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Equipped to handle stinky situations BY CRYSTAL RHYNO ADVOCATE STAFF It’s a smelly job but somebody has to do it. In 2014, Medicine River Wildlife Centre staff removed 200 skunks from the City of Red Deer. Every year, the centre responds to an average of 2,640 phone calls from Red Deerians about wildlife and receives about 528 patients from the city. In total, the centre receives 8,000 calls annually from around Central Alberta and has a patient load of about 1,600 animals each year. So about one-third of the total patient load comes from the city. The centre, located near Spruce View, has been providing a range of services to the municipality for about 30 years. Executive director Carol Kelly said more help is needed because of the increased demand for service. Last year, Alberta Animal Services handed over skunk calls to the centre because it was better equipped to deal with the potentially stinky situations. In previous years, the centre and Alberta Animal Services shared the duties of trapping, euthanizing or relocating skunks with the wildlife centre.

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Logan Oddie, right, chases down Sako Vandermeer during a Tuesday evening game of shinny at the Bower Kin rinks. With temperatures dropping to -20 degrees Celsius with the windchill, few Red Deerians were making use of the city’s outdoor rinks.

Hog farm given permission to expand DESPITE ODOUR CONCERNS FROM NEARBY PROPERTY OWNERS BY PAUL COWLEY ADVOCATE STAFF

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A Red Deer County hog farm has been given permission to expand despite odour concerns from neighbours. The Natural Resources Conservation Board (NRCB) approved an application by Spruit Farms Ltd. to go from an 800-sow farrow-to-wean operation to 500 sow farrow-to-finish. Owners Edwin and Sandra Spruit also intend to extend existing barns and add a new one at their farm about five km south of Red Deer next to the C&E Trail. Almost a dozen nearby property owners sent letters to the NRCB raising concerns, including: potential odour problems, effect on property values, impact on water supplies and manure truck traffic. Several pointed out the project will double the amount of manure produced. In response to these issues, the Spruits reduced the size of a barn, proposed more manure storage to reduce truck traffic and to add another 300 acres of spreading fields to the existing 1,000 acres to reduce concentrations. Only 525 acres is required under regulations.

The Spruits proposed in their application to change ventilation systems to reduce odour and, if required, spread straw on the manure lagoon twice a year to reduce smell. Approving officer Scott Cunningham addresses neighbours’ concerns in his approval. Odours will likely increase with the expansion, he notes, adding that setbacks from nearby residences, springs and water bodies fall within the separation distances outline in the Agricultural Operation Practices Act. Spruit Farms also meets the act’s requirements for manure management and groundwater protection. Cunningham concludes that the proposed expansion will have “acceptable effects on the economy and community, and will be an appropriate use of land. …” Among conditions is that the Spruits continue to monitor water wells and to cease construction if the water table comes within one metre or less of the concrete liners of the barns. As to property values, Cunningham says the NRCB

has stated previously “the land value effects on any specific parcel of land are not relevant to the consideration of an application under AOPA by either the approval officer or the board.” Neighbours have until Feb. 20 to appeal the NRCB approval. Edwin Spruit said they have gone beyond the requirements in a number of areas to reduce the impact of their operation. For instance, they have much more land already lined up than required for manure spreading and are improving barn ventilation, among other improvements. Smell during fall manure spreading lasts only a few days and can be reduced by working manure into the ground, he said. “I understand the neighbours’ complaints and the neighbours’ issues, that’s why I’ve tried to address them as best as I could,” he said. Coincidentally, county council debated a proposal by a landowner to subdivide 19 nearby acres into nine country residential lots on Tuesday. The subdivision would be located about 800 metres from the Spruits’ farm.

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Stepfather told Shachtay to call the police, not open gift BY MURRAY CRAWFORD ADVOCATE STAFF

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The stepfather of Victoria Shachtay wishes he could have convinced her not to open the Christmas present containing the explosive that killed her. Rick Bercier made the statement during testimony at the trial of Brian Malley on Tuesday. Malley is charged with first-degree murder in the death of Victoria Shachtay of Innisfail. The Red Deer Court of Queen’s Bench jury trial is in its third week. On the morning of Shachtay’s murder, Nov. 25, 2011, she went to the house of stepfather Bercier. She often went there to shower as the house was wheelchair accessible. Shachtay was paralyzed in a 2004 car crash. Earlier that morning, Shachtay, 23, and her caregiver discovered a gift on their doorstep. When she told Bercier of the discovery, he warned her not to open it and to call the police. She said there was no card and no identifying features on the package. Bercier testified on Tuesday that he thought she understood not to open the package.

When asked why he told Shachtay to not open it, Bercier said he was a naturally suspicious person. “I watch too many TV shows,” he said. A little later that day, Bercier’s brother dropped off Destiny Shachtay, Victoria’s daughter, at Bercier’s house. Bercier tried to call Victoria one more time to remind her to not open the mysterious package and to call the police. But he couldn’t reach her. About five minutes later, there was a knock on Bercier’s door. The RCMP and victims services personnel were there to tell him that Shachtay had been killed in an explosion. The gift bag disguised a pipe bomb, court has been told. Three days after the bombing of one of his clients, Malley, a financial advisor, was interviewed by police, court heard. The Crown alleges the motive behind the bombing was financial and that Malley, 57, had been paying Shachtay out of his own pocket after money she gave him to invest ran out.

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When interviewed by RCMP on Nov. 28, 2011, Malley suggested that police should look into Shachtay’s brother Derek or examine a potential drug connection, court also heard on Tuesday. Malley said he had witnessed Derek and Victoria arguing over money after she had received the large settlement from a car crash. Malley also told police that he had smelled marijuana when he met with Victoria. Malley told police that on the evening of Nov. 24, he travelled from Red Deer to Innisfail, and went to a colleague’s house to get building material packed for a trip to Edmonton the next day. Malley then went home to work on his sauna for a few hours, went to the Co-op, got a chicken dinner, watched a little TV and went to bed. His wife was away in Edmonton at the ballet. The next morning, the couple went to Edmonton on business. In hour-long audio recording presented to the jury on Tuesday, Malley detailed his financial relationship with Shachtay. The two met after the car crash that paralyzed Shachtay.

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Kenney says changes to TFW program not exemptions BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — Federal Employment Minister Jason Kenney says Ottawa is willing to extend to other provinces the measures it has given Alberta for some of its temporary foreign workers. In a letter to Conservative MPs last week, Kenney says the federal government is giving a one-time exemption to temporary foreign workers in Alberta from being counted under the cap on low-wage workers, provided they meet strict criteria. Kenney says this will allow employers to apply for renewed Labour Market Impact Assessments while their existing temporary foreign workers pursue permanent immigration. As well, Kenney says in the letter that Citizenship and Immigration Canada will provide a one-year bridging work permit to TFWs who are subject to the four-year limit. The letter says this should provide some relief to employers who have TFWs that have already applied for immigration and are in the queue waiting for their applications to be assessed. The Alberta Federation of Labour says the Conservative government has caved in to pressure from low-wage employers who want to hold on to “exploitable” temporary foreign workers for a longer period of time. “Last June, the Harper government promised to limit the number of TFWs that low-wage employers could use. But now, they’ve quietly broken their promise and changed the rules,” AFL president Gil McGowan said in a news release Tuesday.

McGowan said this new plan from the Harper government is “cynical, sneaky and mean-spirited” because they have tried to dress it up as an act of kindness to the thousands of TFWs who face the prospect of deportation as soon as April 1. April 1 is the deadline for workers under the program who have been in Alberta since 2011 or earlier to leave the country in accordance with the new Labour Market Impact Assessment criteria. “The sad truth is that most of the low-skill TFWs in question will never qualify for permanent residency under the federal government’s Express Entry program because it has a point system that gives preference to workers with high skills and high levels of education,” McGowan said. But Kenney said that the measures are not exemptions to the TFW program. “So this is a little tweak to assist people who are in most cases probably going to get permanent residency anyway. It just allows them to stay in Canada until that decision is made,” Kenney said to reporters after Question Period Tuesday. “If other provinces have a similar circumstance where they have a backlog in their immigration program and they have a similar concern, we’re willing to extend the same policy to them in principle.” Kenney said Alberta had the largest problem because they had a large backlog in their nominee program for immigration. The federal government introduced new rules in June to limit the number of foreign workers that large- and medium-sized companies are permitted to hire. The changes are aimed at ensuring Canadians are first in line for jobs.

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Newalta Corporation to cut 180 people from workforce CALGARY - Another Alberta-based company with ties to the oilpatch is laying off staff. Newalta Corporation (TSX:NAL) says it is cutting 180 people from its workforce to reduce costs and improve margins. The Calgary firm says the cuts amount to 15 per cent of its staff. Newalta calls itself North America’s leading provider of engineered environmental solutions that enable customers to reduce disposal, enhance recycling and recover valuable resources from oil and gas exploration and production wastes. Newalta says the layoffs follow a hiring freeze imposed in December and the suspension of salary increases last month.

15 per cent of Canadians report smoking tobacco, lowest rate ever: survey TORONTO - A national survey has found that the smoking rate among Canadians is at an all-time low, at 15 per cent of the population. The 2013 Canadian Tobacco, Alcohol and Drugs Survey found 11 per cent reported smoking daily, while four per cent say they use tobacco only occasionally. The biennial survey of 14,500 Canadians aged 15 and older included questions for the first time about the use of electronic cigarettes. Overall, nine per cent of respondents reported having tried an e-cigarette, among them 20 per cent of young people aged 15 to 24.

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SKUNKS: Welcome news In January, city council approved $25,000 in ongoing funding for the centre for the first time, as part of the 2015 operating budget. Kelly said the new funding agreement was welcome news. “We have grown with the amount of services that we have provided to the city over the years,” said Kelly. “We have done education programs in schools, taken part in trade shows and events. Of course, we have helped with injured or orphaned wildlife.” A new community wildlife liaison staffer was hired to respond to problem wildlife calls last summer. Kelly said the centre is trying not to remove skunks but to teach homeowners how to create a wildlife-friendly yard. “So they won’t attract the wrong species,” said Kelly. “We have a brochure called If you don’t want a skunk in your yard, stop inviting him. We’re not just there to take wildlife and move them. We’re there to educate so people can live with wildlife.” The centre assists many organizations, such as the Red Deer and District SPCA, Whisker Rescue and Fish and Wildlife. Provincial Fish and Wildlife staff also lend a hand when dealing with dangerous wildlife, such as bears or cougars, or with deer that have been hit by cars. The Spruce View-based centre is renovating its hospital in order to help more animals, and give staff a better working and learning environment. The centre is in the thick of fundraising roughly $400,000 for the project. Kelly said they are approaching corporate donors and developing a crowdfunding campaign. Find out more at www.medicineriverwildlifecentre.ca. crhyno@reddeeradvocate.com

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FARMS: Nothing but conflict Under the county’s Municipal Development Plan, land is not to be rezoned residential if it falls within 1.6 km of an existing confined feeding operation. Council unanimously rejected the application. “We can’t impact our existing livestock operations,” said Mayor Jim Wood. “I can see nothing but conflict (arising) from this particular application.” County council has previously expressed support

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In 2014, Medicine River Wildlife Centre staff removed 200 skunks from the City of Red Deer.

Shachtay’s family was looking to renovate their house and were put in touch with Malley, who is also a homebuilder. Offering to build them a new wheelchair-accessible house at cost, the family sold their residence, moved in to Malley’s grandmother’s house — she had recently died — and waited for their new house to be built. They used the money from the sale of their old house to pay Malley for the work he did. When Shachtay’s financial settlement came

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through, she invested with Malley. The two sat down and put together a budget. Malley told police that Shachtay’s budget was for $8,000 a month and for the first year, 2007, that worked. In that year, she spent about $90,000. But in 2008, the investment market was unfavourable and Malley said half of Shachtay’s investment was gone. However, he said Shachtay was unable to reduce her spending. By March 2011, the original investment was gone, he said. A second settlement and some family money got Shachtay along, but by the time she was killed she only had a few thousand dollars to her name. However, Bercier said Shachtay didn’t spend much of the money, buying only the essentials for herself and providing for her daughter. The trial continues today in Red Deer Court of Queen’s Bench with more testimony from Bercier. mcrawford@reddeeradvocate.com

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Suspect in Ponzi case says he has the truth BY THE CANADIAN PRESS CALGARY — One of two men on trial for an alleged Ponzi scheme that police say bilked thousands of investors out of up to $400 million delivered his own closing argument Tuesday, telling the jury his best weapon against the Crown’s case is the truth. Gary Sorenson said he was afraid when the Crown laid out its case at the beginning of the trial back in September. “I must admit, I was filled with fear and concern that he could actually create something that was unreal into a story which would be believable,” said Sorenson, who dismissed his lawyer during the five-month trial. “The Crown is a formidable adversary. They have the ability to call on the full resources of the government, to prepare research and deliver their case. But I realized that I also had something even more formidable

— and that was the resource and the truth.” Sorenson, 71, and co-accused Milowe Brost, 61, have pleaded not guilty to two charges each of fraud and theft. Brost faces an additional charge of money laundering, to which he also pleaded not guilty. The two men were arrested in 2009 for what police have called “the largest Ponzi-type scheme” in Canadian history. Ponzi schemes involve funds from new investors being used to pay old ones. Police have said investors around the world lost between $100 million and $400 million. The Crown alleges many lost their life savings, retirement plans, even equity in their homes. One set of alleged fraud and theft offences took place between 1999 and 2008 and involved companies named Syndicated Gold Depository SA, Base Metals Corporation LLC, Bahama Resource Alliance Ltd. and Merendon Mining Corporation Ltd.

Another set of charges alleges wrongdoing took place between 2004 and 2005 with a company called Strategic Metals Corp. Brost’s money-laundering charge is also connected to those alleged offences. The Crown argued at trial that the victims of the scheme were promised “astounding” returns with “little or no risk.” For instance, the Crown said, purported Merendon prospects in Honduras, Venezuela, Ecuador and Yukon “produced gold only erratically and in very small amounts” and other holdings in Peru and British Columbia never reached the production stage. But Sorenson said there is reasonable doubt. “In presenting its opening argument, the Crown further elaborates the charges by saying that I personally obtained millions of dollars from ordinary people by lying to them directly and indirectly. I treated the money, allegedly obtained, as my own,” Soren-

Contractors bearing the brunt of oilsands cutbacks BY THE CANADIAN PRESS Roman Skowroniski would go back home to British Columbia if he thought the job prospects there were any brighter. But, for the time being, the heavy equipment operator will keep trying to make a go of it in Fort Mac. “Right now the economy’s very, very slow,” he said. “The situation has started to get from bad to worse.” Most of the time, Skowroniski is able to land short-term jobs through his union, but he’s had little success lately. “Our job board — it’s equal to zero right now.” Most livelihoods are in one way or another tied to the oilsands in Fort McMurray. Downtown, after work, overalls and steel-toed boots far outnumber suits and ties. It seems almost everyone drives a pickup. The impact of crude’s sharp slide wasn’t readily evident in the city in late January. Most people who live there permanently continue to have steady jobs at mines north of town or at businesses that serve that clientele. Restaurants and bars are busy and residents complain about the traffic. Based on past experience, many Fort Mac denizens see the current situation as temporary. “In two years it’s going to turn around big time,” said Mike Beaulieu, who works at Shell Canada, which has cut some of its oilsands staff. His colleague, Jaimie Caines, recalls: “(In) 2009 this happened too and everyone was worried. It’ll blow over eventually. It’s not too big of a deal.” But Fort McMurray and the surrounding region has a large “shadow population” — 39,271 out of a total population of 116,407, according to the 2012 municipal census. Those folks may of-

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FORT MCMURRAY ficially reside elsewhere in Canada, but fly in and out of site to work for weeks at a time. While on the job, they stay at lodges — many well-appointed with gyms, theatres and other perks — largely bypassing the city itself. “I think that’s the group that’s probably been affected the most by any slowdown or any lengthening out or switching the timelines,” said Nick Sanders, president of the local chamber of commerce. “From our perspective, that’s a pretty good business decision for the oilsands companies to make. You don’t want to start laying off the people in Fort McMurray because they’ve made that long-term commitment to the community.” Heavyweights such as Suncor Energy Inc. (TSX:SU) and the Syncrude Canada Ltd. consortium continue to dig up bitumen. The industry churned out 1.9 million barrels a day at the end of 2013 and is expected to grow that to 2.3 million barrels this year from projects already underway, according to the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers. But, with crude prices slumping below US$50 a barrel for most of the year so far — and some observers expecting the doldrums to last for a while — expansions and new projects are in question, affecting short-term construction jobs. Suncor has announced a $1 billion reduction in spending and has said it will cut 1,000 positions — mostly contractors. “We’ve got a community full of citizens that are here living their lives day by day and I don’t think there’s the same amount of concern as there would be for people who are here on a temporary basis,” said Mayor Melissa Blake.

son told the jury. “I paid no regard to the promises that were made to investors, that I lived like royalty and took steps along the way to hide any wrongdoings. “I believe the evidence supports that these allegations are beyond reasonable doubt,” he added. Sorenson defended some of his business decisions that ventured outside of buying gold, including building a fishing resort, which he called a wise investment because bass fishing was going to be an “absolutely phenomenal” business. “I’m responsible for building the resort,” he said. “I made a management decision.” Sorenson finished by urging jurors to come to the right decision, saying his life was in their hands. “I’m trusting you and, with my respect, humbly ask you to return a verdict of not guilty.” Brost’s lawyer is scheduled to give his closing remarks Wednesday.

“We have a very large camp population that comes from all over Canada and they’re predominantly here to support the construction side of things and, when companies are looking at what expenditures can be foregone, it’s not the operations side.” Rob, a tradesman dining at a downtown soup kitchen, said he’s expecting lean times for three or four years. “It’s looking pretty bleak up here,” he said. “I’m expecting I’m going to have to work some place else because the price of oil is getting so low that pretty much all the things are getting shelved. There may be some minor maintenance work, but it’s awful here.” Rob brought in six figures working contract jobs last year, but now finds himself on the street “due to the effects of cutbacks and some poor choices on my part and some unfortunate things that happened to my life.” “I had money. I was living a little bit over my means, I suppose. I never expected this to happen.” “If someone told me that the price of oil was gong to hit $50 a barrel...,” he said, trailing off. Joseph Enverga, who runs the soup kitchen at the Fellowship Baptist Church, said Fort McMurray is a generous community with a tighter-knit, more small-town feel than his hometown of Toronto. But he said many arrive in Fort Mac with the misconception that they’ll hit the jackpot. “A lot of these guys, they don’t come with a secure job. “They come hoping to land something and then a lot of them end up getting burned.”

EDMONTON — A man has died following a tobogganing accident on the weekend. Officers and paramedics were called to the Edmonton Ski Club just before 2 a.m. on Sunday. Police say a 22-year-old man was seriously injured and later pronounced dead in hospital. Daniel Pelchat (pell-shaw) with Flight Centre Canada identified the man as one of his travel agents, Mitch Lawry. He says Lawry had been sledding with a friend when he hit his head on a tree. Lawry was originally from Australia and joined the company a few months ago. He said friends and co-workers were shocking to learn of his death in such a freak accident. Some cities in Canada and the United States have banned tobogganing over concerns about injuries and liability costs.

Recruits at RCMP’s canine training centre need names INNISFAIL — The RCMP is looking for help with its latest cute and cuddly recruits. Ten German shepherd puppies are waiting for their names at the police dog training facility in central Alberta. Kids 16 and under are being asked to come up with creative names starting with the letter “H” that will serve the dogs well in their working careers. Contestants can only make one suggestion and can only enter once. The names must be no more than nine letters and contain only one or two syllables. The deadline is March 3 and the 10 children whose names are selected will each receive a photo of the pup they name, a plush dog named Justice and an RCMP cap.

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Not enough food for all WHAT HAPPENS WHEN WE REACH OUR PRODUCTION PEAK BUT DEMAND KEEPS GROWING? Peak oil is so last year. Now we can worry about peak everything: peak food, peak soil, peak fertilizer, even peak bees. Let’s start small. We depend on bees to pollinate plants that account for about one-third of the world’s food supply. But since 2006, bee colonies in the United States have been dying off at an unprecGWYNNE edented rate. DYER More recently, the same “colony collapse disorder” has appeared in China, Egypt and Japan. Many suspect that the main cause is a widely used type of pesticides called neonicotinoids, but the evidence is not yet conclusive. The fact remains that one-third of the American bee population has disappeared in the past decade. If the losses spread and deepen, we may face serious food shortages. Then there’s peak fertilizer, or more precisely peak phosphate rock. Phosphorus is a critical ingredient of fertilizer, and it is the eightfold increase in the use of fertilizers that has enabled us to triple food production worldwide from about the same area of land in the past 60 years. At the moment, we are mining about 200 million tonnes of phosphate rock a

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year, and the global reserve that could be mined at a reasonable cost with current technology is estimated at about 16 billion tonnes. At the current level of production, it won’t run out entirely for 80 years, but the increasing demand for fertilizers to feed the growing population means that phosphate production is rising fast. As with peak oil, the really important date is not when there are no economically viable phosphate rock reserves left, but when production starts to fall. Peak phosphate is no more than 40 years away — or much less, if fertilizer use continues to grow. After that, it’s back to organic fertilizers, which mainly means the urine and faeces of ten or twelve billion human beings and their domesticated animals. Good luck with that. Peak soil is a trickier notion, but it derives from the more concrete concept that we are “mining” the soil: degrading and exhausting it by growing single-crop “monocultures,” using too much fertilizer and irrigating too enthusiastically, all in the name of higher crop yields. “We know far more about the amount of oil there is globally and how long those stocks will last than we know about how much soil there is,” said John Crawford, director of the Sustainable Systems Program in Rothamsted Research in England. “Under business as usual, the current soils that are in agricultural production will yield about 30 per cent less ... by around 2050.” The United Nations’ Food and Ag-

riculture Organization estimates that 25 per cent of the world’s soils that are currently under cultivation are severely degraded, and another eight per cent moderately degraded. (Even “moderately degraded” soil has lost half its capacity to store water.) And the only way to access new, undamaged soil is to deforest the rest of the planet. All of which brings us to the issue of peak food. And here the concept of “peak” undergoes a subtle modification, because it no longer means “maximum production, after which yields start to fall.” It just means “the point at which the growth in production stops accelerating:” it’s the peak rate of growth, not actual peak production. But even that is quite ominous, if you think about it. During the latter part of the 20th century, food production grew at around 3.5 per cent per year, comfortably ahead of population growth, but the dramatic rise in crop yields was due to new inputs of fertilizers and pesticides, much more irrigation, and new “green revolution” crop varieties. Now those one-time improvements have largely run their course, and global food production is rising at only 1.5 per cent a year. Population growth has slowed too, so we’re still more or less keeping up with demand, but there are signs that food production in many areas is running up against what researchers at the University of Nebraska — Lincoln in a report last year called “a biophysical yield ceiling for the crop in ques-

tion.” Production of the food in question stops rising, then may even fall — and extra investment often doesn’t help. The “peak” in this context is an early warning that there will eventually be a complete cessation of growth, possibly followed by an absolute decline. Peak maize happened in 1985, peak rice and wild fish in 1988, peak dairy in 1989, peak eggs in 1993, and peak meat in 1996. (The numbers come from a recent report by scientists at Yale, Michigan State University and the Helmholtz Centre in Germany in the journal Ecology and Society) More recent peaks were vegetables in 2000, milk and wheat in 2004, poultry in 2006, and soya bean in 2009. Indeed, 16 of the 21 foods examined in the Ecology and Society report have already peaked, and production levels have actually flattened out for key regions amounting to 33 per cent of global rice and 27 per cent of global wheat production. So we are already in trouble, and it will get worse even before climate change gets bad. There are still some quick fixes available, notably by cutting down on waste: more than a third of the food that is grown for human consumption never gets eaten. But unless we come up with some new magic bullets, things will be getting fairly grim on the food front by the 2030s. Gwynne Dyer is an independent journalist whose articles are published in 45 countries.

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Time to get tough on criminals An open letter to Wetaskiwin MP Blaine Calkins: We are writing this letter to express our concerns with the Canadian judicial system. Our main concern is the problems our police force is having with people who are charged with crimes but only receive a slap on the wrist! Our enforcement officers are on a merry-go-round ride with these criminals; they are caught, taken to court and released again. For example, almost three years ago, our neighbour had a fellow break into their home and threaten to kill them. After appearing in court many, many times, with no consequences, he was finally incarcerated from another incident where he attempted to run down two RCMP officers. In Central Alberta, especially the rural areas, there have been a horrendous number of break-ins, vehicle thefts, firearms and valuables stolen. However, these perpetrators know that under our slack Canadian laws, there will be little or no consequences. We need stricter laws and, more importantly, harsher enforcement by our judges. Also, if recent immigrants participate in criminal activity, deport them. We don’t need them influencing and jeopardizing our youth and Canadian values. They too are aware of our lax Canadian laws. Over the past few years, every friend, neighbour and/or acquaintance we’ve spoken with is definitely in favour of criminals being dealt with more severely and the punishment being harsh enough to be a deterrent. It would be appreciated if you would take our concerns to the Canadian minister of Justice. And also, let us know what we (friends, neighbours, and/or acquaintances) need to do to initiate huge change to the existing judicial system — it’s long overdue. Thank you in advance, we look forward to your response. Douglas and Sylvia Culshaw Bentley

MPs, MLAs must end crime The confusion in our province at this time is beyond belief! Premier Dave Hancock was to balance our budget but this was merely a dream, as usual. This gentleman said 105,000 people would enter our province or had entered our province for residency in the last year. A person does not have to be a rocket doctor to realize that would be the same as creating a new city at least as big as Red Deer with all the accoutrements and appendages and emoluments and the benefits thereof paid for by Albertans while balancing the budget: roads, schools, housing, hospitalization, recreation, jails ,etc., etc. But wait a moment! It has taken over a 100 years to build Red Deer. We know where these people will come from and our governments both provincial and federal refuse to let us have anything to say at all to stop this stupidity and our MPs and MLAs may as well be residing on another planet when it comes to any opinion from us. When has your public official asked you if you have enough drive-by shootings or home invasions or

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drug dealers or car thieves or welfare recipients or fellows like the one who brought AIDS to 45 women and a 12 year old girl? AIDS is not a reason to deny Canadian citizenship. When our next election comes up, do you think your MLA will ask for your opinion about any of your concerns and would that member be allowed to speak? How about the Mountie criminals who burglarized the houses in High River? Is that under the rug now? It’s a criminal offence by police officers! Where is Jonathan Denis, our Justice minister? Ask your next MLA what he or she plans to do about this criminal problem. Ask your MLA what they plan on doing about the magistrates and judges who keep turning violent criminals loose to prey on us and our children. Do you let your kids walk to school now? Most people I know are afraid for the safety of their kids but when I was a boy we were pushed out the door and told which direction the school was. Immigration is provincial as well as federal under the British North America Act, which is in its entirety part of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. Do any of these drones use the not withstanding clause? This is known as the silence of the lambs in the legislature. For sure we may have the equal, elected and ef-

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Man believed fighting with jihadists overseas among three charged TERRORISM BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — Police have laid terror charges against three Ottawa men, two of whom may be fighting overseas on behalf of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant. Awso Peshdary, 25, is the only one of the three in custody in Ottawa, the RCMP say. He is facing charges of participating in, conspiring to participate in, and facilitating the activity of a terrorist group. Also charged is John Maguire, 24, who gained notoriety last year when he appeared in an extremist recruiting video that urged Muslims to launch attacks against Canadians. Recent reports — including many on social media — indicated Maguire may have been killed in battle, but police say they lack solid proof he’s dead. “I think we follow the evidence,” said RCMP Chief Supt. Jennifer Strachan. “In our minds, a tweet is not the kind of evidence we would be looking for to feel confident that Mr. Maguire is deceased.” Maguire, once a hockey-loving teen who attended high school in Ottawa, travelled to Turkey in December 2012, the RCMP say. He is charged with facilitating an activity for a terrorist group. Khadar Khalib, 23, also believed to be overseas, is charged with leaving Canada to participate in the activities of a terrorist group and counselling a person to participate in terrorism. Both Maguire and Khalib — whom the RCMP called “active members” of

BRIEF Nunavut premier eyes province-like powers over land and resources OTTAWA — Nunavut’s premier is eyeing a tentative devolution pact with the federal government as early as this fall — a major stepping stone toward the eastern Arctic territory getting province-like powers over its land and resources.

ISIL — are also charged with conspiring to participate in terrorist activity. The various offences carry maximum penalties of either 10 or 14 years in prison. The arrests were part of an investigation known as Project Servant, which resulted in charges last month against three other Ottawa men, including twin brothers. The charges laid Tuesday are a serious reminder of “how we need to remain vigilant against a threat that is persistent, multi-faceted and unpredictable,” Strachan told a hastily called news conference. “This was a complex and extensive operation which involved multiple sensitive investigative techniques.” The accused have posted photographs, videos and written comments on social media that provided evidence to demonstrate their support of extremists, she said. Peshdary was an associate of Maguire and aspired to travel abroad with him, according to the RCMP. They believe Peshdary stayed in contact with Maguire, and together they entered into a conspiracy to send other Canadians to Syria to join ISIL. Peshdary and Maguire collaborated with Khalib, who travelled to Syria at the end of March 2014 to join ISIL, the Mounties say. Strachan noted that Peshdary was arrested as part of another terror probe in 2010 but there was not enough evidence to charge him at that time. Justice Minister Peter MacKay would not comment on the specifics of the case, but said coming amendments to the Criminal Code will help police in such circumstances. Peter Taptuna, who is making the rounds in Ottawa, said a final deal might not be far off once the two sides reach an agreement-in-principle. He said the talks could follow the template of the neighbouring Northwest Territories, whose own devolution took effect last April, a year after the territory reached its own agreement-in-principle with the federal government. “We know how to use the examples that were used in the Northwest Territories and experience and learn from there and speed up the process,” Taptuna said in an interview Tuesday. Nunavut is the only one of Canada’s three territories without a devolution pact.

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Baird’s exit creates hole at home, abroad BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — One of Stephen Harper’s most experienced ministers resigned his plum foreign affairs post Tuesday, leaving a void around the Conservative cabinet table at a critical juncture in both domestic and international affairs. John Baird was a prominent voice for Canada on the world stage and a multi-faceted lieutenant for Harper; his departure leaves many wondering who can carry the ball amid upheaval abroad and an election on the horizon at home. The only one who seemed upbeat about the state of things was Baird himself. “Last night, I spoke to the prime minister and informed him that I was standing down from cabinet,” Baird told a hushed House of Commons. “I will miss this place very much and many of the people in it, on all sides, but the time has come for me to start a new chapter in my life.” Baird said he has no plans to run for re-election and will surrender his seat — he represents the Ottawa riding of Nepean — in the coming weeks. Trade Minister Ed Fast will stand in for Baird at Foreign Affairs, a portfolio that became a surprise vote-getter for a Conservative prime minister who showed little interest in it when he took office nine years ago. Indeed, long before he took the job, Baird’s strengths revolved around getting votes for the Conservatives; he was dispatched repeatedly by Harper over the years to raise funds and support, as

well as to help manage the expanding Tory caucus. Baird was even a reliable stand-in for Harper on a personal level, often called upon to squire Harper’s wife Laureen to events around Ottawa. He built up his political credibility by deftly managing a series of contentious files, ranging from the environment portfolio to the government’s infrastructure spending program in the wake of the 2008 recession. In a statement that was, oddly, delivered only on paper and not in person, Harper said he accepted Baird’s resignation “with great regret and affection.” “John has always been willing to do a lot of the heavy lifting in my various cabinets and has assumed daunting new responsibilities with unsurpassed energy, commitment and professionalism, never losing sight of the fact that he was serving the Canadian people.” Though Baird took on Foreign Affairs with the same bulldog bravado that characterized his 20 years in politics, his views grew nuanced over time, leading to a softer touch on some files than the prime minister wanted, Conservative sources said. Green party Leader Elizabeth May was more direct. “When a minister of the Crown feels his advice is not welcomed by a prime minister, when everything is run out of the Prime Minister’s Office, I think it is hard for anyone to play the role of loyal soldier,” May said. The hottest file of late has been Canada’s relationship with Russia in the wake of the ongoing conflict in Ukraine, she noted.

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Quebec union boss ’Rambo’, guilty of intimidation, given conditional discharge MONTREAL — A high-ranking Quebec union boss who was found guilty of intimidating a contractor has been granted a conditional discharge. Bernard (Rambo) Gauthier was sentenced Tuesday at the courthouse in Sept-Iles, Que.. A Quebec court judge convicted Gauthier in December of intimidating construction entrepreneur Frederic Boucher during a work conflict in June 2013. The judge concluded that Boucher had grounds to fear for his safety after Gauthier paid him a visit. The sentence will allow Gauthier avoid jail time, but he will have to abide by certain conditions. He will also be able to keep his union position. Gauthier’s name surfaced during Quebec’s corruption inquiry as the commission heard about threats and extortion on the province’s North Shore. A spokesman for the Quebec Federation of Labour’s construction wing says Gauthier is happy with the sentence.

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Saint John declares state of emergency BY THE CANADIAN PRESS SAINT JOHN, N.B. — The City of Saint John, N.B., declared a state of emergency Tuesday after the third storm in less than a week pummelled the port city overnight and left its streets choked with snow. Mayor Mel Norton said it was the first time in almost three decades that the city declared a state of emergency, which allows the city to ban on-street parking so that plows can clear heaps of snow that have reached levels not seen in recent years. The state of emergency will be in effect for up to a week in the city’s southern peninsula, he said. The latest storm has left 126 centimetres of snow on the ground, Environment Canada said. Normally, the city has 15 to 20 centimetres of accumulation for this time of year. Claude Cote, a meteorologist with Environment Canada, said a jet stream just south of Nova Scotia combined with a number of storms developing off the U.S. East Coast have contributed to the inordinate snowfall. “We just happen to be in that sweet spot,” Cote said. Many of the streets in Saint John were impassable early Tuesday and others were so clogged with snow that emergency vehicles were having a tough time getting around, creating a risk to public safety, city officials said. People were walking on the street because sidewalks were not plowed. “It’s dangerous,” said Devon Duplisea, who was shovelling snow for a property development company. He parked his car on the street to get the job done but had to drive around the block every time another car ap-

proached. “If one person gets stuck, you’re toast.” Duplisea said the city didn’t do enough to remove the snow that had built up over the past week. “They had nighttime to get dump trucks to pull away this snow, and it seems like we’re left to fend for ourselves.” Norton defended efforts by city crews, saying they have been working 16-hour days to get rid of the snow. “You wouldn’t know it looking at the amount of snow, but in the last 48 hours or so we’ve removed about a thousand dump truckloads just from this area of the city,” Norton said. “Mother Nature, as she can sometimes do, has gotten the best of the community on this one.” Environment Canada said a low-pressure system tracked northeastward over the Maritimes late Monday, bringing heavy snow, strong northeast winds and wind-chill values near -30 C. Cote said another system is on the way for Thursday night into Friday that could bring 15 to 25 more centimetres of snow in Saint John. Other areas across the Maritimes weren’t spared, as road closures, school cancellations and flight delays were reported across the region.

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Islamic State video purportedly shows pilot being burned alive BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS AMMAN, Jordan — Islamic State militants put to death a captured Jordanian fighter pilot by burning him alive in a cage, according to a video the group released Tuesday. The kingdom vowed a swift and lethal response to what it called a “barbaric” act. The military confirmed the death of Lt. Muath Al-Kaseasbeh, who was captured by the extremists in December when his F-16 crashed while he was flying a mission as part of the U.S.-led air campaign against the Islamic State. Jordanian TV said the pilot was killed as long ago as Jan. 3. In the past week, the militants had not responded to demands by Jordanian authorities to deliver proof the airman was alive so a prisoner swap could be made. The killing of the 26-year-old pilot appeared aimed at pressuring the government of Jordan — a close U.S. ally — to leave the coalition that has carried out months of airstrikes targeting Islamic State positions in Syria and Iraq. But the extremists’ brutality against a fellow Muslim could backfire and galvanize other Sunni Muslims in the region against them. King Abdullah II, who has portrayed the campaign against the extremists as a battle over values, was in Washington for meet-

ings with U.S. officials, including President Barack Obama. The monarch broadcast a speech on Jordanian TV on Tuesday evening, confirming the pilot’s death “with sorrow and anger,” and urging his countrymen to unite. “It’s the duty of all of us to stand united and show the real values of Jordanians in the face of these hardships,” Abdullah said. The official Petra news agency said he would be cutting short his Washington trip. Obama said the Islamic State group’s video, if authentic, showed “the viciousness and barbarity of this organization.” “And it, I think, will redouble the vigilance and determination on the part of a global coalition to make sure that they are degraded and ultimately defeated,” he told reporters during an event at the White House. Obama later issued a statement offering condolences, saying the pilot’s “dedication, courage, and service to his country and family represent universal human values that stand in opposition to the cowardice and depravity of ISIL, which has been so broadly rejected around the globe.” The Islamic State group is known variously by the acronyms ISIL, ISIS and, in Arabic, Daesh. Dozens of people chanting slogans against the Islamic State marched toward the royal palace to express their anger. Waving a Jordanian flag, they chanted, “Damn you, Daesh!” and “We will avenge, we will avenge our son’s blood.”

Jordanian officials said the country would response swiftly and decisively. “Our punishment and revenge will be as huge as the loss of the Jordanians,” said the spokesman of the armed forces, Mamdouh al-Ameri. One option is to move forward with the execution of Sajida al-Rishawi, an al-Qaida prisoner whom Jordan had offered to trade for the pilot. Al-Rishawi, 44, faces death by hanging for her role in the bombings of three Amman hotels in 2005. Al-Rishawi’s suicide belt did not detonate at the time and she fled the scene, but was quickly arrested. After a televised confession, she recanted, but her appeal was turned down. Al-Rishawi, an Iraqi national, has close family ties to the Iraqi branch of al-Qaida, a precursor of the Islamic State group. The 20-minute video purportedly showing the pilot’s killing was released on militant websites and bore the logo of the extremist group’s al-Furqan media service. The clip featured the slick production and graphics used in previous Islamic State videos. The pilot showed signs of having been beaten, including a black eye. Toward the end of the video, he was shown wearing an orange jumpsuit. He stood in an outdoor cage as a masked militant ignited a line of fuel leading to it. The video, which could not immediately be confirmed independently by The Associated Press, threatened other purported Jordanian pilots by name.

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The future of restaurant service? RED DEER DUO DEVELOP A SYSTEM TO ALLOW CUSTOMERS TO PLACE AND PAY FOR ORDERS USING A SMARTPHONE OR TABLET BY HARLEY RICHARDS ADVOCATE BUSINESS EDITOR A pair of Red Deer entrepreneurs believe they’re on the cusp of revolutionizing the food service industry. Tim Nguyen and Jason King have developed a system that enables restaurant and coffee shop patrons to place and pay for orders using personal devices like smartphones and tablets. Their Gopher Systems software has already been tested in a restaurant setting and is scheduled to roll out at select businesses later this month. “The restaurants we have talked to have been really receptive to it,” said King, who is business development manager of Gopher Systems. The appeal of Gopher to food service businesses is its potential to improve operating efficiencies. Customers can view menu items and wirelessly transmit their selections to the kitchen, and then pay and leave without having to wait for a server or cashier. “So table turnover is a lot quicker, increasing revenue,” said Nguyen, Gopher Systems’ CEO. This improved efficiency also benefits customers, said King and Nguyen, both of whom have young families and have endured long waits in busy restaurants. “It can work well for families; it can work well for business people,” said King. Speedier service is the tip of the iceberg when it comes to Gopher’s potential, agree the partners — both of whom grew up in Red Deer. Rather than memorize menu details — such as which items are gluten-free — servers can access the information on their own devices. “It helps them ramp up and get up to speed a lot quicker,” said Nguyen of this training benefit. Customer convenience is also enhanced, said King. For instance, someone relaxing in a bookstore might use Gopher to request and pay for a coffee from an in-store coffee bar — with the

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Tim Nguyen, centre, and Jason King, right, of Gopher Systems Inc. display their company’s new app that allows restaurant customers to order and pay for food using personal devices like smartphones. On the left is Leto’s Steakhouse & Bar co-owner George Seganis. hot beverage delivered to their precise location. Gopher will also keep a history of each user’s meals and comments, for future reference, said Nguyen. And subscribers will be able to interact with each other electronically if they choose, either in a specific restaurant or with others outside. King contemplates that Gopher restaurants might push out notices about things like special deals. And customers might earn Gopher loyalty points that they can redeem for products, added Nguyen. The impetus for Gopher came about a year and a half ago, when King and Nguyen reflected on the poor service they sometimes experienced in restaurants. Discussions with friends in the

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Cow herd info workshop coming up at Olds College Managing Information for Profit in Your Cow Herd workshops are taking place in several Alberta locations next week, including at Olds College. The event will help cow-calf producers and students learn to manage and analyze herd information so they can make informed decisions to increase profitability. It will also provide training on current and future genetic tools. The Olds College workshop will run from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Registration is $25, or $12.50 for students, and includes lunch for those who pre-register. Registrations can be completed through the Alberta Agriculture and Rural Development Ag-Info Centre at 1-800-387-6030. The deadline is Feb. 6.

Wildrose Bison Convention next month in Ponoka The Wildrose Bison convention and online sale will take place March 13 and 14 in Ponoka. A bison banquet is planned for 5:30 p.m. on Friday evening, followed by an online sale at 7:30. After breakfast on Saturday, there will be the annual general meeting of the Bison Producers of Alberta, industry presentations, lunch and information sessions. For more information or to register, go online to www.bisoncentre.com or call Linda at 780-955-1995.

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industry confirmed that the problem was widespread. “We thought there’s got to be a better way,” remembered Nguyen, noting that restaurant owners, servers and customers all lose out under traditional systems. A bit of research revealed that only a few electronic point-of-sale systems existed, and none allowed users to order and pay for food remotely. The two men were well positioned to tackle the problem. Nguyen is CEO of Vinasource, an international software development company; and King is president of King’s Energy Services Ltd, a Red Deer-based valve and instrumentation business. They set to work developing Gopher, with Nguyen expecting that the project

would be relatively easy. “I somewhat underestimated just how complex the restaurant industry is,” he said. “There are a lot of things that servers do that we take for granted.” For example, waiters and waitresses have to be mindful of the different preparation times for meals at one table, and ensure they are all ready at the same time. “It definitely took more effort than I had originally anticipated.” Much of the software development was done by Vinasource programmers, with cutting-edge technology going into the design, said Nguyen. The result is a system that allows wireless communication between multiple devices in real time, and supports monetary transactions using a secure third-party payment system. “The ability to pay for your products, in the app, is very unique,” said Nguyen. “That opens a whole new gamut of opportunities.” For instance, Gopher users might soon be able to order and pay for food and drinks from their seats in a movie theatre or sports stadium, with runners delivering the products to them. Nguyen and King are optimistic Gopher will proliferate across Canada and eventually the United States. In Central Alberta, Leto’s Steakhouse & Bar and Lacombe Golf & Country Club have both committed to use the system. Consumers with Apple devices will be able to download the free Gopher app from the iTunes store, while those with Android devices can get it via the Gopher website. Restaurants and other business users will use a separate app, supported by iPads. “I think Gopher will go viral,” predicted Nguyen. “In the tech world we call these types of things ‘disruptive technology’ — things that completely change the way people operate, in a positive sense.” Additional information about Gopher Systems and its food service app can be found online at www.gophersystemsinc.com. hrichards@reddeeradvocate.com

Prentice nixes corporate tax hikes to fill budget hole left by low oil BY THE CANADIAN PRESS EDMONTON — Premier Jim Prentice says he won’t hike corporate taxes to help rescue Alberta’s economy from the deep hole created by plunging oil prices. “When it comes to corporate tax, other Canadian provinces have caught up to the Alberta Advantage, and I think it would be unwise at this point to increase our corporate income tax,” Prentice told reporters Tuesday in a conference call from Washington, D.C. “It will simply result in less investment, fewer jobs, and it will contribute to a decline in the Alberta economy. “It would be the wrong thing to do at this point in time.” In recent weeks Prentice has been publicly narrowing the options he will pursue to replace $7 billion in lost revenue due to the halving of oil prices from their US$100 a barrel apex last summer. He has said that he does not want to increase the take on oil royalties and that any plan for a provincial sales tax is “effectively” dead. That leaves budget cuts, personal income tax, user fees, and deferral of capital projects as the main tools at his disposal. Prentice has said while he favours the 10 per cent flat tax on income, he is concerned about the effect it has on working families. Alberta is on track to take in $17 billion in taxes this year, about two-thirds from personal income tax and a third from the 10 per cent corporate levy. Total

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Oil rises another 7 per cent as BP cuts spending BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK — Oil soared again Tuesday as the low prices of the past few months force oil companies to slow down production in the U.S. and elsewhere. In the morning, BP became the latest major oil company to announce it will cut exploration spending this year. Oil seemed to get a further boost in the afternoon from a run-up in the U.S. stock market. U.S. oil rose $3.48, or 7 per cent, to $53.05 a barrel, its highest closing price this year. Brent crude, a benchmark for many international oils imported by U.S. refineries, rose $3.16, or 5.8 per cent, to $57.91 a barrel. Oil has gained about 19 per cent over three trading sessions. The sudden rally follows a months-long decline that knocked oil prices down about 60 per cent from last year’s peak of $107 a barrel. The gains began Friday with a report showing a sharp drop in the number of rigs in the U.S. drilling

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Consumer Canadian Tire . . . . . . . . 118.18 Gamehost . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.86 Leon’s Furniture . . . . . . . 18.90 Loblaw Ltd. . . . . . . . . . . . 62.75 MARKETS CLOSE TORONTO — The Toronto stock market closed sharply higher Tuesday as the rally in crude prices continued with crude closing above US$50 a barrel for the first time in a month as cutbacks by major producers raises hopes that prices have bottomed. The S&P/TSX composite index jumped 162.30 points to a two-month high of 15,062.77. The TSX energy sector gained four per cent as oil in New York shot up $3.48 to US$53.05 a barrel, adding up to a 19-per cent surge in prices over the last four sessions. However, prices are still down about 50 per cent from the most recent highs reached last June because of a huge oversupply on world markets. Higher oil prices helped push the Canadian dollar up 1.16 cents US to 80.67 cents US after charging ahead more than eighttenths of a cent on Monday. New York markets were also sharply higher as automakers reported double-digit sales increases in the United States in January. That helped balance other data showing orders to U.S. factories dropped for a fifth consecutive month in December, down 3.4 per cent. Also, a key category that signals business investment plans fell for a fourth straight month. The Dow Jones industrials soared 305.36 points to 17,666.4, the Nasdaq climbed 51.05 points to 4,727.74 and the S&P 500 index was up 29.18 points at 2,050.03. Oil companies have responded to oversupply by slashing capital spending plans for drilling and other projects and in some cases cutting production, but analysts warn that it’s far too early to sound the all-clear on falling prices. “There hasn’t been a ton of material change in the supplydemand imbalance and that is really the fundamental issue,” said Ben Jang, portfolio manager at Nicola Wealth Management in

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Demand for trucks boosts January auto sales 3.4 per cent from a year ago TORONTO — Demand for trucks helped automakers boost their January sales 3.4 per cent to 99,051 vehicles, while sales of passenger cars dwindled. However, Scotiabank analyst Carlos Gomes says the “torrid” pace of growth in pickup truck sales has slowed to a single-digit gain, likely due to softening demand from the oil and gas industry. Canadians bought 63,881 trucks in January, an 8.2 per cent increase from

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a year ago when they bought 59,041 trucks. Meanwhile, sales of passenger cars slumped 4.2 per cent to 35,170, compared to January 2014 when Canadians snatched up 36,707 cars. DesRosiers Automotive Consultants said General Motors was the only one of the three big American automakers that outperformed the overall Canadian market, with sales growing 5.3 per cent to 11,577 vehicles. Truck sales grew by 5.7 per cent to 8,753 from 8,283, while car sales increased by 4.3 per cent to 2,824, from 2,708. Chrysler Canada sold 18,054 vehicles in January, up two per cent from the 17,698 it sold a year ago. While truck sales edged up 8.5 per cent to 16,306 from 15,023, car sales slipped nearly 35 per cent to 1,748, from 2,675. Ford Canada also saw its car sales shrink while truck sales grew. The automaker sold 1,994 cars in January, down 28.5 per cent from the 2,787 it sold a year ago.

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Too good to last GASOLINE PRICES ARE CREEPING BACK UP ACROSS CANADA BY THE CANADIAN PRESS CALGARY — It had to end some time. Gasoline prices have been creeping up across Canada and analysts say more increases are likely. But it’s still a bargain compared with last year. According to price-tracking website Gasbuddy.com, the national average for a litre of regular was about 93 cents, an increase of 3.6 cents over the past week. And Gasbuddy senior petroleum analyst Dan McTeague said an increase of at least two to three cents is coming overnight across the country. “It looks like the double whammy of both the decrease in value of the Canadian dollar and the increase in global commodity prices has led to a rather unfortunate scenario for consumers who have been enjoying record low prices,” he said. But to put it in perspective, a litre of regular gasoline averaged $1.24 a year ago in Canada. In Calgary, gas prices have risen 7.5 cents over the past week. In Toronto, they’re up 4.4 cents and Vancouver has seen a 6.7 cent increase. Crude prices have been rallying over the last few days, with the U.S. benchmark settling at US$53.05 a barrel on Tuesday. But that’s still about half of where they were in June.

Although oil is used to make gasoline, it’s not the only factor that affects the cost to fill your tank. In any given market, refinery outages and competition can also move the price. McTeague said it’s not as simple as looking at supply and demand. “I’ve long given up on fundamentals driving prices, because they don’t. It has a lot to do with financial considerations and speculative bets.” Roger McKnight, senior petroleum adviser at En-Pro International, said he’s keeping an eye on how many rigs are busy drilling for oil in the United States. One of the reasons for the latest crude rout had been burgeoning supplies from shale formations in places like Texas and North Dakota. “I don’t watch crude anymore. I watch the rig count and rig counts in the U.S.,” he said. The latest weekly data put out by U.S. oilfield services firm Baker Hughes said the U.S. rig count dropped by 94 last week. “Speculators are guessing that will slow down the increase in crude inventories and therefore the price of crude goes up and so has gasoline.” McKnight said gasoline prices tend to move more quickly on the way up than down as oil companies look to maintain their profit margins. “I call that ’up like a rocket, down like a feather.”’

OIL PRICE PLUNGE

Mixed results for East Coast workers, industries BY THE CANADIAN PRESS SYDNEY, N.S. — John Gnatiuk has been using his earnings from Alberta’s oilpatch to renovate his home in Sydney, N.S., and support local businesses in Cape Breton’s ailing economy. But like many others from Nova Scotia who have commuted to Alberta, the 39-year-old truck driver and heavy equipment operator has been laid off and is cutting back on spending. He’s not alone as the Conference Board of Canada predicts the downturn in Alberta caused by falling oil prices will also have a downside in Atlantic Canada where, last year, $375 million in income was generated from fly-in, fly-out workers. Finding a job in Cape Breton hasn’t been easy for Gnatiuk. “It’s hard as hell to get back out there. There’s nothing on my union board,” he said in a recent interview. “Now I’m watching what I’m spending because the money doesn’t last forever.” The unemployment rate in the Atlantic provinces in December ranged from a low of 8.3 per cent in Nova Scotia to 11.3 per cent in Newfoundland and Labrador. Alberta’s jobless rate stood at 4.7 per cent for the same month. During his last three years of working out West, Gnatiuk estimates labourers like himself could earn between $100,000 to $150,000 annually. Other than canteen purchases and cigarettes from the work camp’s vending machines at the Kearl Lake oilsands project, the money went straight back into the economy back home, paying off a pickup truck, motorcycle and home renovations during the 72 days Gnatiuk spent in Cape Breton last year. The Conference Board says Alberta’s oil woes create a “ripple effect” in the east.

“Depending on the reduction in this workforce, a portion of that income is at risk in 2015,” says a recent report written by economists Pedro Antunes and Kip Beckman. The economists also conclude that Newfoundland and Labrador’s economy will take a sharp hit, along with Alberta and Saskatchewan, as offshore oil revenues to provincial governments drop. However, the two economists say there are also energy intensive industries in Atlantic Canada that will benefit from falling world oil prices. “Costs are cheaper than they were just a few months ago,” said Antunes, the board’s deputy chief economist, in an interview. He said lower gasoline costs combined with a lower Canadian dollar increases manufacturers’ profitability and competitiveness at a time when the U.S. economy is hungrier for the lumber, paper and refined oil produced in the east. Marc Dube, the manager of Port Hawkesbury Paper, which employs 330 people in its Cape Breton mill and 400 woodland contractors, says fuel costs are down 40 per cent over the past few months, generating monthly savings of $60,000 to $70,000. “It contributes to our profitability and, when you’re profitable, you invest back in the facility,” Dube said in an interview. Gnatiuk, meanwhile, says the positive side to the slowdown in Alberta includes spending more time with his six-year-old son Landon. “I’ve seen him more in past two months since I’ve been home than I had in the last year-and-a-half.” Still, if oil prices recover and Gnatiuk can bid on work again, he’ll happily return to the fly-in, fly-out life. “I’m not one to sit idle for long, and sitting on my ass on unemployment is not for me,” he said.

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SPORTS Flames burning teams with late game efforts

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BY THE CANADIAN PRESS CALGARY — No other team in the NHL has scored more goals in the third period or won as many games trailing after two periods than the Calgary Flames. Calgary’s scoring and goals-against in first periods rank in the bottom third of the 30 teams. Playing to a crescendo keeps fans in their Scotiabank Saddledome seats to the final buzzer and likely limits the channel-surfing of those watching at home. Peaking in the third hasn’t hurt Calgary’s playoff chances either as the Flames (28-20-3) ranked third in the Pacific Division and seventh in the Western Conference on Tuesday. The Flames trail the San Jose Sharks by two points and are at home to their division rival Wednesday. With just over a third of the regular season to go, Calgary’s third-period reputation is well known to other teams yet the Flames remain effective at lategame pushes. “We never feel out of games,” forward Josh Jooris said Tuesday. A recent example was trailing the Edmonton Oilers by two heading into the third period Saturday before exploding for four goals. The Flames were up 2-1 on Winnipeg after two Monday and salted the 5-2 win away with two and an empty-netter in the third. Calgary’s 66 third-period goals were the most by any team in any period as of Tuesday. The Flames have won nine when trailing after two, which was two better than the division-leading Anaheim Ducks. The Flames aren’t a big, strong team, but they are nimble, fast and fit. As an opposing team’s gas tank starts to drain in the third, or if they play conservatively to protect a lead, Calgary can dictate the pace with their counter-attack and ability to close gaps quickly. “We’re a well-conditioned team and I think that has something to do with it for sure,” defenceman Kris Russell said. “I feel like there have been times where we’ve been able to outskate teams in the third period. At the same time, if you’re up one, there’s a tendency to sit back a bit. We’ve done it too when we’ve had the lead. I think when we’ve been down, we’ve taken advantage of teams kind of sitting back.” As head coach Bob Hartley pointed out, it doesn’t much matter when the goals are scored as long as his team has one more than the opposition at game’s end. “Maybe we’re the cardiac kids, but at the same time, it’s not part of the plan,” Hartley said. Calgary is capable of a lead and protecting it, as a 12-0 record when leading after two periods indicates. But the satisfaction of coming from behind for victories has done a lot for a young team’s confidence. “I think earlier in the season when we did have a few comebacks, it helps your confidence knowing you can do it,” Russell said. “We’re a resilient team and we won’t quit and that’s why we’re doing so well in the third. “At the same time too, I think we have to realize, the longer the year goes, we can’t put ourselves in that many positions to keep trying to fight back.” There is a playing-with-fire aspect to saving their best hockey for the third period. While there currently isn’t great urgency in Calgary to step up their game in the first period, the players agree it would be good if they did. “It’s not like we like to be desperate in the third, even though we’ve been successful at it,” Jooris said. “Down the stretch here, it’s going to be tough. Teams are going to start playing tighter. A lot more is on the line. I think everyone likes to play with a lead.”

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Jeff and Mitch Bauer begin sweeping as Shaun Planaden lets go of his stone during the Red Deer Farmers and Farmerettes Bonspiel at the Pidherney Centre on Tuesday afternoon. The bonspiel runs until Feb. 7, with mens teams playing throughout the day, and womens teams beginning at 6 p.m.

Canadians finish well back of Fenninger at Super G worlds BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

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BEAVER CREEK, Colo. — Anna Fenninger was barely across the finish line when she looked up and saw “new leader” flash across the video board. In her excitement, she dropped to the ground and buried her face into the snow. This may have been Lindsey Vonn’s party, but the Austrian stole the show. Fenninger added a world championship super-G title to her Olympic gold medal, winning the event in Vonn’s backyard Tuesday on a shortened course because of blustery conditions. Finding the perfect line, Fenninger finished in 1 minute, 10.29 seconds to top Tina Maze of Slovenia by 0.03 seconds. Vonn wound up third, 0.15 seconds back despite a wind gust standing her up early in her run. “It was an amazing emotion,” Fenninger said. “I cannot say what this means.” Fenninger understands the pressure Vonn is under racing on home snow. She felt it, too, at the 2013 world championships in Schladming, Austria. And she knows the importance of Vonn doing well in America — to keep the country tuning in for ski races. She felt a little bad for crashing the party. But only a little. “Here, they know who Lindsey Vonn is and watch her and they are watching us, too,” Fenninger said. “We have more promotion and it’s very important for our sport.” Valerie Grenier of Mont-Tremblant, Que., was 19th and Larisa Yurkiw of Owen Sound, Ont., was 28th. Vonn, the favourite in a race near her hometown of Vail, momentarily held the lead and the capacity crowd went wild, ringing cowbells and holding up homemade signs. Her boyfriend, golfer Tiger Woods, saw Vonn’s name topping the leaderboard and instantly yelled out, “Yes!” It didn’t last long, though. Maze was the next skier down and took over the top spot, silencing the crowd. “I thought I skied pretty well,” Vonn said. “I’m happy with the way I skied. I’m happy with the result. I just wish the weather was a little bit better.” Three racers later, it was Fenninger on top, ending Maze’s reign as world champion. Fenninger also won the event at the 2014 Sochi Games. Fenninger is on quite a run, capturing the overall World Cup title a year ago. She said she didn’t feel

much pressure heading into the race on Tuesday. “I was pretty cool in the morning,” she said. “I knew that I can win.” With the whipping wind and blowing snow, the race was delayed 30 minutes and the start moved down the hill, eliminating a steep portion. That favoured the more technical skiers. Fenninger carved it up. So, too, did Maze. “It was not easy to ski with the wind,” said Maze, who earned her seventh medal at worlds. “But today was the first day I put down the run that I wanted. It’s a lot of waves, a lot of terrain, I’m really happy I could bring down this run.” This was Vonn’s first event at worlds since a bad crash two years ago during the super-G in Austria tore ligaments in her right knee. She tried to make it back in time for the Sochi Games last February, but missed those Olympics because of a second knee operation. In Vonn’s absence, Maze ruled the big events. She won three world medals in Austria and two Olympic golds in Sochi. Leading up to worlds, Vonn said she was treating this big event in front of a hometown crowd almost like her Olympics. As she nervously waited in the start gate — a headwind making her pony tail blow backward — Woods stared at the big screen, his eyes shielded behind sunglasses. He was warmly dressed, too, but not wearing the skeleton-patterned mask he donned in Italy when he surprised Vonn after she broke the record for most World Cup wins by a female skier. That’s also the day Woods got hit in the mouth by a camera and lost a tooth. This time, he stayed close to Vonn’s mom and out of the way. Although Vonn crossed the finish line in first, she had a feeling it wasn’t going to be enough, especially after encountering so many wind gusts at the top of the course. She’ll get another chance Friday in the downhill, and the forecast is calling for less wind. “I just want a fair race,” Vonn said. Asked how an outdoor sport can be completely fair, given the swirling wind, Vonn said, “It’s not going to be. “As an athlete, you know that going in,” she added. “You have to go with it and do the best you can.”

Sabres end record losing streak by beating Canadiens BY THE CANADIAN PRESS Sabres 3 Canadiens 2 MONTREAL — The long drought is over for the Buffalo Sabres. The Sabres scored three times in the opening period and Jonas Enroth made 32 saves in a 3-2 victory over the Montreal Canadiens that ended a franchise record 14-game losing streak on Tuesday night. Players raised their arms in triumph as they gathered around Enroth after the team’s first victory since a shootout win Dec. 27 against the New York Islanders and a first regulation time win in 21 games since a 4-3 effort on Dec. 11 against the Calgary Flames. “I hope it allows us to relax a bit,” said Buffalo defenceman Josh Gorges. “Just go out and play. “Not think about all the bad things that could happen. Just go out there and play the game, have some fun doing it and, hopefully, get some confidence back.” Former Canadiens captain Brian Gionta, who signed with Buffalo last

summer, got the game-winner late in a three-goal first period for the Sabres (15-33-3), who remain last overall in the NHL. Drew Stafford and Matt Moulson also scored. Brandon Prust and David Desharnais replied for the Canadiens (32-153), who lost a second game at home in a row. Montreal had a 34-18 shot advantage. In Buffalo’s post-game dressing room, the mood was of relief. “It’s been a frustrating couple of weeks, no doubt,” said Gorges. “We’ve had games where we play well in spurts, but then we’d always find a way to beat ourselves. “We had mental lapses that cost us. And when you get in those situations you become a bit of a fragile team, especially as young as we are. Any time adversity hit during a game we seemed to crumble. So to get this win takes a bit of weight off us.” The Sabres won three of four meetings and took seven of eight points from Montreal this season. “For some reason we played well

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Buffalo Sabres’ Nikita Zadorov scores past Montreal Canadiens goalie Carey Price as Canadiens Jacob De La Rose, left, and Lars Eller look on during first period NHL action Tuesday, in Montreal. against them this year,” said Gionta. “But at this point, it was more about getting the win and getting on the right

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Coyotes see a short-term rebuild WITH PLETHORA OF YOUNG TALENT, ARIZONA SEES A QUICK REBOUND FROM LOSING SEASON BY THE CANADIAN PRESS

Five things the Arizona Coyotes must do to rebuild and contend again

TORONTO — Rebuilding isn’t easy in the NHL, and Arizona Coyotes general manager Don Maloney knows “there’s no quick fixes in this game.” But ownership and management envision a short-term retooling process to get back into contention sooner rather than later. “We have a lot of good pieces already,” president and CEO Anthony LeBlanc said in a recent interview. “I don’t think it’s a many-year process. I think that this team will be better next year.” The Coyotes are on their way to their worst season in more than a decade but see hope on the horizon. It begins at next month’s trade deadline, when Maloney has plenty of valuable pieces to deal. It could be a great opportunity to build on a strong group of prospects led by Canadian world junior star Max Domi. “You hope that it’s a one-year thing and next year you’re better,” captain Shane Doan said. “I think that the young kids that they have are talented and hopefully they learn their game the right way and play the game the right way.” Maloney has already turned backup goaltender Devan Dubnyk into a thirdround pick and could trade centre Antoine Vermette, winger Martin Erat and defenceman Zbynek Michalek (all unrestricted free agents) and others such as Keith Yandle before 3 p.m. on March 2 to begin the process of infusing the organization with prospects and assets to get better for 2015-’16. “If there is any positives coming out of this miserable season, there is opportunities to get better as an organization,” Maloney said last week at Air Canada Centre. “That’s what we’re trying to do.” Those opportunities exist, and Maloney is primed to take advantage of selling. Doan, LeBlanc said, isn’t going anywhere, but the Coyotes will entertain trade talk on just about anyone else on the roster. “I do believe we have some players that could be very helpful to a playoff team and a team trying to win a Stanley Cup,” Maloney said. “We’re talking and listening and seeing if there’s something that’s going to help us.” Maloney’s goal isn’t to stockpile draft picks and wait, something the Buffalo Sabres are in the process of doing. That plan worked for the Pittsburgh Penguins 10 years ago but it hasn’t gone well for the Edmonton Oilers in recent years. With the weak Canadian dollar like-

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Arizona Coyotes Oliver Ekman-Larsson (23) is congratulated by teammates after scoring on Toronto Maple Leafs goaltender Jonathan Bernier from 114 feet during NHL action in Toronto on January 29, 2015. With the focus on re-tooling, the Arizona Coyotes have already begun selling before next month’s NHL trade deadline. ly leading to a lower-than-expected salary cap, the Coyotes may be able to poach players from higher-budget teams, and Maloney wants picks and prospects available to make those moves. Aside from goaltender Mike Smith (US$5.67-million annual cap hit for four more seasons) and franchise defenceman Oliver Ekman-Larsson ($5.5 million annually for four more seasons), Arizona isn’t burdened with the kind of long-term contracts that could hurt teams like the Toronto Maple Leafs and Philadelphia Flyers. Maloney intends to use that flexibility to improve the Coyotes’ blue-line and fix some holes. Others could be filled by younger players like Domi and fellow forwards Henrik Samuelsson and Lucas Lessio, defencemen Philip Samuelsson and Brandon Gormley and goaltender Louis Domingue, who just got his first NHL win against the Montreal Canadiens. LeBlanc sees the emergence of NHL forward Tobias Rieder and the breakout of 2014 pick Christian Dvorak (Do-

mi’s linemate in London) as reasons the Coyotes can improve quickly. “We’re pretty excited about what we have in this organization,” LeBlanc said. “We think that the cornerstones of the franchise are already there.” The Coyotes will need Smith (.888 save percentage) to improve from his worst professional season and could use a franchise-changing draft pick like Connor McDavid, Jack Eichel or even Noah Hanifin, Dylan Strome or Lawson Crouse. But LeBlanc said the team isn’t focused on the “What Ifs” of the draft. The immediate attention is on coach Dave Tippett continuing to develop young players and then on Maloney working his magic before the deadline and in the off-season. “We’re damn lucky that we’ve got a guy like Don taking care of this for us,” LeBlanc said. “ I don’t want to see this (losing) again next year. I will be excited to see what we can do to make this team better.”

Stafford was left alone in front and scored on his second whack at the puck to put Buffalo ahead. It ended Price’s shutout streak at 158 minutes 24 seconds. Prust came out of the penalty box, knocked down Tyler Myers and then finished a two on one with David Desharnais to tie it at 8:15. But Moulson was alone in front to spin and beat Price between the pads at 14:53 and then Gionta had a pass go in off defenceman Nathan Beaulieu’s skate at 19:19. Desharnais was right on the doorstep to bang in a Dale Weise feed 4:20 into the third frame. “We weren’t alert on our defensive assignments at the start,” said Montreal coach Michel Therrien. “It wasn’t a lack of effort, it was a lack of focus.” The Sabres ended a four-game road trip and start a five-game homestand Thursday against St. Louis. The Canadiens next play at home Saturday against New Jersey.

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SABRES: More goals The Sabres were three losses short of the NHL record for consecutive defeats set by the 1974-75 Washington Capitals and 1992-93 San Jose Sharks. The Canadiens, coming off a 3-2 loss at home to Arizona, are struggling on attack with only six goals in their last four games, two of which were 1-0 wins thanks to shutouts by Price. “One game, one line is hot and the next game, it’s another line, but we’d like to score more goals,” said centre Lars Eller. “The bottom line is that most of the time, we’ve found ways to win games even if we haven’t been scoring a lot. “That’s a good thing, but when you lose, it stands out more.” The game was only 5:21 old when

BIATHLON lometre race in a time of 20 minutes and 36 seconds, three minutes and 24 seconds ahead of the silver medallist. He joined with fellow Penhold 7 air squadron team member Alex Berridge and another racer from another squadron to finish fourth as a team. Berridge, who is new to the sport, finished the course in 41:15. Devin and his brother Brad Saunders are in Canmore this weekend for a make up race from November.

Saunders wins gold at Alberta Cadet Biathlon Championships Red Deer’s Devin Saunders earned gold in the junior male division at the Alberta Cadet Biathlon Championships in Canmore on the weekend. Saunders finished first in the 4.5 ki-

With the focus on re-tooling, the Arizona Coyotes have already begun selling before next month’s NHL trade deadline. The organization believes the turnaround can be quick, so here are five things the Coyotes must do to rebuild: 1. Get value at the deadline General manager Don Maloney already turned backup goaltender Devan Dubnyk into a third-round pick, and he has centre Antoine Vermette, winger Martin Erat and defenceman Milan Michalek to dangle as rentals too. Getting draft picks and/or prospects for those players and others, such as defenceman Keith Yandle, is crucial. 2. Draft high and draft well Arizona hasn’t drafted in the top 10 since 2009, a testament to the team’s success amid ownership and financial uncertainty. But with this year’s team bottoming out, it’s essential to get a franchise building block, whether it’s Connor McDavid, Jack Eichel, Noah Hanifin, Lawson Crouse or Dylan Strome. Later-round picks are also important. 3. Get more money to spend The Coyotes’ actual-salary payroll is the lowest in the NHL, and it’s incumbent on new majority owner Andrew Barroway and the Canadian ownership group led by Anthony LeBlanc and George Gosbee to give Maloney at least a little bit more to work with. With the salary cap not going up much, the Coyotes may be able to poach other teams’ players in deals. 4. Develop Domi One of the reasons the Coyotes believe they can rebound quickly is a set of prospects led by Canadian world junior star Max Domi, who could play in the NHL this season and definitely next. Domi is key to an offensive revival, but developing defenceman Philip Samuelsson and forwards Henrik Samuelsson and Brendan Perlini will go a long way. 5. Get Smith back on track Goaltender Mike Smith has a career-worst .888 save percentage, and his poor season is one reason why the Coyotes are 27th in the league. Smith was Canada’s third goalie at the Sochi Games and can’t be as bad as he is this year moving forward. With four years left on his contract at an annual cap hit of US$5.67 million, the Coyotes need Smith to be much better.

Augusta James becomes latest Canadian women’s golfer to turn pro BY THE CANADIAN PRESS Canadian women’s golfer Augusta James is forgoing her final semester of university to turn pro. James, who turns 22 in April, is the reigning Canadian Women’s Amateur champion and was a three-time all-Atlantic Coast Conference star at North Carolina State. She will play her first Symetra Tour event at the Feb. 20-22 Gateway Classic in Mesa, Ariz. “It’s tough to say there’s a perfect time to do something,” James said Tuesday on a conference call from Raleigh, N.C. “But this is my time to take advantage of the opportunity I created for myself through (qualifying) school. I just really felt like this was the right path for me.” The Bath, Ont., native turns pro six weeks after Canadian teenage phenom Brooke Henderson made the same call. Henderson is going to the LPGA Tour, while James will start on the developmental Symetra Tour with the hopes of playing in higher-level events such as the Manulife LPGA Classic and Canadian Pacific Women’s Open. James and Henderson are part of a burgeoning group of talented, young Canadian golfers that includes

rookie pros Rebecca-Lee Bentham and Jennifer Kirby. “Canadian women’s golf is progressing every year,” James said. “Obviously we have lots of great rookies on the LPGA Tour and the Symetra Tour this year from Canada. I’m excited to get out there and get to travel and play with some of my fellow Canadians this year on the Symetra Tour.” After discussions with current pros, James thinks travel could be the biggest adjustment in her transition. On the course, she’s trying to listen to advice from Golf Canada coach Tristan Mullally. “A lot of people feel like they have to change their game when they turn pro and that’s not the reality,” James said. “So I’m really going to try to stick to the basics of what got me here because I feel confident in that. I would say that physical fitness, though, is something that I’m really going to try and improve on and have been trying to improve on just so I can get a little bit of extra distance. “I think it would be very helpful to hit one less iron into greens, or you gain 15 yards off the tee.” James is 12 credit hours short of a degree in sports management from N.C. State and plans to formulate a plan to get it even while playing as much as possible professionally.

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SCOREBOARD Hockey GA 160 162 170 190 186 207

Pt 79 62 51 44 43 33

GF 205 219 176 173 156 141

GA 142 150 162 189 151 216

Pt 73 63 62 55 54 32

WESTERN CONFERENCE B.C. DIVISION GP W L OTLSOL GF Kelowna 51 39 8 3 1 222 Victoria 52 28 20 3 1 178 Kamloops 52 20 26 3 3 152 Vancouver 51 20 28 1 2 146 Prince George 53 20 31 1 1 157

GA 129 160 191 177 230

Pt 82 60 46 43 42

GA 135 172 138 148 154

Pt 66 65 56 52 51

Everett Portland Seattle Spokane Tri-City

CENTRAL DIVISION GP W L OTLSOL 50 35 12 1 2 51 29 17 1 4 50 27 15 3 5 52 27 24 0 1 53 24 23 4 2 50 13 31 3 3

GP 50 53 50 49 51

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WHL EASTERN CONFERENCE EAST DIVISION GP W L OTLSOL GF Brandon 51 37 9 3 2 231 Regina 51 28 17 4 2 189 Swift Current 51 23 23 1 4 151 Moose Jaw 51 20 27 3 1 146 Prince Albert 51 21 29 1 0 148 Saskatoon 49 15 31 2 1 140

Medicine Hat Calgary Red Deer Kootenay Edmonton Lethbridge

U.S. DIVISION W L OTLSOL 31 15 3 1 31 19 0 3 25 19 3 3 24 21 3 1 24 24 0 3

GF 177 192 139 139 142

Pacific Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Anaheim 51 33 12 6 72 152 138 San Jose 51 27 17 7 61 143 140 Vancouver 49 28 18 3 59 134 126 Calgary 51 28 20 3 59 149 131 Los Angeles 50 21 17 12 54 134 136 Arizona 51 19 26 6 44 120 171 Edmonton 51 14 28 9 37 120 170 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss. Monday’s Games Edmonton 5, San Jose 4, SO N.Y. Rangers 6, Florida 3 Calgary 5, Winnipeg 2 Tuesday’s Games Colorado 3, Dallas 2, SO New Jersey 2, Ottawa 1 Florida 4, N.Y. Islanders 2 Washington 4, Los Angeles 0 Arizona 4, Columbus 1 Buffalo 3, Montreal 2 St. Louis 2, Tampa Bay 1, OT Nashville 4, Toronto 3 Minnesota 3, Chicago 0 Vancouver 3, Winnipeg 2, OT Anaheim 5, Carolina 4, OT Wednesday’s Games Boston at N.Y. Rangers, 6 p.m. Pittsburgh at Edmonton, 6 p.m. San Jose at Calgary, 8 p.m. Thursday’s Games St. Louis at Buffalo, 5 p.m. N.Y. Islanders at Philadelphia, 5 p.m. Washington at Ottawa, 5:30 p.m. Los Angeles at Florida, 5:30 p.m. Anaheim at Nashville, 6 p.m. Tampa Bay at Dallas, 6:30 p.m. Detroit at Colorado, 7 p.m. Carolina at Arizona, 7 p.m. San Jose at Vancouver, 8 p.m.

Tuesday’s results Regina 4 Prince Albert 2 Lethbridge 4 Edmonton 3 Everett at Spokane, late Wednesday’s games Prince Albert at Moose Jaw, 6 p.m. Brandon at Medicine Hat, 7 p.m. Red Deer at Kamloops, 8 p.m. Friday’s games Spokane at Moose Jaw, 6 p.m. Swift Current at Prince Albert, 6 p.m. Saskatoon at Regina, 6 p.m. Brandon at Kootenay, 7 p.m. Medicine Hat at Lethbridge, 7 p.m. Edmonton at Prince George, 8 p.m. Kamloops at Kelowna, 8:05 p.m. Red Deer at Vancouver, 8:30 p.m. Tri-City at Everett, 8:35 p.m. Portland at Seattle, 8:35 p.m.

Tuesday’s summaries

National Hockey League EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division GP W L OT Pts Tampa Bay 52 32 15 5 69 Montreal 50 32 15 3 67 Detroit 50 29 12 9 67 Boston 50 27 16 7 61 Florida 49 22 17 10 54 Ottawa 49 20 20 9 49 Toronto 52 22 26 4 48 Buffalo 51 15 33 3 33

GF 167 132 149 134 122 137 147 97

GA 135 114 129 124 140 138 160 181

Metropolitan Division GP W L OT Pts N.Y. Islanders 50 32 17 1 65 Pittsburgh 50 28 14 8 64 N.Y. Rangers 48 29 15 4 62 Washington 51 26 15 10 62 Philadelphia 51 22 22 7 51 New Jersey 51 20 22 9 49 Columbus 49 21 25 3 45 Carolina 50 17 26 7 41

GF 160 145 145 151 140 115 121 109

GA 143 129 115 129 151 139 155 134

Canucks 3, Jets 2 (OT) First Period 1. Winnipeg, Wheeler 15 (Chiarot, Little) 10:18. 2. Vancouver, Burrows 11 (D. Sedin, H. Sedin) 13:05. Penalties — Peluso Wpg (cross-checking) 5:42, Peluso Wpg (fighting) 7:53, Dorsett Vcr (fighting) 7:53, Peluso Wpg (boarding) 7:53, Dorsett Vcr (instigator) 7:53, Dorsett Vcr (misconduct) 7:53, Bogosian Wpg (holding) 16:49, Byfuglien Wpg (tripping) 19:50. Second Period No Scoring. Penalties — Wheeler Wpg (slashing) 4:20, Hamhuis Vcr (interference) 8:43, Stanton Vcr (crosschecking) 15:26, Ladd Wpg (cross-checking) 17:40, Matthias Vcr (roughing) 17:40, Bogosian Wpg (roughing) 17:40. Third Period 3. Winnipeg, Little 20 (Ladd) 2:13 (pp). 4. Vancouver, Kenins 2 (Horvat, Clendening) 12:32. Penalties — Kenins Vcr (holding) 1:53, Wheeler Wpg (holding) 5:22. Overtime 5. Vancouver, Sbisa 3 (Vrbata, Hamhuis) :36. Penalties — None. Shots on goal Winnipeg 6 9 12 1 — 28 Vancouver 14 9 8 2 — 33 Goal — Winnipeg: Pavelec (LO, 12-11-7); Vancouver: Lack (W, 4-6-2). Power plays (goal-chances) — Winnipeg: 1-3; Vancouver: 0-6.

GA 118 121 118 140 143 140 162

Sabres 3, Canadiens 2 First Period 1. Buffalo, Stafford 8 (Hodgson, Myers) 5:21. 2. Montreal, Prust 4 (Desharnais) 8:15. 3. Buffalo, Moulson 8 (Zadorov, Mitchell) 14:53. 4. Buffalo, Gionta 5 (unassisted) 19:19. Penalties — Prust Mtl (holding) 6:05. Second Period No Scoring. Penalties — Myers Buf (tripping) 0:45.

WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division GP W L OT Pts Nashville 50 33 11 6 72 St. Louis 50 33 13 4 70 Chicago 51 31 18 2 64 Winnipeg 53 26 18 9 61 Colorado 51 22 18 11 55 Minnesota 50 24 20 6 54 Dallas 50 23 19 8 54

GF 153 162 155 146 134 138 159

RINGETTE The U19AA Central Alberta Sting returned from Guelph, Ont., with a 2-2 record, including a dramatic come-from-behind 5-4 victory in their final game of the ringette tournament over St. Clements. St. Clements took a 3-1 lead through the first period, but Gillian Dreger led the comeback with two goals while Bryn Lunn scored shorthanded and Ashlynn Morrison also scored to tie the game at 4-4. Shae Baxter then scored the winner with 1:14 left in regulation as Baylee Schulhauser and Grace Romansky split goaltending duties. The Sting opened the tournament with an 8-7 loss to Waterloo as Morrison and Dreger

EXELTA GYMNASTICS CLUB Chad Koller of the host club dominated his boys artistic division of the Exelta Cup meet hosted by the Exelta Gymnasics Club during the weekend. Koller won the all-around title after placing first in each of the floor, pommel horse, rings, parallel bars and high bar exercises, and tying for first in the vault. Meanwhile, Brayden Lord claimed allaround honours in his division — finishing first in the floor, pommel horse, vault and parallel bars routines and second on the rings and high bar — and Jared Hoffman was second in the rings and vault and fourth in the pommel horse, parallel bars and high bar routines and fourth overall. Still with the boys, Ryan McLeod was fifth all-around following a tie for second on the high bar, a third on the rings and a fourth on the pommel horse. He tied for eighth in the vault exercise and on the high bar. In the boys level 1 double-mini trampoline (DMT) competition, the Exelta Club’s Liam Wygiera finished sixth, while Arthur Troyan was

Third Period 5. Montreal, Desharnais 8 (Weise, Pacioretty) 4:20. Penalties — Kaleta Buf (goaltender interference) 8:17. Shots on goal Buffalo 7 8 3 — 18 Montreal 9 10 15 — 34 Goal — Buffalo: Enroth (W, 12-19-2); Montreal: Price (L, 27-11-2). Power plays (goal-chances) — Buffalo: 0-1; Montreal: 0-2. Predators 4, Maple Leafs 3 First Period 1. Nashville, Jones 4 (unassisted) 11:52 (sh). 2. Nashville, Weber 11 (Forsberg, Fisher) 15:31 (pp). Penalties — Weber Nash (high-sticking) 3:20, Neal Nash (slashing) 10:52, Kessel Tor (slashing) 13:42. Second Period 3. Toronto, Winnik 4 (Santorelli, Lupul) 7:49. Penalties — Gaustad Nash (face-off violation) 14:08, Holzer Tor (high-sticking) 18:52. Third Period 4. Toronto, Kadri 14 (Booth, Franson) 2:19. 5. Toronto, Santorelli 10 (Lupul, Rielly) 2:56. 6. Nashville, Fisher 13 (Wilson, Josi) 6:55. 7. Nashville, Wilson 16 (Fisher, Neal) 11:18. Penalties — Fisher Nash (delay of game) 14:28, Lupul Tor (tripping) 16:40. Shots on goal Toronto 7 13 8 — 28 Nashville 11 9 12 — 32 Goal — Toronto: Bernier (L, 16-16-4); Nashville: Hutton (W, 4-4-4). Power plays (goal-chances) — Toronto: 0-4; Nashville: 1-3. Devils 2, Senators 1 First Period No Scoring. Penalties — Fraser NJ (tripping) 2:35, Lazar Ott (interference) 10:42. Second Period 1. Ottawa, Lazar 2 (Hoffman, Borowiecki) 10:33. 2. New Jersey, Henrique 11 (Zidlicky, Greene) 12:08. Penalties — Karlsson Ott (holding) 13:39, Turris Ott (hooking) 19:18. Third Period 3. New Jersey, Cammalleri 17 (Jagr) 5:02. Penalties — None. Shots on goal Ottawa 4 8 8 — 20 New Jersey 6 7 6 — 19 Goal — Ottawa: Lehner (L, 7-9-2); New Jersey: Schneider (W, 18-19-5). Power plays (goal-chances) — Ottawa: 0-1; New Jersey: 0-3. Ducks 5, Hurricanes 4 (OT) First Period No Scoring. Penalties — Murphy Car (hooking) 18:02. Second Period 1. Anaheim, Perry 20 (Getzlaf) :37. 2. Carolina, Semin 2 (Rask, Liles) 9:24. 3. Carolina, McClement 2 (Lindholm, Sekera) 11:41. 4. Anaheim, Kesler 14 (Lindholm, Palmieri) 14:21 (pp). Penalties — Tlusty Car (holding) 12:54, Tlusty Car (tripping) 16:10. Third Period 5. Carolina, Malone 5 (unassisted) 4:01 (evenpenalty-shot). 6. Carolina, Jo. Staal 2 (E. Staal) 5:10. 7. Anaheim, Smith-Pelly 5 (Silfverberg, Lovejoy) 9:31. 8. Anaheim, Perry 21 (Vatanen, Getzlaf) 15:52. Penalties — Beleskey Ana (hooking) 0:17, Getzlaf Ana (interference) 0:17, Lovejoy Ana (holding) 12:43, Brewer Ana (cross-checking) 13:00, Skinner Car (tripping) 13:27. Overtime 9. Anaheim, Getzlaf 16 (Perry, Beauchemin) :45. Penalties — None. Shots on goal Carolina 3 12 17 0 — 32 Anaheim 13 11 5 2 — 31 Goal — Carolina: Khudobin (LO, 6-8-3); Anaheim: Andersen (W, 28-7-5). Power plays (goal-chances) — Carolina: 0-4; Anaheim: 1-4.

both had two goals and an assist while Emily Renneberg, Kristin Demale and Baxter all scored once. Schulhauser and Romansky split duties again. The Sting bounced back in the second game, beating London 6-3 as Demale scored twice and Renneberg, Dreger, Morrison and Keara Thomas all added one goal each. Schulhauser made 22 saves for the win. The sting fell 9-4 in their third game to tournament host and eventual champion Guelph Predators. Dreger scored twice while Baxter and Morrison added one each. ● Lacombe Ringette is hosting their Ice Breaker Tournament this weekend at the Barnett Arena. Games will run from Friday to Sunday, featuring teams in the U12, U14, U16 and U19 divisions. first in level 3 trampoline and level 2 DMT and second in level 2 tumbling. Benn Bilsborrow placed third in level 3 and Wygiera was sixth in level 1 trampoline. In girls level 1 DMT, Gracelyn Lauscher was second and Vanessa Webster and Madison Wiggins placed seventh and ninth. In other top-10 Exelta female placings, Loami Rautenbach was second in level 1 tumbling and sixth in level 2 DMT; Paige Teigs placed second in level 1 tumbling, third in level 2 synchro, eighth in level 2 DMT and 10th in level 2 trampoline; Samantha Chanminaraj finished fifth in level 3 tumbling, seventh in level 3 trampoline and 10th in level 3 DMT; Kassidy Wiggins was seventh in level 1 synchro; Karys Zirk placed ninth in level 2 DMT; and Madison Wiggins was ninth in level 1 trampoline. Other Exelta boys top-10 placings: Aryan Appairaju (tie for third on high bar, fifth on pommel horse, sixth on rings and in vault, sixth all around); Brandon Sundby (fifth on pommel horse and high bar, seventh all around, ninth on floor, rings and vault); Mason Nicoll (fifth on the pommel horse, tie for seven on floor and seventh on parallel bars, eighth all around, 10th in vault and high bar).

p.m. (The Drive).

Today

● Curling: Red Deer Farmers/Farmerettes Bonspiel, Pidherney Centre. ● JV basketball: Hunting Hills at Lindsay Thurber, Lacombe at Innisfail, Rocky Mountain House at Sylvan Lake, Ponoka at Stettler, Notre Dame at Camrose; girls at 6 p.m., boys to follow. ● WHL: Red Deer at Kamloops, 8 p.m. (The Drive).

Thursday

● Curling: Red Deer Farmers/Farmerettes Bonspiel, Pidherney Centre. ● College women’s hockey: NAIT at RDC, 7 p.m., Arena. ● Midget AA hockey: Sylvan Lake at Lacombe, 7:5 p.m. ● Men’s basketball: Carstar vs. NWS, Bulldog Scrap Metal vs. Sheraton Red Deer, 7:15 and 8:30 p.m., Lindsay Thurber.

Friday

● Senor high basketball: Lindsay Thurber Raiders girls/boys tournament. ● Grade 9 basketball: Hunting Hills girls/ boys tournament. ● Curling: Red Deer Farmers/Farmerettes Bonspiel, Pidherney Centre. ● College basketball: SAIT at RDC, women at 6 p.m., men to follow. ● AJHL: Calgary Canucks at Olds, 7 p.m. ● Minor midget AAA hockey: Red Deer North Star at Red Deer Aero Equipment, 8 p.m., Arena. ● Chinook senior hockey: Fort Saskatchewan at Innisfail, 8:30 p.m.; Stony Plain at Bentley, 8:30 p.m., Eckville. ● WHL: Red Deer at Vancouver, 8:30

Saturday

● Senior high basketball: Lindsay Thurber Raiders girls/boys tournament. ● Grade 9 basketball: Hunting Hills girls/ boys tournament. ● Curling: Red Deer Farmers/Farmerettes Bonspiel, Pidherney Centre. ● Major bantam hockey: Calgary North Star at Red Deer Black, 11:30 a.m., Arena; Calgary Royals at Red Deer White, 2 p.m., Arena. ● Peewee AA hockey: Airdrie Black at Red Deer TBS, 12:30 p.m., Collicutt Centre; Olds at Sylvan Lake, 3:30 p.m. ● Bantam AA hockey: Wheatland at Red Deer Steel Kings, 2:30 p.m., Kinex. ● Minor midget AAA hockey: Southeast at Red Deer Aero Equipment, 4:45 p.m., Arena; ● WHL: Red Deer at Victoria, 7:05 p.m. (The Drive). ● Midget AA hockey: Olds at Red Deer Indy Graphics, 7:15 p.m., Collicutt Centre. ● Heritage junior B hockey: High River at Red Deer, 8 p.m., Arena; Stettler at Three Hills, 8 p.m.

Sunday

● Peewee AA hockey: Bow Valley at Red Deer TBS, 12:45 p.m., Collicutt Centre. ● Bantam AA hockey: Southwest at Red Deer Steel Kings, 1:30 p.m., Kinex. ● Heritage junior B hockey: Airdrie at Ponoka, 2:30 p.m. ● Minor midget AAA hockey: Southeast at Red Deer North Star, noon, Arena; Calgary Bruins at Red Deer Aero Equipment, 2:45 p.m., Arena. ● Midget AA hockey: Olds at Red Deer Elks, 5:30 p.m., Arena.

Basketball National Basketball Association EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct GB Toronto 33 16 .673 — Brooklyn 19 28 .404 13 Boston 17 30 .362 15 Philadelphia 11 39 .220 22 New York 10 39 .204 23 Southeast Division W L Pct GB Atlanta 40 9 .816 — Washington 31 18 .633 9 Charlotte 21 27 .438 18 Miami 21 27 .438 18 Orlando 15 36 .294 26 Central Division W L Pct GB Chicago 30 19 .612 — Cleveland 30 20 .600 1/2 Milwaukee 26 22 .542 3 Detroit 19 30 .388 11 Indiana 17 32 .347 13

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WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division W L Pct GB Memphis 36 12 .750 — Houston 33 15 .688 3 Dallas 33 17 .660 4 San Antonio 30 18 .625 6 New Orleans 26 22 .542 10 Northwest Division W L Pct GB Portland 32 16 .667 — Oklahoma City 24 24 .500 8 Denver 19 30 .388 13 1/2 Utah 17 30 .362 14 1/2 Minnesota 8 40 .167 24 Pacific Division W L Pct GB

37 33 28 17 13

8 16 22 29 35

.822 .673 .560 .370 .271

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Monday’s Games Charlotte 92, Washington 88 Cleveland 97, Philadelphia 84 Milwaukee 82, Toronto 75 Brooklyn 102, L.A. Clippers 100 New Orleans 115, Atlanta 100 Oklahoma City 104, Orlando 97 Dallas 100, Minnesota 94 Memphis 102, Phoenix 101 Tuesday’s Games Philadelphia 105, Denver 98 Detroit 108, Miami 91 Boston 108, New York 97 Utah at Portland, late Golden State at Sacramento, late Wednesday’s Games Detroit at Indiana, 5 p.m. Washington at Atlanta, 5:30 p.m. Brooklyn at Toronto, 5:30 p.m. Denver at Boston, 5:30 p.m. Oklahoma City at New Orleans, 6 p.m. Chicago at Houston, 6 p.m. L.A. Lakers at Milwaukee, 6 p.m. Miami at Minnesota, 6 p.m. Orlando at San Antonio, 6:30 p.m. Memphis at Utah, 7 p.m. Dallas at Golden State, 8:30 p.m. Thursday’s Games Washington at Charlotte, 5 p.m. L.A. Clippers at Cleveland, 6 p.m. Dallas at Sacramento, 8 p.m. Phoenix at Portland, 8:30 p.m.

Transactions Tuesday’s Sports Transactions BASEBALL American League BALTIMORE ORIOLES — Traded C Michael Ohlman to St. Louis for cash considerations. Agreed to terms with RHP Miguel Gonzalez on a one-year contract. KANSAS CITY ROYALS — Agreed to terms with 3B Mike Moustakas and OF Lorenzo Cain on oneyear contracts. National League COLORADO ROCKIES — Agreed to terms with RHP John Axford on a minor league contract. PITTSBURGH PIRATES — Acquired INF Steve Lombardozzi from Baltimore Orioles for cash considerations. SAN DIEGO PADRES — Agreed to terms with C Wil Nieves on a minor league contract. American Association WINNIPEG GOLDEYES — Signed LHP Chris Salamida. Can-Am League OTTAWA CHAMPIONS — Signed C/1B Bryce Massanari. Frontier League GATEWAY GRIZZLIES — Signed RHP Dejai Oliver to a contract extension. WINDY CITY THUNDERBOLTS — Signed LHP Danny Jimenez. BASKETBALL National Basketball Association LOS ANGELES CLIPPERS — Signed G Dahntay Jones for the remainder of the season. OKLAHOMA CITY THUNDER — Signed F Nick Collison to a multiyear contract extension. Women’s National Basketball Association PHOENIX MERCURY — G Diana Taurasi announced she will sit out the 2015 WNBA season. FOOTBALL National Football League NFL — Suspended Cleveland WR Josh Gordon for at least one year for violating the league’s substance abuse policy. BALTIMORE RAVENS — Released NT Terrence Cody. BUFFALO BILLS — Claimed WR Justin Brown off waivers from Pittsburgh. NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS — Announced the re-

tirement of special teams coach Scott O’Brien, who will remain with the organization. Named Joe Judge special teams coach. NEW YORK JETS — Retained assistant offensive line coach Ron Heller and Steve Hagen, who will switch from tight ends coach to assistant special teams coach. SAN DIEGO CHARGERS — Announced the retirement of C Nick Hardwick. Arena Football League ORLANDO PREDATORS — Agreed to terms with LB Aaron Robbins. Canadian Football League CALGARY STAMPEDERS — Signed DB Fred Bennett to a contract extension. MONTREAL ALOUETTES — Re-signed RB Brandon Rutley to a two-year contract. Signed RB Jordan Hall to a three-year contract. WINNIPEG BLUE BOMBERS — Released LBs Ejiro Kuale and Kyle Jones. HOCKEY National Hockey League DALLAS STARS — Recalled G Jussi Rynnas from Texas (AHL). Loaned G Anders Lindback to Texas for a conditioning assignment. American Hockey League AHL — Suspended Rockford LW Brandon Mashinter two games and Portland C Justin Hodgman and Bridgeport C Lukas Sutter one game. MILWAUKEE ADMIRALS — Recalled D Garrett Noonan from Cincinnati (ECHL). ECHL ECHL — Named Natalie Bernstein executive/ marketing assistant. Suspended Kalamazoo F Jean Bourbeau one game. ELMIRA JACKALS — Signed Gs Chris Rawlings and Nick Niedert. SOCCER Major League Soccer NEW YORK RED BULLS — Named Denis Hamlett assistant coach. National Women’s Soccer League SKY BLUE FC — Signed M Sarah Killion and D Kristin Grubka. COLLEGE CLEMSON — Announced the resignation of women’s volleyball coach Jolene Jordan Hoover. COLUMBIA — Named Peter E. Pilling director of intercollegiate athletics and physical education.

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Maple Leafs tie franchise record with loss NHL ROUNDUP BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS PREDATORS 4, MAPLE LEAFS 3 NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Mike Fisher had a goal and two assists, and Nashville handed Toronto its franchise record-tying 10th straight loss. Seth Jones, Shea Weber and Colin Wilson also scored for the Predators, winners of two straight. Daniel Winnik, Nazem Kadri and Mike Santorelli scored for the Maple Leafs, who are 0-9-1 in their past 10 games. Wilson got the go-ahead goal at 11:08 of the third. CAPITALS 4, KINGS 0 WASHINGTON (AP) — Troy Brouwer scored two goals, Braden Holtby stopped 27 shots and Washington beat Los Angeles for its second win in eight games. Playing in his 500th career game, Brouwer staked the Capitals to a 2-0 lead with a goal in each of the first two periods. It was his first multigoal game of the season and only the third with multiple points. Nicklas Backstrom made it 3-0 at 5:50 of the third following a Los Angeles turnover, and 59 seconds later Eric Fehr converted another Kings miscue into a 4-0 advantage. Holtby, meanwhile, was rarely tested in his sixth shutout of the season and career-high 24th victory. The Kings dropped to 1-6-2 on the road since Dec. 11. The defending Stanley Cup champions are 21-1712 overall after opening the season 6-1-1. BLUES 2, LIGHTNING 1, OT ST. LOUIS (AP) — Vladimir Tarasenko tied the game late in the third period and then Jaden Schwartz scored in overtime to give streaking St. Louis a victory over Tampa Bay. The Blues (33-13-4) matched a franchise record with points in 12 consecutive games. They have won six straight and are 11-0-1 in their last 12. St. Louis, which got 30 saves from Brian Elliott, improved to 20-4-2 at home this season. Eastern Conference-leading Tampa Bay (32-15-5) has struggled on the road this season, going 11-12-3 with four straight defeats. Lightning rookie Cedric Paquette opened the scoring with his sixth goal in four games and 11th of the season. WILD 3, BLACKHAWKS 0 ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Devan Dubnyk stopped 24 shots in his third shutout since joining Minnesota in mid-January, leading the Wild past Chicago for their fourth straight win. Mikko Koivu, Jason Zucker and Mikael Granlund scored for the Wild. Since being acquired in a trade with Arizona, Dubnyk is 6-1 with a 1.57 goals-against average. He has four shutouts overall this season. The Blackhawks, fourth in the Western Conference, spent the previous two days in Las Vegas and were outshot 43-24. They’ve been shut out in their last two and haven’t won consecutive games in more than a month. DEVILS 2, SENATORS 1 NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Mike Cammalleri scored the go-ahead goal early in the third period and New

CATALINA SWIM CLUB Rebecca Smith led a strong performance by the Red Deer Catalina Swim Club at the long course season opening Speedo Alberta Open 1 in Edmonton. Smith brought back five medals, gold in the 100-metre freestyle, 50-metre freestyle, 50-metre butterfly, 200-metre back stroke and silver in the 100-metre butterfly. Josh Young, meanwhile, broke the 14 year-old boy’s provincial record in the 50-metre breaststroke (30.11 seconds), though he did finish with a silver in the event as he did in the 100-metre breaststroke and added a bronze in the 200 metre breaststroke. Hidde Geurts earned two gold in the 100-metre breast stroke and silver in the 100-metre freestyle and 200-metre freestyle. Madalyn Smith also won silver in the 20-metre breast stroke while Kristen Trepanier earned bronze in the 200-metre fly. This meet also served as the final warm-up and qualifying meet for the Western Canadian Championships in Edmonton Feb. 19-22. The club will be sending nine swimmers to the championships, including Cole Brown, who qualified in the 50M backstroke.

HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL The Notre Dame Cougars employed a balanced attack Tuesday while cruising to an 82-52 senior high boys basketball win over the visiting Hunting Hills Lightning. Twelve members of the Cougars shared in the scoring, with Cody White leading the way with 15 points and Keon Villaluz netting 13 points and adding six assists. Gabe Duckering and Rohit Razzaq each had 10 points for the Lightning. The Lindsay Thurber Raiders senior girl’s team got a win on the road taking down Camrose 60-50. Kelsey Lalor lead the way with 30 points while Elizabeth Mornault added 10 points in the victory.

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St. Louis Blues goaltender Brian Elliott makes a save against Tampa Bay Lightning center Cedric Paquette in third period of an NHL game Tuesday, in St. Louis. The Blues won 2-1 in overtime. Jersey extended its best run of the season with a win over Ottawa. Cory Schneider made 19 saves and Adam Henrique had the other goal for the Devils, who won for the seventh time in 11 games (7-2-2). Curtis Lazar scored for the Senators and Robin Lehner made 17 saves in his third straight start for injured Craig Anderson. Jaromir Jagr did most of the work on Cammalleri’s team-high 17th goal of the season and seventh game-winner. The big right wing won the puck in the right corner, made a turn into the right circle and found Cammalleri between the circles for a shot over Lehner’s shoulder. PANTHERS 4, ISLANDERS 2 UNIONDALE, N.Y. (AP) — Jimmy Hayes’ second goal of the game 2:10 into the third period lifted slumping Florida over New York. Hayes put a rebound of Nick Bjugstad’s shot past goalie Jaroslav Halak 9 seconds into a power play for his 15th goal. Bjugstad also assisted on Hayes’ tying goal in the first. Erik Gudbranson also scored, Brandon Pirri added one into an empty net and Al Montoya made 32 saves for the Panthers. They are 2-6-1 in their past nine games — including losses at New Jersey and the New York Rangers in their previous two. Anders Lee scored both goals for the Metropolitan Division-leading Islanders, who have dropped three straight. Halak made 26 saves.

COYOTES 4, BLUE JACKETS 1 COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Oliver Ekman-Larsson and Shane Doan scored power-play goals in the second period, and Mike Smith made 30 saves to lead Arizona over Columbus. Lucas Lessio also had a goal, and Keith Yandle and Antoine Vermette each had two assists for the Coyotes, who completed a 3-3-2 road trip. Tobias Rieder added an empty-netter. James Wisniewski scored for Columbus, which has lost three in a row. Anton Forsberg, starting his second NHL game in goal, made 25 saves. AVALANCHE 3, STARS 2, SO DALLAS (AP) — Maxime Talbot scored the winner for Colorado in the 11th round of a shootout after Tyson Barrie tied the game in the final minute of regulation against Dallas. The Avalanche were down 2-0 in the third period in a matchup of teams that started the night tied with 53 points apiece in the Central Division and trying to climb into the playoff picture after slow starts. Colorado matched a season low with 16 shots in regulation, but the last one was Barrie’s one-timer from just inside the blue line with 19 seconds remaining. Ryan O’Reilly got the Avalanche within a goal 6:12 into the third. Patrick Eaves scored on Dallas’ suddenly potent power play, and Erik Cole added a goal late in the second period.

Roughriders GM Brendan Taman not surprised that Ben Heenan heading to NFL BY THE CANADIAN PRESS For Brendan Taman, it was a best-case scenario. The Saskatchewan Roughriders GM wasn’t surprised to lose starting right guard Ben Heenan to the NFL. Heenan was scheduled to become a CFL free agent Feb. 10, but Taman released the Regina native Monday so he could pursue interests south of the border. The departure of the six-foot-four 310-pound Heenan, who signed with the Indianapolis Colts on Tuesday, leaves a huge hole in Saskatchewan’s offensive line. But Taman finds solace in not losing Heenan to a rival CFL club or being forced to overpay on the open market to keep him and having to make roster changes to fit the contract within the Riders’ $5.05-million salary cap. “The safe way out for us is to lose him to the NFL rather than another team in our league,” Taman said Tuesday. “Saying that, I was determined not to let that (Heenan signing with another CFL club) happen, which would’ve created a big ripple affect on our team with our structure. “At the end of the day, that probably is the bestcase scenario if we weren’t going to keep him.” Heenan wasn’t on the open market long, getting snatched up by an Indianapolis club with several ties to the CFL. Linebacker Henoc Muamba of Mississauga, Ont., played with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers and was a CFL all-star in 2013. Jerrell Freeman was an all-star linebacker with the Saskatchewan Roughriders in 2011. Colts general manager Ryan Grigson knows the CFL as well, playing on the offensive line of the Toronto Argonauts in 1997 before becoming a scout with Saskatchewan in 1998.

Taman doesn’t take Heenan’s departure personally. “That’s the nature of the business,” Taman said. “Our job is to get the best available guys we can get and when we drafted Ben we felt he was a very safe pick, not because he was from Saskatchewan but because he was very good. “The reality of our business is if we have good players playing in our league, if they’re that good, the NFL is now going to come in and make plays on them. It’s a credit to our league we have these kids playing here.” Tempering the loss of Heenan was Taman’s ability to re-sign safety Tyron Brackenridge and receiver Weston Dressler. Both are also key starters who were slated to become free agents later this month. Saskatchewan selected Heenan first overall in 2012 and he rewarded that faith by becoming a starter as a rookie. He was also a versatile performer, playing both guard and tackle, and helped Saskatchewan win the ’13 Grey Cup. Heenan, who turns 25 on Thursday, attracted plenty of NFL interest this off-season, reportedly receiving five different offers. “I was holding out hope but in reality there wasn’t a lot there to have,” Taman said. “When you’re an offensive lineman who’s very young and good, well, it wasn’t going to work out in our favour.” Not with the NFL’s rookie minimum scheduled to be US$435,000 in 2015. Then again, as a blue-chip CFL free agent Heenan would’ve commanded an annual salary approaching $250,000, a figure that would’ve made him one of the league’s highest paid non-quarterbacks. While it seems Taman won’t have to dig deep to keep Heenan, he faces the task of having to replace him.

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL Shanna Soehn dropped in 14 points to lead the Spartans to a 45-38 win over the Storm in Red Deer Women’s Basketball League action. Carissa Lauer had 10 points for the Storm. In other games: Shalene Rascher netted 21 points as the Funk downed the Shooting Stars — who got 14 from Julie Cavanaugh — 63-45. Tamara Mckelvie scored 13 points in a losing cause as Rampage fell 5654 to Triple Threat. The Big Ballers, with Michelle Lawton scoring eight points, defeated Xpress 41-33. Robyn Bonnar had seven points for the losers. Danielle Clifford poured in 27 points to pace Hoosier Daddy to a 79-50 win over the Young Gunns.

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Rhett Gardner buried a rebound 37 seconds into overtime, lifting the Okotoks Oilers past the Olds Grizzlys 4-3 in an Alberta Junior Hockey League game Tuesday. The Grizzlys led 3-2 when defenceman Kirk Johnson connected at 7:33 of the third period, but Matt McNair converted a pass from Trey deGraaf eight minutes later to force extra time. Eric Krienke and Carson Beers also tallied for the Oilers in front of 451 fans, while BJ Duffin and Ty Mappin accounted for the other Olds markers. Nic Renyard turned aside 20 shots as the winning goaltender. Grizzlys netminder Jesse Gordichuk made 40 saves. The Grizzlys are in Calgary Thursday to face the Mustangs, then host the Calgary Canucks Friday.

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Seattle Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson talks to reporters outside the locker room at team headquarters, Tuesday, in Renton, Wash. The Seahawks’ season ended Sunday, Feb. 1, 2015, with a 28-24 loss to the New England Patriots in Super Bowl XLIX. we’re going to stick together and move forward so none of that matters now.” Wilson had a similar take about trying to move beyond the lingering hangover of what happened, even though he said he’d watched film of the game “probably 12 times,” since Sunday. The question hanging over Wilson will be his contract situation and whether Seattle can get an extension completed in the off-season so he

doesn’t enter 2015 playing under the final year of his rookie deal. “I haven’t really thought anything about it,” Wilson said. “You know, I obviously want to play in Seattle forever. That’s my goal, and I want to be with this organization. I love this organization. I love this city. I love these fans, and I love winning here. We’ve won a lot of football games here, and that’s the goal.”

Tiger Woods reaches a low point on his way back BY DOUG FERGUSON THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

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SAN DIEGO — No one can recall these kinds of odds for Tiger Woods at any tournament, certainly not one at Torrey Pines. He is listed at 50-to-1, which prompted a question that was even more shocking than the odds. Was that to win? Or to make the cut? Perhaps even more telling was an observation from Padraig Harrington. “Did you ever think you would hear a professional golfer genuinely and sincerely say, ’I hope Tiger Woods plays better,”’ Harrington said over the weekend. No one ever imagined him playing worse. Woods didn’t just miss the cut in the Phoenix Open last week. He missed it by 12 shots. More than posting an 82 — the highest score of his professional career — was how lost he looked on the golf course, especially around the greens. Yes, this was a really bad day at the office. But this was Tiger Woods, the guy with a short game that had no rival. The biggest break for Woods during his second round at the TPC Scottsdale was on the 17th hole, when Woods and Jordan Spieth drove it just short of the green. The hole was back and to the right, requiring a pitch that had to be struck close to perfect. Woods had no chance. His golf ball was partially sunken in a divot, a shot so impossible that he stood over it for nearly a minute with his hands on his hips instead of around a club, probably because he had no idea what club could get him out of this trouble. He opted for a 4-iron, which didn’t have enough pace and fell off the side of the green. Why was that a break? Because if he had a clean lie, Spieth would have exposed him even more. Spieth has one of the best short games on tour. Woods does not. And the rest of his game is not much better. The talk at Isleworth two months ago, when Woods returned from a four-month break to let his back heal fully from surgery and to regain strength, was that there was more freedom in his swing. In Phoenix, he was back to rehearsing his shot, over and over, before every swing. Is this a low point? Woods can only hope so, but the rehearsals would indicate he has a lot of work and a long road ahead of him. But what Harrington said touches on a sad truth about a guy who dominated the sport unlike any other. For so many years, Woods was associated with words like mystique, intimidation and ruthlessness.

Now he evokes sympathy. No player wants to see Woods like this, and the odds would be greater than 50-to-1 they’ll ever get the old Woods back. “I want to see him back on top of his game again,” Pat Perez said. “He is golf. I don’t care where he is. If he finishes last or first or whatever, he is the game of golf. And until he leaves, he will be that guy. Everybody is always going to question him and go after him. I don’t watch the Golf Channel, but I’m sure they have all the answers for him. I hope he turns it around.” Rory McIlroy got grief last year for saying that Woods was on the back nine of his career. Now you might as well try to guess which hole he is on. That’s the mood on the PGA Tour. It’s sad to watch. The two nastiest words in golf are “choke” and “yips,” and the latter is coming up quite frequently in any conversation about Woods. How else to explain a guy who hits one chip 3 feet and the next one 30 yards? Justin Thomas, a 21-year-old rookie, grew up watching and idolizing Woods. Just like any other kid, he dreamed about winning a major, and it was usually going head-to-head with Woods on the back nine Sunday. Thomas has played in three tournaments with Woods, and Woods has missed the cut in two of them. The other was at Torrey Pines, where Woods missed the 54-hole cut. When he shot his 82 last Friday, Thomas said it was “disheartening to see.” After the first round of the Phoenix Open, someone pointed out to Spieth than in the six times they had been paired together, Spieth already was 23 shots ahead. “I don’t think I’ve caught him on a good day,” he said politely. These kids don’t know the Tiger Woods that Perez and Harrington grew up with. They might never. “They didn’t have to compete against him week in and week out, when you knew you couldn’t beat him,” Perez said. “There was nothing you could do about it. But it’s just ... it’s just different now.” Along with the analysis — is it in his head or does he have the yips or is it both? — are the predictions. The end of Tiger Woods. To see how lost he looked in Phoenix, and realizing that he is 39 with five surgeries behind him, make clear that it will take an extraordinary effort for Woods to get back to the top of his game. Then again, he was nothing short of extraordinary leading up to this point.

SAN DIEGO — A group of PGA Tour caddies sued the PGA Tour in federal court Tuesday for making them wear bibs that have the logo of the tournament sponsors without sharing in what it estimates as $50 million in endorsement revenue. The class-action suit on behalf of 81 caddies was filed in San Francisco, where former UCLA basketball star Ed O’Bannon successfully sued the NCAA for keeping college players from selling their marketing rights. “This lawsuit is intended to protect the rights of caddies who are required to endorse tour sponsors with zero compensation from the PGA Tour,” said Gene Egdorf, the caddies’ Houston-based lawyer. “Any working professional deserves to be paid based on the income they generate, but that’s not happening on the PGA Tour.” PGA Tour spokesman Ty Votaw said there would be no comment. At issue was whether the tour had a right to force caddies to wear bibs and “retain for itself the tens of millions of dollars in advertising generated by those bibs.” The lawsuit stems from a dispute that has been brewing for more than a year over treatment of caddies. A tipping point was at The Barclays in August 2013 at Liberty National during a rain delay, when caddies said security would not allow their wives or children in a caddie room because they did not have credentials. They felt it was an example of how the tour treats them like second-class citizens. At several tournaments, they are not allowed in the clubhouse or in the locker room. The bibs a caddie wears have the players’ name on the back, and the tournament logo on the front. The lawsuit also claims the tour has denied caddies access to basic health care and pensions plan. Mike Hicks, the caddie for Payne Stewart when he won his last U.S. Open in 1999, and Kenny Harms, who works for Kevin Na, were the top two class representatives in the lawsuit. Included among the other caddies were Andy Sanders (who works for Jimmy Walker), Jimmy Johnson (Steve Stricker), Damon Green (Zach Johnson) and Tony Navarro, the longtime caddie for Greg Norman who now works for Gary Woodland. The caddies for Tiger Woods, Phil Mickelson and Rory McIlroy were not part of the class-action lawsuit. Joe LaCava, who works for Woods, is a board member of the Association of Professional Tour Caddies that was formed just over a year ago. The profession has changed over the last few Follow us on Facebook to see all our news decades. Several caddies on tour formerly played on smaller tours. Michael Maness, who caddies for Kevin Chappell, qualified for The Greenbrier Classic in 2012. Green played in a U.S. Senior Open. Sanders played in the Palmer Cup when he was in college. PGA Tour players are considered to be independent contractors who employ their caddies individually. The lawsuit claims the tour has contacted players to ask if they would be willing to fire their caddies for not wearing a bib.

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RENTON, Wash. — When Russell Wilson took the snap with 26 seconds remaining in the Super Bowl, made his read and released the pass, he believed he was on his way to getting fitted for a second Super Bowl ring. He never saw New England’s Malcolm Butler breaking, beating Ricardo Lockette to the pass and creating one of the most infamous plays in Super Bowl history. “When I threw it, I was like, ’Touchdown, second Super Bowl ring, here we go,”’ Wilson said. “And it didn’t happen.” The Seattle Seahawks cleaned out their lockers and headed into the offseason in a solemn, quiet fashion on Tuesday, two days after their dramatic 28-24 loss to New England. Some players were still at a loss to describe the emotion of Seattle getting to the New England 1-yard line with 26 seconds left only to see Wilson get intercepted by Butler. Normally talkative tight end Luke Willson seemed to sum up the feelings for everyone. “I don’t know guys. I don’t really have too many answers,” Willson said. “Sorry. It is what it is.” Seattle was on the verge of staging a final rally to cap a second straight title and put the Seahawks in position to be talked about as the first team in NFL history to win three straight titles headed into next season when Wilson was intercepted. Two days later, Wilson said he had no doubts about the decision to call for a quick slant to Lockette. Even in hindsight, he said he continues to support

the decision to pass on second down from the 1, even though Marshawn Lynch had just run for 4 yards on first down. “It’s one of those things, you trust what they called,” Wilson said. “I had no doubt. I had no doubt in the play call. I still don’t to this day. I just wish we had made the play.” Wilson said when he took the snap, Lockette appeared to be open enough to score. He didn’t see Butler breaking hard for the spot where the ball would be delivered. “He made a great play. It was one of those bang-bang plays. That’s how it usually is in a goal line area, a red zone area,” Wilson said. “The guy played a great game, honestly. A guy that I think was undrafted just made tons of plays. Play after play. You’ve got to give him a lot of respect. He won the game for them right there.” Seattle offensive co-ordinator Darrell Bevell intimated after the game that Lockette could have gone harder after the ball. The play was also disrupted by New England cornerback Brandon Browner holding up Jermaine Kearse and not allowing any traffic to impede Butler’s route to the ball. Wide receiver Doug Baldwin called Bevell’s comments “harsh.” “I would be lying if I said it didn’t bother us,” Baldwin said. “He’s a coach and so you take that criticism or whatnot and you look in the mirror and figure out what you could have done with it. It’s harsh. But in the reality of it, it’s in the heat of the moment right after the game, people may say things or do things they may have changed or would like to be interpreted differently. However, at the end of the day, like I said,

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Beds added for seniors RESTORATIVE CARE PROGRAM DESIGNED TO HELP PEOPLE RETURN HOME BY SUSAN ZIELINSKI ADVOCATE STAFF Four restorative care beds will open this month at Lacombe Hospital and Care Centre, with a focus on rehabilitation to help seniors transition back into the community. Restorative care beds are a new provincewide initiative and the Lacombe beds will be the first for Alberta Health Services Central Zone. Kerry Bales, chief zone officer for AHS Central Zone, said restorative

beds would best suit people who need roughly 30 days of care. He said the intention is to have the four beds available on a permanent basis. “For now we’re opening these ones. We’d be looking to building that capacity over time,” Bales said on Tuesday. “We’re constantly looking at opportunities to try to expand the whole spectrum of seniors services.” Bales said restorative beds would be located at acute care centres to be able to use the rehabilitation services already on site. The Lacombe facility

was chosen because it had beds available. He expected it would not take long to fill them. “I’m sure we’ve got people identified, either in the community or hospital, who would be good candidates.” Red Deer has five transition beds at Villa Marie for people coming out of hospital. Restorative care beds are a type of transition bed. “A regular transition bed could be used for a variety of purposes, including someone who could actually move onto a continuing care centre. Restor-

ative beds really have a stronger focus on that rehabilitation piece with an upfront goal of getting people strengthened and home.” Bales said on a regular basis, people tell AHS that they really want to be at home and supported at home to the greatest degree possible. But sometimes something happens to their health and they could benefit from rehabilitation and rest in order to return home. “This is going to be an opportunity to do that.” szielinski@reddeeradvocate.com

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Mareen Redies, teen services assistant at the Red Deer Public Library, decorates a shoe with old books and magazines during Nerd Craft 101 project at the library’s downtown branch on Tuesday evening. The library hosts activities for teenagers every week, with a Chocolate Wars activity scheduled for Feb. 12.

Two more people are considering taking a run at Red Deer’s now wide-open door into provincial politics. Red Deer city Coun. Lawrence Lee and Donald School of Business dean Darcy Mykytyshyn both said on Tuesday that they may seek the Progressive Conservative nomination for one of the city’s two constituencies. Both Red Deer MLAs have decided not to seek re-election in the next election, which could come as early as this spring. Mary Anne Jablonski (Red Deer North) and Cal Dallas (Red Deer South) will step down come the next election. Lee is the second city councillor to say he is considering seeking a Red Deer PC nomination. Last week, Buck Buchanan said he is taking a hard look at seeking the nomination for Red Deer North. Lee, 50, is a first-term member of city council, elected in 2013. “It’s still in the due diligence process,” Lee said about seeking the PC nomination in one of the city’s two constituencies. It will depend on whether other people coming forward for the nomination would bring similar or better ideas than he could bring, he said. Lee said he would look at the nomination for either Red Deer North or South, depending on who else is running. “Have I made a decision? No. But I do have to consider everything in terms of how best can my abilities serve the public good. “I did get elected into a mandate (city council) and I hold that pretty high in my prioritization list.” Lee has also served on the Red Deer Public School board as a trustee and board chair. He is the senior analyst for ALA Capital Inc. and has held senior management positions with national and international corporations, and with small businesses in Red Deer. He said he will decide by Monday. Mykytyshyn, 43, said, “Yeah, I’m

thinking about it.” Most likely he would seek the nomination for Red Deer South. “I’m thinking really hard about it. I’m having a chat with my family about it. “A number of people approached me whose opinions I value greatly, suggesting that this is something I should consider. I’ve been taking that advice and having conversations with people in the community,” said Mykytyshyn. “I think Red Deer’s a great place and I’ve sought opportunities to do something to move the community along and if there’s any value that I can add, I try to add it. If I don’t think I can add value, then I don’t get involved.” Mykytyshyn has chaired two local United Way campaigns, served on the Canada Winter Games bid committee (and is on the games transition committee), past president of the Downtown Rotary Club and has been involved in the Kinsmen. He is on the board of directors for Servus Credit Union. “There are still people in Alberta that view Red Deer as a pit stop on the way to Calgary or Edmonton, and we’re far more than that. ... Cal (Dallas) and Mary Anne (Jablonski) and predecessors have done a good job of ensuring that Edmonton understands the contribution that Red Deer makes to Alberta. “What I want to do is continue in that advocacy role and make sure we’re seen well by government ... bring influence to decision-making in the province,” said Mykytyshyn. “I’ll make up my mind sooner rather than later.” The local PC nominations deadline is expected to be in midMarch. Christine Moore, 53, a Red Deer County councillor, and Matt Chapin, 28, a restaurant worker, are seeking the PC nomination for Red Deer North. Local historian Michael Dawe has said he will run again in the next election, in Red Deer North, as a Liberal, independent or under a cross-party endorsement that could involve the Liberal, Alberta and Green parties. barr@reddeeradvocate.com

County beefs up ticketing options BY PAUL COWLEY ADVOCATE STAFF Bylaw officers in Red Deer County could be given more enforcement options. Council approved first reading of bylaw changes on Tuesday to give bylaw officers a new ticketing option, along with existing enforcement measures such as stop-work orders and injunctions. Under proposed changes, someone starting a residential development

without a permit or in contravention of conditions could face a $500 ticket on first offence, $1,000 on second, and $2,000 on third and subsequent offences. For industrial, commercial or institutional developers, the fines are $5000, $7,500 or $10,000. A variety of other offences, such as altering drainage, unsightly premises, livestock in a residential district or displaying an illegal sign could also be punished on first offence with a $500 fine. Penalties for third or subsequent

offences range from $1,000 to $5,000, depending on the activity. County manager Curtis Herzberg said tickets would only be handed out in “extreme situations,” when other efforts to convince people to follow the rules fail. “It’s just designed to add additional tools to enforcement,” he said. Residents will still have the option of challenging a penalty in court or before an appeal board, depending on the situation. Coun. Christine Moore supports the changes, saying it will help bylaw of-

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ficers. Mayor Jim Wood said adding tickets to the enforcement mix will help when dealing with those who go ahead with a development in hopes of asking for leniency later. “To build and ask forgiveness is not fair to those who follow the rules,” he said. Wood said he is looking forward to hearing what the public has to say about the new approach. A public hearing is set for March 3, followed by second and third readings. pcowley@reddeeradvocate.com

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BRIEFS Fewer injury collisions, property damage up: survey It has been more than six months since anyone has been killed in a collision in Red Deer, but that doesn’t mean vehicle collisions have decreased. In a recent news release, the Red Deer Road Users’ Challenge announced that it has recorded fewer injury collisions and a consistent zero in fatalities. However, there was a significant jump in property damage collisions. They increased from 298 in November to 415 in December 2014. The Road User’s Challenge is put on by Doug Taylor, a retired engineer. Taylor offers his own money, up to $12,000 a year, distributed to four groups — high school students, college students, seniors and adults — based on benchmarks of collisions over a period of time. The money is distributed twice a year. Although there was an increase in property damage collisions month-tomonth, injury collisions decreased in 2014 to 101 from 148 in 2013. Property damage collisions also decrease to 3,044 in 2014 from 3,577 in 2013.

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Valentine’s Day for women at Sylvan Lake Library An evening of pampering and luxury is on tap at the Sylvan Lake Library. The library will host a Ladies Only XOX Valentine’s Party between 7 and 9 p.m. on Feb. 13. The evening features displays, demonstrations, chocolate foundations, wine, massages, essential oils, nail art, jewelry, Younique make up, steeped tea and more. Bring your iPhone or tablet to learn how to download romance or erotica from the library’s eBook platform, 3M Cloud Library. Wine is $5 per glass and the first glass is free. This is a women only event. Women must be 18 years old or older. To register for this free event, call 403-887-2130.

Gerontological nurses talk about sexuality The Alberta Gerontological Nurses Association (AGNA) Central Chapter wants to discuss sexuality and older adults. The chapter invites all health-care providers and students to the educational presentation in the Dana Soltes Auditorium at Red Deer Regional Hospital Centre between 5 and 6 p.m. on Feb. 11. The annual general meeting will follow at 6 p.m. Contact charlene.lawrence@albertahealthservices.ca for Telehealth conferencing information.

RDC creative arts programs offer a day in the life Want to know what life is like for a creative arts student at Red Deer College? RDC is hosting Student for a Day

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Sisters Meg, in front, and Lola Walker head down the lazy river slide at the Collicutt Centre on Monday afternoon. On Friday, the Collicutt will host Surf ‘n Turf Youth Night from 7 to 10 p.m. in the water park and field house for children aged eight to 17. events on Feb. 12 and Feb. 13. Students will learn about Motion Picture Arts and attend an acting class with Shaun Johnston, from the CBC TV series Heartland, or join a production class in the edit suites on Feb. 12. On Feb. 13, students can learn about the Music, Theatre and Entertainment Production, Theatre Performance and Creative and Visual Art program. All students who register for Student for a Day will receive a complimentary ticket to the Pride and Prejudice theatre production that evening. There is no charge. Potential students will have the opportunity to meet staff, faculty and students while learning about the programs. To register, email creativearts@rdc. ab.ca.

Stettler Ranch Rodeo planned for Feb. 15 Branding, sorting, penning, trailer loading and doctoring are all part of the Stettler Ranch Rodeo competition on Feb. 15. The fun gets underway at 11 a.m. There is no charge to watch. Weather permitting, the Family Day Sleigh rides will happen between 2 and 4 p.m. on the Stettler Ag Society grounds. Free chili, a bun and hot chocolate will be served up. Donations to the food bank will be appreciated. To enter the rodeo competition, call the Stettler Ag Office at 403-742-6288. The entry fee is $400 per team of four. One female is required per team.

County road paving job goes to Olds bidder Red Deer County council was pleased to get a good deal on a major paving project this summer. Six bids were received for the job to pave six km of C&E Trail from Hwy 592 near Penhold south to Township Road 362. It is the second part of a paving project that began last year. Six bids were received ranging from $4.8 million to $8.2 million. Council

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voted on Tuesday to accept the low bid from Richardson Bros. (Olds) Ltd. “My observation is it looks like our tender process works,” said Mayor Jim Wood. The paving project will improve an important stretch of road for county residents, he said. Some councillors questioned the wide disparity in pricing for the project. They were told Richardson Bros. has gravel resources near the job site, which will reduce costs.

Warrant issued for man wanted for assault An Alberta-wide warrant was issued on Tuesday for a Red Deer man accused of assault with a weapon. Red Deer RCMP warn that Timothy John Knowles, 32, may react in a volatile manner so people are advised not to approach Knowles if they see him. In- Timothy John stead, they should Knowles contact Red Deer RCMP immediately at 403-343-5575. Charges were laid against Knowles following an alleged assault on Jan.

14. He is also charged with uttering threats, being in possession of a firearm in breach of court orders, and violating probation orders.

Truck, train collide in Bowden on Tuesday A 52-year-old man is fighting for his life in Foothills Medical Centre after the semi truck he was driving collided with a CN train in Bowden on Tuesday. Olds RCMP Cpl. Mike Black said the semi was heading east on Hwy 2A and 17th Avenue when it crossed the tracks and collided with a northbound train around 11:44 a.m. The driver was airlifted to Calgary by STARS Air Ambulance. The man is in serious but stable conditions. Police and CN Rail are investigating.

Correction The wrong website address ran with Saturday’s story regarding tickets to Stephen Harper: The Musical. Tickets to the show on Thursday, Feb. 12, at the Red Deer College Forum are $15 ($5 for students and the “unwaged”) from canadiansreddeer. org/musical. Information booths will be available from 6 p.m. The show is at 7 p.m.

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Rocky Mountain House RCMP are looking for a suspect in a possible hit and run on Sunchild First Nation. Police say a 34-year-old man was found in medical distress on the side of the road commonly known as “Cut Across Road” on the Sunchild First Nation somewhere between 1 a.m. and 5:30 a.m. on Saturday. The man had severe injuries to his lower body consistent with being struck by a motor vehicle. RCMP are looking to speak to anyone who may have information about the incident. If you have any information regarding this crime, call your local detachment. To remain anonymous, call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 or online at www.tipsubmit.com.

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(MS) Financial planning is often mistakenly assumed to be a concern for the wealthy. That assumption essentially promotes the idea that people without much money need not worry about what to do with their finances. However, financial planning can benefit people at all income levels, even helping those at lower income levels move into higher brackets if they plan successfully.

Though having an idea of how to spend and grow your money is an idea many people would likely embrace, a significantly large number of people do not have a financial plan. In a 2012 household financial planning survey, researchers found that just 31 percent of financial decision makers in families had created a financial plan. Some survey respondents did so on their own, while others used the services of a financial planner. Though some might be intimidated or even scared to institute their own financial plans, it can be done. For those who are especially hesitant to develop their own financial plans, financial planners can help you define your goals and make those goals a reality. The benefits of financial planning are numerous, helping people build better financial futures.

A financial plan forces you to define your goals. One of the biggest advantages to financial planning is it forces men and women to define their financial goals. If you hope to one day own a home, a financial plan can help you figure out how quickly you will own that home. A good financial plan also can help you map out a course for retirement. Ambiguity with respect to your finances is potentially dangerous. Saying you want to retire at 60 and

One of the biggest advantages to financial planning is it forces men and women to define their financial goals. If you hope to one day own a home, a financial plan can help you figure out how quickly you will own that home.

developing a plan to make that happen are two very different things, but the latter can make it happen while the former won’t get you anywhere unless you take action. Be as specific as possible when defining your goals, and recognize that, depending on when you are making your financial plan, you might need to reassess those goals if they are not realistic. A financial plan can help you curtail your spending. financial situation can shed light on areas where your spending is excessive. A negative cash flow, which occurs when there is more money going out than coming in, has never been a part of a successful financial plan. Correcting such a situation, which is often accomplished when people establish a financial plan that trims excessive spending, can go a long way toward securing your financial future.

A financial plan can be motivational. Another significant and often overlooked benefit to financial planning is how such planning can act as a motivator. A good financial plan will include certain measuring sticks, such as having debt

paid off by a particular date or a certain day by which you hope to deposit a certain amount of money into your savings. These measuring sticks often motivate people to be more responsible with their money, and many people find living up to short-term financial goals to be very rewarding. A financial plan makes better use of your money. Even if you don’t have any negative spending habits, a financial plan can help you make better use of the money you do have. A closer examination of your finances can often yield a host of ways to grow your money or save it. But unless you make a financial plan, you are unlikely to find those areas where you’re wasting money or discover the numerous ways in which your money can be better spent.

A financial plan helps you grow your money. Even if you are worried about investing or especially skittish when it comes to risk, you will need to find ways to grow your money, and a financial plan can help you do just that. The concept of inflation dictates that the dollar you have today won’t be worth as much next year, meaning you will need to take steps to grow your money if you hope to have enough to get by in retirement. A financial plan can help everyone, whether they’re risk-averse or not, grow their money. Something as simple as opening an interest-bearing account will grow your money more than if you were to put that money under the mattress. Without a financial plan that includes ways to grow your money, the money you have will only lessen in value as time goes on.

How to prepare for tax time

Start a documents folder Employers, charitable organizations, banks and other financial institutions begin mailing out tax forms from the previous year in early January. Individuals should keep their eyes open for any mail that appears to be tax-related. Store these documents in a folder that can protect any sensitive information. Such folders also make information more accessible as more and more documents arrive in the mail.

Begin collecting receipts and itemizing expenses Many expenses are tax-deductible. These can include education costs, moving expenses, home improvements, medical expenses, charitable donations and childcare costs. Store receipts and other documentation, including canceled checks, with the other tax documents. These will come in handy should an audit ever be ordered.

Create a spreadsheet of important information It is handy to have all financial information at the ready.

Some accountants will lower their fees if people do some of the filing preparation work themselves. This can include creating a profit/loss statement on investments, or working up a tally of charitable donations. Make an itemized list of all pertinent information so it will be handy when tax-filing time arrives.

Decide on a filing option Technology has made filing taxes much easier. Tax preparation software is available for those who choose to file their taxes themselves. There also are walkin centers that will prepare taxfiling documents. Individuals also can visit a certified public accountant. Whatever method taxpayers choose, allow for ample time to gather information and get the taxes filed by the deadline. Leave some wiggle room in case one filing method doesn’t work out.

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Early-onset Alzheimer’s takes a heavy toll BY FREDRICK KUNKLE ADVOCATE NEWS SERVICES

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Julianne Moore accepts the award for outstanding performance by a female actor in a leading role for Still Alice at the 21st annual Screen Actors Guild Awards at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles. Moore’s prize-winning performance as a college professor stricken with early-onset Alzheimer’s has raised awareness of a disease with no cure. Though the type of Alzheimer’s portrayed is rare, the symptoms are the same as the more common form of the disease that more than five million older Americans are living with. There are things to know about Alzheimer’s and the early onset form of the disease. living with the disease, most of whom are 65 or older, according to the nonprofit Alzheimer’s Association. Earlyonset Alzheimer’s affects about 200,000 Americans who become symptomatic before the age of 65, said Maria C. Carrillo, the association’s chief science officer. Some have Dominantly Inherited or Familial Alzheimer’s Disease, a form of the dementia-causing illness that accounts for about 2 percent of all earlyonset Alzheimer’s cases, Carrillo said. This form is passed on by gene mutations that cause an increase in beta amyloid, whose buildup sometimes triggers a series of other pathological changes in the brain. A child whose father or mother is carrying the abnormal gene has a 50 percent chance of inheriting it. If it’s passed on, the child will almost certainly develop dementia, Carrillo said. Moore, who has been nominated for an Academy Award for best actress for Still Alice, modeled her performance in part on the experiences of Sandy Oltz. Oltz, a former surgical nurse from Sartell, Minn., was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s in her 40s. Oltz, who is now 50, said physicians first thought her memory and cognition lapses were caused by stress. “I was putting things away in the wrong places. I was forgetting to pick up my son from baseball practice. It was just not typically me,” Oltz said. State-of-the-art diagnostic testing at the Mayo Clinic revealed early-onset Alzheimer’s. “I was in shock at first,” she said in a telephone interview last week. “I was kind of relieved to have a name [for the symptoms]. At first, I thought I was going nuts. But to have that name was not the name that I wanted.” Oltz reviewed the script of Still Alice, which is based on Lisa Genova’s novel,

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dergarten teacher, had begun forgetting things and seemed to be under too much stress. She forgot her daughter’s birthday and engaged in conversations about topics as if they had never discussed them before, although they had. “Are you on drugs, mom?” O’Bannon recalls asking her mother. “You don’t remember the conversation we had yesterday?” She said she began to wonder if her mother cared about her. Then over Thanksgiving one year, her mother could not follow the rules of a board game. “We were all making looks and realizing how weird it was,” O’Bannon recalled. “And she was kind of oblivious.” Following her mother’s diagnosis, O’Bannon tried to cope with her new role as caregiver. “Your 20s are insane — trying to figure out where you’re going, what you’re doing — and I didn’t have a mom to talk to. I became a mom,” O’Bannon said, referring to her newfound role as a caregiver. Her uncle shouldered much of the day-to-day responsibility for O’Bannon’s mother, while O’Bannon struggled to find her balance, poised between the call of life in Washington with other young people and the call of duty back home. “I would stop going out with friends because you’d be surrounded by people who had no idea what was going on in my head. It was so unimaginable you almost felt weird telling someone this story about what you were going through,” O’Bannon said. She said it helped joining a support group at Iona’s Adult Day Health, Wellness and Arts center with an unusual number of young caregivers. Tyler Summitt was 20 years old when he found out that his mother had early-onset Alzheimer’s. As the only child of divorced parents, he began taking on the duties of caregiver on the day after her diagnosis. He arranged for his mother’s local doctors to speak with physicians at the Mayo Clinic, where the diagnosis had been made. He called the family’s lawyer. He called their financial adviser. He helped his mother strategize about how to manage the news, because his mother was also a public figure: Pat Summitt, the indomitable women’s basketball coach at the University of Tennessee. Over 38 years with the Lady Volunteers, she became the NCAA’s all-time winningest coach in men’s and women’s teams. “You kind of go from being taken care of to taking care of your parent,” said Summitt, who is head coach of Louisiana Tech’s women’s basketball team. His girlfriend at the time — AnDe, who is now his wife — pitched in, as did a deep network of friends and staff. His mother, who stepped down as coach in 2012, still keeps up a healthy schedule of physical and mental training, and she remains an active and enthusiastic booster of the team, Tyler Summitt said. “She’s sharp. She jokes, ‘I thought I retired. But I don’t think I did because of how much I do,’ “ he said. Eventually, they started the Pat Summitt Foundation. Looking back, Summitt said the initial shock after his mother’s diagnosis — and maybe the upbringing of a woman who exuded mental toughness — helped him take action without focusing on the emotional toll of the news. “It was weird,” he said. “It was almost as if she had trained me to take over. When I look back, I don’t recall any emotion. There was so much to do, there was almost no time to think about it. I just had to be strong. I just had to spring into action.”

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The day after the National Football League’s Super Bowl XLIX game, Melissa Hubbard, left, walks with her son T.J. Giordano, 10, of Denver. They are carrying their Super Bowl gear as they head to their flight at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport on Monday. kids may handle unexpected situations. “Kids’ brains are not often ready or developed enough to think these things through, and it’s not because they’re unintelligent or they don’t know what they’re doing,” said Dimerman, “it’s just because they don’t have ability to reason things out as we do as adults. They don’t have the ability or the life experience.”

Dimerman and Fuselli agree the transition from supervised trips to solo commutes must be gradual. “You want to wean your child off of you and monitor, watch, observe how he or she handles themselves in certain situations before you gradually let go of that umbilical cord,” said Dimerman. Parents should also ask questions and pose scenarios to determine how

B.C. educators hear about needed changes to system SWAP IN PERSONAL LEARNING AND NIX STANDARDIZED TESTING SUGGESTED BY THE CANADIAN PRESS VANCOUVER — Schoolchildren in China drilling their tongues to pronounce English words correctly often find themselves picking up more ZZZs than ABCs. Half a year can be spent practising rote verbal exercises, a mind-numbing method that can kill youngsters’ enthusiasm for learning, said a former English teacher from China who’s seen it firsthand. Such a teaching style has evolved to meet institutions’ needs for generating high scores in standardized testing, but Yong Zhao said the same harmful effect on Chinese students may be happening in British Columbia. Zhao is now a top international education consultant based in Oregon who was invited by B.C.’s Education Ministry to spell out his vision for upgrading the provincial school system. “My extreme advice, we should do away with all of (standardized testing),” Zhao said in an interview after addressing the forum that convened more than 150 educators and interested business and community leaders. “It’s a waste of money, very little value, destroys parents, destroys schools too, and puts students and teachers in a bind for high-stakes testing.” The province should revolutionize the system by shifting the teaching emphasis to nurture every child’s individual passion and talents. The concept is called personalized learning, and gives both students and teachers more space to explore their diverse abilities. “To be creative, to be entrepreneurial, you cannot skip the basics,” Zhou told the room. “But the basics should come after we have a passion. Sometimes we do the basics and we have killed people’s interest.” His call for innovation comes at the same time B.C. teachers are administering the standardized Foundation Skills Assessment tests to children in Grades 4 and 7, and as the province’s education minister announced a new education strategy. Minister Peter Fassbender told the forum the government is partnering with educators to identify several schools throughout the province to pilot programs that swap the focus to individualized learning. “We’re not going to throw the baby out with the bath water,” Fassbender said. “And as Dr. Zhou said, there are great ideas but if we try to go from here to here we’re going to scare half the population.” The minister said development of the “K-12 Innovation Strategy” will be ongoing but avoids a topdown approach and instead encourages students to explore what’s relevant to their own lives. A working group will be formed to connect school districts, participating schools and interested organi-

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DOBBS Bryon “Jack” Bryon “Jack” Dobbs passed away suddenly while vacationing in Mexico on Tuesday, January 27, 2015. He is survived by his wife Lois, son Derek, daughter Nicole Dobbs-Noel (Rick), grandsons Logan and Leland, brothers Daryl (Jean), Carmen (Charlotte), Allan (Ester), and sister Linda. He leaves to mourn countless nieces, nephews, and friends. A celebration of life will be held at the iHotel on 67th Street in Red Deer on Friday, February 6 between 3:00 p.m. and 6:00 p.m. Dress is summer casual.

LODGE Henry 1924 - 2015 Mr. Henry Alfred Lodge of Red Deer, Alberta passed away at the Red Deer Regional Hospital Centre on Saturday, January 31, 2015 at the age of 90 years. Henry was born on April 19, 1924 at Danville, Quebec. He will be lovingly remembered by his sons; James (Ann) Lodge of Port Moody, British Columbia, Michael (Danielle) Lodge of Medicine Hat, Alberta, Peter (Kathy) Lodge of Sylvan Lake, Alberta and Jeffrey (Lisa) Lodge of Calgary, Alberta, his daughters; Judy (Harbans) Sawhney of Newmarket, Ontario and Marilyn Massie of Edmonton, Alberta, his grandchildren; Paul (Rezarta) Sawhney and their children, Jackson and Henry, Erik (Janessa) Lodge and their children, Kohen and Nate, Karen (Michael) Hansen, Jennifer (Alex) Temple and their daughter, Isabelle, Andrew (Serena) Lodge and Cheyenne Lodge. He will also be sadly missed by his sister, Betty Martinovic of Vancouver, British Columbia, as well as numerous nieces, nephews and dear friends. Henry was predeceased by his loving wife of fifty-seven years, Elizabeth, a brother, Stanley Lodge and a sister, Phyllis Foley. A Memorial Service will be held at Parkland Funeral Home and Crematorium, 6287 - 67 A Street (Taylor Drive), Red Deer, Alberta on Friday, February 6, 2015 at 1:00 p.m. If desired, Memorial Donations in Henry’s honor may be made directly to the Heart & Stroke Foundation of Alberta and N.W.T. at www.heartandstroke.ab.ca. Condolences may be sent or viewed at www.parklandfuneralhome.com Arrangements in care of Rhian Solecki, Funeral Director at PARKLAND FUNERAL HOME AND CREMATORIUM 6287 - 67 A Street (Taylor Drive), Red Deer. 403.340.4040.

HECK Chase Leonard July 31, 1995 - Jan. 31, 2015 Chase Leonard Heck was born in Edson, Alberta on July 31, 1995 to Leon and Sonia Heck. His sister and best friend Emma joined his life February 10,1998. We joined the community of Lacombe in August of 2002, where Chase made many wonderful memories. He graduated high school in Lacombe and began working at Downtons Oilfield Services working towards getting his picker ticket. Chase grew up with a love for hunting, fishing, camping, hockey, lacrosse, animals, work, and just hanging out with his buddies having a blast. Chase was extremely proud of the trophy mule deer he harvested in 2012 along side of his Dad. He was named “Alberta Hunter of the Year” by Alberta Outdoorsman. It was the largest deer taken in Alberta that year. Chase had a zest for life like no other. He made many people laugh, smile, and pushed his way into their hearts. Chase’s crazy ways and kind heart will never be forgotten. With sad hearts we lost Chase on January 31, 2015 at the age of 19. Left with memories and love are: Mom and Dad, Leon and Sonia Heck, Sister and best friend, Emma Heck, and his dog Cooper. Grandparents, Leonard and Doris Heck (Provost, AB), Diana Hartman (Lacombe, AB). Aunts and uncles: Kim and Henri Tessier (Beaumont, AB), also God Parents, Lisa and Dean Jim Gordon (Swan Hills, AB), Holte (Hughenden, AB). Shannon and Kelly Clemmer (Wainwright, AB). Cousins: Rene and Kimberly Tessier (Beaumont, AB), Chantal, Michael and Ellyana Berube (Beaumont, AB), Joel Tessier (Beaumont, AB), Nicolette Tessier (Calgary, AB). Travis, Ashley, Mesha, and Ryder Holte (Hughenden, AB), Marc, Megan, Quinn and Dallas Holte (Hughenden, AB), Derek, Miranda, Chloe, Easton, Emerson (Czar, AB), Ashton Clemmer (Edmonton, AB), Heather and Brigitte Gordon (St. Albert, AB). Honorary Brothers and Sisters: Kyle Stegmaier, Jayden Hubbard, Taylor Sulzle, Nichola Gillingham, Justin Sulzle, Cole Oast, Shaina Gordon, Kara Kashuba, Duece Sawyer, Nick Hatzimanolakis, Riley Suggett, Quinn Brown, Charlie Kuhn, Kayla Guimond, Thyrus Ignatiuk and many more friends that Chase loved. A celebration of Life will be held for Chase at the Lacombe Memorial Centre, Friday February 6, 2015 at 1:00 p.m. In memory of Chase donations can be made to any SPCA. Chase held a special place in his heart for dogs in need. Condolences may be made by visiting www.wilsonsfuneralchapel.ca WILSON’S FUNERAL CHAPEL & CREMATORIUM serving Central Alberta with locations in Lacombe and Rimbey in charge of arrangements. Phone: 403.782.3366 or 403.843.3388 “A Caring Family, Caring for Families” HAITSMA Irene Lillian July 19, 1926 - Jan. 28, 2015 Irene Haitsma passed away at Shalem Haven, Calgary, AB on Wednesday, January 28, 2015 at the age of 88 years. Irene will be lovingly remembered by her children, Clarence (Veronica) Haitsma and Joyce (Martin) Wiehler; grandchildren, Shaeffer (Gil) Haitsma, J.D. (Crystal) Haitsma, John (Sara) Wiehler, Eric Wiehler; great grandchildren, Ashur, Reuben and Oscar. Irene is also survived by her brothers, Lorne (Phyllis) Anderson and Earl (Marilyn) Anderson. Irene was predeceased by her husband of 32 years, David. Grandma/GG was a selfless, kind and patient woman. A Funeral Service will be held at Westlife Church (formerly Springbank Community Church), 32242 Township Rd. 245, Calgary, AB on Thursday, February 5 at 2:00 p.m., with visitation beginning at 1:00 p.m. Interment to follow at Eden Brook Memorial Gardens, 17 Avenue and Lower Springbank Rd. SW. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made directly to The Salvation Army, 1731 - 29 Street SW, Calgary, AB T3C 1M6. Condolences may be forwarded to the family by visiting www.edenbrookcemetery.ca. Arrangements entrusted to EDEN BROOK FUNERAL HOME AND RECEPTION CENTRE, 24223 Township Road 242, Calgary AB, Tel: 403-240-4032.

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NIELSEN Shirley Mae Shirley Mae Nielsen of Red Deer County passed away at Red Deer on January 31, 2015 at the age of 79 years. She will be lovingly remembered by her husband, Andrew Nielsen; niece, Susan Nielsen of Red Deer; brother, Dale Nielsen of Red Deer; and sister-in-law, Shirley Nielsen of Red Deer. She is predeceased by her parents, Orla and Edna Nielsen; and brother, Darwin Nielsen. Shirley lived a dedicated life devoting her time towards the farm, her family and close friends. She traveled to many destinations vicariously through her favorite television programs and she was an avid collector of cookbooks. Shirley placed high value on history and learning. Her generosity, warm smile and laughter will be missed by all. We love you heaps. At Shirley’s request, there will not be a funeral service. Condolences may be forwarded to family and friends at www.reddeerfuneralhome.com Arrangements entrusted to RED DEER FUNERAL HOME 6150 - 67 Street, Red Deer. Phone (403) 347-3319.

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RED DEER FISH AND GAME HORN MEASURING Saturday, Feb. 7, 1 - 3 pm at the Quality Inn (Formally The North Hill Inn) Also accepting big game, fish and bird entries. Door prize draws for F & G members. Non-members welcome.

Teagan, you are our special angel. You are sadly missed and loved every day. You are always in our hearts. Forever missed and loved, Mom, Dad, Son Brayden, Sister Taylor and family, and all your family and friends.

SPIERS Adam and Chantel are excited to announce the birth of their son Paxton Calvin James. Born at home January 12, 2015 at 3:13 a.m weighing 6 lbs. 12 oz. A new little brother for Jenessa, Isabella and Keaton. Special thanks to our midwives, Jenn Bindon and Tina Henry.

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 Classifieds Your place to SELL Your place to BUY

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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

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Administrative Assistant (part-time) opportunity available at Our Lady of Victory Camp. For more information please go to www.olvc.ab.ca or www. caedm.ca/careers IMMEDIATE Opening for F/T receptionist. Must have excellent customer service skills and be computer literate. Duties to include daily downloads, answering phones, dealing with clients, posting of payments to accounts, preparing deposits, reconciling of statements, preparing courier and mail. Please send resumes to laurel@clarkeinsurance.ca

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COLTER ENERGY LP IS NOW HIRING

COCAINE ANONYMOUS 403-396-8298

Caregivers/ Aides

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Full Time Cleaners required for day’s at Nova Joffre Site. ST $15.00 Per Hr. Must be able to pass drug & alcohol testing & fit test. Excellent spoken & written English communication required. Send resume to aramark6685@gmail.com or fax @ 403-314-7504

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TEAGAN LEE KLEIN Sept. 6, 1985 - Feb. 4, 2009 When you’re walking down the street and you’ve got me on your mind, I’m walking in your footsteps, only half a step behind. And when you feel a gentle breeze blow across your face, it’s just my way of sending you a soft and warm embrace. I will always love you from this land way above, so if you’re really missing me, look up and feel my love.

IMMEDIATE OPENING FOR EXP’D. DENTAL RECEPTIONIST We offer competitive wages & flexible hours. Must be willing to work days, evenings & some Saturdays. Please drop off resume ATTN: Marina at Bower Dental Centre or email: marina@bowerdental.com

Personals

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

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FT child caregiver in Red Deer. HS grad w/ First Aid & CPR. Supervise and care for 1 yr old. $10.66/hr, 44hrs/wk. Live-in optional. pret_lady@yahoo.ca

In Memoriam

McCANN John 1923 - 2015 John passed away peacefully on February 1, 2015 at the Rosefield Care Centre in Innisfail, AB. He leaves to mourn, his wife Annie (Ann); 4 sons, Chuck, Clancy, Mickey and Grady; 3 daughters, Patricia, Donna and Heather; as well as 14 grandchildren; 6 great grandchildren; and 3 great-great grandchildren. A Funeral Mass will be celebrated on Thursday, February 5, 2015 at 2:00 p.m. at St. Mary’s Catholic Church, 6 McMillan Avenue, Red Deer, Alberta with Reverend Les Drewicki presiding. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations in John’s honour may be made directly to the Heart & Stroke Foundation, Suite 202, 5913 - 50 Avenue, Red Deer, AB T4N 4C4. Condolences may be forwarded to family and friends at www.reddeerfuneralhome.com. Arrangements entrusted to RED DEER FUNERAL HOME 6150 - 67 Street, Red Deer. Phone (403) 347-3319.

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WELL TESTING: Supervisors Night Operators Operators •

Have current Safety certificates including H2S • Be prepared to work in remote locations for extended periods of time • Must be physically fit • Competitive wages, benefits and RRSP offered Please email resume with current driver’s abstract to: jbecker@colterenergy.ca Looking for a place to live? Take a tour through the CLASSIFIEDS

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

SERVICE RIG Bearspaw Petroleum Ltd is seeking a FLOORHAND Locally based, home every night! Qualified applicants

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

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

780 CHAPMAN RIEBEEK LLP Barristers & Solicitors

FAMILY LAW ASSISTANT/PARALEGAL One of Central Alberta’s leading litigation firms is seeking a Legal Assistant/Paralegal with a minimum of three years experience in Family Law. 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. Please reply in confidence with cover letter and resume to:

CHAPMAN RIEBEEK LLP 300, 4808 Ross Street, Red Deer, AB, T4N 1X5 Fax: (403) 340-1280 Email: gbobb@chapmanriebeek.com 506209B4,6

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Terrafirma Resources is a ACADEMIC Express TURPLE BROS. Pipeline and Facility ADULT EDUCATION LTD. Construction Company AND TRAINING Is taking resumes for: based out of Eckville that Accessories Dept. with is currently seeking a experience in clothing or SPRING START Journeyman Picker power sport industry. THE RUSTY PELICAN is Operator to operate a 40 F/T positions avail. now accepting resumes for • GED Preparation ton picker. Work is local, Please email resume to 4 F/T Exp’d home most nights. ComHR Department LINE COOKS at petitive wages are offered, • Women in the Trades brenda@turplebros.ca all stations. MUST HAVE: scheduled days off and a Program positive work environment. UFA/BAR W • 2 yrs. relevant exp., • Math and Science for Previous pipeline has an opening for: completion of High experience and all oilfield the Trades Program School, be reliable, tickets are a minimum self motivated, work Gov’t of Alberta Funding requirement for this WAREHOUSE well under limited position. Please email may be available. SHIPPER/RECEIVER supervision in fast resume to Jason at paced environment. jason@ 403-340-1930 The successful candidate terrafirmaresources.ca. will have warehouse Salary is $14 - $18./hr. 40 www.academicexpress.ca hr. wk. dependant on exp. ACADEMIC Express experience, preferably with electrical and mechanical ADULT EDUCATION background as well as Professionals 733644 Ab Ltd. AND TRAINING forklift exp. Strong O/A The Rusty Pelican computer skills is an asset. HIGH PAYING Real Estate Please fax resumes to Location of employment: WINTER START Career opportunity. 403-347-9301 or email: 4105 2079 - 50 Ave. Training provided. Flexible administration Red Deer, AB T4R 1Z4 hours. Help-U-Sell of Red GED Preparation @barwpetroleum.com email: Deer. Call Dave at bennett2014.bkkp@ 403-350-1271 or email Would you like to take the gmail.com resumes to Dave GED in your community? or Call 403-347-1414 @homesreddeer.com or Fax to: 403-347-1161 • Red Deer Only candidates selected • Rocky Mtn. House Restaurant/ for an interview will be • Rimbey contacted. Hotel • Caroline THE RUSTY PELICAN is • Castor WE are looking for a EAST 40TH PUB now accepting resumes for • Sylvan Lake • Innisfail Plant Laborer REQ’S P/Tor F/T COOK Exp. Bartenders, • Stettler for our Kuusamo facility. Apply in person with resume Full knowledge of all • Ponoka The plant is located 4-5 3811 40th Ave. cocktails, inventory control, • Lacombe kilometers west of Sylvan must be of professional JJAM Management (1987) Lake on Hwy 11. nature and be capable of Ltd., o/a Tim Horton’s Gov’t of Alberta Funding This is an entry level working all shifts. Requires to work at these may be available. position working mainly Apply within: 2079-50 Red Deer, AB locations: outdoors that can lead Ave. 2-4 pm. Mon.- Fri. 5111 22 St. 403-340-1930 into the Plant Operator Fax 403-347-1161 Phone 37444 HWY 2 S positions. Duties will www.academicexpress.ca calls WILL NOT be 37543 HWY 2N include assistance of accepted. Only candidates TOO MUCH STUFF? 700 3020 22 St. Plant Operators in the selected for interview will FOOD ATTENDANT Let Classifieds transfer of chemicals, be contacted. Req’d permanent shift help you sell it. movement of product weekend day and evening within the plant, truck and both full and part time. F/T Cashier/Postal Clerk. rail car loading/unloading, 16 Vacancies, $10.25/hr. + Apply in person and chemical blending as Trades benefits. Start ASAP. w/resume: Highland Green well as housekeeping and Job description Value Drug Mart. light maintenance. We are www.timhortons.com ACADEMIC Express FEMALE for cleaning, looking for hard working, Education and experience ADULT EDUCATION shopping, assist senior male. flexible, safety conscious not req’d. people with equipment AND TRAINING Paid daily. bondable. Resume, & Apply in person or fax experience, some basic ref’s req’d. 403-342-6545 resume to: 403-314-1303 mechanical abilities, SPRING START driver’s license, and own FT and PT shunt truck transportation. We offer drivers needed in Innisfail, • GED Preparation an excellent benefits plan AB. Fax resume to and a company matching 403-227-2743 or call RRSP savings plan. • Women in the Trades 403-227-2712 Please forward your Program for more information. resume via email to the • Math and Science for Classifieds...costs so little address attached. Please Saves you so much! have ‘Plant Laborer’ in the the Trades Program subject line. Drug and LUCKY’S LOUNGE SOURCE ADULT VIDEO alcohol policy in effect and Gov’t of Alberta Funding located in Jackpot Casino, requires mature P/T help pre-employee testing. may be available. requires Waitress’s Fri & Sat. Graveyard Shift. Fri. - Sun. Please apply in 11 pm -7 am. e-mail resume Inquiries regarding careers with CFR should be 403-340-1930 person at 4950 47 Ave. to: nwoods1976@ directed to www.academicexpress.ca No phone calls please hotmail.com, fax to: hr@cfrchemicals.com 403-346-9099 or drop off at: P/T COOK WANTED Fax: 346-2299 Buying or Selling 3301-Gaetz Avenue ~ Weekends & evenings. your home? also Till/Coffee cart perCheck out Homes for Sale Advocate son, P/t to F/T. Phone in Classifieds Donnetta @ Red Deer Opportunities Bingo Centre 403-347-4504 GOODMEN

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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

Valid Driver’s Licence preferred. Fax or email info@goodmenroofing.ca or (403)341-6722 NO PHONE CALLS PLEASE!

THE RUSTY PELICAN is now accepting resumes for WELL EXPERIENCED

WATER WELL DRILLING COMPANY IN BENTLEY REQ’S EXPERIENCED

HOSTESS Mature professional familiar with maitre d’ capabilities. Would be an asset to have a current ProServe Certificate and familiar with 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.

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

SLOPED ROOFERS LABOURERS & FLAT ROOFERS

With only 64 papers, approximately: $350.00/mo.

Truckers/ Drivers

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Antiques & Art

BRADFORD Exchange picture, 1995 Limited Edition. “Winter Solstice”. Beautifully framed. $40. 403-342-4898 PAINTING, 8.5 x 28 Chief Crowfoot signing Peace Treaty. $200. 403-347-7405

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Auctions

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DINING ROOM SET with 4 chairs & leaf, exc. shape. nice top with light wood around side, brass legs on chairs. $150 403-346-4155

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

Firewood

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

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EG Auctions 9th Annual Speed Show & Collector Car Auction 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 Tired of Standing? Find something to sit on in Classifieds

Children's Items

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THE RUSTY PELICAN is now accepting resumes for WELL EXPERIENCED

THE RUSTY PELICAN is now accepting resumes for

F/T DISHWASHER Must maintain work station to sanitary measures and be capable of working all shifts. Apply within: 2079-50 Ave. 2-4 pm. Mon.-Fri. Fax 403-347-1161 Phone calls WILL NOT be accepted. Only Candidates selected for interview will be contacted.

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)

Owner Operators & Contract Drivers in AB. Home the odd night. Weekends off. Late model tractor pref. 403-586-4558 F/T Permanent Truck Driver Required for Rocky Fast Express (1790810 AB Ltd.) in Red Deer, AB Straight truck: 4600kg+w/2 axles and van Need class 5 DL + 2 yrs exp. $25 per hr/ with OPEN availability Duties: pick up/deliver freight, pre-trip truck inspection, communication with customers. Physically demanding position. Time management skills required. Apply at: 8004 Edgar Industrial Green, Red Deer, T4P3S2 Call: 403.845.2230 Fax: 587.997.7719

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.

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Accounting

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

Beauty/ Cosmetic

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

Contractors

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DOORS, windows, siding, soffit, fascia and custom cladding. Call Dean @ 403-302-9210. DALE’S Home Reno’s Free estimates for all your reno needs. 403-506-4301

Contractors

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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 roofing sidling and flood or fire 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 BRIDGER CONST. LTD. We do it all! 403-302-8550

Handyman Services

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

Massage Therapy

1280

FANTASY SPA International Ladies

Painters/ Decorators

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

Seniors’ Elite Retreat, Finest Services in VIP Treatment.

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10 - 2am Private back entry

HELPING HANDS

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

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

Misc. Services

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5* JUNK REMOVAL Property clean up 340-8666

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Snow Removal

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GARAGE DOOR SERVICE SHOVELLING AND snow Save 50%. All yard & bob- blowing 403-318-7625 cat services, junk/tree/snow removal. 403-358-1614 CELEBRATIONS HAPPEN EVERY DAY SNOW blowing/dump/junk IN CLASSIFIEDS runs/odd jobs 403-885-5333

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Stereos TV's, VCRs

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Jewellery

Health & Beauty

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PRIDE Mobility Products Go chair and Go-Go Elite Traveler. Brand new. 403-396-2396

Household Appliances

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NECKLACE, beautiful tiger claw. $200. 403-347-7405 SILVER pierced earrings, made in Israel, never been worn, appraised $135, asking $100. 403-227-2976

Misc. for Sale

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BACK PACK, $8 QUILT, Queen size pink floral $10; 403-347-5316

Travel Packages

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FOR RENT • 3000-3200 WANTED • 3250-3390

Houses/ Duplexes

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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 floor, 5 appls., fenced yard, large deck, rent $1500 incl. all utils. $900 s.d. Avail. now or Mar 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 Mar. 1. 403-304-5337

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Townhouses APARTMENT size fridge $100 or trade for small apt. CHAIR, rocker and recliner SEIBEL PROPERTY size deep freeze, exc. shape $50/ea. or both 403-348-1905 www.seibelprperty.com for $90. Will deliver in town Ph: 403-304-7576 RAGGEDY ANN sleeping MR. COFFEE Steam only. 403-348-6449 or 403-347-7545 bag plus box of toys and Espresso and Cappuccino 6 locations in Red Deer KNITTING MACHINE, books. All for $20. maker. New in box. $25. ~ Halman Heights portable, in case, large 403-314-9603 403-314-9603 ~ Riverfront Estates quantity of wool, knitting ~ Westpark needles, various sizes. Advocate ~ Kitson Close $15. for all. SOLD Opportunities ~ Kyte & Kelloway Cres. LIGHT & WALL plug cov- ~ Holmes St. ers, white, 25; assorted S.D. $1000 openings. all for $10. ADULT Newspaper Carriers Needed Rent $1245to $1445 403-342-4898 For Early Morning Delivery of the 3 bdrm. townhouses, NEW tote bags, 3, zippered, 1.5 bath, 4 & 5 appls., blinds, RED DEER ADVOCATE lrg. balconies, no dogs. red and gold satin, and N/S, no utils. incl. black croc. paten, $20 each Monday through Saturday. Avail. immed. & Mar. 1 or 3 for $50. 403-227-2976 Delivery to be done before 6:30 am. References required. RUG: Fantastic 4’ diameter Reliable vehicle needed. SOUTHWOOD PARK (all inlayed colored) used 3110-47TH Avenue, for wall or floor decor. 2 & 3 bdrm. townhouses, $200. 403-347-7405 generously sized, 1 1/2 SNOWBLOWER, MPD , baths, fenced yards, 8 HP, 24’ cut, $350. o.b.o. full bsmts. 403-347-7473, SOLD! SOLD! Sorry no pets. www.greatapartments.ca SUITCASE, black carryFor more information or to apply call on. Very good cond. $10. Joanne 403-314-9603 Manufactured LEGO system by Samsonite 717 Junior constructor $200 403-347-3849

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Antiques, furniture and estates. 342-2514

Now Offering Hotter, Cleaner BC Birch. All Types. P.U. / Delivery. Lyle 403-783-2275

SERVERS 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.

WANTED

SPEAKERS, (2) bookshelf Sony, very good. cond. $20 for both. 403-342-4898

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2010 SANTA FE, V6, silver 87,000 kms., remote 4 summer, 4 winter tires & whls., A1 $16,750. 403-347-6889

2013 CHEV LTZ full load, sunroof, leather, over $4000 in extras. $41,000. Sliding box cover. 403-348-9746

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Three soldiers attacked in southern France BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS PARIS — A former criminal who had been blocked by French and Turkish police from travelling along a route used by jihadi fighters on Tuesday allegedly attacked three French soldiers with a knife outside a Jewish community centre in southern France, officials said. France’s counterterrorism agency last week flagged the suspect, Moussa Coulibaly, to Turkish authorities before he flew on Jan. 28 on a one-way ticket to Turkey, a transit point for jihadis from Europe to join Islamic extremist groups fighting in Syria and Iraq, one French security official said. Coulibaly and a suspected accomplice were detained after the attack on the soldiers, who were conducting an anti-terrorism patrol in front of a Jewish community centre in Nice as part of stepped-up security measures since a three-day spree of deadly terror attacks in and around Paris last month. The incident pointed to improved co-ordination between French and Turkish authorities in combatting the movement of would-be jihadis, while also raising the spectre that those who don’t make it to Iraq and Syria might try to wreak violence at home. After his return home, French authorities were unable to turn up enough evidence against Coulibaly to open a legal case against him. Agnes Thibault-Lecuivre, a spokeswoman for the Paris prosecutor’s office, which handles terrorism cases, said Coulibaly had previously been convicted six times on charges including theft, violence, illegal drug use and insulting police — but not terrorism. The security official said Coulibaly had committed those crimes in the northeastern city of Mulhouse between 2006 and 2009. The attacker was armed with “two huge knives that actually resembled more a machete,” said Philippe Pradel, a security official at Nice city hall, on BFM TV. “He freely attacked a soldier, but

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Soldiers stand guard after an attacker with a knife hidden in his bag attacked three soldiers on an anti-terror patrol in front of a Jewish community center in Nice, southern France, Tuesday. France has been on high alert since the attacks in the Paris region by three Islamic extremists that left 20 people dead, including the gunmen. More than 10,000 soldiers have been deployed around the country to protect sensitive locations. the knife was ineffective because the soldier was wearing a flak jacket. So then he tried to attack his face.” In a text message to The Associated Press, Thibault-Lecuivre said there was no family relation between Coulibaly and Amedy Coulibaly, who killed four hostages in a kosher supermarket in Paris and gunned down a policewoman as part of the terrorism rampage last month. The surname Coulibaly is relatively common for families of Malian descent. In a joint statement, the defence and interior ministers said one soldier

was injured in the face and another, who rushed to the aid of his colleague, was injured in the forearm in the attack in Nice. Police reinforcements then stepped in to arrest the attacker, it said. Authorities were investigating a possible motive. France has been on high alert since the attacks in Paris by three Islamic extremists that left 20 people dead, including the gunmen. More than 10,000 soldiers have been deployed around the country to protect sensitive locations, including major shopping areas, synagogues, mosques

and transit hubs. Earlier Tuesday, French authorities arrested seven men and a woman suspected of being involved in sending fighters to join Islamic extremists in Syria. Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve said those arrested in the Paris and Lyon areas were not suspected of links to the Jan. 7-9 terror attacks. Three of those arrested in the sweeps Tuesday had travelled to Syria and returned in December, according to the security official, though it was unclear whether they had joined the Islamic State group or another militant group.

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VIENNA — With time for negotiations running short, the U.S and Iran are discussing a compromise that would let Iran keep much of its uranium-enriching technology but reduce its potential to make nuclear weapons, two diplomats tell The Associated Press. Such a compromise could break the decade-long deadlock on attempts to limit Iranian activities that could be used to make such arms: Tehran refuses to meet U.S.-led demands for deep cuts in the number of centrifuges it uses to enrich uranium, a process that can create material for anything from chemotherapy to the core of an atomic bomb. Experts warn that any reduction in centrifuge efficiency is reversible more quickly than a straight decrease in the number of machines, an argument that could be seized upon by powerful critics of the talks in the U.S.

Congress. The diplomats are familiar with the talks but spoke only on condition of anonymity because they are not authorized to discuss them. Ahead of a new round of negotiations this week, they said there is no guarantee that the proposal can be finessed into an agreement. According to the diplomats, the proposal could leave running most of the nearly 10,000 centrifuges Iran is operating but reconfigure them to reduce the amount of enriched uranium they produce. One of the diplomats said the deal could include other limitations to ensure that Tehran’s program is kept in check. For one, Iran would be allowed to store only a specific amount of uranium gas, which is fed into centrifuges for enrichment. The amount of gas would depend on the number of centrifuges it keeps. Second, Iran would commit to shipping out most of the enriched uranium it produces, leaving it without enough to make a bomb.

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Paris fashion season begins with controversy BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS PARIS â€” Capping the Paris fashion season with a dose of controversy, French menswear company APC apologized for using a racist slur in a show last week â€” prompting collaborator, shoe giant Timberland, to sever all ties. APC house founder Jean Touitou told The Associated Press on Thursday that he spoke â€œrecklesslyâ€? by using the N-word in a live narration at the menswear show â€” reportedly in homage former APC collaborator, rapper Kanye West, who recorded a song entitled â€œNi(asterisk)(asterisk)as In Parisâ€? with Jay-Z. But the damage was already done. Here are the tidbits and highlights of the last day of spring-summer couture collections, including show reports for Zuhair Murad, Ralph & Russo and Viktor & Rolf.

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While male models posed in camel coats and grey tracksuit pants with Timberland boots last Sunday, French-Tunisian designer Touitou took the microphone and launched into a live narration in French and English in which he used the N-word several times. It was accompanied by the holding up of a sign that read â€œLast Nib$ IN PARIS.â€? In a statement emailed to The AP, Touitou said he â€œspoke recklessly using terms that were both ignorant and offensive. I apologize and am deeply regretful for my poor choice of words.â€? Touitou reportedly claimed that Kanye West had said he â€œlovedâ€? the idea, when contacted prior to the show. His apology has come too late to salvage the collaboration with footwear giant Timberland. In a statement Wednesday, its president Stewart Whitney called the remarks â€œoffensive,â€? and severed all ties with the brand. â€œWe have chosen to immediately terminate our involvement with the APC brand, including the footwear collaboration we had planned for this fall... We will not tolerate offensive language or racial slurs of any kind being associated with the Timberland brand,â€? he said. APC menswear (Atelier de Production et de Creation) is an influential menâ€™s house that started in 1987, and specializes in casual non-catwalk urban designs.

Zuhair Murad couture is a celebrity favourite

Amazing crinolines, floor-length capes, split dresses, sheer silks, revealing busts, waists cinched to within an inch of life â€” and all dripping wet with hundreds upon hundreds of shimmering crystal embroideries marked the show by Lebanese couture designer Zuhair Murad. Little wonder heâ€™s a favourite with a whole swathe of red-carpet celebrities such as Jennifer Lopez, Beyonce, Katy Perry and Shakira. They just love to sparkle. â€œWater emotionsâ€? was the title of the 45-piece show, justified by the focus on Chantilly, guipure lace, shimmering organza, paillettes and the macrame surface effects. The palette too was watery, with pale diluted pinks, blues and yellows. Itâ€™s a fair statement to say that Murad never does anything mould-breaking, experimental or particularly imaginative. But itâ€™s a formula that has women weak at the knees.

Viktor and Rolfâ€™s theatre show

â€œI put my heart and soul in my work and have lost my mind in the process,â€? said Dutch design duo Viktor & Rolf of their couture show, quoting painter Vincent van Gogh. It was a spot-on mantra for the infinitely eccentric display in overly theatrical, sculptural designs which featured huge, growing two-meter straw hats. Though the collection did feature two-eared models, unlike the Dutch Post-Impressionist, who famously cut his off â€” it nevertheless carried his brand of madness. Based on Van Goghâ€™s famed, vibrant depictions of the countryside â€” the 20 A-line babydoll silhouettes featured prints which grew like a painting in progress. Starting in white, with navy floral outlines, the skirts billowed out with the flowers gradually colored in, in sections of yellow, and then purple, and

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A model wears the wedding gown for Zuhair Muradâ€™s Spring-Summer 2015 Haute Couture fashion collection presented in Paris, France, Thursday. then red. Three-dimensional flora then sprouted from the skirts, forming rigid organic blooms framing the wacky looks. Couture has been called an idea factory. These looks were completely unwearable, but, indeed, brimming with ideas.

Ralph and Russoâ€™s 1950s glam

Ralph and Russo leaned to Hollywoodâ€™s golden era of the sculpted 1950s in their perfectly executed couture display Thursday. The up-and-coming designer Tamara Ralph explored the old-school glamour with sheeny, flower

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To Sir With Love inducted into Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame BY THE CANADIAN PRESS

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John Oliver says he’s hired three new researchers to help with what has become his HBO show’s signature, a long-form take on a newsy subject where it’s often hard to figure where he will find the comedy. His show returns from a hiatus on Sunday.

Praised for his long-form stories, HBO’s John Oliver adding more research staff BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK — John Oliver says that he’s hired three new researchers to help with what has become his HBO show’s signature, a long-form take on a newsy subject where it’s often hard to figure out where he will find the comedy. Oliver’s show, “Last Week Tonight,” returns Sunday after being on hiatus since November. He’ll make 35 new episodes between now and November 2015. His boss, HBO chief executive Richard Plepler, said Tuesday that he can’t think of any HBO show that has broken through in the zeitgeist as fast as Oliver’s, which debuted last April. “Last Week Tonight” has become known for segments, often longer than half of the 30-minute show time, that have taken on topics like net neutrality, the Miss America pageant’s finances, translators in the Afghan war and anti-gay laws in Uganda. To hear Oliver tell it, the format evolved by chance: he did a 12-minute story on the death penalty in his second show almost as a dare. People have responded to these in-depth segments, pushed along by

HBO’s decision to post them online afterward — an unusual step for a pay cable network to give away some of its content for free. “You have to have a pretty intense level of contempt for the American people if you think everything has to be two minutes long and it has to have someone being smashed in the nuts,” Oliver said. “There has to be more. There has to be protein along with the dessert.” Initially, “Last Week Tonight” had one person on staff with a background in journalism at the New York Times Magazine to help with newsier segments. The show has since added another person who used to work for the Times magazine, someone who worked at ProPublica and another former Al Jazeera staff member. The idea is to have more time and planning for the segments, he said. Oliver lets his staff members bring him these ideas, and it’s the job of him and his writers to sprinkle them with comedy. He enjoys the challenge of taking a serious topic like the racial tensions in Ferguson, Missouri, and finding ways to make people laugh. “Last Week Tonight” leaves room for the silly, though. A news story last year on a chute that propelled salm-

on upriver was made into a segment where fake fish flopped onto celebrities like Jon Stewart, David Letterman, Tom Hanks, Anderson Cooper and Jimmy Fallon. The fact that so many people agreed to be a part of it indicated how quickly Oliver had gained respect in the industry. “I’m still slightly bamboozled by the level of success of the show,” he said. “It’s a nice thing.” It also ratchets up the pressure, since he doesn’t want to disappoint the people who enjoyed the first season. But, Oliver said, “it’s a good pressure.” “It still feels like we have so much to learn,” he said. “I don’t feel like we have settled in yet.” He dropped few hints on what subjects to expect in his second season, but one on what you won’t see: stories on the 2016 presidential race. Oliver finds stories this far in advance of the campaign another way of journalists saying they don’t have anything better to talk about.

TORONTO — The latest entry into the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame is a song that few realize is Canadian. To Sir With Love was the signature hit for Scottish singer Lulu, who hoisted the tune to No. 1 for five weeks back in fall 1967. The song soundtracked the British drama of the same name, which cast Sidney Poitier as an inspirational teacher of troubled teens in London’s tough inner city. Montreal-raised composer Mark London wrote the sweeping tune with lyrics by Don Black, who co-wrote several of the most memorable James Bond themes. To Sir With Love was recorded in Britain for a British movie with a Scottish singer — so most people always assumed it was written by a Brit, London explained. “No one knows,” he said in a telephone interview. “I don’t think anyone thought it was Canadian.” London moved overseas from Montreal in 1965 . It was there that he was approached with the opportunity to write the music for To Sir With Love — the catch being that he had less than a day to do it. London sat down to the piano that night and wrote the song in about a half hour. To Sir With Love began a long creative partnership between London and Lulu, who was managed by London’s wife Marion Massey. Another bit of trivia: Led Zeppelin’s John Paul Jones provided the song’s string arrangement. With the song’s induction, Montreal’s Nikki Yanofsky and Toronto guitarist Dan Kanter recorded a cover for CBC Music, which they describe as a “campfire” rendition with “funked up” acoustic guitar. Kanter, musical director for Justin Bieber and a music academic, calls the “romantically haunting” song subtly, astoundingly complex. “I wonder ... if it came out today, if people would respond to it?” he said in a telephone interview. The tune has been covered by Al Green, Jann Arden, Tina Arena, Soul Asylum and Luscious Jackson. To Sir With Love has also been belted out by characters on TV shows including Sons of Anarchy, Boy Meets World, The Golden Girls and Glee, whose cast performed it “beautifully,” London said.

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