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Betrayal energizes party BY MURRAY CRAWFORD ADVOCATE STAFF

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An attempt to cripple a once strong opposition party is instead galvanizing the party, at least in one Red Deer riding. Since last Wednesday’s exodus of nine MLAs from the Wildrose caucus, the party’s Red Deer South constituency association has seen a large influx of people looking to join. “In the last week I have never seen so much interest for people wanting to be part of the board,” said

FORSYTH NAMED INTERIM LEADER A3 Calvin Goulet-Jones, president of the Wildrose’s Red Deer South constituency association. “From my view, this is sparking a little bit of a resurgence. Usually it’s election time when people come forward and want to help out. This seems to have motivated people to want to be a part of the party at the board level and bring change that way.”

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On Monday, 21-year Alberta legislature veteran Heather Forsyth was named the party’s interim leader. Goulet-Jones called her the obvious choice. Forsyth has already announced that she would not seek re-election in the next Alberta general election. “The reality is if she is retiring and we’re going to go into a leadership race, she’s a person that can remain the most unbiased,” said Goulet-Jones. “I think that’s probably the best thing for the party, to have a person that is going to cheer for the party and cheer for our principals.”

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BY LANA MICHELIN ADVOCATE STAFF For the first time in a long while, the Central Alberta Women’s Emergency Shelter will be full of women and children over Christmas. It’s far from an ideal situation, since families usually prefer to be in their own places for the holidays, said the shelter’s executive director, Ian Wheeliker. But he estimates about 30 mothers and kids will be spending Christmas at the 40-bed facility because “there’s nowhere for them to go” — due to a shortage of affordable and safe housing in Red Deer. The local housing shortage has been plaguing the shelter since 2013. Usually the emergency shelter has been able to take in annually about 600 women and kids who are fleeing domestic violence. But in 2014, Wheeliker said the overall number is expected to be only about 500 because clients have had to stay at the shelter longer, due to a local housing shortage. It was roughly the same situation last year, he added. Wheeliker noted clients are now spending an average of 22 days in the Red Deer shelter, which is about on-par with the length of stays in Calgary and Edmonton shelters. This is much longer than in previous years, when clients spent an average of 14 days in the shelter before moving into an apartment or townhouse. At the same time, Wheeliker notes the area’s population has been steadily growing. But the Alberta government has decided not to fund any shelter expansions. This means that even if private fundraising could pay for bricks-and-mortar expansion costs, no extra government money would be provided for higher operational expenses. The government believes the market should step in to deal with demands for more affordable housing. But Wheeliker said the reality is there’s not much money in developing low-cost housing. That’s why government grants are generally needed to stimulate these projects. He’s not sure how many of these grants will be provided in 2015, since the price of oil is so low. “The economic reality will have an impact. I guess we’ll have to wait and see.” Although he estimates 400 to 500 affordable housing units are badly needed in Red Deer, “most of the housing that’s been built here in the past five years is in the $400,000 to $500,000 range for a single dwelling. That’s not affordable for our clients. “There hasn’t been any new apartments or fourplexes built.” With clients forced to stay longer at the shelter, Wheeliker said there’s been less space to accept other women and children leaving volatile domestic situations. When possible, they are referred to shelters in Rocky Mountain House or Camrose. To try to avoid more “turnaways” in future, a triage system is being developed by shelter workers to help families remain longer in the community, and to prioritize those who need to be admitted because of a high safety risk.

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Brody Mcgowan, 4, is caught by his uncle, Chad Scotvold while playing tag on the ice at Bower Ponds on Monday afternoon. Many families headed to Bower Ponds to enjoy the 3 C weather and avoid holiday traffic.

Businessman, company fined $95K for flooding neighbours farmland BY BRENDA KOSSOWAN ADVOCATE STAFF Fines totalling $95,000 have been levied against a Red Deer business operator and his company for an unauthorized water diversion that flooded neighbouring farmland. Auto Body Services Red Deer Ltd. and its primary shareholder, Harry Harm Veenstra, 74, were convicted on July 25 of charges arising from an incident in the summer of 2010, when neighbouring farmland was heavily damaged by flood water pumped from an industrial site. Judge Gordon Yake pronounced sentence in Red Deer provincial court on Monday. The water was pumped off a section of the Auto Body Services property, located north of Red Deer and near the Blindman River, said Yake. An oilfield company leased a portion of that property from Auto Body Services and was doing site preparation under Veenstra’s direction, including pumping water into a ditch when rainwater flooded the site, he said. Veenstra began diverting water off the site without an approved stormwater management plan, despite knowing from past experience that such a plan would be required, said Yake. The result was that water from Auto Body Services began to pool on privately-owned property next door, eventually causing a landslide that destroyed trees and vegetation on an escarpment separating two fields.

The escarpment remains unstable and the property owner is still unable to farm the lower area of his field, said Yake. It was not until this year that he was able to plant a crop in the upper area, said Yake. He described Veenstra as a “relatively sophisticated” man, familiar with Alberta Environment’s requirements because of his previous dealings with them. Yake ordered Veenstra to pay fines totalling $15,000 for infractions under the Alberta Water Act and the Alberta Environmental Protection and Enhancement Act (EPEA). His company was fined $80,000 for the same infractions. Crown prosecutor Peter Roginksi of Calgary had asked for fines of $200,000 against the company and $20,000 against Veenstra, while defence counsel Sean Parker of Edmonton had suggested penalties of $10,000 against the man and $30,000 against the business. Additionally, Parker suggested a creative sentence, in which a portion of those monies would be directed to the Canadian Foodgrains Bank. Yake commented that corporations face a maximum penalty of $1 million under the Water Act, while the maximum available to individuals is $100,000 in fines and up to two years in prison. The EPEA carries maximum penalties of $500,000 for corporations and $50,000 for individuals. Veenstra was given until April 30 to pay the fines against him or face up to three months in prison. Auto Body Services was given until Dec. 30, 2015 to pay its fines.

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Garbage truck veers out of control, kills 6 Six people were killed and several others injured when a garbage truck crashed into a group of pedestrians in Glasgow. Story on PAGE A8

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BY ADVOCATE STAFF A man violently attempted to abduct a 13-year-old girl, kicking and choking her behind G.H. Dawe Centre in Red Deer on Monday. Red Deer City RCMP say the girl was on the north side of the school at about 1 p.m. when a man driving a Silver Dakota truck stopped his vehicle and asked if he could use her cellphone. He then attempted to pull the girl into the back of the truck. She resisted vigorously and fought back, despite being struck, kicked and choked. Eventually, the man let her go. He stole her iPhone and fled in his vehicle. The girl was helped by a passerby and was taken to Red Deer hospital, where she was treated for non-critical injuries. Police are looking for a suspect described as being a Caucasian, about 20 to 30 years old, five-footeight to five-foot-10 tall, and weighing from 150 to 180 pounds. He was wearing glasses, had short brown hair, a short moustache and beard and was wearing blue jeans, a black sweater, and baseball cap. The suspect’s vehicle was captured on camera. It shows a pickup with a hard top on the back. Anyone with information is asked to call 403-3435575, or for those wishing to remain anonymous, please call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 or report it online at www.tipsubmit.com.

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Coen Hansen, 2, and his father, Tyler Hansen, meet Jersey, an RCMP dog specializing in narcotic detection, and her handler, Officer Chiola, on Monday morning in the Pediatric Unit at the Red Deer Regional Hospital. The RCMP, visited all the children in the unit in hopes of cheering them up before Christmas, gifting them with a stuffed police dog of their own, a flying disc and a trading card.

WILDROSE: Ready to go in case of snap election Goulet-Jones thought it would either be her or Drew Barnes, the Cypress-Medicine Hat MLA. As interim party leader, Forsyth will become the new leader of the official Opposition, replacing the departed Danielle Smith. Forsyth started her political career with the Progressive Conservatives, first being elected in 1993. She served as solicitor general and minister of public security under Premier Ralph Klein. She left the PCs and crossed the floor to the Wildrose Party in 2010 with Rob Anderson. Anderson returned to the PCs last week, as one of nine Wildrose members to cross the floor. Of the five remaining Wildrose MLAs, only Rick Strankman calls Central Alberta home. The StettlerDrumheller MLA was on vacation when the floor crossings occurred, but was flying home on Monday while the interim party leader was named. In the thinned down caucus, Strankman becomes the party’s critic for agriculture; Service Alberta; jobs, skills, training and labour; and culture and tourism. “These issues need a renewed voice and a party of individuals ready to speak on the issues,” said Strankman, in a release. “Our work begins today of

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building an even better Alberta.” In the event of a snap election, Goulet-Jones said they would be ready to go and they had a few people express interest in seeking the nomination for the riding. “Albertans clearly aren’t happy,” said GouletJones. “The ironic thing is this has united the left and the Wildrose. We have Brian Mason (former leader of the Alberta NDP) helping out with funding laid off Wildrose staffers. “This has united Alberta in a way I don’t think the PCs were counting on. Albertans, when we see something that’s not right, that’s not principled, we get a little upset about it and we speak up.” mcrawford@reddeeradvocate.com

SHELTER: ‘Pretty darned full this Christmas’ Wheeliker said shelter staff will assist clients by working with Housing First programs and the Red Deer Housing Authority. They will be helping women obtain court protection orders through the courts. Only the women and children at greatest risk of violence will likely get into shelters in future as the area’s population keeps growing, he predicted. Since the shelter will be “pretty darned full” this Christmas, staff are planning for the holiday. “We’ll look after them and make sure they are warm and safe while we look at finding other housing alternatives,” said Wheeliker.

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Red Deer residents have been donating gifts for clients, he added. “Presents have been rolling in.” But there’s still a need for some new pajamas, as well as some used hats, coats and boots for children under age eight and younger. Cash donations to the shelter are also welcome. As well, he said shelter clients could always use items throughout the year that will help them set up house again, once an apartment is found for them — things like brooms, mops, kitchen supplies, bedding. “The community always thinks of us,” he said, and shelter staff and clients are grateful. lmichelin@reddeeradvocate.com

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EDMONTON — An Edmonton man and woman are facing several charges after police issued an Amber alert for three boys last week. Police issued the alert for three boys they said were taken Friday morning from their home in northeast Edmonton. Later that day, authorities found the boys — aged two, eight and nine — safe and unharmed west of Edmonton. Police took a 50-year-old man and a 31-year-old woman into custody in Evansburg. The man is charged with assault, housebreaking, abandoning a child and causing a child to be in need of intervention. The woman is charged with abandoning a child and causing a child to be in need of intervention.

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CALGARY — Alberta’s Wildrose party has named an interim leader after Danielle Smith and eight other caucus members bolted to the governing Progressive Conservatives. Heather Forsyth is one of the five remaining Wildrose caucus members in the legislature. Forsyth, a former solicitor general who crossed the floor to the Wildrose from the PCs in 2010, will lead the party until a permanent replacement is chosen. “This is a pivotal moment for Alberta. In the pursuit of power, democracy has been swept aside,” Forsyth said in a speech to chanting supporters at the party headquarters in Calgary Monday. “There is no doubt an overwhelming number of Albertans feel hurt - who feel that the most noble notion of public life has been shattered. Folks, let there be no questions, Albertans did not lose their Opposition.” Last week Smith resigned as Wildrose leader and crossed the floor with eight others to join Premier Jim Prentice. The move was pitched as a reunifica-

Heather Forsyth, centre left, is applauded at a news conference after being named the new interim leader of the Wildrose party in Calgary on Monday. tion of Alberta’s right, with the defectors saying they are ideologically sympatico with Prentice. Forsyth said she and her fellow caucus members will focus on doing a better job for the 440,000 Albertans who voted Wildrose in the last election and for everyone who expects the best from their politicians. Earlier this year Forsyth indicated she would not run again due to family reasons. She said she now plans to stick around until at least the next election call expected in 2016. It remains to be seen if Wildrose will still be the Official Opposition as the Alberta Liberals also have five seats in the legislature. Both parties have sent the Speaker letters asking for the role. The Wildrose said it believes it has precedence on its side. Members of the party are still angry about the departure of Smith and their colleagues. “The other day nine of my colleagues grabbed each others hands and jumped off a cliff,” said Liv-

ingstone-Macleod member Pat Stier. “It’s been a difficult week I can tell you, but our group here are dedicated even more now. We’re strong, we’re alive and we’re going to keep holding this government to account.” Choosing the new leader won’t happen until next March at the earliest. “Per our constitution we’ve got three to nine months,” said Wildrose president Jeff Callaway. “We have to be prepared for an early election.” Callaway said it’s too early to say if there will be a leadership convention or if it can be done through a phone-in ballot. Outgoing federal Conservative MP Rob Anders was on hand for the announcement of the interim leader. He said he was there to renew his Wildrose membership card. He said he isn’t considering a run at the leadership, at least for now. “I’m not. I have no inclination at this stage.”

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Steinke described the girl’s injuries as “very serious” and said she remains unconscious in hospital in serious but stable condition. “This is a horrific incident,” said Steinke. “It’s impacted the community, it’s impacted the police officers.” The girl is not being identified because sexual assault charges have been laid. Steinke said Paul has no fixed address and is known to police in other jurisdictions. He was not a stranger to the girl, he said. “It was not an unknown predatorial attack. He was known to her.” Paul was arrested on the nearby Alexis First Nation, about 30 kilometres northeast of the Paul reserve. Steinke said the arrest came quickly because several people called police to help track Paul’s location. “Our focus now is on helping the victim’s family

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What’s behind the scenes I recently travelled across Canada with David Suzuki Foundation staff, from St. John’s to Victoria and up to Yellowknife, joined by friends and allies along the way. Besides our Blue Dot Tour evening events featuring some of Canada’s best-known musicians, writers, artists and thinkers, we also took part in DAVID many commuSUZUKI nity events and discussed environmental stewardship and treaty rights with indigenous people. We visited places that lack access to clean water in a country that boasts having an abundance of the cleanest water in the world. We met people trying to protect their communities, wildlife and habitat from fossil fuel development and pipeline projects. We joined more than 1,000 people in Toronto for a celebration of local food, music and nature during the Homegrown Park Crawl. We took part in nature-themed scavenger hunts with

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schoolchildren. It was a lot of work that included many serious discussions, but it was also inspiring and fun. It’s empowering to know that so many people share the understanding that our health, wellbeing and survival depend on clean air, fresh water, healthy food and the natural diversity that makes it all possible. More than 460 volunteers joined us on the tour and tens of thousands of people attended events and signed postcards and a pledge of support for the right to a healthy environment. It’s also been empowering to see people of all ages and backgrounds on Burnaby Mountain near Vancouver standing against pipeline development and oil sands expansion, the Tahltan Nation and allies protecting the Sacred Headwaters in Northern B.C. from Imperial Metals’ proposed Red Chris mine, and hundreds of thousands taking to the streets around the world for events like the Peoples’ Climate March. But we can’t go on stamping out small fires when they keep igniting again and again, and when an inferno threatens us all. When I look back, I see many battles we thought we had won rearing up again — including stopping major dam projects in Brazil and Canada, keeping oil exploration and tankers from threatening fragile West

Coast ecosystems and preventing clearcut logging in old-growth forests. We’ve been so focused on individual projects that we’ve failed to realize these battles reflect fundamentally different ways of seeing our place in the world. And it is our deep, underlying worldview that determines the way we treat our surroundings. That’s why I embarked on the Blue Dot Tour with the Foundation and Ecojustice. To resolve the serious environmental issues we face in Canada and beyond, we need people from across the country and all walks of life to join together to make protecting the people and places we love a priority. We’ve been asking people to advocate in their communities for recognition of the right to clean air, water and food by all levels of government — and, ultimately, in the Constitution’s Charter of Rights and Freedoms. Local-level organizing has already been incredibly successful. Municipal declarations of the right to a healthy environment have now been adopted by Richmond and Vancouver, B.C., The Pas, Manitoba, Montreal (preceded by its borough of Rosemont-La Petite-Patrie), Quebec, and Yellowknife, Northwest Territories — all thanks to citizens of those communities working together. More than 11,000 volunteers have signed up and similar efforts are

now underway in 30 communities. More than half the world’s nations, about 110, have constitutional rights to a healthy environment. It’s time for Canada to join them. Research shows the benefits go beyond protecting the environment and human health to strengthening the economy by stimulating innovation, diversification and competitiveness, and reducing healthcare costs. It’s not about slowing progress or stopping development; it’s about ensuring those occur in the best ways possible, reducing environmental degradation and ensuring that the long-term needs of citizens are prioritized over short-term corporate profits and political ambitions. The tour may be over, but the movement is just getting started. Together, we’re beginning a national conversation about the future of Canada and the importance of caring for each other and the things that keep us alive and healthy: clean air, fresh water, nutritious food and diverse ecosystems. You can join by signing the pledge or by getting involved where you live to take this movement to the next level. Visit bluedot.ca/join-us/ for tools to help you bring this initiative to your community. Scientist, author and broadcaster David Suzuki wrote this column with Ian Hanington (www.davidsuzuki.org).

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

This failing world can be saved It hurts to write this letter. It would be easier to just look the other way. I can’t and won’t. I would dearly love to say that our western culture is progressing nicely; that what history has taught us we are diligently practising what our creator God has given as rules for living we are obediently following. But it would be a lie! Shallowness is the byword of our culture. A lack of purposefulness, a lack of conviction, a lack of morality, a lack of courage, a lack of charity. We just don’t care! Perhaps a young man in Red Deer said it best as he stopped at a Salvation Army kettle that I was attending. He quickly donated $10 and as he hurried away he said, “We just don’t give a rip!” This young man, in just six words, aptly described the human dilemma. Are we not witnessing the lowest point in human history? The absolute filthiest in our human conduct? Below the animals? Yes, far below! Religious wars, mass violence behind closed doors, promiscuous sex, violent sex, familial sex, wanton self-centeredness, glamourized sodomy, lying, betrayal, loving evil, hating good, hating God, and smugly justifying everything with glib explanations. This is normal conduct for mankind with a fallen nature, mankind with a deadly moral disease. Sixty million silent little voices in North America alone are crying out for recognition, to a population who has passed laws to ensure that we are not reminded of our own deadly folly. Can this be happening in a “civilized” society? To quote a local charity worker, a real man of courage and conviction, columnist Chris Salomons: “Are we brain-dead? Have we learned absolutely nothing from history?” With mankind on a downhill skid, is there any place to look for hope? Yes, only one — it’s not a place, it is a person. Every Christmas we are reminded of the holiday’s true meaning. We believe it or we reject it. Most reject it — but not all! Some have the courage to put their lives into the loving hands of the baby born in Bethlehem, the saviour of the world. These few trusting folks have experienced the true excitement of Christmas, the miracle that the Holy Child brought to Earth — his spirit of love, mercy, forgiveness, and renewal. Jesus, the Christ, has the power to forgive each of us, and then to renew us from within. Deep in our heart of hearts, we all know that we need forgiveness, we all need a new start in life. That’s the miracle gift that is offered to each of us! That’s the true meaning of Christmas! Please don’t reject Him with another ignorant, glib comment. Jim Swan Red Deer

Can the Wildrose survive? Who would have thought that the Wildrose Party would implode? That the captain would abandon ship? Let me state right off that any conservative movement even here in Alberta has an uphill battle to fight from the word go. This is not because there is a lot of liberal sentiment, but the media itself is leftleaning, and that may be an understatement. Granted, any conservative movement will attract fringe elements, but a good leadership can manage these elements to create a balanced party that respects the individuals rights to freedom of thought, belief, and expression. Since these are rights guaranteed in our Constitution, any party worthy of governance should

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stand for the rights of the individual way ahead of political correctness. How did Smith go from premier in waiting to a backbench PC? The short answer is she could talk the talk but she couldn’t walk the walk. Her inability to handle the ‘‘lake of fire” issue sank her party’s ability to win the election. She needed to take that page from the Stephen Harper playbook but didn’t. Opportunity lost. Next crisis for the Wildrose is four byelection losses to the PCs. So what? Anybody with any knowledge or political background would know that the ruling party would not contest a seat in a riding with even a slim chance of losing. Some, myself included, would consider it disrespectful to seriously campaign against the governing party — especially the premier elect. To think you have a chance of unseating the governing party candidates? In a word — delusional. As far as Wildrose always being a ruralbased movement, and therefore unelectable — see the above. And what were the Progressive Conservatives before they unseated the Social Credit? At the annual general meeting, Smith lost her chance to be the leader of her party — either from her not being able to present her ideas or vision for the party’s future, or for being unable to handle direction from her party. It may be her time in Edmonton where the political process changed her point of view to the point where her party no longer fit her values. It would seem that she may live in the country, but the country doesn’t live in her. Her time as the MLA for High River may only last until the next election. As Albertans, we may forgive but never forget betrayal. The Wildrose Party never lost relevance in the legislature as the official Opposition in spite of shared beliefs with the PCs. In fact, their best chances to affect the course of government was to remain as the Opposition and the representatives of their respective ridings. From their position as the official Opposition, they could critique government legislation without fear of reprisal, and propose amendments to

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better represent the rural conservative values that put them in the legislature. Jim Prentice is a master strategist and Danielle Smith was outplayed, plain and simple. The Wildrose Party itself can go one of two ways: fold its tent in the legislature and join the PCs, or go with their five remaining members and attempt to rebuild the party. To do this, they must retain their status as the official Opposition. To lose this will mean a slow death for the party. Secondly, a new leader must emerge — someone with political smarts and substance. I would think that another general meeting would be an imperative in the near future. Any government is the better for having a vigorous and thoughtful opposition. Some of us will never forget or forgive long hours spent in hospital waiting rooms just for the sake of a debt-free province. Jeff Hanson Red Deer County

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Some comment, better late than never Re: The greatest betrayal in our political history (Dec. 18, 2014) On Wednesday, Dec. 17, we witnessed a political betrayal worthy of Shakespeare’s Richard III. (Is this why I always confuse Jim with Rick Prentice?) A brazen act couched, sold and spun in terms of duty, integrity and responsibility, which, in fact, exemplified the direct opposite of each of these. On Thursday, I was doubly angered and saddened that Thursday’s Advocate lead editorial was by Tim Harper of the Toronto Star. I’ve no ill will to the Toronto Star or the Daily Bugle for that matter. I was disappointed because the Advocate, as a leader in our community simply by its perseverance as a daily newspaper into the 21st century, lapsed in its fourth estate duty. In failing to editorialize, the Advocate only added to the milieu of cynicism in the entire political, public process of how we govern ourselves. Maybe we are expected to feel ‘lucky’ simply to have a daily newspaper in a city of this size between the Tweedledee and Tweedledum of Calgary and Edmonton. Indeed, Mary-Ann Barr did first rate reporting on the cover page story. That does not mean we should not hold the Advocate to a higher standard; that we should not expect excellence at every turn. Conveniently, Thursday’s cover page had a teaser for a review of HBO’s Newsroom, berating it as nothing but platitudes. There, on the top of the page, a summary of all we see wrong with the media; so fitting in this case, with its ‘pot calling the kettle black’ effectiveness; the layout man saying what the managing editor could not. Imagine my surprise with Friday’s edition of the Advocate. Jim Sutherland went a very long way in redeeming yourself, your paper and your publisher. As it happens, I agree 100 per cent with the substance of his expression of betrayal; moreover I am pleased that, eventually, a strong voice in our community spoke directly with a tone of such candour and clarity (albeit over the 140 character limit). Like waiting for Rex Murphy on Thursday night, in Red Deer, I’ll be waiting for Sutherland on Saturday, or Friday. I guess all is forgiven. Andrew J. Poole Red Deer

Alberta budget process far too aggressive We hear a lot of discussion about the drop in the current oil price and how it will affect the provincial budget. You do not have to be an accountant to realize when setting budgets, you don’t set your budget on perceived maximum future income, you would set your budget on known minimum in-

Health care system is a huge mess The letter to the editor of the Advocate on Dec. 8, by Donald Dingwall of Red Deer shows just how futile and frustrated we are with our health, senior and social assistance programs. Is this the best that the government and AHS can do? After the billions, maybe trillions of dollars wasted by government, our health services is a disgrace. At least in the U.S., if you have the money, you can get services in short order. Where did the billions of dollars from oil royalties and other revenue go? I have a son scheduled to go to Thailand this month for a back operation because to get this done in our glorious Alberta health care system — the waiting time is over two years. The Alberta government should be ashamed and booted out of power for this kind of a mess. The PC governments have tried to destroy our healthcare system for 20 or 30 years and it is now at the point where our system is sicker than our sickest patients. Well at least you all get your entitlements, fancy wages, wage increases, expense accounts and finally a nice lucrative payout at the end of your political lifetime. In the meantime, what are you doing for and to the patients and taxpayers? The sad part of writing letters to officials is that we won’t get a reply and this letter likely goes into the delete file along with the first one. Your arrogance and lack of respect for the ordinary people, the tax payers, is pathetic. I will vote ABC (Anybody But Conservative) in the next go around and many of the people in my group are feeling the same way. A frustrated citizen and taxpayer, E.T. (Tom) Skoreyko Red Deer

RED DEER ADVOCATE Tuesday, Dec. 23, 2014 A5 November triggered the city to begin And like idiots, Albertans will take plowing residential areas. it. However, with the subsequent warm Dale Stuart days and thawing, that snowfall situaRed Deer tion no longer exists. The city is plowing anyway! What the ...? How insane! Come on, city council, give your heads a shake! Or rattle the heads of the fools who’ve decided to keep crews and machinery I’m writing this letter to thank evgoing for no reason at all — at taxpayeryone involved in the health-care ers’ expense! Ruby Curran field, after suffering two potential lifeRed Deer ending events in one month and surviving both due to the exceptional care provided, both at Red Deer and Calgary emergency wards. The system works. Were there glitches? Yes, but I came to realize it’s a huge system and every For years, the Wildrose Party has emergency is a unique one with it’s referred to the Alberta Conservative own circumstances. Party as deceitful, liars, untrustworthy, But all these people are all truly self-serving, abusers of taxpayer dol- professional in dealing with the hunlars, etc. etc. etc. They boasted about dreds of emergencies in a caring manholding the Conservative Party’s feet ner. to the fire and make them accountable. Everyone involved in these fields Now we hear that Wildrose MLAs should hold their head high because have crossed the floor and join those you do make a difference to the people dastardly Conservatives. Even the par- who count on you. ty leader, Danielle Smith, is crossing I think we should set one week a over. year and call it lifesaver week to let What a crock of typical political them all know they are all special peobullcrap. ple. Are you freakin’ kidding me? Do you To all, thank you so much. have no shame or conscience? This is Doug MacDonald pure unadulterated self serving BS. Blackfalds Any Wildrose MLA who crosses the floor and joins the Conservative Party should have to give up their seat and have a byelection. And if that doesn’t happen, which it probably won’t, then the voters need to boot their keesters Re. Lindsay Brown’s Me Plus Three out of office in the next election. There are two words to describe column in the Advocate on Tuesdays: We would just like to say how much anyone who crosses the floor to the we enjoy the articles submitted by this Conservatives: traitors and liars. Just because the Conniving Conser- writer. She has a very original way of viewvatives have a new leader doesn’t mean the old leopard is going to change its ing her family life and the antics her spots. They’ll be just as deceitful, just children get up to. We have had many as untrustworthy, just as self-serving, a laugh reading her stories and hope will continue to abuse our tax dollars, she continues her submissions. Pat and Peter Anderson and lie to us all the while they’re doRed Deer ing it.

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TORONTO — An Ontario man will be tried for a fourth time in September 2016 in the murder of a nursing assistant who was killed 33 years ago in the Hamilton area. Diane Werendowicz died in 1981. She was dragged into a ravine, allegedly sexually assaulted, strangled and dumped in a creek. Robert Badgerow was arrested in her death in 1998 and was convicted of first-degree murder several years later, but the verdict was overturned on appeal. A new trial was ordered but ended in a mistrial in 2010 when a jury was unable to reach a verdict. Badgerow’s third trial also resulted in a hung jury. He then applied for, and was granted, a stay of proceedings when the Crown indicated it intended to try him for a fourth time. That stay was set aside by Ontario’s Court of Appeal in April, and a new trial was ordered. Badgerow then tried to take his case to the country’s highest court, but the Supreme Court of Canada denied his leave to appeal. Consequently, a date for his trial was set last week in a scenario his lawyer admits is atypical. “It’s unusual, but the court has ruled that he’s to have a fourth trial,” said Russell Silverstein. In ordering that a fourth trial should proceed, the Ontario Court of Appeal noted that “highly probative and admissible evidence” was excluded at previous trials, so the Crown hasn’t had a full opportunity to put its case before a jury. “Notwithstanding the challenges associated with conducting a trial after the passage of alQueen set. Regular $169.99 most 35 years, there is a $79.99 King set. Regular $179.99 strong public interest in GLUCKSTEINHOME a trial on all the legally admissible evidence 650-thread-count sheet set and this swings the balance against a stay,” the OR matching duvet cover set Appeal Court wrote.

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Grizzlys banking on breakthrough season BY JOSH ALDRICH ADVOCATE STAFF Olds Grizzlys head coach and general manager Brett Hopfe is dead set on this year being a break through for the club. He has shown to this point that he is not afraid to pull the trigger on big deals to land top players, and his team has responded by winning eight of their last 12 games heading into the Alberta Junior Hockey League’s Christmas break. Hopfe makes it clear he is not done adding to his club with the Jan. 10 Canadian Junior Hockey League trade deadline looming. “We feel this is the first year in a long time where we’ve got two deadly lines, a third line that can produce and our fourth line is a great energy line,” he said. “If we continue to work hard and find a piece here or there then I think we’re going to have a lot of success.” The Grizzlys enter the break fifth in the South Division with an 18-14-5 record, but that puts them well ahead of the pace from the last three years when they’ve averaged 50 points. The Grizzlys have not had a winning season since the 200910 campaign when they fin-

ished 30-28-2. This, so far, year appears to be different. In three separate trades, they have added two top six forwards — Jade McMullen and Colton Sheen — and a starting goalie — Jesse Gordichuk. In the meantime, they had three players return from the Western Hockey League — forward Ty Mappin and defencemen Jordan Steenbergen and Kirk Johnson. These additions have had huge returns for the club. Sheen has 19 points (10 goals, nine assists) in 18 games, McMullen has 10 points (7-3-10) in seven games and Mappin has 36 points (10-26-36) in 26 games. Mappin, in particular, has take a big step forward in his game the last 12 months. He was reassigned last year by the Saskatoon Blades after a full season with the Everett Silvertips in 2012-13 and scored 25 points (8-17-25) in 46 games. This season, after being released by the Blades, he has been one of the top forwards in the league. “I think it’s just confidence,” he said. “Confidence is the biggest thing with me. This year I’ve been putting up pretty good numbers and I think I’ve been playing pretty

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Olds Grizzlys goalie Jesse Gordichuk stops Fort McMurray Oil Barons forward Shawn Weber as he’s checked by Olds defenceman Jack Goranson during AJHL action in Olds on Dec. 19, 2014. The Grizzlys head into the Christmas break in a good position and are hoping to be even better when they return to action. well. The guys around me help so much too.” He has formed a strong chemistry on a line with McMullen — who was acquired from the Grande Prairie Storm for Alex Brewer, Josh Zablocki, and Dustin Gorgi on Dec. 1 — and Kyle Moore. “Mappin and Moore are very skilled players, but also very different players as well,” said McMullen, who is tied with Chris Gerrie for the team lead in points with 42 (26-1642). “Maps likes to move the puck and then get open for a shot on net and Moore’s kind of a crash and bang kind of guy. It works really well where we get it in deep, we move the puck around and usually one of us are in the slot, ready to shoot.” McMullen was the Storm’s

leading scorer when he was dealt, and though he didn’t formally request a trade, he let it be known that he was willing to move on if they were looking to deal. “It’s exciting for me, I wanted to be traded to a team that isn’t in the rebuilding stage like Grande Prairie is, that’s going to make a run for the AJ title,” he said. They joined an already solid offensive unit that included Gerrie, the reigning CJHL rookie of the year, who along with McMullen is sixth in league scoring with 42 points (20-22-42) in 37 games, and Landon Kletke, who is 14th with 35 points (15-20-35) in 36 games. Their goaltending was supposed to be one of their strengths this year after bring-

ing in Jordan Piccolino who led the Dauphin Kings of the Manitoba Junior Hockey League to the RBC Cup last year. But after a 7-7-3 start where he posted a 3.67 goals against average and an .883 save percentage, Hopfe made another change. This time he traded for Gordichuk from the Fort McMurray Oil Barons for Kyle Star on Nov. 7, and he has solidified the position, posting an 8-5-2 record with a 3.20 goals against average but most importantly a .917 save percentage — seventh among starting goalies. He has allowed the Grizzlys to play a more offensive brand of hockey while they figure out their young back end.

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Amazons looking to get back to league final JUNIOR WOMENS HOCKEY Photo by JOSH ALDRICH/Advocate staff

Red Deer Vipers Justin Van Tetering is slashed by Ponoka Stampeders defenceman Austin Ancion as he takes a shot on net in Heritage Junior B Hockey League action on Monday at the Red Deer Arena. Red Deer won 5-3.

Vipers roll into Christmas break with win over Stampeders BY JOSH ALDRICH ADVOCATE STAFF

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Vipers 5 Stampeders 3 The Red Deer Vipers almost squandered any momentum they gained off their win over the first place Blackfalds Wranglers over the weekend on Monday. Almost. After a hairy opening 30 minutes, the Vipers finally found their legs and closed out the last place Ponoka Stampeders 5-3 in Heritage Junior B Hockey League action at the Red Deer Arena. The win followed a 5-1 victory over the Wranglers on Saturday, handing them their first regulation loss of the campaign, but this did not look like the same team as two days previous. “I think it was we were so high and I think we thought we could just show up tonight and not put an effort in and get the two points,” said Vipers head coach JD Morrical. “We lucked out tonight we at least came with an effort in the third period to get (a goal) and played just good enough to win.” Cole deGraaf led the Vipers with two goals and an assist while Dustin Spearing also scored twice and Captain Justin Corbett once. Lane Congdon made 35 saves for the win, though he looked shaky on at least two of the Stamps goals. Teegan Colonna replied with two goals for Ponoka while Tye Munro got the other. Eli Falls made 38 saves in the loss. The Vipers actually did most of their scoring in the first half of the game when they were being dominated by

the Stampeders. The opened up a 3-1 lead in the first period on two goals by Spearing and Corbett’s marker, but Ponoka cut the lead to one goal a with 36 seconds left in the frame and held a 16-9 lead in shots at the break. Ponoka controlled the first 10 minutes of the second period, scoring the equalizer at 4:13, and held Red Deer without a shot on net for the first 10 minutes. But finally, the Vipers turned it around and took over the game. It all turned on deGraaf’s power-play goal at 11:44 with Ponoka’s Braedon Grant in the box for cross checking. After that the Stampeders lost their composure and Red Deer never looked back. deGraaf added his second of the contest at14:07 of the third period to effectively put the game on ice. The win sends Red Deer into the Christmas break on a two-game winning streak and some positive vibes as they try to turn around a frustrating opening two-thirds of the season. “I think they need a little bit of a break, they need a little bit of time to themselves to just get back on track and come back focused in the new year,” said Morrical. NOTES — Ponoka finished 2-for-5 on the power play while Red Deer was also 2-for-5 ... Red Deer’s next game is Jan. 3 at 8 p.m. when they host the Three Hills Thrashers at the Red Deer Arena. jaldrich@reddeeradvocate. com

BY JOSH ALDRICH ADVOCATE STAFF Warriors 3 Amazons 2 (SO) PENHOLD — The Central Alberta Amazons have a bit of unfinished business they are trying to make amends for. The Amazons (10-7-2) made it all of the way to the Alberta Junior Female Hockey League final last year before falling in three straight games to the Edmonton Wolves. With a strong returning group of players, their goal is to get back to that point. Problem is, they head into the Christmas break on a fivegame losing skid as they battle a string of injuries. This includes Saturday’s 3-2 shootout loss to the Calgary Warriors (8-10-1) and 4-1 loss to the Calgary Titans (10-8-2) — both games on home ice at the Penhold Regional Multiplex. “We were fourth in the league last year at playoff time and fought back and beat the teams above us,” said second year head coach John Kadar, following Saturday’s defeat in which they blew a 2-0 third period lead. “We’ve got the team to do it, I think we’ve got a better team than last year, and we just have to keep it going.” Despite their recent struggles, there is much to like out of the first half of the season. When icing a full roster, they have been one of the 10-team league’s top clubs, as they raced out to a 10-4-0 start and were sitting in first place in the South Division before the slide started. The current losing streak, however, has them in a tie for second place with the Titans. “ Our captain’s injured and then a bunch of the girls went home for Christmas,” said forward Emma Malsbury. “It’s hard because we were running with four lines all year and now we’re down to two, so it’s hard for some of the girls to get used to it.” Kadar is seeing that lack of experience on the bench right now hurt them. Seven of their 13 players on the weekend were rookies, and that hurt them in closing out Sat-

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Central Alberta Amazons defender Amelia Nowek is chased behind the net by Calgary Warriors forward Katlynn Kyle in Alberta Junior A Female Hockey League action on Dec. 20, 2014 in Penhold. Calgary won 3-2 in a shootout. urday’s game and then were unable to stop the bleeding in the second period on Sunday as they were outscored 3-1 in the frame. “When you’re missing your vets and you’re trying to keep control of the bench, it’s tough to do,” he said. The Amazons have been leaning on their second and third year players on all year, but this month has been an opportunity for their rookies to experience the full weight of the league. “Our veterans are leading really well, and our young girls are in the game and they’re learning,” said Kadar. Goaltending has been one of their biggest strengths in the first half of the season. First year goalie Nisa Bartlett of Red Deer has had to shoulder the load the last couple of weeks with veteran goalie Kelly Hauser one of the walking wounded. But the diminutive netminder has held up well, posting a 1.81 goals against average with a .932 save percentage, both numbers better than Hauser’s — 2.50 G.A.A. and .906 save per-

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centage. Offensively they have a solid group when healthy, but two of their top three scorers have missed considerable time. Third year forward Kelsey Mastel leads the team with 20 points (eight goals, 12 assist) despite only playing 13 games while second year Amazon Stacey Duncan is third on team with 13 points (11-213) despite only suiting up 12 times. Malsbury has 14 points (104-14) and has got into 15 of their 18 games. “We have a really good offence, getting the puck to the net and scoring has really been our strong,” she said. This is Malsbury’s first season with the club after playing the last two years with the SAIT Trojans of the Alberta Colleges Athletic Conference. For the Penhold native and Red Deer Sutter Fund Chiefs alumni, having an opportunity to play competitive hockey at home is huge, and says the two levels are pretty close in ability.

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Lazar named captain of Canada’s world junior team MONTREAL — Curtis Lazar has every reason to be smiling. The always good-humoured Ottawa Senators rookie on Monday was named captain of Canada’s junior hockey team for the upcoming world championship in Toronto and Montreal. “I’m very honoured to have this opportunity, and I’m going to take full advantage of it and go out there and play hard for my country,” Lazar told reporters at a hockey charity event in Montreal. “I know there’s a lot of responsibility that comes along with this, but I’m just going to try to take it in stride and be myself.” Canada’s coaching staff gave Lazar the news Monday morning, shortly after the team arrived in Montreal from Ottawa where Canada beat Sweden 5-2 in an exhibition game on Sunday. True to character, the Salmon Arm, B.C., native was grinning from ear to ear when he was told. “As usual, I was smiling,” said the 19-year-old, who was drafted 17th overall by the Senators in 2013. “It’s pretty cool. I didn’t know it was coming. Anyone could have it. I’m very honoured that my peers and my coaching staff think very highly of me. “I’m a pretty positive guy for the most part. I’m always smiling and trying to keep the guys light. I like to lead by example. I really focus on little details, and I think that goes a long way. “I want unity within the dressing room. Regardless of where you’re from in Canada, we’re part of a team now. No one is bigger than the team.” Lazar, who has a goal and six assists in 27 games with Ottawa this season, was loaned to Canada by the Senators last week. He is one of seven returning players from last year’s tournament in Malmo, Sweden, where Canada finished fourth. One year later, Lazar is thinking of redemption. “I was disappointed with how we played last year and the result we got,” he said, looking back on Canada’s semifinal loss against Finland, and the defeat to Russia in the bronze-medal game. “Second chances don’t come around too often. We’re fortunate to have this chance.” Connor McDavid of the Erie Otters and Sam Reinhart of the Kootenay Ice will serve as alternate captains for the tournament, which officially gets underway on Dec. 26. McDavid and Reinhart also represented Canada at the 2014 junior championship and were teammates at the 2013 IIHF Ice Hockey U18 World Championship, where the Canadians won the gold medal.

The 17-year-old McDavid, who is touted as the best forward in the upcoming 2015 NHL draft, had nothing but praise for his new captain. “He’s always positive, and he always has a smile on his face,” McDavid said of Lazar. “Nothing seems to bring him down. He’s the perfect guy for the job. The ups and downs of this tournament are pretty crazy, but he never seems to go down. He’s going to be a good captain.” McDavid, who played for the first time on Sunday since breaking his right hand in November, has a blistering 51 points for the Otters in 18 games this season. Reinhart, meanwhile, played nine games with the Buffalo Sabres at the start of this season before returning to the Western Hockey League in October. “To wear a letter is something special,” said McDavid. “But there are 22 leaders on this team - it’s not just three guys. The letter is special, but everyone is a leader.” Head coach Benoit Groulx knows exactly what kind of player it takes to lead a team to victory. “Sam, Curtis and Connor have the same qualities,” said Groulx, winner of three Quebec Major Junior Hockey League championships as head coach. “They’re great young men, they want to win, they’re great hockey players, and they want to make a difference. This is what you need in your leadership group. “It was an obvious choice.” Although he’s just 19, Lazar wants to use his world junior and NHL experience to guide some of the younger players on Canada’s roster. He says he wants them to pay attention to detail, and to really enjoy the tournament. But overall, Lazar wants to win. He wants to know what it means to wear a gold medal around his neck. “It would be very cool,” he said. “That’s one thing I want to check off my junior resume.” Canada plays one more exhibition game versus Switzerland on Tuesday before their tournament opens on Boxing Day with a game against Slovakia at the Bell Centre in Montreal. Notes: The Canadians will also play Germany, Finland and the United States in the group stage. … Canada’s junior team gathered at McGill University’s McConnell Arena in Montreal on Monday to help launch “The Big Play” program, which aims to get kids across the country in minor hockey. … Lazar also played at the 2012 World Under-17 Hockey Challenge and with Canada’s men’s under-18 team. … The world junior gold medal game will be played Jan. 5 in Toronto.

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Calgary Flames left wing Johnny Gaudreau, right, celebrates his third goal of the game with left wing Curtis Glencross, left, and left wing Jiri Hudler during the third period of an NHL game against the Los Angeles Kings, Monday, in Los Angeles. The Flames won 4-3 in overtime. Mark Giordano scored 4:07 into overtime after Johnny Gaudreau had three goals in regulation — including two in a 1:13 span late in the third period — and the Calgary Flames rallied for a 4-3 victory over the Los Angeles Kings on Monday night. The Flames snapped an eight-game losing streak, dating to Dec. 6, and Calgary earned its first road win in nearly a month.

NBA stars set for Christmas TV smorgasbord NEW YORK — Nearly two months have passed since the San Antonio Spurs collected their championship rings and began their title defence. The NBA season may have opened Oct. 28, but Christmas is the real coming-out party. Football’s popularity leaves little room for other sports in the fall. It’s enough to make some believe the unofficial opener should be the real opening day, as it was in 2011 following the lockout. “There could be an argument, and a strong argument, to starting our season later and do it on Christmas Day and go into the summer,” ABC analyst Jeff Van Gundy said. “I think there could be a strong argument to do that and avoid a lot of the NFL and college football season.” Football is quiet on Christmas, so the NBA loads up with a five-game

schedule, highlighted by LeBron James’ return to Miami. That game follows on ABC after San Antonio hosts Oklahoma City. Washington visits New York in the ESPN opener, and because Christmas

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SCOREBOARD Hockey GA 116 98 112 114 124 161

Pt 52 42 38 33 33 17

CENTRAL DIVISION GP W L OTLSOL GF Medicine Hat 34 24 8 1 1 133 Calgary 34 19 12 1 2 134 Red Deer 35 18 13 3 1 124 Edmonton 35 16 14 3 2 106 Kootenay 35 18 17 0 0 109 Lethbridge 33 8 20 3 2 83

GA 86 101 117 102 129 133

Pt 50 41 40 37 36 21

WESTERN CONFERENCE B.C. DIVISION GP W L OTLSOL GF Kelowna 36 28 5 3 0 157 Victoria 37 17 17 2 1 121 Prince George 35 17 18 0 0 107 Vancouver 34 16 18 0 0 105 Kamloops 38 13 20 3 2 114

GA 86 131 141 110 143

Pt 59 37 34 32 31

GP 33 36 33 33 33

U.S. DIVISION W L OTLSOL GF GA Pt 20 9 3 1 112 94 44 19 14 0 3 122 124 41 18 12 3 0 93 91 39 17 15 0 1 93 89 35 14 15 2 2 86 92 32

Saturday, December 27 Brandon at Moose Jaw, 6 p.m. Saskatoon at Prince Albert, 6 p.m. Regina at Swift Current, 6 p.m. Red Deer at Edmonton, 7 p.m. Calgary at Kootenay, 7 p.m. Medicine Hat at Lethbridge, 7 p.m. Vancouver at Everett, 8:05 p.m. Kamloops at Kelowna, 8:05 p.m. Prince George at Victoria, 8:05 p.m. Portland at Seattle, 8:05 p.m. Tri-City at Spokane, 8:05 p.m. Sunday, December 28 Prince Albert at Saskatoon, 1 p.m. Prince George at Victoria, 2:05 p.m. Seattle at Vancouver, 3 p.m. Moose Jaw at Brandon, 3 p.m. Kootenay at Calgary, 4 p.m. Edmonton at Red Deer, 5 p.m. Swift Current at Regina, 5 p.m. Lethbridge at Medicine Hat, 6 p.m. Spokane at Portland, 6 p.m. Everett at Tri-City, 6:05 p.m. Tuesday, December 30 Prince Albert at Brandon, 6 p.m. Regina at Saskatoon, 6:05 p.m. Lethbridge at Calgary, 7 p.m. Kootenay at Medicine Hat, 7 p.m. Swift Current at Red Deer, 7 p.m. Kamloops at Vancouver, 8 p.m. Prince George at Kelowna, 8:05 p.m. Everett at Seattle, 8:05 p.m. National Hockey League EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division GP W L OT Pts Montreal 34 21 11 2 44 Tampa Bay 35 20 11 4 44 Detroit 34 17 8 9 43 Toronto 34 19 12 3 41 Florida 32 15 9 8 38 Boston 34 17 14 3 37 Ottawa 34 14 14 6 34 Buffalo 34 13 18 3 29

GF GA 92 83 113 93 94 84 114 102 73 82 86 88 90 94 66 109

Metropolitan Division GP W L OT Pts Pittsburgh 33 22 6 5 49 N.Y. Islanders 33 23 10 0 46 Washington 33 17 10 6 40 N.Y. Rangers 31 17 10 4 38 Philadelphia 33 13 14 6 32 Columbus 33 14 16 3 31 New Jersey 35 12 17 6 30 Carolina 33 9 20 4 22

GF GA 105 76 104 91 97 86 93 81 92 99 80 107 77 102 68 92

WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Chicago 34 23 9 2 48 106 67 Nashville 32 22 8 2 46 92 65 St. Louis 33 21 9 3 45 100 81 Winnipeg 34 17 10 7 41 83 80 Minnesota 31 16 12 3 35 91 84 Dallas 32 14 13 5 33 95 109 Colorado 33 12 13 8 32 85 101

Anaheim San Jose Vancouver Los Angeles

GP 36 35 33 34

Pacific Division W L OT Pts 23 8 5 51 19 11 5 43 20 11 2 42 17 11 6 40

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WHL EASTERN CONFERENCE EAST DIVISION GP W L OTLSOL GF Brandon 35 24 7 3 1 160 Regina 33 20 11 2 0 124 Swift Current 35 17 14 0 4 110 Prince Albert 35 16 18 1 0 105 Moose Jaw 35 15 17 2 1 105 Saskatoon 35 7 25 2 1 91

Everett Portland Spokane Tri-City Seattle

GF GA 104 98 99 90 99 91 94 84

Calgary 35 17 15 3 37 100 95 Arizona 33 11 18 4 26 75 111 Edmonton 34 7 20 7 21 74 116 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss. Sunday’s Games Colorado 2, Detroit 1, SO Dallas 6, Edmonton 5, SO Boston 4, Buffalo 3, OT N.Y. Rangers 1, Carolina 0 Chicago 4, Toronto 0 Philadelphia 4, Winnipeg 3, OT Monday’s Games Florida 4, Pittsburgh 3, SO Washington 2, Ottawa 1 Nashville 5, Columbus 1 Vancouver 7, Arizona 1 Anaheim 3, San Jose 2, OT Calgary at Los Angeles, late

6. Columbus, Wennberg 1 (Johansen, Johnson) 15:38 (pp). Penalties - Dubinsky Clb (cross-checking) 9:06, Bourque Nash (holding) 15:10, Morin Clb (tripping) 18:05. Shots on goal Nashville 12 9 14 - 35 Columbus 9 14 8 - 31 Goal - Nashville: Rinne (W, 22-6-1); Columbus: Bobrovsky (L, 13-9-2). Power plays (goal-chances) - Nashville: 0-4; Columbus: 1-2.

Wednesday’s Games No games scheduled Monday’s summaries Panthers 4, Penguins 3 (SO) First Period 1. Pittsburgh, Hornqvist 12 (Despres, Crosby) 4:39. Penalties - Olsen Fla (interference) 9:53. Second Period 2. Florida, Jokinen 4 (Bolland, Kulikov) 19:23. Penalties - Malkin Pgh (tripping) 0:27, Comeau Pgh (interference) 3:13, Ekblad Fla (high-sticking) 9:27, Despres Pgh (slashing) 17:20. Third Period 3. Florida, Hayes 8 (Bergenheim) :22. 4. Florida, Hayes 9 (Bergenheim, Barkov) 4:55. 5. Pittsburgh, Spaling 6 (Pouliot, Despres) 15:08 (pp). 6. Pittsburgh, Malkin 16 (unassisted) 16:50. Penalties - Pirri Fla (slashing) 7:24, Mackenzie Fla (slashing) 13:13. Overtime No Scoring. Penalties - None. Shootout - Florida wins 1-0 Pittsburgh : Malkin miss, Crosby miss, Letang miss, Kunitz miss, Hornqvist miss, Pouliot miss, Despres miss. Florida : Pirri miss, Trocheck miss, Bjugstad miss, Huberdeau miss, Jokinen miss, Bolland miss, Barkov goal. Shots on goal Pittsburgh 8 7 8 4 - 27 Florida 9 13 12 3 - 37 Goal - Pittsburgh: Fleury (LO, 19-4-3); Florida: Luongo (W, 13-7-6). Power plays (goal-chances) - Pittsburgh: 1-4; Florida: 0-3. Capitals 2, Senators 1 First Period No Scoring. Penalties - Niskanen Wash (interference) 3:15, Wilson Wash (boarding) 6:24, Condra Ott (crosschecking) 10:15, Borowiecki Ott (roughing) 14:44, Michalek Ott (delay of game) 15:38. Second Period 1. Washington, Beagle 5 (Kuznetsov, Green) 13:59. 2. Ottawa, Condra 3 (unassisted) 15:56. 3. Washington, Backstrom 11 (Green, Johansson) 19:25 (pp). Penalties - Greening Ott (misconduct) 3:14, Latta Wash (misconduct) 3:14, Gryba Ott (holding) 18:08. Third Period No Scoring. Penalties - Beagle Wash (tripping) 1:05. Shots on goal Ottawa 14 10 15 - 39 Washington 6 10 7 - 23 Goal - Ottawa: Anderson (L, 8-9-4); Washington: Holtby (W, 15-7-5). Power plays (goal-chances) - Ottawa: 0-3; Washington: 1-4. Predators 5, Blue Jackets 1 First Period No Scoring. Penalties - Wennberg Clb (delay of game) 16:22. Second Period 1. Nashville, Wilson 7 (Bartley) 7:47. 2. Nashville, Smith 9 (Ribeiro, Weber) 9:25. Penalties - Jokinen Nash (boarding) 17:24, Johnson Clb (roughing) 19:24. Third Period 3. Nashville, Jones 1 (Bartley, Neal) 6:29. 4. Nashville, Smith 10 (Forsberg, Josi) 7:13. 5. Nashville, Fisher 3 (Wilson, Ellis) 8:43.

No Scoring. Penalties - Stoner Ana (fighting) 9:29, McGinn SJ (fighting) 9:29, Lindholm Ana (stick holding) 16:42. Second Period 1. Anaheim, Rakell 1 (Etem, Beleskey) 7:20. Penalties - Desjardins SJ (goaltender interference) 8:18, Hannan SJ (tripping) 17:15. Third Period 2. San Jose, Pavelski 16 (Burns, Thornton) 2:00 (pp). 3. San Jose, Karlsson 1 (Goodrow, Dillon) 7:56. 4. Anaheim, Fowler 4 (Getzlaf, Smith-Pelly) 15:44. Penalties - Stoner Ana (hooking) 1:35, Burns SJ (high-sticking) 18:53. Overtime 5. Anaheim, Kesler 12 (Maroon, Getzlaf) :58. Penalties - None. Shots on goal San Jose 15 11 6 0 - 32 Anaheim 7 10 13 2 - 32 Goal - San Jose: Niemi (LO, 14-7-4); Anaheim: Andersen (W, 19-5-4). Power plays (goal-chances) - San Jose: 1-2; Anaheim: 0-3. Canucks 7, Coyotes 1 First Period 1. Vancouver, Burrows 7 (Horvat, Dorsett) 6:34. 2. Vancouver, Bieksa 3 (H. Sedin, D. Sedin) 17:17. 3. Vancouver, D. Sedin 8 (Vrbata, Tanev) 19:18. Penalties - Edler Vcr (cross-checking) 11:50, Bieksa Vcr (high-sticking) 15:11. Second Period 4. Vancouver, Richardson 8 (unassisted) 1:41. 5. Vancouver, Burrows 8 (H. Sedin, Edler) 12:19 (pp). 6. Arizona, Ekman-Larsson 8 (Gagner, Yandle) 15:03 (pp). Penalties - Yandle Ari (hooking) 5:11, Sestito Vcr (fighting) 11:50, Chipchura Ari (fighting) 11:50, Chipchura Ari (instigator) 11:50, Chipchura Ari (misconduct) 11:50, Stanton Vcr (high-sticking) 13:54, Yandle Ari (high-sticking) 18:21. Third Period 7. Vancouver, Higgins 6 (Vey, Bonino) 7:09 (pp). 8. Vancouver, Matthias 7 (Richardson) 9:33 (pp). Penalties - Ekman-Larsson Ari (hooking) 3:32, Vermette Ari (tripping) 6:27, Doan Ari (hooking) 8:05, Dorsett Vcr (slashing) 10:34, Yandle Ari (roughing) 19:06, Burrows Vcr (roughing) 19:06, Sestito Vcr (slashing) 19:06, Hanzal Ari (slashing) 19:06. Shots on goal Arizona 11 18 10 - 39 Vancouver 10 17 13 - 40 Goal - Arizona: Smith (L, 5-15-2); Vancouver: Miller (W, 18-7-0). Power plays (goal-chances) - Arizona: 1-4; Vancouver: 3-6. AJHL North Division GP W L OTLSOL Spruce Grove 39 30 6 2 1 Lloydminster 40 23 12 1 4 Fort McMurray 40 22 14 3 1 Sherwood Park41 20 17 2 2 Bonnyville 36 15 15 5 1 Drayton Valley 37 11 18 4 4 Grand Prairie 40 13 25 1 1 Whitecourt 37 11 21 2 3

GF 158 127 121 119 110 86 88 109

GA 88 104 114 117 119 115 158 137

Pt 63 51 48 44 36 30 28 27

South Division W L OTLSOL 30 4 2 1 28 9 0 1 24 11 2 2 23 12 3 1 18 14 3 2 18 18 0 1 13 21 3 2 9 28 2 1

GF 131 148 107 125 132 128 106 101

GA 73 97 97 106 132 138 139 162

Pt 63 57 52 50 41 37 31 21

GP Camrose 37 Brooks 38 Okotoks 39 Drumheller 39 Olds 37 Canmore 37 Cal. Canucks 39 Cal. Mustangs 40

Sunday’s results Spruce Grove 3 Whitecourt 2 (SO) Calgary Mustangs 4 Grand Prairie 1 Monday’s results Drumheller 4 Okotoks 1 Friday, January 2 Canmore at Spruce Grove, 7 p.m. Drumheller at Brooks, 7 p.m. Bonnyville at Camrose, 7 p.m. Olds at Drayton Valley, 7:30 p.m. Lloydminster at Whitecourt, 7:30 p.m. Grande Prairie at Fort McMurray, 8 p.m.

Memphis top BYU in OT at Miami Beach Bowl, as melee breaks out afterward BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS MIAMI — Paxton Lynch accounted for seven touchdowns including a scoring pass to Roderick Proctor in the second overtime, Jake Elliott made a 54-yard field goal to force that extra session and Memphis topped BYU 55-48 in the inaugural Miami Beach Bowl on Monday. Lynch threw for four scores and ran for three more for Memphis (10-3), in a game marred by a postgame brawl that involved many players from both teams after BYU’s Christian Stewart was intercepted by the Tigers’ DaShaughn Terry on the final play. The game was back-and-forth, and that continued - in ugly fashion - after it ended. Players from both teams spilled onto the field, punches being thrown by both sides as coaches from Memphis and BYU tried to break up the mess before it got any worse. “That’s not who we are,” Memphis coach Justin Fuente said. There was no immediate word on any disci-

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AMAZONS: Pretty good competition “Obviously in college hockey you’re practicing more and playing more games, but here it’s just as good, I think, and pretty good competition,” said Malsbury. One of the biggest challenges for the Amazons is trying to get their roster, which includes players from across Western Canada, all on the same page. “We’ve managed to take some girls that are from all over the place — B.C., Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta — and that’s a real chore just to get them to bond together and really become a team,” said Kadar. “I think if we stick to our game plan and our systems, it will turn out.” And there in lies the rub, just getting the team back together and healthy. It is all about the post-Christmas schedule for the Amazons. “We just have to get everybody here and everybody back in the groove and get our lines back to normal and everything will start clicking again,” said Malsbury. The Amazons return to action on Jan. 3 when they host the Medicine Hat Hockey Hounds (412-0) at 4:15 p.m. at the Penhold Regional Multiplex. The Lethbridge Eagles (14-4-0) then visit on Jan. 4 at 1:30 p.m.

Sunday, Dec. 28 WHL: Edmonton at Red Deer, 5 p.m., Centrium.

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Ducks 3, Sharks 2 (OT) First Period

Tuesday’s Games Nashville at Boston, 5 p.m. Carolina at New Jersey, 5 p.m. Montreal at N.Y. Islanders, 5 p.m. Washington at N.Y. Rangers, 5 p.m. Philadelphia at Minnesota, 5 p.m. Toronto at Dallas, 5 p.m. Buffalo at Detroit, 5:30 p.m. Pittsburgh at Tampa Bay, 5:30 p.m. Arizona at Edmonton, 6 p.m. St. Louis at Colorado, 6 p.m. Winnipeg at Chicago, 6:30 p.m.

Saturday, Dec. 27 WHL: Red Deer at Edmonton, 7 p.m., Rexall Place (The Drive).

plinary action from either team. It was Memphis’ first bowl triumph since 2005, and the Tigers finished a season with 10 victories for the first time since 1938. Keiwone Malone caught two touchdown passes for the Tigers, including one with 45 seconds left in regulation. Stewart threw for 349 yards and three touchdowns for BYU (8-5). Paul Lasike ran for two scores and Zac Stout ran back an interception for another touchdown midway through the fourth quarter for BYU, which twice rallied from 10-point deficits. The Cougars were a play away from winning twice, but Lynch found Malone for the tying score on 4th-and-4 from the BYU 5 late in regulation, then Elliott connected on his long field goal to end the first overtime. The teams combined for four touchdowns in the first 8 minutes and Memphis led 24-14 early in the second quarter, before BYU rallied with two scores in the final 4:55 to take a 28-24 lead at intermission. NOTES — Malsbury and Kendra Rusaw both scored for the Amazons in Saturdays loss while Bartlett made 25 saves ... Andrea Anderson score the Amazons’ lone goal in their 4-1 loss to the Titans on Sunday while Bartlett made 23 stops. jaldrich@reddeeradvocate.com

GRIZZLYS: Got some guys in mind “For us, save percentage is the true testament of a goalie, goals against can be numerous different things regarding our players” said Hopfe. Hopfe says they still four open cards and two roster spots available heading into the trade deadline, and he intends to use them. He is looking at bringing in another forward and a defenceman. “We’re looking for an energy forward and defensively we’re looking for a stay at home defenceman,” said Hopfe. “We’ve got some guys in mind that we’ve been working quite hard to get something done with them.” For the players, this does nothing but give them confidence that they are going to be a team to reckon with in the new year. “It takes guts for the coaches to do that and get those top guys that we need to succeed,” said Mappin. “I feel like they’ve made the right choices and we can only build from there.” jaldrich@reddeeradvocate.com

National Basketball Association EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct GB Toronto 22 7 .759 Brooklyn 11 15 .423 9 1/2 Boston 10 15 .400 10 New York 5 25 .167 17 1/2 Philadelphia 3 23 .115 17 1/2 Southeast Division W L Pct 20 7 .741 19 7 .731 13 15 .464 10 20 .333 9 19 .321

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Sunday’s Games Toronto 118, New York 108 Cleveland 105, Memphis 91 Sacramento 108, L.A. Lakers 101 Phoenix 104, Washington 92 Miami 100, Boston 84 Philadelphia 96, Orlando 88 Brooklyn 110, Detroit 105 New Orleans 101, Oklahoma City 99 Indiana 100, Minnesota 96 Monday’s Games Charlotte 110, Denver 82 Chicago 129, Toronto 120 Houston 110, Portland 95 Utah 97, Memphis 91 Atlanta 105, Dallas 102 San Antonio 125, L.A. Clippers 118 Sacramento at Golden State, late Tuesday’s Games Chicago at Washington, 5 p.m. Boston at Orlando, 5 p.m. New Orleans at Indiana, 5 p.m. Minnesota at Cleveland, 5 p.m. L.A. Clippers at Atlanta, 5:30 p.m. Philadelphia at Miami, 5:30 p.m. Denver at Brooklyn, 5:30 p.m. Portland at Oklahoma City, 6 p.m. Charlotte at Milwaukee, 6 p.m. Dallas at Phoenix, 7 p.m. Golden State at L.A. Lakers, 8:30 p.m.

Football National Football League AMERICAN CONFERENCE East W L T Pct y-New England 12 3 0 .800 Miami 8 7 0 .533 Buffalo 8 7 0 .533 N.Y. Jets 3 12 0 .200 South W L T Pct y-Indianapolis 10 5 0 .667 Houston 8 7 0 .533 Jacksonville 3 12 0 .200 Tennessee 2 13 0 .133 North W L T Pct x-Cincinnati 10 4 1 .700 x-Pittsburgh 10 5 0 .667 Baltimore 9 6 0 .600 Cleveland 7 8 0 .467 West W L T Pct y-Denver 11 4 0 .733 San Diego 9 6 0 .600 Kansas City 8 7 0 .533 Oakland 3 12 0 .200 NATIONAL CONFERENCE East W L T Pct y-Dallas 11 4 0 .733 Philadelphia 9 6 0 .600 N.Y. Giants 6 9 0 .400 Washington 4 11 0 .267 South W L T Pct Carolina 6 8 1 .433 Atlanta 6 9 0 .400 New Orleans 6 9 0 .400 Tampa Bay 2 13 0 .133 North W L T Pct x-Detroit 11 4 0 .733 x-Green Bay 11 4 0 .733 Minnesota 6 9 0 .400

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PF 348 409 389 289

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Sunday’s Games Houston 25, Baltimore 13 Detroit 20, Chicago 14 Atlanta 30, New Orleans 14 Miami 37, Minnesota 35 Carolina 17, Cleveland 13 Green Bay 20, Tampa Bay 3 Pittsburgh 20, Kansas City 12 New England 17, N.Y. Jets 16 N.Y. Giants 37, St. Louis 27 Oakland 26, Buffalo 24 Dallas 42, Indianapolis 7 Seattle 35, Arizona 6 Monday’s Game Cincinnati 37, Denver 28 Sunday, Dec. 28 Indianapolis at Tennessee, 11 a.m. Jacksonville at Houston, 11 a.m. San Diego at Kansas City, 11 a.m. Chicago at Minnesota, 11 a.m. Carolina at Atlanta, 11 a.m. Cleveland at Baltimore, 11 a.m. Dallas at Washington, 11 a.m. N.Y. Jets at Miami, 11 a.m. Buffalo at New England, 11 a.m. Philadelphia at N.Y. Giants, 11 a.m. New Orleans at Tampa Bay, 11 a.m. Arizona at San Francisco, 2:25 p.m. St. Louis at Seattle, 2:25 p.m. Oakland at Denver, 2:25 p.m. Detroit at Green Bay, 2:25 p.m. Cincinnati at Pittsburgh, 6:30 p.m.

Transactions Monday’s Sports Transactions BASEBALL American League KANSAS CITY ROYALS - Assigned RHP Casey Coleman and OF Moises Sierra outright to Omaha (PCL). MINNESOTA TWINS - Agreed to terms with RHP Phil Hughes on a five-year contract. National League PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES - Agreed to terms with 1B Chris McGuiness and RHPs Sean O’Sullivan and Kevin Slowey on minor league contracts. SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS - Agreed to terms with RHP Sergio Romo on a two-year contract. American Association FARGO-MOORHEAD REDHAWKS - Signed INF Frank Salerno. LAREDO LEMURS - Released LHP Estevan Uriegas and C Danny Taveras. LINCOLN SALTDOGS - Signed INF Curt Smith. SIOUX CITY EXPLORERS - Signed RHPs John Straka, Geoff Broussard and Gerardo Sanchez. WINNIPEG GOLDEYES - Signed LHP Brendan Lafferty. Frontier League FLORENCE FREEDOM - Signed 3B Steve Carrillo to a contract extension. ROCKFORD AVIATORS - Signed INF Kenny Bryant and RHP Matt Frahm to contract extensions. BASKETBALL National Basketball Association NBA - Fined New York C Samuel Dalembert $15,000 for elbowing Toronto C Jonas Valanciunas during Sunday’s game. DETROIT PISTONS - Released F Josh Smith. FOOTBALL National Football League NFL - Suspended Detroit C Dominic Raiola one game for a violation of safety-related playing rules during Sunday’s game. BUFFALO BILLS - Released WR Mike Williams.

SAN DIEGO CHARGERS - Placed G Johnnie Troutman on injured reserve. Re-signed OL Kenny Wiggins. Canadian Football League SASKATCHEWAN ROUGHRIDERS - Signed WR Jamel Richardson. HOCKEY National Hockey League ARIZONA COYOTES - Recalled D Brandon Gormley from Portland (AHL) and G Mike Lee from Gwinnett (ECHL) to Portland. CAROLINA HURRICANES - Recalled F Brendan Woods from Charlotte (AHL). COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS - Assigned C Sean Collins to Springfield (AHL). NEW JERSEY DEVILS - Recalled F Tim Sestito from Albany (AHL). WASHINGTON CAPITALS - Recalled C Andre Burakovsky and LW Aaron Volpatti from Hershey (AHL). American Hockey League CHARLOTTE CHECKERS - Returned F Gabriel Desjardins to Florida (ECHL). PORTLAND PIRATES - Recalled G Mike Lee from his rehab assignment at Gwinnett (ECHL). WILKES-BARRE/SCRANTON PENGUINS - Returned D Paul Cianfrini to Wheeling (ECHL). ECHL GWINNETT GLADIATORRS - Released G Greg Ozubko as emergency backup. INDY FUEL - Released G Jordan Tibbett as emergency backup. RAPID CITY RUSH - Released G Kevin Stolzheise as emergency backup. WICHITA THUNDER - Released G Kevin St. Pierre as emergency backup. SOCCER Major League Soccer CHICAGO FIRE - Signed D Patrick Doody. NEW YORK CITY FC - Named Rob Vartughian assistant coach.

NORDIC CROSS COUNTRY SKIING Bailey Johnson led a strong showing by the Red Deer Nordic Cross Country Ski Club at the Strathcona Wilderness Centre near Edmonton this weekend, finishing with two gold medals. She held the lead from start to finish in the mass-start five kilometre U16 Classic on Saturday, winning in a time of 19 minutes, 2.66 seconds and then added another gold (18:12.0) on Sunday in the U16 five kilometre skate technique race. Brian Johnson finished fourth (37:40.08 ) in the men’s masters classic race on Saturday and fifth (34:58.5) in the skate race on Sunday. Anna Zimmerman, who last month qualified for Team Alberta for the Canada Winter Games in Prince George, B.C. in February, was seventh (29:36.75) in the U18 7.5 kilometre classic on Saturday and fourth (28:03.9) in the skate race on Sunday. Dahlin Wiebe was ninth (26:15.66) in the U18 boys 7.5 kilometre classic on Saturday and eighth (25:51.7) on Sunday while Ethan MacDonald (22:06.73) finished 12th in the U-16 boys classic race on Saturday.

MINOR HOCKEY Midget A The Red Deer CanPro Chiefs earned five out of six points over the weekend to head into the Christmas break on a high. They won 4-3 over Hillview Trucking in Wainwright on Friday night, getting goals from Hunter Van Heck, Jared Ferguson, Vance LeMasurier and Payton LaGrange. On Saturday, they beat the Wainalta Bisons 4-1 with Kody Kapalka leading the way with two goals while Bryce LeMasurier and Joseph Hallman scored once each. On Sunday, they returned home to tie Red Deer Prairie Bus 2-2 with goals from Ferguson and LeMasurier. Keaton MacDonald and Jack Wakefield replied for Prairie Bus.

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Bengals get back into playoffs KIRKPATRICK’S LATE INTERCEPTION RETURN HELPS CINCINNATI BEAT BRONCOS BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Bengals 37 Broncos 28 CINCINNATI — With everything on the line, the Bengals picked off Peyton Manning in the closing minutes - twice, no less - and ran themselves right back into the playoffs. One breakthrough win gave them a chance for another. Dre Kirkpatrick returned Manning’s third interception of the game for a touchdown in the closing minutes on Monday night, completing a rainsoaked rally for a 37-28 victory over the Denver Broncos and a spot in the playoffs. The Bengals (10-4-1) secured a playoff berth for the fourth consecutive season, a franchise record. They’ll play in Pittsburgh next Sunday night, with the winner taking the AFC North title. And then, Cincinnati will get yet another chance to break one of the longest playoff droughts in NFL history - no post-season victory since the 1990 season. First, they go to Pittsburgh to determine when and where they’ll play. “Well, we have another hump day next week,” coach Marvin Lewis said. Kirkpatrick’s 30-yard return with 2:41 left capped a game of big plays - long runs, big kick returns and two interceptions run back for scores. With 67 seconds left, Kirkpatrick picked off Manning again to clinch it. “I’m not saying I knew he was going to do that,” Kirkpatrick said. “The guy changes plays. He’s a first-ballot Hall of Famer. When he came back to my side, I was waiting for the ball.”

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Cincinnati Bengals cornerback Dre Kirkpatrick reacts following an interception during the second half of an NFL game against the Denver Broncos Monday, in Cincinnati.

Manning rallied the Broncos (114) to three touchdowns in the third quarter and a lead, but finished with a season-high four interceptions. The loss handed New England home-field advantage throughout the playoffs. “I shouldn’t have thrown it,” said Manning, who was 28 of 44 for 311 yards with two touchdowns. “Four interceptions, you’re not going to beat many good football teams.” The AFC West champions failed in their attempt to clinch a first-round bye and came away with more questions about Manning, who was limited in practice during the week because of a strained right thigh. Denver scored 21 points in the third quarter, with Manning throwing a pair of touchdowns to Emmanuel Sanders. With a chance to pull off his 51st gamewinning drive in a heavy rain, Manning threw a sideline pass directly to Kirkpatrick, who ran it back untouched. Manning had been 8-0 career against the Bengals with 20 touchdown passes and only five interceptions. He nearly matched that total in one game. Demaryius Thomas had seven catches for 115 yards, setting a club record with his ninth 100-yard game of the season. Andy Dalton settled down after a huge early mistake - an overthrown pass that Aqib Talib returned for a touchdown - and rookie Jeremy Hill led a dominating running game that finished with 207 yards overall. Hill had an 85-yard touchdown run with 147 overall, going over 1,000 for the season. Hill played a starring role in the Bengals’ playoff drive. “I know a lot of guys are never fortunate enough to make the playoffs,”

said Hill, a second-round pick from LSU. “In college, I wanted to play for a national championship but never got the chance.” The Monday night win was a breakthrough for the Bengals, who had been blown out in their two prime-time games this season and came in 18-41 all-time at night. They have one more left in Pittsburgh next Sunday. The dominant running game immensely helped Dalton, who is 3-6 alltime in prime time. He started badly again on Monday, overthrowing A.J. Green for an interception that Talib returned 33 yards for a touchdown. Dalton finished 17 of 26 for 146 yards with two touchdowns and the one interception. “You can’t let one bad play hurt you more than just that one bad play,” Dalton said. Green was hit in the right upper arm on the interception and was in and out of the game the rest of the way. He was held without a catch for only the second time in his career. NOTES: Broncos safety T.J. Ward left in the fourth quarter with a neck injury. He’ll be reevaluated in Denver. ... C.J. Anderson ran for 83 yards, also putting him over 1,000 for the season. ... Thomas joined Marvin Harrison and Jerry Rice as the only players with three straight seasons of 1,400 yards receiving and 10 touchdown catches. ... Eric Winston made his first start at right tackle for the Bengals, who signed him Dec. 2. ... Hill is the third rookie in NFL history with four games of at least 140 yards rushing, joining Eric Dickerson (1983) and Curtis Martin (1995), according to STATS.

After blowout loss to Seattle, Arians leaning toward Thomas at QB against 49ers

hawks, but that he wants to see what Thomas “can do for the future and the playoffs.” It’s not that the game has no playoff implications. Arizona (11-4) still can clinch the NFC West and No. 1 seed in the playoffs if it beats San Francisco and the Seahawks lose at home to St. Louis. Otherwise, the Cardinals will be a wild card and open on the road. Arians says he’s highly optimistic that injured Drew Stanton will be back at quarterback for the playoffs.

TEMPE, Ariz. — In the wake of Arizona’s one-sided loss to the Seattle Seahawks, Cardinals coach Bruce Arians says he’s leaning toward starting rookie quarterback Logan Thomas in the regular-season finale. Arians insists the decision is not a reflection on how Ryan Lindley played in Sunday’s 35-6 home loss to the Sea-

The ins and outs of who is in or can get into playoffs, and who is out for the top overall draft pick through 15 games. The remaining AFC wild-card spot could go to Cincinnati or Pittsburgh, barring winning the North division; San Diego (9-6); Baltimore (9-6); Houston (8-7); or Kansas City (8-7). The Chargers have the easiest task: win at KC and advance. But all of them remain alive heading to the weekend, with Jacksonville (3-12) at Houston, and Cleveland (7-8) at Baltimore. The sixth NFC spot will go to the survivor in the South, where Atlanta (6-9) hosts Carolina (6-8-1). Yes, a losing team will not only make the post-season, but will be the No. 4 seed and host a game on wild-card weekend. “It says a lot about the guys in here,” Panthers tight end Greg Olsen said. “Every year you set out to try to win your division. We have one game left and it is right in front of us.” With Seattle, Arizona, NFC East champ Dallas, Green Bay and Detroit all at 11-4, byes are up for grabs. The Cowboys have the most difficult road to get the top seed because the Packers host the Lions and both own the tiebreaker over Dallas. The Cowboys need a victory at Washington (4-11), an Arizona loss and a tie at Lambeau Field. Oops, sorry, didn’t mean to throw draws into the mix, but in that case it’s essential. For Green Bay to get the No. 1 spot in the conference, it must win and have Seattle lose. Detroit must win and have both Seattle and Arizona lose. As for earning a bye, the winner of Detroit-Green Bay gets one. “It’s what you play the game for,” Lions quarterback Matthew Stafford said. “You play the game to play extremely meaningful games in December. They’ll be excited for it. I know everybody in our locker room will be excited as well.”

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS With five of the six playoff slots in both conferences decided, some would think much of the drama of the schedule’s final week has been removed. Think again. Nine of the 10 teams already qualified for the Super Bowl chase have something to play for on Sunday. Start with the defending league champion Seahawks (11-4). Excluding any Week 17 ties in the multitude of scenarios, Seattle not only will get the NFC West title by beating St. Louis, but also home-field advantage throughout the NFC playoffs. Not a pleasant thought for its opponents. “They’re playing awesome football,” Cardinals cornerback Patrick Peterson said. “You can’t take nothing away from that ballclub. They have a championship pedigree, what it takes to win on the road, what it takes to win the division. Obviously, it’s not over yet, but they’re one step closer.” New England (12-3) doesn’t need to show up against visiting Buffalo on Sunday; it already owns the top seed in the AFC. The Patriots already are the first team since the current postseason format was adopted in 1990 to get five consecutive first-round byes. Everyone else is still scrambling. Denver (11-4), after losing Monday night’s game at Cincinnati (10-4-1), has the AFC West secured. But their home game with Oakland (3-12) has significance because a loss could force the Broncos to play in the wild-card round. The Bengals grabbed a playoff berth by beating Denver. They travel to face already-qualified Pittsburgh (10-5) on Sunday for the AFC North crown. Indianapolis (10-5) has the AFC South title and will be either the No. 3 or No. 4 seed. The Colts are at Tennessee (2-13), which has the inside track

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Raptors get bowled over by Bulls BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Bulls 129 Raptors 120 CHICAGO — Even surrounded by an array of offensive talent, Derrick Rose proved he is still the go-to guy in Chicago. Rose scored 29 points, Jimmy Butler added 27 points and 11 rebounds, and the Bulls snapped the Toronto Raptors’ six-game winning streak with a 129-120 victory on Monday night. Rose scored 15 of the Bulls’ franchise-record 49 points in the fourth quarter. “We know we can always count on him, go to him. That’s just the type of guy he is,” Butler said. “He wants the pressure on him. He produces. He produced. I think we’re going to keep on going back to him and he’s going to do the same thing every night.” Chicago, which has won three straight, got Rose and Taj Gibson back after each missed two games. Rose was ill and Gibson was out with an ankle injury. “I felt good. I was kind of surprised. I wasn’t as fatigued as I thought I would be missing a couple of days,” Rose said. Rose’s jumper over Kyle Lowry put the Bulls up 106-100 with 4:12 left. He put away the game with a 3-pointer to make it 118-105 with 1:17 left. The Eastern Conference-leading Raptors wanted to make a statement in Chicago after losing earlier this season to the Bulls at home. “We’ve been hearing about it all week, the last couple of days. They wanted to play us, we beat them there and they wanted to come here and get revenge. Tonight I think was a big game for us,” Rose said. Lowry scored 34 points and Jonas Valanciunas finished with 20 for Toronto, which led by 12 in the third quarter. Lowry scored 18 points in the fourth. “We didn’t play defence and they executed extremely well,” Lowry said. “Derrick Rose looked like his old self and he played extremely well. They

executed extremely well. Forty-nine points, give them credit. Whatever play they called they got good shots, and they got where they wanted to get on the floor. But we didn’t give them any pushback. That’s one thing we have to make sure we do from now on.” After Lowry’s runner gave the Raptors a one-point lead, Chicago scored six straight to make it 100-95. Rose and Joakim Noah had back-to-back baskets and Nikola Mirotic capped it off with a pair of free throws before Raptors coach Dwane Casey burned a timeout with the Chicago crowd on its feet. Mirotic finished with 12 points and Aaron Brooks had 17 points off the bench. James Johnson put the Raptors up 80-68 with 6:35 left in the third quarter, but the Bulls scored eight unanswered to tie it in the final minute of the period. Pau Gasol found Gibson for an alley-oop dunk to tie the game at 80. The Raptors began a six-game road trip on Monday after playing a leaguehigh 17 home games. TIP-INS Raptors: James Johnson is making a defensive impact for the Raptors after struggling to get minutes with the Bulls in his first two seasons. “Like all of us, we get a little older and wiser and smarter,” Casey said of the veteran. Bulls: Rose played in 10 straight games before getting sick. He’s missed 10 games this season with various injuries and illness. “In Derrick’s case, it was good where he was stringing some games together. Unfortunately, he got sick and now we have to hope he can pick up where he left off,” coach Tom Thibodeau said. HE SAID IT Casey on Butler: “I’ve had a mancrush on him for a while now. He’s a strong, physical kid and now he’s knocking down shots, handling the ball and he’s just developed into an allaround, All-Star type player. He’s one of those kids you really admire because he’s made a lot of who he was coming out of college. I don’t think anybody projected him to be where he is now.”

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Toronto Raptors forward James Johnson shoots over Chicago Bulls forward Nikola Mirotic during the first half of an NBA basketball game Monday, in Chicago.

Team Canada seeks route back to world junior glory It tipped gradually, at first. Canada won must-win games in a shootout, or overtime, but they won. Then they lost in overtime, on John Carlson’s winning goal for the Americans, hell of a goal, hell of a game in Saskatoon. Eh, it happens. Then the stunning Russian comeback in Buffalo in 2011, with a 3-0 third-period lead that fell away. After that game, returning Canadian defenceman Ryan Ellis said, “It’s probably 10 times worse (than 2010). It was right there, we had it . . . and then it’s gone.” As the 2015 world junior championship rolls around, that’s where Canada sits. They BRUCE dropped to bronze in 2012, ARTHUR and fell out of the medals entirely in 2013 and 2014 for the first back-to-back misses since 1981, the year before Hockey Canada launched its program of excellence. The tournament is inarguably cyclical, and this is a new cycle. Time for the kids to try again, with a different approach. “I’ve found that there’s no rhyme or reason, and no one thing that’s going to give you an advantage every year,” says Ryan Jankowski, Hockey Canada’s head scout since 2013. “We looked at rosters, the compilation of the rosters, the size of the players. We looked at the age of the players . . . a lot of people say that this is a 19-year-old tournament . . . but there have been a lot of teams that have won this tournament with some good 18-year-olds and a handful of 19-year-olds. “So the one thing that we’ve really come down to is throwing away the old blueprint of the top two lines being skilled lines, the third being a two-way line, and the fourth line being an energy line. Because we need well-balanced skill throughout the lineup, and that was the biggest thing coming back from the Olympics, on how we needed to build our team.” That came from a conversation in the summer with Canadian Olympic head coach Mike Babcock, who was the coach in Spokane when Jankowski was a scout there. Babcock told him, “Anyone can check. You can teach anyone to backcheck and play hard. But who’s going to score the goals?” Of course, then they cut winger Michael Dal Colle (46 points in 23 games with Oshawa this year) and kept 17-year-old winger Lawson Crouse (16 in 24 with Kingston) and centre Frederik Gauthier (14 in 15 for Rimouski). It’s not a complete commitment to goals, it seems. Still, the notion of more skill is a welcome change, even if it’s incomplete, and just one part of the puzzle. Beyond the hockey luck that can’t be controlled, there is the goaltending issue, where a clear development gap has emerged, and at the world juniors the numbers have been stark. TSN added them up: Canada finished first in save percentage and second once while winning five gold medals from 2005-09, and since then have finished fourth, eighth, second, fifth and sixth. A couple Carey Prices might solve a lot of what Canada worries about, but they don’t seem to be forthcoming. And then there’s the pressure. Nobody treats this tournament like Canada does, with TSN making it a national production. TSN’s expert on the tournament, Bob McKenzie, said last year that with other countries coming after Canada with ferocity, “the Canadian mindset in these elimination games, these semifinal games, it’s more along the lines of we’re terrified to lose more than we are determined to win. I think there’s a psychological gap there. I get the sense that these kids are more burdened with the level of expectation.” Ask McKenzie about what he saw at the under-17 games last month, and he will tell you the Americans and the Swedes came so hard and were so aggressive on every single shift, in a way that Canada wasn’t, not quite. “I did see that,” says Jankowski, pointing out that the Americans have a full-time program, and the Swedes have played together a lot. “You can add the Finns, too. We were blown away by the Finns at the start of the tournament — how structured they were, how hard they played. I’m not going to say Canada’s lost that, but other countries have caught up in that regard, with the style of play

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and how hard they play. “And that’s forced us to shift how we build our teams. In Halifax you could send Jordan Tootoo out like a freight train, blow up a Swede in the corner, and set the Swedes back for the rest of the game because they were afraid of that style of play. That doesn’t happen anymore. “You have an idea of who could give us that goal this year. Curtis Lazar could be that guy, Anthony Duclair could be that guy, Max Domi could be that guy, Connor McDavid could be that guy at the age of 17. But you don’t really know. You don’t know who is going to raise their game under this microscope.” That’s always good to remember: these are the stars of Canada’s national hockey gladiator academy, but they’re kids. They spend their lives building to series — best of three, of five, eventually of seven — and then in this tournament they’re thrown out into one-game elimination, a junior Olympics without the maturity of Olympians, and we all found out at the

exact same time just how they’ll handle it. We can’t expect them to win every time, or lose every time, either. We just have to find out who they are, in that moment. “I know people are starting to doubt Canada and they don’t really believe anymore,” McDavid told Stephen Whyno of The Canadian Press, in one of the young phenom’s least guarded moments. “It’s annoying a little bit. You see how past people did and how past teams did and how great they were and everything like that. People just don’t expect that out of us anymore. “They expect us to lose. That’s just not how it should be for Canada.” It’s not that, not really. It’s not that Canada expects its kids to lose. It’s just been reminded, over and over, that they can. Bruce Arthur is a Toronto Star sports columnist and was named the 2012 sportswriter of the year by Sports Media Canada.

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Canada reinforced its status as a winter sport power in 2014 at the Winter Olympics. Alex Bilodeau, left, is shown celebrating his win gold medal win with his brother Frederic following the moguls finals at the Sochi Winter Olympics in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia, Feb. 10, 2014.

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TOP; Canada’s Justine DufourLapointe and Chloe DufourLapointe holds hands before climbing on the podium after winning the gold and silver medals in the moguls at the Sochi Winter Olympics February 8, 2014. RIGHT; Team USA’s Michelle Picard kneels on the ice as Team Canada celebrates their overtime win in the gold medal hockey game at the Sochi Winter Olympics February 20, 2014 Thousands of kilometres and multiple time zones away from home again, the Canadian team will attempt to “maintain the gain”, which was the mantra heading into 2014. Peter Judge stepped out of his job as chief executive officer of the Canadian Freestyle Skiing Association post-Sochi and immediately into the role of director of winter sport for OTP. He said the top reason for the freestyle team’s success in Sochi was athletes travelled to the area at least three times for competitions or training camps prior to the opening ceremonies. “Familiarization has always been the critical component of major Games and world championships,” Judge said in Sochi. “We’ve always tried to be in there early and often. “They came here, they felt at home. There was not too much weirdness at all. Having that familiarity, having that comfort, you’re dealing with 80 per cent less stuff right off the bat.” Canada is keeping up the pace post-Sochi with several notable results to open the 2014-15 World Cup season. Calgary’s Sam Edney be-

tion obtained by The Associated Press. The Dodgers owe $3.5 million annually in each of the following four seasons. Kemp is due $107 million in the remaining five seasons of the $160 million, eight-year deal he signed with the Dodgers before the 2012 season: $21 million next year and $21.5 million in each of the final four seasons. Because of the cash involved, the Padres in effect pay Kemp $75 million: $3 million in 2015 and $18 million in each remaining year. The Dodgers are on track to exceed the $189 million luxury tax threshold next year and pay at a 40 per cent rate for the overage. They would pay at a 50 per cent rate if they go over again in 2016.

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TORONTO â€” Soccer was not kind to Rob Friend the last few months but the Canadian international striker leaves the sport with plenty of fond memories and good friends. Friend announced his retirement earlier this month after a championship season with the Los Angeles Galaxy cut short by concussion-related problems. The 33-year-old native of Kelowna, B.C., missed more than five months of action in 2014. â€œItâ€™s a bit bittersweet going out as champions here in the MLS, to be honest with you,â€? he said in a recent interview. â€œBut obviously Iâ€™ve struggled a lot with this injury, had a lot of bad symptoms - headaches, what not. â€œItâ€™s bittersweet but at least I was fortunate enough to have played the places Iâ€™ve played, that I can go out with my head held high and be proud of what Iâ€™ve done. And move on to the next chapter.â€? Friend, a formidable figure at six foot five, was originally drafted by the Chicago Fire in 2003 but opted to sign with Moss FK and then Molde FK in Norway. He spent a year with SC Heerenveen in the Netherlands before embarking on a successful stretch in Germany. Friend signed with Borussia Moenchengladbach for the 2007 season, scoring 18 goals to help the team earn promotion to Germanyâ€™s top flight. He scored 28 goals in his three seasons with the storied club - the pinnacle of his career - before moving on to Hertha BSC, Eintracht Frankfurt and TSV 1860 Munchen. He joined the Galaxy in January, seeing action in 10 games. â€œItâ€™s been an amazing journey ... itâ€™s been unbelievable,â€? Friend said. â€œIâ€™ve met a lot of amazing people, played for some amazing organizations and clubs.â€? At Heerenveen alone, he played with Toronto FC star Michael Bradley, fellow Canadian and Portland Timbers captain Will Johnson and Galaxy teammate Robbie Rogers. Friend, who made his debut for Canada in 2003, won more than 30 caps for his country. Unfortunately, Friend still is not completely over his health issues. â€œItâ€™s a very funny animal, the brain. You go through waves of a lot of headache-like symptoms and fogginess, just kind of not feeling 100 per cent. Iâ€™ve definitely passed that stage of struggling every day. The only issue I have at the moment now is when I do an intense workout I feel the headache coming on again. â€œIâ€™ve been able to manage it. Now Iâ€™m just going to take a little bit of time to really take care of the symptoms so hopefully they donâ€™t bother me long term.â€? Friend was hurt in a freak training-ground practice. He was running and a hard-hit ball caught him â€œin the

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Xmas greetings from the past on display BY SUSAN ZIELINSKI ADVOCATE STAFF More Christmas greetings may be arriving via the Internet, but there’s no denying the significance of sending and receiving letters and cards through the postal service in Red Deer’s history. Red Deer historian Michael Dawe said his father worked for a short time at the Red Deer post office in 1928 at Christmas time, including on Christmas Day, to help out his family. “There wasn’t door-to-door delivery so they would sort the mail and put it in everybody’s boxes,” Dawe said. Red Deer was a small town at the time, but the post office was a busy place at Christmas. It helped that many people knew each other, he said, recalling a story his dad told him about letters a popular school teacher would receive. “All that was on the envelope was ‘Flo.’ Everyone knew who she was and everyone knew what (the letter writer) meant so Flo would get her Christmas cards. They would put the letter in Flo Gaetz’s box,” Dawe said with a laugh. He said handmade Christmas cards were very common. “A lot of people didn’t have any money, particularly in the ’20s and the ’30s. When they talk about the Roaring ’20s, that wasn’t what happened in Red Deer. After the First World War, you didn’t have any money. It was hard times.” He said if people did have a few spare pennies, they may have sent real photo postcards, taking photos of their families and homes or local scenery, with Kodak postcard cameras starting in the early 1900s. Among the historical Christmas cards preserved by the Red Deer Museum and Art Gallery is a photo postcard featuring old, abandoned buildings at the Red Deer Crossing hamlet sent to family by Red Deer Fire Chief Horace Meeres and his wife Emily in 1907. Dawe said during the First and Second World Wars, soldiers looked forward to Christmas parcels and letters, and back home families awaited word from their boys. “Getting a Christmas card and a Christmas letter was just crucial to people. It was a contact.” The Red Deer Museum and Art Gallery card collection includes a poignant hand-drawn Christmas card sent home by Lt. Tom Cornett from the prisoner of war camp where he was interned after he was captured during the Dieppe Raid. As the town grew, home delivery came to Red Deer in 1950 when the new post office was built. Revenue Canada currently occupies that post office building at the corner of 49th Avenue and 50th Street. Dawe said when he was in high

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RIGHT: Christmas cards, some of which date back as far as WWI, rest in a Christmas tree at the Red Deer Museum. Photos contributed by Michael Dawe

TOP LEFT: A photo postcard sent to family by Red Deer Fire Chief Horace Meeres and his wife Emily, 1907. BOTTOM LEFT: A handdrawn Christmas card from Lt. Tom Cornett from his POW camp. school in the 1970s, a popular seasonal job for teens at Christmas was working

BRIEF An anonymous tip led to the arrest of inmate who escaped from an Edmonton multi-level federal prison in Red Deer last week. Police received a tip from a caller around 10:30 p.m. that escapee Patricia May McKenzie was in a downtown Red Deer apartment on Dec. 17. McKenzie was arrested without incident and taken into custody around 11 p.m. The 40-year-old woman escaped from the Edmonton Institution for Women on Nov. 2. She was serving a 29-month sentence for trafficking a substance, possession of a substance for the purposes of trafficking and failing to comply with a probation order. Jeff Campbell, regional communications manager for Correctional Service Canada, said an investigation into the circumstances surrounding the inmate’s escape is underway.

Switch failure caused power outage Sunday Residents in Oriole Park and Highland Green were left in the dark after a switch on the power pole failed early Sunday night. Jim Jorgensen, Electric, Light and Power manager, said switches fail over time because of the freeze and thaw cycle. While the crews were responding to the failure at 8:08 p.m., a part of the switch came loose and made contact with a live line. “That created a big flash,” said Jorgensen. “It was fairly dramatic. They dealt with it, isolated it and secured it.” There were no reported injuries. Crews restored power around 8:43 p.m. for the majority of the estimated 2,000 customers. Businesses along an area on 67th Street had their power restored around 1 a.m.

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pliance Team was out in full force the weekend before Christmas, on the lookout for alcohol related infractions at bars throughout the city. Two people were arrested by the RCMP Community Response Unit; one for public intoxication and another for outstanding warrants. The Red Deer Public Safety Compliance Team is a partnership between the Red Deer RCMP, Red Deer Emergency Services, Alberta Gaming and Liquor Commissions Red Deer Branch, Red Deer Inspections and Licensing and Alberta Health Services. The team focuses on prevention and enforcement with the goals of improving the safety of staff and patrons, decreasing violence and reducing the negative impact drinking has on the community. On top of the arrests one establishment is being charged for a gaming and liquor offence and Alberta Health Services, Emergency Services and the City of Red Deer issued warnings to several establishments. Emergency Services also noted some obstructions to emergency exits and reminded owners to keep them clear. The compliance team will continue unannounced inspections of Red Deer drinking establishments on a regular basis.

Woman airlifted after single vehicle rollover A woman was airlifted to hospital after a single vehicle rollover northwest of Rocky Mountain House on Sunday at noon. Rocky Mountain House RCMP and EMS responded to the call after a vehicle left the road and struck an approach. The lone occupant of the vehicle was ejected and pinned under the vehicle. The 44-year-old woman was extricated and transported by STARS ambulance to an Edmonton hospital. The woman is being treated for nonlife-threatening injuries. The collision happened on the O’Chiese First Nation Reserve. Police continue to investigate the cause of the

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Teenager dead following pickup crash A teenaged boy has died of injuries after being ejected from a pickup truck that went out of control on an icy highway. Sundre RCMP allege that 15-yearold Tristan Peck of Sundre could have survived the crash had he been wearing a seatbelt. “In all likelihood, it would have saved his life,” RCMP media relations officer Sgt. Jim Lank said in a statement on Monday. Police say Peck was a passenger in the truck when it went out of control on black ice, crossed the centre line and hit the opposite ditch on Hwy 760, just south of Sundre, at 9:30 p.m. on Friday. He was airlifted to Foothills Hospital in Calgary by STARS air ambulance and died of his wounds on Saturday. The 18-year-old driver was taken to hospital with serious injuries that were not considered life threatening. Police allege that neither the driver nor his passenger were buckled in at the time of the crash.

Third person dead from Hwy 20 crash Another person involved in a collision near Rimbey has died in hospital, bringing the total to three killed, including two children. The crash occurred on Sunday afternoon on Hwy 20 near Township Road 420. Rimbey RCMP were called to the scene at 1 p.m. Police confirmed on Monday that three people had been killed in the crash; the driver of the northbound car was pronounced dead on scene and the two children — passengers in the southbound SUV — died one on scene and one in hospital. At the time of the crash, the highway was icy and police said the car lost control and the SUV could not avoid a collision. There was a family of five in the car. All four were taken to Red Deer Regional Hospital Centre, with the child being flown by STARS Air Ambulance. The names of the deceased are not being released by police. Hwy 20 was closed during the investigation and has since been re-opened.

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Tuition to rise at Olds College BY ADVOCATE STAFF Tuition costs of three programs at Olds College are set to rise by 71 per cent after the province approved the increases Monday. The college’s animal health technology, apparel technology diploma and equine sciences programs were among the 25 Campus Alberta programs that had increases approved by Alberta Innovation and Advanced Education. The increases were approved as market modifiers, enabling schools to increase tuition costs above the rate of inflation to “correct market anomalies,” according to a release from the Alberta government. The 71 per cent increase is the largest tuition percentage increase approved by the ministry. Previously, the three programs cost $4,380 per year. Under the proposed increase, tuition cost will rise to $7,500 per year. All three programs are twoyear diplomas. In total, the cost to the student for the duration of the program will increase from $8,760 for both years to $15,000 for both years of the program. The change will not affect current students, but will be applied to new students. It is estimated that these tuition increases will bring an added $21 million to Campus Alberta institutions. The animal health technology program is estimated to receive an additional $330,000 per year once the increase is fully implemented by the 2017-18 academic year. The apparel technology diploma will receive an estimated $227,400 more per year by the 2017-18 academic year. And the equine science program will receive an additional $270,000 per year by the 2017-18 academic year. “Market modifier increases address tuition anomalies between programs in Alberta and across the country. These tuition increases allow institutions to enhance quality and make these specific programs more responsive to student needs. Our goal is to have the best post-secondary education in the country,” said Don Scott, minister of Innovation and Advanced Education. None of Red Deer College’s programs will see an increase in tuition.

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Going the extra mile for Holiday tips special holiday memories on modeling selflessness to children

As a child, my life was filled with magical things. My mom is a very theatrical lady so as expected she made the most of her talents by making each special occasion one of enchantment. Our Easter egg hunts were to die for, our Halloweens were spooktacular; she even went as far as to set out little pots of gold on our front door step for my brother and me on St. Patty’s Day. So with all of this wonder during any given holiday, I’m sure you can imagine that Christmas was no different. To this day, I still get giddy when walking into my Mom’s home and finding her decorations have been set out in their perfect fashion. Each trinket telling a story of our life that now seems so long ago. Every piece of Christmas paraphernalia just seems so natural, so ordinary, so … just like home. Mom also really enjoyed talking up Ol’ Saint Nick when we were youngsters. She told us all about his workshop in the North Pole, the elves and Rudolf, too. Christmas Eve we would always try to stay busy — baking cookies for Santa’s arrival was a must! We would sing carols in the front room of our doublewide (thankfully it was located in the middle of nowhere so nobody was subjected to our off-tune singing) and lastly my Mom would recite The Night before Christmas to us. This was always what I looked forward to most. Her mannerisms when performing the poem were amazing, and my brother and I would be captivated through the entire narration. Finally it would be time to sleep. To be clear, there would be no sleeping … or very little, that is. My kid brother and I would camp out in my room, desperately listening for hoofs upon our tin roof. Every now and then, Mom would pop her head in and let us know that the newscaster on the TV just reported that Santa was in Hong Kong, Australia … the United States! These updates made it even harder to get to sleep. And the rest is history. We would wake from a groggy two-and-a-halfhour snooze to find our stockings were full and an unwrapped present from Santa was propped against the tree waiting to be claimed. It just felt so real. Never in my younger years did I doubt that a jolly fat man flew around the world delivering presents to every child on the Nice List. It

was simply the way it was. I believed so much that it wasn’t until I was 11 that I got the news broken to me. It was a balmy June day. Why the topic of Santa had come up, I’m not quite sure. Christmas should have been the last thing on our minds so close to summer vacation. I cried my way home on the bus that day, but as hard as my younger brother Dustin tried to ask me what was wrong, I LINDSAY would not tell him. I couldn’t BROWN be the bearer of that sort of ME PLUS THREE awful news. But like all kids, I got over the initial shock of losing Santa — a friend I had known for as long as I could remember. However, unlike many, I still had an inkling in the back of my mind. It was as though I just could not bring myself to not believe. But because children want to be accepted and yearn for the approval of their peers, these thoughts were kept just for me. Like a magnificent secret that only I knew about. As each Christmas passed, the thought of Santa Claus stayed firm in my mind. I never truly let him go. Today at 28 years old, I still have not let him go. And around this time of year, I am filled with a feeling of hope and rejuvenation. I love watching as my children are given the allowance to feel this as well. It was never about the presents when we were young. We were never showered in gifts aplenty. But sure as the angel atop my Christmas tree, that gift from Santa that we asked for would always be there waiting for us. Maybe I don’t believe in a physical Santa Claus anymore, because time and age have jaded me. But I do believe in the magic. I believe in the spirit of Christmas, the spirit of St. Nicholas, and the beautiful feeling this time of year can bring when it is stripped down to its origin.

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Q: Last month your column discussed practicing selfdenial with kids and offered ways to guard them from developing narcissistic tendencies. It was helpful advice, but I’d also like to encourage my kids to be more thoughtful and aware of the needs of others. Do you have any ideas how I can do this? Jim: The fact that you value and want to promote a lifestyle of selflessness with your JIM children suggests that they DALY have a pretty good chance of getting there. It’s been said that “more is caught than taught” -- so if you’re consistently modeling these actions and attitudes in your home, you’ve provided them with a great head start. That said, it’s important to actively involve your kids in the process, and there are many ripe opportunities for this during the Christmas season. Here are some ideas to consider: ● Shovel an elderly neighbor’s driveway. ● Bake and deliver cookies to those working on Christmas Day (e.g. firefighters and police). ● Serve meals at a local shelter. ● Visit a nursing home to carol or read Christmas stories with residents. ● Provide gifts to the underprivileged through projects like Operation Christmas Child. ● Drop off baked goods to those who are homebound or hurting. ● Invite those who don’t have family to join your holiday table.

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“I can’t do much anymore,” she said. “Most days, I feel pretty useless.” “That’s not true,” I countered. “You can do lots of things — lots of things!” “You think so?” She stared at me as if to ask, “What things?” “You can paint,” I said. “You can crochet.” To be honest, until I attempted to rattle off a list of activities in support of my claim, I hadn’t realized how few activities my friend performed. “Do you know,” she began, “what I enjoyed doing when I was younger?” And by younger I knew she meant before moving into a seniors complex. “I liked gardening,” she said, “and I liked cooking and often I would use what I had grown to cook a meal for my family.” She reached over and pulled a dog-eared magazine from a rack next to her lift chair. “I found this recipe for fried chicken and it sounds delicious.” She passed me the magazine. The picture made the dish look delectable and the recipe seemed simple enough. “Wow, that does look tasty,” I said. “Will you try making it?” “Do you see a kitchen?” she asked, gesturing around the room. I felt embarrassed. All meals for seniors in the complex were prepared by kitchen staff — no opportunity to cook. “The little park between the buildings is nice,” she said glancing out the window. “No place for a garden, though.” I realized why my friend felt useless. She was so focused on what she could no longer do that she couldn’t see the

possibilities that existed for something new. I had known her for years and could tell that her level of selfesteem was steadily declining. I remembered reading once that self-esteem MURRAY rises steadiFUHRER ly over our working life but declines steadily after retirement. I wondered if it was true and, if true, why? A little research uncovered a fascinating study on self-esteem and aging published by the American Psychological Association. The study — led by Ulrich Orth, a professor at the University of Bern in Switzerland — concluded that self-esteem typically peaks around age 60 and then begins a gradual decline. According to the study, 3,617 a d u l t s living in America were surveyed four times between the years of 1986 and

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Popular sitcom becomes popular college course ‘THE SIMPSONS’ USED BY COLLEGE TEACHERS TO ENGAGE STUDENTS THE ASSOCIATED PRESS HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. — Bart and Lisa Simpson have been in elementary school for 25 years. But that hasn’t stopped them from showing up on college campuses. Universities across the country are using satirical references from The Simpsons to grab students’ attention and convey lessons in literature and all manner of popular culture. “If the references are important enough to be lampooned by The Simpsons, these works must be important cultural milestones,” says Hofstra University adjunct English professor Richard Pioreck, who has been incorporating the denizens of Springfield into his courses for about a decade. He currently teaches a course about the Broadway theatre and how The Simpsons have embraced various musicals and plays. Next semester, he shifts

to an online literature course titled The D’oh of Homer that includes readings from Edgar Allan Poe’s The Raven and The Fall of the House of Usher, and Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol — all referenced in Simpsons episodes. “Teachers need to keep things fresh,” says Denise DuVernay, an adjunct English professor at St. Xavier University in Chicago, co-author of the book The Simpsons in the Classroom: Embiggening the Learning Experience with the Wisdom of Springfield. “They need to reach students however they can. And using The Simpsons to grab their attention . . . is brilliant,” she says. “Fighting against pop culture isn’t going to do anyone any good.” In recent years, other universities have had courses focused on the primetime show — which celebrates its 25th anniversary on Wednesday — including Oswego State University in New York and San Jose State University in California.

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BROWN: Believe in what you want On that balmy June day, when my 11-year-old world had just been ripped apart, my unparalleled Mother said these words to me: “Lindsay, you can believe in anything you want to believe in. The spirit of Christmas will always be in your heart, and that is what Santa Claus truly is.” That day, my Mom gave me the greatest Christmas present I could have ever asked for without even knowing it. Thank you, Mom, for always allowing us to believe. Lindsay Brown is a Sylvan Lake mother of two and freelance columnist.

FUHRER: Midlife stability “We found that people who have higher incomes and better health in later life tend to maintain their self-esteem as they age,” said Orth. “We cannot know for certain that more wealth and better health directly lead to higher self-esteem, but it does appear to be linked in some way. It is possible that wealth and health are related to feeling more independent and better able to contribute to one’s family and society, which in turn bolsters self-esteem.” Theories abound as to why self-esteem (apparently) peaks around middle age and then drops off dramatically thereafter. Authors of the study suggest that, “Midlife is a time of highly stable work, family and romantic relationships. People increasingly occupy positions of power and status. In contrast, older adults may be experiencing a change in roles such as an empty nest, retirement and obsolete work skills, in addition to declining health.” Self-esteem author and expert Nathaniel Branden — now a senior himself — has a slightly different view. Branden claims that self-esteem will naturally rise and fall over the course of a lifetime. Some people will experience “higher self-esteem at the age of 10 than at the age of 60, and the reverse is also true.” Branden says that self-esteem need not plummet with age.

Longtime Simpsons executive producer Al Jean says he’s not surprised professors have embraced the program. “Some people may think we are very vulgar, but then they find there is a lot of warmth and emotion and many people are surprised at the intelligence of some of the jokes,” he says. Pioreck says he decided to use the show after a friend of his daughter’s passed an exam on The Devil and Daniel Webster by watching a “Simpsons” episode that focused on the story. He found that the sitcom usually aims for more than just the easy punchlines, with writers layering the plotlines with humour that can be appreciated by lowbrow, middlebrow and highbrow audiences alike. For example, in one episode that parodied A Streetcar Named Desire (A Streetcar Named Marge), the dynamics of Homer and Marge Simpson’s marriage are deftly illustrated through a comparison to the relationship of the

According to Branden, most of us underestimate our “power to change and grow.” What was true for us yesterday will not necessarily be true tomorrow. Therefore, it becomes imperative to regularly assess what it is that we believe to be true about ourselves and the world around us. Improving self-esteem at any age is really about taking responsibility for our lives. “With the proper motivation, genuine growth and an improved sense of self-esteem are attainable goals.” According to Branden, that comes with the acknowledgement that some things are simply beyond our control. Essentially, change what you can change and accommodate what you cannot. “Allowing such factors to negatively impact your selfesteem is a mistake.” Call it the power of a positive mental attitude, but there is also evidence to suggest that the better someone’s self-esteem, the fewer health and emotional problems later in life. Diminishing health is often attributed to diminishing self-esteem levels. Generally speaking, people who work hard at building and maintaining a strong sense of self-worth are healthier in mind and body. I wondered if my old friend might enjoying spending some time in my kitchen. Especially if I managed to find all the ingredients necessary to make delicious fried chicken. And I didn’t have a garden, but I did have a lovely flower bed suitable for planting vegetables. “Self-esteem is fluid and ever-changing,” says Branden. “As we age, it is imperative we remain mindful of the importance of self-acceptance and self-respect.” Perhaps the best advice came from an active, enthusiastic senior whom I spoke with recently. She was on her way to a yoga class so the conversation was brief. “There are three components to feeling good about life,” she said. “Stay active. Stay engaged. Stay interested.” Murray Fuhrer is a self-esteem expert and facilitator. His recent book is entitled Extreme Esteem: The Four Factors. For more information on self-esteem, check the Extreme Esteem website at www.extremeesteem.ca.

DALY: Looking at a mediafree Christmas You can add your own creative ideas, I’m sure. But the key is to help your kids grasp the “why” of

couple in the play, Stella and Stanley. “The Simpsons do a great deal of parodying, whether it’s a complete script or a number here or there,“ Pioreck says. “Quite often they choose family relationships; what makes a man a success is one of the things that we pursue. And you can see what happens to Homer. Even though it looks like he’s not a good father, he steps up and he comes through in the end.“ Jean says a theme in many episodes is the comparison of the C. Montgomery Burns character — the miserly owner of Springfield’s nuclear power plant — to the lead character in the movie Citizen Kane, Charles Foster Kane. “Mr. Burns . . . he doesn’t have fulfilment in his life even though he’s the richest person in town,” Pioreck said. “Here are two people who have it all, they have more money than they know what to do with and yet they’re not happy. Homer has no money, but has friends and family.”

all this. A good way is to ask questions designed to help them reflect on how recipients of your kindnesses may be feeling and what difference your actions might make. For instance, “How would you feel if you were all alone or had to work on Christmas Day?” In doing so, you’ll help them develop empathy and the capacity to recognize, understand and identify with the feelings of others -- invaluable character traits to instill in your children. Q: Growing up, I enjoyed Christmas traditions that revolved around caroling, baking cookies, decorating a tree and helping prepare big family dinners. I’m not sure how it happened, but our family traditions have morphed into watching Christmas classics such as “Miracle on 34th Street,” “White Christmas,” and “A Charlie Brown Christmas” -- or other mediarelated activities that involve little interaction. Everyone seems to love this but me. How do I introduce a media-free Christmas? Bob Waliszewski, Director, Plugged In: My answer may surprise you: Basically, you don’t. Let me unpack this a bit by touching on the idea of completely eliminating TV from the home. While I’m not entirely against this step, I believe it works for relatively few families. Those that navigate “throwing out the TV” successfully do so only when all family members are on board. When it’s just a top-down decision from parents, it typically backfires. The same pitfalls exist when trying to introduce a media-free Christmas. Your observation that “everyone seems to love this but me” suggests you don’t have the buy-in necessary to proceed. Not every parenting decision should be 100 percent buy-in, of course, but those such as going media-free at Christmas should rarely be dictatorial. While I’d encourage you to preserve the traditions you enjoyed, making wholesome Christmas movies part of your family’s annual experience can also be a positive thing. Many families bond by watching films like “Elf” or “It’s a Wonderful Life” year after year to the point where they can playfully exchange dialogue from the film as easily as they can sing “Jingle Bells.” I’d suggest that, in addition to caroling and decorating the tree, you spread a net wide enough to enjoy a few films together, too. No sense in being a Scrooge when it comes to all Christmas-related media! Jim Daly is a husband and father, an author, and president of Focus on the Family and host of the Focus on the Family radio program. Catch up with him at www.jimdalyblog.com or at www.facebook.com/DalyFocus.

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Penhold’s rapidly growing commercial district is expected to gain a bank in the new year, with an ATB Financial agency branch expected to open as early as this spring.

ATB Financial coming to Penhold commercial district BY HARLEY RICHARDS ADVOCATE BUSINESS EDITOR With a new grocery store, pharmacy, medical and dental clinics, real estate office, hair salon, pizza restaurant and liquor store all joining Penhold’s commercial landscape in recent months — or in the process of doing so now — the latest announcement shouldn’t be a surprise. ATB Financial has confirmed that it will open an agency in the town south of Red Deer, likely this spring. Bank spokesman Barry Strader said TB Financial’s agencies typically offer basic personal banking services like issuing bank drafts, MasterCard cash advances, certified cheques, and in some cases U.S. funds and travellers’ cheques. “The Penhold agency, however, will operate more like a full-service branch,” he told the Advocate in an email. “So it will be able to offer any service you could find at one of our full branches. That would include opening accounts, applying for mortgages, lines of credit, etc.” Penhold Mayor Dennis Cooper said the town is pleased to have a bank take up residence in the com-

munity, including for its own convenience. “The Town of Penhold uses ATB (Financial) and we take a police car every day to go do our deposit — sometimes twice during tax time.” He thinks a full-service financial institution is needed in the growing town, which is approaching a population of 3,000 and has had a number of new businesses pop up in the past year. Most of these should benefit from having a bank nearby, said Cooper. Penhold is currently served by several automated teller machines, but these offer limited services and only one is available 24/7. The proposed ATB Financial will be a standalone business, with its own entrance and an ATM with continuous access, he said. Cooper pointed out that more than 100 homes have been built in town this year, which should equate to between 260 and 290 new residents — and potential bank customers. He said the agency will be operated by a local resident with financial experience, and who learned about the opportunity after ATB Financial revealed to the town that it was interested in setting up shop in Penhold. hrichards@reddeeradvocate.com

BY ADVOCATE STAFF The food options at Clearview Market Square are many and varied, with The Canadian Brew House, Browns Socialhouse, The Chopped Leaf, Pita Pit, Subway, Taco Time, Starbucks, Booster Juice and McDonalds all vying for the appetites of shoppers and local residents. Jin Chen and Yi Bong Jiang plan to add some Asian food to the table. The pair are preparing to open China House in the commercial subdivision south of 67th Street and west of 30th Avenue. To be located in one of the bays beneath Kids & Company day care, the new restaurant will offer Cantonese- and Szechuan-style meals, as well as Pad Thai noodles, Singapore noodles, curry dishes even deep-fried chicken wings and barbecue ribs, said Chen. “It’s a little bit of every style.” Take-out is expected to be a big part of China House’s business, but it will also have seating for 30 to 35 diners, said Chen. The restaurant will feature an open kitchen. “The customer can see exactly what’s going on with their food,” said Chen. She and Jiang want to start out small, with an eye to expansion once they get a feel for the market. Jiang will be the chef, but Chen also has a background in the restaurant trade. Her family operated a Chinese restaurant in Brantford, Ont., before she relocated to Alberta. They hope to open in mid-January, with their hours thereafter to be 11 a.m to 10 p.m. Monday to Thursday, 11 a.m. to 10:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday, and noon to 9 p.m. on Sundays.

Sausage roll recall due to labelling deficiency BY HARLEY RICHARDS ADVOCATE BUSINESS EDITOR An Innisfail food processor is recalling products that were shipped to British Columbia and Ontario, because of a labelling deficiency. Nossack Gourmet Foods Ltd., which is part of the Red Deer-based Nossack Food Group, sold chicken sausage rolls that contained milk, even though this ingredient was not identified on the label. The affected products are the company’s 840-gram Quick Comforts chicken sausage rolls, its unbranded 5.28 kg (48-count) chicken sausage rolls, and its unbranded 5.28 kg (48-count) unbaked chicken sausage rolls. Catharina Nossack, a member of the family that owns and operates Nossack Food Group, said the incomplete list of ingredients would be a concern to anyone who has a milk allergy.

“If you don’t, there’s no problem with the product.” However, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) is advising consumers to discard the products or return them to the store where they were purchased. Nossack said the recall applies to “a lot” of her company’s product, and that the labelling error occurred over a period of time. “We are correcting it as we speak,” she said. “We’re getting new labels done; we’re labelling all of the ones that we do have in stock. “But we cannot take anything back into the warehouse, because it’s been out of our federal system.” The CFIA said in a news release that the recall was triggered by a consumer complaint, and that there was “one reported reaction.” It added that it’s conducting an investigation that could potentially lead to the recall of other products, but that it would

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BRIEF Parkland purchase of Pioneer delayed Parkland Fuel Corp’s pending purchase of Pioneer Energy has been delayed. The Red Deer-based distributor and marketer of fuels and lubricants (TSX:PKI) announced in September that it had struck a deal to buy the assets of Pioneer. The $378 million purchase price was expected to give Parkland 319 gas stations in Ontario and 74 in Manitoba, and increase Parkland’s annual fuel sales by more than two billion litres in the first year. On Monday, Parkland reported that it and Pioneer were still obtaining consents and approvals required for the sale. This process is now expected to wrap up during the first quarter of 2015, it said. Parkland said its 2015 guidance with respect to EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization) will be reduced as a result of the delay in closing.

DBRS founder agrees to sell credit-rating agency TORONTO — DBRS is being acquired by two U.S. private equity firms, the Carlyle Group and Warburg Pincus, in a move that the debt-rating agency says will put it on solid footing to pursue global expansion. “While our Canadian franchise and culture will continue to be at the core of DBRS’ operations, the breadth and depth of both Warburg Pincus and Carlyle’s international presence will be invaluable to DBRS at it seeks to capitalize upon its growing platforms in the United States and Europe,” said Walter Schroeder, the company’s founder and controlling shareholder. Financial terms of the agreement were kept confidential, but a source close to the deal said it is worth more than US$500 million. Schroeder will remain an investor in the company.

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notify the public is this was the case. The CFIA also said it’s possible the affected chicken sausage rolls have been distributed beyond B.C. and Ontario, although Nossack pointed out that retailers normally can’t ship food across provincial boundaries. She said a failure to identify milk ingredients is probably not as serious as excluding nuts or even gluten on the label. “If you look at the CFIA website, you’ll notice that the last 10 to 15 recalls from different manufacturers have all related back to milk,” she said, adding that the error is serious nonetheless. “It’s still an allergen.” Additional information about the recall of Nossack Gourmet Foods chicken sausage rolls can be found on the CFIA website at www.inspection.gc.ca under the heading “Latest Recalls.” hrichards@reddeeradvocate.com

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Consumer Canadian Tire . . . . . . . . 122.62 Gamehost . . . . . . . . . . . . 14.13 Leon’s Furniture . . . . . . . 17.03 Loblaw Ltd. . . . . . . . . . . . 61.75 MARKETS CLOSE TORONTO — The Toronto stock market pulled back Monday as it looked for direction amid a shortened trading week ahead of the Christmas break. The S&P/TSX composite index dipped 35.88 points to 14,432.38, pressured by lower gold and oil stocks as both commodities fell. The Canadian dollar dropped 0.22 of a cent to 85.93 cents US. Buying sentiment in both Toronto and New York got a big lift last week after the U.S. Federal Reserve said it would be “patient” in deciding when to hike interest rates. That sentiment carried over on Wall Street on Monday as the Dow Jones industrials gained 154.64 points to 17,959.44, while the S&P 500 index added 7.89 points to 2,078.54 — both record closes. The Nasdaq advanced 16.04 points to 4,721.42. Traders are facing a much shorter trading week, with both Toronto and New York closing at 1 p.m. Wednesday for Christmas on Thursday. New York reopens on Friday but the TSX remains shut for Boxing Day. The shortened week will likely result in “incredibly light” trading volumes, said Craig Fehr, Canadian markets strategist at Edward Jones in St. Louis, Mo. “In and of itself, that suggests there is a potential for big market swings or increased market volatility if, indeed, big news breaks,” said Fehr. “At the same time, barring any sort of any meaningful news or surprises coming from overseas markets, I wouldn’t expect... a tremendous amount of market drivers this week. We’re largely going to see investors move to the sidelines.” Major economic data expected this week includes the release of gross domestic product figures on Tuesday by both the United States and Canada. Consensus estimates suggest that Canadian GDP slowed in October, advancing only 0.1 per cent month over month compared with September’s growth of 0.4 per cent. Fehr said the Canadian figures should continue to show a trend of modest growth going into 2015, but still lagging the U.S. Meanwhile, traders digested comments from Saudi Arabia, which said it has no plans to cut

Maple Leaf Foods. . . . . . 19.13 Rona Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . 13.71 Wal-Mart . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86.38 WestJet Airlines . . . . . . . 31.82 Mining Barrick Gold . . . . . . . . . . 12.02 Cameco Corp. . . . . . . . . 18.86 First Quantum Minerals . 15.48 Goldcorp Inc. . . . . . . . . . 20.19 Hudbay Minerals. . . . . . . . 9.38 Kinross Gold Corp. . . . . . . 3.08 Labrador. . . . . . . . . . . . . 17.87 Potash Corp.. . . . . . . . . . 41.42 Sherritt Intl. . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.07 Teck Resources . . . . . . . 14.95 Energy Arc Resources . . . . . . . . 25.80 Badger Daylighting Ltd. . 28.41 Baker Hughes. . . . . . . . . 56.06 Bonavista . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.24 Bonterra Energy . . . . . . . 40.41 Cdn. Nat. Res. . . . . . . . . 36.04 Cdn. Oil Sands Ltd. . . . . 10.90 Canyon Services Group. . 8.55 Cenovous Energy Inc. . . 24.11 CWC Well Services . . . 0.4050 Encana Corp. . . . . . . . . . 15.72 Essential Energy. . . . . . . . 1.33 crude production in the face of a global supply glut. Oil price hit US$107 a barrel in June but have since plunged nearly 50 per cent as demand has waned and production increased. Crude prices seemed stabilize last week, suggesting they may have found a floor around the US$55-a-barrel level. On Monday, the January crude contract on the New York Mercantile Exchange fell $1.87 to US$55.26. Fehr said the decline in oil prices didn’t necessarily mean it will be all bad news for the Toronto market, which is heavily weighted in oil and other resources. “I think... we’re seeing a break from just the performance of the stock index relative to commodities. “That suggests investors are finding value in this market,” he said. “That’s a very telling signal that investors are starting to become a little more opportunistic in this environment even despite the fact that oil prices could remain under pressure.” Meanwhile, the gold sector led TSX decliners, down 5.42 per cent as February bullion lost $16.20 to US$1,179.80 an ounce. March copper dipped a penny to close at US$2.88 a pound FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS Highlights at the close of Friday at world financial market trading. Stocks: S&P/TSX Composite Index —14,432.38, down 35.88 points Dow — 17,959.44, up 154.64 points S&P 500 — 2,078.54, up 7.89 points Nasdaq — 4,781.42, up 16.04 points Currencies: Cdn — 85.93 cents US, down 0.22 of a cent Pound — C$1.8130, down 0.16 of a cent Euro — C$1.4226, up 0.33 of a cent Euro — US$1.2225, down 0.02 of a cent Oil futures: US$55.26 per barrel, down $1.87 (February contract)

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Bellatrix delays Phase 2 of gas plant CUTS 2015 CAPITAL PLAN BY 25% THE CANADIAN PRESS CALGARY — Bellatrix Exploration Ltd. (TSX:BXE) is cutting its already reduced 2015 capital budget by a further $100 million, dropping it by 25 per cent to $300 million, and scaling back its production growth plan. The Calgary-based company says the budget cut reflects a decision to delay Phase 2 of a gas plant by about six months to the fourth quarter of 2016 amid low resource prices. The remaining budget will be spent primarily to complete Phase 1 construction of the gas plant in the Alder Flats of Alberta by next summer and drilling of wells that can supply it. Bellatrix had announced on Nov. 4 that its initial 2015 capital spending estimate was $450 million, which was reduced to $400 million on Dec. 1 when it completed a $118-million cash acquisition of assets in the Alder Flats area and a cost-sharing arrangement with Keyera Corp. (TSX:KEY), which will receive a 35 per cent ownership stake in the plant. Since then, several energy producers and oilfield service companies have cut their capital spending plans

in response to a sharp drop in crude oil prices — currently near five-year lows. In addition, Bellatrix announced last week that it had reached a oneyear standstill agreement with Orange Capital, a New York-based private equity firm that has increased its holdings in the company to 14.3 per cent. Orange had said in August, when oil prices were much higher and it had only about 5.3 per cent of the Bellatrix stock, that it would seek ways to “maximize shareholder value.” Bellatrix said Monday that about 61 per cent of the revised 2015 budget will be spent on drilling in the Alder Flats area to will supply the new gas plant, 35 per cent on the plant and four per cent on land and seismic assets. It said Phase 1 of the plant remains on schedule for a start up in July. However, Bellatrix is reducing its 2015 average production guidance range to the equivalent of between 47,000 and 48,000 barrels per day, made up 70 per cent of natural gas. At the mid-point that would be 23 per cent above the 2014 average daily production of 38,500 barrels per day.

Maple Leaf Foods to close Winnipeg plant permanently BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — Maple Leaf Foods (TSX:MFI) says one of the three plants previously identified for closure next year will be shut permanently on Dec. 31 and the other two will close by the end of March. The company’s plant on Panet Road in Winnipeg will be the sixth closure under a multi-year reorganization. A Maple Leaf spokesman says the plant has about 30 employees. Some will move to Maple Leaf’s expanded Lagimodiere plant, also in Winnipeg, or elsewhere in the company while others will leave or retire. The Lagimodiere plant, which will

be Canada’s largest producer of bacon, is fully commissioned and requires only minimal work to optimize its operation. Production of the “Hot Rods” sausage snacks made at the surplus Winnipeg plant has been moved to a Maple Leaf operation in Saskatoon. Two other previously announced closures, in Kitchener, Ont., and Toronto, will be completed by the end of the first quarter of 2015 - bringing the total closures under the reorganization to eight. A facility in Brampton, Ont., has been expanded while a new Ontario plant in Hamilton is being commissioned to produce wieners and sliced meats and is expected to in full production by the end of Q1.

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GEEHAN Grace 1919 - 2014 Grace Geehan (Laing) was born in Fenner, Alberta on June 15, 1919. Grace passed away in the early morning on Sunday, December 14, 2014 at the age of 95 years. She was predeceased by her husband, Oswald and sons; Randy and Tom, sister, Elsie and brothers; Edgar, Glen, and Bob. Grace is survived by her daughter, Valerie (George) from Red Deer, sister, Alberta, sistersin-law; Jean and Nell, seven grandchildren, five greatgrandchildren, and many nieces and nephews. In lieu of flowers, donations in Grace’s memory may be made to any children’s charity of your choice. Condolences may be forwarded to the family by visiting www.eventidefuneralchapels.com Arrangements entrusted to EVENTIDE FUNERAL CHAPEL 4820 - 45 Street, Red Deer. Phone (403) 347-2222

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MADOLE Trudy 1949 - 2014 Mrs. Trudy Ann Madole of Red Deer, Alberta, passed away at the Red Deer Hospice on Saturday, December 20, 2014 at the age of 65 years. Trudy was born on February 27, 1949 at Regina, Saskatchewan. She was an active member of the Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Red Deer. Trudy owned and operated the McIntosh House Bed and Breakfast in Red Deer and also volunteered for many years at Our Lady of Victory Camp. She will be lovingly remembered by her children, Lisa (Leonard), Danielle, Dave and John (Sheena); her grandchildren, Felicia, Nicholas, Emily, Nathan, Matthew, Christopher and Joseph; siblings, Joanne (Daniel) and David (Janice); brother-in-law, Bill Madole; numerous aunts, uncles, cousins, nieces and nephews. Trudy was predeceased by her husband, Larry her parents, Percy and Beth, her parents-in-law, Cecil and Lomie, a sister, Cecelia, a sister-in-law, Betty-Anne, and her nephews, Jason and Jeffrey. Relatives and friends are invited to attend a Prayer Service at Parkland Funeral Home and Crematorium, 6287 - 67 A Street (Taylor Drive), Red Deer, Alberta on Friday, December 26, 2014 at 7:00 p.m. Funeral Mass will be celebrated at Sacred Heart Catholic Church, 5508 - 48A Avenue, Red Deer, Alberta on Saturday, December 27, 2014 at 11:00 a.m. Interment will follow at the Fairview Cemetery, Lacombe, Alberta. Condolences may be sent or viewed at www.parklandfuneralhome.com Arrangements in care of Rhian Solecki, Funeral Director at PARKLAND FUNERAL HOME AND CREMATORIUM 6287 - 67 A Street (Taylor Drive), Red Deer. 403.340.4040.

MATHEWS Elise Celine Elise Celine Mathews was born on August 15, 1939 in Letellier, Manitoba. She was the daughter of the late Antonio and Rosa Boiteau. Elise passed away at the Red Deer Regional Hospital following a lengthy illness on Monday, December 15, 2014 at the age of 75 years. Elise was a woman of many talents and was skilled in mastering anything she set her mind to. She completed training as a Dental Assistant and later enhanced her skills as an Orthodontic Assistant, a profession she loved and worked in for many years. Elise spent her early adult years living in Hinton, Alberta where she was busy raising her three children. It was in Hinton that Elise began her passion for painting and she created several beautiful oil paintings of the Rockies. She continued her love for art when she moved to Red Deer, and was an active member of the Red Deer Art Club for many years. Elise was always busy and also enjoyed golfing, gourmet cooking and gardening. A gracious and generous woman, Elise loved to plan special events and celebrations for family and friends. She enjoyed many wonderful years living in the Okanagan, BC and spending winters in Yuma, Arizona. Elise leaves behind her loving husband, Glen Mathews, of 34 years; his children and their families. Elise will be lovingly remembered and dearly missed by her three children, Sheree Kopp (Floyd) of Red Deer, Brenda Drummond of Red Deer and Guy Vincent (Sheri) of Glen Ewen, Saskatchewan. Elise was an incredible “Mamere” to her grandchildren and greatgrandchildren, and they will cherish so many wonderful memories of her. Her grandchildren include; Desiree Olivera (Arapey), Dustin Kopp (Jessica), Melissa Drummond (Sheldon Stotz), Darren Drummond (Chelsey), Damon and Deon Vincent; Noah, Ezra, Bethany, Adam and Jacob Vincent. Great grandchildren include; Nikaela and Emerson Kopp, Gabriela Olivera, Giavonah Drummond, Aria Vincent and Ethan Stotz. Elise is also survived by her three sisters; Del (Tony) Bremner of Williams Lake, BC., Alice (Larry) Pasaluko of Comox, BC, Paulette Johnson of Vancouver BC, and her brother Pic (Liz) Boiteau of Powerview Manitoba. Elise was predeceased by her brother, Leo Boiteau, she had many nieces and nephews. At Elise’s request, no formal service will be held. Cremation has taken place. Elise has requested that a tree be planted in her memory which the family will honour her with in the spring. In lieu of flowers, donations in Elise’s memory may be made to The Red Deer Art Club, Box 1079, Red Deer, AB T4N 6S5. Messages of condolence may be left for the family at: www.myalternatives.ca.

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JOIN us at Aveda Transportation and Energy Services as a

Bed Truck Drivers & Swampers We are a young, energetic company that provides specialized transportation and rental equipment to the oil and gas industry. Please email resumes to careers@ avedaenergy.com

CLASSIFIEDS CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY Hours & Deadlines OFFICE & PHONES CLOSED AT NOON WED. DEC. 24 CLOSED CHRISTMAS DAY CLOSED BOXING DAY

Births BABIES OF 2014 BABIES ON PARADE

RED DEER ADVOCATE Publication dates: FRIDAY DEC. 26 SATURDAY DEC. 27 MONDAY DEC. 29 Deadline is: Wed. Dec. 24 at 11:00 a.m. CENTRAL AB LIFE Publication date: THURSDAY DEC. 25 Deadline is: Fri. Dec. 19 @ 5 p.m. Publication Date: THURSDAY JAN. 1 Deadline is: Wed. Dec. 24 @ 11:00 a.m.

It’s our favorite time of the year! Celebrating the births of babies in Central Alberta born in 2014 in our special full colour photo section. Watch the Red Deer Advocate for entry forms or call Classifieds at 403-309-3300 and we will send one out to you. Deadline is MON. JAN. 19

Celebrations

PONOKA Publication date: WEDNESDAY DEC. 24 Deadline is: Wed. Dec. 17 @ 5 p.m. Publication date: WEDNESDAY DEC. 31 Deadline is: Mon. Dec. 22 @ 5 p.m. RIMBEY Publication date; TUESDAY DEC. 23 Wed. Dec. 17 @5 p.m. Publication date: TUESDAY DEC. 30 Deadline is: Mon. Dec. 22 @ 5 p.m. STETTLER & WEEKENDER

Publication date: WED. DEC. 24 FRI. DEC. 26 Deadline is: Wed. Dec. 17 @ 5 p.m. Publication date: WED. DEC. 31 FRI. JAN. 2 Deadline is: Fri. Dec. 19 @ 5 p.m. SYLVAN LAKE NEWS & ECKVILLE ECHO Publication date: THURSDAY DEC. 25 Deadline is: Tues. Dec. 16 @ 4 p.m. Publication date: THURSDAY JAN. 1 Deadline is: Mon. Dec. 22 @ 5 p.m. Bashaw Publication date: WED. DEC. 24 Deadline is: Thur. Dec. 18 @ Noon NO PAPER ON DEC. 31

Announcements Daily Classifieds 309-3300

HAPPY BIRTHDAY GAETANE HAVELL (Nee Pomerleau) Still cute at 68 From your loving husband Doug xxx

Castor Publication Date: THUR. DEC. 25 Deadline: Wed. Dec. 17 @ 5 p.m. NO PAPER JAN. 1 Have a safe & happy holiday CLASSIFIEDS 403-309-3300 classifieds@reddeeradvocate.com wegotads.ca

D2 RED DEER ADVOCATE Tuesday, Dec. 23, 2014

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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

NOW HIRING Well Testing Personnel Experienced Supervisors & Operators Must have valid applicable tickets. Email: lstouffer@ testalta.com Prowler Energy Services is currently looking for a full time N2 Operator in the Red Deer area. Class 1 Drivers License for more information please contact Rocky at 403-239-7596 or by email at Rocky@ prowlertubing.com

Restaurant/ Hotel

SERVICE RIG Locally based, home every night! Qualified applicants

must have all necessary valid tickets for the position being applied for. Bearspaw offers a very competitive salary and benefits package along with a steady work schedule. Please submit resumes: Attn: Human Resources Email: payroll@bearspawpet.com Fax: (403) 252-9719 or Mail to: Suite 5309, 333-96 Ave. NE Calgary, AB T3K 0S3

TREELINE WELL SERVICES Has Opening for all positions! Immediately. All applicants must have current H2S, Class 5 with Q Endorsement,and First Aid. We offer competitive wages & excellent benefits. Please include 2 work reference names and numbers. Please fax resume to: 403-264-6725 Or email to: tannis@treelinewell.com No phone calls please. www.treelinewell.com

Restaurant/ Hotel

820

F/T Food Service Supervisor and Store Manager. $13-$19.50/hr. Must be able to work nights/days and weekends. Call Little Ceasars Red Deer at 403-346-1671 or email to allan_barker25@yahoo.ca HAMPTON INN & SUITES Red Deer is now accepting resumes for a housekeeping supervisor. Must be able to work weekends. Apply within 128 Leva Ave. Red Deer County. Fax 403-341-9996 or email: info@hamptoninnrd.com JJAM Management (1987) Ltd., o/a Tim Horton’s Requires to work at these Red Deer, AB locations: 5111 22 St. 37444 HWY 2 S 37543 HWY 2N 700 3020 22 St. FOOD ATTENDANT Req’d permanent shift weekend day and evening both full and part time. 16 Vacancies, $10.25/hr. + benefits. Start ASAP. Job description www.timhortons.com Education and experience not req’d. Apply in person or fax resume to: 403-314-1303

THE RUSTY PELICAN is now accepting resumes for a well experienced F/T HOSTESS & SERVERS Must have Ref’s & Exp. Apply within: 2079-50 Ave. 2-4 pm. Mon.-Fri. Fax 403-347-1161 Phone calls WILL NOT be accepted.

Professionals

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NOW HIRING for following Positions Tile setters $28.25/hr Floor Covering Installer $ 28.25 / hr Full time and Permanent 40hrs/week Min 3 year experience Labourer $20/hr 40hrs/week No experience required Full time and permanent position Valid Driver’s Licence preferred email resume at: cat1employment @gmail.com or drop off resume at Central Alberta Tile One 7619 50 Ave Suite 9 Red Deer

Food Counter Attendants Are you looking for a career opportunity with excellent benefits, a mature working environment and opportunity to advance? If so, Subway has a position for you! Some of our locations are 24 Hours. Starting wage $12/hr. Please apply online @mysubwaycareer.com or Drop resume off in person at 180, 6900 Taylor Drive Or email to careers@rdsubway.com or Call us at 403-342-0203

Truckers/ Drivers

860

THE RUSTY PELICAN is now accepting resumes for F/T Exp’d LINE COOKS at all stations. MUST HAVE:

Rate is $13.25 - $15./hr. No benefits. 733644 Ab Ltd. O/A The Rusty Pelican Location of employment: 4105 2079 - 50 Ave. Red Deer, AB T4R 1Z4 email: bennett.bkkp@xplornet.com or Call 403-347-1414 or Fax to: 403-347-1161 Only candidates selected for an interview will be contacted. Celebrate your life with a Classified ANNOUNCEMENT

Ellis Fabrications Inc. is a growing business that designs and manufactures construction equipment attachments. We are looking for Full Time Welders to join our team. Email resumes to jobs@ efiattachments.com or fax to: 403-227-0055. Field Service Mechanic Needed Gas Pro Compression Corp, located in Three Hills, AB, is a manufacturing & fabrication shop, which produces & services single well gas compressors ranging from 10 to 80HP. Currently we are looking to fill a position for Field Service Mechanic. Successful candidate must possess strong work ethics. Experience with natural gas compression is an asset but not essential. Trade Certification is required and preference will be given to those having experience. Please fax resumes to 403-443-5288, apply in person at 227, 17th Ave N, Three Hills AB, or email to Peter. Pattison@gaspro.ca. LICENSED MECHANIC & AUTO BODY TECH. Reasonable rate. A.J. Auto Repair & Body 11, 7836 49 Ave. Call 403-506-6258 MILLARD TRUCKING LTD. is looking for a 2 Licenced Journeyman Heavy Duty Mechanics. The successful applicant must be able to work well in a high paced environment. We offer a great working environment, very competitive wages and performance bonuses. All interested person are invited to apply to: Millard Trucking Ltd. Box 960, Sundre, AB T0M1X0 Fax: 403-638-4987 email: mbrodie@enerchem.com

SHUNDA CONSTRUCTION requires a

Safety Coordinator to implement, manage & enhance our existing safety program. Fax resume and references to 403-343-1248 or email admin@shunda.ca.

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Office Manager/Accountant Edwards Garage, an automotive dealership, requires an Office Manager/Accountant to deal with all finance, accounting and administration duties of the company. Key responsibilities will include, but may not be limited to: • oversight of day-to-day operations including data input and reconciliation of balance sheet accounts, • preparation of monthly financial statements, • preparation of payroll and all government remittances, • acting as a liaison between various individuals and departments throughout the organization on an ongoing basis, and • supervision of financial and administrative personnel. Ideally, the qualified applicant will be a self-motivated individual who displays proficient managerial, communication, and interpersonal skills. The applicant will also have three to five years of dealership experience or an accounting designation with two to three years of experience. A full benefits package will be offered and remuneration will be based on qualifications and experience. If you are interested in this career opportunity, please send your resumé with references electronically to brentk@edwardsgarage.com. Only candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.

Electronics

1605 Household Appliances 1710

Blue Grass Sod Farms Ltd. Box 11, site 2, RR1 Red Deer, AB

2 GAME Boys w/games $40/ea., DS w/13 games $140 obo 403-782-3847

Reqs Farm labourers for 2015 season (April -November) in Red Deer. Duties include: sod farming and tree nursery. Tree nursery will involve planting, pruning and digging trees. Will train/exp. An asset. Wage $10.20/hour, 60 hrs weekly. Email resume to steve.richardson@ bg-rd.com or by telephone at 403-347-7211

PLAY STATION 2 with 10 games, $70, Xbox w/10 games $70 403-782-3847

EquipmentHeavy

1630

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

Firewood

1660

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stuff CLASSIFICATIONS CENTRAL AB based trucking company requires

Owner Operators & Contract Drivers

1500-1990

Children's Items

1580

in AB. Home the odd night. Weekends off. Late model tractor pref. 403-586-4558 ALL wood chidlrens pull sled, round back, exc. DRIVERS for furniture moving company, class 5 cond, $30. 403-346-5423 required (5 tons), local & Start your career! long distance. Competitive See Help Wanted wages. Apply in person. 6630 71 St. Bay 7 CHANGE Table, custom Red Deer. 403-347-8841 made, off white. $65. F/T Permanent Truck 403-347-5648 Driver Required for Rocky Fast Express (1790810 AB Employment Ltd.) in Red Deer, AB Straight truck: 4600kg+w/2 Training axles and van Need class 5 DL + 2 yrs exp. $25 per hr/ with OPEN availability Duties: pick up/deliver freight, pre-trip truck inspection, communication with customers. Physically demanding position. Time management skills required. Apply at: 8004 Edgar Industrial Green, Red Deer, T4P3S2 Call: 403.845.2230 Fax: 587.997.7719 F/T TRUCK drivers req’d. On-site work experience Minimum Class 5 with air and clean abstract. Exp. Under one-year full Diploma program preferred. In person to Key Nationally recognized Medical Assisting Towing 4083-78 St. Cres. Professional Certificate Red Deer. Train with Industry experts

Semi loads of pine, spruce, tamarack, poplar. Price depends on location. Lil Mule Logging 403-318-4346 Start your career! See Help Wanted

Beauty

1700

NEW LIZ AREN NY, 1 red croc. make-up bag. c/w 12 eyeshadows, 2 blush, 1 nail polish, 1 lip gloss. $195 value, asking $50. Would make a great Christmas gift. 403-227-2976

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ACADEMIC Express ADULT EDUCATION AND TRAINING

Unit Clerk Specialty curriculum Planning for a Successful Career Seminar First Aid / CPR Training Hospital Scrubs included

2965 Bremner Avenue, Red Deer

www.academyoflearning.ab.ca

EARRINGS , stirling silver, pierced earings, never worn. 1 1/2” drop, Jeweller appraised $135. Asking $100. obo 403-227-2976

Misc. for Sale

1760

CHRISTMAS Tree, Blue Spruce, 4’. LIVE in ground. Not yet cut, Perfect tree for small space. $40 on SALE $25. obo 403-227-2976 FREE Pallets for firewood 4617 63 ST. Red Deer TOO MUCH STUFF? Let Classifieds help you sell it.

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Travel Packages

1900

TRAVEL ALBERTA Alberta offers SOMETHING for everyone. Make your travel plans now.

Advocate Opportunities

ADULT Newspaper Carriers Needed For Early Morning Delivery of the

RED DEER ADVOCATE Monday through Saturday. Delivery to be done before 6:30 am. Reliable vehicle needed.

Red Deer Rocky Mtn. House Rimbey Caroline Castor Sylvan Lake Innisfail Stettler Ponoka Lacombe

DOWNTOWN AREA $638./mo

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

Bashaw Golf and Country Club in Central Alberta requires a GENERAL MANAGER for our 9 hole course that includes a newly renovated clubhouse and seasonal/ day use campground. The successful applicant must be self-managing, have strong organizational skills, customer service experience and be capable of managing the overall performance of all operations. Golf experience is not necessary, but would be a considerable asset. The club is prepared to offer a competitive compensation package in accordance with previous experience and education. Please email your cover letter with resume to both bashawgolfclub@hotmail.ca and to the President of the Board djonespfd26@hotmail.com no later than Friday Jan. 2, 2015 To see more details about our club please visit our website at www. bashawgolf.com We thank everyone in advance for their interest in this opportunity. Please be aware that only the short listed candidates will be contacted for further consideration for this position. PAINTER - Experienced new home painter required. Experience in spraying to start immed. Call Drew @ 403-596-1829.

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PARKVALE AREA $586./mo. DEERPARK AREA Dixon Cres, Donnelly Cres, Duston St. area $482.00/mo. Deschner Close, Dubois Cres., Doherty Close, Duston St. and area. $327.00/mo. Dempsey St., Dodge Ave, Donlevy Ave area $327.00/mo. Dowler St., Daniel Cres. Dawe Cl., Dunham Close and area $412.00/mo. For More information, please call Jamie 403-314-4306 CARRIERS NEEDED FOR FLYERS, FRIDAY FORWARD & EXPRESS

3 days per week, no weekends ROUTES IN:

ANDERS AREA Ahlstrom Close Andrew Close Asstlee / Ansett Cres. Allsop Ave. / Allsop Cres. Anderson Close Anquetel Close BOWER AREA Bell St.

Iverson Close Isbister Close MORRISROE AREA

SUNNYBROOK AREA Scott St. / Somerset Close LANCASTER AREA Lampard Cres Lancaster Drive Long Close Lord Close Landry Bend / Landry Close Ladwig Close

Journeyman Heavy Duty Mechanic Our Fleet: • Kenworth, Freightliner, Peterbilt and GMC • Wabash & Advance trailers Your duties are: • Maintaining fleet vehicles (not tanks or plumbing) • Perform A & B services • Tracking shop inventory (fluids, filters etc) • Recording repair information on work orders We offer: • Very competitive wages, flexible hours, extensive health & dental plan

VANIER AREA Vickers Close Victor Close Viscount Drive Call Prodie @ 403- 314-4301 for more info **********************

489269L25

4000-4190

Realtors & Services

4010

CLASSIFICATIONS

FOR RENT • 3000-3200 WANTED • 3250-3390

Houses/ Duplexes

3020

3 BDRM. DUPLEX IN CLEARVIEW $1425/month. This home has lots of space for a great price. 5 appl., large deck and fenced yard. Avail. Jan.1. Call Lucie at 403-396-9554

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SEIBEL PROPERTY www.seibelprperty.com Ph: 403-304-7576 or 403-347-7545 6 locations in Red Deer ~ Halman Heights ~ Riverfront Estates

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

BUILDERS. Duplex and single family lots for sale. Terms available 10% down and start to build. Located in Lacombe. Buy direct from developer 403-396-1094

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wheels 5000-5300

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Cars HAPPY HOLIDAYS! HERE TO HELP & HERE TO SERVE Call GORD ING at RE/MAX real estate central alberta 403-341-9995 gord.ing@remax.net Something for Everyone Everyday in Classifieds

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Houses For Sale

2009 TOYOTA Corolla, 124,000 km, 403-348-9778 2001 Chev Malibu, 4 dr. 134,000 kms. 403-352-6995 1999 BUICK Regal, loaded 154,000 km.403-352-6995

AMAZING VALUE in Penhold-Palisades Brand new. 2135 sq.ft. Laebon Home. 3 bdrms/2.5 bath, stunning 2 storey home is sure to please. $431,599. Call Jocelyn 403.302.9612

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Vans Buses

DRIVE A LITTLE, SAVE A LOT. New 1452 sq.ft. home in the Palisades-Penhold. 3 bdrms/2 baths $394,599. Call Jocelyn 403.302.9612 FREE Weekly list of properties for sale w/details, prices, address, owner’s phone #, etc. 342-7355 Help-U-Sell of Red Deer www.homesreddeer.com

MOVE IN TODAY 1550 sq. ft. bi-level w/dbl. att. garage $499,900 403-588-2550

THE TIMBERS Red Deer’s most exclusive new community. 3 bdrms / 2 bath home, 1426 sq.ft. Attached double garage, $499,900 call Samantha 403.392.6261

2010 DODGE Grand Caravan, stow n go seats, exc. con. 34,000 kms, $13,000. 403-896-8183

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Auto Wreckers

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

Red Deer ADVOCATE CLASSIFIEDS 403-309-3300 CALL NOW

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Condos/ Townhouses

OPEN HOUSE SAT. & SUN. 1-5 639 OAK ST. Springbrook 403-588-2550

PUBLIC NOTICES

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Public Notices

Online Auction Conducted By AB Storage

Take notice that miscellaneous goods and chattels belonging to the following person(s) and stored at AB Storage (SOUTH) will be sold due to unpaid charges:

Dawn Smith Christopher Penner

Iain Mackenzie Dixie Blume

The sale will be on Thursday, January 8, 2015 via an online auction thru iBid4Storage.com, http://www.ibid4storage.com. The goods may be viewed commencing on Tuesday, December 30, 2014. All bids are for the entire contents of the storage unit. Winning bidder will be contacted via iBid4Storage.com for payment arrangement.

Online Auction Conducted By AB Storage

Take notice that miscellaneous goods and chattels belonging to the following person(s) and stored at AB Storage (NORTH) will be sold due to unpaid charges:

Tim Heilman Danielle Leduc Vanessa Roberts Dawn Gordon Ian Newell

Hpman.ca

Condos/ Townhouses

4160

Lots For Sale

CLASSIFICATIONS

~ Westpark ~ Kitson Close ~ Kyte & Kelloway Cres. ~ Holmes St. S.D. $1000 Rent $1245 to $1445 3 bdrm. townhouses, 1.5 bath, 4 & 5 appls., blinds, lrg. balconies, no dogs. N/S, no utils. incl. Avail. immed. & Jan. 1 References required. SOUTHWOOD PARK 3110-47TH Avenue, 2 & 3 bdrm. townhouses, generously sized, 1 1/2 baths, fenced yards, full bsmts. 403-347-7473, Sorry no pets. www.greatapartments.ca

4 Plexes/ 6 Plexes

3050

GLENDALE 2 Bdrm. 4-plex, 4 appls., $1125. incl. sewer, water & garbage. D.D. $650, Avail. Jan. 1 403-304-5337

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services CLASSIFICATIONS 1000-1430 To Advertise Your Business or Service Here

Call Classiﬁeds 403-309-3300

classiﬁeds@reddeeradvocate.com

Accounting

3 bdrm., 1-1/2 bath, $1175. rent, s.d. $650, incl water sewer and garbage. Avail. Jan 1st. 403-304-5337

Suites

3060

1010

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

ORIOLE PARK INGLEWOOD AREA

McKenzie St. / Marion Cres.

Requires a Red Seal

CLASSIFICATIONS

1730

rentals

Would you like to take the GED in your community?

Please send your resume to Dean@haulinacid.com or call 403-391-8004

Stereos TV's, VCRs

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GED Preparation

homes

WANTED

1 YR. puppy Border Collie X Lab, obedience/house trained, to go good farm home 587-272-1198

Call Today (403) 347-6676

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Antiques, furniture and estates. 342-2514

Dogs

Perfect graduate job placement rate reported last year

WINTER START

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1720

LAGOSTINA pressure cooker, stainless steel, 7L, easy locking system $80; chrome plated wine rack, holds 12 bottles $10; 2 stacking metal frame chairs, wooden seat & back 2/$15; 5 sets of metal book ends or file holders beige or tan, 9”H x 6” across $6/set; 3 round clocks battery operated quartz 9 1/2” diameter, blk, gold, silver $3/ea; 2 lamps 11” H, 1 green, 1 burgandy w/shades $6/ea. 403-314-2026

Medical Office Assistant / Unit Clerk

1699960AbLtd is looking for 2 F/T permanent shift supervisors for days, evenings, wknds. 120 - 47 Clearview Market Red Deer, AB. must have exc. customer service, cash handling, and supervisory related. wage $13.75 w/at least 1 year exp. email: restuarantbusiness@ hotmail.ca

Household Furnishings

Now Offering Hotter, Cleaner BC Birch. All Types. P.U. / Delivery. Lyle 403-783-2275 BLACK metal office desk, 45” x 30”, 2 drawer, $40; Diplomat bar fridge, $40. Health & 403-343-6554

Classes Starting Soon!

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Buying or Selling your home? Check out Homes for Sale in Classifieds

1750

ENROLL TODAY!

Misc. Help

WASHER, Kenmore, Dryer Maytag, large capacity both in good working cond. $65. pr. 403-782-7439

DAIRY equipment supplier AFFORDABLE looking for Homestead Firewood PIONEER stereo 3 disc GENERAL LABORERS Spruce & Pine -Split. Firepits w/6 speakers $140 obo & WELDERS avail. 7 days/wk. 403-304-6472 403-782-3847 Competitive wages and benefits package. E-mail FIREWOOD, Spruce & resume: info@prolineinc.ca Pine. North of Costco 403-346-7178, 392-7754 Jewellery

900

850

Trades

880

Misc. Help

LOGS

2 yrs. min. on-the-job exp., must have completed High School be reliable, self motivated work well under limited supervision.

Garage Limited

Trades

SUBWAY All Red Deer & Ponoka Locations Hiring Immediately

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Bearspaw Petroleum Ltd is seeking a FLOORHAND

820

489369L19-A13

Oilfield

Contractors

1100

BRIDGER CONST. LTD. We do it all! 403-302-8550

Massage Therapy

1280

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

VII MASSAGE #7,7464 Gaetz Ave. Pampering at its BEST! 403-986-6686 OPEN THROUGH THE HOLIDAYS!

DALE’S Home Reno’s Free estimates for all your Misc. reno needs. 403-506-4301 ADULT 2 BDRM. spacious Services suites 3 appls., heat/water RMD RENOVATIONS incld., Oriole Park. Bsmt’s, flooring, decks, etc. Mike 403-350-1620 5* JUNK REMOVAL Call Roger 403-348-1060 403-986-6889 Property clean up 340-8666 GLENDALE reno’d 2 bdrm. GARAGE DOOR SERVICE. apartments, avail. immed, Save 50%. All yard & bobrent $875 403-596-6000 Escorts cat services, junk/tree/snow removal. 403-358-1614 LARGE, 1 & 2 BDRM. KAYLA 392-0891 *BUSTY* SNOW blowing, junk/metal SUITES. 25+, adults only n/s, no pets 403-346-7111 INDEPENDENT w/own car p/u, odd jobs 403-885-5333

1290

1165

THE NORDIC

1 bdrm. adult building, N/S. No pets. 403-596-2444

Roommates Wanted

3080

SENIOR looking for senior housemate, full run of home $600/mo. 403-347-1036 Classifieds Your place to SELL Your place to BUY

Massage Therapy

1280

Painters/ Decorators

1310

CHINESE massage thera- JG PAINTING, 25 yrs. exp. Free Est. 403-872-8888 py. Direct bill. Gift card. 403-986-1691 4606-48 Ave

FANTASY SPA

International ladies Elite Retreat, finest in VIP treatment. 10-2am Private back entry. 403-341-4445 **********

Seniors’ Services

1372

HELPING HANDS Home Supports for Seniors. Est 1999. Cooking, cleaning, companionship. At home or facility. Call 403-346-7777 for information.

RED DEER ADVOCATE Tuesday, Dec. 23, 2014 D3

FOR BETTER OR FOR WORSE

HI & LOIS

PEANUTS

BLONDIE

HAGAR

BETTY

PICKLES

GARFIELD

LUANN Dec. 23 1983 — Jeanne Sauvé appointed Canada’s first woman Governor General. Sauvé was born in Saskatchewan, brought up in Ottawa, was first elected to the Commons in 1972, was the first female French Canadian cabinet minister, and the first female Speaker of the House of Commons. After treatment for cancer, she was sworn in on May 14, 1984. 1971 — Parliament passes Capital Gains

Tax, effective Jan. 1, 1972, ‘Valuation Day’. 1966 — Saskatchewan Premier W. Ross Thatcher announces that farm house where John Diefenbaker spent childhood will be moved; near Borden, Saskatchewan. 1900 — Reginald Aubrey Fessenden, a Canadian wireless expert working for the US Weather Service, broadcasts the world’s first voice communications by AM (amplitude modulation) radio wave for a distance of 1.6 km between two 13 metre towers; asks his assistant, ‘Is it snowing where you are, Mr. Thiessen?’

ARGYLE SWEATER

RUBES

TODAY IN HISTORY

TUNDRA

SUDOKU Complete the grid so that every row, every column and 3x3 box contains every digit from 1 through 9. SHERMAN‛S LAGOON

Solution

D4 RED DEER ADVOCATE Tuesday, Dec. 23, 2014 Get expert advice today. Visit a Bell store near you: RED DEER Bower Place Shopping Centre 403 755-7042

Parkland Mall 403 755-7020

Southpoint Common 403 309-9400

Also available at:

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Samsung Galaxy Note 4 superphone 953

199

2-yr. Plus plan with data $799.95 no term

Sony Xperia® Z3 superphone 953

953

2-yr. Plus plan with data $699.95 no term

Samsung Galaxy AlphaTM superphone 3

2-yr. Plus plan with data $699.95 no term

53121L23

2-yr. Plus plan with data $699.95 no term

Samsung Galaxy S5TM superphone

Offer ends December 25, 2014. Available within network coverage areas available from Bell Mobility; see bell.ca/coverage. One-time connection charge ($15) and SIM card charge ($4.95) may apply. 911 government monthly fee in NB: $0.53, NS: $0.43, P.E.I.: $0.70, AB: $0.44, SK: $0.62. Taxes extra. Other conditions apply. If you end your Commitment Period early, a Cancellation Fee applies; see your Agreement for details. Subject to change without notice. (1) Based on total square kms of coverage on the shared LTE network available from Bell vs. Rogers’ LTE network. See bell.ca/LTE for details. (2) Based on comparison of the shared LTE network theoretical download speeds of up to 75 Mbps (expected average download speeds 12–25 Mbps) vs. the enhanced shared LTE network theoretical download speeds of up to 110 Mbps (expected average download speeds 14–36 Mbps). Actual speeds may vary due to topography, environmental conditions, device type and other factors. (3) Available with new activations or upgrades with $80/mo. spend before tax ($60/mo. plan + $20/mo. for 500 MB data) or a $60/mo. plan if adding to an existing account. Promotional pricing may apply; visit bell.ca/rateplans for details. Samsung Galaxy S5, Galaxy Alpha and Galaxy Note 4 are trademarks of Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., used in Canada under license. Sony is a trademark of Sony Corporation. Xperia is a registered trademark of Sony Mobile Communications AB. BEL4490_DECLTO_REDDEER_R1.indd 1

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ENTERTAINMENT

TUESDAY, DEC. 23, 2014

Farewell, Stephen Colbert AND HELLO, STEPHEN COLBERT BY HANK STUEVER ADVOCATE NEWS SERVICES In a culture as fickle and fast as ours, it ought to be impossible to keep a running joke aloft for nine years and still have it play in a vibrant and smart way night after night, but that’s what comic actor Stephen Colbert and his crew achieved with The Colbert Report, which ended its run on Thursday night on Comedy Central. The show was so good and so meticulously performed that you could, in fact, not watch it. That too is high praise. It’s rare for a show and a performer to become so enmeshed with the zeitgeist that ratings become a moot point. Only the most loyal citizens of the so-called Colbert Nation truly needed their nightly dose of the layered political satire that Colbert mastered in the guise of “Stephen Colbert,” a narcissistic, conservative blowhard spouting his fact-averse commentary on the day’s news. The rest of us could instead check in from time to time and make sure his carefully constructed outrage and indignation were still very much attuned to the degrees of viral outrage and deep indignation that have come to define American life in the early 21st century. The Colbert era was in the air as much as on the air, as the show’s best work took morning victory laps on Internet news feeds. (Colbert and YouTube both broke big in 2005, each owing the other a measure of their success.) The joke caught on and never exhausted itself. What we were seeing was the perfect indictment of the world of political punditry, yes, but also a send-up of our inflexibility when it came to opinions, reason and the truth. “Truthiness,” an early invention of the Colbert shtick, allowed its host to have it both ways, as a buffoon who holds objectionable opinions that he intends his liberal-leaning audience to object to by pretending to bask in his jingo-wingo patriotism. “Anyone can read the news to you,” Colbert said on the show’s first episode. “I promise to feel the news at you.” The Colbert Report was both a spinoff from and essential companion piece to The Daily Show With Jon Stewart, which aired before it. Together — yet pretending to be ideologically apart — Stewart and Colbert occupied a rare, perfect melding of the serious and the satirical during a period in which the country was at war abroad and experiencing a series of nervous breakdowns at home. Washington seemed slow on the uptake, even though savvier politicos and lawmakers quickly mastered the bizarre art of partaking in The Colbert Show and making it work for their message. (They’d had some practice, some of it unwitting, on The Daily Show, where the Colbert character had been a correspondent since the late 1990s.) “We know that polls are just statistics that reflect what people are thinking in ‘reality,’” Colbert told the audience at the White House Correspondents Association dinner in 2006. “And reality has a well-known liberal

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Stephen Colbert’s 2008 holiday special, ‘A Colbert Christmas: The Greatest Gift of All!,’ was a musical entry in the delusional ‘war on Christmas’ debates. bias.” His monologue then proceeded to strafe an audience filled with media people, politicians, a president and a first lady. It was at once quietly horrifying and frankly beautiful. After that night, it seemed as if our world had sorted itself in yet one more way: people who got Colbert and the dolts who didn’t; people who were in on the act and people who were congenitally impervious to it. Some of the swells who had been in the Washington Hilton ballroom that night swore they had witnessed an act of inappropriate self-immolation by a little-known comedian (the Correspondents Association thus decided to bring back the ancient impressionist Rich Little — Lazarus-like — to headline the 2007 dinner); millions more who watched Colbert’s monologue on TV, or, more likely, on the Internet, felt they had found a new American hero. In the ensuing years — through war and recession and two elections — The Colbert Report turned into the strangest sort of kiss goodnight from a man playing the most taciturn sort of dad. The Colbert Report was, for its leftleaning viewers, a reassurance: not only was someone discombobulating the conservative noise machine by mimicking it, he never once let his audience forget that it was all in fun. Whenever his fans attempted to heap upon him the burden of being their trusted news source, he was quick to remind them it was all a show. Nowhere was this more evident than

at the October 2010 Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear, a gathering on the National Mall that drew 200,000 or so passionate viewers of The Daily Show and The Colbert Report, who seemed prepared for something more meaningful (a movement, perhaps?) and instead received live entertainment and a vague message about the need to turn down the volume of the country’s ongoing screaming matches. The real Colbert (the 50-year-old Catholic churchgoer, husband and father of three who will become the host of CBS’ Late Show after David Letterman’s retirement next May) is what they call a consummate showman. He can sing beautifully and dance, too; for all its biting and relevant wit, The Colbert Report was never more lovely than when its star’s full range of talents were on display. (For the best example of this, go find his 2008 holiday special, A Colbert Christmas: The Greatest Gift of All!, a musical entry in the delusional “war on Christmas” debates. In a more perfect world, A Colbert Christmas would be as widely known and celebrated each year as A Charlie Brown Christmas.) In personal moments, such as a videotaped Q&A with Google employees two years ago, Colbert referred to the character he played on The Colbert Report as “a well-intentioned, poorly informed, high-status idiot . . . . He is living an unexamined life and that’s fine with him.” When media ethicists fretted over

the idea that a generation of younger Americans was relying on Colbert and Stewart’s shows as its only sources of “real” news, Colbert (in a candid, outof-character moment) once said that his audience got the jokes because they came to it well-informed. They were already up-to-speed, already aghast at what they’d read or seen elsewhere, and needing someone to express their angers and worries in an entertaining way. What compares to The Colbert Report in the history of American entertainment and humour, in which the material and the society that it lampooned were so intertwined? The work of Mark Twain easily comes to mind (another case of a talented writer and cultural commentator inhabiting a fully realized persona at just the right moment), and to a lesser degree, so does the work of Will Rogers. Both men are inextricably identified with the kind of America they lived in and the kind of technology it invented — from telegraph wires and a burgeoning print media industry to the eventual wonders of radio and film. Likewise, Colbert is forever linked to the art of linking, via the almighty broadband. YouTube and The Colbert Report found success at the same time; when Colbert’s show first started in October 2005, Comedy Central encouraged fans to freely cut-and-paste to the Internet his tirades and his bizarre but slyly executed exchanges with his guests, who were celebrities, politicians, writers. It’s entirely possible to imagine historians leaning on The Colbert Report archives in order to truly understand how we understood our own submersion in media. It’s also possible to imagine The Colbert Report fading into the usual relief, lumped in history somewhere alongside Laugh-In and Saturday Night Live. Maybe everything we love is terribly ephemeral. How vain do we have to be to think anyone will find our television shows fascinating 100 years from now? As vain as Stephen Colbert! (Cue screeching eagle.) Watching his final shows, it’s clear that Colbert the actor intends seal the “Stephen Colbert” character away forever. The Colbert Report is leaving a world largely unchanged; almost eerily, the long-awaited report on CIA torture arrived as a grim flashback to the era in which the show began. The nation made almost no progress on the biggies — the wars, the environment, the bickering, the wealth gap. Noting that China had released a statement asking, “How long can America pretend to be a human rights champion?” Colbert replied: “Uh, I don’t know — for about as long as I can pretend I don’t know who made my iPhone?” Colbert then revived a segment called “Formidable Opponent,” in which he debated the only person he believed to be his intellectual equal — himself. “I’m not talking about the actual country. I’m talking about the idea of America. The idea of America would never torture,” Colbert said to Colbert. To which Colbert replied: “Have you read that report? We pumped hummus up people’s butts! Now, I’m no imam, but I’m pretty sure that’s not halal.”

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