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Red Deer Advocate FRIDAY, JAN. 16, 2015

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Third-party audit ordered ONE OF SIX CONDITIONS SLAPPED ON PIPELINE COMPANY BY PAUL COWLEY ADVOCATE STAFF

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The National Energy Board is turning the regulatory screws on Plains Midstream Canada, which was responsible for spilling thousands of barrels of oil into the Red Deer River in 2012. A third-party audit of Plains Midstream’s pipeline operations in Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba and Ontario was imposed on Thursday. It is one of six

conditions outlined under a new order. By the end of this month, the company must also provide documentation on immediate safety critical tasks; the operational controls used to reduce hazards and risks; and demonstrate how the company intends to ensure its controls are adequate. “The NEB order is a direct result of Plains’ failure to correct non-compliant findings during the 2010

Management and Protection Audit Corrective Action Plan, and continued deficiencies throughout the company’s safety management and environmental protection programs,” says the board in a statement. Plains, a subsidiary of Houston-based Plains All American Pipeline, was taken to task last September for its failure to comply with an action plan ordered following a pair of high-profile oil spills.

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Shoppers give retailer mixed reviews MORE THAN 100 PEOPLE TO LOSE JOBS BY SUSAN ZIELINSKI ADVOCATE STAFF More than 100 people are expected to lose their jobs when the Target store in Red Deer closes. The Bower Place shopping centre store is one of 133 across Canada that will close within five months. The American retailer opened in Red Deer only 20 months ago, filling the former Zellers site at the south-end mall. On Thursday, the corpoTARGET CRIES UNCLE C3 ration announced its hasty retreat after it was “unable to find a realistic scenario that would get Target Canada to profitability until at least 2021,” said Target CEO Brian Cornell in a press release. Shoppers outside the Red Deer store on Thursday had mixed reviews of Target, many citing a lack of stock as a persistent problem. Lindsay Ord, of Olds, said she was sad to hear Target was pulling out of Canada. “I was disappointed. I enjoy the products they have,” said Ord, who made sure to pick up a supply of her favourite lotion from Target. “I spend a lot of time across the border. I’ll probably still get their stuff in the States.” She particularly liked home décor items available at Target and said there wasn’t another store that was comparable in style and price. Target Canada had hoped for a lot more sales at Christmas. “With the full support of Target Corporation’s board of directors, we have determined that it is in the best interest of our business and our shareholders to exit the Canadian market and focus on driving growth and building further momentum in our U.S. business,” Cornell said in the release. The Minneapolis-based corporation has 1,801 stores in the U.S. Shopper John Kloosterman of Red Deer said he browsed in Target at Christmas but didn’t make any purchases. He said men’s clothing looked good, but he just never got around to buying any. “I just didn’t really see anything better than Walmart,” Kloosterman said. He was really worried about the employees who will be losing their jobs. “It’s just after Christmas. They probably still have debts to deal with. They didn’t see it coming. It’s too bad.” And with 133 stores closing, who is going to take them over, he asked. “I just don’t know,” Kloosterman said. Target Canada employs approximately 17,600 people, or between 100 and 150 people per store. The exact number of employees in Red Deer was not available. Target’s plans call for nearly all employees to receive a minimum of 16 weeks compensation, including wages and benefits coverage for employees who are not required for the full wind-down period. The liquidation process is expected to begin in two to three weeks, upon court approval of Target Canada’s plans to hire a liquidation firm.

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Minette White, 3, slides down an ice slide in her front yard in West park as her father Donnie and brother Mateo look on Thursday. The ice castle, built of blocks of snow and then iced over with water, is complete with frosted ice windows, turrets and flying buttresses.

Tour of Alberta to skip Red Deer in ’15 BY JOSH ALDRICH ADVOCATE STAFF Red Deer won’t be on the Tour of Alberta route in 2015. The professional bicycle event has been through Red Deer in each of its first two years, but Red Deer won’t be part of the third installment of the worldclass race. The decision was not unexpected. Local organizers, however, expect Central Alberta’s absence will not be a permanent one. “It’s just a matter of (the tour) giving everybody in the province the opportunity to see this calibre of racing coming into their communities,” said local organizing committee chairman George Berry. The tour is taking a Northern Alberta mountain route this year with announced stops in Grande Prairie, Grande Cache, Jasper, Spruce Grove and Edmonton, from Sept. 2 to 7. Plans are being discussed for a Southern Alberta route in 2016 that could include a Red Deer stage once again, although nothing has been decided. “As a provincewide event whose route changes each year, we are thrilled to bring this world-class event to so many new host communities in 2015,” said Alberta Peloton Association chairman Brian Jolly in

a press release. “As a part of this northern route, we are able to include a true mountain stage for the first time ever. This aspect is crucial as the Tour of Alberta presented by ATB Financial continues to gain momentum in the international professional cycling community. “We are already looking forward to a tour focused primarily in Southern Alberta in 2016.” Red Deer has been a stop in each of the first two years of the tour, which attracts many of the top cyclists on the planet. In 2014, an estimated 10,000 people watched the local stage live while there was a worldwide viewership of about 45.5 million people with the race being broadcast in places like Australia, Europe and China, “Over the last two years, we’ve put on a top-quality event and the tour was talking about that it raised the bar and the expectations for the cyclists and the public to another level,” said Berry, noting they had a volunteer force of about 250 people to host the race. “As with any event that happens in Red Deer when we put on, it doesn’t take a back seat to anybody that we try to do it the best and world class, and it truly was. It will come back to Red Deer, we know that.” jaldrich@reddeeradvocate.com

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Red Deer man fails to show up for third day of trial

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BY BRENDA KOSSOWAN ADVOCATE STAFF Police are now hunting for a Red Deer man who failed to show up for the third day of his trial on charges laid after a fatal collision. Brent Robert Cameron, 26, is charged with leaving a collision scene to avoid prosecution and public mischief for filing a false report to police. The charges were laid by Red Deer City RCMP investigating the death of Paul Gabriel Bertin, 18, whose body was found on the northbound lanes of Taylor Drive Bridge at about 2 a.m. on Oct. 6, 2012. Bertin had recently moved to Red Deer from the village of Botha, east of Stettler. RCMP allege that Cameron, formerly of New Brunswick, fled the scene of the collision to avoid prosecution, parked his heavily-damaged vehicle a few blocks away, and then reported it stolen later in the day. Crown and defence counsel in the trial, held before Justice John Little in Red Deer Court of Queen’s Bench, were prepared to make their final arguments on Thursday morning after hearing two days of testimony from Crown witnesses. Wetaskiwin-based defence counsel Glen Allen called no evidence during trial. Allen was unable to explain why his client had not appeared by 10:30 a.m., stating that he had spoken with the accused’s father. The father said only that his son had been agitated and unable to sleep the past two or three days, said Allen. He did not object when Crown prosecutor Wayne Silliker asked the court to issue a warrant for Cameron’s arrest at 10:38 a.m., roughly 40 minutes after the trial was scheduled to open for the day.

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AUDIT: Deficiencies must be addressed The company was responsible for the release of about 3,000 barrels of oil into the Red Deer River near Sundre on June 7, 2012. In April 2011, Plains Midstream’s Rainbow pipeline leaked 28,000 barrels of oil northeast of Peace River, the province’s biggest spill in decades. Plains Midstream pleaded guilty to violating provincial laws and was fined $1.3 million last year. It also apologized to Albertans for the environmental damage caused. Plains president David Duckett was called on the carpet and a senior NEB staffer was appointed to assess the company’s progress and report back to the board. That report was apparently not glowing. “While the board recognizes that some progress has been made, the board has decided that additional measures are required to ensure that Plains’ pipeline and related facilities are maintained and operated in a manner that protects the public and the environment,” says a Jan. 15 letter to Duckett. NEB spokesman Darin Barter said the board member who was working with the company was “not convinced the company could move forward on their own and the way to bring them into compliance was through the order.” The Alberta Energy Regulator has previously clamped down on the company with similar sanctions. Plains’ day-to-day operations, which includes 5,100 km of pipelines, will continue. “I think it’s important to note there are no immediate safety concerns on the pipeline,” said Barter. “It’s being closely monitored by the NEB.”

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Young boys dressed as the Swiss Guard rest as they wait for the arrival of Pope Francis at the Cathedral Basilica of the Immaculate Conception in Manila, Philippines, Friday. Tens of thousands of people poured into Manila’s streets Friday to catch a glimpse of Pope Francis as he started his first full day in Asia’s largest Catholic nation under the most intense security of his two-year pontificate.

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BRIEFS RCMP investigating attempted murder Red Deer City RCMP are investigating an attempted murder after a 32-year-old man was shot while in a downtown apartment early this morning during a home invasion. Police were called to an apartment building at Plains must submit its quality assurance program to the NEB for approval by the end of April and commit to meeting with NEB staff every quarter. As well, Plains must pick a third-party auditor for NEB approval by the end of February. The final report on the company’s management system and environmental protection program must be done by the end of November. A similar report on Plains’ integrity management program is due by the end of 2016. Before the end of the year, Plains must submit its response to the report and reasons for any deficiencies, as well as how they will be addressed. NEB’s scrutiny of Plains is not meant to send a message to other pipeline companies and, perhaps reassure the public, that regulators are on watch. “That message is probably going to be taken (but) it’s not the intent of the safety order,” he said, pointing out the NEB has been working with Plains for four years. Plains did not respond to a request for comment on Thursday. Don Bester, of the Alberta Surface Rights Group, was encouraged to see a federal agency getting involved in pressuring Plains to clean up its act. “That’s pointing in the right direction, to tell you the truth,” said Bester, who lives in Innisfail. “Somebody has to straighten out what’s going on in this province.” Bester pointed out the provincial government promised a review of pipeline safety and nothing has come out. “That’s just in nowhere land.” pcowley@reddeeradvocate.com

TARGET: Occupied largest anchor space in Bower Bower Place general manager John Rooke said Bentall Kennedy, the management company for Bower Place, was disappointed to hear Target was exit-

47th Avenue and 55th Street where Red Deer Emergency Services personnel were treating a man for gunshot wounds. RCMP have confirmed this was a targeted attack and the public is not at risk. Police are searching for several suspects identified to police. The victim is in stable condition in hospital. His injuries are not believed to be life-threatening. Police are searching for witnesses to the incident. Anyone with information that may assist police is asked to call Red Deer RCMP at 403-343-5575. Callers who wish to remain anonymous can call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 or report it online at www. tipsubmit.com. ing Canada and concerned about the impact on families and individuals who will be affected the most. “We all woke up this morning and got the same news as everyone else,” Rooke said. “We don’t have a lot of details at this time. We’re just trying to make sense of the news ourselves and figure out how that equates to Bower and our client who owns the property.” Target occupies the largest anchor space at the mall with 118,646 square feet, followed by Hudson’s Bay with 110,672 square feet and Sears at 108,431. Reeve Martin, president of Red Deer and District Chamber of Commerce, said it’s unfortunate that Target’s expansion into Canada didn’t work out. “Even though they had a large following, it just didn’t materialize,” Martin said. He said it was good to hear Target is providing a substantial severance package and the federal government is setting up a specific hotline and some training programs focused on the almost 18,000 Canadian workers. The chamber is always concerned about losing a significant employer in the city, as well as variety in the retail landscape, but Martin said he remained confident in Red Deer’s retail sector. “We’ve got Sephora coming to Bower Place so it certainly shows that Red Deer is an attractive location for retailers still. That’s a very, very large international company.” According to Target Canada’s website, the retailer will continue to accept gift cards through the liquidation period. U.S. Target stores have never accepted Target Canada gift cards and that will not change. Target Canada stores will continue to accept returns of merchandise purchased at Target Canada stores, according to pre-existing policies. Once Target Canada begins the liquidation process, all previously purchased items, as well as those purchased during the liquidation process, will be final sale. United States Target stores have never accepted returns of merchandise purchased from Target Canada stores and that will not change. szielinski@reddeeradvocate.com

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Band wants pipeline decision reversed EDMONTON — An Alberta aboriginal band has asked a judge to overturn the approval of a $3-billion pipeline project because the provincial government ruled the First Nation didn’t have the right to be consulted about it. In court documents filed Thursday, the Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation says Alberta’s aboriginal consultation office violated the band’s constitutional rights when it said the band wasn’t directly affected by TransCanada’s Grand Rapids proposal, even though it crosses land claimed as territory. “We were shocked to learn that Alberta had decided that we had no right at all to be consulted about this project and that they had advised TransCanada of their decision without even informing us,” Chief Allan Adam said in a statement. “This shows just how profoundly disrespectful Al-

berta’s process has become.” The aboriginal consultation office, intended to make talks between First Nations and industry smoother and more predictable, has instead become a major friction point. It is vehemently opposed by nearly every band in Alberta. One of Premier Jim Prentice’s first promises on assuming office was to reform it. The Grand Rapids pipeline is designed to ship up to 900,000 barrels of diluted bitumen per day from near Fort McMurray, Alta., to the Edmonton area. It is a 50-50 partnership between TransCanada (TSX:TRP) and a unit of PetroChina. The consultation office is responsible for deciding what level of talks are appropriate when industrial development affects aboriginals. In this case, the office ruled the pipeline wouldn’t affect the ability of band members to practise their treaty rights — even though several had filed affidavits saying they regularly do so on land the line would cross.

Two Red Deer homes searched as part of crackdown on biker gangs BY MURRAY CRAWFORD ADVOCATE STAFF Red Deer was one of seven communities in Alberta and Saskatchewan where police searched numerous residents and businesses with alleged ties to the Hells Angels and Fallen Saints biker gangs. As a result of these searches, 14 people have been charged and police seized more than five kg of methamphetamine, two kg of cocaine and about 200 firearms. The Red Deer Alberta Law Enforcement Response Team searched two residences in Red Deer. Police in Saskatoon, Star City, Melfort, Nipawin, Warman, Sask., and Calgary searched 12 residences, four businesses and one vehicle. Mike Tucker, of ALERT communications, said police found cocaine and a loaded, stolen shotgun at the residences in Red Deer. No arrests were made in the city, however the two residences were tied to a man arrested in Calgary. At a news conference in Saskatoon, police said the busts had ties to both the Hells Angels and Fallen Saints biker gangs, who were the targets of this investigation. The investigation began in November 2013. Since then, police say they have seized 5.4 kg of methamphetamine, 2.6 kg of cocaine, 3,358 fentanyl pills (counterfeit oxycontin), 107 grams of heroin, 145 pounds of marijuana, 456 dilaudid pills, 454 grams of hash, $100,000, seven vehicles, about 200 firearms, tens of thousands of rounds of ammunition, four ballistic (bulletproof) vests and one conducted energy weapon. “Complex investigations succeed when law enforcement agencies work in partnership,” said Staff Sgt. Donovan

The office later told the band that its decision was made on the basis of maps compiled internally — without input from the First Nation. Those maps were not shared with the band. Meanwhile, the province’s energy regulator began public hearings on the project. The band was granted standing to appear, citing concerns about forest fragmentation, fish habitat, caribou impacts, traditionally used plants and spill cleanup plans. The band later withdrew from those hearings after the panel refused to give the band an 18-month adjournment to consider project revisions or grant it funding to research responses to TransCanada. Landowners along the proposed route also suggested the process was biased in favour of industry. The Grand Rapids hearing was the first held by the Alberta Energy Regulator since it replaced the Energy Resources Conservation Board in 2013 and took over duties from the province’s Environment Department.

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Fisher, officer in charge of the north integrated organized crime unit, in a news release. “The specially trained and equipped police officers in these units provided essential skills and expertise that were critical during this investigation.” The elaborate investigation drew on police resources from the Calgary and Vancouver RCMP federal serious and organized crime units, the Prince Alberta Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit, Red Deer ALERT, Canadian Border Services, National Weapons Enforcement Support Teams, Saskatoon Police Service and Saskatchewan RCMP. Terry Eide, 31, of Calgary has been tied to the two Red Deer residences. He has been charged with two counts of trafficking controlled substances fentanyl and cocaine and one count of possession of property obtained by crime over $5,000. mcrawford@reddeeradvocate.com

COURT: Weighs options On Silliker’s recommendation, Little directed that Cameron be held in police custody until he can be brought directly into the Court of Queen’s Bench. Silliker asked for the direction to ensure that Cameron is not released by a magistrate or provincial court judge.

Members of Bertin’s family, including his parents, a brother and two grandparents, sat quietly in the courtroom as Silliker, Allen and Little discussed options available once Cameron has been found. Those options include continuing with the final arguments and judge’s decision without having Cameron present, since he was there when the evidence was heard. Dates for a continuation of the trial are to be set on Feb. 2. bkossowan@reddeeradvocate.com

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COMMENT

FRIDAY, JAN. 16, 2015

Back to the future, again ONCE AGAIN, ALBERTA FACES HARD TIMES — AND ONCE AGAIN, WE’RE NOT PREPARED Remember the good old days, back in the early Ralph Klein years? Ah ... the five per cent wage rollbacks for everyone, even school teachers and nurses; the one-way bus tickets out of town for people on welfare; the phoney consultations with party faithful on the “hard GREG decisions” that NEIMAN needed to be made. Yes, for conservatives, those were glorious days. Today’s Premier Jim Prentice has inherited the same economic conditions that favoured Progressive Conservatives in the early Klein years, times 10. If there’s anything that Tories do well, it’s a recession. It’s the good times that they fail at. Yes, I know I’m not being completely fair here — it’s Albertans in general who can’t handle prosperity. Just as well then — it looks like we’ll be having a lot less of it for a long time. Face it, Alberta, we’ve bought and paid for what’s about to befall us in this current deep drop in oil prices. And all of Canada with us.

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An article printed below studies the history of energy prices in North America. The author concluded we’re not in an oil price slump at all. Actually, we’re closer to historical norms. It’s easy to convince yourself that $100-plus oil is permanent, when you’re shipping all you can get out of the ground at that price. It’s easy to forget what things were like when oil was as low as $20 a barrel — as it was when Premier Klein got his first majority. So it was always easy for Albertans to laugh at anyone who said we should be saving a good part of the revenue from our non-renewable resources. Recently, the Advocate ran a column saying what a waste it has been for Alberta to try to diversify its economy. The column pointed to a list of early losses on investments of public money that led Klein to declare the province would no longer “pick winners.” That article was a disservice to all of us. It proposed that only made-inAlberta solutions existed to diversify our revenue opportunities, and that we had to manufacture them out of thin air ourselves. Had Alberta simply been a prudent saver of the windfall money that our resources have brought us since Peter Lougheed inaugurated the Heritage Savings Trust Fund, we’d easily have half a trillion dollars in that sovereign wealth fund by now. How much diversity would the global interest on half a trillion buy us?

How much of a cushion against the price cycles of energy? Where did all the money go? In short, we spent it. We spent it on artificially lowering our tax rates below what a prudent industrialized economy could sustain. While conservatives were arguing that good people “pay as they go,” they were robbing the future so they wouldn’t have to pay at all. Here’s something I really like about the budget the City of Red Deer has just passed: we will save one per cent of our tax base per year — even in a bad year. Provincially, we haven’t done that for a generation, through any number of good and bad years. And quite a few of those years have been spectacular. Because Alberta has no savings plan and no sales tax, we have a muchreduced revenue base. For example, our province supplies all the services required of a modern economy to the workers in Fort McMurray — and up there, government services are much needed. But Alberta doesn’t collect income taxes from all the wages made by of out-of-province workers. They pay taxes in their home provinces — and it’s hundreds of millions a year. That would be OK, but Alberta doesn’t even get a sales tax benefit from the hundreds of millions these workers spend. The feds do with the GST, but Alberta gets nothing.

The revenue stream from sales, plus the revenue from prudent savings, would be all the diversification Alberta needs to unshackle itself from oil price cycles. Much is made of the economic recovery being enjoyed in the U.S. A whole lot of it is financed by out-of-control government borrowing. But state budgets are also financed by state sales taxes, which remain steady, because people almost always spend everything they earn, good years and bad. Prentice says we’re all in this together. He’s says everything’s on the table to deal with our current crisis — even a sales tax. I’ll bet he’s not serious. If the past is an indicator of the future, he’s threatening now to hit us with a baseball bat, so we’ll thank him later for only just hitting us with a pool noodle. It won’t be enough. We needed to face the tax hit decades ago, when it would have been much smaller, and when it would still have been far less than the tax hit borne by people in every other democratic government on Earth. And we needed to save, even in the bad years. I say being Tory means never having to learn from the past. That’s why Alberta’s history is so circular. Our future is our past, times 10. Greg Neiman is a retired Advocate editor. Follow his blog at readersadvocate. blogspot.ca or email greg.neiman.blog@ gmail.com.

Oil prices return to normal BY STEVEN MUFSON SPECIAL TO THE ADVOCATE How low could oil prices go? It’s anybody’s guess. The price of oil fell to its lowest level in five and a half years this week, with both Goldman Sachs and Societe Generale lowering their projections. Oil price forecasting is a hazardous business. In June 2014, Barclays was forecasting a US$109 a barrel price in the fourth quarter, nearly $50 a barrel more than what prices actually averaged in the fourth quarter. On Monday, the price of the international benchmark crude, Brent, fell to below US$48 a barrel in London. And gasoline prices continued to fall. In an interview with the respected industry newsletter Argus Global Markets published a week ago, Saudi Arabia’s oil minister Ali al-Naimi was asked whether the world would ever see $100 a barrel oil again and he said: “We may not.” Here are a few things to consider: First, it’s important to keep today’s prices in perspective. Today’s price level — and the enormous cyclical swing in prices since June — is not a “new normal” for oil; it’s the old normal. The world has just endured eight years of historically high crude oil prices, higher than any time since the 1979 to 1983 period when the Iranian Revolution and Iran-Iraq war disrupted oil supplies from two of the world’s biggest oil exporters. And that’s after adjusting for inflation. The four years with the highest average crude oil prices since the 1860s were 2008, 2011, 2012 and 2013. So when people talk about cheap oil, they’re talking about crude oil that is still more expensive than the average price from 1986 through 2004. On two occasions, prices fell to startlingly low levels. In July 1986, prices tumbled to US$10.91 ($23.79 in inflation adjusted terms) and in December 1998, they sank to $9.39 a barrel ($13.64 after adjusting for inflation). Second, there is always a delay between price signals and actual changes in production and demand. In the past four years, with very high oil prices, we’ve seen a mad dash to invest in new projects, from North Dakota to Russia’s Arctic. Production from those projects is still coming on line even as new exploration is scaled back. In November, Petrobras announced the discovery of a huge new offshore field. In December, even as oil prices fell, Iraq’s oil production rose about half a million barrels a day, the result of years of investment. Eventually, there will be a rebound in prices as exploration is postponed and consumption goes up. But for the next several months, the oversupply could get bigger by one million barrels a day, Barclays said in a new note to investors. Third, there is Saudi Arabia. The kingdom is the driving force behind the drop in prices because it has grown weary of cutting its own oil output in order to prop up prices enjoyed by other countries, both in OPEC and especially outside of OPEC. How determined is Saudi Arabia? Very. It is now waiting for low prices to discourage investments in new projects such as Russia’s Arctic, Canada’s oilsands, U.S. shale drilling, and Brazil’s costly subsalt projects in deep offshore waters. Yes, these are

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long-term projects that rely on long-term oil prices, but companies still tend to pay a lot of attention to what’s happening now. And Saudi Arabia can afford to wait. Even though prices have tumbled, Saudi Arabia — unlike Venezuela — has a large treasure chest of savings from past years and can weather a long period of low prices. The government is assuming a 32 per cent drop in oil-related revenues. In addition, Saudi Arabia has some of the world’s lowest production costs, rivaled only by Iraq and some parts of Russia. Production costs in Saudi Arabia are about US$4 to $5 a barrel, Naimi said recently. The Saudi oil minister al-Naimi’s interview in Argus Global Markets should send chills down the spines of oil producers. He noted that “sooner or later, however much they hold out,” high cost oil projects such as wells in Brazil’s sub-salt offshore region, off the coast of west African, and in the forbidding Arctic would have to scale back in response to low prices. “Will this be in six months, in one year, two years, three years? God knows,” said Naimi. “I say Gulf countries, and particularly the kingdom, have the ability to hold out.” Naimi also brushed aside the plight of Russia and Iran, saying that they were not only suffering from low oil prices but also “from their political behaviour” that had led to sanctions. “Their problem is more basic” than oil prices, he said. How long will Naimi have to wait? The surplus oil production is a small percentage of global consumption, so it’s possible that a disruption in supplies in, say, Libya and an uptick in consumption in the United States, Europe and China could bring things into balance. But consumption isn’t just a matter of crude oil prices. Gasoline subsidies have been slashed in Indonesia and India, fuel efficiency standards are pushing U.S. carmakers, and Europe’s economy remains in the doldrums. Meanwhile, new production keeps coming on-

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line. Take MEG Energy, for example, a producer in Canada’s costly oilsands. MEG has slashed its capital spending budget by 75 per cent this year, but its production will still go up about 20 per cent. The boom in U.S. shale oil is perhaps the most important factor. Estimated global liquids production grew by 1.8 million barrels a day to a total of 92.0 million barrels a day in 2014. U.S. domestic crude oil production alone increased 1.2 million barrels per day in 2014, up 16 per cent from 2013. U.S. shale oil production has jumped to about four million barrels a day in just six years, more than the output of any OPEC country other than Saudi Arabia. At 8.6 million barrels a day, U.S. production is at the highest level in nearly 30 years. How fast will that shale oil activity drop off? So far, not much. The Baker Hughes rig count for onshore U.S. drilling fell to 1,684, down 60 from the week before but still seven higher than a year earlier. Because shale oil wells produce about half their output in 18 to 24 months, this activity should be highly sensitive to prices. But lower drilling costs, steady improvements in fracking techniques and a focus on lowest cost areas help offset the effect of lower prices. The EIA said in December that “projected oil prices remain high enough to support development drilling activity in the Bakken, Eagle Ford, Niobrara, and Permian Basin, which contribute the majority of U.S. oil production growth.” The EIA said it expects U.S. crude oil production to average 9.3 million barrels per day in 2015. That’s 200,000 barrels a day less than EIA’s earlier projections, but it still means an increase of 700,000 barrels a day from 2014. Sooner or later, though, the cycle will turn. Naimi in the interview with Argus sounded confident, and patient. “The bet is about the timing of the price rise,” he said, “not about if it will occur.” Economist Mufson covers the White House for The Washington Post.

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Fate of reservist still up in the air BY THE CANADIAN PRESS CALGARY — There’s still no decision on whether a Calgary reservist who won an appeal of his conviction in a deadly Afghanistan training accident will face a new trial. Last September, the Court Martial Appeal Court of Canada entered a finding of not guilty on Major Darryl Watts’s conviction for negligent performance of duty. It also ordered a new trial on a conviction of unlawfully causing bodily harm and a second count of negligent performance of duty. The Director of Military Prosecutions reviewed the Appeal Court’s decision and decided not to challenge the ruling.

But a Canadian Forces spokeswoman says whether to hold a new trial is still under review. “No decision has yet been made by the Director of Military Prosecutions regarding a possible retrial by court martial on the two remaining charges,” said Capt. Amber Bineau in an email to The Canadian Press. “The Canadian Military Prosecution Service is still reviewing the file, and will have to consider if there still exists a reasonable prospect of conviction on those charges, based on the evidence that remains available, and if a retrial would be in the public interest to pursue.” Cpl. Josh Baker, 24, was killed when a C-19 Claymore anti-personnel mine loaded with 700 steel balls misfired and peppered his platoon on a practice range. Four other soldiers were

seriously hurt when they were hit by the blast. The first two tests had gone off without a hitch that day. But during the next one, the ball bearings fired backward, hitting Baker and the others. Video played at trial showed several soldiers, including Watts, standing around and watching the test. They were not inside armoured vehicles or standing behind them for cover, as set out in military safety regulations. Watts, who held the rank of captain at the time and was later promoted to major, was placed in charge of the training range in February 2010. He was initially demoted two ranks to lieutenant and given a severe reprimand after his conviction in December 2012. He has since had his rank of major restored.

Two other soldiers were also convicted for their roles in the accident. Watts’s commanding officer, Maj. Christopher Lunney, pleaded guilty to negligent performance of duty for failing to ensure Watts was properly qualified on the C-19. Lunney was demoted one rank to captain from major and received a severe reprimand. Warrant Officer Paul Ravensdale, who was running the exercise that day, was found guilty of breach of duty causing death, breach of duty causing bodily harm, unlawfully causing bodily harm and negligent performance of military duty. He was acquitted of manslaughter, but the now-retired soldier was given a six-month suspended sentence. He also received a fine and was demoted one rank to sergeant.

No comment: Oliver won’t talk about Alberta sales tax BY THE CANADIAN PRESS CALGARY — Federal Finance Minister Joe Oliver says Canadians are already taxed too much and his government is looking at ways to lower taxes rather than raise them. Despite that position, Oliver says he won’t comment on Alberta Premier Jim Prentice musing that he might have to consider a sales tax as the province struggles to deal with low oil prices. “These are decisions that the provincial government will make. I don’t have any comment on that directly,” Oliver told reporters in Calgary on Thursday.

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Oliver did say if Alberta proceeded with a provincial sales tax, Ottawa would do what it has for other provinces who have harmonized their tax with the GST. British Columbia, Ontario and most Atlantic provinces were each given one-time payments ranging from $4.3 billion in Ontario to $364 million in New Brunswick to hand over control of their sales tax programs to the federal government. The harmonized sales tax was contentious in B.C., however, and was rejected by voters in a referendum. The province now collects the provincial and federal portions separately again. Oliver was adamant that despite the stress put on the economy by lower oil

revenues, there won’t be any tax increases from his government. “We’re not in favour of increased taxes. We’ve said that repeatedly. We think ... it makes life more unaffordable for Canadians.” He said the Fraser Institute has calculated that average Canadians pay 43 per cent in tax, which is more than they pay for food and lodging combined. “We think Canadians are taxed more than they should and we’re looking for ways to reduce their taxes. Taxes reduce the amount that people have available to spend and to save.” Oliver suggested that a dropoff in energy revenues due to low oil prices is only temporary and there is no reason to panic.

“These are tough times for the energy sector, but we do not need to be pessimistic. Knowledgeable observers generally agree that prices will move up at some point, given the long term demand for energy,” he said. “The unexpected new factor is that crude oil prices have fallen dramatically since June. The current drop represents the third-largest decline in the last four decades and I appreciate how hard Calgary has been hit by this reality.” Alberta’s projected budget surplus this year has turned into a $500-million deficit. Even if oil rebounds to a projected rate of US$65 a barrel next fiscal year, that still leaves the province almost $7 billion short.

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ISIL LAUNCHES OFFENSIVE IN TWO IRAQI PROVINCES BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant appears to have more fight left in it than the U.S.-led coalition had been expecting. Extremist forces are on the offensive in northern and eastern Iraq, with a series of attacks in the provinces of Nineveh and Diyala driven back with the help of bombing raids — including ones carried out by Canadian warplanes in recent days. The heavy fighting, particularly in the area of the strategically important Mosul dam, comes after both U.S. and Canadian commanders had said the Islamic State’s offensive had been checked by the air campaign. Navy Capt. Paul Forget, a spokesman for the Canadian Joint Operations Command, revealed that country’s CF-18s recently conducted three airstrikes — on Jan. 10, 11 and 12. The attacks destroyed a series of enemy fighting positions and a storage facility. Forget said Canadian jets have stepped up the tempo in supporting ground operations by Iraqi and Kurdish forces, and he attributed the mission’s earlier optimism to the cut and thrust of war. “In any type of conflict there will be defensive operations, there will be offensive operations and right now ISIL has felt they’re in a better position to conduct some offensive operations,” he said. “They probably felt they were ready to do that and we have been in a position to exacerbate that effort and deny them that ability.” In the early stages of the campaign, Canadian jets were dropping relatively few bombs, the result of extremist forces taking cover and providing few targets. The recent ISIL offensives have altered the dynamic, Forget acknowledged. “There has been an increase lately in ISIL offensives and as such they are exposing themselves more, which provides a bit more of a target-rich environment,” said Forget. Fighting in Nineveh — an area northwest of Irbil that stretches to the Syrian border — has been intense. Canada has up to 69 special forces soldiers advising Kurdish peshmerga forces in the region of Irbil, but Forget wasn’t able to say whether the offensive in the region posed a direct threat to those troops. “I don’t have any information to that effect. Their mission continues to be in an advise and assist capacity,” he said. The province is also home to the country’s secondlargest city, Mosul, which coalition commanders have promised would be liberated by Iraqi forces, U.S. said recently more time and training are needed to retake the stronghold. Military experts in the U.S. have said the attacks in Diyala, east of Baghdad along the Iranian border, have been designed to maintain pressure on the capital. As a result, the Iraqi government has asked the coalition to step up the rate of bombing. The urgency has been highlighted by persistent warnings of a humanitarian disaster in the making now that Islamic State fighters are using water as a weapon of war. They’ve used a dam to divert the Al-Roz River, which supplies drinking water and irrigation to the Bildoz district of 150,000 people. The U.S. used airstrikes last month to try and force the extremists to stop, but the attacks were ineffective, according to local residents. ISIL has been conducting guerilla-style attacks in Baghdad itself.

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Canada hopes for a resolution “sooner rather than later” in the case of imprisoned Egyptian-Canadian journalist Mohamed Fahmy, but the matter is a complex one, Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird said during a visit to Cairo on Thursday. Baird made the comments after meeting with his Egyptian counterpart to discuss, among other things, the situation of the 40-year-old journalist who has spent more than a year behind bars in Cairo after he and two colleagues were arrested while working for satellite news broadcaster Al Jazeera English. “I didn’t leave Canada with any expectation that we would solve the issue today, but we had a good constructive dialogue and we look forward to continuing that and to resolving successfully this case,” Baird told reporters at a news conference in Cairo. “I think the (Egyptian) minister has an understanding of how important this is to me, how important this is to all Canadians.” Baird characterized his discussions with Egyptian foreign minister Sameh Shoukry as “fruitful,” but noted that he did not anticipate an immediate end to Fahmy’s ordeal. “There’s no two consular cases which are alike. This is a complex one,” he said. “We are all working for seeing constructive resolution on that sooner rather than later.” The statements nonetheless came as a disappointment to Fahmy and his family, who had expressed hope that Baird’s visit would mark the “finale” to what has been a nightmarish experience for the journalist. “I understand that the ability of the Canadian government to help me is limited by the rules of diplomacy,” Fahmy said in a statement released by his lawyers. “But I do believe that Prime Minister (Stephen) Harper could do more to obtain my release if he were to directly intervene in our case.” Fahmy said his situation shows that anyone can fall victim to the political turbulence in the Middle East. His fiancee also expressed disappointment. “We expected that the deal would be sealed during Mr. Baird’s visit,” Marwa Omara said.

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BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — Tom Mulcair is trying to reverse the NDP’s flagging fortunes as he gears up for a federal election this year — stepping up attacks on Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau, shaking up his office and campaign team and revealing a bit more detail about New Democrat economic policies. The NDP leader took the latest steps in the pre-election dance at the start of a two-day caucus retreat Thursday, where he delivered a campaign-style speech aimed at rallying his troops. After the 2011 federal breakthrough, New Democrats were confident they were poised to replace Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s Conservative government in the next election. But they were rudely awakened when the Liberals, left moribund in 2011, revived under Trudeau’s leadership. Since Trudeau took the helm 21 months ago, the Liberals have been leading in most opinion polls, followed closely by the Conservatives. The NDP has fallen to a distant third. Mulcair, who has consistently outperformed Trudeau in the House of Commons, at first ignored the Liberal leader. Then he started questioning Trudeau’s competence. Last fall he began unveiling key platform planks in a bid to showcase his policy depth, in contrast to Trudeau’s refusal to release a platform before the election campaign.

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Second man guilty in Rehtaeh Parsons case gets year of probation HALIFAX — The young Halifaxarea man who posed for an explicit photo showing him having sex with 15-year-old Rehtaeh Parsons apologized in court Thursday to her family but said he wasn’t a bully as he was sentenced to a year of probation for distributing child pornography. The 20-year-old man, who pleaded guilty to the charge in November, was 16 when the offence took place in 2011, which means his identity is protected by a publication ban under the Youth Criminal Justice Act. The man told youth court he had apologized to Parsons after he learned the photo, which he had sent via text message to two other girls, had been distributed to many students who attended their high school. “I realized that I made a huge mistake,” he said in a monotone. “Once the picture was sent, I had no control over who sent it and who received it.” He said he had no idea Parsons would endure constant harassment once the photo started bouncing from one student to another. “I never played a part in the bullying, nor would I,” he said. “If I knew what one picture could do, there would not have been that one picture ... This has had a huge negative impact on my life and the lives of those around me. They understand that I was young and

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NDP Leader Thomas Mulcair delivers a speech on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Thursday. The New Democrat sharpened his attack Thursday as he trashed the government’s economic record and touted his party as the champion of struggling middle-class families. That’s the same mantle Trudeau has donned, but Mulcair maintained that only the NDP has the experience and policy depth to replace the Conservatives. He emphasized his own 35 years in public service, including serving as a Quebec cabinet minister and his background as the second of 10 kids born to a middle-class family that “worked

hard, played by the rules and lived within our means.” He contrasted that with Trudeau’s upbringing, implying that the Liberal leader was born into privilege as the eldest son of a former prime minister and believes “he can just inherit power without proposing a thing.” Notoriously unreliable opinion polls have not been the only sign of trouble for the NDP. The party’s vote share has dropped, sometimes dramatically, in a series of byelections, while Liberal support has soared.

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son. A new document shows the CRA registered a lien against a home owned by a person with the same name as someone else who owed taxes. An official described the blunder to CRA commissioner Andrew Treusch in an August 2014 memo. “The collection officer did not provide the taxpayer’s address to the person who was conducting the property search,” the document says. “When the collection officer obtained the search results, they did not confirm that the address of the property was that of the taxpayer, that the middle name of the property owner was the same as the taxpayer, nor did they check that the name of the other party who was listed as a joint owner was the spouse, or someone else who might be related to the taxpayer.” The Canadian Press obtained a copy of the memo with names and other details blanked out under the Access to Information Act.

Dalhousie University rugby club violated hazing policy, sanctions imposed HALIFAX — Members of a Dalhousie University rugby club must develop ideas to help prevent hazing if they want to keep playing next fall. The requirement is one in a series of sanctions and conditions placed on members of the 60-man club for violating the Halifax university’s hazing policy in a Sept. 20 incident reported by a school employee. University spokeswoman Janet Bryson said further details on the incident won’t be released because “any section of the report could potentially identify individuals and it is the university’s position to protect the confidentiality and privacy of students.” The incident involving the Dalhousie Tigers Men’s Rugby Club is the second time the school has investigated complaints against one of its teams. The women’s hockey team was sidelined in 2013 over complaints of heavy drinking and humiliating behaviour. Dalhousie also recently began inquiries into the behaviour of 13 male dentistry students after they were linked to a Facebook page containing sexually violent content about women.

Whoops! Blunder results in taxman filing a lien against wrong person OTTAWA — The Canada Revenue Agency was left with egg on its face after slapping a lien on the wrong per-

Newfoundland and Labrador premier wants to cut 10 ridings before election ST. JOHN’S, N.L. — Newfoundland and Labrador’s premier wants to cut the size of the legislature by 10 members to 38 seats before an election scheduled for this year. Paul Davis wants a panel selected by the government and the provincial chief justice to review whether the legislature should be made smaller. The issue has come up repeatedly because politicians represent fewer constituents than other provinces except for P.E.I. The electoral boundaries commission was set to do a 10-year mandated

Moreover, a number of veteran New Democrat MPs, including Libby Davies and Yvon Godin, have announced they won’t seek re-election. In the biggest blow, Sudbury MP Glenn Thibeault, who had been caucus chairman, stunned his colleagues last month when he quit to run for the Ontario Liberals in a provincial byelection. As they gathered for the meeting, New Democrat MPs were upbeat, giving no sign they’re losing confidence in Mulcair or their dream of winning power. Polls are irrelevant, Toronto MP Craig Scott maintained, arguing that only once an election is actually called will voters begin to seriously consider the options. When they do, he predicted they’ll conclude Mulcair is “two to three to four levels above Justin Trudeau in terms of capabilities, experience, intelligence, everything else.” In his speech, Mulcair reiterated promises to roll back the retirement age to 65 from 67, introduce a $15-anhour federal minimum wage and a $5-billion-a-year plan to create one million child care spaces that parents could access for $15 a day. To pay for those promises, Mulcair has said he’d repeal corporate tax cuts. He added Thursday that he’d also scrap the government’s recently introduced income-splitting plan, which allows couples with young kids to split their income for tax savings — at a cost of about $2.4 billion a year to the federal treasury. review in 2016. Liberal Leader Dwight Ball says he also wants a smaller legislature but the boundary review should be respected, while the NDP’s Lorraine Michael is promising to fight any attempt to rush through changes using a filibuster in the legislature. Davis must call an election within 12 months of his swearing-in as premier last Sept. 26. He says reducing the legislature would save about $2.5 million a year and would mean a fall election.

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Flames conquer Coyotes BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Flames 4 Coyotes 1 GLENDALE, Ariz. — David Jones, Mark Giordano and Sean Monahan scored thirdperiod goals, and Joni Ortio made 28 saves in his second win in two starts this season to lead the Calgary Flames past the Arizona Coyotes 4-1 on Thursday night. Jones broke a 1-1 tie, and Monahan scored into an empty net with 1:25 left. Calgary has won all four meetings against Arizona this season. Mikael Backlund sent a shot past Mike Smith’s glove side at 1:03 of the second period to give the Flames a 1-0 lead. It was Backlund’s fourth goal in four games and fifth this season. That was Calgary’s only shot for the first 12 minutes of the period. Smith finished with 21 saves. Mikkel Boedker lifted the Coyotes into a 1-1 tie at 12:36 of the second. It was the fifth goal in six shots over four games for Boedker, who leads the Coyotes with 14 goals. Boedker got a rebound and twisted his way with the puck to find an opening and shoot it past Ortio. His four-game goal streak is a career high. Smith kept the Flames from building on their lead with a glove save of Joe Colborne’s shot at 11:25 of the third. He also made a sliding kick save of another shot moments later.

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Calgary Flames’ Joni Ortio, right, of Finland, makes a save on a shot by Arizona Coyotes’ Sam Gagner (9) during the first period of an NHL hockey game Thursday, in Glendale, Ariz. The Coyotes went 2-4 on their longest homestand of the season to date, including three straight losses. They will play the next eight on the road, starting Saturday at Minnesota and ending after the Super Bowl, which will be held in Arizona.

Shane Doan, the Coyotes captain who has 10 goals and 13 assists this season, didn’t play due to a lower body injury sustained when he blocked a shot in a loss to San Jose on Tuesday. It was the first game he missed this season. Fellow forward Martin Han-

zal returned after missing four games with an upper-body injury. He gave Calgary two power plays with second-period penalties, but the Coyotes killed both. The 23-year-old Ortio shut out Vancouver with 36 saves on Jan. 10 in his first start of the season after being

called up from Adirondack of the AHL. NOTES: With Hanzal back on the active roster, D Brandon Gormley was placed on injured reserve with a lowerbody injury. ... Coyotes D Phillip Samuelsson, made his debut with the team.

Elks win rivalry game against Chiefs MIDGET AA HOCKEY BY GREG MEACHEM ADVOCATE SPORTS EDITOR Elks 3 Chiefs 1 As the midget AA Elks and Indy Graphics Chiefs continue to battle for top spot in the North Division of the South Central Alberta Hockey League, the big winner is Red Deer minor hockey. “Absolutely, it’s good for the organization and good for the midget hockey group,” Elks head coach Kyle Scott said Thursday following his team’s 3-1 win over the Chiefs at Kinsmen Arena A, a victory that pushed the Elks’ record to 22-4-2 and gave them a fourpoint lead over second-place Indy Graphics, which fell to 20-5-2. “It just shows that the kids are developing, that they have something to still strive for,” Scott continued. “The 16-yearolds can strive to get to the midget AAA level next season and the 17-year-olds can look forward to trying to make a junior B or a junior A team.” Both clubs have a large handful of players who are affiliated with the Red Deer midget AAA Optimist Chiefs and are serious candidates to crack the roster of the big club next fall. “There’s quite a few of them, to be honest. We have a lot in our room right now who could potentially get there and push for a spot on the (Optimist Chiefs),” said Scott. “A lot of the kids have come through the system and played major bantam and into the 15-yearold (minor midget AAA) level,

so this is a building year for them after not making midget AAA. It keeps the drive in them to make it next year.” Indy Graphics head coach Al Sim agreed that the manner in which the Elks and Chiefs have dominated the South Central League’s North Division this season has reflected well on the local minor hockey association. “That’s what we’re excited about,” he said. “Typically, our 15-year-old program has been strong, but the (two) teams have struggled the last year or so. But our midget AA teams have historically been very good and this year we have two really good teams. With the two teams combined, we have seven to 10 players who could play triple A next season.” Scoring for the Elks, who held a 21-16 advantage in shots, were Nicholas Knezacek, Kobe Scott and Reid Sterling. Logan Linnell accounted for the Chiefs goal. Carter Gendreau was the winning netminder. Geordan Andrew handled goaltending duties for Indy Graphics. “These are two good teams with balanced attacks throughout,” said Scott. “We expected to have a tough game tonight, but our kids have been playing well for a good stretch here.” The rivalry over-heated in the late stages of the contest and resulted in a series of penalties. “The Red Deer vs. Red Deer thing always has a lot of emotion and sometimes the players get wound up too tight,” said Sim.

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Red Deer Elks forward Matthew Froehlick (19) fights off a check during Thursday’s 3-1 midget AA hockey win over the Red Deer Indy Graphics at Kinsmen Arena A. The clubs meet again Jan. 23 at the Collicutt Centre. ● Sterling and fellow forward Matthew Froehlick, along with Gendreau and defenceman Keenan Scott, will represent the Elks in the South Central midget AA all-star game Saturday in Medicine

Hat. Representing the Chiefs will be Andrew, forwards Tanner Zentner and Mack Differenz, defenceman Ryan Morrell and the team’s coaching staff. . . Other Central Alberta players selected to compete in the all-star contest are forwards David Luymes of the Lacombe

Rockets, Aidan Wilson of the Sylvan Lake Lakers and Ryland Couture and Reed Engman of the Olds Grizzlys, and defencemen Jesse Richardson of the Rockets and Logan Neal of the Lakers. gmeachem@reddeeradvocate. com

Palat leads Lightning past Oilers BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Lightning 3, Oilers 2 TAMPA, Fla. — Tampa Bay played one good period, which was enough to beat the lowly Edmonton Oilers. Ondrej Palat scored a pair of third-period goals, and the Eastern Conference-leading Lightning beat the Oilers 3-2 on Thursday night. “Liked the ending ... leave it at that,” Tampa Bay coach Jon Cooper said. Steven Stamkos also scored in his fourth straight game for the Lightning, who overtook the idle New York Islanders atop the East “I’m happy so far,” Palat said. “Our team is in front in the standings, and that’s what

I want.” Tampa Bay finished a run of 21 games that included a 6-0-1 record against Edmonton, Buffalo and Carolina, the NHL’s worst three teams. The Lightning went 5-8-1 against other opponents during that stretch. “It wasn’t our best two periods, but the guys certainly came alive in the third period,” said Lightning goalie Ben Bishop, who made 30 saves. “It’s hard to win games when you play 20 minutes, but we were able to do it.” Edmonton, which has lost 14 consecutive road games, got two goals from Benoit Pouliot. He has scored the last five Oilers goals. “It’s not like we’re getting blown out every game like last

year,” Edmonton goalie Ben Scrivens said. “We’ve been playing better, but we’ve got to figure out it’s easier to play defence in the third than try to score one late.” Scrivens stopped 16 shots. After Palat scored from inclose at 1:33 of the third, he made it 3-2 from the slot with 8:01 to play. It was the first time Tampa Bay has won when trailing after two periods (1-13-1) Edmonton took a 2-1 lead on Pouliot’s second of the game, coming on a goal-mouth scramble during a power play with 57.3 seconds left in the second period. The left wing has a fourgame goal streak. Pouliot put the Oilers

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ahead 1-0 with a short-handed rebound goal at 13:52 of the first. “The guys I’m playing with now are really clicking,” Pouliot said. “Like tonight, we got chances and we got goals on it. It’s just a matter of trying to win those games, and they’re not easy to win.” Stamkos tied it 7:10 into the second on his 26th goal from the right circle. Matt Carle set it up right after serving a penalty. During a one-minute stretch late in the second, Edmonton’s Nail Yakupov hit the post, and Stamkos missed the net with an in-close shot and had another scoring chance blocked by defenceman Anton Lander. “We had our chances in the third period, but I thought

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that if we buried a couple in the second where there were some Grade A (chances), the result might have been different,” Oilers coach Todd Nelson said. NOTES: Tampa Bay C Tyler Johnson returned after missing one game due to a lowerbody injury and had two assists. ... Lightning D Victor Hedman missed his second game with a lower-body injury and might be out until after the All-Star break. ... Oilers C Ryan Nugent-Hopkins had two assists. ... Tampa Bay rookie Jonathan Drouin and F Brenden Morrow, pointless in 17 games, were scratched. ... Oilers C Boyd Gordon played in his 600th NHL game. ... NASCAR driver Brad Keselowski was at the game.

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WHL THE ICE

FRIDAY, JAN. 16, 2015

Dixon has new lease on life

THIS WEEK IN REBEL’S HISTORY

BY DANIEL NUGENT-BOWMAN SASKATOON STARPHOENIX

Andrew Leslie made his Red Deer Rebels debut one to remember. Leslie, acquired from the Swift Current Broncos at the WHL trade deadline, turned aside all 18 shots he faced as the Rebels blasted the Andrew Leslie visiting

Away from the rink, Kolton Dixon wasn’t so sure about leaving his hometown WHL team, the Red Deer Rebels. But the choice was clear when it came down to the situation at the rink. “It was tough because of that sense, but knowing where I stood with the team made it leaving a lot easier,” said the Saskatoon Blades defenceman. While Dixon idolized the Rebels as a youngster — his family had season tickets — he was starting to wear a suit far more often than a hockey sweater. The 19-year-old was one of 10 blue-liners fighting for ice time on a team that is hosting the MasterCard Memorial Cup next season. He was often the odd man out after Christmas. He decided to ask Brent Sutter — the Rebels coach, general manager and owner — for a trade, which was granted last week when the Blades parted with goaltender Trevor Martin to acquire him. Dixon played more over the weekend in a 4-1 loss to Lethbridge and a 6-4 win to Kootenay than he did after the holiday break. “It was good to get my feet back under me,” he said. “I was on a little break from Christmas there. I only played in one game with Red Deer since the break. The first game was kind of an adjustment.” The second game was much better though. Paired with fellow 19-year-old Amil Krupic, Dixon provided some offensive punch by chipping in with two assists. He was originally credited with three before a scoring error was corrected. Blades head coach and general manager Bob Woods was impressed with what he saw from the 6-foot-4, 181-pound rearguard. “The reason he’s here is just to be that guy that plays with a little edge,” Woods said. “He has a big shot. Any time you have a big shot, that’s going to create points. We haven’t really had that all year long.” Woods sees Dixon as a player that solidifies his second pairing behind the top duo of Brycen Martin and Isaac Schacher. He also wants to see if Dixon has what it takes to warrant one of three over-age spots for next season. Dixon, Schacher, Krupic and winger Nick Zajac are the only 1995-born players on the team that would qualify for those positions. “That’s another thing that was exciting about coming to Saskatoon — having an opportunity here to fight for that,” Dixon said. “We have almost half a season left and I have a lot to prove and still a lot that I can learn here. There’s definitely a little bit of security here knowing that I’m in the mix.”

Kamloops Blazers 7-0 on Jan. 16 of 2005. “This is certainly a high for me . . . my first shutout for the Rebels,” said Leslie, following his first start in the Rebels’ net. “I knew I wouldn’t face a lot of shots, so I had to stay mentally focused.” Leslie didn’t see a shot until 9:10 of the first period, then didn’t face another until the Blazers peppered him with six shots during a penalty to Jared Walker seven minutes later. The Saskatoon native appeared in 23 games with the Rebels in 200506, posting a 12-7-2 record with a 2.64 goals-against average and .891 save percentage, then made 26 appearances the following season before being dealt to the Moose Jaw Warriors. Leslie graduated, with honours, from the College of Kinesiology at the University of Saskatchewan in 2010 and is the head strength and conditioning coach for Craven SPORT Services in Saskatoon.

WHO’S HOT Medicine Hat Tigers LW Dryden Hunt has recorded at least one point in each of his last 14 games. Hunt has scored Dryden Hunt four goals and collected 21 points in the span dating back to Dec. 10 and has two goals and three assists in four games with the Tigers since being acquired from the Regina Pats Jan. 5. The 19-year-old from Nelson, B.C., sits 10th in league scoring with 52 points (16g,36a).

HE SAID IT “You meet a lot of people. I’ve got friends all over. I think it’s helped me grow up as a person. I’ve really enjoyed it. I don’t worry that people think, ‘Oh, he’s been traded a lot.’ Good players get traded and each team wants a guy for a different reason.” — Vancouver Zane Jones Giants 20-year-old forward Zane Jones of Olds, to Steve Ewen of the Vancouver Province, after being acquired from the Lethbridge Hurricanes, his fifth WHL team, last Friday.

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Former Red Deer Rebel Kolton Dixon is excited for the opportunity to play with the Saskatoon Blades. Dixon was traded from the Rebels last week, after requesting a trade from Rebels head coach and GM Brent Sutter. Dixon is the third-oldest player on the Blades. However, he didn’t begin his WHL career until he was a 17-year-old with Victoria. Dixon has played in 140 WHL games in 2½ seasons, recording one goal, 14 points and 215 penalty minutes. His relative lack of experience allows him to be more empathetic than preachy with the rookies. “I just want to show them my past experiences and help them out because I’m still dealing with a lot of that stuff myself,” he said. “It’s my third year, but you’re faced with

new things every day. “There’s a lot to get adjusted to. I can lean on the younger guys too in that sense.” Dixon could have accepted the status quo and stayed in Red Deer, where it was comfortable with his hometown team. It was where he grew up, where he watched the Rebels play and where he went from playing mini-sticks with his buddies to having WHL hopes. “It was always a goal and a dream to play in the league. It just so happened that it was in Red Deer,” he said. “But new experiences are awesome and I’m happy to be in Saskatoon.”

Rebels hot streak fueled by defence In their own way of extending the Christmas holiday season, the Red Deer Rebels have made like Ebenezer Scrooge while running off five consecutive victories since Jan. 3. The Rebels have been downright stingy while knocking off the Lethbridge Hurricanes (twice), Kootenay Ice, Brandon Wheat Kings and Calgary Hitmen. While Brandon poured 37 shots on the Red Deer net in a 6-1 Rebels win last Saturday, the Wheat GREG Kings’ grade-A scorMEACHEM ing chances could be counted on one hand. And while the Hurricanes and Hitmen combined for seven goals Tuesday and Wednesday, the Rebels allowed a total of only 47 shots over the two games. “Coming into the New Year, one of our goals was to improve our goals-against average and with that comes limiting the other team’s chances and trying to keep opposing forwards to the outside,” said Rebels captain Conner Bleackley, who has been a two-way force with back-to-back twogoal outings and six points in the last three games while being a plus-4 skater during that stretch. “I think we’ve done a pretty good job of that so far and hopefully we can just continue.” The Rebels have simply stuck to a system that calls for the forwards to take as much pride in their defensive play as the blueliners. The up-front skaters have bought into the concept of sharing defensive responsibilities, a trait that will have to continue

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Queens lose another one-goal game, fall to Griffins BY JOSH ALDRICH ADVOCATE STAFF

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Griffins 2 Queens 1 (SO) The Red Deer College Queens womenâ€™s hockey team is in danger of losing their season to what ifs? In a broken-record of a campaign that refuses to get on track, the Queens (4-5-4) lost another one-goal Alberta Colleges Athletic Conference game on Thursday despite controlling play for the duration. This time it was 2-1 in a shootout to the last-place MacEwan University Griffins (5-7-1) at the Red Deer Arena. The Queens dominated on the ice and the shot clock but could not capitalize on their opportunities. â€œWith all due respect to Grant MacEwan, they had no business taking two points from us tonight, not a chance,â€? said RDC head coach Bob Rutz. â€œBut weâ€™ve got to score more than one goal.â€? Shayna Shwetz scored the Griffinsâ€™ regulation goal and then the clincher in the shootout while Brenna McNulty made 31 saves for the win. Jayna Kitchen scored Red Deerâ€™s lone goal and Moriah Andrews made 15 saves in the loss. The Queens failed to score on either of their shootout opportunities. Both regulation goals came within 11 seconds of one another in the second period. MacEwan opened the scoring at 11:42 when Shwetzâ€™s shot ricochetted in off an RDC defencemenâ€™s stick. But the Queens came right back down the ice on off the faceoff and

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Red Deer College Queen Suze Vanderlinde and Grant MacEwan Griffin Shanya Shwetz battle for the puck during first period action at the Arena in Red Deer on Thursday. Kitchen picked the corner on McNulty off a rebound at 11:53. RDC has now outshot their opponents in nine of their 13 games and have only four wins and four overtime

and shootout losses to show for it. The reason is quite simple, a league-low 17 goals scored, thatâ€™s a crushingly-low 1.3 goals a game. How they get to that stat, however, is

the vexing issue for Rutz. They have spent the entire season working on generating offence in practice, from capitalizing on chances in close to getting shots through the crowd from the point to banging home shots on the power play. But it has not transferred over into the games. Thursday night was as frustrated as Rutz has been after a game all season after watching his team outshoot MacEwan 11-2 in the third period and 2-0 in overtime. â€œWe work on things in practice to help us generate more scoring opportunities and we get them, but we never capitalize on them. Really thereâ€™s not much more to say than that,â€? he said. â€œNobodyâ€™s quitting, nobodyâ€™s pulling the plug, but Jesus ...â€? The positive for the Queens is they still have their grips on the final playoff spot, holding on to third place, one point ahead of the Griffins. Had RDC managed to sweep the weekend series they could have all but clinched the spot. Now they must win tonight in Edmonton to hold onto their position with five weeks left in the season. â€œI donâ€™t think all 20 of us have that urgency to say weâ€™ve got to get over the hump,â€? said Rutz. â€œWe work hard and I think weâ€™re five or six plays away from being a good team, but for whatever reason we canâ€™t get there yet.â€? jaldrich@reddeeradvocate.com

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allows me to play well is the guys around me. Iâ€™ve got great guys around me, guys that want to work every day, guys that are devoted to being successful and no matter what it takes,â€? Wilson said. â€œI think that when youâ€™re in those moments, you either live for them or you fall off.â€? Last week saw Wilson at his finest. He needed just 22 pass attempts to throw for 268 yards and three touchdowns. He averaged more than 12 yards per pass attempt and threw two of the finest touch passes of his career. He dropped a 16-yard TD into the arms of Baldwin, letting go of the pass before Baldwin even made his break. Then in the second quarter, Wilson stayed in the pocket and tossed a deep ball to Jermaine Kearse for a 63-yard touchdown that gave the Seahawks a 14-7 lead. â€œFor the most part he knows how to put touch on the ball and a lot of quarterbacks donâ€™t know how to do that,â€? said Hall of Fame quarterback Warren Moon, who is part of Seattleâ€™s radio broadcast team. â€œHe knows how to make all the different throws. That ball to Jermaine Kearse is the best touch youâ€™ll ever see.â€? Wilsonâ€™s performance against Carolina also countered a season where his best games were not at home. In the regular season, Wilson threw six touchdowns and six interceptions at home versus 14 TDs and one interception on the road. The three

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touchdown passes were a new playoff best and the 268 yards passing his second-best. Wilsonâ€™s timing was crisp and his throws came in rhythm. â€œHe gets the advantage that he gives us and kind of the variety of ways that we throw the football,â€? Seattle coach Pete Carroll said. â€œIt really adds to it, and heâ€™s just kind of taken off with it, and itâ€™s a beautiful part of our game as it starts to emerge.â€? Thereâ€™s also the matter of how Wilson plays when it matters most. He already owns 14 career comebacks in 54 regularseason and playoff games combined. â€œWhenever I talk to him, thatâ€™s all he talks about, is living for those situations. I donâ€™t know if it all started back in high school or whatever but he just loves the big time of a game. â€œHe wants the ball in his hands. I think he would rather be behind sometimes and have the ball in his hands and be able to go down the field and win the football game,â€? Moon said. â€œWith this team itâ€™s not always like that, but heâ€™s had as many comebacks as anyone in the game the short time heâ€™s been in the game. He loves that. He loves those moments. Has he been successful on every one of them? No. Did Michael Jordan hit every game-winning shot? No. But he wins more of them than he loses and thatâ€™s because he likes it and he lives for it.â€?

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RENTON, Wash. â€” Of the four quarterbacks still playing on championship weekend, Seattleâ€™s Russell Wilson is the outlier in terms of style. Tom Brady, Andrew Luck and Aaron Rodgers all have their quarterbacking foundations built around being pocket passers first. Luck and Rodgers â€” when healthy â€” both bring an element of mobility, but itâ€™s not their forte. Wilson? Well, good luck defining the way he operates. â€œHe doesnâ€™t fit the mould of anything I thought previously would be a franchise quarterback. I think he still gets a lot of hate and discredit because we donâ€™t throw the ball that often. However, what heâ€™s asked to do in this offence he does it extremely well,â€? Seattle wide receiver Doug Baldwin said. Headed into Sundayâ€™s NFC championship game against Green Bay, Wilsonâ€™s postseason achievements canâ€™t be disputed even if he doesnâ€™t fit any preconceived notions. After six playoff games â€” five of them victories â€” Wilson has the highest passer rating in NFL history with a minimum of 150 attempts. Wilsonâ€™s mark of 109.6 is at the top. Heâ€™s one of five players in league history with a playoff passer rating of 100 or above. The others are: Rodgers, Bart Starr, Kurt Warner and Drew Brees. â€œI think one of the things that definitely

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WHL

● College basketball: St. Mary’s University at RDC; women at 6 p.m., men to follow. ● WHL: Victoria at Red Deer, 7 p.m., Centrium. ● College men’s hockey: Briercrest at RDC, 7 p.m., Penhold Regional Multiplex. ● Midget AA hockey: Sylvan Lake at Red Deer Indy Graphics, 8 p.m., Arena. ● Chinook senior hockey: Stony Plain at Bentley, 8:30 p.m.

Saturday

● Major bantam hockey: Lethbridge at Red Deer White, 12:30 p.m., Collicutt Centre; Southeast at Red Deer Black, 2 p.m., Arena. ● College men’s hockey: Briercrest at Red Deer, 1:30 p.m., Penhold Regional Multiplex. ● Minor midget AAA hockey: Calgary Stampeders at Red Deer North Star, 4:45 p.m., Arena. ● College volleyball: Olds at RDC, women at 6 p.m., men to follow. WHL: Regina at Red Deer, 7 p.m., Centrium. ● AJHL: Grande Prairie at Olds, 7 p.m. Heritage junior B hockey: Airdrie at Red Deer, 8 p.m., Arena; Three Hills at Ponoka, 8 p.m.

Sunday

● Major bantam hockey: Southeast at Red Deer White, noon, Arena. ● Chinook senior hockey: Fort Saskatchewan at Bentley, 2 p.m. ● Minor midget AAA hockey: St. Albert at Red Deer North Star, 2:45 p.m., Arena. ● Heritage junior B hockey: Okotoks at Blackfalds, 3:30 p.m.

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EASTERN CONFERENCE EAST DIVISION GP W L OTL SOL GF GA Brandon 44 31 9 3 1 191 141 Regina 43 26 14 2 1 163 127 Swift Current 44 20 19 1 4 132 145 Moose Jaw 45 18 23 3 1 132 164 Prince Albert 43 19 23 1 0 126 148 Saskatoon 42 10 29 2 1 116 188

Pt 66 55 45 40 39 23

CENTRAL DIVISION GP W L OTL SOL GF GA Medicine Hat 42 29 11 1 1 165 117 Red Deer 44 25 14 3 2 158 140 Calgary 44 23 16 1 4 178 141 Edmonton 44 21 18 3 2 131 120 Kootenay 43 21 21 0 1 137 158 Lethbridge 41 10 25 3 3 109 172

Pt 60 55 51 47 43 26

WESTERN CONFERENCE B.C. DIVISION GP W L OTL SOL GF GA Kelowna 44 34 7 3 0 190 109 Victoria 44 22 19 2 1 150 145 Prince George 44 20 23 1 0 138 177 Vancouver 42 19 21 1 1 130 136 Kamloops 45 15 24 3 3 135 170

Pt 71 47 41 40 36

U.S. DIVISION W L OTL SOL GF GA 26 12 3 1 140 109 23 15 3 1 131 122 23 19 0 3 149 150 21 16 2 3 114 116 20 21 0 2 117 137

Pt 56 50 49 47 42

GP 42 42 45 42 43

Everett Spokane Portland Seattle Tri-City

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 Wednesday’s results Moose Jaw 4 Kootenay 3 Regina 6 Medicine Hat 1 Red Deer 5 Calgary 4 (SO) Kamloops 6 Portland 2 Kelowna 7 Tri-City 1 Tuesday’s results Brandon 2 Edmonton 1 Red Deer 5 Lethbridge 3 Seattle 5 Spokane 4 (SO) Friday’s games Kootenay at Prince Albert, 6 p.m. Moose Jaw at Swift Current, 6 p.m. Medicine Hat at Saskatoon, 6:05 p.m. Lethbridge at Brandon, 6:30 p.m. Victoria at Red Deer, 7 p.m. Regina at Edmonton, 7 p.m. Portland at Prince George, 8 p.m. Seattle at Kelowna, 8:30 p.m. Tri-City at Vancouver, 8:30 p.m. Spokane at Everett, 8:35 p.m. Saturday’s games Lethbridge at Moose Jaw, 6 p.m. Medicine Hat at Prince Albert, 6 p.m. Brandon at Swift Current, 6 p.m. Kootenay at Saskatoon, 6:05 p.m. Victoria at Calgary, 7 p.m. Regina at Red Deer, 7 p.m. Portland at Prince George, 8 p.m. Vancouver at Kamloops, 8 p.m. Seattle at Everett, 8:05 p.m. Spokane at Tri-City, 8:05 p.m. Sunday, January 18 Victoria at Edmonton, 4 p.m. Regina at Calgary, 4 p.m. Tuesday, January 20 Vancouver at Kootenay, 7 p.m. Everett at Prince George, 8 p.m. Wednesday, January 21 Vancouver at Medicine Hat, 7 p.m. Tri-City at Kamloops, 8 p.m. Everett at Prince George, 8 p.m. WHL Scoring Leaders G Trevor Cox, MH 15 Cole Sanford, MH 34 Nick Merkley, Kel 13 Rourke Chartier, Kel 38 Cole Ully, Kam 20 Jack Rodewald, MJ 20 Adam Helewka, Spo 25 Austin Carroll, Vic 26 Nikita Scherbak, Eve 19 Tim McGauley, Bra 25 Brayden Point, MJ 20 Connor Rankin, CAL 23 Jaedon Descheneau, Koo 21 Jansen Harkins, PG 13 Adam Tambellini, CAL 26 Oliver Bjorkstrand, Por 25 Chase De Leo, Por 17 Tyson Baillie, Kel 27 Colby Cave, SC 20 Jayce Hawryluk, Bra 19 Luke Philp, Koo 18 Matt Needham, Kam 14 Chase Witala, PG 23 Jake Debrusk, SC 23 Conner Bleackley, RD 22 Chase Lang, CAL 18 Coda Gordon, SC 17 Travis Brown, Vic 16 Ivan Provorov, Bra 11 Brett Pollock, Edm 19 Rihards Bukarts, Bra 15 Joe Hicketts, Vic 8 Kailer Yamamoto, Spo 16 Carson Stadnyk, Eve 15 Parker Bowles, TC 10

GP Spruce Grove 45 Lloydminster 44 Fort McMurray 44

AJHL North Division W L OTLSOL 36 6 2 1 25 14 1 4 25 15 3 1

A 56 29 50 22 37 35 29 27 34 25 30 26 28 36 22 23 31 20 26 27 28 32 21 20 21 23 24 25 30 21 25 32 23 24 29

GF GA 187 93 138 118 137 124

Pts 71 63 63 60 57 55 54 53 53 50 50 49 49 49 48 48 48 47 46 46 46 46 44 43 43 41 41 41 41 40 40 40 39 39 39

Pt 75 55 54

GP Camrose 42 Brooks 43 Okotoks 43 Drumheller 44 Olds 42 Canmore 43 Cgy Canucks 43 Cgy Mustangs 44

20 19 16 12 13

20 18 21 21 29

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3 1 4 4 1

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45 44 38 33 28

South Division W L OTLSOL 32 7 1 2 32 10 0 1 27 12 2 2 24 14 4 2 20 16 3 3 20 22 0 1 14 23 3 3 12 29 2 1

GF GA 152 95 170 114 125 109 140 128 147 146 146 165 117 158 118 174

Pt 67 65 58 54 46 41 34 27

Friday’s games Lloydminster at Canmore, 7 p.m. Olds at Brooks, 7 p.m. Grand Prairie at Camrose, 7 p.m. Fort McMurray at Sherwood Park, 7 p.m. Drayton Valley at Fort McMurray, 7:30 p.m. Saturday’s games Calgary Mustangs at Canmore, 7 p.m. Lloydminster at Calgary Canucks, 7 p.m. Grand Prairie at Olds, 7 p.m. Brooks at Okotoks, 7 p.m. Whitecourt at Drayton Valley, 7:30 p.m. Spruce Grove at Drumheller, 7:30 p.m. Fort McMurray at Bonnyville, 7:30 p.m.

National Hockey League EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division GP 46 43 44 45 42 44 43 45

Tampa Bay Montreal Detroit Boston Florida Toronto Ottawa Buffalo

W 28 27 24 24 20 22 18 14

L OT Pts GF 14 4 60 149 13 3 57 115 11 9 57 123 15 6 54 120 13 9 49 104 19 3 47 137 17 8 44 118 28 3 31 82

GA 124 101 109 114 117 136 119 157

Penalties — Carle TB (goaltender interference) 4:59, Sustr TB (tripping) 18:42. Third Period 4. Tampa Bay, Palat 10 (Kucherov, Johnson) 1:33. 5. Tampa Bay, Palat 11 (Johnson, Nesterov) 11:59. Penalties — None. Shots on goal by Edmonton 10 8 14 — 32 Tampa Bay 5 5 9 — 19 Goal — Edmonton: Scrivens (L, 8-16-7); Tampa Bay: Bishop (W, 22-7-2). Power plays (goal-chances) — Edmonton: 1-4; Tampa Bay: 0-1. Referees — Rob Martell, Kevin Pollock. Linesmen — Tony Sericolo, Tim Nowak. Attendance — 18,609 at Tampa Bay. Flames 4, Coyotes 1 First Period No Scoring. Penalties — None. Second Period 1. Calgary, Backlund 5 (Gaudreau, Wideman) 1:03. 2. Arizona, Boedker 14 (Yandle, Chipchura) 12:36. Penalties — Hanzal Ari (tripping) 3:25, Hanzal Ari (slashing) 16:06. Third Period 3. Calgary, Jones 7 (Monahan, Brodie) 4:51. 4. Calgary, Giordano 11 (Monahan, Bouma) 15:58. 5. Calgary, Monahan 12 (Wideman, Jones) 18:35 (en). Penalties — None. Shots on goal by Calgary 9 3 13 — 25 Arizona 11 10 7 — 28 Goal — Calgary: Ortio (W, 2-0-0); Arizona: Smith (L, 7-18-2). Power plays (goal-chances) — Calgary: 0-2; Arizona: 0-0. Referees — Brian Pochmara, Kyle Rehman. Linesmen — Brian Mach, Lonnie Cameron. Attendance — 12,982 at Arizona.

Metropolitan Division GP N.Y. Islanders 43 Pittsburgh 42 Washington 43 N.Y. Rangers 41 Philadelphia 45 New Jersey 45 Columbus 41 Carolina 43

W 29 26 24 24 17 16 18 14

L OT Pts GF 13 1 59 134 10 6 58 129 11 8 56 126 13 4 52 124 21 7 41 119 21 8 40 101 20 3 39 106 24 5 33 91

GA 116 100 106 101 134 127 134 114

WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division GP 42 43 44 45 45 43 43

Nashville Chicago St. Louis Winnipeg Colorado Dallas Minnesota

W 29 28 27 23 19 19 19

L OT Pts GF 9 4 62 130 13 2 58 134 13 4 58 142 14 8 54 123 17 9 47 119 17 7 45 132 19 5 43 120

GA 94 95 110 112 129 141 128

Pacific Division Anaheim Vancouver San Jose Los Angeles Calgary Arizona Edmonton

GP 44 42 44 44 44 43 45

W 28 24 23 20 23 16 10

L OT Pts GF 10 6 62 125 15 3 51 118 16 5 51 119 14 10 50 124 18 3 49 127 23 4 36 100 26 9 29 101

GA 118 109 120 117 115 143 152

NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss. Wednesday’s Games Montreal 3, Columbus 2 Washington 1, Philadelphia 0 Anaheim 4, Toronto 0 New Jersey 5, Los Angeles 3 Thursday’s Games Boston 3, N.Y. Rangers 0 Minnesota 7, Buffalo 0 Vancouver 4, Philadelphia 0 Ottawa 4, Montreal 1 Tampa Bay 3, Edmonton 2 Colorado 4, Florida 2 Detroit 3, St. Louis 2, OT Winnipeg 2, Dallas 1 Calgary 4, Arizona 1 Toronto at San Jose,Late Today’s Games Pittsburgh at N.Y. Islanders, 5 p.m. Vancouver at Carolina, 5 p.m. N.Y. Rangers at Columbus, 5 p.m. Washington at Nashville, 6 p.m. Winnipeg at Chicago, 6:30 p.m. New Jersey at Anaheim, 8 p.m. Saturday’s Games Columbus at Boston, 5 p.m. Philadelphia at Buffalo, 5 p.m. N.Y. Islanders at Montreal, 5 p.m. Carolina at Ottawa, 5 p.m. Nashville at Detroit, 5 p.m. Colorado at Tampa Bay, 5 p.m. Edmonton at Florida, 5 p.m. Toronto at St. Louis, 5 p.m. Washington at Dallas, 6 p.m. Arizona at Minnesota, 7 p.m. Anaheim at Los Angeles, 8 p.m. Calgary at San Jose, 8 p.m. Lightning 3, Oilers 2 First Period 1. Edmonton, Pouliot 9 (Nugent-Hopkins) 13:52 (sh). Penalties — Namestnikov TB (tripping) 6:04, Hendricks Edm (tripping) 12:56, Barberio TB (slashing) 18:01. Second Period 2. Tampa Bay, Stamkos 26 (Carle, Garrison) 7:10. 3. Edmonton, Pouliot 10 (Hall, Nugent-Hopkins) 19:02 (pp).

Bruins 3, RANGERS 0 First Period 1. Boston, Bergeron 11 (Hamilton) 4:00. Penalties — Campbell Bos (cross-checking) 4:25. Second Period 2. Boston, Krejci 6 (Krug, McQuaid) 2:49. Penalties — Glass NYR (fighting) 7:52, McQuaid Bos (fighting) 7:52, Marchand Bos (cross-checking) 11:14, Seidenberg Bos (boarding) 13:55, Hayes NYR (high-sticking) 17:12. Third Period 3. Boston, Eriksson 10 (Krug, Miller) 9:49. Penalties — Kreider NYR (boarding) 6:13, Kreider NYR (fighting) 6:13, Kelly Bos (fighting) 6:13, Kelly Bos (instigator) 6:13, Kelly Bos (misconduct) 6:13, Fast NYR (tripping) 13:41. Shots on goal by NY Rangers 7 14 9 — 30 Boston 13 11 8 — 32 Goal — NY Rangers: Talbot (L, 4-4-1); Boston: Rask (W, 19-10-6). Power plays (goal-chances) — NY Rangers: 0-3; Boston: 0-3. Referees — Justin St. Pierre, Chris Lee. Linesmen — Michel Cormier, Pierre Racicot. Attendance — 17,565 at Boston.

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Goal — Minnesota: Dubnyk (W, 10-5-2); Buffalo: Enroth (L, 11-16-2). Power plays (goal-chances) — Minnesota: 2-6; Buffalo: 0-3. Referees — Paul Devorski, Garrett Rank. Linesmen — Brian Murphy, Brad Kovachik. Attendance — 18,963 at Buffalo. Red Wings 3, Blues 2 (OT) First Period No Scoring. Penalties — Smith Det (roughing) 2:46, Ott StL (roughing) 2:46, Bouwmeester StL (tripping) 4:20, Weiss Det (cross-checking) 5:25, Tatar Det (holding) 13:55. Second Period 1. Detroit, Andersson 1 (Miller, Glendening) 18:04. 2. Detroit, Tatar 18 (Ericsson, Sheahan) 19:04. Penalties — Jackman StL (holding) 14:35, Zetterberg Det (interference) 18:18, Oshie StL (Embellishment) 18:18. Third Period 3. St. Louis, Backes 16 (Bouwmeester, Shattenkirk) 3:58 (pp). 4. St. Louis, Steen 14 (Pietrangelo, Tarasenko) 19:12. Penalties — Steen StL (hooking) 0:26, Zetterberg Det (hooking) 2:03, Lapierre StL (stick holding) 11:51. Overtime 5. Detroit, Datsyuk 15 (Quincey, DeKeyser) 4:57. Penalties — None. Shots on goal by Detroit 2 14 5 3 — 24 St. Louis 9 8 7 3 — 27 Goal — Detroit: Mrazek (W, 7-3-1); St. Louis: Elliott (LO, 11-5-2). Power plays (goal-chances) — Detroit: 0-4; St. Louis: 1-3. Referees — Gord Dwyer, Frederick L’Ecuyer. Linesmen — Kiel Murchison, Jay Sharrers. Attendance — 18,543 at St. Louis. Avalanche 4, Panthers 2 First Period 1. Colorado, Barrie 4 (Mitchell, Guenin) 2:11. 2. Florida, Ekblad 6 (Campbell, Bjugstad) 5:15 (pp). Penalties — Landeskog Col (tripping) 3:15, Stuart Col (tripping) 4:23, Kulikov Fla (tripping) 14:05. Second Period 3. Colorado, Landeskog 9 (O’Reilly) 13:02. 4. Florida, Barkov 4 (Boyes, Huberdeau) 13:25. Penalties — McLeod Col (slashing) 2:28, Hayes Fla (interference) 3:05, Bergenheim Fla (hooking) 3:24, Bolland Fla (tripping) 19:21. Third Period 5. Colorado, Holden 3 (Tanguay, Barrie) 11:03 (pp). 6. Colorado, Iginla 13 (Tanguay) 19:33 (en). Penalties — Campbell Fla (high-sticking) 9:04. Shots on goal by Colorado 7 10 12 — 29 Florida 12 11 9 — 32 Goal — Colorado: Varlamov (W, 11-9-5); Florida: Luongo (L, 17-9-7). Power plays (goal-chances) — Colorado: 1-5; Florida: 1-3. Referees — Eric Furlatt, Chris Rooney. Linesmen — Darren Gibbs, John Grandt. Attendance — 9,584 at Florida.

Canucks 4, Flyers 0 First Period 1. Vancouver, Bonino 10 (Matthias, Stanton) 6:35. 2. Vancouver, H. Sedin 9 (D. Sedin, Burrows) 13:21 (pp). Penalties — Simmonds Pha (fighting) 3:41, Bieksa Vcr (fighting) 3:41, Vcr Bench (too many men) 9:15, Colaiacovo Pha (holding) 13:00, Matthias Vcr (holding) 15:15. Second Period 3. Vancouver, Vrbata 17 (H. Sedin, D. Sedin) 1:21 (pp). 4. Vancouver, Hansen 10 (Edler) 1:43. Penalties — Rinaldo Pha (high-sticking) 1:06, Bonino Vcr (closing hand on puck) 2:54, Del Zotto Pha (elbowing) 3:02, Edler Vcr (interference) 3:13, Couturier Pha (tripping) 18:35. Third Period No Scoring. Penalties — Rinaldo Pha (misconduct) 14:13. Shots on goal by Vancouver 9 10 3 — 22 Philadelphia 9 9 12 — 30

Senators 4, Canadiens 1 First Period 1. Ottawa, Zibanejad 10 (Hoffman, Ryan) 1:09. 2. Montreal, Pacioretty 21 (Gallagher, Plekanec) 14:35. 3. Ottawa, Pageau 1 (Michalek, Stone) 16:26. Penalties — Plekanec Mtl (tripping) 11:29, Plekanec Mtl (slashing) 18:40. Second Period 4. Ottawa, Karlsson 8 (Michalek, Pageau) 2:16. Penalties — Gryba Ott (hooking) 6:16, Ceci Ott (hooking) 8:26, Markov Mtl (tripping) 9:09, MacArthur Ott (high-sticking) 11:04, Stone Ott (tripping) 16:49. Third Period 5. Ottawa, Condra 4 (Gryba, Legwand) 19:24 (en). Penalties — Parenteau Mtl (high-sticking) 11:24, Plekanec Mtl (misconduct) 19:24. Shots on goal by Montreal 6 14 6 — 26 Ottawa 20 7 8 — 35

Goal — Vancouver: Miller (W, 21-9-1); Philadelphia: Emery (L, 7-8-1). Power plays (goal-chances) — Vancouver: 2-3; Philadelphia: 0-4. Referees — Greg Kimmerly, Wes McCauley. Linesmen — Andy McElman, Jean Morin. Attendance — 19,571 at Philadelphia.

Goal — Montreal: Tokarski (L, 4-3-1); Ottawa: Anderson (W, 12-10-6). Power plays (goal-chances) — Montreal: 0-4; Ottawa: 0-4. Referees — Francis Charron, Dan O’Rourke. Linesmen — Steve Barton, Matt MacPherson. Attendance — 19,893 at Ottawa.

Wild 7, Sabres 0 First Period 1. Minnesota, Parise 15 (Koivu, Pominville) 5:13. 2. Minnesota, Vanek 8 (Koivu, Pominville) 19:01 (pp). Penalties — Myers Buf (tripping) 7:11, Vanek Minn (slashing) 7:42, Dumba Minn (fighting) 16:56, Deslauriers Buf (fighting) 16:56, Weber Buf (holding) 18:12. Second Period 3. Minnesota, Brodziak 6 (Haula) 6:00 (sh). 4. Minnesota, Dumba 2 (Pominville, Parise) 9:06. 5. Minnesota, Spurgeon 6 (Blum, Carter) 18:54. Penalties — Zucker Minn (interference) 4:59, Spurgeon Minn (tripping) 11:09, Gorges Buf (holding) 19:32. Third Period 6. Minnesota, Cooke 4 (Brodziak) 4:26. 7. Minnesota, Haula 4 (Vanek, Folin) 18:27 (pp). Penalties — Myers Buf (delay of game) 6:27, Kaleta Buf (unsportsmanlike conduct) 10:28, Stewart Buf (elbowing) 16:45. Shots on goal by

Jets 2, Stars 1 First Period 1. Winnipeg, Frolik 9 (Perreault) 3:53. Penalties — Ladd Wpg (tripping) 5:04, Perreault Wpg (tripping) 10:18. Second Period No Scoring. Penalties — Byfuglien Wpg (hooking) 6:47, Enstrom Wpg (hooking) 11:19, Garbutt Dal (stick holding) 11:19, Daley Dal (tripping) 12:17, Seguin Dal (charging) 19:28. Third Period 2. Winnipeg, Kane 9 (Stuart) 7:34 (sh). 3. Dallas, Daley 11 (Spezza, Garbutt) 18:44. Penalties — Byfuglien Wpg (tripping) 0:36, Wheeler Wpg (high-sticking) 5:24, Stuart Wpg (hooking) 9:54. Shots on goal by Winnipeg 11 6 4 — 21 Dallas 9 22 16 — 47 Goal — Power plays (goal-chances) — Winnipeg: 0-2; Dallas: 0-7.

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Brooklyn at Washington, 5 p.m. Memphis at Orlando, 5 p.m. Detroit at Indiana, 5 p.m. Atlanta at Toronto, 5:30 p.m. Chicago at Boston, 5:30 p.m. Golden State at Oklahoma City, 6 p.m. Denver at Dallas, 6:30 p.m. Portland at San Antonio, 6:30 p.m. Minnesota at Phoenix, 7 p.m. L.A. Lakers at Utah, 7 p.m. Miami at Sacramento, 8 p.m. Cleveland at L.A. Clippers, 8:30 p.m. Saturday’s Games Indiana at Charlotte, 5 p.m. Philadelphia at Detroit, 5:30 p.m. Atlanta at Chicago, 6p.m. Golden State at Houston, 6 p.m. Washington at Brooklyn, 6 p.m. Minnesota at Denver, 7 p.m. Portland at Memphis, 7 p.m. L.A. Clippers at Sacramento, 8 p.m.

Transactions Thursday’s Sports Transactions BASEBALL Major League Baseball MLB — Suspended free agent RHP Kameron Loe and free agent OF Terrell Joyce 50 games each under the Minor League Drug Prevention and Treatment Program following a second positive test for a drug of abuse American League CHICAGO WHITE SOX — Agreed to terms with RHPs Javy Guerra, Nate Jones and Hector Noesi on one-year contracts. CLEVELAND INDIANS — Agreed to terms with RHP Carlos Carrasco and LHP Marc Rzepczynski on one-year contracts and RHP Anthony Swarzak on a minor league contract. DETROIT TIGERS — Assigned RHP Luke Putkonen outright to Toledo (IL). HOUSTON ASTROS — Agreed to terms with C Carlos Corporan on a one-year contract. LOS ANGELES ANGELS — Agreed to terms with C Hector Santiago on a one-year contract. TEXAS RANGERS — Agreed to terms with RHP Neftali Feliz on a one-year contract. TORONTO BLUE JAYS — Agreed to terms with LHP Brett Cecil on a one-year contract and OF Andy Dirks on a minor league contract. National League ATLANTA BRAVES — Agreed to terms with LHP James Russell on a one-year contract. CHICAGO CUBS — Agreed to terms with LHP Felix Doubront on a one-year contract. LOS ANGELES DODGERS — Agreed to terms with OF Chris Heisey on a one-year contract. MILWAUKEE BREWERS — Agreed to terms with C Martin Maldonado on a two-year contract. PITTSBURGH PIRATES — Named Tom Prince manager, Kevin Riggs hitting coach, Justin Meccage pitching coach, Dru Scott trainer and Furey Leva strength and conditioning coach for Altoona (EL), Michael Ryan manager of Bradenton (FSL), Brian Esposito manager of West Virginia (SAL), Wyatt Toregas manager of West Virginia (NYP) and Mendy Lopez manager of the Pirates (Dominican).

ST. LOUIS CARDINALS — Agreed to terms with RHP Lance Lynn on a three-year contract and C Tony Cruz and OF Peter Bourjos on one-year contracts. WASHINGTON NATIONALS — Agreed to terms with C Wilson Ramos, 2B Danny Espinosa, C Jose Lobaton and RHP Craig Stammen on one-year contracts. American Association KANSAS CITY T-BONES — Signed C Jake Taylor. SIOUX CITY EXPLORERS — Signed OF Michael Lang and OF Tim Colwell. WINNIPEG GOLDEYES Signed OF Adam Heisler. Sold the contract of INF Casey Haerther to Baltimore (AL). Frontier League ROCKFORD AVIATORS — Sold the contract of OF Edgar Corcino to Minnesota (AL). Signed RHP Michael Schaub to a contract extension. WASHINGTON WILD THINGS — Signed 1B Joey Miller and 1B Tyler Peterson. BASKETBALL National Basketball Association NBA — Fined Charlotte G-F P.J. Hairston $5,000 for violating the league’s anti-flopping rules for the second time this season. LOS ANGELES CLIPPERS — Acquired G Austin Rivers from Boston for G Chris Douglas-Roberts and a future second-round draft pick. Los Angeles sent G Reggie Bullock to Phoenix and Phoenix sent F Shavlik Randolph to Boston. FOOTBALL National Football League BUFFALO BILLS — Named Dennis Thurman defensive co-ordinator, Bobby April III linebackers coach, Karl Dunbar defensive line coach, Tim McDonald defensive backs coach, Jason Oszvart assistant strength and conditioning coach, Tony Sparano Jr. tight ends coach, Jeff Weeks assistant defensive line coach and Eric Smith assistant special teams coach. Signed DB Jonte Green and G

Darryl Johnson to reserve/future contracts. CAROLINA PANTHERS — Signed WR Mike Brown to a reserve/future contract. CLEVELAND BROWNS — Announced wide receivers coach Mike McDaniel will not return next year. DALLAS COWBOYS — Signed coach Jason Garrett to a five-year contract and defensive co-ordinator Rod Marinelli to a three-year contract. Named Scott Linehan offensive co-ordinator and signed him to a three-year contract. Signed OT R.J. Dill and OT Ryan Miller to reserve/future contracts. INDIANAPOLIS COLTS — Placed LB Josh McNary on the commissioner’s exempt list. JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS — Signed FB Greg Jones to one-day contract, who announced his retirement. MINNESOTA VIKINGS — Signed CB Jalil Carter to a reserve/future contract. NEW YORK GIANTS — Named Steve Spagnuolo defensive co-ordinator and Tim Walton secondary/cornerbacks coach. OAKLAND RAIDERS — Named Jack Del Rio coach. WASHINGTON REDSKINS — Named Bill Callahan offensive line coach. Canadian Football League OTTAWA REDBLACKS — Acquired WR Maurice Price from Calgary for LB Jasper Simmons and WR Dan Buckner. WINNIPEG BLUE BOMBERS — Signed LB Shamari Benton and DB Jarrid Bryant. HOCKEY National Hockey League NHL — Fined Anaheim D Sami Vatanen $3,393.82 for elbowing Toronto F David Booth during a Jan. 14 game. ARIZONA COYOTES — Recalled G Mike Lee from Gwinnett (ECHL). COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS — Placed RW Jack Skille on injured reserve, retroactive to Jan. 9. Recalled LW Josh Anderson from Springfield (AHL). FLORIDA PANTHERS — Reassigned D Shane

O’Brien to San Antonio (AHL). NASHVILLE PREDATORS — Recalled G Marek Mazanec from Milwaukee (AHL). Assigned F Kevin Fiala to Milwaukee (AHL). Assigned D Mikko Vainonen to SaiPa (SM-Liiga). ECHL UTAH GRIZZLIES — Announced F Brandon Yip was assigned to the team from Norfolk (AHL). SOCCER Major League Soccer LA GALAXY — Acquired the third allocation ranking and allocation money from Colorado for MF Marcelo Sarvas and an international roster spot. TORONTO FC — Signed MF Jay Chapman. North American Soccer League NEW YORK COSMOS — Announced the creation of New York Cosmos B, which will join the National Premier Soccer League in 2015. THOROUGHBRED RACING New York Racing Association NYRA — Named Sean S. Perl assistant racing secretary for Aqueduct Racetrack, Belmont Park, and Saratoga Race Course. Woodbine Entertainment Group WEG — Announced the resignation of president and chief executive officer Nick Eaves, effective March 31. COLLEGE MOUNTAIN WEST CONFERENCE — Named Greg Burks co-ordinator of football officials. BUFFALO — Named Rob Ianello associate head football coach and recruiting co-ordinator. EAST CAROLINA — Named Dave Nichol offensive co-ordinator and quarterbacks coach. Promoted Garrett Riley to outside receivers coach, Donnie Kirkpatrick assistant head football coach and Brandon Jones game co-ordinator. PITTSBURGH — Named Jim Chaney offensive co-ordinator and Rob Hurley linebackers coach. PROVIDENCE — Named Stephanie Reilly women’s track coach/assistant cross country coach.

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WR Julian Edelman overcame obstacles to help lead Patriots to AFC title game with TD pass FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — Julian Edelman’s college coach saw him make some amazing plays while he was at school. So he wasn’t shocked when the wide receiver unleashed a 51-yard touchdown pass for the Patriots. “When you’re only going to throw one pass in an entire game and you make it a perfect strike,” Doug Martin said, “that’s big.” Edelman’s junior college offensive co-ordinator also was watching on television last Saturday when Edelman hit Danny Amendola with the tying throw late in the third quarter of New England’s 35-31 divisional playoff win over the Baltimore Ravens. “I texted him after the game,” Bret Pollack said. “I said, ’it reminded me of the old days’ and he said ’it kind of felt the same way.”’ Those days go back to Edelman’s time at Woodside High School in California where he carried the Wildcats to a 13-0 record as a senior. On Sunday night, he’ll play in the AFC championship game against the Indianapolis Colts (13-5) after leading the Patriots (13-4) with 92 receptions in the regular season and adding eight against Baltimore. That’s quite a journey for an undersized athlete who had to go to the College of San Mateo for one year to attract scholarship offers, received just two from four-year colleges after that and wasn’t drafted until the final round in 2009. Pollack, since promoted to head coach at San Mateo, remembers Edelman as driven, hard-working and extremely elusive. “He’s very tenacious. He’s unrelenting,” Pollack said. “If somebody tells him he can’t do something, all his energy goes into doing it just to say, ’I told you so.’ ” During Edelman’s season at San Mateo, Martin, the coach at Kent State at the time, told him he’d have a chance to compete for the quarterback job at the Ohio school. Edelman jumped at it. “He has a really healthy chip on his shoulder,” said Martin, now head coach at New Mexico State. “It’s not like it consumes him, but it drives him. And I don’t think in 30 years of coaching I’ve ever had a player that’s been more appreciative than Julian of the opportunity we gave him. “He texted me after Saturday’s game and said, ’Coach, I just want to thank you for everything to give me the opportunity to be where I am today.”’ Edelman got his NFL opportunity

when the Patriots drafted him in the seventh round, the 232nd out of 256 players picked. Playing behind Wes Welker, he caught just 69 passes as he battled injuries in his first four seasons. While waiting his turn at wide receiver, Edelman returned three punts for touchdowns — one each in 2010, 2011 and 2012 — showing elusiveness developed in spread offences at San Mateo and Kent State. “He made plays for us where you just shook your head and said, ’Wow,”’ Pollack said. After the 2012 season, Welker left for Denver and Edelman became a free agent before signing a one-year contract with New England. His 105-catch season in 2013 earned him a four-year deal. “Everyone starts at a certain place, but you earn what you get in the NFL. The competition is tough,” quarterback Tom Brady said. “So a guy like Julian, for example, who has fought every single day of his life to get to this point — talk about something that strengthened him over time — obviously his experience as a younger athlete did. “He fought every day since he got here and he doesn’t stop now.” Edelman says he’s self-motivated, but also got a push from his father while preparing for the NFL combine. “I’d be done training and he’d be like, ’Did you outwork those guys?”’ Edelman said, “and I was like, ’Dad, I was running by myself.’ He goes, ’I’m not talking about those guys. I’m talking about the three kids that are still in high school that are going to be trying to take your job in three, four years, five years.’ “I always try to think about (that) kind of stuff.” In three years at Kent State, Edelman threw for 30 touchdowns and ran for 22. His coach, Martin, took over in 2004 for Dean Pees. He’s the Ravens co-ordinator whose defence gave up Edelman’s touchdown pass. And this Sunday night, the Patriots will face the Kent State quarterback who preceded Edelman, Colts kickoff and punt returner Josh Cribbs. “I’ve never been around a more competitive person than Julian,” Martin said. “It’s not even close.” Patriots special teams captain Matthew Slater sees that all the time. They’ve been roommates for four years and have adjacent lockers at Gillette Stadium. It’s somewhat of an odd couple — the religious Slater and the fun-loving Edelman — but both work extremely hard at football.

SOUTH CENTRAL ALBERTA HOCKEY LEAGUE A total of 13 Red Deer and area players will compete in the South Central Alberta Hockey League bantam AA all-star game Saturday at Medicine Hat. Included are forward Kaiden Kanderka and defenceman Quaid Hartley of the Red Deer Steel Kings and forwards Hunter Leslie and Ty Herle of the Red Deer Ramada Chiefs. The Sylvan Lake Lakers placed five players on the North Division team, as well as the coaching staff. The players are forwards Kyle Gerritts and Payton Wright, defenceman Kody Wold and goaltenders Brayden Laturnus and Ethan Weberg. The other North Division bantam AA all-stars include: Forward — Marshall Wilson, La-

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Hunting Hills Lightning Sarah Stewart tries to beat Camrose Trojan Braxtyn Horbay as she runs the ball up court on Thursday at Hunting Hills. The Lightning won 77-65, led by Madi Nimmo and Nicole Fisher who both scored 18 points. In other action, the Notre Dame senior girls beat the H.J. Cody Lakers in Sylvan Lake 78-15 with Kirsten Pinkney scoring 16 points and grabbing seven rebounds, while Notre Dame’s boys won 76-39 as Daniel Gurdian and Nelson Martin both scored 12 points to lead the Cougars. The Lindsay Thurber Raiders swept their two games in Stettler, the girls winning 90-21, led by Kelsey Lalor’s 32 points, and the boys 82-57 with Jarrett Zilinski and Carter Chalifoux both scoring 16 points for the Raiders. Dec. 2. He spent parts of three seasons with the Tigers after making his majorleague debut in 2011. Dirks was hampered by back and hamstring injuries last year.In 297 career major-league games, Dirks has a .276 average with 24 homers and 100 RBIs.

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combe Rockets; Ryan McBeath, Rylee Trehearne, Olds Grizzlys; Defence — Chase Broderson, Lacombe. ● The South Central peewee AA all-star game will also go Saturday in Medicine Hat and will feature 10 Central Albertans as well as the Olds Grizzlys coaching staff. The peewee all-stars: Goal — Zaiden Hansen, Red Deer Parkland Chiefs; Defence — Ronan Seeley, Olds Grizzlys; Alex Litster, Red Deer Parkland; Cameron Kungle, Red Deer TBS Chiefs; Forward — Steven Bell, Olds; Noah Danielson, Red Deer Parkland; Keaton Sorensen, Red Deer TBS; Denver Smith, Zach Jurak, Sylvan Lake Lakers; Myles Pallister, Lacombe Rockets.

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Pastrnak will remain with the Bruins this season BOSTON — The Boston Bruins are keeping teenage forward David Pastrnak up with the big club, thus using up the first year of his entry level contract. Bruins general manager Peter Chiarelli made the announcement Thursday night after the first period of Boston’s home game against the New York Rangers. “We’ve decided that David Pastrnak is going to stay with us for a while and play past his ninth game,” Chiarelli said. The 18-year old rookie has scored two goals in each of his previous two games, playing on the top line with winger Milan Lucic and centre David Krejci. “Like I explained to him, ’This is the next step. It doesn’t mean it’s a lock, nothing’s guaranteed. You’ve earned it,”’ Chiarelli said. Boston will play Columbus on Saturday night and Chiarelli said Pastrnak will be with the team for that game — his 10th in the NHL. Chiarelli said Pastrnak — the No. 25 pick in the 2014 draft — might go back to play for Providence of the AHL during this season.

Muhammad Ali back in hospital; related to urinary tract infection LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Muhammad Ali was back in the hospital Thursday for follow-up care related to a severe urinary tract infection, his second stint in the hospital in the last four weeks. The three-time former heavyweight champion was admitted to an undisclosed hospital earlier this week, Ali family spokesman Bob Gunnell said Thursday. Ali is in stable condition. Ali was hospitalized on Dec. 20 with what was initially believed to be a mild case of pneumonia. Doctors later determined Ali was suffering from a urinary tract infection, not pneumonia, Gunnell said. “There were still issues with the urinary tract infection,” he said of the latest hospitalization. The man known worldwide for his boxing prowess and humanitarian work has been spending his time listening to music, reading and watching old movies, Gunnell said. Ali is expected to be released Friday. Ali turns 73 on Saturday and hopes to spend it at one of his homes with family, Gunnell said. Ali and his wife, Lonnie, have homes in Paradise Valley, Arizona; Berrien Springs, Michigan; and in Louisville.

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Canadian picked 1st overall in MLS draft BY THE CANADIAN PRESS PHILADELPHIA — Teenager Cyle Larin made history at the MLS SuperDraft on Thursday when he became the first Canadian to go first overall. The 19-year-old forward from Brampton, Ont., was the consensus No. 1 pick, with expansion Orlando City SC resisting all trade offers for the UConn sophomore. “The reason that goal-scorers go for the most money is because they’re the most valuable,” said Orlando head coach Adrian Heath, a former Stoke City and Everton star. “If you look at what he’s got, we think there’s a lot of promise there.” The previous high for a Canadian pick came in 2013, when midfielder Kyle Bekker was taken third overall by Toronto FC. With Canadian teams picking third, sixth, ninth, 11th and 13th, there was a definite northern feel to the top end of the draft at the Philadelphia Convention Center. Toronto FC added to that by using the third of its three firstrounders to take Syracuse’s Skylar Thomas, a defender from Pickering, Ont. Two Canadians were also taken in the first round of the 2013 draft when Toronto took Bekker and then Emery Welshman 16th overall. Surrounded by his Canadian under-20 teammates, Larin watched the draft on a laptop from Jamaica in advance of a game against El Salvador at the CONCACAF U-20 Championship. As soon as the pick was announced, a smiling Larin was swallowed up by a sea of chanting, delirious teammates. It proved to be a roller-coaster day for Larin as the young Canadians lost 3-2 in stoppage time. “It was an exciting time when I got drafted No. 1. I was hoping to top it off with a win,” he said from Jamaica. The six-foot-two 190-pounder has al-

ready been capped three times by the Canadian national squad. Larin scored 23 goals in 39 career games in his two years at the University of Connecticut. As an underclassman, he signed a Generation Adidas contract which will not count against Orlando’s salary cap. Heath said Orlando had “one or two conversations with one or two of the Canadian teams” about the first pick but Cyle Larin thought taking Larin was the best value. The Montreal Impact confirmed they had approached Orlando but ended up sticking with their third overall pick, taking University of Central Florida striker Romario Williams. Williams, a charismatic Jamaican who is also a member of the Generation Adidas class, endeared himself immediately to Quebec when he got on stage and said “Bonjour, Montreal.” New York City FC, another expansion team, took forward Khiry Shelton of Oregon State with the second overall pick. Larin is big, fast and has vision. He is also good with his back to the goal, adept with his head and shifty with the ball. “He’s got a bit of everything,” said Heath. Larin wins as many kudos for his character off the field as his play on it. The oldest of four kids, he would look after his siblings and get them to school, while his single mother worked. Those who know him are fiercely protective of him, knowing the kind of person he is. “The first thing that everybody speaks about Cyle is that he’s a smash-

ing kid,” said Heath. “And with our conversations with him over the last couple of months, that’s the one thing that has been really really evident that’s he a very respectful boy, he wants to work hard and we’re looking forward to getting him in the building.” Larin paid tribute to his coaches and family but particularly his mother. “She’s the one that kept me at soccer since Day 1 and took care of me my whole life,” he said. “If it wasn’t for her, I wouldn’t be at this level and playing at this level. I keep going and playing for her.” There will be a Canadian influence at work in Orlando. Mark Watson, a hard-nosed defender who won 78 caps for Canada, is an assistant coach under Heath. On the soccer field, Larin grew up in the ranks of Sigma FC, the renowned soccer academy in Mississauga, Ont., that was also home to Bekker. Larin resisted the temptation to leave school after his freshman campaign, electing instead to experience school for another year. He plans to go back to get his degree. The Canadian becomes the third first UConn player under coach Ray Reid to be taken first overall in the MLS SuperDraft, following Chris Gbandi (2002) and Andre Blake (2014). Larin is also the 14th first-rounder under Reid and the 33rd Huskie player drafted. His reward for joining Orlando is playing with Brazilian superstar Kaka, although Heath said Orlando will not rush Larin. “One of the most important things for us is that we give him time,” said Heath. “People forget sometimes that they go from three-month seasons (in college) into a 10-month season. He’s going from playing with his schoolmates to playing with Kaka. “For some of the guys, it’s a huge transition and we have to respect that

and give them a little bit of time. If he comes in and contributes straight away, fantastic. if we have to wait, we’ll wait and we’ll work with him.” Heath, who plays a 4-2-3-1 system, said he sees Larin as a forward at this stage. Orlando also has 20-year-old Honduran forward Bryan Rochez, a designated player. Larin and Rochez could cross paths Jan. 21 at the CONCACAF U-20 tournament. Toronto FC selected Syracuse goalkeeper Alex Bono sixth, North Carolina State defender Clement Simonin ninth and Thomas 11th. Bono is a Generation Adidas player currently in camp with the U.S. senior team. At No. 13, the Vancouver Whitecaps selected St. John’s defender Tim Parker. Forwards went 1-2-3 Thursday but teams turned to defenders — the strength of the draft — as the round wore on. There were seven defenders taken from No. 7 through No. 15 and eight overall in the first round. There were a couple of surprises in the first two rounds. University of Washington midfielder Cristian Roldan, a Generation Adidas player touted as a top-three pick, languished on the board until No. 16 when Seattle made a deal with Real Salt Lake to trade up to get him. Conor Donovan, a Generation Adidas and U.S. under-20 defender from North Carolina State, fell through the first round before being taken first in the second round — by Orlando — 22nd overall. UCLA midfielder Leo Stolz, winner of the Missouri Athletic Club’s Hermann Trophy as the top U.S. collegiate men’s player, went 18th overall to the New York Red Bulls. He would have gone far higher had he not elected to try starting his pro career in Europe. The final two rounds of the draft go Jan. 20 by telephone.

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MLB Commissioner of Baseball Bud Selig speaks with the media during a news conference at the Major League Baseball owners meeting, Thursday.

Selig gives emotional goodbye at owners meeting BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS PARADISE VALLEY, Ariz. — Bud Selig concluded his final baseball owners meeting as commissioner after two days of basking in praise for the job he’s done during more than 22 years in charge of the game. Thursday’s meeting followed a gala in Selig’s honour the previous night in a tent on the property of a desert resort hotel. “A remarkable collection of speakers,” Selig said. “There was a lot of emotion, a lot of history, and it was more emotional than I thought. I have to admit that. ... It was really just a wonderful night.” Selig, 80, took over baseball as chairman of the executive council in 1992 after helping force Commissioner Fay Vincent’s resignation. Despite saying he would never take the job permanently, Selig was elected commissioner in 1998. When he is replaced by Rob Manfred on Jan. 25, Selig will have been in charge of baseball for the second-longest term behind Kenesaw Mountain Landis, who held the job from 1920-44. Speakers at the dinner included former Senate Majority Leader George Mitchell, hired by Selig to investigate the use of performance-enhancing drugs by players. Columnist George

Will spoke, as did former columnist and current MSNBC contributor Mike Barnicle. Hank Aaron, among many Hall of Famers on hand, introduced Selig. They talked about Selig’s accomplishments, including drug testing and two decades of labour peace that followed a series of eight work stoppages from 1972-95 that culminated in cancellation of the 1994 World Series. Each speaker, Manfred said, noted “that everything Bud accomplished was as a result of his ability to bring unity among 30 owners. “It is a tribute to his ability, his personality and his personal skills,” Manfred said, “that he could produce the kind of unity that has literally revolutionized the game.” Selig noted he had overseen three generations of owners. Although there was opposition to Manfred from some owners, Selig said “it has been a remarkably seamless transition.” “We’ve done it the way baseball is supposed to do it,” Selig said, “with class, dignity that makes me happy.” Selig headed the group that bought the Seattle Pilots in bankruptcy court in 1970 and moved the team to Milwaukee, where it was renamed the Brewers. He became the owner head baseball’s labour committee before he was put in charge.

LAS VEGAS — Floyd Mayweather Jr. wants a fight with Manny Pacquiao more than ever, a top Showtime executive said Thursday, and negotiations continue to make the long anticipated bout a reality on May 2. Stephen Espinoza told The Associated Press that Mayweather has not wavered in his determination to fight Pacquiao in what would be the richest fight ever. “Personally I’ve been involved in these negotiations continuously since the very first in 2009,” Espinoza said. “I can say I’m not sure there’s a point where I personally observed him wanting it more than over the last few months.” Pacquiao promoter Bob Arum said this week that his fighter has agreed to all terms dictated by the Mayweather camp and that all that stood in the way of the bout was the approval of Mayweather himself. But Espinoza said there were still some issues to discuss, though progress has been made. “We’re making meaningful progress but if we were running a race we would still have a ways to go,” he said. “Everyone is trying to get to the finish line as soon as possible.” Espinoza, Showtime’s executive vice-president for sports, confirmed there have been parallel talks between Showtime and HBO over how the fight would be televised, and that those talks were ongoing. Pacquiao is an HBO fighter, while Mayweather would be fighting for the fifth time in a six-fight deal with Showtime. The two deals are intertwined, he

BOXING said, but declined to talk about the details of either negotiation. “We all mutually agreed we’re not going to negotiate in the press,” Espinoza said. “There’s been some misinformation out there and in general all sides realize that the less said publicly the better.” Arum said earlier that Pacquiao agreed to everything from the purse split (reportedly 60-40 in Mayweather’s favour) to the gloves to who goes in the ring first in the welterweight title fight. His comments were seen as an effort to turn up the heat on Mayweather, who hasn’t spoken publicly about Pacquiao since declaring on Showtime last month that he wanted to fight him on May 2. Though there has long been tension between the two networks, it is unlikely that friction would hold up the fight. The plan would be for a joint pay-perview broadcast like the one in 2002 when Mike Tyson and Lennox Lewis met for the heavyweight title. An HBO spokesman said he was not aware of any talks, and said no HBO executives would comment on the possibility of the fight. The bout would be boxing’s richest ever, delivering likely paydays of some $120 million for Mayweather and $80 million for Pacquiao. It would likely have the biggest payper-view price, too, expected to be in the $85-90 range. Espinoza said he is confident that it will be a box office smash, despite the time that has gone by since it was first proposed.

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Timberlands library on tight budget BY CRYSTAL RHYNO ADVOCATE STAFF Red Deer’s newest library will not see any increases in programming this year. City council turned down a $97,575 request to boost staffing hours at the Timberlands branch of the Red Deer Public Library during operating budget deliberations this week. City manager Craig Curtis said the budget approved in 2012 was based on detailed analysis of the requirements in partnership with the Red Deer Public School District and library board. Curtis told council that he was reluctant to change an agreement that was worked on extensively with the two partners before the library has been open for a year. The library, attached to École Barrie Wilson Elementary School in northeast Red Deer, opened in September. “This was a big ask on behalf of the Library Board this year,” said Library CEO Christina Wilson. “We are excited they funded two new initiatives.” Wilson said the Library board typically does not put this many requests in but she appreciates the door has been left open to bring the requests back next year. The library wanted to have more programming staff available to offer a

little more range of programming for different groups. “We will be doing what we have been doing since Timberlands opened,” said Wilson. “We will be re-examining the best use of staff to ensure that we can comply with that and provide the level of services that the public want.” Wilson said the library board has a staffing plan which they work through and the mandate is to have a service plan like the G.H. Dawe branch in place. She said at the time of the contract negotiations she did not have a detailed service plan. During the debate, some councillors raised concerns about staff safety and security. Community Services director Sarah Cockerill said the library is meeting the union requirements for staff safety. Cockerill did not have actual figures but she said the attendance is increasing steadily and expects to continue as the new area is developed. But in order to meet the safety requirements, Cockerill said, staff have to pull back programming because they have to spread staff around. “While they are currently meeting the safety requirements, it is affecting some programming,” she said. Council did not want to change or enhance the agreement unless the library board and the school district

were part of the conversations. The Red Deer Public Library is managed by the council-appointed library board. “I don’t want programming cut either but I don’t know why this request is coming to the city and it isn’t going to the library board or it isn’t going to the school board,” said Coun. Lynne Mulder. “I don’t think citizens of Red Deer generally speaking (should have to pay) for totally all of that.” Coun. Tanya Handley said there is wisdom in waiting for a full year of operation and then re-evaluating with all three partners at the table. Coun. Paul Harris, who support adding funding, said the whole reason libraries are built is to provide programs for the community. He said societies that have lower crime rates and higher standards of living support literacy. “To me this is a ripple effect,” he said. “If you stop supporting library programs for whatever reason, it has a ripple effect later which will be more costly in our community.” Curtis said if there is some concern about safety, then it will have to be looked at carefully in the second year of the branch’s operation. Coun. Frank Wong said it is important to identify all the issues for future

negotiations. Curtis said the city is not reducing the budget. He said the library should be able to operate at the current service level within its budget. There were some increases to the organization’s overall budget, including union and exempt staff pay increases ($97,355). Council also approved two initiatives including $6,000 for delivery service charges for books to be transported between libraries, a cost that was missed during original negotiations and for $5,000 for foreign language books. The library receives 80 per cent of its funding from the city and 13 per cent from a provincial grant. The remainder of its budget is generated through fines, fees and partnerships. The city invested $400,000 for construction of the Timberlands branch, another $130,000 in operating costs for staffing (2.5 full-time equivalent staffers) and materials ($50,000). The Red Deer Public School District provided roughly $67,000 in startup costs for furniture, library resources and equipment. The school district also contributes $60,000 on an ongoing basis for library services. Council also turned down a request for a third IT specialist for the public library operation ($89,635). crhyno@reddeeradvocate.com

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Sporting their new curling sweaters members of team Datacan of Red Deer from the left, John Cromwell, Steve Snelgrove, Mark Hartwell and David Hartwell watch as their opponents from Corrosion Technologies of Innisfail throw their final rock in an end at the Oilmen’s Bonspiel at the Pidherney Centre in Red Deer on Thursday. Team Datacan found the patterns for the curling sweaters online and had some Hutterite women knit them up for the team for this years edition of the Oilmen’s. Action at the annual bonspiel goes through the weekend with the A final happening at 3 p.m. Sunday.

Malley jury pool has 1,000 names BY BRENDA KOSSOWAN ADVOCATE STAFF Jury selection is in its second day for an Innisfail man charged in the bombing death of a young mother. Starting on Monday, financial advisor Brian Andrew Malley, 57, will stand trial in the Red Deer Court of Queen’s Bench on charges of first-degree murder, causing an explosion likely to injure or kill and sending an explosive

device. RCMP allege that Innisfail resident Vicky Shachtay, 23, suffered fatal injuries when a package exploded in her hands at the door of her home on Nov. 25, 2011. Crown prosecutor Anders Quist confirmed that a jury will be selected from a pool of 1,000 candidates, possibly the biggest jury pool ever called for a trial in Red Deer. Alberta Justice spokeswoman Michelle Davio confirmed on Thursday

that it is likely the biggest jury pool in Red Deer since March 1992, when former Eckville school teacher Jim Keegstra was tried for a second time on charges of promoting hatred. Chairs and closed-circuit TV were brought out on Thursday, with potential jurors vetted in groups. Quist said the plan was to screen 600 people on Thursday and another 400 today to come up with a suitable jury to hear Malley’s trial. bkossowan@reddeeradvocate.com

Albertans should be over the worst of influenza A. Dr. Digby Horne, medical officer of health for Alberta Health Services Central Zone, said data shows the influenza A virus, or H3N2, activity peaked about Jan. 4. “Having passed the peak, we would expect to see fewer and fewer cases, and fewer cases that require hospitalization. However, influenza B is starting to rise a bit,” said Horne on Thursday when AHS released its latest flu statistics. As of Jan. 10, Central Zone had seen 460 confirmed flu cases. Those included 433 influenza A, up from 320 cases as of Jan. 3, and 27 influenza B, up from 18. The zone had one more flu-related death pushing the total to three in Central Alberta. The province had a total of 3,564 confirmed flu cases, 33 flu-related deaths and 568 hospitalizations. Horne said influenza A outbreaks are still occurring in continuing care facilities. “We don’t have a confirmed influenza B outbreak yet. But I’ve heard they’ve got some in Calgary.” He said the B flu strain circulating this season seems to match fairly well with the vaccine so AHS is not anticipating that strain to make a big impact in continuing care facilities. Influenza B also tends to impact children more severely than adults, he said. “As long as influenza is circulating, it’s not too late to get immunized. Although we’re on the downhill side of the slope for influenza A cases, there’s still a fair number of cases occurring. Last week in the province, there were 336 influenza cases identified.” For immunization information, visit www.albertahealthservices.ca/influenza.asp. szielinski@reddeeradvocate.com

Four local artists selected for provincial exhibit the depiction of nature, decomposition and reproduction. He has degrees from Concordia University in Montreal and from Emily Carr University in Vancouver. Griebel has completed residencies in Germany, California, Iceland and Finland and his works are in many museum collections, including in Belgium, Germany and the Yukon. Frizzell and Lambert are visual arts instructors at Red Deer College. Frizzell uses miniature model figures, architecture, and scenery to create artistic dioramas. He started studying art at RDC and eventually earned

degrees from universities in Calgary and Victoria. Frizzell has exhibited prints, drawings, and sculpture nationally and internationally. Lambert, a multi-media and installation artist originally from Northern Alberta, most recently won the RBC $10,000 national emerging artist award for a work shown at the Gardiner Museum of ceramics in Toronto. I Should Like to Give You a Kiss was made up of 3,000 white porcelain thimbles that viewers were invited to take home with them. Lambert started art studies at RDC, but went on to the Alberta College of Art and Design and universities

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Diverse and intriguing works from four Central Alberta-based artists are represented in a large Edmonton exhibit of contemporary artworks from across the province. Jude Griebel of Sundre, as well as Jason Frizzell, Robin Lambert and Nicole Kelly Westman of Red Deer, all have pieces in the 2015 Alberta Biennial of Contemporary Art, which starts on Jan. 24 at the Art Gallery of Alberta. Griebel is an internationally-recognized sculptor working in papiermâché and epoxy resin. His artistic themes revolve around psychological unease and transformation through

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BRIEFS City introduces award for community builders Individuals, teams or groups who show special or unique qualities that make a difference in the community will be recognized by a new City of Red Deer award. “For the first time, we will be awarding the Community Builder Award to recognize an outstanding individual, team or group who has shown leadership, dedication, innovation and creativity,” said Mayor Tara Veer. “We want to recognize people who have not only made a long-term impact on the community, but also have brought honour and recognition to Red Deer.” All nominees for this award must be residents of Red Deer, or be nominated for service to or within Red Deer, or be a member of a group or team that is based in Red Deer. Nominations are open for this new award, as well as ongoing awards for athletics, fine and performing arts, distinguished voluntary service, and the mayor’s special award. “The Mayor’s Recognition Awards are a way to acknowledge the individuals, teams and groups who continue to make Red Deer such a great community,” said Veer. “We want to ensure the personal achievements of our citizens, their contributions to our community, and their efforts in enhancing the image of our community through volunteerism, athletics and the arts are recognized on a municipal level.” For more information on the Mayor’s Recognition Awards program, the nomination process, and for nomination forms, visit www.reddeer.ca. Nomination forms can also be picked up at Legislative Services, second floor, City Hall, 4914 48th Ave., Red Deer. Nominations for all five award categories will be accepted until Feb. 17 at 9 a.m. The 2015 Mayor’s Recognition Awards will be presented a ceremony in June.

Photo radar sites until Jan. 31 in Red Deer Motorists will be on candid camera at the following Red Deer photo radar locations until Jan. 31: ● School zones at Nolan Street, 60th Street Drive, 48th Avenue, Lancaster Drive, 55th Avenue and 49th Avenue. ● Playground zones at 57th Avenue, Boyce Street, Davison Drive, Dempsey Street, Glendale Boulevard and Roland Street. ● Traffic corridors along 50th Avenue, 49th Street, 49th Avenue, Taylor Drive, Riverside Drive, 40th Avenue and 50th Street. RCMP reserves the option to change location of site monitoring without notice.

Crack cocaine lab suspects seek trial by judge alone The parents of two children apprehended in a drug raid have asked for trial by judge alone in the Red Deer Court of Queen’s Bench. The couple was arrested on Nov. 4 by police investigating information that a cocaine conversion lab was being run in the kitchen of a home in the Lancaster subdivision. Their names are withheld to protect the identities of their two children. Police allege that powder cocaine was being converted to crack cocaine

in the lab. Investigators list 415 grams of powder cocaine, 82 grams of crack cocaine, 76 grams of methamphetamine and 72 grams of marijuana along with a .270-calibre Winchester rifle and $40,000 in cash among the items seized during the raid. The parents are jointly charged with two counts each of child endangerment and possessing illegal drugs for trafficking and one count each of simple possession of illegal drugs and possessing the proceeds of crime. One parent is also charged with possessing a firearm without holding a valid licence. An agent for their defence counsel entered their election in Red Deer provincial court on Thursday, along with a request for a preliminary hearing. Preliminary hearings are optional and may be held in provincial court to test the strength of the Crown’s case before proceeding to trial in the Court of Queen’s Bench. Both parents were released from custody earlier. Neither was present in court on Thursday. Their children are under the care of provincial authorities.

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Wildlife rehab centre raffle sends woman to Broadway One Central Alberta woman can look forward to a fun weekend on Broadway in New York City, after she won the Medicine River Wildlife Centre’s calendar raffle. Joan Metzger was the lucky winner drawn on Thursday in the lobby of the Red Deer Advocate. She had a choice between a weekend in New York with tickets to a Broadway show and some spending money or a trip to a North American sports championship. She chose the weekend in New York. The wildlife centre raised slightly less than $10,000 for its operation as a result of the raffle.

Adult literacy program volunteers being sought Anyone interested in helping an adult improve his/her literacy skills can find out more at an orientation on Jan. 28 at the Dawe branch of the Red Deer Public Library. Volunteers are asked to contribute two hours a week. The literacy orientation runs from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Call 403-346-2533 or email adultlit@ rdpl.org to confirm attendance so that proper preparations can be made.

Restoring family links volunteer to speak A volunteer for Canadian Red Cross Restoring Family Links program will visit Red Deer on Sunday. Sinedu Worku Degaga will speak about how families can re-establish contact with family members they have become separated from by detention, war, natural disasters or other circumstances. Degaga, who emigrated from Ethiopia, is a team lead volunteer for the Restoring Family Links Program in Calgary. She will speak at the Red Deer Museum and Art Gallery from 2 to 3 p.m. Her talk is being presented along with two current exhibits at the local museum. Missing Lives shows the work of the international Red Cross to trace 34,278 people who went missing during the war in the Balkans between 1991 and 1995. Let’s Go Boys is an exhibit about Central Alberta efforts during the First World War. Restoring Family Links helps Canadians re-establish contact with family members across Canada or around the

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The École Secondaire Notre Dame High School Building Opportunities Program has come to a close for another year. Students, parents and staff had a wrap-up celebration on Thursday morning. The event celebrated the accomplishments and successes at the project house on 358 Teasdale Drive in Red Deer. The Building Opportunities Program partners with Laebon Homes to allow students to be involved in residential construction by going on site and building a house in the community. The program offers handson experience, which teaches students the duties and responsibilities of a carpenter. “The project brings a lesson on what it takes to make a living in the construction industry and develops a work attitude that is difficult to get from the classroom,” said Mike VanLanduyt, Building Opportunities program co-ordinator and teacher at Notre Dame. This year, 14 students took part in the project by cribbing the foundation, framing the house and assisting with plumbing, electrical and HVAC. world through contacts with other Red Cross and Red Crescent societies and the International Committee of Red Cross. Each year, more than 1,000 people seek help from Canadian Red Cross to find relatives. This includes people who are lost due to war or natural disasters. For details about the family links program, check http://www.redcross.ca/ what-we-do/finding-family-restoringfamily-links.

Women’s conference set for Rimbey on Feb. 5 Resilience champion and motivational speaker Zaheen Nanji highlights the 29th annual Rimbey’s Women’s Conference set for early February. Taking place at the Peter Lougheed Community Centre, at 5109 54th St., on Feb. 5 from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. the conference features Nanji, as well as six sessions about cooking, self defence, painting and even scarf tying. Nanji will talk about unlocking the power of you and embracing change. Comedians James Uloth and Steve Mazan will provide entertainment. There will also by vendors, prizes and a catered lunch. Tickets cost $35 at the early bird price (if purchased before Jan. 29) or $40 afterwards. Tickets are available at Rimbey FCSS at the town’s provincial building, at 5025 55th St., or by calling 403-843-2030.

Celebrity dance contest tickets on sale on Jan. 21 This year’s Celebrity Dance Off features a county mayor, a NHL player and coach’s wife, a doctor and an accountant all raising funds for the Aspire Special Needs Resource Centre. This year’s lineup includes Judy Sutter, Robin Armitage, Kyla Belich, Dr. Vic Cheba, Bill Haldane, Melissa Milne, Luke Spicer and Mayor Jim Wood (Red Deer County). Proceeds raised will go to support Aspire. The event takes place on March 20 starting at 6 p.m. at the Red Deer Sheraton Hotel, at 3310 32nd St. “Having worked closely with Aspire, our partner charity, the 2015 Dance-Off will definitely wow Red Deer. “From the décor and food, to the dancing and its judges, it will be a classy evening,” said event co-chair Christine Moore. “Once again, Calgary band Dr. Zeuss and the Blue Who’s will close the evening with their signature entertainment.” Tickets to the dance off go on sale on Jan. 21 at 9 a.m. at the resource centre, at 4826 47th St. They will be available to purchase at the centre form 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday to Friday. They cost $400 for the premium tickets with the best view, $300 for the deluxe seats and $200 for the rest. They can also be purchased by calling 403-340-2606. They can’t be purchased online.

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C3 BUSINESS Target cries uncle

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BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — What began with Target Corp. bursting into Canada with confidence over its prospects has quickly spiralled into billions of dollars in losses and a decision by the discount retailer to scamper back to the United States. Less than two years after opening its first stores in Canada, the Minneapolisbased company has admitted defeat in the Canadian market, saying Thursday that it could not see turning a profit here for at least another six years — a lifetime in the retail industry. Target will close 133 stores across the country by early June, with 17,600 employees losing their jobs. “We have not realized the significant improvement in Canadian consumer sentiment that we believe is necessary,” Target chief executive Brian Cornell told analysts during a conference call. “Put simply, we have not seen the step-change in performance we told you we needed to see.” Target spent more than five years weighing its entry into Canada before making the move to acquire most of the real estate assets operated by Zellers back in 2010. Winding down those stores will prove to be a costly endeavour, with Target expecting to record about US$5.4 billion in pre-tax losses in its fourth-quarter, mostly related to the Canadian operation. The company said it will also work with an adviser to sell its real estate and expects to spend between US$500 million and US$600 million in cash on the closures. While the possibility of Target leaving Canada has been talked about for months, some shoppers were surprised that it happened so quickly after the holiday shopping season. “They really haven’t given it a chance yet,” said Lisa Kirch outside a Toronto store after she heard about the closures. “I don’t know where everybody is supposed to go.” Other Toronto shoppers weren’t quite as shocked and suggested that Target didn’t connect with their needs.

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Shoppers may soon be able to find some bargains at the Target in Red Deer as the company is set to close its Canadian stores. “I found them to be a little pricey,” said Lynn Brough, who visited her local Target once before she decided to spend her money elsewhere. A representative for Target said the liquidation of its Canadian stores was still in the planning stages. “The timing for store closures will vary on a store-by-store basis and, until we get into the process, we won’t know that level of detail,” said spokesman Eric Hausman. Lacklustre holiday shopping results likely led Target to decide there was no hope of turning around its fumbled plan to become a national retailer that aspired to compete with the likes of

Walmart, Canadian Tire (TSX:CTC.A) and Hudson’s Bay Co. (TSX:HBC). Target’s departure raises new questions about how the company’s absence will reshape the Canadian retail landscape, which has lost several familiar names over the past year. Sony Corp. was the latest to add its name to the growing list, notifying employees this week that it was closing its remaining 14 locations in Canada. Fashion retailers Mexx, Smart Set and Jacob have also recently liquidated their stores.

TORONTO — U.S. retailers planning to cross the border can learn some valuable lessons from the failure of Target, which announced Thursday it is shutting down its 133 Canadian stores just two years after its much-anticipated launch. “It’s a huge thing, after two years, for a brand like Target to wave the white flag,” said Doug Stephens, the founder of Toronto-based consulting firm Retail Prophet. “I think that really sends a very strong message to others that maybe the Canadian market isn’t the easy pickings that they thought it might be.” Canadians, who had high hopes for the discount retailer known for its broad product selection and low prices, were underwhelmed when they discovered bare shelves and less-thanimpressive pricing in the new locations. It all speaks to the importance of understanding the Canadian market and making a good first impression, Stephens said. “You’ve got to deliver on customer expectations or exceed them.” Target’s missteps, including supply chain issues that left shelves nearly empty during the all-important launch, could serve as a cautionary tale for other U.S. retailers, experts say. Nordstrom recently launched in Calgary and is set to open locations in Vancouver and Ottawa this year. The company will open three stores in Toronto in 2016 and 2017. Saks Fifth Avenue, which was acquired by Hudson’s Bay Co. (TSX:HBC) in 2013, is slated to open its first two Canadian stores in Toronto in 2016.

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Federal budget delayed until April BY THE CANADIAN PRESS The next federal budget won’t be tabled until at least April to give the government more time to gauge just how badly tumbling oil prices will hit the Canadian economy, Finance Minister Joe Oliver said Thursday. In a speech to a Calgary business crowd, Oliver said the Conservative government needs to consider everything it is hearing in pre-consultation talks before finalizing its fiscal plan for the coming year. “Given the current market instability, I will not bring forward our budget earlier than April,” he said in a luncheon speech to the Chamber of Commerce. “We need all the information we can obtain before finalizing our decisions.” While unusual, it wouldn’t be the first time the federal government has tabled a budget later than March 31, the end date of fiscal years. The Harper government, which first came to power on Jan. 23, 2006, delivered its inaugural budget on May 2 of that year. Its earliest budget came on Jan. 27 in 2009. Alberta’s budget is to be delivered as planned in March, while Ontario officials say budget timing in that province will not be affected by the federal move. U.S. benchmark crude oil settled at US$46.75 on Thursday, less than half of

where it was just six months ago. Oliver said the impact of low oil on the Canadian economy is a mixed bag. On the positive side, drivers pay less to fill their gas tanks and manufacturers benefit from the lower loonie and cheaper energy. But on the downside, oil companies

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during the Great Recession.” Oliver struck a positive tone, despite the fact that there’s no consensus on when the price of oil will bottom out. “Every knowledgeable person I’ve spoken to believes, and history tells us, that prices will eventually move well above current levels. The solution to

‘EVERY KNOWLEDGEABLE PERSON I’VE SPOKEN TO BELIEVES, AND HISTORY TELLS US, THAT PRICES WILL EVENTUALLY MOVE WELL ABOVE CURRENT LEVELS. THE SOLUTION TO LOW PRICES IS LOW PRICES. THEY REDUCE PRODUCTION FROM HIGH-COST PRODUCERS AND THEREFORE CONSTRAIN SUPPLY.’

are cutting back, as evidenced by news earlier this week that Canada’s largest energy company, Suncor Energy Inc. (TSX:SU), plans to cut 1,000 workers and slash $1 billion from its budget. Lower oilpatch investment means less tax and royalty revenue in provincial and federal coffers. “This new reality poses a great, though not entirely unprecedented, challenge,” Oliver said. “It represents the third-largest price decline in the last four decades, exceeded only by the 1988 OPEC collapse and the sharp decline and rapid recovery we saw

low prices is low prices. They reduce production from high-cost producers and therefore constrain supply. And they stimulate economic growth and therefore ultimately drive up global demand.” A former senior Finance Department official said he doesn’t blame Oliver for buying as much time as he can to assess the impact of lower oil prices on Canada’s bottom line. “If I was still there, I would want as much time as possible and hopefully the economic situation would settle down somewhat,” said Peter DeVries,

who helped put together roughly 20 budgets between 1985 and 2005. “Right now, the environment is very volatile.” DeVries said department officials were probably preparing economic forecasts and crunching fiscal numbers in preparation for a February budget. But sliding oil prices would have stamped a big question mark on those projections. The delay buys some time, he suggested. “What they’re hoping over that time period is either (oil prices) will bottom out or they’ll start to increase somewhat, so they can show a more-optimistic outlook in their next budget with regard to oil prices.” The delay also means finance officials will be able to scrutinize fourthquarter economic numbers for 2014 before completing the budget, DeVries pointed out. He doesn’t believe the delay will have an impact on day-to-day management within the government, even though the 2015-16 budget will be tabled after the fiscal year will have already begun. On a political level, DeVries said Oliver would risk a barrage of criticism if he presented a budget based on an average oil price projection of, for example, US$70 per barrel. “He could come under serious attack, or the budget could come under serious attack and lack any credibility.”

Bombardier stock plunges in heavy trading amid revised outlook BY THE CANADIAN PRESS MONTREAL — Bombardier stock plunged more than 25 per cent in heavy trading Thursday following a revised outlook for its aerospace business, including plans to put development of the Learjet 85 business jet on hold, eliminating 1,000 jobs in the United States and Mexico. On the Toronto Stock Exchange, the Montreal-based company’s shares dropped $1.07 or 25.85 per cent to a more than two-year low of $3.07 on a very heavy volume of some 65 million shares. The aerospace and rail equipment

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Diversified and Industrials Agrium Inc. . . . . . . . . . . 116.84 ATCO Ltd.. . . . . . . . . . . . 48.16 BCE Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55.17 BlackBerry . . . . . . . . . . . 12.08 Bombardier . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.07 Brookfield . . . . . . . . . . . . 61.63 Cdn. National Railway . . 78.62 Cdn. Pacific Railway. . . 211.92 Cdn. Utilities . . . . . . . . . . 42.67 Capital Power Corp . . . . 26.69 Cervus Equipment Corp 19.16 Dow Chemical . . . . . . . . 43.31 Enbridge Inc. . . . . . . . . . 53.94 Finning Intl. Inc. . . . . . . . 20.95 Fortis Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . 39.87 General Motors Co. . . . . 33.43 Parkland Fuel Corp. . . . . 20.40 Sirius XM . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.13 SNC Lavalin Group. . . . . 40.79 Stantec Inc. . . . . . . . . . . 29.14 Telus Corp. . . . . . . . . . . . 42.00 Transalta Corp.. . . . . . . . 10.92 Transcanada. . . . . . . . . . 51.90 Consumer Canadian Tire . . . . . . . . 119.62 Gamehost . . . . . . . . . . . . 13.22 Leon’s Furniture . . . . . . . 18.20 Loblaw Ltd. . . . . . . . . . . . 60.02 MARKETS CLOSE TORONTO — The Toronto stock market closed lower Thursday as energy shares and oil prices retreated and investors sold off transportation giant Bombardier (TSX:BBD.B) amid a big writedown. The S&P/TSX composite index dropped 42.61 points to 14,041.82, with support coming from mining stocks, which turned positive after a string of sell-offs. Bombardier was a major drag on the TSX as its stock tumbled $1.07 or 25.85 per cent to $3.07 on a very heavy volume of 65 million shares as it announced it will write down the value of its Learjet 85 program, resulting in a pretax charge of about US$1.4 billion in its fourth quarter. Bombardier is cutting about 1,000 employees in Mexico and the United States due to weak demand for the business jet. Analysts said markets were also alarmed by the fact that cash flow from the aerospace division is expected to be only US$800 million, down from an estimate of between US$1.2 billion and US$$1.6 billion in its prior forecast. Markets were already jittery over delays associated with its much anticipated CSeries jet. “To me, that was a real telling point,” said Ian Nakamoto, director of research at 3MACS. “When you cut it by that amount, they may have to come back to the market, you never know. That’s part of it. When you have cash flow, you can develop various products and services. With less cash flow, you develop less.” Also, Target Corp. (NYSE:TGT) announced Wednesday morning that it is exiting its Canadian business and will record about US$5.4 billion in pre-tax losses in its fourthquarter. Its shares gained 1.8 per cent to US$75.65. Target has 133 stores and 17,600 employees across Canada. On the TSX, Canadian Tire (TSX:CTC.A) seemed to be a beneficiary from the Target announcement with its shares ahead $3.38 or 2.9 per cent to $119.62. BlackBerry (TSX:BB) fell $2.94 or 19.57 per cent to $12.08 on the TSX after it and Samsung poured cold water on a report that the South Korean electronics company wants to make a $7.5-billion takeover offer for the

Maple Leaf Foods. . . . . . 19.41 Rona Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.59 Wal-Mart . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87.38 WestJet Airlines . . . . . . . 33.10 Mining Barrick Gold . . . . . . . . . . 13.62 Cameco Corp. . . . . . . . . 16.78 First Quantum Minerals . 11.95 Goldcorp Inc. . . . . . . . . . 27.18 Hudbay Minerals. . . . . . . . 8.09 Kinross Gold Corp. . . . . . . 4.02 Labrador. . . . . . . . . . . . . 17.08 Potash Corp.. . . . . . . . . . 41.90 Sherritt Intl. . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.09 Teck Resources . . . . . . . 13.56 Energy Arc Resources . . . . . . . . 21.93 Badger Daylighting Ltd. . 20.97 Baker Hughes. . . . . . . . . 53.53 Bonavista . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.24 Bonterra Energy . . . . . . . 35.29 Cdn. Nat. Res. . . . . . . . . 32.65 Cdn. Oil Sands Ltd. . . . . . 7.64 Canyon Services Group. . 7.24 Cenovous Energy Inc. . . 23.07 CWC Well Services . . . 0.4300 Encana Corp. . . . . . . . . . 15.30 Essential Energy. . . . . . . . 1.32 struggling Canadian company. BlackBerry stock surged 29 per cent Wednesday after Reuters reported that Samsung had recently made overtures to buy the company. It was a volatile session on financial markets after the Swiss central bank surprised markets by scrapping a policy that limited how much the euro could fall against the Swiss franc. The Canadian dollar was caught up in the ensuing gyrations on markets, down 0.14 of a cent to 83.58 cents US after going as high as 84.65 cents US. New York indexes were lower amid a weak earnings report from Bank of America as the Dow Jones industrials declined 106.38 points to 17,320.71, the Nasdaq was down 68.5 points to 4,570.82 and the S&P 500 index slid 18.6 points to 1,992.67. Bank of America posted earnings per share of 25 cents a share, six cents short of expectations. Revenue fell 12.6 per cent to US$18.96 billion, missing forecasts calling for $21.08 billion and its shares fell 5.25 per cent to $15.20. The energy sector shed early advances and was down 1.15 per cent as oil prices turned lower with the February contract down $2.23 to US$46.25 a barrel, giving back a big chunk of Wednesday’s advance of $2.59 a barrel after the Federal Reserve said in its latest regional survey that the U.S. economy was growing at a moderate pace in December and early January. The TSX gold sector was the major advancer, ahead seven per cent as expectations the European Central Bank will embark on a round of quantitative easing next week to support the economy pushed bullion prices higher. February bullion gained $30.30 to US$1,264.80 an ounce and Barrick Gold (TSX:ABX) jumped 9.75 per cent to $13.62. The metals and mining sector was up 0.3 per cent after plunging the previous two sessions. Copper prices revived somewhat after plunging 14 cents a pound Wednesday in the wake of a weak U.S. retail sales report and a downward revision to global economic growth by the World Bank. The March copper contract was up five cents to US$2.56 a pound. FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS Highlights at the close of

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TARGET: Empty shelves, high prices Before its launch, Target was viewed as a considerable threat to Canadian retailers of all sizes, partly because its reputation with consumers was unique. Many Canadian shoppers would trek south of the border to wander the aisles of U.S. Target stores in search deals and products they couldn’t find at home.

Exxon Mobil . . . . . . . . . . 88.96 Halliburton Co. . . . . . . . . 37.33 High Arctic . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.60 Husky Energy . . . . . . . . . 25.32 Imperial Oil . . . . . . . . . . . 44.94 Pengrowth Energy . . . . . . 3.48 Penn West Energy . . . . . . 1.88 Pinecrest Energy Inc. . . . 0.015 Precision Drilling Corp . . . 5.87 Suncor Energy . . . . . . . . 34.22 Talisman Energy . . . . . . . . 8.98 Trican Ltd.. . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.58 Trinidad Energy . . . . . . . . 4.64 Vermilion Energy . . . . . . 48.90 Financials Bank of Montreal . . . . . . 75.22 Bank of N.S. . . . . . . . . . . 61.34 CIBC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91.49 Cdn. Western . . . . . . . . . 28.00 Carfinco . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.45 Great West Life. . . . . . . . 31.31 IGM Financial . . . . . . . . . 43.36 Intact Financial Corp. . . . 83.30 Manulife Corp. . . . . . . . . 19.89 National Bank . . . . . . . . . 44.90 Rifco Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.25 Royal Bank . . . . . . . . . . . 75.12 Sun Life Fin. Inc.. . . . . . . 37.41 TD Bank . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49.93 Thursday at world financial market trading. Stocks: S&P/TSX Composite Index — 14,041.82, down 42.61 points Dow — 17,320.71, down 106.38 points S&P 500 — 1,992.67, down 18.60 points Nasdaq — 4,570.82, down 68.50 points Currencies: Cdn — 83.58 cents US, down 0.14 of a cent Pound — C$1.8154, down 0.45 of a cent Euro — C$1.3901, down 1.81 cents Euro — US$1.1619, down 1.70 cents Oil futures: US$46.25 per barrel, down $2.23 (February contract) Gold futures: US$1,264.80 per oz., up $30.30 (February contract) Canadian Fine Silver Handy and Harman: $21.252 oz., up 17.9 cents $683.25 kg., up $5.75 ICE FUTURES CANADA WINNIPEG — ICE Futures Canada closing prices: Canola: March ’15 $2.60 lower $451.40; May ’15 $2.60 lower $445.90; July ’15 $4.10 lower $439.40; Nov ’15 $3,80 lower $425.20; Jan. ’16 $1.90 lower $428.30; March ’16 $1.30 lower $432.20; May ’16 $1.30 lower $437.20; July ’16 $1.30 lower $438.70; Nov. ’16 $1.30 lower $438.70; March ’17 opened at $438.70 Barley (Western): March ’15 $9.00 higher $191.00; May ’15 $9.00 higher $193.00; July ’15 $9.00 higher $195.00; Oct. ’15 $9.00 higher $190.00; Dec. ’15 $9.00 higher $190.00; March ’16 $9.00 higher $190.00; May ’16 $9.00 higher $190.00; July ’16 $9.00 higher $190.00; Oct. ’16 $9.00 higher $190.00; March ’17 $9.00 higher $190.00. Thursday’s estimated volume of trade: 542,760 tonnes of canola; 0 tonnes of barley (Western Barley) Total: 542,760.

But when Target arrived in Canada the story wasn’t the same, and complaints flooded social media about empty shelves, high prices and a selection that fell short of expectations. “Canadian consumers walked in expecting the American store experience and got this watered down version,” said Brynn Winegard, a marketing analyst at Winegard and Company. Winegard believes Target’s U.S. executive team misjudged the market and went in with a preconceived notion that Canadians would greet them with open wallets. She points to the company’s first domestic advertising campaign as an example of how confidence overshadowed reality.

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Canadian home sales slow in December BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — There were fewer home resales in Canada last month, with Calgary and Edmonton showing the biggest declines. The Canadian Real Estate Association says the number of sales of previously owned homes was down 5.8 per cent nationally in December compared with November, with almost two-thirds of all local housing markets showing declines. Calgary and Edmonton were each down 25 per cent and activity slipped about five per cent in the Toronto area. CREA chief economist Gregory Klump said it was no surprise that consumer confidence in Alberta softened last month, given the uncertain outlook for oil prices, but added that sales in Calgary and Edmonton “had been running strong all year before they returned to levels that are entirely average for the month of December.” Despite fewer sales, CREA says its housing price index was up 5.38 per cent in December from a year earlier. The national average price for

homes sold in December was $405,233 — up 3.8 per cent from a year earlier, the smallest increase since May 2013. The association noted that the national price is skewed by the Greater Vancouver and Greater Toronto markets, which are the most active and expensive in Canada. Excluding those two cities, the national average price in December was $319,481 — up 1.9 per cent from a year earlier. Earlier this week, national real estate company Royal LePage said the price of a Canadian home is expected to rise by a relatively modest 2.9 per cent on average in 2015 as price appreciation slows across the country. LePage said Toronto is expected to lead the pack when it comes to price increases this year, with up an estimated 4.5 per cent, although that would be well behind last year’s pace. Vancouver was expected to see the second-biggest average jump in prices, up 2.8 per cent, followed by a 2.4 per cent gain in Calgary. The realtor says economic factors, including the plummeting price of oil, would likely to cause home prices to grow at a slower pace, particularly in Western Canada.

Global growth still at risk: IMF BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON — Two problems stemming from the 2008 financial crisis — heavy government borrowing and high unemployment — still pose challenges to the global economy and require bold action, the head of the International Monetary Fund said. Christine Lagarde, IMF managing director, said Thursday that cheaper oil and strong U.S. growth aren’t enough to counter those threats. “We believe that global growth is still too low, too brittle and too lopsided,” she said in remarks before the Council on Foreign Relations. Europe and Japan potentially face years of slow growth and ultra-low inflation, she said, while the United States “is the only major economy that is likely to buck that trend this year.” Her warnings came after the IMF’s sister organization, the World Bank, on Tuesday lowered its forecast for international growth. The World Bank now expects the global economy to expand 3 per cent in 2015, down from a 3.4 per cent estimate in June. The bank cuts its forecast be-

cause of stagnation in Europe and Japan and slower growth in China. The IMF will issue its own update to its forecasts next week. Cheaper oil should leave consumers in most wealthy nations with more money to spend on other goods, thereby supporting their economies, Lagarde said. But there are downsides as well, she added. Falling gas prices are pushing the 19 European nations that share the euro currency closer to deflation, a destabilizing fall in prices and wages. The threat of deflation in Europe “bolsters the case” for the European Central Bank to provide more stimulus, she said. Next week, the ECB is expected to launch a bond-buying program intended to reduce borrowing costs for businesses, households and governments. While the ECB is acting to ease rates, the U.S. Federal Reserve may raise them later this year, Lagarde noted. Those opposing actions could cause widespread volatility in currency values and interest rates.

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mission has approved the subdivision of 80 acres in Timberlands that will create 216 residential and four commercial lots, as well as public utility and municipal reserve lots. The parcel is located south of 67th Street and a short distance east of 32nd Avenue. Some servicing and roadwork have already been completed in the area, but no building construction has occurred.

The commercial featured a woman riding a motorcycle past some of the country’s famous tourist spots and cities before splashing the screen with its logo, saying “Target loves Canada.” Winegard said was too soon for the company to be presenting itself as part of the culture. “We have a lot of great Canadian retail brands, and we didn’t need Target to be Canadian,” she said. “We needed them to be the company they’ve been in the U.S.” Target’s decision to leave Canada comes as the parent company tries to please investors with better quarterly profits. Just over a year ago, the company suffered a massive security

breach that saw credit and debit card information for 110 million North American customers stolen by hackers, which had a rippling effect on its overall business. “It’s clear that our U.S. business has fully healed from those dark days, but that is not enough and we’re not yet where we need to be in the U.S.,” the company’s chief financial officer, John Mulligan, told analysts on Thursday. “With today’s decisions we can focus all of our resources to go beyond healing the U.S. business and continue our work to make it stronger.”

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Society’s fall from grace BOOK DISCUSSES WHETHER PEOPLE HAVE WANDERED FROM MESSAGE OF LOVE Vanishing Grace: What Ever Happened To The Good News? By Philip Yancey $18.25 Zondervan Philip Yancey is the author of 20 books on the subjects of faith and grace. His books are highly readable both by church members and those who’ve been sidelined by all they believe the church is not. My favourite of Yancey’s titles is What’s So Amazing About Grace?, a book that bears reading more than once. Sadly, this one is about the PEGGY grace that seems to be vanishFREEMAN ing from the world, leaving a hole that may not be filled by things. Yancey has been a life-long member of those Christians known as evangelicals. The word Evangelion means Glad Tidings. Yet to some people interviewed by the author, evangelical Christians are described as “haters”

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and “ant-abortion, anti-gay, anti-women, people who home-school their children to avoid defilement.” In a 20-year period beginning in the 1990s, the general populace have decided against Christians, and especially evangelical Christians. Young college students asked to write the first thing that came to mind when they heard “Christianity,” answered: “People who don’t practice what they preach.” It seems that Christians have wandered far from Jesus’s message of love and forgiveness, but a society with no code of ethics may not be one in which we want to live. The author quotes Vaclav Havel, first president of a free Czechoslovakia: “As soon as man began considering himself the source of the highest meaning in the world, and the measure of everything, the world began to lose its human dimension and man began to lose control of it.” A panel discussion of Science and Questions of Meaning, attended by the author, discussed three important questions: 1) Why is there something instead of nothing? 2) Why is that “something” so beautiful and orderly? 3) How ought we to conduct ourselves in such a world? How can we avoid these questions? Researchers have yet to find a single society on Earth that does not have some system of religious

belief. There are many instances in this book of people helping people throughout the world, building hospitals, feeding the hungry, teaching the illiterate. Many of these committed people are Christians, some are not. What motivates people to live in relative poverty themselves, so that they can raise others out of their plight? How do we develop a social conscience? The church in the Middle Ages cited seven works of mercy. This list of spiritual works of mercy came later. To instruct the ignorant; counsel the doubtful; admonish sinners; bear wrongs patiently; forgive offences willingly; comfort the afflicted; pray for the living and the dead. Yancey says, “The church works best as a separate force, a conscience to society that keeps itself at arm’s length from the state. “The closer it gets, the less it can challenge the surrounding culture, the more perilously it risks losing its central message.” Are we living in a post-Christian world? If so, would it be OK to say, “Heaven help us.” Peggy Freeman is a local freelance books reviewer.

A frightening, supernatural tale Things Half in Shadow By Alan Finn Gallery Books In the winter of 1919, in Philadelphia, Edward Clark begins writing down all the ghost stories he knows for his granddaughter Isabel has insisted that rather then verbally telling her these stories, her grandfather must write them down to preserve the memory. After all, his life has been filled with unusual experiences and the presence of spirits lingered then, as they do now. This particular tale took place 50 years ago in Philadelphia. It is about a woman named Lenora Grimes Pastor and the ghost that killed her. At least that’s what people believe and how the tale is told, but Edward states that KIRSTEN no ghost, spirit or ghoulish LOWE creature murdered Lenora, although spirits were present at the time. Edward has the authority to say this because he was there at the time of the murder, and without the lingering spirits, he would have never found out who really did kill Lenora. Edward’s story begins in 1869, when his boss at the newspaper he works for, The Bulletin, wants Edward to go undercover to visit one of the many mediums who has settled in their town and expose them as a fraud. The town is tired of the presence of these people who claim to have some connection to the supernatural world, as they drain innocent peoples wallets. But his first encounter with Lucy Collins (who

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is a fake medium) goes all wrong — before he can publish his article stating what he witnessed at her séance and how it was all a set up, Lucy approaches him with an offer he can’t refuse via blackmail. So, with severe resentment, Edward accepts Lucy’s offer that involves the two working together to expose other mediums as frauds. It will give Edward the article his boss wants, and it will take out all of Lucy’s competition so she becomes the only Philadelphia medium. The two decide to start with Lucy’s biggest competition — Lenora Grimes Pastor. With only a small handful attending her séance, Edward is quite impressed with Lenora’s ‘tricks’ and ‘illusions’ that make her appear just as real as Lucy had … until spirits, voices of lost loved ones, begin to speak through Lenora herself, including Edward’s late mother and Lucy’s late first husband. To further complicate things, with the lights dim a disturbance takes place, leaving a few moments of blind chaos. And when the lights are turned on, Lenora Grimes Pastor is dead in her chair. She has been poisoned and everyone who was present in that room is a suspect. Fearful of their reputations, Edward and Lucy team up again to discover who murdered Pastor, and they are agitated by the time that police investigators seem to be wasting. But this simple murder investigation takes the two and the other suspects on a terrifying supernatural experience. And they are pursued by a sickly, pale-skinned, dark-eyed, noseless man who Finn does a chilling job of describing. Finn has taken a moment in history when this world and the next were believed to be strongly intertwined, and he has created a frightening and engrossing book. Kirsten Lowe is a Red Deer College student and freelance book reviewer.

Behind the move to expand the Scotiabank Giller Prize jury BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — The prestigious Scotiabank Giller Prize is expanding its jury from three to five members, a move that organizers say has been discussed for several years and one they hope will bring lively debate to the deliberations. On Wednesday, the homegrown literary prize announced its 2015 jury will include Canadians Alison Pick, Alexander MacLeod and Cecil Foster as well as Britain’s Helen Oyeyemi and Ireland’s John Boyne, who will serve as chair. It’s the first time in the Giller’s 22-year history that it has appointed a five-member jury, but executive director Elana Rabinovitch says it was something they had considered for “many years.” “There are a number of reasons why we decided to increase the jury pool but I guess the primary one is that it, I think, will breathe a lot of energy into the deliberations,” she said. The prize was established in 1994 by businessman Jack Rabinovitch in honour of his late wife, literary journalist Doris Giller. Its annual black-tie gala is a swank affair, attracting a who’s who of the literary world and beyond as well as international attention. Last year’s jurors were Canadian author Shauna Singh Baldwin, British novelist Justin Cartwright and American writer Francine Prose. They read 161 books submitted by 63 publishers and chose “Us Conductors” by Montreal’s Sean Michaels as the winner. Rabinovitch said no one suggested the jury expansion to her or her father, and she insisted that decisions by former juries had no influence on the change. Last year’s move to increase the prize purse to $140,000 ($100,000 to the winner and $10,000 to each finalist) also had no bearing on the decision, she added. In fact, the main impetus for creating a bigger jury was her trip to London over the summer to meet with various publishers and agents, as well as Ion Trewin, who runs the Man Booker Prize, said Rabinovitch. The Booker has five jury members and Rabinovitch felt by doing the same with the Giller “it was a way of confounding pundits and publishers and the public in terms of not being able to pin selections, any books, on any one person.” “I think that it will make for a much more diverse list and a lot of surprises,” she said. Rabinovitch said they also want to make the prize “not so inside baseball,” noting she thinks “it’s im-

portant to include voices outside of that really insular community of CanLit.” Caroline Walker, inventory manager at McNally Robinson Booksellers in Saskatoon, likes the idea of having a larger variety of jury members. “I think the only danger might be that it will be more difficult to reach a consensus on a winner, and sometimes when you have those kinds of situations, the book that wins isn’t the best book in everybody’s opinion but it’s sort of the book everybody can agree on,” she said. But Rabinovitch said she thinks a five-member jury will actually make it easier to come to a consensus. “I think that it will be a much more lively debate and I think that there will be much more room for consideration for each other’s opinions, because you have five rather than three, with more opinions, so there has to be more consideration.” Pick noted it can be difficult to come to a consensus even on a three-member jury, which she’s been a part of several times. This will mark her first time on a five-member jury and she’s “excited.” “I think that it’ll make for an interesting conversation, for a wide range of perspectives and I really respect and admire the other jurors,” said the poetnovelist, who made the Booker long list in 2011 for “Far to Go.” Though this year’s jury has three Canadians and two international authors, Rabinovitch said that might not always be the case: “We chose to go this route for this year and we’ll see what next year brings.” She said she and her father choose jury members in an organic way: by sitting around discussing their favourite writers, who might be available, and who would contribute to “an intriguing mix of voices.” They also asked friends of the prize, their advisory committee and others for suggestions. Selected jury members read dozens of nominated books over several months and discuss them via conference call and then eventually in person. The winner is decided through “a conversation and a debate and a coming together and sometimes a falling apart and then a coming together,” said Rabinovitch. “So it ideally is a consensus all the time.” This year’s long list will be announced in midSeptember. The list of finalists is expected Oct. 5 and the winner will be named Nov. 10 in Toronto.

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Municipal Planning Commission Decisions On January 7, 2015, the Municipal Planning Commission issued the following decision for development permit applications: Discretionary Use Approval: Timberlands Paul Heroux – development of a 48.75m2 addition and a 30.14m2 addition and uncovered decks, to a detached dwelling, with a rear yard of 2.26m (a 70% relaxation), to be located at 35 Towers Close. You may appeal discretionary approvals and denials to the Red Deer Subdivision & Development Appeal Board, Legislative Services, City Hall, prior to 4:30 p.m. on January 30, 2015. You may not appeal a Permitted Use unless it involves a relaxation, variation or misinterpretation of the Land Use Bylaw. Appeal forms (outlining appeal fees) are available at Legislative Services. For further information, please phone 403-342-8132.

Development Officer Approvals On January 13, 2015, the Development Officer issued approval for the following applications: Permitted Use Anders Park 1. Beta Surveys Ltd. – a 1.66 metre relaxation to the minimum rear yard to an existing deck, located at 30 Ansett Crescent. Morrisroe 2. Bemoco Land Surveys Ltd. – a 0.8 metre relaxation to the minimum rear yard to an existing deck, located at 35 McLevin Crescent. You may appeal Discretionary approvals to the Red Deer Subdivision & Development Appeal Board, Legislative Services, City Hall, prior to 4:30 p.m. on January 30, 2015. You may not appeal a Permitted Use unless it involves a relaxation, variation or misinterpretation of the Land Use Bylaw. Appeal forms (outlining appeal fees) are available at Legislative Services. For further information, please phone 403-342-8190.

Loan Bylaw 3539/2015 2019 Canada Winter Games Host Society Organization Red Deer City Council proposes to pass Bylaw 3539/2015. Bylaw 3539/2015 proposes a loan to the 2019 Canada Winter Games Host Society Organization to be used to pay for operating expenditures required by the Transition Committee or the Host Society Organization until such time as they are able to access Provincial and Federal grants. An amount up to $2,000,000 will be owed to the City of Red Deer and will be paid in in full prior to the end of February 2019. The proposed bylaw may be inspected at Legislative Services, 2nd Floor City Hall during regular office hours. The electors may submit a petition calling for a vote of the electors to determine whether the proposed bylaw should be passed. The petition must meet the formal requirements of sections 221-226 of the Municipal Government Act and be filed with the Legislative and Governance Services Manager within 15 days after the last date the proposed bylaw is advertised. The last date of advertisement for this bylaw is January 16, 2015. Any petition will be public information. This bylaw will be considered by Red Deer City Council at the Monday, March 2, 2015 Council Meeting. If you have any questions regarding the petition process or the use of the petition please contact the Legislative Services Manager at 403-342-8132.

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NASA evacuates part of space station BUT FINDS NO TOXIC LEAK DESPITE ALARMS SOUNDING BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — In a rare scare, astronauts fled the American side of the International Space Station on Wednesday after an alarm indicated a possible toxic leak. NASA later said there was no leak of ammonia coolant and a computer problem likely set off the false alarm. By Wednesday afternoon, the astronauts were back in the U.S. part of the orbiting outpost. Earlier, the six crew members had huddled safely on the Russian side — once when the alarm sounded and again following an initial all-clear. “Hey everybody, thanks for your concern,” Italian astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti said via Twitter. “We’re all safe & doing well in the Russian segment.” The “unscheduled excitement,” as NASA called it, occurred around 4 a.m. EST, well into the station crew’s workday. As alarms blared, the astronauts followed emergency procedures in slapping on oxygen masks, taking cover in the Russian quarters, then sealing the hatches between the U.S. and Russian sides. At the same time, flight controllers at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston turned off non-essential equipment. Within minutes, Mission Control gave an all-clear, but sent the astronauts scurrying back over to the Russian side again when there was more evidence of a possible leak of the coolant. The highly toxic liquid ammonia, flowing outside the space station, is used to cool electronics. Flight controllers originally feared it had gotten into the water system running inside. Now, it’s believed that a failed card in a computer-relay box was the culprit. The crew — three Russians, two Americans and the Italian Cristoforetti — stayed in the three, relatively small Russian compartments while Mission Control analyzed data. Engineers wanted to understand the computer failure

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In this image provided by NASA taken during a training exercise, U.S. astronaut Terry Virts, left, assists European Space Agency astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti with emergency training aboard the International Space Station. Astronauts evacuated the U.S. section of the International Space Station and moved to its Russian module after a problem emerged on Wednesday. and confirm “that the system is tight like we believe it to be,” space station program manager Mike Suffredini said on NASA TV. About 11 hours after the ammonia system-alarm sounded, the hatch to the U.S. segment was reopened. Cristoforetti and U.S. astronaut Terry Virts ran tests and no ammonia was detected. When the alarm went off, the crew had been dealing with supplies and

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experiments from the newly arrived SpaceX capsule — including fruit flies. None of the research appears to be jeopardized, Suffredini said. Russian space officials at first reported an actual leak, then backed off that statement. The 260-mile-high complex has never had to be abandoned during its 14-year-plus occupation by astronauts. On occasion, crews have had to seek shelter in their Soyuz capsule “life-

boats” because of close shaves with orbiting junk, in case a quick getaway was needed. This time, the astronauts went into one of the three Russian modules as trained for an emergency, but not the two docked Soyuz capsules. Besides Cristoforetti and Virts, the crew includes Commander Butch Wilmore, an American, and Russians Elena Serova, Alexander Samokutyaev and Anton Shkaplerov.

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WASHINGTON — The world’s oceans are now rising far faster than they did in the past, a new study says. The study found that for much of the 20th century — until about 1990 — sea level was about 30 per cent less than earlier research had figured. But that’s not good news, scientists say, because about 25 years ago the seas started rising faster and the acceleration in 1990 turns out to be more dramatic than previously calculated. The current sea level rise rate — which started in 1990 — is 2.5 times faster than it was from 1900 to 1990, according to a study published Wednesday in the journal Nature. Scientists say that faster pace of sea level rise is from melting ice sheets in Greenland and West Antarctica and shrinking glaciers, triggered by manmade global warming. “We’re seeing a significant acceleration in the past few decades,” said study lead author Carling Hay, a geophysical researcher at Harvard University. “It’s concerning for cities along the U.S. East Coast” where water levels are rising even faster than the world average. “It’s definitely something that can’t be ignored,” Hay said. Previous research said that between 1900 and 1990, the seas rose about twothirds of an inch (20 millimeters) a de-

cade. The new study recalculates the 1900-1990 rate to less than half an inch a decade. Old and new research both say that since 1990 seas are rising at about 1.2 inches (30 millimeters) a decade. While hundreds of tide gauges around the world have been measuring sea levels since 1900, they have mostly been in Europe and North America with few in the polar regions or the middle of the oceans, Hay said. So past estimates of 20th century sea level rise gave an incomplete picture of the global effect, said study coauthor Jerry Mitrovica, a geophysics professor at Harvard. The new method uses statistical analysis and computer models to better simulate the areas in the gap, Mitrovica said. Outside scientists praised the new study, but were still cautious about adopting the estimates until more studies could be done. “The implications are troubling — accelerated ocean warming, ice sheet collapse and sea level rise — all point to more and more sea level rise in the future, perhaps at a faster rate than previously thought,” said Jonathan Overpeck, co-director of the Institute of the Environment at the University of Arizona. “This will make adaptation to climate change more difficult and costly.”

Study finds common chemical BPA found in plastics causes hyperactivity in fish BY THE CANADIAN PRESS CALGARY — A University of Calgary study has found that a common ingredient in consumer products can cause hyperactivity in zebrafish. Bisphenol A, a chemical used to make household plastics and epoxy resins, is produced in large quantities around the world. In response to public concerns, many manufacturers have replaced BPA with a chemical called bisphenol S (BPS), which is often labelled as “BPA-free” and presumed to be safer. But the study’s findings suggest that both BPA and BPS can cause alterations in brain development that can lead to hyperactivity in zebrafish. The fish are widely used by researchers to help understand embryonic brain development. About 80 per cent of the genes found in people have a counterpart in zebrafish, which have

very similar developmental processes as humans. “I was actually very surprised at our results. This was a very, very, very low dose, so I didn’t think using a dose this low could have any effect,” said Deborah Kurrasch, a researcher at the university’s Cumming School of Medicine and corresponding author on the paper. Zebrafish embryos were exposed to concentrations of the chemicals at levels found in the Bow and Old Man rivers in southern Alberta. The exposure to BPA and BPS changed the timing when neurons were formed in the brains of the fish. “We wanted to use a dose that was found in a natural waterway and that people would get in their drinking water. Waste-water treatment plants do not filter out BPA so this is presumably what is coming into people’s houses,” said Kurrasch.

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Joni Mitchell wears an Yves Saint Laurent folk tunic, a leather cape by designer Hedi Slimane and the Yves Saint Laurent classic fedora in this undated handout photo taken in Bel Air, California. Mitchell and Joan Didion are well into their golden years, but the music icon and literary legend have emerged as fashion’s freshest faces.

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Ko, author of boomerwatch.ca, a blog providing insights on marketing to baby boomers. “I think the particular fashion brands they’re always wanting to be different ... they want to be edgy. “And it is probably generating a lot of attention because they’re using these mature models, and they’re in a way saying the marketing strategy is no longer just (about) external beauty, but inherent beauty in what they’ve accomplished. The mind is as important as beauty.” Ko sees it as a trend that will endure, notably because the boomer demographic “is here to stay for another 15 years.” “We’re one-third of the population, but we control more than 70 per cent of the disposable income, so as marketers, they probably need to think.” While older women have been featured in designer shows, the runway is still far from achieving true diversity in casting, as young, slender models remain in the catwalk majority. “Because samples are made in a particular size — either a size two or four — it’s not going to fit a lot of mature women,” said Ben Barry, assistant professor of equity, diversity and inclusion at the school of fashion at Ryerson University in Toronto. “As you age, your body changes, so a lot of these women, they may not be plus size, but they’re certainly maybe a size 10 or a size 12; and because of that, they’re not going to fit into the samples on the runway.” Barry said incorporating older women into runway shows will require a more sizable institutional shift in the way fashions are created and designed. But he credited social media and blogs like Advanced Style, which features stylish seniors in helping pioneer the idea now being embraced by marketers — that the love of fashion isn’t bound by demographics. “Certainly in the fashion industry from a business perspective, a stereotype existed that once women hit a particular age they no longer cared about clothes, they no longer valued their appearance, they were no longer deemed culturally beautiful. “I think we’ve seen blogs really challenge that by showing women of all ages, whether they’re women who work in the industry or just regular women on the street, and showing them as beacons and champions of style and, really, inspiration for so many women,” he said.

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So a British-led research team mapped the titinThe researchers said finding which kind of muproducing gene in 5,267 people, ranging from the tation family members harbour could help narrow healthy to the seriously ill. who’s really at risk — but it would take more inWhere the DNA glitches are located in this huge depth genetic testing than is routine today. gene is key, the team reported Wednesday in the “In an era where genetic testing and genome journal Science sequencing is inTranslational Medicreasingly available, ‘IN AN ERA WHERE GENETIC TESTING AND more and more titin cine. Mutations that will be GENOME SEQUENCING IS INCREASINGLY mutations caused dilated caridentified, often as AVAILABLE, MORE AND MORE TITIN diomyopathy are loincidental findings,” cated at one end of Roberts said. MUTATIONS WILL BE IDENTIFIED, OFTEN the gene sequence, “Accurate interAS INCIDENTAL FINDINGS. ACCURATE while mutations in pretation of these rehealthy people occur sults is vital to avoid INTERPRETATION OF THESE RESULTS IS in other spots apparunnecessary followently less important VITAL TO AVOID UNNECESSARY FOLLOW-UP up and anxiety.” for heart muscle, While the findings AND ANXIETY’ they reported. are intriguing, the Another discov— ANGHARAD ROBERTS role of gene testing LEAD RESEARCHER in this heart condiery: Titin-caused cardiomyopathy is tion will take much more severe than more research to other forms of the disease, said lead researcher Ang- prove, cautioned Dr. Donna Arnett, a former Ameriharad Roberts of Imperial College London. can Heart Association president who wasn’t part of Those patients are more likely to suffer life- the new study. threatening irregular heartbeats, suggesting doctors The broader context is that scientists must exammight use genetic testing to guide therapy including ine how subtle factors can affect the impact of mutawhen to implant defibrillators. tions, said Dr. Christine Seidman of Harvard Medical Somehow, this truncated protein is poisoning School, a senior author of the study. heart muscle cells, the researchers concluded. “We generally think the DNA provides us the anWhen cardiomyopathy runs in the family, close swer: There’s a mutation, it’s a yes or a no,” she exrelatives get regular heart screening to see whether plained. But the new finding “really changes the way they’re developing it, too. in which we consider gene-based diagnostics.”

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Fight co-ordinator Chase Cownden, left, oversees the rehearsal of a scene where Camille (Nicole Orr) prepares to knock out Ted (Perry Mill) for the Central Alberta Theatre’s performance of Deadly Murder. Tickets are available at the Black Knight Ticket Centre. With less than two weeks to learn his lines, local actor Jason Steele proved to be a quick study. He handily stepped into a lead role in Deadly Murder, which opened Thursday night at the Quality Inn North Hill dinner theatre, and delivered what was ultimately a riveting performance. Steele, who took over the role of Billy in a pinch after the previous actor dropped out of the Central Alberta Theatre production, is a veteran of CAT (memorably playing the Chief in One Flew Over LANA the Cuckoo’s Nest) and Against MICHELIN the Wall Theatre. In Deadly Murder, he not only had to learn a third of the play’s lines, but managed to pull off the personality shift needed for the portrayal of a character who, the audience soon learns, is pretending to be someone he’s not. Actually none of the three characters in this entertaining thriller by David Foley are as they initial-

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ly appear — which is part of the fun of this smartly scripted play, which was nominated for a 2008 Edgar Award. When we first see the handsome young waiter Billy, he’s just bedded a rich older jewelry designer and is strolling around her luxurious apartment dressed only in a towel — examining her valuables. The designer Camille, played by Nicole Orr, catches him in the act and becomes wary enough of his motives to be anxious to get rid of him. When Billy refuses to leave, Camille is forced to call in her security guard, Ted, depicted by Perry Mill. What happens next involves a series of surprises, double-crosses, struggles and, eventually, a murder. But who gets killed is part of the mystery, so it’ll do no good to give away more of the convoluted plot line. What can be said is this play becomes completely engrossing in the second half, but had a rocky start when viewed during Tuesday night’s preview. Early exchanges between Billy and Camille seemed more like recitation than conversation. Billy flat-lined his dialogue with a sing-songy nasal Mid-West accent. Camille came across as so brittle even her jokes were lost on the audience.

The very fact these two were supposed to have just had sex was unbelievable because of the lack of flirtatious behaviour on both their parts. But holy turnaround! Whatever pepped the actors up during intermission worked like gang-busters. From the halfway point on, Deadly Murder was a hold-onto-your-seats thrill ride. The twists and turns kept coming, and the talented cast captured the intensity of people caught in an ever-shifting, life-or-death scenario. Director Sherry Ainscough delivered the kind of pressure-cooker pacing needed for the tense second act and the audience became completely absorbed in the interesting back story of these grasping characters. If the cast of Deadly Murder can make the first act as thrilling as the second (and I’m betting they can, once opening jitters are calmed) this will be a heck of an evening’s entertainment. Hats off to set designers Stuart Reid and Bob Alspach and lighting designer Matt Levesque for creating an appropriately posh, yet darkly forbidding environment. The thriller continues to Feb. 7. lmichelin@reddeeradvocate.com

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Sculptures inspired by time in Ireland BY LANA MICHELIN ADVOCATE STAFF While living in a Irish castle with secret doors and passages, Alysse Bowd relied on the centuries-old postal service to send daily letters home to her Red Deer family. Unlike most people her age, the 25-year-old artist avoids emails or texts, preferring to set pen to paper. “A letter is personally crafted. There’s something about handwriting that feels like you’re having a personal conversation with someone,” said Bowd, who describes herself as a romantic. Her Henry-Jamesian stint as a governess at an Irish country house (actually she was au pair to seven children from two families residing in Borris House, a vast ancestral estate built in 1731) happened three years ago. But artistic ideas inspired by this four-month adventure are still percolating. Among the whimsies that have come to fruition are Dear Little Friends, an exhibit of 20 small ceramic sculptures by the artist, showing at the Kiwanis Gallery in the Red Deer Public Library. The unusual little hand-built creations are let-

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Artist Alysse Bowd with her ceramics installation Dear Little Friends now on exhibit at the Kiwanis Gallery at the downtown branch of the Red Deer Public Library. ter carriers that Bowd imagined for bearing every kind of epistle: There’s the rocket-like Leaper for delivering mail from whimsical women, whose words “dance, float and skip.” There’s the aquatic, finned Steamer for irrational letters written in haste by writers blowing off steam. “It’s for notes you wish you could take back,” said Bowd — but also for “the steamiest of letters that could provoke a shower of blushes.” The behemoth Dawdler is for mail with hardly any content: “It’s not a fast-moving creature,” said Bowd, who imagined these letter writers as mental stutter-

ers, nervous and unsure. She wrote all manner of letters while in Ireland that she would slip into hand-embellished envelopes. Bowd said she sent at least one note home each day, as a form of journaling. She would then imagine its passage across the Atlantic Ocean and the breadth of Canada. “Its journey is unknown. You’d wonder, is it sitting in a damp corner of the post office somewhere ... ?”

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Bradley Cooper, left, as Chris Kyle and Luke Grimes as Marc Lee in American Sniper: the flavour of a Western is not accidental in this Clint Eastwood film.

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“Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown,” Shakespeare wrote. But is that true when the coronet is no more than a backwards ball cap balancing a pair of wraparound shades? Such was the preferred headgear of Navy SEAL Chris Kyle, at least as portrayed by Bradley Cooper in American Sniper, Clint Eastwood’s respectful — if somewhat superficial — treatment of the real-life Kyle’s 2012 memoir of the same name. Kyle, who achieved renown as the most lethal sniper in American military history, with 160 confirmed kills and nearly 100 more unverified ones, was honoured with the sobriquet “The Legend” during four tours of duty in Iraq. On film, American Sniper treats him as a martyred hero. (In 2013, after leaving the service, Kyle was killed by a disturbed veteran whom he was mentoring.) And while that portrayal may arguably be justified, Cooper’s portrayal — while less than reverential — also reveals a man remarkably unburdened by conscience. When fellow SEAL Marc Lee (Luke Grimes) is killed during an ambush, and the dead

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man’s mother reads a letter from him at the funeral expressing doubts about the American military mission, Kyle remarks that it wasn’t a bullet that killed his friend, but “that letter.” Throughout the film, adapted for the screen by Jason Hall (Paranoia), Kyle comes across as a man gifted not just with the ability to shoot, but with a remarkable — and, at times, almost incomprehensible — moral clarity. Despite an opening scene that shows Kyle hesitating to pull the trigger on an Iraqi woman and a small boy who appear to be preparing to throw an antitank grenade at a convoy of Marines, American Sniper presents Kyle as someone with an almost superhuman ability to bear the same doubts that weigh so heavily on others in his job. And make no mistake: American Sniper presents Kyle’s seemingly miraculous accomplishment as just that — something achieved while carrying out a task, albeit one of the most difficult and dangerous ones imaginable. Eastwood drives home this point again and again, showing us the bullet holes that appear in walls where SEALs and Marines have just been, only seconds earlier. Kyle, referred to as the “overwatch” and typically stationed on a rooftop to protect fighters on the ground, is a figurative cousin to Brad Pitt’s Wardaddy character in the film Fury: a surrogate

father, keeping an eye on his “children” through the scope of a sniper rifle. Of course, his real family, back in the United States, provides some contextual counterpoint to this slightly glorified interpretation. As Kyle’s wife (Sienna Miller) tells him, “It’s pretty egotistical to think you can protect us all.” Kyle’s buddy Lee puts it another way, wondering aloud whether Kyle has a “saviour complex.” For the most part, American Sniper is less interested in pursuing these and other questions of moral and psychological nuance than in telling a good war story. The main action follows two hunts: the first for a brutal lieutenant of al-Qaida leader Abu Musab alZarqawi, known as the “butcher of Fallujah” (Mido Hamada); and the second for a Syrian-born sniper and former Olympic sharpshooter nicknamed Mustafa (Sammy Sheik), whose own growing kill record taunts Kyle. Neither character figures prominently in the book, though both fictionalized versions here have been sharpened and enlarged in order to better delineate the peaks and valleys of the movie’s action. From a narrative standpoint, it works. The battle scenes are alternately tense and thrilling, especially during one climactic sequence. Set during the approach of a massive sandstorm, it shows Kyle and his unit cornered on a rooftop by a mob of armed insurgents, while awaiting rescue by what is, essentially, the cavalry. The flavour of a Western is not accidental. Kyle, at one point, announces that he always wanted to be a cowboy. Maybe Eastwood does, too. Despite a couple of moments when it isn’t clear who the bad guys are and who the good guys are, American Sniper keeps its metaphorical headgear — white hats and blacks hats — very much separate. Michael O’Sullivan is a Washington Post movie critic.

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BOWD: Tries to realize an escapist world Another amusement was making 100 original drawings of imagined letter-carrying devices and sending them through the mail, like postcards. She imagined this providing a sort of art exhibit for the mail carriers and post-office sorters who made her literary connection to Red Deer possible. These line drawings, now stamped and travelworn, became the basis for her Dear Little Friends exhibit. She said she decided to add another dimension to some of her letter carrier images by fleshing them out in glazed stoneware. Her Friends, which were previously exhibited in Okotoks, were imagined as self-propelled units long before real news reports surfaced of unmanned drones being tested for parcel delivery. “I always liked the idea of there being another realm that would hold a little bit more magic than our world,” she admitted. Bowd, who recently won the Red Deer Arts Council’s first-ever Emerging Artist Award of $1,000, is a graduate of the Alberta College of Art and Design. She is studying towards her master’s in fine arts degree at Nova Scotia College of Art and Design. She attempts, through her ceramics, installation and performance art, drawing and written narrative, to realize an escapist world, “a world in which I am the heroine.” While imaginative silliness is usually left behind in childhood, Bowd said she aims to “re-enchant” viewers and ask them to remember a time of daydreams and make-believe. The Dear Little Friends exhibit continues to Feb. 22. lmichelin@reddeeradvocate.com

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says, readers will be there when the characters are discovering well-known secrets for the first time. “I figured I’d assume everybody knows at least who these characters are,” Aaron said. “I don’t think it’s a big assumption to think, coming into this, that you’ve probably seen at least the original Star Wars [movies]. And what’s great is that that’s really all you need to have seen coming into this. If you know who Luke’s father is, all the better, but nobody in the book knows that yet.” And then there was one object of Star Wars lore that Aaron was determined to let see some action before the end of issue No. 1: lightsabers. “I wanted to make sure we got the lightsabers in [the story] right away,” Aaron said of the iconic weapon wielded by Jedis and the Sith. “One of the things as we talked to the [LucasFilm] story group, they pointed out that ‘Luke’s only had [a lightsaber] for a couple of weeks at this point.’ It’s not going to be his first impulse to grab for the lightsaber. He’s certainly not a Jedi yet — he’s barely trained to use that thing.” “I wanted to make sure, right out of the gate, that we were grabbing for all the biggest moments that we possibly could,” Aaron said. “So I definitely

wanted to have lightsabers popping off in that first issue. So we get a few different lightsaber scenes, and a big cliffhanger where you know you’ll be getting more of it next issue.” Star Wars’ first issue is just the beginning of Marvel Comics adventures with these characters. February will mark the debut of Darth Vader No. 1, by writer Kieron Gillen and artist Salvador Larroca. Aaron says that he and Gillen plotted together during the Star Wars/Marvel pre-production phase, and that fans will see a connection between the Star Wars and Darth Vader titles. “We all sat in a room together and planned all of this out,” Aaron said. “We’ve passed scripts and issues back and forth. Especially here in the early part of these books. The first few issues, you’ll see how they connect together pretty closely. Once Darth Vader No. 1 is out, there will be some obvious connections to this new Star Wars No. 1.” “I think all of this makes for the perfect jumping-on point for people who have been reading Star Wars comics their whole lives and people who have never read a single one,” Aaron emphasized. “I think we’re going to have a wide diverse readership of all sorts of different Star Wars fans.”

Two extravagant comedies, Birdman and The Grand Budapest Hotel, dominated nominations for the 87th annual Academy Awards with nine nods each, while Boyhood remained the widely acknowledged front-runner. The three films were nominated for best picture on Thursday along with Whiplash, The Theory of Everything, The Imitation Game, American Sniper and Selma. The eight films, mostly more modestly sized movies dwarfed by Hollywood’s stampede of bigger blockbusters at the box office, gave the Oscars a classy if not particularly high-wattage batch of nominees. In Hollywood’s ever-expanding industrial complex of awards season, the year’s front-runners — Richard Linklater’s coming of age epic Boyhood (six noms) and Alejandro Gonazalez Inarritu’s elegantly shot backstage romp Birdman (or The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) — haven’t been dislodged from their lofty perch, steadily accumulating hardware. “This is what everyone waits for. This is the last one, unless there’s another one that I don’t know about,” said Michael Keaton, who was rewarded with a best-actor nod for his performance as a washed-up star trying to mount a serious Broadway play in Birdman. He added: “I don’t care how much people tell you: ‘It’s gonna happen.’ When it happens, you’re thrilled.” The uniquely time-elapse Boyhood earned Linklater nominations for best director and screenplay, as well as supporting nods Patricia Arquette and Ethan Hawke. The film, 12 years in the making, landed the latest in a string of awards Sunday at the Golden Globes, taking best drama. But there were other films — The Grand Budapest Hotel, American Sniper and The Imitation Game — that came away big winners Thursday, just as others such as Selma failed to breakthrough. The Second World War code-breaker thriller The Imitation Game, about pioneering computer scientist Alan Turing (Benedict Cumberbatch), captured eight nominations, including best actor for Cumberbatch. The film’s distributor, the Weinstein Co., has previously shepherded prestige British period films (The King’s Speech) all the way to best picture. “I am knocked for six by this,” said Cumberbatch of his first Oscar nod. “To ring my parents who are both actors and tell them that their only son has been nominated for an Oscar is one of the proudest moments of my life.” Wes Anderson’s old Europe caper The Grand Budapest Hotel, which also won best comedy or musical at the Globes, has emerged as the most unexpected awards heavyweight. It managed nine nominations without a single acting nod and was instead repeatedly cited for Anderson’s meticulous craft in directing, production design, makeup and screenplay. With $59.1 million at the North American box office (opening all the way back in March), The Grand Budapest Hotel is also the most money-making best-picture entry. That, however, is likely to change soon after American Sniper expands nationwide this weekend. Clint Eastwood’s Navy SEAL drama — one of the season’s last entries — did especially well Thursday, landing six nods, including best actor for Bradley Cooper. Steve Carell (Foxcatcher) and Eddie Redmayne (The Theory of Everything) rounded out the best actor category.

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BY DAVID BETANCOURT ADVOCATE NEWS SERVICES When Disney acquired both the Star Wars and Marvel universes in recent years, setting off a disturbance in the Force for fans and rivals, many questions lingered, with an important one being: What happens to the comic books? The answer came when Marvel Comics editor-in-chief Axel Alonso called writer Jason Aaron (Thor) and said two words: “Star. Wars.” Aaron, not needing to search within himself to know his answer to be true, immediately signed on. “I said, ‘Yeah, I’ll do that,’” Aaron said. “[Axel] didn’t have to talk me into it.” And with that brief conversation, Star Wars made a historic return to the pages of Marvel Comics. How historic? The first issue of Star Wars (written by Aaron and drawn by John Cassaday), which hits newsstands both real and digital today, has surpassed 1-million copies sold through retailers, comic shops and other outlets, according to Marvel. That headturning number, of course, is rarely seen in comic-book sales these days. Even Aaron was shocked when he was told about his first issue of Star Wars in effect going platinum. “It’s pretty crazy. I knew coming in it was going to be big,” Aaron said. “I never imagined it would be that big. “If nothing else, it made me think, ‘Wow, I need to go back and read that issue again, just to make sure it’s good, because if it’s a million copies, I’ll be seeing this thing for the rest of my life,” Aaron joked. Aaron also sees the favourable factors within the marketplace. “We’re all really happy with what we’ve put together,” the writer said. “The fact that it’s sold a million copies speaks to a few things: It’s a good year to be doing Star Wars. [And] it’s good for us that we’re the first thing out of the gate. We’re the first big new Star Wars project of 2015. “The hype and excitement [have] already been building. And the fact that this is Marvel’s big return to Star Wars. . . ,” said Aaron, letting that reality elliptically linger in the air. Aaron said that the first issue of Star Wars takes place within “a matter of days or just a couple of weeks,” after a moment in history no Star Wars fan can forget: the destruction of the Death Star. “The rebels have just scored this huge victory,” Aaron said. “They’ve blown up this massive weapon of the Empire and they’re doing everything they can to try to press their advantage. They’re still this kind of scruffy, ragtag band of rebels, so this is the biggest thing that they’ve ever done, and they don’t want whatever advantage they get from that to slip away. “We pick up with our main group characters on a mission together trying to make more trouble for the Empire.” The legends are all there in Star War’s first issue — they just don’t know they’re legends yet. Han Solo, Princess Leia, Chewbacca, R2-D2, C-3PO and a young fella named Luke Skywalker, determined to take down the man who “killed his father,” Darth Vader. Aaron says that anyone picking up Star Wars No. 1 will probably already be familiar with the history of the characters. But with this story, he

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Comedy moves, thinks like a cartoon BY HANK STUEVER ADVOCATE NEWS SERVICES Had they drawn it as one of those adult-themed, lonely-loser, late-night cartoon series, FXX’s Man Seeking Woman might have been as easy to swipe away as a run-of-the-mill dating profile. Instead, it’s a live-action comedy that often moves and thinks like a cartoon, to great effect, in a hallucinatory world of dating where a blind date who seems like a troll is, in fact, a gross little troll, and where a trio of alien sex robots show up to your apartment on the night your neat, new girlfriend sleeps over. Based on short stories by humour writer Simon Rich, who is also the show’s creator, Man Seeking Woman stars Jay Baruchel (This Is the End, How to Train Your Dragon) as Josh Greenberg, a 27-year-old man who has just been dumped by his longtime girlfriend (Maya Erskine). Egged on by both his best friend (Eric André) and his older sister (Britt Lower) to revel in his peak bachelorhood, Josh sets off on an awkward journey to find love or sex or both. While the premise may not sound like the kind of show that television is running short of at this particular moment, Man Seeking Woman is something else entirely — a fantasy about a man whose heart is too tender for Tinder and yet he’s unable to ignore his worst instincts and inner thoughts, which rear up in clever ways.

When Josh debates whether to text a woman he met on the subway (Saturday Night Live’s Vanessa Bayer), the scene shifts to one of those high-security situation rooms where analysts and military commanders argue over the exact wording of the text and then panic and elevate threat levels when a reply doesn’t arrive within the first minute after it is sent. Man Seeking Woman has a firm grip on its own sense of absurdity; the sketches within the overall story are hilarious but somehow subtle enough as to not be overblown. When Josh goes to a party at his ex-girlfriend’s apartment, he is astonished to learn that she is now seeing Adolf Hitler (Bill Hader, with much makeup), who is now 125 years old and gets around in a grandpa scooter. His friends at the party keep telling Josh to chill, but how can he? It’s Hitler! Here in the room with them, and dating Josh’s ex — Hitler! (Who quickly ascertains — as any viewer will — that Josh is Jewish.) Like most half-hour comedies that hang their humour on nuance, Man Seeking Woman is better sampled than summarized. At 32, Baruchel is a smidge too old for the part, but his sincerity and sense of timing fit the job perfectly. After passing through hit films and other projects that made all his friends famous, it seems only fitting to see Baruchel shine in a story that’s all about the nice guy who finishes last.

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12 Monkeys Series co-creator Terry Matalas calls this new adaptation of Terry Gilliam’s 1995 sci-fi film starring Bruce Willis and Brad Pitt “a complete reimagining” of that earlier work. The basic premise remains intact: A time traveler (Aaron Stanford) journeys back from 2043 to stop the release of a deadly plague. The mentally unstable genius formerly played by Pitt, however, is now a woman (Emily Hampshire). Amanda Schull, Kirk Acevedo and Noah Bean also star. 8:30 p.m. on CITV, GBL; 11:30 p.m. on GBLBC

Marry Me Television-viewing dates can be important, so trouble erupts when Annie and Jake (Casey Wilson, Ken Marino) find someone already has watched the season finale of their favorite show without the other person in the new episode “Spoil Me.” Neither will confess to jumping the gun. The matter gets so serious, Dennah’s (Sarah Wright Olsen) policeman beau (guest star Rob Riggle) and his partner (guest star Natasha Leggero) are enlisted to supervise a related polygraph test. 9 p.m. on MC1; 11:30 p.m. on MC2

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Dodd, Anne It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of our Mother Anne Dodd (Braun) on Jan 10th, 2015 at the age of 79. Anne is pre-deceased by her loving husband William Dodd (Don) who passed on March 29th 2012 and her Daughter Louise Hegg (Lloyd) who passed on Feb 24th 2007. Anne leaves behind 3 daughters; Judy Lloyd of Regina Sask, Barb Welsh (Doug Storey) of Sylvan Lake AB and Evelyn (Rick) Holowach of Beaumont AB. 3 Sons; Wes Lloyd of Squamish BC, Darcy Bernier of Kelowna BC and Joe (Susan) Bernier of Regina Sask. Don’s Family; Trudy (Bev ) Fullerton of Sylvan Lake AB, Derrick (Jamey) Dodd of Alder Flats AB. She will be sadly missed and fondly remembered by her remaining brothers and sister-in-laws; George (Mary) Braun, John (Linda) Braun, Dick Braun, Rita Braun and numerous grandchildren and great grandchildren. There will be a gathering for family and friends at the Royal Canadian Legion Branch No. 212, Sylvan Lake, Alberta on January 31, 2015 from 2 pm4 pm. As an expression of sympathy, memorial contributions may be made in Anne’s name Stars Air Ambulance. Cremation entrusted to the Rocky Mountain Crematorium, Rocky Mountain House, Alberta. Condolences to: may be forwarded www.sylvanlakefuneralhome.ca SYLVAN LAKE AND ROCKY FUNERAL HOMES AND CREMATORIUM your Golden Rule Funeral Homes, entrusted with the arrangements.403-887-2151.

LUECKGEN Terrance It is with heavy hearts that we announce the passing of our much loved - Terry Lueckgen. Terry leaves to mourn his mother, Theresa; brothers, Mark and David (Samantha); sisters, Wilma (Al) and Crystal; 3 children; and his grandchildren, aunts, uncles and many friends. He will be sadly missed by his dog, Mikey. Now onto clear blue waters, sunny days and long hours of fishing. At Terry’s request, there will not be a funeral. He will be cremated and taken home to Newfoundland where a memorial service will be held at a later date. Condolences may be forwarded to family and friends at www.reddeerfuneralhome.com. Arrangements entrusted to RED DEER FUNERAL HOME 6150 - 67 Street, Red Deer. Phone (403) 347-3319

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LYNN Walter Harold Jr. Walter Harold Lynn Jr. passed away at home on Tuesday, January 13, 2015 at the age of 87 years. Walter was born on February 21, 1927 in Nevis, Alberta to Walter Harold Lynn and Thirza Ellen Webster. He served a 2 1/2 year mission in Tahiti for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. When he returned from his mission, he married the love of his life, Dorothy Alice Blades. He taught Industrial Arts for 32 years, 28 at Eastview Junior High School, retiring in 1985. Walter had many talents and hobbies which included photography, leatherwork and running a print shop. He was an active member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints and served faithfully as home teacher, Ward Clerk, Bishop, and Stake Clerk. Walter is survived by his wife, Alice, children; Douglas (Sarah) of Klamath Falls, OR., Debrah (Edward) Thatcher of Heath, TX, Barbara (Coby) Ramsey of Rock Springs, WY, George of Red Deer, Dorothy (Daniel) of Pocatello, ID., Jim (Emily) of Lethbridge, and Susan (David) Hardy of Devon, forty grandchildren, and seventeen great-grandchildren. He is also survived by two brothers; Bill (Vera) of Rocky Mountain House and Lowell (Christina) of Red Deer. He was predeceased by his parents, his sister, Ila, and his son, Terry. He was loved and cherished, and will be deeply missed. For those wishing to pay their final respects to Walter, visitations will be held at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 3002 47 Avenue, Red Deer, on Saturday, January 17, 2015 between the hours of 12:00 p.m. and 12:45 p.m. A Funeral Service will follow at 1:00 p.m. Interment will take place at Alto Reste Cemetery following the service. In lieu of flowers donations may be made to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Humanitarian Fund or a charity of your choosing. Condolences may be forwarded to the family by visiting www.eventidefuneralchapels.com. Arrangements entrusted to EVENTIDE FUNERAL CHAPEL 4820 - 45 Street, Red Deer. Phone (403) 347-2222

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POPP Martha K. (nee Schepp) Feb. 20, 1917 - Jan. 10, 2015 On Saturday, January 10, 2015 our dear mother, grandmother, great grandmother and sister, was gathered into God’s arms. She passed away peacefully, with her daughter, Marlene at her side, in her residence at Extendicare Michener Hill in Red Deer. Martha, along with 8 brothers and sisters, was born to George and Kathrina Schepp. In October 1940 she married Frank Popp and they first lived in the Landestrew District. From there they moved to a farm one mile south of MacNutt, Sask., where they lived for 20 years prior to moving to Yorkton. In 1986 they moved to Red Deer, Alberta. Martha will be sadly missed by her three children, Wayne (Darlene) Popp of Surrey BC, Marlene (Ray) Lang of Red Deer, Alberta and Harvey (Judith) Popp of El Cajon, CA. She also leaves to mourn her passing, 5 grandchildren, Kimberly (Wayne) Marfleet, Kevin (Brandi) Popp, Robert (Nicole) Lang, Cara (Colin) Penman, and Clinton Popp. She is survived by her great grandchildren Brittany and Brendon Marfleet, MacKenzie and Berkley Popp, Starr and Wyatt Lang, Derek, Stuart and Addison Penman. She will be missed very much by her 103 year old sister, Alma Veal of Langenburg, Saskatchewan. She is also survived by numerous nieces, nephews and cousins. Martha was predeceased by her parents, George (1939) and Kathrina (1961), her husband Frank Popp (1991), her Granddaughter Shawna Marie Lang (1974), as well as 4 brothers and 3 sisters. Martha was an expert seamstress and enjoyed knitting as well as crocheting. She loved to bake and her grandchildren were especially fond of her cinnamon scuffles. A Divine Funeral Service, lead by Pastor Hennig and Pastor Van Katwyk will be held at Mount Calvary Lutheran Church, 18 Selkirk Boulevard, Red Deer, Alberta on Saturday, January 17, 2015 at 11:00 am. The Service will be followed by a lunch and celebration of Martha’s life in the Fellowship Hall of Mount Calvary Lutheran Church. Interment will follow at Alta Rest Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations made be made to the Mount Calvary Lutheran Church, 18 Selkirk Boulevard, Red Deer, Alberta, T4N 0G2. Condolences may be sent or viewed at www.parklandfuneralhome.com. Arrangements in care of Rhian Solecki, Funeral Director at PARKLAND FUNERAL HOME AND CREMATORIUM, 6287 - 67 A Street (Taylor Drive), Red Deer. 403.340.4040.

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Apply at: 8004 BEARSPAW is a O/A The Rusty Pelican Edgar Industrial Green, moderately sized oil and Red Deer, T4P3S2 gas company operating Location of employment: Call: 403.845.2230 Fax: primarily in the Stettler and 4105 2079 50 Ave. Quality Control/ 587.997.7719 Drumheller areas. We are Red Deer, AB T4R 1Z4 Safety Coordinator currently accepting Classifieds...costs so little email: Position Reports to: applications for a bennett.bkkp@xplornet.com Saves you so much! GM in Red Deer JUNIOR OIL AND or Call 403-347-1414 Skills Required: F/T TRUCK drivers req’d. or Fax to: 403-347-1161 GAS OPERATOR * Safety Training - NCSO Only candidates selected Minimum Class 5 with air in our Stettler Field. (or some courses and clean abstract. Exp. for an interview will be Applicants need to be required for NCSO) preferred. In person to Key contacted. mechanically inclined, * Computer literate Towing 4083-78 St. Cres. motivated to work hard Microsoft, Excel, Red Deer. and learn quickly. Sales & Powerpoint, Gmail Associated industry * Punctual HALLCON is seeking experience eg. instrumen- * Able to do public speaking Distributors qualified drivers to tation or facilities * Organized transport rail crews GREGG construction experience * Able to work both throughout Red Deer area. would be an asset but is DISTRIBUTORS LP Drivers are ideally based independently and as not necessarily required. We are looking for part of a team out of RED DEER. No This position offers a overnight stays required. OUTSIDE SALES diverse and challenging Please send your resume REPRESENTATIVES This position is an on call work environment with with your references by position. Employees are in Red Deer due to our competitive pay, attractive e-mail to len.chinski@ responsible for taking growth & expansion. benefits and the ability to lafarge.com or by fax to trips during the period We offer an attractive grow within the organizathe attention of they have designated compensation, benefits & tion. Applicants must live Len Chinski at themselves available to do bonus program. Sales or be willing to relocate to 403-347-8060 so. Transportation is done exper. is not necessary within a 20 minute in Hallcon company but an industrial backcommute of the work vehicles. Vehicles are ground is an asset. Please place location (Stettler). Restaurant/ extensively & consistently forward your resume to Please Submit Resume’s Hotel maintained ensuring 5141 - 76A St. Close, Red Attention Human optimal safety for drivers Deer, AB T4P 3M2, or to Resources and clients. Drivers must hr@gdl.ca or fax to EAST 40TH PUB Email: payroll@ possess valid Class 1, 2, (403) 341-3210. bearspawpet.com REQ’S P/T / F/T COOK or 4 license, with clean Fax: (403) 258-3197 Apply in person with resume Looking for a New and driver abstract. Assisted Mail: Suite 5309, 333 96th 3811 40th Ave. Challenging Career in the licensing upgrade to Ave NE Calgary, Alberta T3R 1H1 Real Estate industry? We achieve a class 4 is JJAM Management (1987) offer hands on training by available. Pay is based at LOCAL SERVICE CO. Ltd., o/a Tim Horton’s a top producer. For a a rate of $16.00. Earning in Red Deer REQ’S EXP. Requires to work at these confidential interview call: potential is based on VACUUM TRUCK Red Deer, AB locations: Carol Clark, Coldwell your availability, as our OPERATOR 5111 22 St. Banker OnTrack Realty, operation runs on a 24/7 Must have Class 3 licence 37444 HWY 2 S 403-350-4919. on call basis. Both full time w/air & all oilfield tickets. 37543 HWY 2N and part time employees Fax resume w/drivers 700 3020 22 St. are welcome. Semiabstract to 403-886-4475 FOOD ATTENDANT retired, retired, full time, Trades Req’d permanent shift RED DEER based hot shot weekend day and evening part time employees are company looking for exp’d welcome. Forward both full and part time. driver, 15/6 rotation, resumes & current driver 16 Vacancies, $10.25/hr. + ACADEMIC Express company benefits, abstract: Shane Flack ADULT EDUCATION benefits. Start ASAP. Fax resume & asmabnorth@gmail.com. AND TRAINING Job description current abstract www.timhortons.com to 403-342-2152 Education and experience • GED Preparation Misc. not req’d. TREELINE Help Apply in person or fax • Women in the Trades WELL SERVICES resume to: 403-314-1303 Program Has Opening for all ACADEMIC Express positions! Immediately. • Math and Science for ADULT EDUCATION All applicants must have the Trades Program AND TRAINING current H2S, Class 5 with Q Endorsement,and First Gov’t of Alberta Funding Aid. We offer competitive WINTER START may be available. wages & excellent benefits. Please include 2 work GED Preparation 403-340-1930 reference names and www.academicexpress.ca numbers. Would you like to take the Please fax resume to: LUCKY’S LOUNGE Start your career! GED in your community? 403-264-6725 located in Jackpot Casino, See Help Wanted Or email to: requires Waitress’s • Red Deer tannis@treelinewell.com Fri. - Sun. Please apply in DRYWALL HELPER REQ’D. • Rocky Mtn. House Experience an asset. No phone calls please. person at 4950 47 Ave. • Rimbey 403-341-7619 www.treelinewell.com No phone calls please • Caroline KODIAK Enterprises • Castor Red Deer, AB. • Sylvan Lake Restaurant/ is currently hiring • Innisfail Hotel JOURNEYMAN & • Stettler APPRENTICE WELDERS • Ponoka F/T year round employment • Lacombe SHOP YARD PERSON Please call Bob Gov’t of Alberta Funding 403-357-8669 or email may be available. resume to: bob@kodiakent.com 403-340-1930 www.academicexpress.ca Needing experienced ceramic tile floor installers ACADEMIC Express and labourers for job in Edson, room and board ADULT EDUCATION provided. Also need AND TRAINING labourers for local jobs. Contact Lance • GED Preparation 403-352-6296

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Women in the Trades Program Math and Science for the Trades Program Gov’t of Alberta Funding may be available. 403-340-1930 www.academicexpress.ca

Advocate Opportunities

WE are looking for a

Plant Laborer

for our Kuusamo facility. The plant is located 4-5 kilometers west of Sylvan Lake on Hwy 11. This is an entry level position working mainly outdoors that can lead into the Plant Operator positions. Duties will include assistance of Plant Operators in the transfer of chemicals, movement of product within the plant, truck and rail car loading/unloading, and chemical blending as well as housekeeping and light maintenance. We are looking for hard working, flexible, safety conscious people with equipment experience, some basic mechanical abilities, driver’s license, and own transportation. We offer an excellent benefits plan and a company matching RRSP savings plan. Please forward your resume via email to the address attached. Please have ‘Plant Laborer’ in the subject line. Drug and alcohol policy in effect and pre-employee testing. Inquiries regarding careers with CFR should be directed to hr@cfrchemicals.com Fax: 346-2299

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GREENHOUSE WORKER wanted at Meadowbrook Greenhouses, Penhold. 3 Full Time Seasonal Positions. No Exp, training provided. Starting Feb 2015. $10.20/hr, 44 hrs, 5 days per week, 3 month period. Fax resume to 403-886-2252. 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

Red Deer ADVOCATE

Employment Training

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To deliver the CENTRAL AB LIFE 1 day a week in: INNISFAIL Penhold Olds Sylvan Lake Please call Debbie for details 403-314-4307

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“Low Cost” Quality Training 24 Hours Toll Free 1.888.533.4544

R H2S Alive (ENFORM) R First Aid/CPR R Confined Space R WHMIS & TDG R Ground Disturbance B.O.P. Place an ad in Central R (ENFORM) D&C Alber ta LIFE and reach R D&C (LEL) over 100,000 potential buy#204, 7819 - 50 Ave. ers. 309-3300.

(acrossfrom from Totem) (across Rona North)

ADULT Newspaper Carriers Needed For Early Morning Delivery of the

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

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

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

Qualiﬁcations and skills include: • Must be a graduate of an accredited nursing program with current CARNA registration. • Experience in the area of nursing administration and long term care an asset. • Ability to work both independently and as a team in a multi-disciplinary environment. • Excellent leadership, organizational, interpersonal, and communication skills. • Visit www.qualicarehealthservices.com for more details.

Full-time permanent position. Competitive wage, health and dental beneﬁts, RRSP program, and a positive working environment!

Located on the east side of Ponoka, overlooking the scenic Battle River Valley, Northcott Care Center is a 73 bed nursing home committed to providing quality care to the residents of our community. We would appreciate the opportunity to discuss your employment future. If you are interested in starting a new and rewarding career, please fax your resume to (403) 783-6420 or call (403) 783-4764. Email: tserle@northcottcarecentre.com Website: www.qualicarehealthservices.com 503151A16,17

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Advocate Opportunities

MORRISROE AREA:

Adult Newspaper Carriers Needed For Early Morning Delivery of the RED DEER ADVOCATE

For More Information, Please call Prodie 403-314-4301

CENTRAL AB LIFE & LACOMBE EXPRESS 1 day a week in:

Please call Rick for details 403-314-4303

NEWSPAPER CARRIERS NEEDED For Afternoon Delivery 2 Days/Week (Wed. & Fri.)

WESTPARK & WESTLAKE Westpark Cres. & 35 St. also Welliver & Wishart St. KENTWOOD Kirsch Close, Kemp Ave. & Kee Close PINES Pearson Crescent 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.)

WESTPARK & WESTLAKE NORMANDEAU Nash St. & Neville Close ALSO Northey Ave. KENTWOOD Kirsch Close, Kemp Ave. & Kee Close MUSTANG ACRES TRAILER PARK

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

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

ADULT Newspaper Carriers Needed For Early Morning Delivery of the

ADULT or YOUTH CARRIERS NEEDED For delivery of Flyers, Express and Friday Forward ONLY 2 DAYS A WEEK in

RED DEER ADVOCATE

DOWNTOWN AREA

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

South East Downtown and Parkvale area $289.00 mo. DEER PARK AREA

DEERPARK AREA Deschner Close, Dubois Cres., Doherty Close, Duston St. and area. $327.00/mo. ROSEDALE AREA Ramage Cres, Ramage Close and Ralston Cres. area $295.00/mo. For More information, please call Jamie 403-314-4306

3 days per week, no weekends

Dixon Cres. $72./mo. Dunlop St., Dixon Ave. & Close $35./mo Dunning Cres. Cl., and Depalme St. plus 3 blocks of Douglas Ave. $104./mo. GRANDVIEW AREA 3900 & 4200 Blocks of 43 Ave. area and 4000 & 4200 Blocks of 41 and 42 Ave. $66./mo TIMBERSTONE AREA

ROUTES IN:

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

For More Information Call Jamie at the Red Deer Advocate 403-314-4306

ADULT or YOUTH CARRIERS NEEDED For delivery of Flyers, Express and Friday Forward ONLY 2 DAYS A WEEK in CLEARVIEW RIDGE AREA

Bell St.

McKenzie St. / Marion Cres. “care in the community”

Children's Items

Something for Everyone Everyday in Classifieds

LACOMBE BLACKFALDS

Advocate Opportunities

MORRISROE AREA

Part time Staff Educator

1500-1990

To deliver the

403.341.4544

Iverson Close Isbister Close

is currently seeking a caring and motivated

CLASSIFICATIONS

LADIES chocolate brown suede coat w/hood, very good cond, $15 403-314-9603

CARRIERS REQUIRED

OILFIELD TICKETS

Industries #1 Choice!

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FOR FLYERS, FRIDAY FORWARD & EXPRESS

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CLASSIFIEDS 403-309-3300

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• Very Competitive Wages • Advancement Opportunities With medical Benefits • Paid training • Paid Breaks

Medical

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Misc. Help

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Medical

SUNNYBROOK AREA Scott St. / Somerset Close LANCASTER AREA Lampard Cres Lancaster Drive Long Close Lord Close Landry Bend / Landry Close Ladwig Close VANIER AREA Vickers Close Victor Close Viscount Drive Call Prodie @ 403- 314-4301 for more info **********************

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

CROSSLEY ST. COOPER CL, CARTER CL, CONNAUGHT CRES, CHURCHHILL CL. AREA

$266.00/MO. DEER PARK AREA Dixon Cres. Dunlop St., Dixon Ave. & Close $107.00/mo Dunning Cres. Cl., and Depalme St. GRANDVIEW AREA 4700 Blks. of 43 & 43A Ave. and 3 blks. of 47 St. also 4400 Blks. of 40A Ave. and 41 Ave. and 1 Blk. each of 46 and 47 Streets area $73.00/mo. TIMBERSTONE AREA Trimble Cl. Traptow Cl. Tallman Cl. Teasdale Dr. Truant Cres. & area $224.00/mo. also Timberstone Way, 2 blks. of Timothy Drive and Trumph Pl. $97.00/mo For More Information Call Jamie at the Red Deer Advocate 403-314-4306

WORLD

FRIDAY, JAN. 16, 2015

Raid pre-empts attack TWO DEAD, ONE ARREST IN BELGIUM BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS VERVIERS, Belgium — With Europe dreading more terror, Belgian authorities moved swiftly to pre-empt what they called a major attack by as little as hours Thursday, killing two suspects in a firefight and arresting a third in a vast anti-terrorism sweep that stretched into the night. The police raid on a former bakery in this provincial rustbelt town was another palpable sign that terror had seeped deep into Europe’s heartland as security forces struck against returnees from Islamic holy war in Syria. “As soon as I opened the window, you could smell the gunpowder,” said neighbour Alexandre Massaux following a minutes-long firefight with automatic weapons and Kalashnikovs that was also punctuated by explosions. Two suspects were killed and a third arrested and charged with belonging to a terrorist organization. “As soon as they thought special forces were there, they opened fire,” federal magistrate Eric Van der Sypt said. After the gun smoke lifted, police continued with searches in Verviers and the greater Brussels area, seeking more clues in a weekslong investigation that started well before the terrorism spree last week that led to 17 deaths in the Paris area. The Belgian operations had no apparent link to the terrorist acts committed in France. And, unlike the Paris terrorists, who attacked the office of a satirical newspaper and a kosher grocery store, the suspects in Belgium were reportedly aiming at hard targets: police installations. “They were on the verge of committing important terror attacks,” Van der Sypt told a news conference in Brussels. Across Europe, anxiety has grown as the manhunt continues for potential accomplices of the three Paris terrorists, all of whom were shot dead by French police. Authorities in Belgium signalled they were ready for more trouble by raising the national terror alert level from 2 to 3, the second-highest level.

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“It shows we have to be extremely careful,” Van der Sypt said. The Verviers suspects “were extremely well-armed men” equipped with automatic weapons, he said. Authorities have previously said 300 Belgian residents have gone to fight with extremist Islamic formations in Syria; it is unclear how many have returned. “It sent shivers down my spine to think about it” that the suspects could have been trained in Syria, Massaux said. Prime Minister Charles Michel said the increase in the threat level was “a choice for prudence.” “There is no concrete or specific knowledge of new elements of threat,” he said. The suspects in Verviers opened fire on police when they closed in on them near the city’s train station, the magistrate told reporters. There was

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Photo by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Police investigate a shootout in a street in Verviers, Belgium. Belgian authorities say two people have been killed and one has been arrested during a shootout in an anti-terrorist operation in the eastern city of Verviers.

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FOR RENT • 3000-3200 WANTED • 3250-3390

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Houses For Sale

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NOW RENTING 1 & 2 BDRM. APT’S. 2936 50th AVE. Red Deer Newer bldg. secure entry w/onsite manager, 5 appls., incl. heat & hot water, washer/dryer hookup, inÁoor heating, a/c., car plug ins & balconies. Call 403-343-7955

Amazing new Laebon Home 1452 sq.ft. modiÀed bi-level with large private master suite 3 bdrms/2baths $394,599 Call Jocelyn 403.302.9612

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Realtors & Services

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Businesses For Sale

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To Advertise Your Business or Service Here

CLASSIFICATIONS HERE TO HELP & HERE TO SERVE

classiﬁeds@reddeeradvocate.com

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

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Handyman Services

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Massage Therapy

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Massage Therapy

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Painters/ Decorators

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Seniors’ Services

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Snow Removal

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Auto Wreckers

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

EASY!

The easy way to find a buyer for items you want to sell is with a Red Deer Advocate want ad. Phone 309-3300.

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Trucks

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Public Notices

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TO CREDITORS AND CLAIMANTS Estate of CECILE DYLKE, also known as CAECILIA DYLKE, who died on October 19, 2014 If you have a claim against this estate, you must Àle your claim by February 16, 2015 and provide details of your claim with: STACY L. MAURIER Weary & Company Law OfÀce at #400, 30 Green Grove Drive St. Albert, AB. T8N 5H6 If you do not Àle by the date above, the estate property can lawfully be distributed without regard to any claim you may have.

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5* JUNK REMOVAL

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PUBLIC NOTICES

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Contractors

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Paris.” Van der Sypt said that “of course, naturally” we are continuing the investigation. At first, the man came to police himself claiming there had been contact with Coulibaly’s common-law wife regarding the car, but he was arrested following a search of his premises when indications of illegal weapons trading were found. A Belgian connection figured in a 2010 French criminal investigation into a foiled terrorist plot in which Coulibaly was one of the convicted coconspirators. The plotters included a Brussels-area contact who was supposed to furnish both weapons and ammunition, according to French judicial documents obtained by The Associated Press.

SEIBEL PROPERTY

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Oklahoma executes its first inmate since April MCALESTER, Okla. — Oklahoma has executed a death row inmate for killing a baby in 1997 in the state’s first lethal injection since a botched one last spring. Prison officials declared Charles Frederick Warner dead at 7:28 p.m. CST Thursday. It was the second time Oklahoma used the sedative midazolam as part of a three-drug method, which had been challenged by Warner and other death row inmates as presenting an unconstitutional risk of pain and suffering. Warner was originally scheduled to be executed in April on the same night as Clayton Lockett, who began writhing on the gurney, moaning and trying to lift his head after he’d been declared unconscious.

Boat sinks on China’s Yangtze River BEIJING — More than 20 people, including several foreigners, were missing Friday after a tugboat sank on the Yangtze River in eastern China, the state-run Xinhua News Agency said. Three people were rescued when the boat sank Thursday afternoon during a trial voyage in the eastern province of Jiangsu, the report said. Japanese, Singaporeans and others were among the missing, Xinhua said, adding that these people included the owner of the boat and technicians working aboard it. The Xinhua report cited local authorities. Twenty-seven vessels have been deployed in the search, the Jiangsu government’s news office said on its official microblog.

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Parents noticed change in Ohio terror suspect BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS CINCINNATI — Christopher Lee Cornell showed little direction in his life, spending hours playing video games in his bedroom in his parents’ apartment, rarely going out or working, and voicing distrust of the government and the media. But in recent weeks, his parents say, they noticed a Christopher Cornell change in him. They thought it was a change for the better: The 20-year-old suburban Cincinnati man was helping his mother around the house, cooking meals, sitting with his parents to watch movies, and talking about having become a Muslim. “He said, ’I’m at peace with myself,”’ his father, John Cornell, recalled Thursday — a day after his son was arrested in an FBI sting and charged with plotting to attack the U.S. Capitol with pipe bombs and guns and kill gov-

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ligence Surveillance Act, which gives the government authority to eavesdrop under certain conditions. Cornell, using the online name of Raheel Mahrus Ubaydah, told the informant they should “wage jihad,” authorities said in court papers. He allegedly wrote in an instant message that “we should meet up and make our own group in alliance with the Islamic State here and plan operations ourselves.” Cornell was jailed for a federal court appearance Friday in Cincinnati. A federal public defender listed as representing him did not immediately respond to messages. His father called him “a mommy’s boy” taken in by a “snitch” who was trying to help himself. In court papers, the FBI said the unidentified informant had been cooperating with authorities to obtain “favourable treatment” in an unrelated case, and that the informant made contact with Cornell last August after telling the FBI about the social media posts regarding the Islamic State. Similar cases in recent years have led to accusations of entrapment. But the FBI has argued such stings are vital for averting deadly terror attacks, and juries have returned tough sentences.

France hit by 19,000 cyberattacks since terror rampage BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS PARIS — Hackers have targeted about 19,000 French websites since a rampage by Islamic extremists left 20 dead last week, a top French cyberdefense official said Thursday as the president tried to calm the nation’s inflamed religious tensions. France is on edge since last week’s attacks, which began Jan. 7 at the satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo. The paper, repeatedly threatened for its caricatures of the Muslim Prophet Muhammad, buried several of its slain staff members Thursday even as it reprinted another weekly issue with Muhammad on its cover. Calling it an unprecedented surge, Adm. Arnaud Coustilliere, head of cyberdefense for the French military, said about 19,000 French websites had faced cyberattacks in recent days, some carried out by well-known Islamic hacker groups. The attacks, mostly relatively minor denial-of-service attacks, hit sites as varied as military regiments to pizza shops but none appeared to have caused serious damage, he said. Mili-

tary authorities launched round-theclock surveillance to protect the government sites still coming under attack. “What’s new, what’s important, is that this is 19,000 sites — that’s never been seen before,” Coustilliere said. “This is the first time that a country has been faced with such a large wave.” Among the groups suspected of launching the attacks, French officials named MECA: Middle East Cyber Army, Fallaga team and Cyber Caliphate. According to Arbor Networks, a private company that monitors Internet threats, in the past 24 hours alone, France was the target of 1,070 denial of service attacks. That’s about a quarter as many as the United States, but the U.S. hosts 30 times as many websites. Coustilliere called the attacks a response to the massive demonstrations against terrorism that drew 3.7 million people into the streets Sunday across France. He pointed to “structured groups” that used tactics like posting symbols of jihadist groups on companies’ Web sites. Two of the Paris terror attackers claimed allegiances to al-Qaida in Ye-

men and a third to the Islamic State group. Meanwhile, Belgian authorities were looking into possible links between a man they arrested in the southern Charleroi region for illegal trade in weapons and the Paris kosher grocery attacker, Amedy Coulibaly. “The man claims that he wanted to buy a car from the wife of Coulibaly,” said federal prosecutor’s spokesman Eric Van der Sypt. “At this moment this is the only link between what happened in Paris.” The terror attacks in Paris occurred in an atmosphere of rising anti-Semitism in France and have prompted scattered retaliatory violence against Muslims and Muslim sites around France. Justice officials have also been cracking down by arresting dozens of people who glorified terrorism or made racist or anti-Semitic remarks. French President Francois Hollande insisted Thursday that any antiMuslim or anti-Semitic acts must be “severely punished.” He said France’s millions of Muslims should be protected and respected, “just as they themselves should respect the nation” and its strictly secular values.

U.S. moves swiftly to ease Cuba travel and trade rules BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON — Swiftly expanding trade ties with Cuba, the Obama administration opened the door to easier travel and a wide range of new export opportunities with the communist island starting Friday, punching the biggest hole to date in America’s halfcentury-old embargo. Less than a month after the Cold War foes agreed to end their enmity, the Commerce and Treasury departments unveiled new rules Thursday permitting U.S. citizens to visit Cuba without special permits. Most U.S. travellers still will be required to go on supervised group trips, but now virtually any U.S. company or organization can offer such trips without the paperwork and inspections that discouraged past expansion of travel to Cuba. Some tour operators, already seeing unprecedented interest in legal travel to Cuba, expect some tourists to simply ignore the restrictions.

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Giving emotions away can be cheating Dear Annie: Please comment again about emotional affairs. My husband says this is a bunch of malarkey. He has been hanging out quite a bit at a local establishment, which is owned by a woman who is rather flirtatious. She can get the men who come there to do little favours for her, and this includes my MITCHELL husband. & SUGAR I also know that he has been confiding in her and telling her details about some problems in our personal life that I would like kept quiet in the community. I believe the conversations he is having with her are the ones he should be having with me. Many times when he comes home after seeing her, he hardly speaks to me for hours because he is all “talk-

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ed out.” He says that there is nothing going on and that he is true-blue for me. But I am uncomfortable with the amount of time he spends there. I have asked him to stop going, and he has cut back from seeing her four times a day to just once. But it is still every day. He reads your column daily, so maybe you can comment again about emotional cheating. In my eyes, it is as bad as sexual cheating. — Angie Dear Angie: Your husband thinks that if there is no sex, there is nothing “going on.” But if he is turning to another woman to find emotional support and complain about his marriage, he is shortchanging you, his life partner, and could begin to care too much about her. We have said before that giving your emotions, your heart and your innermost thoughts to someone other than your spouse is a form of cheating. It creates a bond with a third party, allowing that person into your marriage. But the fact that this woman is a flirt doesn’t mean she is interested in your husband, so try not to overreact. Instead, let your husband know that

this close friendship is undermining your trust in him. He needs to keep those conversations less personal. If the two of you are having problems that need working out, please talk to a professional together. Dear Annie: We have five-year-old twins. A year ago, there was an argument in the family, and their uncle left town. Our kids were close to their uncle and still remember him. The problem is, our son still asks about this uncle. We have told him that the uncle moved to another town. What is the best way to explain that his departure may be permanent? We don’t think we will ever see him again. — Missing Him Dear Missing: You don’t know that this rift is permanent, so there is no reason to give that impression to your children. At this age, they simply wonder where their favourite uncle went. Saying he moved to another town is accurate and appropriate. You don’t need to give details. If your son asks when his uncle is coming back, simply tell him you don’t know. Because that is the truth. If you don’t bring up the

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subject, your son will eventually forget about him. How sad for all of you. Dear Annie: This is in response to “Overlooked,” the grandmother who was left out of her grandson’s wedding pictures. My husband and I have been professional wedding photographers for 25 years. In recent years, there has been a trend to spend all the wedding money on the showier aspects of the event and have either a friend or a discount photographer at the wedding. Often, this produces disappointing results, such as out-of-focus images and, in this case, missing pictures of important people. Unfortunately, you can’t get that day back to reshoot. I don’t believe that the bride and groom intentionally omitted the grandparents. But I do believe they should have hired an experienced professional. — D. 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.

think you don’t know enough. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Things are going from “okay to delayed” right now in the romance and fun department. So, what’s really going on? Do you honestly believe that it is your way or the highway? Or perhaps that is how your boss or your spouse feels? Everyone is tired today, relax more, romance later! VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Who you are and what you want to achieve seem like miles apart today. This will only be fuelled by others sharing their perspective on your situation. Relax, step away from those who create unnecessary drama. Let go of any past held beliefs held by others. They are not you! LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): You might have a more structured frame of mind today. This can be good or bad, as it will depend on what is going on in your life. You might emphasize the negative or focus more on a positive solution. This will be instigated by having to deal with same issues over again. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): You might feel limited financially today. This is simply because your outlook is not as grand as you would like to have happen right now. Remember you are working within a long range goal. It will not happen overnight. Do trust your instincts; they will not lead you wrong. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): You are going to be a little more tired than usual today and will want to rest more at home. This is fine if you work from home, but if not, then get yourself moving. Focus less on the negative and becoming irritated by others. It will not help you at all. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Perhaps you are a bit tired today. Whatever the case may be, there could be some arguments to be had with others, perhaps those within your local environment. Allow for tensions to be relieved in different ways and go with the flow. Rest a bit more too, when necessary. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Delays with meeting up with friends can create some frustrations now. Even with you feeling like the path that you are on is not the best — it is, forget the negative. Today is the best day to break away from what you think you need and work towards what you can do now. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Today will be one of those days whereby you look too closely at your career and how you present yourself to the public. You might not like what you see, but this is just transitory. You are looking for the negative now. You know deep down you’ve made the right choices. Larisa Maira Ozolins is an internationally syndicated astrologer and columnist. Her column appears daily in the Advocate.

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