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Rat found at Stettler landfill

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BY SUSAN ZIELINSKI ADVOCATE STAFF Stettler County is on the lookout for rats after an adolescent Norway rat was trapped at Stettler Regional Landfill on the weekend. Quinton Beaumont, director of agricultural services with Stettler County, said it was the county’s first ever rat. The rat, about two months old, was 14 cm (5.5 inches) from nose to butt. Rats can grow to 17 to 25 cm (seven to 10 inches) long, not including their long tail. For the past four decades, Alberta has had a program in place to keep rats out of the province. Norway rats are extremely destructive. They contaminate food, undermine building foundations, floors, walls, wiring, sewer and water lines, and spread disease. Beaumont said a landfill employee spotted a rodent that looked larger than an average mouse on Saturday morning. The rat was caught overnight in a trap. He said the rat likely hitched a ride on a truck bringing a load to the landfill, hopefully a truck from outside the province.

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The Norway rat found at the Stettler County landfill beside a common mouse.

Nate Rehman as Mr. Darcy and Kassidee Campbell as Elizabeth Bennet on the Pride and Prejudice set at Red Deer College. See related story on page D1.

Business confidence at lowest level since 2009 BY ADVOCATE STAFF

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Hopes that Alberta business operators might shrug off the effects of low oil prices were dashed on Thursday, when Canada’s largest association of small and medium-sized businesses released the results of its latest member survey. The Canadian Federation of Independent Business reported that business confidence in the province has tumbled to its lowest level since the 2009 recession. The optimism level of small and medium-sized businesses questioned dropped to 54.8 on a 100-point scale in January — down 11.4 points from December.

“We have gone from having the most optimistic entrepreneurs in the country to the least in just two months,” said Richard Truscott, CFIB’s Alberta director. “Clearly, big storm clouds are brewing in the minds of our province’s entrepreneurs, much of it obviously related to the recent drop in oil prices.” The January business confidence index for all of Canada was 63.5, up about a point and a half. Survey respondents from British Columbia produced the highest provincial score, at 71.7, followed by Prince Edward Island (69.8), Ontario (67.8), Nova Scotia (64.9), New Brunswick (64.1), Newfoundland

(60.3), Manitoba (57.1), Quebec (56.3), Saskatchewan (55.1) and Alberta. CFIB said the decline in Alberta was one of the largest ever recorded for the province in a month. When it comes to hiring plans over the next three months, 26 per cent of business respondents in Alberta said they expected to add full-time staff, while 17 per cent anticipated a reduction. That compares with the survey results for December, when 31 per cent of those questioned thought they’d be staffing up and 10 per cent were predicting smaller payrolls. “One silver lining in an otherwise dismal outlook among Alberta’s entrepreneurs is the relatively positive view they continue to hold in the health of their own businesses,” said Truscott.

Forty-eight per cent of respondents described the general health of their business as “good” in January — down six points from December but well above the national average. Only eight per cent considered their operations to be in a “bad” state, a one-point change from December. Truscott warned the province against boosting taxes as a way to counter its diminished energy revenues. “The absolute worst thing the Alberta government could do in these circumstances is siphon a bunch of money out of the economy through tax hikes in the next provincial budget.” CFIB says a business confidence index between 65 and 75 means the economy is growing at its potential.

School board moving ahead to develop LGBTQ policy The Red Deer Public School District board is moving ahead with developing a comprehensive policy that will offer a safe environment for sexual minorities at their schools. But one board member says he would rather see a policy that is “inclusive rather than exclusive.” On Wednesday, the school board voted six to one in favour of developing the sexual orientation and gender identity policy, which would cover lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and

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RED DEER PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT queer (LGBTQ) students and staff. School superintendant Piet Langstraat’s report to the board said research indicates that sexual gender and minority youth often encounter multiple risk factors, have fewer protective factors and experience more bullying, harassment, alienation, suicide ideation and substance abuse than do their heterosexual peers. He said in his report that the district’s policies do not adequately address the health, safety and educational needs of LGBTQ students and staff.

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The district already has harassment and bullying policies. Trustee Bill Christie is in favour of a policy but believes it should include all minority groups. “Rather than a policy geared toward a certain group, I would rather have the policy speaking to ethnicity, racial, religious, physical, socio-economic, so that we say we are not going to tolerate any disrespect. “Some people can be discriminated against because of their physical appearance, some because the colour of their skin, some because of the way

they talk or the way they dress. Sexual orientation is one, yes,” Christie said. Ultimately, he said he will support the board’s decision. Christie prefers a policy like that of the Ottawa-Carleton school district, which was in the package of information the board received from Langstraat. The Ontario policy, in part, says discrimination includes “race, ancestry, place of origin, colour, culture, ethnic origin, citizenship, creed (religion), sex, sexual orientation, age, marital status, family status, or disability.”

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Lacombe County to help support City of Lacombe rec projects

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BUT COUNTY WANTS BUSINESS PLAN FOR PROJECTS FIRST BY PAUL COWLEY ADVOCATE STAFF Lacombe County approved $1.35 million in funding help for City of Lacombe recreation projects on Thursday. But there is a string attached. County council wants the city to provide a fiveyear business plan outlining future recreation needs and costs, which are expected to be significant in the next few years. The information will help the county undertake its own financial planning, said councillors during debate on Thursday. Coun. Brenda Knight said she has no problem providing funding help for city recreation facilities, which are also used by county residents, and suggested a three-year business plan would be helpful. “I think that’s just due diligence,” she said. Her motion was later amended to request a five-year business plan. Getting a clear picture of future projects and costs could be even more important soon because the province has provided key funding in the past, but could be about to turn off the cash taps in its next budget. “We’re all waiting with baited breath right now to see what kinds of monies are coming forward in that budget,” said Knight. The county’s financial contribution will go towards a number of projects in Lacombe, including major upgrades to the Barnett Arena and the Aquaplex, which form a multiplex that is due for a $10.8-million overhaul. Projects related to the Lacombe Memorial Centre and the city’s parks and playgrounds round out the funding requests. Most of the county’s contribution is comprised of a $977,142 share of the cost of upgrading the arena. It represents 29 per cent of the bill for nearly $3.3-million project, a share that is based on the estimated percentage of county users.A $348,548 contribution represents a 31 per cent share of a $1.1-million roof repair and chemical/pump expansion at the Aquaplex. A little over $51,000 will go to smaller projects connected with the Lacombe Memorial Centre, parks and playgrounds.

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RAT: Not caught any more Traps at the landfill since Sunday have not caught any more rats, which is a good sign, he said. “It’s an isolated incident. We’re just doing our due diligence and we’re going to continue to monitor for the next while to be sure that we got them all,” Beaumont said on Thursday. If another rat is discovered at the landfill, located off Hwy 56 about 15 minutes north of Stettler, the province will be called to assist. The county will be notifying about 10 landowners with property adjacent to the landfill as a precaution. Beaumont said if any landowner suspects rat activity, they shouldn’t hesitate to contact him at 403742-4441. They should be looking for tunneling in hay bales, under grain bins and outbuildings. Rats are nocturnal rodents so they are most active in the dark. People are more likely to find rat feces or the holes they make that are the size of a pool ball that they partially cover. Norway rats are unique because they cannot survive a Canadian winter without proper shelter or food.

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Alivia Damiano, 4, of Clarkston, observes the creatures swimming around her head from the inside of an air bubble amidst the center of a fish tank during Sea Life Michigan aquarium’s grand opening on Thursday at the Great Lakes Crossing Outlets in Auburn Hills, Michigan. The public began to tour the aquarium that features more than 5,000 creatures at noon on Thursday.

Number of flu deaths holds steady in Central Alberta BY SUSAN ZIELINSKI ADVOCATE STAFF Central Alberta is holding steady at six confirmed flu-related deaths, according to Alberta Health Services statistics released on Thursday. Across the province, 52 flu-related deaths were reported as of the Jan. 24 statistics, which are now up-to-date after a data backlog from Christmas. Lab-confirmed flu cases in Alberta, of both influenza A and B, increased to 3,951 from 3,790. In Central Alberta, the number of confirmed cases climbed to 529 as of Jan. 24, from 500 a week earlier. So far, 1,169 Albertans have been hospitalized, including 98 in Central Alberta. Dr. Ifeoma Achebe, medical officer of health for AHS Central Zone, said the rate of new cases is on the decline and there are no influenza outbreaks in Central Zone. “Right now, I’m happy to say influenza outbreaks have been declared over. That’s not to say there “Alberta has been labeled ‘rat-free,’ because we have proactively stopped the colonization of rats in our province. When the public is alert and rats are quickly identified, we are able to take care of the problem before they can colonize.” The bulk of control by pest control inspectors hired and supervised by rural municipalities happens along the Alberta-Saskatchewan border. Between 2,000 and 4,000 premises are inspected annually. Rat infestations are eliminated by bait, gas or traps. As many as 200 rats were discovered at the City of Medicine Hat’s landfill last summer. The rats were spotted at the dump after someone reported finding one in a farmyard. The vermin were first spotted at the Medicine Hat dump in August 2012. Suspected sightings should be reported to 311 or the Alberta Rat Patrol’s toll-free number 310-RATS (7287). szielinski@reddeeradvocate.com

POLICY : Hot topic Board chair Bev Manning said the policy probably won’t have that much to do with gay straight alliances (GSAs), but the board would “hands-down” support one if students wanted one. GSAs became such a hot topic last month in the provincial legislature that Premier Jim Prentice put

won’t be sporadic cases here and there,” Achebe said on Thursday. “The flu season is not over. We still have a couple of weeks ahead. Things can change a few weeks down the line.” She said influenza B generally appears after influenza A, however the B strain in the flu vaccine is a good match to help prevent infections, which is why people should still consider getting immunized. Last flu season, Alberta had 30 flu-related deaths, including four in Central Alberta. By the end of last season, the zone had 620 confirmed cases, both A and B. Meanwhile, Central Zone continues to be the only zone that’s declared a whooping cough outbreak. Achebe said the zone had two lab-confirmed cases and no hospitalizations so far in 2015. A total of 137 cases have been confirmed since the zone declared the outbreak in early December. No deaths have been reported. szielinski@reddeeradvocate.com the contentious Bill 10 on hold. Under Bill 10, school boards could reject GSAs, but students could then petition Alberta Education. But it wasn’t clear if the GSA would then be allowed to meet at a school. Many believed the bill could result in segregating students. The earlier version of Bill 10 would have forced students go to court if board trustees turned down their request. The bill is supposed to come back to the legislature this year. Manning believes discussion about GSAs is a red herring for Red Deer Public Schools. “We’ve always allowed in our district, student clubs and initiatives.” In fact, Lindsay Thurber Comprehensive High School had a GSA about 10 years ago. The new sexual orientation and gender identity policy will have more to do with “how we specifically expect our staff and our students and our school communities to deal with sexual minority students and staff,” Manning said. “The board is absolutely fine with GSAs, but we’ve heard from students loud and clear that they don’t want us to tell them what they have to do. ... Maybe they would just rather have a diversity club ... that welcomes everyone, maybe that would be their preference and if so that’s great,” said Manning. Langstraat will prepare a draft policy for the board, which will seek school community input before it’s finalized. barr@reddeeradvocate.com

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FIVE PER CENT CUT WILL SAVE ABOUT $600K ‘PRENTICE (IS) SETTING UP FOR (AN) ATTACK ON PUBLIC SECTOR WAGES, EVEN THOUGH MLAS HAVE ENJOYED FAR BIGGER WAGES AND INCREASES THAN FRONT LINE WORKERS’

EDMONTON — Premier Jim Prentice says he and his cabinet ministers will cut their pay by five per cent to set a tone of self-sacrifice as Alberta deals with billions of dollars in lost oil revenue. “This is the kind of leadership that Albertans expect from their elected officials in these challenging times,” Prentice told a news conference at the legislature Thursday. Prentice said the reduction will kick in Sunday. With the change, cabinet ministers will now make $190,950 a year, down from $201,000. Prentice will make almost $207,000, down from $217,750. The premier said he will ask his whip George VanderBurg to bring forward a motion next week to the legislature committee that handles pay to pass a similar measure for government backbenchers and opposition members. If the other MLAs accept the cut, it would reduce their annual pay by $6,700 to $127,300. If accepted by all 87 legislature members, the savings would total about $600,000, Prentice added. He said the five per cent was selected because it was “a reasonable number.” Prentice signalled last week that reductions were coming from his team as he crafts a financial plan to be presented next month that he says will fundamentally restructure Alberta’s economic model with an eye to getting off the roller coaster of volatile oil resource revenues. Oil prices have plunged from more than US$100 a barrel last summer to less than $50 a barrel today, siphoning billions of dollars from the treasury. Prentice has said many ideas are on the table, including a sales tax and changing the 10 per cent flat on income. He has ruled out changing oil royalties, which critics have said are too low. He has also said he will talk to the public sector unions given that they are, on average, the highest paid in Canada. Prentice was asked if Thursday’s announcement was to pave the way to asking the unions for a similar five per cent cut. “Discussions with the public service have begun (but) we have not put specific measures on the table,” said Prentice. He said the pay for deputy ministers and other senior civil service bureaucrats are also in play. “The discussions will involve everyone who is paid by the citizens of Alberta,” he said. Wildrose Leader Heather Forsyth said Prentice did not go far enough. “Today’s announcement amounts to window dressing. It does not go near far enough to achieve savings or signal a change in culture,” Forsyth said in a news release.

— GIL MCGOWAN PRESIDENT, ALBERTA FEDERATION OF LABOUR

“MLA wages should also immediately be rolled back by a full eight per cent to where they were before the PCs rewarded themselves with an extra $11,000 in the fall of 2012,” she said. She said cabinet pay should be cut by 30 per cent and adjusted for inflation to 2008 levels. Liberal Leader Raj Sherman said the savings achieved by the pay cut will not fix the “revenue imbalance caused by years of the PC government’s sense of entitlement, waste, mismanagement, and over-reliance on volatile resources to pay the daily bills.” He said the Tories have raised their wages over the last seven years, and given the largest tax breaks in the country’s history to the top one per cent of wage earners. “I have consistently said that MLAs are in a conflict of interest when it comes to setting their own pay,” he said. “It should be set independently. Alberta Liberals have repeatedly proposed legislation to establish a citizens panel that is comprised of our real bosses, the people of Alberta, to determine the salaries of their elected representatives.” Gil McGowan, president of the Alberta Federation of Labour, took to social media to condemn Prentice’s announcement as cynical bargaining. “Prentice (is) setting up for (an) attack on public sector wages, even though MLAs have enjoyed far bigger wages and increases than front line workers,” wrote McGowan. Union leaders have said their wages have risen to reflect inflation in Alberta’s recent hypergrowth economy, adding that while their wages have gone up five per cent relative to the rest of Canada, private sector wages have soared 25 per cent. Alberta’s teachers, under legislation passed in 2013, received a threeyear wage freeze retroactive to September 2012. The announcement is set against a backdrop of an expected spring election. Prentice has so far refused to confirm voters will go to the polls early, but has said his economic plan requires a mandate from the people.

CLAIMS CONSPIRACY TO RESTRICT WORK BY THE CANADIAN PRESS EDMONTON — A prominent surgeon in a legal battle with Alberta’s health superboard over his conduct says the dispute has resulted in longer waits for people needing open heart surgery. Dr. Dennis Modry is suing Alberta Health Services and a group of senior physicians and administrators, alleging they conspired to restrict and eventually suspend his operating privileges. “Beginning in December 2009 and continuing to the date of this statement of claim, some or all of the defendants acted in agreement or with common design to reduce or eliminate Dr. Modry’s surgical privileges at UAH and force him to retire,” reads his statement of claim filed last April. Modry performed the first heart transplant in Western Canada in 1985 and became head of cardiovascular and thoracic surgery at University of Alberta Hospital in Edmonton. He is currently an associate clinical professor at the university’s medical school. In his lawsuit, Modry alleges that AHS “deliberately ambushed” him in 2010 with false allegations of poor clinical practice that included concerns that his patients died more frequently than patients of other surgeons. He alleges that Alberta Health Services staff prepared other false and misleading reports in 2013 that stated his mortality and complication rates were too high. Modry claims that since his medical privileges were restricted, the number of people on the heart surgery waiting list has increased. “The number of patients waiting for open heart surgery at UAH increased from 109 in January 2012 to 205 in January 2013. That number remained in excess of 200 for all of 2013,” reads the claim. “As of December 2013 there were 257 patients waiting for open heart surgery. That number would have been significantly lower had Dr. Modry been permitted to operate,” it continues. “From September 2013 to the present, many high-risk patients have been denied the option of surgery as a result of the revocation of Dr. Modry’s surgical privileges.”

Modry’s lawsuit alleges conspiracy, breach of contract, defamation and malicious prosecution. Along with damages, he is seeking reinstatement by Alberta Health Services with full medical privileges. Allegations in statements of claim have not been proven in court. Alberta Health Services says there is no conspiracy against Modry and denies that staff deliberately ambushed the doctor with false allegations. In its statement of defence, the health agency says reviews of Modry’s performance were done in good faith and were triggered by complaints about his surgical decision-making and surgical outcomes. It says restrictions placed on Modry did not have a big effect on surgery waiting lists. “The defendant AHS denies the assertion that the number of patients currently awaiting open heart surgery would be significantly lower had the plaintiff been permitted to operate as alleged,” reads the statement of defence. “The defendant AHS denies the assertion that high-risk patients have been denied the option of surgery as a result of the revocation of the surgical privileges of the plaintiff.” Court records show a chambers judge issued an order last month which granted Modry an interim injunction reinstating him at full pay. But the judge stayed the reinstatement pending a ruling by the Alberta Court of Appeal. Last week, the Appeal Court granted AHS a stay on part of the reinstatement order. Appeal Court Justice Russell Brown wrote there are arguments to be made on both sides, but he narrowly favours AHS because of the public interest. “AHS maintains that there are ’serious, ongoing and unresolved concerns about Dr. Modry’s professionalism and skill,” Brown wrote. “Coupled with a 2014 periodic review of Dr. Modry’s performance, the AHS says these reviews are evidence that reinstatement presents a risk of compromised patient care (which would in turn harm AHS’s institutional reputation), concerns about supervision, and a risk of ’disruption’ that would arise from his having to work collaboratively with colleagues who are defendants to his lawsuit.”

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FUNDING: Supported While council fully supported paying its share of costs, there was also concern that significant funding requests are coming that must be planned for. County commissioner Terry Hager said council can expect to see major requests for the next three to five years as Lacombe finishes the planned recreation upgrades, necessary to bring the city’s biggest recreation facility up to current safety codes. The city’s request to the county was actually $1.376 million. But an asked-for 25 per cent share of a $30,000 fountain in Cranna Lake and a $75,000 green spaces plan were rejected as not fitting in with county funding policies. pcowley@reddeeradvocate.com

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Alberta’s progressive tax PREMIER JIM PRENTICE IS WRONG ABOUT THE PUNITIVE NATURE OF FLAT TAX BY MARK MILKE SPECIAL TO THE ADVOCATE After governments abandon fiscal prudence, they will soon search for any and all ways to tax people more. This is the reality playing out in Alberta, where Premier Jim Prentice has floated multiple tax increase trial balloons. The premier, new to the office, is not responsible for jacking up program spending beyond what inflation and population growth would warrant over the past decade. Former premiers Ed Stelmach and Alison Redford must share that crown. But Prentice is responsible if he now spends above what Albertans can afford and taxes them more to pay for it (rather than chop expenses, including the $22.5 billion in public sector compensation, which equates to nearly half of Alberta’s total expenditures). For example, the premier has attacked Alberta’s 10 per cent single personal income tax rate, and hinted at new and higher tax brackets. In a recent interview, he claimed that “as you study the Alberta tax sys-

tem, it’s quite clear that for people who are the working poor, it is a system which bites them pretty hard, compared to the rest of the country.” Actually, the premier is flat-out wrong — the exact opposite is true. Other provinces tax the poor more than Alberta, partly because of Alberta’s rather generous basic exemption. In Alberta, someone who earns less than $17,787 pays no provincial personal income tax. And the 10 per cent tax rate applies only to income above that level. In contrast, the poor in other provinces start paying provincial income tax after $7,708 in Prince Edward Island (the tiniest exemption) and after $15,378 in Saskatchewan (the next most generous province after Alberta). Other provinces are sandwiched in between. The $17,787 Alberta exemption also means that critics who claim Alberta’s single tax is not progressive — that everyone, poor or wealthy, all pay the same proportion of their income in provincial income tax — are mistaken. Let’s look at some simplified examples, which do not account for tax credits or deductions, but illustrate

the point. Earn $17,787 in Alberta and you’ll pay nothing in provincial income tax. Earn $50,000 and 6.4 per cent of your income is tax ($50,000 minus the $17,787 exemption; the 10 per cent tax is paid on the remaining $32,213). Earn $100,000 and 8.2 per cent of your income is tax. There’s a word for such sliding proportions of tax paid: progressive. Or consider another analysis measuring the total provincial tax burden paid by the bottom 25 per cent of income earners. They provide 4.8 per cent of all taxes collected in Saskatchewan, 5.8 per cent in Ontario, and 5.9 per cent in British Columbia. In Alberta, by comparison, the taxes paid by that bottom 25 per cent account for just 2.9 per cent of the province’s total tax revenues. According to the author of this analysis, there are two ways to ensure poor Canadians pay a smaller proportion of their income (or of total taxes collected) than do wealthier taxpayers. One way: multiple rates that tax high-income earners at higher levels. However, the author warns that this “may discourage high-income, highly skilled workers from moving to Alber-

ta or staying here.” Or the second way, what Alberta does: a high basic personal exemption from income tax. Insofar as the argument is about the progressivity of Alberta’s system, the author of this analysis of Alberta’s single-rate system is correct. And where does this laudable analysis come from? The provincial government’s very own Budget 2014. The provincial tax comparisons and discussion of progressivity can be found on page 120, in a section entitled Alberta’s Progressive Tax System. Alberta’s Budget 2014 sums up Alberta’s progressive single-rate tax system this way: “When all taxes are considered, Alberta has a very progressive tax system that compares well with other provinces.” Indeed. And Alberta Finance is correct and the premier is mistaken. Alberta’s single-rate system serves Albertans well — including the very poor. Mark Milke is a senior fellow at the Fraser Institute. He was author of a 1998 report to the Alberta Income Tax Review Committee calling for a single income tax rate. This column was supplied by Troy Media (www.troymedia.com).

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Eliminate MRI wait lists and save Alberta millions BY NICK MOHTADI SPECIAL TO THE ADVOCATE Value for money appears to be finally getting the attention it merits as Alberta’s new health minister, Stephen Mandel, takes the reins of the portfolio that is close to consuming 50 per cent of the province’s operating budget. This is an area of magnificent opportunity. Public health care offers many examples of value waiting to be tapped. Near the top is magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). It is a highly valuable diagnostic tool for many conditions, but it is expensive technology. Waiting times for non-urgent MRI are long, and more than half the MRIs taken in Alberta may be unnecessary. It’s the last point that offers opportunity to increase value for money in public health care. A recent study by Alberta and Ontario researchers found more than half of MRIs on low back pain patients were inappropriate or of questionable value. This suggests about 13,000 lower back MRIs conducted in Alberta annually are not necessary. My research at the Acute Knee Injury Clinic in Calgary suggests similar waste occurs in diagnosing knee injuries. This work found almost two-thirds of the knee-injured patients who had an MRI could have been accurately diagnosed using other more readily available and significantly less expensive techniques and tools. Provincially, this translates to

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about 4,000 knee MRIs annually. In these two areas alone, there may be 17,000 unnecessary MRIs every year in Alberta, representing a cost exceeding $15 million. This does not suggest MRIs find nothing. It does, however, suggest an accurate diagnosis and effective treatment plan could be put in place without MRI. In the case of acute knee injury, we concluded that applying evidence-based guidelines on MRI use and training health-care providers in effective examining techniques could cut MRI use by two-thirds. A lower-back MRI costs the public health system approximately $1,000 while a knee MRI costs around $550. Latest provincial figures show the median wait for a non-urgent MRI in Alberta was 18 weeks. Long waits have spawned a thriving private MRI business in Alberta. Next-day private MRIs are available at a cost to the patient ranging from approximately $750 to $2,450. This generates no value to patients if the MRIs they purchase are unnecessary. The root of the problem is the ‘system gap’ and relative ‘knowledge gap’ that exist in Alberta and, most probably, across Canada. The system gap is in the form of slow access to specialty opinion and the absence of guidelines that would help primary care providers know when an MRI should be requisitioned. The knowledge gap relates to lack of training in how to accurately diagnose knee injuries, low back pain and other common bone and joint conditions without expensive tests.

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Bridging these gaps with provincial MRI guidelines and training in diagnostic techniques is not necessarily a difficult undertaking, and it can be done cost-effectively. This approach aligns with the Choosing Wisely Canada campaign organized in partnership with the Canadian Medical Association to reduce unnecessary medical tests, treatments and procedures. Most MRI requisitions in Alberta come from family doctors. Training two or three physicians in a Primary Care Network in diagnostic techniques for musculoskeletal conditions and having them apply new MRI guidelines routinely in practice could eliminate the majority of the inappropriate MRIs in this large area of medicine alone. Introducing incentives tied to provincial benchmarks for efficient use of public resources could add motivation for training. The savings could be huge. In 2012, Canadians had 1.7 million MRIs — double the number in 2004. Demand for MRI will continue climbing as our population ages and grows. It is not inconceivable that, with these changes, there would be no wait lists for MRI in the public system. Private MRI would be unnecessary. And Albertans would see quantifiable value returned for their health-care dollars. Nick Mohtadi is an advisor with EvidenceNetwork.ca, an orthopaedic surgeon practising in Calgary, a clinical professor at the University of Calgary and director of the Acute Knee Injury Clinic. This column was supplied by Troy Media (www.troymedia.com).

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Joel Ifergan holds up a copy of his lottery ticket at his home, Thursday, in Montreal. The Supreme Court of Canada refused to hear his case claiming he is owed $13-million for having the winning numbers but the ticket was printed seven seconds after the deadline.

High court won’t hear case of Quebecer who missed lottery jackpot by 7 seconds BY THE CANADIAN PRESS MONTREAL — A lot can happen in seven seconds. Just ask the Quebec man who says that brief period cost him $13.5 million. Joel Ifergan bought two lottery tickets in May 2008 — but the one with the eventual winning combination popped out of the terminal seven seconds after the 9 p.m. deadline. As Ifergan discovered the next day, his Super 7 ticket had all the right numbers but was actually dated for the following week. A delay in Loto-Quebec’s computer system caused a lag in the issuing of the ticket for that night’s $27-million jackpot, which was ultimately awarded to another person. Ifergan argued the delay cost him dearly and that he should be entitled to one-half of the windfall — but the Supreme Court disagreed. On Thursday, the country’s highest court ruled it wouldn’t hear his case against Loto-Quebec, effectively ending Ifergan’s $100,000 legal battle. He’d already lost in Quebec Superior Court

in 2012 and in the Quebec Court of Appeal in 2014. “My crusade is up, I’ve done all I can, I spent enough money going to the Supreme Court,” Ifergan said in a telephone interview. “If they decide that the Crown corporations are above contract laws and the Consumer Protection Act, well then good luck to us. I’m extremely disappointed but I think what’s more important is the Canadian people should be worried.” As the 9 p.m. deadline loomed on May 23, 2008, Ifergan made the purchase: the first ticket came in before the deadline but the ticket with the fateful numbers burped out seven seconds after the cut-off. Ifergan alleged the transaction was concluded on time and that both tickets were in the system at 8:59:47. What cost him, he says, is the 10 seconds it takes for a ticket to emerge. “The contract was crystallized at 8:59 p.m.,” he said. “How they process their thing, that’s their problem, not me, and I end up being penalized.”

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WASHINGTON — Long-suffering supporters of the Keystone XL pipeline won a moral victory in the U.S. Congress on Thursday — but that’s about all they won. A bill to build the oil pipeline from Canada was approved by the Senate for the first time in the almost seven-year struggle over one of the bestknown, most-debated pieces of oil infrastructure in memory. Previous efforts to approve the pipeline crashed into the notoriously high hurdle for getting anything through the U.S. Congress’s upper chamber. Thanks to a newly empowered Republican majority, the legislation finally cleared that three-fifths requirement Thursday in a vote of 62-36. Now the reality check: It’s still not a law. It stands almost no chance of becoming one. And that’s because it didn’t get the 67 votes required to overcome a presidential veto. The indispensability of those final few votes was driven home when a spokesman for President Barack Obama once again promised a veto. “Our position on the Keystone legislation is well-known,” White House spokesman John Earnest said a few hours before the vote. “(If) the legislation that passed the House also passes the Senate, then the president won’t sign it.” The president’s position is that Congress has no business deciding what infrastructure gets approved to cross the U.S. border. The White House points out that courts have consistently found that such decisions belong to the president’s cabinet. And the final decision on that should be announced soon. Under the standard regulatory process, federal departments have until Feb. 2 to weigh in and an announcement could follow quickly.

The even worse news for Keystone proponents is that the project is now being sucked into a deep partisan wedge — and appears at risk of getting stuck in a Democrat-Republican stalemate. Canadian diplomats have desperately tried to keep it from being pulled into that partisan chasm. At every available opportunity, ambassador Gary Doer has mentioned, or appeared in public with, those very few members of Obama’s party who vocally support Keystone. But they couldn’t have been too pleased with an email blast from Obama’s party headquarters Thursday. The Democratic National Committee sent out a fundraising-type message with the headline: “Stand Against Keystone XL.” It ridiculed Republicans for making Keystone XL their first order of business in the new Congress. Democrats like progressive populist Elizabeth Warren have heaped scorn on their decision to make a foreign company’s pipeline the No. 1 legislative priority after the midterm elections. Republicans defended their decision after the chamber passed the bill — whose official number was S.1. “For jobs in this country, for energy security, for good trade relationships with our neighbour in Canada,” Alaska’s Lisa Murkowski told the Senate, right after the vote. “For all the right reasons it was important that we pass this legislation.” Republicans have already suggested they’ll try again — perhaps by combining a Keystone provision with something dear to Obama like infrastructure spending. Otherwise, the seven-year Keystone saga faces two more twists: an inevitable veto announcement in the next few days and a decision on the merits, perhaps a few days later.

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Judges delivers 14-year prison sentence in Cape Breton lobster slaying PORT HAWKESBURY, N.S. — A Cape Breton fisherman was given a 14-year prison sentence Thursday for killing a man he said enraged him after cutting his lobster traps, threatening to burn his home and years of taunting. But Joseph James Landry was granted about 2 ½ years credit for time served in custody awaiting trial, meaning he would serve about 11 ½ years, the Nova Scotia Supreme Court ruled. Landry, 67, was convicted by a jury in November of manslaughter in Phillip Boudreau’s death. The 43-year-old man vanished on June 1, 2013. His body has never been found. In a victim impact statement, Boudreau’s sister spoke of the anguish she felt “knowing his body was left discarded like old bait.” “How do I put into words the reality and cruelty of my brother’s death?” Margaret Rose Boudreau told the court in Port Hawkesbury. The Crown had sought a 15-year prison term while the defence asked for a sentence of seven years, minus 2 ½ years credit for time served. Landry will become eligible for parole once he serves a third of his 11 ½ year prison term, the Crown and defence said. Landry pleaded not guilty to second-degree murder. During his trial, the Crown said Boudreau’s death was the result of a sustained attack by a three-man lobster fishing crew that included Landry, one of four people charged in the case. The jury heard that Landry was aboard a boat called the Twin Maggies that rammed Boudreau’s boat three times in Petit de Grat harbour. Landry also fired four rifle shots at Boudreau, one of which hit him in the leg, the trial heard.

Manitoba one of worst places for First Nations to live: federal documents BY THE CANADIAN PRESS WINNIPEG — Federal government documents show Manitoba is one of the worst places for First Nations people to live in Canada. Internal reports from Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development show Manitoba natives are more likely to grow up in poverty, drop out of school, live off social assistance in dilapidated housing and suffer family violence. Their life expectancy is also eight years shorter than that of other Manitobans. The 10 regional updates spanning 2012 to 2014 lay out the poor living conditions on Manitoba reserves, but offer little concrete action on the part of the government. They were obtained by The Canadian Press through access-to-information legislation. “Based on the UN Human Development Index, quality of life on Manitoba First Nations ranks the lowest in Canada,” said an update dated July 2014. Another update dated from September 2013 notes that 25 per cent of First Nations children live in poverty across Canada. In Manitoba, it said, 62 per cent of aboriginal children live below the poverty line. The 2014 report also noted that, at 28 per cent, the province has the lowest high-school graduation rate for First Nations in the country. Manitoba First Nations also have the highest social assistance rates in Canada, the documents show. In some communities, 80 per cent of the population is on welfare. Just under two per cent of the population has come off social assistance and moved on to education or employment. “High levels of poverty, unemployment, domestic violence and family dysfunction are prominent adverse social conditions faced by many members of First Nations, particularly those living in remote or isolated communities,” reads the September

2013 update. “Significant gaps between the on-reserve population and the Canadian population in general continue to exist.” The 2014 report said there is less money for reserve infrastructure, because the federal government has shifted resources to education and social programs. Almost one-third of Manitoba First Nations live in reserve homes “in need of major repair” — the second-highest percentage in the country. “The housing backlog, overcrowding issues, mould and inadequate condition of many of the on-reserve housing units remains a significant First Nation concern,” the update said. “Key challenges continue to include affordability, low income and high social assistance rates.” The health of Manitoba First Nations is also suffering, the documents suggest. Residents have a “higher mortality, higher incidence and prevalence of chronic diabetes,” notes the 2013 update. First Nations also experience higher family violence and suicide rates, as well as higher rates of alcohol, drug and solvent abuse, it said. “First Nations in Manitoba live eight years less than other Manitobans (the second-lowest life expectancy amongst provinces),” the update said. “First Nations in the Prairies continue to have the lowest community well-being scores, as well as the largest gaps relative to non-aboriginal communities.” None of this comes as a surprise to Chief David McDougall from the remote St. Theresa Point First Nation in northern Manitoba. McDougall listens in amazement to radio ads appealing for help for African children who are living in dilapidated homes with no running water. He shakes his head reading Canadian studies on the psychological effect of the lack of adequate housing on refugee children in the Middle East. “How come they don’t come and study

the situation as is in First Nations? I know the answer to that,” he said. “They’re turning a blind eye.” The government’s regional updates estimate McDougall’s community needed 379 new homes in 2010 and project that will grow to 949 by 2020. It’s not uncommon to have up to 18 people sharing a three-bedroom bungalow on the reserve, McDougall said. The government response, flagged as “behind plan” in several updates, was to direct a steering committee to create a “subcommittee to address housing backlog.” In the meantime, McDougall said, his community and three other area reserves with a combined need for just over 1,000 homes got 12 new houses this year. “I wouldn’t even call it a drop in the bucket.” Despair grows among young aboriginals on the fly-in reserve as they see luxuries on satellite television they can only dream of, McDougall said. No one is expecting a blank cheque, he added, just some sign of interest on the part of Ottawa to work with reserves to improve the situation. “We’re trying to contribute to our own well-being. We’re not just sitting here twiddling our thumbs. They’re not really working with us.” A spokeswoman for Aboriginal Affairs Minister Bernard Valcourt said he was unavailable to discuss the updates or what the federal government is doing to improve living conditions for Manitoba’s reserve aboriginals. Emily Hillstrom sent an emailed statement that didn’t address the poor living conditions. “Our government believes that aboriginal peoples should have the same quality of life, the same opportunities and the same choices as all other Canadians,” she wrote before outlining legislation the government has passed such as a law that requires reserves to post their financial statements online.

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AMMAN, Jordan â€” The father of a Jordanian fighter pilot and the wife of a Japanese journalist held by the Islamic State group pleaded for their loved onesâ€™ lives after a possible prisoner swap wasnâ€™t carried out by a deadline of sunset Thursday. The extremists had demanded that Jordan release a female al-Qaida prisoner from death row, and they purportedly threatened in an audio message to kill the airman if she was not freed by the deadline. After sundown in the Middle East, there was no word on the fate of Lt. Muath al-Kaseasbeh and journalist Kenji Goto, and the familiesâ€™ agonizing wait dragged on. â€œWe received no assurances from anyone that he is alive,â€? Jawdat al-Kaseasbeh, a brother of the pilot, told The Associated Press. â€œWe have no clue about where the negotiations stand now. We are waiting, just waiting.â€? The possibility of a swap was raised Wednesday when Jordan said it was willing to trade Sajida alRishawi, the al-Qaida prisoner, for the pilot. However, the audio message purportedly posted by the Islamic State group only said the pilot would be killed if al-Rishawi was not delivered to the Turkish border by the deadline. There was no mention of Goto and no word on whether the pilot would be traded for the woman. The authenticity of the recording could not be verified independently by the AP. On Thursday afternoon, Jordanâ€™s government spokesman, Mohammed al-Momani, signalled that, in any case, a swap was on hold because the hostagetakers had not delivered proof the pilot is still alive. Al-Rishawi, 44, faces death by hanging for her role in a suicide bombing, one of three simultaneous attacks on Amman hotels in November 2005 that killed 60 people. She survived because her belt of explosives didnâ€™t detonate. She initially confessed, but later recanted, saying she was an unwilling participant. Al-Rishawi, who is from the Iraqi city of Ramadi, has close family ties to the Iraqi branch of al-Qaida, a precursor of the Islamic State group. Three of her brothers were al-Qaida operatives killed in fighting in Iraq. Jordan has faced tough choices in the hostage drama. The release of al-Rishawi, involved in the worst terror attack in Jordan, would run counter to the governmentâ€™s tough stance on Islamic extremism. However, King Abdullah II is also under domestic pressure to bring the pilot home. Jordanâ€™s participa-

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FRIDAY, JAN. 30, 2015

Dubnyk douses Flames LEADS WILD TO A SHUTOUT WIN BY THE CANADIAN PRESS Wild 1 Flames 0 CALGARY — Minnesota Wild goaltender Devan Dubnyk hasn’t changed a thing since being acquired in a trade with the Arizona Coyotes. What has changed is he’s playing in meaningful hockey games. Zach Parise scored the only goal and Dubnyk stopped all 30 shots he faced Thursday night as the Wild picked up an important two points with a 1-0 victory over the Calgary Flames. The win moves Minnesota (22-20-6) within five points of the Flames and the second wild card spot in the Western Conference. “It’s fun to play important games,” said Dubnyk. “I was happy with the way my game was in Arizona so I wanted to really concentrate on sticking with the same things I was doing there that was helping me be successful there.” Dubynk’s best stops came in the third period as the Flames — who lead the NHL with eight wins when trailing after two periods, generated several dangerous chances in trying to pull out yet another comeback win. Six minutes in, Johnny Gaudreau got around Jared Spurgeon and fired a dangerous wrist shot at the top corner that Dubnyk caught with his glove. With six minutes left in the period, Dubnyk thwarted Paul Byron on a clear breakaway. Then, as the final couple seconds ticked off the clock, he jabbed out his pad to rob Mikael Backlund at the side of the net. After the game, Dubnyk was asked which chances stood out. “I think the breakaway is the obvi-

ous one,” he said. “They kept trying to stretch guys and finally got one. I got a toe on the puck with about two seconds left at the side of the net. I guess that probably turned out to be the most important one.” The 2004 first round draft pick by the Edmonton Oilers was acquired from the Coyotes on Jan. 14 in exchange for a third round draft pick. Minnesota is his fourth team in the past two years. Dubnyk provided the stability in net that the Wild were not getting from Darcy Kuemper or Niklas Backstrom. With five out of six points so far, Minnesota wraps up its four-game road trip Sunday in Vancouver. “I think we owe a lot to Dubnyk tonight. He bailed us out on a lot of different breakdowns we had. He was really good,” said Parise. “We’ve got a long ways to go but playing against these guys tonight, like we said this morning, five looks a lot better than nine had we lost this game. It’s a good start to the trip.” Calgary (26-20-3) falls to 1-1 on a sixgame homestand, which continues Saturday against the Edmonton Oilers. “Close, man,” said Calgary defenceman Mark Giordano. “(Jonas Hiller) played awesome. Their guy played awesome. One bad mistake — I made a bad one in the first there — and they get a goal. At the end of the night, that’s the mistake that cost us.” The goal, Parise’s 20th goal of the season and sixth in his last six game, came at 8:59 of the first period. Attempting to send a cross-ice pass from his own corner, Giordano’s pass was knocked down by Thomas Vanek and immediately picked up by Parise all alone in front, who quickly tucked a shot through Hiller’s pads.

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Minnesota Wild goalie Devan Dubnyk, right, holds back Calgary Flames Josh Jooris during second period NHL action in Calgary, Thursday. It was the first time Calgary has been shutout this season after going 71 games since last being blanked. Hiller, spectacular at times himself, finished with 31 stops to fall to 14-14-2. “It was one of those nights — I

thought Dubnyk played well and we didn’t get the bounces. It happens,” said Hiller. “We have to stay positive. I thought we played well. If we play like that every night, we have a chance every night and that’s what we need.”

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Oilers 3 Sabres 2 EDMONTON — The fourth line answered the bell for the Edmonton Oilers in a showdown of the league’s two worst clubs on Thursday. Anton Lander and Matt Fraser each had a goal and two assists as the Oilers beat the Buffalo Sabres 3-2. Oscar Klefbom also scored for the Oilers (13-27-9), who have won three of their last four and now sit four points ahead of last-place Buffalo. The Oilers are now 6-5-2 since interim head coach Todd Nelson took over as full-time head coach. Nelson, who has spent plenty of time watching Lander’s progress in the American Hockey League, is thrilled to see him start to shine at the NHL level. “Thank goodness Anton Lander had the game that he did tonight. He was exceptional, by far the best player on the ice,” Nelson said. “I think he feels really comfortable and more confident when he looks behind and sees me. I’ve been working with him every year since he came over from Europe, so I think that helps. He’s really improved his game. He has earned the opportunity. I thought he was outstanding tonight.” Lander shrugged off his personal best three-point performance. “I think we played all right, we can still get better,” he said. “You don’t have to play great all the time, but if you get a win that’s the most important thing. It’s nice to get wins here the last couple of games. It’s a good thing we have going on now, we have to keep it going.” Tyler Myers and Rasmus Ristolainen replied for the Sabres (14-31-3), who have lost a franchise-worst 13 games in a row and only have one win in their last 18. “The defence were involved, but it wasn’t a 60-minute effort for all of us,” said Sabres centre Torrey Mitchell. “We play the first two periods well or we score the first goal, and get off to good starts and we just can’t build on it right now.” It is clear the frustration level is running very high for the Sabres at the moment. “We had our chances,” said Buffalo head coach Ted Nolan. “With this team we need everyone, we can’t afford two or

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Buffalo Sabres Rasmus Ristolainen (55) and Edmonton Oilers Matt Hendricks (23) crash into goalie Jhonas Enroth during NHL action in Edmonton, on Thursday. three guys not playing well or not giving what they have to give. It seems like the same ones over and over again, but we only have 20 players, who else are you going to put in?” “I think we need to stay positive and just keep approaching every game like we’re going to win the game,” added goalie Jhonas Enroth. “We can’t go into every game thinking we’re going to lose the game. We have to stay positive and still believe that we can win games.” The Sabres started the scoring just 2:22 into the first period as Mitchell won a battle behind the net and dished the puck out in front to Myers, who slipped a shot under the arm of Ben Scrivens— on a play the Oilers goalie would likely want to have a second chance at. It was Myers’ second goal of the season. Edmonton tied the game 1-1 with seven-and-a-half minutes left in the opening frame when Lander fed a puck from behind the goal line to Fraser, who beat Sabres starter Enroth with a slap shot for his sixth of the year. The Oilers surged ahead with five minutes to play in the first as Lander sent a back-

hand pass to Klefbom at the top of the circle and the young defenceman blasted his first goal of the season into the Sabres’ net. Scrivens was forced to make a couple timely kick saves in an otherwise uneventful and scoreless second period. Edmonton outshot Buffalo 24-16 through 40 minutes. The Oilers were down a defenceman six minutes into the third period as Buffalo’s Zemgus Girgensons directed Nikita Nikitin into the boards and the Edmonton blue-liner left the game clutching his shoulder. Edmonton took a 3-1 lead eight minutes into the third as a turnover allowed a two-man breakaway with Teddy Purcell feeding Lander for his first goal in 65 games- also giving him his first three-point game of his career. Fraser picked up an assist on the play, also giving him three points in the game. Buffalo closed to within a goal with 2:02 remaining as Ristolainen followed up on the play to bang home a rebound through Scriven’s legs. However, the Sabres took a late penalty and couldn’t complete the comeback, allowing the Oilers to run out the clock.

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ST. LOUIS — Martin Brodeur may one day return to the New Jersey Devils, where he won three Stanley Cups and cemented his place as the goaltender with more wins than any other in NHL history. Up first, though, is some serious time with the St. Louis Blues. The 42-year-old Brodeur formally announced his retirement Thursday to take a frontoffice position with St. Louis, where he wrapped up his career after 21 outstanding years with the Devils. He said he is leaving the game with a smile on his face and excited about his next opportunity. “I’m leaving the game really, really happy,” Brodeur said. Brodeur joined the Blues as a free agent in early December after No. 1 goaltender Brian Elliott was sidelined by a knee injury. He went 3-3 with a 2.87 goals-against average and .899 save percentage. He extended his NHL record for shutouts to 125 with a 3-0 win against Colorado on Dec. 29, his final NHL victory. When Elliott returned, Brodeur became the odd man out among the team’s three goalies, including Jake Allen. He took a leave of absence to contemplate his future and word came Tuesday that he was done. “If (Elliott) didn’t get hurt, I was never going to be here,” Brodeur said. “For me it was a great opportunity.” Blues general manager Doug Armstrong said the team was excited to have Brodeur join the team as a senior adviser. “He’s going to travel with the team on a daily basis, he’s going to interact with our players and our coaches,” Armstrong said. “Our goals are very simple in St. Louis with this team, it’s to prepare and be competitive to win a Stanley Cup and to ultimately win a Stanley Cup. When I look up here and you see the number of Stanley Cups up here on this stage, all these people we can tap into as we learn and we move forward.” Over 22 seasons, Brodeur piled up a 691-397-176 record, 2.24 GAA and .912 save percentage in 1,266 career regular-season games. The native of Montreal holds the league records for wins, shutouts, games played and minutes

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played. He also had 113 career post-season victories to go along with those three Cups and four Vezina Trophies as the NHL’s top goaltender. He was also a two-time Olympic gold medallist with Team Canada in 2002 and 2010. Prime Minister Stephen Harper congratulated Brodeur on his storied career on his Twitter account. “Hockey legend bMartinBrodeur announced his retirement today. Canada salutes his extraordinary career & contributions to our game,” Harper posted. Along the way, Brodeur became a role model for many young goaltenders, including Ryan Miller. “When he was breaking into the league, he broke in at a young age and was having success,” Miller said. “I was about the right age where 14, 15 years old watching him break in, he wasn’t so much older than me where I was like ’Wow the NHL’s so far away.’ “When you get to be in your teens and there’s a guy in his early 20s, ’Wow he’s only a few years away and he’s doing it.”’ Asked what he was most proud of, Brodeur cited the wins — and his health. “If you play hockey, you might as well win,” he said. “The most important record is the wins record that I have. My durability is just something I took a lot of pride in, that I was able to play 70 games over and over and over and they add up to 1,200-and-something games, plus the playoff games, plus whatever. It’s hard to do.” Brodeur said he planned to learn as much as he can as a front-office employee with the possibility of one day running a team. He also said the possibility exists that he will return to New Jersey in a front-office role at some point in the future. He said he has talked with Lou Lamoriello, the Devils’ president/general manager, about returning to New Jersey. “We talked and he knows that eventually we’re going to cross paths again, if it’s next year, in two years, in three years, I can’t answer,” Brodeur said. “I’m doing this now as a St. Louis Blue and I want to learn as much as I can and we’ll see where that’s going to bring me. I might not like this. I might just go and say playing golf every day looks a lot better than doing this. I’ll make a decision on my future whenever it comes around.”

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FRIDAY, JAN. 30, 2015

Polei’s presence will be missed

THIS WEEK IN REBELS HISTORY

TO MISS REST OF REGULAR SEASON WITH KNEE INJURY

THE ICE Rebels defenceman Dion Phaneuf showed off his offensive abilities with Dion a hat-trick Phaneuf performance in a 6-3 victory over the visiting Medicine Hat Tigers on Jan. 26 of 2003. The final score was not indicative of Red Deer’s domination, as the home side held a 30-14 advantage in shots through 40 minutes before surrendering a pair of meaningless thirdperiod goals. “When you dominate in a game like that it’s always a positive. The score didn’t really show how much we controlled the play,” said Phaneuf, who like the rest of his teammates looked fresh despite the club’s hectic schedule. “Any time you play as much as we have in a short period, it’s all mental,” he added. “We came out tonight and played a strong game.” The win was Red Deer’s fifth in a row and capped a torrid run of seven games in 10 days. With the positive result, the Rebels moved six points clear of the Brandon Wheat Kings in the battle for first place overall.

WHO’S HOT Regina Pats C Adam Brooks is riding a sevengame point streak. During the run dating Adam back to Jan. 10, Brooks the 18-yearold Winnipeg product has put up 10 points (4g,6a) and has recorded a team-leading 20 goals and 43 points in 48 games this season.

BY GREG MEACHEM ADVOCATE SPORTS EDITOR Large and looming, Red Deer Rebels forward Evan Polei is an intimidating force whose presence will be missed over what could be the remainder of the WHL regular season. The 18-year-old power forward/enforcer was the recipiient of an awkward hit during last Saturday’s 5-3 home-ice win over the Vancouver Giants and will be out of commission for six to eight weeks with a ‘lower body injury’. “I got hit on the boards and got bent funny. He (Giants player) tried to hipcheck me and it kind of just took my knee the wrong way into the boards,” Polei said Thursday, while sporting a noticable limp. As he noted, it wasn’t the force of the blow, but the way in which it was administered. Either way, Polei could tell something was amiss. “When I was standing in front of the net I knew something was wrong,” he said. “My knee was popping in and out and getting pushed around. I could tell that it wasn’t right, so I kind of just stood there, waited for the puck to get out and then got off the ice.” Polei underwent a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) test and two days later received the bad news. Bad, in the essence that he’s going to miss a long period of time, but not so bad considering he’ll return in time for the playoffs. “I should be back,” said Polei. “The doctor thinks that if I wear a brace over the six-week period of time that I can be back a week or two earlier. But he said he’s giving me the longer date, more towards eight weeks, so probably the remainder of the regular season.” Polei felt he was playing some of his best hockey of the season when he was struck down. “I kind of went cold right before Christmas, but I think I was playing a lot better over the last five or six games,” said the big winger, who this season has sniped 16 goals — the Rebels’ fourth-highest total — and collected 21 points in 47 games. “On Saturday the coaches told me that was probably one

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Red Deer Rebels power forward/enforcer Evan Polei’s intimidating force will be missed on the ice as he will miss the remainder of the regular season with a knee injury sustained in Saturday’s game against Vancouver. of my best games. I felt good out there,” Polei added. “It’s tough to get hurt but it’s good for those guys who weren’t getting as much playing time to show what they can do. They can show Brent (GM/head coach Sutter) that they’re good enough to be on this team and that they can contribute.” Polei, a Wetaskiwin native who checks in at six-foot-one

and 219 pounds, is a genuine WHL heavyweight who has gone toe-to-toe with many of the league’s toughest customers — including Mason Geertsen of the Giants, Jon Martin of the Kootenay Ice, Taylor Crunk of the Victoria Royals and Keegan Kanzig of the Calgary Hitmen — with more positive than negative results. He’s also inflicted heavy

punishment on the likes of willing but overwhelmed scrappers like Dakota Odgers of the Giants and Kord Pankewicz of the Lethbridge Hurricanes. Like most who ride shotgun on a regular basis, Polei, who has racked up a team-high 67 minutes in penalties, downplays his role as a bruising bomber. “My physical presence is a big part of my game,” he said. “I don’t go out looking for fights, most guys don’t. “You can talk to anybody in the league and they probably don’t like fighting. I know I don’t like fighting, but if I need to do it to get the team going or one of their guys ask me to go because they think they’re going to spark their team . . . yeah, sure, I’ll do that. Other than that, it’s not something that I work on a lot. It’s just something I’m naturally good at, that I know how to do.” Polei has been placed on the injury list at a time when the Rebels are clipping right along with just one regulation-time loss in their last 10 games dating back to Jan. 2. He credits the additions — since December — of defencemen Nelson Nogier and Colton Bobyk and forwards Connor Gay and Riley Sheen as major reasons for the club’s success. “We’ve had a lot of changes in the dressing room, great changes,” said Polei. “We brought in some great hockey players who have helped the team out a lot.” What Polei likes most about the Rebels is the depth and balance of their roster, with the third and fourth lines being pretty much identical while playing roughly the same minutes. “We have a lot of depth to this team now,” he said. “We have four good lines, and we don’t really have that fourth and third line, they’re exactly the same line. Technically we have four lines, but really we only have three. “We have that depth where we can line match perfectly against opposing teams. We have probably one of the best teams in the league.” ● The Rebels host the Edmonton Oil Kings tonight, then face the visiting Prince Albert Raiders Saturday. gmeachem@reddeeradvocate. com

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Kamloops Blazer Cole Kehler sports the worst goals-against average and save percentage Cole — 4.36 and Kehler .865 — among the league’s top 29 goaltenders (he is 29th in GAA). The 17-year-old from Altona, Man., posted his third win of the season Oct. 22 and is 0-8-1 since.

HE SAID IT “You can’t help but see the tweets and listen to the radio. It’s easy to prove guys wrong by Nick Zajac just winning hockey games. I can’t help but think that if we have a solid week of games, that we might start turning some heads.” — Fourth-year LW Nick Zajac of the lowly Saskatoon Blades, to Kevin Mitchell of the Saskatoon StarPhoenix, in reference to the club’s five-game winning streak (that ended with Wednesday’s 6-1 loss at Prince Albert).

Two players with Red Deer any riders and that was the big connections were front and thing. From top to bottom, all centre Wednesday as the Leth- four lines and six defenceman, bridge Hurricanes did — as we played the perfect game, I Seinfeld’s Kramer might say — thought.” a ‘solid’ for at least two Central In regards to his red-hot forDivision clubs by laying a 6-3 ward line, Burke offered: “We defeat on the visiting Kootenay have good chemistry. It’s realIce. ly easy playing with Former Rebels those guys. It seems forward Brayden like we know where Burke and netmindwe’re going and it er Jayden Sittler helps a lot. Those were instrumental guys are great players in the upset victory and I can just get into over the Ice, who sit position and they’ll fourth in the Cenfind me and hopefully tral, just a single I can give it back to point up on the Edthem.” monton Oil Kings Hurricanes GM/ and seven back of head coach Peter Anthe third-place Calholt was suitably imGREG gary Hitmen. pressed with Sittler, MEACHEM Burke, who who was acquired along with defencefrom the Victoria man Devan Fafard Royals at the Jan. 10 was dealt to Lethtrade deadline. bridge Dec. 1 for “Sittler did a good forward Riley Sheen, sniped a job for us when we needed goal and added two assists, giv- him,” said Anholt, who is also ing the diminutive 17-year-old tickled with the production of centre nine points in the past the Burke-Estephan-Wong unit. four games. Sittler, meanwhile, “Wonger is just a heart-andturned aside 38 shots for the soul guy, for one. Estephan is win. the pivot guy and Burkie is just “We’re starting to throw it such a smart player. His hockey in the net, but the whole team sense is excellent and he can was together perfectly,” Burke, make the plays. We just have to who has sparkled on the club’s keep them fresh and get them top line consisting also of Gior- strong and in better shape and gio Estephan and Tyler Wong, then he can go for a long period told Dale Woodard of the Leth- of time.” bridge Herald. “We didn’t have ● Still with the Ice, during

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last Saturday’s 5-2 win over the visiting Swift Current Broncos, milestone was the word of the day. For starters, the game was the 1,200th in the franchise history of the Ice, who moved to Cranbrook from Edmonton in 1998, two years after the team entered the league. Meanwhile, Ice veteran forwards Levi Cable, Jaedon Descheneau and Austin Vetterl all hit major career marks. Cable registered his 100th WHL career point, Descheneau scored his 100th career goal and Vetterl appeared in his 250th WHL game. “It’s a good thing to get in this league,” said Descheneau, a St. Louis Blues prospect, told Taylor Rocca of the Cranbrook Daily Townsmen. “It’s an honour. It’s a hard league to score goals in. I’ve always taken pride in my scoring ability, but obviously I couldn’t have done it without my teammates. They get me the puck. If it wasn’t for them, I wouldn’t be able to do it.” ● Former Red Deer defenceman Nick Charif wasn’t sure what to expect when he was dealt to the Spokane Chiefs just two days after Christmas. So Charif called fellow Edmonton product and buddy Cole Wedman to get a review on his new team. Wedman, who played three years with the Chiefs, gave his friend a thumbs-up in

regards to his time in Spokane. “Everything was positive from him, so I was excited about coming down,” Charif told Chris Derrick of the Spokane Spokesmen Review. “I’ve known (the Wedmans) for pretty much my whole life. (Cole) just told me the time he had here was awesome.” Charif, though, did admit that the trade — with Colton Bobyk going to Red Deer in exchange — was originally tough to digest. “I was a little devastated to be leaving all my friends behind, but I was also really excited for the opportunity,” he said. “I needed a change, to say the least, so that’s what I was really excited about.” The 19-year-old encountered knee problems with the Rebels this season and is still reminded of the injury and is hoping the pain he continues to feel is simply loose cartilage. Adapting to his new home and a different system has been a bigger concern. “What I’ve noticed mostly is the systems,” Charif said. “They’re way different here, but I’ve liked it so far. In the offensive zone we kind of set up differently. The defense pretty much always pinches on the weak side and the forwards are usually on the boards and the defense bumps to the middle.” gmeachem@reddeeradvocate. com

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Queens get monkey off back with win BY JOSH ALDRICH ADVOCATE STAFF Queens 2 Griffins 1 The Red Deer College Queens simultaneously slew their biggest dragon of the season and further cemented a playoff spot on Thursday night. For most teams beating the last place MacEwan University Griffins (510-2) is not a huge deal, but RDC (8-5-4) had lost five of six Alberta Colleges Athletic Conference women’s hockey contests to the Edmonton school this season. The Griffins have five wins all year. On Thursday, however, it was the Queens who came out on top 2-1, giving them an eight-point lead over MacEwan with seven games to go. “The message before the game was ‘Let’s burry them, we’ve got our foot on their neck,’” said Queens head coach Bob Rutz. Neck broken. Casey Nicholson and Cassidy Holt scored for RDC while Moriah Andrews stopped 13 of 15 shots to pick up the win. Tori Spencer had MacEwan’s only goal while Morgan Glover stopped 23 of the 25 shots she faced. The Queens got the win, but it was a struggle through the first 30 minutes, as it always appears to be against the Griffins. The game was scoreless through 20 minutes and took until 11:31 of the second period for someone to final-

ly break through on the scoresheet, as Spencer picked a corner over Andrews’ shoulder. But the goal appeared to galvanize the Queens. RDC came right back down the ice, drew a penalty and Nicholson somehow managed to get a wrist shot from the point to find it’s way through the screen at 11:52. At 17:09, Holt deflected a point-shot from Megan Jones that dove under Glover’s glove to give RDC a 2-1 lead at the intermission. In the third period, the Queens buckled down defensively, allowing only one shot the entire frame to close out the victory. “I really like how this team has grown, in the sense that we get down a goal and there’s not really any panic,” said Rutz. “At the beginning of the year it was ‘we’re down one goal, it’s over.’ I don’t see that anymore. It’s a good sign.” Key to the win was their ability to get shots through from the point, something they have struggled with all season, but have been working on since October. The last few games it has worked and pucks are finally going in. “That’s how goals are scored at any high level — get traffic and the goalie can’t stop what she can’t see,” said Rutz. The Queens are now seven points behind the NAIT Ooks (13-2-1) for first place in the ACAC, but they will need some help from the SAIT Trojans (7-81) if they are to catch them.

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Red Deer College Queen Jayna Kitchen takes a shot as Grant MacEwan Griffin Jenna Thompson defends during first period action at the Red Deer Arena Thursday. The Queens do have a chance to close ranks with the Ooks with four games remaining between the two teams. But tracking down NAIT and a first round bye in the playoffs is far from Rutz’s mind. “NAIT’s a good hockey team, we would probably have to win out and

they would have to lose the last six,” he said. “We’re not focused on that too much, we’re just focusing on making sure our game is solid for 60 minutes and if we end up in second, great, we’ll prepare for whoever we have to face.” RDC plays MacEwan again on Saturday in Edmonton at 8 p.m. jaldrich@reddeeradvocate.com

Williams sets up Aussie Open final against Sharapova BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS MELBOURNE, Australia — It wasn’t until Serena Williams forced herself to relax, and not focus too intently on a milestone Grand Slam title, that she rediscovered the art of winning the biggest events in tennis. Now she’s on the verge of a 19th major championship after beating 19-year-old Madison Keys 7-6 (5), 6-2 on Thursday and setting up an Australian Open final against long-time rival Maria Sharapova. Williams has won all five Australian Open finals she has contested and won her last 15 matches against No. 2-ranked Sharapova, a five-time major winner who will be playing her fourth final at Melbourne Park. While the 33-year-old Williams is peerless among active players, there was a period last year when she wanted so desperately to win her 18th major that it proved too distracting. After winning the U.S. Open in 2013, she lost

in the fourth round at the Australian Open, the second round at the French and the third round at Wimbledon. “I was so hyped on getting to 18 and I lost every Grand Slam early. I didn’t make it to any quarterfinals,” Williams said. “Then after Wimbledon I decided to just — not necessarily not care — but just relax. It all kind of came back for me after that ... and I think it’s been working.” That approach helped her win the U.S. Open and, if it works again on Saturday against 2008 champion Sharapova, it will help Williams move above Chris Evert and Martina Navratilova on the list of major winners. She would be behind only Steffi Graf, with 22 titles, among champions in the Open era. The statistics point to another win for Williams, but she’s not getting ahead of herself. “Again. I have to win. Everyone’s expecting me to win. But we’ll see,” Williams said. “She’s playing unbelievable. She was almost out of the tour-

nament and has been playing better every single match. It’s impressive.” Williams, who has struggled with a cold for a week, said she’d benefit from a tough workout in the all-American semifinal against Keys, who pounded her with heavy groundstrokes and a big serve for the first set. Keys, playing in her first Grand Slam semifinal, saved seven match points on serve in a penultimate game that lasted more than 11 minutes. Williams closed with an ace in the next game to reach her 23rd major final. “She pushed me really hard the first set ... and I had to really dig deep mentally to get through that,” Williams said. “It was a little frustrating. I had like nine or 10 match points and couldn’t close it out. That doesn’t happen so much. She played like she didn’t have anything to lose.” Sharapova, who beat No. 10-seeded Ekaterina Makarova 6-3, 6-2 in an allRussian semifinal, has won only two of her 18 career meetings with Williams — both in 2004. She started 2015 with a

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title at the Brisbane International and, ever since saving two match points in her second-round match against Russian qualifier Alexandra Panova, has been growing in confidence. “I think my confidence should be pretty high going into a final of a Grand Slam no matter who I’m facing and whether I’ve had a terrible record, to say the least, against someone,” Sharapova said. “It doesn’t matter. I got there for a reason. I belong in that spot. I will do everything I can to get the title.” In men’s play, Andy Murray reached the Australian Open final for the fourth time, and is desperate to end a title drought Down Under. The sixth-seeded Murray beat No. 7 Tomas Berdych 6-7 (6), 6-0, 6-3, 7-5 in a semifinal laced with heavy hitting, flashes of anger and profanities. Murray lost finals here to Roger Federer in 2010 and Novak Djokovic in ’11 and ’13. Since then, he has won the U.S. Open and Wimbledon to end long title droughts for British men.

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CENTRAL DIVISION GP W L OTLSOL 48 34 12 1 1 48 27 14 3 4 49 27 17 1 4 50 26 23 0 1 50 23 21 4 2 47 12 29 3 3

GF 198 171 204 168 149 132

WESTERN CONFERENCE B.C. DIVISION GP W L OTLSOL GF Kelowna 49 37 8 3 1 211 Victoria 50 26 20 3 1 172 Kamloops 50 19 25 3 3 147 Vancouver 49 20 27 1 1 143 Prince George 51 20 29 1 1 155

Everett Portland Seattle Spokane Tri-City

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U.S. DIVISION W L OTLSOL 30 14 3 1 29 19 0 3 23 19 3 3 23 20 3 1 24 23 0 2

GF 167 180 127 135 139

Rihards Bukarts, Bra Ivan Nikolishin, Eve GA 156 154 164 178 167 201

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GA 137 152 149 181 142 201

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GA 125 158 183 167 218

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GA 128 167 136 142 147

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Wednesday’s results Prince Albert 6 Saskatoon 1 Edmonton 2 Kelowna 1 (SO) Lethbridge 6 Kootenay 3 Kamloops 4 Seattle 3 Portland 4 Victoria 3

National Hockey League EASTERN CONFERENCE GP W L OT Pts Tampa Bay 50 31 15 4 66 N.Y. Islanders 48 32 15 1 65 Montreal 47 31 13 3 65 Pittsburgh 48 27 13 8 62 Detroit 49 28 12 9 65 Washington 48 25 14 9 59 Boston 49 26 16 7 59 N.Y. Rangers 46 27 15 4 58 Florida 46 21 15 10 52 Philadelphia 50 21 22 7 49 Toronto 50 22 24 4 48 Ottawa 47 19 19 9 47 Columbus 47 21 23 3 45 New Jersey 48 18 22 8 44 Carolina 47 17 25 5 39 Buffalo 49 14 32 3 31

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GF 163 157 127 143 145 144 131 135 114 139 144 129 119 109 102 92

GA 132 135 108 124 128 124 123 111 129 151 155 134 148 135 122 174

WESTERN CONFERENCE GP W L OT Pts GF GA Anaheim 48 32 10 6 70 143 124 Nashville 47 31 10 6 68 145 112 St. Louis 47 30 13 4 64 153 115 San Jose 48 25 17 6 56 131 132 Chicago 48 30 16 2 62 151 112 Vancouver 46 26 17 3 55 124 118 Winnipeg 50 26 16 8 60 140 127 Calgary 49 26 20 3 55 140 127 Los Angeles 48 21 15 12 54 133 129 Dallas 48 22 19 7 51 152 157 Colorado 49 20 18 11 51 128 141 Minnesota 48 22 20 6 50 131 138 Arizona 48 17 25 6 40 111 161 Edmonton 49 13 27 9 35 113 162 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss.

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Rebels vs. Edmonton Oil Kings Tonight, 7 p.m., Enmax Centrium Edmonton enters tonight’s contest with a 2321-4-2 record, good for fifth place in the Central Division — nine points behind second-place Red Deer — and seventh in the Eastern Conference. The Oil Kings are coming off a 2-1 overtime win over the visiting Kelowna Rockets Wednesday . . . Edmonton has four players with 30-plus points — LW Brett Pollock (22-2244), D Ashton Sautner (10-28-

3. Edmonton, Klefbom 1 (Lander, Fraser) 15:02. Penalties — Myers Buf (holding) 7:31. Second Period No Scoring. Penalties — Gionta Buf (tripping) 3:45, Gordon Edm (tripping) 11:29. Third Period 4. Edmonton, Lander 1 (Purcell, Fraser) 7:52. 5. Buffalo, Ristolainen 4 (Gionta, Girgensons) 17:58. Penalties — Deslauriers Buf (fighting) 5:48, Gazdic Edm (fighting) 5:48, Weber Buf (holding) 18:29, Hendricks Edm (tripping) 19:50. Shots on goal Buffalo 8 8 4 — 20 Edmonton 12 12 10 — 34 Goal — Buffalo: Enroth (L, 11-19-2); Edmonton: Scrivens (W, 9-16-7). Power plays (goal-chances) — Buffalo: 0-1; Edmonton: 0-3. Flyers 5, Jets 2 First Period 1. Philadelphia, VandeVelde 7 (Del Zotto, L. Schenn) 7:02. 2. Winnipeg, Perreault 16 (Frolik) 8:20. 3. Philadelphia, Simmonds 18 (Voracek, B. Schenn) 11:39 (pp). 4. Winnipeg, Perreault 17 (Byfuglien, Scheifele) 16:57 (pp). Penalties — Bogosian Wpg (interference) 9:45, Schultz Pha (hooking) 16:22. Second Period 5. Philadelphia, Schultz 1 (Straka, White) 3:18. Penalties — Couturier Pha (slashing) 0:28, Voracek Pha (roughing) 8:54, Enstrom Wpg (holding) 12:00. Third Period 6. Philadelphia, B. Schenn 11 (Simmonds) 4:12. 7. Philadelphia, Couturier 11 (unassisted) 18:19 (en). Penalties — Kane Wpg (high-sticking) 1:51, Simmonds Pha (stick holding) 1:51, Lecavalier Pha (high-sticking) 5:26, Peluso Wpg (roughing) 8:16, Lecavalier Pha (roughing) 8:16, Voracek Pha (Illegal Check to Head Minor) 14:07. Shots on goal Winnipeg 14 11 13 — 38 Philadelphia 10 15 7 — 32 Goal — Winnipeg: Hutchinson (L, 14-5-2); Philadelphia: Mason (W, 10-12-6). Power plays (goal-chances) — Winnipeg: 1-5; Philadelphia: 1-2. Stars 6, Senators 3 First Period 1. Dallas, Ja. Benn 15 (Klingberg, Eaves) 7:37 (pp). 2. Dallas, Sceviour 6 (Fiddler, Daley) 8:36. 3. Dallas, Hemsky 8 (Daley, Sceviour) 11:58 (pp). 4. Ottawa, Zibanejad 12 (Ryan, MacArthur) 16:02. 5. Ottawa, Ryan 13 (Ceci) 18:30 (pp). Penalties — Horcoff Dal (hooking) 4:05, Methot Ott (holding) 7:11, Gryba Ott (hooking) 10:48, Garbutt Dal (stick holding) 18:22. Second Period No Scoring. Penalties — Garbutt Dal (high-sticking) 6:57, Pageau Ott (tripping) 10:27, Hemsky Dal (hooking) 14:25, Karlsson Ott (roughing) 17:34, Ja. Benn Dal (slashing) 17:34. Third Period 6. Ottawa, Chiasson 8 (Turris) 2:45. 7. Dallas, Klingberg 7 (unassisted) 10:51. 8. Dallas, Daley 12 (Eakin) 19:08 (en-sh). 9. Dallas, Ja. Benn 16 (unassisted) 19:33 (en-sh). Penalties — Seguin Dal (hooking) 19:02. Shots on goal Dallas 12 16 13 — 41 Ottawa 8 8 12 — 28 Goal — Dallas: Lehtonen (W, 20-11-7); Ottawa: Lehner (L, 6-8-2). Power plays (goal-chances) — Dallas: 2-3; Ottawa: 1-5.

Friday’s Games Pittsburgh at New Jersey, 5 p.m. St. Louis at Carolina, 5 p.m. Nashville at Colorado, 7 p.m. Buffalo at Vancouver, 8 p.m. Chicago at Anaheim, 8 p.m.

WHL Scoring Leaders A 62 35 53 25 40 30 31 31 34 37 38 34 41 31 23 34 34 32 21 36 21 29 22 28 29 31 22 36 37 22 24

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Thursday’s Games St. Louis 5, Nashville 4, SO Boston 5, N.Y. Islanders 2 Montreal 1, N.Y. Rangers 0 Philadelphia 5, Winnipeg 2 Arizona 3, Toronto 1 Dallas 6, Ottawa 3 Tampa Bay 5, Detroit 1 Florida 3, Columbus 2 Minnesota 1, Calgary 0 Edmonton 3, Buffalo 2 Anaheim at San Jose, late

Saturday’s games Edmonton at Calgary, 2 p.m. Brandon at Moose Jaw, 6 p.m. Swift Current at Saskatoon, 6:05 p.m. Kelowna at Kootenay, 7 p.m. Regina at Lethbridge, 7 p.m. Prince Albert at Red Deer, 7 p.m. Seattle at Prince George, 8 p.m. Kamloops at Vancouver, 8 p.m. Everett at Portland, 8 p.m. Medicine Hat at Spokane, 8:05 p.m. Victoria at Tri-City, 8:05 p.m.

G 21 40 16 40 24 31 30 28 25 22 21 24 17 26 33 22 22 20 30 15 28 20 26 19 18 16 23 9 8 22 20

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Wednesday’s Games New Jersey 2, Toronto 1, SO Washington 4, Pittsburgh 0 Los Angeles 4, Chicago 3

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

Trevor Cox, MH Cole Sanford, MH Nick Merkley, Kel Rourke Chartier, Kel Cole Ully, Kam Oliver Bjorkstrand, Por Tim McGauley, Bra Austin Carroll, Vic Connor Rankin, CAL Jack Rodewald, MJ Nikita Scherbak, Eve Jaedon Descheneau, Koo Jansen Harkins, PG Adam Helewka, Spo Adam Tambellini, CAL Chase De Leo, Por Luke Philp, Koo Brayden Point, MJ Tyson Baillie, Kel Matt Needham, Kam Jake Debrusk, SC Colby Cave, SC Chase Witala, PG Jayce Hawryluk, Bra Carson Stadnyk, Eve Travis Brown, Vic Conner Bleackley, RD Joe Hicketts, Vic Nicolas Petan, Por Brett Pollock, Edm Chase Lang, CAL

Saturday’s Games Washington at Montreal, 11 a.m. N.Y. Islanders at Detroit, noon Arizona at Ottawa, 1 p.m. Dallas at Winnipeg, 5 p.m. Toronto at Philadelphia,5 p.m. Carolina at N.Y. Rangers, 5 p.m. Florida at New Jersey, 5 p.m. Los Angeles at Boston, 5 p.m. Columbus at Tampa Bay, 5:30 p.m. Edmonton at Calgary, 8 p.m. Chicago at San Jose, 8:30 p.m. Thursday’s summaries Wild 1, Flames 0 First Period 1. Minnesota, Parise 20 (Vanek) 8:59. Penalties — None. Second Period No Scoring. Penalties — Koivu Minn (tripping) 0:51. Third Period No Scoring. Penalties — Cgy Bench (too many men) 2:38. Shots on goal Minnesota 14 10 8 — 32 Calgary 8 14 8 — 30 Goal — Minnesota: Dubnyk (W, 13-6-2); Calgary: Hiller (L, 14-14-2). Power plays (goal-chances) — Minnesota: 0-1; Calgary: 0-1. Oilers 3, Sabres 2 First Period 1. Buffalo, Myers 2 (Mitchell, Gionta) 2:22. 2. Edmonton, Fraser 6 (Lander, Gazdic) 12:27.

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Coyotes 3, Maple Leafs 1 First Period 1. Toronto, Kessel 20 (van Riemsdyk, Rielly) 16:33. Penalties — Smith Tor (hooking) 3:50, Stone Ari (holding) 12:06. Second Period No Scoring. Penalties — Gardiner Tor (high-sticking) 13:08, Shinnimin Ari (interference) 18:23. Third Period 2. Arizona, Ekman-Larsson 13 (Korpikoski) :05 (sh). 3. Arizona, Hanzal 8 (Gagner) 3:47. 4. Arizona, Gagner 8 (Yandle, Erat) 16:30 (pp). Penalties — Campbell Ari (high-sticking) 6:23, Clarkson Tor (roughing) 14:34. Shots on goal Arizona 11 21 13 — 45 Toronto 9 6 10 — 25 Goal — Arizona: Smith (W, 8-20-4); Toronto: Bernier (L, 16-15-4). Power plays (goal-chances) — Arizona: 1-4; Toronto: 0-3.

. . . Veteran Tristan Jarry is sixth among WHL goalies with a 2.62 goals-against average. He has a 17-17-232 record with two shutouts and owns a save percentage of .913. Injuries: Edmonton — C Andrew Koep (upper body, day-to-day). Red Deer — LW Evan Polei (upper body, indefinite). Special teams: Edmonton — Power play 15.8 per cent, 19th overall; penalty kill 84.7, third. Red Deer — Power play 17.9 per cent, 17th overall; penalty kill 86.8, second.

Curling 2015 Canadian Junior Curling Championships CORNER BROOK, N.L. — Standings and results Thursday after Draw 18 at the 2015 Canadian junior curling championships from Jan. 24-Feb. 1 (all times Eastern): MEN Championship Pool Team (Skip) W L Manitoba (Calvert) 8 1 New Brunswick (R.Comeau) 8 2 Alberta (Sturmay) 7 2 Quebec (F.Asselin) 7 2 Saskatchewan (Hersikorn) 6 3 B.C. (Henderson) 5 5 Northern Ont. (T.Horgan) 4 5 Ontario (Ma.Calwell) 2 7 Seeding Pool Team (Skip) P.E.I. (T.Smith) Nova Scotia (Manuel) N.L. (G.Smith) Yukon (Wallingham) N.W.T. (Mat.Miller) Nunavut (K.Komaksiutiksak)

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WHL EASTERN CONFERENCE EAST DIVISION GP W L OTLSOL GF Brandon 49 35 9 3 2 219 Regina 48 26 17 3 2 176 Swift Current 49 22 22 1 4 145 Moose Jaw 49 20 25 3 1 142 Prince Albert 48 20 27 1 0 139 Saskatoon 47 14 30 2 1 134

Medicine Hat Red Deer Calgary Kootenay Edmonton Lethbridge

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L 4 5 6 6 6 8

CHAMPIONSHIP/SEEDING ROUND Thursday’s results Draw 16 Saskatchewan 12 Quebec 5 Alberta 8 Ontario 2 Draw 17 Quebec 2 Alberta 0 Northern Ontario 8 B.C. 2 New Brunswick 6 Ontario 5

Yukon 7 Nunavut 3 N.W.T. 9 N.L. 8 (extra end) Draw 18 New Brunswick 7 B.C. 5 Manitoba 5 Northern Ontario 4 P.E.I. 10 N.L. 5 Friday’s games Draw 19, 4 a.m. Manitoba vs. Alberta; Ontario vs. Saskatchewan; Northern Ontario vs. Quebec. Draw 20, 9 a.m. Nova Scotia vs. N.W.T.; Nunavut vs. P.E.I. End of championship/seeding round PLAYOFFS Friday’s games Tiebreakers (if necessary), 12:30 and 6:30 p.m. Sunday’s games Semifinals, 10 a.m. Championship, 4:30 p.m. WOMEN Championship Pool Team (Skip) Alberta (Rocque) B.C. (Brown) Nova Scotia (Fay) Ontario (C.Brandwood) Manitoba (Peterson) Saskatchewan (Streifel) New Brunswick (J.Comeau) Quebec (E.Gagne)

W 9 7 6 6 6 6 5 4

L 0 3 3 3 4 4 4 6

Seeding Pool Team (Skip)

P.E.I. (V.Smith) Northern Ont. (Burns) Yukon (Horte) N.W.T. (McKay-Saturnino) N.L. (Hill) Nunavut (Pinksen)

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CHAMPIONSHIP/SEEDING ROUND Thursday’s results Draw 16 New Brunswick 10 Quebec 5 Ontario 9 B.C. 6 Manitoba 6 Saskatchewan 5 Draw 17 Nova Scotia 8 Manitoba 3 B.C. 4 Alberta 1 Draw 18 Saskatchewan 8 Quebec 7 Alberta 8 Nova Scotia 3 New Brunswick 9 Ontario 7 (extra end) Friday’s games Draw 19, 4 a.m. Nova Scotia vs. Ontario; New Brunswick vs. Alberta. Draw 20, 9 a.m. Northern Ontario vs. N.W.T.; Yukon vs. P.E.I.; Nunavut vs. N.L. End of Championship/Seeding Round PLAYOFFS Friday’s games Tiebreakers (if necessary), 12:30 and 6:30 p.m. Saturday’s games Semifinals, 10 a.m. Championship, 4:30 p.m.

● JV basketball: Lindsay Thurber Raiders girls/boys tournament. ● WHL: Edmonton at Red Deer, 7 p.m., Centrium. ● Midget AA hockey: Lacombe at Olds, 7:30 p.m.; Red Deer Indy Graphics at Sylvan Lake, 8:15 p.m. ● Midget AAA hockey: Calgary Royals at Red Deer, 8 p.m., Arena. ● Heritage junior B hockey: Red Deer at Three Hills, 8 p.m. ● Major midget girls hockey: Southeast at Red Deer, 8:15 p.m., Collicutt Centre. ● Chinook senior hockey: Bentley at Innisfail, 8:30 p.m.

Saturday

● Speed skating: Alberta Open long track meet at Golden Circle oval. ● JV basketball: Lindsay Thurber Raiders girls/boys tournament. ● Peewee AA hockey: Airdrie at Sylvan Lake, 11 a.m., Caroline; Lethbridge White at Red Deer TBS, 3 p.m., Kinsmen A; ● Midget AA hockey: Red Deer Elks at Red Deer Indy Graphics, 2 p.m., Arena. ● Bantam AA hockey: Lacombe at

Canadian Football League EDMONTON ESKIMOS — Released OL Matt O’Donnell. HAMILTON TIGER-CATS — Signed WR Luke Tasker to a three-year contract extension. MONTREAL ALOUETTES — Named Anthony Calvillo receivers coach. WINNIPEG BLUE BOMBERS — Traded WR Cory Watson and the 26th-overall 2015 draft pick to Saskatchewan for WR Kristopher Bastien, the rights to a negotiation list player and the 15th-overall 2015 draft pick. HOCKEY National Hockey League ARIZONA COYOTES — Recalled F Greg Carey from Gwinnett (ECHL) to Portland (AHL). CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS — Acquired D Gustav Forsling from Vancouver for D Adam Clendening. ST. LOUIS BLUES — Announced the retirement of G Martin Brodeur, who will remain with the club as a senior adviser. WINNIPEG JETS — Recalled G Jussi Olkinuora from Ontario (ECHL) to St. John’s (AHL). American Hockey League AHL — Announced the Anaheim Ducks will purchase the Norfolk Admirals and relocate to San Diego; the Adirondack Flames will relocate to Stockton, Calif.; the Oklahoma City Barons will relocate to Bakersfield, Calif.; the Manchester Monarchs will relocate to Ontario, Calif.; and the Worcester Sharks will relocate to San Jose, Calif.

LEHIGH VALLEY PHANTOMS — Loaned G Martin Ouellette to Reading (ECHL). ROCHESTER AMERICANS — Recalled F Allan McPherson from Elmira (ECHL). WORCESTER SHARKS — Recalled D Kyle Bigos from Ontario (ECHL). ECHL ALASKA ACES — Released D Scott Warner. ALLEN AMERICANS — Added G Josh Trimberger as emergency backup. ELMIRA JACKALS — Loaned G Travis Fullerton to Rochester (AHL). Added G Justin Sand as emergency backup. FLORIDA EVERBLADES — Traded F John McInnis to Orlando for D Gleason Fournier. TULSA OILERS — Released F Steve Mele. OLYMPIC SPORTS USA TABLE TENNIS — Elected Peter Sudner chairman. SOCCER Major League Soccer NEW YORK CITY FC — Named Tom Glick president. Announced the resignation of chief business officer Tim Pernetti, effective March 9. ORLANDO CITY SC — Named Fred Pollastri senior vice-president and Diogo Kotscho director of business development. TORONTO FC — Signed M Benoit Cheyrou. North American Soccer League ARMADA FC — Signed M Pascal Millien and G David Sierra.

Red Deer Ramada, 2:30 p.m., Kinex; Southwest at Olds, 3:45 p.m.; Taber at Sylvan Lake, 5:45 p.m. ● WHL: Prince Albert at Red Deer, 7 p.m., Centrium. ● AJHL: Drumheller at Olds, 7 p.m. ● Heritage junior B hockey: Stettler at Red Deer, 8 p.m., Arena; Airdrie at Three Hills, 8 p.m.

Sunday

● Speed skating: Alberta Open long track meet at Golden Circle oval. ● Peewee AA hockey: Sylvan Lake at Red Deer Parkland, 11:30 a.m., Kinsmen A; Lethbridge White at Olds, 12:15 p.m.; Bow Valley at Lacombe, 3 p.m. ● Major bantam hockey: Calgary Bisons at Red Deer Black, noon, Arena. ● Major midget girls hockey: Peace Country at Red Deer, 12:45 p.m., Collicutt Centre. ● Bantam AA hockey: Sylvan Lake at Red Deer Ramada, 2 p.m., Kinsmen A; Southwest at Lacombe, 2 p.m.; Taber at Olds, 2:45 p.m. ● Midget AA hockey: Olds at Red Deer Elks, 2:45 p.m., Arena; Foothills at Lacombe, 4:30 p.m.

Football Seattle 28, Green Bay 22, OT New England 45, Indianapolis 7

NFL Playoffs Wild-card Playoffs Saturday, Jan. 3 Carolina 27, Arizona 16 Baltimore 30, Pittsburgh 17 Sunday, Jan. 4 Indianapolis 26, Cincinnati 10 Dallas 24, Detroit 20

Pro Bowl Sunday, Jan. 25 At Glendale, Ariz. Team Irvin 32, Team Carter 28 Super Bowl Sunday, Feb. 1 At Glendale, Ariz. New England vs. Seattle, 4:30 p.m.

Divisional Playoffs Saturday, Jan. 10 New England 35, Baltimore 31 Seattle 31, Carolina 17 Sunday, Jan. 11 Green Bay 26, Dallas 21 Indianapolis 24, Denver 13

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Conference Championships Sunday, Jan. 18

Basketball National Basketball Association EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct GB Toronto 31 15 .674 — Brooklyn 18 27 .400 12 1/2 Boston 16 28 .364 14 Philadelphia 9 37 .196 22 New York 9 38 .191 22 1/2 Southeast Division W L Pct GB Atlanta 38 8 .826 — Washington 31 16 .660 7 1/2 Miami 20 25 .444 17 1/2 Charlotte 19 27 .413 19 Orlando 15 34 .306 24 1/2 Central Division W L Pct GB Chicago 30 17 .638 — Cleveland 27 20 .574 3 Milwaukee 24 22 .522 5 1/2 Detroit 17 30 .362 13 Indiana 17 31 .354 13 1/2 WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division W L Pct GB Memphis 34 12 .739 — Houston 32 14 .696 2 San Antonio 30 17 .638 4 1/2 Dallas 30 17 .638 4 1/2 New Orleans 24 22 .522 10 Northwest Division W L Pct GB Portland 32 14 .696 — Oklahoma City 23 23 .500 9 Denver 19 28 .404 13 1/2 Utah 16 30 .348 16 Minnesota 8 37 .178 23 1/2 Pacific Division W L Pct GB Golden State 36 7 .837 — L.A. Clippers 32 14 .696 5 1/2 Phoenix 27 20 .574 11 Sacramento 16 28 .364 20 1/2

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Wednesday’s Games Philadelphia 89, Detroit 69 Cleveland 99, Portland 94 Toronto 119, Sacramento 102 Denver 93, New Orleans 85 Houston 99, Dallas 94 Minnesota 110, Boston 98 Atlanta 113, Brooklyn 102 New York 100, Oklahoma City 92 San Antonio 95, Charlotte 86 L.A. Clippers 94, Utah 89 Phoenix 106, Washington 98 Thursday’s Games Milwaukee 115, Orlando 100 Indiana 103, New York 82 Memphis 99, Denver 69 Chicago at L.A. Lakers, late Friday’s Games Minnesota at Philadelphia, 5 p.m. Portland at Atlanta, 5:30 p.m. Houston at Boston, 5:30 p.m. Toronto at Brooklyn, 5:30 p.m. Sacramento at Cleveland, 5:30 p.m. L.A. Clippers at New Orleans, 6 p.m. Dallas at Miami, 6 p.m. Golden State at Utah, 7 p.m. Chicago at Phoenix, 8:30 p.m. Saturday’s Games Toronto at Washington, 5 p.m. Dallas at Orlando, 5 p.m. Sacramento at Indiana, 5 p.m. Philadelphia at Atlanta, 5:30 p.m. Houston at Detroit, 5:30 p.m. Oklahoma City at Memphis, 6 p.m. Cleveland at Minnesota, 6 p.m. Portland at Milwaukee, 6:30 p.m. Charlotte at Denver, 7 p.m. L.A. Clippers at San Antonio, 7 p.m. Phoenix at Golden State, 8:30 p.m.

Golf PGA-Phoenix Open Thursday At TPC Scottsdale, Stadium Course Scottsdale, Ariz. Purse: $6.3 million Yardage: 7,266; Par: 71 (35-36) Partial First Round Ryan Palmer 33-31 Keegan Bradley 32-33 Bubba Watson 34-31 Zach Johnson 33-33 Robert Streb 32-34 Ben Martin 31-35 Martin Laird 32-34 Graham DeLaet 34-33 Shawn Stefani 33-34 James Hahn 33-34 Angel Cabrera 33-34 Justin Leonard 32-35 William McGirt 35-32 Brendon de Jonge 34-33 Michael Thompson 35-32 Jamie Donaldson 34-34 Seung-Yul Noh 35-33 Jonas Blixt 31-37 Aaron Baddeley 34-34 Freddie Jacobson 33-35 Chris Stroud 34-34 J.B. Holmes 36-32 Geoff Ogilvy 32-36 Brian Harman 34-34 Rory Sabbatini 35-33 K.J. Choi 33-35 Martin Flores 34-35 Ryan Moore 35-34 Hunter Mahan 33-36 Phil Mickelson 32-37 Russell Henley 34-35 Charley Hoffman 35-34 Boo Weekley 36-33 Russell Knox 35-34 Carlos Ortiz 33-36 Charlie Beljan 31-38

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Tennis Semifinals Andy Murray (6), Britain, def. Tomas Berdych (7), Czech Republic, 6-7 (6), 6-0, 6-3, 7-5. Women Semifinals Maria Sharapova (2), Russia, def. Ekaterina Makarova (10), Russia, 6-3, 6-2. Serena Williams (1), United States, def. Madison Keys, United States, 7-6 (5), 6-2.

Australian Open Thursday At Melbourne Park Melbourne, Australia Purse: $32.9 million (Grand Slam) Surface: Hard-Outdoor

Transactions Thursday’s Sports Transactions BASEBALL MLB PLAYERS ASSOCIATION — Named Omar Minaya senior adviser to the executive director. American League BOSTON RED SOX — Agreed to terms with OF/1B Daniel Nava on a one-year contract. LOS ANGELES ANGELS — Agreed to terms with 3B David Freese on a one-year contract. SEATTLE MARINERS — Agreed to terms with C John Baker on a minor league contract. National League MIAMI MARLINS — Designated RHP Arquimedes Caminero for assignment. PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES — Agreed to terms with RHP Chad Billingsley on a one-year contract. Designated LHP Cesar Jimenez for assignment. SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS — Released 2B Marco Scutaro. FOOTBALL National Football League CLEVELAND BROWNS — Named Joker Phillips wide receivers coach. NEW YORK JETS — Named Rex Hogan senior director of college scouting. PHILADELPHIA EAGLES — Named Ed Marynowitz vice-president of player personnel. SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS — Named Tom Gamble senior personnel executive. WASHINGTON REDSKINS — Named Chad Grimm defensive quality control coach.

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Different methods, same results SUPER BOWL COACHES BELICHICK AND CARROLL HAVE DIFFERENT STYLES BUT HAVE BUILT THEIR TEAMS ON A FOUNDATION OF UNFLINCHING CANDOUR INSIDE THEIR LOCKER AND MEETING ROOMS BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOENIX — Put Bill Belichick behind a microphone and he’s C-SPAN — minus the information. Pete Carroll is more like a Lifetime movie. Or, as defensive lineman Michael Bennett puts it, “He has that Benjamin Button effect on everyone.” The Super Bowl coaches approach their obligations to the public and media from opposite ends. Belichick, coaching for his fourth championship in New England, is dry, offers little to no insight and rarely makes anyone laugh. Carroll, looking for his second straight title, is a high-fiving, fist-bumping extrovert who started one of his news conferences this week with a welcoming, “What’s up?!?” Different styles have produced similar results, though. Belichick is making his sixth Super Bowl appearance as a head coach and his Patriots are as close as there is to a dynasty in the current NFL. Carroll’s team is being mentioned as a possible dynasty, as well, and that notion will only gain steam if the Seahawks win Sunday and become the first back-to-back champions since, who else?, New England in 2003-04. Dissimilar as they are, they have both built their teams on a foundation of unflinching candour inside their locker and meeting rooms — a quality Carroll brings to some of his public speaking, but one that Belichick eschews. “What you see on TV is what you get, pretty much, from the two,” said Patriots cornerback Brandon Browner, who previously played for Carroll in Seattle. “They have similarities too, though. Their football IQ is way up there. They are so different, but at the same time they’re the same. That’s why they both have succeeded at this level.” Over his 15 years in New England, Belichick has made it increasingly difficult for anyone outside of Patriots Nation to love him. Nobody likes a boring cheater, and that is how he’s sometimes portrayed. It’s all summed up in his handling of the controversy of Super Bowl week — Deflategate — a subject he has refused to talk about since Saturday, when he held a news conference to deny wrongdoing and announce he was moving on. “We’re just focused on Seattle this week,” he’s said, repeating some version of that time and again. A much fuller picture of the coach was painted in the 2013 NFL Network production “A Football Life,” which gave an inside and genuinely absorbing look at the coach — miked up and behind the scenes during what turned out to be a disappointing 2009 season. “Hard not to get choked up about it,” Belichick said, barely controlling the tears as he toured his old stomping grounds, the old Giants Stadium, where he won his first two Super Bowl rings as New York’s defensive co-ordinator. “I spent a lot of hours in that

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New England Patriots head coach Bill Belichick (right) watches from the sideline during an NFL football game. When the cameras are on, New England coach Bill Belichick is the perfect antidote to insomnia. Seattle’s Pete Carroll (left) gets all touchy feely. But for all the differences, each has used his style to build an intense brand of team loyalty. room.” One trait his old boss, Bill Parcells, turned into an art was figuring out how to get the most from each of his players by treating them individually. It’s not a trait Belichick shares, at least in the sense that no one seems to get the Superstar Treatment in New England: High-priced cornerback Darrelle Revis got sent home one day for being late for a meeting. Jonas Gray ran for 201 yards in a win against Indianapolis but has barely been heard from again after showing up late for a meeting. “He’s done a good job of treating everybody fairly, treating everybody the same,” said Patriots linebacker Rob Ninkovich. “If something goes wrong, he makes sure we know about it. It’s all about knowing how to get the best out of everybody.” Carroll does the same thing — just differently. Quirky as they come, he once said a book that guided many of his core philosophies was, “The Inner Game of Tennis,” a 1974 self-help manuscript by W. Timothy Callwey that is about finding “the state of ’relaxed concentration’ that helps you play your best.” It’s also about tennis, but “the stuff really resonated,” Carroll said in an interview while he was coaching Southern California. In keeping with the touchy-feely theme, he has repeatedly made it clear this week that he respects

the individuality of his players — from Richard Sherman, who is willing to speak on just about everything, to Marshawn Lynch, who doesn’t want to talk about anything. The coach’s willingness to bend, however, does not mean he deviates from the consistent routine he established when he came to Seattle after nine years at USC. Wednesdays are “Competition Wednesdays.” Thursdays are “Turnover Thursdays.” And so on. “He’s got a philosophy he stays true to,” said offensive line coach Tom Cable. “For a lot of us who’ve coached a long time, we’ve been around a lot of great teachers, but their philosophies can go up and down. For him, he’s the way he is every day.” Patriots owner Robert Kraft, who hired Carroll back in 1997, then Belichick in 2000, called his former coach, “pretty special to be around. A lot of fun.” He feels he set Carroll back by not giving him the full control he wanted, and the owner adjusted his style when he made the next hire. Everyone benefited: Belichick and the Patriots — and Carroll and Seattle. There’s no big mystery to all this coaching success, Belichick insists. “It’s about players making the plays that your team needs to win,” he said. “I think as a coach, you want to make sure you don’t screw that up.”

Seahawks’ Lynch bucking the system his own way PHOENIX—On Wednesday cabin manifesto. Seattle Seahawks defensive end On Media Day and again Michael Bennett said to a re- on Wednesday at the sprawlporter with a too-close tape re- ing Arizona Grand resort, the corder, “Can you get that away horde of cameras and reporters from my face?” You would have surrounding Lynch was as big done the same thing, no prob- or bigger than anybody else’s. lem. Bennett, by First they gathered the way, is a riot. about his table; then He answers questhey gathered around a tions thoughtfully, podium, where Lynch hilariously, over had been moved due to and over. He’s a the crowd. star. Lynch then said, “I look at it as a “Ain’t nothin’ changed business,” Bennett since yesterday. I’m said about speakstill the same person ing to the media. I was yesterday. I got “I’ve got three the same thing for you daughters. That’s that I had yesterday.” three weddings!” And Lord, the way BRUCE M a r s h a w n some people are reARTHUR Lynch, meanwhile acting. Here is one of . . . well, Marshawn the fruitless questions has decided not to shouted at Lynch on answer questions Wednesday. this year. Last year “Why do you have to he answered questions. This be a jerk with us?” year, on Media Day he said “I’m Spare me, you gormless twits. just here so I don’t get fined,” 29 He is being a bit of a jerk, but times. Wednesday, at the much the world is full of jerks, inless circus-like Seattle media cluding some members of the session, he kept saying, “You media, who chased Lynch out know why I’m here.” of the room snapping pictures OK, let’s get this out of the and rolling footage like he was way: As a journalist, I like it a member of the Royal Family. when people answer my ques- He has become footage. He has tions as honestly as possible. It made himself a dancing bear helps me do my job. I appreci- who refuses to dance. ate it. Lynch’s grandfather once Look, there are some briltold the Los Angeles Times that liant reporters and columnists Marshawn laughs when he runs and broadcasters here, doing with all that rage. I’d like to ask great work. him about that. This much media, there (Also for the record, I gener- would have to be. And there ally don’t favour the media writ- are a ton of athletes who proing stories about the media. I vide thoughtful anhave . . . regrets.) swers, even to stuBut people, we are losing the pid questions. plot here, to the point where But there are alit’s less of a book and more of a so armies of vacant

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media whose questions are so basic they could be written in crayon, and clucking moralists who consider Lynch’s silence an affront to the fans who pay his salary. It’s a major topic to some. To some, it’s scandalous. This is a scandal? THIS IS A SCANDAL? IN THE NFL? (Sorry, got to yelling there. It’s OK, it’s good. Deep breath, glass of water. Every question of mine, by the way, is as perfect as a snowflake. Except when they’re stupid.) Come ON. Within the last 12 months the NFL has settled a class-action concussion settlement featuring one-third of its retired players on terms that are borderline criminal. It has ignored, then attempted to ignore, then perhaps actively covered up its response to domestic violence. On Wednesday a Boston University study of 42 retired players showed that those who began playing before age 12 performed “significantly worse” in verbal IQ, reasoning and planning and memory. The NFL promotes youth football. Huh. Commissioner Roger Goodell’s talking once this week, by the way. Guess how honest he’ll be. You want to get outraged? There are better options. The list goes on, and on, and eventually hits the actual potential cheating thing the Patriots won’t talk about this week. Every time a Deflategate question is asked, the Patriots, led by coach Bill Belichick, talk about being fo-

cused on Seattle. He goes relatively unhounded. And for that matter, by the way, the fact that some of us are trusting Goodell to enforce the rules, lay down the law, keep players in line — I mean, that’s insane, right? Maybe we just woke up from a coma. Now, you can argue that for a guy who once told NFL.com’s Mike Silver that he didn’t like talking because he didn’t like making it all about him, he’s doing a pretty good job of making it all about him. And you can note that Lynch talked to Maxim and E! about his clothing line, which the NFL may yet fine him for wearing to these non-appearances. He’s doing ads for Skittles, and for Progressive. He’s a counterculture star. But that’s the game in the age of sports celebrity, and Lynch is laughing as he plays. As Seahawks coach Pete Carroll said, Lynch is “not being what everybody wants him to be.” As Bennett said, “The media is always getting played. The media is part of the system.” The media is spoon-fed press releases here, fed, feted. We get a police escort to go talk to football players, for god’s sake. It’s both convenient and absurd. Marshawn Lynch is becoming a hero to some people because few care if athletes talk to the media, but more, because he’s telling the system to go to hell. In the NFL, this is rarely, if ever, a bad thing.

Tom Brady says he slept through second fire alarm in three nights at Patriots hotel CHANDLER, Ariz. — A fire alarm sounded for the second time in three nights at the hotel where the New England Patriots are staying for the Super Bowl. Quarterback Tom Brady says he didn’t hear it and slept through it. The Sheraton Wild Horse Pass Resort & Spa says the early morning false alarm on Thursday lasted two minutes and went off in one wing. It says the alarm was caused by a stairwell smoke head and was being investigated. It also says the alarm had no major impact on guests and there were no evacuations or injuries. There was another false alarm at the hotel on the team’s first night and tight end Rob Gronkowski said he slept through it. The Patriots play the Seattle Seahawks in the Super Bowl on Sunday night.

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Woods chips and sputters at Phoenix Open BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Tiger Woods helped attract a record, raucous crowd to the Phoenix Open on Thursday, the first big event in a week that concludes with the Super Bowl. They didn’t see much of a game — at least not from Woods. In his first appearance at the TPC Scottsdale in 14 years — and only his second tournament in six months — Woods couldn’t hit the green with three chip shots and was near the bottom of the leaderboard until two key shots on the back nine salvaged a 2-over 73. It was the first time in his career that Woods shot over par in his first round of the year. And he already was nine shots behind Ryan Palmer, who opened with a 7-under 64 to build a one-shot lead when play was suspended by darkness. “This is my second tournament in six months, so I just need tournament rounds like this where I can fight through it, turn it around, grind through it and make adjustments on the fly,” Woods said. He was 5 over through 11 holes when Woods hit a 5-iron to a foot for a tap-in eagle on the 13th hole. After making it through the par-3 16th hole, where he twice had to back off shots when someone shouted as he stood over the ball, he hit his best drive of the day that bounded onto the green at the par-4 17th and set up a two-putt birdie. The fans didn’t seem to mind. They were happy to see golf’s biggest star at their outdoor party for the first time since 2001, back when Woods was No. 1 in the world and headed for an unprecedented sweep of the majors. The attendance was 118,461 — more than the Super Bowl will get on Sunday — and broke the Thursday record at the Phoenix Open by just over 30,000. What they saw was a player who suddenly has developed grave issues

with his short game — particularly his chipping. Woods is working with a new swing consultant, Chris Como, who is not in Phoenix this week. He still has trouble taking his game from the practice range to the golf course, which is nothing new. But when he last played, at the Hero World Challenge, what stood out was a series of chips that he either stubbed or bladed. Two months later, nothing changed. The focus on Woods quickly shifted from a chipped tooth to simply his chipping. Woods twice chipped with 4-irons, which he called my “old-school shots from Augusta.” On two other occasions, one after a chip he knocked across and over the green, he opted for a putter. It wasn’t a bad play, but it used to be rare to see Woods choose to putt from the fairway instead of chip. He attributed it to the change in his swing. “I’m just having a hard time finding the bottom,” Woods said. “Because of my old pattern, I was so steep on it that I have a new grind on my wedge and sometimes it’s hard to trust. Some of my shots were into the green with tight pins and either I’ll flop it or bump it, one of the two. I chose to bump it.” Palmer was 10-under par through 10 holes last week in the Humana Challenge and settled for a 61. He was 7 under through 12 holes on Thursday and then closed with six straight pars for a 64. That gave him a one-shot lead over Keegan Bradley, who made seven birdies in the morning, and Masters champion Bubba Watson, whose tee shot on the 17th hole rolled a few inches from the cup and settled 4 feet away. Woods was in the group ahead of him, and it’s customary for players to step aside when they’re on the 17th green to let the others hit their tee shots. Woods smiled when Watson approached and told him, “Good shot.”

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Tiger Woods hits out of the rough on the 11th hole during the first round of the Phoenix Open golf tournament, Thursday, in Scottsdale, Ariz. Watson also got caught up in the crowd, a benefit of playing so close to Woods. “I could feel his crowd was really big,” Watson said. “You could feel it, the energy, even with the weather the way it was. People still showed up. People still had a blast. And obviously, Tiger created a lot of that.” Bradley could sense it, too, even though he played on the opposite side of the draw. Bradley finished his round on No. 9 and hit what he thought was a great approach, except that he wasn’t sure because no one was clapping. He turned to his caddie and asked him if it went over the green, or maybe even short of the green. And then he walked up to the green and saw it was 10 feet

away. That’s when the light came on. “Tiger was on the second green. No one was watching me,” Bradley said with a laugh. “It’s just amazing to see the draw that Tiger has. Wow, there was a lot of people.” They saw some good golf — just not very often from Woods. The crowd rose to its feet as Woods walked from the putting green to the first tee, and the anticipation began to build when the starter announced him as the winner of 79 PGA Tour events and 14 majors. He had 24 wins and five majors the last time he played. And then Woods sent his tee shot off the backyard wall of a house and back into the desert. He made the turn in 39 — his age.

Alberta’s Roque closing in on another junior championship bec’s Emilia Gagne (4-5) while New Brunswick took an extra end to beat Ontario’s Chelsea Brandwood (6-3) 9-7. Meanwhile, the defending men’s champion, Braden Calvert of Manitoba, took another step toward a title defence with a 5-4 victory over Northern Ontario’s Tanner Horgan (4-5). Manitoba improved to 8-1 with the win and can clinch a berth in Sunday’s men’s gold-medal game with a win Friday against Alberta’s Karsten Sturmay (7-2). “Its nice to go out there tomorrow knowing that we can control our destiny,” said Calvert. “We’ll be fired up to play Alberta, for sure. I think we’re

a lot more calm this year going into our final (round-robin) game. Last year I think we were more nervous. We’re a lot more calm in this environment this year.” In the other men’s championship round competition, 2014 silver-medallist Rene Comeau of New Brunswick improved to 8-2 and is guaranteed of a tiebreaker berth with a 7-5 triumph over B.C.’s Paul Henderson (5-5). In men’s seeding round play to determine the pool rankings for the 2016 Canadian juniors, P.E.I.’s Tyler Smith (4-4) beat Newfoundland/Labrador’s Greg Smith (3-6) 10-5.

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CORNER BROOK, N.L. — Kelsey Rocque finds herself on the verge of joining elite company at the Canadian junior curling championships. The 20-year-old Edmonton native has claimed a spot in the women’s gold-medal game after Alberta defeated Nova Scotia’s Mary Fay 8-3 on Thursday. Rocque is looking to become just the fourth skip in the event’s history to win back-to-back women’s titles. “It’s pretty crazy right now, it hasn’t really set in,” said Rocque, whose Ed-

monton team of third Danielle Schmiemann, second Holly Jamieson and lead Jessica Ilesran ran its record to 9-0. “But I couldn’t ask to be in a better place. We’re super happy right now.” Alberta will close out round-robin play on Friday morning against New Brunswick’s Justine Comeau (5-4) before starting preparations for Saturday’s gold-medal match. Rocque hopes to join Cathy King (1977, 1978), Suzanne Birt (2001, 2002) and Kaitlyn Lawes (2008, 2009) as backto-back champions. In other women’s action, Saskatchewan’s Kristen Streifel (5-4) hit for three in the 10th end for a 8-7 win over Que-

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Diaz continues to do things his own way MUCH TO UFC’S FRUSTRATION BY THE CANADIAN PRESS Nick Diaz got a hug the other night, out of the blue. A male fan came up to the oft-prickly UFC fighter on the street and showed him some love. “Somebody just walked up and hugged me,” Diaz recalled. “I figured I know this person, I live in a small town. Then it was like ’I don’t know this person at all.’ “I’ve got to deal with that.” The 31-year-old bad boy from Stockton, Calif., wasn’t really complaining. Pressed on the issue, he conceded the happy stranger was a “nice guy” and “a huge fan.” “He gave me the hug first before he told me that,” Diaz said with a laugh. “But he was really excited, he really was a big fan. And I appreciated he wasn’t weird or nothing. He was just a fan.” It speaks volumes about Diaz that the former Strikeforce champion attracts such a following despite often refusing to play by the rules and showing a snarling persona rather than a smile. There are two kinds of Diaz watchers: those who applaud his “I don’t give a damn attitude” and those who tune in hoping he will have the trash talk beaten out of him by his opponent. For the UFC, that’s two fan bases in one and helps explain why it keeps going back to what amounts to a six-foot walking headache. UFC president Dana White was reaching for the aspirin again this week when Diaz failed to show up for a public workout session Wednesday ahead of his UFC 183 showdown Saturday with former middleweight champion Anderson Silva. It’s the first fight for the 39-year-old Silva (33-6) since he suffered a gruesome leg injury in a loss to title-holder Chris Weidman at UFC 168 in Decem-

ber 2013. Diaz (27-9-1) had elected not to get on his scheduled flight, the UFC later explained. The fighter landed in Las Vegas later Wednesday but not before White tweeted a photo of a milk carton with Diaz’s face on the side. White said this week that a film crew dispatched to Diaz’s home for the “UFC Embedded” video series had been unable to find him. This is a fighter who was pulled from a UFC 137 title bout with thenwelterweight champion Georges StPierre after refusing to show up for press conferences. He once brawled with fellow fighter Joe (Diesel) Riggs in the hospital after their UFC 57 showdown. Diaz has also been suspended twice for positive marijuana tests. Diaz told the Nevada State Athletic Commission after the most recent failed drug test that he had been prescribed a medical marijuana card to help deal with his ADHD (attention deficit hyperactivity disorder). When Diaz did fight St-Pierre at UFC 158, he showed off his chatty side by launching into a stream of consciousness monologue of which White later said “(In terms of) craziness, that was a 10 out of 10.” “He is a fascinating human being, very tough to figure out,” White added. “What most people care about, he does not. He’s a very unique individual.” Younger brother Nate is equally abrasive. His signature win involved flexing his muscles and displaying two middle fingers while opponent Kurt Pellegrino was locked in a triangle choke. After losing to GSP, Nick Diaz had reporters and White shaking their heads when the fighter confessed: “I’ve never paid taxes in my life, I’m probably going to go to jail.” Diaz, a black belt in jiu-jitsu with slick boxing skills, has also admitted

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UFC fighter Nick Diaz flexes during the weight-in for UFC 158 in Montreal on March 15, 2013. Nick Diaz got a hug the other night, out of the blue. A male fan came up to the oft-prickly welterweight on the street and showed him some love. It speaks volumes about the UFC fighter that he attracts such a following despite often refusing to play by the rules and showing a snarling persona rather a smile. Diaz returns to the limelight Saturday night in Las Vegas when he faces former middleweight champion Anderson Silva in the main event of UFC 183. he doesn’t much like fighting for a living. “It’s pretty rough. I don’t recommend anybody to be a fighter,” he said last July. “Fighting is not something I enjoy doing. It’s something I do that I feel I have to do and that’s just the way it is.” “I don’t like to hurt anybody,” he added. “I’m a non-violent person.” And yet when he is in the cage, he usually belittles his opponents with a torrent of trash-talk. Diaz, whose workout regimen includes triathlons, has fought at both welterweight (170 pounds) and middleweight (185). He says he walks around

at close to 200 pounds and that making 170 has been “pretty rough”’ in the past. For all his quirks, the “UFC Primetime” show before his UFC 143 fight with Carlos (The Natural Born Killer) Condit showed Diaz as a loyal, singleminded athlete willing to dispense with the social niceties in search of excellence. Diaz often said he wants to be known as someone who “who kept it real.” But he does it while travelling a bumpy road. “Like my life’s a mess,” Diaz said in March 2013. “I’m not afraid to admit it.”

NHL farm teams move west in AHL’s new division TORONTO — Bob Murray was California dreaming about the American Hockey League’s new Pacific Division because the Anaheim Ducks’ general manager will be able to wake up and drive down the coast to see his minorleague team in San Diego. That’s impossible for Calgary Flames and Edmonton Oilers executives, but those Canadian NHL teams will also benefit from the AHL’s Westward relocation. The Flames will have their top affiliate in Stockton, Calif., and the Oilers in Bakersfield in an attempt to give those organizations better development and access to minorleague players. As part of the all-California cluster, the Los Angeles Kings will have a team in Ontario and the Sharks in their own arena in San Jose. “Us and Calgary don’t have the luxury that the California teams do, but the division is going to be highly competitive and that will be really good on the development side,” Oilers president Kevin Lowe said on a conference call Thursday. “From our perspective, it’s the proximity for the other teams within our own division and the benefit that we’ll get for our players in terms of having more practice days. That’s the biggest benefit.” The Flames’ AHL team currently resides in Glens Falls, N.Y., which is a drive to a major airport and then a long flight from Alberta. The Oilers’ AHL team is in Oklahoma City. San Jose’s AHL team is now in Worcester, Mass., Anaheim’s in Norfolk, Va., and Los Angeles’s in Manchester, N.H. One practical implication is that these teams can now recall players

from the AHL on shorter notice if injuries occur. “You can’t always control travel, but you would suspect in California you’ve got less of the travel issues as it relates to weather and those types of things,” Calgary GM Brad Treliving said in a phone interview. “The fact of the matter is it’s easier to get a body from Stockton, Calif., to Calgary than it is from the East Coast to Calgary, for a host of different reasons.” These five AHL teams will play fewer games than the current 76 on the schedule, which Lowe said was part of the deal in creating the Pacific Division. It’s unclear just how many there will be. “It’s going to drop, and the purpose of that is more emphasis on development and really to try to reduce completely the three (games) in three nights,” Lowe said. “Most people on the management side of hockey teams will suggest that it’s not great for development.” This idea has been bandied about for several years. Murray said at a news conference in San Jose that he and former GM Brian Burke talked about it as soon as they got to Anaheim. The Pacific Division is the first phase of trying to geographically balance out the AHL, which historically has been centred in the East. “I think it was just a matter of time,” Treliving said. “It’s taken a long time and it’s not an easy undertaking. There’s a lot of moving pieces here.” AHL president David Andrews called relocating five teams a complex process but one that “launches a new era for the American Hockey League and for professional hockey in California.” The Kings, Sharks and Ducks will get the benefit of having their teams in

the same state. San Jose’s AHL team will even share SAP Center with the Sharks, an arrangement no other organization currently has. The Toronto Maple Leafs’ top affiliate, the Marlies, are in the same city, and the Philadelphia Flyers once had the Phantoms in another arena across the parking lot. “Toronto’s a perfect example: There’s a benefit of being right there and there’s a reason why they moved their team to Toronto,” Treliving said. “A player pulls a groin in Toronto on a morning skate, you can get a guy to

drive across town.” Edmonton to Bakersfield and Calgary to Stockton isn’t that close, but it’s an improvement. Lowe estimated that the AHL’s Condors will have about 20 to 25 extra practices per season than the Barons had in Oklahoma City, when the closest opponent was a sixhour bus ride away. This isn’t a full-scale relocation as the Vancouver Canucks’ AHL team will remain in Utica, N.Y., and the Winnipeg Jets’ in St. John’s, N.L., for at least next season.

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Chase Elliott to replace Gordon next year NASCAR BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Chase Elliott will replace Jeff Gordon in the No. 24 Chevrolet when the four-time NASCAR champion gives up his seat at the end of this season. The announcement Thursday was expected because Elliott is the reigning Xfinity Series champion and one of NASCAR’s most promising young talents. Hendrick Motorsports had to find a seat for him at NASCAR’s top level or risk losing the 19-year-old to another organization in 2016. Gordon, who announced his plan last week to retire from full-time driving, told The Associated Press he believes Elliott is the perfect choice to replace him. “Chase is extraordinary,” Gordon told AP of Elliott, who is the youngest champion in the history of NASCAR’s second-tier series. Elliott will defend his Xfinity title his season with JR Motorsports. But Rick Hendrick will also prep him for his move into Gordon’s car by entering him in five Cup races, beginning at Martinsville in March. He’ll also run at Richmond, in the Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte, the Brickyard 400 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway and the Labor Day weekend event at Darlington. Elliott will drive the No. 25 Chevrolet with sponsorship from NAPA in this year’s limited Cup schedule. No sponsor was announced Thursday for his eventual Cup ride, but Elliott will be paired with Gordon’s current crew chief, Alan Gustafson, in 2016. “Chase brings the kind of intangi-

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In this Nov. 15, 2014 photo, Chase Elliott celebrates after winning the NASCAR Nationwide series championship in Homestead, Fla. Elliott will replace Jeff Gordon in the No. 24 Chevrolet when the four-time NASCAR champion gives up his seat at the end of this season. bles that make him the total package as a driver,” Rick Hendrick said. “Not only is he a special talent inside the race car, but there’s a natural combination of competitiveness, work ethic and smarts that you rarely see.” Confirmation that Elliott will replace one of NASCAR’s greatest drivers came the day before Elliott’s father, Bill, is to be inducted into the Hall of Fame. Known as “Awesome Bill from Dawsonville,” the Georgia native won the 1988 championship. He had 44 career Cup wins, including the

1985 Daytona 500. Now, the father and son duo will celebrate their accomplishments together in one week. Elliott will be feted by the industry Friday night during his induction, and his son cemented his future on Thursday. “My parents especially have believed in me every step of the way, and I know this wouldn’t be possible without all the sacrifices they’ve made to focus on my racing career. This is such a big week for our family,” Elliott said. “I know how rare this opportunity is

and will work as hard as I can to make everyone proud.” Chase Elliott will take over one of the most coveted rides in NASCAR, a seat that has been occupied by the driver with the third-most Cup wins in history since 1992. He will also join one of the most vaunted lineups in the sport: Along with Gordon, six-time champion Jimmie Johnson, Earnhardt Jr. and Kasey Kahne put all four of Hendrick’s cars in the 16-driver Chase for the Sprint Cup championship last season. Gordon made the strongest run at the title, falling just one point short of advancing to the championship round. He was eliminated roughly 24 hours after Elliott wrapped up the then-Nationwide Series championship. Gordon told AP there had been pressure on him from Hendrick to set a timeline on his future, not because Hendrick wanted him out of the car, but because the organization had to make long-term plans for Elliott. Between his aching back, and a desire to spend more time with his two young children, Gordon said Elliott’s rapid progression was also part of his decision. “That definitely has played a factor in the timing being right, because there’s no doubt Rick has put pressure on me and had discussions with me,” Gordon told AP. “Rick noted, ’We don’t have a driver that can fill the shoes and sponsors.’ He and I would go back and forth in these conversations, and we all kind of saw the timeline of Chase. As last season progressed and he was doing so well, it was obvious he was going to be ready for 2016. “It didn’t make my decision, but it helped me make my decision.” Elliott had three wins last season in the Xfinity Series, and 26 top-10 finishes in 33 starts.

From qualifier to leader at the LPGA Tour opener BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS OCALA, Fla. — Ha Na Jang went from qualifier to leader in just a few days at the LPGA season opener. And it surprised no one. The 22-year-old South Korean, ranked 21st in the world, shot a 7-under 65 in the second round of the Coates Golf Championship on Thursday and opened up a four-shot lead over Stacy Lewis heading into the third round. Jang has full status on the LPGA Tour. But because the opener isn’t a full-field event, she had to qualify last Saturday. Her extra time at Golden Golf & Ocala Equestrian Club certainly paid dividends. She made one bogey

in two rounds, and responded to that miscue with birdies on two of the next three holes. “I hope to play well these next two days so people get to know who I am,” Jang said through an interpreter. The start of the second round was delayed 90 minutes because of frost, and the interruption prevented 50 players from completing 18 holes. They will return Friday morning to finish. Jang might not want to wait to get back on the course. She sank a curl-in, 25-footer on her final hole in near-dark conditions to get to 12-under 132. Although Jang is technically a rookie, she has plenty of experience. Her best LPGA finish was third in the 2014 Evian Championship last year. She al-

so won six tournaments in five seasons on the KLPGA Tour and finished tied for 42nd at the Korean Women’s Open as a 12-year-old. Lewis, one of three players to shoot 66 in the opening round, was 8 under heading into Friday’s third round. “I just didn’t play quite as well today,” said Lewis, the first American since Betsy King in 1993 to sweep the Rolex player of the year award, the Vare Trophy and the money list title last season. World No. 2 Lydia Ko and Azahara Munoz were five back at 7 under. So were Angela Stanford and Austin Ernst, but they had holes to finish. “I was super rusty,” said Ko, who played with her left thumb taped. “For a moment, I didn’t even know if I would

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Five Red Deer residents were arrested and face more than 200 criminal charges following the police seizure of 16 firearms in the city. A variety of rifles and a couple of handguns believed to be stolen from area homes were found in two locations: in a vehicle pulled over by police in north Red Deer; and during a Jan. 23 search of a downtown Red Deer residence that’s close to Central Middle School and the temporary location of Annie L. Gaetz School. “We consider this a significant seizure,” said acting Insp. Chad Coles, of the Alberta Law Enforcement Response Team (ALERT), on Thursday. He believes that police diverted the guns from being used to commit crimes. “It’s important to get them off the street,” added Coles, who noted the trade in stolen firearms is increasing in the province and “it’s a concern for law enforcement and public safety.” Acting on a tip, a dozen officers from Red Deer City RCMP, K-Division and ALERT obtained a search warrant for a residence. They found a stash of weapons in the home, as well as ammunition, 28 grams of

methamphetamine and other stolen property. A male had been previously been arrested after his vehicle was pulled over in north Red Deer. Police found a handgun stashed in the driver’s side door panel and another wedged between the driver’s seat and centre console. The suspect was under a 10-year firearms prohibition. Joseph Daniel Swain, 30, faces numerous charges in relation to this incident. The four people arrested after the house search are: Joseph Russell Sinclair, 26, Stephanie Dawn Hughes, 31, Angie Faye Deneff, 33, and Amanda Dawn Fox, 31. The five suspects face a total of 230 charges related to drugs, guns and stolen property. ALERT continues to investigate the matter with the assistance of the RCMP’s national weapons enforcement support team. According to the Criminal Intelligence Service Alberta, there’s been nearly a 15-fold increase in break-ins to steal firearms in the province since 2008. That year, there were only 10 reported incidents. In 2013, there were 154 incidents. Coles said he isn’t sure why there’s a sharp increase in gun thefts, saying the trend needs to be studied. lmichelin@reddeeradvocate.com

Caring for rescued dogs puts pressure on local SPCA BY CRYSTAL RHYNO ADVOCATE STAFF The Red Deer and District SPCA is struggling to cover veterinary costs after taking in 40 rescued dogs from a rural Southern Alberta property. The animal care agency revealed on Thursday that it has been caring for the canines since late December. “We are working on all the dogs diligently right now so we can get them up for adoption as soon as possible,” said Amy Corpe, SPCA animal care manager/social worker. “Due to the condition they were in upon intake, our veterinary fees are just going through the roof right now. We have to pay for all them to be spayed and neutered, vaccinated, microchipped ... it costs a substantial amount of money. “Any kind of monetary donations to go to their care would be a huge assistance to us right now.” Supplies such as dog treats, wet food, pee pads, toys and bones would also be welcomed. “With this high volume of dogs, it’s putting all this extra work on us,” said Corpe. “And we still have to help the public and help all the other unwanted animals within our own community.

We can’t forget about that.” A total of 201 dogs were seized from a Milk River-area property in two stages in late December and January. Animal care agencies in places such as Calgary, Edmonton, Hinton and Red Deer have been nursing the dogs back to health. Klassic Kennel and Alberta Animal Services in Red Deer are helping 36 dogs combined. Corpe said the dogs arrived severely emaciated, covered with parasites, dirty and suffering from various medical ailments, including broken bones. Many dogs had open wounds on their bodies from fighting to survive. One dog with a broken leg may require surgery to amputate the leg. Corpe said the mix of adult Irish wolfhounds, sheepdogs, huskies, komondors and malamutes will need a lot of work before they are ready for new homes. About 12 puppies ranging between two weeks and five weeks old are receiving care. She said the recovery time for the dogs will be extensive. Two females — Cinder, an Irish wolfhound cross, and Caper, an akita husky cross — are ready to go to good homes. Corpe said residents are welcome to drop by the facility to see the dogs. Charges of neglect are expected to

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Amy Corpe, animal care manager at the Parkland SPCA in Red Deer, gives Gracie a sheep dog cross, some attention in the kennel on Thursday. Gracie, one of 40 dogs just taken in by the SPCA, had a broken front leg that has healed badly and may need to be amputated. be laid against a Milk River-area woman. To make a donation or to sponsor a specific dog, call 403-342-7722 or visit

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DNA evidence found in trash, Malley trial told A key piece of evidence that led to a financial advisor’s arrest in a bombmurder plot was obtained by sifting through garbage at a Wendy’s. Calgary Police Service Sgt. Sean McCully was a part of a team of officers who conducted a five-month intermittent surveillance of Brian Malley, a Red Deer Court of Queen’s Bench jury trial was told on Thursday. Malley, 57, is charged with first degree murder in the death of Victoria Shachtay, a quadriplegic single mother from Innisfail. Shachtay, 23, was killed when a bomb disguised as a Christmas present exploded as she opened it on Nov. 25, 2011. Malley was Shachtay’s financial advisor. She had given him $575,000 from a 2007 injury settlement to invest. She

was paralyzed in a 2004 car crash. By 2011, the money was gone, according to earlier testimony, and the Crown believes Malley had given Shachtay $44,000 of his own money from debit, credit and overdrafting his accounts. Malley was under covert police surveillance for eight to 10 days from January to May 2012, court heard on Thursday. He was arrested on May 25, 2012. As part of the surveillance, McCully followed Malley and his wife to dinner one night at Wendy’s restaurant. There the couple had a meal, sharing a beverage but using separate napkins. McCully entered the Wendy’s, carefully observing the Malleys. He testified that Malley would wipe his face with a napkin, neatly fold it and put it inside a french fry box. Malley’s wife would use a napkin, ball it up and place it on the plastic tray. McCully said he saw Malley put

their garbage into a waste receptacle. Once the couple left, McCully retrieved the napkins that Malley used from the garbage. The DNA on the napkins was later compared to items found in the bomb debris. Malley’s counsel Bob Aloneissi asked McCully for more details about the multi-day surveillance of his client. McCully agreed that it was very mundane and that police observed nothing of suspicion while following Malley. RCMP Const. Jordan St. Croix testified later on Thursday, describing how the items he seized at the blast scene were managed and maintained in the time between their collection, documentation and eventual mailing for DNA analysis to a laboratory in Ottawa. St. Croix, in his role as exhibit custodian, was charged with ensuring evidence exhibits were sealed and not tampered with on the scene. St. Croix also testified regarding

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items seized at both the Shachtay and Malley residences. Although gunpowder was found at Malley’s residence, earlier police testimony indicated that no other items for reloading shotgun shells was found. On Thursday, Aloneissi put it to St. Croix that spent shotgun shells were found and photographed at the Malley residence and showed pictures of one shell found underneath the stairs, where the powder was found, and several more spent shells in a box in the garage. These items were not seized by police. Shells and gunpowder were found at the home of Malley, who is a hunter. However, the other tools required to reload shotgun shells were not. The Court of Queen’s Bench trial before Justice Kirk Sisson continues today. It is expected to last several more weeks. mcrawford@reddeeradvocate.com

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BRIEFS Home invasion suspect fails to show for court date Police have been asked to track down and arrest a home invasion suspect who failed to show up for his trial on Thursday. Bradley Amos Erickson, 40, was one of three men arrested by Red Deer City RCMP investigating an incident in Riverside Meadows on Feb. 17, 2014. Police alleged at the time that three suspects pretended to be peace officers to gain entry to the home. They further alleged that the intent was to harm a man believed by one of the suspects to have been abusing his former girlfriend. Erickson, Kyle Brice Connon, 28, and Michael Wade Lawrence, 40, were arrested on charges including breaking and entering to commit an offence, armed assault, attempted robbery, forcible confinement, uttering threats, wearing a disguise to commit an offence, personating a peace officer and conspiring to commit a major crime. Out on bail, Erickson was scheduled to stand trial on Thursday before Judge Jim Glass in Red Deer provincial court, represented by Edmontonbased defence counsel Marvin Braun. The trial was postponed and Braun was excused as counsel when Erickson had not shown up after a wait of 40 minutes. Connon pleaded guilty on July 2, 2014, to a portion of the charges against him and was sentenced to seven years. Lawrence made a similar deal on Nov. 28 and was sentenced to four years.

Police release sketch of voyeur suspect Red Deer RCMP have released a composite drawing of a man who is suspected of trying to photograph a woman in a washroom stall on Jan. 14. A woman confronted a man after he stuck a cellphone under the door of a public washroom stall at the Collicutt Centre. The man said he was Sketch of Collicutt mistakenly in the wrong wash- voyeur suspect. room. He is described as Caucasian, with a short groomed beard. He was wearing a light coloured tuque, blue jeans and white shoes.

City garbage, wastewater rates set on Monday City council will set the Red Deer and regional rates for wastewater and garbage and recycling collection for 2015 on Monday. Second and third readings of the 2015 Utility Bylaw will be considered. Red Deer residents could on average face a 1.7 per cent increase on the overall utility bill. While the six communities — Innisfail, Penhold, Bowden, Olds, Mountain View County and Red Deer County — on the regional sewer line that connects to Red Deer will see about a 10-cent increase. The communities currently pay 70 cents per cubic metre

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As part of the Grade 8 science curriculum, students study cells and biological systems. Here, student Ethan Stuart from St. Francis of Assisi Middle School in Red Deer investigates the inner complexities of the common frog during their science lab. for treatment. The city proposes to bump the cost up to 80 cents this year to phase in a plan that will add about 10 cents the following year as well. The city did not allocate the costs of operating the plant correctly and must make up for the miscalculation so the costs are shared better.

iPads stolen from Walmart, police seek public’s help Police are searching for a man who stole eight iPads from the north Red Deer Walmart on Jan. 24. Police say the suspect tampered with the lock on a display case, removed eight iPads and left the store shortly after 1 p.m. The iPads are valued at approximately $5,780. The suspect is described as Caucasian man of average height with short blonde hair. Anyone with information that may assist the police is asked to call Red Deer RCMP at 403-343-5575. To remain anonymous, call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 or report it online.

Owners, not dogs must pay Lacombe County fine Lacombe County’s misbehaving dogs can growl sighs of relief. They won’t be on the hook for tickets for breaking the rules. Their owners, however, better be prepared to dig into their wallets if ticketed. The county tweaked its dog control bylaw on Thursday to fix a few flaws. Among them was better wording to make it clear that owners, not dogs themselves, are liable for breaking the rules under the regulations section. Definitions for violation tags and tickets were also added for clarity. This was the first review of the by-

law since 2008. Penalties remain unchanged. They range from $75 for a dog at large to $250 for a dog that bites, attacks or takes a run at a person or animal.

The fate of Mirror’s abandoned curling rink will soon be determined. Curlers last threw rocks in the 54-year-old building in 2011 and it has sat empty since. Lacombe County council was told on Thursday that there have been some informal expressions of interest in purchasing the building, but no solid offers have materialized so far. County commissioner Terry Hager said the building remains in good shape, but it is likely only a matter of time before the county-owned building is vandalized or damaged by fire. The building and land are assessed at $138,740. Equipment such as the ice plant and vending machines have some value for resale. Demolishing the rink would cost about $50,000. Some potential exists to convert the rink for another purpose, such as commercial use, although rezoning would be required. County councillors were reluctant to go ahead with any kind of demolition plans without giving the community a last chance to find a use for the building. Coun. Brenda Knight supported sending a message out in the County News requesting proposals for the building from the public. “I think that it has to be clear that this is the last opportunity,” she said. Hager said whatever ideas come forward, they must be community driven, funded and operated. The county will wait two months to see what comes forward before deciding its next step.

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Workers with Shunda Construction unload building materials into a second story window of the Metropolitan Block building on Little Gaetz Avenue in Red Deer on Thursday.

Metropolitan Block will have a traditional layout after renovation NOT THE ORIGINAL CONCEPT OF 10 COMMERCIAL UNITS BY HARLEY RICHARDS ADVOCATE BUSINESS EDITOR Plans to put multiple commercial tenants into a downtown heritage building have been scrapped in favour of a more traditional layout. Red Deer businessmen Paul Harris and Terry Warke are renovating the former Metropolitan department store building at 4915 Gaetz Ave. They intend to lease the first floor to commercial tenants and develop residential condominiums on the second floor, with these to be sold. Their original concept was to partition the ground level into 10 commercial units, ranging in size from 100 to 400 square feet. Harris said previously that this would open the door for small retailers and other businesses that might not want or be able to afford a large bay. On Thursday, he confirmed that the main level is now being developed into two commercial bays, with each containing about 1,700 square feet. He explained that the city raised a number of building code issues related to their plan. “They had a whole bunch of extra demands that would have increased the cost way beyond what was feasible. “We can’t fit a square peg into a round hole.” Both commercial bays now contemplated in the design will have direct access to Gaetz Avenue, with those two entrances consistent with the original look of the 1938 building. “We think we’re going to be able to restore the original tile work that was in each of those entrance ways,” said Harris, adding that other restoration work is planned. “We’re putting the black marble back on the front of the building, we’re putting awnings back on; so there’s a number of things that we’re doing that are more the way it was when it was originally built.”

Other enhancements are being added: Juliet balconies with wrought iron enclosures, and new windows and doors. There will be six residential condos on the second floor, with these ranging from studio units to two-bedroom apartments, and from 400 to 800 square feet, said Harris. He anticipates that both the commercial and residential spaces will be available for occupancy this spring. Discussions with prospective tenants for the two commercial bays are already underway, said Harris, who favours retail or food-oriented uses. “We’re not interested in office space,” he said, pointing out that this wouldn’t enhance the downtown as much as uses that draw more people. “We need to get more retailers and residential and food and beverage places open.” Response to the project has been favourable, said Harris. “I think it’s going to be a good example of what can be done with old buildings. There are other old buildings on that street that easily could be turned into something similar if somebody had the motivation to do it.” The name of the building has yet to be finalized, although it’s currently known as the Metropolitan Block. Harris expects the word Metropolitan to remain in the name. It originally operated as Metropolitan department store, but later served as a surplus store, a sporting goods store and finally a dollar store called Loonie Lane. Harris and Warke also own the downtown retail shop Sunworks Home & Garden, and Harris is a city councillor. Additional information about the Metropolitan building and leasing or purchasing options there can be obtained by contacting Harris at Sunworks. hrichards@reddeeradvocate.com

Weak energy sector, low interest rates behind loonie’s slow slide CANADIAN ECONOMY BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — The Canadian dollar continued its slide south on Thursday, dipping below the 80-cent US mark to its lowest level in nearly six years. Canada’s major banks are forecasting the loonie to continue on its downward path — a trajectory that will likely alter what sectors of the economy see the decline as a positive or a negative. “There’s always winners and losers when the currency sits at any given level,” said Avery Shenfeld, chief economist for CIBC World Markets. Shenfeld said the lower dollar should provide a boost to the Canadian export sector and improve job prospects. On the flip side, Shenfeld noted the weaker loonie will make it more expensive for Canadians to buy imported goods and to travel abroad. The Canadian dollar fell again Thursday to 79.3 cents US, its lowest value since April 2009. CIBC released a report Thursday that predicts the Canadian dollar to bottom out at 77 cents US in the middle of 2015 before it starts climbing back up in the second half of the year. “But we do have to remember that by historic standards, the Canadian dollar actually isn’t that weak,” Shenfeld said. “We’ve just come off a period of a few years where it was quite overvalued compared to where it historically had been.” The country’s weakening oil and gas sector are partly responsible for the falling dollar, as is the

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Bank of Canada’s recent cut to its trend-setting interest rate. With these conditions — among others — the loonie is expected to continue its decline, Scotiabank strategist Camilla Sutton wrote in a note to clients Thursday. The dollar fell about 7.4 per cent since the start of the year and 15 per cent since its July 2014 high, Sutton wrote. “The environment has turned rapidly against CAD (the Canadian dollar) and we are likely to see ongoing weakness in 2015,” she wrote. Sutton added if oil markets fail to stabilize, the loonie will fall even further, particularly since the Bank of Canada has tied its decisions on the country’s trend-setting interest rate directly to crude. Last week, the central bank blamed the oil slump for its unexpected move to cut its interest rate for the first time since 2009. It nudged a quarter point lower to 0.75 per cent. “The Bank of Canada denies that it’s directly targeting the exchange rate but knows that, by cutting interest rates, a byproduct of that will be a weaker Canadian dollar,” Shenfeld said. Several banks, including CIBC, TD Bank and the National Bank of Canada, are now predicting the central bank to cut its interest rate by another quarter percentage point in March. “The Bank of Canada rarely moves interest rates only once,” Shenfeld said. “It’s like potato chips, once you eat one, you’re at least on the course for a second.”

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A downtown Red Deer furniture and interior design store has closed its doors, although its owners will continue to offer design services. Hudson Madison had operated in Red Deer for about 13 years, originally at Gaetz Avenue Crossing and then Southpointe Common. For the past 3 ½ years, its been located at 4824 Gaetz Ave. A Jan. 28 posting on the business’s Facebook page and on its storefront said owners Janell Malkin and her mother Rachael Willie have decided to close the retail portion of Hudson Madison. It added that they will continue to operate Hudson Madison Design — providing design services and still selling some furniture and accessories. Malkin told the Advocate the closure was motivated by her need to spend more time with her family. Her husband Patrick is busy operating restaurants in the city, and she wanted to focus on their children. Malkin added that the industry has become very competitive since Hudson Madison arrived on the scene. Online retailers have been particularly hard to compete against, she said. Customers have been saddened by news of the store’s closure, but are understanding, said Malkin. Going forward, Hudson Madison Design will provide both residential and commercial design services, she said. These will include color placement, spatial design, fabrics, furniture and accessories. Willie has done interior design work for more than 30 years.

BRIEF Canadian Oil Sands slashes dividend more than expected amid crude drop CALGARY — Canadian Oil Sands Ltd. (TSX:COS), the biggest partner in the Syncrude Canada Ltd. oilsands project, is slashing its quarterly dividend to five cents a share from 35 as the outlook for crude prices deteriorates. In December, Canadian Oil Sands signalled it would be cutting its quarterly payout to 20 cents in order to protect its balance sheet, but the picture has become gloomier since then. At the time, oil prices were around US$67 a barrel. On Thursday, the March contract settled at US$44.53. When it released its forecast in December, Canadian Oil Sands was planning based on US$75 oil for this year. Now it’s expecting US$55. That’s a sharp drop from crude’s 2014 peak above US$107 a barrel in June. “We entered the current period of low crude oil prices with a strong balance sheet, and by reducing our dividend and cutting costs at Syncrude, COS is well positioned to manage its business through a prolonged period of low oil prices and retain its long-term value,” CEO Ryan Kubik said in a release. “Syncrude has the flexibility to respond to market conditions without affecting projections for 2015 production.” Production at Syncrude is expected to range between 95 million and 110 million barrels in 2015 — the same as its earlier forecast. The dividend cut did not come as a surprise to John Stephenson, president and CEO of Stephenson & Company Capital Management. “I’m kind of bearish on the name and I did expect a pretty severe cut,” he said. “I don’t like this name. I don’t think you need to be there as an investor.”

Tim Hortons cuts 350 staff at its headquarters and regional offices TORONTO — About 350 employees lost their jobs at Tim Hortons this week in cuts focused mainly on the company’s headquarters and regional offices. A spokeswoman told The Canadian Press on Thursday that all affected employees had been notified and the layoffs were within commitments made to Industry Canada to maintain certain job levels. In total, roughly 15 per cent of the 2,300 employees were included in the reduction, centred at its headquarters as well as regional offices and distribution centres across the country. Tim Hortons merged with Burger King under Restaurant Brands International (TSX:QSR) late last year and the company’s new owner was widely expected to cut staff. The company began notifying staff who were being cut earlier this week, but declined to provide figures for the cuts until after the reorganization was complete. “There are very difficult and necessary choices,” company spokeswoman Alexandra Cygal said. Part of Ottawa’s stipulations in approving the merger required the company to maintain staff levels at its franchised restaurants for five years. Employees at its offices were not protected under that agreement, though the company plans to keep its headquarters in Oakville, Ont. Tim Hortons has warehouse distribution centres in Calgary; Guelph and Kingston, Ont.; Debert, N.S.; and Aldergrove, B.C.

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Diversified and Industrials Agrium Inc. . . . . . . . . . . 133.25 ATCO Ltd.. . . . . . . . . . . . 48.86 BCE Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58.31 BlackBerry . . . . . . . . . . . 12.92 Bombardier . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.93 Brookfield . . . . . . . . . . . . 65.18 Cdn. National Railway . . 84.55 Cdn. Pacific Railway. . . 224.78 Cdn. Utilities . . . . . . . . . . 41.90 Capital Power Corp . . . . 26.00 Cervus Equipment Corp 19.05 Dow Chemical . . . . . . . . 45.01 Enbridge Inc. . . . . . . . . . 61.58 Finning Intl. Inc. . . . . . . . 20.97 Fortis Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . 41.84 General Motors Co. . . . . 33.16 Parkland Fuel Corp. . . . . 21.15 Sirius XM . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.17 SNC Lavalin Group. . . . . 42.52 Stantec Inc. . . . . . . . . . . 31.32 Telus Corp. . . . . . . . . . . . 43.98 Transalta Corp.. . . . . . . . 11.02 Transcanada. . . . . . . . . . 55.98 Consumer Canadian Tire . . . . . . . . 119.82 Gamehost . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.95 Leon’s Furniture . . . . . . . 19.00 Loblaw Ltd. . . . . . . . . . . . 62.99 MARKETS CLOSE TORONTO — The Toronto stock market closed slightly higher Thursday in a volatile session that saw the resource sectors register further declines. The S&P/TSX composite index came back from a 210-point plunge to finish 33.08 points higher at 14,635.96. There was also uncertainty about when the U.S. Federal Reserve is going to raise rates. “It looks like they’re going to go mid-year; that’s another concern,” said Ian Nakamoto, director of research at 3MACS. The Canadian dollar lost more ground in the wake of Wednesday’s announcement from the Federal Reserve, which left markets with the impression that the U.S. central bank will start hiking rates around the middle of this year. The loonie lost 0.57 of a cent to 79.3 cents US, its lowest level since late March 2009, adding to a drop of threequarters of a cent on Wednesday. The Fed said it would be patient in beginning to normalize monetary policy while at the same time it pointed out a string of positives about the American economy, including that economic activity is expanding at a solid pace. U.S. markets put interest rate concerns aside and several homebuilders surged as data showed that completed home sales increased seven per cent in the fourth quarter. The Dow industrials ran ahead 225.48 points to 17,416.85, the Nasdaq climbed 45.42 points to 4,683.41 and the S&P 500 index gained 19.09 points to 2,021.25. Oil prices inched up slightly after plunging almost $2 Wednesday in the wake of figures showing U.S. crude inventories still at 80-year highs. The March contract came off a low of $43.58 to add eight cents to US$44.53 a barrel and the energy sector dropped 1.1 per cent. A major decliner was Canadian Oil Sands. The company cut its quarterly dividend from 35 cents to five cents a share to preserve cash as it tried to cope with the 55 per cent plunge in oil prices since last summer. The company announced in early January that it would be cutting the dividend from 35 cents to 20 cents, but said after markets closed Thursday that the outlook has deteriorated since then and slashed the planned payout further. Its stock had been halted mid-afternoon, when it was down 50 cents or 7.1 per cent at $6.51. The base metals sector on the TSX fell 1.65 per cent as March copper fell three cents to US$2.44 a pound. “The only thing good is that (miners) have a cushion with the lower Canadian dollar but that’s not enough to offset the decline in copper — copper is off 30 per cent,” noted Nakamoto. Gold plunged as traders weighed the chances of the Fed moving rates up as early as June and February bullion declined $31.30 to US$1,255.90 an ounce and the gold sector faded 0.6 per cent. TSX sectors outside the resource groups were positive, led

Maple Leaf Foods. . . . . . 20.34 Rona Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.94 Wal-Mart . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87.72 WestJet Airlines . . . . . . . 31.49 Mining Barrick Gold . . . . . . . . . . 15.49 Cameco Corp. . . . . . . . . 17.56 First Quantum Minerals . 11.30 Goldcorp Inc. . . . . . . . . . 29.48 Hudbay Minerals. . . . . . . . 8.75 Kinross Gold Corp. . . . . . . 4.16 Labrador. . . . . . . . . . . . . 16.52 Potash Corp.. . . . . . . . . . 45.48 Sherritt Intl. . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.00 Teck Resources . . . . . . . 15.74 Energy Arc Resources . . . . . . . . 21.95 Badger Daylighting Ltd. . 23.23 Baker Hughes. . . . . . . . . 57.08 Bonavista . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.73 Bonterra Energy . . . . . . . 39.10 Cdn. Nat. Res. . . . . . . . . 34.97 Cdn. Oil Sands Ltd. . . . . . 6.51 Canyon Services Group. . 6.49 Cenovous Energy Inc. . . 22.75 CWC Well Services . . . 0.3700 Encana Corp. . . . . . . . . . 15.16 Essential Energy. . . . . . . . 1.28 by a 2.1 per cent rise in the tech sector and a 1.9 per cent run-up in consumer staples. Meanwhile, PotashCorp (TSX:POT) posted quarterly income of $407 million or 49 cents per share, beating estimates of 47 cents. Revenue was $1.9 billion, compared with $1.5 billion a year ago and its shares added 12 cents to $45.48. FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS Highlights at the close of Thursday at world financial market trading. Stocks: S&P/TSX Composite Index — 14,635.96, up 33.08 points Dow — 17,416.85, up 225.48 points S&P 500 — 2,021.25, up 19.09 points Nasdaq — 4,683.41, up 45.42 points Currencies: Cdn — 79.30 cents US, down 0.57 of a cent Pound — C$1.90, up 0.23 of a cent Euro — C$1.4282, up 1.49 cents Euro — US$1.1325, up 0.37 of a cent Oil futures: US$44.53 per barrel, up eight cents (March contract) Gold futures:

Exxon Mobil . . . . . . . . . . 87.58 Halliburton Co. . . . . . . . . 39.57 High Arctic . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.69 Husky Energy . . . . . . . . . 26.21 Imperial Oil . . . . . . . . . . . 46.09 Pengrowth Energy . . . . . . 3.16 Penn West Energy . . . . . . 1.78 Pinecrest Energy Inc. . . . 0.015 Precision Drilling Corp . . . 6.01 Suncor Energy . . . . . . . . 36.44 Talisman Energy . . . . . . . . 9.37 Trican Ltd.. . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.59 Trinidad Energy . . . . . . . . 4.03 Vermilion Energy . . . . . . 53.36 Financials Bank of Montreal . . . . . . 76.23 Bank of N.S. . . . . . . . . . . 62.48 CIBC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91.37 Cdn. Western . . . . . . . . . 26.60 Carfinco . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.50 Great West Life. . . . . . . . 32.57 IGM Financial . . . . . . . . . 43.69 Intact Financial Corp. . . . 85.11 Manulife Corp. . . . . . . . . 20.57 National Bank . . . . . . . . . 45.55 Rifco Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.75 Royal Bank . . . . . . . . . . . 74.11 Sun Life Fin. Inc.. . . . . . . 39.00 TD Bank . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51.64 US$1,255.90 per oz., down $31.30 (April contract) Canadian Fine Silver Handy and Harman: $22.041 oz., down $1.289 $708.62 kg., down $41.44 ICE FUTURES CANADA WINNIPEG — ICE Futures Canada closing prices: Canola: March ’15 $0.70 lower $449.10; May ’15 $0.70 higher $446.10; July ’15 $2.30 higher $443.80; Nov ’15 $3.20 higher $431.40; Jan. ’16 $3.70 higher $433.60; March ’16 $4.50 higher $438.20; May ’16 $4.90 higher $442.10; July ’16 $4.60 higher $446.00; Nov. ’16 $4.60 higher $445.20; Jan. ’17 $4.60 higher $445.20; March ’17 $4.60 higher $445.20. Barley (Western): March ’15 unchanged $195.00; May ’15 unchanged $197.00; July ’15 unchanged $199.00; Oct. ’15 unchanged $190.00; Dec. ’15 unchanged $190.00; March ’16 unchanged $190.00; May ’16 unchanged $190.00; July ’16 unchanged $190.00; Oct. ’16 unchanged $190.00; Dec. ’ 16 unchanged $190.00; March ’17 unchanged $190.00. Thursday’s estimated volume of trade: 458,540 tonnes of canola; 0 tonnes of barley (Western Barley) Total: 458,540.

Sears CEO looks beyond Target closures MEETS WITH POTENTIAL STAFF BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — Sears Canada has followed through on a promise to begin meeting with some of the workers who are losing their jobs at Target Canada. Chief executive Ronald Boire says about 140 Target employees were bused to its Sears headquarters in Toronto last week, part of a nationwide effort to network with potential candidates. “We felt like we had to reach out and say ’We’re here,”’ Boire said in an interview with The Canadian Press. “Saying ’We care about you’ and ’We may not have a job for you today, but we may in six months’ — it’s the right thing to do.”’ The first wave of meetings focused on office staff, management and directors. Earlier this month, Sears Canada extended a discount to 17,600 Target employees losing their jobs, along with the promise of local job fairs across the country. That raised some eyebrows for its timing, especially since Sears Canada faces its own financial problems. The company cut 2,200 jobs last year — with a large chunk from outsourcing call centres — and thousands more were eliminated in 2013, as part of widespread cost-cutting. But Sears Canada has unfilled positions at its headquarters and recently began recruiting merchandise, finance and IT support applicants, Boire said. The company plans to hire about 8,000 people this year, mostly in parttime and seasonal jobs at its stores, he added. While that may seem like a high figure, it puts the company at a compa-

rable level with others in the retail industry where turnover is heavy for part-time workers, said Sears Canada spokesman Vince Power. In total, Sears Canada has about 22,000 employees with about 19,000 in stores, 1,200 at its head office and the rest in distribution centres and other facilities. Boire assumed the role of president and CEO at Sears Canada on Monday after holding the position on an interim basis since October. He faces a number of challenges this year, including Sears Canada’s struggling operations. Losses nearly doubled in the third quarter to $118.7 million on weaker sales, higher taxes and writedowns. What’s left behind by Target may give Sears a fighting chance at bringing more customers back. “It’s certainly an opportunity for us to accelerate our transformation and an improvement of our business prospects,” Boire said. Other changes are still in the works, including the possible elimination of some merchandise lines. While decisions have already been made, Boire said he was not prepared to outline them until this spring. Big ticket items like flatscreen TVs and other large electronics, which take up more room than they’re worth, have been pegged by Boire in the past as product lines that could be scaled back or eliminated for higher margin categories like home decor and bedding. Target’s exit from Canada leaves 133 retail locations vacant across the country, but Sears Canada isn’t chasing many of them, since the “vast majority” are near an existing Sears store, Boire said.

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OTTAWA — The premier of the Northwest Territories is launching a year-long feasibility study for an energy and transportation corridor along the Mackenzie Valley to the Arctic Ocean. Bob McLeod, in Ottawa for meetings with his fellow premiers, says Canada needs to get its resources to market and it’s time to look seriously at what he calls the northern option. For almost two years, McLeod has been actively promoting the concept of an “Arctic Gateway” that could move Alberta oil and territorial mineral wealth to a port on the Arctic Ocean at Tuktoyaktuk.

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Land Use Bylaw Amendment 3357/A-2015 Laredo Neighbourhood Red Deer City Council is considering amending the Land Use Bylaw by redistricting 354 and 358 Viscount Drive in the Laredo Neighbourhood from PS Public Service (Institutional or Government) to R1G Residential (Small Lot) District) to facilitate residential development. Proposed Amendment to Land Use Bylaw 3357/2006

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East Hill Major Area Structure Plan Amendment 3499/A-2015 To include the identification of an Emergency Services Site Red Deer City Council is considering amending the East Hill Major Area Structure Plan (MASP) and under separate resolution amend the Lancaster Meadows Outline Plan to include the identification of an Emergency Services site to accommodate City of Red Deer new growth areas and optimize emergency services delivery. The proposed site, the NE corner of 30 Avenue and Lees Street is anticipated to be the relocation site of Fire Station Three. The existing Station Three location on 32nd Street will remain as a dispatch centre and administrative office.

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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — NASA expects to save millions of dollars sending astronauts to the International Space Station, once its commercial crew program starts flying in a couple of years. SpaceX and Boeing said Monday that they are on track to carry out their first manned test flights to the space station in 2017. NASA chose the two private companies last September to transport American astronauts to and from the orbiting lab. U.S. manned launches ended with the retirement of the space shuttles in 2011. Until SpaceX and Boeing begin flying crews from Cape Canaveral, NASA astronauts must continue to hitch rocket rides with Russia. NASA’s commercial crew program manager, Kathy Lueders, said the average price for a seat aboard the SpaceX Dragon and Boeing CST-100 capsules will be $58 million. That compares with $71 million a seat charged by Russia under its latest NASA contract. “I don’t ever want to have to write another check” to the Russian Space Agency after 2017, said NASA Administrator Charles Bolden, a former shuttle commander. “If we can make that date,” he said, referring to 2017, “I’m a happy camper.” Unlike the Russian charge, the $58 million perperson cost estimate includes a fair amount of cargo to be flown aboard the SpaceX and Boeing spacecraft, along with four crew members. That price tag is based on a five-year period, Lueders said. The Russian Soyuz holds a maximum of three people, with at least one a Russian to pilot the craft. SpaceX President Gwynne Shotwell said the future enhanced Dragon capsule could carry five astronauts — one more than NASA’s stipulated four — and still meet all the cargo requirements. The Hawthorne, California, company, led by billionaire Elon Musk, was the space station’s first commercial shipper. It’s been successfully delivering supplies since 2012 with the Dragon. Virginia’s Orbital Sciences Corp., NASA’s other contracted supplier, has grounded its rocket fleet following a launch explosion last fall. Lueders said the plan is to have two “robust providers” for crew transport, in case one of them ends up grounded by technical problems. NASA awarded SpaceX $2.6 billion for crew transport, while Boeing got $4.2 billion. Each is to provide two to six missions. Boeing’s vice-president and general manager for Houston-based space exploration, John Elbon, said an unmanned test flight of the CST100 capsule in 2017 will be followed a few months later by the first crewed test flight.

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The proposed bylaw may be inspected at Legislative Services, 2nd Floor City Hall during regular office hours or for more details, contact City of Red Deer Planning Services at 403-406-8700.

City Council will hear from any person claiming to be affected by the proposed bylaw at the Public Hearing on Monday, February 23, 2015 at 6:00 p.m. in Council Chambers, 2nd Floor of City Hall. If you want your letter included in the Council agenda you must submit it to the Manager, Legislative Services by Friday, February 13, 2015.You may also submit your letter at the Public Hearing, or you can simply tell Council your views at the Public Hearing. Council’s Procedure Bylaw indicates that each presentation is limited to 10 minutes. Any submission will be public information. If you have any questions regarding the use of this information please contact the Manager, Legislative Services at 403-342-8132.

Development Officer Approvals On January 27, 2015, the Development Officer issued approval for the following applications: Permitted Use Aspen Ridge 1. C.Campbell – a 0.43 metre relaxation to the minimum rear yard, to an existing deck, located at 132 Ammeter Close. Glendale Park Estates 1. Malpaso Homes Ltd. – a 19.51 m2 relaxation to the minimum floor area, for a proposed detached dwelling, to be located at 7412 59 Avenue. 2. Malpaso Homes Ltd. – a 15.25 m2 relaxation to the minimum floor area, for a proposed detached dwelling, to be located at 7416 59 Avenue. 3. Malpaso Homes Ltd. – a 5.11 m2 relaxation to the minimum floor area, for a proposed detached dwelling, to be located at 7420 59 Avenue. 4. Malpaso Homes Ltd. – a 3.25 m2 relaxation to the minimum floor area, for a proposed detached dwelling, to be located at 7424 59 Avenue. Laredo 6. Falcon Homes Ltd. – a 0.82 metre relaxation to the minimum rear yard, to a proposed detached dwelling, to be located at 62 Lindman Avenue. Rosedale Estates 7. L. Pikkert – a 0.45 metre relaxation to the minimum front yard, to an existing deck, located at 121 Rutherford Drive. Vanier Woods East 8. Avalon Central Alberta – a 0.75 m relaxation to the maximum height, for proposed three-storey multi-attached residential buildings, to be located at 601-607, 701-707, 1001-1006 339 Viscount Drive. Discretionary Use Laredo 9. Bella Rosa Developments Ltd. – a new twobedroom secondary suite within a proposed detached dwelling, to be located at 214 Lalor Drive. Vanier Woods East 10. Melanie Wagner Therapy – a home occupation for massage therapy within an existing detached dwelling, located at 203 Voisin Close. You may appeal Discretionary approvals to the Red Deer Subdivision & Development Appeal Board, Legislative Services, City Hall, prior to 4:30 p.m. on February 13, 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.

INVITATION TO TENDER THE CITY OF RED DEER Sealed Tenders clearly marked “Red Deer River Erosion Repair and Bank Armouring – February 12, 2015 – 2:00:59 pm”, delivered or mailed to: The City of Red Deer Professional Building Suite 600 4808 50th Street Red Deer, AB T4N 1X5 Attention: Financial Services Reception Desk and received before 2:00:59 p.m. (Mountain Time Zone) on February 12, 2015, will be opened in public immediately thereafter. Tenders received and not conforming to the foregoing will be returned to the Bidder(s) without consideration. Faxed Tender Documents or Tender Amendments will not be accepted. The Work is comprised of approximately: 1 ha Clearing 175 lin.m. Silt Fence (Provisional) 200 lin.m. Silt Curtains (Provisional) 290 tonnes RipRap Salvage 450 cu.m. Common Excavation 150 cu.m. Stabilization Material 290 cu.m. Topsoil Stripping 2,200 sq.m. Non-woven Geotextile 5,000 tonnes Rip rap 1 Weir Clean Out 290 cu.m. Topsoil Placement and Fine Grading 0.2 ha Grass Seeding Tender Documents may be obtained from AL-Terra Engineering (Red Deer) Ltd., #202, 4708 – 50th Avenue, Red Deer, Alberta on or after January 29, 2015 for a $50.00 non-refundable fee. The City of Red Deer Contract Specifications most recent Edition may be obtained from the Engineering Services Department for a $40 non-refundable fee, or may be viewed on The City of Red Deer website @ www.reddeer.ca. Contractors may view the Tender Documents at the Edmonton, Calgary, and Red Deer Construction Association offices. Technical Inquiries regarding this Project shall be directed to: Jerry Hedlund, CET The City of Red Deer Parks and Recreation Department Phone: 403-356-8911 Email: Jerry.Hedlund@reddeer.ca Processing Inquiries regarding this Project shall be directed to: Shelly Flahr, CPPO, CPPB, SCMP The City of Red Deer Purchasing Section Ph: 403-342-8273 Email: purchasing@reddeer.ca 53757A30

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NEW YORK — Long ago, humans left their evolutionary cradle in Africa and passed through the Middle East on their way to Europe. Now scientists have found the first fossil remains that appear to document that journey, a partial skull from an Israeli cave. The skull dates from around 55,000 years ago, fitting into the period when scientists had thought the migrants inhabited the area. And details of its anatomy resemble ancient skulls from Europe, Israel Hershkovitz of Tel Aviv University in Israel wrote in an email. He and others present the finding in a paper released Wednesday by the journal Nature. The skull, which lacks facial features and its base, was found in Manot Cave in the Galilee region of northern Israel. The migrants are called modern humans because of their anatomy. The earliest remains of modern humans in Europe date to about 45,000 years ago. Experts not connected with the work were impressed. “This is the first evidence we have of the humans who made this journey,” apart from some ancient tools, said Eric Delson of Lehman College and the American Museum of Natural History in New York. Although finding a fossil that fits so well with what was believed about the ancient migration might be expected, “we didn’t have it before,” he said. “We could predict theoretically what we would find. They’ve found it. ... Up until now, that was a ghost.” Katerina Harvati of the University of Tuebingin in Germany said the skull gives clues about the anatomy of the migrants. Since Neanderthals were already known to inhabit the area, the skull also documents that they and modern humans co-existed there, as suspected, Harvati said. That supports the idea that Neanderthals and modern humans interbred there, experts said. Chris Stringer of the Natural History Museum in London wrote in an email that the skull is the first fossil of a modern human from western Asia that is well-dated to the estimated time of the interbreeding, some 50,000 to 60,000 years ago.

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cannot simply move on with her life — not when there are widows with starving children, men who are physically and mentally distraught from fighting, Jennifer Robson, the author of the and living in a forever changed counbestseller Somewhere in try where she cannot seem France, is back with another to find her place, voice or First World War novel that what she wants from life brings forth real and delinow. cate post-war issues with The only way that Chara side love story between lotte can state her concerns Charlotte Brown and Edis in a small weekly article ward, Earl of Cumberland. in the local newspaper. Returning to Liverpool Things only become more after aiding in the Great complicated when a funerWar as a nurse, Charlotte al, followed by a wedding, goes to work as the personal reunites Charlotte with her assistant to Miss Rathbones, friend Lilly (Charlotte was who runs a personal service once her governess, long beKIRSTEN society helping those in fifore the war) and Lilly’s oldLOWE nancial need. er brother, Edward NevilleWhen Charlotte isn’t Ashford. This man always drowning herself in work, held a place in Charlotte’s she returns home to a heart, but due to social staboarding house where she and other tus they could never be together. ladies have lively dinners and bond as Edward served in the war and came family. back a completely different man, sufAlthough the war is over, Charlotte fering from a mixture of post-traumat-

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ic stress and an unattended concussion. He drinks all night and refuses to leave his room all day. He has a temper and no apparent appetite, and it all slowly begins to decay his mind, body and spirit. The only advice and help he will take is from Charlotte, and in a blink of an eye the two are staying together in a secluded house, away from noise and visitors so Edward can heal properly with Charlotte taking the role as nurse. The plot is strained and the side love story is so understated that it lacks the emotion readers should expect. Yet Robson touches on the challenges of social class, and the hardships that faced England after the war. And she does a good job of reminding her readers that even though peace is declared and the guns are put down, the battle is far from over for those involved, and the nation. Things do not simply go back to the way they were. Kirsten Lowe is a local freelance book reviewer and Red Deer College student.

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the Plimsoll line.” “You have a good eye.” “Yes, but is it the right eye?” The author tells the family story from the beginning, how Cathie and There are many stories and novels her brother and Mom left in the night about folks suffering from to escape the wrath of her dementia and/or Alzheimdrunken father; the tragic er’s disease. They are usuloss of her brother when he ally sobering tales. was just a young boy; and the The Long Hello is a memyears of living with Grandoir that tells of Cathie Borma and Grandpa. Then a rie and her mother and new step-father and life in a their seven- year journey boarding school. with Alzheimer’s disease. Through it all, Cathie and Novels describing deher Mom are close friends. mentia tell of scrambled Happy memories of three memories and lost identilegged races and gardening ties. with Grandpa keep Cathie on This true story is told an even keel. There was lots with sympathy and love by of life before dementia, and a daughter who puts her there is still love and laughPEGGY life on hold to care for her ter. FREEMAN Mom, with some regrets but Cathie makes tea. “Tea is with great love and affeca more pleasant drink. It just tion. seems to sort of go down and As the disease progresssettle things,” says her Mom. es, Cathie began recording conversa“You’re my favourite person in the tions with her mother, who very often world.” Cathie replies. said things that almost made sense, “Favourite among the constipated in a bizarre way. The reader becomes you mean?” aware of a mother who has been lovAnd, “How was your day?” ing and caring of others her whole life, “Today I was down at the horse and hasn’t really lost those tender feel- barn. It came with lots of blessings.” ings. And, “I love listening to you talk.” Cathie asks the question of her “Oh, I thought I heard you say, I love Mother: “What do you think is the most looking into your voice.” important thing, Mum? I mean, a good “I love that, too.” thing.” Cathie acquires a baby doll because “Understanding,” her Mom answers. her Mom misses the boy she lost. He is “And what about the rest of your named Hugh and she calls him, “Mom’s life? What’s your thinking on the rest little love.” of your life?” The final days are lived out at home. “Oh gosh, there can’t be much left of Saying goodbye is difficult. it can there, Cath? What will I be, 66?’ Even if you’ve read many books (She was actually 86.) about dementia, be sure you don’t miss Mother and daughter go to the ocean this one. It puts a new loving face on a and watch a freighter coming in. dread disease. Cath says, “There’s a huge freighter Peggy Freeman is a local freelance coming in. I wonder where it’s from.” books reviewer. “It’s coming in too full, you can’t see

Matthew Reilly takes elements from Michael Crichton’s classic Jurassic Park and gives them a high fantasy spin in his latest action masterpiece, The Great Zoo of China. Reptile expert Dr. Cassandra Jane “CJ” Cameron is asked to visit a zoo that is soon to open in the middle of China. Staff members at the site are extremely secretive and provide few answers to her questions until Cameron and the others witness what animals are being kept inside the compound: dragons. The Chinese government has been keeping the discovery of dragon eggs hidden for over 40 years. Now that they have been able to create a place for the dragons to be seen by the general public, they are ready to unveil their existence. Once word spreads, officials believe the zoo will become the

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HOROSCOPES Friday, Jan. 30 CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DATE: Christian Bale, 41; Phil Collins, 64; Peter Crouch, 34 THOUGHT OF THE DAY: Today will enlighten you to which relationships are healthy and will stand the test of time or not. This fully depends on who is supportive of your direction and what is important within your life. We are definitely moving towards the new and untried now, simply because it rings more truth for us LARISA MAIRA than anything else. Surround yourOZOLINS self with those who will stand beside you. HAPPY BIRTHDAY: If today is your birthday, this year will show you the relationships that are meant to be in your life or not. Don’t worry. Almost everyone you meet is up for the challenge and through them; you will see your aspirations flourish. You are very up for the challenge to get those dreams off the ground this year. They will manifest, if you keep your eye on your true goals and objectives. ARIES (March 21-April 19): You are actively making internal changes that will directly affect your professional and public life. This can be anything from taking extra classes to simply socializing with friends and working on goals that you know will stand the test of time. Take action today! TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Something will come to light for you on a public level that you might not like. Somehow, this implies restriction upon your home life and within your family unit. Go out and do something that you know will stand the test of time. Find that truth with the upcoming changes. GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Your proper direction forward will open up for you today, although you may not notice it as what you want at first. A friend will have to be let go of in order to create more harmony in your life and this will sadden you. Once you make that change, watch how things open. CANCER (June 21-July 22): You know those times when you analyze something so much that you drop it and right after that the answers arrive like clockwork? Today will be one of those times. Stop fretting about what could be and see how things are right now. A door is opening, open your eyes! LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Friends, work colleagues and your more intimate relationships will help you see the light with how you come across to others. Your true value is emerging now and this can only indicate positive things ahead. If others are pulling away, let them. You deserve more from them. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Something is definitely coming to a head today, in relation to your health, career and generally how others see you in the public. So, what’s going on? Tomorrow there is a profound healing taking place. Today is about epiphanies and true understanding coming to light! LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): The actions you are taking today and what you are thinking are definitely in line. This is the ultimate expression of happiness and joy, so do expect that energy to transpire today. Although at first you might feel restricted, in the end you will do what you want anyway. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Understanding what you want from others, especially those within your family and household, will help you develop a keener idea of your personal worth. This can be done by clearly speaking your mind with them. Then, that ultimate truth will emerge. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): There is something that you have wanted to get off your chest for ages and finally today is the day to just that! Greater awareness of your true knowledge will emerge through taking action towards your ultimate soul path. You’ll know exactly what to do today! CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): You will be guided towards the right direction today, not because doors will open up, but because you will finally see one direction you know you need to move towards. That direction does involve building your resources, physical and internal. Break down those barriers! AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Today is the day to take action towards building your finances, either through your career or side projects. You will be up for any challenges that come your way now because you know who you can trust. Those relationships will back you, no matter what. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): There will be huge changes in store for you today and you will most likely provoke those changes. Follow that gut instinct you have today. It will not lead you wrong. Epiphanies and greater awareness will come through daydreams and common conversations.

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Mother and grandmother obsessed with 14-year-old boy Dear Annie: Over the holidays, I stayed at my Dear John: Why are you getting up so much at cousin’s home. My cousin has two children, a daugh- night? To use the bathroom? Because something ter and a son. The son is 14 years old. (snoring, apnea, dryness, light, noise) is waking you I noticed that the boy’s grandmother slept with up? him in the same bed. I think she has a weird obsesWhile we understand that not everyone has a sion with the boy. She is constantly touch“normal” nighttime sleep cycle, a suffiing him and rubbing his back. She always cient amount of sleep is important to your has to sit next to him. health. She pays very little attention to the If the problem is snoring, dry mouth, younger granddaughter. Worse, the grandexcessive urination or apnea, please see a daughter told me that her mother also doctor to find out whether there is any efsometimes sleeps with her brother (infective treatment for you. But also check stead of her dad). your bedroom to make sure there isn’t a I think it is extremely odd for these lot of light or noise, or electronic gadgets women to be sleeping with this young that glow or vibrate. This, too, can interman, who also still sleeps with his baby fere with restful, restorative sleep. blanket. Dear Annie: I am responding to “AcIsn’t he too old for this? What is wrong tively Confused,” whose wife battled canwith these women? Should I say somecer and now resents his activities. MITCHELL thing? — More Than a Little Grossed Out I am a lung cancer survivor. My wife Dear More: Yes. We are surprised that took care of me for the better part of 18 & SUGAR a 14-year-old boy wouldn’t object more to months, showering me and feeding me the sleeping arrangements, and we susthrough a tube. pect he will put a stop to it soon. She also worked full time outside the If the mother and grandmother are dohome. At the time, I didn’t much care ing this over the boy’s objections, however, that is what she wanted to do. completely inappropriate and potentially abusive. As I progressed, I realized she needed to get out You could ask your cousin about this, saying you of the house and do things for herself, even though it find it odd and possibly damaging. You also could meant going without me. That was fine. As my mobilmention it to the father, suggesting he step up and ity improved, I would do things with her even if those protect his son. weren’t my favourite things. Dear Annie: I read the letter from “Help,” whose We both knew that I needed to be more active, or husband naps when he gets home and then is up half I’d just waste away on the couch. It takes a long time the night. She seems to think everyone can handle to get your stamina back, and I still haven’t after four regular nighttime hours. years. If I slept every night from 11 p.m. to 7 a.m., I would Together, my wife and I are getting through this, be more tired as the week went on, because my body and we both realize that neither one of us is what we wakes me up multiple times at night. When I don’t used to be. set an alarm, I sometimes don’t wake up until 10 With her, our children and good doctors, nurses, hours after I went to bed. If I get up after eight hours, therapists and prayers, I am still here to try. — Less I often need a nap later because I did not get enough Active, Not Confused actual sleep. Annie’s Mailbox is written by Kathy Mitchell and While I agree that seeing a doctor might be help- Marcy Sugar, longtime editors of the Ann Landers colful, his wife can also suggest that he stay up all night umn. Please email your questions to anniesmailbox@ one time and then try to sleep from 9 p.m. until 7 a.m. comcast.net, or write to: Annie’s Mailbox, c/o Creators He might be able to manage that. — John Syndicate, 737 3rd Street, Hermosa Beach, CA 90254.

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Above: Damon Lutz is the easygoing (and very rich) Mr. Bingley, a friend of the socially uptight Mr. Darcy. Left: Pharaoh Amnesty as Jane Bennet and Kassidee Campbell as Elizabeth Bennet, who must balance social and parental expectations with their own thoughts of what romance should be.

Jane Austen’s study of long-lost manners and mores hits a receptive note in a feminist age BY LANA MICHELIN ADVOCATE STAFF It’s time for Elizabeth Bennet to take another turn around the dance floor with Mr. Darcy. The improbable but enduring romance between a strong-minded country gentleman’s daughter and a status-conscious man of means will play out again when the RDC Theatre Studies production of Pride and Prejudice opens on Thursday, Feb. 5, at the RDC Arts Centre. In just over two hundred years since the story was first published in 1813, the book by Jane Austen has become one of the most popular in English literature — despite some revisionist interpretations. The novel of manners was always well liked, but got out of step with prevailing views during the rise of the women’s rights movement in the late 1960s and early 1970s. The very idea of girls waiting around for suitors to call and daughters being cast as marriage bait before men of large fortune became abhorrent notions. But as the nature of feminism has evolved, Pride and Prejudice has experienced a rebirth across North America — no doubt stirred by the 1995 dramatization by BBC-TV and a 2005 feature film starring Kiera Knightly. (The novel came in second, behind The Lord of the Rings in a 2003 U.K.’s Best-Loved Book poll done by the BBC. It also ranked first out of 101 best books in a 2008 Australian survey.) Katie Walker, an RDC Theatre Stud- From the left, Damon Lutz as Mr. Bingley, Kassidee Campbell as Elizabeth Bennet, Nate Rehman as Mr. Darcy and ies student examining societal implications of Austen’s story, adapted for the Pharaoh Amnesty as Jane Bennet in a rehearsal for the Red Deer College Theatre Studies production of Pride and stage by Jon Jory, believes today’s women Prejudice, backed by a lavishly-painted set on the Arts Centre main stage. will find much to admire about Elizabeth Bennet. Austen’s heroine has intellect, ing about the early 1800s, including how to pull off 40s, a man she’d been with for the past 19 years. wit and the strength to not conform to “She was so happy he asked her,” recalled Adams, proper English accents and how to dance a reel and certain societal expectations. After all, Lizzie refuses to wed her boring clergy- “and I was thrilled for her.” quadrille. The play’s director believes Pride and Prejudice man cousin, Mr. Collins, preferring to hold out for Jory has stuck very close to the book in his adsomeone she can converse with and respect, said remains current because “everyone still searches for aptation — all but 18 lines in the play are from the Mr. or Mrs. Right.” Walker. novel, said Adams, who loves the rich language in Also, Elizabeth Bennet is a modern woman in the script. “The writing is beautiful,” she said, which She also likes that Austen never dwelt on Elizamany ways: She knows her own mind, is willing to is one of the reasons Pride and Prejudice remains beth’s physical attributes in the book. While actresses who have played the character on question authority and conventions when needed, popular two centuries after being written. movie or TV screens have always been good looking, shows herself as an independent thinker — and is While Shakespeare is also praised for his use of in the Hollywood tradition, Lizzie is only generally funny, said Adams. language, one doesn’t see a young person become Even some male characters in the book are shown as engrossed in Hamlet, for example, as the story of described as “handsome” in the novel. She’s not the “beauty” of the Bennet clan — a distinction belong- to be remarkably progressive, for the times. Elizabeth Bennet and Mr. Darcy, said Adams, with a RDC student Evan Macleod, who’s assisting the ing to her eldest sister, Jane. Walker said when Mr. Darcy falls for Elizabeth, vocal coach, appreciates that Lizzie’s father, Mr. chuckle. “Can you imagine? There’s not much else that has we understand that he adores her whip-smart per- Bennet, puts his daughter’s happiness above finansonality as well as her “fine eyes.” cial considerations, and that Mr. Darcy accepts that pulled people in like this,” added Adams, who hopes the play will appeal to Austen fans as well as people Director Lynda Adams admitted she grew up dur- a wife can have her own views. ing the Betty Friedan/Germaine Greer generation as As a young person who’s navigating interpersonal who may not yet be familiar with the story. “I’d like people to find whatever resonates with more of an admirer of can-do Nancy Drew than the relationships in a century with hardly any courtship suitor-besotted Bennet girls. rules, Macleod feels the Austen story is absorbing them.” Tickets to the 7:30 p.m. shows (1 p.m. matinees on “In some ways, this (story) is new for me because because characters like Elizabeth and Darcy — even I’ve never been a fan.” within the strict confines of Regency romance — Feb. 7 and 14) are $26.80 ($21.80 students/seniors) from the Black Knight Ticket Centre. But Adams admitted she began seeing things — in- stand up for the right to love whom they choose. cluding the relevance of marriage in the 21st century “That’s what makes the story so timeless.” — differently last fall, when her daughter wed, in her The 14 second-year actors in the cast are learnlmichelin@reddeeradvocate.com

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Laughs missing in caper comedy JOHNNY DEPP PLAYS A QUESTIONABLE ART DEALER AND DOWN-AT-THE HEELS ARISTOCRAT IN THE REPETITIVE AND OFTEN UNFUNNY ART-HEIST CAPER COMEDY MORTDECAI BY LINDA BARNARD SPECIAL TO THE ADVOCATE

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Mortdecai 1.5 stars (out of four) Rated: 14A With art-heist caper Mortdecai, Johnny Depp tries his darnedest to start a kooky Austin Powers-like franchise with a side of bumbling Insp. Clouseau. But dash it all if it isn’t a crashing bore, old bean. Based on the quasi-autobiographical character created by British author Kyril Bonfiglioli, Lord Charlie Mortdecai appears onscreen as a 1950s-style comic antihero with a weakness for damsels and drink. And Depp plays the type with broad relish, right down to the Terry-Thomas gap in his front teeth. A questionable art dealer and downat-the-heels aristocrat, Mortdecai is

having trouble paying his taxes. His cucumber-cool wife Johanna (Gwyneth Paltrow, quite charming here except for the tortured British accent) has a plan to sell one of their valuable old paintings depicting a pleasing hunting scene. Or, as Mortdecai calls it, his “horsey picture.” Enter MI5 Inspector Alistair Martland (Ewan McGregor), who arrives carrying a still-burning torch for Johanna from their school days and a

plan. If Mortdecai helps crack an international art thievery scam involving a long-lost Goya, Nazis, menacing Russians and terrorists, there may some financial relief in it, old boy. Coming from the school of comedy that believes a weak joke gets better with endless repetition, Mortdecai repeatedly bludgeons us with the same handful of gags. Chief among them are the leading man’s beloved moustache, which prompts a gag reflex from Johanna with every smooch, and his propensity for inadvertently shooting his libidinous valet-bodyguard, Jock Strapp (Paul Bettany, handling his screen duties best of the lot). Jeff Goldblum is ill-used as the Los Angeles billionaire Krampf, buyer of Mortdecai’s treasured Rolls-Royce. So, too, Olivia Munn, who does little more than wiggle her tush and flash her assets as his “well known nympho-

maniac” daughter. Their career sacrifice has the benefit of getting Mortdecai to L.A., where the film’s few funny scenes take place in the so-hip-it-hurts Standard Hotel as Mortdecai deals with the crassly disappointing “colonies.” Director David Koepp (Premium Rush, Ghost Town) puts the emphasis on the madcap but fails to slot Mortdecai into any kind of comic groove, although German cinematographer Florian Hoffmeister (The Deep Blue Sea) creates a pleasing distraction by making everything (especially Paltrow and Munn) look luminous and lovely. It’s a waste of time and talent, and even Depp fans will be checking their watches as yet another animated airplane jets across the map in Mortdecai, symbolically whisking the action to a different location for more of the same. Linda Barnard is a syndicated Toronto Star movie critic.

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Selma criticism isn’t slowing director DuVernay BY ALYSSA ROSENBERG ADVOCATE NEWS SERVICES As someone who writes about culture, I’m subject to an often-overwhelming barrage of press releases. So it’s rare that a notice actually gets me to read past the subject line, much less to jump up with enthusiasm. Such was the news Monday from Participant Media that the company will be working with Ava DuVernay to make her follow-up to her Oscar-nominated movie Selma. The movie will be “a sweeping love story and complex murder mystery during the time of Hurricane Katrina” that may star “Selma” lead David Oyelowo. That DuVernay has her next project lined up, financed and almost ready to go so quickly is a delight — and something of a relief. The fierce debate about the historical accuracy of DuVernay’s depiction of President Lyndon Johnson in Selma, which was kicked off (or at least given a boost) in the pages of The Washington Post, didn’t seem to extend to other movies in contention this Oscar season. In particular, Clint Eastwood’s American Sniper got a rather dramatic pass on the sort of scrutiny that led some to say that Selma should be disqualified from awards contention. And the historical accuracy debate foreclosed any discussion of the actual artistry of Selma, including DuVernay’s striking staging of violence and the occasionally-clunky dialogue in its scenes with movement leaders. DuVernay may have suspected that she would not receive a nomination for Best Director for Selma, even before the furor began. But from the outside, it was hard not to be concerned that the controversy would damage not just whatever chances Selma had to compete for major awards, but DuVernay’s burgeoning career. It would have been an awfully compromised victory if DuVernay continued to make movies but was saddled with the requirements that she maintain a documentary-like level of accuracy in fictional films and that she show exceptional deference to the historical memory of white men. The New York Times’ Manohla Dargis spoke to my hopes rather than my fears earlier this month when she insisted that: “Ms. DuVernay is one of the few female directors to make the leap into the major studio world. . . . While it’s disappointing that she wasn’t nominated, she made a great movie and is going to keep directing without the permission of the mainstream old guard.” “Going to keep directing” is half the equation. “Without the permission of the mainstream old guard” is just as important, though. It might have been a mixed victory to see DuVernay follow up

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Participant Media has announced it will be working with director Ava DuVernay, shown here with David Oyelowo during a December promotional tour stop in Washington, to make her follow-up to her Oscarnominated movie Selma The movie will be “sweeping love story and complex murder mystery during the time of Hurricane Katrina” that may star Oyelowo, who worked with DuVenay in Selma and her earlier smallbudget drama, Middle of Nowhere. Selma with a project that required her to conform to a franchise’s house style or to the vetoes that can accompany a giant budget. “I have grown leery of the notion that the logical ‘next step’ for talented filmmakers who show off their abilities is to jump aboard a mega-budget franchise property,” Forbes’ Scott Mendelson wrote of DuVernay’s new project and the calls for her to direct a Marvel or DC blockbuster. “The constant cries that ‘Actor A should be in a Marvel movie!’ or ‘This director would be great for that franchise sequel!’ has created a situation where the would-be end game for talented directors isn’t so much getting the capital and financial backing to make their own personal commercial projects but rather getting sucked into the world of tent pole franchise filmmak-

Oscar shorts bring tears, laughter and suspense BY MICHAEL O’SULLIVAN ADVOCATE NEWS SERVICES

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Calling all Oscar obsessives, fans of world cinema and anyone with an attention deficit: The Oscar-nominated shorts are here. I watched them all — yes, all six hours of them, give or take — in order to help you navigate the four screening packages appearing in a handful of area theaters: live action, animated and documentary (which has been divided into two separate programs). Here’s my report card:

BY JUSTIN MOYER ADVOCATE NEWS SERVICES It’s 2016. Or 2017. Or 2018. The theatre is packed for the reboot of Indiana Jones, the beloved franchise about a fedora-wearing, snake-fearing archaeologist helmed by Harrison Ford. But, well into his 70s, Ford is a bit too old to put on the leather jacket again. So, this time around, the archaeologist is ... ... that dude from Parks and Recreation? Pratt as Dr. Jones? This scenario may not come true. But that is the word on the street about a blockbuster yet-to-come. “Disney has just started to turn its attention to reviving the Indiana Jones franchise after buying the rights from Paramount in 2013,” Mike Fleming of Deadline Hollywood wrote. “I’m cautioned that while things are very early, I hear the studio has set its sights on Chris Pratt as the swashbuckling archaeologist.” In case anyone got too excited — or, depending on one’s view of Pratt, depressed — Fleming stressed his information was preliminary. “Disney won’t comment and all this is admittedly early, so let’s chalk it up as a dishy informed rumour for now and keep an eye on it,” he wrote. Though once best known as the shoe-shiner Andy Dwyer on Parks and Rec, Pratt recently proved he could lead an action-comedy franchise: Guardians of the Galaxy, which grossed more than $300 million last year. He’ll also star in this year’s coming reboot of the Jurassic Park franchise, Jurassic World. Some were measured in their enthusiasm. “I don’t know if I’m crazy, but I sort of think he could pull off Indiana Jones?” USA Today’s For the Win wrote. “I mean, it will be a bit of a stretch to imagine the guy who played the bumbling doofus of Andy Dwyer on Parks and Recreation could be a world-renowned archaeologist.” But given his deepening resume, making Pratt the torchbearer for another giant piece of cinema history — one likely worth hundreds of millions of dollars — seems logical. “Hey, why not?” the Huffington Post wrote. “Give Pratt all the franchises. He’s awesome.” From the Washington Post.

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Not only are the five nominees in this category the most powerful of this year’s 15 offerings, but they’re also among the finest movies I’ve seen this year — of any length. If you can pick only one shorts package to spend your time and money on, make it this one. There’s not a dud in the bunch. Three of the strongest films deal with the power of intense, if evanescent, human connection. The highest profile of them is The Phone Call, thanks to the participation of two world-class British actors. Jim Broadbent and Sally Hawkins play a suicidal caller (whom we hear, but never see) and the compassionate yet increasingly desperate hotline worker who is trying to keep him on the line long enough to talk him out of harming himself. In just under 21 minutes, filmmaker Mat Kirkby accomplishes something miraculous, evoking both hope and hopelessness. Parvaneh is just as good. Set in Switzerland, Talkhon Hamzavi’s story about the brief, unlikely friendship between teenage girls — one an impoverished Afghan immigrant (Nissa Kashani), and the other a middle-class Swiss punk (Cheryl Graf) — manages to touch a universal chord in ways that many more ambitious films only aspire to. But the oddest and most mesmerizing of the films is Aya, a story of a woman (French-Israeli actress Sarah Adler) who, for reasons she can’t articulate, decides on a whim to chauffeur a stranger (Ulrich Thomsen) from Ben Gurion International Airport to his hotel in Jerusalem. Set, for the most part, in her car, over the course of a half-hour drive, Aya bears some similarity to The Phone Call, in that they’re both hothouse dramas built around people talking. Yet the inexplicability of Aya’s impulse to pick up a stranger is tempered by Adler’s grounded, if slightly goofy, performance, which carries the film to — perhaps well beyond — its intended destination. Films in this category also include the Irish charmer Boogaloo and Graham and Butter Lamp, from Chinese director Wei Hu.

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ing in the hopes that the final product will bear some stamp of individuality. It would seem that you’re not really a big deal until you’re involved in a comic book superhero movie.” Instead, DuVernay is writing, producing and directing her next project. In the press release announcing the movie, Jonathan King, Participant’s EVP who will be executive producing the project, emphasized the “social and environmental” aspects of Hurricane Katrina. These are very, very early days, but it sounds like this will be very much an Ava DuVernay movie. It would have been a real loss if criticism of Selma or a version of success that co-opted DuVernay for someone else’s purposes took opportunities to make such movies away from her, and denied us her voice.

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The animated shorts program is particularly succinct: a mere 49 minutes of Oscar-nominated material supplemented by a handful of additional, nonnominated cartoons culled by the distributor, Shorts International. Its most fleeting offering, A Single Life, clocks in at just over two minutes. That’s barely the length of a pop song. But light on length doesn’t mean lightweight. A Single Life actually centers on a pop tune, playing on an old turntable, whose brevity and technological obsolescence serves as a metaphor for mortality. Similarly, the program’s most powerful film, The Bigger Picture, concerns two brothers — one dutiful, the other detached — who are coping with their mother’s impending demise. Loosely inspired by the death of filmmaker Daisy Jacobs’s grandmother, The Bigger Picture is the most visually arresting of the five nominees. A blend of 2-D and 3-D animation — featuring a mix of life-size, David Hockney-esque wall paintings and stop-motion sculpture — The Bigger Picture looks like nothing you’ve seen before. Despite the filmmaker’s young age (26), The Bigger Picture is a strong contender for the Academy Award, even up against the excellent, equally autobiographical Me and My Moulton, by Torill Kove (who took home the Oscar in 2007 for her short The Danish Poet). The program is rounded out by The Dam Keeper, a sweetly hand-drawn collaboration between Robert Kondo and Dice Tsutsumi — studio veterans who worked on such major releases as Monsters University — and Feast, a so-so Disney production that accompanied the theatrical release of Big Hero 6.

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Joanna is the film to beat in the documentary category. It focuses on Joanna Salyga, a young Polish woman whose frankly confessional blog — inspired by her own terminal cancer — conferred a certain level of notoriety on her before her death in 2012, at age 36. (She jokes, on camera, that she’s considering “auditioning” prospective second wives for her husband on her blog.) But Joanna never feels voyeuristic. Rather, Aneta Kopacz’s film presents a portrait of courage and grace. It isn’t the only film in this vein.Our Curse, by Polish director Tomasz Sliwinski, is an unflinching look at how the filmmaker and his wife coped with learning that their newborn son, Leo, has Congenital Central Hypoventilation Syndrome, an incurable disease sometimes known as “Ondine’s curse.” Like an extreme form of sleep apnea, it necessitates a tracheotomy and respirator whenever their son goes to sleep.

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Katy Perry, the pop star with more Twitter followers than anyone on Earth, is set to take the halftime stage at the Super Bowl on Sunday. What will she sing? What will she wear? How many people dressed as cats will be involved? Here’s everything that we know so far:

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● She’s going to sing all of her popular songs. Perry told ESPN that she’s “squeezing in as many familiar hits as possible” with a mash-up of songs so that people in the stadium and at home can sing along. So, let’s see, that probably means Hot n Cold; California Gurls; Teenage Dream; Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.); Wide Awake; Roar; Dark Horse. Can we expect a finale of Firework? And given how cautious halftime shows have become, is she allowed to sing I Kissed a Girl?

● Lenny Kravitz will be there. Perry teased Kravitz as one of the special guests. Who knows who else will show up? Meanwhile, American Woman will probably be on the playlist.

● It’s going to be funny. “I want to bring the humor, I want to bring the color, I want to bring

● Kravitz and Perry have been texting each other ideas. “You might not expect this ... the song choice,”

the sass and I want to bring the incredible joy,” Perry said in an interview with the Daily Mail. “I’m not so serious and there’s going to be a lot of fun, a lot of humor in it.” (Based on Perry’s feline obsession, we’re assuming this means there will be cats.)

Kravitz told E! on the red carpet at the SAG Awards. ● Perry will be on stage for 12 ½ minutes. “I know the responsibility I’ve been given for 12 ½ minutes,” Perry told the Daily Mail,. “Sometimes you can’t control other people, but I can control myself.” ● Hmm, so does this mean no unpleasant surprises for NBC, a la M.I.A.’s middle finger? Or that she won’t (as rumors suggest) use the platform to introduce a new song that disses her frenemy Taylor Swift? We’ll see, but Perry promises to be on her best behavior. “There’s no trying to sabotage myself,” she

said. “I have no other motive besides the music and to share the songs that I’ve created over the years.” ● Perry is inspired by a combination of Diana Ross, Madonna and Beyoncé. Diana Ross dropped the mic and was lifted off the stage via helicopter. Madonna had great graphics. Perry loves all of that, and is similarly inspired by the “fierceness and power and sexiness” of the Beyoncé halftime show. She also plans to borrow the same giant fans that Beyoncé used in 2013 for that perfect windblown look. Emily Yahr covers pop culture and entertainment for the Washington Post.

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Constantine What is placing numerous residents of Brooklyn, N.Y., into comas? Chas (Charles Halford) is particularly intent in finding out, since his own daughter is among the victims, in the new episode “Quid Pro Quo.” Time is of the essence in finding a solution to the crisis, since it continues to impact more and more of the borough’s population. Mark Margolis (“American Horror Story”) guest stars. Matt Ryan and Angelica Celaya also star. 6 p.m. on WXYZ, E!; 9 p.m. on KXLY

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BARRE Roland Roland Barre, long time resident of Red Deer, passed away January 10, 2015, at the age of 88. Roland was born in Cranbrook, B.C., December 30, 1926. At the age of 15 Roland started working in the coal mines around Drumheller. On October 21, 1950 Roland married Anne Musteca, they had four children; Linda Buckingham (Graham), of Kelowna, B.C., Wade Barre of Red Deer, Glenn Barre (Carrie) of Red Deer, and Joan Halvorson (Shaine) of Peace River. He was also blessed with nine grandchildren and seven great grandchildren. From 1961 - 1969 Roland and family resided in Big River, SK. During this time he was an active member on the Town Council, was the first Mayor and the first Police member. He was also able to find time to return to school for a Business Course to further his entrepreneurial spirit. At Roland’s request there will be no funeral services.

BRAY Ronald Paul 1938 - 2014 Mr. Ronald Paul ‘Ron’ Bray of Red Deer, Alberta, passed away peacefully in his sleep at the Red Deer Regional Hospital Centre on Sunday, December 28, 2014 at the age of 76 years. Alberta born and raised, Ron’s interests included fishing, hunting, his dogs and spending time with his family. Ron was well known in the community for his expertise in repairing air tools for many local construction companies. He will be lovingly remembered by his two sons, Ron Bray Jr., Michael Bray, his granddaughter, Sydnie and his best friend, Flo. He will also be sadly missed by his many dearly loved nieces and nephews in Washougal, Washington, United States. The family wishes to honor Ron’s request that no formal Funeral Service be held. Condolences may be sent or viewed at www.parklandfuneralhome.com. Arrangements in care of Maryann Hansen, Funeral Director at PARKLAND FUNERAL HOME AND CREMATORIUM, 6287 - 67 A Street (Taylor Drive), Red Deer. 403.340.4040.

COOKSON Winnifred “Ann” It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Winnifred Ann Cookson. Ann peacefully departed this world on January 25, 2015 at 11 p.m. with family members at her side. Mom was born in Wetaskiwin to Winnifred and Norman Doupe on November 2, 1936. Ann is lovingly survived by her husband of 58 years, Jack, and her four children: Bruce and Hania and children Kasia and John of North Vancouver; John of Lacombe and daughters Mandy and Jasmin of Calgary; Rob & Shirley (Mitchell) of Zurich, Switzerland; and Sally and Ken Weenink of Lacombe; and children Matt of Calgary, Chelsea of Red Deer, and Jill of Edmonton. She is also survived by her brother, Rod Doupe and family of Wetaskiwin; sister, Lorna McTavish and family of Red Deer; brother-in-law, Ken and Betty Cookson of Lacombe; and sister-in-law, Margaret Fox of Vancouver. Ann was the bedrock that kept the family farm together and functioning while her husband Jack was away for the years that he was a member of the Alberta Legislature in the 1970’s. Mom was caring and loving, had a good sense of humour, and a feisty spirit. She was not one to complain even though she suffered in pain from Rheumatoid Arthritis during the second half of her life. For the care, love and patience that was extended to Ann during her last two years, the family would like to extend its sincere thanks and appreciation to Dr. Matt Unger and to all the incredible staff at the Lacombe Hospital Long Term Care. A celebration of Ann’s life will be held on Saturday January 31, 2014 at the St. Andrews United Church in Lacombe, 5226-51 Avenue at 2:00 p.m. with a time of fellowship and remembrance to follow in the adjoining hall. Donations in her name would be gratefully received for Long Term Care, 5430-47 Ave., Lacombe, AB T4L 1G8 or to a charity of the donor’s choice. Expressions of sympathy may be made by visiting: www.wilsonsfuneralchapel.ca WILSON’S FUNERAL CHAPEL & CREMATORIUM of Lacombe and Rimbey in charge of the arrangements. 403-782-3366 403-843-3388 “A Caring Family, Caring For Families”

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309-3300 BRAZEAU Wayne Arthur Wayne Arthur Brazeau passed away on January 21, 2015, in Lloydminster, AB. He served 14 years with the Queen’s Own Rifles of Canada 2nd Battalion. He was also with the Department of Justice for 19 years in Calgary, Wetaskiwin, Red Deer and Vegreville. A full obituary is on the website of McCaw Funeral Services Ltd., Lloydminster.

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MacKENZIE John Robert “Murray” June 29, 1929 - January 24, 2015 Murray MacKenzie of Lacombe, Alberta passed away peacefully in the Red Deer Hospice at the age of 85. Murray was the youngest child of Robert and Amanda MacKenzie, and younger brother of Isabel and Viola. Murray grew up in Lacombe, and was active in central Alberta hockey, playing with numerous junior teams and finally the Lacombe Rockets. As a young man he joined his father in the livestock industry, and in 1953 he studied in Iowa to become an auctioneer. At this time he met his wife to be, Mona Creighton, and they were married in 1953. They moved to a farm just south of Lacombe where they raised their three children Stephen (Betty), Laura (Andrew) and Maureen (Bob). Murray travelled to eastern Alberta as a cattle buyer, visiting many farms and ranches where he made life-long friends. He was the owner/operator of the Coronation and Hanna auction markets. The Lacombe Bull Sale was one of his favourite sales to work. The farm was sold in 1988 and Murray and Mona moved into their current home in Lacombe. Murray co-founded the Lacombe Kinsmen Rodeo, and the Western Canada School of Auctioneering, the first of its kind in Canada. Murray was dedicated to service in his community, and was active in the Kinsmen, Lions, Masons, and was a Legion member until the time of his passing. Murray loved the game of golf, and spent many afternoons at the Lacombe Golf and Country Club. Murray, Mona and their friends travelled to various courses in Alberta, the US, Mexico, and New Zealand. They enjoyed camping and fishing the lakes of Alberta. For 21 years they headed south to their winter home in McAllen Texas to be with their many snowbird friends. Murray led by example and was a loyal and dedicated husband, father, grandfather, great grandfather, friend, and well respected cattleman. Murray enjoyed spending time with his grandchildren Katie, Sarah, Genevieve (Shane), and Scott, and his great-grandchildren Sareen and Augustus. A celebration of Murray’s life will be held at Wilson’s Funeral Chapel, 6120 Hwy 2A, Lacombe on Monday February 2, 2015 at 1:00 p.m. In lieu of flowers, his family asks that memorial donations be made to the Red Deer Hospice Society, 99 Arnot Avenue, Red Deer, AB T4R 3S6, or at http://www.reddeerhospice.com. Condolences to the family may be made by visiting www.wilsonsfuneralchapel.ca WILSON’S FUNERAL CHAPEL & CREMATORIUM with locations in Lacombe and Rimbey in charge of arrangements. Phone 403-782-3366 or 403-843-3388 “A Caring Family, Caring For Families”

HEINTZ Faye Alice (Dickson) Jul. 7, 1936 - Jan. 26, 2015 Faye is survived by her husband, Leslie, two sons; Terry (Lenora) and Dale (Patricia), two brothers; Garth (Betty) and Doug Dickson, sister-in-law, Darlene Dickson, eight grandchildren, six great-grandchildren, and numerous nieces and nephews. Faye was predeceased by two sons; Randy and Kenneth Heintz, granddaughter, Andrea, brother, Dennis Dickson, and sister-in-law, Lluella Dickson. A Memorial Service will be held at Gaetz Memorial United Church, 4758 Ross Street, Red Deer, on Saturday, January 31, 2015 at 2:30 p.m. Inurnment will take place at Alto Reste Cemetery, Hwy 11 East, Red Deer County, prior to the service at 1:00 p.m. Many thanks to the Palliative Care staff at the Red Deer Regional Hospital. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations in Faye’s honor may be made directly to a charity of your choice. Condolences may be forwarded to the family by visiting www.eventidefuneralchapels.com Arrangements entrusted to EVENTIDE FUNERAL CHAPEL 4820 - 45 Street, Red Deer. Phone (403) 347-2222

MACNAMEE Henry “Kenny” Aug. 8, 1946 - Jan. 26, 2015 Born in Jamaica Henry Dwight Rodriques McNamee (Kenny to his friends and family) was born August 8, 1946 to Kermit and Nora McNamee. Kenny was the youngest of five children. He leaves behind two sisters, June McNamee and Barbra Hamilton and two brothers, Geoff and Tony McNamee. Kenny has two nieces, Tanya Hamilton and Sarah McNamee, and three nephews, Michael Hamilton, and Justin and Jason McNamee. He also has two great nieces, Sydnee and Marley. The world lost one of its special people on January 26, 2015. Kenny, we hope you’re getting your fill of Ackee, salt fish, and green banana! May heaven be kinder to you than this world was. Kenny marched to the beat of his own drum and that’s what made him so special. Ya always knew he cared about his friends and family. Kenny had a huge heart, and we miss him everyday! We love you Bredren!! Kenny came to Canada 35 years ago from Jamaica. To all his friends from Red Deer and Card Of Thanks everywhere, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, and Toronto. SWITZER/WRIGHT FAMILIES Kenny made his way all over. We would all like to express He was a great carpenter, our sincere gratitude for all drywaller, basically, a jack of the love and support we have all trades. Red Deer seemed received. Maddy is and was to be the place that Kenny truly a blessing. Thank you. would always come back to. All the women in his life were all his girlfriends. He was quite the charmer, a ladies man to say. He will be sadly, sadly missed from his family and friends. Kenny will leave this world with integrity, respect, and his intelligence. A memorial of Kenny will be at Loaves & Fishes on Classifieds 309-3300 Tuesday, February 3, 2015 at 11 a.m.

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MISNER Dec. 11, 1948 - Jan. 26, 2015 Marvin Merle Misner (Pops) of Leedale, AB passed away Jan 26, 2015 at the age of 66 years old at the Rimbey Hospital & Care Centre. He was born in Rimbey and raised in the Last West area. In 1976 he moved with his family Trudy, Lyle and Jackie to Leedale. He was an active member of the community and enjoyed socializing with friends, neighbors and co-workers. Marvin spent 44 years in the bridge construction industry working throughout Alberta. One of his most memorable was the Siffleur Falls suspension bridge. Marvin was a master bridge builder and received many awards including the Minister’s Award of Excellence. He enjoyed spending time with his family. His grandchildren Morgan, Tory and Carter were his pride and joy. He is lovingly remembered by his wife Trudy, son Lyle, daughter Jackie, her husband Brad and their three children Morgan, Tory and Carter. He is also survived by his two brothers, Ron (Delores) and Dave (Patti), numerous nieces and nephews, cousins and inlaws. He was predeceased by his mother Edna, his father Victor, his sister Elaine and his brothers Calvin and Bob. A Celebration of Life for Marvin will be held at the Leedale Community Hall on Monday Feb 2, 2015 at 2:00. A private burial will be held at the Bradshaw Cemetary. Expressions of sympathy may be forwarded to the family by visiting www.wilsonsfuneralchapel.ca WILSON’S FUNERAL CHAPEL & CREMATORIUM serving Central Alberta with locations in Rimbey and Lacombe in charge of the arrangements. Phone: (403) 843-3388 or (403) 782-3366. “A Caring Family, Caring For Families”

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FT CHILDCARE help in Penhold HS grad supervise in absence of parents, meal prep., housekeep, $10.66/hr; 44hrs/wk. Exp. an asset genedith2004@yahoo.com FULL-TIME IN-HOME caregiver for employer ejabagat at 36 Jamieson Ave., Red Deer for four children: newborn, 20 mo. old, 3 yrs. old and 9 years old. Duties; bathe, dress, feed and meal prep. and some light housekeeping. $10.20/hour; 44 hours per wk, benefits pkg. Compl. of high school, and 1 to 2 yrs. exp. Call (403) 986-4154 or e-mail jabagate@yahoo.com FULL-TIME in-home caregiver for two children, aged 4 months and 3 years, $10.20/hr., 44 hrs./wk., room and board provided, must have at least one year exp. Duties: bathe, dress, feed, meal prep., and light housekeeping duties. e-mail resume to: xyrilq@yahoo.com

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JUNIOR OIL AND GAS OPERATOR in our Stettler Field. Applicants need to be mechanically inclined, motivated to work hard and learn quickly. Associated industry experience eg. instrumentation or facilities construction experience would be an asset but is not necessarily required. This position offers a diverse and challenging work environment with competitive pay, attractive benefits and the ability to grow within the organization. Applicants must live or be willing to relocate to within a 20 minute commute of the work place location (Stettler). Please Submit Resume’s Attention Human Resources Email: payroll@ bearspawpet.com Fax: (403) 258-3197 Mail: Suite 5309, 333 96th Ave NE Calgary, Alberta T3R 1H1

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this is a working supervisory position and HOSTESS reports to the CAO. Mature professional RESPONSIBILITIES familiar with maitre d’ include the management capabilities. Would be an and supervision of public asset to have a current works, water treatment/ ProServe Certificate and distribution, waste water familiar with wine service. collection/ treatment, solid Professional waste collection and appearance is a definite recreation facilities. requirement. QUALIFICATIONS: CENTRAL AB based Must have Ref’s & Exp. Minimum grade twelve, trucking company requires Apply within: 2079-50 valid Class 3 Alberta Motor Ave. 2-4 pm. Mon.-Fri. Owner Operators Vehicle Operators License, Fax 403-347-1161 Phone & Contract Drivers 3 years’ experience related calls WILL NOT be in AB. Home the odd night. supervisory role, well accepted. Only candidates Weekends off. Late model -developed record selected for an interview tractor pref. 403-586-4558 keeping, reporting and will be contact. planning skills. Level I F/T Permanent Truck Water and Wastewater Driver Required for Rocky certificates are an asset. Fast Express (1790810 AB Combination Ltd.) in Red Deer, AB experience/education may Straight truck: 4600kg+w/2 be considered. Submit axles and van resume, including Need class 5 DL + 2 yrs THE RUSTY PELICAN is references and salary exp. $25 per hr/ with now accepting resumes for expectations. OPEN availability 4 F/T Exp’d secretary@ Duties: pick up/deliver LINE COOKS at town.trochu.ab.ca freight, pre-trip truck all stations. MUST HAVE: inspection, communication (403) 442-3085. More detailed job description at: with customers. Physically • 2 yrs. relevant exp., demanding position. Time www.town.trochu.ab.ca completion of High management skills School, be reliable, Central Alberta’s Largest required. Apply at: 8004 self motivated, work Car Lot in Classifieds Edgar Industrial Green, well under limited Red Deer, T4P3S2 supervision in fast Call: 403.845.2230 Fax: paced environment. 587.997.7719

Restaurant/ Hotel

820

EAST 40TH PUB REQ’S P/Tor F/T COOK Apply in person with resume 3811 40th Ave.

Salary is $14 - $18./hr. 40 hr. wk. dependant on exp. 733644 Ab Ltd. O/A The Rusty Pelican Location of employment: 4105 2079 - 50 Ave. Red Deer, AB T4R 1Z4 email: bennett2014.bkkp@ gmail.com or Call 403-347-1414 or Fax to: 403-347-1161 Only candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.

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The successful applicant will be assisting Gaylene Bobb in a fast-paced, dynamic Family Law practice and must be selfmotivated and able to work independently. This is a full time position with long term career opportunities.

Is taking resumes for: Accessories Dept. with experience in clothing or power sport industry. F/T positions avail. Please email resume to HR Department brenda@turplebros.ca F/T Cashier/Postal Clerk. Apply in person w/resume: Highland Green Value Drug Mart.

MOVING SALE Everything Must Go! Tools and equipment related to painter/drywall/stucco/taping trade. Patio set and many more items. Fri. Jan. 30 & Sat. Jan. 31 5250-60 St. Sylvan Lake

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Celebrate your life with a Classified ANNOUNCEMENT

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stuff CLASSIFICATIONS 1500-1990

Antiques & Art

March 13-15, 2015 Westerner Park, Red Deer Special Guests Rick & Kelly Dale: American Restoration Dan & Laura Dotson: Storage Wars Consign Today 1-888-296-0528 Ext 102 consign@egauctions.com EGauctions.com

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PAINTING, 8.5 x 28 Chief Crowfoot signing Peace Treaty. $200. 403-347-7405 Central Alberta’s Largest Car Lot in Classifieds

BUD HAYNES & WARDS Firearms Auction. Sat. Mar. 7 A@ 10 AM 11802-145 St. Edmonton. Early listings. One Man’s Collection. Large store Dispersal, Ammo etc. To Consign: Red Deer Head Office: 403-347-5855 Linda Baggaley 403-597-1095 Brad Ward 780-940-8378 www.budhaynesauctions.com www.WardsAuctions.com

Children's Items

1580

LEAPSTER L-MAX, extra game, tv cables, $20. 403-314-9603

Clothing

1590

COVERALL ALLS, men’s dark green, sz. 44. $10. 403-347-5316 LADIES shoes, size 9 1/2 - 10, 10 pairs, $30. 403-314-9603

Advocate Opportunities

MORRISROE AREA:

Classifieds Your place to SELL Your place to BUY

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

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

CARRIERS REQUIRED To deliver the

CENTRAL AB LIFE & LACOMBE EXPRESS 1 day a week in: LACOMBE BLACKFALDS Please call Rick for details 403-314-4303

BE CAREER READY IN 10 TO 12 MONTHS

Call (403) 347-6676

Advocate Opportunities ADULT Newspaper Carriers Needed For Early Morning Delivery of the

RED DEER ADVOCATE

CARRIERS NEEDED 3 days per week, no weekends

FULL TIME and PART TIME SHIFTS AVAILABLE

ROUTES IN:

ANDERS AREA Ahlstrom Close Andrew Close Asstlee / Ansett Cres. Allsop Ave. / Allsop Cres. Anderson Close Anquetel Close BOWER AREA Beatty Close Broughton / Brookes Boyce St. / Byer Close Baile Close / Boyce St. Brown Close / Barrett Dr.

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

INGLEWOOD AREA Isbister Close Inkster Close Isaacson Close Inglewood Dr. Isherwood Close Iverson Close

880

TransX has immediate openings for Class 1 Company Drivers and Owner Operators to serve Canadian and U.S. routes. For more information on your lanes and your pay package please call 1-877-787-2679 or apply on line at www.drivetransx.ca today! TransX offers steady runs at competitive rates and a top benefits package. Join our team today! 504549A24-30

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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

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

FOR FLYERS, FRIDAY FORWARD & EXPRESS

300, 4808 Ross Street, Red Deer, AB, T4N 1X5 Fax: (403) 340-1280 Email: gbobb@chapmanriebeek.com

Sylvan Lake

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

KENTWOOD & PINES

CHAPMAN RIEBEEK LLP

TO ADVERTISE YOUR SALE HERE — CALL 309-3300

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

2965 Bremner Avenue

TURPLE BROS. LTD.

Please reply in confidence with cover letter and resume to:

505389A30

EG Auctions

403.341.4544

Plant Laborer

1530

9th Annual Speed Show & Collector Car Auction

Industries #1 Choice!

WE are looking for a

Auctions

SAFETY

“Low Cost” Quality Training

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

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900

CARRIERS REQUIRED

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Apply in person or send resume to: Email:kfcjobsrd@yahoo.ca or Fax: (403) 341-3820

Employment Training

TRAINING CENTRE

Y COMMUNOITRKER SERVICEaW nd Y COMMUENAITND SERVIC IONS ADDICT ER WORK

Gov’t of Alberta Funding may be available.

GASOLINE ALLEY LOCATION

One of Central Alberta’s leading litigation firms is seeking a Legal Assistant/Paralegal with a minimum of three years experience in Family Law.

880

NEW PROGRAMS

Math and Science for the Trades Program

RAMADA INN & SUITES req’s. ROOM ATTENDANTS. Exp. preferred. Also BREAKFAST ROOM ATTENDANTS, early morning shifts, flexibility req’d. Only serious inquiries apply. Drop off resume at: 6853 - 66 St. Red Deer or fax 403-342-4433

FAMILY LAW ASSISTANT/PARALEGAL

Misc. Help

900

Employment Training

Women in the Trades Program

Now Hiring

Barristers & Solicitors

Sunterra Meats in Trochu, 45 minutes South East of Red Deer is looking for enthusiastic, hard working individuals to join their team at their processing plant. Experience in the meat industry a definite asset. Training provided. Starting wage $14.00 per hour, increases based on skill and experience. Benefit package, travel allowance and a signing bonus. For more information, contact Trish at 403-442-4202 or trish.hyshka@sunterra.ca

• GED Preparation

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CHAPMAN RIEBEEK LLP

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SPRING START

LUCKY’S LOUNGE located in Jackpot Casino, requires Waitress’s Fri. - Sun. Please apply in person at 4950 47 Ave. No phone calls please

780

Legal

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.

ADULT EDUCATION AND TRAINING

504960A28-B5

TANKMASTER RENTALS req’s Exp’d Class 1 Fluid Haulers for Central Alberta. Oilfield tickets req’d. Competitive salary and job bonuses. Resume to terry@tankmaster.ca or fax 403-340-8818

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

880

820

LOCAL SERVICE CO. in Red Deer REQ’S EXP. VACUUM TRUCK OPERATOR Must have Class 3 licence w/air & all oilfield tickets. Fax resume w/drivers abstract to 403-886-4475

403-340-1930 www.academicexpress.ca

ACADEMIC Express

EAST SIDE MARIO’S HIRING FOR ALL POSITIONS • Full Time & Part Time. Apply after 2 p.m. Ask for THE RUSTY PELICAN is now accepting resumes for the manager on duty.

JJAM Management (1987) Full knowledge of all Ltd., o/a Tim Horton’s cocktails, inventory control, Requires to work at these must be of professional Red Deer, AB locations: nature and be capable of 5111 22 St. working all shifts. 37444 HWY 2 S Apply within: 2079-50 37543 HWY 2N Ave. 2-4 pm. Mon.- Fri. 700 3020 22 St. Fax 403-347-1161 Phone FOOD ATTENDANT calls WILL NOT be COLTER ENERGY LP Req’d permanent shift accepted. Only candidates IS NOW HIRING weekend day and evening selected for interview will WELL TESTING: both full and part time. be contacted. Supervisors 16 Vacancies, $10.25/hr. + Something for Everyone benefits. Start ASAP. Night Operators Everyday in Classifieds Job description Operators www.timhortons.com • Have current Safety Buying or Selling certificates including H2S Education and experience your home? not req’d. • Be prepared to work in Check out Homes for Sale Apply in person or fax remote locations for in Classifieds extended periods of time resume to: 403-314-1303 • Must be physically fit Restaurant/ • Competitive wages, benefits and RRSP offered Hotel Please email resume with current driver’s abstract to: jbecker@colterenergy.ca

Would you like to take the GED in your community?

Math and Science for • Red Deer • Rocky Mtn. House the Trades Program • Rimbey Gov’t of Alberta Funding • Caroline • Castor may be available. • Sylvan Lake • Innisfail 403-340-1930 www.academicexpress.ca • Stettler • Ponoka WATER WELL DRILLING • Lacombe COMPANY IN BENTLEY REQ’S EXPERIENCED Gov’t of Alberta Funding WATER WELL may be available.

THE RUSTY PELICAN is now accepting resumes for WELL EXPERIENCED Must hold a current ProServe Certificate and be fully exp. in wine service. Professional appearance is a definite requirement. Must have Ref’s & Exp. Apply within: 2079-50 Ave. 2-4 pm. Mon.-Fri. Fax 403-347-1161 Phone calls WILL NOT be accepted. Only candidates selected for an interview will be contact.

880

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ACADEMIC Express ACADEMIC Express

F/T DISHWASHER SERVICE RIG

850

502790A14

755

Farm Work

800

278950A5

UNIQUE exp. HYGIENIST required. New grads welcome. P/T to F/T position. Please drop off resume ATTN: Marina at Bower Dental Centre or email: marina@bowerdental.com

Oilfield

503576A19-B13

740

Dental

MORRISROE AREA Metcalf Ave. Martin / Muldrew Close SUNNYBROOK AREA Sherwood Cres. / Stirling Close Selkirk Blvd. / Sherwood Cres. Savoy Close / Sydney Close LANCASTER AREA Lampard Cres Lancaster Drive Long Close Lord Close Lougheed Close Lyons Close VANIER AREA Vickers Close Victor Close Viscount Drive Vincent Close Call Prodie @ 403- 314-4301 for more info **********************

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

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

ADULT or YOUTH CARRIERS NEEDED For delivery of Flyers, Express and Friday Forward ONLY 2 DAYS A WEEK in DEER PARK AREA Dixon Cres. Dunlop St., Dixon Ave. & Close $107.00/mo Durand Cr. & Drummond Ave. $69.00/mo. also Drummond Cl. & Dowd Cl. $59.00/mo. also Dunning Cres. Cl., and Depalme St. $103.00 GRANDVIEW AREA 4400 Blks. of 40A Ave. and 41 Ave. and 1 Blk. each of 46 and 47 Streets area MOUNTVIEW AREA Between 35 St. and 39 St. and 43A Ave. and 41, Ave. area $189.00/mo. MICHENER AREA 50A. St. between 40 Ave. & 42 A Ave, 50, 51, 51A & 52 St. between 40 Ave. & 43 Ave. and Michener Drive area. $209.00/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 Trump Pl. $97.00/mo For More Information Call Jamie at the Red Deer Advocate 403-314-4306

RED DEER ADVOCATE Friday, Jan. 30, 2015 D7

Netanyahu blasts Iran over Hezbollah attack BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS SHEAR YASHUV, Israel — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday said that Iran is to blame for a deadly flare-up along the IsraeliLebanese border the previous day, the deadliest escalation in the disputed zone since the 2006 war between Hezbollah and Israel. The violence erupted when the Lebanese militant Hezbollah group on Wednesday fired a salvo of anti-tank missiles at an Israeli military convoy in the disputed area, killing two soldiers and wounding seven. Israel responded to the missiles with shelling. A Spanish peacekeeper with the U.N. force in southern Lebanon was also killed. The area was calm but tense on Thursday and village life appeared to return to normal. But Israeli forces were on high alert and the Lebanese National News Agency said Israeli warplanes were flying low over border villages. “It is Iran that is responsible for yesterday’s attack against us from Lebanon,” Netanyahu said.

“We will continue to defend our- of yet another crippling war between selves against all threats, near and far the two foes — and an even further realike.” gional chaos — both Israel and HezbolIran backs Hezbollah, which de- lah seemed disinterested in escalating clared its attack an act of retaliation the situation further. for an Israeli airIsrael goes to strike on Hezbolthe polls in March ‘THIS IS THE SAME IRAN lah fighters inand Netanyahu THAT IS NOW TRYING TO side neighbouring would not want Syria earlier this ACHIEVE AN AGREEMENT, to get involved in month — an atso close to VIA THE MAJOR POWERS, fighting tack that killed six the election. Hezbollah fight- THAT WOULD LEAVE IT WITH Shiite powerers and an Iranian house Iran has THE ABILITY TO DEVELOP general. Both Iran been Assad’s NUCLEAR WEAPONS, AND m a j o r b a c k e r and Hezbollah are allies with Syrian WE STRONGLY OPPOSE THIS t h r o u g h o u t i t s President Bashar bloody civil war, AGREEMENT.’ Assad in the civil lending Damascus war in the neighmilitary support —BENJAMIN NETANYAHU bouring country. through its proxy ISRAEL PRESIDENT “This is the Hezbollah group. same Iran that is If Hezbollah were now trying to achieve an agreement, to divert its forces from Syria to a war via the major powers, that would leave along the border with Israel, the Lebait with the ability to develop nuclear nese Shiite group could likely find itweapons, and we strongly oppose this self stretched too thin. agreement,” Netanyahu said referring The rhetoric indicated the situation to the negotiations over Tehran’s nu- could de-escalate further. clear program. Israel’s Defence Minister Moshe Though the violence sparked fears Yaalon said earlier Thursday that the

military is on alert and is “ready for any development” while at the same time warning against further attacks. Yaalon said Israel was informed by the U.N. that Hezbollah was unlikely to escalate the violence further. “We received a message through UNIFIL,” Yaalon said, referring to the U.N. peacekeeping force in Lebanon, “that as far as they are concerned the incident is over.” Wednesday’s violence was the worst in that area since the month-long 2006 Israel-Lebanon war. That conflict was sparked by a Hezbollah attack on an Israeli military vehicle along the border and the kidnapping and killing of two Israeli soldiers. The ensuing month-long fighting killed about 1,200 Lebanese and 160 Israelis and ravaged the Shiite-dominated region of south Lebanon as well as the country’s infrastructure. Spain’s ambassador to the United Nations blamed Israel for the death of the Spaniard on Wednesday. U.N. peacekeepers were seen in southern Lebanon on Thursday, inspecting damage at the Spanish contingent’s base in Abbasiyeh village, where the soldier was killed.

Youths angry at failure to fight Islamic uprising in Nigeria STONE PRESIDENTS CONVOY IN EASTERN TOWN OF JALINGO BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS JALINGO, Nigeria — Youths angry at the Nigerian government’s failure to fight Islamic extremists threw stones Thursday at President Goodluck Jonathan’s electioneering convoy in the eastern town of Jalingo, breaking windshields and windows on several vehicles. An Associated Press reporter was unable to see if anyone was hurt. Police used tear gas and whips to disperse the mob. From Jalingo, Jonathan flew to Yola, capital of Adamawa state, where officials had declared the route of his motorcade a no-go area. The presiden-

Electronics

1605 Household Furnishings 1720

DREAM CAST with 4 COFFEE TABLE, hexagon games, $80; WII with shaped, heavy oak look games, $100; and CD 15’ high, 38” wide. $25. stand, $20. 403-782-3847 403-347-5316 PANASONIC SC-HC3 ultra-slim, ipod docking speaker system with CD player, AM/FM radio, clock, alarm, remote, and instruction manual. $95. Call (403) 342-7908.

1610

Event Tickets

TRAGICALLY HIP concert Mon. Feb. 9 in Calgary, good seats, pair for $155 403-391-3335

1630

EquipmentHeavy

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

1660

Firewood

AFFORDABLE

Homestead Firewood

Spruce & Pine -Split. Firepits avail. 7 days/wk. 403-304-6472 FIREWOOD, Spruce & Pine. North of Costco 403-346-7178, 392-7754

LOGS

Semi loads of pine, spruce, tamarack, poplar. Price depends on location. Lil Mule Logging 403-318-4346 Now Offering Hotter, Cleaner BC Birch. All Types. P.U. / Delivery. Lyle 403-783-2275

1710

Household Appliances

LG WHITE over the range microwave oven, 1000 watts, Model MV-1510M, exc. cond., $175 403-352-8811

NIGHT Tables, (2) Oak, 1 drawer & 2 doors with glass top to protect from scratches. $70 ea. 403-352-8811

WANTED

Antiques, furniture and estates. 342-2514

Stereos TV's, VCRs

1730

STEREO, JVC mini hi-À am/fm radio, single cassette, single CD player, 4 speakers, remote control, $30. 403-342-4898

Jewellery

1750

NECKLACE, beautiful tiger claw. $200. 403-347-7405

tial cavalcade already had been stoned in northern Katsina city and northeast Bauchi last week. Youths in Bauchi flung shoes and plastic bottles at Jonathan’s podium at a rally. In Jalingo, soldiers guarded billboards and posters of Jonathan, who is running for re-election on Feb. 14. Protesters shouted that the troops should instead be fighting the Boko Haram insurgents blamed for the deaths of some 10,000 people in the past year. “Why are they using soldiers and other security operatives? They should be deployed to Sambisa and fight with Boko Haram, not with innocent civilians,” one youth yelled as he tore down a poster of a smiling Jonathan.

Misc. for Sale

1760

NEW tote bags, 3, zippered, BRADFORD exchange red and gold satin, and plate, 1995, limited edition, black croc. paten, $20 each winter solstice, plate no. or 3 for $50. 403-227-2976 3140B, comes with certiÀcate of authenticity, RUG: Fantastic 4’ diameter beautifully framed, $40. (all inlayed colored) used 403-342-4898 for wall or Áoor decor. Something for Everyone $200. 403-347-7405 Everyday in Classifieds TWO blankets, electric kettle, 2 Corningware casserole dishes, small Travel picture, $20. 403-342-4898 CELEBRATIONS HAPPEN EVERY DAY IN CLASSIFIEDS

Pets & Supplies

1760

BACK PACK, $8 QUILT, Queen size pink Áoral $10; 403-347-5316 BEVELED glass mirror, oak frame, 19” x 32”, $35. 403-314-9603 HEADBOARD, for queen bed, 60” wide, $35; 3 Clean wool accent matching 3x5 oval carpets from SEARS, $35 for all 3; and David Winter Collector’s houses in original boxes, $15/ea. 403-352-8811 KNITTING MACHINE, portable, in case, large quantity of wool, knitting needles, various sizes. $15. for all. SOLD

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

CANARIES, cages. 403-314-9451

Cats

1830

1 SIAMESE, 3 Balinese kittens, $50/ea. 403-887-3649

Sporting Goods

1860

BASEBALL Bat and 2 gloves. $3. 403-343-1503 MATTRESSES, Foam Camping, 5 sleeping bags, 5 air mattresses, $25. 403-343-1503 PUP TENT, nylon, $5; 2 canvas duffel bags, $5. 403-343-1503 Tired of Standing? Find something to sit on in Classifieds SKIS, 205 Mega Sport Tyrolia, and boots Sz. 10, Memo Salomon. $40. ea. or both for $70 or offers 403-346-2070

1900

Packages

1810

SILVER pierced earrings, made in Israel, never been BEAUTIFUL kittens, F, (3), worn, appraised $135, Calico, tabby, spotted, asking $100. 403-227-2976 free to good home 403-782-3130

Misc. for Sale

1870

Collectors' Items

wegot

rentals CLASSIFICATIONS

FOR RENT • 3000-3200 WANTED • 3250-3390

3020

Houses/ Duplexes

FOR LEASE, Executive style 1/2 duplex in Lacombe on large lot. 4 bdrms., 3 bath, dble. garage, no pets, N/S. 403-588-2740

MOUNTVIEW

3 bdrm. house, main Áoor, 5 appls., fenced yard, large deck, rent $1500 incl. all utils. $900 s.d. Avail. now or Feb 1. 403-304-5337 Older 2 bedroom 1 bath home 5820-60A St. $995.00 month plus utilities- to view email steelpper@hotmail.com

WEST PARK

3 bdrm., 2 bath, 4 appls., large fenced yard, $1550/mo. $1000. d.d. just reno’d, Avail Feb . 1. 403-304-5337

wegotservices CLASSIFICATIONS 1000-1430

Sambisa Forest is where the insurgents have camps and where they are believed to be holding some of the 276 schoolgirls abducted from a boarding school in the remote town of Chibok in April — a mass kidnapping that brought international outrage. Dozens of the girls escaped on their own but 219 remain missing, a reminder of the failures of Nigeria’s government and military. At a rally in Yola, Jonathan promised his government will do more to help some of the million-plus people driven from their homes in the 5-yearold insurgency. “We are totally committed to the liberation of Adamawa state,” Jonathan

Condos/ Townhouses

3030

3 BDRM., 2.5 baths, Deerpark, N/S, no pets, 2 parking spots, washer/ dryer, $1600. 403-391-7978 OVER 50, 2 bdrm., single garage, N/S, no pets, washer/dryer, $1300. 403-391-7978

Mobile Lot

3190

Misc.

SEIBEL PROPERTY For Rent

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

3200

classiﬁeds@reddeeradvocate.com Contractors

1100

1040

A.R.C Builders Agricultural Residential Commercial Builders .We look after all your new construction needs as well as all of your renovation and repair needs as well as rooÀng sidling and Áood or Àre repairs.With over 35 years in business its hard to beat our experience. To contact us call 4037283734 or 4033184510 or email us at philbieganek@gmail.com

NEW Elizabeth Arden red hot croc. make-up bag, with make-up, $195 value, asking $50. 403-227-2976

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INDIVIDUAL & BUSINESS Accounting, 30 yrs. of exp. with oilÀeld service companies, other small businesses and individuals RW Smith, 346-9351 Classifieds...costs so little Saves you so much!

Beauty/ Cosmetic

Contractors

1100

DOORS, windows, siding, sofÀt, fascia and custom cladding. Call Dean @ 403-302-9210. DALE’S Home Reno’s Free estimates for all your reno needs. 403-506-4301 BRIDGER CONST. LTD. We do it all! 403-302-8550

Escorts

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

Handyman Services

1200

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

Massage Therapy

1280

FANTASY SPA International Ladies

Painters/ Decorators

JG PAINTING, 25 yrs. exp. Free Est. 403-872-8888

Personal

Elite Retreat, Finest Services in VIP Treatment.

10 - 2am Private back entry

403-341-4445

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

Misc. Services

1290

5* JUNK REMOVAL

1310 1315

MYSTICAL VISIONS 4710 - 51 Ave., Red Deer PALM AND TAROT READING Available by appt. 403-304-8235

Seniors’ Services

1372

HELPING HANDS

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

CLASSIFICATIONS 5000-5300

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

1380

5030

Cars

~ Westpark

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

4 Plexes/ 6 Plexes

3050

MOBILE ofÀce trailer 240 rent by day/month, c/w toilet, satellite dish, TV, Stereo, fridge. Call B & L Enterprise 403-346-6106

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homes

Realtors & Services

4010

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Rebels gain more ground in Ukraine RUSSIA-BACKED REBELS OVERRUN ANOTHER TOWN IN ONSLAUGHT AGAINST ARMY TROOPS BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ARTEMIVSK, Ukraine — Ukraine’s military conceded Thursday that its forces had been overrun by Russianbacked separatist forces in another town in their battle to hold onto a strategically valuable railway hub. A soldier wounded in combat for the town, Vuhlehirsk, said armoured vehicles and tanks were used in the attack on government positions, forcing a hasty retreat. Defence Ministry spokesman Vladislav Seleznyov said fighting is now under way to expel the rebels from Vuhlehirsk. “We are trying to push the enemy out of the town,” he said. The loss of full control over town will further complicate efforts to resist the onslaught on Debaltseve, a nearby railway hub that sits between the two main rebel-held cities of Donetsk and Luhansk. While clashes in east Ukraine rage, hopes are still being invested in reviving a peace process that has been undermined with every new day of fighting. The leader of the separatists in the Luhansk region, Igor Plotnitsky, told a rebel news agency that the success of negotiations planned for Friday will hinge on lifting what he described as Ukraine’s economic blockade of breakaway regions. Ukraine last year ordered the suspension of banking services in rebel territories, and stopped paying benefits to people not registered in government-controlled areas. U.S. State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki said Washington strongly condemns the attacks on Debaltseve and underlined that the town is about 13 kilometres (8 miles) beyond a ceasefire line agreed at September’s peace talks in Minsk. “There can also be no mistake about Russia’s role in the escalation of violence, which is causing suffering and death among those Russia has claimed it wants to protect,” she said. Multiple flashpoints have flared up across eastern Ukraine since the start of the month, when full-blown fighting between Russian-backed rebels and government forces erupted anew following a month of relative tranquility. Since the conflict started in April, it has claimed more than 5,100 lives and displaced more than 900,000 people across the country, according to U.N. estimates.

Fighting also continued to rage Thursday near the main rebel-held city of Donetsk, where at least five civilians were killed by artillery shelling. Scared residents were huddling from the barrage in frigid basements, relying on humanitarian aid to survive. “Our house is still OK, but it’s really frightening to stay there, the walls are shaking,” said Natasha Domyanova, who lives in the city’s Petrovsky district. “It’s damp and cold here. We call ourselves the children of the dungeon.” As Ukraine’s military fortunes falter, the plight of civilians pinned down by fighting around Debaltseve is looking bleak. Residents say the town has been without power, water and gas supplies for more than a week. Several hospitals in and around Debaltseve have been hit by rebel shelling in recent days, forcing the grievously sick and wounded to embark on trips of more than an hour along roads targeted by artillery. Speaking in a hospital bed in the city of Artemivsk, 21-year-old Ukrainian army soldier Vadim Pugovetsa said the attack on Vuhlehirsk began with an apparent tactical feint. “Some tanks tried to break through, but we repelled the first attack. But that was clearly a probing move,” Pugovetsa said. Armoured vehicles and tanks charged toward the town through fields in a fresh assault two hours later, he said. Pugovetsa said he managed to shoot two attacking infantrymen who emerged from their armoured vehicles before being wounded by incoming gunfire. Regional officials loyal to Kyiv said two civilians had been killed as a result of the fighting in Vuhlehirsk. Until earlier this week, Pugovetsa might have been taken for treatment to the nearby hospital in the town of Svitlodarsk, but that was hit by rocket fire, forcing the evacuation of 48 patients. National Guard medic Col. Ihor Ilkiv said multiple civilian hospitals have been damaged by what he called an intentional rebel attempt to strain the government’s ability to provide medical treatment for troops. Attacks on Ukrainian army position in Debaltseve have ticked up sharply since the start of the week, Ilkiv said. “Every day, around 40 or 50 wounded guys are brought in. Two, three or more of them badly. We also get about 10 or more civilians,” he said.

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A priest blesses newly mobilized recruits in front of a military registration office before they leave for military units, in Kiev, Ukraine, Thursday. Ukraine has been holding active mobilization since the beginning of a war conflict with Russia. trol last year. Moscow denies those claims. On Thursday, the head of Ukraine’s Joint Staff, Viktor Muzhenko, said he had intelligence proving that Russian servicemen were involved in combat alongside rebels, but said that regular Russian army units were not engaged in the fighting. In Brussels, Dutch foreign minister Bert Koenders said the European Union had decided to extend a first set of sanctions against Russian and proRussia separatist officials which were due to expire in March by six months because of the continued fighting in eastern Ukraine. Koenders said Thursday that all EU foreign ministers agreed on the decision and called it a “strong signal toward Russia.” In March, the EU imposed the first visa bans and asset freezes against officials linked to Russia’s annexation of southern Ukraine’s Crimean Peninsula. Speaking to reporters in Washington, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry urged Russia to stop providing separatists with heavy weapons.

Eduard Basurin, the deputy commander of separatist forces in the selfstyled breakaway Donetsk People’s Republic, said rebel fighters were under instructions to refrain from targeting residential areas. “When there is a war, anything can happen. But the (Donetsk People’s Republic) doesn’t fire on towns and villages on purpose,” he said. Basurin also claimed rebels now control the highway leading north out of Debaltseve and into government territory. Despite claiming to rely solely on military equipment poached from the Ukrainian army, separatist forces have consistently deployed vast quantities of powerful weapons, some of which military experts say is not even known to be in Ukraine’s possession. Pugovetsa said the tanks he saw entering Vuhlehirsk appeared to be brand new and showed little sign of wear. Ukraine and NATO say Russia directly abets rebels with manpower, arms and ammunition, all passed through the large section of border that was wrested from Ukrainian con-

Balloon crew surpasses distance record BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Two pilots soaring over the Pacific Ocean made history Thursday, first matching and then surpassing the 5,209-mile (8,383-kilometre) official world distance record for human flight in a gas balloon. “There it is! There it is!” shouted team members at the flight’s mission control in Albuquerque as a giant screen showed the helium-filled Two Eagles balloon passing the record set by the Double Eagle V in 1981. The balloon was about 400 miles northwest of San Francisco when it hit the mark. Everyone inside the control room had their smartphones pointed at the screen to document the moment. In a matter of hours, they hit another milestone in similar fashion when they reached the 5,260-mile (8,465-kilometre) mark. That’s the distance — 1 per cent more than the current record — they needed to meet in their quest to establish a record under international aviation rules. The distance still has to be confirmed by the Federation Aeronautique Internationale, a process that can take weeks.

“We’re not taking any time to celebrate,” said Steve Shope, head of mission control. “We have a lot of work we have to do, and we’re just taking this flight one hour at a time.” The Two Eagles pilots, Troy Bradley of Albuquerque and Leonid Tiukhtyaev of Russia, are aiming to set both distance and duration records with their flight from Saga, Japan, which began shortly before 6:30 a.m. Sunday Japan time. The duration record was set in 1978 when Ben Abruzzo, Maxie Anderson and Larry Newman made the first trans-Atlantic balloon flight. That record of 137 hours, 5 minutes and 50 seconds in the air in a traditional gas balloon is considered the “holy grail” of ballooning achievements. The Two Eagles team expected to surpass that Friday morning. The pilots had been aiming for Canada until a highpressure ridge formed off the U.S. West Coast, forcing a sweeping right turn toward Mexico, where they now plan to land on Saturday. The shifting weather patterns resulted in a flurry of decision-making that made for a “hard night” for the pilots and mission control. Shope said the pilots were in better spirits Thurs-

day after getting some sleep but he acknowledged that being on oxygen for that many days and the high altitude can take a physical toll. Because weather conditions vary at different altitudes, the pilots traded speed and altitude throughout Thursday so the balloon would track to the south. “It’s a pretty sophisticated dance up there,” said Ray Bair, a member of the mission control team. Rather than head to Canada, they’re aiming for the peninsula of Baja Cali-

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