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Members of the Red Deer Nordic Ski Community bundled up and took to Riverbend’s snowy trails this past weekend. Skiers had a lot of fresh powder to work with in the -19 C weather.

Housing options needed to reduce homelessness While much has been done to reduce homelessness in Red Deer, the effort is being hampered by the lack of low-cost housing, says a local advocate. “With the plan to end homelessness, we’re only successful if we have more housing options,” said Stacey Carmichael, programs director of the Safe Harbour Society. Just as the Central Alberta Women’s Emergency Shelter is having difficulty finding apartments for clients, so is Safe Harbour. Carmichael said she wants to “echo” the need for more lower-cost housing options for Red Deer. “The vacancy rate is so low, it’s a big challenge” to get people into their own apartments. As far as scope of social problems go, this centrally located, mid-sized city has more in common with Edmonton, Calgary and Victoria than Lethbridge and Medicine Hat. Yet “we just don’t have enough housing to get these guys in quick enough,” she added. Looking back at 2014, Carmichael has seen the 35 full-time beds at the People’s Place shelter regularly fill up. Sometimes even the 11 additional beds that are made available during the winter months, from Nov. 1 to April 30, have been full. “We’ve had to turn folks away on occasion,” she said — and this also holds true for the 26-spot mat program that Safe Harbour runs for homeless people under the influence of alcohol

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or drugs. Those who must be turned away are asked if they can stay with a friend or sleep on a relative’s couch. But sometimes no solution can be found and the person has to walk back out into the cold. “Often when they leave, both the staff and the person are feeling defeated,” added Carmichael. Strides have been made towards finding appropriate housing for homeless people, such as the Housing First suites at the Buffalo in downtown Red Deer, and the one duplex and four shared-living houses operated around the city by the Safe Harbour Society. Carmichael stressed she’s “proud” of local and provincial efforts, saying “Alberta is leaps and bounds ahead of what’s being done in a lot of other provinces.” But Red Deer’s population continues to grow. As some housing is found to get people off the streets, Carmichael is seeing other people become homeless for a variety of reasons: addictions, mental health issues, domestic abuse or relationship breakdowns. “We’d like to see them be homeless for as short a time as possible.” Discussions were held last fall for the City of Red Deer’s housing options framework, but an action plan is yet to come. Local advocates, meanwhile, are calling for a range of new local affordable housing options — from bachelor apartments to one-, two- or three-bedroom suites for families.

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Council tackles operating budget this week RED DEER CITY COUNCIL BY CRYSTAL RHYNO ADVOCATE STAFF Number crunching will be the name of the game at Red Deer City Hall over the next two weeks. Starting on Tuesday, council will begin pouring over the details of the administration-recommended operating budget for 2015. The budget covers the day-to-day costs of delivering programs and services in the city. Staff will be on the hotseat as council takes in city department presentations before asking questions about the proposed budget. A press conference outlining the budget details is slated for this morning. All meetings are open to the public and are scheduled to run until Jan. 14. Mayor Tara Veer did not give away any specifics but she indicated that council will be faced with challenges in light of potential provincial cuts to municipal funding. Since the capital budget was approved in November, the city has received strong indication that there will be adjustments to the provincial budget in April. The decline in the price of oil has cut provincial government revenue. Veer said administration was given the budget guidelines earlier this year

to help build the budget at policy level. Chief financial officer Dean Krejci said the city is using a similar process from previous years. He said part of that process is looking at what is happening from the provincial and federal governments and anticipating the impacts. In May, the city hosted one of the largest budget open houses in recent memory. More than 200 residents filed into the doors at Festival Hall to have their say on where they would like to see their tax dollars go in the 2015 budget. Residents polled at the meeting said they wanted the city to reduce taxes, spend more funding on transit and put more dollars into community amenities. In November, council approved the $173.3-million capital budget for 2015 that allocated money to infrastructure and maintenance programs. Big ticket items approved included replacing the Red Deer Arena, for $21 million; relocating two fire halls and building a new one for $14.9 million; and residential development in Timberlands, at $12 million; doing crown paving, for $8.2 million; and creating a new North Red Deer Regional Community Centre, with a $8.8-million pricetag.

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Four Red Deer city councillors did not miss a single vote at City Hall in 2014. And one councillor extended his streak of perfect attendance to 10 years. Councillors Ken Johnston, Lawrence Lee, Lynne Mulder and Frank Wong attended the 29 budget, regular and special meetings over the last 12 months. Wong, however, gets the gold star for attending every meeting since he was first elected in 2004. The fourthterm councillor was 15 minutes late for one meeting because he was attending a funeral. The retired city engineer said he does not have a busy social life so he has adequate time to attend to city business. Coun. Paul Harris had the worst record, missing four meetings in total — in April, May, July and August — to attend professional development conferences. It is not unusual for councillors to miss a meeting here and there because of conferences and meetings outside

Red Deer. Harris sits on the Federation of Canadian Municipalities board and Coun. Buck Buchanan is on the Alberta Urban Municipalities Association board of directors. While there is no set attendance requirement within the Municipal Government Act, a councillor could face disqualification if he or she misses all regular council meetings in eight consecutive weeks. Buchanan missed three meetings in March, June and November for personal holidays in Arizona and Ireland. While away, Buchanan and others used to take part in meetings via teleconference. But council decided when “you’re away, you’re away” because of the high cost of the service. He estimated the cost can range between $800 to $1,000 per meeting. Buchanan will miss the Feb. 2 meeting because he will be attending the Super Bowl in Arizona. Councillors Tanya Handley and Dianne Wyntjes missed two meetings apiece. Mayor Tara Veer missed the March 31 meeting. Attendance records are available at www.reddeer.ca. crhyno@reddeeradvocate.com

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Jessica Carberry of the Red Deer Reign fends off Claire Hines of the Calgary Bow View Blue during the Friends on Ice Ringette Tournament on Saturday. The tournament held games at many of the city’s arenas throughout the weekend.

Buddhist ceremony for Edmonton murder victims also recognizes killer BY THE CANADIAN PRESS EDMONTON — A memorial service at a Buddhist monastery in Edmonton for eight mass-murder victims also remembered the man police believe shot them before he killed himself. Phap Hoa, abbot at the Truc Lam Monastery, says everyone needs love and they do not push anyone away. Thuy Tien Truong, 35, Elvis Lam, 8, Thanh Ha Thi Truong, 33, Valentina Nguyen, 3, Thi Dau Le, 55, Van Dan Truong, 55, and Viet Nguyen, 41, were all found dead early Tuesday morning inside a north Edmonton home. Police say they were shot and killed by 53-year-old Phu Lam. Cyndi Duong, Lam’s eighth victim, was found dead inside her southwest Edmonton home Monday night. A funeral service for Duong, which will be private, will be held Monday. Hoa says arrangements for funeral services for the other victims were still underway on Sunday. “The reason things happen is because we cannot embrace each other. So in our practice, even the one who hurt us — why do they hurt? Because they have

tives to spur new development, and flexibility with city zoning and bylaws to solve the problem. It would be nice if something happens in the new year, she added, “because everybody needs an affordable place to live.” lmichelin@reddeeradvocate.com

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SPCA looks for help to find out where trash bag with frozen dogs came from PRINCE ALBERT, Sask.— The Prince Albert SPCA in northern Saskatchewan is asking for the public’s help after a garbage bag containing the partially frozen bodies of two dead dogs was discovered at the side of a road. SPCA adoption co-ordinator Meagan Boucher says a woman spotted the bag in the ditch on Saturday and saw feet sticking out of it. SPCA staff scanned the dogs for microchips, but couldn’t find anything. The dogs were not wearing collars. Boucher says the dogs appeared to be young, possibly a year old or younger. She says it’s conceivable the dogs were accidentally killed by a driver, but says it’s awful someone would dump them rather than give them a proper burial or try to find the owners. “Just to dump them on the side of the road like trash is disgusting,” Boucher said. SPCA staff looked through lost dog reports, checking as far back as March, but didn’t find any descriptions matching the two dogs. They are encouraging the public to contact them with any information about the dogs. Boucher said information that is provided will be kept confidential. only after the two budgets are approved and the education tax rate — determined by the province — is combined with the municipal portion of the tax bill. Last year, Red Deer’s operating budget rang in at $305 million and the capital budget was $202.8 million, after mid-year budget adjustments that included funding for projects related to flood response and water and sewer projects to service the northeast. The property tax increase for 2014 was 3.8 per cent. crhyno@reddeeradvocate.com

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Alberta Premier Jim Prentice arrives at a caucus meeting in Edmonton, December 17, 2014.After a tumultuous 2014, some think 2015 will see an early election call. knowledge of such document tampering. There was more, including revelations of lavish spending on foreign trips and big ticket salaries and severance payouts for members of her inner circle. Her office had also been secretly directing renovations to the top of a government building to create swank penthouse living quarters for the premier that were modelled after a ritzy hotel in Washington D.C. Redford left the party demoralized and in tatters, with the Opposition Wildrose party resurgent in the polls and flush with donations. Seven months later, the Wildrose doubled down on Redford’s stained legacy, hoping to use it to hurt the Conservatives in four provincial byelections in

Calgary Imam calls for co-operation between community and officials BY THE CANADIAN PRESS CALGARY — A Calgary imam says he wants to see more done to stop young Somali-Canadians from being killed following the deaths two young men in the city during the first days of 2015. Abdi Hersy says the most recent victim, who was found dead in an alley on January 2, came from a good family with close relations to his mosque. He says the death is tragic, and has left the family so fearful they are afraid to hold the funeral or visitation in their home because it is close to the crime scene. Police in Calgary have not yet identified the man and are still investigating the case, as well as a New Year’s party shooting that killed Abdullahi Ahmed, 26, and injured six other people. Investigators say a number of people at the party identified themselves as members of the Somali community.

Hersy says close to 40 Somali young people have died violently in Alberta since 2007. He wants to see more co-operation between the community and officials to reduce the number of youth getting involved with the wrong crowd. Police have said they don’t believe the two latest incidents are linked, but have said they don’t believe either were random attacks. Investigators said Friday they were facing challenges getting eyewitness information about the shooting at the party, despite the fact that there were between 50 and 60 people there at the time. Police said they were reaching out to local leaders with the Somali community to encourage anyone with information to come forward. They said they were still working to establish a motive for the shooting, as well as a suspect description

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Survivor of fatal crash endured intense cold during climb back to road COCHRANE — Rescuers say the survivor of a fatal crash in Alberta apparently climbed a 150-metre embankment after the truck he’d been in plunged off a road. EMS spokesman Stuart Brideaux says the man in his late teens appears to have gotten out of the vehicle after the crash near the Ghost Lake Reservoir Campground northwest of Calgary early Sunday. Two other men, believed to be in their 20s, who were also in the vehicle were pronounced dead when rescuers rappelled towards the bottom of a riverbed to reach them. The survivor endured intense cold, and Brideaux says it may have taken him several hours to get to the road. He was airlifted to a Calgary hospital with frostbite, hypothermia and other injuries. Police are still investigating the cause of the crash.

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EDMONTON — After one of the most tumultuous and bizarre years in the history of the Alberta legislature, there is talk that 2015 will see an encore with a surprise early election call. Premier Jim Prentice wouldn’t tip his hand in a year-end interview, but he refused to rule out going to the polls a year earlier than legislation mandates. “I think all options are on the table, as they always are,” said Prentice. “You know me, I don’t close doors.” Opponents say they’ll be ready and they say the government elected under former Conservative premier Alison Redford in 2012 doesn’t remotely resemble the one now led by Prentice. “Albertans deserve the progressive government they voted for,” said NDP Leader Rachel Notley. “(The Conservatives) clearly ran by presenting themselves to Albertans as the kind of party that Albertans were looking for. “They were looking for a progressive, urban, modern, forward-looking party that believed in important issues, like for instance eliminating child poverty, like full day kindergarten, like funding our postsecondary education system properly.” In the past three years, Albertans have seen little or none of the above. There have also been broken promises to build more schools and to avoid running up billions of dollars in debt. Redford was forced to quit the top job in March, but she stayed on for a few months longer as a member of the legislature for Calgary. Prentice decisively won a leadership vote and was installed as premier in September. Redford was one of Canada’s top newsmakers in 2014 — for all the wrong reasons. She quit politics altogether in August after Auditor General Merwan Saher determined she had misused government aircraft for personal trips and to ferry around her daughter and her daughter’s pals. Saher also found that flight manifests had been doctored to allow Redford to fly solo, a matter that has been referred to the police as possible grounds for criminal fraud. Redford told Saher she had no

October. Send the PCs a Message, the Wildrose urged voters on campaign signs. Instead, voters elected Conservatives in all four ridings, including Prentice himself. The result gutted Smith’s confidence, and that of her 16 party colleagues in the legislature, and caused her caucus to collapse in an avalanche of defections. Within a month of the vote, Wildrosers Kerry Towle and Ian Donovan had defected to join Prentice, saying he had the best plan to lead Alberta. Smith roundly denounced the crossings but, in a stunning move a few weeks later, she herself led eight more Wildrose members to the government benches. She said she, too, now believed in Prentice and wanted to help. The defections have been viewed by some not as a reunification of right-minded conservatives, but as a sellout in search of power perks and cabinet posts. Prentice said he would mull over a cabinet shuffle during the year-end holidays. Opponents say Prentice has effectively become a Wildrose premier under a PC banner. He insists he’s focusing on progressive issues, but he has yet to take concrete action on a new environment policy or on improving social programs. A compromise bill on establishing gay-straight alliances in schools was put on hold in December after critics said it would lead to segregation of gay youth. Calgary Mayor Naheed Nenshi said the bill made Albertans look like “hillbillies.” If he calls — and wins — an early election this year, Prentice would have a mandate to follow through on promised fundamental changes to get Alberta’s day-to-day spending off the mercurial swings of oil prices, which peaked at more than US$100 a barrel earlier this year but are now languishing at a little over US$50 a barrel. Prentice has hinted at tax changes, but hasn’t been specific, although he has promised to maintain Alberta’s status as the only province with no provincial sales tax. There are no other guarantees. “I’m focused on the immediate circumstances that we’re facing,” said Prentice. “We’re trying to wrestle to the ground one of the most precipitous drops in energy revenue that the province has ever seen.”

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Resistance is futile HOW WE LIVE — AND DIE — WITH CANCER You know how people (and especially people who report on health studies) tell you that nearly everything you can think of will give you cancer these days? Or that nearly anything can prevent (or even cure) cancer, if you take enough of it? You can hardly open a newspaper or an online feed these days withGREG out seeing the NEIMAN results of the latest study on cancer mortality. This week, red wine good; next week, red wine bad. Or just munch on a truckload of acai berries. Studying cancer is an industry, and producing conflicting or confusing reports is no deterrent to either its credibility or its ability to raise funds for more research. But now, in the biggest cancer study bombshell of them all, scientists have produced a mathematical model show-

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ing that two-thirds of the cancers that afflict adults are not determined by the things we do, the things we eat (or smoke), or the toxins that we encounter. The largest cause of all cancers in adults? According to the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Centre in the U.S., it’s plain dumb luck. In reports shot round the world, Bert Volgelstein, the Clayton professor of oncology at Johns Hopkins University, said: “Cancer-free longevity in people exposed to cancer-causing agents, such as tobacco, is often attributed to their ‘good genes,’ but the truth is that most of them simply had good luck.” What triggers the cancers this study referred to is the number of times the cells divide in certain organs (your colon, for instance). Despite our evolutionary protections, every time the cells in our body divide, there is a risk some divisions may produce a bad result. Runaway division — a cancer — is one of those results. Getting an unfortunate cell division is losing the cancer lottery, he says, and it is not likely affected by the number of red-meat dinners you ate. Take that, you paleo nut-crunchers. In two-thirds of the cancers we get, it now appears pure bad luck is the

trigger. In the rest — obesity, bad lifestyle, smoking, etc. — genetics and environmental factors do play a larger role. So virtue can still be its own reward in many cases. But on the whole, this is depressing. As one doctor once told me, everyone will get cancer in one form or another, if they live long enough. And trying to beat the odds by finding a cure is a waste of billions of dollars, says one longtime editor of the esteemed British Medical Journal. Dr. Richard Smith recently wrote a blog essay suggesting that dying of cancer was a better way to go than dying of other causes, like dementia. Getting a diagnosis of cancer, he said, allows the patient time to say goodbye to loved ones and to wrap up one’s affairs, which is denied to others who die either suddenly or slowly of other causes. Smith was the editor of the journal for 13 years. He’s seen umpteen thousand studies on mortality from all causes, in all their contradictory natures. He wrote in a blog for the journal that leaving aside suicide, there are four ways to go: sudden death (a traffic collision), the long slow death of

dementia, the up and down of organ failure — and cancer, where people “go down usually in weeks.” Death by cancer, he said, was the best option of the lot. Smith also deplored how many patients die while suffering futile programs of overtreatment of cancer, leading to a “horrible medical death.” Well, you can imagine the stink this raised in the cancer research community. Suggesting now that most of the cases of cancer that afflict our society may simply be random, or that influential people are proposing that resistance is futile, is not the best start to the New Year. But when you think on it, perhaps this frees us from a lot of worry, or from labouring under the myth that we can all completely control our own destinies. I will not attempt to rank which would be the best way to die. Instead, I will continue to pursue what I believe would be the best way to live. That makes for a happier, more hopeful New Year. Greg Neiman is a retired Advocate editor. Follow his blog at readersadvocate. blogspot.ca or email greg.neiman.blog@ gmail.com.

The city charged the Lacombe Taxpayer’s Association $4,058.98 for the FOIP request. According to the privacy commissioner, the charge should have been $180.26. The city agreed to refund the difference upon the recommendation of the privacy commissioner. How MacQuarrie can say with a straight face that the city acted as they should have in how the request was managed is beyond comprehension. H.R. Hunt Lacombe

conservatives? When Stelmach and Redford were premiers, Wildrose was an effective Opposition, and you wonder if they had help not only from their former Conservative caucus members, who knew where the skeletons were, but from the feds who knew how to use the information more effectively, and raise money? Was the Wildrose created to undermine Albertans’ elected premiers to eventually bring in a Harper protégé? Stelmach and Harper came into power about the same time (2006) and Wildrose was created shortly afterwards (2008). Harper and Manning’s friend Danielle Smith became leader in 2009. Some high-profile provincial Conservative MLAs crossed the floor, closet doors opened, and Wildrose became a force to be reckoned with. So when Prentice, a Harper protégé, becomes leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Alberta, the federal Conservatives find themselves in a position of not being able to also support the opposition conservatives in Alberta. The only answer to is to have Harper’s friend become a cabinet minister under Harper’s protégé, and to do that would require a defection. Was the original intent simply to make the Wildrose the governing party and have the Alberta Conservatives dissolve into the Wildrose, eliminating any effective opposition from the centre and left of the political spectrum? Was the original intent the only intent and that was to undermine Conservative premiers until there was a fedfriendly premier? I believe that the Wildrose saga was

a long con started by influential conservatives in 2007. What is best for conservatives seems to be the overriding factor these days, wouldn’t you agree? Garfield Marks Red Deer

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Digging deeper into report on FOIP issues in Lacombe Regarding the article written by Paul Cowley appearing on the front page of the Red Deer Advocate dated Dec. 26, 2014: FOIP handling under review. This article dealt with the handling of a FOIP request made by the Lacombe Taxpayer’s Association. In the article, Norma MacQuarrie, the chief administrative officer of the City of Lacombe, was quoted as saying that the privacy commissioner’s letter (report), “demonstrates that the city acted as we should have in how the request was managed.” In fact, what the privacy commissioner’s ruling stated, in part, was the following: ● The public body, (the CAO of Lacombe, MacQuarrie, and/or the City of Lacombe) did not meet its time limits as required under Section 11 of the FOIP Act. ● The public body did not properly rely on Section 30 and 31 of the FOIP Act as no third parties were actually consulted. ● The public body did not seek the commissioner’s permission to take a longer extension as per the provisions under the FOIP Act. ● It was improper for the public body to rely on Section 30 or Section 31 of the FOIP Act to extend the due date. ● The public body inappropriately ruled on the computer programing rate of up to $20 per a quarter of an hour. It should have only used the standard rate of up to $6.75 per quarter hour, as set out in schedule 2. ● In other cases before the privacy commissioner’s office, he could not find a single instance of a public body citing the “computer programing” rate to perform a search and retrieval of email, regardless of the complexity and scope of the access request. ● The public body did not properly assess the fees charged to the applicant — both in terms of the hourly rates and the amount of time the public body claims was involved. ● The public body charged the applicant for the amount of time spent preparing and handling the records for “reviewing” the records to determine what, if anything, should have been severed. This is not an activity that a public body may bill for. ● The public body failed to provide the applicant with notice, as required under Section 8(1) and 8(2) of the FOIP Act. ● The public body did not properly assess the fees charged to the applicant. ● The public body charged 25 cents per page for photocopying, which was unreasonable. ● The public body inaccurately charged the applicant for “supervising the examination of records.”

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Conservative agenda drives all decisions in Alberta Former leader of the Alberta Wildrose Party Danielle Smith said that it was always planned that the Alberta conservatives would unite. So when did the scam commence? Were the lake-of-fire comments and equality vote defeats just planned leaks building up to this mass defection? Wildrose was connected to and heavily reliant on federal Conservatives, Preston Manning, and Stephen Harper’s team. It was a given that the Alberta Conservative MPs were supporting Wildrose candidates during the last elections. Premiers Stelmach and Redford were not highly regarded by the federal Conservatives. Enter Jim Prentice. A former federal minister, well regarded by federal Conservatives, and thus no need for the Wildrose. So when she said that Alberta conservatives would unite, did she actually mean provincial conservatives would unite with the federal Scott Williamson Pre-press supervisor

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BUT NO PLANS IN SIGHT BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — Talk about an expensive birthday party invitation. Recently released federal spending figures show advertising promoting Canada’s 150th birthday — two years from now — has cost nearly $12 million, so far. That’s $5 million more than the government had said last fall it was spending on Canada 150 advertising, because they’re now including other programs as part of the party. An estimated $6.5 million is being spent producing and running ads about the Charlottetown and Quebec conferences currently running on social media and mainstream media channels clearly tagged as being connected to the anniversary. But the Conservatives are also bundling their campaign marking the bicentennial of the War of 1812 under the Canada 150 banner, adding the $5.2 million already spent on that to the cost of advertising upcoming national birthday celebrations. The War of 1812 ad campaign was the first of a series along the road to 2017, said Marisa Monnin, a spokeswoman for Heritage Minister Shelley Glover. “Through these advertising campaigns, the government of Canada will encourage Canadians to learn more about their history, commemorate events, celebrate accomplishments and honour people that helped shape what Canada is today,” she said in an

Enterovirus D68 linked to death of child in B.C. Skowronski said she couldn’t reveal the child’s gender or age. “Like the other two, we can’t say with certainty whether that infection was causally related with the death or in what way in may have contributed, so right now we’re describing it as a death in association with enterovirus D68 confirmation,” she said. Most of those infected with enterovirus D68 have what appear to be symptoms of a common cold: sneezing, runny nose, a cough, and some have no symptoms at all, she said. The risk to the general population is low, she added, noting that only a small proportion of people who suffer from underlying medical conditions experience more severe problems.

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS VANCOUVER — The death of a B.C. child has become the third fatality in the province linked to the enterovirus D68 infection. Dr. Danuta Skowronski, an infectious disease specialist with the B.C. Centre for Disease Control, said Saturday the child was under the age of five when it died in November and the agency was notified last week. The deaths of an elderly person and young adult have also been associated with the respiratory virus, and Skowronski said the patients had multiple underlying medical conditions or asthma. Because of privacy issues,

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Man’s rental car seized for 45 days in central Ontario drug bust BARRIE, Ont. — A central Ontario man is going to have a tough time explaining this one to the car rental agency. Police say the 36-year-old Barrie, Ont., man was involved in a minor collision on Saturday. Barrie police say that when officers arrived it’s alleged they found crack cocaine and a pipe. The driver was charged with possession of a narcotic and impaired driving and police say the rental vehicle he was driving was confiscated and will be held for 45 days. And investigators say the accused man’s girlfriend became upset over his arrest and allegedly opened the police cruiser door in an attempt to free her boyfriend.

Dozens of people rescued after chairlift malfunction at Quebec ski resort LAC-SAINTE-MARIE, Que. — Dozens of skiers and snowboarders had to be rescued after being trapped on a broken chairlift at a ski resort near Ottawa on Saturday. Bob Sudermann, co-owner of the Mont Ste. Marie resort in Lac-SainteMarie, Que., says the chairlift had mechanical issues and was shut down around noon.

Sudermann says all 80 riders were rescued from the lift shortly before 4 p.m. by resort staff and members of the Canadian Ski Patrol. With cold temperatures in the forecast, management was concerned about the health of the stranded riders and worked quickly to get them back on the ground. It was minus-12 Celsius on Mount St. Mary’s on Saturday and with the wind chill, it felt more like minus-21. The ski centre was expected to be open again on Sunday morning.

Arrest warrant issued after Newfoundland officer dragged by fleeing vehicle ST. JOHN’S, N.L. — The Royal Newfoundland Constabulary say an arrest warrant has been issued for a man accused of fleeing the scene of a break and enter and injuring an officer. Police say the incident occurred after officers responded to an alarm at Peter Easton’s Pub on Cookstown Road in St. John’s around 5:20 a.m. Friday. They say a suspect was inside, but left the building and jumped into a vehicle parked nearby. An officer tried to stop the vehicle, but it drove off and dragged her to a nearby intersection where she managed to break free. Her injuries are reported as not life-threatening. Police say they’re asking for the public’s help in finding 30-year-old Gordie Anthony Bishop. Bishop is facing charges including aggravated assault of an officer and assaulting an officer with a weapon. He’s described as about 5-foot-10 with brown hair and blue eyes.

Winnipeg man seeks bail while facing charges he let mother die after she fell WINNIPEG — A Manitoba man accused of allowing his 90-year-old mother to die after she fell is expected to seek bail on Monday. Ron Siwicki, 62, has been in custody since his arrest on Dec. 17. He has been charged with criminal negligence causing death and failing to provide the necessities of life. Investigators say Betty Siwicki stumbled inside the Winnipeg home where she lived with her son in late November. She was unable to get up on her own, investigators claim, and her son allegedly failed to seek medical attention. Siwicki’s lawyer, Mike Cook, says his client followed his mother’s wishes that he not call for help. Cook says he and co-counsel Amado Claros plan to vigorously defend their client against the charges.

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HALIFAX — A Dalhousie University faculty member who has filed a complaint with three other professors over male students who allegedly posted sexually hateful messages online about females says she was acting on behalf of other students who feel more needs to be done. Francoise Baylis of the university’s medical school said Sunday that the professors filed a formal complaint under the students’ code of conduct to Anne Forrestall, the school’s acting vice-provost of student affairs, on Dec. 21 and hand-delivered a print copy the following day. She says the complaint asks that the dentistry students involved in the Facebook group where misogynistic comments were allegedly posted be suspended on an interim basis prior to the return of classes on Monday. Baylis said suspending the students involved would allow other students to “return to the classroom in a context where they would hopefully be able to have confidence that it is a safe environment and an environment that would be conducive to their continued learning.” She said the professors have heard from students who are not satisfied with the current informal restorative justice process. “We are deeply committed to creating a situation whereby no individual student would have to put themselves at risk if they wanted to bring forward a complaint,” she said in a phone interview on Sunday. “As people at the university with a faculty appointment, it seemed like a reasonable thing for us to do, to make sure no student would themselves have to feel obliged to make that complaint... and no student thereafter would bear any negative consequences for having attempted to bring forward

a formal complaint.” The three other professors who signed the complaint are Jocelyn Downie of Law and Medicine, Brian Noble from the faculty of Arts and Sciences and Jacqueline Warwick of the faculty of Arts and Sciences, Gender and Women’s studies. Baylis said the effects of the hateful messages extend beyond those directly involved in the school of dentistry. “Think about the dental hygiene students, think about the dental assistants, think about the patients that come to the clinic,” said Baylis, adding that the clinic is now closed until Jan. 12. “The process that’s on offer right now, as we see it, doesn’t actually address or respond to all of their legitimate needs or concerns in this process.” Baylis says the professors are concerned because the complaint has not been addressed by administration. She says the group initially wanted to keep their names confidential, but decided to go public because of the delays in processing the complaint. In an email, Dalhousie spokesman Brian Leadbetter says a preliminary assessment of the formal complaint will be completed in early January and an update on that process will be provided this week. University president Richard Florizone has said 13 men in the fourthyear of the dentistry program were members of a Facebook group where comments were posted. The Facebook page has since been taken down. According to the CBC, members of the Class of DDS Gentlemen page on Facebook voted on which woman they’d like to have “hate” sex with and joked about using chloroform on women.

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BY ADVOCATE STAFF Improving health and fitness is a popular goal amongst those who make New Year’s resolutions. Already five days into the month of January, it’s clear Red Deerians are no different. While there were some out running and skiing this past weekend, braving the cold and somewhat snowy weather, quite a few headed to one of the city’s many fitness facilities. Weight loss, reducing stress, increasing endurance, and toning were some of the more common reasons for hitting the gym. For Raelle Sebastian, who works out at the Bent Iron Gym, her fitness goals for 2015 are simple:

“I want to be as healthy as I can be. Healthy and strong.” However, while exercising more, and getting in shape are among the more prevalent resolutions made, only one in ten people are able to follow through with their goals, according to a study done by Richard Wiseman from the University of Bristol. Tyler Baker, who worked on his toning at the Collicutt Centre’s fitness centre on Saturday, says many people who resolve to get fit overwork themselves. “They start [working out] at the gym for two hours every day,” he said. “By January 6, they’ve burned themselves out.” The key to sticking with resolutions, as per health and fitness experts, is to set realistic and attainable goals.

Raelle Sebastian works out on a rowing machine at the Bent Iron Gym in North Red Deer Saturday afternoon. Her fitness goals for 2015 are simple: be as healthy and strong as she can be. Hristo Vasilev lifts weights at the Collicutt Centre’s Fitness Centre on Saturday afternoon. Vasilev is working on his toning throughout 2015 in order to look good when he goes on vacation to Cuba. Lawrence Yip works on his Squash skills at the Body Basics Fitness Centre on Saturday afternoon. Jace McDonnell, right, spots for Logan Thompson while working out at the World Gym on Saturday evening. The two work out fairly regularly at the gym to develop their strength.

Prompt action sought on courthouse CITY DOESN’T WANT TO CARRY COST OF HOLDING POTENTIAL SITE INDEFINITELY BY BRENDA KOSSOWAN ADVOCATE STAFF Red Deer’s mayor is asking the province to make a commitment one way or another concerning expansion of the Red Deer Courthouse. Nearly three years have passed since a local committee of the Central Alberta Bar Association approached the province with a land swap proposal to ease pressure on the courthouse, which has run out of room for the caseload it carries.

Opened in 1982, the Red Deer Courthouse now serves a larger area and a growing population, but cannot be expanded on its existing site because the footings are not strong enough to hold a bigger building. The City of Red Deer has backed a proposal in which the former RCMP property, located south of City Hall, would be given to the province in exchange for the existing courthouse. Results have not yet been released from a number of studies that would determine how the province plans to proceed with courthouse expansion,

Red Deer Mayor Tara Veer said this week. With the dramatic drop in oil prices, the provincial government has stated that some planned capital projects not now underway may be postponed, she said. That leaves Red Deer with a measure of uncertainty about whether the province will move forward with the land swap or if it will look for some other solution to courthouse crowding in Red Deer. At this point, the city needs a commitment from the province if it is to continue holding the former RCMP

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property in anticipation of a future land swap, said Veer. It’s not fair to local taxpayers to continue paying holding costs on the building if the deal is not going to happen, she said. If the province cannot make a commitment, the city will have the site assessed and then put it up for sale, said Veer. Red Deer South MLA Cal Dallas, who sits on the province’s treasury board, could not be reached for comment. bkossowan@reddeeradvocate.com

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BRIEF Merkel spokesman denies Germany has changed its view on Greece leaving the euro BERLIN — A spokesman for Chancellor Angela Merkel says Germany hasn’t shifted its view on Greece leaving the euro. In a report Saturday, German weekly Der Spiegel had cited unnamed government officials indicating that Merkel and her finance minister no longer believe it would be too risky for the 19-member eurozone if Greece dropped the currency. But deputy government spokesman Georg Streiter told The Associated Press in an emailed statement Sunday: “There is no change of course.” He also repeated Berlin’s position that “the German government expects that Greece will continue to fulfil its contractual obligations toward the troika” of the EU, European Central Bank and International Monetary Fund. Germany has warned Greece against reneging on the terms of its bailout program should the left-wing Syriza party win this month’s general election.

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Canadian auto recalls hit all-time high in 2014 AUTOMOTIVE SAFETY BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — Canadian auto recalls hit an all-time high last year, with more than eight million vehicles affected as several high-profile problems with faulty airbags and ignition switches brought safety issues to the forefront. Automakers issued nearly 600 recall notices on Canadian vehicles in 2014, according to data obtained from Transport Canada. Both the number of recalls and the number of vehicles affected are significantly higher than in any other year, according to a data analysis by The Canadian Press. The previous record for the highest number of recalls was set in 2010, when automakers issued 468 recall notices affecting 1.5 million products, including vehicles, car seats and tires. But the total number of vehicles affected was higher in 2013, when manufacturers recalled two million products, despite the total number of recall notices being lower at 466, according the analysis. Industry observers say automakers are issuing recalls en masse in an attempt to prevent future problems after defective ignition switches led to numerous crashes and at least 58 injuries and 42 deaths. GM recalled 2.6 million vehicles worldwide due to the problem, including roughly 368,000 in Canada, but faced criticism for waiting 11 years to do so. The company is now facing several lawsuits. “GM was in a pickle and nobody else wanted to be the new GM,” said George Iny, president of the Automobile Protection Association. “So they started to do some housecleaning. And people with skeletons in the closet and bodies in the basement have been pulling them out.” Many of the recalls issued last year were for older vehicles, Iny said. “These are not problems that the car makers just discovered. They’re taking another look at things that they had decided not to take action on before.”

Among last year’s high-profile recalls were 700,000 Honda Canada vehicles over potentially exploding airbags produced by Japanese parts maker Takata Corp. Roughly 14 million vehicles made by 10 different automakers have been recalled worldwide as a result of the Takata airbag issue. At least five people have died in accidents involving the airbags, which can explode with too much force, blowing apart a metal canister and spewing shrapnel everywhere. Four of the people who died were in the United States and one was in Malaysia. Dozens of injuries have also been reported. Josh Bailey, vice-president of research and editorial at vehicle value company Canadian Black Book, says he doesn’t expect there to be quite as many recalls in future years as there were last year, which was a bit of an anomaly. However, Bailey says it’s likely automakers will be more proactive about recalling vehicles in the coming years than they have in the past in order to avoid the bad press that has swirled around General Motors and Takata. That means the numbers are likely to remain higher than they were pre-2014. “There might be some oversensitivity on the part of the manufacturers,” Bailey said. “I think that some of them are even recalling things that are not likely going to become a safety issue, but at the same time they want to make sure that they don’t have another ignition switch kind of thing creep up.” Independent auto industry consultant Mark Petro says while it’s proactive for manufacturers to issue recall notices, many of the older vehicles will never be repaired. That’s because once vehicle ownership changes or owners move, it becomes challenging for automakers to track them down. Despite the spike in recalls and the publicity surrounding the airbag and ignition switch problems, experts say Canadians are unlikely to be deterred from buying cars. Earlier last year, Bailey conducted research going back at least a decade and found no correlation between auto recalls and sales. “People have fairly short memories, particularly when shopping for cars,” he says.

PYONGYANG, Korea, Democratic People’s Republic Of — North Korea has issued a furious statement slamming the United States for imposing sanctions against its government officials and the defence industry for a cyberattack against Sony. It again denied any role in the breach of tens of thousands of confidential Sony emails and business files. An unnamed spokesman of North Korea’s foreign ministry on Sunday accused the U.S. of “groundlessly” stirring up hostility toward Pyongyang and claimed that the new sanctions would not weaken the country’s military might. North Korea has expressed fury over the Sony comedy flick “The Interview,” which depicts the fictional assassination of leader Kim Jong Un. However, it denied involvement in the cyberattack against Sony, which later escalated to threats of terrorist attacks against movie theatres. The film was released in limited theatres and online.

McDonald’s hopes to lift sales by identifying itself with ’Lovin“ in new marketing campaign NEW YORK — As the world’s biggest hamburger chain fights to hold onto customers, McDonald’s on Friday unveiled a new marketing strategy and ads it says will emphasize the “love” in its long-running “I’m Lovin’ It” slogan. As part of the push, McDonald’s released TV ads it says will begin airing this week, including an animated video where the Joker and the Batman, a mail man and a dog, a blue donkey and red elephant and Smurfs and Gargamel show affection to each other and share McDonald’s products. The upbeat spot ends with the words “Choose Lovin’,” encompassed by a ring of hearts. The push to identify itself with love and positivity in the minds of customers comes at a challenging time for McDonald’s, which is facing shifting eating habits, intensifying competition and growing calls by workers and labour organizers for higher pay and a union. Sales for its flagship U.S. division have continued to struggle even after McDonald’s replaced its president twice in less than two years. In November, sales fell 4.6 per cent at established U.S. restaurants. The strategy of associating its brand with an uplifting emotion isn’t unique in the marketing world; Coca-Cola, for instance, has established itself by likening its namesake soda to moments of happiness. Allen Adamson, chairman of brand consulting firm Landor North America, said McDonald’s is trying to achieve something similar by focusing a massive organization behind a big, simple idea that “sits above the quality of its food.” But he said the challenge for McDonald’s will be in tying “loving” back to the experience of eating at McDonald’s. “What does loving have to do with how McDonald’s is going make my experience better?” he said. With Coca-Cola, he noted the company makes a tight link between drinking its soda and feeling happy. Still, Adamson said the “loving” strategy could help give McDonald’s a more cohesive direction in fixing its many problems.

Western markets are looking brighter Look West investors. Look West. Investment opportunities in North America and the U.K. look brighter than in Japan, China and continental Europe over the next few years, but the Canadian market could be hit on the chin as a result of the recent decline in oil prices, BMO Bank of Montreal’s latest global investment forum outlook for markets sugTALBOT gests. BOGGS “With roughly 24 per cent of our market in oil and gas stocks and 14 per cent in base and precious metals, Canada is very much a trees- and rocks-based economy,” said Paul Taylor, senior vice-president and chief investment officer, asset allocation, with BMO Global Asset Management. “With some recent weaker economic indicators and with the downslide in oil we’re taking it on the chin. Canada is seen as a risk-based asset and investors are heading elsewhere,

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tem in China (shadow banking refers to the collection of non-bank financial intermediaries that provide services similar to traditional commercial banks); and stagnation, unemployment and high debt levels in continental Europe, are growth-restricting factors for those regions. “It’s important for the U.S., U.K., and Canada to hold their higher ground and for Europe to generate at least a modicum of growth and not to backslide into recession,” the outlook report says. From an investment perspective, equities emerged from the recession under-priced but have gained ground and now are at or near fairly-priced levels. Good returns from stocks in the future will come from selection rather than market increases and valuations — selecting specific securities which have a sustainable competitive advantage to generate growth and earnings. In terms of U.S. equities, the forum recommends an over-weighting in large capitalization versus mid- and small-cap companies favouring the technology, finance, consumer, discretionary, industrials and health care sectors, and the U.S. dollar, and an under-emphasis on commodity–related securities, including selected oil and gas and materials producers.

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TORONTO - Despite some end-ofyear declines, investors appear eager to build on the overall gains of 2014 as markets begin their first full week of trading in the new year. “Traders will probably be shaking off the doom and gloom of the last couple of weeks and starting the year fresh and with a better perspective,” says Paul Vaillancourt, executive vicepresident of private wealth at Calgarybased Fiera Capital. On the Toronto Stock Exchange, the mood improved early as the TSX rebounded to a triple-digit gain on Friday after closing out 2014 with a small decline on Wednesday. The TSX ended 2014 in positive territory, up seven per cent overall, although down from its highs of the year and an almost 10 per cent advance in 2013. On Friday, the S&P/TSX composite index finished the first trading day of the year up 121.21 points at 14,753.65. Vaillancourt said that a lot of what will be driving equity markets in 2015 is an anticipated strong performance from the U.S. economy, which seems on track with its recovery. This will likely lead to a similarly positive showing in the Canadian economy and may be enough to offset the plunge in crude prices, should it continue. “The U.S. economy is going to continue its strong leadership and our view is that Canada will benefit on the export side, clearly not the energy export side, but manufacturing and so on,” he said. “(Traders realize low oil) is not the end of the world.” New York markets, although down slightly on Friday to start the year, also finished 2014 on the plus side, with the Dow ringing out 2014 up 7.5 per cent year over year, the Nasdaq finishing 13.4 per cent higher and the S&P 500 up 11.4 per cent. Markets advanced last year even as the U.S. Federal Reserve wrapped up its massive program of buying bonds — a program that has helped keep interest rates low and been a huge aid in the recovery of stock markets since the 2008 financial collapse. Investors have come around to accept that the Fed will move to start hiking rates, likely around the middle of 2015. However, traders will take

note of Fed minutes being released Wednesday from the central bank’s last meeting on Dec. 16-17. They will be looking for additional assurance that the Fed will continue to exercise patience as to the timing of its rate hike. Even more importantly, they will look to the latest U.S. jobs data for December for signs that employment growth remains strong, helped by crude oil prices which have fallen more than 50 per cent in recent months. “What we’re assuming is that job growth will remain resilient as lower oil prices ignite additional hiring in other sectors of the economy,” said an analyst note from Scotiabank Global Economics. Vaillancourt said if traders get the data they want, markets will likely continue to lift. “The bottom line is that we’ll see a continuation and confirmation of what we’ve been seeing: pretty solid velocity for the U.S. economy not only as it translates to Wall Street, but also to Main Street,” he said. Crude prices will remain a big story in 2015, as oil prices have continued to slide towards fresh five-year lows. In June, oil was as high as US$107 a barrel, but has since tumbled more than 50 per cent due to low demand and a global oversupply. On Friday, the February crude contract on the New York Mercantile Exchange was down 58 cents at US$52.69 a barrel. Vaillancourt said it’s difficult to predict commodity prices due to potential geopolitical risks that don’t always hinge on supply and demand. Regardless, he expects oil to climb back to at least US$70 a barrel in 2015. “That’s where we could see things levelling out in the new year,” he said. In Canada, a slew of economic data will also be released including the new housing price index due out Thursday and the latest housing starts and building permit figures set for release on Friday. “This trio of housing reports is expected to show the sector is still in decent shape,” said a commentary by BMO Capital Markets. There will also be the latest employment figures from Statistics Canada out on Friday, with analysts expecting to see an addition of 10,000 jobs in December.

Low and middle wage non-compete clauses scrutinized BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ATLANTA — Fast food worker Caitlin Turowski had this much in common with high-paid CEOs: When she quit her job, she couldn’t work for a competitor. Hired as a delivery driver for sandwich maker Jimmy John’s and later made an assistant manager, Turowski said she signed a two-year non-competition agreement banning her from working for sandwich-making rivals within three miles of a Jimmy John’s store. Burned out by long hours and low pay, Turowski quit in July, then took a pay cut to work in insurance telemarketing. She could earn more waitressing or bartending, but fears being sued. “We’re struggling,” said Turowski, now a plaintiff challenging alleged wage violations and the non-compete agreement. Non-competition agreements are better known in contracts for senior executives who have business secrets of interest to competitors. However, court records show the restrictions have also snared maids in Chicago, a nail stylist in Texas, cable TV installers in Michigan and agricultural workers in Washington. In October, Democrats in Congress asked the U.S. Federal Trade Commission and Department of Labor to investigate. The agreements for low-wage workers might trap them in their current jobs, allowing their employers to pay them lower salaries, experts said. “It has a chilling effect on people actually going out and trying to seek jobs because they fear getting sued,” said Kathleen Chavez, an attorney for Turowski and others. “This is not like a high-wage, skilled worker who says, ’OK, let them sue me. I’ll defend myself.”’ Employers might seek noncompetition agreements because they fear

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losing money training a worker who quits or who brings business secrets to a rival. “You certainly wouldn’t want anyone to know in the competitive landscape what’s around the corner,” Home Depot spokesman Stephen Holmes said. The retailer signs non-competes with senior executives. Researchers say there’s evidence non-competes limit pay for executives, and the same trend could hold for the rank-and-file. “If you can’t leave, you don’t have leverage,” said Matthew Marx, a professor at MIT’s Sloan School of Management. States differ on enforcement. Almost three dozen states allow judges to rewrite defective non-competition agreements, according to Russell Beck, a corporate law attorney who conducts national reviews. In a few states, he said, judges can strike problematic restrictions but keep the rest of the deal. Just under half-a-dozen states require that judges completely toss non-compete agreements if any part of it is legally flawed. Three states ban the agreements. It’s unclear how many workers are subject to the deals. “The idea that they’re only for highskilled workers is only wishful thinking,” said Evan Starr, a labour economist at the University of Illinois. He’s started analyzing results from a survey asking more than 11,500 people across the workforce about noncompetition agreements. “Workers just sign them — they don’t even think twice about it.” Jimmy John’s employees cannot work for any employer that gets more than 10 per cent of its revenue from selling sandwiches within three miles of a Jimmy John’s shop, according to a version of the agreement filed in court. Jimmy John’s officials did not return messages seeking comment, and it’s unclear whether the company has enforced the non-competes.

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Cosby’s Ontario shows set to go ahead despite opposition BY THE CANADIAN PRESS

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Luke Evans, center, plays Bard in the fantasy adventure The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies, a production of New Line Cinema and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures.

The Hobbit maintains top spot BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK — Hollywood kicked off the New Year on a positive note, with three films vying closely for the weekend box-office title that nevertheless remained with The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies for the third straight week. Peter Jackson’s Middle-earth finale took in $21.9 million for Warner Bros. in North American theatres, according to studio estimates Sunday, narrowly edging out the Disney musical Into the Woods ($19.1 million) and Angelina Jolie’s World War II tale Unbroken ($18.4 million) from Universal. The weekend’s lone new wide-release, the Relativity Media horror sequel The Woman in Black 2: Angel of Death, landed in fourth place with $15.1 million. The first weekend of 2015 gave Hollywood the chance to begin turning the page on a rough 2014 in which box-office revenue slid 5 per cent and attendance dropped to its lowest level in nearly 20 years. With a closely contested weekend at the multiplexes, overall business was strong, up 5.5 per cent from the same weekend last year, according to box-office firm Rentrak. In its second week of limited release, Sony Pictures’ The Interview earned an estimated $1.1 million theatrically. A representative for Sony said digital figures likely wouldn’t be announced Sunday. In its first four days of online streaming and sale, the comedy made $15 million, Sony said last week. Since then, the film has expanded to videoon-demand via cable operators and

on more digital platforms like Apple’s iTunes. Several Oscar contenders began to attract larger numbers of moviegoers, as Hollywood’s awards season picks up stream. The Golden Globes are Sunday, Jan. 11. Playing at 754 theatres, The Imitation Game, the Weinstein Co.’s codebreaker thriller about World War II hero Alan Turing took in $8.1 million in its sixth week. The Reese Witherspoon drama Wild also added $4.5 million for a five-week $25.8 million total. Estimated ticket sales for Friday through Sunday at U.S. and Canadian theatres, according to Rentrak. Where available, the latest international numbers are also included. Final domestic figures will be released Monday. 1. The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies, $21.9 million ($52.5 million international). 2. Into the Woods $19.1 million ($1 million international). 3. Unbroken, $18.4 million ($2.3 million international). 4. The Woman in Black 2: Angel of Death, $15.1 million ($3.5 million international). 5. Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb, $14.5 million ($26 million international). 6. Annie, $11.4 million ($4.2 million international). 7. The Imitation Game, $8.1 million ($6.5 million international). 8. The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1, $7.7 million ($5.3 million international). 9. The Gambler, $6.3 million. 10. Big Hero 6, $4.8 million ($20.2 million international).

Maureen Dragasevich still has fond memories of gathering with her family to listen to Bill Cosby’s jokes as a kid. When she heard the comedian would be performing in Ontario, she and her siblings bought tickets to a show as a birthday present for their father, all in an attempt to relive what was once a family tradition. But after a flood of sexual abuse allegations against Cosby in recent weeks, Dragasevich and her family have decided not to attend the performance, joining a growing number who are speaking out against his three scheduled appearances in Canada. “Given the fact that he’s played Mr. Jell-O Pudding and Dr. Huxtable, I think we kind of find it harder to believe,” said the 59-year-old Aurora, Ont., resident. “But we hold him accountable for his behaviour and his behaviour is disgusting.” Cosby’s image has been pummelled in recent weeks by a flurry of allegations that he drugged women and sexually assaulted them, with some accusations dating back to the 1970s. He has never been criminally charged in connection with the accusations, and his lawyer has denied many of them. Cosby also settled a lawsuit in 2005 with a Pennsylvania woman who said he drugged and fondled her. The 77-year-old, who is in the midst of a stand-up concert tour, has had to deal with the cancellation or postponement of at least 10 of his shows as the scandal continues to swirl, but his appearances in three Ontario cities seem set to go ahead, despite local opposition. Cosby is set to perform in Kitchener on Jan. 7, London on Jan. 8 and he’ll appear in Hamilton on Jan 9. He has had little to say publicly about his scandal, although he did tell a Florida newspaper last month that “a guy doesn’t have to answer to innuendos.” His wife has also stepped forward, calling Cosby kind, generous and a wonderful husband and father. The Ontario venues hosting Cosby have said his shows are being handled entirely by an external agent, which has indicated the events are still going ahead. The Chicago-based Innovation Arts and Entertainment said Cosby’s representatives had informed them the

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comedian “has every intent to perform these events.” “While we understand and empathize this is a difficult time, we hope it is understood that both the venues and IAE are legally obligated to proceed as it applies to our commitments,” it said in a statement. “We would face crippling legal obstacles for violation.” The Ontario venues have also emphasized their contractual obligations to allow the shows to continue. One venue — Kitchener’s Centre In The Square, where the first show is set to take place — addressed residents’ anger directly. “While we may personally share concerns raised by the community, if The Centre forces a cancellation of this rental show it isn’t simply a situation of giving back the rent,” it said in a blog post, noting that it would also need to pay any “guarantee fee” to Cosby, compensate the promoter for box office losses and show expenses, and refund patrons. After noting the venue’s stance, a handful of Kitchener residents came up with a way to demonstrate their opposition by holding an alternative event, which will run at the same time as Cosby’s show, with proceeds going to two women’s crisis support centres in the region. “Too often we fail survivors of sexual assault, we shame them, we blame them, we doubt their experiences and so it’s in moments like this that we have an opportunity to stand in support of survivors in our community,” said Sara Casselman, a spokeswoman for the Sexual Assault Support Centre of Waterloo Region, which will be benefiting from the event. The event — called Voices Carry — was triggered by a local broadcaster musing on Twitter about whether an alternative fundraiser could be pulled together. Those who’ve purchased tickets to Cosby’s show can gain free admission. Meanwhile, in London, Ont., where Cosby is to perform a day later, a women’s centre is organizing a protest against the comedian. “We’re appalled that any Canadian city would host Bill Cosby,” said Megan Walker, executive director of the London Abused Women’s Centre. “Allowing Bill Cosby to perform in London is completely contradictory to the support this community has continued to give to women abused by men.”

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Unstoppable Canadians to play for gold PETAN SCORES HAT-TRICK SETTING UP MEETING FOR GOLD WITH RUSSIA BY THE CANADIAN PRESS

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Canada forward Nic Petan scores his second goal of the game past Slovakia goalie Denis Godla during second period semifinal hockey action at the IIHF World Junior Championships in Toronto on Sunday.

Canada 5, Slovakia 1 TORONTO - Fans at Air Canada Centre sweated through a tense first period and watched Slovak goaltender Denis Godla make save after save. By the time Canada’s world junior team pulled away in the third, the crowd was able to exhale and chant: “We Want Russia,” “We Want Gold” and even sing a full rendition of “O Canada.” In beating Slovakia 5-1 Sunday night in the semifinals, Canada emerged from its first adversity of the tournament to reach the gold-medal game. The showdown with Russia is one the Canadians are more prepared for than they were through the first five games. “We thought it was good for us to have that game tonight,” coach Benoit Groulx said. “You’ve got to know how to play in a tournament (in) that type of game. We kept our calm, we made some mistakes but I think we will learn from it.” Canada learned any team is vulnerable to a hot goaltender in a singleelimination tournament as Godla was spectacular in stopping 39 of the 44 shots he faced. But Nic Petan had a hat trick, Shea Theodore and Anthony Duclair each added a goal, Connor McDavid recorded three assists and Zach Fucale made 14 saves to ensure the end of Canada’s world junior medal drought that dated back to 2012. “This is something I dream of, getting this opportunity,” said McDavid, who insisted he was fine after colliding with linemate Curtis Lazar in the third period and hesitating to get up. “Have this in front of us tomorrow, can’t look too far ahead. You have a great Russian team ahead of us.” Even though these are teenagers who weren’t even born when Russia was the Soviet Union, players know full well the history of the rivalry between these two countries. It will get another chapter Monday night. “That rivalry that’s been together since the ‘72 Summit Series that I’ve been told about and see highlights of all the time, it’s going to be something special,” defenceman Joe Hicketts said. “It’s an honour for me to get to wear the Maple Leaf in that game.” Russian coach Valeri Bragin said facing Canada was “the best thing for all of the hockey community” and called Russia-Canada a “hockey classic.” Canada will only get to take part in

this classic final because it shook off some early struggles against Slovakia. Players knew their opponent would be much tougher than they were in an 8-0 rout on Boxing Day, and it took some time before Canada was able to assert its talent advantage and physical dominance. “They hung around for a lot longer, I guess, than a lot of people would have expected,” defenceman Josh Morrissey said. “For us, we just kept going, we didn’t get frustrated. That was our main focus on the bench was not to get too frustrated and just play. We knew that if we kept doing the right things, they would come.” They did, led by McDavid and Petan, who was bumped up to the second line and rewarded Groulx and his staff. Petan said it was an unbelievable feeling to see hats come down from many of the 18,002 in attendance, including his father. Just a half-hour after Canada finished the job against Slovakia, the attention was already on Russia. The Russians, who beat Sweden earlier Sunday, are standing between Canada and its first gold medal in this tournament since 2009 in Ottawa. “That’s going to be a tough game,” Russia’s Rinat Valiev said. “I saw a couple games, they’re very skilled. But we played against Canada before so I’m not scared to play against (them).” Canada and Russia last met for gold in 2011 in Buffalo. Russian forward Ivan Barbashev said fans all over that country remember the comeback from down 3-0 for the 5-3 victory, a game Canadians would much rather forget. “It was unreal,” Barbashev said. “We have a pretty good team this year and we can beat anyone.” This was the first time in history Canada and Slovakia faced off in the world junior semifinals. When it was still a one-goal game 20 minutes in, Petan wasn’t surprised because he and his teammates were prepared for a tight matchup. “Some teams do take teams lightly,” Petan said. “The biggest thing was not taking them lightly. After the first game obviously they got better on in the tournament.” This is a better Canadian team, too, even though Petan called the first period the worst of the tournament. After being tied in shots 6-6, Canada put 38 on net to Slovakia’s nine the rest of the way. By the time Duclair scored early in the third, there was a palpable sense of relief in the arena.

Russia punches ticket to gold medal game SHAROV SCORES TWICE TO LIFT TEAM OVER SWEDES BY THE CANADIAN PRESS Russia 4 Sweden 1 TORONTO - Alexander Sharov scored twice to lead Russia to the gold medal game at the world junior hockey championship with a 4-1 win over Sweden on Sunday. The Russians will play the either Canada or Slovakia on Monday night at Air Canada Centre. Ziat Paigin and Maxim Mamin had the other Russian goals. Lucas Wallmark scored the lone goal for Sweden. New York Rangers draft pick Igor Shestyorkin made 26 saves in the win while Linus Soderstrom stopped 27 shots in the loss. It was the third time in the last four years the two countries met in a semifinal at the Under-20 tournament. Sweden had won the previous two meetings. Russia scored twice a little over a minute apart in the second period. Sharov opened the scoring with his third of the tournament at 11:18 putting an Anatoli Golyshev feed past Soderstrom.

Paigin made it 2-0 lead at 12:50 onetiming a feed from Toronto Maple Leafs prospect Rinat Valiev for his first of the tournament. Vyacheslav Leshenko had an excellent chance to give the Russians a 3-0 lead with just 39 seconds remaining in the period, but Soderstrom got his shoulder on it to direct it over the net. Sharov’s second of the game 1:31 into the third put it out of reach. The 19-year-old draft-eligible forward picked up a pass from Vladimir Bryukvin and beat Soderstrom with a wrist shot. Wallmark got Sweden on the board with his fourth of the tournament at 11:30 of the third. However, Mamin put home the rebound off of Ivan Fishenko’s shot at 12:39 restoring Russia’s three-goal lead with his second goal of the tournament. Sweden, which won silver losing to Finland at the gold medal game at the tournament last year, now has a shot at bronze on Monday. Sweden also defeated Russia 3-2 during the preliminary round on Dec. 29. Russia won Bronze at last year’s event defeating Canada 2-1.

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Russia’s Maxim Mamin scores on Sweden’s Linus Soderstrom during third period semifinal hockey action at the IIHF World Junior Championship in Toronto on Sunday.

Rebels battle back from two-goal deficit to win BY ADVOCATE STAFF Rebels 3 Hurricanes 2 (SO) LETHBRIDGE — The new-look Lethbridge Hurricanes, under the guidance of GM/head coach Peter Anholt since mid-December, presented the visiting Red Deer Rebels with a major test Saturday. The ‘Canes, with rookie netminder Stuart Skinner coming off a 40-save-performance in a 5-3 road loss to the Edmonton Oil Kings the night before and looking stellar once again, led 2-0 less than seven minutes into the contest. But Rebels netminder Taz Burman never allowed another regulation-time goal as his teammates battled back to force a scoreless overtime and then prevailed in a shootout for a 3-2 Western Hockey League victory. “We battled hard, it was a tough game,” said Rebels GM/head coach Brent Sutter. “Lethbridge was certainly a different team, they played a much more structured and heavier game and their goaltender was very good for them. “But I thought Burms played very well for us too. He was really good. It was kind of a goaltenders duel and a well-played game by both teams.” The Hurricanes opened the scoring just 2:04 into

the game when Miles Warkentine potted his second goal of the season, and struck again at 6:43, with Taylor Cooper pulling the trigger. “We got behind early but we stayed with our game,” said Sutter. “It was just one of those nights when we had to stay with it and stay with it. It was a hard-fought, tough game.” Defenceman Nelson Nogier got the visitors on the board with his second goal of the season late in the second period and Presten Kopeck connected with 1:51 remaining in the third period to pull the Rebels even. Nothing was settled during the five-minute overtime session and Burman stopped five of the six shooters he faced in the ensuing shootout. Brooks Maxwell and rearguard Brett Cote, with the clincher, beat Skinner in the one-on-one competition. Burman finished with 31 saves through 65 minutes, while Skinner turned aside 36 shots. The win came on the heels of back-to-back Red Deer losses, including Friday’s 5-3 defeat to the visiting Kootenay Ice in which Rebels netminder Rylan Toth struggled and was replaced by Burman late in the second period. “The tough part about Friday’s game was that it was there for us because we actually played very

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Isles lose fifth straight in Edmonton OILERS HAVE AT LEAST ONE POINT IN FOUR STRAIGHT GAMES, WIN NINTH THIS SEASON BY THE CANADIAN PRESS Oilers 5, Islanders 2 EDMONTON - The Edmonton Oilers really had no place to go but up, however any progress in the right direction is welcome this season. Matt Hendricks scored a pair of goals as the Edmonton Oilers snapped a two-game losing skid with a 5-2 victory over the visiting New York Islanders on Sunday. Jordan Eberle, Derek Roy and Matt Fraser also scored for the Oilers (9-229), who won for just the third time in their past 25 games. Edmonton is, however, 2-0-2 in its last four games since interim head coach Todd Nelson took sole possession of the Oilers bench, with general manager Craig MacTavish moving back upstairs. Hendricks said there has been a noticeable difference in the team of late. “We’ve talked about our team game. It’s been improving night in and night out,” he said. “The practices have been improving. There is more energy in the room right now and you can just sense that we have been knocking on the doorstep the last few games. A couple of overtime losses and a shootout win. It was a big team effort tonight and a good feeling.” Eberle agreed that the Oilers seem to be getting out from under the dark cloud that has seen them sitting in last place in the NHL for the bulk of the season.

“We’re playing a more aggressive style,” he said. “We have a bit better of an identity as to the way we want to play right now. It’s obviously turning into some wins. When you win it gives you more confidence in playing that way.” Coach Nelson was also pleased to win a game in regulation as his team had gone to extra time in its three previous outings. “It’s a relief,” he said. “It was nice to get the goal support tonight and Ben (Scrivens) was very good in net and made some very timely saves. There were a lot of really solid efforts from a number of individuals.” Johnny Boychuk and Brock Nelson replied with the goals for the Islanders (26-12-1), who saw a three-game winning streak come to an end. “We were slow coming out and we let them do some things they wanted to do. Give them some credit, but it was slow and out-worked and just not good enough,” said Islanders captain John Tavares. “It starts with me and being on for three goals against isn’t acceptable either. We need a better effort than that, I don’t care how good things have been going. We can’t get complacent, we just didn’t play very well.” New York head coach Jack Capuano inferred that there were a number of players on his team that seemed to have taken a night off. “I thought we had some guys that were downright pretty bad,” he said. “We gave them three gifts and an empty-netter. We were physical, we did a

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New York Islanders Jaroslav Halak makes a save on Edmonton Oilers Taylor Hall during second period NHL hockey action in Edmonton, on Sunday January 4, 2015. lot of good things, but at the end of the day it’s about execution and there are some guys that need to look in the mirror.” The Islanders are, nonetheless, 7-2-1 in their last 10 games. Edmonton started the scoring with three minutes left in the first period as newly-acquired Rob Klinkhammer stole the puck from Islanders goalie Jaroslav Halak behind the net and got it to Hendricks, who looped in front

and deposited it into the wide-open net. It was the first time in seven games that the Islanders allowed a first-period goal. New York had 10 shots on Oilers starter Scrivens in the opening frame, to five for Edmonton on Halak. The Oilers made it 2-0 eight seconds into the second period as Taylor Hall made a nice cross-ice pass to an unmarked Eberle, who scored his eighth of the season stick-side on Halak.

Jones wins grudge match over Cormier at UFC 182 BY THE CANADIAN PRESS LAS VEGAS - Light-heavyweight champion Jon (Bones) Jones won a five-round grudge match with Daniel (DC) Cormier at UFC 182 on Saturday night, coming on strong in the later rounds of a gruelling, relentless fight often contested in the clinch. Cormier moved forward like a land shark in the early rounds. But Jones looked fresher in the fourth and fifth rounds, controlling the tired challenger and blunting his arsenal. All three judges scored it 49-46 for Jones, who made his eighth straight successful title defence. FightMetric had Jones leading Cormier 92-58 in significant strikes, connecting more in every round but the second. “All the crap (Cormier) talks, it motivated me,” Jones said after the fight while wearing a T-shirt that read “Unbroken.” “I do not like DC,” he added. Said Cormier: “I know I lost and Jon won.” Both fighters were classy at the postfight news conference, with Cormier wiping away tears as he said he would be back. Jones (21-1) and Cormier (15-1) each earned US$50,000 bonuses for fight of the night. The bad blood between the two made the showdown one of the UFC’s most anticipated in recent memory. UFC president Dana White said the card drew more than 750,000 pay-perview buys. The arena gate was $3.7 million. Jones’ immediate future is a date with the winner of the bout between No. 1 contender Alexander (The Mauler) Gustafsson and No. 3 Anthony (Rumble) Johnson. After that, there aren’t too many challenges left in the division. In the co-main event before 11,575 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena, veteran lightweight Donald (Cowboy) Cerrone schooled the previous unbeaten Myles (Fury) Jury in a unanimous (30-27, 3027, 30-27) decision. Cormier, wearing a T-shirt saying “King of the Grind,” walked out first to “Right Above It” By Lil Wayne and Drake. His cornermen wore “Break Bones” T-shirts. The challenger entered the cage to cheers. Then came Jones, a champion who has yet to win over many fans despite his dominance in the cage. He came in to mostly boos and a mix that included Nelly’s “Hot in Here” and “The Champ is Here” by Jadakiss. Cormier paced in the cage as the

relaxed champion, showing a few dance steps along the way, entered the arena. Burly security officials kept themselves between the two 205-pound fighters before the introductions. The two touched gloves, after a brief delay, and then went at it. The five-foot-11 Cormier, ranked second among light-heavyweight contenders, was giving up five inches in height and 12 in reach. Cormier said he would come right at Jones and he did. But Jones gave as good as he got, kicking Cormier’s feet out from under him. They exchanged blows in the clinch. When they separated, Jones scored with body punches. The champion thrust his arm in the air as the round ended. In the second, Jones stuffed a takedown. Cormier continued to go for the clinch, blood oozing from his face as he tried to dirty-box Jones, who countered with short elbows. The crowd chanted DC as the challenger got Jones’ attention with uppercuts. “Use your wrestling with the dogfighting,” Cormier’s coach Javier Mendez yelled between rounds. Cormier was poked in the eye in third, promoting a delay. The crowd booed as they saw the replay of Jones’ hand in Cormier’s face. Jones apologized. Again, the action was intense and often in-close. Cormier scored with blows near the end of the round, with Jones pulling guard as it ended. Jones took Cormier down twice in the fourth at the fence, the first takedowns in Cormier’s UFC career. He eventually got back up but looked tired as Jones leaned on him. The champion began to control the clinch and dumped Cormier on his back as the round ended. Cormier turned it up as the fight ended. He picked Jones up and slammed him to the canvas in the final minute but the champion got right back up. Jones converted three of five takedowns while Cormier, a former Olympic wrestler, was one of eight. Referee Herb Dean had to separate the two as the horn sounded, with Cormier seemingly launching a late punch. Jones put his arms in the air, while an exhausted Cormier leaned against the fence. Both men came into the fight unbeaten, although Jones has a loss by disqualification on his record. That came in December 2009 for an illegal elbow that was thrown when opponent Matt (The Hammer) Hamill was beaten and broken. The two fighters came to blows at

a news conference in August, a melee that left a security official with a broken rib and both fighter facing fines and community service. The bad blood has continued to boil since their first meeting, when Cormier insisted Jones disrespected him. Jones disputes that view, saying Cormier took offence at a joke. While the two kept their cool at Friday’s weigh-in, the war of words continued backstage. The 27-year-old Jones stepped into the cage having ruled the 205-pound division for 1,386 days, a record in the weight class. He had won 11 straight, the longest active streak in the UFC. The 35-year-old Cormier, who won the Strikeforce heavyweight Grand Prix tournament, came into the bout having outstruck all his opponents in the UFC and Strikeforce. The 31-year-old Cerrone, ranked fourth among lightweight contenders, came into the fight having won five in a row. No. 8 Jury had won six straight in the UFC. Jury took Cerrone down early but found himself in deep water after Cerrone, following an omoplata submission attempt from the bottom, reversed position and took Jury’s back. Jury fought off a rear-naked choke and then an armbar as the round ended. Cerrone (26-6 with one no contest) stalked Jury for the next two rounds, lashing him with kicks while stuffing takedowns. He landed a head kick on Jury (15-1) in the third, drawing oohs from the crowd. Jury finished the fight on his back, eating eight vicious leg kicks from Cerrone, who clearly wanted to make a statement against the highly touted 26-year-old. Welterweight Hector Lombard, a 12-1 favourite, won a unanimous (30-27, 30-27, 29-28) decision over Josh (The People’s Warrior) Burkman, who took a pounding as the bout wore on. Burkman’s right leg looked like someone had taken a hammer to it. The 36-year-old Lombard, a fivefoot-11 slab of muscle ranked sixth among welterweight contenders, competed for Cuba in judo at the 2000 Olympics. Lombard (35-4-1 with one no contest) showed a lot of tools and savvy in handling Burkman. Burkman’s last outing in the UFC was in 2008. The 34-year-old from Utah went 9-2 outside the organization to earn his ticket back against a fighter that few wanted to face. Burkman (28-11) backed himself in the fight, betting US$1,000 that he would stage the upset. Had he disposed of Lombard, he would have gone home

some $5,000 richer, money he planned to use to start a college fund for a second son due Jan. 10. “I had the worst camp of my life,” said Burkman. “I sprained my ankle, I hurt my hip, dislocated a rib and got sick so I had to go on antibiotics. But I’m a man of my word and I signed to fight Hector Lombard and that’s exactly what I did.” The UFC allows fighters to bet on themselves to win. After the fight, Lombard said he would like to fight Canadian Rory MacDonald next. Japan’s Kyoji Horiguchi, ranked 11th among flyweight contenders, put on a crisp performance in dispatching Louis (Goodnight) Gaudinot (6-4 with one no contest) via a unanimous (29-28, 30-27, 30-27) decision. Horiguchi (15-1) extended his winning streak to nine, including four straight in the UFC. Brad Tavares (13-4) handled veteran middleweight Nate (The Great) Marquardt (36-13-2) with relative ease in winning a unanimous (30-27, 30-27, 3027) decision that did not merit the boos from the crowd. Tavares peppered the 35-year-old Marquardt, a former Strikeforce welterweight champion who is back at 185 pounds, with jabs and kicks in an impressive outing. Marquardt’s left thigh was covered by ugly red welts after his 18th UFC fight. There were impressive performances on the undercard from lightweight Paul (The Irish Dragon) Felder and bantamweight Cody (No Love) Garbrandt. Felder (10-0) knocked out veteran lightweight Danny (Last Call) Castillo (17-8) with a spectacular spinning back fist at 2:09 of the second round. Castillo, knocked out cold, eventually had to be helped onto a stool. He earned a $50,000 bonus for performance of the night. Felder, from Philadelphia, won a split decision over Canadian Jason Saggo in Halifax last time out. Garbrandt (6-0) knocked out Marcus (The Bama Beast) Brimage with 10 seconds remaining in an all-action 135-pound fight. The 23-year-old Garbrandt, who went 32-1 as an amateur boxer, floored Brimage (7-4) with a left and a right in the third-latest stoppage of a threeround UFC bantamweight fight. He said later he thought he broke his hand in the first round. Heavyweight Shawn Jordan also picked up a $50,000 bonus for performance of the night in a KO win over Jared Cannonier.

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SCOREBOARD Local Sports Monday

● Women’s basketball: Storm vs. Shooting Stars, Triple Threat vs. Funk, 7:15 and 8:30 p.m., Lindsay Thurber; Big Ballers vs. TBC, Young Guns vs. Rampage, 7:15 and 8:30 p.m., Central Alberta Christian; Hoosier Daddy vs. Xpress, 7:15 p.m., Lindsay Thurber new.

Tuesday

● Senior high basketball: Lindsay Thurber at Notre Dame, Hunting Hills at Lacombe, Sylvan Lake at Rocky Mountain House, Stettler at Ponoka; girls at 6 p.m., boys to follow.

Wednesday

● JV basketball: Innisfail at Lindsay Thurber, Notre Dame at Sylvan Lake, Camrose at Ponoka, Hunting Hills at Stettler, Wetaskiwin at Lacombe; girls at 6 p.m., boys to follow. ● Heritage junior B hockey: Blackfalds at Ponoka, 7:45 p.m.

Thursday

● College women’s hockey: NAIT at RDC, 7 p.m., Arena. ● Bantam AA hockey: Red Deer Steel Kings at Lacombe, 7:15 p.m.

Friday

● College volleyball: Lethbridge at RDC; women at 6 p.m., men to follow. ● Peewee AA hockey: Olds at Lacombe, 6 p.m. ● College men’s hockey: Concordia at RDC, 7 p.m., Penhold Regional Multiplex. ● WHL: Red Deer at Kootenay, 7 p.m. (The Drive). ● AJHL: Sherwood Park at Olds, 7 p.m. Heritage junior B hockey: Three Hills at Stettler, 7:30 p.m. ● Minor midget AAA hockey: Calgary Blackhawks at Red Deer Aero Equipment, 8 p.m., Arena. ● Midget AA hockey: Airdrie at Sylvan Lake, 8:15 p.m. ● Chinook senior hockey: Bentley at Innisfail, 8:30 p.m.

Saturday

● Major midget girls hockey: Rocky Mountain at Red Deer, 12:30 p.m., Collicutt Centre. ● College volleyball: Lethbridge at RDC, women at 1 p.m., men to follow. ● Minor midget AAA hockey: Calgary Blazers at Red Deer Aero Equipment, 2 p.m., Arena. ● Bantam AA hockey: Southwest at Red Deer Ramada, 2:30 p.m., Kinex; Lethbridge at Lacombe, 5:45 p.m. ● Peewee AA hockey: Lethbridge Red at Sylvan Lake, 3:30 p.m., Caroline. ● Major bantam girls hockey: Southeast at Red Deer, 4:30 p.m., Kinsmen B. ● Midget AA hockey: Lacombe at Red Deer Indy Graphics, 4:45 p.m., Arena; Lethbridge at Olds, 7:30 p.m. ● WHL: Brandon at Red Deer, 7 p.m., Centrium. ● Heritage junior B hockey: Mountainview at Stettler, 7:30 p.m.

Sunday

● Major bantam hockey: Red Deer White at Red Deer Black, noon, Arena. ● Major midget girls hockey: Lloydminster at Red Deer, 12:45 p.m., Collicutt Centre. ● Bantam AA hockey: Southwest at Sylvan Lake, 1:30 p.m., Caroline; Lethbridge at Red Deer Ramada, 2 p.m., Kinsmen A. ● Peewee AA hockey: Airdrie at Red Deer Parkland, 1:30 p.m., Kinex; Cranbrook at Sylvan Lake, 3 p.m., Eckville. ● AJHL: Brooks at Olds, 2 p.m. ● Heritage junior B hockey: Okotoks at Ponoka, 2 p.m.; Banff at Red Deer, 6 p.m., Arena. ● Midget AA hockey: Taber at Lacombe, 2 p.m. ● Midget AAA hockey: Sherwood Park at Red Deer, 3 p.m., Arena.

Transactions Sunday’s Sports Transactions BASEBALL American League KANSAS CITY ROYALS - Agreed to terms with RHP Ryan Madson on a minor league contract. HOCKEY National Hockey League NHL - Fined the Philadelphia Flyers an undisclosed amount for violating the collective bargaining agreement by travelling during the Dec. 24-26 holiday break. ARIZONA COYOTES - Recalled G Louis Domingue from Gwinnett (ECHL) to Portland (AHL). EDMONTON OILERS - Returned C Leon Draisaitl to Prince Albert (WHL). NEW YORK ISLANDERS - Recalled D Loic Leduc from Stockton (ECHL) to Bridgeport (AHL). American Hockey League CHARLOTTE CHECKERS - Recalled F Alex Aleardi from Florida (ECHL). HARTFORD WOLF PACK - Signed D Dallas Jackson to a professional tryout agreement. Announced the N.Y. Rangers assigned G Jason Missiaen from Hartford to Greenville (ECHL). ECHL ECHL - Suspended Allen D Garrett Clarke indefinitely. MISSOURI MAVERICKS - Released G John Griggs. RAPID CITY RUSH - Signed F Andrew Huff.

MONDAY, JAN. 5, 2015

Hockey 2015 IIHF World Junior Championship At Montreal and Toronto PRELIMINARY ROUND Group A GP W OTW OTL L GF GA Pt x-Canada 4 4 0 0 0 21 4 12 x-U.S. 4 2 1 0 1 14 6 8 x-Slovakia 4 2 0 0 2 7 14 6 x-Finland 4 1 0 1 2 5 8 4 Germany 4 0 0 0 4 2 17 0 Group B GP W OTW OTL L GF GA Pt x-Sweden 4 4 0 0 0 18 6 12 x-Czech Rep. 4 1 1 0 2 12 14 5 x-Russia 4 1 1 0 2 13 9 5 x-Denmark 4 0 1 2 1 10 15 4 Switzerland 4 1 0 1 2 9 18 4 x - clinched quarter-final berth. Note: Three points for a regulation win, two for an overtime/shootout win, one for an overtime/shootout loss. PLAYOFFS Sunday’s results Semifinals At Toronto Russia 4 Sweden 1 Canada 5 Slovakia 1 Saturday’s result At Toronto Relegation Game Two Switzerland 5 Germany 2

Sunday’s results Calgary 3 Regina 2 (SO) Seattle at Portland, late

Monday’s games At Toronto Bronze Medal Game Sweden vs. Slovakia, 2 p.m. Gold Medal Game Canada vs. Russia, 6 p.m. Canada 5, Slovakia 1 First Period 1. Canada, Petan 2 (McDavid, Lazar) 4:27 (pp). Penalties - Soltes Svk (tripping) 3:47, Paul Cda (slashing) 8:07, Jaros Svk (tripping) 18:30. Second Period 2. Canada, Petan 3 (Lazar, McDavid) 18:06. 3. Canada, Theodore 1 (Duclair) 19:32. 4. Slovakia, Soltes 1 (Paulovic) 19:57. Penalties - Morin Cda (high-sticking) 9:03, Petras Svk (interference) 11:51. Third Period 5. Canada, Duclair 3 (Nurse, Reinhart) 2:47. 6. Canada, Petan 4 (Lazar, McDavid) 11:59 (pp). Penalties - Point Cda (hooking) 3:13, Skalicky Svk (hooking) 4:06, Soltes Svk (slashing) 4:45, Jaros Svk (tripping) 10:15. Shots on goal by Canada 6 16 22 44 Slovakia 6 5 4 15 Goal - Canada: Fucale (W, 4-0-0); Slovakia: Godla (L, 3-3-0). Power plays (goals-chances) - Canada: 2-6; Slovakia: 0-3. Referees - Roman Gofman (Russia), Konstantin Olenin (Russia). Linesmen - Gleb Lazarev (Russia), Andreas Malmqvist (Sweden). Attendance - 18,002 at Toronto. Russia 4, Sweden 1 First Period No Scoring. Penalties - Wallmark Swe (hooking) 7:15, Mamin Rus (checking from behind, misconduct) 14:09. Second Period 1. Russia, Sharov 3 (Golyshev, Dergachyov) 11:18. 2. Russia, Paigin 1 (Valiev, Kamenev) 12:50 (pp). Penalties - Bergman Swe (hooking) 0:35, Tolchinski Rus (high-sticking) 0:56, Blidh Swe (interference) 11:24, Aho Swe (holding) 15:46. Third Period 3. Russia, Sharov 4 (Bryukvin, Mamin) 1:31. 4. Sweden, Wallmark 4 (Brodecki, Kempe) 11:30. 5. Russia, Mamin 2 (Fishenko, Bryukvin) 12:39. Penalties - Yudin Rus (holding) 1:52. Shots on goal by Sweden 6 7 14 27 Russia 12 12 7 31 Goal - Sweden: Soderstrom (L, 5-1-0); Russia: Shestyorkin (W, 3-1-0). Power plays (goals-chances) - Sweden: 0-3; Russia: 1-4. Referees - Steve Patafie (U.S.), Tobias Wehrli (Switzerland). Linesmen - Bevan Mills (Canada), Judson Ritter (U.S.). Attendance - 15,400 at Toronto. WHL EASTERN CONFERENCE EAST DIVISION GP W L OTL SOL GF GA Brandon 40 29 7 3 1 183 125 Regina 39 24 12 2 1 148 115 Swift Current 40 19 17 0 4 122 130 Moose Jaw 40 16 20 3 1 120 141 Prince Albert 40 16 23 1 0 111 139 Saskatoon 40 9 28 2 1 109 180 CENTRAL DIVISION

GP W L OTL SOL GF GA Pt Medicine Hat 38 27 9 1 1 153 101 56 Red Deer 40 21 14 3 2 139 131 47 Calgary 39 21 15 1 2 155 122 45 Kootenay 40 21 18 0 1 129 145 43 Edmonton 40 19 16 3 2 119 112 43 Lethbridge 38 9 23 3 3 99 161 24 WESTERN CONFERENCE B.C. DIVISION GP W L OTL SOL GF GA Pt Kelowna 40 31 6 3 0 174 100 65 Victoria 41 20 18 2 1 140 138 43 Vancouver 39 18 19 1 1 120 124 38 Prince George 40 19 21 0 0 123 160 38 Kamloops 42 14 23 3 2 126 161 33 U.S. DIVISION GP W L OTL SOL GF GA Pt Everett 38 23 11 3 1 125 103 50 Spokane 38 21 14 3 0 115 109 45 Portland 40 20 17 0 3 132 134 43 Seattle 38 19 15 2 2 102 102 42 Tri-City 38 18 18 0 2 101 112 38 z-league title; y-conference title;d-division leader; xclinched playoff berth. Note: Division leaders ranked in top three positions per conference regardless of points; a team winning in overtime or shootout is credited with two points and a victory in the W column; the team losing in overtime or shootout receives one point which is registered in the OTL or SOL columns

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39 12 23 4 28 77 102 WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Nashville 38 25 9 4 54 116 88 Chicago 39 26 11 2 54 124 85 St. Louis 39 23 13 3 49 118 99 Winnipeg 39 20 12 7 47 101 93 Dallas 38 18 14 6 42 119 124 Minnesota 37 18 15 4 40 104 106 Colorado 39 15 16 8 38 101 117 Pacific Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Anaheim 41 26 9 6 58 115 110 Vancouver 37 22 12 3 47 109 98 Los Angeles 40 19 12 9 47 112 103 San Jose 39 20 14 5 45 106 103 Calgary 40 21 16 3 45 115 105 Arizona 38 15 19 4 34 92 124 Edmonton 39 8 22 9 25 83 133 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss. Saturday’s Games Ottawa 3, Boston 2, OT Nashville 7, Los Angeles 6, OT New Jersey 5, Philadelphia 2 N.Y. Rangers 6, Buffalo 1 Montreal 4, Pittsburgh 1 Winnipeg 5, Toronto 1 Dallas 7, Minnesota 1 Arizona 6, Columbus 3 Vancouver 4, Detroit 1 St. Louis 7, San Jose 2

Saturday’s results Moose Jaw 8 Prince Albert 2 Everett 6 Saskatoon 2 Brandon 7 Calgary 4 Edmonton 3 Kootenay 1 Red Deer 3 Lethbridge 2 (SO) Medicine Hat 2 Swift Current 1 Kamloops 3 Vancouver 2 (SO) Portland 3 Tri-City 0 Victoria 4 Spokane 2 Kelowna 4 Prince George 3

Sunday’s Games Carolina 2, Boston 1, SO Anaheim 4, Nashville 3, SO Washington 4, Florida 3 Tampa Bay 4, Ottawa 2 Chicago 5, Dallas 4, OT Columbus 4, Colorado 3 Edmonton 5, N.Y. Islanders 2

Tuesday’s games Everett at Brandon, 6 p.m. Calgary at Moose Jaw, 6 p.m. Tri-City at Prince George, 8 p.m.

Tuesday’s Games Buffalo at New Jersey, 5 p.m. Ottawa at Philadelphia, 5 p.m. Tampa Bay at Montreal, 5:30 p.m. Carolina at Nashville, 6 p.m. San Jose at Minnesota, 6 p.m. Colorado at Chicago, 6:30 p.m. Columbus at Dallas, 6:30 p.m. St. Louis at Arizona, 7 p.m. Detroit at Edmonton, 7:30 p.m. N.Y. Islanders at Vancouver, 8 p.m.

Monday’s Games San Jose at Winnipeg, 6 p.m.

Wednesday’s games Everett at Regina, 6 p.m. Calgary at Swift Current, 6 p.m. Moose Jaw at Prince Albert, 6 p.m. Tri-City at Prince George, 8 p.m. Medicine Hat at Victoria, 8:05 p.m. Vancouver at Kelowna, 8:05 p.m. Portland at Spokane, 8:05 p.m.

Oilers 5, Islanders 2 First Period 1. Edmonton, Hendricks 4 (Klinkhammer) 16:59. Penalties - Hall Edm (tripping) 17:47. Second Period 2. Edmonton, Eberle 8 (Hall, Ference) :08. 3. NY Islanders, Boychuk 4 (Leddy, Tavares) 3:41 (pp). Penalties - Ference Edm (hooking) 3:01, Lee NYI (hooking) 17:33, Cizikas NYI (goaltender interference) 18:37. Third Period 4. Edmonton, Roy 2 (unassisted) 2:33. 5. Edmonton, Hendricks 5 (unassisted) 17:30 (en). 6. Edmonton, Fraser 5 (Nikitin, Lander) 17:47. 7. NY Islanders, Nelson 15 (Boychuk, Tavares) 19:29 (pp). Penalties - Ference Edm (hooking) 11:49, Yakupov Edm (slashing) 18:56. Shots on goal by NY Islanders 10 9 14 33 Edmonton 5 14 4 23

Friday, January 9 Everett at Moose Jaw, 6 p.m. Edmonton at Regina, 6 p.m. Swift Current at Prince Albert, 6 p.m. Saskatoon at Lethbridge, 7 p.m. Red Deer at Kootenay, 7 p.m. Kelowna at Kamloops, 8 p.m. Prince George at Victoria, 8:05 p.m. Portland at Spokane, 8:05 p.m. Seattle at Tri-City, 8:05 p.m. Medicine Hat at Vancouver, 8:30 p.m. Saturday, January 10 Everett at Swift Current, 6 p.m. Edmonton at Moose Jaw, 6 p.m. Prince Albert at Regina, 6 p.m. Saskatoon at Kootenay, 7 p.m. Brandon at Red Deer, 7 p.m. Calgary at Lethbridge, 7 p.m. Vancouver at Portland, 8 p.m. Medicine Hat at Kelowna, 8:05 p.m. Kamloops at Spokane, 8:05 p.m. Prince George at Victoria, 8:05 p.m. Sunday, January 11 Brandon at Calgary, 1 p.m. Edmonton at Swift Current, 3 p.m. Tri-City at Seattle, 6:05 p.m.

Goal - NY Islanders: Halak (L, 21-7-0); Edmonton: Scrivens (W, 7-13-7). Power plays (goal-chances) - NY Islanders: 2-4; Edmonton: 0-2. Referees - Dan O’Rourke, Gord Dwyer. Linesmen - Greg Devorski, Jay Sharrers. Attendance - 16,839 at Edmonton.

National Hockey League EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division GP W L OT Pts GF Montreal 39 26 11 2 54 108 Tampa Bay 41 25 12 4 54 134 Detroit 39 20 10 9 49 109 Toronto 40 21 16 3 45 130 Boston 40 19 15 6 44 104 Florida 37 17 11 9 43 87 Ottawa 38 16 15 7 39 102 Buffalo 40 14 23 3 31 77 Metropolitan Division GP W L OT Pts GF N.Y. Islanders 38 26 11 1 53 119 Pittsburgh 39 24 10 5 53 118 Washington 38 20 11 7 47 112 N.Y. Rangers 36 21 11 4 46 113 Columbus 37 17 17 3 37 96 Philadelphia 39 14 18 7 35 106 New Jersey 41 14 20 7 35 90

Blackhawks 5, Stars 4 (OT) First Period 1. Dallas, Ja. Benn 12 (Seguin) 3:59. 2. Chicago, Saad 10 (Toews, Seabrook) 5:14. Penalties - Goligoski Dal (slashing) 12:09. Second Period 3. Dallas, Jo. Benn 1 (Cole, Hemsky) 2:15. 4. Chicago, Kane 19 (Sharp, Hjalmarsson) 3:58. 5. Dallas, Cole 8 (Klingberg, Goligoski) 4:43. 6. Chicago, Bickell 6 (Richards, Hossa) 18:05 (pp). Penalties - Dal Bench (too many men) 8:36, Demers Dal (slashing) 16:32. Third Period 7. Dallas, Cole 9 (Goligoski, Spezza) 4:05. 8. Chicago, Richards 8 (Hossa, Keith) 16:03. Penalties None. Overtime 9. Chicago, Sharp 8 (Keith) 1:17. Penalties None.

GA 89 108 99 122 108 97 105 136 GA 104 94 99 90 119 120 117

Shots on goal by Dallas 8 10 15 1 - 34 Chicago 13 13 10 2 - 38 Goal - Dallas: Lehtonen (LO, 17-8-6); Chicago: Crawford (W, 15-7-2). Power plays (goal-chances) - Dallas: 0-0; Chicago: 1-3. Referees - Marc Joannette, Tom Kowal. Linesmen - Bryan Pancich, Lonnie Cameron. Attendance - 21,884 at Chicago. Lightning 4, Senators 2 First Period 1. Ottawa, Turris 9 (MacArthur, Ceci) :32. Penalties - Gryba Ott (stick holding) 1:40, Karlsson Ott (delay of game) 6:48, Nesterov TB (tripping) 9:54, MacArthur Ott (hooking) 16:04. Second Period 2. Tampa Bay, Hedman 5 (Drouin, Carle) 3:48. 3. Ottawa, Stone 9 (Turris, Karlsson) 7:30. 4. Tampa Bay, Johnson 14 (Kucherov, Stralman) 16:08 (pp). 5. Tampa Bay, Stamkos 21 (Killorn, Hedman) 16:55. Penalties - Carle TB (hooking) 5:26, Ceci Ott (hooking) 14:22. Third Period 6. Tampa Bay, Johnson 15 (Kucherov, Palat) 7:58. Penalties - Chiasson Ott (hooking) 2:43, Phillips Ott (Illegal Check to Head Minor) 5:55, Filppula TB (hooking) 8:41, Hoffman Ott (cross-checking) 16:00, Connolly TB (holding) 16:38, Karlsson Ott (hooking) 17:15, Karlsson Ott (unsportsmanlike conduct) 17:15. Shots on goal by Tampa Bay 10 11 9 30 Ottawa 6 10 6 22 Goal - Tampa Bay: Bishop (W, 19-6-2); Ottawa: Lehner (L, 6-6-2). Power plays (goal-chances) - Tampa Bay: 1-9; Ottawa: 0-3. Referees - Eric Furlatt, Chris Rooney. Linesmen - Derek Nansen, Mark Wheler. Attendance - 16,949 at Ottawa. Ducks 4, Predators 3 (SO) First Period 1. Anaheim, Beleskey 17 (unassisted) 12:15. Penalties None. Second Period 2. Nashville, Ekholm 3 (Ribeiro, Forsberg) 1:38. 3. Anaheim, Perry 15 (Bourque, Getzlaf) 2:52. 4. Nashville, Jones 2 (Ellis, Ribeiro) 13:50 (pp). 5. Nashville, Smith 12 (Ellis, Ribeiro) 17:14 (pp). Penalties - Fisher Nash (tripping) 5:44, Beauchemin Ana (stick holding) 12:41, Perry Ana (tripping) 15:32, Jackman Ana (elbowing) 17:23, Andersen Ana (roughing) 19:18. Third Period 6. Anaheim, Beauchemin 2 (Thompson, Lindholm) 17:43. Penalties - Ekholm Nash (holding) 2:52, Jokinen Nash (slashing) 7:33. Overtime No Scoring. Penalties None. Shootout - Anaheim wins 2-1 Nashville : Josi miss, Ellis miss, Smith goal. Anaheim : Perry miss, Silfverberg goal, Kesler goal. Shots on goal by Nashville 9 13 3 5 - 30 Anaheim 14 5 14 0 - 33 Goal - Nashville: Hutton (LO, 0-3-2); Anaheim: Andersen (W, 22-6-5). Power plays (goal-chances) - Nashville: 2-4; Anaheim: 0-3. Referees - Dan O’Halloran, Francis Charron. Linesmen - Brian Murphy, Kiel Murchison. Attendance - 16,402 at Anaheim. Hurricanes 2, Bruins 1 (SO) First Period 1. Carolina, Dwyer 3 (McClement, Malone) 19:26. Penalties - Chara Bos (hooking) 1:32, Campbell Bos (fighting) 6:07, Malone Car (fighting) 6:07, Hainsey Car (tripping) 19:43. Second Period 2. Boston, Bergeron 8 (Marchand, Hamilton) 14:35. Penalties - Rask Bos (delay of game) 2:32. Third Period No Scoring. Penalties None. Overtime No Scoring. Penalties - Rask Car (Embellishment) 3:57, Smith Bos (holding) 3:57. Shootout - Carolina wins 1-0 Boston : Smith miss, Krug miss, Bergeron miss. Carolina : Terry miss, Skinner miss, E. Staal goal. Shots on goal by Boston 4 12 2 2 - 20 Carolina 14 11 9 2 - 36 Goal - Boston: Rask (LO, 15-10-6); Carolina: Khudobin (W, 2-8-2). Power plays (goal-chances) - Boston: 0-1; Carolina: 0-2. Referees - Francois St. Laurent, Paul Devorski. Linesmen - David Brisebois, Andy McElman. Attendance - 17,212 at Carolina.

Football NFL Playoff Glance Wild-card Playoffs Saturday, Jan. 3 Carolina 27, Arizona 16 Baltimore 30, Pittsburgh 17 Sunday, Jan. 4 Indianapolis 26, Cincinnati 10 Dallas 24, Detroit 20 Divisional Playoffs Saturday, Jan. 10 Baltimore at New England, 2:35 p.m. (NBC) Carolina at Seattle, 6:15 p.m. (FOX) Sunday, Jan. 11 Dallas at Green Bay, 11:05 a.m. (FOX) Indianapolis at Denver, 2:40 p.m. (CBS) Conference Championships Sunday, Jan. 18 NFC, 1:05 p.m. (FOX) AFC, 4:40 p.m. (CBS) Pro Bowl Sunday, Jan. 25 At Glendale, Ariz. Team Irvin vs. Team Carter, 6 p.m. (ESPN) Super Bowl Sunday, Feb. 1 At Glendale, Ariz. AFC champion vs. NFC champion, 4:30 p.m. (NBC) Sunday’s games Lions-Cowboys Detroit 14 3 3 0 — 20 Dallas 0 7 7 10 — 24 First Quarter Det—Tate 51 pass from Stafford (Prater kick), 11:22. Det—Bush 18 run (Prater kick), 1:57. Second Quarter Dal—Williams 76 pass from Romo (Bailey kick), 1:37. Det—FG Prater 39, :03. Third Quarter Det—FG Prater 37, 8:41. Dal—Murray 1 run (Bailey kick), 2:54. Fourth Quarter Dal—FG Bailey 51, 12:16. Dal—Williams 8 pass from Romo (Bailey kick), 2:32. A—91,410. Det Dal First downs 19 18 Total Net Yards 397 315 Rushes-yards 22-90 21-73

Passing 307 242 Punt Returns 2-2 0-0 Kickoff Returns 1-8 2-35 Interceptions Ret. 0-0 1-5 Comp-Att-Int 28-42-1 19-31-0 Sacked-Yards Lost 3-16 6-51 Punts 4-35.5 4-48.0 Fumbles-Lost 4-2 3-1 Penalties-Yards 8-44 6-46 Time of Possession 29:33 30:27 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING—Detroit, Bell 12-43, Bush 8-37, Stafford 1-9, Collins 1-1. Dallas, Murray 19-75, Romo 2-(minus 2). PASSING—Detroit, Stafford 28-42-1-323. Dallas, Romo 19-31-0-293. RECEIVING—Detroit, Tate 6-89, C.Johnson 5-85, Bell 4-42, Riddick 4-39, Ebron 3-21, Bush 3-10, Fuller 2-26, Pettigrew 1-11. Dallas, Witten 5-63, Beasley 4-63, Williams 3-92, Bryant 3-48, Murray 3-22, Harris 1-5. MISSED FIELD GOALS—Dallas, Bailey 41 (WR). Bengals-Colts Stats 7 3 0 0 — 10 7 6 10 3 — 26 First Quarter Ind—Herron 2 run (Vinatieri kick), 11:05. Cin—Hill 1 run (Nugent kick), 1:28. Second Quarter Ind—FG Vinatieri 38, 12:41. Ind—FG Vinatieri 29, 8:34. Cin—FG Nugent 57, :10. Third Quarter Ind—Moncrief 36 pass from Luck (Vinatieri kick), 7:48. Ind—FG Vinatieri 22, 1:31. Fourth Quarter Ind—FG Vinatieri 53, 11:31. A—63,385. Cin Ind First downs 14 22 Total Net Yards 254 482 Rushes-yards 21-110 25-114 Passing 144 368 Punt Returns 2-20 5-35 Kickoff Returns 3-80 3-76 Interceptions Ret. 0-0 0-0 Comp-Att-Int 18-35-0 31-44-0 Sacked-Yards Lost 3-11 1-8 Punts 8-47.5 4-51.5 Fumbles-Lost 1-1 2-1 Penalties-Yards 6-45 9-66 Time of Possession 25:50 34:10 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING—Cincinnati, Hill 13-47, Dalton 4-34, BurCincinnati Indianapolis

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Queens volleyball split weekend games, lose to Kings College, beat Lakeland QUEENS HOCKEY SHUT OUT IN CALGARY The Red Deer College Queens split their two games at The Kings University College Eagles women’s volleyball tournament on the weekend as they came off their Christmas break. The Canadian Colleges Athletic Association No. 1 ranked Queens fell 3-2 (23-25, 25-21, 14-25, 28-26, 15-10) in their first game to the Grande Prairie Regional College Wolves but bounced back to beat the Lakeland College Rustlers out of Lloydminster 3-2 (25-17, 20-25, 25-15, 18-25, 15-8). “We used all of our players with two different line ups, allowing everyone an opportunity to play,” said Queens head coach Talbot Walton in an email. “The coaches watched very closely, and now we know the few things that

we need to work on in order to prepare for a successful second half of the ACAC.” ● The RDC Queens hockey team lost 4-0 to the Mount Royal University Cougars in Calgary in exhibition action on Sunday. The Cougars play in the Canadian Interuniversity Sport’s Canada West Universities Athletic Association. The Queens (3-5-2) host the NAIT Ooks (8-1-1) on Thursday at 7 p.m. as they return to Alberta Colleges Athletic Association action at the Red Deer Arena. ● The RDC basketball teams were both at tournaments over the weekend — the Queens at NAIT in Edmonton and the Kings in Kelowna — but results were not available at press time.

khead 1-23, Bernard 3-6. Indianapolis, Herron 1256, Tipton 11-40, Luck 2-18. PASSING—Cincinnati, Dalton 18-35-0-155. Indianapolis, Luck 31-44-0-376. RECEIVING—Cincinnati, Bernard 8-46, Hewitt 3-37, Burkhead 3-34, Sanu 3-31, Brock 1-7. Indianapolis, Herron 10-85, Hilton 6-103, Nicks 3-59, Moncrief 3-54, Allen 3-30, Doyle 3-9, Fleener 1-18, Wayne 1-12, Tipton 1-6. MISSED FIELD GOALS—None. Saturday’s games Ravens-Steelers 0 10 10 10 — 30 3 6 0 8 — 17 First Quarter Pit—FG Suisham 45, 1:29. Second Quarter Bal—Pierce 5 run (Tucker kick), 12:28. Pit—FG Suisham 22, 5:40. Bal—FG Tucker 28, 2:41. Pit—FG Suisham 47, :37. Third Quarter Bal—FG Tucker 45, 10:06. Bal—T.Smith 11 pass from Flacco (Tucker kick), 4:13. Fourth Quarter Pit—Bryant 6 pass from Roethlisberger (pass failed), 11:01. Bal—FG Tucker 52, 8:47. Bal—Gillmore 21 pass from Flacco (Tucker kick), 7:56. Pit—S.Thomas safety, 1:56. A—62,780. Bal Pit First downs 19 22 Total Net Yards 295 387 Rushes-yards 25-49 19-68 Passing 246 319 Punt Returns 0-0 0-0 Kickoff Returns 5-117 4-78 Interceptions Ret. 2-3 0-0 Comp-Att-Int 18-29-0 33-48-2 Sacked-Yards Lost 1-13 5-37 Punts 2-24.5 3-38.3 Fumbles-Lost 2-1 2-1 Penalties-Yards 2-14 8-114 Time of Possession 24:43 35:17 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING—Baltimore, Forsett 16-36, Flacco 8-8, Pierce 1-5. Pittsburgh, Harris 9-25, Tate 5-19, Roethlisberger 2-16, Bryant 1-6, Johnson 1-3, Archer 1-(minus 1). PASSING—Baltimore, Flacco 18-29-0-259. Pittsburgh, Roethlisberger 31-45-2-334, Gradkowski 2-3-0-22. Baltimore Pittsburgh

RECEIVING—Baltimore, Smith Sr. 5-101, Daniels 4-70, T.Smith 2-28, Juszczyk 2-16, Gillmore 1-21, M.Brown 1-9, Forsett 1-7, Aiken 1-4, Jones 1-3. Pittsburgh, Brown 9-117, Miller 6-76, Wheaton 5-66, Bryant 5-61, Archer 3-15, Tate 2-9, Harris 2-6, Heyward-Bey 1-6. MISSED FIELD GOALS—None. Cardinals-Panthers 0 14 0 2 — 16 10 3 14 0 — 27 First Quarter Car—FG Gano 47, 11:27. Car—Stewart 13 run (Gano kick), 5:21. Second Quarter Ari—Fells 1 pass from Lindley (Catanzaro kick), 14:56. Ari—Grice 1 run (Catanzaro kick), 2:50. Car—FG Gano 39, :15. Third Quarter Car—Whittaker 39 pass from Newton (Gano kick), 5:36. Car—Tolbert 1 pass from Newton (Gano kick), 4:04. Fourth Quarter Ari—Bethel safety, :03. A—71,849. Ari Car First downs 8 25 Total Net Yards 78 386 Rushes-yards 15-27 41-188 Passing 51 198 Punt Returns 0-0 1-0 Kickoff Returns 2-59 1-20 Interceptions Ret. 1-50 2-12 Comp-Att-Int 16-28-2 18-32-1 Sacked-Yards Lost 4-31 1-0 Punts 9-34.8 4-37.3 Fumbles-Lost 3-1 3-2 Penalties-Yards 7-38 8-80 Time of Possession 22:54 37:06 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING—Arizona, K.Williams 10-23, Taylor 3-3, Grice 1-1, Hughes 1-0. Carolina, Stewart 24-123, Newton 7-35, D.Williams 4-16, Tolbert 2-7, Cotchery 1-5, Whittaker 1-4, Nortman 2-(minus 2). PASSING—Arizona, Lindley 16-28-2-82. Carolina, Newton 18-32-1-198. RECEIVING—Arizona, Jo.Brown 4-34, Fitzgerald 3-31, Carlson 3-25, K.Williams 3-0, Hughes 1-6, Fells 1-1, Floyd 1-(minus 12), Taylor 0-2, Sendlein 0-(minus 5). Carolina, Benjamin 4-33, Brown 3-37, Olsen 3-37, Cotchery 3-14, Whittaker 1-39, Dickson 1-34, Bersin 1-6, Tolbert 1-1, Stewart 1-(minus 3). MISSED FIELD GOALS—Carolina, Gano 43 (WL). Arizona Carolina

Basketball NBA EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct Toronto 24 10 .706 Brooklyn 16 17 .485 Boston 11 20 .355 New York 5 31 .139 Philadelphia 4 28 .125 Southeast Division W L Pct Atlanta 25 8 .758 Washington 22 11 .667 Miami 15 20 .429 Orlando 13 24 .351 Charlotte 11 24 .314 Central Division W L Pct Chicago 24 10 .706 Cleveland 19 15 .559 Milwaukee 18 17 .514 Indiana 13 22 .371 Detroit 10 23 .303 WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division W L Pct Memphis 24 9 .727 Dallas 25 10 .714 Houston 23 10 .697 San Antonio 21 14 .600 New Orleans 17 16 .515 Northwest Division W L Pct Portland 26 8 .765 Oklahoma City 17 17 .500 Denver 14 20 .412 Utah 12 22 .353

Minnesota GB 7 1/2 11 1/2 20 19 GB 3 11 14 15 GB 5 6 1/2 11 1/2 13 1/2 GB 1 4 7 GB 9 12 14

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

5 27 .156 Pacific Division W L Pct 26 5 .839 23 11 .676 20 16 .556 14 20 .412 11 23 .324

Saturday’s Games Charlotte 98, Orlando 90 Chicago 109, Boston 104, OT Houston 115, Miami 79 Utah 101, Minnesota 89 San Antonio 101, Washington 92 Denver 114, Memphis 85 Atlanta 115, Portland 107 L.A. Clippers 127, Philadelphia 91 Sunday’s Games Dallas 109, Cleveland 90 Miami 88, Brooklyn 84 Detroit 114, Sacramento 95 Milwaukee 95, New York 82 Phoenix 125, Toronto 109 L.A. Lakers 88, Indiana 87 Monday’s Games Cleveland at Philadelphia, 5 p.m. Charlotte at Boston, 5:30 p.m. Dallas at Brooklyn, 5:30 p.m. Washington at New Orleans, 6 p.m. Houston at Chicago, 6 p.m. New York at Memphis, 6 p.m. Denver at Minnesota, 6 p.m. Indiana at Utah, 7 p.m. L.A. Lakers at Portland, 8 p.m.

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B4 RED DEER ADVOCATE Monday, Jan. 5, 2015

Cowboys come on in second half BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Dallas 24 Detroit 20 ARLINGTON, Texas - Tony Romo has a stirring playoff comeback to go with all the late-season disappointments. Romo threw two touchdown passes to Terrance Williams, the second for the lead late in the fourth quarter, and the Dallas Cowboys rallied for a 24-20 wild-card win over Detroit on Sunday in their first playoff game in five years. The Cowboys (12-5) wiped out an early two-touchdown deficit to earn a trip to Green Bay, their first postseason visit there since a heartbreaking loss to the Packers in the Ice Bowl in 1967. “You just have to stay in the moment and understand the game,” Romo said. “It doesn’t end after the first quarter, second quarter. You just have to keep calm. I’ve played enough games to understand that. Maybe I didn’t do that as well when I was younger.” The Lions (11-6) went 99 yards for one of two first-quarter touchdowns, but Matthew Stafford couldn’t get them in the end zone again. He fell to 0-2 in the playoffs three years after losing a wild-card game to New Orleans. Detroit was driving with a 20-17 lead midway through the fourth quarter when referee Pete Morelli announced a pass interference penalty against Anthony Hitchens on a third-down pass to Brandon Pettigrew. But officials reversed the call without explanation, and Sam Martin had a 10-yard punt after the Lions tried to draw Dallas offside on fourth-and-1. Lions coach Jim Caldwell said he got an explanation, but didn’t like it.

“Not good enough,” he said. Romo took the Cowboys 59 yards in 11 plays, including a 21-yard pass to Jason Witten on fourth-and-6. The winner to Williams was an 8-yarder after Romo had several seconds to throw behind an offensive line among the league’s best because Dallas has drafted linemen in the first round three of the past four years. The Cowboys had to wait a little longer to celebrate after rookie DeMarcus Lawrence gave the Lions the ball back with a fumble following Anthony Spencer’s sack that knocked the ball loose from Stafford. Lawrence redeemed himself on the clincher, sacking Stafford on fourth down near midfield in the final minute. The Lions have not won a playoff game since the 1991 season, when they beat Dallas. Dallas rode quick starts to a 4-0 December that carried it to the NFC East title, but a sluggish first quarter put the Cowboys in a hole. Golden Tate bounced up from a flattening hit by C.J. Spillman on a punt return and beat Barry Church on a 51-yard pass to open the scoring. Church called out Tate on his radio show earlier in the week, saying the Cowboys were going to pay him back for a blindside block on linebacker Sean Lee that got Tate fined three years ago when he was with Seattle. The Lions went up 14-0 on a drive that amounted to 99 ¾ yards. After Dekoda Watson ran into Martin to keep the drive alive, the 14-play drive ended with Reggie Bush badly faking Orlando Scandrick on an 18-yard scoring run. Williams (three catches for 92 yards) pulled the Cowboys within seven when

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Dallas Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo throws a pass during the second half of an NFL wildcard playoff football game against the Detroit Lions, Sunday, Jan. 4, 2015, in Arlington, Texas. he took a short pass from Romo 76 yards to the end zone. NFL rushing leader DeMarco Murray slogged his way to 75 yards on 19 carries against the NFL’s best run defence, including a 1-yard plunge on fourth down that pulled Dallas to 20-14 late in the third quarter. Romo, who cost Dallas a chance to win with the infamous flub of the snap on a potential winning field in Seattle eight years ago, improved to 2-4 in the post-season. The 34-year-old who

had back surgery in December 2013 and sustained another back injury that knocked him out of a game this season, endured a season-high six sacks. Two were on consecutive plays in the fourth quarter by Ndamukong Suh, who was suspended Monday for stepping on Green Bay’s Aaron Rodgers, but reinstated a day later. Romo had 293 yards passing yards and a quarterback rating almost right on his franchise-best 113.2 that led the NFL.

Injury riddled Bengals fall in playoffs again BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

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Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver Antonio Brown makes a catch in front of Baltimore Ravens inside linebacker Daryl Smith and strong safety Jeromy Miles in the forth quarter of an NFL wildcard playoff football game, Saturday, Jan. 3, 2015, in Pittsburgh. Brown was ruled down short of the goal line.

Ravens on to New England in search of second road playoff win BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The Baltimore Ravens had just knocked off their despised rivals, the Pittsburgh Steelers, and it was time to distribute game balls. One of the stars of the 30-17 wild-card victory Saturday night was linebacker Terrell Suggs, whose zany, between-the-legs interception virtually sealed a trip to New England for Round 2 of the AFC playoffs. “We just gave him the game ball for the greatest catch in the history of football,” coach John Harbaugh said. “I toss it to him. What happened, do you think? He dropped it. He caught the one that mattered. Clutch.” Clutch, indeed. Just like the Ravens, who sputtered into the post-season as the No. 6 seed before playing their best game of the year at a time when it counted most. “We were on top of our game,” quarterback Joe Flacco said. It didn’t matter that the Ravens lost 43-23 in Pittsburgh in November, or that they needed a 17-point fourth quarter in the finale against Cleveland - along with a San Diego loss in Kansas City - just to qualify for the post-season. Facing the AFC North champions on the road as underdogs, Baltimore opened the playoffs with a vic-

tory for the sixth time in six tries under Harbaugh. The Ravens are 7-4 on the road in the post-season since Harbaugh took over in 2008. “We’ve been on the road a lot in the playoffs,” Harbaugh said. “Maybe that’s it.” Playing in Pittsburgh was a mere inconvenience compared to what the Ravens have endured this year. The suspension and subsequent release of running back Ray Rice, the four-game suspension of Haloti Ngata, and injuries to a slew of cornerbacks merely primed the team for a post-season run. “You don’t let adversity get you down. When things go the wrong way, you stick together and come out and keep fighting,” Harbaugh said. “Our guys have done that all year. You know over time that pays off.” Flacco, the revamped secondary and a shuffled offensive line all came up big against the Steelers. So did Suggs, a 12-year veteran of this rivalry who had never before experienced the thrill of beating Pittsburgh in January. With the Ravens clinging to a 23-15 lead in the fourth quarter, Suggs was tumbling to the ground when he got his hands on a deflected pass thrown by Ben Roethlisberger. The ball slipped from his grasp, but Suggs secured it between his legs while rolling on the turf.

Indianapolis 26 Cincinnati 10 INDIANAPOLIS - Andrew Luck stood tall, even as he was falling down Sunday. The Colts quarterback threw for 376 yards and a game-changing touchdown as he was headed to the turf. Daniel “Boom” Herron ran for another score as Indianapolis dominated the second half to beat Cincinnati 26-10 in the wild-card round. As the Colts (12-5) were setting up a rematch at Denver (12-4) next Sunday, the Bengals frittered away a chance to end their post-season misery. The Bengals became the first team in NFL history to lose four consecutive opening-round games. Andy Dalton tied Warren Moon for the most consecutive opening-round playoff losses by a quarterback. Cincinnati coach Marvin Lewis tied Marty Schottenheimer, Jim Mora and Steven Owen for most consecutive playoff losses (six) by a coach. Lewis also tied Mora, the former Colts coach, for most consecutive playoff losses to start a career, and tied Owen for most consecutive playoff losses with one team. Now Luck will get a chance to defy his short NFL playoff history. Though he improved to 2-0 at home, the Colts’ franchise quarterback has struggled mightily in consecutive playoff losses on the road. His third opportunity will come against his predecessor in Indy, Peyton Manning. Denver beat the Colts 31-24 in the season opener. Luck couldn’t be going into the next game under better circumstances. He finished 31 of 44 and for the first time did not have a turnover in a playoff game. He also joined Dan Fouts, Jim Kelly, Warren Moon and Drew Brees as the only NFL players with three straight 300-yard games in the post-season and managed to keep his feet and his poise on the biggest play of the game. “I sort of stepped up in a crease there, saw Donte (Moncrief) running his butt off and tried to put it in a spot where only he could get it,” Luck said. “He does such a great job of running underneath those balls and we had the touch.” While it wasn’t the clean game Colts coach Chuck Pagano envisioned - T.Y. Hilton dropped a couple of potentially game-changing passes; Herron lost a fumble; and the Colts were called for nine penalties - Luck and the offence did enough. The defence was even better, allowing just 254 yards against the Bengals (10-6-1), who played without injured receiver A.J. Green or tight end Jermaine Gresham, their two top pass catchers. The difference between Luck and Dalton was never more apparent than on two third-quarter plays. On second-and-10 from the Bengals 36, Luck floated a perfect pass to the corner of the end zone with Carlos Dunlap taking him to the ground. Moncrief cradled the ball to his chest for a 36-yard score and a 20-10 lead.

Panthers need to eliminate turnovers says QB BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Cam Newton said if the Panthers hope to make a deep playoff run they’ll need to cut down on mistakes and make more plays on offence. Carolina turned over the ball three times on Saturday against Arizona but managed to escape with a 27-16 win thanks to a defence that limited quarterback Ryan Lindley and the Cardinals to 78 yards, the fewest allowed in NFL post-season history. “Those things can’t happen, especially in playoff football. We can’t expect to win when we have three turnovers,” Newton said after his first career playoff win. If Dallas beats Detroit on Sunday, the Panthers will play at top-seeded Seattle next weekend. If the Lions win, the Panthers visit Green Bay. The Panthers lost to both teams during the regular season. Newton praised his defence’s effort

after the game, but didn’t appear too thrilled with the overall performance of the team. The Panthers jumped to a 10-0 lead, but a muff by returner Brenton Bersin and a Newton interception - a play in which wide receiver Jerricho Cotchery ran the wrong route - led to two Arizona touchdowns, giving the Cardinals a 14-13 lead at halftime. “Without finger pointing, it can’t happen,” Newton said. Carolina players said it was frustrating to be down by one in the locker room knowing they had outgained Arizona 208-65. “We started out fast on both sides of the ball and on special teams, but it kind of fizzled in the (middle of the game),” Newton said. “That fizzle can’t happen if we expect to do great things.” Newton also had a fumble early in the fourth quarter with the Panthers up 27-14, giving the Cardinals the ball at the Carolina 8 with a chance to get back in the game. But All-Pro line-

backer Luke Kuechly bailed him out by intercepting Lindley near the goal line on the next play. “We have to play better than we have,” Panthers coach Ron Rivera said. “We gave them an opportunity to stay in the game. ... We just have to be smarter than some of the things we did out there. We have to protect the football. It’s a very valuable thing.” Kuechly finished with 10 tackles, drawing praise from tight end Greg Olsen. “I know J.J. Watt is a great player, he’s phenomenal, but you can’t find a guy who impacts the game on defence like Luke,” Olsen said after the game. “The run game, the pass game, covering running backs. ... I mean the guy is unbelievable. Luke is the best defensive player I have ever played with. (Brian) Urlacher was like that ... a similar, dynamic kind of player, but Luke is that good already. He’s phenomenal.” Newton finished the wild-card game 18 of 32 for 198 yards with two touchdown passes and two turnovers. He al-

so ran seven times for 35 yards, picking up back-to-back first downs on thirdand-long in the third quarter. Newton and the offence could have more challenges moving forward. Carolina could be without speedy wide receiver Philly Brown, who injured his left shoulder in the first half against Arizona and did not return. Brown was a late-season addition to the starting lineup and provided the Panthers with some much-needed speed and a legitimate deep threat. The Panthers have not announced the extent of the injury. Although the Panthers’ defence entered the record books, Kuechly stopped short of saying it was the best defensive effort he’s been a part of in Carolina. He wasn’t thrilled the Panthers gave up two touchdowns on quick change of possessions in the first half. “I saw 14 points on the scoreboard at halftime and I said, ‘Dang, we need to play a little better. We can’t let up any more points at this point,”’ Kuechly said.

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Chiefs rally to squeak past Bruins BY JOSH ALDRICH ADVOCATE STAFF Red Deer 4 Calgary NW 4 Jeremy Klessens showed why he is one of the province’s top young hockey players on Sunday, but the Red Deer North Star Chiefs (10-8-4) are more than a one-trick pony. Klessens scored twice to tie the Calgary NW Bruins 4-4 at the Red Deer Arena in Alberta Minor Midget Hockey League action. It was his second goal at 18:26 of the third period, while shorthanded, that encapsulated the U16 Hockey Alberta forward. Klessens sprinted to a loose puck at the Calgary blue-line, then split the Bruins (11-8-2) defenders and snapped the puck past goalie Liam Coulter as he was being dragged down to tie the game. “I saw the lane to go through them and I pushed through and I was hoping I got the puck in before I went in (to the net) and it just happened that way,” said Klessens. “Sometimes it just goes in, I got lucky I guess.” Nathan Dyck added a goal and two assists while Graysen Cameron had the other goal for the Chiefs and Canon Whitbread made 18 saves in net. Calgary replied with two goals from Zach Russell and one each from Evan Davies and Jacob Colwell. Coulter finished with 44 saves. The Chiefs rallied from a 3-1 deficit to earn the tie, relying on their special teams to get back into the game. First Dyck scored on the power play at 11:21 of the second period and then Klessens tied it for the first time at 15:29 on another power play, ripping a slap shot off the post that rebounded off the goalie’s back and into the net. Colwell put the Bruins back in front before the middle frame was out — deflecting a shot five-hole on Whitbread — setting Klessens up for his late-game dramatics. “(Klessens) is just that type of kid, when he gets the puck it just seems to follow him,” said Chiefs head coach Brent Zimmerman. “He’s a heady hockey player ... he’s just such a smart kid and he takes the puck and is very good with it.” Klessens leads the Chiefs in points with 38 (22 goals, 16 assists) and is 11th overall in the league, but he has a lot of help up front. Red Deer is well equipped offensively with Justin Paarup at 29 points (13-16-29), and Dylan Scheunert (6-12-28), Tyrell McCubbing (6-12-18) and Austin Lawson (6-10-16) all within shouting distance of a pointa-game pace. The Chiefs have five more players in double-digit points, meaning they have four lines that can contribute offensively.

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Grizzlys come up empty Spruce Grove 2 Olds 0 SPRUCE GROVE — Brett Zarowny turned aside 16 shots for the shutout in the Spruce Grove Saints’ 2-0 win over the Olds Grizzlys in an Alberta Junior Hockey League game Saturday. Taylor Lotoski tallied a second-period goal for the Saints, who also got a late third-period marker from Tyler Busch. Spruce Grove was zero-for-nine on the power play, while Olds was zero-for-four. Olds netminder Jesse Gordichuk made 38 saves. The Grizzlys return to action Friday against the visiting Sherwood Park Crusaders.

Generals win big Eagles fall short Stony Plain 8 Innisfail 3 STONY PLAIN — The visiting Innisfail Eagles surrendered the final four goals of the game in an 8-3 Chinook Hockey League loss to the Stony Plain Eagles Saturday. Scoring for Innisfail, which got out of the opening period tied 1-1 but trailed 7-3 after 40 minutes, were Chad Ziegler, Dan Vandermeer and Mark Bomersback. Adam Chorneyko notched two goals for the winners. Sheldon Baerg blocked 29 shots as the winning goaltender, while Brayden Hopfe made 27 saves in the Innisfail net. The hosts were one-for-12 on the power play and Innisfail was one-for-11 with a man advantage. • The Bentley Generals, with Cam Maclise firing three goals, dropped the host Rosetown, Sask., Redwings 6-2 in a senior AAA exhibition game Saturday. Also scoring for the visitors, who led 1-0 after one period and 4-1 after two, were Keenan Desmet, Curtis Austring and Eric Schneider. Tyler Butler

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Red Deer North Star Chiefs forward Jeremy Klessens splits Calgary NW Bruins defencemen Ian Docherty and Zach Russell as he scores the tying goal late in the third period on goalie Liam Coulter in Alberta Minor Midget Hockey League action at the Red Deer Arena on Sunday. The two teams tied 4-4. “The biggest thing is we are just a team, we’re 19 guys all pulling the same way,” said Zimmerman. The blue-line, meanwhile, is made up of size and physicality. Four of their six defencemen are at least six-feet tall with Jerryd Wold topping out at sixfoot-three and 160 pounds — McCubbing is six-foot-one, 158 pounds; Daegan Macdonald is six-foot, 142 pounds and McKoy Kahlert is six-foot-one, 162 pounds. Even their two smaller defenders — Lynton Mounk and Zach Kungle, both five-foot-nine — still fall in-step with a big, physical game. “They’re just big kids, they use their sticks well and play the position well,” said Zimmerman. Time in net has been split between Whitbread and Justin Travis, both posting identical 5-4-2 records, while Travis has slightly better stats with a 4.18 goals against average and a 0.896 save percentage to Whitbread’s 4.20 G.A.A. and 0.866 save percentage. Though the numbers don’t exactly glisten, Zimmerman has faith in his two netminders. “We went into a little bit of a slump there, but you couldn’t blame the goaltending, they’ve been strong all of the way through, it’s more our defensive

zone play which we’re working on too,” he said. The club has found its legs over the past month, including this weekend’s 6-4 win over the Calgary Royals Gold (10-9-4) on Saturday and their 4-4 tie on Sunday, they have gone 4-1-1 in their last six games. It has been a big jump up the standings for the Chiefs over the last three weeks after a 0-4-1 stretch from Nov. 29-Dec. 7. Finding cohesiveness is usually a big hurdle for most minor midget teams with a complete turnover of the roster every season. But Zimmerman says there has been little challenge in getting this group on the same page. “These kids are all still looking into their future and they’re playing for something other than just playing, it’s been pretty easy,” he said. “They buy into the concepts, it’s just getting them to understand the concepts.” The head coach has high expectations for the group with going on a long run in the Sutter Cup and moving on to provincials as the end goal. With the way they are improving he believes the goal is very realistic. “Once you’re (at provincials), anything can happen,” said Zimmerman. “This was a big point we picked up ...

every point you can get is a bonus. We are right where we want to be, we just have to keep on battling, it just makes every game important.” The Chiefs are on the road this week for three games, in Calgary on Tuesday against the Royals Gold and in Medicine Hat on Saturday to play the Tigers (7-11-3) and in Lethbridge on Sunday to play the Hurricanes (8-10-4). ● The North Star Chiefs rallied from a two-goal deficit to beat the Calgary Royals Gold 6-4 on Saturday in Calgary, getting two goals from both Klessens and Lawson while Cameron and Nathan Kartusch both scored once. Whitbread played 58 minutes in relief, making 25 saves on 28 shots for the win. ● Brenden Davidson, Levi Glasman and Braidon Westin each contributed a goal and an assist in a losing cause as the Red Deer Aero Equipment Chiefs fell 8-5 to the host Calgary Bruins Saturday. Bradley Hellofs and Jacksyn Goodall had the other Red Deer goals. Shae Herbert took the loss in net, turning aside 16 of 23 shots before being replaced by Riley Katchuik, who stopped 11 of the 12 shots he faced. jaldrich@reddeeradvocate.com

and former Red Deer Rebels forward Shay Stephenson notched the Rosetown goals. The Redwings were assessed 10 of 19 minor penalties.

Batteries super-charged in win over Silver Spurs Andrew Touchette netted 25 points Sunday to lead the Triple A Batteries to an 84-48 Central Alberta Senior Men’s Basketball League win over the Silver Spurs. Zach Barry added 13 points for the winners. Brian Miller led the Spurs with 14 points, while Adam Bullock had 12.

Vipers mauled by bears Cole deGraaf and Kale Lapointe each scored twice in a losing cause Sunday as the Red Deer Vipers dropped a 9-5 Heritage Junior Hockey League decision to the host Banff Bears. Nick Glackin accounted for the other Vipers goal and also added three assists, while Red Deer netminders Lane Congdon, who started, and Klay Munro combined to stop 35 shots. DeGraaf had two helpers for a four-point game. Red Deer was outshot 44-34. On Saturday, the Vipers got the winning goal from Kelsey Katchuik at 13:38 of the third period in a 5-3 conquest of the visiting Three Hills Thrashers. Avery Weenink pulled the hosts even at 3-3 just two minutes before Katchuik potted the eventual winner and Lapointe added an empty-net, insurance marker with 16 seconds remaining. Justin Moltzahn and deGraaf, who was named the Heritage League player of the month for December, scored first-period goals for the Vipers. Replying for the Thrashers were Connor Ablett, Michael Lougheed and Tom Vanderlinde. Munro turned aside 32 shots for Red Deer, while Three Hills netminder

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The Red Deer Selects took on the Edmonton Rampage during the tournament held at the Collicutt Centre this past weekend. The event was the Red Deer Rangers Sheraton/Realty Experts Group tournament. Games were also played at the Westerner Agricentre. Brady Hoover also made 32 saves. Both clubs were three-for-three on the power play. In other Heritage League Saturday action: • The Blackfalds Wranglers traveled to Strathmore and laid a 5-0 beating on the Wheatland Kings as Bryce Boguski tallied twice and Chase Bennett, Cole Laing and Robin Carlson each added a single goal. Kyle Baumgardner made 20 saves

for the shutout. Strathmore goalie Bryce Halverson faced 39 shots. • The visiting Mountainview Colts jumped out to a 3-0 first-period lead and cruised to an 8-3 win over the Ponoka Stampeders. Thomas Barrett, Tyson Crampain and Tye Munro scored for the Stamps, who got a 22-save outing from losing netminder Eli Falls and six stops from back-up Joe Gable. Ponoka was outshot 36-26.

MINOR HOCKEY WRAP-UP The Red Deer Optimist Chiefs sniped three thirdperiod goals Saturday en route to a 5-1 Alberta Midget Hockey League win over the host Calgary Northstars. Landon Mackenzie, with the eventual winner, Regan Doig, Parker Smyth, Andrew Karusch and Chase Olsen, on the power play, supplied the Red Deer goals. The Chiefs return to action Sunday against the visiting Sherwood Park Kings.

Major midget girls Abagael Thiessen scored a power-play tying goal at 15:16 of the third period and Jade Lee notched the winner with 62 seconds remaining as the Red Deer Sutter Fund Chiefs edged the host Edmonton Thunder 3-2 Sunday. Erika Marshall also tallied for the visitors, who led 1-0 after one period and trailed 2-1 after 40 minutes. The Chiefs got a 21-save performance from Bailey Knapp as each team had 23 shots on net.

Major bantam The Grande Prairie Storm blew into Red Deer Sunday and buried the host Rebels Black 12-3. Jace Paarup, Zach Zaparniuk and Josh McNeil accounted for the Red Deer goals, while netminders Steven Arthur and Wyatt Argent combined to make 38 saves. The Storm held a 50-31 advantage in shots. Meanwhile, the Red Deer Rebels White earned a 1-1 draw with the host Camrose Red Wings. Details were unavailable.

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Raptors burned by Suns COACH CASEY SAYS TEAM CAME OUT ‘FLAT AS A PANCAKE’ BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Phoenix 121 Toronto 109 PHOENIX - The Phoenix Suns caught the Toronto Raptors at the end of a long road trip and ran away from them in a hurry. Eric Bledsoe scored 20 points, fellow guards Goran Dragic and Isaiah Thomas added 18 apiece and the Suns handed the Raptors their second straight blowout loss, 125-109, on Sunday night. “They had their foot on the gas the whole game,” Suns coach Jeff Hornacek said. “If they play like that, they’re going to win a ton of games.” Seven Suns hit double figures in the team’s highest-scoring non-overtime

game this season. “I think that was the most complete game that we’ve had this season,” Dragic said. “We were focused from the first minute to the last minute of the game, offence and defence.” The Raptors, who trailed by as many as 19 points in the first half and 27 in the second, finished a season-long six-game road trip with their two most one-sided losses of the season, losing at Golden State 126-105 on Friday night. Toronto has lost three in a row for the first time in more than a year. “We were flat as a pancake,” Toronto coach Dwane Casey said. “No zip. No bounce in our step.” Jonas Valanciunas scored 21 and Kyle Lowry 19 for the Raptors. Lou

Williams and James Johnson added 17 apiece. “It’s three games,” Lowry said. “Everybody loses games. We weren’t going to go 82 and 0 and we weren’t going to break the Bulls record at 72 and 10.” The Suns won for the eighth time in 10 games. “We started out the game with energy and we finished with energy,” Bledsoe said. “We couldn’t have asked for a better game. The Suns shot 67 per cent (30-for-45) in the first half for a 70-53 lead at the break, tying their highest-scoring first half of the season. Phoenix made 18 of 23 shots in a 43-point second quarter, its most points in any quarter this season. A 27-7 run late in the first quarter

and early in the second put the Suns up by 17. The Raptors cut it to 60-50 after Terrence Ross’ 3-pointer, followed by Amir Johnson’s free throw with 2:37 left in the half. The Suns responded with a 10-1 run to take their biggest lead of the half, 70-51, before Valanciunas’ basket cut it to 70-53 at the break. Toronto, the league leader at 11.7 turnovers per game, committed 13 in the first half, resulting in 25 Phoenix points. Bledsoe, Dragic and Thomas accounted for 35 of the Suns’ 70 first-half points. Phoenix led by as many as 25 in the third quarter and 27 in the fourth. The Suns’ 98 points through three quarters matched a season high.

Canadians win bronze at Luge relay BY THE CANADIAN PRESS

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Canadian Alex Gough celebrates after finishing second in the women’s luge World Cup in Koenigssee, Germany, Saturday. She was part of the team Canada relay that took home a bronze medal Sunday.

KOENIGSSEE, Germany - Canada wrapped up a luge World Cup meet Sunday with a bronze medal in the relay race. Calgary’s Alex Gough, who won the silver medal in Saturday’s women’s race, teamed with Sam Edney (Calgary) and the doubles team of Justin Snith (Calgary) and Tristan Walker (Cochrane, Alta.) to finish in two minutes 46.394 seconds. The Canadians looked poised to win the silver until a mistake at the bottom of the doubles run cost them some time. Germany finished first in 2:44.493 while the United States was second at 2:45.895. “It was good to have our whole group back racing again, and get on the podium though. I think as a group we feel we didn’t win the bronze, but lost the silver today,” Edney said. It was the first World Cup podium for the Canadians, who were heavy favourites to win a medal in the event when the team relay made its debut at the 2014 Olympic Winter Games. The Canucks finished in fourth place in Sochi. “It was important for us to get on the

podium today for sure,” Edney said. “The teams are now looking at this as a big race because they saw Olympic medals handed out last year. We know we are a team that can be on the podium each week and we don’t want to be on the outside looking in any more.” The relay is a one-run race consisting of one women’s, one men’s and one doubles sled. Athletes hit a pad hanging over the track after crossing the finish line, which opens the start gate for the next team member. Earlier, Olympic champion Felix Loch of Germany won his third men’s race of the year. Loch, a four-time world champion, was fastest in both runs for a combined time of 1:39.716 seconds, beating compatriot Andi Langenhan by 0.755 seconds and American Chris Mazdzer by 0.809. Edney finished eighth. After a winless December, Loch’s 21st World Cup win extends his lead in the overall standings to 463 points at the halfway stage. Italy’s Dominik Fischnaller is second on 366, followed by Langenhan on 323. Natalie Geisenberger won the women’s competition on Saturday, when Tobias Wendl and Tobias Arlt also claimed the doubles win for Germany.

Longtime ESPN sportscaster Scott dies of cancer Stuart Scott was in his element, working a “Monday Night Football” game, when he was forced to leave for an appendix operation. Doctors discovered a tumour during surgery and Scott was diagnosed with cancer. But he made a point of continuing to live his life - at work and outside of it. “You beat cancer by how you live,” he would later say. “So live. Live. Fight like hell.” That fight ended Sunday when Scott, the longtime “SportsCenter” anchor and ESPN personality known for his enthusiasm and ubiquity, died at age 49. Scott remained dedicated to his craft even as he suffered through chemotherapy, radiation and surgery. ESPN President John Skipper said in a statement that Scott was “a true friend and a uniquely inspirational figure” and that his “energetic and unwavering devotion to his family and to his work while fighting the battle of his life left us in awe, and he leaves a void that can never be replaced.” Skipper also marveled at Scott’s dedication to keep fighting - literally. “Who engages in mixed martial arts training in the midst of chemotherapy treatments?” Skipper said. “Who leaves a hospital procedure to return to the set?” Fans and players at games around the United States on Sunday stopped to observe moments of silence, including at the Bengals-Colts NFL playoff game in Indianapolis, the Mavericks-Cavaliers NBA game in Cleveland and at several college basketball games. Some of the world’s most famous athletes expressed their grief online. LeBron James wrote on Instagram: “Thank you so much for being u and giving us inner city kids someone we could relate to that wasn’t a player but was close enough to them.” “Stuart wasn’t covering heroes & champions, it was the other way around,” Tiger Woods said on Twitter. In July, Scott accepted the Jimmy V Perseverance Award at the ESPYs. During his speech, he told his teenage daughters: “Taelor and Sydni, I love you guys more than I will ever be able to express. You two are my heartbeat. I am standing on this stage here tonight because of you.” Scott is also survived by his parents, O. Ray and Jacqueline Scott; siblings Stephen Scott, Synthia Kearney and Susan Scott; his daughters Taelor, 19, and Sydni, 15; and girlfriend Kristin Spodobalski. On Sunday morning, NFL Network broadcaster Rich Eisen’s voice broke as he reported the death of his good friend, with whom he worked on “SportsCenter” broadcasts. “I love this man,” Eisen said. ESPN anchor Hannah Storm called him “our colleague, our friend and our inspiration” as she reported the news. On the network’s NFL pregame show, Chris Berman said, “Stuart made ESPN what it is, he made us better people.” Before North Carolina’s women’s basketball team tipped off against N.C. State, the arena observed a moment of silence for Scott, and the videoboard proclaimed the 1987 graduate “Forever a Tar Heel.” Born in Chicago, Scott attended high school in North Carolina before going to UNC. He returned to Chapel Hill as the university’s commencement speaker in 2001. Scott worked at three TV stations in the southern U.S. before joining ESPN for the 1993 launch of its ESPN2 network, hosting short sports update segments. He often anchored the 11 p.m. “SportsCenter,” where he would punctuate highlights with an em-

phatic “Boo-ya!” or note a slick move as being “as cool as the other side of the pillow.” Scott went on to cover countless major events for the network, including the Super Bowl, NBA Finals, World Series and NCAA basketball tournament. He

also interviewed President Barack Obama, joining him for a televised game of one on one. “I will miss Stuart Scott,” Obama said in a statement. “Stu helped usher in a new way to talk about our favourite teams and the day’s best plays.”

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Indianapolis Colts quarterback Andrew Luck throws a 36-yard touchdown pass as he is tackled by Cincinnati Bengals’ Carlos Dunlap during the second half of an NFL wildcard playoff football game Sunday, Jan. 4, 2015, in Indianapolis.

Luck looks to build his own legacy facing a Colts legend BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ENGLEWOOD, Colo. - Manning vs. Luck III. Peyton Manning gets to face his former team and his successor after Andrew Luck and the Indianapolis Colts beat Cincinnati in the wild-card round Sunday. They met last year in Indianapolis when Manning’s emotions and the Colts both got the best of him in his homecoming. Manning won’t get caught up in the hype of the marquee matchup this time, suggested Broncos wide receiver Demaryius Thomas. He pointed to his quarterback’s coolness in this season opener when Denver beat Indy 31-24. “We had them the first game of the season and he was fine,” Thomas said. “It’s a playoff game so it’s a little bit different because if you lose, you’re done and if you win, you keep going. I can’t really talk for Peyton, but I think he’s fine.” DeMarcus Ware said he was especially appreciative for the Broncos’ bye, which they earned as the AFC’s No. 2 seed, when he saw it was Luck whom he’ll be facing next weekend. Luck has an uncanny knack for comebacks even when things look bleak such as in last year’s playoffs when he guided the Colts back from a 28-point deficit to Kansas City. The Broncos jumped out to a 24-0 lead on the Colts in this season’s opener. But Luck led a frenetic rally that came up short when rookie Bradley Roby broke

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Thornton placed on injured list with upper-body ailment SAN JOSE, Calif. - The San Jose Sharks have placed centre Joe Thornton on the injured list with an upper-body injury. The Sharks made the move Sunday. Thornton will miss at least the next two games in Winnipeg and Minnesota the next two nights. Thornton had his streak of 319 consecutive games played snapped when he sat out Saturday against St. Louis. The Sharks lost the game 7-2. That was his first game missed since Nov. 11, 2010, when he served the second game of a suspension for an illegal hit. Thornton was injured on a hit by Anaheim defenceman Clayton Stoner. Thornton has nine goals and 24 assists and is tied for the team lead with 33 points this season. San Jose also reassigned forward Micheal Haley to Worcester of the AHL.

Oilers send Draisaitl back to the WHL EDMONTON - As expected, the Edmonton Oilers have sent centre Leon Draisaitl back to the junior Canadian Hockey League. It was not immediately clear whether Draisaitl would return to the Prince Albert Raiders of the

up a fourth-and-6 pass to Reggie Wayne in the final minute to secure Denver’s 31-24 win. “He’s one of those guys that you have to play a 60-minute game against,” Ware said. “He has really good pocket awareness. He’s always one of those guys, just like Peyton, where he hits the open guy the majority of the time. He plays a fundamentally sound game. “He’s one of those quarterbacks you don’t want to go against, but the thing is you’ve got to make sure you get pressure on him and make them one-dimensional.” Four months have passed since the Colts (12-5) and Broncos (12-4) saw each other, but Ware stressed “it’s still the same quarterback,” so “I think you’ve got to go back and see what you did well. You’ve also got to see how and where you didn’t play well and make sure those things are corrected.” Thomas figures to cringe when he watches the film. With Wes Welker serving a two-game suspension, Thomas played the slot and caught four passes for 48 yards with a couple of huge drops that night. Once Welker returned, Thomas went back outside and had another stellar season that included a franchise-best 1,619 yards and 11 touchdowns. “It’s great” having Welker back, Thomas said. “I tried to play the slot and it wasn’t for me that early in the season. Having him back is good because he is one of the best that does it and having him, you never know what defence they will play because they will have to watch everybody. Western Hockey League or be traded before reporting. Draisaitl, the third pick in last year’s draft, was a healthy scratch Friday night at the Avalanche in what coach Todd Nelson called a “management decision.” The 19-year-old had two goals, seven assists and a minus-17 rating in 37 games as a rookie. By sending Draisaitl back before he played his 40th game, the Oilers keep him from accruing a year toward free agency. Edmonton already burned the first year of his entry-level contract by keeping him around for more than nine games.

Harvey falls short of podium OBERSTDORF, Germany - Marit Bjoergen led another Norwegian sweep of the podium Sunday to win the second stage of the women’s cross-country Tour de Ski, while Norway’s Petter Northug won the men’s race. Bjoergen, the six-time Olympic champion, completed the 10-kilometre pursuit in 29 minutes, 27.6 seconds, 56.2 seconds ahead of Heidi Weng and 56.8 ahead of Therese Johaug. It was Bjoergen’s 86th World Cup win. She won the opening prologue on Saturday, when Weng was second. Northug made a late burst to come from behind and win the 15K pursuit in 42 minutes, 1.2 seconds, edging Canada’s Alex Harvey by 0.6 seconds and Sweden’s Calle Halfvarsson by 0.8. Northug was third in the Saturday’s 4K freestyle race. The tour next moves to Val Mustair in Switzerland for races on Tuesday.

TORONTO - The IIHF said Hockey Canada was responsible for the ticket prices that may have led to empty seats at Montreal’s Bell Centre for preliminary games at the world junior championship. Face-value tickets for games in Montreal started at $71 and ranged to $336 for the New Year’s Eve game between Canada and the United States, which drew 18,295 fans. The capacity of Bell Centre is 21,273. Just 14,142 fans were in attendance for Canada’s opening game against Slovakia on Boxing Day. Tickets for Canada’s first three round-robin games (against Slovakia, Germany and Finland) ranged from $66 to $261. IIHF president Rene Fasel on Sunday that if those prices were in place for a world junior tournament in Europe, there would be nobody in the arena. In saying that, Fasel added that this would finish as the third-most-attended world junior championship in history behind Ottawa (2009) and Edmonton and Calgary (2012). Fasel said he expects the 2015 tournament post a total attendance between 365,000 and 385,000. Hockey Canada has said it will not comment on this matter until after the tournament, which wraps up Monday with the bronze- and gold-medal games at Air Canada Centre in Toronto. The 2015 world junior championship featured Canada playing its round-robin games in Montreal and knockout rounds in Toronto. There were 18,448 people in Air Canada Centre Friday night when Canada faced Denmark in the quarter-finals. Packages for all 19 games in Toronto ranged from $626 to $1,746, and although attendance was not high for non-Canada preliminary games, the expectation was for Canada’s games to draw well. The packages for 13 games in Montreal ranged from $431 to $1,191. Fasel said the IIHF and Hockey Canada may have to alter how it sets ticket prices for the 2017 tournament, which will have Canada’s round-robin games in Toronto and the knockout rounds in Montreal. Before acknowledging ticket prices were a factor in low attendance at Bell Centre, Fasel said in French that perhaps the tournament was marketed differently in Toronto than in Montreal.

Former Indians, Orioles GM Peters dies at 90 CLEVELAND - Hank Peters helped build championship baseball in Baltimore and revive the sport in Cleveland. A longtime executive who began his career after serving in World War II, Peters died on Sunday of complications from a recent stroke. He was 90. The Indians said in a statement that Peters passed away in Boca Raton, Florida. Peters served as the club’s general manager and president from 1987-91, his second stint with the franchise. Before coming to Cleveland, Peters spent 12 seasons with the Orioles, who had 10 consecutive winning seasons and won their third World Series in 1983 when he was there. Orioles owner Peter Angelos was saddened to learn of Peters’ death. “Hank was highly regarded throughout baseball as a man of integrity and great character,” Angelos said. “His impact was felt by multiple organizations throughout his 40-year baseball career, and he will be missed by all who knew him.” Peters came to Cleveland when the Indians were perennial losers. Hired by late Indians owner Dick Jacobs, Peters was credited him with helping set the foundation for a new downtown ballpark in Cleveland and turned around a foundering franchise. Indians president Mark Shapiro called Peters “a cherished member” of the Indians family. Both the Orioles and Indians offered their condolences to Peters’ daughter, Sharon, son, Steve, and grandchildren. Peters also worked in Cleveland as the club’s vice-president/director of player personnel from 1966-71. After serving in the Army, Peter broke into baseball with the St. Louis Browns, his hometown team.

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ROBBINS Wilma Mae April 28, 1941 - Dec. 30, 2014 Wilma passed away on December 30, 2014 in Palliative Care at the Lacombe Hospital and Care Center. Wilma was the youngest child of the late Charles and Lena Smith, and was born on April 28, 1941 at Lake Isle, Alberta. Wilma is survived by her loving husband Roy Robbins of 53 years; children David (Penny), and grandson Chad; Steven, and granddaughter Hope. Wilma is also survived by siblings Verna Lewis, Leslie (Beth), Leona (Dale) Larsen, and brother-in-law Tom Thomeus, and many nieces and nephews. Wilma was pre-deceased by Sister Doreen Thomeus, Brother Floyd and brother-in-law Stanley Lewis. Wilma loved the outdoors and particularly liked the West Country with snowmobiling in the winter, camping and bicycling the forestry trails in the summer. Wilma with good friend Carol Damant greatly enjoyed gold panning, which also included a memorable overnight canoe trip down the Red Deer River. Wilma never willingly gave up the battle of increasing disability and chronic pain from Multiple Sclerosis. Finally, the battle was lost with the addition of cancer. The family wishes to thank Doctor Janni Prins for his years of working with us to assist Wilma in managing her health problems. We also thank other Doctors and the Lacombe Hospital staff for Wilma’s care during recent hospital stays and finally in Palliative Care. The sincere concern and support for the caregiver was also greatly appreciated. If desired, memorial donations may be made to the Lacombe Palliative Care Society, Box 5576 Lacombe, Alberta T4L 1X2, or the charity of one’s choice. In respecting Wilma’s wishes, no services will be held. Condolences may be made by visiting www.wilsonsfuneralchapel.ca WILSON’S FUNERAL CHAPEL & CREMATORIUM serving Central Alberta with locations in Lacombe and Rimbey in charge of arrangements. Phone: 403.782.3366 or 403.843.3388 “A Caring Family, Caring for Families”

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CLASSIFICATIONS 4000-4310

announcements

Obituaries

Red Deer Advocate

2950 Bremner Ave. Red Deer, AB T4R 1M9 Circulation 403-314-4300

Monday, Jan. 5, 2015

NEIGUM Cody Joseph Douglas Alexander It is with great sadness our family announces the passing of Cody Neigum surrounded by family on December 31, 2014 at the age of 28. Cody will be forever loved and missed by his mother Loree; father Dale; brothers Anthony (Danielle & Kinley) and Cody; sisters Shanaya and Kaylee; his special grandmothers Jean and Shirley; uncle Joey; aunts Brenda, Theresa, Lorraine, and Joan; uncle Al; and cousins Chad and Amanda. Cody is also survived by numerous family and friends. Cody is predeceased by his Papa (Joe Neigum) and grandpa (Doug Hodgkinson). Also meeting him in heaven are his two favorite dogs, Minnie and Peanut. Cody was full of life with a big heart. His interests included hauling cattle with his papa, chasing pigs at Burnt Lake, playing baseball, and in his later life, he enjoyed drilling wells with Garth. He will be deeply missed by all who knew him! A memorial service will be held January 5, 2015 at 2:00 p.m. at Crossroads Church (38105 Range Rd 275, Red Deer County).

In Memoriam

Oilfield

CLASSIFICATIONS 50-70

Coming Events

EAST 40TH PUB SPECIALS Meatball Monday Rib Night Tuesday & Saturday’s Wing Night Wednesday Shrimp Night Thursday

Personals

ANYBODY witnessing a hit and run on December 29, 3:10 pm. at Olymel North Parking Lot involving a green 1992 MX3, 2 dr. Damage was done to the front passenger side. Vehicle was hit hard enough to move it. No name was left behind. If you have any information please contact 587-877-1392 COCAINE ANONYMOUS 403-396-8298 Start your career! See Help Wanted

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710

FULL-TIME IN-HOME caregiver for employer ejabagat at 36 Jamieson Ave., Red Deer for four children: newborn, 20 mo. old, 3 yrs. old and 9 years old. Duties; bathe, dress, feed and meal prep. and some light housekeeping. $10.20/hour; 44 hours per wk, benefits pkg. Compl. of high school, and 1 to 2 yrs. exp. Call (403) 986-4154 or e-mail jabagate@yahoo.com

Today recalls the memory Of a loved one gone to rest, And we who think of him today Are those who loved him best. Memories of his smiling face, His loving heart and warm embrace Recall to us those happy days When we were all together. Always with us in our hearts Marg, Sean and Erin

Births

Over 2,000,000 hours St. John Ambulance volunteers provide Canadians with more than 2 million hours of community service each year.

BABIES OF 2014 BABIES ON PARADE

Clerical

720

Administrative, Clerical & Office Management Duties AL-Terra Engineering (Red Deer) Ltd. is looking for a cheerful, motivated, and well organized individual. Must be capable of inputting data, working with the quick books accounting program, and willing to learn other duties. Must have strong computer knowledge (word, excel, windows, e-mail etc.). Must be willing to answer phones & complete some clerical duties. The successful candidate can choose to make this a full time or part time position. Salary will be commensurate with experience and abilities. Visit our web site at www.al-terra-rd.com for more information about AL-Terra.

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

Applications can be submitted by fax to (403) 340-3038 attention Tyler Broks, or by e-mail to tbroks@al-terra-rd.com.

Dental

740

BOWER DENTAL CENTRE is currently seeking a registered dental assistant who is a member of CADA. We are looking for a multi-talented person who will work chairside and reception as needed. Please e-mail your resume to marina@bowerdental.com or drop off at BDC. P/T DENTAL Hygienist req’d in Innisfail. Email resume to jtkdental@hotmail.com

Wonderful Things Come in Small Packages

A Birth Announcement lets all your friends know he’s arrived...

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Oilfield

800

Fluid Experts Ltd. Is seeking to hire

Shop Hand

Restaurant/ Hotel

820

Trades

850

Truckers/ Drivers

860

PART-TIME help for Burnt Lake Cafe in the Burnt Lake Industrial Area. Call Louise @ 403-342-6687

WHAT’S HAPPENING

700-920

PAUL JEAN VIALA Apr. 8, 1943 - Jan. 5, 2012

800

CLASSIFICATIONS 5000-5240

BEARSPAW is a moderately sized oil and gas company operating primarily in the Stettler and Drumheller areas. We are currently accepting applications for a

JUNIOR OIL AND GAS OPERATOR

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

Welcome to Trail Appliances, a family owned and operated company since 1974! Trail Appliances is one of the leading independent appliance retailers in Western Canada, We have an immediate opening for a full-time Plumber to work within Red Deer and surrounding areas based out of our location at 2823 Bremner Avenue.

in our Stettler Field. Applicants need to be • 2 yrs. min. on-the-job mechanically inclined, exp., must have commotivated to work hard pleted High School be and learn quickly. reliable, self motivated Associated industry work well under limited experience eg. instrumensupervision. tation or facilities construction experience Rate is $13.25 - $15./hr. would be an asset but is No benefits. not necessarily required. This position offers a The main duties of this 733644 Ab Ltd. diverse and challenging position include, but are O/A The Rusty Pelican work environment with not limited to: competitive pay, attractive Location of employment: benefits and the ability to * The installation and 4105 2079 - 50 Ave. grow within the organizaservice of water Red Deer, AB T4R 1Z4 tion. Applicants must live purification products email: or be willing to relocate to bennett.bkkp@xplornet.com * Installation of dishwithin a 20 minute washers, water softeners, or Call 403-347-1414 commute of the work fridge water lines, waor Fax to: 403-347-1161 place location (Stettler). ter heaters and Only candidates selected Please Submit Resume’s humidification prodfor an interview will be Attention Human ucts. contacted. Resources THE RUSTY PELICAN is Email: payroll@ now accepting resumes for The Company provides a bearspawpet.com comprehensive and comF/T DISHWASHER Fax: (403) 258-3197 petitive benefit program Apply within: 2079-50 Mail: Suite 5309, 333 96th including such things as: Ave. 2-4 pm. Mon.-Fri. Ave NE Calgary, Alberta T3R 1H1 Fax 403-347-1161 Phone & Dental calls WILL NOT be accepted. * Medical CEMENT benefit Program OPERATORS/ * Flex days Sales & * Stat holidays off DRIVERS * Paid vacation time REQUIRED IMMEDIATELY. Distributors * Employee & Family Charger Pumping Assistance Program Solutions is seeking OUTSIDE SALES * Referral Incentives experienced class 1 OPPORTUNITIES * Employee discounts drivers. Oilfield Safety Tickets are an asset. Email Growing industrial supply * Paid overtime company in Red Deer resume’s to dlindstrand@ looking for The Company is always chargerpump.com OUTSIDE SALES looking for people who or fax to 403-887-8733 REPRESENTATIVES to want opportunities to grow, join our team. We offer an take initiative and work LOCAL SERVICE CO. attractive compensation, well within a team in Red Deer REQ’S EXP. benefits & bonus program. environment. VACUUM TRUCK Sales experience is not You possess excellent OPERATOR necessary but an industrial communication and Must have Class 3 licence background is a definite interpersonal skills, with w/air & all oilfield tickets. asset. Please forward your an aptitude for time Fax resume w/drivers resume to management. abstract to 403-886-4475 human.resources.depart1 If you are looking for a @gmail.com challenging and rewarding career as a Plumber, please submit your resume including cover letter and Trades salary expectation to: reddeerjobs@ NOW HIRING DRYWALL HELPER REQ’D. trail-appliances.com or by Well Testing Personnel Experience an asset. fax at (403) 342-7168. Experienced Supervisors 403-341-7619 Security clearances will be & Operators conducted on successful GALAXY Plumbing & Must have valid applicable applicants. We thank all Heating is seeking full time tickets. Email: lstouffer@ interested applicants, journeyman service testalta.com however, only those plumbers to start selected for an interview immediately. Must have will be contacted. drivers license, steel toed boots, own tools, self NOW HIRING for motivated and able to work following Positions independently. A good Tile setters $28.25/hr SERVICE RIG attitude is essential. Floor Covering Installer Bearspaw Petroleum Ltd Please call Joe at $ 28.25 / hr is seeking a 403-588-0392, fax Full time and Permanent FLOORHAND resume to 403-347-4539 40hrs/week Locally based, home every or email Min 3 year experience night! Qualified applicants galaxyadmin@telus.net Labourer $20/hr must have all necessary SHUNDA 40hrs/week valid tickets for the position No experience required CONSTRUCTION being applied for. Full time and permanent requires a Bearspaw offers a position very competitive salary Safety Coordinator Valid Driver’s Licence and benefits package to implement, manage & preferred along with a steady enhance our existing email resume at: work schedule. safety program. Fax cat1employment Please submit resumes: resume and references @gmail.com Attn: Human Resources to 403-343-1248 or or drop off resume at Email: email admin@shunda.ca. Central Alberta Tile One payroll@bearspawpet.com 7619 50 Ave Suite 9 STUCCO PLASTERERS & Fax: (403) 252-9719 or Red Deer LABOURERS. Needed Mail to: Suite 5309, Immed. Exp’d but will train. 333-96 Ave. NE Drivers License pref’d. Lots Calgary, AB T3K 0S3 You can sell your guitar of work! 403-588-5306 for a song... STREAMLINE Inspection or put it in CLASSIFIEDS STONE MASONS Ltd. is looking to fill helper and we’ll sell it for you! Exp. only, 403-588-5306 positions. Experience in NDT and oilfield safety Misc. tickets an asset but will train. Candidate must be Help willing to travel and have a valid drivers license. Send resumes to cgraham@ streamlineinspection.com

830

850

CENTRAL AB based trucking company requires

Owner Operators & Contract Drivers in AB. Home the odd night. Weekends off. Late model tractor pref. 403-586-4558 Central Alberta’s Largest Car Lot in Classifieds

CLASS 3 DRIVERS w/airbrake endorsement needed immed. for waste & recycling automated & roll off trucks. Email resume with a min. of 2 references to: canpak@xplornet.ca F/T Permanent Truck Driver Required for Rocky Fast Express (1790810 AB Ltd.) in Red Deer, AB Straight truck: 4600kg+w/2 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. Minimum Class 5 with air and clean abstract. Exp. preferred. In person to Key Towing 4083-78 St. Cres. Red Deer.

880

Misc. Help

1693338 Alberta LTD o/a Custom T’s Hire Sales Supervisor - retail Location at Parkland Mall, 4747 67th St, Red Deer, AB T4N 6 F/Time, Perm, Shifts, Weekends Salary - $22.00 hourly Experience min. 2 years, good English. Education: Some high school. Main duties: Greet customers. Supervise and co-ordinate sales staff, Hire and train of new sales staff, Resolve customer complaints, Control sales report and order merchandise, Authorize payments and the return of merchandise, Keep with Malls’ laws and regulations. Company’s business address: 45 Boyce Street, Red Deer AB T4R 1P2 Please apply by E-mail: Reachiesales@gmail.com Classifieds Your place to SELL Your place to BUY

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

880

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

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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

for our Red Deer location. JJAM Management (1987) This position is a fulltime Ltd., o/a Tim Horton’s and is a salary based Requires to work at these position with company Red Deer, AB locations: benefits. Duties include 5111 22 St. maintain shop & inventories, 37444 HWY 2 S loading of trucks with fluid 37543 HWY 2N products and blending of 700 3020 22 St. KCl products in shop. This FOOD ATTENDANT is a 24 hr rotational on call Req’d permanent shift basis position when on weekend day and evening duty. Ideal candidate will both full and part time. have a mechanical 16 Vacancies, $10.25/hr. + aptitude with a class 1 benefits. Start ASAP. license with fluid hauling Job description experience. Fax resume www.timhortons.com w/all tickets and current Education and experience drivers abstract to: not req’d. 403-346-3112 or email to: Apply in person or fax roger@fluidexperts.com resume to: 403-314-1303

Employers: 1. Avon 2. Tim Hortons 3. Action Group 4. Alberta Line Find 5. FMC Technologies 6. The Phone Experts 7. Greatway Financial 8. G4S Secure Solutions 9. World Financial Group 10.McDonald’s Restaurants 11.Canyon Technical Services 12.Red Deer Catholic School Transportation

Mini Job Fair Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2015 9:30 a.m. - Noon Alberta Works Centre 2nd Floor, First Red Deer Place 4920 - 51 Street, Red Deer Bring your resumé For more info, call 403-340-5353

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880

Misc. Help

Blue Grass Sod Farms Ltd. Box 11, site 2, RR1 Red Deer, AB 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 Classifieds...costs so little Saves you so much!

SWAMPERS F/T needed immediately for a fast growing waste & recycling company. Heavy lifting involved (driver’s helper) position. Reliability essential. Own transportation required. Please email resumes to canpak@xplornet.ca

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LOGS Semi loads of pine, spruce, tamarack, poplar. Price depends on location. Lil Mule Logging 403-318-4346

CLASSIFICATIONS 1500-1990

1630

EquipmentHeavy

TRAILERS for sale or rent Job site, office, well site or storage. Skidded or wheeled. Call 347-7721. Something for Everyone Everyday in Classifieds

1660

Firewood

AFFORDABLE

Homestead Firewood Spruce & Pine -Split. Firepits avail. 7 days/wk. 403-304-6472 FIREWOOD, Spruce & Pine. North of Costco 403-346-7178, 392-7754 SPLIT Dry Firewood. Pine & Birch. Delivery avail (403)845-8989

900

Employment Training

1660

Firewood

1700

Health & Beauty

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

EARRINGS, stirling silver, pierced earings, never worn. 1 1/2” drop, Jeweller appraised $135. Asking $100. obo 403-227-2976 Buying or Selling your home? Check out Homes for Sale in Classifieds

ZIPPERED Tote Bags (3) 12x8.5x5.5, red satin, black paten crock, metallic gold satn. $10. ea. or 3 for $25. 403-227-2976

1860

Sporting Goods

TOBAGGAN, 3 seat, wooden, good cond. $45.; Super GT snow racer, with foot brakes & steering WASHER, Kenmore, Dryer wheel, exc. to new cond. $65. 403-348-6449 Maytag, large capacity both in good working cond. $65. pr. 403-782-7439

1720

1900

Travel Packages

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

WANTED Antiques, furniture and estates. 342-2514

Classes Starting Soon!

1760

Misc. for Sale

1710

Household Appliances

Household Furnishings

ENROLL TODAY!

1750

Jewellery

Advocate Opportunities

Medical Office Assistant / Unit Clerk

Adult Newspaper Carriers Needed For Early Morning Delivery of the RED DEER ADVOCATE With only 64 papers, approximately: $350.00/mo. For More Information, Please call Prodie 403-314-4301 ADULT Newspaper Carriers Needed For Early Morning Delivery of the

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CLASSIFICATIONS

FOR RENT • 3000-3200 WANTED • 3250-3390

3020

Houses/ Duplexes

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

~ Westpark

3060

Suites

ADULT 2 BDRM. spacious suites 3 appls., heat/water incld., Oriole Park. Mike 403-350-1620 403-986-6889

THE NORDIC

3080

3050

Condos/ Townhouses

3030

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

Condos/ Townhouses

3090

3060

4040

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

LARGE, 1 & 2 BDRM. SUITES. 25+, adults only n/s, no pets 403-346-7111

~ Kitson Close ~ Kyte & Kelloway Cres. ~ Holmes St. S.D. $1000 MOUNTVIEW 1 bdrm. adult building, Rent $1245 to $1445 3 bdrm. house, main floor, N/S. No pets. 3 bdrm. townhouses, 5 appls., fenced yard, 403-596-2444 large deck, rent $1550 incl. 1.5 bath, 4 & 5 appls., blinds, lrg. balconies, no dogs. all utils. $900 s.d. Avail. N/S, no utils. incl. Feb 1. 403-304-5337 Roommates Avail. immed. & Jan. 1 Wanted References required. NEWLY reno’d 3 bdrm., 2 bath, 4 appls., QUIET home for working large fenced yard, 4 Plexes/ M/F, utils. wifi incl. N/S, $1600./mo. $1000. d.d. $475/mo. 403-506-1907 6 Plexes Avail Feb . 1. 403-304-5337 SENIOR housemate wanted ORIOLE PARK $500/mo. 403-347-1036 3 bdrm., 1-1/2 bath, $1175. Tired of Standing? rent, s.d. $650, incl water Find something to sit on sewer and garbage. Avail. Rooms in Classifieds Feb. 1st. 403-304-5337 For Rent

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5030

Cars

2001 Chev Malibu, 4 dr. 134,000 kms. 403-352-6995 1999 BUICK Regal, loaded 154,000 km.403-352-6995

5040

SUV's

AVAIL. immed., lrg. fully furn. bdrm. c/w working gas frpl. $300 dd, $600/mo Working or student M. 3810 47 ST. Spacious 2 only. 403-396-2468 bdrm. suite. Stove, fridge, BDRM. for rent in Vanier security. Adult only, no pets. Woods,. $490 + dd, Rent $945. Avail. Jan 1. 403-588-6268 after 6 pm. 2010 SANTA FE, V6, silver 587-877-5808 87,000 kms., remote start, GLENDALE reno’d 2 bdrm. CELEBRATIONS 4 summer, 4 winter tires & apartments, avail. immed, HAPPEN EVERY DAY whls., A1 shape, $16,750. rent $875 403-596-6000 IN CLASSIFIEDS obo. 403-347-6889

Suites

CLEAN, quiet, responsible, Furn. $575. 403-466-7979

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

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

Bell St.

For more information or to apply call Joanne at the Red Deer Advocate 403-314-4308

NEWSPAPER CARRIERS NEEDED For Afternoon Delivery 3 Days/Week (Wed., Thurs. & Fri.)

rentals

RED DEER ADVOCATE

RIVERSIDE MEADOWS

Advocate Opportunities

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3030

Advocate Opportunities

MORRISROE AREA:

On-site work experience Unit Clerk Specialty curriculum Under one-year full Diploma program Planning for a Successful Career Seminar Nationally recognized Medical Assisting First Aid / CPR Training Professional Certificate Hospital Scrubs included Train with Industry experts Perfect graduate job placement rate reported last year

Condos/ Townhouses

INGLEWOOD AREA Iverson Close Isbister Close

ROOM TO RENT very large $450. 403-350-4712

Mobile Lot

3190

PADS $450/mo. Brand new park in Lacombe. Spec Mobiles. 3 Bdrm., 2 bath. As Low as $75,000. Down payment $4000. Call at anytime. 403-588-8820

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homes CLASSIFICATIONS 4000-4190

Realtors & Services

4010

MORRISROE AREA McKenzie St. / Marion Cres.

5140

Utility Trailers

CAR TRAILER, Tandem axle, flat deck, bumper tow. $1500. 403-343-0687

5190

Auto Wreckers

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

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A Star Makes Your Ad A Winner! CALL:

309-3300 To Place Your Ad In The Red Deer Advocate Now!

SUNNYBROOK AREA Scott St. / Somerset Close

WESTPARK & WESTLAKE

CARRIERS REQUIRED

NORMANDEAU

To deliver the CENTRAL AB LIFE 1 day a week in:

Nash St. & Neville Close ALSO Northey Ave.

LANCASTER AREA Lampard Cres Lancaster Drive Long Close Lord Close Landry Bend / Landry Close Ladwig Close

INNISFAIL Penhold Olds Sylvan Lake

KENTWOOD Kirsch Close, Kemp Ave. & Kee Close

Please call Debbie for details 403-314-4307

MUSTANG ACRES TRAILER PARK

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

For more information or to apply call Joanne at the Red Deer Advocate 403-314-4308

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

CARRIERS REQUIRED

PUBLIC NOTICES HERE TO HELP & HERE TO SERVE Call GORD ING at RE/MAX real estate central alberta 403-341-9995 gord.ing@remax.net

Houses For Sale

6010

Public Notices

4020

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

DONALD JOHATHON LEONARD You have 2 weeks to call Red Deer Queen of Courts Bench 403-340-5220 on behalf of your divorce

To deliver the

CENTRAL AB LIFE & LACOMBE EXPRESS 1 day a week in: ADULT Newspaper Carriers Needed For Early Morning Delivery of the

LACOMBE BLACKFALDS

RED DEER ADVOCATE

Please call Rick for details 403-314-4303

Monday through Saturday. Delivery to be done before 6:30 am. Reliable vehicle needed. DOWNTOWN AREA $638./mo

DO YOU: - Want extra income - Know the city well - Possess a clean, valid drivers license - Have a friendly attitude - Enjoy customer service - Want part-time work (12 to 22 hrs/week)

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.

As part of our service team, you will be dispatched in response to service concerns to deliver newspapers and flyers to customers or carriers. A delivery vehicle provided by company! Work 3 to 4 shifts a week. Hours of shifts are morning shifts of Monday through Friday 5:00 AM to 9:00 AM. Saturday starting at 7 AM. Wednesday to Friday Shifts starting at 1 PM. *All Shifts based on 4 hours and likely to run longer.

For More information, please call Jamie 403-314-4306

We thank all applicants for their interest; however only selected candidates will be contacted.

Please apply with resume to: qmacaulay@reddeeradvocate.com or call 403-314-4302 and speak with Grant.

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To Advertise Your Business or Service Here

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

Accounting

1010

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

Contractors

1100

BRIDGER CONST. LTD. We do it all! 403-302-8550 TOO MUCH STUFF? Let Classifieds help you sell it.

Escorts

1165

KAYLA 392-0891 *BUSTY* INDEPENDENT w/own car

Handyman Services

1200

ATT’N: Are you looking for help on small jobs around the house or renovate your bathroom, painting or flooring, roof snow removal? Call James 403-341-0617

Massage Therapy

1280

DALE’S Home Reno’s MASSAGE ABOVE ALL Free estimates for all your WALK-INS WELCOME reno needs. 403-506-4301 4709 Gaetz Ave. 346-1161

Massage Therapy

1280

FANTASY SPA International Ladies

Moving & Storage

1300

MOVING? Boxes? Appls. removal. 403-986-1315

Painters/ Elite Retreat, Finest Decorators in VIP Treatment.

1310

10 - 2am Private back entry JG PAINTING, 25 yrs. exp. Free Est. 403-872-8888

403-341-4445

Classifieds...costs so little Saves you so much!

Misc. Services

1290

Seniors’ Services

1372

GREAT! • Earn some extra cash! • Deliveries in morning do not interfere with most activities • Afternoon deliveries great for busy youth and adults • Earnings paid directly to your Bank Account • Great exercise • No collections • Great for stay at home Moms/Dads, College Students, and Seniors

Call our Carrier Recruitment Line at:

403-314-4394

HELPING HANDS

Property clean up 340-8666

Home Supports for Seniors. Cooking, cleaning, companionship. At home or facility. 403-346-7777

SNOW blowing, junk/metal p/u, odd jobs 403-885-5333

Start your career! See Help Wanted

5* JUNK REMOVAL

Newspaper Routes are

45305C15-D27

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B10 Cops turn backs on de Blasio

MONDAY, JAN. 5, 2015

NEW YORK MAYOR GIVES EULOGY FOR NYPD OFFICER KILLED IN THE LINE OF DUTY BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK - Thousands of city police officers turned their backs Sunday as they watched Mayor Bill de Blasio eulogize an officer shot dead with his partner, repeating a stinging display of scorn for the mayor despite entreaties from the police commissioner not to do so. The show of disrespect came outside the funeral home where Officer Wenjian Liu was remembered as an incarnation of the American dream: a man who had immigrated at age 12 and devoted himself to helping others in his adopted country. The gesture, among officers watching the mayor’s speech on a screen, added to tensions between the mayor and rank-and-file police even as he sought to quiet them. “As we start a new year, a year we’re entering with hearts that are doubly heavy” from the loss of Officer Liu and his partner, Officer Rafael Ramos, de Blasio said. “Let us rededicate ourselves to those great New York traditions of mutual understanding and living in harmony. Let us move forward by strengthening the bonds that unite us, and let us work together to attain peace.” Police convened from around the country to mourn Liu, who was killed Dec. 20. Officer Lucas Grant of the Richmond County Sheriff’s Office in Augusta, Georgia, said he came to Liu’s funeral with about six other officers from neighbouring departments “to support our family.” “When one of us loses our lives, we have to come together,” Grant said. As Liu’s family arrived for his funeral, Police Commissioner William Bratton tweeted: “We will never forget his sacrifice.” A day earlier, mourners lined up for blocks on a cold, rainy day for Liu’s wake. “This is a really tragic story,” Gov. Andrew Cuomo told reporters following the wake, held just two days after the death of his own father, former Gov. Mario Cuomo. “This is really pointless. It had nothing to do with them,” he said of Liu and Ramos. “They did nothing wrong. ... It was pure and random hatred.” The shooter, Ismaaiyl Brinsley, killed himself shortly after the brazen daytime ambush on a Brooklyn street. Investigators say Brinsley was an emotionally disturbed loner who had made references online to the killings this summer of unarmed black men at the hands of white police officers, vow-

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Suicide bomber kills four NAIROBI, Kenya - A suicide car bomber blew himself up near a moving convoy of Somalia’s U.S.-trained elite forces in Mogadishu, killing at least four people, a Somali police officer said Sunday. The attacker drove his bomb-laden car into a convoy of troops on the airport road in the capital, killing mostly pedestrians walking along the road, Capt. Mohamed Hussein said. Mohamed Yusuf, the spokesman of Somalia’s National Security Ministry, said the government had information about the attack, and the car bomb was detonated while the attacker was being pursued. “We shall continue preventing such attacks, however we ask people to work with us,” he told reporters in Mogadishu. The Alpha Group troops are part of Somalia’s intelligence forces and often carry out operations against militants in Somalia. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack. Somali militant group al-Shabab is waging an insurgency against Somalia’s government. The blast comes days after a U.S. airstrike killed al-Shabab’s intelligence chief, Abdishakur Tahlil.

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Some police officers turn their backs as Mayor Bill de Blasio speaks during the funeral of New York Police Department Officer Wenjian Liu at Aievoli Funeral Home, Sunday, in the Brooklyn borough of New York. Liu and his partner, officer Rafael Ramos, were killed Dec. 20 as they sat in their patrol car on a Brooklyn street. The shooter, Ismaaiyl Brinsley, later killed himself. ing to put “wings on pigs.” The deaths strained an already tense relationship between city police unions and de Blasio, who union leaders have said contributed to an environment that allowed the killings by supporting protests following the deaths of Eric Garner on Staten Island and Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri. The head of the rank-and-file police union, which is negotiating a contract with the city, turned his back on the mayor at a hospital the day of the killings. The act was imitated by hundreds of officers standing last week outside Ramos’ funeral who turned their backs toward a giant TV screen as de Blasio’s remarks were being broadcast. Many people, including Cardinal Timothy Dolan, have since pressed all parties to tone down the rhetoric. And this weekend, Bratton sent a memo to

all commands urging respect, declaring “a hero’s funeral is about grieving, not grievance.” Officers who turned their backs on de Blasio on Sunday spun back around when Bratton took the podium to speak after the mayor. On Saturday, officers standing outside the Brooklyn funeral home where Liu was displayed, dressed in full uniform in an open casket, saluted as the mayor and commissioner entered. On Sunday, the mayor got a respectful reception among police officials inside the funeral home. But some ill will was visible ahead of de Blasio’s scheduled remarks at Liu’s funeral. Retired NYPD officer John Mangan stood across the street from the funeral home with a sign that read: “God Bless the NYPD. Dump de Blasio.” And Patrick Yoes, a national secretary with the 328,000-member Fraternal Order of Police, said he ap-

plauded New York police union leader Patrick Lynch’s stance toward the mayor, including Lynch’s declaration that de Blasio had “blood on his hands” after the shootings. “Across this country, we seem to be under attack in the law enforcement profession, and the message to take away from this is: We are public servants. We are not public enemies,” Yoes said. But George Breedy, a lieutenant with the St. Charles Parish Sheriff’s Department in Louisiana, said he had no plans to protest de Blasio, calling the rift between officers and the mayor a “local issue.” “We’re here to pay respect to the officers,” Breedy said. Liu’s funeral arrangements were delayed so relatives from China could travel to New York. He is to be buried at Cypress Hills Cemetery.

Somalia’s government is struggling to rebuild the country after decades of conflict sparked of by the 1991 ouster of dictator Siad Barre.

to smuggle cocaine on flights in recent days. The Jamaica Constabulary Force alleges 28-year-old Katerina Ana Schofield of Zurich attempted to smuggle 2 pounds (1 kilogram) of cocaine on a flight to Frankfurt, Germany last week. She was arrested at Sangster International Airport in Montego Bay. At the same airport, 29-year-old Ferron Ford of Birmingham, England, was charged with attempting to smuggle about 3 pounds (1 ½ kilograms) of cocaine as he tried to board a U.K. flight. Two other British men whose identities were not disclosed have been arrested at the airport in Kingston as they were trying to get to London. Some 8 pounds (3.6 kilograms) of cocaine was allegedly found in their bags.

Love told ABC’s “This Week” on Sunday that Scalise has shown humility and apologized, and should remain in leadership. Party leaders aim to put the controversy behind them when the new Republican-controlled Congress convenes Tuesday. Scalise has condemned the group’s views and said that as a state legislator in 2002 he didn’t always know details of the groups he was speaking to.

1.5 million people visisted Auschwitz death camp memorial in 2014 WARSAW, Poland - Officials say a record number of more than 1.5 million people from around the world visited the grounds of the former Nazi German death camp of AuschwitzBirkenau in 2014. The Auschwitz museum said Sunday on its website most visitors came from within Poland, with large numbers of tourists also coming from Britain, the U.S., Italy and Germany. The website didn’t say what the previous record was. Between 1940 and 1945, about 1.1 million people, mainly Jews but also Poles, Roma and other nationals, were killed in gas chambers or died from forced labour, hunger and disease in the camp operated by Nazi Germans. On Jan. 27, ceremonies attended by survivors will mark the 70th anniversary of its liberation by the Soviet army.

Jamaican police say three Brits, swiss woman tried to smuggle cocaine KINGSTON, Jamaica - Jamaican police have charged a Swiss citizen and three British nationals with attempting

Despite speech to white supremacist group, Republicans back own WASHINGTON - Republican lawmakers are defending the No. 3 House Republican leader over a speech have gave 12 years ago to a white supremacist group. Rep. Steve Scalise of Louisiana says the speech was a mistake he now regrets. Party leaders, including House Speaker John Boehner, have backed him. Several rank-and-file lawmakers are adding their support, including Utah’s Mia Love, the first black female Republican elected to the House of Representatives.

Israel threatens new punishments against Palestinians JERUSALEM - Israeli leaders are threatening to take even tougher action against the Palestinians over their decision to join the International Criminal Court, a day after freezing the transfer of more than $100 million in tax funds. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told his Cabinet on Sunday that Israel “will not sit idly by.” The Palestinians submitted their application last week to the ICC. The application is expected to be approved in about 60 days, clearing the way for them to pursue war crimes cases against Israel. Netanyahu’s minister for strategic affairs, Yuval Steinitz, said that if the Palestinians press forward with their efforts, Israel will have to consider further steps. The Israeli tax transfers are essential for the cash-strapped Palestinian Authority.

Meth seizures soar at U.S.-Mexico border in 2014 BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS SAN DIEGO - Seizures of methamphetamine soared at the US-Mexico border during fiscal year 2014, accelerating a trend that began several years ago as new laws that limited access to the drug’s chemical ingredients made it harder to manufacture it in the U.S. Meth seized by the U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s San Diego field office accounted for nearly two-thirds - 63 per cent - of all the meth seized at all ports of entry nationwide in the fiscal year ending Sept. 30, the San Diego Union-Tribune newspaper reported Sunday. Almost all of the meth consumed in the U.S. was once manufactured domestically, with San Diego as a known production hub. But a crackdown in the U.S. on the precursor chemicals used to make the synthetic drug has pushed its manufacture south of the border, where drug cartels now find it cheaper and easier to pro-

duce and smuggle over the border than cocaine from South America, the paper reported. With the California border as their main smuggling route, “the Mexican cartels are flooding the U.S. marketplace with their cheap methamphetamine,” said Gary Hill, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s assistant special agent in charge in San Diego. U.S. Customs and Border Protection figures show a 300 per cent increase in meth seizures at California ports of entry from fiscal 2009 to 2014. Agents find the drug, often in smaller quantities, strapped to pedestrians crossing the border, in gas tanks, mixed in with clothing or hidden in food cans emptied of their original contents. In some instances, smugglers are liquefying the drug and trying to conceal it as windshield washer fluid. Undercover agents are buying the stuff in San Diego for about $3,500 a pound - about a third the cost of a pound of cocaine - and prices have been decreasing since 2008, Hill said. He added that, unlike with cocaine, drug cartels can eliminate the middleman by directly overseeing meth manufacturing and

the smaller overhead means a cheaper street price in the U.S. Joe Garcia, interim special agent in charge for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Homeland Security Investigations in San Diego, said much of the meth coming into San Diego is headed north. Los Angeles has emerged as an important hub for shipments headed elsewhere, he said. “Our investigations take us through all corners of the country,” he said. “It’s going into Canada as well.” Locally, authorities in San Diego have seen the consequences of more meth coming across the border. Emergency room visits and deaths are up, as are the number of arrests for meth, said Angela Goldberg, co-ordinator for the Meth Strike Force, an effort by law enforcement and health officials in San Diego County to combat meth. And drug prosecutions in San Diego County for meth jumped from eight in 2013 to 60 in 2014. “It’s very hard to get past these drug cartels,” Goldberg said. “They’re very good at what they do.”

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MONDAY, JAN. 5, 2015

Mom blames daughter for grandmother’s suicide more than 20 years later

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Dear Annie: I lost my grandmother to suicide when I was 7. The day before Grandma died, she made comments to me about going away where I could not go with her and “going to be with her mother,” who had died. I did not understand what she was saying. Several weeks after the funeral, I told my mother what my grandmother said to me. For years after, it felt as though my mother blamed me for her mother’s death. I grew up feeling this way. Two years ago, I overheard my mother tell a friend on the phone that she did, in fact, blame me for my grandmother’s death. I cannot tell you how much this hurt me. I am now in my 30s, and my mother and I have had other issues in the past, but never as hurtful as this. Since my grandmother’s death, I have been in counseling for depression, my own suicide attempts and the unbearable guilt that I feel. The therapists have told MITCHELL me that Grandma’s death was & SUGAR not my fault, but how can I believe them when my own mother blames me? How do I explain to her that I was only 7 and didn’t understand what Grandma was telling me? I have crying spells and am hurting inside. Please help. – Abandoned Dear Abandoned: You know your grandmother’s death was not your fault. You understand that at the age of 7, you could not possibly be held responsible for her suicide. Your mother wants to blame you because it is less painful than blaming herself for not noticing how unhappy her mother was. But frankly, there is no reason to blame anyone. The depression you suffer from (and that Grandma apparently suffered from) is likely a form of inherited mental illness. Please discuss this with your counselor, and ask about having your mother come with you. It sounds as though she never fully processed what happened. She could use some help, too. Dear Annie: My wife can’t stop interrupting me while I’m talking. She either finishes my thought for me, or she just moves on to the next thing she wants to say without waiting for me to finish speaking. My wife is aware that there is a problem, and she feels bad when I point it out, but she evidently can’t do anything about it. She doesn’t even realize she’s doing it unless I tell her, “You interrupted me again.” There are times when I don’t feel like talking to her because I know she’s just going to cut me off. What can either of us do? – Cut Short Dear Cut: If your wife truly wants to stop and you are willing to make the effort, you can train each other. First check your own speech habits. Do you drone on and on? Do you restate the obvious? Do you repeat yourself? Work on shorter sentences, and then help your wife learn to wait until you are finished before speaking. This will require that she make a genuine effort, and you will need to remind her, gently, each time she interrupts. Dear Annie: I am moved to respond to “Unhappy Mother of a Son.” I have been living that life. After getting professional help, I finally came to realize the fault is not mine. My daughter-in-law quite simply does not, for whatever reason, want to share my son’s life with me. And I have to recognize that my son has no appreciation for me or is too lacking in character to stand up for me. If there are grandchildren, I would suggest “Unhappy” cultivate a relationship with them in whatever way possible. They have the right to make their own judgments. The hurt never goes away, but life is more than being a mother. – Sad but Wiser Annie’s Mailbox is written by Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar, longtime editors of the Ann Landers column. Please email your questions to anniesmailbox@ comcast.net, or write to: Annie’s Mailbox, c/o Creators Syndicate, 737 3rd Street, Hermosa Beach, CA 90254.

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HOROSCOPES Monday, Jan. 5 CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DATE: Bradley Cooper, 40; Diane Keaton, 69; Robert Duvall, 84 THOUGHT OF THE DAY: Today there is a T-Square, the moon will oppose Pluto. This indicates that ongoing issues will take on a more emotional pull and things can and will be accomplished. There is great opportunity in holding back when you want to jump forward today. Think critically about what you are doing and make serious and rational decisions on what needs to change. Be conscious of issues. HAPPY BIRTHDAY: If today is your birthday, this year will prove to be a year when you discover what truly is bothering you within relationships. This can be anyone from business partnerships to your spouse. Something needs to change and this will be the year to initiate those changes. Greater opportunities to properly address career issues will be resolved as well. Focus on your goals now! ARIES (March 21-April 19): There is great opportunity for you to make those necessary adjustments within your career and represent yourself in a new light today. Express what makes you unique. No, this does not mean forgetting others’ value. It means by

truly expressing your gift, others will benefit. TAURUS (April 20-May 20): The only way you can push forward today is by addressing the past. Perhaps you have suppressed troubles and now they are coming back again to be acknowledged. You want your external life to match your internal joy. Step up and discuss any tensions you feel now. GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Serious conversations about your aims and direction in life will surface today. It will not deal with superficial matters. Your confidence, wishes and fears will be exposed with those you interact with today. However those conversations go, it will benefit you to experience them. CANCER (June 21-July 22): Interactions with others will be profound today. A serious look at health, work and daily life will reveal that some things do need a switch up in order for you to prosper. Allow for those important others in your life to offer their innate wisdom to you. It will benefit you now. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Serious conversations with business partnerships, your spouse or mentor, will be had now and it will allow a change to occur with your emotional patterns. Has there been something that you feel has held you back, but you can’t under-

stand why you keep doing it? Today you’ll know! VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Today is a very critical day for your confidence and your finances. Let go of the need to know more than others, and allow family to provide you with some wisdom, even if it is simply you doing the opposite. It is time to come clean on what is bothering you and move beyond it. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Interactions with others in your life LARISA MAIRA will have two sides today. You OZOLINS will be able to receive greater advice and also provide it for others. The reason for this is because you are living through those tensions. Accept that you are able to emerge victorious and you’ll feel better. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Discussions with family members and those within your home environment will help you increase your confidence and finances. Knowledge is the key today, but even more so will be emotional knowledge. Try to listen and absorb

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what you are feeling now. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): The tension between have and have not will be felt today. Let go of the need to act as you please. Thinking before you act and careful planning will be your ally. Share and explain your position and what you are passionate about. Communication will benefit you now! CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Today will be a bit stressful as you move forward with the tension of the ongoing changes. Speak your mind, as now is the time to truly explore all possibilities. Hidden messages or agendas will prove to be in your favour, as long as you understand what’s going on. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Individuals found within you daily life will truly initiate a need for you to release some wisdom and tension today. There will be a great opportunity presented to you to move towards your dreams, but do realize it will come at the cost of needing to speak your ultimate truth. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Sharing your emotions and speaking your mind will be second nature today. All the world’s a stage, but try not to rationalize your position in front of the public now. The best opportunities come to you when you least expect them. Think deeply before you speak today. Larisa Maira Ozolins is an internationally syndicated astrologer and columnist. Her column appears daily in the Advocate.

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Not all happy with new U.S. dietary guidelines BEEF, AGRICULTURE INDUSTRIES UPSET ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT IS CONSIDERED BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON — The government issues dietary guidelines every five years to encourage Americans to eat healthier. This year’s version may look at what is healthy for the environment, too. A new focus on the environment would mean asking people to choose more fruits, vegetables, nuts, whole grains and other plant-based foods — possibly at the expense of meat. The beef and agriculture industries are crying foul, saying an environmental agenda has no place in what has always been a practical blueprint for a healthy lifestyle. An advisory panel to the Agriculture and Health and Human Services Departments has been discussing the idea of sustainability in public meetings, indicating that its recommendations, expected this month, may address the environment. The two departments will take those recommendations into account as they craft the final dietary guidelines, expected by the end of the year. The guidelines are the basis for USDA’s “My Plate” icon that replaced the well-known food pyramid in 2010 and is designed to help Americans with healthy eating. The guidelines will also be integrated into school lunch meal patterns and other federal

eating programs. A draft recommendation circulated by the advisory committee in December said a sustainable diet helps ensure food access for both the current population and future generations. A dietary pattern higher in plant-based foods and lower in animal-based foods is “more health promoting and is associated with lesser environmental impact than is the current average U.S. diet,” the draft said. That appears to take at least partial aim at the beef industry. A study by the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences last year said raising beef for the American dinner table is more harmful to the environment than other meat industries such as pork and chicken. The study said that compared with other popular animal proteins, beef produces more heat-trapping gases per calorie, puts out more water-polluting nitrogen, takes more water for irrigation and uses more land. As the advisory committee has discussed the idea, doctors and academics on the panel have framed sustainability in terms of conserving food resources and also what are the healthiest foods. There is “compatibility and overlap” between what’s good for health and good for the environment, the panel has said.

The meat industry has fought for years to ensure that the dietary guidelines do not call for eating less meat. The guidelines now recommend eating lean meats instead of reducing meat altogether, advice that the current advisory committee has debated. A draft discussed at the panel’s Dec. 15 meeting says a healthy dietary pattern includes fewer “red and processed meats” than are currently consumed. After that meeting, the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association sent out a statement by doctor and cattle producer Richard Thorpe calling the committee biased and the draft meat recommendations absurd. He said lean beef has a role in healthy diets. The American Meat Institute issued comments calling any attempt to take lean meat out of a healthy dietary pattern “stunning” and “arbitrary.” Objections are coming from Congress, too. A massive year-end spending bill enacted last month noted the advisory committee’s interest in the environment and directed Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack “to only include nutrition and dietary information, not extraneous factors” in final guidelines. Congress often uses such non-binding directions to put a department on notice that lawmakers will push back if the executive branch moves forward. Environmentalists are pushing the committee and the government to go the route being considered.

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WASHINGTON - There’s no skunky bar odour amid the beer taps. Instead of booze, colored water fills the bottles. The real alcohol is locked away but still close enough for the extra temptation of smell and to test the safety of a new drug designed to help heavy drinkers say “when” sooner than usual. The replica of a fully stocked bar inside the hospital at the National Institutes of Health is an important part of the experiment. Researchers believe that sitting in the dimly lit bar-laboratory should cue the volunteers’ brains to crave a drink, and help determine if the pill they’re testing counters that urge. “The goal is to create almost a real-world environment, but to control it very strictly,” said lead researcher Dr. Lorenzo Leggio, who is testing how a hormone named ghrelin that sparks people’s appetite for food also affects their desire for alcohol, and if blocking it helps. Amid all the yearly resolutions to quit, alcohol use disorders affect about 17 million Americans, and only a small fraction receives treatment. There’s no one-size-fits-all therapy, and the NIH is spurring a hunt for new medications that target the brain’s addiction cycle in different ways - and to find out which options work best in which drinkers. “Alcoholics come in many forms,” explained Dr. George Koob, director of NIH’s National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, which has published new online guides, at www.niaaa.nih.gov, explaining who’s at risk and what can help. What’s the limit? NIAAA says “low-risk” drinking means no more than four drinks in any single day and no more than 14 in a week for men, and no more than three drinks a day and seven a week for women. Genes play a role in who’s vulnerable to crossing the line into alcohol abuse. So do environmental factors, such as getting used to drinking a certain amount, not to mention how your own brain’s circuitry adapts. Treatment can range from inpatient rehab and 12-step programs to behavioural therapy and the few medications available today. Koob, who specializes in the neurobiology of alcohol, says it usually takes a combination and ultimately, “you have to change your life.” Yet a recent review for the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality estimated that less than a third of people who need treatment get it, and of those, less than 10 per cent receive medications. Three drugs are approved by the Food and Drug Administration to treat alcohol abuse. One, naltrexone, blocks alcohol’s feel-good sensation by targeting receptors in the brain’s reward system - if people harbour a particular gene. The anti-craving pill acamprosate appears to calm stress-related brain chemicals in certain people. The older Antabuse works differently, triggering nausea and other aversive symptoms if people drink while taking it. Recent research suggests a handful of drugs used for other disorders also show promise: Scientists at the Scripps Research Institute found the epilepsy drug gabapentin reduced relapses in drinkers who’d recently quit, and improved cravings, mood and sleep by targeting an emotion-related brain chemical. A study by NIAAA and five medical centres found the anti-smoking drug Chantix may help alcohol addiction, too, by reducing heavy drinkers’ cravings. University of Pennsylvania researchers found the epilepsy drug topiramate helped heavy drinkers cut back, if they have a particular gene variation mostly found in people of European descent. Back in NIH’s bar lab, one of about a dozen versions around the country, the focus is on ghrelin, the hormone produced in the stomach that controls appetite via receptors in the brain. It turns out there’s overlap between receptors that fuel overeating and alcohol craving in the brain’s reward system, explained NIAAA’s Leggio. In a study published this fall, his team gave 45 heavy-drinking volunteers different doses of ghrelin, and their urge to drink rose along with the extra hormone. Now Leggio is testing whether blocking ghrelin’s action also blocks those cravings, using an experimental Pfizer drug originally developed for diabetes but never sold. The main goal of this firststep study is to ensure mixing alcohol with the drug is safe. But researchers also measure cravings

as volunteers, hooked to a blood pressure monitor in the tiny bar-lab, smell a favourite drink. Initial safety results are expected this spring. “Our hope is that down the line, we might be able

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