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We’re all to blame PRENTICE SAYS ALBERTANS MUST FIX FISCAL MESS THEY CREATED BY THE CANADIAN PRESS EDMONTON — Premier Jim Prentice says all Albertans are responsible for getting the province into a financial mess and everyone has to help clean it up. Prentice, speaking on CBC Radio Wednesday, said all Albertans must shoulder the burden for billions of dollars in lost oil revenue — but he reiterated that he will not raise taxes on corporations. “In terms of who is responsible we all need only look in the mirror,” said Prentice. “All of us have
had the best of everything and have not had to pay for what it costs. “Collectively, we got into this as Albertans and collectively we’re going to get out of it, and everybody is going to have to shoulder some share of the responsibility.” Prentice has promised to deliver this month a budget and 10-year plan to fundamentally reshape the foundations of how the province raises and spends money. It was prompted by the steep slide in oil that has cut the price per barrel in half from a high of US$108 last summer, siphoning billions of dollars from the
treasury. In the last two months, Prentice and Finance Minister Robin Campbell have floated numerous suggestions on how to fix it, including hiking or changing Alberta’s current 10 per cent flat tax on personal income tax. They have also said they are looking at bringing back health care premiums, removing or raising caps on tuition and running a budget deficit. However, Prentice has ruled out introducing a provincial sales tax, hiking oil royalties, or raising the current 10 per cent tax on corporations.
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Empowered volunteers key: Radford BY CRYSTAL RHYNO ADVOCATE STAFF To most people, four years is a long time. But in Lyn Radford’s mind, it is only 1,443 days until the 2019 Canada Winter Games begin in Red Deer. When Radford, the chairperson of the 2019 Canada Winter Games board, looked around Prince George, B.C., she was reminded that there’s a lot of work to do between now and the opening ceremonies on Feb. 15, 2019. Radford attended the opening and closing weekends of the 2015 Canada Winter Games, held from Feb. 13 to March 1 in Prince George. Members of the board, city staffers and transition team members also took in some of the games. “My initial thought was, ‘What have I gotten myself into,’ ” laughed Radford. “I didn’t sleep very well because I was observing hundreds of details every day.” Radford said one of the things that stood out most was ensuring that Red Deer has roughly 6,000 volunteers in place for the games in order to avoid burnout. As well, Radford said the volunteers must be in the right positions and empowered to make game day decisions. In Prince George, there was a software hiccup with the charter airline on the crossover day, when some athletes arrive and others depart. The airline was unable to fly its entire flight plan. Many athletes from the Eastern provinces arrived a day late. Sarah Cockerill, Red Deer’s director of Community Services, who will act as the city liaison on the host society when it is formed, said to see how Prince George responded and adapted its plans to something that was out of its control was a good learning experience for Red Deer. “Prince George handled it like troopers,” said Cockerill. “For us to watch that and understand that these things happen no matter how well you plan was a really good learning experience for us.” She said it was useful to see how the host society accommodated the athletes and volunteers in a critically short time period. “We have to ensure we have the correct volunteers in the positions and empower them,” added Radford. “We need to be able to say, ‘You know what? These things are going to happen no matter how much we plan and you need to make some onthe-ground decisions.’ ” Radford said the key is for the board to set a philosophy and vision of what they want the games to be. “Then I don’t think it will be hard to empower the on-the-ground volunteers to be able to make the right decisions and move forward and get things going,” said Radford. “Whether it is the transition day or the luggage change or something happens on the field of play. We have to make sure we have that kind of training in place.”
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Kicking up their heels and showing off their colourful and crazy sox, students in Carola Hanasyk‘s Grade 2 class at Holy Family School were happy to participate in the Fox In Sox Day on Wednesday. Each day this week the students and staff at the school are doing different Dr. Seuss related themes. On Wednesday, it was crazy sox day derived from the Dr. Seuss book ‘Fox In Sox.’ Today’s theme is ‘Green Eggs and Ham,’ while Friday everyone at the school is encouraged to dress as their favorite Dr. Seuss character. Each grade level has been working on writing projects related to a Dr. Seuss theme all week.
Bring it on! Exelta cheerleaders excited to compete at championship BY SUSAN ZIELINSKI ADVOCATE STAFF Red Deer cheerleaders will be at the provincial championships at West Edmonton Mall this weekend despite terrorist threats against the mall. Police and security presence will be heightened after online terrorist threats against shopping malls, including the Edmonton mega-mall. Eleven athletes, aged eight to 12, from Exelta Gymnastic Club will compete for the first time at the Alberta Cheerleading Association’s annual championship. The Exelta club is based at the Collicutt Centre. A video posted on Feb. 21 purportedly from the Al-Shabab group urged Muslims to attack malls, including the Mall of America in Minneapolis and West Edmonton Mall. Exelta coach Carissa Woolsey said the club is satisfied that the event will be safe after assurances from the Alberta Cheerleading Association (ACA), mall administration, Edmonton Police Service and RCMP. Mall security and police presence will be significantly increased during the competition, along with
additional security contracted by ACA. “They have increased the mall security and there’s going to be plainclothes police officers around. We’re not too concerned. Our whole team is onboard and excited to do it,” Woolsey said on Wednesday. The Red Deer team competes on Sunday. She said two teams in Exelta’s category dropped out of the competition, leaving three teams. The 2015 ACA Cheerleading Championships is a great competition because of the venue and the number of athletes, she said. “There are still hundreds of teams,” Woolsey said about some teams dropping out due to the threat. Denise Fisher, ACA executive director, said as of Wednesday 151 out of 186 teams from five provinces are still attending the event. “We still have over 2,700 athletes competing. The environment is going to be exciting. Cheerleaders bring a lot of excitement and a lot of enthusiasm with them,” Fisher said. The majority of groups that opted not to send athletes are school-based, but there were also some who had to withdraw due to injuries, she said.
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Chemical fire prompts evacuation A chemical fire at a Vancouver container terminal led to a partial evacuation of Canada’s largest port Wednesday. Story on PAGE A3
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BY MURRAY CRAWFORD ADVOCATE STAFF The then-teenager who robbed a Mac’s Convenience store with an imitation firearm and then spent the money he took on fast food for he and his friends will learn his punishment later this month. Jordan Curtis Baron, 20, of Ponoka pleaded guilty on Wednesday in Red Deer provincial court, for the Feb. 3, 2014, robbery. Baron had been drinking with friends on Feb. 2, 2014, and into the early hours of the next day. Defence counsel Rick Wyrozub said Baron had a cocaine addiction at the time and was looking to get money to acquire more drugs. Crown prosecutor Ann MacDonald said Baron entered the Mac’s Convenience Store in south Red Deer with his hoodie covering part of his face and other clothing covering his mouth. Baron reached down to his sock/shoe area and pulled out what appeared to the clerk to be a firearm. Baron pointed the firearm at the clerk and demanded money. The clerk handed over $60. Baron left in a vehicle with a friend and they went to a fast food restaurant. Wyrozub said Baron hadn’t eaten in a couple of days at the time. MacDonald said after the incident, a media release was distributed and Baron was identified by his then-girlfriend and mother of his child. Baron turned himself in to police at the urging of his parents. Previously, Baron was given a one-year suspended sentence for uttering threats to his then-girlfriend for telling police about the incident. MacDonald said she is seeking a three-year jail sentence for Baron, adding that the clerk thought it was a real firearm that was pointed in his face. The weapon was never recovered as police believe Baron disposed of it prior to turning himself in. Through their investigation, they determined it was an imitation firearm.
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Crews respond to small pipeline blast east of Edmonton, no injuries FORT SASKATCHEWAN — RCMP have reopened Highway 15 east of Edmonton following a small pipeline breach and explosion in an industrial area. Fort Saskatchewan fire chief James Clark says no one was hurt in the blast that happened just before noon Wednesday. He says a track hoe digging into the ground struck a hydrogen gas line, which triggered a small explo-
sion and fire. Crews diverted traffic away from the area of the gas leak as a safety precaution for a few hours. Clark says there are lots of pipelines in the area and the city had to consult with companies to determine what type of gas they were dealing with. The area is part of Alberta’s so-called Industrial Heartland — Canada’s largest hydrocarbon processing region. “We are thankful that the incident was quickly contained and no one was injured,” Clark said Wednesday.
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ECONOMY: Raising corporate taxes unwise At 10 per cent, Alberta has the lowest corporate tax in Canada. British Columbia is next at 11 per cent, with Nova Scotia and P.E.I. on the other end at 16 per cent. Hiking the rate to 12 per cent would bring in an estimated $1 billion, but Prentice said it would be self-defeating. “It would simply result in corporations deciding to relocate head offices to other provinces, to book their income in other provinces, and to reduce jobs in Alberta,” he said. Prentice was asked if he was being driven solely by conservative ideology. “I don’t think it’s wise economic policy,” he replied. “I’ve got no issue with it in an ideological sense.” NDP Leader Rachel Notley said even with corporate taxes at 12 per cent it would be more than balanced out given that Alberta has no sales tax. “We, of course, are an attractive place to investors and we will continue to be based on those (higher) numbers,” she said. Last month, Campbell said the government is looking at five per cent departmental spending cuts across the board in the next budget, a figure that could effectively rise to nine per cent when inflation and population growth is factored in. Prentice has also stressed that the province is on the hook for an “unsustainable” $2.6 billion in compensation hikes for government workers — unionized and non-unionized — and managers over the next three years. Of that amount, $1 billion will go to Alberta Health Services, which handles front-line care.
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From the left, Annika Mangin, her sister Livia and Alexis Beaupre work on their beading project on the Mez at the downtown location of the Red Deer Public Library on Wednesday. The next Mez Event will be a Maze Runner challenge for participants aged 13 and over in the Snell Auditorium from 3:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday, March 18. The event promises to have some epic challenges and awesome prizes.
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Ensuring a smooth transition for athletes from warming areas, to waxing tents to the competition field is also key, said Radford. “We have to really ensure that we have a good experience for our athletes,” she said. “Prince George did a wonderful job to ensure there were evening celebrations. There was a plaza down there. That’s one of the concepts we had and we’re going to build on that. That’s another way for the community to come out and participate.” Radford said she heard time and time again in Prince George that “this is the best thing that happened to our community.” She said no doubt it will ring true for Red Deer, too. crhyno@reddeeradvocate.com
CHEERLEADING: More to it than pompoms, pyramids Some teams will go on to the World Cheerleading Championships in Florida in April. Woolsey said her club has been looking forward to the Alberta championships this weekend. “It’s the biggest Canadian competition, besides nationals. There are cheerleaders everywhere. It’s just really fun compared to a lot of others. It’s definitely one we wanted to try out this year.” It’s only the second year for Exelta’s cheerleading team. Preparation for the season began last August with athletes practising two to three times a week. Woolsey said she hopes all the recent attention on the competition will make people more curious
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Members of Exelta’s cheerleading team are looking forward to the Alberta championships this weekend. about the sport. “A lot of people haven’t heard of cheerleading, or they think of it as pompoms and stacking people into a pyramid. Hopefully they can see it’s a lot more athletic and requires a lot more skill.” szielinski@reddeeradvocate.com
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ROBBER: Substance abuse Wyrozub admitted his client consumed alcohol at the time and had a substance abuse problem that included cocaine. Since Baron’s arrest, Wyrozub noted that he had made many life changes by seeking addictions help and treatment, gained family support he did not have before and found supportive peer groups. Wyrozub instead asked for three to six months in jail, with a probation term afterwards. Judge Jim Hunter said he needed time to review case law and arrive at a decision. Baron’s sentencing hearing was adjourned to March 23 in Red Deer provincial court. mcrawford@reddeeradvocate.com
“The Tradition Continues! We give EVERYONE’s money back if their purchase was made on the day drawn for Cash Back Day” says Sean Robinson, President of Mitchell & Jewell. With $1000’s of dollars already given back over the years it’s way too exciting to stop now. Mitchell & Jewell is open 26 days in March and at 9:30 a.m., Monday, April 13th, 2015 one of these days will be drawn as Mitchell & Jewell’s Cash Back Day. If you have shopped on that day your purchases are absolutely FREE!!! Simply return to Mitchell & Jewell with your receipt by 5:30 p.m., April 30th, 2015 and you will receive a refund in cash!
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EDMONTON — A child in hospital after being exposed to a pesticide his parents used to kill bedbugs has been taken off a ventilator and moved to a recovery room. Family spokesman Taj Mohammed said the boy, Zain Hasan, is expected to be discharged from an Edmonton hospital later this month. “It is good news,” said Mohammed, the principal of Fort McMurray Islamic School where Zain attends kindergarten. “He is off of the ventilator. He is in the recover section of the hospital and he will be two to three weeks before he is discharged.” Funerals for Zain’s two-year-old brother, Zia, and eight-month-old sister, Zara, were held in Edmonton last week. Mohammed said Wednesday that it is too
soon to know whether Zain suffered any permanent injuries. Aluminum phosphide can emit phosphine gas, which can cause longterm damage to a body’s liver, heart and kidneys. The family had recently brought a type of aluminum phosphide back from a trip to Pakistan to kill bedbugs in their apartment in Fort McMurray. Two other children, aged four and seven, were released from a hospital in Fort McMurray last month. The father, Syed Habib and the mother, Nida Habib, remain in Edmonton. It is not clear how the family managed to bring the pesticide into Canada. The Canada Border Services Agency and RCMP have said they are investigating. Health Canada issued a warning Friday about what it calls the “ex-
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Smoke rises from a fire at the Port Metro Vancouver in Vancouver, British Columbia, Wednesday.
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VANCOUVER — A chemical fire at a Vancouver container terminal led to a partial evacuation of Canada’s largest port for several hours Wednesday afternoon, as a cloud of white smoke drifting over the city prompted health warnings and road closures. About 65 firefighters, including crews from two fire boats and hazardous materials teams, battled the blaze at one point, surrounding the flames even from above with three pieces of aerial equipment that were 33-metres tall, said Ron Coulson of Vancouver Fire and Rescue Services. A large cloud of white smoke could be seen lifting off a collection of multicoloured shipping containers. Streams of water blasted from fire hoses into the smoke, which obscured any sign of the fire itself. The city’s health authority confirmed the fire involved a substance called trichloroisocyanuric acid, which can be harmful if inhaled in large quantities and can cause eye irritation. A listing on a federal government website says trichloroisocyanuric acid is used in dry household bleaches, dishwashing compounds, swimming pool disinfectant and other cleaning agents. “There are no injuries at this time,” said Coulson. “As this is a defensive fire, our firefighters are taking all precautions to stay out of the smoke plume and wear all the respiratory equipment that we have at our disposal.” Coulson said firefighters set up an evacuation perimeter of about 800 metres and asked people in the area to stay back. By early evening, the city issued a bulletin lifting an earlier order from the fire chief for residents in one neighbourhood to seek shelter. While smoke was lessening, the city asked people to stay away from the area where the fire broke out, and if they were experiencing breathing problems to get upwind. “Anyone experiencing shortness of breath or difficulty breathing should see a physician right away,” stated the bulletin. Port Metro Vancouver spokesman John ParkerJervis said in a statement that the organization confirmed at 1:40 p.m. that a container was on fire at the Centerm terminal on the south shore of Burrard Inlet. He said the Centerm container terminal and nearby port properties were evacuated and all port operations on the south shore of the inlet were shut down, including rail and truck access. By the early evening, firefighters had taken control of the blaze, he said. “The fire burning in a single shipping container at the Centerm Container Terminal on the south shore of Burrard Inlet is now considered under control, and the resulting smoke continues to diminish,” said Parker-Jervis in a statement. Eric Chibana who works in the neighbourhood said he could smell the smoke inside his building and at first it smelled liked rubber but then changed. He said the air was hazy outside. “You know, you can barely make out the vehicle across the street,” he said.
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Deep cuts unavoidable ALBERTA TRIED TAX HIKES IN THE 1980S AND THEY DIDN’T WORK BY MARK MILKE SPECIAL TO THE ADVOCATE In the debate over whether the Alberta government should reduce and reform spending to cushion the blow from falling revenues, some claim higher taxes will balance the books. How soon we forget. Alberta tried that in the late 1980s. It didn’t work. It wasn’t until the 1990s, when Alberta got serious about spending reforms and reductions, that the budget was balanced. (Incidentally, that same decade the NDP in Saskatchewan, the Progressive Conservatives in Ontario and the federal Liberals also reformed and reduced budget expenditures to get to balanced budgets.) Some history. After the per barrel price of oil collapsed by 45 per cent between January and March 1986, the provincial government stopped transfers to the Alberta Heritage Savings Trust Fund. It also began to transfer Heritage Fund income to the government’s budget to make the province’s finances appear more sustainable. Then the province hit Albertans
with new and higher taxes. “We will increase taxes substantially at the outset of this deficit reduction plan,” said then-treasurer (the old name for an Alberta finance minister) Dick Johnston in his 1987 budget speech. Tax increases included higher provincial personal income taxes, a new surtax, another new tax on all incomes of one per cent, an increase in tobacco taxes and liquor markups, an increase in licence registration fees, a new hotel room tax of five per cent, a new fuel tax, a one-third increase in the corporate tax rate, and higher insurance premium taxes. When the tax increases, with their dampening effect on the economy, failed to balance the budget, the province finally admitted there was another problem: unsustainable spending built up in the boom years. In his 1988 budget speech, Johnston remarked that “even with the expenditure and tax measures implemented in the last budget, Alberta continues to have the highest per capita spending on services.” But even then, politicians hoped that tax hikes, modest spending reductions and rising energy prices would rescue provincial finances.
But oil prices didn’t co-operate. They rose briefly in the fall of 1990 in the wake of the first Gulf War before dropping back to the range seen in previous years. By 1993, the Alberta Financial Review Commission summarized the historic problem with provincial finances. “The province is spending more than it can afford, has done so every year for the last eight years, and the rate of overspending is increasing.” In late 1992, when Ralph Klein entered the premier’s office, per person program spending was already down slightly from the late 1980s highs. However, because Klein’s predecessors refused to acknowledge the full effect of lower oil prices on the province’s ability to spend — re-read the commission’s statement above about the “last eight years” — deep spending reductions were required. Per person program spending was cut, in real terms, by 24 per cent from $8,978 in 1993-94 to $6,828 by 1996-97. People can quibble over what constitutes the “right” amount of government spending, but here’s an unavoidable fact. By 2004-05, Alberta’s per person program spending had already returned to early 1990s levels ($8,965)
then continued to grow, hitting $10,967 last year. (All numbers are adjusted for inflation, so they are apples-to-apples.) So today, on a per person basis, Alberta teeters more precariously on a high-spending cliff than in the early 1990s. Of course, the issues are different today. Two decades ago, debt interest formed a much larger share of provincial expenditures, and welfare needed serious reform. Now, on average, government employee wages are 6.9 per cent higher than private sector wages for comparable private sector work. And government pension plan costs are rising. Whatever the government decides to do, Alberta has been here before. But tax hikes, modest spending reductions and hopes for a quick energy-based recovery were not enough to balance the books back then. Faint hopes are unlikely to work any magic now. Deeper cuts to the spending side of the budget are unavoidable. Mark Milke is a senior fellow at the Fraser Institute and author of The Rhetoric and Reality of Alberta’s Deficits in the 1980s, 1990s and Now. This column was supplied by Troy Media (www.troymedia. com).
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Election year brings in a new Mulcair and Trudeau It’s an election year and that means last year’s versions of the two men who are bent on unseating Stephen Harper’s Conservatives are gone. The 2015 versions of NDP Leader Tom Mulcair and Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau are different in both style and message. Some of the changes are subtle — a little tweaking there, a little buffing there — but make no mistake, both men are marketing themselves differently to voters in the early part of this year. Trudeau is striving to look more like a prime ministerTIM in-waiting, showing more disHARPER cipline in his message and eliminating a penchant for ill-conceived comments that made him an attractive target for political opponents. Mulcair has to tell voters who he is. He remains a blank slate to too many voters. Trudeau is still making himself accessible to the media, but he is limiting questions in Ottawa for the first time, his answers are tighter and he is desperately trying to stay on message. Gone is the propensity for filling dead air he demonstrated early in his tenure as leader. He now prefers to meet reporters on Wednesdays after caucus in a media studio, a backdrop that lends him an air of gravitas, gives him a lectern and allows him to use flags for a television backdrop.
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It gives him more control than the often chaotic questioning he deals with outside the caucus room. But Trudeau on a leash is not the same freewheeling politician who spent so much time atop the polls and it is an open question as to whether voters will warm to the toned-down Trudeau, who sounds more like a message track politician with each passing day. It eliminates the shoot-from-the-lip lines that have caused him so much trouble, but Liberal strategists once liked to describe him as a home run hitter, a guy who could swat the ball out of the park but would strike out from time to time. To continue the baseball analogy in 2015, Trudeau now has better plate discipline, and he doesn’t swing at questions out of his strike zone. But the jury’s out. He has had some difficulty — including a tough interview on CBC’s As It Happens in which host Carol Off suggested Canadians didn’t know what he stood for and Trudeau said people should read his book. A couple of days later in an interview with Robert Fife on CTV’s Question Period, Trudeau just seemed flat. The selling of Mulcair has undergone a more radical overhaul. There is a sense among many New Democrats that an opportunity to market the leader as a new brand in Canadian politics was squandered when he became leader in 2012. He was swamped when Trudeau won the Liberal leadership and became the flavour of the month. Mulcair has brought some veterans from the Jack Layton days back into his inner circle and the change is noticeable. The party did extensive polling at the end of 2014
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seeking voter perceptions of all three federal leaders. It found the Opposition leader did not suffer from perceived grumpiness or anger — party insiders say that is merely a construct of the Ottawa bubble — but from a lack of recognition from Canadian voters. So Mulcair now sprinkles biographical information in his speeches, telling voters he is the second oldest of a family of 10, had a middle-class upbringing, that he and his family had to work hard for everything they got, that he learned to live within his means early in life. When he talks about national security, he reminds voters that one of his sons is a police officer. He is spending more time on the road and more time with wife Catherine Pinhas at his side because New Democrats think the presence of his spouse “warms up” the leader and makes him a more relaxed, approachable politician. He speaks more often of his years in politics and his time in cabinet in Quebec. NDP polling found Trudeau’s inexperience is his biggest liability, so Mulcair will now tell you that prime minister is “not an entry level position.’’ There is also more Mulcair on social media, Mulcair smiling at a hockey game, Mulcair smiling at the Canadian Screen Awards, Mulcair smiling with children. We’re often told in politics that it is folly to try to make a candidate something that he or she is not. But this is all about marketing and likability, warmth and credibility can move large voting chunks in what will likely be a very close election this year. Tim Harper is a syndicated Toronto Star national affairs writer. He can be reached at tharper@thestar.ca.
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Life means life TORIES WANT ‘MOST DANGEROUS VIOLENT OFFENDERS’ PUT AWAY FOR GOOD BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — The Tory government’s latest toughon-crime initiative to make life sentence a sentence for life without parole appears to be aimed at scoring political points rather than protecting the public, some critics and legal experts said Wednesday. Prime Minister Stephen Harper told a Toronto crowd his government will introduce new legislation next week to ensure that what he called the country’s “most dangerous violent offenders” could not be allowed back on the streets. The new bill will “ensure that for the most heinous offenders and the most horrific crimes, a life sentence in Canada will henceforth mean exactly that — a sentence for life,” Harper announced in front of a crowd that included families of murder victims. The legislation would apply to those convicted of first-degree murder involving: the killing of police officers or correctional officers; terrorism; kidnapping or sexual assault; and crimes “of a particularly brutal nature.” It would also apply to those who commit high treason, an offence that involves attempting to harm or
kill the Queen, taking arms against Canada or helping an enemy at war with Canada. While hesitant to judge the proposed changes until the bill is tabled, some critics and legal experts said the announcement raises several red flags. “We already have a system that recognizes that the Paul Bernardos and the Picktons of the world should never be released,” Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau said in Vancouver. “I think a lot of this is campaigning on fear, which (Harper) is extremely good at, but I think we can all agree that bad criminals should not be released and we have to make sure that we’re getting that balance right,” he said. “Most dangerous killers are already denied parole and held for life,” NDP justice critic Francoise Boivin said in a statement. “Sentencing reform should be focused on improving public safety, not on scoring political points. Decisions about who is released should be based on the risk an individual poses to the community and how to best protect public safety,” she said. Benjamin Berger, a criminal law expert at York University’s Osgoode Hall law school, said the announcement comes across as “political sleight of hand.” “As things currently stand, the community is pro-
tected by the individualized judgments of a parole board,” he said. “The government appears to be asking the public to believe that they’re currently vulnerable and will be safer as a product of this legislation. Based on what’s been announced so far, I fail to see any way in which that’s the case,” he said. A fundraising pitch issued on Wednesday says, though, that the Conservative Party can only protect Canadian families if they win the next election. The subject line in the emailed pitch from Toronto MP Roxanne James reads “Murderers in your neighbourhood?” Currently, those who are convicted of first-degree murder face an automatic sentence of life in prison with no chance of parole for 25 years. According to the latest Correctional Service of Canada data on recidivism available, 658 convicted murderers were released on full parole between January 1975 and the end of March 1990. Of those, five were convicted of committing a second murder — three of first-degree and two of second. “The recidivism rate for lifers in the community is very low, so the system seems to be working fairly well,” said Catherine Latimer, executive director of the John Howard Society of Canada.
RCMP to show Oct. 22 shooter’s video Friday BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — After weeks of speculation, members of Parliament will get a chance Friday to see the video Michael Zehaf Bibeau made last October before he killed a Canadian soldier and stormed Parliament Hill. RCMP Commissioner Bob Paulson will use an open meeting of the House of Commons public safety committee to provide a ‘detailed update’ of the investigation into Zehaf Bibeau’s deadly attack on Cpl. Nathan Cirillo, said a source familiar with the matter. The source, who wasn’t authorized to discuss the issue publicly and therefore spoke on condition of anonymity, confirmed the video would be shown to the committee. Pressure has been mounting on the RCMP — and the Conservative government — to release the video to give people a first-hand glimpse into Zehaf Bibeau’s state of mind on the eve of his assault. Last month, the public safety committee, while affirming the RCMP’s operational independence, in-
vited Paulson to appear at his earliest convenience to display and discuss the video. Asked about the matter on Wednesday, Prime Minister Stephen Harper said it’s up to the RCMP whether to release the video, since it’s part of an ongoing police investigation. “It’s not my decision one way or the other,” Harper told a news conference in Toronto. In the days following the attack, Paulson said he wanted people to see what he described as footage of Zehaf Bibeau explaining his actions in a deliberate and lucid manner, which were rooted in his religious beliefs and opinion of Canada’s foreign policy. Paulson also said the video was made by Zehaf Bibeau himself and was recovered from a device belonging to the gunman, who was shot dead in Parliament Hill’s Centre Block. The top Mountie has since said that while some transcripts might be provided to the public, he didn’t think the video would ever be released. Many questions about the Oct. 22 shooting remain: — Where did Zehaf Bibeau get the rifle he used? — Was he truly motivated by Islamic radicalism or displaying the violent anger of an unstable outcast?
— Did he have help in planning the attack? The government introduced major anti-terrorism legislation as a result of the Zehaf Bibeau shooting and a fatal assault on Warrant Officer Patrice Vincent by another lone-wolf attacker in Quebec two days earlier. Harper was asked Wednesday whether the government intends to entertain possible amendments to the controversial bill. The prime minister said he didn’t want to prejudge coming committee hearings, but suggested changes are unlikely. “We do always listen, but I should be very clear the government deliberated long and hard over these changes. They’re changes that have been done in almost every other country,” he said. “In our view most of them are long overdue and we are fully committed to passage of the legislation and I note the public is very, very strongly supportive of passage of the legislation also.” The bill would significantly expand the Canadian Security Intelligence Service’s mandate, giving CSIS the ability to disrupt terror plots and make it easier to limit the movements of a suspect.
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Terror suspect urges jury to use Qur’an to judge him and their deep desire to instill fear in the Canadian public,” he said. “There can be no doubt that they conspired to derail a passenger train with the intention to cause as many deaths as possible in association with a terrorist group. There can be no doubt that they participated in the activities of that group in order to enhance their own abilities to commit terrorist activities.” Michaelson emphasized that Jaser and Esseghaier’s conversations demonstrated they didn’t just have one attack in mind. “They intended to carry out continuous acts of Jihad, continuous acts of terror,” he said. “It’s a general conspiracy to murder persons unknown until Canadian troops leave Muslim lands.” The trial has heard Jaser and Esseghaier muse on the recordings about using the alleged train plot as retaliation for western military action in Muslim lands. Jaser, a permanent resident of Palestinian descent, was heard on intercepted conversations saying they wanted “the whole country to burn,” and the he “could care less who dies” because “everyone is a target. The trial also heard Esseghaier, a Tunisian national who was pursuing his PhD in Montreal, justify the killing of innocent women and children as necessary for saving Islam, particularly because he claimed western troops were killing women and children in Muslim countries. A rift developed between Jaser and Esseghaier as they hammered out the finer details of their plot, however, with Jaser worried about the difficulties of attacking a train, court heard. Jaser eventually dropped out of the alleged plot following an encounter with police during a scouting mission, the trial heard. Michaelson noted, however, that “it is not a defence to abandon or withdraw from a conspiracy.” He reminded the jury that the case only needed to be proved beyond a reasonable doubt and urged them to be guided by common sense.
BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — One of two men facing terrorism charges in an alleged plot to derail a passenger train offered his “sincere advice” to jurors hearing his case on Wednesday. The Criminal Code is a “book written by humans” and “humans are not perfect,” Chiheb Esseghaier said in a unusual written closing address. “That’s why I required the Holy Qur’an as unique reference of my trial and the judgement of all matter of people’s life,” he wrote to the jury. Esseghaier and his co-accused, Raed Jaser, face several terror-related charges in the alleged plot to derail a train travelling from New York to Toronto. Esseghaier has refused to participate in his trial, did not call any evidence or witnesses in his defence and even had to have a not-guilty plea entered for him by the judge presiding over the case. His submission to the jury was the first time the panel heard directly from him. “I’m addressing you today because I want to give you sincere advice,” Esseghaier wrote in the statement, which was read to jurors by a lawyer appointed to assist the court. “I encourage you to retreat from the charge that has been affected to you as a first step of your sincere repentance to God.” Esseghaier’s submission was read to jurors at the end of a day during which a Crown prosecutor repeatedly said there was “overwhelming” evidence that the two accused were guilty. Crown lawyer Croft Michaelson pointed out that jurors had heard more than 25 hours of secretly recorded conversations between the pair and an undercover FBI agent who gained their trust, heard from the officer himself and viewed video surveillance of their scouting missions to railway bridges. “The conversations were filled with statements in which they expressed their deeply held extremist beliefs, beliefs that fuelled their terrorist purpose
Model fired by website for making raunchy videos at libraries BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — The woman who made raunchy sex shows for an online audience in public places, believed to include public libraries in Windsor, Ont., has been fired by her employer. A lawyer for a U.S.-based company that provides live webcam performances by female models says the woman was terminated as a model for violating company rules. Lawyer Lawrence Walters of Walters Law Group in Longwood, Fla., says the woman was a contract model for website MyfreeCams.com. Walters said in an email Wednesday that the woman was fired “for violating company policies that are posted on the website.” Among things that are “absolutely forbidden” on camera by MyfreeCams.com are “actions that may be deemed obscene in your community” and “men on camera for any reason.” Police say they are confident some of the videos were shot at Windsor library branches, and that the woman would cover up when people walked past. Videos circulating on the web show the woman exposing herself and masturbating, according to police. “We are aware that these types of things happen on the web, however when this individual chooses to bring this to a public space it becomes a concern for us,” Sgt. Matthew D’Asti said earlier this week. She used her own laptop computer to stream the videos, D’Asti said. Police believe the young woman also used Tim Hortons’ coffee shops as the location for her shows but aren’t sure of where they are because each one is so generic. D’Asti predicted they’ll find the woman because she is “clearly visible in the videos.”
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Hundreds mourn boys killed in fire WINKLER, Man. — Close to 1,000 mourners packed a Mennonite church Wednesday to pay respects to four young brothers killed in a house fire in southern Manitoba. The service in Winkler was simple, mournful, but also tinged with hope that the surviving family members can begin to rebuild their lives with an outpouring of public support, said the reeve of the rural area. “It was a typical Mennonite faith-based service — a lot of singing, a lot of calls to faith ... a lot of calls for the healing process to begin and a hope in the afterlife,” Ralph Groening said after the service. “I think (the parents) are in shock. I really do. I think it’s reassuring to have 1,000 people mourning with them, but they’re in shock. They’re moving ahead slowly.”
Crime Stoppers tip about mall threat led to arrests Halifax police say their decision to warn a local shopping mall about a potential threat and the later arrest of three people were based on an anonymous Crime Stoppers tip. Const. Pierre Bourdages said Wednesday that one of those arrested learned he was the subject of the tip because one of the officers making the arrests at a Halifax apartment inadvertently left behind details from Crime Stoppers. Bourdages declined to say what was in the document, except that it included a photo of the suspect and was part of the search warrant that was supposed to be left behind at the residence. He said anyone offering a tip Crime Stoppers is guaranteed anonymity, which is why the document contained no information about who alerted police. Police would not identify any of those involved because no charges were laid against the two men and one woman who were taken into custody on Tuesday and released a few hours later. The investigation at the Mic Mac Mall comes a little more than two weeks after two people were charged with conspiracy to commit murder at the Halifax Shopping Centre in an alleged Valentine’s Day plot that police say could have resulted in mass casualties.
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Man accused of impersonating soldier pleads guilty OTTAWA — A Quebec man accused of impersonating a Canadian soldier has pleaded guilty to unlawfully wearing a military uniform and medals. Two other charges against Franck Gervais of impersonating a public officer have been dropped. Gervais came into the public spotlight last November after he was interviewed while wearing a military uniform, including a medal of bravery and other decorations, near Ottawa’s National War Memorial on Remembrance Day. Almost immediately after the interview was aired, questions were raised by a number of veterans about his identity and whether he was actually a soldier. In fact, the 32-year-old Gervais was not a member of the Canadian Forces. Gervais, who lives in Cantley, Que., appeared in an Ottawa court Wednesday, where he pleaded guilty to the
unlawful use of a military uniform and unlawful use of military decoration. Outside the courthouse, Gervais’s lawyer Claude Levesque said his client feels remorse for what he has done. “My client apologizes for his action,” said Levesque. “He never wanted to disrespect the men, women who wear the uniform or their sacrifice, and for that he apologizes.” Gervais is to be sentenced May 11.
Charities seek clarity on role they can play in public policy OTTAWA — As the country prepares for the next federal election, 18 national charities are seeking clearer rules about how much of a role their sector can play in debates on public policy. A letter sent to each of the five political parties asks for a platform commitment to modernizing the existing regime governing charitable groups. Without it, there’s the risk of losing what the civil society sector can contribute to the broader public good, says the letter, signed by environment, public policy and international aid organizations. “The work of charities contributes greatly to Canada’s democracy and the health and vigour of our democracy depends on much more than citizens voting in elections,” the letter said. “The extent to which elections are informed and motivated by citizens engaging with each other on issues they care about is an indicator of the overall health of our political system.” But charities are now fearful of carrying out that work thanks to the ongoing crackdown by Canada Revenue Agency, the letter said. Since 2012, CRA has been auditing charities to look for those spending more than the legal 10 per cent of their time and resources on political activity. But there are broad interpretations of what that means and to what extent groups can engage in the policy development process, the letter said. “The result is a chill, where charities feel that their efforts are being discouraged, subjected to rhetorical attacks or harsh or arbitrary review,” the letter says. The audits have targeted organizations ranging from a local bird watching group to the major Canadian Cen-
RED DEER ADVOCATE Thursday, March 5, 2015 A7 tre for Policy Alternatives. ranging from satisfaction with equipmajor Canadian Centre for Policy ment all of the way up to workplace Alternatives. harassment. “The whole sector is a big mess and The number of staff who believe the it’s time the parties — whoever forms quality of their work has suffered bethe next government — they need to cause of either fewer resources — or a really bear down on this question,” lack of stability within the department said Bruce Campbell, the executive dihas more than doubled since 2008. rector of the centre, among those who The dissatisfaction level is also besigned the letter. tween 1.5 and two times the rate of the overall federal civil service. Surveys conducted every three years since 2008 show a steady decline in employee satisfaction that appears to mirror Conservative job cuts in Veterans Affairs that began in 2011.
Freedom and liberty are worth some level of risk, says Edward Snowden
TORONTO — Terrorism is “an extraordinarily rare natural disaster” and should not be used as an excuse by government to pass laws that limit our rights and freedoms, former U.S. National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden said Wednesday. Snowden made the comments via video link at the unveiling in Toronto of the Snowden Archive — an online database of hundreds of classified U.S. government documents he leaked to the media in 2013. The archive is a joint project between Canadian Journalists for Free Expression and the Politics of Surveillance Project at the Faculty of Information at the University of Toronto. It is the first time the leaked documents have been indexed and made fully searchable online. Snowden, who remains exiled in Russia since leaking the classified documents about the NSA’s surveillance programs, has often spoken publicly against over-reaching laws passed in many countries in the wake of terrorist attacks.
Morale at Veterans Affairs plunged alongside staffing levels: federal survey OTTAWA — The most recent survey of federal employees shows Veterans Affairs Canada is an increasingly unhappy place with plunging morale and a frazzled workforce. The evaluation, conducted every three years for the federal Treasury Board, and asks dozens of questions
After waiting years, disabled Canadians now getting their CPP disability cheques OTTAWA — The cheques appear to be pouring in for disabled people who have spent years trying to get Canada Pension Plan disability benefits as the Conservative government’s so-called spike unit even settles some “questionable” cases. With a federal election in the offing, advocates for the disabled say the unit’s doctors, lawyers and medical adjudicators are plowing through outstanding files and seem to be giving applicants the benefit of the doubt even in iffy cases. Some who were denied benefits have been waiting as long as five years for their appeals to be heard. Their situation only worsened with the debut of the government’s social security tribunal in April 2013. Although it was designed to streamline the appeals process and cut costs by replacing four separate boards, the backlog of CPP disability cases ballooned during the tribunal’s first two years of operation. Allison Schmidt, a Regina-based pension-disability case manager who’s been a vocal critic of the tribunal, says she’s delighted that so many of her clients are suddenly getting their benefits. “I am thrilled, absolutely, that these people finally have justice after spending years having this ordeal hanging over their heads,” she said.
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Rebels get needed win over Broncos BY ADVOCATE STAFF Rebels 6 Broncos 2 SWIFT CURRENT — The Red Deer Rebels broke from recent tragic tradition Wednesday night while en route to a one-sided Western Hockey League win over the Swift Current Broncos. The Rebels, who were in the bad habit of connecting on a mere sample of their scoring opportunities, scored a half dozen times on 30 shots while posting a 6-2 victory in front of 2,132 fans at the Credit Union i-plex. “We played well tonight,” said Rebels associate coach Jeff Truitt, whose club was outshot 19-7 in the opening frame — thanks to five minor penalties, including a double minor to Brooks Maxwell — but held a 23-17 advantage the rest of the way. “The first period was a little hairy just because of the penalties we took,” Truitt continued,
“We got outshot badly in the first but then we kind of took over the puck possession game a bit in the second and third and our power play was outstanding for us.” Indeed, the Rebels were four-for-five with a man advantage, including a game-opening goal from Scott Feser at 9:06 of the first period. Red Deer, which led 2-1 after one period and 6-2 after 40 minutes, got two more power-play markers from Presten Kopeck and another from Maxwell, as well as an even-strength tally from Riley Sheen and a short-handed tally from Wyatt Johnson. The Rebels also got a strong outing from netminder Taz Burman, who turned aside 34 of the 36 shots he faced — including a second-period breakaway by Zac Mackay — while giving up first- and secondperiod goals by Coda Gordon. “Taz Burman played an outstanding game for us. He helped us take it over in the second and third periods, which was great,” said Truitt.
The Rebels performance, as Truitt suggested, was a mere carryover of a decent effort the night before that resulted in a 4-0 loss at Medicine Hat. “We talked about being able to finish our opportunities tonight,” said Truitt. “We had those chances in Medicine Hat but we had to capitalize on the ones we had tonight when we were around the net. “We had some great shots tonight, Maxie buried one . . . Kopeck batted one out of the air on the power play,” said Truitt. “We were opportunistic tonight. It sure was great to see those chances go in.” ● Broncos starting netminder Landon Bow, who was replaced after two periods, made 20 saves, while back-up Travis Child stopped four of the six shots he faced . . . The three stars were (1) Johnson, (2) Maxwell and (3) Gordon . . . The Rebels close out their three-game trip with a Friday meeting with the Kootenay Ice at Cranbrook, then entertain the Regina Pats Saturday at the Enmax Centrium. gmeachem@reddeeradvocate.com
Northern Ontario clinches playoff berth BRIER BY THE CANADIAN PRESS CALGARY — Brad Jacobs was excited about the arrival of his wife Shawna and infant daughter Camille in Calgary on Wednesday. Clinching a berth very early in the premiere playoff game at the Tim Hortons Brier? That too, when he found out. “Thanks for letting me know,” the Northern Ontario skip said. “That’s a beauty. We’ll take it.” If Jacobs and teammates were unaware of the reward that came with a 4-3 win over Saskatchewan’s Steve Laycock in the afternoon draw, it’s because they haven’t thought about anything else on the ice except execution and winning. At 9-0, the Jacobs rink from Sault Ste. Marie looks a lot like that coldly intense team that won Olympic gold in Sochi, Russia, just over a year ago. Of the 82 ends they’ve played at this year’s Canadian men’s curling championship, they’ve trailed in just one — back in their second game against Alberta. “Physically, emotionally, I don’t think we could feel any better as a team,” Jacobs said. With five draws remaining, the reigning Olympic champions not only secured a playoff berth early, but assured themselves a spot in the playoff between the top two seeds. Jacobs, Ryan Fry and the front end of E.J. Harnden and Ryan Harnden won their first Canadian championship two years ago and went onto win the world title as well. The top four teams at the conclusion of the preliminary round Friday morning make the Page playoffs. The winner of Friday’s playoff game between the top two seeds advances directly to Sunday’s final. The loser drops to Saturday’s semifinal to face the winner of the playoff between the third and fourth seeds earlier that day. The last time team to tun the table en route to a Canadian championship was Alberta’s Kevin Martin in Calgary in 2009. Ontario’s Glenn Howard went 11-0 in the preliminary round the following year, but lost in the final. Brad Gushue of Newfoundland and Labrador got to a record of 7-2 with a pistol of a shot on his final throw against Alberta’s Kevin Koe. An intricate double raise double takeout for an 8-7 victory kept
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Northern Ontario skip Brad Jacobs lets a rock go as his team plays New Brunswick during curling action at the Brier in Calgary, Wednesday. Gushue very much in playoff contention and had the skip pumping his fist. “I guess it would be a double-raise, doublearound-the-horn something or other,” was Gushue’s description of that shot. “I’m not going to lie. I think I’m a really good curler, but I’m not going to make that too many times. “I think in that situation, with a shot to win a game at the Brier and really a very meaningful game at the end of the week when you’re talking playoff situations, one in a hundred.” Quebec’s Jean-Michel Menard and Team Canada’s John Morris were are tied at 6-3 and Saskatchewan’s Steve Laycock is 5-3 heading into Thursday. Alberta’s Koe and Manitoba’s Reid Carruthers are both at 4-4. Koe beat his brother Jamie, who skips Northwest Territories, 7-4 in the Wednesday evening draw. Saskatchewan’s Laycock edged Prince Edward Island’s Adam Casey 7-6 in an extra end after losing two in a row. B.C.’s Jim Cotter dropped to 3-5 after losing 8-3 to Manitoba. New Brunswick’s Jeremy Mallais beat Ontario’s Mark Kean 9-4 to put both teams at 2-6 alongside P.E.I. Northwest Territories is winless in eight games. Canada has won four in a row in the two days
since Morris demoted himself to third and promoted Pat Simmons to skip. “Obviously we’re feeling more comfortable and playing a little bit better right from stem to stern which is good,” Simmons said. Quebec has also won four in a row. Their provincial championship was mid-January. Menard and his teammates live in different communities and hadn’t played any games together since then upon their arrival in Calgary. “The last game before coming here was the final of our provincial championship so now it’s slowly starting to come to get back together to the kind of game we’ve been playing pretty much all of the season,” Menard said. Laycock made a spectacular quadruple takeout to lay three in the seventh end against Jacobs. The skip countered with a takeout that cleared the house and forced Saskatchewan to blank the end. It’s been that kind of tournament so far for Northern Ontario. “We’ve stayed really even-keeled this entire event,” Harnden said. “I think the mental side of our game is matching the technical side. “That’s where we want to keep the momentum going, keep even-keeled, eliminate the distractions and just focus on the ice and what we have to do on the ice.”
RDC Kings have tough road to repeat as ACAC basketball champs Red Deer College Kings head coach Clayton Pottinger is doing his best to down play the target on his teams back heading into the Alberta Colleges Athletic Conference men’s basketball championships in Fort McMurray. The Kings are the top seed in the South and head to Keyano College as the two-time provincial champion and reigning national champ. The Kings are far from a JOSH lead cinch to repeat. The ALDRICH ACAC has four teams in the Canadian Colleges Athletic Association, including the No. 4 NAIT Ooks (23-1), the No. 9 Kings (19-5), No. 11 Lethbridge College Kodiaks (18-6) and No. 15 Medicine Hat College Rattlers (16-8). This isn’t even taking into account the Olds College Broncos (14-10) who will also be there and have two wins over the Kings this year. In these tournaments anything can happen, like at the 2013 CCAA’s when the Vancouver Island University Mariners came out of B.C. as a wild card team and won the national championship as a No. 6 seed. “There’s at least four teams here that legitimately think they are the best team in the tournament,” said Pottinger. “It’s really going to boil down to some key games and some key match-ups between a lot of teams that can win it.” The Kings open up tonight against the host Keyano College Huskies at 8 p.m. RDC has also had a lot of turnover since last year with only four players back on their roster that is responsible for the banners in their rafters
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— Matt Johnson, JP Leblanc, Jacob Cusumano and Brian Prenoslo. They have transfers that have played at provincials before, like Tyler Wise and Benny Bankazo, but never with the success like the Kings have had. “This reminds me a lot of my first year, because there is a lot of uncharted territory for guys,” said Pottinger. “We’ve had some tough games already this year that has sort of prepared us for these moments where we are again going to be in tough moments, but I don’t think there has ever been so much on the line, so it’s going to be interesting to see how they do react.” In the final week of the season, the Kings had a fairly easy time against the 1-23 Briercrest Clippers, but what that did allow is for the players like Cusumano to work on his range and outside shot, at one point connecting on six-straight three-point attempts. They are well aware it is going to be a much more difficult road to Saturday’s final, where both teams will advance to the CCAA championships in Hamilton, Ont., due to the ACAC being granted a wild card berth. “Whichever team can consistently play at a level and make shots and consistently defend is going to end up on top,” said Pottinger. ● The RDC Kings made a mad dash to the finish line in order to jump up a playoff seed. Their prize? A match up with the University of Alberta-Augustana Vikings in the best-of-three first round who they have not beat this season. This is instead of the MacEwan University Griffins who they have had much success against his year. But Kings head coach Trevor Keeper insists it is the match up he wanted all along. “I think we’ve had some good success, even though
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this year we didn’t beat them in the games we had against them, they were one goal games and we outshot them every time we played against them except the one game,” he said. The Kings earned 11 of their final 12 possible points and won five-straight games heading into their Tuesday night showdown with the Griffins — a make up game from earlier in the season. Though they lost 2-1 in overtime, the single point was enough to bump them ahead of the Keyano College Huskies for fifth place in the ACAC. The two teams have not faced each other since Dec. 4, but the Vikings did win all four head-tohead match ups this season plus a fifth game during the preseason. However, all but one of the contests were close games, the one exception being their last meeting, a 5-1 win in Camrose. The two teams match up well Trevor Keeper on paper. They both skate well, they both play a physical brand of hockey and their power plays were separated by just 0.2 of a per cent. Augustana did however have a noticeably better penalty kill at 85.6 per cent to RDC’s 80.6 per cent. It just means staying out of the sin bin is going to be as important as ever. The other big key will be the play in net. The Kings will be leaning on fourth year veteran Kraymer Barnstable who separated himself over the second semester as the top RDC goalie while the Vikings will likely be turning to Joel Danyluk who had a 1.95 goals against average and a league best .940 save percentage.
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James, Cavs hold Raptors’ comeback BY THE CANADIAN PRESS
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Cleveland Cavaliers’ LeBron James drives to the basket as Toronto Raptors’ Jonas Valanciunas defends during second half NBA action in Toronto on Wednesday. losing skid, trailed by as many as 19 points in the third quarter, but dug in their heels late in the frame to pull to within 84-74 heading into the fourth quarter. Valanciunas fouled James with 19
Canadian teams clinch playoff spots at junior curling championships BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TALLINN, Estonia — Both the Canadian women’s and men’s teams secured playoff spots during Wednesday’s round-robin play at the world junior curling championships. Edmonton’s Kelsey Rocque posted wins against Scotland and host Estonia as the Canadian women improved their record to 7-0. Rocque broke the game against Scotland open in the fifth end with three points en route to a 9-2 win. “It looks like we’re on autopilot, but we just played really strong as a team,” said Rocque, the defending world champion. “That game was a little sketchy at times, but we’re just getting the breaks when we need them.” Against Estonia, Canada jumped out to an early 4-0 lead and cruised to an 8-2 win. “You come in as Canada and you already have a target on your back,” Rocque said. “Defending champions, that’s another target. Not to say we were nervous, but it’s a relief (to have qualified).” Canada continues round-robin play Thursday against second-place Switzerland. In men’s action, Winnipeg’s Braden Calvert posted a 10-4 win over Scotland to secure a playoff berth. Calvert broke open a close game with a steal of two in the sixth end. The Canadians improved to 6-1, just a game behind undefeated Switzerland in the men’s standings. They play Switzerland in Thursday’s morning draw. “We’re starting to play a bit better now, so we’re in a good spot,” said Calvert. “We’re still trying to master the ice. It’s just a little straighter than we’re used to. We’re trying to throw the rock a little bit better each day.”
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RDC: Playoffs Most important, however, is getting the win in Game 1 on Friday in Camrose. “Especially in a best-of-three, if you can upset and steal one on the road then you can come back and it could be over the next night in Game 2,” said Keeper. “If it goes to Game 3 it could be an advantage for them going back to their arena, so we want to get it done in two.” Game 2 is at the Penhold Regional Multiplex on Saturday at 7 p.m. and if Game 3 is needed it will be in Camrose on Sunday. ● The RDC Queens will be facing off with the twotime defending ACAC champion NAIT Ooks in the best-of-five league final. By that point alone, coupled with the fact the Ooks (18-3-3) were the top team in the regular season this year, should have NAIT as the heavy favourite. But it is not so cut and dried. The Ooks only lost six times all year, but four of those were to the Queens (13-7-4) who won the season series 4-2-2. “The girls just get up to play NAIT, they know they’re a top level team,” said head coach Bob Rutz. “When we play them we have to make sure we get in their face and use our speed and grot and make sure we take time and space away from their top players.” RDC advanced to the final by sweeping the SAIT Trojans in the semifinal on the weekend, but this series will be a completely different animal. Momentum will still be king but there is a little extra motivation RDC as the Ooks have ended the Queens’ season in each of the last two seasons, including in the final two years ago and the semifinal last season. “For these girls that have been around four or five years — a lot longer than I have — I think it would be a great way to cap off their careers and if you could beat NAIT it would be that much sweeter,” said Rutz, referring to players like Megan Jones, Rachel Hoppins, Jayna Kitchen, Casey Nicholson, Jena Holden, and Nikki Connor. Expect Summer Roberts to get the start in net for the Queens in Game 1 on Thursday in Edmonton. Game 2 is at the Red Deer Arena on Saturday at 2:45 p.m. The rest of the series will go next weekend with Game 3 on Friday in Edmonton. jaldrich@reddeeradvocate.com
seconds left, with the star driving to the rim for a sure dunk. “I wasn’t trying to hurt him, I was just trying to stop him from dunking the ball. Protecting the rim. Nothing personal,” Valanciunas said. “I was
Big weekend for pair of Big Valley cowboys They’ll be celebrating in the cowboy community of Not being at the Calgary Stampede or at the CFR last Big Valley, after two of their residents were among year—that wasn’t a lot of fun.” the Canadian contingent to have a big weekend on “Devon made a fantastic ride—one of the best I’ve the rodeo trail. seen in a long time,” Besplug, the event producer Zeke Thurston is on his rookie campaign in the and two-time Canadian title-holder, added. “And a pro ranks, but he’s been matching moves with the 90 score is always something really special.” veterans and taking their cash. In his first appearAnother central Alberta cowboy who cashed in ance at the San Antonio Stock Show and Rodeo, the big on the weekend was Ponoka’s Jake Vold. He was 20-year-old won a round with an 83 point ride on a the only Canadian to collect from RFD-TV’s AmeriCalgary Stampede horse called Whitney. Then he can Finals on the weekend. That’s the event that placed in both of the semi-finals, to miss making it paid out a million dollars last year to college kid all the way to the finals by a mere $143. Richmond Champion, who came through But he still came out of the Texas town the qualifying ranks to win the title against with $4419 in his pocket. Then he rolled the pros. over to Tucson, Arizona where he made This year, again in the bareback riding, it out of the first round action, along Taylor Price was an American qualifier with fellow Canadians Dustin Flundra who won the title, but this time, that was and Tyrel Larsen, of Manitoba. split between two winners, since tie-down Then the second generation rodeo roper Reese Reimer got his championship rider found out he’d be nodding his head the same way. So both walked out of the for a horse called Killer Bee in the FiAT&T Stadium in Arlington with $600,000. nals. Because Vold qualified by being among “The last two or three years, she’s the top ten in the world last year, he wasn’t been voted rankest horse of the NFR,” eligible for that money, but he was riding declared Thurston. “She bucks. They for $100,000. His 87.5 mark in the Final DIANNE don’t ride her often.” round was just a point and a half behind FINSTAD “The old time bronc riders, like my Price. They only paid two places, so Vold Dad, were talking about her the other did get a cheque, and it was a good one, to day, and how hard she bucked. That’s the tune of $25,000. the kind they like.” “I’ll take it,” cackled Vold, even though “So I was a little excited, but pretty nervous to the big boost won’t show in the world standings. “It have her.” looks good in the bank account, and my winter’s Thurston admits he’d been hoping for something been slow. I didn’t go to the same amount of rodeos. a little more rider-friendly, since he knew two solid This keeps a guy going.” scores would be enough to net him some more cash. It was Vold’s first trip to the American Finals, and But there was no turning back, and Flundra helped he was impressed with the whole production. him get his saddle set, after they moved the horse “It was amazing,” related Vold. “It’s a huge staforward a few chutes to give her plenty of space in dium, and there were two arenas. There were six the arena when she came out. cameras on you at all times, and cameras in the air. Then the gate cracked open for what would be- It makes you really feel like a pro.” come a memorable eight seconds. An extra treat for Jake was to have his father “She ended up turning back right there, and cir- Lawrence join him in Texas, and they got to watch cled left tight. She bucked the whole time. I was the Iron Man PBR the night before in a suite, and surprised… I stayed on somehow. I was happy, and then his dad helped him get on in the chutes the next pretty excited.” night. Thurston was even more pumped when he heard While many Canadian contestants are already the judges had given their dance 90 points, setting showing up strong in the a new arena record, and giving the young cowboy world rodeo standings a personal best as well, not to mention a payout of from their winter run in $5790. He now has more than double the winnings of the U.S., one other to note his next closest rival in the saddle bronc rookie title from this region is Ponorace, and he’s knocking on the door of the top ten in ka’s Levi Simpson. He’s the world standings with his total earnings of nearly roping with fellow Cana$12,000. dian Jeremy Buhler this “It’s pretty exciting to ride the one nobody does in year, and the duo picked your rookie year.” up over $10,000 from San “It dang sure gets them looking at you, and lets Antonio, TX and Scottsthem know you’re there,” he grinned. dale, AZ. Thurston’s Big Valley neighbor Devon Mezei also Now the attention had a weekend to remember. He went just down the swings to Rodeo Houston, highway to take part in his buddy Chad Besplug’s In- where the Cassidy brothvitational Bull Riding in Claresholm, the first event ers of Donalda are both of the 2015 Canadian pro rodeo season. Taking his competing in the first pool first 83 point ride to the short go, Mezei then joined of contestants. Curtis won forces with 2014 Bull of the Canadian Finals Rodeo the opening night steer from Vold Rodeo, called Proper Ripped. Like Thur- wrestling action, and was ston, Mezei turned in a spectacular ride and was also second Wednesday, to awarded a juicy 90 score. His 173 total gave him the already have $3700 won. championship and a $3634 payday. Cody Cassidy was second “I couldn’t have had a better start to the season,” in the opening round, for the veteran bull rider declared. $1200. Like the Calgary “I was actually thinking about hanging it up after Stampede, Houston pays last year,” Mezei admitted, “but I kind of re-discov- out big cash, but it doesn’t ered my love for bull riding over the winter, and count towards the world decided to go all out this year and see what happens. standings.
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OLDS GRIZZLYS Dragons 5 Grizzlys 2 DRUMHELLER — Mitchell Cook scored twice as the Drumheller Dragons downed the Olds Grizzlys 5-2 Wednesday in the opening game of a best-of-five AJHL South Division quarter-final series. The Dragons, who got out of the first period tied 1-1 and then led 4-2 after 40 minutes, got additional goals from Ry-
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Cavaliers 120 Raptors 112 TORONTO — Late in the third quarter Wednesday night, Jonas Valanciunas wrapped his arms around a basket-bound LeBron James, hauling the Cleveland Cavaliers superstar down to the floor. The Air Canada Centre crowd loved it, and coach Dwane Casey, almost as much. The Toronto Raptors would go on to lose 120-112 to the Cavs after erasing a 19-point deficit, but Casey said the fight his team showed Wednesday night was something to build on. “I was proud in the way our team fought and scrapped,” Casey said. Valanciunas scored 26 points and grabbed 11 rebounds, and while his hard foul on James earned him a Flagrant 1 foul, it served to ramp up the crowd and inject some energy into his team. “I definitely don’t want him to hurt anybody, I’m not advocating that,” Casey said. “But you’ve got to foul guys hard, especially James going to the rim. As strong as he is, if you pitty-pat him, he’s going to dunk and get an and-1. It was a hard foul. It was a good foul, a smart foul. “Probably should have fouled a few more times when he drove in there.” James had 29 points and 14 assists to lead the Cavs (39-24), while Kyrie Irving added 26. Lou Williams had 21 of his 26 points in the fourth quarter — a Raptors record for points in the quarter — while DeMar DeRozan added 25 points for the Raptors (38-23), who rested all-star guard Kyle Lowry for the third straight night. Terrence Ross finished with 12 points, while James Johnson added 11. The Raptors, who were coming off a 114-103 win at Philadelphia on Monday that snapped a season-game five-game
just doing my job. . . An easy foul is not going to work with him.” James didn’t view the foul in quite the same way. “There’s a lot of plays that just aren’t basketball plays,” he said. Williams took over in the fourth, scoring 11 of the team’s first 13 points, and drilling a three to put the Raptors up 93-91 just under four minutes into the frame. Ross hit a spectacular buzzer-beating three-pointer with 6:14 to play that had the Raptors up by one, but the Cavaliers, fresh off their 110-79 victory over Boston the previous night in Cleveland, took control down the stretch. When James scored on a driving layup with 56 seconds left, it capped a 7-0 Cavs run and put the visitors up by nine points, guaranteeing their eighth victory in 10 games, and sending Raptors fans home unhappy. Williams agreed that the Raptors can draw on the fight they showed Wednesday. “We can use it just carrying on. Understanding that the schedule we have ahead of us is going to be a tough one,” he said. “At this point, 60 games in, it’s going to take a lot of fight when fatigue starts to jump on you. The game are coming really fast. You gotta have guys willing to step on the court and fight to the end.” DeRozan led the way with 12 points in a first quarter that saw Toronto shoot 48 per cent. They trailed the Cavaliers 28-25 heading into the second. A driving layup by Irving late in the second capped a 12-2 Cavaliers run that gave that visitors a 48-36 lead. Another Irving driving layup with 10 seconds on the clock sent the Cavs into the dressing room at halftime leading 57-43. The Raptors depart for a three-game road trip that will take them through Charlotte, Oklahoma City and San Antonio. They’re back home to host the Miami Heat on March 13.
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Stroman able to be himself this spring TORONTO BLUE JAYS BY THE CANADIAN PRESS BRADENTON, Fla. — With six pitches in his repertoire including a newly minted sinker, Marcus Stroman has plenty of reasons to smile. And with a year in the major leagues under his belt, the 23-year-old righthander is finally able to be himself in the Blue Jays clubhouse. “Last year being a young guy coming into your first spring training, you can’t really be yourself,” he said. “And I’m pretty flashy, I talk a lot. This year I’m able to do that.” Stroman threw all six pitches — four-seam fastball, two-seam fastball (sinker), slider, curve ball, cutter and change-up — in his 1 2/3 innings Wednesday afternoon in a 4-1 Toronto win over the Pittsburgh Pirates on a toasty 28-degree day at McKechnie Field. He faced seven hitters, giving up one unearned run on two hits. He also had one strikeout. Stroman’s afternoon was complicated by a Munenori Kawasaki throwing error in the second inning, a high throw from third base that Kareem Abdul-Jabbar would have had problems pulling down at first. Kawasaki then made amends with two good plays to help end the inning with just one run scored. As a rookie last season, Stroman went 11-6 with a 3.65 earned-run average and 111 strikeouts in 130 2/3 innings. “I expect him to have a big year,” manager John Gibbons said before the game. “He’s that good. And he’s that confident. “But it’s not easy, it’s not an easy level. He’s going to get knocked on his
butt a few times in his career. But he’s one of those guys, you know, you feel good when he’s out there. Good or bad, because he’s prepared, he’s a great competitor.” Flashy does not really do Stroman justice. A muscular five foot eight and 180 pounds, Stroman comes with a ready smile and no shortage of swagger. His current hairstyle is a complex creation of different colours, lengths and shaved designs. His inked body tells its own stories and he rarely moves at anything but a jog, usually talking at the same time. On Wednesday, he delivered his first warmup pitch running from behind the mound, a la Happy Gilmore. Stroman, who played collegiate baseball at Duke, says last spring training he was so worried about making the team that it affected his performance. “I feel a lot different, I feel much more relaxed,” he said of his state of mind this spring. “I’m focused, I know what I have to do rather than doing everything in my power to go out there and trying to make the team, doing more than I had to. “I’m relaxed, I’m motivated, I’m ready to go.” Veteran pitcher Mark Buehrle has taken Stroman and some other Jays youngsters under his wing. Stroman says while the two are complete opposites, “he’s the man and I’m more than lucky to have him on my team.” “If I could have half the career he’s had, I’d be more than happy with that,” he added. The Pirates won 8-7 Tuesday when the teams met in Dunedin in the spring training opener for both. After fielding
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Toronto Blue Jays starting pitcher Marcus Stroman laughs during baseball spring training in Dunedin, Fla., on Wednesday. Stroman is enjoying his second spring training with the Blue Jays and is able to relax a little bit more than last season. a strong lineup at home, Gibbons gave the other guys a chance on the road with starts for Ezequiel Carrera, Kawasaki, Dioner Navarro, Daric Barton, Chris Colabello, Ramon Santiago and Ryan Goins as well as outfield hopefuls Dalton Pompey and Kevin Pillar. Pompey and Pillar both doubled.
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Pillar also made a fine diving catch. Caleb Gindl recorded a triple in the seventh when two Pirates collided in the outfield. Navarro, Pillar, Santiago and Matt Hague drove in the Toronto runs. The Jays outhit the Pirates 6-4 in a game that lasted two hours 47 minutes.
Canadian short-track team ready for world championships after trying season
To start the day, Phil Kessel exploded. He is the soaking up the most attention. (The Yankees and best player on the Toronto Maple Leafs, which this the Lakers both have far more local competition year has become like being the first man on the within their own sports, and locally in general.) barge that’s on fire. Tough year. This is the city that elected Rob Ford. We have BY THE CANADIAN PRESS “You know what? I’m just tired of it. I’ve finally some crazy here. had it,” Kessel told reporters in Sunrise, Fla. “I And as the team has frayed and burned, Toronthink this city is a great hockey city and I love to has become a bit of a madness pit this season, in MONTREAL — It’s been a so-so year for Canada’s playing (in Toronto). But some of the every way but one. Media has developed things that happen and Dion (Phaa fever, and in some predictable cases short-track speedskating team by their lofty standards, neuf) getting abused like he does, has gone overboard. Fans, too. Players but they hope to rectify that at next week’s world champiand things that are said about him. have chafed under the pressure. This sort onships in Moscow. For coach Frederic Blackburn, this season has been He’s our best defenceman. of thing can happen in any major media about fixing shortcomings spotted when Canada was held “I think a lot of media here should market, and does. It’s part of the game. be embarrassed with what they’ve The only people who haven’t lost their to four medals at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russaid to him, just in general . . . I think minds, ironically, are Leafs management. sia, including only one gold to Charles Hamelin in the you guys unfairly criticize Dion. He’s Brendan Shanahan talks about the chal- men’s 1,500 metres. Blackburn, who coaches the women’s team, has tested our best defenceman and you guys lenge of riding the emotion of this market. act like he’s not trying out there and You get the feeling he’s learning how high star skater Marianne St-Gelais’ mettle by pushing her to be more aggressive and try more passes on the ice. this and that. It’s embarrassing.” the waves can go. He has youngster Kim Boutin of Sherbrooke, Que., try He went on, citing media saying As for Kessel’s frustration, his honesty Phaneuf wasn’t trying, saying they is welcome, if incomplete. The tweet was to stay in the pack longer instead of rushing to the front. The aim is to have more well-rounded skaters for the should be ashamed. He didn’t proBRUCE indefensible. Criticism has been harsh. vide specifics, or say what prompted But it wasn’t the media that made Di- next Winter Games in 2018. ARTHUR “We were missing something in the last Olympics and the outburst, but in an interview with on Phaneuf captain after a little over six TSN 1050 radio, Leafs assistant GM months in Toronto, and lauded his lead- we have to work on it right now,” Blackburn said WednesKyle Dubas said the team had hit a ership abilities to the skies. It’s not the day. “If we win something (now), it’s a bonus.” It seems to be working. At the last World Cup event in “boiling point” over an inapproprimedia that named him the most overrated ate tweet that aired during TSN’s trade deadline player in the NHL in two different player polls in Turkey two weeks ago, the Canadian women ranked first coverage Monday, which Dubas called “rumour 2012 and 2013. after taking six medals. A highlight was Boutin’s first mongering allowed to go across a screen on a naIt’s not the media that howls on sports radio World Cup medal, a bronze just behind St-Gelais’ silver tional network.” about his performance on call-in shows. Or at in the 1,500 metres. She also took bronze in one of the two Full disclosure: I was a small part of that trade least, not only the media. 1,000-metre races. deadline coverage, and don’t know how the offenThe media has criticized Phaneuf, and someThe women’s team was held to one medal in Sochi, a sive tweet got on the air other than to know it can- times has laid too much at his feet. And the team, silver in the relay. not have been intentional. It had no place on any from the start, has done the exact same thing. Blackburn said St-Gelais had to get tougher on the television station. TSN is owned by Bell, which He’s not a No. 1 defenceman. He is asked to do too track. is one of the two majority owners of the Toronto much. He gets too much of the blame. None of that “With Marianne this year the focus was on taking risks Maple Leafs. excuses the tweet in question, of course. But of during competitions, not to just be second,” he said. “If Late in the afternoon, the law firm of Gall Legge everything Kessel said, one thing especially stood Marianne is in a final of the 500 and she’s second but then Grant & Munroe announced that Phaneuf, his wife out. tries something to pass and win the gold, even if she falls Elisha Cuthbert, and Joffrey Lupul were demand“Is it his fault we’re losing? No. Did he build or gets disqualified, that for me would be a win.” ing a formal apology and “significant damages” this team? No. The crap he takes, the things peoSt-Gelais, of St-Felicien, Que., said that approach is from TSN and the author of the original tweet, and ple say, I’m just tired of it here. He’s owed some already paying dividends. threatened legal action. apologies.” “I’m not an aggressive person on or off the ice, but When the firm was founded last year, it anNo, Dion Phaneuf didn’t build the team that has (Blackburn) said ’you don’t have to be someone else, just nounced that Brian Burke, the president of the plummeted, cracked and burned. He did not lock be you but with more aggressiveness,”’ she said. “I don’t Calgary Flames and the former general manager up a core of players in their prime to long-term feel uncomfortable with that.” of the Leafs, would be a part of the firm. In 2013 contracts, and to little effect. He didn’t surround The rest of the women’s world championship team has Burke sued several online commenters who had that core with players who couldn’t adequately veteran Valerie Maltais of Chicoutimi, Que., Geneve Bewritten items about him, and won a default judg- support them. He didn’t fail to give Kessel a high- langer of Montreal and Kasandra Bradette of St-Felicien. ment against five of them for defamation. end centre, or Phaneuf a better partner. He didn’t St-Gelais, Boutin and Bradette will enter the individual Still, what a moment: Two Toronto Maple Leafs hire a CEO who starting planning a parade, and events, while the relay team has yet to be decided. threatening to sue a company owned by one of the took too long to recognize the damage being done. The men’s team has Hamelin, of Ste-Julie, Que., with two majority owners of the Toronto Maple Leafs. He didn’t sign David Clarkson. Patrick Duffy of Oakville, Ont., Guillaume Bastille of Say what you want about Harold Ballard — really, But he’s the captain of the ship, and this is how Riviere-du-Loup, Que., rising junior prospect Samuel almost anything at all — but this was a new chap- everything burns. 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● Senior high basketball: 4A zone semifinals — Notre Dame girls at Hunting Hills, 6 p.m.; Hunting Hills boys at Lindsay Thurber, 6 p.m. ● AJHL: Olds at Drumheller, second game of best-of-five South Division quarter-final, 7 p.m. ● College women’s hockey: RDC at NAIT, first game of best-of-five ACAC final, 7 p.m. ● College men’s basketball: ACAC championship at Fort McMurray; RDC vs. Keyano, 8 p.m.
Friday
● WHL: Red Deer at Kootenay, 7 p.m. (The Drive). ● AJHL: Drumheller at Olds, third game of best-of-five South Division quarterfinal, 7 p.m. ● College men’s basketball: RDC Kings at ACAC championship at Fort McMurray. Major bantam girls hockey playoffs: Southeast at Red Deer, 7 p.m., Kinsmen A. ● College men’s hockey: RDC at Camrose Augustana, first game of best-of-three ACAC quarter-final, 7 p.m. ● Heritage junior B hockey: Blackfalds at Mountainview, second game of best-ofseven Northern Division final, 7:30 p.m., Didsbury. ● Senior AAA hockey: Fort Saskatchewan at Bentley, fifth game of best-of-seven Chinook League/provincial semifinal, 8:30 p.m., Eckville.
Saturday
● Major bantam girls hockey playoffs: Southeast at Red Deer, 2:15 p.m.,
Kinsmen A. ● College women’s hockey: NAIT at RDC, second game of best-of-five ACAC final, 2:45 p.m., Arena. ● College men’s basketball: RDC Kings at ACAC championship at Fort McMurray. ● Junior women’s hockey playoffs: Lethbridge at Central Alberta Amazons, 3:45 p.m., Penhold Regional Multiplex. ● Major midget girls hockey playoffs: Rocky Mountain at Red Deer, first game of best-of-five series, 5 p.m., Arena. ● WHL: Regina at Red Deer, 7 p.m., Centrium. ● College men’s hockey: Camrose Augustana at RDC, second game of best-of-three ACAC quarter-final, 7 p.m., Penhold Regional Multiplex. ● Senior AAA hockey: Bentley at Fort Saskatchewan, sixth game of bestof-seven Chinook League/provincial semifinal, if necessary, 8 p.m.; Innisfail at Okotoks, fifth game of best-of-seven Chinook League/provincial semifinal, 8 p.m.
Sunday ● Major midget girls hockey playoffs: Rocky Mountain at Red Deer, second game of best-of-five series, 12:15 p.m., Arena. ● Heritage junior B hockey: Mountainview at Blackfalds, third game of best-of-seven Northern Division final, 3:30 p.m. ● Senior AAA hockey: Okotoks at Innisfail, sixth game of best-of-seven Chinook League/provincial semifinal, if necessary, 5 p.m. ● AJHL: Drumheller at Olds, fourth game of best-of-five South Division quarterfinal, if necessary, 7 p.m.
National Basketball Association EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct GB Toronto 38 23 .623 — Brooklyn 25 34 .424 12 Boston 24 35 .407 13 Philadelphia 13 48 .213 25 New York 12 48 .200 25 1/2 Southeast Division W L Pct GB x-Atlanta 48 12 .800 — Washington 34 27 .557 14 1/2 Miami 27 33 .450 21 Charlotte 26 33 .441 21 1/2 Orlando 19 43 .306 30 Central Division W L Pct GB Chicago 38 23 .623 — Cleveland 39 24 .619 — Milwaukee 32 28 .533 5 1/2 Indiana 26 34 .433 11 1/2 Detroit 23 37 .383 14 1/2
Portland at L.A. Clippers, late
WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division W L Pct GB Memphis 43 17 .717 — Houston 41 20 .672 2 1/2 Dallas 40 22 .645 4 San Antonio 37 23 .617 6 New Orleans 33 28 .541 10 1/2 Northwest Division W L Pct GB Portland 39 19 .672 — Oklahoma City 34 27 .557 6 1/2 Utah 24 36 .400 16 Denver 22 39 .361 18 1/2 Minnesota 13 47 .217 27 Pacific Division W L Pct GB Golden State 46 12 .793 — L.A. Clippers 40 21 .656 7 1/2 Phoenix 32 30 .516 16 Sacramento 21 38 .356 25 1/2 L.A. Lakers 16 44 .267 31 x-clinched playoff spot
Harden, HOU Westbrook, OKC James, CLE Davis, NOR Curry, GOL Cousins, SAC Aldridge, POR Griffin, LAC Thompson, GOL Lillard, POR Irving, CLE Bosh, MIA Wade, MIA Gay, SAC Butler, CHI Vucevic, ORL Hayward, UTA Ellis, DAL Walker, CHA Rose, CHI
Friday’s Games Utah at Philadelphia, 5 p.m. Miami at Washington, 5 p.m. Sacramento at Orlando, 5 p.m. Chicago at Indiana, 5 p.m. Toronto at Charlotte, 5 p.m. Cleveland at Atlanta, 5:30 p.m. Boston at New Orleans, 6 p.m. Detroit at Houston, 6 p.m. L.A. Lakers at Memphis, 6 p.m. Phoenix at Brooklyn, 6 p.m. Denver at San Antonio, 6:30 p.m. Dallas at Golden State, 8:30 p.m. NBA Leaders through March 3 Scoring G 59 45 51 48 57 44 51 51 57 58 57 44 42 54 55 55 59 62 42 46
FG 475 406 479 443 472 363 464 448 449 425 440 343 336 388 361 474 388 473 278 316
FT 492 338 295 261 232 312 235 245 172 260 231 179 177 258 329 137 279 182 167 142
PTS 1597 1194 1338 1148 1363 1040 1188 1149 1245 1253 1231 928 866 1091 1110 1087 1150 1200 789 846
AVG 27.1 26.5 26.2 23.9 23.9 23.6 23.3 22.5 21.8 21.6 21.6 21.1 20.6 20.2 20.2 19.8 19.5 19.4 18.8 18.4
OFF DEF TOT 285 595 880 294 469 763 128 408 536 166 523 689 226 431 657 176 396 572 178 446 624 136 402 538 196 403 599 129 363 492
AVG 14.4 12.9 12.2 12.1 11.7 11.7 11.3 10.5 10.5 10.3
Rebounds G 61 59 44 57 56 49 55 51 57 48
WHL EASTERN CONFERENCE EAST DIVISION GP W L OTLSOL GF y-Brandon 64 47 10 4 3 298 x-Regina 63 34 20 5 4 234 Swift Current 64 30 29 1 4 195 Moose Jaw 64 27 32 4 1 186 Prince Albert 63 25 35 2 1 181 Saskatoon 64 19 41 2 2 183
GA Pt 198 101 202 77 214 65 234 59 226 53 269 42
CENTRAL DIVISION GP W L OTLSOL GF x-Calgary 65 40 20 1 4 269 x-Medicine Hat65 40 22 1 2 242 x-Red Deer 64 33 21 4 6 212 Kootenay 64 33 28 1 2 220 Edmonton 65 30 28 4 3 189 Lethbridge 63 19 36 5 3 183
GA 189 194 205 233 179 265
WESTERN CONFERENCE B.C. DIVISION GP W L OTLSOL GF y-Kelowna 64 48 11 4 1 278 x-Victoria 64 34 26 3 1 218 Prince George 64 27 33 2 2 192 Vancouver 64 26 35 1 2 174 Kamloops 64 24 33 4 3 188
GA Pt 159 101 198 72 261 58 224 55 237 55
Pt 85 83 76 69 67 46
U.S. DIVISION GP W L OTLSOL GF GA x-Everett 64 38 19 3 4 220 177 x-Portland 62 37 20 2 3 235 199 x-Seattle 64 32 23 4 5 187 178 Spokane 62 31 27 3 1 184 183 Tri-City 64 28 33 0 3 167 211 z-league title; y-conference title;d-division leader; x-clinched playoff berth.
Pt 83 79 73 66 59
Tuesday’s results Prince Albert 3 Edmonton 2 (SO) Medicine Hat 4 Red Deer 0 Calgary 5 Kamloops 4 (OT) Seattle 4 Victoria 1 Everett 3 Kelowna 2 (OT) Spokane 7 Vancouver 0 Wednesday’s results Brandon 7 Lethbridge 3 Moose Jaw 3 Medicine Hat 0 Red Deer 6 Swift Current 2 Edmonton 5 Saskatoon 2 Prince George 3 Calgary 2 Tri-City 3 Vancouver 0 Friday’s games Swift Current at Moose Jaw, 6 p.m. Brandon at Prince Albert, 6 p.m. Lethbridge at Saskatoon, 6:05 p.m. Regina at Edmonton, 7 p.m. Red Deer at Kootenay, 7 p.m. Spokane at Kamloops, 8 p.m. Victoria at Prince George, 8 p.m. Seattle at Portland, 8 p.m. Everett at Tri-City, 8:05 p.m. Kelowna at Vancouver, 8:30 p.m.
Rebels 6, Broncos 2 First Period 1. Red Deer, Feser 13 (Sheen, Gay) 9:06 (pp). 2. Swift Current, Gordon 22 (Cave, Debrusk) 10:37 (pp). 3. Red Deer, Sheen 19 (Maxwell, Musil) 17:17. Penalties — Maxwell RD (high-sticking) 1:06, Maxwell RD (high-sticking) 3:06, Musil RD (roughing) 7:29, Heatherington SC (roughing) 7:29, Leth SC (tripping) 7:29, Strand RD (hooking) 10:10, Maxwell RD (tripping) 14:55. Second Period 4. Red Deer, Johnson 24 (Feser, Fleury) 3:15 (short-handed-SH). 5. Red Deer, Kopeck 18 (Maxwell, Johnson) 7:10 (pp). 6. Red Deer, Kopeck 19 (Maxwell, Johnson) 11:23 (pp). 7. Swift Current, Gordon 23 (Lajoie, Lernout) 13:39 (pp). 8. Red Deer, Maxwell 20 (Cote, Sheen) 15:12 (pp). Penalties — Kopeck RD (tripping) 2:16, Lernout SC (high-sticking) 9:29, Maxwell RD (inter. on goaltender) 12:49, Doetzel RD (roughing) 14:26, Rigby SC (roughing) 14:26, Debrusk SC (slashing) 16:12. Third Period No Scoring. Penalties — Maxwell RD (roughing) 12:10, Nogier RD (fighting) 12:10, Lernout SC (roughing) 12:10, Lesann SC (fighting) 12:10, Mackay SC (checking from behind) 12:10. Shots on goal Red Deer 7 17 6 — 30 Swift Current 19 9 8 — 36 Goal — Red Deer: Burman (W, 7-5-1); Swift Current: Bow (L, 27-23-1). Power plays (goal-chances) — Red Deer: 4-4; Swift Current: 2-6. WHL Scoring Leaders Trevor Cox, MH Tim McGauley, Bra Oliver Bjorkstrand, Por Cole Sanford, MH Cole Ully, Kam Nick Merkley, Kel Rourke Chartier, Kel Adam Tambellini, CAL
G 25 38 48 47 30 17 46 44
A 74 54 43 41 51 64 32 33
Jansen Harkins, PG Jack Rodewald, MJ Nikita Scherbak, Eve Adam Helewka, Spo Connor Rankin, CAL Luke Philp, Koo Jaedon Descheneau, Koo Brayden Point, MJ Austin Carroll, Vic Tyson Baillie, Kel Chase De Leo, Por Nicolas Petan, Por Jake Debrusk, SC Rihards Bukarts, Bra Matt Needham, Kam Peter Quenneville, Bra Carson Stadnyk, Eve Colby Cave, SC Chase Witala, PG Tim Bozon, Koo Ivan Nikolishin, Eve Joe Hicketts, Vic
20 30 27 38 30 28 29 30 35 36 31 11 36 29 22 23 25 28 32 31 15 11
57 46 49 37 44 46 44 42 36 34 39 59 31 37 44 42 39 35 29 27 43 47
National Hockey League EASTERN CONFERENCE GP W L OT Pts Montreal 64 41 18 5 87 N.Y. Rangers 63 39 17 7 85 N.Y. Islanders 65 41 21 3 85 Tampa Bay 65 39 20 6 84 Detroit 62 36 15 11 83 Pittsburgh 63 36 18 9 81 Washington 65 35 20 10 80 Boston 62 31 22 9 71 Florida 64 28 23 13 69 Ottawa 62 28 23 11 67 Philadelphia 64 27 25 12 66 New Jersey 64 27 27 10 64 Toronto 64 26 33 5 57 Columbus 63 26 33 4 56 Carolina 62 24 31 7 55 Buffalo 64 19 40 5 43
77 76 76 75 74 74 73 72 71 70 70 70 67 66 66 65 64 63 61 58 58 58
GF 172 197 207 213 182 182 193 165 156 176 170 144 173 163 144 123
GA 142 155 182 171 160 158 162 161 181 167 186 165 195 201 167 215
WESTERN CONFERENCE GP W L OT Pts GF GA Anaheim 65 42 17 7 91 196 179 Nashville 65 41 17 7 89 193 158 St. Louis 63 40 18 5 85 197 159 Vancouver 63 36 24 3 75 182 173 Chicago 64 38 21 5 81 188 152 Calgary 63 34 25 4 72 178 162 Winnipeg 65 32 21 12 76 180 175 Minnesota 63 34 22 7 75 179 163 Los Angeles 63 30 21 12 72 171 164 San Jose 65 32 25 8 72 185 183 Colorado 64 28 25 11 67 170 183 Dallas 64 28 26 10 66 199 212 Arizona 64 20 37 7 47 139 218 Edmonton 64 18 36 10 46 145 213 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss.
Wednesday’s summary
Thursday’s Games Oklahoma City at Chicago, 6 p.m. Dallas at Portland, 8:30 p.m.
Jordan, LAC Drummond, DET Cousins, SAC Gasol, CHI Chandler, DAL Randolph, MEM Vucevic, ORL Aldridge, POR Monroe, DET Davis, NOR
Wednesday’s Games Phoenix 105, Orlando 100 Indiana 105, New York 82 Cleveland 120, Toronto 112 Boston 85, Utah 84 Charlotte 115, Brooklyn 91 New Orleans 88, Detroit 85 Oklahoma City 123, Philadelphia 118, OT Memphis 102, Houston 100 Denver 100, Minnesota 85 Miami 100, L.A. Lakers 94 San Antonio 112, Sacramento 85 Milwaukee at Golden State, late
THURSDAY, MARCH 5, 2015
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Tuesday’s Games Charlotte 104, L.A. Lakers 103 Cleveland 110, Boston 79 Sacramento 124, New York 86 Atlanta 104, Houston 96 Chicago 97, Washington 92 Utah 93, Memphis 82 Denver 106, Milwaukee 95
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Pts 99 92 91 88 81 81 78 77
Tuesday’s Games Minnesota 3, Ottawa 2, SO New Jersey 3, Nashville 1 Calgary 3, Philadelphia 2, OT Washington 5, Columbus 3 Tampa Bay 3, Buffalo 0 Toronto 3, Florida 2 Dallas 3, N.Y. Islanders 2, OT Anaheim 4, Arizona 1 Los Angeles 5, Edmonton 2 San Jose 6, Vancouver 2 Wednesday’s Games Ottawa 3, Winnipeg 1 Detroit 2, N.Y. Rangers 1, OT Colorado 3, Pittsburgh 1 Montreal 1, Anaheim 3 Thursday’s Games Calgary at Boston, 5 p.m. St. Louis at Philadelphia, 5 p.m. Minnesota at Washington, 5 p.m. Toronto at Tampa Bay, 5:30 p.m. Dallas at Florida, 5:30 p.m. N.Y. Islanders at Nashville, 6 p.m. Vancouver at Arizona, 7 p.m. Montreal at Los Angeles, 8:30 p.m. Friday’s Games Columbus at New Jersey, 5 p.m. Minnesota at Carolina, 5 p.m. Buffalo at Ottawa, 5:30 p.m. Calgary at Detroit, 5:30 p.m. Edmonton at Chicago, 6:30 p.m. Pittsburgh at Anaheim, 8 p.m. Wednesday’s summaries Avalanche 3, Penguins 1 First Period No Scoring. Penalties — Comeau Pgh (interference) 13:51, Comeau Pgh (tripping) 19:23. Second Period 1. Colorado, Iginla 20 (Landeskog, Barrie) :13 (pp). 2. Colorado, MacKinnon 14 (Hejda, Landeskog) 14:29. Penalties — Hejda Col (holding) 6:07. Third Period 3. Pittsburgh, Malkin 27 (unassisted) 9:45. 4. Colorado, Landeskog 17 (O’Reilly) 14:57. Penalties — Pouliot Pgh (interference) 4:20. Shots on goal Pittsburgh 5 11 13 — 29 Colorado 9 9 4 — 22 Goal — Pittsburgh: Fleury (L, 29-14-6); Colorado:
Varlamov (W, 20-17-7). Power plays (goal-chances) — Pittsburgh: 0-1; Colorado: 1-3. Red Wings 2, Rangers 1 (OT) First Period 1. Detroit, Abdelkader 14 (Zetterberg, Ericsson) 6:12. 2. NY Rangers, Girardi 3 (Nash, Brassard) 17:02 (pp). Penalties — Weiss Det (interference) 11:03, Zidlicky Det (holding) 15:15. Second Period No Scoring. Penalties — None. Third Period No Scoring. Penalties — Yandle NYR (hooking) 5:57, DeKeyser Det (holding) 12:59, Abdelkader Det (hooking) 17:56, Brassard NYR (slashing) 17:56, Stepan NYR (holding) 19:13. Overtime 3. Detroit, Zidlicky 5 (Datsyuk, Zetterberg) 1:09 (pp). Penalties — None. Shots on goal NY Rangers 11 16 13 0 — 40 Detroit 9 7 12 3 — 31 Goal — NY Rangers: Talbot (LO, 13-6-4); Detroit: Howard (W, 19-8-9). Power plays (goal-chances) — NY Rangers: 1-3; Detroit: 1-2. Senators 3, Jets 1 First Period 1. Ottawa, Turris 16 (Ceci, Michalek) 4:59. Penalties — Ceci Ott (holding) 19:33. Second Period 2. Ottawa, Ryan 17 (Zibanejad, Karlsson) 9:07 (pp). 3. Ottawa, Condra 8 (Stone, Turris) 11:54. Penalties — Trouba Wpg (slashing) 8:06, Karlsson Ott (delay of game) 12:03, Stuart Wpg (roughing) 19:58. Third Period 4. Winnipeg, Frolik 14 (Stempniak, Myers) 5:46. Penalties — Karlsson Ott (slashing) 2:56. Shots on goal Ottawa 6 11 3 — 20 Winnipeg 15 8 13 — 36 Goal — Ottawa: Hammond (W, 6-0-1); Winnipeg: Hutchinson (L, 19-8-5). Power plays (goal-chances) — Ottawa: 1-2; Winnipeg: 0-3. Ducks 3, Canadiens 1 First Period 1. Anaheim, Beauchemin 8 (Palmieri, Thompson) 6:31. Penalties — Maroon Ana (fighting) 1:39, Prust Mtl (fighting) 1:39. Second Period 2. Anaheim, Rakell 6 (Sekac, Lindholm) 10:16. Penalties — Kesler Ana (slashing) 4:28, Beauchemin Ana (interference) 7:05, Mtl Bench (too many men) 17:36. Third Period 3. Anaheim, Fowler 6 (Kesler) 17:58 (en-sh). 4. Montreal, Galchenyuk 19 (Markov, Desharnais) 18:19 (pp). Penalties — Stoner Ana (delay of game) 17:52. Shots on goal Montreal 15 12 11 — 38 Anaheim 10 14 9 — 33 Goal — Montreal: Price (L, 36-13-3); Anaheim: Gibson (W, 9-5-0). Power plays (goal-chances) — Montreal: 1-3; Anaheim: 0-1. NHL Scoring Leaders Alex Ovechkin, Wash Nicklas Backstrom, Wash John Tavares, NYI Jakub Voracek, Pha Patrick Kane, Chi Evgeni Malkin, Pgh Sidney Crosby, Pgh Tyler Johnson, TB Vladimir Tarasenko, StL Ryan Getzlaf, Ana Joe Pavelski, SJ Jamie Benn, Dal Steven Stamkos, TB Tyler Seguin, Dal Claude Giroux, Pha Henrik Sedin, Vcr Rick Nash, NYR Nick Foligno, Clb Ryan Johansen, Clb Daniel Sedin, Vcr Max Pacioretty, Mtl Logan Couture, SJ Joe Thornton, SJ Nikita Kucherov, TB Jonathan Toews, Chi Andrew Ladd, Wpg Filip Forsberg, Nash Jason Spezza, Dal Mike Ribeiro, Nash Bryan Little, Wpg Phil Kessel, Tor Pavel Datsyuk, Det Alex Steen, StL Jiri Hudler, Cgy Jeff Carter, LA Henrik Zetterberg, Det Kristopher Letang, Pgh Brent Burns, SJ Patrick Marleau, SJ
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Source says Manning returning to Broncos, agrees to pay cut THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — Hold that gold watch. Peyton Manning is taking one more shot at the silver trophy. Weeks of speculation about the five-time MVP’s future ended Wednesday with word that he’s returning for an 18th season in the NFL and fourth in Denver. A person with knowledge of the situation said Manning will take a $4 million pay cut, from $19 million to $15 million, but that he can make it all back through performance incentives. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because there was no official announcement of the deal. Manning, who is still scheduled to make $19 million in 2016 in the final season of the five-year contract he signed in 2012, will take his physical and sign his revised contract Thursday. Manning mulled retirement after the Broncos’ playoff loss to the Indianapolis Colts. But he determined he still had the health and hunger to keep playing at age 39, when he tries to become the oldest QB to win a Super Bowl. “We’re just excited to have him back,” Pro Bowl running back C.J. Anderson said. “Of course, he just wants to go out there and win that ring. And we’re just trying to go out there and help him win it. ... If he said he’s mentally and physically ready to play, that doesn’t mean it’s at a subpar level. It means it’s at a high level.” Manning, who won a title with the Colts in 2006, met with general manager John Elway a few weeks ago after taking some time to decompress from an arduous season and told him he wasn’t ready to retire. The $4 million savings won’t drastically change Denver’s free agency plans. It gives Elway about $20 million to work with, but much of that will go to his own restricted free agents and a large draft class.
SLEDGE HOCKEY Red Deer’s Tanner Fandrey has been named to Canada’s sledge hockey national development team for a three-game series against the U.S. from march 11-13 in Calgary. The 19-year-old defenceman was one of 18 players selected to the team, nine of the players attended Canada’s National Sledge Team selection camp in Toronto in November. Prior to the series, the team will come together in Calgary for a training camp from March 4-10. Milan Dragicevic has been named head coach of the team while adding assistant coaches Jim Babcock and Jean Labonté.
2015 Tim Hortons Brier CALGARY — 2015 Tim Hortons Brier, the Canadian men’s curling championship, from Feb. 26-March 8 at the Scotiabank Saddledome: ROUND ROBIN Team (Skip) W L x-Northern Ont. (Jacobs) 9 0 N.L. (Gushue) 7 2 Canada (J.Morris) 6 3 Quebec (J.Menard) 6 3 Saskatchewan (Laycock) 5 3 Alberta (K.Koe) 4 4 Manitoba (Carruthers) 4 4 B.C. (Cotter) 3 5 P.E.I. (Casey) 2 6 Ontario (Kean) 2 6 New Brunswick (Mallais) 2 6 N.W.T. (J.Koe) 0 8 x- clinched playoff berth Wednesday’s results Draw 11 Canada 8 B.C. 7 Quebec 8 N.W.T. 5 N.L. 9 P.E.I. 6 Northern Ontario 7 New Brunswick 4 Draw 12 Northern Ontario 5 Saskatchewan 3 Canada 7 Ontario 4 Quebec 7 Manitoba 4
N.L. 8 Alberta 7 Draw 13 Alberta 7 N.W.T. 4 Saskatchewan 7 P.E.I. 6 (11) New Brunswick 9 Ontario 4 Manitoba 8 B.C. 3 Tuesday’s results Eighth Draw Manitoba 11 N.W.T. 3 Alberta 8 P.E.I. 4 Saskatchewan 7 New Brunswick 4 B.C. 8 Ontario 3 Ninth Draw Northern Ontario 11 P.E.I. 1 N.L. 10 New Brunswick 2 B.C. 6 Quebec 4 Canada 6 N.W.T. 3 Draw 10 N.L. 8 Ontario 6 Northern Ontario 7 Manitoba 2 Canada 6 Alberta 3 Quebec 7 Saskatchewan 5
berta vs. Saskatchewan; P.E.I. vs. N.W.T. Draw 16, 6:30 p.m. N.L. vs. Quebec; Alberta vs. Manitoba; Northern Ontario vs. Canada; Ontario vs. Saskatchewan. Friday’s games Draw 17, 8:30 a.m. B.C. vs. Saskatchewan; N.W.T. vs. Ontario; P.E.I. vs. Manitoba; Alberta vs. New Brunswick. End of round robin
Thursday’s games Draw 14, 8:30 a.m. P.E.I. vs. New Brunswick; Northern Ontario vs. N.L.; B.C. vs N.W.T.; Quebec vs. Canada. Draw 15, 1:30 p.m. Manitoba vs. Ontario; New Brunswick vs. B.C.; Al-
PLAYOFFS Friday, March 6 Tiebreakers (if required) One Draw, 1:30 p.m. Two Draws, 1:30 and 6:30 p.m. Three Draws, 1:30 and 6:30 p.m. and Saturday, March 7, 8 a.m. Page Playoffs One vs. Two, 6:30 p.m. Saturday, March 7 Page Playoffs Three vs. Four, 1 p.m. Semifinal One-Two loser vs. Three-Four winner, 6 p.m. Sunday, March 8 Bronze Medal Game Three-Four loser vs. Semifinal loser, 9:30 a.m. Championship One-Two winner vs. Semifinal winner, 5 p.m.
Barnes. Signed OF Chevy Clarke. Traded RHP Ty Kelleey to Fargo-Moorhead (AA) to complete an earlier trade. OTTAWA CHAMPIONS — Sold the contract of RHP Ethan Elias to the Arizona Diamondbacks. BASKETBALL National Basketball Association NBA — Fined the New York Knicks an undisclosed amount for comments made by team president Phil Jackson for publicly discussing a player not yet eligible for the NBA draft. MIAMI HEAT — Assigned G Zoran Dragic to Sioux Falls (NBADL). FOOTBALL National Football League DALLAS COWBOYS — Signed WR Cole Beasley to a four-year contract and LB Keith Rivers. HOUSTON TEXANS — Released C Chris Myers. NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS — Re-signed C Tyler Ott. NEW YORK JETS — Signed DE Ronald Talley. OAKLAND RAIDERS — Terminated the contract of S Tyvon Branch. PHILADELPHIA EAGLES — Released LB Trent Cole. WASHINGTON REDSKINS — Re-signed S Duke Ihenacho.
Arena Football League LA KISS — Signed DE Iosua Siliva, QB Brian Zbydniewski and DE Michale Spicer. HOCKEY National Hockey League NHL — Suspended New York Islanders F Matt Martin for one game, for kneeing Dallas D Trevor Daley during a game on Tuesday. FLORIDA PANTHERS — Recalled Gs Dan Ellis from San Antonio (AHL) and Sam Brittain from Cincinnati (ECHL). SAN JOSE SHARKS — Signed G Aaron Dell for the remainder of the season. TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING — Recalled C Vladislav Namestnikov from Syracuse (AHL). WASHINGTON CAPITALS — Signed D Tyler Lewington to a three-year, entry-level contract. American Hockey League ALBANY DEVILS — Recalled RW Alexandre Carrier from Orlando (ECHL). BRIDGEPORT SOUND TIGERS — Traded D Keith Seabrook to Rockford for future considerations. MILWAUKEE ADMIRALS — Recalled C Frederick Gaudreau from Cincinnati (ECHL). SAN ANTONIO RAMPAGE — Signed G Joe Howe to a professional tryout agreement.
Transactions Wednesday’s Sports Transactions BASEBALL American League BALTIMORE ORIOLES — Named Ramon Martinez special assignment pitching instructor. DETROIT TIGERS — Released RHP Joel Hanrahan from a minor league contract. TEXAS RANGERS — Agreed to terms with RHPs Luke Jackson, Phil Klein, Nick Martinez, Roman Mendez, Tanner Scheppers and C Robinson Chirinos on one-year contracts. Renewed the contract of RHP Shawn Tolleson. National League MILWAUKEE BREWERS — Assigned RHP Brooks Hall outright to Colorado Springs (PCL). PITTSBURGH PIRATES — Agreed to terms with RHPs Arquimedes Caminero, Gerrit Cole, Brandon Cumpton, John Holzdkom, Nick Kingham, Stolmy Pimentel, Casey Sadler, Rob Scahill and Jameson Taillon; OFs Jaff Decker, Willy Garcia, Andrew Lambo and Gregory Polanco; Cs Elias Diaz and Tony Sanchez; SSs Pedro Florimon, Alen Hanson, Justin Sellers and Jordy Mercer; and LHPs Bobby LaFromboise and Jeff Locke on one-year contracts. Can-Am League NEW JERSEY JACKALS — Released INF Jeremy
Red Deer’s Lomsnes accepts scholarship for Niagara University Red Deer minor hockey product Tanner Lomsnes has accepted an NCAA athletic scholarship to Niagara University in Lewiston, N.Y. and will suit up with the Division 1 Purple Eagles next season. Lomsnes was a member of the 2012 Telus Cup — Canadian midget AAA — champion Red Deer Optimist Chiefs before playing two seasons with the Dauphin Kings of the Manitoba Junior League. The 20-year-old forward is with the Corpus
Christi IceRays of the North American League this season and has recorded 22 goals and 52 points in 47 games. “It’s been a personal dream of mine to make it to the next level,” said Lomsnes. “I knew coming down to the United States was the best chance I had at that goal, and I just listened to our coaches and played as best as I could. I just tried to do the little things right. This organization is one of the best in the league, and I’m very happy to continue my hockey career.”
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Injuries have taught Durie painful lessons CANADIAN FOOTBALL LEAGUE BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — Andre Durie is an athlete again. The Toronto Argonauts veteran slotback is back training after enduring an injury-plagued 2014 campaign. The 33-year-old Mississauga, Ont., native twice broke his right clavicle, limiting him to just 19 catches for 214 yards and a TD after recording career highs in receptions (92) and yards (986) the year before. The five-foot-10, 199-pound Durie received medical clearance in January and has experienced no setbacks. “The bone is fully healed now, I’m back to being an athlete again and it’s awesome,” Durie said Wednesday during a telephone interview. “Being an athlete you want to be out there playing and being sidelined against your will sucks so it’s good to be back. “I feel I’m ahead of the game because I’ve had so much time off. I feel ready to go. The lungs are good, legs are good, just feeling great right now.” Durie first broke his clavicle July 5 versus Saskatchewan, required surgery and missed seven games before returning Sept. 13. He played in two more contests before breaking the clavicle again — in a different area — diving for a pass during practice, ending his season. “I’m always pushing myself to the limit and I think I pushed it too much,” Durie said. “You can’t really push the healing of a bone but I think I did and came back a bit too early, had a freak accident where I fell and broke it again. “The lesson I learned, and it’s a good one for other athletes out there, is to take time coming back and make sure you’re fully healthy because it could set you back even longer than you anticipated.” And understand even pro athletes aren’t superhuman. “We like to think so, sometimes,” Durie said with a chuckle. Overcoming adversity is nothing new to Durie. In 2005, he suffered a horrific leg injury playing with the York Lions that not only threatened his football career but had many ques-
tioning whether he’d walk normally again. However, Durie said being able to successfully coming back from the leg injury — he’s entering his ninth CFL season, all with Toronto — probably contributed to him missing most of last season. “Knowing I’ve been through worse, I thought I could maybe push through this . . . and I ended up breaking it again,” Durie said. “It was a wakeup call to take things day by day, make sure you’re fully healthy before you come back. “It’s not how fast you come back but how healthy you are when you do.” This off-season, Durie is back training with teammate Chad Owens, who moved his family from Hawaii to Toronto full-time earlier this winter. Durie and Owens have long been close friends and in 2012 their families lived together. “It’s refreshing,” Durie said. “Back in 2012 we motivated and pushed each other and it’s reminiscent of that a little bit. “He’s a hard worker so being around him you just feed off it. If we see stuff that needs correcting we’ll point it out, we both take constructive criticism very well.” Durie feels he has nothing to prove to himself this season but admits missing most of the ’14 campaign because of injury tested his resolve. “I feel it really did test my love for the game because I’m older now and sometimes you get to an age where you start questioning things,” he said. “Do you want to play? Do you want to keep going? “Every bone in my body wanted to fight through this and play again. I knew I wasn’t done yet and would come back stronger than ever. “You only have so long to play this game and missing a year takes a lot out of you and your soul. I just want to win. It’s being out there and playing with the guys and finishing a full season. Maybe that’s the goal, to finish a full season, be healthy and come out having fun and loving this game like I always have.” NOTES — A CFL source says offensive lineman Tyson Pencer, 26, taken third overall in the 2012 CFL draft by
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Winnipeg Blue Bombers’ Johnny Sears wraps up Toronto Argonauts’ Andre Durie during CFL action in Winnipeg June 26, 2014. Durie has had to learn how to deal with adversity after breaking his clavicle twice last season. The slotback has learned from a previous injury that has helped him get healthy and ready for the upcoming season. Winnipeg, has signed with Edmonton. The Bombers released the six-footeight, 330-pound Pencer last June . . . ESPN reports former CFLer Phillip Hunt is close to signing with the Detroit Lions. The six-foot, 248-pound
linebacker recorded 16 tackles over three seasons with the Philadelphia Eagles. Hunt, 29, didn’t play last season after being released by the Indianapolis Colts in training camp. He played for Winnipeg in 2009-10.
Former TE Nate Jackson Bills make pair of big moves says NFL should allow pot, before NFL free agency hits says half of players use BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
MINNEAPOLIS — The Minnesota Vikings and the Buffalo Bills agreed on a trade Wednesday that will send quarterback Matt Cassel to the Bills next week and give the Vikings extra draft picks. The Bills are sending two undisclosed draft choices to the Vikings and getting one undisclosed pick in the deal announced six days before NFL transactions can begin with the start of the new league year. The trade can’t be completed until then, but the announcement wouldn’t have been made if there were any potential roadblocks pending. The trade also wouldn’t have been initiated had the Vikings not been confident in Teddy Bridgewater, the firstround draft pick who took over as the starter in the third game of last season after Cassel broke his left foot. Cassel spent two years with the Vikings, taking over in 2013 after Christian Ponder struggled to keep the job. Cassel’s production was up and down, with a total of 14 touchdown passes and 14 turnovers in 12 games, but his experienced, encouraging presence was valuable to have around while Bridgewater got his career going. That’ll be the goal for the Bills, too, with Cassel starting his 11th NFL season and EJ Manuel still in the developmental stage. This was their “Plan B,” after a failed bid to sign free agent Josh McCown last week. McCown instead chose the Cleveland Browns, who gave him a three-year contract. Bills running back Fred Jackson was excited by Cassel’s addition because it brings an element of competition. “It’s one of those things where it’s
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issues, who have orthopedic issues, who have psychological problems and it seems that marijuana helps with all DENVER — Former Broncos tight of these things,” Jackson said. “So, the end Nate Jackson says he believes the NFL has taken some PR hits in the NFL will have no choice but to remove last year over a few things, and I think marijuana from its lists of banned sub- they’ll be eager to get behind something like this.” stances in the near future. League spokesman Greg Aiello told Speaking at a marijuana business conference, Jackson called on the The Associated Press on Wednesday: league to allow medical marijuana as “At this time, the medical advisers to a means to help players deal with the our drug program tell us that there is physical and psychological pain and no need for medical marijuana to be head injuries inherent to their profes- prescribed to an NFL player.” When residents of Colorado and sion. Jackson said he avoided opiate pain- Washington voted to allow recreationkillers as much as he could during his al marijuana the players union sent out a memo to remind six-year career from all players that “it’s il2003-08. Instead, he ‘I FEEL LIKE I EXITED and prohibited self-medicated with THE GAME WITH MY legal under our policy.” marijuana so that he The league said MIND INTACT. AND wouldn’t retire adit’s used “experts on dicted to prescription I CREDIT THAT TO substance abuse disdrugs like so many of MARIJUANA IN A LOT orders and addiction his contemporaries, and we ask them to he said. OF WAYS AND NOT make recommenda“It kept my brain GETTING HOOKED tions and to date they clean,” Jackson said recommended Wednesday during ON THESE PAIN PILLS haven’t any change.” It also the Cannabis BusiTHAT ARE RECKLESSLY said there’s “other ness Executives Breakfast that kicked DISTRIBUTED IN THE medications doctors use for effective off a three-day conferLEAGUE WHEN A GUY can treatment of pain.” ence titled “Sports, Lastly, the NFL says Meds and Money.” GETS AN INJURY.’ that “if the science “I feel like I ex— NATE JACKSON shows it and there is ited the game with my mind intact. And FORMER DENVER BRONCOS TIGHT END a rigorous process in place to determine I credit that to marithat the only drug that juana in a lot of ways and not getting hooked on these pain could help is medical marijuana, then pills that are recklessly distributed in we would consider allowing it in necthe league when a guy gets an injury,” essary cases.” “That’s the most promising of those Jackson said. He said he believes most NFL play- bullet points for sure,” Jackson said ers use marijuana — they’re only test- after his keynote address and panel ed for street drugs once a year whereas discussion. “I don’t ever think the league will random tests for steroids are conducted year-round — and that the league come out with like a marijuana banner. They’re never going to say, ’Hey, knows this. “They’re aware that probably over marijuana, it’s great for everyone!’ But half of their players smoke weed. I think what they will do is remove it They’ve been doing it since they were from the banned substances list and teenagers. The fact that they’ve been stop punishing people for it,” Jackson doing it that whole time and still made said. “It actually keeps it in the news it to the NFL and are able to satisfy the more when it is a banned substance demands of very, very strict employers than if it weren’t. “Josh Gordon’s in the news for on a daily basis means that their marijuana use is in check,” Jackson said. weed. These other guys are in the news “Marijuana is not a problem in their for weed. That wouldn’t happen anymore.” lives.” Jackson said he never used mariThe real danger is that they’re “smashing their skulls over and over juana before games or practices and and over again,” he said. “And as long knows of nobody who did. But, he said as we as fans or the media love this it helped him recover afterward and game and want this game to continue it didn’t adversely affect his perforand want our players to play hard, we mance. In fact, he said, it helped him have to open up our minds and be a lit- hone his craft because he would visutle bit more compassionate about how alize successful play while high “and that carried over to when I was sober.” we approach their health care.” “I consider it a performance-inspirThat’s why Jackson said he believes the league, beleaguered by a domestic ing drug,” Jackson said. He said he could see how it could abuse saga last year, is “going to get behind this movement” to de-stigma- help runners, bicyclists, golfers and tize the use of marijuana and allow other athletes who aren’t getting attacked by 11 defenders. players to use it without penalty. “Michael Phelps is the best swim“One, it’s a good public relations move for the NFL to do this because mer that the Earth has ever produced they have a lot of former players who by far. And he smokes weed,” Jackson are hurting, who have a lot of cognitive said. “That should tell us something.” BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
going to bring their game to the next level,” Jackson told The Associated Press by phone from New York City, where he was being presented with the Jefferson Award for Public Service. “And whoever wins that position, they have to be at their best in order for us to win games. And it’s going to be fun to watch.” Buffalo entered the off-season with Manuel as the only quarterback on the roster after Kyle Orton announced his retirement a day after the season ended. Manuel has been inconsistent, with difficulty staying healthy since his selection in the first round of the 2013 draft. Manuel had a 4-6 record during a rookie year in which he was sidelined by three separate knee injuries. Last season, Manuel was benched after a 2-2 start and replaced by Orton. Though Manuel will have his chance to reclaim the starting job, he now will have competition. The Bills, under new coach Rex Ryan, have expressed a desire to add at least two quarterbacks for 2015. The trade for Cassel came on the heels of a blockbuster move the Bills agreed to Tuesday night, a deal with the Philadelphia Eagles to acquire running back LeSean McCoy in exchange for linebacker Kiko Alonso. Jackson credited the front office for being aggressive in addressing team needs. “The guys in the locker room are excited about it,” he said. “We know moves like this made in early March can help us throughout the season.” After finishing 26th out of 32 in the league last year in total yards, the Bills have focused on improving their offence after missing the playoffs for the 15th straight year. The Bills finished 9-7, their best record since 2004.
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Friday ● Widow and Widower Support Network meets on the first Friday of every month at Remington’s Grill in Black Knight Inn at 6 p.m. for food and fellowship, and on the third Friday of each month at 7 p.m. at the First Christian Reformed Church, 16 McVicar St. The group provides a safe place for men and women who have lost their spouse through death, to interact and support each other. Upcoming dates are March 6 and 20. Email to widowedsupportnetwork@gmail.com, or call 403-755-0977. ● Alzheimer Society East Coast Kitchen Party fundraiser will take place on March 6 at Pidherney Centre. Sometimes known as a “scuff and scoff,” or night of dancing and eating, this event features live music of Nova Scotiables, delicious food and silent auction. Tickets are $100 each with $50 eligible for a tax receipt, phone 403-342-0448. See alzheimer.ab.ca. This event is sponsored in part by Christenson Developments Ltd. ● International Women’s Day Benefit Concert goes March 6 at The Hub on Ross at 7 p.m. Concert proceeds will benefit Walking With Our Sisters, and concession sales will go to Global Enrichment Foundation. The concert will feature performances by Donna Bishop, Randi Boulton, Kristy Lawrence, Teresa Neuman, and Donna Durand. Suggested donation $20 or $30 per family. Phone 403-340-4869. ● Forshee Community Hall old-time family dance nights are the first Friday of each month from 7 to 10:30 p.m. Admission is $10 per adult, children 17 years and under are free. Evening lunch is included. Live old time music with Country Gold North Band. Next dance is March 6. For more information, call 403-748-3378. ● World Day of Prayer Ecumenical Service takes place on March 6, 2 p.m. at Knox Presbyterian Church. The service was written by World Day of Prayer Committee of the Bahamas. Coffee, cookies, and fellowship to follow services. All are welcome. Contact Arlene at 403-347-6190. ● First Friday’s lineup on March 6 includes: Take a Second Look at Your Plate by Anne Marie Resta from 6 to 8 p.m. at Kiwanis Gallery; New Works from the Void by Ryan Wolters from 6 to 8 p.m. at Harris Warke Gallery; Bird’s Eye View by Sharon E. Van Essen from 4 to 6 p.m. at The Hub on Ross Gallery; Wasted Life by Shiv Shanks from 7 to 9 p.m. at The Olive also featuring musical performance by Shanks; Portage by Greg Nelson from 5 to 7 p.m. at Marjorie Wood Gallery in Kerry Wood Nature Centre. ● Ponoka Legion weekly suppers are at 5:30 p.m. on Fridays. Cost is $13 per person. Call 403-783-4076. ● Central Alberta Regional Science Fair will be held at Bower Place on March 6 and 7. Projects go on display Friday at 5 p.m. and stay up until the awards presentation at 4 p.m. Saturday. Contact Ruth at 403-3372483, roedlerr@gmail.com. ● Senior Citizens Downtown House has several upcoming events, regular card games and tournaments and special tournaments: Flag Whist tournament on March 6 at 1:30 p.m. for $3; Cribbage every Thursday at 1:30 p.m. with a tournament on March 12; Whist every Friday at 1:30 p.m. with a tournament on March 20; 500 every Monday and Wednesday at 1:30 p.m. with a tournament on March 30; Fun Contract Bridge every Wednesday at 1 p.m. Games cost $3. Tournaments cost $6. A Roast Beef Supper will be held on March 20 at 5:30 p.m. for $12. A Jam Session will be held on March 14 at 1:30 p.m. for $2.50. Phone 403-346-4043.
Saturday ● Red Deer Carnaval de Red Deer takes place March 7 and 8. On March 7 take in the Sugar Shack Supper at 6 p.m. at Ecole La Prairie. On the menu will be tourtiere, sausages, ham, pea soup, brown beans, potatoes and maple syrup and traditional music. On March 8 there will be various events from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Heritage Ranch including maple taffy on snow, sleigh rides, music and games for the whole family, and more. See Facebook.com/ACFARed Deer, or phone 403-986-4350 for more details. Purchase tickets at eventbrite.ca ● Kids Knit (and grown-ups too!) at Red Deer Public Library Downtown Branch will be offered on March 7 and 21, from 3 to 4 p.m. Children ages nine years and up, or children under nine years accompanied by an adult, are welcome to learn to knit, or work on their own project — beginner to expert. Phone 403-346-4688. ● Sierra of Taylor Drive Music Jam is held the first Saturday of every month from 1:30 to 4 p.m. Everyone welcome to play an instrument, dance or simply listen to the music. Next jam session is March 7. Each session $2. Phone Chris at 403-341-3385. ● Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists Red Deer Science Olympics will be featured at Westpark Middle School, March 7, 1 to 4 p.m. ● MAGnificent Saturdays offer free art making with a professional artist from 1 to 4 p.m. at the Red Deer Museum and Art Gallery in downtown Red Deer. The March 7 session is called Spring has sprung. All materials supplied. Families welcome. Phone 403-309-8405. Free with admission.
Sunday ● Soroptimist International of Central Alberta celebrates International Women’s Day Luncheon, March 8, 12:30 to 4 p.m. at Black Knight Inn. Sean Liv, author of Ticket to Change will be the keynote speaker. Presentations include Women’s Op-
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Carnaval de Red Deer, celebrating French Canadian culture, is all set for this weekend. The Sugar Shack event goes on Saturday from 6 to 9 p.m., and includes a traditional sugar shack supper at École La Prairie School. Sausages, pea soup, ham and maple cake are on the menu. Tickets are $30 for anyone aged 12 and older, and $15 for those aged 11 and under. On Sunday, the venue moves to Heritage Ranch, where there will be maple taffy on snow, sleigh rides, music and games for the family and more. The cost is $10 per adult or $30 per family of four. The Heritage Ranch event goes from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. portunity Award, Violet Richardson Award, and Ruby Award: Women helping Women. Tickets cost $45 each and are available from Sherri at 403-391-7912 (cellular), or 403-3436099, ext. 7014 (work). ● Gramma-Link Africa celebrates International Women’s Day on March 8, 2 p.m. in the Snell Gallery at Red Deer Public Library Downtown Branch. The film Seeking Justice at the Front Lines of the AIDS Crisis by Stephen Lewis Foundation will be shown. Free admission. Donations welcome. Ethnic refreshments served, door prizes, silent auction of handmade quilt, and more. Contact Shirley at 403-347-5958. ● Olds Evergreen Jams are held on the second and fourth Sunday of every month at the Olds Evergreen Centre from 1:30 to 4:30 p.m. Admission is $2. Snacks included. Call Bonnie at 403-556-7844 for more information. Jams are held March 8 and 22. ● Seniors Church meets at 11 a.m. on Sundays at Bower Kin Place for hymns and gospel preaching. Phone 403-347-6706.
Monday ● Friends of Red Deer Public Library Annual General Meeting is on March 9 at 7 p.m. Elections of the new board, presentation of finances, a report on 2014 activities and discussion of 2015 will be held. Coffee and cookies served. ● Reel Movie Mondays presents Red Army rated G on March 9, 7 p.m. at Carnival Cinemas. See more details at www.reelmoviemondays.ca. Memberships and tickets can be purchased in advance from Red Deer Museum and Art Gallery by calling 403-3098405. ● MAGsparks is an inclusive and accessible visual art program for everyone offered on Mondays and Wednesdays, from 1 to 3 p.m. at Red Deer Museum and Art Gallery. Professional artists are on hand to help with projects. Materials are supplied. There is a drop-in fee of $3. Children under 12 years must be accompanied by an adult. For information, contact Janet at 403-309-8405, janet. cole@reddeer.ca. March 9 and 11 topic is Flock together: Avian art. ● Delburne Drop-in Centre offers cribbage on Mondays at 1:30 p.m., general meet-
ing on the first Monday of each month right after cribbage at 4:30 p.m., potluck lunch on the second Friday of the month at noon, music and dance on the second, fourth and fifth Fridays from 1 to 4 p.m. Phone 403-7492035. ● The Parkland Handweavers and Spinners Guild meets the second Monday of each month at Sunnybrook Farm Museum at 7 p.m., next on March 9. New and experienced weavers welcome. For more information contact Red Deer Weavers at reddeerweavers@gmail.com or Darlene at 403-7493054, Amy at 403-309-4026 or Margaret at 403-346-8289. ● Innisfail Public Library hours are Monday, Wednesday, and Friday from 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., Tuesday and Thursday from noon to 8 p.m., and Saturday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Phone 403-227-4407. ● Golden Circle Senior Resource Centre card games are played on the following days: Canasta Mondays at 1 p.m., $1; Cribbage — Tuesdays at 1:30 p.m., $2; Singles Bridge — Wednesdays at 1 p.m., $2; Partner Bridge — second and fourth Tuesday of each month at 6:30 p.m., $3; Mixed cards — first and third Friday of each month, $1; Military Whist — second and fourth Friday of each month, $2. For more information on cards please call Diane at 403-343-6074. ● Kerry Wood Nature Centre will offer a preview of the newly refreshed exhibits on March 9, 4:30 to 8 p.m. Feedback welcome at www.reddeer.ca/whats-happening/openhouses starting on March 9.
Tuesday ● Story Fun at Red Deer College will be held on March 10 and April 14 from 10:30 to 11 a.m. Preschoolers aged two to six years and their parents/caregivers are welcome to Red Deer College Library Information Common upstairs to enjoy stories and activities by Red Deer Public Library Children’s Services. Phone 403-346-4688 to find out details. ● CrossRoads Church Seniors Gems monthly luncheon is offered on the second Tuesday of each month from noon to 2 p.m. in the Chapel. All seniors invited. The cost is $8 at the door. Phone 403-347-6425. On March 10, hear inspirational storyteller Henry
Stelmaschuk. ● The Central Alberta Mopar Association (CAMA) Car Club meets on the second Tuesday of every month at 7 p.m. at Humpty’s Classic Restaurant in Gasoline Alley, next March 10. Admirers and owners of Chrysler family vehicles are welcome. Yearly membership is $20 for new members and $15 for current members. For more information contact Glen at 403-318-8388 or visit centralalbertamopar.com ● Golden West Drop-in in Spruce View activities: Tuesday — line dancing, 10 a.m. to noon, and Bridge 1 to 4 p.m.; first and third Wednesdays — West Country Ink, and fourth Wednesday — cribbage, 2 p.m.; first Thursday — general meeting at 2 p.m.; Coffee every morning at 8:30 a.m. and Wednesday at 10 a.m. For more information, call Ruth at 403-728-3482. ● The Parkland Cross Country Ski Club meets the second Tuesday of each month at the Kerry Wood Nature Centre at 7:30 p.m. The next meeting will be March 10. Novice to experienced cross country skiers welcome. Visit parklandxskiclub.org or phone 403-3461311.
Wednesday ● Canada REconneXion comes to Living Stones Church on March 11 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. for a seminar from Billy Graham Evangelistic Association of Canada to help church leaders connect with their communities and grow their churches. To find out more and to register, visit www.BillyGraham.ca/REconnecXion. Free, but a donation of $40 encouraged. Lunch and materials included. ● Teen Tech Week 2015: “Shelfies” Multimedia Photo Contest goes March 11, 4 to 5 p.m. at Downtown Branch of Red Deer Public Library in the mezz. Teens are invited to bring their phone or iPad and capture a great “shelfie” reading a favourite book. The photo will be printed and the teens will decorate the print. Then a collage will be made with all the prints for a Facebook page cover photo. Prizes for best shots.
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REGISTRATIONS LOCAL EVENTS AND ORGANIZATIONS ● Valley Centre Hall Dance with live rock and roll music endar/tarp-auction, or phone 403-309-0225. by Juke Box Rock will be held March 14 at the hall located at ● Granny Cash Bonspiel goes March 25 at Pidherney 38062 Range Road 260, Red Deer County. Doors open at Curling Centre in Red Deer. Grannies invited to please regis7:30 p.m. Dance 8 to 11:30 p.m. Tickets cost $15 at the door ter by March 13 at 403-346-3777, or curling@reddeercurling. including lunch. Purchase non-alcoholic beverages on site. ca. Contact Doug at 403-728-333 or 403-391-3016. ● Parkland Anglican Churches St. Patrick’s Day Beef ● Red Deer Legion Pipe Band and Red Deer Royal Supper takes place on March 17 at Elnora Community Hall. Canadian Legion present the play Jake’s Gift on April 21. Entertainment, door prizes, basket draws, and more will be The play is a surprisingly funny, moving, and powerful one-act held. Costs are $12.50 for adults, $6 for children ages six to one-woman play about a Canadian WWII veteran’s reluctant 10 years, and free for preschoolers. Doors open at 5 p.m. return to Juno Beach. Doors open at 6 p.m. The Pipe Band Supper served from 5:30 to 7 p.m. Contact Paddy at 403-227will play at 6:45 p.m. followed by the play at 7 p.m. Purchase 1635, Jean at 403-749-2411, or Gwen at 403-773-2270. tickets for $20 at the Red Deer Legion front desk, or call Arnie ● Parkland Cross Country Ski Club offers day tours on at 403-782-7183. local ski trails for skiers of all abilities. Enjoy an hour or two ● Leaders of Tomorrow Awards are being accepted for out with other skiers and learn about skiing in Central Alberta. outstanding Lacombe youth volunteers. Nomination deadline See www.parklandxskiclub.org or contact rtownell@gmail. is March 9 at 4 p.m. Forms are available at Lacombe Fam- com to find out more. ily and Community Support Services and local schools and ● Elnora Agricultural Society presents Tomas Kubinec churches. Contact 403-782-6637, jpocock@lacombefcss.net. — Certified Lunatic and Master of the Impossible — at the El● The Ladies Foursome by Norm Foster will be present- nora Community Hall on March 28. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. ed by Cow Patti Theatre Company will run until running March and the show goes at 7:30 p.m. for $27.50 per person. Tickets 29 at Lacombe Golf and Country Club. Dinner and Brunch are available at the Elnora Village Office, Jewell’s Grocery, Theatre shows available. Shows on the following dates will and Sunset Printing. support the following local charities: March 7 (brunch) — ● Sundre Snake Hill Slam 5-km Obstacle Race takes Friends of Alix Mac Fundraising Society; March 11 (chicken place on Sept. 19 and is a fundraiser for Greenwood Neighand ribs) — Lacombe Junior Golf Club Junior Golf; March bourhood Place and Sundre Call to Action. Cost is $30 for 18 (chicken and ribs) — Clive Resource Centre; March 25 adults or $20 for youth ages 18 years and under. Snake (chicken and ribs) — Father Lacombe Knights of Columbus; Hill Mini Slam Obstacle Race for kids will be offered free of March 21 (brunch) — The Lending Cupboard. See www. charge. Call 403-638-1011. cowpatti.com, of contact 403782-3956, after hours and weekends 403-304-6329, or theatre@cowpatti.com. ● Stettler Old-Tyme Dance is held on the third Thursday of every month at The Hub upstairs at Stettler Recreation Centre. Live bands each time. Dance from 5 to 6 p.m. and 7 to 10 p.m. Hot supper from 6 to 7 p.m. Tickets at the door cost $20 per person, $10 for dance only, $14 for supper only. Phone 403-742-5640. All ages welcome. Upcoming dance on March 19 with Badlanders II. ● Parkinson Alberta Education and Support Furnace Groups are available for persons with Parkinson DisReplacement ease, family members, and as low as caregivers in Red Deer, $ Lacombe, Innisfail, Three Hills, Olds and Castor. See Includes Programable Thermostat www.parkinsonalberta.ca, or phone 403-346-4463. (WiFi option extra) ● Red Deer Motor On All Products & Services American Pony Chuckwagon Tarp Auction will be held on March 18 at Sheraton Red Deer in Bellinis Sonic • Furnace Replacements • Residential & Commercial Lounge. All bidders registered prior to March 10 will • Air Conditioning • Indoor Air Quality be entered into a draw for • Hot Water Tanks • Maintenance two weekly admit pins and • Garage & Shop Heaters one weekly parking pass for Westerner Days and Exposition. Previous tarp sponsors “an independent who bring a friend to the acLennox dealer” tion and both are successful bidders will have the opportunity to display a large banner on the chuckwagon bowl during the fair. To register and find out more, see www. westernerpark.ca/events-cal-
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● Red Deer Arts Council Annual General Meeting goes March 27, 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. in the Snell Auditorium at Red Deer Public Library Downtown Branch. Where’s My Tribe Social to follow from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. featuring entertainment, refreshments and socializing. Memberships available at the door. Contact info@reddeerartscouncil.ca, 403-348-ARTS (2787). ● Fundraiser for Special Olympics sponsored by Alberta Law Enforcement Torch Run for Special Olympics and Cora Breakfast and Lunch Restaurants will be held throughout March. Law enforcement officers and Special Olympics athletes will be serving guests at Cora Cops and Crepes Event on March 21 and 22. Guests will be entered for prizes for each donation during the month. Phone 403-818-7347. ● Norwegian Laft Hus Society offers beginner’s hardanger embroidery with Betty Stokoe on March 14 and 21, 9 a.m. to noon. For more information and to register, contact norwegianlafthus@gmail.com, or 403-347-0255. ● Red Deer River Watershed Alliance (RDRWA) will hold its Spring Forum and Annual General Meeting on March 26, at Trochu Community Centre from 9:45 a.m. to 2:45 p.m. A cost of $20 includes lunch. For information or to register go online to www.rdrwa.ca, email info@rdrwa.ca or call Kelly at 403-340-7379. ● Graduation Recital of Rachel Peacock, flautist, will be held March 15, 2 p.m., Mainstage at Red Deer College Arts Centre. Accompaniment will be provided by Deborah Protsack and vocalist Shannon Harris will also perform. See rachelmpeacock@gmail.com ● Stettler Roughstock Rodeo will be held at Stettler Agriplex, April 3, 7 p.m. Rush seating. Tickets cost $20 each and free for children ages six years and under. Doors and concession open at 6:30 p.m. Cabaret to follow. ● Yoga Alliance of Red Deer (YARD) — Red Deer’s only not-for-profit studio — is holding registration for the spring session which runs March 15 to May 29. A variety of classes and styles and levels will be offered including Hatha, Power, Yin, Kundalini, and Yoga for backs. Visit www.reddeeryoga. ca, phone 403-550-9240 or email info@reddeeryoga.ca. ● Around the World With C.A.R.E. (Central Alberta Refugee Effort) will be held at Holiday Inn Gasoline Alley on April 24, 5 to 10:30 p.m. Experience international cuisine, live entertainment, and cultural displays while dressed as tourist. Tickets are $100 per person, or $750 for a table of eight. See http://immigrant-centre.ca/ or contact kerri.wilkie@care2centre.ca, or 403-346-8818. Early bird draw prize valued at $100 to be won. ● Shrine Royal Canadian Circus — Spectac 2015 — will be at Westerner Park for six shows from May 1 to 3. A portion of proceeds will go to Kids Up Front, and Calgary South Asian Lions Club. www.royalcanadiancircus.ca. Discounts may be available online only with promo code horse. Tickets also available from Westerner Park. ● Septic Sense Workshop will be offered on March 17, 6 to 9 p.m. at Clearwater County Ag Services and Land Care Office in Rocky Mountain House. Free of charge. to register, call 403-845-4444. ● Ponoka Moose Lodge Old-Time Dance will be held on third Saturday of each month, next March 21 with The Diamonds Band, 7:30 to 11:30 p.m. Cost is $12, ($10 for Moose members.) Potluck lunch. Top name bands. See www.AlbertaDanceNews.com, or call Jean or Fred at 403-783-8587 for more information. ● Parkinson Alberta has two events coming up. The Tulip Fundraiser now accepting orders for small foil pots of red parrot tulips for $8. Order by March 9, and receive them for Easter. Also, Red Deer Education Day will be held on April 15 and includes professional speakers, displays, and lunch for a cost of $10 per person. Register by April 8. For each, see www.parkinsonalberta.ca, or phone 403-346-4463. ● Central Alberta Community Legal Clinic will hold a photo identification clinic on March 19 from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. at 301 5008 Ross St. The clinic offers free affidavits of identification that are notarized by a lawyer. This ID does not replace government issued ID but is intended to help people access basic services while replacing their proper ID. To book an appointment, phone 430-314-9129, see www.communitylegalclinic.net, or email to info@communitylegalclinic.net.
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● Story Fun Parkland Mall is offered at Parkland Mall Food Court from 10 to 11 a.m. Snacks and stories and more for children ages two to six and their caregivers. The theme on March 12 is Quack-Quack-Quack. See www.rdpl.org ● Dawe Branch POP Goes the Teen Club is held Thursdays from 3:30 to 5 p.m. at Red Deer Public Library. Youth 12 years plus are invited to explore pop culture from Divergent trivia to Cosplay. The theme March 12 is Disney Day. ● Dine Out for Learning features 29 local restaurants who will donate 10 per cent of all food and non-alcoholic beverage purchases to The Learning Disabilities Association — Red Deer Chapter — on March 12. To find out times and final list of participating restaurants, see www.ldreddeer.ca and www.dineoutforlearning.ca, Facebook, and Twitter. ● Golden Circle Senior Resource Centre dance, Thursday, March 12, 7 to 10 p.m. at the seniors’ centre. Dance to the music of Silver and Gold Band. Admission is $7. Phone 403-347-6165, 403-342-2875, or 403-346-3896. ● Innisfail Town Theatre presents Saving Grace at Ol’ Moose Hall, running Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays March 12 to 28 — dinner theatre — with the exceptions of dessert theatre on March 12, and show only performance on March 19. Doors open at 6 p.m. each night, with the performance starting at 7 p.m., or 7:30 p.m. on dinner theatre nights. Tickets are available at The Leg Man in Innisfail, 403-227-5966. Prices are $25 for general show, $30 for dessert theatre, and $45 for dinner theatre performances. ● Conversation on Mind: Death and Dying takes place March 12, Margaret Parsons Theatre, Red Deer College, 7 p.m. The event features Dr. Jamie Prowse Turner, Dr. Daniel Haas, and Dr. Elena Antoniadis who will discuss consciousness and how it relates to death and dying. ● Gaetz Memorial United Church Roast Beef Dinner will take place on March 12, from 5:30 to 7 p.m. Costs are $15 for adults, and $7 for children under 12 years of age. There is a limit of 150 tickets and the deadline is March 9. Purchase tickets from the church office or call 403-347-2244.
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● Daytime Documentaries will be held on the second Wednesday of each month from 2 to 4:30 p.m. in the Waskasoo Meeting Room at Red Deer Public Library Downtown Branch. On March 11, a documentary film called Ping Pong will be shown — an inspiring tale of the World Over-80 Table Tennis Championships in Inner Mongolia — and then discussion will follow, facilitated by a staff member. Free. Contact Donna Stewart or Priscilla at 403-346-2100. ● Central Alberta Photographic Society (CAPS) meets the second and fourth Wednesdays of the month at 6:45 p.m. at Golden Circle Senior Resource Centre on March 11. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. for socializing. Visiting photographer Adrian Thyse will present macro nature photography — they joy of bugs and other small pleasures. Go online to www.centralalbertaphotographicsociety.com for more information. ● Ecole Mother Teresa School will showcase the production of Fame Junior, the musical on March 11 and 12 in the Fine Arts Room at the school located in Sylvan Lake. Doors open at 6:45 p.m. Show at 7 p.m. Tickets available at the door for $5 per person, or $20 per family. Phone 403-887-6371. ● Boomtown Trail Cowboy Church meets the second and last Wednesday of each month at 7 p.m. in the Elnora Drop-in Centre. Cowboy boots and hats welcome. For more information, call 403-749-3361. Dates are March 11 and 25. ● Red Deer Legion Old-Time Dance with Allsorts is on March 11 at 7 p.m. Cost is $7, or $13.95 with buffet starting at 5 p.m. Phone 403-342-0035.
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Husband’s temper is not acceptable Dear Annie: My husband and I have been married for 10 years, but I sometimes wonder whether I love him or am just used to having him around. We have no kids, and I’ve started thinking of how my life would be without him. This all began when he first displayed an awful temper. He never MITCHELL gets physically & SUGAR violent, but he hurts me tremendously with the things he says. He pays some of my bills, but always puts his wants and needs before household things that are more important, like fixing the car or filling my prescriptions. I have to walk on eggshells most of the time. When it’s a holiday or Valentine’s Day, he expects me to get him something, but he never does anything spe-
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cial for me. My friends think I’m still with him because I’m afraid to be alone. There are times when I enjoy his company, but not that often. I’m not even sexually attracted to him anymore. Should I continue on because it just might be a phase I’m going through? — Tired of It Dear Tired: While all relationships go through ups and downs, yours includes verbal abuse and what appears to be a total lack of consideration. This is not acceptable behavior between loving spouses. If your husband is willing to go with you for counseling and work on this, there is hope for the relationship. If not (and we suspect not), please talk to a counselor on your own and try to clarify your feelings enough to make decisions about your future. There are worse things than being alone. Dear Annie: I have a friend who dominates every conversation. Upon sitting down to eat, she immediately starts talking about whatever is on her mind and never pauses to let anyone else get a word in. She never asks how anyone else is doing. If not interrupted, she can go on for hours. Ironically, she complains about how
Thursday, March 5 fused about a romantic relationship? If you CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DATE: sleep on it, you’ll have more clarity in the Eva Mendes 41; Kevin Connolly 41; Jolene morning. A family member’s being difficult but Blalock 40 try not to take it too personally. THOUGHT OF THE DAY: When it comes LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Expect a sociato love and romance, today’s stars encourage ble day when you connect with a wide range being impulsive. of people. With Venus and UraHAPPY BIRTHDAY: Happy nus linking up in your romance birthday Pisces! You love to exzone, some lucky Librans are set press yourself, but you can also to fall in love at first sight. be moody and temperamental. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): October and November are the There may be some uncertainty prime months for love and rofor Scorpios at home or work, as mance. a colleague or family member ARIES (March 21-April 19): makes an unpredictable move. Today’s spontaneous stars inSo flexibility is the key to a happy crease your impulsive side and stress-free day. and your independent streak. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. Travel and communication are 21): Spontaneous Sagittarius — JOANNE favoured Rams, but don’t be today’s speedy stars favour doing MADELEINE too aggressive or rash when things at lightning speed as you MOORE’ driving. multi-task, play sport, travel or TAURUS (April 20-May 20): chat up a storm. Don’t be all talk Do you feel torn between giving and no action though! a loved one more freedom, and CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. holding them too close? You have to let them 19): When the Moon’s in Virgo, your perfecrun their own race — being possessive will tionist streak swings into top gear, and it’s only drive them away for good. hard for you — or anyone else — to do things GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Focus on “properly”. Just remember that perfection is bringing your dreams down to earth today an illusion. Twins. If you can combine idealistic ideas AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Chanwith a hands-on approach, then you’ll make nel your unique talents and express yourself pleasing and positive progress. to the max! For inspiration, look to famous CANCER (June 21-July 22): Hey Crabs avant-garde Aquarians role-models like Mo— watch that small talk and trivial matters zart, James Dean, Bob Marley and Yoko don’t divert your attention from exciting big is- Ono. sues and important international connections. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Resist the And don’t let a smooth-talker lead you astray. urge to wear rose-coloured glasses today LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Avoid making Pisces. If something seems too good to be major financial decisions today Lions. You’re true, it probably is. Pay close attention to your not seeing things clearly — so wait for a more dreams. Are they trying to tell you something? auspicious time. Travel and spontaneous adJoanne Madeline Moore is an internationventures are favoured. ally syndicated astrologer and columnist. Her VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Are you con- column appears daily in the Advocate.
her sister talks on and on about herself. She can see these traits in her siblings, but doesn’t realize she is just as bad. Some days, I feel more like her unpaid therapist than a friend. Evenings out have become unpleasant to the point that we don’t socialize much anymore. I have two other friends who behave in a similar manner. I notice that all three come from very large families, so I wonder whether that contributes to their need for attention. Still, we are in our 50s, and they should be more socially mature by now. Don’t suggest confronting these people. They would be so offended, I would lose their friendship forever. I am not looking to change the relationships. I am writing because I wish each person reading this would ask themselves, “Could this be me?” When you sit down with people, ask how their day was. Listen intently until they are done. Don’t interrupt with something you “just have to” tell them. Maybe their conversation isn’t fascinating, but neither is yours. Everyone should be allowed to share and be heard. — Bored in the USA
Dear Bored: Amen. Some folks ramble on and on because they need to be the center of attention. Others have hearing problems and cannot clearly make out the conversation of others. Some fear they will forget what they intended to say if they don’t blurt it out immediately. We hope they appreciate your tolerance. Dear Annie: I read the letter from “A Kansas Caregiver,” who asked people to lend a hand to the caregivers. I cared for my husband who had dementia for seven years before he died. My lifesaver during that time was my caregiver support group. Since then, I have facilitated a caregiver group, and we meet monthly to share happy and poignant stories, medical progress, information about resources, etc. Mostly, meetings are a safe place filled with understanding, nonjudgmental people who are all on the same journey. —Baton Rouge, La. Annie’s Mailbox is written by Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar, longtime editors of the Ann Landers column. Please email your questions to anniesmailbox@ comcast.net, or write to: Annie’s Mailbox, c/o Creators Syndicate, 737 3rd Street, Hermosa Beach, CA 90254.
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Young girl avoids abduction RED DEER POLICE SEEKING HELP IN FINDING SUSPECT IN KENTWOOD INCIDENT Police are looking for a suspect who attempted to kidnap a young girl from Kentwood on Monday. Red Deer RCMP received a report that a seven-year-old girl was walking north on Keast Way, directly across from the church at 8 Keast Way, when she was approached by an unknown man between 3 and 3:30 p.m. The suspect was standing outside his vehicle when he asked her where
she lived and asked her get into his vehicle so he could drive her home. The suspect did not touch the girl or attempt to physically coerce her into the vehicle. The girl screamed and ran away. The man got into his vehicle and left the area, driving north on Keast Way. The suspect is described as having a dark complexion, average to slim build and between 20 and 30 years old.
He is less than 1.8 metres (six feet) tall with short brown hair, shaved on one side and combed over from right to left. He wore a grey hoodie with the hood up under a black leather jacket, and blue jeans. He spoke with an accent. The vehicle is described as a newer, white, compact four-door car with silver trim on the headlights and grill. RCMP continue to investigate. Po-
lice are working with the victim to develop a composite sketch of the suspect, which will be released as soon as it is completed. Anyone with information that may assist the police in identifying this man is asked to call Red Deer RCMP at 403343-5575. If you wish to remain anonymous, call Crime Stoppers at 1-800222-8477 or report it online at www. tipsubmit.com.
CENTRE FOR HIGH PERFORMANCE OPENS
Olds flexing its muscles BY SUSAN ZIELINSKI ADVOCATE STAFF Olds and area athletes may be tough to beat now that the new Canadian Centre for High Performance is open at the Community Learning Campus. The high performance centre — equipped for elite, functional movement-based strength conditioning and dynamic sport movement training — is part of the expansion of the existing Health and Wellness Centre on the north end of the Ralph Klein Centre. The Community Learning Campus (CLC), located on the Olds College campus, is a joint venture between the college and Chinook’s Edge School Division. The $1.65-million, 700-square-metre, two-storey Health and Wellness Centre expansion also includes a squash/racquetball court, a multipurpose room and two change rooms for teams. Among the high performance training equipment are weight racks, an Olympic lifting platform, and sprint apparatus. “We’ve seen quite a bit of action going on in there,” said Olds College athletic director Bob Murray about all the athletes using the centre. “For the hockey athletes, the weight racks and platforms are probably the biggest attraction. They see on TV, the Reebok and Nike commercials, where the Sidney Crosbys are working on these. Now in our community we have something similar.” Team rentals are available, along with on site strength coaches. “We considered what the athlete in the Central Alberta region was needing,” Murray said. Dana Lattery, manager of player development with the Olds Grizzlys Junior A hockey team, said the high performance centre is a huge asset that will help his players get to the next level, like U.S. college hockey and professional leagues. “Our kids are still looking to get drafted into the NHL, looking to make careers out of their sport, so it really helps them out. We’d like to go in twice a week as a team where we can have 24 guys working out at the same time,” Lattery said. He said athletes regularly use high performance facilities both on and off season and when they don’t, it shows.
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The grand opening of the Canadian Centre for High Performance was held on Jan. 21 with equipment demonstrations by local athletes. “You’re not as good, you’re not as strong, you’re not as fast as everybody else. Your offsite training dictates who you are on the ice.” It’s also important for injury prevention. Lattery said Grizzlys would make use of the centre mostly during the
hockey season as most players don’t live in Olds and return home during the off-season. Katelyn Collin, Grade 11 student at Olds High School and student representative on the CLC board of governors, said she’s tried out the new centre’s squat racks and the sprint ma-
chine with ankle straps that increase resistance while sprinting. “There’s a lot of higher technology equipment, things that focus more on what athletes need in this community,” said Collin, who plays post on her school’s senior girls basketball team. szielinski@reddeeradvocate.com
Highland Green holdup suspects sought Police are looking for two suspects who brandished a handgun while robbing the Express 24 in Highland Green on Feb. 27. Red Deer RCMP say two men entered the Express 24 on Howarth Street wearing face coverings and toques around 9:30 p.m. One suspect pointed a handgun at a staff member and they demanded money from the two cash registers. The two men were seen heading east on Howarth Street on foot. They were tracked for a short distance but the police came up empty. Several customers were in the store at the time, including two staff members. No one was injured during the robbery. Police are also looking for a man who may have witnessed the crime. Police would like to talk to him about
what he may have seen because the customer was leaving the store as the robbers entered. The witness has a distinctive mark on his right cheek, near his jawline. The first suspect is described as Caucasian between 18 and 22 years old, 1.8 metres (five-foot-11) tall with a thin build. He wore sunglasses, a black fleece face covering, black toque, black and grey hoodie and black pants. The second suspect is described as Caucasian between 18 and 22 years old, 1.7 metres (five-foot-seven) tall with a thin build. He wore a red bandana with a white design, black toque, black hoodie and black pants. RCMP have not determined whether this robbery is related to any other armed robberies in Red Deer or surrounding area. Anyone with information that may
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Suspects in the Express 24 holdup in Highland Green on Feb. 24. assist the police with this investigation is asked to call Red Deer RCMP at 403343-5575. If you wish to remain anony-
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Sylvan Lake spray park location selected BY PAUL COWLEY ADVOCATE STAFF A location has been picked for Sylvan Lake’s proposed spray park. Town council recently settled on Leader Field for the park. Ten sites were in the running and the spray park committee shortlisted Leader, Four Seasons Park and a vacant lot next to the Servus Credit Union downtown for their prime loca-
tion, proximity to washrooms and size. Leader Field is located near Lakeway Boulevard and Memorial Trail in the town’s southwest. Washrooms, concession area and parking are already available at the park, which features soccer fields. The town has set aside $200,000 in its capital budget for site work and other contributions and $10,000 is set aside for the design. The municipality will run and maintain the park. Mayor Sean McIntyre said a group of
local volunteers have been working on the project since 2011 and have committed to raising the money needed to buy all of the spray park features. A price tag has not yet been determined. Nailing down a location allows fundraising to kick into high gear. “That’s a really significant step forward for this project,” said McIntyre, who sits on the spray park committee. Local fundraisers have been hard at work, with almost $10,000 raised at the recent Polar Bear Dip alone.
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McIntyre said the goal was to create a facility that primarily serves the community and that helped dictate its location. “That is an area that is most frequented by residents. So while everybody will be welcomed certainly at the spray park, this is being constructed with Sylvan Lake residents first and foremost in mind.” If all goes to plan, construction could start in the spring of 2016. pcowley@reddeeradvocate.com
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Learn to design an app at the public library People who are interested in learning the basics of app design can get a primer in Red Deer on March 14. Design An App Introduction runs at the downtown branch of Red Deer Public Library from 9:30 to 11 a.m. The session will describe basic principles and teach you what you need to know to get started. The event is in the Snell Auditorium, on the lower floor of the library, which is located at 4818 49th St.
Serial shoplifter sent to jail by judge A shoplifter who stole video games from the same store two days in a row in February will spend 60 days in custody. Called a “petty thief” by provincial court Judge Jim Hunter, Jayme Taylor Klein, 20, pleaded guilty to several counts of theft under $5,000 and failing to appear in court. Red Deer provincial court heard on Wednesday that from June 2014 until his arrest in February 2015, Klein stole from Winners, Wal-Mart and Toys “R” Us in Red Deer. It wasn’t until he turned himself in February that he was remanded into custody. Crown prosecutor Maurice Collard said on Feb. 21, Toys “R” Us reported to police that Klein and a female were caught on video surveillance stealing video games. The next day, the two returned to Toys “R” Us and stole more video games. Red Deer RCMP were called on Feb. 22. Klein and the woman were no longer in the store but were still in Bower Place mall. Police attempted to arrest the two but they evaded capture. Klein later turned himself in. In June 2014, he attempted to steal a perfume package from Winners but was caught by store security and held until Red Deer RCMP arrested him. He skipped the court date he was given. Then in August 2014, he attempted to steal video games from Wal-Mart. He was arrested and given a court date, which he missed again. In delivering his sentence, Hunter refused to allow Klein to serve the 60 days intermittently as he has a long history of shoplifting.
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Restoration work on the riverbank along the Red Deer River that was damaged during the 2013 spring flood has begun. Dakota Reclamators of Calgary has been contracted to do the work, which will see the riverbank stabilized and large rocks put in place to prevent future flood damage near the Discovery Canyon feature at River Bend Golf and Recreation Area. While the work is in progress over the next four weeks, patrons to the site are asked to stay clear of the construction area. The pedestrian bridge that links River Bend to the Three Mile Bend area will be closed to the public during construction. started. The two were among four arrested during a drug raid by the RCMP combined forces unit in Red Deer on May 16, 2013. As a result of their pleas, they received 10-month conditional sentences and a $200 fine.
Rocky man to receive bravery medal A Rocky Mountain House man who helped save a man from a burning vehicle will be recognized for his efforts on Friday. Dale Corey Hession, of Rocky and Calgary, along with Jacob Tyler of Binbrook, Ont., and John Owen Tyler of Coboconk, Ont., rescued an injured man from a burning car near Kitimat, B.C., in December 2012. The vehicle had struck an oncoming truck and caught on fire on impact. The passenger was able to escape but the driver was still trapped. The three men were able to free the victim and carry him a safe distance away. Hession and the two men will be among 40 people who will receive Governor General’s Medals of Bravery at a ceremony at Rideau Hall in Ottawa on Friday morning. The decorations for bravery recognize people who risked their lives to try to save or protect the lives of others.
Ponoka police seek missing tractor Ponoka RCMP are requesting the public’s help
Boat storage warehouse moves ahead Sylvan Lake town council has made bylaw changes that would allow a boat storage warehouse in its lakefront area. The use was included in a revamp of the Land Use Bylaw to fix several shortcomings. Despite the town’s popularity with boaters, the bylaw didn’t define a marina. Also, there was no mention of boat storage as an allowable use in the lakeshore district. That omission has a bearing on a proposed boat storage warehouse that is expected to come before council soon. Bear Development Corp. and Lakeview Contracting have partnered to build a floating marina in front of the Bear-owned Chateau Suites. A boat storage warehouse next to Wild Rapids Waterslide is also proposed. Staff looked at bylaws in a number of other communities with waterfront before coming up with definitions. When the issue first came up in January, some councillors were concerned about making changes allowing for boat storage before a formal development application had come forward.
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Delburne pair plead guilty to drug, stolen property offences Two Delburne residents decided to plead guilty instead of facing the trial scheduled for Tuesday in Red Deer provincial court. Jerod Fedoruk, 29, and Christina Graham, 26, both pleaded guilty to one count of possession of drugs for the purpose of trafficking and possession of stolen property. They had originally entered not guilty pleas and were to be tried in Red Deer provincial court. However, they changed their pleas just before the trial
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Elk, cougars on the AFGA agenda One of the best parts of an Alberta Fish and Game annual conference is what you learn in the hunting and fishing committee meetings from presentations by Alberta’s few remaining fish and wildlife biologists about what they are up to and what regulation changes you might expect in the coming fishing and hunting seasons. Environment-Sustainable Resource Development Minister Kyle Fawcett himself got into some of that in his speech to delegates, predicting that there will be increasing opportunities in BOB 2015 to harvest SCAMMELL elk and moose in the agricultural Wildlife Management Units where both species are thriving. Regarding fisheries, the minister said “we are moving forward with plans to stock new trout species in response to requests for broader sport fishing opportunities.” The brownbrook hybrid, the tiger trout, is often mentioned as a “species” to try. Delegates were also treated to the premiere of Wildlife Trust Fund coordinator Brad Fenson’s new video You Can’t Afford Not to Be a Member, outlining what the AFGA does for us all, including particularly the saving of 42,000 acres of critical habitat and recreational lands all over the province. Fenson tells me that this excellent production will soon be running on the AFGA website, www.afga.org, for all to enjoy. One of the priorities of new AFGA president Wayne Lowry is to improve communications with the members and the public through improvements and adjustments to the website. Also, mere days into Lowry’s presidency, the website is featuring the first the organization has had to say on the CFB Suffield Elk cull, decrying its lack of fairness and equity to Alberta’s resident hunters. Delegates debated and dealt with four dozen resolutions. Among my favourites from the passed resolutions
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Quince hard at work: John Duga of Red Deer has been honoured for his veterinary service, including looking after Quince. was this: “Be it resolved that the Alberta Fish and Game Association request that Alberta Environment and Sustainable Resource Development increase the cougar harvest quotas in many, if not all, cougar management areas. “Brief: The current cougar harvest regime is designed to provide trophy quality animals for harvest. The majority of Alberta’s hunters would like to see a better balance between trophy quality and hunter opportunity, as well as a reduction in predation levels on ungulate populations. Many of Alberta’s mountain and foothill WMUs are being significantly impacted by predation. A reduction in cougar numbers may help increase ungulate populations.” One cause of the cougar population explosion was designating them a big game animal decades ago. Reader Dwight Rodtka, a Stump Ranch neighbour, explains one of the ways that works to cause too many cats. “Cougar numbers were much lower when I hunted them for bounty, and only started to increase when hunting them became popular and we began selecting the mature toms for execution [sitting in a tree]. Cougars are like house cats, with toms steadily killing
kittens and unwilling smaller females. I have seen it many times. We have short-circuited this control now and it’s likely irreversible unless trophy hunters are willing to kill smaller animals.” Because the AFGA conference theme this year (Youth — The Link to the Future) Minister Fawcett noted in his speech that the largest increase in AFGA membership is in the family category, “which means that many more young people are participating in your activities … and I applaud your efforts to encourage more young people to put down their electronic toys and get out and enjoy our world-renowned backyard.” The AFGA is a huge (25,000 member) family in itself, with constant links to its past. It is a unique organization in the way it benefits from its “elders;” 17 of its past presidents are still living, and nine of them are very active in supporting and working hard for the organization. At the closing conference banquet, two past presidents were honoured: Vern McIntosh (1995-97), of Ardrossan, received the Fulton Trophy, the AFGA’s highest award, and Don Hayden (1979-81), of Pincher Creek, received a special award recognizing his recent
donation of three quarter sections of land in Northern Alberta to the association’s Wildlife Trust; both gents are slightly more than somewhat over 80. ● On another old friend and award front, Dr. John Dugan, Sr., of Red Deer, 61 years in practice, has been named 2014 Veterinarian of the Year by the Alberta Veterinary Medical Association. John treated all five of our Brittanys, starting with his favorite, Quince, in 1970. Quince became a challenge for us all after he contracted coccidiosis, a fundamentally incurable poultry disease. Dugan would often shake his head and wonder what a prodigy the dog would have been if only he had his health. Even so, Quince was surpassed only by Red. ● Colleague Neil Waugh of the Edmonton Sun is comparatively youngish, and for instant cabin fever relief, check out the following link from the Telus Storyhive site for a video called Castles in the Air produced by Neil and son Dr. Colin Waugh, which features fly-fishing on the South Ram River, near Nordegg,: http://yycyeg.storyhive. com/showcase. Bob Scammell is an award-winning columnist who lives in Red Deer. He can be reached at bscam@telusplanet.net.
Be on the lookout this year for AAS seeds Google new plants for 2015 and over 300 million results appear. Further research shows that the plants might be a newly introduced variety or they might be new to the company that is selling that plant or type of seed. All American Selections (AAS) is a nonprofit organization that LINDA oversees trial TOMLINSON gardens across North America. If the plants perform well in all gardens, they are named an AAS Winner. Others that perform exceptionally well in one region of the continent and not another receive regional recognition.
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AAS has four trial gardens in Alberta: Olds College, the Devonian Gardens near Devon, the Calgary Zoo and Rotary Park in Medicine Hat. This year’s selections include but are not limited to the following selections. Basil Dolce Fresca was chosen as it is an attractive plant that is edible. The plant rejuvenates quickly after harvest, making it a good addition both visually and gastronomically. Beet Avalanche is a white beet with a mild sweet taste. Unlike the traditional red beet, it doesn’t stain and can be eaten raw as it doesn’t have a bitter aftertaste. It matures approximately 50 days after being sown. Broccoli Artwork F1 is a must for broccoli lovers. Once the original crown is harvested, the plant continues to produce tasty side shoots. This variety resists bolting and should continue to produce into the fall. Lettuce Sandy has an oak shaped leaf that is slow to bolt and doesn’t get bitter in the hot sun. Leaves can be harvested when they are small, allowing the plant to regenerate growth or
allowed to grow into a lose head. Pepper Emerald Fire F1 is rated as X3R for heat. The plant grew well in trial gardens, producing an abundance of fruit. Note that it takes 90 days to mature from transplant. Frost protection is a must for this region. Flaming Flare F1 is a Fresno red pepper, the first of its kind to do well in all the trial gardens. The plants produce a large amount of smaller fruit that is classified as sweet, juicy and slightly pungent. Expect the fruit to be ready 75 days from transplant. Garlic Geisha is a chive that has wide attractive leaves that are full of flavour. Use this herb to flavor soups, butters and stir-fries. It is an easy to grow perennial that produces white flowers late in the season. Roxanne F1 is a new variety of radish that will grow large and not become pithy. As it only needs six inches of soil, it will grow well in containers. The new Squash Bossa Nova F1 will produce more zucchinis for a longer period of time than other varieties. The green molted exterior, along with the compact plant, made the fruit easi-
er to find and pick. Judges choose the flower Interspecific Jolt, a bright pink Dianthus, as best of the trials. This plant bloomed from planting until frost, in all trial gardens. The Impatience plant SunPatiens Spreading Pink Shell was chosen as it becomes acclimatized quickly, blooming all season. It grows equally as well in shade or sun. Trilogy series petunias are often used in baskets for their upright growth. This year, a rich, red, nonfading variety Trilogy Red F1 is on the market. It is a hardy petunia that comes back quickly after a rain. The upright plant will reach between 10 and 25 inches (24 and 60 cm) in height. Not all seed companies or greenhouses carry AAS winner seeds the year they are released. It can take a bit of searching to find these specific seeds or bedding out plants. Linda Tomlinson is a horticulturalist who lives near Rocky Mountain House. She can be reached to your_garden@hotmail.com.
Dealing with fossil fuels in a SSE “There is something fundamentally wrong in treating the Earth as if it were a business in liquidation.” — Herman Daly In my previous column, I quoted an economist by the name of Kenneth Boulding on the subject of a “steady state economy.” An SSE is an economy, which, unlike a cancer cell, doesn’t seek to kill its host (its host, in our case, being the environment, from which our economy derives its susteEVAN nance). BEDFORD But in the previous column, I got stuck on a particular SSE prescription for dealing with fossil fuels. It stated that oil, gas and coal should only be pulled out of the ground at a rate at which they can be replaced by renewable substitutes (e.g. wind and solar, etc). However, there was no explanation as to how a lump of coal (measure by joules of energy) could be equated to
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a solar panel (which is measured not by joules of energy, but by joules of energy per second). So, along comes Herman Daly (another economist) to the rescue. To deal with fossil fuels in an SSE, he proposes a “cap-auction-trade” system. And Alberta is not totally out of the loop on this one, since it has elements of both auction and trade in fossil fuels and their resulting emissions. Oil leases in Alberta only go to the highest bidders. This makes sense in a capitalist economy, where efficiency is defined as getting the best bang for the buck. Then there’s the trade element for dealing with emissions. Alberta has the Specified Gas Emitters Regulation (SGER), which applies to large industrial emitters, such as tarsands operators and electrical generating facilities. These companies (106 of them in Alberta) all emit more than 100,000 tonnes of greenhouse gases (GHG) per year. However, under SGER, they are supposed to reduce their rate of GHG emissions per unit of oil or electricity produced (also known as “emissions intensity”). If they’re unable to reduce that rate, they can buy permits off of other companies who are able to make those reductions (that’s where the trading comes in). But overall, those 106 companies are still able to increase their output
of GHG ... just as long as their emissions intensity numbers go down. Make sense? Well, don’t worry, because Premier Jim Prentice is supposed to be tweaking the formula some time later this year. So maybe I’ll give him a few numbers to work with. On the Alberta government website, it trumpets the fact that since 1990, the amount of GHGs produced per barrel of bitumen has gone down by 26 per cent. Wow. That’s about one per cent a year ... and in the right direction, too. But on the very same page, it forecasts that bitumen production is supposed to rise from two million barrels per day in 2013 to 3.7 million barrels per day in 2020. That equates to an increase of about 12 per cent per year. Hmm. A historical one per cent per year decrease in emissions intensity versus a forecast 12 per cent increase per year in overall production. Which part of the equation do you think will win out in the end? Which brings me to the third element of Daly’s SSE system: the cap. At some level of oil-gas-coal production, thought has to be given to both the rate of depletion of the resource (though with 168 billion barrels of proven bitumen reserves, I don’t think we’ll be freezing in the dark for a while yet), as well as the pollution and habitat degradation related to getting those resources out of the ground.
We’ve already heard about the woodland caribou being classified as a “species at risk,” due to all of the development up north. And I assume that most of us by now accept the fact that refining bitumen and burning gasoline contributes to global warming. But do we want to do anything about it? As Hamlet would say, “that is the question. ...” I think it’s time for Prentice to stop thinking about what industry lobbyists might say. And he also has to stop thinking about what voters might say when asked by pollsters to give very short opinions about very complex issues. What he needs to do is to convene a randomly selected citizens assembly (Google it), and have them deliberate on the issue. That’s because a citizens assembly is the best way to come up with proposals that are legitimate, transparent, and accountable. And I’m quite sure that a random selection of my fellow Albertans, given the task of deliberating on this important issue, will not see the Earth as something to simply liquidate. Evan Bedford is a local environmentalist. Direct comments, questions and suggestions to wyddfa23@telus.net. Visit the Energy and Ecology website at www. evanbedford.com.
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Nope, cancer is not ‘just bad luck’ A new cancer study is stirring up good controversy, as cancer experts around the world rush to set the record straight about misleading headlines saying: Cancer’s just bad luck. The accurate, good-news message: At least half of all cancers can be avoided with do-it-yourself steps like watching your weight, getting the right tests and (of course) not smoking. The flap started on New Year’s Day, with a Johns Hopkins University study that tried to explain why some body parts are more cancer-prone than others. The researchers concluded that some body tissues contain more fast-reproducing stem cells than others. The more these cells divide, the greater the risk for genetic mutations that can lead to cancer. That explained 65 percent of the difference in cancer rates in different parts of the body — the “bad luck” mentioned in the study. But it was widely misunderstood, leading to headlines proclaiming two-thirds of cancer cannot be prevented. That’s hogwash! Yes, cancer starts with unlucky genetic mutations. And sometimes, it progresses despite a healthy lifestyle. But for many types of cancer — including cancers of the colon, lungs, breast and prostate, the Big Four that affect the most people and cause the most deaths — the steps you take can help keep those mutations from morphing into cancer or stop the mutations from happening in the first place. A new American Cancer Society study followed a half-million Americans for over 10 years and discovered that following cancer-fighting strategies reduced the odds for many cancers dramatically; for example, it cuts the risk for colon cancer by up to 48 per cent.
the esophagus, pancreas, colon and rectum, lining of the uterus, kidneys, breast, ovaries, prostate and gallbladder. Eating more healthy protein, such as fish, skinless chicken, turkey, beans and nuts, helps build muscle and is good for getting rid of inflammatory body fat that increases cancer risk. Next, avoid all deli meats (they’re usually highly processed with harmful chemicals) and red meat, pork and egg yolks. Red meat contains saturated fats and the amino acid carnitine. If you consume more than four ounces of red meat or one egg yolk a week, or a combo, your gut bacteria change to produce trimethylamine, which your liver turns into inflammatory compounds like trimethylamine oxide, and that may be more likely to promote cancer than even cigarettes. ● Get the tests you need. Mammograms, pelvic exams, colon checks, skin screening, prostate-cancer checks (if you and your doc agree they’re right for you) can find precancerous tissue and cancers in early, more treatable stages. ● Say yes to cancer vaccines. Rates of liver cancer have fallen thanks to childhood vaccination for hepatitis B. And the new HPV vaccine for teens and young adults could prevent an estimated 21 million cancers (including cancers of the cervix, anus and vagina). Yet 42 per cent of teen girls and 65 per cent of teen boys are missing out. ● Slather on the sunscreen. Protecting yourself from the sun’s harmful UV rays can reduce your risk for the deadliest skin cancer, melanoma, by 50 per cent. The YOU Docs, Mehmet Oz, host of The Dr. Oz Show and Mike Roizen of Cleveland Clinic, are authors of YOU: Losing Weight. For more information, go to www. RealAge.com.
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DRS. OZ AND ROIZEN Another benefit of smart lifestyle choices: Much of the malignancy of cancer once it starts is determined by your choices, such as avoiding foods with added sugars or syrups and just walking regularly. And top cancer experts are shouting the “you can make a difference” message to the world. So, here’s how they, and we, say you can prevent and help control cancer: ● Don’t smoke. “Nearly all lung cancer would be prevented if nobody smoked,” noted one Harvard School of Public Health dean in a Boston Globe oped about the study. If you’ve tried to quit before, try again. And again. Talk with your doc about crave-stopping medications, nicotine replacement products and counseling, then set a stop date. ● Watch your weight; eat great proteins. Maintaining a healthy weight can cut your risk for cancers of
Aligning with the health that is you Four sneaky foods to cut from your diet today
“If you feel like you’re trying hard and it isn’t happen- healthy things you did in the last week. Commend ing then you are barking up the wrong tree. Just stop for yourself on them. a little while. Stop trying and start aligning. Then watch ● Reflect and take initiative. Today is a new day what happens.” — a clean slate! Write out three things for the upcom— Abraham Hicks ing week that would feel really good from a physical Trying to work out but can’t seem to make it to the activity standpoint. Do you know someone who is gym? Wanting to make changes in your eating behav- more active than you that could boost your inspiraiors but can’t seem to kick the takeout and fast food? tion in your physical activity department? Give them Confused about which diet is right for you or how to a call. Start with a clean slate more regularly. truly know what to eat and how to prepare? ● Be conscious of who you spend your time with It’s time to drop the expectations. Stop setting the over the next week. Are they in alignment with your goals, cut out the guilt, take a breath and a step back health and wellness goals. Remember like attracts and reset by aligning with the health that like. Walk through a health food store. Go KRISTIN is you. into a gym. Put yourself in the surroundFRASER Doesn’t that feel better already? ings of health — even if you feel like the In my recent Awaken your inner health furthest thing from it. chef intro to a Healthy Cooking workshop, ● Write out an affirmation statement I walked participants through a process to read to yourself every morning. “I am a in shifting towards more intuitive cookhealthy, vibrant individual. I know exactly ing. A process that can be easily transwhat my body needs to feel it’s best and I ferred into more intuitive eating and self care — a take initiative to make it a priority in my life today. ” means of cutting out the gap between what we desire Let go of any expectation and just take the time and what we actually already have as a skillset, or each day to make a conscious choice that you are abknowing or feeling … and go from there. solutely just as healthy as you can be right now. The Our mindset has so much to do with everything we more you align with this feeling, the more you will attract into our lives so learning how to shift into a feel naturally drawn to get up and take the action feeling of presently having the health that you desire steps to stay in that feeling space of feeling better. is a practice that will allow more healthful things to You already know the foods you need to put in continue to flow into your life — if that’s what you your body and the benefits of exercise and drinking truly desire. water. All you need to do is take accountability for Our only job then is to regularly tune into our de- the health that is already you. sires and believe they are already there. Kristin Fraser, BSc, is a holistic nutritionist and loSo here’s some tricks to get you in alignment with cal freelance writer. Her column appears every second the health that is you. Thursday. She can be reached at kristin@something● Take out a piece of paper and write out three tochewon.ca.
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In your quest to get a better body, you’ve started watching what you eat. You know the obvious offenders — creamy pasta dishes, cakes, cookies, deep fried foods, and the like — but do you know the not-soobvious offenders that could be setting you back? If you want to get serious about reaching your goal weight and getting healthier, you need to know where to look. Often sugar and saturated fat sneak into foods without CABEL us realizing it and can turn an MCELDERRY otherwise healthy meal into a diet nightmare. Let’s look at four such foods that you should begin cutting from your diet immediately.
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New cocktail bar opening this month BY HARLEY RICHARDS ADVOCATE BUSINESS EDITOR A trio of veteran bartenders are preparing to mix it up downtown. Sean Draper, Seth Van Havere and Chris Gooding will be behind the bar when To The Lost opens later this month. Located at 4916 Ross St., the cocktail lounge will feature a broad menu of new and classic drinks, said Draper, who is the owner-operator. “It’ll be ground-breaking for Red Deer.” Draper, who has 15 years of bartending experience, received the Red Deer Express’s Golden Fork Readers’ Choice Award for Best Bartender last fall. He’s even showcased his bottle-flipping skills at flare shows from Nova Scotia to Vancouver Island. Gooding and Van Havere also know their way behind a bar, with 10 and 15 years in the industry respectively. The three men have worked everywhere from busy nightclubs to high-end restaurants. “Between the three of us, our repertoire is pretty solid,” said Draper. “There’s a lot of experience between us.” At To The Lost, they’ll draw upon that experience to mix the likes of sidecars, sours and flips, as well as classics like Manhattans and daiquiris. High-end wines and craft beers will also be available, and the drink menu will include low- and no-alcohol options. Van Havere said he and his fellow bartenders plan to make their own syrups and tinctures, using ingredients like fresh fruit. “People are getting really health conscious and they want to know where their ingredients are coming from,” he said. The opportunity to utilize and advance his talents at To The Lost prompted Gooding to return to his hometown from Vancouver Island, where he’s worked for the past 5 ½ years. “I think this place is really going to be set apart from everything else. It’s going to kind of be the first of its kind.” The lounge will have seating for about 50, with many of these along a 30-foot (nine-metre) wooden bar cut from a single tree. Running parallel will be a row of open tables, which Draper thinks will promote interaction between patrons. “We want a very comfortable atmosphere in here for people, and we wanted it very open.” Behind the bar is the original red brick that was used in the construction of the building more than a century ago. The food offerings at To The Lost will be prepared next door at the Red Boar Smokery, a
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From the left, Sean Draper, Seth Van Havere and Chris Gooding at the bar of the new To The Lost cocktail bar they are opening at 4916-50 Street in Red Deer. restaurant that Draper is a partner in and which is expected to open shortly. Full meals will be available, as will appetizers and snacks, said Draper. “There are going to be lots of small plates, lots of shareables.” To The Lost and the Red Boar Smokery share the building that was previously the home of Wai’s Restaurant and Thai Gardens Restaurant. Draper said he’s pleased with the downtown location. He expects to attract downtown workers, as well as students from the Donald School of Business, and people who are shopping or attending cultural activities in the
area. Draper also thinks other members of the food and beverage industry will gather at the lounge. Gooding said he’s looking forward to experimenting and creating at To The Lost — taking classic recipes and adding a personal twist to them. “That’s one thing I love about this business is you can never know it all.” Draper describes their role as “bar chefs.” “This is like our kitchen back here.” To The Lost will open daily at 4 p.m. hrichards@reddeeradvocate.com
Parkland Bank of Canada stands Fuel Corp pat on interest rate net earnings drop BY THE CANADIAN PRESS
BY ADVOCATE STAFF Parkland Fuel Corp. (TSX: PKI) saw its net earnings fall sharply in 2014, which reflected the end of a fuel supply contract that had given Parkland a share of the refiner’s margin. The Red Deer-based company, which is Canada’s largest independent marketer of fuel and petroleum products, reported on Wednesday that it earned $48.9 million during the 12 months ended Dec. 31, 2014. That was down 47 per cent from $92 million the previous year. Parkland’s 2014 earnings equated to 66 cents per basic share, down from $1.31. The company declared dividends of $1.05 per share during the year, up from $1.04 in 2013. Sales and operating revenues for the year were up by a third, to $7,527.6 million from $5,663.4 million. In its report to shareholders, Parkland noted that its finance costs in 2014 increased by $5.2 million to $25.1 million, its business acquisition costs were up by $8.8 million to $15.7 million, and its depreciation and amortization expenses jumped $19.1 million to $75.1 million. Income tax expenses dropped by more than $10 million. Parkland acquired SPF Energy Inc. of Minot, N.D., as well as 12 Chevron-branded service stations in Northern British Columbia, in 2014. It also entered into an agreement to acquire Pioneer Energy in Ontario. Its total assets grew to $1,531.8 million in 2014, up from $1,255.2 million. Bob Espey, Parkland’s president and CEO, said in a release that the company has taken steps to counter the December 2013 expiry of a fuel supply contract that ended its refiner’s margin revenues. “In 2011 we rolled out the Parkland Penny Plan, which was a plan to offset the financial contribution from the expiring refiner’s margin contract by executing on a strategy to grow the business, expand our supply advantage, and operate effectively.” He said that plan resulted in EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization) growth in all divisions last year, as well as acquisitions that are allowing Parkland to increase its annual dividend by two cents per common share. In its final quarter of 2014, Parkland had net earnings of $10.2 million, less than half of the $22 million generated during the same period in 2013. Its sales and operating revenues for the quarter were $1,739 million, an improvement from $1,598.9 for the same period the previous year. Net earnings per share were 13 cents, as compared with 31 cents a year earlier, with 26 cents in dividends paid out, unchanged from the fourth quarter of 2013. Parkland delivers gasoline, diesel, propane, lubricants, heating oil and other petroleum products in Canada and the United States.
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OTTAWA — The Bank of Canada maintained its key interest rate Wednesday as it credited global economic conditions and its January cut for helping the country weather the bruising oil slump. The central bank’s latest policy announcement, which kept the overnight rate target at 0.75 per cent, also contained a slightly sunnier outlook, leaving many analysts with the impression there won’t be any other reductions any time soon. It was the bank’s first policy decision since January when governor Stephen Poloz stunned markets by lowering the rate a quarter of a percentage point from one per cent. At the time, Poloz called it a necessary insurance because lower oil prices would be “unambiguously negative” for the economy. Since then, the bank said the evolution of oil prices as well as the global and Canadian economies had largely unfolded in line with its projections. It underlined several areas where conditions landed close to its assumptions: the stronger performance in non-energy exports and investment, the economic growth reading for the final three months of 2014 and core inflation near its two per cent target. “Financial conditions in Canada have eased materially since January, in response to the bank’s recent monetary policy action and to global financial developments,” the bank said in a statement. “We judge that the current degree of monetary policy stimulus is still appropriate.” The bank also said the bulk of the oil slump’s negative effects will strike the Canadian economy in the first half of 2015 — and could be more front loaded
than it had predicted. It doesn’t expect the weakened Canadian dollar to hurt, either. The bank said the loonie would help offset the effect of the oil-price shock and lift investment and exports in non-energy sectors. The depleted dollar is due in part to the low interest rate and cheaper oil prices. “In light of these developments, the risks around the inflation profile are now more balanced and financial stability risks are evolving as expected,” the bank said. Most experts had anticipated the bank’s decision to hold the line Wednesday, but only a couple of weeks ago, many of them had predicted a second cut. Those expectations changed over the past week after fresh data releases and remarks by Poloz led them to believe the bank would stand pat. Last week, Poloz said the cut in January bought the bank extra time to assess the impact of oil’s decline. Some economists expected the bank to introduce a cut either at its next scheduled rate announcement on April 15, when it will also release its spring monetary policy report, or at the following policy meeting in July. But the wording in the report Wednesday led to some reconsideration. BMO chief economist Douglas Porter estimated there’s now probably less than a 50 per cent chance a rate cut is on the horizon. “I took away the message that they’re probably done unless there’s a serious downside surprise to the economy in the next few months,” Porter said. The bank, he said, backed up that position by saying the negatives of low oil prices might be more front loaded than expected.
Cineplex to offer UltraAVX BY HARLEY RICHARDS ADVOCATE BUSINESS EDITOR
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Red Deer will officially become an UltraAVX community on Friday. Movie enthusiasts will recognize the UltraAVX name as Cineplex Inc.’s premiere offering, with its sharpest picture, crispest sound and most comfortable seating. It was rolled out in a handful of Canadian theatres in 2010, and has since spread to about 60 locations. “They’ve been hugely popular,” said Mike Langdon, director of communications with Cineplex. Galaxy Cinemas Red Deer in Gasoline Alley will join the list of UltraAVX theatres with its screening of the film Chappie, tomorrow. The newly equipped 270-seat auditorium is returning to action after a period of extensive renovations. “Typically a conversion takes a couple months, and it’s quite comprehensive,” said Langdon. Among the changes is the addition of a new ultrahigh definition projection system and Dolby Atmos surround sound. The screen has also been expanded, and now stretches from wall to wall. The seats in the auditorium are high-backed, fin-
ished in synthetic leather and recline slightly, added Langdon. And they can be reserved in advance. “It’s the part of this experience that people like the most,” he said of the UltraAVX booking system, which allows customers to select their seats online or at the theatre days in advance. “It eliminates the last-minute rush.” Tickets for movies in the UltraAVX auditorium cost $3 more than for those in the conventional auditoriums, and $5 more in the case of 3D films. But the UltraAVX movies are still the first to sell out, said Langdon. Galaxy Cinemas Red Deer has 11 auditoriums, with its new UltraAVX room the largest. Based in Toronto, Cineplex operates 160 theatres with 1,638 screens in Canada. Its brands include Cineplex Odeon, SilverCity, Galaxy Cinemas, Scotiabank Theatres, Cineplex Cinemas and Cineplex VIP Cinemas presented by Scotiabank. The company also owns and operates the UltraAVX, Poptopia and Outtakes brands. hrichards@reddeeradvocate.com
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Diversified and Industrials Agrium Inc. . . . . . . . . . . 139.87 ATCO Ltd.. . . . . . . . . . . . 48.04 BCE Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55.11 BlackBerry . . . . . . . . . . . 13.47 Bombardier . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.30 Brookfield . . . . . . . . . . . . 68.10 Cdn. National Railway . . 85.59 Cdn. Pacific Railway. . . 236.74 Cdn. Utilities . . . . . . . . . . 41.54 Capital Power Corp . . . . 25.01 Cervus Equipment Corp 19.10 Dow Chemical . . . . . . . . 49.57 Enbridge Inc. . . . . . . . . . 57.49 Finning Intl. Inc. . . . . . . . 24.32 Fortis Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . 39.25 General Motors Co. . . . . 37.57 Parkland Fuel Corp. . . . . 23.31 Sirius XM . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.08 SNC Lavalin Group. . . . . 39.57 Stantec Inc. . . . . . . . . . . 32.02 Telus Corp. . . . . . . . . . . . 43.80 Transalta Corp.. . . . . . . . 11.52 Transcanada. . . . . . . . . . 55.25 Consumer Canadian Tire . . . . . . . . 130.35 Gamehost . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.97 Leon’s Furniture . . . . . . . 16.60 Loblaw Ltd. . . . . . . . . . . . 62.68 MARKETS CLOSE TORONTO — The Toronto stock market closed lower Wednesday in a broad-based decline led by mining, energy and financial issues. The S&P/TSX composite index was 51.01 points lower at 15,082.84 as traders looked to the latest interest rate announcement by the Bank of Canada and positive economic data from the United States. The Canadian dollar moved up 0.48 of a U.S. cent to 80.54 cents as the central bank announced it would keep its key rate unchanged at 0.75 per cent. The move came as little surprise to analysts — they had generally expected the bank to hold the line on interest rates following a quarter-point cut in January. New York indexes were also in the red amid a positive assessment of the economy in the U.S. Federal Reserve’s latest regional snapshot. The Fed says the economy was growing at a moderate pace through midFebruary despite severe winter weather. There was also positive employment data two days ahead of the U.S. government’s February report on job growth. Payroll firm ADP reported that the American private sector created 212,000 jobs in last month, slightly below expectations of 219,000. Economists generally expect the American economy to have created a total of 235,000 jobs last month. The Dow Jones Industrial average dropped 106.47 points to 18,096.9, the Nasdaq declined 12.76 points to 4,967.14 and the S&P 500 index fell 9.24 points to 2,098.54. Some analysts suggested investors were selling stocks ahead of the U.S. government’s jobs report since a stronger than expected report could persuade the Fed to move sooner than later in raising interest rates. Markets generally expect the Fed to
Maple Leaf Foods. . . . . . 22.37 Rona Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . 15.33 Wal-Mart . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82.85 WestJet Airlines . . . . . . . 29.51 Mining Barrick Gold . . . . . . . . . . 15.09 Cameco Corp. . . . . . . . . 18.75 First Quantum Minerals . 15.35 Goldcorp Inc. . . . . . . . . . 25.45 Hudbay Minerals. . . . . . . . 9.85 Kinross Gold Corp. . . . . . . 3.37 Labrador. . . . . . . . . . . . . 17.55 Potash Corp.. . . . . . . . . . 44.00 Sherritt Intl. . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.29 Teck Resources . . . . . . . 18.63 Energy Arc Resources . . . . . . . . 24.16 Badger Daylighting Ltd. . 23.94 Baker Hughes. . . . . . . . . 62.46 Bonavista . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.21 Bonterra Energy . . . . . . . 40.87 Cdn. Nat. Res. . . . . . . . . 36.78 Cdn. Oil Sands Ltd. . . . . 11.08 Canyon Services Group. . 7.05 Cenovous Energy Inc. . . 22.24 CWC Well Services . . . 0.4000 Encana Corp. . . . . . . . . . 15.20 Essential Energy. . . . . . . . 1.27 raise rates sometime this year. Traders will likely be looking for some direction now that the quarterly earnings season has ended. “It’s a market that is now digesting the news from the earnings front and now saying, we’ve had a good rally in the U.S. and Canada during February and now that earnings are behind us — what’s next?” said Sid Mokhtari, a market technician at CIBC World Markets. The base metals sector was down two per cent while May copper was unchanged at US$2.66 a pound. The gold sector fell 2.2 per cent with April bullion off $3.50 at US$1,200.90 an ounce. Crude prices had declined after the U.S. Energy Information Administration reported that crude inventories rose by 10.3 million barrels last week, far higher than the expected advance of 3.7 million barrels. Oil closed up $1.01 to US$51.53 a barrel after Saudi Arabia said it increased its selling prices for its Arab Light crude oil for consumers in the U.S., Europe and Asia in April. Also, Saudi Arabia’s Oil Minister Ali alNaimi said in a speech in Berlin Wednesday that oil “demand is gradually rising, global economic growth seems more robust and the oil price is stabilizing.” The April crude contract in New York was up $1.01 to US$51.53 a barrel and the energy sector slipped 0.25 per cent. FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS Highlights at the close of Wednesday at world financial market trading. Stocks: S&P/TSX Composite Index — 15,082.84, down 51.01 points Dow — 18,096.90, down 106.47 points S&P 500 — 2,098.54, down
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new drilling, but that won’t reduce supplies until later this year. — The new oil being produced is light, sweet crude, which is a type many U.S. refineries are not designed to process. Oil companies can’t just get rid of it by sending it abroad, because crude exports are restricted by federal law. — Foreign oil continues to flow into the U.S., both because of economic weakness in other countries and to feed refineries designed to process heavy, sour crude. — This is the slowest time of year for gasoline demand, so refiners typically reduce or stop production to perform maintenance. As refiners process less crude, supplies build up. — Oil investors are making money buying and storing oil because of the difference between the current price of oil and the price for delivery in faroff months. An investor can buy oil at $50 today and enter into a contract to sell it for $59 in December, locking in a profit even after paying for storage during those months. The delivery point for most of the oil traded in the U.S. is Cushing, a city of about 8,000 people halfway between Oklahoma City and Tulsa at an intersection of several pipelines. The city is dotted with tanks that can, in theory, hold 85 million barrels of oil, according to the Energy Department, though some of those tanks are used for blending or feeding pipelines, not for storing oil. The market data provider Genscape, which flies helicopters equipped with infrared cameras and other technology over Cushing twice a week to measure storage levels, estimates Cushing is two-thirds full. Hillary Stevenson, who manages storage, pipeline and refinery monitoring for Genscape, says Cushing could be full by mid-April. Supplies are increasing at “the highest rate we have ever seen at Cushing,” she says. Full tanks — or super-low prices — are not a sure thing. New storage is under construction at Cushing, and there are large storage terminals near Houston, in St. James, Louisiana, and elsewhere around the country.
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MITCHELL Barry James Mar. 16, 1947 - Feb. 28, 2015 Barry Mitchell passed away from mesothelioma at the Red Deer Hospice on Saturday, February 28, 2015 at the age of 67 years. Even though his passing was expected, it came very suddenly and too soon, and we are devastated by his loss. A native Albertan, Barry was a conservationist, fly fisherman, and hunter of the highest order. He devoted both his personal and professional life to the conservation of Alberta’s natural resources. In 1971, he founded the Alberta Fishing Guide magazine with his father George Mitchell. Barry and his wife Ann took sole ownership of the magazine in 1980 and together they published this respected and popular fishing publication for more than 40 years, until selling it in 2013 upon discovering he was ill. Barry was recognized many times for his conservation efforts, most notably in 1998 when he was awarded the Order of the Bighorn, one of Alberta’s highest conservation honours. However, as accomplished and recognized as Barry was in Alberta’s environmental circles, he saved the best parts of himself for his family. He was a wonderful husband, father, father-in-law, and grandpa and in our eyes, there was no one better. We all share wonderful memories of being with our husband, Dad, and Pa in the outdoors. We will carry that legacy forward and he will continue to be with us as we hike over hills, cast into corner pools, sit on stand, and just enjoy the sun setting on another wonderful day spent outside. Left to mourn Barry’s loss is his best friend and wife of 45 years, Ann; his son Matthew; his daughter Jennifer Stange; his sonin-law Grant Stange; and his treasured granddaughters, Claire and Eve. Barry is also survived by his siblings Brian, Wayne, Brenda, and Diana, and their families. Barry was predeceased in 2000 by his parents George and Joan Mitchell. An informal come-and-go funeral reception is planned for Friday, March 6, 2015 between 2 p.m. and 5 p.m. at Eventide Funeral Chapel, 4820-45 Street, Red Deer. Casual attire. We welcome all who knew him--please come share your stories with us and with each other. If desired, donations in his honour may be made to the Nature Conservancy of Canada, Red Deer Food Bank, or Red Deer Hospice. Our family would like to thank Dr. Kamal Daniel, Jackie Van Langen and her staff from Retire at Home Health Care, the nurses and staff of Red Deer Hospice and Symphony Inglewood, and the various health care staff he encountered along the way. We are grateful for each and every one of you. Condolences may be forwarded to the family by visiting www.eventidefuneralchapels.com. Arrangements entrusted to EVENTIDE FUNERAL CHAPEL 4820 - 45 Street, Red Deer. Phone (403) 347-2222
DOUGLAS Feb. 18, 1932 - Dec. 7, 2014 In Celebration of the life of (Mabel) Rose Douglas. An open house will be held at the Pine Lake Hub community Centre on March 7th from 1:00pm until 4:00. You are welcome to bring your pieces of Rose’s art to join with our display.
WATTENBARGER Louis Lawrence Nov. 29, 1944 - Feb. 27, 2015 Louis Lawrence Wattenbarger was born on November 29, 1944 and passed away on Friday, February 27, 2015 with his family by his side. A memorial service will be scheduled at a later date. Condolences may be forwarded to the family by visiting www.eventidefuneralchapels.com. Arrangements entrusted to EVENTIDE FUNERAL CHAPEL 4820 - 45 Street, Red Deer. Phone (403) 347-2222
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MORGAN Shawn Douglas 1968 - 2015 A celebration of Life for Shawn Morgan will be held Friday, March 13, 2015. Doors open at 1:45, Service and Friendship 2:30 - 4:30 pm. at the BMO Centre Palomino Room Halls A-E Stampede Park. Parking is suggested in Lots 10 & 11. $15. charge for parking, cash preferred. We will also be holding a Street Hockey Tournament. This is a FUN event for all (players and non-players), Saturday March 14, 2015, Location TBA. 11:00 am - 2:00. Teams will play 3 x 30 minute games. Finals will begin a 1:00. Please register at the following: morganmemorialcup@yahoo.ca If you would like any more information on the Celebration of Life or the Ball Hockey Tournament, please go to: http://www.caringbridge.org/ visit/shawndouglasmorgan
LANG Marvin July 17, 1927 - Feb. 26, 2015 Marvin Lang is survived by his beloved wife of 63 years, Martha Lang (nee Schneider), their children: Theresa Lang, Brian Lang, and Shelley (Jay) Fieger, and grandchildren: Michael Panelli, Matthew (Diana) Panelli, Daniel (Katie) Panelli, Sarah Rosenbargo, Natasha Fieger, and Anna Fieger, as well as his brother, Lloyd (Bev) Lang and sister, Darlene Bond. He will also be fondly remembered by his great-grandchildren: Xander, Tarynn, Jackson, Bailey, and Bryn. A date and place for the memorial service is to be announced. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Alzheimer Society of Alberta. Condolences may be forwarded to the family by visiting: www.eventidefuneralchapels.com Arrangements entrusted to EVENTIDE FUNERAL CHAPEL 4820 - 45 Street, Red Deer. Phone (403) 347-2222
WILSON Bruce P. June 29, 1935 - Mar. 3, 2015 It is with saddened hearts that the family wish to announce the passing of Mr. Bruce P. Wilson. Bruce Wilson is survived by his loving wife and best friend Mary Lou; two daughters Kathleen (Gerald) Bolze, Sandra (Jackie) Wilson, granddaughter Shauna (Kevin) Kranenborg, grandson Stacey Bolze, great grandson Kyler, great granddaughter Selena; second family Steve (Terry) Maetche, Kyle (Jodi), and Bryn, Scott, Curtis; Ken (Dawn) Maetche, Tanner and Josh; Rory (Cheryl) Maetche, Jeremy and Kevin; one sister, Joyce (Walter) Vollmerhaus, one brother Robert (Linda), Scott and Erin. He was predeceased by his parents James and Evelyn Wilson, aunts and Uncle Everett (Ellen) Mayhood, and Alice Wilson. Funeral Services will be held at the College Heights SDA Church, 6915 Maple Drive, Lacombe, AB., (College Heights) on Monday, March 9, 2015 at 1:00 pm. If desired, donations in Bruce’s name may be made to the following charities: Alzeimer’s Society of Red Deer, #105 4419-50 Ave, Red Deer Alberta, T4N 3Z5; St. Andrew’s Memorial Fund, 5226 - 51 Avenue Lacombe, Alberta, or the charity of one’s choice. Expressions of sympathy may be made by v i s i t i n g 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,
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JJAM Management (1987) Ltd., o/a Tim Horton’s Requires to work at these EXP’D. DERRICK Red Deer, AB locations: HAND 5111 22 St. or DRILLER 37444 HWY 2 S Locally based, home every 37543 HWY 2N night! Qualified applicants 700 3020 22 St. must have all necessary FOOD ATTENDANT valid tickets for the position Req’d permanent shift being applied for. weekend day and evening Bearspaw offers a both full and part time. very competitive salary 16 Vacancies, $10.25/hr. + and benefits package benefits. Start ASAP. along with a steady Job description work schedule. www.timhortons.com Please submit resumes: Education and experience Attn: Human Resources not req’d. Email: Apply in person or fax payroll@bearspawpet.com resume to: 403-314-1303 Fax: (403) 252-9719 or Mail to: Suite 5309, 333-96 Ave. NE Calgary, AB T3K 0S3 Bearspaw Petroleum Ltd is seeking
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NEEDS exp’d. full and Women in the Trades part-time LINE COOKS to Program work in pleasant surroundings with dedicated CENTRAL AB based • 2 yrs. relevant exp., • Math and Science for trucking company requires workers. Salary is completion of High the Trades Program $14-$18/hr. depending on CONTRACT School, be reliable, experience. Chance for DRIVERS self motivated, work Gov’t of Alberta Funding advancement. Apply in in AB. Home the odd night. well under limited may be available. person or phone Weekends off. Late model supervision in fast 403-346-5448 for tractor pref. 403-586-4558 paced environment. 403-340-1930 appointment. at Glenn’s Restaurant Hyw. 2 South Something for Everyone Salary is $14 - $18./hr. 40 www.academicexpress.ca Gasoline Alley. email: Everyday in Classifieds hr. wk. dependant on exp. glenrest@telus.net Fax: Auto Mechanic Wanted. EXP. CLASS 1 DRIVER 403-340-2199 ask for Information at www. 733644 Ab Ltd. required to haul LPG in Glenn or Richard. municipalexcellence.ca/ O/A The Rusty Pelican Central AB. Fax resume Employment.html reply and abstract with with resume to info@ Location of employment: applicable tickets to: municipalexcellence.ca 4105 2079 - 50 Ave. 780-386-3896 Red Deer, AB T4R 1Z4 GOODMEN email: ROOFING LTD. Misc. bennett2014.bkkp@ Requires gmail.com Help or Call 403-347-1414 SLOPED ROOFERS or Fax to: 403-347-1161 1699960AbLtd is looking LABOURERS Only candidates selected for 2 F/T permanent shift & FLAT ROOFERS for an interview will be supervisors for days, contacted. evenings, wknds. 120 - 47 Valid Driver’s Licence Clearview Market Red preferred. Fax or email info@goodmenroofing.ca Deer, AB. must have exc. customer service, cash or (403)341-6722 Trades NO PHONE CALLS PLEASE! handling, and supervisory related. wage $13.75 w/at least 1 year exp. email: STAIR MANUFACTURER Central Alberta’s Largest restuarantbusiness@ Req’s F/T workers to build Car Lot in Classifieds hotmail.ca stairs in Red Deer shop. MUST HAVE basic carACADEMIC Express pentry skills. Salary based SURESPAN Power Ltd. on skill level. Benefits ADULT EDUCATION SERVING CENTRAL has an immediate opening avail. Apply in person at ALBERTA RURAL AND TRAINING for an onsite HSE REGION 100, 7491 Edgar Coordinator in Red Deer, Industrial Bend. email: SPRING START AB. See our web site for earl707@telus.net. and/or full details & apply online. fax 403-347-7913 www.surespan.com • GED Preparation
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Electronics
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EquipmentHeavy
1630
TRAILERS for sale or rent Job site, office, well site or storage. Skidded or wheeled. Call 347-7721.
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Firewood
AFFORDABLE
Homestead Firewood
Women in the Trades Spruce, Pine, Birch -Split. Program avail. 7 days/wk. 403-304-6472
Math and Science for FIREWOOD. Pine, Spruce, Can deliver the Trades Program 1-4 cords. 403-844-0227 Gov’t of Alberta Funding LOGS may be available. Semi loads of pine, spruce, tamarack, poplar. 403-340-1930 Price depends on location. www.academicexpress.ca Lil Mule Logging 403-318-4346 ALBERTA YARD CARE REQUIRES Now Offering Hotter, Cleaner SEASONAL WORKERS BC Birch. All Types. P.U. / Apr. - Oct. with opportunity Delivery. Lyle 403-783-2275 for F/T employment. Established company Health & looking for physically fit, responsible, Beauty energetic person for outdoor work 40 hr./wk, STAIR Chair, electric ModMon. - Fri. Driver’s license el Bruno Elan 3000, needed, clean abstract alternate power, 16.2 ft of req’d. Interest in track, used 15 mos., paid horticulture an asset. $2800. Asking $1000. Pay $16 to start. Complete. 403-252-2054 403-346-7520 or 358-4631
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Dixon Ave,Close & Dunlop St. ALSO Dumas Cr., Duffy Cl., 1 1/2 Blks. of Dempsey St. and Dolan Cl. $104.mo.
Kilburn & Krause Cr. ALSO Kidd & Kirkland Cl ALSO Kidd & Keith Cl.
CARRIERS NEEDED
DEER PARK AREA
EASTVIEW AREA 37, 38 & 3900 Block of 45 St. (and 44 St. North side only) $68.48/mo. GRANDVIEW AREA 4400 Blks. of 40A Ave. and 41 Ave. and 1 Blk. each of 46 and 47 Streets area MOUNTVIEW AREA Between 35 St. and 39 St. and 43A Ave. and 41, Ave. area $189.00/mo. 43A Ave. West to 46 Ave. Between 35 & 37 St. $63.00/mo.
FOR FLYERS, FRIDAY FORWARD & EXPRESS ROUTES IN:
ANDERS AREA Ahlstrom Close, Andrew Close, Arnold Close, Ackerman Cres. Ammeter Close, Addington Drive, Atlee / Ansett Cres. Allsop Ave. / Allsop Cres. Anderson Close, Anquetel Close
CRYSTAL GLASS needs a GLASS INSTALLER. Some exp. preferred, but training is provided. Benefits and company uniforms after 3 months. Drop off resume at: 4706-51 Avenue or fax 346-5390 or email: branch208@crystalglass.ca DISPATCHER REQ’D. Knowledge of Red Deer and area is essential. Verbal and written communication skills are req’d. Send resume by fax to 403-346-0295 Sunterra Meats in Trochu, 45 minutes South East of Red Deer is looking for enthusiastic, hard working individuals to join their team at their processing plant. Experience in the meat industry a definite asset. Training provided. Starting wage $14.00 per hour, increases based on skill and experience. Benefit package, travel allowance and a signing bonus. For more information, contact Trish at 403-442-4202 or trish.hyshka@sunterra.ca
Employment Training
900
SAFETY TRAINING CENTRE OILFIELD TICKETS
MICHENER AREA 50A. St. between 40 Ave. & 42 A Ave, 50, 51, 51A & 52 St. between 40 Ave. & 43 Ave. and Michener Drive area. $209.00/mo. For More Information Call Jamie at the Red Deer Advocate 403-314-4306
403.341.4544
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Household Appliances
DRYER, Inglis HD, white ext. large capacity, Electric. $100. 403-309-4518
Household Furnishings
1720
WANTED Antiques, furniture and estates. 342-2514
Misc. for Sale
1760
B & D skill saw $25; black golf travelling bag $45; 403-885-5020 LAMPS, (2) electric, 25 yrs. $20. for both; over 100 LP records, all for $100.; Misc. collection of matches, $5. 403-885-5020 WINE CABINET, holds 126 bottles. $150. o.b.o. 403-347-5504
Office Supplies
1800
FILING CABINET, 2 drawer metal $10. 403-885-5020
Cats
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FREE TO GOOD HOME Beautiful, loving male cat for a home on a farm or other large rural property. For home with no other dogs or cats. Will deliver. 403-886-8688
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SPRING START THE RUSTY PELICAN is now accepting resumes for • 4 F/T Exp’d LINE COOKS at • all stations. MUST HAVE:
For more information or to apply call Joanne at the Red Deer Advocate 403-314-4308
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ADULT EDUCATION AND TRAINING
60 & 61 Ave. ALSO 60A & 61 St.
Competitive wages and bene¿ts plan. Hours Àexible.
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Restaurant/ Hotel
ACADEMIC Express
RIVERSIDE MEADOWS
Red Deer company requires three quarter to full time experienced accounting person that will learn company structure and daily duties including payroll, payables, bank reconciliations, lease managements and be able to complete monthly ¿nancial reporting to owners. Accounting experience required to prepare Year end ¿nancials for accountants.
Please submit cover letter, resume and references to: Peacock Inn/KFC #1, 4971 Phelan Street Red Deer, AB T4P 3Z4 Email mail@peacockgroup.ca
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FISHING RODS & Net, $5. 403-885-5020
Travel Packages
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BOWER AREA Boyce St. / Byer Close INGLEWOOD AREA
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Isherwood Close Iverson Close
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MORRISROE AREA
GASOLINE ALLEY LOCATION FULL TIME and PART TIME SHIFTS AVAILABLE
SUNNYBROOK AREA Sherwood Cres. / Stirling Close Selkirk Blvd. / Sherwood Cres. Savoy Close / Sydney Close
SOUTHBROOK AREA Sorrensen/Sisson Ave. Shaw Close/ Sutherland Close
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LANCASTER AREA Langford Cres. Long Close Lord Close
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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
Contractors
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BRIDGER CONST. LTD. We do it all! 403-302-8550
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DALE’S Home Reno’s Free estimates for all your reno needs. 403-506-4301
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Escorts
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KAYLA 403-392-0891 INDEPENDENT w/own car Looking for a place to live? Take a tour through the CLASSIFIEDS
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
HANDYMAN Will do carpentry, drywall, painting, all household repairs in Red Deer. 403-392-0963
Massage Therapy
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FANTASY SPA
Misc. Services
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5* JUNK REMOVAL Property clean up 505-4777 GARAGE DOOR SERVICE
Save 50%. All yard & bobElite Retreat, Finest cat services, junk/tree/snow in VIP Treatment. removal. 403-358-1614
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403-341-4445 MASSAGE ABOVE ALL WALK-INS WELCOME 4709 Gaetz Ave. 346-1161
SNOW shoveling/dump runs/ odd jobs 403-885-5333
Painters/ Decorators
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JG PAINTING, 25 yrs. exp.
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Houses/ Duplexes
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Realtors & Services
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BENTLEY near new 4 bdrm. 3 bath 1/2 duplex. garage 403-341-9974
UKRAINE
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 NEWLY reÀnished 3 bdrm. duplex, fenced yard, close to schools, avail. now. $1350 + utils, Sylvan Lake Call/Text 780-887-4430 for apt You can sell your guitar for a song... or put it in CLASSIFIEDS and we’ll sell it for you!
WEST PARK
Just completely reno’d. 3 bdrm., 2 bath, 4 appls., large fenced yard, $1400 mo. $1000. d.d. Avail. now or Apr. 1. 403-304-5337 WESTPARK upper duplex, great location, 3 bdrm, 1 bath, newly renovated, 5 appl., garage, rent incl. all util. $1550/mo. Avail. imm. n/s, n/p. 403-343-6769
Condos/ Townhouses
3030
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Houses For Sale
1240 SQ. FT. bungalow 2 bdrm, 2 bath,, den, 24 x 26 garage at 4912 Van Eaton Way, Clive, master bdrm. has jet tub, walk in closet, under Áoor heating in bsmt, built in vac, stainless appls, lots of hardwood/ tile. $278,900 Dave 403-350-7346
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1550 sq. ft. bi-level w/dbl. att. garage $499,900 403-588-2550
3 bed/2 bath townhome in Penhold. $1450 + utilities eetaylor@xplornet.com
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4 Plexes/ 6 Plexes
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ORIOLE PARK
3 bdrm., 1-1/2 bath, $1175. rent, s.d. $650, incl water sewer and garbage. Avail. May. 1st. 403-304-5337
Suites
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ADULT 2 BDRM. spacious suites 3 appls., heat/water incld., Oriole Park. Mike 403-350-1620 403-986-6889 GLENDALE reno’d 2 bdrm. apartments, avail. immed, rent $875 403-596-6000 LARGE, 1 & 2 BDRM. SUITES. 25+, adults only n/s, no pets 403-346-7111
RISER HOMES
2 NEW STARTER HOMES ready to go! 2 bdrm. 2 baths, many upgrades. A MUST SEE ! $320,000. includes all fees, GST,sod, tree and legal fees. Call LLOYD FIDDLER 403-391-9294
Condos/ Townhouses
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OPEN HOUSE SAT. & SUN. 1-5 639 OAK ST. Springbrook 403-588-2550
Businesses For Sale
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SKATE BOARD, SNOW board shop, serving Central Alberta for 23 years. 03-347-2522
Lots For Sale
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Attn: Builders
Blackfalds. Duplex lots available. For information call 403-304-5555
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SUV's
5040
MORRISROE MANOR 1 & 2 bdrm. Adult bldg. only, N/S No pets 403-596-2444
NEW 1 bdrm. bsmt. suite, separate entrance & laundry, $850 inclds. utils., Johnstone Park., immed. 587-877-2839 403-667-5527
2006 JEEP Liberty 4x4. Awesome for winter & summer. $6000. obo 403-340-8447
Heavy
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Auto Wreckers
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NEWLY RENOVATED 1 & Trucks 2 bedroom suites available in central location. Heat & water included. Cat friend- 1999 IHS single axle truck, cab & chassis. DT460 ly. 86 Bell Street, Red Deer leasing@rentmid- engine. Runs great. new west.com 1(888) 679-8031 hood, scissors hoist, good tires, great for parts. $3000 403-701-2054 voice only.
NOW RENTING 1 & 2 BDRM. APT’S. 2936 50th AVE. Red Deer Newer bldg. secure entry w/onsite manager, 5 appls., incl. heat & hot water, washer/dryer hookup, inÁoor heating, a/c., car plug ins & balconies. Call 403-343-7955
THE NORDIC
1 bdrm. adult building, N/S. No pets. 403-596-2444
Rooms For Rent
FULLY Furn. BDRM with private washroom. $550 rent/sd. 403-342-4604 NICE bdrm., house privileges all incl. + WIFI, parking. $495. 403-302-2024 ROOM TO RENT very large $450. 403-350-4712
Mobile Lot
3190
PADS $450/mo. Brand new park in Lacombe. Spec Mobiles. 3 Bdrm., 2 bath. As Low as $75,000. Down payment $4000. Call at anytime. 403-588-8820
Misc. For Rent
RED’S AUTO. Free Scrap Vehicle & Metal Removal. AMVIC APPROVED. We travel. May pay cash for vehicle. 403-396-7519
Car/Truck Rental
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2012 CRUZ sedan, 4 dr., 1.46 litre turbo charged, 6 spd. trans., standard, 37,000 km, $15,900. 403-845-3299
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DONETSK, Ukraine — A rebelheld city scarred by months of conflict in eastern Ukraine suffered more tragedy Wednesday when a methane gas explosion in a coal mine killed at least 24 workers and left nine missing. As rescue efforts stretched past sundown, separatist authorities were accused by Ukraine’s government of failing to do enough to save the lives of the miners. The blast occurred before dawn more than 1,000 metres (3,200 feet) underground at the Zasyadko mine in the city of Donetsk in the coal-rich Donbass region. Nearly a year of bitter fighting by pro-Moscow rebels and Ukrainian troops in the east has killed more than 6,000 people. Rebel officials said the accident was caused by the ever-present danger of methane gas, rather than artillery fire. There were contradictory accounts of the toll of dead and missing by the rival authorities. The rebel government that controls Donetsk was slow to divulge information, while a senior official in the capital of Kyiv was swift to give a death toll of 32, only to retract it several hours later. The blast occurred as 230 workers were in the mine, and nearly 200 of them were quickly evacuated, but uncertainty lingered throughout the day about dozens of others. Rebel officials insisted into the afternoon that only one person had died. But a slightly wounded miner who gave his name only as Sergei told The Associated Press that he saw five bodies being pulled out. By nightfall, Yuliana Bedilko, a representative for the rebel-managed rescue services at the site of accident, said another 23 bodies had been located below ground, bringing the overall number of confirmed dead to 24. Under cover of darkness, a truck pulled up in the heavy rain to the mine’s opening in preparation to take the bodies away. A woman emerging from the mine was heard wailing in
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A Ukrainian coal miner looks out from the cabin of a truck loaded with seven of his colleagues’ bodies, who were killed in this morning’s explosion, at the Zasyadko mine in Donetsk, Ukraine, Wednesday. A rebel-held city scarred by months of conflict in eastern Ukraine suffered more tragedy Wednesday, when a methane gas explosion in a coal mine killed at least 24 workers and left nine missing. grief from a distance. Rebel officials had said earlier that 32 workers were unaccounted for, suggesting 16 still remained trapped as of the evening. A news agency run by the separatist government reported that 14 people were injured in the accident. Igor Murygin, a 42-year-old miner being treated for burns at a hospital in Donetsk, said he was blown off his feet by the explosion. “When I came to, there was dust everywhere. People were groaning,” said Murygin, who suffered burns over 20 per cent of his body. The mine had recently installed new equipment and nothing appeared to be out of order, he added. Speaking in Kyiv, Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk accused rebels of preventing a team of 60
Ukrainian rescuers from reaching the mine to provide assistance. But leading rebel representative Denis Pushilin denied that Ukrainian authorities had offered any help. “If we truly need assistance, we will turn to Russia,” Pushilin was quoted as saying by the rebel-run Donetsk News Agency. Miners arriving for their morning shift ended up doing most of the work to clear away debris. Reaching the stricken section was complicated because the entrance that was closest to the accident had been shut by the artillery fire that has beset Donetsk. Separatist officials arrived at the mine throughout the morning, but all refused to respond to questions, frustrating relatives of miners looking for answers.
Defence attorney admits Tsarnaev carried out attack BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
BOSTON MARATHON BOMBING
BOSTON — The question, for all practical purposes, is no longer whether Dzhokhar Tsarnaev took part in the Boston Marathon bombing. It’s whether he deserves to die for it. In a startling opening statement at the nation’s biggest terrorism trial in nearly 20 years, Tsarnaev’s own lawyer told a jury that the 21-year-old former college student committed the crime. “It WAS him,” said defence attorney Judy Clarke, one of the nation’s foremost death-penalty specialists. But in a strategy aimed at saving Tsarnaev from a death sentence, she argued that he had fallen under the malevolent influence of his now-dead older brother, Tamerlan. “The evidence will not establish and we will not argue that Tamerlan put a gun to Dzhokhar’s head or that he forced him to join in the plan,” Clarke said, “but you will hear evidence about the kind of influence that this older brother had.” Three people were killed and more than 260 hurt when two shrapnelpacked pressure-cooker bombs exploded near the finish line on April 15, 2013. Tsarnaev, then 19, was accused of carrying out the attacks with 26-year-old Tamerlan, who was killed in a shootout and getaway attempt days later. Prosecutors contend the brothers — ethnic Chechens who arrived from Russia more than a decade ago — were driven by anger over U.S. wars in Muslim lands. Federal prosecutors used their opening statements — along with heartbreaking testimony and grisly video — to sketch a picture of torn limbs, screams and the smell of sulfur
and burned hair in the streets and to paint Tsarnaev as a cold-blooded killer. Tsarnaev planted a bomb designed to “tear people apart and create a bloody spectacle,” then hung out with his college buddies as if he didn’t have a care in the world, federal prosecutor William Weinreb said. “He believed that he was a soldier in a holy war against Americans,” Weinreb said. “He also believed that by winning that victory, he had taken a step toward reaching paradise.” Among the first witnesses for the prosecution were victims who lost limbs in the attack, including Rebekah Gregory, who walked slowly to the stand on her artificial left leg. “I remember being thrown back, hoisted into the air,” said Gregory, who had gone to watch the marathon with her 5-year-old son, Noah. “My first instinct as a mother was, where in the world was my baby, where was my son?” She said she looked down at her leg: “My bones were literally laying next to me on the sidewalk and blood was everywhere.” She said she saw other peoples’ body parts all around her, and “at that point, I thought that was the day I would die.” “I could hear Noah, I don’t know how, but I could hear my little boy.” He was saying, “Mommy, Mommy, Mommy, over and over again,” she recalled. “I said a prayer. I said, ’God, if this is it, take me, but let me know that Noah is OK.”’ She said someone finally picked up her son and put him down beside her. Breaking down in tears, she testified that as she looked for the boy, she saw
a woman lying dead on the pavement. A shaggy-haired, goateed Tsarnaev slouched in his seat and showed little reaction as the case unfolded. Apart from a question or two, the defence did not cross-examine the first few prosecution witnesses. About two dozen victims, including Heather Abbott, who also lost a leg in the attack, took up one entire side the courtroom, listening somberly to details of the carnage. Several hung their heads and appeared to fight back tears. Prosecutors also showed the jury a gruesome video of the moments after the first bomb exploded. People could be seen lying in pools of blood, others bending over to help them. The footage was punctuated by screams, moans and the crying of a boy. The ground was strewn with ball bearings and chunks of metal litter, and smoke wafted over the victims. Members of the jury watched somberly. Several grimaced, especially at the sight of a gaping hole in a woman’s leg. Another witness, Sean O’Hara, manager of a sporting goods store near where the bomb blew up, choked back tears as he described smelling burned hair and seeing wounded people streaming into the shop. He and other employees ripped clothing from the racks for use as tourniquets and rushed outside to help. “I heard a voice of someone saying, ’Stay with me, stay with me,”’ O’Hara said, his voice cracking. The prosecutor also described how 8-year-old Martin Richard stood on a metal barrier with other children so he could get a good view of the runners.
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dited passport because he said he accidentally threw out his old one. Authorities say his mother confiscated it to thwart his plans to go overseas. He was stopped trying to board a flight to Turkey in July. Prosecutors say Dandach told the FBI he believed killings of American soldiers were justified.
Interior Minister Hugo Moldiz cited “serious suspicions” that Nina and his family had links to drug trafficking. Prosecutor Gomer Padilla said investigators had discovered assets unsubstantiated by income but did not disclose their nature. Bolivia is the world’s No. 3 cocaineproducing country and a major transit and processing conduit for Peruvian cocaine. Morales claims Bolivia’s counternarcotics efforts have improved since he expelled the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration in 2008. The president, who rose to political prominence as head of a coca-growers’ federation, named Nina anti-drug police chief in January 2009 shortly after he ordered the expulsion of all U.S. drug agents for alleged espionage and incitement of the political opposition. Nina was given the task of reorganizing the FELCN counter-narcotics force, which prior to Morales’ presidency had close ties to the DEA and received everything from boots to gasoline to airlift from the United States.
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Californian facing new charges related to attempt to join Islamic State LOS ANGELES — A California man previously charged with passport fraud now faces more serious terrorism-related charges. Federal prosecutors said Wednesday that Adam Dandach tried to fly to Syria to join the Islamic State terrorist group. Dandach was indicted with trying to provide material support to a foreign terrorist organization and obstructing justice by trying to destroy records of his online activity. Dandach previously pleaded not guilty to charges of lying on a passport application. He applied for an expe-
Former chief of Bolivia drug police investigated for drug-trafficking ties LA PAZ, Bolivia — The retired police general who reorganized Bolivia’s counter-narcotics force after President Evo Morales expelled U.S. drug agents is under investigation for illicit enrichment and drug trafficking ties. A judge was to decide Wednesday whether Gen. Oscar Nina should be jailed. Nina’s wife and two children were ordered jailed late Tuesday for suspected laundering of illicit earnings.
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‘Nobody is just one thing’ MICHAEL MCKEAN TALKS ‘BETTER CALL SAUL’ BY THE CANADIAN PRESS
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The Grateful Dead, from left, Phil Lesh, Bill Kreutzmann, Bob Weir and Mickey Hart perform during a reunion concert in East Troy, Wis., on Aug. 3, 2002. Original members Mickey Hart, Bill Kreutzmann, Phil Lesh and Bob Weir will perform three shows from July 3-5 at Soldier Field in Chicago.
Praying for a miracle GRATEFUL DEAD FANS WILL NEED ONE IF THEY HOPE TO SEE THREE 50TH ANNIVERSARY CONCERTS OVER THE SUMMER. BY LENNY BERNSTEIN ADVOCATE NEWS SERVICES
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As I knew it would, that little gray circle on the Ticketmaster website just kept spinning, mocking my Hail Mary attempt to buy a ticket to one of the Grateful Dead’s final three concerts at Chicago’s Soldier Field this summer. I read the newspaper and ate a bowl of cereal, glancing occasionally at my laptop the way you would if you had a good feeling about your Powerball numbers: knowing it was impossible, but hopeful nonetheless. It was precisely 11 a.m. Saturday morning and, according to the Chicago Tribune, nearly a half million of us had signed on at the exact same moment, with the same vain hope of paying as much as $199.50 to see the “Fare Thee Well” tour in person. After a while I got up and made the long, strange trip to my kitchen and began to load the dishwasher. Then I shut my laptop. It would cost me at least $1,500 for a ticket on StubHub to hear Uncle John’s Band live, a sum so exorbitant that I have to imagine the four surviving members of the Dead are completely embarrassed. This was a group that famously wandered the country, trailed by legions of followers, and played free concerts, if anyone can conceive of such a thing these days. It was all about the community, the party that never stopped.
Or so I’ve read. I was no Deadhead. I was the wrong age (10), the wrong coast (East) and the wrong culture (sheltered, suburban) when the Grateful Dead hit their stride in the late-’60s and early-’70s. When the Dead played the Fillmore East in 1970, I was home watching Love, American Style. In my freshman dorm in 1975, the New Riders of the Purple Sage, an unabashed offshoot of Jerry and the boys, got more play than the Dead themselves. There are no brightly painted converted school buses in my past. I think I saw the band live once, maybe twice. I started listening again in my 30s and 40s, returning with a vague sense that I had not appreciated the music of frontman Jerry Garcia, a true musical genius, who died in 1995. Now, at 56, Pandora brings me everything, including 14-minute live versions of Sugaree. Everything, that is, but a ticket to see Phil Lesh (age 74), Bob Weir (67), Mickey Hart (71) and Bill Kreutzmann (68) play July 3, 4 or 5 with Phish’s Trey Anastasio and Bruce Hornsby. I never bothered with the “Core Four” as they toured in various incarnations over the past 20 years. But now it’s the band’s 50th anniversary, and they’re going to play at the site of their last concert before Garcia died. I’m just interested enough to want to go. That isn’t going to happen. A pass
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to all three concerts is being offered on StubHub for — are you ready for this? — $116,000. Obstructed view seats are currently fetching $1,435. Even before Saturday’s online sale, every hotel in Chicago was sold out, except for $589-a-night rooms at the Holiday Inn Express Chicago-Magnificent Mile, and $689 per night lodging at a hotel in the Chicago Athletic Association building, according to the Tribune. (In line with tradition, the Dead first put tickets on sale via old-fashioned snail mail, offering a better shot to requests that came in artfully decorated envelopes. Due to lack of art skills, I didn’t enter; but this avenue also proved unsuccessful for many Deadheads, who have been voicing their displeasure online.) Eleven thousand people have signed a petition asking the city of Chicago to allow overnight parking in the lots around Soldier Field for anyone who wants to camp. I know people who would go just for that, never mind the concert. (But according to the Tribune, it won’t be allowed.) Promoter Peter Shapiro is offering us shut-outs the hope of watching and listening via pay-per-view, simulcast or online streaming. I suppose I might do that. At this point, it’s all so unseemly, so un-Dead. Maybe I’ll just buy a Tshirt online and tell everyone 20 years from now I was there.
TORONTO — As is the case with every character in a Vince Gilligan production, there’s a lot more to Better Call Saul shut-in Chuck McGill than his debilitating condition, says Michael McKean. The veteran actor was loathe to even tease at what might be in store for his tortured character on the Breaking Bad spin-off, but suggested viewers will get a glimpse of what the man was like in his prime. “I do think that he loves his brother, I do think he’s a guy with a great heart, but he’s also a guy who is longing to get back to the way it was when he was a master of the universe,” McKean said Tuesday from New York. “As far as we know he’s a good man. But nobody is just one thing.” The most recent episode laid bare the complicated relationship between Chuck and his little brother Jimmy, played by Bob Odenkirk, when Chuck’s electromagnetic hypersensitivity lands him in hospital and forces Jimmy to consider bringing in psychiatric help. Since tackling the role, McKean says sufferers who identify with Chuck’s complaints — that electricity causes them a variety of physical aches and pains — have reached out to him through Twitter. He doesn’t doubt that some people feel real pain from being close to electronics. “I believe in electro-hypersensitivity, I think it’s a genuine thing — just like there are some people who feel cold more (or) there are some people who are more sensitive to sound,” said the veteran actor, whose memorable roles include turns on Laverne and Shirley, This is Spinal Tap, and Best in Show. “Our bodies are full of mysteries so I think that there are people who have this affliction. As far as what percentage is psychosomatic, listen, we don’t really know.” McKean said he loves playing opposite the versatile Odenkirk, who he worked with only once before, way back on Mr. Show. But if McKean hadn’t been cast to play Chuck, the role very likely would have gone to Ed Begley, Jr. McKean said the St. Elsewhere star learned he got the role before he did. “Ed is the one that actually called me and said, ‘Congratulations you got this one,”’ he said, surmising that Begley had been the show’s second choice. “You never have just one guy because he might say ‘No’ or he might hold you up for a zillion dollars a week and Ed and I have always been the last, we’ve been the last two left. We’ve always been the last two in the office. Four or five times.”
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