judgement call she makes instinctively and her husband can no longer support. Norwegian director Erik Poppe (Troubled Water) based the film on his own experience as a former war photographer. But he chose to switch the genders in the film, making Binoche his proxy and casting Coster-Waldau as the character based on his wife. Binoche said she was drawn to 1,000 Times Good Night because she had always been fascinated by war photography. She met with Lynsey Addario, an acclaimed photojournalist known for her work in Afghanistan and Gaza, as well as Zoriah Miller, Marcus Bleasdale and others. “I was wondering as I was talking
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BRIEFS Steve Bell to perform ballads about faith, hope and love at First Christian Reformed Church Inspirational singer/songwriter Steve Bell will perform ballads about faith, hope and love in Red Deer this week. The Juno Award-winning Christian artist performs on Friday at the First Christian Reformed Church at 16 McVicar St. Bell started out as part of the folk group Ellias, Schritt & Bell before becoming a solo performer. He has since
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Nikolaj Coster-Waldau and Juliette Binoche play husband and wife in ‘A Thousand Times Good Night,’ opening Friday. to them, ‘Where is the need coming from?’ As an actress of course I was thinking, ‘Oh, it’s all in the childhood,’ the need of being seen and heard and going to very dangerous places — seen and heard because you were not seen and heard in your childhood,” Binoche said. Rebecca is often accused by family and friends of being addicted to the excitement and danger. But she is also determined to make people sit up and pay attention to the horrors of the world: “I want people to choke on their coffee and see and feel and react,” she says. This need to bear witness to injustice is a true motivation of war photographers, said Binoche. “Witnessing places in the world... can change, not always, but can change the consciousness of people and also political decisions. So the power it gives to consciousness is also very much what very high-profile war journalists and photographers are doing.” Poppe has said he was determined
to film as much as possible in Afghanistan and Kenya. While Binoche shot some scenes at a refugee camp in Kenya, the situation in Afghanistan became so dangerous that only Poppe and a small crew ventured to Kabul in 2012. Binoche’s scenes set in Kabul were actually shot in Morocco later. The actress, a keen traveller, was disappointed that she couldn’t go to Afghanistan but decided that the safety concerns were valid. “Of course, I wanted to go, because you want to know and see. I’ve been into places... (Recently) I went to Lebanon and Lebanon is in war with Israel. But if you’re frightened, you can’t do anything. So you have to not be silly and do things unconsciously,” she said. At 50, Binoche has assembled a diverse acting resume. This year alone, she has appeared in the big-budget monster flick Godzilla, as well as quirky rom-com Words and Pictures and Olivier Assayas-directed drama Clouds of Sils Maria with Kristen Stewart.
put out 18 albums, inspired by his faith, over 25 years. His accolades include two Juno Awards, three Western Canadian Music Awards, three Prairie Music Awards, and three Gospel Music Association Covenant Awards. Bell has performed with various orchestras over the years, including the Toronto Symphony and Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra, which awarded him a Golden Baton Award for his skill, musicality and “openness.” Bell has also become known for his charitable causes, including working for organizations that help the homeless, and seek to eradicate poverty. Tickets for the 7 p.m. concert are $20 from Scott’s Parable in Red Deer, Country Cupboard and at Shalom Counselling Centre. For more information, call 1-800-854-3499. The event is Shalom’s annual friendraiser and 15th anniversary celebration. A freewill offering will be taken to support individuals and fami-
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Violin-piano sonata to have world premiere at Gaetz United Church The world premiere of a violinpiano sonata by local composer Ruston Vuori will be performed at Sunday’s worship service at Gaetz United Church. The special 10:30 a.m. service will include the dedication of a Baldwin concert grand piano that was donated to the church by a local citizen, who restored the 1967 instrument to its original beauty. The piano was originally owned by the University of Alberta and then by Red Deer College. Gaetz United Church will use the concert piano to enhance Sunday services. As well, the church plans to host a new series of local concerts by Central Alberta musicians.
WASHINGTON — The joke was on Jay Leno this past weekend as comedians saluted the former Tonight Show host, who received the nation’s top humour prize. Jimmy Fallon, Jerry Seinfeld and Wanda Sykes celebrated and poked fun of Leno on Sunday night as he received the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor at the Kennedy Center in Washington. Garth Brooks, Kevin Eubanks and Chelsea Handler also paid tribute. The show will be broadcast nationally Nov. 23 on PBS. On the red carpet before the show, Leno said The Tonight Show years were the best of his life. He said Fallon is bringing “a new dynamic” to the show, and “it’s fun to see it change.” Leno said the Mark Twain award was set apart from other honours. “Some awards shows are so phoney ... you campaign for them, you make a donation,” Leno said. “This one you have no idea it’s coming.” Leno said the nation’s capital seems more partisan than it used to be, but he’s not any more drawn to politics. “Every time I think I’m a Democrat, they do something stupid, and every time I think I’m a Republican, they do something greedy,” he said. The Mark Twain award honours people who have had an impact on American society in the tradition of Samuel Clemens, the writer, satirist and social commentator better known as Mark Twain. Past honorees include Carol Burnett, Ellen DeGeneres, Will Ferrell and Bill Cosby. Leno built his career in standup comedy and still makes more than 100 live performances each year. He inherited the Tonight Show from Johnny Carson in 1992, beating out David Letterman, and for years was the top-rated late-night host. Leno, 64, stepped down from the show for the second time this year, passing the mantle to Fallon. At this Sunday’s dedication service, guests artists Naomi Delafield on violin and Vuori on piano will perform his Sonata for Violin and Piano in D Major, Opus 10, as well as works by Chopin and Schubert. Everyone is welcome to attend.
Michael Godard appearing at Editions Gallery “The rock star of art,” Michael Godard will be appearing at Editions Gallery in Red Deer this week. The artist behind the tipping martini glasses and animated olives, grapes and strawberries will be at the gallery in Bower Place mall from 4 to 8 p.m. on Thursday. Godard, whose artworks display a sense of humour and a creative imagination, has paintings in galleries and private collections around the world. For more information, call 403-3422366.
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Cure seasickness with tape on belly button Dear Annie: Years ago, I read about a cure for sea- live with us after he was gone. sickness. Our home situation was perfect, although we It said to put an aspirin in your belly button and needed to make a few renovations so Mom would be Scotch tape over it. Some said the cure worked even comfortable. Dad asked to approve the renovation without the aspirin. I’ve tried it both ways plans, which he did, and then he said he’d and haven’t been seasick in 20 years. give us $15,000 so we could fix the house. I even started using duct tape because Unfortunately, we never put this in writwhen I sweat, the Scotch tape comes off. ing. After Dad died, we brought Mom to It works great. Before this, I had tried our home. We borrowed an additional pills, bracelets and a patch, and nothing $6,000 from her with the intent to pay her worked. back. She paid us “rent” every month — My wife never had a problem with seaan amount less than half of what she had sickness, so she wouldn’t try this. On our been paying at the assisted-living facility last cruise, the seas were very rough. At where she and Dad lived. breakfast, she was sick as a dog and had Eight years later, Mom died. My sister to go back to bed. I, with my duct tape and I each inherited half of Mom’s estate. over my navel, was perfectly fine. My sister thinks her share is $21,000. I told The problem is, nobody believes me. her that because most of Mom’s money MITCHELL They think I’m playing a joke on them. went into the house, she will get paid & SUGAR Would it be possible for you to find out? It when the house is sold. (It’s on the marcould help a lot of people enjoy the water. ket.) — J. Am I obligated to give my sister $21,000 Dear J.: We cannot verify whether when $15,000 of this money was a gift to us this home remedy works, although a quick Internet to fix the house? search turned up a great many people who think it Her husband has stopped speaking to us and has does. It doesn’t seem to be harmful, so if it works for badmouthed us to family and friends. I don’t know you, great. (We’re sure our readers have plenty of what to do, but it doesn’t seem fair to give her more other suggestions.) than we end up with. — We Took Care of Mom Dear Annie: Before my father died, my husband Dear Took Care: What are the terms of the will? and I promised him we would bring my mother to You cannot change them simply because they may
be unfair. If the will says your sister gets half of everything, that’s what she gets. If it is unclear, consult the attorney who drew it up. And please decide whether the money is more important than your relationship with your sister, because that is what it boils down to. You sound like a caring and kind daughter, but you have illustrated why it is so important to put these arrangements in writing. Dear Annie: This is for “Wondering,” who cheated on his wife and now she asks questions that he finds “annoying.” Let me fill him in a little on the other side. I was in your wife’s shoes, and I forgave my husband but wanted some questions answered. His refusal to do so was the only major issue we fought about. I can no longer get the answers because he died suddenly a few years ago. And it’s the one thing that still sits in the back of my mind and mars my memories of him. So, “Wondering,” please find a way to answer your wife’s questions so the cheating can truly recede into the background. You never know when it will be too late. — Been There Annie’s Mailbox is written by Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar, longtime editors of the Ann Landers column. Please email your questions to anniesmailbox@ comcast.net, or write to: Annie’s Mailbox, c/o Creators Syndicate, 737 3rd Street, Hermosa Beach, CA 90254.
parties or travelling adventures with others today. There is a sense that by doing these things, it will create greater harmony in your life. Use today’s energy to realize that you are already in perfect balance and already have peace of mind. Tuesday, Oct. 21 CANCER (June 21-July 22): The needless disputes of CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DATE: Carrie Fisher, 58; yesterday will be replaced by you actively searching for the Judge Judy Sheindlin, 72; Andrew Scott, 38 THOUGHT OF THE DAY: Today you will be more able to balance and harmony within your close relationships, either business or romantic. Today, you will start to utilize the grand trine in fire to your advantage. understand that true relationships require both You’ve finally understood what has been holding partners be in sync. you back, whether it is a person, or simply a habLEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Today will offer a it, or perhaps a thought pattern of your. Now, you harmonious and workable day for you. Love will be able to move towards greater harmony relationships will understand the need for every and balance. You will know what is good for you aspect in life to be balanced and in harmony. and what is not and will share this truth. This includes the bank accounts. The larger HAPPY BIRTHDAY: If today is your birthday, perspective on your relationship will allow you to this year will highlight a keen focus on you. You regain faith. will be more inclined to see the truth through sudVIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Today, you will den awareness and epiphanies than ever before. understand why you were not able to express Do understand that dialogue will get you moving certain ideas and thoughts with others yesterday. forward. You will only fully understand these You are more inclined to work with others and interchanges if you give them serious thought. LARISA MAIRA to create a greater sense of balance in your life. Pause before action is taken. OZOLINS You will see the positive future coming to light, ARIES (March 21-April 19): You are more inone action at a time. clined to work towards creating greater harmony LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Today, there will with others now. Working with others has always be a spotlight on you. You will be able to see been on your list of priorities, and today that winyour truth reflected in all you socialize with now. dow of opportunity will open up for you. Work steadily to creThere will be sudden awareness of your issues that will need ate a solid footing with significant relationships. TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Today you are even more to be sorted out. Take the time needed to properly address all likely to work with others. You are motivated to create greater issues. There is no need for disputes now. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): You are more inclined to harmony and balance with all those you interact with. Your health, work, and daily life will improve dramatically now. Work share your values and perhaps even finances with those close to you now. Today’s energy is about team work, and now you to find the proper balance to reward you at a soul level. GEMINI (May 21-June 20): You will be discussing future are more able to discuss your true direction forward with others. Your actions will be very revealing as well!
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Today, you are more willing to incorporate and even let others in on your plans going forward. If you need help, or if others do, then you will offer your services now. You will want to be around others and I suggest you get out there and socialize today! CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Today, you will be more in harmony with your public life than yesterday. You will find that those significant relationships, either those you are starting a business with or your romantic relationships will prove to be very helpful and caring towards you — Enjoy! AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Today will highlight a proper balance between work life and other relationships in your life. You are coming to a time when your dreams are just within your reach and others will be beside you, supporting you every step of the way. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): You are motivated by personal interactions with others today. You finally understand the larger perspective on your career and public status changes. Today is all about gratitude towards those special individuals in your life now. Find that harmony within all you do from now on! Larisa Maira Ozolins is an internationally syndicated astrologer and columnist. Her column appears daily in the Advocate.
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ESTEEM: Memories According to Dispenza, over time we actually wire together neural networks of associated memories, feelings and experiences that support a particular way of thinking and being. We can wire together memories that support our success and progression or a network of disempowering beliefs. Take the emotion of love for example. We might assume that love would be represented by the wiring together of gentle and affectionate associations, and for many it is. For others, however, the emotion of love may be comprised of memories associated with broken relationships and broken promises — with feelings of anger, bitterness, and heartbreak. Each time we think of love this network lights up. Not only that, each time it lights up, the connections grow stronger. As with the love example, the lighting up of this neural network will create joy for some, anxiety and despair for others – both impacting choices and perception. Despair not! Dispenza claims the opposite is also true: “Cells that no longer fire together, unwire.” By applying perseverance and dedication toward positive change coupled with a growing sense of self-awareness, we can actually create a new neural network and dismantle the old. When an old network has failed to be energized for an extended period of time, the cells begin to lose their connection or com-
monality and eventually disconnect. How long the process takes and how effective you’ll be in building new networks depends upon your level of commitment and understanding of techniques, principles and yourself. Mark Twain said, “The miracle, or the power, that elevates the few is to be found in their industry, application and perseverance under the prompting of a brave, determined spirit.” Forge on and be a proud work in progress. After all, you’re worth the investment. Murray Fuhrer is a self-esteem expert and facilitator. His new book is entitled Extreme Esteem: The Four Factors. For more information on self-esteem, check the Extreme Esteem website at www.extremeesteem.ca.
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JJAM Management (1987) Ltd., o/a Tim Horton’s Requires to work at these Red Deer, AB locations: 5111 22 St. SPECTRUM WIRELINE Found 37444 HWY 2 S is now hiring for 37543 HWY 2N Driver/Operator 700 3020 22 St. FOUND AT 47TH ST Assistant positions. FOOD ATTENDANT & 48 AVE. Looking for experienced Req’d permanent shift 3 Keys with tag. class 3 drivers, with all weekend day and evening 403-346-5942 oilfield tickets. Willing to both full and part time. train the right applicant. KEY in MAGNETIC Box 16 Vacancies, $10.20/hr. + Successful applicants must found in Fairview. Must benefits. Start ASAP. pass a pre-employment identify. Call 403-347-3148 Job description Medical and Drug test. www.timhortons.com Competitive monthly salary Education and experience plus job bonuses, schedule not req’d. Personals rotation of 15-6. Apply in person or fax Please fax resume and resume to: 403-314-1303 drivers abstract to ALCOHOLICS 403-885-1876 or Email You can sell your guitar ANONYMOUS 403-347-8650 patf@spectrumwireline.com for a song... COCAINE ANONYMOUS or put it in CLASSIFIEDS 403-396-8298 and we’ll sell it for you! Highland Green Value Drug Mart 6315 Horn St.
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TAYLOR Chester Alexander July 12, 1930 -Oct. 18, 2014 Chester Alexander “Alex” Taylor of Blackfalds, passed away Oct 18, 2014 in Lacombe at the age of 84 years. Alex was born in Vegreville July 12, 1930 settling in Red Deer with his family in 1961. Alex was an avid outdoorsman. The Rocky Mountains were his second home. Alex was active in Red Deer and District real estate for many years. He is survived by his loving wife Joan, his children; Randy (Laura) Taylor of New Dayton, Garth Taylor of Red Deer, Charlene (Duane) Bouck of Kitscoty, Jeremy Taylor of Innisfree, James Taylor of Calgary, Lorinda (Travis) Waldo of Vermilion, Alexandra Taylor of Red Deer and Alexander Taylor of Red Deer, his step children Ron Zwicker of Victoria, Don Zwicker of Victoria, Kelly (Serina) Zwicker of Blackfalds, and Wade (Michelle) Zwicker of Edmonton, 10 grandchildren and 5 great-grandchildren. He is also survived by his cousin and best friends Ernie and Helen Taylor and family of Viking, his sister-in-law Jane Parker of Edmonton, his brother-in-law Ralph Magee of Chiliwack, niece Eleanor (Ron) Dzus-Adolphe of Paradise Valley, and nephew Terry (Dawn) Magee of Edmonton. As per Alex’s request there will be a private family service at a later date. Donations can be made to the Lacombe Hospital & Care Centre 5430 - 47 Avenue, Lacombe, Alberta T4L 1G8, or a charity of the donor’s choice. Condolences may be made by visiting www.wilsonsfuneralchapel.ca WILSON’S FUNERAL CHAPEL & CREMATORIUM serving Central Alberta with locations in Lacombe and Rimbey in charge of arrangements. Phone: 403.782.3366 or 403.843.3388 “A Caring Family, Caring for Families”
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P/T F. caregiver wanted for F quad. Must be reliable and have own vehicle. 403-505-7846
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W.A. Grain & Pulse Solutions is a growing agricultural business looking to fill a secretarial position at it’s Bashaw location. Please forward resume by fax 780-372-4190 or by email: travis.hillaby@wagrain.ca
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ADAM & EVE UNISEX In the Parkland Mall is seeking P/T / F/T HAIR STYLISTS Please drop off resume in person.
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SULLY CHAPMAN BEATTIE LLP is looking for a wellorganized and efficient legal assistant with broad experience in a solicitor’s practice, which would include corporate and commercial law, real estate conveyancing, and wills and estates. Salary and benefits are negotiable and will be commensurate with experience. Please email your resume to kbeattie@scblaw.ca
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LOCAL SERVICE CO. in Red Deer REQ’S EXP. VACUUM TRUCK OPERATOR Must have Class 3 licence w/air & all oilfield tickets. Fax resume w/drivers abstract to 403-886-4475
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TR3 Energy is at the forefront of reclamation and remediation in the oil & gas industry We are currently recruiting for:
Heavy Equipment Operators Requirements: Valid Driver’s License H2S Alive Standard First Aid WHIMIS and/or CSTS or PST Pre-Access A&D Testing Ground Disturbance Level 11 Please e-mail or fax your resume to: hr@tr3energy.com Fax: (403) 294-9323 www.tr3energy.com
ZUBAR Production Services is currently taking resumes for experienced Production Testing Personnel Email resume to: rdzubaroffice@telus.net or fax to (403)346-9420.
Professionals
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NOW HIRING - LAB ANALYST 2 Joffre, AB. Duties: Analyze water & organic samples using ICP, GC, HPLC, & NMR; maintain proper calibration & quality control records; prepare samples for analysis using extraction methods; troubleshoot & understand analytical equipment. Required: post secondary education in chemistry or related field; organized, detail-oriented; good communication skills (verbal & written); must be able to work shifts. Apply to: Petroleum.Careers@ maxxam.ca Reference #A2-JOFFRE www.maxxam.ca REGISTERED MASSAGE THERAPIST REQUIRED Must have 2200 hrs or insurance qualified. Please inquire by phone 403-343-1086
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THE RUSTY PELICAN is now accepting resumes for experienced F/T SERVERS Must have Ref’s & Pro-Serve. Apply within: 2079-50 Ave. 2-4 pm. Mon.-Fri. THE RUSTY PELICAN is Fax 403-347-1161 Phone now accepting resumes for calls WILL NOT be accepted. F/T Exp’d LINE COOKS Looking for a place at all stations. to live? MUST HAVE: Take a tour through the • 2-3 yrs. post secondary CLASSIFIEDS education. • 2-3 yrs. on-the-job exp. • Provide references The hourly rate will be $13.25 - $15. per hour dependant on experience. Mail to: 2079 50 AVE. Red Deer, AB T4R 1Z4 THE RUSTY PELICAN or Call 403-347-1414 is now accepting resumes or Fax to: 403-347-1161 for an EXPERIENCED BARTENDER. MUST HAVE REFERENCES. Able to work evening shift. THURS. 5 P.M. Apply within: 2079-50 Ave. 2-4 pm. Mon.-Fri. Fax 403-347-1161 Phone calls WILL NOT be accepted. The easy way to find a buyer for items you want to Buying or Selling sell is with a Red Deer your home? Advocate want ad. Phone Check out Homes for Sale 309-3300. in Classifieds
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TAP HOUSE NORTH (formerly Sam’s Cafe) is now taking applications for Full Time/Part time COOK, Bring resume to 7101 Gaetz Ave. Red Deer between 2-4 pm.
Apply by: Fax: (403) 341-3820 or in person at Downtown KFC 4834-53 St., Red Deer
830 CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING Sales Maternity Leave Position
The Classified Department has a one year Maternity leave position available. This is a part time position averaging 3 days / 22.5 hours per week. Monday, Thursday & Friday 9 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. The person selected will also occasionally be required to work full time for staff holiday relief. This is a Sales Position, responsible for the sale of classified advertising in the Red Deer Advocate and associated community papers, both over the phone and at the front counter. You will provide assistance to customers’ inquiries; as well as close of day balancing procedures, sale of newspapers general customer service duties; as well as any additional tasks assigned. This position requires computer skills, knowledge of Word and Excel programs and excellent command of the English language with above average spelling. The ability to multi-task, work well on a team and be selfmotivated is essential. We are looking for someone to join our team in October 2014 for paid training until the maternity leave commencing early December (possibly earlier). If interested, please send your resume by October 24, 2014 to: prstamm@reddeeradvocate.com or drop off at the Front Counter of the Red Deer Advocate, 2950 Bremner Ave.
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STUDON Electric & Controls Inc. is one of Canada’s Best Managed Companies. We are an industry leading Electrical & Instrumentation Contractor that prides itself in having committed and dedicated employees. We are currently hiring for the position of:
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This is position is full-time, and will consist of long-term work in a plant setting in the Red Deer Area.
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A & W GASOLINE ALLEY Requires to work at these locations: 121 Leva Avenue 61 Gasoline Alley Food Counter Attendants Permanent F/T & P/T shifts, Weekends, day, night & evenings. Starting wage $13/hr. Start date: ASAP, 40 hrs./wk + Blue Cross Benefits. 3 Vacancies. Education & exp. not req’d. Apply in person or at aw.ca or fax to 403-346-6017
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This position is Monday – Thursday, 10 hour days STUDON offers a competitive salary, and an opportunity to apply your skills in a challenging and rewarding environment. Please forward your resume to the address below. We thank all applicants for their interest; however only those candidates interviewed will be contacted. 463480J16-28
LEE (Farmer) Gail Gail Patricia Lee (Farmer) passed away in the early morning hours of Friday, October 17, 2014. Gail was born July 14, 1961 in Nottingham, England. She moved to Canada with her parents and siblings in 1969. In her younger years, Gail was quite athletic and excelled particularly in swimming and cycling. Gail was a very proud parent of Steven and Katrina. She was recently blessed with her first grandchild Jupiter. Gail was a great lover of animals and they appeared to feel the same about her. Gail was pre-deceased by her father Gerald Farmer whom she will now rest beside. Gail leaves to mourn her passing her son Steven and her daughter Katrina; her grandson Jupiter; her mother Hilda Farmer; brother Ian Farmer (Sophia, Martin, Jade, Spring, Summer, Robert and Majesta) ; brother Andy Farmer (Jan, Chad, Adrian, Julie, Mitchell); and many extended family. We love an miss you Gail and will cherish forever your infectious laugh and your huge smile. Anybody wishing to make a donation in memory of Gail, please make it to the Red Deer S.P.C.A. Funeral arrangements through Parkland Funeral Home.
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We are a growing water purification company proudly serving families across central AB. Average starting base pay of approx. $18/hr. with room for rapid advancement. In house training is provided to qualified applicants. Applicants should be motivated, reliable, professional, and possess a thirst for knowledge. Call to schedule an interview between 10 am and 7 pm. 403-356-0330
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Pro V Manufacturing LP needs Journeymen, B Pressure welders & apprentice pipefitters to work in their brand new, best in class facilities in West Edmonton! Long term employment, exciting opportunities for career growth, great compensation, benefits and you’ll be at home every night. Apply now at Pro-V-MFG.ca or call 780-962-0103 www.provmfg.ca Looking for a new pet? Check out Classifieds to find the purrfect pet.
Evergreen Energy Tank Rentals Ltd. is a privately operated business that has been providing surface rental equipment to the oil and gas industry since 2000. Our product line includes 400 BBL Storage Tanks, Manifolds, Wellsites, Office Trailers, Light Towers, Generators and all required support equipment. We offer competitive pay along with a family benefit plan. Remuneration will be based on experience. Please forward resumes via careers@evergreenenergy.ca or fax 403-309-5962. All resumes will be held in strictest confidence.
FARGEY’S PAINT NOW HIRING F/T SALES POSTIONS COMPETITIVE WAGES. Must be energetic, & business minded. Some heavy lifting may be involved. Own transportation preferred. Willing to work weekends & at other locations Benefits & opportunity for advancement. Please drop resume in person to Jenny or fax to 403-340-8636 fargeys@gmail.com SYNIK CLOTHING - F/T Gasoline Alley apply within.
Immed. openings for tradespersons. Commercial. No exp. req’d. Willing to train. Competative wages & benefits. Phone 403-348-8640 Start your career! See Help Wanted
Cabinetmakers Helper required in Sylvan Lake. Rate to start at $15-17/hr depending on skill level. Fax resume to 403 887 1037 or email to gwwood@telus.net DRYWALL HELPER REQ’D. Exp. an asset. Must have own transportation. 403-341-7619
EVRAZ Red Deer Works is now accepting applications for
Journeyman Millwrights, Electricians, and Machinists. Individuals must be safety conscious, physically fit, able to work overtime and shift work. Wages start at $40.00 per hour and offer an excellent benefit and pension package. Please send resume to reddeerhr@evrazna.com or deliver in person to 27251 391 Township Road JOURNEYMAN apprentice welders and laborers for busy fabrication shop in Camrose/Stettler area. Send resume to wstsales1@gmail.com or fax 780-877-2685 or drop resume off at 42520 Range Rd. 200 LOOKING FOR: Exp. Framers & farm building. 403-318-6406 NEEDED IMMED. FOR manufacturing company in Blackfalds JOURNEYMAN WELDERS Competitive wages and benefits package. Email resume to: joel@prolineinc.ca
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DRIVERS for furniture moving company, class 5 required (5 tons), local & long distance. Competitive wages. Apply in person. 6630 71 St. Bay 7 Red Deer. 403-347-8841
GARNET’S OILFIELD TRUCKING is looking for CLASS 1 PICKER OPERATORS, BED TRUCK DRIVERS & WINCH TRUCK DRIVERS to join our growing company. Competitive wages and benefits. Must pass preemployment substance screening. Fax or email resumes, drivers abstract & safety tickets 403-346-8992 admin@garnetstrucking.com No phone calls. Classifieds Your place to SELL Your place to BUY
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Skill Metal Fabricators in Bassano, Alberta are looking for operators in the following departments CNC machine shop, sheet metal, powder coating, welding and anodizing. We offer competitive wages and benefit package. These are full time positions - available immediately. Please email your resume to: resumes@ skillmetal.com or fax to 403-641-3466.
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NEWSPAPER CARRIERS NEEDED For Afternoon Delivery 3 Days/Week (Wed., Thurs. & Fri.)
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3900 to 4200 Blocks of 41A Ave. and 1 Block of 39 St. $55.68/mo. ROSEDALE AREA
SUNNYBROOK AREA Savoy Cres./Sydney Close Sunnyside Cres./Sutton Close LANCASTER AREA
West end of Robinson Cres., Ryan Cl., Rich Cl., & Rabbis St. $71.30/mo.
WOODLEA AREA 47A Ave, & part of 55, 56 & 57 St. $134./mo. For More Information Call Jamie at the Red Deer Advocate 403-314-4306
Lancaster Drive Ladwig Close Lawrence Cres./Lees St. VANIER AREA Vanier Drive Viscount Drive Vold Close Call Prodie @ 403- 314-4301 for more info **********************
TO ORDER HOME DELIVERY OF THE ADVOCATE CALL OUR CIRCULATION DEPARTMENT 403-314-4300
TOP WAGES, BENEFITS. EXP’D. DRIVERS & SWAMPERS REQUIRED. MAPLE LEAF MOVING Call 403-347-8826 or fax resume to: 403-314-1457.
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14 - TOTES with lids. Clean, size med to med. lrg. $6/ea. 5 DRAWER clear plastic storage unite on casters, 13”W x16”D x 40”H, $20. BASEBOARD HEATER, 45” long, thermostat control, $10. GARMENT RACK, 36” high, chrome w/plastic shoe rack on the bottom - on castors. $10. MOVING - MUST SELL 403-314-2026 APPROX. 50 PEACOCK FEATHERS - some white, $1/each. 10 QUART STAINLESS STEEL STOCK POT - new cond. $10. Rhinstone necklace and matching earings from 1950’s, A1 condition, $75. 403-346-2231 BRAND New No!No! Pro 5 platinum, 6 thermacon tips, cleaning brush, 3 buffer pads, travel case, cream, DVD, power cord. $200. 403-340-1979 COPIER, Canon K920 , good for small business, exc. cond. $45; BIKE STAND, Minoura, Trainer, made in Japan. $85. AMMO magazine for LEE Enfield .303. $35 403-352-8811 MASSAGE TABLE, Portable, Folding $95. 3 clean, wool accent matching carpets, two 2’ x 7’, one hexagon $45/all or will sell individually 403-352-8811 MEDICINE Man’s shields Cree, (3) 16”: x 14”W All for $180. 403-347-7405 QUAD cargo bag (never used) $25; saddle bags, leather, $45; custom towing mirrors for pickup truck $60; custom moose leather jacket size 12, $25, saddle pad never used, $30, saddle blanket, never used. $20. 403-342-7460 TIGER Necklace in case, $200. 403-347-7405
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HIGH QUALITY LABRADOODLES and GOLDEN DOODLE pups Long time Breeder, text 306-521-1371 www.furtettishfarm.ca
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LOGS Semi loads of pine, spruce, tamarack, poplar. Price depends on location. Lil Mule Logging 403-318-4346 Now Offering Hotter, Cleaner BC Birch. All Types. P.U. / Delivery. Lyle 403-783-2275
Household Furnishings CARRIERS REQUIRED
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FREEZER, 12 Cu. ft. good cond. $130. 403-346-7856 MICROWAVE, Kenmore, white, 900 watts. $25. 403-352-8811
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Homestead Firewood Spruce & Pine -Split. Firepits avail. 7 days/wk. 403-304-6472 FIREWOOD, birch, spruce & pine. North of Costco 403-346-7178, 392-7754
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72” CAT grapple bucket, brand new, $4000 obo 403-373-7247 TRAILERS for sale or rent Job site, office, well site or storage. Skidded or wheeled. Call 347-7721.
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WANTED: all types of horses. Processing locally in Lacombe weekly. 403-651-5912
WANTED Antiques, furniture and estates. 342-2514
Eckville Bowden Olds Sylvan Lake
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HEAD PHONES, wireless, RCA 900, brand new. $75. o.b.o. 403-346-4049
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GAETZ SOUTH P/T Bakery Evening Staff Apply within 5111 22nd St. Red Deer NEEDED F/T Service Person General Carpenter/handyman type for service and set up of manufactured and modular home. Exp. in trim, roofing, siding, flooring, paint etc., Competitive wages and health plan avail. Apply to James at M & K Homes, 403-346-6116 SWAMPERS F/T needed immediately for a fast growing waste & recycling company. Heavy lifting involved (driver’s helper) position. Reliability essential. Own transportation required. Please email resumes to canpak@xplornet.ca
BIKES, child’s (3) and 2 WAGONS, $25. each. 403-755-0785
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PAINTING of Alberta’s signing of Peace Treaty, MALE KITTEN TO GIVE AWAY. Chief Crowfoots evening party with over 1000 in- LITTER BOX TRAINED. dians. 17’x36”. $200. 403-343-8727 after 6 p.m. 403-347-7405 WANTED: 1 Grey tabby or black cat with white spots, or a white cat with black spots, or a Manx cat. Bicycles Please call 403-986-1050
1 day a week in:
BOWER AREA
MORRISROE AREA GRANDVIEW AREA
SOURCE ADULT VIDEO requires mature P/T help Sat. & Sun. 7 a.m. - 3 p.m. Fax resume to: 403-346-9099 or drop off to: 3301-Gaetz Avenue
CARRIERS REQUIRED
For More Information, please call Joanne 403-314-4308
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Dumas Cres., Duffy Close, and 2 Blocks of Dempsey St. $80.48/mo.
F/T P/T MEAT CUTTER. Apply within 5111 22nd St. Red Deer
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FOR FLYERS, FRIDAY FORWARD & EXPRESS
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Greenhouse Laborers required for our greenhouse operation located near Blackfalds, Alberta. Responsibilities include transplanting, watering, handling and caring for plant material and preparation of orders. This position is labor intensive and entails working in a cold/hot environment. Laborers are required to work a minimum 40 hours per week and must be available to work different shifts, 7 days a week. Positions are available starting Early February and last till late June. No previous work experience or qualifications are required. Starting wage is $10.20/hr. Please email resume to kevin@cagreenhouses.ca or fax resume to 403-885-4147(Attn. Human Resources). Resumes may also be mailed to Box 100, Blackfalds, AB. T0M 0J0
For more information or to apply call Joanne at the Red Deer Advocate 403-314-4308
CLEARVIEW AREA
Dolan Close $49.24/mo.
Central Alberta Greenhouses Ltd
CENTRAL AB LIFE & LACOMBE EXPRESS
ADULT or YOUTH CARRIERS NEEDED For delivery of Flyers, Express and Friday Forward ONLY 3 DAYS A WEEK in
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Light housekeeping for Seniors, Mon-Fri 8:30-3:00 NO eves, wknds or stats MUST be flexible, kind & enjoy seniors. MUST have clear criminal check, reliable vehicle and refs. from previous cleaning clients. Competitive wages and health benefits offered. Position to start Nov. 17th (flexible). Email: rdhelpinghands@gmail.com Fax 403-346-4100 or Call 403-346-7777
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D3 Ebola fear eases as monitoring ends for some in Dallas TUESDAY, OCT. 21, 2014
BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS DALLAS — The woman who checked Ebola victim Thomas Eric Duncan’s vitals before calling him an ambulance beamed with pride Monday as she sent her children off to school for the first time in three weeks, with clearance from health officials tucked into their backpacks. A letter dated Oct. 19 and signed by Dallas County’s chief epidemiologist Wendy Chung authorized Youngor Jallah, the daughter of Duncan’s fiance Louise Troh, and her partner, Aaron Yah, to return to work and their children to go back to school “without any restrictions.” “We were sitting here traumatized. We just thank God we never came down with the virus,” Jallah told The Associated Press. The people closest to Duncan, and dozens more, are trying to resume their lives after emerging from a 21day incubation period without developing symptoms of the deadly disease. With a control order isolating Troh and others who had shared a home with Duncan being lifted, Troh spent part of Monday afternoon looking for a new place to live with funds collected by the city of Dallas, her church and an anonymous donor. Troh’s fiance, Thomas Eric Duncan, was the first person diagnosed with Ebola in the U.S. He died Oct. 8. Health officials said Monday about 50 people have passed the incubation period safely. Others who are still being monitored include health care workers who treated Duncan as well as those who cared for two nurses who had treated Duncan and also became infected. There are now about 120 people in Texas being monitored for symptoms, with their wait period ending Nov. 7, said Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings. He said the number may fluctuate. There are also about 140 people being monitored in Ohio because
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Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings points to a chart illustrating the incubation of the Ebola virus and potential for infections during a press conference Monday, in Dallas. The first contacts of the first Dallas Ebola infection are now cleared of the potential of developing the disease. Looking on in background is Director of Dallas County Health and Human Services Zachary Thompson. of contact or potential contact with nurse Amber Vinson, Ohio officials said. Vinson, who cared for Duncan in Texas, flew from Dallas to Cleveland on Oct. 10 and flew back Oct. 13. An Ebola patient who’s been treated in Atlanta since early September has been released from Emory University Hospital after he was determined to be free of the virus and no threat to the public. Hospital and health officials never released his name, in keeping with his family’s wish for privacy. Health officials said they were relieved as the monitoring period ended for many, and after a cruise ship scare ended with the boat returning to port and a lab worker on board testing negative for the virus. After Duncan was diagnosed with Ebola, Troh, her 13-year-old son, Duncan’s nephew and a family friend
were ordered by a Dallas court to stay inside the apartment among Duncan’s used linens. Five days later they were evacuated to a four-bedroom home in an isolated corner of a 13-acre (5.3-hectare) gated property owned by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Dallas, southwest of downtown. Except for a few plastic bins filled with personal documents, photographs, trophies and a Bible, the apartment was stripped down to the carpeting and the contents were incinerated. “We want to restore what’s lost but more than that, we want to give her a running start on her new life,” said Troh’s pastor, George Mason of Wilshire Baptist Church in Dallas. While health workers cleared Jallah of having Ebola, the disease’s stigma lingers — including among fellow Liberians, she said.
Globe on pace to likely break hottest year record BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON — Earth is on pace to tie or even break the mark for the hottest year on record, U.S. meteorologists say. That’s because global heat records have kept falling in 2014, with September the latest example. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced Monday that last month the globe averaged 60.3 degrees Fahrenheit (15.7 degrees Celsius). That was the hottest September in 135 years of record keeping. It was the fourth monthly record set this year, along with May, June and August. NASA, which measures temperatures slightly differently, had already determined that September was record-warm. The first nine months of 2014 have a global average temperature of 58.72 degrees (14.7 degrees Celsius), tying with 1998 for the warmest first nine months on record, according to NOAA’s National Climatic Data Center. “It’s pretty likely” that 2014 will break the record for hottest year, said NOAA climate scientist Jessica
Blunden. The reason involves El Nino, a warming of the tropical Pacific Ocean that affects weather worldwide. In 1998, the year started off super-hot because of an El Nino. But then that El Nino disappeared and temperatures moderated slightly toward the end of the year. This year has no El Nino yet, but forecasts for the rest of the year show a strong chance that one will show up, and that weather will be warmer than normal, Blunden said. If 2014 breaks the record for hottest year, that also should sound familiar: 1995, 1997, 1998, 2005 and 2010 all broke NOAA records for the hottest years since records started being kept in 1880. “This is one of many indicators that climate change has not stopped and that it continues to be one of the most important issues facing humanity,” said University of Illinois climate scientist Donald Wuebbles. Some people, mostly non-scientists, have been claiming that the world has not warmed in 18 years, but “no one’s told the globe that,” Blunden said. She said NOAA records show no pause in warming. The record-breaking heat goes back
to the end of last year — November 2013 broke a record. So the 12 months from October 2013 to September 2014 are the hottest 12-month period on record, Blunden said. Earth hasn’t set a monthly record for cold since December 1916, but all monthly heat records have been set after 1997. September also marks the fifth month in a row that Earth’s oceans broke monthly heat records, Blunden said. The U.S. as a whole was warmer than normal for September, but the month was only the 25th warmest on record. While parts of the U.S. Midwest, Russia and central Africa were slightly cool in September, it was especially hotter than normal in the U.S. West, Australia, Europe, northwestern Africa, central South America and parts of Asia. California and Nevada set records for the hottest September. If Earth sets a record for heat in 2014 it probably won’t last, said Jeff Masters, meteorology director for the private firm Weather Underground. If there is an El Nino, Masters said, “next year could well bring Earth’s hottest year on record, accompanied by unprecedented regional heat waves and droughts.”
Mexico’s government offers reward for information on 43 missing students BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS MEXICO CITY — The Mexican government announced rewards Monday of 1.5 million pesos ($111,000) for information on 43 students from a rural teachers’ college who have been missing since Sept. 26. The government ran full-page ads in Mexican newspapers with pictures of the 43 young men. The government also offered 1.5 million pesos for information on those who had abducted or killed the students. The government says it still does not know what happened to the students of the radical teachers’ college, after they were rounded up by local police and allegedly handed over to gunmen from a drug cartel.
About 50 people have been arrested or detained in the case, including police officers and suspected members of the Guerreros Unidos cartel. Analyses of remains found in mass graves have so far not matched the students. As part of the effort to search for the students — which now includes, air, ground water-borne patrols — and bring order to the violent region of southern Mexico, federal police took control of 13 municipalities in southern Mexico where local police are suspected of links to organized crime. The municipalities are all within a roughly 125-mile (200-kilometre) radius of Iguala, in the southern state of Guerrero, the town where the students from a rural teachers’ college disappeared more than three weeks
ago after a confrontation with police. Twelve of the municipalities are in Guerrero state and one is in Mexico state. Among them are the tourist destinations of Taxco and Ixtapan de la Sal. National Security Commissioner Monte Alejandro Rubido said Sunday night that authorities investigating the disappearance of the students found “irregularities” and “presumed links to organized crime” in the 13 municipal police forces. Federal police have assumed control of public security in the municipalities. Federal forces had already disarmed local police in Iguala and Cocula, and arrested a total of 36 police officers. Both the mayor and police chief of Iguala are fugitives and accused of links to the local drug cartel.
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the Bell River, but when the river froze they abandoned their canoe and set off across the mountains back to Fort McPherson. They got lost in fog and snow, ran out of ammunition, and by Oct. 17, they were reduced to eating the soles of the bishop’s sealskin boots. 1874 — A NWMP force recrosses the Prairies to Swan River barracks at Pelly, Sask., while others continue to Winnipeg. 1802 — David Thompson explores west from the mouth of Lesser Slave River and Lesser Slave Lake toward the forks of the Peace River.
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Grilled Lemon Chicken Breasts.
Grilled chicken done right CRISPED SKIN, LIGHT AND DARK MEAT JUST RIGHT — YOU CAN DO IT BY JIM SHAHIN ADVOCATE NEWS SERVICES
MAKES: 4 servings PREPARATION: The marinade can be assembled and refrigerated a day or two in advance. The chicken needs to marinate for at least 4 hours and up to 8 hours. INGREDIENTS 1 tablespoon kosher salt 1 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper 1/2 teaspoon ground cayenne pepper 4 cloves garlic, minced 1 teaspoon finely grated lemon zest, plus the juice from 3 lemons (about 1/2 cup) 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil 4 bone-in, skin-on chicken breast halves (4 to 4 1/2 pounds total) STEPS Whisk together the salt, black pepper, cayenne pepper, garlic, lemon zest and juice and the oil in a liquid measuring cup. Pour into a gallon-size zip-top bag; add the chicken breasts and seal, pressing as much air out as possible. Massage to coat. Refrigerate for 4 to 8 hours.
writes. A typical fryer weighs about three pounds, which is easy to cook uniformly. But I like a roaster that weighs right around four pounds. It is hefty enough to provide a lot of meat in each part, but small enough to yield uniform results. Anything above five pounds is dicey. I grill chicken directly over medium heat for a few minutes on an indirect fire to crisp the skin, then move it to the cool side of the grate to gently cook the meat through and let it take on the flavours of the coals. When it’s almost done, I use long-handled tongs to transport the chicken to the hot side for a few more minutes. That finishes crisping the skin and gives it a nice char. I’ve cooked chicken that way so
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Prepare the grill for indirect heat. If using a gas grill, preheat to medium (375 to 400 degrees). If using a charcoal grill, light the charcoal; when the coals are ready, distribute them on one side of the cooking area. For a medium fire, you should be able to hold your hand about 6 inches above the coals for 6 or 7 seconds. Have ready a spray water bottle for taming any flames. Remove the chicken breasts from the marinade; discard the marinade. Arrange the breasts skin side down on the grill over direct heat; cook, uncovered, until the skin begins to crisp and blacken, about 5 minutes. Use long-handled tongs to move the chicken to the indirect-heat side of the grill, turning the pieces so they are skin side up. Close the lid and cook for 20 to 25 minutes, until the interior temperature of the meat (taken away from the bone) registers 165 degrees on an instant-read thermometer. Use the tongs to move the chicken back to the direct-heat side of the grill, turning the pieces skin side down. Cook, uncovered, for 3 minutes to crisp the skin. (The added time over the heat will not affect the internal temperature because the chicken won’t be there for long.) Transfer the chicken to a platter; let it rest for 5 minutes before serving.
many times that I can tell when it’s done simply by looking at it. Its glistening skin is blackened and bronzed, and the meat’s juices run clear. When I pick it up with the tongs, the bird surrenders a little, sagging on both sides. I don’t generally use an instant-read thermometer, but until you get it down, I strongly recommend that you do; it should read 165 degrees at the thickest part of the thigh. Sometimes, to be even more certain that the chicken will come out evenly cooked, I set two foiled-wrapped bricks on its splayed body. The method is typically called, plainly, chicken-under-abrick. (In Italian, which always sounds better, it’s pollo al mattone, a classic Tuscan recipe.) The bricks flatten the
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The most foolproof way to grill chicken is in individual pieces. That way, the breast and thigh get the special attention they deserve. The flavour of skin-on, bone-in chicken breast halves, marinated in lemon and olive oil, is somehow timeless. I often stand at the grill and anxiously anticipate eating the white meat as its blackening skin puffs ever so slightly and rivulets of juice run down its sides. The most traditional method of grilling chicken is the one that, for the longest time, I used the least: the sauceslathered style known commonly as barbecue chicken. The more I cooked chicken, the more I appreciated its flavour and wanted only to add some herbs or bathe it in citrus. But over the summer, I placed chicken legs, thighs and breasts over the fire and brushed them with a tangy barbecue sauce. With parts, you can cook to order: take the white meat off sooner than the dark to assure perfect doneness. When I took my first bite of them, I was immediately transported back to countless childhood cookouts. There was something so simple and beautifully sloppy about the treatment. It was fun, and I had forgotten how much I loved it. I’ve been adding barbecue chicken to my routine ever since. The key is to wait until the final few minutes to brush on the sauce. Otherwise, it burns. It is that kind of detail that matters. It reminds you that a yard bird, when cooked properly, takes on the beguiling aromas of fire and smoke like few other foods — including vegetables.
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In barbecue circles, chicken might as well be a vegetable. Oh, people like it just fine, but it’s not taken seriously. Not like beef brisket, pulled pork, whole hog or ribs. Chicken is the meat world’s tofu: a blank canvas for flavours, without much of its own. I grill chicken every two or three weeks, sometimes whole, sometimes in parts. I’m crazy about its mild taste and ability to play well with other flavours. Like a genial friend, chicken should be prized, not derided, for its adaptability. The problem is that for most people, putting chicken over the fire turns dinnertime into a display of confounding results. The white meat may be perfectly moist, but the dark meat is as underdone as a novel’s first draft. And don’t get me started on the skin, which too often comes out rubbery or burned. The key to appreciating grilled chicken as much as I do is in understanding how to treat it. If the heat is too high, the skin will burn before the meat can cook. If too low, the skin ends up flabby. The challenge — which is really no different from that of chicken roasted in the oven — is to not dry out the white meat while waiting for the dark meat to cook through, or, conversely, to not undercook the dark meat when the white meat is done. The best way to avoid the problem is to butterfly, or spatchcock, the bird (something that works well for Thanksgiving turkey, too). By more or less flattening it, you get the chicken to cook more evenly. You also assure crisped skin. In his book Where There’s Smoke (Sterling Epicure, 2013), chef Barton Seaver says size matters. “Smaller birds are easier to manage on the grill in terms of ensuring doneness,” he
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bird, resulting in magnificently brittle skin and succulent meat. Plus, it’s cool to tell your guests, “Tonight we’re having chicken under brick.” Sounds rustic and sophisticated at the same time.
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‘External forces’ involved in protests, says Hong Kong leader
U.S. man admits to slaying of seven women
In what has almost become a daily pattern, the police have tried to drive away the students from some streets during the night, only to see them regroup and occupy the areas and resume their sit-ins. The protests stretched into their fourth week Monday with thousands of demonstrators camped out in downtown Hong Kong and two other sites in this city of 7.2 million. After two nights of violent clashes, protesters and police settled into an uneasy peace in the densely commercial Mong Kok district after two pro-democracy legislators, Fernando Chiu and Claudia Mo, arrived late Sunday night and helped calm tensions.
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BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS GARY, Ind. — Police investigating the slayings of seven women whose bodies were found over the weekend said Monday they believe it is the work of a serial killer, and that the suspect has indicated there could be more victims going back 20 years. Prosecutors in Lake County in the Midwestern state of Indiana on Monday charged 43-year-old Darren Vann in the strangulation death of 19-year-old Afrikka Hardy. Her body was found Friday night at a Motel 6 in nearby Hammond. Gary officials were expected to charge Vann later this week in the deaths of six more women, whose bodies were found Saturday and Sunday. Hammond Police Chief John Doughty said at a news conference that Vann confessed to Hardy’s slaying and gave police information that led to the other bodies in Gary, including three on the same block. Vann was a convicted sex offender in Texas, where he pleaded guilty to raping a woman in 2009 and was released from prison in July 2013. The Austin Police Department issued a statement Monday saying it would review missing persons and cold cases to determine if there could be a link to Vann, and asked anyone with information to come forward. Doughty said police have no specific indication that any slayings have occurred in another state, and the slayings in Gary appeared to have happened recently. He said Vann is co-operating with investigators in the hope of making a deal with prosecutors. “It could go back as far as 20 years based on some statements we have, but that has yet to be corroborated,” Doughty said. The Texas Department of Public Safety listed his risk level as “low” on its sex offender registry. He did not register in Indiana. Court records in Travis County, Texas, show that Vann served a five-year prison sentence, with credit for the 15 months he was in jail awaiting trial, after pleading guilty in 2009 to sexually assaulting a woman at an Austin apartment two years earlier. The woman told police that she went to Vann’s apartment, where he asked if she was a police officer. After she told him no, he knocked her down and began to strangle and beat her, hitting her several times in the face and telling the woman he could kill her. He then raped her. Vann allowed the woman to leave and she called police the next day. Indiana authorities said Hardy, the woman Vann is accused of strangling, was involved in prostitution and had arranged to meet him at the Motel 6 through a Chicago-area website. Police were called by someone who attempted to reach Hardy and “was provided suspicious text responses that she believed to be from the suspect while he was still inside the motel room.” Police said they took Vann into custody Saturday afternoon after obtaining a search warrant for a home and vehicle in Gary. They found the body of 35-year-old Anith Jones of Merrillville, Indiana, on Saturday night in an abandoned home. She had been missing since Oct. 8. Five more bodies were found on Sunday in other homes, said Doughty, who identified two of the women as Gary residents Teaira Batey, 28, and Christine Williams, 36. Police have not determined the identities of the other three women, including two whose bodies were found on the same block where Jones’ body was found on Saturday. Gary Mayor Karen Freeman-Wilson said only Jones was reported missing, perhaps indicating that Vann “preyed on individuals that might be less likely to be reported missing.” Hardy’s mother, Lori Townsend, said police told her that Vann asked that Hardy perform a certain sex act, and “when she said ’no’ and put up a fight, he snapped and strangled her.” “This man is sick,” Townsend said from her home in Colorado.
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HONG KONG — Hong Kong’s leader has claimed that “external forces” are participating in student-led prodemocracy protests that have occupied parts of this financial capital for more than three weeks, but provided no evidence to back his accusation. Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying’s statement in a televised interview Sunday was the first time he has alleged foreign involvement in the unrest, echoing accusations by China’s central government, which also has not backed them with any evidence. Leung’s statement comes just before his government is scheduled to hold talks with student leaders on Tuesday. When asked on the “Newsline” program about a Chinese official’s comments on outside involvement, Leung said, “There is obviously participation by people, organizations from outside of Hong Kong.” Leung added that the foreign actors came from “different countries in different parts of the world,” but didn’t specify which countries. On Monday, China’s Foreign Ministry spokesman Hong Lei repeated the charges without specifying who was incit-
ing the protesters. “Everybody has seen the fact that some people and some forces from the outside are indeed making attempts at interfering in Hong Kong’s affairs in order to affect Hong Kong’s development, and the fact that they have gone so far as to encourage, instigate and support illegal activities such as Occupy Central,” Hong said. The Hong Kong Federation of Students immediately rejected the accusations, with Secretary General Alex Chow saying Leung was “just making it up.” “He’s the chief executive, he’s an accountable official,” Chow told reporters. “If he’s putting forward these accusations, then we hope he also puts forward the evidence. But he shouldn’t just say that foreign powers are meddling without evidence.” Protesters, mostly young college students, are pressing for a greater say in choosing the semiautonomous Chinese city’s leader in an inaugural direct election, promised by Beijing for 2017. They oppose Beijing’s ruling that a committee protesters say is stacked with pro-Beijing elites should screen candidates in the election. That effectively means that Beijing can vet candidates before they go to a public vote.
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