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With the hill below Michener Centre to themselves, Gaia Shaw of Red Deer and her brother Matthew Murphy of Calgary found their snow racer a little difficult to steer, crashing on each attempt when they were riding it together. As the temperatures are expected to climb this weekend, the sledding hills will no doubt see more action.

Changing attitudes, saving lives This is the fifth in a series of Red Deer Advocate stories on the impact of impaired driving on our community, and the various efforts to put an end to the carnage caused by drunk drivers.

Coming Saturday Those who see far too closely the damage wrought by drunk drivers have coping mechanisms to do their jobs.

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paired driving repeat offenders in the court system by changing attitudes.

To that end, those convicted of drunk driving in Alberta must complete education programs of varying intensities depending on their history.

When their driving prohibition ends, they will also have to pay to have a de-

Information to be just a 211 call away

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BY SUSAN ZIELINSKI ADVOCATE STAFF A 211 call system to connect Central Albertans to a range of community, health, government and social services information is expected to be up and running by next summer or fall.

The 211 system, a simple three-digit telephone call like 911 for emergencies or 411 for directory assistance, has been available in Edmonton and Calgary for several years.

In Central Alberta, it will enhance what was offered by Community Information and Referral Society (CiRS), now called Volunteer Red Deer.

Robert Mitchell, CEO of United Way of Central Alberta and member of the provincial 211 steering committee, said 211 — a confidential, multi-lingual, 24-hour system — will ensure everyone

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will have access to information, particularly the most vulnerable populations, like seniors.

“It’s a free phone call. You don’t need to have an Internet connection,” Mitchell said.

“It will kind of replace all the other information sources. It puts it all in one place. If you need community information across a whole broad spectrum of issues, call 211.”

Human service professionals often use 211 to get information for their clients, he said.

Some parts of Canada have 211 and Alberta is now working on a provincial 211 network.

“From June onward, it’s going to roll out across the province. Some areas are further ahead than other areas.

“What (Central Alberta) needs to do is update our data base locally. We’ve got about 70 per cent. That will be the

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first stage before the phone line goes live. We’re hoping to do that in the next quarter.”

Central Alberta calls would be answered by the 211 call centre in Edmonton by people trained in information referral who will ask callers questions to assess exactly what callers need.

Mitchell said 80 per cent of funding to operate the provincial 211 system will come from the province.

A $3.5-million provincial grant is anticipated in the new year and the province is initially committed for about three years.

United Ways across Canada have supported 211 and United Way of Central Alberta is initially providing $10,000 this year.

Lacombe police are looking for victims of an alleged fraudulent cancer society fundraiser who targeted donors in that city, as well as nearby Red Deer, to step forward.

The man is believed to have gone door to door soliciting for the Canadian Cancer Society, fundraising for the Cancer Walk.

While a suspect has been arrested, charges are still pending. Lacombe Police Services Sgt. Steve Murray said the man is believed to be the same person who Red Deer RCMP allege bilked more than $10,000 out of 600 residents.

“This is the lowest of the low,” said Murray.

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The war against drunk driving isn’t all about punishment.

Hefty fines, licence suspensions and even jail sentences are well known consequences of taking the wheel with illegal amounts of alcohol in the blood.

But concerted efforts have also been made to try to stem the number of im-

vice installed in their vehicle that kills the engine if it detects alcohol in the breath of a driver who blows into it.

Last July 1, the province toughened the penalties for impaired driving, and part of that was making the interlock ignition program mandatory after a criminal conviction.

Drivers must have the device installed for at least a year after a first conviction, three years for a second conviction and five years for a third conviction.

Previously, it was six months, although that period could be extended.

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MADD applauds Interlock program

PROGRAMS: Zero tolerance It’s all about changing the behaviour that got people on the wrong side of the law in the first place, suggests Alberta Transportation spokeswoman Donnae Schuhltz.

“The program is designed to separate drinking and driving, to separate those two behaviours.”

All of those convicted of drunk driving for the first time in a 10-year period must take the one-day Planning Ahead course, which costs $220.

Offered only by the Alberta Motor Association, the eight-hour, in-class program tries to impress upon those who take it how quickly drugs and alcohol can begin to impair their ability to drive.

Be warned: It’s pretty much straight away.

“The whole notion of zero tolerance is central to Planning Ahead,” said AMA senior policy analyst Scott Wilson.

Those taking the course are also shown how to prepare for getting around if they know they’re going to be drinking.

It also drives home the point that a life centred around alcohol and drugs does not fit well with driving.

“It sets the stage if an individual continues on in their impaired driving career, so to speak, they are likely going to come back to us at some point and have to take Impact.”

That $750 course is much more intensive and must be taken by all repeat offenders. It is a full-weekend residential program that tries to get its participants to take a hard look at their drinking and how they got to where they are.

There are lectures and videos, but most of the weekend is dedicated to small group discussions led by an experienced alcohol counsellor.

“They look at how alcohol and/or drugs have affected their lives in a number of different areas.”

Those who go through the course receive an assessment and an action plan with recommendations to try to set them on a safer path.

About 15 to 25 per cent of those going through the course also face an appearance before Alberta Transportation’s Driver Fitness and Monitoring Branch.

“That board can say to that individual we want you to come back in six months and prove that you’re making progress towards getting your life on the right path.”

If the individual doesn’t show much in the way of changing their ways, it can be a long time before they get their licence back.

Wilson said the programs seem to be working. It’s believed only about a quarter of those who went through the Impact course reoffend, but a review is underway to come up with harder

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SCAM: Victims need to step forward “People are in the spirit of giving anyway. We’re going after this pretty vigorously because not only is he using a worthwhile organization to defraud people at Christmas, it also can be very damaging to the Canadian Cancer Society.”

He said police hope many victims will come forward so they can get as

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An example of an interlock ignition device.

Drivers who find themselves required to install an Interlock device will feel the financial pain.

The costs of an Interlock add up quickly. To start with, drivers face a $150 installation charge, and will later be dinged $50 to remove it. The application fee is $63, plus the registry fee. Monthly rental fees are $115.

And then there are fees for the restricted operator’s licence and the road test, which will set you back in the range o $ of $30 300.

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“We’re trying to get a re-evaluation together to reassess that because that’s based on some old information.”

About 1,300 drivers go through Impact each year and between 4,000 and 4,300 drivers take Planning Ahead each year.

Work is also underway on a course for those who have been charged under the province’s Bill 26, which outlined penalties including driving suspensions for those driving with a blood alcohol level between 0.05 and 0.08.

Another tool the province has at its disposal to try to change drunk drivers’ attitudes is the ignition Interlock program, which is administered by the Alberta Transportation Safety Board.

Drivers who have lost their licences may gain conditional driving privileges before the end of their licence suspensions, which start at a minimum one year under Canadian law. The restricted licence only applies to an Interlock-equipped vehicle.

It is by no means an automatic privilege. Drivers must meet certain criteria. Typically, it is only available to those with no prior drunk driving

history and who can demonstrate they need their vehicle for work. They can’t have been convicted of impaired driving causing injury or death.

While Interlock is now mandatory for those convicted of their first drunk driving offence, those who registered a blood alcohol level under 0.08 can apply for exemption that may or may not be granted depending on individual circumstances.

Interlock is required for all drivers with more than one alcohol-related conviction in the past 10 years and for first offenders with a blood alcohol reading over 0.16, double the legal limit, or who were convicted of refusing to provide a breath sample.

And as mentioned earlier, the province recently lengthened Interlock periods dramatically. Those periods may be extended if it is determined the driver still poses a significant risk to public safety.

“This technology allows government to have a very good sense of what’s happening with these individuals,” says Wilson. “It can tell whether or not somebody is trying to fool the technology, for example.”

much information together before charges are laid.

“We’re trying to figure out who are the victims, how much did they lose and the charges will be dependent on that,” said Murray.

Lacombe police said it was reported to them that the male, described as in his late 40s with short, light-coloured hair and about 1.67 metres (five foot six) in height, was canvassing door to door in the area of Country Ridge Estates and Hearthstone in Lacombe.

The man alledgedly produced expired documentation with photo identification issued by the Canadian Cancer Society in 2011. Police have confirmed he is not a representative of the Canadian Cancer Society.

The Alberta/N.W.T. Division of the Canadian Cancer society ended its annual door-to-door canvass in 2008.

RCMP arrested the man on Dec. 20 near West Park in Red Deer.

If you believe you are a victim of this crime contact the Lacombe Police Service at 403-782-3279 or the Red Deer RCMP at 403-434-5575. mcrawford@reddeeradvocate.com

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course is $220.

A driver ordered to use the Interlock for a year can count on forking out close to $2,000 on top of any court-ordered fine, which starts at a minimum of $1,000 for a first offence.

That’s not even addressing the boost in insurance rates. It is not uncommon for someone paying $2,000 a year in insurance to see that doubled and a 50 per cent surcharge added on top. New rate: $ ,0 $6 , 00 a yea ear.

211: Municipalities will pick up the tab A total of $20,000 will be required annually from municipalities in the

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Drivers need to blow into a tube to start their vehicle but the technology also requires further breath tests randomly while the vehicle is being driven. If the driver is not clean, the vehicle’s engine will shut down after a short period to give the driver time to find a safe place to park.

Drivers must apply to the Transportation Safety Board to have the device removed. Device records must show no fails or warnings in the previous three months to be eligible.

Interlock programs have proven their value in stopping drivers from getting behind the wheel after drinking and most provinces use the technology. pcowley@reddeeradvocate.com region.

“I think it will be a good thing for the region. We want to ensure vulnerable people in our community have access to the resources they need and this is just one part of that, an important part,” Mitchell said.

Sam Denhaan, a member of Central Alberta Poverty Reduction Alliance, said he still prefers a community office like CiRS that people could visit or call for information.

But 211 could work if staff have enough information to pass along to callers, he said.

“This is a very legitimate item to be funded out of the city tax base,” Denhaan said. szielinski@reddeeradvocate.com

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Aleta Neville, president of Red Deer’s Mothers Against Drunk Driving chapter, applauds government efforts to crack down on impaired driving and use technologies such as Interlock to help make roads safer.

“The thing about Interlock is it will help people to change their behaviour and to prevent them from becoming repeat offenders.

“That’s why it’s such an important tool for first-time offenders.”

MADD was also pleased to see that earlier this month Manitoba expanded its program so that now all convicted drunk drivers must install Interlock devices on their vehicles when they regain their licences. For first- and secondtime offenders, the device must stay on for a year. A third conviction leads to a three-year term and after a fourth conviction, the driver must have the device installed permanently on any vehicle they drive.

While Alberta’s tougher drunk driving laws are too new to see clear results, B.C.’s experience shows they will reduce the carnage on roads.

And that something needs to be done is backed up by statistics, Neville says.

Alberta has the shameful achievement of having five communities in the top 10 Canadian communities with the highest impaired driving rates. Red Deer, with 847 incidents per 100,000 people, ranks second, only after Grande Prairie’s 945 incidents.

“The thing is that’s nothing new for us with MADD,” she says. “We’ve always known that Alberta ranks second worst in the country with 5.7 deaths for every 100,000 people.”

“Alberta has always been among the worst in the country and we hope that some of the new legislation in place will help reduced impaired driving deaths.”

But fines, jail sentences, licence suspensions, educational programs and Interlock devices only go so far.

“It’s up to everyone to do their part in the fight against drinking and driving,” she said.

Plan ahead, choose a designated driver, or take a taxi when celebrating this holiday season, she says.

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Ticket sales for Kinsmen Dream Home climbing

BY SUSAN ZIELINSKI ADVOCATE STAFF Ticket sales for the 2012 Kinsmen Dream Home and the club’s new 50/50 draw are climbing as the Dec. 31 deadline approaches.

“Everybody waits to the last minute. This is our busy week, our final push,” said Dream Home chair Scott Bourke on Thursday.

“We’re sitting at about 60 per cent sold. That’s on par with last year.”

Kinsmen Club of Red Deer started out with 14,000 tickets available for its annual fundraiser.

Money raised goes to a variety of community groups and services like Red Deer Pond Hockey, Central Alberta Women’s Emergency Shelter, and others.

Tickets are on sale from 1 to 5 p.m., from Friday to Monday, at the $770,000 home, located at 2 Sutherland Close in Southbrook subdivision off of 40th Avenue.

Tickets are one for $100 or three for $250.

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“A lot of people who come through say it’s a house they could move right into. There’s not a

lot of people who say it’s not for me. It’s been wellreceived for sure.”

Last year, 85 per cent of tickets were sold.

New for the Kinsmen this year is a 50/50 draw, which is also 60 per cent sold.

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few years, the club has noticed more people are interested in winning cash rather than prizes.

“We figured we’d see how this went and it’s been good. It’s at $60,000 right now with a payout of $30,000.”

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Ponoka eyes curbing hours for pawn, liquor shops Ponoka RCMP will provide information on Jan. 15 supporting the town’s bylaw to limit liquor store and pawn shop hours.

Staff Sgt. Cameron Chisholm will host the informal discussion from 6 to 7 p.m. in the Kinsmen Community Centre.

Chisholm has declined to discuss reasons behind requesting the bylaw, saying it’s needed due to “statistics and anecdotal evidence.”

In November, council passed first reading of the bylaw to restrict liquor store sales and hotel liquor off-sales to 10 a.m. to 10 p.m.

Liquor delivery would end at 10:30 p.m. and pawnshops would be restricted to 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. hours.

The bylaw is modelled on one in Wetaskiwin that has been in effect since Jan. 1, 2010.

In a memo to council, chief administrative officer Brad Watson and protective services director Ted Dillon say Ponoka has experienced “possible spinoff” from Wetaskiwin’s bylaw in that “patrons are now visiting the neighbouring communities whose business hours match their needs” and “RCMP have expressed a concern that this may be happening in this area.”

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Extreme measures WHY DOES IT TAKE A HUNGER STRIKE TO GAIN MEDIA ATTENTION FOR ABORIGINAL ISSUES?

BY DANA WENSLEY SPECIAL TO THE ADVOCATE As First Nation groups continue their protests against Bill C-45, what comes as a surprise to me is that it took so long to happen in Canada.

While Australia and New Zealand have their national days marred with indigenous activism, Canada managed to sail through July 1 looking like a haven of peace and calm.

It saddens me that the first form of protest that has gained widespread media attention in Canada is Chief Theresa Spence of Attawapiskat’s hunger strike.

It saddens me not because her aim at drawing attention to what she describes as the “disrespect and shameful treatment” of First Nations is not important but because it takes a hunger strike to gain media attention to the issues. A hunger strike is often the last resort of someone who has tried everything else. It is traditionally used by those who are powerless. Those who have found other — more participatory avenues — to address issues within government structures closed to them.

Think of Mahatma Gandhi imprisoned by the British in India, or suffragettes protesting lack of rights for women.

To understand the psychology of a hunger strike we need to understand human behaviour. What sets us apart from other species is our ability to act in ways that are not predictable. To act in ways that seem counter intuitive to our personal interest to prove a larger moral point.

Offer a thirsty person a small sip of water but offer the person next to them more, and what will they do? Refuse the water. Given the choice between accepting injustice or rejecting token offers of assistance, humans will operate from a higher notion of fairness- and reject token offerings — as a matter of protest.

Researchers at University College London have conducted experiments on willing participants, hooking them up to a salty drip to induce thirst- and then offering them only a small amount of water — while telling them others in the study have more.

What the study tells us is that humans — unlike close animal relatives like chimpanzees — have an inbuilt sense of fairness, causing them to re-

ject unfair offers in a way that is foreign to other primates who take what they can get (Scientific Report 2, at Nature.Com).

So let’s look at what is happening in Canada at the moment in this context.

Prime Minister Stephen Harper has imposed two omnibus bills, Bill C-38 and Bill C-45, which, together, seek to amend the Fisheries Act, the Navigable Waters Protection Act, the National Energy Board Act, and provisions of the new Canadian Environmental Assessment Act. According to an open letter to the prime minister, the Assembly of First Nations are united in their opposition to key provisions of these bills that impose wide-sweeping changes relating to First Nations rights over their land and resources. It is alleged the measures imposed by the bills — without adequate consultation and accommodation of First Nations groups — are in breach of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, a declaration Canada endorsed in November 2010.

In another open letter to the prime minister recently, Assembly of First Nations Chief Shawn Atleo stated that

Spence will remain on hunger strike until she gains a meeting between the Crown and all Treaty Nations to discuss their respective obligations and outstanding issues.

What Canadians need to remember at this time is that it is our ability to co-operate as humans that gives us the evolutionary advantage. When Idle No More calls for Canadians to join them, it may be helpful to learn that researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology have found that children as young as 15 months old engage in altruistic sharing and model notions of fairness.

It seems to me that the issue is not what First Nations communities have, but whether what they have is equitable and fair given the standard of living enjoyed by most Canadians.

Remember, it is not about giving a sip of water when you have a glass, but of sharing what you have in a way that even a 15-month-old would recognize as fair.

Dana Wensley, PhD, is a Troy Media columnist (www.troymedia.com) who has worked for the London-based Bulletin of Medical Ethics, and was senior research fellow at the University of Otago.

More guns: the illogical response OK. You’re crazy.

Wayne LaPierre, executive vice-president of the Nation Rifle Association, dared the public to call him crazy after his group suggested posting armed citizens in every U.S. school in response to the Newtown, Conn., massacre.

The NRA wants a “good guy with a gun” at the more than 125,000 schools in the U.S. to protect the children, according to its proposal made last week.

“If it’s crazy to call for putting (armed personnel) in and securing our schools to protect your children, then call me crazy,” LaPierre said on RICK Sunday. “I think the AmeriZEMANEK can people think it’s crazy not to do it.”

President Barack Obama disagrees. In an unprecedented move, Obama has dared to take on the pro-firearms movements with the suggestion of new gun control laws.

“We will have to change,” he said, flagging gun law reforms while attending a Newtown, Conn., vigil for the 20 children, all aged six or seven, and the six adults murdered on Dec. 14 at the Sandy Hook primary school.

Obama pledged he would use “whatever power

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this office holds to engage my fellow citizens, from law enforcement, to mental health professionals, to parents and educators, in an effort aimed at preventing more tragedies like this.”

The president continued “What choice do we have?

We can’t accept events like this as routine. We’re not doing enough. And we have to change.”

Armed with a .223-calibre Bushmaster assault rifle — a civilian version of the U.S. military’s M4 — Adam Lanza, 20, shot his way into the school. In less than five minutes, he emptied three 30-bullet magazines. Some of the children were struck 11 times.

Police showed parents school photos of some of the victims for identification purposes to spare them the unimaginable horror of seeing their children’s bullet-riddled bodies at the morgue.

The NRA proposes to develop a school emergency response program, drawing volunteers from it’s 4.3-million members to guard the schools. Former congressman Asa Hutchinson, an Arkansas Republican, has already been named director of the program.

Schools would be given the choice to participate, but Hutchinson said “I believe that protecting our children with an armed guard who is trained is an important part of the equation.”

The proposal is nothing short of lunacy.

Despite controversy in Canada over gun control, we can take comfort in the fact that we’re not facing the same dilemma the U.S. must now confront. America’s loosely worded Second Amendment, establish-

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ing the right to bear arms, has created a monster.

Guns, guns and more guns are being scooped up with almost as much ease as buying a quart of milk at the corner store. Worse yet, assault weapons, the likes of the one used in the Newtown massacre, are sold daily under slack laws.

The NRA is an extremely powerful lobbying group. It can make or break senators depending on their gun stance. And so U.S. politicians are bowing to its pressure.

But some sensible lawmakers have described the NRA’s stand as “tone deaf.”

Senator Charles Schumer, a New York Democrat, for example, says the NRA blames everything but guns for the series of mass shootings in recent years in the U.S. “Trying to prevent shootings in schools without talking about guns is like trying to prevent lung cancer without talking about cigarettes,” said Schumer.

All too often, gun lobby groups steadfastly maintain “Guns don’t kill people, people kill people.”

But a lunatic armed with a baseball bat or knife can’t cause nearly as much bloodshed as a person armed with an assault rifle in less than five minutes.

And that person could be stopped far more easily.

Obama is on the right track, but he is on a road no other president has been willing to follow. The progun movement in the U.S. is a force to be reckoned with.

It will take all his skill and determination to silence the guns.

Rick Zemanek is a former Advocate editor.

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Record storm has police using snowmobiles

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS MONTREAL — Authorities found themselves relying on snowmobiles and snowshoes to respond to some emergency calls as a historic hibernal blanket smothered a 1,200-kilometre stretch of Eastern Canada on Thursday.

The snowstorm squashed plans to travel by air and land.

There were hundreds of flights cancelled and rampant delays — first at airports around Toronto and then, as the storm barrelled eastward, in Ottawa, Montreal, Fredericton and Halifax.

Montreal was walloped with recordsetting strength.

The city had expected a storm but nothing like the swirling tempest that forced Environment Canada to drastically revise its forecast over the course of the day.

At least 45 centimetres had fallen on Montreal by day’s end, and 50 cm on its south-shore suburb, eclipsing the previous one-day recorded high of 43 centimetres set in March 1971, according to Environment Canada.

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There were scores of road accidents.

One involved a pileup of at least 15 vehicles on a highway east of Montreal, near St. Cuthbert. Quebec provincial police also said many vehicles had skidded into snowy ditches in different parts of the province.

Still, police there were counting their blessings late Thursday.

The same storm had killed at least 16 people in the United States this week. Montreal’s previous record blizzard in 1971 killed 17. But there was cause for optimism, as of Thursday evening, that Eastern Canada would be spared a similar human toll this time.

“There were no serious injuries,” police Sgt. Martine Asselin said, speaking Thursday evening of the numerous Quebec road accidents. “We’re lucky.”

Because of the multi-car pileup, a stretch of the Trans-Canada Highway was shut down near Montreal, with provincial police using snowmobiles to access the closed portion of Highway 40.

There were other examples of authorities resorting to rare, even rustic, solutions.

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Massive Chinese resource project proposed for Arctic COULD BRING MANY BILLIONS OF DOLLARS INTO THE ARCTIC BUT WOULD ALSO SEE DEVELOPMENT OF OPEN-PIT MINES, ROADS, PORTS AND OTHER FACILITIES IN CENTRE OF CALVING GROUNDS FOR CARIBOU HERD

BY BOB WEBER THE CANADIAN PRESS Another massive Chineseowned resource project is before Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s cabinet.

Some time in the new year, four federal ministers are to decide how to conduct an environmental review for the Izok Corridor proposal.

It could bring many billions of dollars into the Arctic but would also see development of open-pit mines, roads, ports and other facilities in the centre of calving grounds for the fragile Bathurst caribou herd.

“This is going to be the biggest issue,” said Sally Fox, a spokeswoman for proponent MMG Minerals, a subsidiary of the Chinese state-owned Minmetals Resources Ltd. It would be hard to exaggerate the proposal’s scope. Centred at Izok Lake, about 260 kilometres southeast of Kugluktuk, the project would stretch

throughout a vast swath of western Nunavut.

Izok Lake would have five separate underground and open-pit mines producing lead, zinc and copper.

Another site at High Lake, 300 kilometres to the northeast, would have another three mines.

MMG also wants a processing plant that could handle 6,000 tonnes of ore a day, tank farms for 35 million litres of diesel, two permanent camps totalling 1,000 beds, airstrips and a 350-kilometre all-weather road with 70 bridges that would stretch from Izok Lake to Grays Bay on the central Arctic coast.

MMG plans a port there that could accommodate ships of up to 50,000 tonnes that would make 16 round trips a year — both east and west — through the Northwest Passage.

Izok Lake would be drained, the water dammed and diverted to a nearby lake.

Three smaller lakes at High Lake would also be drained.

Grays Bay would be substantially filled in.

The result would be a project producing 180,000 tonnes of zinc and another 50,000 tonnes of copper a year.

“That’s not insignificant,” Fox deadpanned.

The deposits are an old story. Izok was discovered in the late 1970s and High Lake dates back to the 1950s. They’d been owned by a half-dozen different companies before they were acquired by Minmetals in 2009.

Their time has come, said Fox. “They’re very much about our future confidence in zinc,” she said from Melbourne, Australia, where MMG is headquartered. “We see in the next few years a number of major zinc mines will be coming offline.”

One of those is MMG’s own Century mine, which produces 500,000 tonnes of zinc annually.

“Between the Izok Corridor project in Canada and

our other project in Australia, we would be hoping that they would replace the zinc production of our Century mine,” Fox said.

MMG estimates the Izok project would create about 1,100 jobs during construction and 710 permanent jobs.

The mine life is estimated at 12 years, but Fox said exploration is likely to expand that.

But more than 400 individuals, organizations, aboriginal groups and governments registered concerns about the project with the Nunavut Impact Review Board.

“Both the Izok Lake mine site and the High Lake mine site, as well as the route of the Izok corridor all-weather road, occur either near to or on the Bathurst calving ground,” wrote the government of the Northwest Territories.

“The proposed project may cause significant adverse effects on the ecosystem and wildlife habitat,” wrote Environment Canada.

“We are concerned that

our hunting and harvesting rights will be in jeopardy if the project is allowed to proceed as is,” added the Lutsel K’e Dene.

Many pointed out that the Bathurst herd has only recently stabilized after a 90 per cent drop in the 1980s to today’s 32,000 animals.

That drop was steep and sustained enough for aboriginal groups to stop hunting the herd and many are leery of anything that could impede its recovery.

“The project may also cause some adverse socio-economic effects such as possible reductions and disruptions in harvesting opportunities,” wrote the Kitikmeot Inuit Association, despite acknowledging its members are most likely to benefit from mining jobs.

The board also expressed concern about the growing industrial footprint in western Nunavut. There are now nine mines either operating or under review in the Kitikmeot region.

Family toothbrushing dispute tops Chatham, Ont. list of silliest 911 calls

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS CHATHAM, Ont. — Brushing your teeth may be important, but police in Chatham, Ont., would like to remind the public that it’s not crucial enough to merit a call to 911.

A family dispute about dental hygiene topped the southwestern Ontario force’s annual list of the dozen most ridiculous emergency calls received during the past year.

The call in question came from a 20-year-old who didn’t share his dad’s opinion that regular toothbrushing was a good idea, police said. Officers on the scene did manage to persuade the youth to brush his teeth.

No word on whether they convinced him to work flossing into his routine.

Second spot on the dirty dozen list went to a woman who called to report being attacked by a duck.

After failing to discover any injuries or signs of the duck, police were forced to conclude there were no signs of fowl play.

Third position went to a call from a woman who tried to enlist police assistance to bring her drug dealer in line.

The caller objected to the hallucinogens that were being added to her crack supply, police said.

A call accusing a local radio station of spreading erroneous weather reports nabbed fourth place on the list, while fifth spot went to another domestic squabble, this time involving a 13-year-old girl mad at her mom for not letting her do her own laundry.

Other highlights included reports about a suspicious-looking squirrel, a supposed hit-and-run that turned out to be nothing more than an intoxicated fall, and a theft involving a voucher for a free coffee and donut at Tim Hortons.

Not all inappropriate emergency calls are created equal, though. Police also handed out top honours for the cutest call of the year.

The award went to a three-year-old who called 911 while watching the movie Cars. The child feared for the safety of the character Lightning McQueen during a high-octane chase with rival Chick Hicks, police said.

The complete list from Chatham-Kent Police Service: 12. A man attended the Wallaceburg police station inquiring if anyone had turned in his lost dentures.

He still had his top teeth, but he was looking for his bottoms.

11. A man called police to report that his unlocked vehicle had been entered. Stolen was a winning donut and coffee tab from Tim Hortons.

10. A man called police to report that two girls damaged his car. However the evidence indicated that the white substance on the car had been left by birds and not girls.

9. A man called police claiming he had just been struck by a vehicle. The man even provided a full description of the suspect vehicle. Through investigation, the man finally admitted that due to his intoxication, he tripped over a trailer hitch in the driveway.

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7. A man called 911 to report that there was a large snapping turtle on the sidewalk that appeared to be getting ready to jump into traffic.

6. A woman called police to report that she has just been threatened by her downstairs neighbour.

Apparently as the woman watered her plants, some water dripped down onto her neighbour’s dog.

5. A 13-year-old youth called police to report that her mother would not allow her to do her own laundry.

4. A man called police in January to complain about the weather report he just heard on a local radio station. They reported “slight flurries” when in fact he was driving in a “snowstorm.”

3. A woman called police to report that her drug dealer was lacing her crack with drugs that caused her to hallucinate and hear voices. She asked police to make him stop doing that.

2. A woman called police to report that she was just attacked by a duck who was now sitting in a puddle watching her. The woman was not injured and officers failed to locate the duck upon their arrival.

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Court dismisses defamation lawsuit against Toronto mayor

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — An Ontario judge has dismissed a $6-million defamation lawsuit against Toronto Mayor Rob Ford.

Ontario Superior Court Justice John Macdonald ruled Thursday that the plaintiff, restaurant owner George Foulidis, failed to meet the “essential aspects� required for a libel claim.

In the 15-page decision, Macdon-

ald wrote that Foulidis did not prove that the comments in question made

by Ford were directed at him or that they were defamatory. “His action fails on this basis and must therefore be dismissed,� wrote the judge.

In a statement, the mayor says the court’s decision is “welcome.� “I will continue fighting to represent the best interests of Toronto tax-

payers at city hall,� said Ford. “There is still a lot of work to be done and I will continue to focus on this.�

Foulidis sued Ford alleging that the mayor suggested a sole-sourced, untendered, 20-year leasing deal between Foulidis’s company, Tuggs Inc., and the city was corrupt and that it “stinks to high heaven.�

Ford made the comments during a

meeting with the Toronto Sun editorial board in the middle of his 2010 mayoral campaign bid.

He told the newspaper that he suspected “corruption and skulduggery� in the closed-doors deal, saying: “These in-camera meetings, there’s more corruption and skulduggery going on in there than I’ve ever seen in my life. And if Tuggs isn’t then I don’t know what is.�

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followed by a historic Crown-First Nations gathering in Ottawa in January, where Harper met with aboriginal leadership to discuss economic and social development.

They had agreed to produce a report in one year’s time on progress made since the summit and in late November, Harper met with Assembly of First Nations Grand Chief Shawn Atleo.

A spokesman for the prime minister pointed to that meeting

when asked directly why Harper has so far refused to sit down with Spence. “We are willing and ready to work with partners who are willing to take concrete action to improve conditions on reserve,�

Andrew MacDougall said in an email.

Though she has declared a hunger strike, for the last 2 ½ weeks Spence has subsisted on some soup and tea.

“We know we’re going to get some benefits once they start development. We know that in some ways, we’ll be involved as well.

The issue is the environment,� says Moonias.

He looks at development in the oilsands and hears about the inedible fish and the poisoned Athabaska River. He vows never to let anything like that happen to the Albany and Ogoki rivers that flow through the muskeg and meet at Marten Falls. “It’s not only fish, it’s the animal kingdom. It’s not only us, it’s everybody. It’s the planet. You can’t jump (with) a careless plunge into development. You have to know what you’re doing to your future.�

It’s no surprise that water is constantly on his mind. It’s also on the mind of the First Nations protesters who have taken to the streets in cities across Canada and blocked roads over the last few days in the Idle No More effort. “The protection of water is a sacred obligation to indigenous people. Without clean water, life will cease to exist. “Our obligation to protect water is an overall respect for life

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His small, fly-in reserve in northern Ontario has had a boilwater advisory for seven long years, and there is no end in sight.

Now he feels the long-term quality of the water that surrounds his reserve may well be at risk, too.

Mining companies have flooded into the James Bay lowlands, into the area now dubbed the Ring of Fire.

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Charlie Angus, who stood by Attawapiskat Chief Theresa Spence as she began her fast on Dec. 11, says heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s now reaching out to area chiefs to see what steps can be taken to solve whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s at risk of becoming a national crisis. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This is much bigger than Theresa Spence, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s much bigger than any individual community,â&#x20AC;? Angus said Thursday as he prepared to travel to Ottawa to visit Spence on Friday. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This is across the country now, it really needs the prime minister to take action.â&#x20AC;?

Spence launched her protest earlier this month with a vow to â&#x20AC;&#x153;dieâ&#x20AC;? unless the Conservative government started showing more respect to First Nations concerns and aboriginal treaties.

She is demanding a meeting between the Crown, Prime Minister Stephen Harper and First Nations leaders to create a new relationship.

Her remote northern Ontario reserve was catapulted into the spotlight late last year after Angus wrote about the dire housing and economic conditions.

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Rebels shut down Oil Kings POULIOT TURNS ASIDE 53 SHOTS, DUMBA SCORES TWO AS REBELS GET ROAD WIN IN FIRST GAME BACK AFTER BREAK AVERY JOHNSON

NETS FIRE COACH Avery Johnson was fired as coach of the Brooklyn Nets, who have fallen to .500 in their season of new surroundings and elevated expectations.

After a strong start to their first season in Brooklyn, the Nets have lost 10 of 13 games to fall well behind the first-place New York Knicks, the team they so badly want to compete with in their new home. But after beating the Knicks in their first meeting Nov. 26, probably the high point of Johnson’s tenure, the Nets went 5-10 and frustrations have been mounting.

The Nets were embarrassed by Boston on national TV on Christmas, then were routed by Milwaukee 108-93 on Wednesday night for their fifth loss in six games. Star guard Deron Williams recently complained about Johnson’s offence, and Nets CEO Brett Yormark took to Twitter after the loss to Celtics to voice his displeasure with the performance.

General manager Billy King announced the dismissal Thursday without saying who will be interim coach.

The Nets next play at home Friday against Charlotte. Brooklyn started the season 11-4, winning five in a row to end November, when Johnson was Eastern Conference coach of the month. But he couldn’t do anything to stop this slump, one the Nets never anticipated.

Today

● WHL: Edmonton at Red Deer, 7:30 p.m., Centrium.

Saturday

● Midget AAA hockey: Calgary Mac’s Tournament — Red Deer vs. Lloydminster, 8 a.m., Father David Bauer Arena.

Sunday

● Midget AAA hockey: Calgary Mac’s Tournament — Red Deer vs. Pirati Chomutov, Czech Republic, 5:15 p.m., Max Bell Centre. ● WHL: Brandon at Red Deer, 6 p.m., Centrium.

BY ADVOCATE STAFF Rebels 5 Oil Kings 3 EDMONTON — One almost expects teams to be a little sluggish following the Christmas break.

That wasn’t the case with the Red Deer Rebels, and in particular goaltender Bolton Pouliot, as they jumped into a 3-0 lead and went on to down the Edmonton Oil Kings 5-3 in Western Hockey League action before 9,297 fans at Rexall Place Thursday.

And while the Oil Kings may have started slow they didn’t finish that way as they poured 56 shots on Pouliot, who was key

in the Rebels shutting down the potent Edmonton power play that finished the night zero-forsix.

“It was one of those chance for chance games and speciality teams were huge,” said Rebels president/general manager/ head coach Brent Sutter. “We were two-for-four wioth the man advantage and shut them down as Bolton played very well.”

The Rebels made some mistakes, then again so did the Oil Kings, who allowed 40 shots on goal.

“We were loose at times, but the first game after Christmas you don’t know what to expect.

We gave them 50 some shots which on most nights is enough top win, but we had 40 some ourselves which should give us a chance to win. We got good goaltending and scored five goals. It was a good start after Christmas.”

The Rebels jumped on the Oil Kings 1:18 into the first period on Wyatt Johnson’s eighth goal of the season and his third in as many games. Turner Elson connected at 3:30 and Matt Dumba notched his first of two power play markers at 9:37.

That resulted in a time out by

the Oil Kings, who responded with goals by Michael St. Croix, his 20th of the season, at 12:17 and Travis Ewanyk at 18:36.

Brooks Maxwell scored what proved to be the winner for Red Deer at 3:27 of the second period before TJ Foster made it interesting with his 17th at 16:28.

Then it was the Pouliot story as he all but stood on his head to keep the Rebels ahead until they got a bit of breathing room at 16:32 of the third period on Dumba’s blast from the point beat goaltender Tristan Jarry.

The Rebels increased their record to 22-13-2-1 for 47 points and moved to within three points of the Calgary Hitmen and four of the Oil Kings (23-82-3).

“Some guys played well and some not as well as we wanted, but with that said to come in here and find a way to win a hockey game against a very good team was big,” said Sutter. “We have a certain way we have to play to have success and there were certain times tonight when we were on our toes and others we weren’t so good. But credit to them as well as they’re good and they have a group of forwards who are hard to play

Subban stakes claim on starting job CANADIAN COACH SPOTT ENDED THE SPECULATION BY SAYING SUBBAN IS GOING TO ‘CARRY THE BALL’

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS UFA, Russia — Malcolm Subban’s acrobatics, experience and flair has made him Canada’s starting goaltender at the world junior hockey championship for now.

Instead of letting the goaltending question linger deep into the tournament, coach Steve Spott felt it better to end speculation after Canada’s opening game and infuse Subban with the confidence of knowing he’s the man in net for the tournament.

“Malcolm’s play is going to dictate how far he goes, but right now he’s the guy we’re going to continue to run with and it’s going to be up to him to carry the ball,” the coach said Thursday.

The Belleville Bulls goalie has size, reach and speed, plus familiarity with the wider ice in Europe because Belleville’s Yardman Arena is the same size. Subban, six foot two and 200 pounds, sells his glove saves with a flick of the wrist, which tells the players in front of him “I got his.”

“I feel like making those saves obviously helps a lot and making them a little fancy gives the team a little confidence,” Subban said. “Just knowing your coaches have the confidence in you, that you’re going to play all the games, that helps a lot obviously as well.”

So after stopping 25 of 28 shots in Canada’s 9-3 win over Germany to open the tournament, the 19-year-old from Toronto will be back in the net for Friday’s Pool B game versus Slovakia.

Canada tops the pool at 1-0 with three points. The Slovaks forced Russia to overtime Wednesday before the hosts pulled out a 3-2 victory for two points.

A nervous moment in Canada’s practice Thursday was a Boone Jenner collision with defencemen Xavier Ouellet in the neutral zone. Both players got slowly to their feet. Jenner can’t play a game in the tournament until Monday because of a

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Malcolm Subban makes a pad save on a tip by Germany forward Dennis Reimer during IIHF World Junior Championships in Ufa, Russia on Wednesday. Subban has been named the starting goalie for Canada throughout the tournament. three-game suspension.

“They’re both fine,” Spott said. “I just went and checked on them.”

Subban’s point-blank pad save on Germany’s Tobias Rieder in the third period Wednesday demonstrated he can make

saves that change the tenor of a game.

“Everyone has seen that save that I don’t think many people could make,” goaltending coach Ron Tugnutt said.

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“Overall I’m proud of the guys as they stuck to it when times weren’t so good. They weathered through it and that’s dealing with adversity. The biggest thing with the group is continuing to get stronger and stronger mentally and knowing how to handle adversity during a game and not allowing it to get to you. You have to rise to the occasion and respond the right way and we did a good job of that tonight.”

The two teams meet again tonight at 7:30 p.m. at the Centrium and Sutter knows it will be even tougher.

“That’s our preparation. We did what we had to tonight, now we have to get ready for our game at home and we have to expect a tougher, harder game and be ready for it.” ● Domink Volek played his first game with the Rebels and assisted on Dumba’s first goal . . . Jarry, who lost for the first time in eight decisions, faced 39 shots while Laurent Brossoit made one save while in the game for 16 seconds following Red Deer’s second marker. drode@reddeeradvocate.com

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Canadian National Soccer team member Christine Sinclair poses for a photo in Richmond, B.C., December, 18. Sinclair was named the Bobbie Rosenfeld Award winner as the Canadian Press female athlete of the year on Thursday.

TORONTO — Little about Christine Sinclair’s brilliant performance at the London Olympics came as a surprise to her teammates.

But it allowed the rest of the world to finally see the captain they all know so well.

The 29-year-old star of Canada’s women’s soccer team lifted her squad to a bronze medal at last summer’s Olympics, Canada’s first medal in a traditional team sport since 1936. The result firmly entrenched her as a Canadian sports hero and brought global acclaim to a player who has been among the best women on the planet for years.

It also capped a tremendous season that earned the Burnaby, B.C., native the Bobbie Rosenfeld Award as The Canadian Press female athlete of 2012.

“She’s always been one of the best in the world, she’s always been fantastic, and what’s great about this year is that the world got to see her at the highest stage — Olympics,” said Canada’s veteran goalkeeper Karina LeBlanc. “The world was watching, and she showed what we’ve all known for so long.

“People are starting to see

all sides of her — her funny side and her humble side. She’s a phenomenal athlete. And she believes so much. Playing for Canada is such an honour, and she shows that in the way she plays. She doesn’t go out there and talk the talk. . . She shows it in the most beautiful way.”

Sinclair earned 269 points, including the majority of firstplace votes (84), to run away with the award, which is determined through balloting among sports editors and broadcasters across the country.

Olympic trampoline champion Rosie MacLennan was second with 118 points ahead of speedskater Christine Nesbitt (76), tennis player Eugenie Bouchard (30) and hockey player Caroline Ouellette (27).

“It’s a huge honour,” Sinclair said, but then deflected praise to her teammates as deftly as she delivers a pass.

“I’m proud of our team. We had a goal this year heading into the Olympics and that was to bring home a medal, and we accomplished that and just to sort of see the way Canada fell in love with our team, it’s been very remarkable.”

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Taking next step in stride AUSTIN FYTEN

RED DEER’S LOGAN FISHER HAS BEEN A PLEASANT SURPRISE FOR THE VICTORIA ROYALS AND HAS BEEN REWARDED PLAYING IN KEY DEFENSIVE SITUATIONS FOR THE TEAM

WHERE ARE THEY NOW? Sundre native Austin Fyten spent his first four seasons (2007-2011) in the WHL with the Lethbridge Hurricanes.

He played 183 games, including only six his first season, finishing with 55 goals and 67 assists.

His best season was 2010-11 when he had 24 goals and 30 helpers in 52 games. He suffered a major knee injury in the 2011-12 preseason with the Hurricanes and underwent surgery.

The 20-year-old was released by Lethbridge and ultimately picked up by the Vancouver Giants. The six-foot-two, 200-pound Fyten didn’t get into a regular season game for the Giants, but played six playoff games, scoring twice and adding three assists. This season he joined the Idaho Steelheads of the ECHL and has six goals and 12 assists in 29 games.

HOT IN NET Edmonton Oil Kings second year netminder Tristan Jarry of Delta, B.C., has won his last seven decisions and leads the WHL with a 1.68 goals-against-average.

The six-foot-two, 181pound 17-year-old has a 9-3 record with two shutouts and a .932 save percentage heading into the second half of the season.

CLUTCH PERFORMER Tri-City Americans RW Malte Stromwall of Lulea, Sweden, has notched six game-winning goals in 29 games. Overall the five-foot-11, 175-pound 18-year-old has 12 goals and 16 assists. Teammate Justin Feser of Red Deer has five game winners in 35 games.

LEADING ROOKIE Seattle Thunderbirds LW Roberts Lipsbergs of Riga, Latvia, has got off to a solid start in his first WHL season, scoring 17 times and adding 15 assists in 34 games. The five-foot-11, 195 pound 18-year-old had a slow start with one assist in September and a goal and four helpers in Oct. In 12 games in November he had nine goals and seven assists and seven goals and three assists in eight games in December.

BY DANNY RODE ADVOCATE STAFF By the time Logan Fisher left the Red Deer Optimist Rebels Chiefs he was ready to take the next step.

While he was solid on the offensive side the native of Red Deer had all the ingredients on the defensive side of the game to impress any Western Hockey League coach.

He certainly impressed Victoria Royals head coach Dave Lowry.

“He was a bit of an unknown coming in this year, although every year there’s a couple of surprises,” said Lowry. “We knew he was a grad of a program that had success in Red Deer and when you’re looking to build a team you’re looking to add players with that type of pedigree. He has been a real pleasant surprise.

“He’s a versatile player and very dependable on both sides of the puck, which is a real asset for a young player moving forward. We use him taking faceoffs and killing penalties and we’re comfortable using him on both sides. He’s the type of player you win with.

“You may not notice him on the scoresheet, but what he does ends up in wins.”

Fisher was one of the premier two-way players in the Alberta Midget Hockey League last season and a key performer during the Rebels run to the national championship.

He learned the defensive side of the game coming up through the Red Deer minor hockey system.

“It was always something I focused on,” he said. “Defending was always first which helps create offensive chances. I brought that with me to the next level. It’s helped as I’m taking a lot of faceoffs and killing penalties . . . it’s been good. In fact it’s been nothing but a good experience.”

Fisher did all that for the Rebels and head coach Doug Quinn.

“Logan was a top player for me,” said Quinn. “He was re-

ally strong defensively and was one of our hardest workers. He did everything. He was good in the face off circle, a good forechecker and strong in the defensive zone. I double shifted him a lot and he had the physical stamina and strength to play in all situations.”

Quinn felt the six-foot-two, 175-pound 17-year-old would make the jump to the WHL this season.

“I was certain he would. He had the size and strength and the hockey knowledge to play an important role for any team.

He likely wouldn’t be a top scorer, but he’s very responsible defensively and a hard guy to play against, something every team, no matter what level, needs.”

Fisher indicated Quinn was one of the coaches who influenced him the most along with his dad, Barkley, and Byron Feser.

Fisher has been taking a regular spot on the third and fourth lines with the Royals and has two goals and five assists in 33 games. He scored his first goal in his first game.

“An empty netter,” he said.

‘We were killing a penalty late and the guy stepped out of the box and they had their goalie pulled. It was good to get it right away so there wasn’t that monkey on my back.”

Fisher looks back at his minor hockey career with pride and a little excitement when looking at his final midget game — a 6-5 double overtime victory over the Phénix du College Esther-Blondin of Quebec in the Telus Cup final.

That was a game that saw the Rebels score four third period goals to force overtime. It was something that Fisher took with him to the Royals.

“The exposure I received at that championship was definitely a benefit as we played against the top players and the top teams from across Canada,” he said. “It was a good measuring stick for what I needed to do to go on. Also the comeback was special. We always had confidence in the team and in each other and being able to pull that off helps the confidence going

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Victoria Royal Logan Fisher skates during a game against the Red Deer Rebels at the Centrium on Dec. 14. The 17-year-old, Red Deer native has become a versatile and dependable player on both sides of the puck for the Royals during his rookie season. to the next level. It shows what you can do when you believe in yourself and in each other.”

Fisher is taking his Grade 12 and has plenty of time while on the bus to get his school work done.

“That’s one of the tough things as we have long road trips as we need to take the ferry from the island every time and that’s an hour and a half,” he said. “I have time to do some homework and get caught up,” He’s getting used to the time on the bus while he already is

used to the difference between midget and junior.

“You could definitely see the difference in the pace of the game and size of everyone,” said Fisher, who has at least two more years in the league.

Following that who knows.

“Down the road I definitely would like to continue on in hockey,” he said.

“But right now I’m concentrating on finishing this year strong and helping the team win.” drode@reddeeradvocate.com

Volek will add skill to Rebels NEW PLAYER FOR REBELS LOOKING FORWARD TO PLAYING IN WHL AGAIN

BY DANNY RODE ADVOCATE STAFF When the phone rang at his home in Praha, Czech Republic, prior to Christmas Dominik Volek was in for an unexpected gift.

Red Deer Rebels president/general manager/head coach Brent Sutter was one the other end of the line informing the 18-yearold the Rebels had secured his rights from the Regina Pats and wanted him to join the team following the Christmas break.

“I talked to him when I got home and he called to say Merry Christmas and about coming over,” Volek said after arDominik Volek riving from the Czech Republic Wednesday. “I’m certainly excited about getting started again on Canadian ice and looking forward to playing in the league and with Red Deer.”

Volek played last season with the Pats, accumulating 14 goals and 18 assists in 70 games. He finished with a plus-minus of zero and had 32 penalty minutes.

But returning to the Pats wasn’t something he was interested in, although he enjoyed the league and the fans.

“I liked the junior fans, but I wasn’t happy in Regina,” he said. “I asked to change the billet and nothing. The coach wasn’t playing me and some of the promises they made they didn’t come through with, so I didn’t have a lot of interest in coming back this year.”

Instead he joined Farjestad in the Swedish Super Elite junior league where he played 17 games, scoring twice and adding four assists.

“I played some pro before getting injured then played junior, where I wasn’t so good,” he said. “But playing this year did help my confidence again and I’m looking forward to playing here.”

The Rebels traded 19-year-old Fliip Vasko and 18-year-old Marc McCoy to Regina for Volek’s rights.

Sutter liked what he saw on tape and feels Volek will add skill to the roster.

“He’s a top-end player,” Sutter said.

“He’s fast with good hands and has good pedigree.”

Dominik’s father, David, played with Sutter on the New York Islanders.

“That’s not the reason we looked at him.

He’s a smart player, someone we’re expecting offence from. He had a descent year as a 17-year-old in our league and now has a chance to come back where he’s a year more mature and a year stronger. We’re excited that he’ll be part of the Rebels organization for the next year and a half and he’s excited to be part of this.”

Volek simply enjoys the Canadian game.

“I think it’s the speed, the hits, the smaller ice, everything,” he said. “You have to do things faster. But the Swedish junior league was good and I don’t think I lost anything. I hope I can bring it to the Canadian ice.”

Volek saw his first action for the Rebels Thursday, picking up an assist in the Rebels 5-3 win over the Oil Kings in Edmonton.

The six-foot-one 185-pound winger, sees himself as a player with “good hands and speed.”

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That’s huge. The thing is he fits in well with what we’re trying to do.”

Sutter has always been a defensive minded coach, but realizes the game is changing.

“The Rebels have always been known as a stingy team with good defence, but in this day and age you have to score more goals to win and you have to play an exciting brand of hockey. We’ve changed some things and we want to play with more speed up front . . . an up tempo game where you’re on your toes and going for it, not thinking of only defending.” ● Rugged forward Mike Ferland is back in camp with the Brandon Wheat Kings.

Ferland, who was a fifth round pick by the Calgary Flames in the 2010 National Hockey League Entry Draft, is looking to get more ice time than he was in the Flames system. He played in seven games with the Abbotsford Heat of the AHL and three with Utah of the ECHL. He had one point with both teams. Ferland, who had 47 goals and 96 points with Brandon last year, hopes to get reassigned by the Flames back to the Wheat Kings. If he does it will give Brandon four 20-year-olds. The others are forward Nick Buonassisi and defencemen Ryley Miller and Tyler Yaworski . . . The Kelowna Rockets hope to have 20-year-old rearguard Mitchell Chapman back from an ankle injury, giving them four overage players . . . The Moose Jaw Warriors have 19-year-old LW Jordan Wyton back after missing 14 games with an upper body injury. drode@reddeeradvocate.com

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Canada rebounds to beat hosts at Spengler

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS Canada 5 HC Davos 0 DAVOS, Switzerland — If there were any doubts about Canada’s scoring touch at the Spengler Cup, they were emphatically put to rest Thursday.

Byron Ritchie scored two second-period goals to lead Canada to a convincing 5-0 win over host HC Davos. Canada (1-1) took better advantage of its offensive chances in this contest against the defending tournament champion than it did in its opener, a stunning 2-1 overtime loss to German side Adler Mannheim.

“None of these guys were happy about losing last night and they certainly showed it in their play tonight,” said head coach Doug Shedden. “We put a system in place in the neutral zone that wouldn’t let Davos play their style of hockey.”

John Tavares, Ryan Smyth and Jason Williams had the other goals for Canada, whose roster is a mix of NHLers and national team veterans. Players like Jason Spezza, Sam Gagner and Patrice Bergeron line up will alongside Ritchie, who is in his fourth season of playing in Europe.

“If you ask anyone in the dressing room it doesn’t really matter who scores,” said Ritchie, who plays with Bern of the Swiss league and has also suited up in Sweden and Belarus. “We’re here as a team and we have one goal in mind, and that’s to win the tournament.”

Edmonton Oilers goalie Devan Dubnyk, earning the start ahead of Jonathan Bernier, stopped 25 shots for the shutout in his first taste of game action since last April.

“I just wanted to make sure I was being intense, my positioning was right and I stayed patient,” Dubnyk said. “The guys were great defensively. Davos is such an explosive team and we did a good job countering and capitalizing on opportunities.”

Tavares opened the scoring on the power play off a nice feed from Spezza at 9:11 of the first period before Smyth put Canada ahead 2-0 shortly afterwards with an unassisted blast down the left side that went right through Davos netminder Reto Berra at 9:50.

Davos put pressure on Canada late in the period, led by such NHL stars as Patrick Kane and Joe Thornton. But the Canadian defence, anchored by Jason Demers and Carlo Colaiacovo, stood tall.

“They still played a strong game, but we played really well and took the puck out of their forwards’ hands which was key,” said Ritchie.

Ritchie made it 3-0 at 5:05 of the second, converting a setup pass from Josh Holden on an odd man rush for the short-handed goal. Ritchie scored again on a power play at 12:23.

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SUBBAN: Excited “When he makes that save, the bench kind of straightens up and gets excited,” added Tugnutt.

“As a goalie myself, when you make that big save, you feel good about it and you know your team feels good about it.”

The flaw in Subban’s game since the start of selection camp in Calgary has been lapses of concentration resulting in questionable or soft goals.

Jordan Binnington of the Owen Sound Attack is less flamboyant in net, but his solid technique made the goaltending competition interesting at selection camp and in pre-tournament games.

Spott believes Subban has the mental resiliency to recover from gaffes, but prefers the Boston Bruins prospect not make them in the first place.

“These are one-goal games and if our goaltender goes to sleep for one second that could determine a gold or a silver medal,” Spott said.

“If there is a tough goal, he can shake it off and deal with it, but ultimately we have to make sure we don’t give up those soft goals. It’s critical.”

Germany’s three goals on Boxing Day can’t be classified as weak, but Subban was battling nerves for two periods before Tugnutt told him to calm down.

“I was a little bit firmer on him, which I hadn’t been before, and he responded with a really good third period,” Tugnutt said.

Subban started watching the world junior tournament on television at age 12. He felt a personal connection to the 2008 and 2009 championships because older brother P.K. was a defenceman on both Canadian teams that won gold.

P.K. Subban now plays in the NHL for the Montreal Canadiens. The Subbans are the seventh brother combination to play for Canada’s junior team.

The others are Freddie and Dougie

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Team Canada’s Cam Barker vies for the puck with HC Davos’ Damien Brunner during the 86th Spengler Cup ice hockey tournament, in Davos, Switzerland, Thursday.

Ritchie came close to scoring a third goal in the period but was stymied in front by Berra.

Despite having little to cheer about, the home crowd remained loud and supportive until the final buzzer in a snug 6,000 seat Vaillant Arena.

Revenge was the driving factor for Ritchie, who played for Canada in last year’s Spengler Cup when the team suffered an 8-1 loss to the hosts.

“To lose the first two games would have been devastating,” Shedden said. “We knew the longer it goes the better we should get, and all the guys know that.”

Ritchie and Berra were named the players of the game for their respective teams.

Canada is off Friday when Davos and Mannheim square off. If the host team wins that contest, the Canadians will finish first in their division and get a

Hamilton (2012), Luke and Brayden Schenn (2008, 2010-11), Martin and Mathieu Biron (1997, 2000), Scott and Rob Niedermayer (1991-92, 1993), Sylvain and Pierre Turgeon (1983, 1993), and Mike and Randy Moller (1982).

Malcolm Subban has witnessed some of the best and worst experiences of his goaltending predecessors in recent world championships.

Carey Price in 2007 mesmerized the 14-year-old Subban while he watched the performance on a cafeteria television at his local Toronto hockey arena.

Price, now a Habs teammate of his brother’s, stared down the U.S. in a semifinal shootout and was named the tournament MVP while Canada collected gold in Sweden.

Subban has also seen Jake Allen get pulled in the 2010 final against the U.S., Mark Visentin give up five third-period goals to Russia in the 2011 championship game, and Scott Wedgewood leave the 2012 semifinal against Russia with an injury after allowing four goals on 14 shots.

“It’s a tough position,” Subban acknowledged. “There’s a lot of responsibility that goes into the goaltending job.

“The thing I’ll try to build on is playing a full 60 minutes. I remember the one a couple of years ago when Russia was down three-nothing and came back and won. (I”ll) just try and not let that happen I guess.“

YEAR: Best player Sinclair, who has won nearly every athlete of the year award in Canada this month, led her team to bronze in London in spectacular fashion, scoring an Olympic-record six goals to win the Golden Boot. Sinclair recorded a hat trick in a controversial 4-3 extra-time semifinal loss to the U.S., and then lashed out at the officiating, which seemed to endear her even more to frustrated fans watching back home.

“Christine Sinclair is Canada’s best soccer player,” said Phil Andrews of the Guelph Mercury. “What a passion-

bye to the semifinal round Sunday. But if the German side wins, then Canada would take second in the conference and play a quarter-final contest Saturday.

In the other game Thursday, Salavat Yulaev Ufa edged HC Vitkovice Steel 5-4 in overtime.

The quarter-final victors will advance to the semifinals against the two first-place squads Sunday, with the tournament championship game to be played Monday.

Shedden feels Canada is in good shape going forward.

“When you see guys like Jason Spezza blocking shots and backchecking like he was tonight, that’s great to see,” he said. “This is a team that is starting to buy in to a system, and everyone is doing their part.”

ate leader. What a clutch performer.

What an inspiration to the thousands of youths playing soccer in Canada and dreaming of being a star at an international level. She was the biggest story at the Olympics for Canada this year.”

Cyclist Ryder Hesjedal of Victoria won the Lionel Conacher Award as Canada’s male athlete of the year Wednesday.

Sinclair scored a Canadian-record 23 goals in 2012, and added six assists, meaning she contributed to 65.9 per cent of her team’s scoring in 2012. Her 143 career international goals rank third all-time.

The season was a remarkable turnaround for the five-foot-nine player with the sweet scoring touch. Only a year earlier, Canada was ousted in the preliminary round of the women’s World Cup. Coach John Herdman, hired to pick up the pieces after their heartbreaking World Cup result, used a photo of Canada’s disconsolate captain, head in hands, her face contorted in despair and dashed hopes, as motivation for his players heading into London.

“When you look at Christine’s face in that picture, it wasn’t just disappointment, it was frustration, it was anguish, it was guilt, it was a little bit of shame as well,” said Herdman. “I told them, ’I never want to see a player with this sort of talent with this sort of love for the game feeling like this after any game they play for Canada.’ ” He’s since added a much happier photo of a crying Sinclair on her knees on the pitch, her arms raised in jubilation after Canada’s bronze-medal victory over France.

“I emailed that around the team and I said, ’I think we promised we’d make Sincy cry, and this time for the right reasons,’ ” Herdman said.

Sinclair is the first soccer player to win the Bobbie Rosenfeld Award, originally awarded in 1933 and named for the Olympic champion and all-round athlete who was voted Canada’s top female athlete for the first half of the 20th century.

Herdman compares her to a Rolls Royce — because she’s all class. He’s

said she could be the David Beckham of the women’s game because of her smart soccer mind. He likes to tell the story of how when she emails him about a particular trip, she always adds “if selected” in brackets.

Sinclair, true to form, heaps all the praise for the team’s success this past season on Herdman.

“He brought back this confidence and belief within us, and had the veteran players learning new things and excited to play, and we all bought into his system and his style,” Sinclair said.

One might not think a veteran such as Sinclair would have many new things to learn. But she points to Herdman’s “grow room” as an example. A soccer computer lab of sorts with six laptops, players can watch footage of their performance in practice and games.

“We’ve never had that before so you’re able to watch every single time, for instance, in practice you are involved in the play, every single time you touch the ball: what did you do with it, what was your pass percentage, how many times did you turn?” Sinclair said.

“That’s been a big thing for me is watching myself in practice. It’s one thing to watch yourself in games, but day in and day out what you do in practice is what makes a difference and we’ve never experienced that before.”

Sinclair, who was Canada’s flagbearer at the closing ceremonies, took a month off following London — her longest break from the sport since having mono in 2002. She knows the next three years could be the busiest of her career. Canada will be gunning for gold when it hosts the 2015 World Cup, and then looking for a podium performance — an perhaps a measure of revenge against its American rivals — at the Olympics a year later.

She still has to sit out a four-game suspension for a post-game incident after that heartbreaking loss to the U.S. in London. But she will travel with the Canadian team to next month’s Four Nations tournament in China.

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WHL EASTERN CONFERENCE East Division GP W LOTLSOL GF GA Prince Albert 36 22 11 0 3 126 103 Saskatoon 35 19 15 0 1 119 116 Swift Current 38 16 17 3 2 110 101 Moose Jaw 37 13 17 3 4 93 117 Brandon 36 13 19 2 2 102 145 Regina 38 13 21 2 2 94 143

Pt 47 39 37 33 30 30

Central Division GP W LOTLSOL Edmonton 36 23 8 2 3 Calgary 35 23 8 1 3 Red Deer 38 22 13 2 1 Lethbridge 38 17 16 1 4 Medicine Hat 35 15 18 2 0 Kootenay 34 10 23 1 0

Pt 51 50 47 39 32 21

GF GA 127 91 112 93 108 106 123 115 117 127 80 125

WESTERN CONFERENCE B.C. Division GP W LOTLSOL GF GA Kamloops 38 25 9 2 2 133 98 Kelowna 35 23 10 1 1 143 87 Victoria 33 17 14 0 2 97 109 Prince George 34 12 18 1 3 87 116 Vancouver 34 9 25 0 0 86 134

Pt 54 48 36 28 18

U.S. Division GP W LOTLSOL GF GA Pt Portland 35 29 5 1 0 159 76 59 Spokane 34 23 10 1 0 140 101 47 Tri-City 35 20 12 1 2 105 96 43 Seattle 35 16 17 1 1 116 136 34 Everett 37 13 22 0 2 92 134 28 Note: Two points for a team winning in overtime or shootout; the team losing in overtime or shootout receives one which is registered in the OTL or SOL columns.

December 19-26 Holiday Break No Games Scheduled.

Saturday’s games Latvia vs. Sweden, 5 a.m.

Germany vs. Russia, 7 a.m.

Sunday’s games Finland vs. Switzerland, 12:30 a.m.

Canada vs. U.S., 2:30 a.m.

Czech Republic vs. Latvia, 5 a.m.

Slovakia vs. Germany, 7 a.m.

SPENGLER CUP At Davos, Switzerland PRELIMINARY ROUND Group A GP WOTWOTL L GF GA 1 1 0 0 0 5 1 2 0 1 0 1 6 9 1 0 0 1 0 4 5

Pt 3 2 1

Group B GP WOTWOTL L GF GA Pt Canada 2 1 0 1 0 6 2 4 Mannheim 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 2 Davos 1 0 0 0 1 0 5 0 Note: Three points awarded for a regulation win, two for an overtime/shootout win and one for an overtime/shootout loss, which is registered in the respective OTW or OTL columns.

Wednesday’s results Mannheim 2 Canada 1 (OT) Fribourg 5 Ufa 1 Thursday’s results Canada 5 Davos 0 Ufa 5 Vitkovice 4 (OT) Friday’s games Vitkovice vs. Fribourg, 7 a.m.

Davos vs. Mannheim, 12:15 p.m.

Thursday Summary

2013 IIHF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIP At Ufa, Russia PRELIMINARY ROUND Group A GP WOTWOTL L GF GA Pt Switzerland 1 1 0 0 0 7 2 3 Finland 1 1 0 0 0 5 1 3 Sweden 1 1 0 0 0 4 1 3 Czech Republic 1 0 0 0 1 1 4 0 Latvia 2 0 0 0 2 3 12 0

Pt 54 50 48 46 46 44 38 28

South Division GP W L OTL GF GA Pt Brooks 36 35 1 0 189 67 70 Camrose 39 23 13 3 116 100 49 Okotoks 37 20 15 2 107 104 42 Drumheller 37 19 15 3 115 104 41 Cal. Mustangs 40 14 21 5 120 143 33 Olds 41 15 23 3 122 148 33 Canmore 36 12 19 5 91 131 29 Cal. Canucks 39 13 24 2 96 151 28 Note: Two points for a win, one for an overtime loss.

GF GA 93 65 93 95 64 72 71 82 82 101

Pt 37 33 27 27 26

GF 105 87 83 76 73

Pt 40 35 34 30 27

GA 80 68 77 80 80

Pt 34 34 30 31 30

GF 85 98 69 78 74

GA 74 93 76 84 94

South Division GP W LOTLSOL GF GA Pt Charlotte 30 18 9 0 3 96 80 39 Texas 30 15 10 3 2 76 80 35 Houston 29 15 10 1 3 91 85 34 Oklahoma City 29 15 10 1 3 97 87 34 San Antonio 31 11 17 0 3 77 95 25 Note: A team winning in overtime or shootout is credited with two points and a victory in the W column; the team losing in overtime or shootout receives one which is registered in the OTL or SOL columns.

Wednesday’s results Toronto 3 Hamilton 2 Bridgeport 5 Connecticut 2 Hershey 2 Wilkes-Barre/Scranton 0 Manchester 2 Worcester 1 Syracuse 5 Binghamton 3 Rochester 7 Lake Erie 6 (OT) Houston 4 Texas 3 (OT) Thursday’s results Albany 4 Springfield 3 Bridgeport 3 Connecticut 0 Hershey 4 Wilkes-Barre/Scranton 1 Providence at Portland (ppd., weather) Milwaukee 2 Peoria 1 Rockford 3 Chicago 2 Oklahoma City 5 Texas 4

PARTICIPANTS Group A HC Fribourg Gotteron (Switzerland), HC Vitkovice Steel (Czech Republic), Salavat Yulaev Ufa (Russia).

Group B Canada, HC Davos (Switzerland), Adler Mannheim (Germany).

GA 101 97 115 138 101 119 120 156

Pt 34 32 32 31 29

Midwest Division GP W LOTLSOL Grand Rapids 27 16 9 1 1 Rockford 31 16 13 1 1 Chicago 27 13 10 3 1 Milwaukee 29 14 12 2 1 Peoria 30 13 13 2 2

Monday, Dec. 31 Championship Semifinals winners, 4 a.m.

GF 123 123 113 147 117 109 106 101

GA 90 75 79 84 85

Pt 38 36 33 31 23

Sunday’s games Semifinals First A vs. Quarter-final winner, 7 a.m. or 12:15 p.m.

First B vs. Quarter-final winner, 7 a.m. or 12:15 p.m.

AJHL North Division GP W L OTL Spruce Grove 39 24 9 6 Grand Prairie 37 24 11 2 Bonnyville 40 20 12 8 Whitecourt 38 19 11 8 Drayton Valley 39 21 14 4 Fort McMurray 39 20 15 4 Sherwood Park 37 17 16 4 Lloydminster 40 11 23 6

East Division W LOTLSOL 18 7 1 3 16 7 1 2 16 13 1 1 14 13 1 1 13 13 1 0

Miami Atlanta Orlando Charlotte Washington

WESTERN CONFERENCE North Division GP W LOTLSOL GF GA Toronto 29 18 9 1 1 99 77 Abbotsford 29 15 8 3 3 69 61 Lake Erie 31 15 13 2 1 101 103 Rochester 28 14 11 2 1 98 96 Hamilton 28 10 15 1 2 63 90

Saturday’s games Quarter-finals Second A vs. Third B, 7 a.m. or 12:15 p.m.

Second B vs. Third A, 7 a.m. or 12:15 p.m.

Rebels 5 Oil Kings 3 First Period 1. Red Deer, Johnson 8 (Underwood, Doetzel) 1:18.

2. Red Deer, Elson 11 (Fafard) 3:30.

3. Red Deer, Dumba 8 (Gaudet, Volek) 5:37 (pp).

4. Edmonton, St. Croix 20 (Foster) 12:17.

5. Edmonton, Ewanyk 5 (Samuelsson, Moroz) 18:36.

Penalties - Ewanyk Edm (roughing) 4:33, 8 Doetzel RD (holding) 8:31, Hamilton RD (delay of game) 15:07.

Second Period 6. Red Deer, Mawell 3 (Dieno, Fafard) 3:27.

7. Edmonton, Foster 17 (Corbett, St. Croix) 16:18.

Penalties - Feser RD (goaltender interference) 3:55, Thiel RD, Baddock Edm (roughing) 9:10, Elson RD (fighting), Lowe Edm (fighting, goaltender interference; served by Wilson) 11:36.

Third Period 8. Red Deer, Dumba (Gaudet) 16:32 (pp).

Penalties - Wilson Edm (boarding) 2:07, Pochuk RD (charging) 4:23, Maxwell RD (holding) 11:30, Ewanyk Edm (slashing) 16:23, Fafard RD (holding) 17:29.

Shots on goal Red Deer 14 19 7 — 40 Edmonton 17 20 19 — 56 Goal— Red Deer: Pouliot (W, 5-5-1); Edmonton: Jarry (0:00 first, 3:46 first)(L, 9-4-0)(28-32), Brossoit (3:30 first)(1-1).

Power plays (goals-chances) — Red Deer: 2-4; Edmonton: 0-6.

Attendance — 9,297 at Edmonton, Alta.

Northeast Division GP W LOTLSOL 28 16 7 2 3 30 15 12 1 2 27 10 10 1 6 28 13 14 1 0 30 12 16 2 0

GP Syracuse 29 Binghamton 26 Hershey 31 W-B/Scranton 29 Norfolk 27

Monday, Dec. 31 Switzerland vs. Czech Republic, 12:30 a.m.

U.S. vs. Slovakia, 3 a.m.

Sweden vs. Finland, 5 a.m.

Russia vs. Canada, 7 a.m.

Fribourg Ufa Vitkovice

Sunday’s games Prince George at Vancouver, 4 p.m.

Everett at Kelowna, 5:05 p.m.

Brandon at Red Deer, 6 p.m.

Saskatoon at Regina, 6 p.m.

Friday, Jan. 4 Drumheller at Bonnyville, 7 p.m.

Lloydminster at Camrose, 7:30 p.m.

Spruce Grove at Grande Prairie, 7:30 p.m.

Drayton Valley at Whitecourt, 7:30 p.m.

Okotoks at Olds, 7:30 p.m.

Brooks at Fort McMurray, 8 p.m.

Springfield Bridgeport Albany Adirondack Connecticut

End of Preliminary Round

Saturday’s games Seattle at Everett, 7:05 p.m.

Vancouver at Kamloops, 7 p.m.

Calgary at Lethbridge, 7 p.m.

Swift Current at Medicine Hat, 7:30 p.m.

Regina at Moose Jaw, 7 p.m.

Tri-City at Portland, 7 p.m.

Prince Albert at Saskatoon, 7:05 p.m.

Kootenay at Spokane, 7:05 p.m.

Prince George at Victoria, 7:05 p.m.

Thursday, Jan. 3 Canmore at Calgary Canucks, 7 p.m.

Sherwood Park at Olds, 7:30 p.m.

AHL All Times Eastern EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division GP W LOTLSOL GF Portland 29 16 11 1 1 88 Providence 27 15 10 0 2 68 Manchester 30 14 12 2 2 84 Worcester 28 14 11 1 2 78 St. John’s 31 14 16 0 1 72

Friday’s games Finland vs. Czech Republic, 12:30 a.m.

Canada vs. Slovakia, 2:30 a.m.

Sweden vs. Switzerland, 5 a.m.

Russia vs. U.S., 7 a.m.

Thursday’s results Red Deer 5 Edmonton 3 Moose Jaw 4 Regina 3 Kamloops at Kelowna, Late Friday’s games Moose Jaw at Brandon, 7:30 p.m.

Lethbridge at Calgary, 7 p.m.

Spokane at Kootenay, 7 p.m.

Saskatoon at Prince Albert, 7 p.m.

Edmonton at Red Deer, 7:30 p.m.

Everett at Seattle, 7:35 p.m.

Medicine Hat at Swift Current, 7 p.m.

Portland at Tri-City, 7:05 p.m.

Kelowna at Vancouver, 7:30 p.m.

Prince George at Victoria, 7:05 p.m.

Wednesday, Jan. 2 Drumheller at Fort McMurray, 7:30 p.m.

Wednesday’s results Canada 9 Germany 3 Finland 5 Latvia 1 Russia 3 Slovakia 2 (OT) Sweden 4 Czech Republic 1 Thursday’s results Switzerland 7 Latvia 2 U.S. 8 Germany 0

National Basketball Association EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct GB New York 21 8 .724 — Boston 14 13 .519 6 Brooklyn 14 14 .500 6 1/2 Philadelphia 14 15 .483 7 Toronto 9 20 .310 12

No Games Scheduled.

Group B GP WOTWOTL L GF GA Pt U.S. 1 1 0 0 0 8 0 3 Canada 1 1 0 0 0 9 3 3 Russia 1 0 1 0 0 3 2 2 Slovakia 1 0 0 1 0 2 3 1 Germany 2 0 0 0 2 3 17 0 Note: Three points awarded for a regulation win, two for an overtime/shootout win and one for an overtime/shootout loss, which is registered in the respective OTW or OTL columns.

Friday’s games Providence at Adirondack, 5 p.m.

Binghamton at Albany, 5 p.m.

Toronto at Grand Rapids, 5 p.m.

Lake Erie at Rochester, 5:05 p.m.

St. John’s at Hamilton, 5:30 p.m.

Norfolk at Syracuse, 5:30 p.m.

Manchester at Worcester, 5:30 p.m.

Peoria at Milwaukee, 6 p.m.

San Antonio at Oklahoma City, 6 p.m.

Charlotte at Houston, 6:05 p.m.

Saturday’s games Manchester at Bridgeport, 5 p.m.

Albany at Hershey, 5 p.m.

Adirondack vs. Portland (at Lewiston, Maine), 5 p.m.

Connecticut at Springfield, 5 p.m.

Providence at Worcester, 5 p.m.

Binghamton at Rochester, 5:05 p.m.

Norfolk at Wilkes-Barre/Scranton, 5:05 p.m.

Hamilton at Lake Erie, 5:30 p.m.

St. John’s at Syracuse, 5:30 p.m.

Abbotsford at Chicago, 6 p.m.

Houston at San Antonio, 6 p.m.

Charlotte at Texas, 6 p.m.

Milwaukee at Rockford, 6:05 p.m.

Sunday’s games Abbotsford at Chicago, 4 p.m.

Norfolk at Springfield, 5 p.m.

Charlotte at San Antonio, 5:30 p.m.

Toronto at Grand Rapids, 7 p.m.

December 24-January 1 Holiday Break

Football National Football League AMERICAN CONFERENCE East W L T Pct PF y-New England 11 4 0 .733 529 Miami 7 8 0 .467 288 N.Y. Jets 6 9 0 .400 272 Buffalo 5 10 0 .333 316

PA 331 289 347 426

y-Houston x-Indianapolis Tennessee Jacksonville

W 12 10 5 2

South L T 3 0 5 0 10 0 13 0

Pct .800 .667 .333 .133

PF 400 329 292 235

PA 303 371 451 406

y-Baltimore x-Cincinnati Pittsburgh Cleveland

W 10 9 7 5

North L T 5 0 6 0 8 0 10 0

Pct .667 .600 .467 .333

PF 381 368 312 292

PA 321 303 304 344

y-Denver San Diego Oakland Kansas City

W 12 6 4 2

West L 3 9 11 13

Pct .800 .400 .267 .133

PF 443 326 269 208

PA 286 329 419 387

T 0 0 0 0

Dallas N.Y. Giants Philadelphia

8 8 4

y-Atlanta New Orleans Tampa Bay Carolina

W 13 7 6 6

South L T 2 0 8 0 9 0 9 0

Pct .867 .467 .400 .400

PF 402 423 367 313

PA 277 410 377 325

y-Green Bay Minnesota Chicago Detroit

W 11 9 9 4

North L T 4 0 6 0 6 0 11 0

Pct .733 .600 .600 .267

PF 399 342 349 348

PA 299 314 253 411

West L 4 5 7 10

Pct .700 .667 .500 .333

PF 370 392 286 237

PA 260 232 328 330

W x-San Francisco 10 x-Seattle 10 St. Louis 7 Arizona 5

7 7 11

0 .533 358 372 0 .533 387 337 0 .267 273 402

T 1 0 1 0

x-clinched playoff spot y-clinched division

Cleveland at Pittsburgh, 11 a.m.

Houston at Indianapolis, 11 a.m.

Philadelphia at N.Y. Giants, 11 a.m.

Chicago at Detroit, 11 a.m.

Tampa Bay at Atlanta, 11 a.m.

Oakland at San Diego, 2:25 p.m.

Arizona at San Francisco, 2:25 p.m.

St. Louis at Seattle, 2:25 p.m.

Kansas City at Denver, 2:25 p.m.

Green Bay at Minnesota, 2:25 p.m.

Miami at New England, 2:25 p.m.

Dallas at Washington, 6:20 p.m.

NFL Odds (Favourties capitalized, odds from SportsBetting.ag; NL = No Line) Odds O/U Sunday NY Jets at BUFFALO 3 38 1/2 Carolina at NEW ORLEANS 5 54 CHICAGO at Detroit 3 44 1/2 Philadelphia at NY GIANTS 7 45 1/2 Jacksonville at TENNESSEE 4 41 1/2 Baltimore at CINCINNATI 1 41 Cleveland at Pittsburgh NL NL HOUSTON at Indianapolis 7 NA GREEN BAY at Minnesota 3 45 1/2 Kansas City at DENVER 16 42 Arizona at SAN FRANCISCO 16 1/2 38 1/2 Tampa Bay at Atlanta NL NL St. Louis at SEATTLE 10 1/2 40 1/2 Miami at NEW ENGLAND 10 46 Oakland at San Diego NL NL Dallas at WASHINGTON 3 48 1/2

Indiana Milwaukee Chicago Detroit Cleveland

Southeast Division W L Pct 20 6 .769 17 9 .654 12 16 .429 7 21 .250 3 23 .115 Central Division W L Pct 16 12 .571 15 12 .556 15 12 .556 9 22 .290 7 23 .233

GB — 3 9 14 17 GB — 1/2 1/2 8 1/2 10

WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division W L Pct GB San Antonio 22 8 .733 — Memphis 18 8 .692 2 Houston 16 12 .571 5 Dallas 12 17 .414 9 1/2 New Orleans 6 22 .214 15 Northwest Division W L Pct Oklahoma City 22 6 .786 Denver 16 14 .533 Portland 14 13 .519 Minnesota 13 13 .500 Utah 15 15 .500

GB — 7 7 1/2 8 8

Pacific Division W L Pct 22 6 .786 19 10 .655 14 15 .483

GB — 3 1/2 8 1/2

L.A. Clippers Golden State L.A. Lakers

Phoenix Sacramento

11 9

18 19

.379 .321

11 1/2 13

Wednesday’s Games Miami 105, Charlotte 92 New Orleans 97, Orlando 94 Cleveland 87, Washington 84 Chicago at Indiana, ppd., weather conditions Atlanta 126, Detroit 119,2OT Houston 87, Minnesota 84 Philadelphia 99, Memphis 89 Milwaukee 108, Brooklyn 93 San Antonio 100, Toronto 80 Denver 126, L.A. Lakers 114 New York 99, Phoenix 97 Golden State 94, Utah 83 Portland 109, Sacramento 91 Thursday’s Games Oklahoma City 111, Dallas 105, OT Boston at L.A. Clippers, Late Friday’s Games Phoenix at Indiana, 5 p.m.

Orlando at Washington, 5 p.m.

Atlanta at Cleveland, 5:30 p.m.

Charlotte at Brooklyn, 5:30 p.m.

Miami at Detroit, 5:30 p.m.

Toronto at New Orleans, 6 p.m.

Denver at Dallas, 6:30 p.m.

Houston at San Antonio, 6:30 p.m.

L.A. Clippers at Utah, 7 p.m.

New York at Sacramento, 8 p.m.

Philadelphia at Golden State, 8:30 p.m.

Portland at L.A. Lakers, 8:30 p.m.

Saturday’s Games Indiana at Atlanta, 5 p.m.

New Orleans at Charlotte, 5 p.m.

Toronto at Orlando, 5 p.m.

Cleveland at Brooklyn, 5:30 p.m.

Washington at Chicago, 6 p.m.

Oklahoma City at Houston, 6 p.m.

Denver at Memphis, 6 p.m.

Phoenix at Minnesota, 6 p.m.

Miami at Milwaukee, 6:30 p.m.

Philadelphia at Portland, 8 p.m.

Boston at Golden State, 8:30 p.m.

Transactions Tuesday’s Sports Transactions BAKETBALL National Basketball Association WASHINGTON WIZARDS — Signed G Shelvin Mack and G Garrett Temple.

FOOTBALL National Football League ATLANTA FALCONS — Placed WR Kevin Cone on injured reserve.

BALTIMORE RAVENS — Signed LB D.J. Bryant to the practice squad.

CINCINNATI BENGALS — Placed CB Dre Kirkpatrick on injured reserve. Claimed WR Dane Sanzenbacher off waivers from Chicago.

JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS — Placed RB Rashad Jennings, LB Greg K. Jones, G Mark Asper and WR Cecil Shorts on injured reserve. Claimed G Mark Asper and TE Allen Reisner off waivers from Minnesota. Signed WR Jerrrell Jackson from the practice squad.

PHILADELPHIA EAGLES — Signed LB Marcus Dowtin to the practice squad.

HOCKEY ECHL FLORIDA EVERBLADES — Loaned F Mathieu Roy to Lake Erie (AHL).

COLLEGE AUBURN — Melvin Smith cornerbacks coach.

SYRACUSE — Suspended TB Adonis AmeenMoore and TE Max Beaulieu for the Pinstripe Bowl for violating athletic department rules. Disciplined LB Marquis Spruill, who will miss “a significant portion” of the Pinstripe Bowl.

Wednesday’s Sports Transactions BASEBALL American League BOSTON RED SOX — Traded RHP Mark Melancon, RHP Stolmy Pimentel, INF Ivan De Jesus and 1B/OF Jerry Sands to Pittsburgh for RHP Joel Hanrahan and INF Brock Holt. Agreed to terms with SS Stephen Drew on a one-year contract.

SEATTLE MARINERS — Agreed to terms with OF Raul Ibanez on a one-year contract. Designated RHP D.J. Mitchell for assignment.

TEXAS RANGERS — Agreed to terms with C A.J. Pierzynski on a one-year contract. Designated C Luis Martinez for assignment.

American Association AMARILLO SOX — Released C Jonathan Cisnenos.

BASKETBALL National Basketball Association NBA — Fined Denver F Jordan Hamilton $25,000 for directing inappropriate language toward a fan during a Dec. 25 game at Los Angeles.

MIAMI HEAT — Assigned C Dexter Pittman to Sioux Falls (NBADL).

FOOTBALL National Football League ARIZONA CARDINALS — Placed TE Rob Housler on injured reserve. Signed WR Kerry Taylor from the practice squad. Signed DE Everrette Thompson to the practice squad.

BUFFALO BILLS — Released OT J.B. Shugarts from the practice squad. Signed TE Derek Buttles to the practice squad.

CHICAGO BEARS — Signed S Troy Nolan.

CLEVELAND BROWNS — Placed S Usama Young on injured reserve. Signed QB Josh Johnson.

Signed DB Jordan Mabin to the practice squad.

MINNESOTA VIKINGS — Signed TE Chase Ford to the practice squad.

NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS — Signed WR WR Kamar Aiken, RB James Develin and DB Cyhl Quarles to the practice squad.

NEW YORK GIANTS — Placed TE Travis Beckum on injured reserve. Signed DB Terrence Frederick from the practice squad and CB Brandon Bing to the practice squad.

PHILADELPHIA EAGLES — Placed QB Nick Foles on injured reserve. Signed DT Antonio Dixon to a two-year contract. Signed LB Marcus Dowtin to the practice squad.

PITTSBURGH STEELERS — Placed TE Heath Miller, CB Ike Taylor and RB Baron Batch on injured reserve. Signed S Da’Mon Cromartie-Smith and LB Marshall McFadden from the practice squad and FB Jamie McCoy from San Diego’s practice squad.

SAN DIEGO CHARGERS — Placed DT Aubrayo Franklin and S Brandon Taylor on injured reserve.

Signed S Sean Cattouse and CB Greg Gatson from the practice squad and CB Arthur Hobbs and TE Anthony Miller to the practice squad.

SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS — Released LB Alex Hoffman-Ellis from the practice squad. Signed DT

Lamar Divens and S Curtis Taylor to the practice squad.

SEATTLE SEAHAWKS — Released DE Monte Taylor from the practice squad.

TENNESSEE TITANS — Placed LB Mike Mohamed on the practice squad injured list. Signed RB Alvester Alexander to the practice squad.

HOCKEY American Hockey League ALBANY DEVILS — Recalled C Phil DeSimone from Trenton (ECHL).

CONNECTICUT WHALE — Called up G Jason Missiaen from Greenville (ECHL). Released G Bryan Hince from his professional tryout contract and returned him to Greenville.

NORFOLK ADMIRALS — Announced F Ryan Lasch was reassigned to the team from Fort Wayne (ECHL). Recalled F Luca Caputi from Fort Wayne.

SOFTBALL ASA/USA SOFTBALL — Announced the retirement of executive director Ron Radigonda, effective at the end of 2013.

COLLEGE NEW JERSEY ATHLETIC CONFERENCE — Announced the addition of Southern Virginia as an affiliate football member beginning in the 2014-15 academic year.

Thursday’s Sports Transactions BASEBALL Major League Baseball MLB — Free agent OF Hideki Matsui announced his retirement.

National League MIAMI MARLINS — Agreed to terms with RHP John Maine on a minor league contract.

PITTSBURGH PIRATES — Designated RHP Chad Beck for assignment.

American Association AMARILLO SOX — Named Bobby Brown manager.

BASKETBALL National Basketball Association NBA — Suspended Miami G Dwyane Wade one game for flailing his leg and making contact with the groin of the Charlotte’s Ramon Sessions during a Dec. 26 game at Charlotte. Fined Los Angeles Lakers C Dwight Howard $35,000 for his Flagrant Foul Two against Denver’s Kenneth Faried during a Dec. 26 game at Denver.

BROOKLYN NETS — Fired coach Avery Johnson.

Promoted assistant coach P.J. Carlesimo to interim coach.

FOOTBALL National Football League BALTIMORE RAVENS — Placed WR LaQuan Williams on injured reserve.

CAROLINA PANTHERS — Placed G Amini Silatolu on injured reserve.

HOUSTON TEXANS — Signed TE Steve Skelton to the practice squad.

JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS — Signed DB Curtis Holcomb to the practice squad.

NEW YORK JETS — Placed CB Aaron Berry on injured reserve.

PITTSBURGH STEELERS — Signed DB Walter McFadden and WR Bert Reed to the practice squad.

SEATTLE SEAHAWKS — Signed TE Cooper Helfet to the practice squad.

ST. LOUIS RAMS — Signed DE Mason Brodine to the practice squad.

TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS — Signed S Nick Saenz to the practice squad.

HOCKEY National Hockey League DALLAS STARS — Reasigned F Austin Smith from Idaho (ECHL) to Texas (AHL).

DETROIT RED WINGS — Reassigned F Andrej Nestrasil, F Brent Raedeke and D Max Nicastro from Grand Rapids (AHL) to Toledo (ECHL).

WASHINGTON CAPITALS — Reassigned D Brett Flemming from Hershey (AHL) to Reading (ECHL).

American Hockey League OKLAHOMA CITY BARONS — Recalled F Erick Lizon from Wichita (CHL).

ECHL ECHL — Suspended Evansville RW Matt Gens two games and fined him an undisclosed amount.

READING ROYALS — Signed F Nikita Kashirsky.

COLLEGE CREIGHTON — Announced senior G Josh Jones is quitting the men’s basketball team for medical reasons.

FLORIDA — Announced S De’Ante Saunders and OT Matt Patchan are leaving the football team and will transfer.

Matsui retires after Rebels stay undefeated at Mac’s 20-year career

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CALGARY — So far so good for the Red Deer Optimist Rebels Chiefs at the Mac’s midget AAA hockey tournament.

The Rebels ran their record to 2-0 with a 2-1 victory over the Calgary Royals at Father David Bauer Arena Thursday.

Red Deer got goals from Dustin Gorgi at 1:24 and Chase Thudium at 19:37 of the first period, then rode the goaltending of Matt Zentner, who finished with 22 saves.

Joshua McCulloch spoiled Zentner’s shutout

bid with a second-period marker.

The Rebels, who took six of 10 minor penalties — six of seven over the first two periods, had 27 shots on the Royals Ryan Ferguson.

In other pool play Pirati Chomutov of the Czech Republic downed the Lloydminster Bobcats 5-3 in their first game of the tournament.

The Rebels are off today and meet the Bobcats at 8 a.m. Saturday at Father David Bauer and Pirati Sunday at 5:15 p.m. at the Max Bell Arenas.

DWAYNE WADE SUSPENDED

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK — Miami Heat guard Dwyane Wade was suspended one game without pay by the NBA on Thursday for flailing his leg and making contact with the groin of Charlotte Bobcats’ Ramon Sessions.

The incident happened with 8:12 left in the fourth quarter of the Heat’s 105-92 victory over the Bobcats on Wednesday night.

Sessions was called for a foul on the play. Wade will serve the suspension tonight when the Heat visit the Detroit Pistons, and return Saturday

night in Milwaukee.

“I’m far from being a dirty player, (plus) my intent was never 2 kick Ramon Sessions. I just reacted to the contact that I got from him,” Wade tweeted Thursday night.

“More than anything, I think of my boys watchin me be4 retaliating 2ward any player.”

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK — Free agent slugger Hideki Matsui retired Thursday from professional baseball, saying he is no longer able to perform at the level that made him a star in two countries.

The 2009 World Series MVP with the New York Yankees and a three-time Central League MVP with the Tokyo Yomiuri Giants struggled in a brief stint with the Tampa Bay Rays last season and recently made up his mind to call it a career after 20 years — the first 10 in Japan.

Despite choosing to make the announcement in New York because the city was special to him, the nearly hour-long news conference was conducted only in Japanese and was broadcast live to his home country, where it was 7 a.m. Friday. A Japanese reporter translated portions of the event for the four American baseball writers in attendance.

Before he left for New York in 2003, Matsui told his fans in Japan that he would give his life to playing in the major leagues, give whatever he had, the reporter said. “Today is the day he put a period to that.”

In front of more than 15 cameras and dozens of Japanese reporters, many of whom detailed every aspect of his career in the United States, the outfielder/designated hitter gave a 12-minute speech before answering questions for about 40 minutes more, betraying little emotion except for that sly smile he flashed during his playing days.

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In the first of his two All-Star seasons, the righthander posted back-to-back saves for the Pittsburgh Pirates with perfect ninth innings against the Red Sox in June 2011. He struck out Adrian Gonzalez, who entered the series batting .359, to end the second game.

“When people look back on me as a Pirate, that’s the one that stands out the most to them,” Hanrahan said Wednesday after being obtained in a six-player trade.

People such as Red Sox assistant general manager Brian O’Halloran.

“It definitely made an impression on me,” he said.

“It was not fun to be in the batter’s box against Joel Hanrahan.”

Now American League hitters will see what it’s like.

Boston completed the deal Wednesday, also receiving infielder Brock Holt. The Red Sox gave up right-handers Mark Melancon and Stolmy Pimentel, infielder Ivan DeJesus Jr. and first basemanoutfielder Jerry Sands.

The Red Sox also announced the signing of free agent shortstop Stephen Drew, who agreed to a oneyear contract early last week. The reported $9.5 million deal was contingent on Drew passing a physical.

The former Oakland Athletic and Arizona Diamondback broke his ankle in 2011.

“We feel that he’s going to be fully healthy for us,” O’Halloran said.

The acquisition of Drew and Hanrahan are the latest in a series of moves designed to improve on a 69-93 record and a last-place finish in the AL East.

The Red Sox already have obtained right-handers Ryan Dempster and Koji Uehara, outfielders Shane Victorino and Johnny Gomes and catcher David Ross.

Over the past two seasons, Hanrahan had 76 saves, fourth most in the National League, and a 2.24 ERA. Last season, he was 5-2 with a 2.72 ERA and 36 saves.

The six-year veteran will take over the closer’s role that Alfredo Aceves struggled in most of last season before giving way to Andrew Bailey, who had missed most of the season with a right thumb injury.

In his first season with Boston, Bailey was 1-1 with a 7.04 ERA and six saves in nine opportunities over 19 games.

Manager John Farrell has talked with Hanrahan and Bailey and told them that Hanrahan will be the closer, although “we see Andrew as playing a very important role,” O’Halloran said.

The Red Sox’s search for a closer began when Jonathan Papelbon signed as a free agent with the Philadelphia Phillies after the 2011 season.

Hanrahan figured he was part of that quest when he heard his name in trade rumours involving the Red Sox, Detroit Tigers and Los Angeles Dodgers.

“I got excited” when he learned of the trade, Hanrahan said. “Obviously, the Red Sox have a great history and tradition and it’s a huge sports city.”

In six seasons, 2 ½ with the Washington Nationals and 3 ½ with the Pirates, he’s 22-17 with a 3.74 ERA and 96 saves in 117 chances. His best season was 2011 when he went 1-4 with a 1.83 ERA, 40 saves in 44 opportunities and just 16 walks in 68 2-3 innings. His control slipped last season when he walked 36 in 59 2-3 innings.

Hanrahan said hamstring and ankle problems affected his pitching mechanics.

“I don’t think the walks are going to be a concern,” he said.

“I feel good going to spring training.”

Hanrahan said he’s never been to Fenway Park, but O’Halloran doesn’t think he’ll have trouble adjusting to the American League.

“Joel Hanrahan has the stuff to pitch anywhere,” he said.

Holt spent most of last season at Double-A Altoona, then hit .292 in 24 games with the Pirates, all in September.

Melancon was 0-2 with a 6.20 ERA in 41 relief appearances in his only season with Boston. Pimentel spent the season at Double-A Portland.

Sands and DeJesus were obtained in a trade that sent Gonzalez, Josh Beckett and Carl Crawford to the Dodgers on Aug. 25.

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Thunder 111 Mavericks 105 OT OKLAHOMA CITY — Kevin Durant scored 40 points while Russell Westbrook added eight of his 16 points in overtime to help the Oklahoma City Thunder beat Dallas 111-105 on Thursday night for their 11th straight win at home.

Serge Ibaka added 19 points and matched his season high with 17 rebounds as Oklahoma City charged back from 10 points down in the final 7:17 of regulation and found a way to win after losing back-to-back games for the first time this season.

Darren Collison scored a season-best 32 points for Dallas. Dirk Nowitzki scored nine points in his second game back after off-season knee surgery, showing some rust down the stretch.

Westbrook turned the game around with six straight points after the Mavs had gone up 104-101 on Chris Kaman’s bucket inside midway through overtime. Westbrook had a layup, hit a jumper over Nowitzki and then made a leaping steal of an O.J. Mayo pass that led to a fast-break layup. The sequence left Mavericks owner Mark Cuban shaking his head in his seat near the team’s bench.

Mayo was fouled on Dallas’ next possession while shooting a 3-pointer, but he missed the first two foul shots with 33 seconds left as the sold-out Chesapeake Energy Arena crowd roared louder with each miss.

Westbrook hit two free throws after that to put it away — this time for good.

Collison came up with a desperation 3-pointer at the buzzer to send it to overtime after Dallas had

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Shawn Marion inbounded from the sideline with 2.2 seconds left, collected a deflected pass and headed toward the lane before kicking the ball out to Collison, who caught the ball in mid-air and heaved it toward the basket for the tying 3 from the right wing.

Replays showed he released the shot with onetenth of a second left on the clock.

Still working his way back into shape, Nowitzki proved to be a liability during Oklahoma City’s 17-6 fourth-quarter comeback. He sagged off of Durant far enough that the three-time NBA scoring champion could drill a 3-pointer from the left wing, then was trailing a play when O.J. Mayo backed into him and lost the ball to set up Durant’s fast-break dunk and three-point play.

Durant’s right-handed hook shot from the right block gave Oklahoma City its first lead since the opening 4 minutes at 96-95 with 1:57 to play.

Oklahoma City came up empty on three chances to extend the lead — after back-to-back offensive rebounds by Ibaka — but Durant hit a pair of free throws with 3.7 seconds left after Westbrook stole the ball from Mayo and dove to cover it while calling timeout.

In overtime, Carlisle pulled Nowitzki in favour of Marion for defence at one point.

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Seahawks’ Richard Sherman wins banned substance appeal THE ASSOCIATED PRESS RENTON, Wash. — Even when others were suggesting he drop his case and accept his punishment, Richard Sherman never strayed from his steadfast belief that his four-game suspension would be overturned.

As unlikely as it seemed, Sherman was right.

The Seattle Seahawks will now have one of the best young cornerbacks in the NFL available for the playoffs after Sherman won his appeal of a suspension for use of performance enhancing substances on Thursday.

Gone is the lingering question about a possible suspension that hung over Sherman and the Seahawks for more than a month.

“I know what the truth is and anybody else who

knows anything knows what the truth is. The truth has been told today,” Sherman said on Thursday.

“People can say what they want, there are always naysayers. I have great teammates and great coaches and great fans and that’s all I care about.”

The decision that was made by former NFL executive Bob Wallace came early Thursday morning. Sherman was called by his lawyer and simply announced in the Seahawks locker room, “I won.”

High-fives ensued.

Sherman took to Twitter and let his 40,000-plus followers know of his result.

A team already rolling on the field with four straight wins and an offensive output unmatched in the last halfdecade of the NFL got

even more good news.

“There was obviously a good amount of stress because you just don’t know,” Sherman said.

“You know how strong your case is, how strong everything is, but it was just great to get it over with.”

NFL spokesman Greg Aiello said in an email the league is reviewing the decision, but was declining comment due to confidentiality provisions.

Sherman was steadfast since news broke of his pending suspension that he believed he would win on appeal.

Sherman’s appeal was based on errors in the chain of custody of his urine sample and that there were mistakes made by the tester.

His appeal took place late last week in St. Louis.

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Browns’ quarterbacks still not practicing

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS BEREA, Ohio — Third-string quarterback Thad Lewis is one day closer to starting for the Browns.

With Brandon Weeden and Colt McCoy not practicing again because of right shoulder injuries, Lewis worked with Cleveland’s first-team offence on Thursday as the Browns prepared for Sunday’s season finale against Pittsburgh.

Weeden and McCoy were hurt last week against Denver, and although coach Pat Shurmur has not ruled them out, it appears likely that Lewis will get his first NFL regular-season action.

Also, rookie running back Trent Richardson did not practice with a sprained left ankle and starting cornerback Sheldon Brown remained out with a concussion.

Shurmur will likely rule players out following Friday’s practice if they’re going to miss the Steelers game.

Lewis has spent two seasons with

Browns, but has yet to appear in a game.

“He’s got a live arm,” Shurmur said.

“He’s very athletic. He’ll execute our offence the right way and I’m glad he’s going to, if he becomes the starter here, will have an opportunity. He’ll do a good job.”

The team signed free agent quarterback Josh Johnson, who would back up Lewis if Weeden and McCoy can’t play. Shurmur said the team considered signing Seneca Wallace, who started seven games in two seasons with Cleveland before he was released in training camp.

With Cleveland’s front office expected to make sweeping changes during the off-season, Sunday could be Shurmur’s final game with the Browns.

Shurmur said he does not have a meeting scheduled with new owner Jimmy Haslam or CEO Joe Banner regarding his future.

Shurmur said he’s only focused on the Steelers.

decision was obtained by The Associated Press. In his explanation, Wallace writes that the collection process of Sherman’s urine sample on Sept. 17, the day after Seattle beat Dallas in Week 2, was not ordinary.

According to the written decision, Sherman’s sample cup began leaking, to which the tester grabbed another cup and transferred the sample.

Documentation of the leaking cup was not originally on the submitted report following the test and only when asked by a supervisor in October did the tester acknowledge the sample being transferred from the original cup.

The tester later gave testimony that he’d never experienced a leaking cup before, yet didn’t feel the situation rose to the level of needing to be included on his report.

number is slated to increase to approximately 36 over the next two years and 50 within five years.

Nick Wilson, 24, who has been involved with HEROS for about 11 years, said the program provided him with opportunities that he would never have had otherwise. Wilson, now a HEROS mentor, grew up on Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside, where he still resides.

With financial and other help from HEROS, he was able to play minor hockey, get through college criminology studies and obtain employment as a recreational leader with an Aboriginal centre also located on the Downtown Eastside.

Wilson, who was raised by a single mother and is of partial Aboriginal descent, is going through the Vancouver Police Department’s interview process and hopes to enter the police academy in the spring.

“It’s a great stepping stone for me in my career,” Wilson said of HEROs. “It gives (disadvantaged kids) the opportunity to experience a lot more than they possibly could.”

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VANCOUVER — This holiday season, Norm Flynn attended 11 parties in eight cities across Canada.

If things go according to plan, he will have a chance to travel to even more in 2013.

Flynn is the founder and executive director of Vancouver-based Hockey Education Reaching Out Society, more commonly known as HEROS. Operated mainly by volunteers, the group’s program assists youngsters in some of Canada’s poorest neighbourhoods.

The parties, which included dinner and gifts for program participants and their families and donations to community groups, were extensions of regular on-ice and off-ice sessions that include hockey instruction and off-ice counselling.

Since Flynn started HEROS in 1999, it has expanded from 13 youngsters from Vancouver’s notoriously poor Downtown Eastside to more than 450 — and counting — per year in communities ranging from Calgary to Toronto and points in between, but not Saskatchewan or the Maritimes — yet.

“We’re researching a couple of new locations (for HEROS chapters) for 2013,” said Flynn.

Since its inception, HEROS has helped more than 3,400 boys and girls. For every kid that is in the program, there are two or three times that many who can’t get in because of limits on numbers that schools select, said Flynn. HEROS also attempts to control expansion in order to grow properly.

Flynn, 51, a former junior and university player, forged the idea for HEROS based on his own upbringing in Winnipeg’s North End. As a youth, he fought frequently in his crime-laden neighbourhood before getting involved in hockey.

He advanced to the Western Hockey League, while also toiling briefly in the Manitoba and Saskatchewan junior leagues, and earned a five-year scholarship to the University of Winnipeg, where he obtained a business degree.

But Flynn, who now lives in Vancouver, did not like what became of some friends. Some joined gangs and were killed in shootings.

The former Colgate sales executive started HEROS as a volunteer while also investing some of his own money, modelling it after New York City’s successful Hockey in Harlem project. In 2006, he gave up his business career to devote himself full-time to HEROS. In addition to Vancouver, HEROS chapters operate on B.C.’s Sunshine Coast as well as in Calgary (two), Edmonton, Winnipeg (two), Toronto (two), Montreal, and Ottawa, which started up this year. Participants are chosen by schools in qualifying neighbourhoods.

Participants include native Canadians and immigrants, many of whom have struggled in school and are dealing with attention deficit disorder, fetal alcohol syndrome and other health issues. In addition to being bullied, some are trying to amend their bullying ways. Several early program participants are now involved as mentors in the group led by 100 volunteers.

Primary financial contributors are Telus, which just renewed a three-year, $1-million sponsorship agreement, and national law firm Davis LLP, which donates $25,000 annually and has provided more

than $1 million, said Flynn. Some NHL teams, such as the Calgary Flames, are involved through their charitable foundations.

HEROS program manager Kevin Hodgson said the group aims to use hockey as a catalyst for positive change off the ice while helping kids stay active in the game throughout their lives. Leaders use time before and after on-ice sessions to discuss difficulties youngsters are facing at home and school and to provide counselling support related to health, nutrition and personal matters.

“In a couple of our programs, where the kids are older, they certainly work up a good sweat and develop some real solid hockey skills. But we try to balance the fun and the fundamental skill development,” said Hodgson, a social worker who played in the Notre Dame Hounds high school program in Wilcox, Sask.

“And then when the kids get off the ice a we check in with them. If it’s a kid who’s had struggles in school, we’ll provide some strategies for the week with them where they could be successful. Or there could be trouble at home (that needs to be addressed.) So when they get off the ice, they don’t just get undressed and leave.

“So it’s really a group mentorship in terms of all the volunteers together working with a large group of kids. But it’s really a mentoring relationship where we spend an hour of that time on the ice, but two to three hours together.”

The aim is not to produce NHLers, but rather to help prepare the youngsters for future careers away from the game, said Hodgson.

Hodgson got involved as a volunteer when Flynn expanded the program to his native Calgary in 2006 and last summer became a staff member while still being based in the southern Alberta city.

“We’re here to start their engines, and we’re hoping that they will continue on (to post-secondary education),” added Flynn.

In cases where players want to play more competitively and have the means to travel to games, HEROS provides financial assistance, in conjunction with other groups, to cover registration costs. Equipment for minor hockey players and regular program participants is provided through such organizations as Forzani Group’s Power of Sport for Kids, the National Hockey League Players Association’s Goals and Dreams Fund and NHL clubs.

Current and past NHLers have gone on the ice with the kids. Flames defenceman Jay Bouwmeester, whose mother taught at an Edmonton school involved with the program, serves as its official spokesman.

“They’ve gotten to know (Bouwmeester) as a person, not as an NHL player,” said Hodgson. “They’re past the starstruck thing. When Jay comes in, they just see him as Jay, a guy who believes in us. That’s really profound for these kids, to know that somebody who’s on a bigger stage is just a good human being.”

Winnipeg Jets winger Evander Kane has participated in a HEROS summer session in his hometown of Vancouver and is expected to become more active in the Manitoba capital with HEROS once the NHL lockout ends.

HEROS also provides post-secondary scholarships for participants to help further their education. This year, 10 scholarships have been handed out, but the

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Best in sports from the Twitterverse in 2012

BY JOHN CHIDLEY-HILL THE CANADIAN PRESS The growth of social media has given athletes a forum to express their unfiltered views and connect directly to their fans.

Here’s a look at some of the most memorable social media postings of 2012, for better or for worse: “I believe the Federal government has grown out of control, threatening the Rights, Liberties, and Property of the People. This is being done at the Executive, Legislative, and Judicial level. This is in direct opposition to the Constitution and the Founding Fathers vision for the Federal government. Because I believe this, today I exercised my right as a Free Citizen, and did not visit the White House. This was not about politics or party, as in my opinion both parties are responsible for the situation we are in as a country.

This was about a choice I had to make as an INDIVIDUAL. This is the only public statement I will be making on this topic. TT” — Boston Bruins goaltender Tim Thomas on his Facebook page Jan. 23.

The 2011 Stanley Cup champion Bruins were scheduled to meet U.S. President Barack Obama at the White House in late January, but the Conn Smythe winner skipped the photo op.

Later that day, Thomas wrote on his official Facebook page decrying the growth of government.

“To everyone in Canada outside of BC, you’re welcome.” — Los Angeles Kings official Twitter feed (@LAKings), April 12.

The Kings’ PR department got a little cheeky on Twitter after the Kings upset the Vancouver Canucks 4-2 in Game 1 of their first-round series in the Stanley Cup playoffs.

Canucks fans were upset by the post, but the eighth-seeded Kings went on to beat Vancouver in five games and win the Stanley Cup on June 11.

“My official statement re: @usantidoping’s pitiful charade http://bit.ly/ Ozm7XZ” — disgraced cyclist Lance Armstrong (@lancearmstrong), Aug. 23.

Armstrong had won the prestigious Tour de France seven times but accusations of steroid use dogged him for years.

In late August, Armstrong learned he would be stripped of all his cycling results by the United States Anti-Doping Agency, dating back to Aug. 1, 1998.

He pre-emptively announced via Twitter that he would not contest the USADA’s decision. Armstrong’s official statement has since been removed from his website.

Maple Leafs forward Joffrey Lupul (@ JLupul), Dec. 16.

In mid-December, Lupul tweeted that he was unable to make reservations at Real Sports, a popular Toronto sportsbar owned by Maple Leafs Sports and Entertainment across from Air Canada Centre.

Teammate James van Riemsdyk replied, saying “same thing happened to me a month ago #amateurhour,” but he quickly removed that response from his feed.

MLSE chief operating officer Tom Anselmi later denied that Real Sports barred Lupul because of the NHL lockout, saying the restaurant was simply full.

Stampeders slotback Nik Lewis, (@nikel18), Nov. 12.

Lewis was in the CFL’s doghouse after making a distasteful joke about the murder of Nicole Brown-Simpson, the ex-wife of former NFL star O.J. Simpson.

Although Lewis soon deleted the message, he was fined an undisclosed amount by the league for violating its social media policy.

Lewis apologized repeatedly and donated the paycheque from his next game — the CFL’s Western Final — to a women’s charity. “@realsports is not allowed to take reservations from Leafs players during the lockout but will continue selling our jerseys for $300 a pop” — Toronto

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Outcry among players and fans grew to a crescendo after replacement officials made conflicting calls, handing the Seattle Seahawks a 14-12 victory over the Green Bay Packers on Monday Night Football. Brees gave a voice to the frustrations of many with his critical tweet.

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St-Pierre, the UFC’s reigning welterweight champion, had been sidelined 19 months with an injured ACL. The Montreal native tweeted in August that he was ready to return to the Octagon, setting the stage for a championship bout at the Bell Centre in November.

GSP went on to defeat interim champion Carlos Condit at UFC 154 to unify the welterweight title.

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Lawrie, from Langley, B.C., went shopping at Toronto’s Eaton Centre to blow off some steam after the Blue Jays’ 7-4 loss to the Boston Red Sox. He ended up making news as he tweeted about the shooting of five mallgoers in the downtown shopping centre’s food court.

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The biggest game of the tournament was Canada’s 4-3 semifinal loss to the United States in extra time, with suspect calls by Norweigan referee Christiana Pedersen tilting the balance in the Americans’ favour. Sinclair, of Burnaby, B.C., led Canada throughout the tournament and tweeted her thanks after the frustrating loss.

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Carolyn Martindale, City Editor, 403-314-4326 Fax 403-341-6560 E-mail editorial@reddeeradvocate.com

French diplomas are the goal RED DEER STUDENTS SEEK DIPLOMA FROM EDUCATION MINISTRY OF FRANCE

GINGERBREAD FOR HABITAT

BY LAURA TESTER ADVOCATE STAFF

Until Jan. 3, the two Good Earth Coffeehouse and Bakery locations in Red Deer are raising money for the local Habitat for Humanity. One dollar will be donated for each purchase of a gingerbread family.

Each family consists of two adult cookies, and one child cookie.

Since 2009, more than $7,000 has been raised.

The funds help build homes for families in need. The two Good Earth locations in Red Deer are in Bower Place Shopping Centre and the Collicutt Centre.

A collection of Red Deer high school students will try to receive an official diploma from the national education ministry of France next spring.

The Canadian Parents for French, Alberta Branch (CPF Alberta) recently announced that 1,400 Alberta students received diplomas from France.

They ranged from language learning beginners in Grade 4 to Grade 12 students capable of taking post-secondary studies or working in French.

An estimated 25 to 35 students from Red Deer Catholic Regional Schools and Red Deer Public School District will take

TIME CAPSULE DEADLINE NEAR Time is running out to have your say on what goes in the legislature time capsule. The deadline is Dec. 31.

To vote on the items, go to www.assembly. ab.ca/100 or by visiting the legislature building to vote in person.

Out of the 20 options provided, the top five will be included in the time capsule. More than 3,000 people have already voted.

The top choice is letters to the future by Alberta school children followed by a roll of pennies and one full uncirculated coin set, newspapers, current event photos and items commemorating HRH Queen Elizabeth II’s Diamond Jubilee celebrations. The legislature building’s centennial celebrations were launched in June with the unearthing of the time capsule that was placed beneath the building’s cornerstone in 1909 during the building’s construction.

GRIEF SUPPORT GROUP A grief support group meets at St. Mary’s Church for six consecutive weeks to journey and affirm each other. The ecumenical group discusses the challenges of fitting into a world where loved ones no longer live. If you are interested in attending a session, call 403-3473114 to register. The next session begins on Jan. 17.

the exams, likely in late April, said Michael Tryon, executive director for Canadian Parents for French.

There is no existing tool to show students their proficiency in the French language. This helps students, as well as their parents and teachers, to know, Tryon said.

Diploma exams only ensure that students are meeting curriculum standards, he added.

Canadian post-secondary institutions are looking at officially recognizing the France diplomas, Tryon said.

“They are being recognized by institutions around the world and international corporations are looking at these diplomas, too,” said Tryon.

The Advocate invites its readers to help cover news in Central Alberta.

We would like to hear from you if you see something worthy of coverage. And we would appreciate hearing from you if you see something inaccurate in our pages.

We strive for complete, accurate coverage of Central Alberta and are happy to correct any errors we may commit.

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exchange simple, familiar information to the ability to use a language for the most demanding academic or professional purposes.

“Until made-in-Canada diplomas based on these internationally-recognized benchmarks are established, the DELF fulfils a critical need,” said Tryon.

“Terms like ‘functional’ and ‘fluent’ and ‘bilingual’ are far too ambiguous.”

Assessments for the French language diplomas differ from Alberta provincial examinations in several ways. For one thing, they look at listening and speaking as well as reading and writing. ltester@reddeeradvocate.com

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RCMP issue warning This holiday season, Alberta RCMP are reminding snowmobilers to keep safe while they are out sledding.

From 1997 to 2006, there were 345 collisions involving 378 motorized snow vehicles in Alberta. Sixty per cent of these crashes resulted in death or injury.

Dangers include excessive speed, failure to check ice thickness on lakes and rivers and inattentive driving.

Another major factor in snowmobile incidents is the influence of drugs and alcohol.

Snowmobile drivers can be charged with the same impaired driving offences as the driver of a vehicle on the highway.

This could mean fines, loss of licence, a criminal record or a jail sentence.

A conviction will prevent the driver from operating any motor vehicle on public land or roadways.

Snowmobilers can also be affected by the provisions of new provincial impaired driving legislation. Bill 26, which was implemented on July 1, gives police the power to immediately suspend licences and seize vehicles of anyone who blows over .05 blood alcohol level, but not over the .08 limit necessary to lay a criminal charge.

Reckless riders can also be charged under the Traffic Safety Act. RCMP remind sledders to complete a pre-ride inspection, wear properly fitted and certified safety gear, and dress warmly while out in the snow.

They also remind riders to keep an emergency tool kit, a cellphone and avalanche equipment.

Travelling on the right hand side of trails, keeping to terrain you know and never riding alone are also critical to snowmobile safety.

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Volunteers Cora Knutson, left, and Susie Wiese of the Bentley and District Historical Society set up a Queen Elizabeth Diamond Jubilee display along with the town’s new history book at its launch in town on Thursday.

Bentley history book unveiled RESULTS FROM SEVEN YEARS OF RESEARCH

BY RANDY FIEDLER ADVOCATE STAFF Bentley’s history came alive with the unveiling of its new history book on Thursday.

Bentley – A Gateway Through Time results from seven years of research by members of the Bentley and District Historical Society.

“We started in 2005 with two tasks,” said volunteer Myrna Robinson, an original society member.

“We wanted to reprint the old history book back from 1982 and to publish a new history book.”

Once copies of the 650-page Bentley and District Early History went on sale, work on the new book began in earnest.

“When the first book was done, quite a few families didn’t have submissions. We wanted them in.”

The new history is two volumes, the first of 500 pages detailing family histories, the second of 700 pages speaking of sports, organizations, agriculture and newsmakers. The initial print run is 1,750 copies.

Funding came from provincial and federal grants, as well as local donations.

“Both of them have lots of pictures,” Robinson said, adding the book’s launch wouldn’t have been possible without fellow volunteer Cora

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“It will help students down the line.”

Christine Whitney, president of the Alberta branch for Canadian Parents for French, said parents deserve to know what results French programs are achieving, and employers and post-secondary institutions deserve to know what graduates are capable of doing in French.

Recognized around the world, the Diplôme d’études en langue française (DELF) is based on language proficiency benchmarks developed in Europe.

The benchmarks describe degrees of language knowledge for purposes of communication in specific, real-life contexts.

They range from the ability to

A preliminary hearing was scheduled on Thursday for a man facing serious drug and weapon charges after an incident in Red Deer last summer.

Red Deer City RCMP were called on Sept. 13 to investigate complaints of a dangerous driver, but did not locate the vehicle at the time.

A tip led police to a hotel in Sylvan Lake, where they were told their suspect had been staying.

Saleem Mike El-Majzoub, 27, was arrested in Sylvan Lake and subsequently pleaded not guilty to charges, including flight from police, possession of a weapon dangerous to the public, unauthorized possession of a weapon, possession of a weapon for a dangerous purpose, possession of a prohibited weapon, dangerous driving, possession of the proceeds of crime and possession of illegal drugs for trafficking.

He has chosen to be tried by judge and jury in Red Deer Court of Queen’s Bench.

El-Majzoub was denied bail earlier and remains in custody pending a July 30 preliminary hearing to determine whether the Crown has enough evidence to proceed to trial.

‘WE STARTED IN 2005 WITH TWO TASKS. WE WANTED TO REPRINT THE OLD HISTORY BOOK BACK FROM 1982 AND TO PUBLISH A NEW HISTORY BOOK.’ — MYRNA ROBINSON, BENTLEY AND DISTRICT

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Knutson.

“She’s been our foundation. She heard about the queen’s diamond jubilee celebrations so we decided to put it together with that.”

Queen Elizabeth II’s diamond jubilee comes with just days left in 2012.

“We’d hoped to do them together in September, but the book wasn’t ready yet.”

The book launch and jubilee were celebrated at an event in the Blindman Valley Ag Centre that included an auction of limited editions, horse-drawn sleigh rides and a royal visit.

“Not the queen, but a queen,” laughed Robinson.

Both history books are available through the Bentley Museum or by contacting a historical society board member. rfiedler@reddeeradvocate.com

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BRIEFS United Way close to goal With the year drawing to a close, the United Way of Central Alberta is less than $80,000 shy of its $1.99 million fundraising goal.

As of Thursday, the United Way has raised 96 per cent of its goal, which translates to $1,916,624.

With just a little ways to go until the organization reaches its goal, the United Way staff would like to ask people to think of the less fortunate and give generously.

Although the local United Way office is closed until Jan. 2, donations can still be made online, at www.caunitedway.ca, or by cheque or money order through the mail.

If a donor would like a tax receipt for the 2012 year, they should ensure the donation is postmarked prior to Dec. 31.

Money raised goes into the Central Alberta community. It provides consistent funding to more than 30 programs and services in the region.

Last year, 107,957 Central Albertans were assisted through the United Way by the funds that were donated.

Man pleads not guilty to drug charges A Sylvan Lake man arrested on drug trafficking charges has pleaded not guilty in Red Deer provincial court.

Eddie Daniel Rogers, 34, was arrested by Sylvan Lake RCMP at about 10 p.m. on Aug. 24.

Police reported at the time that the arresting officer pulled a vehicle over on Lakeshore Drive for speeding, alleging that a subsequent search of the vehicle uncovered a “large quantity” of cash and a number of Percocet pills.

Rogers was charged with possession of drugs for traffic and possession of the proceeds of crime.

Released from custody on $2,000 cash bail, Rogers pleaded not guilty and asked for a preliminary inquiry before proceeding to trial.

The hearing has been set for July 18 in Red Deer.

A preliminary inquiry is used to determine the strength of the Crown’s case against an accused person.

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Egypt opposition leaders probed about treason ALLEGED TO HAVE COMMITTED TREASON BY INCITING SUPPORTERS TO OVERTHROW PRESIDENT

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS CAIRO, Egypt — Egypt’s chief prosecutor ordered an investigation on Thursday into allegations that opposition leaders committed treason by inciting supporters to overthrow Islamist President Mohammed Morsi.

The probe by a Morsi-appointed prosecutor was launched a day after the president called for a dialogue with the opposition to heal rifts opened in the bitter fight over an Islamist-drafted constitution just approved in a referendum. The opposition decried the investigation as a throwback to Hosni Mubarak’s regime, when the law was used to smear and silence opponents.

The probe was almost certain to sour the already tense political atmosphere in the country.

The allegations were made initially in a complaint by at least two lawyers sent to the chief prosecutor earlier this month. They targeted opposition leaders Mohammed ElBaradei, a Nobel Peace laureate and former head of the U.N. nuclear agency, former Foreign Minister Amr Moussa, and Hamdeen Sabahi. Both Moussa and Sabahi were presidential candidates who competed against Morsi in the last election.

There was no immediate comment by any of the three opposition leaders named but the opposition dismissed the allegations.

Emad Abu Ghazi, secretary-general of the opposition party ElBaradei heads, said the investigation was “an indication of a tendency toward a police state and the attempt to eliminate political opponents.” He said the ousted Mubarak regime dealt with the opposition in the same way.

Mubarak jailed his opponents, including liberals and Islamists.

International rights groups said their trials did not meet basic standards of fairness.

ElBaradei was a leading figure behind the uprising against Mubarak and at one point, he was allied with the Brotherhood against the old regime.

The investigation does not necessarily mean

charges will be filed against the leaders. But it is unusual for state prosecutors to investigate such broad charges against high-profile figures.

Morsi, Egypt’s first democratically elected president, asked the opposition on Wednesday to join a national dialogue to heal rifts and move on after a month of huge street protests against him and the constitution drafted by his allies.

Some of the protests erupted into deadly violence.

On Dec. 5, anti-Morsi demonstrators staging a sit-in outside the presidential palace in Cairo were attacked by Morsi supporters. Fierce clashes ensued that left 10 people dead.

The wave of protests began after Morsi’s Nov. 22 decrees that gave him and the assembly writing the constitution immunity from judicial oversight. That allowed his Islamist allies on the assembly to hurriedly rush through the charter before an expected court ruling dissolving the panel.

After the decrees, the opposition accused Morsi of amassing too much power in his hands. They said the constitution was drafted without the participation of liberal, minority Christian and women members of the assembly, who walked out in protest at the last minute.

Even though the constitution passed in a referendum, the opposition has vowed to keep fighting it.

They say it enshrines Islamic law in Egypt, undermines rights of minorities and women, and restricts freedoms.

Morsi and Brotherhood officials accused the opposition of working to undermine the president’s legitimacy, and accused former regime officials of working to topple him.

Although he reached out to the opposition for reconciliation, Morsi did not offer any concessions in his speech Wednesday calling for a dialogue.

On Wednesday Morsi asked his prime minister to carry out a limited reshuffle of his government, without offering the opposition any seats.

In an apparent protest against the decision to keep the same prime minister, the minister of parliamentary affairs resigned. A member of his Islamist party said Prime Minister Hesham Kandil has not

lived up to the challenges of the previous period, and a stronger, more political prime minister should be nominated.

This is the second resignation of a Cabinet minister this week and follows a spate of resignations of senior aides and advisers during the constitutional crisis.

Details of the complaint filed by the two lawyers were carried on the website of Morsi’s Muslim Brotherhood, the Islamic fundamentalist group that has become Egypt’s most powerful political faction since the 2011 uprising.

The report said their complaint alleged that the opposition leaders were “duping simple Egyptians to rise against legitimacy and were inciting against the president,” which constitutes treason.

Yara Khalaf, a spokeswoman for Moussa, said there were no official charges and he had not been summoned for investigation. But she declined to comment on the accusations.

Heba Yassin, a spokesman for the Popular Current headed by Sabahi, said Sabahi faced similar charges under Mubarak and his predecessor. She dismissed them as fabrications and an attempt to smear his reputation and silence the opposition.

“Morsi is confirming that he is following the same policies of Mubarak in repressing his opponents and trying to smear their reputation through false accusations,” Yassin said.

“Also this is evidence of what we had warned about — the judiciary and the prosecutor-general must be independent and not appointed by the president,” she said. “He is a Morsi appointee and this is where his loyalty lies and he is now implementing orders to eliminate the opposition.”

The chief prosecutor, Talaat Abdullah, was appointed by Morsi at the height of the political tension over the constitution. He could not be immediately reached for comment.

Morsi’s Nov. 22 presidential decrees appointed Abdullah to replace the chief prosecutor who was a holdover from the Mubarak regime. The judiciary protested the move, seeing it as trampling of its authority to choose the chief prosecutor.

Central African Republic asks for foreign help to fight rebels

Time running short to avert longshoremen’s strike THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK — In just a few days, a walkout by thousands of dock workers could bring commerce to a near standstill at every major U.S. port from Boston to Houston, potentially delivering a big blow to retailers and manufacturers still struggling to find their footing in a weak economy.

More than 14,000 longshoremen are threating to go on strike Sunday — a wide-ranging work stoppage that would immediately close cargo ports on the East Coast and the Gulf of Mexico to container ships. The 15 ports involved in the labour dispute move more than 100 million tons of goods each year, or about 40 per cent of U.S. containerized cargo traffic. Losing them to a shutdown could cost the economy billions of dollars.

“If the port shuts down, nothing moves in or out,” said Jonathan Gold, vice-president of supply chain and customs policy at the National Retail Federation.

And when the workers do return, “it’s going to take time to clear out that backlog, and we don’t know how long that it’s going to take.”

Shipments of such varied products as flatscreen TVs, sneakers and snow shovels would

either sit idle at sea or get rerouted, at great time and expense. U.S. factories also rely on container ships for parts and raw materials, meaning supply lines for all sorts of products could be squeezed. Joseph Ahlstrom, a professor at the State University of New York’s Maritime College and a former cargo ship captain, called container ships the “lifeblood of the country.”

“We don’t fly in a lot of products. It’s just too expensive,” Ahlstrom said. “The bulk of the products we import come in inside containers.”

The master contract between the International Longshoremen’s Association and the U.S. Maritime Alliance, a group representing shipping lines, terminal operators and port associations, expired in September.

The two sides agreed to extend it once already, for 90 days, but they have so far balked at extending it again when it expires at 12:01 a.m. local time Sunday.

The union said its members would agree to an extension only if the Maritime Alliance dropped a proposal to freeze the royalties workers get for every container they unload.

The Alliance has argued that the longshoremen, who it said earn an average $124,138 per year in wages and benefits, are compensated well

enough already.

Federal mediators have been trying to push negotiations along, but there has been no word from either side on the progress of the talks since Dec. 24. As recently as Dec. 19, the president of the longshoremen, Harold Daggett, said the talks weren’t going well and that a strike was expected. The work stoppage would not be absolute. Longshoremen would continue to handle military cargo, mail, passenger ships, noncontainerized items like automobiles, and perishable commodities, like fresh food.

es. But it was unclear if the Chadian troops had all arrived, and even then, it is far from certain if the combined government forces could withstand rebel attacks.

At least four different rebel groups are involved, though their overall numbers could not immediately be confirmed.

Central African Republic, a landlocked nation of some 4.4 million people, is roughly the size of France. It has suffered decades of army revolts, coups and rebellions since gaining independence in 1960 and remains one of the poorest countries in the world.

The rebels behind the most recent instability signed a 2007 peace accord allowing them to join the regular army, but insurgent leaders say the deal wasn’t fully implemented.

Already, the rebel forces have seized at least 10 towns across the sparsely populated north of the country, and residents in the capital now fear the insurgents could attack at any time, despite assurances by rebel leaders that they are willing to engage in dialogue instead of attacking Bangui.

The rebels have claimed that their actions are justified in light of the “thirst for justice, for peace, for secu-

rity and for economic development of the people of Central African Republic.”

Despite Central African Republic’s wealth of gold, diamonds, timber and uranium, the government remains perpetually cash-strapped. Filip Hilgert, a researcher with Belgium-based International Peace Information Service, said rebel groups are unhappy because they feel the government doesn’t invest in their areas.

“The main thing they say is that the north of the country, and especially in their case the northeast, has always been neglected by the central government in all ways,” he said.

But the rebels also are demanding that the government make payments to ex-combatants, suggesting that their motives may also be for personal financial gain.

Bozize, a former military commander, came to power in a 2003 rebel war that ousted his predecessor, AngeFelix Patasse. In his address Thursday, Bozize said he remained open to dialogue with the rebels, but he also accused them and their allies of financial greed.

Those allies, he implied, are outside Central African Republic.

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BANGUI — The president of Central African Republic on Thursday urgently called on France and other foreign powers to help his government fend off rebels who are quickly seizing territory and approaching this capital city, but French officials declined to offer any military assistance.

The developments suggest Central African Republic could be on the brink of another violent change in government, something not new in the history of this resource-rich, yet deeply impoverished country. The current president, Francois Bozize, himself came to power nearly a decade ago in the wake of a rebellion.

Speaking to crowds in Bangui, a city of some 600,000, Bozize pleaded with foreign powers to do what they could.

He pointed in particular to France, Central African Republic’s former colonial ruler.

About 200 French soldiers are already in the country, providing technical support and helping to train the local army, according to the French defence ministry.

“France has the means to stop (the

rebels) but unfortunately they have done nothing for us until now,” Bozize said.

French President Francois Hollande said Thursday that France wants to protect its interests in Central African Republic and not Bozize’s government.

The comments came a day after dozens of protesters, angry about a lack of help against rebel forces, threw rocks at the French Embassy in Bangui and stole a French flag.

Paris is encouraging peace talks between the government and the rebels, with the French Foreign Ministry noting in a statement that negotiations are due to “begin shortly in Libreville (Gabon).”

But it was not immediately clear what, if any, dates have been set for those talks.

French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius, meanwhile, spoke via phone with Bozize, asking the president to take responsibility for the safety of French nationals and diplomatic missions in Central African Republic.

Bozize’s government earlier reached out to longtime ally Chad, which pledged to send 2,000 troops to bolster Central African Republic’s own forc-

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BY HARLEY RICHARDS ADVOCATE BUSINESS EDITOR American politicians may be dancing awkwardly toward the fiscal cliff, but there’s still reason to be optimistic about the financial future, say a pair of Alberta economists.

On Thursday, U.S. stock markets were down for a fourth consecutive day and consumer confidence at its lowest level since August, as Democrat and Republican leaders remained stalled in their efforts to prevent tax increases and spending cuts that will take effect after Dec. 31.

“I don’t perhaps share the same concerns as many do,” said Michael Drotar, vice-president treasury with Edmonton-

based Servus Credit Union.

“Common sense would suggest that they’ll come to some sort of an agreement.”

Patrick O’Meara, a finance and business instructor at Red Deer College, is also looking for a compromise.

“I think all sides in the United States realize — Republicans, Democrats, independents — that if they don’t do something, they will only have to bite the bullet and it’d be an even worse situation in a few years from now.

“But in the long run, if they can get themselves and get their political act together, the economy can do well.”

Drotar agreed that there are economic indicators that suggest improved fortunes lay ahead for the Americans, if they avoid that cliff.

Specifically, U.S. housing and job numbers have shown renewed life in recent months.

“I’m actually quite optimistic.”

He’s also pleased with what he’s seeing in Canada, and especially in Alberta.

“We’ve really weathered these past few years very well.”

Drotar is expecting oil to approach the $100 mark this year, helped by that improved U.S. economy and growth in China that’s squelched fears about a hard landing for the high-flying Asian country.

O’Meara also believes Alberta is going into 2013 on a positive note.

“I think Alberta, as long as oil prices stay where they are, will be fine.

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Northwestern gets extension for B.C. flights

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RIM stock regains upward momentum Research In Motion (TSX:RIM) stock bounced back Thursday from some of the heavy losses it suffered last week when the issue got hammered after the BlackBerry maker disclosed a change in the fee structure for services used with its smartphone devices.

On the Toronto Stock Exchange, RIM shares jumped $1.20 or 11.43 per cent to close at $11.70. RIM shares had gained ground Wednesday on U.S. markets while the Toronto Stock Exchange was closed and the TSX followed Nasdaq’s lead on Thursday. In New York, RIM shares (Nasdaq:RIMM) initially continued move higher Thursday but later retreated and closed down six cents or 0.55 per cent at US$11.76.

The stock had plunged about 25 per cent last week as analysts raised concerns about less revenue from the lucrative service fees charged by the company to use its secure network.

Oil price falls NEW YORK — The price of crude fell slightly Thursday following a reported drop in consumer confidence and growing pessimism that political leaders in Washington can reach a budget deal.

Benchmark West Texas Intermediate crude fell 11 cents to finish at US$90.87 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange.

Brent crude, used to price international varieties of oil, fell 27 cents to finish at US$110.80 a barrel in London. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said the United States appeared headed for automatic tax hikes and spending cuts on Jan. 1 because of a lack of progress in budget negotiations between President Barack Obama and Congress. With time running out to avoid a “fiscal cliff,” traders fear that the U.S. could slip into another recession, which would cut demand for energy.

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ABBOTSFORD ADDED TO DESTINATIONS

BY HARLEY RICHARDS ADVOCATE BUSINESS EDITOR

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President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama arrive to visit with members of the military and their families in Anderson Hall at Marine Corp Base Hawaii, Tuesday, Dec. 25, 2012, in Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii. The first family was in Hawaii for a family holiday vacation.

Obama invites Congress’ leaders to Friday meeting

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FISCAL CLIFF

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama will meet with congressional leaders at the White House on Friday in search of a compromise to avoid a year-end “fiscal cliff” of across-theboard tax increases and deep spending cuts.

The development capped a day of growing urgency. Obama returned early from a Hawaiian vacation while lawmakers snarled across a partisan divide, leaders in each party blaming the other for an episode of government gridlock that threatens the economy with a new recession.

Adding to the woes confronting the middle class was a pending spike of $2 per gallon or more in milk prices if lawmakers failed to pass farm legislation by year’s end.

Four days before the deadline, the White House disputed reports that Obama was sending lawmakers a scaled-down plan to avoid the fiscal cliff of tax increases and spending cuts.

Administration officials confirmed the Friday meeting at the White House in a bare-bones announcement that said the president would “host a meeting.”

A spokesman for House Speaker John Boehner quickly issued a statement that said the Ohio Republican

would attend and “continue to stress that the House has already passed legislation to avert the entire fiscal cliff and now the Senate must act.”

Top Senate leaders said they remain ready to seek a last-minute agreement.

Yet there was no legislation pending and no sign of negotiations in either the House or the Senate on a bill to prevent the tax hikes and spending cuts that economists say could send the economy into a recession.

Far from conciliatory, the rhetoric was confrontational and at times unusually personal.

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., accused House Speaker John Boehner of running a dictatorship, citing his refusal to call a vote on legislation to keep taxes steady for most while letting them rise at upper incomes. The bill “would pass overwhelmingly,” Reid predicted, and said the Ohio Republican won’t change his mind because he fears it might cost him re-election as speaker when the new Congress convenes next week.

Boehner seems “to care more about keeping his speakership than keeping the nation on a firm financial footing,” he said in remarks on the Senate floor.

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Are you thinking of doing some spring skiing at Whistler Blackcomb Ski Resort in a few months? The trip could start at the Red Deer Airport.

Northwestern Air Lease Ltd. has received Transport Canada approval to extend its existing Red Deer-Kelowna, B.C. route to Abbotsford, B.C. Brian Harrold, Northwestern’s general manager, said Thursday that his company is working out the logistics of the extension and hopes to be flying to the Lower Mainland city by March.

“That’s kind of our target date at this point,” he said. “We haven’t made an announcement or anything.”

Northwestern currently offers Friday and Sunday service between the Red Deer Airport and Kelowna.

Passenger demand has been growing, said Harrold, with a recent seat sale helping to attract more interest.

“From what we’ve seen with the growth on the Red Deer-Kelowna run, it’s looking fairly positive.”

By adding an Abbotsford leg, Northwestern should gain more passengers from Central Alberta and also inter-city travellers between Kelowna and Abbotsford, said Harrold.

He pointed out previously that there are easy transportation links from Abbotsford to Vancouver, which is about 65 km away.

A March startup would ensure spring and summer travellers can take advantage, said Harrold.

“We’re hoping maybe we can pick up on the back end of the skiing.”

Although details of the new service aren’t expected to be finalized until January, it appears likely that Northwestern will increase the frequency of its westbound flights out of Red Deer.

“It looks like we’d add probably at least one more flight on per week to Kelowna, and then continue on to Abbotsford from there,” said Harrold.

The Fort Smith, N.W.T.-based airline plans to station a second Jetstream 32 aircraft and crew in Red Deer to serve as a backup to its existing plane and crew, he said. These would also perform charter work as required.

“Once we get this all set up, we’re looking at having a minimum of two crews in Red Deer and the two airplanes.”

Meanwhile, Northwestern has also received the green light from Transport Canada to fly from Red Deer to Dawson Creek and Fort St. John, B.C. However, the airline likely won’t develop that route until its Abbotsford expansion has been completed, said Harrold.

Northwestern flew between Red Deer and Dawson Creek until September, when it suspended that service.

It has also offered twice-weekly flights between Red Deer and Fort McMurray since Oct. 1. hrichards@reddeeradvocate.com

More Canadians confident about their finances

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS It appears Canadians will be entering 2013 in a more positive mood about their finances than they were a year ago, a poll released Thursday suggests.

The Harris-Decima poll conducted for CIBC found that 70 per cent of those surveyed were feeling positive about their current financial situation — up six percentage points from a similar survey conducted in late 2011.

People who were 65 and older formed the most confident age group, at 73 per cent feeling positive about their current situation. Respondents aged 25 to 34 were the least satisfied group at 67 per cent.

The survey also found more people who reported confidence about their ability to reach their future financial goals.

‘THE NEXT STEP IS TO TURN THAT CONFIDENCE INTO ACTION BY PUTTING PLANS IN PLACE AT THE START OF THE YEAR THAT WILL HELP YOU MAKE PROGRESS TOWARDS THE THINGS THAT MATTER MOST TO YOU.’ — CHRISTINA KRAMER, A CIBC EXECUTIVE VICE-PRESIDENT

The overall average was two percentage points higher than last year, rising to 74 per cent.

There was little variation by age group, with all demographics reporting between 73 and 75 per cent.

Christina Kramer, a CIBC executive vice-president, said the survey suggests Canadians are more confident about reaching their long-term financial goals as they head into 2013.

“The next step is to turn that confidence into action by put-

ting plans in place at the start of the year that will help you make progress towards the things that matter most to you,” Kramer said.

There was significant variation depending on the region, both in terms of satisfaction about current finance and confidence and attaining future goals.

Only 65 per cent of respondents in British Columbia and the Atlantic region said they felt positive about their finan-

cial situation when the poll was conducted.

That was 10 percentage points below respondents in Manitoba and Saskatchewan and nine points below respondents in Ontario.

Manitoba and Saskatchewan also had the most confidence about meeting future financial goals, with 84 per cent giving positive responses. That was 20 points ahead of Quebec, the least confident region at 64 per cent.

This year’s telephone survey of about 2,000 adults across Canada was conducted between Oct. 25 and Nov. 4.

A sample of this size is considered to be accurate within 2.2 percentage points, 19 times out of 20, on a national basis.

Regional results and other subsets of the national findings are less accurate because of the smaller sample size.

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Diversified and Industrials Agrium Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . 97.99 ATCO Ltd.. . . . . . . . . . . . 79.83 BCE Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42.77 Bombardier . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.76 Brookfield . . . . . . . . . . . . 36.11 Cdn. National Railway . . 90.55 Cdn. Pacific Railway. . . 101.20 Cdn. Satellite . . . . . . . . . . 6.10 Cdn. Utilities . . . . . . . . . . 71.21 Capital Power Corp . . . . 22.71 Cervus Equipment Corp 18.44 Dow Chemical . . . . . . . . 32.12 Enbridge Inc. . . . . . . . . . 42.56 Finning Intl. Inc. . . . . . . . 24.54 Fortis Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . 34.08 General Motors Co. . . . . 27.96 Parkland Fuel Corp. . . . . 18.80 Research in Motion. . . . . 11.70 SNC Lavalin Group. . . . . 40.39 Stantec Inc. . . . . . . . . . . 41.13 Telus Corp. . . . . . . . . . . . 65.59 Transalta Corp.. . . . . . . . 15.00 Transcanada. . . . . . . . . . 46.60 Consumer Brick . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.33 Canadian Tire . . . . . . . . . 68.66 Gamehost . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.55 Loblaw Ltd. . . . . . . . . . . . 42.00 Maple Leaf Foods. . . . . . 11.79 Rona Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.35

Shoppers . . . . . . . . . . . . 42.42 Tim Hortons . . . . . . . . . . 48.69 Wal-Mart . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68.19 WestJet Airlines . . . . . . . 20.04 Mining Barrick Gold . . . . . . . . . . 34.24 Cameco Corp. . . . . . . . . 19.53 First Quantum Minerals . 21.49 Goldcorp Inc. . . . . . . . . . 35.98 Hudbay Minerals. . . . . . . . 9.98 Inmet Corp.. . . . . . . . . . . 72.96 Kinross Gold Corp. . . . . . . 9.53 Potash Corp.. . . . . . . . . . 39.98 Sherritt Intl. . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.57 Teck Resources . . . . . . . 35.59 Energy Arc Energy . . . . . . . . . . . 24.08 Badger Daylighting Ltd. . 31.24 Baker Hughes. . . . . . . . . 40.07 Bonavista . . . . . . . . . . . . 14.33 Bonterra Energy . . . . . . . 44.38 Calfrac Well Svcs. Ltd. . . 24.24 Cdn. Nat. Res. . . . . . . . . 28.49 Cdn. Oil Sands Ltd. . . . . 19.94 Canyon Services Group. 11.07 Cenovous Energy Inc. . . 33.20 Central AB Well . . . . . . . . 0.65 Encana Corp. . . . . . . . . . 19.66 Essential Energy. . . . . . . . 2.05 Exxon Mobil . . . . . . . . . . 86.86 Halliburton Co. . . . . . . . . 34.60

High Arctic . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.19 Husky Energy . . . . . . . . . 29.01 Imperial Oil . . . . . . . . . . . 42.67 IROC Services . . . . . . . . . 2.25 Nexen Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . 26.62 Pengrowth Energy . . . . . . 4.78 Penn West Energy . . . . . 10.79 Pinecrest Energy Inc. . . . . 1.50 Precision Drilling Corp . . . 7.97 Suncor Energy . . . . . . . . 32.62 Talisman Energy . . . . . . . 11.17 Trican Ltd.. . . . . . . . . . . . 13.00 Trinidad Energy . . . . . . . . 6.84 Vermilion Energy . . . . . . 51.13 Financials Bank of Montreal . . . . . . 60.82 Bank of N.S. . . . . . . . . . . 58.82 CIBC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80.95 Cdn. Western . . . . . . . . . 28.48 Carfinco . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.60 Great West Life. . . . . . . . 24.28 IGM Financial . . . . . . . . . 41.15 Intact Financial Corp. . . . 64.50 Manulife Corp. . . . . . . . . 13.44 National Bank . . . . . . . . . 77.25 Rifco Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.20 Royal Bank . . . . . . . . . . . 60.05 Sun Life Fin. Inc.. . . . . . . 26.35 TD Bank . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83.27

MARKETS CLOSE

said Thursday that weekly applications dropped 12,000 to a seasonally adjusted 350,000 in the week ended Dec. 22.

The four-week average, a less volatile measure, fell to a nearly fiveyear low of 356,750.

On the Toronto market, losses were led by a 0.5 per cent decline in the financials subgroup as Sun Life Financial (TSX:SLF) moved down 26 cents to $26.35. TD Bank (TSX:TD) declined 72 cents to $83.27.

Commodities were mixed with February bullion up $3 to US$1,663.70 an ounce. The gold sector led advancers, up about 1.8 per cent with Barrick Gold Corp.

(TSX:ABX) ahead 73 cents to C$34.24 while Goldcorp Inc. (TSX:G) advanced 46 cents to $35.98.

Support also came from the base metals sector, which rose 0.75 per cent while March copper was unchanged at US$3.60 a pound after rising five cents Wednesday.

The gain, the largest in four weeks, came after workers rejected a wage proposal at BHP Billiton’s Escondida mine in Chile. Turquoise Hill Resources (TSX:TRQ) gained 21 cents to C$7.26.

The February crude oil contract on the New York Mercantile Exchange edged down 11 cents to US$90.87 a barrel. The energy sector was slightly higher while Canadian Natural Resources (TSX:CNQ) fell 40 cents to C$28.49 and Niko Resources (TSX:NKO) jumped $1.05 to $10.50.

A major TSX loser was Poseidon Concepts Corp. (TSX:PSN), which plunged more than 50 per cent after the oilfield service company suspended its dividend, replaced its CEO and initiated a board review of the management and business processes.

Poseidon shares were down $1.83 at $1.48 after the company said it has established a special committee of the board to review the recent writeoff of certain accounts owing to it.

The tech sector also provided lift with Research In Motion Ltd. (TSX:RIM) up $1.20 or 11.43 per cent to $11.70, mirroring an 11 per cent gain on U.S. markets on Wednesday.

RIM stock plunged about 25 per cent last week as analysts raised concerns about less revenue from the lucrative service fees charged by the company to use its secure network. The stock had been on a roll earlier in December on rising optimism about the new BlackBerry 10 lineup, which is being launched at the end of January.

Elsewhere on the corporate front, Bombardier Aerospace has received a new order for six Learjet 75 business jets. Bombardier shares added

a penny to $3.76.

TORONTO — The Toronto stock market closed little changed Thursday as traders continued to assess the chances of the United States going over the so-called “fiscal cliff.”

A double-whammy of tax increases and spending cuts, which threaten to erode the already weak U.S. economy, is set to click in on Jan. 1.

The S&P/TSX composite index added 2.97 points to 12,373.77 while the TSX Venture Exchange gained 11.15 points to 1,196.75.

The Canadian dollar was off 0.37 of a cent to 100.51 cents U.S. Markets hit their worst levels of the session after Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said the U.S. government appears headed over the fiscal cliff because of a lack of progress in negotiations between Republicans who control the House of Representatives and Democrats who control the Senate and White House.

But indexes recovered most of the losses late in the day on word that the House will be back in session Sunday evening. It is unclear what legislation the House might consider Sunday, since Speaker John Boehner is publicly insisting that the Senate must make the next move to avert the cliff.

“At the end of the day, this prevailing will-they-or-won’t they in Washington is causing a dip,” said Craig Fehr, Canadian markets specialist at Edward Jones in St. Louis.

“But it’s tough to read too much into anything given that volumes are exceptionally low. All the players aren’t in the game so to speak.”

The Dow Jones industrials lost 18.28 points to 13,096.31, as data showed fiscal cliff worries are spreading to consumers.

The U.S. Conference Board said that its consumer confidence index fell this month to 65.1, down from 71.5 in November, the second straight decline and the lowest level since August.

The survey showed consumers were slightly more optimistic about current business conditions and hiring, but their outlook for the next six months deteriorated to its lowest level since 2011 The Nasdaq composite index fell 4.25 points to 2,985.91 and the S&P 500 index declined 1.74 points to 1,418.09.

Other data showed that the average number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits over the past month fell last week to the lowest level since March 2008.

The U.S. Labour Department

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OIL: U.S. the key “There’s no indication that we’re going to see a real downward movement in oil prices, especially if Europe and the United States and China collectively get their economic houses back on track.”

The U.S., in particular, is key to Alberta’s — and Canada’s — fortunes, said O’Meara.

“It will really depend on the economic growth that we get out of our neighbour, who’s 10 times larger than what we are, and we’re starting to see that. That’s good news for us in the long run.”

Drotar cautions that if the U.S. does tumble off the fiscal cliff, the consequences would be dire. Equity markets would get “hammered,” he said, and the country could lose two per cent or more of its GDP growth.

Canada would feel the shockwaves.

“You’d definitely see commodi-

MARKET HIGHLIGHTS Highlights at close Thursday: Stocks: S&P/TSX Composite Index — 12,373.77 up 2.97 points TSX Venture Exchange — 1,196.75 up 11.15 points TSX 60 — 711.17 up 0.12 point Dow — 13,096.31 down 18.28 points S&P 500 — 1,418.09 down 1.74 points Nasdaq — 2,985.91 down 4.25 points Currencies at close: Cdn — 100.51 cents US, down 0.37 of a cent Pound — C$1.6021, up 0.47 of a cent Euro — C$1.3170, up 1.06 cents Euro — US$1.3228, up 0.49 of a cent Oil futures: US$90.87 per barrel, down 11 cents (February contract) Gold futures: US$1,663.70 per oz., up $3 (February contract) Canadian Fine Silver Handy and Harman: Closed until Jan. 2 TSX VENTURE EXCHANGE TORONTO — The TSX Venture Exchange closed on Thursday at 1,196.75, up 11.15 points. The volume at 4:20 p.m. ET was 119.69 million shares.

ICE FUTURES CANADA WINNIPEG — Closing prices: Canola: Jan ’13 $0.90 higher $591.30; March ’13 $0.20 higher $585.60; May ’13 $1.10 lower $581.20; July ’13 $2.90 lower $577.80; Nov. ’13 $0.10 lower $537.60; Jan. ’14 $0.10 lower $539.60; March ’14 $0.10 lower $539.90; May ’14 $0.10 lower $537.80; July ’14 $0.10 lower $534.90; Nov. ’14 $0.10 lower $536.90; Jan ’15 $0.10 lower $536.90.

Barley (Western): March ’13 unchanged $247.00; May ’13 unchanged $248.00; July ’13 unchanged $248.50; Oct. ’13 unchanged $248.50; Dec ’13 unchanged $248.50; March ’14 unchanged $248.50; May ’14 unchanged $248.50; July ’14 unchanged $248.50; Oct. ’14 unchanged $248.50; Dec. ’14 unchanged $248.50;March ’15 unchanged $248.50.

Thursday’s estimated volume of trade: 595,700 tonnes of canola; 0 tonnes of barley (Western Barley) Total: 595,700.

ties drop across the board, including oil prices.” But hopefully, things won’t come to that and a deal with be reached, said Drotar.

“I don’t think anybody cares what it looks like, as long as they’ve got something.” hrichards@reddeeradvocate.com

CLIFF: Frustration A few hours later, McConnell expressed frustration and blamed the standoff on Obama and the Democrats.

“Republicans have bent over backwards. We stepped way, way out of our comfort zone,” he said, referring to GOP offers to accept higher tax rates on some taxpayers.

“We wanted an agreement, but we had no takers. The phone never rang, and so here we are five days from the new year and we might finally start talking,” McConnell said.

Still, he warned: “Republicans aren’t about to write a blank check for anything the Democrats put forward just because we find ourselves at the edge of the cliff.”

WASHINGTON — U.S. consumers peering over the “fiscal cliff” don’t like what they see.

Fears of sharp tax increases and government spending cuts set to take effect next week sent consumer confidence tumbling in December to its lowest level since August.

The Conference Board said Thursday that its consumer confidence index fell for the second straight month in December to 65.1, down from 71.5 in November.

The survey showed consumers’ outlook for the next six months deteriorated to its lowest level since 2011 — a signal to Lynn Franco, the board’s director of economic indicators, that consumers are worried about the tax hikes and spending cuts that take effect Jan. 1 if the White House and Congress can’t reach a budget deal.

Earlier this week a report showed consumers held back shopping this holiday season, another indication of their concerns about possible tax increases.

The December drop in confidence “is obvious confirmation that a sudden and serious deterioration in hopes for the future took place in December — presumably reflecting concern about imminent ’fiscal cliff’ tax increases,” said Pierre Ellis, an economist with Decision Economics.

The decline in confidence comes at a critical time when the economy is showing signs of improvement elsewhere.

A recovery in housing market is looking more sustainable. On Thursday, the government said new-home

Recovery in global auto sales expected to continue in 2013 THE CANADIAN PRESS The cyclical recovery in global auto sales that began in mid-2009 should remain intact in the coming year, according to a new report from Scotiabank (TSX:BNS).

The bank, in its Global Auto Report, said Thursday it expected worldwide auto sales to advance four per cent in 2013 after having seen average growth rates of seven per cent the previous three years , including a 13 per cent surge in the first year of the recovery.

“Global sales will be bolstered by strong employment growth in developing nations, record low interest rates and the recent acceleration in the pace of monetary expansion around the globe,” said Carlos Gomes, Scotiabank senior economist and auto industry specialist.

Car sales in Canada are expected to edge up to 1.69 million units in 2013, the second-highest level on record and up from 1.68 million this year.

Scotiabank said ongoing job gains, especially in Western Canada, will support the market.

However, it says slowing housing activity will dampen consumer confidence and household wealth, limiting the improvement.

A better performance is also expected south of the border.

“U.S. household balance sheets have improved significantly and are currently at the healthiest level in a decade,” Gomes said.

“Households have deleveraged by a trillion dollars over the past four years, leaving them in good shape to replace many of the clunkers still on the road,” he said, noting that the average age of the U.S. fleet now exceeds 11 years for the first time on record.

In contrast, car sales across western Europe are expected to remain unchanged at 11.7 million in 2013 after having slumped to a 19-year low in 2012, undercut by plunging sales in the debt-ridden Mediterranean countries.

China, which has accounted for nearly 60 per cent of the increase in world volumes over the past decade, should continue that role in 2013,

the bank said.

“An improving economic performance is expected to lead to a double-digit increase in car sales next year, up from a seven per cent advance in 2012,” the report said.

“China now accounts for nearly 20 per cent of global car sales and one-quarter of global volumes if trucks are included. Increasing urbanization, rising incomes and low vehicle penetration rates will continue to drive rapid gains in China’s car sales over the next decade.”

Brazil is another bright spot, expected to benefit from the acceleration in the pace of economic growth to 3.5 per cent in 2013.

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sales increased in November at the fastest seasonally adjusted annual pace in 2 ½ years.

And the job market has made slow but steady gains in recent months. The average number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits over the past month fell to the lowest level since March 2008.

But the political wrangling in Washington threatens the economy’s slow, steady progress. President Barack Obama and House returned to Washington Thursday to resume talks with just days to go before the deadline.

Mixed signals over those negotiations led to a rocky day on Wall Street.

Stocks plunged early after the weak consumer confidence report and a warning from Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid that the government appeared to be headed over the “fiscal cliff.” At one point, the Dow Jones industrial average fell as much as 150 points.

But the market came back in the final hour of trading on a potential sign of movement in the talks: Republican leaders announced they would bring the House back into session on Sunday evening. The Dow recouped nearly all of its losses to close down just 18 points at 13,096.

A short fall over the cliff won’t push the economy into recession. But most economists expect some tax increases to take effect next year. That could slow economic growth.

While consumers are more worried about where the economy is headed, they were upbeat about present conditions, according to the latest survey.

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Smartphone use shifts sharply USERS CALLING LESS AND USING THEIR DEVICE LIKE A MOBILE COMPUTER

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS MONTREAL — Here’s my cell number.

Call me, maybe?

Or maybe not.

Cellphone users are doing less calling as they buy more smartphones and use the device for texting, emailing, web surfing, mobile apps, social networking and watching videos.

And it’s that surge in data use that Canada’s telecom companies — big and small — are banking on as the revenue driver of the future.

“It’s no longer just your teenage kids. It’s everybody,” telecom analyst Brahm Eiley said.

“They use their phone the way they would use their PC,” Eiley added, noting how the use of the web is evolving from computers to mobile devices.

Dan Maitland has an iPhone and hardly uses it for calls.

“These are not just phones,” said Maitland, 39, who makes software that helps train pi-

lots to be safer at flight simulator company CAE Inc. in Montreal.

“They are small computers that have the ability to make a phone call.”

Maitland said he uses his iPhone for such things as web searches, apps, accessing files for work and reading.

And Maitland is doing exactly what wireless providers expect and want him to do to help increase their data revenues in the years ahead.

The amount of voice minutes used by consumers on cellphones isn’t increasing, said Eiley, co-founder of the Convergence Consulting Group in Toronto.

“Over the last two years, voice minutes have not seen any growth, whereas smartphone penetration has almost doubled.”

Faster wireless networks are also helping drive the increasing use of data by consumers, Eiley added.

The Convergence Consulting Group expects that about 55 per cent of all cellphone users in Canada will have

smartphones by the end of this year.

That’s expected to increase to 65 per cent by the end of 2013 and go up to 80 per cent by year-end 2016.

The increase in the use of data is increasing revenues for Canada’s big three wireless carriers.

Rogers (TSX:RCI.B), Bell (TSX:BCE) and Telus (TSX:T) have been experiencing yearover-year growth in wireless data revenues with the rise of smartphones.

Convergence Group’s Eiley said by the end of this year, data will make up roughly 39 per cent of service revenue, which includes voice and data, for Canada’s major wireless providers.

Rogers’ CEO Nadir Mohamed looks to a data-driven future, noting that about 65 per cent of Rogers’ customers have adopted smartphones.

“Ultimately, there’s no reason for me to think of a world other than everybody will have a smartphone, smart device with a connection to data,

and then it’s just a matter of how much,” Mohamed said at a recent telecom conference in New York.

“The underlying trend will be more and more data consumption.”

Maitland said he changed his monthly plan to increase his data usage and brought down the number of voice minutes to 200 from 250 — and it’s costing him less.

He doesn’t like making calls.

“I almost even go out of my way, personally, to find ways to be able to communicate with other people where I don’t actually have to use the phone itself.”

New wireless carrier Wind Mobile also sees data driving its growth.

Wind chairman and CEO Anthony Lacavera said the company’s customer base is shifting to smartphones and away from talk-and-talk phones, which now have a small percentage of sales.

“I would say 2012 was the year people figured out that mobile apps can do as much

as they can do with their laptops,” Lacavera said from Toronto.

“People now realize there’s an app for everything and now I can do all the stuff I do on my laptop with my smartphone.

Consumers have really figured that out and that’s driving the data growth.”

Eiley said the major wireless carriers correctly predicted the increase in the use of data.

Rogers, Bell and Telus have already rolled out faster, next-generation networks with Long Term Evolution (LTE) technology that’s suited to data use, and smaller carriers are expected to follow after the spectrum auction.

Despite the changes in how consumers use their mobile phones, landlines at home haven’t gone the way of the Dodo.

By the end of 2012, 82 per cent of Canadian households will have a residential wireline phone, the Convergence Group said, and just under 18 per cent of households will have only a cellphone.

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Development Officer Approvals On December 20, 2012, the Development Officer issued approval for the following applications: Discretionary Use Gaetz Ave South 1. Bower Plaza Corp. – a Chicken On the Way take out restaurant, to be located at 128 2325 50 Avenue.

You may appeal Discretionary approvals to the Red Deer Subdivision & Development Appeal Board, Legislative Services, City Hall, prior to 4:30 p.m. on January 11, 2013. You may not appeal a Permitted Use unless it involves a relaxation, variation or misinterpretation of the Land Use Bylaw. Appeal forms (outlining appeal fees) are available at Legislative Services. For further information, please phone 403342-8399.

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A Blackberry employee holds a Blackberry smartphone in Berlin. Research In Motion (TSX:RIM) beat expectations in its latest results as it reported a third-quarter profit of $9 million.

BlackBerry maker hopes to turn new leaf as it launches delayed smartphones

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS After a year of persistent struggles, BlackBerry-maker Research In Motion hopes to launch a comeback in 2013 as it works to convince customers its latest smartphones are a worthy alternative to the growing list of competitors.

It’s a battle that won’t be won overnight, and depending on who you ask, might not be won at all.

That’s the challenge facing RIM in the ever-changing technology sector, where critics say the company spent too many years enjoying the success of its products rather than innovating to create new ones.

In 2012, RIM tried to recover from its mistakes with a major overhaul of its leadership and a revamped operating system called BlackBerry 10. On Jan. 30, the company will unveil a new line of smartphones running its latest operating system as it enters the most important months of its history, ones that will likely determine whether RIM survives in its existing form.

“They can’t afford to have another failed launch,” said Richard Tse, an analyst at Cormark Securities Inc. “This is really their last kick at the can.”

Once the most valuable company in Canada, RIM has endured a meteoric fall from grace over the past several years.

Even loyal BlackBerry users scrapped their old phones to join the growing number of touchscreen alternatives that have hit the market, in particular Apple’s iPhone and the Samsung Galaxy S3.

But it was this past year in which RIM was forced to face what its executives had long denied: the company was losing market share to its competitors at an incredibly fast rate.

“BlackBerry has become kind of an uncool name,” said Zeus Kerravala, a telecom equipment analyst at ZK Research in Boston.

“Over the past couple of years product quality has gone down, they’ve had some service outages, battery life isn’t as good. They got themselves so far behind, and there’s no reason why a consumer would sit around to wait for a de-

vice where they’ve disappointed them before.”

Signs of a troublesome year were already developing for RIM as the ball dropped in New York City on New Year’s Eve 2011.

With no new products to promote, executives had attempted to reinvigorate the struggling brand with a splashy advertising campaign on Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve special, one of the most watched programs of the evening. Celebrities prominently handled the company’s BlackBerrys live on air while musicians performed in front of billboards for the device.

But investors remained unimpressed with RIM’s slipping hold of the U.S. market and within weeks co-CEOs Jim Balsillie and Mike Lazaridis bowed to pressure, receiving a combined $12 million to step down from their roles atop the company.

The two men were shuffled to director roles, replaced by Thorsten Heins, the former chief operating officer. Balsillie left the company entirely two months later.

With Heins in the top position, RIM began a major overhaul of its middle management. New executives stepped into key positions like chief marketing officer and chief operating officer, while Heins promised in May that RIM would tighten its focus and remove a “little fat on the hips.”

But with all of the changes, Heins couldn’t overcome the fact that development of the BlackBerry 10 operating system was woefully behind schedule. Already delayed from a launch in 2011, the CEO was forced in June to further push the debut into 2013, missing crucial sales periods like the back-to-school and holiday shopping seasons.

Analysts cringed at the decision, saying it could prove to be the unravelling of the company if executives were forced to dip into its $2 billion cash reserve in order to stay afloat over the six-to-eight months before it launched its new devices.

Heins had a somewhat different idea for how to keep the company operating in the short term.

While he warned investors that RIM would face further pressure on its financial results over the

next several quarters, the company was also working on ways to help tide the company over in the short term.

First, Heins launched a plan to save $1 billion across RIM’s operations by February 2013. The company closed some of its manufacturing facilities and announced plans to lay off about 5,000 workers.

Then, the company began to refocus its sales efforts on developing countries like Indonesia and Nigeria, where consumers were hungry for low-cost smartphones and the BlackBerry was still considered a status symbol.

Selling older phones to smaller markets has proven to be a temporary fix for RIM. In recent quarters, the company has managed to keep its overall subscriber base growing, even though it has booked quarterly losses. RIM is scheduled to report its third-quarter results on Thursday.

With the company heading into uncertain territory in the new year, RIM’s stock price has traded erratically. Since falling to its lowest level in about a decade in September, the company’s shares have surged about 125 per cent, helped by a number of analyst upgrades.

“Being delayed into 2013, it may not be a bad thing,” said Tse. RIM’s competitors “lined their products up before the holiday season, so this gives them a forum to talk about their new products (in the new year) without a lot of traffic in their way.”

Kris Thompson of National Bank said the company still has a shot at regaining some of their former fame, but he noted that it doesn’t necessarily mean they need to knock Apple or Android out of their top spots.

“When we’re growing up we’re always taught to be competitive, to be No. 1, but you’ve got to be realistic,” he said.

“If RIM can get five per cent (of the market) they’ve got a good business model, if they can get 10 per cent, then fantastic.”

Thompson also pointed out that some consumers have been dissatisfied with the latest incarnation of the iPhone, which was accented by the faulty Apple Maps programs that sometimes misdirected users to the wrong locations.

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Tuesday, January 1 - NO TRANSIT SERVICE.Transit Customer Service and Phone lines are closed. Action Bus Phone lines will be closed and no Action Bus service will be provided.

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Mystery in stone

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WASHINGTON — The last time Michelangelo’s “David-Apollo” came to Washington, the nation was preparing to inaugurate Harry Truman for his second term as the nation’s 33rd president. The statue, sent to the United States as a goodwill gesture by the Italian government, crossed the Atlantic on the USS Grand Canyon, was escorted from Norfolk and then greeted at the National Gallery of Art by a Marine color guard, standing at attention.

This time, the roughly life-size and tantalizingly unfinished statue arrived with less fanfare, but its appearance is just as welcome. When it was first seen in the United States, it was the first in-the-round sculpture by Michelangelo displayed in the United States.

It is still very much a rarity. While here, it has the distinction of being the most substantial of any Michelangelo work on U.S. soil, including a disputed sculpture, “The Young Archer” (on loan to the Metropolitan Museum of Art), which might be a Michelangelo; a painting in the Kimbell Art Museum in Fort Worth that might be a product of the artist’s teen-age years; and a “Pieta” in a private collection that some scholars think is from the artist.

The visiting statue, depicting a youth in a sleepy, serpentine posture, with one arm drawn back toward his head, is not the David, the monumental and unambiguously heroic statue displayed at the Accademia Gallery in Florence. It is a later, smaller, rougher and decidedly more enigmatic sculpture, the product of some of the darkest days of Michelangelo’s career.

Even its title advertises the ambiguity at the core of this strangely languid figure. Two 16th-century references have given rise to its double appellation: In 1550, Giorgio Vasari, author of a seminal collection of artist biographies, referred to a Michelangelo statue of Apollo “who draws an arrow from his quiver,” and a 1553 inventory of a works owned by a Medici collector refers to “an incomplete David” by Michelangelo.

The work itself, with chisel marks very much apparent, seems to support both possible conclusions. A large, round form under the young man’s right foot could well be the unfinished head of David’s foe, the giant Goliath.

And a long, unfinished area of stone on his back suggests what may have been a quiver of arrows, one of Apollo’s identifying markers. Because it is unfinished, it might be that both subjects were at one time intended. So it belongs to a class of unfinished Michelangelo works, so numerous that they have puzzled scholars for centuries, leading some to conclude that the artist was a painfully diligent perfectionist, a Platonic idealist unable to suffer the

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Michelangelo’s David-Apollo is on loan to the National Gallery for the first time since 1949, when the nation was preparing to inaugurate Harry Truman for his second term. physical manifestation of his ideas, or simply an artist who was overworked, overly ambitious and often subject to forces beyond his control.

“Michelangelo seems an artist who likes to keep his options open, especially in sculpture,” says Alison Luchs, curator of early European sculpture at the National Gallery. The mystery of the statue’s subject may have been the result of a simple, pragmatic choice: The artist started down one path and

then repurposed the statue to another form. Or a result of his open-ended technique: He might have changed his mind about which direction the sculpture ultimately wanted to go. Or it could reflect a deeper philosophical ambiguity: that he was emotionally and intellectually unable to decide whether he wanted to end up with a pagan God or an Old Testament figure deeply associated with his identity as an artist from Florence.

If it was meant to be David, it was a decidedly different take on the subject from the artist’s earlier, 1501-04 foray, now perhaps the most famous statue in the world. David was a long-standing and robust theme for Florentine artists, who tended to avoid the biblical king’s later, rather checkered career, rich in adultery, disappointingly immoral children and other sordid domestic details. The youthful David, however, was convenient civic propaganda, humble but blessed in war, a defier of odds and a symbol of friendship. Since about 1330, the youthful David had emerged as a uniquely Florentine artistic obsession, with major sculptures from Donatello, Verrocchio and, of course, Michelangelo.

Unlike the artist’s earlier David, a towering 17-foot statue that had been adopted as Florence’s avatar in stone, the David-Apollo isn’t pensively looking to battle or bristling with determination, but staring downward with what seem to be closed eyes. Even the unfinished round form under his gently bent right leg might be simply a result of the artist’s habit of “finding” the ground by sculpting the leg downwards to the foot, a technique that allowed him flexibility and rendered a more natural-appearing stance. All of this, and especially the figure’s sensuality, convinced the art historian Kenneth Clark that even if aspects of David had crept into the finishing the statue, “Apollo it remains, for the sleepy sensuous movement of the body cannot be interpreted as the action of the young hero.”

Fuch’s ultimate answer — or lack of one — is the most appealing. The statue was carved in the early 1530s, after the Florentine Republic had been crushed by the Medici and their allies. Michelangelo had devoted himself to the lost cause, overhauling and modernizing the city’s defenses. When the city fell, and the anti-Republican bloodletting began, he was in peril of his life. The statue was carved for a Medici henchman who served as governor of the city after its defeat.

Thus, it might carry signs of the artist’s ambivalence and sticky position: caught between loyalty to his Medici patrons, and his patriotic love for the doomed Republic. The statue remains in a suspended state of completion, unwilling to emerge from the stone fully in one identity or the other. Or as Luchs writes in an essay accompanying the statue’s display, “he may have sought to put off the final choice between a beautiful but authoritarian pagan god and the young biblical tyrantslayer, a hero of the lost republic.”

David-Apollo is on view at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., through March 3. www.nga.gov.

Les Miz cast gets ‘A’ for effort, not execution Les Misérables Two stars (out of four) Rated: PG Les Misérables sings so desperately for its Oscar supper, it makes you want to scoop it up in your arms like Jean Valjean cradling the wretched Fantine.

Almost every member of the cast wails for dear life and for Academy honours. Has there ever been a movie that so nakedly sought the comfort of the little golden man?

I’m sure PETER there has been, HOWELL but the thought has been momentarily blasted from my brain by director Tom Hooper’s assault to the senses, his follow-up to The King’s Speech being more appropriately thought of as The Ka-ching’s Screech.

Multiplexes will doubtless be filled this holiday season, when this latest of many iterations of Victor Hugo’s 150-year-old drama of post-Revolution 19th-century France once again sends Kleenex sales soaring.

And you’d be a fool to bet against the Oscar chances of Les Misérables, packed as it is with A-list stars and aching tonsils: Hugh Jackman, Anne Hathaway, Russell Crowe, Amanda Seyfried and Helena Bonham Carter among them. The Academy loves a good agony.

At least one golden kiss would be richly deserved. Hathaway’s all-toobrief turn as the ill-fated Fantine, the single mom who turns prostitute to save her sweet daughter Cosette (Isabelle Allen as a child, Seyfried as an adult), is both an eye dabber and eye opener.

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She momentarily justifies Hooper’s much-ballyhooed decision to have his players warble straight to his probing camera, without resorting to overdubs and other sonic tricks. This is a sungthrough musical that is also intended to be suffered through, and Hathaway delivers on that in all the best ways.

Her performance could bring a tear to a glass eye, and will surely be amongst Best Supporting Actress nominees when Oscar greets the new year.

But alas, it’s just a few scant ticks of the 151-minute tock of Les Misérables.

Most of the rest of the Les Miz cast, as game as they all surely are, will have to rely on Oscar’s mercy, getting “A” for effort rather than execution.

Chief among this lot is Jackman, whose acting and singing skills are great yet who visibly strains his natural tenor to hit the high notes of some difficult and unmelodic tunes.

The film begins almost immediately on a false note, with Jackman’s emaciated and water-logged Valjean toiling in a prison ship conjured by lousy CGI. The year is 1815, some 26 years after the start of the French Revolution, and noble unfortunate Valjean is finishing a 19-year stint in the slammer — five years for stealing a loaf of bread to feed starving family members, another 14 for repeated attempts at escape. The latter has earned him the lasting ire of warden Javert (Crowe, bravely braying) who vows to keep an eye on him.

Hooper is stingy with the escape action scenes, foregoing a chance to open the picture up and relieve the relentless close-ups he indulges in, possibly to save money on sets rather than as any kind of artistic statement.

Jump eight years to 1823 and the city of Montreuil, where Valjean is now a prosperous factory owner, thanks to the assistance of a wise old bishop (Colm Wilkinson, who first played Valjean on Broadway).

Valjean wants to do right by his workers, but momentary inattention

leads to a cascade of problems for a host of characters, and renewed scrutiny by Javert, who is now a police inspector.

Unlucky Fantine is cast into the cold and grimy streets, where she struggles to reclaim Cosette from the greedy mitts of her child’s supposed caregivers M. and Mme. Thénardier (Sacha Baron Cohen and Helena Bonham Carter).

The Thénardiers run a filthy inn that is straight out of Tim Burton’s Sweeney Todd — a film that, not so coincidentally, Baron Cohen and Bonham Carter co-starred in. These two grand hams provide one of the few comic moments of Les Misérables as they duet on Master of the House as Grand Guignol by way of Oliver!

But this is not a movie about fun, nor is it much about romance. Valjean develops paternal and platonic love for Cosette, who grows into a beauty sought by the determined Marius (Eddie Redmayne), an upstart toff who will help lead the 1832 Paris uprising, in the film’s final abrupt shift of time and place — and also volume.

Marius doesn’t realize that he’s the unrequited heartthrob of the Thénardiers’ tragic daughter Éponine, who is played by Samantha Barks, returning to a role she played for a year in a West End version of Les Miz. Barks is easily the best singer in the film, and not a bad actress besides, and watching her ace her rain-drenched lament On My Own makes you wonder if Hooper might not have been wiser to just do a quality lensing of a good stage production of Les Misérables.

Why reinvent the guillotine? It’s not like Hooper wants to stray that far from the stage anyway, having declined to use any of the widescreen advantages that cinema offers.

Instead he gives us a film, thankfully not in 3D, containing oceans of tears, trickles of blood, tonsils of tension and eyes aimed beseechingly at tiny golden Oscar, begging his pardon and his pity.

Will Oscar in turn be able to turn away those who are so desperately needful of his love?

Peter Howell is a a syndicated Toronto Star movie critic.

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Boyer is not above cynicism, so you know you can trust him.

Recommended Tracks Wayne County Roads, City of a Dream

Pallbearer: ‘Sorrow and Extinction’ It was a great year for the brand of metal that critics tend to like, which is usually made by brainy, virtuosic brawlers like Baroness and Horseback. Add Pallbearer to that list. Sorrow and Extinction, the official full-length debut from the Little Rock foursome, offers up sparing-yet-simultaneously-butt-kicking doom rock, painstakingly

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Tyvek: ‘On Triple Beams’ Tyvek lost out by being first. The Detroit band — really just guitarist Kevin Boyer and an ever-rotating cast of musicians — was among the first groups to resuscitate lo-fi garage-punk during the mid-’00s, but by the time the rest of the world got excited about scuzz and grime, the band had slipped back into the scenery. Nevertheless, Tyvek has cranked out a series of excellent albums over the past few years, each with at least one blown-out anthem capable of rattling through your skull all year long.

On the band’s latest record, On Triple Beams — which quietly sneaked onto store racks in November, just shy of the year-end wire — that song is Wayne County Roads. Boyer repeats three fuzzy chords over a Punk Rock 101 rhythm, cursing out his buddies for fleeing their home town for culturally cooler climes.

“Friends that I hold so dear, I’m sad to report / Not hardly one soul around to defend the fort,” he yelps.

As a songwriter, Boyer sticks to what he knows, which is Detroit and its weirdo-music crew, but his scene-angst has more universal appeal than you’d think. When he seethes about hipster-flight, he’s calling on people to be creative, to toughen up and to persevere, rather than bail out. Tyvek can pull off an inspirational nugget every now and then, because it’s coated in so much sonic grit and gristle. The message isn’t always positive, either. Sometimes Boyer sings about plastic bags, blight and rent. On City of a Dream, the band busts on notions of urban renewal.

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That month, Gunplay was involved in a brawl outside of the BET Hip-Hop Awards, where he was jumped by a group of men believed to be members of another rap collective, G-Unit. He took a beating but quickly hopped up, seemingly unscathed. Then he started fighting back.

The details of the fight were easily verified, thanks to online video, but the legend of the battle quickly snowballed: “Gunplay beat down a group of bodyguards with one hand tied behind his back!”

“He laughed while getting pepper-sprayed!” That mythology has transformed Bogota Rich from a strong bunch of unhinged, over-the-top raps into urban folklore. Gunplay is now the rare rapper who has listeners inclined to believe even his most outrageous boasts. He really seems, as he says on the track Low Life, to be “unmurkable.”

When Gunplay, whose voice manages to be both singsong and menacing, says he’ll “Put you on the hook . . . now you’re bait,” on Food Chain, it seems likely to spawn a rumor about him fishing with his enemies’ body parts.

On the wild ride that is Jump Out, the hail of machine-gun fire and blood-curdling screams are just sound effects, but when Gunplay calls himself a “human L.A. riot” and raps, “I’m pulling up, I’m putting down / Looping up, I’m jumping out / Okay, here come that trouble now / Turn your hood to Lebanon,” it doesn’t exactly feel like hyperbole.

done.

It starts off with the 12-minute Foreigner, which begins with a prolonged passage of acoustic strumming before slipping into barely-there sludge with the slightest whiff of prog. From there, almost every pillar of hard-rock conventional wisdom is ignored: It eschews Norse gods, fairies, artificial intelligence and other frequent touchstones of metal mythology; it rocks not all that hard and only occasionally; and it’s just as interested in the spaces between the notes as in the notes themselves.

Pallbearer may disregard many of metal’s tropes, but the band doesn’t ignore the genre’s history.

Frontman Brett Campbell’s vocals are the closest a person can get to vintage Ozzy Osbourne without actually being in Black Sabbath in 1973. And Sorrow and Extinction is appropriately lugubrious — the band doesn’t perform these songs so much as carry them on their backs — with as much deathobsessed melodrama as you would expect from a band named Pallbearer, all packed into the confines of five tracks.

The disc’s last song, Given to the Grave, packs epic heft into its mere four lines (“Carry me to my grave / When at long last my journey has ended / On the path that leads from here into oblivion / When no more sorrow can weigh me down”). “From here into oblivion” isn’t just the album’s most searing image; it’s a nifty summation of Pallbearer’s entire existence.

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They are similar to lotteries or sweepstakes.

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TAURUS (April 20-May 20): You will feel very comfortable opening up about your innermost concerns to your partner as this Friday, Dec. 28 seems to be working towards strengthening CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DATE: your bond. This experience will ask you both Siena Miller, 31; Joe Manganiello, 38; Denzel to let go of something in order to unify your Washington, 58 partnership.

THOUGHT OF THE DAY: GEMINI (May 21-June 20): The big news is that today we Around the Full Moon phase, will experience a Full Moon in your house of earned income, the sensitive and caring sign of possessions, values and safety Cancer. This is a time of culmineeds will demand your attention. nation when we will reach fullThere will be tension revolving ness and our emotions will run these matters as this Full Moon high. This Full Moon will oppose will bring you challenges and obPluto which might make us face stacles. Unforeseen expenses a certain emotional turmoil. irritate you.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY: If your CANCER (June 21-July 22): birthday occurs during a Full Mixed emotions emphasizing Moon, expect an action-packed your identity and your core self year ahead. Power struggles will indicate a greater need to ASTRO might require you to make certake care of yourself. You might DOYNA tain adjustments and comprohave to face a certain career, mises in your marital life or a which you did not see coming. business alliance. You will have Your children will be of the greatthe great potential to benefit est assistance to you. from a highly social and strucLEO (July 23-Aug. 22): At the Full Moon tured life. in your hidden sector, you could experience ARIES (March 21-April 19): You might some emotional distress from a low vitality or find yourself in a twisted mood in matters perhaps a weakness that will make you more revolving around domestic issues. A revelawithdrawn. Stress is likely to get to you now, tion might expose you to new ways of dealing therefore, keep things as light as possible at with a personal issue. A certain opposition is this time. overpowering you. You have support aligned VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Acknowledge

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Dear Annie: I can relate to “S.W. in California,” the father who had a falling out with his daughter and she cut off contact. In response, he took her out of his will.

My husband and I have traveled this road with our adult children.

Some young adults are simply selfish and ungrateful.

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It is always women, never men, who do this.

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You may be accentuating your tummy area more than you realize.

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For years, I barely acknowledged New Yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Eve to my three kids so they wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know they were missing anything.

I either went to some flashy grownup event or skipped it and went to bed.

In the morning, I explained about the date change.

Last year, though, our family attended a party at a friendâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, and it was genuinely heartwarming.

I began to think it was worth making an effort to mark the holiday, together, at home.

New Yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s is not just for adults. A small party is doable and relaxing; think about inviting extended family or close friends and their children. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Parents feel more comfortable with their kids around,â&#x20AC;? says Selvi Rudge, a mother of three in Larchmont, N.Y., who often friends and kids for New Yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s. â&#x20AC;&#x153;And having the kids there just makes the celebration better.â&#x20AC;?

Preparing with some simple crafting and cooking projects can make everyone feel part of the holiday.

New Yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Poster â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Take an 18-by-24-inch poster board and label it, â&#x20AC;&#x153;What I want to do in 2013.â&#x20AC;?

It can be simple, with a lot of room to write, or it can be decorated by kids who know their way around a poster board.

Tape it up somewhere central â&#x20AC;&#x201D; I like the refrigerator â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and keep washable markers nearby.

Write in an entry or two, whether resolutionlike (â&#x20AC;&#x153;I want to take up joggingâ&#x20AC;?) or wishful thinking (â&#x20AC;&#x153;I want to explore the Amazonâ&#x20AC;?).

The poster can be a family project or it can be opened up to guests as a less-formal guest book at this less-formal party.

Table Top â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Table decor can be kid-constructed and reusable, and it does not have to look childlike or chaotic.

A great idea from Sabrina James, style director at Parenting Magazine, is to paint inexpensive plastic chargers (the larger plates that go under dinner plates) with black chalkboard paint, then have the kids decorate the plates with white chalk.

They can draw stars or write guestsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; names or â&#x20AC;&#x153;2013â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x201D; even toddlers can scribble. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It all stays black and white, it still looks sophisticated, and the kids have a hand in decorating the table,â&#x20AC;? says James.

Making Some Noise â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Of course there must be noisemakers. James suggests this fresh take: Paint small, empty raisin boxes with silver or gold paint â&#x20AC;&#x201D; spray paint is easiest â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and then decorate them with small gems or sequins.

Fill the boxes with dry pasta or rice, and tape a Popsicle stick to the back.

The noisemakers can sit in vases around the table.

Kids will be proud of their contributions, and youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll be happy to have them as attractive table decorations.

Food â&#x20AC;&#x201D; To avoid holiday feast fatigue, a New Yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s feast should consist of foods the family actually likes.

Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re not tied to tradition, so focus on old family favourites, or on foods that some cultures say bring good luck.

According to Epicurious.com, cooked greens symbolize money and good fortune; pork means prosperity. Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t eat anything that moves backwards, like lobster.

My teen-age daughter likes to bake a holiday cake and get creative with frosting.

Baking infuses the air with cheer and allows kids to participate.

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donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t always enjoy a crunchy inch-thick layer of purple sugar.

After-meal activity â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Karaoke is a new tradition for our family; we learned it from the friends who held last yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s party.

Systems range in price from less than $100 to more than $1,000, and can be rented, too.

Whether you rock the oldies or attempt to rap, the kids are just as entertained as the adults.

And they will want their turn, so make sure your song list includes some current hits or favourites

they know.

Finally, do you or donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t you keep the kids up til midnight?

Go for it, but be prepared to send them to bed or say goodnight early if they fall apart.

And they may. But the karaoke, other kids and special treats may keep them fueled and happy enough to see the ball drop. And then you will have another family memory tucked away, and maybe another entry for the 2013 poster: I want the whole family to ring in the new year together again in 2014.

SEATTLE â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Even Mark Zuckerbergâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s family can get tripped up by Facebookâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s privacy settings.

A picture that Zuckerbergâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s sister posted on her personal Facebook profile was seen by a marketing director, who then posted the picture to Twitter and her more than 40,000 followers.

That didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t sit well with Zuckerbergâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s sister, Randi, who tweeted at Callie Schweitzer that the picture was meant for friends only and that posting the private picture on Twitter was â&#x20AC;&#x153;way uncool.â&#x20AC;? Schweitzer replied by saying the picture popped up on her Facebook news feed.

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Exceptional year in music produces great albums form of Kevin Parker’s plaintive words — simple statements of loneliness, anxiety and distance. Of course, the alien nature of “Lonerism” is part of what makes it so thrillingly special.

BEST OF 2012

BY NICK PATCH THE CANADIAN PRESS We’re constantly told that the music industry is in shambles — and that might be true, but how to explain the past exceptional year in music? Here are the top albums of the year as chosen by Canadian Press music writer Nick Patch, as well as the best songs not included on those records.

ALBUMS 1. Kendrick Lamar — “Good Kid, m.A.A.d City” Sometimes it’s tempting to sit back and just listen to the way the words unspool from this preternaturally talented Compton rapper’s lips — in double or triple time, in expertly varied cadences, in complex knots so tight it seems they’re tied by a grizzled fisherman. So yes, the 25-year-old has crafted more bars than Alcatraz, but it’s the focused perspective he brings to his major-label debut (which followed the excellent-if-bloated indie release “Section.80”) that’s truly captivating.

With uncommon self-awareness and candour, Lamar documents a precarious upbringing of close calls, moral compromise and inescapable violence perpetrated by men in uniform (whether gang colours or the police’s bulletproof vests) over deceptively intricate beats that splay out as generously as early Outkast. Lamar accomplishes what stymies so many other well-intentioned conscious rappers who wind up sounding preachy: he observes, he documents, but he never claims to do so from a distance.

2. Miguel — “Kaleidoscope Dream” For a brief time, this L.A. crooner seemed poised to become another misunderstood industry casualty. His 2010 debut was brimming with promise but was also scattershot in a way that suggested label-mandated demographic-targeting.

Unsurprisingly, it disappointed commercially.

But Miguel, apparently, never doubted himself — how else to explain this sultry, audacious second album? Ignoring many inescapable tropes of modern R&B (booming hip hop beats, guestlists longer than the royal wedding), Miguel’s lithe vocal gymnastics and risque sexual provocations recall a lofty lineage including R. Kelly, Prince and Marvin Gaye (particularly on the bubble-buoyant stunner “Adorn”). But he’s no mere retro-soul fetishist either, using incandescent flashes of electric guitar, submerged keyboards and hazy drums — everything shrouded in a narcotic stupor — to craft a mesmerizing, entirely cohesive pop record that sounds like little else on the charts. And after watching Miguel giddily stalk, strut and strip across a smokey Toronto stage recently, it’s clear the 27-year-old has located his niche, and not a moment too soon.

3. Frank Ocean — “Channel Orange” If there’s a quality that unites the three talents heading up this list, it’s an earnest, insatiable ambition that is, almost by design, impossible to realize.

Ocean, if anything, seems energized by the impossible challenge on this expansive, brightly lit avantR&B tribute to love and Los Angeles. His instrumentation daringly stark, the 25-year-old writes a series of beguilingly ambiguous character sketches — of cocaine-huffing latchkey kids (“Super Rich Kids”), of a Cleopatra-styled stripper with a deadbeat boyfriend (“Pyramids”) and, fleetingly, of himself (“Bad Religion,” for one, which finds a distraught Ocean opening up to a cab driver). Even with a carefully considered production (the best signpost might be a halfspeed Stevie Wonder) and Ocean’s cashmere-soft voice, the record’s length and deliberate pace can be rather daunting — and that’s somehow part of its charm. Like his adopted home of L.A., “Channel Orange” unfurls in an endless, sun-dappled sprawl, overwhelming but packed with possibility.

SONGS 1. Usher — “Climax” It was a year in which many fused R&B and electronic with gloriously glum results, but absolutely nothing touched this pristine pop pearl. His falsetto spiralling toward the heavens, Usher sings with sorrowful frustration about a long relationship that’s surrendered to inertia — or as he sighs, “Don’t wanna give in so we both gave up” — while Diplo’s breathtaking production lends the track a rain-slick sheen. The whole thing is so persuasively despondent it can leave you yearning for a heartbreak in which to wallow.

3. The Shins — “Simple Song” After five years away (and it felt like longer given the pebble-ripple effect of 2007’s unjustly ignored “Wincing the Night Away”), James Mercer’s wizards of winsome returned with the excellent “Port of Morrow” and this blastof-cool-air power-pop delight. Really, it’s packed full of so many brightly wrapped sweet flourishes, it’s like a pop pinata: cascades of glossy guitars, chiming keys, a chorus of reverbsoaked vocal harmonies and — if all that wasn’t enough — perfectly wistful lyrics. In typical Shins fashion, the whole thing seems straightforward.

4. Future — “Turn On the Lights” Over the course of his absorbing (if wildly uneven) fever dream of a debut, “Pluto,” this Atlanta MC established himself as an Auto-Tuned alien who inventively warped pervasive rap trends yet somehow wound up utterly pop — like a knuckleballer whose each fluttering pitch landed right down the middle. But it’s his less conventional tunes that were most impossible to forget — chiefly this trilling search for love, on which Future’s a sad robot warbling tenderly over thumping 808s

and synths that sound like they’re crying. Future is often fascinating, but rarely this moving.

5. Chairlift — “I Belong in Your Arms” A shimmering ballad that’s as unapologetically moony-eyed as its title would suggest, no hint of irony (especially impressive since this duo is from Brooklyn). With singer/songwriter Caroline Polachek’s honeyed vocals, synths that are summer-swim refreshing and a propulsive beat worthy of Hall & Oates, this sounds like a longoverlooked ’80s classic that should have spent the past three decades being butchered by overeager karaoke participants. Well, at least Chairlift has given us a silver lining for Hollywood’s inevitable flood of John Hughes remakes.

Bonus: Carly Rae Jepsen — “Call Me Maybe” As this demure disco-pop bon-bon ascended from a state of mere widespread popularity to inescapable global ubiquity, an unfortunate thing happened: the cheery tune became so pervasive it became difficult to appreciate. Jepsen’s folk tune-turned-synth pop marvel soundtracked high-school proms, root canals, schleps through the mall, the Grey Cup halftime show — basically everything we did, to the point where queuing it up on an iPod felt sadly redundant (just remove your earbuds and you’re bound to hear it soon enough). And yet, if we’ve come to take the chart-topping hit for granted, in a few years its brilliance — the strings as light as lemon meringue, Jepsen’s perky crooning and that merry-go-round chorus so stubbornly catchy you’d need high-concentration bleach to scrub it from your brain — should be impossible to deny.

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4. Tame Impala — “Lonerism” On their sophomore album, this Australian quartet swapped the fuzztoned guitar of their debut for swirling keyboard reverie, a melodic collage of sounds old and new that’s almost pretty enough to hang in a gallery. The cheerfully smeared analog keys, jazzy drumming and carefully deployed torrents of guitar noise create a beautiful racket of underwater sunshine pop, but the record’s emotional core comes in the

5. Japandroids — “Celebration Rock” Sure, the eight songs on this record all sound more or less the same, as did the eight songs on the Vancouver duo’s 2009 debut, “Post-Nothing.” And the two albums sound pretty similar to one another too — lyrics blurted with a last-night-on-Earth urgency, guitars and drums delivered with a flamethrower’s spray. If the records aren’t identical twin brothers, they’re Frasier and Niles Crane. But there’s certainly evidence of growth here in the tighter production, performances more tousled than messy and more rewarding songwriting, headlined by the rousing “The House that Heaven Built.” And had anyone tired of Japandroids’ frantic fireworks, anyway?

Honourable mentions: Schoolboy Q, “Habits and Contradictions”; Killer Mike, “R.A.P. Music”; Godspeed You! Black Emperor, “Allelujah! Don’t Bend! Ascend!”; Metz, “Metz”

2. Grimes — “Oblivion” The highlight of the Vancouverborn, Montreal-based 24-year-old’s stellar “Visions,” this piece of pop hypnosis perfectly encapsulates the unique appeal of the artist otherwise known as Claire Boucher: it’s playful, menacing, propulsive, thoughtful, icy and warm, all at the same time.

Here, Boucher’s wispy vocals float like a spectre over a knotty web of synth grooves. And as she continuously coos “see you on a dark night,” it’s clear her intentions are hazy even on her most jubilantly accessible track.

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New ways sought to market physical books INDIGO BOOKS & MUSIC AND RANDOM HOUSE OF CANADA TRYING TO ENTICE READERS TO BUY THEM

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS The physical book is getting gussied up by some companies as its digital counterpart continues to thrive.

Both Indigo Books & Music and Random House of Canada say they’re looking at new ways to market their print books to entice readers to buy them.

“We believe that for people to buy them for themselves or as gifts, they need to look great, so I think that’s a good thing,” says Brad Martin, president and CEO of Random House of Canada.

“I don’t believe anybody believes that the physical format is ever going to go away and we’ve put a lot of effort into making some truly unique, beautiful books,” adds Bahram Olfati, vice president of trade books at Indigo Books & Music Inc. Martin says Random House is adding more “production value” to its physical books.

That includes more deluxe paperbacks with French flaps and rough-cut or deckle edges, as well as specially designed endpaper.

“So they look a lot nicer,” says Martin.

“Or they have a matte/gloss

finish or a deboss or an emboss, all kinds of combinations of those things.”

Random House, which plans to merge with Penguin, is also working with Indigo on special physical editions of popular books from esteemed authors including Michael Ondaatje, Margaret Atwood and Vincent Lam. The Colour Your Library program, in which the covers have a spectrum of vibrant hues with matching spines, is intended to make books look good on readers’ shelves, says Olfati.

“They’re not just your everyday, average book,” he adds.

“These books actually make a statement.

“So not only are they beautiful on the outside, they’re amazing books on the inside, too.”

Indigo has also worked with other publishers, including Phaidon and Taschen, to create exclusive lines of gift books.

Treating books as collectibles gives readers “pause,” notes Olfati.

“One thing about an ebook, once it goes into that digital sphere, you never know that you have it. It becomes a line,

it becomes part of an index,” he says.

“Whereas if you have a physical book at home, you’re always going to reference it, you’re always going to see it, it’s always going to be on your mind.”

Such efforts have come during another year in which ebook sales continued to soar.

Martin says Random House’s ebook sales in 2012 were nearly double those in 2011.

And in October, a report by the non-profit industry group BookNet Canada showed ebook sales represented an estimated 16.3 per cent of the overall book market in Canada.

Print sales still dominated, though, with paperbacks representing an estimated 56.7 per cent of the market and hardcovers making up 23.6 per cent.

“We’re not expecting print books to disappear anytime soon,” says Martin.

“There may be less of them as my generation moves along and the younger generations — that are more digitally adept — come along.

“However, we’re not actually finding in the younger demographics that people aren’t

buying books.”

Nova Scotia-based Gaspereau Press, a small publisher known for creating high-quality books in handcrafted fashion, says “it would be amazing” if bigger companies reinvested in the physical book.

“But I have my doubts,” adds Gaspereau co-owner Andrew Steeves.

“They’re going to have to dig deep to even remember where quality resides. And I’m here to encourage that. I want them to do that.”

Steeves notes the broader trade has “invested less and less in the physical book” for a couple of generations now in order to cut costs.

“The cloths that we use when we do hardcovers are not as good, more and more mystery meat in our papers,” he says.

“We have, over time, disembodied books. So the leap to the wholly disembodied electronic text, it’s only logical, because we’ve been going down that path so long of ignoring the physical properties, discounting the physical properties entirely.”

But with a renewed focus on the quality of the physical book, its future could look like

that of another medium, says author Tamas Dobozy.

“The best analogy I’ve heard, and I think this is really good, is vinyl.

“The book is going to be vinyl,” says Dobozy, winner of this year’s Rogers Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize for “Siege 13.”

“It’s going to be the reading experience you can’t get except through that medium and people are still going to want it, people are still going to collect it, but it could become more niche-oriented in the way vinyl’s becoming nicheoriented for recordings.”

But “vinyl is a small piece of the overall music market, and it’s a very collectible market,” notes Martin.

“There is an analogy to be made there. I’m not sure that physical books are going to go to that sort of small a piece of the overall category.”

Olfati also doesn’t see the book going the way of vinyl.

“There are people that want to have books in their hands to read and not all books will become collectible but it’s just the fun and the appeal of reading a book,” he says.

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BRYSON 1965 - 2012 Michelle Denyse Bryson of Trochu passed away at the Red Deer Regional Hospital Centre on Sunday, December 23, 2012 at the age of 47 years after a courageous battle with cancer. Michelle was born in Portage Le Prairie on March 14, 1965. She was of a military family and spent time in Winnipeg, Ottawa and Cold Lake. Michelle spent 15 years working at 4 Wing Cold Lake at Roads and Grounds and last worked for The City of Red Deer for Parks and Recreation for four years.

Michelle will be deeply missed by her husband Donald Paige; mother Theresa Ethier; grandmother Wynn Ledieu; father Marcel Ethier and her sisters Danielle Ethier and Chantal Ethier. Also to cherish Michelle’s memory are her stepdaughters Linette Paige, Amanda Paige, Danielle Paige, Breanne Hill, Brittney Lucier and Becky MacDonald; grandchildren Isaac George, Reagan George and Olivia Cataford and her uncles Gerald Gibney, Thomas (Brenda) Gibney and Robert Gibney.

Michelle was predeceased by her grandfather Fred Ledeu. In following with Michelle’s wishes, cremation has taken place and no service will be held. Memorial donations in Michelle’s honor may be directed to the Central Alberta Cancer Centre (Patient Care), P.O. Bag 5030, Red Deer, AB T4N 4E7.

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HOGERWAARD Else Else Hogerwaard of Red Deer passed away at the Red Deer Hospice on Sunday, December 23, 2012 at the age of 76 years. Else is lovingly remembered by her sisters; brother; nieces; nephew and great niece and nephew.

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HURLEY Winston Hurley of Bentley, AB. went to be with his beloved wife Bea (who passed away Oct. 24, 2009), on December 21, 2012.

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KINGSTON Madeline 1932 - 2012 It is with great sadness that we announce the unexpected loss of Madeline Kingston on December 18, 2012. She leaves behind her four children: Willie (Hennie), Linda (Gary), Lori (Dan), Chub (Karen); ten grandchildren; fourteen great-grandchildren; two sisters: Marge (Stan), Marian (Dale); and a great number of friends and extended family.

Funeral services will be held at the Red Deer Funeral Home on Friday, December 28th, 2012 at 10:30 a.m.

Obituaries LeBIHAN 1923 - 2012 Mrs. Edna LeBihan (Mottus) of Red Deer passed away at the Symphony Aspen Ridge, R e d D e e r o n M o n d a y, December 24, 2012 at the age of 89 years. She was predeceased by her husband George in 1997. Edna is survived by her daughter Gale (Rob) McCoy of Red Deer; her son Gabe (Judi) LeBihan of Kelowna, BC; five grandchildren and nine great grandchildren. A graveside service will be held in the spring of 2013 at the Gilby Cemetery. Condolences may be sent or viewed at www.parklandfuneralhome.com Arrangements in care of Gordon R. Mathers, Funeral Director at PARKLAND FUNERAL HOME AND CREMATORIUM 6287 - 67 A Street (Taylor Drive), Red Deer.

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BECKLEY In Loving Memory of Mac Beckley June 6, 1937 - Dec. 28, 2007 This day is remembered and quietly kept, No words are needed, I shall never forget.

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So loved, so missed, and so very dear. ~Love Tara

DEPAUW - Maurice (Butch) In Loving Memory Sept. 6, 1933 - Dec. 28, 2009 Three years have passed, dear Maurice Since you were called away, How well do we remember That sad and weary day.

Loved and missed by Helen, Dean, Julie, Rocky and family, Tony, Val and family, Lee, Frankie and family

YANDEAU In loving memory of Georgine Kathleen who passed away December 28, 2008.

The Lord bless you and keep you. The Lord make His face shine upon you and be gracious to you. The Lord lifts up his countenace upon you and give you peace.

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McDONNELL William (Bill), Ronald June 8, 1932 - December 22, 2012 Bill passed away peacefully surrounded by his family December 22, 2012 at the Red Deer Regional Hospital.

Bill was born in Mirror, Alberta and moved to Lacombe in 1946. He had many different occupations throughout his life, starting as a linesman with Farm Electric, and used to say he was a jack of all trades and master of none.

Bill married Joan in 1958 and they lived their lives in Lacombe. He is survived by his wife Joan; daughters Cathy (Bill), Carol (Doug), Karen (Fred); grandchildren David, Cheryl, Jennifer; great grandchildren Parker, Devyn and sister Molly. At Bill’s request there will be no funeral service. A casual celebration of life will be held at the Lacombe Golf & Country Club Friday, December 28, 2012, 2:00 - 4:00. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Lacombe Hospital.

Expressions of sympathy may be made by visiting www.wilsonsfuneralchapel.ca “Bill had a big heart that matched his size.”

WILSON’S FUNERAL CHAPEL & CREMATORIUM of Lacombe and Rimbey in charge of the arrangements.

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MARSH 1928 - 2012 Mr. Raymond “Ray” Leonard Marsh of Red Deer passed away peacefully on December 25, 2012 at the Red Deer Regional Hospital Centre after a fierce battle with cancer.

Ray was born in Birmingham, England on October 4, 1928 to Anne and Leonard Marsh. After leaving school at 14, he started working with Cadbury Chocolates as a Post Boy. At 18 he was called up to the Royal Air Force, for three years service in Germany from 1946 to 1949, and served in the Military police while stationed there.

After his demobilization from the military, he returned to work at Cadburys, and then with the Austin Motor Company. At a Christmas dance in 1951 he met Shirley Deeley, and always said it was love at first sight, at least on his part. They married in 1954, and then, for a chance at a better life, they emigrated to Canada in 1957, traveling on the Empress of Britain’s maiden voyage across the Atlantic Ocean to Montreal.

Then they travelled two days aboard the train westward, arriving to a small town of Red Deer, population 14,000.

After the birth of their two children, Ray and Shirley returned with them to England to be closer to family there, but found the new world still calling and in 1962 returned to Red Deer.

Ray worked with many wonderful folks throughout his varied careers in the automotive and travel industries, and finally ended up with his own business, Around the World Travel Ltd., for 25 years. He was a member of SKAL International Edmonton, and was a Past President with many years of voluntary service with that international travel organization.

Ray was a member of the 78th Field Battery Artillery, located at the Cormack Armoury for over 20 years, retiring out with a Master Warrant Officer designation. He remained a full Royal Canadian Legion Member for the remainder of his life. He was also a founding member and Past President of the Red Deer East Rotary Club. Ray was honoured with a “Paul Harris Fellowship” for his years of service and dedication to Rotary.

Besides his family, his delight in life was hockey. Ray has been involved in amateur hockey from first setting his eyes on a game in 1957. Early years with senior hockey and then the juniors in the 70’s, and again with the seniors, still actively serving as the Chinook Hockey League President for the past 40 years. Sadly, this year, he wasn’t able to get to the rink to see the live action. Ray is lovingly remembered by his dear wife, Shirley, son Kim (Barb) and daughter Lee. He was pre-deceased by his parents, Anne and Len, brother Ken and mother-in-law Clara. A private memorial service will be held by Ray’s family at a later date. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations in Ray’s honour may be forwarded to Red Deer Home Care, 2845 - Bremner Avenue, Red Deer, AB T4R 1S2 or to Red Deer We Care Services, 5560 - 45th Street Unit E5, Red Deer, AB T4N 1L1. These folks are a blessing to all families in need of help to keep loved ones at home as long as possible. Condolences to Ray’s family may be emailed to: meaningfulmemorials@yahoo.ca.

Bruce MacArthur, Funeral Director MEANINGFUL MEMORIALS Red Deer 587-876-4944

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PENNOCK Gladys Evelyn 1925 - 2012 Gladys Pennock passed away on December 27, 2012 in Linden, AB at the age of 87 years. Born July 8, 1925 to John and Edith Morse, Gladys was raised on the family homestead outside of Elnora, AB. Along with her nine siblings, she attended the Grandcourt School and, when not helping with chores at home, hiked up and down the river banks of what would later become the Dry Island “oh baby ...

Buffalo Jump Provincial Park. we’re on parade!”...

In 1947, she married John Wilson Pennock. After living “oh goody, when?” on a farm east of Elnora for several years they moved to WEDNESDAY Elnora with their three children.

JANUARY 30, 2013 An active member of her community, she worked faithfully “Babies On Parade” for 20 years as a housekeeper In the Red Deer Advocate at the Elnora Hospital. Gladys If you would like your baby enjoyed gardening, photography, featured in this very special and hiking in her beloved section, a great keepsake, Dry Island park. She was a look for forms in the volunteer steward at the Red Deer Advocate & park, for which she received Life Papers, or call a L i f e t i m e Vo l u n t e e r i s m 403-309-3300 award from the Alberta for more info government, and wrote two books about the Dry Island area - one about trails and the other about its wildflowers.

She is survived by her son Jerry Pennock (Denise); daughters Virginia Edwards (Rob) and Brenda Pennock; Funeral Directors granddaughters Robin Tomlinson (Scott), Jocelyn Edwards and & Services Rebecca Edwards; her great grandchildren Hope Tomlinson and Justice Tomlinson; and her siblings George Morse, Grace Duft and Eva Pennock. “In Your Time of Need....

She is predeceased by her We Keep it Simple” husband Wilson Pennock; her brothers Jack Morse, #3, 4664 Riverside Dr., Arthur Morse; and her sisters Red Deer Ella Guard, Dolly McKnight, Betty MacLean and June Lutz. Funeral services will be www.simplycremations.com held at the Trochu Baptist Church on Wednesday, January 2, 2013 with Rev. Alan Powell officiating. The family members would like to extend their sincere thanks to all the staff of the Linden Nursing Home.

In lieu of flowers memorial 1508766 Alberta Ltd. contributions may be made to the Heart & Stroke Foundation.

Arrangements entrusted to HEARTLAND FUNERAL SERVICES, LTD. INNISFAIL Taylor Dr. ˜ Red Deer Phone: 403-227-0006.

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HODGSON Catherine “Cathy” April 27, 1924 - December 19, 2012 It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Cathy Hodgson, of Red Deer, Alberta, on December 19, 2012 at the Red Deer Regional Hospital with her loving family at her side. Cathy was born April 27, 1924 in Ponoka, Alberta, the youngest of three children, to Levi and Edna Griffiths. As a child, she lived on a farm in the Mecca Glen area east of Ponoka.

The family briefly relocated to Sandpoint, Idaho eventually returning to Ponoka. Cathy worked in Edmonton before she married the love of her life, Roy, in 1948. Roy and Cathy moved to the family farm near Alliance, Alberta and after several years there, they moved back to Ponoka where Roy was employed until retirement at Alberta Hospital Ponoka. Cathy also worked at Alberta Hospital Ponoka in the Dietary Department. She and Roy were active members of the Ponoka United Church, but most of all, Cathy was dedicated to the raising of her family. Upon Roy’s retirement from the hospital, they moved to Red Deer where Cathy enjoyed a new career at the Second Cup followed by her own business, Cathy’s Famous Coffees and Teas. Cathy had a love of life and a keen interest in other people, the community, and country music. Family was foremost to Cathy, and she was fortunate to live next door to her caring and loving daughter Cheryl and family. Cathy also loved her family trips to Florida, Hawaii, California and Las Vegas. She had an infectious laugh and a charming personality. She was active all her life, and devoted to her dogs. You could often see Cathy out walking around the neighborhood with her special pets, laughing and visiting with people in the area.

Cathy was predeceased by her husband of 42 years, Roy, her daughter Charlene Lypke, brother Alvin Griffiths, and sister Leone Martin. She is survived and will be greatly missed by her sons Cam (Lynn) Hodgson, Stacy (Penny) Hodgson, her daughters, Cheryl (Mitch) Whitman, Carrie (Rod) Humphrey, her son-in-law, Bruce Lypke, grandchildren Stephen (Shannon) Vander Meulen and Danny (Jill) Vander Meulen, Brianne and Lisa Hodgson, Mathew and Katelyn Hodgson, Janessa (Adam) Locke and Brendan Whitman, great-grandchildren Jordie and Isabella Humphrey, Lucas, Joseph, Tessa and Matias Vander Meulen, Katya and Naveda Charlene Vander Meulen, nephew Dennis Muncy, and nieces Carole Leclerc and Gloria (Ron) Kraft and their families. Memorial gifts may be made to the Canadian Diabetes Association Red Deer & District Branch 6-5015 48 St, Red Deer, AB T4N 1S9. A private family service was held on Monday, December 24, 2012 at Eventide Funeral Chapel. Interment followed in the Alto Reste Cemetery.

Condolences for the late Cathy Hodgson may be forwarded to the family by visiting www.eventidefuneralchapels.com.

Arrangements entrusted to Craig Kanngiesser EVENTIDE FUNERAL CHAPEL 4820 - 45th Street, Red Deer.

Phone (403) 347-2222.

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P/T CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE COLBORNE William O. (Bud)

The Red Deer Advocate is accepting applications for a P/T Customer Service Representative.

Veteran oil patch Landman Bud Colborne passed away on Friday, December 21st, 2012 at the Beverly Center Lake Midnapore, Calgary AB from natural causes at the tender age of 85. A husband to two beautiful wives in his life, both of whom pre-deceased him (Paddy in 1984 and Judith Ann (Judy) in 2006), father to 11 children, grandfather to twenty three grandchildren and three greatgrandchildren, Bud was quite the character! He is survived by all of his children, grandchildren, great grandchildren, his sister Pat Blakely and her immediate family as well as two sisters in law, two brothers in law and their respective families and we’ll all miss him dearly. Born June 5, 1927 to homesteader parents in Mannville AB, Bud was raised with his sister during the Great Depression and Dirty 30’s. The family relocated to Red Deer AB in the early 40’s where he was schooled both academically and in life experiences. Bud joined Gulf’s geophysical team in 1945 as a surveyor and moved to the Land group in 1950 where he honed his skills as a Landman for the next few years. The first six of their eleven children were raised while the family was on the move throughout Alberta during Bud’s early days of his oil patch career with Gulf Oil/BA Oil. In 1958 he left Gulf and then teamed up with the late Danny Spittall to form one of the early full service land consulting firms in Alberta and three years later, in 1961, Bud Colborne was Allied Land Services Ltd. As a testament of his business acumen that company operates today in the hands of the next generations.

Bud and Paddy settled on Calgary as their home permanently from 1956 while the family continued to grow to include eleven children. Men worked hard and played hard in the patch in those days with great endurance and it may be noted that Bud worked, played and partied harder than most. Neither sleep nor relaxation seemed part of any man’s daily ritual.

Bud was a ringleader and the life of the party while upright and not fighting! Subsequent to Paddy’s passing in 1984, Bud was more than fortunate to find another wonderful woman in Judith Ann Halpin. They married and settled in Bragg Creek until Judy’s passing. Thereafter, he relocated to Calgary in 2010. Bud was a longtime member of Canadian Association of Petroleum Landmen (CAPL) and International Right of Way Association (IRWA). He was a renowned story teller with a keen mind for details and his sons would forever ply him to share all the good stuff that he’d never tell Paddy or his daughters. Most of those stories are somewhat treasured and will undoubtedly long survive him. Bud was a fearless (not skilled) trail riding snow-mobiler and ice boater and most times due to his nature he’d walk away wounded, of course never showing any pain. Over the years Bud’s crusty exterior eroded and his numerous grandchildren were net benefactors of his genuine love for his family and his keen interest in their lives. At Bud’s request there will be no funeral service. Now, also at Bud’s request, there will be a farewell party for all to attend. Details will be announced sometime in the New Year.

The family would like to thank the staff at the Beverly Center, Staywell Manor, the doctors and nursing staff at the Rockyview hospital, and especially his amazing caregivers with Home Instead, Amanda, McKenzie and Missy Jo, for providing the best of care and comfort that Bud required and expected.

Condolences may be forwarded through www.mcinnisandholloway.com.

In living memory of Bud Colborne, a tree will be planted at Big Hill Springs Park Cochrane by McINNIS & HOLLOWAY FUNERAL HOMES Park Memorial Chapel, 5008 ELBOW DRIVE S.W., Calgary, AB T2S 2L5 Telephone: 1-800-661-1599.

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RATTRAY Reclamation is currently looking for exp’d Class 1 drivers, laborers and backhoe operators with a valid Class 1 license for the Lacombe and Central Alberta areas.

Preferences will be given to those who hold current safety tickets such as H2S Alive, First Aid and Ground Disturbance Level II certification as well as a clean drivers abstract. Drug and Alcohol policy in affect. We offer competitive wages, benefits and a safety bonus program. Work consists of oilfield reclamation and lease construction as well as many other tasks. Please fax resume to 403-934-5235 or email to drattray@rattrayrec.com No phone calls please.

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Responsibilities include: * Reviewing project packages, ensuring procedures and records are followed and completed

* Must have ability to read engineered drawings * Understand QA/QC manuals and procedures * Monitor work in progress to ensure compliance * Have knowledge in Facility and Pipeline construction projects * Participate in external audits Compensation for this position will be discussed with successful applicant.

Safety tickets required PIPELINE EXPERIENCE NECESSARY Benefits offered.

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Website: www.wpidhirney.net Fax your application or resume to 403-729-3606 or send by email to hr@wpidhirney.net 403-729-3007 JOURNEYMEN MECHANICS/ MILLWRIGHTS & APPRENTICES wanted for service of natural gas compressors & engines in OLDS, DRUMHELLER and/or STETTLER area.

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NOW HIRING Weir SPM is a market leader in well service pumps and high pressure Àow control equipment. Weir SPM’s line of reciprocating plungers pumps are used in various applications including cementing, acidizing, and fracturing. The expanding Àow control product line features products used to safely transport Àuids at high pressure into the wellbore during various well service applications. Weir SPM also utilizes a global network of service facilities to provide superior post-sale services to our customers.

WELLHEAD REFURB TECHNICIAN This position is responsible for the assembly, service, maintenance, evaluation and repairs of wellheads and associated equipment.

Preferred candidate will have a background in value and/or wellhead repairs and service. The successful candidate will supervise a team of professionals to satisfy our client needs.

Weir SPM offers a comprehensive compensation package and bene¿ts program including vision care and RRSP plan. We are an equal opportunity employer with a committed focus on the safety of our employees.

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A non-denominational Social Service Agency is seeking a couple, or an individual living in Red Deer to provide emotional support and life skills training for an adult male diagnosed with Down Syndrome. The young man is a Red Deer College graduate and works part time. The ideal setting would be a home with a basement suite, which he would occupy and pay rent.

The ideal candidate will demonstrate flexibility in responding to the young man’s needs and work as part of a team.

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Central Area Assistant Manager, Fracturing —Red Deer Canyon Services Group Inc., is a publicly traded (FRC-T) Western Canadian oilfield service company that provides specialized fracturing and well stimulation services. Our mission is to provide leading edge well stimulation and cementing technology to all of our customers. Canyon provides its services with a focus on both conventional and unconventional reservoirs, including natural gas from fluid sensitive, low pressure formations, shales, and tight gas.

The "Canyon Team" proudly offers strong leadership, a wealth of operational experience, sound engineering, and a solid support team.

Central Area Assistant Manager, Fracturing Reporting to the Central Area Manager, this position assists with day-to-day operational activities of the branch, including budgeting, people management, equipment allocation, repair and maintenance and policies and procedures.

Key Responsibility Areas: Assist Division Manager with budgetary development and carrying out decisions regarding spending, invoice approvals. With approval from Base Manager, assist with implementation of significant spending decisions.

Assist Base Manager with various projects including effective delivery of budgets and schedules. Assist Divisional Managers as required with all field project operations in the region. Make project based decisions in Base/Divisional Manager's absence.

Ensure appropriate inventory levels, as determined by the Base Manager, are maintained. Acts as liaison with other locations regarding equipment updates and modifications, ensuring they are consistent across the company. Work with Maintenance Manager and Shop Foreman in the coordination of all R/M. Complete necessary documentation to track recorded problems and progress. Accompany, or act on behalf of Base Manager, in facility inspections and coordination of deficiency improvements.

Participate in the creation of company policies and procedures and their implementation at the base. Represent the company in a professional manner at all times.

Offers support to the Base Manager to develop a long term strategy for continues success.

Actively lead employee performance management strategies at the base.

The successful candidate will have: 5 years previous experience in leadership and management training.

5 years of progressive industry related experience.

Effective written and oral communication skills, Competent with Microsoft Word and Excel.

Demonstrated ability to work and make decisions both independently and in a team environment.

Experience managing employee performance through feedback and support as employees strive to achieve their performance expectations.

Demonstrated ability to proactively anticipate and prevent problems.

Proven and effective people management skills.

Closing Date: Jan 31, 2013 or until the position is filled Apply to: hr@canyontech.ca Canyon is the fastest growing fracturing company in North America. We deliver quality customized pressure pumping and service solutions to the oil and gas industry, improving our industry one job at a time. If you’re looking for a career with a leading organization that promotes Integrity, Relationships, Innovation and Success, then we’re looking for you.

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“People are our most important asset - their safety is our greatest responsibility.

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OILFIELD CONSTRUCTION COMPANY We are currently accepting resumes for the following fulltime positions.

EXPERIENCED PIPELINE HOE OPERATORS EXPERIENCED PIPELINE LABORERS EXPERIENCED BOOM HANDS Safety tickets required.

PIPELINE EXPERIENCE NECESSARY. BENEFITS OFFERED. An application form can be found on our website.

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Canyon is the fastest growing fracturing company in North America. We deliver quality customized pressure pumping and service solutions to the oil and gas industry, improving our industry one job at a time.

If you’re looking for a career with a leading organization that promotes Integrity, Relationships, Innovation and Success, then we’re looking for you. Now hiring Canyon Champions for the following positions:

Class 1 Driver / Operators: Nitrogen, Coiled Tubing, Cement & Acid, Fracturing Supervisors: Nitrogen, Coiled Tubing, Cement & Acid, Fracturing Applicant Requirements: f Self-motivated f Willing to work flexible hours f Safety—focused

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GREYWOLF ENERGY SERVICES LTD. is now hiring experienced Well Testing Operators, Night Supervisors, and Day Supervisors.

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www.lonsdalegreen.com Lonsdale Green Apartments

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ATT’N: SENIORS Are you looking for help on small reno’s or jobs, such as, new bathroom sink, toilets or safety bars in bath tubs. Call James 403- 341-0617

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Drillers and Driller Assistants with a Class 1 driver’s license.

Apprentice or Journeyman Mechanics Pile Drive Operators Pile Drive Assistants Field Supervisor All candidates must be able to pass a pre-employment drug test.

Safety tickets are an asset but we are willing to train the right candidate.

We offer exceptional pay, excellent benefit package and a positive work environment.

Please email resumes to info@landcore.ca or fax 403-783-2011.

The right candidates will be contacted for an interview.

Please no phone calls.

LOCAL SERVICE CO. REQ’S EXP. VACUUM TRUCK OPERATOR Must have Class 3 licence w/air & all oilfield tickets.

Fax resume w/drivers abstract to 403-886-4475 CELEBRATIONS HAPPEN EVERY DAY IN CLASSIFIEDS

TANKMASTER RENTALS requires CLASS 1 BED TRUCK Operators for Central Alberta. Competitive wages and benefits. m.morton@tankmaster.ca or fax 403-340-8818 TEAM Snubbing now hiring operators and helpers. Email: janderson@ teamsnubbing.com Start your career!

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PRODUCTION TESTING PERSONNEL REQ’D RETIREMENT & SAVINGS PLAN BENEFITS

Join Our Fast Growing Team!!

QUALIFIED DAY AND NIGHT SUPERVISORS

(Must be able to Provide own work truck)

FIELD OPERATORS Valid 1st Aid, H2S, Drivers License required!!

Wolf Creek Public Schools

invites applications for the following position:

* Teacher, Alix MAC School

For further specifics on the above position, please visit Wolf Creek Public Schools’ website at www.wolfcreek. ab.ca, or contact the Division Office at 403-783-3473.

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Trades

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Big Horn Electric and Controls Ltd.

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ELECTRICAL and Please contact INSTRUMENTATION Murray McGeachy or JOURNEYMAN and Jamie Rempel APPRENTICES by We are currently recruiting Fax: (403) 340-0886 for: or email Central and Northern Alberta. mmcgeachy@ Required Safety cathedralenergyservices.com Certificates: H2S Alive / First Aid jrempel@ PST / Fall Protection. cathedralenergyservices.com Successful candidates will possess excellent written website: and verbal www. communication skills. cathedralenergyservices.

Oilfield experience is an com asset.

Qualified applicants are Your application will be invited to fax or email their kept strictly confidential. resumes: Fax: 403-638-3688 Email: You can sell your guitar careers@bighornelectric.com for a song... or put it in CLASSIFIEDS TOO MUCH STUFF? and we’ll sell it for you!

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CONCRETE FINISHER REQUIRED Must have drivers license.

Fax resume 403-782-2439

Road Train Oilfield Transport Ltd

is looking for journeyman picker operator.Top wages/ benefits. Safety tickets req’d.

Fax or drop off resume 403-346-6128 No phone calls.

Sales & Distributors

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First Choice Collision Seeking Journeyman or 2nd /3rd year apprentices.

Positions for body, prep and refinishing technicians needed for our car and light truck division. Top wages, bonus programs and benefit package. Fax resumes to (403) 343-2160; e-mail choice2@telusplanet.net or drop off in person @ #5, 7493, 49th Avenue Crescent, Red Deer.

TECHNICAL Sales Expert required at Digitex Canada Red Deer, AB. Twelve month assignment. NEEDED immed. JourneyWorking hours of 40 hours man electrician for the AG industry. Competitive per week or more. wages and benefits.

Required competencies: Please forward resume to Must have several years info@prolineinc.ca experience in technical sales of Canon digital QUALIFIED business equipment and ELECTRICIANS software in a business to business sales environment.

NEEDED Must be an expert at understanding customer True Power Electric needs, experienced in Requires drafting and completing Residential exp. only contracts for selling Canon Competitive wages equipment, previous & benefits. supervisory experience of Fax resume to: technical sales staff, be 403-314-5599 proficient at large account selling strategies.

Wabasca Area Must have completed 5 month term Canon corporate account Camp Job training, product & solution selling and be an expert in Started mid-Aug, corporate sales training 2012 and solution selling.

BIG Horn Electric Person must be expert in and Controls Ltd. technical training of clients ELECTRICAL and to use Canon products.

INSTRUMENTATION Hourly wage CAD $26.44 JOURNEYMAN and plus commission.

APPRENTICES Duties would include: Required Safety Promote sales to existing Certificates: clients, identify and solicit H2S Alive / First Aid potential clients, assess PST / Fall Protection. clients’ needs and Successful candidates will resources to recommend possess excellent written the appropriate products. and verbal Provide input into product communication skills. design where goods or Oilfield experience is an services must be tailored asset. to suit clients’ needs; Qualified applicants are develop reports and proposals as part of sales invited to fax or email their resumes: presentation to illustrate benefits from use of good Fax: 403-638-3688 Email: careers@bighornelectric.com or service and estimate costs of installing and maintaining equipment or Truckers/ service. Candidate must prepare and administer Drivers sales contracts, consult with clients after sale to BUSY CENTRAL AB resolve problems and to company req’s exp’d. Class provide ongoing support.

1 drivers to pull decks.

Must be able to troubleAssigned truck, exc. wages shoot technical problems and benefits pkg. Paid related to Canon photoextras. Family orientated. copier equipment, printers, Resume and abstract fax scanners, etc. and train to 403-784-2330 or call customers’ staff in the 1-877-787-2501 operation and maintenance Mon,. - Fri,. 8 a m to 6 pm of Canon photocopier CLASS 3 WATER HAULER equipment. needed. Only those with Be able to supervise the activities of other technical Drilling Rig Water Hauling experience need apply. sales specialists as Need H2S & First Aid needed. Send resumes to: tickets.TOP WAGES PAID mvandale@digitex.ca or Fax clean drivers abstract fax to 403-309-3384 and resume between the Looking for a place hours of 9 am to 6 pm to: to live?

403-746-3523 or call Take a tour through the 403-304-7179 CLASSIFIEDS

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Dunn Close $50.00 /mo.

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LANCASTER Lenon Close, Lacey Close, Landry Bend area $76/mo.

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Good for adult w/a small car ALSO East of 40th North of Ross St. Michener Green Cresc. area. $268/mo.

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ONLY 4 DAYS A WEEK

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ADULT & Youth Carrier Needed For Delivery of Flyers, Express & Sunday Life in RIVERSIDE MEADOWS 57, 58 & 58A ST & 58 AVE. Please call Joanne at 403-314-4308

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BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES

Seniors’ Services

The Red Deer Advocate Classified is the community’s number-one information centre and marketplace.

It serves as the best single source for selling items, seeking jobs, finding housing, meeting new people and more.

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IRONMAN Scrap Metal Recovery is picking up scrap again! Farm machinery, vehicles and industrial.

Serving central Alberta.

403-318-4346

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Property clean up 340-8666

Gentle Touch Massage 4919 50 St. New rear entry, lots of parking 403-341-4445

CENTRAL PEST CONTROL LTD. Comm/res.

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LINDA’S CHINESE MASSAGE Grand Opening #3 403-373-6182 cpest@shaw.ca EDEN 4820-47 Ave. 403-986-1550 FREE removal of all kinds 587-877-7399 10am-midnight MASSAGE ABOVE ALL of unwanted scrap metal.

LEXUS 392-0891 *BUSTY* WALK-INS WELCOME No household appliances INDEPENDENT w/own car 4709 Gaetz Ave. 346-1161 403-396-8629

Escorts

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Services

Landcore Technologies Inc. located in Ponoka is currently seeking energetic, motivated team players for the following positions:

Oilfield

7 ACRES, all utilities, road, quonset, greenhouse, antique home $353,000. 20 min. to Red Deer, great for horses, 403-227-5132

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CIRCULATION ADULT CARRIERS NEEDED For delivery of Red Deer Advocate by 6:30 a.m.

Mon. through Fri. & 8:00. .am. on Saturday in LANCASTER AREA 77 papers $412/mo.

ROSEDALE AREA 72 papers $386/mo.

DEER PARK Dempsey St. area 79 papers $423/mo.

ALSO Davison Dr. area 101 papers $541/mo.

ALSO Clearview Ridge Timberlands area 59 papers $376/mo.

Call Jamie 403-314-4306 for more info

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

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Certified Appraisers 1966 Estates, Antiques, Firearms.

Bay 5, 7429-49 Ave. 347-5855

NEWSPAPER CARRIERS REQUIRED for Afternoon delivery in Bowden & Innisfail Please contact QUITCY

Do You: - Want extra income - Possess a clean, valid drivers license - Have a friendly attitude - Enjoy customer service - Want part-time work (12 to 22 hours per week)

Submit resume, indicating “Service Runner Position”, along with your drivers abstract immediately to: careers@ reddeeradvocate.com or mail to: Human Resources 2950 Bremner Avenue Red Deer, AB. T4N 5G3 or fax to: 403-341-4772

EquipmentHeavy

at 403-314-4316 or email qmacaulay@ reddeeradvocate.com

Employment Training

900

OILFIELD SERVICES INC.

offers a variety of

SAFETY COURSES to meet your needs.

Standard First Aid , Confined Space Entry, H2S Alive and Fire Training are courses that we offer on a regular basis.

As well, we offer a selection of online Training Courses.

For more information check us out online at www.firemaster.ca or call us at 403 342 7500.

You also can find us on Facebook or follow us on Twitter @firemasterofs.

ANDERS AREA Adams Close/ Adair Ave. BOWER AREA Baile Cl. /Boyce St. Beatty Crs./Barrett Dr. Brown Cl./Baird St Barrett Dr./Baird St

In Town of Trochu Morning Delivery 1 hour per day 6 days per week No collection No Sundays The Town of Olds No collecting!

Packages come ready for delivery!

Also for the afternoon in Town of Penhold!

Also afternoon delivery in Town of Springbrook

SAFETY

R H2S Alive (ENFORM) R First Aid/CPR R Confined Space R WHMIS & TDG R Ground Disturbance R (ENFORM) B.O.P. #204, 7819 - 50 Ave. (across from Totem)

Career Planning

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Household Appliances

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APPLY ONLINE www.lokken.com/rdw.html Call: 403-348-8561 Email inford@lokken.com Career Programs are

FREE

for all Albertans

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at 403-314-4316 or email qmacaulay@ reddeeradvocate.com

stuff CLASSIFICATIONS 1500-1990

900

1710

APPLS. reconditioned lrg. selection, $150 + up, 6 mo. warr. Riverside Appliances 403-342-1042

Household RED DEER WORKS Furnishings Build A Resume That

CLASSIFICATIONS 2000-2290

2140

Horses

HORSES WANTED: broke, un-broke, or unwanted. 403-783-0303 WANTED: all types of horses. Processing locally in Lacombe weekly.

403-651-5912

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rentals

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WANTED

Antiques, furniture and estates. 342-2514

Viscount Dr./ Voisin Crsc

Misc. for Sale

Call Prodie @ 403- 314-4301 for more info

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10-12 HOUSE plants $10-$40 403-342-4572

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

CHRISTMAS Starbucks mug $7; Tim Hortons tea pot & matching mug $12; six assorted Tim Hortons mugs at $7 each; Starbucks coffee carafe , new $45; Leather wine carrier, new $45; 20 cotton knit dishcloths $1.25 each.

Scottie mug $5; Set of black Scottie mugs $8.

Pics available on request.

Call 403- 342-1980

Cats

1830

BEAUTIFUL affectionate young F. cat, needs loving home. To give away 403-782-3130

SIAMESE ALSO BELINESE (3) KITTENS FOR SALE $60 each obo.

403-887-3649

DRIVEN TO EXCEL FROM START TO FINISH

Dogs

We are a growing construction company that requires an

HUSKY WOLF PUPS!!

1st shots, yr. gaurantee.

403-506-3395, 749-2924

EXPERIENCED PARTS PERSON

Travel Packages

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Pidherney’s offers competitive wages and benefits.

Please e-mail resumes to:

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TRAVEL ALBERTA Alberta offers SOMETHING for everyone.

Make your travel plans now.

for our office in Rocky Mountain House.

hr@pidherneys.com

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Roommates Wanted

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Rooms For Rent

3090

3010

Acreages/ Farms

EXECUTIVE BUNGALOW ON ACREAGE IN RED DEER. 4 bdrms, 2 bath, rent $2000 + DD avail.

Mar. 1, 403-346-5885

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32 HOLMES ST.

1 1/2 blocks west of mall, 3 bdrm. bi-level, blinds, lg. balcony, 4 appls, no pets, n/s, rent $1195 SD $1000 Avail. Feb. 1 403-304-7576 or 347-7545

HALMAN Heights

3 level 3 bdrm. townhouse 5 appls, 1 1/2 bath, blinds, no pets, n/s, rent $1395 SD $1000 avail. Jan 2 403-304-7576 or 347-7545

KITSON CLOSE

newer exec. 3 bdrm. bi-level townhouse 1447 sq. ft. 5 appls, 1 1/2 bath, blinds, lg. balcony, fenced in rear, front/rear parking, no dogs, rent $1395 SD $1000. n/s Avail. immed. & 2 for Jan. 2 403-304-7576 / 347-7545

Manufactured Homes

ROOM $600. Blackfalds.

All incld’d, furn. 588-2564 ROOM for rent $500./mo.

Call 403-352-7417

3140 3190

LACOMBE new park, animal friendly. Your mobile or ours. 2 or 3 bdrm.

Excellent 1st time home buyers. 403-588-8820 MOBILE HOME PAD, in Red Deer Close to Gaetz, 2 car park, Shaw cable incl.

Sharon 403-550-8777

CLASSIFICATIONS

YEAR END SPECIAL RISER HOMES

BLACKFALDS: 2 bdrm. 2 bath, dbl. att. garage. $325,000.

2 bdrm. 2 bath. $297,900.

Inclds. all fees.

Lloyd Fiddler 403-391-9294

Condos/ Townhouses

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YEAR END SPECIAL ~ 1 ONLY RISER HOMES DON’T MISS OUT!

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Acreages

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4 Plexes/ 6 Plexes

3 BDRM. 4 appls. no pets. $900/mo. + d.d.

403-343-6609

7 ACRES, all utilities, road, quonset, greenhouse, antique home $353,000. 20 min. to Red Deer, great for horses, 403-227-5132

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Farms/ Land

ACROSS from park, 2 bdrm. 4-plex, 1 1/2 bath, 4 appls. Rent $875/mo. d.d. $650. Avail. Feb. 1 403-304-5337

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Suites

2 BDRM. adult bldg, free laundry, very clean, quiet, lrg. suite, Avail Jan. 15 $850/mo., S.D. $650.

Call 403-304-5337

LARGE, 1, 2 & 3 BDRM. SUITES. 25+, adults only n/s, no pets 403-346-7111

Manufactured Homes

REMOVAL of unwanted cars, may pay cash for complete cars. 304-7585 WANTED FREE REMOVAL of unwanted cars and trucks, also wanted to buy lead batteries, call 403-396-8629

PUBLIC NOTICES

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Public Notices

NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND CLAIMANTS

5030

Barbara Esther Joy Gogowich who died on November 12, 2012

If you have a claim against this estate, you must file your claim by February 2, 2013 and provide details of your claim with MAURICE GOGOWICH at PO Box 1311 Red Deer, Alberta T4N 7B6

2011 CADILLAC CTS 4 AWDCoupe nav full load, 1 owner 53,000 km $39,888 Sport & Import 348-8788

If you do not file by the date above, the estate property can lawfully be distributed without regard to any claim you may have.

NOTICE TO:

VIEW ALL OUR PRODUCTS At

www.garymoe.com

has relocated to

216751

SUV's

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Red Deer Land For Sale

below appraisal!!! check it out on kijiji ID# 440913568 ID# 440917484 or phone 403 345 5250

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MUST SELL

By Owner $7,000.

Sharon 403-340-0225

2010 GMC 3500 HD 4x4 Duramax Dually, leather nav dvd 54,000 km $49,888 Sport & Import 348-8788

Auto Wreckers

5190

RED’S AUTO. Free Scrap Vehicle & Metal Removal.

We travel. May pay cash for vehicle. 403-396-7519

Newly Renovated Mobile Home

with Laminate Flooring, new carpet, newly painted

WARNING If you do not come to Court either in person or by your lawyer, the Court may give the applicant(s) what they want in your absence. You will be bound by any order that the Court makes. If you want to take part in this application, you or your lawyer must attend in Court on the date and at the time shown at the beginning of the form. If you intend to rely on an affidavit or other evidence when the application is heard or considered, you must reply by giving reasonable notice of the material to the applicant(s).

Barristers & Solicitors Attention: Katharine Zhang 2800, 801 - 6th Avenue S.W. Calgary, Alberta T2P 4A3 Telephone: (403) 267-8400 Fax: (403) 264-9400

EASY!

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

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This application is made against you. You are each a respondent.

You have the right to state your side of this matter before the Court.

To do so, you must be in Court when the application is heard as shown below: Date: Tuesday, February 5, 2013 Time: 10:00 AM Where: Calgary Court Centre, 601 - 5th Street S.W., Calgary, Alberta Before: Master in Motions Court

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Trucks

WAJAX GP HOLDCO INC. has filed an Application in Court of Queen’s Bench Action No. 1201 - 05291 for Summary Judgment to be heard on February 5, 2013.

WALSH LLP

Manufactured Homes

849

2006 FORD EXPLORER Eddie Bauer htd. lthr., sunroof, DVD, $16,888 348-8788 Sport & Import

JASON PARKS and PROFAB CORPORATION

You can obtain a copy of the Application for Summary Judgment, Affidavit in support, 2011 GMC SIERRA 1500 SLT 4X4, sunroof, htd. and Order for Substitutional lthr., 61,557 kms $33,888 filed in Court of Queen’s Bench 348-8788 Sport & Import Action No. 1201 - 05291 at:

modular/mobile homes

272825K19-L30

5000-5300

3 bdrm., 2 bath townhouse in Lacombe. Walk-out, front att. garage.

Many upgrades. $240,000 incl. all fees.

Lloyd Fiddler 403-391-9294

2 & 3 bedroom

Visit our website for more detailed job descriptions at www. eaglebuilders.ca. Applicants are able to apply online or fax resumes to Human Resources 403-885-5516 or e-mail: k.kooiker@eaglebuilders.ca.

CLASSIFICATIONS

FREE Weekly list of properties for sale w/details, 2004 VOLKSWAGEN prices, address, owner’s GOLF GLS diesel, $9888 phone #, etc. 342-7355 348-8788 Sport & Import Help-U-Sell of Red Deer www.homesreddeer.com

FREE Cable

Top Wages paid based on experience. Full Benefits and Uniform Package included.

wheels

Cars

A1 RED’S AUTO. Free scrap vehicle & metal removal. We travel. AMVIC approved. 403-396-7519

Estate of

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Houses For Sale

Renter’s Special

- Concrete Finishers - Carpenters/Woodworkers

4160

FULLY SERVICED res & duplex lots in Lacombe.

Builders terms or owner will J.V. with investors or subtrades who wish to become home builders. Great returns. Call 403-588-8820

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FREE Shaw Cable + more $899/month Sharon 403-550-8777

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4000-4190

400/month lot Rent incl. Cable

We are currently seeking the following to join our team in Blackfalds for all shifts:

Lots For Sale

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homes

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is expanding its facility to double production.

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Cottages/Resort Property

BRAND new 9900 sq. ft. ready for lease fall 2012 on Golden West Ave 358-3500

Mobile Lot

Vehicles Wanted To Buy

New Executive

3 bdrm. 2 bath HOME in Red Deer. Immediate possession 10 yr warranty.

Own it for $1345/mo. OAC 403-346-3100, 347-5566

Newly Reno’d Mobile

Only

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Manufactured Homes

KIMBERLY ski hill condo 1/8 title share, offers at $28,000, 6 or 7 weeks per year, pre-selected in early QUITE, very nice 2 bdrm fall for following yr, condo condo. N/S working M. $525, fees, utils, and taxes incld. $500 s.d. 403-986-3165 for 2013. 403-227-1603 or 357-2491

FOR RENT • 3000-3200 Warehouse WANTED • 3250-3390 Space

GLENDALE 2 bdrm. $825, D.D. $825, 1 BDRM., $740, N/S, no pets, no HOUSE cat to give away, partiers, avail immed.. declawed front paws, call 1-403-200-8175 403-728-3151

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SUITES FOR RENT THREE HILLS Affordable housing for low income, single adults of any age, F/S, water/sewer included. $400/mo, $400 DD.Further information & applications available at www.studiosalberta.com or by calling 1-888-963-5698

CLASSIFICATIONS

2- 20” TV’S $15 EACH, Toshiba 27” $25; Royal Kyte/Kelloway Cres.

Lovely 3 level exec. blue arm chair, $25; single 3 bdrm. townhouse bed, oak frame and mat5 appls, 1 1/2 bath, tress, as new $75; concrete patio, blinds, 403-346-2859 dble. bed and mattress 1 front/rear parking, no dogs, yr old only $25; loveseat n/s, rent $1395 SD $1000 Avail. Jan. 2 floral pattern $65; kenmore 14.7 L, humidifier 403-304-7576 or 347-7545 $45 replacement $170; SOUTHWOOD PARK 403-346-2859 3110-47TH Avenue, 2 & 3 bdrm. townhouses, BED ALL NEW, generously sized, 1 1/2 Queen Orthopedic, dble. baths, fenced yards, pillow top, set, 15 yr. warr. full bsmts. 403-347-7473, Cost $1300. Sacrifice $325.

Sorry no pets.

302-0582 Free Delivery www.greatapartments.ca BED: #1 King. extra thick Riverfront Estates orthopedic pillowtop, brand Deluxe 3 bdrm. 1 1/2 bath, new, never used. 15 yr. warr. Cost $1995, sacrifice bi-level townhouse, 5 appls, blinds, large balcony, @ $545. 403-302-0582. no pets, n/s, $1195 DBLE. bed and mattress 1 or $1220 along the river. yr old only $25; loveseat SD $1000. avail. floral pattern $65; KenJan. 2 more 14.7 L, humidifier 403-304-7576 347-7545 $45 replacement $170; 403-346-2859

VANIER AREA

DISPATCHER req’d.

Knowledge of Red Deer and area is essential.

Good communication, skills both verbal and written. Must have effective time management skills and able to multi task in a fast paced environment.

Experience preferred, but will train suitable applicant.

Send resume by fax to 403-346-0295

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Typhoon kills 11 in central Philippines

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS MANILA, Philippines — A late-season storm expected to be the last of the year in the Philippines has killed 11 people but spared a southern region where more than 1,000 died in a powerful typhoon early this month, officials said Friday.

The national disaster agency said three people were killed when a tree fell on their house in Eastern Samar province, where Tropical Storm

Wukong made landfall on Christmas Day. Other deaths occurred due to drowning and landslides as the storm slashed through central islands.

The storm weakened into a low pressure area over the South China Sea off Palawan province, southwest of Manila.

“The worst is over,” Civil Defence chief Benito Ramos said.

Officials said heavy rain on mountains surrounding Kalibo, the capital of Aklan province on Panay Island, caused

a river running through the city to overflow and triggered a flash flood late Wednesday.

No casualties were reported but many houses near the river were damaged, said Efren Trinidad, assistant to Kalibo Mayor William Lachica.

The flooding was aggravated by the high tide, preventing the river from emptying into the sea, Trinidad said. He said canals were blocked by heavy silt brought down from nearby hills.

The city is the gateway to the famous island resort of Bo-

racay, which was not affected.

“As we were conducting rescue operations, flights were coming in because the weather was fine. The moon was shining while we were being flooded.

It was ironic,” Trinidad said, explaining that rains fell mostly over the mountains.

It was the 17th storm to hit the country this year. Forecasters said no other disturbances were expected through the end of the year, which also marks the end of the rainy season.

Typhoon Bopha lashed the main southern island of Mindanao early this month, killing at least 1,067 people and leaving more than 800 missing. It triggered flash floods laden with mud, boulders and uprooted trees that rampaged through farming communities, wiping out entire villages.

The typhoon caused nearly 37 billion pesos ($902 million) in damage to agriculture, property and infrastructure, making it one of the worst storms to hit the country in recent years.

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Retired Gen. Norman Schwarzkopf, who led 1991 Operation Desert Storm, dead at 78 THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

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Christine Caldwell, left, receives firearms training with a 9mm Glock from personal defence instructor Jim McCarthy during concealed weapons training for 200 Utah teachers Thursday, in West Valley City, Utah. The Utah Shooting Sports Council offered six hours of training in handling concealed weapons in the latest effort to arm teachers to confront school assailants.

Gun groups offer weapons training for teachers following massacre

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WEST VALLEY CITY, Utah — English teacher Kevin Leatherbarrow holds a license to carry a concealed weapon and doesn’t see anything wrong with arming teachers in the aftermath of the deadly Connecticut school shooting.

“We’re sitting ducks,” said Leatherbarrow, who works at a Utah charter school.

“You don’t have a chance in hell. You’re dead — no ifs, ands or buts.”

Gun-rights advocates in the western state of Utah agree and were offering six hours of training Thursday in handling concealed weapons for 200 Utah teachers in the latest effort to arm teachers to confront school assailants.

In Ohio, a firearms group said it was launching a test program in tactical firearms training for 24 teachers.

The Arizona attorney general is proposing a change to state law to allow an educator in each school to carry a gun.

The moves come after the National Rifle Association proposed placing an armed officer at every U.S. school after a gunman on Dec. 14 killed 20 children and six adults at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut.

There are already police officers in some of the nation’s schools.

Parents and educators, however, have questioned how safe the NRA proposal would keep kids, whether it would be economically feasible and how it would alter student life.

Some educators say it is dangerous to allow guns.

Among the dangers are teachers being overpowered for their weapons or students getting them and accidentally or purposely shooting classmates.

“It’s a terrible idea,” said Carol Lear, a chief lawyer for the Utah Office of Education.

“It’s a horrible, terrible, nogood, rotten idea.”

Utah educators say they would ban guns if they could, but legislators left them with no choice.

State law forbids schools, districts or college campuses from imposing their own gun restrictions.

Educators say they have no way of knowing how many teachers are armed.

Gun-rights advocates estimate 1 per cent of Utah teachers, or 240, are licensed to carry concealed weapons.

It’s not known how many do so at school.

Gun-rights advocates say teachers can act more quickly than law enforcement in the critical first few minutes to protect children from the kind of deadly shooting that took place in Connecticut.

“We’re not suggesting that teachers roam the halls” for an armed intruder, said Clark Aposhian, chairman of the Utah Shooting Sports Council, the state’s leading gun lobby.

“They should lock down the classroom. But a gun is one more option if the shooter” breaks into a classroom, he said.

The council said it would waive its $50 fee for the training.

Instruction will feature plastic guns and a major emphasis will be for people who are facing deadly

threats to announce they have a gun and retreat or take cover before trying to shoot, he said.

“Mass shootings may still be rare, but that doesn’t help you when the monster comes in.”

At the class, teachers offered their fingerprints for a permit as an instructor in the “psychology of mass violence” kicked off the gun class.

“I just bought a bra holster,” said Jessica Fiveash, a 32-year-old Utah teacher and wife of a retired Army sergeant who grew up shooting and said she had no hesitation packing a gun at school. “Women can’t really carry a gun on their hip.”

Utah is among few states that let people carry licensed concealed weapons into public schools without exception, the National Conference of State Legislatures says in a 2012 compendium of state gun laws.

Leatherbarrow said he often felt threatened while working at an inner-city school in Buffalo, N.Y., where he got a license to carry a pistol. He moved less than a year ago to Utah, where he feels safer.

But he said gun violence can break out anywhere.

He said he was highly trained in handling guns — and was taking criticism from parents who don’t appreciate his views on school safety.

“I’m in agreement not everybody should be carrying firearms in school. They’re not trained. But for some parents to think we’re cowboys, that frustrates me,” he said.

“I wish parents would understand.”

Documents show disgraced entertainer Jimmy Savile’s friendly ties to Thatcher

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS LONDON — Classified documents being made public Friday detail how now-disgraced BBC entertainer Jimmy Savile was comfortable at the heart of the British government during his heyday in the 1980s, lunching with Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher at her country home, sending her jokey thank-you notes and lobbying for tax breaks and contributions for his charitable works.

The papers include an unnerving handwritten note from Savile to Thatcher in which he claims that his “girl patients” are pretending to be jealous because of the time he spent dining with the prime minister.

Only with hindsight does the note seem in dubious taste. In recent months Savile — who died last year at age 84 — has been accused of being a serial abuser of hundreds of underage girls. Investigators have called him one of the worst sex offenders in British history and said he used his TV star-

dom and charity commitments to help him gain access to vulnerable teens.

The platinum-haired, garishlydressed Savile received a knighthood from Thatcher’s government and other honours. He was rumoured to be involved with child sex abuse, but was never charged with any crimes.

The National Archives file detailing some of Savile’s dealings with the Thatcher government show not only his extraordinary access to the highest levels of government but also that Cabinet ministers took his role as a charity advocate seriously and discussed how best to deal with his requests.

The file includes an April 14, 1980 letter from Thatcher to Savile that begins with the greeting, “Dear Jimmy.”

In it she discusses plans to change tax rules in a way that will give “considerable encouragement” to charities.

The Savile letter to Thatcher is fawning: “I waited a week before writing to thank you for my lunch invitation because I had such a superb time I didn’t want to be too effusive,” he begins.

WASHINGTON — Retired Gen. H. Norman Schwarzkopf, who topped an illustrious military career by commanding the U.S.-led international coalition that drove Saddam Hussein’s forces out of Kuwait in 1991 but kept a low public profile in controversies over the second Gulf War against Iraq, died Thursday. He was 78.

Schwarzkopf died in Tampa, Fla., where he had lived in retirement, according to a U.S. official, who was not authorized to release the information publicly and spoke on condition of anonymity.

A much-decorated combat soldier in Vietnam, Schwarzkopf was known popularly as “Stormin’ Norman” for a notoriously explosive temper.

He served in his last military assignment in Tampa as commanderin-chief of U.S. Central Command, the headquarters responsible for U.S. military and security concerns in nearly 20 countries from the eastern Mediterranean and Africa to Pakistan.

Schwarzkopf became “CINC-Centcom” in 1988 and when Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait three years later to punish it for allegedly stealing Iraqi oil reserves, he commanded Operation Desert Storm, the coalition of some 30 countries organized by then-President George H.W. Bush that succeeded in driving the Iraqis out.

At the peak of his postwar national celebrity, Schwarzkopf — a self-proclaimed political independent — rejected suggestions that he run for office, and remained far more private than other generals, although he did serve briefly as a military commentator for NBC. While focused primarily in his later years on charitable enterprises, he campaigned for President George W. Bush in 2000 but was ambivalent about the 2003 invasion of Iraq, saying he doubted victory would be as easy as the White House and Pentagon predicted.

In early 2003 he told

File photo by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

U.S. Army Gen. H. Norman Schwarzkopf the Washington Post the outcome was an unknown: “What is postwar Iraq going to look like, with the Kurds and the Sunnis and the Shiites? That’s a huge question, to my mind. It really should be part of the overall campaign plan,” he said.

Initially Schwarzkopf had endorsed the invasion, saying he was convinced that former Secretary of State Colin Powell had given the United Nations powerful evidence of Iraqi weapons of mass destruction.

After that proved false, he said decisions to go to war should depend on what U.N. weapons inspectors found.

He seldom spoke up during the conflict, but in late 2004, he sharply criticized then-Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and the Pentagon for mistakes that included inadequate training for Army reservists sent to Iraq and for erroneous judgments about Iraq.

After Saddam invaded Kuwait in August 1990, Schwarzkopf played a key diplomatic role by helping to persuade Saudi Arabia’s King Fahd to allow U.S. and other foreign troops to deploy on Saudi territory as a staging area for the war to come.

On Jan. 17, 1991, a five-month buildup called Desert Shield became Operation Desert Storm as allied aircraft attacked Iraqi bases and Baghdad government facilities.

The six-week aerial campaign climaxed with a massive ground offensive on Feb. 24-28, routing the Iraqis from Kuwait in 100 hours before U.S. officials called a halt.

Former president George H.W. Bush will likely be in hospital a while

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS HOUSTON — Former President George H.W. Bush, who has been hospitalized for more than a month, is getting excellent medical treatment and would advise people to “put the harps back in the closet,” his longtime Houston chief of staff said Thursday evening.

But Jean Becker also pointed out in her statement that the 88-year-old Bush is sick and likely will be in the hospital for a while after a “terrible case of bronchitis which then triggered a series of complications.”

Bush, the oldest living former president, has been in intensive care since Sunday.

He was admitted to Methodist Hospital in Houston on Nov. 23 for treatment of what his spokesman Jim McGrath described as a “stubborn” cough. He had spent about a week there earlier in November for treatment of the same condition.

Becker said “most of the civilized

world” contacted her Wednesday after disclosures Bush had been placed in the intensive care unit after physicians were having difficulty bringing a fever under control.

“Someday President George H.W. Bush might realize how beloved he is, but of course one of the reasons why he is so beloved is because he has no idea,” Becker said in the at-times lighthearted statement that made multiple references to jokes and the former president’s sense of humour.

She said updates about Bush’s condition have been limited “out of respect for President Bush and the Bush family who, like most of us, prefer to deal with health issues in privacy.”

She said another factor was “because he is so beloved we knew everyone would overreact.”

“I hope you all know how much your love, concern and support are appreciated,” Becker said.

While the president’s treatment was “unequaled anywhere,” she said prayers also were needed and welcomed.

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